《Losing Money to Be a Tycoon》 Chapter 1 Chapter 1: Wealth Conversion System 2009?! He had returned back in time by 10 years? It took Pei Qian a moment of uneasiness before he accepted the truth with relative calmness. Ever since he graduated in 2013, he had been in two industries and changed jobs through multiple companies, meeting with extremely horrendous bosses while enduring the politics of corporate life. In any case, he was nothing but a slave of society. He was naturally ecstatic for something as wonderful as transmigrating to happen to him. Restarting life from 10 years ago, this was something that everyone could only dream of! Completely awake now, Pei Qian flipped and sat on his bed. What should he do next? Right then, a transparent screen appeared before Pei Qian as lines of words began to fill up. Whats going on?! Pei Qian was startled and overjoyed. Indeed, there would always be a system after transmigration! His cheat had arrived! Calm down, calm down! These were the usual patterns of how things went, it was nothing to fuss about! Pei Qian composed himself before long and looked at the message on the screen. This was a menu. At the bottom of the menu was a dialog box used to display dynamic information C that must be the instruction manual. Woah? This is a sure win system! Youre not only providing me with funds, youre even giving me money? A system with a conscience! Instantly, Pei Qian understood the functions of the system. Even though both the System Funds and Personal Wealth aspects referred to money, they were completely different concepts. The 443 of the Personal Wealth referred to Pei Qians total amount of money which amounted to 443 yuan C this was money he could spend freely. As for the 50,000 yuan, those were the System Funds. According to the systems rules, that amount of money could only be for business activities such as incorporating a company. After a period of time, be it whether he profits or loses, it will be converted to his Personal Wealth based on the set ratio and he could spend it as he wishes by then! Exciting! Lets take a look at the detailed rules! Pei Qian continued tapping on the screen. Such strict rules. Pei Qian checked through the 200 violations and his plans were eliminated one after another. Speculating in property and purchasing of cryptocurrency were all banned by the system. He could engage in normal investments and wealth management but their annual returns were too little to satisfy him. Through the 200 violations, Pei Qian was not only limited in Profit activities, he was also limited for the Loss activities. All in all, he was banned from doing anything illegal. Pei Qian continued tapping on the screen to head to the next step. Eh, hold on. This ratio Pei Qian looked at it carefully, realizing that there seemed to be a bug. Wasnt the Loss Conversion Ratio overly high? If he were to lose all of the System Funds, he could convert all of it to his Personal Wealth! Losing money would be a winning situation for him! I was given such a great Conversion Ratio through a random generation? Lady Luck must be smiling at me! Its a pity that the Profit Conversion Ratio is a little too low. But oh well, losing money is much easier than earning it! Pei Qian felt as though his luck was off the roofs! Pei Qian contemplated for a moment before filling the space with his thoughts: Tengda Network Technology Co., Ltd. Tengda represented Soaring in Soaring to meteoric rises. That was his wish C for the company to soar to great heights as soon as possible! With the final step completed, the words on the screen disappeared and the menu returned to its initial state. Pei Qian pondered over the meaning of the additional notes. He cant have any unannounced products a week before settlement. That made sense. If there wasnt such a rule, he could dump any remaining System Funds before the settlement into the development of the new product, causing the System Funds to empty out and that would be a loophole. With this rule, Pei Qian had to push out all his products on hand a week before settlement such that they would be accountable for any profits or losses C this was a step he couldnt avoid anymore. Another loophole closed. But, it doesnt matter. So, what I have to do next is to turn the System Funds from 50,000 down to 0 while increasing my Personal Wealth from 443 to 50,443.> I just have to start losing money within the rules, right? That doesnt seem too difficult. Pei Qian was brimming with confidence. Opening a company while creating value and new products in a normal way. As the companys boss, all he had to do was let that normalcy go slightly astray. Wasnt that all there was to it? Of all the companies created, there were only few which had succeeded while everyone else failed. Its clear which was the easiest path to go about! Chapter 2 So, the question now is which field I should enter. After pondering about it, Pei Qian decided that he should first get to know the situation of this world. Opening his laptop, he ran a search on Qiandu search engine and began looking up recent news, particularly those on technology. Theres some differences, albeit small ones. Pei Qian had a rough idea of things. Similar to his previous world, the trend still revolved around the Internet, technology, games and cultural industries. Pei Qian could choose to enter any industry C that was something the system had no restrictions on. However, in order to create value and not violate the systems rules, Pei Qian had to employ relevant professionals while starting the company. Towards industries that he wasnt familiar with, Pei Qian had no confidence in navigating things C what if the professionals he employed were really incredible and ended up making the project a success? After much contemplation, Pei Qian decided on the games industry. Even though Pei Qian hadnt been in the games industry personally, he had played tons of games. With such an influence, he had a rough understanding of the industry. Compared to the other industries, he felt more confident in his ability to navigate through the games industry. By changing some of the gameplay slightly, he could create a game that could fail C that was a huge advantage he had! Besides, it was easy to burn money in the games industry. For physical industries, he could still sell the fixed assets to recoup and that wouldnt be a total loss. However, in the games industry, the losses would be thorough and result in worthless codes. With his memories of the world 10 years later, as long as he intentionally avoided creating profit-making games, wouldnt he be done? Step One: Make the game! Step Two: Lose money and have the System Funds converted to his Personal Wealth entirely! Step Three: Spend to his hearts content! Ah, thats how perfect things are going to be. Pei Qian felt that he was an absolute genius! After deciding on his direction, Pei Qian looked up the official site of the Bureau of Commerce and downloaded his companys management profile by logging in successfully with his ID Card Number and an initial password. There was a company registered under his name C Tengda Network Technology Co., Ltd. C and there was 50,000 yuan worth of funds. This must have been registered for him using the systems black technology. In the aspect of entrepreneurship, theres a huge difference between Pei Qians previous life and this parallel world of simplified difficulty. In order to encourage more citizens to start their own businesses, there was a low barrier of entry to creating companies and most of the procedures were intelligentized and could be completed online and at the clients end. This was extremely helpful for entrepreneurs and was even Pei Qians previous world that was 10 years ahead could not match up in this aspect. There were other similar changes. For example, thanks to the rapid advancement in telecommunications and cloud technology, many industries gathered their networks and resources and that raised the efficiency of working online. Take the games industry for example, there was a unified official organization C Entertainment Software Ranking Organization. ESRO for short, they are in charge of regulating and auditing across different genres of games. At the same time, ESRO has an official website for resources thats open for all entrepreneurs. One could view ESROs official site as a compilation of the domestic games markets resources. Here, one could pay to purchase universally usable art resources, programming templates, design manuscripts or even hire professionals to customize their own games. These art resources, programming templates and whatnot were all shared by individuals or companies within the industry and anyone could use them at a cost. But of course, these were all resources that were more common and on the lower end. On the website, one could contact certain hotshots such as top tiered designers and negotiate with them to work together. Other than that, ESRO has even compiled all the common game editors on the market and simplified them to launch an official game editor of their own. As long as one would take the effort to learn, most people would be able to handle it even without actual programming background. Chapter 3 The current ecosystem in the games industry was similar to 2009 in Pei Qians previous life. For example, the hottest internet games had gone from World of Warcraft to Fantasy World, CS to Counter Strike, DOTA to Gods Rising. They may seem different on the surface, but their gameplays were about the same. There was a clear improvement for mobile games probably owing to the faster hardware development here compared to his previous life. For example, in Pei Qians previous life, mobile card games only started gaining traction in 2012 thanks to the smartphone trend. However, due to the earlier development of smartphones in this world in 2008, similar games have already appeared since then and the game genre have already matured by now. If thats the case, the situations rather optimistic. All I have to do is to spend the 50,000 yuan completely on the website to purchase templates and art resources. Ill then create a game that nobody wants to play and cant sell out! Two weeks later, this will count as a loss! Perfect! Decided, Pei Qian started searching for templates that he wanted on the website. Driving simulator basic template. 20,000 yuan with a complimentary drawing of a cars exterior and interiors. Background template C desert road template. 15,000 yuan. If I want the environment to change accordingly, Ill need another 8,000 yuan. That adds up to 23,000. A little expensive, but thats exactly how I want it to be! Ive still got some money leftover. Radio music. Choose 30 out of 100 songs or allow it to play randomly from the systems song library. 6,000. 1,000 yuan left, hmm Ill get a simple ranking function then. Cant afford anything else anyways. After contemplating, Pei Qian placed the orders furiously on the website and wiped his 50,000 yuan clean. In truth, these resources were not expensive. Inserted into the game editor, the driving simulator template would be able to create the basic functions of a driving simulator game. Accelerating, braking, turning and crashing et cetera C they were all complete. As for the desert road background, the game editor supports editing of its distance that causes the desert background to appear with random changes as well. Coupled with the environmental change function, theres sunsets, sunrises and sandstorms alongside other changes. Because these were universal templates, many indie game creators would purchase them as well so there was a 100% chance that there would be similarity clashes. In order to not have clashes, some creators would customize some art resources to create variations. Naturally, that translates to an increase in investment costs. However, that wasnt something Pei Qian was concerned about? Clash? Go on! Im here to lose money anyways! If gamers choose not to play this game because of clashes, I couldnt be happier! Pei Qian began to create his game. Even though his aim was to lose money, the game had to be good enough to pass through ESROs vetting approval before it can be sold successfully. If its a half-finished product because of functional deficiencies and failed ESROs vet, the system may judge it as Pei Qians violation of the rules. As such, no matter how messed up the game is, it has to be functional. After inserting the basic and background template into the game editor, the framework of the game was done. Upon entering the game, players would be able to start driving on a desert road. However, the purchased resources must not be wasted. Pei Qian added a radio function to the cars such that players were able to turn on the radio while driving to listen to music. They were all simple or old and classic tunes C the trending songs couldnt be purchased so cheaply. Thereafter came a crucial problem. What should be the core gameplay of this game? Pei Qian had no idea at all. Should it be a racing game? Nah, no way. He had no money for that. All he could afford was a basic template with an image of a car and a background. As for those complex racing tracks and flashy cars along with the algorithms for competitive racing, he couldnt afford them! How could he create those gameplays if he couldnt afford it. Slapping his head, Pei Qian got it. The core gameplay of the game was simple C to just drive! One would complete the game just by driving from the start to end point! However, that alone wouldnt work. Since everything was compiled together with universal resources and there wasnt any innovative breakthroughs in gameplay, he wouldnt be able to make it through the vetting process. He had to make some changes to ensure that the game got through the vet. Yet, the changes mustnt be too spectacular C he still had to ensure that no one would want to play the game such that it would lose money! Pei Qian pondered over it and decided to extend the desert roads background indefinitely and extend the gameplay to eight hours! Thats right! The players would have to drive for eight hours before they could reach the end point! Also, there would be a turn every now and then along the way! That would make it impossible for the players to pass the game by pressing just a single button! That way, he should be able to pass the vetting process since the gameplay differed from the existing driving simulators in the market. Besides, with such a messed up gameplay, wouldnt he just be lambasted by the gamers? Theres no way this game would earn money! Pei Qian was overjoyed and lamented over what a genius he was. Finally, he created an endgame interface with an extremely simplistic method that merely displayed a single line of words: Congratulations for wasting eight precious hours of your life! Even if someone were to complete the game, Pei Qian had to ensure that they would be so pissed that they wouldnt want to play any games from his company ever again! In order to not waste the ranking function he bought, he created a Time Wasters Ranking to tabulate the Number of Completions as well as Effective Game Time of every player. This was a useless ranking system which purely exists because money was spent on it. Before long, he was done with it. All of the functions were considered basic functions of the game editor and required simple drags and changing of parameters to execute C basically, anyone with hands could do it. It took Pei Qian less than two hours to complete the self-learning of the game editor, purchasing of resources and creation of the game. This retarded game is definitely going to lose me some money! After he was done with creating the game, Pei Qian tested it on his laptop. After five minutes, he exited the game and was close to barfing. The only thing he did was drive, drive and drive! It was bloody boring! Satisfied, Pei Qian published the game right away. Game Title: Game Summary: Driving for a couple of hours on a lonely desert road will bring you some realizations about life. When he wrote the summary, Pei Qian was conflicted. Should he brag about it? No, what if he were to attract a bunch of people to discuss on the title and he were to make less of a loss? Should he talk bad about it? No, that would be too obvious. On the one hand, the system may rule it as a violation. On the other hand, gamers might see it as reverse psychology C what if they were more tempted to play the more he talked bad about it? Therefore, he decided on writing a summary so honest that gamers should not feel the slightest bit of interest just by reading it! Next up, it was to set the price. Pei Qian decided on a sale price of 1 yuan. He did not want to set it too high lest some brain-dead idiots really decided to buy it C he would then be losing less money! By setting the price low enough, Pei Qian was ensuring that it wouldnt affect his loss even if a few dozen gamers were to buy it. After settling everything, Pei Qian uploaded the game. Once it passes the vetting process, it would automatically be published on the official games platform. The entire process would usually take between a couple of hours to a couple of days. The platform uses an automated recommendation system. New games of the same batches are recommended according to tracking of background data changes and unless there is intentional manipulation of rankings, admins wouldnt interfere in it. Pei Qian was completely unworried. Such a trashy game was bound to disappear from sight soon after it gets published. Once the two weeks deadline is up, the 50,000 yuan would be his! Amazing! Closing his laptop, Pei Qian was relaxed as blissfulness spilled from his heart! Chapter 4 That noon, his schoolmates returned one after another. One of them waved a plastic bag in his hands containing food he bought from the canteen. Pei Qian recognized him to be his former incarnations dorm mate, Ma Yanghis huge, long face left a deep impression. Brother Qian, youve really got guts to skip class! But you really lucked out, the Vice-President didnt take attendance. Ma Yang looked at Pei Qian with a What kind of godly luck is that expression. The other roommates started turning on their laptops. No classes in the afternoon. Anyone up for games? Im on. Hurry! Ma Yang, where are you? Hold on, Im not done eating yet. Hurry up, you slowpoke. Someone go get more people from the other dormitories! The other people in the dormitory had already turned on their laptops and propped up small, makeshift tables on their beds. Those were the dreary conditions of a school dormitory such that there wasnt even a dedicated table for every bunk bed and they could only play games while sitting cross legged. Pei Qian had always suspected that his back problems may have stemmed from this period of time. In order to obtain the best gaming experience, even if they had their own laptops and it was convenient to organize gaming sessions within dormitories, many students would prefer to head to internet cafes. Ma Yang was holding on to his stainless steel bowl that contained a plastic bag with food inside. Wolfing down a few bites hurriedly, he threw the entire plastic bag into the trash bin. The reason why everyone bought food from the canteen was because they had class that afternoon. If they had no class, everyone would be lying in their beds like corpses. If someone finally decides to head to the canteen, the rest would ask to get carried. But of course, takeaways appeared later on. However, they didnt have any takeaway apps at that time and would order through making phone calls. Some of the poorer students would do it as a part-time job to earn some side income. Ma Yang dashed outside and yelled. Before long, the game room was filled. Pei Qian looked at the screen on the computer C it was a 5v5 Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA) called Gods Rising. Its gameplay was similar to DOTA and was just packaged differently. In terms of timeline, League of Legends also started gaining popularity from 2011. Even though it existed in 2009, it was extremely poorly made. Besides, that was based on Pei Qians previous knowledge. Given the current changes of this world, there was no guarantee that League of Legends would be created. During this period of time, MMORPGs still dominated internet cafes and the hottest game was Fantasy World. Even though games such as Gods Rising were hot as well, they were more popular within dormitories as they werent considered to be pure online games. While they were played in internet cafes and there were Player vs Player (PvP) games, they could not match up to MMORPGs. Brother Qian, why do you seem like youre so dazed today. You didnt sleep well? Ma Yang was puzzled at Pei Qians state. Were short of one. Are you coming? Pei Qian shook his head. Nah, go look for someone else. Alright, Ill get Old Wang from next door then, Ma Yang did not ask further. Before long, the two side by side dorms started booming. The mid laners missing! Be careful! F*ck! How did he kill me? Hahaha! It was a three men gank and they still got killed! Noobs! Pei Qian stood behind Ma Yang looking at his cursor fly around the screen while he worked the keyboard with his left hand. The rapid clicking sounds of the keyboard displayed Ma Yangs expertness. He then took a look at the scoreboard. It was 10 minutes in and the score was at 10-9. Ma Yangs Kill Death (KD) was at 0-0. His roommates were getting flustered while he was missing last hits under the tower. Pei Qian could not help but lament over how wonderful it was for everyone to be young back in 2009 and to be able to experience the joy of games. Ever since he had started working, he had bought tons of great games. However, they were all left to collect dust as he forgot all about them. Working life was extremely tiring and the only thing he wanted to do after ending work was to lie down on the couch to scroll through websites or watch livestreams. In fact, he was too lazy to play mobile games, let alone games that require such mechanical skills. Thankfully, things were different now. As long as he were to lose the System Funds completely, he would be earning money effortlessly! He could then lead a happy life as a bum! Pei Qian laid on his bed and thought merrily about his future. So, how should he spend this first sum of 50,000 yuan Perhaps he should get himself a high-end computer first? Next up, hell rent a house and continue his life as a bum shamelessly! Fufufufu. Pei Qian could not help but snicker. So, that concludes this weeks Trash Games Diss! If you daddies enjoyed this weeks episode, please remember to like, share and subscribe! In a certain rental home in Beijing, a fat young man with thick eyebrows and huge, dispirited eyes sat before his computer recording videos listlessly. This was Qiao Liang, a famous UP Master1 on Potato Webs games section who goes by the nickname Teacher Qiao. His fans also endearingly called him Godfather of the Games Channel because each time he ended his videos, he would call out daddy. As a professional UP Master, Qiao Liang was a little popular and had quite a number of fans. However, this was 2009 at the end of the day. Given the current ecosystem, his income was still basically unstable. If he received good sponsored partnerships, he would be revived momentarily and could enjoy a good meal at a restaurant. If not, he might have to survive with just plain soup and noodles, going on a diet by starving. Qiao Liang had tried going about different directions, but his Trash Games Diss segment was still the most well-received and had the most views, attracting a bunch of game loving fans. Qiao Liang had another segment called New Recommended Games of the Month that was meant for sponsored partnerships. After all, he got popular through a segment called Trash Games Diss. However, there was no way any games merchants who wanted to work with him for sponsored posts would dare publish anything through that segment. As such, Qiao Liang created New Recommended Games of the Month just for sponsored partnerships. Its just that compared to Trash Games Diss, there were way too little followers. After he finished recording the latest episode of Trash Games Diss, Qiao Liang did not publish it for a long time. He felt that it lacked something. Yes, thats right C it lacked soul. The games mentioned this time round seemed to have nothing special other than being plain trash! Even after preparing his synopsis, materials, voice over and recording the entire process diligently, Qiao Liang felt that while the episode was watchable, there was no sensationalism to it. The games were so trashy that they did not have a talking point. That bothered Qiao Liang terribly C after all, he was banking on this to make a living. If his viewership does not go up, it would be difficult for him to receive better sponsored partnerships. Therefore, Qiao Liang was in no hurry to publish the latest episode. Instead, he browsed through the new games recommendation list on the official games platform, looking for his special trash to showcase. Right then, he found himself getting hungry and dug out a packet of instant noodles before boiling water, preparing to replenish his energy. When the water boiled, Qiao Liang continued his search for the new games. The Lonely Desert Road? What kind of a sh*t game is this? Qiao Liang looked at the game summary. A simulated driving journey that makes you contemplate life? How do you contemplate life? That summary stirred at Qiao Liangs curiosity. As a professional content creator of the games section, Qiao Liang was basically someone who would play any games that piqued his interest. He clicked on the game and before long, the download was complete as it turned on automatically. Chapter 5 Eh? It starts just like that? The water in the kettle had yet to boil and Qiao Liang had no time to bother about it as he entered the game. There was no opening scene or animation nor any options as the player entered the game right away. In the vast desert, a long, curving road extended indefinitely. It was a first person point of view from within the car and there was a simple instruction interface while controls could be done with either keyboard or controller C it was completely identical to the mainstream racing genre games in the market. Qiao Liang looked at the image on the screen and acknowledged that the controls were fitting. After all, this was a set template where the upper and lower limits were not too extreme. Picking up his controller from the side, Qiao Liang hooked it up to the computer and began the game. The car started moving. Qiao Liang meandered along the road and drove on. It was morning in the game and the sun had just risen, so the brightness wasnt too glaring. Sand danced about wildly in the desert and there were a series of sandstorms in the distance which would affect the visibility limits of the by reducing it. The road snaked ahead C it wasnt a straight path and there were turns every now and then. Click! The water in the kettle had boiled over. Qiao Liang was driving as he sank into his thoughts. What am I doing? What should I be doing? What does this game hope for me to do? He had been driving for three minutes now. Indeed, there were several turns, but There was nothing else that interested him besides that! Driving, turning, looking at sandstorms in the distance. Other than that, the game had nothing else. In fact, there wasnt even any other cars on this desert road! Qiao Liang wanted to go cook his noodles and he pressed for the menu button. However, there was no reaction. Qiao Liang: ??? For any other games, this would have been a pause button. But there was no reaction for this game! Thinking that it was a bug, Qiao Liang held onto his controller while tapping on the ESC, Space and Return keys on his keyboard Still no reaction! This game cant be paused! Qiao Liang was completely stunned. In his moment of astoundedness, he lost his focus and missed a turn, driving off the road and sinking into the sand. GAME OVER. Eight simple alphabets appeared on his screen. Jaws agape, Qiao Liang fell into disbelief. This game had truly redefined his knowledge of trashy games! No. Strictly speaking, this cant be considered as a trashy game. Trashy games were often due to a lack of quality, funding or objectivity from the side of the creators that leads to a compromise in certain aspects such that gamers would get a sense that it was poorly made. But, this game was different. It seemed as though it was aiming to disgust others! Why else would it not have a pause function or a save point, displaying a game over at every single failure? Hold on, this is interesting Perhaps, this might be popular as a diss video? Qiao Liang cooked his noodles hurriedly and started analyzing the games title and summary. The Lonely Desert Road. Theres an emphasis on Lonely! A simulated driving journey that makes you contemplate life Indeed, Im truly contemplating about life right now. This summary has not lied to me at all Seems like this games truly filled with evil intents! The company that produced this game is called Tengda Network Technology Co., Ltd.. I havent heard of them and this seems to be their only game. Pfft After finishing his noodles, Qiao Liang took up his controller once more. However, he turned on his recording software this time round, ready to record his entire progress. Three hours later. Qiao Liang was slightly distracted and he missed a turn, sinking the car into the sand and ending the game. AH! F-F-F-F*CK!!! Qiao Liang was so pissed that he nearly threw his controller on the table. That was three hours! He had spent three hours doing nothing but driving the car in the desert. Yet, he was greeted by a merciless GAME OVER that announced his failure. Three precious hours of his life had left him just like that. Other than wasting electricity, he had not created any form of value. Even the recorded video was useless. Of the entire three hours worth of recording, only the few seconds of his final moments could be edited into a failure compilation. Qiao Liang threw the controller onto the computer desk while getting up to compose himself. He didnt smash the controller because he was too poor. That controller cost at least 200 yuan. If he had accidentally damaged it, he would have been heartbroken. Huff Calm down. Its all for work. Very well, this game has successfully triggered my wrath. I have to say that its a good quality for a trash game to possess. Qiao Liang regained his composure before long. As a professional UP Master of dissing trash games, he had been through tons of hardships and challenges. A small fry like this was something he should be able to hold up against. However, Qiao Liang has also realized that it wasnt going to be an easy task clearing this game. This was a challenge! Therefore, Qiao Liang made a phone call for a takeaway. He was lucky that he had lost the game early. If it were any later, there wouldnt be any takeaway services left. Seizing the opportunity, Qiao Liang laid down on the bed for a nap to recover some energy. After he woke up and ate his fill, he placed a large glass of water on the table and prepared himself for the drawn out battle. He was already getting the hang of the game. Was there any difficulty to this game? No. It was no exaggeration to claim that anyone with hands could clear this game. There were no sharp turns nor meddling police cars that would rush at you. In fact, there wasnt even any speed requirements for the players. The only difficulty was time! If even three hours spent could not complete the journey, there was no telling how much longer there was to go. Players would instinctively want to increase the speed of the car to end the game faster. However, that would require even more focus or they may miss any turns they come across. The moment they drive off the road, they would have to begin all over again. If they wanted to go at a steady pace, they would have to drive slower. However, that would end up extending the game time. Messed up! This is really messed up! Qiao Liang felt an unprecedented surge in his desire to both challenge and diss this game. If he could create a dissing video out of this game, just the title alone would be clickbait for tons of views! Gritting his teeth, Qiao Liang entered the game to fight it once more. More than eight hours later. Late night. Holy f*ck! Ive cleared it! Ive really bloody cleared it! Qiao Liang was on the brink of tears as he could finally see the finish line! It was a commonly drawn finish line as though many of the racing car games out there had used the same universal art resource. However, for Qiao Liang in his current state, the black and white striped finish line never felt more intimate than at this moment. His eyes were brimming with tears! Holding his controller, he stood up from his computer chair. His back was aching dearly and his hands were slightly cramping up. Even his eyes could barely stay open because he had been burning the midnight oil for too long. However, he had persevered through the eight hours! It was not for naught! Qiao Liang was so emotional that he could not even understand what sort of feelings he was experiencing at the moment. At the moment the car crossed the finish line, he felt as though he was possessed by the God of Cars! At that moment, he was the most handsome lad on the entire racetrack. Right after, the screen turned black and a line of words appeared. Congratulations for wasting eight precious hours of your life! Chapter 6 Qiao Liang was confounded. Thats it? He had cleared the game? That line of words was the only thing he received? Shouldnt you at least make a trophy for me? Make a podium! Even if you dont have those art resources, make me a sound effect of people cheering! How much does cheering sound effects even cost? Must you be that stingy?! I spent eight hours clearing this and all you gave me was a black screen and a mocking remark?! Qiao Liang could not take it any longer, be it physically or mentally. He had truly invested deeply and he was so pissed at this game that he wanted to cry! However, despite his despair and infuriation, there was a slight consolation in his heart. A slight relief? It wasnt that he was a masochist; he knew that this was precious material for him! Wouldnt his audiences click for more likes and shares seeing their UP Master in such misery? Qiao Liang checked for a moment C his eight hours of journey had been recorded completely. Just you wait! Ill settle you after I wake up! Qiao Liang said to the game harshly before saving his recording properly and sinking into bed for a deep sleep. Three days later. Pei Qian woke up naturally in his dormitory, feeling happiness in his life. He had adapted himself to university life once more during this period of time. He could wake up naturally everyday without having to worry about work, the pressure of hitting KPIs or facing the temper of his superiors. All in all, there was only a single word for it C contentment! But of course, things would be better if he was richer. First thing to do upon waking up C summoning the system! When he saw the 0 in the system, Pei Qian felt a sense of satisfaction. Amazing! As for the pathetic figure behind his Personal Wealth status, there was nothing he could do about it. He was already trying his best but he couldnt save any money at all! He only had 1,000 yuan monthly for living expenses. Even if he were to eat in the canteen daily, it still wouldnt be enough. After all, he couldnt use all his money just for food C there had to be other daily expenses, right? Pei Qian could not wait for the settlement 11 days later where his System Funds loss would be converted to his Personal Wealth entirely. That would be amazing. The System Funds was still at 0 because the profits of the gaming platform hadnt been shared to the companys accounts yet. ESROs game platform processes payment weekly using its intelligent system automatically C the creators and the platform split the profits evenly. If one wishes to check on their income and the download figures before payment day, they could inquire at the back end of the game editor. During the first two days when the game was uploaded, Pei Qian was sneaking peeks at the back end all the time only to find out that there were dozens of unlucky fools who had bought and downloaded the game. Since it was a new game after all and there were occasional recommendation spots every now and then, it was only normal that some stupid gamers would download and try it. A dozen of downloads after splitting profits with the platform, it would just be a couple of yuan earned and wouldnt affect the big picture. Besides, all of those gamers had naturally given it a 1 star review as well. With that, The Lonely Desert Roads ratings were absolutely horrendous and there shouldnt be more stupid gamers who would download it. After being affirmed that his game was bound to fail, Pei Qian spent his day in joy and hadnt checked the game editor anymore. Even though he was certain that checking the game editor today wouldnt make any difference, he still did it instinctively. He was approaching it with an attitude of curiosity. While other creators would always be hoping for greater results for their games and even wish that there could be tens or hundreds of thousands of downloads with every refresh, Pei Qian on the other hand was hoping for atrocious results and even a big, fat zero as the best possible outcome. If Im not wrong, the downloads should still be in two digits Holy f*ck?! What happened?! Pei Qian was dumbfounded. He was shocked at the download volume C it had reached four digits and was even climbing towards five! Piak! Slapping his forehead with his right hand, Pei Qian nearly thought that he was seeing things. How could there be 8,000 plus downloads?! Its about to break through 10,000 soon! Theres still 10 days to the settlement date! Pei Qian was flustered, completely panicked. Things had gone far beyond his expectations! This was a math problem that even an elementary school kid could solve. A download volume of over 8,000 means an equivalent gross of over 8,000 yuan as well. After the 50% deduction from the platform, he would have a net profit of over 4,000! ESRO stipulates that most of the games would have to pay a tax rate of around 5%. However, indie games as such on their platform would receive a tax rebate such that it was almost negligible. That means to say that the amount of money paid out by the platform to the companys accounts this week would increase the System Funds to over 4,000! What would that imply? That Pei Qian earned an additional 4,000? No! On the contrary, he would have made a loss of 4,000! Initially, Pei Qian would have made a clean profit of 50,000 to his Personal Wealth from the System Funds that he had spent. With the additional 4,000 gained, he would have only made a net loss of 46,000 C that would shrink his possible earnings from 50,000 to 46,000! And thats the least of his worries C the download volume was still climbing steadily! Each time Pei Qian refreshed the platform, the numbers would jump once more; dozens at times, hundreds at others. Every increment was akin to rubbing salt on Pei Qians wounds! Thats because however much he earned equates to a shrinking of his Personal Wealth gained! Furthermore, there were still 10 days to the next settlement date. If the download volume was to climb by 10 fold during this week Tss! This is bad! Pei Qian could no longer sit still. Whats the meaning of this? Is the editors back end bugged? How could such a trashy game get a couple thousands of downloads? Are you bloody messing with me? He was in disbelief as he hurriedly opened the official games platform and searched for the comments section of The Lonely Desert Road. To his astonishment, while the ratings had not changed much, the comments section had exploded with additional hundreds of new ones! Teacher Qiaos sightseeing group! Teacher Qiaos sightseeing group +1 Im dying of laughter. To think that such an anti-mankind game would actually exist. This has truly widened my perspective! I downloaded, I challenged and I left in defeat after five minutes. 1 yuan isnt even worth my effort of asking for a refund. Let me leave a ball of spit before going, poo tui! I recommended this game to my friend and told him he had to persevere to the end for an enormous surprise and easter egg. Now, my friend wants to cut off all ties with me. What should I do? The person who made the comment above, are you even human? I told my friend with absolute honesty that theres nothing at the end of the game but a black screen and a single statement. In fact, I told him word for word what the statement said but guess what? He thought that I was lying to him and insisted on checking it out for himself! He still hasnt cleared the game but hes already smashed three controllers. I think were close to cutting off ties soon as well. Anyone knows the address of the creator? Im just asking for fun so that I can mail him some special local products of mine. I suggest all of you should stop playing it and just check out Teacher Qiaos walkthrough. He recorded the entire eight hours Fu, Im telling you, this game can truly invoke some realizations about how. Thats something you wont experience through watching a video. Lie more, lie more. For real! Tripitaka had to go through 81 tribulations to obtain the sutras, isnt it? Do you think you can become a Buddha like Tripitaka just by watching Journey to the West alone? Pei Qian was completely dazed. What the hell were all these? Where did these comments come from? Teacher Qiaos sightseeing group??? Could some Big V1 have taken a liking to him?! Absolutely befuddled, Pei Qian ran a search for Teacher Qiao online. Before long, he found Teacher Qiaos personal page on Potato Web and discovered a video that was posted a day earlier. The number of views had already broken through 200,000. Pei Qian was speechless. He seemed to have found the culprit. Chapter 7 Pei Qian opened the video. Speaking with a dialect in his draggy and hoarsely unique voice, Teacher Qiao left a deep impression for Pei Qian. My dear daddies, greetings. Im the same old Godfather of Games you guys know me as, Teacher Qiao. I had many requests to update new videos by fans, telling me they miss watching me diss lame games. Now, the reason why I delayed the update wasnt because I was lazy, it was because most of the lame games I found were too low class in their lameness And finally, the Heavens do not give up on those who work hard. After my arduous journey of digging for a true gem amongst the dumps, I found this piece of shi- no, gold. Thats right, I present to you, The Lonely Desert Road. This is an extremely interesting game where you can enjoy a philosophical journey that lasts eight hours real-time! This is an extremely rudimentary driving simulator. Not only do you get to drive, you can even press the horn, listen to music while enjoying the ever-changing scenery of the desert! Thats right, even though its filled with sand all over and there isnt much to see, trust me C the moving sands would cause the scenery to seem different every single moment. You might even catch a mirage after a long time What? You didnt see it? Dont worry, as long as you persevere through the eight hours of journey, you will definitely see it! Other than that, the game has an extremely sophisticated ranking system that can actually track the number of completions and effective game time! Oh my, what a noble function it is to remind me constantly of how much of my life Ive wasted in this game C-Cough. Alright, everyone should be able to tell that I was being sarcastic. In truth, this game can completely be called the most boring game in history, hands down. Thats right, you havent heard wrongly. Be it in the past or the future, domestically or abroad, there shouldnt be another driving simulator more boring than this. You have to look ahead for the entire eight hours of journey for there is a turn every now and then. If you miss the turn Im sorry, youve failed and youll have to start the game from scratch! Dont ask me why theres no pause or saving available. Thats because This! Game! Has! No! Pause! Function! At! All! The only enjoyment you derive from this game would be by pressing the horn and listening to music. However, the problem is that not only can you not listen to music that you want to, you cant even change the radio channel! All you can listen to are some unknown, niche or antique tunes! Not only that, you cant even skip the songs you dont like! And the most shocking revelation came at the end where it actually mocked me with a single statement Congratulations for wasting eight precious hours of your life! Thats right! This is truly a game that has one contemplating life; thats what it did for me! It had me realize how important my time was and how games were such a waste of time! If I could grade this game in terms of its boringness out of 10, it would get a full 100! But of course, even a game as such isnt perfect. As the first Hardcore Mode player who cleared this game (You can verify it through the rankings), I strongly suggest the game to add the following features! Firstly, why end the game after the car reaches the endpoint? I highly suggest that the car can make a U-turn upon reaching the endpoint and drive back to the start point! That would be a logical way of inventing an Endless Mode! Can anyone truly claim to have conquered a game like this without going for a full 10 loops or so? Other than that, I highly suggest adding a multiplayer function where other players can enter the room and sit in the car to enjoy the scenery or chat with the driver! I hope that the creator of the game can take my advice and update the current version of the game. That would ensure that its a huge hit! Now, that concludes the end of this weeks dissing! The next eight hours would be the full recording of the gameplay. Anyone whos that bored can feel free to watch the entire journey without fast-forwarding. Trust me, after that, you will definitely gain some realizations about life too! Pei Qian scrolled ahead of the video and discovered that Teacher Qiao had truly recorded his entire eight hours of gameplay. The comments section was practically exploding with enthusiastic fans. Ive truly watched the full eight hours without fast-forwarding. Now, I feel as though Im starting to contemplate the meaning of life Teacher Qiao has made such a huge sacrifice! Hes practically living on the edge for this! Teacher Qiao, please stop! Your hairline cant take this anymore! Do people have to risk their lives to create a video these days?! Ive already downloaded it. Im sure I can find the meaning of life within the desert! The guy who made the previous comment, count me in! The games full name is called The Lonely Desert Road. You can find it on the official games platform. Dont rush to thank me, Im just a Samaritan! Count me in +1 Sightseeing group, lets go! Pei Qian was completely stumped as he looked at the comments left behind. Something must be wrong with this world! I made such a trashy game and it was used as material by some content creator to such a roaring response?! Even though he was confounded, Pei Qian more or less understood how everything happened. Of all things, his game had to be found by this Teacher Qiao who specialized in making videos to diss games who then created an episode out of it through a stroke of inspiration. With his exceptional synopsis and huge fan base coupled with some shrewd editing, the video went viral! Before long, a sightseeing group was attracted to the video as people were interested in the games extent of lousiness. Amongst them, most of the people stopped playing after a while as the game was truly boring. However, to the majority of them, that 1 yuan was so negligible that they werent even bothered with asking for a refund A minority of them got competitive because of the ranking system while there were some gamers who had even started spreading lies intentionally! Some claimed that at the fourth hour, there would be a really fun easter egg that appears if they look towards the desert. Others claimed that if one were to clear the game three times, a hidden stage would be unlocked! There were even many who were asking in the comments section if they could share this video Pei Qian realized that things didnt seem to be going well. Why did it suddenly seem as though this game was going to be hot?! Could it be that this game is not going to lose money?! No, that cant be. Ive got to do something Pei Qian was not intending to sit by idly and wait C he was going to save himself! If this game ends up becoming hot, he would be making a huge loss! He thought that the issue may have stemmed from the summary he wrote. It was too vague and hence the gamers misunderstood him! It was time to be truthful to the gamers C he had to dissuade the newcomers from spending money on it! Chapter 8 But, how should he dissuade the gamers? Pei Qian was a nobody to begin with. Even if he were to declare his identity as the creator of The Lonely Desert Road, how was he going to spread the news quickly? After pondering about it, he decided that it would be better for him to explain things right in the details of his games page on the official games platform. That way, the gamers who enter to download the game would be able to read his message directly and that would be the best method of dissuasion! At that thought, Pei Qian opened the back end and started editing the games summary. My sincere apologies! Im sorry, this is truly an extremely and downright trashy game! Its boring to the max and isnt worth playing at all! Please stop playing it! Gamers who bought it please seize the chance to ask for a refund! Thank you! Pei Qian changed the summary and waited. In the end, even after an hour passed, the hourly download volume of the game did not show any signs of dropping! Not only that, there were some new comments. Eh? The summary of the game changed? Did the creator of the game undergo some trauma? On account of you saying sorry, I forgive you. However, its too cumbersome to ask for a refund of a mere 1 yuan. Take it that Im treating you to ice cream, creator! This creators making me burst with laughter. Do you really think we dont know that its a trash game? Its precisely because its trash that were playing it! This creator really knows his own worth. On account of your honesty, Ill tip you with an additional 5 yuan! Ill send this game to my friend as a gift! Pei Qian was almost on the brink of tears upon reading the comments. What must I say in the summary to persuade you guys to ask for a refund?! Pei Qian had finally realized that setting the sale price at 1 yuan was a huge mistake C it was so cheap that people who bought it werent even bothered with going through the refund process! However, the main point was that Pei Qian didnt dare to set it too high as well C this was an indie game after all. If he had set it at 100 yuan, not only would it be difficult to get through ESROs vetting process, the system would definitely warn him for it too! Pei Qian was despondent as he looked at the popularity of the game soar rapidly C he could barely take it anymore. Monday. Brother Qian, youre skipping this afternoons classes again? Ma Yang had already packed his stuff. He asked puzzledly as he looked at Pei Qian who was clearly awake but lying on his bed and contemplating about life with widened eyes like a dead fish. Pei Qian waved it off; he didnt even have the strength to reply. Youre really something. Ma Yang left with his books. This was year one after all. Most students would only cultivate the habit of skipping classes and sleeping till noon by the time they were in year two or three. Pei Qian was someone who had transmigrated from 10 years in the future after all and he knew that skipping these classes meant nothing to him. At the end of the day, he wasnt in a course like medicine or law where missing a single class could possibly lead to a failure. For a normal humanities major like his, even if he skipped classes completely, he could still cram his way to a pass at the last minute. Besides, Pei Qian was in no mood to attend classes at all When he refreshed the back end of the game editor daily and saw the leaping figures, he would start to contemplate more about life. After lying on his bed like a corpse for a full 30 minutes, Pei Qian found the courage to summon the system. After Sundays settlement, the profits from the games platform should have been transferred to his company accounts early that morning. By now, the System Funds should have been refreshed as well. Dreaded, Pei Qian looked at the line of numbers on the screen of the system. Oh He closed the interface of the system, feeling as though he was about to die! He could truly take this no more! In truth, Pei Qian had mentally prepared himself slightly before looking at the figures C after all, he could have a rough estimate of how much money the game made based on the number of downloads. After Teacher Qiaos episode was published, the games downloads was increasing daily. Teacher Qiaos video was shared widely by many marketing accounts and there were other content creators who hopped aboard the bandwagon hoping to get a piece of The Lonely Desert Roads hype. The moment it started getting viral and people were sharing it, it was almost impossible to stop the hype train. Pei Qian could only watch helplessly as the games daily downloads went from dozens to hundreds to thousands. The rapid surge in the downloads numbers caused the game to get a better recommendation spot under indie, driving simulator and racing games genres as well. Each time Pei Qian turned on the systems back end, he would receive notifications. Congratulations! Your game, The Lonely Desert Road, has been awarded with XXX recommendations. Please try not to update the games version within this week so as to prevent any unknown bugs from affecting the game experience Pei Qian was already indifferent towards seeing the notification. By now, he was dead inside! There was another week to go and the System Funds has already broken through 50,000 yuan. That means to say that the money earned would be converted to his Personal Wealth under the 100:1 ratio come settlement. 1,000 yuan would be able to get him 10 yuan? Pei Qian looked at the figures shown and was utterly exasperated. A week later. Dormitory. Ridiculous! How in the world did such a lame game get popular? Get the hell out of my computer! Someone on the rankings actually spent over 40 hours on this game is he nuts?! Ma Yang was playing The Lonely Desert Road on the upper bunk bed. He quit in less than five minutes and he was bewildered as to how such a game got popular. Pei Qian on the other hand was shivering on the lower bunk. Hey, Brother Qian! Have you played that extremely popular lame game? That something, something desert road? Ma Yang poked his head down and asked. No. It was the truth C Pei Qian had truly not played the game. It was because he knew all too well that the game was created to disgust people. How could he play it Ma Yang slapped his own thigh. What a scam! I wonder which wicked as*hole created a game as such! What a rotten person! Pei Qian: I truly didnt expect you guys to play! Can I be blamed that all of you insist on playing it?! Pei Qian had not imagined that the games popularity would reach the school and even his own dormitory In the span of a single week, through the mass sharing of content creators and games media outlets, The Lonely Desert Road had turned so popular that Pei Qian was questioning life itself. He was extremely relieved that streaming platforms were not as popular in 2009 just yet as it was still in a growing phase. At the moment, the only player that monopolized the market was Waiwai streaming platform that only had a mere hundreds of thousands of users. If livestreaming was as popular as it was 10 years in the future Pei Qian could not imagine how things would have been like. Chapter 9 It was Monday C profit distribution day of the games platform as well as the systems settlement date. For Pei Qian, it should have been a day he had been waiting for. Yet, it now meant nothing and he even felt like crying. That 50,000 yuan that was initially meant to be his was now gone! However, whatever will be, will be. Pei Qian did not summon the system. However, the interface appeared before him automatically, probably because it was settlement date. When he saw those figures, Pei Qian lost all his hopes completely and was no different from a dead man. Rubbing salt to his wounds! Making things worse! Pei Qian was already devastated enough when the 70,000 yuan became 700 yuan post settlement. However, he consoled himself that he could invest the excess money he earned into the next round and he could then make even greater losses. Yet, Pei Qian discovered that the System Funds seemed to have a fixed value after each settlement. Any value lower than that would get topped up by the system! The first time round, the lowest value for the System Funds was at 50,000. The second round was at 300,000. That means to say that if Pei Qians current System Funds was less than 300,000, be it whether it was 10,000 or 290,000, it would get topped up to 300,000! Therefore, whether he made or lost money before the previous settlement, it wouldnt affect his starting funds for the next phase unless he had earned more than 300,000 with that 50,000 of his. Right now, Pei Qian could no longer calculate how much money he lost and was drowning in his heartaches. On the bright side, Ive got an additional income of 700+. That ought to help my life slightly Pei Qian was salivating at the sight of the System Funds 300,000. It was a pity he couldnt splurge that amount as he pleased. Checking his bank balance online, Pei Qian discovered that there was an additional 754.6 yuan C it fit the figures displayed in the system perfectly. However, there were no transaction records C it was as though his bank balance had changed automatically. Pei Qian had a rough idea of how the system worked. The power of the system was the ability to change the company and his personal accounts balances while not arousing any suspicion from any person or organizations. The initial 50,000 yuan distributed by the system was saved in the accounts of Tengda Network Technology Co., Ltd.. As the boss of the company, Pei Qian could make use of the money and invest it in any business. However, once any violations occur, such as using the money for food and drinks or any personal expenses, the system would recover the money while stopping the current Wealth Conversion week or even terminate its relationship with Pei Qian! While the system is the final judge of the violations, it follows normal societal rules. For example, while similarly being spent on food and drinks, company gatherings or activities are permitted whereas Pei Qian treating his friends for a meal is prohibited. After the games profits, the money earned from the games platform would be sent to the companys accounts C that is the same as with any other game companies. However, Pei Qian cant splurge it as he wishes! During the systems settlement, the system would change Pei Qians bank balance in accordance to the conversion rate to his Personal Wealth based on the changes in the companys balance. That would be money that Pei Qian can use to spend freely without being restricted by the system! The next settlement is a month later. No, this time round Ive got to find a way to lose the 300,000 completely! Not a single cent less! Pei Qian flipped up from his bed and began searching on his computer on How to make losses. The results were all content about How not to make losses. Rubbish Qiandu! Pei Qian looked up as anguish spread through his face. No classes in the afternoon! Come on, time for games! Someone yelled as people in the dormitory responded one after another. Ma Yang poked his head down from the upper bunk once more. Brother Qian, coming? Its been a long time since youve played with us. The way youre frowning could you have met with some relationship problems? Bloody hell! What relationship problems! This is way more important than any relationship problems! My 50,000 yuans flown away from me! Pei Qian could not be bothered to reply nor could he explain anything. The system had a rule such that Pei Qian must not reveal or hint at the existence of the system to anyone. In fact, he cant even let anyone suspect that it might exist. Alright, Ill play a round with you guys today. Pei Qian turned on his computer launched Gods Rising. He had already researched it previously. Gods Rising was similar to DOTA C even though he wasnt brilliant at it, he wasnt bad at it either. With Pei Qians futuristic insights, he should be able to carry a round or two at the skill level amongst the dormitories. Ma Yang was elated. Brother Qians coming! Well definitely beat the next dormitory guys! Before long, the dormitory was filled with clicking sounds of the keyboard and mouse along with some sudden outbursts. NICE! Amazing! Show off! Someones showing off! Ma Yang, where are you? Old Ma, why are you not around for every team fight? Stop getting greedy for the creeps, f*ck! The intense battling had Pei Qian forget about his pain of losing 50,000 yuan momentarily as he immersed himself in the game. Even though Pei Qian was unfamiliar to Gods Rising, thanks to his knowledge of similar games in his memories, he still produced quite a decent performance to carry them! 30 minutes later. Defeat! Pei Qian looked at his throne exploding on the screen then at his Kill Death Assist (KDA) ratio. 11-2-7. How the f*ck did I lose with this Pei Qian was almost about to barf. He had initially done well with an ultra kill and his game was going smoothly. However, he suddenly could not beat them in the mid game and come late game, they got rushed down the throne after losing a single team fight. He swept his gaze across his four teammates and Ma Yangs KDA of 2-2-2 was the most glaring. It was a pity that Gods Rising had not developed the capability of tracking team fight presence yet. Otherwise, Ma Yangs fighting percentage would definitely be really touching to see. Pei Qian recalled the various team fights they had. Indeed they had been playing a 4v5 the entire time While the enemies were sticking together and got a pick off, Ma Yang was farming creeps. While the enemies were securing a core objective, Ma Yang was happily killing their jungle creep in enjoyment. When their teammate was caught, Ma Yang suddenly realized it and called for Missing! in his lane before continuing to farm creeps. Hmm Tiring! Ma Yang commented regrettably, Man, what a pity we lost. He then poked his head down and looked at Pei Qian. Brother Qian, you cant just focus on getting fat yourself. Youve got to carry the game! Pei Qian nearly spat blood out. Bloody hell, wasnt I carrying hard enough?! Are you only going to consider me a carry if I turn on a cheat such that I can blow up their throne with a single move?! However, Pei Qian did not argue back because he knew full well thats just the sort of person Ma Yang was It wasnt that Ma Yang was making people sick intentionally, he was just a noob He belonged to the type of people whose capabilities were rather limited. Pei Qian recalled that in year four, Ma Yang had joined all sorts of clubs enthusiastically while running errands for the teachers. When it came to classes, he was always attentive and didnt miss any as well. However, came graduation, not only did Ma Yang not get any good benefits, he couldnt secure a good job either. In the end, he went home and started a job that his parents had found for him. Of course, everyone had their own ambitions and that wasnt exactly a bad choice Ma Yang made either. But, it definitely wasnt a good choice.. When it came to games, he was also the so-so type. One cant claim that he was good at the game. His game sense was slower than others and after all those years of playing, he had almost never carried a game singlehandedly. Yet, he wasnt exactly bad at the same time. His KDAs were mediocre but one cant claim that he was the one that cost the game. That was a skill level where he couldnt improve nor could he drop. That was the type of person he was. In other words, a natural born slacker. Pei Qian could not help but recall a famous phrase by otto1, Silvers are late stage cancer patients. What was the point of arguing with people like that? Hold on. Pei Qian suddenly realized a problem. He had suddenly realized that Ma Yang was a natural born slacker. Someone who could never make, but always mar. This was a special degenerate who could drag all his teammates down! If so, wasnt this just the sort of talent that he needed?! Chapter 10 Pei Qian suddenly felt that his future was brightening up! Previously, he only had 50,000 yuan on hand. It would be slightly ridiculous if he wanted to look for an employee with that amount of money. But now, Pei Qian had 300,000 in his System Funds! It wouldnt be ridiculous to hire an employee with this, right? Reflecting on his painful experience, Pei Qian concluded from his failure that it was because of a few things. Firstly, he was way too unlucky! Who would have guessed that a trashy game he created casually would have been spotted by a slightly popular UP Master of a games section? If not for that Teacher Qiao, wouldnt he have made a loss successfully? Also, Pei Qian was having doubts towards his own capabilities. Could it be because Im too smart that Im going about losing money the wrong way? There were some people who would always fail and lose money no matter how hard they try at earning money. At the same time, there were people who could spend all their time thinking about losing money but yet fail to lose it! Pei Qian felt that he belonged to the latter group. Therefore, he felt that it was time to look for help. To recruit people! As long as he were to recruit a bunch of slackers to take charge of all these jobs, wouldnt he be able to lose all that money with ease? At that thought, Pei Qian was no longer pissed at Ma Yang any longer even despite being dissed by the latter earlier on. Ma Yang is a gift sent to me by the heavens! Such a talented slacker! Isnt he the perfect employee Ive been waiting for? Should I consider the other schoolmates too? What does one more matter? In fact, he could even lose more money by giving more wages! N-No! The rest are way too reliable! Pei Qian had wanted to consider his other schoolmates but gave up on that thought before long. Handong University was a key university after all and those who could enter it werent all that stupid, everything else aside. A slacker like Ma Yang was an anomaly that one could only come across serendipitously. If he were to look for more, they might just end up making the job a success. By then, Pei Qian would truly be grieving. After he was decided, Pei Qian called Ma Yang out of the dormitory privately. Whats up, Brother Qian? Are you going to share with me some secret strategy? Ma Yang looked at Pei Qian hopefully, thinking that the latter was going to discuss gaming strategies with him. Ive been making a game myself recently. I need some help, are you interested? Pei Qian was direct. After all, someone like Ma Yang wasnt conniving and making things complicated might backfire. Stunned for a moment, Ma Yang shook his head. Are you messing with me? Weve got so much workload to deal with in the semester, let alone have time to play with all these other stuff. He paused for a moment before continuing, Dont tell me that youre fooled by the illusion caused by that messed up indie game as well? A large reason why The Lonely Desert Road got popular was due to luck as well! Besides, it costs a lot of money to create games! Where would you get your money from? Pei Qian coughed. I wont hide it from you, but Im actually a rich second-generation heir. My family gave me 300,000. Is that enough? Ma Yangs mouth dropped wide open and he only spoke after a long time, Are you serious? Youre not kidding me? Ma Yang did not know Pei Qians family background well, but he knew that Pei Qian wasnt the type of guy who would pull pranks on others for fun C there was no need for him to lie to him with such a low class joke. It was only then that Ma Yang started taking the preposition a little more seriously. Other than money, what about the other issues? Ma Yang asked. Pei Qian reversed the question. Are there any other issues other than money? Ma Yang froze momentarily. Do you know about art resources? Do you know how to code? Pei Qian shook his head. No, but is that an issue? Those resources could be bought online with money and I could hire professionals to settle them. Ma Yang opened his mouth, finding it hard to express his current emotions. Wasnt that too naive?! Even if youre rich, thats not the way to spend money! Pei Qian patted him on the shoulder. Dont worry about everything else. The only question Im asking is if youre willing to join in. If you are, Ill leave you a position on the design team. Hesitation spread across Ma Yangs face. Brother Qian, given our close relationship, I should naturally be helping you with this non conditionally. But, the both of us know nothing about creating a game! Even though the 300,000 was given to you by your family, I think you should still give this a second thought instead of making a decision so lightly. Im afraid that I would have really let you down if we make ducks and drakes out of the 300,000. I truly cant join you. Pei Qian was speechless. He had not thought that Ma Yangs conscience would actually be an obstacle But on second thought, indeed, even though Ma Yang was rather dumb, his character wasnt bad C he was a typical mister nice guy. Pei Qian could not reveal the origins of his money and could only claim that he was a rich second-generation heir and that the money was given by his family. Yet, that had Ma Yang reluctant to join out of fear that he would cause Pei Qian to lose money. Left with no choice, Pei Qian could only prove himself with his previous success. Actually, Ive already made a game and it has already earned money. Ma Yang was stunned. What game? C-Cough, Pei Qian coughed. The Lonely Desert Road. Pfft! Ma Yang nearly spat out. Youre the one who made that lame game?! Ma Yang was astounded. He had even complained to Pei Qian about it previously that it was a game created by a wicked as*hole! To think that he was scolding the exact person Pei Qian was exasperated. It really was made by me. It was an extremely awkward situation. Ma Yang blinked his eyes and suddenly raised a thumbs up. Nice! That works, Brother Qian! I couldnt tell that you had such talent in designing games! Youre really a genius for the game to get that popular! No wonder I felt such an intimate feeling to the game when I played it previously. So, its because of this. Pei Qian did not know to laugh or to cry C this Old Ma changed sides way too quickly! Alright, enough of the bootlicking. Same question, are you in? Ill give you a salary of 3,000 a month. Whether we profit or make a loss, you dont have to take any responsibility, Pei Qian offered. Ma Yangs attitude was completely different this time round as he nodded his head furiously. Of course, of course! Im definitely with you, Brother Qian! You know that even though Im nothing great, Im a reliable guy! After he found out that Pei Qian had created a successful game, Ma Yang felt that this was no longer childs play. On the contrary, this was something with bright prospects that he couldnt wait to join! Pei Qian extended his sincere approval to Ma Yang. Thats right, its exactly because youre a reliable man that I want you in! Now, dont let the others know about this. Of all the schoolmates I know, I think youre the most talented. I havent even approached anyone else. Ma Yang was beaming brightly. Of course, of course! Alright, that settles it, Pei Qian had nothing else to talk about. Theres still a lot of preparatory work to be done. Go and get started with some things on your own, Ill update you when theres progress. Ma Yang nodded excitedly. Sure, dont worry! Ill head to the bookstore this afternoon to see if theres any technical books I can get to start learning! Dont worry, Ill definitely not be a burden! Ma Yang turned back to the dormitory and packed his stuff, preparing to head out. Actually, you dont have to get any technical books to learn from Pei Qian replied mentally. However, he raised his hand and ended up not saying anything. He wondered if it was a right choice to get Ma Yang in. Was someone so responsible and reliable truly a good fit for him to reach his goals? But on second thought, based on his understanding of Ma Yang as a person over the years, Pei Qian knew that while this man was reliable, his capabilities were limited. Letting Ma Yang take a look at some technical books shouldnt affect the bigger picture. Chapter 11 Ma Yang packed his stuff and headed out to the nearby bookstore in search of technical books on game designs. Pei Qian did not know if Ma Yang would be able to purchase any but given the number of bookstores available, he should most likely be able to get some. In reality, there were already some online shopping platforms by this period of time including websites that specialized in books. However, most of the people had not gotten used to the platforms yet. In fact, some of the slower students did not apply for internet banking access even. Ma Yang belonged to the group of slower, more traditional students. His first choice when it came to buying books was to rush to a bookstore and flipping through parts of the contents before deciding if he wanted it. Of course, that status quo was about to be overturned by enormous changes in the coming few years. Pei Qian got back onto his bed and opened his laptop, contemplating about what he should do next. By noon, Ma Yang had returned. He was carrying around eight books with a voluminous one amongst them that was around the thickness of two fingers. At 200 millimeters long, it was titled Overview of Advanced Programming. Other than that, there were a bunch of others such as Survival Guide out of Coding, Collection of Program Management, Complete Guide to Coding and Guide to Recovering From Neck Injuries. Ma Yang felt that he had gotten a great harvest. Flipping through the books that Ma Yang brought back, Pei Qians gaze finally lingered on Guide to Recovering From Neck Injuries. This guy had really prepared thoroughly! He was even considering the possibility of them getting neck injuries? However, the biggest problem that programmers faced wasnt neck injuries C it was dying from being overworked! Besides, its not as though youre going to be a programmer! Previously, Pei Qian had thought that he might have gotten the wrong guy for the job given how on the ball and passionate Ma Yang was towards the job. But when he saw Ma Yangs choice of books, Pei Qian was certain. Ma Yang was the best partner for him, hands down! Just look at how he had gone such a long way for bookstores just to get these books back. Were they useless? Not exactly, since they were somewhat relevant. Yet, one cant claim that they were useful because they just werent! This was a classic example of working in vain! Pei Qian patted Ma Yang on the shoulder. Ma Yang, what were doing is design, not programming. Besides, do you know that games nowadays are all created using game editors? Also, technology is developing rapidly and changing way too quickly. The technicalities in these books are already almost outdated and theyre not really of use. Ma Yangs face drained of color. I was wondering why they were on discount in the bookstores! Its because they cant be sold! I looked around the bookstore for a long time but I just couldnt find any books about designing games. These were all that I could find and when I saw that they were on discount, I bought a couple of them. What should we do? I cant get a refund for discounted books! Ma Yang was panicked. However, Pei Qian was completely relieved as he smiled. Its fine, its the effort that counts. If you feel that you shouldnt waste these books after buying them, you can browse through them. After all, theyll be of some help no matter what. Ma Yang felt more at ease upon hearing that. Do you want to browse through them too? We can take turns. Pei Qians expression turned dark as he waved it off hurriedly. N-No, its fine! Who would want to browse through these books? Theyd be stiff even when used as pillows! Lying down on his bed, Ma Yang opened the thickest book C Overview of Advanced Programming. After five minutes, snoring sounds reverberated from his bed. Pei Qian was pleased. Yes, reliable! Look at that attitude! 100 marks! Look at those capabilities! 0 marks! Wasnt this the designer that he had been searching for painstakingly? It was a pity that Ma Yang was the only person Pei Qian knew with such talents. If there were a couple more of them, Pei Qian would be unmatched! Losing 300,000 would be extremely easy! Pei Qian opened up ESROs official game editor and ignored The Lonely Desert Roads downloads which had grown by another few thousands dismally as he began researching on his next project. For indie games, their popularity normally came and left quickly. Furthermore, The Lonely Desert Road was a game without any technical substance that would allow for sustained gameplay. In Pei Qians previous life, there were similar examples as well of games that had poor quality, rough designs and boring, singular gameplays that had exploded in popularity for special reasons. However, those were rare cases and out of hundreds of similar titles, only a couple would be as such. Pei Qian had not expected that he would ever encounter such a thing! In time to come, The Lonely Desert Roads popularity would definitely go down along with its download rate and income earned C thats only normal. However, whether or not it would drop, the fact that a game as such had already earned money was something that had Pei Qian feeling the most miserable about. Reflecting on his painful experience, Pei Qian decided that he had to change his mindset. No more indie games this time round! He had to change! In the short term, gamers would be associating Tengda Network Technology Co., Ltd. with The Lonely Desert Road. Pei Qian was faced with two difficult options. He could make another messed up game that might end up replicating The Lonely Desert Roads success. Even if it doesnt get to the same popularity, it could still be a devastating blow to Pei Qian if he were to earn a little profit. Or, he could make a proper indie game that gamers might deem to be of passable quality and end up purchasing. That would be bad! Furthermore, it would take quite a bit of effort to spend 300,000 for an indie game. How expensive were the templates and art resources that he had to purchase in order to spend that 300,000 completely? Besides, if he were to purchase all the expensive art resources and end up causing the game to look amazing, he might end up attracting a bunch of sightseeing group gamers and fail to make a loss once more! Therefore, after much contemplation, Pei Qian decided to give up on these gamers who were passionate about indie games and change to another genre. 300,000 was not enough to make a large scale game. Even though Pei Qians aim was to lose money, at the end of the day, the final product must still be made. If the game does not clear the vetting process and the 300,000 of System Funds was used to produce nothing, the system would deem that as a violation. Therefore, while the money must be spent, the game must be created too. Pei Qian went through the official platform before finally deciding on his goal. Mobile games! He partly had no choice. Firstly, he didnt have enough money to create a large scale game. Secondly, it wasnt suitable for him to create any indie games in the short term. Mobile and indie gamers were completely different groups of people. Indie gamers may check out the new game because theyre curious about Tengda as a company, but not mobile gamers. As long as the mobile game is trashy enough, Pei Qian was certain that there would be no interest to it! After he was decided on the direction, it was time for market research. Pei Qian entered the official games platform and looked through all the popular mobile games, even downloading some of the hottest ones to try them out for himself. This was something that he had already noticed previously, but in terms of mobile phones, this parallel universe seemed to be much more advanced than his previous world. Chapter 12 In his previous life, smartphones had started getting common and trending during 2010 to 2011. Alongside the wave, some of the popular mobile games such as card games started appearing around 2012. However, smartphones had appeared earlier in this world and so by 2008, there were already card games. By now, 2009, card games were commonplace. When they were just introduced, card games were truly innovative and were popular for a long time. However, due to the large amount of copycats, gamers were already sick of it and something as simple such as earning money just by creating something similar was no longer existent. In this world, the progenitor of card games was called Qute Three Kingdoms. The reason it was popular was due to the same few reasons C cartoonish and cute style, traditional card gameplay et cetera. In 2008, back when the Three Kingdoms IP wasnt commonplace yet, gamers were more accepting of it in general. However, thanks to the trend of smartphones, the game singlehandedly created a miracle and earned the creators a huge pot of gold such that their competitors were brimming with jealousy. In this world, the game editors were extremely advanced and many indie creators can enter the playing field with ease. With that, all sorts of copycat card games started spouting out, causing the initial craze for card games that could have lasted for three to five years to burn out within just one. As of now, gamers viewed card games with a sense of disdain and reluctance. That was exactly what Pei Qian wanted! Other than that, he had also noticed a huge difference between Qute Three Kingdoms and card games in his previous world. In terms of paywalling, it was the complete opposite. The game could be purchased with a fixed price of 5 yuan. Other than that, the in-game items were sold at a rather fair price. The concept of receiving a rare card by topping up 2,000 yuan or the likes of those did not exist in this world at all. The in-game payments were basically capped at 1,000 yuan or so. Beyond that, there was nowhere else to spend the money on. Despite that, Qute Three Kingdoms was still lambasted by the gamers for being greedy. Thats because the ecosystem of this world was different from Pei Qians previous one. Piracy wasnt so rampant in this world owing to the strong IP Rights protection, so standalone game creators were having quite a good life. Because of that, single purchases or top up refill cards were the main profit models that gamers have acknowledged and gotten used to. When it came to Qute Three Kingdoms, it was clear that the creators did not dare to go overboard as well. They merely implemented a 5 yuan purchase price along with some slight in-game purchases. Even then, they were lambasted to hell. After researching through the market, Pei Qian started contemplating on how he should mess the game up. The most straightforward method was to have a direct clash! If the market already has an extremely successful game thats practically the founder of the genre, all Pei Qian had to do was to copy it wholesale and he was almost guaranteed to be doomed! Since card games were sunsetting right now, its time to create card games! Qute Three Kingdoms is popular, isnt it? Ill create a game based on the three kingdoms too! Gameplay shall be the same and a card game template on the resource website would be perfect to spend dozens of thousands on. Of course, art resources cant be copied blindly C that would result in copyright issues. Pei Qian had not intended to copy the art style to begin with. After all, he was counting on burning money for the art resources. How else would he burn the whole 300,000 with just the template alone? There was another important point C the paywall of the game. Qute Three Kingdoms was really restrained in implementing their paywalls. As for Pei Qians game, should he have the gamers die in a huge paywall? No! Hell no! That was not what Pei Qian felt. He understood gamers way too well C these were all hypocrites. They may scold the game for being a scam and a money pit, threatening to never play it again. However, when a new astronomically priced item appears, the whales were still going to pay for it even if they may complain. If Pei Qian were to make the paywall of the game extremely high such as in the levels of dozens of thousands yuan, what would he do if he met a bunch of whales? The spending power of a whale was equivalent to thousands of normal gamers. Wouldnt he have to puke out blood if the game had turned profitable with just a small number of whales? So, he had to reverse his way of thinking! In order to prevent whales from splurging, the paywall of the game had to be sufficiently low! Pei Qian thought about it. Since the paywall of the Qute Three Kingdoms was around 1,000 yuan, hell just have to lower it to 500 yuan! No, 100 yuan! No, thats not good enough. 30 yuan! Hell make it such that the whales wont have a place to spend on! But of course, as a card game, there must be common and rare cards. The common method to it was to lock rare cards behind paywalls in order to increase the profit margins. Pei Qian rejected that method. After all, he was here to lose money, not profit! The most expensive in-game item shall be a permanent membership card that costs 30 yuan! Those who buy it will get a few additional card draw chances daily. Other than that, there will be no other place for people to spend money on! You guys want to donate money to Tengda? Dream on! As for normal gamers, even if they dont purchase the 30 yuan card, they would have card draw chances as well, albeit less. That way, there wont be enough reason for gamers to want to pay money! As for the price of the game, Pei Qian really wanted to set it to be free. However, he decided against that on second thought. There werent much free mobile games nowadays and most of them were priced at 1 yuan. If Pei Qian were to make the game free, he might end up attracting a bunch of players. What if it suddenly got popular? Therefore, Pei Qian decided to go against the trend and set the purchase price at 10 yuan! Thats more expensive than Qute Three Kingdoms! As a super high barrier of entry, that 10 yuan will do its work to dissuade 90% of the potential players. Think about it. A mobile game thats completely based on a template without any innovative traits and a purchase price that is 5 yuan more expensive than the hottest game available C who would be stupid enough to buy it? Of course, he mustnt set that barrier too high either. That 10 yuan was enough to achieve its intended effect of dissuading gamers from buying it. If he were to set it any higher, Pei Qian was going to earn money with just a mediocre number of gamers. The more he earned, the more he lost. That wont do! With that, Pei Qian was decided on his goal. Firstly, this would be a game with the most basic operational techniques. Gameplays that other card games do not possess? You wont find it here! Gameplays that other card games possess? You might not find it here either! All in all, the gameplay would be completely similar to everything else out there and have nothing new! Not only that, this was a game that clashed directly with Qute Three Kingdoms! They both revolved around the three kingdoms as topic. They were both mobile games. Theirs was authentic while Pei Qians was a counterfeit. Theres no way anyone would choose this game instead of Qute Three Kingdoms! Finally, this was a game that had an extremely stupid profit strategy. First, the 10 yuan barrier of dissuading the normal mobile gamers. Next, the 30 yuan paywall to stop whales from splurging on the game! Im a bloody genius! What a perfect plan! Pei Qian was totally impressed with himself. How could this game earn money with such a shitty design? No way! There was absolutely no way! Chapter 13 Once he was decided, Pei Qian entered ESROs official resource website and started scouring for mobile card game templates. Before long, he found one. This was not the template for Qute Three Kingdoms. Qute Three Kingdoms was the progenitor of card games and was the hottest mobile title in the market C this was akin to a money tree and there was no way the company would be foolish enough to sell their own games template. However, that did not mean that others would not do it. There were many other gaming companies who hopped onto the card games bandwagon. While they wrote the codes themselves, the gameplays were borrowed from Qute Three Kingdoms. However, since those companies failed to earn money from the game itself, they had no choice but to modify their own game slightly and publish it on the resource website to sell as templates, hoping to recoup some losses. The template that Pei Qian had found originated from a copycat card game that had failed. A failed product? I love it! This was a good sign for Pei Qian. He clicked on it to check on the gameplay system. Ever since the 2008 mobile card game craze, Qute Three Kingdoms has gone through multiple updates increasing the gameplays. However, this template was clearly extremely ancient and contained only the most basic elements such as levels, autoruns and arenas et cetera. As for new gameplays, there was nothing! The entire game just seemed unpresentable. That was something Pei Qian was pleased about! This was the card game template of his dreams! Something that had none of the fun features and wouldnt stand out in terms of gameplay! He looked at the price C 100,000! Why is it only 100,000? Now, he wasnt too pleased with the price C this was too cheap! If you set it as 150,000, Id buy it all the same! However, on second thought, the driving simulator template only cost 20,000. Even though card game templates were more complex and contained a more complete playstyle system, it wasnt cheap at 100,000 either. Pei Qian could tell from the download volumes that this was much less than the driving simulator template he had bought previously. That was a clear indicator that this was overly priced and wasnt practical either. Pei Qian hesitated no more C purchase! This was the type of overpriced product that he loved, something that could help him burn money without getting warned by the system. After purchasing the template, he now had the gameplay basics and the next step was to add on the art resources. That included the User Interface (UI), batting effects and card animations et cetera. Other than these, he had to purchase music and sound effects and rent cloud service equipment C all of that would cost quite a bit of money. Though, most of it was still for the art resources. Pei Qian thought about it. He would keep about 30,000 for the music and sound effects, 10,000 for other expenses while the rest of the 160,000 or so would be spent on art resources. 160,000 C that was no large nor small figure. However, Pei Qian hadnt thought about how he wanted his art resources to be. Card games were the most suitable for changing of designs. Or rather, for card games, design was the most important. And its exactly because design was so important that Pei Qian had to screw it up! But of course, it wont do for him to intentionally make it look ugly. That was because the system had set that he must not intentionally purchase inferior products or services. If he had only obtained art resources worth around 60,000 after spending the 160,000, the system would not let him pass. He had to buy services that were generally acceptable. While there was some allowance to standards, it mustnt be too extreme. This was a time for Pei Qian to start racking his brains. How should he purchase good quality art resources that gamers were guaranteed to dislike? Simple! Hell just have the artists make use of intricate designs in a style thats unacceptable for gamers, wouldnt that do? The key was in producing the requirements for the art. Pei Qian wasnt too confident regarding his capabilities in this aspect. After all, with his experience in The Lonely Desert Roads failure, he was starting to doubt his own competence. This was where Ma Yang came in! Pei Qian downloaded from the website a universal template for art resources requirements. On the requirement form, one had to detail the sizes of the art resources they wanted followed by some simple descriptions of them. There were generally two types of art resources. The first type was original design C this was more expensive and had higher demands of the artists as well. Because they had to draw more finely, the requirements naturally had to be more detailed. The other type of resources referred to UI and special effects et cetera. There were similar and generically usable art resources of these all around the resource website. However, Pei Qian was naturally not satisfied with something that was just modified casually C how was he going to spend his money like that? Therefore, all art resources had to be custom-made! Pei Qian first listed the UI, special effects and similarly less important art resources before filling some simple requirements such as They must be cool! They must fit the three kingdoms theme! These were all vague descriptions. As for how the final product would look like Pei Qian couldnt be bothered! The artists can do as they wish! Next, Pei Qian handed the form to Ma Yang. Ma Yang had already woken up by then. However, after hugging the voluminous book for another two minutes, he looked as though he was about to fall back asleep. When he saw Pei Qian giving him the form, Ma Yang was rejuvenated as he tossed his book aside while peering down from the upper bunk and whispering, Are we about to start working? Pei Qian nodded his head. Fill the form. Make use of your imagination and fill it with unbridled boldness! Ma Yang nodded his head furiously. No problem! His passion for work was surging! Ma Yang took a look at it C this was an art resource requirement form and there were quite a number of portions he had to fill in. But, the main point was to describe the requirements of the characters original arts. Pei Qian had already decided on the theme C the three kingdoms. There were only that number of characters within the three kingdoms. Pei Qian had listed 50 of them with 15 of them being rare cards, 25 of them being uncommon cards and 10 being common cards. In terms of pricing for original art, there was quite a huge variation. A cheap one would be in the range of 800 yuan while an expensive one would range around 5,000. If one were to head to an art school in a second or third tier city and look for a student there, they could get an original art at 100 yuan each. If they wanted a famous artist to customize one for them, it wasnt strange for one to cost up to 8,000 yuan either. In any case, you get what you pay for. Pei Qian was definitely not going to get a famous artist to customize his art even if that could have helped him to spend more money. There was a chance that the popularity of those artists may bring about a publicity effect for the game instead! With the same logic, while it was true that spending 5,000 yuan on each piece of art could cost him a lot of money, what was he to do if the gamers were to fall in love with such beautiful original art?! At the end of the day, design was still the most important. If his artwork was too good, he might be able to earn money no matter how trashy the game was! That was why Pei Qian decided that he was going to buy cheap original art! If he wanted to spend more money, he would just purchase more of them! With 50 characters, he could continue to subdivide different stances after upgrading the levels and stars of the characters. That was equivalent to having 50 basic characters where each would possess four different types of changes to represent them levelling up. Based on a fixed price of 3,000 for every character multiplied by four different changes, that would be 150,000 C Pei Qian had estimated it perfectly. After all, starter card games would not require models and that saved him some expenses. But of course, the actual price would have to be offered by the other party C that was just a rough estimate that Pei Qian did. Ma Yang was puzzled C if everything was already fixed, what was he in charge of? After looking at Pei Qians note carefully, he understood. His job was to screw up the originals and modify! In other words, it was to squeeze his creative juices to overhaul the designs of these 50 characters completely C best if they were completely unrecognizable anymore! Chapter 14 Pei Qian had already thought it through that since he wanted to clash with Qute Three Kingdoms, he could only go with the three kingdoms theme. However, the three kingdoms theme in itself was a mix of different IPs and it wasnt something that was too great or bad. If he wanted gamers to hate the three kingdoms characters, the best way to do it would be through modification; to completely destroy their traditional images! That way, gamers who like the three kingdoms would definitely complain about the horrendous changes, steering clear of the game while lowering the reputation of the game. That important task of modification would be handed over to Ma Yang. Pei Qian was completely confident given Ma Yangs capabilities C as long as Ma Yang were to work on it earnestly, he would definitely be able to screw it up! When he saw the names of the characters, Ma Yang frowned. He looked down from the upper bunk and whispered, Brother Qian, I Ive only watched the television series for the three kingdoms. Theres a lot of people here whom I dont even know Pei Qian skipped with joy internally C wasnt that for the best? If you knew the characters of the three kingdoms with the back of your palms, I would be worried to hand this task to you instead! Dont worry, I believe in you. The main points to overhaul tradition anyways. Feel free to let your creative juices flow. The bigger the changes, the greater! Also, dont worry about how the images are going to come out. That will have to depend on the artists design as well. Youre just providing the direction. Just feel free to open up the design since it was never fixed to begin with. No one is going to pick on mistakes made from general knowledge. Pei Qian continued persuading him. He did not wish for Ma Yang to back down from the difficulty and end up returning the task to him. Ma Yang finally nodded. Alright then, Ill try my best. Still worried, Pei Qian added, Remember, it must be a complete overhaul! The more ridiculous, the better! Ma Yang sat on his bed and started scratching his ears and cheeks. After enduring for 10 minutes, there was still no progress. Finally, he couldnt take it anymore as he popped his head out. Brother Qian, should I go and buy Romance of the Three Kingdoms first Pei Qian stopped him right away. No! Absolutely not! Your creative spirit is what I was looking for, get it? Right now, youre completely unaffected by the influence of Romance of the Three Kingdoms and thats exactly why you can overhaul the design entirely! Dont start worrying about how the original image should be like! Just use your imagination as best as you can and modify as much as you can! Alright, Ma Yang replied in a resigned tone before shirking his head back and continuing to ponder over it. After a moment, he extended his head and asked once more, Brother Qian, can I design Guan Yu as a dragon? Will that do? Pei Qian nodded his head. Sure! Awhile later. Brother Qian, Ill make Ma Chao a centaur. Will that do? Sure! Yet another while later. Brother Qian, Ill set Zhou Cang as a dragon lady and Zhuge Liang as an inventor! Huang Yueying will be a robot puppet while Xu Chus a tiger! Cao Pi will be a tentacle monster and Lu Meng will be a dragon slaying lolita! Will that do? Pei Qian slapped his thighs. Yes! Of course! Old Ma, youre a genius, you know that? Just continue along those lines! Ma Yang was initially skeptical of his own work. However, Pei Qians affirmation had ignited his confidence. Looking at how seriously Ma Yang was taking his work, flowers blossomed in Pei Qians heart. He hadnt found the wrong person! Setting Zhou Cang as a dragon lady and Lu Meng as a dragon slaying lolita? Look at the sort of talented drivel this was! That was something that Pei Qian definitely would not have been able to come up with himself! Once he finds a cheaper artist to screw up the designs of a proposal thats completely unreliable from the get go, theres no way the games original art could be bearable to watch! Imagine when gamers draw Cao Pi only to find out that hes a tentacle monster Drawing Ma Chao to find out that hes a centaur Drawing Lu Meng to find out that this great general had turned into a dragon slaying lolita Wasnt this something that fans who loved the three kingdoms series would flame? Some famous international star had once claimed, Making and adapting films from history isnt to destroy the source recklessly. But this was precisely to destroy it recklessly! Once this game comes out, the masses are going to spurn it and the three kingdom fans would be weeping endlessly! Pei Qians past couple of dazed days were swept clean as he felt his future turning bright once more! Losing 300,000 to earn 300,000! Pei Qian could envision a beautiful life beckoning towards him! Seizing the opportunity while Ma Yang was filling up the form, Pei Qian checked out the artists on the resource website. ESROs resource website compiled all the resources for games domestically, including manpower. Be it designers, artists or programmers, one could provide their services on the resource website with a price. The buyers could check out the past works of the freelancers and if they were pleased with what they saw, they could negotiate a partnership. For example, how many original art pieces of an artist they wanted to purchase. Pei Qian filtered out the artists that specialized in original arts and began the elimination process swiftly. All of the famous artists were eliminated. All of the artists with a better reputation were eliminated. He focused on searching for his artist amongst the newcomers who were selling their original arts for around 700 yuan each! After looking through multiple examples of various artists, Pei Qian realized that they all seemed similar. There was a barrier of entry to the resource website so it wasnt a place where any random art student could make a post on. ESROs personnel would conduct a vetting process and hence, any newcomer artists that could list their services would have a decent foundation in sketching at the very least. Pei Qian searched back and forth and finally decided on a newcomer artists who had not much to display in his portfolio. The artists portfolio consisted of 2D cute style designs and there wasnt any realistic aspects to it. That was a clear sign that he must not be good at drawing realistic designs which was what Pei Qian wanted for his game! Hes the one! Pei Qian decided on the spot! But of course, Pei Qian couldnt settle on a single artist C there were too many original art pieces he wanted. Some card games would want their original arts to be designed so exquisitely it looked like a poster. For something like that, even an experienced artist would take an entire week to complete it. For Pei Qians requirement, he just wanted the original art to be a card on a mobile screen. Because of that, the quality could be lowered greatly. However, even under the circumstances that the artist is capable and he puts in quite a bit of effort, that would take around two days to complete. Meaning to say, an artist who slogs tirelessly for an entire month without any regard for the quality level would at most be able to produce 15 pieces of original art. Of course, when Pei Qian said he wanted 200 pieces, it did not mean 200 completely different original arts. There were only 50 characters. Each of them would have four original arts representing different stars. Take Zhuge Liang for example. Getting from one star to four stars would just change some details and special effects C it isnt a complete character redesign. Therefore, each character would form a complete set with their four different original arts. Even then, with a safe estimate, Pei Qian would require around seven artists to ensure that the content is completed on time. He decided to start negotiating prices with an artist before looking for the rest. Hi, our company is preparing to produce a mobile card game and we want to mass order custom-made original arts. I would like to discuss with you about the prices and completion timeline. If youre interested, please reply. Pei Qian left a message for that artist named Ruan Guangjian. He waited for a couple of minutes and received no response before concluding that the other party should be offline. Pei Qian was in no rush since Ma Yang should only be done with the requirement form by the next day. Checking the time, Pei Qian saw that it was already night and his stomach was growling. Old Ma, shall we go eat? Pei Qian got down from the bed and looked at Ma Yang on the upper bunk. Ma Yang was still in the midst of squeezing his creative juices while tapping on the keyboard C the requirement form was already filled with chunks of texts. You dont have to get that serious. Lets go and eat, Pei Qian said. Even though Ma Yang was still engrossed in work, he was indeed hungry as well as he leapt off the bed. Canteen? Ma Yang asked. Pei Qian shook his head and patted his chest. No, lets head out to eat today! My treat! 10 minutes later. The attendant served a bowl of ramen and a plate of egg fried rice, placing it before the both of them. Chapter 15 Boss, another serving of meat for the ramen and another fried egg for the egg fried rice! Get me a side dish too! Cold cucumber will do! Pei Qian spared no expenses in order to reward Ma Yang who slurped happily at the meat-filled ramen before him. Youre really something, Brother Qian! Youre not even acting anymore and youre showing your traits as a rich second-generation heir! But this amount of money is enough for us to order at the restaurant beside Pei Qian waved it off. Man, nono. Even though the restaurant beside isnt that expensive, its not filling. To tell you the truth, we should actually be eating something better to celebrate our start of work. However, all of my moneys saved for creating the game right now so its a little tight for me. In truth, it was because the Personal Wealth converted was too little. He only had 700 yuan C that was not enough for him to splurge. Ma Yang nodded his head while eating the ramen. I understand, I do! Thats only right. Were in the fighting phase and we mustnt waste money. Once this game is out, Ill take you to a barbecue buffet that costs 50 yuan per person! Ma Yang nodded furiously. Sure, sure! At that time, buffets cost around 30 yuan per person. A 50 yuan buffet like the one Pei Qian suggested was considered high class. But of course, the price of buffets had increased to around 1-200 per person 10 years later C theres just no comparison. To Pei Qian, if he could lose the entire 300,000 and have it converted to his Personal Wealth, he could have any good food he wanted. Thats right, the contract, Pei Qian dug into his egg fried rice. Ill go get a template when we get back. Lets sign an internship contract for you with a salary of 3,000 to be settled at the end of the month. Ma Yang replied hurriedly, Brother Qian, youre being too polite. Money is really not the most important thing. Besides, I dont think theres a need for the contract? Pei Qian shook his head. That wont do. Youre giving me your hard work so you cant take a single cent less. Were a legitimate business so we have to follow the proper procedures. The contracts a must. Alright then, well do as youve arranged, Ma Yang did not insist further C who wouldnt want free money? He just felt that 3,000 was a little too much and he was embarrassed. In truth, Pei Qian had wanted to give him more but the system did not allow it! The system had stated that Pei Qian must not exceed the reasonable standards of an employees salary. After testing it out, Pei Qian confirmed that this reasonable standard referred to him not exceeding twice the reasonable salary outside. Take Ma Yang for example. If he were to go help out at a games company, given the basic salary of the interns currently, he would be at a 1,500 yuan standard. Of course, there would definitely be some exceptions where some companies are more generous or some interns have to do more work and thus receiving higher pay. However, he had to take into consideration that with Ma Yangs capabilities, he would be a burden to the company at most Therefore, Pei Qian decided on a 3,000 yuan intern salary C that was the highest permissible salary allowed by the system. As he ate his ramen, Ma Yang suddenly slapped his thighs. My! Brother Qian! I suddenly thought of a great idea! Say, what if I were to convert all the generals in the three kingdoms to be women? Say, is that an overhaul or what? Pei Qian nearly spat out his fried rice. No! He rejected the idea decisively. Ma Yang was puzzled. Why not? Didnt you say that you wanted an overhaul? Pei Qian was speechless. Why not? Thats because theres a high chance that idea would succeed In truth, the idea of having a gender reversed three kingdoms had been tested out in mangas and animes and it was rather successful. Even though this was 2009 and the 2D games genre wasnt that popular yet, there were signs that things were moving in that direction. Since many mobile card games were making their designs cartoonish, it meant that they were embracing that trend objectively as well. What if the game were to attract the homebodies because of it being gender reversed and ends up getting popular?! Pei Qian would not permit something like that to happen. But of course, Pei Qian could not tell Ma Yang his actual thoughts. Coughing, he explained himself, That idea wont work because that would cause all the characters to lose their distinctiveness! For example, if Ma Chao, Zhao Yun and Gong Sunzan were all women and so is everyone else, there would be nothing distinguishing about their characteristics! Your current proposal is good as it is. Ma Chaos a centaur, Guan Yus a dragon C itll be easy to differentiate them! Thats why I think your current proposal is still better. Coming to a realization, Ma Yang nodded his head. Ah, so thats the case. Got it. Pei Qian let out a long heave of relief C seemed like having an employee may not necessarily be a good thing either. Even though he could give out more salary, Pei Qians strategy could lead to them having doubts and questions. At that time, he would have to come up with a logical explanation. Otherwise, the employees might truly suspect that Pei Qians intentionally trying to cause the company to lose money. Once doubt steps in, it will be a clear violation according to the systems rules. Thankfully, Ma Yang isnt too smart. If I were to hire more people in the future, I would have to get more people like this. Pei Qian lamented to himself internally. After the meal, they strolled back to the dormitory. Ma Yang climbed to the upper bunk energetically and got to work passionately, filling the requirement form. As for Pei Qian, he turned on his laptop and entered the resource website C his previous message had gotten a reply. Ruan Guangjian: How many pieces do you want? What are the general requirements? Pei Qian noted down his general requests including the number of cards and generic style et cetera. Of course, the detailed requirement form was not done yet so Pei Qian could only describe it simplistically. Art style must not be cartoonish. Everything else is up to you. Theres a total of 50 characters. Each one of them would come in a set of four original arts. A total of 200 pieces. Still working on the requirement form. Ill give it to you later. After three whole minutes, Pei Qian received no reply C he presumed that Ruan Guangjian must be stumped. My portfolio is filled with cartoonish drawings and the first thing you tell me is that you dont want anything cartoonish?! After a period of time, Ruan Guangjian replied. Alright. The price would be 2,000 per set, is that okay? I know that this price may seem a little steep for a newcomer artist. But, dont worry. My quality is definitely top tier. Its just that I dont have much of a portfolio because Im still schooling. 2,000 per set? Doesnt that mean every piece costs just 500?! Pei Qian was displeased right away C that was too cheap! Doesnt that mean he wouldnt be able to spend his money completely?! He had initially planned on paying for 3,000 per set and now the price had dropped to 2,000. For 50 characters, wont he be spending 50,000 yuan less? No, that wont do! I think that the price needs further negotiating, Pei Qian replied. Ruan Guangjian: How much do you suggest then? Thats more or less my bottom line. Pei Qian: The situation is a little special on my side. Thats because what we want to achieve is a style that no one else has done before. We want an image thats going to be disruptive! So, the difficulty level is actually higher, do you get it? Besides, were not too good with art on our design side. So, our requirements are going to be more vague. Because of that, Im going to need you to work harder on designing it. With those considerations, I think that 2,000 per set is too unfair for you. 3,000 per set would be a more suitable price! That includes the initial design of the original arts along with modifications later on. At the same time, I hope that youll be able to draw more detailedly, hows that? Ruan Guangjians side fell into silence once more. It was clear that he hadnt met much clients like Pei Qian who bargained in reverse This guy had just given him an additional 1,000 yuan per set! However, Pei Qians behavior was not a violation of the rules and hence the system did not sound out any warnings. That was because Pei Qians demands were perfectly reasonable. The additional amount of money covered the troubles stemming from the unclear specifications, raising of the works quality as well as future amendments. Ruan Guangjian only replied after a few minutes, Alright. A total of 50 sets and 200 original art pieces at 150,000. This will include 20 major and 50 minor amendments. Pei Qian grinned. I can indeed use money to purchase amendments options, but I can choose not to use them as well! After all, its for the best if the art pieces come out to be undesirable. The both of them agreed on it and prepared to complete the digital contract on the resource website. Suddenly, Pei Qian recalled something. How many original pieces can you produce in three weeks? Ill edit the total sum on my end of the contract. The system stated that Pei Qian must not have any unannounced products a week before settlement. If Pei Qian wanted to publish his game a week before settlement, that leaves Ruan Guangjian with three weeks of time to work with. Ruan Guangjian: I definitely cant produce 200. However, I can share this job with my same dormitory schoolmates. Dont worry, Ill be supervising so that will not only guarantee their quality, Ill ensure the style is consistent as well. Pei Qian was delighted. Thatll work! Ill hand everything to you then! Ruan Guangjian was still schooling. Even if he could reach the standards required by the resources website, that didnt mean that his schoolmates would be able to! This could be considered as a small loophole as well, to spend the money while objectively decreasing the quality of the original arts. Amazing! Chapter 16 The next afternoon, Ma Yang handed the modified requirement form to Pei Qian. Looking through it, Pei Qian was fully pleased with what Ma Yang had written. It was as good as writing nothing at all! Even though Pei Qian hadnt worked in the games industry before, the requirement form was a template off the resource website and there were basic instructions written at the top of the form. Basically, the more detailed, the better. The designer would propose an image, usually imaginary and vague while the artist would draw the image, usually concrete and detailed. It was easy for something to go wrong during the process. For example, the designer might want a Extremely handsome male character. This was a standard that was vague and hard to measure. How does one define extremely handsome? The artist would then draw a character he takes to be extremely handsome, but would that please the designer? Not necessarily. After all, beauty was subjective. Therefore, the designer had to be as detailed as possible while stating their requirements. The best would be if they could describe the sort of clothes, caps, weapons or any defining traits et cetera. If they had a similar image for reference, that would be even better. Theres always a joke within the games circle. Designer tells programmer, I want a function that can do xxx. The design concept of the function is xxx and it should achieve an effect like xxx! Programmer replies irritably, Just tell me the function of a game you want to copy. Let me have a look at it. Designer tells artist, I want a character that looks like xxx. This character must look like xxx and have xxx personality, giving off an xxx feel! Artist replies irritably, Just tell me a character you want to copy. Show me an image of it. It wasnt because they want to slack off. The main point was that too much information gets lost through texts to images. Therefore, when making similar requirement forms, its naturally better to have the descriptions and reference images as detailed as possible. That way, it would ensure that the work produced by the artist doesnt differ too far from what the designer imagines it to be. Now, lets take a look at Ma Yangs requirement form. Its complete self-entertainment! Take Guan Yu for example. Hes a dragon. Human shaped dragon. As the Martial Saint of the Dragon clan, hes seen as the pinnacle of fighting strength. He spends his life walking on a blade and his comprehension of battles and killing differs from the layman. Thats it. Now, take Ma Chao for example. Hes a half human half horse and thats why hes called the Other Race. Ma Chao is different from the other centaurs and he bears clear traits the Dragon clans bloodline, such as having dragon horns on his head. Its also precisely because he has half a bloodline from the Dragon clan that Ma Chao possess an incredible strength similar to those of the Dragon clan. Now, Zhuge Liang next. When he was young, Zhuge Liang was hailed as the greatest inventor, physicist, mechanical and electrical engineer of the three kingdoms period. His research include man-made lightning, environmental weapons, aviation equipment, automobiles, robots and various other cutting edge fields. At the same time, he was known as a poet, philosopher, music connoisseur and linguist amongst many other titles. Zhuge Liangs description was much longer than the previous two C it was clear that Ma Yang must have been lost in his own enjoyment as he wrote on. Other than that, there was the Dragon Lady Guard Zhou Cang; Phoenix Orphan Pang Tong; Ice Crystal Maiden Xu Shu; Robot Puppet Huang Yueying; Blood Realm Overlord Guo Jia; Lolita Dragon Hunter Lu Meng; Night Ranger Taishi Ci; Shadow Swordsman Zhou Yu so on and so forth. Basically, other than their names and some vague characteristics, all of these characters did not resemble those of the three kingdoms anymore! The content would not serve any purpose for the artists creative input as well. Besides, even though he could have written all of this simply such as just stating that Guan Yu is a human shaped dragon, he had to add in all the gibberish at the back! However, for Pei Qian, this was a perfect requirement form! In fact, he was so happy that he thumped himself. Ma Yang was reliable indeed! There was no way Pei Qian would be able to write all this himself! He had truly made the right choice by getting Ma Yang to be his employee! Pei Qian did not change a single word and sent the requirement form to Ruan Guangjian just like that. After five minutes, Ruan Guangjian replied. Isnt there too many things missing from this requirement form? This is going to be difficult for me to draw. Theres no clear standard to gauge from. Pei Qian was prepared for this as he replied right away, Its fine, just draw and design as you wish to! In fact, if you think that these requirements arent reliable, you can choose not to follow it entirely! I trust in your professional judgment! Ruan Guangjian: No. Since we signed a contract, there has to a standard. Wouldnt things be complicated if no one wants to take responsibility for this later on? Pei Qian answered hastily, For real! Im completely trusting of your capabilities! Dont worry, no matter what you end up drawing in the end, I wont make you change it repeatedly! You can take a screenshot of this conversation as evidence. Or if you truly feel the need, we can add this clause into the contract. Theres no need for that alright then, Ill see what I can do about it, Ruan Guangjian said. Pei Qian was relieved. He was afraid that Ruan Guangjian might insist that they provide detailed specifications so that he can go about drawing it earnestly. The way things are right now, it was a win win situation where both sides would have less problems. Pei Qian had some money left that he did not intend to keep. He proceeded with buying music, sound effects, other art resources and cloud rental service equipment et cetera. All of those did not cost too much. Pei Qian had planned it perfectly such that there was only around 10,000 yuan left in case of any emergencies. As for marketing fees for the game he naturally reserved no money for that! He had no intention of marketing it at all! Itd be best if no one knew about the game at all! Pei Qian could foresee his bright future as he continued to get busy at spending money. A certain finance university in Shanghai. A dormitory in the arts course. The dormitories here had a much better environment than back at Pei Qians Handong University. There were individual tables at the bottom of every bunk bed and the dormitories were air conditioned as well apart from being new and spacious. Thanks to the resource website set up by ESRO, many of the arts students are able to take on side jobs online during their university days which helped to improve their lives slightly. Not only that, these projects would help them in seeking employment post graduation as well. Ruan Guangjian put his mouse away and yelled, Old Huang, Old Zhou! Hurry and get the others here! Weve got work! Before long, the other five people in the dormitory scurried over. Three weeks, 50 sets of original arts with four pieces each. 3,000 yuan! Hows that? Great, right? Ruan Guangjian was an energetic young fella with short hair, fair skin and exquisite features C he did not look like an artist at all. The same cant be said for his roommates where some of them kept long hair while others had tattoos C they all had distinctive traits. Old Huang, a guy with a short beard, was the first to head over. 3,000 yuan for four pieces? Holy shit! Thatll do! For that price, Ill even do cartoonish designs! Just for the sake of survival! Ruan Guangjian shook his head. Cartoonish? Thats not the case this time round! The client made it clear that hes fine with any styles as long as its not cartoonish! Old Huang was stunned. Huh? But I recall you only uploaded cartoonish art on your portfolio previously? This client came looking for you while insisting that he doesnt want it to be cartoonish? Is he braindead? F*ck you! This is called being insightful on his part! Ruan Guangjian rolled his eyes. I had drawing cartoons. But what can I do when all the mobile games are trending with cartoon characters? Previously, I could only receive jobs for drawing cartoons, so I had no choice. Now that he doesnt want any cartoons, I can finally show my true worth! Youre going to draw in that style of yours? I dont think thatll fit Old Huang was hesitant. Taking the clients money to draw something that you want, thats The client has made it clear that he trusts my artistic skills and professional judgment and he gives me complete autonomy over the design! Besides, look at that requirement form! Its completely in line with my thoughts! Chapter 17 Everyone looked towards Ruan Guangjians screen where Ma Yangs requirement form was being displayed. Guan Yu is a dragon? Ma Chao is a centaur? So, Zhuge Liang is a pig1 then? Old Huang deduced logically. Ruan Guangjian threw a sharp glance at him. Pig your head! Zhuge Liangs a famous inventor! Thats worse than being a pig, Old Huang dissed. As he looked through the requirement form, Old Huang found himself going blank. This was a requirement form? Other than giving some extreme modifications to the description of these historical figures, there was nothing else written! At this point, asking for reference images would be an ambitious dream. However, there werent even any basic sketches to refer from! Also, the modifications were in all forms! There were those that were turned into animals, those who had their genders changed and even those who somehow were highly skilled in technology. This was a complete hodgepodge! Is the client dim-witted? What a lousy requirement form, this Old Huang was confounded C he had not thought that Ruan Guangjian would have actually accepted such a job. Wasnt he afraid that the other party might be dissatisfied with the end result and end up falling into an argument? They were all poor students of the art course. While they might be slightly better off than students from some other courses, if they really had a conflict with the client and neither side wanted to take responsibility, that would still be really difficult to deal with. What are you worrying about? Hes already made payment to the resource website, Ruan Guangjian showed Old Huang the status that indicated payment has been made on the clients side. ESROs official resource website was sort of like a middleman with the platform being a guarantor such that the freelancers could start working right after the clients state their requirements. During that period of time, the clients would have to settle payment with the platform holding the money in escrow. Once the job is done and the client is satisfied with the product, the freelancer would receive the payout from the platform. If both sides come to a disagreement, the platform will serve as the arbitrator. If it came to that, Ruan Guangjian had the conversation history. The platform also had a copy of the requirement form and job demands C no matter what, Ruan Guangjian had the upper hand. Guangjian, I still dont think the job makes much sense. How about trying to confirm the requirements with them again and have them send over more details Old Huang still felt that the entire thing seemed unreliable. Ruan Guangjian was displeased. Old Huang, have you gone mad? Do you want to continue drawing those cartoon characters? Are you not sick of it yet? Right now, the markets filled with cartoonish games. While the money is good, ask yourself C do you really fancy those soulless things?! Where is your pride as an artist? Right now, theres such a good opportunity with liberal demands on the style. Look at the creative space were given! If we were to get famous thanks to this series of original arts, our future would definitely be smooth! Who knows, we might even be able to rent a studio ourselves right after graduation! Or do you want to be a nobody after graduating, joining some outsourcing company as hard labor to continue drawing in that style that you do not like at all? The others exchanged glances. Clearly, they were moved by Ruan Guangjians words. They were all students, not experienced artists who have been out and about in the corporate world. In terms of art, all of them had their own ideas C they were at a phase where their inspirations were overflowing. Who would want to be a laborer drawing those traditional pieces based on a clients frameworks? All of them wanted to draw in a style that they loved and was good in! The fact that they had a client who had no demands was an extremely rare opportunity! Old Huang was moved as well. Alright, youll make the decision then, Guangjian. Well help you out. How do you intend to go about it? Thats the way. Pleased, Ruan Guangjian opened up an image on his computer. I intend to go with this style. Epic ink oil painting style. Old Huang felt his mouth cramping up. This was a style that was created by Ruan Guangjian previously through a stroke of inspiration. The photo depicted a tall, bulky minotaur with one of its horns snapped and wore a black armor that was heavily damaged. Its shoulder pad left a deep impression with a huge monsters head resting on it while its body had many chains coiled around it, giving off a feeling of a relentless warrior. The color scheme leaned to a darker shade as the pitch black backdrop and battlefield gave off a feeling of despair and sorrow. If one were to just look at the image, they would associate it with the minotaurs in Fantasy World. However, if they were to look carefully, they would notice the many differences between this minotaur and those of western culture. Ruan Guangjian had used a large amount of details to accentuate the eastern elements of the minotaur. For example, the facial features of the minotaur bore traits that appealed to eastern beauty as was the design of the armor and weapons such as having a red battle robe et cetera. The reason why Ruan Guangjian named it as epic ink oil painting style was because it contained the three traits of being epic and resembling ink and oil paintings. The art wasnt so detailed that every single pore of the character could be seen. It was smudged using oil painting techniques such that the blurry background could easily create a unique atmosphere to it. At the same time, there was also ink painting techniques added to it, giving off a strong Chinese feel. Other than that, the character itself gave off a sorrowful feeling. That was the foundation of the epic feeling as though the minotaur had just been through an apocalyptic war between gods and demons. Old Huang and the other roommates had long known about this painting. They were extremely impressed with Ruan Guangjian as well. After all, the techniques and shadows along with other details of the painting was something that most other art students wouldnt be able to match up with. However, could this be used as a games original art? No one could tell. Right now, all the trending mobile games had cartoonish original arts. The jobs that they had taken on earlier were all for cartoonish original arts as well. Even the games that made use of a realistic style basically leaned towards original arts that were extremely detailed with bright colors. While Ruan Guangjians style was definitely impressive, it could also lead people to feel like it was too gloomy and they might feel depressed while playing the game. That was the reason why Ruan Guangjian had not posted it on the resource website as he was afraid that it might affect his job offers. Old Huang hesitated. Two questions. First, can this style really fit the clients demands? Second, youre the only one good at this style. The rest of us cant do it Ruan Guangjian was prepared for this as he replied with aplomb, Thats exactly why I said the requirement form is in line with my thoughts! My initial concept originated from those myths about immortals and deities! What I want to display is a sense of epicness and the most important element for that is style! Righteous immortals and monstrous demons; clashing these completely different styles is the best way to create sparks! So to say, the more the style deviates from human form, the better! Strictly speaking, most three kingdom games are not suitable for this style because the three kingdoms revolves around a group of people. How can we give off such a feeling based on that? But, the requirement form has completely overhauled the images of the characters! Thats a perfect fit for this feeling! Guan Yus a dragon, Ma Chaos a centaur with mixed blood while Xu Chus a tiger Isnt that just a heavenly match with my style? Also, you guys dont have to worry about matching the styles. Ill do the design and sketches while you guys refine the details. Ill clean up the loose ends thereafter. Dont worry, with me heading the direction, the style will definitely be aligned! Chapter 18 Old Huang looked at Old Zhou. What do you think? Old Zhou pondered for a moment. I think theres something to it. The others nodded their heads as well. Old Huang thought about it further. Alright, lets take the job! Since the clients footing the bill, well use it to test the waters. If the style isnt well received, the clients the one losing money anyways. Itll be a timely reminder to give up on the style as well. But if the style gets popular, we might truly be able to set up our own studio. Once we get famous, everythings possible! Ruan Guangjian nodded his head. Exactly my thoughts! Right now, its as good as us using the clients requirements to build our own reputation. Besides, the clients paying a fat sum too. Lets work hard for the next three weeks and give it our all using the highest possible standards to complete this job beautifully! If this set of original art is extremely well received, we can seize the opportunity to build our name as well. Our future will be bright! Finally, the few of them came to an agreement and started working. Ruan Guangjian produced the concept drafts while Old Huang was in charge of the basic sketches. The others who were less skilled or less familiar with the style were in charge of detailing and coloring. Based on a normal workflow, Ruan Guangjian would show Pei Qian the original art sketches once it was done. Once Pei Qian confirms that it fits his requirement, theyll continue with the detailing. However, since Pei Qian could not be bothered, that step was skipped entirely. The entire dormitory began working furiously on it. Handong University, Dormitory. In the blink of an eye, two weeks had passed. Pei Qian checked on the system. Pei Qian had already spent 290,000 of the System Funds, leaving less than 10,000 left. Other than purchasing of art resources, music, sound effects and cloud rental service equipment, Pei Qian had even purchased a card game skills template. He had not intended to buy this. But, Pei Qian saw no need in keeping the unexpended System Funds. After all, unspent System Funds would not be converted to his Personal Wealth. That was equivalent to a pure loss and wasnt something that Pei Qian could take. He had already embedded the skills system into the game. For example, Guan Yus skill was Green Dragon Crescent Blade Slash, Zhou Yus skill was Burning the Red Cliff which could damage all the enemies and Xiahou Duns Iron Will could give him full status resistance and damage reduction for a short period of time et cetera. In any case, those were the same few card game skills and most of them were copied from Qute Three Kingdoms. Skill mechanics were all roughly similar so that was all the skills template had as well. Pei Qian assigned the skills to the various characters in the game and had more or less made use of all his resources. But of course, in between, Pei Qian had tossed all the jobs that he found troublesome to Ma Yang. In fact, Pei Qian was not even expecting Ma Yang to assign all the skills correctly C it would be best if there were some mistakes in the values or bugs. But it turned out that Ma Yang was rather conscientious. After he had assigned the skills system, Pei Qian checked through it and found no issues at all to his surprise. However, since this wasnt the main focus on him losing money, Pei Qian did not bother overly about it. Out of the final 8,000 yuan, 3,000 of it was for Ma Yangs salary that could only be paid out at the end of the month. Pei Qian was thinking about how he should spend the remaining 5,000. He should go and purchase more stuff on the resource website C all the System Funds must be spent completely, not a single cent less. As to why his Personal Wealth increased His family had sent him an allowance of 1,000 yuan. Pei Qian could not help but lament over how shameful it was for a man with a system to have to depend on his family for allowance! He was practically the disgrace of all protagonists! Initially, he had intended to lose 50,000 yuan but he ended up earning 70,000 that after conversion turned to 700. That was even less than his allowance. How disgraceful! But, things were different now. 300,000. As long as the game fails, he could have it all converted to be his Personal Wealth. Only a word could describe it by then C awesome! When he thought about how the 300,000 was about to be his, Pei Qian felt bliss surging from within him. In fact, he was even willing to attend classes now. Everything was prepared and he were just waiting for the art resources to be added to the game. Thereafter, he just had to wait for the game to be published and fail rapidly, concluding his success! A week later. Shanghai, a certain finance universitys dormitory. Ruan Guangjian was sporting two huge, dark circles around his eyes as he tossed his pen at the table. Okay! Works done! He turned around and looked at the rest. Some were sprawled asleep against their computers while others were sleeping on their beds C he was the only one awake. There were many cups of instant noodles and tidbit wrappers beneath the tables while empty cans of energy drinks were littered on the surface of the tables. The entire dormitory looked like a wolfs den. Huff, completed on schedule. Ruan Guangjian felt that it was a pity that no one was here to share this historical moment with him. But, there was no other choice. The others did not have the same vigor as he did and could not hold out against the tough working conditions of working day and night under high pressure. Thankfully, the job was still completed on schedule. It could have been completed earlier but Ruan Guangjian had high expectations for the sets of original arts. He redid multiple drafts of the areas he was unsatisfied with and that was why even with everyones full efforts, the job was completed on the day of the deadline itself. Browsing through the set of original arts swiftly, Ruan Guangjian was highly prideful. This was art! A perfect masterpiece! Each of the characters were painstakingly designed by him bearing their own distinctiveness and vibrant personalities. He had flawlessly combined their historical images, the modification requirements and their traditional elements. Every single piece was bound to leave a deep impression for anyone! However, Ruan Guangjian could not guarantee that these original arts would be popular as well. After all, beauty was highly subjective. Even for world famous art pieces, there would be many who thought that they werent that good. That was even more so for original art in games. At times, no matter how intricately they drew, how outstanding their designs were, it did not guarantee that gamers would pay for it. On the contrary, some might even dislike it even if the drawing was slightly on the dark side. Why did so many inferior games fancy having huge, shining golden wings in it? Was that because their chief art designer liked it? Not necessarily. It was because whales loved huge, shining golden wings and would splurge for it! Thats why, if it was any other company, they would most likely be displeased with this set of original arts. However, Boss Pei of this Tengda Network Technology Co., Ltd. had already made it clear that Ruan Guangjian could create as he willed and design it freely. So, these drawings shouldnt pose any issues, right? Pulling himself together, Ruan Guangjian logged into ESROs resource website and sent the original arts to Pei Qian. A total of 50 sets with 200 pieces of original art. Please confirm. He received no reply and presumed that Pei Qian should be offline. Ruan Guangjian checked the time as the skies were starting to brighten up C it was around 7am. He reached out for a ham sausage and opened it, filling his stomach slightly before climbing into bed for a rest. They had finally completed the job. Once he wakes up in the afternoon, it was time to gather the guys together for a good meal! With the huge burden relieved off his shoulders, Ruan Guangjian fell deep into slumber. Chapter 19 That afternoon, Pei Qian woke up. He had been sleeping extremely well for the past few days and he could not understand why. Was this the power of money? The thought of having 300,000 to splurge on while breaking free of his state of poverty soon gave Pei Qian a peace of mind. He turned on his laptop, logged into the resource site and received a notification C it was Ruan Guangjians original arts. Even though the download speed was not slow, the original arts were of extremely high quality and so the downloads took some time. He really completed it on time, how efficient. I wonder hows the quality. He had better not give me something too beautiful! Ill die if its too beautiful! There was almost a week left to settlement and Pei Qian had to get the game published as quickly as possible. The system stated that Pei Qian must not have any unannounced products a week before settlement. In order words, the system would only allow Pei Qian to engage in a proper business workflow to calculate profits and losses a week after the products were published. If there were any unannounced products, the system would postpone the settlement date and that was something Pei Qian could not accept. He opened up the original arts that Ruan Guangjian had sent. When he saw the first piece, he was stunned. What the f*ck! How is it so detailed? Is this original art really bloody just 700 yuan apiece?! Pei Qian thought he was seeing things. Even though he wasnt too knowledgeable about original arts, it was easy to tell the difference between a good and bad drawing C the most obvious way was to look at its details! After all, for original arts, each detail would be painstakingly drawn by an artist. The more details there were, the more effort that the artist had invested into drawing it. Normally, for original arts that are at a poster level where the prices could easily go up to tens of thousands, the artists would have to spend an entire week drawing it and the details would be extremely rich. Whereas original arts that cost a few hundreds of yuan were usually made in batches with a tight schedule. Even if the artists wanted to make it more detailed, they wouldnt have the time to do so. However, these original arts were way more detailed than Pei Qian could have imagined. Not only that, the styles were extremely fresh! This original art was meant to be Guan Yu, the Martial Saint of the Dragon clan. Previously, Ma Yangs requirement form had only requested for it to be a dragon without any mention of the details. However, there were all sorts of details on this original art! The background was an ink drawn hill where it was surrounded by clouds and filled with greenery, giving off the feeling of Chinese paintings where white spaces was the motif. The focus of the drawing was then at Guan Yu who wielded a Crescent Moon Blade. This was an extremely overhauled image where he was the traditional Chinese dragon. His face, arms and any parts of exposed skins were all green with horns on his head, clearly resembling a dragon. However, through his clothing, it was still clear that this was Guan Yu. He wore green robes and the shoulder pad on the left side was golden with a red decorative C these were all elements that were commonly seen in traditional drawings of Guan Yu and they fit into the original art seamlessly. A single look at that original art and one would be able to tell that it had Guan Yus characteristics and yet, his image was totally overhauled. Most importantly, the artistic style of it was entirely unique from most of the original arts out in the market; infusing the style of ink and oil painting, it was definitely eye-catching. Pei Qian then looked at the other original arts C be it in terms of quality or style, they were extremely similar to this. But of course, their general images were still based on Ma Yangs requirement form and were not beasts just like Guan Yu. There were beasts, freaks and even characters who despite retaining human form, had their images completed overhauled such as Lu Meng the Dragon Slayer Lolita. Using Ma Yangs requirements as a basis, Ruan Guangjian tweaked the details of the characters and further designed the style and image. Finally, under the prerequisite of ensuring that the style of the original art is coherent, he accentuated each characters distinctiveness to its greatest extent. Pei Qian was completely dazed. He had spent 3,000 yuan to purchase four pieces of such original arts? Was this a joke? The artist was definitely making a loss! Was this truly done by Ruan Guangjian? But, if you had something so impressive, why the hell did you post only cartoonish images on your resource sites portfolio? Pei Qian was totally on the brink of tears. Even though he was the one who had stood to gain, he could not get happy at all! He had initially looked for someone who listed around 700 apiece so that he could acquire some inferior original art. He had even looked for someone who seemed like he was only capable at drawing cartoon characters! But, how in the world did he end up coming across a future hotshot? Others may not know, but Pei Qian knew it all too well. This style of art was extremely amazing! Thats because in his previous life, there was a concept art designer, Yang Qi, who loved this style and he had a strong following! No idea who Yang Qi is? The game, Asura Online1 heard of it, right? Yang Qi was the chief art designer. Thats right, the set of original arts that Ruan Guangjian had just given to Pei Qian bore strikingly similar resemblances to Asura Onlines style! But of course, it was still less detailed as Ruan Guangjian had rushed to complete this job after all. However, the style and feel it gave off was extremely similar! If Pei Qian had known that Ruan Guangjian could have produced work of such quality, he would have never looked for Ruan Guangjian to produce his art! But what could he do now? Money? Already paid. Work? Already received. Ask for a refund and breach the contract? Impossible! Besides, Pei Qians game had to be published in two days time or the system would postpone the settlement date. More changes might happen if he were to drag things out! Pei Qian could not resist the temptation of the 300,000 and every single day more would be a torment! Calm down, calm down. Things are not that bad yet. Think on the bright side. Firstly, Asura Online isnt an extremely successful project. Furthermore, no one can be sure whether this fits the preferences of this worlds gamers. Even though the style of these original arts have fresh designs, that doesnt mean that the gamers would like it. Right now, the trends on cartoonish designs. These original arts may very well cause a reverse effect Yes thats right, thats the way. After calming down, Pei Qian felt that things werent as bad as he had thought of it to be. The original arts may be detailed and their designs may be fresh such that it would leave a deep impression at first glance, but, was what the market really wanted? Not necessarily! Pei Qian had seen the death of too many exceptional games. It was clear that logic wouldnt always work in determining market trends. And, what was the hottest trend in mobile games in this world right now? Cartoons! Qute Three Kingdoms got popular because of that and it was a general representation of the beauty ideals of the gamers. Original arts like Ruan Guangjians production that had a sense of epicness, some darkness to it and a fusion of ink and oil painting elements may not necessarily be what the gamers like! Besides, Pei Qians hopes werent placed entirely on the original arts. His game itself was made using a template with a singular gameplay. Other than art and music resources, he hadnt spent much effort to create it nor were there any striking features. Besides, he did not intend to use money to publicize it as well. He was just going to let it be published on the platform and die on its own. Once a week passes without him earning, that would count as a successful loss. Therefore, after much consideration, he could only use those original arts. Pei Qian opened the game editor and implemented the original arts as cards into the game. He then had Ma Yang check for any bugs. After looking at the original arts, Ma Yang spoke after a long time, Amazing! He was truly stunned C he had not expected that the images he had spent so much effort in designing had been drawn so amazingly! Pei Qian replied indifferently, The main point was because you did a good job in filling up the requirement form, giving the artists inspiration. Ma Yang beamed brightly. For real? Thats great! To think that I was so talented in this aspect! A casual compliment from Pei Qian was enough to make Ma Yang so happy he could almost forget his surname. To that, Pei Qian was extremely pleased. As long as Ma Yang kept up with this working attitude, he would be of great help for future projects! Chapter 20 Qianer, were done! I ran through it twice and havent discovered any bugs. Can we publish it now? Ma Yang was way more excited than Pei Qian; after all, this was the first game that he had worked on. Even though all he did was fill up a requirement form. The so called bug check took around four hours but Pei Qian did not intend to waste anymore time. The main reason was that the game came from a template and in itself, the template had already been through multiple checks and was an almost bug-free version. Pei Qian merely tweaked some of the skills settings while changing the text descriptions. Other than that, he had not touched the other things and there would naturally not be any serious bugs. But of course, even if there was any bug right now, Pei Qian wouldnt be able to fix it on his own and would have to go online to hire someone to do it. Published. Pei Qian still went with the set workflow and submitted the game for the vetting process. But before that, he had to determine the games title and summary. He decided to go along with his previous line of thought. The name and summary must be so simplistic that gamers would not be able to understand it or guess at the games content. It would be best if it did not contain any hot keywords as well. For example, Three Kingdoms must not appear in the games title! Otherwise, gamers who liked three kingdoms related games would be able to find this game by searching with those keywords and they might download it to play. Thinking for a moment, an idea struck Pei Qian as he started keying in the name and summary. Name: Ghost General. Summary: This is a normal card game with nothing new. Sale Price: 10 yuan + in-game purchases. He was certain that gamers would not be able to guess at the type of game it was just by reading the name and summary! At the same time, the 10 yuan barrier of entry would be enough to deter most gamers who might accidentally stumble across the game. Compared to The Lonely Desert Road, the game this time round had a larger size C after all, this was a mobile game with more content as well. As such, the vetting process should take slightly longer and it would most likely only be done by the next day earliest. After settling everything, Pei Qians worries of the previous day had disappeared entirely. Even if the games original arts had decent quality, so what? How would the gamers see the original arts if they dont know about the existence of the game to begin with? Pleased with himself, Pei Qian closed the back end with glee, full of hope towards the settlement a week later. He could already envision himself in a bright future spending his days like a bum enjoying food and drinks after getting the 300,000 That afternoon, Ruan Guangjian woke up from hunger. The others had woken up as well. Old Huang was packing the house as he cleared all the instant noodle cups and all sorts of rubbish in a huge trash bag, ready to throw it all away. Guangjian, youre awake? How was it, have you handed in the work? Did the client request for any amendments? Old Huang asked as he packed up. Ruan Guangjian flipped out of bed. Nopes. Boss Pei said he was extremely pleased and theres no need for amendments. Extremely pleased? Old Huang was surprised. What sort of a godly client is this? He didnt even request for a single amendment? Ruan Guangjian nodded his head. Thats right. Even though, its true that the quality of our original art has nothing much that needs to be amended,all these shitty clients would usually eh, is there any cup noodles left? Nopes, we finished them all. Lets eat out tonight to celebrate, Old Huang suggested. Ruan Guangjian nodded his head in agreement. Sure, thats what I thought too. Well go out and have a good meal before splitting the money. Its been rough on everyone for the past few days. Gosh, youre the one who had it worst, Old Huang replied as he dragged a large trash bag out. Ruan Guangjian had not expected that Pei Qian would accept the original art without any complaints. Usually, even if the clients were extremely pleased with the project, they would nitpick on some small issues. Rather than saying it was the fault of the client, it was fundamentally an issue with the workflow. Most of the times, the client wasnt a single person but a unit or a company. The person who came in contact with the freelancers would just be a single employee of the client. If the freelancers were to hand in a project and the person in charge of it at the client side were to accept it without any issues, he would have a hard time accounting for it to his superiors. The fact that the employee did not find a single mistake with the end product may make him seem useless, as though he hadnt done his job properly. That was the reason why the clients would always nitpick on some small issues to make it seem as though they were doing something. In fact, there would even be despairing scenarios such as Lets just use the first draft. Ruan Guangjian was grateful as well that he had met with such an angel of a client this time round. He was upfront with the payment and not only did he not bargain, he had even increased their pay! The requirement form was casual C they could do what they wanted with the design! No amendments were required of the designs that were accepted with satisfaction! That had Ruan Guangjian feeling somewhat embarrassed. However, when he thought about how much effort he had put in to provide those high quality original arts, Ruan Guangjian did not see an issue anymore. All he could say was that working with straightforward people was a pleasant experience! Having slogged their guts out for a whole three weeks, it was time for his roommates to have a good meal now that the money was transferred as well. Ruan Guangjian brought the few of them to a small restaurant near the school and booked a suite while purchasing two cartons of beer from a supermarket nearby. They were intending to stuff themselves completely and make merry till they were drunk. Right, Guangjian. Say, what sort of a game are we making with our original arts? Whens the game getting published? Old Huang suddenly recalled an extremely important question as he ate the side dish. It was only natural for them to want to see the game theyve worked in get published sooner. If it got popular, that would be even better. Ive got no idea when its getting published too, I didnt ask. However, I think all these games can only get published after multiple rounds of testing, right? I dont think itll get published anytime soon. Right, I could check it out. Ruan Guangjian had an account at ESROs resource website. He could check Pei Qians account to find his company and check the games they had published previously. Holy f*ck! The Lonely Desert Road was made by this company?! Ruan Guangjian was stunned. He had long heard of that messed up game. Even though he hadnt tried it himself, he had heard all sorts of things about it previously. He then looked at the second game. Its called Ghost General. A mobile card game thats being vetted! This should be the game that our original arts used for. Wouldnt that mean well be able to play it soon? Wait, isnt this a little too fast? Ive only just sent the original art this morning and it was sent for vetting this afternoon? That means, well be able to play it tomorrow night?! Ruan Guangjian was completely confounded by that lightning speed. Most games would have to be tested for days or even a week, right? What if there was a bug in the game? But yet, this game was published right that day?! Old Huang chewed on his shelled peanuts. Thats normal. Maybe the entire process was completed long ago and they were just waiting for our art resources to add on and complete the job? Whats so strange about it. Ruan Guangjian nodded his head. Hmms, true. Well be able to download and check it out for ourselves tomorrow. Come on! Lets talk about the game tomorrow! A drink first! Old Huang raised his glass as they clinked glasses merrily, intending to get completely drunk! Chapter 21 The next afternoon, Ruan Guangjian crawled out of bed having a slight hangover. Thankfully, they had only drank beer and his head was mostly cleared after sleeping. Oh, right! The game! Ruan Guangjian suddenly recalled C the game should have passed through the vetting process by now! He took out his phone impatiently and searched for Ghost General on the official platform. The original art was something that he and his dormitory mates had rushed out after giving it burning tons of midnight oil and he cherished it like it was his own son. As such, he naturally hoped that the game would become popular. By then, he could use the term concept designer on himself legitimately. Thereafter, be it whether he was looking for jobs or seeking investments, things would definitely be easier for him once he tosses these original arts under his portfolio. That was why even though he was just an artist outsourced with the job, he was even more concerned about it than Pei Qian was! Ah, the games passed the vetting process! Hurry and download it! Just search for Ghost General! Ruan Guangjian yelled out and his friends that had woken up scurried to download it on their phones. After looking at the games information interface, Ruan Guangjian frowned. Why was it so simple? It was especially the case for the summary! Claiming that this guy was just barely doing his job was an understatement C it was clear he gave no f*cks at all! Summary: This is a normal card game with nothing new ?!?! Did the creator bear some grudge against his own game or something?! Besides, most other games would place some promotional pictures or beautiful posters on this page to improve the impression of the game. In any case, they would dump all the best art resources the game had to offer on the information page so that gamers would be tricked in. As for whether the actual graphics matched the promotional pictures that didnt matter anymore; they would be able to retain part of the gamers that were tricked in. But yet, Ghost General had no pictures at all! That was the reason why the total downloads was still zero by the time Ruan Guangjian searched for it C even Pei Qian had not downloaded it yet. He must not have had the time to promote it since the games just gotten through the vetting process yes, that must be it. Ruan Guangjian consoled himself while downloading and entering the game. He naturally did not care about the 10 yuan cost of the game. It was an extremely rudimentary card game with a gameplay that resembled Qute Three Kingdoms six months ago. However, that wasnt necessarily a bad thing either. Mobile games had never required overly complex systems or gameplays. In this age, the trend still leaned towards mobile games that were more relaxing. Most of the gamers could only afford around three hours of daily gameplay spread through the entire day. Therefore, most of the mobile card games around that period revolved around automated gameplays such as clearing stages and sweeps1 using energy and limited number of entries to control the amount of time gamers had to spend on the games. Introducing too many flowery gameplays wasnt something that would benefit them. However, for a game such as Qute Three Kingdoms that has already been operating for a year, there exists a paradox. While new gameplays were more effort than they were worth and could bloat the game such that gamers would find it too tedious, these same gamers would feel bored of the game if it remained the same all the time without any new elements. As such, Qute Three Kingdoms would go through an update every three months or so to introduce new skills and cards. While that caused their game to turn bloated, they had no other choice. However, that problem wouldnt exist for a new game such as Ghost General. While it made use of Qute Three Kingdoms older gameplay, it was a classic gameplay that had already gone through the markets approval and gamers would be more accepting towards it. All it took was a change of overall appearance to please the gamers. Besides, since the game contained some of the more rudimentary playstyles, card gamers would be able to pick up on it quickly without finding it tedious or tiring. Ruan Guangjian did not take long to draw some cards that were suitable for newcomers. Looking at the overall effects, he felt that they were decent! When he was creating the original arts, Ruan Guangjian knew that these would be used for a card game and as such, he had intentionally added some unique designs so that the characters would seem more moving. For example, if Guan Yu the dragon was waving his blade and wanted to slash someone, his card would shake with that would vibe with the players. The more he looked at them, the prouder Ruan Guangjian was. Indeed, Im the only one who can create such perfect original arts! Initially, Ruan Guangjian was even worried that his art style may seem awkward or would not match with the game. But now, it looked completely fine. Not only were the cards fitting in well, it even added a unique feel to the game. The beautiful cards along with the decent interface effects and passable music and sound effects gave Ruan Guangjian quite a decent playing experience! Having played other mobile card games before, it didnt take long for Ruan Guangjian to get the hang of it. Or perhaps, it was because he was the one who had created the original art and he felt like its father that Ruan Guangjian was even more enamored towards the game. After a few minutes, he entered the routine card drawing segment. Most of the card games would introduce a segment as such so that they could entice the players to stay with a rare card. Of course, in order to ensure that the games paywall would work, the card would normally be just a normal purple card. It was something that may seem decent for newcomers but in reality, it wouldnt be useful and would be taken as trash in the later stages. Ruan Guangjian was naturally clear about that point. However, he was stunned after 10 consecutive draws. He had actually drawn two orange cards?! Ruan Guangjian had a clear understanding of the cards values in-game. After all, the requirement form had stated clearly that a portion of the warriors would be made into rare cards. Right now, he had already drawn two warriors C Guan Yu and Zhuge Liang. These two were true blue rare warriors and in fact, the rarest in the game! Ruan Guangjian was completely confounded. His first reaction was that this game must still be in its testing stage. That must be why the draw chances were set wrongly and there was a high chance of drawing rare warriors. However, it did not take long before the next most ridiculous thing came along. To Ruan Guangjians shock, he found out that the games shop only had a single purchasable item C a permanent membership card! Players who do not purchase the membership card could only have a 10 draw daily while gamers who did could have two 10 draws. Other than that, Ruan Guangjian found no other purchasable items nor were there any premium systems or the likes. In other words, while the game contained in-game purchase elements, the most one could spend was just 30 yuan! They couldnt even top up more into the game if they wanted to! This could this be because the game is in a testing stage and thats why the functions are incomplete? But thats not right. Isnt this the version that had already gotten through ESROs vetting process? Ruan Guangjian felt that something was wrong. If the creators wanted to update the game or fix any bugs, they would have to apply to ESRO for a new vetting process. Besides, there was a limited number of times that one could apply for a vet monthly and they couldnt repeat it endlessly so that ESROs staff would not have their time wasted. Usually, it would be the actual version of the game that was submitted for the vetting process and there shouldnt be fundamental issues as such! After all, the game would be published on the official shop after it was approved so that gamers could see and purchase it. Out of responsibility for the gamers, the creators should not be changing the contents of the game incessantly as well. Ruan Guangjian was thoroughly stumped. Since it wasnt a lowly error, it must have been intended by the creator! He had not thought that Ghost General would be a mobile card game with this much conscience! Wouldnt they be making terrible losses then?!?! Chapter 22 It did not take long for the other people in the dormitory to raise the same issues. Why is there only a single purchasable item in the shop? Youre only allowed to top up 30 yuan? Also, youre only entitled to an additional 10 draw chances per day after purchasing it? That seems useless! What about premium systems? Qute Three Kingdoms is already at eight tiers of it! Everyone turned to look at Ruan Guangjian. However, he did not know what was going on as well! Pondering, he replied, I dont know whats the exact situation. Perhaps I should ask Boss Pei about it. Maybe theres some special considerations or this might not even be the final version? Ruan Guangjian was puzzled as well as he left a message for Pei Qian through the resource websites contact options. Boss Pei, Ive seen that theres no premium system or other in-game purchasable items. Is it because the game is still in a testing stage? These options would be added in the final version, right? Before long, Pei Qian replied. This is the final version. Ruan Guangjian was shocked. What about in-game purchasable items? Pei Qian: The permanent card is the only thing our game will be selling and we have no intention of releasing any other new products either. Ruan Guangjian: Why?! Pei Qian: Why? Theres no why! Our games pricing strategy is to have a single fixed price. The players would have already spent 10 yuan just to purchase our game, how could we implement even more in-game purchases? In fact, my original plan was to not even have that 30 yuan permanent membership card! However, I decided to add it eventually based on the needs of certain groups of players. Ruan Guangjian was thoroughly stumped and did not know what to reply for the longest time. Boss Pei was so compassionate! The paywall of Qute Three Kingdoms was around 1,000 yuan and only paying whales could obtain the extremely rare cards. As for normal gamers, they had to slog for a long time before they could even get a single purple card. However, everyone was almost equal in Ghost General! The only difference was a mere 30 yuan permanent membership card! If this was Qute Three Kingdoms, that amount of money would not even be enough for a single 10 draw! Ruan Guangjian suddenly felt that he had gauged Pei Qians gentlemanly heart with his own mean measure. He thought that the reason why there was no paywall was because the game was incomplete or due to other reasons. However, it was only after asking that he realized C Pei Qian had not intended to create a paywall at all! he wanted to make this an extremely fair mobile card game! He wanted the normal players to be able to enjoy the pleasure of drawing rare cards as well! Ruan Guangjians eyes were brimming with tears as he felt that he had gone overboard for charging Pei Qian 3,000 yuan per set for the original arts. He should have given a discount for a creator with such ideals and character! Suddenly, another question struck Ruan Guangjian as he asked hurriedly, Boss Pei, another thing. The games not getting many downloads yet. Is it because you havent started the marketing campaigns? Pei Qian: Marketing? Fu, theres not going to be marketing. Ruan Guangjian was stunned. Why not?! What was the reason for creating a game to not market it?! Even a good restaurant fears being situated at the far end of the street C how would gamers know about this game without any marketing? Pei Qian: Because Ive got no money! I spent a total of 300,000 on this game to purchase the template, art resources, music, sound effects and cloud rental service equipment basically, theres no money left. Ruan Guangjian was moved to tears. What sort of a spirit did this man possess?! Ruan Guangjian recalled how generous Pei Qian was when it came to the original arts job. Initially, Ruan Guangjian had suggested a price of 2,000 yuan for a set of four. However, Pei Qian said that 2,000 yuan was too low for their hard work at designing and insisted on raising the price to 3,000 yuan. At that time, Ruan Guangjian thought that Tengda Network Technology Co., Ltd. was an extremely wealthy company that did not care about that bit of money. With the looks of things now, that wasnt the case! Tengda wasnt that rich at all! The investment fund merely had a total of 300,000 to spend on the game entirely with nothing left for marketing! When he thought about it, while surprised, Ruan Guangjian could understand why it happened. Tengda Network Technology Co., Ltd. had previously only produced a single game C The Lonely Desert Road. While it got some hype, how much could they have earned with a sales price of merely 1 yuan? It was only natural that they would be cash-strapped now for their second games investment fund. Despite the tight budget, Boss Pei could not even bear to exploit them and instead offered a price which both parties would find fair and acceptable Righteous! This man was too righteous! Ruan Guangjian suddenly felt miserable C perhaps, Boss Pei might have had money left for marketing if he had asked for less previously? However, he knew that he must not raise this topic either; after all, Boss Pei would definitely not want the money given his character. Besides, this man was the boss of a company C he would definitely want to save some face for himself. The thought of that had Ruan Guangjians heart stuffing up dismally. A game with this much conscience was about to be buried into oblivion just because there wasnt enough money for marketing. How heart-wrenching was that?! Guys, I think Ghost General needs us right now. Ruan Guangjian shared his thoughts with his friends of the dormitory. Old Huang and the others were equally stunned. This game has so much conscience! Is it not intending to earn any money at all? No company would create a game to not earn money. In my opinion, Boss Pei is someone with such upright morals that he doesnt want to earn money wickedly! Thats right. If he didnt want to earn money, he would have set the entire game to be free! I think hes depending on earning money through that fixed 10 yuan price! But that sounds really difficult. No matter how much conscience the game has, itll be difficult for it to get popular without any marketing! How about we be the ones advertising it? We could, but theres just so many of us whats the use? If we have some Big V or popular UP Masters, we might be able to get some attention to it. However, we dont have such resources! All of them fell into deep thoughts. Old Huang and the others were moved by Ruan Guangjian as well, convinced that a game as great as Ghost General must not be overlooked or itll be a huge loss for the domestic mobile games market! However, they could not come up with many ideas no matter how they brainstormed. Theres no way they could just go online and post Ghost General is a good game repeatedly. That would be extremely inefficient and they may very well just be wasting their efforts. Suddenly, Ruan Guangjian slapped his thigh. Ive got it! Im in a group where there are some famous hotshot artists inside. Perhaps I could go ask them to see if they could be of help? Old Huang was stunned. Youre in such a group? How did I not know of it? Sigh, its a long story. Ruan Guangjian turned on his computer and explained, Remember how I was doing a part time job at a concept art competition last year? Back then, I got acquainted with Teacher Chen Qi and I showed him my art. He was appreciative of it and encouraged me to develop it along the lines further while even adding me into a group. Pausing for a moment, he continued, Its a pity that the groups full of our industrys big shots. Im too embarrassed to say anything inside and so Ive just been lurking around till now. Chapter 23 Old Huang was worried. Would it work? Even though Teacher Chen Qi is a big shot within our industry, he might have forgotten something from a year ago. Are you sure he even remembers you? Besides, all of these industry veterans would usually charge a fixed and high price for advertising and they wouldnt lower their personal values. If we ask them for help in advertising Ghost General without offering anything in return Ruan Guangjian shook his head. Thats not for sure. Based on my observations, these veterans are usually easygoing. Even though they take on a lot of paid advertising deals, its also common for them to help one another advertise on Weibo. The important thing is whether or not they would like our work. If they do, someone would definitely be willing to share it. But if they dont, theres nothing we can do about that. Old Huang nodded his head. Seems like we can only try. Ruan Guangjian opened the group chat and Old Huang took a look C indeed, there were all sorts of talents in it. The owner of the group was called Chen Qi. He was someone who had already made a name for himself within the domestic games original arts artist circle a couple of years back. He was always invited for various concept art competitions for games, typically as a judge. As for the other admins within the group, they were all famous characters. Some of them were famous within the domestic animation circle. Some of them specialized in concept designing. There were even game designers, producers and novelists et cetera. These were all people from Chen Qis network with the majority being artists while the rest were in the games, animations or other sectors. Ruan Guangjian felt a mountainous pressure crushing on him just by even leaving a single message in such a group chat with this many big shots. He thought it through. If he were to just state that he was asking for their help in advertising the game outright, no one would do it and it would seem rude of him as well. Hi, everyone. I am an arts student in my fourth year. Ive recently produced a set of original arts and would like to seek all the opinions of you veterans on the flaws of it and how I could improve further. Could I do that? Ruan Guangjian had an extremely polite tone. Even though he was confident in his own skills, he was a junior at the end of the day and he had to be humble when there was a need for it. The group wasnt particularly active and most of the big shots were mindful of conversing or advertising overly. As such, Ruan Guangjians message was not pushed up right away and it lingered in the group chat for some time. After two minutes, someone called Painter Old Liu replied, Sure, send it over. Ruan Guangjian posted some of his works that he was particularly fond of in it. Thank you for your esteemed guidance, veteran! Painter Old Liu: Dont worry about it, were all in the same trade. Interaction helps us to grow together. Ive only entered the trade a couple of years before you. A few minutes later. Painter Old Liu: !!! I take back what I said earlier, youre the veteran! Those shadows, that style, the details! Are you sure youre really only a fourth year student? Before long, the other lurkers were lured out by these images. Yet another veteran whos pretending to be a rookie? This guys calling himself a rookie with such skilled techniques? If youre a rookie, what am I?! His foundation is so solid! The presentation style is really unique! That dragon is Guan Yu? Even though the style seems really overhauled, it doesnt come across as glaring and its really natural! This is a really epic feeling! Be it the character or the background, everything looks so grand! Are all rookies so monstrous?! I cant even give any opinions in terms of technique for an original art of this level. This is just gifted! This gave me the feeling of an overseas veterans art! Even Fantasy Worlds original arts arent as stellar as these! Well, its not exactly perfect. Theres still room for improvement in certain details but of course, its more than enough to win me in a fight The few images that were sent had caused the entire group to explode! Since these were all professionals, it was only natural that they could spot the merits that laymen would not be able to. Most people would only look out for whether it resembled anything or how specific it was. At best, they were constrained to their own subjective point of view. However, professionals would instead spot the shadows, details and style of the art In other words, for laymen, they wouldnt be able to tell the difference between two similar pieces of art. However, professionals would be able to spot the skill level of the artists right away. Right now, the art that Ruan Guangjian had sent was at a peak level according to these veterans of the industry! Amazing! The main point is about imagination! One must possess a bold imagination in order to create something out of a framework that has already bypassed traditional characters while one must also possess an extremely skillful foundation along with innate talent in order to turn that imagination into a concrete image. If this original art could be made into a game, that would be amazing! The person who had sent that message was none other than the owner of the group chat and renowned concept artist in the domestic games circle C Chen Qi. He paused for a moment before asking, Friend, when did you enter the group? I dont seem to recall Ruan Guangjians mouth twitched C indeed, Chen Qi had forgotten about him. After all, he was pulled into the group by chance a year ago and he had not sent any messages since then. Given that there were quite a number of people who were added after, Chen Qi had long forgotten about Ruan Guangjian. However, that did not matter. To an artist, the most important thing was for his work to speak in his place! The moment these images were sent out, everyone in the group now knew of this talented rookie artist, Ruan Guangjian! Brother, would you consider joining my company after you graduate? Ill definitely give you a higher pay and better benefits than the national average! You should come to my side! Youll get further with us since we have many games projects and higher bonuses! People in the group were starting to scout him out! Naturally, Ruan Guangjian was elated. The fact that his work was recognized by veterans of the industry was something he should be overjoyed about! In truth, he wasnt exactly confident about whether or not his creative style would be recognized or popular before this set of original arts were produced. This was the same for similar fields C no one could predict whether or not a book or movie would be popular before they were released. It was even more so for something such as original arts where its beauty definition was subjective. Yet, the feedback from these veterans had affirmed Ruan Guangjian of his skills! However, he had not forgotten what his intention of being here was. Actually, these original arts were created for a game, Ghost General. Ruan Guangjian continued typing. But, theres some issues with the game right now and thats the reason why I wanted to come seek you guys for help. Chen Qi: Whats wrong? Ruan Guangjian: Sigh. This game was created by a small company with a heart. They dont have much money and spent all of it on the games quality. In the end, they didnt even manage to save up any advertising budget! Therefore, I hope that all of you veterans could help to promote this game. Perhaps just a casual share on Weibo will do! Chen Qi: Just sharing on Weibo? Sure thing, thats easy. Whats the name of the game and the company that produced it? Ruan Guangjian: Ghost General. Its created by Tengda Network Technology Co., Ltd. Tengda? Tengda why does it sound so familiar? Chen Qi was curious. Chapter 24 A moment later The group chat exploded! Isnt Tengda the company that created The Lonely Desert Road?! !!! Theyre not making any messed up games anymore and have changed to mobile games? To think that company could be said to have a heart! Is this for real? All of those people made a quick search and naturally found out that the game was created by the same company which made the messed up game that had gotten popular for a little C The Lonely Desert Road! How was it possible that this company had a heart? Ruan Guangjian explained hurriedly, Its for real. If you guys dont believe it, you can download the game and try it for yourselves. The games extremely fair and you can play it all you want for just the fixed price of 10 yuan! The only in-game purchasable item is a 30 yuan permanent membership card that only gives you an additional 10 draw chance daily. Other than that, theres no other paywalls! Are you serious? Chen Qi was skeptical. A mobile card game that did not have any in-game purchasable items? How were they expecting to make money? Were they hoping to recoup their cost with just 10 yuan from every player? Wouldnt that make this a game that was destined to lose money?! Everyone were doubtful about it and purchased the game to check it out. After they tried it, they found out that the game really did have conscience! While there was indeed an in-game market, the only item on sale was a permanent membership card fixed at 30 yuan! Most other card games would include purchase options for energy, stage challenge counts and card draws et cetera, but Ghost General did not have that! Which meant to say that the gamers would be going through an almost identical gameplay experience without any distinction between the free gamers and the whales! Even the only in-game purchasable item was a membership card that cost a mere 30 yuan! That was equivalent to a single refill card for Fantasy World and whats more, it was permanent! Chen Qi was shocked. He could not believe it! As a famous game concept artist domestically, he was working for a top domestic game company and was a professional operating within the field. While he was in charge of the aesthetics aspect, he had some knowledge about game design as well. In-game purchasable items were the main source of profit for card games where many whales would top up in the ball park of hundreds or even thousands. A single whale would be equivalent to a couple hundreds of normal players. That paywall model had originated from Qute Three Kingdoms and indeed, the in-game purchases of that game was the envy of many game companies. Naturally, there were many gamers who would accuse that game of being corrupted. But, which game company would pit themselves against money? Chen Qi had not expected that there would be a company this righteous that not only would they spend all their money on developing the game such that they had nothing left for advertising, they would even cut their own source of income just to provide an equal gameplay experience for all gamers! What sort of a spirit was this? Childish but noble at the same time! Chen Qis eyes brimmed with tears. He recalled that he had joined the industry back when standalone games were prospering. Gamers like him had always remembered their core values and were striving to create standalone games that people could deem had a heart But now, there truly wasnt much of these companies with souls left. No problem, Ill help you share it on Weibo right away. A good game like this must not be buried away! Chen Qi was the first to reply. The others naturally agreed with vigor. Indeed, its a game with a heart! Im off to advertise it too! I dont have much followers on Weibo. How about this, Ill go share it to my other group chats. Those posting it on Weibo, dont forget to include the original arts! They are the backbone of the game! Of course, there were those who had doubts about it. Could this person have come just to make use of the veterans for free advertising? However, that did not seem to be the case on second thought. The main point was that Ruan Guangjians original arts were truly amazing and convinced everyone on its own. Otherwise, none of these famous veterans would want to help him advertise for free. Furthermore, the game truly had heart such that all in-game paywall options were cut off completely. This was a company with so much heart that they had not even spent on advertising nor increased the games price. What was there to suspect about actions that were this righteous? Based on the current situation, the game was most likely going to make a huge loss. Casually helping to advertise would only be to delay its death. Before long, the veterans in the group had already shared Ruan Guangjians Weibo and original arts. Chen Qi had shared it as well, including a statement of his own. This is the work of a friend in my group. I really like his style of original art that reinterprets the traditional characters of the three kingdoms. With a rich imagination, his style is definitely one of its own. P.S. He seemed to have produced this for a game called Ghost General. Chen Qi did not introduce it overly. It was partly because he had a direct nature and truly wasnt someone who was good at being superfluous and at the same time, he did not want others to feel that it was purely a commercial advertisement. If he bragged too much about it, it would come across negatively instead. The statement that he had shared on Weibo gave off the feeling of a casual mention just to share his friends work. Of course, even though these artists were veterans of the industry, they honestly did not have that much followers. Take Chen Qi for example. While he was in charge of art and concept design for large scale domestic games and had quite a number of widely accepted original arts works, his Weibo followers was only around the range of hundreds of thousands. For a similar post, the comments would mostly only be a couple of hundreds at best. However, not all of Chen Qis Weibo friends were artists that were specialized in original arts for games. Amongst his friends, there were veterans of the animation industry, famous creators of game companies or even some small-time actors and novelists et cetera. There was still some clout he had by advertising to these people. Before long, the comments on his Weibo increased rapidly. This is a modification of characters from the three kingdoms? Looks great! Is this the work of an overseas artist? Its a domestic artist! To think that even our domestic artists could create original arts with such an original style?! Shocking! It feels so epic just looking at it! The games called Ghost General? How come Ive never heard of it? All of those mobile games are cartoonish in design. Im so sick of them! This style is extremely refreshing! Lets check it out! The reception was unusually warm! Actually, this was normal as well. After all, Qute Three Kingdoms had already been popular for an entire year! Through the year, Qute Three Kingdoms had caused the number of players for mobile card games to increase. As such, most mobile gamers would be able to pick up mobile card games with ease. But on the other hand, they were starting to get tired of Qute Three Kingdomss style as well. This was especially the case for its cartoonish design. After many creators hopped onto the bandwagon and mass produced similar games, majority of the gamers were sick of the repeated cartoonish designs! On the contrary, Ghost General was entirely different. Just the set of original arts alone was enough to let the gamers know that this was an entirely different game from Qute Three Kingdoms and would be intrigued as well! Chapter 25 Ma Yang was troubled. Brother Qian is our game really that trashy? Theres absolutely no hype around it When a new games published, it would normally get a few tens of thousands of downloads on just the first day. Why is ours only getting a couple of dozens Ma Yang was thoroughly affected. Ever since the game was published, he was refreshing the figures for Ghost General on the official games platform every other minute to check for number of downloads and reviews by players. Yet, one hour had passed Three hours Five hours The figures had hardly changed at all! That was because Ghost General had only taken on a small spot on the recommendation list and that title by itself wasnt anything particularly attractive nor were there any beautiful advertising images C who would even notice it? The Lonely Desert Road was discovered by Teacher Qiao because he was an UP Master who specialized in dissing standalone games and would seek out new games on the regular. That could be said to be an exception amongst exceptions. Most mobile gamers would not go around looking for new mobile games on the regular unless they were exceptionally popular or poised to be at least. For a new mobile game such as Ghost General, the chances of it being buried into oblivion was almost 100% without any marketing measures planned. Its fine, this is always the case for new games. We just have to wait and see, Pei Qian consoled. Wait and see? Yeah, right! Even though Pei Qian looked to be as worried as Ma Yang on the surface, he was long gloating internally. It was normal that there would be no downloads C after all, where would the players come from since this game had not seen the light of day just yet? A couple of days aside, this game would most likely end up into stagnation even after a week or a month had passed! Pei Qian was just waiting for the week to pass by as quickly as possible. Eventually, Ghost General would drop from the games platforms recommendation spot and so would its popularity. With that, the systems settlement would convert all 300,000 of System Funds to his Personal Wealth. Amazing! Pei Qians consolation did not bring about much results as Ma Yang still looked despondent as ever. Sigh, let me check the figures again. Perhaps there might be some changes now that three hours passed, Ma Yang said as he opened up ESROs official games platform and searched for Ghost General. When he got to the information page of the game, Ma Yang was stunned. He rubbed his eyes, thinking that he might have been hallucinating. When he had checked it multiple times previously, the downloads were always in the tens. However, it had suddenly increased to more than 2,000! Ma Yang thought that he was seeing things. But, when he checked out the ratings and reviews by players, he knew that it was true. A group of gamers had indeed discovered this game! The first thing Ma Yang checked was the rating of the game C it was at an exaggerating 9.7! Initially, Ghost Generals review section was absolutely empty. However, there were already hundreds of reviews by now! Why is this game sold at 10 yuan? Its more expensive than Qute Three Kingdoms, what the hell?! The previous commenter, you must not have played the game yet, right? Youre complaining that 10 yuan is expensive? Its too cheap! Ive played it seriously for a little and found that its a mobile card game filled with sincerity! The key is that theres only a single permanent membership card that the game sells to you. If you were to lump it together with the cost of the game, everything costs a mere 40 yuan! 40 yuan to play as much as you want while everyones equal without any top up values or paywalls. Im appalled! Is this even a mobile card game? This games quality is rather decent. As a loyal fan of mobile card games, Ive finally found one that is unique! Whats memorable are the characters inside! Ive never seen anyone interpret characters of the three kingdoms using such a unique manner! Its absolutely unbelievable! Yet, within its ridiculousness, theres a refreshing feeling to it! The original arts awesome! Ill even be willing to pay money in-game just because of the original arts! What? I cant pay money in-game? Seems like I can only give a 5-star review then! Ma Yangs hands were shivering in excitement. After going through the reviews page by page, he couldnt even find a single negative review! It wasnt entirely because the original arts were amazing and the game charged a reasonable price that there was no negative reviews. The most important reason was that the first batch of players were here just for the original arts! After the artists from Chen Qis group shared the images on their Weibo, there was an extremely warm reception and those people got here by searching for the games title. While the majority of the people were somewhat disappointed at how Ghost General wasnt a standalone or large scale online game, they could not bear to give it a poor review after they started on the game. Thats because, the game truly had too much of a heart! It was of a decent quality be it in terms of art or music resources. Cost was not an issue to Pei Qian and the first impression it gave off was amazing. Coupled with the fact that there was no paywall, more players were even more sold on the game! As such, Ghost General exploded with amazing reviews after the first batch of gamers started it with great word of mouth advertising! Ma Yang stretched his head out from the upper bunk and said to Pei Qian, Brother Qian, we did it! Our downloads are increasing and there are many amazing 5-star reviews! Pfft! Pei Qian was drinking water and he choked on it, coughing for a full minute thereafter. What did you say? He nearly thought that he was hearing things. Ma Yang repeated excitedly, Weve got over 2,000 downloads now! Also, everyones giving great reviews for the game and there are even people who are praising my character designs! Pei Qian was completely dazed. The downloads had gone over 2,000? How could that be? Where did the gamers hear about the game from? Besides, they all gave 5-star reviews? That didnt make sense! The game was completely made using universal mobile card game templates and there wasnt any breakthroughs in gameplay C how would that render 5-star reviews? If this was someone elses game, Pei Qians first reaction would be that the creators must have bought likes and reviews themselves! However, this was his own game! He was none the clearer that he hadnt bought any reviews at all! He had already spent all his money, how would he have any bit left to purchase fake reviews? Besides, even if he had money, Pei Qian wouldnt possibly do it. What he wanted more than anything else was for the game to disappear silently C how could he possibly do something that would generate this much hype? Could some other companies have bought fake reviews and ended up reviewing the wrong game by mistake? That wouldnt seem possible as well. Who would provide such a lousy service that they could even review a wrong game by mistake? Could it be that another incident similar to the previous game had happened?! Pei Qian logged into ESROs resource website and glanced at the games download figures. Ma Yang had not lied to him C they had truly exploded! Besides, the reviews of the players seemed exactly the same as what fake reviewers would write C all of them were praising Ghost General for having a heart! The download figures were still increasing rapidly along with the number of people who had purchased the in-game permanent membership card! Pei Qian was completely stunned as he looked at both leaping figures. What was up with this world?! What went wrong this time round?! His vision blackening, Pei Qian collapsed back onto his bed. Chapter 26 Brother Qian! Brother Qian! Pei Qian stirred awake through Ma Yangs repeated calls. Sigh, I know that youre naturally excited now that things are getting better since youve put in so much effort for this game. But, dont get overly emotional. Its not good for your body. Hurry and calm down! Weve succeeded! Ma Yangs excitement was displayed entirely through his words. Pei Qian was exasperated and rolled his eyes in a fit. Do I look happy? Do I look excited? Im despairing!! Pei Qians face was ashen as he forced a smile. Yeaps, we did it He was perplexed C just where had things gone wrong? Even though he was in pain, despaired and had no choice but to acknowledge his defeat, Pei Qian had to know why he failed! How did this game get popular? Was it because some UP Master had dissed this game again? But the main point was that the game he created this time round had nothing to diss at! First, he searched up keywords of Ghost General on Qiandu to check if there were any hints he could rely on. The review section of the game did not have XXs sightseeing group or any other similar messages. Just what was the problem? Pei Qian was thoroughly stumped. There were just that many people who knew about this game! Pei Qian had not done any advertising of it himself. It was even less possible that Ma Yang was the one who did it. Even if he had wanted to, he would lack the connections to do so. That left Pei Qian with the people he had interacted with on ESROs website when he was purchasing the resources and templates. Wait a minute. Most of the players who left reviews seemed to have commented on the original arts! Clearly, they were drawn in by the original arts! But, how could they have seen the original arts without seeing the game? With a testing attitude, Pei Qian turned on Weibo and searched for Ghost General. This time round, he got results. Many famous artists have shared Ghost Generals original arts freely! All of those posts were even shared further within the gaming and animation communities; even some Big V of the tech scene had shared it too! The number of shares by the average Weibo was equally high as well. Because of that, Ghost General had popped up on Weibos hot searches. While it wasnt at the top of the list, the amount of traffic it generated was rather significant too! Pei Qian was dumbfounded. Who did it? Who could have had such an influence to cause this many industry veterans to help promote Ghost General? Even any average advertising firm or provider would not have been able to do it! The main point was that most of these artists were famous characters in their circles respectively C these were people with such egos that they may not even accept paid sponsorship deals to advertise! Following the shares to the root, Pei Qian found the original poster C Ruan Guangjian! This was Ruan Guangjians personal account and he only had a couple hundreds of followers. Yet, that post had been shared for thousands of times and the popularity of it was not going down at all! Even though Pei Qian could not understand how a post by an account that merely had a couple of hundreds of followers could have such an impact, it was evident that everything had stemmed from Ruan Guangjians promotional post! He slapped himself on the head. Im dead! The problem this time round came from one of us! However, he could not figure out why Ruan Guangjian would go through the effort to help him advertise the game. It didnt make sense at all. Isnt ours just an ordinary monetary relationship? I paid you for the original arts and I received the product, that should be that. Why are you going through such effort to help me advertise and promote the game? Do you have nothing else to do? Im not even giving you any additional money for advertising! Pei Qian was thoroughly confounded. He decided to ask through ESROs website to find out what exactly was going on. You promoted Ghost General on Weibo??? After a couple of minutes, Ruan Guangjian replied. Thats right, I got a couple of artist friends to help share it a little. I hadnt expected such an amazing outcome too. Boss Pei, you dont have to feel grateful to me. I just felt that its a waste for a game with this much heart to be buried in the dust! A total investment of 300,000 chucked into the game entirely such that you didnt leave any money for publicity I really have to say that its hard to find a creator like you with this much passion! All of my artist friends were moved by your spirit and that was why they were willing to help share. Besides, Ghost General truly has way too much conscience and is of good quality. But of course, the great response is also due to my art being decent. It all boils down to the fact that a high quality and sincere game such as Ghost General is fated to be popular! I didnt do much for it! Pei Qian was completely stunned as he read Ruan Guangjians reply. In fact, he did not even know what he should reply! Its rare to have creators with as much passion as me? Ghost General is a game with conscience so its fated to be popular? What in the world is going on? Passion? All I wanted was for the game to lose money! Ghost General is fated to be popular? No! F*ck! How am I supposed to lose money if it gets popular?! Pei Qian truly wanted to lambaste Ruan Guangjian. Are you too bloody free?! What in the world are you doing this much for? Shouldnt you be enjoying life after taking my money? The games publicity is none of your business! However, Pei Qian could say none of that as he ended up deleting everything he had typed on the keyboard. The reason for that was because he must not hint or challenge the existence of the system and neither must he cause others to have doubts towards the system. Like any normal person, Pei Qians reaction should be an exuberant one! Ruan Guangjian waited for a long time without any reply from Pei Qian. He was certain that Boss Pei must have been overjoyed to a point of speechlessness. Ruan Guangjian then typed. Boss Pei, you dont have to say anything. I advertised the game on my own accord. I wasnt intending on letting you know about this if you had not asked. You dont have to feel embarrassed either. After all, if Ghost General gets popular, more people would get to see and know of my art and that would be helpful for my career in the future as well. Good luck, Boss Pei! I believe that youll definitely be able to produce even better games in the future and I hope that well be able to work together more! Towards Ruan Guangjians warm words, Pei Qian was completely stumped. Work together in the future? No! Never again! Youre a bloody veteran acting as a newbie! How am I supposed to lose money if I were to work with you! Unable to express any bit of his despair, Pei Qian could only reply with two words. Thank you. While that was his reply, his heart was in fact at odds. A gratified smile spread across Ruan Guangjians face as he saw Pei Qians thank you. Indeed, this should be the meaning of how the friendship between gentlemen appears indifferent but is pure like water. It was truly an amazing thing to be able to work with someone as exceptional as Boss Pei! Chapter 27 Congratulations! Your game, Ghost General, has reached the most popular new game of the month recommendation spot. Please do not update the games version in the near future or any unknown bugs may affect the game experience Pei Qian felt his heart die at the sight of the message. Again! Yet again! Trouble always came in pairs C it was a chain reaction! In reality, be it for The Lonely Desert Road or Ghost General, their popularity all stemmed from unassumingly small actions. The Lonely Desert Road got popular because Teacher Qiao made a dissing video while Ghost General was because Ruan Guangjian had posted his original arts within the circle of artists. If it was just that, the consequences would not have been so dire. After all, the people affected by those actions were only a minority. The games would have continued disappearing into oblivion if their popularities had not continued on. However, the main reason why Pei Qian suffered so badly was due to ESROs automatic recommendation system! ESROs official platform would compare the figures between games that were uploaded at the same time period and those with better results would obtain better recommendation spots. It was the same case for both games C the small unassuming actions had caused the figures to blow up such that the platform recognized them as concrete figures before pushing the games up the recommendation spots. From there on, due to the games intrinsic qualities, they climbed even further after being pushed up the recommendation spots That way, the entire status quo blew out of proportion! Right now, Ghost General was at a crazy spot in the games section C most popular new game of the month. With that title claimed, the download figures were immense! Coupled with the high ratings of Ghost General and the acclaimed comments in the reviews section It was an unimaginable outcome! Pei Qian did not even dare to check out the figures on the back end out of fear that he might be further despaired. In fact, he wished that he could beg the platform to stop pushing his game up the recommendation spot! However, he could not do that. The platforms recommendations worked automatically based on figures and besides, if he did that, it would be considered a violation and he would be warned by the system. It was then that Pei Qian truly understood the meaning of the statement At times, a man may have no choice at all! Standing alone at the rooftop of the dormitory, Pei Qian was filled with emotions. He did not want to daze around the dormitory because it was almost time for settlement and he was afraid Ma Yang may end up hearing his sobs. The screen of the system appeared in front of Pei Qian and once again, it was time for the Wealth Conversion Systems settlement. Looking at those figures, Pei Qian felt a little suicidal. He had not imagined that card games would be so profitable! Amongst the 500,000 a portion of it was the ongoing income from The Lonely Desert Road. After all, that game was still operating and the accumulated income from its 1 yuan price was rather impressive still. However, it was still only a small portion. Most of the income came from Ghost General! Pei Qian made a rough calculation using his rudimentary mathematical skills. Within a week, Ghost Generals net profit was around 500,000 C that meant that the gross was around 1,000,000. Come the following week, the income would only surge higher as gamers continued gushing in while the games popularity climbed even further. Even if the game would not earn much in the future since there wasnt any paywalls within it, it was a huge market that they were dealing with and it would take around three months at least for the games popularity to die off! Based on the figures, it was extremely likely for the games month gross to hit above 5,000,000! Even though that was a normal figure for a mobile game, it would still be a rather handsome profit for a small company with less than 30 employees. However, it was different for Pei Qian C he was the only one working on the game from the very beginning! Ma Yang was only drawing a 3,000 monthly salary and had only helped with the requirement form. Pei Qian was the one who had purchased all the templates and art resources which merely added up to 300,000. Not only would the game recoup all its cost in its first week, it would even net in a profit of 200,000! The figures werent extremely exaggerated but they still had Pei Qian feeling despondent! And the worst thing was that Ghost General would continue to generate income for Pei Qian in the future! After all, Qute Three Kingdoms was still popular after running for an entire year What would that imply? It meant that even if Pei Qian were to try with his might to lose money in the future, he might not be able to lose everything completely! In the months to come, the System Funds would receive a stable monthly deposit. However, the system determined losses based on the initial System Funds! Take the settlement this time round for example, the system had an extremely simple way of calculating profit loss C it would just make a comparison between the final System Funds and the initial 300,000 where anything above it would be considered a profit and vice versa. If Pei Qian were to obtain an additional deposit monthly which was higher than the starting sum of the System Funds, the system would determine that he was making a profit forever! Tragic! It was extremely tragic news! Pei Qian truly wanted to die. How is it so pitiful? I earned 200,000 but it was converted to 2,000! And whats worse, Im going to be earning money without doing anything from now on and Ill have no way of losing it away? No, something must be wrong! Calm down, calm down! Let me think about it. Things should not be so terrible Pei Qian composed himself as new messages appeared on the systems screen. Indeed! Im honestly dying! Pei Qian had confirmed his suspicions! The system would conduct a topping up of the System Funds with each settlement. That top-up amount and the settlement date would always vary. Because the top-up limit was 500,000 and Pei Qians current System Funds had already exceeded 500,000, no additional top-ups would be made. Whereas if Pei Qian had managed to lose the 300,000 entirely, he would be injected with a fresh 500,000 He was completely suicidal at the moment. That 300,000 that was almost confirmed to be his had turned into 2,000! Who could accept that? At the same time, the System Funds had increased by over a thousand yuan within the span of a few minutes. That was because Ghost General was still generating income. Pei Qian was despaired and was even having doubts about himself. Could it be that I should change my mindset? Should I start thinking about how to make money in the future? No, its too late for that Besides, I cant possibly have such good luck in the future. In that instant, Pei Qians thought of whether he should change to the path of profits disappeared from his mind entirely. The reason was simple C the payoff was way too low and it wasnt really possible as well! Be it The Lonely Desert Road or Ghost General, a large part of their success was based on luck! Would Pei Qian continue to have such amazing luck? Thats not for sure! What if he tried to earn money legitimately and ended up earning nothing much while failing to make a loss either. Wouldnt that be an awkward situation? The key was in sticking to his original plans! The Profit Conversion Ratio was a mere 100:1. Even if he earned 1,000,000, he would only earn 10,000! That would be a lousy trade! Chapter 28 Rather than wasting time thinking about useless stuff, the pressing matter is how I should spend this amount of money Standing on the rooftop of the dormitory, Pei Qian felt the full blast of the autumn breeze as he contemplated on his strategy ahead. Its too slow if I just buy all the resources required for a game! What are the main operating expenses of a company? Rent, electricity, office equipment and employee salary If I were to add up all of those, wouldnt my monthly expenses skyrocket? Yes thats the way. Let me see. Pei Qian took out his phones calculator and tabulated quickly. Earning 500,000 in the first week that figures going to increase next month. Based on the estimated gross of 5,000,000, the net profit should be around 2,500,000 monthly Even though that figure would definitely drop in the next two months, its not going to be an instantaneous dip. The next settlement is three months later. Using a conservative estimate, the net profit would definitely hit 6,000,000 or so F*ck! What have I done! If I dont do anything at all, the profits converted would be 60,000. However, if I were to lose it all, my Personal Wealth would be 500,000 Tsk! Thats too great of a difference isnt it?! That means to say, Ill have to lose 6,000,000 in three months Think, think! Where can I spend the most money? Even if I rent a most expensive office space at an estimated 5 yuan per square metre per day, a 3,000 metre place would cost 450,000 a month. Hiring 30 employees at 5,000 a month no, 7,000 a months salary, that would add up to 210,000. Why does it feel as though Im trying to put out a fire with a cup of water People usually find these expenses to be high when theyre opening a company and yet Im finding it to be too cheap! What if I use only the most expensive stuff for company equipment? That would help me waste 1,000,000 at least, right? Yes thats truly the fastest way to burn money. But It feels so troublesome to have to find a office space, hire employees and purchase equipment! Ive never done any of those before. Forget it, lets think about this slowly The thought of having to hire people and look for an office space personally gave Pei Qian a huge headache. He had never done any of those in his past life since he was neither good at it nor did he like it. They were too troublesome! However, it was clear that that was the fastest way at burning money. He then decided to leave it aside first before contemplating about the issue the next day. Back to the dormitory. Brother Qian! The games popular! Should we head out and have a celebratory feast? Ma Yangs eyes were filled with joy. Ugh Pei Qian recalled that he had indeed promised Ma Yang to a celebratory buffet costing more than 50 yuan per person. Alright, lets go! Even though he did not get his hands on that 300,000, he had 2,000 at least It wouldnt be overboard to spend 100 yuan on a meal with an income of 2,000 However, Pei Qian could not get his mood lifted at all Towards the south of the school, a rather decent buffet restaurant had opened up costing 58 per person. For the students of 2009, that was considered an extravagant place to dine at. Pei Qian sat on his seat and watched expressionlessly as Ma Yang piled plates of cakes along with a huge drink. The barbecued meat for the buffet was limited based on the number of people dining. However, cakes, vegetables and fruits were free-flow. It was clear that Ma Yang had entered with a hearty appetite, expecting to be stuffed when he left. Brother Qian, why do I feel like theres something bothering you? Indeed, your character as a rich second-generation heir is being exposed! This game must have earned you a couple hundreds of thousands at least, right? Why do you still look so upset? Could it be that you had higher expectations? Besides, youre not even batting an eyelid at all the delicious food! Ma Yang gorged while he asked without being able to speak properly. Looking at all the food, Pei Qian casually picked a few pieces of meat to eat C they ended up being tasteless. Even though he was only a normal salaryman in his previous life, he had his fair share of high-end buffets in Beijing. AS such, all of these budget buffets no longer felt like anything to him. Most importantly, he was in a bad mood and nothing tasted special at all. He wanted to lose money! What was the best way to do it?! At that moment, Pei Qian was particularly envious of Ma Yang. This clueless fool had no idea about numbers at all. Ma Yang thought that Pei Qian had earned a couple hundreds of thousands yuan since he had no clue about Pei Qians profit model. In reality, Pei Qian had earned 500,000 in an entire year! But it was a pity that he couldnt spend a single cent of that Ah, its nothing much. Im just tired of working on the game for the past couple of days and need a break. After all, opening a company is something thats extremely exhausting. Pei Qian replied casually. Brother Qian, thats something Ive got to scold you about. Ma Yang stuffed another piece of cake. Youre the boss of a company at the very least. How can you not take care of your body? You cant do everything personally anymore. Hire an assistant and toss her all the work, how great would that be? Hire an assistant? Pei Qian froze momentarily. Ma Yang nodded his head. Thats right, hire an assistant. Isnt that always the case on television? The domineering boss would always be driving a luxurious car to pick up girls. In any case, he just wouldnt be doing any work while everything else is tossed to his assistant. Havent you heard of the saying all work is done by the secretary? Thatll be dandy Eh? Old Ma! Youre a genius! Indeed, I need an assistant! Also, it should be a professional assistant thats super capable! Pei Qian was hit by a stroke of inspiration! Of course, what Pei Qian thought of was an entirely different thing compared to what Ma Yang had said. Ma Yangs thought of how bosses on television series would always have an assistant with them and that was why he had suggested it. However, Pei Qians thoughts were about how he could toss all his money losing tasks to the assistant, such as renting an office space, hiring more employees and purchasing office equipment! The next afternoon. Pei Qian sat at the customer service center of Exxon Headhuntings Jingzhou City branch, sipping on tea as he awaited the arrival of a consultant. There were in fact quite a number of headhunting consultants in the center. However, Pei Qian had specifically mentioned that he wanted the most experienced consultant who was at least at a regional manager level and above! That was why he had to wait for awhile. In any case, Pei Qian was in no hurry. He had decided earlier on that he wanted to hire an assistant. In truth, he had many options on how he could have gone about hiring one. For example, he could have arranged for an interview through announcing the position online or he could have looked for anyone in school. However, none of those fit Pei Qians requirement. One was too slow while the other one was too lowly! It would be too troublesome for Pei Qian to interview them personally. Besides, it would have been difficult to hire particularly exceptional assistants online. The person Pei Qian wanted to hire was someone who was an elite in the business world and could hold their own. The best outcome would be for the person to be able to understand everything he wanted and accomplish it swiftly with just a single order of his. After pondering about it, Pei Qian decided that it would be most reliable for him to look for a headhunting firm. Of course, the downside to that would be that he had to spend money. However, he would be spending the System Funds! That was in accordance with Pei Qians wishes! Bored of the wait, Pei Qian opened his phone and scrolled the internet. Coincidentally, he came across a review on the games section of a portal website. A glimpse into the future of mobile games through the game of conscience, Ghost General! Chapter 29 Pei Qian had not imagined that he would come across a review of Ghost General on a portal website! Out of curiosity, he clicked on it. Recently, a game named Ghost General has taken over mobile games by storm. Despite the fact that the games creator had not intended to advertise it on his own accord, the download volume for the game in its first week had hit close to 80,000! Based on the figures, be it in terms of active players or satisfaction level and retention level towards the game, it has far surpassed any other mobile game released at the same time. In fact, it has left them entirely in the dust! In the past, industry watchers have analyzed that the mobile card games industry was sunsetting such that even the progenitor of it all, Qute Three Kingdoms, has met with a declining player base and profit margin. There was seemingly no good way of getting about it. However, Ghost General has completely refuted that analysis and has proven that there is still a huge potential for growth within the mobile card games industry! So, why has that game been able to go against the tides and position itself in the eyes of many players as the successor of Qute Three Kingdoms to be the next generation of mobile card games? I shall start my professional analysis to unveil the secret to success behind Ghost General! Firstly, Ghost General did not follow along the cartoonish art style that was started by Qute Three Kingdoms. Instead, it chose to redesign the characters of the Three Kingdoms in a complete overhaul that brought about a fresh experience for the gamers. Most gamers have long grown tired of the repetitive cartoonish characters. The epic ink oil painting style allowed gamers to imagine a brand new Three Kingdoms and that caught their fancy from the get go. Secondly, Ghost Generals gameplay is extremely simple. It removed all the bloated elements of existing mobile card games and merely retained the essence and fundamentals of the classic playstyles which served to remove the burden off gamers! Qute Three Kingdoms and other similarly mature mobile card games have been constantly adding new elements to the game such that an initially casual game turned into one that was extremely exhausting and tiring for the gamers. Since Ghost General has merely retained the fundamental gameplays, a gamer would only have to spend a mere hour or two daily. That earned the good graces of many casual gamers as they no longer had to fight against time like with other games! Thirdly, Ghost General is simply a game of conscience! Other than the purchase price of 10 yuan, the only purchasable item in the game is a 30 yuan permanent membership card. That means that all players are basically equal and without any paywalls, they are able to enjoy the full experience of the game! These are the key elements of success for Ghost General and the reason why its been receiving rave reviews! Perhaps, Ghost General might be the impetus for mobile card games to head in the same direction. I believe that in the future, there is going to be more casual and fair mobile card games just like this! Beneath the article, netizens were commenting furiously. Professional! Amazing article! Indeed, I started playing Ghost General because it was fair and I didnt have to spend cash in order to get a rare card! Also, I really like the style of the game! Just collecting all the cards and achievements is enough to keep me playing for an entire year! Everything else was similar. After reading the article, Pei Qian was starting to doubt life. What the hell? Is the Ghost General I created the same game that you guys are playing?! The reason why I changed the art style was to deter gamers who liked the cartoonish styles! Turning the gameplay simple? That wasnt of my own accord! Those were the only functions that the templates I purchased had! I couldnt even modify it with the game editor even if I wanted to! A game of conscience? Thats because I didnt want whales to affect my goal of losing money! How are these being interpreted as pros of the game now?! Pei Qian truly wanted to die. This was a mad world and something must be wrong with it! Placing his phone down, Pei Qian contemplated life silently. Boss Pei, hi! Sorry for the long wait! A man in his thirties clad in a suit knocked before entering and shaking hands with Pei Qian. Im Exxon Human Resources Corporations Handong Provinces regional manager, an experienced headhunting consultant at the same time. Im pleased to be able to serve you. You can call me Lawrence. This consultant who started off with an English name was extremely polite because Pei Qian had already informed the receptionist of his identity right upon entering C the boss of Tengda Network Technology Co., Ltd. A one to one service by a headhunting consultant of the managerial level would require additional fees. However, Pei Qian showed no hesitance at all and that was enough to tell of his generosity. There was naturally no way the headhunting company would drag their feet around such a client. But of course, Pei Qians main intention was to spend money from the system and that was why it did not hurt him at all and he could appear so casual about it. Hi, Manager Lawrence. Im here with the sole intent of hiring an assistant, Pei Qian started straightforwardly. Sure. Could I check with you on your general expectations? Manager Lawrence retained a professional smile. Hmms the most expensive one! Pei Qians face was clear C he had no lack of money. Since employee salary would be deducted from the System Funds as well, Pei Qian naturally wished to get someone with a higher salary C the more salary deducted, the more he would lose! Manager Lawrence chuckled. Alright, thats one aspect. Noted. However, Ill still need more details. For example, are you leaning towards a head assistant whos like an administrative secretary or perhaps a hardworking young blood whom youre looking to groom? Pei Qian was slightly stunned. Is there a difference? Smiling, Manager Lawrence explained, Of course there is. An administrative secretary type of head assistant is usually an exceptional young woman who is all-rounded but focuses on the trivialities that the president is unable to spare time on. You can think of them as managers of superstars. Their annual salary would range between 100,000 to 350,000. The ceiling cap for the extremely exceptional ones would be around 400,000. Whereas for the young blood, they would normally be exceptional young men who would be groomed to be the backbone of the company. Theres a chance that they could be a vice-president or a successor for the president But of course, these qualities can coexist as well. Whats important is your requirements. Pei Qian did not hesitate at all. The former. There was nothing to think about C Tengda Network Technology Co., Ltd. comprised of only two people at the moment. He must be crazy if he were to start contemplating about successors. Besides, Pei Qian had no interest in male secretaries! None at all1 Manager Lawrence nodded. Alright. Hold on for awhile. Ive got a couple of resumes that you could perhaps screen through and shortlist from. After awhile, the resumes were placed before Pei Qian. All of them were beautiful young women who had similar resumes. They were all elites of the education system. Not only were their English fluent, there were even those who had mastered a couple of languages. When it came to past employment, a few of them had taken on the role of a head assistant with some of the top rated domestic corporations. There were even some with additional skills such as accounting skills and law knowledge et cetera. Manager Lawrence added, These candidates are the most exceptional talents for head assistants in the Handong Province. Our headhunters have been in contact with them before and we guarantee that be it in terms of conversation, handling relationships or matters, they are all wise and savvy. After flipping through everything, Pei Qian took out the resume with the highest expected salary. Chapter 30 This Xin Hailu She was initially the assistant for the vice-president at a famous enterprise. Why did she leave it? Her reason for leaving doesnt seem to be stated on the resume. Manager Lawrence smiled. I suppose you dont really watch the news, Boss Pei? After getting tipsy, the vice-president acted inappropriately towards her and was met with resistance. The end result was the firing of the vice-president and Assistant Xin resigned on her own accord. That incident caused a huge impact on the reputation of the enterprise and in fact, there were still heated discussions about it up till recently. Pei Qian was a little stunned. So this person is truly a hero amongst women? Manager Lawrence nodded. I suppose you could say that. Perhaps the experience of being in a large company has tired her out so she doesnt mind joining a small no, newly established company. By logic and an operational standpoint, this is the best candidate. Manager Lawrences mention of operational standpoint was a clear indication that she might not be equally ideal for other considerations Pei Qian was decided immediately. Alright, shes the one then! However, I have a request. Manager Lawrence nodded once more. Please go on. As long as the request does not cross the line, Im sure it can be negotiated. She can only offer me suggestions when I ask her for it. Under other circumstances, no matter what happens, she must remain silent and not question overly, Pei Qian said. Manager Lawrence smiled. Thats of course. Even if you did not mention it, thats one of the professional requirements of being an assistant. Three days later, Monday. A Cayenne came to a stop at the lobby of the most luxurious office building in Jingzhou City C Shenhua View. Boss Pei, weve arrived. Xin Hailu opened the car door for Pei Qian and led him to the office building ahead. Thanks to the headhunting firm, Xin Hailu was officially the third employee of Tengda Network Technology Co., Ltd. C the presidents assistant. Xin Hailu was the standard successful woman of the corporate world. With immaculate features and class, even her figure which was hidden beneath her blouse and business skirt was impeccable. In every single aspect, this was the perfect candidate that Pei Qian wanted. Educated with class and fluent in three foreign languages, she was beautiful and elegant with a poised manner of speaking. She knew her way around people and handled things with patience while attending to business with restrain without asking anymore than she had to. They had only spent a couple of days together and already, Pei Qian had a feeling Reliable! Efficient! Pei Qian did not hesitate at all as he poached her over with a 30% over her initial salary, fixing it at slightly over 30,000 per month. This was 2009 and most of the graduates from Handong University were fighting to obtain a salary of 3,000 monthly. There were two reasons why her salary was so high. Firstly, Pei Qians Tengda Network Technology Co., Ltd. was newly established. Compared to Xin Hailus past experiences, there wasnt much growth prospect available. That was why he could only poach her with a higher salary. Because she was extremely capable to begin with, her initial salary was already extremely high. With the additional 30%, that was the reason why her salary seemed exaggerated. Secondly, Pei Qians goal was to burn money fanatically and it was only natural that he would hire someone expensive. For a talent such as Xin Hailu with such capabilities, it wasnt considered a violation within the system to give her a slightly marked up salary. After all, Pei Qian even gave someone like Ma Yang a monthly salary of 3,000 The Cayenne was rented under the companys name. Pei Qian had initially wanted to purchase a car under the companys name but he was denied by the system. It was possible for him to purchase a car. However, the sum required would depend on the companys current funds and he couldnt purchase anything overly expensive. Pei Qian pondered over how it would be meaningless to purchase a cheap car. Eventually, he settled on renting the Cayenne to boost his image. Even though the cost of renting the car didnt amount to much, every bit counted when it came to spending money. Pei Qian was not going to let any opportunity slip. His intention of arriving at Shenhua View was to rent an office space. That was the most luxurious office building in the entire Jingzhou City where Pei Qian estimated the cost to be at 5 yuan per square metre. 5 yuan per square metre per day. It was 2009 in the parallel world and the provincial capital of Handong Province, Jingzhou City, was a second tier city. If it was Beijing in 2019, that amount would be at least tripled. As for Jingzhou City and other similar office buildings, the average price ranged around 2-3 yuan. However, Shenhua View was a high-end place with intricate designs and that was why it was more expensive. For other companies, that would have been a flaw. However, it was an absolute benefit for Pei Qian! The reason why he loved it was because of how expensive it was! Xin Hailu entered the lobby and walked towards the staff. Now that he had an assistant, Pei Qian did not have to do everything personally. The staff of the office building were all clad in suits. Pei Qian on the other hand was wearing a casual coat and pants. However, Pei Qian did not feel awkward in the slightest bit at a place as such, merely a little chilly since the weather was turning cold. Rather than attributing it to Pei Qians innate confidence, it was because he had Assistant Xin with him. No matter how short, fat or ugly a man was, as long as he had a young, beautiful and classy woman around him, it was always a sign that he was wealthy. Besides, Pei Qian was neither short, fat nor ugly. He was a little handsome. Nowadays, people who were too ugly would not get a chance at transmigrating. That would make it difficult for readers to enjoy the story. Awhile later, the manager came before Pei Qian all smiles. Hi, Boss Pei. Im Manager Zhang, please let me know if you require anything. Manager Zhang did not know of Pei Qians background but the fact that his assistant was Xin Hailu made it clear that this was no simple man. Pei Qians clothes were extremely mundane and he looked really young. No matter the angle, he just looked like a poor salaryman. However, for him to have a background such as Xin Hailu? That impression swiftly turned into him being a rich second-generation heir that did not bother much about trivialities and was exceptional in his way of handling things. Perhaps, that was the style that rich second-generation heirs loved to dress in? Naturally, Manager Zhang did not dare to be negligent. I intend to rent a floor here as an office space, Pei Qian breached the topic right away. Well said! Boss Pei, if you intend to rent an entire floor without co-sharing with any other companies, our 17th floor is still empty. It has a lovely view with scenery. Shall I take you there to have a look? Manager Zhang asked in a testing manner. Pei Qian nodded his head. Sure, go on. Under Manager Zhangs lead, the three of them arrived at the 17th floor of Shenhua View. It was spick and span without a speck of dust. That was another way of saying that it had completely nothing at all. Hmms, the view is decent. Pei Qian walked over to the windows where the view of the city was boundless and he could even look into the neighboring park and districts. He could get to enjoy this scenery while losing money. Working at a place as such would most likely be relaxing. Pei Qian swept a glance at the entire area. The whole floor was enough for around eight basketball courts C a conservative estimate would place it at 3,000 square metres. If youre a newly established company, the government has related subsidies and well also allow you to pay for a months rental while only holding a months deposit with settlement due monthly. This is an offer that youll hardly find at any other office buildings, Manager Zhang explained proudly. Most office buildings would require a deposit sum of 1-2 months while the rental would be collected every season or biannually. For an office building to only require a months deposit while collecting rental at a monthly rate, that was indeed worth bragging about and was a rather competitive advantage. But of course, there were downsides to the advantages as well. Such as the price. Besides, such rebates were related to policies that were targeted at newly established companies C Pei Qian fit the bill completely. Whats the price? Pei Qian asked casually. Manager Zhang was all smiles. 4 yuan. I know, this is a price that may seem slightly more expensive in Jingzhou City. However, you can see for yourself the benefits we have. You get what you pay for. Renting an office space here would definitely improve the first impression your company gives off 4 yuan? So cheap? Pei Qian could not help but frown. C-Cheap? Manager Zhang was stunned. Chapter 31 Manager Zhang had not imagined that response in his wildest dreams. In the past, companies he interacted with would always complain about how expensive it was since other office buildings would cost 2-3 yuan generally. The rate that Shenhua View demanded was almost double of that. But yet, Boss Pei found it to be cheap?! Was he trying to use reverse psychology? Or did money not matter to him at all? Pei Qian frowned as his mind whirled furiously. He had initially expected this place to be around 5 yuan or so. Based on an estimate of 5 yuan per square metre per day, a 3,000 square metres office space would cost a monthly rental of 450,000. Where else would he find such a good deal to be able to lose 450,000 monthly without doing anything else? Yet, the price was lower than his estimate by an entire 1 yuan. That was akin to him losing 90,000 less a month! That was indeed rather troubling. However, it was still within an acceptable range for him. The reason why Pei Qian was so panicked was because Ghost General was earning him money daily! After all, Ghost General was still in its rise. The more recommendation spots the official platform gave, the more popular the game got. With the massive number of gamers gushing in daily, it was only natural for his earnings to skyrocket as well. It wasnt an easy task for him to want to lose that much money. Pei Qian had to work harder! Ill rent this entire floor. Prepare the contract, Pei Qian was clear-cut. Manager Zhang froze momentarily before bursting into a wide smile. Sure thing! Follow me. A customer that was this straightforward was indeed rare to find! Pei Qian and Xin Hailu arrived at Manager Zhangs office and signed the contract while transferring payment over C everything was done swiftly. With the deposit and a first months rental paid, he had spent 700,000 in an instant. Pei Qian did not frown in the slightest bit. On the contrary, he was secretly delighted. He felt the most at peace when his money was spent! How else would he convert everything to his Personal Wealth if he did not spend all the systems money? As for the terms of the contract Pei Qian did not have to worry C he had Assistant Xin for that. Versed in finance and law matters, Pei Qian was totally at ease with her keeping danger at bay. Welcome to Shenhua View then! If you encounter any issues in the future, feel free to contact me. Ill definitely settle it for you as quickly as possible, Manager Zhang said with a smile. Pei Qian replied with some casual pleasantries before retrieving the rental contract from Manager Zhang and handing it over to Assistant Xin for storing. Thereafter, Pei Qian and Xin Hailu left Manager Zhangs office and returned to the 17th floor. Pacing around the empty office space, Pei Qian planned on how he should set up the company layout. That was an important segment of losing money! A good working environment can not only help to raise efficiency of our employees, it can improve our companys image too! Assistant Xin, make a note and prepare a procurement slip for me. The working desks and chairs must be expensive! Err, not just purely expensive. It has to be classy, elegant and top-tier! It has to be different from other companies! The computers must have the best parts and even the keyboards and mouses must be top-tier! All of them must have two monitors. We are living in a telecommunications age and were a gaming company. Computers are our productivity! We must have plants as well. Looking at plants after being tired out from work helps with relaxing. Since plants are not so easy to take care of, we have to hire a professional gardener to take care of them. I think that space over there is suitable for a mini gym. There are a lot of industry related illnesses and working out often can help to alleviate those while helping employees to work better. The guest room, sofas and coffee tables must not be scrimped on. Its best if we can get a set of high-end tea set as well. Buy around eight types of different good tea leaves. If we happen to have a business meeting, we cant serve our guests plain water. Pei Qian declared confidently. Since he would be using System Funds for everything, he could do as he wished. In any case, anything that the company could use would have to be of the best quality! Even anything the company couldnt use would be of the best quality as well! Pei Qian checked on whether there was any response by the system while commenting. Since there were no changes or warning, it meant that Pei Qians actions were not a violation! Xin Hailu held onto a small notebook and took notes quickly. Sure thing, Boss Pei. Everything will be prepared swiftly the way you want them to be. Could I check with you whats the rough estimate of your budget? Xin Hailu asked. Pei Qian pondered for a moment. Around 500,000 to 800,000. Try to steer in the direction of 800,000. Xin Hailu nodded her head. Understood. Pei Qian did not dare to go overboard as well. Even though he wanted to inflate expenditure, he must not go overly beyond what the company required. Take the computers that the company required for example. On a normal basis, plain computers would work. However, Pei Qian requested high-end computers so that he could lose money. The system would ignore most usual high-end computers but if Pei Qian wanted to spend hundreds of thousands or even millions to purchase a supercomputer, the system would judge that as a violation. Therefore, Pei Qian could not spend money without any limits. Fixing the expenditure at around 800,000 was already close to testing the systems bottom line. A day later. This is the procurement list that Ive arranged after our previous discussion. Please take a look. Xin Hailu handed a document over to Pei Qian. It was the procurement list which included office tables, chairs, computers, plants, gym equipment, sofa, coffee tables and tea leaves et cetera. Everything that Pei Qian had managed to squeeze out were on it. Even while browsing through it casually, Pei Qian could not help but feel a slight bewilderment. It was truly bloody expensive! The price of the plants alone was enough to tell of that. A Buddhist Pine Bonsai cost 988. However, it wasnt the type of expensiveness where one would feel as though they were scammed. Pei Qian could tell from the photo that it was indeed perfectly crafted. It was something that should have been groomed and trimmed intricately by a master. In fact, one might even find the price of 988 to be worthwhile! 10 Provision Trees costing 188 each. As to why they required 10, it was because leaving one by the windows would seem too lonely so they had to arrange more of it. 10 of it would symbolize Perfect 10. There were also high-end sofas costing 60,000 each. As for tea sets, a handcrafted silver one cost 22,000 while another one made from natural ink slab cost 13,000 C both would be used on a rotational basis. There were a few varieties of tea leaves all of which were expensive. Looking at the number of zeros had Pei Qians eyelids twitching. He pretended to look through everything seriously before flipping to the back. A total of 780,000! Most of the expenditure was spent on the working desks. Every single person was assigned with a high-end desk, high-end gaming chair, high-end computer, high-end dual gaming monitors and mechanical keyboards each set amounted to roughly 20,000. 30 employee desks totaled 600,000. Along with all the other casual expenses, the total amounted to 780,000. In fact, Pei Qian had a disillusion while going through the individual prices of the items. Its only 780,000? So cheap? 30 work desks C that was the figure that Pei Qian came up with after consideration. Even though Pei Qian wanted to lose money, he had to engage in normal business activities under the rules of the system. That meant that he couldnt just hire people to laze around and play games instead of doing anything. That was a clear violation that would render a warning by the system. Under the current circumstance where they had the cloud editor, 30 people was just enough to create a large scale game that would definitely be of inferior quality. With the 30 work desks came another issue of the office space being too large. However, that was easily settled. Pei Qian planned for a pool table, entertainment room, media room, pantry, snack area and resting lounge et cetera. The actual office only consisted of a small portion. Not only that, every single work desk was separated with enough distance for every employee to have their own private time. Even the desks purchased were of the largest kind. Employees could display anything they wanted on it. Even if they were to spend their fortune on ornaments, they would be able to fit it all in. With such a layout, the 30 work desks were almost enough to fill the space entirely. Pei Qian looked at Xin Hailu with admiration C this woman was great! This was professionalism! Maintaining a professional smile, Xin Hailu reported, All of these products are purchased from proper channels and with the lowest possible bulk purchase price. The company wont waste a single cent needlessly. Pei Qian nodded his head. He believed in Xin Hailus capabilities in doing it. For the items to be purchased through the proper channels using the lowest bulk price, the system would have no reason to warn Pei Qian about. Pei Qian was extremely pleased with this assistant. She completely understood his intentions and was extremely efficient. Not only did she have big boobs, she had brains as well C there was no flaw about her! That was the pleasure of working with smart people! Very good, Im extremely pleased. Well go ahead with the procurement according to this, Pei Qian was not stingy at all with his praises. From next week onwards, Ill be in the small conference room interviewing new hires. Please prepare the required information by then. Xin Hailu smiled and nodded. Of course, thats part of my job scope. Pei Qian felt like everything was going well. Hiring new employees was of utmost importance C that would determine whether or not his mission was a success! Looking at Pei Qians invigorated expression, Xin Hailu reminded him with a gentle smile, I think youve forgotten about something really important. Should we get you a change of image? Chapter 32 Pei Qian froze momentarily. Indeed, youre the most thoughtful, Assistant Xin! I almost forgot about that! In theory, outfits shouldnt be important for an industry such as the gaming one. For many traditional and finance industries, outfits were extremely important for business meetings. From the clothes one wore to the type of watches and the cars they drove, everything was of significance. Some people would spend tens of thousands on a single suit C that was a requirement. If they werent proper in their dressing, they may fail the business negotiations with a poor first impression. Similarly, a proper outfit was the fundamental of courtesy when it came to seeking employment in traditional industries. However, things were different in the internet age C particularly in gaming industries. Many big bosses of gaming companies would wear nothing but a t-shirt and shorts to work. Even when programmers applied for a job, they would be dressed in the standard t-shirt or plaid shirts alongside jeans, slippers and backpacks. After all, in this unique industry, their technical skills during interviews were more important than their attires. Because that was the general culture, most interviewees would not dress up specially for interviews. In fact, those who turn up in a suit with a tie would end up looking out of place instead. Because of that, Pei Qian neglected that aspect. However, with Assistant Xins reminder, he had a change of mind C he truly needed an outfit. Firstly, that would go on the company accounts which meant that he could spend even more money! Secondly, that would help him in developing his work. Currently, Pei Qian was a student. He was barely over his 18th birthday. Even if he had memories of the next ten years, it was difficult for him to carry the type of mature look of someone who had weathered through storms. His age was a hard restriction such that no matter how he dressed himself up, he would never display the image of a corporate elite. At a point as such, outfit played an important role. For example, in certain state enterprises, the older leaders could approach others with ease while the younger ones had to put on a stoic face forever. Why? That was because they would not look persuasive without that expression and it would be hard for them to command authority from their underlings. If their underlings took them as a joke, how were they going to progress with work? Pei Qian was young to begin with C a student C while his interviewees were mostly foxes who had been in the working world for a couple of years now and were older than him by 6-7 years old. If Pei Qian were to turn up in a t-shirt and shorts costing tens of yuan, would those people take him seriously? Even though Pei Qians true intention was to create a mess out of things, there was an art to doing it! The game had to pass through the vetting process at the very least and be listed successfully or the system would view it as a violation. In order to achieve that target, Pei Qian had to control his employees and have them obey him. That meant that he would still have to craft an image for himself. Even if he couldnt come across as a young, talented designer, he had to look like a rich second-generation heir who would keep to his words. For that, there was a need for an extremely expensive outfit. After all, in theory, rich second-generation heirs wouldnt be wearing t-shirts and shorts worth tens of yuan on a day to day basis. Yes, the odd person might do it, but that wouldnt be the norm. Xin Hailu smiled gently. If you think that theres a need, I can accompany you to the nearby mall to pick an outfit. Pei Qian couldnt wish for anything more. The Cayenne was parked at the underground carpark of the largest mall in Jingzhou City. Pei Qian opened his door and got down. This way please. Assistant Xin led the way and had Pei Qian fully enjoying the treatment a president would receive. This was Jingzhous largest and most luxurious mall which Pei Qian had not visited before. However, none of that mattered to him. He was just here for an outfit. Anything that Assistant Xin picked out, he would just wear it. Men and women were different when it came to shopping. Women truly encompassed the meaning of shopping where they would go floor by floor all over the place to check out if anything suited their taste C they enjoyed the process of shopping. However, men would just head over to what they wanted and leave right after getting it without spending a single second more C they enjoyed the outcome of shopping. Pei Qian was the typical man and naturally had no interest in shopping. He wanted to just grab an outfit as quickly as possible before leaving. Assistant Xin clearly understood him as she did not bring him to roam around, instead leading him straight to a luxurious suit shop. Jesse is a luxury fashion brand from Italy and has a history of over a hundred years. They are known for being flawless custom-made cuts. This is Jesses only outlet in Handong. If youre not satisfied with it, we can look for even more high-end suits. However, it will a longer time for the sizing and custom-making. Xin Hailu gave Pei Qian a brief introduction of the shops background before they entered. Its fine, this will do. Pei Qian decided on the spot. To him, custom-made suits were almost the same. People who conducted interviews could easily tell the difference between a custom-made suit and one that is not. The former would be fitting and classy while the latter would be loose and budget-looking. The former would make one seem like a Wall Street elite while the latter would make one seem like an insurance seller. However, it would be hard to distinguish between two custom-made suits. To put it bluntly, even if they were to top up money, the difference would be minimal. Therefore, the suits there were perfect for Pei Qians demands. Most importantly, time was of the essence C Pei Qian did not like to wait. Even though he was wearing a t-shirt and shorts that were only worth tens of yuan, Pei Qian walked in with his chest puffed and did not feel out of place at all. It was the same old reason C he had Xin Hailu with him. Even though it would be easy to mix and match with your size, I recommend these three sets. Xin Hailu left the attendant of the shop at one side as she herself was extremely familiar with the shop. Of these three, the first one is more formal and could be worn at important events such as business meetings with other bosses or any award ceremonies. The other two are more casual and are more suitable for daily use. Reading between the lines, it meant that the other two were meant to mislead the interviewees. He naturally did not have to wear anything extremely formal to interview others but he must not appear unpresentable as well. That was inclusive of a daily working life. Pei Qian had to give his employees the impression of a rich second-generation heir who would keep to his words C that would help him with work. The system did not ring any warnings. Pei Qian nodded his head. Alright. Xin Hailu then turned to the attendant. Well take two sets of each. The design and accessories must be distinct. You can start the measurements now. Hurry. Two sets of each? Well done! Pei Qian almost blurted out but he held it in. The system did not indicate anything C that meant that it wasnt a violation! The attendant then rushed over to help Pei Qian with the measurements. The suits here were not custom-made by hand or each set would take several weeks and that would be overly troublesome. Based on dozens of size figures and the customers personal measurements, the shop would select the most suitable cutting. That way, they could deliver the end product in a really short time. While the attendant was taking his measurements, Pei Qian was too embarrassed to shift around as he merely snuck a glance at the price tag of a nearby shirt. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. The cost was in the ballpark of five digits and the first number wasnt even a 1. Buying six sets of these outfits Tss! Pei Qian could feel the deterioration of his calculation skills. Once they had Pei Qians measurements, Xin Hailu smiled. Your work is hectic, do you want to end things here for today? Ill help you purchase some day to day clothes later on as well so you dont have to pick them out yourself. What a good relationship! Pei Qian was delighted. Take a look, this was true professionalism! Assistant Xin, Ill leave everything up to you. Chapter 33 The Cayenne was parked at the south entrance of the school. Pei Qian was prepared to open the door to get down. From the driver seat, Xin Hailu reached over with a slim hand and extended an intricate card holder. Previously, you asked to rent a two bedroom apartment near the school. This is the access card and key. Pei Qian did not retrieve it immediately and was waiting for a response from the system. Yes! No response! That means that this is viable! Even though the purchase of clothes and rental of apartment did not seem as though it had anything to do with company operations, it had a relation to the image of the boss. He couldnt possibly toss all the clothes he had bought into the dormitory, right? What if he had to work overtime or go on business trips in the future? What would he do if it was after lights out for the dormitory and he wasnt allowed to head out? Therefore, it was perfectly logical for him to rent an apartment. Besides, the rental wasnt really expensive. He could even afford suits that cost tens of thousands of yuan so he naturally could afford an apartment rental. The year was 2009. Given Handongs property market, even an intricately designed two bedroom apartment in a high-end neighborhood would cost less than 2,000. This was unlike 10 years into the future where even a single bedroom apartment would run in the ballpark of 7-8,000 in Beijing. Since the system did not give out any warnings, Pei Qian received over the card holder without any stress. Flipping through it, he found a key, access card and a small little note that had the address of the apartment written with Xin Hailus dainty handwriting. The neighborhood was not too far from the schools south entrance C a couple tens of metres. Alright, have a good rest then. Ill send the newly purchased clothes to your address within a couple of days. The Cayenne then drove off. Pei Qian felt extremely pleased. The fact that the system did not ask for a stop to his behavior meant that he was still rather righteous in his actions! Scanning the access card, he entered the high-end neighborhood near the school. When he was still schooling, Pei Qian had only seen this place from the outside and had never entered it before. Following the written address, Pei Qian found his two bedroom apartment. Opening the door, he was stunned. Even though it was two bedrooms, the size was closer to that of a three bedroom as he estimated it to be around 140 square metres. The furniture were all fully stocked. Even the bedsheets, blankets and toiletries were prepared thoroughly. This was truly a place that was ready for immediate living as long as he brought his luggage. In fact, he could live properly without a luggage even. The moment Pei Qian sat on the sofa, his butt felt like it never wanted to leave it ever again. Compared to this place, the dormitory was like a bird cage! No, even a bird cage was more spacious and cooling than that place! After he dazed for awhile on the sofa, Pei Qian reinvigorated himself and began to start work. He must not get lost in the comfort! He had dreams! He still had money to lose! Pei Qian summoned the system and checked on the current System Funds. His income for the first week was 500,000+ and the second week was 700,000+. Even though the third weeks income was yet to be credited, it was estimated to be around 7-800,000. With that, Pei Qians estimate of a monthly gross of 5,000,000 was rather accurate C the actual amount was only slightly less. He had spent 700,000+ through renting the office space and he would have to fork out an additional 300,000+ per month thereafter as well. The purchase of office equipment ranged around 800,000+ and he intended to spend that amount right away the moment he received next weeks income. As for the purchase of clothes, renting of a car and apartment, they added up to around 100,000+. It was so little that Pei Qian was barely bothered. Even though there was still remaining money in the System Funds, based on the initial consideration of 500,000, he had already lost 200,000+! This was a surprising result! But of course, there were still things he had to get busy with. Now that he had rented an office space, he had to get some new hires. Otherwise, he would definitely be warned by the system for leaving such a huge space empty. Time to think about the type of people to hire. I cant hire those that are too exceptional or it would affect my plan. I cant hire those that are too lousy either since I have to make a game or I cant fulfill the requirements of the system. Hmms this is a technical job. Ive got to think this through. The more Pei Qian thought about it, the more difficult things seemed. However, for the sake of his present and future happiness, he had to give it a shot even if it was difficult. After contemplating back and forth, Pei Qian came to a conclusion about one thing at least. That is, he had to scout for his own employees rather than hire them online! If he posted a hiring notice online, those people who applied for it would be those who thought that they could fit the criteria. The type of people that Pei Qian wanted to hire would back off without daring to try for the position. Simply put, the lower limit wasnt low enough. Hiring notices online had to be written properly. If Pei Qian were to declare on the notice that these people were just here to waste time, the system would definitely give him a warning. Truly, it wasnt enough for just a single trusted aide like Ma Yang. Where else could he find a talent such as Ma Yang? After much pondering, Pei Qian thought of someone. If he could get that person, everything would be perfect! After searching through three internet cafes near the school, Pei Qian found the person he wanted. This was someone who wasnt fixed at a single location. However, he could still be found at either nearby internet cafes. If he wasnt at any of them, he would be on the way to one of them. The reason for that may be due to fatigue stemming from being at the same internet cafe for a long time. That was why this person would go for a change of environment every now and then to stay for a couple of weeks at another internet cafe. This godly beings name was Bao Xu and everyone in the internet cafes loved to call him Bao Su. The term Liver Emperor1 only became popular a couple of years later. However, given Bao Xus performance, calling him Liver Emperor would even be looking down on him. He should be called a Super Liver Emperor! The current Bao Xu wasnt someone that everyone was familiar with just yet. However, it wouldnt be long before his name was spread across the entire school. The reason for that came from two incidents. The first incident was him spending his entire first year of school from spring to summer grinding games in internet cafes. When the scorching summer approached and everyone else were wearing short sleeved shirts and shorts, he was still wearing his sweater from autumn with a coat hanging behind his chair. That was because he had not returned to the dormitory at all and had no time to change his clothes. When he was tired, he would just tilt the chair back flat and sleep. When he woke up, he would wash up in the toilet before continuing to grind games. Just like that, he was oblivious to the four seasons of the year. After that incident, he was termed Autumn Pants Brother. The second incident happened during his second year of school. Because he had truly skipped too many classes, the school advised him to drop out. Despite that, he continued grinding in internet cafes. His family could not get into contact with him and thought that something had happened to him and he had died. For sustenance money, Bao Xu sold in-game equipment, boosting and grinding services and just like that, he resided in the internet cafes for the next 2-3 years. That was how godly of a being this person was. Of course, to most people, this would be someone who was at the final stage of internet addiction and would require electrolysis treatment. However, Pei Qian could see his merits. A person like that was a true elite gamer. He would know most of the games in the market like the back of his hands while answering any queries towards details in designing. Wouldnt it be logical to have an elite gamer like that hired as an employee? But of course, the prerequisite was that he had to clean himself up first. Besides, Pei Qian also admired his other uniqueness C the fact that he was good at games but knew nothing about design! Someone like that was the easiest to lead them the wrong way. For example, if someone wanted to become an amazing chef, he would have to be able to distinguish between whether food tasted good or bad. But conversely, even if someone had particular taste buds pertaining to food, did that guarantee that they would be brilliant chefs? Not necessarily. In fact, the pickier one was over food, the harder it would be for them to be a chef. Extremists are bad on both sides of the scales. While it was true that game creators must have passion for games, too much passion wasnt a good thing either. If someone had too much passion for games, they would not be able to retain their logical rationality and may mistake their own understanding of games as what the majority of gamers had as well. Therefore, Pei Qian felt that Bao Xu was someone who fit his requirements. On the one hand, he was a fanatic for games. Hiring a god of games as an employee while paying him a higher salary wasnt something the system would object to. On the other hand, this was a person who did not know design and had a high chance of nitpicking while causing things to screw up. What a perfect employee he would make! However, Pei Qian wasnt confident that he would be able to persuade Bao Xu on his own. After all, this was someone who had his family assuming that he was dead two years down the road. It was hard to imagine the type of circumstances that would persuade him to leave the internet cafes. Chapter 34 Based on his memories, Pei Qian looked for Bao Xu at the internet cafes near the west entrance of the school. His traits were obvious. It was autumn but while everyone else were wearing long sleeved shirts and pants, he was wearing a sweater with a thick coat hanging off his chair. It wasnt because he was afraid of the cold, but that he had been wearing the same thing since the previous winter Other than him, there was truly no one else who could do something as such. Bao Xu was dazed in front of the computer monitor at the moment. On screen, his character was seated on a flying chair, idling lazily above the main city. When Pei Qian approached Bao Xu, he caught whiff of a faint, oily scalp smell. It wasnt severe but it may have been due to Bao Xus receding hairline which was so severe that he barely had much hair left. Hmm, if I can persuade him to leave the internet cafe, Ill definitely stuff him some money to get a shower and a change of clothes. Bao Xu? Pei Qian asked in a testing manner. Frozen for a full ten seconds, Bao Xu turned around squarely after. His eyes that were enclaved by two huge dark circles suddenly blinked. Youre looking for me? After confirming that he had the right guy, Pei Qian sat down beside Bao Xu. Ive got a job available. Would you be willing to take it on? Pei Qian asked. Bao Xu turned back slowly and continued to stare at the monitor blankly. Manager of the internet cafe? Not interested. No, not a manager. A designer to design your own game, Pei Qian replied. Bao Xus face turned to Pei Qian slowly once more as he sized up this person. Eventually, he came to the conclusion that this was just an ordinary student. Dont try to pull a prank on me, Bao Xu was not convinced. Speechless, Pei Qian wondered if things would have been better had he worn a different outfit. However, his suit had not arrived yet. Not wanting to drag things out, Pei Qian took out 500 yuan from his pockets. If youre willing to join, this will be advance payment for your salary. Looking at the five scarlet 100 yuan notes, a sparkle appeared in Bao Xus eyes. He was slightly convinced that Pei Qian was for real. If this was a scam, Pei Qian would be the one asking for money C why would he be the one giving out money? Not just that, it was 500 to boot. For someone like Bao Xu in 2009, 500 was considered a large amount. After all, the price of internet cafes ranged around 2-3 yuan per hour back then. Not just that, our companys computers have the best specifications with dual monitors. You can play games at any time you wish, Pei Qian added decisively. Bao Xus gaze was twinkling all of a sudden. He did not have to pay money and he could play games on a high-end computer at any time! Wouldnt that be even more comfortable than internet cafes? That was akin to throwing a small fish to a desperate, hungry cat! Youre not kidding? What would my job be then? Bao Xu asked in bewilderment. Your job would be to play games! The position Im offering you is called a game tester! You have to test the games of others as well as our own. If you discover any issues, youll have to report it to me at the first available moment. Of course, you can take part in the design process and give your input as well. I think that youre definitely capable of taking on this role. Dont you think so? Pei Qian revealed a bewitching smile. Pursing his lips, Bao Xus throat trembled. Wasnt that the life that he had dreamed of? To play games while earning money at the same time? What could be better than that? Im willing ugh, Im willing to consider it. If its truly as youve said, I can consider giving it a shot. Bao Xus initial reply was Im willing. However, on second thought, he wondered if this was a scammer. That was why he left some breathing room for himself C he would only decide upon it after checking out the actual work environment. Pei Qian was certain that he had already managed to convince Bao Xu. There was no reason for the latter to reject such amazing terms. Alright, what you need to do now is Take this 500 yuan and go get yourself a good shower, haircut and buy a change of clothes. Our companys at Shenhua View. Given your current image, the security guards would definitely stop you from entering thinking youre a vagrant. You should be able to start work within the next two days. Ill give you a call by then. Just make yourself available. Pei Qian turned around and walked away after he was done. Looking at the 500 yuan in his hands, tears brimmed in Bao Xus eyes. Someone has finally recognized my talents! He gripped the 500 yuan tightly and sprawled on the desk before him, sobbing. As his half bald head reflected light off the monitor, it shone with warmth. Everyone nearby could not help but wonder what had happened. Did he manage to get a rare equipment drop? Was that the reason for his elation? After settling Bao Xu, Pei Qian was overjoyed. He had gained yet another trusted aide! With Ma Yang and Bao Xu, his left and right hand men were settled and things would be much easier from there on. Pei Qian wasnt afraid that Bao Xu might abandon ship. After all, there was no way Bao Xu could have faked that expectant expression earlier on. There was also no way he would reject such amazing terms. It was only a pity that he couldnt get talents similar to Bao Xu. Pei Qian still had to hire people online. He spent five minutes and typed out a couple of hiring requirements on his mobile phone before sending it to Xin Hailu and having her post a hiring notice online according to his wants. There were three positions open. The first was for game design and the requirements were passion for games. Those who were well versed in using the cloud editor would be prioritized. The second was for art design and the requirements were that they had to have a certain artistic flair such that they could fully understand the intents of the game designers and be able to communicate with the outsourced team as well. The third was for administrative work and the requirements were that they had to be female with decent looks and poise. The salary offered was higher than the industry average and the actual sum would be negotiated when they met. He did not look for programmers because the games could be completed with just the cloud editor and templates alone. Operating the cloud editor was a job mainly for the game designers and it was an issue of how they executed it, thats all. For specific requirements, they could request for it through the cloud editors where specialized programmers would complete it remotely. They would pay these people on a freelance basis and there would be no need to hire their own programmers. As for the art designers, they would be in charge of communicating as well. There were many art resources within the cloud editor and they could request for custom-made ones with specific design teams too. The specific process would require experts to negotiate and discuss and these experts would need to have artistic flair. Otherwise, they would not be able to understand one another and the efficiency would be extremely low. As for the administrative positions It wouldnt be overboard to recruit a couple of beautiful women as receptionists after theyve gone through the effort to make the office so swanky, right? Xin Hailu was not just Pei Qians assistant, she was in charge of various other matters through the office as well. It was only right to assign her some admin staff to lighten some of the trivialities. Pei Qians requirements for the job were extremely vague. Take the game designer positions for example, he had merely mentioned that they had to love games and those who knew how to operate cloud editors would be prioritized. That was a barrier of entry that was almost non-existent. If he had set the barrier too high, the people recruited would be elites of the industry and that wouldnt work out. He had to lower his requirements so that he could get a couple of trashes to shortlist. With that, all his preparation work was almost completed. His office space was settled and the office equipment would be set soon as well. He had also done up his outfit. His trusted aides, Ma Yang and Bao Xu, were in. Xin Hailu had managed the company impeccably. As long as he were to finish the recruitment of new hires, he would be able to open the company officially and start losing money! Thinking about his amazing future, Pei Qians heart went all fuzzy. Chapter 35 Tuesday afternoon. Huang Sibo arrived at the entrance of Shenhua View and found himself dazed. This gaming company, Tengda Network Technology Co., Ltd., was truly based at Shenhua View! He knew that Shenhua View was a high-end office building and companies that operated here had no lack of money. Before he even bolstered the courage to enter, he was met with a couple of talented youths. All of them were tall and suited up. The men were handsome and the women were gorgeous with poise. These were the young employees working at an investment firm in Shenhua View. From a distance, one could already tell that these were people bound to be successful in the future. Huang Sibo found his confidence shattered slightly right away. He was stunned! During the weekends, he had come across a hiring notice by Tengda Network Technology Co., Ltd. by accident online. He felt that he fit the requirements rather decently and hence he sent his resume in. Before long, he got a reply as a sweet sounding female assistant informed him to reach at 10am on Tuesday for an interview on Shenhua Views 17th floor. The female assistant even sent him an email swiftly that detailed the exact location. The moment Huang Sibo heard Shenhua View, he was stunned C wasnt that the most high-end office building? However, despite spending a long time searching online, he could not even find the official website of Tengda Network Technology Co., Ltd. It was only after he researched online that he realized this was the company that had created The Lonely Desert Road and Ghost General! That had Huang Sibo feeling a little ashamed. He had tried both games before and yet he did not know that the company which created them was based in Jingzhou City He did not know much about the company but he garnered that the terms offered by them wouldnt be bad since they had a couple of successful games and had set base at Shenhua View. Even though that assumption may not hold true, he was sure that as long as it wasnt overly bad, it would definitely be better than his current companys. However, he was worried as to whether he would be employed. Huang Sibo was someone who had made a switch of career midway and he had just joined the industry for a mere six months so far. He was holding onto the lowest position C an administrative planner who was paid 1,500 monthly. Because of daily overtime, he was already showing early signs of balding. That was the reason why he decided to give this company a shot after chancing upon their hiring notice. Even if he were to jump ship maintaining his current salary, Huang Sibo would be thankful if he had to do less overtime. However, he knew that his resume wasnt impressive and there was a high chance that he would be skipped through. Even within the small gaming circle of Jingzhou City, he was considered as part of the bottom dwellers and wasnt even as welcome compared to fresh graduates. After bumping into those investment elites wearing their suits earlier on, he felt even more inferior as he was wearing nothing but a t-shirt and shorts. He checked the time C he was slightly early. Huang Sibo had left home earlier and took a public bus, afraid that he might be late. However, because there were no traffic jams, he ended up arriving earlier. Deciding that waiting outside wasnt exactly an option, Huang Sibo bolstered his courage and entered the majestic lobby. After explaining his purpose of arrival at the front desk, the staff registered his name and made a temporary access card for him. As he waited for the lift, Huang Sibo felt his heart pound furiously. He was even more nervous than he had been for his high school exams. Probably due to the extremely high ceiling and majestic design of the place, Huang Sibo felt insignificant and out of place, suddenly losing his courage. Ding. The door to the lift opened. As he prepared to enter, Huang Sibo caught sight of a familiar face and was stunned. It was his head at his current company C chief planner, Old Liu! The previous afternoon, Huang Sibo had just given Old Liu a call asking to take an emergency leave and the latter agreed to it. Yet, both of them bumped into one another at a place as such. It was a rather awkward situation. Both of them were speechless. However, since they had bumped into one another, it wouldnt be appropriate for them to pretend as though they had not seen the other as well. Besides, both parties were clear as to why they were at this place. They were both interviewing for Tengda Network Technology Co., Ltd.! The way Old Liu looked, Huang Sibo was certain that he was just done with his interview. Both of them were just going to take part in the same process. Huang Sibo had no choice but to start the conversation, Brother Liu. Old Lius expression was rather terrible C it was clear he wasnt in a good mood. He was extremely pleased with the working environment at Tengda. However, the young punk that was conducting the interview had asked him to return and wait for their call! Furthermore, during their casual conversation, the young punk interviewer didnt seem particularly interested; it was as though he was daydreaming. There was a high chance that he had failed this interview. Because of that, Old Liu was displeased. Its rare to find someone with my experience and capabilities in Jingzhou Citys gaming circle. Yet, that young punk interviewer dares to look down on me? Hes most likely a bloody rich second-generation heir thats just looking for fun! A company like this is bound to fail sooner or later! Of course, there was a tinge of bitterness to his emotions. Bumping into Huang Sibo had Old Liu feeling even more pissed off. For the past six months that Huang Sibo had entered the industry, he was Old Lius underling the entire time. And he was bad at everything. Because of that, Old Liu was always fuming and did not allow Huang Sibo to knock off until the latter finished all his work. When he was unhappy, Old Liu even increased Huang Sibos workload. Yet, this fool was thinking of jumping ship?! At the same place as himself?! Did this guy even know about his place in the scene?! Old Liu could not help but sulk. This place has high demands. Its not for you. Since you have the time to come for an interview, it must mean that your current workload is too little. Recompile the data set when you return. Pouting, Old Liu left. Huang Sibo felt that he was in deep shit. This place had such high demands that they would not even want an experienced planner such as Old Liu? If thats the case, there was no way they would want a newbie to the industry such as himself! Furthermore, Old Liu was bound to increase his workload after he returned. Yet, Huang Sibo could not even complain to his boss about the situation. If he were to complain Boss, Old Liu went to interview at another company stealthily! If the boss were to ask How did you know? Wouldnt he have to reply Because I bumped into him while heading there for an interview too! That wouldnt do. Otherwise, his only option was to quit. He could just quit and look for another job slowly while scrimping with his savings. If he had no other choice, he would have to do that. All of those thoughts flashed through Huang Sibos mind. As he pondered, the lift arrived at the 17th floor. The moment he got out of the lift, Huang Sibo caught sight of Tengda Network Technology Co., Ltd.s signboard. Looking inside, he was rattled. This place is too classy! Two beautiful receptionists waited behind the gigantic front desk. And they were twins to boot! While Jinzhou wasnt a city that was extremely huge, it wasnt small either. For the company to have a pair of twins managing the front desk was no small feat. That was a clear indication of the companys power! Huang Sibo was the classic example of someone who overthought things. When Pei Qian was hiring, he had not thought much into it and merely wanted a couple of beautiful receptionists to hold the front desk. However, Xin Hailu had managed to dig out a pair of twins from out of nowhere claiming that it would help raise the companys image. Pei Qian was naturally elated as he offered the highest available price for an administrative position in the market right away C 5,000 monthly salary each! Even though it did not sound like much, back in 2009, the average salary for front desk receptionists in Jingzhou was around 2,000. Even if someone was extremely good looking, 3,000 would be the upper limit. The fact that Pei Qian had raised it up to 5,000 was considered a liberal offer. But of course, he wouldnt have minded raising the salary even higher to 10,000 such that he could spend his money even faster. However, that would be overly exaggerated. Even if these were beautiful twins, it would not have made sense for receptionists to receive a 10,000 monthly salary. Most importantly, the system would not have agreed to it. Chapter 36 Indeed, the twins had achieved their intended effect such that Huang Sibo was stunned the moment he entered. Would a company that could hire such receptionists be lacking in money? No way! It was just a pity that this company had high requirements such that he wouldnt be able to enter. Otherwise, if he were to tell others that he was working at Shenhua View and that the front desk had a pair of beautiful twin receptionists, they would definitely envy him! Huang Sibo then checked out the work desks. Once again, he was shocked! All of those desks were huge! Why were all the desks separated so far from one another C was the rental for this place free or what? They could almost play badminton between the desks! Each desk was equipped with two high-end and large monitors C a single look was enough to tell that these were expensive stuff. At the windowsill, there were rows of plants. Each of them looked costly and there was even a gardener taking care of them tenderly. Huang Sibo felt as though he had transmigrated into those teenage idol dramas. This was how companies were depicted within them. However, reality was often a far cry from it. Still, he lamented over what a pity it was that he wouldnt be able to join this company given its high requirements. He walked towards the front desk and reported his name C since he was here, he might as well go through with it. Give me a moment. Ill inform the interviewer. The receptionist on the left replied with a huge smile. Not only was her service 10/10, her smile was equally therapeutic. Please follow me. Carrying a radiant beam, the receptionist stood up and led Huang Sibo in. To his surprise, he found the company somewhat empty. His first reaction was that of worry, wondering if he had been scammed. However, when he saw the interiors of the company, he knew that that wasnt the case. Which scammer would go through such expense? Even for scammers, wouldnt they consider the profit margins? Given the set up, how many people must they scam in order to recoup their investment?! As such, this company was definitely not feigning their wealth. This was a new company that was opened by a rich person, most likely as an avenue to welcome cloud games. Huang Sibo was confident that he had unraveled the truth behind everything. Arriving at the guest room, he found a young man seated on the sofa. He had delicate features and donned a suit. Instantly, Huang Sibo felt a sense of inferiority. That outfit looked even more expensive compared to those young men from the investment firm he had bumped into outside earlier on! In fact, Huang Sibo could not even give an estimate to the cost of the suit. In any case, he was certain that it must be beyond his imagination. Huang Sibo had tried his luck interviewing at a couple of other gaming companies but they were all rather casual. Even the interviewers wore merely underpants and vests. They were still at their work desks moments earlier before heading to the conference room for the interview. However, that was not the case here C this interviewer definitely looked like no normal person. That had Huang Sibo feeling nervous. Huang Sibo, right? Please have a seat. Im the president of Tengda Network Technology Co., Ltd., Pei Qian. The young man on the other end stood up and shook his hands. Stunned by the other partys friendliness, Huang Sibos voice was quivering. H-Hi, Boss Pei. Dont feel pressured. Were just having a casual chat. Here, have some tea, Pei Qian pushed a pure silver teacup before Huang Sibo. Huang Sibo checked out the pure silver tea set laid out and could not even guess at its worth. Even though he had not seen Pei Qian before, that did not affect his imagination. A young talent! Someone who has managed to make two games a huge success! Look at that casual attitude while drinking tea and handling the tea set! Thats not something that can be feigned! This is truly someone who does not care for money! Huang Sibo felt that in the eyes of Boss Pei, the silver teacup was no different from a paper cup. That had Huang Sibo feeling an innate nervousness. Describe to me your working experience in simple terms, Pei Qian said with a smile. Huang Sibo felt his heart pounding furiously and his mouth going dry. However, he tried his best to repress his anxiousness and related his work experience briefly. While doing so, he stuttered and said a couple of things wrongly and that added on to his uneasiness. Pei Qian was sipping tea as he listened on, carrying a faint grin on his face such that one could not guess at his thoughts. Huang Sibo felt his heart sink. Im doomed. He must definitely think that my experience is too negligible! Boss Pei must be mocking me internally! Is he mocking how I dont know my place such that I would dare take on this interview given my capabilities? With his face blushed faintly, Huang Sibo struggled to finish his self introduction, wanting nothing more than to bolt out the door. Excellent. After hearing Huang Sibos self introduction, Pei Qian nodded while smiling. Excellent? Huang Sibo thought that he was hearing things. Was that reverse psychology? He had worked at his previous company for six months and he was practically just Old Lius underlings who did the most basic of odd jobs. That was a work experience that was as good as nothing. Yet, Boss Pei said that it was excellent? What did he mean by that? Is he laughing at me? For a moment, Huang Sibo did not know how he should respond. When he saw Huang Sibos expression, Pei Qian knew that this guy must have misunderstood as he hurried to explain. What I mean is that your capabilities suits the requirements of our company. Could I check with you on when you can start work? Huh? I the day after tomorrow? Huang Sibo gave a casual date. In any case, a nobody such as himself could resign at anytime he wanted without having to worry about handing over any work. Very well. Report for work the day after tomorrow then. Settle your resignation before we officially sign a contract on our end. So, what about salary and benefits? What do you have in mind? Pei Qian asked. Salary and benefits In his previous company, Huang Sibo was taking the lowest salary of 1,500 per month without any insurance coverage or rental allowance. That was enough money for him to get by without having any spare to save. If he were to be able to work here, he would be earning with just the working environment alone! Regarding salary, he would be fine if he could just maintain the status quo. However, on second thought, Huang Sibo felt that he had to ask for a rise in salary since he was jumping ship. Now that he already had 6 months of working experience, he supposed that it wouldnt be too much for him to ask for an additional 400 yuan. If so what if he rounded it up to 2,000? The mere thought of that figure had Huang Sibo feeling as though he was asking for too much. However, since they were on the topic, Huang Sibo asked in a testing manner. 2,000 a month? Do you think thatll work? Dont worry, Boss Pei. Ill definitely be responsible and I wont complain about overtime at all! Pei Qian sighed slowly and shook his head. Huang Sibo felt his heart sink. Whats wrong? Have I asked for too much? Sigh, its indeed too much Huang Sibo could only wait for Pei Qian to lower his demand. To him, as long as it wasnt an excessive lowball, he would be able to accept the terms. Shaking his finger, Pei Qian replied, Here, let me calculate for you. Huang Sibo gulped and nodded to listen C he knew that this was a common tactic used to lower offers. Pei Qian organized his thoughts. Renting a place in Jingzhou would amount to around 1,000 per month. Thats not too much, right? Food expenses. A typical month would cost you 800 including treating others to a meal. Thats not too much, right? Even university students spend more than this for their living allowances! You should buy a couple of new outfits every month as well. Thats another 300. Thats not too much, right? What about utility bills? Daily necessities? Thats another 200. Thats not too much, right? Traffic expenses? 100 per month? Thats considered cheap. What if you were to have a girlfriend? Youve got to buy her some make up every now and then. Thats another 300 to account for every month. Young people must not spend all of their salary. How about an additional 500 as savings? Take a look, thats already more than 3,000 and thats after taxes. Our companys in line with the national hiring guidelines and we account for taxes, insurance coverage and rental allowance. In order to cover your expenses, youve got to earn 3,500 before taxes! Besides, our company also promised that we would provide salary and benefits better than other companies in the industry. Lets add another 500 to that figure. Thats definitely reasonable. So, a monthly salary of 4,000! Hows that sound? Chapter 37 Pei Qian shook his finger and listed everything for Huang Sibo such that the latter was stunned while hearing it. That reverse haggling had Huang Sibo completely stumped. 4,000? That was twice of what he had expected? Was there something wrong with Boss Pei? Or was this how rich people behaved? Huang Sibos jaw dropped open as he paused for a long time before answering, T-Thatll work. Pei Qian then smiled. Dont worry. New employees naturally start with a lower salary. As long as you work hard, well offer you a chance for a raise on a monthly basis in the future. Raise?! Huang Sibo thought that he was dreaming. Alright, well decide on that then! Pei Qian stood up. Remember to turn up the day after tomorrow. Tengda Network Technology Co., Ltd. welcomes you. The receptionist sent Huang Sibo off. Pei Qian was pleased C he had managed to recruit yet another suitable employee! The moment Huang Sibo took a seat, Pei Qian was certain that this was someone he wanted. Someone hardworking and yet not too smart. This was the perfect employee! As for the 4,000 salary, that was reasonable as well and the system could not point out any flaws. For example, the chief planner Liu who had applied previously was someone that did not fit Pei Qians requirements at all. After thinking about it, Pei Qian started to write down notes on their resumes about his impression of the interview. This was what he wrote on chief planner Lius resume: Full of experience but outdated thinking. His traditional mindset lacks creativity and he thinks of making games as any other ordinary job. He lacks the passion for games and is unable to take on the task of creating a new game. Not suitable to be hired. This was what he wrote on Huang Sibos resume: A newcomer whose thinking is revolutionary. He has passion for games and is earnest and hardworking too. In order to ensure his expenses are met, hes hired with a starting salary of 4,000. After noting down his comments, Pei Qian was extremely satisfied. Seemed like the system did not have any issues with it at all! Based on the way things were right now, success was in his sights! A week went by extremely quickly. Before long, it was Friday once more. Pei Qian laid down on the sofa in the resting lounge. He was feeling a little bloated from drinking too much tea. However, the agrypnotic effect of tea leaves was working well such that he could not even take an afternoon nap. The AC was turned on to a comfortable temperature as Pei Qian rolled around casually in his suit that ranged in the figures of five digits. When he started wearing the suit, Pei Qian reminded himself fervently that he was wearing hundreds of dollar bills on his body. However, right now, Pei Qian did not see it as anything more than an ordinary outfit. After all, each time he wore them for a period of time, Xin Hailu would make a trip down to his apartment and packed all his worn suits for dry-cleaning. Whether he wore them or not or the duration of wear, they would all be the same after cleaning. If that was the case, he could just wear them as he pleased! If they were torn, he would just buy them again. Pei Qian felt that he had inflated massively. During that period of time, he had not returned to the dormitory and had gotten used to his apartment. He could not imagine himself spending a single more in that six men birdcage of a dormitory any longer. His other schoolmates vaguely knew that he was working hard at his own business but they did not show much interest. It was partly because they were busy with schoolwork since they were year one students. They were still filled with hope towards school life and the bevy of beautiful schoolgirls that were roaming around. As such, they did not have any burning desires towards money. On the other hand, it was also because Pei Qian did not flaunt to them and they did not think that Pei Qian was someone who would be accomplished. After all, each year, there would be a couple of students who would leave school all of a student to try and start a business. However, they would end up returning to school in disappointment. Starting a business was something that was high risk high reward. However, most people would only get to experience the high risk aspect of it. Even people who had worked for many years and had connections in the industry had a possibility of failing at starting a business entirely, let alone poor students who had none of those resources. Naturally, Pei Qian would not try and prove himself to these schoolmates of his either. He was in the midst of enjoying life! Indeed, most people who start a business end up failing. But what if Im aiming to fail right from the start? What if the reason why I started a business was for it to fail? Wouldnt that goal be much easier to achieve? See! A change of mindset can cause a cruel reality to be filled with happiness! During that week, Pei Qian continuously recruited a couple more exceptional employees. Amongst them were Bao Xu and Huang Sibo. With a short calculation, the 30 openings had filled up much faster than Pei Qian had imagined it would take. He had initially planned on recruiting the 30 openings slowly through the course of a month but the process seemed to have been overly smooth. A reason for it could be that in a place like Jingzhou, gaming companies were way too miserly. However, that was normal as well C the smaller the place where a gaming company resided, the more miserly it was. For places such as Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, gaming companies were all over the place. If employees were dissatisfied with work, they could just leave and work elsewhere. Because of that, those bosses would not dare to overly squeeze the employees either. However, things were different in a small place such as Jingzhou. There were only that few gaming companies and the bosses might even know one another, gathering for drinks every now and then. Even if one was too unhappy with their current job and wanted to leave, they would have to consider the issue of their next job. In Beijing and Shanghai, they would definitely be able to find a job elsewhere C it was just a matter of time. Even if they couldnt, all they had to do was lower their standards and asking salary and they would definitely find a decent job to make do for a period of time. However, not in Jingzhou C how many times could one jump ships between the few companies? Besides, the bosses knew one another. If one of them were offended, the other companies may not want to employ that person as well. Under such circumstances, most of the bosses squeezed the employees dry C someone like Huang Sibo was a perfect example. That was the reason why most people had pent up frustrations. The moment they saw that a new company was recruiting C be it whether or not the company was reliable C they were willing to give it a shot. But of course, another reason may be due to the fact that Pei Qians hiring notice had low requirements. In the end, within a single week, he was only left with six openings out of the 30 he recruited for. Not only that, given the current employee structure, he could start work right away. Regarding when they should start work, Pei Qian was comparatively easygoing. If he had not managed to recruit enough people and that resulted in him not being able to start work, the system would not have any complaints. However, if work was still not started after he was mostly done with his recruitment, that would be crossing the line. Just as he was contemplating about when to start work, he heard knocks coming from the door of his guest room. Enter. Anyone who would knock before entering right now would definitely be either Assistant Xin or Ma Yang. And indeed, Ma Yang pushed the door open and entered. Come, come. Have some tea, Pei Qian laid down lazily on the sofa and gestured for Ma Yang to have tea. Holding the silver teacup, Ma Yang took a careful sip. Instantly, he could taste the refreshing fragrance of the tea with a sweet aftertaste. Even though he wasnt knowledgeable about tea, a single sip was enough to tell that it was expensive. It was the taste of money. Brother Qian! Youre really way too efficient! Youve managed to settle everything within a couple of days! So, are things going well with the recruitment? Ma Yang asked out of concern. Chapter 38 Not too bad. Do you want to check out their resumes? Pei Qian tossed the stack of resumes on the coffee table casually over to Ma Yang. Me? Can I take a look at them? Ma Yang was beguiled. Of course. Feel free, Pei Qian replied. The reason why Pei Qian had Ma Yang go through the resumes was because he hoped to groom the latter into taking over part of his job in the future. On the one hand, Ma Yang was Pei Qians most trusted aide. On the other hand, with Ma Yang taking over some of Pei Qians work, the company would be able to fail even faster! Ma Yang looked through the 20 odd resumes entirely. With a puzzled expression, he looked through them once more. His confusion was only normal. In fact, it would be abnormal if he wasnt confused. Everyone that Pei Qian had recruited were dunces! There was a limit to how much they could beautify their resumes! Take Huang Sibo for example. He had entered the industry for half a year and was part of the executing the plans in his previous company. Simply put, he was just basically assigned to watch over the progress and arrange data or mail documents. In fact, he wouldnt even get the chance to write a planning draft of his own. Instead, he would just execute the planning draft after an experienced designer produced it by operating it through the editor. If he came across any issues, he couldnt fix it on his own and would have to consult the original designer who created the draft. Ma Yang flipped through all the information and found out that none of the employees had taken on the role of chief designer before C all of them were just in charge of the menial tasks. How could anyone not be puzzled over that? Brother Qian, is it difficult to hire a chief designer? Or should we increase the payload? Perhaps we should hire a headhunting firm to help us poach someone? Ma Yang was lost. He could tell that all the hired employees could serve as assistants at best. However, he could not see how any of them could take on the role of leading a games design. That was why he had assumed that there was an issue in hiring a chief designer and questioned if it was because the offered salary was too low. Pei Qian shook his head furiously. No. We had chief designers who applied but I brushed them off. Ma Yang was stumped. Why?! Because they dont fit our needs at all! Pei Qian stood up and walked about slowly so that he would seem exceptionally awesome. Firstly, all of those chief designers have a serious issue, that is outdated thinking! Their brains have been restricted by methods of the past and theyre incapable of coming up with anything new! The gaming industry is one where we need inspired people to progress. If the chief designer is someone who has no creativity, could our game be any good? Furthermore, all of those chief designers asked for a high salary! Compared to what they can offer, its a complete mismatch! Right now, a chief designers salary is around 8,000. Thats close to three times of a normal employees salary and is nothing but a burden to our finances. Of course, its mainly because what they offer is too little. The last and most important point is that their passion towards games is almost completely dusted! Young people should be at the peak of their passion and raring to fight for their dreams. However, all of these chief designers are in their thirties and the only thing theyre concerned about is a stable job. Many of them cant even grind out a max level account in Fantasy World! Tell me, is that a severe lack of passion for games or what?! Ma Yang was bewildered. Indeed, it does seem as though theres something severely wrong with these people. But without them, whos going to lead our game design? Ma Yang still felt that something was not quite right. Pei Qian then patted his own chest. Me! Ugh Ma Yang hesitated. Brother Qian, I naturally believe in your capabilities. However, youre the boss! I think you really need a competent chief designer to help you out. Otherwise, wouldnt we face difficulties when were launching the game? Pei Qian shook his head. Get a chief designer to help me out? Wouldnt he be able to spot all the errors in my game design instantly then? That wont do! Pei Qians expression was stern. Ive already got someone to help me out. That Huang Sibo is not bad. Huang Sibo? Ma Yang recalled vaguely that he had seen that name somewhere. However, he truly had no clue where. After all, he had gone through 20 over dunces. It was indeed not easy to remember a particular dunce. Flipping through, he came across Huang Sibos information before long. He had just entered the industry half a year ago and was in charge of merely executing the plans. Will he do? Pei Qians face was stoic. Hes indeed a talent that had been overlooked. Dont focus on his position, focus on what he has done. His initial chief designer had squeezed him dry completely. Most of the data of the games had gone through his hands and were implemented in the cloud editor. He also did almost 80% of the datasets in game. How is that merely executing plans? Hes clearly the executive assistant of the chief designer! Hes the one who works with the chief designers draft in the cloud editor and often works overtime. Each day, he works more than 10 hours. Think about it. While most people work for eight hours, he can do overtime up to 16 hours. His half a years worth of experience is equivalent to a year of any other normal person! However, the most valuable thing is his passion for games still! That passion is what pushes him to forge on! Its the fuel for his motivation to improve and his creativity! You can trust my ideas. Itll definitely be fine for him to realize my ideas into reality. Ma Yang was enlightened. Oh hes truly a talent! Should we give him a salary according to the standards of a chief designer then? Isnt it too low for him to draw a monthly salary of 4,000 if thats the case? Pei Qian could barely hold it in. Yes, thats what I think too. However, theres no rush. We can adjust his salary once he proves himself with his performance. It wasnt that he didnt want to offer a higher salary C the system did not allow it. Ma Yang nodded. Yes, thats right. Youre the boss so youve got to watch our expenses and save money for the company. Nearly bursting out in laughter, Pei Qian hurriedly continued. Besides, all of these people possess a special skill set. They are all talents that have been overlooked by their respective companies! In fact, there are many more talents that have yet to step foot into the gaming industry. Look at that Bao Xu for example. Hes a true blue gaming god! Look at Fantasy World. Everyone else are masters of all classes, but not him! Hes a master of all classes of all races! He even has six maxed out accounts! As long as its a gameplay system the game possesses, hes proficient in it! Even something such as bringing parties for a first kill expedition is childs play for him! Not just that, hes skilled in an array of varieties. Hes even a top tier expert in a game like Krazy Kart Racing! Thats why Im arranging for Bao Xu to be a game tester so that he can test other games as well as our own. By then, no matter the type of game we want to create, he would definitely be able to provide us with suggestions and steer us in the right direction while his analysis of our competitors would be a boon as well! Most importantly, I think that we can unearth his management capabilities too. Think about it, leading a 40 men party for a first kill expedition is actually no easy task! If he can manage 40 of them, he can definitely handle our 30 employees! Letting him take charge of our projects progress is definitely the best decision! Chapter 39 Ma Yang was already thoroughly impressed when he heard of the six maxed out accounts. He had tried Fantasy World before but even till now, he was just a rookie. That Bao Xu was truly a talent! An elite gamer! However, he took a look at the salary once more. Were only paying this godlike being 3,000 a month? Hes paid even lower than me! Isnt that too little? What if he were to get poached? Ma Yang could not help but feel worried. Pei Qian coughed. No, Ive already convinced him fully with my charms. He was thinking about how he would be able to spend yet another lump sum of money with the next batch of salary increments for the entire staff. Yes, that would be perfect. Even though employee salaries did not seem much at 3-5,000 per person, it was still a huge monthly sum when they were all added together. That was also the reason why so many companies were so stingy such that they had to haggle over a couple of hundred yuan differences in salary and each salary increment was only 1-200 yuan. After hearing Pei Qians explanation, Ma Yang suddenly felt a burst of confidence towards him! Not only did he manage to handle something as difficult as opening a company and hiring employees, he had done a perfect job of it! Pei Qian had managed to uncover a bunch of undiscovered talents and had even managed to hire them with a reasonable salary! That was akin to scoring 100 marks on a test paper! Well, when should we start work then? Ma Yang could not wait anymore. Pei Qian took a look at the date. Why waste time thinking of a best date? Tomorrow will do! For the past few days since he was employed, Huang Sibo felt as though he was in a dream. The day that Pei Qian told him he had passed the interview, he could not believe it at all, fearing that he may have met with a scam company. However, when he thought about how he had bumped into his superior at the lobby, Huang Sibo knew that he was definitely going to be bullied by Old Liu upon returning. That was why he decisively handed in his resignation. There was not much resistance to his resignation C after all, Huang Sibo was at the bottom of the hierarchy doing odd jobs. Someone like him was easily replaceable by all the fresh graduates annually and Old Liu was not worried that he couldnt get a replacement to bully. In fact, Old Liu was not even bothered to ask Huang Sibo where he was headed for after resigning. Even though he knew that Huang Sibo had gone to interview at Tengda, Old Liu had not considered the possibility that he would be recruited. After all, would there be a chance for a worthless bum like Huang Sibo if he himself had not passed the interview? That thought had never once crossed Old Lius mind. With his resignation approval, Huang Sibo joined Tengda successfully. However, he started questioning his life right on the first day of work. From the time he had arrived at 9am till 5pm when he had knocked off What had he done for the entire day? NOTHING! After exchanging some pleasantries, Pei Qian assigned some short term tasks for Huang Sibo. To play games! The type of games he could play? No restrictions! However he wanted to play them? No restrictions! Huang Sibo had never come across a company as such. In his previous company, playing games was something that was strictly prohibited! No games during office hours! The reason was simple C a gaming company was not a place to play games, but a place to create them. It was a given that playing games would result in a drop in productivity. That was the reason why many game companies would forbid their employees from playing games. In fact, some companies would even go to the extent of forbidding them from playing their own companys games. Yet, wasnt that ridiculous? If they did not play their own game, how would they know what needed to be changed? However, those incidents that may seem as though they came from magical realism were in fact rather common everywhere. That was the reason why Huang Sibo was initially fearful when he joined Tengda. After all, has anyone seen a gaming company where the employees knock off at 5pm? Seated next to him was a bro called Bao Xu. Even though Huang Sibo could not tell of Bao Xus exact age, through the receding hairline, he assumed that this was a senior. But of course, even though he was at the work desk beside Bao Xu, their actual distance was about 3-4 metres away. There was no way about it C the company was simply too big. Huang Sibos initial fear turned into shame after he saw Bao Xus motivated drive for work. That was a truly responsible employee! The boss had given him a task to play games and he was truly going at it with his life! Previously, Huang Sibo had caught a glimpse of Bao Xus Fantasy World account by accident. The account was filled with characters that were max leveled and every single one of them were fully equipped with end-game gear! Not only that, it did not seem as though that was Bao Xus only account. Instantly, Huang Sibo felt a sense of inferiority. He felt that he was not showing the correct attitude towards work. His boss had given him a task to play games and yet he was incapable of giving it his all. How could that do? The senior beside him had just given him an excellent example of what he should be like. Therefore, he had to start playing games with all his might. Besides, the top tier computer had two monitors coupled with mechanical keyboards and gaming mice that way, the gaming experience was truly intense. Whatever the game, he could adjust the graphic quality to the max. Only a single word could describe that feeling C awesome! When it got to 5pm, Huang Sibo had not realized that it was time to knock off because the skies were still bright outside. It was only after Pei Qian called out loudly for everyone to leave that they had managed to get home. In the past, Huang Sibo would always have to work overtime till midnight. Now that he was knocking off at 5pm, he could not get used to the suns intense shine on his body. It felt as though something was missing! Later on, he found out that there was only a single person in the entire company that had the special privilege of staying in the office after 5pm. That was none other than Bao Xu! Because of that, Huang Sibo was filled with even more admiration towards Bao Xu and was determined to be like him. Indeed, only a truly exceptional employee would be able to gain Boss Peis recognition and obtain overtime privileges! Huang Sibo was determined to learn from Bao Xu so that he would gain Boss Peis recognition as well! The first two days that he had arrived, Huang Sibo felt a little lost. However, it did not take long before he found the motivation to fight on and forge ahead. Those two days were all it took for him to adapt to the life there and fill his future with hope. For some reason, he had always felt that he was a loser in life in the past and could not get any drive at all. However, as he looked at the plants at the window aisle and the scenery outside, he felt as though he could continue fighting for another 500 years! Everyone, please stop everything youre doing. I have something to announce. Pei Qian came to the working area and declared jubilantly. Everyone looked at him together. Clearing his throat, he continued, After some preparation, Im sure most of you are already in working mode. Thats great. Next up, were going to enter the development phase officially which would be extremely intense. I hope that everyone will be able to work hard together to create a great game! Starting tomorrow, well start work officially! The moment Pei Qian ended his sentence, Xin Hailu had already started leading with claps. Stunned for a moment, the others followed suit and clapped thereafter. Huang Sibo was the most enthusiastic in clapping. He had waited for such a long time! Finally, it was arriving! They were about to reach the most intense development phase! Come on, 9961! Whip me! Huang Sibo was extremely negative towards 996 and that was especially the case back in his previous company. He felt that it was a merciless oppression of the employees and was an extremely vile thing to have. But at this place, with such an exceptional working environment and wonderful salary alongside a boss that recognized his talents and hardworking colleagues He suddenly felt that 996 was something that was absolutely acceptable! 996? Bring it on! I can endure it! With a stoic expression, Pei Qian made a fist in the air and instantly, the applause came to an end. Everyone looked at him expectantly, waiting for his next command. Alright, in order to celebrate us starting work tomorrow, thats it for today. Everyone, you can knock off! Pei Qian led the charge to leave! He had only taken two steps when he turned back as though he had forgotten about something. Todays Friday and were knocking off early. The next two days are weekends. Come Monday eh? Mondays Singles Day! Weve got to have a holiday for that too! Do whatever you want for this three days leave. Those who have a partner, spend time with them. Those who dont, go find one. Just go do anything you want! Dont let me catch any of you guys turning up at work! Whoever dares to do overtime will have their salary deducted! Knock off, go on! Knock off! Huang Sibo: ??? He took a look at his watch. It was 3pm in the afternoon. Chapter 40 Chapter 40: New Project When he returned to his rented apartment, Pei Qian changed into his home clothes and laid down on the sofa, enjoying the afternoon sun with an indescribable joy. Back when he was working, he wanted to experience the feeling of having a holiday whenever he felt like it. Finally, he did it! It was a pity that this was something he couldnt experience constantly or the system would deem it as a violation. He took out a can of cold cola from the fridge and after taking two sips, began to contemplate on his plans for the future. His plan of losing money for this period of time had been progressing rather smoothly. Be it for rental of office space, hiring of employees or purchasing of office equipment, the entire process had indeed helped him spend quite a sum from the System Funds. Not just that, those were fixed monthly expenses where he could continue to spend money on. That had Pei Qian feeling extremely confident! From the perspective of spending money quickly, he had achieved his aim. However, the company had to operate normally and the system stated that they must not be excessively slack. Now that he had more employees, Pei Qian was faced with a new problem. He had to decide on a wrong direction to steer the company so that they could lose money legitimately without the employees being able to tell that he had done it intentionally! Now, thats going to be difficult Pei Qian thought about it. The main idea was to choose the correct game genre. He was not going to touch mobile games anymore C thats a huge scam! After the lesson learnt from Ghost General, Pei Qian understood that mobile games were actually the trend thanks to the early advancement of smartphones. Even if he could produce a trash game, there was a chance that it could excel just with the trend alone! If that was the case, client-side games were the way to go! The current market for client-side games could be considered to be on a downhill phase. The biggest MMORPG in the market, Fantasy World, was similar to World of Warcraft in his previous world. If he wanted to die, pitting himself against Fantasy World was a decent option. However, Pei Qian realized that there was still a risk to it. Wouldnt it be awkward if he managed to produce something like Eastward Legend 1? And the main thing about MMORPGs was that their playstyles were extremely similar. Even if there was something perfect like Fantasy World, there would still be people playing it if they were to create another MMORPG 90% similar. That no longer sounded like a steady plan! What other games could he create with a 90% similarity level that would still end up dying? Should he try to copy Gods Rising? They must not let that happen! If he were to end up creating another League of Legends, he would be doomed! In truth, Pei Qian was not certain about the type of games that would cause him to lose money as well C he could only make a decision based on his previous lifes experience. He would just try not to lay his hands on the games that had succeeded before in his past life. After much contemplation, Pei Qian thought of a decent genre. In the market, there was a game that was extremely successful for that genre. No matter how hard his employees were to work to produce it, Pei Qian was certain that their game would never reach the level of that game. Even though there was also a successful case of a game succeeding in that genre in his previous life, the main reason for its success was largely due to the environment. However, there was a huge change to that environment in this parallel world! Pei Qian felt that it was a rather decent option! Coupled with a few more modifications that were bound to fail, he would definitely be able to lose money this time round! The more Pei Qian thought about it, the more perfect it seemed C he had already considered all the various aspects. Now, he was left with the only problem of having to deceive his hired employees (dunces) slightly. But of course, even if he did not deceive them, it would be fine as well. As the boss, the employees would have to obey Pei Qians orders C that power was still his. However, Pei Qian was a reasonable man. There were two risks involved in forcing the employees to produce a game they did not like. First, most people might not commit to it properly and as such, the game would not be produced. If they failed to produce a game that could pass the vetting process, that would be equivalent to excessive slacking and it would be deemed as a violation. The other case would be for the employees to suspect that Pei Qian was sabotaging the project on purpose and that would be a violation as well. Therefore, for safetys sake, Pei Qian still preferred to have everyone convinced so that they would complete the task. Besides, all he had to do was to tweak the key parts of the planning process so that the entire development would be steered in the wrong direction! Tuesday. Tengda Network Technology Co., Ltd., Meeting Room. Huang Sibo and the rest were seated as they looked at Pei Qian expectantly. It was November 12 and the previous day was Singles Day where everyone had a forced holiday because of Pei Qians order. Huang Sibo felt as though he was in heaven for the three days leave! However, after the leave, he was only more convinced of a single notion. Boss Pei is a good boss and Im going to give it my all for him! It was the same for everyone else. A wonderful boss as such was almost extinct! Giving everyone a holiday for Singles Day so that those with partners could spend it with them and those without could look for one? What sort of spirit was that? Where else could they find another boss that would take such care of their employee welfare? Therefore, everyone was thoroughly rejuvenated and motivated after the three days of leave. That was the case even for Bao Xu such that his bald head seemed as though it was reflecting off a sense of optimism and positivity. Pei Qian coughed gently and looked at everyone present. The next project were working on will be a FPS. The moment everyone heard that, they were stunned. That was especially so for Huang Sibo. He knew that Pei Qians previous work of success was Ghost General, a mobile card game. In theory, the new project should have been a new mobile card game on a larger scale or at the very least, another mobile game! The sudden jump in genre C especially to an FPS C was somewhat drastic and most companies would not want to do it! After all, it was too much of a risk to take for a company that had not tried it before. Furthermore, the trend out there indicated that mobile games would continue to grow C wouldnt it be a waste to give up on it? As though he already knew what Huang Sibo wanted to say, Pei Qian continued, Were not going to work on a mobile game project. Tengdas aim is to become a leader in the games industry. We must not let ourselves be blinded by an insignificant mobile games project. Resting in our comfort zone after earning a little? Thats not the spirit of Tengda and nor is it mine! At Tengda, wed rather go big or go home! When Pei Qian said that phrase, he was filled with righteousness, looking as though he was a tycoon that was overseeing his entire empire with everything under his control. Enlightened all of a sudden, Huang Sibo nodded his head furiously. So, that was why! They were on different levels entirely! Huang Sibo was only thinking about doing a safe job and keeping the company afloat. However, Boss Peis ambitions were totally different! Go big or go home those words had Huang Sibos blood burning! That was the difference in their frame of minds! In his previous company, they spent their time thinking about how to squeeze more money out of the gamers C that was just shameless at best! Yet, compared to Tengda that was the difference between companies! Pei Qian looked at everyones reactions and was extremely satisfied. Now, Ill continue with the demands I have of this project. For this project Huang Sibo and Bao Xu will take charge. Bao Xus in charge of coming up with the concept design and Huang Sibo is the chief planner to execute it. Bao Xu and Huang Sibo were both stunned as though they had misheard him. Holy shit! Such an important task?! Concept design could be considered as the soul of a game. As for executing the main plan, one would be responsible for the progress and ensure that the game was smoothly produced. Basically, Pei Qian had just casually assigned the two most important positions of the design team! It wasnt so bad for Bao Xu. After all, he did not have much clue about the structure of a gaming company and did not realize that he had taken on such an important role. However, Huang Sibo was completely stumped. Executing the plan? He was going to be the chief planner in a single leap? That was equivalent to a six year progression of his career! Chapter 41 Chapter 41: Three Conditions! Pei Qian did not give the two much time to react as he continued. For this game, I only have three demands. First, I hope that the game would be able to have a story mode and not just purely be for gamers to pit against one another. Our game must have depth and substance! Second, we must take into account the feelings of new gamers best as we can. The simpler the game, the better! Third, we must create epic weapons. As for their prices the price to be able to use them permanently will be 888 apiece. You guys can decide on the price for the time limited trial period. Everyone was completely stumped while Pei Qian snickered internally. That was the ease of destroying a game! Pei Qian had already decided on creating an FPS for a long time. The fact that he was sending a completely inexperienced team to create a FPS was a pitfall to begin with. That was because compared to other games, FPS games had a much higher requirement towards hand sensitivity! The most mature FPS game in the world C Counter Strike C was one that could be considered to be at full marks in regards to hand sensitivity. Even if there was another game in the market that could reach 99 marks, it would still fail. The reason was that the single 1 mark difference would be magnified indefinitely in the eyes of hardcore FPS gamers! With the existence of Counter Strike, who would go and play another inferior product? That was one aspect that was entirely different compared to mobile games and MMORPGs. Those two genres of games could be heavily repackaged to seem different from others. Even minor flaws would make them seem as though they were an entirely new game. However, for FPS games, nothing could compensate for a single difference in hand sensitivity! To pit themselves against Counter Strike was to court death! Furthermore, Pei Qians three demands were nefarious! While a story mode may seem good, it was in truth way beyond the capabilities of this team. A story mode was a classic example of a high risk low reward investment where the end result was often less than satisfactory C even after the team spent much effort and time to it, gamers might not buy into it! With more resources such as time and manpower spent on the story mode, the other parts of the game were bound to be affected. As for the new gamers experience portion where the game should be made as simple as possible, it would definitely stir the ire of their targeted group of gamers since FPS games often leaned towards elite gamers! Most importantly, there was the third point. Paywall equipment! That was a lesson that Pei Qian had learnt from Ghost General previously. In his previous life, the game, Crossfire, had managed to overtake Counter Strike despite its inferior hand sensitivity element. However, there was no Crossfire in this world nor similar games. Why was that? Pei Qian felt that it was because the games ecosystem in this world did not allow for similar games to exist! On the surface, what Pei Qian was doing resembled Crossfire where there were a large number of paywalls. However, the achieved effects would be different because the ecosystem was thoroughly different too! In 2009 of his previous life, free to play games with paywalls were the rage. However, in this current world, the trend was for a fixed purchase price as well as paying to play. Even a game like Qute Three Kingdoms was dissed by the gamers for having a 1,000 yuan paywall. Back when he was creating Ghost General, Pei Qian had committed an error C he gave the game too much heart! With that, the gamers were extremely positive towards it and that created an incredible word of mouth effect that Pei Qian had not anticipated. In a certain sense, Pei Qian became a progenitor of evil where he had intentionally sold items way below their worth But of course, there was no time for Pei Qian to consider the sort of chain effects that event would continue to cause for him C his main goal now was to lose money on his next game. Perhaps, the best way to do it was to make the paywall extremely high such that the game would be faced with a bad word of mouth! It was true. A FPS game which had a worse control sensitivity than Counter Strike coupled with an average quality and a lot of money spent on resources to create useless story elements. Not just that, the in-game guns could not be used casually and it would cost a lot to purchase them There were no pros to playing the game at all! The game would definitely be doomed for sure! Right now, what Pei Qian did was to create a thesis assignment with three restrictive conditions for Huang Sibo and Bao Xu to complete. As long as they were to satisfy the three conditions, they could do anything they wanted to the game and Pei Qian would not be bothered at all! The best they could wish for of a FPS game created by an inexperienced team was for it to pass the vetting process. Earn money? No way! Indeed, after they heard Pei Qians demands, Huang Sibo and Bao Xu fell into deep thought. Huang Sibo was shocked at the level of freedom as well as difficulty. Initially, he had thought that an experienced creator such as Boss Pei would micromanage the entire project. In the end, all he did was to throw in a generic direction for them to steer in! A FPS game with story elements, paywall and friendly to new gamers to boot That would be extremely difficult! However, Huang Sibo was not going to reject it outright. He had just decided on spilling his guts for Boss Pei right before the meeting, there was no way he was going to quit just like that. The higher the difficulty, the more he was going to work! How else would he be able to repay Boss Pei for the wonderful benefits and trust? As for Bao Xu, he had not thought as much as Huang Sibo. He was merely recalling his experience in FPS games and was considering how he should complete the mission that Pei Qian had set. Any questions? Pei Qian asked. Huang Sibo had wanted to reply when Pei Qian had already continued, No questions? Very well! He swallowed his words back. Youre not even giving us a chance to speak! Pei Qian circled around everyone. Alright, the design team will have a week to come up with the draft. Bao Xu, youll be in charge of the creativity aspect and the general picture of things. Huang Sibo, form the design team and start to have meetings to streamline the draft while assigning the tasks. Ma Yang, your job now is to learn more from the rest of them and try to help best as you can. Inform me right away if you encounter any issues, especially if it pertains to money! Dont be shy! Meetings over! Pei Qian felt relaxed the moment he was done with the meeting. Was that how it felt to be a boss? Handing out all his tasks for his underlings without having to worry about anything? Was that how awesome it was supposed to feel? But of course, for most bosses, even if they were to become overseers, they would still ask around and try to keep up with the progress of work. However, Pei Qian was going to let go as much as he possibly could without asking more at all! He wasnt concerned as to how the end product would be like! Naturally, he would have to drag out some of the critical phases as well, such as when they should produce the design draft, the first demo prototype and the deadline for vetting selection et cetera. It was fine if the game was substandard as long as it could get through the vetting process and they had not wasted their time. Otherwise, the system would deem it as a violation. Pei Qians goal was to allow this group of people under him to do and spend as they wished as long as the game was produced! Chapter 42 Chapter 42: Happy yet Uneasy Everyone left the meeting room one after another. Huang Sibo held Bao Xu back. Brother Bao, Ill have to trouble you to hurry with the concept then. Well need at least 5 days to come up with the design draft. Itll be best if you have a rough idea by tomorrow so that we can communicate as early as possible. Huang Sibo was extremely polite. That was because he did not know Bao Xus background and his opinion of the latter was merely based on a few things. First, he seemed old with a receding hairline. Second, he was an elite gamer and he had special overtime privileges as well as Boss Peis trust. Third, he was always silent as though he was in deep thoughts. Through those observations, Huang Sibo gathered that Huang Sibo must be a senior. Bao Xu nodded his head. Alright, Brother Huang. Bao Xu did not know of Huang Sibos background as well. However, as a year one undergraduate, he garnered that Huang Sibo must be a senior since the latter had been in the field since graduation. Both parties thought that the other was using brother as a form of pleasantry and neither thought too much into it. Who would have thought that the other was actually truly sincere? Huang Sibo returned to his work desk, feeling both happy and uneasy. He was happy because he had discovered this place where the boss and colleagues were so friendly and polite. Compared to the strict, oppressive environment of his previous company, this was entirely different. He was uneasy because he was afraid he might be a burden due to his lack of capabilities. Immediately, he looked through all the different design drafts he had collected previously to make a last minute attempt at revision. That way, he would be able to do up the design draft once Bao Xu has a concept. As for Bao Xu, he had already swiftly entered the conceptualization phase. All his memories of various FPS games gushed into his mind, providing inspiration. Making the game easy for newbies? That wasnt difficult and could be managed with some simple adjustments. For example, he could adjust the character hitboxes C particularly at the head area C so that new gamers would have a higher headshot rate. Or perhaps, he could hasten the zoom and firing speed of sniper rifles. That way, newbies would be able to master sniping in the fastest possible time. Even though Bao Xu wasnt so well versed in FPS games that he could be considered a professional gamer, he was definitely an expert amongst the laymen. Based on his own hand sensitivity, he could provide the necessary adjustments with ease. As for the paywall weapons, there wasnt any big issue about it as well C all they had to do was to set the price higher. The only difficulty for Bao Xu lies in Pei Qians first demand for the story mode! He fell into deep thoughts. To be frank, that was something that he could not understand at all. That was because most of the trending domestic FPS games did not have any story mode at all. Counter Strike did not have it as well C all they had to do was to fight one another. Although it was true that some massive overseas standalone FPS games had a story mode, they were large companies compared to Tengda! With a 30 men team, trying to produce a story mode in the same way as massive overseas FPS games could be considered to be overestimating their own strength. Even though Bao Xu had just entered the games industry, he was quite clear about these things. He had no choice but to think about it the other way round. For a company with only 30 employees, it was clear that they would not be able to create a story mode in the same way as massive overseas FPS games. If a layman such as himself knew about it, would their brilliant Boss Pei not? He must know about it as well! Since he knows, why would he set such a strict requirement then? This is a test and a hint as well! Boss Peis testing our capabilities and hinting to us at the same time that we must not do it in the same way as those massive overseas FPS games! If so, how should we proceed? Bao Xu fell into deep thoughts. 5pm in the afternoon. Pei Qian was slipping away joyfully. The feeling of being able to knock off at such a timing was awesome! Of course, as the boss, Pei Qian could not skip work entirely. But if he could, he would not have enjoyed the type of delight he felt waiting for work to end as well as the exhilaration when it finally did. It was just as a rich second-generation heir landlord who owned over 30 apartments but yet insisted on collecting rent daily had once said, Men must not be lazy, or theyll turn useless. That was Pei Qians exact thoughts as well. Even though the system had given him a special privilege of having a carefree life as long as he were to lose some money casually, he must not cause himself to turn useless due to over immersion in his happiness. The feeling of having to study only when he felt like it and knocking off right on the dot was the driving motivation to keep him fighting on and not turn useless. The previous week, Pei Qian had to chase everyone to knock off at 5pm, especially those who were used to overtime such as Huang Sibo. That was called correcting the wrong habits of employees! But of course, Bao Xu was an exception. By permitting him to play games in the company, Pei Qian could spend more on the electricity bill as well. After an entire week of effort, Pei Qian felt that most of the employees have already gotten rid of their bad habits. After all, who would want to do overtime for no reason? All of them had cultivated the same habit as Pei Qian of knocking off on the dot and that pleased him. Huang Sibo was initially packing his desk, but he sat down right away when he saw Pei Qian leave. He decided that he had to take the risk! He was going to ignore Boss Peis warning of deducting his salary and stay back for overtime! This overtime was completely voluntary. That was because Huang Sibo felt extremely uneasy C he felt that he wasnt capable enough of taking on the role of being a chief planner. That was why he wanted to stay back to revise more and prepare himself thoroughly so that he wouldnt be a burden! As for the other employees, most of them had knocked off on the dot. After all, they had nothing much to do as of now C everyone was waiting expectantly for Bao Xus concept draft. Huang Sibo contemplated how he should explain himself should Boss Pei return to the office suddenly. However, it did not take long for him to realize that his worries were unfounded. Boss Pei was not someone with so much free time that he would come back to check if anyone was doing overtime. Before long, Huang Sibo and Bao Xu were the only ones left in the massive office space. Bao Xu took out a huge pack of chips from the snacks area and got himself a cup of coffee from the pantry, navigating the place with experience. All of those were provided by the company without limits. At the start, Bao Xu was so pleasantly surprised with that fact that he drank coffee and soft drinks as a replacement for water. However, after he did so for some time, he realized that it was nothing much and he went back to a normal intake level. Even though he was slightly surprised when he saw that Huang Sibo had not left as well, he did not say anything much, merely returning to his desk to draw on a blank piece of paper. 8pm at night. Bao Xu got up and walked to Huang Sibo, holding a piece of paper that looked as though it was a talisman that was filled with all sorts of scribbles and symbols. Brother Huang, Im almost done, Bao Xu said. Huang Sibo nodded furiously. Please elaborate, Brother Bao. Bao Xu pulled a chair over and started explaining his general thoughts to Huang Sibo. Of Boss Peis three demands, two of them are easy. The difficulty lies in the story mode. I think that well definitely not be able to match up to the story mode of those massive overseas FPS games, be it in terms of characters, actions or settings. Theres no way we can compete with them. Huang Sibo nodded. Right, thats what I thought too. Chapter 43 Chapter 43: This Is Boss Peis Thesis Assignment Therefore, I think that this is a test for us by Boss Pei. A thesis assignment. Boss Peis specialty is in low risk high reward gambles. That was the case for both The Lonely Desert Road and Ghost General! Therefore, we have to try producing the best result using the least resources as well! Ive thought about it from a few different aspects. Characters, setting and cutscenes we have to save as much as we can. Otherwise, the produced story mode is going to be meaningless. We have to employ limited resources where they are needed most! Bao Xu was confident. Huang Sibo continued nodding, expressing his agreement. Bao Xu then continued, Actually, once were decided that we have to save resources as much as possible, we only have a few options left to play with. First, character design. The game will employ a first person point of view. That way, well be able to save on creating the character models and make do with just showing their arms and legs. We can go with a zombie theme as the genre where there are two types of enemies in the game, zombies and mercenaries. We can make use of universal templates and just modify them to ensure that theres a huge variety of creatures. Huang Sibo nodded his head. Yes, understood. Thats a good idea. However, if theres only zombies and mercenaries, I dont think therell be much of a story? We still need side characters too. Ive already thought about that. We just need one a little girl. Bao Xu looked at the talisman like paper on his hands. In order to save on resources, Im intending to set it such that the little girl will be a mute. That way, we can save on the dialogue and voiceover cost. The entire games sound will merely require some of the common fighting sound effects. Huang Sibo was stunned. Huh? The only side character is someone who cant speak? How are we going to develop the story that way? Through Huang Sibos understanding, a side characters dialogue is a critical element of displaying drama and character traits. If they only had a single side character to begin with and they were to make her mute without any dialogue, wouldnt the entire game turn into a silent one? Bao Xu thought about it. Yes theres no choice. This is the result of compromising. If we allow the little girl to speak, well have to look for professionals to voice act. Not just that, well have to create an accent based on her character background as well and thatll be a lot of work. Besides, I think that the story wont be affected even if the girl cant speak. We can use other ways to define her. For example, through her actions, expression and motions. If its a mute character, a little girl is the best way to go about it. There are two reasons for the girl to exist. First, shes an emotional support. The entire game revolves around zombies and mercenaries. To the gamers, she will be like a beacon of light within the darkness and she can help to balance their emotions so that it wont be merely filled with ratatatat sounds of guns. Second, she can take part in some puzzle solving portions of the game. Many massive overseas standalone games deploy similar tactics to allow gamers to solve puzzles with in-game NPCs. We can create a scenario such as the main door being locked and the only other exit is a narrow ventilation tunnel at the side where the little girl will have to climb through to help the main character open the door. That way, be it in terms of emotional support or practicality, the little girl will be extremely important to the gamers. Huang Sibo nodded. Yes, that sounds great! However, Ive got another question. What about the story background? Is it a doomsday theme? The worlds theme must be able to fit in zombies, the little girl and mercenaries and it has to be logical without feeling forced. Bao Xu underlined something on the talisman paper. Were now at the second point, setting. Theres a prerequisite that the setting must be one that can be easily replicated. Say, if we have to create three hours worth of a story experience, most overseas standalone games would provide around four completely different settings with varying styles. Thats too difficult for us to accomplish. What Im thinking is for the story to take place in a crucial stronghold in the middle of the ocean where some evil corporation is conducting virus testing. Their goal is to be able to modify mercenaries into tireless warriors through their experiments. That way, the main characters story goal would be to kill his way out of the stronghold from the bottom level all the way to the top before escaping. That way, the only type of style we need to provide for the gamers would be one thats within a secret base. We can differentiate the levels with many ways such as changing the monsters or doing minor adjustments to the settings as long as its in the style of a secret base. With just some slight modifications, we can easily create differentiating settings. For example, some of the settings could be polluted by the virus where the walls and floors are rusted or filled with blood and flesh. We could leave some of them in their original states, albeit disordered. Some of the settings will have massive damage as the mercenaries make use of flamethrowers to clear the corpses With a single setting, we can create different scenarios and that will easily fulfill the setting requirement for the game. Huang Sibo rubbed his chin. Yes, that does sound good! However, if this evil corporation has a base in the middle of the ocean, why would there be a little girl? Thats easy, Bao Xu continued, The girl carries some sort of a special antibody and thats why she was captured by the corporation for experimentation. Through the process of it, she lost her ability to speak as well. Thats brilliant! Huang Sibos eyes flashed. Besides, we can even extend that setting. I think we can make it so that the little girls blood can be used to help the main character heal. For example, if the player were to be accidentally caught or bitten by the zombies, the little girl would use a syringe to draw her own blood to heal the main character. Thats a great idea! Bao Xu thought that it was a smart suggestion as well. That way, the little girl will be even more important to the gamers! Each time she draws her blood, that will deepen the bond between the gamers and the little girl. Following which, she will turn weaker and move slower the more blood she draws. In order to not let the little girl suffer, the gamers will have to improve on their own skills to deal with the enemies more efficiently. That will help them immerse deeper into the game too! With that, much of the content was swiftly settled through their brainstorming session. The game would take place on a secret stronghold in the middle of the ocean and the main character was a special forces soldier of the east who had infiltrated into the base for investigation. However, the virus breakout happened right when he was there. To escape, he will have to kill his way up to the highest level of the stronghold while acquiring weapons from his enemies and defeating endless waves of zombies and mercenaries. In the midst of escaping, the main character would come across a little girl who was mute and she would end up becoming his reason to get out of the place alive. The entire story would revolve around this main character and the little girl. Even though it wasnt a complex story, the content was far from simple! While the little girl was the only side character, as long as she was created carefully, she would definitely leave an everlasting impression for the gamers compared to a dozen useless calefares! Huang Sibo took notes on his computer tirelessly. When he looked at the file, he was shocked as well. What a perfect plan it was! This was the result of just a few mere hours of conceptualization on Bao Xus part? It had not only solved the issue of the limited resources in the game, the story was logical, balanced, emotional and memorable! Huang Sibo could not help but raise his thumbs up. Brother Bao, youre amazing! Bao Xu shook his head. No, I merely completed the thesis assignment set by Boss Pei. He must have thought of this right from the start and was merely giving us a test to see if we could understand his thoughts. Chapter 44 Chapter 44: Boss Peis Well Intentions! That was not how Huang Sibo thought of things but after Bao Xus comment, he found himself agreeing to it. Everything till that point seemed as though they fell into pieces perfectly C it was as though Pei Qian had planned for it intentionally! He had set the condition that the game must have a story mode despite its genre and under that prerequisite, Bao Xus idea was the perfect solution! Not only was it acceptable, it was the best fit for the situation! Could it have been a coincidence? Of course not! The reason why Boss Pei could have created two successful hits previously coupled with the fact that he had set those three conditions before the games development meant that he must have wanted things to steer in this direction to begin with! Indeed, Boss Pei was truly a mysterious man who had everything under his control Huang Sibo could not help but feel shivers run down his spine C was this the world of the truly great designers? Hold on, theres another problem, Huang Sibo suddenly recalled. How are you planning to resolve Boss Peis two other demands? One of it is to lower the difficulty level for newbies and the other one is to sell epic weapons where the permanent use price would be set at 888. Bao Xu was confident. Ive thought about those two points as well. Lowering the difficulty level to make it suitable for newbies, thats an issue with sensitivity. As long as we were to adjust the hitboxes of the players, trajectory speed of the bullets and the speed of zooming, that will do. We dont have to worry about those, we can adjust it along the way. As to why were doing that, Im still unable to understand Boss Peis intention for now. However, since he was the one who made the demand, he cant be wrong. Lets just follow along. As for the part about epic weapons, thats actually part of Boss Peis lofty ambitions! Initially, I could not understand it as well, thinking that it was to merely just sell expensive weapons. However, I started asking myself why Boss Pei would come up with such a simple demand. There must be a deeper reason for us to dig out behind his words! After a long time, I finally understood. Epic weapons where the permanent usage price was set at 888 what about the price of the non permanent trial use period? If we have epic weapons, does that mean we must have normal, elite and hero weapons too? How should the gamers obtain all those different types of weapons? Through a permanent use pass as well? No, absolutely not! Boss Pei only said that the epic weapons would cost 888 for a permanent use pass. That means that the other weapons are not for selling! In other words, Boss Peis hinting to us that the in-game weapons must have different tiers such as normal, elite, hero and epic et cetera! All of those weapons will then be divided into two types, those that are available for permanent use and those for limited time use. Other than the epic weapons where permanent usage cost 888, we can let the gamers obtain the other weapons through various methods! For example, if gamers were to clear a certain stage within the story, well give them one! If they were to clock a number of games in the PvP mode, well give them one! If they were to log in for a certain number of days, well give another one! I think that should be what Boss Peis referring to! Huang Sibo was enlightened. Oh, I see! I was wondering why Boss Pei would come up with such a brainless demand. Its actually because he has other intentions for it! Bao Xu then continued, Besides, during the story conceptualization, Ive got some leftovers that we can make use of as special gameplay components. For example, during my initial consideration, the game would consist of many evolving zombies. We can come up with a biochemical mode! Also, some of the employed mercenaries in the game were modified by the evil corporation to be half invisible apparitions. We can then come up with an apparition mode! Coupled with our initial deathmatch, co-op and bomb diffuse modes, the game will contain many different modes! Besides, all these modes will not require much art resources. Most importantly, all of them are within the budget for the programming and creating them wont delay our schedule by much as well. We can still make it on time! Huang Sibos hand was typing furiously as he recorded all these mind-blowing ideas. Perfect, it was way too perfect! When he had just received the assignment from Boss Pei, Huang Sibo was befuddled and did not know how he should proceed. It was especially the case after he heard the three demands that Boss Pei gave them. But with Bao Xus explanation, everything became clear as day! Boss Pei was not trying to make things difficult for them C he was hinting to them indirectly! Suddenly, Huang Sibo was extremely touched. Clearly, Bao Xu knew that Huang Sibo and Bao Xu were limited in their capabilities C it was easy to steer off track creating a game in a field they had no experience in. Once the games direction went off course, it would be akin to a death sentence and they would just stray further off the more they invested. Therefore, Boss Pei was actually trying to fix the direction of the game through the three demands! I see Boss Pei was actually concerned about our feelings He did not want to take complete charge of the project because he knows that it wouldnt help with our growth. He chose to hint to us in such a subtle way so that well be able to make use of our brains to go ahead with the design process and create an exceptional game Boss Pei hes truly well intentioned Huang Sibos eyes were brimming with tears. He was determined to write a proper design draft so that they could create this game perfectly and not let Boss Pei down! November 14th, Wednesdays afternoon. Pei Qian had lessons for the past two days and had not appeared at the office. It was also because they were mainly waiting for the design team to come up with the draft. Before that, not much work could be done. Since Pei Qians presence at the office wouldnt amount to any productivity and might even cause the other employees to skive off, he decided against returning. Todays lesson was by that Im not taking attendance, I merely want to get to know everyone male teacher. Pei Qian could recall it clearly because he fell into the trap of trusting this man. Therefore, he must not commit the same mistake this time round! But to be honest, the lesson was truly boring Pei Qian yawned as he whisked out his phone to check how long more the lesson lasted. However, he found out that Huang Sibo had pinged him in the companys group chat. Boss Pei, the design drafts almost done. Do you want to take a look and make sure were heading in the right direction? He had attached a document as well. Two days. Is this considered fast or slow? Pretty fast, right? Forget it, lets take a look first. Pei Qian had not much experience as to how fast a design draft should be produced. The only thing he knew was that based on this speed, it wouldnt be an issue having it completed by the end of the week. This was a new employee after all and there was no reason for him to skive off with the newfound enthusiasm for work. Yes, I truly hope that you guys can understand as soon as possible that its fine to skive off Pei Qian then opened the file. My eyes Pei Qian had not written nor seen a design draft before C this was his first time. His first thoughts were dizzying! There was too much content! This was a massive design draft where every single turn was by a couple of pages with over hundreds of thousands of words and lines of content written all over! Every single line was possibly important and not a single word could be overlooked. Not just that, Huang Sibo had mentioned that this was a first draft; that meant to say that it wasnt modified yet. Some parts were overly verbose while others were overly simplistic C all of them would require fixing in the future. Huang Sibos consideration was to have Pei Qian look through the document to ensure that there is nothing wrong with the general direction they were headed for before making further amendments. Otherwise, if they were to discover that theres an issue with the course of direction post amendment, it would be a waste of time to do everything from scratch. In the end, Pei Qian was stumped. There were already a lot of messy details to begin with, and he had to look through everything on the small screen of his phone He was even having suicidal thoughts. The only thing he could do was to look through everything quickly and roughly. He wanted to check if Huang Sibo had fulfilled his three demands! As though Huang Sibo knew what Pei Qian wanted, he had even outlined those portions specifically so that Pei Qian could find them with ease. First, story mode. Yes, it was present and there were around four hours of it planned C that was long. Second, lowered difficulty level. Yes, it was present too. Third, epic weapons. They had followed Pei Qians fixed price demands of 888 for permanent use. Not bad! Theyve fulfilled my demands! Pei Qian was delighted. He replied immediately, Not bad. Lets continue in this direction. Chapter 45 Chapter 45: Overtime Pay! When he saw Boss Peis reply, Huang Sibo was elated. Indeed, their work was recognized by Boss Pei! That meant that the direction they had decided on was the one that Boss Pei had wanted C Boss Pei was truly farsighted in his ambitions! Once again, Pei Qians image was elevated in the eyes of Huang Sibo. Boss Pei, theres another problem C the name of the game. Bao Xu wants to name it Ocean Stronghold. I think the name sounds a little strange and gaudy but Im helpless with names and cant come up with anything good do you want to suggest anything instead, Boss Pei? Ocean Stronghold? Why does that name sound so familiar? Pei Qian suddenly recalled. Thats right! That name sounds like the title of a movie that had failed 1 in my previous life! He was sold right away. Ocean Stronghold is good! Lets decide on that! Huh? Are you not going to reconsider it, Boss Pei? Weve still got time to settle on a final name. Its fine! Ocean Stronghold sounds good! I love it! Sure thing, Boss Pei. Ill continue with the design draft then, Huang Sibo could only accept it. Pei Qian was delighted. Was the name Ocean Stronghold not good? It was awesome! It sounds absolutely auspicious! A sure sign that well lose money! These guys dont know what its like for a 300 million investment to only reap in 100 million in the box office. Thats what we call a super loss! Since that movie can make such a huge loss, my game can also lose a couple of millions with a similar name, right? Yes! What a perfect name for our game! Pei Qian was thoroughly satisfied with that name. Tengda Network Technology Co., Ltd., at night. Everyone from the design team was still hard at work. Huang Sibo and Bao Xu had been doing overtime for the past two days so that they could rush out the design draft as quickly as possible for the game to enter development phase officially. Everyone else on the design team was assigned other tasks. Once the draft was done, every single function would have to be dissected into details and that would be completed by the other members of the design team before eventually concluded by Huang Sibo. That included the model of the game, weaponry and art resources requirements C all of those required cleaning up. There were many things to handle. However, Huang Sibo did not request for the others to stay overtime. Instead, they chose to do it on their own accord and Huang Sibo could not even persuade them to leave! Since he had no choice, he could only let them be. Their working attitudes were similar to Huang Sibos. All of them were initially bottom feeders at their respective companies, dealing with repetitive work that required no technical skills and were constantly bullied as well. However, things were different after they arrived at Tengda. All of them were in charge of a function to engage in independent designs. The working environment here was relaxed with an understanding boss and friendly colleagues where everyone fought towards a common goal. Most importantly, the game that they were creating wasnt one that was going to exploit money through cheap paywalls, it was something that was going to reinvent the current gameplays! All of these various factors attributed to their deep passion for their job and thus, they were naturally willing to stay for overtime. Since he had no choice, he could only let them be. In any case, their overtime would only last a week. Once the design draft was done and the workload was decreased, things should be fine. Bao Xu spent the period of time rapidly trying out various FPS games as well, especially the massive overseas productions. Producing a good story for Ocean Stronghold was no easy task. To engage the gamers emotionally while immersing them in the story through a single little mute girl would require immaculate design. Brother Huang, theres a story portion that I think is rather decent. Ill record it and send it to you to see if it could be used, Bao Xu said. Alright, Brother Bao. Received. Huang Sibo opened the video that Bao Xu sent and checked through the first person perspective of the plot. Both he and Bao Xu had spent much effort into creating the story. After all, this was one of the highlights of the game and they had to make it spectacular. The video that Bao Xu had sent over was indeed great. After all, it was a product from a massive overseas game and the plot was extremely immersive such that Huang Sibo was thoroughly engrossed. He had not noticed a certain large face passing by the entrance. Knock, knock! Pei Qians rented apartment rang with knocking sounds. Oh? Its already so late. Pei Qian checked the time C it was around 8pm at night. The only two people who knew about this place were Assistant Xin and Ma Yang. The former should not disturb him at this timing and hence it could only be the latter. But, what was he here for? Pei Qian opened the door and indeed he was greeted by Ma Yangs large face. Brother Qian! Ive discovered something! Huang Sibo and the others are sneakily doing overtime! Theyre using the companys computers! Ma Yangs declaration was as though he had discovered a catastrophic secret. Pei Qians face could not help but turn black. Ma Yangs emphasis was on them using the companys computers while Pei Qians emphasis was on overtime. What were they thinking to do overtime? What was wrong with Huang Sibo C bad habits are hard to kick! Wasnt I chasing everyone home just a week ago? Why are you guys still doing overtime despite my reminders not to?! Taking the words of the boss so lightly? Incredulous! What is Huang Sibo overtiming for? The draft? The design? Pei Qian was displeased. Err Ma Yang tried recalling what he saw. Playing games. Pei Qian was stunned. Playing games? Suddenly, his expression lightened. He knew that Bao Xu would stay on after work in the company to play games C that was a privilege Pei Qian had accorded to him. But why was Huang Sibo doing the same as well? Did he learn from Bao Xu? The only thing Pei Qian did not allow was for the employees to stay overtime to do work. But if they were doing so to play games, that would be fine. At that thought, Pei Qians face was much cheerier. Are you sure you saw right? Huang Sibo was playing games? Ma Yang nodded. Thats right! Thats why Im reporting it to you? Does that count as them wasting company resources? Tomorrow, do you want to reprimand them in the office? Fufu, theres no need. Pei Qian was relieved. Since they were staying overtime to play games, that would be completely fine. They could eat more snacks and waste more electricity C that would help him with losing more System Funds! How great was that! Besides that seemed to have given him an additional legitimate excuse to spend System Funds? Suddenly, Pei Qian thought of a great idea through a stroke of inspiration. Old Ma, since were a gaming company, employees are actually playing games for the sake of learning and gaining experience through other stellar overseas games. Thats a part of work at the same time. Do you understand? Pei Qian explained sternly. Ma Yang was half baked. Oh so what you mean is that were just going to ignore this? Ignore? No, no! Of course not! Pei Qian continued righteously. These employees are working overtime for the company at the expense of their health! How could we ignore that? Tengda is a company that has its employees welfare at heart! Our country states that anyone who does overtime must be paid. At Tengda, we have to adhere to our national policies! Payment for weekday overtimes would be at 1.5x of their hourly salary while weekends would be 2x! Not a single cent less! Old Ma, Ill hand you an extremely important task. Help me to take note of how long theyre overtiming daily. By then, report to me their overtime pay based on their hourly rates! Remember, not a single cent less! Ma Yang nodded. Yes, yes! Understood! Leave it to me! As he sent off Ma Yang, Pei Qian could not help but want to burst out into laughter. Why had he forgotten about the existence of overtime pay previously? With that, wouldnt he be able to spend even more of the System Funds every month? Im a bloody genius! Chapter 46 Chapter 46: Double the Budget Estimate! November 18th, Monday. A new Monday, a new set of worries for Pei Qian. He summoned the system and checked on the System Funds. Pei Qian always felt as though he had to rethink life each time he saw the difference between the huge figure of his System Funds and the miserable 1,000 odd yuan on his Personal Wealth. Why were things as such?! The last he checked, he had already reduced the System Funds to a mere 20,000 yuan or so. Why had it increased once again? His gross income for the two weeks ranged around 900,000. After it was topped up into the System Funds, Pei Qian could not manage to spend much of it despite massive purchases of snacks, coffee, useful and useless office stuff! That gave him a headache. Was it truly so difficult to lose money? He wished that he could take Ghost General off the market so that it could stop earning him money! However, there was no way he could do that due to the existence of system violations. As such, he could only suck it up. Thankfully, there were still two more months till the next settlement date C there were many ways for him to spend money in the two months. Come month end, he would have to pay off his apartment rental as well as employee salary and overtime pay C that would cut off another chunk from the System Funds. Other than that, starting that week, they would be embarking on massive purchase of resources for Ocean Stronghold. That included art resources, programming functions and sound effects et cetera C all of them would be c. Since this was a client-side game unlike Ghost General which was a mobile game, they had to follow the strict requirements of client-side games! Pei Qian could not want more than to have higher requirements so that he could spend more money! He wondered how much resources they would have to purchase based on Huang Sibos requirements and how much money they would get to spend. The thought had him brimming with excitement. Boss Pei, this is the current list of resources that we have to purchase. Please take a look. Huang Sibo handed the long list over to Pei Qian. Reaching over, he browsed through it briefly before eyeing the final price. 670,000. He could not help but frown. That frown caused Huang Sibo to feel nervous from head to toe. Does Boss Pei feel that were being too wasteful? It cant be that, right? Ive already calculated our budget with serious restraint! Pei Qian did not say anything and Huang Sibo could only wait. Those figures displeased Pei Qian immensely. It was too little! This was a client-side game, but they were only spending 700,000 for the game resources and custom-made functions? What was this? Giving scraps to a beggar? This was way too stingy! How was he going to lose his System Funds with such watchful spendings? Pei Qian did not reply right away and instead continued looking through the details of the price list. Shooting games basic template (Precise modification version) C 120,000 Settings template, secret base style C 50,000. Three differing styles effects and various degrees of destruction within the settings C 50,000 Character, zombies and mercenaries universal models including movements and minor custom-made modifications capabilities C 80,000 Little girl model including custom-made movement modifications C 60,000 Various gun models including trajectory and casing visuals C 90,000 Various game mode functions and employing of 5 programmers for 2 months C 70,000 Other than that, there were other expenses for sound effects and commonly used character dialogue et cetera. The usage of rental cloud services was not included into the calculation C that would be an issue to consider depending on the games popularity post production. Pei Qian was completely dazed. What was going on? He felt that 670,000 was too low of a price based on the figures alone. But, through the checklist, the prices seemed to be within a reasonable range albeit slightly lowered. They had not decided on cheap resources to purchase intentionally either C why was the expended sum so low then? Pei Qians confusion was only normal. That was because he did not have a deep understanding of Ocean Stronghold! Bao Xu and Huang Sibo had gone about it with the idea of saving as much resources as possible; the story was done using a single setting style; the only side character was a little girl; all the other zombies and mercenaries were produced using modifications of universal templates. Since there wasnt much custom-made content, the price was naturally low! However, Pei Qian was naturally unable to comprehend all of that with a single rough browse, merely feeling displeased that the money spent was too little. Go back and redo it. Double the budget estimate at least, Pei Qian returned the checklist right to Huang Sibo. Huang Sibo was stumped. Double the budget estimate? But, Boss Pei He wanted to continue, but Pei Qians eyes were resolute. If I ask you to double it, double it! Theres no buts about it! That was roughly the idea of it. Swallowing his words instead, Huang Sibo went out with the checklist. Pei Qian leaned back against his chair and calculated. 600,000 was far too little. Doubling that to the range of 1,200,000? Thats more like it. Otherwise, there was truly no way to spend the System Funds entirely! There were two more months before the next settlement and even though Ghost Generals income had started to dip, it was still providing a consistent flow nevertheless. If they didnt spend more, he would have to eat grass come the next settlement! As to what resources Huang Sibo would buy with the money, Pei Qian could not be bothered. That guy could buy anything he liked as long as they were not deemed as system violations! Huang Sibo returned to his desk in a conflicted state of mind. Double the budget estimate? Previously when he looked for resources online, he did it through looking at the prices. Most of the resources had decent quality with affordable prices. There were some with excellent quality but because their prices were slightly higher, Huang Sibo disregarded them. But now, Boss Pei was displeased with the sum they were spending! Is it because he thinks the resources Ive sourced are of inferior quality? Yes, thats a possibility. Boss Pei is someone that seeks to be perfect. Ghost Generals original art is a good example of that. Alright, since thats the case, lets change all of these to high quality resources! Well use the best for everything! To be responsible to the gamers, to be perfect that should be Boss Peis intentions. Huang Sibo opened up the resource website and redid the entire proposal. All of the resources, including the art and programs that they had sourced initially, were all changed for the best ones. With double the budget, Huang Sibo had much more room to play with and it was only through splurging freely that he had barely managed to reach Pei Qians requirement. The final estimate was set at 1,260,000 and much of the content that Huang Sibo had axed initially were also added in. After an intense rush, he finally managed to amend the proposal at around 3pm in the afternoon. Heaving out, Huang Sibo lamented, Phew. Boss Pei should be satisfied now, right? He took the new proposal and looked for Pei Qian once more. Pei Qian retrieved the document and scanned through it quickly before eyeing the final price. 1,260,000! That was finally something he was pleased about. With his decided amount reached, Pei Qian could not be bothered to check what it was spent on. Yes, not bad. Go look for Assistant Xin. Divide the purchase into two batches and get the more important ones first. The less important stuff, leave them for the next week. Even though Pei Qian was in a rush to spend money, he had to take into consideration his future income. That was why he decided to divide the purchase into two or the System Funds would not be able to handle it on paper. Huang Sibo took back the proposal C this was the final version now. Pei Qian emphasized. Also, if there are places where you can spend money on in the future, feel free to do so! Dont compromise on quality with your proposal. Let me know at the first notice, got it?> Huang Sibo nodded furiously. Yes, Boss Pei! Understood! Chapter 47 Chapter 47: The Legendary Overtime Pay! Ocean Strongholds details were finalized swiftly. Within a single week, most of the design drafts for the functions were completed duly. Huang Sibo was in charge of overseeing the project and each time he saw a portion which had a differing concept from his and Bao Xus, they would have to change it. At the same time, the group of designers had also started on creating the games prototype using the game editor. Due to their use of universal templates, their initial progress was rather decent. However, they would still require concise finetuning to achieve Huang Sibo and Bao Xus intended effects. The arts team was also assigned to handle the communications with the artists on the resource website for liaison regarding the art resource requirements. The universal zombie and mercenaries templates as well as the image of the little girl was also being prepared speedily. Using the image of the little girl as a basis, the members of the arts team on Tengdas side would have to go back and forth for confirmation between the artists and Huang Sibo and Bao Xu. There were only three people in charge of the little girls image. One of them was the concept artist who was in charge of the original arts as well, another was in charge of her character model and the last was in charge of her movements. Each of them had their own job scopes. With that entire workflow, the little girl became the most invested character in the game. For some of the story segments, even her movements and expressions were custom-made C it was clear that they spared no expenses. But of course, all of it was still within the budget. The reason for that was because in the overseas AAA games, there were multiple lead characters and every single one of them were created with the same standards. However, Ocean Stronghold only had that single little girl C that was why the budget was still well maintained. When they occasionally came across better art resources, Huang Sibo would go look for Pei Qian right away. He would always receive a single big thumbs up: Buy them! Initially, Huang Sibo would still feel uneasy wondering if it would truly be fine to add on to the purchase budget repeatedly. If this was any other company, he would have been lambasted by the boss! From 700,000 to 1,200,000 to 1,500,000 If this was any other company, Huang Sibo would definitely be tagged with the image of someone that was weak in planning and controlling the budget. However, in Tengda, Boss Pei not only did not blame him, but was pleased on the contrary! Huang Sibo could not help but lament that this was the difference in a stage to perform! How can I be so stupid? Boss Peis actually trusting me so unconditionally Hes doing so with all his love without any need for repayment! If I dont produce this game well, Ill be letting him down! In the blink of an eye, the end of the month arrived. It was November 29th, Friday. For Huang Sibo, that was like any other normal day. By then, his work was almost completed; work on the design aspect was done with the details handled appropriately and the various resources of the game was in the midst of being created too. As the chief planner, Huang Sibos job scope naturally did not involve things such as handling the game editor personally C he had underlings for that. His mission was to watch over everyone else of the design team and to ensure that progress was made. Compared to creating the design draft, this was a much easier job and because of that, Huang Sibo had not stayed overtime for quite awhile. With sufficient manpower and budget, the progress was within schedule and there was naturally no need for overtime. Huang Sibo had never realized that work could be so relaxing and pleasing. Ding! His phone rang. When he picked it up, he saw a bank transfer message! Huh? Isnt it 29th today? Huang Sibo was stunned. Most companies would only pay the current months salary in the next month. Receiving their pay on the 5th of every month was already considered to be really graceful of the company. Extremely messed up companies would drag the salary payout till the mid or even end of the month. That was equivalent to holding back an employees salary so that they could deduct from it in case there were any issues if they were to leave C in any case, that left a bad taste in their mouth. Therefore, all companies that paid out salaries before the 5th of every month were considered extremely graceful. However, this was the first time that Huang Sibo had come across a company that paid within the month itself! Your account XXXX has been credited with 5,375.8 yuan on November 29th, 11:09am. [XX Bank] Huang Sibo was shocked. Was there an issue with the salary? He remembered clearly that his employment date was around November 5th and he had definitely worked for less than a month. The base salary was set at 4,000 yuan per month. Including tax, insurance and rental allowance, his salary should be quite a bit lower than 4,000! Why was it more than 5,000?! Even though he was stumped, Huang Sibo knew that it was not suitable to ask Boss Pei regarding something as minor as such and thus, he went to Assistant Xin instead. He found her and expressed his doubts. Xin Hailu smiled gently. Thats right, its the correct figure. Theres overtime pay included. Overtime pay? Huang Sibo was even more puzzled. Xin Hailu nodded her head. Yes, its not just you. Everyone in the company got overtime pay. You should have done around 50 hours of overtime for the company, right? Based on the 1.5x of the normal hourly rate and deducting for insurance, rental allowance and tax, this should be the sum. Huang Sibos mouth gaped open as he could not find the words to speak. The overtime pay that only existed in the legends! And it was 1.5x of their hourly rate! Something such as overtime pay was non-existent for most gaming companies. Notwithstanding right now, even if it was 10 years into the future, overtime pay was a rare sight to be seen in most industries. Not only that, most companies would calculate overtime pay based on their local lowest possible hourly rate, the same way they measured for insurance and rental allowance C there was a trick to it! But not at Tengda! Each employee was given overtime pay based on their own pay! To put it simply, it meant that they were receiving even more overtime pay! Take Huang Sibo for example. His base salary was at 4,000 per month. Based on a 20 day month and an eight hour working day, his hourly rate would be at 25 yuan and his overtime pay would be at 37.5 yuan per hour. Thereafter, based on Huang Sibos number of overtime hours, the total sum would then deduct for insurance, rental allowance and tax, resulting in the figure he received. It was open and bright! Huang Sibo had never come across a company with this much heart. No, he had never even heard of any companies as such! When he returned to his desk, Huang Sibo took a long time to calm down. So, Boss Pei knew about everything! He knew that we were doing overtime! Despite the fact that I went against his orders, he did not blame us and instead just added the overtime pay to our salary Huang Sibo felt his heart warm up and his eyes brim with tears. He was touched! This was truly the best boss in the world! As for Pei Qian, he did not know of the immense gratitude his employees felt towards him for the overtime pay. He was having a headache of his own. Why couldnt he empty out the System Funds completely?! The reason why he chose to hand out salaries at the end of the month was because the system did its settlement at the start of the month. Pei Qian had to ensure that he paid out the salaries before each settlement or he would have accumulated a sum of money for no reason and that would not help his cause of wanting to lose money for the System Funds! Chapter 48 Chapter 48: Learning Exchange, Budget Flush This month, Pei Qian was already trying his best to splurge the money. He divided the purchase of art resources into two portions where the first part was spent the previous week and the other part was spent this week. He had also paid for the rental of the office space. The salaries and overtime pay of the employees were paid out too. There were still other casual expenditures. Furiously, Pei Qian had managed to spend most of the System Funds. However, everything was not over yet. There were still two more months to go before the next settlement! During these two months, Ghost General would still pump money continuously into the System Funds. Other than the fixed expenses of the office space rental and employee salaries, Pei Qian had to think up other ways to lose all that money! He was a little worried. It truly requires knowledge to conduct a budget flush. Whats the best way for a budget flush? Hmms cohesion events? Thats right, cohesion events! Pei Qian suddenly thought of a brilliant idea. There shouldnt be an issue to use the System Funds for cohesion events, right? They could casually look for a high end restaurant for a meal. For 30 over people and an estimated spending of 100 per person, that would be a few thousand yuan gone instantly! No, that wasnt right. A few thousand was too little. Pei Qian thought about it and felt that he was still being too conservative C he should let Assistant Xin handle the issue. He called Xin Hailu to his office. Well arrange for a cohesion activity at the end of this month. Youll plan for the schedule, Pei Qian instructed. Alright, please elaborate. Assistant Xin was a smart person; she would never doubt Pei Qians instructions, merely asking to obtain his desired outcome. Pei Qian thought for a moment. Im planning to bring our employees to yes, Guangzhou! Well tour the place and go for a learning exchange! We wont have to go for too long. Around five days will do. Pei Qian was initially undecided on where to go. If they wanted to go abroad, they would have to apply for visas and it would be really troublesome since they would be foreign to the place. Domestically, most of the gaming companies were gathered in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou. Pei Qian thought about it and decided that since Guangzhou was the furthest, the air tickets to that place would be the most expensive! The system did not ring any warnings. Pei Qian could not help but cheer up internally C he was getting better at reading the systems temperament! His excuse was a cohesion activity to visit, exchange and learn C everything sounded logical and reasonable. As to what there was to visit, exchange and learn about from a bunch of gaming companies? Dont ask! The answer would be that they were there to learn from the experience of the successful gaming companies there! Five days. Well visit a company each day. Assistant Xin, remember to liaise with them beforehand. At that time, we can treat the designers or the bosses of the companies to a meal as well. That wont be an issue. Itll be best if we can find companies that deal with creating large scale games. Companies that create FPS games would be beneficial to us too. The rest of the time will be free and easy for everyone so that they can appreciate the culture and food of the place while relaxing their minds. That will help them to work better. Air tickets, accommodation and group meals would all be paid for by the company! Do up a schedule and let me know the rough estimate. Pei Qian instructed everything quickly. Sure thing, Boss Pei. Ill get back to you soon, Assistant Xin was reliable as always. Pei Qian did not dare to have them go for too long. It was in part because he was afraid he might be issued a warning by the system if they had too much fun C after all, this was a learning exchange. At the same time, he was worried that the games progress might be affected. If he could not announce the game in time and that resulted in a postponement of the settlement date, it would be an extremely awkward situation. Because the scheduled progress for the next month wasnt so tight, Pei Qian felt that it was a good idea to take five days out for everyone to have some fun and spend some System Funds at the same time. They could definitely spend at least a couple hundreds of thousands through it! Even though it still felt like he was using a cup of water to salvage the forest fire, the fact that they could spend that much for a mere cohesion activity was something rather sweet! Assistant Xins was extremely efficient and by afternoon, the schedule was prepared. Pei Qian was delighted as he took it over and checked out the price. Its not even 150,000?! He was somewhat stumped. That was much less than what he had expected. Assistant Xin smiled gently. Everythings calculated based on the current standards. Pei Qian looked through everything carefully. Assistant Xin had arranged for only 30 people C there might be some employees who did not want to travel all the way to Guangzhou. For those people, Pei Qian would not force them. After all, it was just a fun, no, learning exchange C it was voluntary. Return air tickets ranged around 2,000 per person. Based on 300 per person, the accommodation cost 600 per two person room. Coupled with the expenses for group meals, traffic and other additional costs as well as some extra budget for employees (If more than 30 people wanted to go, they would make use of the extra budget), the total sum was less than 150,000. Even after Pei Qians calculation, the sum did not increase! Cant we fly first class? The moment that thought surfaced, he was warned by the system. Of course not! This was a normal exchange cohesion activity. Allowing every employee to take a first class seat would be crossing the line C the system would not allow that. At the same time, allocating 300 yuan for each person for accommodation was more than enough. He could forget about playing punk with something like assigning each person a single presidential suite or the likes. Pei Qian looked through the entire schedule and honestly could not find any place he could top up money for That had him feeling a little depressed. It only takes 150,000 to bring 30 over employees for a trip to Guangzhou? That was much less than Pei Qian had imagined Of course, Pei Qians judgment of it being cheap was based on the state of the System Funds. If he were to average it out, that would be around 5,000 yuan per person. If Pei Qian was the one who had to whisk out 5,000 yuan for a couple of days in Guangzhou, he would find it to be extremely expensive instead! Forget it, 150,000 then. Well go with that estimate. Lets prepare beforehand, Pei Qian handed the schedule back to Assistant Xin. He did not dare to cross the line. Even though he found it to be too little, the fact that the system did not deny it was already something to be thankful about. Pei Qians planned period was during the end of December. It was partly because the weather would be turning colder and they could seek warmth by heading to Guangzhou. At the same time, Guangzhou had many gaming companies with a great ecosystem and environment. It would be perfectly logical for him to claim that they were heading there for a learning exchange. But of course, he had to prepare beforehand for things such as booking of air tickets and liaison with the gaming companies there. Even though Pei Qian did not intend to make a big deal out of it, he required his employees identifications for the booking of air tickets and thus, news of it eventually leaked out through the company. Within the inner circle of the design team, many people could not contain their excitement and were discussing it. Are we really headed to Guangzhou for a learning exchange? I think its for real! Ive heard that Assistant Xin is already preparing to book the air tickets! Arent the benefits for this company way too awesome? Ive never heard of any other gaming company that would bring their employees for a learning exchange Indeed, neither have I I think a trip like this is going to cost quite a bit of money. Id definitely not be willing to spend on something like this myself! What are the companies that were going to visit? I suppose Sun Strike Studios will be one of them? I think so? Sun Strike Studios is so famous and they specialize in FPS games. Thats suitable for us. Man, Ive dreamt of visiting Sun Strike Studios before I even joined the industry. Arent you going to do it now? Well get to learn how a top-end studio functions as well! The entire design team was thoroughly hyped. As for the other rest such as the arts and administrative team, their interest laid elsewhere. They were deciding on what they should eat and where they should visit, taking it as a free trip entirely. That was only normal. After all, most of the people in the design team were young internet addicts who had a passion for the well known domestic studios and gaming companies. As for the rest, they were less bothered and interested in Sun Strike Studios and whatnot. But at the end of the day, all of them were equally excited about the free company trip! Chapter 49 Chapter 49: Sun Strike Studios Guangzhou. Sun Strike Studios. Tengda Network Technology Co., Ltd.? They want to come to our studios for a learning exchange? Zhou Muyan was befuddled. This was the first time that he had heard of a gaming company wanting to conduct a learning exchange with another! Something as such was typically done by university students for experiential learning to prepare themselves for working life post school. Yet, there was never a gaming company that would organize something as such for its employees! At least not domestically. That was because most of the domestic gaming companies were in pursuit of profits. A long distance learning exchange would be a costly expenditure! With an estimated 30 men groups air tickets, hotel and other expenses and taking into the account that they would not be working for those days, that would add up to be quite a sum. Furthermore, it wasnt as though doing something as such would actually reap in much benefits for the company C it was a pure loss of money. Even though they termed it as a learning exchange, what was there to learn about? Which company would be so stupid? Zhou Muyans first instinct was to reject them. He was the producer of Sun Strike Studios and was quite reputable within the industry. Of course, technically speaking, it was more of being infamous. Since there were many people who flamed Sun Strike Studios, he could not avoid being associated with the insults since he was the producer. Zhou Muyan was merely his nickname, not his real name. In the South, many companies had nicknames as it was the trend there and Sun Strike Studios was no different. Recently, Sun Strike Studios was in the midst of creating an online FPS and they had been in production for more than a year with internal beta testing about to commence. Under such a critical period, Zhou Muyan truly could not be bothered to entertain employees of a gaming company from a far Handong Province. Boss Zhou, this is a famous company! They were the ones that created Ghost General! I suggest we take some time to meet with them. If you dont have the time, we can let Brother Sun go meet them. It wont take much effort for him to bring them around the company, The administrative girl who was in contact with Xin Hailu reminded. They made Ghost General?! Zhou Muyan was stunned and instantly felt that the girls words made sense. As the saying went, the more friends you have the more options you have in life. Even though they were competitors, rejecting their kind intentions of traveling such a long way just to visit and exchange thoughts would seem rather heartless. Furthermore, Zhou Muyan knew of Ghost General C that was a mobile game that was extremely hot recently. It was clear that the creator of it was no fool. Perhaps it would be quite a good idea to meet and get to know someone like that as well. In any case, it would just take a single day at most and they would not really disrupt work by taking a spin around the office as well. At that thought, Zhou Muyan nodded. Alright, agree to it then. Set a date with them first. Ill greet them personally. Sure thing, Boss Zhou. Also, the elimination list of the newcomers is out. Please take a look at it. Zhou Muyan scanned through the list. Other than Lin Wan, fire the rest according to procedures. Sure thing, The girl did not probe further as she left with the list. The lowest elimination system was commonplace in many gaming companies, especially those that hired more people from school. It was the same for Sun Strike Studios as well. They would hire graduates and conduct an evaluation a few months into the job where the lowest ranked 15% would be fired. For those fired graduates, they would be in an extremely awkward situation. Firstly, they would no longer be incumbent graduates and they would not be able to take part in another companys school recruitment drive. Secondly, they only had a couple of months worth of working experience and they were already fired from their previous company C that would be unhelpful for their future job searches. In other words, Zhou Muyans single statement had just planted a huge obstacle in the career path of the fired graduates! However, Zhou Muyan did not see anything wrong with it. Even though he knew that the fired graduates would definitely curse him and his family, it did not bother him. To Zhou Muyan, the gaming industry was just a survival of the fittest jungle! In such a cruel environment, there was no sympathy to speak of. But of course, there was an exception to the list C Lin Wan. She was a girl and just like the rest, was recruited from a famous university in Beijing with high qualifications. Based on the elimination lists grading, she was part of the bottom 15% as well. Just like many other youths, Lin Wan had the same mistake of being naive and overly optimistic. To Zhou Muyan, the games were but a business. However, for Lin Wan and the other youths, they saw it as an art or a passionate dream. Because of that, the way they went about things went against the judging criteria of the elimination system. In other words, she was just not the sort of talent that Sun Strike Studios required. However, there was a reason why Zhou Muyan had left her out of the elimination list. Everything aside, her background was simply way too horrifying Her father was the President of the largest communication and smart hardware distributor, Shenhua Corporation! Zhou Muyan could not afford to offend someone like that. In fact, he could not wish for more than to be able to make connections with someone like that! Of course, Lin Wan did not know that her identity had already been revealed because she had joined Sun Strike Studios through the usual school recruitment drives. But clearly, Lin Wan had underestimated her fathers care and concern for her The second day that Lin Wan joined Sun Strike Studios, Zhou Muyan received a call from the presidents office of Shenhua Corporation. There were two demands: First, he hoped that Zhou Muyan and Sun Strike Studios could help to take care of Lin Wan so that she would not overexert herself and fall sick. Second, he hoped that Zhou Muyan could destroy Lin Wans dreams towards the gaming industry as quickly as possible so that she would give up on wanting to build a career there! Even though he was tactful in his words, a smart man like Zhou Muyan got the point right away. Lin Wans father did not want her to join the gaming industry but he did not want to go against her openly in case their relationship turned sour C that was why he chose such a roundabout method to do things! To something like that, Zhou Muyan naturally agreed to it immediately. That was THE Shenhua Corporation! If they could make some ties with them, Sun Strike Studios would only stand to benefit in the future! Therefore, Lin Wan was the only one that was retained from the elimination list. Zhou Muyan had long considered about what was the best way to mow away Lin Wans passion towards the industry as quickly as possible. It wasnt something difficult. As long as he could show her the truth about the industry, that would do. The gaming industry, or the domestic one at least, was just a sweatshop. Elimination lists, 996, giving up dreams and passion for money and turning an art into a money making tool Those were nothing new within the domestic gaming circle. Of course, those things werent absolute C there were still genius designers and studios with heart domestically. However, they were extremely rare. Zhou Muyan believed that as long as he showed Lin Wan the truth about the industry, she would definitely be extremely disappointed and leave it. That was a certainty! Chapter 50 Chapter 50: Guangzhou! Xiao Lu, theres still some issues with this function. Do make the necessary changes. Youll have to ask Brother Bao when it comes to questions regarding hand sensitivity, hes the expert, Huang Sibo gave his opinion on the design draft patiently. Xiao Lu was one of the members of the design team and he was in charge of creating the ability design of the ghouls. His experience was even less than Huang Sibos and he was an intern at another gaming company initially. However, he was never assigned to any important role and he merely filled in forms while completing the occasional odd task. As such, even though his work experience could not be considered as empty, it was negligible at best. In most companies, people would often be regarded based on their position and experience (capabilities). Even though they had worked for the same amount of time, due to differing experience, Huang Sibo was the senior in this position. Sure thing, Brother Huang! Ill address it right away! Xiao Lu turned on the game editor and modified the functions based on Huang Sibos opinions. Ocean Stronghold had already entered the creation phase and the various templates and functions that they had purchased previously were added into the game editor as the designers worked on creating the game. Since the game editor itself was not difficult to use and all of them had prior experience, the progress was much faster than when a layman like Pei Qian did it himself. Pay attention to your work and dont let your thoughts drift about the Guangzhou trip. Focus on your job first, Huang Sibo reminded when he saw that Xiao Lu was a little lost. Somewhat embarrassed, Xiao Lu rubbed the back of his head. Man, Brother Huang. Ive never been to Guangzhou before and were even heading to the famous Sun Strike Studios! Its only natural Im excited about it. But dont worry, Ill definitely ensure that quality is still met for our work. Huang Sibo nodded his head and returned to his desk to continue on work. In truth, he had not been to Guangzhou before as well. It wasnt just him C most of the people in the company had not been there as well. The air tickets from Jingzhou to Guangzhou cost a couple of thousand yuan. For most of these people, they were downright broke before entering Tengda, how could they have afforded it When they heard about the learning exchange, Huang Sibo and Bao Xu were indifferent, contrary to the rest who were cheering. To begin with, Bao Xu was a homebody who had no interest towards heading out C hed rather grind games all the time in office. As for Huang Sibo, his thoughts were on ensuring that the progress for the game was not affected. After he made a rough estimate of the workload, Huang Sibo found out that the trip would not affect the progress too much and Ocean Stronghold would still be completed on time. It was only then that he managed to calm down. For the current Huang Sibo, the only thing that mattered to him was the progress of the game! Boss Pei was such a wise man who tasked him with a heavy burden while rewarding him handsomely for it. At the same time, he was even taking everyone to Guangzhou for a learning exchange? There was no way they could repay him for his kindness! If Huang Sibo did not ensure that the game was created perfectly, he would be letting down on Boss Peis grooming! Besides, Huang Sibo wanted to check out Sun Strike Studios as well. That was a famous studio domestically and before he had entered the industry, Huang Sibo had once placed that studio as his target to reach in the industry! After he had started working, Huang Sibo had heard of rumors relating to Sun Strike Studios as well. There were people who claimed that Sun Strike Studios once gave five months worth of salary as bonus. Others claimed that Sun Strike Studios monthly bonus for the design team was even higher than their own base salary. Some even claimed that Sun Strike Studios once gave off a sports car at the end of the year as a grand bonus. Huang Sibo had not verified the rumors before but it was clear that Sun Strike Studios was a dream for most people in the gaming industry. To be able to visit a place as such would definitely be beneficial for his career! A month had passed by quickly. November 27th, Friday. Tengda Network Technology Co., Ltd.s employees had arrived at their hotel from the airport and were sent to their own rooms to place their luggage. Handong Province was in winter right now and it was chilling cold. However, the temperature was higher in Guangzhou and as the afternoon sun basked on everyone, they felt a warm feeling surge through them. Huang Sibo could not help but feel a little lost. The atmosphere felt completely like that of a holiday! Some of the admin girls were checking the schedule on their phones, planning on which tourist location and mall they should visit the next day. A few of the lads from the design team were looking for a nearby supermarket so that they could get some beer into their hotel room for drinks and card games at night. There were a total of 27 people who were on the trip. Bao Xu did not join in because he was totally disinterested and would rather stay in the office. As for Boss Pei He did not join the mob and had returned to his room early on. It was most likely because he was resting over fatigue from the flight. The entire trip was scheduled by Assistant Xin and Pei Qian did not interfere. Huang Sibo and Xiao Lu were sharing a room. After placing the luggage down, Huang Sibo took out his laptop and began checking on the design draft while modifying the story of the story. As of now, the framework of Ocean Stronghold was already completed. However, Bao Xu felt that there was still room for improvement be it in terms of hand sensitivity or general details. Huang Sibo was equally worried because he wanted to work hard in perfecting the game. The game would be truly excellent if it came to a point where a veteran player such as Bao Xu could find no issues with it! Brother Huang, Ill head out and join the rest first. Rest first if youre tired, Xiao Lu notified Huang Sibo first before heading out to play with the others merrily. In Pei Qians room Brother Qian, Im so tired of acting weve got to act so distant to one another because of work Ma Yang said tiredly. As of now, the only person in the company who knew of Ma Yang and Pei Qians relationship was Assistant Xin. Because of that, Ma Yang had to act like a complete stranger to Pei Qian in front of everyone else. Having to refer Pei Qian as Boss Pei all the time had him feeling tired. They were clearly bros who shared the same bunk bed, and yet there was this gulf between them right now Youve got to sacrifice for the sake of the company, Pei Qian patted Ma Yang on the shoulders. Youre my eyes in the company right now! Youve got to notify me of any issues immediately! If Pei Qian had disclosed their relationship, the rest might end up being wary of Ma Yang. By then, it would be difficult for him to understand what was happening in the company. Pei Qian had to ensure that he knew the situation at the back of his hand. Otherwise, it would be disastrous if they could not manage to lose money! Ma Yangs already large face was pulled even longer. You make it sound as though Im a spy. Though, nothing much has been happening recently. Everyones just working seriously based on the design draft. Pei Qian nodded his head C thats great! He had gone through the design draft briefly previously. Even though he could not understand what was going on exactly, he knew that his three requirements were met. As long as there were no huge changes to the design draft, the game would most likely be a flop and he wouldnt have much to worry about. Oh, also, everyone seems to be interested in that Sun Strike Studios. Are they really so incredible? Ma Yang asked. How would I know? Pei Qian did not have much understanding of the industry to begin with nor did he know what sort of a studio that was. He had only wanted to come to Guangzhou to spend money and Sun Strike Studios just happened to be one of the few studios that Assistant Xin had made contact with. The other employees thought that Pei Qian had planned for this intentionally but that couldnt be further from the truth C he did not even know who the creator of Sun Strike Studios was The first place were visiting tomorrow is Sun Strike Studios. Make sure you ask more questions so that it wouldnt be awkward. Weve got to be more friendly since theyre so kind to welcome us, Pei Qian reminded. As the boss, it was not convenient for Pei Qian to ask questions or act too casually or he would lower his image. Therefore, Ma Yang had to take on that task. Ma Yang nodded his head. Dont worry, Brother Qian! Leave it to me! Chapter 51 - What a Squeezy Working Area! Chapter 51: What a Squeezy Working Area! Guangzhou, Sun Strike Studios. Outside their office building, Xiao Lu and the others were in awe. Sun Strike Studios had a seven floor office building to themselves! Majestic! Right at the entrance was Sun Strike Studios plague and the building was surrounded by greenery; the environment was rather decent. Any gaming company that could build their own building was definitely one that did not lack money! For most people, they wondered what it would be like if they could work at a place as such. However, Pei Qian was mostly indifferent. He was only here to lose money with the learning exchange as an excuse. Besides, it was just a larger office space and there was nothing to be envious about. When the group arrived at the entrance, there were already people from Sun Strike Studios waiting to welcome them. Welcome, Assistant Xin! I suppose this is Boss Pei? Hi, hi! Im the liaison from Sun Strike Studios, Sun Xi! The person welcoming them looked to be around 26 years old. It was said that the producer of Sun Strike Studios, Zhou Muyan, would be meeting with them as well. However, there was no way he would welcome them personally at the entrance with his status C Pei Qians group was not at that level yet. Sun Xi brought everyone in while introducing the place to them on the way. This is the bamboo forest in our front yard that weve built because we have a game project in a traditional style. Oh, theres an ancient zither there that a lady in traditional robes would occasionally play as well. At the far end is the car park because some of our colleagues drive to work. Further up is the main lobby. Ill take you guys to the guest area to meet the project team. Pei Qian checked out the place. A large company was grandiose indeed! They should have spent quite a bit of money building this place, right? If they were to build an office building, they could renovate it every now and then for things such as implanting a bamboo forest or customizing some sculptures. All of those would require a massive amount of money and he wouldnt have to worry about not being able to spend his money! But of course, it would require a few tens of millions just to build such an office building C Pei Qian could not afford it currently. The System Funds provided by the system was still only at the level of 500,000. Even though the games that Pei Qian made had earned him so much money he wanted to puke, they merely amounted in the millions. If he could earn in the ballpark of tens or hundreds of million annually, Pei Qian could consider building such an office building in the future. However, he wished that something like that would never have to happen He would rather have the company lose a couple of millions annually than rake in tens or hundreds of millions. The former would be converted to his Personal Wealth at a rate of 10x compared to the latter Assistant Xin was someone who had been out and about and was unmoved with what she saw as well. However, the others such as Huang Sibo, Xiao Lu and Ma Yang were watching with twinkles in their eyes. They resembled bumpkins that were visiting a city for the first time where everything seemed spectacular and fresh. But of course, strictly speaking, the benefits offered by Tengda were way better than Sun Strike Studios. Be it in terms of the working desk space or computer specifications, no companies domestically or even abroad could compete with Tengda. However, because this company had their own office building and a larger total space, they naturally looked more well to do to outsiders! At the front desk, everyone could not help but feel pride bubbling within them. A point back to Tengda! Tengdas front desk was a pair of twins whose looks alone outclassed Sun Strike Studios front desk C this was a victory to them! Sun Xi brought everyone to the fourth floor where they met with the producer of Sun Strike Studios, Zhou Muyan. He was wearing a casual suit; that was quite a formal attire in the gaming industry. However, when he looked at the group of people, his gaze was locked onto Pei Qian. Fuck, thats a custom-made suit! Zhou Muyan could tell with a single look that the suit was costly C it was worth five digits at the very least! That caused Zhou Muyan to be the pressured one instead, feeling as though he had lost in terms of image At the same time, he was bothered with how the other party was already a boss who had created a success like Ghost General when he looked even younger than an intern! Could he be a rich second-generation heir? Yes, that must be the case. There was no way anyone could afford those clothes otherwise. Most startup bosses were more conservative with their spending and furthermore, there was no need for expensive attire in the gaming industry. The both of them exchanged some casual pleasantries, Ive heard a lot about you. But in reality, none of them knew the other Pei Qian did not know the games that Sun Strike Studios had created and vice versa, the other than being the producer of Ghost General, Zhou Muyan knew nothing about Pei Qian. Their lack of understanding for the other party created a silent agreement where they both skipped over typical praises of the other party as Zhou Muyan brought them around the studio. This is our sound recording area where the studio is up ahead. Of course, all our in-game music and sound effects are specially created here. This is the working area. Thats our arts team at work, creating the original arts. This is the training area where well periodically provide training of game designing knowledge. Theres a cosplay outfit here. This was previously worn by a celebrity that we endorsed for a game and its been kept here ever since. This wall displays some of the side products of our games. This is the resting area and thats our canteen Zhou Muyan brought the group around and was trying to gauge their reactions. Sun Strike Studios was considered as an old brand within the domestic games market and thus, their working style was more traditional with their own recording studio and arts team. Almost every single part of their game was made in-house unlike Tengda which had to purchase their art and music resources from the online resource site. But to Zhou Muyans surprise, Xiao Lu and the rest who were exceptionally excited outside the building were now much more indifferent Why was it the opposite? There were some students who had visited previously as well and even though they seemed calm on the outside, they were extremely excited within. That was because they had a resting area, canteen, pantry and entertainment room right within the building. This was an extremely enticing work environment. That was why the students would all get excited upon seeing those and dreamt about being able to join the company to work. But, why were these people from Tengda so indifferent? Take a close look, this is the entertainment room! Theres even a resting area! Doesnt the gigantic television look nice? Dont the sofas feel comfortable? Why arent you guys reacting at all?! Zhou Muyan was bewildered. But, it was normal for the group to be nonchalant. For most of them, when they saw the so-called entertainment room and snacks area, they only had a single reaction. This was it? You dare to call this small little bird cage that only has a small television and a single console an entertainment room? This snacks area only has a few packets of biscuits, some chips and theres even a sign that says every single employee is only restricted to a limited amount. You guys dare to call this a snacks area?! After all that bragging, everything you have is inferior to what Tengda has! But of course, while the group could not say it out loud, they could not help but feel disappointed internally It was an outright disappointment! So, this was the working environment in one of the top tier domestic gaming companies? This was a far cry from how things were like in Tengda! Even though the building looked good on the outside, it was pathetic within! The groups reaction was indifferent and cold. Ma Yang recalled Pei Qians instructions and realized that this was the time for him to shine. He must not let the situation turn even more awkward! He had to ask questions and provide feedback! At that thought, he looked at the filled working area and asked casually, Oh, isnt it Saturday today? There are so many people doing overtime? Zhou Muyan was stumped What kind of a rubbish question is that? All of our domestic gaming companies follows the 996 system! If not for the fact that its a working day today, do you think Ill be able to entertain you guys in the office today? The question was so stupid that Zhou Muyan did not know how he should reply Huang Sibo responded immediately in an attempt to diffuse the situation, Ah, its normal to do overtime for the sake of work. Ma Yang nodded. Thats true. They can even get to earn overtime pay. Say, there are so many people doing overtime, I suppose the company spends a lot on overtime pay monthly? Overtime pay? Zhou Muyan continued to be stumped. He was puzzled as to where this big faced man was from! Why did it feel as though this person did not know anything about the industry from the way he spoke? Which gaming company would have a bloody overtime pay? 996 was just the norm! When they saw the unnatural expression on Zhou Muyans face, Huang Sibo and the rest understood right away. However, Ma Yang had not realized what was going on yet and looked as though he was about to ask more questions. Pei Qian pulled Ma Yang away immediately. You shit! Whats up with the things that youre asking! I told you to ask questions, not to burn bridges! Anymore and Zhou Muyans going to toss you out soon! We didnt come all the way here to sow grudges with them! Ma Yang shrugged and could not understand why Pei Qian pulled him away. Whats wrong with the questions I asked? Arent they normal? Thankfully, he was not stupid enough to continue asking as he merely went silent. Zhou Muyan was extremely speechless but he was graceful enough to ignore that annoyance and he continued introducing Sun Strike Studios to the group. However, the excitement of the group that had just witnessed the truth had died down as they looked as though they were humoring him. Zhou Muyan was extremely bothered C shouldnt they look excited and envious instead? He was certain that the working environment of Sun Strike Studios was 90% better than all other domestic gaming companies! It didnt make sense for them to not be envious! Xiao Lu looked at the working area and muttered subconsciously, This working area is so squeezy Chapter 52 - Sharing of Success Stories Chapter 52: Sharing of Success Stories Squeezy? Are you for real?! Zhou Muyan looked at his companys working area C how was it squeezy? Wasnt it the same for most companies out there? Everyone had their own desk to work with like with any other companies! Not just that, because Sun Strike Studios had their own building, it was even more spacious than the other companies! Calling this squeezy, these guys must be blind Huang Sibo understood that the issue didnt lie with Sun Strike Studios C it was because it was way too spacious back in Tengda! Which company would behave the same way as Tengda did? Even a real estate company wouldnt do that! However, because everyone had been working for so long in Tengda, they were long used to the working environment. As such, they felt dispirited looking at Sun Strike Studios working environment in contrast. That had all of them losing complete interest. It was akin to a group of people who were used to staying in a villa by the sea listening to a salesperson brag about a luxurious three bedroom apartment instead Their dreams were all shattered! All of them were initially excited about Sun Strike Studios but now, it just seemed meh! The working area was cramped. The computer specs were average and they did not even have dual monitors. Just a few packets of snacks and that became a snacks area. There was only a small television in the entertainment room C were they beggars? Not just that, 996 was strictly enforced without any overtime pay! Was this really a top tier domestic gaming company? It was far inferior to Tengda! That was the same feeling as someone bumping into their first love after being married for many years only to find out that the other party had gained a lot of weight and turned into an old hag. They would then realize that their wife was actually much prettier in comparison! Indeed, Boss Pei was the best boss in the world, no exceptions! They should stop thinking about nonsense and spend their lives dedicating it to Boss Pei! Zhou Muyan was starting to feel awkward after his bragging. It was mainly because the other side looked as though they were humoring him such that he lost all mood to continue bragging. Lets continue then. Ive arranged for a sharing session of our success stories. Everyone, this way please. Everyone arrived at a large conference room within Sun Strike Studios. Their schedule for the day was planned between Assistant Xin and Sun Strike Studios employees and that included a sharing session between the companies. Assistant Xin had planned it based on a normal companys exchange schedule. After all, it wouldnt be nice for them to leave after just seeing the company since they came such a far distance. Since it was an exchange for learning, they would definitely have to share their success stories to make the trip worthwhile. Because there were a total of 20 odd employees from Tengdas side, Sun Strike Studios arranged for the same number of people to join in the sharing and both parties had assigned people to go on stage for the sharing. The first person to speak was Sun Xi who had welcomed them earlier on C he was one of the core designers of a large scale MMORPG made by Sun Strike Studios. Sun Xi started off by expressing his welcome to Boss Pei and the rest for their long journey visit which was met with much applause, livening the mood. Thereafter, he introduced his success experience in taking charge of the MMORPG. Pei Qian took out a small notebook and listened intently while nodding his head and scribbling notes. Before long, a tortoise was born. Not long after, there was a rat added, a duck He understood nothing! It was mainly because Pei Qian was seated in the front row and could not afford to fall asleep. In truth, Sun Xi did not share anything particularly abstract and Huang Sibo and the rest understood it completely. However, there were a lot of technical terms and English abbreviations. Through Sun Xis expression and motions, Pei Qian could tell that it was a really impressive game but the deeper details eluded him completely. Before long, Sun Xi was done and the drowsy Pei Qian was reinvigorated as he led the applause. Next up was Tengdas side. Since the other side had shared their success story, it was only natural that Tengda had to respond in kind. Huang Sibo was the one who was sent up to explain Ghost Generals success. Ocean Stronghold was not completed yet and no one could be sure if it would be a hit, therefore it was unsuitable to share about it. Strictly speaking, Pei Qian should have been the one to share it since he was the one who had created Ghost General solely. However, that suggestion was rejected by Pei Qian decisively. Firstly, he did not want to get on stage. Secondly, he did not even really know why in the world Ghost General had succeeded Therefore, when Assistant Xin told Pei Qian about this part of the exchange, he dumped the task to Huang Sibo swiftly for the latter to share and be done with it. When Huang Sibo went on stage, the place roared with applause. First, let me clarify that I did not take part in the production of Ghost General. The game was created entirely by Boss Pei singlehandedly. However, during the time which Ive joined Tengda, Ive taken the effort to research Ghost General as well. I believe I do have some understanding of it and have a slight grasp of Boss Peis design ideals. Boss Pei, if I make any mistakes during my explanation, please feel free to correct me. In my opinion, there are three factors contributing to Ghost Generals success. First, the perfectionist attitude towards the games quality and the daring art style! From what I know, Boss Pei spent more than half of the investment money into the purchase of art resources. Not just that, he took the leap of faith by employing a newbie artist! The moment the epic ink art style of Ghost General was pushed out, it was met with critical acclaim by the gamers. All of that is thanks to Boss Peis farsightedness and exceptional taste of beauty. Boss Pei not only made Ghost General a success, he did it for Ruan Guangjians unique art style as well. It was a win-win situation Secondly, the kindly priced in-game purchases. The maximum amount of money one can spend on Ghost General is 40 yuan. Compared to mobile card games like Qute Three Kingdoms which is money grubby, the fair playstyle gained the admiration and respect of gamers out there. At the same time, the strategy of earning through low margins and high quantity allowed the game to be a sellout while gaining reputable word of mouth Thirdly, the special marketing methods! Because all of the money was invested into the games development, Ghost General was faced with a situation where it had no money available for marketing! Boss Pei thought out of the box and marketed it through Weibo, causing the game to turn hot within the artist circle before spreading further into the gaming scene, achieving an exceptional outreach effect I believe that the marketing strategy can even be repeatedly studied as a classic case study! Huang Sibo had prepared for this thoroughly and was confident. He had never once asked Pei Qian the behind the scenes work of Ghost General. Instead, he researched everything on his own through online reviews and Ruan Guangjians Weibo et cetera before trying to combine them with Boss Peis character and thought process. That was how he had managed to roughly make out the entire thing. While he was explaining, he would look in Pei Qians direction from time to time. Boss Pei is smiling while nodding his head! Indeed, Ive guessed correctly! Huang Sibo felt extremely proud. Even though he did not take part in the development of Ghost General, the fact that he was able to understand Boss Peis thought process at the time was something rather impressive. That meant that he was catching up to the pace of Boss Pei! While Pei Qian was nodding his head, he was lamenting in his heart. What a brilliant speech. Hes talking about things that I didnt even know existed in my head back then. Below the stage, Sun Xi, Zhou Muyan and the other employees of Sun Strike Studios were listening intently while taking notes as well. Zhou Muyan could not help but lament that this was indeed a young talent! Even though this Boss Pei was young, he had guts! To throw all of his investment money into development without saving a single cent for marketing, to have the balls to employ a newbie artist with a brand new art style so that they could reinvent the current state of mobile card games This was not something that any mere designer could do! This was a ballsy man! Wasnt he afraid of losing all of his investment! Indeed, theres a high chance that this man was a rich second-generation heir. Theres no other way he would dare to take on such a risk while being indifferent about it Was this what they meant by different mental states? The legendary act of being able to take everything light as the wind? Zhou Muyan was filling in the plot by himself and his impression of Pei Qian improved once more. Before long, Huang Sibo was done with his speech and the audience burst out with applause! Pei Qian felt a number of sincere, respectful gazes turned at him. Those were gazes of admiration towards a genius! Chapter 53 - Boss Peis Smile Chapter 53: Boss Peis Smile Zhou Muyan was up next. This was the final segment of the sharing session where Zhou Muyan would give them a simple introduction to the FPS game that they were creating! Assistant Xin had worked to ensure that this was the most critical segment of the schedule. Even though this was said to be a sharing session, the difference between Sun Strike Studios and Tengda was clear as day and it was obvious who was learning from the other. Since Sun Strike Studios was creating a FPS game and Ocean Stronghold was also a FPS game, Tengda would stand to benefit by learning from Sun Strike Studios advanced knowledge in terms of FPS games! Huang Sibo and the others were listening intently as well, hoping to gain some insights from Zhou Muyan so that they could improve on Ocean Stronghold when they returned. Zhou Muyan was suave and confident. The game that were working on right now is a FPS called Bullet Hole and our aim is to surpass Counter Strike! The most important aspect of FPS games is the hand sensitivity portion. Most players of FPS games are veterans and weve done our research. Most players of Counter Strike enjoy spending a long time practicing their shooting and aim. In fact, they would spend days trying to convert it into muscle memory! For those gamers, every slight detail would serve as a deciding factor for whether or not they would choose to play a game! Therefore, in terms of the hand sensitivity aspect, I can assure you guys that Bullet Hole is at least 90% similar to that of Counter Strikes! This is an extremely difficult goal to hit for any domestic FPS games but we did it! At the same time, weve been putting in a lot of work for the art design. Be it in terms of the guns or outfits, weve adhered to the original image of overseas special forces. In fact, weve even hired military specialists to check through our work so that any army enthusiast gamers would not find any issues with it. Not just that, we intend to migrate our successful paywall model from our MMORPG into Bullet Hole using a model where the game is free to play but the equipment would require money. It will be a unicorn in the FPS genre for making money! After hearing Zhou Muyans explanation, Huang Sibos expression changed slightly. This is bad! Ocean Stronghold is screwed! Our thought process for Ocean Stronghold is completely opposite with Bullet Hole! Bullet Hole focuses on the experience of veteran gamers and follows the hand sensitivity aspect of Counter Strike to its fullest! Not just that, its even replicating the guns and outfits with military specialists giving advice! Even though both of our games charge through equipment, Bullet Hole has the advantage through their experience of their MMORPGs payment model! Ocean Stronghold has nothing at all! What would that imply? It meant that the veteran gamers of Counter Strike would find Bullet Hole much more enticing! Even though Counter Strike is still extremely popular, its already an old game and its not considered an online game. Most companies creating FPS games these days are trying to make a pure online game so that they can bring over the fans of Counter Strike. But the answer is obvious. If a Counter Strike gamer sees Bullet Hole and Ocean Stronghold at the same time, theyd definitely pick Bullet Hole! With these two games clashing, wouldnt Ocean Stronghold be doomed from the start? Huang Sibo was getting unnerved; the more he heard, the more he felt that Ocean Stronghold was going to fail! What should they do? He looked at Pei Qian unconsciously. However, not only did Boss Pei look unworried, the smile on his face was even getting wider! Why was that? Huang Sibo was perplexed as to why Boss Pei would be delighted after knowing that Bullet Hole and Ocean Stronghold differed so much. Could it be Suddenly, Huang Sibo realized. That was Boss Peis smile of confidence! Clearly, Boss Pei also viewed Bullet Hole as their greatest competitor and that was why they were here at Sun Strike Studios C to understand more about Bullet Holes current situation! But despite the differences between Bullet Hole and Ocean Stronghold, Boss Peis smile only meant one thing C he was sure that Bullet Hole was bound to fail! That was why he could smile with such open confidence! It was because he knew Ocean Stronghold would succeed! Huang Sibo could not help but lament over how Boss Pei was always someone that was so sneakily playful and yet farsighted! As to why Boss Pei felt that Bullet Hole would fail while Ocean Stronghold would succeed Who knew? How could commoners understand the thoughts of a farsighted visionary such as Boss Pei? By the looks of it, Boss Peis understanding and knowledge of games even surpassed that of Zhou Muyan; that must be why he could give off such a relaxed smile! At that thought, Huang Sibo calmed down as all his initial worries flew out of the window. With Boss Peis confidence, Ocean Stronghold would definitely do well! Zhou Muyans explanation had Pei Qian feeling elated. Indeed, great minds think alike! Based on Zhou Muyans points, Ocean Stronghold was bound to be a flop! Furthermore, Bullet Hole and Ocean Stronghold were clashing directly. The end result would definitely be a massive smack in the face for Ocean Stronghold! Sun Strike Studios had the manpower and resources. Be it in terms of game quality or marketing, they were far superior than Tengda! With a competitor like Bullet Hole, Ocean Stronghold stood no chance! That was why Pei Qian could not help but give off a relaxed smile. After worrying for so long, he could finally relax. This time round, he would definitely be able to lose! Before long, Zhou Muyan was done. Pei Qian shook hands with him and both sides exchanged pleasantries once more. Ive really learnt so much today. Thank you for everything, Pei Qian started. Zhou Muyan responded in kind, No, no. Your talent is impressive at such a young age. Im truly in awe. Next up was a free and easy segment where everyone could roam about Sun Strike Studios and chat around casually. That would conclude the days schedule at the studio. Boss Pei, Ive got something on so Ill be leaving first. Sun Xi, accompany Boss Pei. Make sure you make them feel at home. Zhou Muyan left some instructions before bidding Pei Qian farewell. They arrived at a cafe within Sun Strike Studios and ordered something to drink each, prepared to leave after resting for a little. Just then, a girl who had been eavesdropping during the meeting came before Pei Qian expectantly. Hi, Boss Pei, Im Lin Wan. Can I have a few minutes of your time for some questions? Stunned, Pei Qian sized up this girl named Lin Wan. She was rather pretty with decent features and a sweet countenance. Even though she had no makeup on, her fair cheeks still blushed slightly rosy, looking extremely cute. Sure thing, Pei Qian nodded. Lin Wan hesitated for a moment before asking, Boss Pei, is earning money the main goal of creating a game? Pei Qian was stunned C why did she start off with such a deep question! Was earning money the main goal of creating a game? That might be the case for most people, but for me, the main goal is to lose money Of course, I cant say that though. Pei Qian coughed. Of course not! I think that the main goal should be to provide joy for the gamers. Suddenly, Lin Wans huge eyes shone brightly! That was the answer she wanted! Chapter 54 - Lin Wans Resignation Letter Chapter 54: Lin Wans Resignation Letter When he saw the twinkle in Lin Wans eyes, Pei Qian could not help but freeze momentarily. Whats going on? What did I say? Why is her reaction so huge? Lin Wan composed herself. Boss Pei, I suppose your company doesnt have an elimination system, right? Last place elimination system? Pei Qian had heard of that system before but he would definitely not employ it. The people he wanted gone were those that were hardworking! How could he possibly get rid of the slackers? He should have a first place elimination system instead No, Pei Qian shook his head. Every employee is like family to me. Even if they might be lacking at times, we have to progress and rise together. How can we get rid of anyone casually. Lin Wan nodded her head before turning to Ma Yang. Indeed, Boss Pei must be telling the truth if he isnt even giving up on someone like this! She then asked again, Erm, do your employees do overtime, Boss Pei? Oh, thats a troubling question, Pei Qian sighed. Ive been trying my best to get them to go home. However, some people would still choose to stay back voluntarily. As such, I can only compensate them with overtime pay. What about the games, Boss Pei? Are you creating them to fulfill your personal dream? Lin Wans gaze was getting fervent. Caught in awkwardness, Pei Qian smiled and shook his head. No, actually, its because of money as well Haha, you must be joking, Boss Pei! If it was for the sake of money, you could have raised the paywall of Ghost General tenfold! But, you didnt do it! I know that youre a man with dreams, Boss Pei. Lin Wan looked as though she had found her answer. I understand now, Boss Pei. Thank you for your valuable time in answering my questions! Walking away, Pei Qian was left scratching his head. Who is that girl? She seemed to have been present at the sharing session earlier. She must be some new employee of Sun Strike Studios then Pei Qian was not too bothered. Pei Qians group spent a total of five days in Guangzhou visiting various gaming companies. However, all them were inferior compared to Sun Strike Studios. The initial passion of Xiao Lu and the rest was slowly turning into boredom. Werent they supposed to be here to expand their horizons and learn more? They had thought that Guangzhou was a hot spot for the domestic games industry and that the companies here would be amazing. Yet, none of them seemed decent! They were one worse than the other! The best one amongst them was Sun Strike Studios which they had visited on the first day. Everyone had thought that the working environment at Sun Strike Studios was bad enough only to find out later on that the other gaming companies were even worse! Their image of the gaming companies in Guangzhou was dragged down even further. By the time the fifth day arrived, no one had the mood to visit and learn from any other company anymore. Some of them wanted to go shopping for local produce. Some of them wanted to seize the chance to eat as many local delicacies as they could. There were even some who could not wait to return to Tengda so that they could slog their guts out for Boss Pei All in all, the learning exchange had created a reverse effect. They were supposed to be seeing the world, but it turned out to be a comparison of the worst between the gaming companies of Guangzhou. It was especially so for Sun Strike Studios whose image in the eyes of everyone was shattered. On the contrary, all of these employees had gained a valuable lesson in the tender loving care of Tengda Network Technology Co., Ltd.! Huang Sibo and the rest carried their luggage and boarded the return flight without any regrets. Time to get back to slogging for Ocean Stronghold! At the same moment, Sun Strike Studios. Boss Zhou, Ive decided. I want to resign, Lin Wan handed a resignation letter to Zhou Muyan. Zhou Muyan froze momentarily before bursting into joy. Have you finally realized that the gaming industry is a shit hole and youve decided to go back and inherit your immense family fortune? Doesnt that mean that the task given to me by Boss Lin is completed? Are you leaving the gaming industry? Zhou Muyan asked expectantly. Lin Wan shook her head. No. Zhou Muyan: ??? You dont want to leave the gaming industry but youre resigning? So, youre looking down on Sun Strike Studios then? Wait a minute. We didnt even look down on you but youre the one turning your back on us?! Zhou Muyans head was thumping. Of course, even though he was cursing internally, he maintained a smile. Whats wrong? Is there anything you dont like about working here? Zhou Muyan forced out a kind smile. If this was any other intern, he would have let her leave without asking a single question more. However, Lin Wan was different; she had a good father Zhou Muyan was bearing the heavy responsibility of bringing down the image of the gaming industry in Lin Wans eyes C he cant let her go just like that. Even if he cant retain her, he had to find out why and where she wanted to head off to next. Otherwise, it would be difficult for him to answer the next call from the presidents office of Shenhua Corporation! Thank you for taking care of me all this while, Boss Zhou. But I dont think I can realize my dreams towards games here, Lin Wan looked out of the window wistfully. I want to change to another place. Where? Zhou Muyan was troubled. Sun Strike Studios was already a top tiered gaming company domestically. Could it be that she wanted to head abroad to join some overseas company? Yes, that was a possibility as well I plan to join Tengda, Lin Wans gaze was resolute as though she had decided on it long ago. Tengda? Zhou Muyan did not immediately recall which company that was Even though he had just welcomed Pei Qian and Tengdas employees a couple of days ago, it wasnt exactly a significant event and he dumped it at the back of his head soon after. After he recalled who they were, he was bewildered. Tengda was a startup company! All they did was create a mobile game! Compared to Sun Strike Studios, they were not even on the same level! I wont stop you if you want to continue pursuing your dreams in games. In fact, Ill take it even if you were to join some overseas company. But what can you do in a stupid startup?! Zhou Muyan coughed. Have you thought about it properly? They definitely wont have a working environment as great as ours. Theres a high chance youll end up disappointed. Lin Wan shook her head. I believe in Boss Pei. I see something different in him; traits that are different from you and the other designers its as though he radiates with the brilliance of an idealist! Im certain of my guts! Zhou Muyans mouth gaped slightly open, wondering if Pei Qian had bewitched this girl through black magic. Theyve only met once a couple of days ago and this girl was already jumping ship to his side! However, he knew that nothing he said would help seeing the resolute conviction in Lin Wans eyes. Furthermore, he did not dare to stop her. He knew that even though she looked amiable on the surface, she had a terribly stubborn temper. Shenhua Corporations president was a famously renowned entrepreneur domestically. If even he could not handle this daughter of his and had to go with such a roundabout method to try to get her home to inherit their business, Zhou Muyan knew that this was not someone he should go against head on. He thought about it and could only let her be. However, she was headed for a small company at the end of the day. Theres a chance that she might see an even darker side of the industry. By then, Lin Wan would finally realize the truth about the industry and return home to inherit her grand fortune; the end would still be the same. At that thought, Zhou Muyan accepted the resignation letter. Alright, I wish that youll be able to fulfill your dreams of games one day! Sun Strike Studios will always be open for you! Thank you, Boss Zhou! Lin Wan turned and left without a shred of regret. Chapter 55 - Mission Accomplished! Chapter 55: Mission Accomplished! 2010 was fast approaching by the time they returned to Jingzhou City. Everything was functioning well in the company and salary as well as rental was paid out timely with the System Funds covering all the expenses. As long as he could spend all the money with the game becoming a flop, Pei Qian would be able to earn his 500,000 easily. It was exam week for school as well. Because he did not want to fail any subjects, Pei Qian rarely returned to the company. In any case, he wasnt bothered about the outcome of the game. It would be for the best if it failed January 7th, Thursday. Pei Qian was done with another paper and returned to his rental apartment, laying down on the sofa with an indescribable comfort. The systems settlement date was approaching and Pei Qians money losing goal was hitting its target C that finally set his nerves at ease. He summoned the system and checked on the System Funds. He had done it! His money was finally about to be spent completely! Pei Qian was so touched that he wanted to cry. Through all his heart work, most of the profits were finally being converted into losses! Right now, there were a few large expenses on Tengdas side: rental of office space, employee salary, overtime pay, electricity bill, daily expenses and various company purchases. From time to time, he would even organize a company dinner to spend money out of the blue. Through those, he had finally managed to spend most of the money earned from Ghost General and the System Funds no longer had much profit left in it! The current state of the System Funds was considered to be in a loss compared to the initial 500,000. Next up, Pei Qian only had to ensure two things. He had to get Ocean Stronghold uploaded online so as to fulfill the system requirements of not having any unannounced products a week before settlement. Next, hed have to spend money randomly so that the remaining sum could be splurged completely! Thereafter, he could just wait to earn money post settlement! As to how they should market Ocean Stronghold Pei Qian had no intention of marketing it at all. He considered the job to be done the moment it was posted on the official platform. IN fact, it would be best if no one discovered it at all! Since they wanted to lose money, they had to try and prevent gamers from discovering the game! For safety measure, I should organize a cohesion event after the games developed so that I can spend the remaining money. The less I have left, the better. Since everyone worked so hard for the game, I dont think itll be crossing the line to have the company watch a movie, have a meal and go for karaoke, right? At that thought, Pei Qian gave Assistant Xin a call. Assistant Xin, please make the necessary arrangements for a cohesion on Friday evening to celebrate Ocean Strongholds completion. Well start off with a movie followed by a meal and end with a karaoke session. For places we can book, book them! Yes, theres nothing wrong with the date. Friday evening. Saturday and Sundays are rest days. How can we make use of the rest days to organize a cohesion? Wouldnt that be cheating? Thats right, just set it on Friday evening. Alright. Send me the schedule after youre done planning it. The requirements are the same C everything must be high end, got it? Pei Qian gave a few simple instructions and just as he was about to hang up, Assistant Xin continued, Please hold on, Boss Pei. Theres something else. Do you remember a girl who spoke to you when we went to Sun Strike Studios in Guangzhou? Her name is Lin Wan. Lin Wan? Pei Qian had some vague recollections of that name. What about her? Shes in Jingzhou City now and said that she wants to join our company. She is adamant about it and claims that shes fine even if there is no salary. Pei Qian froze up. Huh? Where is she? In the office. She just arrived not too long ago and Im attending to her. Wasnt she doing well in Sun Strike Studios? Why is she in Jingzhou now? She wants to join our company, even without a salary? How could that do! Pei Qian pondered for a moment and asked, Assistant Xin, what do you think about her? Xin Hailu went silent before replying seriously, Boss Pei, I think she might be from quite a powerful background. She should be a scion of a rich family. Ive noticed that her clothes and bag are all famous designer brands. Her outfit alone cost at least tens of thousands yuan. However, she has no airs at all and has a good character too. Im just worried she might be a little too silly and naive about things to make her a good employee. But of course, youll be the one to decide whether or not we should accept her. Silly and naive? Doesnt that just mean she has no working capabilities? Thats great! Thats the type of employee I like! Pei Qian felt that this Lin Wan fit every single one of his recruitment requirements! A carefree scion from a well to do family should not be too good at working C wasnt that great? Alright, well hire her then! For salary lets start with 4,000 a month before increasing it in the future. Sign an employment contract with her for me! As for work right, we wont really have much work recently so lets not assign her to anything yet. Just let her do what she wants. Oh yeah, remember to count her in for Fridays cohesion! Pei Qian finished off briefly and thought nothing about the entire issue as he continued to daydream about his 500,000. At the company, Ocean Strongholds development was in its final phase. Because Bao Xu did not head to Guangzhou, he spent his days grinding through Ocean Strongholds story and recorded every single portion that seemed awkward so that Huang Sibo could amend them. He wasnt someone who had in-depth knowledge about game design theory; he merely trusted his guts. Anything his guts pointed out, he recorded them for Huang Sibo. Huang Sibo was the one who had to squeeze his brain juices to analyze where the issue was and somehow, he truly did manage to amend them. In his heart, Huang Sibo knew that the story was a huge selling point for Ocean Stronghold and was the key in making it a class of its own. Thats why he had to try and perfect it! But of course, the other aspects such as hand sensitivity, the games models, movements and other modes aside from the story were equally important as they determined the gamer experience. All of these content were basically overseen by Bao Xu. He was a heavy gamer to begin with and the only thing that changed was him playing their own game instead of other games. He did not find the work tough at all. Instead, he enjoyed it! When he played other games, Bao Xu would feel helpless when he came across the parts he did not like. That was because if he sent in feedback as a customer, it would be a waste of time since his feedback would most likely not reach the development team. Even if it did, things would most likely not change either. However, it was different for Ocean Stronghold. If he found any issues, he could tell Huang Sibo about it and things would be swiftly amended! Most of the major modifications were done at the start of the project. What remained were small details that required tuning such as gun trajectory and character hitboxes. Even though they were important to the game experience, they could be easily changed with some simple modification of the values. As the deadline approached, Huang Sibo found himself heaving a sigh of relief. He had completed his mission! Ocean Strongholds development would be completed on time with its quality assured C he had not let down Boss Peis trust! However, Huang Sibo knew nothing about how they should market and spread news about the game. He wasnt too bothered either since those were decisions to be made by Boss Pei. Could there be any mistakes in Boss Peis plans? The man who thought of advertising Ghost General through Weibo would definitely be able to come up with a superb way of marketing! Chapter 56 - Boss Peis Fruits of Labor Chapter 56: Boss Peis Fruits of Labor Lin Wan sat in the guest room sipping tea offered by Assistant Xin. Ah, how nostalgic. That was the taste of home How long has it been since she had such good tea? Probably half a year at least? Lin Wan was in her final year of university and it would take her another half a year before graduating. However, she had already spent half a year interning at Sun Strike Studios as well. When Lin Wan made her decision to enter the gaming industry while she was schooling, she had many arguments with her father with everything escalating during the summer of her third year. With that, she decided to run away from home in a huff to do her internship in Sun Strike Studios. Thereafter, Lin Wan led a really frugal life. All the branded bags and clothes she could afford in the past were now only accessible to her after saving up. She had not managed to taste the same tea at home outside either. This was the first time that Lin Wan had the feeling of home in a long time. Instantly, her fondness for Tengda rose rapidly! This was Lin Wans first time visiting Jingzhou City and when she debarked from the plane, she was slightly disappointed. This was a second tier city after all and could not be compared to the glamor of a first tier city like Guangzhou. However, her disappointment was replaced with admiration and elation upon entering Shenhua View! When she saw the working environment and the attitude of all the employees, she decided that this was the feeling she wanted! If she had seen a glimpse of the idealist light illuminating from Pei Qian previously, she was bathing in it at this place! Assistant Xin knocked and entered, holding a contract. Congratulations! Boss Pei has agreed to it! Once you sign this contract, youll officially be an employee of Tengda! The starting salary will be at 4,000. Are you alright with it? Lin Wan stood up hurriedly. Of course! She took the contract over and browsed through it casually before signing her name. So, what will my job be? Lin Wan asked in anticipation. Assistant Xin gave it a thought. Your job hmms, come and join our cohesion activity at 2pm tomorrow. Well go for a movie, have a meal and go for karaoke! Huh? Lin Wan was stumped. Friday afternoon. Pei Qian who had disappeared for his final exams finally showed his face once more in office. This was because Ocean Stronghold was planned to be uploaded onto the official games platform this week based on the original schedule. The settlement was due two weeks later because Pei Qian left himself some room for error. When he had decided on the project, he was worried that his slack employees might be too slow such that the game might be delayed. That was why he pushed the deadline ahead by a week so that they would have breathing room. Today was the day for him to reap the fruits of his labor. He went to Huang Sibo straight after arriving at the office. Boss Pei! Huang Sibo looked spirited and seemed to have turned handsomer. The two months spent in Tengda had caused Huang Sibos income to rise along with his resting time. As such, his mood was considerably lifted too. That was why he no longer looked as lethargic as before and was even filled with energy! Winter had arrived and Huang Sibo had just bought a few coats for the weather just the week before. Considering the fact that he had more spare cash now and he was working at a place like Shenhua View, Huang Sibo decided to get a decent outfit and thus, he spent more than a thousand on a casual-looking suit. Now, he looked more like a slightly successful professional. Hows the progress of Ocean Stronghold? Do we need a weeks extension? Pei Qian asked. Huang Sibo shook his head furiously. No! Dont worry, Boss Pei, weve already tested it repeatedly and fixed all the bugs we found. The game can be uploaded at any time! Hmms, not bad, Pei Qian nodded his head but there was no joy in his face. Huang Sibos bravado had Pei Qian feeling nervous! Could the game have been completed with its quality intact?! But, when he thought about Huang Sibo and Bao Xus past experience as well as the three requirements he set for the game He felt that even if the game was successfully created, there was no way it could possibly earn money. Do you want to give it a test play? Huang Sibo asked. Theres no need for that, Pei Qian thought for a moment. Show me the games story mode and epic equipment. Pei Qian was clear that more than half of Ocean Stronghold was trash and there was nothing fun about it. Having to eat the poo he created made no sense to him. However, to ensure that the game could lose money, Pei Qian decided that he should still check briefly if the game had followed his ideology strictly. Did they dedicate their efforts in creating the story mode? Was there an 888 Red Kilin item for the game? Those were what mattered to Pei Qian. Huang Sibo nodded his head. Sure thing, Boss Pei. Let me show it to you. He turned on Ocean Stronghold on his computer and started introducing the game to Pei Qian. This is our story mode where the gamers will have to climb up the stronghold from the lowest level. The entire story lasts around 6 hours and is split into three different scenes. The main aim of the game is to kill zombies, defeat the mercenaries as well as some simple puzzle elements This is the market system. This is the epic weapon, Rainbow Red Kilin, that were going to introduce during the launch month. As youve mentioned, the permanent use pass will be sold at 888. Were in the development of more epic weapons and we intend to launch a new set every two to three months. Pei Qian listened to Huang Sibos explanation, frowning and nodding at times. He frowned because he saw the actual gameplay content of Ocean Stronghold. It was a little different from what he had imagined! He had initially thought that it would have graphics similar to Crossfire. However, it was much more detailed with better graphics! Be it the characters, guns, settings or game UI, all of it was brand new. Even though it couldnt be compared to the top end overseas AAA games, it was not that far apart either. Pei Qian was initially angry and wanted to question Huang Sibo about why he made the game so beautiful. Dont you know that such a beautiful game is going to kill us? But he suddenly recalled that he was the one who had caused it Oh, thats fine then. Back then, Huang Sibo came to look for Pei Qian with a procurement list with a budget of 60,000. However, Pei Qian asked him to double it without even looking at it. The money was indeed spent. However, that meant that the quality of the art resources purchased had increased too! When he saw how beautiful the game looked, he felt nervous once more. Most importantly, he could not get mad at Huang Sibo as well since he was the one who requested for the latter to purchase such beautiful resources. But when he heard Huang Sibos continued explanation, Pei Qian felt more comforted. Thankfully, they had wasted time on creating the useless story mode. Killing zombies and defeating mercenaries? That sounded boring right away. The 888 yuan Red Kilin was created as well and that was the only gun available in the marketplace with nothing priced lower. They were most likely going to be flamed by the gamers but Pei Qian was mentally prepared for it as long as they could lose money! Old Ma was getting flamed by gamers everyday as well but it wasnt as though he did not dare to take public transport thereafter? Furthermore, Pei Qian had already checked and knew that Sun Strike Studios Bullet Hole was going to be launched at around the same date. That was why he wanted Ocean Stronghold to clash with it so that they could stand to lose! With such a strong competitor, what was the use of making Ocean Stronghold a great game? They would definitely be crushed bitterly by the other party! Boss Pei, theres still some other modes for the game. Should I introduce them to you too? Huang Sibo asked. Pei Qian shook his head. Its fine! Lets just send it to the official platform for vetting. Its been rough on you guys through the long development process! Prepare yourselves for some fun this afternoon! Well go have a movie and a great meal! Chapter 57 - Cohesion Is All About Gorging! Chapter 57: Cohesion Is All About Gorging! Lin Wans first day of work was a massive welcome party! 2pm that afternoon, everyone gathered in the office before marching off to the cinema. Based on Assistant Xins schedule, they first booked a VIP IMAX theater, costing over 4,000 yuan for them to catch the latest movie C Avatar. Next, everyone arrived at the most expensive buffet in Jingzhou City, Swan Lake. At a charge of 428 per pax along with 15% service charge, that meal cost Pei Qian another 10,000+. After dinner, the group of them continued on to a nearby KTV where they booked a luxurious suite with a minimum spending of 6,000. Pei Qian then spent even more time at the bar to knock that figure up to five digits. Even so, he was still not satisfied. This sudden splurge of money was not enough! He could sense that compared to normal days, the system was more relaxed on him spending System Funds today. It was as though the restrictions of the system were situational. Each time he spent System Funds using a different reason, the max amount he could splurge was different too. Take the previous time for example, when Pei Qian used the excuse of the Guangzhou learning exchange, they could spend money based on business expenditures. This time round, with the celebration of Ocean Strongholds development as a reason, the choices they had for their meal gatherings and activities was greater too. If it was any normal gathering, the limit for the buffet would be around 200 per pax; anymore and the system would ring a warning. But this time round, because of the solid reason Pei Qian had, the system did not even make a peep when they chose a buffet costing 400 per pax! Pei Qian gathered that the standards of the system were situational rather than rigid. That was a good thing because it meant that Pei Qian would have a greater reign of freedom in the way he chooses to spend the System Funds in the future. But of course, System Funds were still limited to company affairs rather than personal expenditure. Even though he was already trying his best to spend money, Pei Qian still felt that it was a feeble attempt. Take todays expenditure for example. They had spent less than 30,000 in total. That was not what he had expected! But, it was fine. He had more time to continue spending money since there was still a week to go before settlement! Even though Pei Qian was indifferent for the cohesion, it was different for the rest. It was especially so for Ma Yang, Bao Xu and Huang Sibo. As the cohesion went on, they found themselves being marveled by everything! For a movie, they booked an entire VIP IMAX theater to watch the latest show in 3D! How awesome was that! The dinner buffet cost 400 per pax and there were over 500 dishes and 400 seafood items such as Bluefin Tuna, New Zealand Scampi, Australian Lobster, Crayfish just anything they wanted! When Ma Yang saw that the Haagen Dazs ice cream was free flow, he almost gorged himself in it before he was criticized by Pei Qian for doing so. Dont you know how to choose? Cant you tell whats more expensive? If you really dont, check with Qiandu! Everyone found themselves getting high during the meal as they sped through the restaurant. When they came across strange food, be it nice or not, they would take it away as long as it looked expensive. Most of them were in their early twenties when they were best at eating. As such, most of the tables had empty dishes stacked tall. Pei Qian on the other hand was extremely calm. Even though it was rare for him to have buffets as such before his rebirth and the food was alluring, he was more bothered with the 500,000. If he could gain his 500,000, what couldnt he eat? He wouldnt have to wait for the systems approval and behave himself so that he could have a good meal by then! Eating a piece of bluefin tuna casually, Pei Qians mind was filled with the 500,000. Lin Wans attention was similarly not on the menu. To her, all of those foods were nothing new and she was already long sick of them. What she was interested about was the attitudes of the employees and Boss Pei! She saw how happy everyone looked. Those were smiles that Lin Wan had never seen before on her colleagues at Sun Strike Studios! Was it because they had good food today? No, that wasnt the case. This was just a buffet that cost around 400 per pax, it was nothing special. The reason why everyone looked so happy must be because they could feel Boss Peis recognition! His character had managed to warm them to a point where they derived joy from work! Whoever stated that employees and bosses must always be at odds? Whoever stated that working must be a miserable affair? Things were clearly not like that with Boss Pei! It was such a pure gathering! How rare! Every other company would always choose their gathering dates on off days so that they could eat into their employees rest time. Not just that, most of those gatherings were drinking sessions. Rather than improving the relationship between those of the company, it was more like a necessary social event. Even though most people did not really enjoy it, they had no other choice. But here at Tengda, things were different. All of the awkward segments where the leaders would give a talk and people would exchange drinks for ice breaking they were all gone! Everyone was just purely enjoying their food. What a pure cohesion! Not just that, Lin Wan had noticed that Pei Qian was only eating listlessly as though his mind was on something else. Could he be thinking about the game and company operations? While everyone was eagerly stuffing themselves with the food, Pei Qian looked worried as though he was deep in thoughts. Indeed, that was the responsibility of being a boss! That was what it meant for leaders to worry about the future and to only be happy after their underlings are happy! Lin Wan felt that she had gained even more insight into Pei Qian as a person. After they were done with the meal, everyone headed to a nearby KTVs luxury suite before enjoying themselves for the entire night. But of course, for some of the girls that did not want to sing or wanted to head home early, Pei Qian had arranged for male colleagues to book rides for them to get home. In any case, the charges for the suite were fixed whether or not people left and it did not affect Pei Qians money spending. His principle was simple C As long as you guys dont stop me from spending my System Funds, you can do whatever you want! There was a small bar and dance area within the suite where everyone drank as they pleased, be it alcohol or soft drinks. At the start, everyone was still rather restrained. However, after Ma Yang delivered his deathly gross rendition of Transactional Love, the entire place was hyped! Everyone started letting themselves go, howling into the microphone as they fancied. Lin Wan did not leave and instead, sang a couple of songs where her melodious voice was received warmly. She discovered that she was already starting to like this group. This was just like a loving, big family where everyone enjoyed themselves while revolving around Boss Pei! This atmosphere convinced Lin Wan that she had not joined the wrong place! Tengda was the answer that she had painstakingly looked for! Out of joy, Pei Qian also indulged in a couple of drinks. During his intoxicated moments, he seemed to recall seeing the system conducting a settlement where the 500,000 of System Funds was being converted to his Personal Wealth The next afternoon, Pei Qian woke up in his rental apartment and rubbed his eyes slowly. Even though he had drank the previous night, there wasnt much of a hangover because they had drank high quality wine. He poured himself a glass of water and turned on his laptop. This was a new laptop; his previous one was already retired even though he had used it for just six months after school started. Pei Qians current laptop was a high-end Alienware! Since he would be spending System Funds anyway, having a laptop as such was no longer something that Pei Qian looked forward to. He opened ESROs website and checked on Ocean Stronghold only to find out that it had not passed the vetting process yet. Because the game was huge, it was only natural for the vetting process to take longer. As such, the game was still in the vetting process despite 20 hours having passed. Pei Qian closed the laptop and wasnt overly bothered. Other companies bothered about when they would pass the vetting process because they had a marketing plan to execute. However, Pei Qian had nothing of the sort! Since that was the case, why would it matter when the game passed the vetting process? It wasnt important at all! Chapter 58 - Theres No Intention to Market the Game? Chapter 58: Theres No Intention to Market the Game? Monday, afternoon. The cohesion on Friday had everyone feeling extremely high. Coupled with the rest of the weekend, they were completely relaxed. Other than Bao Xu who continued heading to the office, none of the rest turned up and enjoyed their weekend thoroughly. After all, there was no reason to do overtime now that the game was already completed! Even though there would be overtime pay, the allure of a lazy weekend was much more enticing comparatively. Come Monday, most people were still busking in the same happiness. Huang Sibo on the other hand looked somewhat stern. Youve noticed the figures for Ocean Stronghold too, right? Huang Sibo came to Bao Xus desk and saw that he was also looking at Ocean Strongholds backend figures. Simply put, it was terrible! The game was sent to vet on Friday and it passed the process on Saturday. However, they merely had a couple hundreds of downloads even after Sunday had passed. That was far too little! FPS games were unlike other games. One could view it as a competitive online game which could only be played if there was a sufficient player base. The core of a FPS game was to allow gamers to go against one another. But, what sort of a competitive environment would there be with just a couple hundreds of downloads and a few dozens of active players? Notwithstanding the fact that they might get uneven matchmaking of players with different skill levels, there might not even be enough players to match against! It wouldnt make sense to have all these gamers play against bots, right? That would be ridiculous! But of course, unlike Bullet Hole and other FPS games, Ocean Stronghold had a story mode and could be played as a standalone game. However, the story mode wouldnt be enough to sustain a long playtime and gamers would soon grow sick of it. Furthermore, gamers that liked Counter Strike would prefer PvP modes and would be rather indifferent to story modes. All in all, the situation did not look good! Ocean Strongholds few hundred downloads were based on the fact that it was free to download. If it was sold at the price of a standalone game, it would cost at least 30 to 50 yuan and that will cost the download figures to dip even further. As to why Ocean Stronghold was set as a free game It was because Pei Qian had learnt his lesson from Ghost General. Because of how much of a heart Ghost General had, its player base climbed rapidly and that resulted in a gain of hundreds of thousands of new active gamers monthly! The additional 10 yuan of income provided by each of those gamers was something that Pei Qian had not accounted for He had initially set the price as a barrier of entry to deter those free to play gamers but yet, it worked against him and gave him profit through despite the low margins From that painful experience, Pei Qian decided to do away with a fixed price for Ocean Stronghold. The game was completely free to play. That way, even if they encountered some hiccups resulting in a gain of download volumes, Pei Qian would not earn any money from those casual gamers! On the contrary, with the high barrier of entry of 888 epic weapons, he would be able to gain bad reputation and flames from the gamers to dissuade others from playing Ocean Stronghold. At the same time, most gamers would not be able to afford those weapons. As to why he did not make it completely free to play Wasnt it obvious that Pei Qian would want it to be that way? But, the system would not allow it! If the game was free to play and there werent any in-game purchases or advertising earnings, it would be illogical to begin with as it would be equivalent to Pei Qian spending money to create a product to give away for free. It would be a clear scam and that was a violation the system did not allow. Otherwise, it would be too easy for Pei Qian to lose money. As long as he created products to sell at a cheap price, he would be able to lose as much as he wanted. There was no way the system would provide such an obvious loophole for Pei Qian to abuse. Therefore, he had to design a proper profit model be it through a fixed price of the product or adding in-game purchases so as to not receive a warning from the system. In any case, as of now, Pei Qian was firmly in control of Ocean Strongholds circumstances. He had set three lines of defense for Ocean Stronghold. First, there would be no marketing and that would result in a lack of interest for the game. Second, the games profit model was a huge failure with epic weapons priced at 888 C that would result in poor word of mouth for Ocean Stronghold. Third, Ocean Stronghold would be competing with a superior game C Bullet Hole. Right now, his first line of defense had already been activated. That was exactly the reason why Huang Sibo and Bao Xu were troubled. Both of them were watching Ocean Strongholds progress keenly as well. After all, this was a product they had worked really hard for and they carried the responsibility of Boss Peis trust on them. Wouldnt they be letting Boss Pei down if the game failed? They must not let that happen! Huang Sibo was hesitant as to whether or not he should say what he was about to say. However, after pondering, he decided to speak his mind. Brother Bao. Say, do you think Boss Pei has no intention of marketing Ocean Stronghold at all? There shouldnt be any reason why the download volume is so pathetic for Ocean Stronghold, right? Even though what he said may have sounded disrespectful towards Boss Pei, it did seem as though that was the case. These days, a large factor of whether or not a domestic game could succeed lies in its marketing channels. Many trash games made use of those brainwashing marketing campaigns to lure in a bunch of gamers. Of course, player retention for those lured gamers was another issue entirely. But at the very least, as long as they did the proper marketing and were willing to spend for it, even trashy games would generate some interest. But for a game to receive only a couple of hundreds of downloads after being online for an entire day? That didnt make sense at all! Bao Xu looked at Huang Sibo. Brother Huang, dont question Boss Pei. Someone who could think up of using Weibo to market Ghost General is definitely a master in the field. How could he not know of the importance of marketing? Huang Sibo shrugged. The logic was not wrong. However, it was clear that there was no marketing done such that Ocean Stronghold was in such a miserable state Huang Sibo even searched for it intentionally. Not only was Ocean Stronghold not on any other gaming platforms, it did not have any form of advertising or marketing attempts. Could Boss Pei be waiting to unleash a ultimate move? As though he could read Huang Sibos troubled mind, Bao Xu said, I think that we just have to trust in Boss Pei. If he didnt ask us to worry about marketing, we dont have to worry about it. Yes, that does sound right too, Huang Sibo agreed with Bao Xus viewpoint. They werent in a position where they had to worry for a genius such as Boss Pei. With that, Huang Sibo turned around to leave. 10 minutes later, he returned. Its not about marketing this time round, Huang Sibo explained. Its about the later versions. Huh? Do elaborate, Brother Huang, Bao Xu nodded his head. Huang Sibo paused for a moment. Well, now that the official version for Ocean Stronghold is done, based on normal development schedules, we should be preparing to develop the next version. Yes, yes. And? Bao Xu was not really clear what was going on. As of now, his knowledge of a games development process was half baked at best. In any case, he would just accommodate what Huang Sibo wanted. Chapter 59 - We Need a Few Lab Rats Chapter 59: We Need a Few Lab Rats Normally, the progress of a gaming companys development team would be a version ahead of what the players had on hand, sometimes even two. For example, if gamers were on version 1.01, the testing group would already be on 1.02s content while the development group was on 1.03. In fact, 1.04 would already be proposed onto the schedule. But of course, that was for games that had more frequent updates. Even for games with less frequent updates, the development team would at least be a version faster ahead. It was only natural for them to swiftly enter the next development phase after a game was created. Otherwise, wouldnt the development team have nothing to do? That was why Huang Sibo felt that they should start planning for the next development phase based on his previous experience; this was also part of his job as the chief planner. If he were to start working only when Boss Pei asked to see the next version, that would be a severe dereliction of his duty. Bao Xu had no objections and agreed to it readily. But the problem now is I dont know whats the plan. I dont even know what we should change or the direction we should move in, Huang Sibo explained his troubles. There were two aspects to a new version, modification and progress. First, they had to fix the bugs that existed in the original version as well as loopholes and illogical components. Second, they have to implement new playstyles, maps and content so that the game could be expanded and improved. But now, Huang Sibos issue was that Ocean Stronghold was already in a state where he and Bao Xu deemed to be perfect C there didnt seem to be any bugs or design flaws to be fixed! As for developing new content To be honest, the current content was already enough. There was a story mode, PvP mode and there were even various other playstyles such as biochemical, apparition and bomb defusal mode. For the time being, there was nothing new they could add. Wouldnt they be biting on more than they could chew if they spent all the effort creating new modes and maps before the gamers were even sick of the current ones. Bao Xu was troubled as well since this was something beyond his capabilities. Playing games? He could do it. But planning for a game? He had no idea how to do it. Ive got no clue about this as well. Brother Huang, how do you think we should go on? Bao Xu asked. Huang Sibo thought for a moment. I think that we should get some veteran gamers of the genre to test the game so that they can provide their opinions and suggestions. Please dont be mistaken, Brother Bao. Its not that your opinions are not enough, but were the ones involved directly after all. Therefore, as much as possible, I think we should still look for other gamers. The greater the sample size, the more accurate the data gained. Bao Xu had no objections to it. Instead, he nodded as he felt what Huang Sibo said made sense. He was previously in charge of the games balance and hand sensitivity. Whichever gun he felt needed a change of trajectory or whichever motion felt strange, he would have Huang Sibo arrange for the design team to change it. However, Bao Xu was just one person after all. No matter how impressive he was, he merely represented himself. Yet, the game was targeted for hundreds and thousands of gamers. Who could dare guarantee that their personal preference was representative of all the other gamers? Therefore, Huang Sibo felt that they should still get some gamers to try the game. If they could sieve out any issues, they could plan them into the next versions development so that they could continue to improve the game. That way, they would have a direction to start on for Huang Sibos next step of the games development. I agree. But, who are you intending to look for? We cant get people to come help us test our game for nothing. Will they be willing? Do we have to pay them some money? Bao Xu asked. Yes, thats a problem indeed, Huang Sibo frowned. Let me think about how we can get some lab rats. When he returned to his desk, Huang Sibo was slightly bothered too. Indeed, right now, they had to get some, no, a lot of lab rats to test the game. Actually, most normal games would have a beta testing segment for gamers before being published. Many times, even the best testing teams were no match for those gamers who could find bugs out of anywhere. However, as the game editor became commonplace and ESROs vetting process got swifter, the development phase for most games shrunk and the beta testing segment became a negligible aspect. At the same time, Boss Pei did not set down instructions for a beta testing and had Huang Sibo send the game in for vetting right away. As such, Ocean Stronghold was published without a chance for beta testing. Now, Huang Sibo felt that they had to get some lab rats to gain some external opinions about the game but the issue was where to find them. He had no connections for it at all! Should he ask Boss Pei for advice? That wouldnt be right. It would be embarrassing if he had to ask Boss Peis help for such a simple task! Huang Sibo reminded himself repeatedly C You are the chief planner now! Boss Pei didnt give you such a heavy responsibility because he wanted you to go look for him for every single small issue like a kid! Hes hoping that you can be independent and do what you have to do properly! It would be for the best if you can resolve all the small matters yourself without troubling him. Besides, its not as though Boss Pei may know about how to get lab rats too. Even though he has an incredible network, its not as though he can just stoop down to get lab rats personally, right? Therefore, Huang Sibo repressed the notion of seeking Pei Qians help and decided to handle the dirty work himself. After he found no results searching on Qiandu, Huang Sibo sent an internal message to the design team. I want to find gamers to test our games anyone has any connections? The best would be if we could find some fans of the FPS genre. Can anyone try to liaise with some groups to see if you can get some lab rats? Of course, well show them some appreciation. We might not be able to give them money, but well be able to let them have some limited edition guns in-game. It would be easy to get testers if they were to spend money. However, Boss Pei would definitely find out about it if money was involved. Huang Sibo felt that he did not have to trouble Boss Pei over something like this but yet he couldnt pay out of his own pocket as well and that was why he could only offer in-game benefits. Even though it wasnt exactly the greatest selling point to those testers, it was still better than nothing. Before long, everyone started replying. Like Huang Sibo, most of them had no connections nor did they know anyone related. Xiao Lu suggested that he could try and join some Counter Strike enthusiast groups to liaise with them. However, that method did not seem as though it was really feasible. If they were to join those groups just to advertise for another FPS game without even giving any generous benefits, they might end up getting themselves kicked by the group leaders. Right then, Lin Wan spoke. Erm Ive got some liaison for some big FPS enthusiast group leaders. They probably have one or two groups under them with a couple thousands of gamers in those groups. Huang Sibo asked hurriedly, Can you suck up to them? I mean, erm, get them to do us a favor. He corrected himself hurriedly as he realized his improper words towards a young girl. However, Lin Wan did not mind. Its fine. Im quite close to them and its not a difficult favor. Huang Sibo was curious. How do you know of those group leaders? It didnt seem to make sense. Lin Wan wasnt an avid fan of FPS and even if she was, there was no reason why she would know so many of those group leaders. She explained, Oh, when I was interning at Sun Strike Studios, our project group for Bullet Hole looked for a bunch of hardcore FPS gamers as testers. I was in charge of liaison with them. Chapter 60 - 888 Epic Weapon?! Chapter 60: 888 Epic Weapon?! Huang Sibo could not help but feel both elated and amused. So, that was why! He had nearly forgotten that Lin Wan was working on Bullet Hole, a FPS game, when she was at Sun Strike Studios! Back then, Lin Wan was just an intern with not much working experience. That was why Zhou Muyan arranged for here to merely be a liaison with the FPS game testers. Those testers did not have to work physically at Sun Strike Studios. All they had to do was receive the test kit from home and experience the game. Next, they would detail out their experience of the game and send it to Lin Wan as a suggestion where she would arrange them and redirect it to the project team. Through those opinions, the project team would work on improving Bullet Hole. Naturally, since Sun Strike Studios was so rich, they would pay a testing fee unlike at Tengda where Huang Sibo was trying to get it for free. As she reined in the suggestions, Lin Wan would chat with them from time to time and before long, they were acquainted. In other words, the people that Tengda required right now were practically the fruits of labor planted by Sun Strike Studios The only thing Huang Sibo could say for such an effortless reward was Great! Please help to contact them! If possible, try to get more of the gamers who like FPS games to come and test. Every tester will receive a limited edition Desert Eagle as an in-game reward. Also, well consider giving better rewards for those gamers that manage to introduce the game to others. If they can pull 100 gamers in, we can give them a permanent epic weapon! Or maybe you can pick out some of the exceptional testers to give them the epic weapons as a reward. Huang Sibo was already being conservative about it. Even though he did not give cash as a reward, he had management authority of the backend as the chief planner to give gamers guns and rewards. Even though the epic weapons were expensive at 888 each, they were nothing but in-game data for the gaming company. If those gamers could get 100 other gamers each or manage to test out some game-breaking bug, it was only right to give those people a permanent epic weapon. Alright, leave it to me! Lin Wan agreed to it right away. This was the first task she received at Tengda and it wasnt difficult. Therefore, she had to try her best! Lin Wan contacted those group leaders right away. The first group leaders online nickname was Buried Halberd His original name was Chen Sha and he was a veteran of FPS games. Within the circle for Counter Strike, he was quite a famous figure and was the leader of a gamer group(Or rather, that was a group of his fans). His group had over 2,000 people and many of them were extremely active. Sun Strike Studios valued Chen Shas opinions highly and he had personally recommended many of the changes. However, Lin Wan only knew of his name and a gut feeling that he was someone who did not lack money in real life. Other than that, she did not know the details of his life such as what job he held and whatnot. Old Chen, stop lurking around and help me test a game! Lin Wan was closer to Chen Sha and thus she got right into the topic without any polite exchanges. Before long, the other party replied. Isnt Bullet Hole already done with its testing and is about to be published? Theyre asking for more stuff to be tested? Chen Sha asked casually. Lin Wan explained herself, Its not Bullet Hole, its another game. Right, I forgot to tell you but I resigned from Sun Strike Studios. What kind of a show are you putting on by quitting right as the games about to be published? I heard that employees of the development team get a lot of reward money after a game gets published. Arent you pitting yourself against money? The reward moneys not important. Let me tell you the company Im at is much better than Sun Strike Studios! Alright, enough with the nonsense. Help me test this game I have! Lin Wan pushed. Alright. Is the price still the same as Sun Strike Studios at 500 yuan per round of testing? Oh, not really. After the testing, well give you a limited edition in-game Desert Eagle as a reward, Lin Wan replied matter of factly. The other party did not reply for a long time. Chen Sha was stumped. Whats the meaning of this? Isnt the difference way too great? Arent you just trying to make use of me for free?! When Chen Sha helped Sun Strike Studios to test their game, it did not matter how many issues he listed out per testing. As long as there was even a single issue, he would get 500 yuan of reward money. He was a god tier player after all and could sense the differences in hand sensitivity that normal gamers could not; his opinion was invaluable. Bullet Hole was a game that was made for veteran players and Chen Sha was almost the representative of that group of players. As such, it was only normal for him to be slightly more. Of course, 500 yuan WAS slightly expensive. It was understandable if this new company was not willing to pay that amount. But there should at least be a token sum of 400 or even 300? Yet, the only reward was an in-game limited edition Desert Eagle?! Was this a joke? Who would care for that lousy Desert Eagle?! That was nothing but made up in-game data! Even though Chen Sha was slightly annoyed, he did not blow up in anger due to his ties with Lin Wan. Say, isnt this new company way too stingy? Theyre not even giving me a single cent for the testing? Arent they just trying to get free labor? Chen Sha was speechless. Stingy? No, no! I guarantee with my character at stake that this companys definitely not stingy. Not only are they not stingy, they are incredibly generous! Ugh I know that it may not be really convincing right now, but Im definitely not trying to scam you! How about this? As long as youre willing to test it seriously, Ill apply on my side to give you a permanent epic weapon on top of the limited edition Desert Eagle as a reward. How about that? Lin Wan was trying her best to persuade Chen Sha. He was still totally unmoved. Are you crazy? Who cares about a weapon for this game? Besides, how much can a permanent epic weapon cost? 200 at max? Thats still way too far from my expected rate! Ill tell you right now that you can forget about anything below 300. From what I know, the permanent epic weapons are selling at 888 in game Lin Wan thought for a moment before replying. Chen Sha: ? ?? How much did you say it was? 888? Is it in-game currency or yuan? Lin Wan replied, Yuan, of course! Chen Sha inched closer to his computer screen and checked through things properly. Indeed, there was no decimal point between the 888! Nuts! These guys are nuts! Selling an epic weapon at 888 yuan? This was just daylight robbery! Which idiot would buy them at such a high price?! Why did it seem as though the company that created this game was getting less and less trustworthy Chen Sha did not reply for a long time. Two minutes later, he replied, Send the game to me. Ill take a look at it. Let me tell you first, dont blame me for not being a friend if the game is truly too trashy and I refuse to help. In truth, Chen Sha was not convinced by Lin Wans words. He was just purely curious as to what an epic weapon that cost 888 would look like The games name is called Ocean Stronghold and you can already download it from the official games platform, Lin Wan was filled with confidence. Dont worry. Even though I havent tried it myself, Im sure that itll be an extremely successful game because the person who created it is the most ambitious and talented designer domestically! Chen Sha: He was skeptical about the description most ambitious and talented designer. Most of all, he was speechless at the name of that game C Ocean Stronghold. The moment he saw that name, there was an ominous feeling that the game would be extremely lousy Chapter 61 - This is the Red Kilin! Brimming with curiosity and uncertainty, Chen Sha searched for Ocean Stronghold in the official games store, downloaded it, and registered for an account. What surprised him was the internal storage the game occupied. The storage space that it used was even larger than Bullet Hole and was many times larger than Counter Strike. However, Chen Sha didnt probe into it. After all, there were low-quality games in the market that occupied huge storage capacity. There was a domestically produced game that had undergone such bad game optimization that even the best graphics card in the market cannot resolve its horrible game graphics. That created the legend of Titanfall. Therefore, the games large storage capacity and demanding hardware configurations did not mean anything. Whats more important was the content of the game. Shortly after, Chen Sha entered the game. His initial reaction was that the game seemed pretty pleasant? The game graphics were much better than what he had expected! Chen Sha had originally thought this was a flaky and horrible game. He did not have any expectations for it. The only reason he downloaded the game was to see for himself what the 888-yuan epic weapon looked like. However, the game left a pretty good first impression on him! Although there was no opening computer graphics, the login interface and in-game user interface both looked amazing. It was not inferior to Bullet Hole. Chen Sha found the games shop first. The first thing that popped before his eyes was the legendary epic weapona Rainbow Red Kilin! At a glance, it looked similar to AK rifles. However, there were enormous changes made to its exterior details. The entire rifle was sparkling. The gun barrel was coated in dazzling paint which spread towards the rifle body like colorful ripples of the rainbow. It was extremely eye-catching. Below the gun barrel was a unique-looking gold dagger. According to the description in the in-game shop, that was called the Kilin Dagger. In the intersection between the gun barrel and rifle body, there was a gigantic kilin head. The kilins mouth was wide open and appeared as though it was engulfing the gun barrel and the dagger. The eyes of the kilin were blood-red, and the kilins fur had the color and texture of fire and would ripple in the air. As the rifle body moved, red sparks would appear within the kilins eyes. That made the kilin appear as if it was about to come to life. Furthermore, there were alterations to components such as the rifle clip, the pistol grip, and the buttstock. While the gun followed the design of AK rifles, the exaggerated sizes of some components and unique alterations to its exterior design left a deeper impression on people. Chen Sha was dumbfounded. That was just way too cool, wasnt it? He was an elite gamer in Counter Strike and had explored the game Bullet Hole when he was testing it out. Both Counter Strike and Bullet Hole tried their best to replicate firearms in the real world. For instance, their biggest alteration to the AK guns was to paint them. There would not be a lot of drastic changes to the basic appearance of the guns. They were afraid of being scolded by military games fanatics. In comparison, the dramatic changes done in Ocean Stronghold was extremely daring! Of course, strictly speaking, this Red Kilin could be considered to be overly fancy. The exaggerated design, the bold alterations, and the elaborate special effects all of that made Chen Sha a little instinctively uncomfortable when he saw it for the first time. Chen Sha had been playing FPS games for so many years and was already used to how AK rifles looked. It was normal that he would be unaccustomed when the rifles appearance suddenly changed from realistic to fantasy-like. However, it was undeniable that this weapon looked really cool! The longer one looked at it, the cooler it became! Chen Sha stared at the special effects on the Red Kilin for a long time. The red fur on the Red Kilins head seemed to blaze in the air like burning flames and move with every breath. Together with the dazzling paint on the rifle body Once accustomed to the fantasy-like designs, it seemed to be surprisingly enchanting, didnt it? Look at the price. It was truly 888 yuan each! Chen Sha could not help but exclaim, Impressive! It was really impressive that the game designer dared to price a weapon at such a high price. He really had the guts! Normally, prices within games would slowly increase to test the bottom-line price of the players. For instance, the paywall for the game Qute Three Kingdoms was quite low. That resulted in most players reaching the maximum paywall of the game. Only afterward did Qute Three Kingdoms add new things that players could recharge with money to purchase. Gradually, the maximum amount for the premium system and the number of purchasable items increased with time. It was extremely rare for a game to price an item at 888 yuan from the get-go, just like what Ocean Stronghold did! Chen Sha looked through the in-game shop and noticed a problem. There were no page indicators or columns for purchasable items! That was because the entire shop only sold this one item! This was the only purchasable item in the Ocean Stronghold game. In other wordsother than the 888 yuan Red Kilin, Ocean Stronghold did not sell anything else! Of course, there were other firearms in the game. They could be found in the Armory feature. The armory would indicate detailed stats of the weapons and ways to obtain them. There were numerous ways to obtain those weapons. Some could be unlocked after completing the story mode in the game, some after completing certain achievements, and some could be purchased using in-game currency. The in-game currency could be obtained by completing daily tasks and battles. Although there was a limit to the amount that could be obtained, it was not difficult to obtain it. To Chen Shas surpriseother than the Red Kilin, there was not a single weapon in the armory that could be obtained by topping up with money. Chen Sha scratched the back of his head. He was thoroughly confused by the games payment options. Was the Red Kilin really that marketable such that they decided to price it at 888 yuan? He scrutinized the description of the Red Kilin. Firearms in the game were classified into four tiers: normal, elite, hero, and epic. As compared to hero-tier weapons which were a tier below epic-tier weapons, their only difference was that the stats of the epic-tier weapons were slightly higher than that of hero-tier weapons. Without an in-depth comparison, Chen Sha would not even be able to notice the differences between the stats of the epic-tier Red Kilin and other hero-tier AK rifles. This applied to weapons of other tiers. For the same weapon, each tier only had slight enhancements in the stats. However, those enhancements were barely noticeable. Besides that, epic-tier weapons had some special properties. The XP obtained by the player increased by 200%. (XP, short for experience points, affected players level. However, increasing ones level did not have much use. When leveling up, you would merely obtain some in-game currency. Other than that, a players level may also limit certain functions within the game.) The XP obtained by the players in the same room increased by 50%. In-game currency obtained by the players in the same room increased by 30%. When the player died, the weapon dropped would turn into a normal AK rifle. If the player threw away the weapon voluntarily, the weapon dropped would remain as a Red Kilin. The clip reload speed and weapon switch speed of the Red Kilin was faster. Its clip capacity was also larger. Other than that, there was nothing more! The Red Kilin did have some slight advantage, but they were not very apparent. It was far from being evidently superior to the other weapons. This was an FPS game. A headshot with the Red Kilin would kill instantaneously so would a normal-tier AK rifle. They were no different! Although the Red Kilin did have a faster clip reload speed and weapon switch speed, it was only centiseconds faster. Maybe the Red Kilins damage would be slightly higher than a normal-tier AK rifle when it came to shooting through walls or shooting at the legs. Although the Red Kilin did have a slight advantage in terms of its stats as compared to other weapons, Chen Sha felt that the advantage was not worth its price of 888 yuan. Chen Sha was a little confused as to how to perceive this game It might seem as though the developers are abiding by their conscience. However, the action of pricing a weapon at 888 yuan seemed nothing conscientious at all. However, one could not say that the game was lousy either. Other than the Red Kilin, the game was completely free to play. Moreover, the 888 yuan Red Kilin did not have noticeably superior stats. Chen Sha felt that the designer of the payment options could be in the hall of fame for the most eccentric human behaviors yet. It was simply unfathomable! Chapter 62 - There is Actually a Story Mode? In that case, Lin Wan has given me preferential treatment when he said that he will try his best to gift me a Red Kilin? After all, the market price for the Red Kilin was 888 yuan However, Chen Sha shook his head shortly after and threw that absurd thought out of his head. How could the Red Kilin cost 888 yuan? It was just a bunch of f*cking codes in the game. Why would anyone possibly buy it? If no one bought it, wouldnt that make the Red Kilin worthless? Yeah. As long as no one bought the Red Kilin, this game would be very fair for all players. Chen Sha really didnt get the intentions of this game. He had seen FPS games like Counter Strike which did not have any in-game purchases and only profited from selling the game itself. He had also seen FPS games like Bullet Hole which were free to download but included premium systems that encouraged players to spend money to climb up the premium ranks. However, he had never seen a game like Ocean Stronghold. Driven by curiosity, Chen Sha exited the in-game shop and explored the other features of the game. There are many new combat modes in the game. Apparition mode and biochemical mode? Never heard of such things. What the heck? Why is there even a story mode? Chen Sha was pleasantly surprised when he saw the apparition mode and biochemical mode. However, those game modes didnt shock him. After all, it was not unusual for combat FPS games to come up with innovative game modes. Then again, Chen Sha was stunned when he saw the story mode. Be it Counter Strike or any other domestic FPS game producers, never had anyone come up with a story mode! Creating a plot within FPS games was something that took a lot of effort but yielded less than satisfactory outcomes. Most domestic game producers were not able to accomplish that! Some of the more renowned games included plots, but they were often huge projects that required huge amounts of investments. They were a completely different concept as compared to ordinary FPS games! Sun Strike Studios had spent so much time on Bullet Hole to perfect every aspect of the game. Yet, they did not include a story mode either. One reason was that Zhou Muyan felt that it wasnt necessary. Secondly, he wasnt confident enough to do it! Why would Ocean Stronghold, which did not have much fame, dare to include a story mode when Sun Strike Studios didnt even dare to do so in Bullet Hole? That spurred Chen Shas interest. He did not close the game as he had expected but instead decided to try out the story mode. He was prepared to be bored and disgusted by it. Entering story mode. Blank screen. Slightly long blank screen time. Chen Sha almost thought that there was a bug with the game. However, soon after, sounds were heard from his earphones. Is he dead? I dont know. Maybe hes barely alive. However, there is no way he will live after contracting the G Virus. Lets throw him here then. The voices were in English and had a native accent. Luckily, there were subtitles on the black screen. The screen seemed to have jolted in the dark, signifying that the protagonist had been thrown aside. Afterward, the footsteps slowly faded. The screen was still pitch-black. However, specks of light seemed to appear in the distance. It looked similar to the field of vision of an ordinary person who closed their eyes in the day??: their eyes could sense the light rays as they seeped past the eyelids. More sounds blared in Chen Shas earphones. There were heavy breathing sounds and soft groans which were most probably that of the protagonist. There were noisy rustles that probably came from something crawling or limping. Muffled sounds were produced in the back of the throat, which sounded like a tattered and torn box bellowthat was the standard growl of zombies. Those growls sounded intermittently from somewhere far away. Very soon, two arcs appeared on the screen. Blurry images could be seen from the area enclosed by the arcsthat was to duplicate the view of the protagonist when he opened his eyes. After several blinks, the protagonists vision returned to normal. Chen Sha could finally see the graphics of the game clearly. The first thing that appeared before his eyes was a hand. The hand was pale, and its veins popped. It was the hand of a dead person! Both the protagonist and Chen Sha were shocked. The protagonist struggled to stand up. When doing so, he saw an even scarier scene. He was not on a soft bed but was instead lying on a pile of dead corpses! Each corpse looked different. Some of them were severely mangled and looked gruesome. They were enough to make anyone puke out the dinner they had the night before. Some were still relatively intact. There werent even any obvious external wounds. Their only abnormal characteristics were their pale skin and popped veins. Some had started to rot. Abnormal flesh grew on the corpses. They were mutating! Pools of fresh blood had dried and coagulated. These corpses seemed to cling onto one another and seemed inseparable. At that moment, the protagonist was about to become one of them! The protagonist was at the border of the corpse pile. It was apparent that the people who carried him here did not want to go near the corpse pile, hence simply throwing him there casually. After some giddiness, the protagonist fell from the corpse pile onto the ground. He rested for a while, recovered some energy, and finally managed to stand up. By then, Chen Sha discovered that he had gained control over the protagonist and could freely manipulate the protagonists vision and movements. Some simple instructions appeared on the screen. Chen Sha could observe his surroundings by moving the mouse, and he could move in all directions using the WASD buttons. That was the basic PC control scheme for FPS games. Taking into account that some players might not have played this type of game before, Ocean Stronghold had very detailed guidelines for them. It seemed to be emulating overseas Triple-A games. Under the first-person perspective, Chen Sha had completely regarded himself as a character in the game. The surroundings were dark, and yet he could tell that the protagonist was inside a building that seemed similar to a military base. There were originally some chairs, a huge conference table, and some military computers; and yet they had all been discarded and thrown aside casually. There were also many corpses piled on the furniture. When Chen Sha looked at the biggest corpse pile, he wasnt sure if he was seeing things. He seemed to have seen an exposed arm buried underneath the corpse pile struggle and move slightly. That scene made Chen Sha feel a little uneasy. He started to look for an exit. There were a total of three exits which all had green lights shining above them. One of the lights had the word EXIT written on it. The lights in the room were not lit. The protagonist had relied on the light from the exits to observe the situation in the room. Chen Sha controlled the protagonist and walked to the nearest door. The protagonist moved slowly. Occasionally, his vision would turn blurry. His right hand swayed along with his movements, but his left hand stayed on his abdomen. Clearly, he wasnt feeling well. When he reached the first door, he tried pushing it open but failed. It seemed as though the door was locked or that something was blocking the door from the other side. He came to the second door. There was a digital lock on it. He needed an access card to unlock the door. Chen Sha then controlled the protagonist again. With heavy steps, the protagonist approached the corpse pile again and walked towards the third door which was the furthest among the three. Looking from afar, the door seemed to be partially open and accessible. The surroundings seemed to quiet down. Only the protagonists breathing sounds and footsteps could be heard. At that moment, a corpse suddenly lunged at him from the middle of the corpse pile and grabbed the protagonist by his right leg. It stretched its mouth wide open and bit on the leg! The protagonist screamed in agony. The sides of the display turned red. It meant that the protagonist was being attacked! Chapter 63 - Story Plot Chen Sha followed the instructions on the screen, moved his mouse, and left-clicked to attempt an escape from its grasp. The protagonist screamed in agony while he tried to escape with all his might. He kicked the zombie aside and stomped on its head, causing its head to explode! Of course, his field of vision had veered sideways at the crucial moments to avoid displaying the gruesome scene. Although the ESRO had its own rating system, both Bao Xu and Huang Sibo did not want Ocean Stronghold to be listed as unsuitable for teens. That would cause the number of players to shrink. The game would make some adjustments to such scenarios to avoid showing them too explicitly. The protagonist fell on the floor in pain. Under the first-person perspective, Chen Sha could see that there was a bloody wound on the protagonists right leg from the zombies bite. There was a hole in the middle of his combat pants. Underneath the hole, his flesh was mangled, torn, and dripping with blood. The protagonist struggled to stand up and shuffle towards the exit. Finally, he reached the last door. The door was left ajar, and light was seen shining through the door gap. There seemed to be indistinct sounds behind the door. The protagonist pushed the door open with both hands. The moment the door opened, a blood-soaked zombie launched towards the protagonist from behind the door and pushed him onto the ground. F*ck, f*ck, f*ck, f*ck, f*ck, f*ck! Chen Sha was completely horrified. The zombies face was plastered on the protagonist, and it covered the entire screen. Even the blood stains and decomposed flesh on its teeth could be clearly seen. Although this zombies face was not designed to be very realistic and detailed, Chen Sha was still terrorized! He had not expected the zombie to appear out of the blue. The zombie was clad in mercenary uniform. Its body was intact and muscular, unlike the previous zombie which was tattered and weak. The mercenary zombie pushed the injured protagonist onto the floor and struggled to stretch its head towards him. Grrr Growls sounded from the back of its throat as it attempted to bite off the protagonists neck! The protagonist strangled the mercenary zombies throat with his right hand while his left hand moved towards the zombies waist. Bang! A gunshot sounded. Amidst the blood-covered field of vision, Chen Sha saw the protagonist push the mercenary zombie away and throw its corpse aside. There was a handgun sticking out of the mercenary zombies waist. The protagonist pulled it out and shot the zombie in the head! The screen gradually turned blurry as the protagonist lost blood. Therefore, Chen Sha did not see how the zombies head exploded with the gunshot. However, the blurry vision and voice over of the protagonist emphasized the tension in the air! Chen Sha was terrified. This was really messed up! This game claimed to be an FPS game, but its content seemed to be that of a horror game. Thats going to scare people to death! In reality, those two battles merely whizzed past in a flash. As long as one used their hands to shift the mouse, those battles would end in no time. However, Chen Sha still broke out in a cold sweat. The main reason was that the thigh-biting zombie and the zombie that attacked from behind the door both appeared out of nowhere. He was not mentally prepared to face those zombies at all. Therefore, the scary factor was very intense! The next phase of the game was the standard guideline mode. The system started to teach the standard game controls such as how to aim with a handgun, shoot, change clips, and squat. The game controls were no different from other FPS games. Chen Sha got the hang of it very quickly. Meanwhile, in the story plot, the protagonist had found a first aid kit in the cabinets of the room and started to bandage the wounds on his abdomen and right leg. Concurrently, he had also found an access card on one of the corpses in the room. After some simple healing and bandaging, the story mode of the game had officially started. Initially, the protagonist only faced relatively weaker zombies which moved slowly. He could shoot the zombies in their heads one at a time. However, the protagonist did not have many bullets at the starting phase of the game. Zombies would always appear in unexpected places. Therefore, a slight inattention could cause him to be bitten or pushed onto the ground. Although Chen Sha had a good aim, he was still constantly shocked. The game did not tell the player the identity and purpose of the protagonist directly and rigidly. However, as the initial story plot progressed, Chen Sha had several reasonable guesses. The protagonist was inside some secret base. A mysterious virus had somehow circulated in this place. Numerous humans contracted the virus and mutated into zombies. Not only was the protagonist hunted down by mercenaries from the secret base, but he was also bitten by the zombies. Although the protagonist tried to stop the bleeding by bandaging his wounds with supplies in the first aid kit, that was not sufficient to stop the virus from activating. It was only a matter of time before he turned into a zombie. The protagonist did not have any friends, companions, or equipment that could be used to contact the outside world. He could only brave the dangers and search for resources within the base individually. He had to fight zombies and some living human mercenaries to survive. In the process, players faced countless obstacles. In terms of battling, there were different techniques used to fight zombies and mercenaries. Zombies had exceptional hearing. Firing at will would attract tons of zombies in the surroundings. Unless the player had exceptional marksmanship, he could be in deep trouble if he was besieged by zombies. Moreover, even if players manage to kill the zombies, it was normal for them to run out of bullets. They would then be stuck in a situation where there was a lack of ammunition. Therefore, the best way to deal with zombies is by close combat. Players had to hunt down the zombies secretly and assassinate them individually. Meanwhile, mercenaries often patrolled in groups. Once anyone went missing, others would be on the alert. They would shout and inform their companions and become vigilant. Therefore, assassinating was not a good solution to deal with mercenaries. Players should try their best to have a gunfight with these mercenaries and finish the battle as soon as possible. Once they killed the mercenaries, they would be able to replenish their ammunition and maybe even seize new firearms. Of course, in certain circumstances, players may face mercenaries and zombies at the same time. They could most definitely lure zombies and mercenaries to a place and make them fight with each other. They would then strike last and benefit from their battle. In some obstacles, players could have fun with special items, such as using heavy machine guns situated at designated areas to sweep at the zombies. However, in most scenarios, players had to carefully allocate weapons and bullet usage. In their prudent attempt at survival, every bullet was pivotal. Although all the scenarios within the game occurred in the base, it was designed like a maze. Some doors were blocked and inaccessible, some required access cards, and some needed to be torn down using special items. While the game progressed, their enemies would increase in strength and variety. Whats worse was that the protagonists mental state would gradually deteriorate. The screen would suddenly turn blurry and then restore to its original state some time after. The protagonists hand would tremble, and he wouldnt be able to aim properly. His movement would become slow, and he may not even be able to walk in a straight line. Finally, Chen Sha faced his first miniboss. The first boss was a strong mutated zombie. It was larger than other zombies and had a much longer health bar. However, since that was only the first miniboss, Chen Sha managed to defeat it using various weapons that he had collected previously. Afterward, the protagonist fell on the floor from fatigue. His vision gradually turned blurry. He had exhausted all his energy, and the virus that he had contracted was starting to make him lose consciousness. In the end, the protagonist closed his eyes; and the screen turned black. Chapter 64 - Never Expected the Story Plot to be so Impressive! After some time, the protagonist regained his consciousness. He realized that he was still in that room and was lying beside the corpses of mutated creatures. However, the state of his health had improved tremendously. The feverish symptoms that he had after contracting the virus had disappeared. A little girl was hiding behind an abandoned cabinet. She was staring at him with curiosity and wariness. The protagonist tried communicating with the girl using various languages. He discovered that the girl seemed to understand Chinese but was unable to respond. She pointed at her mouth and then shook her hands. Oh. She cant speak. Is she a character in the story plot? Chen Sha wondered. The plot continued. The protagonist stood up and approached the girl with a friendly demeanor and tried to talk to her. Through that, he discovered that she was the one who saved him. The little girl showed the protagonist a special syringe. That was probably a special apparatus developed by scientists in the base and could be used to collect blood and inject fluids into the body. The protagonist vaguely figured out that it was the little girls blood that suppressed the virus he had contracted and cured him. That was why he did not turn into a zombie! The little girl brought the protagonist to a nearby research laboratory. The lab was in a mess. It appeared that an intense battle had occurred here. There was a pungent smell in the air. The protagonist only dared to enter the lab after wearing a gas mask from the corpse of a soldier nearby. The protagonist deduced the sequence of events that happened based on the documents left in the lab as well as the state of the place. This little girls body contained an antibody for the virus. Her blood was the cure for the virus. After the virus had circulated in the base, a team of mercenaries was tasked to bring the little girl away from the lab. However, they encountered a zombie attack in the process. In the midst of the intense battle, the team released a special poisonous gas to kill the zombies. Unfortunately, the number of zombies was still too much for the team to fight against; and they had all sacrificed in the end. Meanwhile, the zombies that were originally in the base and members of the team that had turned into zombies all died from the poisonous gas. The equipment was damaged and had malfunctioned. The little girl had escaped. The antibodies in her body allowed her to disregard the biochemical virus and poisonous gas. Moreover, her blood could heal infected persons. However, a special apparatus had to be used during blood collection. That was the special syringe that the little girl was previously holding. It had to be discarded once it was used. Because of that, the protagonist brought the little girl along as he searched for the exit of the base. In the process, Chen Sha encountered even more obstacles. The map started to become more and more complicated. Sometimes, Chen Sha would have to solve some simple puzzles before he could continue moving. The difficulty of fighting those creatures escalated. Some zombies started to possess mutant abilities, such as fast speed, tremendously increased health bars, and the ability to turn semi-transparent. The weapons of the mercenaries became more advanced, and their numbers increased. Other than having to fight these enemies, Chen Sha also had to look for more resources within the map and calculate the ammunition that he had to avoid exhausting it. Apart from ammunition and medical supplies, the protagonist also had to source for syringes. The little girls blood could not make him immune to the zombie virus permanently. After the protagonist was bitten, he would still contract the virus again. In that event, he still required a blood transfusion from the little girl. Without syringes, the little girl would not be able to transfuse blood to the protagonist. Additionally, Chen Sha required the little girls help in other areas. Although she did not have much combat abilities, she could help out in many other aspects. For example, Chen Sha required the little girl to cooperate with the protagonist to solve certain puzzles for specific obstacles. She was tiny, agile, and immune to the poisonous gas and virus. Her blood could also remove the debuff caused by the virus and recover the protagonists health level. Outside of battles, the little girl would help players source for collectible items hidden in the setting. The little girl could sense nearby zombies. If the little girl suddenly found a place to hide while they were walking, that meant that a battle was about to commence. During battles, Chen Sha felt that the little girl could affect his emotions. He would feel extremely proud after clearing an obstacle together with the little girl. He would be extremely paranoid if the little girl was surrounded by zombies and would wish to be there immediately. He would be in huge distress after seeing how weak the little girl was after the blood collection. He would scold himself for being too stupid and would wish that he had not gotten injured during the battles. Chen Sha was addicted to the game unwittingly. Strictly speaking, Ocean Stronghold was incomparable to some overseas Triple-A games in many aspects, such as its game quality (including its graphics, character models, actions, and details) and intricacies of its plot. Nevertheless, Chen Sha was still addicted to the game. He felt that it was different from other overseas Triple-A games. The protagonist was a fellow countryman. He was a compatriot from the special forces who snuck into the secret base of a transnational organization in search of the truth. Although he was multilingual, he would often use Chinese to talk to himself when he was resting. He would also talk to the little girl in Chinese. That made the game extremely immersive. It was common for players to find games attractive when the protagonist was a fellow countryman. Moreover, objectively speaking, it was pretty remarkable for a domestically-produced game to create such an impressive story mode! Even games such as Counter Strike and Bullet Hole did not dare to include a story mode! Even though Ocean Strongholds story mode was inferior to some classic Triple-A games overseas because of its lack of resources, its quality was not that far off. It could even be considered to be top-notch as compared to other domestically-produced games. The producers should be awarded full marks for what they had done! Furthermore, it was worth noting that although the games story mode was relatively less complex, it still contained the essentials! The design of the obstacles was reasonable, there was a huge variety of creatures and firearms, and the difficulty level of the obstacles was adequate. The most impressive aspect was the design of the little girl. It brought life to the entire story mode! If it wasnt for the little girl, this could not even be called a story mode but would instead be considered an infinite mode. After all, all that it included were obstacles and battles with zombies and mercenaries. Where was the plot? However, with the addition of the little girl, the entire story mode was brought to life! There seemed to be a soul to the originally boring gunfights. That was because players would invest their real emotions into the game! Only games that resonated with the players could be considered in possession of a plot! At the end of the game, the protagonist braved through all the hardships and made it to the highest level of the sea fortress. He defeated the final mutated boss creature and left the place on an aircraft. When he was in the helicopter, the protagonist pressed the detonation button. A huge mushroom cloud rose above the sea fortress. The evil virus experiments, the scary mutated creatures, the money-seeking mercenaries and executives of the transnational organization all of that had been buried under the sea. As the protagonist flew the aircraft, the camera lens focused on the little girl. She was quietly asleep under the protagonists jacket. In the middle of the sunset afterglow, above the raging waves caused by the explosion, the protagonist flew away with the little girl. The story mode had ended. The names of the staff appeared on the screen. To Chen Shas surprise, there were only a few more than sixty persons in the production team in total! Amongst the sixty-something names, only twenty-something were research and design personnel from Tengda. The rest were personnel from various companies that Tengda had outsourced for the job. That included character model designers, game functions designers, voice actors, music and sound effect designers, etc. Nevertheless, Chen Sha was still shocked. He had not expected that so few people were able to create such a memorable story plot! Actually, if one was to recall carefully, not many resources seemed to be devoted to the entire story mode. The only memorable character was the little girl. However, the story mode in Ocean Stronghold was still unforgettable. That proved the capabilities of the designers! Chen Sha was completely astounded. It took a long time for him to recover from the shock. He had originally thought that the company would thoroughly embarrass itself with the story mode that it had developed. He did not expect the company to be so competent! Chapter 65 - t Was Something Really Special... Apart from the story mode itself, many other aspects of Ocean Stronghold surprised Chen Sha. For example, the hand sensitivity during battles! Chen Sha was an elite gamer in FPS games and possessed superb skills. He was extremely skillful in techniques such as burst fire and target tracking. To put it simply, he had excellent shooting skills. That meant that he had high expectations for the hand sensitivity of FPS games. The gaming experience for FPS games mostly focused on the games hand sensitivity. When he was trying out Bullet Hole, Chen Sha was a little shocked by how far the game producers had gone to perfect the game. Bullet Hole had almost reached the level Counter Strike was at. However, what Bullet Hole did was mainly replicating Counter Strike. That was very normal. Counter Strike was proven to be the closest-to-perfect FPS game in recent years. It was almost unbeatable when compared to other games in the domestic market. Things would not go wrong if producers tried their best to replicate the hand sensitivity in Counter Strike. However, the problem laid here. No matter how closely they tried to replicate the game, there was no way it would surpass the original game itself. Bullet Hole attempted to replicate Counter Strikes hand sensitivity. However, it was hard for them to reach the height Counter Strike was at due to some imperfections and inadequacies. Even though Chen Sha suggested several amendments to improve Bullet Holes gaming experience, even he could not specify what the minor differences between the two games were! Intuition itself was something hard to quantify. Sometimes, one might know that a problem existed but would find it hard to pinpoint what amendments were needed. Ocean Stronghold, on the other hand, went down a completely different path! Chen Sha knew that from the moment he experienced the story mode. The games hand sensitivity differed largely from Counter Strike! For instance, shooting was much more stable in Ocean Stronghold. The recoil patterns of its guns were much simpler, landing a headshot was much easier, and lesser time was needed to switch weapons and open the scope Chen Shas first impression was that the game was very satisfying! Counter Strike was an FPS game that required high concentration levels and possessed difficult techniques. Meanwhile, Ocean Stronghold greatly reduced the learning curve of the game to make shooting games much simpler and more satisfying! If Chen Sha was to experience the games hand sensitivity during combat mode, he might develop a slight dislike towards the game. Reducing the learning curve of the game was terrible news to players like him who had spent years mastering Counter Strike and had devoted much time to perfecting their techniques in the game. However, Chen Sha had been experiencing the games story mode. A lower requirement for shooting greatly improved gameplay in story mode. Chen Sha felt that the experience was smooth like silk and found it hard to break away from the game! Although the story mode restricted the number of bullets the protagonist had, Chen Sha had a wonderful time fighting waves of zombies with his skills in switching weapons and shooting. The main reason for that was that Ocean Stronghold had greatly reduced the difficulty of the game. That made the gaming experience much more satisfying! After spending a few hours completing the story mode, Chen Sha surprisingly realized that he had become accustomed to the lower-difficulty game controls. He had completely gotten rid of his dislike towards the difficulty level of the game controls! It made him feel as though switching weapons should originally be so fast and countering recoils should be that easy! Moreover, Chen Sha realized that a lot of content during battles in the story mode seemed to prepare players for the combat modes! For instance, there was a boss in one of the obstacles in the story mode that could become semi-transparent. That corresponded to the apparition mode that was one of the combat mode options. The zombies within the story mode became a part of the gameplay in the biochemical mode. Moreover, the protagonist in the story mode could seize and use advanced firearms from different mercenaries after defeating them. Those firearms could be obtained in the combat modes by purchasing them directly or by some other means. That meant that the story mode allowed players to use those advanced firearms beforehand! The story mode became the most appropriate conduit that helped Chen Sha transition smoothly from Counter Strike to Ocean Stronghold! Chen Sha looked at the time. He started playing the story mode in Ocean Stronghold in the afternoon and spent five hours completing it. Although the duration of the story mode wasnt long and was much shorter than other overseas Triple-A games, it had a complete emotional process that adequately guided the emotions of players. Chen Sha quickly opened his group chat and sent out Ocean Strongholds download link on the official game distribution website. This game is way too incredible! Quick, come and try it out! The people in the group chat were a little surprised. It was unusual for Chen Sha to be so excited about a game that he recommended. Did he do this for a commission? However, that didnt really explain his excitement. It was not like Chen Sha never received a commission for promoting a game before. He was paid for that quite often. However, he wouldnt normally be so excited when publicizing the game. He would only send out a perfunctory message in the group chat; that was all. For example, when he encouraged members in the group chat to participate in the testing of Bullet Hole, he merely told them that it was an opportunity to make money and did not praise the game at all. Chen Sha was a person with high expectations. He felt that Bullet Hole was a good game and was merely a good game. Therefore, he merely wanted to recommend the Bullet Hole game testing as a job opportunity and did not put in a lot of effort promoting the game. His attitude this time was a little confusing! Could it be? Brother Chen, was your account hacked? someone asked in the group. Chen Sha was speechless. What was that? Hacked? Why couldnt a usually aloof person recommend a game with passion? Im not hacked! This is a really special game. You guys can check it out. Its free anyways. Chen Sha explained patiently. How is it special? Is it better than Counter Strike? some curious minds asked. Chen Sha pondered for a while before responding, Well I dont know how to explain it. It is a very special game. Amongst FPS games that contain story modes, its combat experience is the best. Amongst FPS games that encompass combat modes, its story plot is the best. Even though its purchasable content is pretty ridiculous, it makes people feel that it is inexpensive and reasonably-priced Those in the group chat were stumped. Pfft! What the heck? Is Brother Chen drunk today? This is so funny. Best combat experience amongst games with a plot and best story plot amongst combat games! Okay. Im about to go off work. Ill try it out after work! Is there anyone who wants to play the special modes in the game together? I want to try out their biochemical mode and apparition mode. Is there anyone who wants to join me? Chen Sha typed in the group chat. It was not like Chen Sha wanted to take advantage of his buddies. The key thing was that there were too few players in Ocean Stronghold. There were at most dozens of players online at the same time. He could not find other players for the special modes using the in-game matchmaking system! He could only form his own group by inviting people in the group chat. Very quickly, players in the group chat started talking enthusiastically about Ocean Stronghold. They were all shocked to find that other than its horrible name, all other aspects of the game were pretty well-designed. Chapter 66 - This Looks Bad! The group leaders who had the same experience as Chen Sha were no longer in the minority. After Lin Wan approached them and asked them to test the game, most of them immediately objected. Are you thinking of making us test the game without paying us? Are you trying to get it for free? However, because of their own pride, many people still decided to download the game and play it. Once they started, they could not stop! Ocean Stronghold had simplified operations. To newbies, this made the game much more satisfying to play. However, for expertsespecially elite gamers in Counter Strike; these simplified operations invoked feelings of contempt and discomfort. Still, the story mode in Ocean Stronghold resolved these issues! Once this group of people entered the game, most of them became absorbed by the story mode of the game. After playing for just a few hours, they slowly got used to the unique hand sensitivity and achieved perfect transitions. Whats moreonce they got used to the hand sensitivity, many people became uncomfortable going back to playing Counter Strike! Why did it take so long to fire? Why was it so difficult to resist the recoil? The reaction was so slow! Suddenly, it felt so painful to play the game! Counter Strike was an excellent, competitive game. There were bound to be many restrictions on the mechanisms. For example, allowing such a high firing speed would probably allow experts to become too strong. On a certain level, this would ruin the balance in the game. That was probably why the creators of the game reduced the firing speed. However, Ocean Stronghold did not need to pay attention to these things. All it was concerned with was allowing the gamers to have as much fun as possible! Balance? Ive already made the Red Kilin; are you really still talking to me about balance? These elite gamers of Counter Strike seemed to have been let loose all of a sudden. The gaming experience was extremely smooth so playing the game felt incredibly simple and relaxing! In the endwhen they went back to playing Counter Strike, they could not get used to it. It was easy to go from frugality to extravagance. Once one got used to playing games with simplified operations, going back to games with complex ones would feel incredibly difficult! Whats more, Ocean Stronghold did not only have a story mode. There were also all kinds of PVP modes! Compared to Bullet Hole and Counter Strike, Ocean Strongholds apparition mode and biochemical mode were all new methods of playing. This made most of the players feel a sense of novelty! Of course, these new modes were thought of by Bao Xu and Huang Sibo while they were creating the story mode. The original intention was for them to make good use of the leftovers from the story mode, such as the zombie models and various other art resources. From the perspective of gameplay, these modes were not considered mature. Their balance was still quite bad, and there was much to be improved. Still, the most important thing was that there was no other game in the market that had similar modes as theirs; there was no competition to speak of! Thus, many players preferred the apparition mode and biochemical mode to the actual PVP mode, even though they were less fair. Although the balance was horrible, they were purely for the sake of fun. Nobody cared too much. Instead, it made everything much more exciting! In just a few days, news of Ocean Stronghold spread as quickly as a pandemic in many FPS gaming groups. Friday. After completing her last professional course, Pei Qian finally had time to relax. He had already decided to go into the office and accept painful news that Ocean Stronghold had failed rapidly. In the few days since Ocean Stronghold was published, Pei Qian had been focusing very hard on the exams for his professional course. He seemed to have disappeared from the face of the earth. He was afraid that Huang Sibo would rush him to do proper marketing for the game once he saw how badly received it was. Thus, he quickly instructed Assistant Xin to turn down anyone who came looking for him by telling them that he was not free! He went on a full week without looking at the figures on the back end. Ocean Stronghold should have settled down in the market by now, right? Pei Qian was in charge of all the money in the companys account. Basically, he had more or less been completely defeated. There was no way he was going to spend a single cent on marketing. Even if others wanted to market Ocean Stronghold, there was no way they would be able to! It was just pure bad luck on Pei Qians part, dealing with Ruan Guangjian for Ghost General back then. How could it be so easy to meet such a talented artist who just happened to be in the artist circle as well? This time, there was no such artist for Ocean Stronghold! Whats more, the game had vastly different hand sensitivities compared to Counter Strike and the 888-yuan paywall equipment. There were multiple layers of assurance that it would fail completely! Pei Qian specially waited for so long before showing his face in the company again, mainly because he did not want to laugh uncontrollably while people were still coming to terms with their failure. Now, Ocean Strongholds fall should have been more or less complete. As the boss of the company, Pei Qian needed to make a trip down to comfort his employees. He had to express his deepest regrets for Ocean Stronghold and tell them not to feel discouraged or to give up. They had to quickly collect themselves and prepare to meet the next target. The income that Ghost General was still raking in could maintain the companys business for some time. Then, Pei Qian would be able to get five hundred thousand yuan and spend more System Funds provided for the next phase. Perfect! Too perfect! He arrived at the bottom of Shenhua View. Pei Qian rubbed his cheeks and then forced the corners of his mouthwhich subconsciously curled upwardsdown. He looked up at a 45-degree angle to the sky and tried to invoke sadness that time was passing so quickly. Then, he forced this expression to remain on his face. He took his phone out and saw himself in the mirror. His acting skills were passable. Pei Qian walked into the lift and arrived at the office. The moment he arrived in the office, Pei Qian distinctly felt that something was amiss in the atmosphere! Huang Sibo was staring at his computer screen, refreshing every second. He was practically seated at the edge of his chair. Xiao Lu also looked quite restless. He kept shaking his leg and scratching his head as if he had contracted ADHD. Bao Xu was not playing games. Instead, he was looking at the plants next to the window and the view outside the window. Pei Qian had no clue what he was thinking about. At this point, Pei Qian suddenly felt guilty. He felt like he had let all of them down! They were a group of slackers who could not come up with any good games. Whats more, they had been spending a lot of time eating and traveling during this period so they didnt have much time to develop new games. However, everyone still invested some of their emotions into the games they developed together. Now, seeing that nobody cared about their game and that it was failing so thoroughly, it was only normal that they would feel terrible. Huang Sibo must have been stumped by the terrible figures he was seeing on his screen. Xiao Lu must have been at a loss as to what to do next. How about Bao Xu? He must have been doubting his existence. Pei Qian sighed softly. At that moment, they needed him to comfort and counsel them as their boss. After all, he had to take ninety percent of the blame now that the game had failed so badly. Pei Qian quickly pondered about what he should say. However, at that moment, the two twin girls at the front desk noticed Pei Qian. Boss Pei is here! The two girls suddenly began to clap their hands! The entire office immediately burst into action. There were rounds of applause and cheers, which scared Pei Qian half to death. What the hell was happening? Pei Qian noticed that everyones faces had lit up with bright smiles. They were not even faking it; these smiles were genuine and from the heart! This immediately gave Pei Qian a horrible feeling! Huang Sibo stood up and walked briskly towards Pei Qian before bowing down low. Boss Pei, I have learned my lesson! Before this, I did not know why you did not market Ocean Stronghold. I even began to suspect your actions. However, now, I finally understand! In fact, you were telling me that good games did not need to be marketed! Based on the word-of-mouth of the players alone, the competition in the market would be squeezed out! Boss Pei, I greatly admire your self-confidence! Pei Qians heart immediately turned cold. He nearly cried out loud. He tried so hard to control his facial muscles as he put on a serious expression. My game became popular? Pei Qian asked, feeling like he had just fallen into a deep pit. Huang Sibo nodded profusely. Its very popular! I kept refreshing the platform because I could not believe my own eyes! Even though we have not done any marketing for the gamein terms of popularity, number of active players, or profits; this game completely trashed Bullet Hole! Chapter 67 - Boss Pei, Pop the Champagne! Pei Qian took in a deep breath and tried to calm himself down. Something was amiss. Calm down, I have to calm down! Now, Pei Qian finally understood why these three people were reacting the way they were. Huang Sibo had been staring at his computer screen, refreshing every second, because the game figures had far expected the best-case scenario he imagined in his head. He could not believe his own eyes! Xiao Lu looked restless because he was so excited! As for Bao Xu, he was indeed thinking about his existence; but the reason for this was completely opposite of what Pei Qian had thought. Boss Pei, champagne! Xin Hailu was smiling as she handed a bottle of champagne to Pei Qian. Pei Qian glanced at the champagne. This was quite a unique bottle of champagne. The sheath of the wine bottle was made of platinum, and it was covered in English words. Even a conservative estimate of the price of this bottle of champagne would be a five-figure sum. Pei Qian was completely unexcited about popping this bottle of champagne. This was because he knew that the amount of money Ocean Stronghold would make for him was far more than the cost of hundreds of bottles of this champagne. However, while everyone was staring at him, Pei Qian could not just walk away in anger. He could not allow anyone to doubt the system; neither could he allow anyone to challenge or suspect his own existence! Pei Qian sucked in a deep breath and took the bottle of champagne. There was a pop, and then it was open. The light-gold liquid poured out of the bottle, together with a unique fragrance. The atmosphere in the office immediately became much more excited and passionate! Everyone was cheering. The two girls at the front desk took out their already-prepared handheld confetti and caused golden rain to fall in the office! They all began to sing and dance. Xiao Lu even wanted to slide on the floor on his knees. Huang Sibo had to stop him from doing so. While everyone else was in such a celebratory mode, Pei Qian tried his best to put on a smile. Good job, everyone. Keep working hard! Pei Qian kept a smile on his face and entered his own office before closing the door. Huang Sibo watched Pei Qians back view and could not help but sigh. Of course, everything is in Boss Peis plan! He expected that all of this would happen. Thats why he isnt surprised. To Boss Pei, this is completely normal! Ai, compared to Boss Pei, we are really like children who have never seen the real world. Achieving this little bit of success has gotten us all so excited When can I become like Boss Pei? Huang Sibo kept sighing sorrowfully as he refreshed the platform. Ocean Stronghold was through the roof! Of course, Huang Sibo thought that this result was normal, given that Boss Pei had personally designated the direction for this game. All of this was to be expected; there was nothing to be excited about. After analyzing Boss Peis design and intentions, Huang Sibo and Bao Xu both had a feeling that this game would likely succeed! However, they did not expect that it would become as popular as it did. Even Sun Strike Studios Bullet Hole was taken down by the game! What came as even more of a surprise to Huang Sibo was that Boss Pei had thought of something new! Boss Pei had already shown that through a game like Ghost General, one could achieve the greatest marketing effect while paying the lowest price. At that time, Boss Pei employed a unique method of marketing within the artist circle. In the end, he succeeded in publicizing the game to ordinary artists! This time, Huang Sibo wanted to see how Boss Pei would similarly market the game in a way nobody had ever done before in order to achieve huge results. He even thought of several marketing techniques that would save costs. Yet, from the looks of it, he had been thinking along the wrong lines entirely. Boss Pei had no intention to market the game at all! Boss Pei knew for a fact that this game would be popular even without marketing. Just the word-of-mouth of the gamers alone could draw attention to their game naturally. Official and automatic recommendations were more than enough! How aggressive and confident! One would only be able to achieve something like that if they had experienced a fair share of success and could accurately judge the market! Even when Boss Pei was popping the bottle of champagne, he could remain composed and confident. It was almost as if this little achievement was no big deal to him. Huang Sibo truly admired him! In Pei Qians own office He squatted down on his chair and did not sit down for a long time. What was happening? Was the plot all wrong? Why? How did this game become popular even though I did no publicity whatsoever? Was there still law in this country? Was there still order? None of this was logical. Ruan Guangjian had not marketed this game for me on his own initiative this time. Where did I go wrong? Pei Qian kept trying to calm down as he opened his computer and tried to find out what exactly happened. If he did not figure this out, he would not die in peace! After he logged onto the official games platform, Pei Qian saw the accurate data for Ocean Stronghold. He could not help but curse under his breath. It was only published a week ago, and yet the people currently online on the game had reached a hundred thousand! Whats more, this was not yet the peak. There were only a hundred thousand players online now, not because there were only a hundred thousand players in total but because the bandwidth of the cloud server that Ocean Stronghold rented could only accommodate that many players. There were still more players outside, queuing to get in Logically, the overhead cost of a server was not considered huge compared to the operating expenses associated with maintaining online games. Of course, that was unless one could come up with a game of as terrifying a volume as World of Warcraft or League of Legends. For general mobile games that only needed to accommodate about three thousand active players at the same time, the cost of renting an appropriate cloud server would only come up to a few hundred yuan. The more expensive ones were so because of the bandwidth requirements. The more active players a server had to accommodate, the higher the bandwidth requirements and the more expensive the server would be. For mobile card games like Ghost General, the cost of a server was really not much. It was the same for Ocean Stronghold. As an FPS game with PVP mode, many people liked to play in stand-alone mode locally. Since PVP mode was conducted in separate rooms, it was unlikely that there would be hundreds of players fighting at the same time. After being split into separate rooms, the pressure on the servers bandwidth would be much less compared to MMORPGs, in which many people remained in one location at the same time. Whats more, Pei Qian had expected Ocean Stronghold to fail thoroughly and completely. That was why he did not prepare an even better server with greater bandwidth for the game. Only a few days had passed, and yet Ocean Stronghold had already reached a hundred thousand active players. There were even a significant number of people waiting to enter the game! Moreover, in just a few days, more than a thousand Red Kilins had been sold. From this alone, they earned more than four hundred thousand yuan. Pei Qians body went limp on his chair. It would not be difficult for him to finish spending four hundred thousand yuan. The problem was, given his experience with Ghost General, this was only the beginning! As Ocean Stronghold got more and more popular, the income they would receive in the following week would far exceed four hundred thousand yuan. Whats moreas more and more people played the game, they would sell more and more Red Kilins. Based on his calculations, they would probably earn more than three million yuan in this month alone! This was already the effect of greatly discounting the game. Because of Pei Qians pricing strategy, Ocean Stronghold was practically a free game. It did not cost anyone anything to download it. Apart from the Red Kilin, they sold nothing else in it as well! In other words, only ballerswho were in the minoritywould buy the Red Kilins. Most players would not spend a single cent on the game! If Pei Qian had learned from other games with paywalls, he would have created more gift packs and offers. Their income would easily double or triple. Even after Pei Qian deliberately used a pricing strategy to suppress players and stop them from reaching into their wallets, he still managed to earn more than four hundred thousand yuan a week! What the hell was happening?! Pei Qian felt lightheaded. Chapter 68 - Detailed Analytical Report! After researching online for a long time Pei Qian still could not understand how Ocean Stronghold became so popular! He went through the comments section and found that the gamers were basically divided into two camps: one was for the game and one was against the game. Both camps were arguing profusely. A mysterious alphabet C appeared on Ocean Strongholds ratings. There were a fair number of people who rated it with five stars but also a fair number rated it with one. In the end, its overall rating was 7.3. The length of one star was short, but it was still longer than two stars. The comments were not great, but they were not bad either. As for the gamers reviews, they were mixed. Pei Qian looked through all the gaming platforms, websites, and forums; just to look for more reviews on Ocean Stronghold. He even found a couple of hot topics that discussed Ocean Stronghold, Counter Strike, and Bullet Hole. In the end, all of it left Pei Qian even more confused. I didnt think that a domestically-produced game could do so well in terms of its story mode. Five stars for sure! Four stars! Im taking one away for its name. This is a great game that nearly got hidden away thanks to its name! The final scene where the Ocean Stronghold exploded, and the little girl was taken away moved me to tears! Its so moving indeed! I was very sucked into the main leads character. Few domestically-produced games made me feel this way! This games PVP mode is very novel. The biochemical mode and apparition mode are ingenious creations, and theyre very fun as well! I am a handicap thats always being tortured in PVP mode, and yet I could still have so much fun playing in biochemical mode! Are the people praising this game all fake reviewers bought over by the gaming company? What lousy hand sensitivity. How dare they praise this game? Lousy hand sensitivity? What a joke. Just because youre not used to the hand sensitivity, youre saying its lousy? I think this game is much more fun than Counter Strike. The feeling of making countless headshots is amazing! This lame game is selling one weapon for 888 dollars, and the various weapons are even split into different types. How do they have the cheek to say that this is a competitive game? Its insulting to other competitive games! I dont think anyone here called it a competitive game and only a few ballers would bother buying that Red Kilin, right? Every other part of the game is free-of-charge. Even the game itself is free! Whats more, the Red Kilin adds very little to the game overall. I think the creators were already being very kind! I think so, too. Bullet Hole, on the other hand Hehe, please stop talking about Bullet Hole. Were talking about Ocean Stronghold and Counter Strike now. Whoever talks about Bullet Hole is inviting all the fake reviewers! Holy sh*t, how do you justify your Ocean Stronghold stealing the thunder of our Bullet Hole? Arent you ashamed? Stealing your thunder? Stop messing around. Your game is rubbish. Naturally, gamers would run over to Ocean Stronghold. Talk about stealing your thunder might as well say that Counter Strike is stealing your thunder as well. Pei Qians head was beginning to hurt. He did not understand; he really did not understand! He kept scrolling through the forums, searching. Still, he could not understand how Ocean Stronghold got to be so popular! After The Lonely Desert Road got popular, Pei Qian found Teacher Qiaos video. After Ghost General became popular, Pei Qian found Ruan Guangjians Weibo. However, after Ocean Stronghold became popular, Pei Qian could find anything responsible for it. It was very strange indeed. Logically, for a game to become popular, a wave of people must have marketed it crazily. They must have made the game become a hot topic before official games platforms begin recommending it. Slowly, the game would become more popular. Now, the main problem was that Pei Qian could not figure out where that first wave of people was! Pei Qian really could not understand. Yet, he had to understand. He had to understand where Ocean Stronghold went wrong! As the saying went, one learns from ones own mistakes. Only by analyzing where Ocean Stronghold went wrong could he avoid making the same mistake in the future! Otherwise, if he tries to create another game and it becomes popular for no reason, how would he be able to handle it?! People could not allow themselves to fall in the same way twice. Pei Qian thought about it for a long time. He had it! I really cannot figure out where this game went wrong, but I am the boss! Why must I do this myself? I could get Huang Sibo to do the analysis and then hand the report to me! Just thinking about Huang Sibo made Pei Qians blood boil. Although he could not see clearly what had happened, this HSB[1] had to have something to do with making Ocean Stronghold so popular! Good story mode? Novel PVP mode? This was obviously all thanks to Huang Sibo and Bao Xu! I have to make Huang Sibo do a detailed analysis. Once I figure out who was responsible for this, I will settle the score with him afterward! At this point, Pei Qian finally sent a message to Huang Sibo. Huang Sibo was still trying to calm down after finding out that Ocean Stronghold attained so much success. All of a sudden, he realized that Boss Pei had sent him a message: Write me a detailed analysis on why Ocean Stronghold became so successful. Cover everything from its design to its marketing, and make sure you leave nothing out. Then, send it to me directly. Huang Sibo paused for a couple of seconds, and immediately replied, Yes, Boss Pei! Although a ton of work was being thrown at him, he was not in the least bit angry. Instead, he was overjoyed! He felt just like a top student being assigned work by his teacher. Why did Boss Pei want this detailed report? Was it because he did not know why Ocean Stronghold succeeded? What a joke, of course not! Boss Pei was the one who set the direction for the game. He was also the one who decided that this game would be publicized without any marketing effort on their part. It was obvious that his understanding of the game far surpassed everyone elses! Why was he asking for this detailed report, then? The reason was simple: he was helping them digest the learning points! This was akin to a teacher asking his students to hand in an end-of-term review after finishing a test. The teachers only hope would be to help his students absorb as much experience as they could from the test, so that they could keep improving! This shows that Boss Pei values me! Otherwise, of all people, why did he assign this task to me? Huang Sibo was extremely excited. He immediately opened the relevant files and began organizing the information. At once, he started to write everything he knew about why Ocean Stronghold succeeded! A few hours later, Pei Qian received this report. He quickly scanned through it. In front of the report, Huang Sibo wrote about where Ocean Stronghold succeeded. For example, the lowered difficulty invited a huge group of ordinary gamers. The exemplary story mode and the love gamers had for domestically-produced games earned a good reputation. The variety of PVP modes There was no barrier of entry, which allowed gamers to download the game without any pressure. The 888-yuan Red Kilin satisfied the ballers thirst to show off and act cool. The stats of the Red Kilin were considered quite controllable. Whats more, it had the effect of adding experience to the other players in the room. As a result, ordinary gamers did not despise those with Red Kilins but welcomed them instead. Reading this analysis made the corners of Pei Qians mouth twitch. What is going on? It went so differently from the way I expected Am I holding the wrong script? Werent these the reasons Ocean Stronghold was supposed to fail? Why had they all become reasons that Ocean Stronghold became popular? Pei Qian suppressed the urge to kill himself and read on. What followed was the analysis on how Ocean Stronghold was marketed and publicized. He had to find out who the mole was! [1] This is an acronym for Huang Sibo. Chapter 69 - All In Vain! Pei Qians eyes scanned through every single word in the second half of the report. Once he finished reading, Pei Qian blinked rather slowly. He looked out of the window and then carefully read the report again from cover to cover. According to the report, all of this was Lin Wans fault! It looked like Huang Sibo could not escape liability as well! However, it was hard to say which one of them should be blamed. Huang Sibo had no plans to market or publicize Ocean Stronghold. He only thought that since Ocean Stronghold was published, he had to quickly plan the next phase of researching and developing. That was why he got a few lab-rat gamers to test the game out; he wanted to gather their feedback. In the end, because there were far too few gamers on Ocean Stronghold, Huang Sibo had no choice but to ask a member of the design team to help. As for Lin Wan, she just happened to be put in charge of a few influential FPS gamers back when she worked for Sun Strike Studios! Thus, Lin Wan introduced Ocean Stronghold to those people and asked them to give it a try. Due to its excellent gaming quality, Ocean Stronghold became extremely popular among these groups of people. Its story mode, in particular, garnered high praise! Chen Sha and the others quickly came to appreciate what they found repulsive previously, too. For the 888-yuan Red Kilin, they began to introduce the game to others! In the beginning, Chen Sha really could not be bothered by the Red Kilin. He thought that it was an unnecessary accessory that would only catch ballers eyes. He was an elite gamer who played full-time; he had no need for it at all. However, once he got it, he realized what he had been missing the entire time! It was a unique weapon; this had nothing to do with stats and everything to do with pride! There were so many people in a single room. The moment he whipped his Red Kilin out, many people surrounded him and worshiped him! Whats more, the Red Kilin could help the people around him gain experience. That was why people with Red Kilins were especially popular! Once Chen Sha got hold of the Red Kilin, he basically became the center of attention no matter where he went. This feeling really seemed to be growing on him! Whats more, in order to obtain a Red Kilin for themselves, people continued to introduce the game to more people. Without planning for it, they caused a huge inflow of people to Ocean Stronghold. Very quickly, news of Ocean Stronghold spread across various FPS gaming groups, winning over its first batch of veteran gamers! Later on, Ocean Strongholds numbers rose very quickly in a short period. This encouraged official games platforms to recommend it as well. However, these alone could not have made Ocean Stronghold this popular. Coincidentally, Bullet Hole was released at the same time! Once it was released, Bullet Hole spent buckets of money on publicity. It used all kinds of marketing techniques, giving many video creators jobs. As a result, Bullet Hole barged into the lives of many ordinary gamers. Ordinarily, after a batch tried out Bullet Hole, a portion would leave and a portion would stay. However, a good number of people who had already tried Ocean Stronghold found that Bullet Hole was as good as trash! Why was the hand sensitivity so rubbish?! Why was there no variety in PvP mode?! Why was there no story mode?! The fees Bullet Hole was charging was so much more than Ocean Stronghold! Whats more, even if they spent money in Bullet Hole, they could not get weapons as cool as the Red Kilin! Bullet Hole was very realistic. A few expensive weapons only served to modify the game very slightly. They were a far cry from the Red Kilin, which was an extremely special weapon. Thus, many people purposely went to the comments section of Bullet Hole to leave their feedback: Rubbish game, absolutely beaten by Ocean Stronghold! The glory of domestically-produced FPS games? Im sorry, this title seems to belong to Ocean Stronghold! This game has too many paywalls, and it looks so ugly. It should take a page out of Ocean Strongholds book. Comments like that filled the comments section of Bullet Hole. Some were genuine and from the heart, and others were merely trolls. After all, this world was missing a lot of things but people who had nothing better to do. At first, there were not many of such comments. However, how could the Bullet Hole players take things lying down? Of course, they had to put up a fight! Both sides were diametrically opposed, confronting one another aggressively, quoting and citing sources, and cursing their hearts out In summary, the more people praised or insulted the game, the more commotion it created and the more people joined! Many players had begun by merely observing the argument. However, on seeing that neither side was making a breakthrough, they could not stop themselves from joining in. As a result, everything spiraled out of control. Many gamers who had been attracted by Bullet Holes advertisements also tried Ocean Stronghold out of curiosity. Immediately, they found that they could not turn back. Both of these games were not even in the same league! The plot was amazing, the hand sensitivity was amazing, and Ocean Stronghold was free-of-charge! It was so much better than Bullet Hole! Thus, Bullet Hole became somewhat of a pit stop. Even the gamers whom they attracted through their publicity jumped over to Ocean Stronghold. After this series of events, the data for Ocean Stronghold went through the roof! Not only were people who loved FPS games coming in waves, but even people who never played FPS games in their lives were trying it out! Strictly speaking, Counter Strike was still going strong. There were still many veteran players remaining loyal to it. However, just the wave of new gamers alone made Ocean Stronghold a truckload of profit! This was only the beginning. Counter Strike was good, but at the end of the day, it was a standalone game. Friends could not play alongside each other. Ocean Stronghold was an online game, and it was highly entertaining. In the long-term, it was bound to buy over even loyal gamers of Counter Strike! Apart from the Red Kilin, Ocean Stronghold was practically free-of-charge. As Ocean Stronghold continued to win over gamers from the other games, its future success would be unimaginable! Pei Qian felt paralyzed. Is this a joke that destiny is playing on me?! How could such a thing happen?! He had never thought that Lin Wanwho looked every bit like a good-for-nothingwould be capable of something like that. Of course, strictly speaking, this was not all to her credit. She had only become acquainted with a few owners of FPS gaming groups because of her previous job. These few owners just happened to be influential gamers in the FPS gaming community. Whats more, all of these people only became acquainted because they were working on Bullet Hole together at Sun Strike Studios. In the end, the spark caused by this same group of people to light the haythat was Bullet Holeon fire burned down the entire forest! Pei Qian, who wanted to analyze the reasons behind this failure, suddenly felt confused. Who was to blame? Huang Sibo or Bao Xu? They created this game just as I instructed them Lin Wan? She was looking for a few lab rats to test out the game, just as Huang Sibo instructed her Sun Strike Studios and Bullet Hole, on the other hand, did help considerably. On one hand, they gathered so many leading FPS gamers together. On the other hand, their crazy marketing strategies indirectly publicized Ocean Stronghold, too. However it seemed to be my decision to allow Ocean Stronghold to be published at the same time as Bullet Hole Could it be that I am to blame? Something is wrong Pei Qian could not help but become deeply suspicious of himself. He felt like the trophy had almost reached his hands, but it was snatched away at the last second. His heart turned cold. Three months, all in vain! Calm down! I have to save myself! Chapter 70 - Pay Raise for All Employees! 29th January, Friday From the 18th, the profits that Ocean Stronghold generated were entered into the accounts. On average, it made four to five hundred thousand yuan per week! There were still two more days to go before the accounts were to be closed. During this period, Pei Qian continued to spend as much money as he could. He expanded the bandwidths of the servers for Ghost General and Ocean Stronghold. The highest specifications were chosen for each of those games. On top of that, Pei Qian also bought the most expensive Customer Service Team, which offered the best service and best at Tai Chi[1]. Although Pei Qian still did not need to pay that much money each month, at least he could increase the companys spending. Even so, Pei Qian felt helpless! Pei Qian felt completely suicidal. He could not finish spending the seventy to eighty thousand yuan left in the System Funds. Over these two weeks, no matter how hard Pei Qian tried to spend the money, the System Funds still exceeded a million yuan! There was some good news: as the number of new players kept decreasing, Ghost Generals income finally fell drastically after three months. This week, it only made about two hundred thousand yuan. The bad news was that Ocean Stronghold was starting to make a profit. This week alone, it made more than four hundred thousand yuan! There was even worse news: this could just be the beginning. Ocean Stronghold was not the same as Ghost General; both of these games were vastly different! Ghost General was only popular among the people who played mobile games. Whats more, because it was priced so low, the most people could spend was thirty yuan on the permanent card. That was why the income did not last long. Ocean Stronghold was different. As a successful FPS game, Ocean Stronghold now attracts the largest group of gamers: those on game clients! Whats more, it was free-of-charge and extremely easy to share with others. The in-game price of the Red Kilin was also extremely high. Although not many players bought the weaponas long as one person bought it, it would match the amount of money spent by 88 ordinary players of Ghost General. The income that Ocean Stronghold would generate would probably only increase. Pei Qian had thought about updating Ghost General and Ocean Stronghold and then spending a load of money to buy a bunch of art resources for the games. This would allow him to get rid of more money. However, if he updated the games, he needed to introduce new paywalls as well. That was the Systems rules. Furthermore, in the week before settling the accounts, there could not be any unannounced products. Otherwise, the settlement date would be postponed. Thus, if he wanted to update the games or do anything similar, he had to wait until the following week. The System permitted other types of expenses such as for celebrations or bonuses. However, there was a limit. He could only spend a reasonable amount on these things! In other words, was it possible to achieve a loss within two days? Itll be extremely difficult! Still, Pei Qian did not lose all hope. He had already thought about it before. Now, he only had two choices: First, he could stop spending System Funds and wait for the accounts to be closed. The benefit of this was that he could transfer about six thousand yuan into his Personal Wealth. However, the drawback was that the target quota to hit before the System Funds would provide supplementary funds was about a million yuan or so. Now, there was already that much money in the System Funds. That meant there would be no need for the System to provide supplementary funds. This would result in the same outcome as the previous time the accounts were settled. The second choice was to continue spending System Funds as much as possible without affecting the settlement date. The benefit of this was that no matter how much Pei Qian spent, the System Funds would definitely provide System Funds. That was comforting. The drawback was that it could result in a reduction of Pei Qians Personal Wealth. Five thousand could reduce to three thousand or two thousand yuan. However, if he could spend to the point that he had less than 494,000 yuan left remaining, he would be able to make more profit than he was making now! After spending a long time thinking about this, Pei Qian finally figured it out. He had to continue spending! As for how he would do so He had to think of new methods! Over time, Pei Qian understood more and more about the system. According to the rules of the system, the System Funds could only be used for the maintenance and management of the company. On the other hand, there were no limits imposed on spending Personal Wealth whatsoever. Still, there was no one set way of using the System Funds either. Pei Qian was free to do whatever he wanted within the rules and boundaries set out! Take a simple meal, for example. When Pei Qian was eating his own meals or treating his friends to meals, he could not use the System Funds. However, when he organized an employee gathering, he could use the System Funds. Nevertheless, he could not organize gatherings very frequently. He could not turn every meal into an office gathering; neither could he exceed the set limit. For instance, they just had an office gathering the day before, and so they were not allowed to have another gathering that day unless there was a good reason. It was just like the reasons that Pei Qian had come up with previously: learning exchange, celebrating the research and development of a new game, etc. All of these were valid reasons. Pei Qian performed relatively well in this aspect. The judgment of rule violations and limitations on the use of System Funds were all very situational. There was no hard restriction on many things. Sometimes, if framed in a certain way, he would be able to do supposedly restricted things. In the same way, he came up with excuses for the house and car that he rented as well as the high-class suit and high-end Alienware that he bought. He found ways to change his personal desires into the needs of the company. Of course, these excuses were not omnipotent. Did Pei Qian want to buy a pair of sports shoes for tens of thousands of yuan? Did he want tickets to one of his favorite singers concerts? Did he want to buy high-end cosmetics or an expensive sports car? Did he want to tip a female anchorwoman? Since he could not do any of the above under the companys name, the System would not allow him to pay for them using System Funds. Now, Pei Qian had 1,100,000 yuan in the System Funds. He pondered for a moment and then made the decision to spend as much as he could! Pei Qian was helpless the last time they settled the accounts because he was alone. Now, things were different. He had his loveable employees! Pei Qian had already come up with a detailed plan. Once he confirmed it, Pei Qian called Assistant Xin into his own office. Have you edited the salary standards? Pei Qian asked. Xin Hailu nodded and said, Yes, Boss Pei. Ive already done everything according to your instructions. First, I adjusted the salaries of all employees according to their ranks. The supervisors salary has been increased by 60%, and the others have all been increased by 30%. Apart from this, Ive also rolled out the project bonus system. 15% of the net profits we earn from games would be distributed as a project bonus to all employees involved in the research and development of the game. We have also added employee welfare benefits. Each month, every employee will get a shopping card worth a thousand yuan. Pei Qian nodded and said, Very good. All these expenses, from the salary adjustments to the project bonuses, were all the maximum amounts that the System permitted at the moment. Pei Qian wanted to give the employees even more money, but the System would not allow it. This was the best he could do. Before Ocean Stronghold was published, Pei Qian thought about distributing project bonuses and shopping cards. However, he could not justify such expenses. This was because Ghost General was created entirely by Pei Qian. There was no way he could justify distributing the profits earned from Ghost General to Huang Sibo and the others. However, this time was different. Ocean Stronghold was created by Huang Sibo, Bao Xu, and the design team. They slogged their guts out for the game. It would be completely reasonable for Pei Qian to distribute bonuses! Whats more, now that the company was earning so much profit, it was understandable that he would use the resources to distribute shopping cards to the employees in order to take care of their welfare. Assistant Xin held onto a little notebook and said, The salaries should be paid out by today. Do you have any other instructions? Pei Qian looked relieved. Once the salaries were paid out, the System Funds would be reduced by more than three hundred thousand yuan. Now that he had given out the project bonuses, every employee was earning to the tune of over ten thousand yuan! Was there anything else he could spend on? [1] This is an analogy for being good at pushing the blame to others. Chapter 71 - Special Expense Pei Qian suddenly thought of something else. Wait, I got another idea. Ill give every employee an expense limit; they could spend a certain amount of office supplies and necessities within one cycle. As for the exact sum en One cycle every three months, every employee can get an expense limit of 3500 yuan. Pei Qian actually wasnt considering this; he was testing the system. If the cycle was shorter than three months and the expense amount was more than three thousand five hundred, the system would not allow it. Xin Hailu found this slightly obscure, Boss Pei, currently, we do not set a limit for expenses for reimbursement for our employees. Including overtime taxi fees, business trips, etc; they were all reimbursed fully. What specifically was this three thousand five hundred referring to? Pei Qian explained, This is called a special expense. This money can be freely used to purchase anything related to work. For example, doesnt Bao Xu like games? This money could be used to buy some cards or equipment. Or perhaps some employee already has a pair of decent earphones; however, if he feels that a better pair of earphones could allow him to hear the game sound quality better and would be beneficial for game development, he could use this sum of money to buy gaming earphones. Xin Hailu nodded and said, I understand now, Boss Pei. Pei Qian also realized this recently. Although some things might all be considered expenses, the system had a different tolerance for different things. The original expenses reimbursement had been a uniform decision for all employees. For example, everyone could claim their taxi fares in full for overtime; that was the same for all. As for a work computer, everyone had a mechanical keyboard and dual-view monitors, etc; they all were adequately equipped. However, for some special requests, the system would not recognize them. For example, Bao Xu said he needed to charge money to experience a certain game and its gameplay. The system would not allow this amount to be claimed. Or if Huang Sibo said that he wanted a two-thousand yuan mechanical keyboard or a three-thousand yuan gaming earphones that would help him in experiencing the games he was developing; was that allowed? The system would not approve of that. These slightly far-fetched reasons were originally not accepted by the system. The system had a different benchmark for what everyone needed in order to complete their work. Pei Qians standards as a boss were very high; even buying a high-class suit had been approved. This was probably a special privilege of an owner or a boss. As for restrictions, the owner as a boss could not give himself a salary. For other employees, they could only claim what was necessary for their work. This was very reasonable. If the system allowed expenses claims for charging money to a game or high-tech earphones to better experience gameplay, Pei Qian could easily result in losses for the System Funds just by asking all his employees to play domestically-produced games with paywalls and throw money in the game. The system naturally wasnt stupid. However, Pei Qian had deftly circumvented its restrictions. He realized that the system actually had a certain tolerance for non-necessary expenses. The premise was it could not be unlimited and a limit had to be set. Hence, by giving everyone a fixed limit, they could then openly spend the System Funds in the name of their company and work! Pei Qian counted using his fingers. By the looks of itbased on this special expense component, he could actually increase overhead by another thirty to forty thousand yuan! Whats more, these monies would not interfere with production; this was strictly a company benefit given to employees according to its rules! That meant that the settlement date would not be pushed back! Pei Qian couldnt help it as he was internally very happy; he praised himself for being a genius! Office Recently, the entire office had been immersed in a sort of crazed joy. The design team was almost daily refreshing the gaming statistics as they saw Ocean Stronghold gaining in popularity; it had already superseded Bullet Hole! Although everyone couldnt see the exact statistics for Bullet Holefrom the official games platform and the follow-up recommendations, Bullet Hole was suffering badly this time. It was doing worse by the day! Although Bullet Holes charging format was more reasonable than Ocean Stronghold, that did not have any impact at all. For a game to make money, it did not depend on its charging format; it focused on the number of gamers! Even if ones charging format was the most reasonableif gamers fled and stopped playing, what use was that? Ocean Strongholds quality beat Bullet Holes hands down. Hence, the former had exerted all sorts of pressure and had slowly poached the gamers from Bullet Hole! As the players spent less and the Ocean Stronghold earned more, the only one who suffered was Bullet Hole. Huang Sibo sighed exhilaratingly; Boss Pei really had the foresight and was unfathomable! Perhaps when he had successfully completed his study with Sun Strike Studios, he had already predicted this would happen? He had purposely announced Ocean Stronghold at the same time as Bullet Hole, so that the latter would be publicity for the former and Ocean Stronghold could ride on Bullet Holes coattail? This was such a harsh move; it had crushed Bullet Hole! Actually, everyone was very curious about what it was like over at Sun Strike Studios now. However, no one dared to ask. To ask now would easily be seen as boasting and showing off; hatred would brew, and enemies would be formed on the spot. However, thinking from another perspectiveeven if they didnt ask, the amount of hatred Sun Strike Studios would have for them would already be rather huge. Forget it, forget it. Since money had been earned, no point thinking about all these. Huang Sibo was just thinking about this when his phone buzzed. He looked at it, and it was a message regarding his salary! what? Why is it so much? A huge question mark formed over Huang Sibo! He actually hadnt worked overtime this month, and by right, he shouldnt have earned so much in overtime. However, taking a closer look, the figure nearly scared him witless! His base salary had been four thousand yuan; after a sixty-percent increase, it was six thousand four hundred now! As the project bonus was fifteen percent of Ocean Strongholds profits, it was around a hundred and thirty thousand yuan for two weeks. As the projects chief planner, Huang Sibo took slightly more than the rest; that was around eight thousand yuan. As such, his salary for this month had reached fifteen thousand yuan! Of course, he still had to deduct housing and insurance, as well as taxes. Even so, for his monthly salary for the Year 2010 to be more than ten thousand yuan; that was something he could comfortably go out and boast about! Furthermore, as Ocean Stronghold became more and more popular and the revenue from the game increased, Huang Sibos bonus would grow as well. If he calculated this way, his pay for the next month could only get higher! The project he was responsible for had done well while Boss Pei had been generous in giving out bonuses. That was a double blessing and joy! However, this was not all. Xin Hailu entered the office and started to give out shopping gift cards. Everyone had a faint-golden shopping gift card; it had the symbol of Jinzhou Citys largest shopping complex on it. After distributing to all, Xin Hailu came to the middle of the office workspace, smiled slightly, and spoke. Dont lose this gift card in your hands; a thousand yuan would be credited to them every month; you can go to the shopping complex and purchase some daily necessities. Besides that, from today, Boss Pei has created a new special expenses system. Every quarter, the company will reimburse up to 3500 yuan for these special expenses. What is included is as follows Assistant Xin simply explained what the special expenses were all about as well as its restrictions. For example charging up to play a game was counted as well. Everyone heard her speak and was stunned, especially Bao Xu. They were all baffled. Such a good thing existed? Didnt that mean that from now onwhenever Bao Xu played games, he didnt have to top-up using his own money anymore? Chapter 72 - Paid Shopping Trip? Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Everyone was feeling a little abashed! The company had arranged for high specification computers, given overtime pay, project bonuses, snacks; their normal expenses claims were already significant. Now, even if one of them wanted to top-up money to play games, that could also be counted as expenses? As if sensing everyones apprehension, Xin Hailu smiled slightly and continued, Everyone doesnt have to feel uneasy. This afternoon, Boss Pei will accompany all of us to the shopping complex to celebrate Ocean Strongholds success! Get ready your things; well be knocking off today at three in the afternoon punctually. A bus would be waiting for us downstairs on the dot. Pei Qian had predicted that some people would not feel good about using this special expense. He was worried that they wouldnt be willing to spend on this 3500 yuan in special expenses. Hence, he was going to bring everyone to the shopping complex today, so that they would use up all the money in their gift cards and the special expense! After all, Pei Qian was going all out to spend money now. When the System Funds started the settlement process, it would naturally provide him with more money; it would be a waste if he didnt spend what he had now! He had roughly calculated. The System Funds had around one million one hundred thousand yuan in it. Wages and bonuses for this month amounted to four hundred thousand while the gift cards had thirty thousand in them. Once everyone used up their special expenses, that would be another hundred thousand yuan. Pei Qian would then buy some more things for himself and maybe spend another hundred thousand yuan? After this rampage spending, there was indeed hope of creating a loss! Unfortunately, he had already paid the rent and other utilities and fees at the start of the month; and he couldnt pay next months ahead of time. Pei Qian grew happier the more he calculated. He decided to go on a spending spree with everyone in tow at the shopping complex! Everyone had to spend the full 3500 yuan for me; not a cent could be left! At three in the afternoon, everyone boarded the bus and arrived at the shopping mall. After disembarking, Pei Qian clapped his hands lightly to get everyones attention. To celebrate Ocean Strongholds success and everyones hard work, I have decided to reward everyone with a paid shopping trip! The thousand yuan shopping gift card must be spent; the three thousand five hundred in special expenses as well! As long as someone doesnt finish spending it all, no one is allowed to leave! Alright, dismissed! Everyone glanced at each other for a moment as they then instantly roared their delight. Alright! Many thanks, Boss Pei! A few younger employees immediately rushed to the reception desk. A paid shopping trip was too good to be true; no one had seen any company being so generous before! This was such a huge shopping mall; they could buy to their hearts content! Not only could they spend their shopping gift card and special expenses, but they also had their salaries! Everyones wages had been raised during an increment; combined with the project bonus, everyone had a sizable amount of funds; they definitely had many things they wanted to buy! Pei Qian soon saw that all his employees had formed into groups as they all left. Those who had left the fastest were those with the greatest desire for shopping; it wasnt an issue for these folks to finish spending their money. Those that were slightly hesitant and entered whichever shop they saw to shop while they might slightly more cautiously, they should not have much left either. As for the last group that was taking their own sweet time and didnt seem to like shopping that much, Pei Qian felt that he needed to keep a close eye on this bunch. These people might potentially not spend all their money! This bad habit of not spending decisively had to be curbed! Huang Sibo, Xiao Lu, Lin Wan, and Ma Yang soon became part of this last group. Pei Qian decided to focus his attention on these four. Besides Lin Wan, the other three were the type that didnt know how to spend money and didnt have many material needs. Hence, they didnt have much passion for shopping. As for Lin Wan she really thought she lacked nothing. If she lacked anything, she would have long bought it and wouldnt have waited until now. To her, observing Pei Qian was more important than spending money! Lin Wan thought that as a boss, Pei Qian was really too special! Not only had he given everyone shopping gift cards and a special expenses tab, but he had also proactively brought everyone to come and shop? He was so meticulous! Could this be the legendary humorous, warm, easy-going, and meticulous boss? The few of them sauntered in the shopping mall and soon reached Shenhua Digitals exclusive shop. As the largest telecommunications and hardware manufacturer in the countryalthough Shenhua Corporation also dabbled in real estate and tech ventures, its main business was in digital products such as computers, cell phones, earphones, etc. Xiao Lu lifted the latest flagship phone model and instantly fell in love with it. Pei Qian thought that in comparison with the phone models in his previous life during the same years, these phones appearances were actually quite decent. In his previous life, smartphones in 2009 and 2010 were actually not that common yet. There was a wide variety of phones on the market. Most of them still had basic keyboards with a number pad; some even had full keyboards. In this world, as the era of smartphones had arrived earlier, most of the phones on display here were fully touchscreen. This world was probably two or three years faster than his previous one. It felt more or less like the preliminary stages of Xiaomi. Xiao Lu was now holding the Shenhua G9 model. It was one of the very few on the market currently that catered slightly more towards mobile gaming; it was 3999 yuan. After taking a long and hard look, Xiao Lu placed the phone down silently. Pei Qian was now not happy. Whats wrong, you dont like it? Pei Qian asked. Xiao Lu hurriedly replied, Err, nope. Just that I feel that my current cell phone can last for another year. Furthermore this is a little pricey A little pricey? Use your special expense! Pei Qian said. Ah? Boss Pei, this can be used under special expense as well? Xiao Lu was a little bewildered. What does buying this cell phone have to do with work? Pei Qian shook his head, Why isnt it related? Who said we might not move to developing mobile games in the future? We could even do a new edition of Ghost General, right? Whats wrong with purchasing a new gaming cell phone as a test? Err Xiao Lu was a little lost for words. The special expense limit is 3500 yuan. If you use 499 from the shopping gift card, wouldnt that be just nice? Xiao Lu blinked. However Whats there to hesitate about? Dont you want this? Your current G6 is a model from two years ago; its almost going to crash, right? I think that using this phone has evidently lowered your work productivity! Next time if I need to find you for something and your phone hangs, wouldnt that disrupt our work? For the sake of your work, change it! Pei Qian said sternly. Xiao Lu could only nod and say, Alright, Boss Pei! He was a little emotional as he took a brand new unsealed phone from the table and went to settle the bill. Remember, use three thousand five hundred on your credit card and four hundred and ninety-nine from the shopping gift card; then, give the receipt to Assistant Xin to charge as expenses! Dont spend your own salary! Seeing Xiao Lu heading to pay, Pei Qian was still a little not content. He looked at Huang Sibo and asked, I think its time for your cell phone to change as well, right? Huang Sibo hurriedly gestured and said, No, Boss Pei, I only changed it two months ago However, your cell phone is a lite version; it is like digital trash, do you know? Pei Qian took a look and immediately saw what model that was. Theres really no need, Boss Pei. I have other things I want to buy. Huang Sibo rejected once more. Pei Qian nodded. Since Huang Sibo had other things to buy, Pei Qian was going to wait and see. He took a look at Lin Wan. However, Lin Wan actually raised her left hand and displayed the Shenhua M10 model in her hand. This was the latest commercial flagship cell phone; the cheapest model cost over five thousand yuan. Furthermore, Lin Wans cell phone looked rather special; it should be a high-spec one. Lin Wan said, I basically have everything in this shop, Boss Pei. Pei Qian, Sigh, rich second-generation heirs really could do as they wished; Lin Wan was really something! Chapter 73 - Historic Turning of a Win as a Loss! Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Pei Qian took a look around the shop again and came across where the earphones were at. Ma Yang, I remember that your earphones were only twenty-plus yuan from a roadside stall. Pei Qian looked at Ma Yang. Tsk Boss Pei, although its something from a roadside stall, it is pretty useful. Ma Yang immediately said as he did not reveal his relationship with Pei Qian in front of others. How could that be good enough? Something from a roadside stall is just that; it cannot be good enough. This is the newest model, it costs 2999; take it. Its below ten thousand, and it is good enough. Pei Qian immediately pushed the earphones to Ma Yang. Ma Yang was stunned and said, Err, Boss Pei, but my current job does not have anything to do with earphones Ma Yang was now doing miscellaneous tasks in the designs team. Basically, he had to fill in forms occasionally, use editing software, or to raise some requests for resources. His work indeed had not much relation with earphones. Pei Qian thought about it and said, It is in preparation for your work next time. You might need to communicate more with subcontractors and raise requests regarding music and sound effects. Without a good pair of earphoneswhen they provide the music and sound effects, what if you couldnt even tell if they were of good quality or not? Ma Yang scratched his head, However, arent the earphones that come with the company computers good enough already? Pei Qians face grew dark. Since its the companys earphones, could you bring them home? If there are any emergencies after office hours that require you to contact subcontractors, what then? Ma Yang was speechless. It seemed as if Pei Qians words made sense Ma Yang smiled widely as he took over the earphones and ran to pay for it. Just like Xiao Lu, he actually also wanted to buy a pair. However, he couldnt bear to spend his own money. He also felt a little bad claiming this under extra expenses. However, since Pei Qian had said so, they didnt have any reservations at all. He held onto the earphones; they were gorgeous. Most importantly, he had not spent a single cent of his own money. The company was paying for this. Where else could he find such a good deal? Soon, Xiao Lu and Ma Yang had both completed their payments. Xiao Lu immediately started to use the earphones; he loved it extremely much. A few of them continued to shop in the mall. As Pei Qian shopped, he kept an eye on his employees to make sure that they were spending as they pleased! He forced Huang Sibo to buy a new tablet computer under the pretext of raising productivity. He also compelled the two female receptionists to buy a few beautiful dresses, claiming that they would elevate the companys image. Some other things were included in this spending spree as well. As long as he saw that his employees expressed even an inkling of desire, he would immediately come up with a reason and order the purchase! Some special cases where Pei Qian really couldnt find a justificationfor example, a male employee wanted to buy a handbag for his girlfriend. He made them change an item just so he could think of something to say. After walking one round in the mall, Pei Qian was quite pleased. En, everyone had more or less spent their money! After doing a check, five hundred and thirty thousand yuan in the System Funds had been spent today after Pei Qians coercion and manipulationthrough giving out salaries, bonuses, and shopping cards. The System Funds originally had one million one hundred thousand yuan in it. Five hundred and seventy thousand yuan were left. En, I can only rely on myself for the rest Pei Qian knew that his employees had already tried their best. As for the last seventy thousand, he had to expend them personally. After spending this seventy thousand, every extra one cent spent could be converted into personal wealth at a one-is-to-one rate! This was the last leg of this long expedition; he needed to finish this in one fell swoop! Pei Qian first came to a high-class suit boutique store and purposely avoided Jesse who had come here to buy something just now. However, he soon left quietly. The system had rejected the purchase. Pei Qian had probably bought too many suits the previous time, and the system thought that he did not have the ability to continue spending. After that, Pei Qian went to a Rolex shop, wanting to buy a watch. This time, the system did not directly reject him. However, Pei Qian started from the most expensive watch that cost more than two hundred thousand yuan and worked his way down; the system finally only permitted him to buy the most entry-level model that cost forty thousand! Although it was also a Rolex watch, it was too cheap. Pei Qian was feeling a little pained; however, as forty thousand was after all still money, he still decided to buy it. As the saying went: as one wears a Rolex, ones responsibility grows, Pei Qian thought that as a boss himself, his responsibilities were the heaviest. It was reasonable that he wore a two hundred thousand dollar watch. However, it was obvious the system disagreed and felt that Pei Qian was only worth forty thousand. Pei Qian was very pained. He continued to shop. Since he couldnt even buy a good watch, that meant that he wouldnt be allowed by the system to buy other stuff that wasnt exactly related to his work, such as expensive cologne and mens health supplements, etc. However, Pei Qian was not flustered. Having spent forty thousand-odd yuan, he was rather confident now. He had to buck up; this was the last chance to break through the spending stage! Lin Wan, Huang Sibo, and the others had long reached their purchase targets. While they accompanied Pei Qian and window-shopped, they observed their Boss Pei quietly. Especially Lin Wanwho was very interested in whatever Boss Pei was buying! However, after observing for a while, she realized that her previous opinion of Boss Pei seemed to have been erroneous! Boss Pei was actually such a thrifty person when it came to his personal life?! She could see clearly that Pei Qian actually really wanted to buy some items! For example, that classic, luxurious perfume box from that brand that started with a G; it was more than a thousand yuan as Boss Pei was evidently keen on it. However, after taking a look, he had actually put it down again! Also, that custom-made suit. Boss Pei had actually tried it on for a while; it had looked very fitting and nice. It was only a little more than ten thousand yuan; he had actually not bought it! As well as the Rolex watch. Boss Pei had started from the two hundred thousand rang watches and finally had chosen the cheapest entry-level model that only cost forty-odd thousand! For such a successful boss like Boss Pei, he only wore an entry-level Rolex?? Lin Wan was indeed stunned. Pei Qian continued to shop as he bought stuff here and there. Whatever the system restricted him from buying, he had no choice but to give it up. Whatever the system permitted, he took them all! However, as much as that was the case, Pei Qian actually did not manage to buy that many things. The systems restrictions were just too many! A Babylon fountain pen that was seven-thousand-odd; a golden belt from the G brand that was three-thousand-odd; a business briefcase worth twenty-thousand Some were the priciest, some were middle-ranged; his purchases were all limited by the systems restrictions. Pei Qians job was to buy the best within the limits given. After shopping for a while longer, Pei Qian realized that he didnt have anything else to buy left. After taking stockalthough Pei Qian felt that he had bought quite a bit of stuff, he actually didnt have that many bags in his hands. The total cost for everything was seventy-three thousand. He had successfully created a loss of three thousand odd yuan! Pei Qian was elated. This was a historic step! This was the result of a spending spree that was in accordance with the long-lasting, successful principle of I dont want the best; I want the most expensive! All subsequent spending could be unconditionally transferred to become his personal wealth! Pei Qians smile, however, was viewed differently in the eyes of his employees. Lin Wan was very emotional. Ocean Stronghold had been so successful; based on a conservative estimate, Boss Pei probably earned more than two million a month. Yet, he was so thrifty?! Chapter 74 - A Historic Step! Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Lin Wan noticed that Boss Pei walked past a few brands selling personal use products; he didnt even walk in! He didnt even buy a perfume gift box that was a thousand-over yuan! Furthermore, Boss Pei had bought stuff that was related to work. Even the wallet and briefcase he had bought were those suited for business meetings! Altogether, he had spent not even a hundred thousand yuan! Lin Wan was very surprised; how strong was her bosss self-control! She touched her heart and knew that if it was someone else that earned two millionno, wait, even one millionthat person would probably spend lavishly on clothing, wallets, and watches that cost tens of thousands each. However, Boss Pei had spent not even a hundred thousand yuan; he also looked satisfied! That was very impressive! Thinking that Boss Pei had always been very generous when it came to working conditions, salary, and giving out bonuses; it was a stark comparison to what she witnessed now! Lin Wan, Huang Sibo, and companys eyes grew a little moist. What a saint boss they had! As for Pei Qian, he did not notice everyones reaction at all. He was still thinking furiously what else he could spend more on! Now that he had already entered a state of loss, anymore that he spent was going to be his personal gain! Furthermore, he had already gone one entire round in the mall; he had basically bought one of everything that the system had not restricted him from buying. Everyone elses shopping had also more or less come to an end as everyone gathered in the hall on the first floor, with hands full of shopping bags and huge smiles on their faces. Paid shopping always felt this good! However, Pei Qian did not want to leave just like that. He had finally managed to reach a loss; however, it was only three thousand over yuan. He was not willing to give up now! He looked at Xin Hailu as his eyes flashed. I want to buy some gifts for a friend who is also a boss; any suggestions? He could not directly say it was for him; that would appear very strange and set off alarm bells. Everyone would then think: if it was for himself, Pei Qian could just buy anything he wanted; why did he have to ask them? However, if he said it was a gift for a friend, everyone would raise some ideas; and Pei Qian could then use this opportunity to think through what he was still lacking or havent bought. Xin Hailu started to suggest some things while everyone else chimed in as well. They suggested an expensive suit, perfume, a watch, a fountain pen, etc. Pei Qian kept on shaking his head. He had seen most of these already and bought all that he could; as for the rest, the system did not allow him to buy! Everyone had gone through one round of suggestions and didnt have anything else to say. They didnt know what else could be given as a gift. At this time, Lin Wan ventured a guess, How about spectacles? Pei Qians eyes lit up. Spectacles? Lin Wan nodded and said, If your friend is short-sighted, you can give him some glasses. However, you would have to know his degree first; even if you dont know his degree or he isnt short-sighted, you can also gift him a spectacle frame. A good-looking pair of spectacles can raise ones airs and show that he has taste. Pei Qian wanted to praise Lin Wan highly! Spectacles! Why had I not thought about that? Pei Qian wasnt short-sighted and didnt need spectacles. Hence, as much as he had tried to think, he had not thought of this. Come to think of it, buying a pair of spectacles for himself was reasonable! He looked at Assistant Xin and said, Where can I find the most expensive spectacles? Xin Hailu thought for a moment and said, There is a Louis Vuitton shop here that sells spectacles; it should be expensive enough. However, most of their products are sunglasses; Im not sure if that is what you are looking for. Bring me there. The two took the escalator and soon reached the Louis Vuitton shop and found the shelf selling spectacles. Pei Qian took a look and saw that the prices were satisfactory! The cheapest was about two thousand while the most expensive was nine thousand over! That a pair of spectacles could sell for nine thousand; to be honest, that was a little unexpected for Pei Qian. However, it was a good thing for him! However, when Pei Qian took up the pair of sunglasses worth over nine thousand yuan, the system denied him. Pei Qian was speechless; the system wasnt going to allow this purchase? What a letdown! He attempted once again with another pair that was over eight thousand yuan. This time, the system actually did not sound out any alerts! Pei Qian was overjoyed. After taking a closer look and comparing both pairs, he realized that the first model looked a little superficial; it looked exactly like a pair of sunglasses as the spectacle frame was a little too gaudy and hence did not meet the requirement of being business-like or business-related. As for the second pairalthough it stated it was a pair of sunglasses, the very thin spectacle frame with golden threads plus its straighter and narrower build was more acceptable. Pei Qian wore it, looked at Xin Hailu, and asked, How does it look? Xin Hailu nodded and said, It looks very classy, Boss Pei. Pei Qian was elated. No wonder the system had not issued any warnings. This pair of spectacles could be used for business and indeed elevated his airs! The system must have considered that this pair could be worn during business dealings to elevate ones airs; it had the same function as a suit and hence had permitted it. Pei Qian took two pairs that had a slight difference in design; these were the most expensive ones that the system allowed. Ill take these. Pei Qian wanted to swipe his card immediately. The saleslady was pleasantly surprised as she hurriedly took out an exquisite gift box and packaged the spectacles nicely for Pei Qian after he had paid. After she had been done with onebefore she started on the other, Pei Qian waved at her to indicate that it was not necessary to pack the second one. Ill wear this now. Pei Qian took off the sunglasses cover lenses as he wore the spectacle frame. He took a look in the mirror. En, he indeed looked more classy and of good taste. Alright, Ill wear this! It was after all worth more than eight thousand; he couldnt possibly just leave it at one side to collect dust, right? After checking the System Funds once more, Pei Qian was very content now. He had given it his all and finally caused losses of more than twenty thousand! This was Pei Qians small step; however, it was a big step towards defeating the system! The duo returned to the hall. Everyone immediately noticed something different with Boss Peis image. He had a pair of spectacle frames with golden threads on the sides; his airs had been elevated a whole level! Boss Pei is so handsome! Boss Pei has bought a pair for yourself as well? It looks so good! This pair must have cost a lot; it must be at least a thousand, right? Facing the praises and flattery from his employees, Pei Qian smiled slightly while he was indifferent on the inside. Lets all go our own ways now; you can claim your taxi fares. Rest well over the weekend! On the 31st, the system started to initiate settlement! A screen once again appeared in front of Pei Qian. Pei Qian was so emotional he wanted to cry. Finally! After giving it his all, he had finally generated losses of twenty thousand! Dont belittle these twenty thousand. It was a historic first step! This small step of losses was a big step towards ultimate success! Soon enough, the screen displayed even more data. As Pei Qian had predicted, this time, the System Funds total amount had been increased from five hundred thousand to one million yuan! If Pei Qians System Funds had been more than one million yuan before, he would probably not have gotten a top-up this time. Pei Qian had gone on a spending spree and spent four hundred and seventy thousand yuan. Not only had he managed to credit twenty thousand into his Personal Wealth, but the system had automatically replenished the funds to one million; he had struck a windfall! Furthermore, Pei Qian noticed that this time was rather different from previous settlements. Since the funds had been topped up to a million this time, Pei Qian didnt need to painstakingly count the number of zeros anymore. Moreover, the system had announced a Special Task: the company needed to own any sort of physical shop house. If he managed to complete this task, he would get an additional ten percent over the original amount to be transferred to him! Chapter 75 - First Place Elimination System: Activated! Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Superb. I like such a bright system! After slowly getting to know the system, Pei Qian felt as if he was getting the hang of using it now. Was this Special Task difficult? Although there was a certain level of difficulty, it was still manageable! Furthermore, even without the system announcing a Special Task, Pei Qian already had a similar idea long ago. Pei Qian was very clear that in the next ten years, physical shop houses would increasingly perform badly! There were two reasons for this. First, rental hikes that would increase overhead costs for shop renters. Second, the advent of e-commerce and delivery services as more people prefer to stay at home and do their shopping. Previously, if one opened any sort of shop near a university, it would be a very lucrative business. Even if it only sold snacks or offered photocopying services, all these shops were profitable. If one opened an internet cafe or a reputable restaurant, profit margins would be even higher. However, more and more physical shops started to do badly; and they shuttered. The reason was many functions they offered had been replaced by digital commerce platforms! Previously, many university students would go to any digital malls or shops to purchase computers; they were ripped off badly. Subsequently, everyone went online to JD.com and stopped patronizing these digital malls. As for daily necessities, while some would still go to supermarkets to purchase these items; some also started to choose home-delivery options. As for having meals, more and more people called for deliveries; and they would at most go to an upscale restaurant during special occasions. They didnt patronize restaurants that often anymore. All in allregardless of what type of business a physical shop ran, business was falling for them all; and it had become a sunset industry. This was exactly what Pei Qian liked! However what sort of physical store should he open? The system had not specified any industry or service, just that it had to be a physical store. The only restriction was it had to be in a bustling city district or near a school. Even if it was a snacks stall, a book shop, or a photocopying shop; everything was permitted. Pei Qian started to think about this deeper and to analyze the rate of success for this matter. Although in the next ten years, physical shops would increasingly perform more and more badly; was it a done-deal that if he opened one now, he would definitely make a loss? That was not a given. It was the Year 2010 now. E-commerce and delivery services were still in its infancy; physical shops could still earn a profit! Bookshops, small marts, internet cafes near schools were all still doing quite well. Even openly a photocopying shop in some corner or out-of-place location could earn enough money. As students needed to print their thesis, print worksheets, and photocopy documents; they still had to head to printing shops for these services. There was still an existing demand. However, ten years from now, physical shops would most likely no longer be profitable. Nevertheless, in the short term, profits were still highly possible. Furthermore, Pei Qian was very conflicted; how was he going to open this shop? If he invested less, he would also lose less. If he was lucky, he might actually make a profit. If he invested more and the quality of his services was good; what would he do if the business roared? This was a technical job; he had to think this through! However, before opening this, Pei Qian decided to first implement his long-planned First Place Elimination System. Initially, he just wanted to recruit a group of hooligans; however, everyone he hired actually turned out to have much potential; he was in a bind. Especially Huang Sibo and Bao Xu; if he kept them around, troubles would abound! With them working for him, Tengdas gaming business would have a hard time incurring a loss! As for Lin Wan she could still be kept for further review. After all, she had managed to connect with those gamers only because she had coincidentally been doing such work when she had been working for Sun Strike Studios. This also meant that her connections would not be of much use anymore. Hence, Pei Qian was considering how he could deal with Bao Xu and Huang Sibo. He definitely couldnt fire them immediately; he also couldnt demote them. Without any justification or evidence, or without even a valid reason, the system would not agree to this. Pei Qian was deep in thought. February 2nd, Monday Office Brother Huang, quick, take a look. Many people online are hotly discussing our game; it seems like some are from the industry as well? Xiao Lu was browsing the net and seemed to have found some big news. Huang Sibo nodded and said, I know; I have been keeping tabs. He then looked at Bao Xu and said, Brother Bao, what do you think? Bao Xus expression was composed and replied, It doesnt concern us. Huang Sibo thought for a while and agreed; it had nothing to do with them. Indeed, many people online were hotly debating Ocean Stronghold. This interest in the game had persisted for half a month ever since the game had gone online. Originally, the players from Ocean Stronghold and Bullet Hole had been scolding each other. However, as they continued to bicker, this topic somehow attracted even more attention. Initially, everyone had been debating which of the two games was better. Subsequently, Bullet Hole seemed to have disappeared from the discussions. Everyone then started to debate whether Ocean Stronghold was an industry cancer or industry-conscious? Among those that participated in the discussions, not a few of them were from other gaming companies. Casually opening any note, and one would be able to see both factions bickering incessantly. Ocean Stronghold could possibly trigger the advent of The Age of Paywall for locally produced games! To sell a permanent weapon for eight-hundred-and-eighty-eight yuan; that is unprecedented! Furthermore, as an FPS game, it is actually selling character attributes? Does this company still have even a veneer of passion and principles for games? When other games sell in-game merchandise for two or three hundred, you guys would scold them. Why is it when it costs eight-hundred over for a weapon now, you guys are lapping it up? Also, this games servers are bad. They will suddenly be full, and I will get stuck! This is trash! How many influencers have this game bought? It obviously is a trashy game with a high paywall; it still dares to boast that it is the pride and glory of locally-produced FPS games? However, these opinions would swiftly be rebuked. A trashy game with a high paywall? Haha, it seems like you obviously havent played this game! Thats right; Im an influencer for Ocean Stronghold. So what? I would like to emphasize why I said that this game is good? It only requires you to buy a weapon that costs 888 yuan; everything else in the game is free! You guys who make other in-game purchases in other games, the number of pages of items to buy is quite a lot, right? How can you make the same comparison? This games story mode models that of many big, blockbuster games; it had been splendidly done. To buy blockbuster games, that would cost you at least two thousand, right? If the cost is slashed by half or even only a hundred yuan or fifty yuan, that is reasonable. However, this company actually foolishly made everything free! Even the story mode could be experienced for free! If this isnt benign, what is? The cost of the weapon is but the upfront cost that everyone has to pay for any game; just that now, this money has been placed in the hands of ballers. Furthermore, ballers that buy the weapons are also willing buyers and sellers; isnt that the best of both worlds? As for the server crashing, Im sorry, Ocean Stronghold is no longer crashing! They must have rented a new server and expanded! Sigh, some people really just dont understand the relative importance or urgency of things. This company had developed this game and provided this service. They cant possibly do all of this out of love, right? They have managed to avoid making people pay for the game but had transferred this to ballers; why arent you guys satisfied? Whether this game was an industry cancer or industry-conscious, there still wasnt a conclusion. Regardless, as people continued bickering, this game gained more and more attention! The crux was the 888-yuan Red Kilin was just too hot a topic; many people who had no interest in gaming whatsoever had heard that a weapon was being sold at such a price and started to notice Ocean Stronghold. Hence, Ocean Stronghold statistics just kept on rising! Huang Sibo was actually concerned at the start that this online fighting would affect the reputation of Ocean Stronghold. However, from the looks of it, not only had the games reputation not been affected; but the dispute had also generated publicity for the game! Huang Sibo was now relaxed; it seemed as if everything was going according to Boss Peis plans! At this time, Pei Qian walked out of his office. Wearing his new spectacles, Boss Pei looked much steadier and calmer; as if he had victory just within grasp. Huang Sibo was very impressed by him. Everyone, take a look at the internal chat; I had started a poll. This is an anonymous poll; I want everyone to evaluate who you guys think is the best employee. Pei Qian smiled slightly and said, I have a secret prize for that person. Chapter 76 - Dream Fund! Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios The best employee? Secret prize? Boss Pei was going to reward according to merit? Everyone immediately started clicking with their mouse to choose who they thought was the best. Soon, everyone had finished voting. Pei Qian took a look at the results: Huang Sibo was number-one with fourteen votes while Bao Xu was close behind with ten votes. Lin Wan actually had gotten three votes; Pei Qian didnt know who had voted for her. Pei Qian looked at Assistant Xin. Xin Hailu immediately took out the long-prepared custom-made trophy and handed it to Pei Qian. Pei Qian walked to Huang Sibo and handed him the trophy, Congratulations! Huang Sibo was rather shocked; he was stunned momentarily as he hurriedly stood up and took the trophy. Everyone in the office immediately applauded warmly. Most of them thought that Huang Sibo was indeed the best employee! Who was the one who had pushed the development over and over again? Who was the one who had worked hard without complaint; always staying back to work overtime? Ocean Strongholds huge success naturally had to be attributed to the development team while Huang Sibo was the development teams chief planner; he had given the most effort! OF course, some people also thought that Bao Xus creativity had been very important; hence, Bao Xu had gotten ten votes. However, Boss Pei also had to be credited for creativity. After all, Boss Pei had been the one to raise three requests; and Bao Xu had come up with his ideas based on them. He had essentially gotten some guidance and hints before he produced the correct answer. Furthermore, Huang Sibo had been so busy taking care of the games development; his presence was the strongest. Hence, he had gotten the most number of votes. Huang Sibo held onto the trophy with both hands as he was so emotional he could hardly speak. This trophy looked rather unique, and it was obvious it had been custom-made. It was different from the cheap tens of yuan of ordinary trophies! Furthermore, it wasnt just about the cost of it. A trophy also brought about a certain degree of honor! The trophy also had the words Tengda Network Technology Co., Ltd. First Best Employee engraved on it. This was the greatest praise and affirmation for his work; it was not something that money could give! As everyone was still clapping, Huang Sibo felt that he should say something. He cleared his throat and said, I am grateful for Boss Peis trust and nurturing; I am also thankful for everyones constant support and assistance! Ocean Strongholds success should first and foremost be due to Boss Pei pointing us in the correct direction. Brother Bao and I had then managed to push forward in this direction. Second, credit should go to Brother Bao and his bold vision and inspiration. If he hadnt thought of such a brilliant story mode and such a novel PvP mode to this game, it would have been hard to achieve its current success! Also, everyones hard work had also played a huge part. All this time, the designs team had been working overtime with me to work step by step according to plan while everyone else had also provided their greatest amount of cooperation. The great success was a combined effort! I think that this trophy should belong to everyone! After Huang Sibo spoke, yet another round of warm applause broke out! Lin Wan actually had some tears in her eyes, and she was rather emotional. Hear, hear! Shouldnt this be what a company with a conscience was all about? Of course, I had also not chosen wrongly; coming to Tengda had been the right choice! The applause slowly subsided. Pei Qian continued, Next, I want to reveal the special prize for the best employee. Huang Sibo, from today, you are no longer part of the designs team. The chief planner position would be given to Lu Mingliang. Xiao Lu was flabbergasted. Ah? Huang Sibo was stumped. What did this mean? Hadnt I just gotten the best employee award? What was happening? Was I being fired on the spot? Everyone else was equally stunned; they didnt know what Boss Peis intentions were. Huang Sibo had done so well as the chief planner and the results proved as much; everyone knew it clearly. Yet, he had been taken down like this? Not only was he no longer the chief planner, but he also had to get out of the designs team immediately? Pei Qian grinned as he continued, As the best employee, I have decided to give you a Dream Fund worth one million yuan; you can use it to fulfill your dreams! You will still be Tengdas employee. However, you will not be in the games department anymore. You can choose any industry that youre interested in and invest the one million yuan. Regardless of whether your venture succeeds or not, the company will foot the bill! Huang Sibowho had actually been so scared his limbs had gone coldactually did an internal 180-degree flip! Great, Boss Pei was not firing me! Furthermore, he had given me a one million yuan Dream Fund, for me to fulfill my dreams! Huang Sibo felt as if he was dreaming; he could not believe that all this was happening! Everyone else also stared wide-eyed as their eyes were filled with envy and jealousy. This was the treatment the best employee received?! Wasnt it just a little too ridiculous? A million-yuan investment with a high level of autonomy; regardless of success or failure, the company would pay the bill! Envya whole load of envy! Huang Sibos hands were shaking, and he almost couldnt keep his grip on the trophy. Boss Pei, Im afraid that I am not good enough and cant take on this responsibility Pei Qian shook his head slightly, telling Huang Sibo to stop talking. As the best employee, you have already proved your capabilities. Since I have faith in you, you should have trust in yourself as well. Pei Qian was very sincere. Huang Sibos eyes contained tears as his lips trembled. Words could not express what he was feeling as he bowed deeply and said, Alright, Boss Pei, I will definitely do my best! Pei Qian revealed his relief while he was secretly elated. Success! The first place had been eliminated! This was the plan that Pei Qian had racked his brains to come up with. The Ocean Strongholds success had proved that this bunch was not hooligans. Especially people like Huang Sibo had proved to be a hidden talent in the gaming industry! Pei Qian didnt have the time to lament why he was so unlucky and always encountered hidden talents like this, and his top priority had been to get rid of this problem. If not, if Huang Sibo and Bao Xu continued to be in charge and created yet another money-making game, wouldnt he be in trouble?? Hence, Pei Qian had to execute his first place elimination plan! However, Pei Qian couldnt fire Huang Sibo and couldnt demote him either. Logically speaking, that would cause suspicion and the system would not allow this as well. Hence, Pei Qian thought of this perfect way. He could just deploy Huang Sibo somewhere else, right? Huang Sibo could indeed have a little flair at game creation; fine, that was alright. Since that was the case, then Pei Qian wasnt going to let Huang Sibo continue doing games! Pei Qian would ask him to go to an industry foreign to Huang Sibo and give him a million yuan to do as he liked; most likely, he would end up in failure! At that time, without Huang Sibo around, the game might start to incur losses while Huang Sibo might lose another one million due to mismanagement; wasnt that the best of both worlds? 1 Haha, I am indeed a genius! To be able to think of such a perfect plan! Pei Qian was extremely pleased with himself. However, come to think of it Bao Xu was another thorn in his side. Ocean Strongholds success had also been due to Bao Xus creativity. Bao Xus rich gaming experience must have given him this insight. Pei Qian looked at Bao Xu and said, This time, Bao Xu had gotten the second-highest number of votes; he has also done much for the company. Although second place might be a pity; the company will not forget your contributions. As the second-best employee, you will be given one month of paid leave. From tomorrow onwards, you dont have to come to work. You can go and travel and sightseeexplore the world. That would be beneficial to your work in the future as well. Chapter 77 - Planning! Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Bao Xu was stunned; he wasnt that happy actually. Err. Boss Pei, I dont need the break. I like being around the company. He really meant this. Go and explore and have fun? What was there for him to do? Wouldnt he end up in an internet cafe? How could an internet cafe compare to the company? Everyone here was talented, and he liked the conversations going on; Bao Xu really loved this place! Pei Qian had predicted that Bao Xu would say this. Pei Qians face became very stern. This thinking of yours is very wrong! As the saying goes: one should study hard to be knowledgeable, and then make practical use of that knowledge in the real world. Game designs cannot be thought of just by being behind closed doors. If you want to achieve something big in the future, you need to broaden your horizons! In this one month, you cannot go to any internet cafes. I will ask Assistant Xin to create a schedule for you to follow. You need to make a trip to visit some famous sites in the country; you must clock in at every location. Then, you will head to all the big and established gaming companies to learn and upgrade yourself. This is necessary for your work; you cant reject this, understand? Seeing Boss Peis expression, Bao Xu didnt dare to say anymore as he nodded and said, Alright, Boss Pei. Those around the duo were stunned by the conversation they had just witnessed. What a saint employee and boss! The boss wanted to give the employee paid leave; the employee actually wanted to work overtime! Heavens! Something must be wrong with this world! Lin Wan was even more emotional now; she actually wished she could use a camera to take a shot of this scene. She was very worried; when she narrated this scene to others next time, no one would believe her! However, this kind of company, this type of boss this type of employee really existed! After successfully getting rid of two talented employees, Pei Qian was feeling really refreshed and relaxed. Huang Sibo had already left the gaming industry as per his arrangements. While Bao Xu would be taking in the sights for the upcoming month; he would not be involved in creating any new ideas for the new project. When Bao Xu returned after a month, the new projects design would have been completed. It would have entered the development phase; no matter how good Bao Xus ideas were, they would not be of use anymore! Of course, as to what the new gaming project would be about, Pei Qian hadnt actually thought it through yet. However, it was definitely the right move to divert these two people first! After rewarding the outstanding employees, Pei Qian called Ma Yang to his office while everyone else returned to their desks. Xiao LuLu Minglianghad never felt so excited about his job before. This round of outstanding employee rewards had been a real motivator for everyone! Boss Pei was trying to tell everyone what were the results of working hard. As long as they worked hard and became the best employee, they would be able to get a Dream Fund to fulfill their ambitions! Even if they didnt manage to be the bestas long as they were second place, they would be able to have a month-long paid holiday! This precedentas long as there was a precedentwas more effective than anything else! Pei Qians Office Ma Yang actually was a little critical of Pei Qians arrangements. Brother Qian, although you are my boss now; based on our close relationship, I have to be honest and direct with you. Even if you wouldnt like what I say, Ill say it anyway! I dont think it was the right move for Lu Mingliang to take over Huang Sibo! I feel that Lu Mingliang doesnt have any special skills. If he can be the chief planner I feel that I can as well! I have participated in much of the design work this time; while I havent done that job before, at least I have seen how it had been executed! Pei Qian crossed his legs as he sat on his chair and smiled faintly at Ma Yang. Relax; based on our relationship, would I mistreat you? Old Ma, although you werent the best employee, you have to believe me that you are my confidante! That has never changed! I had not arranged any important positions for you before; that is because I have something even more important for you now to deal with! This is a key step towards Tengda Corporations diversification. I am prepared to hand this task over to you. Are you ready? Ma Yangs eyes lit up. Really really? Pei Qian turned his computer screen slightly to let Ma Yang see it as well. He pointed at the Jingzhou City map on it and said, Come and take a look. Here, here, and here. These are the bustling commercial areas in Jingzhou City. Oh, as well as the area around our university; that place is good as well. I am thinking of choosing the best location out of these and open a big-scale chain internet cafe! I am leaving this matter entirely in your hands! What do you think? Ma Yangs eyes grew hazy as he said, Brother Qian, your so-called important position is the boss of an internet cafe? Ma Yang felt rather disappointed. Pei Qians brows knotted as he said, What do you mean by boss of an internet cafe? This is different! In my plan, this is not a simple internet cafe. It has to be a combination of an internet cafe, gaming experience, exclusive selling of hardware, watching shows, etc. It is a huge entertainment center that combines all these experiences! You still do not yet understand the importance of this. Tengdas main businesses are all in the gaming industry. However, what are we lacking? We are lacking a platform and space to interact with our players! Tengdas goal is to become a conglomerate that owns businesses spanning gaming, entertainment, hardware, and many other industries! This center would be an important piece of the puzzle! For such an important task, I dont trust anyone else; I only have you to turn to! Seeing Pei Qians earnest expression, Ma Yang was finally certain that Pei Qian wasnt joking. He was serious! Ma Yangs hands shook slightly as he said, Brother Qian, I I Pei Qian patted his shoulder and said, You dont have to say anything; I understand. However, I am but a general without an army; I am nothing actually Ma Yangs expression became pained. You have money; what else do you want? If you feel you are lacking in talented people, you can go and hire more! Dont worry, Tengda has now become a strong company; both our games are money-making trees. Rest assured and be as bold as you want to be. I will be here to support you; what are you afraid of?! Pei Qian said loftily. In that case how much capital will I have? Ma Yang asked. Capital? Theres no upper limit! Pei Qian gestured wildly and said, However much you need, you just have to ask! However, you have to let me know beforehand; I need time to move funds around. Ma Yang nodded furiously, Alright! I will definitely complete this task! Alright, go and make preparations. Come up with a rough plan first. I will remind you again that Tengda is here to embark on big projects. Even if its a physical shop front, we cant be like other internet cafes, alright? Furbishing and renovations have to be up to standard with the companys stature; we cant cut corners! Pei Qian instructed earnestly. Ma Yang patted his chest and said, Dont worry, I will take care of this! Ma Yang pushed the door open and left. Pei Qian looked at Ma Yangs back as he left and sighed deeply. At the end of the day, not anyone could be relied on. He still had to rely on his brother! Ocean Strongholds unexpected profits had mainly been because Pei Qian had mistakenly believed in Huang Sibo and Bao Xu. If he had handed this project to Ma Yang from the start, things might have turned out differently! Now, Huang Sibo had taken a million yuan and was busy doing whatever he wanted while Bao Xu had been forced to go on a holiday. The new game project had been handed to Xiao Lu while the internet cafe project was now Ma Yangs responsibility. The previous time, Pei Qian had gone all out and finally managed to create a loss of twenty-odd thousand yuan. Although he had already benefited from that, his thirst was not quenched yet! When it was time for the next settlementas long as Pei Qian maintained the System Funds at around two hundred to three hundred thousand yuan, he would instantly have another seven to eight hundred thousand yuan entering his account; he was exhilarated just thinking about that! When that time came, he could finally buy everything the system had prevented him from buying! Chapter 78 - Name of Game: Game Designer! Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Wednesday Meeting Room Lu Mingliang was very nervous and a little disturbed. The two honchos that could confidently place their legs on this meeting table were no longer around! Bao Xu had not come to work since yesterday. Having been given one-month long paid leave, Boss Pei had forcibly requested for him to clock in at all the famous sights and destinations in the country and to learn from other big gaming companies. Huang Sibo had also not shown himself recently. Who knew what he had spent Boss Peis one million yuan reward on? As these two bosses were no longer fronting things, Lu Mingliang had become the chief planner; he suddenly felt an immense amount of pressure! Furthermore, after Boss Pei had stated the near-term goals of the company at this meeting, Lu Mingliang was even more worried. Boss Pei had said that Ghost General and Ocean Stronghold would not be launching any new updates recently. All manpower was going to be focused on developing the next game! This was a little unexpected for Lu Mingliang and was rather vexing for him. Logically speakingwith two successful games on hand, now should be the time to frantically make money out of them. Such as releasing a new edition, making some new cards, or a new epic weapon They could literally make loads of money easily; it was very profitable! Lu Mingliang could also use this opportunity to finish handing over his current tasks and taking over the new ones. He would first create a new edition for Ghost General and Ocean Stronghold and then slowly ease into his new role before starting on a new game. This was the safest way. However, Boss Pei actually did not have plans to create a new edition for the existing games and immediately wanted to start on a new project! This made Lu Mingliangthe newly minted chief planner of only two daysvery lost and flustered. Of course, Lu Mingliang was clear that Boss Pei definitely had reasons for his decision. Boss Pei was a person that kept on pushing forward; he was not an ordinary boss who would stand still and count his profits. Not stopping for a while and earning money on a new edition but immediately taking a huge risk with a new project; Boss Peis ambition, foresight, and bandwidth were clear! As for the new game, I already have some thoughts. Please listen. At the head of the meeting table, Pei Qian was perfectly composed as he captured everyones attention; Lu Mingliang was surer than ever about Pei Qian. However Pei Qian had done this for the exact opposite reasons. Why did he not want to release a new edition? To release a new edition, he needed to charge a fee with it. He had to either collect money by selling it as downloadable content or add it as payable service within the game. The system was not going to accept a completely free new edition. The problem was Ghost General and Ocean Strongholds had too many players; they were very willing to pay as well! Under these circumstancesif he released a new edition now, he might actually start making huge numbers of sales immediately. Hence, Pei Qian felt that it was safer to start on a new project. After all, ruining a new project was much easier than screwing around with an existing successful one! Many new games immediately flopped upon release. Even if a professional, star producer had been behind them; that was hard to make things flourish as well. Furthermore, many old games though managed to hang in there, they were but hanging on a thread. Hence, Pei Qian decided to start afresh. Also, he was going to learn from the previous round. What was his greatest mistake then? He had too much confidence in Huang Sibo and Bao Xu! Pei Qian had never expected his three conditions had been turned by the duo into the selling point of the game! This time, Pei Qian decided to exert more control over the entire project. He could not allow another Ocean Stronghold to be launched! He even didnt dare to let Xiao Lu be creative. What if Xiao Lu went to consult Bao Xu in the dark or he suddenly had a stroke of inspiration and thought of a good idea? Hence, Pei Qian was going to make his word the law this time. He looked about and said slowly, This time, we are going to create a game that would be legendary! Its name is Game Designer! Everyone in the meeting room looked attentively at Pei Qian. Although they didnt understand, it sounded impressive! It sounds rather awesome! This was the game that was going to change Tengdas story in the gaming industry? However, regarding this title, while it could be used for a documentary or an interview; how was it supposed to be turned into a game? Hence, everyone was listening closely. Pei Qian looked very confident and talked impressively. This game is very simple. The game will be about the life of a game producer. In the game, the Game Designer has to continuously make choices; every choice would lead to a different outcome. For example, he could freely choose the game type, payment method, advertisement strategy, etc. At the same time, the gamer would also encounter a series of sudden events. Finally, the gamer would create a game and be able to see its profits and sales online. This is the rough idea. If you guys have any questions, feel free to ask them. No one spoke; everyone looked a little flabbergasted. Pei Qian grinned confidently. Flabbergasted, right? Thats right! This was a niche genre that no one had done before. Furthermore, its content was also not attractive; there was no way to make it grand as well. The gameplay was also extremely simple! The gaming industry was so miserable and dull; if it became a game, it definitely would not be fun. This kind of genre would not fly! Even if it was an independent game that attracted a small wave of gamers, it was hard to profit much from it. At that time, spending more money on art resources would result in sales dropping; and they might not even be able to recoup costs! Of course, Pei Qian naturally had another way to spin this. Lu Mingliang was the first to raise his hand. Boss Pei, I understand the general idea behind this game. I want to ask: what is the way to present and market this game? Is it an independent game like interactive fiction? Interactive Fiction; to put it plainly, it meant a game where one conversed with fictional characters. This type of game was easy to create and had varied applications. One only needed to create a 2D scene and original characters, adding a huge amount of text to the game. That would easily reveal all there was to the game. Based on Lu Mingliangs thinking, this game was actually similar to games like Chinese Parents. Of course, Lu Mingliang did not know about the game called Chinese Parents; he had seen other Interactive Fiction games, however. Pei Qian shook his head, No. Like an Interactive Fiction? Of course not! How much could he spend on an Interactive Fiction? Just a few original paintings and a few well-known voice-overs; that would only cost a few hundreds of thousands; that was not enough! Ocean Stronghold was racking in four to five hundred thousand in profits in a week. If only so little was invested in the new game, wasnt that ineffective? That would not solve his problem! Pei Qian was targeting at least two million and above for the new game. That was the only way to generate losses! If not, hundreds of thousands of yuan of losses would not mean much due to the Ghost General and Ocean Stronghold money-making trees. We will be going full 3D; we will use the most high-tech 3D modeling. Whether it is people or the settings; I want the best! Lu Mingliang was stunned. He could not imagine what that would be like! He felt strange just thinking about it! To use 3D for everything all for an Interactive Fiction game? Lu Mingliang ventured a query. Why are you so fixated on Interactive Fiction games? Pei Qian was a little speechless as he shook his head and said, I do not intend to use an Interactive Fictions format; that is too old-fashioned! We are going to be more abstract and use modern techniques and methods to package this game! Chapter 79 - A Game that Scolded Players! Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Pei Qian seemed to despise Interactive Fiction games on the surface, thinking they were old-fashioned. However, he was very clear internally: another way to interpret old-fashioned was stable! Interactive Fiction was a rather old and yet stable gaming genre; it had survived for a long time. Pei Qian had memories from his previous life. He knew that as an Interactive Fiction game, Chinese Parents was an independent game that had used an Interactive Fictions format; it had achieved considerable success! Pei Qian was not going to allow something like that to happen. Hence, he had to completely veto and abandon any thoughts at following this Interactive Fiction game model! Pei Qian cleared his throat and continued, My thinking is we should do a 3D flowchart. Thats right, a diagram as completed as a spider web. The boxes in the flowchart would be individual rooms; the lines on the flowchart would be corridors. The gamers will walk within the corridors. That would be the process of choosing the diverging paths within the flowchart; within each room, the results from their choices would be produced! In every room, a door would lead back to the corridor; that means that gamers can choose from a range of options. Do you guys understand what I mean? Everyone nodded and then shook their heads in unison again. They understood, but they didnt as well! Pei Qians description had allowed most of them to imagine the gameplay. To use Visio or any software related to it to draw a flowchart; that was commonly done in games and within the industry. They were used to represent some logic or procedural flows. For example, some procedures would start from a certain condition; after a series of judgments, an end-result would be produced. From the looks of it, flowcharts were formed from grids and rhombus shapes filled with countless words. These grids would be linked together by many arrowheads. Once all the grids were made into 3D, with small and big rooms and the arrowheads changing into corridors, the entire flowchart would become a huge maze. As the main character walked within this huge maze, every door represented a choice; when he finally walked to the last room, that would be one conclusion to the game. However, what everyone did not get was what genre was this? They had never seen anything like this before! They havent heard anything like this in other countries, much less within the country. Was it feasible? Even if they used high-quality 3D modeling and made so many huge backdrops and scenarios, what if they only managed to create a game where people could only walk about forever? They felt that something was amiss! However, no one would question Pei Qian. They didnt get it? That was exactly right! Boss Peis thought process could ordinary people fathom that? Only Huang Sibo and Bao Xu could roughly guess at Pei Qians designs and plans; everyone else was far from that level! Lu Mingliang knew this deeply as he took a notebook and kept on taking notes. Fortunately, Boss Pei had given a very detailed description; and Lu Mingliang didnt need to do much guessing. All he had to do was strictly abide by Boss Peis words; that wont go wrong! Lin Wan raised a hand and said, Boss Pei, I feel that this is a rather novel design! However, if the gamers were to walk about forever in the game; would they get bored? Bored? That was ideal! That was the effect I wanted! However, Lin Wans question made Pei Qian think about another hidden danger. Would this not be pushing the envelope enough? If the game was only boring, it might not be sufficient to push gamers to quit. What if they liked the feeling of making choices, tolerated the boredom, and actually became engrossed in it? Pei Qian became deep in thought. I know. Pei Qian suddenly thought of a good idea, Lets add some voice-overs in the game! Voice-overs? Lin Wan blinked. She didnt really understand. Although it wasnt that common to have voice-overs in games, that was normally added with the computer graphics at introduction scenes. If it was added during the gameplay, it would affect the player immersion of the game. Pei Qian laughed. Why did he want to add voice-overs? He precisely wanted to affect the gamers immersion into the game, preventing them from continuing! Not only that, but I also want to add some controversial statements into the voice-overs, to continuously mock the players, make them angry, and have them start scolding out loud! I want them to feel as if they were being humiliated in person. That way, they would give this game very bad reviews and wouldnt recommend it; and the games reputation would crash. Wouldnt the game then slowly die off? Think about it: every time a gamer made a choice, the systems voice-overs would mock the player. A game that scolded players! Exhilarating! Gamers with a little backbone would start smashing their computer mouses, right? Pei Qian coughed slightly twice as he explained, Voice-overs would be the way we interact with players. If players kept on running here and there; that is indeed rather boring. He would see himself as an outsider, an observer, and would easily lose interest. We will use the voice-overs to interact with him. For example, when he made a wrong choice, voice-over A would be activated; if he made the correct one, voice-over B would be triggered. This way, players would get some form of feedback after making every decision; he wouldnt feel lonely or bored! Lin Wan saw the light as she furiously nodded. Boss Pei was indeed the boss; he could even think of something so ingenious! What was a genius designer? This was! Lin Wan couldnt help but recall her experience working in Sun Strike Studios. In the Sun Strike Studios office, this kind of discussion was common as well. Brainstorming was done to decide on some details of a game as well as how to develop it. However, the atmosphere was completely different! Zhou Muyan would always ask the same thing: Are there games with similar gameplay? If it was an affirmative, Zhou Muyan would analyze and see if this gameplay had been successful; if it had been, he would adopt the suggestion. However, if the answer was negative or if some other game had employed the same method but failed, this idea would be instantly axed. This was not an isolated casemost of the gaming companies in the country all did the same! For the sake of stability, most designers did not dare to trial and error; they all veered towards learning from past cases experiences. Hence, many games became cast from the same mold. They were all very alike. However, Boss Peis way of doing things made Lin Wan really admire him. He did not care if there was successful precedence; he was courageous enough to be a pioneer! This setup was much more high-level than the Sun Strike Studios and Zhou Muyan! Lin Wan reaffirmed her conviction that Pei Qian was a master designerwithout a doubt! As for Lu Mingliang, he could only continue to write furiously in his notebook. He just felt that it was awesome, but he really didnt understand why Pei Qian was doing this. However, he knew where he stood in the company and would never voice any dissenting opinions regarding this. He would follow everything as per Boss Peis instructions. After successfully convincing everyone, Pei Qian felt very satisfied. This feeling was really nice! This project was completely within his control! I want a design draft within three days and a whole workflow to be created within a week. Within two weeks, all the art resources should be ready. Any problems? Pei Qian looked at Lu Mingliang. Lu Mingliang immediately nodded, Rest assured, Boss Pei, I will definitely complete these tasks! After speaking, Lu Minglianglacking in self-confidencethen asked, Boss Pei, if we cant finish on time; can we apply for overtime? Overtime was a special privilege for the exemplary employees; he wasnt sure if he was considered one by Boss Pei. Pei Qian thought for a while, nodded, and said, Sure. However, you cant go beyond nine at night. Although you guys are young, you should still take care of your bodies. Yes! Lu Mingliang was very touched. To care so much about their welfare; besides Tengda, where else? If he didnt do his best for Boss Pei, was he still human? Chapter 80 - Enter the Filming Industry? Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Pei Qians office How is it going, Old Ma. Have you made a decision? Pei Qian drank his tea as he asked. Not yet! Ma Yang answered indignantly. Pfft! Pei Qian nearly spat out his tea. However, he was not at all angry; he was actually a little happy. It seemed as if Old Ma was going to make things easy for him. If everyone was like Old Ma, I could have gotten all the money within the system into my own account long ago! My main task now is to find a suitable helper. Ma Yang drank some tea as he appeared like he had the situation well planned out. Pei Qian suddenly grew a little concerned. He believed in Ma Yang. However, he didnt trust Ma Yangs helper! Ma Yang was the type that was easily convinced by others. What if he managed to find a hardworking fellow that was good at running internet cafes, and Ma Yang actually listened to everything this helper said. The consequences would be dire! Pei Qian had to be wary. What type of helper are you looking for? I found one on the Baidu Tieba; he is a talent. I am trying to poach him with a high salary now! Ma Yang said. Oh, some genius from Tieba? Thats fine, thats fine. Pei Qian was relieved. Tieba was indeed the place where hidden talents abound. Especially at this time of the year, Tieba was quite widely used. Although the good was mixed with the bad, some talents could be found. However, people who were only good at posturing and puffing themselves up were quite common. Based on probability, that Ma Yang would find someone of the latter caliber was rather likely. Could you give more details? Pei Qian composed himself and sipped his tea again. Seeing Pei Qian so concerned with his progress, Ma Yang also became more alert as he reported seriously. This person I have found is a small cafe owner on GPU Forum. He is very talented and is very famous in Tieba! I was thinking; if I want to open a LAN shop, the most important thing would be computers, right? I cant possibly buy models from a famous brand at this time, right? If I want to be special, I have to make my own; fix them up myself! However, I dont know how to do this. Hence, I am trying to poach a genius to come and help. He knows how to build computers and knows computer hardware better than me. My decision is okay, right? Pei Qian nodded furiously, Yes, nothing wrong! Good thinking! Pei Qian had been a little worried. However, after hearing that this helper was an internet cafe owner, Pei Qian suddenly felt much more relaxed. As the saying went: If one went into the GPU Forum with three thousand yuan as a budget, he would end up spending much more when he left. If one went into the Tualatin Forum1 with three thousand yuan, he could actually leave with some money left over to open an internet cafe. The GPU Forum and Tualatin Forums were the two most popular gathering places for computer-building hobbyists in Tieba. However, the two operated very differently. In the GPU Forum, people would be asked to spend more money on better parts while in the Tualatin Forum, the aim was to get cheaper and more stable parts that reduce costs and ones budget. If Ma Yang had been looking for a genius from Tualatin Forum, Pei Qian might still have been worried. Why? Talents in Tualatin Forum would be the best at saving money! If they really used a low budget to build the computers and worked on a large-volume small-profit model, this internet cafe might actually really do well! This was the Year 2010 after all, and dirt-cheap internet cafes were still very welcomed. Some poor students without much money would not play games that required high specifications. If a cheap internet cafe like this was created, the entire place might be filled with people who wouldnt mind eating and staying there. However, if it was a talent from GPU Forum, that would be different! All the computers in the internet cafe would be around twenty to thirty thousand yuan eachpftt! It would be too picturesque! Losses would probably be inevitable! Hence, Pei Qian was very happy. Ma Yang had not let him down! Alright, you must poach such a talent! You must remember to be nicer to him and offer high pay. If you want this god-like person to come and help you, you cant possibly give him just eight thousand yuan a month, right? Pei Qian started to fan the flames. Ma Yang was a little pained as he said, Brother Qian, I wont hide from you my current salary is but five thousand Pei Qian had given Ma Yang his salary pegged to the highest salary given to interns: four thousand yuan a month. After giving all employees a thirty percent rise, Ma Yangs salary had just hit over five thousand. Pei Qian laughed and said, Rest assured; would I treat you badly? Once this task is successfully done, I will give you a raise! And a bonus! Ma Yang was overjoyed, Thats great! Rest assured that I will work my best to make this internet cafe the best it can be! Ive said how many times; its not an internet cafe. It is a big-scale entertainment center combining various experiences such as a LAN shop, gaming experience, exclusive hardware selling, and watching showers, etc.! Pei Qian corrected Ma Yang. Alright, I know. A big-scale entertainment internet cafe! Ma Yang finished his tea. I will continue working, then! En, progress. Pei Qian was pleased. Now, he had more or less stabilized things here with regard to the new gaming project. As for Ma Yang, with the GPU Forum talents assistance, things should stabilize as well. All that was left was Huang Sibos side. Im a little uneasy! Pei Qian decided to send a text to ask Huang Sibo how he was doing. Huang Sibo had not come to work recently, and Pei Qian didnt know what he was working on. It would be better if he understood more about Huang Sibos progress. Have you given a thought about the Dream Fund? Have you thought of which industry you wish to invest in? Before long, Huang Sibo replied. I have a general direction, Boss Pei! I have decided to do something related to filming! This has always been my dream; just that it was very hard for me to enter it. Thats why I chose the gaming industry. Now that I have the chance to, I am going to pursue my dream! Pei Qian was so happy he slapped his thigh. The filming industry? That was perfect! This industry bled money quickly! However with just one million to enter the filming industry, was that a little rash? Could it have an effect? Pei Qian was doubtful. Do you have enough funds? I can give you additional capital; its not an issue. Pei Qian had managed to get his hands on a money-losing industry project; he suddenly had a strong desire to add more money to this venture. Actually, Pei Qian had also thought of entering the filming industry to lose money; he just hadnt had the chance to execute this plan yet. This was perfect. With Huang Sibo paving the way, Pei Qian didnt have to bother himself with this. Huang Sibo replied quickly: No need, no need! Boss Pei, you have already given me a million yuan Dream Fund; how could I ask you to top it up? Rest assured; I am not shooting a blockbuster type of film that requires massive investments. I am just doing some short videos that do not require much equipment and late-stage edits; it wont cost much. A million yuan is sufficient! Short videos? Pei Qian suddenly grew anxious: The short video you want to shoot it isnt called Surprise, right? Huang Sibo was confused: Surprise? What is that? Pei Qian breathed out in relief. As long as it wasnt Surprise, all was well! Do you have a script yet? A director? Pei Qian asked again. Huang Sibo texted back: Not yet! However, dont worry, I am looking for one now. Also, once the script is ready, I will send it to you to take a look first thing. Alright. Pei Qian was relieved. If Huang Sibo was going to shoot a short videoas long as it wasnt Surprise, it was fine. To film a short video at this time and age, it was hard to gain popularity. Even if it did, it was hard to sell. Losses were to be predicted. It seemed as if everything was proceeding smoothly with Huang Sibo as well! Chapter 81 - Draft is Out Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios February 8th, Monday As the lunar year was coming to an end, Pei Qian could feel a holiday atmosphere everywhere. As for the new year of 2010, Pei Qian actually didnt remember much about it. He had actually even forgotten what the New Year Gala program was on CCTV that year. This world was a little different from his past lifes; the New Year Gala program should be slightly different as well. Of course, no matter how it differed, it probably wasnt going to be that nice in any case. In schoolsas the exam week ended, all students were hurrying back to their hometowns. As it was winter, fallen leaves were disappearing from the trees and there was a sense of desolation in the schoolyard. Pei Qian came to the office and sat at his desk. He took a cup of tea from Assistant Xin as he sighed; yet another dull day. He summoned the system. Huff Pei Qian blew to cool his tea as he was rather indifferent to what he saw. It was within his expectations! Only a week had gone by; the original one million in System Funds had become one million seven hundred and eight thousand yuan. After Ocean Stronghold had improved its server equipment and bandwidth, the number of players had increased rapidly once again. The game was persistently being highly rated on official games platforms while the companys income was rising. While he was spending money fast, he was earning fast as well! As much as he had kept spending on rent, wages, and other aspects; the funds in the company ledger kept on increasing. Fortunately, Pei Qian had timed everything very well during the last settlement; if not, it was actually not that easy a thing to achieve a loss. This time, the three plans that Pei Qian was working on at the same time required a lot of spending. A million yuan had been promised to Huang Sibo. Ma Yang was going to open a physical shop; according to Pei Qians rather extravagant and lavish thinking, he was going to put in at least two million in initial capital. As for the development of Game Designer, Pei Qian was planning to put in more than two million for the first phase of the project; he wasnt going to set a limit either. If he couldnt spend enough money, he would just keep putting more into each project! As for his daily expenditure now, including the companys rent and his employees wages; he was more or less spending a million monthly. From the looks of it, his total expenditure was not going to be a small amount; the existing System Funds were not going to be sufficient. The problem was the cycle this time was three months. Based on the rate that Ghost General and Ocean Stronghold were raking in money, they could easily bring in three to four million a month! If Pei Qian wanted to have less than a million in the System Funds before the next settlement and to achieve a loss once more, there was a certain difficulty to it. Pei Qian started to calculate further and was rather vexed. He had thought of converting the System Funds profits and whether that would help or not. However, after calculating in detail, he realized that this method was not reliable. The two games were indeed very profitable. For them to bring in almost ten million in three months was not an issue. Based on a 100:1 Conversion Ratio, to be able to convert almost ten million yuan was not bad. The problem was how about expenditure? Pei Qian couldnt possibly be a miser, right? Even if Pei Qian didnt do anything, the company had almost a million yuan in expenses monthlythree months later, a five to six million yuan profit would still be left. Based on the conversion ratio, this would be fifty to sixty thousand. It was such a small amount; if he just generated a small loss, wouldnt he be able to get this amount as well? Furthermore, if he focused his sights on profits, would Pei Qian bear to use the System Funds to pay for expenses? If he didnt, his quality of life and work environment would definitely fall! After calculating, Pei Qian knew that it wasnt the same level of difficulty converting profits or losses into his own money; Pei Qian wasnt stupid! Losses were the way to go! This time, Pei Qian wanted to set a target for himself: to make a loss of seven hundred thousand yuan out of one million in System Funds. That shouldnt be that hard, right? He had a triple insurance plan in place! As he was thinking about this, a knock on his door rang out. Enter. Lu Mingliang pushed the door and entered, holding onto his printed design manuscript. Boss Pei, Game Designers rough formulation had been thought out. Please take a look. Pei Qian was stunned, So fast? Did you work overtime past nine? Lu Mingliang hurriedly waved his hand and said, No, I didnt. Recently, I just feel that my thought process is rather clear and my productivity is high. I definitely did not go over the time you set! Pei Qian was extremely strict when it came to employees working overtime. Taking over the printed manuscript, Pei Qian took a look at it seriously as he asked Lu Mingliang questions occasionally. What were your considerations for this? Whatever he didnt understand, he just casually asked. Lu Mingliang answered with fear in his voice as he narrated his thought process to Pei Qian, not leaving anything out. Could Boss Pei not understand? How could Boss Pei not understand? Lu Mingliang was clear that this was Boss Peis test for him! He couldnt help but recall the time when Huang Sibo was around. When Huang Sibo had been working on the first design manuscript for Ocean Stronghold, he had immediately sent it to Boss Pei. Boss Pei had swiftly perused, and it had been settled quickly. Now, Boss Pei was going into detail, asking question after question. What did this mean? This meant that Brother Huangs manuscript had been very beautifully done, and Boss Pei was very assured! My manuscript is still far from Brother Huangs standards. Boss Pei is worried that I cant handle it, and so he is helping me to look in detail and constantly asking me questions! Thinking of this, Lu Mingliang suddenly was a little ashamed of himself. Im so useless; Boss Pei has to do so much to teach me! Sigh, I need to work doubly hard from now! After reading the manuscript from head to tail and raising many questions, Pei Qian was cool and calm. On one handas this design manuscripts format was really convoluted, he really needed Lu Mingliang to explain many things to him so that he could understand. On the other hand, he also needed to be sure that this design manuscript followed his thinking to the letter; there could be no deviation! Ocean Stronghold had been a bloody lesson for Pei Qian. As he hadnt known how to read a design manuscript and had missed out on many details, the game had deviated from his original thinking. This would not happen this time! According to his previous thinking, Game Designers details had been confirmed and ironed out. The games setting was within a gaming company. Computers were decked out for work, game publicity posters, figurines, greenery, and all other accessories and decor were present. Many gaming company employees also were present in the backdrop of the game. Players in this game were in the first-person perspective from the initial starting point to the endpoint of the game. In every crucial segment, a room was present. For example, when the player had to choose what genre of game to create. Within this room, many doors would be present. Each door would signify one genre as well as this genres poster. If a gamer wanted to make a choice, he would need to walk into the door that represented that genre. After walking by a corridor, players would be brought to another room. This other room would also have many doors; each door would represent different specifics of the game to be created. For example, while the game might be a mobile card game, it could be a heavy paywall or light paywall, or other charging formats. Players could employ promotional means by hiring influencers, physical promotion, or online advertising. They could choose from many themes such as AGN, Three Kingdoms, Mythology, and Original IP. They could choose many artistic styles such as 2D Card Game, Horizontal Characters, and Full 3D. Moreover, they could also choose battle modes like turn-based or immediate battle. All in all, every single room was a choice players had to make! The setting within the rooms would develop and unfold as these choices were made. For example, when players chose themes like AGN, Three Kingdom, Mythology, Original IP, or others; the corresponding rooms would then visualize these changes accordingly. AGN would be anime-like characters, Three Kingdoms would be traditional characters from the era, and Original IP would have some original visualization. By allowing players to visualize their choiceswhichever one they wanted to choose, all they had to do was walk in that door. Once the bunch of choices was completed, players would reach the final room. There, they would see a scene of the game launch event. Perhaps they would see countless reporters and their cameras flashing, with a boisterous crowd of players and fans. Maybe they would be greeted with a cold and sparse office room. They might see a huge advertisement screen in a bustling city and a theme park in the distance based on their game design. They might also see some desolate, video store with a huge collection of game disks that no one was interested in. In conclusion, this was the games entire content. Gamers would choose from different categories to develop their own games and see the end result. The entire process did not have any manipulation or any interaction; players could only walk and see! Wasnt it very boring?! Furthermore, something even more deranged followed. A voice-over would follow the players all the way, smirking and mocking. Chapter 82 - Ma Yangs Helper Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Before players enter the room, they would be given some advice in the voice-over. Meanwhile, after players made a decision and started walking in the corridors, the voice-over would diss their choice and ridicule them severely. For example, when players decided between high paywalls and low paywalls, they would hear the following voice-over: Great. You have previously chosen value-added services instead of buy-to-play as your main means to earn profits. You followed my advice. Yes. I must say that this is a good decision. Selling value-added services is such a good way to earn money. Why will anyone forfeit that opportunity, right? However, here comes a new problem. Should you choose high paywalls or low paywalls? Setting high paywalls means that you will sell a lot of expensive items such as the 888 yuan Red Kilin. Meanwhile, setting low paywalls means that you have to limit the prices of your items. For example, the most expensive item in your in-game shop can only cost around ten yuan. My personal advice is you should choose to set high paywalls. There is no other reason for this. This decision is simply more profitable, isnt it? If you wanted to consider setting low paywalls to protect the games reputation, why didnt you choose the buy-to-play revenue model from the beginning? Therefore, you should choose high paywalls. This is definitely the most correct choice. Furthermore, once players made their decision and entered the respective doors, the voice-over would still resonate in the corridors. However, the voice-overs behind the two doors were different. High paywalls Oh! Oh! Oh! I knew it! You have indeed chosen this option. You have chosen money over dreams, right? When you were a player, you would always curse at the unscrupulous producers for being overly money-minded; but when it is your turn to make a game, the only thing you fear is the prices of the in-game items being too low. Okay. Okay. No need for explanations. This is human nature. What you did happens every day in the game industry. There is nothing to overreact about. However, have you ever thought of the possibility of not earning money and landing a bad reputation at the same time? Hehe. Just kidding. Are you prepared to be an unscrupulous merchant? Are you prepared to be scolded as you count your money? Low paywalls Such a stupid decision. Why dont you listen to me? Thats right. You tried salvaging some reputation. But do you know how much revenue you have lost because of that choice? Your loss is a dynamic number. The more popular your game is, the larger the figure will be! Think about it. You have lost millions because of that one stupid decision Are you regretting it? Im sorry, but you have made your choice. There is no going back. What? You do not regret it? Okay. You can continue stubbornly insisting on that. I believe when an actual figure is placed before your very eyes, you will not be so calm. Nevertheless, I think you have made a terribly stupid decision. Thats alright though. I will still give you the right advice for your next choice. There is still time to salvage the situation as long as you listen to me obediently. In Pei Qians design, the voice-overs had two functions. One, the rigid voice-over made players unable to immerse themselves in the game. It constantly reminded them that they were in a game and tried its best to make the experience less simulating. Two, it constantly ridiculed players and kindled their anger! Killing two birds with one stone. Perfect! Moreover, the voice-over tried to deviate players from the right path. If players followed the hints given by the voice-over, they would reach the worst possible outcome of the game. Then, they would be severely mocked by the voice-over! The voice-over would mock players for having a nose of wax, being indecisive, and losing their conscience as a boss. Anyways, these were extremely harsh critics! Had anyone seen a game that ridiculed its players? There was no way the game wouldnt lose all the capital it had! Pei Qian combed through the entire design manuscript with Lu Mingliang. He felt that he had eliminated all possible risks. Okay. Well follow what the design manuscript says. I want the best of the best for everything, including art resources, music and sound effects, and voice actors. Make sure you spend enough money on each component. Do you understand? Pei Qian instructed. Lu Mingliang nodded his head vigorously and said, Rest assured, Boss Pei. I will do as you say and perfect every aspect of the game! Lu Mingliang walked away. Pei Qian lifted the huge weight off his chest and continued sipping his tea. Before long, knocks sounded at his door. Brother Qian, the expert whom Ive invited over has arrived. Do you want to meet him? Ma Yang asked excitedly. Oh! Sure! Ill meet him! Pei Qian stood up. He placed high importance on the work that Ma Yang was in charge of. Could the helper that Ma Yang found complete the job? Pei Qian had to verify it for himself. If the helper is too smart, he must find a reason to turn him down! Zhang Yuan stood anxiously in front of the entrance of Tengda Network Technology Co., Ltd. This whole thing seemed a little bizarre. He was a permanent singer at a bar and worked part-time as a bartender in his everyday life. Because of his passion for building computers, he was relatively active in the GPU Forum and was awarded the title of a forum manager. Two days ago, a netizen on Tieba suddenly approached him and invited him to take on a managerial position. Zhang Yuans first reaction was that the guy was a scammer! There were numerous silly people online. As a forum manager on Tieba, he had the power to block several stupid people in the forum. It was normal that someone might want to prank him in revenge. Therefore, Zhang Yuan did not take the matter to heart. However, after a day, that person seemed really anxious. He claimed that he had an urgent task at hand and passionately invited him to Jingzhou City. He said that he would cover his expenses for the trip, including his transport, accommodation, and meal costs. He would also provide a 3000 yuan remuneration fee. Although Zhang Yuan did not really trust that person, he was attracted by the 3000 yuan remuneration. He was just a little puzzled as to what kind of computer would make the person willing to pay a 3000 yuan remuneration just to build it. Therefore, he accepted the persons friend request. Never did he imagine that the person would send him a 200 yuan red packet to represent his sincerity. Zhang Yuan understood then that he had met a real baller. Why would the person send him a red packet at the very start if he was a scammer? Afterward, the other party sent Zhang Yuan an address to an office building in Jingzhou City. He had also transferred him the transport fees to and fro the location. Therefore, Zhang Yuan reached Jingzhou City today. After he arrived, a student-like person received him. His name was Ma Yang. Ma Yang looked naive and simple-minded. Zhang Yuan felt that he appeared slow-witted and a little dim. Zhang Yuan felt that the 3000 yuan remuneration was definitely not out of his pockets. As he had expected, the student named Ma Yang led him to a company and instructed him that the boss of the company, Boss Pei, wanted to see him and have a chat with him. Zhang Yuan felt that what he saw was an eye-opener as he stood before the door. From a glance, he could tell that the company was rich and definitely not short of money! He looked at the plate on the door: Tengda Network Technology Co., Ltd.! He searched up Qiandu and knew that it was the company that produced Ghost General and Ocean Stronghold. Game company. Seemed rich. There was no way this could go wrong! That made Zhang Yuan slightly uneasy. Not long after, a lean and beautiful female assistant led him to the door of the guest room. He saw the boss of the company there. Zhang Yuan was even more nervous. Ma Yang did not tell him his real motive. After all, Pei Qian was the one who called the shots on whether to hire him. If Pei Qian felt that he was the right person for the job, Ma Yang could then continue discussing the details with Zhang Yuan. Therefore, Zhang Yuan was currently still at a loss. He did not know what the big boss saw in him and did not know what exactly the big boss wanted him to do. He was merely a permanent singer at a bar and a part-time bartender. Did he want him to sing for him? Did he want him to perform some bartending skills? Did he want him to sing while mixing drinks? Umm all of that seemed kind of impossible. Could it be? The big boss wanted me to help to assemble a computer? Yeah. He was afraid that was the only possible reason. He could not think of any other possibilities. Chapter 83 - Lets get Fifty of That First Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Come, have a seat. Pei Qian was very polite. He invited Zhang Yuan to have a seat on the sofa beside him. Assistant Xin left the guest room after serving tea. Ma Yang left the guest room too, leaving Pei Qian alone to chat with Zhang Yuan. Zhang Yuan scanned his surroundings with the corner of his eyes. Everything in the room screamed luxurious! Looking at the bosss outfit and the interior design of the company, Zhang Yuan realized that he was unable to put a price tag on almost every item he saw! He just had the feeling that everything seemed expensive! Pei Qian smiled amiably and said, Dont feel restricted. Make yourself at home. Please dont be too formal. Here. Have some tea. Zhang Yuan tried his best to appear nonchalant. However, his slightly uncomfortable seating posture betrayed him. Pei Qian contemplated how to start the conversation. He heard from Ma Yang that the square-faced and energetic guy who spoke with a north-eastern Chinese dialect and sat opposite him was well-versed in all kinds of digital products and computer hardware. Other than that, he knew nothing about the guy. Pei Qian had to understand if the guy had any other talents other than his knowledge in building computers. For example, if he was a genius in marketing and knew how to do business, there was no way Pei Qian was going to accept him. Maybe he should start with assembling computers. Pei Qian thought for a while before asking, For a computer to run large scale games that are currently in the market smoothly, what are your ideal configurations? What do you think is a suitable price? Pei Qian thought for a while and added, The main objective is to run the games smoothly. You can include some exterior design effects, but they shouldnt be overly fancy. It was normal for DIY system units to cost sixty or seventy thousand yuan. However, considering the complexities of the system, these types of computers that exceeded the requirements of normal gaming computers might brush the law if they were used in internet cafes. The workspace Pei Qian now assigned his employees included a high-end desk, a high-end gaming chair, a high-end computer system unit, two gaming monitors with high refresh rates, and mechanical keyboards. This entire set summed up to about twenty thousand yuan. The system wouldnt allow any amount that was more than that and exceed what was required. Actually, Pei Qian could also use the standard of computers in the office in the internet cafe. However, the office computers that Assistant Xin bought were high-end business models that were designed to be used in the office. Their exterior was relatively plain and unsuitable to be used in internet cafes. Furthermore, they did not cater to the preference of the consumers. Therefore, Pei Qian wanted to inquire about Zhang Yuans opinions. Zhang Yuan understood then that he wanted him to assemble a computer! It seemed like the title of the forum manager of the GPU Forum indeed had some benefits attached. Zhang Yuan contemplated for a while. He knew from a glance that the Boss Pei in front of him was not short of money. The laptop placed on the work desk seemed to be a high-end gaming computer from Alienware. Its market price should be above ten thousand yuan. That meant that A gaming computer was not enough to satisfy this bosss needs. He planned to DIY an expensive computer with high-end configurations! However, he doesnt know a lot about building computers and was afraid of being scammed by those people in the electronics mall. Therefore, he found me in the GPU Forum and gave me a 3000 yuan remuneration to build the computer! Yes. That should be it. His first priority was to satisfy his gaming needs. He doesnt want to value its fanciness over its functionality. Zhang Yuan processed that information quickly. A dream configuration list. That wasnt hard for him. He could list it out immediately and knew the exact prices for the components. However, Zhang Yuan had some other considerations. He was unsure if he needed to please the big boss in front of him. Zhang Yuan had never considered deceiving others. Once he had prepared the configuration list, this big boss might find someone to check it first. It wouldnt be in his favor if he deceived the big boss. Therefore, he needed to assemble a computer with stunning configurations and ensure that the price was reasonable at the same time. He needed to make the big boss feel that he did not waste that 3000 yuan! Zhang Yuan felt a little guilty if he took the 3000 yuan remuneration from the big boss for merely assembling a computer. As the saying went the more friends one had, the more options one had in life. After some careful deliberation, Zhang Yuan felt that he could take out 1000 yuan from the 3000 yuan remuneration he would receive and spend it on the components of the machine. In that case, he could make friends with the big boss and have 2000 yuan for himself so as to compensate for the effort that he put in. It was a double-win. How great was that! After spending some time thinking about it, Zhang Yuan started sharing his views. He talked about the CPU, the graphics card, all kinds of hardware, the chassis, and even the accessories on the chassis. For example, adding an eye could tremendously increase the attractiveness of the computer while installing some RGB lighting could increase its efficiency tremendously. The graphics card, keyboards, gaming earphones, and other components were all a piece of cake to him! Finally, Zhang Yuan said a price. This whole set could probably be purchased at around fifteen thousand yuan. Although the price he listed was fifteen thousand yuan, the actual cost of the set of components was sixteen thousand yuan. If they were to find someone at the electronics mall to assemble the computer, it was normal for the price to be at twenty thousand yuan. Zhang Yuan thought about it and decided to use one thousand yuan from the remuneration that Boss Pei gave to purchase the components. He wanted to make friends with Boss Pei, thus he finally decided to list the price at fifteen thousand yuan. Pei Qians brows furrowed slightly. He was unsatisfied with the price. How could a DIY computer be cheaper than the office computer that he had? Zhang Yuans heart dropped to the floor when he saw Boss Peis expression. His expression seemed to say Are you looking down on me?! Boss Pei opened his mouth as he expected. I am asking you for the dream configuration. The set of things you producehow do I put itcould be more ideal and befit the word dream more. Do you understand what I mean? Zhang Yuan hesitated for a while and said, But, Boss Pei, you said that the top priority was to satisfy gaming needs. This configuration can definitely run the most demanding games on the market now Pei Qian was momentarily speechless. That seemed to be correct. If one were to improve on this configuration, it would really not be cost-effective. This configuration was already much better than what current mainstream games required. Zhang Yuan had proposed a high-quality configuration that could run all mainstream games smoothly and lived to his conscience. However, he must still increase the amount spent. Pei Qian coughed twice and said, You are right about this. This is enough to run most games in the market. But if you think about it, what if there are new games in the future that demand better configurations? You have to look far into the future. You have to look at what happens next. Do you understand? How about this? You will add ten more thousand to your current budget. Are you okay with this? Zhang Yuan nodded his head and replied, Umm okay. It was your money anyways. Im not the one forking out the money. Why wouldnt I be okay with that? As long as you wanted it, I could even propose a system unit that costs 9.8 billion! Zhang Yuan thought quickly and brought the configurations of the computer to another level. This time, he planned to build a DIY computer that costs around 25,000 yuan! In Zhang Yuans opinion, some functions of the computer were completely unnecessary. The current computer could run all games in the market smoothly even if the graphics were adjusted to the highest quality. Moreover, this configuration would not be outdated for the next couple of years! Furthermore, its exterior design was of top quality. It would definitely improve the gaming experience by multiple folds! Of course, although Zhang Yuan told Pei Qian that the cost of the set up was 25,000 yuan, its actual cost was around 26000 yuan. Zhang Yuan wanted to befriend Boss Pei and thus decided to fork out the one thousand yuan from the 3000 yuan remuneration that he received. Pei Qian nodded his head after hearing that. That was about it! Given the requirements of the internet cafe, that would spend the most money without receiving warnings from the system. Nice configuration. Pei Qian nodded his head. Zhang Yuan was extremely happy. As long as Boss Pei likes it, he responded. He spent a thousand yuan to befriend Boss Pei. That was a bargain for him! Lets get fifty of that first then. Pei Qian sipped his tea and said nonchalantly. Chapter 84 - Finding a Location for the Internet Cafe! Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Pfft! Zhang Yuan almost spurted out the tea in his mouth. Fifty of that? Boss Pei, that made you in the wrong. You should have said earlier that you wanted fifty computers! I wanted to fork out a thousand yuan to befriend you. If you wanted fifty computers, wont that mean that I have to fork out fifty thousand yuan? I am just a permanent singer at a bar. How do I find that fifty thousand yuan? Zhang Yuan was dumbfounded. No. Boss Pei. How many computers do you need exactly? I felt a little guilty for accepting the three thousand yuan remuneration and thus decided to fork out a thousand yuan to buy the components and to befriend you in the process. If you want fifty computers, we cant follow this current price Pei Qian was momentarily stunned and thought that this fellow was pretty sincere! Thats not right. You deserve the 3000 yuan remuneration. Why would you want to give it back to me? It doesnt make sense! Does that mean that this set of configurations cost twenty-six thousand yuan? Pei Qian asked. Zhang Yuan nodded his head and felt slightly abashed. He wanted to conceal it in front of Boss Pei to befriend him. In the end, he was thoroughly exposed! Look at how this matter turned out. However, Zhang Yuan was a little curious as to why Boss Pei needed so many computers. Did he want to replace all the computers in the office? It didnt look like it. Pei Qian thought for a while and said, How about this? Each computer costs twenty-six thousand yuan. I cant let you do all this work for nothing. Other than the three thousand yuan remuneration, I will give you two hundred dollars for every computer that you assembled! Zhang Yuan wanted to say something, but Pei Qian lifted his hand and cut him off. There is no need to decline it. This has been decided. Lets talk about something else. Zhang Yuan nodded his head and said, Sure. Umm Boss Pei, can I ask something irrelevant? Why would you need so many computers? Are you going to? Oh. Im preparing to open an internet cafe. Ma Yang, the person who led you here, is the manager in charge of the internet cafes daily operations. If you meet our conditions, will you be willing to work in Jingzhou City? Pei Qian asked. Zhang Yuans eyes bulged wide. So that was the case. The big boss wanted to invest in an internet cafe! Given how rich the big boss is, its employee welfare must be good! Moreover, was the big boss inviting me to work there? If the big boss was the one who proposed that personally, it was likely that my job would not be an ordinary internet cafe employee. I should probably take on a small managerial position at the very least! Look at how extravagantly he spent money The internet cafes employee welfare must be pretty good! Zhang Yuan had just calmed himself down but became unsettled again after hearing that. If I meet the conditions, of course, I will be willing to do so! Pei Qian nodded and asked, Then, can you talk about your previous work experiences? Tss! Zhang Yuan took in a deep breath. He felt that this job opportunity was going away. Boss Pei probably wanted to recruit me because of my title as the forum manager in the GPU Forum and my knowledge about computers and their hardware. If I told him honestly that I am currently working as a permanent bar singer and part-time bartender Would Boss Pei still want me? What should I do? Lie? No way. Boss Pei was extremely knowledgeable and well-versed in many things. He would definitely see through my lie. Zhang Yuan struggled internally. In the end, he finally decided to tell the truth. Boss Pei, I am currently a permanent singer at a bar and work as a part-time bartender. I am also a little forum manager at the GPU Forum The more Zhang Yuan said, the more uneasy he was. He could almost envision Boss Peis disappointment. He did not expect that the eyes of Boss Pei, who was sitting opposite him, would lit! Great. Youre so multi-talented! That means I can consider having a minibar in the internet cafe for you to mix wine. I will double your salary for that! No. You are also a permanent singer. I will triple your salary! Pei Qian was extremely elated. Such a perfect candidate! Both bartending and singing had nothing to do with managing an internet cafe. Moreover, if he gave him triple the salary for being a supervisor, bartender, and permanent singer; he could use more system funds! If he and Ma Yang worked together, they could definitely screw up this brick-and-mortar shop! Zhang Yuan almost thought that he had heard it wrongly. Boss Pei was very satisfied? And he wanted to triple my salary?! This Even though he did not know what was going on, he could tell that this was real from Boss Peis happy expression. Zhang Yuan could not help but wonder if Boss Pei really had an eye for talent. He could tell my talent just like this? Pei Qian continued asking a few more questions. The more he asked, the more satisfied he was. Great! Give me a moment. I will get the contract. Pei Qian left the guest room. Before long, he returned with a hardcopy contract in his hand. Your main job is the internet cafe supervisor. You will work part-time as a bartender and a permanent singer. Considering all three jobs, your total salary would be fourteen thousand yuan a month. Ma Yang will be your direct supervisor. If you face any problem, you can approach him. If he cant settle it, you can come and find me. Feel free to do anything you want to the internet cafe. I will back you up! Come. If there is no problem, sign here. Zhang Yuan was completely in a daze. Fourteen thousand yuan? Zhang Yuan did not even dare to pick up the pen that was in front of him. He didnt believe that such an opportunity existed! Seeing how hesitant Zhang Yuan was, Pei Qian suddenly posed a few questions. Umm are you currently bound by some other contract? Have you resigned from the previous job? Zhang Yuan shook his head and replied, I do not have a contract with the previous bar that I worked at. I just work there when they are short of manpower. Thats great. Just sign the contract then. You want to deliberate about it? Im fine with that. Take your time to think through it. You can find Assistant Xin once youve made a decision. Pei Qian pushed the door and left Zhang Yuan alone in the guest room. Zhang Yuan looked through the entire contract again hurriedly. There was no problem with it. It was a normal manpower contract! There were no traps or hidden clauses. The fourteen thousand yuan salary was written explicitly in the contract! Zhang Yuan signed his name with shaking hands. I am finally going to escape poverty. I am finally going to make a name for myself! A few minutes later In the guest room Brother Qian, how did it go? I told you that he was an expert. Hes reliable, isnt he? After he heard that Zhang Yuan had officially signed a contract with the company, Ma Yang was very happy. He felt that he had an eye for talent and what he did had earned Pei Qians recognition. Pei Qian patted his shoulder and complimented, Good job. You had done well this time! Only then did Zhang Yuan realize that the long-faced person who led him in and appeared a little simple-minded was not just any ordinary person. He seemed really close with Boss Pei! The good thing was that both Brother Ma and Boss Pei acknowledged him! Ma Yang opened his laptop and displayed some information. Brother Qian, I have sourced for the location for the internet cafe. It should be around here. Its a solitary double-story building. These are the details. Have a look. Pei Qian and Zhang Yuan looked at the information that Ma Yang had prepared. That place was not around Handong University and was away from the most popular business district in Jingzhou City. Its surroundings were considered as a small business district, and there was a mall nearby. However, the place was not considered to be very prosperous and crowded. Moreover, it was a street away from the mall. They were not situated together. It barely met the systems requirement of choosing a location in a bustling district. It was a solitary double-story building and appeared quite new. It was probably built in the last one or two years. It had many glass walls that broadened the view from inside, and it had a nice interior design. From the interior design in the pictures, it seemed to be a restaurant. However, it looked as though operations were about to be ceased because of its poor business. Its operational area was about 3000 square meters. Its rent was 315,000 yuan per month. That meant that each square meter cost 3.5 yuan per day. Ma Yang said, Brother Qian, I have inspected the place. Its environment and interior design are both pretty good. The building is very new! It was originally a high-end restaurant. However, it had to close down because of its bad operations and so had to pass it down. Its rent is very affordable! I think this place is really good. Furthermore, it is a solitary building. What do you think? Pei Qian did not say anything. Zhang Yuan furrowed his eyebrows. This place didnt seem reliable! Why didnt this long-face think about the reason why the restaurant closed down? Chapter 85 - Menu had Western Wine on One Side, Comfort Food on the Other! Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Although Zhang Yuan did not really understand these things, he at least had basic sense and judgment. To choose a shop, the location was crucial. Some so-called golden streets could command rentals of six to seven yuan per square meter a day; why was that? The location was very good! If the location was good, the surroundings were upscale; and human traffic was high. Any shop that would definitely make a profit. Conversely, if the location was bad and human traffic was low, no matter how good ones shop was; who would purposely go all the way to patronize it? Hence, the best location was definitely in some huge shopping spaces; especially big shopping malls. The area near a university was not bad either. This site was just within a normal shopping district; it was also one street away from the shopping mall. The surroundings were rather quiet and empty; one look, and Ma Yang knew that human traffic here was not high! The rental fee of three and fifty cents yuan per square meters a day was not considered expensive. However, the problem was it wasnt that worth it for this location! While Zhang Yuan was thinking about this, he wondered if he should voice out his concerns. After all, he was a newcomer and if he abruptly spoke out, would that be inappropriate? However, if he didnt say anything and this business collapsed who would bear the blame? Zhang Yuan was very conflicted. Alright, this place is not bad; Ive decided! Pei Qian made up his mind on the spot. Zhang Yuan, He didnt need to think further. Since Boss Pei had spoken, if Zhang Yuan continued to criticize this location, wasnt that courting trouble for himself? Zhang Yuan could only keep mum. Do you have the floor plan for this place? Pei Qian asked. I do, I do! Ma Yang hurriedly clicked on his mouse and found the floor plan for this building, Here you go. Pei Qian took a look. This place was not small; it was three thousand square meters. This place was actually around the same size as Tengdas current office space. However, this place was split into two floors; each floor was a thousand five hundred square meters. Ill explain the plan briefly; when this place is up, you two will be running it. The internet cafe would only be one of the services of this shop. I only want fifty computers. If there are more than fifty customers, ask them to queue and wait. As for the price ten yuan an hour; would that be too much? I want to have a bar counter, all sorts of alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks as per a bars specifications. Zhang Yuan, you know how to mix drinks, right? Since there wont be that many customersif you have nothing to do, mix a couple of drinks for them, and display your skills. If not, youd be bored anyway. Create a space near the bar counter to entertain guests. It can be a cafe in the day with some soft and soothing music. People can come to drink tea and play board games. In the night, it would be a pub. Zhang Yuan, you can be a house singer, right? If you feel like it, you can go and sing a few songs. Also, separate a space and put some books. Order some books from online or a bookstore. If customers have nothing to do while resting and drinking coffee, they could even take a book to peruse and cultivate their feelings. Additionally, lets offer three meals a day! Didnt this place use to be a cafeteria? There should be a rather complete kitchen here, right? However, do not keep the kitchen equipment they had used; I want everything to be new! Go online and hire a professional head chef. Dont bother with French, Japanese, or other fancy types of cuisine; lets do comfort food! Something like eggs and tomatoes, Yuxiang shredded pork1, and shredded cabbage would be good. Lets not have too many dishes on the menu; around ten dishes every month would be good. If you guys think that the dishes are getting boring, you can change the menu monthly. As for the price it has to be more expensive than restaurants outside. After all, our head chefs skills would be superb! Of course, we shouldnt make it that expensive; thirty percent higher than normal would be good. A space on the second floor should be reserved for sales. Lets sell some peripherals like mouses, keyboards, joysticks, etc. I want all to be imported, branded items! I dont expect to make money from this; as long as we can cover costs, I am happy. Beside this space, lets have a small-scale movie screening hall. It can serve as a private movie theater; ten-odd seats should be sufficient. En, this should be more or less it. Even though our place might be small, well have everything that people would need; its perfect! Ma Yang hurriedly recorded everything down. However, Zhang Yuan was flabbergasted as he heard Pei Qian speaking. I hadnt heard wrong, right? This place was only three thousand square meters, right? If someone wasnt in the know, they would have thought that Boss Pei had bought an entire shopping mall! This was a major hotchpotch of ideas. Most importantly, who was the target clientele for all these different things? Was it people who were here to surf the net, here to eat, or here to drink coffee? Furthermore, the investment and yield were definitely not going to be in direct proportion! To do a private movie hall with only ten-odd seats? Was everyone else supposed to stand and watch? For a three thousand square feet building on its own, only fifty computers were going to be installed? Also, the idea of having a cafe in the day and a pub at night here was a little weird There was also going to be a books corner, and they were to purchase a huge collection of books? If people were coming to surf the net, who was going to be reading? Taking a superficial view of things, the more services offered, the better. However, it wasnt like this in reality. As the saying went, biting off more than one could chew! Young internet addicts nowadays were very poor; they were going online just to play games. They had no interest in eating and drinking. At most, they would go to the supermarket outside and buy a bottle of mineral water. They wouldnt buy your alcoholic drinks! Furthermore, to set the price at ten yuan an hour; not many could afford that. This place was also more deserted. Even if some people came over here to drink coffee, that wouldnt be enough to cover the overhead expenses. To provide traditional comfort food dishes; that was even more ridiculous. As for the pub Normal pubs would have all sorts of activities going on! For example, ladies night where ladies could enter for free, impressive band performances. In other words, pubs had to be run in a certain way in order to succeed! To squeeze out a few hundred square meters of space in such a poor location to start a pub; could it become something big? Furthermore, if one took the menu and saw all sorts of high-class western wines on one side, and eggs and tomatoes and Yuxiang shredded pork on the other side. How was that palatable! The more Zhang Yuan thought, the more he felt that this business was not going to go well. Within one or two months things would die down! As if sensing Zhang Yuans apprehension, Pei Qian preempted him and said something that left Zhang Yuan speechless. This shop is Tengda Corporations first step towards having a physical presence; dont worry about short-term losses! It is a big-scale entertainment venue that encompasses entertainment, lifestyle, gaming, and all aspects of life. To not be accepted in the short-term would be very normal. The crux is to slowly change peoples minds! Zhang Yuan opened his mouth; however, no words came out. Alright, since Boss Pei had said that short-term losses were fine, lets do this. Anyway, Ill have more than ten thousand yuan in wages a month. After sending Ma Yang and Zhang Yuan on their way, Pei Qian felt much more relaxed. Pei Qian was very pleased with this site. Especially after hearing it used to be a cafeteria that had gone bust, Pei Qian was even happier with it. If he created a hodgepodge here and did some flashy yet without substance things and spent more than he earnedsooner or later, this place would surely collapse! As his gaming project and this physical shop were the main two pieces in Pei Qians aim of making a loss, he had to keep a close eye on these projects. As for Huang Siboeven if he made a loss, that was at most one million yuan; it wasnt worth Pei Qian focusing too much on him. As long as Huang Sibo didnt make it seem likely of making money, Pei Qian couldnt be bothered. A short video; even if it could receive a few influencers attention, how much money could it make? It was nothing to be feared! Chapter 86 - To Hire Myself? Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios In the afternoon, Huang Sibo came to the company. Although Pei Qian did not keep asking Huang Sibo for updates, Huang Sibo was rather sensible. He knew that he couldnt just do entirely what he wanted with this one million yuan; it was still better to test waters with Boss Pei for many things beforehand. He didnt want to let Boss Pei down and ruin the trust Boss Pei had in him! After catching up with everyoneespecially Xiao Lu, Huang Sibo brought a very young, student-like person and entered the guest room. Boss Pei, this is the director that I have invited. He is a Year Four student studying directing at Handong University; his name is Zhu Xiaoce. Huang Sibo introduced him warmly. Nice to meet you, Boss Pei! Zhu Xiaoce looked rather confident and energetic. He did not look nervous or constrained; he was very warm. Once Boss Pei heard that this was a Year Four student in university, he became very happy. If it was a director that came from a science class or background, Pei Qian might still have to think about how he could reject such a person. This was good. This person and although he specialized in directing in school, he was still worlds apart from the pros! Being the director was a very complicated line of work. Many directors had to persevere until they were thirty or forty before they made it big. They were already the young ones. A mere Year Four student what could he do? I heard that you guys are filming a short video; have you guys decided on a theme? Pei Qian asked with a smile on his face. Huang Sibo nodded, We have, Boss Pei. We want to film you! Pei Qian almost thought he was hearing things. Me? Whats there to shoot about me? Huang Sibo grinned and said, As for this, it was actually my idea. I feel that Boss Pei, you are a person who will be creating legends; you are a very good person to film! Of course, I do not know the specific contents. Director Zhu will be in charge of those. Director Zhu, please tell Boss Pei about your ideas. Aye, alright. Director Zhu Xiaoce picked up and continued, I have heard from Brother Huang about your escapades; I feel that you are indeed worthy of shooting! I intend to film some interesting things in your daily work life. Pei Qian felt a little confused, During working hours do interesting things happen? He tried to recall in detail: what was interesting about his work? Was skiving counted? While a game took two whole months to develop, he had probably only come to the office a handful of times, right? There was nothing interesting to film! Why did Huang Sibo and Zhu Xiaoce still want to do so? Could it be they were trying to butter him up? En that was probably it Pei Qian actually didnt feel resistant; who wouldnt like being flattered? As long as he could lose money doing so! This theme was boring: that meant this short video would not do well in the end. It would not be able to clinch commercials, and it would not lead to joint collaborations with internet sites. Its chances of flopping were very high. It sounded promising. Zhu Xiaoce hurriedly said, Boss Pei, dont worry about the theme. The arts originate from our daily lives but surpass them as well. When I am filming, I will apply some artistic methods to fit with your image. Of course, I might use some special settings or styles; this would be dependent on inspiration during filming. Zhu Xiaoce continued with a string of professional jargon; it sounded a little baseless and felt like it was a job habit of his to use these words. Pei Qians brows furrowed slightly. It seemed as if something was a little strange, and he had a deja vu. However, he couldnt seem to recall where this deja vu had come from. As for this theme, he didnt have many viewsas long as it didnt bring in profits. Pei Qian was mainly stressing about this. Based on this way of filming, could one million yuan be used up? If the aim was to film him when he was at work daily, the setting had to be within his office. At that time, venue rental costs could be saved; and props and costumes, etc. would not be necessary. If the overhead costs were so long, even if a loss really occurred, it would not be much. If the one million yuan could not be used up, that would be problematic! Based on this way of filming, could a million yuan be used up? You guys dont have to be so concerned with the budget; if this amount is not enough, I can always put in more. The priority is to do a good job filming, understand? Pei Qian looked as if he was really concerned about this video. Zhu Xiaoce smiled and said, Rest assured, Boss Pei! Brother Huang and I had discussed, and we will give you and the other employees remuneration during the shoot. Although I know that you are not lacking in money, it is a small gesture nonetheless. As for the venue fees, we would pay them accordingly. We would also use some money to buy equipment and for late-stage editing. As for the remaining money, we will put that into advertising. I have calculated it; the budget would be just enough. Remuneration and venue rental fees? Pei Qian was a little surprised. Zhu Xiaoce replied, We are planning to base remuneration on the number of episodes. Every short film is only one minute long. Remuneration would be a thousand yuan for one episode for you, Boss Pei, while everyone else would get two hundred per episode. After all, you are the main character; and your scenes are plentiful. We are planning on shooting three seasons, ten episodes per season. We aim for little investments and swift returns. In total, your remuneration would be thirty thousand yuan. As for venue rental fees, would fifty thousand yuan suffice? I know that this amount is not huge, and you dont necessarily need it. Most importantly, this is a gesture from us; we cant make everyone busier for nothing. Pei Qians eyes suddenly lit up. Wait a minute. To give me remuneration? That didnt seem a little right. Lets regroup, lets regroup. I gave Huang Sibo a million yuan for him to invest in whatever he liked. As a result, Huang Sibo had taken this one million to invite me to become the protagonist of a short video; he also wanted to give me some remuneration. My own money had gone one circle and came back to my side; I was going to spend money to hire myself. Thats crazy! Aye? No, wait. This wasnt the case! Pei Qian suddenly realized that something was amiss. He wasnt spending money to hire himself. He was converting the System Funds into his Personal Wealth! That one million yuan had been part of the System Funds; I had used the Dream Fund as a pretext for Huang Sibo to invest that sum. When Huang Sibo and Zhu Xiaoce gave me remuneration, that would count as my Personal Wealth! The system had only said that as a boss, I couldnt use the companys money in any way to give myself a salary. However, if someone else gave me moneythe system did not say that was not allowed! Just like when Pei Qians family members gave him some money; the system had not cared! Since the money had been given to Huang Sibo, it was equivalent to the System Funds already spending that money. Furthermore, as an actor in the short film, it was reasonable for Pei Qian to get some remuneration. This was a normal earning from labor done; it was not a taboo according to the system! Pei Qian perked up. Who said he didnt need the remuneration? I needed it very much! Pei Qian quietly asked in his heart: System, can I receive this remuneration? A yes word appeared on the system screen. Its a yes! Pei Qian gestured wildly as he said, Theres no need to pay rent; spend this money somewhere else. As for remuneration as it is a gesture from you guys, I will take it gladly. In that case thats good. Zhu Xiaoce was very happy, and he said, Many thanks, Boss Pei! Fifty thousand yuan in venue rental fees? Pei Qian didnt care about that. The crux was that money wasnt ending up in his hands! Venue rental fees would definitely belong to the company. Also, once it entered the company ledgers, it would turn into System Funds. Pei Qian could not circumvent the system to get this sum of money; the venue belonged to the company as an asset. Conversely, as an actor, Pei Qian and Zhu Xiaoce had established an employer-employee relationship. It was an agreement with Zhu Xiaoce and the subsidiary that Huang Sibo had created. This was independent from Tengda Corporation and didnt need to enter the company ledgers. Furthermore, as the reasoning was sufficient and valid; the system didnt care about this! Just like if Pei Qian was willing and went to a restaurant to be a waiter and he earned wages from that, the system would not care about these monies. The premise was Pei Qian had not colluded with the restaurant to maliciously fleece the system. What was considered fleecing the system? For example, if Pei Qian talked things through with Ma Yang and gave the latter one million yuan to invest and open a restaurant. Ma Yang then took out three hundred thousand yuan to hire Pei Qian to wash dishes. That would be called fleecing the system. First of all, the money Pei Qian received had to be commensurate with the effort he had put in. Second, this money could not have a direct relationship with the company ledgers. If Pei Qian directly used the company accounts to give himself a salary, he wouldnt even get a single cent. However, if it was through a subsidiary company and by a third party like this, as it did not have a direct relationship with the company accounts while a reasonable amount of labor had been put in; that was permissible. Hence, the system had determined that Pei Qian receiving remuneration was not against the rules! Pei Qian had previously exerted so much effort to convert only twenty thousand yuan. This time, the short film was going to be one minute per episode; that was thirty thousand yuan for thirty episodes! It was very lucrative! Why had I not thought about such a manipulation before? Pei Qian was feeling really happy internally; this plan was feasible! Alright, Boss Pei, lets sign the contract! Zhu Xiaoce took a contract from his school bag as he handed it to Pei Qian. Ill confirm this again: this short film you guys are shooting is not called Surprise, right? Pei Qian pretended to ask casually. Zhu Xiaoce was a little confused, No, its not. Pei Qian was relieved. Chapter 87 - Boss Peis Hint! Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Pei Qian noticed that Zhu Xiaoces bag actually had many contracts inside; he probably was going to ask everyone in the company who was going to get remuneration to sign one as well. Pei Qian had wanted to say if this was making a mountain out of a molehill. However, he thought about it again and felt that it was actually right that Zhu Xiaoce was strictly going by the books. Since Huang Sibo had received this one million yuan, he definitely wanted every bit of money used to be documented clearly. To ask all the actors to sign a contract was reasonable. Just that Pei Qian had not expected Zhu Xiaoce to come together with all the contracts prepared. Name of the subsidiary: Fei Huang Workspace. Huang Sibo and Zhu Xiaoce had thought of this name together. Evidently, this name had Huang Sibos last name included as well as paid a little respect to Tengda Corporation. Pei Qian almost wanted to slap his thigh and yell, Good! This name really was Very pleasing to me! Fei Huang Workspace was a fully-funded subsidiary of Tengda Network Technology Co., Ltd. Technically, it had to turn over all its profits to the head company. However, no discussion had to be made as to the profit distribution; and Pei Qian was not very particular about this. He hoped that this subsidiary would lose money every month! Flipping the pages of the contract, Pei Qians eyes swiftly glanced through and first located the name of this short video series! Boss Peis Daily Life Pei Qian breathed out in relief. Huu as long as it wasnt Surprise, all was well. No detailed description of the script was in this contract. After all, at this point, Zhu Xiaoce and Huang Sibo had not figured out how and what to shoot; they obviously didnt manage to write a script yet. The contract stated that the Director would have complete control and rights over creativity, and the actors had to follow unconditionally as per his requests. Of course, the Director also couldnt be too unreasonable. Remuneration was fixed at a thousand yuan an episode. There were three seasons with ten episodes apiece. Lastly, liability for breach of contract was also clearly stated: if the Director or actors went against the contract, compensation would be three times the wages earned. This sum of money for breach of contract was a very common clause; all actors had to follow this condition. Pei Qian also didnt mind too much. He wasnt intending to breach the contract. Furthermore, this short film was only a minute-long per episode; thirty episodes would only be thirty minutes. With such an easy workload, why would he break the contract? He signed the document. Alright, we wont disturb Boss Pei and your work anymore; well go back immediately to write a script. We will come again when its officially time to film! Zhu Xiaoce and Huang Sibo left the guest room as they continued looking for other employees to sign the contracts. Within the company, many wanted to be on camera. If some roles could not be filled, outsiders would be recruited to be actors. Everyone would be given the same remuneration and would have to sign the same contract. Pei Qian sipped his tea in the guest room as he suddenly felt that life was looking great for him. The system is taking good care of me! By taking a side job, I could earn thirty thousand yuan instantly; the system actually didnt mind that! Of course, Pei Qians actions could be said to have exploited a loophole in the system. However, from another perspective, it could be seen as the system being tolerant and closing one eye, not being too harsh on him! Although thirty thousand yuan was not considered very much, it was a very important quick buck to make! Pei Qian had spent money with all his might the last week and had only converted twenty thousand yuan into his personal wealth; thirty thousand yuan was still very attractive to him! Furthermore, with this beginning, wouldnt Pei Qian be able to continue manipulating the system? Could it be possible that one day he would receive an astronomical amount of remuneration? En of course, as long as it was within the acceptable parameters of the system. Pei Qian couldnt help it but started to dream. Leaving Shenhua View, Huang Sibo and Zhu Xiaoce went to Huang Sibos apartment. Although they had gotten a million yuan in capital, Huang Sibo still wanted to be mindful of his spending and spend judiciously. He wasnt going to be so extravagant as to rent an office space. In fact, he planned to set up two or three computers in his rented apartments living room to do the editing and publishing; he definitely could handle the initial stages like this. When the videos gained in popularity and influencers started to review them, it wouldnt be too late then to start thinking about office space. With Boss Peis full support, I feel that this project would definitely succeed. However we have to decide on a script, Zhu Xiaoce said. Huang Sibo nodded, En, its time for that. The two actually didnt have any special ideas at the start. However, as they were limited by funds and they could not embark on making a blockbuster, they could only restrict themselves to short videos. Short videos had different themes; however, they couldnt think of anything particular that would stand out. Finally, Huang Sibo suddenly whacked his head as he thought of something. To feature Boss Pei! As the saying went, the arts originated from life but surpassed life; to produce a good video, they had to film someones life. Huang Sibo naturally thought of Boss Pei! Boss Peis success was too legendary and colorful. If it was turned into short videoseven if they werent that popular, at least friends on the web would know that such an awesome boss existed in the world! Huang Sibo explained this idea to Zhu Xiaoce, and the latter immediately agreed. He felt that this was promising! What was a game producers daily life like? What was the life of a big boss earning more than a million a month like? If at the same time, this big boss also treated his employees very generously; wasnt he the absolute best boss? Viewers would definitely want to watch! Hence, the two had readily decided on filming Boss Pei! However, when it came to writing a script, the two were back to scratching their heads. Just as Zhu Xiaoce had said, shooting short videos also required the proper techniques and skills. If the video was shot straightforwardly and factuallyultimately became like a documentary, it would be boring. Furthermore, viewers might see it as a hard-sell advertisement by Tengda. It would be despised, and Tengda might even be criticized. How to find an entry point to give short videos an explosive factorthat was most important! The duos brows knotted together as they thought bitterly. After two hours and raising many different suggestions, all were rejected. Not outstanding enough! Not novel! That wont work. Huang Sibo thought over and over again. Suddenly, inspiration struck him! Previously, Boss Pei had phoned him to ask if this series of short films was called XXXXX. What were these five words again? Huang Sibo seemed to have forgotten. Why did Boss Pei intentionally ask about this? Could it have been some sort of hint? However, what exactly did Boss Pei ask about? Huang Sibo paced in his living room as he tried his best to recall. I remember, Boss Pei mentioned Surprise! Huang Sibo yelled out excitedly. 1Zhu Xiaoce was a little confused. Surprise? Yes, this was the name Boss Pei had said; this is it! Huang Sibo said steadfastly. Zhu Xiaoce scratched his rather hairless chin as he said, However, our series name had already been set. Thats alright, we can use the current name; the crux is in the idea! The idea is the most important! Huang Sibo suddenly saw the light! Zhu Xiaoce thought about it for a while as something clicked in him. I see! I was thinking that our original theme was lacking something; it was lacking in a twist! A straightforward film would become like a documentary; it wouldnt be able to emphasize the merits of short videos. In a mere minute, to let viewers retain a deep impression of the video, there must be the unexpected; a twist! If thats the case, we have a general direction. Next, would be polishing this idea! We need to do up a synopsis and add some content to really showcase Boss Peis image; at the same time, to prepare a twist! We can also add some sarcasm and dark humor! Zhu Xiaoce suddenly had a spark of inspiration as he suddenly thought out the whole flow of the short videos! He even managed to finish writing the script for episode one! Chapter 88 - Filming of ‘Boss Peis Daily Life’ Begin! Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Boss Peis Daily Lifes first seasons first episodes script: I looked at my Rolex, not to look at the time, but to subconsciously let you know that Im a whale. Today, I am going out on a whim. I want to make a new game; a game that would make all the players pay as much as they can. I casually sold off a Rolex and had an initial two hundred thousand yuan in the development fund. One hour later when this task was handed to the new intern, this amount shrunk by three-quarters. Looking at the website for resources and the prices listed, I was quite happy. My subordinates were quite honest. Like that, fifty thousand yuan was left out of the funds I had given the intern. Hearing that he was supposed to develop a game with fifty thousand yuan, his expression changed from shock to doubt, to surprise, to anguish and finally, resignation to his fate. Looking at his expression changing was rather amusing. I grew quite happy. The me that had come to conquer this industry was finally going to taste defeat. Never did I expect that a game had managed to be produced; one that made gamers go crazy. The intern had made a boring eight-hour drive game that had actually grown in popularity. Within a mere two weeks, sales had broken through two hundred thousand. As such, I was so happy that I gave him a month of paid leave, for him to take in all the sights in the country and to continue to gain inspiration for future game designs. Looking at a future star designer rising, I was satisfied and comforted. I had once again achieved one of my little, inconsequential targets. Sigh, the life of a master game designer was also this simple and boring. Like the wind that puffed away the clouds in one short, Zhu Xiaoce had completed the script for the first episode; he still had much left to write. Brother Huang, what do you think? Huang Sibo read it once, Not bad! Theres a story, a twist, and dark humor as well. This script is feasible! Furthermore, anecdotes from Boss Peis real life had been used as well! We can film directly in the office, and the actors and the setting are all ready-made. At most, we would need half an hour or a full one for one episode. When we reach the later stage, we can release one episode every two days; it would be more than enough. However the only problem is this games success had been within Boss Peis plans. If we made it seem like something unexpected, would that be appropriate? Would it actually damage Boss Peis image? Zhu Xiaoce shook his head. Aye, the arts originate from life but surpass life! The arts is something that has to be worked on or manipulated. I believe that Boss Pei would not care about this as he is so magnanimous. 1Huang Sibo thought about it and said, En, thats right! The two grew excited instantly. Zhu Xiaoce continued to write the next episodes script as he occasionally asked Huang Sibo details about Boss Peis daily life at work, as well as some interesting trivia while developing games. Huang Sibo also started to purchase equipment and to hire producers, editors, etc. for the late-stage production. Following this pace, within two to three days, they could start filming officially! February 9th Three days till the spring holidays Pei Qian was actually slightly busy these days. Game Designers final design manuscript had to be finalized. Once the new-year holidays were over, development would officially start. As for the internet cafe, some preliminary preparations had to be made as well. Decoration and refurbishment works were going to start once the holidays ended. The idea was for the renovations to be complete in one month, for the setup to be ready and for the place to be officially launched. As for the internet cafes name, Pei Qian had already decided on one. Fish-Catching Internet Cafe! Basically, he hoped that all the employees in this internet cafe would skive daily, so that he can incur losses sooner. Just like Tengda, this name carried Pei Qians desire and wishes. The last thing he had to settle was the Boss Peis Daily Life short videos. Director Zhu Xiaoce had told Pei Qian that they were going to finish filming the first episode today; they wanted to release it during the holidays. To express his sincerity, Zhu Xiaoce had already credited a lump sum of the remuneration for all three seasons worth of work into Pei Qians bank card; it was thirty thousand yuan in total! Pei Qians Personal Wealth that he could use as he pleased instantly reached fifty thousand yuan! For Boss Peiwho had never been so rich before, this feeling was very good! As the saying went if one took the money, one had to be ready to step up. Boss Pei had already prepared himself to appear in front of the camera. In the afternoon, Zhu Xiaoce, Huang Sibo, and two other underlings arrived punctually. Among all the equipment they brought, the most expensive thing was a DSLR that cost fifty thousand yuan. As for the tripod stand, light screen, and other things; they didnt cost even ten thousand yuan in total. Seeing that Huang Sibo was so thrifty, Pei Qian immediately grew a little unhappy. He wasnt like a Tengda employee at all! However, since Zhu Xiaoce had said that all one million yuan would be used up, Pei Qian naturally had no reason to make noise now. Boss Pei, this episode is very simple. We just need a few camera shots. You dont even need to look at the script; there wont be lines for you. The dubbing will be inputted at a later stage. Zhu Xiaoce had thought things through thoroughly. He was genuinely afraid that making Boss Pei memorize lines would waste his precious working time and hence had decided on this. 1The first shot: could you lie on the guest room sofa, raise your head, and glance at your Rolex? The second shot: could you take this game magazine and flip to the poster introducing the latest games and point with your finger? The third shot: could you smile slightly, look into the distance, and portray a sense of being deep in thought Pei Qian actually did not have that many shots. For a one-minute long videoalthough Pei Qians scenes were the most, it was at most twenty-odd seconds. Pei Qian casually posed a few times; within ten minutes, the filming had concluded. Thanks, Boss Pei, we are done! You can continue with your busy schedule. Zhu Xiaoce kept the equipment as he headed to film the others in the office. This was it? Pei Qian was bewildered. What exactly was being shot? For a short video to be shot like thiswithout even a concrete storyline and plot, would that work? It was apparent: this film was going to lose money! Pei Qian returned to his office as he felt much more assured. Due to his perceptiveness of people, Huang Sibo and Zhu Xiaoce really were not going to let him down! Although losing a million yuan might not help him much, it was still something; it was something to be happy about. Pei Qian looked at his Rolex as he thought. These two fellows are so thrifty; they even had to use my personal belongings as props. En? Hold on Pei Qian suddenly realized something. The Rolex! Why did I have to look at my Rolex for the first shot? Was this a coincidence? No, there were others! For example, why did he have to lie on the sofa and look at his Rolex! Why did he have to look deep and reflective? These shots why did they seem to be vaguely familiar?? Pei Qian suddenly felt that something was not good! Something big was going to happen! He hurriedly jumped up from his office chair as he left his office. At this time, Zhu Xiaoce and Huang Sibo had completed their filming. They were just keeping the tripod, the light screen, and other stuff; preparing to leave. Director Zhu! Wait! Pei Qian hurriedly yelled and stopped Zhu Xiaoce. Zhu Xiaoce was confused, Whats up, Boss Pei, is there something else? That this short videos script; could you let me have a look? Pei Qian pretended to look like he didnt care much as he casually asked. Zhu Xiaoce nodded as he handed over a script, Of course, here you go. Pei Qian took it over. If theres nothing else, well head off first, Boss Pei. We have to start editing. Everyone said goodbye to Pei Qian as they left. Pei Qian took the script and returned to his office. The script was rather short, and he immediately finished it. After reading, Pei Qian collapsed in his chair. What what in the world?! Isnt this a combination of Zhu Yidans Boring Life and Surprise?! Didnt we agree not to shoot something like Surprise? Chapter 89 - Boss Peis Amazing Acting Skills Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Pei Qian was pacing around his office madly. There was something wrong. There was something terribly wrong! He knew very well that Surprise and Zhu Yidans Boring Life were both well-known in the realm of short videos. They were both very successful! Boss Peis Daily Lifethe show that Zhu Xiaoce wanted to shoot nowwas very similar to both of these shows at the core. It would most likely become very popular as well! What should he do? System, I want to divest! I dont want to invest the one million yuan in Huang Sibo anymore. Is that possible? A line of words appeared on the systems screen: Pei Qian, A valid reason? I dont have one! I cant possibly request to divest because I think that this project is going to make me too much money, right? Are there other reasons? Could I say that Huang Sibo is taking bribes or that hes not serious about his job? Could I say that I dont like Zhu Xiaoce and I think hes too ugly? How about purely not wanting to make the investment without a reason? None of these were valid! Pei Qian pondered hard. Theres no way! There was no way he could persuade the System! He had to think of something else. Calm down. Apart from divesting, there should be another way out. I dont want to shoot the movie. Will that do? I dont want to become the main lead! They can look for whoever they want to! At the very least, I can reduce the amount of profits this project brings in Pei Qian had decided. He would turn down this job for the simple reason that he was way too busy. Then, Zhu Xiaoce and the others would have to look for another actor to take his place. It would be extremely difficult for them to find an actor with the same vibe as him. Even if they could find someone like that, at least the production of the videos would have been delayed by the search! What if the videos did not become popular because of the change in actors? He made up his mind and decided to turn down the job. Although it pained Pei Qian to part with the thirty-thousand-yuan remuneration, he knew that he could not lose sight of the big picture because of this small sum! As long as he could record a loss when settling accountseven a loss of six or seven hundred thousand yuan, there would be no need for him to be too concerned about earning a petty sum like thirty thousand yuan. He was prepared to call Huang Sibo and turn down this job. However, the moment he picked up his phone, he realized that there was another problem. He had already signed the contract! On the contract, it was written that he would need to pay three times the remuneration in the event of default! That was ninety thousand yuan! Pei Qians hand trembled when he realized that something was amiss. System, can I use the System Funds to pay for my defaulting of a contract? Piak! Pei Qians phone dropped onto the ground. Done for! Where the hell am I going to get ninety thousand yuan to pay the compensation?! I cant divest the money; neither can I act in the videos! His heart turned cold. I have no choice! Im going to act! After sitting in a daze for five minutes, Pei Qian finally regained his composure. Calm down. Think about this positively. The short films would not make that much money En, thats the only way I can think Pei Qian felt like he was in a trance. All he could do now was comfort himself and keep telling himself that things were not as bad as he thought. Even if films of such low production value became popular and took on several advertising opportunities, they would likely not be able to recover the principal of a million-dollar-investment. Even if they could recover the principal, they likely would not make much profit. When the time came for settlementif the gaming projects and physical store projects incurred losses, Pei Qian still had a chance of incurring a loss overall! Phew, fortunately, I was well-prepared. I nearly got myself in deep trouble again! I have to go and talk to Lu Mingliang again and tell him to increase the vigor of the voice-overs. He needs to mock the players much more! The next day Zhu Xiaoce appeared once again. Boss Pei! Were more or less done editing the videos from yesterday. We are still thinking about when we should upload it. We still have to discuss the terms of cooperation with the video website and see if they can give us better spots for advertising. We might have to spend some money on that, but well have to negotiate the exact cost. However, rest assured! I have a senior working at Potato Web; Im pretty sure we can find good sources of resources for advertising! We wont delay our work either; well film another episode today. Its better to get busy at the start of the year, so that we can schedule releases over the new year. The more we produce, the more likely we would catch the publics attention. Boss Pei, you dont look too good today. Are you working too hard? Pei Qians face was indeed looking a little dark. Of course, this was not because he was working too hard! He was hardly attending lessons in school anymore. Apart from rolling around on his couch, he kept himself in his office all day to surf the web and play games. He had employees to do work for him; why would he be working at all? His heart was just tired! Im alright. Go ahead and film. Pei Qian sounded listless. Since he could not divest or default on the contract, he would have to obediently finish filming these thirty episodes. Of course, Pei Qian was not giving up either. He was trying hard to think of another way out. Very quickly, the employees took their respective positions. The title of the second episode was Giving Nine Bonuses in a Row to the Hardworking Employees. Pei Qian got a shock just reading this title. Indeed, the previous script was no coincidence! This Director Zhu Xiaoce was really something; he was very talented! If nothing went wrong, Pei Qian guessed that this episode would easily get at least a million views. If he could, he would want to do away with filming at once! What should he do now? Pei Qian was beginning to panic. At the rate they were updating, they would likely upload a video every two days. If this happened throughout all three seasons, what would Pei Qian do?! No way, he had to salvage the situation! Suddenly, Pei Qians eyes lit up. He just thought of a brilliant plan. He had to slack off! He needed to act horribly and destroy the reputation of these short videos! The moment he thought about this ingenious plan, the fresh meat that had no experience acting seemed to become possessed! Pei Qian tried hard to recall all the interesting acting skills. He thought about the various schools of acting, like the glaring school, the pouting school, the facial paralysis school, the laughing-or-crying school, the self-encouragement school, and all the other schools. En, he would act horribly for this season! Although it would probably be hard to stop these videos from making profitsas much as possible, Pei Qian would try to reduce the amount of profits they earn. Pei Qian worked hard to move his facial features, preparing himself to greatly disappoint Director Zhu Xiaoce! After all, he was not a professional actor. Even if he acted badly, Zhu Xiaoce could not blame him! The plan was in motion! Zhu Xiaoce adjusted his DSLR and officially started recording. Pei Qian readied himself. He wanted to wait until the most important moment to display the worlds worst acting skills! Zhu Xiaoce remained blissfully unaware of Pei Qians plan and continued to direct the scenes as he did the day before. Good, Boss Pei, give me an expressionless face. Give me another expressionless face. Put a bit of a smile that doesnt seem like its there on your expressionless face. Give me a slightly suspicious, expressionless face. Tap his shoulder expressionlessly. Give him a name card expressionlessly. Expressionlessly They continued filming all the way, without any break from beginning to end. Pei Qian was still waiting to display his amateur acting skills, but before he knew it, filming was complete for the day. As Zhu Xiaoce packed up his equipment, he held up his thumb towards Pei Qian. Boss Pei, your acting skills are superb! You really are starring as yourself! Compared to your performance yesterday, youve improved! Youve mastered the skill of remaining expressionless, but displaying all the rich emotions you are feeling on the inside. You have absolutely surprised me! Every single pore on your body seems to be invested in the act! Ill make a move first, Boss Pei. Tomorrow, we can film the last episode before the new year! With Boss Peis superb acting skills, Im confident that these videos will become very popular! Zhu Xiaoce left excitedly, but before he left, he did not forget to thank Pei Qian profusely. Pei Qian was the only one left in the room. He silently reflected on his life. Have I displayed any acting skills? Why do I feel like something is very wrong? Chapter 90 - This Candidate is Perfect! Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios He failed at rescuing himself. Zhu Xiaoce was gone, and it was a while before Pei Qian could finally react. He did not have to act at all in these videos! All he had to do was strike a few poses and maintain an expressionless face! The story was going to be told through a voice-over, and the voice-over was going to be done by Director Zhu Xiaoce himself. Pei Qian was the lead actor in name, but he was only a human prop. His expressionless face was all the acting skills that the director needed out of him! Pei Qian rested his forehead on his hands, feeling like his situation had just taken a turn for the worse. Of his three levels of insurance, one of them seemed to be half-ruined. Now, he could only hope that Game Designer and the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe would save him! Just before the spring break Ma Yang sent the renovation plan for the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe over to Pei Qian. Pei Qian scanned it and found that it had been done up exactly as he requested; Ma Yang had not made any discounts anywhere. It even included the mini cinema and everything! There were no discounts given in the contract either. Rent was to be paid quarterly. Three months rent and the deposit amounted to 1,200,000 yuan; all of it was paid out at once. Renovations would cost about four to five hundred thousand yuan as well. Since this place was a detached unit to begin with, it had glass walls on the outside. Inside, the original decorations that came with the cafe were still up. Thus, they did not have to start from scratch as if this place was newly-built. This was the reason the renovation costs were not ridiculous as well. The main thing that had to be done was a change in concept. For example, the internet cafe had to be separated from the cafe, and a bar counter had to be set up. After that, it would be time to purchase various facilities. He needed fifty high-end computers, each one costing twenty-six thousand yuan. Altogether, he would need 1,300,000 yuan. All of these costs, together with other expenses like chairs and tables, a signboard, the reception desk, the salary for the manager and the chefthe upfront payments would amount to about more than three million yuan. Pei Qians heart did not hurt in the least. Instead, he was overjoyed. The higher his costs, the more losses he would incur. That was a good thing! Whats more, this money was not going to be paid out at one shot. He had to pay for the rent and the renovations first. Then, in the second half of the year, he would finance the construction and renovation. Once the renovation was done, he would purchase the computers and recruit employees. During this time, he was still earning profits for the two games. He would definitely be able to afford the above costs. Ma Yang seemed quite ambitious as well. He even suggested not going home over the New Year; he wanted to stay behind to keep watch on the renovations. Pei Qian had to stop him immediately. Even if he did not want to go home over the New Year, the workers would still have to go home! However, seeing Ma Yangs euphoria and enthusiasm, Pei Qian felt at ease. The more serious Ma Yang was, the higher the chances of this project failing! His own brothers could be counted on to put him at ease indeed. On the other side, the design manuscript for Game Designer was more or less complete. Pei Qian went through the entire game flow once again, focusing on the voice-overs this time. Once he finished that, he was still not satisfied. He spent three hours editing the entire voice-over script, intensifying the cynicism by two tiers. Pei Qian even felt bad writing some parts of the script. It was too much! It was really too much! However, for the sake of incurring losses, Pei Qian had to grit his teeth and endure the prickling of his conscience. After he finished editing the script, he sent the document back to Lu Mingliang. Finally, the script was finalized. The next thing to do is to outsource for art resources on the official website for resources. Look for the most expensive animation and concept designer, understand? Pei Qian instructed yet again. Lu Mingliang nodded profusely and said, Yes, Boss Pei! I will make sure that I continuously seek perfection when searching for art resources and be strict with my standards, just like Brother Huang! Er must I still update you once Ive found a good designer? Pei Qian pondered for a moment and said, Theres no need to. The most expensive concept designer could not be that bad in terms of standards. Pei Qian did not really understand how animations worked either. There would be no difference even if he got to review Lu Mingliangs decision. Yes, Boss Pei! Walking out of Pei Qians office, Lu Mingliang felt inexplicably moved. Boss Pei seeks perfection in terms of art resources, and he is trusting a subordinate like me to accomplish it! Thats so moving! I must do a good job of the task Boss Pei has left me! Art resources were very important for games. A beautiful skin could leave players with a good first impression. It would also help with increasing the income for the game. Pei Qian knew this very well. Why was he spending so much money on art resources then? Wasnt this contradictory to his desire to incur losses on the game? However, the main problem was there was no other way! The System had restrictions. He could not intentionally buy bad-quality goods and services. Everything that he bought had to be value for money. He could buy things that were on the higher end of the price range, but they could not be unreasonable. If Pei Qian went to buy ordinary art resources, he would never be able to finish spending the funds! One only had to do a bit of calculation to know where the most money would be spent when creating a game. The most money would be spent on art resources! If Pei Qian did not spend as much as he could on this, where else would he be able to spend the money? Thus, Pei Qian decided that if he wanted to increase the amount of money spent on the game, he would have to increase the amount of money spent on art resources. Furthermore, would his safety be guaranteed just because he bought cheap art resources? The lesson he learned from Ghost General was still burning in the front of his mind. If he tried to spend less money looking for an artist againwhat if he ran into another veteran pretending to be a rookie like Ruan Guangjian? Wouldnt he be finished, then? Not only would he have failed to spend money, but the quality of his game would also not deteriorate. He would be making a real loss indeed! Thus, after considering all the different factors, he decided that his best bet would be to spend a huge amount of money on art resources. Whats more, a game like Game Designer would not require too much animation. To incur losses, he would mainly depend on meaningless gameplay and narrations. To Pei Qianas long as the gameplay and narrations could anger the players, the game would be considered a success. So what if the animations were good? When he returned to his own seat, Lu Mingliang entered the website for resources and began to look for suitable animation and concept designers. To Lu Mingliang, the concept design of a game like Game Designer was the most important. This was because most of the contents of the game would play out according to its abstract concept. Take when players have to choose between high paywall and low paywall, for example. Each of these corresponds to different areas in the room and different elements displayed in those areas. High paywall was an abstract concept. When developed into concrete contents, it would be represented by things like silhouettes throwing money around, the ground covered in-game currencies. The huge contrast between flashing golden players who have paid for the game and undressed players who have not. The artist has to go through an entire process of creation again when progressing from the abstract concepts to the concrete contents. In other words, if this process is completed at an average standard, it would just be a job done. However, if it is completed outstandingly, then the game would truly become a work of art. Thus, Lu Mingliang did not want to be too careless. He carefully searched through the most expensive and most reputable animation and concept designers on the website for resources, looking for the portfolios that stood out the most. This one doesnt seem right. It looks good, but his style is quite bland. This is too realistic. Hes not very suitable. En? This looks not bad. Lu Mingliang quickly scanned through the artists, when a portfolio suddenly caught his eye. Why do I feel like it looks so familiar? Lu Mingliang felt like these animations and style looked familiar. The portfolio looked epic, and the style was outstanding. Everything looked very memorable. He then turned to look at the introduction. The artists name was Ruan Guangjian, and his representative work was Ghost General! He was ranked as the most expensive, elite concept designer on the website for resources! Isnt he the artist for Ghost General?! He worked with Boss Pei before, and hes good at various styles. Hes perfect for the job! Chapter 91 - Readily Agreed Job Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Lu Mingliangs eyes lit up; wasnt this the best animation and concept designer that he had painstakingly been looking for? Money wasnt an issue. Boss Pei had specifically said that he should pay as much as necessary. The crux was he was an animation artist that Boss Pei approved of! Ghost Generals classic artistic concept design had been done by this person. If Lu Mingliang chose this person, Boss Pei would definitely be pleased! Thinking of this, Lu Mingliang immediately sent a message to Ruan Guangjian. At this time, Ruan Guangjian had already arrived back at his home. As a Year Four student in university, many of his classmates were going to start frantically looking for work during New Year. However, Ruan Guangjian was different; he was now being vied over by many big bosses! Ghost Generals animation had been a resounding success. Basically everyone within the animation circle in the country knew who Ruan Guangjian was. Ghost General was proof of how welcomed and well-liked Ruan Guangjians epic ink oil painting style was, as well as how much potential it had! Many big companies that developed MMORPG games also started looking at Ruan Guangjian, hoping that he could help them to come up with concepts for some games characters and settings. On the resource website, a huge number of designers also hoped to collaborate with Ruan Guangjian, for him to be in charge of game animation. However, as for these requests, Ruan Guangjian basically rejected all of them. He had already made plans that after graduating, he would immediately establish his own art studio with a few of his university friends, starting his own business. Since he already had such a perfect start, he could definitely go beyond outsourcing and move to the next stage. On the resource website, Ruan Guangjians price was extremely high; he was one of the most in-demand, top-notch concept designers. Ghost General had allowed him to soar into the skies in one fell sweep! This time, Ruan Guangjian had selectively chosen some jobs that had a small workload. He wanted to rest well for the remaining half a year in university to enjoy life for a while. He also wanted to use this time to start making preparations for his studio upon graduation. This day, Ruan Guangjian was actually at home casually doodling and drawing a promotional picture for some games company. Although it was just a promotional picture, he had been offered a hundred thousand yuan! Of course, as a promotional picture required the utmost precision and attention to detail, he would need at least a week to half a month to finish it. However, this also indicated Ruan Guangjians value. Ruan Guangjian had nothing to do during the New-Year holidays originally; after consideration, he had decided to take this job. As he could take his time to draw until the spring holidays were over, it was an easy hundred thousand in pocket money that he could earn. As he opened the resource website, he realized that he had a few more messages. His habit had been formed: to open, glance through, and then close the messages. Most of them were not that interesting, and he didnt want to accept those jobs. Suddenly, Ruan Guangjians eyes came across a special message. It came from Tengda Network Technology Co., Ltd.! Of course, he remembered Tengda Network Technology Co., Ltd.; wasnt that the developer of Ghost General? He still remembered Boss Peis clear vision and his great qualities as a boss when Ghost General was being developed. Not only did Boss Pei not interfere with anything, but he had also allowed Ruan Guangjian to do as he pleasedeven giving him more money than agreed! He could reject all other jobs; however, he would definitely not reject something from Boss Pei! After all, Boss Pei was his patron; and he was grateful to Boss Pei! If not for Ghost General, Ruan Guangjian might still be bitterly looking for a job now! Furthermore, collaborating with Boss Pei was a win-win situation. If a game exploded in popularity, the animation artist naturally would gain recognition as well. Money and other material things werent that important in comparison! Ruan Guangjian immediately replied. This time, it wasnt Boss Pei that had contacted Ruan Guangjian; it wasnt even the subsequent designer of Ocean Stronghold. It was someone new called Lu Mingliang; he had recently been promoted to Chief Planner. Look at this, the speed at which talent was rising! After conversing with Lu Mingliang, Ruan Guangjian finally knew Tengdas current situation. Simply put, it was never better! When he had been working on Ghost General, Tengda had just been a small company. Pei Qian was just an independent game developer. Now, Tengda had already become established. After Ocean Strongholds success, it was already working on a new project. What Lu Mingliang hoped that Ruan Guangjian would collaborate to work on was Game Designer. Ruan Guangjian considered for a moment but didnt agree immediately. Could I have a look at the rough design manuscript? I dont mean anything bad. If its Boss Peis project, I will definitely agree unconditionally. Im not trying to reject; Im just afraid that it might not be within my capabilities, and my work might not be outstanding. Could you let me take a look at the design manuscript? If I feel that I am up for it, Ill do it. If not, I will recommend someone in the circle that is an even better and more suitable animation artist. Lu Mingliang soon sent the design manuscript over. Ruan Guangjian swiftly glanced through it, and he thumbed the table, expressing his praise. Indeed, Boss Pei was really something! A powerful and unconstrained design! Although Ruan Guangjian didnt really understand game design, he could sense that the irony this game had for the games industry as a whole was filled with dark humor! This wasnt a superficial, no-brainer game for players. Although it looked like it was mocking players, it actually wanted to bring gamers into the gaming industry, to understand the heart of designers, as well as to debunk any myths about the gaming industry! It wasnt just a game that was very entertaining; it was a work of art! Furthermore, the artistic importance of portraying the abstract concepts into actual animation in the game design was evident! This completely played to Ruan Guangjians strengths! Perfect! After deliberating for a short moment, Ruan Guangjian decided. Alright, Ill take this job! If its a job from Boss Pei, I will give it my all! As for money, you dont have to give the market rate. When Boss Pei unilaterally decided to increase my pay back then; I still remember this to heart. I still owe Boss Pei a favor; you only have to give a token! Ruan Guangjian suddenly felt as if a ball of fire was burning in his chest! Producing animation for other companies that was work. However, doing so for Boss Pei was an artistic endeavor! Since the theme was so good, Ran Guangjian really wanted to pull out all stops! The two hit it off immediately and agreed to start work officially after the holidays were over and start producing the important concept design map! February 12th It was soon going to be the holidays. All company business had been settled, and the seven-day-long holiday was about to begin. Pei Qian had already packed his luggage and was ready to head home. Although Pei Qian had been reborn and had gotten the system andfrom all aspectslooked like the perfect protagonist, he did not come from an orphanage. His parents were well and healthy. However, as they had always pursued a care-free mindset with him, he didnt really feel them as his parents. The first few days that he had been reborn, Pei Qian had called home. After making sure his parents were doing well, he had not contacted them ever since. As for opening a company He also didnt want to tell them for now. There were two reasons. One, Pei Qian had to explain clearly how he had gotten the initial fifty thousand yuan. He only had a thousand-odd yuan as allowance; it was barely enough for him to eat. He couldnt possibly have saved up fifty thousand to start a company and develop games. He couldnt possibly say he had taken a naked loan1, right? Second, Pei Qians dadOld Peiwas a very conservative person and so was a little old-fashioned. He had a preconceived notion of games! Old Pei had once said at the dinner table that games were very harmful to people and should not be allowed! Although he was drunk, he probably really believed in that. Old Pei was very representative of some elders in this generation; this was a common phenomenon. If not, there wouldnt be a case of people trying to combat internet addiction. Of course, Old Pei only had a prejudice against games; his motivations were fundamentally different from those professors and experts raking in money from dealing with internet addiction. All in all, this was a generation gap. Regardless, if Pei Qian told his own parents that he had established his own gaming company, made money, and sold an 888-yuan Red Kilin A storm would brew in his home. Thinking about this, Pei Qian was rather pained. Since it was normally better to avoid unnecessary trouble, he didnt want to make this matter public just yet. As for Old Pei, Pei Qian had to slowly and gradually change his thinking. Chapter 92 - A Small Lie Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Pei Qians family resided in a small county near Jingzhou City; it wasnt that far away. After getting off a hired car, Pei Qian took a look at his bearings; he wanted to see if there were any loose ends. The suit, the leather belt, the leather shoes, etc. that he wore normally had all been left in his rented apartment; he had not brought any of those along. Especially for things like a Rolex, he could never bring them home. In the bag that he carried were also some daily necessities. That Alienware computer that cost 10,500 yuan; he naturally couldnt bring it home. The notebook that Pei Qian had now was the one he had bought when he entered school. It wasnt that Pei Qian was overly cautious; the crux was that his parents were both super sleuths. Did anyone really think that they could hide anything from their parents? This person would be too naive and young. Pei Qian did not want to start a huge debate with Old Pei about whether games were mental opium or not if he was really found out. After checking himself and his belongings, Pei Qian found that everything was in order. Pei Qian then walked to the apartment, took out his key, and opened the door. Once he entered, he immediately smelled an aroma of cooked food. Son, youre back? Pei Qians mom, who was cooking in the kitchen, heard the door open and asked as she continued cooking. Young brat is back? Come, come. Come and savor the tea leaves that your big uncle had specially brought back. Old Pei was just arranging the tea set on the table. It was still a familiar sight; nothing had changed. It seemed as if he had returned to ten years ago. Pei Qian noticed that at that time, his parents did not have so much white hair. Ill put my bag down first. Where are my slippers? Ive kept them for you. Old Pei, go into the cabinet and take out your sons slippers! Im quite busy now, Mom shouted from the kitchen. Old Pei begrudgingly got up from the sofa. Which cabinet? The bottom of the closet in Sons room! Pei Qian changed into his slippers, placed down his bag, and leaned into the sofa. Comfortable! Although this sofa at home wasnt that expensive, it actually felt so much more comfortable than the tens of thousands of yuan sofa in the company guest room! Home-cooked food smelled so much better than the few-hundred-yuan buffet that he had eaten before during cohesion! As for the tea leaves at home Pfft, what lousy tea leaves! 1Pei Qian took a sip of this special tea that Old Pei said some big uncle had specially brought back as he almost spat it out. It was so hard to drink! He drank good tea in the company daily, and his taste buds had been spoiled; he found it so hard to drink this ordinary tea. How is it? This tea is not bad, right? Old Pei sipped his tea as he smiled and asked. En, not bad. Pei Qian quietly pushed his teacup away. It seemed like he had to find some chance to get some good tea for Old Pei to taste. He couldnt take from the company as that was company assets; it could only be used to entertain guests and not for personal use. However, Pei Qian wasnt broke anymore; he could easily use his tens of thousands of Personal Wealth to buy a box of good tea for Old Pei. Thinking about his houses condition, Pei Qians desire to generate more of his Personal Wealth grew exceedingly strong. His family lived in an ordinary two-bedroom apartment; it was around a hundred square meters. Furthermore, as this was a rather recent purchase, his parents were still paying off a housing loan. Although his mom had kept it sparkling cleanwhether it was the furniture, electrical appliances or furnishings; everything was a little old. His family was an ordinary working-class one; while there werent financial difficulties, his parents were still rather thrifty. Pei Qian looked at the television at home. Dad, should we change the television at home? Its quite small. Old Pei squinted, Why should we change it? Its still usable! Furthermore, your mother and I do not watch much television normally. How about this washing machine? Shall we get one with a drum? Pei Qian asked again. Old Pei still shook his head. One with a drum? How expensive would that be? Furthermore, this one has served as well. If we changed to a new one, where are we going to put this one? Our toilets floor is also not flat. Whenever this washing machine shakes, it feels as if it is going to fall apart; its quite disturbing, Pei Qian said. You two dont have to worry; Ill buy one as well as some support pads so that there wouldnt be noise when it operates. Support pads? They can be used to adjust the height of the washing machines four legs. At that time, when the washing machine is placed flat, it wouldnt shake uncontrollably anymore, Pei Qian explained. Well, I think we can buy some support pads. However, we dont have to use your money, little brat. Aye, wait, no, somethings not right. Old Pei thought about it and asked, Why are you thinking of buying a washing machine on your own? Where are you getting this money from? Pei Qian knew that Old Pei would definitely ask this. He replied, Its like this. I got a job as an actor for a small-scale show. The director is giving me thirty thousand as remuneration. How much? Thirty thousand?! Old Pei blew out air as he continued, Dont lie to me! Even you can be in a show? The remuneration is also thirty thousand? More like you paying people thirty thousand to be in a show! Dad, how can you say that? For someone like your son, dont you think thirty thousand yuan is reasonable? Pei Qian replied unhappily. Dont even try; I dont believe you! Although Old Pei was evidently happy, he still said adamantly, Unless you show me the clip! The clip? It hasnt been uploaded yet. Im raising this matter to tell you guys that I can earn my own money now; you guys dont have to give me allowance anymore, Pei Qian said. Old Pei shook his head. Well still give you your allowance as usual. Its good that you are earning your own keep. However, dont put too much financial pressure on yourself; studies are still the most important, understand? As the two were talking, Mom shouted from the kitchen, Time to eat! Pei Qian and Old Pei hurriedly washed their hands and brought the dishes out. On the dinner table, Pei Qianwho normally didnt like to drinkmade an exception and accompanied Old Pei to drink two glasses of bulk-purchased baijiu1 with wolfberries. He also ate more than normal. Home was still the best! Old Pei evidently drank a little more than normal as he started to educate Pei Qian about things and even bragged to Pei Qians mom about how his son had been hired to shoot in a showhow that was because of his superior genes. Mom kept on rolling her eyes as she then mentioned that someone was going to wash the dishes tonight. After eating, it was almost nine at night. Pei Qian had wanted to wash the dishes. However, he was forcibly pushed into his room by Old Pei who said that he must be tired from traveling and to rest soon. It wasnt too late to start doing chores tomorrow. Pei Qian did not argue with Old Pei as he went back to his room and started to surf the internet. Pei Qian was very clear that he could not keep hiding his company from his parents; he would be exposed sooner or later. Before that happened, he had to make preparations first. Pei Qian had more than fifty thousand yuan in Personal Wealth; changing some household electric appliances for his family was within his abilities. However, he had to be able to explain clearly where he got the money from. If he said that he earned it from games, Old Pei was going to go all out against him. Hence, Pei Qian thought about it and decided to first let Old Pei know about the short videos to lay the groundwork. He wanted to let Old Pei know that he was able to earn his own keep now so that Old Pei would not persistently ask about his source of monies. After that, Pei Qian would try to slowly change Old Peis thinking to not have such a strong bias against games. He would then tell Old Pei the truth after that, saying that he had opened his own games company. After surfing the internet for a while, Pei Qian felt very sleepy as he washed up and slept very early. Chapter 93 - Breaking Old Peis Stereotypes! Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Nothing much happened over the New Year. All they did was visit relatives or have relatives visit them. On the third day of the Lunar New Year, Pei Qian finally got to settle down. He sat on his couch and watched the television. Son, have your short videos been released? Pei Qians mother handed a peeled apple to him. Pei Qian reached out, received the apple, took a bite, and replied, Aiya, its not like you can watch these short videos immediately after filming. They still need to edit it and do some late-stage finalization. Youve asked me this eight times just today. Go and ask the director, Pei Qians mother said, not giving up now that she had already fed the family. Pei Qian was frustrated. He had no choice but to send Huang Sibo a message. Before long, Huang Sibo replied: Boss Pei, it was uploaded yesterday! You will see it the moment you enter Potato Web. Its under Comedies, Boss Peis Daily Life. It was really out. How efficient! Pei Qian took his own laptop, logged onto Potato Web, and went to the Comedies section. It was really under the recommendations! It was not the most eye-catching show, but it was not bad. Before this, Zhu Xiaoce said that he had a senior who worked at Potato Web and that he could get the show under the list of recommendations. He really did what he said he would! Of course, this probably did not come for free. He most likely paid an advertising fee. Pei Qian clicked on it, and his heart immediately fell. The video was only uploaded the day before, but it had already reached two hundred thousand views! This was a new account at that! Pei Qian glanced at the comments below. How lively! After a cursory scan, he found that the entertaining netizens were particularly lively. There were already tens of pages of comments alone! Finished. What he feared had come true! Pei Qian tried to stabilize his own emotions so that his parents would not notice that something was wrong with him. Then, he acted nonchalant as he handed the laptop over. This is it. His parents placed the laptop on the coffee table and leaned over it at once. Boss Peis Daily Life? Old Pei looked at Pei Qian suspiciously. Hehe, thats the name of the series of short videos. I act as the company boss in these shows, Pei Qian explained. The video then started. I looked at my Rolex, not to look at the time, but to subconsciously let you know that Im a whale. Today, I am going out on a whim. I want to make a new game; a game that would make all the players pay as much as they can. The uninteresting BGM1 coupled with the monotonous narration made this video particularly outstanding! In the video, Pei Qian was dressed in a suit and had on a Rolex. He was lying down on the sofa in the offices guest room. On the coffee table beside him, there was a high-class tea set and tea. Everything looked so natural. Even Pei Qians expressionless face looked realistic! Boss Peis Daily Lifes style was very similar to Zhu Yidans Boring Lifes. The first impression that the audience got from watching this video was that the life of a whale could indeed be extremely boring, meaningless, uninteresting, and even uncomfortable! However, the more they watched, the more they got used to this feeling! Two advantages stood out about the style of the video. First, it was distinctive; second, it was metaphorical. The longer one watched, the more easily they could decipher the deeper meaning behind what was happening on screen. From the portrait shooting angle to the unchanging background music and the intentionally boring narration, everything seemed particularly memorable! As for the metaphors Without ruling out the possibility of people reading too much into it, the director seemed to have added many subtle messages in the videos. This type of dark humor made this video seem a cut above the vulgar, hillbilly-type comedies! Pei Qian stood behind his parents, watching himself on the screen. He could not help but smile. Why do I look so handsome on camera?! Im also really good at acting! Look at that expression; how natural! Look at that face; how photogenic! Its no wonder that Director Zhu Xiaoce did not have to yell cut! It was not because I am his boss and his investor, but because my acting was so good! Pei Qian began to feel extremely proud of himself. 1In a one-minute-long video, there were several twists and turns in the plot and multiple humorous puns in the script. When it finally ended, it left a sense of thirst for more! Thats it? Ive not watched enough! Son, your short video is a bit too short, isnt it? Old Pei thought that a short video would last at least ten minutes per episode. However, this one was much better; it lasted a minute per episode! Pei Qian explained, Videos this short are trendier these days! His mother played the video again and again. I feel like my son has a talent for acting! Look at how well he plays the boss. He looks like a natural. Its almost as if he started this company! Old Pei nodded subtly as well. Its not bad indeed, but our son is still so young. It doesnt seem very convincing for him to act as a boss at such a young age, right? Why didnt the director put on a mustache for you or something? And that voice Pei Qian quickly interrupted, Its someone elses voice. Old Pei nodded. I know, but it just doesnt sound like ordinary big bosses. Pei Qians mother shot Old Pei a look of disapproval. Youre talking as if youve met a lot of big bosses before in your life. Old Pei immediately fell silent. He remained that way for five seconds before he said, Eh, you havent seen any either, have you? I havent, but Ive seen more movies than you have! This is the way all the big bosses in those movies act. I just think our son is particularly good at acting; whats wrong with that? Mom was starting to become unreasonable. Alright, alright, alright in any case, this brat is earning money filming now. Hes grown up, and hes become capable. Thats a good thing, Old Pei said, looking comforted. Seeing that Old Pei was in a pretty good mood, Pei Qian quickly struck the iron while it was hot. Dad, we made these short videos to make fun of the game industry! Look, the boss set aside two hundred thousand yuan for research and development, but at every level down the line, people took a cut out of the money. By the time the money reached the hands of the person who was supposed to do the job, there was only fifty thousand yuan left. This is a stab at the internal chaos taking place in the management of many games companies! They created a meaningless game with this fifty thousand yuan, and yet players kept buying the game. This is a stab at the mess of the games market! This is a type of dark humor, meant to achieve the effects of a satire and an expos. It was how the director planned it from the beginning. Old Peis expression turned from strict, to curious to realization. Oh I see. Pei Qian felt like he had finally gained Old Peis interest. He quickly tried to break Old Peis stereotypes. Whats more, this plot is quite deep. Director Zhu wanted to create the image of a good-hearted boss, in charge of a games company. This creates a distinction between this company and the traditional games companies! Oh? How does he create that? Old Pei was curious now. Old Pei was a typical man of the older generation. The stereotype he had of games was not entirely his fault; it was mainly caused by advertising. Games were considered an emerging trend. How could people like Old Pei keep up with them? What he knew about games, he heard either from the television or from other parents. Every day, he watched the news and heard of yet another student skipping classes to go to an internet cafe. As a result, the students grades suffer and the parents hard-earned money would be poured down the drain or into topping up game currencies. Of course, he did not have a good impression of games overall. For this, unscrupulous merchants and the mediawho liked to fan the flameshad to take responsibility! Now, Pei Qian had to work hard to break the stereotypes Old Pei had of the game industry. This was how Director Zhu planned it. He wanted to show the other side to this boss of the games company: a designer who brings positive energy to everyone and who cheers people up and moves them with his games. For instance, there was a student who was maliciously attacked by a gangster while he was trying to catch a car thief. Unfortunately, he died in the end. This designer took it upon himself to create a statue of the student in his game so that the players of the game could remember him. Not only that, but this boss is also very different from the bosses of other games companies. He purposely created his games good-heartedly, without tempting people to recharge the game currencies and without inducing hatred. Instead, his only goal was to give players the purest, happiest experience. Guess what happened in the end? His games became wildly popular! Old Pei had never heard of these things. Obviously, his interest was piqued now. This is the character you are playing? Pei Qian nodded and said, Thats right! Thats not bad, Old Pei said, nodding as well. Pei Qian continued, Honestly, the game industry in this country is really in a state of chaos. However, gaming is a type of entertainment. The most important thing is what the person who creates the games is like. If the game creator is hell-bent on making a profit, he would surely induce children to steal money from their parents in order to recharge game currencies. On the flip side, what would happen if the game creators goal is to bring pure joy to the players? The working class can play games after a day of being stressed out at work. It would be just the same as going out to the movies or reading a book. It would be a way for them to de-stress and relax. Wouldnt that be great? Thats why we cannot deal with this problem in a cookie-cutter way. We have to try our best to guide everyone, so that they can have fun and relax when playing games without getting addicted. I think thats the right direction. Thats the message that Director Zhu is trying to convey through these short videos. Thats also the aim of my character in the videos. Old Pei nodded subtly as he listened. These words sounded much more convincing when Director Zhu said them! Pei Qian could tell that Old Peis attitude towards games had relaxed considerably! This director really isnt bad, then. He has a clear direction! What is his name? Pei Qian answered, Zhu Xiaoce. How old is Director Zhu? Hes in his final year of university. Hes young and promising! Old Pei gave a look of admiration. Hes so young, and yet he speaks so much sense. If he really becomes the boss of a games company, that would be great. Pei Qian nodded profusely. Who says he isnt?! Mom was still holding onto the laptop, watching the videos. Son, you act very well. I want to watch it a few more times. Son, copy this into our home computer. There was an old desktop at home which Pei Qian bought when he was in high school. It was already terribly slow. Pei Qian transferred the video into the desktop, and Mom immediately hugged it happily, replaying the video again and again. As she did so, the dull BGM kept playing non-stop. Chapter 94 - Boss Peis Daily Life Becomes Popular! Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Pei Qian went back into his room, feeling like he had made a huge, historical step forward. On a certain level, he had broken Old Peis stereotypes slightly! Pei Qian knew that if he outrightly laid his cards on the table for Old Pei to see, it would be much more difficult. However, now that he could use Director Zhu as his mouthpiece, he looked like an objective third party in the equation. That was how he could sound more convincing to Old Pei! Indeed, Old Pei obviously agreed with these views. Had his biases against games completely disappeared? Of course not. However, at the very least, Old Pei agreed that some video games were bad, but some were just like movies and novels. Games were meant to be normal, healthy forms of entertainment. This was a huge step forward! Pei Qian pondered about his future plans. If he could make an outstanding game in the future, he would allow Old Pei to try it out. Once he became addicted to it, he would take the chance to lay his cards on the table! Then, Old Pei would surely accept him! Pei Qian believed that nobody would be able to escape the curse of loving games, even though they hate them at first! It was only then that Pei Qian found the time to read the comments below. Potato Web still did not have the bullet screen function1 yet. Pei Qian guessed that it would be at least two more years before such a function would be introduced to Potato Web. However, there would be no use even if Potato Web had such a function. It would be overtaken very quickly, and itll decline rapidly as a result. In any case, it was still a very influential video giant right now. There were still many outstanding content producers. There were many comments below Boss Peis Daily Life. Although some of them were written by people who just wanted to pick fights, most of them were praises for the video! I thought this would be an ordinary short video. However, once I saw it, I realized there was such deep meaning behind it. Its absurd and comical, but on further thought, it seems quite realistic. It made me shiver This young actors acting skills are very good. He very accurately portrayed the character of a nouveau riche with too much money. He looks very natural, too. Hes so much better than many other young actors! Uses dark humor to expose societys faults. This video made me reflect deeply about life. It also offers biting criticism, mocking the industrys chaos! His expression is quite accurate. Its filled with contempt for the world. Is this really the world of the rich? Not only does Boss Pei carry himself well, but even his expressions are very on point. The way he slumped on the sofa convinced me that he was the boss of a company! He truly is a movie king, attracting so many fans! The previous commenter, havent we already gotten rid of all the fake commenters? Youre so dedicated! Although this video does not seem to have high production value and I can tell from a visual inspection that it was shot using a DSLR, I still think its quite deep. Theres a lot of thought behind it. Its much better than the short videos that are filled with pompous special effects. Who told you that it did not have high production value? Wouldnt it cost money to buy the props and the costumes? Wouldnt it cost them money to purchase a custom-made suit and a Rolex watch? I already took a close look at the Rolex watch; its the real thing and not an imitation! My guess is they invested a total of two hundred thousand yuan, 180 thousand of which was used to purchase the watch, hahaha. In the video, they said they spent fifty thousand yuan creating a game about driving cars that lasted for eight hours. Theyre not referring to The Lonely Desert Road, are they? What? This video is connected to reality? Thats super awesome! Its inspired by reality, right? You dont say that might really be the way this game was created! Hahaha, how could that be? This is an artistic exaggeration, understand? The Lonely Desert Road might be lame, but the designer must have put a lot of thought into it! The lame netizens in the comments were wrecking their brains. There was also a significant number of people trying to draw a connection between the video and Tengda. However, the people who suspected the video had something to do with Tengda had no evidence. Of course, they did not dare to cause too big of a commotion. Every game that Pei Qian published was done under the name of Tengda Network Technology Co., Ltd. People who did not specifically research into the legal owner of this company would never discover that Pei Qian was the boss; much less would they figure out that Pei Qian was also the actor in the video. Even if ordinary people wanted to look into the legal owners of companies, they would find it very difficult to do so. This was because of software like Tian Yan Cha1 would only appear in the real world four years later. This world was still in 2010. Such software did not exist. Thus, most of the audience saw Pei Qian as an ordinary, young actor. There were also a few people who picked fights at the bottom of the video. Rough production! I dont know what this video is driving at! The maker of this video is hilarious. He has no general knowledge whatsoever! Do you think that every boss wears custom-made suits and owns Rolex watches? These are such stereotypes. Real bosses wear polo shirts and bermudas; they wouldnt care that much about their own appearance. Thats right! You even say that they spent fifty thousand yuan creating a game that became a huge hit. What a joke. Thats not the way you make a video exciting! The Lonely Desert Road might not have been expensive to produce, but it definitely cost more than fifty thousand yuan! I think you should look for a middle-aged man to act as Boss Pei. Boss Peis acting is good, but I just feel like hes too young. It doesnt look realistic! Although these comments were the minority, there was still a sizeable number of people who thought the same way. However, Pei Qian did not really care. Ah, everyone has very poor imagination. Fifty thousand yuan to create a popular game. I wouldnt believe it either, but this really happened. Who should I reason with? Pei Qian kept watching the number of views on the video. From the looks of the situation, it was not good! Pei Qian still had a sliver of hope that people would not enjoy the video. What if people felt disgusted at such obvious flaunting of wealth? As it turned out, no such thing happened! Now, Pei Qian had no choice but to keep praying and hoping that Director Zhu Xiaoce would not accept any advertising jobs! As long as they did not earn income from advertising, the number of views would be useless to them no matter how high it became; they would not be able to generate profits! On the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, the second episode of Boss Peis Daily Life was published. On the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, Pei Qian left his home and went back to work. He wanted to change the electrical appliances in his house, but no matter what he said, his parents refused. He had no choice but to leave it at that for now. To Old Pei, it was a good thing that his son was earning money. However, since he had just earned thirty thousand yuan, it was best that he kept it for his own use. That was why he insisted on turning down the money. Pei Qian could only wait. If he brought new electrical appliances home that helped them to cook rice, his parents would agree to change all the electrical appliances even though they objected at first! Although Pei Qian could wait for the winter break to end before he returned to work, someone had to keep an eye on the situation in the office. He was not afraid that the companys projects would fail while he was gone; he was afraid that they would not fail! After much hard work, he finally tasted the fruits of his labor the last time by incurring a loss of over twenty thousand yuan. This time, if he continued to work hard, he believed that he would easily be able to incur losses of seven to eight hundred thousand yuan. Then, he could say that his short videos became popular, and he earned big bucks. With that excuse, he could spend money on his household without his parents objecting. En, that was the plan! On February 22nd, the third episode of Boss Peis Daily Life was published. Once again, Pei Qian logged into the website and watched the video. Ho, all three videos had reached almost five hundred thousand views! The group of two or three hundred fans was rapidly expanding as well! The recommendation spot the videos had on Potato Web was becoming better and better as well. Whats more, it was obvious that there was a possibility these videos would spread to other channels like Weibo. Pei Qian quietly closed the video. He tried hard to keep calm. Its alright, its alright. Its just one short video I poured a million yuan into this. Theres still a long way to go before I make that money back. Theres no guarantee that they would get sponsored partnerships. Even if they did, they would probably not earn much from it. Pei Qian could only comfort himself in this manner. Just as he was thinking hard about these things, he faintly heard greetings coming from outside his office. Director Zhu is here! Director Zhu, the short videos are becoming popular! Are you giving us a treat? Director Zhu, when will you do a special segment featuring me? Most people in the office were involved in the acting as well. Take Xiao Lu for example; he had many roles to play. For instance, in the first episode, he was the one who played the intern that created the game out of fifty thousand yuan. Although the remuneration they got from acting was not much, they were very passionate! It was not important that they earned money. In any case, no matter how much Director Zhu offered them, he could not offer them more than the salary Boss Pei was paying! What was most important to them was that their faces were featured. Who did not want to become famous? Thus, when they saw Zhu Xiaoce arrive, everybody became especially warm. They all wanted to become closer to Director Zhu, so that they would be given more roles in the later episodes. If possible, they even wanted their own special segments, such as A Day in the Life of Boss Peis Intern. Zhu Xiaoce held onto his DSLR as he made promises to various people in the office. Dont worry! You will have more roles to play later on! You will all get a series of short videos after this! However, you have to do your job well now. Otherwise, Boss Pei will not let me off. Once he appeased the crowd, Zhu Xiaoce finally approached the door to Pei Qians office. Gently, he knocked. Chapter 95 - Boss Peis Suggestion: Rejecting Sponsored Partnerships! Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Pei Qian knew that they should start filming the next episode. Three episodes had been prepared before the New Year; they have all been released. If they wanted to release episode four within the next three days, they had to make good use of the next two days. However, for something like Boss Peis Daily Life, once the script was out; shooting, editing, dubbing, etc. could all be done within a few hours. It was very suitable for high-speed production! Hence, time was not an issue; they even had ample of it. Pei Qian also didnt have a choice. Having signed a contractsince he couldnt afford to pay the penalty, he had to obediently shoot as contracted. Since there was no way out, hed rather look at this proactively so that it would be less painful for him. Soon, the fourth episode finished shooting successfully. Zhu Xiaoce held onto his DSLR and took a look as he raised his hand and formed an okay sign. Perfect! Boss Peis acting is very on-point; its great. Indeed, a game producer that didnt want to be a movie king wouldnt be a good boss! Right, Boss Pei, as for collaborating with the video industry, Brother Huang asked me to ask for your opinion Zhu Xiaoce took a look at the guest room nearby. Pei Qian immediately understood that Zhu Xiaoce wanted this conversation to be private. If it was anything else, Pei Qian would have most likely gestured and just asked Zhu Xiaoce and Huang Sibo to make a decision. However, hearing that it was related to business collaboration, Pei Qian perked up. Lets go to the guest room. Collaborating with the video industry that meant sponsored partnerships. Pei Qian was very concerned with this! If Huang Sibo and Zhu Xiaoce had not raised this up, Pei Qian would have been quite embarrassed to ask about this. After all, Pei Qian had given this one million yuan as capital and had said that he was not going to interfere in anything. Now that the episodes had been released and had gained in popularityif he suddenly started to give directions and butt-in, that would not be appropriate. That would easily spoil relations. If morale was lost, it would be hard to lead the team anymore! Now, since Zhu Xiaoce had proactively raised this matter, Pei Qian had the bandwidth to maneuver. After entering the guest room, Pei Qian started to listen intently. Zhu Xiaoce grew slightly excited, Boss Pei, we had actually received our first commercial two days ago! Ahem, that meant that we can start receiving sponsored partnerships! Damn, that was a little too fast! Pei Qian had thought that sponsored partnerships would only come after another two or three weeksor even a month. However, after only a few days, a sponsored partnership offer had come already?! Pei Qian kept his expression calm, En, whats the offer? Zhu Xiaoce said, Its an e-commerce clothing commercial. They want us to market their new t-shirt model. The deal is to arrange to appear with a supporting actor and say a line about this commercial while wearing their clothing. However, I feel that our viewers would understand this, and it wouldnt be a big problem. Pei Qian paused for a moment and then asked, Whats the offer rate? Five thousand yuan! Its actually not a lot; however, this is just the beginning, the first step, Zhu Xiaoce said. What the f*ck! Just the first sponsored partnership, and they were offering five thousand? Pei Qian was stumped. So much? Although Pei Qian didnt know for sure how UP Masters sponsored partnerships were like, he still had a certain level of understanding. In the year 2010, the majority of people looked down on video creators; they even viewed video creators as a disgrace. Most popular UP Masters all had their own full-time, primary jobs. Pei Qian still remembered he had once seen a Hawk Aos video in 2019 recalling when he had first started out doing sponsored partnerships. In 2011, he only had a hundred thousand viewers for his short videos. However, his journey doing sponsored partnerships started after he clinched the League of Legendss partnership. How much did Hawk Ao get for sponsored partnerships back then? A thousand yuan. Yes, for such a highly-rated game, for such a huge company; it was only one thousand! Although Boss Peis Daily Lifes average episode viewership was around five hundred thousand, it had after all only gained popularity a few days ago! Who could be sure whether this series creator would not run dry and would come to an end? Hence, to say that this five thousand yuan was considered a reasonable price; it was more than a liberal use of the word. Of course, this was considering an ordinary UP Masters sponsored partnerships. If intellectual property, exclusivity, and other factors were considered; it would be a completely different matter. Pei Qian sighed for a moment. My recommendation is to reject the offer. Zhu Xiaoce was rather surprised. The money was Boss Peis. Shouldnt Boss Pei be even more eager and hopeful than anyone else to get back his capital and earn profits? I dont really understand; please elaborate, Boss Pei. Zhu Xiaoce said very humbly. After all, no matter how outstanding he was, he was still but a year four student. He still had to listen to Boss Pei and his recommendation. Pei Qian considered for a moment and said, To start a business, the most important thing is to set ones sights far! Indeed, five thousand for a sponsored partnership seems rather lucrative. As long as we market it a little in the next episode, we would get five thousand; where else could we get such a good deal in the world? However, you have to consider that to embed this t-shirt into the video, we either have to do it forcefully or adjust the script. Would it still have the original intended impact? This would be sullying our reputation. Pei Qians expression looked a little pained as if he could foresee such a thing happening. Next time, what if the sponsored partnership was about a cosmetic product, a body wash, or a shampoo? If the production revolved around sponsored partnerships, how could we show your best work? A huge intellectual property project like yours if it failed because of five thousand yuan, wouldnt the losses outweigh the gains? Zhu Xiaoce was shaken. Indeed, once Boss Pei spoke, his perspective shifted! Zhu Xiaoce had been fixated on the five thousand. However, Boss Pei had focused on this series intellectual property value! This could this be the difference between a boss and a student with no real-life experience? Pei Qian paused as he continued speaking earnestly, I dont want you or Huang Sibo to be pressured! Its only a million yuan; so what if its all lost? Thats a small problem! To achieve great things, quality should be before quantity. We either go big or lose everything and gain a reputation. We shouldnt end up not making money and having our reputation suffer as well. That would be really stupid, understand? Zhu Xiaoce nodded furiously. Alright, Boss Pei, I understand! Pei Qian calmly sipped his tea as he continued, How about this? If you guys are willing to listen, we can set a standard or benchmark for sponsored partnerships for this series. To embed a commercial directly? Thats too forced; we shouldnt do that. If we are going to take on any, we want some custom-made and classy ones! One sponsored partnership, a hundred thousand yuan! However, we shouldnt set too exorbitant a price. If for other videos, creators are forcibly embedding these commercials, you guys can do custom-made, classy ones. For each short video, from start to endwhile maintaining quality and quantity; it will all unfold around the sponsored partnership. This way, we can guarantee our viewers watching experience while we can guarantee the effect of the commercial. We can also ensure the reputation of the videos. This is a triple-win scenario. Zhu Xiaoce looked a little troubled. However, Boss Pei, isnt this requirement a little high? Its already not easy that people are looking for us to do sponsored partnerships; if we have to complete our video while retaining quality and quantity and still revolve around the sponsored item, this Pei Qian shook his head slightly as he sipped his tea. He looked at Zhu Xiaoce with his eyes full of confidence, I believe in your talents; you have to trust in yourself. Zhu Xiaoces mouth opened and closed, but he didnt say anything. Boss Peis expression had said everything! Alright, Boss Pei; I understand! Zhu Xiaoce nodded vigorously. Chapter 96 - All My Employees are Hidden Treasures Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios After sending Zhu Xiaoce on his way, Pei Qian felt a little more at ease. Fortunately, everyone respected Boss Pei! Short videos actually were still not that lucrative this year; viewing websites have not started to give rewards and bonuses according to viewership. In order to profit from such videos, there were a few general ways. One was to collaborate with advertisement companies, embedding or force-selling products within the videos. This was a more traditional method that was very common for beauty products and games. Previously, Qiao Liangwho had gained popularity from The Lonely Desert Roadhad primarily done so through such sponsored partnerships. Another way was to set up an official website or do a sideline to sell whatever one could. The possibilities for this were limitless. One could possibly rake in profits or could lose everything and go bankrupt. Professional gamers that retired from sponsored partnerships often went down this route. Of course, other methods were available as well. However, they were vague and unsubstantial, and ordinary video creators would not consider these ways. Just like how online writers hoped that lesser people would read pirated versions and their subscription rates would be higher. However, as for selling distribution rights for millions or tens of millions That was a pipe dream; people could dream all they wanted. Furthermore, Pei Qian had managed to hold Zhu Xiaoce off at last, making the latter give up on low-value sponsored partnerships for now. This way, ninety-nine percent of Boss Peis Daily Lifes income would be stopped! After all, to find a UP Master willing to fork out a hundred thousand for a classy and custom-made video; how rich would the owner have to be to agree to this? Wouldnt it be better if they directly engaged the video site and buy advertising space? Thinking about this, Pei Qian was quite assured. Someone knocked on the door. Enter. Lu Mingliang pushed the door and entered. Whats up? Pei Qian asked. Game Designers design manuscript had been completed before the New Year. Pei Qian had also given his assent, and there probably wasnt much that needed to be changed. As for artistic resources and the actual production process, Pei Qian couldnt care less. After all, he was the boss. To personally micro-manage would mean he didnt know how to prioritize and spend his time. Now, Boss Peis Daily Life was the project he needed to keep a close eye on; he had to guard it with his life! Boss Pei, its regarding dubbing. For dubbing of the voice-overs, I have already found a few more well-known people in the country for that; we have recorded a few segments already as a trial. Do you want to listen and choose one? I cant decide, Lu Mingliang said. Dubbing? En, it seemed as if he should at least pay a little attention to dubbing. Game Designers entire gameplay (factoring every choice and every decision) was around eight hours long; voice-overs basically were embedded from start to beginning. If all the wordings were added together, it was probably forty to fifty thousand words. As for dubbing, the market rate for it was very cheap. For a ballpark figure like fifty thousand words, the cheapest would be two to three thousand yuan while it would at most only cost up to ten thousand. In comparison to Game Designers total cost, that was peanuts. Pei Qian naturally wasnt concerned about money. He was concernedwould the voice-overs be able to force players to give up on the game? Of course, if they randomly took someone off the streets who was tone-deaf and spoke indistinctly to do the dubbing, the desired effect could be achieved. However, this evidently was a violation. Pei Qian could only choose someone who wasnt so outstanding among the pool of passable candidates. Even if he wanted to find someone ordinary, he had to find someone that could speak clearly and smoothly; he couldnt find someone with an obvious problem that the system could seize on. Lu Mingliang had already contacted quite a few people for dubbing on the resource website; he had also recorded some samples that contained lines in the game for Pei Qian to have a listen. Pei Qian opened them one by one. The first was from a proud young lady. Without hesitation, Pei Qian clicked next. He definitely couldnt pass this one! Could one imagine how excited those stay-at-home gamers could be if they heard this voice! The second was a soft and dainty female voice. The voice was rather subservient and made people feel numb and chill. Definitely not this either! However, this would be good for ASMR1. The third was that of an ordinary males voice. The fourth was a hoarse and rather high-pitched males voice. This voice was rather nasal and thin; it even had a tinge of huskiness to it. Pei Qian hesitated between the third and fourth options. The third was rather perfunctory; it wouldnt be very outstanding. However, his sarcasm was not good; it was more like a news anchors tone. He might not be able to compel players to stop playing. Ill go with the fourth one! This voice wasnt that pleasing to the ears; some people might feel uncomfortable and a little difficult to listen to. It sounded like the sound of fingernails scraping on a blackboard. It would definitely be able to aid in players quitting the game! Furthermore, for some reason, the more Pei Qian listened, the more he wanted to beat that person up. The players would definitely feel the same! Since the number-one priority of this game was to scold playersthe more annoying this voice was, the better! Pei Qian thumped the table and said, Lets go with this one; his voice is sufficiently unique. Lu Mingliang took a look at the audio clip that Boss Pei had chosen as his face grew pained. Pei Qian was confused. Is there a problem? This person is quoting a high rate? Or is he very occupied now? Offer more money! Pei Qian believed that most problems in the world that could be settled with money were not problems! Especially for dubbing, these people did hard work; and their pay wasnt actually considered high. To give a few thousand more, so what? Its not that, Boss Pei. This was the dubbing sample that we had given them. We were hoping to give them a rough idea of what tone they should carry for this project. This was something I had recorded myself I had placed all the files I received together in the same folder as the one I had. I had forgotten to differentiate them Lu Mingliang said as he scratched his head. Pei Qian was bewildered. Come to think of it, the last dubbing clip indeed had some interference in the background. Although the background was rather quiet, interference in the background was clear; and it was evident the equipment used for this recording was not that good. Pei Qian looked at Xiao Lu, You did this? It doesnt sound like you at all! Lu Mingliang nodded. Yes, I strained my voice to record this; I tried to mimic the voice of a perverted fiend Boss Pei, dont misunderstand. I have indeed watched a few western crime-related movies; however, my character is still the same! My mental state of mind is also very sound! Boss Pei, please choose another one Pei Qian looked at Xiao Lu as his eyes lit up. Alright! This was a hidden treasure! No, I want you! I need this kind of perverse and hoarse voice. Besides you, I dont think anyone else can do this! Pei Qian was very adamant. I will give you however much the dubbing rate is; Ill leave this matter in your hands. However, Boss Pei, we dont have the special equipment for recording Xiao Lu was getting more anxious. Pei Qian gestured, This is a concern? Just go and rent an audio recording studio; wouldnt that solve your problem? How much is it an hour? At most two to three hundred, right? Lets fix a limit at three hundred per hour; find a more posh studio and rent for three days. Three days would be seventy-two hours; that would be twenty thousand yuan. When this starts, the dubbing teacher wont need to assist in the dubbing; he will be responsible to stand next to you and give you professional advice! If three days is insufficient, extend the rental! Dub at your own pace and take a break when you are tired. You can continue whenever you are rested. In any case, I want the quality to be assured while you should also take care of yourself. Alright, lets do it this way. Ask Assistant Xin to have this settled. Pei Qian gave a this discussion is at an end face. Lu Mingliang tugged on his hair as he didnt know what to say. Should he thank Boss Pei for his trust, or should he say that Boss Pei was not taking this matter seriously?? However, seeing Boss Peis determined gaze, Lu Mingliang didnt dare to say anything as he could only nod and do as he was told. Settled! Just like this, there wasnt much else to be worried about this game. Initially, the matter with the short videos had made Pei Qian feel as if things were going to go sideways; now, he suddenly felt as if things were still within his control! Game Designer and the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe were proceeding very smoothly as loss-making projects. As for Boss Peis Daily Lifealthough it had gained initial popularity, Pei Qian had stopped Director Zhu from going down the sponsored partnerships pathway. Perfect! Of course, Pei Qian couldnt let his guard down now. He couldnt help it but sigh. Why was it that all his employees made him worry so much? Why were they so talented? When he was hiring them, he didnt see all these gifts and talents in them at all. Fortunately, he had his brothers. Ma Yang was still rather reliable and definitely did not have any special abilities! Speaking of Ma Yang, the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe had started to undergo furnishing. As the original owner of the place had done a good job renovating, changing it into an internet cafe had only required a change in concept and structure; this would not take too long and could be done in around half a month. The estimated date of completion was March 7th or 8th. With Ma Yang keeping an eye on things, Pei Qian was rather relaxed. He intended to go and take a look once the refurbishing had been done. As long as Ma Yang and Zhang Yuan did not pull any stunts, this internet cafe was going to smoothly incur losseswithout a doubt! Chapter 97 - Meeting to Figure out Boss Peis Motives On the 24th, Wednesday The design team had a meeting. Pei Qian did not attend the meeting as the design manuscripts were already decided and were being manufactured. As the boss, there was no need for him to continue paying attention to these minute details, and there was no way he could do that. Lu Mingliang had almost shouldered all the work during this time. Although Huang Sibos deathnoabsence caused everyone to be a little lost, everyone originally had their respective roles; and there were not many changes made to the structure of the design team. Therefore, they got back on track very soon. Meanwhile, Lu Mingliang was gradually accustomed to his job scope as Chief Planner after working on the job for some time. Other than the fact that he was still used to doing things on his own and sometimes clung to the tasks instead of assigning them to others, he did not face any other problems. After being the Chief Planner for some time, Lu Mingliang found the job to be less challenging than what he had originally expected. The experience with Ocean Stronghold made this an extremely mature team. As long as Lu Mingliang ensured that the nodes of the job functioned properly, other members on the team would handle their parts proactively. Lu Mingliang was suddenly a little sentimental. Didnt that mean that a lot of people were actually capable of doing the job? The only difference was that they were not given the opportunity to become the Chief Planner. When he used to handle all the odds and ends in his previous job, he was completely drained of energy every day and worked overtime like a dog. However, his abilities did not improve at all. That was because he did all the repetitive manual work. That made him apprehensive if he would be able to take on the role of a Chief Planner when he landed the job. However, after some time, he realized that it was not as challenging as he had expected! To think of it now, the chief planner position in his previous company demanded employees to compete using their seniority and experience. However, those were not essential qualities. It might only be a means to shortlist suitable employees. Maybe it was because of the way Boss Pei chose and assigned people their jobs? Lu Mingliang could not help but think about how talents were everywhere, but they were seldom recognized! A good leader should try his best to allow his employees to showcase their potential and creativity. Meanwhile, leaders who only knew how to take advantage of their employees would transform them into machines that were unable to think. That would cause their efficiency to decrease with time! As he thought about that, Lu Mingliang had a newfound respect for Boss Pei. Lu Mingliang cleared his throat and said, There are two main agendas for todays meeting. The first thing is that I will be leaving the office for two to three days to be the voice actor for Game Designer. Dont ask me why. I want to know the reason, too Up until now, Lu Mingliang still had no idea why Pei Qian chose him to be the voice actor. No matter what considerations he might have, his decision could be in the hall of fame for the most eccentric human behaviors yet. However, since Boss Pei was the one who made the decision, it must be undoubtedly correct! The others were dumbfounded, too. What was that? In the middle stages of planning a game, the Chief Planner left to be the voice actor of the game? The air in the entire room turned still. Lu Mingliang continued saying, The second thing is that I hope that all of you can spend some time reading the voice-overs and complete your respective tasks. You must ensure that you communicate with the expert Ruan Guangjian in a timely manner. If you face problems that you could not solve, feel free to give me a call. Lu Mingliang gave some simple instructions for the upcoming tasks. There were not many lines for the voice-overs within the game. If everything went smoothly, three days would be ample for him to finish the work. Although he was only leaving for three days, time was precious; and Lu Mingliang was afraid that they would slack off or that they might face problems that they could not handle. Therefore, he reminded them multiple times. After he finished giving his instructions, the team started talking freely to discuss the details of the work. Because the design manuscript was very detailed, the few problems left hanging were quickly resolved. Lu Mingliang noticed that Lin Wan was holding a hardcopy script the entire time and was looking at the voice-overs of Game Designer. He was a little curious. Looking at the voice-overs shouldnt that be my job as the voice-actor? Lin Wan had been in Tengda Network Technology Co., Ltd. for about a month. In this month, she was in charge of some small functions just like the other employees. She had a good work attitude and was a responsible employee. However, because the work assigned to her was not very challenging, she did not have much presence within the team. Lin Wan was flipping through the voice-overs scripts for Game Designer again and again. Some pages were even a little tattered because of her continuous flipping. I think I think I might understand Boss Peis motive. Lin Wan looked at Lu Mingliang. Huh? Lu Mingliang was stunned. Are you referring to the motive for assigning me to do the voice-overs? Lin Wan nodded her head and answered confidently, Thats right. Quick, say it. Lu Mingliang displayed high interests. He did not understand why Boss Pei wanted him to do the voice-overs and was worried that he might drag the game down because of his inability to complete the task. Therefore, he was ultimately very apprehensive. Now that he heard what Lin Wan said, could it be that Boss Pei had some deeper motives? Lin Wan flipped through the script and switched on her analytical mode. I must say that Boss Peis motives were buried very deeply. That was why we could not see it in the beginning. I can only vaguely figure out his motive after going through the voice-overs that Boss Pei had personally edited multiple times and combining it with the recent short video Boss Peis Daily Life. I believe that Game Designer is similar to Boss Peis Daily Life. They both used dark humor to achieve an ironic effect! Look at these lines in the voice-overs. The voice-overs will influence players decisions from the very start. Each decision that it recommends seems to be the most suitable presently and is more profitable. For example, when deciding between the value-added services and buy-to-play revenue models, the voice-over will mislead players into choosing value-added services. When deciding between low paywalls and high paywalls, the voice-over will mislead players into choosing high paywalls. When choosing among numerous graphics styles, the voice-over will mislead players into choosing the cartoonish style that is currently the most popular Each time, the recommendation seems reasonable. After all, games companies must ensure their profits. Most of the time, these recommended choices will be the more profitable option. But what happens in the end? If players followed exactly what the voice-overs said, their reputation will be tarnished; and they would be severely criticized by the players. Ultimately, they will lose everything that they had! At that time, the voice-overs will ridicule you for having a nose of wax and being indecisive as a boss. It will mock you for listening to everything that it said. Do you think that the voice-overs are responsible for this outcome? No. They merely recommended the wrong suggestion. You, who are unable to distinguish the choices, are the first person who should be held responsible for the failure! The addition of voice-overs magnified this failure by multiple times! That makes players feel uncomfortable and realistic. That is because it is the naked truth. It is also an irony! Why are there so many confusing and disliked games in the world? The reason is very simple. Those bosses went down the same psychological route! The voice-overs were like the demon in their hearts that was called greed. A step at a time, it misleads them into the wrong path. In the end, they would fall into the abyss! Lu Mingliang nodded his head violently as he heard what Lin Wan said. It made a lot of sense! But why will players still fail even if they do not follow what the voice-overs said? Is that also trying to showcase irony? A designer raised his hand and asked. Chapter 98 - Bao Xu is Back! Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Lin Wan showed a confident smile. You have asked the critical question. In my opinion, this is the highlight of the game! That is knowing that something is wrong doesnt mean that you can succeed. If you resisted your inner greed and insisted on your initial resolutionsif you propelled yourself using your dream does that mean that you can produce a good game? No. One of the endings goes like this. The producers followed their conscience throughout. They spared no thoughts about the profit models of the game. In the end, many players enjoyed the game without paying anything. Although the game had good ratings, the producers were unable to recover their start-up costs. Even with the support of some players, they found it hard to keep up with their expenses and had to leave the game industry ultimately! This is hinting that the game industry is not one where you succeed solely with your passion. Even if you were passionate and followed your conscience, you might still not succeed! This is harsh but it may be the reality in the game industry. Lin Wan was a little sentimental. To think of it, I was too immature in the past. Achieving both reputation and profit is not a simple task. Our constant success was because of what Boss Pei did to drive us forward. Lin Wans words made everyone solemn. Yes. The time spent working in Tengda made many of them develop an illusion. It seemed as though everything that they achieved was meant to be. However, look at the state of other games companies. Recall their previous work experiences. The reason they did not feel the pressure was because there was someone to shoulder all those pressures for them! That person was Boss Pei! If they recalled the entire process, this entire gamefrom its creativity to design and even the exact voice-overswere all carefully edited by Boss Pei. The other people were only in charge of some administrative work. If the game failed, Boss Pei would obviously be the main person to be held responsible for its failure. Meanwhile, if the game succeeded, the credit belonged to everyone! If one looked at other bosses They would normally not be concerned about the work and explained their actions as delegating powers to their employees. When the project failed, the first thing that they would do was to find fault and throw the blame at others. Anyways, the boss would never be in the wrong. The difference was very apparent in this comparison! Lin Wan continued, Therefore, it is clear why Boss Pei assigned you to do the voice-overs. Firstly, your voice is suitable for voice-overs. Secondly, your biggest advantage is your knowledge of games! You must not belittle this point. This is very important for voice actors! The voice-overs could be viewed as the greed and desires of the game designers. It misleads them into the wrong path. For the voice-overs to fulfill such purposes, merely having a suitable voice was not enough. You need to be clear of all the traps in the game industry. You need to have a deep understanding of this industry. You must have an accurate understanding of such inner greed and desires! Ordinary voice actors would never be able to grasp that feeling! Those words struck Lu Mingliang like a bolt of lightning and jolted him awake. So that was why! So that was the motive behind Boss Peis arrangements! He grabbed the voice-over script hurriedly and scanned it. Yes. That was it! No wonder Boss Pei edited the lines personally many times. The reason was to achieve that feeling! Thats why they needed a more passionate voice! Lu Mingliang nodded his head. I understand. I will definitely not let Boss Pei down! After the meeting ended, Lu Mingliang left the company and arrived at the best recording studio in Jingzhou City for the voice recording. Meanwhile, Lin Wan returned to her desk. She continued reading the voice-over lines after she had completed her work. She realized that she gained new insights every time she read it! Game Designer was a game that involved many subsections and endings. Going through each of the subsections and their respective endings felt as though she was experiencing the life and death of a game company each time. Some achieved immeasurable fame. Some left the industry in distress. After she had immersed herself into the emotions of the game designers, Lin Wan finally realized that her understanding of the game industry previously was too superficial. She had originally thought that games should bring people happiness and games companies should do so, too. However, after her internship at Sun Strike Studios, she realized that domestic games companies were not like what she had imagined. Just when she was feeling disappointed, Tengda appeared! Therefore, she followed Tengdas footsteps without any hesitation. Of course, Lin Wan did not trust the company blindly. As an ordinary employee, she slowly integrated into the working environment and attempted to produce her own designs. Before she had entered Tengda, she saw mountains as mountains. When she gained a deeper understanding of the industry, she came to the point where she saw that mountains were not mountains. Now that she had understood its very core, she saw mountains once again as mountains Lin Wan felt that she had benefited immensely! She might not be able to attain so much if she was in any other game company in the country! That meant that Tengda was a unique game company in the country. Its uniqueness was not because of its salary, but this unique trait that it possessed instead! However, no matter how hard Lin Wan contemplated, she constantly felt that there was this unique aura around Boss Pei. She just couldnt understand it! Everything that Boss Pei did seem unreasonable initially but would cause others to be in revelation once the underlying reasons behind his decisions were exposed. Most importantly, Boss Peis nonchalance towards money made it appear as though he had a saintly vibe surrounding him. This was the most precious thing! Ive come to the right place. If there was a day when I can understand Boss Peis thoughts, I will then become a top-notch game designer! 1Lin Wan secretly set her resolutions. March 3rd Bao Xu, who appeared weary after the long distance that he traveled, appeared in front of the entrance to Tengda Network Technology Co., Ltd. Im so tired. Bao Xus face appeared slightly tanned. He had only one expression on his face. That was I am finally f*cking back! He had his fill of travel for the year! He was originally a geek that trapped himself in his house and would not even want to leave the chair for a minute. Yet, he had been forced by Pei Qian to spend a month outside. His schedule every day was extremely packed. The reason was that Assistant Xin made him report his location to ensure that he attended every scheduled event! He had to report to designated places in the morning and evening in every city that he went to. After reporting to those places, he would then return to his motel. He was too tired to even go online and play games. As a dreaded one month, the journey had finally ended. When Bao Xu returned to the company with his backpack, he only had one thought. He missed the company dearly! If there ever were another opportunity for a paid leave, he must f*cking leave the opportunity for others! Anyone who wanted the opportunity could have it. There was no way he would experience this again! Everyone noticed Bao Xu once he entered the door. Eh? Brother Bao is back! Brother Bao, you look much healthier. Although youve lost weight, it seems as though you have grown taller. You look much livelier, and some hair on your hairline seems to have grown back! Bao Xu was stunned. Oh. Really? He threw his backpack on the office desk and sat down on the gaming chair. Comfortable! He had indeed found that his health had improved tremendously. During this one month, Bao Xu was mostly outside every day. Therefore, he did not notice the little changes to his body. After others pointed that out when he returned, he then realized that he seemed to have more vigor and vitality in his body. Bao Xu used to spend his days in internet cafes. His sleep schedule was severely messed up. His meal times, rest times, and daily routines there were a lot of problems with them. Although he was still young, his unhealthy lifestyle took a great toll on his health. When he was at Tengda, there were some improvements to his health as he had to go to work and leave work on time. However, his body was still very weak. During this month that he spent traveling, he had to walk a lot and was exposed to the sun often. His work and rest times had become structured. His meals had become more appetizing. His health had improved tremendously unwittingly! Chapter 99 - No Sweat at all, its My Pleasure to Help! Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Bao Xu looked in the direction of Pei Qians office. Is Boss Pei around? No. He has not been in the office these two days, Lu Mingliang replied. Lu Mingliang had completed recording the voice-overs for the game. He started recording on the 25th, continued on it intermittently, and completed it on March 1. Although he wasnt very efficient, he had completed the task on time. After all, Lu Mingliang was not a professional voice actor. Even if he had a voice-acting coach beside him, he had to repeat several sentences dozens of times initially before they were finally satisfied with the end result. Now that he had completed the voice-overs, he could finally focus solely on producing the game. Brother Bao, I have sent the documents for the design of the new game to you. Can you check if there are any changes required? Lu Mingliang was very respectful towards Bao Xu. After all, Bao Xu was the inspiration for Ocean Stronghold. No one could be compared to Bao Xu when it came to figuring out Boss Peis motives! Bao Xu opened the document and skimmed it. These were all decided by Boss Pei. I shall not look at it anymore. I might not understand it even if I looked at it. It was a taboo in the game industry to randomly alter the game designs. Everyone had their own ideas. Many a time, there were no apparent right or wrong. The key to creating a good game was to follow one persons decisions throughout to not produce a muddled mess. Bao Xu felt that nothing could go wrong since Boss Pei was in charge of the project personally. The only thing that he should do was to watch closely and learn from it. There was no way he could pick at the details. That followed exactly what Pei Qian had planned. Since the game was already at the development stages, there was no way that Bao Xu could be involved in it after he returned. When there was nothing for Bao Xu to do at work, he would definitely immerse himself into his games. In that case, the probability of success of the new game decreased further. The plan was in motion! Sure enough, everything went according to Pei Qians plans. Bao Xu flipped the design manuscript and looked at everyone who was working. He felt that they did not need his help with the new game. Therefore, he opened his computer and started playing Ocean Stronghold. He had been stifled after a month away from games! As the saying went, absence made the heart grow fonder. Bao Xu felt that the company was heaven, and he did not want to go anywhere else! While he was playing, Bao Xu discovered something amiss. The hand sensitivity of the game didnt seem that perfect. A month ago, Bao Xu felt that the hand sensitivity of Ocean Stronghold had almost achieved perfection. However, when he played the game after a month, he had a new feeling. Since I didnt have anything at hand, I might as well do some upgrades to Ghost General and Ocean Stronghold. Bao Xu grabbed a notebook nearby. As he played, he wrote down the changes that should be made. After the release of Ghost General and Ocean Stronghold, they had never been updated. Why didnt the players feedback about that? Of course, there was feedback! However Pei Qian could not receive those feedbacks and hence pretended as though they didnt exist! It had been four months since the release of Ghost General and a month since the release of Ocean Stronghold. For game producers that updated frequently, it was normal for some to produce a new version each month. For game producers that updated less frequently, a new version every three months was sufficed. However, there had never been a game like this! The game was obviously still profitable and popular, and yet there had not been an update for four months. Pei Qian did not want to update newer versions of the games. Those two games were too popular! Look at the permanent card sales records for Ghost General and the Red Kilin sales records for Ocean Stronghold According to the requirements of the system, he had to produce a new purchasable item with every update. He could not waste money on the updates without profiting from them. Pei Qian weighed his options and felt that the players would be very willing to spend money on the new purchasable items! Therefore, he treated it as though nothing had happened and buried his head into producing the new game. Not updating the games would decrease the popularity of the games! The members of the R&D team worked like dogs on Game Designer. Therefore, they did not have time to care about these two other games which were operating steadily. However Bao Xu had a lot of time on his hands! Since he could not be involved in the new game, he could try his best to make alterations to the older games. Bao Xu first carefully adjusted the hand sensitivity of Ocean Stronghold. After that, he opened Ghost General. Ghost General had comparatively more problems that Ocean Stronghold! Ocean Stronghold was collectively produced by Huang Sibo and a group of designers. After numerous tests, its design was relatively more mature. On the other hand, Pei Qian completely copied off an existing game model when he produced Ghost General! Most of the texts in the game were very detailed. They were all earnestly written (casually concocted) by Ma Yang. However, there were many minute imperfections with the combat system and some basic functions. That was because the model that Pei Qian bought was a failed project. There might not be many bugs, but there was ample room for improvement. Of course, these imperfections did not affect the popularity of the game much. This was a mobile game after all. Players had lower expectations for the game. The game could run probably and the players settled with that. After playing the game for a while, Bao Xu noticed that many small problems could be fixed. He might as well change that with this opportunity! Very soon, Bao Xus notebook was filled with notes on where to edit. He was not producing new content for the game. Therefore, what he did could not be considered creating a new version for the game. He was merely upgrading and altering some components of the game. Bao Xu looked at his notebook. Yup. I should be able to complete these within three to four days. No sweat at all. Its my pleasure to help! Three days later In the Tieba for Ghost General The layout of the forum seemed a little messy as compared to the forums for other popular mobile games. That was because the game company did not manage this forum! For games such as Qute Three Kingdoms, the company would cooperate with Tieba and assign a forum manager and several assistant forum managers. There would also be employees who would post content regularly on the forum. However, all of that did not exist in Ghost General! The forum was completely unmanaged. Some people vied for the forum manager position. However, they were not very proactive and would merely delete violated posts and advertisements when they saw them. However, because there were many members in the forum, it was very active. From about one or two months ago, there were many posts on Ghost Generals Tieba that complained about the game. The number of complaints increased recently. Cant the game update a new version? Ive graduated from the game a long time ago. I have collected all the rare cards. Can someone tell me what else I can play in the game? I am so jealous of Qute Three Kingdoms. They have an updated version once every two months. Moreover, those updates were for players who were in the middle and late stages This is so frustrating. Other games had long-term goals to achieve and had purchasable items. This game is the complete opposite. I cant even spend money on the game even if I wanted to! What do I do? I found that I dont have any more goals in the game! This is the first time I saw such an apathetic company. Ghost General is one of the top games in the charts and should be highly profitable. Why dont the producers produce some updates? I am not expecting any new game modes. I am satisfied if you produce a new warrior or come up with a new purchasable item! Players who had not played Ghost General for a long time would have a wrong impression when they entered this Tieba. Were they in the wrong Tieba? How was this supposed to be a forum for a mobile game? For example, in the forum for Qute Three Kingdoms, there would be posts that criticized the game producers, game designers, and activity planners. The activities scammed players of their money! The new content was insincere! If they did not see such posts one day, they would suspect if Tieba had crashed. However, everything seemed completely different in Ghost Generals forum! Players were anticipating and hoping for Ghost General to come up with a new purchasable item! Some players were even having serious discussions on what the new purchasable item should be. Some suggested the game to sell a new warrior package. There were also other suggestions. Some suggested having a top-up activity with a high top-up ceiling. For example, players would be awarded special resources when they top-up in the game. The minimum and maximum amounts for the rewards could be one yuan and fifty yuan respectively. However, as much as the players hope for the game producers to add some purchasable elements in the game, the producers ignored those voices completely. This scenario could only happen for Ghost General! It was a sight to behold! Chapter 100 - Blood-Written Letter from Ten Thousand Players Begging the Producers to Seek Profits! Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios There were no updated versions for Ocean Stronghold, too. However, Ocean Stronghold had the 888-yuan Red Kilin. Moreover, the game had just been released for a month. Therefore, there was not much unhappiness among the players. Meanwhile, players of Ghost General expressed that they had never seen such a pure and unpretentious game producer! Other game producers would be covered in makeup and would try their best to seduce their customers. Tengda was the complete opposite. Apart from being barefaced, it tried its best to kick you away! What exactly is Tengda thinking? Why wont it come up with a new purchasable option? Does it have enmity with money? There is nothing else I can spend money on after buying the permanent card! Did the company go on the run after profiting? Ive only heard of companies which lost money going on the run. Ive never heard of a profiting company doing that! Some players could not stand it anymore and could only AFK temporarily. There was nothing else for them to play in the game! After buying the permanent card, players had additional chances to draw cards every day. After two months, they had almost drawn all the rare cards available. The next thing that they would do was to upgrade their cards. Most players would merely go online to draw cards and run the Chapters and Battles on auto mode. There was nothing for them to do in the game! As time passed, many players chose to play other games instead. However, most players did not delete the game. That was because it was the most conscientious mobile game on the market and had unparalleled graphics! As long as there was an update, the players could happily return to the game again! Delete it? Who would bear to do that? Then, a new post appeared on Tieba. A Touching Move! The Game Had A Secret Update! Then, the players clicked into the post. I had coincidentally found today that the heavily-criticized problem with the overly-low damage for Guan Yus continuous slashes has been resolved! Guan Yus continuous slashes has been boosted. I can finally use that warrior again! Furthermore, the overly-low probability of Zhao Yun flanking the ranged opponents seemed to have been resolved, too! After careful observation, the players noticed that the post was true! Many little problems that existed in the game had all been resolved! There was no version update or notices. No one knew when the alterations were completed. When other game companies fixed bugs, they would always list them out in the notices as though they were afraid that the players would not appreciate the efforts of the game designers. Tengda was the complete opposite. It did not seem to care about that and appeared very nonchalant. The entire Tieba was boiling with excitement! Tengda has not given up on Ghost General! Other game companies would first come up with top-up activities and events that encouraged players to spend money in the game before fixing the bugs in the game. However, Tengda did it the other way. It did not have any top-up activities and upgraded the game first. Ive wilted! Does this mean that there is hope for a new version of the game? I have recovered my motivation all of a sudden! The producers are so sincere. Im so touched! As long as Tengda does not give up on Ghost General, we will always stay with the game! Lets collate a blood-written letter from ten thousand players begging the producers to come up with a new purchasable option! (1/10000) Im begging the producers to seek profits! We have the money for that! March 7th What?! The customer service hotline had been bombarded by players of Ghost General. The forum is also filled with posts requesting a new purchasable option in the game? Are you sure youve got that right? They are requesting a new purchasable option? In the car, Pei Qian looked at the screen of his phone in disbelief as he replied to Lin Wans private chat. He was originally in high spirits today as the renovations for Fish-Catching Internet Cafe had been completed. The company had deducted a large sum from its ledger to purchase computers, furniture, drinks, and more. He had also hired some people. Pei Qian was in a good mood as he thought of the beautiful future ahead of the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. Therefore, he ordered Assistant Xin to drive him to the internet cafe to have a look. He inspected Ma Yang and Zhang Yuans work and had timely corrected some of their mistakes. However, when he was on the road, he received a sudden private message from Lin Wan and found out that the players of Ghost General were planning to collate a blood-written letter from ten thousand players! Currently, the only channel for players to communicate with the producers was via customer service. Previously, in order to lose money, Pei Qian outsourced the customer service job to a company that was good with tai-chi. In short, Pei Qian outsourced the job to an external company that had no idea what was happening at the R&D team. No matter what the players asked, there was no way the customer service officers could answer their questions. The only thing that it would do was to pacify the players with the usual formalities. We have received your suggestion. We will reflect this to the design team, my dear! We are so sorry about the problems you have faced. We are trying our best to fix that now, my dear! Their response went something like that. There were not many players who would dial the customer service hotline to start with. Most players would not specially call up the customer service hotline when they experience insignificant problems in the game. There were not many players who would go all out to reflect those problems. Normally, players would only call up the customer service hotline to scold them when they faced problems when topping-up money. Ghost General only had one function that was related to topping-up moneythe permanent card. There was no way they could be a bug with such a simple function. Therefore, the customer service team did not have much to handle. However, in the past two days, the players bombarded the customer service hotline for an unknown reason! They only had one requestfor the producers to come up with a new purchasable option! Moreover, those calls were continuous. Different players took turns calling up the hotline! This was also the most popular topic in other platforms such as the forums and Tieba. There were also many players spamming the forums! Pei Qian was completely dazed. His first reaction was that he thought that the players were requesting a new version of the game and new game modes. That was normal. After all, Ghost General had been released for about three or four months. The players were sick of the old game content for a long time. Yet, the players were requesting a new purchasable option? Pei Qian was a little confused. He asked Lin Wan, Do you know what exactly happened? Why will the players request for a new purchasable option? This doesnt make sense! Lin Wan replied, It seems like the players are worried about Ghost General going downhill. They hope to support the game by spending money on it. Tss! Pei Qian took in a cold breath. This had the players gone mad? Pei Qian had originally hoped for Ghost General to perish by itself by not updating newer versions of the game. As long as the players did not make a fuss about it and allowed Ghost General to continue operating without updating newer content, the games popularity and sales figures would naturally decline. The players were originally very cooperative. After all, the players had gathered together because of the game. Without special reasons, it was hard for them to develop a sense of unity. Yet, what was happening this time? They seemed to be beckoned by some mysterious calling! After a moment of consideration, Pei Qian replied, Tell the customer service to standardize their reply. Have them tell the players that we are in the process of planning a new version! It will approximately be out in umm either May or June! Ah? We are planning a new version? Why havent I heard of that? Lin Wan asked. Pei Qian replied, Please dont misinterpret my words. I said that it was in the planning stages! Even if it was merely planned in my brain, it could also be considered to be in the planning stages! Lin Wan responded, Okay, Boss Pei. Pei Qian felt that he had been f*cking unlucky. After he had started producing games, he had been facing all sorts of anomalies and eeriness. What happened was just abnormal! He had originally wanted to find a way around it, but the players were not that easily fooled. They had actually created such a commotion. Pei Qian could not pretend to be oblivious of what was happening anymore. Chapter 101 - We are not Looking at the Books but at Attractiveness Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios If players did not argue and only one player complained, Pei Qian could have acted like he did not hear a thing. Then, he would not have to do anything. However, from the way the situation was developing, if he continued not to do anything; the players would surely not let him off. The players would become angered, and they might do a thorough search into Ghost General. Then, he would be in deep trouble! One of the rules of the System was that he could not reveal or hint at the existence of the System to anyone. This meant that Pei Qian could only do unreasonable or illogical things in secret, but he could not allow the general public to become suspicious of him! It would not be logical for Pei Qian not to update Ghost General since it was so profitable. If not for the fact that so many people were keeping up with Ghost General, Pei Qian would have been alright. However, if this thing blew up and people internal and external to the industry became suspicious, Pei Qians inaction could amount to a violation of the rules. Pei Qian did not need to take this risk at all. Therefore, after pondering for several seconds, he decidedonce Game Designer was complete, he would think about updating Ghost General. In any case, he could buy a couple of card animations and a few new random function templates to add to the game. Then, he could fix a low price and count the job done. He could think about the next settlement issues the following week. No matter what, when the time came, he had to think of new ways to lose money! Just as he was thinking about these things, he arrived at Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. At the door, a few renovation workers were installing the shop front. Above the main entrance was a glass wall with a huge, abnormal logo. In the middle of the logo was a lame-looking salted fish. It looked just like the one in the emoji packs made into an insignia. The fish looked slightly coquettish, and its tail looked almost like it was going to turn into a dragons. On top of the salted fish was an abstract letter M. It looked vaguely like the fishs outstretched fin, trying to reach an itch. It also looked like a crown on its head. Behind the logo was a huge letter Y, which was holding the entire logo together. Pei Qian looked closely at this logo. En, it looked chic yet lame, lame yet individualistic. This huge logo was the only thing in the shop front. There was nothing written in Mandarin or in English. Pei Qian guessed that this must have been the work of Ma Yang. He must have found someone to design and custom-make this logo. Pei Qian wondered what kind of unreliable artistic request Ma Yang had given this designer. There were no words on the shop front, but this was exactly as Pei Qian wanted it. People who walked past this shop front would not understand anything about it. They would have no idea what people even did inside! Pei Qian walked into the internet cafe and looked around. The internal renovations were almost complete. There were two people inside, cleaning up the entire place. He had already purchased the chairs, tables, and other furniture. Various boxes filled different areas of the internet cafe. Zhang Yuans head was buried in his work as he tried to install the computers. Two young men were assisting him as well. Pei Qian guessed that they were newly employed. How are you doing, Brother Qian? Are you satisfied?! Ma Yang smiled warmly as he walked into the internet cafe. Pei Qian nodded. En, it looks quite good. Do you have any requests or instructions? See if you like where the bar counter is now. How about the chairs and tables? Theres also this bookshelf; what kind of books do you want to put on it? Ma Yang walked around the internet cafe; thirty percent of him wanted to ask for Pei Qians opinion, but seventy percent of him just wanted to show off his work. He wanted to show off how perfectly he had done the job! Pei Qian took a closer look at the various parts of the internet cafe. Everything was basically done just as he requested. In fact, it looked even better than he had imagined! In the coffee areaor the bar area, the closest thing to the computers was the bar counter. People could order various types of alcohol or drinks there. On the other side, there was a mini-stage; and on that mini-stage were several microphones for singing. Bookshelves lined the remaining wall faces. It made the entire place look very cultured. Seeing the bookshelves made Pei Qian feel like he needed to say something. All the bookshelves were still empty at the time. Ma Yang had not decided what kind of books he should purchase to fill them. Among the options were comics, best-selling novels, classic novels, etc. As Pei Qian looked at the bookshelves, he counted the number of books he would have to purchase to fill them. At the very least, he would need thousands of books. If this were to be a Japanese-style internet cafe, then it went without saying that they had to purchase comics. Otherwise, they would at least have to buy popular web novels. However, Pei Qian would not do that for sure. If he filled these bookshelves with comics, he ran the risk of attracting anime whales! As the saying went, an otakus collection could cost as much as a house in Beijing. One could not belittle the spending power of these people! They definitely could not fill these shelves with comics and figurines. Pei Qian cleared his throat and pointed to the bookshelves, saying, Old Ma, remember this. We are not looking at the books, but Ma Yang interrupted, Loneliness? What loneliness? Its attractiveness! We look at the attractiveness! Pei Qian was speechless. Oh, oh. Attractiveness, Ma Yang nodded profusely. Comics and novels what did that mean? They would not be tolerated! Highly attractive books buy as many as you can and put them up here. Pei Qian taught him the ways. Brother Qian, why not give me a few titles so that I can purchase them? Ma Yang asked. Pei Qian nodded and said, Alright, let me think about it. A Brief History of Ukrainian Tractors, Study Book for Drivers of Small Tractors, Making a Tractor for my Motherland, The Story of the Head of the Tractor Station and the Chief Agronomist, Use and Maintenance of Hand Tractors 1Ma Yang was flabbergasted when he heard this. Brother Qian, this why are you buying so many books about tractors? Pei Qian said seriously, This is a way to make things attractive! Only truly top-notch people would appreciate it, understand? Ah, forget it. I think its asking too much of you to understand these things. Here, go online and search for bookshelves of pretentious, cultured youths. Then, select the book titles you dont understand and purchase them! Otherwise, go to an old bookshop and select those torn and tattered books. The more aged they look, the better! Oh, oh, alright! Ma Yang kept nodding profusely. Both of them turned to look at the back kitchen. They had not decided on the chef, but they already received many applications from great chefs. After all, the pay they were offering was good. Whats more, from the looks of this place, there would not be much cooking to be done. You have to choose a chef like the one I described to you before this. I dont want a chef who can cook Japanese and French cuisine. I just want a chef who can make good, home-cooked food. Do you understand? Feeling uneasy, Pei Qian instructed Ma Yang again. Ma Yang patted his chest and said, You can rest assured, I will take care of that! Pei Qian nodded and said, Indeed! He walked one round around the internet cafe, feeling pleased. Its future looked bright; it looked set for incurring losses! Pei Qian turned to look at Ma Yang, feeling slightly overwhelmed with emotion. Ma Yang, if not for you, I would not know what to do! Ma Yang grinned, making his entire face look as sweet as a flower. Ah, look at the way you put it. Im not that good! Brother Qian, if you praise me this way, Ill get arrogant! No worries, get as arrogant as you want. Its not your style to be low-key. Pei Qian went back to the internet cafe area. Zhang Yuan was very quick at installing computers. However, after working so hard for so long, he was only less than halfway complete. Pei Qian found a random, lit, computer. It was exhilarating! There was a lot of space on the computer table. The gaming chair felt extremely comfortable. The keyboard and mouse were not cheap good, and they did not feel like it either. Oh, well, that was what he got for spending so much money. Remember: every single table must have a small pack of high-class towels. That would be for the customer to wipe their hands and their face before they play. They can also use it to clean the mouse. I dont want them dirtying the mouse or the headphones. Of course, we cant do anything if they do dirty them. We can only completely replace them, Pei Qian said helplessly. Ma Yang hesitated. Would that work, Brother Qian? Can they develop the habit of wiping their hands before they play? Pei Qian pondered for a moment and decided that it made sense. How could he depend on these customers to wipe their hands using the wet towels of their own accord? It was unrealistic indeed. How about this; if someone comes up to a computer, well have a waiter serve him a clean, hand towel immediately. It would be just like those high-class restaurants. These towels must all be clean and hot to kill bacteria. Look for someone to take charge of this! Ma Yangs eyes widened. This isnt it too luxurious? Pei Qian shook his head. What kind of place do you think were running? A high-class entertainment center! The customers well be facing are all people from rich family backgrounds. We must provide top-class service, understand? Pei Qian thought of something else at that moment and continued, Also, we have to ban smoking in this place. They cannot smoke anywhere! If they want to smoke, they have to get out. Huh? Ma Yang thought that this would be like other internet cafes, which had smoking areas and nonsmoking areas. He was just about to hang up the signs demarcating these areas. In the end, Pei Qian forbade him from doing so. But Pei Qian interrupted, There are no buts. We have such a nice place; how can we afford to make it smoky? Thats right, go and look for a Fresh Air Ventilation System. In a crowded district like this, we have to strengthen the air circulation. Chapter 102 - Low-Key Opening Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Ma Yang scratched his head. A Fresh Air Ventilation System? Whats that? Ask Qiandu. Pei Qian did not have the time to explain these things to him. He switched the computer on and downloaded Ocean Stronghold. Fresh Air Ventilation Systems were produced quite early. Around the year 2000, Europe had already set specifications for it. They were also slowly introduced in households and in businesses. After that, they were used in large-scales. Within China, Fresh Air Ventilation Systems and air purifiers only became popular after the airpocalypse smog. In about 2014, people started to learn about these things. At this time, Fresh Air Ventilation Systems were mostly made by foreign countries. They were bloody expensive. However, to Pei Qian, it was not a bad thing that they were so expensive. In fact, it was a good thing! After downloading This was really a high-end computer. The gaming experience was so good! When he entered the game, he automatically adjusted all the settings to the maximum. This would guarantee a top-notch, full experience of the game! This computer had many good points and no shortcomings but one. If he lost the game, he could not push the blame to the computer! All the excuses about mouses trembling, keyboards buttons not responding, the computer lagging, the monitor flickering, and the headphones not working All of them would be irrelevant. If one was bad at the game, there was no way they would be able to blame the computer; they would only have their own lousy skills to blame! To some people, this might be a flaw. Pei Qian played two games in PvP mode and was completely trashed. Then, he played in biochemical mode. He was still trashed. He had no choice but to play story mode. Indeed, a smart man like me cannot play games that are fully dependent on reaction speed. The story mode is still the most fun. As Pei Qian played in story mode, he could not help but feel moved. How the hell was this game actually created by me?! I wonder what exactly Huang Sibo and Bao Xu experienced. Pei Qian was still playing when Zhang Yuan suddenly served him a glass of alcohol. The glass was not big, but the liquor inside it looked especially bright. It was dark red at the bottom and an apple-red at the top. Both colors were translucent. Where they met in the middle of the cup, Pei Qian could see the colors mixing. It looked quite awesome. The first thing he felt was: how mysterious! After taking a sip, he found that it tasted special as well. It was hard to describe, but it was a very memorable drink indeed. What is this alcohol called? Pei Qian asked. Zhang Yuan answered him matter-of-factly, Boss Pei, this is a type of Aurora Jungle-Juice. Ordinary Aurora Jungle-Juice would only glow in the dark. This slightly different recipe makes the color look more natural. Not bad, how much does it cost? Pei Qian asked. Zhang Yuan, Fifty yuan for a glass. Probably for fear that Pei Qian would find this too expensive, Zhang Yuan quickly added, There is grappa in here, which costs about four hundred yuan for seven hundred milliliters. This cup alone contains thirty milliliters. Theres a cheaper version as well, which can be used to replace the grappa. Oh, Pei Qian responded, nodding. Then, how much is the cheapest cocktail on the menu? Zhang Yuan pondered for a moment and said, The cheapest is twenty-five yuan. Most drinks sold at the bar are priced that way. This was 2010. It was not cheap. The cost of one glass of alcohol would be equivalent to the cost of two meals for many students. Whats more, the customers that would come to an internet cafe-cum-bar are different. How is it, Boss Pei? Are the prices alright? If you think its too expensive, we can reduce it. Reduce? Or increase? If he lowered the price, he would earn less for every glass of alcohol. However, what if people spread the word that the drinks at this bar were cheap? What would he do if everyone came here to drink? Wouldnt that be akin to making small profits but having quick turnovers? He could not reduce the price! Although the price of the drinks was not considered low nowafter some thought, Pei Qian decided that there was still room to increase the price! Pei Qian made up his mind. Add ten yuan to the price of every drink. Our customers are all high-class customers. If we price our drinks too low, it would be akin to looking down on them! Huh? Zhang Yuan was stunned. Thats decided, then. We will add ten yuan to the price of every drink. Pei Qian sipped his cocktail happily and went back to his game. Naturally, Zhang Yuan did not ask any more questions. Instead, he turned around and went back to work. Pei Qian played for a while more and felt satisfied. It was not so much because of the environment but because of the expenses! According to his calculations, playing this game for two hours and drinking a glass of cocktail cost him eighty yuan in total. This money was enough to play at an ordinary internet cafe for a week! Immediately, mainstream customers would be chased out of this internet cafe into other, cheaper alternatives. Of course, Pei Qian knew that these high-end internet cafes would soon become the trend in sixty or seventy years. However, that didnt matter as long as it was not the trend now. Whats more, in sixty or seventy years, internet cafes would not have cocktails at sixty yuan per glass! He had to incur a loss! He had to incur losses for the next four to five years. How great! Pei Qian stood up and prepared to leave. At that moment, Ma Yang walked over and asked him, Brother Qian, we plan to open the day after tomorrow. How do you think we should organize the opening ceremony or opening specials? I plan to half the price of gaming and drinks for the first three days. Do you think thats enough discounts? Half the price of gaming for the first three days? Half the price of drinks? No, no, no, no, definitely not! This would make them wildly popular in a short time. How could Pei Qian let that happen? He shook his head profusely and said, No, tacky! We are a high-end, attractive internet cafe, understand? We will open for business as per normal, without resorting to these low-class tricks. Good wine needs no bush. With such a top-class environment, are you scared that we would not attract customers? Why must we slash all our prices and make our opening so big? We cannot allow our internet cafe to look like a market! Alright, we wont do it, then Ma Yang did not understand why, but he knew that he would not go wrong by listening to Pei Qian. Pei Qian walked out of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, satisfied. He was ready for the internet cafes opening day. On that day, he would see how desolate the internet cafe was. Then, he would finally feel real relief! March 9th The opening day of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe! There were no opening specials, flowers, firecrackers, or banners. There was nothing! Everything proceeded as per normal. There were no Mandarin words on the shopfront. There was only one huge logo. Indeed, it looked high-class. However, it was not helpful in telling anyone that they could access the internet here. The good thing was that there were many glass panels in this two-story building. In the day, people could easily see through the glass panels into the coffee area and the gaming area. Even so, everything was too low-key. Zhang Yuan waited at the bar counter for customers to come in so that he could perform his fancy bartending skills. After waiting for half a day, he only saw people walk past the shop. At the very most, they looked curiously. However, not a single one of them walked in. The cold wind outside the shop was very effective in persuading people not to enter. Pei Qian sat at the coffee area, sipping and enjoying his coffee as he watched the empty internet cafe. The corners of his lips slowly curled up in a deep smile, but he tried his best to keep them down. Ma Yang was not as calm as he was. It was obvious that he was getting restless. Brother Qian, they should at least go out and distribute flyers, right? They was referring to the managers that they hired. They were managers in name, but their job scope was wide. They even had to wait on people by pouring water and tea for them. Before this, Pei Qian rejected every proposal that Ma Yang raised to promote the opening of this internet cafe. The reason he gave was that they needed to be patient! We have such a good-looking place. If we offer opening specials and promotions like all the other entertainment businesses, it would be meaningless! In the end, the opening day of the internet cafe was extremely quiet; no one cared for it. Pei Qian sipped his coffee nonchalantly. Why should we distribute flyers? How classy would that be? We have to allow our customers to stumble upon this place. Then, it would be a pleasant surprise! Allow customers to stumble upon this place? Ma Yang felt like there was something wrong with this strategy. However, at that moment, he found it difficult to rebut it. Chapter 103 - Deserted! They waited for more than another hour until noon. A young man stood outside the door and looked inside for a very long time before he finally pushed the door and entered. The waiter that had been waiting for very long immediately went forward to greet that man. Welcome! Are you here to surf the net or drink some coffee? This was a slightly amusing way to ask; however, as Fish-Catching Internet Cafe was indeed a place that combined both dining and surfing the net, how else could he have phrased the question? The young man had evidently seen the high-tech computer setup inside through the glass and guessed that this was an internet cafe; that was why he had entered. You guys how much an hour? The waiter answered honestly, Ten yuan. The young man was a little bewildered, thinking that he had misheard. Ah? Im asking about the open area, not a private room. Thats right, sir. The open area is ten yuan an hour; we dont have private rooms here. The man was obviously lost for words. Do you have any membership promotions? Yes, we do. After becoming a member, alcohol and other drinks are ten percent off. The waiter warmly served the menu. The young man took a look as he staggered. What the f*ck! The front side of the menu listed all sorts of drinks and cocktails; all cocktails and anything with alcohol cost forty to fifty yuan a glass. The flip side contained some traditional comfort food such as tomatoes with eggs, Yuxiang shredded pork, and whatnot. They werent cheap either! Even if there was a ten percent discount, he couldnt afford these prices! Furthermore, the internet cafe membership actually didnt offer discounts for surfing the net, but only for drinks? What rubbish was this? The young man coughed twice and said, Im sorry; my family isnt that well-off. Ill make a move first. He turned and left. The few waiters exchanged glances, not knowing what to do. This They really wanted to stop him from leaving. However, Boss Pei had instructed that service had to be as natural as the spring breeze! It had to be just like the spring breeze gently floating by ones cheeks, to allow customers to feel their sense of presence; they couldnt make their presence too strong either. Hence, the few waiters could only endure and do nothing. Very soon, it was noontime; and more people stopped by. Some also came to ask about the price. In the end, three or four others came. Similar to that young man before, they heard the price of this place and beat a swift retreat. Someone even mumbled to himself softly, This is daylight robbery! Zhang Yuan had been standing by the bar counter, preparing to display his skills at mixing drinks. Alas, not even one person came in to surf the net, much less order drinks! Brother Qian, this cannot continue! Ma Yang saw what was happening and grew anxious. The opening was going so poorly; this was bad! The more deserted this place became, the fewer people would come; wouldnt that be a vicious cycle? Pei Qian also nodded very seriously. En, we cant continue like this. Someone, come. Make a sign and paste the price on the door! Everyones only coming in to ask about the price and leave; this is unacceptable. Well let them know the price at the door so that they dont even have to enter to ask and then leave, what a wet blanket! If they think its expensive, Id rather they not come in. Well have one less person to entertain; how good would that be. Ma Yang and company were dumbfounded. This was what Boss Pei meant by we cant continue like this? If they didnt hang a sign outside, perhaps someone might come in, ask about the price, feel bad about leaving under the watchful gaze of the waiters, and stay. This way, they might be able to keep some thin-skinned customers. If they did a sign and everyone looked at it from outside, they would leave without even entering! Werent they chasing away some thin-skinned potential customers as well? Ma Yang was a little conflicted. Pei Qian saw that Ma Yang was hesitating as he prompted Ma Yang again. Hurry up and get it done. Why are you hesitating to do something that benefits everyone? Ma Yang stood up rather reluctantly as he arranged for someone to make a sign. Pei Qian continued to drink his coffee. It seemed as if even this ordinary coffee smelled much sweeter than usual! When afternoon came, customers finally arrived. Two seemingly rich second-generation-heir young lads had come to surf the net together. Seeing the price at the door, they evidently hesitated for a while. However, after bickering between them, they still entered and sat in the internet cafe area. A few looking like white-collar workers also went to the coffee area and ordered some coffee. This was actually within Pei Qians expectations. Although this place wasnt in a proper commercial district, it after all bordered one such place. It was a street away. As people came and went, some people might actually walk by this place to drink a cup of coffee or the likes; this was unavoidable. As this was after all a well-furnished internet cafe, even if the price was steep, it wasnt to that extent where not even one customer would come. That type of situation was too ideal; it was unreal. Having a few customers was still completely acceptable. As long as it was controlled within a certain number such that the intake could not cover the costs, that was fine! Pei Qian kept a watch till night time. A few people came to drink alcohol while Zhang Yuan also took the stage to sing two songs; the atmosphere was still not bad. It wasnt as desolate as in the daytime. However, very few people actually came here to use the internet. Pei Qian made a rough estimate: this amount of earnings was not going to cover anything. It was great! Everything was within his plan! Pei Qian stood up and prepared to leave. Ma Yang, on the other hand, seemed to have received a shock; he was a little dispirited. They had such good computers, such a great environment. However, the first day of operations had been so deserted! Ma Yang couldnt really stomach this. Pei Qian tried his very best not to smile as he comforted, Its alright; its only the first day. Old Ma, you must remember that this is a long-term operation for Tengda Corporation! Dont mention one day; even if in the first three months or the first half a year were all losses. That was fine! Things will slowly get better, understand? Ma Yang nodded; however, it was obvious he hadnt really taken these words to heart. Pei Qian also couldnt say too much as he patted Ma Yangs shoulder and left gleefully. March 14th, Sunday Nighttime Zhang Yuan and Ma Yang found a table on the second floor near the windows and sat down; their faces were very dark. Zhang Yuan took a pen and was doing some sums. Rent, three hundred and fifteen thousand a month. As for water and electricity, ingredients purchases and consumption; all these are at least ten thousand a month. Wages are around sixty thousand a month. That means that even if our internet cafe doesnt do anything, we would have expenses of four hundred thousand a month! Furthermore, the initial investments for computers, equipment, furnishing, etc; that amounted to two million yuan. Based on our revenue for these three days, we cant even compare to small coffee shops that are only ten-odd square meters big. If this situation continues Dont talk about recouping our capital; we would at least have losses of three hundred thousand a month Hearing Zhang Yuan doing the math, Ma Yangs huge and long face grew pale. This this was a little too much, right? However, thinking about the past few days of operations, this figure also actually seemed reasonable. Too few customers had come! For the tens of computers in the internet cafe, most of the time at most one person was playing in each row of computers, much less it being full house! Furthermore, these people also didnt stay for long. As for the coffee area, it was just barely slightly better and had more people. However, many people came, ordered one cup of coffee, and sat the entire day. They didnt spend much. The worst part was, be that as it may, the coffee area couldnt even fill up half of the seats available! Business was that poor! During the nighttime, not many people came to drink alcohol. Even when Zhang Yuan went and sang a few songs, only a mere few people would be listening and praising him, with the applause being pitiful. It was very embarrassing! Hence, these two days, Zhang Yuan and Ma Yang were very worried. If Fish-Catching Internet Cafe lost three hundred thousand a month, that meant that ten thousand yuan was flying away daily even if they did nothing. This was a bottomless pit! How much money was needed to fill this hole? Zhang Yuan said, Brother Ma, you have a solid relationship with Boss Pei; should you inform him of the situation? We cant continue like this; we have to think of something. Ma Yang became glum, Brother Qian had said for us to stomach this regardless for at least one week; then, well talk. One week Zhang Yuan took a look at the calendar. Next Sunday was the 21st. It felt so far away! Aye, alright. Since Boss Pei has said that, lets wait and see how things go. The crux is Boss Pei isnt letting us distribute flyers while we cant lower our prices; this Zhang Yuan couldnt understand this. There obviously still was a small space for profit-making! If they reduced the per-hour charges a little and made the drinks cheaper while did a membership promotion. The situation could be turned around! However, for some reason, Boss Pei wasnt letting them do this. Zhang Yuan was now out of ideas. If a problem with price existed, no matter what he did in other areas, it was useless! Lets listen to Brother Qian and regroup after a week. Ma Yang did not think that much. He was adamant in believing something: since Pei Qian had specifically given such instruction, Ma Yang would follow them obediently; he would not act on his own. We can only do that for now. Zhang Yuan was a little worried; he wasnt sure how many more months he could draw his over-ten-thousand-yuan salary. Chapter 104 - Huang Sibos Friend from His Days of Hardship Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Todays shots were very good! Okay, lets pack up! Following Director Zhu Xiaoces command, todays shooting successfully ended. Pei Qian was already rather indifferent to this. He had gotten used to it! Todays scene was filmed outdoors, on the streets. They had also casually used the Cayenne that Pei Qian had previously rented. After all, if they kept on filming in the office, viewers would easily get tired of it as nothing was refreshing anymore. However, regardless of how the theme or setting changed, the core content remained. After speaking with Pei Qian the last time, Zhu Xiaoce and Huang Sibo evidently had bought Pei Qians thinking; they completely stopped caring about receiving sponsored partnerships that required hard-selling but focused all their energies on the videos! Although not every episode could have a high climax and be perfect; at the very least, they could maintain it at a certain standard. To date, the more popular videos had around six to seven hundred thousand views; the less popular ones also had four to five hundred thousand. As a short video series that had just been released, this was a very impressive achievement! After packing up all the equipment, everyone got ready to head back to their homes. Huang Sibo spoke to everyone, You guys can head off first; I have some private matters to attend to. No one questioned further. Huang Sibo waved down a taxi as he went to the coffee place that he had arranged to meet his friend at. After ten-odd minutes, the taxi reached the place. Huang Sibo got off the cab as he looked at the familiar and yet slightly foreign building in front of him almost as if he had been cut off from this world for a long time. This building had three words written on the second floor: Shang Yang Games. This was the game company that Huang Sibo had used to work in. Previously, Huang Sibo had been working at the lowest level of the company, helping to do miscellaneous work and rough planning. He had suffered many grievances and hardships; he naturally didnt make many friends. Only with someone else who had been working in the gallows with him did he have a decent relationship with. After all, they were in the same predicament and had weathered hardships together; they more or less felt that they were in the same boat and had bonded. When Huang Sibo had passed his interview and entered Tengdaalthough he occasionally kept contact with this friend, he didnt mention his work much. Why was that? On one hand, Huang Sibo had always been doubtful whether he had made a wrong move and entered a swindle company; he didnt dare to tell his brother about this. After that, realizing how good the company treated its workers while its games had gotten much success, he then felt it was a little awkward to talk about his work as if he was boasting. He was afraid that his brother might become mentally unstable. After a while, as Huang Sibo had been kept busy by the short videos and this brother of his had had to work overtime constantly, they didnt manage to find a chance to meet. Finally, now that the New-Year holidays were over, the two had managed to find some time to meet and catch up. Huang Sibo sat in the coffee place for a while, and before long, this brother of his arrived as well. He was around 1.7 meters, and he had gone a little out of shape due to the constant overtime. Although he looked a little self-absorbed, he had actually cleaned himself up rather well. As for any special traits about him, his hands were very nice, white, and thin. It was obvious he hadnt really had to work much when he was young. Yiqun, over here. Huang Sibo raised his hand and waved. This brother immediately saw Huang Sibo and sat down opposite the table. His full name was called Ma Dubiao; however, no one would call him that normally. Everyone called him Ma Yiqun. Ma Yiqun was in charge of plot planning in Shang Yang Games. He was a prim and proper Chinese Language and Literature university graduate; his family was all very cultured. This name had been given to him by his grandfather who was a classical literature professor at a university. As for why he had made the fatal mistake of becoming a plot planner in a games company? This story was long. Ma Yiqun had been the same as Huang Sibo; they were both the lowest lifeforms in the company. However, Ma Yiqun had lived slightly more like a human than Huang Sibo. Huang Sibos job scope was a planner, and whenever the chief planner Old Liu wanted something done, he would pile it all up on Huang Sibo without caring if he could finish or not. As a plot planner, Ma Yiqun also had to do much planning work. However, as he had much work to do regarding the plot, his share of the planning work had been lessened. Furthermore, with regard to the plot tasks, he could also dawdle and take his time. For example, compiling a list of names, writing descriptions; these could be finished in three to four hours. However, Ma Yiqun would take two days to do these and hand it in only on the third day; Old Liu wouldnt feel that something was amiss. After all, when it came to naming, ones efficiency depended solely on his condition and state of mind; Old Liu wasnt going to push Ma Yiqun too much. Hence, Huang Sibo couldnt take it and had quitted in rage. While Ma Yiqun hesitated and dragged it out; he had successfully done so for another few months. Sibo, why do you look tanner? Ma Yiqun sat down as he noticed that Huang Sibos complexion was slightly darker. Really? Perhaps its because I have been out doing outdoor scenes recently, and Ive gotten a tan. Huang Sibo handed the menu over. Ive already ordered my coffee. See what you want to drink; my treat. Outdoor scenes? Ma Yiqun took the menu over and ordered a latte without much thought. Hearing Huang Sibos words, Ma Yiqun was a little bewildered. He had never heard of game development to be done outdoors. Oh, I forgot to tell you. I am not in the game industry anymore; I am shooting my own short videos. Have you seen Boss Peis Daily Life? Thats what were shooting now, Huang Sibo said. Ma Yiquns eyes widened. Boss Peis Daily Life is being done by you guys? Damn! This short video series has been rather popular lately; I have been keeping up with every single episode! What is your role? Scriptwriter? Props? Why arent you a guest actor or something? Huang Sibo laughed and said, I dont have the gift for acting. My role is I dont want to say it specifically. In any case, I have to run here and there; Im like a partner, I guess. Thats good; it seems as if Sibo you have found a suitable industry for yourself. Congratulations. Ma Yiqun was truly happy for Huang Sibo. I think that you can as well. Your novel Ma Yiqun gestured as he interrupted Huang Sibo. Aye, lets not talk about that. He took another good look at Huang Sibo and realized not only did Huang Sibo look very good, but he seemed to be filled with drive and vigor. It seems as if you have experienced much these few months? You look and feel quite different. Quick, fill me in. The coffee arrived very soon. Huang Sibo sipped his coffee, Lets talk about you first; hows the company? How good can it get? Its the same as before; its rather dead and stagnant. Ma Yiquns expression grew slightly pained. As he was meeting his friend that had gone through hardships with him, Ma Yiqun finally stopped suppressing his feelings and thoughts as he started to vent. A while back, Old Liu seemed to have gone crazy; he was adamant about fixing an 888-yuan price on a saber in the new edition of our game! The crux was this saber wasnt anything rare. If it was a limited edition and a one-and-only item, Id agree with that pricing. However, theres a hundred of them, and they are all selling for 888; isnt that a little crazy? In the end, Old Liu refused to give in; not even one yuan less! After that, we found out that he had been fixated on Ocean Stronghold and felt that if the Red Kilin could sell for that price, our saber could as well! In the end, when we released the new edition, as expected, we were scolded bloody by players! The boss gave Old Liu a severe dressing down. Even when we were at our desks, we could hear the shouting from the meeting room Chapter 105 - Helping a Brother by Giving a Recommendation Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios This Huang Sibo was a little flabbergasted as well. He had not thought that Ocean Stronghold could have achieved such an effect and led Old Liu to do this. However, after thinking deeper, Old Liu indeed was capable of doing such a thing. The Red Kilin had sold for 888 yuan; not only did players not feel irked by that, but they accepted it rather readily. This indeed would give other game designers a misconception that their rare items could be sold at that price as well! Old Liu must have guessed that he might be scolded by gamers; he did not care about that. He only cared if he could make money out of this highly-priced saber! If he could, he wouldnt mind the players scolding him; that wouldnt impact his boss offering him a promotion or raise. However, the result was not only did players scold him badly, but not many sabers had been sold as well. The boss had given him a dressing down as the games reputation had suffered a hit, and they didnt manage to make money out of it. This was a foolish undertaking by Old Liu. Ocean Strongholds Red Kilin was part of the whole pricing strategy; Old Liu grew greedy after seeing that 888-price tag but failed to take into account the pricing strategy in its entirety. Of course, he was going to get yelled at. Huang Sibo couldnt help but diss Old Liu as well. Previously, when he had been working at Shang Yang Games, Old Liu was his direct superior. At that time, Huang Sibo had a rather complex view of Old Liu. Although Old Liu kept on suffocating him with work, Huang Sibo had thought that he could learn something from Old Liu. Now, Huang Sibo did not think that way anymore. A chief planner like Old Liu had at most been in the industry for a couple of years; and hence in the eyes of newbies, these people were looked up to. In reality One who wanted to accomplish great things would cherish himself while one who only cares about small profit would lose his life. Old Liu hadof all thingsonly mimicked selling an item at 888 yuan; how could this sort of person be a chief planner? His thinking was not big enough, and he would not amount to much in his life. Ma Yiqun savored his coffee and felt that Huang Sibos words made sense. Sibo, why do you think Ocean Stronghold managed to sell the Red Kilin at 888? Huang Sibo smiled. You asked the right person. Why did Ocean Stronghold manage to sell the Red Kilin at 888? This was actually the only payment necessary for the game! The game itself was in story mode, and its arts and gameplay were all well down. According to the market standard for such a game, it would be worth at least fifty, right? However, Ocean Stronghold is completely free, and only an 888 Red Kilin was sold in the entire game! This was a concession! To let all ordinary players enjoy 99.99% of the game for free; wouldnt players be happy? Wont they feel some gratitude and appreciation? Furthermore, the Red Kilin is different from that saber that Old Liu tried to sell. That saber had good stats, and a baller could kill ten people on his own. Ordinary players dont even have any breathing space. However, the Red Kilin stats arent actually that much higher than other guns. Furthermore, it could also accelerate the experience points gained by other players in the same room, as well as other benefits. If both the ballers and the ordinary players interests are aligned, this weapon would forever maintain its value. Its outstanding appearance in the game as well as the worship it would get wherever this baller walked in the game; of course, it sold well! Hence, a pricing strategy must be considered in its entirety; it is something resulting from a holistic assessment. Selling the Red Kilin at 888 yuan is not a black-hearted way of profiting; it is actually a concession! Ma Yiqun listened as he kept on nodding his head. I see! I have heard that Ocean Stronghold was selling a gun for 888. I had thought so many people are that rich and willing to spend now? So this was the reason. I understand now. Brother Huang, youre no longer in the game industry anymore, and yet you still know so much about them? Huang Sibo paused as he drank his coffee. This is a long story. I havent told you yet, but thats because these few months have been like a dream for me. I dont even know where to begin Actually, Ocean Stronghold was my creation; I was the Chief Planner. Ha? Ma Yiqun thought he had heard wrongly. Ocean Strongholds Chief Planner? Wasnt that a complete slap in the face to Old Liu from Huang Sibo? What standard of game was Ocean Stronghold? That was a game that had defeated even Sun Strike Studios! Putting aside the overseas Counter Strikeamong the FPS games developed internally in the country, Ocean Stronghold was considered number-one; it was that impressive! Someone had even predicted that based on Ocean Strongholds current player numbers, besides selling the Red Kilin, if the creators just casually did some other sales here and there that required a paywall; their earnings could even be doubled or tripled! While outsiders didnt know Ocean Strongholds incomebased on rough estimates, it should be around six to seven million a month while profit could be around three million. This was the result of a game that had only been online for slightly more than a month. Based on the longevity of FPS games, for its income to hit ten million a month in the future was not in question. This was a money tree that had just germinated! How formidable would this games Chief Planner be? If it was a bigger-scale games company, even the boss would have to be polite and respectful to this person! A brother that had been suffering with himself a few months ago; in the blink of an eye had become an industry veteran. Ma Yiqun found this a little hard to accept. It wasnt he didnt want Huang Sibo to do well; the crux was this was a little too ridiculous! Huang Sibo also didnt want to hide anymore. He started from his interview to enter Tengda, to how Boss Peis hint had led him to create Ocean Stronghold, and finally how he had gotten the best employee award and a million yuan to invest in short videos. Ma Yiqun heard all of this as he became a little weak and sluggish. Such good things existed? Based on Huang Sibos history and experience, to enter such a baller game company was already a mean feat; it was actually quite unbelievable. Furthermore, he had immediately taken on the Chief Planner position? He had also created Ocean Stronghold? As for getting a million yuan Dream Fund this was absolutely ridiculous! I know that you might feel a little stunned hearing all these. However everything I said is true. Huang Sibo looked very earnest. Ma Yiqun was quiet for a long while. Brother, could you recommend me? Ill tender my resignation to Old Liu tomorrow. To quit immediately was Ma Yiquns most pressing thought. Seeing how his brother had been living the past few months and comparing it with his own He couldnt take it! Huang Sibo had explained Tengdas work environment, company benefits, etc. in detail. Every single aspect made Ma Yiqun very envious. Of course, I can recommend you. However I also dont really know what Boss Peis selection criteria are. Whether you can pass the interview, it is all in your hands. Ma Yiqun hurriedly nodded, No problem. Sibo, talk to me. How was your interview like? What do I need to prepare? How was it like? Huang Sibo recalled what had happened. To be honest, I felt that I wasnt going to do well. I had only brought my resume that wrote my work experience, honestly. Honestly? Ma Yiqun was a little surprised. If he was going to be honest, how ugly would his resume be? Huang Sibo had been hired like that? Huang Sibo nodded, Yes, honestly. Furthermore, Ill tell you something else. Old Liu had also gone for the interview then. He had been right before me; he wasnt hired. Ma Yiqun, He was utterly confused. Huang Sibo then thought for a moment and said, Based on my understanding of Boss Pei, he has a unique way of looking at people. He can look at things beyond ones resume, everyones hidden potential. I feel that you should not fake or exaggerate things; dont make your resume too nice. This might actually work in your favor with Boss Pei. 1Of course, how you plan to do it, you have to decide for yourself; I cant guarantee this. Ma Yiqun hurriedly nodded, Alright, no problem. Ill go and prepare my resume when I head back! Chapter 106 - He Must be Destined for Great Things! Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios March 16th, afternoon In the guest room Pei Qian looked at the name on the resume and felt quite confounded. He did not think that people could have such a name. Thats alright. He considerately pronounced the name accurately. Ma Dubiao1? Pei Qian looked up at the plot planner whom Huang Sibo recommended. Ma Yiqun nodded. Thats right, Boss Pei. You can call me Ma Yiqun. Thats what they all call me. En, en. Pei Qian began to scan through the resume while Ma Yiqun waited patiently. Actually, Pei Qian had no intention of recruiting anyone. At the moment, he had enough manpower to research and develop Game Designer. As for whether he would recruit more people in the future and whether he wanted to research and develop two games at the same time Pei Qian did not want to think about it for now. However, Ma Yiqun was recommended to Pei Qian by Huang Sibo. On his account, Pei Qian had to meet this man. If this mans achievements were truly impressive, Pei Qian could always think of another reason not to hire him. He quickly scanned through the resume. En, according to the record of his experiences, there was indeed nothing impressive about him. Just like Huang Sibo, he only had one previous job listed on his resume. They both worked at Shang Yang Games before this. While Huang Sibo was the administrative planner, this Ma Yiqun was the plot planner. From the looks of it, they were both brothers in hardship. He had less than a year of work experience. Pei Qian was quite happy with this. The rest of the resume did not stand out to him at all. According to Huang Sibos advice, Ma Yiqun recorded his work experience truthfully. There was nothing much to write about to begin with. That was why his resume looked relatively insubstantial. After reading the resume, Pei Qian felt quite satisfied. Given the current situation, Huang Sibos working desk had been empty recently. It would make no difference whether Pei Qian took Ma Yiqun in or not. Allowing this amateur to hang around in the office would be of no loss to him. However, there was one thing Pei Qian was not happy with. That was this mans education! Huang Sibo was an ordinary university graduate, but Ma Yiqun was a graduate in Chinese Language and Literature from one of the top ten key universities. He was the perfect man for designing plots. Whats more, the fact that he could even enter such a university showed that his IQ was not that low. Seeing that Boss Pei had already finished reading his resume, Ma Yiqun took out another stack of documents. Boss Pei, these are the short stories, essays, and novels that I have written. Take a look. En? Something was wrong! Pei Qian was instantly alerted. He took the stack of writings and quickly read through them, his face showing mixed emotions. Ma Yiqun looked apprehensive. He was worried that Boss Pei would not admit him because he could not see anything special about him. That was why he made copies of all the writing he did in university and in his previous job. He was hoping to score some bonus points with Boss Pei. Logically, these writings would be very important considerations for people seeking to recruit plot planners. Pei Qian read through the writings. The more he read, the more excited he felt. It was a good thing that Ma Yiqun handed these writings over. Otherwise, Pei Qian would have hired him! A cursory scan of these writings showed Pei Qian that this man was not as his resume described him to be. His writing was not bad! His writing flow was smooth, his vocabulary was beautiful, and he even displayed a deep understanding of Chinese classical texts! The synopses that he wrote for Shang Yang Games before this were quite outstanding, too. For all Pei Qian knew, this man came from a family of cultured scholars. Of course, he wasnt extremely impressive either. At the very least, Pei Qian could not tell that he was that impressive from these limited materials. He could not hire this man. He could not take such a risk. This man did not meet the recruitment requirements of Tengda! Pei Qian was prepared to think of another reason to turn Ma Yiqun down. What reason should he give? Pei Qian quickly scanned through Ma Yiquns resume once more, trying to find problems with it. That was when he noticed that Ma Yiqun joined Shang Yang Games in October the previous year. He did not join Shang Yang Games immediately after graduating. He had three to four months after graduating. What did he do during that time? Did he make a mid-career switch, just like Huang Sibo? Was there something he was hiding? This sounded like quite a good excuse. You only joined Shang Yang Games in October last year. Were you at another company before that? Pei Qian asked casually. Oh, no. After graduating, I wrote web novels for a while. That was why I did not join a company immediately upon graduation, Ma Yiqun responded. Web novels? An important revelation! He was not a multi-talented, valuable boy, was he? Then why did you decide not to write anymore? Pei Qian asked. Ma Yiqun hesitated, and said, This is why, Boss Pei. Actually, when I was in my final year, I began to write web novels. In the beginning, my novels were rubbish. Nobody recommended them or read them. That was why I wrote on and off. During that year, I finally gained a small number of readers. Although nobody recommended my novel online, the readers recommended them by word-of-mouth. Slowly, I grew a group of loyal readers. From the statistics, I thought that it would be well-received if I made it pay-to-read. In the end, the number of people who purchased the chapters on the first day was thirty. Pei Qian was sympathetic. Perhaps the published plot was not the best? What if you write another book? I did not just write another book. I wrote three more books in total. All of their statistics were not bad before I made them pay-to-read. However, after I made them pay-to-read, the number of people who purchased the chapters on the first day for each novel was less than a hundred. All in all, I wrote more than a million words. Still, it was all in vain. I had no choice. I was going to starve to death. I had to find a place to work as a plot planner, Ma Yiqun said, looking frustrated. Pei Qian became suspicious. Are you not afraid of death? What was so wrong with your plot that caused everything to go against you? Ma Yiqun smiled bitterly. Im not sure. I want to know, too. Alright, youre hired! Pei Qian decided on the spot. Failing at everything he did, wasnt that the quality Pei Qian was looking for in his workers? 1You should change your surname to Huang, just like Huang Sibo1! Ma Yiqun was stunned. He did not expect Pei Qian to hire him so decisively! Was he really appreciative of Ma Yiquns talents? Huang Sibo said that Boss Pei had a very keen eye; he was good at spotting peoples special abilities just by looking at their external appearance. Sometimes, you would not even know you had the special abilities that Boss Pei saw in you! From the looks of it, this was exactly what was happening now! Pei Qian stood up and said, Hurry up and resign from the other company. Then, come back and look for Assistant Xin to sign the contract. In terms of salary, I will pay you five thousand yuan per month. There will also be opportunities for a pay raise. Pei Qian saw Ma Yiqun out, feeling satisfied with himself. Ma Yiqun was quite talented, and he did not quite meet Pei Qians requirements for recruitment. However, three times in a row, the books he wrote failed to get popular. This was no ordinary feat! He must be destined for great things! Pei Qian needed people like that now! There was no other choice. Too many weird things have been happening to him; Pei Qian was starting to believe in metaphysics. Pei Qian was even beginning to suspect that his luck was too good. 1There was a saying that was popular in the industry. If someone was lucky to a certain extent, it would no longer be called luck, but destiny! Luck could only determine success or failure temporarily. That was different from destiny. Destiny was like a halo, bringing good luck to the person continuously! Thus, Pei Qian believed that he had to recruit someone like Ma Yiqun in order to neutralize his good luck. Otherwise, if everything he did become profitable, wouldnt he soon vomit blood? Although this was extremely superstitious, unscientific, and unreliable; there was no harm in testing this theory out. Chapter 107 - Dont Give Him Any Work! Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Pei Qian wandered around and came to Lu Mingliangs work desk. He was preparing to give Xiao Lu a heads up. Pei Qian hired Ma Yiqun as something like a lucky charm. He wanted to neutralize his own luck. If Lu Mingliang misunderstood this and allowed Ma Yiqun to get to work like changing the entire synopsis of the game, it would be very dangerous indeed. Ma Yiquns writing was really not bad. If the synopsis made the game become popular, what would Pei Qian do?! Thus, Pei Qian had to make sure that Ma Yiqun did not do anything at all. When he saw Boss Pei wandering over to him, Lu Mingliang became on high alert. He stood up and asked, Boss Pei, do you have any instructions? Pei Qian had not been coming to the office often in recent days because he had been busy. He had to continue filming for Boss Pei, and he had to run errands outside as well. School had resumed, too. Every now and then, Pei Qian still had to attend lessons. He would also visit the internet cafe once in a while to take a look. Every time he noted that there was the risk of the internet cafe becoming popular, he had to deal with it immediately. Thus, Pei Qian felt exhausted. These employees were not making his life any easier either! Theres nothing much. I just wanted to tell you that we hired a new plot planner, Pei Qian said nonchalantly. Lu Mingliang immediately inferred what Boss Pei was saying. I understand, Boss Pei! I will ask him to redo all the synopses for the three games immediately! No, no, no, no! Thats not what I meant! Pei Qian quickly shook his head. I meant to say he is new and unfamiliar with games. Make sure you do not give him any work this month. Let him pick things up on his own. Understand? Keep him away from Game Designer especially. Do not let him touch any plot or synopsis! Lu Mingliang was stumped. What? He hired a new employee but did not want him to do any work? He just wanted him to observe things? He could not even assist? This The first thing that came to Lu Mingliangs mind was that something was strange. However, on second thought, this was quite reasonable. Who was the one who wrote Game Designers plot and voice-over script? Boss Pei personally wrote it! Even if this plot planner was experienced, his standard could not compare to Boss Peis. Much less if he was an amateur. All the more, this man had to watch and learn. Given all of these, it was very reasonable for Boss Pei to give him an entire month to observe! Lu Mingliang quickly nodded and said, Alright, Boss Pei! I understand! I will give him things to learn, so that he will be able to understand your game design intentions! Understand my game design intentions? What intentions does my game design have? Persuading players to stop playing? Alright, whatever Pei Qian was too lazy to explain anything more. He turned around and started to leave. However, he immediately turned back around. He caught a glimpse of Lu Mingliangs computer screen. That was part of Game Designers submitted art resources! There were animations and models. Pei Qian only managed to catch a glimpse of the concept drafts for the animations, but he felt like they looked familiar. Thats strange. Why did it feel so familiar? Pei Qian frowned and asked, These animations Lu Mingliang excitedly answered, Eh, Boss Pei, you could tell? Thats right, theyre done by veteran Ruan Guangjian! Boss Pei and veteran Ruan Guangjian indeed have great minds that think alike; you could recognize his work with just one glance! Pei Qian, ???? What the hell?! He turned to stare at Lu Mingliang in disbelief. I didnt I ask you to find the most expensive artist? Lu Mingliang nodded. Thats right. Big Boss Ruan was the most expensive artist listed. What the f*ck! Pei Qian nearly vomited blood. Only a few months had passed, but Ruan Guangjian had gone from being completely transparent to an expensive artist? Even property prices did not rise so quickly! Lu Mingliang saw Pei Qians astonished expression and thought that he was pleasantly surprised. Excitedly, he continued, Whats more, Big Boss Ruan heard about your project and only took a token sum as remuneration. He was very pleasant indeed! Boss Pei, you did not even have to show your own face, but you saved tens of thousands of yuan for the companys research and development fund. You really are well-known in the industry! Pei Qian remained stunned for a moment. Then, he asked, Can we still edit the contract? Lu Mingliang paused. Huh? Boss Pei, you mean you want to pay him more? I think it wont be easy to change because the contract has already been certified by the platform. Were more than halfway done as well. Changing the contract will be very complicated. Whats more, Big Boss Ruan might not accept it. Boss Pei, if you dont feel good, you could treat Big Boss Ruan to a meal in private. Otherwise, we could build a long-term working relationship with him according to his marketed price. Pei Qian, You can get back to work. Pei Qian was speechless. Initially, he did not have high expectations for the art resources for this game. He only wanted to spend more money and have it look less attractive! The result? He did not achieve either one of those aims! Not only did he fail to spend the money, but the games art concept design was done by Ruan Guangjian, a veteran pretending to be a rookie! Pei Qian felt a sharp pain in his head. What is the meaning of this? There are so many other artists listed on the website for resources; why am I still being hounded by this veteran, of all people? What do you like about me?! Can I change it?! Pei Qian went back to his own office and slumped down on his chair. Painful! Forget it, whats done is done. I have to be positive Its impossible to break the contract. I can only wait for it to be done and review it. Its a good thing that Game Designer is not a game that prides itself on its pictures Pei Qian tried his best to calm himself down. Knock, knock! There was a knock on his office door. Pei Qian looked up and saw that it was Ma Yang. Whats the matter? Dont tell me something went wrong at the internet cafe?! Pei Qian became alert at once. Ma Yang did not come here to report good news, did he? That would be terribly sad! Dont let the saying misfortunes never come singly come true! Ma Yangs expression was serious. Brother Qian, I I feel like I should tell you whats happening at Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. Zhang Yuan already did his calculations. According to the volume of business we have been getting during this period, the internet cafe is making a loss of about three hundred thousand yuan each month In other words, the internet cafes revenue barely pays the salaries of all the employees, as well as the utility bills. We are not making a single cent back for our biggest expense, the rent; much less the capital we poured into the internet cafe at first Zhang Yuan gave some suggestions that I think are worth considering. Look Ma Yang took out a little book, wanting to explain Zhang Yuans suggestions to Pei Qian. The only strategies were lowering the prices and organizing promotional activities. Pei Qian rejoiced in his heart. At once, he raised his hand, gesturing for Ma Yang to stop talking. They were losing three hundred thousand yuan each month? Great! Indeed, brothers were the most reliable! Ma Yang looked at Pei Qian, confused. Pei Qian tried hard to suppress his smile and said in a stern tone, I already told you, I dont care about these things. This shows that our internet cafe is on the right path! Ma Yang was stumped. Huh? Were losing three hundred thousand yuan each month! How can this be the right path? Pei Qian nodded. Thats right. Fish-Catching Internet Cafes existence has to be publicized in this classy and elegant way! Think about it. Although Fish-Catching Internet Cafe does not have many customers, have the customers all been very satisfied with the cafe so far? Ma Yang pondered for a few seconds and said, I think they are quite satisfied. Thats nonsense. Anyone who had a strong opinion on the price would walk away the moment they saw the sign at the door. They would not have become customers of the internet cafe in the first place. People who saw the prices on the sign and still walked in were all rich people who could afford the expenses. Of course, these people would be satisfied with the internet cafe. There werent many people inside! They could pick their favorite high-end computer out of fifty; they could pick their favorite seat in the coffee area. Many times, there were more waiters than there were customers. There was almost exclusive, one-on-one service How could they not be satisfied?! Pei Qian nodded, saying, So its alright to incur losses temporarily. We are paying money for people to spread the word about us! When people come because of word-of-mouth, do you think we would still have a shortage of customers? If we reduce the price now, we would not be attracting the right crowd. How would we raise the price in the future, then? Thats why we have to allow things to remain as they are. We have to be patient and bear with it! Seeing Pei Qians determined expression, Ma Yang scratched his head. It sounded logical. Alright well listen to you Ma Yang replied weakly. Chapter 108 - Ma Yiquns Task Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Fish-Catching Internet Cafes losses had reassured Pei Qian greatly. As for Boss Peis Daily Life and Game Designer, they both had signs of losing steam as well. If something else happened with Fish-Catching Internet Cafe again, Pei Qians heart might not be able to take it anymore. Fortunately, Ma Yang would never let him down! Pei Qian settled down a little. He was still most concerned now with Game Designer. The internet cafe continued to incur losses. Although three hundred thousand seemed like a lot, it was the icing on the cake and wasnt that substantial. As for Boss Peis Daily Life Pei Qians only wish was for it not to engage in sponsored partnerships. Next, I have to continue paying attention to Game Designer; I cant allow anyone to pull any stunts! I must learn my lesson from Ocean Stronghold the previous time. Previously, I had not delved into Ocean Stronghold and played it for long; I had only seen the story mode and the 888 Red Kilin and thought that all was good. In the end, it wasnt that case at all! This time, I must play the game through from start to end! Thinking of this, Pei Qian was a little anxious. Everyone said that it was hard to make money. For mewhy was it that it was so hard to make a loss?! March 25th Game Designer was finally officially completed. It was in late-stage modification and bug fixing now. Pei Qian asked for the latest version of the game from the developing team and installed it on his computer. He was going to have a go at it from the start! Although he knew every choice and result like the back of his hand, Pei Qian still wanted to complete the entire gameplay once. The release date for the game was April 1st. To release a game on April Fools Day; yes, he was that reckless! If Pei Qian really found something in the game now that might result in it being popular, there still was time to fix and rectify it by April 1st. As for publicity Pei Qian had given up on struggling. Different from the past two times, Tengda Games now was rather well-known. With Ghost General and Ocean Strongholds reputations, Tengda had gained in popularity. To date, all of Tengdas games had been released through the official games platform. Once Game Designer was released, some Ghost General and Ocean Stronghold players would definitely come to try it out! Under these circumstancesregardless of whether he did advertising or not, it would not affect Game Designer that much. The crux was the game itself. Pei Qian had done so many things in the game to mock gamers; that was where his confidence was at! Pei Qian started the game from the very beginning. Every segment, every result, every voice-over; he paid much attention to them. Lu Mingliangs dubbing is actually not bad? How did he make out this irritating and cheapskate voice? Its so boring. Theres no point in running, really. This voice-over keeps on mocking me; can I just go and beat Lu Mingliang up now How long more do I have to run? Hang in there Pei Qian felt that he was in a trance; Game Designer had created the ultimate urge in him to quit playing. Although Ruan Guangjian had personally created the animation and concept designs and the entire games artistic style was rather uniqueto Pei Qian, these were tasteless. Why? Every single choice, every voice-over had been written by Pei Qian! Walking in a room, he was faced with an umpteenth number of choices. For a gamer, after every door and every decision, an unknown awaited them. However, for Pei Qian, he knew clearly what was going to happen. Knowing what was going to happen well; would this game be fun? Just like if one was watching a detective drama, and he already knew who the killer waswhat the ending was like. No matter how good or splendid the process was, it would not have that good an effect. Hence, Pei Qian scrunched his nose as he went through the entire gameplay once and experienced a few different endings. He came to a conclusion. This game was exceedingly boring! There was no special way to play it. Players could only control their gamers to run around and enter room after room. Every time they ran to a new room, they could only see the setup inside each room and hear a voice-over mocking them. Besides that, no other way of playing the game existed! En, not bad. This time, this game has standards. Alas, I must indeed intervene in order to make sure things are smooth! Pei Qian rested easy. From the looks of it, this game did not require any alterations. It would flunk at the launch, and all he had to do was wait for the losses to come in! At this same time, everyone else in the company was extremely busy. Ma Yiqunwho had formally entered the companyreceived his first formal task. He was to play Game Designer! However, it was to just experience the game. Lu Mingliang asked Ma Yiqun to see more and learn more; however, he was not intending to let Ma Yiqun raise any opinions or suggestions. He most definitely was not going to let Ma Yiqun make changes to the game. This company is indeed special, Ma Yiqun sighed and said. The work environment was very good while a harmonious environment was ever-present; a salary package much higher than the industry standard. Ma Yiqun had heard Huang Sibo talk about these things before and hence had not felt that surprised. What surprised him was the way the company worked! He still remembered the first day he entered Shang Yang Games back then. He had just entered and before he had even warmed his seat, Old Liu had tossed a huge pile of game synopses at him. There was no direction, no instruction. His demands were vague and his standards unclear. Besides the due date, everything else was left to Ma Yiqun. All in all, he was there to work! As for Tengda, things were completely different. He had arrived and had not been given any work but only a few words: see more and learn more! If he wanted to quickly throw himself into work? Apologies, that wasnt going to happen. Indeed, this is a completely different level, right? Shang Yang Games was doing things that were rough and did not apply technology at all. Hence, even newcomers like me could get used to the work quickly. Hiring new people for them was entirely just to have menial workers to issue commands to. For Tengda, a high standard of design had to go into the work here. Hence, newcomers could only learn! Furthermore, this learning process had to be for an extended time Ah, I seem to have returned to high school. Im quite nervous and the pressure is great. Ma Yiqun couldnt help but salute Tengda. After running through Game Designer once, Ma Yiqun felt that it was very unique. This type of game he had never seen it before! It did not seem to belong to any commonly seen games in the market now. If this was something proposed at Shang Yang Games, the boss would have shot this down immediately. With no precedent and huge risks involved, Shang Yang Games boss would definitely not have invested money in it! However, it seemed like this kind of new and uncommon thing was quite normal. With the boss leading the way to innovate and come up with new ideas, all employees listened and cooperated seamlessly! This kind of understanding and consensus was not something that could be fostered in a short while. In Shang Yang Games, Ma Yiqun frequently heard some conversations like is there precedence, which game is this copying, are there enough paywall options, etc. In Tengda, he had not heard such talk at all. It seemed as if everyone was working in steps towards a common goal. Although Ma Yiqun didnt understand, he felt this was something incredible! Ma Yiqun deeply felt that he still had so much to learn. No wonder no work has been assigned to me; my abilities are still severely lacking! I must work hard to learn and understand whats going on; I must align with Boss Peis train of thought as soon as possible! Ma Yiqun quietly made up his mind. Chapter 109 - Boss Pei.... a Lonely person. Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Bao Xu had already finished with the updates for Ghost General and Ocean Stronghold; he finally managed to take a breather recently. Lu Mingliang immediately handed over the Game Designer game for Bao Xu to try it out. After all, this was the number-one experienced game tester in the company; he also knew Boss Peis intentions the best! As Lu Mingliang was not feeling very confident, he needed to get a confidence boost from this experienced person. Bao Xu seriously went through the game once. He did not run through all the possible endings; that would be a waste of time. He had just followed his instincts and completed two to three runs of the game. How is it, Brother Bao? How does the game feel? Are there things that need to be changed? Lu Mingliang asked. Bao Xu did not answer immediately. After a while, Bao Xu responded, What do you guys think? The you guys here naturally referred to everyone involved in developing Game Designer, including Lu Mingliang. Lu Mingliang hesitated as he decided to tell the truth. Many people feel that this game is a little boring. Besides me, no one else has much confidence in this game. Although this game had been personally designed by Boss Pei, it somehow seems to lack the motivation for one to persevere and continue playing Lu Mingliang was very conflicted. On one hand, he was at a loss at what to do and embarrassed. Thinking about the previous game, Huang Sibo and Bao Xu had created Ocean Stronghold; and it had been an instant success! Now, when it came to his turn after he took over from Huang Sibo, he still had to have Boss Pei personally helping him to make changes to the game. He felt as if he was being a hindrance, and he didnt have much face. On the other hand, he was really worried. Since the gameplay had been designed by Boss Pei while the game arts had been taken care of by Big Boss Ruan; from every aspect, this game ought to be very popular and lucrative. However, after trying it out, it didnt give off the sense that this would be in high demand; many people in the design team all thought that it was rather boring! These contradicting feelings made Lu Mingliang very apprehensive. He couldnt possibly go and ask Boss Pei directly and hence wanted to hear Bao Xus opinion. Bao Xu thought for a moment. I think that your thinking is from an insiders point of view. You guys have long seen the game script and know every single choice and option within the game. It is as if someone had given you guys a spoiler; of course, you guys wont feel anything special while playing. As a bystander, I feel that this game is interesting and very special. Lu Mingliang was stunned; he did not expect Bao Xu to have such a high appraisal of this game. It was interesting? Very special? Although it seemed like an ordinary description, the crux was whose mouth those words came from! Who was Bao Xu? He was a god when it came to game development; he had done so many games before, and his insights were definitely broader than ordinary players. Just like that little girl that had been added into Ocean Stronghold. For many domestic players, it was their first time encountering this kind of gameplay. However, Bao Xu had done this design up precisely because he had seen this and played this in many foreign games before. This was a difference in perspectives and horizons. Even Bao Xuwho had played so many gamesfelt that Game Designer was interesting; suffice to say, Game Designer was indeed very special! However, Bao Xu had not finished speaking just yet. His face grew stern as he caveated, However, that does not mean that this game would definitely make money. I think that this is Boss Peis experiment with a non-mainstream game. He would either be called a god or would fail miserably. Everything depends on how the market reacts to it. Please enlighten me, Brother Bao. Lu Mingliang listened earnestly. Bao Xu formulated his thoughts. I can only guess at Boss Peis intentions based on my limited gaming experience. I feel that Boss Pei has always been a very lonely person. Lu Mingliang was confused, Boss Pei is a very lonely person? Why would you say that? I think that Boss Pei is rather optimistic and chirpy. Really? Bao Xu asked back, Do you remember that company gathering we had?? How Boss Pei acted? Lu Mingliang was a little stumped. He recalled what happened that day. That gathering for a meal had been to celebrate Ocean Strongholds successful development. Boss Pei had brought everyone to eat a four-hundred-yuan apiece buffet. As they had had so much fun and the food was so good, Lu Mingliangs memory of that day was still fresh. How Boss Pei acted? He actually didnt really have an impression. He tried again to jog his memory. It seemed Boss Pei had been sitting down quietly the whole time. He did not eat or drink much; he seemed to have a lot on his mind, and he kept thinking of things Lu Mingliang looked at Bao Xu. Bao Xu nodded, Thats right. In such a place and environment, can ones real mental state be noticed? In the office normally, Boss Pei is rather amicable in front of us. As a leader, this is what Boss Pei has to do: to constantly infect us with his best energy, to encourage us. However, at gatherings over a meal, one who is actually really a lonely person would more or less reveal his true emotions! Think about it. At that time, Ocean Strongholds development had been completed, and we were almost on the cusp of a huge success. Delicacies had been laid out in front of everyone. No matter how one looked at it, there was no reason to be worried or troubled, right? What is it that could make Boss Pei so dejected? It is probably his feeling of loneliness internally! Lu Mingliang blinked as he felt that this seemed to make sense. Boss Pei was indeed not at his best form by then, from an emotional and mental point of view. Bao Xu continued, Furthermore, when Ive been updating and making new changes to Ghost General and Ocean Stronghold, I could feel similar feelings and emotions in the games. These had probably been hidden deep inside the games during the preliminary stages of designing the games! Take Ghost General, for example. Why was the purchase price set at ten yuan and the permanent card at thirty yuan? I think that this represented a mockery of the heartlessness of the game industry. Boss Pei must think that this game wasnt worth much! That if he sold a card for a few hundred or a thousand; that would be a scam! Ghost Generals creation was to expose this scam, for players to realize that it was laughable to spend so much money to get a card! From The Lonely Desert Road to Ghost General and Ocean Stronghold and now Game Designer, Boss Pei had been using unique ways to mock the impetuous, profit-minded, and black-hearted game industry. However Game Designer seemed to be even more direct, fierier, and deeper than the previous games! It is even less appealing. Lu Mingliangs eyes steadily lit up. So, that was why! Everything now made sense! However, Lu Mingliang soon had something he didnt understand again. Wait, since this game is so deep, why do youBrother Baothink that this game could either be a grand success or a huge failure? Bao Xu looked out of the window and gazed at the scenery far away. Products that surpasses its time havent they all been like this? A real artist often would not be appreciated or understood by the masses. To experience failure in business or in the commercial sector was very normal. If Game Designer failed, that wouldnt be Boss Peis failure. It would just be that gamers now do not deserve such a good game. Perhaps in the future, they would slowly understand the profoundness behind this game. For now whether this impetuous games market can understand and delve into the meaning of this game or not I really do not know. Chapter 110 - : Boss Peis Publicity Method Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios After hearing Bao Xus explanation, Lu Mingliang felt very emotional and heavy. He was emotional because he felt he was taking part in a great undertaking, making a game with historic importance that would leave a mark in developing the domestic game industry! He was feeling heavy because he was even more worried about this games prospects. Such a game that did not appeal to the masses and did not curry favor with gamers; could it really be successful? Just a little carelessness could lead to a huge whammy in the games market and to Tengdas reputation; this was really too risky an experiment! I never imagined that Boss Pei could have decided on such a crucial strategy while appearing jovial about it! If this game made a loss, we would get millions of blisters on our feet; our reputation would suffer tremendously! If it was me, I would be so worried and wont be able to sleep well, right? However, Boss Pei is as composed as usual; he indeed is someone who is set out for great things! Lu Mingliang carried a sense of utmost respect as he prepared to head back to his work station to continue trialing the game. Right, how are you guys planning to advertise this game? Bao Xu suddenly thought about this issue. He wasnt worried that Game Designer wouldnt do well; he was just curious! This time, what novel and special way would Boss Pei use to publicize his own game? He was really expectant! Lu Mingliang was stunned for a while, Errr as for this; I havent asked yet. Ill go find out now. Pei Qians office Lu Mingliang sneaked a glance at Boss Peis expression. Boss Pei did not look anxious at all! Did he no longer have any regard for life and death? Or was he brimming with confidence and had a well-thought plan? Regardless, Lu Mingliang was very impressed! Pei Qian was thinking. Lu Mingliang had come to ask how Game Designer should be publicized. Originally, Pei Qian had not thought much about it; he had even thought of not doing any publicity at all. However, after thinking about it deeper, he felt that this thinking was very wrong! He had to look at things with a seasoned view; he couldnt view it as a foolish undertaking! Before The Lonely Desert Road and Ghost General had been produced, Tengda was a little-known small company. If he wanted it to lose money, not doing any publicity was a very good idea. Now, things were different! With Ghost General and Ocean Stronghold being so widely known and populareven if Pei Qian did not actively publicize Game Designer, players would definitely find out about it. He could not hide this release from them! Since that was the case Why not do some publicity? He could even spend more money! However, how exactly to go about this required careful consideration. If he used ordinary publicity methodsif the game became popular, that would be bad! Hence, the best option was to spend money on publicity but not having any positive effects. If he could get negative publicity, that would be the best. At present, the publicity methods Pei Qian could use were just those few. Buying endorsements, commercials, finding a spokesperson Pei Qian definitely would not do these. The possibility of making money from these methods was just too high! They were very traditional publicity methods; although their effects varied, considering how refreshing Game Designers art style was, it would easily catch peoples attention. Such as many scam advertisements on the internet that used stolen video material. Or spend plenty of money to hire celebrities to promote it with awkward sounding catchphrases. Although all of this cost plenty, these sucky ads have a significant impact. Although one of such related advertisements had only been about rearing orcs with simple animation, a crude snapshot, and rough splicingas long as the website traffic was sufficient; any game would be able to bring in many players! If such a lame commercial for Game Designer lit a spark and the game became popular, Pei Qian would really cry. He could not take this risk. Hence, Pei Qian did not intend to use similar methods; the chances of making money were too high. He considered for a moment and said, Lets go to a video website and ask a content creator to publicize for us. A content creator? Lu Mingliang was stunned. He had not thought about this. Most importantly, compared to other ways of publicity, content creators and sponsored partnerships commanded the lowest rates; the resulting effects were also the worst. Lu Mingliang did not think that Boss Pei would think about this method. This was the Year 2010, and many rather well-known content creators such as Qiao Liang were still finding it tough to eke out a living. Huang Sibos Boss Peis Daily Life that had accumulated millions of views; in the end, they had at most gotten some trashy sponsored partnerships requests. No one bothered with classy and custom-made videos. It wasnt that people didnt know what was popular; the crux was content creators just did not generate the same buzz as other publicity methods just yet. If one really had money, he could go to the video website and directly buy commercials that would hit the mark. When gamers clicked on a gaming video and saw an advertisement right at the start, many of them might actually go and click on it immediately; wouldnt this achieve a better effect than sponsored partnerships? Hence, Lu Mingliang did not manage to react for a moment. However, he recovered and said, I understand! Boss Pei, you mean to find Huang Sibo and Director Zhu Xiaoce to do a custom-made publicity video for our game; to use Boss Peis Daily Lifes popularity to aid in Game Designers publicity, right? Pei Qian, ??? When did I say I wanted to look for Huang Sibo and Zhu Xiaoce?! Dont misrepresent my words! I would definitely not ask Zhu Xiaoce and the rest to help with a custom-made video; definitely not! That would be too much value for money. Fei Huang Workspace was a subsidiary of Tengda. If Pei Qian gave them a hundred thousand to produce a custom-made video commercial for Game Designer, this hundred thousand would become Fei Huang Workspaces profits. A portion of that still had to be returned to Tengda! In from the left pocket and out from the right; it was a super value discount deal. How could Pei Qian allow that? Furthermore, Zhu Xiaoce was a genius director. Game Designer and Boss Peis Daily Lifes themes actually complemented each other. What if the game gained in popularity because of this? Wouldnt Pei Qian be losing big on two ends? If Boss Peis Daily Life also became popular together with Game Designer, Pei Qian would really vomit blood! Thinking of this, Pei Qian shook his head. Im not thinking of looking for Huang Sibo and the others. Boss Peis Daily Life is still at the crucial stage of building a reputation; I cant disrupt their plans and reputation just for a commercial for this game. I see. Lu Mingliang nodded as he silently chided himself for not having a broader perspective. Boss Pei was right. At present, Fei Huang Workspace needed to build up its reputation and popularity now; it shouldnt go overboard with sponsored partnerships. Especially since both companies relationship was so tight; tongues would waggle. In that case shall I contact some more well-known people in the market, content creators with more fans? Lu Mingliang asked. Pei Qian thought about it. How about this? Ill give you a list tomorrow as well as a wire copy and the price; you can act accordingly. Lu Mingliang nodded, Alright, Boss Pei. Aye, Boss Pei still doesnt believe in my abilities and is helping me as much as he can personally; I have to buck up! Lu Mingliang was a little ashamed. Chapter 111 - Unique Video Script Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios The next day Pei Qian sent a document over to Lu Mingliang. Do as it says. Pei Qian trusted in Lu Mingliangs ability to listen to instructions. Ever since they started research and development of Game Designer, Lu Mingliang had been loyally acceding to Pei Qians requests. Even when Pei Qian asked him to do voice-overs, he did it. Pei Qian was very satisfied with this special characteristic of Lu Mingliangs. Employees who did not create trouble for him were good employees! Lu Mingliang opened the document that Pei Qian sent to him. There were three parts to the contents. They were which content creator to find for marketing, the script for marketing, and the fees for marketing. It was quite detailed. Lu Mingliang scanned the document from top to bottom. Im finished. Why is it that I cannot understand Boss Peis intentions at all?! Lu Mingliang began to panic. In the past, he could vaguely guess Boss Peis intentions. However, he was at a complete loss now! Every single sentence in this document was very clear. Why was it so hard to understand when they were all put together? First, which content creator should he find for marketing? Lu Mingliang read through the contents. There were all sorts of content creators from every area listed there. Even those from the beauty area were included! However, these content creators were all the bland ones; not a single famous content creator was listed! The most famous content creator listed here who had come into contact with games was Teacher Qiao, Qiao Liang. In other words, it was the same content creator who dissed The Lonely Desert Road. However, Boss Pei purposely cautioned Lu Mingliang not to market the game in the Trash Games Diss, but in the New Recommended Games of the Month. On the surface, this was a perfectly reasonable request. This was because Trash Games Diss listed all the lousy games. If they were to run an advertisement in that, the marketing strategy would backfire. That was why Qiao Liang purposely created another segmentNew Recommended Games of the Month, that was meant for sponsored partnerships. However, if one took a look at how popular each of these segments was, they would discover a problem. The New Recommended Games of the Month series was used especially for sponsored partnerships. The number of views that it got was not even one-tenth of that for Trash Games Diss! Given that it was so much less popular, what would be the effect of marketing the game there? The other content creators looked even more ridiculous. They were from the lifestyle area, the beauty area, the science area. Even if these content creators from all sorts of backgrounds worked hard to market the game, how many real players could they attract to play Game Designer? When one ran advertisements, they focused on the conversion rate. People who looked at videos in the gaming area were mostly gamers themselves. Once they saw a good recommendation, they would probably search for the game and try it out. For every hundred viewsif one person tried the game out, that would still be a satisfactory result. However, in other areas like the beauty industryfor example, the audience was filled with girls who loved to doll up. Even if they thought that the game looked fun, they might not even bother to search for it. So what if they got a million views? If only one person in every ten thousand people tried the game, it would be disastrous! Thus, looking at the various types of content creators listed on the document, Lu Mingliang felt confused and exhausted. Yet, more confusing and exhausting things were to follow! Second, how to market Normally, content creators who created videos were people with refreshing personalities. For instance, they might like cursing or saying riddles or might be especially good at coming up with storylines or special effects. Therefore, when people offered sponsored partnerships, they were normally respectful of the creative intent behind the content creators work. This meant they would provide necessary materials and props and leave the content creators to come up with their own content. Of course, as the receiving parties, if they wanted to make a name for themselves; content creators had to satisfy every single one of the sponsors requests. Still, no matter what, sponsors had to respect content creators freedom and right to create their own content. This way, both parties would win. The document that Boss Pei sent over contained a script to be used in videos. Whether the content creator was from the gaming area, the beauty area, the science area, or the electronics area every single one of them had to follow the script in their video! This alone would have been fine. However, just reading the script made Lu Mingliangs head hurt. He had never seen a commentary like that with English mixed with Mandarin, lacking both in tact and tone. Take this for example: Uh-oh, this is my own moment, right1? How freaking cool! Slurp, gulp. Slurp, gulp. Slurp, gulp (Sounds of your tongue slurping and you swallowing saliva) Awesome1! What a beautiful image to start the game with! This picture alone makes me feel like the game is worth three thousand yuan. Okay, Im going to try and take this as a simple running exercise. Im not going to glorify it1 I wont overstate it. Uh-oh x14 (continuously). Everything else was similar to the above. After reading the entire script, Lu Mingliang became deeply puzzled. He began questioning himself. Has my IQ deteriorated so much? Why did he feel like this script for the video would be extremely insulting to the content creators? Speaking in English mixed with Mandarin would be irritating enough; he was even laying down requirements for their use of onomatopoeia? They had to say uh-oh fourteen times and not a single time less? Did he think that content creators were not losing fans quickly enough? The final matter was about the fees. The content creators were to be paid according to the number of fans they had. However, overall, the fees that Boss Pei was offering were too too generous! Pei Qian even prepared an additional amount to be used to raise the offer! It was obvious that Pei Qian had predicted some content creators would reject this high-value sponsorship request (mainly due to their own pride or ego). It was alright even if they wanted to reject it at first; Boss Pei would offer them more money! Of course, it was not a limitless amount. The highest they could raise the fees offer to was two times. Lu Mingliang guessed that it would be hard for these content creators to reject this amount. This was because Pei Qian selected the less-famous content creators. These people were finding it hard enough to make a living; there was no reason for them to cherish their own pride and ego that much. However, for Tengda, this seemed like a lose-lose situation. The content creators would surely be cursed by their fans. Then, people would stop watching them and recommending them to their friends. Tengda would be spending this huge amount of money to achieve limited marketing success. They would lose money. Just thinking about this outcome made Lu Mingliang feel helpless. Calm down. Boss Pei must have his own reasons for doing this. If you dont understand this document, dont act of your own accord. Just do as it says. Lu Mingliang had no choice but to log on to various video websites to contact the content creators on Pei Qians list. In a certain rented house in Beijing Qiao Liang looked dispirited. He was holding up a bowl of instant noodles and slurping for it. It was a bowl, not a cup. This was because he could no longer afford cup noodles. He could only afford the packet ones. Business was bad these days! It was not that he did not want to work hard. The important thing was there were no good games to talk about. There were no fun games; neither were there extraordinarily lame games! All in all, he could not ride on the popularity of any games or become popular on his own. Whats more, nobody was offering him sponsored partnerships these days. All of these things made Qiao Liang feel like he was stuck in a deep pit. He was even considering changing his career. Look at what Boss Pei Daily Life had become! His face was twisted with jealousy. Those videos were getting so many views. He guessed that the creators hands were getting tired from taking up so many sponsored partnerships. As he ate his noodles, he mindlessly surfed the web. Suddenly, he received a private message from someone on Potato Web. Teacher Qiao, how are you? I am Lu Mingliang, the chief planner for Tengda games. I wanted to talk to you about a business partnership. Is now a convenient time for you? Qiao Liang did not read the contents of the message in detail. His eyes were transfixed on the words business partnership. Convenient? Of course, it is! It was very convenient! He was starving to death. He was counting on Lu Mingliang to have money to eat! Qiao Liangs mind was completely overtaken by the words beggars cant be choosers. The thought of making a living perked him up at once. Both of them liaised with each other on the website and quickly became friends. I wonder how much they will offer me. How much should I ask for? 1,500 yuan? Would that be too much? Qiao Liang hesitated. Unexpectedly, the man named Lu Mingliang started a conversation. Teacher Qiao, would three thousand yuan per video do? Chapter 112 - Boss Pei... Would not Bear a Grudge, Would He? Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Qiao Liang looked at the bowl of hot noodles in his hand and then looked back at the number in the conversation window on his screen: one three and three zeroes. Three thousand yuan?! Does this company belong to a rich lord?! Qiao Liang was stunned. The amount of money he was used to earning per video was only about a thousand yuan. From time to time, he was paid 1,500 to 2,000 yuan. However, those videos normally had many requirements, and they were few and far between. This big clients offering price was three thousand yuan? Once he was finished with this job, he would be able to catch fish1 for at least half a month! Qiao Liang no longer felt tired. No problem! What kind of video am I supposed to make? Please brief me. As long as there was money to be earned, he could do anything. Lu Mingliang sent a document to him, containing the video script that Pei Qian wrote. Teacher Qiao, this is the script for the video. The only requirement is that you strictly follow this script. Prepare the necessary material. Itll be good if you can show your face, but if you dont, thats fine. You cannot make any changes to this script. Thats the only condition; there are no others. Later on, I will send you a few recordings of the game. Qiao Liang downloaded the document. After reading it, he only had one thought. Are you playing around with me or messing around with me? I only read this script one time, and I already feel ashamed. How can you expect me to read this out in a video? Youre even saying itll be good if I can show my face? Are you trying to destroy my reputation? On the surface, this is a sponsored partnership; in actual fact, you are ruining my career! Qiao Liang replied immediately: I cannot accept it, I cannot accept it. Please look for someone else. I might be a penniless content creator, but I have my pride! Lu Mingliang was silent for a moment. Four thousand yuan? What the f*ck? Qiao Liang suddenly felt distressed. See how rich this man is; the amount hes adding to his offer is the same as the total amount companies normally offer me Still, it wont be good money to earn. Can you let me play your game? Qiao Liang asked. Lu Mingliang, Im sorry, we are still testing the game, and its not convenient for us to release it. However, we can provide you with more materials for your video so that you can edit them in. Qiao Liang was speechless. Materials for the video and a script this financial backer was all prepared. Everything looked very easy. He did not need to think of a synopsis; neither did he have to add special effects to the video. All he had to do was pinch his nose and read the script and then add the recordings of the games. Once he published that, he would earn four thousand yuan. Everything sounded good, but the only problem was what would come after he published the video. He would probably not just be scolded for doing lousy work for a commission. He would be scolded for doing shit work for a commission! Before Qiao Liang thought about how to reply, Lu Mingliang sent over several materials for the video. They were all recordings of Game Designer, the game to be featured in the video. There were no voice-overs in this version. The video itself would require the content creator to do a voice-over. Of course, they could not have two voices speaking at the same time. That was why Pei Qian requested for Lu Mingliang to take out the voice-overs for the game before sending the recordings over as video material. Qiao Liang opened the first video. It was running. The second video, still running. The third and fourth They were all running videos! The only difference was the details of the rooms. Each time, the character entered different doors, too. Qiao Liang could not tell what the meaning of the game was at all. However, the images were nice. They looked exquisite, and their style was fresh. All in all, it looked like a well-packaged piece of sh*t. Qiao Liang pondered for a moment and then replied, Well, may I ask if I can post this video in Trash Games Diss? Four thousand yuan was very tempting indeed. It was such a huge amount that Qiao Liang felt he could give up on his own reservations to a certain extent. Of course, to outrightly feed the audience sh*t would be generating hatred towards him. He could not do that. However, if he could post this under his Trash Games Diss segment, he could salvage the situation. Although he would have to read the big clients script for the entire duration of the video and he could not diss the game as he did in his previous videosas long as he posted this in his Trash Games Diss segment, the audience would think that he was being sarcastic and trying to achieve a comedic effect. Then, he would not be hated by his fans! Whats more, he would be able to earn more. He would be killing two birds with one stone; how great. Lu Mingliang quickly replied, Im sorry, you cannot. Qiao Liang expected this response because many clients did not understand the context behind these words. The moment they heard Trash Games Diss, they did not want their games to be associated with it. After all, who wanted their games to be called trash games? However, in actual fact, as Qiao Liang saw it; Trash Games Diss was where he could be his authentic self. On the other hand, New Recommended Games of the Month was wholly used as a business tool. The number of views that the Trash Games Diss segment got was more than ten times that of New Recommended Games of the Month. Many big clients despised Trash Games Diss because of its name, but they had no idea how influential the segment was. Thus, Qiao Liang decided to get an example to persuade the big client. I understand your worry, but please rest assured. The amount of influence the Trash Games Diss segment has is more than ten times that of New Recommended Games of the Month! I am sure it will be beneficial to your game. You might not believe me. Here, let me give you an example. A few months ago, I dissed a domestically-produced, independent game called The Lonely Desert Road. After I dissed it, the game that nobody knew about became extremely popular. Two weeks ago, it reached more than two hundred thousand in terms of volume of sales! Thats right, that company was called please hold on, Ill check. He had made so many dissing videos; it was physically impossible to remember a small company that made just one game. Qiao Liang opened the official games platform and quickly found the game. He looked at the creator Tengda Network Technology Co., Ltd. En? Qiao Liang felt like something was amiss. What was the name of this big client again? He scrolled up in the conversation window. Wasnt it also called Tengda?! Qiao Liang looked at the other games created by this company. There were Ghost General and Ocean Stronghold. He was confounded. Of course, he had heard of Ghost General and Ocean Stronghold before. However, since he normally focused on standalone games, he did not research much into either of these games; neither did he find out which company created them. Now, he realized that Tengda created both of them as well! The small company which created one independent game a few months ago had completely turned itself into a big client! This theres something wrong with the plot! Qiao Liang quickly tried to recall his previous messages but found that it was too late. He could no longer recall them. Qiao Liang, Awkward; so incredibly awkward! He quickly tried to salvage the situation. Qiao Liang said, Thats right, its your companys product! I did not think that I would get the honor of working with your company! Since that is the case, your company should know quite well the influence that the Trash Games Diss segment has. If we post the video under this segment, the marketing effect would be very good! Lu Mingliang replied very quickly: You have worked with our Boss Pei before? Thats great! Hold on, I have to ask Boss Pei for his opinion. Boss Pei? That was probably the name of the boss of Tengda Network Technology Co., Ltd. Could he be the creator of The Lonely Desert Road? En very likely! A few months ago, Tengda was an unknown, small company. The Lonely Desert Road was his first game. Even if the one who created the game was not the boss, he must have been an important partner. It was most likely Boss Pei! There was a big problem, then. Boss Pei would not bear a grudge, would he? After all, I did harshly diss his game back then! Qiao Liang began to panic. Chapter 113 - Boss Pei was a Petty Man Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Back then, when Qiao Liang dissed The Lonely Desert Road, he did not think about doing any marketing for Tengda. He was purely doing it to satisfy his own interest. His main intention was to become popular Although it turned out to be a win-win situation, where both the game and Qiao Liang became popular, the segment was meant to be a dissing segment. He dissed the game so badly; how could the creator of the game not bear a grudge against him? He could only hope that the creator would be magnanimous. Lu Mingliang replied very quickly: Boss Pei is very happy. He says that the video must be published under the New Recommended Games of the Month segment. The script cannot be changed. Whats more, you cannot let your audience think its sarcasm. You must play the role well; it must sound genuine. He was confounded. Hes finished; this Boss Pei bears a grudge indeed! He wanted to watch Qiao Liang make a fool out of himself! Although New Recommended Games of the Month was used especially for sponsored partnerships and the audience knew this very well, he could not publicize a game without any standard. He would be cursed by his audience for sure! Whats more, since this segment was meant for sponsored partnerships to begin with, the audience would not think that hes being sarcastic or using reverse psychology. In addition to Boss Peis request for him to play the role well and sound genuine He could predict that once they saw the video, the audience would think he was shameless when it came to accepting sponsored partnerships. They would think Teacher Qiao was going against his own values! Boss Pei was doing this on purpose, wasnt he? He was taking revenge; everything about this situation made that clear! He could not accept this job, no matter how much they were offering him! Qiao Liang immediately typed a reply: Im sorry, Boss Lu. You are asking too much of me. I dont think Ill be able to do it. Please find someone else for the job. Lu Mingliang, Six thousand, Teacher Qiao! Qiao Liang, Youre not giving up, are you? Are you going to keep adding to your offer to see where my bottom line is? Arent you trying to shame me? This is not about the money although, six thousand really is tempting Qiao Liangs heart was bleeding. That was a lot of money! If he used the six thousand yuan sparingly, it would be able to make him last for two months. He would not have to work for two months. He could play whatever he wanted. How tempting was that? He was struggling intensely inside. Ai, alas, he could not take this step. He just could not set his pride down. Qiao Liang pondered over it for a long time before he began typing: This is not about the remuneration. He had only types several words before a new message came in. Teacher Qiao, I just asked Boss Pei about this. He says he can pay you up to ten thousand yuan. Of course, this is the final price. I know that you are a content creator who cares a lot about your reputation. If you dont want to accept this job, we will not force you. Qiao Liangs hands trembled. He accidentally hit the Return key. This is not about the remuneration. The message was sent immediately after the previous one. It looked as if Qiao Liang was rejecting him. Lu Mingliang: Alright, we wish you all the best in your career. We will not bother you any further. Qiao Liang began to panic. Holy shit, thats not what I meant! Dont go! He quickly hit his keyboard. The typing speed of this single man in his twenties suddenly peaked: This is not about the remuneration. Boss Pei is my old friend. I will do him this favor for sure! The message had been sent. Qiao Liang heaved a long sigh. It was a good thing that Lu Mingliang did not blow up in anger and send a whole load of curses to him. Lu Mingliang, Really? Thats great! I will send you more video materials right now. Qiao Liang downloaded these new video materials. In just a couple of minutes, he went from being angry, to worried, to shocked to excited. All in all, his heart was set. Would posting it in New Recommended Games of the Month ruin his reputation? He was accepting sponsored partnerships; there was nothing to be ashamed of! The audience would surely understand. En, that would be the case! Teacher Qiao accepted it? En, thats right. Boss Pei listened to Lu Mingliangs update in his office. Satisfied, he nodded. Who told you to mess with me back then?! Without you, I would have incurred that loss of fifty thousand yuan. By now, my entire life would be different! Pei Qian had to make Qiao Liang be the first to post this video. He had to see how he would get out of this one. Of course, Pei Qian was not doing this purely for revenge. Part of him was afraid that the same disastrous outcome as The Lonely Desert Road would happen again. If he allowed the video to be posted in Trash Games Diss as Teacher Qiao suggested and the game became famous again because of it, he would kill himself immediately. Thus, the video had to be posted in New Recommended Games of the Month, where there were much less traffic and much fewer viewers. In addition, if I am doing this for the money was written all over the video, the plan would be fool-proof! Just thinking about this simple pleasure made Pei Qian smile uncontrollably: he had just easily gotten rid of ten thousand yuan from the System Funds. However, in front of Lu Mingliang, he had to control his expression. He could not ruin his image. How about the other UP Masters? Pei Qian asked. Lu Mingliang answered truthfully, Some of them refused to accept the job even after we raised the price. However, quite a significant number of content creators accepted the job; I would say more than half of them. At first, after reading the script, most of them rejected me. However, I told them that other content creators would have to say the exact same thing and that they would not be the only ones or the first ones to say it. I also told them that they could delete the video after a month, and then increased the offering price. After that, a lot of them agreed. Pei Qian was happy to hear this. Indeed, people would be willing to read even the most shameful scripts as long as someone gave them more money for it. Whats more, to other content creators, this was not that serious at all. At the very most, it would only become a bad memory. If a certain number of UP Masters were posting the same video, each of them would just be adding a new voice-over to the video. It was no big deal. The first content creator to upload the video would have the hardest time. This was because the audience would not see the full picture when that content creator posted the video. After being fed sh*t, all of their anger would be taken out on him. Pei Qian planned to make Teacher Qiao the first person. As for why Hehe, Boss Pei was a petty man, wasnt he? In the rental home Feeling like he was being tortured in silence, Qiao Liang finally finished watching the video that he recorded. What have I done? Qiao Liangs heart was filled with mixed emotions. On one hand, now that he was finished with the video, he was ten thousand yuan richer. Money had corroded his determination. On the other hand, his head was hurting. Eating sh*t was much harder than he thought. Logically speaking, this job was quite an easy one. All he had to do was read the script and then add in the video materials that Tengda had sent him. In one or two days, he could finish it. However, Qiao Liang struggled with it for a full five days. It was only when the deadline was nearing that he could force himself to be satisfied with the job. Qiao Liang practiced the slurping and gulping in the script alone seven or eight times. It was only then that he could make it not sound strange. All his time was spent on this! The next day was April the 1st. It was April Fools Day. According to the original plan, Tengdas new game would be published on that day. Qiao Liang was supposed to publish his own video on this day as well. He felt slightly moved. It looked like Boss Pei had some conscience left! Posting a video like that on April Fools Day would allow his audience to believe that this was an April Fools joke. That would ease the curses that would rain down on Qiao Liang. However Since that day was April Fools Day, there would probably be more people watching his videos. Forget it, I dont care anymore. I am being paid to do this. At the very most, I can avoid logging in once I post the video. Ill be a coward. Once I get the ten thousand yuan, I can play games every day and disappear from the world until everything blows over! Chapter 114 - Never Touch this Rubbish Game! Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios April 1st, April Fools Day Game Designer was officially up for sale. It was set at twenty-eight yuan! 1Now that Tengda had made a name for itself and even recruited several video UP Masters to publicize its new game, it was impossible for it to publish the new game without gamers realizing it. Pei Qian struggled with pricing for a long time. He could not set too low a price because of lessons he learned from Ghost General. He could not set too high a price either because of another set of lessons he learned from Ocean Stronghold. What should he do, then?! He was caught in a fix. Pei Qian pondered over it for a long time, before deciding to price the game slightly lower than average. This was because the special characteristic of Game Designer was that gamers could achieve Cloud Clearance1! As long as content creators recorded themselves playing this game, the Cloud Players1 would fully experience the game on these video websites. Then, they would not have such a great urge to buy the game. In other words, the main group of people who would buy the games would be hardcore gamers. These would be people like video UP Masters, anchorwomen, and gamers who were passionate for domestically-produced standalone games. This group of people would not be price-sensitive. Whether a game was priced at thirty yuan or ninety yuan would make no real difference to them. If they wanted to play it, they would buy it. As for people like Cloud Players who were used to getting the gaming experience for freeno matter how low the price was, it would not be lower than zero yuan. Thus, after taking everything into consideration, pricing the game at twenty-eight yuan was best. That was the lowest price the System would allow Pei Qian to set. Given that the target audience was more or less set, the low price would ensure that Pei Qian earned less! This price caused some people in the company to worry. They were afraid that they would not be able to recover their capital. However, after Pei Qian shot down all of their suggestions, he finalized the price. Pei Qian hoped that this games descriptors would be: huge investment, cool backgrounds, vastly popular, and dismal sales! Until now, Game Designers main investment was in its art resources. They poured more than two million yuan in the art resources. Together with all the other expenses, they spent a total of about three million yuan on creating the game. Ruan Guangjian gave them discounts, but he was only in charge of the animation design. Tengda still had to pay other people to create the actual animations, backgrounds, and models. After adding in all the other expenses for the game, they had to sell more than three hundred thousand copies of it before they would be able to profit! Pei Qian was quite confident that they would not be able to reach that volume of sales. He could accept the fact that a small group of people among the gamers were masochists. However, there could not possibly be three hundred thousand masochists among them, right? At the same time that the game was published, Qiao Liang uploaded his video. After he finished, Qiao Liang immediately logged off the Potato Web platform. He switched off notifications on his fans chatting platforms and set his cell phone to silent mode. In a single breath, he had gone into isolation mode! At once, he sent the link to the video to Lu Mingliang. A while later, they sent the money over. Now that the money was in his account, Qiao Liang heaved a long sigh of relief. Perfect! He was now in full ostrich-mode. He did not care that chaos was going to follow. Since the money was in his account, he could play for two months before paying attention to any of this! Even if he got scolded upside down, everything will blow over in two months. He would act as if nothing had happened. Teacher Qiao was still a good man. Not long after Qiao Liang posted his video, his fans received a notification recommending it. In just ten minutes, the fans moods were vastly overturned. They were very hurt! At first, when they saw that Teacher Qiao had just uploaded a new video, they were overjoyed. When they saw that it was posted under New Recommended Games of the Month, their excitement halved. That was because they knew that this was the segment he used for sponsored partnerships; the videos there were not very interesting. A portion of the fans felt bored so they clicked the notification to watch the video. Then, their three points-of-views [3. This is a Chinese, online slang representing ones values, life philosophy, and worldview.] were shredded to bits! The entire video contained only recordings of a certain game. The game looked very beautiful; there was nothing worth criticizing. However, the voice-over and contents of the narration could only be described with four words: intolerable to the ears! My dear daddies, greetings. Im the same old Godfather of Games you guys know me asTeacher Qiao. Before I begin this video, would youdear daddiesplease allow me to calm myself down? Slurp, slurp, slurp ah Everyone, the game that you are looking at now do you see its creator? Tengda! Tengda Games has published a new game. Now, I want to start by showing all of you the images from this game Sorry, everyone, Im a little incoherent. Uh-oh, ladies and gentlemen, the very first time1 I havent felt this way in a couple of years. Ive waited for this game for so long. At 3:11 AM, Tengda Games research and development team sent these video materials to me online. Its name is Game Designer. G-A-M-E, game, game designer! Awesome! Many fans of Teacher Qiao were stunned. Their mouths were stuck in an O shape until they finished the video. The video was not long; it lasted ten minutes at most. However, the style of the video was very different from the rest of Teacher Qiaos videos. It looked like it was made by a completely different person! In the past, although the videos under the New Recommended Games of the Month were all done for sponsors, Teacher Qiao still put in effort for them. He did an introduction that matched the style of each game. He spoke coherently and smoothly in the videos. He did these videos for sponsors so he emphasized the games good points and skimmed through their bad points. However, the videos were still full of content and interesting. What the hell was this video all about? Strangely, he was using English words mixed with Mandarin. He was even using a tone that disgusted the viewers. He was praising this game to no end, and not mentioning a single bad point about it. Whats more, he was saying useless things. It was almost as if he could not find anything good to say about the game in reality. The most important thing was that even after watching the entire video, they could not find anything of value. Everything was pointless. It was a pure waste of time! Apart from disgusting people to the core, this video served no purpose. After watching the video, many fans could not accept the cruel reality. Teacher Qiao, if you were kidnapped, blink! Oh, youre not showing your face. Thats alright. 1What is this? Its fine if youre being sarcastic, but how awful can this be?! Turn away, turn away! Suck-ups deserve to die! I shouldnt have clicked this video after seeing that it was posted under New Recommended Games of the Month. Whats the meaning of this? Is this an April Fools joke? En, its April 1st. I guess thats it! I cannot tell from his tone whether he is being sarcastic or for real If you cannot tell whether he is being sarcastic or just stupid, always take it that hes being stupid! I counted. In this ten-minute video, you said uh-oh more than thirty times. Im very bored, and youre a suck-up! Uh-oh, awesome. This is my own moment! Its hard to believe the amount of money this Teacher Qiaowho has played countless games beforereceived before he agreed to make a sponsored video like that Im beginning to doubt that he is getting paid for this video at all. Wouldnt the big client get disgusted, seeing him suck up to this extent? The key thing was he was publicizing Tengda Games! From The Lonely Desert Road to the current Game Designer Im stunned. What happened between Tengda and Teacher Qiao? Was the game-dissing UP Master defeated with the evil games companys money? I cant help but picture what happened between them in my head! Tengda seemed to have really published a new game today called Game Designer. Theres a 99.99% chance that Teacher Qiao was paid to do this! Is it really Tengdas game? Is it the same company that published Ghost General and Ocean Stronghold? This why is their marketing strategy so lousy? Or was Teacher Qiao sucking up on his own? After watching this video, I was determined never to touch this rubbish game. However, after seeing that its Tengdas game, I feel the urge to try it out. What should I do? Dont do it! You know that its sh*t; why would you eat it? Why do you hate yourself so much?! Im the exact opposite. I really want to see what kind of game could make my son suck up to this extent! Chapter 115 - A Very Unhappy Teacher Qiao Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Teacher Qiaos fans were all stunned; they couldnt believe this video! However, they had no choice but to accept; they could not find Teacher Qiao anymore. They couldnt tag Teacher Qiao in their fans chatting platforms while Teacher Qiao did not reply to any private messages. The individuals who managed Teacher Qiao and had his number tried to call it but realized the call could not be connected. Evidently, this was akin to beating a fast retreat and becoming a scaredy-cat. All the fans were flummoxed to the point of anger, from anger to disappointment, and from disappointment to becoming calm again where they suddenly became quiet. Teacher Qiaos bizarre act was indeed worth praising; it had given this Aprils Fools Day an additional color. However, everyone soon realized that this wasnt the end! On the various established video websites, many content creators all started to do recommendation videos for Game Designer! Furthermore, these videos were rather disgusting. There was a difference in them. However, this difference was only restricted to the caption of the video, the editing technique, and artistic resources used as well as the content creators voice. All the videos wording was the same: it was a mixture of Chinese and English; even slurping and gulping sounds could be heard! All the fans who watched these videos broke down. What the heck was this?! Although these were content creators with a certain amount of influence, they had actually traversed gaming, otomad, lifestyle, digital, technological; all various areas. It covered a huge array of aspects. Furthermore, their captions were all different; one might accidentally click on one of these videos! Once players clicked and saw the familiar starting picture, their hearts would instantly skip a beat, having a premonition about what was going to happen. Indeed, after each content creators standard opening line, the sponsored partnership advertisement would start in-your-face! Its name is Game Designer. G-A-M-E, game, game designer! Awesome1! After seeing two or three consecutive videos of the same thing, many people realized that they had been brainwashed. Their brains were filled with Uh-oh, awesome, slurp, gulp 1All these content creators alsowithout exceptionchose to disappear immediately and act dead. Of course, they would! Once this video was outknowing that they were going to be scolded bloody, who dared to stand out and withstand the fury of their fans? They could only let their fans vent in the comments section and wait for things to subside; they would then act as if nothing had happened. Indeed, just as Pei Qian had predicted, all these sponsored partnership videos had been criticized badly! All these sponsored partnerships had very low viewership while the comments sections could not be looked at. Once many people clicked into the advertisements and saw how badly things were going in the comments section, they would not bother to watch it anymore! In the office Pei Qian was scrolling through the sponsored partnerships videos as he checked on the response from viewers and viewership. En, everything was according to his plan! He had spent so much money finding so many content creators. These advertising videos had been cast aside by the viewers, and viewership couldnt increase by much. It didnt even achieve any positive publicity at all. This was great! Restricting the content of what all these creators could say had been a good idea! Pei Qian knew that all these content creators were very talented. If he allowed them to use their brain juices freely, what would happen if another The Lonely Desert Road success came along? Hence, he had decided that everyone would use the same script; he was not going to let them bring any positive feelings to gamers. Pei Qian was very pleased; half of his plan was already a success! Next would be to see the response from gamers! In a rented apartment Qiao Liang lay on his bed as he looked at the tens of missed calls on his cell phone; he felt a little lost, and that life held no meaning. Ah, it was indeed hard to make black-hearted money1! He didnt even dare to open his fans chatting platform. Even if he used his legs to think, he knew what the situation would be like in them. The more he thought about it, the more he felt he had suffered a loss and the angrier he became. Ah! He regretted it so badly! Ten thousand yuan was indeed a very generous offer; it had actually blinded him. He had thought that earning this ten thousand yuan from a sponsored video would make himself happy. However, after Qiao Liang lay in bed for a long time, he did not feel that way at all. Even when he played games, those felt meaningless; also, cup noodles no longer smelled that good. Could this be the unsettling feeling from taking on this lousy job just for commission? After considering it for a long while, Qiao Liang got up from his bed as he switched on his computer and downloaded Game Designer. I need to know clearly today what I have done! My reputation as Teacher Qiao has been ruined; I need to at least know clearly who the murderer was, right? He spent twenty-eight yuan and bought Game Designer. Although he had accepted Game Designers beautiful artistic style and material, Tengda had never sent out this games demo. Pei Qian did not want to send the demo to the content creators. He had already written the script for the video; as long as the content creators had a few pictures and clips, they could more or less piece together a video. Why did they need a demo? If they gave a demo and started to play the game themselves, it would be very awkward if they used their superior editing techniques to dilute the sponsored partnerships feeling of the videos! Hence, Teacher Qiao actually didnt know himself what the game was like. With a burning desire to find out, Teacher Qiao entered the game and started to play it. As it was his first time entering the game, he had not entered the main selection page but had immediately entered the game itself. Rather surprisingly, before the game had even appeared on the screen, a voice-over had rung out first. This is a story about a game designer. You are an up-and-coming game designer; you have the ambition of rescuing the domestic game industry. Your tasks are simple: rack your brains to think of an idea, make it into a game that would stun laymen, and be the envy of your peers in the industrya game that would be praised by the media and which sales would skyrocket. You would then use your earnings to develop the next game; this will be the cycle. Until you become a star game designera publicly funded star, winning Best Game of the Year awards year after year, becoming the cover of Times weekly magazine, and making your company have a market valuation of one hundred billion reaching the pinnacle of human life. Alright, wipe away your drool first, please. These are very distant dreams for you. Now, you only have one objective: to successfully create a game that could survive in this harsh market. Accompanying this voice-over, the game scenes also changed. This was a first-person game. While the voice-over narrated, the player would also start to advance along a corridor. When it came to the stun laymen, and be the envy of your peers in the industrya game that would be praised by the media and which sales would skyrocket partalong the corridor, passionate fans would appear, envious game design masters would look on during an award ceremony, and news reports of record-breaking sales would be shown. All these scenes looked like sketches or perhaps they were more like pages in a 3D book that were turning as the voice-over revealed something new. While walking along this corridor, one felt as if he was really occupying that space. At times, one would be surrounded by passionate fans while, at other times, one seemed to be accosted by reported clicking away. However, Qiao Liang ultimately still felt as if he wasnt completely immersed in the game. He felt a little surprised. The information that he had received regarding this game and what he was supposed to create had not mentioned the voice-over at all. Furthermore, the movements in the game couldnt be controlled by the player; and it looked rather confusing. However, after playing the game itself, it felt completely different. The first-person perspective, as well as the independence to explore, had given players a good sense of immersion and an adventurous feel. The sketches that surface also excellently made one feel as if he was really in that space. On the other hand, this voice-over was also very unique. This was a very special male voice that was slightly screechy, and his voice was nasal and thin. It also had a tinge of huskiness to it. If Qiao Liang listened intently, he might feel a little vexed and an urge to hit that person. However, if he didnt mind it that much, he might actually easily ignore and neglect this voice and just solely focus on the words the voice-over was saying. Combining both a sense of immersion and distance to the game, a very distinct gaming experience had been produced. One could be brought right into the game and experience the joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness of being a game designerto be elated by players cheers and happiness while feeling pleased by the medias praise. On the other hand, one was also kept in an objective, calm, and being monitored-by-a-higher-power state. This experience was very rare. As much as Qiao Liang had played many standalone games before, this was his first time trying something like this. This is strange; why does this game seem not bad? Qiao Liang was more and more certain that Boss Pei was doing this out of revenge; he bore a grudge! This game if it was publicized normally, a high-quality sponsored partnership video could be made with no issues whatsoever. Why had Boss Pei asked him to do that sort of video? If he doesnt have beef with me, then what?! Feeling a little curious and rather unhappy, Qiao Liang continued to play the game. Chapter 116 - New Segment: "Products of the Gods"! Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios In a mere one-odd hour, Qiao Liang had already completed his first run of the game. Evidently, this game encouraged multiple tries; after one finished the game once, he would then be returned to the very first room and start from the beginning. What was different was when the second try began, players would get some initial funds based on the previous play(s). Some unique game genres in the game like MMORPG required a huge sum of development funds. When players who just started out tried to choose this genre, unless they made every single choice correctly, if not; the chances of success were zero. They would fail because of a lack of funds. However, with some initial funding from the second try, the rate of success would be higher for such larger-scale genres. Qiao Liang did not immediately start on his second try but actually sunk deep in thought. This game was rather special! It was hard to describe this feeling. When the game had first begun, Qiao Liang was stunned. It kept on picking on his inertial thinking and threw all his supposed game knowledge out of the window. The games name was Game Designer; the content was as such. Gamers had to take on the role of a game designer and design a game that would be assessed and evaluated by the games market ultimately. When he had first entered the game, there werent many things that stood out to him; Qiao Liang actually wanted to quit. Although this game supported using both a mouse and a joystick, players could only at most move around or change their viewpoint. The entire gameplay comprised running around continuously; even doors were opened for them, and they didnt even need to interact by opening the doors, much less having any fighting elements to it. After running into a room and choosing one of the doors, that meant the game had proceeded to the next key segment. If it wasnt that this games artistic style was indeed outstanding and the scenes within each room were very on-point, Teacher Qiao felt that he would have stopped playing right at the beginning. Something else that irked people was the voice-over. Originally, Qiao Liang had thought the voice-over was only simply narrating the background story of the game. However he played, he realized that this voice-over was actually around the whole time. It kept on making its presence known as well. It kept on laughing at me; it has never stopped! After entering a room and making a choice, the voice-over would use that cheap and provocative tone to suggest something. For example, when selecting between low and high paywalls, the voice-over would try his best to insinuate players to choose the high paywalls option. The worst was this voice-over was probably a professional management trainee; his sarcasm was extremely on-point! If he didnt go along with the voice-over suggestion, he would be mocked. If he went according to it and ultimately still failed, he would still be mocked. All in all, this voice-overs presence was to give bad ideas and then continuously attack the players self-confidence. Its words were extremely venomous while it really triggered people to want to beat it. Many a time, Qiao Liang had been so infuriated that he actually wanted to yank the voice-over out from the computer screen and beat it up good. Qiao Liang was very puzzled; what was the point of this voice-overs presence? Was it just to disgust players? That did not make any sense! Confusion and anger these were Qiao Liangs first impressions of the game. However, as he progressed in the game, Teacher Qiao actually felt something different. He discovered that that teasing voice-over was actually the hidden essence of this game! If one purposely did not choose according to the voice-over among the array of choices available, the voice-over would have different responses. At the beginning, the voice-over would not seem to care and just pretend to be a little helpless. Slowly, the voice-over would start to grow a little irritated and start to explain to players what the consequences of not listening to it were. Then, the voice-over would become angrier and vexed as its words would become sharper and harsher, and it wouldnt hold anything back. After being enraged, it would then explode just like thunder. Until the end, where the voice-over would enter a stage of resignation and indicate that the player was useless as it would adopt an Ill quietly watch and see what other stunts you can pull stance. At every concluding scene, the voice-overs response would be very interesting. If players listened to its recommendations but failed, the voice-over would mock them coldly; it would mock them for being people-pleasers and without their own opinion, that they deserved to fail. If players did not listen to its recommendation and failed, the voice-over would still mock coldly and indicate that if players had listened to it, they would not have failed; and they deserve it. If players did not listen to the voice-over and still succeeded, the voice-over would become adamant that if its advice had been taken, players could have gotten a greater success! Although no matter what the sarcasm would still come, the difference was when players succeeded, the voice-overs tone would be rather sulky; it was very interesting. Qiao Liang suddenly grew intrigued by this dubbing person and was curious how he managed to do this. How had he managed to grasp voice-over so well and knew the different levels of each emotion confidently! While being teased by the voice-over, Qiao Liang once again found many interesting points of this game. After close investigation, the artistic style of this game was not only not bad, but very outstanding! The snapshots in each setting were especially good at boosting the atmosphere. Together with the perfect music and sound effects, the realness of the setting would be enhanced. By looking at both settings big and small, this was evident. The unique artistic style made this games artistic feel very strong; it was very classy. From the second try onwards, after trying different combinations in choices, Qiao Liang reached a different ending; however, it was all a huge surprise to him! The first try, as he had listened to the voice-overs advice and had chosen a high paywall, the games reputation had become bad. Although he earned money, the sustainability of the game was called into question and mocked by the voice-over. The second try, Qiao Liang became obedient as he chose a benign and less expensive method. Ultimately, as the game did not have enough revenue due to players paying too little, he could not recoup his costs and was mocked once more. The third door, Qiao Liang completely listened to the voice-over. This time, it was even worse; and the voice-over had mocked him bitterly. Qiao Liang was really so angry he wanted to smash his joystick. This was really messed up! Why was it that every decision led to a bad ending; was this game playable? However, after facing many setbacks, Qiao Liang took his time to learn from them and found the depth of this game. Players were game designers in the game. What Qiao Liang had experienced wasnt that the daily lives of game designers in real life? That hateful and detestable voice-over; that could be viewed as ones internal greed or even keyboard warriors and bystanders on the sidelines. Some of the voice-overs suggestions were coincidentally good and accurate; some were completely wrong. As a game designer, it was hard not to face interference. If he didnt have his own opinion, he would definitely fail. If he was adamant on his way and didnt listen to suggestions, he would probably fail as well. Only if he took it in advance and analyzed carefully and seriously, making the best decisions numerous times, could he achieve great success! Actually, not only game designers but any producer or developer in the cultural sector all were like this, right? On this route they have chosen, it was a very lonely one for creators. It was tough but precise so that the final achievement and success was so sweet! Without realizing, Qiao Liang found out that the corner of his eyes had gone damp. Qiao Liang himself was also a content creator. Making videos and games were both a form of cultural production; it was actually very similar in terms of mentality. Qiao Liang couldnt help but recall all that he had experienced. He had poured in his heart and soul into one episode; it had flunked. In order to survive, he had no choice but to accept some sponsored partnerships andas a resultwas scolded badly by fans. He didnt dare to show his face for a few days. Every time when fans sent him private messages in long chunks that expressed how disappointed they were with him, he would be a little sad. However, he soon grew used to it. After all, nothing lasted forever. He welcomed new fans, tried to be loyal to old ones; if someone really left his fan group, he would wish them well and all the best. Perhaps in a certain video he made, he had caught onto something popular and had gained in popularity which was seemingly attributed to him being lucky. However, it actually had a lot to do with the huge amount of experience and work he had prior. In Game Designer, Qiao Liang resonated with all these. He realized that the producer of this game was a genius! This game seemed to be crude, disgusting, and tyrannical. However, wasnt that a clear reflection of life? In reality, many game producers had suffered much; who among them had not been laughed at and mocked at before finally achieving success? Some had been so exhausted that they quietly quitted. Others forged ahead, not forgetting their passion and drive. Some gave up on their ideals and became the most hated version of themselves. Every single mentality had been introduced in this game; only one who thought deeply would realize that! It was just like a cup of top-grade tea. Initially, it might taste a little biter. Slowly, one would then taste a sweet aftertaste. After taking time to enjoy this flavor, one would then realize this was like life, the fickleness of it. After finishing the tea, one would still be filled with memories about it. Qiao Liang sat in front of his computer as his heart was suddenly filled with emotions. It seems like I have wrongly blamed Boss Pei To be able to create this kind of game, how could he be a petty person? I want to do another video! Qiao Liang once again went to the Potato Web platform. He looked at his two segments now that were split into Trash Games Diss and New Recommended Games. He hesitated; it seemed like these two segments were not appropriate. After considering for a while, Qiao Liang created a new one. Products of the Gods! Chapter 117 - How to Reverse the Reviews Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios April 3rd Tengda Network Technology Co., Ltd. Bao Xu, Lu Mingliang, and all other employees were paying close attention to Game Designer. The atmosphere in the company was very tense. Everyone looked very upset. Three days passed. Yet, judging from all aspects, Game Designer had a very bad start! Not only did the games initial publicity not have a positive and encouraging effect, but it had also discouraged many players from playing the game. The first group of players who experienced the game did not have great reviews for the game. The reviews were pretty mixed. Game Designer was different from previous games. Ghost General and Ocean Stronghold had garnered immense popularity for the company. Therefore, many players had anticipated the release of Game Designer. However, after going through the comments section, one would realize that many players did not care about the deeper intentions behind the game itself. After skimming over the game, many of them would leave a bad review and forsake the game! What on earth was that? It wasnt fun at all. Are you sure this is produced by the same R&D team as Ocean Stronghold? Why did the quality drop so evidently? I think the games only attraction is its graphics. There is only one game mode and that makes it quite boring. The voice-over especially. Was that made deliberately to gross us out? I feel like I was cheated. This is not my cup of tea! I cant understand the game. It seems as though it was produced by a primary school kid. Is the design team overconfident, or are the players not threatening enough? Did the success of Ocean Stronghold give them the illusion that the players would pay for anything that they produce? Everything else was similar to the above. What made most players apprehensive was the initial experience in the game. Few players could truly persevere through the game and understand its deeper intentions. That caused the reviews for Game Designer to be at two ends of the spectrum. Many players rated it one and five stars! Lu Mingliang felt an immense pressure on his shoulders. Did he screw up his first project after succeeding in Huang Sibos executive planner role? He wouldnt be able to explain to his fellow coworkers and boss. He looked at Bao Xu subconsciously. However, Bao Xus expression made his mood even gloomier. Bao Xu had an I told you so look on his face! When Lu Mingliang talked to Bao Xu, he had asserted that there would only be two possible results for the game. It would either be an acclaimed masterpiece or a terrible failure. That was because this game surpassed other works in their time. Its concept was too pioneering, and its intentions were too deeply concealed. Ordinary players would most probably lose their patience before they could truly understand the true intentions behind the game. Lu Mingliang was even more apprehensive when he saw Bao Xus expression. Brother Bao. Looking at how things are now. What should we do? Lu Mingliang was not confident at all. Bao Xu heaved a sigh and said, Lets wait. Boss Pei should have predicted such a situation. The only thing we can now do is to leave everything in gods hands. If this really doesnt work, we can only accept the consequences together with Boss Pei. Qiao Liang had re-watched the video that he made from the beginning to the end. He was very satisfied with it! This video strongly resonated with him, and the game content itself was very rich. Therefore, Qiao Liang had a lot of motivation as he produced the video. He sacrificed his sleep to complete the video within three days and had edited it multiple times to achieve perfection! This episode would be the first episode for a brand-new production called Products of the Gods. Qiao Liang had a feeling that this series will become very popular and even more so than Trash Games Diss! However, before he released the video, Qiao Liang had to settle one issue. That was how could he provide an explanation for the previous video? He had released two consecutive videos that were related to Game Designer. People would have doubts about that. He did receive a commission for the previous video. However, the second video showed his true thoughts towards the game and was very content-heavy. The issue was if his fans would believe him. Qiao Liang squeezed his brain juices to resolve this issue. He was certain that if this issue was not resolved, it wouldnt matter if he had released the second video or not. Most players would not scrutinize the content of the video and would still scold him terribly. However, if this issue was resolved aptly, he would be able to whitewash his first video! In that way, he would receive both fame and profit. Didnt that sound amazing? How could he reverse the reviews? Qiao Liang pondered hard. Suddenly, he slapped his thigh. He had finally thought of a brilliant method! The previous video was released on April Fools Day. The timing is apt. Potato Web was his main battlefield. He had the most loyal fans on that platform who would be willing to hear his explanation. The venue is apt. Moreover, he wasnt the only person who published the video. Many other content creators did that, too. Their scripts were completely identical! The people are apt. He had the right timing, venue, and people. Now, he only had one key question left to answer: Why would Tengdas Boss Pei do something that took a lot of effort but yielded less than satisfactory outcomes? After contemplating for a long time, Qiao Liang finally thought of a possibility. It could be explained as a large-scale April Fools performance art! According to its definition, performance art was a modern art form. It was a set of behaviors and events that were carefully planned and presented by the artists themselves. Through communicating with people, the performance would gradually develop into an end result. That completely coincided with this incident! All the content creators produced their videos based on the same draft directly provided by Boss Pei. After the video was published, it dealt huge damage to their fans. The video became a completely failed marketing case study. In this incident, both Boss Pei and all the other live streamers were performance artists! This performance art had a strong influence Now that he thought about it, everything seemed to make more sense. Their originally absurd behaviors seemed to become much more reasonable! However, this was merely an assumption. Qiao Liang needed more evidence. To justify his thoughts, Qiao Liang opened the Potato Web, ignored the massive volumes of comments and private messages, and started searching for justification. He realized that after three days of insane bombardment and continuous development of events, a meme called Qiaos words or rather Qiao-logy had become popular! Moreover, many people uploaded videos and held an unofficial imitation competition! They spoke in a mixture of Chinese and English and had pet phrases such as wow and awesome. There were also many discourse fillers and onomatopoeia. They had all become a meme! The Qiao-logy phenomenon was especially evident in unboxing videos in the digital channels. On one hand were the horrible results for Game Designer. On the other hand were the popularization of Qiao-logy and the revelry of the netizens. Qiao Liangs hands were shaking from excitement. As I had expected, my guess was correct! This was indeed a large-scale performance art, and it was an incredibly successful one! Boss Pei, Ive guessed it correctly! He opened the video editor immediately and added a segment at the beginning of the completed video. After finishing that, Qiao Liang could finally be satisfied with the video that he uploaded. Yes. Only this current video can befit the name series name Products of the Gods! Although Qiao Liang was currently facing the biggest crisis in his career, he was certain that after the incense stick had burned three-quarters, no wait, after a few hours, his reputation on the internet would take a drastic turn! Chapter 118 - This was a Performance Art! Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios At 8 PM that night, a brand-new series and a brand-new video had successfully passed the auditing process. The first episode of the Products of the Gods series: Game Designer and a Large-Scale Performance Art! Teacher Qiaos fans were stunned. What was happening? Wasnt he pretending to be dead? After playing dead for three days, was he back to commit the offense despite the eyes that were on him? Moreover, was it a paid video for the same game? He was trying to cause a commotion! Recently, Qiao-logy had surprisingly become popular on many video websites. Although other content creators posted similar videos, Teacher Qiao was the first to do that. Therefore, he became the main person held responsible for those videos. Given the current situationas expected, the comments section was bombarded by people who were posting about that meme. Was he going all out since he had nothing to lose? Since there was no way he could salvage his reputation, maybe he was trying to maintain his popularity by building a notorious reputation? Maybe he wanted to ride the wave of the popularity of Qiao-logy and profit from that? Considering Teacher Qiaos current circumstances, it was hard for his fans to not have such thoughts. The netizens were prepared to roast him as they opened the video with anxious or worried feelings. Some onlookers just wanted to join in the chaos. However, Teacher Qiaos first sentence in the video shut them up. Hey, yall. I am still your Teacher Qiao. I know what everyone wants to say. Before you guys start roasting me, I want to announce something really regrettable. Three days ago, on the first of April, on April Fools Day; we conducted a large-scale performance art and achieved incredible success. However, the results of this art experiment were really upsetting. Thats right. The theme of this performance art was: in the digital age, what content will become popular more easilyan intentionally silly short video or a high-quality game that cost millions and was rich with content? After our experiment, I am here to announce a really regrettable result. The former won. Many people wanted to start roasting him, but the opening speech stuffed their words back into their mouths. Only confusion was left. What? Performance art? What show are you acting? They continued watching on with confused feelings. Teacher Qiao continued introducing the act in the video. He explained the concept and definition of performance art and the motive for the performance art that he participated in. According to him, this performance art was started by Teacher Qiao. Its purpose was to explore a really deep theme. In the digital age, people were bombarded by information. This was an age when an explosion of information and a lack of information existed concurrently. Information explosion referred to the huge volumes of information that everyone saw online every day. An insignificant incident at the corner of a small city could be popularized within one night for an unknown reason. The very next day, everyone in the country would know about the incident. The lack of information referred to the scenario when information that possessed true value and meaning was buried by the huge volume of fast-paced, entertaining, and sensationalized information trash. Therefore, this performance art did a comparison. Teacher Qiao and many other content creators would upload their respective videos. The content of the videos was simple and utilized exaggerated tones and words to lick their boots. Everyones video was largely similar and used the exact same script. In order to capture audiences attention, the video did all that it could. For example, it did things that instigated their distaste such as by mixing Chinese and English together in their speech and used huge amounts of discourse fillers. The video itself was pointless and meaningless. However, since many video UP Masters uploaded them concurrentlycoupled with the videos sensationalized and attention-drawing content, netizens would ride the wave naturally. That instantly produced a unique trend on the internet! The rise of Qiao-logy proved that point. An intentionally silly short video became popular and turned into a popular meme because it was stupid enough and that many people followed the trend. That proved that in this age, many events that one thought had unexpectedly become popular were actually planned by someone in the dark! 1On the other hand, Tengdas new Game Designer was an unpopular work. It had really deep, concealed intentions and required players to be patient enough to dig it out. It exposed the state of the industry currently and satirized the chaos within the industry. Its voice-overs, graphics style, and game modes were all filled with creativity and sincerity. However, what is the state of this content-rich game now? It had mixed reviews. The players did not recognize the game! Most players did not even explore the game further and quitted after five minutes into the game. The comparison between the short videos and this game was the crux of this performance art. This was already ironic enough in itself. Many viewers were dumbfounded as they watched up to that part. So that was what happened? To think of it, it seemed pretty reasonable. Which games companies would be that stupid to make the content creator promote the game so deliberately and disgustingly? Wouldnt that affect the companys image and the image of its products, too? Although Teacher Qiao wasnt very ethical, one could tell that he devoted his entire heart into his videos from the videos that he had previously released. Why would he utilize such a cheap method for his sponsored partnerships? It wasnt that the act didnt befit his morals. It was mainly inconsistent with his wits. Moreover, Teacher Qiao was not a special occurrence. There were so many content creators, and they had all used the same publicity script. How could one explain this then? Could it be that those content creators approached him and copied Teacher Qiaos script on their own accord? No way! The only plausible explanation was that Tengda had given them the same script! Why would the big client want all the content creators that it had paid to use the same script? Moreover, the script was so badly written. Wouldnt it be better for them to create their own content? They would be able to achieve better publicity results with the same amount of money. Why wouldnt they do that? Yet, Tengda chose a really stupid publicity method. It requested all the content creators to read off the script and achieve an almost completely opposite publicity effect! This was indeed pretty unreasonable. Now that they thought of it, Teacher Qiaos reasoning seemed to be the only possible explanation. This was indeed a large-scale performance art! The events that followed had indeed validated this point. Qiao-logy became popular, and yet Game Designer did not. Didnt that prove that view? In the digital age, cultural works that encompassed true meaning were often buried while information trash filled up netizens time! The more they heard, the more reasonable it sounded. They continued watching the video. The topic of the video naturally went to Game Designer. That was Teacher Qiaos forte. The series name was called Products of the Gods. It utilized a completely different commentary style from Trash Games Diss and New Recommended Games of the Month. Teacher Qiao analyzed the reasons why Game Designer could be called a masterpiece. Many players think that the main ways to tell if a game could be considered a masterpiece were to analyze its graphics, game modes, story plot, game controls, ease of playing, and more. However, those merely differentiated great works from ordinary works. They had nothing to do with a masterpiece. A masterpiece must be able to have a huge impact within the industry. It must be rich with meaning. It must be able to withstand the test of continuous discussion and polishing. It must be able to resonate with our soul! Works that could not do that could only be considered to be great. They could not be called masterpieces. Game Designer is a classic masterpiece that fits the descriptions! Chapter 119 - It is Destined that the Speaker will be Misunderstood Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Teacher Qiao started analyzing the deeper intentions of Game Designer. The voice-over represented ones greed and others opinions on their path forward. The game created an immersive feeling via the first-person narrative and the surroundings. At the same time, it created a distanced feeling using the voice-over. This atmosphere was truly worth reflecting on for the players. The choices that the player faced each time completely duplicated the thoughts of game designers. Once one had played the game, one would then understand how hard being a game designer was! Other than that, Teacher Qiao had elevated the intentions of the game to another level. When playing the game, I felt that it resonated deeply with me. Why is that so? I have never had any experience relating to producing games. When I probed into that, I realized that was due to the similarities between producing videos and producing games. Or rather, almost all cultural content creators had the same mentality. Loneliness. As the saying goes, it is destined that the speaker will be misunderstood. The content in Game Designer showcased this point. The performance art outside the game itself showcased that, too. Maybe, this is Tengdas motive for producing this game. They may have already predicted that the sales numbers will be a disaster and that they will not be able to recuperate their loss. However, they hope that they could achieve one thing: they want us to find serenity in this impetuous world. They want us to do things patiently and think patiently as well. Where did we come from, and where will we head to? In this impetuous society that we are in, how should we live? What exactly should we be pursuing? After watching this video, the viewers before their screens all sank into complete silence. So that was what happened? The ending question in the video pounded on their hearts like a heavy hammer. When they saw Teacher Qiaos previous video, many thought that Teacher Qiao was a monkey; and they were the audience to his antics. Right now, they realized that it was actually the reverse. Everything was the reverse! The viewers were the monkeys, and Teacher Qiao was the one playing with them! A sponsored video that was so stupid and dubious managed to deceive all its viewers and created a new memeQiao-logy! All the viewers and netizens participated in this performance art unwittingly. After an experiment, the results were disappointing. These were the netizens that would ride the wave without thinking deeper! Very soon, the number of likes for the video skyrocketed. The number of comments increased exponentially, too! Originally, Qiao-logy had become a trend that was in fashion. Many netizens wanted to show off their Qiao-logy and keep up with the gossip when they heard that Teacher Qiao had uploaded a new video. Therefore, this episode received a lot of attention from the very beginning! When the viewers discovered the truth behind the video, their mentalities turned 180 degrees. This could be seen from the comments. What the f*ck? This is actually a large-scale performance art? Why had game companies become so innovative? Im sorry, my dearest son. Dad had misunderstood you. I will like and forward your video immediately! Teacher Qiao, a contemporary artist! It is destined that the speaker will be misunderstood. Im crying. What about you guys? I have never expected that Game Designer had such deep intentions. Ill give it another try! Of course, some people thought that Teacher Qiao was trying to whitewash his reputation. However, those voices were quickly buried by other comments. That was because Teacher Qiaos explanation was more reasonable and appealed to the netizens understanding! Once the episode was released, many players who had originally quitted the game halfway decided to be patient and give it another try. Those who had yet to experience the Game Designer because of their distaste previously also decided to try it out. They wanted to see if the game that Teacher Qiao called a masterpiece lived up to the title. Swan Lake Restaurant Tengda Network Technology Co., Ltd. was having a company dinner celebration! Dinner celebrations after a game was developed and released had become a tradition for the company since Ocean Stronghold. As for the reason why they chose the same restaurant They had no choice. It was the most expensive restaurant in the entire Jingzhou City. Pei Qian had wanted to fly to Beijing to have an even better meal, and yet the system did not allow him to do so. He could only settle with this. Pei Qian walked between the tables with a glass of red wine in his hand. He found that the others did not seem very excited. This was normal. The sales records for Game Designer had come to a standstill. How could they be in the mood for a dinner celebration? This was different from the previous time. Previously, they had the company dinner immediately after the release of Ocean Stronghold. They did not have much psychological pressure at that time and could hence enjoy their food. However, this time around, Game Designer had been released for three days; and the sales numbers and reputation were both lower than their expectations. Therefore, other than Pei Qian, the rest were unable to eat to their hearts content. This is our cohesion event! You guys should be enjoying yourselves! Why do I feel that you guys are in low spirits? Is the food not up to your expectations? Since you guys are in such low spirits, you should order the most expensive things on the menu. Waiter! Ill order three plates of bluefin tunas for everyone! My dear employees, you should be setting a good example. You have come here before and know whats expensive. Dont let me see anyone hugging and eating from a tub of ice cream! Furthermore, this is Ma Yiqun, our new member. He had great qualifications and is very knowledgeable. Make sure you guys take care of him, do you understand? Pei Qian was full of energy and seemed as though he had received good news. He was busy entertaining his employees and making sure that they were having a good time. Some people were not drinking wine? Its okay. Boss Pei would raise his glass wherever he went. It was hard for the employees to turn down their bosss toast. Of course, Pei Qians toast was a completely different concept from normal drinking cultures. In traditional drinking cultures, the act of encouraging one to drinkespecially when a leader forced his employees to drinkwas to establish a sense of authority. The purpose was to make the employees feel miserable from drinking too much and therefore establish this submissive relationship. However, that was not Pei Qians motive. They were drinking red wine which was less likely to make people drunk. Moreover, Pei Qian did not set a requirement for how much they had to drink. It was acceptable if his employees merely sipped a mouth. His main purpose was to encourage them to eat more food. Everyones mood was a little down. Drinking some wine would increase their appetite and could ease their moods. Of course, after a few rounds of drinks, the mood evidently turned for the better! Pei Qian was very happy. He got some delicious food for himself and started eating to his hearts content. He had never been so happy in ages! Up to this point, everything was going smoothly. The internet cafe was losing about three hundred thousand yuan each month. There were no signs of any possible profits. Although the short video became popular, he had declined all those little sponsored partnerships. He had yet to receive any bigger customized requests. Therefore, the revenue was zero. The reputation of Game Designer was alright, and so were its sales figures. According to the current trend, there was no way the game would be able to recuperate its loss! Pei Qian felt that his food seemed even more delicious due to that thought. Happy! Chapter 120 - What Kind of Website is Aili Island? Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Lu Mingliang was a little puzzled as to why Pei Qian was eating to his hearts content. This is weird. Boss Pei seems pretty happy today. He was completely different during the previous company dinner. This was a little strange. According to Bao Xu, Pei Qian should be very lonely. He shouldnt be behaving this way. Bao Xu shook his head and said, Youve got it wrong. Huh? Brother Bao, what do you mean? Lu Mingliang was very confused. Bao Xu heaved a sigh and explained, Currently, the only person who must not be in low spirits is Boss Pei himself. Think about it. Game Designer did not do well. Both its reputation and sales figures were not up to expectations. Everyones mood was already low. Boss Pei is our spiritual leader. If he appears to be worried and solemn as well, what will become of todays company dinner? Lu Mingliang was enlightened. So that was the reason! Boss Pei was trying to influence us with his positive outlook! Thats right. Bao Xu continued saying, A true leader must have a natural influence on people. He must be powerful spiritually! When faced with obstacles, he must be the most optimistic person. When everything went smoothly, he must be the most vigilant person. Not only must he be the first to become concerned with the worlds troubles and last to rejoice in its happiness, but he must also maintain a positive mindset when facing adversity and encourage the others. Boss Pei is a person like that. He is a realist who would carefully predict and ensure that everything went according to his plans. At the same time, he is also an idealist who would do some things without regard for its consequences. Therefore, we cannot let Boss Pei down. We must quickly become optimistic again. I believe that Tengda will definitely be able to sail through this storm. Everything will turn for the better! Moreover, I have a feeling that given Boss Peis confidence, he definitely has a back-up plan. Boss Pei has yet to give up. It is too early to be talking about our failure now! Lu Mingliang slowly regained the sparks in his eyes. Thats right. Boss Pei has not given up. How can we say that the game has failed? We will definitely be able to turn the tables in our favor. We must have faith in Boss Pei! On the other side, Huang Sibo, Zhu Xiaoce, and other employees from the Fei Huang Workspace were eating to their hearts content. Huang Sibo seemed a little apprehensive. Is this an appropriate time to tell Boss Pei about this? Zhu Xiaoce contemplated for a while and said in a serious tone, I think that now is the most appropriate time. The sales figures for Game Designer had come to a standstill. Although Boss Pei didnt show it on his face, I believe that he must be a little disappointed internally. This good news could help lift the spirits of our co-workers and give Boss Pei some assurance. Although the game might have caused us to suffer a loss, there is still hope for us to have a comeback. Its still too early to say that we will have a comeback. Huang Sibo shook his head. After all, the other party is a newly established website. This can only be considered a piece of ordinary good news. Lets not exaggerate about the good news. Zhu Xiaoce thought for a while and agreed with Huang Sibos opinions. Let us just report the facts. They held their wine glasses and walked towards Pei Qian. Boss Pei, we will like to offer you a toast. Pei Qian was in a good mood. He raised his wine glass, clicked it with their wine glasses, and drank it all in one gulp. After he had drunk the wine, Huang Sibo hesitated for a while before saying, Boss Pei, I have good news. Huh? Good news? Pei Qian became alert at once. Dont you guys upset me during such a happy occasion! Pei Qian tried his best to keep calm. Okay. Say it. Boss Pei, this was what happened. There is a newly established video website that hopes to sign an exclusive broadcasting rights agreement for our video series. After signing the contract, Boss Peis Daily Life will only be aired on this website. Although this is only a new website, it has been developing well recently. Moreover, they had recently pushed out a stimulus plan to reward video producers based on the views they received. After signing this exclusive broadcasting rights agreementas a high-quality video creator, we will be able to receive a considerable amount under that stimulus plan. To put it simply, we will attract viewers to their website with our Boss Peis Daily Life series, and they will split the profits with us based on the number of views! According to what you said, we must protect our company, value our reputation, and assert the value of our IP. We must not sacrifice those factors for money. Huang Sibo could not hide the excitement in his voice. They had been propelling themselves solely with their passion for so long. Now that they finally saw the opportunity to earn profits, how could they not be excited? Although the amount may not be much, this profit would definitely not ruin the reputation of the video. It was not trying to earn money through bad partnerships that blatantly promoted the products. It had similar effects to the high-end, custom-made sponsored advertisements that Boss Pei wanted to include in the videos. Rather, its effect was much better! Pei Qian was solemn for a while. He felt that something amiss was about to happen. A newly established video website? This video website does its name start with an A or a B? If the website was something like Bilibili1, something terrible was about to happen! However, Huang Sibo stoned for a while before saying, Neither, Boss Pei. It is a small site called Aili Island. Some people call it the I-Site. Pei Qian was very confused. I-Site? Aili Island? Never heard of it As long as its not the A-Site (AcFun) or B-Site (Bilibili), all was well. Pei Qian heaved a sigh of relief. He knew clearly that in the next few years, Tudou.com, which was the Potato Web in this universe, would slowly experience an irreversible downfall. B-Site managed to attract most of the viewers from these traditional video websites using its bullet screen comments feature1, its no-ads promise, and its high-quality original content. Several emerging live-stream platforms had also attracted some viewers from traditional video websites. However, what kind of website was Aili Island? Never heard of it. The name itself sounded like the website will fail in the future. It must be an insignificant website that would soon be lost in the river of history. Since this website was about to fail He must sign the contract immediately. If he was any slower, he might not even have the chance to sign the contract anymore! Furthermore, the agreement was not one that gave them the money directly. It rewarded them based on the number of views. That assured him even more. This small website had low viewership volume to begin with. The Boss Peis Daily Life series would definitely lose some crucial viewers when it moved its location to another platform. How much profit could he earn with that low viewership numbers? Not only would he not profit, but the video series would also lose some of its popularity. The contract also made it impossible to be popularized on other video websites. That was simply killing many birds with one stone! Pei Qian nodded his head immediately. Great. Good job! Although it was just casual praise, Huang Sibo was still very happy. Boss Pei did not compliment others usually! Earning Boss Peis praise made him even happier than if he received a thirty thousand reward. Huang Sibo nodded his head vigorously. Rest assured, Boss Pei. We will work even harder! Pei Qian continued enjoying his food. He had received two pieces of good news today! In the midst of his happiness, he heard cheers suddenly erupt from beside him! Amazing! Is that true? Were going to be invincible! Hahahaha! The official platform pointed us out and complimented us. With the publicity on the home page, we are going to be popular! The Bluefin tuna that Pei Qian had just picked up with his chopsticks almost dropped on the floor. What was going on? Pei Qian became alert at once! He could tell that although he tried to warm the atmosphere, most people were still pretty down. However, the cheers that he was hearing now seemed abnormal! He heard snippets of their conversation and felt that it emitted a warning for danger! That made Pei Qian a little nervous! Did something bad happen? Chapter 121 - This was also Within Your Plan, wasnt It? Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Lu Mingliang ran over at once. Boss Pei! Good news! I realized that over this period, the volume of sales of our game has been increasing rapidly. Our reputation has also been showing signs of improving! I looked further into it and discovered that someone had indeed realized the meaning in this game that you created and the significance of the performance art-style of marketing you used! Boss Pei, your marketing strategy is amazing indeed! We did not realize it in the beginning, but everything was in your plan! Our game is finally being understood by gamers! Your efforts did not go to waste!! Boss Pei said nothing. His expression became dazed. What was that? Did my extreme joy just turn to sorrow? The volume of sales increased, and our reputation improved? Holy sh*t, how is that possible? I didnt do anything! And what the hell was performance art-style of marketing supposed to be?! What in the world is happening?! Seeing everyone looking at him passionately, Pei Qian tried his hardest to maintain his cool. He put on an expression that showed he had everything under control and then said, Dont be over-excited. Speak slowly. Lu Mingliang handed his cell phone over to Pei Qian excitedly. Boss Pei, see for yourself! Pei Qian took Lu Mingliangs cell phone suspiciously. It was a video on Potato Web. It looked very popular, and its title was: First Episode of Products of the Gods: Game Designer and large-scale performance art! He glanced down at the content creator Teacher Qiao! Pei Qian put his earphones on and watched the video as the employees cheered and clapped. Silence. Confusion. Shock. He even began doubting lifes meaning 1What the hell was happening?! When he heard performance art, Pei Qian completely broke down. When he heard the analysis of Game Designer later on, he became completely speechless. What made him feel even more helpless was the comments section below! Teacher Qiao, who had been cursed upside down, was now a performance artist. He had been given a new lease of life! Even his sponsored partnerships were no longer called sponsored partnerships. They were now being referred to as paid art! 1After this video of his became popular, his previous video and the video that other content creators posted rose to fame as well. More and more people were imitating them. Qiao-logy did not become less popular because of this. Instead, during this period, it was becoming more popular. It was almost explosive! The scariest thing was that Pei Qian could not explain any of this. Even if he stood up and said that all of this performance art business was nonsense and that he had just been trying to disgust gamers They would not believe him! Not only would they not believe him, but they might even take this as a new form of art. Then, the entertaining netizens might spread it like wildfire and cause it to pop up as a hot search That would make it an uncontrollable mess! Pei Qian watched the entire video, and his hands trembled. This He was in deep trouble! This was bad! Lu Mingliang stood by the side, watching Boss Peis reaction and feeling moved. Indeed, Boss Pei had too much on his hands. Now that he had found someone like Teacher Qiao online who could understand him so well, it was understandable that he would be moved to the point that he was trembling. 1They could probably continue working with Teacher Qiao for future games. This was a beautiful win-win situation for them all! Lu Mingliang continued, Boss Lu, there is more good news. Earlier on, ESROs official platform sent us an article, specifically praising Game Designer. They have put Game Designer on the first page of their platform! After they saw the sincerity behind our game, they encouraged all domestically-produced games to be updated, so that they no longer modeled after foreign games. Whether in terms of gameplay or content, they greatly appreciated Game Designer. They even want to offer us good recommendation spots for all our future games! Whats more, many well-known game reviewers and leading players have given good reviews for our game. Youve hidden many deep meanings in the game that even we did not understand. These people understood them all! 1Boss Pei, our games reputation has turned over! Pei Qian immediately leaned back in his chair, raising his chin and heaving a long sigh. A moment later, he regained his composure. Through his forced smile, he mumbled two words. Not bad. Lu Mingliang could not help but feel moved. Boss Pei was indeed made for big things. This was such an exciting thing, and yet he expressed no visible emotion. It only took him a moment to regain his composure. Nevertheless, that long sigh exposed him. Indeed, the happiness that Boss Pei displayed at first was all an act. He had been worried this entire time. Finally, he could relax! Boss Pei, do you want to address everyone? Lu Mingliang asked. Pei Qian waved his hand. Theres no need. This is only a temporary success. We should not be arrogant. Lu Mingliang nodded profusely. Alright, Boss Pei. I understand! He then turned around and went out to have some celebratory drinks. The atmosphere in the office this time was highly charged. Everyone in the design team was celebrating and feasting. Yet, Pei Qians heart was extremely cold. He had no appetite at all. His entire mind was filled with question marks. What the hell is happening? I only gave Teacher Qiao money for one video. Why did he do two videos? Was it a one-for-one promotion? Was he taking revenge? He must have been! Yet, that doesnt make sense. I turned you into the creator of Qiao-logy. You should hate me; why did you reward me instead? Why did you promote Game Designer on my behalf? How was he planning to take revenge?! Still, this was not the most infuriating thing. This video was the fuse that strangely lit up the flames: everyones over-reading into Game Designer! The official platform and many other game reviewers were now praising Game Designer non-stop! The official games platform, especially, was specifically recommending Game Designer. Whats more, it gave the game a place on its first page. In other words, it was sending a clear signal to the other domestically-produced game manufacturers to learn from this game because it was the kind of domestically-produced game that the official games platform supported! Pei Qian felt paralyzed. From the looks of the current situation, he had been working so hard in vain again! April 14th Alright, pack up! Boss Peis acting is getting better and better. Well, thats a wrap on the third season of Boss Peis Daily Life for now. Thank you for your hard work, everyone! Everyone in Tengda Network Technology Co., Ltd.s office applauded. Ever since they started filming Boss Peis Daily Life, Fei Huang Workspace had produced thirty episodes worth of content. That was three seasons in total. The first episode of the first season and the last episode of the third season were all filmed in Tengdas office. One could say that was a perfect ending. The first two seasons were published on huge video websites like Potato Web and were very well-received. Until now, the total number of views that the last episode of the second season had was more than two million. Boss Peis Daily Life was now worthy of its title as the most popular series on the internet! Based on these outstanding statistics, Huang Sibo and Zhu Xiaoce decided to sign a contract with Aili Island, giving them exclusive broadcasting rights. In the future, all episodes of Boss Peis Daily Life would be broadcasted exclusively on Aili Island. In order to ensure that they could successfully switch websites this time, Huang Sibo and Director Zhu Xiaoce made several preparations. They worked hard to film all the episodes for the third season, so that they would have enough ammunition. Then, they coordinated with Aili Islands official marketing efforts as well as the recommendations of various other platforms, so that the audience of Boss Peis Daily Life could be diverted from all over the internet to Aili Islands website. This was so that they could boost the number of views and popularity of the series. This way, they could increase traffic on Aili Islands site and make money for Fei Huang Workspace. They were killing two birds with one stone. Since they were granting Aili Island exclusive broadcasting rights and the video could only be published on Aili Island, the remuneration that the website offered was very generous. After all, it was normally extremely expensive to increase traffic on a website in the beginning. Pei Qian did not ask for too many details on this. This was because he was still depressed about Game Designer! Two weeks after publishing, Game Designers sales were increasing rapidly. Until now, they had already sold more than a hundred thousand copies of the game! This was already not bad, considering that sales were dismal in the first week, and they were only beginning to pick up in the second week. However, Pei Qian felt like the countdown to his death had begun Chapter 122 - Isnt This the Mirror Image of the B-Site?! Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios The moment Game Designers sales broke through three hundred thousand, he felt like this game was beginning to make profits. If its sales kept increasing and reached four or five hundred thousand, it could begin earning back the money incurred by Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and the short videos! To Pei Qian, this was like a bolt from the blue; horrible news! Thus, recently, Pei Qian had been keeping an eye on the sales of Game Designer. He kept praying that the game would not get more popular than it already was. Given the current situation, Pei Qian could not do anything more. The game was already out. Changing the game into rubbish maliciously was considered a violation. As for making cheap shots and causing commotions gamers would probably think this was just another form of art. Pei Qian only had one thought in his mind: he was in a great fix! He had to admit that although Teacher Qiaos video was full of nonsense, he got one thing right: being misunderstood was the fate of one who expressed ideas. As one who was expressing his ideas, Pei Qian was being insanely misunderstood. Whats more, everyone was misunderstanding him! This kind of fate made him want to vomit blood. Others, on the other hand, were celebrating the conclusion of the third season of Boss Peis Daily Life. Brother Huang, what are you going to do from now on? Are you going to shoot the fourth season? Lu Mingliang asked expectantly. He was hooked on acting as an intern in the series. He really wanted to continue acting in more episodes. Huang Sibo smiled and said, Were not sure yet. However, according to the benefits Aili Island gave us in the contract, we should be able to recover all the money we poured into the previous seasons. We might even be able to profit. Since we have already proven the IP value of Boss Peis Daily Life, we have two main options to consider: we can either continue investing in this IP or look for a new direction. Of course, before we get back to work, we plan to take two weeks off. We have been working extra hard during this period. Everyone must be tired. The more Pei Qian heard, the more he felt like something was amiss. What was going on? According to the benefits Aili Island gave them in the contract, they should be able to recover all the money they poured into the previous seasons? They might even be able to profit? These words were another bolt from the blue. Pei Qian was instantly stunned. They had poured more than a million yuan into the previous seasons! They did not accept a single sponsored partnership. How could they earn all of it back? Even if this small website had an incentive plan, they could not possibly earn so much in such a short time! You guys didnt accept any low-end sponsored partnerships, did you? Pei Qian suddenly became wary. Huang Sibo smiled. We didnt, Boss Pei. I told you before that Aili Island has an incentive plan for video creation. This is what makes it different from Potato Web. An incentive plan ten thousand clicks would amount to about fifteen to thirty yuan, right? Pei Qian asked, becoming more confused. The incentive plan was targeted at the whole internet. This meant that the price tag could not be too high. Ordinarily, ten thousand clicks would earn fifteen to thirty yuan. Videos with a million clicks would earn about two thousand yuan. Of course, some websites incentive plans would weigh this price tag according to the total number of clicks the video got. For example, videos that had more than a million clicks, two million clicks, and three million clicks all were paid differently for every ten thousand clicks. Still, they would not be paid an excessive amount. Since Boss Peis Daily Life had only ten episodes per season, they would likely earn thirty to fifty thousand yuan at most. They could not possibly earn more than that. No matter how Pei Qian calculated in his head, he could not figure out how the one million yuan would be recovered! Huang Sibo smiled slightly and shook his head, explaining everything to Pei Qian in detail. Boss Pei, there are things you dont understand. The incentive plan is targeted at all content creators. However, taking into consideration the amount of influence Boss Peis Daily Life has online, we negotiated better terms with Aili Island. The capacity we have is no longer that of an ordinary content creator. For the sake of marketing itself, Aili Island offered a sum of money to purchase exclusive broadcasting rights of Boss Peis Daily Life. The way they agreed to split the profits in this regard was extremely generous as well. The upper management of Aili Island thinks that short videos like these represent the future of video content. The show has good prospects. Thats why they made an exception and increased our grade from B to A. According to the rulesif a single account clicks on a single episode of an A-grade series and watches the video for more than six minutes, it would be viewed as a valid click. A valid click would earn about 0.4 yuan! Of course, since our videos are extremely short and only last about a minute each, this standard was adjusted downwards. If a single account clicks on a single episode of ours and watches the video for more than thirty seconds, it would qualify as a valid click. However, the earnings were adjusted downwards as well. Each valid click would earn us about 0.2 yuan. In other wordsif we can confirm that each of the ten episodes in our third season would have more than a million valid clicks, we would be able to earn about two million yuan! Even if we deduct our expenses and taxes, we would still make a profit! This is all thanks to Boss Peis accurate strategizing! It was only because we rejected all the low-end sponsored partnership offers that Boss Peis Daily Life could earn its image as a high-IP-value web series. That was why Aili Island was willing to increase our grade and offer us such attractive, profit-splitting terms! All of these must be credited to your foresight! Pei Qian cursed in his heart. Each click would earn them 0.2 yuan? That meant they were earning two thousand yuan for every ten thousand clicks. This was more than a hundred times more than ordinary websites incentive plans! Pei Qian really did not see this coming. Video websites could indeed devote huge sums of money to purchase popular series and copyrights or exclusive broadcasting rights of popular variety shows. At the same time, they could sell these shows to members in bundles in order to increase their competitiveness. Copyrights were the moats for video websites. This was where most video websites spent the most money. However, Pei Qian never expected that such an ordinary web series like Boss Peis Daily Life would receive treatment like that! Ordinarily, websites set requirements to be fulfilled before awarding these A-, B-, C-, or D-grades for web series. Many restrictions were strictly adhered to. A web series had to be very good before they stood a chance to be awarded a grade. Whats more, to get a grade, a web series had to hand over exclusive broadcasting rights to these websites. This way, video websites would not have to pay one-time fees for exclusive broadcasting rights. Instead, they would split the profits with the content creators based on the popularity of the videos. To websites and content creators, this was the most practical and low-risk method of splitting profits. This website called Aili Island had probably decided to spend a huge load of money recently. The upper management there must have chosen Boss Peis Daily Life by chance. That was why this was happening! Tonight at 8 PM, our third season will be broadcasted on Aili Island. Everyone, please take note of it. I think it will be quite lively then and there, Huang Sibo announced, sounding proud of himself. Alright, alright! I will show my support for sure! I will send the first bullet screen comment! Everyone was very excited. Pei Qian was beginning to panic. He felt like he should take a look as well. Whats the address to this I-Site? Pei Qian asked. Oh, its this. Huang Sibo tapped a few times on his phone and then showed the address to Pei Qian. A long line of English words was displayed on the screen. www.ilidilid.com! Pei Qian was shocked. This Isnt this the freaking mirror-image of Bilibili?! Chapter 123 - A Hopeless Boss Pei Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios This site its name is Aili Island? Pei Qian looked at Huang Sibo as he tried his best to not appear shocked. Huang Sibo nodded, Yet it is. Piecing together the syllables in English for ilid, this site is called Aili Island. Pei Qian was speechless. You actually still seemed to make some sense! Alright, Boss Pei. We will make a move first. These few days, we have to properly consider the future of Fei Huang. Hope that Boss Peis Daily Life and Game Designer can both make killing profits! Huang Sibo and Zhu Xiaoce cursed as they kept their equipment and left. The entire office was filled with jubilation and a harmonious atmosphere! Pei Qian went back to his own office, stunned. He quietly sat in front of his computer and entered the Aili Island website. The web page loaded. Seeing the familiar page in front of him, Pei Qian was now certain. This was indeed this worlds B-Site! Pei Qian hurriedly used the Qiandu search engine to find out how the site was doing. Alas, after he searched, his heart sank deeper. Aili Island was the earliest bullet-screen video website. Although it had only been established recently, its momentum was rather fierce. It was now going up against Potato Web and other traditional websites! Furthermore, Aili Island also had something different from the B-Site that Pei Qian knew; it was rich! Although it was still making a loss now, it was an independent video company that Shenhua Corporation and Qiandu had jointly invested in. That was how it could have such strong finances to spend a huge amount of money to purchase exclusive, popular drama series! More unfortunately, as Qiandu had also invested in this website, regardless of what one searched on the Qiandu search engine; the Aili Island video website would always be prioritized as a search result. An enhanced version of B-Site? B-Site combined with iQiyi? Finished Pei Qian leaned on his chair; he was feeling very unwell. He had thought that only at eight tonight would he announce his death sentence; now, he realized that the writing was already on the wall! This was a loss as a result of him not being familiar with the environment! Pei Qian had been rather attentive to this worlds video websites; he was especially mindful of the websites that started with A and B. However, never would Pei Qian have guessed that this worlds B-Site had actually been written backwardfrom Bilibili to ilidilid! Together with this ludicrous Chinese name for this site, Pei Qian had mistakenly thought that this was a site that would crash and burn very soon; he had not paid much attention to it! Now that things had come to a head, it was very embarrassing for him. After sitting in a daze for a long while, Pei Qian was a little hopeless as he summoned the system screen. From the looks of it, the system was still experiencing losses. However, this would not be the case for long! From the previous settlement to date, Pei Qians primary income had still been Ghost General and Ocean Stronghold. As he had not created any new purchase options, Ghost Generals income had started to slide. However, at least a million in revenue still came in monthly while profit was at six to seven hundred thousand. As Ocean Stronghold continued to benefit from an ever-rising number of active players, its monthly revenue was on a rising trend. Revenue was now almost seven million while profits were at three and a half million. Although the game only sold one Red Kilin, there were just so many FPS players in the domestic market! Currently, Ocean Stronghold was one of the leading FPS games domestically; it was converting Counter Strike players in droves. As Tengda kept on acquiring new servers and increased bandwidthwith more and more players joining, this games revenue had not only not dropped but was showing signs of rising! After all, FPS games were known for their longevity. In two and a half months, these two games had brought Pei Qian around nine million in profits! Together with the initial million in the System Funds, that was a total of more than ten million. Furthermore, when it came to current expenditure, he had: Fei Huang Workspace, one million; Game Designer, three million in development; Game publicity and the money for sponsored partnerships, another three hundred thousand; Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, three and a half million including three months rent; The companys monthly rent was below four hundred thousand while employees monthly wages amounted to two hundred thousand. Together with all miscellaneous expenditure, these amounted to eight hundred thousand monthly or around two million in two and a half months. All expenditure added together was around nine million and eight hundred thousand! Of course, Pei Qian wasnt bothered with the exact figures; the company accountants would naturally do those up. Pei Qian only had to look at the figure in the System Funds and then make plans on how he was going to continue spending money. Originally, he had been in good control of the numbers and had successfully pushed the System Funds to below eight hundred thousand. Before this months settlement, as long as he did one more large-scale splurge, giving all his employees bonuses while going on a shopping spree himself; he could control the System Funds to around a hundred thousand. That would mean that he could safely get more than eight hundred thousand in his own pocket during the next settlement! However, there was a premise: the new game, short videos, and internet cafe couldnt make money or couldnt make much money! Like the internet cafe that was losing three hundred thousand a month; that fulfilled Pei Qians requirements very well! However, problems arose. Although Boss Peis Daily Life had not been fully releasedbased on its popularity now, that would bring in at least a million. Of course, Pei Qian would not want this whole sum. However, he had to take some at least, or else the system would not let this go. Game Designers sales had also continued to rise exponentially. In the remaining half a month, at the very least, it would sell two hundred thousand copies! Added together, these two projects would bring in more than three million! While the internet cafe could continue to bleedin the face of so many other sources of revenue and profit, it could not amount to much use. If Pei Qian did nothing from now on, optimistically, he would still make two to three million in the end. If he was pessimistic, he could even end up with four to five million. If the profits were four million and were converted into forty thousand as Pei Qians Personal Wealthas he only had less than fifty thousand now, that was actually not bad. It was better than nothing. However, the crux was in what that was in comparison to! If he incurred losses, he could get seven to eight hundred thousand added to his Personal Wealth; that was a difference of at least ten times! Pei Qian sighed sorrowfully. He couldnt do anything now and could only leave it up to fate. If the numbers were just like the previous time, Pei Qian definitely could organize another shopping spree and bonus splurge. However, with the situation being such now He could only take one step at a time. Pei Qian felt a little anxious and worried. Didnt I have a triple-layer insurance plan? How did things end up like this? Chapter 124 - Inheriting the Flaws of the Game! Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios April 15th, noon Pei Qian was in his office as he was deep in thought. At eight, last night, Boss Peis Daily Lifes third season was exclusively broadcasted on Aili Island. From yesterday to now, Aili Islands main pages most prominent spot had hung a huge publicity banner used to promote Boss Peis Daily Life. Many viewers had been attracted by fame as they vied to send their messages on the bullet screen. The only one-odd minute long short video was evidently very boisterous as the huge amounts of bullet messages on the screen attracted many viewers from traditional websites such as Potato Web. These viewers all witnessed the uniqueness of this new interactive method called bullet screen! Pei Qian did not look at the premiere but waited till the second day, today, to look at the viewership of the video. It had already reached six hundred thousand! From the looks of it, this videos final viewership could possibly hit one million. While not all of these would be unique clicksno matter how he counted, he would at the very least be getting two hundred thousand from Aili Island incentives for this video. Furthermore, as the popularity of this video series compounded, future videos could even get more views than previous ones. A full season of ten episodes would result in an inflow of more than two million three hundred thousand in total. That meant that Aili Island had used more than two million to buy the exclusive rights to Boss Peis Daily Lifes third season. This price wasnt actually considered that high. In comparison to some popular drama series and variety shows that could easily command tens of millions in rights fee, that was not a huge amount of money. However, to Pei Qian, this was even worse than the worst-case scenario he had estimated; it was sufficient to make him break down! This was probably what they meant by trouble never came alone. A knock rang out on the door. It was Assistant Xin. Boss Pei, this is the new company benefits scheme that had been previously decided. I need to verify it with you one more time. If there are no issues, Ill send this out accordingly. Pei Qian took it over and looked at it. This document was the new company benefits and treatment scheme that had been decided around a month ago. After Ocean Strongholds development had been completed, Pei Qian had made a series of recommendations to changes in company benefits. For example, this included an across-board pay raise, project bonuses, shopping gift cards, as well as forced expenses limit, etc. Also, Pei Qian had decided on a new benefit: employee physical examination! He had chosen a more high specification physical examination. It was to be done in the best hospital in Jingzhou City, Triple A Hospital. This higher-end physical examination would cost three thousand two hundred per person. As Tengda, Fei Huang Workspace, and Fish-Catching Internet Cafe had more than fifty employees in total; this would cost a hundred and sixty thousand in total! Besides this, the normal benefits scheme had been kept as per normal. The shopping gift cards limit had been raised to three thousand while other innovation benefits had been created as an excuse to spend money as well. All these would cost five hundred thousand in total. Initially, this had been Pei Qians last resort at incurring an overall loss for the month. If he could reduce the System Funds to below seven hundred thousand and he spent this additional five hundred thousand, wouldnt that be perfect? However, things were a little awkward now. According to Pei Qians new calculationeven after spending this five hundred thousand, the System Funds would still remain in the black! Based on the conversion rate for profits, this amount of money could have been changed into five thousand in Personal Wealth for Pei Qian. Now that he had spent this, Pei Qian would have five thousand less in his own pocket. Pei Qian did not consider further as he said, Lets work according to this; leave the document for me to take a closer look. Alright, Boss Pei. Assistant Xin flipped her small notebook as she recorded the contents of this meeting. One more thing: a journalist from Amusement Times called Hu wants to arrange an interview. This is the third journalist calling this week. Should I reject this request like the previous ones? Pei Qian nodded, En, please reject it. The principles are the same: no one is to reveal my surname and real identity while no one can divulge in detail our salary packages and company benefits scheme. Please emphasize this to everyone once again. Alright, Boss Pei. Assistant Xin turned and left. To date, Tengda as a company was still a mystery to the games media and players. Many people knew that this company existed. However, as for who the boss was, how the company benefits were like, what actually went on in the company; they knew nothing. As for why Pei Qian wanted to keep things this way, there were two reasons: One, if Tengdas benefit scheme numbers were leaked and everyone saw how well Tengdas employees were being remunerated, all the talented people in Jingzhou City would definitely flock to try and enter; many might even come from other cities after catching wind of this! If many of these talented people were willing to even lower their own salaries, Pei Qian still had to think of logical reasons to reject them. If the reasons were not logical, the system would not agree; and he would be forced to hire some talented people. At present, he couldnt even think of anyone to fire; if more people came, wouldnt that make things worse? Second, Pei Qian couldnt let his parents know his true identity yet. If he could hide it a day longer, so be it. Pei Qian also didnt want to be famous. After all, famous people always set tongues wagging. If he became famous and caught the attention of many people, things might become inconvenient for him. The system had a rule: Pei Qian could not reveal or hint at the existence of it to anyone. Pei Qian did not want to bring additional trouble to himself. Hence, Pei Qian was not going to accept any media interviews. Many media outlets had called Tengdas front desk asking for an interview; they had all been rejected, and this time was not going to be an exception. Pei Qian looked at the five hundred thousand benefits document in front of him. Dont take this so hard; just take it as using five thousand of your own money to give benefits to the employees. Come to think of it, this is rather a good value for money Aye, I am such a good boss. To give his employees five hundred thousand less in benefits just for five thousand more in Personal Wealth, Pei Qian was not someone who could do something like that. Regardless, these employees were really earnestly working for him. Although Huang Sibo, Bao Xu, and the others consistently did things to thwart his plans, these people were indeed loyal to him. Furthermore, from the employees point of view, they were really contributing to the company wholeheartedly! However, it was just that from Pei Qians perspective, they were all being unhelpful and detrimental to his plans Forget it; Im resigned to fate. The benefits scheme will be as per normal. Ill continue to add on the previously agreed scheme as well. I cant shortchange my brothers. Since I didnt manage to make a loss this time, Ill continue working hard the next round Pei Qian was a little melancholic. Taking ones painful experience to heart. He was going to reflect on his experience and learn from his mistakes. He was going to find out how Game Designer had become a success! Maybe, he wanted to find out if Game Designer had any stark flaws that he could use and adopt. It had been two weeks since this game was released. On the net, many players and professional games critics had done an in-depth analysis of this game. This time, Pei Qian did not need to ask the design team to summarize their experiences anymore. He just had to skim through some discussions online, and he would be able to roughly know where he had failed! First, he looked at the more authoritative games media sites: Game Designer is a very successful interactive, narrative experience. It has completely overtaken the traditional game narration methodology. In this game, one becomes a game designer while his objective is to surmount all obstacles and choose the most viable way to design a game. Would one become a superstar game designer, or would one quietly go bankrupt? The decision is in the players hands. This games triumph lies in allowing players to experience tough decision-making choices and the feeling of being conflicted; this is exactly how game designers feel in real life! However, if that was only the case, this game would at most be considered a rather good outstanding simulation game. Compared to traditional simulation gamesbesides its exquisite art style, it would not stand out. What makes this game a masterpiece is the voice-over that accompanies the players in the game. That was the master stroke to this game! A beginner player might feel that the voice-over is annoying and be angered by its mocking. However, after taking time to think, players would realize that the voice-over is what makes the game interesting! The voice-over could be seen as the greed within every game designer; or perhaps the people that give all sorts of advice (sometimes unsolicited). For a content creator, difficulties dont lie in finding ideas but in making the right choices. Content creators have to persistently maintain his own stance and not forget his passion amidst the criticism and unhelpful comments; he would then be able to achieve success in the end! All in all, this is a game that is rich in content, leaves a deep impression, has novel gameplay; it is different from other games. Not only does it convey the difficulties that game designers face to us, but it also discloses the true reasons behind the seemingly chaotic games industry. It is also encouraging all content creators to not forget their passion and to press on! Rating: 9.0 Conclusion: Uses dark humor to dissect the entire game industry, giving players a new interactive playing experience! Pros: Dark humor; Multiple conclusions that leave people wanting more; Incredible voice-over; Shines a light on the gaming industry and invokes deep thinking. Cons: The game would sometimes purposely restrict players; however, this is also a part of the gameplay. Chapter 125 - Physical Examination Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Pei Qian closed this games medias rainbow fart1. It had even dared to say the only flaw was part of the gameplay. If you guys do reviews like this, people would start to think Ive paid you guys to write this! Arent you guys professional game reviewers? Dont you guys know how to nit-pick problems! Pei Qian felt very tired. Forget it; lets take a look at players reviews. Players were very nit-picky; they must have pointed out many problems, right? Pei Qian once again opened a players review page. However, all the latest reviews had been five-star excellent ratings! One-star ratings had been squashed to the bottom. The artistic style is really incredible. All these rather abstract elements had been portrayed in a very concrete manner; such a boring theme had actually become so live-like and interesting! I had been directed over by Teacher Qiao; this is a dark humor classic! I have to give this a five-star rating! Those who dont give five-star ratings dont understand this game. This voice-over is so amusing. I actually dont want to play this game but want to flirt with the voice-over dude! To be honest, it has been a while since I managed to play a game that moved me. Games nowadays either focus on creating paywalls or only cater to the masses. Games such as this that have depth and do not cater to the masses; this is very rare! This is a game that takes a long while to warm-up to. Initially, I felt like quitting it. However, after persevering till the second try, I started to feel that this game is more and more interesting; I couldnt stop! Now, I am prepared to make my eighteenth attempt! It is so nice of the company to sell this game at only twenty-eight yuan; can they really recoup their costs? They seemed to have invested heavily in this game! I have bought three copies, two for my friends. However, I hope that this game does not incur a loss! Scrolling through players reviews Pei Qian became deep in thought. The person that bought three copies; could you give me your address so that I can send you some local specialties? This was ridiculous I wrecked my brain to think of ways to force players to quit; these had actually become the selling points? Someone even said he or she wanted to flirt with the voice-over person? Alright, Ill satisfy you guys and make Lu Mingliang appear publicly tomorrow; he can go and become your idol! Pei Qian was really breaking down. He had wanted to see the reviews of the games and see what the bad points of the game he could adopt were or avoid the positive aspects of it next time. However everyone seemed to like all aspects of this game? The artistic style was not bad, and the gameplay was not bad; even that detesting voice-over had become a selling point! What could Pei Qian gain from this?! I have actually made a game that is perfect and flawless? What dark humor is this?! Pei Qian leaned into his chair as he felt that he had become a salted fish; one that he would never be given a new lease of life. April 19th, Monday Jingzhou City Triple A Hospital Tengdas employees had already finished their physical examination and were now eating breakfast together. Huang Sibo and Bao Xu sat at one table as they ate some buns and drank some soy milk and discussed their physical examination. Brother Bao, how did yours go? It was alright; my intestine has some minor issues. The doctor said thats because of the all-nighters I pull and irregular eating habits. How about you, Brother Huang? I have a slightly fatty liver problem while my blood pressure is borderline high; however, these are not big issues. I heard that we are going to have a physical examination every half a year? We also cant not-come Bao Xu was a little lost for words. To him, life only had two things: games and others. Things such as physical examinations evidently fell under the others column. It was something that would eat up his gaming time, and he wanted to reduce it as much as possible. Ordinary companies would only ask employees to do a physical examination once when they started work; better companies might do so once a year. However, Tengda had actually mandated twice-yearly physical examinations; they also couldnt reject them. This made Bao Xu feel a little pained. Huang Sibo drank his soy milk. Aye, Brother Bao, you cant think like this. Physical examinations are a good thing for us. If it wasnt for this physical examination, I wouldnt even know that I have a fatty liver problem and have to be more mindful of what I eat in the future. Yiqun, how about you? Ma Yiqun, who sat next to them, said, Im still okay. I have a minor chronic superficial gastritis problem; it is also an intestinal problem same as Brother Bao. Huang Sibo nodded, En, these are all expected. When you were with Shang Yang Games, you constantly worked overtime; and your eating habits were rather irregular while you also ate takeouts. Having this problem is rather normal actually. We just have to watch our food and drinks intake from now on and adjust accordingly. Ma Yiqun sighed emotionally, Tengda is so good; the benefits are good, and we even get to go for physical examinations. Boss Pei is really a good boss! Huang Sibo smiled slightly, The truth speaks for itself. Everyone finished eating and got prepared to leave. As the physical examination had taken up the morning while everyone had the afternoon off, everyone could take their own cabs home and claim them as expenses. Eh? I seem to have left my umbrella in the hospital. You guys can go first; Ill go and take it. Ma Yiqun realized his umbrella had been left on a seat in the hospital during the physical examination, and he had forgotten to take it as he turned and went back. After taking his umbrella and when he was prepared to leave, someone shouted from behind, Please wait a while! Ma Yiqun turned and looked. A bespectacled young lady with short hair was running over; she was looking for him. Hello, are you a Tengda employee? The lady was a little out of breath from running as she huffed and puffed. However, as this was a career habit, she could still form her words and enunciate clearly. Ma Yiqun was a little wary as he nodded. Nice to meet you! I am Amusement Times Jingzhou City division journalist, Hu Yue. Recently, I want to write a piece regarding Tengda Games; would you be willing to be interviewed? Hu Yue tugged at her short hair as she tried her best to stabilize her breathing. Ma Yiqun was stunned, How do you know Im a Tengda employee? Hu Yue smiled slightly, I have a classmate working in the hospital. She mentioned that Tengda employees were coming for a physical examination today, and I had rushed over. Amusement Times? Ma Yiqun had some impression of this company. It was a relatively well-known games media company. Its written news and short video segments were both rather popular. If it was ordinary circumstances, Ma Yiqun would definitely accede to the request. However, Tengdas situation was anything but ordinary. Boss Pei had specifically instructed before not to divulge his name or personal details to outsiders and not to say anything about the companys salary packages and benefit schemes! This Journalist Hu Yue had originally called Tengda but had been rejected outright when she had mentioned wanting to conduct an interview. Although she could find where Tengda was locatedsince the company had already rejected her request, she couldnt possibly barge in forcibly, right? That would be too rude. Many other journalists had also been rejected like Hu Yue; they had all given up. However, Hu Yue refused to give up. Coincidentally, she had a friend working in this hospital who knew that Tengda employees were doing physical examinations here. Hu Yue had then rushed here speedily and had actually managed to find one such person. Ma Yiqun decided to abide by Boss Peis rules as he rejected the request. Im sorry; our company has its rules. We cannot divulge anything regarding our boss; we also cannot say anything regarding our compensation and benefits. Youd better look for someone else. Ma Yiqun spoke as he turned to leave. Wait a moment! Hu Yue hurriedly shouted at Ma Yiqun to stop him from leaving. She had, after much difficulty, managed to get her hands on a Tengda employee; she wasnt going to let him go like this! Chapter 126 - Boss Peis Thoughtfulness and Farsightedness Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios You could not divulge anything regarding your boss; you also dont need to talk about specifics regarding compensation. You could use a very vague way to respond! Dont worry; this interview is completely anonymous, and I will speed-write everything down instead of using any recording devices or video footage. Hu Yue seemed to be well-prepared as she took out her notebook and emptied her pockets to indicate she did not have any recording devices on her. Ma Yiqun was a little stunned. Youre a little too into your job, dont you think? As for Tengda? It is but a normal game company; why must you do this interview? Its not! Hu Yue replied seriously, I am interviewing for the sake of the domestic game industrys health and development prospects! Ma Yiqun was a little confused. Ah? What do you mean? 1Hu Yues eyes flashed as she said, If this was an ordinary interview, I could just call it quits. However, Tengda is different! I want to interview Tengda not because of the royalties or remuneration; I hope to prove to the domestic game industry that this kind of good-hearted games company really does exist! Before this, the domestic game industry had always been castigated by players for being rough and slipshod, that they are only thinking about making money via paywalls, lacking in creativity, etc. As a member of the games media, I am also distressed and disgusted by this but was powerless to do anything! However, Tengdas appearance had made me discover a different type of company, one that is very particular about the quality of its games, bold in its creativity, not money-minded, and views games as art! I thought: the internal workings of Tengda must really be different from other companies as well! If I really could finish this interview, it would have a huge impact on the domestic games industry. I hope that Tengda could become a standard-bearer, a model that would guide the domestic games industry to a better tomorrow. I hope that all players who love domestically-produced games would continue to have faith in these games! Ma Yiqun grew silent. Originally, if Hu Yue had wanted to dig up some gossip and do a write-up with a sensational headline, Ma Yiqun would definitely reject her resolutely within hesitation. However, Hu Yues words had touched him. If Tengda could become a model and on a certain level change the entire ethos of the domestic games industry, wouldnt that be a good thing? From this perspective, he should agree to this interview. However, Boss Pei had after all emphasized not to reveal his identity and anything regarding the companys compensation packages. He was in a dilemma. Ma Yiqun thought for a moment, How about this? You can leave me your contact details. Give me one day to think about this. Alright. Hu Yue knew that she could not rush this matter as she handed over her contact details to Ma Yiqun. After thinking for a night, Ma Yiqun still could not make up his mind. He thought about it further and decided to ask for Bao Xus opinion when he reached the office. Although the interview was going to be anonymous, if this matter made Boss Pei unhappy, that would not be good; Ma Yiqun would feel guilty. If he went to ask Boss Pei directly, that would be too abrupt. Bao Xu knew Boss Pei the best; asking for his opinion would be the right thing to do. The morning of the next day, Ma Yiqun found Bao Xu and explained the matter to him simply. Bao Xu considered for a moment and said, I think that you can agree to this interview. Ma Yiqun was a little hesitant. However, hadnt Boss Pei said expressively that we couldnt divulge his identity or any details of the companys compensation packages? Bao Xu shook his head, Dont be so block-headed; you have to try and understand Boss Peis true intentions. Ma Yiqun perked up. Boss Peis true intentions? Indeed, he had asked the right person! Only someone as high and mighty as Bao Xu would be able to understand Boss Peis intentions! If he did as Bao Xu said, he would not go wrong! Bao Xu collected his thoughts as he analyzed, Boss Pei doesnt want us to divulge his identity and not to let others know about Tengdas compensation packages. Regarding this, I had initially thought this to be strange and hard to understand. Who wouldnt want to be famous? However, after slowly thinking about it, I finally understood. Why doesnt Boss Pei want us to divulge his identity? Thats because Boss Pei is a low-profile person. He is a game designer with much charisma; if his identity was made known, perhaps gamers would focus their attention on him and not on the games. Hence, Boss Pei actually wants people to focus on the games he creates and not on him as a person. He doesnt want players to become idiotic fans who chase stars and idols. He hopes that everyone would be able to be removed from his personal charm and charisma to properly and objectively rate and review his games! 2Ma Yiqun suddenly saw the light. I understand now! Its just like what an author had said before. If one ate an egg and felt it tasted good, why was there a need to recognize the mother hen who laid the egg? Bao Xu nodded. Thats right; thats the logic. Yiqun, you are indeed a Chinese Language and Literature student! Ma Yiqun looked a little abashed as he said, Brother Bao is too kind; I had but coincidentally thought about this. It seems as if the true masters are always so humble and prefer to keep a low-profile! And so why doesnt Boss Pei want us to divulge the company benefits and salary packages? Ma Yiqun continued to ask. Bao Xu sighed and said, I feel that Boss Pei is doing this taking into consideration the entire domestic game industry. We all know that Tengdas existing benefits and salary packages are unrivaled. No other games company can come close to Tengda. If all these were made known, what would happen? The entire industry would be shaken, right? Ma Yiqun was a little confused, If that was the case, all the talented people would flock to Tengda; wouldnt that be a good thing? Bao Xu shook his head. Youre looking at this problem one-sided. If Tengda had broken the industry standards and gave employees such good benefits, wouldnt that incur the animosity of other companies? Tengda might become the common target of censure. Although this possibility is not that high, we have to be wary of this. 1Furthermore, once this news is made public, it would have a negative impact on other up-and-coming start-ups and small companies! Although having good benefits is naturally a good thing; not every companys boss is as good as Boss Pei! Companies that give employees lesser benefits might not all be black-hearted; they might indeed be struggling bitterly. Many newly established groups bosses are working overtime together with their employees, toughing it out together. Examples such as this are all around us. Once Tengda announces its benefits to everyoneif other companies that were actually doing okay suddenly broke apart because of this; would this be a good or bad thing?! The general culture and environment of the game industry have to be changed bit by bit. If Tengda set the industry standard so high all of a sudden, it might actually result in a backlash. Ma Yiqun understood. Oh, I understand now; it is just like the story of Zi Gong Ransoming Someone1! Bao Xu was a little bewildered. It was indeed a little trying talking to a Chinese Language and Literature gifted person. Chapter 127 - Im Here to Report Good News! Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Ma Yiqun quickly explained, This is the story in the Analects of Confucius. In summary, it says that if you take a moral standard that everyone would ordinarily be able to achieve and raise it to the extent that the majority of people would not be able to attain it, most people will become deterred from pursuing it. If Tengda Games increases its salary standards and benefits for its employees to such a high extent, the employees of other companies will become affected as well. Slowly, this would affect the environment in the entire game industry. Therefore, on one theory, this would backfire! Bao Xu nodded. Thats right. Although I did not understand your story, that is exactly what it means. If we look at the bigger picture, the entire industry will slowly improve under Tengdas influence in the future. However, its obviously still too early at the moment. We have to take things one bite at a time, one step at a time. Boss Pei must have thought about this as well. That was probably why he hoped to be more low-key about it all, and why he keeps repeating this to us. A realization dawned on Ma Yiqun. So, that was why! Boss Pei was not only being low-key for his own sake; instead, he was showing great foresight. He was considering the development of the entire industry! Well should I turn down the interview? Ma Yiqun asked. Bao Xu, No, you should accept it. Huh? Ma Yiqun was confused. Wouldnt I be acting completely against Boss Peis hopes and expectations? Bao Xu smiled. As long as you do not expose Boss Peis identity or your exact remuneration and benefits, there would be no problem, would there? I feel that there is still a need to do the interview this time, so that we can fulfill Boss Peis requirements completely and make Tengda known! However, we have to be in control of this situation. All in all, you cannot expose the actual terms in our contracts, but you can publicize our mindset and worldview. Ma Yiqun stared at Bao Xu, dazed. Then how should I do that? Bao Xu answered, Boss Pei only said that we were not to expose Tengdas salary structure or treatment of its employees. However, apart from these things, Tengda is commendable in many other aspects! If we can publicize these other aspects, not only would we be fulfilling Boss Peis requests to maintain low-key and not bring too much attention to ourselves, but we would also be getting good publicity for our company. That would be killing two birds with one stone! As a games company, we have to attract talent to join us by making a name for ourselves. I feel like Boss Pei would not frown upon this strategy. Ma Yiqun nodded profusely. I understand, Brother Bao! I will take this interview and do a good job of it! In the office, Pei Qian summoned up the system. Pei Qian read the words on the screen and heaved a long sigh. According to the initial plan, he should be incurring huge losses by now. Pei Qian arranged for all employees to undergo a medical examination and increased their welfare benefits in order to incur this loss. However, Game Designer suddenly reaped profits. Unexpectedly and strangely, Pei Qian had more than one million extra yuan flowing into his account. In just a short time, the loss turned into profit! Whats more, there was still a week to go before settlement. He estimated that there was still more than one million yuan to be earned. In other words, the System Funds would have about three million yuan. According to the profit conversion ratio, after deducting the initial one million yuan from the System Funds, about two million yuan would remain for conversion. Three months, conversion of more than two million yuan. Thats akin to earning about seven thousand yuan per month on average Alright, thats not a small amount. Pei Qian had no choice but to comfort himself in this way. Although the profit conversion ratio was 100:1, he would take as much as he could convert Just as he was thinking about these things, he heard a knock on the door. He looked up and saw Huang Sibo. Boss Pei. Im here to report good news! The third episode of the third season of Boss Peis Daily Life has been posted on Aili Island. Each of the first three episodes had reached about a million views! We dont know the viewership of the first two seasons across the internet. However, considering that only one company has the rights to broadcast our series, we are doing quite well in terms of popularity now! According to our agreement, Aili Island gave us about 530 thousand yuan for last week. The money just came into our account. After all ten episodes are out, I think this number might become three or four times greater! Boss Pei, Ill transfer the money into Tengdas account. Will you portion it? There were pure excitement and joy on Huang Sibos face. He was showing such pride and joy in front of Boss Pei! Although they still had not recovered the one million yuan they poured into the series, they had already made about five hundred thousand yuan thus far. It was more or less certain that they would soon reap in profits. Thus, Huang Sibo could not wait to share this good news with Pei Qian. He wanted to show Boss Peis Daily Life that he had not flushed the one million yuan in the Dream Fund down the drain. Now only had he created this top-class, short video series called Boss Peis Daily Life; but he even managed to reap in profits for it! Pei Qian nodded. En, not bad. Dont be anxious about the money. We have to think about it properly Pei Qians head was still hurting, thinking about the amount of money he had to spend. Now, there was more income. It felt like there was a hole in his roof, and he was going through a downpour lasting several days. 1However, seeing the joy on Huang Sibo, he could not bring himself to frown and look gloomy. He could only try hard to smile encouragingly. Pei Qian quickly did the mental sums. Last week, after publishing the third episode, they earned 530 thousand yuan. This week, they were publishing the fourth episode. He guessed they would earn about seven hundred thousand yuan. Three more episodes were yet to be published after settlement; Pei Qian cast them aside for now. In other words, before settlement, Fei Huang would earn about 1.2 million yuan. Fei Huang Workspace was a subsidiary of Tengda. Pei Qian had full freedom to allocate the money. If he transferred all the revenue into Tengdas account, he would increase the amount of System Funds before settlement by about a million yuan. That meant that after settlement, he would be able to transfer an additional ten thousand yuan or so into his Personal Wealth. However, on second thought, he could not be so short-sighted. Ending up with a profit at the next settlement was almost certain. There was nothing much Pei Qian could do to change that. However, what about the next time? Pei Qian was prepared to learn from all his lessons thus far and incur a loss the next time! 1Now, there was a possibility he would earn ten thousand yuan more. However, that meant that he would have to spend about a million yuan of the System Funds each month for the following months. Wouldnt that be adding more weight to his shoulders? He could not do something so stupid! When the time came and he found that he could not spend a single cent, he would only have himself to blame for making such a reckless decision at this point in time! Pei Qian pondered silently for a moment. Fei Huang Workspaces profit will be split into four parts: 50% would be allocated to daily operations and future development. You and Zhu Xiaoce, the main leaders of the company, would each get 10% of the profits. The other core members will get 10% altogether. The remaining 20% will be handed in. The System would not allow Tengda to refrain from taking a single cent from Fei Huang Workspaces profits. Thus, Pei Qian decided to take the minimum that the System would allow: 20%. He found valid reasons to distribute the remaining 80%. Huang Sibo was shocked. Boss Pei, that would not be right! You cannot do that! Chapter 128 - You Have to Get Out of Your Comfort Zone! Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Huang Sibo already expected Boss Pei to be generous, but he did not think he would be this generous! The two founders were to get 10% of the profits each while the core members of the company get 10% in total. In other words, the money that Pei Qian was rewarding the employees of Fei Huang Workspace with was more than the portion Tengda was taking! Pei Qian raised his hand and said conclusively, Thats decided, then. Not only that, but all of you must also get an increase in your salary. You cannot take any less of your base salary! Seeing Boss Peis determined gaze, Huang Sibo could only reply, Alright, Boss Pei. Is there anything else? Pei Qian could not wait to get rid of Huang Sibo. Youve cheated me twice in a row, and I still have to smile at you. How annoying! Oh, thats right, Boss Pei. Were thinking about filming the fourth season of Boss Peis Daily Life. Do you think? Huang Sibos intentions were clear. He was hoping that Pei Qian would continue starring in it! After all, they only signed a contract to film three seasons back then. Pei Qian became alert at once. Film the fourth season? Youre daydreaming! We cannot film anymore! Zhu Xiaoce had already proven his talent. Even after filming three seasons, he was full of good ideas. Even the quality of the videos was extremely stable. If they filmed the fourth season, they would profit for sure! Thinking of this, Pei Qian shook his head. I wont star in it anymore. I only decided to help out for the first three seasons because you were just starting out. Now that Fei Huang Workspace has stabilized, I wont take part in the filming anymore; I have a lot of work to do. Pei Qian rejected the offer with a very valid reason. Huang Sibo could not help but feel moved. Thats right. Boss Pei has been so busy; hes been creating new games, worrying about the internet cafe, and even filming for us! Boss Pei was just helping out on account of the fact that we were just getting started with the company! He was only taking a bit of remuneration symbolically. To Boss Pei, this income was just a petty sum. Still, Boss Pei finished filming all three seasons for their sake. He even dedicated his high-quality acting skills to it. This was the reason why Boss Peis Daily Life could become so popular! It would really be difficult for them to return the favor! However, while he felt moved, Huang Sibo also felt worried. But Boss Pei, without you acting in this series, the series would lose its soul Huang Sibo looked very worried. Without Boss Pei, where would they find someone else suitable to play the role? Pei Qian shook his head. That kind of thinking is not right. You have to get out of your comfort zone. Huang Sibo blinked. Get out of my comfort zone? Pei Qian patted him lightly on the shoulder. Keep filming the fourth season, and you can make a profit for sure. But dont forget; what did I give you that one million yuan for? Its a Dream Fund! Does your dream end here? Was your dream just to film a short video series and reach a million views? Get out of your comfort zone. Keep challenging yourself. This is the meaning behind the Dream Fund! Keep dreaming, keep going! A realization dawned on Huang Sibo. I understand, Boss Pei! Thank you for your guidance! Huang Sibo left, filled with hope. Pei Qian heaved a sigh of relief. Hu finally, he lied his way out of it. If he filmed the fourth season of Boss Peis Daily Life, and he ended up earning more than two million yuan for it, he would not be able to handle it! Now, he wanted Huang Sibo and Zhu Xiaoce to get out of their comfort zone and work on a new project. He wanted them to start from scratch! This way, for the next two or three months, you wouldnt earn money and bother me anymore Pei Qian leaned back on his chair and heaved a long sigh. It was very difficult being the boss Not long after Huang Sibo left, Pei Qian heard another knock on the door. Assistant Xin was holding a thick pile of health reports. Boss Pei, the detailed health reports are out. According to your instructions, I am handing them to you for you to take a look first. Alright, set it down. Pei Qian randomly picked up a health report to scan through it. En so complicated; I dont understand this. Assistant Xin, can you give me a summary of health reports? This was the benefit of having an assistant. He could just ask her whenever he did not understand something. Assistant Xin was prepared. On the whole, the outcome of the medical examination is good. About 70% of our companys employees are showing signs of being sub-healthy. The more common problems include gastric problems, mild fatty liver, mild obesity, high blood pressure, and high blood lipids. A small portion of our employees have more serious health problems. They need medical treatment. Zhou Pengs condition is the most serious of them. He has a benign tumor, and he needs to undergo an operation. However, there are quite low risks involved. En? A minor operation? Pei Qians eyes suddenly lit up. How much would this operation cost? Assistant Xin replied, Were not sure yet. I think itll cost at least twenty to thirty thousand. Boss Pei, dont worry. Our companys employees are mostly still young. Their average age is less than 27, and they are mostly in good health. Some of their problems can be worked around with some minor adjustments. Their work will not be affected. Seeing Pei Qian in deep thought, Assistant Xin thought that he was worried about his employees health. Pei Qian was indeed in deep thought. However, he was not worried about his employees health. He had just found a new avenue to spend money! He could no longer salvage the situation for this week. Pei Qian could not think of a way to spend all the two million yuan in the System Funds in such a short period, without violating the rules. Yet, how about next week? Next week, Pei Qian would have more money trees than just Ghost General and Ocean Stronghold; he would also have Game Designer. There would be three money trees generating a stable income for him! This made the burden on Pei Qians shoulders even heavier. If he wanted to lose money, he would be under a lot more pressure! Thus, Pei Qian had to think of a way to dig a new spring; he had to find a new avenue to spend his money. Pei Qian realized that the fastest way to spend money at this point was to give his employees benefits. Other ways of spending were paling in comparison to that. As the saying went: there is strength in numbers. Tengda had more than fifty employees now. If he gave each of them ten thousand yuan, he would be spending five hundred thousand yuan at one shot. What if he had five hundred employees? If he gave each of them ten thousand yuan, wouldnt he be spending five million yuan at one go? Thus, on the pretext of recruiting more employees, he could spend more money distributing employee benefits and multiply his overall expenses! Take the shopping gift cards as an example; he gave a gift card to each employee and set a limit to their spending. That was a good idea. Now, after organizing for each employee to take a medical examination that cost 3,200 yuan; Pei Qian had just found another avenue for spending! In his heart, Pei Qian asked the System, What requirements are there for work injury expenses? A line of words appeared on the screen: Pei Qians eyes lit up. It was impossible for his employees to become disabled in the course of work. Pei Qian was running a games company, not a construction company. Everyone was seated at their desks all day, typing away on their keyboards. How could they become disabled from doing that? However, based on what the System was saying, any injury they suffered in the course of working would be considered a work injury! This included carpal tunnel syndrome, lumbar muscle degeneration, slipped discs, gastrointestinal problems All of these would count as work injuries, wouldnt they? Pei Qian was beginning to feel like every cloud had a silver lining. He was overjoyed! This was the benefit of allowing everyone to undergo a medical examination! If he could take all of these minor problems as work injuries and spend thousands of yuan on each person, wouldnt he be able to spend about two to three hundred thousand yuan more? Of course, this sum of money was insignificant given Pei Qians current situation. It would not improve his situation by much more. If he was going to have more than two million yuan left, what was the point of spending two to three hundred thousand yuan? Still, this was a new train of thought! Chapter 129 - This is a Work Injury! He only had about fifty employees now, but he could expect to spend two to three hundred thousand yuan. If he had more than five hundred employees, wouldnt he be spending two to three million yuan? Now, the most urgent thing to do was to test the boundaries of the System. He had to see exactly where the limits lay if he wanted to compensate his employees for the work injuries they sustained. Once he could be sure of the boundaries, he could start recruiting huge batches of employees. Then, wouldnt he be able to plan for large-scale expenses? This was the meaning of the saying, efforts today will bring long-lasting benefit! Tell everyone to gather at the conference room at three in the afternoon for a meeting. Pei Qian pondered for a couple of seconds and added, Call Ma Yang and Huang Sibo over as well. The Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and Fei Huang Workspace all belonged to Tengda. The employees there could enjoy the same benefits as well. However, it did not make sense to ask everyone to come over. Asking Ma Yang and Huang Sibo to come over as representatives would be good enough. At three in the afternoon, in the conference room Everyone was confused; nobody knew why they were being called to the conference room. Could Pei Qian be thinking of starting on a new project already? However, when they saw Huang Sibo and Ma Yang present as well, they decided that this was unlikely. If Pei Qian wanted to start on a new project, he would not need these two to be present, would he? Assistant Xin distributed the health reports to each person. Pei Qian sat at his seat, waiting for everyone to get their health report back. Actually, after the medical examination, most people already had a rough idea of what kind of ailments they were suffering. This detailed health report only clarified the exact numbers and data. Pei Qian looked around the room, his expression somber. Ive already looked at everyones health reports. The situation is not great. Youre all neglecting your health! I already told all of you not to work extra hours. How could there still be so much occupational disease? Pei Qian looked sincerely distressed. Everyone felt stumped. They looked down at their own health reports. There was no big problem there. Blood pressures were slightly high, livers were mildly fatty, they were slightly overweight, some people had carpal tunnel Werent those problems that most people suffered? Yet, why did Boss Pei make it sound like they were going to die soon? Werent they still alive and kicking? Pei Qian turned to Bao Xu. Bao Xu, you have gastric problems, right? It must be because youve been working long hours and eating irregular meals! This is an obvious work injury. Go and seek treatment. Whatever your medical insurance does not cover will be paid for by the company! Assistant Xin, go back and speak to the hospital; get him the best treatment plan available! Assistant Xin nodded. Yes, Boss Pei. Bao Xu was stunned. The best treatment plan? I just have gastric problems, and I get indigestion if I eat too much. What kind of best treatment plan is there? Should he consume huge numbers of digestive pills? As for the others, like Ma Yiqun! Your gastric is not great either, right? Youll get the same benefits. Pei Qian suddenly turned back to look at Bao Xus receding hairline as well. I almost forgot. Bao Xu, youre suffering severe hair loss! This must also be because youve been having late nights. Its considered a work injury! Go back to the hospital and see if you can salvage your hairline! Huang Sibo, you have to do something about your mild fatty liver as well. Whats more, you have a lot of oil on your face, and you dont look too good. You must be tired. This is considered a work injury! Facial problems like this can ruin the company image. Go and do a facial as soon as you can. The company will pay for it. Huang Sibo was just about to explain that his face was oily because he had forgotten to wash his face before coming here, but Pei Qian turned to someone else. Xiao Lu, I checked your health report. You have chronic pharyngitis! This must be because youve overworked yourself when recording all the narrations earlier! Dont worry. This is a work injury. You need the best treatment plan. The company will cover all costs! Many people also have carpal tunnel, right? That would affect your work productivity. Get it fixed as soon as you can! Zhou Peng, your problem is the most serious of all. You have a tumor, and you need an operation. Dont worry; whatever isnt covered by your medical insurance would be paid for by the company. This must be a work injury because of overworking. Take these few days to deal with the problem and then recover as soon as possible, alright? After Pei Qian finished speaking, everyone turned to look at Zhou Peng. Xiao Zhou, you have a tumor? Why didnt you say so earlier?! Thats right. How could you deal with such a big problem on your own? Xiao Zhou, dont worry. All of us are behind you, supporting you! When will you start the treatment? Do you have to stay in the hospital? We will visit you regularly! Xiao Zhou looked slightly awkward. He blushed and said, I actually, it makes no difference whether I remove this benign tumor of mine in the short-term. Theres not much impact Whats more, I think this tumor is called a hamartoma. Its only a bit bigger than five millimeters. If it were below four millimeters, even the hospitals would not bother dealing with it Everyone exchanged confused looks. A benign tumor? Then why did Boss Pei look so serious? They thought that Xiao Zhou was dying! Didnt benign tumors just have to be removed? Most of the time, they would not recur. Whats more, werent all the ailments mentioned before this considered common? There was no need to act like they were dealing with some horrifying enemy, right? As if realizing that everyone had questions in their mind, Pei Qian maintained a serious expression and knocked on the table. Everyone, watch your attitudes. Your bodies are not your own. Employees are the assets of the company! As Tengdas employees, your health makes a difference whether our company can continue operating or not. Since youve already signed your contracts for work, the company must take responsibility for your health. Ma Yang and Huang Sibo, go back and keep watch on the health of your employees in the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and Fei Huang Workspace. Manage them using the same standards that I am managing you all. These words were powerful and final. Everyone was stunned. Employees were the assets of the company. That was why their health was not just their own, but the companys. They had to be healthy in order to finish their jobs well. that sounded very logical. However, Boss Peis logic seemed strange. Something was amiss. Theres more. Pei Qian scanned each employee in the room and continued, The medical examination revealed so many work injuries this time. I feel guilty. This means that I have not done well in assigning jobs to each of you. I have not been caring for your physical well-being enough. I have to make it up to all of you. Next, I will tell you about the new benefits our company will be offering. First, about work injuries: any health issue related to your work will be considered a work injury. Claim for medical insurance first, and any expense not covered by medical insurance will be paid for by the company according to the limit we set. You will be notified of this exact limit in time to come. Pei Qian was not giving full details because he did not know how much the System would allow him to pay out. For example, if a certain employee had cancer and needed to spend hundreds of thousands of yuan on treatment, a portion of this could be said to be caused by work. However, it would be quite ridiculous to pay for everything as if it were a work injury. Pei Qian doubted that the System would allow it. Thus, Pei Qian stipulated that employees were to report work injuries first once they discovered them. Pei Qian would then find out how much he could pay out (this would be based on the upper limit that the System allowed) Pei Qian pondered for a while and then added, The bodies of all employees are the assets of the company. If you discover a problem, you cannot hide it. Understand? Apart from this, Assistant Xin, give each employee a one-year membership card for the gym. Every month, buy eight private training sessions for each employee as well. Everybody must go to the gym twice a week! In Jingzhou, one-year gym memberships cost about two thousand yuan; and each private training session cost about two hundred yuan. Eight private training sessions cost about 1,600 yuan in total. That would amount to twenty thousand yuan in a year. However, he could not pay out this lump sum at one go. The System only allowed him to make one purchase each month. Whats more, the highest number of private training sessions he could purchase each month was ten. Based on his calculations, this meant that he would be able to spend about two hundred thousand yuan more each month on the gym. There is also the problem of diet. Many of our employees suffer from gastrointestinal problems. This is mainly because of the food you eat. Ma Yang, hasnt Fish-Catching Internet Cafe employed a good chef? Hire two more. Prepare good meals every afternoon and deliver them to the office. The company will take care of the meals! Each day, when you get to work, come together and decide what food you would like to eat for lunch. Of course, take note of nutrition as well. Ma Yang and Zhang Yuan will be in charge of this. Ma Yang quickly nodded. Alright, Boss Pei! Ma Yang had been feeling depressed recently. Game Designer was making money, and so was Boss Peis Daily Life. However, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe was still incurring a loss of about three hundred thousand yuan each month. How could he not be depressed? He felt useless! Now that there was a chance for him to perform, he was going to cherish it. Theres more. In order to ensure that every employee has good health, we have to recruit a nutritionist! Assistant Xin, take note of this. Go back and look for a suitable person to recruit. As Pei Qian briefed the employees about these things, he kept an eye on the Systems response. The System did not object to anything; that meant that everything was accepted. After making these arrangements, Pei Qian joyfully discovered that he had just spent about five hundred thousand yuan! Of course, he was still a long way from incurring a loss However, he was taking things in his stride. Although he would get five thousand yuan less after conversion, there was a meaning behind it all! He had already paved a new way of spending money under the System. He had fifty employees, and so he could spend five hundred thousand yuan. If he had five hundred employees, wouldnt he be able to spend five million yuan? He was doing all of these to build a firm foundation for incurring losses in the future! Alright, thats all for today. Be dismissed, everyone! Pei Qian stood up and left the conference room, feeling satisfied with himself. Although the game was over for this week, his future was looking very bright! The other people in the conference room were stunned into silence. They were moved! Where in the world would they find another boss who prioritized his employees health over anything else?! This was unbelievable! Many people felt a newfound respect for Pei Qian as they watched him leave the room. Boss Pei was a good boss indeed. He always sacrificed in silence, without showing off. He did not act like other rich men who said they took their employees as family and made a show of doing charity. Werent those people obviously doing it for the sake of their own reputation? Boss Pei was entirely different. He was doing all of this purely out of love for his employees. He had no plans to tell the media about these things at all. Was this the generosity of a big boss? They could only describe their feelings in one way: they had the deepest admiration for a man with high morals! Ma Yiqun silently made up his mind. He had already arranged for an interview with Hu Yue the next day. Although he could not expose Boss Peis true identity or the exact benefits he enjoyed while working for Tengda, there was still a lot more that he could say. He had to do a good job of the interview this time, so that Tengdas spirit would be known to the masses! Chapter 130 - Interview! April 20th After work, Ma Yiqun quietly went to the small cafe next to the office and met Hu Yue for the interview. Hu Yue took out the shorthand notes she made in the morning. They had already agreed beforehand not to expose any video material and not to expose Ma Yiquns true name and identity. Although this would greatly discount the reliability of the interview, Hu Yue was very satisfied. This was because she could interview an employee of Tengda and catch a glimpse of the tip of the iceberg of this up-and-coming company. Hu Yue even discovered that she was slightly nervous. After calming herself down, she recapped the important questions in her head. She had only decided on these questions late into last night after much thought. The two reached a common understanding: First, they were not to reveal the true name and identity of the companys boss. Second, Hu Yue could not ask about the exact benefits and remuneration the employees of the company got. Thus, Hu Yue was prepared to avoid both of these points. Dont be nervous. I am a professional journalist. Please trust my professionalism. An outstanding journalist would surely be able to allow the conversation to develop smoothly and naturally. He would be so good that even the interviewee would not notice any break in the rhythm of the interview. All you have to do is to coordinate with me. Hu Yue sounded extremely confident. Ma Yiqun nodded. Let us begin, then. First of all, I want to ask how long you have been with Tengda, and what your job scope is. Dont worry, I will not write your actual position in the manuscript. I just want to roughly understand what youre in charge of in the company. That would make it easier for me to ask questions about the industry and work. Hu Yue picked up her notebook and prepared herself to take notes. Ma Yiqun pondered for a moment and answered truthfully, I joined Tengda about a month ago. My main job scope is to learn. Hu Yue was in the midst of furiously writing notes, but she paused suddenly. His main job scope was to learn? Could you tell me more? Ma Yiqun nodded. Tengda Games is very different from other games companies. Here at Tengda Games, we do high-quality design work. New people have no right to assist or do work. We can only watch and learn! Whats more, this learning period would extend over a long time. I am under great pressure every day. I need to learn the initial thought process behind the game from Boss Pei and the way that the seniors contemplate and draw conjectures from this thought process. Speaking of this makes me feel guilty; until now, I am making very slow progress. Until now, I still cannot understand even a fraction of what Boss Pei does. I still need to ask my seniors before I can understand Boss Peis thought process. Hu Yue was shocked. She quickly recorded these answers down. Even employees who worked for half a year in other companies could only watch and learn in this company. One could only imagine how terrifying the standard in this company was! Speaking of which, the boss in this company was recruiting employees and paying them a salary each month to watch and learn. Not every company had such power and abilities! There was so much more to behold; this was only the beginning! Calm down, I am a professional journalist! Hu Yue calmed her own emotions and moved on to the next topic. Lets talk about Game Designer, the newest game that just became extremely hot. This game made use of performance art-style marketing. Was that a strategy that your company thought of from the beginning? Ma Yiqun shook his head. No. Actually, all of us were kept in the dark. Up until the company gathering, all of us were still worrying about the games prospects. Boss Pei decided from the start that he would employ performance art-style marketing. He kept this from everyone in the office. When the sales of the game hit an all-time low and when we were all desperate, the sales suddenly picked up; and we achieved a great comeback! Speaking of it makes me guilty again. We did not do anything to help. Hu Yues eyes lit up. This was one valuable company; he was one valuable boss! Can you tell me more about your Boss Pei? Hu Yue was writing furiously in her notebook. Ma Yiquns expression turned into one of deep admiration and respect. Boss Pei is a talented designer. Sometimes, Boss Pei would give us several simple pointers and directions. Once we follow them, we would be able to produce excellent games. Ocean Stronghold is one example. Sometimes, Boss Pei would do the work on his own. He would have many requirements for the details, and he would polish the game with his own efforts until it became outstanding. That was what happened for Game Designer. Whats more, Boss Pei has a very unique and charming personality. Countless elites would be drawn to him, wanting to work with him. The great artist-Ruan Guangjianand the top-class content creator-Teacher Qiaoare all good friends that Boss Pei has made. Their friendship is not contaminated by any selfish interest! Boss Pei is a lonely prodigy. His understanding surpasses our generation. Thats why hes always misunderstood by people. However, Boss Pei does not mind this. Again and again, he exceeds himself. Hu Yue was taking all of this down as quickly as she could. Although Ma Yiqun was singing beautiful praises of Boss Pei and one might think that he was sucking up to his boss, Hu Yue knew very well that this was highly unlikely. This was because it was an anonymous interview! From the start, both of them had already agreed that Hu Yue would not expose Ma Yiquns identity or position in the manuscript for the interview. Even if Ma Yiquns high praises of Boss Pei reached the latters ears, the latter would not know who he was. There was no incentive. Thus, all of these represented Ma Yiquns honest thoughts! Hu Yue could not help but feel moved. She rarely met such a harmonious boss-and-employee duo. Out of a hundred points, how many points would you give your boss, Boss Pei? Hu Yue asked. Without any hesitation, Ma Yiqun answered, Two hundred points! Perhaps some bosses in this world would be able to achieve ninety points by giving their employees good overtime pay, employee welfare, and the like. But Boss Pei can achieve two hundred points! Boss Pei is generous toward every employee. He cares for our health and does not hold back when spending on us. However, according to the seniors in the company, Boss Pei is very strict with himself. One might even say he is extremely thrifty!Read more chapter on novelhall.com I can only say that before I came to Tengda if someone had told me that a boss like Boss Pei exists, I would never believe him! Of course, if people tell me now that there is another boss like Boss Pei in this world, I would still not believe them! Hu Yue continued to take these answers down in her notebook. Just hearing these answers moved her. She was finding it hard to control his own emotions. It was almost as if Ma Yiqun had infected her! From Ma Yiquns words, Hu Yue could sense the immense admiration and gratefulness Tengdas employees felt towards Boss Pei. She could also vaguely imagine Boss Peis noble and illuminating image Hu Yue looked down at the notes in her notebook and felt satisfaction at what she gained from this interview. Once this interview was edited and published, it would be explosive for sure! Finally, lets talk about Boss Pei. Game Designer has caused many people to think that this was Boss Peis personal experience. As a designer, did Boss Pei experience these setbacks as well? Was that why he could infuse such deep meaning and sentiment into the game? Chapter 131 - Entering the Mysterious Tengda Games Hu Yue felt that now that the interview had entered this stage, it was time to raise the bar for ones thinking and imagination! For such a talented designer like Boss Pei, he must not have had it smooth-sailing all the time. If not, how could he have been able to so accurately describe a content creators predicament in Game Designer, resonating with so many? However, Ma Yiqun scratched at the hairs on his head, I dont think so. Ah? Hu Yue was shocked. Ma Yiqun said, As far as I know, Boss Pei has not seemed to have experienced any setbacks; he has always been rather smooth-sailing The Lonely Desert Road, Ghost General, Ocean Stronghold, and Game Designer Boss Pei had only done these four games, and all of them have been a roaring success. So if you ask me if Boss Pei had actually managed to design this game because he resonated with it, I am actually not very sure. However, I am very sure that other designers and developers have experienced those trials and tribulations While Boss Pei hasnt. Hu Yue, Was this what a genius was like? Just like those admirable and great reformers in history. Although they were in high positions and had smooth-going lives, they had actually managed to feel the pain and agony the lower strata of society felt. This was a very powerful quality! One last question The short video series Boss Peis Daily Life that had gained popularity on the internet; it seemed to have used some of Tengda Games material. Could I ask if Tengda had collaborated with this short video series on this? Ma Yiqun nodded. En, actually all this could be found out if you investigated. Boss Peis Daily Life is a production of Fei Huang Workspace while Fei Huang Workspace is Tengdas subsidiary. Hu Yues eyes lit up. No wonder! That means that one of the reasons why this short video series had gained in fame has to do with the fact that it adapts some of Boss Peis personal life experiences, right? Ma Yiqun hesitated, Im sorry; I cant comment on this. I might actually divulge some information regarding Boss Pei. Boss Pei is a very low-profile person. He hopes that gamers could pay more attention to the games that he creates; he doesnt want them to chase him like fans go after their idols. He doesnt want them to lose objectivity regarding his games. Although she didnt get the answer she wanted, Hu Yue wasnt angry; she actually smiled. Although she did not have cold, hard statistics; this had all in all been a rather extraordinary interview! Indeed, only with such special employees, such a special boss-could they have created such a special game, right? Amusement Times, Jingzhou City division Although it was a games media company that the entire country knew about-as the Amusement Times Jingzhou City division was just a normal worksite, its set-up was rather normal. Only three journalists, two editors, and a chief editor were stationed here. Even its office was in a co-working space. The editor looked at the draft Hu Yue had sent as he was stunned. Little Hu, you are a veteran journalist; why is it you have submitted just a piece? Without a source, without pictures and footage, without other supporting evidence. You also cant even divulge a little about the target of the interview? We are not some road-side small media outlet. This piece even if I gave the go-ahead, the chief editor wouldnt This editor was now nursing a headache. Hu Yue had just wanted to explain when the chief editor Brother Zhao had already rushed over. Little Hu, are you done with the draft? The editor hurriedly handed the draft to the chief editor. Brother Zhao, this draft She hadnt even finished speaking when the chief editor slapped his thigh and said, Good! Great job, Little Hu! The editor, Brother Zhao hurriedly read the news draft. Little Hu, you are really good at adapting and striking the iron when its hot; you deserve commendation! All the domestic players in the country now are very curious about Tengda. Although this piece might not be that substantiated, I trust in Little Hus professional integrity; the reliability is rather high! Lets get a move on this and release it to create a new hot topic. Who knows? We might be able to hold our heads high up to headquarters after this! Lets release this as it is! Two days later, a news article appeared on Amusement Timess official site. It soon was carried by all the established games media outlets! Getting a closer look at the mysterious Tengda Games: the domestic games industry Utopia! Hu Yues piece had not mentioned Ma Yiqun even once; she did not even state she had interviewed a Tengda employee. She had started her piece by referencing the very popular Game Designer and Boss Peis Daily Life before diving into all the content Ma Yiqun had provided her! Accompanying the game called The Lonely Desert Road, Tengdas name had steadily become well-known among the domestic gaming community. In less than a year, Tengda Games had consecutively released four games. They were a standalone game, a card game, an FPS game, and a standalone metagame. Tengda Games had used a powerful and unconstrained imagination and a bold creative spirit to win the praises of official games platforms. It is now seen as the new standard-bearer for the domestic games industry! Today, Amusement Times will help everyone unveil the mysterious Tengda Games; to let everyone have a peek at this up-and-coming games company! In any case, Tengda Games is a company that has a strict requirement for new employees; it also dares to be bold in using new hires. It is a company that dares to innovate and also one that emphasizes the importance of imparting skills and knowledge. As Tengdas chief creator and lead designer the Boss Pei in Boss Peis Daily Life, not only does he have a calling for designing but is also extremely adept at game publicity. He has a unique charisma that attracts countless talent to him, wanting to work with him. However, he is also a lonely prodigy. His understanding surpasses our generation. Hence, he is always misunderstood by people. He treats his employees generously while he is rather thrifty himself. This place is where dreams take off; this is Tengda Games, the Utopia of the domestic games industry! Not long after this article was released, all established media outlets started to carry and forward it! This actually was a little unprofessional; after all, this piece wasnt substantiated. It did not have a source, any pictures; it didnt even have any supporting evidence. This was a standard article without substantiation. However, all the media outlets were still furiously forwarding and carrying this piece. Furthermore, netizens also started to comment and debate this! The crux was that any piece on Tengda was very rare! Since Ghost General and Ocean Stronghold, Tengda was already considered a rather famous game developer. However, a veil of secrecy enshrouded the company, and it had never appeared clearly in front of players before. In the eyes of many insiders in the industry, this company called Tengda was also full of mysteries. Even many Jingzhou City-based games companies knew nothing about this company. Although this was an article without any pictures and just words-as Amusement Times was after all a known games media outlet domestically, it had a certain amount of reliability to it. That was how this article had exploded! It is praising Tengda nonstop! It feels as if this mysterious boss of Tengda had become the hope of the domestic games industry. Could it be that Amusement Times had also started to do sponsored partnerships? That cant be. If it was a sponsored partnership, why dont they put some pictures or other things? This ambiguous writing it doesnt seem like a sponsored partnership, right? Why are you guys concerned about this? We should debate the reliability of this article, right? Which industry big boss that knows something can confirm how much of this is true? I think that the phrase his understanding surpasses our generation is a little exaggerating; as for treats his employees generously while he is rather thrifty himself, I dont believe this! However, to say that Game Designer surpassed our generation; that isnt wrong, right? I am a Tengda internal employee; I can verify that these are all true! I am the boss of a dumpling shop across the street from Tengda. Tengda employees always come to my shop to eat dumplings. I can confirm that these are true! I am the security guard of the office building next to the one Tengda is in; I can verify this as well! Ill give you guys a nugget; have you guys seen Boss Peis Daily Life? Thats right, the person acting as Boss Pei is actually the real boss of Tengda! Why is the acting in Boss Peis Daily Life so good? Thats because the boss himself is acting in it! This is getting a little absurd. You sucky netizens are letting your mouths run wild! I dont believe Tengdas boss is so young. Thats right. This seems to be an insult to my intelligence! However, most of the things in the article are probably real; Ill go and take a look at Boss Peis Daily Life again! Ill go to Boss Peis Daily Lifes video page and publicize Game Designer; everyone, remember to tag along and press on the like button! Chapter 132 - The True Right-Hand Man! Fish-Catching Internet Cafe Pei Qian sat in the coffee area as he drank a dry martini that Zhang Yuan had just mixed. Although he wasnt appearing that sad, his eyes carried his dejection. In the sparse internet cafe, Boss Pei was just like a firefly in the night; he stood out that much. Zhang Yuan and Ma Yang hid behind the counter as they softly discussed. What should we do? Has Boss Pei come to punish and denounce us? Brother Ma, you are on great terms with Boss Pei; you have to find a way to settle this Ma Yangs face grew very serious. However, he carried a certain determination in him. Dont worry. Ill take care of this; Ill bear full responsibility! If it came to that, even if you cant remain here in this internet cafe, based on my relationship with Brother Qian; I can definitely find somewhere else for you to go. Aye, however, to be honest; we have indeed been a little disgraceful this time. Huang Sibo had actually managed to film such a sensational series of short videos. Whats more, even the game Lu Mingliang led had resulted in a roaring success! Only we are still bleeding money. This feeling sucks! Zhang Yuan said a little begrudgingly, Brother Ma, its not that Im shirking responsibility. However, we have indeed tried to explore different ways and means; however, Boss Pei had always rejected our ideas. Ma Yang shook his head, You cant think like that. Brother Qian is thinking more long-term. As for our ideas of reducing prices and promoting sales; those are things that would damage our reputation. Hence, Brother Qian had not agreed to them. At the end of the day, we are inept. We had not managed to abide by Brother Qians thinking to find a good way to realize profits. Look at Huang Sibo. Although I have also felt that he isnt that much more brilliant than me, he had indeed done a splendid job this time. Brother Qian didnt allow them to accept low-class and low-paid sponsored partnerships as that would spoil their reputation. They actually managed to make the first two seasons of the videos out of love without looking forward to gaining from it while Aili Island had then gotten the exclusive rights for the third season. They had managed to make a killing all of a sudden! We are just lacking in that. Zhang Yuan nodded, Brother Ma, youre right. If we think this way, then theres no one else to blame but me. Ay, you cant say that. The primary responsibility lies on me. Ma Yang shook his head. You have given your all to help me, taking on three jobs at once. Sometimes, you will also pay attention to the finances of this internet cafe; its very hard on you. Zhang Yuan was feeling a little sad. It seemed that the good days of earning three salaries at once were about to come to an end. The internet cafe was bleeding money profusely; Boss Pei was definitely going to say he wanted to restructure the internet cafe. When that happened and personnel changes happened and it was the time to appropriate blame, as Ma Yang had a strong relationship with Boss Pei, that meant that Zhang Yuan was going to bear the blame for everything Ma Yang and Zhang Yuan were now very uneasy and apprehensive. Finally, Ma Yang steeled his heart as he walked towards Pei Qian. Pei Qian drank his martini as he looked at the street outside through the glass wall. In his vision, the system screen had appeared. Dejected! He had already spent all the money he could while he had given so many benefits to his employees. He really didnt have any other ideas. Looking at the System Funds increasing rapidly, Pei Qian could only be resigned to his fate. However, on the bright side, every time the System Funds increased now, his Personal Wealth would grow as well. At a rate of 100:1. As he couldnt generate losses anymore, this was considered a small win Pei Qian could only comfort himself like this. As he was feeling melancholic, Ma Yang came over. Brother Qian, I know that you are very conflicted about this. However, since you have given the internet cafe to me to manage, all the losses should be on me! I can resign and take responsibility. However, Zhang Yuan is really someone with talent; you must continue to use him heavily! Ma Yang looked very agitated, like a general in ancient dynasty times who had lost a war and wanted to be sentenced to death-albeit in a different format. Pei Qian was confused. He wanted to take the blame and resign? Was he messing with me? Dont! My only hope now is in you! Pei Qian hurriedly put his glass down as he pulled a chair next to him. Old Ma, sit. Why are you suddenly thinking of quitting? Ma Yang looked very embarrassed as he said, Brother Qian, the internet cafe isnt doing well thats on me. I know this very well. Although we are solid friends, we cant let me continue to cripple this business. Please criticize me! Pei Qian hurriedly raised his hand to ask Ma Yang to stop talking. Old Ma, what are you talking about? I actually want to commend you! With you and Zhang Yuan helping me keep an eye on this internet cafeamong everyone, I am actually most happy with you guys. You guys have not let me down either! I have told you that although the internet cafe is still incurring losses, this internet cafe project is actually much more important than the other two! I need to take the time to commend you properly! Ma Yang was a little flabbergasted. He looked at Pei Qians expression intently; Pei Qian didnt seem to be kidding. He was genuine and earnest! Pei Qian was afraid Ma Yang would misunderstand as he gestured at Zhang Yuan frantically to call him over. These two were now his only remaining right-hand men! Originally, Pei Qian had thought that Bao Xu and Huang Sibo would live up to his expectations. However, he had now realized the two had deceived him! At the end of the day, he really could only rely on his brother! Pei Qian thought about it deeply. From the moment he had received the system and since he had founded Tengda, he had not successfully made a loss once! The only exception was Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. Furthermore, it had managed to generate losses successfully due to Ma Yang! The others were too good at twisting Pei Qians words and intentions. Huang Sibo and Bao Xu had misinterpreted Pei Qians intentions and had actually made Ocean Strongholdwhich Pei Qian had been sure to flunk-into Cross Fire; how could Pei Qian stand that? However, Ma Yang was different. Whatever Pei Qian said, Ma Yang would seriously carry his orders. This was exactly what Pei Qian needed the most now! Pei Qian looked at Ma Yang with an expression filled with warmth. This was a flame that he had managed to preserve! Pei Qian had actually started to lose all hope in incurring losses; however, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe had rekindled that hope in him. A Fish-Catching Internet Cafe could successfully generate three hundred thousand in losses monthly while the initial capital of three million could not be recouped as well.Read more chapter on novelhall.com What about ten Fish-Catching Internet Cafes? As long as he kept on opening chain stores, wouldnt he be able to make as many losses as he wanted? Hence, Pei Qian looked at Ma Yang with a renewed warmth and passion. Ma Yang and Zhang Yuan had evidently felt this as well. Boss Peis expression wasnt right. He really seemed to not be criticizing them but actually wanted to reward them? The two were a little confused. However, they finally managed to feel more at ease now. Pei Qian looked at Ma Yang and then Zhang Yuan, You guys have done a good job; you must continue like this! Next month, I want to open other Fish-Catching Internet Cafes in other places within Jingzhou City. Prepare yourselves. Until now, it has been a trial run; the real battle is coming! Chapter 133 - Boss Pei’s Strategy to Mislead the Enemy! Ma Yang was a little stunned; his eyes then welled up. Brother Qian, even though things had deteriorated to this stage you still trust me. I really Pei Qian patted Ma Yangs shoulder and then looked at Zhang Yuan. Remember, I always have high hopes for you two; that has not changed! So what if we made losses of three hundred thousand monthly? This is peanuts! Tengda is now a big company, and theres no point in having so much money lying around. It needs to be put into good use! I will repeat this again: Fish-Catching Internet Cafe is an important step for Tengda Corporation. I look at this project very highly, and so I have tasked it to you two. You two can now forget about profits completely. You cannot lower the fees that we are charging. All you have to do is maintain the status quo, understand? Ma Yang, dont think about the three hundred thousand. Even if its three million or thirty million, as long as you honestly follow my instructions, no matter how much you might lose; I will not frown even once! Rest assured and be bold. Ill say this again: no matter how much loss you guys make, Ill take care of it! Pei Qian looked at the uneasy employees in the internet cafe. It is the same for you guys. I dont want you guys to have any emotional burdens. I will guarantee here and now that no matter how much loss Fish-Catching Internet Cafe makes, I will never retrench any one of you brothers! All my brothers working in this internet cafe will all get an across-the-board thirty-percent raise. I hope that everyone will continue to be filled with passion and give the best possible service to each customer! Next month, we will actually be opening new internet cafes in Jingzhou City. When that happens, all of you will have the chance to become a branch manager at the new outlets! Pei Qians words were filled with fervor and excitement that it made everyones morale shoot through the roof. The few servers eyes lit up! Across-the-board raise! Furthermore, branches were going to be opened soon; and the new branch manager would be chosen from existing employees! Nuts! This was nuts! Originally, everyone had been afraid Boss Pei would give up on this endeavor because of the persistent losses the internet cafe was incurring; they were afraid that someday, they would find themselves out of such a good job. Instead, Boss Pei did not intend to abandon anyone; he actually wanted to lift everyone up altogether! Now, everyones hearts only had one thought: to give their all for Boss Pei! Alright, ill head back first. Leaving the internet cafe to you, I am very assured. Pei Qian patted Ma Yangs arm as he turned and left. Watching as Pei Qian sat in Assistant Xins Cayenne and left, Ma Yangs emotion welled up. I will think of new ideas now; I will not lose to Huang Sibo! Zhang Yuan was also full of gusto. Its almost night. I will sing a few more songs tonight; I will try and get more customers to come and buy alcohol! In the car Pei Qian was very clear what impact his morale-boosting actions and speech would have for the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe employees. However, he wasnt worried. So many things have already gone wrong; no matter how much they tried to buck up now, it was futile! Ma Yang was very excited; so what? Pei Qian wasnt worried at all that he would be able to do anything outstanding. Even if Zhang Yuan did his best to sell more alcohol and sang his songs with more gusto, so what? Even if the other servers treated every customer like a king, so what? The price range and location of this Fish-Catching Internet Cafe was more than sufficient to dissuade the majority of customers from coming. Even if all the employees did their best-to set prices so high at this location, ballers wouldnt come. Normal people who couldnt afford it wouldnt patronize as well. Not much would change. Furthermore, once Pei Qian started to open branches next month, the losses would continue to snowball; wouldnt everything start to look better then? Pei Qian was back at the office. He felt that he had nothing better to do now, and he waited quietly for the settlement to come. This time, the company employees have been given free rein; they could do whatever they liked. However, when Pei Qian entered the office today, he felt that the atmosphere wasnt right. It seemed a little boisterous! Quite a few people were surrounding Lu Mingliang; he wasnt sure what they were looking at, but everyone was smiling gleefully. Furthermore, Pei Qian actually saw Huang Sibo and Zhu Xiaoce among them as well. What were the two doing here? Pei Qian instinctively grew cautious! These two were his jinxes; whenever Pei Qian saw them, nothing good would happen! I need to rethink and see; did I miss out on something? Game Designer had already gained in popularity. So had Boss Peis Daily Life. I had just come from the internet cafe; it was making losses splendidly, and nothing was amiss, right? Boss Pei was already someone buried in the ground now; what other bad news could there be? What was this group of people furtively discussing? He was feeling rather diffident now Boss Peis back! Someone yelled out. Huang Sibo walked to Boss Pei, looking very excited as he said, Boss Pei, I never expected that you had laid all the groundwork so splendidly! I really have so much admiration for you! Lu Mingliang also sighed with emotion, Indeed, who could have thought that a casual remark by Boss Pei could actually have so much meaning! Ma Yiqun raised his thumb, Devising a strategy for a victory far away; this indeed refers to Boss Pei! Pei Qian was being praised by everyone as his mind drew a blank. What were they talking about? Why didnt I understand anything? Pei Qian tried hard to maintain his composure. What has happened? Bao Xu came in front of Pei Qian. The normally calm and steady Bao Xus face was also now filled with admiration. Boss Pei, you had said before to not allow us to divulge your true identity as well as Tengdas employee benefits and salaries. Initially, I had only realized the first layer of your intention behind this. I thought that you didnt want Tengdas extremely high benefits to negatively impact the entire domestic games industry. Now, I finally know that there was another layer to this! Boss Pei, look at this article! Bao Xu handed over his phone as a news article read: Getting a closer look at the mysterious Tengda Games: the domestic games industry Utopia! Pei Qians brows were raised high instinctively. What the f*ck?! Who did this?! As he scanned through the article, Pei Qian breathed a sigh of relief. Okay, not much damage had been done! In this article, it had not mentioned his real name and nothing regarding Tengdas benefits. The entire article didnt even mention who the interviewee had been; it was not very reliable. However, what was it about this article, then? Why was everyone so happy? Seeing that Pei Qian had finished reading, Bao Xu couldnt contain himself anymore as he carried on. He wasnt someone who liked to boast. However, today, he really wanted to brag! On one hand, he hoped that he could gain Boss Peis recognition. On the other hand, he hoped that he could share with everyone such an elaborate plan! Boss Pei, you have purposely hidden your true identity as well as Tengdas benefits; this strategy of misleading the enemy is really brilliant! Game Designer had relied on its high quality and exceptional performance art-style marketing to create such a reputation for itself domestically. While Boss Peis Daily Life had also accrued much interest in the short video industry, resulting in much debate on it. However, I never would have thought that they were both parts of your strategy! Game Designer and Boss Peis Daily Life are like two burning flames. All Boss Pei had to do was lightly toss a spark, and the two had immolated and formed an even bigger flame that is now burning brighter and brighter! This spark was your misleading strategy! After this article came out, players and short videos viewers suddenly have grown much more interested in our company! If it was a real article, perhaps they might not be able to sustain their excitement. However, this articles misleading reporting has instantly triggered a huge amount of revelations, with the real and fake news mixed together. This topic has instantly become hot! Tengda Games as a topic has become a hot topic on Weibo, with a huge group of netizens being redirected. Some have been redirected to our current games while others have been diverted to the short video series! These two days, the popularity of all our games has increased; even The Lonely Desert Road as well! The short videos have done even better. Everyone episodes average viewership has increased by three to four hundred thousand. Many are also curious: is Tengdas boss like the Boss Pei in the short videos? I believe that the day Boss Peis real identity is made known, it will spark an even bigger wave! Im just not sure when Boss Pei is preparing to toss this grenade; perhaps when we release our next game? Im really looking forward to it! Facing this surge of bootlicking, Pei Qian was really stunned to the core. What was the meaning of this? I have already been buried in the ground. I thought that things couldnt get any worse. Yet, you guys have even excavated my body? Chapter 134 - To Bring Fish-Catching Internet Cafe’s Success to Greater Heights! Pei Qian did not fully understand Bao Xus words. However, he was certain of something. Something bad had happened again! Originally, Pei Qian thought that he was suffering enough. Boss Peis Daily Life was making money; Game Designer was as well. He couldnt seem to finish spending the System Funds. Could anything else be worse? The answer was yes! Due to an article, passers-by suddenly became very interested in Tengda. That led to a renewed wave of popularity for its games! Pei Qian was even more dejected now. What was this? This was the ups and downs of life However, thinking from another perspective, this wasnt exactly bad news. He already couldnt finish spending the System Funds! As he had no hopes left of making a lossthe more money he made, the more could be converted to his Personal Wealth. From this perspective, it seemed Not bad? Pei Qian started to doubt his life. Today is a very joyous day. I suggest that we can take a group photo? Zhu Xiaoce raised his DSLR as he shouted. Good idea! Right, right! Lets take a family portrait! Come, everyone, stand properly! Boss Pei, Boss Pei needs to be in the middle! Everyone started to shout over each other as they pushed Pei Qian to the middle. Zhu Xiaoce half-squatted as he adroitly adjusted his DSLR. Come, everyone, smile. One, two, three! Everyone, shout Congrats to our huge sales! Congrats to our huge sales! Everyone shouted in unison as broad smiles appeared on their faces. Pei Qian stood among his employees as he heard everyones genuine congratulations as he felt very conflicted. He was very sad that no matter how he tried, he was not going to be able to incur a loss this settlement. However, he actually somehow managed to convert a huge sum of money to his Personal Wealth, and that was a silver lining for him. Hence, whether he should be happy or otherwise Pei Qians dejected expression was a little uncertain as he suddenly let out a slight grin. Ka-cha! Zhu Xiaoce pressed the shutter as a light flashed, and this scene was perfectly captured by the DSLR. Pei Qian sighed slightly as he headed straight for his office. He just wanted to take the time to really calm down now and then seriously think about what was going on with this world. Zhu Xiaoce sent the photograph to his computer as everyone crowded around. Quick, send it to me. Director Zhus photography skills are really good; he is indeed a professional. Aye? Whats up with Boss Peis smile? Enlarge it. Enlarge it again. Everyone took a closer look at the computer screen. In the photo, Pei Qian had already been enlarged many times. Thanks to the DSLRs high resolution, Pei Qians expression was crystal clear. His eyes seemed to carry a faint melancholic feeling. However, his lips were curled upwards; he wasnt forcing his smile, and it was a genuine one. Zhu Xiaoce looked at Huang Sibo, and then at Bao Xu, and the others. Boss Peis smile What does it mean? In the office Pei Qian was casually scrolling through the internet. Bao Xus words rang true! Tengda Games had become a hot keyword search on Weibo, and netizens were passionately discussing this matter; some people had started to shoot out their ideas. As this article was not substantiated, no one knew how much of it was true and how much was fake. Some people were actually providing some explosive revelations. However, with the real and fake being mixed together, no one could actually distinguish between the two in a short time! Pei Qian had managed to keep all this information a secret so well; that was mainly due to his reputation and presence in the company. Every Tengda employee felt indebted to Pei Qian and worshipped him. As Pei Qian had already clearly requested for no one to divulge his identity or the company benefits, everyone strictly abided by this. Even if people like Ma Yiqun had secretly helped to publicize Tengda and had accepted an interview, he had kept in accordance with Pei Qians wishes. He was also never going to publicly state he was a Tengda employee! Hence, the rumors flying now had both the real and the fake altogether; no one could confirm the information source. This exclusive interview had stated it wanted to lift the veil off the mysterious Tengda. In the end, the veil had only been half-lifted; and no one could see behind it clearly! However, this feeling of guessing and uncertainty had made people even more curious! Game Designer and Boss Peis Daily Life had joined together to form a blurry image of Tengda. As these two talking points merged, it had generated a perfect second wave of publicity! Pei Qian opened a platform to take a look at the game statistics for the various games. Although the increase in players was not that fast, the increase was being seen across all four games! Even The Lonely Desert Road had welcomed a small high in downloads. As for Boss Peis Daily Life and Aili Islands exclusive agreement, every click on the former would be generated into actual earnings. Pei Qian closed the platform. He was starting to doubt himself like never before. Was he really too gifted and whatever he did struck gold, and even if he meddled in things casually they could become successes? That wasnt possible. Pei Qian knew his limits very well. Recalling his past successes, had they all been based on luck? No, that wasnt right. Luck had indeed played a part. For example, if Teacher Qiao had not coincidentally found The Lonely Desert Road, this game would have flunked. However, to say it was all about luck; that wasnt right. Besides that, there seemed to be deeper reasons; things that had been neglected by Pei Qian. Pei Qian took his time to think deeply. The Lonely Desert Roads success had been its uniqueness. As for Ghost General, Ocean Stronghold, and Game Designer It was the same for these games! Although there was an element of chance to their success, there was a certain degree of assurance that they would have done well. On one hand, Pei Qian had wanted to go against the market flow and gamers tastes; he had pulled a stunt and done things a little more unique. On the other hand-in order to make more money, Pei Qian had spent a huge amount of money on exquisite art resources, given out many bonuses and benefits while his employees motivation and eagerness had been raised to the highest level. As such, a good quality new game had been born! Pei Qian slapped his head. so this is the reason; I had gone on the wrong track! I cant do things this way! Im really stupid! I actually should go with the flow while making games? No, wait; thats not right either Pei Qian immediately rejected this notion. Cases, where some companies had modeled their games on existing games and achieved resounding success, were plenty. Pei Qians company name had the word Teng''[1] in it; this was not a joking matter. I need more time to think about this. Before I figure this out, all research and development of new games will stop. I cant take any more risks. I have three money-making trees now. If I grow another one, I will be doomed. Pei Qian immediately decided to put a halt to any development of new games. Just nice, he had previously promised gamers to update and release new editions of previous games. Ill let Lu Mingliang and the others busy themselves with the existing games next week. As per usual, he should be having a first place elimination system next month. However, Pei Qian didnt want to eliminate Lu Mingliang. From the current situation, Lu Mingliang was someone who would be loyal to Pei Qians instructions; he wouldnt add things here and there like Huang Sibo or Bao Xu. Pei Qian was rather pleased with this. Game Designers failure this time had more been Pei Qians fault. It wasnt logical for him to push the blame to Lu Mingliang. Although the dubbing Lu Mingliang had done had made the game a success as wellas long as Pei Qian didnt let him continue doing that for the next game, that would be fine. As Pei Qian still had faith in Lu Mingliang, he wasnt going to eliminate him easily. Most importantly, he was worried that if he changed Lu Mingliang for a second Huang Sibo, he would be doomed! Hence, after consideration, Pei Qian decided to continue letting Lu Mingliang be the chief planner to just create some new editions for the current games. He would then fix a low price for the new editions. Although he would still make money, hed try his best to make as little as possible. If he wanted to incur losses, he had to find other ways to do so. I need to rectify my thinking. In that case, its clear what I should do to incur losses now. I need to bring Fish-Catching Internet Cafes success to greater heights. I will open branches of it in Jingzhou City! One more week was left before this cycle ended, and it was time for settlement again. However, Pei Qian was already thinking ahead for the next settlement cycle. Just like some BO5 competition-if one was already losing so badly, everyone could start to think about the next match already To date, Pei Qians most successful endeavor was Fish-Catching Internet Cafe! He had not been able to recoup the three million in initial capital while he was losing another three hundred thousand monthly; it was Pei Qians most successful experiment! Hence, if he could use this experience and open more branches Wouldnt he be able to make as much loss as he wanted?! [1] Teng in Chinese means to leap and jump higher. Chapter 135 - Releasing New Editions! April 30th, day of settlement The system screen automatically appeared in Pei Qians vision. I did not expect that just based on profits, almost forty thousand had been converted into my money Pei Qian felt as if he couldnt get a grip on this world. A week before this settlement, that article regarding Tengda had made its games even more popular. With netizens discussing it avidly online, Tengda Games had attracted a huge group of new fans. As a result, all the games under Tengda had experienced a huge influx in sales; even Boss Peis Daily Lifes viewership had increased rapidly! The final amount in the System Funds had been more than two million one hundred thousand more than Pei Qian had estimated! Pei Qians Personal Wealth had also reached more than eighty thousand yuan; it was at a record high. The system screen continued to flash. Pei Qian was still waiting; however, the screen actually stopped here. After a few seconds, it automatically grew dim. There isnt a Special Task this time while the cycle has been shortened Isnt that increasing the pressure on me?! Pei Qian had been waiting for the next Special Task. However, the Special Task seemed to be issued at random, and it wasnt ordered this time. The settlement cycle had also been changed from three months to two months now. The initial System Funds had been increased from one million to five million. As Pei Qian already had profit of four million nine hundred and ten thousand, the actual top-up had only been eighty thousand. This made Pei Qian a little vexed. If he had successfully managed to incur losses of one million the previous cycle, not only could he have converted one million into his Personal Wealth, the system would also have automatically topped up to five million in System Funds. Rounding it off, he had actually made a personal loss of one million! Pei Qian was a little dejected. However, he soon recovered himself. He had already done his best in the previous cycle and had left everything else to fate. By the time he had discovered profits were coming in too quickly, it was already too late. When it was not even a month left till settlement, Pei Qian could no longer pump in more money for new products. He couldnt have any unreleased products before each settlement. If not, the settlement would be delayed; and Pei Qian would lose even more money. From the results this time, to actually be able to convert forty thousand into Personal Wealth was actually still acceptable. The very least, Pei Qian was now around the level of a white-collar worker that had an average income of thirteen thousand a month. Its only two months this time; to make all this money become losses gives a lot of pressure. Ill follow my plan and stop developing new games. Ill get Lu Mingliang and the others to work on updating the existing games. As for the internet cafe, I must open a few more chains and branches. En, I still have to think of other ways as well. Time is of the essence; this task wont be easy. It was only five million in the System Funds on the surface-if Pei Qian wanted to successfully make a loss, he had to take into consideration the current profitable projects as well. Ghost General was earning six hundred thousand, Ocean Stronghold three million and five hundred thousand, and Game Designer was bringing in one million and seven hundred thousand monthly. These were the numbers post-article. Although Game Designer was a new game, it was-after allnot as widely accepted as a game like Ocean Stronghold; and players wouldnt play it for long. Furthermore, many people had chosen Cloud Clearance. Although its reputation was good, its profits were still not comparable to Ocean Stronghold. Pei Qian only had one loss-making project: Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. However, only around three hundred thousand was lost monthly. Including the rental for the company office space, salaries, company benefits, and other expenses, that was at most one million monthly. Calculating like this, it seemed as if Pei Qian was using a cup of water to put out a fire! If Pei Qian did nothing, his monthly profits would be around four and a half million. Of course, this was a rough estimate. The sales for all three games would fluctuate monthly while he couldnt precisely calculate company expenses that well. All in all, it was a ballpark figure. In two months, Pei Qian needed to make a loss of two months profits plus existing money in System funds; that was fourteen million in total. Fourteen million yuan. Opening a new Fish-Catching Internet Cafe would cost three million. I can open another four branches then. When five internet cafes start to make losses togetherbesides the initial capital injection, I can still make losses of one and a half million. Perfect! Hold on. I have to make new editions for players this time; no matter how much I charge, I will definitely still make additional profits. It seems opening these new internet cafes might not be sufficient; I have to think of something else. Pei Qian thought for three minutes but to no avail. Forget it. Ill start on the Fish-Catching Internet Cafes first. Ill then slowly think about how to continue making losses. The office atmosphere was very good. Some people were playing games; some were yawning while others were snacking and watching shows at the same time. Perhaps they were searching for travel destinations online. Pei Qian never cared that everyone used office hours to do their own things. While he appeared mum about this on the surface, he actually was very supportive of such acts internally. However, it was a pity that everyone gave it their all, and their morale was very high while working. That gave Pei Qian a headache. Tomorrow was the start of the Labor Day holidays. Tengda always had a policy of giving more holidays than required by law, never less. Furthermore, as this coincided with the just-completed release of a new game, many people had made plans to head out for this holiday. Some were planning to head home while others were going to play a little. Pei Qian called everyone to the conference room as he made plans for after the holidays. Soon, everyone had gathered. If it was any other boss, the first order of business would be to motivate all the employees and brag about Game Designers success, to praise everyone for working hard, and then encourage them to continue doing so for new projects to achieve stellar results once more. However, Pei Qian didnt even mention any of these. He hadnt completely recovered from his emotional trauma. Everyone also didnt feel it was strange. After all, Boss Pei wasnt a person who rested on his laurels! Pei Qian thought for a moment and decided to first address the first place elimination system. First, I want to briefly mention the next best employee selection process. From now on, the best employee selection would be done twice a year, on February 1st and August 1st. Each best employee would be awarded a one-million Dream Fund while the second-best would be given a month of paid leave. After the previous round of selection, Pei Qian had not considered when the next round was going to take place. He had actually intended to do it more often to reap the benefits. However, Pei Qian had fixed it at twice a year mainly because Pei Qian realized that this first place elimination system didnt seem to be very manageable. Furthermore, Lu Mingliang had been doing a rather good job as chief planner, and Pei Qian was rather pleased. He didnt want to let Lu Mingliang go. Now, Pei Qian was extremely careful when it came to similar manpower deployments or movements; he was worried that he would dig out yet another hidden talent! However, he couldnt completely abolish this system; and so Pei Qian had settled on it being a twice-a-year affair. Regarding this, everyone didnt have any comments. Everyone felt that even if they had to choose one person this time, they couldnt think of anyone special to nominate. Most of them would just give their votes to Lu Mingliang. However, strictly speaking, Lu Mingliang wasnt really worthy of this award. After all, from the developing process to the release of the new game, Boss Pei had personally overseen everything. Even Lu Mingliang himself felt this way Furthermore, as Boss Pei had also not previously dictated the period for each selection, everyone all accepted his decision. There were still three months till August 1st; many people were rubbing their hands together and raring to give it a shot! Even if they couldnt become the best employee and clinch the one million Dream Fund, even getting second place and having a month of paid leave was a very good thing! Only Bao Xu shivered a little and really wanted to ask Boss Pei if he could automatically be withdrawn from consideration. Seeing that no one had any dissenting views, Pei Qian continued. Ill talk about the work plan for the next two months. Considering that the players of our existing games have a strong desire for updates and new editions, I have decided to temporarily stop the development of new games. We will spend these two months to update and refresh our current games to fulfill the wishes of our players. The rough plan is as such. For The Lonely Desert Road, there will be a new Endless Mode, multiplayer function, and a new map. They were to be priced at one yuan as new downloadable content. For Ghost General, there is going to be a new set of generals, priced at five yuan. For Ocean Stronghold, there is going to be a new epic weapon, priced at 888 yuan. Well set a limit of five hundred weapons for sale each month. For Game Designer, there is going to be a new language package and setting style, priced at five yuan. Everyone instinctively looked at each other, confused. They havent heard wrongly, right? So cheap?! Could they recoup their capital? Just for Ghost General and Game Designer, as their animation had been done personally by Ruan Guangjian, even if he had a very good relationship with the Big Boss; he still had to be paid accordingly! As for Ocean Stronghold, it was even more ridiculous. The new epic weapon was limited to five hundred pieces monthly? Ocean Stronghold had around four hundred to five hundred thousand active players. To sell only five hundred pieces a month? Wouldnt they only be able to earn two hundred thousand monthly? Everyones expressions changed from shock to confusion and then back to admiration again. Indeed, only Boss Pei could do something like this! Pei Qians expression still looked very ordinary even though he was showered with looks of admiration and respect. It couldnt be helped. The five-yuan downloadable content for Game Designer and Ghost General had been the lowest price that the system was willing to accept. Also, he couldnt use a downloadable content method to make profits from Ocean Stronghold and could only continue selling epic weapons. The new epic weapon priced at 888 the system had not allowed a change in price. Pei Qian could only take another path and limit the number of sales a month. This way, only five hundred could be sold a month; wouldnt he be able to suppress the income from it, then? Chapter 136 - Don’t Say Anymore; I’ll Take Over! Soon, the plans for each games new updates were all decided and arranged. As for the specifics of these plans, Pei Qian didnt care about it as he left it all to Lu Mingliang to settle. Pei Qian viewed this matter rather positively. He knew that these new editions and downloadable contents were definitely going to make money. However, while they might make some money, they would not make that much as well. Since earning the money from these games was within his expectations, he wasnt going to be too upset about this. If these games actually turned in a loss? That would be an unexpected joyous event! Indeed, after his thinking changed, life seemed to become rosier; and he became happier. After the meeting ended, Pei Qian prepared to make his way to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. He wanted to swiftly finalize the matter of opening new branches and to decide on venues and start renovations right after the Labor Day holidays were over. To finish renovations in one month and start incurring losses the next; this would be just in time for the next settlement. The timing was perfect. Pei Qian had just left the conference room when Ma Yiqun called out and stopped him. Boss Pei, could I talk to you about something privately? Pei Qian was a little stunned as he then nodded and said, Alright, follow me to my office. Pei Qian actually really liked someone like Ma Yiqun. It was hard to find such a lucky charm. To date, Ma Yiqun had been very diligent and obedient in the company, learning from Boss Peis advanced game designs philosophy. He had not done any meaningful work at all. Regarding this, Pei Qian was rather pleased. If every employee was like Ma Yiqun, Pei Qian could spend less time worrying. Whats up? Pei Qian sat down behind his desk as he gestured at the chair across him, asking Ma Yiqun to take a seat as well. Ma Yiqun looked a little embarrassed. However, after hesitating, he still spoke up. Boss Pei, its like this. I have a friend, and he has encountered a situation recently Pei Qian revealed a light smile, Are you referring to yourself? Dont worry; if you have any difficulties, do tell me directly. Ill give you three days of paid leave so that you can settle your issues and then come back to work. Ma Yiqun hurriedly shook his head, No, no, no. Boss Pei, you misunderstood. It really is my friend. Huang Sibo and I used to work at Shang Yang Games; you should know about this. After Huang Sibo left-as they were lacking an administrative planner, they hired someone to replace him. Recently, this person had lost his job and had come to ask me if I could recommend him a position Huh? Pei Qian focused on Ma Yiquns use of the words lost his job. Normally, this was a phrase used if one had been forced into something and not a voluntary act. That person had not resigned but had been sacked? Pei Qian counted using his fingers. Huang Sibo had joined Tengda in November last year; that was around half a year ago only. Since this person was Huang Sibos replacement, he should have entered Shang Yang Games in November to take charge as an administrative planner. Then he had been sacked in half a year? This person seemed rather talented! Pei Qian must have such talent here! However, after Pei Qian thought about it again, he figured that he had to ask clearly what happened. What was the main reason this person was sacked? If it was because he couldnt perform up to standards, Pei Qian would probe no further and immediately take him on. If it was because this person had leaked company secrets or did other related illegal things, Pei Qian could not accept him then. If he did something wrong, Pei Qian was going to be implicated. The system did not allow any illegal activities to take place within the company. Your friend why did he get sacked? Pei Qian asked. Sacked? No, no, no. Ma Yiqun hurriedly shook his head. He lost his job because Shang Yang Games is going bust. Pei Qian, What a letdown. Pei Qian knew about Shang Yang Games; that was Huang Sibos old company after all. Furthermore, Jingzhou City didnt have that many games companies; and Shang Yang Games was considered a more reputable one. However, he had heard that this company was doing fairly well; why had it collapsed? Pei Qian was very envious! Shang Yang Games why did it collapse? Pei Qian asked, sounding very concerned. He was really concerned. After all, this could be a valuable learning experience for him, right?Read more chapter on novelhall.com Ma Yiqun was also a little emotional. After all, he had worked at Shang Yang Games for a very long time; he would be lying if he said he didnt have feelings for the place. Sigh, this story is rather long. Signs of this have actually appeared quite early on. Since October last year, many in Shang Yang Games had already started to look for jobs. Even our chief planner back then, old Liu, had also attempted to jump ship. Things were already rather bad back then. Pei Qian recalled and realized that indeed had been the case. November last year, Old Liu had come for the interview almost in tandem with Huang Sibo. As Old Liu had much experience, he had then been rejected by Pei Qian. Come to think of it, that a companys chief planner was secretly thinking of jumping ship, that companys situation must be rather bad. Ma Yiqun continued, However, although the company situation was worsening back then, it could still somewhat maintain itself. After all, our main games were still accruing steady flows of revenue. However, cost pressures started to pile up. Based on what I know, Old Liu actually was constantly thinking of leaving. However, as he did not find any particularly good opportunities, he had continued working there. After that, old Liu saw Ocean Strongholds success and that its Red Kilin had been so popular even though it cost 888; he decided on a promotional activity to sell one weapon in his game at that price as well. I suspect that he felt the company was going to sink and wanted to give it his all one more time. In the end, the boss actually assented. After all, the company was facing financial difficulties and if they managed to get an influx in revenues in the short term, at least they could still save themselves for a while. However, they were scolded badly by players! Not only did they not make any money, but the games reputation also tanked. Active players kept on deserting, and that was when revenue started to collapse rapidly! They then couldnt even save themselves anymore. Now, they cant even afford to pay salaries. Last week, the boss there gathered everyone and said the company had run out of funds and for everyone to hurry up and find another job. Hence, this brother of mine had contacted me. Pei Qian listened quietly. I had actually contributed to this? Without Pei Qian even knowing, Ocean Stronghold had even sent Shang Yang Games on its way, making it tank even faster. All in all, this was too coincidental. Furthermore, Jingzhou Citys gaming industry was also rather small. At this moment, Pei Qian actually was a little envious of Shang Yang Games boss. Look at him, he could make as much loss as he wanted! Furthermore, he had done so badly he had immediately gone bankrupt! En? Hold on. Pei Qian suddenly had a stroke of inspiration. I have no need of being envious of him! I can just take over the business, right?! What was there to be envious about? How good would it be if I directly took over as boss of Shang Yang Games! A company that was already successfully bleeding money; if I took it over directly, wouldnt that mean I was making losses as well? This was a treasure! Ma Yiqun saw that Pei Qian did not agree immediately as he hurriedly added, Boss Pei, I know that Tengdas standards for hiring new employees are very high. I hope that you can give my friend a chance for him to come for an interview. Pei Qian nodded, Dont worry. Your friend will not lose his job. Ma Yiqun was stunned. He immediately cried out elatedly, Really? Thank you, Boss Pei! Im really thankful! Ma Yiqun interpreted Boss Peis words as saying that even if his friend didnt fulfill Tengdas criteria and couldnt join this company, Boss Pei would still recommend him for other jobs, right? Righteous! This man was too righteous! Ma Yiqun did not think that Boss Pei would actually agree so readily. It seemed like Boss Pei really treated all his employees as his friends-as his brothers! Ma Yiqun walked away feeling very grateful and thankful. Pei Qian was delighted. Whether Ma Yiquns friend fulfilled Tengdas hiring standards; that was no longer important. As long as he bought the entire Shang Yang Games, wouldnt that solve the problem? If Pei Qian bought it and allowed it to continue operating as per usual, all the losses incurred would then be counted as his. Where was he going to find such a good deal elsewhere?! Chapter 137 - Selecting New Branch Managers Pei Qian called Assistant Xin over, saying that he wanted to make a trip to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. On the way, Pei Qian briefly explained Shang Yang Games situation. After the holiday, make some time to check Shang Yang Games out and then explain your findings to me in detail. You can leak some information to their boss; tell them that I am interested in acquiring them. Pei Qian was afraid that they would break the company up once he started looking into them. If that happens, he would have to find the employees back one by one. That would be so troublesome. A broken mirror would still have cracks on it; if he wanted to acquire the business, he should acquire it entirely! That was why he decided to leak some information to the boss of Shang Yang Games, that he was interested in acquiring the business. That would give him some hope of survival, so that he would not seek to dissolve the company so quickly. Assistant Xin was driving. She nodded and said, Alright, Boss Pei. However, according to my understanding, I think its a company that is doing quite badly. Assistant Xin was very tactful about it. Im not concerned about its situation now but its future potential, Pei Qian answered confidently. En, I believe in your foresight, Boss Pei, Assistant Xin answered. How long do you want me to look into them? The longer I have, the more I would understand. That would give us more advantage when conducting the negotiations. Assistant Xin paused for a moment and then added, Whats more, it seems like they are currently incurring losses. We can delay our acquisition for a while. That would make it easier for us to push the price down. Push the price down? Why should we push the price down? The more expensive it is, the better! Pei Qian immediately shook his head. We should not delay the matter on purpose. Finish it as soon as possible. Competition in the games industry is always tight. Instead of delaying the matter just to push the price down, it would be better if we quickly acquire it and focus on investing in its operations. We should not lose sight of the big picture for the sake of these small matters. Alright. Assistant Xin asked again, Then, are we acquiring the entire company this time or? One could acquire companies in many ways. One option was to acquire an empty shell without any original employee, purely for the sake of the IP rights of games belonging to the company. Another option was to acquire the whole company, but make adjustments to its structure by getting rid of a leader, changing the human resource system, or the like. As for how they were to conduct the acquisition this time depended on why Pei Qian was interested in Shang Yang Games. That would make it easier for Assistant Xin to negotiate the price. Pei Qian was not interested in the people working in Shang Yang Games; neither was he interested in any particular game under the company. Instead, he was interested in the loss-incurring potential of Shang Yang Games! Thus, Pei Qian had to acquire all of Shang Yang Games as it was. That was the only way he could maintain its original flavor. Pei Qian immediately answered, Acquire the entire thing. Dont make a single change to its original structure. Alright, Boss Pei. I understand. Once she understood her superiors intentions, Assistant Xin did not ask any further questions. This was not the most reasonable acquisition. This was because nothing about Shang Yang Games was worth acquiring. If Pei Qian had been interested in hiring a particular talent, wouldnt it have been much simpler to lure him over to Tengda? If he had been interested in a particular game, wouldnt it have been much simpler to purchase the rights to that game? Shang Yang Games would have been overjoyed to know that another company would be taking over its games. Yet, Pei Qian was looking for a complete acquisition? It seemed unreasonable. However, Assistant Xin did not ask any questions. This was her job; she just had to do any task that her superior instructed her to do seriously. She should not ask questions if she did not need to know the answers. Whats more, Boss Pei must have had his own reasons for making such arrangements. He must have seen something of value in Shang Yang Games. Since it was the long Labor Day weekend, Jingzhou City was quite crowded. They took more time than usual to arrive at Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. Pei Qian alighted from the car and walked right into the cafe. En, its as cold and empty as it used to be. What a relief! Up until now, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe had gained some familiar customers. These were whales who were not at all concerned about prices. They were happy to come here, surf the internet, and sip their coffee. Some of them even brought their guests here to entertain them. Once in a while, a group of friends would come here and play games together as well. After all, the environment and service here were good, and there were very few people. To these whales, it was very worth it to spend more money in exchange for a good environment to play games in. Even so, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe could not recover its capital. There were too few whales in the vicinity! The cafe was situated one street down from a quiet commercial district. There were no huge signs directing people to the place; neither were there high-end residential areas. Given the cafes position and price, only a small group of whales could afford patronizing it. The amount of money they earned could not sustain the business. Thus, Pei Qian was not afraid at all. Seeing that Pei Qian was here, Ma Yang and Zhang Yuan immediately hosted him. Boss Pei, you are here. What would you like to drink? Zhang Yuan asked. Pei Qian scanned the menu and said, A Margarita. He looked around the cafe. There were no customers in the internet area or the coffee area. The place looked exceptionally cold today. Are there no customers today? Pei Qian asked casually. Ma Yang rubbed his hands together, looking ashamed. Yes, Brother Qian. I dont know what the matter today is, either. I guess its because the holiday is coming Before today, there would still be a few customers coming in to play games. However, not a single customer turned up today. It was quite ridiculous. Yet, Pei Qian did not mind a single bit. In fact, he was quite happy. Alright, just close the door. Well just close the cafe early today. Zhang Yuan, make a cup for all our brothers here as well. Put it on the companys account. Dont work for nothing today. Everyone, come and take a seat. Pei Qian sat down in the coffee area and gestured to everyone to join him. The few waiters immediately got moving. Some people went to pack up, and others went to arrange the tables and chairs. Zhang Yuan began to make cocktails for all of them. Very quickly, the waiters and three chefs (There was only one at first, but in order to provide meals to Tengda, they hired two more chefs.) all sat down at the coffee area. In front of each of them was a glass of cocktail. Zhang Yuan and Ma Yang sat right in front, on either side of Pei Qian. They all waited for him to speak. Pei Qian cleared his throat subtly, trying to build up the mood. From next month onwards, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe will open four more branches. However, we will do this in order. Thats because we cannot get enough funds all at one shot. Whoever is willing to manage a branch, please raise your hand. Four waiters in the front immediately raised their hands. A chef, who was seated at the back, hesitated for a couple of seconds before he gingerly raised his hand up. Zhang Yuan raised his hand as well. Pei Qian gestured for Zhang Yuan to put his hand down. You will be promoted to be part of the management in the future. Youll overlook the rest of the branch managers, so dont raise your hand. Zhang Yuan put his hand down, looking pleased. What was going on? He was being promoted for no reason! Pei Qian looked at the five people with their hands raised. Alright, itll be five of you then. Zhang Yuan, make a note of their names. The five of them will be branch managers of the new internet cafes. The branch manager of this cafe was Ma Yang. However, after opening several more branches, Ma Yang and Zhang Yuan would naturally be promoted to be part of the management. That would leave the position of branch manager in this branch empty. That was why Pei Qian chose five new branch managers. Everyone felt stunned. Wasnt that a little rash? A few waiters who did not raise their hands were dazed. Holy sh*t, if they had known earlier, they would have raised their hands! All of them were hesitant, afraid that they would not be good enough to fulfill the roles of a branch manager. If they found that they were incapable only after they were put through the test, that would be very shameful indeed. In the end, there was no test at all! The most confused of all was the chef who raised his hand. Logically, selecting branch managers for the new internet cafes had nothing to do with chefs. If there was to be a pool of candidates, they should be formed out of the waiters seated in front. Yet, he got selected even though he raised his hand subconsciously?! At that moment, he could not accept the almost 180-degree change from being a chef to a branch manager. Ma Yang tugged at Pei Qians sleeve and whispered, Brother Qian, would that do? Why not hold open recruitment? Pei Qian shook his head. These are all people you recruited. I dont believe in anyone else but you. Ma Yang smiled shyly. Thats true. Chapter 138 - Desire to Incur Losses Intensified After selecting the new branch managers, Pei Qian turned to face Ma Yang. Old Ma, Zhang Yuan, once I opened the branches, this branch would become the flagship store. Both of you need not work too hard on the management of the internet cafes, too. Zhang Yuan, in the future, you will be the regional manager of the Fish-Catching Internet Cafes in Jingzhou City. You will take charge of all the internet cafes here. As for Ma Yang, you will become the general manager of all the Fish-Catching Internet Cafes. You will still do the same as before; answer and report directly to me. Among the new branch managers I selected, choose one that you are most pleased with. He will be the branch manager of this internet cafe. This cafe is our first Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. It has a commemorative meaning. From now on, it will also be our flagship store. As for the other brothers who were not selected to be branch managers, do not worry. In the future, if Fish-Catching Internet Cafe opens more branches, we will select the branch managers from the group of employees who have been with us the longest. As for the gaps that will be left after you all are promoted, please fill them as soon as possible by hiring more people. Ma Yang, Zhang Yuan, after the holiday, I will give both of you a week to do your observations. Choose ten suitable sites and then pick out the best four among them. We will open our new branches at these four sites. Site selection, renovation, decorations do everything as exactly we did for this cafe. Do you understand? Ma Yang patted his chest and said, Dont worry, Brother Qian. Leave everything to me! Everyone looked quite excited. Boss Pei was not uttering empty words. Everything that he said before was coming true; it was all coming true at the speed of light, at that! Some bosses were very good at making empty promises. Everything they said they would do would be delayed indefinitely for some reason. However, Boss Pei was different. He had only said a few days ago that he would open several more new branches. Immediately, the day for that had arrived! They had just poured about three million yuan into this shop not long ago. Opening four more shops would cost more than ten million yuan. Yet, Boss Pei was not even frowning at the thought of this. Indeed, he was made to achieve great things! The fact that they could work for a boss like that made a few waiters feel proud at once. Once he had finished giving instructions, Pei Qian left final words on a few details, and then left feeling relieved. Labor Day The company was closed, and there was nothing to do for school. Pei Qian decided to make a trip back home. However, before he went home, he took his bank cardwhich had about eighty thousand yuan in Personal Wealth and went to a nearby home appliance store. Since it was a long weekend, there were many people in the store. In fact, everyone was rubbing shoulders with one another. At that time, buying home appliances online was not a popular practice. Warehousing and logistics were not that convenient to organize, and after-sales service was a pain. That was why most people preferred to go to physical stores to buy expensive items such as home appliances. A few years later-as e-commerce became more rampant, these physical stores became few and far between. Pei Qian walked around aimlessly. Shopping is such a pain. It would be good if Assistant Xin were here Pei Qian missed Assistant Xin. If she were here, she would be able to give Pei Qian a report on the best shops to go to based on his preference. All Pei Qian would have to do was swipe his card. However, today was a holiday. Assistant Xin was off-work. Whats more strictly speaking, buying electronics for his household was not in her job scope. There would be no good reason to ask Assistant Xin to help him out with such matters. The System might even issue him a warning. Therefore, Pei Qian had no choice but to endure the exhaustion and walk around on his own. Television. Washing machine. Fridge. Air-conditioner. Pei Qian was very sure that all the home appliances in his house had to be changed. However, it was difficult for him to choose these appliances on his own. This was because everything looked quite bad The brands of these household appliances were different from what Pei Qian remembered. Still, he could roughly remember which ones were good and which ones were bad. However, what made Pei Qians head hurt the most was that while cell phones and computer software developed very quickly in this world, home appliances were not that much different from what he remembered them to be like. Pei Qian was looking at appliances in the Year 2010 from the viewpoint of someone from the Year 2019. Of course, he would feel like none of these were suitable. In fact, many of these huge home appliances brands were going to be eliminated from the market. Pei Qian already knew they were bound to fail, and yet these appliances were being marketed as the most up-to-date products. Take the television, for example. At that time, forty-inch televisions of foreign brandswhich were slightly betterwere all priced at around five or six thousand yuan. To Pei Qian, this was daylight robbery. Since he was used to seeing these common forty-inch televisions being sold for a thousand-odd yuan, he had absolutely no desire to buy such televisions priced so ridiculously.Read more chapter on novelhall.com It was normal for him to feel this way. As the saying went if one bought something earlier, one got to enjoy it for longer; if one bought something later, one got to enjoy it for a lower price. There was also another saying: people who wait would never become slaves. Products like that would be developed and upgraded very quickly. Especially through the eyes of someone about ten years from the future, these things were going to be changed sooner or later. However, the earlier he bought them, the longer he would get to enjoy them. Pei Qian thought that if he bought his parents new home appliancesat the very least, the washing machine would not shake uncontrollably when drying the clothes, they would be able to store more things in the fridge, and watching the bigger television would be more comfortable to their eyes. All of these were day-to-day experiences. It was best to change these appliances as soon as possible. Pei Qian made two rounds around the store and quickly decided on the appliances that he wanted to buy. Right away, he swiped his card and completed the purchase. A 42-inch television, for over six thousand yuan. Double-door refrigerators were still quite new at that timehe paid over ten thousand yuan for that. An air-conditioner for over two thousand yuan. Since Jingzhou got quite hot in the summer, it was just the right time to get an air-conditioner. In a few days, he would be able to make good use of it. A tumbling-box washing machine for over three thousand yuan. At the same time, he bought an electronic rice-cooker, a vacuum cleaner, and other home appliances. Added all together, these all cost him about two thousand yuan. All the appliances Pei Qian selected were fully-functional and of good-quality brands. There were domestic appliances and foreign appliances. That was why they cost more than ordinary appliances. Finally, everything added together cost about thirty thousand yuan. With that, he was done for the day. Once he finished purchasing these appliances, Pei Qian continued walking around the store for a bit more. He discovered a sweeping robot. People were already using sweeping robots before the year 2010. However, at the time, nobody really purchased such a thing. This was because it was completely not worth the price. Whats more, at the time, there were no applications that could control the robot. In one word, these things could be described as silly. They did not save as much time and effort for people as they would later on. Pei Qian looked at the sweeping robot and found that this model was not bad. Although he could not plan its route, there were many cleaning modes. It cost over three thousand yuan. He decided to buy it. He discussed with the store about the trade-in value of his old appliances, tied up the final loose ends, and then watched as the truck from the store carried his new appliances to his home. The store was not far from his house. Pei Qian followed behind the stores truck into his home. Come on, move them in. Pei Qian began to instruct the men where to place the new appliances. His mother ran out of the kitchen, slightly confused. Ay? Whats going on? Son, did you buy all of these things? Pei Qian nodded. Thats right. Wheres Dad? He went out to entertain clients. Hell be back late tonight. Pei Qians mother looked at the huge appliances moving around her house and began to panic. Child, how many things did you buy exactly? How much money did you have to spend?! Dont worry. I only spent over twenty thousand yuan. My remuneration just about covers it. Ive discussed with the store about the old appliances. Theyre running a trade-in system, so I got a discount on the new appliances. Dont worry about it. Pei Qian knew that all of these things had to be done quickly. He could not give his mother time to react. All the new appliances had to be unpacked in his home, and the old appliances had to be taken out. This His mother looked at the new television, opened the new refrigerator, and surveyed the new washing machine. At that moment, she did not know exactly what to say. The air-conditioner will come tomorrow morning. Well have it installed in your bedroom. If you cant sleep during the day because its too hot, just switch the AC on. Just adjust it accordingly; thats all to it. Theres this sweeping robot as well. Let me teach you how to use it. Pei Qian began to explain to his mother how to use the new appliances. At the same time, he took a dirty bedsheet and threw it into the washing machine to be washed. The tumbling-box washing machine made soft buzzing noises. The feet had already been adjusted, and the washing machine did not even swing around. You dont say, this washing machine is really so easy to use! Pei Qians mother exclaimed. Pei Qian nodded. Of course. Not only is it easy to use, but it saves water as well. The refrigerator saves more energy than our previous one as well. Changing the appliances was not cheap, but we will save on our utilities and electricity bills. Mom nodded and said, Thats true. Very quickly, the refrigerator was filled with food. The washing machine had a load of laundry being washed. The sweeping robot was spinning around on the ground. A program was being played on the television. Mom was very satisfied with the new tumbling-box washing machine. She gathered all the clothes that had to be washed, looking like she wanted to make good use of this new washing machine. Pei Qian lay down on the sofa, looking at the double door refrigerator that looked a bit too big for this house. He began to feel emotional. If only this house was bigger I have to work harder to incur losses On the 4th, at the end of the long weekend He was back at the office. Pei Qians Personal Wealth had shrunk to about fifty thousand yuan. His desire to incur losses intensified. Have you planned the contents for the new update? Pei Qian casually asked as he walked by Lu Mingliangs work desk. Lu Mingliang immediately nodded. Theyre all ready, Boss Pei! En? Pei Qian suddenly realized something was amiss. Did you work over the Labor Day holiday? Lu Mingliang paused. Boss Pei was waiting for me? There was not much he could do! It did not seem possible not to work overtime. He was given the task on April 30th. May 1st to 3rd was a holiday. It was May 4th, and it was his first day back at work. Yet, the plan was already done. If he said that he did not work overtime, who would believe him? Lu Mingliang quickly explained, No, Boss Pei. I had nothing to do at home over the past few days. I was just thinking about the plan for the new update. Pei Qian kept a poker face. You worked at home so you worked overtime! As the rules stipulate, pay yourself three times the salary for working over the holiday. Lu Mingliang, Yes, Boss Pei. Pei Qian turned around and walked towards the conference room. Alright, dont let it happen again. Everyone, come in for a meeting. We will touch base on the new update. Very quickly, everyone from the research and development team arrived. Ma Yiqun sat quietly in the corner as he did before. He held on to his notebook, ready to take notes Lu Mingliang began to introduce the plan for the few games they had on hand. They were largely similar to the instructions Pei Qian gave to them some time ago. For The Lonely Desert Road, there was going to be Endless Mode, multiplayer function, and a new map. They were to be priced at one yuan. For Ghost General, there was going to be a new set of generals, priced at five yuan. For Ocean Stronghold, there was going to be a new epic weapon, priced at 888 yuan. There was going to be a limit of five hundred weapons for sale each month. For Game Designer, there was going to be a new language package and setting style, priced at five yuan. The only difference was that the briefing Lu Mingliang was giving was much more detailed than the one Pei Qian gave. For example, for Ghost General, Lu Mingliang explained who would be in the new set of generals, what abilities they would have, and what their animations would generally look like. This was a more detailed plan. Whats more, through this plan, they could begin estimating the total costs. Chapter 139 - New Branches’ Locations! Pei Qian was rather satisfied with this plan. After all, Lu Mingliang had a key quality that Huang Sibo didnt have: Lu Mingliang was very obedient and did not try to adapt and change. Whatever Pei Qian asked him to do, he would honestly do it. He didnt desire to gain credit but hoped to not make any mistakes. However, this had also brought a problem: he wasnt very enterprising. Take this plan for example; the amount to be spent was rather little. Now that the pricing had been confirmed, the more money spent was better of course! Pei Qian stewed in his thoughts for a while. The Lonely Desert Roads new map only has three new settings; thats too little. Lets add more. Ghost General was only going to add ten new generals? Thats not enough; lets do fifty. Although Game Designer was only going to add one setting style; how could it be on the same level as the previous one? If we wanted Ruan Guangjian to do the animation for Ghost General; he might not have the time for this. Lets find another big boss that is around Ruan Guangjians level and double the work time on this. The work must be done precisely and exquisitely; this new style must be better than the previous! As for Ocean Stronghold en. Besides this new epic weapon, two more hours should be added to the story mode as well as a new setting. Lets also put in another three new character roles and ten new weapons. Lets work according to this. We need to hurry up and start work; we have to finish all the updating before June 18th. Lu Mingliang was stumped. He had only planned for a minimal amount of new content primarily as he was worried that the downloadable contents might not sell well; they might not be able to recoup costs! According to Lu Mingliangs plan, there was a ceiling to the amount of new content to be added. Take The Lonely Desert Road for example. One new setting template would cost forty thousand while the original plan had been to add three such settings. Since the downloadable content for this was set at one yuan, they had to sell one hundred and twenty thousand copies of downloadable content to recoup their capital! In the end, Pei Qian had immediately changed this figure to ten new settings; they had to sell four hundred thousand downloadable contents to get back their money. Wasnt this a little preposterous? Ghost Generals animation was to be handled by Ruan Guangjian. Of course, Ruan Guangjian had many friends that could help him with this. However, regardless, they couldnt pay Ruan Guangjian any less than expected. Previously, Ghost Generals animation for its generals had gone at four animations per general, three thousand yuan in total. Now that Ruan Guangjian was much more famous, his rate naturally had gone up. Boss Pei also insisted on not asking for a friendship discount from Ruan Guangjian and to pay according to the market rate. That meant that each set of animations would cost five thousand. For fifty new generals, that would be two hundred and fifty thousand. As these generals would cost five yuan, they had to sell a hundred thousand copies to recoup their capital. As for Ocean Stronghold, the new story, new setting, new characters, new weapons all these basically were being given to players for free. The only chargeable thing was that new epic weapon; however, that weapon was limited in quantities monthly! Boss Pei, this We might not be able to get back our costs Lu Mingliang hurriedly did the math in his notebook as he started to feel nervous. Pei Qian smiled calmly, That wont be the case. Remember, we must be sincere with people. If you treat players with sincerity, players naturally would repay that with their sincerity as well. Furthermore, so what if we didnt make back our money? Our players have already given us so much money; we should compensate them appropriately. Lu Mingliang looked stunned as he blinked his eyes. He felt as if Boss Peis words were rather righteous and awe-inspiring and made him see the light. However, he still felt that something somewhere was a little amiss. Alright, time is of the essence. Hurry up and allocate the tasks; we must finish all these by June 18th. Pei Qian had made June 18th the deadline as this was the last working day the week before the next settlement. The 19th and 20th were the weekend while Pei Qian wanted to keep 21st to 23rd as a buffer just in case something happened. Before 24th, all developing work had to be completed while all the downloadable contents had to be renewed. If not, that would affect the settlement. Pei Qian left the conference room rather elegantly and unrestrained while Lu Mingliang hurriedly scrambled to allocate work. Although the workload this time was more than before, as most of it had to do with art resources, as long as they rushed a little; they could finish everything within the given deadline. The only problem was they were spending rather a lot. May 6th, Thursday Ma Yang and Zhang Yuan came to Pei Qians office as they introduced to him a few locations they had gone to survey. Ma Yangs laptop connected to the projector in the office as some details regarding these locations were shown. Zhang Yuan had done most of the work this time, choosing some places with better locations, while Ma Yang had also tried to make up the number. To open four new branches, Pei Qian had requested for ten location options; they had all been found. This time, Zhang Yuan had much pent-up frustration. Why was it that all of Boss Peis other projects had done so well while only Fish-Catching Internet Cafe had kept on making losses? It was so embarrassing! Furthermore, Boss Pei looked so highly on us and trusted us; we really have to buck up this time and turn the losses into a profit! Opening new branches this time was the perfect opportunity. From Zhang Yuans perspective, the reason why the current internet cafe had been making losses persistently had a huge part to do with its location. No big-scale commercial district was nearby while there werent high-rise office buildings as well; it wasnt near a high-end residential area either. Without enough human traffic and consumers in a few-kilometer radius, how was this high-class internet cafe going to carry on? They couldnt possibly hope that ballers would drive all the way here to drink alcohol, right? Of course, some rather impressive bars could indeed make that happen. However, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe wasnt a proper bar but an internet cafe, coffee house, restaurant, and book shop all mixed together. Without any particularly strong selling point, it could not attract people to come from far away; this wasnt the way to profitability. Hence, Zhang Yuan thought about it for long and decided to put much effort into finding suitable locations; they must be within bustling commercial districts! Boss Pei, I especially recommend these three locations. This one is near Handong Universitys south gate; it is also very close to a few male hostels while opposite it is a high-end residential area. Although a few internet cafes already exist, they are always bursting with people. Since our Fish-Catching Internet Cafes environment is good and our computers are high-tech, we can definitely attract university students who are more particular about the playing atmosphere, as well as rich second-generation heirs with some purchasing power. This place was originally a coffee house; it also rather complements our internet cafe setup. The floor area is not small either. This is my number-one recommended location! Pei Qian did not say anything. He knew this location very well. After all, he had studied at Handong University while the apartment Assistant Xin had found for him to rent was just opposite this road. The internet cafes in this area were constantly packed with people; Zhang Yuan was right about this. However Pei Qian would definitely not choose this. If he chose this place and they really started to make money, who could he blame? Seeing that Pei Qian did not react, Zhang Yuan could only continue to recommend the next location. This place is within the biggest shopping mall in Jingzhou City, on the first floor. The only flaw is that the rental is very expensive. However, I did my research; this mall actually doesnt have many places to rest and relax. Many males who accompany their wives or girlfriends to shop do not have places to rest when they are tired; thats rather sad. If we open an internet cafe here, those successful males accompanying their wives to shop could come and surf the net or drink coffee when they are tired; their purchasing power should be good. Based on this human traffic floweven if the rental is high, we would definitely be able to make money! Pei Qian still had no reaction. Zhang Yuan grew even more nervous as he continued to introduce the others. As he went down the list, the localities grew worse and worse. This couldnt be helped. As Pei Qian had limited Fish-Catching Internet Cafes branches could only be opened in Jingzhou City while he had many requirements, it was already not easy that Zhang Yuan had managed to find so many shops ready to be rented out. After Zhang Yuan had introduced all of them, Zhang Yuan looked uneasily at Pei Qian. Boss Pei had not spoken even once; what did this mean? Was he not happy? Pei Qian nodded approvingly, Not bad; youve worked quite hard. Zhang Yuan breathed out a sigh of relief. Boss Pei wasnt unhappy; thats great! Pei Qian looked at the projector screen as he praised, I feel that the last four places you had recommended are not bad. The last four places? Zhang Yuan turned and looked at the screen and then at Boss Pei again. He couldnt manage to recover in time. These had been included only to hit the quota of ten that Boss Pei had wanted! Chapter 140 - Taking a Closer Look at Shang Yang Games Zhang Yuan had been most pleased with the first three shops he had recommended; he was very confident about making money from these three. Further down the list, the fourth to sixth options were all so-so locations. Although they might incur losses, at least they wouldnt do so badly. As for the last four; their locations were rather bad-even worse than Fish-Catching Internet Cafes flagship store. They had been included just to hit the quota of ten locations. After all, Pei Qian had been very specific about needing to find ten possible locations. Zhang Yuan was a little conflicted as he finally said, Boss Pei, its not that these four locations are not good. However, they might not be as suitable as the first three Zhang Yuan couldnt directly fault these four places. They were indeed part of the list of options he and Ma Yang had submitted. If he directly said they were bad, wasnt that shooting himself in the foot? What if Boss Pei then asked why they chose these four when they werent good in the first place? How was he going to reply? Hence, Zhang Yuan could only use a rather indirect method to hint to Boss Pei, that the first three options are better. Pei Qian stood up as he energetically walked towards the projector screen as he looked at the locations in detail. I actually feel that these four locations are not bad. I think that Fish-Catching Internet Cafe should give people a feeling that it is a good place that is not easy to come by; I want people to have a seeking mentality to experience unexpected joy when they finally find it! To open branches in a bustling city district? No, no, no. That would be too noisy; it would be incompatible with our internet cafes. Our internet cafes mood is quieter, relaxed; this was the atmosphere we had decided on right from the start. We only have fifty computers while we ban smoking; we have many storybooks, and even when we have gigs at night, the songs sung are not rock songs but folk songs these all exemplify the mood of our internet cafe! If were like others and open in a place with a huge amount of human traffic that ruins the atmosphere, wouldnt our internet cafe be like a chaotic vegetable market? That would be out of character and sully Tengdas image. Zhang Yuan was stunned. Boss Pei had even gone so far as to say this would sully Tengdas reputation? I cant bear this responsibility that Boss Pei is putting on me! Pei Qian pointed at the last four locations. These areas are better. They are quiet, relaxed, and are especially suitable for one to empty ones mind and allow them to think about life. Zhang Yuan was even more baffled. Why did they want customers to think about life? Shouldnt they make customers think about spending more money? Pei Qian continued, Furthermore, the more important thing is these four locations have a rather substantial floor space. They are very vast and can give our customers more space; this kind of experience is very important. Zhang Yuan was speechless. The four locations floor space was huge? Of course, that was the case! They werent in the heat of commercial districts, and the land was cheaper; it was natural that the space would be bigger. Zhang Yuan still thought of continuing with his explanation; however, Pei Qian had already returned to his seat. This time, you two have done splendidly. Well settle on these four places, then. Zhang Yuan swallowed the words that were about to come out from his mouth. When you guys head back, let the few branch managers choose which ones they want to be in charge of. Lets settle the shops that require more extensive renovations; those that do not require too many changes can be pushed to later on. When its time to transfer funds, contact Assistant Xin. As these four branches locations were even more deserted than the current flagship stores, the rent was naturally going to be cheaper. However, Pei Qian did not have that much funds on hand now; he could at most open two shops first. After he received some income from the existing games, he could then use the money to open the remaining two shops. However, this matter didnt need to be rushed either. There were still two months left. As long as they all opened for business a week before the next settlement, that would be fine. Zhang Yuan looked at Ma Yang as he gave him a look, meaning to ask Ma Yang if the latter wanted to try and persuade Boss Pei further. Ma Yang nodded as if he took the hint and went in front of Pei Qian. Alright, Brother Qian, well go and work on this; nothing will go wrong! Zhang Yuan, Was this what the look I gave you meant? However, as Ma Yang had already said this, Zhang Yuan could only follow Ma Yang dejectedly out of the office. Zhang Yuan hugged his laptop as he grew dejected internally. For this proposal, he had worked very seriously on it, heading down for site visits and making comprehensives evaluations. It could be said that the first three locations had been repeatedly confirmed by him that they would definitely be profitable! The last four locations had just been to fill the numbers; he had not wasted much energy on them. In the end, Boss Pei had not even taken much of a closer look and had decided on those four. This was really vexing. If it was another boss that decided on this, Zhang Yuan might actually have scolded and cursed this person for being unreliable. Of course, Zhang Yuan would only complain internally; he wouldnt actually resign. After all, he wouldnt be able to get this salary anywhere else. However, as Boss Pei had made this decision, Zhang Yuan actually didnt nurse a grudge. He could only say that he wasnt smart enough to comprehend Boss Peis intentions. Would Boss Pei not know how to choose locations? He definitely knew. As for why he didnt choose the most obviously profitable locations, Boss Pei must have other considerations. Zhang Yuan was dejected for a while but soon shook that off as he went with Ma Yang to discuss the rent and make preparations to open the new branches. Pei Qian was very pleased with the chosen locations. If he kept up the good work, these branches would be able to make even more losses than the flagship store. This was also very logical. As the flagship store, the first location was definitely going to have the best business; if not, it wouldnt be known as a flagship. After he relaxed and drank his tea for a while, Assistant Xin knocked and entered. Boss Pei, I have gotten some preliminary information on Shang Yang Games; do you want to take a look? Pei Qian immediately perked up, Yes! Pei Qian was paying the most attention to this recently. As long as he managed to buy over Shang Yang Games, he would have a second stable source of losses after Fish-Catching Internet Cafe; it was something that would be beneficial for a long time! Assistant Xin handed over a file to Pei Qian. Pei Qian read as Assistant Xin started to explain. Shang Yang Games is a private company with fifty-two employees. At present, Shang Yang Games mainly has two games. One is called Romantic Taoist-a business venture game; the second is called Bloody Battle Song it is a web-based war game. Hearing the name of this game, Pei Qian couldnt help by sigh appreciatively. Indeed, making lousy games also required some degree of gifts and talent. Look at this name, Romantic Taoist! The name itself was rather inappropriate; if a game with this name could become popular and sell well, that would be the biggest joke in the world! However, while he knew that this was obviously a sensational name, Pei Qian actually wanted to see what this game was about. Romantic Taoist has presently stopped running; its income had been lower than fifty thousand for a long time; Bloody Battle Song, on the other hand, is the Shang Yang Gamess main source of revenue. However, after a recent uproar over certain changes to the game, its income had also fallen drastically. Pei Qian knew about this uproar; Ma Yiqun had told him about it. Bloody Battle Song was probably the game where Old Liu had sold a saber at 888, resulting in the company being scolded bloody by players. Not bad. These are good options to take over. Assistant Xin continued, Using a rough estimate, Shang Yang Games rental is around a hundred and fifty thousand monthly while wages are at two hundred thousand a month. They are currently finding it very hard to even maintain this, and rumors have it that they cant seem to be able to even pay salaries this month. While they had more employees than Tengda, there were many positions in that company and the average wage was also lower. Hence, the rent and salaries to be paid were much lower than Tengdas. Pei Qian didnt mind this; he could slowly tweak the situation after he took over in any case. As long as it didnt have any hidden trouble lurking that could generate profits; then all would be fine! Chapter 141 - Acquisition! Pei Qian thought for a while and asked, This is the first time I am acquiring a company. Are there any things I should take note of? Assistant Xin flipped through her notebook and replied, There are still a lot of risks involved. For example, such companies oftentimes have issues with their registered capital. We have to check if they have any false capital contribution or withdrawal of capital. Furthermore, we also have to check their company assets, liabilities, and owners equity, etc., and take note of their fixed assets depreciation rate, amortization of intangible assets, non-recoverable assets However, this is a small-scale private enterprise. The owner is Du Ruijie. He and another partner hold all the shares to the company. However, in reality, Du Ruijie is the main person in charge of the operations of the company. I suppose that he is currently begging to hand the company over. After all, the company has negative equity and has been suffering losses every month. If we wait a little longer, we should be able to lower the price and acquire the company with just a few hundred thousand yuan. If you are patient enough, we might even be able to get it at a lower price. Pei Qian was momentarily stunned. Why is it so cheap? That made him a little disappointed. He thought the other party would sell the company at least at a price of one or two million yuan. Yet, they could acquire it with merely a few hundred thousand yuan? Assistant Xin nodded and replied, Of course, Boss Pei. This company was initially funded by Du Ruijie and the other partner. The startup capital was only a million yuan. However, because of their good luck, they had made some money from the games that they produced and thus expanded to its current scale. Du Ruijie had earned buckets from that. If he could sell this mess that he had in his hands, he could earn another few hundred thousand yuan. He is dying to get that money. There is no way he dared to raise the price. If no one takes over the operations of the company, he might only be able to sell his company assets at a cheap price. I heard that Du Ruijie even planned to give the computers that the employees used to them and deduct that from their salary. Pei Qian was speechless. So creative! On one hand, he could save the trouble of selling those huge numbers of second-hand business computers. On the other hand, he could solve the problem of delayed wages of the employees. This Boss Du is such a genius! Pei Qian did not want to raise the price. On one hand, the act of forcefully raising the price was too unnatural. It was way too obvious if he raised the price to a few million if he could have acquired the company for merely a few hundred thousand yuan. Doing so would draw suspicion to himself. On the other hand, Pei Qian wanted to pool his funds into opening more Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. Therefore, he did not have much working capital in his hands. Therefore, it was fine if they just went with the standard price. Assistant Xin also pointed out several other important things that he had to do, such as checking the companys stakeholder changes and balance sheet, collecting the employees labor contract and information on their insurance and wages, as well as notarizing relevant documents Pei Qian did not have to worry about those. He was only responsible for providing the money. These details would obviously be left to the professionals. Assistant Xin closed her notebook and said, There should be all the information to take note of. Boss Pei, so you want to conduct an inspection under a disguise? Pei Qian was stunned. Inspect what? If you had confirmed the acquisition, Boss Du would definitely make some preparations when you went over to inspect the company. That prevents you from understanding the real situation in Shang Yang Games, Assistant Xin explained. You can conceal your identity and have a walk over there to observe the working state of the employees as well as the working environment. That will help us push down the prices at the negotiation table later on. Pei Qian understood her meaning. Her suggestion was similar to a sudden inspection by the superior of the company. If the other hand caught wind about the inspection, they would definitely do some things for show. The superior would not be able to truly understand the situation there then. Pei Qian shook his head and said, That is not necessary. Those changes done for show would be insignificant. There are some things that you can never hide. Boss Pei appeared very confident as though he already had the company in his hands. Assistant Xin did not probe into that any further. I will contact the other party to arrange for a meeting with Boss Du. Pei Qian nodded his head. The earlier, the better! The next afternoon Pei Qian arrived at Shang Yang Games. The moment he pushed the door of the Cayenne open, he was immediately greeted by a man who appeared to be in his late-twenties and was wearing spectacles. Are you Boss Pei? Nice to meet you! I am Wang Xiaobin, the chief planner of Shang Yang Games. Boss Du is waiting for you upstairs. Wang Xiaobin was very welcoming. However, Pei Qian was a little confused. Isnt Old Liu the chief planner? Although he did not know a lot about Shang Yang Games, he was very sure that the chief planner was Old Liu. He was pretty familiar with him. Pei Qian met him once when old Liu interviewed at Tengda. He had also heard of his news from Huang Sibo and Ma Yiqun. Pei Qian was a little regretful every time he heard about the things that old Liu did. He had let a genius slip out of his hands during the initial interview! If he had hired Old Liu, he might have already caused the games to fail. Pei Qian would not need to go through so much trouble just to lose money then. The good thing was that he could still take precaution after suffering the loss. It was still not too late. Pei Qian wanted to keep the entire team in Shang Yang Games. As the chief planner, Old Liu was obviously a crucial member of this team. However, why wasnt Old Liu welcoming him today? Why did a stranger come and greet him? Wang Xiaobin felt slightly awkward. I didnt expect that Boss Pei knew so much about our company. I will explain this to you in a while. Please head this way. Full of suspicion, Pei Qian followed Wang Xiaobin into the office building and over to the company on the second floor They went past the office area first. The desks were clustered together. That made Pei Qian a little unaccustomed. He was used to the spacious layout of the desks in Tengda. Therefore, when he saw how cramped the working environment was, he felt a little suffocated. The overall working environment was nice. The floors were clean, and the desks were neat. All the employees were either typing on their keyboards in front of the computers or using the editor. They all appeared to be focused on their work. Pei Qian knew clearly that those were all facades that were temporarily displayed for the sudden inspection. Upon careful observation, one would notice that most employees were not truly working and were only pretending to be doing so. Many people only had a few words on their documents after staring at the screen for a long time. No one knew what they were thinking about. Pei Qian did not expose that facade. He and Assistant Xin followed Wang Xiaobin into the office space and headed towards Du Ruijies office. He was the boss of Shang Yang Games. Du Ruijie had been waiting at the door of his office. This Boss Du looks like he was in his thirties. He had a few strands of hair on his head and did not have a huge belly. He appeared especially smart and seemed like a middle-aged successful businessman. Boss Pei! Welcome! Welcome! I have heard that Boss Pei is a promising youth. Those rumors were indeed true. Du Ruijie stepped forward and led Pei Qian and Assistant Xin into his office. Wang Xiaobin went to make some tea hurriedly. Making tea was supposed to be the job of an assistant or administrative employee. However, Shang Yang Games did not have any administrative roles. Therefore, the employees had to cover those jobs themselves. In reality, this was a normal occurrence for some smaller games companies. After all, they had to pay the administrative employees for their work. When a companys scale had not expanded to a certain extent, most games companies would choose to cut down on all the possible costs. Ordinary people would not choose to do what Pei Qian did and hire two beautiful receptionists before a game was even completed. Very quickly, Wang Xiaobin had returned with the tea. Pei Qian looked at the drinks with the corner of his eyes and thought that it was most probably not of high-quality. He lifted the cup, sipped it symbolically, and placed the cup down. Take a seat, too, Xiaobin. You will answer the questions that Boss Pei will ask regarding the games. Du Ruijie motioned Wang Xiaobin to sit down beside him. It was apparent that Boss Du was merely in charge of collecting the money and did not know much about his games. Du Ruijie heard that Boss Pei was not only the boss but also an incredible game designer. He was afraid that Boss Pei would ask things that he did not know about the game and thus wanted Wang Xiaobin to cover him. Wang Xiaobin could not help but be a little nervous as he thought that the companys last hope lay on his shoulders. Chapter 142 - You Have to Rely on the Professionals to Lose Money I have long heard that Boss Pei and Tengda Games are black horses in Jingzhou City. Every game that you made became popular and would be on the popular searches on Weibo. This makes us so envious. Du Ruijie sipped his tea and exclaimed. Pei Qian replied politely, Actually, I am very envious of Boss Du, too. Du Ruijie was momentarily stunned. What are you envious of? Umm I am envious of your luck. Pei Qian originally wanted to say that he was envious of his ability to lose money. However, he suddenly realized that those words were not suitable to say out loud and changed his words suddenly. Du Ruijie laughed out loud. Boss Pei, you are so hilarious. It seems like I am indeed pretty lucky. If other companies faced such a situation, I suppose that they will shut down in no time. I am indeed lucky that Boss Pei is willing to acquire the company. Boss Pei, I am very thankful that you are willing to save Shang Yang Games. Therefore, I will save all those tricks and tell you the absolute truth. In reality, I bear the greatest responsibility for the bad operations of the company. If you could truly save Shang Yang Games from its demise and give it a new life, I am even willing to give the company to you directly. However Firstly, this company was opened by me and another brother of mine. We two had invested a lot of blood and sweat into it. Secondly, the employees of the company are all my brothers. I hope that I can try my best to find a good place for them to go to Du Ruijie sipped on his tea as he spoke. Although Du Ruijie said a lot of nice words, Pei Qian knew internally that Boss Du wanted to raise the price. The focus of his words was after the word however! All in all, Boss Du wanted to emphasize his struggles when opening the company and how good these employees are. He also wanted to point out that there was still hope to revive those two games that were still operating and that they could profit again with just some effort. Pei Qian listened quietly and smiled. Du Ruijie talked for an entire ten minutes. He introduced the situation in Shang Yang Games and added a lot of personal opinions. He appeared very prepared and amiable. Pei Qian did not respond to his speech. He wasnt interested in this content at all. Maybe because of Pei Qians age, Boss Du wanted to bluff him and convince him to list a higher price. However, he had no idea that Pei Qian was not interested in that at all and was not in charge of that. Those were all part of Assistant Xins job. Assistant Xin listened quietly behind Pei Qian and continuously recorded the information down on her notebook. She was prepared to start slashing the price anytime with Pei Qians orders. Boss Pei, this is all. Ill give you a very reasonable price. Ill wipe off the remaining digits and give you an exact figure: one million. What do you think of it? Boss Du had a this is such a bargain for you look on his face. Pei Qian did not respond and instead asked casually, I remember that your companys previous chief planner was called Liu. Where is he? Du Ruijie was stunned. He then shook his head slightly. Oh. Old Liu. He resigned a few days ago. I think he found another company to work for. Rest assured, Boss Pei. Xiaobin had always been our systems designer. His abilities are incredible. He has been promoted to the chief planner and can definitely take over Old Lius responsibilities! Wait. No. He might even perform better than Old Liu! Resigned? This Pei Qian was a little troubled. Old Liu found out that the company was about to fail and had found his next job beforehand. Thats true. It wasnt difficult for Old Liu to find a job given his experience in planning games and his brilliant resume. However, that was a little pitiful. This fantastic company became incomplete before he had even bought it over. Then again, Pei Qian did not take that to heart and did not plan to get Old Liu back either. The company was only short of a chief planner. It could continue operating by finding someone to take up that role. However, Pei Qian glanced over at Wang Xiaobin and felt that he could not be the chief planner. According to what Boss Du said, he was the systems designer for previous projects. He had a deep understanding of the projects and was very capable. That should be true. In that case, Pei Qian definitely could not make him the chief planner. What if he was more capable than Old Liu? He had to change to another person. Pei Qian contemplated that internally and did not display it on his face. Can I try out the two games produced by the company? Pei Qian asked. Du Ruijie nodded and replied, Of course. Xiaobin, bring a laptop over. Let Boss Pei try out our games. Wang Xiaobin nodded his head and left the office to search for a laptop outside. Pei Qian noticed that there was a laptop on Du Ruijies office desk. That said that Du Ruijie never played his companys games. Pei Qian could not help but feel a little jealous. Look at them! This was what a mature company should look like. The boss did not have to care about the operations, and the company would suffer losses by itself. Look at Tengda. I scrutinized every single detail of the games, and yet it created such troubles. Very soon, Wang Xiaobin came in with a laptop. Shang Yang Games produced two games. One was called Romantic Taoist and the other Bloody Battle Song. There were both browser games. However, the former was a management game while the latter was an RPG game about the war between nations. Pei Qian opened Romantic Taoist first. The first thing he saw after registering an account was a scene that could make noses bleed. A large picture of a beautiful lady was in the middle of the display. She was scantily clad and caused nosebleeds. Du Ruijie and Wang Xiaobin appeared a little uneasy. They felt a little embarrassed as though an ugly girlfriend was about to meet her in-laws. They had previously heard that Boss Pei was not only the boss but was also the lead designer for Tengda Games. For example, the recently popular Game Designer thoroughly analyzed and harshly satirized the domestic game industry. Its gameplay, graphics, and core message were all comparable with top game producers overseas. Meanwhile, looking at Shang Yang Games, it was still at the stage of pushing the envelope of what was acceptable. Their classiness was miles apart. What would they do if Boss Pei became unhappy after seeing this type of game and decided against acquiring their company? Pei Qian scanned the game quickly and confirmed in no time that the name of the game was greatly sensationalized. It was just an ordinary management browser game that included many beautiful women. After a set amount of time, they would unlock a new beautiful woman. The game was terrible in all aspects. It was no wonder the game was about to cease its operations. Pei Qian closed the game and quietly opened Bloody Battle Song. The graphics of this game was much better than the previous one, and yet it was still bad.Read more chapter on novelhall.com It was a typical slash me if you are my brother game. The 2D graphics made Pei Qian feel as though he was back to the Stone Age. It was unbelievable that the game had earned significant profits during the first two months from its release to sustain Shang Yang Games three hundred thousand yuan operating costs each month. That could be considered a miracle. After seeing those two games, Pei Qian was suddenly a little sentimental. He seemed to have understood why he could not suffer a loss. He lacked imagination! As a person who had the memory from 2019, his taste and style had been cultivated by different types of classic masterpieces in that period. Even if he had deliberately wanted to produce trashy games, the only thing he could think of was the games with high paywalls on the market. However, all those games with paywalls that Pei Qian recalled were winners who survived the intense battles in the market and could profit! That was the limit to his imagination. He couldnt think of any game that was trashier than that. However, he knew about that now. Games like Romantic Taoist and Bloody Battle Song During the first two minutes into the game, Pei Qian felt that his intelligence had been plastered and rubbed on the ground. As expected, you have to rely on the professionals to lose money. This deal seemed like such a bargain! Chapter 143 - Slashing Prices Du Ruijie was opposite Pei Qian. When he saw Pei Qians expression which screamed my eyes are burning as he played the games, his heart dropped to the ground. He had a bad feeling internally. Du Ruijie had never played the games under his company as he knew how terrible they were. He seemed to have been too hard on Boss Pei by making him play this type of trashy game If Boss Pei did not like those two games, he would most probably use that as a reason to slash the price. Du Ruijie was mentally prepared. Pei Qian closed the laptop, handed it over to Wang Xiaobin, and said, Not bad. Not bad? Du Ruijie suddenly felt immense respect towards Pei Qian. He thought that Boss Pei was trying to not embarrass him. How could he comment that such trashy games were not bad? He was being really kind! In reality, Pei Qian truly felt that those two games were not bad. Pei Qian knew that he could not achieve the level of trashiness that the games had reached. Above it all, no matter what kind of games they were, they could be considered good games as long as they could not profit! Wang Xiaobin asked instinctively, Boss Pei, do you have any questions regarding the two games? I can answer your questions if you have any. Du Ruijie was so furious that he wanted to kick Wang Xiaobin. Did you know what you were saying? Couldnt we just get over this issue quickly? Were you trying to force Boss Pei to criticize the game? Pei Qian laughed and replied, I can understand the designs of the game clearly. I have no questions. Actually, Pei Qian wanted to ask them how they produced such a trashy game. However, upon further thinking, he thought that he shouldnt be so honest about that. Wang Xiaobin took the laptop over, nodded his head, and said, Thats true, boss Pei. You are a professional. You will be able to understand the game with one look. Im being such a busybody. Du Ruijie heaved a sigh of relief. He wanted to get this matter over and done with, close the acquisition deal quickly, and leave with the money. At that time, this mess that he hadincluding all these old and used furniture, computers, and these useless employeeswould all be thrown at Tengda. Boss Pei would then be the person having a headache because of these things. Pei Qian turned his head slightly, signifying that Xin Hailu could start slashing the price. Although Pei Qian did not mind spending three or four hundred thousand yuan more, he suddenly felt that he was at the lower end of the deal if he had spent that extra money. Although these were the assets of the system, he still felt a little uncomfortable if he gave Boss Du the money. He might as well increase the welfare of his employees with that money. Therefore, he slashed the prices as he should have done until it reached the Boss Dus bottom-line price in his heart. Assistant Xin flipped through her notebook. Boss Du, from what I know, you have delayed the employees a month of wages; one of the two games had ceased operating while the others revenue has been experiencing a nosedive. Currently, those two games are no longer considered high-quality assets and do not hold any IP value on its own. These furniture and office computers were purchased two to three years ago. They were not expensive initially. Considering how used they are, Im afraid the most suitable place for it to be is the rubbish chute. As you know, given Tengdas current working environment, these things are of no use Assistant Xin spoke very fast. Du Ruijies face gradually turned pale. Oh, no. All the saliva spent earlier went to waste. He had originally thought that Boss Pei was very young and was most probably very inexperienced. He thought that he could get more money by bluffing him. However, he realized that he was bluffing the wrong person. Boss Pei was not interested in the details of the acquisition. This assistant at the back was solely in charge of that. This assistant looked very experienced. She was much more superior to Du Ruijie from all aspects. Throwing all other things aside, her presence itself was already much more superior to Du Ruijie. Du Ruijie was ultimately just the boss of a private enterprise. He was incomparable with Assistant Xin who had been working in big corporations. Very soon, he became speechless from what she said. Assistant Xin slammed the notebook together. After thorough consideration, the price that we propose is five hundred and fifty thousand yuan. Du Ruijie gulped down his saliva. This price was barely acceptable for him. However, he was still a little unhappy. Pei Qian smiled and said, Thats okay, Boss Du. Ill give you another fifty thousand yuan. Given our friendship, Ill make it six hundred thousand in total. Du Ruijie considered for a while. He wanted the price to be higher. However, after thinking about it, he decided against more bargaining This Assistant Xin had been way too precise with her calculations. There were no other reasons for him to continue bargaining. If he said something wrong that made Boss Pei unhappy, he could simply leave immediately. Wouldnt he lose everything then? Once Du Ruijie thought of that, he showed a bright smile on his face. Okay, Boss Pei. Six hundred thousand it is, then! Im conceding because I hope that my brothers will have a better future Pei Qian could not help but be speechless. This guy seemed to be so used to saying nice words and bragging. Nothing he said was believable. Then, we shall proceed with the procedures. Pei Qian looked at Assistant Xin. Although they had agreed to the terms, there were still many more things to be done after that. They had to carefully verify the details of the company and sign an acquisition agreement. It was unlike purchasing things in the supermarket; one could not just take their items and leave after swiping ones card. They had to do things step-by-step. However, Pei Qian did not need to worry about that. Boss Pei is so benevolent! You will indeed achieve big things! Du Ruijie was also very happy. Although this price was lower than what he had expected, the last fifty thousand yuan that Boss Pei added made him pretty happy. The main thing was that he could finally shake the burden off. This was something that made him happy. Tell those employees outside to leave work and have a break. Notify them to come back to work after the procedures are done. Umm Lets set it on next Monday. May 10th. Pei Qian looked at the dates. Today was Wednesday. Four days should be enough to complete most procedures. After all, this was not a multi-million acquisition case. Shang Yang Games was only a small company. There were only so many things to settle. Assistant Xin was very capable and could definitely complete the tasks on time. This was a good time to give the employees a break so they could get accustomed to Tengdas working tempo beforehand. In the future, Shang Yang Games would be a subsidiary of Tengda. They had to follow the various protocols and welfare of their holding company. Wang Xiaobin was momentarily stunned. He nodded his head and replied, Okay, Boss Pei! I will inform the others now! Pei Qian did not go out but instead continued listening to Assistant Xin and Boss Dus conversation about the various procedures in the office. After a while, whispered conversations sounded from outside as though a pool of dead water had suddenly come to life. The moment Wang Xiaobin announced that the employees would be on a break until next Monday and that the company was about to change its owner, a commotion erupted. Originally, Shang Yang Games was at a decline and many people were already searching for new jobs. Some employees who had brilliant resumes, such as Old Liu, had already successfully found new jobs. However, Du Ruijie suddenly announced that another company was willing to take over the company yesterday. He ordered everyone to use an entire evening to tidy up the place, arrange their desks, and welcome their possibly new boss with their highest spirits. That news shocked many people. After all, everyone knew how bad Shang Yang Games was. Who in the right mind would be willing to take over this mess? However, after some inquisition, they were all shocked when they heard that Tengda Games could be their new owner. This good news Was simply like a pie in the sky! After all, Tengda Games had a very good reputation in the industry. Many people wanted to join the company but could not find a way to do so. If their company was acquired by Tengda, it would probably be treated as a stepson and not receive similar benefits as their biological son. However, they were still under Tengda. Their future would be much more promising than they were now! They had originally thought that the acquisition would take at least a few weeks and had not expected to get a break. Anyways, they were merely wasting their time during work. However, they did not expect the process to be so efficient. They had already achieved a preliminary agreement in such a short time? They were on break until next Monday? The employees of Shang Yang Games only had one thought. The ups and downs in their life are way too exhilarating They were troubled about losing their job a few days ago. All of a sudden, they experienced a makeover and became Tengdas employees. They had four days of leave, too! They had almost thought that they were dreaming! Chapter 144 - Boss Pei’s Weekends Pei Qian was pretty busy this weekend. He had originally planned to enjoy his sleep in his rented apartment, but he found it hard to fall asleep. The moment he closed his eyes, scenes of the internet cafe becoming popular and earning huge bucks flashed before his eyes. That made him restless. He had no choice but to get Assistant Xin to drive over to fetch him. He had to check it out to assure himself. Of course, that gave him an excuse to give Assistant Xin overtime pay. Firstly, they went to the flagship store of the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. After having a cup of coffee and spending some time in the store, Pei Qian confirmed that there would not be any possibility of turning the loss into profit in the short term here. Afterward, he went to the two new stores of the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe to look at the renovations. The locations of these two stores were worse than the flagship store. Their only advantage was their spaciousness. The interior designs of these two stores could not be exactly identical to the flagship store and could only lean towards Pei Qians preferred style. They had an overall minimalist style and did not have a lot of extravagant details. However, the tables and chairs, bar counter, bookshelves, and other furniture all seemed very classy. It was not that Pei Qian liked this kind of classy style. The main reason why he chose that was the price of the furniture of that style. The two new branch managers appeared very hardworking. They were staring at the workers as they renovated the place. Pei Qian approached them and conveyed his greetings warmly. He persuaded one of the branch managers to head home. However, the other was adamant against going home. Pei Qian could only give him overtime wages. After looking at the renovations of the internet cafes, Pei Qian was still not assured. He spent some time walking around the surroundings of the stores. Finally, he concluded that this location was even more deserted than the flagship store. There should not be a lot of customers who would come to the store. On the way back, Pei Qian suddenly had the notion of going to the company. He found Lu Mingliang and some other members of the design team working overtime. Boss Pei was extremely angry. He had originally allowed Huang Sibo and the others to work overtime because he thought that Huang Sibo and Bao Xu were using the time to play games. However, he so discovered that they were not playing games while working overtime. They were obviously hard at work! Therefore, Pei Qian felt that he should be stringent about this and prohibit anyone from appearing at the office after office hours. This time, Pei Qian sent everyoneincluding Bao Xu-outside. His reason was for them to rest well back at home and care about their hairline. After thinking about the results from the previous physical examination, Bao Xu had no other excuse and could only pack his stuff and head home. During this time, Bao Xu had much more money in his hands. He was no longer living in an internet cafe. He rented a studio apartment and bought a new computer. He could now play computer games at home. When the others saw that Bao Xu had been successfully persuaded by Boss Pei, they could only pack up their things quietly and leave as well. The scenario seemed extremely devastating. The team headed outside with extremely low spirits. Those who did not know the situation might even think that they had all been fired. After chasing everyone away, Pei Qian randomly found a chair nearby and sat down. He felt extremely tired psychologically. These guys! They are giving me such a headache! I am thinking is it time to change the lock to the office? Maybe we should purchase a higher-quality digital lock? The kind that limited access to certain personnel during public holidays Pei Qian looked at Assistant Xin. Xin Hailu hesitated before saying, Would this reduce everyones motivation to work? Reduce everyones motivation? That would be great. It would be best if it not only simply reduced their motivation. It would be better if it could destroy it completely. Thats settled then. Remember to head over to the administrative department to check if they have such locks. If not, you can just purchase one instead. The door can only be opened by authorized personnel during public holidays. These would temporarily include you, me, and the few girls in the administrative department. The job of the administrative department was the simplest. They would usually start work at nine and leave at five. They might be late for a minute, but they would never leave work a minute early. They would definitely not be around during public holidays. Pei Qian felt very assured when he gave them the authority to the door. Assistant Xin noted that down in her notebook. After finishing his words, Pei Qian thought of a new problem. How could he give them overtime wages? By locking the door, everyone would not come to the office to work overtime. However, that meant that he would not be able to give out overtime wages either. Although this did not sum up too much, it was still a part of the strength in numbers plan. It was an important way to spend his money. The overtime wages of each person did not amount to much, but when the number of employees increased, this would become a huge budget. Pei Qian thought for a while. How about this? In the future, everyone could declare their overtime hours. The overtime wages would also include time spent working from home. Xin Hailu was stunned. How do we check if they were truly working? Check? Check for what? I wouldnt care even if everyone falsely declared their overtime hours. Of course, Pei Qian could not say that. He thought for a while and said, I believe in everyones discipline. However, if anyone was to be found guilty of falsely declaring overtime hours, his entire overtime wages for the month will be deducted. He had to set a punishment to gag the system. Anyways, Pei Qian would not check if anyone had falsely declared their overtime hours. Pei Qians mood changed for the better seeing the empty office. He stood up from the chair and was prepared to have a nice nap back at home. At that moment, his phone rang. Huang Sibo called. Pei Qian immediately stood on his guard. After completing the shoot for Boss Peis Daily Life, Huang Sibo and Bao Xu were prepared to rest for half a month. Calculating the time, their break should be over soon. They should be thinking about a new project and shooting a new video. With his persuasive words, Pei Qian had ignited the fighting spirit in Huang Sibo and successfully convinced him to stop working on Boss Peis Daily Life and give up on this successful IP. However, Pei Qian was unsure and unsettled about what exactly Huang Sibo and Zhu Xiaoce planned to shoot. The purpose of this call was either to have a discussion with Pei Qian or to report the progress to him. Pei Qian hoped it was the former. He picked up the call. Boss Pei, Im so sorry for disturbing you at this time. We would like to report about the work plans for Fei Huang Workspace. Previously, Boss Peis words had enlightened me. Originally, Director Zhu Xiaoce and I planned to continue working on short videos and shoot a new video series that was inspired by Boss Peis Daily Life. We wanted to showcase a similar plot twist and contrast. We planned on investigating some popular current affairs and discover a series of celebrity characters from our everyday lives. The more Pei Qian listened, the more nervous he became. Was that f*cking Surprise''[1] or Baozou Big News Events[2]? Whichever it was, they all sound pretty pessimistic. Huang Sibo continued speaking, However, Boss Peis words the other day enlightened me. I think we should go out of our comfort zone and continue pursuing our dreams! Although short videos are a good way to earn quick money and could bring smiles to people, we feel that it is still not enough. Director Zhu Xiaoce shares my opinion. Therefore, after discussing with him, we decided to film a documentary. We want to film a documentary that no one had ever shot before. Of course, given our limited capital currently, there is no way we can shoot a huge one. We will carefully consider our topic. The only thing we hope to achieve is to use our cameras to record something meaningful Pei Qian heaved a sigh of relief. However, he was quickly on his guard again. The reason he heaved in relief was that Huang Sibo and Zhu Xiaoce and really decided to give up on making short videos. This was great news for him. If they followed their original plans, it was very likely that they would produce another popular short video series. If they really made it to the heights of Surprise and Reporting, Boss![3], something terrible would happen. Now that Huang Sibo and Zhu Xiaoce wanted to film a documentary, the topic itself meant that there was a very low possibility of them profiting. This was good news. [1] This is a Chinese mini comedy series that told the story of the protagonist in an exaggerated and humorous way (2] This is a Chinese internet talk-variety show reporting about ridiculous news events (3] This is a TV comedy series about a four-man movie company Chapter 145 - The New Boss of Shang Yang Games Limited by their current capital, Fei Huang Workspace could not produce an impressive documentary. Documentaries that Pei Qian recalled were considerably successful, such as A Bite of China which spread like wildfire across the country, had huge investments. Not only did they have to explore the entire country to record their materials, but the filming equipment was also incredibly expensive. Meanwhile, Fei Huang Workspace could only use 50% of the net profits from Boss Peis Daily Life currently. That was only slightly more than a million yuan. That small amount was definitely insufficient. It was absolutely impossible for them to film documentaries such as A Bite of China. However, Pei Qian did not let his guard down. Since Pei Qian had considered those problems, so would Zhu Xiaoce. He definitely knew about these. Zhu Xiaoce was a young and talented director. Since he wanted to film a documentary, he would only proceed with it if he felt that it could succeed. Pei Qian had been duped once. There was no way he would be duped the second time. This video would most probably still make some money. However, as compared to short videos, these documentaries which had little investments should earn much less. That sufficed. Thinking about that, Pei Qian said, Okay. Ill give you guys my support. His tone seemed dead and lifeless. After all, he wasnt speaking from his heart, Huang Sibo was elated. Thank you for the support, Boss Pei! After he hung up on the call, Pei Qian asked a few simple questions about what was happening over at Shang Yang Games. Assistant Xin did a brief report on the situation. Currently, everything was going smoothly. Pei Qian would be able to go over and meet his new employees on Monday and assign them their tasks. Pei Qian contemplated for a while. Monday do I still need to be there on Monday? Assistant Xin coughed twice before replying, Of course, you have to be there. The boss has a huge influence on the entire company. I think that it is still necessary for Boss Pei to be present and say something. Otherwise, if the employees at Shang Yang Games were left on their own, the situation might go out of control. Pei Qian thought through her words and found that it made sense. Assistant Xin said that Pei Qian should be there to give them assurance and set a direction for development for the entire employee population at Shang Yang Games. Meanwhile, Pei Qian was worried if these workers would cause any trouble for him. It was possible that they might turn the losses into profits by messing around. Although he was taking the company overafter thinking through it carefully, he noticed that there were still some differences from the previous Shang Yang Games. One was that old Liu had changed his job; Wang Xiaobin became the new chief planner. Another was that the boss Du Ruijie had run away. Those two people should have played a major role in the original process of suffering losses in Shang Yang Games. Pei Qian was a little uneasy since those two people were not around. To ensure that nothing went wrong, Pei Qian decided to make a trip there personally. After all, this was the only time he would be there. He would never go back anymore in the future. He wanted to try his best to ensure that he did not influence Shang Yang Games. After all, given what happened at Tengda Games, Pei Qian was never this unconfident with his game design skills. He wanted to play it safe. It would be way too awkward if Pei Qian said some things in the heat of the moment and replicated the disaster with Ocean Stronghold. Sure. Come and fetch me on Monday morning. We will head over to Shang Yang Games first. Pei Qian sighed secretly. It was so tiring being a boss. Monday morning At Shang Yang Games There were still ten minutes to the starting time at Shang Yang Games, but all its employees were at the office already. They were all highly concentrated. They kept their backbones straight. They were observing the situation at the entrance while they were scanning through the documents or using the editor. Shang Yang Games had changed its boss! No one knew the temper and nature of the mysterious Boss Pei. Therefore, they keep themselves highly concentrated on the first day of work and were afraid of making a single mistake. Everyone knew in their hearts how bad the previous operations at Shang Yang Games were. If Boss Pei decided to assert his authority today by finding an excuse to fire someone late, wouldnt the victim be terribly unlucky? Therefore, everyone braced themselves and did not dare to make any mistakes. Wang Xiaobin had the most pressure. He was supposed to save the company as the chief planner. However, he wasnt confident with his abilities at all. Old Liu had found a new job. According to everyones experience, it was indeed natural for Wang Xiaobin, who was the systems designer, to step up to the position. Other people would not be able to shut everyones mouths and gain Du Ruijies trust. Wang Xiaobin did not think through it too much. There was no way he could hide away from the job handed over to him since Boss Du had chosen him personally. Moreover, Shang Yang Games was at the brink of scattering at that time. He did not think that he would remain as the chief planner for long. However, Wang Xiaobin knew clearly that while he was good at creating charts and assigning data values, he could not handle the responsibilities of consolidating the research tasks for the entire project and confirming the direction of the game development. Therefore, Wang Xiaobin decided that he would tell Boss Pei the truth today. He hoped that Boss Pei could assign an experienced designer from Tengda Games to be the chief planner. He could then work under the new chief planner peacefully. On the left desk behind Wang Xiaobin, a youngster was secretly replying to the messages on his phone. Ma Yiquns new message was shown on the chat. How was it, Little Ye? Have the human resources department at Tengda called you? Ye Zhizhou replied, No. Ma Yiqun, No way. I remember talking about you in front of Boss Pei. Boss Pei said that he would definitely ensure that you remain employed. Could it be that he has been too busy and forgot about that? Ye Zhizhou, Boss Pei had acquired Shang Yang Games directly. Dont you know about this? Ma Yiqun,??? Ma Yiqun did not reply for a long time. It was obvious that he was shocked by the news. What was Boss Pei planning to do? He merely hoped that Boss Pei could help with his brothers employment problem. In the end, this was what Boss Pei meant that he said that he would definitely ensure that he remained employed? He had actually acquired Shang Yang Games! Ma Yiqun and the rest had no idea about this. That was because Pei Qian felt that this did not concern them and so did not reveal this to them. That made Ma Yiqun completely stupefied. Could it be that Boss Pei saw how capable Huang Sibo and I are and thought that the other employees at Shang Yang Games are equally capable? Therefore, he decided to just acquire the entire company. What am I thinking? No way. Ma Yiqun had just left Shang Yang Games recently. He knew exactly how terrible the company was. If he used two words to describe it, it would be beyond cure!! What was Boss Pei doing by acquiring a company that was half a step into the tomb? Ye Zhizhou looked at his watch and found that it was almost the starting time at the company. He replied quickly: Brother Ma, I got to go. Boss Pei might be here very soon. After putting his phone away, Ye Zhizhou continued pretending as though he was concentrating on working on his computer. Not long after, Ye Zhizhou felt that the atmosphere at the office space suddenly became tense. He peered with the corners of his eyes. Boss Pei had indeed arrived! Although they had met before, he still felt suffocated from Boss Peis confident aura. Even though Boss Pei was still very young, he seemed to emit a unique disposition with his every move for an unknown reason. How could he describe his disposition? Not lacking money? Confident? Benevolent? Individualistic? Those words all seemed unsuitable. Anyways, from his disposition, Boss Pei did not seem like a Philistine person. He was the complete opposite of the original Boss Du. He then recalled Boss Peis previously successful games. That put a halo on him. It was hard to look at him directly. Indeed, this should be how a true leader behaves. Boss Du could only be considered an upstart. This should be how a truly talented designer should be! Ye Zhizhou exclaimed from his heart. Chapter 146 - Boss Pei Gives an Imperial Sword Is everyone here? Lets have a meeting. Pei Qian walked into the conference room. Everyone else quickly stood up and followed behind Wang Xiaobin into the conference room. They took their seats and squared themselves, their expressions solemn. Ye Zhizhou could not help but feel moved. Look at the scene! In the pastwhen Old Liu held meetings, everyone would appear as if they were listening; but nobody actually paid any attention. Everyone just wanted to hang around and take each day as it came. They purely did the work that they were assigned and nothing more. In any case, it was clear to everyone that in such an environment, it did not matter how hard they worked. However, things were very different now. The thought of Boss Pei becoming their new boss instilled new-found, genuine respect and submission in everyone. This was extremely impressive. Pei Qian adjusted himself on his seat several times, feeling like he could not get comfortable no matter how he sat. He could only say that Shang Yang Games was extremely stingy. Everythingfrom the seats at the work desks to the seats in the conference room-was very cheap. Nobody could feel comfortable on these chairs. I just slashed Du Ruijies price by four hundred thousand yuan. I can take this money to give these people a salary raise and change the work desks and seats in this place. Once I have access to the funds, I will take some time to renovate all of Shang Yang Games. That would also be a good way to spend more money before settlement. The uncomfortable chair made Pei Qian all the more determined to quickly assign jobs and leave this place. Pei Qian looked at his Rolex and then made himself look as though he were in a hurry. In actual fact, he had nothing else to do for the rest of the day. He was prepared to pay his sleep debt. Theres not much time left. Ill leave you with a couple of simple points. When they heard simple points, they immediately sat upright and prepared themselves to listen carefully to what was to follow. After all, leaders simple points could always drag on for several hours. Pei Qian took one look around the room and asked, Who is Ye Zhizhou? Ye Zhizhou was startled. What is the meaning of this?! Why did Boss Pei call me out right at the beginning of the meeting?! Ye Zhizhou quickly stood up. Boss Pei, I am! Pei Qian was not used to this behavior. He quickly waved his hand, gesturing for Ye Zhizhou to sit back down. Sit down and respond. He turned to look at the chief planner and level designer, Wang Xiaobin. Wang Xiaobin, level designing is an important job. It would be very difficult for you to juggle the jobs of both the chief planner and level designer. From now on, Ye Zhizhou would be the chief planner of Shang Yang Games. Wang Xiaobin, work with him on this. As Pei Qian talked, he observed Wang Xiaobin and Ye Zhizhous expressions. Ye Zhizhou was absolutely confused. Wang Xiaobin was stunned, and then he seemed to be smiling subtly? Although his smile contained a bit of worry, it looked genuine for sure. Huh? There was something wrong with the plot, wasnt there? Pei Qian thought that pulling Wang Xiaobin down from the position of chief planner would cause him to feel stunned, shocked, confused, and then miserable. Now, there was none of that. Why was Wang Xiaobin so happy? He was not behaving as though there was infighting in this company How terrible. Pei Qian observed the reactions of others. A few older-looking employees looked awful. This was normal. Ye Zhizhou had only joined the company several months ago. People like Huang Sibo were supposed to be in charge of chief planning. He neither had the skills nor experience. Who would submit to him happily? After being stripped of his position, Wang Xiaobin probably felt happy because he had not thought he would not be up to the task all along. He had been afraid that he would mess the job up. In actual fact, he did not think that Ye Zhizhou would be up to the task either. That was why there was worry in his smile, too. Wang Xiaobin was a man without much ambition. That was why he could remain so nonchalant about this change. However, older employees were different. What right does this little brat have to become the chief planner? Why didnt he choose me? The expressions on their faces were quite interesting to watch. Pei Qian nodded subtly. Indeed, this was the right reaction. Infighting! Infighting! Infighting! Pei Qians heart began to dance. However, on second thought, it did not seem enough to do just this. These people were colleagues after all. They saw each other day in and day out. Jealousy alone was not enough to blow the conflicts up. Pei Qian had to agitate them even more. He pondered for a few seconds and added, Ye Zhizhou, each month, you will have the right to fire one person without reason. Just let me know via message who you want to fire. Ye Zhizhou was even more confused. This was an imperial sword[1]! This was not just about snitching; it was being able to fire people without reason. As long as he gave Boss Pei a name, the person would be asked to leave the company at once. Pei Qian glanced at the older employees who already looked awful earlier; they were looking even worse now. Not bad; this was exactly the effect he was looking for. A chief planner they could not submit to had just been promoted. He was even given arbitrary powers to fire them without reason. He would surely use this power to take revenge on the older employees who had been bullying him. He would ask them to tie his shoelaces, he would flaunt his powers, and he would even threaten them with it. As time went by, these people would be divided. Ye Zhizhou would be left alone as the leader, and he would leave behind an irreparable mess. En, this plot was not bad! Pei Qian looked at his watch. Time was running out. Although it was interesting to watch everyones expressions, it was time for him to go. He had to hurry home and allow nature to take its course; he needed to take a nap after all. After this, Shang Yang Games will have a two-step strategy. The first step: we will make changes to our current games. We will get rid of all purchase options but one. As to which ones we will get rid of and which one we will keep, Ye Zhizhou will decide on his own. The second step: every one of you is to think of a plan for a new game. Create a design manuscript. I will choose the best one to be Shang Yang Games new project. En until the end of June, I want you to focus on the first step. In July, all of you will hand in your proposals. We will officially start on our new project. Pei Qian scanned the conference room. Do you have any questions? Ye Zhizhou was the first to raise his hand. Pei Qian acted as if he could not see him. He nodded and said, Alright. Be dismissed. Boss Pei stood up and left the room chicly. Ye Zhizhou was left in his position with his hand still raised. Everyone looked confused. Boss Pei said he had a few simple points. He really did have those few simple points. He spoke a total of fewer than ten sentences. Ye Zhizhou wanted to immediately turn down the position of chief planner, but Boss Pei seemed to have been able to tell what he was thinking. He did not even give Ye Zhizhou a chance to speak before he left the room. At that moment, Ye Zhizhou felt the glares of several older employees. They felt like knives in his back. The atmosphere in Shang Yang Games was once like still water. Now, it was like burning flames, slowly intensifying. After leaving Shang Yang Games, Pei Qian was in a good mood. En, there is no problem this time! Although Old Liu was gone, promoting a man who had just joined the industry a while ago to the position of chief planner should be able to achieve the same results. Whats more, this two-step battle strategy would ensure that the company would continue to incur losses for a while. Firstly, in order to prevent Romantic Taoist and Bloody Battle Song from making a comeback, he had to take away all the purchase options and leave one. This would ensure that neither game would make profits. Then, he needed them to brainstorm to create a new game. Each person was to come up with one plan. Pei Qian was considering whether he should pick the worst plan out of the lot or draw lots and leave it to chance. After careful consideration, Pei Qian decided to draw lots and leave it to chance.Read more chapter on novelhall.com He could not trust his own taste anymore. Each time he set the trash can as his goal, he would end up creating something wildly popular. It was all becoming too much to bear. The Lonely Desert Road and Game Designer had given him enough lessons. Thus, Pei Qian decided that when the time came, he would draw lots and stick to whatever he chose. Of course, if the chosen plan was particularly good, he would re-draw the lots. Apart from these matters, Pei Qian would not return to Shang Yang Games. Not only would he be able to minimize his influence on the company, but he would also turn that place into a disorderly, dark forest. He wanted the rules in that place to revert to the laws of the jungle. The place would be in a state of total disunity. Ye Zhizhou would not be able to lead anyone. That would be perfect. This way, Shang Yang Games would surely lose everything right? [1] This is a Chinese metaphor that represents arbitrary powers. Chapter 147 - You Cannot Doubt Boss Pei’s Foresight! Shang Yang Games office The atmosphere was slightly tense. Everyone thought that they were given a new, beautiful beginning now that they had a new boss. They were looking forward to working alongside Boss Pei, developing good ideas, and working hard to create never-before-seen-type games to sweep the market. It looked like none of these was happening. Boss Pei showed his face but left after saying less than ten sentences. He took the most experienced man of them all Wang Xiaobin-down from the position of chief planner and promoted the man who was last to join the office to take his place. He even gave him the right to fire one person without any reason each month. The plan for the future of the company was even more ridiculous. The first step was to take away all but one existing purchase option in their two current games. The second step was for each person to come up with a plan for a new game. Apart from these, Boss Pei had no other opinions or advice. Would Boss Pei personally do any work? It seemed impossible. Based on the imperial sword that Boss Pei had given Ye Zhizhou, it looked like he would not return for a long time. Ye Zhizhou was probably going to become his spokesperson. At first, everyone thought that Shang Yang Games was going to be revived from the dead and given a new lease of life. Yet, almost immediately, they were pushed back into the coffin. Boss Pei even seemed to hammer several more nails into the coffin cover. The atmosphere would naturally be tense! Of course, everyone knew that with Tengda as its backing, Shang Yang Games would not close down in the short-term. Their rice bowls were pretty much secure. However, they could not be certain that this rice bowl would be sustained in the long-term. Wang Xiaobin looked at Ye Zhizhou worriedly. He was seated with his head lowered, typing on his phone, not knowing who to talk to. He could not be using up his first opportunity to fire without reason just like that, right? Wang Xiaobin was quite worried. Now that Ye Zhizhou was the chief planner he had to be in charge of giving orders and assigning jobs to everyone. That was the responsibility of a chief planner. If Ye Zhizhou did not say a word, everyone would be seated at their desks, idling their time away. Wang Xiaobin was very uncertain about whether Ye Zhizhou would be up to the task, but what happened already happened. He could only wait and see how things would develop Ye Zhizhou was sending Ma Yiqun a message: Brother Ma, there is something I need to tell you, but I dont know how Ma Yiquns reply came almost immediately: Go ahead. I am around; whatever trouble there is, we can face it together. Ma Yiqun had not been given any job in Tengda. He was not even allowed to contribute to the plot of the new game. He was so bored that his head was hurting. That was why he could reply so quickly. Ye Zhizhou hesitated for a moment and then began typing again. Boss Pei just held a meeting and made me the chief planner of Shang Yang Games Ma Yiqun, ?????????? There were ten question marks in one line. Even through the screen, Ye Zhizhou could feel Ma Yiquns confusion. What was the meaning of this? Ma Yiqun no longer understood this world. Back then, he used to work with Huang Sibo at Shang Yang Games. They were friends through difficult times. In the blink of an eye, Huang Sibo had jumped over to Tengda Games and risen up the corporate ladder. From an administrative planner, he had become a chief planner. Subsequently, Ma Yiqun continued to work at Shang Yang Games with Ye Zhizhou. They were friends through difficult times as well. In the blink of an eye, Boss Pei acquired Shang Yang Games. Ye Zhizhou rose up the corporate ladder and became the chief planner as well! Only Ma Yiqun remained, still learning design concepts from Boss Pei each day. Until now, he had not done anything much worth bragging about. Ma Yiqun was in a deep pit of self-doubt. Why is it that, two times in a row, administrative planners turned into chief planners? Could it be that Im a Koi[1]? People who were friends with me through difficult times all became chief planners. Then, why is it that I-a good luck charm to everyone around me-cannot get just as lucky? Since Ma Yiqun did not say anything else for a long time, Ye Zhizhou began typing again. Brother Ma, Im under immense pressure now. I have never been a chief planner before. Can you tell Boss Pei to choose someone else on my behalf? Ma Yiqun was extremely furious. You brat, you dont want to admit that youve been so blessed. Thats too much! Boss Pei allowed you to be the chief planner and youre not interested? Are you freaking trying to piss me off? Goodbye. Ma Yiqun immediately closed the chat window. Ye Zhizhou quickly replied, No, Brother Ma! I really think Im not capable enough. How long has it been since I joined the industry? I dont know anything; how can I be the chief planner? Boss Pei gave me such a huge burden to bear. If I mess it up, what should I do? Ma Yiqun looked at the messages Ye Zhizhou sent and thought that this brat was worried about letting Boss Pei down. En, he was teachable. Ma Yiqun pondered for a moment and realized that he had been in similar circumstances before. A person who had been trained and crafted by Boss Pei for several months should be able to impart some wisdom and experience to an inexperienced, younger brother. Dont worry. Just relax and do your job. Do you know Huang Sibo? He was the man who quit before you joined the company. Both of us are good friends. At the time, he was an administrative planner, too. He did the exact same job as you did. Later on, he joined Tengda Games. Boss Pei made him the chief planner, exactly as he did with you! Guess what happened next? Ocean Stronghold was created by my brother, Huang Sibo. So dont worry at all. You can doubt yourself, but you cannot doubt Boss Peis foresight! Until now, Boss Pei has promoted many people. In the beginning, everyone did not understand Boss Peis intentions. However, they quickly realized that Boss Pei has unique wisdom and a sharp eye. He could see qualities in these people that nobody else could! You dont have to worry at all. Since Boss Pei said that you could do it, it means you can for sure! After reading Ma Yiquns reply, Ye Zhizhou fell into deep thought. So that was the case. This is not the first time such an unconventional move was being made. There was a precedent? Whats more, it was a successful precedent? Then, Boss Pei must have seen a quality in me. How come I dont know about it? However, just as Ma Yiqun said, Boss Pei could not have promoted me for no rhyme or reason. He even gave me so much power. The more Ye Zhizhou thought about it, the more confident he became. Since Boss Pei gave me so much power, he must have been hinting to me to be confident and do what I want to. If I become paralyzed by fear, wouldnt it be unbecoming of someone who works in Tengda? Wouldnt I be letting Boss Pei down? I am now an employee of the honorable Tengda! Just thinking about this made Ye Zhizhou feel overjoyed at once. Thank you for your guidance, Brother Ma! Ye Zhizhou opened his folder and confidently typed away at his keyboard. In the few months since he joined the company, Ye Zhizhou spent most of his personal time dissing these two games. This was to be expected. If these publishing these two games could be likened to feeding gamers with sh*t, Ye Zhizhou was practically holding sh*t in his hands every single day. How could he not be disgusted?! In Ye Zhizhous eyes-or the eyes of most people in Shang Yang Games, there were many bad points about both of these games. After playing for just five minutes, he could point out a lot of problems. However, no one improved on them. That was because everyone was just hanging around. old Liu did not give anyone anything to do, and no one was interested in asking for more work. As for why Old Liu did not change these problems himself, it was simple: there was a huge amount of pressure in terms of revenue management. At the time, the income the company earned from the games could barely cover the costs of maintaining the company. Where were they to get the funds to purchase art resources and change the gameplay? There were many good ideas on the table. However, in order to translate these ideas into the game, one needed not just time but money! Now, without Old Liu supervising Ye Zhizhous every move, he could do things that he thought were most meaningful. [1] This is a Chinese metaphor that means good luck charm. Chapter 148 - A Problem No One Had Managed to Solve! These two games were already rather dated; they had many problems, and it was a little hard to even think of where to begin. Fortunately, Boss Pei had provided a very good starting point: purchase options! To remove all purchase options and only keeping one, this was a rather onerous task. Conservatively speaking, the two games had at least tens of purchase options in total. There were some charging and spending activities as well as normal items purchase; there were some system purchase options as well. It could be said that wherever purchase options could be added, they had all been done so. To get rid of all these purchase options was not as simple as just closing off the entrance to a mall. These purchase options were connected to the entire system design. To ensure that someone who topped up five hundred yuan could beat someone who only paid a hundred and for the latter to beat someone who had only paid thirty yuan, that required proper planning of the games system design to ensure that every different purchase tier could have a corresponding enhancement to their experience. Furthermore, these battle power systems were linked; the power scaling system was connected to the game environment. It was just like the carnivores and herbivores in the wild. Hence, this was all in all a system design problem. This was also why systems designers enjoyed such a high position in the country; it was only second to the chief planner. System designs would often determine the gaming experience of games with paywalls. To change the purchase options would be akin to changing the system design. It meant that differentiating between players by the amount they paid needed to be done using a different method. Changing a way of differentiation-if done wrongly, it could lead to the entire system designs collapse. No one would be able to repair the system then. Just like the Bloody Battle Song before. After it had been scolded bloody, its revenue had fallen significantly. Old Liu had set the price of that saber too high and a simple system design problem had brought such an extremely negative effect. Ye Zhizhou thought for a long time and still felt that this seemed beyond his means. Although he had some ideas, he couldnt be sure if he could really actualize them. As such, he printed out the document and went to look for Wang Xiaobin to discuss it. Wang Xiaobin was an experienced systems designer. After hearing Ye Zhizhous idea, he couldnt help but frown. Such a change could not be done at a whim. If it was before-putting aside Old Liu or Wang Xiaobin, any experienced planner would feel that changes could not be done like this. They would have immediately shot down Ye Zhizhous proposal. However, Ye Zhizhou was now the chief planner, and no one could do so. Furthermore, Boss Pei was the one who had suggested this! Since that was the case, they had to think of all ways to complete this. They had to do this no matter what! Wang Xiaobin said dejectedly, I seem to feel that this is a rather ridiculous thing to do. However, since Boss Pei had suggested this, he must have his reasons. Ill do my best to finish this. Just by removing all the purchase options, that was akin to redoing the majority of the games content. This was different from an FPS like Ocean Stronghold. Although Ocean Stronghold had the Red Kilin, it was a competitive game where one went up against one other. No matter how rich a baller was, it was not possible for him to fight two other enemies of the same caliber. However, Bloody Battle Song was a classic game with paywalls. Ballers could fight twenty at once, what more two. This was an absolute unbalance. Bloody Battle Songs entire game content was built on this kind of unbalanced gameplay. If all the purchase options were removed, there must still be a way to differentiate between players. If it wasnt money, then it could only be time or luck. To change the entire game to one solely based on the length of playing? The game would then become a Liver Emperors heaven. Of course, changing it into a refill card game would also be possible. However, it would not be compatible with Bloody Battle Songs original design. If it was really turned into a refill card game, it would be no different from remaking a new game. It was evidently not realistic and would not fulfill Boss Peis requirements. To change the game into one based on luck? That would become the Gambling Emperors heaven. If such changes were made, it might actually still be similar to the current game style. It would still be unbalanced while most players gaming experience would not be changed for the better. Ye Zhizhou and Wang Xiaobin were really racking their brains over this. This was a problem that no one in the domestic gaming industry had managed to solve. Of course, no one was willing to solve this as well. After all, cutting out purchase options would mean people no longer coveted money. Even if some crazed chief planner wanted to do this, his boss would definitely slap him awake. Games with paywalls were doing rather well and earning much money; who was so free and would want to try and look for an alternative? However, the more Ye Zhizhou and Wang Xiaobin contemplated this, the more they felt this was very meaningful. If they could come up with a doable solution -even if it was a half-baked one, it would also be the only one in the entire country! Indeed, a comment by Boss Pei could actually encompass such a profound theory! Ye Zhizhou raised a few suggestions but were all rejected from Wang Xiaobin from an XXX point of view. However, Ye Zhizhou didnt feel dejected. Finally, he smacked his head. Brother Wang, I have another new idea. What if we give everyone the chance to act as a baller? What do you think? Wang Xiaobin was stunned for a moment, Act as a baller? How does that work? Ye Zhizhou was very excited as he wrote on a piece of paper and explained, Actually, the problem we have been grappling with is but one to do with game experience. Our game experience can be simply split into three types. One would be as ballers; they have the most amount of charged up money and have the most powerful battle powers. They can enjoy the satisfaction of one fighting ten in battle. Another would be organizers. They have a lot of time and are very active; they are responsible for managing guilds and to attract new members. They have the satisfaction of being in command and directing others. The third would be the ordinary players. They dont have the means to fight ten at once, and they arent managers as well. However, these people can slowly be converted into one or the other; or they could also follow ballers and after winning the war, they could bask in the ballers glory as well and gain rewards. These three gaming experiences are now differentiated by money and time. There is no need to change time; in that case, organizers and ordinary players identities do not need to change. The only one to change would be the ballers. We have taken away the purchase options, and they dont have something to spend their money on. In that case, lets directly choose a few players during war to be boosted and have high battle strengths to experience what it feels like to be a baller. Wouldnt that solve our problem? Wang Xiaobin was still a little confused. Ye Zhizhou continued, After we remove all the purchase optionsall in all, players battle strength would more or less be the same. The players with more time and better luck would be slightly more powerful than other ordinary players, though this wont be that much higher as well. However, during wartime, we will randomly choose some players to act as ballers. These players would directly gain battle strength that only ballers would possess. To guarantee that every player has a chance to be chosen, we will give every player an individual Chosen One system. Everyones probability of being chosen will start from zero and accumulate from there, with the system randomly making its selection. Those who didnt get chosen will have a higher chance the next round; when they were finally chosen, this value would go back to zero and restart again. As for the rate of increase in the chance of being chosen would be dependent on ones degree of activeness and contribution to the game. We can use this as a way to encourage our players to go online and participate in more events. This way, we would be able to ensure the original gameplay doesnt change while a majority of players could take turns to experience how ballers used to feel. We can also fulfill Boss Peis request and get rid of almost all the purchase options! Killing three birds with one stone! Wang Xiaobin went deep into thought. Ye Zhizhous concept theoretically could be realized. However, it was very risky and unorthodox; it was akin to setting the present gaming industry on fire! Nevertheless, to fulfill Boss Peis requirements of getting rid of the purchase options without causing the complete collapse of the entire games system design and gameplay this was actually a viable solution. Wang Xiaobin nodded. Alright, lets try this out. Ill come out with a system design model, and you can try to figure out more of the specifics when it came to the rules and conditions. Oh, why not we hold a meeting first and simply explain this idea to everyone? Ye Zhizhou nodded as he reorganized his thoughts properly as he stood up. Everyone, head to the conference room. Well discuss the changes to our game. For some reason, Ye Zhizhou felt rather confident at this time. It seemed as if he had gotten used to being the chief planner! Chapter 149 - Let Them Do as They Pleased In the rental home Pei Qian-who had just woken up from a noon nap-turned in his bed as he grabbed his cell phone and took a look. There was an unread message: Boss Pei, sorry to disturb you so abruptly. We have encountered a problem that we wanted to consult you. The conclusion from our current discussion is that getting rid of the purchase options of the game would make the ballers unhappy; could we ask how to resolve this issue? Pei Qian rubbed his eyes gently as he murmured, Whos this from? After taking a closer look, Pei Qian realized it was Ye Zhizhou who he had just promoted to be the chief planner at Shang Yang Games. Pei Qian had given him an imperial sword, allowing him to rat out his employees or immediately fire people. Pei Qian naturally had to befriend him so that it was easier to keep in contact. In the end, Ye Zhizhou had not contacted him to talk about firing others but had asked him a question regarding one of the games. Pei Qian reread the question once again. Question: Getting rid of the purchase options of the game would make the ballers unhappy; how could we resolve this issue? This was understandable. Bloody Battle Song was a game with paywalls, and ballers might have spent thousands or ten thousand on this game to suppress all others when it came to battle power. If plonk and the purchase options in the game were removed and they were no longer going to experience the satisfaction of killing people at whim, wouldnt they rage and ask for a refund and quit playing this game? Of course, Pei Qian was never going to allow for a refund. Every debt has a debt collector. This money had been collected by Du Ruijie; you guys should look for him for the money. As for quitting the game That would be fantastic; please do so! Boss Pei didnt care about such people who threw money at him and his company. He still maintained the same stance: People wanted to donate money to Tengda? Dream on! You ballers can either be obedient and become players who didnt pay a cent or stop playing this game. Yes, that would be perfect! Pei Qian held his phone and typed groggily, Let them do as they please. He then tossed his cell phone next to his pillow as he continued to nap. In Shang Yang Games conference room, everyone was waiting for Boss Peis message. Ye Zhizhou sat at the head of the conference table as he stared at his phone screen, waiting for Boss Peis reply uneasily. Boss Pei did not reply immediately; he must be busy working After all, Shang Yang Games was but one of Boss Peis many endeavors. It also wasnt one very close to Boss Peis heart and was probably on the bottom of the priority list. As for everyone else, they all had differing opinions. Some had heard Ye Zhizhous plans to change the game and felt that it was rather interesting; they were raring to go. Others were still not very happy with Ye Zhizhou but didnt dare to voice their comments out loud. After all, the design team veteran Wang Xiaobin had decided to work with Ye Zhizhou on this; even if the rest wanted to pull a stunt, they wouldnt be able to achieve much. Furthermore, Ye Zhizhou actually had a direct line to Boss Pei; that was a huge deterrent. Some people even suspected that Ye Zhizhou had purposely asked Boss Pei this question during the meeting so that he could establish his authority! He was hinting to everyone he could directly contact Boss Pei and for everyone to behave themselves. Hence, the atmosphere in the conference room was rather serious, and the new boss Ye Zhizhou could still hold the fort. Ding A notification sound rang as Ye Zhizhou hurriedly read Boss Peis reply. There were only a few words: Let them do as they please. That was it? Ye Zhizhou was a little stunned. Wang Xiaobin was sitting next to Ye Zhizhou and leaned in as he asked attentively, Has Boss Pei replied? Ye Zhizhou turned his cell phone screen to Wang Xiaobin, He only said this. Brother Wang, this Ye Zhizhou was a little lost for a moment. By right, he should faithfully execute orders from Boss Pei. However, to completely ignore the ballers; wasnt that courting death? In a war game like Bloody Battle Song, the amount that ballers spent was around eighty percent of all the top-ups that players did. To disregard the ballers would be losing eighty percent of income. This wasnt cutting off an infected limb to save the entire body; this was suicide! This was precisely why the discussion had gone on for so long without finding a perfect solution. Getting rid of the purchase options would definitely affect the interests of ballers. If ballers were not happy, the games income would drop drastically. That meant that no matter how they looked at it, Boss Peis way would lead to a huge fall in gaming income; the two games that were already tanking would suffer even more. As he was out of options, Ye Zhizhou had finally decided to consult Boss Pei. In the end, Boss Pei had only replied with these few words. The final solution was actually to not care? To completely abandon these ballers? How Daring was this?! Wang Xiaobins knitted brows steadily grew wide. Boss Pei is indeed a courageous person; Im impressed! These words actually contain such wisdom! Wang Xiaobin sighed with emotion. Although he didnt really understand, Ye Zhizhou felt that this was something awesome. Indeed, a seasoned veteran was valuable for his experience and insights. Such a deep matter could only be deciphered by someone of Wang Xiaobins experience and wealth of knowledge! Wang Xiaobin cleared his throat and said, There is no need to discuss this anymore. Boss Pei had sent us a solution: Let them do as they pleased! That also means that we do not need to consider the impact of our changes on ballers. After the new edition goes online, the stats of the ballers in the old server would remain as such. However, no more purchasing options would be available, and they would no longer be able to elevate their battle powers using money. As for the new players in the new server; they would all be at the same starting point and will follow the rules of our new edition. Everyone exchanged confused looks. This was it? Didnt the problem still remain? If the ballers stopped playing and no more top-ups were done, what was going to happen? Wang Xiaobin smiled, Boss Pei has already helped us to solve this problem. Removing purchase options would definitely affect the interests of the ballers; that is a given. We have tried our best to think of a solution to this; however, there is actually no possible way to resolve this! This is a revolution from the bottom-up; since we are attacking the interests of ballers, why do we still need to consider how they feel? This is not necessary. Boss Peis intention is very clear; for them to stew in their own juice! We have been so conflicted for a long time; a word from Boss Pei had cut the Gordian knot and given us a solution; this is the difference between us and him! Everyone was enlightened. Just like a complicated knot that was cut into pieces, this seemingly unsolvable problem had been so easily resolved by Boss Pei! However, while it was easy to say this, it was rather hard to do this. Who would have the courage to directly cut off eight percent of ones income? Boss Pei! Thinking of this, everyone started to admire Boss Pei even more. He was willing to let go when need be, without hesitation. Indeed, this was the level of attainment of a true master! Ye Zhizhou was also emotional as he rapped the table, Alright, our last problem has been solved. Lets get to work! We must follow through with Boss Peis thinking and revive these two games! Chapter 150 - Resident Singer At night In Fish-Catching Internet Cafes flagship store Ma Yang and Zhang Yuan were seated against the window. As they sipped their cocktails, they watched the few customers in the shop. Somehow, this atmosphere was making them feel sorrowful. There were still very few customers! Now, two more Fish-Catching Internet Cafes were under renovation. They should be opening for business soon enough. However, Fish-Catching Internet Cafes flagship store was still steadily incurring losses. The volume of business had more or less stabilized. A few loyal customers already made friends with the employees in the shop. However, no matter how they calculated, these few people would not be able to sustain the maintenance of the cafes business. Between Ma Zhang and Zhang Yuan, one was the manager of Fish-Catching Internet Cafes; and one was the regional manager of the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe in Jingzhou. Zhang Yuan finished his cocktail in one gulp and said, Im going to sing two more songs. Ma Yang reached out and stopped him. Forget it. No matter how much you sing, nobody will come and listen Including the two of them, there were a total of just eight people sitting at the coffee area drinking alcohol. Zhang Yuan stood up anyway and said, It doesnt matter. Ill sing my heart out to get it out of my system. When he got to the stage, Zhang Yuan began strumming on his guitar just like he did before. He began to think about what he should sing today. The people who were seated in front of him drinking alcohol were all familiar customers. They were not shocked to see him on stage at all. Whats more, which internet cafe did not have regular singers? This was nothing new to them. Fish-Catching Internet Cafe had only opened a while ago. Every night, without fail, Zhang Yuan went on stage and sang passionately. Still, there was no use. Although the atmosphere improved, the improvement was limited. As time went by, he sang less and less. Tonight, under the influence of alcohol, he went up on stage. Zhang Yuan wasted no time exchanging pleasantries. He made the necessary adjustments and began singing. He did not sound perfect, but he sang pretty well. After all, regular singers at bars could not be that bad. His low, hoarse voice echoed throughout the area. In the past, Zhang Yuan always sang intense rock music. However, he very quickly realized that the audience was not playing along with him. They were not excited at all. Subsequently, he sang slower songs and ballads. This way, at least the atmosphere would not be as awkward. As Ma Yang sipped his alcohol, he listened to Zhang Yuans singing. He began to daydream. All of a sudden, he noticed a faint silhouette standing outside the glass panel. He was hesitating by the main entrance. It was already nighttime. The internet cafe was brighter than outside. That meant that people could see clearly into the internet cafe from the outside. However, people inside could not see the outside environment that clearly. Nevertheless, Ma Yang was sure he could see someone outside, pacing in front of the main entrance. A new customer? Hes even hesitating outside. This means theres a fighting chance! Ma Yang immediately perked up. Although he had already become the General Manager of the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, who was to say that he was not allowed to persuade guests to come in? The manager held no airs as the General Manager at all. He opened the entrance to the internet cafe with a warm expression. Hey, Mister! Do you want to come in and play? The young man standing at the door got a shock. While he was pacing outside the entrance thinking, he did not realize that the main door had opened. All of a sudden, there was a huge face there, staring at him. The young man looked embarrassed as he lowered his head. I I did not come here to surf the internet. Thats alright. You can come in and drink alcohol, Ma Yang replied warmly. He studied the young man carefully. He looked slightly unsightly. His hair was a mess, and his clothes looked quite torn and tattered. He also looked untidy. The young man scratched his head of messy hair and said, I I want to ask if you are recruiting a resident singer here. Ma Yang, He looked disappointed. They were not short of employees; they were short of customers! Without customers, it does not matter how well you sing. The young man witnessed Ma Yangs huge, long face fall immediately. He quickly said, I think I am better than that man. Thats why I came to try out. Ma Yang pondered for a moment and decided that there was no harm. Zhang Yuan was already considered the Regional Manager of the Fish-Catching Internet Cafes in Jingzhou. He could not go on stage to sing every day. Hiring a resident singer was not a bad idea. Alright, what is your name? Chen Lei. Come, come in. Ma Yang led Chen Lei into Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and to a random seat. After a while, Zhang Yuan finished singing another song. He got off the stage to take a break. Ma Yang gestured to the stage and said, Go ahead. Dont be nervous. Ma Yang had no musical talent as well. He could not differentiate between good and bad. He was thinking that if the young man proved to be satisfactory, he could at least be hired to take Zhang Yuans place on stage. Zhang Yuan poured a cup of water, turned around, and found that his place on stage had been taken over. A young man whom he had never seen before was making adjustments to the guitar. He looked like he was preparing to sing a song. Zhang Yuan looked at Ma Yang, confused. Brother Ma, who is that? His name is Chen Lei. He came to audition as a resident singer. Im thinking if he sings well, we can let him take the stage and sing. You can rest in the future. Ma Yang continued, concerned, Your job scope is heavy. We have already recruited a new person to mix cocktails. Recruiting a resident singer would allow you to focus on managing internet cafes. Zhang Yuan really wanted to say that he had nothing better to do anyway. However, on hearing Ma Yangs kind words, he felt slightly touched. Ai, thats not right. We have never recruited a resident singer. Zhang Yuan was just about to ask this question when he heard a clear but slightly hoarse voice echo throughout the internet cafe. The flowers of spring, the wind of autumn, and the sunset of winter[1] Zhang Yuan was stunned. Hes singing an oldie. This song was very widely-known. Almost everyone in the cafe had heard it before. The moment Chen Lei began singing, almost everyone in the internet cafe who had been drinking turned to face the stage. It was almost like spring water was flowing from the stage onto the ground, surrounding everyone in the audience. Zhang Yuan was still dazed. He could not help but hum along to himself. Ma Yang continued drinking his alcohol and quietly said to Zhang Yuan, I dont think he sings as well as you do. Zhang Yuan cast a sideward glance at Ma Yang, frustrated. Brother Ma he sings so much better than I do. Is that right? Ma Yang was shocked. His voice is neither that high nor that low. How is he better? Zhang Yuan felt like he was speaking an alien language to Ma Yang. However, recalling that Ma Yang was still his supervisor, he maintained his smile. A good voice always manages to move its audience. Ballads sung with a voice like his sound heavenly. I cant appreciate it. If you dont believe me, look at everyones reactions. Ma Yang watched the audience. Before this, when Zhang Yuan was singing, everyone focused on their own drinks and their own conversations. Although they were listening to Zhang Yuan, it was obvious that they took him as a background singer. However, the moment Chen Lei began performing, everyone seemed to be captivated. Everyone held their glasses and sang along. No one was speaking or chatting. A few people even stared at the stage in a daze. One could only imagine what kind of memories this song had dug up in their heads. Zhang Yuan was moved. Brother Ma, where did you meet such a talent? Ma Yang kept quiet for two seconds. he came on his own. What a coincidence. Not really, Ma Yang replied, He said he heard you singing from outside. He thought he could sing better than you so he plucked up the courage and came to the door. I think you should take the most credit for this. Zhang Yuan, Brother Ma, I changed my mind. Lets not hire him, alright? No. [1] This is the first line to the song The Story of Time by Lo Ta-yu. Chapter 151 - Open the Server and Test Waters A week later, on May 18th, Tuesday Shang Yang Games The edits on the earliest version of the games were already completed, but Ye Zhizhou still could not bring himself to submit them and update the game. Just the thought of changing Shang Yang Games fate and moving it towards an entirely new direction with just a single command from him made Ye Zhizhous hands tremble. A full week after the meeting, what had to be edited was already edited. According to Boss Peis instructions, all the purchase options in Romantic Taoist and Bloody Battle Song were wiped clean. Each of those games only had one purchase option left. Romantic Taoist was an RPG[1]. There was no competition between players. That was why it was much easier to edit the game. Ye Zhizhou kept the most basic accelerator card as the only purchase option. After all, this game could be withdrawn at any time. It was no longer the companys main focus. The main focus was Bloody Battle Song. After much consideration, Ye Zhizhou and Wang Xiaobin decided on the only purchase option to retain in the game: the strength potion. They increased the price of the strength potion. Each person would only be able to spend a maximum of a hundred ingots every day. That was equivalent to ten yuan. In order to achieve the aim of retaining only one purchase option, Wang Xiaobin practically redid the entire games level design. The other plans were edited according to these changes as well. They also introduced new functions as substitutes, such as the Chosen One system, which Ye Zhizhou suggested a while ago. After making the changes, the game still appeared the same on the outside, but it was completely different at its core. Wang Xiaobin sat down next to Ye Zhizhou and asked, Are there any other problems? Ye Zhizhou shook his head and said, No other problem. I am just worried. We made huge changes. Whats more, we dont have any successful games to refer to. Were completely dependent on ideas that we thought of. I dont know what the outcome will be like. I am putting myself out there completely. In the old Shang Yang Gamesif a new idea was raised at a meeting, Old Liu would always ask, Are there other games that have done this successfully? If the answer was no, the idea would be thrown out most of the time. Ye Zhizhou was already used to this way of thinking. That was why he was completely lost now. Brother Wang, you have a lot of experience. Do you think well succeed? Wang Xiaobin sighed softly and addressed Ye Zhizhou seriously. Little Ye, you are the chief planner now. You have to make these decisions. You cannot ask others anymore. Whether these changes succeed or not, the glory and responsibility will both be yours. As the chief planner, these are things that you have to be prepared for. Do you remember Game Designer? Everybody elses opinions are just voice-overs in the game. Apart from throwing you off, they have not much effect. Ye Zhizhou nodded slightly and sighed. Thats right. Game Designer was a game that Ye Zhizhou played many times before. He already knew many options and outcomes like the back of his hand. He could ignore the voice-overs completely in the game and choose all the right answers. However, although he understood all of these principles, he could not confidently ignore all the comments in reality. Wang Xiaobin stood up and added, Its normal to feel confused. You just have to remember that you are doing the job that Boss Pei asked you to do. Ye Zhizhous eyes brightened. Thats right. No matter what anyone else says, this was what Boss Pei asked him to do! Whether he succeeded or failed, it would be alright as long as he was following Boss Peis instructions, right? At that thought, Ye Zhizhou hesitated no more. He quickly checked the games once more and sent a message to the group. Update the games. A few hours later Bloody Battle Song became a large-scale chat room for people. Huge groups of gamers on various servers gathered in the city plaza of the main city to discuss the latest announcement about the update. Ever since Bloody Battle Song was published, it had been updated tens of times. Each time, they would make an announcement about the updates. However, the announcements had never drawn a reaction such as this one before. Gamers were no longer interested in fighting or leveling up. All of them were discussing the latest update. Which big boss can explain to us what the announcement means? The shop is only going to have the basic strength potion from now on? The others are not going to be up for sale? I think they said that theyre giving the others away. Giving away? Is this game going to be withdrawn? Is this the final revelry? The moment that 888-yuan sword was put up for sale the last time, many people quit the game. I guess the game is going to be withdrawn sooner or later. Well play as long as it remains. I feel like something is amiss. Are they making this ruthless move while there are few in the game? Why are they giving away all the good stuff? Are they retarded? Are they trying to push all the whales out of the game? They can still spend money if they want to. They can buy the strength potion again and again. They are limited to ten a day. The more they buy, the more expensive it becomes. If they buy the maximum number each day, they can spend a hundred ingots. Dont be silly. A hundred ingots is only equal to ten dollars! The whales aside, this is a petty sum to even poor people like me. I am absolutely confused by this huge move by the officials. Our club president has gone to recharge his currencies. He says he wants to buy all the equipment before the update. Otherwise, he would not be able to buy anymore! Its too late. The changes have been made. Nobody is allowed to recharge their currencies anymore. I cant recharge money even if I wanted to. Thats really something! This reminds me of Ghost General. I have a question. According to the way things are going-once the server is open, would we all start from zero again? Will we have to spend ten yuan each day to reach the peak of our battle power? According to the official release by the company, thats it. Thats not right. How will we fight wars, then? If everyone has the same battle power, wouldnt it become a numbers game? No, I think theres going to be a Chosen One system. Based on the number of people each side has, they will strike a balance in terms of their skills. Theyll also select players on each side according to chances to have better skills. You mean if I get chosen, then I will be able to experience taking on multiple enemies at a time? Then, what are we still doing in this old server? Sell it, sell it! Sell it all! Im going to the new server! Since the system first made the public announcement until the update was complete, gamers did not stop discussing the updates. The normally silent official platform was suddenly filled with huge batches of new posts as well. People were discussing it very passionately! Ye Zhizhou knew that gamers would not be able to understand the changes to the game that quickly. It was normal for so many people to be engaged in the discussion. In fact, it was a good thing that so many people were discussing the update. He had been afraid that people would remain silent even after such a big update. That would be terrifying Ye Zhizhou started an alternate account to observe gamers reactions. Unexpectedly, people were not opposing aggressively! Ye Zhizhou thought that the whales would be cursing non-stop. However, after entering the game, he realized that many unsatisfied comments were quickly shot down. Nobody echoed these negative comments. Everyone was discussing how the new changes would affect the wars or when the new server would be open. Everyone is interested in playing the new version. Are they really that excited? Ye Zhizhou looked at Wang Xiaobin and said, Brother Wang, how about we open the server and allow people to test waters? [1] This is an acronym for Role-Playing Game. Chapter 152 - Boss Pei Cuts Off an Infected Limb to Save the Entire Body Wang Xiaobin paused. Open the new server? It was not troublesome to do that, but the only problem was there might not be any gamers in it. Bloody Battle Song was already steadily deteriorating. They had no money to publicize or market it, and there were no ratings for the game as well. No new gamers were logging in. The people still playing the game were old gamers who had stuck with the game from the very beginning. They could be said to be fiercely loyal; nothing could drive them away. All of these people had accounts on the old servers. They had already spent huge amounts of money and time on those accounts. Even if they opened the new server, who would play on it? Still, Wang Xiaobin held up an okay-sign with his hand and said, No problem. Itll be ready soon. The game was going to fail sooner or later; whether they opened the new server or not, it would not make a difference. Ye Zhizhou immediately created an alternate account in the new server and quietly waited. A few minutes later, the world channel in the new server became lively! Theyve really opened a new server! Ah, ah, ah! Im so sad that I did not get the couch! Are there any guilds? Comrades, look here! Our guild is developing harmoniously. Were banding together and being led by whales. There is no battle we cannot win! Were going to specially offer help to grandfathers and grandmothers prone to falling down. We welcome you to join us so that we can help more grandmothers cross roads! The previous commenter, youve just copied and pasted the advertisement, havent you? There are no more whales now; how can they lead the guild? How are there no more whales? Our guilds whales have spoken; whoever joins our guild will get the maximum number of strength potions every day! Holy sh*t! Quickly add me! More world channels were being added, one by one. Ye Zhizhou could not keep up with the various channels. Our game still has so many players? Ye Zhizhou was stunned. He only opened this new server to test waters after seeing a good number of people request for it in the previous channel. He did not expect that so many people would hop over to the new server to play the game! What were they after? Did they want to abandon their old accounts? Ye Zhizhou felt like everything was strange. He had not seen such passion for their game in a long time. Bloody Battle Song always opened new servers before this. After all, constantly opening new servers was a common marketing method for games with paywalls. Yet, they had never seen a reaction as lively as what they were seeing today! As Ye Zhizhou trained, he considered looking for a guild to hide in and spy. He wanted to ask the players for their opinions on the new game. In the end, after playing for a while, his game got jammed. On the screen, the words reading resources appeared. The image became a mosaic as well. However, this soon passed. The game quickly became smooth again. Ye Zhizhou was just about to ask what just happened when he heard Wang Xiaobin shout, Holy sh*t, there were too many gamers just then. Our server was overloaded. The new server is full? Ye Zhizhou quickly opened the platform to check. The old servers that they had been maintaining were emptying out. There was practically nobody left. The new server, on the other hand, was so popular that it was exploding at that moment. It was overflowing! New players could no longer enter the server. They had no choice but to wait outside. Ye Zhizhou was shocked. Ever since he started at Shang Yang Games, he had not seen people queuing outside the server! Now, he finally understood that the players crowding in the new server were those from old servers! The players had been distributed over tens of different servers before this. That was why each server looked empty and quiet. However, now, the active players were all rushing into the new server at the same time. They were crowding together and making the entire game seem much livelier. Ye Zhizhou quickly said, Brother Wang, quick, open another server! Wang Xiaobins mouse was moving at top speed. Ill get it done at once. Once the newest servers are full, the system would automatically open a new one. Lowering his voice, he mumbled to himself, How strange. Gamers are becoming so excited about the new servers? Have the changes we made really taken effect? The results were instant. Everyone in the design team was getting excited. Many people had not played Bloody Battle Song in a long time. At that moment, they created an alternate account for the first time. Go to different servers and observe the situation in each one of them. Itll be best if you could join a big guild and join their conversations. See how the whales and ordinary gamers are reacting to the changes we made to the game! Ye Zhizhou was extremely excited. He quickly gave each person in the design team tasks to hide in the new servers and observe how gamers were reacting to the new version of the game! When Old Liu was still the chief planner, he never did things like this. That was because he had never seen the meaning behind it. It was enough to keep an eye on the statistics of the games. What was the point in hiding among gamers and gathering feedback? However, Ye Zhizhou thought differently. He always thought that as a chief planner, one had to try out his own game, be among the players, and understand the reaction on the ground. If the designer himself did not like his own game, why would gamers like it? After playing for a few minutes, people began to invite Ye Zhizhou into their guild. Then, they invited him into their conversations. Once he joined the group, he was bombarded by various messages. Hurry, go to the world channel and recruit people! I have to get to level twenty today. Our guild will have to prepare for war sooner or later! Do you all have friends who have stopped playing the game? Ask them to come back quickly! Im going to my old group to ask around now. Ill try to get ten more people here. Theyre all old gamers and old chauffeurs! Ye Zhizhou only turned away for a while before he had 99 unread messages. There was no time for him to read them all. What shocked Ye Zhizhou even more was that this group of people was taking the initiative to pull back their friends who stopped playing the game a long time ago. Ye Zhizhou had never seen passion like this in any other gamer. Even when he just joined Shang Yang Games and Bloody Battle Song was at its peak, he did not witness this! Ye Zhizhou looked at the posts on the forum. Back when Old Liu introduced the 888-weapon, the forums nearly exploded with criticism. People were spamming the official notices with curses until there were hundreds of pages of comments. For the two to three weeks that followed, people did not stop. Later on, as they lost players, the forum slowly settled down as well. Still, most of the new posts there were people criticizing the officials. However, after updating the game this time, the entire forum looked very different! Before, people posted curses at the chief planner every day. Now, there was none to be seen. Players were discussing how to form guilds, prepare for wars, and trying to solve other problems in the game. Ye Zhizhou read these posts and the conversations in his guild in disbelief. He started to think hard about how all of these happened. Could it be a resurrection? Ye Zhizhou finally understood. The original Bloody Battle Song was a pool of still water. In order to maintain the business, Old Liu and Du Ruijie had tried all ways and means to salvage the situation, but the game was beyond cure. Conflicts between gamers and the design team, as well as whales and ordinary players, had already reached their extremes. There was no way these conflicts could be dealt with. Later on, due to the high paywalls, they lost huge groups of ordinary gamers. There was no way the remaining players could continue their group activities within the game. No matter how much whales paid if there was nobody to play the game with them, the money would not seem worth it. Thus, ordinary players left, and whales followed. Only a small group of old players hung on. The game continued to slip down the slippery slope. However, now, all the purchase options had been taken away. Only the basic strength potion remained. This unassuming change was life-changing for the environment of the game! To ordinary gamerswithout many paywalls in the game, they could now afford to play it. The items that they could only get if they paid actual money before were now being given out for free. In the new server, they now had the opportunity to experience what it used to be like for whales that could fight multiple enemies at once. This was a great deal. Naturally, they came to the new server without any hesitation! Indeed, a significant number of whales left the game as well. However, as Pei Qian would put it, it was up to them! Whats more, not all the whales had left. There was still a group of them left. Although their sales dropped by twenty to thirty percent, the remaining players had completely forgotten about their conflicts from before. Now, they were feeling the passion and excitement for the game all over again! Ye Zhizhou finally understood. Indeed, Boss Pei could tell what the problem was with Bloody Battle Song. He knew that introducing new gameplay or improving the art resources would be useless. That was why he made us take away all but one purchase option! This is cutting off an infected limb to save the entire body! We cut off revenue to save our reputation. Thats the only way to save Bloody Battle Song! It looked like an unsolvable problem at first, but just a single move by Boss Pei turned the entire situation around! Ye Zhizhou could not help but feel deep respect and admiration for Boss Pei. Of course, he also knew that this was only the first of many steps. This action might have saved the games reputation, but it came at a high cost: this game was no longer making much money! Without the whales recharging their game currencies, their income had fallen to just eighty percent. Bloody Battle Songs monthly income had been about three to four hundred thousand yuan before the changes were made. Now, after the changes, Ye Zhizhou was not sure if they would even earn eighty thousand yuan monthly. Whats more, they were not going to introduce any new purchase options in the future. Otherwise, the players would immediately start cursing the game once again. Then, they would all quit the game, and even Boss Pei would find it difficult to salvage the situation! Ye Zhizhou felt like he was holding a clearance sale. Although life was injected back into the game, they could not go on burning money and not reaping profits in the long-term! Forget it. Ill cast these worries aside for now. Would Boss Pei not have thought about the problems I thought about? These must all be in Boss Peis plan. As long as I obediently follow his instructions, we will be alright. Ye Zhizhou suddenly became filled with confidence in himself and in the future of Shang Yang Games! Chapter 153 - Give the Singer a Commission In the evening, at Fish-Catching Internet Cafe Suddenly, a significant number of people entered the ordinarily quiet and deserted internet cafe. Many young people came in groups of threes and fives to the internet cafe. Other people remained outside, observing and confirming that this was the right place, before pushing the door open. Are you sure this is the place? How come there isnt even a sign? Thats right, this is it. What are the rows of computers here for? This isnt just a bar; you can surf the net here, too. Surf the net? Why wouldnt I go to an internet cafe for that? Im here to drink alcohol. You can also drink alcohol. The cocktails here are much better than ordinary bars. We came here mainly to listen to music! Listen to music! Is it really that good? The resident singer is just different from those in other bars. Just have a listen, and youll understand. A few young people pushed the door open and entered. The waiters immediately put on smiles and led them to their seats. After handing them the wet hand towels, they courteously asked them for their orders. Among this group of people, the liveliest was a trendy-looking, young lady. After everyone ordered their drinks, she excitedly explained to the group how she found a treasure like this. Do you know how I discovered this place? Actually, I passed by this place before. However, when I scanned the menu, I realized that the items sold in here are very expensive. There were very few people in here as well so I decided not to enter. When I passed by this place by chance last week, I heard someone singing! I had just gotten off work at the time. I stood outside, listening for a while, before entering. I ordered a drink and listened all the way until the singer ended for the night! It was very good. Whats more, he doesnt try to hype the crowd up. Hes just plain and leisurely. Theres also a bit of melancholy to him. Coupled with the drinks, the atmosphere makes me feel very emotional. After coming here several times, I discovered that although this place is expensive, the service is particularly good. All the waiters take very good care of the customers. You dont even need to shout; all it takes is one glance in their direction, and they will make their way over at once. Its very comfortable! Someone interrupted, Is that true? Do the waiters know how to read minds? The young lady cast a sideways glance at him and said, Of course, its not mind-reading. This just shows that theyre very responsible in doing their job. They keep an eye on the customers the entire time. They notice even the slightest movements and expressions of their customers; once they realize that the customer needs assistance, they would make their way over. Whats more, the waiters here do not waste time spouting nonsense. They would not recommend drinks to you or ask you to become a member. Theyre very polite. Subsequently, I came here even in the day. I ordered coffee and read books and still felt very satisfied. Dont be anxious; the singer will appear very soon. His name is Chen Lei. I heard that he lives nearby. After graduating from high school, he did not study anymore. Instead, he stayed at home and focused on music. I dont know how this shop managed to dig such a talent out. Quick, look on stage! Hes here, hes here! Chen Lei was holding onto his guitar as he walked up the stage. Applause and cheers could immediately be heard coming from the audience. A girl even shouted, Chen Lei, I love you! Chen Lei blushed. He adjusted his microphone and strummed his guitar a couple of times, acting like he had not heard the confession. There was a low giggle coming from off-stage. There were no pleasantries or greetings. He did not even bother getting familiar with the audience. Chen Lei was not good with words. He cleared his throat and then began strumming as he sang into the microphone The light is out. The moon is the eye of loneliness, looking quietly for people who are having difficulty sleeping[1] A pleasant melody echoed throughout the internet cafe. The audience off-stage sipped their cocktails and quietly basked in this atmosphere. Its beautiful. Its so different from the original version, but its flavor is so similar. Chen Lei is like this. No matter what he sings, he injects his own style. It is particularly relaxing, and yet on closer inspection, you would realize that you feel a bit sad. Its great. A slightly-aged man took a sip of his alcohol and looked out of the glass panel, into the dimly-lit outdoors. One could only imagine the kind of memories such lighting dug up in his mind. All of a sudden, he looked at the glass of alcohol in his hands in confusion. Whats the matter? His female partner asked. The man took another sip. This alcohol is real? The lady scoffed and said, Are you spouting nonsense? This place has a real business license. Could they possibly sell fake alcohol to cheat you? The man shook his head. You dont understand. Many bars these days put fake alcohol in the branded bottles. Alcohol that costs hundreds of yuan is poured out into empty bottles while alcohol that costs about a hundred to two hundred yuan takes its place. Once they are made into cocktails, how many people would be able to tell? This is not considered fake alcohol; they are just cheaper alternatives. Fake alcohol will go to your head, and you might even get sent to the hospital after drinking them. However, cheap alternatives would only leave a slightly different taste in your mouth. They will end up in your stomach all the same. His lady partner did not seem to believe him. Are you able to tell? The man laughed. Of course. Alcohol that costs a few hundred yuan and alcohol that costs a hundred to two hundred yuan they might all be alcohol, but they taste different. Otherwise, why would people spend all that extra money? People who know a bit about alcohol would be able to tell the difference. He gently swayed the glass in his hands and then looked at Chen Lei, who was singing on stage. This place is quite interesting. We can ask a couple of old friends to come here one day. At the bar counter Ma Yang held onto his own glass of alcohol and sipped from it. As he watched Chen Lei perform on stage, he felt moved. It feels like he really does sing better than you. Zhang Yuan, humble and pleased, said, Thats right. Brother Ma, are you finally able to tell now? Ma Yang shook his head honestly. I cant tell, but I can see the results. When you sang, not many people listened to you, and not many people ordered drinks. Now, everyone is listening intently. Zhang Yuan, Brother Ma, on account of this glass of alcohol, can you not hurt my heart anymore? Ma Yang was a real son of a b*tch. Chen Lei was here as a gift from the heavens; why did he have to keep comparing Zhang Yuan to him?! So how are we going to pay him? Ma Yang asked a very serious question. Last week, after hearing Zhang Yuan sing, Chen Lei felt strangely confident. He took the initiative to step up onto stage and sing. After he finished singing, the results were obvious. Ma Yang immediately invited him to stay and sing for the week. If he were satisfied by the end of the week, they would sign a contract. Otherwise, he would give the man a thousand yuan and ask him to leave. Now, the week was almost over. Ma Yang was very pleased with Chen Leis performance. However, there was another problem. That was the problem of remuneration. How much are resident singers in bars normally paid? Ma Yang wanted to see if he could consider the market price for such jobs. Zhang Yuan was very clear about this. After all, he used to work in this line. Brother Ma, small bars normally pay their resident singers about three thousand yuan a month. Of course, thats the remuneration for singers who are not very famous. Exactly how much they are paid depends on what tier the bar belongs to, the fame of the singer, and how generous the boss is. Some bars have high traffic. In order to rise to fame, many singers agree to sing there for free. On the flip sideif smaller bars want to hire famous singers, they have to be prepared to fork out more money. According to Chen Leis standard, I think giving him four to five thousand yuan would not be too much. We might even be underpaying him. Four to five thousand yuan Ma Yang began to hesitate. This its not that I dont want to pay him, but I feel like Chen Lei is not worth that much. The main problem is that our internet cafe is still incurring losses. What do you think of this? Lets offer him 1,500 yuan as his base salary. The rest will be left to commission. Zhang Yuan paused. Commission? How would that work? Ma Yang pointed at the alcohol on the bar counter. Well pay him commission based on our alcohol sales. In the future, we can tell the customers that while he is singing, half of the profits of the alcohol would go to Chen Lei. Zhang Yuan sucked in a deep breath. Brother Ma, giving him half of the profits is a bit too much, right? Its alright. We dont sell that much alcohol to begin with Ma Yang did not seem too bothered. Zhang Yuan was momentarily speechless. Thats true. Whats more, we only sell real alcohol. The profit margin would not be that high. On second thought, it seems acceptable If they followed the model of regular bars, the alcohol would be their main source of profits. Many bars, nightclubs, KTVs, and the like would take part in a bit of adulteration. Take XO for example; they would keep the empty bottles and add in cheap alcohol before putting it up for sale again. This was very common. Selling alcohol in this manner would guarantee profits. However, from the beginning, Boss Pei instructed all of them-time and time again that the alcohol sold by Fish-Catching Internet Cafe must be real. Selling fake alcohol aside, they were not even allowed to sell a drop of ordinary wine. They had to sell whatever alcohol they said they were selling. Therefore, while they were all selling alcohol and Fish-Catching Internet Cafe had included a profit margin in their prices for alcohol, the profits Fish-Catching Internet Cafe was earning could not compare to ordinary bars. Whats more, given the number of people in the internet cafe each day, they could not sell much alcohol to begin with. Zhang Yuan pondered for a moment, and then said, You can make the call, Brother Ma. If you want to pay him based on commission, that works. For all we know, he might help us sell more alcohol. Ma Yang slapped the countertop and said, Alright, thats decided, then. Once Chen Lei finishes for the night, I will speak to him and settle the terms of the contract. If we really follow this method, I have a suggestion, Zhang Yuan suddenly said, having thought of an idea. We can come up with a new menu. Next to the prices of all the alcohols, we can put another number in brackets. That number would represent the amount of commission Chen Lei would get. Take the Aurora Jungle-Juice, for example. We sell them for sixty yuan a cup. Our cost is about thirty yuan. Add in the place and the salary for the employees; that makes the total cost of each glass about forty yuan. Our profit is twenty yuan. If we give half to Chen Lei, thats ten yuan. We can immediately add a (10) next to the 60 on the menu. That way, everybody would know that ten yuan out of this drink goes to paying Chen Lei commission. Ma Yang frowned and hesitated. Wouldnt everyone be able to guess our profit margin, then? Zhang Yuan shook his head. Brother Ma, even if you dont write it down, wouldnt people be able to guess our profit margin? You can find out the price of these alcohols on the internet. Most people who come to bars to drink have a good idea of the bars profit margins. If thats the way the entire industry works, nobody would take these numbers too seriously. If we write the amount of commission Chen Lei gets on the menus, it would show how nice we are to our resident singer. We might look very generous. A realization dawned on Ma Yang. Oh, thats right! That suggestion sounds good; lets do that! [1] These are the lyrics to the song Does Any Song Remind You of Me? by Wakin Chau. Chapter 154 - Cannot Suffer For No Clear Reason! After singing for more than an hour, Chen Lei took a break. Ma Yang immediately called him over to explain to him simply how his wages and the alcohol commission would work. Chen Lei scratched his head as he decisively said, Alright. Ma Yang was now a little abashed. Its alright; if you feel that the basic salary is too low, I can add to it. Ma Yang said. Chen Lei blinked, In that case lets add a little to it. Ma Yang, Look at this lads honesty! Ma Yang felt as if he had been cheated. He had thought that Chen Lei would be polite and say no, its okay; Ma Yang could then follow suit and conveniently end the conversation. In the end, Chen Lei had conveniently managed to ask for more pay from Ma Yangs words. However, since Ma Yang had said as much, he couldnt go back on his word now. Ma Yang was conflicted for a while, Alright, Ill give you 1800 yuan for the base pay, together with the alcohol commission. The next time you go up to sing, you must encourage people to buy more drinks, understand? Chen Lei looked a little uncomfortable as he said bashfully, Brother Ma, Im not very comfortable with that. Why dont I just take the 1500 yuan? Please dont make me talk to the audience. Ma Yang was speechless; this kid was so thin-skinned. Forget it; youll just focus on singing while Ill do the announcement. Your base pay will still be 1800 yuan, but you do not need to care about anything else. Chen Lei nodded as he went to drink some water and take a break. Ma Yang gave Zhang Yuan a look as the latter immediately understood what that meant and went up the platform. Hello, hello. Hello, everyone, let me introduce myself a little. I am the manager of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe; my family name is Zhang. Someone among the crowd tittered, Werent you the resident singer last week? Once Chen Lei had replaced you, you actually have been promoted? Zhang Yuan saw that many people werent very interested in what he was going to say as he hurriedly spoke, I appreciate everyone for your continued support. This time, I want to share with everyone a special perk for our resident singer! From today onwards, whenever Chen Lei singsfrom seven to eleven at night, these four hours; a portion of all drinks expenses would become his commission. As for the specifics of this In a few days, well have new custom-made menus; and the cut for Chen Lei would be written clearly. In any case-if everyone likes our singers, you guys can order a few more drinks to support them. Thank you, everyone! Zhang Yuan immediately got off the stage after speaking and did not waste his breath further. This also was in line with Fish-Catching Internet Cafes mantra: saying less and doing more while service needed to be like a breeze, only to be felt by customers when they needed it. The customers immediately started to talk among themselves. To give a cut for the singer? Theyre so generous? Theyre giving half of the stated price as well! If I go up and sing now; will that work? Hehe, only if you can sing better than Chen Lei. Thats great; Ill support him! Please give me another glass! Me too. Over here, over here! The few servers actually started to get busy. Ever since Fish-Catching Internet Cafe opened for business, this was their first time! Ma Yang and Zhang Yuan smiled and looked at each other. This actually seemed to work! Late night Many people were already tipsy but still were not willing to leave. Before Chen Lei got off the stage, he kept on thanking everyone as he blushed and hid himself in the internet area. Ma Yang, Zhang Yuan, and the few servers all went to send the customers on their way. Thank you for your support! Please take care. We await your next visit! All the way till ten-thirty did the customers finally all leave. Hurry up and tabulate how much we have sold for drinks! Ma Yang couldnt wait as he rushed to the cashier. A few minutes later, Ma Yangs excited state receded. We had sold quite a lot of drinks; however we only made this little? Ma Yang was very disappointed. He thought that he could immediately start making profits. However, after looking at the sales figure, he became dejected. They indeed sold many drinks tonight; it was also an eighty percent increase from the previous few days average! That meant that many of the customers here had ordered a second drink after hearing that part of the money would go to Chen Lei. Furthermore, some expensive cocktails had been ordered as well. However, they were still very far away from making a profit. Zhang Yuan was more rational. This is very normal. Brother Ma, although our drinks sales have gone up, we have too few customers. Think about it. We only have these many seats; even if we hit full capacity with some people even standing around, selling more than a hundred drinks, would that be enough? We would only earn a few hundred or at most a thousand a night. Minus off the half that goes to Chen Lei, that would only be twenty to thirty thousand a month. Wait. Ma Yang frowned. Doesnt that mean that if we made twenty to thirty thousand, Chen Lei would earn that much commission as well? Zhang Yuan was rather speechless, Brother Ma, what are you saying? Of course, this is the case; you were the one who decided that Chen Lei would get fifty percent Ma Yangs face collapsed, I regret that decision now. How about we dont give half to Chen Lei? Just five percent; maybe one percent? Zhang Yuan was livid. Brother Ma, you cant possibly go back on your word on the same night. Are you trying to chase him away? You were the one who decided on fifty percent commission. It was me. However, I didnt expect it to be so much money Ma Yang was rather pained as he scratched his head repeatedly. Zhang Yuan was speechless for a while. No wonder Ma Yang had been so generous; he had not done the sums up at all! However, seeing that Ma Yang seemed to really be considering going against his word, Zhang Yuan hurriedly tried to dissuade him. Brother Ma, theres really no need. We are making losses of three hundred thousand monthly now. Even if you took all of Chen Leis commission, that would at most be twenty or thirty thousand more; it is not feasible in the long term. If we give Chen Lei more, the audience would support him more as well. When this place becomes popular, we would naturally have more customers; and things would look better then. Ma Yang frowned. What would be considered enough? Based on your calculations, we need to sell more than a thousand drinks a night to recoup our losses; that is not possible. For this size of a place, we cant even sit two hundredwhat more a thousand? Zhang Yuan didnt know what to say at the moment. Err in any case, now that our drinks sales have gone up, lets monitor the situation a while more. We definitely cannot kick someone to the curb when he outlived his usefulness. Im still feeling vexed. Ma Yang massaged his temple as he was so pained he almost couldnt breathe. He was really unhappy with this. No, I cannot suffer just like this! We must let our customers feel this as well! Zhang Yuan was bewildered, How can we let our customers feel this? Ma Yang looked over at the wall next to the stage; there still was some empty space there. He pointed, Hang a small screen there. Every time someone orders a drink, a message will appear on that screen with the table number, what type of drink, as well as how much money goes to Chen Lei. After that, a well-wishing message to Chen Lei would follow. This way, every time someone orders a drink, everyone would be able to see. Lets add a line on the top of the screen tabulating how much Chen Lei was going to get each night. Ive paid such a heavy price; I cannot suffer silently. I must let all customers know that I have given so much! Zhang Yuan contemplated this. This could work; its only a small screen and wouldnt cost much. Leave this matter to me. Ill have it done by daytime tomorrow. Chapter 155 - Giving Brother Qian a Surprise Afternoon Ah-chu! In the office, Pei Qian was just enjoying his air conditioning when he sneezed. This is weird; is there too much cold wind blowing at me? Pei Qian tugged at the small blanket on him as he turned off the drama he was watching and was intending to take a nap on his office chair. A knock rang out; it was Lu Mingliang. Boss Pei, I have a few things to report to you. Pei Qian nodded, Speak. Lu Mingliang saw that Pei Qian was wrapped in a blanket and looked about to fall asleep as he felt a little touched. Boss Pei looked like he wasnt feeling well; he could go home and rest but was still remaining at work to work alongside us! Indeed, no matter how much success one had, maintaining a fighting spirit was important! Lu Mingliang was afraid he was interrupting Boss Peis rest as he hurriedly reported. First is regarding the new edition. Everything is going according to plan. However, for some reason, when the news regarding limits on the sales of Ocean Strongholds epic weapon was spread, all the existing players started to protest violently. Boss Pei, should we relax the quantity restriction on this epic weapon a little? Say to five thousand? Pei Qian adamantly shook his head, No. Five thousand weapons a month? What a joke! 5000 x 888 was how much; do you know how to count? Pei Qian said with a straight face, A limit has been set for a reason. If it becomes so widely available, why would it be called a limited sale in the first place? Dont bother with their grumblings. Five hundred will be five hundred; we will not sell even one more. Seeing Boss Peis determined expression, Lu Mingliang couldnt do anything as he nodded, Alright, Boss Pei. Second is regarding Ma Yiquns responsibilities. He has already given feedback to me many times that he strongly wishes to take part in the development of the new editions for our existing games. I thought for a while, and for Ghost General and Game Designer, their new editions really needed an expert at synopsis like him to do the work. Could we let him try it out and polish his skills? Pei Qian did not reply immediately. He could not think of any good reasons to reject. However, if he didnt reject, Pei Qian was very reluctant to let Ma Yiqun take care of these synopses. Ma Yiquns expertise in this area was outstanding. The few synopses he had done for Shang Yang Games games had been very well done. If he did a great job for Ghost General and Game Designer, the consequences would be dire! However, how could he reject this? Ma Yiqun had entered the company in March; it had been two months already. If he asked to continue to understudy, that was a little too much. Even if Ma Yiqun was not allowed to touch the games synopses, he had to be given some order work to do. Send to Huang Sibo to film short videos? That didnt seem right. His writing prowess could probably also be fully used in the short videos. Sent to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe? This was not a bad idea. However, Pei Qian did not have a suitable reason to just suddenly send Ma Yiqun away. After thinking for a while, Pei Qian really didnt have any good suggestions. He could only begrudgingly nod. Pei Qian said unwillingly, Alright; he has already understudied for so long. Ask him to be responsible for some basic tasks. Lu Mingliang hurriedly nodded. Alright, Boss Pei. Do continue to rest; Ill go and work now. Pei Qian leaned into his chair as he tugged at his blanket again. Somehow, he was a little restless; and he couldnt seem to fall asleep. This is strange; where is this feeling of danger coming from all directions coming from? It cant be Shang Yang Games, right? Pei Qian speedily reviewed each of his projects in his mind. For Tengda, the new editions would probably make money. However, this was controllable; and it wasnt that big an issue. As for Fei Huang Workspace, they said they wanted to film a documentary; but there have been no updates yet. The Fish-Catching Internet Cafe was in a traditional position of strength; two new branches have just finished renovations and were preparing to open. As for the flagship store, he had gone over to take a look slightly more than a week ago; and there had not been any lurking dangers. Thinking more about this, it seemed like the risks at Shang Yang Games were still the biggest! Pei Qian had requested for them to remove all their purchase options for their existing two games, leaving only one such purchase option. This was indeed a risky move. Removing the purchase options would definitely be beneficial for the games reputation; this was given. However, reputation and income were two separate matters. For a game like Bloody Battle Song that had trashy graphics and ordinary gameplay; its only selling point had been that ballers could whack and kill people within the game. In other words, this games core selling point was in revenge buying. After one hacked another, the latter would immediately top up more money to hack the first person back. This was a core attraction of this kind of game. Precisely because these games had a revenge buying mentality that triggered the negative emotions of playersno matter how bad the graphics were and how inferior the gameplay was, people would still play this game. If Pei Qian didnt change anything about it, this game might still have a chance of making a comeback; this chance was not small at that. As long as Ye Zhizhou did a little promotion here and there to bring back old players, this game might actually return to its previous profitable state; Pei Qian would no longer be able to incur losses from it. Hence, Pei Qian had decided to remove the purchase options in the game. Bloody Battle Song had no other selling point when it came to graphics or gameplay in comparison to other games; it was a pipe dream to think of attracting new players. Even if the game became fair and its reputation became good, so what? As long as it didnt earn money, Pei Qian was fine with that. Of course, what if this game started to attract many new players because of its improved reputation and the player base became so big that profits actually grew? This was not entirely impossible; the possibility was rather small, however. Pei Qian thought about this for a while, and it seemed that only Shang Yang Games still had a certain risk factor to it. He decided to pay special attention to them. He was going to head to Bloody Battle Songs official site to take a look. Indeed, it seemed as if its popularity had risen a little. After its reputation had changed for the better, a portion of old players had returned to this game. However, Pei Qian wasnt flustered. He immediately sent a message to Ye Zhizhou: Send me some backend statistics regarding top-ups for Bloody Battle Song. A few minutes later, Ye Zhizhou sent over a screenshot. This was the top-up platform figures for Bloody Battle Song. Pei Qian took a casual look and saw that on average, the per capita spending was indeed rising-not insignificantly either. However, the total top-up amount had actually fallen by seventy to eighty percent! Based on a situation like this, Bloody Battle Songs monthly revenue might not be able to hit one hundred thousand. En, no need to panic; this is part of the plan! Whether a game could survive depended mainly on profits. Hence, all game companies would push for top-up gaming activities despite the objections and curses from players; they all wanted to become profitable. If a game kept on losing money, so what if its reputation was good? The revamped Bloody Battle Song was indeed now rather wallet-friendly; the crux was who it was compared to now! Compared to games with paywallsas ballers no longer found satisfaction in this game, income from ballers would fall drastically. Compared to other wallet-friendly games such as Fantasy World, Bloody Battle Songs graphics were trashy; and its gameplay was ordinary. It could not compete with those. This meant that the new Bloody Battle Song would not be able to compete against these two types of games and their targeted gamer profiles. Not bad, lets maintain this. After replying to Ye Zhizhou, Pei Qian relaxed as he laid his blanket well and went to sleep soundly. In another two days, the two new branches were going to be open for business. He had to go and take a look then in order to have peace of mind. At Shang Yang Games Ye Zhizhou saw Boss Peis message as he suddenly felt warmth in his heart. Although Boss Pei had so many things to attend to and was busy with his work, he was still concerned about Shang Yang Games! Although our games income has fallen drastically now, this is evidently part of Boss Peis plan; hence, he wants us to maintain this! This meant that our trajectory is right! Ye Zhizhou instantly was filled with vigor. Indeed, this was the effect a good boss had on a company, right? May 20th The two Fish-Catching Internet Cafe branches officially opened for business! Pei Qian, Ma Yang, and Zhang Yuan, the three management level personnel of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe naturally had to be present for the grand openings. However, the situation at the venue was a little awkward. It was so deserted! It was even worse than when Fish-Catching Internet Cafes flagship store had first opened. These two branches location was even worse than the flagship stores. Pei Qian had also repeatedly emphasized that they couldnt pull any stunts during the opening, couldnt let off fireworks, and couldnt give out flyers; the more low-key, the better. To open a business without any promotion or publicity in such a deserted place, it was naturally going to be so cold and empty. Pei Qian was actually rather satisfied. He sat in the empty coffee area as he looked outside, enjoying the pleasantly warm sunlight very much. The two branch managers looked a little awkward. However, they had after all been redeployed from the flagship store; and they were used to such sights. They knew that Boss Pei would not blame them, and so the duo wasnt flustered at all. On the other hand, the newly-recruited servers have never seen such a strange sight before as they all felt as if they didnt know where best to stand or put their hands at; they all seemed to feel that this place was a little eerie. In the internet cafe section, Ma Yang and Zhang Yuan muttered to themselves softly. Why are you stopping me? Ma Yang asked, looking confused. Just now, Ma Yang had thought that the place was too empty. As morale seemed low, he had wanted to go over and share with Pei Qian the latest good news of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. With Chen Leis star appearances, the internet cafes drinks sales had been increasing daily; the customer flow was also evidently increasing! Ma Yang felt that this method could be replicated at all Fish-Catching Internet Cafes. However, he had not managed to say anything when Zhang Yuan stopped him. Zhang Yuan seemed to know what Ma Yang wanted to say. Zhang Yuan said, Brother Ma, its not that Im stopping you from saying. It is not the right time now; its a little rash. Ma Yang was confused. En? Why? Brother Ma, we only have an improvement in sales for our drinks; we would only make an additional twenty to thirty thousand a month. Compared to the monthly losses of three hundred thousand, that isnt much! If we raise this up now, it would not be very significant! If you keep on bragging about this and Boss Pei finally asks Not bad, how much money did you make? and you say We are still making a loss, what would be the point of telling Boss Pei this?! If we say nothing now, no one would be wiser. If we do so now and raise Boss Peis expectations, wouldnt he be even more disappointed when he found out the truth? I think that we should wait till we turned our losses into a profit before telling Boss Pei, to give him a surprise. This way, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and our position in Boss Peis heart would be elevated; this would be more impactful! Brother Ma, dont you agree with this? Ma Yang contemplated for a while; this seemed to make sense. They were still far away from making a profit. If they informed Pei Qian of the good news now, it actually wouldnt amount to much. It would also make Ma Yang seem as if he was eager to take credit for something, that he wanted to come and boast after just achieving minimal success. This was indeed not the way to do things. Ma Yang nodded. En, you make a lot of sense. Lets raise this matter another time. When Fish-Catching Internet Cafe finally turns its losses into a profit, we can then give Brother Qian a surprise! Chapter 156 - What an Embarrassment to Tengda! May 21st Pei Qian received the report that Ye Zhizhou sent to him. Shang Yang Games was still incurring losses; it was not showing signs of looking up In the report, Ye Zhizhou tallied how the number of active players in the game was increasing, along with the number of purchases being made, in detail. It was obvious he was taking these as indications of his success. That was why he was reporting the numbers to Boss Pei. Of course, all of these results were achieved thanks to Boss Peis instructions. Pei Qian did not even pay attention to these. Instead, he focused on total top-up values. En, theres still no improvement! Pei Qian already guessed what was going to happen. He replied, Not bad, maintain it this way. Ye Zhizhou excitedly went back to work. Pei Qian was quite satisfied with Shang Yang Games current situation. It did not matter whether its reputation was good or bad. As long as the top-up values did not increase, everything would be fine. Ye Zhizhou thought that everything was in Boss Peis hands. Of course, this was true. It was just that what Boss Pei was controlling and what Ye Zhizhou thought Boss Pei was controlling were two completely different things. Knock, knock! There was knocking on the door. Pei Qian looked up and saw that it was Huang Sibo. En? A rare guest. They had not met in a long time. The frustration that Pei Qian felt towards Huang Sibo had already dissipated by now. Actually, on second thought, Fei Huang Workspace had not done much to let him down! Although they made two million yuan-after Pei Qian distributed the profits, the real amount that was added to Tengda was only over four hundred thousand yuan. Whats more, the amount of money Director Zhu Xiaoce gave to Pei Qian as remuneration ended up contributing significantly to Pei Qians purchase of new home appliances. Thus, Pei Qians anger dissipated a long time ago. Huang Sibo carried a bag of fruits into the office. I passed by the office so I decided to come up and say farewell to you, Boss Pei. Oh? Say farewell? Pei Qian was stunned. Where are you going? Huang Sibo smiled. Didnt we confirm a while ago that Fei Huang Workspace was going to start filming a documentary? Director Zhu Xiaoce and I, as well as a few workers, have to make a trip down to Shanghai. All the filming will take place there. I might have to stay there until next month. So I decided to come down here before leaving to say farewell. To Shanghai? Pei Qian nodded. En, Shanghai is a good place. He knew in his heart that going to Shanghai would cost a lot of money! Excluding those who would be involved in editing later on, Fei Huang Workspace had about five or six employees. If this group of people all went to Shanghai, the costs of train tickets there and back coupled with accommodation would not be cheap. Pei Qian did not give Fei Huang Workspace any funds for the post-filming stage. This time, all of their expenses were being paid for by profits earned from Boss Peis Daily Life. In total, that was only about a million yuan. A portion of that money still had to be used for new filming equipment. They could use a DSLR to film Boss Peis Daily Life in portrait mode. It was alright for them to improvise here and there. However, filming a documentary would be different. They would surely have to use all sorts of filming equipment to produce the documentary; otherwise, it would not look professional at all. At that thought, Pei Qian did not feel any more disdain. In fact, he was mildly interested. Although he was prepared for Huang Sibo and Zhu Xiaoces new project to reap in profits, Pei Qian could not help but ask questions. Whether big or small, profits were profits; however, there was still going to be a big difference. If they earned less profit, Boss Pei could make up for this using other projects. If they earned huge profits, Boss Pei would be at a loss. En, you have to be careful on the road. Pei Qian acted nonchalant as he asked, You have to go to Shanghai specifically to film this documentary? Huang Sibo looked embarrassed as he smiled. Boss Pei, let me tell you the truth. Dont be offended. Our project this time might lose all of our hard-earned money. Huh? Lose all the hard-earned money? Boss Pei sat upright at once. Talking to me about this would cure me of my boredom! Here, have some tea. Pei Qian immediately poured a cup of tea and handed it to Huang Sibo. The way he treated the latter was immediately different. Huang Sibo did not seem to notice this change in Boss Peis attitude. Instead, he sipped the tea and began giving a brief explanation of Fei Huang Workspaces most recent arrangements for the project. Boss Pei, Director Zhu Xiaoce and I were very moved by your words. We decided to move out of the realm of short videos and produce something meaningful instead. We thought of different ideas but still felt like they were missing something. Some topics we thought of were ones that we were good at; some were ones that we thought would be profitable. However, none of them were urgent or necessary to embark on. Subsequently, we finally found a topic that would be necessary for us to embark on. Thats a documentary on eSports players! Pei Qian was very interested now. A documentary on eSports players? Huang Sibo was not lying to him. A topic like this could really lose all of their hard-earned money! What year was this? 2010! The eSports players at that time were still homeless men sleeping on streets, drinking water from the springs, and eating cup noodles. It was not like what it would be ten years later, where they would be sipping red wine, holding models on their arms, and driving Ferraris. They were not yet earning tens of millions of yuan a year. The hot capital had not yet been injected into the industry. Games were still regarded as extremely dangerous to society. Whether one was playing games professionally or purely for entertainment made no difference to the bulk of the population. Anyone who spent time on games could be described as not engaging in honest work. It was possible to film a documentary on eSports players now. One would be able to find suitable material, but how would such a documentary produce cash? Boss Peis Daily Life could earn money because Aili Island was coincidentally looking for premium video content. That was why they managed to sign such a special agreement to split the profits. Short videos could be updated and renewed and draw steady traffic to a site. Furthermore, they could be broadcasted all over the internet. The IP value they generated from three seasons, as well as the reputation they earned, was all bargaining chips they could use with video websites. However, documentaries were different. Firstly, people would not keep an eye out for them. Secondly, they could not be updated, and so they would not be able to draw steady traffic to the video websites. Naturally, video websites would not be interested in signing for exclusive broadcasting rights. The most they would do is offer a basic incentive plan the kind that offered about twenty to thirty yuan for every ten thousand views. Thirdly, they could not accept advertisements. That meant they would not be able to find sponsors. Documentaries were very serious. They were real and therefore meaningful. They could not possibly show interviews of eSports players and then broadcast an advertisement -Want to win? Take Aofeng.-halfway through the interview. One could say that most documentaries are not profitable. Only a few documentaries were exceptions to this rule. Take A Bite of China[1], for example. When Pei Qian first heard that Huang Sibo was interested in doing documentaries, he was worried that they would produce something like A Bite of China. However, he could now be sure that that was not the case. That was reasonable. Zhu Xiaoce was talented, but he was not a transmigrator. To create something wildly popular once was talent. To consecutively create wildly popular films was cheating. At this point, Pei Qian was very relieved. It was not important to discuss exactly how they were planning to film this documentary now. As long as Pei Qian could invest a huge amount and reap little in return, he would consider this a good project. Pei Qians expression immediately became very warm. Lose all our hard-earned money? Thats not a problem. With me funding Fei Huang Workspace, relax and do what you want to! Money does not matter. We cannot live so cautiously! Huang Sibo sipped his tea, and a grin spread across his face. Indeed. I knew that Boss Pei would support us! Boss Pei, dont worry. We are very clear about the risks involved this time. Thats why we decided to take the green-skin train[2] to Shanghai. We will also save as much as possible in terms of accommodation and food Before Huang Sibo could finish, Pei Qians face fell. Whats the meaning of this? Huang Sibo paused. He rarely saw Boss Pei get angry. Stuttering, he answered, No, nothing. Were just controlling our expenses C Pei Qian looked as if he expected better from Huang Sibo. Controlling your expenses? Huang Sibo, be clear of your own identity! Huang Sibo was shocked. The teacup in his hands vibrated. Boss Pei rarely blows up in this manner. Did I say something wrong? Pei Qian said in a serious tone, Fei Huang Workspace is a subsidiary of Tengda. You, and all the employees in Fei Huang Workspace, are employees of Tengda! Youre making them take the green-skin train and making them save on accommodation and food. What if they eat something wrong? Even if theyre healthy and their stomachs can take it, this trip would be tiring on their bodies. If they dont eat and sleep well and this affects their work productivity, the filming will not go well. If the project does not go smoothly and the film is ruined as a result, who will take responsibility? Huang Sibo felt his own hands trembling. Itll itll be mine. Oh, no, no, no, no Huang Sibo understood what Boss Pei was getting at. Boss Pei, dont worry. Im only trying to minimize our costs. Im not going to be a ruthless slave-driver. I will take care of the workers health for sure Pei Qian still seemed to expect more of Huang Sibo. You are an embarrassment to Tengda! What have I taught you all this time? Huang Sibo was speechless. Pei Qian continued seriously, Listen to me. Take an airplane. Time is money, understand? Once you get there, take care of food and lodging according to normal traveling standards. If you dont know the standards, ask Assistant Xin. Once you get to Shanghai, dont panic or be anxious. If you cannot finish filming, extend the timeline. Film leisurely. As long as you can finish by June 18th, that would be alright. If you extend the timeline, the most that would happen is you spend more on accommodation. How much could you possibly spend that way? If you dont have enough money, ask me for more. Thats not a big deal. Remember. Tengda stands behind Fei Huang Workspace. If you have any difficulties, just open your mouth! Huang Sibo quickly nodded. Yes, Boss Pei. Ill listen to you. Pei Qians expression finally relaxed as he nodded. Sincerely and earnestly, he said, You are an employee of Tengda, too. Do not let me worry about little things like that. You were even thinking of taking the green-skin train to Shanghai? Tengda would not tolerate such embarrassing employees like you! Huang Sibos face flushed. From the bottom of his heart, he was ashamed. Thats right. Boss Pei, you are right. In the future, Fei Huang Workspace will follow in Tengdas footsteps. We will do everything according to your standards. Pei Qian finally nodded, satisfied. En, thats the way. Remember: if you face any difficulties in the future, inform me at once! Pei Qian was only satisfied after repeating these instructions several times. This brat, Huang Sibo they were finally able to find a project that would incur huge losses; how dare he still try to minimize expenses?! Pei Qian spent so much time and effort nurturing the company, and yet people were still pulling stunts like these. He was an old employee of Tengda, no less! This made Boss Pei feel very exhausted. [1] This is a Chinese documentary television series. [2] This is a nickname for slow sleeper trains in China. Chapter 157 - Where is the Huge Fish-Catching Internet Cafe I Put Here? Huang Sibo left. Pei Qian then distributed the fruits that Huang Sibo gave him, washed an apple, and then returned to his office to munch on it. In the blink of an eye, the month was almost over. From the way the current situation looked, it looked like he would be alright. As long as he did not make profits out of nowhere, he would probably have no problem incurring a small loss. Pei Qian began to consider what other company benefits he could give to his employees. Now that Fish-Catching Internet Cafe was opening more branches, there were more and more employees under Boss Pei. As long as he distributed some benefits to each of them, he would be able to incur huge expenses. Whether the projects reaped profits or not was out of his control to a certain extent. However, Pei Qian could try his best to spend as much money as possible. As he munched on his apple, he used Qiandu to search for employee benefits. The search results showed several companies that allegedly distributed great company benefits. Pei Qian clicked on them and immediately scrunched up his nose. This was it? Forget it. Since there was no precedent, he would have to depend on his own imagination. He continued searching. As he searched, he felt exhaustion taking over. He pushed his chair back into a horizontal position, adjusted his little blanket, and then took a nap. A long time later When Pei Qian woke up, the sun was setting. Pei Qian suddenly felt his right eyelid twitching. En? Whats the matter? Pei Qian rubbed his right eye, but it continued to twitch. If the left eyelid twitches, its good luck; if the right eyelid twitches, its bad luck. Thats not a good sign. Pei Qian quickly stood up and walked two rounds around his office. Then, he looked out his window, at the faraway scenery. Before long, his right eyelid stopped twitching. Phew, it was just a fake scare. I must have been watching too many dramas lately; my eyes might just be tired. Pei Qian threw the core of his apple into his rubbish bin, sat back down on his chair, and prepared to watch more dramas again. At that moment, his left eyelid began twitching! Whats more, even after rubbing his left eye, it continued twitching! If the left eyelid twitches, its good luck; if the right eyelid twitches, its bad luck. Thats alright. Thats a good sign. Its better than having my right eyelid twitch. En? Wait, thats not right If the left eyelid twitched, its good luck! Thats a sign that he was going to gain something! Pei Qian jumped out of his chair. He could not sit still anymore. He suddenly realized that there was indeed a problem! Other people might take their left eyelid twitching as a good sign. After all, who did not want to have good luck and get rich? However, to Pei Qian, whether it was his left eyelid or right eyelid that was twitching, it made no difference! They were both bad omens! Theres a problem. There must be a problem somewhere. A few days ago, I felt uneasy. Even during my afternoon naps, I dreamed that Fish-Catching Internet Cafe began reaping profits. Today, both my eyelids twitched. That must be a bad sign. Pei Qian straightened his back and walked briskly around his own office. I must find where the problem is Pei Qian ran through all the various projects in his mind. At last, he focused on Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. The two new branches had just opened for business. He guessed that they would not be making much money just yet. The only possibility was the flagship store! Pei Qian thought harder and recalled that it had been more than a week since he last visited Fish-Catching Internet Cafes flagship store. At that thought, he immediately walked out the door. It was already evening time. Many people were packing up and getting ready to leave. Pei Qian immediately called out to Assistant Xin. Send me to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe tonight. Yes, Boss Pei. Assistant Xin did not hesitate. After all, she could be sure that she would get overtime pay without her even reminding Boss Pei about it. At Fish-Catching Internet Cafes flagship store It was seven in the evening. More and more people were arriving at the entrance. A few waiters were moving tables to the empty land outside the internet cafe. This place used to be a restaurant. There was a lot of space outside, which doubled up as parking. However, since they turned it into an internet cafe, there was no need for parking space. That was why the space remained empty until now. However, today, a few waiters filled that empty space up with beautiful tables and chairs that came with umbrellas attached. It was evening on a summer day. The entire place resembled a little seaside town in Europe. Of course, given the climate here, the comfort level in Jingzhou could not be compared to that in Europe. Nevertheless, in terms of style alone, the place did not look bad. The bar area in the internet cafe was almost full. There were many people seated outside. People seated outside could see the stage through the glass panels. Whats more, Ma Yang purposely placed speakers outside so that the customers there could hear Chen Lei sing. Seeing that more and more customers were coming, a long-absent grin spread across Ma Yangs face. Look. This way, the problem of the lack of seats is solved, isnt it? Ma Yang looked very happy with the situation before him. Zhang Yuan held up his big thumb and said, En, Brother Ma, that was a good idea indeed! As more and more of Chen Leis fans arrived, the seats inside were being filled up. Ma Yang naturally thought of creating more seats outside. It was summer, and it was a common practice among many restaurants to create seating areas outdoors. Of course, Zhang Yuan thought about this, too. However, since there was an opportunity to suck up to Ma Yang, there was nothing to complain about. A trendy-looking young lady walked up to the bar counter and took out two red notes. Three glasses of Aurora; one to drink, and the other two for Chen Lei. As for the note en, just write: The fangirl who will love Chen Lei forever! The bartender immediately mixed the Aurora Jungle-Juice like a pro. Soon, a glass of Aurora appeared in the ladys hand. Remember, give the drink to Chen Lei the moment he gets on stage. After reminding the bartender one more time, the lady left the bar counter. Ma Yang watched this exchange, and the grin on his face deepened. Zhang Yuan praised him again. If this carries on, perhaps we will be able to report to Boss Pei that our losses have turned into profit! Ma Yang became more arrogant. Hmph, I must prove that I am better than that Huang Sibo! This idea was not thought of by Ma Yang or Zhang Yuan. Instead, they accidentally stumbled upon it when a customer was rewarding Chen Lei. Based on Ma Yangs original proposalfor each drink a customer ordered, half of the profit would go to Chen Lei. This idea really took off. It became very popular among the customers, and everyone showed great support! A few rich fangirls even began to flirt using this method. One of them wanted to order a second glass of cocktail but found that she could not finish it. She asked the bartender if she could forego the second cup and give Chen Lei the profits directly. The bartender did not dare to make the call so he reported this to the branch manager. The branch manager then reported this to Ma Yang and Zhang Yuan. Ma Yang immediately answered, No problem! A glass of cocktail was sold for sixty yuan. If customers did not want to drink it but only wanted to reward Chen Lei with it, they could give Chen Lei thirty yuan and keep the thirty yuan as the internet cafes revenue! This way, fans would be able to show their sincerity, and Chen Lei and the internet cafe would both benefit. Wouldnt that be a win-win situation? That explained what was happening today. Many people ordered two drinks at a go; one for themselves and the other to be given to Chen Lei. Ma Yang sat at the bar counter, holding his own cup of cocktail and feeling delighted. From the way things were going, they could turn their losses into profits next month. As the saying went: if everyone was good, all would be good. I can bring Chen Lei to the two other Fish-Catching Internet Cafes; he could take turns to sing at each of them. Once the crowd is drawn to those Fish-Catching Internet Cafes, I would be halfway to success! After turning the third internet cafes losses into profit, I would inform Pei Qian of the good news. That would be a pleasant surprise for him for sure! Then, IMa Yangwill hold a higher position in Brother Qians eyes than Huang Sibo, Bao Xu, Lu Mingliang, and all the others! I want to prove to everyone that IMa Yangam the real valuable worker in Tengda! At that thought, a blissful grin spread across Ma Yangs face. Outside Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Pei Qian alighted from the car and went into shock. Who am I? Where am I? Wheres my Fish-Catching Internet Cafe? Where is the huge, cold, and deserted Fish-Catching Internet Cafe that I put here?! What is this open-air restaurant about?! Who did this?! Chapter 158 - Boss Pei was Very Angry Many people were at the door of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe; Ma Yang and Zhang Yuan were very busy inside and didnt even notice Pei Qian standing outside. Pei Qian brought Assistant Xin along as he observed silently. One server recognized Boss Pei and just wanted to go and inform Ma Yang when Pei Qian halted him and did a hush sign. That server immediately got the hint. Boss Pei wanted to give Boss Ma a surprise, right? Alright! The server pretended not to have noticed as he continued to busy himself. Pei Qian felt as if he was about to have a heart seizure as he spun around outside the internet cafe. The entrance of the internet cafe was packed with tables and chairs and sunshades; they all looked rather fancy and classy. Ma Yang evidently wanted to give a European small town beach feel using this set-up. However, in Pei Qians eyes, if the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe became so popular; was it still his original Fish-Catching Internet Cafe? He was extremely pained, and his heart ached! He just intended to head inside when a note from a guitar rang from outside. A singer was about to start singing. People werent that excited outside; after all, they were just passersby here to listen to songs; and they werent that crazed. However, within Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, especially in the pub area; thunderous applause and cheers broke out. The atmosphere was rather boisterous! If someone didnt know, they would think that someone was holding a concert here! Pei Qian and Assistant Xin mingled with the crowd as they headed inside. They realized the seats at the bar were almost all filled; many were still standing around. Many people headed straight for the bar counter, and Pei Qian watched as they took out two red notes[1]. However, they only took one drink and left without even asking for change. He then looked on the stage. Chen Lei was playing his guitar and singing folk songs. Although he was a little shy facing the crowd and he was blushing, he wasnt experiencing that much of stage fright. Perhaps after he sang and entered into a trance, he also started to forget about his stage fright. On the nondescript wall nearby hung a very beautiful panel. It was showing which table, which customer had ordered what drink and how much commission had been given to Chen Lei. Following that was also some well-wishing message for him. Row after row of well-wishes and congratulatory messages ran one after another, making the atmosphere even more boisterous. Pei Qians mouth twitched heavily. He had never seen Chen Lei before. However, by the looks of it, he could guess that this was the internet cafes new resident singer. However, with regard to everything else going on, Pei Qian felt it was a little hard for him to accept. However, Boss Pei was after all a smart person. After he thought for a moment, he was able to guess what had been going on. What a nice Fish-Catching Internet Cafeit has now become Fish-Catching TV? Theres no difference between giving gifts and money and buying drinks, right? If I came two days later, wouldnt this place really turn around and start making profits? Seeing as the panel kept on flashing number after number, Pei Qian was extremely shocked and jittery. He even saw someone continuously gifting ten cocktails; that was an instant 500-yuan reward. Pei Qian wouldnt feel that this person was silly and wasting their money. After all, he knew that ballers on live-streams could be even more crazed than this; these were but peanuts to the true ballers. Furthermore, Chen Lei was really good at singing and was worth that much. Pei Qian really wanted to ask now: who had dug out such a talented singer? Who?! Although Pei Qian felt a little helpless, he also was internally feeling a little lucky. Fortunately, I had been worrying and stewing these few days that something was not right; and I discovered this early. If I had forgotten about this matter and kept on assuming that Fish-Catching Internet Cafe would make three hundred thousand in losses monthly, I would definitely puke out blood during the next settlement! The crux was that such a huge thing had happened; no one had bothered to report to me! Xin Hailu was also observing as she sighed with emotion internally. This was not bad; it was still so deserted and empty last week. Within a week, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe had become so lively and happening? If this continued, perhaps all the shops in the neighborhood would benefit from this human traffic; a virtuous cycle would be formed! Furthermore, it was strange that this singer was just singing and the atmosphere wasnt that boisterous as a normal bar, that everyone was forking out so much money. The sales from drinks tonight would definitely be very good. Boss Pei had been so nonchalant about Fish-Catching Internet Cafes losses previously; could he have predicted this would happen? Assistant Xin continued to follow behind Pei Qian silently, not asking anything. After all, such things happening have already become commonplace for her. Pei Qian silently squeezed through the crowd as he tried to make his way towards Ma Yang who was talking loudly and animatedly. Ma Yang was just discussing with Zhang Yuan the future plans for the internet cafe. I feel that this flagship store can still be improved! We cant open the curtain now; this is a pity. I intend to find some workers to redo the curtains. It would be best if people outside could also feel the atmosphere in here Ma Yang was very confident now and felt as if his flair for business had never been so well-displayed as it was now. Zhang Yuan listened seriously as he suddenly looked behind Ma Yang and saw Pei Qian whose face had been half-hidden by the fluorescent light. Boss Pei! Youre here, Zhang Yuan hurriedly greeted. Ma Yang was stunned as he turned as well and saw Pei Qians pale face. Eh, Brother Qian? What a pity; we had wanted to give you a surprise, but you have found out beforehand. Pei Qians lips twitched slightly; it was indeed Old Ma who was stirring things up! So many changes had taken place; why didnt you mention them to me? Pei Qian felt that he had been cheated and by someone he felt was his best brother as well. He felt rather tired. Ma Yang was confused, Brother Qian, I wanted to only give you good news and not the bad! I felt that the good news wasnt good enough yet and didnt want to alarm you! Pei Qian was speechless. What did he mean by only giving good news and not the bad! If all my employees were like you, Id be finished! However, Pei Qian couldnt bring himself to speak so harshly to Ma Yang. After all, Ma Yangs intentions had been good; he wanted to increase the internet cafes profits. If Pei Qian really went on to criticize Ma Yang for spoiling Fish-Catching Internet Cafes reputation and set-up, that might be a little inappropriate. Regardless, Old Ma had really used his brains this time to help Pei Qian make money. However, why did Pei Qian still feel a little heartache? Could it be that my most loyal pillar of support was going to leave me as well? Since Boss Pei had already found out; please give some guidance. Could you look at the internet cafe now and if anything else needed to be changed? Zhang Yuan smiled slightly and asked. Pei Qians mouth twitched, Everything looks good. However changes still can be made. This panel is a little old-fashioned. Although your intention is good and wanted to let everyone see how much they are giving and to write some well-wishes to fulfill everyones desires. However, as this panel keeps on flashing, it actually ruins the atmosphere; also, stimulating customers to spend more and more is not in-line with our internet cafes style. Hence, I feel that taking the panel off would be better. Customers are here to drink wine, and thats already very good; we shouldnt make them compare their expenses. Pei Qian looked very wise and insightful. Ma Yang looked at Zhang Yuan as the latter thought for a moment and said, Indeed, what Boss Pei says makes sense! Previously, I had thought this panel was a little distasteful; however, I couldnt say what was distasteful about it. Now, it seems as if it is indeed as Boss Peis has said; it does not fit in with our internet cafes style! Ma Yang still looked a little reluctant, In that case lets take it down. Pei Qian felt a little more assured now. Without that panel, everyones excitement at spending more and giving more would be lessened, right? Also, the tables and chairs outside, they are too cramped together! It isnt stylish. You guys can take a few of them away. En thats true. Ma Yang nodded as he felt that made a little sense. Pei Qian said seriously, Old Ma, youre doing your best to help the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe make profits; I am very grateful. However, you must remember that for Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, profits are not a priority. The number-one priority is to create an image for Tengda! Alright, Brother Qian. I understand! Ma Yang nodded vigorously, Rest assured that our hearts are aligned; even if you dont say anything, Ill understand what you want! Hehe, you know my foot. Pei Qian silently complained as he walked away. [1] These red notes were worth 100 yuan apiece Chapter 159 - : Taking a Drastic Measure to Solve a Problem Pei Qian was rather pained by what he had seen. It was alright if Fish-Catching Internet Cafe made a bit of profit. The crux was this bit of profits could possibly put all of Pei Qians efforts this cycle to waste! This cycle was only two months long; a month had already passed. Pei Qian had long roughly calculated the profits and losses for this cycle. Taking into account any sudden shopping sprees or spending, he would probably be able to make a few hundreds of thousands of losses at settlement. Among this, all the Fish-Catching Internet Cafes were to make more than a million in losses; this was a very important part of his plan! If the Fish-Catching Internet Cafes started to make money or recouped the initial investments, Pei Qian might have more than a million in additional income that he wouldnt be able to spend by the next settlement! Although a million-odd yuan didnt seem like much, it could very likely change the originally calculated losses into profits; this was the crux. Wouldnt that be putting all his efforts to waste and all his other projects had been for nothing? Pei Qians original intention was to create a giant hodgepodge, to have a shop called Fish-Catching Internet Cafe that had a pub area, a book area, a small theater, a dining place, etc. All of these would revolve around an internet cafe. At the end of the day, he wanted Fish-Catching Internet Cafe to become an unprofitable internet cafe. However, he could never have expected that the peripheral pub area had surpassed the internet cafe area; it had become popular because of a resident singer! Just like this, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe had become Fish-Catching Pub; how could he let that happen? This was going completely against Pei Qians original intentions! What should he do? Take away all the tables and chairs outside the internet cafe? Not allow any more commissions for the singer from the drinks sales? Or perhaps to completely remove the resident singer? They were not very feasible; these acts were not appropriate, and there was no justification for them. Pei Qian had asked Ma Yang to take away the panel and reduce the number of tables and chairs outside; those were still explainable. After all, he wanted Fish-Catching Internet Cafe to retain its style and character. However, if he took any further steps, that would no longer be reasonable. If he completely removed the tables and chairs, where would the customers outside sit? Allowing commissions from drinks sales; that gave the internet cafe revenue while provided motivation for the resident singer to sing to his best. What reason could he use to get rid of this system? All these actions would be rather hard to justify and would raise suspicions. He might also receive a warning from the system. Furthermore, these were not the crux of the issue. If Pei Qian wanted to change all of these, he had to take extreme drastic measures! So what if he removed the tables and chairs and took away the commissions system? These people were here to hear Chen Lei sing! If they didnt have a place to sit, they would stand and listen; this problem would still not be resolved. Hence, to solve this problem, Pei Qian had to get rid of Chen Lei! I wonder whether this lad has any dreams that I could help him fulfill. It was already 10 PM; the performance had just ended. Chen Lei bowed and left the stage as many in the audience were still clapping and cheering. Ma Yang, Zhang Yuan, and the servers started to send the customers out. Pei Qian immediately pulled Chen Lei to a quiet spot in the internet cafe and sat him down. Chen Lei had not seen Pei Qian before. After hearing Pei Qian introduce himself, he immediately knew that Pei Qian was the Boss Pei that Ma Yang always talked about. He felt a little intimidated and constrained. Pei Qian casually asked Chen Lei a few questions and knew that he had not continued schooling after graduating from high school. He was rather introverted, even to the point of being a little autistic. Chen Lei had been obsessed with music in his home and had incidentally walked by Fish-Catching Internet Cafe one day, heard someone singing, and then plucked up the courage to audition to be the resident singer. When his family members knew he had found a job, they had been very happy and even told him to do a good job and be amicable with his colleagues. You have been in Jingzhou your entire life; have you not thought of seeing the world? If you really want to pursue your dream for music, you should go to Shanghai or Beijing; those places would be perfect. Pei Qians words were rather bewitching. Chen Lei was stunned for a moment as he immediately said, Of course, I want to! In my dreams, I even go to Shanghai and Beijing to take a look! I have told people this before that I would become a singer one day. However, no one believed in me. I know that Jingzhou is too small a place, and I cant fulfill my ambition. However, Shanghai and Beijing are very far from home; my parents wouldnt agree. Furthermore, I heard that Beijing and Shanghais cost of living is rather high; I probably wont be able to afford it. Pei Qian was internally elated. Since you have a dream, then we can now talk things through! Boss Pei was the best at helping others fulfill their dreams! Pei Qian smiled slightly as he nodded, You underestimate yourself too much. You dont even know how good you are at singing! At your level, once you start singing, it would be like a lethal weapon. Do you know how many girls would love to hear you sing! Hence, you shouldnt belittle yourself. In a bigger city, you would have better prospects. When you make it big and then return here to Jingzhou, you can prove to your classmates and friends that looked down on you; you will make them envious! Pei Qians words had their intended effect. He could see Chen Leis eyes shining with light. An introverted person whose looks werent that outstanding, a freak who had stopped school after high school; Chen Lei was someone who had had to endure pressure coming nonstop from all aspects of his life. Whether it was his parents, classmates, or his classmates parents; they were probably always using Chen Lei as a bad example of what not to become. So what if he was good at singing? In a second-tier city like Jingzhou, there was no suitable platform for him to showcase his talents. Chen Lei was definitely someone who craved recognition. Hence, hearing what Pei Qian had described, Chen Lei was evidently influenced and touched. He had long wanted to go to a big city and take a look, broaden his horizons, and try his luck in the vast world out there. He hoped that his talent could be recognized by more people in the future. It seemed as if Boss Pei wanted to provide some material assistance? Chen Leis only consideration now was money. As he earned so much commission here in the internet cafe and he had many fans, this was Chen Leis comfort zone. He didnt want to get out of it. When he reached Beijing or Shanghaibesides the fact that he had to restart in a foreign environment, Chen Lei would also not be able to afford accommodations and the cost of living in these places. After all, he wouldnt have an income anymore. Hence, Pei Qian definitely must help Chen Lei to get rid of this last stumbling block so that he could go in peace. Pei Qian considered for a while and said, If you wish to head to a big city like Shanghai to pursue your music career and dreams, I can help you with that. Tengdas Fei Huang Workspace is now based in Shanghai. I can transfer you to Fei Huang Workspace there, and youd actually dont have to do anything. They would help you arrange your food and accommodations, and you wont actually have to work. You can relax and pursue your music dreams; what do you think of this plan? On one hand was his current enjoyable life; on the other was a new and distant place. Chen Lei actually didnt hesitate much. Boss Pei, I I am willing to go! The next day At night The crowd was considerable. However, everyone noticed that Chen Lei seemed to be a little troubled. Outside the pavilion / on the ancient road / the fresh grass so green stretches into the sky To ask my friend when he will be back after we part ways this time Chen Lei was as per normal, stringing each stanza together; he was engrossed in the song and didnt utter any other words. However, his fans in the audience could hear something was amiss in his singing. This is weird; why are all the songs tonight about farewells? Indeed, Im feeling a little down Ill gift another two glasses of Northern Lights whiskey. Speaking of which, why is the display panel gone? I dont know. However, it doesnt affect me. Im here mainly to support Chen Lei, not to posture. Everyone drank and continued to chatter idly like usual. However, for some reason, they felt the atmosphere today was not right. Chapter 160 - There is Really no Need for That! After finishing another song, Chen Lei did not continue singing the next song. He cleared his throat on the microphone and said a slightly emotional speech, I want to announce something today. From tomorrow onwards, I will no longer be singing here anymore. There was instantly a commotion below the stage. It was not because of what you all are thinking. I like this place a lot, and I really enjoyed singing for you guys. Boss Ma, who is the manager of this Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, wants me to stay here as well. Moreover, you guys have been so loving by showering me with lots of gifts. I am very touched by that. The reason why Im leaving is because of the big boss of the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. He said that he enjoys my songs a lot and wants to send me to Shanghai to pursue my music dreams. He will also provide for my food and accommodation in the course of that. I enjoy singing for all of you, but at the same time, I cherish this opportunity a lot. I hope that I will be able to leave Jingzhou City and explore Shanghai After all, this is my dream As Chen Lei spoke, tears welled up in his eyes unwittingly. So that was the case. Thats great news! Although I cant bear for you to leave, I will still fully support your decision to chase after your dreams! If things didnt go your way over in Shanghai, you must come back! This will always be your home! Boohoo! Im so sad Ill gift you another ten glasses of Northern Lights whiskey. Hope you have a smooth sailing life ahead Sorrow seemed to fill the atmosphere below the stage. Many people were sending Chen Lei off with wine at the bar counter. Some ladies were sobbing while drying their tears with a tissue. Pei Qian stood at the corner silently and was feeling a little sentimental. I am such a huge villain. He thought sarcastically At a secluded corner on the second floor, Ma Yang was so heartbroken that he was about to cry. My money tree Zhang Yuan was beside him. He handed Ma Yang some tissue while consoling him, Boss Ma, this is Chen Leis dream. We should be supportive; its not a big deal. We can always hire another permanent singer However, Ma Yang was totally not consoled by what he said. His entire face was scrunched up in misery. I of course, I will definitely support Chen Lei in pursuing his dreams However, I just hoped that the internet cafe could stop suffering losses and profit instead Forget it. I should respect Chen Leis decision Although Ma Yang could not tell if a song was good or bad, he understood that Chen Leis singing skills were far above that of other permanent singers from these few days of observation. It was impossible for the new permanent singer to be as popular as Chen Lei. Actually, the signs of profit for the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe were all because of Chen Lei. His songs were good, and he attracted a lot of regulars to the internet cafe. There were people buying drinks for him every night. That generated a lot of additional revenue for the internet cafe. If Chen Lei really left, the abilities of the other singers would at most reach Zhang Yuans standard. It was evident how the situation then would turn out to be. Pei Qian went upstairs quietly. He handed a pack of tissue to Ma Yang and said, Old Ma, its fine. Chen Lei is really talented. It would be a waste of his talent if he stayed at the fish-catching internet cafe. If you really think that you are the person who discovered his talents, you should wish him luck. Ma Yang blew his nose and replied, Brother Qian, Im not sad because of this. The main reason why Im so sad is that the fish-catching internet cafe finally had a chance to earn money for you. However, the opportunity has now flown away. I am upset for you Pei Qian was very touched. Look! Only my brothers would be so concerned for me! However, it was not always good news that Ma Yang had such a strong sense of responsibility. The good thing was that this should merely be a coincidence. Ma Yang was lucky to have unexpectedly met Chen Lei. Otherwise, there would not be so many issues cropping up. Therefore, ultimately, this brother of his was still very trustworthy! Pei Qian patted Ma Yangs shoulders and said, Old Ma, Ive told you countless times that you should not always be fixated on making money as the head of the fish-catching internet cafe! The most important thing for you is to help me maintain this window to showcase Tengdas corporate image. Do you understand? Lets go and send Chen Lei off. On the first floor of the fish-catching internet cafe, Chen Leis performance was about to end. However, most of the audience was still unwilling to leave. Chen Lei had already sung a few songs for the encore. In the end, the crowd accompanied Chen Lei to the entrance of the internet cafe. Many female audiences had their make-up smudged from their tears. They made it seem as though they were about to be parted by death. Pei Qian mumbled in his mind, When will I get such a treatment Ma Yang was also sobbing. He walked towards Chen Lei, bade him goodbye, and wished him a smooth journey ahead. Chen Leis eyes were red originally. When he saw Ma Yangs actions, he could not hold it in anymore. He was beyond thankful to Ma Yang. Pei Qian was a little troubled. He knew that the reason behind why Ma Yang cried was that he had lost his money tree and not because of how deep his feelings for Chen Lei were. However, Chen Lei did not know that. He felt that Boss Mas was his benefactor and that there was no way he could ever repay the kindness that Boss Ma showed him. Most of the crowd finally scattered at around 11 pm. Pei Qian called Chen Lei over to one side and gave him a phone number. When you reach Shanghai, find this person directly. He is Huang Sibo, the manager of Fei Huang Workspace. You do not need to worry about anything else there. He will arrange everything for you. Pei Qian had already informed Huang Sibo about this. Anyways, Huang Sibo would be in charge of Chen Leis food and accommodation when he reached Shanghai. Chen Lei could do anything that he wanted to. Pei Qian thought through it and felt that the most Chen Lei would be able to achieve was to sing the theme song for documentaries. There was no way he could stir up any more trouble. Furthermore, even if Huang Sibos documentary was able to profit because of the theme song, the amount earned would be within Pei Qians calculations. Sending Chen Lei over would reduce Pei Qians loss as compared to if he had stayed at the fish-catching internet cafe. Thank you, Boss Pei, for your nurturing. I will forever be grateful to you and Boss Ma for recognizing my talents and supporting me. If there is a chance in the future, I will definitely repay your kindness! Chen Lei said while holding Pei Qians hands. His gratitude towards them was indescribable. There is really no need for that. Pei Qians sincerity was piercing through his eyes. It was obvious that he said those words from the bottom of his heart. Back at the fish-catching internet cafe, Ma Yang was still in low-spirits. Pei Qian walked to Old Ma and said to him, Old Ma, you should be happy for Chen Lei that he can pursue his dreams. Stop being so sad. Moreover, your efforts this time did not come to waste! The sorrow on Ma Yangs long face faded slightly. My efforts did not come to waste? Pei Qian nodded violently. Of course, it was not wasted! You gave me a very important inspiration! Ma Yang looked at Pei Qians expression closely and thought that he did not seem to be lying about that. He forgot about his misery momentarily and listened closely. Old Ma, you do not know how much potential there is in this idea of yours! Its a pity that this is just not the right time for it. The patrons giving the singer gifts as he sang this mode could definitely be popularized. However, the stage at the fish-catching internet cafe is just way too small to bring this idea into play! Limiting this idea to the fish-catching internet cafe would instead waste your talent and limit what you could do. Do you understand? Ma Yang looked absolutely confused. So? he asked. Pei Qian patted his shoulders and continued, This creative idea could be used in live-streaming platforms! In about three to six months, you would be the CEO of the fish-catching live-stream platform! Therefore, you must believe that your work has value. It helps Tengda in ways more than you can imagine! Please continue to accumulate your power and display your talent in more appropriate places! Ma Yangs gloomy mood immediately turned for the better. His hands were shaking from the tumbling emotions inside him. Brother Qian, I Pei Qian suddenly grabbed his hands and continued saying, Old Ma, you dont need to say anything else. I understand you! Please continue accumulating your power. In no time, you will naturally continue to shine on a much bigger stage! Chapter 161 - Rekindling Old Mas Passion Pei Qian heaved a sigh of relief in the car after he left the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. He was absolutely treading on thin ice. This is so tough for me! Pei Qian recalled the things that happened today. If he had discovered it one or two weeks later, the situation might have gone out of control. When that happened, not only would problems crop up in the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, but the efforts spent on all the other projects would also be wasted! Fortunately, I have everything under control in my hands and have resolved the situation before it took a turn for the worst. Not only did I successfully console Old Ma, but I have also managed to clear out all potential risks. This is simply a perfect strategy to resolve the situation. I am indeed a genius! Pei Qian was worried that this incident would deal a terrible blow to Ma Yang such that he would not be able to recover from the setback. Therefore, he built a castle in the sky for Ma Yang at the end. Of course, Pei Qians words were not entirely true. However, the castle that he had built for Ma Yang was different from what other bosses would say. The castles that other bosses built were complete lies. But, Pei Qian was different. He did plan on fulfilling his promise. Ma Yangs actions gave Pei Qian a reminder. It made him think of the live-streaming industry. Pei Qian was certain that in the next few years, live-streaming would quickly become a valuable investment opportunity. The war between live-stream platforms would soon erupt. Peoples lifestyles would be changed dramatically. However, who said that investment opportunities would guarantee profits? Choosing the right investment opportunity could indeed help one build a huge business empire. However, there was an even greater chance of being burned to ashes in the battle of financial power. In the end, most people would leave the scene in dejection. After all, other people were not blind. If one could see this investment opportunity, others could as well. In the internet age, ones financial power determined if he could ultimately win this investment opportunity. Many companies burned money in terms of hundreds of millions. Pei Qian questioned himself if he was willing to burn the money. The answer in his heart was a yes. Yet, the ultimate problem was that Tengda did not have enough money for him to burn. Whatever the case, the most important thing was that he must be able to lose money! Pei Qian knew many classic case studies where companies consistently lost money: The ofo yellow bikes (a bicycle-sharing service), Didi Chuxing (a ride-hailing service), Meituan Food Delivery, Panda TV (a live-stream platform), JD Logistics Werent all these great examples of losing money? Pei Qian felt that as long as he chose one of those case studies to copy, he would be able to lose money consistently. He could then use the systems money to fill the money hole. Wouldnt that be amazing? Pei Qian did not do these previously as he had to meet certain criteria before he could step foot into those industries. He did not even have the money to create a shell for the projects, not to mention the operating costs. However, during this period, Pei Qian realized that his goal was gradually moving towards losing tens of millions. Therefore, he would naturally plan his projects with the aim of reaching this targeted amount in mind. Of course, he had to contemplate further on his detailed strategies. After all, the system regulated that the settlement date would be postponed in the event when there were unfinished products. If Pei Qian decided to enter a certain industry unprepared and his capital chain ruptured in the production stages, he would not be able to reach a settlement. Neither would he have enough money to continue with the production. He would then be stuck in an awkward situation. If he could successfully lose money during these two cycles, he would choose not to enter those industries for the moment. If he had profited again for some unknown reasons Boss Pei would then go down the road of no return in terms of giving money away. Amongst the many choices, live-stream sounded like a good option. Pei Qian wanted to comfort Ma Yang after seeing how upset he was. Thus, he decided to give Ma Yang the title of the CEO of Fish-Catching TV. He could also claim that the idea for Fish-Catching TV came from the display screen that Ma Yang placed in the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. June 3rd The other two Fish-Catching Internet Cafes had opened its doors to customers. Pei Qian was there personally. He was finally assured after seeing how empty the two stores were with his own eyes. Ma Yang and Zhang Yuan were there, too. However, Ma Yang seemed a little confused and depressed. Pei Qian pulled Zhang Yuan over to one side secretly. I feel like Old Ma seems to be out of sorts. Zhang Yuan replied truthfully, Its fine, Boss Pei. Brother Ma has lost his goals temporarily. Thats why he appears to be a little depressed sometimes. Yet, his appetite did not decrease at all. His meal portions have even increased. Pei Qian thought to himself, This is Old Ma for you. He is very tough psychologically indeed. Even after suffering such a huge blow, his appetite was not affected at all. What about the flagship store? How is it going? Zhang Yuan replied, Business was okay. After Chen Lei left, we found a new resident singer. There were gifts occasionally, but the number of audiences is gradually decreasing. We still gave the singer a commission. The revenue now is better than how it was at the start. However, to turn our losses into profits I dont know how long it would take to achieve that. Pei Qian nodded his head. He could finally put down his worries. As long as the stores did not turn their losses into profits, everything was good. However, how could the revenue now be better than the revenue when the store just opened? That implied that giving commissions based on the number of drinks ordered was indeed a useful operating model. It could earn him profits. Therefore, this was ultimately still a hazard. As Pei Qian looked at the frowning and gloomy Ma Yang, he suddenly had an idea. Was there a way that he could settle the drinks commission issue over at the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe while finding something new for Ma Yang to do so he could pick himself up? An idea flashed past in a breeze in Pei Qians mind. Some of those classic case studies to lose money needed hundreds of millions to work. He could not venture into those avenues currently. However, some projects did not need a lot of starting capital to operate. Such as food delivery services! Pei Qian noticed that the branch manager at the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe was a chef. During the selection process for the branch manager, other than the four waiters, there was also a chef who raised his hand. He became the branch manager naturally. He happened to be suitable! Zhang Yuan, call the branch manager of this store over. Call Ma Yang over, too. I have a new task for you guys. The four people sat down at the coffee area. Ma Yang and Zhang Yuan were already used to this while the newly-promoted branch manager-cum-chef was still not accustomed to his role change. He appeared to be a little uneasy and fidgety. How do I address you, branch manager? Pei Qian asked. He had never paid attention to the names of the few branch managers. They were just human props to him. It did not matter what their names were. Thinking about it from another perspective, this was a good thing. If he knew the name of a human prop, that would imply that this human prop had performed remarkably at work. That was bad news to Pei Qian. This newly-promoted branch manager-cum-chef looked like he was in his forties. He did not appear as greasy as most middle-aged men. In fact, he had maintained a toned body and had taken good care of his appearance. After hearing Boss Peis question, the branch manager hurriedly replied, I am Lin Canrong. Pei Qian nodded his head. He only remembered that his surname was Lin. Old Ma, I heard that you seemed to have lost your goals recently. That is fine because I have a new and very important task for you! This would further expand the blueprint of our Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. It is an integral part of Tengdas business empire strategy. Are you confident to take on the task? Pei Qian looked at Ma Yang with encouragement in his eyes. Ma Yang was instantly energized. Brother Qian, tell me everything! I have been worried that I could not find an avenue to showcase my talent! Pei Qian nodded his head. As he had expected, a simple task was enough to rekindle the fire in Ma Yangs heart. We are going to continue invading the F&B industry! Ma Yang, Zhang Yuan, and Lin Canrong looked at each other. Continue invading the F&B industry? Indeed, they had already started their conquest with the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. The Fish-Catching Internet Cafe did serve food. Its menu had western wine on one side and home-cooked meals on the other. Chef Lins previous job at the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe was to catch fish (laze around)oh! No. His job was to cook for the customers. However, most customers at the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe did not order food. Thus, Chef Lin was mainly catching fishes every day. Pei Qian wanted to continue on his conquest with just that? Chapter 162 - Food Delivery with the Best Visuals! Everyone was puzzled, especially Lin Canrong. His gaze was filled with confusion. Others might not know about the situation at the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, but he knew that very well. There was absolutely nothing to do there! The number of dishes he made every day could not even add up to ten. Thinking about it, that was normal. The Fish-Catching Internet Cafe was very stylish and classy. Who would want to order home-cooked meals there? The beautiful lady at one table ordered a nice-looking cocktail. She enjoyed her wine while looking at the scenery outside the window. If she took a selfie then, she could flaunt it on her WeChat moments directly. Meanwhile, the dude at the other table was munching on a plate of scrambled eggs with tomatoes? That just did not make sense! If there was really someone who ordered it, the scent of the food would permeate the entire coffee area. If looks could kill, he or she would be murdered hundreds of times by those around him or her. Therefore, there wasnt a single person who ordered the food initially. Chef Lin merely stood on duty in the kitchen every single day. He was terribly bored. After some time, the situation had a turn for the better. To ensure the welfare of the employees, Pei Qian wanted the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe to provide lunch for all of them. Hence, Chef Lin would become busy in the afternoon. However, his job was still very laid-back. That was because the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe hired two more cooks. This work intensity was like a vacation as compared to ordinary restaurants. Therefore, up until now, the F&B sector at the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe was almost non-existent. Not only was it non-profitable, but there wasnt even much patronage. It seemed to be gradually turning into Tengdas employees restaurant. How could he continue advancing with just that? Wasnt he afraid of losing everything that he had? Chef Lin could not figure out how they could continue advancing. The three pairs of eyes stared at Pei Qian and waited for his amazing opinion. Pei Qian coughed twice and said solemnly, As the saying goes, the desire for food and sex is part of human nature. The F&B industry is closely tied to our everyday lives. It will never become outdated. Up until now, the food at the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe has won many hearts with its nutrition value, delicious taste, and how close to home the food was. Therefore, we must make use of this advantage that we have further. We should allow others who do not come to the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe to enjoy our delicious food in the comfort of their own homes! The passion in Ma Yangs eyes died down gradually. He looked at Pei Qian in confusion. Brother Qian, after all that you have said, are you intending for the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe to offer food delivery services as well? Why do you have to make it sound so complicated? You can just state directly that the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe will provide delivery services in the future Huh? This rascal understood my words so well. My plan is indeed to offer delivery services However, this was not any ordinary delivery service! Pei Qian had a solemn expression. Old Ma, this is not the right attitude that you should possess. For example, in terms of singing, you sound like a funeral singer while Chen Lei sounds like his voice has been kissed by god. How could you two be the same? As long as you took things to the extreme, anything that you do could be the start of a great industry! Think about it. In the future, our food delivery empire will venture out of Jingzhou City to all the big cities in the country. It will drastically change peoples lifestyles. Will this then simply be a food delivery service? A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. We are now about to take our most important first step! After listening to Pei Qians speech, Ma Yang, Zhang Yuan, and Lin Canrongs expressions experienced a rollercoaster ride. It changed from disapproval to enlightenment to being persuaded. Lin Canrong could not help but feel sentimental. Indeed, this was the result of having different horizons! Boss Pei could conjure a future business empire from a simple food delivery service. He could reflect on the drastic changes to peoples lifestyles once food delivery services become the way of life. He truly has great foresight! It was no wonder that he became a company president at such a young age. Lin Canrong could only remark about his talent! Ma Yang had also switched away from his disapproving attitude. His interest had been ignited by Pei Qian again. Brother Qian, tell us quickly. What should we do? How about creating a food delivery website? We can work with the sellers in Jingzhou City and build an online food delivery platform. Ma Yang and Zhang Yuan rained down their ideas. Lin Canrong also supplemented their ideas with more suggestions. Pei Qian smiled without saying a word. It was normal for Ma Yang and the others to raise such suggestions. In 2010, the growth of PC internet became sluggish while mobile internet developed rapidly. In Pei Qians memory, the percentage of mobile internet users reached 74.5%. It exceeded the 70.6% PC internet users. That would happen in two years. In this universe, because the cell phone industry has developed faster than how it was in his memory, the mobile internet era has arrived earlier. However, to this point in time, online food delivery services had yet to be taken over by large corporations. Those large corporations were still concentrated on another investment opportunitygroup buying. From the spring of 2010, many entrepreneurs saw the popularity of Groupons group-buying strategy. The war of a hundred Groupons and the war of a thousand Groupons soon intensified. Dozens of companies emerged every day in the group-buying industry. In such an intense situation, food delivery had been neglected. Only two years later would the industry rise to prominence and become the new popular investment opportunity in the eyes of the market players. Nevertheless, many restaurants had already offered food delivery services as of now. However, most of the delivery arrangements were made through phone calls. It was very primitive and many problems would occur such as late deliveries and delivering wrong orders. Therefore, ordinary people would have the idea to collate all the resources that the sellers had on one platform to facilitate customers in making food delivery arrangements online. The platform would profit by earning a commission from the orders. However, Pei Qian obviously did not plan to do that. You guys are too rash. Just like how we must have our meals one spoon at a time, we should carry out our plan one step at a time. Currently, people do not have similar habits. Our Fish-Catching Internet Cafe is also not an independent F&B brand and has not built its reputation. Even if we have successfully created the website, how are we going to publicize it? How do we ensure that the website will achieve our desired effects? Moreover, the biggest problem with such industries is not in the publicity, seizing the cake in the market, or its inspection. Food is very important. If some roadside greasy spoons decided to join us, we have to take responsibility as the connecting platform if these stores were unhygienic and gave the customers food-poisoning. Your idea of creating a platform may sound easy, but have you ever thought of the solutions to such problems? Pei Qians questions made Ma Yang and the rest speechless. Yes. This idea seemed a little distant and impractical. However if we did not do that, what could we do instead? The trio looked at Pei Qian. Pei Qian smiled and said, Easy. Well take one step at a time. Firstly, we have to create an F&B brand name for ourselves. We will produce a simple online food ordering app. However, this app only caters to our restaurants. Our chefs are top-notch, and our ingredients are all fresh and clean. There will definitely not be any problems. We will seize the high-end market, build our brand name, and expand our influence from Jingzhou City to the entire country! The trio looked at one another. That seems like a more feasible plan! Just that The plan is brilliant, but there is something odd about it. So, what will the name of our F&B brand be? Ma Yang asked. Pei Qian smiled and replied, Fish-Catching Take-Out! Lin Canrong looked confused. But, Boss Pei, there are already many take-out restaurants currently. Even lesser-known restaurants offered food delivery services. Although our food tastes good, they are merely home-cooked dishes. It does not have an apparent edge over other restaurants, not to mention the publicity and price Indeed, as a chef, he quickly pointed out the problem with the plan. Pei Qian smiled gently. Therefore, I said that we are appealing to the high-end market. Other retailers use plastic boxes and plastic bags to package their food. That is very unhygienic and unpleasant-looking. This is also a reason why many people prefer dining in rather than ordering food delivery. In reality, the food inside is still unchanged. The only difference will be the packaging. This shows that humans are visual animals. They look at the visuals more than the taste of the food. All our food will be packaged in custom-made white porcelain tableware and sent to their doors by assigned food delivery drivers. We will collect the tableware back at scheduled times. We will destroy other restaurants nearby directly with our tableware! Pei Qian sounded very confident. He had almost convinced himself with his speech. Ma Yang was obviously moved by what Pei Qian said. The fire in his eyes rekindled. Meanwhile, Lin Canrong looked at Zhang Yuan. They saw the confusion in each others eyes. They didnt understand it. How could that work? Were Boss Peis ideas too avant-garde, or were their ideas too old-fashioned? Chapter 163 - New Version, New Weapon Pei Qian did not give the trio time to hesitate. He assigned them their respective tasks immediately. So, Chef Lin, you will be in charge of researching this thing and creating a pilot project at this internet cafe. As for the menu choices, delivery area, website or mobile application for ordering, initial publicity Ma Yang and Zhang Yuan, you two will be in charge of these. Show me your proposal sometime later. It will be great if you two can provide me with a rough plan by this week, and our delivery services can officially open for business by next week. Ma Yang patted his chest and said, Rest assured, Brother Qian. You can count on me for that! There were similar delivery services that existed. After all, the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe was currently also responsible for the meals of all Tengda employees. They had to deliver the food anyway. However, they now had to perfect some details and hire more delivery men. After settling all of that, they could then cater to the delivery requirements in the vicinity. Of course, the delivery services by Fish-Catching Take-Out would revolve around the surroundings of the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe before gradually spreading to other areas. They currently only offered delivery services to a two kilometers radius from the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. As they opened more outlets, they could then naturally accomplish their goal of catering to the entire city. Strictly speaking, this hodgepodge-style method was not very economical and scientific. However, non-economical and unscientific were what Pei Qian was aiming for. After all, he counted on the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe to lose money for him! If the brick-and-mortar store only did one thing, such as opening an internet cafe, restaurant, bar, or offering delivery services. There was still a possibility of earning money given the investment that Pei Qian injected. After all, the system restricted Pei Qian in many ways. He could not produce sub-quality products. Therefore, no matter how much money he had spent, the services and goods that he provided were all within a floating range. No matter how cheap or expensive his products were, there was always a targeted crowd. Turning the internet cafe into a hodgepodge could naturally make the various components influence and drag one another down. That would then successfully achieve Pei Qians goal to lose money. Pei Qian was very satisfied with the state which the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe was in. Amongst the various services that the internet cafe offered, Pei Qian was the most satisfied with its F&B sales. He wanted to continue expanding on this aspect naturally. It would not cost much to hire a few more chefs. However, if he hired more deliverymen, dishwashers who were in charge of cleaning and disinfecting the utensils, and R&D personnel for the website and app, it would be a completely different situation. In the futurewhen there were more Fish-Catching Internet Cafes, his losses would be multiplied several times. Where else could he find such a good opportunity? Pei Qian handed this crucial task over to Old Ma. In doing so, he had high expectations for him. That gave Old Ma something to do so he would not turn to extreme overeating after Chen Lei left. It would be terrible if he gained weight. After assigning the tasks for the following minutes, Pei Qian was finally at ease. The sparks that could have ignited over at the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe had been discovered and put out by Boss Pei in time before it turned into an inferno. Perfect! June 10th Tengda Network Technology Co., Ltd Pei Qian paid some attention to the progress of the new versions for the games. The finalized update time was slightly more than a week away. They had to leave a few days for the checking process. Therefore, as of now, most functions had been completed. The art resource had not been fully submitted. After all, Ruan Guangjian was in charge of all the concept art for Ghost General. This was something that took time to produce quality work and could not be rushed. It would be fine as long as all the art resources were completed before the version update on the 18th of June. After all, art resources were different from the different functions that needed to be programmed. There would not be bugs in it that could affect the gaming experience of players. Pei Qian ran through the various new functions in the new versions of the games. He also looked through the new items that would be sold. Pei Qian knew that the new versions of these few games would definitely earn money. The amount earned was within his expected range. Therefore, he was not as concerned with the new purchasable items. There was quite a lot of new content in the updates. However, most of the updates were regarding art resources. The Lonely Desert Road had ten new maps and added a new infinity mode. Pei Qian felt that there was no way this new infinity mode would be profitable. Although a downloadable content priced at one yuan was very reasonable, Pei Qian did not think that there would be many people buying the downloadable content just to play the game again on a new map. Ghost General had fifty new warriors. They were included in the new downloadable content that was priced at five yuan. In Pei Qians opinion, there was a medium-to-high possibility of earning money. However, considering the huge amount of two hundred and fifty thousand yuan spent on creating these fifty warriors, they had to sell one hundred thousand downloadable packages to recover their principal. Pei Qian estimated that they would most probably be able to recover their principal, but there wasnt a high possibility of them profiting too much from that. Game Designers downloadable content was priced at five yuan. The game should be floating near the fine line that separated profitable from non-profitable. The biggest issue was with Ocean Stronghold. Ocean Stronghold had included new story plots, new settings, new characters, and new weapons. Those updates were all for free. The only chargeable item was a new epic weapon that sold a limited quantity. Each month, the game would only sell five hundred of the 888- yuan weapons. That meant that Pei Qian could at most earn two hundred thousand yuan each month after tax and deducting the commission for the platform. The main source of revenue for Ocean Stronghold was the inflating number of users and the adjacent increase in the number of Red Kilins sold. There were about tens of thousands of new players each month. Even if only a small proportion of them bought the Red Kilin, the total profit was still significant. Taking that into account, the money earned from the new epic weapon was pretty insignificant. Looking at the ledger for this month, the two hundred thousand yuan revenue was too little to recover the R&D costs. However, the main reason why the system did not point that out as a violation was that the new weapon was a long-term revenue source. Once the new content has been updated, the company could earn the same amount monthly for the following few months. At the same time, the R&D costs of the new version were only a one-time deduction. Considering the publicity effect the update has on the game as current players interest in the game was maintained and past players returned to the game, this was not considered an intentional loss in the long term. Therefore, while it was almost guaranteed the new epic weapon in Ocean Stronghold would send players injecting money into the gameno matter how much they wanted to spend, they had to snap up the weapon before other players do. Therefore, Tengda could never earn more than the estimated two hundred thousand yuan. Pei Qian was not worried at all. After the release of the Red Kilin, the new epic weapon that Ocean Stronghold was releasing was the Barrett Doom. Seeing how extravagant the sniper rifle, Pei Qian could not conceal the smile on his face. He seemed to be able to sense Lu Mingliangs grievance just by looking at the gun. Lu Mingliang had previously reported on how the 500 limited quantity of the new epic weapon in Ocean Stronghold incited protests from the players. He suggested changing the quota to 5000, but his suggestion was rejected by Pei Qian. It was apparent that Lu Mingliang had spent a lot of effort on this gun and was aiming to use it to earn money for Pei Qian. As a sniper rifle, Barrett Doom was superior to the Red Kilin in both its design and functionality. However, so what if it was superior? Pei Qian did not care about that at all. He was bent on selling on 500 rifles. He would admit defeat if he sold more than that number! There was no way he could profit from the limited weapons sold, wasnt it? After checking all the updates for the new version, Pei Qian was very satisfied. He had everything at Tengda under control at the very least. Over at Shang Yang Games, the reputation of the old games was revived. However, he had reduced most of the profitable content in the games. It was very hard for the games to recover their principal. Pei Qian estimated that there should not be any more problems cropping up before the settlement date this time around. As long as he was on his guard and paid attention to the profit figures ever so often, there should not be any problems. Even if Huang Sibo managed to profit from his documentary, Pei Qian had five Fish-Catching Internet Cafes which were steadily losing money. The losses should be more than enough to cover the possible profits. Moreover, there were also daily expenses and employee benefits. If he had another sudden spending Pei Qian felt that he should have no problems with losing one to two hundred thousand yuan this time! Of course, he could not lower his guard. Previously, every time Pei Qian thought that he was going to lose money, his employees always managed to surprise him. The stimulation that they gave him was more than his heart could handle. This time, Pei Qian acted as though he was treading on thin ice. Until the last second of the settlement, he must not let his guard down! Chapter 164 - Im Blessed to be an Employee at Tengda Ma Yiqun was in a good mood recently. He felt that he had finally been accepted by Tengda and had officially become a member of the company. He had studied hard for two entire months to earn this valuable work opportunity. Hence, Ma Yiqun valued this opportunity a lot. Ma Yiqun had worked earnestly on all the story plot and synopsis in the new version of the games. He had also improved on the game narratives that Ma Yang originally wrote casually for Ghost General. Of course, he did not flaunt his eloquence mindlessly. He wrote the narratives based on the requirements in the game. For example, Ghost General was a game on the Three Kingdoms. There was a lot of content that he could have written to introduce the warriors. However, if he wrote it as a biography would, it would not coincide with the characteristics of the game itself. As Ma Yiqun was working on this, he discovered that although the original warrior descriptions were very simple, the artistic conception of the words was extremely vivid. It matched the concept art perfectly! As Ma Yiqun was wowed by the words, he did not forget to ask about the master who created this masterpiece. He later knew that the original writer also had the surname Ma. Ma Yang was one of the founding members who founded the company with Boss Pei, and he had since climbed up the ranks. He was transferred from the games department and had found a wider platform to showcase his talents. Ma Yiqun was a little envious when he heard about that. Finally, on top of keeping the original eloquence of the narratives, Ma Yiqun edited some words to make the narratives stand out even more. He had also earnestly edited the narratives in Ocean Stronghold and Game Designer and tried his best to perfect them. Ma Yiqun did not dare to make a single mistake. After all, other than the chief planner Lu Mingliang, his work might also be vetted by the notable game designer Boss Pei. If his narratives were not up to standardeven if others could not tell, Boss Pei would definitely be able to see it. He must not try his luck. He had finally managed to earn Boss Peis trust. He did not want to lose it so quickly. After completing all his work, Ma Yiqun finally exhaled deeply. He recalled his two brothers. Huang Sibos Fei Huang Workspace had been performing exceptionally well, and he had already moved to Shanghai to shoot his new video. Ye Zhizhou had become the chief planner of his previous company Shang Yang Games. Under Boss Peis guidance, he managed to revive two dying games and rebuild their reputation. Ma Yiqun was very sentimental as he thought about that. From some aspects, Boss Pei could be considered the savior of Jingzhou Citys game industry! Ma Yiqun was even more impressed the more he thought about it. As he went through the comments on the internet, he found that these downloadable contents had become a hot topic before they were even released. Speaking of The Lonely Desert Road, it stood a chance of becoming the lamest game of the year. In this update, the game released new lame downloadable content and provided ten new settings in one go. This was a huge talking point that the media was crazily sharing and reporting on. Ghost General was a conscience-driven game that had not been updated in a million years. All its players were anticipating the sudden version update. The response for Game Designer was less intense. However, it was a work based on reality and was full of satire. Many fervent players bought it as part of their games collection. Now that it had new downloadable content, graphics style, and voiceover; they would definitely buy the update to enhance their collection. The most debated game was Ocean Stronghold. Currently, there were no leaked pictures of the new epic weapon online. However, news about the limited numbers sold spread like wildfire. Many players did not believe that. There were different reasons for that. Some questioned if the number of weapons sold would ever reach 500 because of its 888-yuan price. They questioned if the game producers really thought that they could earn the players money so easily. They thought that this restriction was totally unnecessary. Those were players who could not count at all. Some were astonished about the 500-limit. Why didnt the game company want to earn more money? The weapons would be sold out within minutes! However, this news was very detailed. Therefore, some players believed that. They did not care about the new content in the new version of the game. Yet, they made a note to purchase the new epic weapon once the new version was updated. Seeing how intense the discussions were, Ma Yiqun could not hide his smile. So this is what accomplishment feels like! When he was still at Shang Yang Games, the players would be nonchalant to the release of the new game versions. They only received a few feedbacks, and most of them were criticizing the updates. He looked at Tengda Games. The players were begging for a new game version. Before the content of the new updated version was revealed, the players had really prepared their money and were waiting eagerly. This was the difference! Ma Yiqun could not wait to see what happened once the new version was released. Buzz Buzz The phone on the table vibrated. The caller ID was not displayed. There was only a long chain of numbers. Ma Yiqun looked at it and saw that it was a number he was familiar with. He hesitated for a while before rejecting the call. In the blink of an eye, it was already 12 in the afternoon. There were three smartly-dressed delivery men at the entrance of the company. They were each carrying a huge insulated delivery box. Huh? The equipment of the deliverymen changed? Ma Yiqun was stunned. The delivery men yesterday were dressed casually, and they did not use the same insulated delivery box. However, their appearance today changed drastically! The three delivery men wore a standardized yellow and blue uniform. Their uniforms were different from ordinary uniforms that were cheap and of bad quality. Their uniform used high-quality fabric, had detailed tailoring, and was relatively fashionable. The three deliverymen looked pretty energetic. Coupled with their uniform and the new, custom-made, and standardized insulated delivery box; they appeared pretty professional. The key thing was the four gigantic words on itFish-Catching Take-Out! The other employees stood up and were ready to have their lunch. They were also a little shocked at the changes to the appearance of the delivery men. However, this was not all. The crowd went to the pantry for their lunch. They saw the three delivery men open the insulated delivery box and take out many white porcelain bowls. The porcelain bowls were covered with an air-tight lid. All the individual dishes were served on white porcelain dishes. The combo meals and rice bowls that some ordered were served using glass lunch boxes. The two-tier lunch boxes contained small compartments that contained various dishes and rice. The food was glistering under the light and looked greatly appetizing. Lastly, the delivery men took out exquisite gold chopsticks and spoons. They were wrapped in clean paper bags and could be used directly after removing them from the paper bags. The crowd collected the food that they ordered respectively. Some of them shared a few orders. They opened the lids together. Did our meal standards experience a complete upgrade? I dont think so. I think the dishes are the same. Its just the utensils that were changed! Really? The chef is still the same? Why do I feel like the visuals of the food improved tremendously? Ma Yiqun received his meal combo, too. There were two tiers in the lunch box. The proportion of meat and vegetables were adequate. It was totally unlike the greasy and salty food that one would find in ordinary restaurants. They were simple home-cooked meals, but they were served in a glass lunch box. The food looked extremely appetizing as the lights shone on it. In no time, the delivery men had taken all the food out and were arranging their stuff. Enjoy your food. You can simply pack the utensils in a bag after finishing your food. There will be an assigned person who will collect them later in the evening. Youre collecting them back? Of course. These utensils are expensive. True that. Thank you three for your hard work! The welfare and benefits in our company are really awesome Very soon, the delicious aroma from the food permeated the entire pantry. As Ma Yiqun was eating his combo meal, he felt that this was the most delicious food he had ever eaten. As compared to restaurants outside, the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe used less oil and less salt. The various ingredients used were also very fresh. This was undeniable. Although there wasnt a lot of seasoning and the taste was worse, the food was definitely healthy. The original meals were delivered using lunch boxes. Although the food tasted good, their appearance seemed cheap. It made people feel like they were having ten-something yuan food sold at roadside stalls. There was also a lack of ceremony when they ate with disposable wooden chopsticks and plastic lunch boxes. I had originally planned to cook at home and bring it to work. Ive thrown the idea away. There was no way the food I cooked would be better than this. This is nutritious and healthy. I do not need to worry about my health when eating. Moreover, these are all home-cooked meals. I wouldnt get tired of these dishes even after a long time. Im blessed to be Boss Peis employee! Other people would never enjoy such benefits! How much do you think this combo cost for outsiders? I think it costs at least twenty yuan. Twenty? Dont forget that these utensils need to be returned! The labor cost of that is twice that of other food delivery services. I think this costs thirty yuan. Thirty seems a little expensive. I doubt anyone could afford that for a long time What are you guys saying? These are internal employee benefits. Do you think that Boss Pei is doing charity? Why would he sell such good stuff to ordinary people? Didnt this say Fish-Catching Take-Out? He is obviously planning to create a new food delivery brand! Lin Wan held her meal combo and was enjoying her food. She was used to having all kinds of delicacies. It felt nicely different to taste this kind of exquisite home-cooked meals occasionally. She was a little emotional as she ate. In the six months that she was at Tengda, she seemed to always be moved by the touching scenarios that happened here. Boss Pei was treating his employees too well! How could the world not shower such a good boss with love? Lin Wan finally made up her mind. She found a number on her phone. She had decided to do something within her means. Chapter 165 - The Relationship between a Like and Tengdas Boss! Fish-Catching Internet Cafe At the coffee area A mildly aged man sipped his coffee, nonchalantly singing. Another middle-aged man, who looked over fifty years old, walked into the internet cafe and sat down in front of him. Boss Liu. The first man stood up slightly as a sign of respect. Im sorry, Boss Li. I was busy at work; thats why I arrived late. Speaking of which, this place is really difficult to find. The slightly older Boss Liu sat down across Boss Li and pulled a cigar out of habit. Li Shi held up his hand at once to stop him. Boss Liu, this place prohibits smoking. Boss Liu paused. Prohibits smoking? He turned around and saw no No Smoking signs, but one of the young waiters was looking at him and smiling apologetically. Smoking was indeed prohibited here. Boss Liu did not mind. He kept his cigar. Boss Li, this is the place you said you wanted to invest in? Boss Liu looked around. This place looks like an ordinary cafe. He hesitated, looked slightly confused. But there are rows of computers. Whats the meaning of this? Li Shi sipped his coffee and smiled slightly as he replied, Boss Liu, you dont understand. The boss of this place has foresight beyond our times. To me, whether this place is purely an internet cafe, a bar, or a cafe; it would be unique and promising. Unfortunately, for some reason, the boss of this place has mixed all of these businesses into one. Now, they are dragging one another behind and leaving the place cool and empty. Li Shi described what he had observed about Fish-Catching Internet Cafe during this period once over. He also talked about what Fish-Catching Internet Cafe was like when Chen Lei was around. However, after that singer left, the new singer was not as popular. The crowd here gradually dissipated. Now, its back to what it was beforelifeless and lackluster. However, my judgment of this place remains the same. At the very least, the high-end path that this internet cafe is taking might be the future of internet cafes. After listening to Li Shis words, Boss Liu nodded slightly. So you want to invest in this place? Li Shi sipped his coffee again, looking confident. Thats right. As an investor, I need to have my instincts about me. Boss Liu, you work in the property market. I think that Fish-Catching Internet Cafes high-end models would be popular if its opened in the right location. Thats why I asked you here today. I want to talk about this. Boss Liu pondered for a moment and then quickly understood the main point Li Shi was making. En, thats right. Whether this place generates a profit or incurs losses does not make much of a difference. However, allowing its high-end service to increase the property prices of the property in the area would make a good deal. Have you spoken to the boss of this place? Li Shi shook his head. Not yet. Im waiting for a suitable time. This place has only been open for two or three months. I feel like the boss is not lacking money. Whats more, from the way he has been doing things, he seems to be quite stubborn. I dont think hell listen to our opinions. According to my knowledge, even while this place was incurring losses, the boss kept pouring money into it. He opened three or four more branches in Jingzhou City. A hard-headed person like that is rare. Of course, I did not study him very closely. Ive only put together everything Ive heard and witnessed during this period and made an inference. Boss Liu nodded slightly, expressing his agreement. Many people probably tried to stop this man from pouring three or four million yuan into creating a unique place like that. However, this shop stood nonetheless. Whats more, there was not just one of its kind. All of this evidence showed that the boss of this place did not lack money; whats more, he probably acted in a very arbitrary fashion. Otherwise, he would not have done something like that. Li Shi continued, So if I talk to him now, I might be rebuffed. The boss would not accept my investment for sure. I want to keep waiting. I want to wait as this shop continues to do badly. I will wait until all its branches incur losses, and when the boss begins to doubt himself and starts to plan for a change I will decisively offer to invest a huge sum of money as assistance. Then, I will acquire a shareholding in this place systematically. When that time comes, Boss Liu, we can talk about cooperating. Boss Liu laughed, neither agreeing nor rejecting the proposal. Good planning, Boss Li. However, I feel that we have to observe this business model for a longer time. Boss Li, dont misunderstand. Im not trying to be a wet blanket. Im just slightly more conservative. Im not like you investors; I dont know how to see too far into the future. Once youBoss Liachieve your objective, I dont mind discussing this deal. For all we know, Boss Li, you might not succeed. Then, it might be someone else hoping to work together with me. Li Shi smiled and sipped his coffee once more. Dont worry, Boss Liu. I think the boss of this place would have no reason to reject me. June 18th Tengdas few games were updated at the same time! There was a lot of excitement among people who had been waiting for these to happen. People who usually bought downloadable content did so; people who tried to acquire epic weapons did so. These people made their purchases while shouting Tengda is so kind. At the same time, they cursed various games with paywalls on the forums. As Pei Qian scanned the forums, he kept an eye on the numbers on the platform. The rate at which they were selling some downloadable content was making him panic. This was especially the case for Ocean Strongholds five hundred Barrett Dooms. Pei Qian had thought that they would last him for the entire day. However, from the looks of the situation, they probably would not last for even an hour. The players could see that the limited Barrett Dooms was being sold out at the speed of lightning. Many people who had been considering whether to buy it made the decision to snatch it on the spot. Although the rapidly-increasing numbers on the screen were causing Pei Qians heart to race, a more thorough calculation assured him that everything was still going according to plan. After several settlements, Pei Qian was becoming clearer and clearer of the rules of the System. In order to incur a loss, he did not need to make the company go bankrupt. He also did not need to make the company remain stagnant. He just had to achieve two things before settlement. That would ensure he would incur a loss that could be converted into his Personal Wealth. First, at the time of settlement, the amount of money in his System Funds had to be lower than there was initially. Second, in the week before settlement, they could not have any unannounced products. The System Funds would be topped up at the start of every settlement cycle. Whether they had fifty thousand yuan like they did at the beginning or five million yuan like now, the System would continue to top up the System Funds without fail. Since the System was giving the money to them for free, there was no reason for Pei Qian to reject it. For this settlement, Pei Qian only had to make sure that there would be less than five million yuan in the System Funds. The amount of money he could convert would depend on how much loss he incurred. After settlement, the games would continue to make money, and the System would continue to top up the System Funds. The company would not run out of funds. They would develop whatever needed to be developed and expand whatever needed to be expanded. The System would not affect the running of their business. Whats more, the System Funds had to either be spent on the employees or on research and development. It was not like Pei Qian could just throw away the money. Now, Pei Qian was no longer that concerned about whether particular projects were making money. Take the downloadable content this time for example. He agreed to release them only to continue deceiving the public. He knew he would make profits from it for sure, but he decided to go ahead anyway. It did not matter. As long as he incurred losses for other projects and made sure he had less than five million yuan in his System Funds at the date of settlement, he could still achieve an overall loss. He did not need to lose all of his hard-earned money. Now, everything was going according to Pei Qians plan. Even Fish-Catching Take-Out, which was the latest project, was complete. Although no one was using it for now, it was considered up and running. It was not considered an unannounced product. Everything was in its place. Pei Qian was in a good mood. He was ready to see how the players would praise him. Casually, he opened one of the forums. Ghost General is finally updated! Thank the heavens! Whats more, they added so many generals. We can play for six more months! He opened another forum. Game Designers new update is worth five stars. The new voice-overs and scenes are so beautiful! Another one What the hell is there to update for a game like The Lonely Desert Road? Theyre only selling it for one yuan, too? Im crying! Although I dont play the game, Ill just buy the update. While Im at it, Ill say Tengda is amazing! The last one Rubbish planning, your mother is dead! F*ck your mom! You added such a great epic weapon and only made five hundred of them available. I purposely took some time off work to go to an internet cafe to buy an epic weapon. Now youre telling me that youre sold out for the month??? All the accounts who managed to get a Barrett Doom, please appreciate it! For every like, Tengdas boss will shrink by a centimeter! F*cker! Sell more soon! I cant wait until next month! Pei Qian quietly closed Ocean Strongholds comments section. Hehe, the atmosphere there seems to be quite different. It doesnt matter. You can continue to curse and scold. As long as you dont continue to throw money at me before this settlement, Ill still take you as my brothers! Chapter 166 - Can Teacher Qiao Be Smothered?! After Tengdas games were updated, a commotion spread across the internet. The players of Ocean Stronghold cursed at Tengdas boss, hoping that he would release the limit on the number of Barrett Doom up for sale. However, all the other players were thankful and touched, excited beyond compare. The various media outlets naturally reported the commotion as well. Some self-media outlets also jumped on the bandwagon. Take Teacher Qiao for example. After Products of the Gods became successful, Qiao Liang accepted an olive branch from Aili Island. He hopped over to their platform from Potato Web. He signed an ordinary creators incentive agreement with them, under which he would earn about thirty yuan for every ten thousand views. However, Teacher Qiaos stable fanbase coupled with the websites recommendation of him as a celebrity UP Master in the gaming area guaranteed that he had over hundreds of thousands of views for every video. This way, Teacher Qiao no longer had to live a life of instability. His income was more or less stable. He only needed to produce two videos each month. One of them needed to be popular, and the other needed to have sponsored partnerships. Altogether, he would have about 1.5 million views or so. The remuneration he got from the incentive plan and the advertising fees could give him a stable five or six thousand yuan each month. Compared to his situation before, this was much better. However, up until now, the second episode of Products of the Godswhich made Teacher Qiao as popular as he was nowwas still not uploaded. People were chasing him to upload more videos every day, but Teacher Qiaos reply came quickly as well: Im sorry. There are no other games in the country that can compare to Game Designer in terms of content and concept. If there are any, this segment will be updated at once. Otherwise, I cannot forcefully update it and ruin my own reputation. Qiao Liangs words were thirty-percent true and seventy-percent false. Actually, he knew that if he wanted to update this segment, he would just have to look for foreign games and classic games. That would enable him to create videos for sure. However, he could earn five or six thousand yuan each month from Trash Games Diss, New Recommended Games, and other random videos. He had no time or energy to carefully look for new games in order to update Products of the Gods. After Tengda completed the wave of the kindest updates of downloadable content in history, Teacher Qiao could not hold back his excitement. He wrote a new article to update his own special column. I have also been keeping an eye on Tengda Games most recent kind updates. I guessed that Ghost General and Ocean Stronghold would be updated. However, I did not expect The Lonely Desert Road to be updated as well! Speaking of this game, many people might have misunderstandings towards it. This was Tengdas first game. I dissed it before. In terms of various aspects, this game looks roughly produced. This seemingly carelessly-produced game has also been viewed by many as a black spot in Tengda Games history. I once thought that this was because Tengda Games had just started out. It must have been limited in terms of costs and the like; that was probably why this game looked so carelessly-produced. But now, I finally understand: I was wrong. Everyone who thought that this was a rubbish game is wrong! If Tengda really took this game to be a black spot in its history, it would have stopped updating it. It would have allowed the game to fizzle out and be destroyed. Yet, they did just the opposite. Tengda knew that this game had already lost its popularity. Not many gamers are still playing it. However, Tengda continued to arrange for it to be updated. Not only did they add five times the number of backgrounds, but they also added the Endless Mode and multiplayer function like I suggested in my video! What does this mean? This means that Tengda does not view this game as a black spot in its history. Instead, it treats this game as seriously as it does all its other games. With utmost sincerity and passion, Tengda gives back to the loyal players of the game! Even though they knew full well that the downloadable content would not recover their capital, they continued to provide it without any hesitation, and at a kind price. Even with five times the content, the game is sold at the same price. Its so valuable! This proves that The Lonely Desert Road is also a game that Tengda put effort into creating. Its the same as Game Designer; a work of dark humor and satire. Its also a part of Tengdas performance art! The summary of this game and the final line that appears on the black screen show that there is a deeper meaning to it! Whats more, Tengda is indeed a company that pays special attention to its players. Here, I would like to show off a little: they really listened to the suggestions I made in my video. I do have some level of influence; hiahiahia! Teacher Qiaos special column was downloaded all over. People liked it, and more and more gamers were praising it! Well said! So The Lonely Desert Road has always had such deep meaning! Holy sh*t, this was also in Tengdas plan, wasnt it? What a huge plan! Im more and more interested in Tengdas boss! From the looks of the situation, we can download any game that Tengda produces from now on. We can also mindlessly buy their downloadable content. Theyre persevering with updating such a rubbish game even if they would incur losses doing so. Whats there to worry about? Pei Qian read Teacher Qiaos special column in his office and then fell into deep thought. System, can I count it as an expense if I hire a murderer? After he got a negative response and a light warning, Pei Qian felt sorrowful. What do I have to do to shut Teacher Qiao up? Youve been haunting me persistently! Each time I make a new game, you help me blow it up. Now, every time I think about making a new game, I feel worried and scared. As if that werent enough, youre even helping me blow up my downloadable content? Can I smother Teacher Qiao? No. No, I must get him to shut up. Pei Qians head began to hurt. This hatred he felt towards Teacher Qiao did not develop in a single day. It all began with one dissing video made by the bastard. That video made The Lonely Desert Road popular and dashed Pei Qians hopes of losing all fifty thousand yuan his company had. Game Designer was one step away from complete success, and Qiao-logy was successfully created. Pei Qian had planned to take revenge, but Teacher Qiao flipped the situation around completely. This time, publicizing the downloadable content would not cause much loss to Pei Qian. At the very most, it would increase their sales volume. However, as the saying went: things could happen once or twice, but they could not be allowed to happen over and over again. It was too much! Pei Qian had a feeling that Teacher Qiao would become an obstacle to him in the future. He had to think of a way to deal with the problem as soon as possible. However, how would he do it? He could not use the hard method so he had to use the soft one. Could he give Teacher Qiao a sum of money and ask him never to talk about anything related to Tengda again? No, that would be too unreasonable. If news leaked, everyone would praise Boss Pei for not caring about fame and fortune. Pei Qian could not think of a good solution just yet. He had no choice but to call Assistant Xin in. Get two people to look into Teacher Qiao for me. I want a detailed report on him. As the saying went: know yourself and your enemies, and you will never be defeated Pei Qian planned to research extensively into this enemy of his, who destroyed his plans time and time again. He wanted to find out what his situation was and what his weaknesses were. Then, Pei Qian would hit him where it hurt the most. If he was greedy and could be easily defeated by material things, then the problem could be easily dealt with. Chapter 167 - Change in Profit-Splitting! June 20th From mid-July, the summer holidays were going to begin. As it was about time to enter exam week, Pei Qian still had to spend a little time catching up with his school work. Although examinations were not that hard for him, Pei Qian still had to spend a few all-nighters to prepare for the closed-book ones. Regarding this, Pei Qian was very impressed by Ma Yang. Ma Yang could actually manage Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and Fish-Catching Take-Out and still listen earnestly in school. Although he might not get high marks for the exams, it would be a breeze for him to pass. Sometimes, being able to handle so many things was a very powerful ability. To date, Pei Qians identity had not been exposed. Although he rarely went back to the dormitory and hadnt been seen much, many students were like him in the university; and this wasnt something that strange. Only Ma Yang knew about him, and he kept it a secret really well while none of his classmates would purposely ask him about this. Every time Pei Qian went to school, he would return to his rented apartment and change back into his ordinary clothes; no ones suspicions had been raised. Ma Yang, on the other hand, wore more and more expensive clothing. The electronic devices he used also became more and more high-tech. Many classmates all thought wrongly, that perhaps Ma Yangs family had struck gold recently. With Ma Yang attracting most of the attention, Pei Qian was also happy to just be an ordinary student in school. Of course, Pei Qian also knew that he couldnt hide this from his classmates and his parents much longer. However, he also didnt have a pressing need to expose himself now. He actually thought it was rather nice to hang out with people as a normal person. However, as the term-end exams were coming, Pei Qian had to revise while keeping an eye on the company; he was rather pressed. Self-Revision Room Pei Qian forced himself to memorize the photocopied notes he had borrowed as he occasionally checked on his cell phone. Although he couldnt constantly keep track of what was happening online, he could ask Lu Mingliang to summarize and send over some relevant information as and when. Boss Pei, Amusement Times had reported on our downloadable contents and have praised us for being a domestic games company with a conscience; the feedback has been rather positive! Pei Qian took a look at his cell phone as he put it down again. Amusement Times was the games media company that had first reported on Tengda. This kind of news article that wanted to ride Tengdas recent popularity was within his expectations; it also wouldnt have that much of an impact. Boss Pei, the news that we have launched new downloadable content has created a buzz on Weibo; many players are debating this matter! This wasnt a big problem either. To be one of the top trending searches was something that happened fast and disappeared fast. As it was something that could be bought with money as well, Pei Qian wasnt that concerned. Boss Pei, according to the black market, accounts with Barrett Doom are already selling for at least 2000 yuan What in the world? It was already almost the end of the month; another five hundred were going to be on sale the next month. Why are you guys so anxious? Oh, I guess this is understandable. Most people probably wouldnt be able to buy it next month; if they bought it now, they would be able to enjoy it for ten days more. Go ahead and buy these accounts! I have said that the limit is 500 a month; I wont sell a single more. Boss Pei, Aili Island has created a special zone for our games! Boss Pei, a game producer had gone on Weibo to scold us for spoiling and disrupting the market conditions; he is being scolded bloody by players! Boss Pei, ESRO official games platform had done a special item on our few games. It is now on their front page in the recommended section. In the next few days, our games and downloadable content sales would probably experience yet another boost! Seeing this message, Pei Qians hand shook furiously. The official games platforms are causing trouble again! The front-page recommendation of Game Designer the last time had already been a little intolerable for Pei Qian. This time, they had actually done a special piece on all the games and placed this on the front page? Steady, steady Pei Qian took a few deep breaths as he forced himself to calm down. From the experience the last timealthough this front-page recommendation had an impact, it was still within the acceptable range. Pei Qian still had the opportunity to go on a spending spree. Furthermore, since the recommendation only went up now, there wont be a huge increase in income next week. Before sales exploded the week after, the settlement would have been done; and there shouldnt be much problem. Boss Pei, also, official games platforms think that our company is now the model for the entire game industry; they have decided to go all out to help and support us! Pei Qian was confused. They wanted to go all out to help and support? To give a front-page recommendation here and there for free; that was already quite significant. How many game companies could have this treatment? How else could they go all out to help and support? Boss Pei, the official games platform has already given us a heads up. To encourage us to have more and sufficient funds to continue with game designs, they have decided to change the original fifty-fifty split to a seventy-thirty split; seventy in our favor! This treatment is normally reserved for very big and influential game companies or game companies with a very good reputation. Only those viewed as role models can enjoy this privilege; this is evident of how highly the official games platform views our games! I heard that the highest we can go is a ninety-ten split, ninety in our favor. Boss Pei, we will definitely continue to work hard! Pei Qians hands shook as his cell phone. Pang! It dropped on the table. Finished! From fifty-fifty to a seventy-thirty split didnt that mean that from now on, he didnt have to do anything and get another twenty percent in income? For a game like Ocean Stronghold that earned three million five hundred thousand, having this additional twenty percent was another one million three hundred and forty thousand! That meant that as there was only one week left until the next settlement, even without considering the income from the downloadable content, the games incomes would be twenty percent higher than ordinary. That would at least be an additional six hundred to seven hundred thousand! Adding the downloadable content sales to that Pei Qian cursed in his heart. He had expected that his games would continue to make money and had roughly calculated the sales from all the downloadable contents. Originally, the profits had been within his expectations. However, with the official games platform making trouble now, it had foiled his plans! If other companies heard this news, they would definitely be celebrating; however, Pei Qian was now very anxious. If he didnt pay attention to this, he might not be able to spend all his money! After all, he couldnt put more money into developing new games one week before settlement. He could only rely on giving more bonuses and such methods to spend more money; he wouldnt be able to spend much money from this. If he had one or two million in profits during settlement, he would only be able to convert ten thousand-odd into his Personal Wealth; however, if he had just slight losses, the amount converted would be much more than this. Furthermore, losses that he incurred would be replenished by the system into the System Funds. This was too stimulating; it was the difference between heaven and hell. Pei Qian couldnt sit still anymore as he immediately kept his books and left the Self-Revision Room. At this crucial time, could he still focus on revising?! His splurging plan had to be carried forward! Entering the company, Pei Qian looked flustered as he called out Assistant Xin and sprinted to his office. Lu Mingliang, Ma Yiqun, and company say that Boss Pei looked so serious as they all sighed with emotion. Tengda had just received a named commendation from the official games site and the profits had been revised in their favor; this was something that all other games companies dreamed of, and everyone would be envious of them if this news spread. However, Boss Pei actually still looked as usual; it seemed as if nothing had happened! He was actually acting a little rushed and flustered and looking stern; he was still worried about other company matters. This temperament was really like a great generals! In the office Pei Qian opened a table and looked closely at the overall company expenses. Tengdas various expenses were now very complicated. From rentals, utilities, to all sorts of development capital injections, company benefits, and others; it was a massive table that made Pei Qians head big just by looking at it. He could only look at the big picture. As he glanced through, Pei Qian thought of a rather good point of entry to execute his plan. Our companys operations have been getting better and bigger; its time for an expansion. Ask each department to come up with a recruitment plan; we will start recruiting people next month. Administration, human resources, finances; all these departments would be included and have to be expanded. There will not be a ceiling on the number of hires; they could propose as many as they liked. Chapter 168 - Indeed, A Good Act will be Well-Rewarded! Assistant Xin nodded as she recorded all these down. Alright, Boss Pei. We actually still have some space available on this floor. We can squeeze a little and add a few office tables and chairs Squeeze a little? How could you have this kind of thinking?! To cater to a comfortable and spacious environment for employees to work in has always been the mantra of this company. There are already too many people on this floor; it is rather saturated. Go and talk to the office manager and inform him we wish to rent another floor. All the designs and furnishings will be exactly the same as this floor! As renting office space was considered a normal expense and not for opening a new business, this would not result in a deferment of the upcoming settlement. Although Tengdas office layout was rather illogicalthere was still much empty space spreading out, all the office tables and chairs sparsely had actually made the place packed. Renting another floor under these circumstances was not considered going against the rules. Oh, also. The previous lease we signed had been for a year, right? Pei Qian asked. Assistant Xin nodded, Thats right; for a year. Manager Zhang had given us a special rate. We had paid one month upfront and one month deposit; our initial costs were lessened. Pei Qian gestured widely, This time, ask Manager Zhang if we could change the contract. We dont need to pay one month upfront and one month deposit anymore. We will pay quarterly from now on. Since we are in a rather good cash flow position now, it is rather troublesome if we still have to pay the rent month-by-month. Well lease another floor, and you can sign the contracts together with Manager Zhang. Assistant Xin asked, Do you want to take another look at the contract details? Pei Qian pondered for a moment and said, Theres no need to. The previous time, Pei Qian didnt even look at the contract much; he couldnt possibly read every single line of it anyway. He only knew the price and had delegated everything else to Assistant Xin. This time, he was only changing the payment to a quarterly system and just adding another floor. This naturally didnt require Pei Qian to make another trip just to review the contract. This way, the new floors contract would be three months upfront and one month deposit; that would instantly cost one million and eight hundred thousand yuan. Adding the costs of the office tables, chairs, computers, etc. If they replicated this floor they were currently renting, that would cost another seven to eight hundred thousand. All in all, a total of around two million five hundred thousand thereabouts would be spent. Perfect! Pei Qian had previously intended to rent another floor. However, as office space had been more than sufficient back then, the system had not allowed that. After this period of natural expansion and with Tengdas games expanding and having more new content, the number of employees the company had naturally increased as well. Although everyone on this floor still had much personal space, it was basically filled; and it was finally time to continue expanding the office space. Oh, regarding Teacher Qiao, dont forget about that. Pei Qian reminded her. Assistant Xin nodded, I am already investigating. Alright. In that case, please go and find Manager Zhang now. We should hurry up and fix a time to sign the contract and transfer the money for the new floor rental. Pei Qian wanted Assistant Xin to spend this money first so that he wouldnt have to worry so much. Once the contract has been signed, come back again; and Ill talk to you about the new employee benefits. Alright, Boss Pei. Assistant Xin turned and left. Pei Qian did a rough calculation of the current employee strength. Tengda already had more than sixty people; it was nearing seventy. The five Fish-Catching Internet Cafes had servers, chefs, bartenders, takeaway delivery men, etc. All in all, each internet cafe had around twenty employees; that was nearly a hundred people in total. Fei Huang Workspace had also expanded to around a ten-odd people outfit. Pei Qians employees from his personal endeavors now added up to just less than two hundred people. There was an exception: Shang Yang Games. To date, Shang Yang Games was still trying to repair its reputation while it continued to bleed. After buying over Shang Yang Games, Pei Qian had not forcibly increased Shang Yang Gamess employee salaries to the same as Tengdas employees; he had also not provided them with the same benefits. Shang Yang Games had around fifty people. However, rental a month was only one hundred and fifty thousand while employee salaries were but two hundred thousand in total. Regardless of the working environment or salary standards, they were far lower than Tengdas. On May 10th, Pei Qian had officially taken over. In order to preserve Shang Yang Gamess loss-making state, Pei Qian had not made any rash moves. He had not raised salaries or given more benefits. More than two months had already passed. Although Shang Yang Gamess reputation had turned, it had been making stable losses; Pei Qian was very pleased with this. Hence, he felt that it was about time for Shang Yang Gamess employees to take on a little more responsibilities. If he directly raised Shang Yang Gamess employee salaries and benefits to Tengdas level, some problems might arise. As the saying went, one must distinguish clearly between punishment and reward. Tengda Gamess results had been stellar; giving more employees benefits was very normal and logical. Shang Yang Games was just a newly bought-over company; it was a godson that was still making losses. If Pei Qian gave his godson and his own children the same amount of benefits, he would not be able to justify that. Hence, he would only make changes piecemeal. They had acted according to Boss Peis wishes and worked hard to change their games, rescuing Shang Yang Gamess reputation. This was a small achievement that could be rewarded. Enacting an across-board raise as well as giving a few benefits should not be that unreasonable. As for their office workplace, office chairs and tables, computers, etc.; they could all be made the same as Tengdas. After all, this was a way to increase working efficiency and productivity. This could be justified and would not be disputed. This way, Pei Qian would be able to splurge another one million-odd for Shang Yang Games. However, all these were still a little insufficient. Pei Qian thought about this again. His own Tengda employeesthe two hundred-odd of themshould get some more compensation. From where, though? Clothing, food, accommodations, and means of traveling: the first two had been compensated; Pei Qian could work on the latter two. He had already been providing assistance for the latter two, by providing for overtime taxi reimbursements. However, he had not given anything yet for their daily traveling expenses. Pei Qian decided to give everyone another 500 yuan a month for transport expenses. This would cost another hundred thousand. Accommodations could be a significant spending area. Pei Qian tested the system and then decided everyone would be given 1000 yuan as a housing allowance! That was another two hundred thousand out of the window. Although this amount was little, it was the limit the system would allow. Pei Qian actually wanted to fork out some money to build a company dormitory for his employees. However, it was evident the system felt that at this stage, building a dormitory was a little too luxurious; and it had not agreed. Pei Qian could only put up with what was allowed and gave everyone a 1000 yuan housing allowance. After making all these decisions, Pei Qian started to relax slightly. Not bad. If I continue working hard before this settlement, I should be able to create losses of around a million this time. Although the official games platform had suddenly changed the profit splitting amount to thirty-seventy and had thrown Pei Qian off his footing, after doing some detailed planning, Pei Qian still managed to remedy the situation. Or at the very least, this wouldnt be fatal to the settlement a week from now. The biggest impact this would have would be after this cycle. However, Pei Qian could think about that in the future. In the next cycle, Pei Qian could continue thinking of other loss-making ventures. At the very least, he could open a few more Fish-Catching Internet Cafes and buy-over a few more loss-making companies; all these would help. After smoothing out his thoughts more or less, Pei Qian comfortably leaned into his chair; he felt much more relaxed. Knock, knock! Someone knocked on the door. Assistant Xin had returned. Boss Pei, we have already successfully rented the entire floor above us. The contract has been signed, and the money has been transferred, Assistant Xin reported. Pei Qian nodded. Assistant Xin was really efficient. These are the new benefits that I have thought of for everyone. They include housing allowance Pei Qian explained his rough thinking to Assistant Xin. Assistant Xin smiled slightly and said, Boss Pei is indeed generous. As the saying went, a good act will be rewarded; this is really true. Pei Qian was confused. A good act would be rewarded? What was the meaning of this? Assistant Xin smiled again, Speaking about the rent, I actually have a piece of good news. Manager Zhang said that ever since Tengda had rented a floor at Shenhua View and become a model and benchmark for all companies, our collaboration this past half a year had been very good. As such, Manager Zhang has waived all the deposits and estate fees. The rent has also been reduced from 4 yuan to 1.5 yuan per square feet. Just like this, our rent for both floors would be reduced by over four hundred thousand monthly! Boss Pei, when good things come, the heavens and earth would do their best to support as well; this is a very joyous event! Pei Qian, ??? Dont lie to me just because I didnt study much; how could Manager Zhang have such authority to make this decision? Chapter 169 - Theres a Mole! Did you bargain? Pei Qian asked. Assistant Xin smiled. I had wanted to, Boss Pei. In the end, I didnt even manage to say anything; and Manager Zhang proactively raised the topic. Pei Qian felt that he was growing a little dizzy. That made sense though. No matter how eloquent Assistant Xin might be, how could she have unilaterally cut the rent by so much? There was more than meets the eye! Manager Zhang was only the manager for Shenhua View; where would he get so much authority to decide on reducing rent and waiving a deposit? If 4 yuan had been the standard, cutting it to 3.5 yuan would already be not bad while reducing it to 3 yuan would be a very generous discount. However, it was immediately cut all the way to 1.5 yuan per square feet? Who was he trying to kid? In an instant, that was several hundreds of thousands less a month. If Manager Zhang had this authority, he would have long moved on to something better instead of just being a manager of this building, right? There must be something going on behind the scenes! If it was someone else, they would have happily accepted this offer. Pei Qian couldnt. Reducing a small sum might be alright; Pei Qian could still try to do something else before this cycle ended. The crux was this was a substantial amount and a huge problem for him! This time was reducing rent; what about the next time? Something worse might even happen! Hence, Pei Qian was determined to find out the chief culprit; once he knew his enemy, then he would know how to fight and overcome. He would be able to take into account all these uncertain variables when he calculated his losses next time. If not, he might bring himself everlasting grief with just one misstep. Pei Qian thought for a moment. Bring me to go find Manager Zhang. Assistant Xin nodded. En, my thoughts exactly. Boss Pei should make a trip yourself. Assistant Xin also felt that something was fishy, and this matter needed investigating? Indeed, great minds think alike! Pei Qian couldnt help but think that. A knock rang out as an administrative assistant handed Assistant Xin a bag of fruits. Pei Qian, ? Assistant Xin said, Manager Zhang had been so generous in reducing our rent by so much; I also felt that Boss Pei should personally pay a visit to thank him. I had arranged for someone to buy some fruits to bring along. Pei Qian, ??? Was this what I meant when I said I wanted to go and find Manager Zhang? Who said I wanted to thank him?! However, seeing Assistant Xin carrying the fruits and waiting for him, Pei Qian was speechless as he stood up. Lets go, then. The two went straight to Manager Zhangs office. The door was ajar, and Manager Zhang was busy with some work. Pei Qian wanted to knock on the door to catch Manager Zhangs attention when Manager Zhang already saw Pei Qian as he stood up and said, Boss Pei! What brings you here today? Please come in and have a seat! Pei Qian was a little flabbergasted. Something was indeed up! Manager Zhang had not been like this the last time. Although Manager Zhang had been polite the previous time, it had been more of professional courtesy as part of the service he provided. Whenever Manager Zhang spoke to the bosses of companies in the building, he always had the same manner and posture. This time, Manager Zhangs attitude was more respectful, a little like when someone was addressing his superior. Pei Qian sat down suspiciously. Manager Zhang had given Tengda such a big discount for our rental; Boss Pei has especially come to express his thanks, Xin Hailu left the fruits on the table as she smiled and said. Pei Qian begrudgingly forced a smile. Yes thats right. Manager Zhang hurriedly said politely, Sigh, Boss Pei, you shouldnt stand on formalities! It is our honor that Tengda has decided to set up shop in Shenhua View. It is part of my job to look out for our tenants; how could I accept your gifts? It should be me going to pay you a visit, actually. Pei Qian was speechless, Something was not right; something was really amiss! Pei Qian was more and more certain that some things that he didnt know about were happening behind his back; these were important facts at that. Pei Qian decided to cut to the chase. Manager Zhang, lets be frank with each other. Reducing the rent to 1.5 per square feet it wasnt you who made this decision, right? Regarding this matter, I am very grateful and I wish to know which saint had rendered aid to Tengda. I hope that one day, I would be able to return the favor. Pei Qian was very sincere. Errr, regarding this Manager Zhang was a little hesitant. Indeed, to reduce the rent by so much; it was not something a small manager like him could have decided. He definitely needed approval from above. Boss Pei wasnt stupid. Manager Zhang knew that if he said that there was nothing of the sorts; that would not fly with Boss Pei. Furthermore, Boss Pei wasnt here to look for trouble or exact revenge; he just wanted to know who had helped so that he could return the favor. It seemed as if there was no reason to hide anything. The problem was Manager Zhang actually wasnt very sure himself where this order had come from. Manager Zhang was in a bind. He smiled along and said, Boss Pei, I was only following orders; please dont make things difficult for me. Actually, I am not sure what is going on as well. This was an order that came personally from a high-level superior within Shenhua Real Estate. As for which boss made this decision I really dont know. An order personally from a Shenhua Real Estates high-level superior? There was something wrong. There was something terribly wrong! Why would someone high-up from Shenhua Real Estate know about Tengda Games? Could it be that they also played Tengdas games? What am I thinking? No way! Seeing Manager Zhangs face, he evidently didnt know who had given the order. Pei Qian could only give up as he exchanged some pleasantries and left. Manager Zhang repeatedly emphasized and asked that if Tengda encountered any problems in Shenhua View in the future, Pei Qian should let him know immediately to not put him in a tough spot. Returning to his office, Pei Qian sat quietly in front of his computer as he turned to the Qiandu search engine for help. Shenhua Real Estate was one of the companies under Shenhua Corporation. As the real estate industry had been booming in recent years, Shenhua Corporation had also ventured into some real estate projects. Although it wasnt number-one or number-two in the countrycapitalizing on Shenhua Corporations financial strength, Shenhua Real Estate had become one of the forerunners in the country. Shenhua View was one of the many properties that Shenhua Real Estate owned in Jingzhou City. Shenhua Real Estates President was Shenhua Corporations President Lin Zhengnans second son, Lin Zhou. In recent years, he had just fully taken over Shenhua Real Estate to manage and had moved the company into more modern developments that suited the lifestyles of youngsters more. Lin Zhou? Pei Qian felt that this name was a little familiar. He looked at a picture of Lin Zhou and saw that his features were rather familiar. Our company seems to have a rich second-generation heiress also by the family name of Lin? Pei Qians heart sank. Could it be? Lin Wan searched Lin Wan in Qiandu; however, he did not manage to find anything. However, the more he thought about it, the more he thought something was wrong! Pei Qians impression on Lin Wan had been formed when she had first come for an interview wearing a dress that Assistant Xin said was worth tens of thousands. Lin Wan had looked like an innocent and sweet person without any work experience and someone who hadnt seen much of the world. As Pei Qian didnt mind having one more or one less employee at the time, he had taken her in. After that, Lin Wan had used her connections gained from working at Sun Strike Studios to liaise with some FPS elite gamers, who had objectively helped Ocean Stronghold with its first wave of publicity. However, this matter had not sounded any alarm bells for Pei Qian. After all, anyone would have been able to get in contact with these gamers if they had been in charge of this. Pei Qian also didnt feel that Lin Wan had any special identity and just thought of her as a normal rich second-generation heiress. Subsequently, Lin Wan had been made responsible for some simple tasks in the company. She was conscientious and earnest and had kept a low-profile. She had not done anything outstanding, and Pei Qian had not made any attention to her. However, Pei Qian now realized he seemed to have made a grave mistake. There was a difference between rich second-generation heirs. Some were just more well-off while some could actually reduce Boss Peis rental expenses by hundreds of thousands with one phone call. Pei Qian fell into a trance. There was a mole! The mole had been hiding within the company for so many months; he had not realized at all! What should I do? How should I handle this? Pei Qian thought about this repeatedly as he had no ideas at all. This was too difficult! Calm down; I have no leads to work on now primarily because I know nothing about her. I need to know my enemy before I can win my battles; Lin Wan wouldnt have come work for me without a reason. If I can figure this out, perhaps I can make her rethink her decision and leave to inherit her millions and billions in wealth? Even if I cant make her leave, at least I can gather some valuable information Thinking about this, Pei Qian decided to give a call to Zhou Muyan from Sun Strike Studios. Zhou Muyan would definitely know something! Chapter 170 - Lin Wan + Shang Yang Games = ? Boss Pei, what can I do for you? Over the phone, Zhou Muyans voice sounded rather lifeless. Since they had last seen each other in Guangzhou at the end of last year, Pei Qian and Zhou Muyan had not kept in contact. As Ocean Stronghold and Bullet Holes results had been rather divergent, the duos originally fragile relationship had been made worse. Ocean Stronghold had already become the unabashed number-one domestically-produced FPS game, having a massive following while still expanding continuously. Its competitor had also been changed from other domestically-produced games to Counter Strike. On the other hand, Bullet Holes popularity had slowly dropped after its initial success attributed to its widespread publicity. Although it was still operating in the black and doing alright, this evidently did not hit Zhou Muyans initial goals and expectations. It was falling further and further behind from Ocean Stronghold. The two games design concept was vastly different. When Tengda had gone to Sun Strike Studios to learn, Zhou Muyan had actually proudly shared Bullet Holes design concept with everyone. At that time, Zhou Muyan had been brimming with confidence. While Pei Qian had sat in the audience, smiling and nodding constantlyhis eyes filled with approval. However, Zhou Muyan now knew that Boss Pei had been acting back then! When Ocean Stronghold had first launched, Zhou Muyan had not paid much attention to it. However, as its popularity grew continuously, Zhou Muyan finally had started to feel that something was amiss. He had dug a little and found that Ocean Strongholds development had been almost in tandem with Bullet Holes. When Tengda had gone to Sun Strike Studios to visit, Ocean Stronghold had already developed to a certain stage! Zhou Muyans heart actually went cold. Boss Pei had long known about Bullet Holes problems but had continuously nodded in the audience, acting as if nothing was wrong. That was so scheming! Since then, Pei Qian had not proactively contacted Zhou Muyan; he primarily was afraid Zhou Muyan would think he was boasting. While Zhou Muyan wouldnt bother to contact Pei Qian, he didnt want anything to do with him. As such, the two had finally gotten in touch once again after so long. As for why Zhou Muyan would take up the phone call He didnt have a choice; he had to give Boss Pei some face. After all, Tengda was now being commended and praised by the official games platform. As they were all in the same industry, Zhou Muyan couldnt purposely cross Boss Pei. However, he was still a little unwilling to talk to Pei Qian. Pei Qian could feel Zhou Muyans grudging feelings and was afraid that he might misspeak and trigger Zhou Muyans fragile soul. He decided to cut to the chase and shoot directly. Boss Zhou, apologies for the disturbance. I want to ask you something. Do you know who Lin Wan is? Zhou Muyan was stunned for a while. Of course, he knew who Lin Wan was. The second day Lin Wan had started work at Sun Strike Studios, Shenhua Corporations Presidents office had directly called Zhou Muyan. If he didnt remember wrongly, Lin Wan had entered Tengda for a couple of months already. Could it be Boss Pei still didnt know who Lin Wan was? That wasnt logical, right? Zhou Muyan was a little confused. He asked back, Boss Pei, you dont know? Pei Qians heart grew even colder. By Zhou Muyans words, he was evidently confirming that Lin Wan was someone special! Pei Qian coughed lightly, Boss Zhou, to be honest, I am facing some problems now. I hope that you could render me some assistance; I will be eternally grateful! Zhou Muyan hurriedly replied, Please dont say that, Boss Pei. If you have any queries, please ask; I will definitely answer them if I can! Pei Qian asked, Could Boss Zhou explain what Lin Wans deal with her family is and why she had entered the game industry in detail? Zhou Muyan was a little perplexed. Could it be Boss Pei didnt even know about this? It seemed as if Shenhua Corporations Presidents office had not given Boss Pei a call? There was something fishy going on. However, Zhou Muyan didnt think much as he told all he knew about Lin Wan to Pei Qian. Lin Wan was Shenhua Corporations Presidents youngest daughter. She had an elder sister and two elder brothers. As she was passionate about the game industry, she had found Sun Strike Studios on her own to work. However, Lin Zhengnan was evidently not very supportive of Lin Wan entering the game industry. Nevertheless, as Lin Wan was rather stubborn and Lin Zhengnan did not want to strain his relationship with her, he had given Zhou Muyan a call hoping that he could extinguish Lin Wans game industry dreams so that she would return to Shenhua Corporation to work. This is the gist of it, Boss Pei. I do not know anything else, Zhou Muyan spoke rather earnestly, As for why you had not received a phone call I do not know why. Pei Qian was silent for a moment, How about Lin Wan and her relationship with her brother Lin Zhou, Shenhua Real Estates President? Zhou Muyan replied, It is said that she only has some tension with her father; her relationship with her brother Lin Zhou is not bad. Pei Qians heart grew colder. Alright, everything now made sense! He could be sure that Lin Wan had asked her brother Lin Zhou to give Tengda a reduction in rent; there was no other explanation. So Boss Zhou, how can I make Lin Wan leave the games industry and to go back to inherit the family wealth? Pei Qian asked earnestly. Zhou Muyan thought for a while, Im afraid you have to make her utterly disappointed with the game industry. Pei Qian was silent. Wasnt this a little too difficult? This was the complete opposite of what Pei Qian was doing! Pei Qian wanted to spend more money; he had to give his employees more benefits. However, Lin Wan might feel that Tengda is a very good and nice company; and she wouldnt want to leave. Wasnt this an impasse? While this time had only been a rental reduction, who knew what this rich heiress would come up with next time? Many thanks, Boss Zhou. Ill organize another company cohesion someday, and well definitely head to Guangzhou. Ill offer my thanks in person then. Pei Qian thought that Old Zhou had been rather earnest in offering this information; it had been very useful to him. Zhou Muyan was a little speechless. He still wanted to come? Did he want to come and lash at my corpse? Boss Pei, allow me to ask something. Has Lin Wan done something unforgivable in Tengda? Pei Qian was silent. He didnt know how to reply to this question. By right, Zhou Muyan had been completely honest and forthcoming with Pei Qian. He had only asked Pei Qian this one question. If Pei Qian avoided the question, deflected it, or lied; that didnt seem appropriate. Pei Qian paused for a moment, She had reduced our rent from 4 yuan to 1.5 yuan per square feet. Zhou Muyan, ??? After hanging up, Pei Qian felt as if he was facing an unprecedented predicament. Pei Qian checked on the Fish-Catching Internet Cafes rental contract immediately. He didnt find any links with Shenhua Real Estate as he breathed easy slightly. Thats good. All these Fish-Catching Internet Cafes locations were rather deserted; these places were also all stand-alone buildings. On the other hand, Shenhua Real Estate loved to purchase land that was within the bustling commercial districts in the city; most of them were high-end residential areas or office buildings. Fish-Catching Internet Cafes locations had fortuitously been out of Shenhua Corporations scope. If the Fish-Catching Internet Cafes rentals were also reduced, Pei Qian would really puke blood. The problem now was how to deal with Lin Wan. He couldnt let her have free rein; this was a ticking time bomb. He also couldnt use overtly forceful methods to chase her away. If he did it too plainly, it would be noticed by others. Even Shenhua Corporations President, Lin Wans father, Lin Zhengnan couldnt do anything about her; Pei Qian really couldnt think of anything good. If Lin Wan showed her stubbornness, things might even get out of hand. His only solution was to do as Zhou Muyan had said; he would do his best to make Lin Wan discouraged with and lose interest in the game industry. From Lin Wans work ethic and mannerisms in Tengda, she didnt seem to be the ambitious but no-good type of weak-minded rich second-generation heiress. If not, she would not have been able to hide her identity for so long without being found out. This kind of person probably was very determined on the path she had decided on. If it was some external factors that made her fail, that might not be sufficient to extinguish her passion; it might only make her choose to try again. This is a sticky situation Pei Qian thought for a long time. Suddenly, a stroke of inspiration struck him. It seemed the garbage Shang Yang Games that he had bought-over could finally be of use? To date, Shang Yang Games basically still maintained its original state pre-takeover. Furthermore, based on its current operating situation, it was still making losses. To make Lin Wan in charge of a sure-fail game project once the game really failed, she naturally would start to doubt her own abilities as well as the entire game industry. At that time, Boss Pei could happily continue to spend money while Lin Wan would head back to inherit her family wealth; wouldnt that be the best of both worlds? Pei Qian felt that this was a good idea. Indeed, many things could be planned out and decided on by accident! Chapter 171 - Yesterday, You Ignored Me. Tomorrow... At night During a cohesion at Swan Lake Restaurant For Pei Qian, this had already become a habitual method of spending a huge sum of money. For the employees, it had also become a tradition to gather for a celebratory meal after research and development of a new game. Now, Boss Pei had almost two hundred employees directly under him. He decided to book the whole Swan Lake Restaurant. Among these employees were the new employees of the various Fish-Catching Internet Cafes and the employees of Fei Huang Workspace who just returned. The employees of Shang Yang Games were temporarily not included. From the next settlement cycle, Pei Qian planned to incorporate the employees of Shang Yang Games slowly. That was why he did not invite them for the cohesion this time. However, he needed to spend what he needed to spend. Pei Qian allowed Ye Zhizhou and Wang Xiaobin to organize a meal for the company on their own, fully paid for by the company. They would have their meal at this restaurant as welljust at a different day and time. He was beginning to feel like this most expensive buffet restaurant in Jingzhou City was failing to meet his expectations. If he could fly to Beijing to have better food, Pei Qian would not hold back. However, the System would not allow for it. According to the rate at which we are expanding, Swan Lake Restaurant would probably not be able to accommodate all the employees at one shot. I have to think of another way. I have a life full of worries. As others continued to stuff themselves with food, Pei Qian sat quietly, thinking about how to organize cohesions in the future. Swan Lake Restaurant could not accommodate many people. After all, this was a high-class restaurant. Its target customer base was the rich and famous in Jingzhou City. The seats were extremely spacious, and the decorations were beautiful. That was why it could not accommodate that many people. There were only Tengdas immediate employees here now, and yet Pei Qian had to book the entire venue. If their numbers were to increase the next time they had a cohesion, there would surely not be enough space. Alright, we can have separate cohesions in the future. I will bring all the core members of various departments for a meal first, and then the various departments can go out and have meals separately. That would allow me to spend more money, too. Perfect! Unfortunately, there isnt a more expensive restaurant in Jingzhou. Wait. I could open a restaurant more high-class than Swan Lake Restaurant, couldnt I?! Pei Qian very naturally thought of another good idea. He had already taken the first step into the food industry with Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and Fish-Catching Take-Out. One could say he had tested the waters. Up till now, they were performing according to Pei Qians expectations. On one hand, he could provide good meals for his employees. On the other hand, he could continue to incur losses. Both of these businesses made huge contributions to Pei Qians loss-making career! It had been a successful experience so far! However, the only problem was that Fish-Catching Take-Out was not high-class enough. The main purpose of Fish-Catching Take-Out was to provide healthy, home-cooked meals for the employees. Although it was slightly more expensive than ordinary restaurants, it was far from the money-spending machine that Pei Qian could imagine it to be. After all, they were all ordinary dishes. The System had limitations on the pricing of the food. He could not increase it as much as he wanted. No matter how delicious a serving of scrambled eggs with tomatoes was, it could not be priced that high unless the chef was a cheat. Pei Qian did not have a chef like that just yet. He could start up a high-class restaurant; that would solve his problems. Then, he could look for a secluded place to set up this restaurant. He would select the best-quality ingredients and charge the highest prices he possibly could. Although his own employees would get a discount when they ate thereas long as the ingredients were expensive enough, this would not be a problem. They would go there for a meal before each settlement. Apart from that, he would maintain the business and allow it to continue incurring losses. That was quite a good idea. At that thought, Pei Qian roughly knew what had to be done. Next week, the games would continue to reap profits. Pei Qian did not have to worry about where to spend this money. He could pour them all into setting up a high-class restaurant. For all he knew, it would require much more money than the three Fish-Catching Internet Cafes. Of course, a few whales would fancy this high-class restaurant. It would have at least a few customers. However, Jingzhou was a second-tier city. There werent many whales here. Pei Qian guessed that the restaurant would still incur losses. It was not likely that it would become popular. Pei Qian pondered for several moments and then glanced at Lin Wan who was seated two tables away. Lin Wan thought that Pei Qian had not figured out her real identity. However, Pei Qian already had a good idea of who she was. He even made arrangements for her quietly. Of course, Pei Qian would not act rashly and alert her yet. He had to wait until the next settlement cycle before arranging for Lin Wan to be transferred over to Shang Yang Games so that she could quickly ruin several games. Then, his job would be complete. At that moment, Lin Wan was typing away on her phone, replying to messages. On the screen was a message from Chen Sha. Beautiful Lin, little lass, please think of a way to get me a Barrett Doom from inside there! Arent you in charge of this? You should have control over the internal quota, right? I really cannot. I would love to help, but my hands are tied. Why not look for a scalper? Lin Wan replied quickly. Me aside; even the outstanding employee in my team whom Boss Pei completely trustsBao Xuhad to buy a Barrett Doom from a scalper. Chen Sha, Ever since Chen Sha was hooked onto Ocean Stronghold thanks to Lin Wan, he became a dedicated player of the game. Initially, Chen Sha often played Counter Strike. After all, Counter Strike was a competitive game, and he could play for a longer time. Ocean Stronghold, on the other hand, was an FPS game for newer players. It was worse off than Counter Strike in many aspects. However, slowly, Chen Sha became a turncoat. This was because Ocean Stronghold became more and more popular. As more and more people played the game, Chen Sha got sucked in as well. He never thought that the game he had spent so much time and effort dissing in the beginning would replace Counter Strikes place in his heart one day The moment the Barrett Doom was released, Chen Sha desired it as much as other players did. After all, which player of FPS games did not enjoy sniping? However, there was a limit of five hundred rifles. Chen Sha stood no chance. Look for a scalper? Even if he offered two or three thousand, he probably would not be able to get one. Yet, this was not all about money. The problem was that Chen Sha had a Red Kilin in his account. He also had a bunch of guns he worked hard for. Of course, he could not give them up so easily. Chen Sha did not give up. But I helped Tengda out once! Didnt I have a part to play in Ocean Strongholds rise to success? I was one of the leading gamers; an elite gamer of FPS games. I am a well-respected character in many other domestically-produced games. Why is it so difficult for me to get just one weapon in this game? Lin Wan replied, Em I recall when I first introduced the game to you and gave you a Red Kilin, you looked down on them. You even said that this was just some data in a game and questioned which idiot would spend 888 yuan on it. What do some people call this? Yesterday, you ignored me. Tomorrow Chen Sha quickly interrupted, Hehe, Im an idiot! The idiot really wants a Barrett Doom now. Please, Im begging you! Hehe. Seeing Chen Sha lower himself made Lin Wan embarrassed. Alright. Since youre so sincere, Ill ask Boss Pei for you. I cant promise that Ill be able to obtain one. Chen Sha, Thank you very much! Lin Wan looked at Pei Qian who seemed to be in deep thought. She began to feel perturbed and wondered if he had figured out her identity yet. Frankly, she had reduced the rent a bit too much this time. Four yuan was reduced to 1.5 yuan immediately. This might have made Boss Pei suspicious. If she had reduced it slightly, she could have hidden it from Boss Pei. However, to Lin Wan, that would be meaningless. It would not have been enough to repay the care and concern that Boss Pei had shown his employees. It would also have looked stingy. Lin Wan never saw herself as a stingy person. Now, Lin Wan was not sure if Pei Qian was suspicious of her. Logically, if he was suspicious of her, he would have questioned her, right? However, Boss Pei was acting like nothing had happened. He did not even pay her special attention. Maybe Boss Pei is too busy. Rent is such a small matter. Perhaps he hadnt noticed? En, thats very likely. Then, I should act like nothing has happened for now. Lin Wan would not take the initiative to talk to Pei Qian about this. She was never one to take credit for doing good. She wanted to interact with everyone else as if she were just another ordinary person. Lin Wan made up her mind and walked up to Pei Qian. The two of them harbored ill intentions inside but smiled on the surface. Both acted as if they did not know the others true thoughts. Chapter 172 - Huang Sibos Documentary Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Boss Pei, do you remember Chen Sha? He wants a Barrett, Lin Wan said briefly. Pei Qians immediate reaction was to reject him. You must be kidding. Ive limited it to five hundred guns so Ill only sell five hundred guns. How can I break that rule so easily? If I give out one gun today and another tomorrow, itll become as cheap as vegetables tomorrow. I cannot do something like that. Boss Pei himself did not enjoy any special privileges. How could he make exceptions for others so easily?! Of course, Boss Pei did not give himself these special privileges because he was very bad at these FPS games. Even if he had a Barrett Doom, he would be tortured in the game. Having guessed what Pei Qian was going to say, Lin Wan quickly butted in. Boss Pei, I know that his request is unreasonable. However, I feel that we should at least take care of our core players, right? Even if we cant give them away, can we at least strike a compromise? Were limiting sales to five hundred every month. It all boils down to how quickly ones hand moves. Were letting scalpers take the advantage. Players who genuinely love playing the game would not get to buy the weapons. It would be quite hurtful for them. Pei Qian pondered about it and realized that was true. It did not matter whether Tengda made money or not, but he could not allow the players to get hurt. He also could not allow scalpers to take advantage of this situation easily. After all, the players were innocent. Scalpers, on the other hand, were assholes. Pei Qian thought about it and said, Thats easy to settle. We can quickly create an account reputation system. According to various factors, accounts can get various ratings. Take core players like Chen Sha for example. Since they made great contributions to the game, they should get special contribution privileges. Other accounts can be judged based on whether they curse in the game or not, whether they are civilized in the game or not, how active they are, and the like. It would be just like a credit rating. Those with high credit ratings can pre-order epic weapons. Once their pre-order is successful, their purchase will be deducted from the limit of five hundred. The higher ones credit rating is, the higher their priority for pre-ordering. Of course, those who have the same credit rating must still fight one another. Scalpers are not elite gamers; they will naturally be the last in line. Then, no matter how fast they work, it will be of no use. They would stand no chance in snatching the epic weapons. Lin Wans eyes lit up. Good idea! Boss Pei, youre amazing indeed. You could think of such a perfect solution! Im going to tell Chen Sha about this and ask him to wait for it patiently. You dont have to look so surprised, do you? Pei Qian was stunned. This was a natural solution. However, on second thought, Lin Wans reaction was logical. Most peoples thinking about games was still a bit backward at the time. Pei Qian had an additional few years worth of experience. That was why he naturally had the upper-hand. Of course, under most circumstances, this upper-hand was only effective when thinking about little things such as this. Could he create a huge business empire like Shenhua Corporation based on what little additional experience he had? Pei Qian felt that would be a distant dream; it was unrealistic. He would do better to take care of the things in front of him for now. Whats more, he could limit the amount of income from games, generate losses, freeload off the System Funds, and convert money to his Personal Wealth; all without compromising on his long-term dream. Just as he thought about these things, he heard cheering from far away. Brother Huang is back! Brother Huang, youre late! Drink three glasses as punishment! Pei Qian was shocked. Hes here. Huang Sibo is here! According to Pei Qians instructions, Huang Sibo should have finished filming before June 18th. If he produced the video after the 24th, the System would delay settlement. To Pei Qian, this was unacceptable. Pei Qian guessed that Huang Sibo must have finished filming and editing. They should be planning to publish the documentary within these two days. How much Huang Sibos video earned would directly affect Pei Qians future plan. Pei Qian watched from afar as Huang Sibo smiled and greeted everybody. However, he spotted a hint of loneliness in Huang Sibos eyes. Huh? Pei Qian rejoiced in his heart. Does Huang Sibo have a surprise for me this time? He looked behind Huang Sibo but did not see Chen Lei. After Chen Lei went to Shanghai, he became an employee of Fei Huang Workspace. However, in reality, he was not given any tasks. He was just an employee in name. After Fei Huang Workspace finished filming, they returned to Jingzhou for editing. While they were here, it was convenient for them to join the cohesion. Since Chen Lei was not here, Pei Qian guessed that he had his own plans. Huang Sibo and Zhu Xiaoce greeted the rest of the employees before coming to Pei Qians table. Come, sit. Pei Qian greeted the two of them passionately and invited them to sit opposite him. Both of them were pleasantly surprised that they were given the chance to sit at the same table as Boss Pei. After all, this was not a common occurrence. However, Huang Sibo felt a weight on his chest. What a time for this! Why did Boss Pei act so cold when Fei Huang Workspace signed the agreement with Aili Island and earned huge sums of money? Why was he only acting so warm now? Did Boss Pei guess that our job did not go well this time? Is that why he wants to counsel us? Huang Sibo and Zhu Xiaoce exchanged a meaningful glance as if they guessed the same thing at the same time. Boss Pei was really a good boss who took care of his employees! Pei Qian did not know that both of them had so many thoughts in their minds. From their expressions alone, he guessed that Fei Huang Workspaces filming of the documentary did not go well this time. That was great news! They were proving to be friends to him in a time of crisis! While Pei Qians pressure to incur losses for the company was increasing, Lin Wan suddenly gave him such a big discount off his rent. He felt like he was sinking deeper into trouble. Yet, now, if he found out that Fei Huang Workspace had lost all their hard-earned money, Pei Qian would finally be able to relax! Huang Sibo and Huang Sibo did not have much of an appetite. They took two bites of their food and looked at each other. Neither knew where to begin. Whats the matter? Filming didnt go well? Pei Qian asked, concerned. Huang Sibo whipped out his cell phone. Boss Pei, look at the video we edited. Alright. Pei Qian did not ask more questions. He took the cell phone and watched the video. Huang Sibo had briefly explained to Pei Qian before that this documentary was going to be about eSports players. He said they were going to interview the famous, local Counter Strike player Li Zhengwei, but he did not give Pei Qian many details. He clicked the video and saw a black screen with words. Now, Im training for at least fourteen hours every day. I rarely see my family or friends. I hardly have holidays. To many people, this would be unbearable. However, if you want to become a strong eSports player, you must make sacrifices. I remember the day I decided to enter this career path. My father was on the way out to work. He locked the door and said if I continued to chase after this career, I could forget about returning home. After he left, I kicked open the door and ran away. I went to Shanghai alone to start my career proper. What followed was a series of aerial shots. First, he saw what looked like a rundown country seat. Then, the scene changed. He saw prosperous Shanghai. The title of the documentary appeared on the screen: Coming Out of the Cocoon as a Butterfly. The documentary was not long; it lasted about ten minutes from beginning to end. However, this took Huang Sibo and the others more than a month to film. Pei Qian watched it seriously and found that it was much better than he thought it would be. The storyline was complete. It followed Li Zhengwei as he skipped classes to surf the net, left home to start his career, made a name for himself, became recognized as the best Counter Strike player in China, and then fell into the low point he was at now. These scenes were peppered with interviews with his parents, the people around him, his coach, and his fans. Coupled with the beautiful background music and seamless transitions, the entire documentary could resonate with its viewers. Even Pei Qian was shocked by this documentary. Chapter 173 - Boss Pei Was Always So Heartwarming Evidently, Huang Sibo and Zhu Xiaoce were very clear about what they wanted to shoot. The emphasis of this documentary was not to exaggerate the glorious and beautiful side of professional gamers; it wanted more to focus on their daily lives, to let everyone see the side of them struggling and facing difficulties. This is very well done. Pei Qian really meant this. He had seen many good documentaries on eSports players before. This one from Zhu Xiaoce was considered a very outstanding piece in both content and technique. Huang Sibo smiled a little helplessly as he said, I am also rather pleased. However Im afraid that we wont be able to get back our capital. We have found a few video websites; however, they are unable to provide us with enough proceeds. If we just participate in ordinary incentive planseven if this clip had three million views, we would only make back a few thousand; that wouldnt be much. Pei Qian nodded his head. It was obvious that documentaries were not very lucrative; they were different from short videos. Short videos could draw on a wide variety of materials; they could also do sponsored partnerships that would sustain production. For video websites, having short videos would bring much internet traffic to their sites. However, documentaries were completely different. Huang Sibo and the others had used very high-tech filming equipment and had run around Jingzhou, Shanghai, and Li Zhengweis hometown to shoot the documentary. Pei Qian had also required them to spend on their food and accommodation as per Tengdas standards; they naturally had spent money like water. For documentaries such as these, they were normally produced by the official sites to publicize and promote games or competitions. No matter how much money went into the documentaries, the sites could make this money back. However, Huang Sibo and the others had done this documentary purely as a form of public service to the public interest; it was quite normal they wouldnt be able to make back the money they had used. Huang Sibo knew that this time, Lu Mingliang had led the development of the new editions of the current games; and the downloadable contents had all achieved great success. Lu Mingliang had probably already superseded him in the position as chief planner. Fei Huang Workspace hadnt made the slightest contribution this time. At gatherings like this, he more or less felt a little abashed. Pei Qian smiled. You guys are feeling bad because of this? Huang Sibo was a little shocked, Boss Pei Pei Qian raised his glass as he swirled it. His tone became rather indifferent, Hadnt I said long ago? Do not be calculative and focused on short-term profits and losses; do not care so much about money. Didnt the short videos also start as something you guys did out of love without looking forward to gaining? Although you guys rejected low-class sponsored partnerships, you guys didnt starve. In the end, you all managed to find a best-of-both-worlds way to make money, right? To me, the focus isnt on if we can make money, but on whether we are doing something meaningful or not. Werent you guys already mentally prepared that you would make a loss when you all decided to do a documentary? You got the desired end-product you guys wanted; whats there to be bitter about? Huang Sibo felt a little warmth in him, Boss Pei, thank you The two of them couldnt help but sigh with emotion. If these words had come from someone else, they might have thought that the words were rather fake. However, when it came from Boss Pei, it felt so earnest and real! Perhaps this was what distinguished Boss Pei from other bosses. He really had a heart bigger than ordinary people and great foresight and wide horizons! Pei Qian smiled slightly, Dont doubt yourselves. So what if you guys were doing something you loved without looking forward to gaining? As long as this documentary can gain enough traction and a consensus from players, that would mean that Fei Huang Workspace was on the right track! Are you guys out of a filming budget for the next piece? Dont worry, just tell me how much you guys are lacking! Pei Qian was delighted with his unexpected good fortune. Huang Sibo and Zhu Xiaoce had probably almost used up the profits from before to film this documentary; they didnt seem to have much left. Pei Qian could use this as a reason to give them more money, for them to continue to spend! Of course, this would be during the next cycle. Boss Pei, its not only that we dont have a budget anymore for filming. Zhu Xiaoce sighed slightly, Actually, we had used all our existing funds and even our own money first; but we realized it wasnt enough. We actually still owe our employees a months worth of pay Good! Pei Qian said loudly. Zhu Xiaoce was stunned, ? Pei Qian coughed two times. You guys have done well. This shows that your employees are of one heart and one mind with you two! Under this tough situation, no one had thought of quitting. This shows that Fei Huang Workspace has become a mature team that can withstand challenges! You guys shouldnt use your own money first at all. Go look for Assistant Xin. However much you guys are lacking or need to be repaid, it will all be given. No, wait. That might not be sufficient. Delaying the payment of wages is not a good thing; well pay them their wages with interest as well. We cannot mistreat our supportive brothers! Huang Sibo was stunned. Boss Pei, this isnt appropriate, right? I have never heard of people paying late wages with interest before Pei Qian shook his hand, asking Huang Sibo to stop talking Huang Sibo. What films you guys want to shoot or how you guys want to fight and challenge yourselves, I do not care. However, I cannot allow anything that might sully the image of our company! For employees that went through hard times together with Tengda, we cannot allow them to be discouraged, understand? Boss Pei spoke so righteously. Huang Sibo was so touched tears welled up in his eyes. This was the warmth of a family! Regardless of how much one might have suffered or how many setbacks one might have experienced outside, returning to Tengda was like returning home. One would never need to worry; Tengda and Boss Pei would be their backing! Seeing Boss Pei looking and not seeming to mind that they had used up so much money, Huang Sibo and Zhu Xiaoce felt like a huge burden had been lifted off their shoulders. Pei Qian asked, Are you guys still intending to do a documentary for the next project? Huang Sibo shook his head, As for this, we havent decided yet. Well wait for this documentary to be uploaded and see the response first. However, we probably wouldnt continue with this theme. Its not because we cant make money from this but because we have already shot many things we wanted to showcase. We might change a new theme to shoot. Pei Qian nodded, En, go ahead and experiment. If you guys are out of money, just say the word. After chatting for a while longer, Pei Qian suddenly thought of something. Oh, right, hows Chen Lei doing? Although Pei Qian had already sent Chen Lei to Shanghai, Pei Qian was still a little worried. Chen Lei was really talented and Pei Qian was very afraid that he might pull a stunt, and so he thought of asking. Im not so sure. As per your request, I have helped him to settle his food and accommodation. However, as we have been busy shooting and he had been running around in Shanghai, we havent interacted much. We had wanted to ask him to sing the closing song for the documentary. However, as we didnt have enough budget and couldnt find an appropriate song, we didnt raise this up with him. Huang Sibo tried to make conversation as he elaborated. Pei Qians heart had skipped a beat, and then it went back to normal very soon. That scared me a little! Fortunately, Huang Sibo had not discussed with Chen Lei to pay him to sing the closing song. If Chen Lei had really done so, there might have been trouble! Although this documentary wouldnt make money, its theme and the effort put into the filming were definitely going to attract many viewers! If that happened and Chen Lei suddenly grew famous over the web and was talent-scouted and that had a positive effect on Fei Huang Workspace The consequences would be unimaginable! Luckily, none of this had happened. Of course, it wasnt that Pei Qian didnt want Chen Lei to do well. He just wanted Chen Lei to wait a little while and not become famous in this cycle, so that Chen Lei wouldnt implicate Pei Qian. You can become famous in your own time and on your own; please do not bring that fame to me! How about now? Pei Qian continued to ask. Huang Sibo thought for a moment, He is probably still looking for opportunities now in Shanghai. If Boss Pei wants to know more, I could call him to ask. Pei Qian raised his hand, Theres no need for that; Im just casually asking. As long as Chen Lei wasnt going to affect the settlement this time, everything else was fine. On the side, Zhu Xiaoce sighed with emotion. Boss Pei was really so caring for each of his employees! Regarding Chen Lei, Zhu Xiaoce had heard some things about him. Chen Lei had been a resident singer in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe; he had actually generated much profit for the cafe. If it was any other boss, they would have kept a firm hold over Chen Lei, treating him like a chicken laying golden eggs and not allowing him to leave. However, Boss Pei had done the exact opposite. He had not restrained and stopped Chen Lei from pursuing his dreams by keeping him at Fish-Catching Internet Cafe but had forked out money to send him to Shanghai so that he could look for better opportunities on a bigger stage! This probably would not benefit Boss Pei at all in any way; it was completely altruistic. Even now, Boss Pei still cared about Chen Lei who was far away in Shanghai; what a caring spirit! Boss Pei was always so heartwarming. Chapter 174 - Nearing Settlement, a Scare Turned out to be Nothing On June 21st, Fei Huang Workspaces documentary Coming Out of the Cocoon as a Butterfly was officially released on Aili Island! As a documentary, Coming Out of the Cocoon as a Butterfly had not been embedded into any commercials and had not been entered into any profit-sharing agreements with any sites. If it was based on Aili Islands ordinary incentive plan-even if the viewership hit a million, income earned would only be a few thousand; that was peanuts. Hence, Huang Sibo and Zhu Xiaoce had more or less given up on this idea and had just gone ahead doing something they loved without looking forward to gaining from it. As Fei Huang Workspace had previously released the Boss Peis Daily Life series and already had a huge group of fans-once this documentary was released, it immediately attracted wide attention! In the video, Li Zhengwei faced the camera as he talked tirelessly about his life journey over so many years. After my dad left, I kicked open the door and ran away. I went to Shanghai alone to start my career proper. Coming to think of it, I did not regret this choice. I felt that I had been born to compete online; if I had followed lifes course and went to work, got married, and had kids; I might be living my entire life in great regret. Im not like those second-generation people born with a golden spoon in their mouths. My luck was not so good, and I was born in a rather poor family. However, from another perspective, my luck wasnt bad. I chose something that I liked and had made a name for myself. However, I do not recommend for youngsters to follow in my footsteps. After I started my career and became successful, many people actually asked me regarding this. My answer has always been the same If you have really decided, then you shouldnt ask me this question. You would be just like me at the beginning, kicking open the door and living. Also, you would firmly believe without a doubt from then on that this was your dream; and you would fight for it till the end. If you need my advice before you can make up your mind, my suggestion would be to first make sure of something: Are you afraid of studying and so you want to escape that by doing this; or do you truly understand the price you have to pay by choosing to become a professional gamer? Very quickly, a huge number of players started to leave messages in the comments section. So fast! I was still asking why Fei Huang Workspace had stopped filming Boss Peis Daily Life. They actually had this lined-up! This documentary seems to be very classy; it seems like it was a massive production! It actually is a documentary about the professional gamer I love the most; I must support this! I have not thought that a career gamers life is so bitter and tough. To kick open the door, leave, and try to be a professional gamer. Fortunately, he had managed to gain his parents approval after he made it big. Brother Lis every sentence is so earnest and honest. This documentary is really meaningful. I have a brother whose results arent good and is always truant to play games online; he is also always talking about becoming a professional gamer. I feel that Brother Lis words are very true. My brother isnt that passionate about gaming, and he also hasnt thought about whether he has this flair or not; he just wants to escape from studying. Indeed, this documentary isnt trying to encourage people to fight on, be passionate, or about eSportsmanship. These themes have been covered so many times and are actually misdirection for youngsters. Why this documentary is a gem is because it also portrays the hardship and pain professional gamers go through. It also wants us to know that so many people wanted to become career gamers but failed. This documentary is very objective. I did not think that Fei Huang Workspace could actually produce such realistic and meaningful content; I support this! The comments left behind by players were pretty much all positive ones! Coming Out of the Cocoon as a Butterfly soon became a new hot topic in the gaming world; it also was featured on the front page of Aili Island and grew even more popular! June 23rd In Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Pei Qian turned off the documentary playing on his cell phone as he sipped the coffee in front of him. He finally managed to put his heart at ease. Hu things have finally become normal for once. It actually really didnt make money; thats a mean feat! Coming Out of the Cocoon as a Butterfly had been launched three days ago. In these three days, Pei Qian had been on tenterhooks. He was very afraid that Huang Sibo would give him an ominous phone call saying, Boss Pei, the documentary has made money! Fortunately, nothing of the sorts had happened. Pei Qian had double- and triple-checked. Although Coming Out of the Cocoon as a Butterfly had more than two million views in just three days and was among the top three most popular videos on the site, it had not brought in much income. Based on Aili Islands incentive plan, this clip would at most bring in thousands of yuan; that was nothing. This was in-line with Pei Qians prediction. Not bad, I have learned well from my loss-making experience. This proves that choosing to film documentaries like this would not make money; this was a good choice. I think I can continue injecting money in Fei Huang Workspace. Pei Qian suddenly realized that after Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, he seemed to have found yet another decent loss-making avenue. Making films that had rich value but brought in little in monetary benefits! After experiencing so many failures, Pei Qian now knew something: making losses was not as easy as he thought. The system had many restrictions in place to prevent Pei Qian from maliciously creating losses. For example, the system mandated he could not produce anything of slipshod quality or anything shoddy, the games he created had to have selling points, etc. In other words, the products that Pei Qian launched had to be quality ones; he could not purposely make them badly. However, Pei Qian had realized something else: the system actually didnt only consider quality to only mean profitability; it also included reputability! For a documentary like Coming Out of the Cocoon as a Butterfly-although the probability of it making money was very low, the system had not stopped this. Also, when Pei Qian had started the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe business, although the chances of losing many were high; the system too didnt put a stop to this plan. This meant that reputation was a very important benchmark for the system. As long as a gain in reputation could be actualized, the system would recognize products of the sorts and would not think that Pei Qian was purposely trying to make losses. Pei Qian had vaguely gotten an inkling of this before but had not delved deep into this. The ways of making money from games and videos were very different. For games, if one had a good reputation, that normally meant huge sales. As the system mandated that games had to have a selling point, the odds of games with good reputation making losses were very low. Although historically, there have been games that were of great quality but of little monetary value; compared to videos and films, they were very few and apart. However, videos were different. Even if ones reputation was good and viewership was high, that might still not translate into profits. This documentary was a case in point. Hence, as long as I continue letting Fei Huang Workspace film this kind of clips, I could steadily create losses! Pei Qian instantly found a new direction for Fei Huang Workspace. The next time he saw Huang Sibo and Zhu Xiaoce, he had to think of a way to bait them into continuing on this documentary path and not turning back at all. This way, he would have found a steady loss-making source; how good would that be?! However, Huang Sibo and the others probably wouldnt be shooting this eSports genre anymore; as for what theme they should do next, this still required further discussion. During the final week before settlement, there couldnt be any unannounced and unreleased products. In other words, Pei Qian couldnt do much now; he could only continue embarking on a spending spree by shopping or increasing benefits and pray that there wouldnt be any sudden developments. Pei Qian looked at the System Funds; it was still in a state of losses. I have done more or less everything I could. The only problem now is how to maintain the existing state of losses. Chapter 175 - Who is Causing Unnecessary Trouble?! Pei Qian took account of the current situation: The response to the games downloadable contents had been rather good. Although Ocean Stronghold had been scolded a little, a new patch had been speedily released these two days. An account credit system had been established, using different credit ratings to sell the epic weapons in batches. Five hundred epic weapons were on sale monthly while there were three different credit ratings for players. The rating assessment was done using multidimensional criteria. Gamers activeness in playing the game, their contributions to the game, etc. were all used to create a concrete credit value that divided players into three credit ratings. The epic weapons sale would be done in three batches. Players with credit rating 3 would be able to purchase the first hundred weapons; credit rating 2 players would be allocated the second batch of another hundred weapons; credit rating 1 players would then be able to purchase the remaining three hundred weapons. Within each credit rating, there were also extremely minor differences in ones odds of successfully purchasing an epic weapon. Every minor increase in ones credit value would slightly increase the chance of purchasing an epic weapon. As the ratio of players for the three credit ratings was 1:2:10, the higher ones credit rating, the higher the chance of getting a weapon. As for some new players with relatively low credit rating and values, it wasnt that they didnt have the chance to grab one epic weapon; the chance was just much lower. Besides this, the game also had a credit o rating for scalper accounts. As they didnt play the game normally, they were not qualified to get any epic weapons. After releasing this credit system, scalpers no longer had as high of an impact on the game. On the other hand, it was impossible to stop people from selling their accounts. Many players would actually sell their credit rating 2 and 3 accounts at a high price. However, it was no longer possible for scalpers to get a huge haul just based on the fastest fingers anymore. The value of accounts on trading platforms would definitely fluctuate; however, it would slowly stabilize as well. As players feedback and response had been rather positive-although many people were still rather upset with the quota, the unhappiness had receded. After allwhile the quota had not been increased or completely removed, this new credit rating system had made things fairer. As for Shang Yang Games, it was still steadily making losses. Ye Zhizhou and the others had already completed Pei Qians tasks for them. Although the side effect had been an about-turn for its games reputation-without the ballers topping up money, game revenue had fallen steeply; and it was not possible to generate any profits in the short-term. The Fish-Catching Internet Cafes had started to experience an increase in sales from drinks after implementing the singer commission policy. However, this was still insufficient to cover costs of operation and all five outlets were still losing money. Fei Huang Workspace had basically lost all their initial capital and profits. They had poured all their money into the documentary and also were in debt. Tengda had to step in to fill the hole. Fish-Catching Take-Out was doing rather poorly; they basically functioned primarily to send meals to Tengda employees. As their orders were very little, the chefs and delivery men were basically idle most of the time; this business was also losing money continuously. All these projects losses had finally managed to erase Tengdas games profits with much difficulty. Although this cycle was only two months, it had been a frightening time for Pei Qian. First, Chen Lei had appeared and nearly resulted in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe turning in profits. Fortunately, Pei Qian had discovered this in time and prevented this from happening. Then, Lin Wan had helped Tengda to save a huge amount in rent. This had given Pei Qian a heavy blow. Fortunately, this had still been within the acceptable range. Also, having found the mole, this had prevented any even more serious problems from surfacing in the future. Pei Qian took out a small notebook as he scribbled and drew on it seriously, constantly doing his calculations. Although the System Funds was showing a state of loss, on the 28th-the last Monday before settlement; another pool of earnings from Tengdas games would be credited. Pei Qian still couldnt have a good estimate of how much money this sum would be. After all, no one could know what might happen in the upcoming week. Pei Qian could only come up with rough figures using statistics from the games platforms and try to spend as much on expenses and to try his best to create more losses. Although the current state of affairs didnt look that great, at least there wasnt a void of hope. In another corner of the internet cafe. Li Shi drank his coffee as he observed Pei Qian. Fish-Catching Internet Cafe is actually owned by Tengda; the boss is also so young. I didnt expect this. As a regular customer of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Li Shi frequently came here. He had also seen Pei Qian occasionally before but had not drawn the link that this youngster actually was the boss behind this internet cafe. After doing some digging these few days, Li Shi now knew about Fish-Catching Internet Cafes relationship with Tengda. He had also ascertained from the way Ma Yang and Zhang Yuan interacted with Pei Qian that he was Tengdas mysterious big boss. Li Shi had been a little concerned whether Pei Qian was a rich second-generation heir or not or if he had some special background. However, after doing some investigation, he did not find anything of the sorts. Based on the information he had on hand, Li Shi conjectured that Pei Qian must have made it big from his games, had nowhere to spend his money, and hence had abruptly entered the internet cafe business. Li Shi was even more confident now. Youngsters would often easily neglect some things. Boss Pei might be a professional at making games and was good at it. However, he might not be good at running a physical business. Furthermore, Boss Pei was now holding onto his small notebook and unprofessionally scribbling and drawing in it. What was he doing? En, he was probably calculating the internet cafes losses. From his serious expression, he must be very unhappy with the continuous state of losses for his internet cafes. Furthermore, he didnt seem to have come up with any good ideas. Perhaps, Li Shi could bring forward his plan at a partnership with Boss Pei? Li Shi sipped his coffee again as he altered his plans slightly. He long had the intention to invest in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. However, he had been worried that the big boss behind this business would not accept him; Li Shi had then decided to wait for Fish-Catching Internet Cafe to make more losses first before making his offer. Originally, Li Shi had thought that he had to wait for another couple of weeks or months. However, from the looks of it now, he actually didnt have to wait that long. Since this big boss was already facing a predicament, now might actually be the best time to test waters. If he continued to wait, he might miss the golden opportunity. If this big boss suddenly decided to sell the internet cafe to someone else, wouldnt that be Li Shis loss? Thinking of this, Li Shi arranged his collar as he stood up to head outside and make a phone call. As an investment firms boss, Li Shi couldnt approach Pei Qian directly. This might seem hasty and a little childish. He was going to ask his subordinates to initiate a commercial arrangement, to express his desire to invest in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. Next, he would choose an appropriate venue for discussions. This would be more appropriate and logical. In fact, most of Li Shis investment projects had come knocking at his door. Entrepreneurs of all types of companies would bring detailed stacks of information and find Li Shi, requesting for him to invest in their projects. However, Li Shi would skim through them and get rid of most proposals, only keeping a small number he was really satisfied with. Businesses like Fish-Catching Internet Cafe were considered exceptions. Li Shi lit a cigarette quietly outside Fish-Catching Internet Cafe as he waited for his subordinates good news. Pei Qian saw his scrawly handwriting in his notebook as he did a rough calculation. It seemed as if creating a loss of two to three hundred thousand was still feasible. The premise was there couldnt be anyone pulling any stunts last minute. If yet another unexpected source of funds entered his accounts, that would be very bad. After calculating, Pei Qian breathed easy. He hadnt been so busy this period for nothing; he could see victory in sight! He had just relaxed when his phone rang. Pei Qian took a look. It was from Assistant Xin. Boss Pei, Fu Hui Investments had just approached us. They were hoping to invest Pei Qian, Reject them. Assistant Xin, They arent thinking of investing in Tengda but in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. Although, Fu Hui Investments is considered a rather good venture capital firm Pei Qian, Reject them. Assistant Xin, Alright. Pei Qian hung up the phone call briskly. Invest in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe? Dont mess around at this time; I only have this one steady loss-making business. If you invest in me, arent you trying to mess with me? Really, at such a crucial period before settlement, who is trying to cause unnecessary trouble?! At the door of the internet cafe, Li Shi smoked his cigarette, very relaxed. He was waiting for his people to get back to him. Normally, the other party would definitely gladly agree to the investment. Both sides would then arrange for a time to meet and discuss, with Li Shi banking on his wealth of investing experience to speedily convince the other party to accept the injection of funds. He had not even finished his cigarette when his phone rang. Boss Li, the other party has rejected us. Li Shi was flummoxed. He didnt know what to say all of a sudden. They arent even planning on giving me a chance to meet with them? They had rejected so directly? I havent even finished my cigarette! This is not right; this is not how things are supposed to turn out! Chapter 176 - Almost Laughed Out Loud Li Shi silently finished his cigarette outside Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. After hearing his subordinates report, Li Shi started to really question his judgment. Although Fu Hui Investments wasnt considered an exceptionally top-notch investment firm in the country-in a place like Jingzhou, everyone should have at least heard of it, right? Now, even though he had proactively reached out, this Boss Pei was still not moved and had speedily rejected his offer? This did not seem logical. After all, within this circle, similar investments were rather common. If any venture capitalist came knocking, most targeted companies would choose to hear them out first, to see what the terms of the offer were. If they really werent pleased and a deal could not be struck, at most both parties could go their separate ways and perhaps find future opportunities to collaborate; no one would lose out from this experience. Incidents like this where a flat-out rejection had occurred were really rare. Li Shi was after all a seasoned investor, and he wasnt that shaken by such a small setback. He tried to shake off the smell of smoke on him as he returned to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe again. Li Shi noticed that Pei Qian had already stopped scribbling and drawing on his notebook. However, he continued to look seriously at it as if still thinking. If he didnt have complete trust in his subordinate, Li Shi might even have suspected whether Boss Pei had indeed received the olive branch he had extended or not. This is strange; he was actually indifferent to my offer to invest. Could it be I had made a mistake in judgment? Although Boss Pei was now in a tough spot and the internet cafe kept on losing money, could it be he was still adamant and hard-headed that he could turn this business around? While I could provide him with a huge amount of funds and opportunities to collaborate, could it be that this Boss Pei still preferred to have absolute control? Regardless, he seemed like a person with a strong desire to exert control, someone who would not easily allow anyone else to interfere. Ah, youngsters are indeed youngsters. They want to reap all the benefits on their own; this is not the thinking a good entrepreneur should have. Analyzing from every aspect, Li Shi found it hard to explain why Boss Pei would have so decisively rejected his offer to invest. The crux was the rejection had been so clean-cut; Boss Pei had not even bothered to hear the specifics. Li Shi could only think of one explanation. Boss Pei was an impetuous person who was very stubborn. He had a strong desire to exert control over his businesses and did not want anyone butting in. Of course, looking at this from another perspective, this meant that Boss Pei still firmly believed that this internet cafe was on the right track. He believed that it would definitely make money in the future and hence did not want to share these profits with anyone else. Although Li Shi could directly approach Pei Qian to clarify this, Li Shi did not intend to do so. He was after all a boss of an investment firm; how could he do something like that? If he handed over his name card and Boss Pei spoke some niceties and rejected Li Shi again, wouldnt that be embarrassing? Furthermore, based on what had happened, the chances of him being rejected again were very high. Hmph, youngster, no one can reject an investment from me; you will not be an exception. Even though investments were the same thing, some companies would fawn over it while others would gladly accept it. Others, however, needed just a little push Li Shi quietly observed Pei Qian as a confident smile appeared on his face. June 24th In Fish-Catching Internet Cafes flagship store A rented car stopped outside as Ma Yang immediately alighted and entered the internet cafe. Boss Ma, is the exam over? How did it go? Zhang Yuan saw Ma Yang entering as he warmly greeted and asked. Ma Yang found a spot and sat down casually as he stretched. His huge face was pulled even longer by his yawn. It isnt a very important class; it shouldnt be hard to pass. I had even lent my take-home assignments for Brother Qian to copy so that he could at least get ten marks for them. I feel that in the upcoming one or two months, he wouldnt hound us regarding the internet cafe and take-out businesses losses. Zhang Yuan was filled with much respect and admiration. Indeed, this is what it meant by things went easy as long as one had an insider, right? Previously, Zhang Yuan couldnt figure out why someone like Ma Yang could have taken on such an important position as General Manager of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. Now, everything made sense. He even felt that this was natural and rightfully so. Although some might say that Ma Yang had gotten this key position because of some inappropriate connections, for Zhang Yuan, following a boss like Ma Yang was very comfortable for him. At least he didnt have to worry about any scolding or questioning from Boss Pei! One of the servers had already handed over a cold drink. Ma Yang drank as he sighed and said, Having said that, lets continue to work hard. We had hoped that doing take-outs would help us turn our losses into profits. However, our take-out business is now making losses as well Zhang Yuan heard Ma Yangs words and grew worried. Indeed. Two days ago, Boss Pei had taken out his notebook here and scribbled in it, looking very stern and serious; I wasnt sure what he was writing about. Ever since Chen Lei had been sent away, Ma Yang hadnt been able to recover from that setback. As Pei Qian wanted to find Ma Yang something to do, he had especially given the important task of Fish-Catching Take-Out to Ma Yang Ma Yang had been rather motivated and energetic at the start. He had hired delivery men, bought dishwashing equipment, and found someone to develop an app. In the end, he realized that not many people actually ordered his take-outs. He was paying yet another group of employees for nothing; that was another added expense. Of course, it wasnt entirely true that no one bought from Fish-Catching Take-Out. Some customers actually liked this service. However, it was just hard to recoup his initial investments into it. The problems were multifold: Boss Pei disliked physical promotion publicity methods like distributing flyers. Hence, not many people actually knew that Fish-Catching Take-Out existed. Fish-Catching Take-Outs app could only provide food from its own outlet; it did not collaborate with other vendors and hence was not attractive to normal customers. All items were all comfort food, and the dishes were rather simple while the prices were more expensive than ordinary. All in all, as its visibility was low and it did not meet ordinary customers expectations, Fish-Catching Take-Out was not operating at full capacity; and many employees didnt have anything to do. Normally, one delivery man could deliver to many families at once while the collectors could collect the plates and cutlery from many families at once as well. However, as there were so few customers now, all delivery men and collectors all went on solo trips. Although the cutlery and plates provided were rather good, it was unavoidable that there might be cases of damages or missing cookery. According to Pei Qians demandseven if such matters occurred, they were not to pursue this with the customers unless it was a constant occurrence. They havent encountered customers like this yet, but to occasionally see damaged cutlery and plates made Ma Yangs heart ache. It was basically impossible to make money under these conditions. The two were a little down and kept quiet. Ma Yang finished his drink as he looked around at the internet cafe. He frowned, This is strange; why do I feel like there are exceptionally few people here today? Zhang Yuan was stunned, Oh? Really? He had not noticed that. After all, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe never had many people during the day, and it was always ten-odd people surfing the net with a similar number drinking coffee. As today was also the morning of a workday, it was normal that lesser people had come. However, now that Ma Yang had mentioned it, Zhang Yuan indeed noticed that fewer people were here than usual! Only two people were in the internet cafe while there was one lone customer in the coffee area. It might be a coincidence, Zhang Yuan said. The two were a little puzzled as the door of the internet cafe opened. A Fish-Catching Take-Out delivery man took a few flyers as he hurriedly rushed in. Boss Ma, Boss Zhang, something has happened! Quick, take a look at these flyers! Ma Yang and Zhang Yuan looked a little perplexed as they received the flyers and took a look. Although Fish-Catching Take-Outs current state was not bad, there were still some customers that patronized it. Evidently, this delivery man had seen something on his way back from a delivery. There were quite a few flyers. Some were promoting an internet cafe, a coffee house, and also a bar. A few of these flyers were duplicates, and this delivery man must have taken more than one of each in a hurry. Ma Yang and Zhang Yuan spread these flyers out on the table as they checked them out one by one. The internet cafe on promotion had a special top-up promotion of a time-limited discount! As for the coffee house and the bar, there were discounts for drinks such as a second drink at half-price, etc. Ma Yang still didnt understand. What have these got to do with us? The delivery man was still huffing a little, Boss Ma, these these shops are all around us! Zhang Yuans brows furrowed as he instantly sensed that something was amiss! After taking a closer look, these shops were indeed all located around Fish-Catching Internet Cafes flagship store. They werent far away at all. Ma Yang pulled a long face as he realized how severe this problem was. This could this be targeting us? He thought for a moment as he shook his head. No, that cant be right. We havent offended anyone, and we also havent engaged in a price war with these shops; why are they doing this to us? Ma Yang was confused. Logically, if Fish-Catching Internet Cafe was doing very well and had taken others business, this would still make sense. The crux was Fish-Catching Internet Cafe was already doing so badly; was there a need to do this to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe now? Zhang Yuans face grew even darker. Thats hard to say. Although Fish-Catching Internet Cafe is making losses-as long as our shop is still open, we would still be an existing competitor to these shops. Perhaps they wish to hit us when were down and wont rest until we go bust? Furthermore, internet cafes, bars, coffee houses for so many shops to do promotion activities at the same time? They seemed to be acting in concert. Perhaps someone is orchestrating this behind the scenes! Ma Yang looked as if he was facing a formidable enemy, What should we do? Zhang Yuans brows knotted as he thought for a long time. This is rather sticky; our opponent seemed to have come well-prepared! These few shops have started the price war. The internet cafes, bars, and coffee houses are all reducing their prices and desperately sending out flyers. If I havent guessed wrongly, the few street entrances near our internet cafe have already been taken over by them. This way, all consumers that wish to come to our internet cafe will definitely see their flyers and promotion activities. As there isnt that much customer flow in this area to start with if even the few that came were lured away, we would become even worse off. Realization dawned on Ma Yang as he said slightly angrily, No wonder there are so few customers today! Zhang Yuan continued, Not only that! I feel as if the opponent has done his homework, and this move of his is to hit us at our soft spot! According to Boss Peis plan, our internet cafe has always been a high-class one; our prices are naturally higher than other places. The opponent wishes to drag us into a price war with them. This is very complicated for us. If we dont lower our prices, we would be at a severe price disadvantage; we couldnt compete. For example, our original prices are forty percent higher than other places. However, we have a better atmosphere and better service. Some customers would be happy to spend a little more money to enjoy the superior service here. However, if our opponent is burning cash and lowering prices even more, our prices might become sixty percent higher or more. Would customers be willing to spend so much money just for our better atmosphere and service? Ma Yang frowned, In that case, should we lower our prices as well? Zhang Yuan shook his head, No! We are a high-class and posh outfit; lowering our prices would damage our reputation. Furthermore, if we have to burn cash like them, we are already losing money; how could we win against them? Furthermore, dont forget what Boss Pei said when we raised the issue of lowering prices back then. Ma Yang was speechless. Previously when Fish-Catching Internet Cafe had just started to incur losses, Zhang Yuan had already raised the strategy of lowering prices; that had been rejected flat-out by Pei Qian. If they raised this matter again, the results would probably be the same. However, they couldnt reduce their prices. As Fish-Catching Internet Cafe was basically surrounded nowas long as these shops kept on doing publicity on the streets entrances leading to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, most of their customers would be lured away. Even if a minority of ballers remained loyal to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, customers that would patronize without caring for prices were very few; most would still want to take pricing into consideration. Zhang Yuans face grew stern, Lets report this to Boss Pei; we cant make a decision on this ourselves! Pei Qian was just sleeping soundly in his rented apartment. His cell phone then rang. Pei Qian was snapped out of his dream and was very unhappy. However, seeing that the call came from Ma Yang and that Ma Yang had just left him his assignments, Pei Qian could still forgive Ma Yang for this. Whats up, Old Ma? Ma Yang speedily explained the huge crisis that Fish-Catching Internet Cafe was facing now over the phone. Brother Qian, this is the situation. Zhang Yuan and I have analyzed that this matter is definitely not so easy; someone is pulling the strings behind the scenes! What should we do now? Ma Yang was very anxious. Pei Qian suddenly was sleepy no more. Such a good thing existed? Pei Qian almost laughed out loud. He had actually still been feeling the pressure for this cycle, wondering if he could successfully make a loss. In the end, someone had sent him a pillow just when he wanted to sleep. At present, Fish-Catching Internet Cafes flagship store was losing around three hundred thousand monthly. This was on the premise that there was still a certain income from sales from drinks and from internet users. Although Chen Lei had left, the impact he had caused still remained. Some of his old supporters would still like to gather at Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. Hence, Fish-Catching Internet Cafes losses had been lessened compared to at the start. Now that the surrounding shops were engaged in a price war and Fish-Catching Internet Cafes customer flow was being interrupted, this meant that there would be lesser income from Fish-Catching Internet Cafe until the settlement! If these shops continued with their price wars, that meant that during the next cycle, Fish-Catching Internet Cafes income would still continue to fall drastically. That would be So awesome! There was only one week left till settlement, and it seemed a part of Fish-Catching Internet Cafes income was going to be in jeopardy; this might amount to around seventy to eighty thousand yuan. One should not belittle this sum. If income was lessened by seventy to eight thousand, that might easily turn profits into losses; this was a world of difference! Pei Qian tried his best to calm himself down; he couldnt allow himself to start laughing. Ma Yang heard that Pei Qian was mum as he felt that things were really serious this time. What should we do, Brother Qian? Pei Qian massaged the corners of his mouth to stop himself from smiling as he tried his best to sound calm. Dont worry, at this time, lets wait and see. Dont do anything on your end; I have my own arrangements! Chapter 177 - Lie to Someone Else June 25th, Friday night Singing continued to echo throughout Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. However, the seats at the bottom of the stage were empty. There were only two or three people seated, drinking alcohol. The singer was listless; people listening to him off-stage were falling asleep. Ma Yangs face was a mask of worry. What should he do?! As the competition around the various Fish-Catching Internet Cafes intensified, the Fish-Catching Internet Cafes were getting fewer and fewer customers. Although they had a resident singer, the other bars around had more than that. They also had discounts on all their drinks on the menu! Those bars were crowded and lively. Many of Fish-Catching Internet Cafes old customers were jumping ship, too. After all, most people came to bars to play and socialize. Few people wanted to drink in a cold, quiet place. Whats more, this place was not cheap. This new resident singer sang well, but he was a far cry from Chen Leis standard. Naturally, he could not attract as many customers. The fewer people there were, the less motivation he had. The less motivation he had, the more distracted he sounded when he sang. It was a vicious cycle. Brother Qian told me not to do anything. Yet, I feel guilty Ma Yang drank on his own, feeling pained. Fish-Catching Internet Cafe was continuing to incur losses. Even Fish-Catching Take-Out was not improving. When it rained, it poured. Ma Yang was beginning to seriously doubt himself. On a chair in the corner of the internet cafe, Li Shi sipped his cocktail. He could not help his lips from curling upwards. Indeed, these people are too inexperienced to compete with me. Fu Hui Investments had already invested in a significant number of businesses in Jingzhou. They also had considerable influence. They just had to spend a bit of money and get the shops around Fish-Catching Internet Cafe to organize a couple of promotions. Those shops would get more customers, and Fish-Catching Internet Cafe would be suppressed. Fu Hui Investments would then have an easier time. To Li Shi and the shops around Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, it was a win-win situation. Li Shi had been hiding undercover at Fish-Catching Internet Cafe for a long time. He already had a clear picture of the concept of this place. The young Boss Pei was the boss behind Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. He was stubborn and headstrong; Li Shi guessed that he was the type not to listen to others advice. Li Shi had to slowly figure him out. This Zhang Yuan was the regional manager, but in actual fact, he was not very close to Boss Pei. He was mostly in charge of the operations of the internet cafes. The key was still in this long-faced man. This Ma Yang looked to be quite close to Boss Pei. Whats more, he did not look very bright. He looked like the type who would easily be negligent. He had to deal with this long-faced man first. Once he hoodwinked this man, he could use him to influence Boss Pei slowly. Then, his mission would be accomplished. It was not easy to say what Boss Peis condition was now. After all, he had not come to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe in two days. However, from the way the long-faced man looked, Li Shi guessed that he was falling apart. Li Shis calculations were good. He had to consider all possibilities and finish this job as soon as possible. After all, he could not go on burning so much money. He only had to do it to torture Boss Pei. Once everyone in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe began to doubt its ability to generate profits, he could step in and offer assistance in these troubled times by extending his hand Then, there would be a good chance of making this investment. Li Shi carried his glass of alcohol and sat opposite Ma Yang. Ma Yang had been worrying. When he saw the aged Li Shi sitting in front of him, he jumped. Whats this? There are no beautiful girls at my table. What do you want? Could these rich men also have their own special hobbies? At that moment, Ma Yang was at a loss for words. He quietly pulled his glass closer to himself and away from Li Shi. Li Shi did not know how wildly Ma Yangs imagination was running. He thought that the latter was just being naturally guarded. Boss Ma, how are you? Let me introduce myself. I am Fu Hui Investments CEO, Li Shi. Li Shi confidently handed his name card over to Ma Yang. Actually, Im an old customer here. I wonder if Boss Ma is interested in discussing working together. Ma Yang realized that Li Shi did not harbor any ill-intentions towards him. He slowly picked up the name card and then read it in the dim light. Li Shi, . He discovered that this Boss Ma did not seem to know about Fu Hui Investments Li Shi began to get mad. It didnt make sense at all. How famous was Fu Hui Investments in the investment circle in Jingzhou? According to Ma Yangs patronizing expression, it was clear that he had no idea what Fu Hui Investments could bring to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. The good thing was that Li Shi was vastly experienced. Since Ma Yang had no clue who he was, he would go straight to the point. It was the easiest to lie to idiots like that who did not know anything. Li Shi took two sips of his cocktail and put on every bit of the airs of a successful man. In a matter-of-fact and controlled tone, he explained the plan for cooperation to Ma Yang. Put simply, Fu Hui Investments would invest in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and offer its vast experience to guide Fish-Catching Internet Cafes operations. Everybody would earn money together. They would soon be able to push Fish-Catching Internet Cafe out to the rest of the world. All in all, Li Shi painted a very beautiful picture with a single stroke. Ma Yangs eyes lit up. He was moved! Li Shi was a successful man after all. In the way that he dressed and the way that he spoke, Ma Yang could tell he was different from others. He spoke far better than the people in marketing, who tried to sell insurance using low-level language tactics. Whats more, every single sentence he spoke seemed to have medicinal properties, curing Ma Yang exactly where he hurt. He was offering to solve the profit problems of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe! Zhang Yuan could not offer a good solution for every problem that Fish-Catching Internet Cafe was facing. Pei Qian was also acting mysteriously. All of these were causing Ma Yang to feel lost and confused. All Li Shi had to do was throw out a couple of profit models for internet cafes in order to hoodwink Ma Yang. Li Shi took note of Ma Yangs reaction. He knew that he had succeeded. Everythings going unexpectedly well. After that, he waited quietly for the fish to take the bait. Once Li Shi finished speaking, Ma Yang looked excited. Li Shi could tell that he was very interested in the blueprint that Li Shi had just laid before him. However, he did not agree at once. Boss Li, your suggestion is good. However I have to ask my boss. Ma Yang did not forget that Pei Qian had the final say in everything about the internet cafe. Li Shi was already prepared for this. He smiled and replied, Alright. At this point, it would not be good for Li Shi to say anything more. He was sure that Ma Yang had already been completely bought over. All he needed was for this long-faced man to be determined to have pillow talksno, private talks with Pei Qian. Li Shi was sure that this would be effective enough. He was not worried that Pei Qian would doubt him. This was him taking a carrot-and-stick approach. Brother Qian, thats more or less the situation! We can accept Fu Hui Investments offer. Then, our losses would be turned to profit, wouldnt it? Over the phone, Ma Yang still sounded excited. Pei Qian smiled subtly. Ma Yang was very easy to hoodwink. However, Pei Qian was not angry. After all, to him, this was one of the perks of having Ma Yang as his employee. From the looks of the situation, Ma Yang had been completely brainwashed by this Boss Li of Fu Hui Investments. Yet, it did not matter. Pei Qian could buy him back with just a couple of sentences. Old Ma, you have been lied to. Holding the phone, Ma Yang was stunned. Brother Qian, what do you mean? Pei Qian sniggered. Actually, this Fu Hui Investments had already called Assistant Xin a few days ago. They offered to invest in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, but I rejected them. Ma Yang was confused. Why did you reject them? Brother Qian, theyll give us a huge sum of money as investments. Everyone would earn money together. Wouldnt that be good? Pei Qian could not help but smile. This Boss Li obviously decided to talk to Ma Yang first because he figured that the latter would be easy to lie to. After all, he had not given up the thought of investing in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. Chapter 178 - Beating Him at His Own Game Pei Qian could not be sure that the nearby shops were holding various promotions to pick on Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. After all, he could not malign others without any proof. What if they were all holding their regular promotions at the same time out of coincidence? Pei Qian also could not be sure whether Boss Li was causing trouble behind the scenes. He did not have a proof for this either. However, what he could be sure of was that Boss Li took this to be a good opportunity for himself. He wanted to gain from all of this. This made Pei Qian anxious; yet, it seemed so inconsequential. However, Pei Qian could not blame Boss Li for being silly. This was because it was a carrot-and-stick approach. On the one hand, Boss Li would never directly admit that he was picking on Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. However, he would stick out an olive branch and make it seem like there was money to be made for everybody. He would be careful not to anger Fish-Catching Internet Cafe too much. This was the carrot. On the other hand, this Boss Li was hinting to Pei Qian that if he continued to act stubbornly, he would fight all the way to the end. He would lower his prices and cause Pei Qian to lose all his customers. So what if Pei Qian knew that Boss Li was behind it? In order to cut his losses, wouldnt Pei Qian still have to give in eventually? This was the stick. If other people had been in the same situation without any way out, they might really have accepted the investment. However, Pei Qian was completely different. Youre willing to spend money to help me incur more losses? I have to thank you for that! Pei Qian wanted to reject him at first. However, on second thought, he realized that would not be right. This Boss Li took joy in helping others. Shouldnt Pei Qian cooperate with him? If he turned Boss Li down directly once again, Boss Li might give up sooner. After all, this man was the boss of an investment company. He had many things to do, and he could not afford to keep chasing after Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. The moment he lost Boss Lis interest, the businesses around Fish-Catching Internet Cafe would stop burning money, too. Then, the human traffic in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe would revert to the way it was. Pei Qian would not be able to incur this much loss anymore! Pei Qian smiled and came up with a plan in his mind. Old Ma, do you really think that Boss Li is doing this for our good? Do you think hes really being kind? Think about it carefully. The shops around us are all holding promotions at the same time. Are you sure there isnt someone helping them behind the scenes? Pei Qian said a couple of simple sentences to enlighten Ma Yang. Of course, this was not really considered enlightening him. Ma Yang was very easy to lie to. If people were trying to lie to him one after another, the last one would have the greatest advantage. Pei Qian said a couple more sentences to make matters sound worse. He exaggerated the dangers of selling shares in the business and immediately managed to turn Ma Yang around, just as he expected. Holy sh*t! I didnt know this Boss Li had such venomous intentions! Ill turn him down at once! Pei Qian said, You dont have to do that. If his frustration turns to anger and he decides to squeeze Fish-Catching Internet Cafe dry, well be in trouble. Tell him that I am very frustrated by the fact that we are making losses now. Say that I didnt want to accept investments, but Im faltering. Tell him that Im struggling to decide and that as long as the internet cafe continues to make losses, I might change my mind Ma Yang sounded confused. Brother Qian, you want us to continue to make losses? That wouldnt be good for us, would it? I dont think we can afford it. Pei Qian smiled. If we make losses, wouldnt the same happen for them? These shops are incurring losses like us. At the very most, well drag all of them down with us. What is there to be afraid of? Whats more, if they continue burning money in this way, all the customers nearby would be attracted to come out. The people in other areas of Jingzhou City might even be attracted to go there and spend their money. In the long term, this would improve business in the area. We will not be making losses at all. A realization dawned on Ma Yang. I see! I understand, Brother Qian! Thats good. Go and tell Boss Li this, then Pei Qin hung up, smiling. Boss Li, you must have been so proud of your own ability to hoodwink Ma Yang. You were wrong. Anybody could have lied to him You threw him a couple of simple lies, but all I had to do was lie more to bring him back to my side. Pei Qian hoodwinked Ma Yang by telling him a mixture of truth and lies. What he said about improving business in the area, especially, was a bunch of bullsh*t. The business environment was affected by different factors working together. How could the business environment be changed just because a few shops were holding promotions at the same time? Just the thought of it seemed impossible. However, it was worthwhile to look for any reason to lie to Ma Yang. As long as he could rope Boss Li in and allow the surrounding shops to continue holding promotions, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe would continue to incur losses. How could Pei Qian let go of a chance to reap the benefits of others loss? After hanging up, Ma Yang quickly rubbed his own long face in order to quickly prepare himself. Just the thought of being lied to by Boss Li made him furious. Its a good thing that my brother is so smart; I was almost cheated by you! Although Ma Yang was not good at acting, just thinking about Boss Li scheming to destroy his rice bowl motivated him to take revenge. He would turn this rage into acting skills! He returned to the table and immediately put on a smile. Boss Li, I just spoke to Boss Pei on the phone. I tried to find out his intentions. The losses weve been incurring have been worrying indeed. However, he does not want to allow outsiders to join the company so easily. He said that well give it another month. If things still do not improve by then, he will think of other ways. Li Shi nodded subtly. This was exactly as he had expected. According to his calculations, this Boss Pei was a hard-headed man. If his subordinate were able to change his mind with just a couple of sentences, that would be strange. A month He had to continue burning money for a month. That hurt, but it was still do-able. Li Shis heart hurt, but he could not display the hurt on his face. After all, it seemed like Ma Yang still had no clue that he was the one who organized for the surrounding shops to hold promotions at the same time. Boss Pei might have been able to tell, but he probably did not tell Ma Yang about it. After all, there was no evidence. Boss Pei probably did not want to run his mouth off without proof. After all, as long as Li Shi could successfully buy Fish-Catching Internet Cafe over in the end, it did not matter how much money he had to burn. He was sure he would be able to make it all back. At that thought, Li Shi suddenly grinned. Of course. Im in no rush at all. Boss Ma, you dont have to rush Boss Pei either. You can lead a horse to water, but you cant make him drink. Boss Pei has to come around on his own. However Im worried about you all. You might make huge losses in one month. What if you cannot hang on for that long? Boss Ma, I think you can test waters again in a week. For all we know, Boss Pei might have changed his mind. Alright. Ma Yang nodded and then turned to the bartender. Give me another Margarita. Ill treat Boss Li to a drink! Tengda Network Technology Co., Ltd Pei Qian had not been going to the office recently because he had been busy with Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and his exams. Since he was in the mood today, he decided to go and make his rounds. The settlement was drawing near. Pei Qian was finding it hard to balance all his commitments at the same time. The good thing was that the downloadable content for Tengdas games had already been published. Apart from the split of the profits that the official games platforms gave them earlier, there had been no more unexpected shocks. Pei Qian guessed that he could begin to relax. Pei Qian could not help but feel happy when he thought about Fish-Catching Internet Cafes current situation. Happily, he sauntered into his own office. In the office area, Lu Mingliang and Bao Xu were engaged in whispered discussion. Boss Pei has not been coming to the office much these days. Do you think he has been busy? I heard that Fish-Catching Internet Cafe is not doing well. I guess he must be helping out over there. Looking at Boss Peis expression, I dont think the problem is that huge. Thats not for certain. You know Boss Peis character well. He does not show his emotions on his face. The problem might be huge, but Boss Pei might just not be showing it. Well should we report to Boss Pei about Ocean Stronghold, then? We shouldnt distract him, right? Bao Xu pondered for a moment and said, Compared to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, this does not seem that urgent. Lets wait for a couple of days. Whats more, it was expected that accounts would raise the prices on trading platforms. Its a good thing that the amount of top-ups and the number of active players have increased these few days. I dont think we have to specially report this. Lu Mingliang nodded. Thats true. Well wait until Boss Pei has time before we inform him, then. Chapter 179 - Putting Out One Fire While Another Burns In the office, Pei Qian took a look at the platform to see how Tengdas games were doing. This group of people only knows how to give me the bad news; all of them are unreliable! In the end, I must take everything into my own hands. Pei Qian was filled with resentment. Everyone elses employees all gave them good news instead of bad; only his employees were the exact opposite. Whenever there was good news, he would be the last to know. Pei Qian had reflected on this before. This might be because, right from the start, Tengda was a company that had a rather flat hierarchy; it did not have such a stringent superior-subordinate system. Furthermore, Huang Sibo and Bao Xu were both people that hunkered down and did their work, not having any airs at all. Whenever they encountered problems, his employees would think of resolving them themselves, not wanting to give Boss Pei trouble. Even if they succeeded, they would think that everything had been arranged by Pei Qian and would not appear surprised at all. They most definitely would not try to claim credit for their success. This made Pei Qian very pained. Whenever profits appeared from some aspect of his businesses, he was always the last to know; this hindered him immensely. The crux was he couldnt act as if he knew nothing. This would be very incompatible with his image and standing; it would make things awkward! Pei Qian felt that he couldnt make the same mistake twice. Only a few days were left until the next settlement; he had to constantly keep track of the statistics of his profitable profits; he would not tolerate any mistakes. Pei Qian had intentionally made a trip to the company today precisely because of this. After opening the platform, Pei Qian hurriedly took a look at the statistics of Tengdas games. Income from the games was all growing. This was as expected. After all, Tengda had just released downloadable contents while the official platform was still recommending Tengdas games on its front page; it was impossible that the income would not rise. Looking at the rows of rising numbers, Pei Qian was a little jittery. However, after taking a closer look, most of the increases in income were actually still acceptable. Then again there were places where the increase was a little abnormal. Ocean Stronghold! Pei Qian immediately noticed that the income stream from this game was higher than he had predicted; it was much higher! Even taking into account the recommendation from the official platform, the altering of the profit-sharing agreement, and the popularity of the game after the launch of the downloadable content, the figures were rather high! Pei Qian immediately grew a little wary and a little unhappy. Such a serious thing had happened; no one had bothered to report this to me! What were Lu Mingliang and Bao Xu thinking about; they saw these numbers and didnt hurry to inform me? What were they waiting for? Luckily, I had come to the company today to take a look. If not, I would be cheated again! Pei Qian was now rather angry but also happy that he had discovered this. Now that he had found this out early, he might still be able to do something to remedy the situation! The crux of the problem was finding out why such an increase in income had been experienced for this game. If it was something that happened by chance and this increase in income was short-term, Pei Qian wouldnt pay too much attention to it. He could spend a little more money to offset this. However, if it was some long-term factor that would continue to propel a rise in income and perhaps even a potential explosive increase, Pei Qian would have to be wary right in this instance and take decisive action. Pei Qian went into Ocean Strongholds game forum as he searched in detail for the most recent discussion thread. I did not expect Li Zhengwei would also become a traitor and join the revolution. Sigh! Could it be that Counter Strike was really going to become redundant as times progressed? I think youre thinking too much; Brother Li must have just done a normal sponsored partnership. Brother Li had said in his fan group that he wasnt doing a sponsored partnership. Primarily because Fei Huang Workspaces documentary had been so well-done; thats why he wants to lend his name to help Tengda publicize their game to return the favor. I feel that there isnt anything wrong with this. Ocean Stronghold is a domestically-produced game with a heart; I think its good to promote it. I started to play because even Brother Li had lent his support; this game is actually really good. When it comes to competitiveness and hand sensitivity, Counter Strike is indeed good. However, it is an old game after all; and its online system is rather bad while the gameplay is not abundant enough. After changing to play Ocean Stronghold, I feel that going online to play it for a while when Im free is actually rather nice. All thanks to Brother Lis recommendation! Pei Qian placed his hand on his forehead; he was speechless. It was impossible to guard against everything! Fei Huang Workspaces Coming Out of the Cocoon as a Butterfly had not turned in a profit yet; it was that hard to earn money from it. Even Huang Sibo and Zhu Xiaoce had given up and were already preparing their next video. Hence, Pei Qian had also not considered what impact this documentary would bring. He had not expected that this documentary had impacted Ocean Stronghold! Evidently, even people in the Fei Huang Workspace could not have expected this. Presently, FPS games were a rather hot genre in the gaming field. As Li Zhengwei was known as the number-one FPS gamer in the country, he was rather influential among his fans while his journey to becoming a professional player had been filled with difficulties; there had been more content to film about him. Hence, Fei Huang Workspace had decided to choose him for the documentary. After the documentary had finished filming, Li Zhengwei was very appreciative of Fei Huang Workspace. After all, this documentary had been for public interest and the public good. It had helped raise Li Zhengweis profile while it had also given the gaming profession a slight nudge in a positive direction. During filming, when Li Zhengwei had chatted casually with Huang Sibo, he had discovered that the latter was actually the chief planner behind Ocean Stronghold. Hence, after the documentary had been completed, Li Zhengwei had done much publicity work for Ocean Stronghold! As Pei Qian had not been paying attention to the FPS gamers circle, he had not known any of these things at all. Li Zhengwei was also rather influential among Counter Strikes players. As he had gone all out to promote Ocean Stronghold, another huge wave of players had started playing the game naturally! As such, many Counter Strike players had shifted allegiances as well; this had created a chain-reaction. The official games platform had given its recommendation while Ocean Strongholds new epic weapon had been selling well, and so Pei Qian had not noticed anything amiss with the games statistics immediately Until today. Pei Qian kept his hand on his forehead. Damn. Although he had found the problem, Pei Qian was powerless to do anything. It was too late! Although Li Zhengwei had a certain amount of influence among FPS gamers, promoting Ocean Stronghold could at most only result in a surge in popularity for the game for a few days. Now that a few days had gone by, Ocean Strongholds popularity was not increasing that much. Most gamers that started on the game had already done so; what else could Pei Qian do? I have overextended myself; its really like putting out one fire as another burns Calm down. From another perspective, this is not that bad a thing. This time, it had just been an unexpected occurrence; Li Zhengweis influence was soon going to lose its effect. As long as this wont continuously affect Ocean Stronghold and raise its income, all is still well. Hu all in all, this is now over. At least I can rest easy for the moment. In a mere half-hour, Pei Qian had experienced such a fluctuation in his emotions; fortunately, it had just been a scare. According to Pei Qians estimates, this flood of new players could only persist for two to three days. If he spent more on shopping or employee benefits, this would not affect the settlement. After triple-checking that the other games were doing alright and that only Ocean Stronghold had experienced this irregular rise in income, Pei Qian rested easy as he prepared to leave. In the working area, Lu Mingliang and Bao Xu swiftly exchanged a glance. Boss Pei is coming out; should we report to him? I dont think its necessary. lets report it in any case. Although Bao Xu thought there wasnt a need, Lu Mingliang felt that they should still casually mention this to Pei Qian as he stood up from his seat. Boss Pei, we have something to report to you. Ocean Strongholds active players and top-ups have recently experienced a spike. Also Pei Qian smiled slightly as he nodded. I already know that. Oh, okay then, Boss Pei. Lu Mingliang quietly sat down as he felt that his actions had indeed been unnecessary. How could Boss Pei miss such a simple statistic? That was not possible. Indeed, he had thought too much. Before Pei Qian left, he glanced over at Lu Mingliang and nodded slightly. Not bad! It had been the right decision to make you chief planner; you are more reliable than Bao Xu and Huang Sibo! Although your information has come a little late, your actions are worthy of commendation. Your chief planner position is secured! Chapter 180 - Boss Pei, Hurry Up and Watch the TV! June 27th, Sunday, at night Fish-Catching Internet Cafe Li Shi sat at a window seat as he drank his wine, very relaxed. Pei Qian sat in another corner as he used his cell phone. Although the two actually knew each other-as they both had an ax to grind, they were pretending not to recognize one another. Pei Qian did not intend to act rashly. As long as he continued to act splendidly and confused Li Shi, everything would be good. These few days, the few shops nearby kept on continuing with their promotions. It was very clear that the street Fish-Catching Internet Cafe was on had become much more bustling. The small commercial district nearby didnt have much human traffic normally. Recently, the area had suddenly started to become congested with cars. Many people had heard that the shops here were all having promotions and had come after hearing the news. Many people that actually didnt intend to leave their houses had all come to take a spin. As such, a rather beautiful sight could be seen in this area. All the neighboring shops were all full of customers, and considerable human traffic was patronizing them. Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, however, was deserted. A stark comparison had formed. Many people who did not know better had thought that Fish-Catching Internet Cafe was also having promotions. However, after entering and realizing the prices here were many folds higher than the shops nearby, they had all fled the cafe. Pei Qian was a little puzzled. Hadnt I placed a signboard on the door? Why are so many people still coming in to ask? After thinking about this for a while, that was probably because these people had a fluke mentality. As all the neighboring shops were all doing promotions, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe must have forgotten to write its own offering on the sign; and so they wanted to come in and ask to confirm. Pei Qian then asked Ma Yang to write a few huge words No Discounts! on the signboard. As such, before long, no one came to ask about prices anymore. Fish-Catching Internet Cafes predicament could be said to be everyone else was enjoying and benefiting while I had nothing. This was precisely what Pei Qian had pined for. After making sure that Tengdas games were not going to be much of a problem-whenever Pei Qian had nothing better to do, he would come here. Whenever he occasionally met Li Shi, Pei Qian would pretend to be brooding and anxious as if he was very conflicted inside. As long as he managed to keep Li Shi on the hook and the neighboring shops kept on continuing with their promotions-resulting in a blockage of Fish-Catching Internet Cafes customer traffic, Pei Qian would have very high hopes of making a loss this cycle! Li Shi kept on quietly drinking his wine as he furtively shot looks at Pei Qian. Previously, Pei Qian had not come to the internet cafe much, and Li Shi had not many opportunities to observe him. Now, Li Shi could use this time to really take a good look at Pei Qian. To become a boss at such a young age; he evidently was not ordinary. Although he was evidently very anxious internally, he could still remain calm and composed, only revealing an inkling of his true feelings. This kind of temperament is admirable and surpasses that of normal people. Not bad; this affirms my desire to invest. Li Shis attitude was also experiencing a slight change. To him, investments were mainly about investing in people. For any company, encountering investment opportunities was not something rare. When such an opportunity came knocking, most companies would crash and burn; a minority would fly. This had something to do with the companys boss. Li Shi indeed had a lot of money on hand. However, having money didnt mean that he had to personally take the field. Li Shi was not good at managing internet cafes. While he could provide the capital and connections, the management and operations of an internet cafe still needed someone with the expertise. Li Shi was very clear about this. Not only did he look favorably upon Fish-Catching Internet Cafes operating model, but he was also very certain of Pei Qian as a leader. Hence, Li Shi wanted to invest in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe even more and not to create a fake version on his own. To create a fake Fish-Catching Internet Cafe required time, effort, and money; Li Shi would also need to find a manager. This was not very cost-effective. For an investor like Li Shi, he was definitely not going to roll up his sleeves and do this tiring and dirty work. Furthermore, he believed that he was on the cusp of victory. Li Shi sipped his wine as he savored it. Why do I still feel a little uneasy? Did I miss something out? Li Shi considered deeply; there was still one inexplicable thing. Logically speaking, that Boss Pei could achieve such great things at such a young age; he should be someone rather capable. However, he seemed to not have suspected me at all? At least he hadnt shown it. This is not very logical. This Boss Pei had not acted or done anything to prevent the nearby shops from snatching his customers; he had not asked his Fish-Catching Internet Cafe to make any changes at all. He didnt offer discounts or didnt do any sales promotion; he had even hung a sign saying no discounts on the door to dissuade customers from coming to ask about prices. Is he overly confident about Fish-Catching Internet Cafe? Has he given up? Or perhaps he had something planned up his sleeves? Li Shi considered this for a long time. Finally, he still shook his head. Ah, I must be overthinking. Under these circumstances, most people would indeed be at a loss as well. He cant lower his prices as that would hurt Fish-Catching Internet Cafes high-class image. That would not be good in the long-term. This situation is indeed hard to get out of. Or perhaps, he is doing this on purpose? No, no, no; that is a little illogical. While the other shops are burning money, at least they can raise their visibility. Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, however, is purely burning money. Only if he is crazy would he continue to struggle while earning no income at all. Unless he has some other plans that even I cannot fathom Forget it, I must be thinking too much. He is but a youngster; what card could he have up his sleeves? Thinking about this, Li Shi started to laugh. As this Boss Pei didnt seem to do things based on logic, Li Shi couldnt get a read on him; and so he had overestimated Boss Pei. Li Shi thought for a while. He had entered the investment circle for so many years already; what storm had he not weathered? Even if this Boss Pei was a genius, he is lacking in experience after all. There was no point in overestimating him. After finishing his glass of wine, Li Shi got ready to leave. Today was a Sunday night. Fish-Catching Internet Cafe was as deserted as ever. The outcome was a foregone conclusion, and Li Shi didnt need to keep an eye on things anymore. Ill go and relax for a few days and wait patiently. Who knows? I might be able to pop the champagne and celebrate soon. At this moment, Pei Qians cell phone rang. Li Shi had just wanted to stand up as he stopped himself. Although he didnt think that he could hear any secret message or code from this phone conversation, trying to eavesdrop wouldnt harm him. Pei Qian was a little surprised as well. It was so late; who would call him? He looked and saw that it was Huang Sibo. Thinking about how Huang Sibos Coming Out of the Cocoon as a Butterfly had almost caused him grief, Pei Qian instinctively wanted to reject the call. However, after thinking that at least on the surface, Huang Sibo had successfully made a loss this time and had even gotten into debt; Huang Sibo had actually done well this time. Ill take the call. Boss Pei! Do you have a TV near you? Hurry up and turn on Shanghai TV channel! Pei Qian was very confused. Whats up? Huang Sibo, Dont ask so much. Youll know once you switch to Shanghai TV! Ill offer my congratulations in advance, Boss Pei! Chapter 181 - Boss Li, Don’t Go! This was a Misunderstanding! The hand that Pei Qian was using to hold his phone shook furiously. What did he mean by congratulations?! Pei Qian kept his phone and walked briskly to the second floor. There was a small, private movie hall on the second floor. People could also use it to watch television shows. Li Shi was nervous as well. What was going on? Seeing Pei Qians movements and expressions, Li Shi guessed that the phone call was very serious. Five minutes after Pei Qian left, Li Shi got up from his seat and pretended to saunter to the second floor. There were two levels in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. Both had an internet cafe area and a coffee area. There were two or three customers on the second floor now, too. That was why nobody paid much attention to Li Shi when he went upstairs. The private movie hall was meant for screening movies. However, since nobody was watching anything at that moment, Pei Qian switched on Shanghais satellite television program. The moment the image changed, Pei Qian was stunned. On the huge screen, Chen Leis figure appeared! He was standing in front of a microphone, strumming his guitar and singing passionately. On a quiet night, I walked on the street. In the dim light, you waited. In the hustle and bustle of the city, only you understand my sorrows. No matter how far I drifted, I never forgot you and that intoxicating wine The melody was already moving, but Chen Leis unique voice made the indolence in this song much more vivid. The song was slow. There was a special touch of humanity and life in it, but it also felt faintly sorrowful. It was quite an unforgettable song. Bang! One of the teachers excitedly hit the light in front of him. Bang! Bang! Bang! Chen Lei had only sung a couple of sentences, but once he got to the chorus, all for teachers had turned! Pei Qian looked closely at the title of this program. The Voice of China! Pei Qian, ??? As he watched the big screen, Pei Qian fell into a state of shock. He began to doubt his own memory. What was going on? If I remember correctly, The Voice of China only started in the Year 2012, right? Whats more, it didnt start as a Shanghai satellite television program. Was the disaster of Aili Island happening all over again? Pei Qian immediately understood. It was no wonder that Huang Sibo called him himself! Huang Sibo knew that Chen Lei was a singer produced by Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. Whats more, Boss Pei had carefully instructed them to take good care of him. It was obvious that their relationship was extraordinary. Now, Chen Lei had shown his face on a national television program. Of course, Huang Sibo had to inform Pei Qian. Li Shi found a corner to sit down on the second floor. He pretended to look out the window to appreciate the scenery. However, in actual fact, he was focusing on the screen. When he saw Chen Lei, Li Shi heaved a sigh of relief. It was a false alarm. I was overthinking. Chen Lei was once the resident singer here. Hes on good terms with the people in this cafe. It doesnt seem like a big deal that Boss Pei rushed upstairs to watch him on television as his friend. Wait Somethings wrong! Li Shi suddenly realized the severity of this problem. There was no way he could remain calm any longer! Chen Lei was already finished with his song. However, the applause and cheering continued. Hello, Teachers. I am Chen Lei, from Jingzhou. After obtaining some simple information about Chen Lei, one of the teachers went straight to the point. I noticed that the name of this song is Waiting. Its a love song. When you sang it earlier, I wanted to say that the lyrics are very nicely written! These are lyrics written by someone with a story. On a quiet night, only you understand my sorrows, no matter how far I drifted, I never forgot, that intoxicating wine Did you write this for your girlfriend? Shes still waiting for you somewhere, isnt she? Chen Lei smiled, embarrassed. It was obvious that he was not used to performing for such a huge audience. He looked very coy. No. I wrote this song about a place. It was an internet cafe where I felt at home. Actually, Ive always had low self-esteem. After I graduated from high school, I never found a job. That was until, one day, I passed by a nearby internet cafe In his corner on the second floor, Li Shis hand began to tremble. He glanced at Pei Qian, whose eyes were glued to the big screen. His back view made Li Shi feel like a huge mountain was weighing down on himself! Could he be playing this for me on purpose? Li Shis heart hardened. On the screen, Chen Lei continued to talk about the story of him and Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. Later, with Boss Peis strong encouragement, I finally plucked up the courage to come to Shanghai and chase my dreams. I heard that after I left, the traffic in the internet cafe deteriorated significantly. However, Boss Pei never looked for me again. He must have hoped that this bad news would not affect me. Thats why I wrote this song, in remembrance of that unforgettable period in my life. For this chance to come on the stage of The Voice of China, I really want to thank Boss Pei, Boss Ma, and everyone at Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. Thank you all for allowing me to go down this path. To me, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe will always be like home! The teachers began to clap. Oh my! I thought that this was a touching love story. I never imagined that this would be a story about your dreams! That was very well said. I am very moved. It made me think about when I was at a particularly low point in my life. It was also the little things that brought me the most warmth Dont worry, Chen Lei. I promise you that you have already become famous! Join my team. Next year, I have more than twenty shows around the country. Stop, stop, stop. Its not time to fight for him yet. Just wait a while! Chen Lei, four teachers have turned around. Youve made it to the next stage. What do you plan to do from now on? Without any hesitation, Chen Lei said, I want to go to Jingzhou and sing a couple of songs at Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. I want to tell them right here and now that I miss them. There was a blissful, bright smile on Chen Leis face. Bam! The screen went black. Pei Qian switched it off. The moment the screen went off, Li Shis heart sank. It was almost as if his heart had fallen straight onto the floor and broken into a thousand different pieces. In the darkness, Boss Peis back view resembled a huge beast. He looked like he was going to swallow the rich at any moment! To Li Shi, Pei Qian was exuding confidence with every movement. Although Boss Pei did not turn his back, Li Shi could imagine his extremely confident expression. It seemed to be saying The winner and loser have been decided. You dont need to stay to watch the show, do you? Thats right, there was no need for Li Shi to stay to watch the rest of the show. It was only now that Li Shi finally understood. Pei Qian did not come to watch Chen Lei sing. All of this was a show that he was putting on especially for him! There was no need to say how popular The Voice of China was. Chen Leis song, Waiting, was probably going to spread like wildfire across the internet. Whats more, the sharing Chen Lei gave at the end-about the story of him and Fish-Catching Internet Cafe-would blaze discussion as well! Chen Lei said that he would come back to Jingzhou and sing a couple of songs at Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. Even idiots would be able to predict what would happen here in the future. Li Shi forced himself to stand up. He walked towards Pei Qian, his heart filled with bitterness. He thought that Pei Qian was at a complete loss, and that he had been waiting for defeat. Now, it was obvious he was terribly wrong. Boss Pei, I respect you. Youve kept this move so well under wraps. You did not do much, but once you acted, you surpassed my expectations. I did not expect this. I really underestimated you. Youve won this time. I hope that we will have a chance to work together in the future. Li Shi shook his head, turned around, and walked downstairs. Everything had fallen apart in that instant. There was no point in him sneaking around behind the scenes anymore. It would be impossible for him to seek to invest in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe from now on. Of course, doing business was like fighting a war. It was common for there to be winners and losers. Li Shi was an experienced businessman. Naturally, he was not a sore loser. There was nothing to complain about. In fact, he respected Pei Qian that much more in his heart. Pei Qian was now a very deserving opponent to him. Pei Qian was buried deep in shock and sorrow. By the time he regained his composure, Li Shi had already left Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. Pei Qian was dumbfounded. Holy sh*t, dont leave! Misunderstanding! This was a misunderstanding! Chapter 182 - How was This Data Calculated?? In front of him, the screen was still black. Far away, Li Shi was still walking. Pei Qian had a feeling that he had been abandoned by this world. It was easy to predict what was going to happen next in this plot planner. Fish-Catching Internet Cafe would become extremely popular! Popular television programs like this were extremely influential. It could be likened to food programs recommending certain delicacies; the delicacy would be sold by chain stores all around the country in a short period. Of course, things were not that bad. After all, the business model of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe was quite different from restaurants. No matter where restaurants were opened, they sold the same types of food. It did not make much of a difference which branch one went to. However, Chen Lei was only referring to one Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. Many of Chen Leis fans would come here to try and get closer to him. They would want to come to the little internet cafe where Chen Lei once worked just to take a look. However, to them, the rest of the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe would not look as attractive. The Beatles had a similar story. They started out as resident singers in a small bar. Until now, that bar was a famous tourist attraction. However, the other bars in the same street did not receive the same treatment. For fans who were interested in chasing their idols, only the Fish-Catching Internet Cafes flagship store would have a pilgrimage-like value. There was no need for them to visit the other Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. Thus, the worst-case scenario that Pei Qian was facing was that the flagship stores income would expand rapidly. The other Fish-Catching Internet Cafe branches would not face that big of a problem for now. However, the expansion of this flagship stores income was enough bad news for Pei Qian! That was because the week had not ended. If Chen Lei returned to the flagship store to sing, who knew how much money he would receive in alcohol tips in these last three days?! Pei Qian wanted to turn Chen Lei away, but there was no valid reason. At that thought, Pei Qians limbs went cold and numb. He felt absolutely awful. Pei Qian sat there for a long time before he finally stood up. Li Shi was gone. The shops around Fish-Catching Internet Cafe would no longer hold promotions to draw Fish-Catching Internet Cafes customers away. Of course, now, they would not be able to snatch anyone away even if they tried. During this period, the shops around Fish-Catching Internet Cafe had been holding promotions to increase their popularity. However, now that Chen Lei had become famous, all the customers they gained would turn their attention to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. Pei Qian spent a lot of effort trying to push Chen Lei out before because he had been generating business. Yet, now, he was coming back worse than before! He was very tired and miserable. He wanted to go back to his warm bed, hide under his blanket, and have a good sleep. The moment he got to the stairs, he heard a noise coming from downstairs. Ma Yang was running up towards him excitedly. Brother Qian! Brother Qian, are you up there? Pei Qian sounded listless. Whats the matter? There are customers! Many, many customers! Ma Yangs long face was filled with excitement and joy. Pei Qian looked downstairs and saw more and more customers gathering at the entrance. A number of people had already squeezed into the main hall of the first floor. One by one, they whipped out their cell phones to take pictures. Some people rushed to find seats before they ran out. Some others saw that there were no more seats and tip-toed to take pictures of the singer on stage. Many others rushed upstairs to look for more seats. Pei Qian and Ma Yang were nearly pushed back by the incoming crowd. They wrestled their way downstairs and sneaked out of the internet cafe by the back door meant for the staff. Once they got out, they saw a crowd on the street, rushing towards Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. After Pei Qian took a closer look, he finally understood. The people patronizing surrounding bars and staying in surrounding residential areas were all rushing over! Since the nearby bars had been holding promotions and giving discounts, night-time was their peak period. As these people were enjoying their drinks, they found out about Chen Lei and Fish-Catching Internet Cafe! The news spread like wildfire. Since they were only a street away, they decided they had to come and take a look. As for Fish-Catching Internet Cafes expensive price Nobody complained about it anymore. If they could go in and take pictures to show off to their friends, what was spending tens of dollars for a glass of alcohol? As he watched the crowd headed towards Fish-Catching Internet Cafes flagship store, Pei Qians eyes welled up. My nice internet cafe is all gone! Painful! Boohoo! Pei Qian was shocked. What is going on? I havent cried. He turned around and saw that it was Ma Yang who was crying. Brother Qian, I finally understand why you sent Chen Lei to Shanghai. You always believed he would be popular, right? Brother Qian, I misunderstood you before. Boohoo Pei Qian really wanted to cry at first, but after seeing Ma Yang cry like a hippopotamus, the urge he felt dissipated at once. He had lost the mood entirely. Pei Qian looked inside the internet cafe sorrowfully. Where is Zhang Yuan? Ma Yang wiped his tears and answered, Hes receiving the guests with the branch manager inside. There are too many people. We were just discussing earlier; well keep this store open overnight! Pei Oian, Theres no need for that. Take care of your bodies. Ma Yang patted his chest. Dont worry, Brother Qian. The three of us will take turns to rest. If the need arises, we would go to the surrounding bars and ask to borrow their waiters. Well give them three times the overtime pay. Therell be no problem! You put so much effort into making the internet cafe popular. How can we let it all go down the drain? Speaking of which-as part of the management of the internet cafes, neither Zhang Yuan nor I could share your burdens. I feel guilty enough. Dont worry this time. Leave it all to us! The corners of Pei Qians mouth twitched. . Ill thank you, then. Ma Yang wiped his tears as a smile spread across his long face. No worries! Brother Qian, we dont have to be so formal with each other. Leave it all in our hearts. Pei Qian was speechless. There was really no solution. There were still three more days. Whether they kept the store open overnight or not, it did not really matter. Alright, Brother Qian, Im going back to work. Youve worked hard during this period. Go back and rest! Ma Yang went back to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe through the staff entrance. Pei Qian watched his back view and felt inexplicable loneliness. The next day Monday Pei Qian opened his eyes. It was noon. After struggling for a long time, he finally made up his mind. He summoned the system. Last night, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe must have remained open throughout. Pei Qian had no idea how much alcohol they managed to sell. However, he would probably be able to see how much money they earned through the System Funds reflected on the screen. At midnight tonight, the income earned over the last week by their games would be deposited into their account, too. Before he went to sleep, there was still a loss in the System Funds. There was a loss of more than 2.1 million yuan. Pei Qian had wrecked his brains thinking of ways to spend all of that money. According to his initial plan, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe was not supposed to reap in profits. As for the games, he expected to earn about 1.6 million yuan this week or 1.8 million yuan at the very most. Ghost General and Game Designer earned about six to seven hundred thousand yuan each month. Ocean Stronghold earned about 3.4 million yuan each month. That meant that they earned about 1.2 million yuan each week in total. After the official games platforms altered the way they split profits and considering the income earned from their downloadable content, Pei Qian guessed that they would earn about 1.8 million yuan the previous week at the very most. Even if Fish-Catching Internet Cafe stayed open all night, Pei Qian guessed that they earned about a hundred thousand yuan at the very most. It could not have been more than that. Other bars could earn thousands of yuan by allowing groups of customers to have private tables and private services. However, there was no such thing in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. At the very most, people could spend money buying alcohol or surfing the internet. The real challenge was what was going to happen in the next two days. Once Chen Lei arrived, many people would start giving alcohol tips. However, Pei Qian had many employees under him now. It should not be too difficult to spend money on them, get rid of the hundreds of thousands of yuan, and incur a loss. Thus, Pei Qian felt that if his luck was good, he would probably be able to incur a loss of three or four hundred thousand yuan. That was still acceptable. The screen appeared in front of Pei Qian. What the f*ck! Pei Qian nearly coughed out blood. How the hell did I get over 1.5 million yuan more than I expected?! Theres a huge problem! Pei Qian was very close to vomiting blood. He quickly jumped out of his bed and ran to open his laptop. He wanted to check on the income of Tengdas games. Income earned by Ghost General and Game Designer was a bit higher than Pei Qian expected, but it was still within an acceptable range. Ocean Stronghold, on the other hand, was earning over a million yuan more than the worst-case scenario Pei Qian was prepared for! According to the numbers, Ocean Stronghold was earning more than ten million yuan this month. Seventy percent of that, minus taxes, would still amount to more than two million a week. Pei Qian had not accounted for these earnings from Ocean Stronghold when he made his initial calculations! He felt his limbs grow cold. What was going on? Didnt he check and find no problem with Ocean Stronghold earlier? Pei Qian had placed all his focus on Fish-Catching Internet Cafe over these few days. He had not expected that Ocean Strongholdwhich he had been neglectingwould be fatal to his plans! What happened to Ocean Stronghold last week?! Li Zhengwei did advertise Ocean Stronghold, but it could not have been that effective, could it? Whats more, I havent even started selling the five hundred Barrett Doom for next month! Yet, I sold over ten thousand Red Kilins in one week?! What is going on? This doesnt make sense! What have I overlooked?! Chapter 183 - No Way! Pei Qian was dumbfounded. Ocean Strongholds data was so different from his expectations. Something must have gone wrong somewhere. Even if a new group of players joined the game, there was no reason for them to buy Red Kilins at such an insane rate. There must have been some important pull-factor! Pei Qian looked closely at the data for all the games. Not only had there been more top-ups, but there had been significantly more active players as well! Whats more, the average amount of time players spent on the game had increased, too! One could say that people were grinding even more in Ocean Stronghold. This was very strange. Logically, the downloadable content Pei Qian added this time did not contain anything for which players had to grind. People could slowly play in story mode for a few days, and they would complete it. The PvP modes remained the same. Pei Qian did not add events that gave away packages to reward players for staying longer in the game. Yet, the average time that players were spending in the game increased! Were players suddenly deciding to play the game for a longer time because they felt like it? Impossible. The data behind the games would not lie. Pei Qian faintly felt like this was the reason for the sudden explosion of income! Pei Qian searched Qiandu once again to find out why players of Ocean Stronghold were becoming so active. Finally, he found his answer in a post. Ive heard of trading in stocks and property. This is the first time Im hearing of trading in accounts. You win! When Ocean Stronghold released its update, I was cursing as well. Why were they only selling five hundred of such good-looking Barrett Dooms? Were the officials insane? Why were they turning down the chance to earn more money? However, from the looks of the situation now, Tengdas plan was very deep! Yesterday, a friend of minewho never played FPS games-suddenly came up to me to ask if I played Ocean Stronghold. He wanted to add me as a friend so we could play biochemical mode. At the time, I was confused. He never played FPS games; why did he suddenly change his mind? I asked him and found out the answer. He was trying to earn money! People selling Barrett Dooms on trading platforms were pricing them at two to three thousand yuan, and yet they still went out of stock! After all, there were only five hundred of those for sale each month. Many people wanted to buy them for their own use. Otherwise, they planned to keep them for longer and wait for the price to increase. If whales wanted to obtain them, they would increase the price significantly! Many scalpers were overjoyed. They spent a lot of money to buy them and then kept them. After all, there are only going to be five hundred more for sale next month. This thing holds its value! In the end, the officials released another patch. After that, people could snatch Barrett Dooms using their credit rating! The higher ones credit rating, the higher their chances of pre-ordering a Barrett Doom. Whats more, its not like ordinary people would have no chance. As long as you are a real player and not a scalper who created an account just to obtain a Barrett Doom, you would have a chance to get the weapon! The higher ones credit rating was, the more chances they would have to obtain the Barrett Doom! Although this sounds unreliable, its a type of metaphysics! Everyone began to think of ways to increase their own credit ratings. They kept grinding in the game; they played story mode and wanted to increase their ranking. People even discovered that topping up their accounts would increase their credit rating. Many rich players started to buy as many Red Kilins as possible! This weapon was good anyway, and they could look impressive in the game. It would even increase their chances of obtaining a Barrett Doom People in our gaming circles really managed to obtain a Barrett Doom. The day before, they sold it for more than three thousand yuan. There are even bosses with third-grade credit ratings selling their accounts because they no longer have time to play. Now, whales are buying their accounts for over fifteen thousand yuan! Now, accounts with second- and third-grade credit ratings are becoming more valuable than Barrett Doom. After all, there will be more and more epic weapons in the future. These accounts can be seen as money trees! Ive activated the three other people in my hostel to play the game now. Ive asked them to play two games each day to keep the account alive. If we can get a Barrett Doom next month, we will be rich! After reading the post once through, Pei Qian was completely dazed. He finally understood where the problem was. Im too naive. I thought that by limiting the number of weapons for sale, the game would not generate too much income Pei Qian finally understood that the problem was with limiting the number of Barrett Dooms for sale to five hundred! The weapon was too popular. Selling only five hundred of them each month made them very valuable. Players who obtained them would be able to turn around and immediately sell them at a profit of one or two thousand yuan! Accounts with third-grade credit ratings that owned a Red Kilin and a Barrett Doom would have unimaginable value. Players would not be able to resist temptation like that. Whats more, Ocean Stronghold was a free game to begin with. It had rich content. Many people were already considering starting the game. This was the straw that broke the camels back. Players had not been that passionate at first. This was because scalpers and studios predominantly snatched weapons. However, since Pei Qian could not stand scalpers, he decided to start up a credit system that would allow ordinary gamers to obtain Barrett Dooms as well! Thus, players became exceedingly passionate. Coupled with the fierce publicity by official gaming platforms and recommendations from people like Li Zhengwei and Teacher Qiao The weeks income exploded! Whats more, it would not be so for just one week. In the next one or two months, Ocean Stronghold would surely make a lot of money. Pei Qian thought about Chen Lei coming to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe to sing for a couple of days. He came face-to-face with a painful fact. He would not be able to incur losses this week. Pei Qian slumped down on his chair, feeling suicidal. On further thought, who could he blame this time? He could not blame anyone It was Pei Qian who asked Chen Lei to go to Shanghai, who decided to sell only five hundred Barrett Dooms and who allowed ordinary players to buy Barrett Dooms based on their credit. The only problem was that Pei Qian did not make clear to Lin Wan what kind of factors to include in the credit rating system and how the players could increase their credit rating. Lin Wan told Lu Mingliang and allowed him to come up with these details. Thus, Lu Mingliang included accounts spending as a consideration. This was very natural. It would be illogical not to increase the credit rating of whales who spent 888 yuan on Red Kilins. Therein was the problem. Many players, who had no intention to buy the Red Kilin, did so in order to increase their chances of obtaining a Barrett Doom. Now, they could spend money to increase their credit rating. When more Barrett Dooms were put up for sale the following month, they would have higher chances of obtaining them. That was why many people splurged on Red Kilins in this final week. That was why Ocean Stronghold made so much money this week! That was probably what people meant when they said one false step brings everlasting grief What hurt Pei Qians head the most was that he could not undo this mistake. Could Pei Qian take away the limitation on the number of Barrett Dooms for sale now? Sorry, the players would go even crazier over it. Whats more, he could not get rid of the credit ratings. The players would curse him to death. Pei Qian and the team in Tengda would fall apart. Thus, nothing could be done about Ocean Stronghold anymore. No way! Boss Pei was miserable. He wanted to drink his worries away. Forget it. Ill go to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe to have a couple of drinks. In any case I wont be able to incur losses this month. Chapter 184 - Absolutely Irreconcilable! At Fish-Catching Internet Cafes flagship store The entrance was blocked by a passionate crowd that even water could not pass through the gaps between them. On the stage, Chen Lei was strumming his guitar nonchalantly and singing. Although it was still day time, the audience was very cooperative. They listened quietly and suppressed their applause and cheers. They waited until Chen Lei finished singing before they went crazy. People kept walking towards the bar counter. They whipped out several red cash notes at once and then only took one glass back with them. The other drinks they paid for were to be tips for Chen Lei. The bartender, waiters, and even Ma Yang and Zhang Yuan were so busy that they forgot the time. Even in their dreams, they did not see Fish-Catching Internet Cafe becoming this popular! It was a good thing that they transferred waiters from the other Fish-Catching Internet Cafes over to help the night before. It was only then they were barely able to hold the fort. Ma Yang felt a wave of emotion. It was all thanks to Brother Qian who repaired the house before it rained by opening a couple more branches. Where else would they have found the extra help? The traffic in the other Fish-Catching Internet Cafes was increasing as well. However, it was nothing compared to the flagship store. After all, people were coming for Chen Lei. Now, the flagship store was really a flagship store! On the second level, a long-legged girl was seated by the windows. She struck a pose and took a picture. She was holding a book from one of the bookshelves, reading it seriously under the sunlight. Looking at her, one would feel like everything was at peace. However, the cover of the book was in Greek, and it was upside down. It read Use and Maintenance of Hand Tractors. Some people ordered drinks and listened to Chen Leis singing. However, there were too many people in front of the stage. There was no way they could squeeze in. Thus, many people headed towards the internet cafe area to explore more of this mysterious place. The internet cafe area was clean and neat. It was surrounded by filled bookshelves. A private movie hall with great ambiance was also there, along with very respectful waiters. It was only then that people began to realize this internet cafe had so much quality! Among these customers, most lived in the area. When they heard that Chen Lei would be coming, they rushed over at once. They had passed by this internet cafe before, but they had never stepped in to take a closer look. They were all dissuaded from doing so by the high prices. However, on closer inspection, the prices were not that high! On one hand, the internet cafes environment; and the waiters were good. All things aside, the hardware in this internet cafe alone could beat all the other internet cafes. Of course, there were other high-end internet cafes in the area. However, all of them tended to save as much as they could in terms of hardware. After all, it would be too huge of an investment to make. Most internet cafes opted for hardware that would give them the highest payoff. Yet, the hardware here was flawless. Many people determined to get a good computer for themselves might not even choose ones of this quality. The gaming experience was so good! was so There was no need to even talk about the alcohol and ambiance here; everything was top-notch. On the other hand, the place did not raise their prices! They kept their prices the same before and after Chen Lei came. This was too kind of them! If the boss were a different person, he would probably have started selling entry tickets once Chen Lei came to perform. Even if he did not, the alcohol and other drinks here would probably be more expensive. He was out to make a profit after all. These were all common tactics. However, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe was different. Even now that Chen Lei was here, the prices remained the same. Many customers were touched. Not many shops were as kind as this now! We were wrong to think this place was too expensive! Whats more, from tonight onward, Chen Leis hardcore fans might continue to fly in from other cities. The scene then would probably be even more chaotic and lively than now! When Pei Qian arrived at the entrance of Fish-Catching Internet Cafes flagship store, he realized that he should not have come. He was already in a bad mood. His intention was to come here and drink his sorrows away. In the end, he discovered that there was no space for him to even step into the internet cafe! Both levels of the internet cafe were full. The bar area aside, even the internet cafe area was filled. Behind each player at the computer were three or four more bystanders. Pei Qian wanted to walk in, but that was also what the hundreds of people outside the entrance were trying to do. Whats more, the people inside did not look like they were intending to leave. Many people remained at the entrance of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe to listen to Chen Lei sing. As they did so, they raised their hands, holding out money to the waiters passing by. They all bought only one drink but gave the rest to Chen Lei. Even the shops next to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe were filled. Many people also went to the second floor of the board game cafe opposite Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, just so that they could get a good top-down view of the performance. It was a good thing that the road outside Fish-Catching Internet Cafe was not a main road, too. There were a few cars. Otherwise, Pei Qian was sure that there would have been a traffic jam. Pei Qian was absolutely hurt. Is this the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe that I opened? It was good before it was cold and empty. I could come in and drink alcohol, and sit at any seat I wanted. The entire internet cafe was running for me. I could even incur losses at the same time. It was perfect! Now, look. I cannot even find a spot to place my foot. Forget it, Ill go somewhere else. Pei Qian was speechless. It looked like he did not even need to come back to this flagship store. The good thing was there were several other branches. Just as Pei Qian turned to leave, a waiter serving guests outside spotted him. He ran all the way to Pei Qians side. Boss Pei, you are here. Quick, come in. Weve saved a seat for you! Pei Qian paused. You saved a seat for me? The waiter nodded. Thats right. Chen Lei is waiting for you. Come! Several other waiters came to him as well. They led Pei Qian to enter Fish-Catching Internet Cafe through the staff entrance. Beside the bar counter was an empty seat. These people must have purposely saved it for Pei Qian. Ma Yang looked very tired, but he still perked himself up as he continued working. Brother Qian is here? Quick, sit! Your alcohol will be here at once! On stage, Chen Lei looked at Pei Qian, smiled subtly, and nodded. Then, he began singing nonchalantly. On a quiet night, I walked on the street. In the dim light, you waited. In the hustle and bustle of the city, only you understand my sorrows. No matter how far I drifted, I never forgot you and that intoxicating wine The song-Waiting, which became famous on The Voice of China and made it to the music billboard-started echoing throughout the internet cafe. Chen Lei was performing it live. At that moment, in that place, everyone felt moved and connected. A man seated in the front row, who was dressed casually but who looked charismatic, called a waiter over and whispered a couple of words. Very quickly, Chen Lei finished the song. The waiter walked on stage and said, Let me tell everyone some good news. All the expenses from now until the night will be paid for by Young Master Lin! Pei Qian had been sipping his alcohol, but he immediately spat it all out. As the crowd cheered, Pei Qian turned to look at the man. Immediately, there was a sense of strange familiarity. Young Master Lin was looking in Pei Qians direction. He smiled subtly and nodded. Pei Qian was speechless. This man looked vaguely like Lin Zhou whom Pei Qian had seen in pictures. Lin Zhou was the President of Shenhua Real Estate. However, this man looked slightly younger Pei Qians heart thudded. He remembered. It was Lin Zhengnans third son, Lin Chang. He was Shenhua Film and Media Co. Ltd.s president. Pei Qian finished his drink quietly. Lin Chang was surprised. This Boss Pei was not simple indeed. Someone was paying the bill. Everyone would surely spend more than they intended to. Tonight, he might pay hundreds of thousands of yuan. To Lin Chang, this was no big deal. He would take it as a greeting gift for Boss Pei. Whats more, he appreciated Chen Leis singing. What made him more curious, however, was Boss Peis reaction. He did not look moved at all. He even looked cautious of Lin Chang. The profits he was making had not gone to his head. Even in the face of such huge success, he could remain calm and collected. He could still be cautious of gifts that seemed to be out of nowhere. He was always keeping an eye out for any risk. He is just like Ah Wan said. Hes an impressive talent! Lin Chang exclaimed in his heart. Pei Qian slammed his glass harshly on the table. He had only one thought in his mind. The Lin Family and I will be absolutely irreconcilable! However, on second thought, something was amiss. He could forget about incurring losses now. If he could earn more money, he would be able to convert more. Thinking of things this way, he began to feel grateful to this Lin Chang. A single move from him might allow Pei Qian to add thousands more yuan to his Personal Wealth. This was something to rejoice about. Yet, why did it feel almost impossible to rejoice? Pei Qian felt melancholic. Chapter 185 - System, Your Mama So Fat! June 30th, day of settlement Pei Qian had a mouthful of Coca Cola. However, even the happy drink for fatties could not cheer him up. On the third day, Fish-Catching Internet Cafes popularity exceeded his own imaginations. Chen Leis fans flew in from various parts of the country. They gave Chen Lei alcohol rewards as if they were insane. Since his hopes of incurring losses were dashed, Pei Qian had no choice but to return to his own rented apartment. He kept to himself for two days. In these two days, Pei Qian kept thinking about one question. Where did he go wrong? It felt like every time, at the crucial moment, all his work would go down the drain. From the moment he obtained this cheating system, he had only managed to incur a loss once. Whats more, it was a mere loss of twenty thousand yuan. All he had to do was earn two million yuan to cover that loss. The plot was going in a completely opposite direction from what Pei Qian imagined. At first, he thought that with the system, he would be able to incur losses and become a wealthy man. However, from the looks of the situation, the System Funds were only going to increase. His Personal Wealth was remaining the same. Until now, he had not made more than a hundred thousand yuan. This is so strange. Logically, I should not be this poor. Yet, why am I this poor? Pei Qian started to doubt his life. He must have been going in the right direction. Before the start of this week, Pei Qian would not have thought that he would be able to earn so much money. Ocean Strongholds sudden popularity and Fish-Catching Internet Cafes unfortunate circumstances were all out of Pei Qians expectations. If he knew that he would not be able to incur losses, he would have thought about how he could earn more money. Yet, he would not have been able to tell the future! Whats more, to Pei Qian, there was not much of a difference between a hundred thousand yuan and twenty thousand yuan now. Now, as long as Pei Qian was spending money on anything vaguely related to work, he could report the expenses to the System. However, what he really needed to spend money on had nothing to do with work. He just wanted to enjoy and improve his home. Incurring a loss of six or seven hundred thousand yuan would be way faster than sticking to a plan and earning about a hundred thousand yuan each month. Now, there was five million yuan in the System Funds starting sum. Next time, it might increase. Logically, with such a huge base to work with, it should not be difficult for Pei Qian to lose six or seven hundred thousand yuan. Still, he could not incur that loss! He was furious! Must I really depend on my profits and work with a conversion ratio of 100:1? Thats pathetic, isnt it? Im not going to give up! Pei Qian struggled in his heart as the Systems screen lit up automatically. Pei Qian was speechless. After working so hard for two months, he only managed to convert over twenty thousand yuan. That was worse than the last time. Painful! Seeing his pathetic Personal Wealth, Pei Qian could not help but develop another thought. Why not take a break? I should laze around for a week. The few games have been earning money during this period. Other things aside, Ocean Strongholds monthly gross alone is an eight-figure sum. Including the profits that the official games; platform gave us, we would earn about seven to eight million each month. Even Fish-Catching Internet Cafes flagship store is making money now. Although the other branches are incurring losses, they are not incurring as much loss as they were before. According to my calculations, if I dont do anything or casually invest in low-investment projects that offer low-reward, even if I maintain my current expenses; I could easily earn about five or six million yuan each month. Pei Qian did not think about cutting down expenses. He could not bring himself to take away his employees benefits for the sake of increasing his own wealth. On the one hand, it would be utterly embarrassing. On the other hand, it would be ineffective. Getting rid of four hundred thousand yuan worth of employee benefits would only earn him about four thousand yuan. Would he still be human if he did that? Yet, even if he maintained his expenses, he would continue to make a profit. Imagine if the next settlement cycle lasted two months. If I earn five million per month, I would have earned about ten million yuan by the settlement date. Wouldnt it be more worth it than working so hard to lose money, only to convert twenty thousand yuan? Pei Qian suddenly felt like being a slacker was a rather decent option! As he was considering, new messages continued to appear on the Systems screen. Pei Qian, who had just been thinking about slacking for a week, was stunned. He read the special task for this week carefully and could not hold back his desire to curse. System, your mama so fat! What the f*ck do you mean by the owner seems to be caught up with the profit he is making? Ive not been caught up with the profit. I dont even want to make profits. Ive been trying to incur losses all along. Can you blame me for not being able to incur losses? Alas, that was not what the System thought. For the two most recent settlements, Pei Qian had indeed made profits. If he considered all five settlements, it was profit, profit, loss, profit, profit. If one ignored the process and only looked at the outcome, they might indeed think that Pei Qian was an owner who was caught up with profits. Pei Qians heart was filled with different cuss words. The most absurd thing was the Special Task Completion Reward. A mysterious surprise within the Systems regulations! The System did not make clear what it was, but the description alone made Pei Qian feel like the reward was especially valuable. It would probably make all the hard work worth Up until now, the System had only been giving Pei Qian cash by converting money to his Personal Wealth on the settlement date. However, a mysterious surprise within the Systems regulations left so much to his imagination. Maybe it would be a special tool? Or maybe it would alter the conversion ratios by huge margins! Pei Qian understood that this might well turn out to be a pit, but he could not help but jump! There was a possibility that he would get a useless surprise reward once he completed the mission. Yet, what if he got something useful? Pei Qian could not give up this mysterious surprise within the Systems regulations for a mere hundred thousand yuan. That would be too stupid. After cursing for a long while, Pei Qian finally calmed down. Stupid System, on account of your integrity thus far, I will believe you this once. In any case, the settlement is complete. I have a Special Task now. Ill leave the unhappy events of the past week behind me. In order to complete this Special Task, Pei Qian quickly regained his composure. He had to think of more ways to incur losses. However, the good news was that the settlement cycle was longer this time. Last time, it lasted two months. This time, it was going to last four months. In four months, Pei Qian could probably show his true worth. He could do things that he had no time to do in the last cycle. Chapter 186 - Think of Another Way to Make Money Reflecting on his painful experience, Pei Qian decided to take his lessons to heart and look to the future. To get the mysterious surprise within the Systems regulations, Pei Qian had to work hard to make a loss in the next cycle. However, as one learned from experience, Pei Qian had already grown much. This time, he definitely would be able to learn from experiences; he would definitely not make the same mistakes again! First, he definitely could not put all his hopes of making money into wealth conversion! Previously, Pei Qian had always looked down on income of ten or twenty thousand; he had always thought that as long as he made a slight loss, he could convert and make hundreds of thousands at one go. This way of thinking evidently had issues. After the previous two rounds of settlement, he had only made thirty-odd thousand and twenty-odd thousand; that was only ten thousand-odd on average monthly. It was too little! Pei Qian decided to think of other ways to make money. He had immediately made thirty-odd thousand when he acted in Boss Peis Daily Life; wasnt that already much more reliable than the System? Evidently, he couldnt eke out a living for himself by relying on his main job; he ultimately still had to do something on the side. As for what exactly he could do, Pei Qian had not thought it through yet. However, he already had a rough idea. All in all, as long as the System permitted it, he was going to use labor to exchange for remuneration; he just had to make sure he didnt go overboard. He still had to test the System before he could firm up his plans. Second, he had to know how to properly generate losses. Pei Qian now knew how the System worked more or less. The System actually had many restrictions. Products couldnt be inferior ones masquerading as quality ones while rubbish goods could not be forcibly sold at a high price; high-value goods could also not be sold cheaply. Basically, while all product prices could fluctuate, they had to be within a reasonable range. This restriction had basically prohibited Pei Qian from intentionally creating losses. If he invested little, he could only sell the products at a low price; only the poor would be interested in them. If he invested much, he could only sell it at a high price; when the reputation of his products grew, the ballers would be attracted. Hence, Pei Qian had not managed to do anything unscrupulous; the System had prevented him from such. However, Pei Qian had discovered a phenomenon: when the System evaluated a products quality, it would consider it from the income and reputation points of view. That meant that if he burned money to build up a good reputation, that was doable. If he wanted to make less money, he had to try his best to increase the products reputation. This was an insight he gained from the Coming Out of the Cocoon as a Butterfly documentary! As long as there was a huge and wide response even if the documentary couldnt be monetized and couldnt generate any profits, the System would not bother. Of course, the documentary had resulted in Li Zhengwei promoting Ocean Stronghold and led to its players and income rising; this could be considered to be a minor flaw. However, this one flaw did not outweigh the benefits; filming documentaries was still a good idea. Furthermore, this experience had not been limited to just filming documentaries; he could apply this thinking to making games as well. If he invested enough money and made a game with niche appeal that everyone praised and lauded, but no one spent money on it. Wouldnt that be perfect? Pei Qian thought that this should be the next objective of Tengda Games. In the previous cycle, Tengda Games had only created new downloadable content for all its existing games. If Tengda did not start developing new games and everyone was left in limbo every day, that would not be very acceptable. Fortunately, although Pei Qian had been rather confused and unsure previously, he had now found a new direction. If this was successful, it would not be a problem making a game that created millions in losses! As for Shang Yang Games It had continuously made losses; this proved that Pei Qians plan was still rather successful, and he didnt need to bother too much with it now. If he encountered such loss-making treasures in the future, Pei Qian also wouldnt mind taking over a few more companies. Besides all these, he also wanted to break through into a new industry. Fish-Catching Take-Out had also been a rather positive experiment; however, it wasnt losing enough money. As for the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe Strictly speaking, the flagship store growing popular because of Chen Lei was indeed something a little preposterous; Pei Qian still couldnt accept this fact to date. However, only the flagship store had become a tourist spot while the other branches were still making minor losses. As such, the general idea of opening physical stores seemed to be feasible. Only some minor problems had surfaced in operations; Boss Peis luck was also not very good. He could still continue with this idea. Besides already planning to open a high-end restaurant to splurge on, Pei Qian also intended to dabble in logistics and storageexpress delivery. If he could really generate losses like JD.com had done for years, Pei Qian would definitely even laugh out loud in his dreams. Furthermore, if he focused his energies on labor-intensive industries and operations-if every employee had more benefits, he would be in a much better position at splurging. Pei Qian reorganized his thoughts, and he thought that generating some losses in the next cycle wasnt going to be that hard! First things first: finding a side job! It was a proven fact that he couldnt rely on the System entirely to make money. If Pei Qian didnt go overboard in using his own labor to exchange for remuneration, the System would not stop him. As for how much wages he could draw from the System Funds He still had to ask the System. Pei Qian asked quietly in his heart: If I invested, opened a company, and used labor to exchange for reasonable compensation, how much salary could I give myself? Pei Qian was speechless. This didnt sound very optimistic. Pei Qian didnt have any operating abilities at all. Although Pei Qian felt that being a boss was rather easy, if he had to really hold an actual role and position, he might not be able to do so. This was equivalent to Pei Qian letting go of his current position and status and going for an interview. That would be the highest wages he could draw. Furthermore, he had to work on this job as per normal working hours before he could earn that amount of money. For example, if Pei Qian went to wash dishes at a restaurant now, he could at most earn two to three thousand monthly; he had to work eight hours a day at that. This is not feasible! It was precisely because I did not have technical and professional skills. Thats why I placed my hopes on the System! It was evident that the System could not be reasoned with at all regarding this. However, Pei Qians mind churned as he thought: there seemed to be a loophole here. It was easier for some simpler jobs for the job scope to be properly defined. Dishwashing, waiting, etc. were jobs that had fixed salary levels. However, what if it was something more abstract and complicated? Like being an actor. The difference in remuneration for a movie actor and an actor in an opera was vast. Furthermore, even if two actors were of the same standard, if they were hired to act in different movies; the pay difference would be huge as well. How could the System calculate this? The System screen soon surfaced Pei Qian was confused. This was treated differently as well? After thinking about this, Pei Qian understood. This was a rule that the System had set to prevent Pei Qian from using the System Funds for his own purposes. For example, if Pei Qian bought a filming company and spent a million to pay himself to shoot a movie, that would not be allowed. It would be considered as maliciously using System Funds. If he put his own money in, he could at most earn one thousand five hundred daily. When Pei Qian had acted in Boss Peis Daily Life, he had earned a thousand a day. As this was within the Systems range, the System had not prevented it. Based on this calculation-if Pei Qian spent ten days a month shooting, he could earn fifteen thousand a month. This was rather significant considering how much Pei Qian was earning now. However it didnt seem that much either. However, if it was an unrelated company that wanted to hire Pei Qian to act in movies, however much that company gave Pei Qian; the System would not care. After all, there would be no misappropriating System Funds this way. Chapter 187 - Boss Pei’s Mini Experiment However, this did not mean that Pei Qian could do as he pleased. If it was a company that had no relationship with the System Funds at all, that company wouldnt be familiar with Pei Qian; how could it give Pei Qian a high pay? Pei Qian also couldnt do any secret deals or negotiations; the System would not allow anyone to suspect the presence of it or the existence of the challenges it posed. That meant that the other party had to wholeheartedly, without any doubt, and reasonably give Pei Qian a high pay. If these criteria were fulfilled, the System wouldnt care how high a pay Pei Qian received. However, these conditions were a tall order. The System is indeed strict; basically, all side paths that I wish to take have been blocked. Pei Qian actually had a very rough idea in mind. However, this required someone to collaborate with him; and he could only shelve this plan for now. At this time, his phone rang; Ma Yang had called. Brother Qian! Boss Lin has said that he wishes to meet you and discuss some matters. Do you want to make a trip? Fish-Catching Internet Cafe branch Lin Chang and Pei Qian were not meeting at the flagship store this time; too many people were there, and it was too noisy. Ma Yang had suggested for them to meet at one of Fish-Catching Internet Cafes branches instead. Pei Qian came to the entrance as he pushed the door and entered. It was quite visible that more people were present inside than before. This was evidently because of Chen Lei. As Chen Lei had made it big on The Voice of China, his back story with Fish-Catching Internet Cafe had been discussed in gusto by viewers; that had given Fish-Catching Internet Cafe a gold branding. Most of Chen Leis fans all headed to the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe flagship store; after all, that was where Chen Lei had been previously. As for the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe branches; they had also benefited from this positive branding Many people had originally felt that Fish-Catching Internet Cafes prices were very high; now, they were willing to pay for Fish-Catching Internet Cafes branding. Of course, due to the bad locations of these branches, there were only that many customers with a certain amount of spending power in the area. Hence, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe branches were still barely breaking even. Pei Qian sat opposite Lin Chang. Although this person had forked out hundreds of thousands at one shot, Pei Qian didnt feel that appreciative towards him. After all, he had only gotten a few thousand when the money finally trickled down to him. Lin Chang evidently didnt think much about the money he had spent. Boss Pei, nice to see you again. My little sister had been under your care for this time. Me booking the entire place that day was purely a small gesture of thanks, Lin Chang smiled and said. Mentioning this, Pei Qian was triggered. You had spent hundreds of thousands; however, they had not landed in my pocket! Pei Qian smiled slightly and said, Boss Lin, saying all these makes it sound as if you lack sincerity. You had spent hundreds of thousands and postured as a big shot in front of everyone; how could you consider this a gesture of thanks now? Lin Chang was stunned for a moment. He then laughed and said, Thats true, thats true. After this joke, the two strangers grew slightly closer to each other. Lin Chang sighed emotively and said, My little sister has always been the most stubborn among all the siblings. Even my dad cant manage her. However, I heard that she is actually very well-behaved in your company and very down-to-earth; that really surprised me. Hence, I had specially made a trip to Jingzhou to see who on earth this Boss Pei is. Pei Qian was speechless. She was very well-behaved and down-to-earth?! I was almost duped by her! Pei Qian wanted to diss so badly; however, he drank a sip of his coffee quietly as he decided not to respond to Lin Changs statement. He wanted the conversation to carry on. It seems as if your father doesnt want her to continue working in the game industry. Pei Qian used a casual tone as he tested waters. He wasnt sure if Lin Chang had the same thinking as Lin Wans dad; he also wasnt sure what the family situation was like for the Lins. By probing this way, he could know the situation better and find out more about Lin Changs thinking. This way, when he sent Lin Wan away next time, he wouldnt get into trouble. Lin Chang was a little helpless as he replied, I am also very conflicted about this. By right, Ah Wans actions now serve no purpose. If she is willing to take over the family business, she could definitely invest in and be in charge of her own games company. However, she is quite stubborn; she insists that she must personally be the game designer. If I reasoned this out, I am more inclined to support my fathers views. However, from an emotional and sentimental point of view, I understand Ah Wans choice. After all my dream back then had been to be a singer in a band. Come to think of it, I still have some regrets for not being adamant back then Pei Qians lips twitched. Not bad, all four of you siblings have so many talents and hobbies! From Lin Changs words, he was saying that he had wanted to chase his dreams; but he hadnt been as stubborn as his father. Lin Chang had abandoned his dreams and returned to take over the family business and became the President of Shenhua Film and Media Co. Ltd. Lin Chang drank his coffee and continued, Actually, I feel that letting Ah Wan gain some experience and hone her skills is also a good thing. She is still young, and she still has time to squander. If she experiences more hardships, she would also be in a better position to take over the family business in the future. Hence, I hope that Boss Pei could take good care of Ah Wan. This might be troublesome for you, and I am very sorry about that. How about this, Boss Pei? Tengda is a games company, and I also like Ocean Stronghold very much. Ill buy five hundred Red Kilins as a sign of my sincerity; hows that? Pei Qian was stunned. Five hundred Red Kilins? That was four hundred thousand! Why cant you just give me four hundred thousand directly? Why must you go and buy what rubbish Red Kilins? Evidently, Lin Chang thought that buying Red Kilins was the same thing as gifting Pei Qian money, right? That would also raise the revenue of the game and would be beneficial overall. However, this was a huge loss to Pei Qian. If he did a thirty-seventy split of the four hundred-odd thousand and then used the profit conversion ratio, he would only get at most two thousand over in the end. Theres no need for that. Pei Qian maintained his calm expression as he said slowly, If Boss Lin wishes to express his sincerity, I actually have a suggestion. Recently, I want to spend a little money on an experiment; if Boss Lin can reimburse me for it, I wouldnt mind. Lin Chang was stunned as he then revealed a very interested look. A little money? No problem. How much does Boss Pei need? Pei Qian said indifferently, Two hundred thousand. A hundred thousand would be my remuneration while the hundred thousand would be expenses. I wish to film a series of short videos with twenty episodes. However, Boss Lin should make preparations that you might not get any money back. Lin Chang did his own calculations. Boss Peis remuneration is only five thousand an episode? Thats too low; Ill give ten thousand! He had originally intended to spend four hundred thousand to buy Red Kilins. However, since Pei Qian had a better idea, Lin Chang was going to do as Pei Qian wanted. Lin Chang looked at Pei Qians calm and indifferent expression as he understood something. For Boss Pei, four hundred thousand was like pocket money. He had evidently wanted to use this four hundred thousand to try out something; as we had just talked about money, he decided to do me a favor and let me fork out this amount. This is good; I have done him a favor at the same time and have pulled our relationship closer; not bad. Lin Chang was very happy; he felt that Boss Pei was treating him as an insider already! This was just like two good friends. One of them was celebrating his birthday, and the other friend asked what present he wanted. The birthday boy had said, I have been eyeing a game recently; it costs two hundred-odd. You could gift me that. This was the same thing. Based on Lin Changs understanding, this four hundred thousand was just like a courtesy gift to a good friend as well as a thank you gift for taking care of Lin Wan. Pei Qian, on the other hand, was a little stunned; and he actually didnt manage to react in time. The System actually didnt caution me? I had gotten two hundred thousand so easily? What had I been working so hard to convert losses into profits all this while for? Chapter 188 - A Few ‘Outstanding Students! After sending Lin Chang off, Pei Qian quickly received a notification of payment. It was a total of three hundred thousand yuan. All of it went into Pei Qians Personal Wealth. It was obvious that the System would not be bothered if others gave Pei Qian money. As long as it was reasonable for him to keep the money and others would not become suspicious of the existence of the System, everything would be alright. However, Pei Qian could not spend all of this money. He had to take a portion out and use it as fees for props. He could not be stingy with this either. To put it bluntly, he had to do this so that Lin Chang would not grow suspicious of Pei Qian. Pei Qian could not take this sum of money and splurge on himself. If Lin Chang did not hear a sound from him after that, it would not look reasonable. There was a possibility that Lin Chang would not care how Pei Qian spent this three hundred thousand yuan. However, there was also a possibility that he would. One could not be too sure. If Lin Chang began to ask questions, Pei Qian had to have a reasonable answer. Although the possibility of this happening was not high, he had to err on the side of caution. Thus, Pei Qian set aside two hundred thousand yuan as remuneration and left a hundred thousand yuan to buy props. He had to put on an act and produce something. This project was bound to fail, but that did not matter. Lin Chang was well-prepared to make ducks and drakes of this three hundred thousand yuan. Pei Qian just had to act as if he did not really need this money, and he was just playing around. As long as Lin Chang did not grow suspicious, he would be alright. He looked at the three hundred thousand yuan sitting quietly in his bank card. Then, he looked at the remaining sum in his Personal Wealth-slightly more than 370,000 yuan. Pei Qian could not help but feel sorrowful. He had expended so much effort in running his company and earning ten million yuan, and yet he could only convert it to a hundred thousand yuan. On the other hand, casually running a side business easily earned him two hundred thousand yuan. After discovering this method of playing punk, there seemed to be even fewer reasons for Pei Qian to convert Personal Wealth from profit. July 1st Pei Qian opened his laptop and checked his own grades. Yes, I just barely passed everything I feel like Ive been infected by Old Ma. Forget it. I still have to think of ways to lose money. I have no more energy to think about academics. Its good enough that I managed to pass. Pei Qian comforted himself. He was studying for a major in humanities. His examinations mainly required him to memorize huge amounts of content. Therefore, it was not difficult for him to pass even though he only put in an effort at the last minute. Pei Qian did not want to drop out of school now. It was not that he desired a graduation certificate. To him, the graduation certificate would be useless. However, the main problem was he would have nothing else to do if he dropped out of school. These days, Pei Qian had been attending classes out of obligation. Whenever he felt lazy, he would go to his rented apartment to take a nap or play some games. It was only when the settlement was nearing that he had to keep a closer eye on the company and work hard to incur losses. Even if he did drop out of school, he would be cooping himself up in the rented apartment all day. There would be no huge change in his life. Whats more, Pei Qian did not want to expose his own identity. Currently, many people around Pei Qianincluding a few of his classmates-knew that Pei Qian had starred in Boss Peis Daily Life. They took him as an internet celebrity. However, none of them were aware that he was the boss of Tengda. Pei Qian had three main worries. First, he was worried about his parents. Second, he was worried that if his classmates found out he was a boss, their relationship with him would become a mess. Then, Pei Qian could expect people to approach him for jobs or money every day. That would be extremely annoying Third, although Pei Qian was a boss, the amount of money he could actually use in his Personal Wealth was too little. He was afraid that people who hated the rich or who were extremely hot-headed would have their eyes on him and wait for opportunities to blow small conflicts. Pei Qian could not reveal the existence of the System. Thus, he wanted to avoid unnecessary trouble. As much as possible, he wanted to keep his identity hidden from others and minimize risks. He was living in relative comfort these days. For now, Pei Qian had no plans to change his lifestyle. Of course, if he could lose millions of yuan every once in a while, it would be great. The holidays were approaching. Many classmates who had completed their examinations and checked their results had gone home in advance. Yet, for Pei Qian, the week of trying hard to incur losses had just begun. Pei Qian was prepared to make a list of the various projects he had on hand. He wanted to analyze their profit and loss situation and come up with a plan to incur more losses. He created a digital spreadsheet and wrote two lines of words. Then, he ran a search for some information. Finally, out of habit, he entered Aili Islands website and began to catch up on some shows he had been watching. Without realizing it, an hour had passed. Eh, what did I want to do just now? Pei Qian suddenly thought about this question. At that moment, Pei Qians phone rang. When he saw the name displayed on his phone, he hesitated. Er Teacher Zhang? It was his Zhang Wei, one of the instructors at his university. Pei Qian felt slightly confused as to why Zhang Wei was calling him. He had not taken on any roles in school. With grades like his, he guessed that he would not qualify for any scholarships or awards either. As for the other things they were even more unlikely. Zhang Wei sounded very kind. Pei Qian, I heard that you starred in a small-scale show, and you even joined a workspace. Youre doing pretty well, right? A realization dawned on Pei Qian. Oh, hes asking about Fei Huang Workspace. His classmates knew that he had starred in Boss Peis Daily Life and that he normally could not be found in the dormitory all year round. Thus, his classmates thought that he had been busy with this project. News of this must have reached Zhang Wei through various channels. Pei Qian immediately admitted this. Thats right. Is there something wrong, Teacher Zhang? Not bad, not bad. I noticed youve always been quite well-hidden. It turns out that you have been busy with your career. Even so, youve been able to maintain your excellent grades. Good job! What the hell did he mean by excellent grades!?! I clearly barely passed Zhang Weis exaggerated praise made Pei Qian feel like something was wrong. This was normal. Instructors in other universities could not be bothered about their students grades. Comparatively, they cared much more about their employment rate. There was a good chance that someone like Pei Qian would immediately be able to find a job upon graduation. The employment rate was of no concern to him whatsoever. As an instructor at the university, there was not much for Zhang Wei to be worried about. Zhang Wei must have had a motive for praising Pei Qian in this manner. Its like this. Its almost graduation season. Some outstanding students in their final year in our university have not managed to find a job. I am wondering if you could make a recommendation to the boss of your workspace and try to get them one. Outstanding students? Youre talking to the wrong person. Instinctively, Pei Qian tried to shift the responsibility. Cant they go through the recruitment drives organized by the school? Zhang Wei cleared his throat and said, Recruitment drives by the school I guess they have not found suitable jobs for them. Otherwise, the problem would not have dragged until now. A realization dawned on Pei Qian. Oh, they havent found jobs! It was obvious now that referring to these students as outstanding was just a tactful way of speech. Pei Qian nearly misunderstood Zhang Wei. In actual fact, they were the leftover students after the schools recruitment drives were completed. Handong University was a key university, and their employment rate was about 90%. However, it was expected that a small group of students would not be able to find a job upon graduation. Whats more, this 90% was an overstatement. After all, each year was termed the most difficult season for graduates. It was extremely difficult to find a job that one would be satisfied with. Most students settled for jobs temporarily and quit after two or three months. People who worked under their relatives wing were also considered employed. To the university-and especially to instructors like Zhang Wei, increasing the employment rate was extremely difficult. One could say that these employment rates acted like report cards for the university and for the instructors. They had to think of all sorts of ways and means to improve it. Apart from pushing their students to participate actively in recruitment drives, they would also reach out to various companies. Each graduate that they could get employed was a win. Obviously, Zhang Wei had figured out that Pei Qian had connections to the man in charge of Fei Huang Workspace. He wanted to try his luck and get the remaining students employed. At the very least, he wanted to help one or two of those students enter the company. Although the chances were not high, there was a possibility he would succeed. Pei Qian could not help but rejoice. Youve approached the right person, then! Handong University was a key university. People who could enter it werent all that stupid. That was a fact. However, now, the people whom Zhang Wei was recommending were all people who had been rejected by other industries! It was graduation season, and it was July. People who would go on to postgraduate studies were already celebrating their holidays. People who had found jobs had already begun or were going to begin soon. Those preparing to re-take their examinations had already informed their instructors as well. Now, the name list in Zhang Weis hands contained people who wanted to find jobs and who had gone through multiple interviews without receiving any offers. Didnt that align with Pei Qians requirements completely? Pei Qian immediately answered, Dont worry, Teacher. Count on me. Why dont you send me the name list? Perhaps I will inform them to come down to the company for an interview. Zhang Wei did not expect Pei Qian to agree so quickly. Ah, alright. After exchanging some more pleasantries, Pei Qian hung up. Soon after, Zhang Wei sent these peoples resumes to Pei Qian via email. Chapter 189 - What Should the New Game be About? Pei Qian opened the email. En, there were males and females, and a total of twenty-odd of them. Since they were all history majors, there were more females than males. Most of these peoples resumes were clean. Basically, they had not gotten many awards. They did not even have many strong points. As for their looksto put it politely, they were ordinary. That was expected. Companies would probably be willing to hire beautiful ladies. Even if they did not have many skills, they would be pleasing to the eyes. These were leftovers in July. Basically, they had the following merits: Their grades were poor, and they did not qualify for postgraduate studies. They had no connections, and nobody could find jobs on their behalf. They had not done any student jobs or worked part-time and could not find jobs for themselves. All in all, they were perfect! En, he would really be taking in a bunch of hoodlums this time, wouldnt he? Pei Qian was very satisfied. After looking through their resumes, he decided that he would take every last one of them! There was a particularly apt saying: There is no rubbish in the world; there are only misplaced resources. To Pei Qian, these people were appropriately referred to as misplaced resources! However, I have to think about what job to give them. Pei Qian began to ponder about the positions he had on hand. Could he send them to the games department? That wouldnt be right. The games departments framework was largely complete. Their operations were proceeding without any problems as well. At the very most, these people would be doing odd jobs in the games department. No matter how horrible their skills were, they would not be able to cause real disturbance to the games. Pei Qian could not possibly parachute them into management positions in the games department as well. It would be too illogical, and he would arouse suspicions. Can I send them to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe? The roles there were more physicalthey would be waiters or deliverymen. These people were his seniors after all. It would not look nice on his part to send them to clear tables or serve food. Whats more, anyone could do jobs like these. Their true value would not be realized. I should start a new company for these people. Pei Qians eyes lit up. He had an idea. He would start a new company and send all of these people in. They would be able to fully realize their potential. How great would that be?! Of course, the boss of this new company had to be one of his own. On one hand, this boss could not be someone who made cheap shots and evaded taxes. These people were his seniors, but they were strangers after all. Pei Qian could not trust them. On the other hand, immediately placing them in management positions would not make any sense. People would get suspicious. Pei Qian began to look for a lucky man from his own company. He would make this man the boss of the new company and put people under him to be in charge of finance, administrative work, and the like. Then, he would recruit this new batch of employees into that company. That would make much more sense. After that, the company would start running and incurring losses. Everything sounded perfect. Pei Qian pondered over this for two more minutes and suddenly thought of another idea. Dont I still have hidden danger to deal with? Thats just as well. Ill settle it once and for all! Ma Yiqun is still writing plots and plans for Tengda Games. Pei Qian had hired him initially to act as a lucky charm so that he could neutralize his own luck. However, he could not come up with any more reasons to allow Ma Yiqun to continue idling. That was why he reluctantly arranged for him to be in charge of plots for the games. In the end, Ma Yiqun beautified the synopses and added a bunch of points to the game narratives of several games. Pei Qian had to think of a way to send someone like that away! This time, he had a chance to. As for how he should do it Pei Qian had thought about this a long time ago. He would create a website for webnovels! First, this was Ma Yiquns dream. Helping employees achieve their dreams was Boss Peis mission. Second, Ma Yiqun failed consecutively each time he tried to write novels. This proved that he did not have what it took to make it in this line. If Pei Qian put him in charge of this company, he could relax. Last, it would be relatively easy for Pei Qian to incur losses in the online novel industry. There was already a very developed and established website for online literature in this world, and it was called Limitless Chinese Language Network. It was now a large-scale website with a huge scope. Other people had tried entering the market, but very few of them succeeded. Most of them failed. Pei Qian could enter the market and act as if he were completely fooling around. He would invest a sum of money into nurturing a group of editors and authors. Under Ma Yiquns leadership, the company would incur losses for sure! Actually, on second thought, he should have started a website for online literature long ago. The range of money one could invest in a business like this was huge. There were ways to invest a million yuan, and there were ways to invest a hundred billion yuan. He could buy over the goods of various websites with high prices, pour huge sums of money into establishing marketing channels and dealing with copyrights, and so on. This would result in extremely high expenses. However, if he just wanted to create an ordinary website, he only needed to hire a group of editors and buy lousy manuscripts at low prices. He could pay token sums as remuneration and spend a little money to rent a cloud server and domain name online. In fact, a million yuan would probably be enough to set up a website like that. Pei Qian pondered for a while and decided that he could give Ma Yiqun a million or so yuan to play around with. If he could really incur losses, he would pour more money into the venture. At that thought, Pei Qians mood improved vastly. Pei Qian arrived at the office in the afternoon. The first thing he had to do was assign the work in the games department. After updating the downloadable content, the games department was allowed to skive off for a while. Now, since the new cycle had begun, Pei Qian had to start giving them work to do. After all, the system mandated that employees could not remain passive and slack at work. They had to release new products every once in a while. Everyone was waiting hopefully for the research plan for the next game to be announced. However, Pei Qian did not ask everyone to gather for a meeting this time. There were too many people in the office now. The conference room could no longer accommodate everyone. He only asked Lu Mingliang, Bao Xu, and the other core members of the various departments to attend the meeting This time, Pei Qian planned to explain the general concept he had in his head to all of them. He would set a rigid template for the direction of the game and allow them to think about the details on their own. The main problem was that Pei Qian could not set the details even if he wanted to. He just did not have the necessary skills to think about them Soon, everyone arrived in the conference room. Lin Wan was present as well. She held onto her small notebook, ready to take notes. Ma Yiqun was in the conference room, too. He did not have a notebook in hand, but he looked especially serious. Silently, Pei Qian thought about them. Ill deal with the two of you once the meeting ends! Pei Qian pondered for a long time about the concept of the new game. By now, he roughly knew what had to be done. He had to learn from his experience and not commit the same mistakes that he made before. Pei Qian could not create a lousy game and sell it at a high price to con others because of the systems rules. Although he had the freedom to set the price within a fixed range, he still had to make sure the price he set largely corresponded to the amount of money and effort he invested into the game. At the same time, thanks to the first few wildly popular games, many gamers now had their eyes on new games produced by Tengda. This new game would probably be popular even before its release. Pei Qian could not hope for the same circumstances as The Lonely Desert Road and Ghost General. He could not just plan not to market the game and hope that nobody would find out about it. Since that was the case, he had to create a niche, public game. He had to invest huge amounts of money into it. He had to create a game that people would not buy and play even if they knew about it! Pei Qian knew many games like that. Souls-like games and difficult 2D platform games were examples of such games. Pei Qian had no plans to create a 2D platform game because it did not require much investment. This meant that he could not incur much loss. If he wanted to create a game, he had to make it complex. He needed to spend more money on art resources. Of course, Pei Qian also knew that Miyazaki Hidetakas Souls-like games were extremely successful. Their sales were high, and they were not loss-incurring products. However, when considering a problem, one had to think about multiple factors. For any type of game genre, there were unpopular and popular games. The key was in the details. Many game producers wanted to produce Souls-like games as well, but how many of them actually succeeded? In the end, they all failed, one by one. This proved that only Miyazaki Hidetaka had relevant expertise. Pei Qian did not think that he would be as skillful as Miyazaki Hidetaka. Whats more, even if he wanted to persist and create perfect Souls-like games, he would not be able to do so. He did not have that much money. Considering the eight million yuan that the system had and the income from various games and other areas and then deducting the various expenses Pei Qian guessed that the most he would be able to spend on this game was about twenty million yuan or so. This sum would not be enough for him to create a true AAA game. He probably had enough researchers and developers. After all, it took thirty people to create a game like Metro 2033. Pei Qian had about sixty to seventy researchers and developers on hand. He was even going to recruit more after this. However, considering that they only had four months to research and develop a new game, the employees would probably still have a lot on their plate. They would still have to find ways to compress the games content. In other words, he would only be able to create a compressed version of the game. The contents of the game would be greatly reduced. This would further increase the chances of the game failing! Chapter 190 - Repent and be Saved Apart from these, there was the problem with the environment. Souls-like games were not successful from the beginning. They had gone through a period of having very low sales. From the earliest-released Demons Souls to Dark Souls, Bloodborne, and Dark Souls 3 all the way to Sekiro; the difficulty level decreased progressively. While maintaining Souls-like games essence, the game creators lowered their difficulty to cause an increase in sales volume. This proved that the more difficult games were, the lower their sales volume would be. Whats more, the success of Souls-like games depended on the region. Demons Souls went in a direction completely opposite from what was set by the publisher. While researching and developing the game, Miyazaki Hidetaka played some tricks and created the game against the requirements set out to him. Instead, he created a game that fully reflected his own style. By the time the management realized this problem, Demons Souls was already more or less complete. They were furious, but they could not do anything about it except to make a Hail Mary effort with it. In the beginning, even the publishers did not think the game would succeed. If the leader of the project-Takeshi Kajiihad not persisted, the game might not have been published at all. In the early period when the game was published, the renowned video game magazine -Famitsu-gave the game a low 29 points out of 40. The game was more or less a failure locally. Miyazaki Hidetaka tried his best to make use of his network and contacted publishers in the United States and in Europe. In the end, the game unexpectedly became popular! The key reason for this was that Souls-like games perfectly suited the taste of hardcore Western gamers who loved standalone games. Within China, Souls-like games only really became popular fifteen years later. At that moment, the environment in the game industry matched what Pei Qian remembered. Difficult games were only enjoyed by the minority and were thus not very popular. Since that was the case, Pei Qian could solve the problem by creating an extremely difficult Souls-like game to be released only in China. Whats more, in order to prevent this game from being discovered by people in the West, he had to create Chinese-style backgrounds. He also had to widen the cultural gap to ensure that people in the West would not be able to understand the game even if they tried! Pei Qian could not help but feel overjoyed. Indeed, there was no limit to ones creativity. If he had not been trying so hard to incur losses, he would not have realized that he was such a creative person! Pei Qian succinctly explained the direction of the game to everyone. In sum, he had five requirements. First, the game had to have Chinese scenery as its background theme. It had to contain huge amounts of riddles, puzzles, and Chinese content. It also had to be written in the ancient Chinese language. This was mainly to ensure that the game would not be discovered by Westerners and become famous as a result. In order to solve the riddles, one would need an excellent understanding of ancient Chinese. This would make the Westerners completely uninterested in playing the game! Whats more, the game would primarily be sold domestically. Not translating the game into other languages would not constitute a violation of the systems rules. Second, the game had to be extremely difficult. Pei Qian requested for Bao Xu and Lu Mingliang to use all of their brain juice to think of ways to make players fail at the game. Their top priority should be to persuade players to admit defeat. Third, this had to be a grand action game. There had to be huge amounts of models, movements, and scenery. They had to use up all the budget allocated for art resources! They had to think of as many ways to spend money as possible! Of course, spending more money was relative to the investment Tengda Games made earlier. In fact, the limit Pei Qian set in his heart was twenty million yuan. He would want to spend more than that, but the System would not allow for it. That amount was nothing compared to overseas research and development budgets for massive projects, which could easily go up to tens of millions or even a hundred billion yuan. However, compared to the investments that domestic producers made, it could still be referred to as a big project. Fourth, this game had to maximize the period that players would be allowed to ask for a refund. According to the requirements of official games platforms, games bought on the official games platform could be refunded up to three hours after purchase. This limit could only be adjusted upwards, not downwards. In fact, most games merchants wished that the limit could be adjusted downwards or gotten rid of altogether. None of them would voluntarily adjust the limit upwards. However, Pei Qian decided to use the maximum limit that the official games platform would allow-five hours! For many small games, the total game duration was about three or four hours. To allow refunds up to five hours after purchase of the game would be insane. It would be as good as free. To Pei Qian, three hours was not long at all. Some players of Dark Souls 3 would kill three hours fighting Champion Gundyr without even realizing it. The refund allowance period would be over by then. Pei Qian decided to allow refunds up to five hours after purchase of the game and even offer a reminder to players ten minutes before the end of this five-hour-period. This reminder will appear in the upper-right hand corner of the game. This would ensure that every player did not let the allowance period expire without realizing it. Fifth, the games name To avoid influencing the players with its name and accidentally misleading people, Pei Qian decided to make the name absolutely clear. The game would be called Repent and be Saved. This would serve as an honest warning from Pei Qian to the players. After hearing Pei Qians five requests, Bao Xu was confused. As Pei Qian remembered, Demons Souls was released in 2009. The world that he was in did not have Demons Souls yet. Thus, even an experienced and well-exposed gamer like Bao Xu had not heard of such a sadistic game. Of course, there were a few hardcore games that became famous for their high difficulty. However, he had never seen a game that made defeating players its aim like Pei Qian was suggesting. The other requirements were understandable. The difficulty level itself was what really stumped Lu Mingliang and Bao Xu. Boss Pei, can you tell us more about this difficulty level? For example, what percentage of players do you want to be defeated by the boss in the final level? Bao Xu asked. Pei Qian instinctively wanted to say, 99.9999% of them! Yet, in his vision, a line of words appeared. (Warning! It is a violation to create a game that most players cannot win. The maximum difficulty allowed for the game must be determined by the owners ability to win it.] Pei Qians smile disappeared from his face. System, I f*cking almost blurted it out! I must be able to win at the game? My hand is f*cking disabled! I can be tortured even in Ocean Stronghold. You need me to be able to win at this game. You might as well tell me that Im not allowed to create a game like that altogether! However, Pei Qian did not panic. After all, he was well-exposed and knowledgeable. A small problem like that would not stump him. I have to be able to win the game? That would be easy. I would secretly hide something in the game Ill hide an especially strong weapon in the game. Players would only be able to obtain such a weapon after unlocking a highly-complex, hidden plot. They would have to progress in the game in a completely illogical manner in order to get it. e After that, with this strong weapon, his understanding of Souls-like games, as well as a prior understanding of the various levels and maps; Pei Qian would spend two or three weeks trying to win at the game. That would resolve the problem. For the sake of incurring losses, I will work hard! Once this thought appeared, the System stopped showing warnings. This meant that it was allowed. Pei Qian smiled slightly and answered Bao Xu, We will not cut off any players based on design. However, theoretically, most players should be able to win at the game. They would just need a bit of technique. The subtext of his response was that if they decided to give up on the game, they could not blame Pei Qian. Design the game to be as difficult as you can possibly imagine. I will personally make the final edits. When the time came, he would add the special weapon into the game. He would make the game as difficult as it could be with the special, powerful weapon on hand. Then, he would not get another warning from the System. If players could not find this weapon, it would be like they were in hell. If they were allowed to return the game unconditionally within five hours of making the purchase, most people would refund it for sure! Lu Mingliang asked, Boss Pei, the game would be called Repent and be Saved, and it would have mostly Chinese backgrounds. What theme would its world take on then? Pei Qian smiled and said, You can decide on minor things like that. Chapter 191 - Terminal Chinese Language Network It was not that Pei Qian was acting humble. The main problem was that he could not come up with things like themes for worlds. He could not even lay down hard and fast requirements for the design details for the game. He would wait for the design manuscript to be handed to him. Then, he would make some edits to ensure that there would be no problem. Ma Yiqun listened very closely. After being put in charge of rewriting plot designs for the games, this was his first time being involved in the research and development process of a game from scratch. Whats more, it sounded like Pei Qian had high standards for the game this time. Everything sounded extremely challenging He could not let Boss Pei down! The general direction had been laid down, and Boss Pei had clarified his requests. Everyone began to leave the meeting room. Suddenly, Pei Qian asked Ma Yiqun to remain behind. Ma Yiqun could not help but feel excited. Boss Pei is asking me to remain behind. Clearly, he wants to explain to me more about the plot! Thats great! Ever since I joined Tengda, I have been working hard at inferring and understanding Boss Peis hidden intentions. To be able to discuss these things face-to-face with Boss Pei would guarantee deep learning points. How would Boss Pei design Repent and be Saveds world theme? Any hint would be greatly appreciated Ma Yiqun could not help but overthink. Looking at Ma Yiqun, Pei Qian smiled and said, From tomorrow onward, you will no longer be a member of Tengda Games. Ma Yiqun was stunned. Whats this? Have I not been doing my job well? Am I being asked to leave? That cant be. Lu Mingliang and the other colleagues have given me very good feedback. Where have I gone wrong? Why is Boss Pei upset with me? Did I do a bad job of writing the plots? Is Boss Pei disappointed? Impossible -werent the players reactions pretty good? Pei Qian smiled and continued speaking. I want to give you a more important task. Tengda is going to start a website for webnovels. I know that writing webnovels has always been your dream and hobby. Thats why I want you to be in charge of this website. Ma Yiqun was even more shocked. His eyes widened as he became even more confused. Bliss had come too suddenly! Ma Yiqun had no idea how to react! He had initially thought that he was being fired. Beads of cold sweat had formed on his forehead. Now, everything was clarified. He was not being fired. He was being transferred somewhere else. From working with games, he was going to be working with online literature! A realization dawned on Ma Yiqun. He never expected that he would be able to work with online literature once again. All along, he had thought that he was naturally gifted in writing. He had come from a family of scholars. As a result, he was well-nurtured and had a good, strong foundation in language. In university, he began to try his hand at writing. He also gained a significant following of fans who loved reading his work. Ma Yiqun loved interacting with his readers. He also deeply enjoyed the feeling of others liking and validating his work. However, the experience he had after graduating from university left a deep impact on him. It had not been easy for him to gain a following from scratch. In the end, less than a hundred people purchased his chapters. He nearly starved to death. As a result, he had no choice but to give up his account on Limitless Chinese Language Network and go to Shang Yang Games to work instead. There, he began to plan plots for games. Until now, it had been a year since he last touched online literature. Although he had still been reading popular writings, he had put his pen down a long time ago. Ma Yiquns voice trembled as he asked, Youre putting me in charge? Whats the status of this company now? Pei Qian smiled as he answered, Its still in construction, but dont worry. Assistant Xin will take care of the finance and administration staff. You will only be in charge of the daily operations of this website. The office will be located upstairs. As for your staff We have recruited a batch of newbies with majors in humanities from Handong University. In the online literature industry, its not meaningful to talk about whether people are suitable for the job. You can assign them tasks as you deem fit. Give them any job that you find suitable. Pei Qian was speaking the truth. These people were indeed newbies. Pei Qian did not even know if they read online literature. However, Ma Yiqun thought differently. Why was Boss Pei setting up a website for online literature all of a sudden? He is definitely not just following a trend. He must have a more important purpose in doing so! Until now, Tengda had been developing in multiple different directions. Fei Huang Workspace and Fish-Catching Internet Cafe looked completely unrelated on the surface. However, they were all pieces of a much bigger puzzle! If one saw Fei Huang Workspace as a venture in the filming industry and Fish-Catching Internet Cafe as a venture in the physical industry and then a website for online literature That would most likely be an important step towards the copyrights plan! If they could produce good IP, Fei Huang Workspace would be able to make a film out of it. Tengda Games would also be able to create a game that revolved around this IP. In the future, this far-sighted set-up would prove to be extremely meaningful! Although the website was just starting out, given Boss Peis vicious strategies and Tengdas immense financial strength If Ma Yiqun messed this up, he could be thoroughly ashamed of himself! The fact that Boss Pei had put Ma Yiqun in charge of such an important step in the plan without any hesitation greatly touched him. However, apart from feeling touched, he also felt a great deal of self-doubt. Boss Pei, you know my situation. Im afraid Im not cut out for this. I cant even write good novels on my own. If you put me in charge of others, I might lead them down the wrong path. Then, the consequences would be too huge for me to bear. Im a bit Pei Qians smile widened. Lead them down the wrong path? Thats the way. Why do you think I put you in charge of this website? Pei Qian knew that he could not stand by and do nothing once the website was ready. When that time came, he would have to buy a random batch of failed manuscripts and hire a group of full-time writers. These were things he had to do. This was what worried Pei Qian. Given his own mysterious good luck, he would probably end up hiring a god of online literature. If he published a book that went through the roof in terms of subscriptions and made the website popular along the way, Pei Qian would be in deep trouble. Given his experiences, he had to guard against something like that. To Pei Qian, Ma Yiqun was premium insurance for this. His consecutive failures showed that there was a big problem with his objective understanding of the way online literature worked. He had given the mainstream readers of online literature the exact opposite of what they wanted. He could not even satisfy a minority of the readers. As for Pei Qians seniorseven if they had read online literature before, they knew nothing about the internal creative process. If they were all that good, they would have started writing online literature on their own a long time ago. Why would they still be unemployed now? Ma Yiquns own judgment and understanding were off, and yet he had to guide editors, examine manuscripts, give recommendations, and the like. That would make him all the more unreliable! Then, the wrong manuscripts would be accepted, the resident authors would be full-time failures, and the readers would not be able to find good reads on the website. These would form a vicious cycle En, that sounded right. To be honest, Pei Qians considerations did seem overly ridiculous. Would it be that easy to succeed? If he wanted to seriously create a website for online literature, Pei Qian could diligently look for experienced editors in the industry and pour huge sums of money into looking for incredible writers. Even then, there would be a huge chance that he would fail. It was not easy to be profitable in this industry. Since he could not change the ending, he might as well make some arrangements to allow Ma Yiqun to fulfill his dream. What was money? Fulfilling his employees dreams was Boss Peis lifelong mission! Chapter 192 - Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version Pei Qian gently patted Ma Yiqun on the shoulder. I think you werent well-received on Limitless Chinese Language Network because the editor was jealous of your talent. Your writing skills are way ahead of our times. Its not your fault that the readers cannot relate to what you write. A realization dawned on Ma Yiqun. Boss Pei, have you read the novels I wrote? No, replied Pei Qian, shaking his head. However, I can see your talent in your eyes. If we want our website to succeed, we cannot follow the exact path that Limitless Chinese Language Network traveled. Otherwise, no matter how well we do, we will always only be an imitation of Limitless Chinese Language Network. How can we talk about making tight corners and making swift progress then? Ma Yiqun seemed to understand. What Boss Pei was saying seemed to make sense. Ma Yiqun did not think that his talents had been buried. After all, this was an extremely competitive industry. If the editor could not relate to him, perhaps he could say that his talents had been buried temporarily. However, if the readers could not relate to him, it was unacceptable. Ma Yiqun always felt that his novels had failed because of the latter reason. That was why he did not have confidence in his own abilities. Yet, something Boss Pei said was absolutely right. For their website to succeed, they could not follow Limitless Chinese Language Networks exact path. Otherwise, the readers would always choose Limitless Chinese Language Network over them. Why would they want to visit a website that merely followed trends and imitated others? Thus, if they wanted to make swift progress, they had to come up with new and different ideas. It was clear that Boss Pei was a far-sighted man. He had high hopes and expectations for himself! Boss Pei wanted a website that would surpass Limitless Chinese Language Network. He would not settle for mere initial success! Ma Yiqun nodded profusely. Alright, Boss Pei, I will do my best to run the website well! Er, Boss Pei, what will the website be called? Pei Qian smiled and answered, Terminal Chinese Language Network. It meant that the website would be a graveyard for literature. However, Ma Yiqun immediately felt deep veneration for him. Does Boss Pei want to work hard to make this website the terminus for all online literature? Does he want all authors to publish their works on this website? Look at Boss Pei; he could always think of names that sounded impressive and fitting. Go ahead. If you run into any problems, report them to me at once. Once he got rid of Ma Yiqun, Pei Qian turned to focus on Shang Yang Games. First, he looked at the data for Bloody Battle Song that Ye Zhizhou sent to him. It was still almost too painful to look at. It was stable. One could say the game was stable. After all, they had already been very kind to the game. The old players were all engrossed now. Pei Qian guessed that the game would be in the status quo for at least the next few months. However, the income was small indeed. They had gotten rid of so many purchase options that the whales no longer knew where they could spend their money. The games graphics were extremely out-of-date as well. Shang Yang Games did not spend a cent on marketing, and no new players were joining the game. Even if this group of old players remained loyal, the amount of money they spent on top-ups was almost negligible. Now, the changes that had to be made to Bloody Battle Song were complete. The new version had stabilized as well. Pei Qian had to give them new tasks. If he allowed them to continue slacking, he might receive a warning from the System soon. However, Pei Qian already had a plan for all of this. Before this, he had laid down a two-step battle strategy for Shang Yang Games. The first step was to get rid of all purchase options but one in the various games. The second step was to create a new game. Everyone was to come up with a plan for a new game and write a design manuscript. Pei Qian would look through the design manuscripts and pick one to become Shang Yang Games new project. Then, research and development could begin. During the settlement period, the employees of Shang Yang Games had been working on this design manuscript. By now, they were all done. It was time for Pei Qian to pick one for Shang Yang Games to start researching and developing This meant that Tengda Games and Shang Yang Games would be going down completely different paths. For Tengda Games, Pei Qian maintained full control. He wanted to set directions that he was sure would guarantee failure. As much as he could, he wanted to steer things according to the plan he had in his head. However, for Shang Yang Games, Pei Qian wanted to maintain its original state as much as possible. He did not want to interfere unnecessarily. From the way Pei Qian looked at things, the path that Shang Yang Games was on looked slightly more successful. Of course, he wanted to persist in the same manner. Pei Qian found a random number generator online and allocated a number to each of the twenty-odd design manuscripts. Then, he generated a random number. Six. Pei Qian opened the folder labeled number six and scanned the documents inside. There were a total of four pages to the document. This was supposed to be a strategy game, but the rules were obviously incomplete. Of all the design work that the game required in reality, this document only covered about 20%. It only briefly explained the gameplay in one or two lines, without offering any details about the practical design of the game. En, this persons attitude is not bad, but I cannot make use of this document. On the surface, the document fully matched Pei Qians requirements for a lousy game. However, the problem was that it was lacking in too many details. Pei Qian could not possibly fill in the gaps in the plan by himself. Once Pei Qian decided on a game, he would distribute the design manuscript to everyone in the office. Then, everyone would see the crazy content in this document and elaborate on the rules. By the time they were done, the game would surely become unrecognizable. That was why he could not choose this manuscript. Pei Qian could not imagine what the final version of the game would look like. That posed too much of a risk to him. It would be best if he could find a design manuscript that had a clear picture of the games rules but was clearly mediocre. Only then would he be relieved. Pei Qian canceled out the number six and generated another. Thirteen. Pei Qian opened the folder labeled thirteen and found a relatively good idea for a standalone game. Whats more, the manuscript contained pretty good concepts for the various levels. On closer inspection, he discovered that Wang Xiaobin had been the one who wrote it. I didnt expect that you-a systems designer-would dream about revitalizing the domestically-produced games industry. En its not impossible for me to spend some money to help you realize your dreams. However, the problem is that your design manuscript looks quite conservative. If I follow your proposal, we might not be able to incur losses. Pei Qian flipped through the manuscript and decided to temporarily shelve it. Although it would not be a bad decision to make Shang Yang Games pursue standalone games, Pei Qian had two main worries. First, standalone games had quite low bottom lines. Since the required investment would be relatively fixed-even if the game did not become popular, they would be able to make minimal sales. It was most likely that they would incur a little loss. If they did slightly better, they would be able to cover their expenses. Second, Wang Xiaobins plan was almost complete. There was not much risk involved. One could say that it was a plan that had mostly been proven by foreign publishers of standalone games. Pei Qians judgment was ahead of his times. With one look, he could tell that although the plan was not considered reliable, it could not be considered ridiculous either. To Pei Qian, it was merely slightly below average. Ill pick one more. If there is a better one, Ill use it. Otherwise, I will make Wang Xiaobins dreams come true. He had initially said that he would draw lots only once, but Pei Qian changed his mind. At the last moment, he decided to make minor adjustments. After all, the last time that he folded his arms and decided not to do anything, Bao Xu and Huang Sibo created Ocean Stronghold. Until now, he had not finished spending the income that the game made. Its a two this time. Oh? A sequel to Bloody Battle Song? Written by Ye Zhizhou? Pei Qian opened the design manuscript and took a good look. Theres not much of a difference in the gameplay, but he added a few more details to advance the storyline. He will keep the same purchase options as the prequel, too. En? Thats not bad. Pei Qian felt that Ye Zhizhou and Wang Xiaobins plans were both not bad, but they each had their shortcomings. Design Manuscript Six was sufficiently unreliable. However, it was so unreliable and had too few details that Pei Qian could not pursue it with peace of mind. He was afraid that Shang Yang Games employees would add so many details to it that the game would improve significantly. On the flip side, Ye Zhizhou and Wang Xiaobins plans were quite complete. At the same time, this meant that there was a low chance that Shang Yang Games would deviate from them later. Ill choose Ye Zhizhous plan. Wang Xiaobins plan is also worthy of praise, but its a bit too stable for my liking. There are no risks involved. If your dreams were more bold and imaginative, perhaps I would be won over. Finally, Pei Qian saved Ye Zhizhous design manuscript. However, Ye Zhizhou himself had not thought about what he would call this sequel. Pei Qian quickly typed on his keyboard to add the name of the game. Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version! En, since it was going to be a tacky game, he needed to make it tacky through and through. Pei Qian had even thought about the marketing strategy for this game, which was most likely going to fail. He had to burn as much money and garner as much criticism as possible! Once he made the edits, Pei Qian sent the design manuscript back to Ye Zhizhou. Well go with this. After pondering for a moment, he added, Tell Wang Xiaobin that his plan was quite good, but it was too conservative. While researching and developing the game, ask him to make appropriate edits to his design manuscript. Theres a chance we might use it in the future. Chapter 193 - Choosing Between Two Plans At Shang Yang Games Ye Zhizhous heart had been filled with discomfort as he waited for a long time. Finally, he received Boss Peis response. After reading the contents of Boss Peis reply, he became confused. Brother Wang, come here quickly! Look! Wang Xiaobin had nothing to do at the moment. When he heard Ye Zhizhou calling for him, he immediately stopped whatever he was doing and walked over to Ye Zhizhous desk. Brother Wang, Boss Pei has given us the plan for our new game. He chose my plan. Ye Zhizhou pointed at the folder on his screen: Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version. Wang Xiaobins mouth opened slightly. He was shocked. You came up with that name? Ye Zhizhou replied, No Boss Pei edited it. I named it Bloody Battle Song 2 at first. Tss! Wang Xiaobin sucked in a deep breath. This name was overflowing with extremely intense, cheap vibes! Why would Boss Pei give the game a name like that? This was Hard to understand! Did Boss Pei make edits to anything else in your proposal? Wang Xiaobin asked. Ye Zhizhou looked awkward. I studied the document closely once through. He did not change a single word of it. He only changed the name Wang Xiaobin was speechless. He could not help but feel emotional. Wang Xiaobin knew very well that Ye Zhizhou wanted to create a sequel to Bloody Battle Song primarily because he was still indignant. Ye Zhizhou had created a Chosen One system for Bloody Battle Song and edited the games paywalls and profit model per Boss Peis instructions. He felt quite proud of his achievements in this area. Now, a good number of active players on Bloody Battle Song was being maintained. Many old players had returned, and its reputation had made a 180-degree turn. There was only one problem: the game was not making any money! Ye Zhizhou cared a lot about this detail. To him, a game that was not making any money was considered a failure, no matter how good its reputation was. He had to think hard about why the game was not making money. It was mainly because Bloody Battle Songs graphics were lousy. It was completely outdated. Whats more, Shang Yang Games did not have enough money to run marketing campaigns for the game. That was why no new gamers were trying it out. After getting rid of all but one purchase option, they realized they could not generate a steady income from the pathetic group of old players alone. That was why Ye Zhizhou felt indignant. He hoped that more players would be able to try out the new Chosen One system. Researching and developing a sequel to the game would turn loss into profit. However, Wang Xiaobin did not agree with this direction. In the past, they created games with paywalls for the sake of survival. Now, they had already been bought over by Tengda. With Boss Pei as their backing, they would have food on the table. Why would they still choose to eat sh*t? Bloody Battle Song was not an impressive IP. It was a third-rate game with paywalls. Why did Ye Zhizhou insist on clinging onto it instead of letting go? Thus, Wang Xiaobin wrote a design manuscript for a standalone game and submitted it in the hopes that Boss Pei would choose it. The dream he had had for years would then finally be realized-he would finally be able to develop a true, premium, standalone game. Wang Xiaobin was very confident about the design manuscript he submitted. USO This was because he had the most experience out of everyone in Shang Yang Games. The design of his standalone game should also have catered to Boss Peis taste. In Wang Xiaobins mind, Boss Pei was a talented designer who made saving the game industry his personal, lifelong mission. Wang Xiaobin saw Boss Pei as a highly-skilled businessman who had freed himself from low-class taste and the greed of money. Why else would he have gotten rid of most of the purchase options in Bloody Battle Song? Yet, now, Boss Peis decision had been revealed. He had chosen Ye Zhizhous plan over his. Not only that, Boss Pei had not changed a single word in Ye Zhizhous proposal. All he did was change the name. This confused, puzzled, and disappointed Wang Xiaobin. Oh, thats right, Brother Wang. Boss Pei said that your plan was quite good, but it was too conservative. He told you to make edits to your proposal during the research and development period because theres a chance we might use it in the future. Ye Zhizhou repeated Pei Qians message, word for word. Wang Xiaobin immediately perked up. Oh! So that was why! Boss Pei still validated my proposal. He just thought that I was being too conservative. The game was not outstanding enough as a standalone! Wang Xiaobin was filled with motivation. Now, he roughly understood why Boss Pei had chosen Ye Zhizhous proposal over his. Ye Zhizhous proposal was considered relatively novel among games with paywalls. However, Wang Xiaobins proposal was considered quite average and boring among standalone games. Boss Pei had different criteria for each type of game, and Ye Zhizhous plan contained more novel ideas. Naturally, Boss Pei would think more highly of it. Boss Pei said that my proposal was too conservative. Thats right, thats the way it is. I prioritized stability and used very mature designs. Now that I look at it, it is pretty outdated. The industry is always changing at a rapid pace. The game might barely be trendy now. However, after a few months, when research and development is complete; it would be outdated. Boss Pei is right. I was being too conservative. Indeed, Boss Pei is worthy of his reputation. With a single look, he could point out the root of the problem! It looks like I have to keep working hard. Wang Xiaobins temper tantrum dissipated at once. Since this was the case, he had to do his best to cooperate with Ye Zhizhou. They needed to produce Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version. Then, the next game they would produce would be the standalone game that he liked. These three or four months would be the perfect time for him to keep brainstorming. He could revamp his entire plan and try to satisfy Boss Pei by the end of this period! Ye Zhizhou scanned his design manuscript once again. Indeed, Boss Pei had not changed a single word! Brother Wang, what should we do? Should we work according to this proposal? Ye Zhizhou felt slightly guilty. At that moment, the blind faith that Wang Xiaobin had in Boss Pei was at its peak. He immediately nodded and said, Of course! Since Boss Pei has made his decision, what is there holding us back? Lets work according to this! Theres another advantage to working according to your plan. The research and development period can be shortened significantly. Were going to produce Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version. Wow, this name is really awkward. However, we can look at it as a high-definition replacement of the old version. We dont have to change much of the games functions and gameplay. At the very most, we could spend a bit of time improving the various functions. This way, we can focus our time and energy on producing better art resources. Didnt you always say before this that the current Bloody Battle Song has already been made over, and that all its lacking is a nice packaging? Thats just right! Well take this opportunity to change its packaging! I think that was what Boss Pei intended, too. Ye Zhizhou nodded. Yes, thats right. Ill tidy up the design manuscript and prepare a list of art resources that we would need! Once he finished tidying up the design plan, the first thing Ye Zhizhou did was prepare the list of art resources. Until now, Shang Yang Games had been incurring losses consistently. All of its money had been handed over to Tengda Games. Whats more, it could not even sustain its daily operations, rent, salaries, expenses, and the like. It had no choice but to ask Tengda Games for money. This time, they needed a huge sum of money to produce the new game. They had no choice but to write a report, requesting for this sum of money from Boss Pei. Im slightly worried. I want two million yuan, but I dont know if Boss Pei would allow it. Ye Zhizhou felt extremely apprehensive. Wang Xiaobin hesitated for a second. Then, he said, Give it a shot. Boss Pei will surely be willing to splurge to ensure the quality of the game. If he really refuses, we can think of ways to reduce the budget. Chapter 194 - The Plan in the Notebook At Tengda Games Pei Qian flipped through his little notebook. There were two more people he had to make arrangements for. Actually, the first name on Boss Peis little notebook was not Lin Wan. After all, Lin Wan had only helped him save hundreds of thousands of yuan in rent. He could easily spend all of that money now. Whats more, considering the two hundred thousand yuan Lin Chang gave to him, Boss Pei had to be lenient in dealing with Lin Wan. The first name on the little notebook was Qiao Liang! The week before last, when The Lonely Desert Road was updated, Teacher Qiao praised Tengda once again. As a result, Pei Qian nearly hired someone to murder Teacher Qiao. Ever since Tengda Games released The Lonely Desert Road until it released Game Designer and the new downloadable content, Teacher Qiao had been like a relentless ghost. Ever since he began looking into Teacher Qiao earlier, Pei Qian had not figured out a good way to deal with him. Qiao Liang lived in Beijing, but he was not a local of Beijing. This made him a mere migrant worker there. He should have been living a difficult life in the beginning. After joining Aili Island, his living standards improved significantly because he was able to depend on the incentive plan and everyday sponsored partnerships. He could even afford to decline low-end sponsored partnerships. Basically, ever since he recommended Game Designer under the Products of the Gods series, Teacher Qiao freeloaded off performance-art-style of marketing. After that, he unknowingly managed to rake in sponsored partnerships without doing much else. It was all very strange. Other UP Masters were scolded as they accepted sponsored partnerships. However, when Teacher Qiao did the same, the bullet screen comments were filled with praise for his good performance or good artwork! When other UP Masters saw this, they became overwhelmingly envious. Yet, someone as special as Teacher Qiao was unique. There would be no second Teacher Qiao. For this exact reason, Teacher Qiao was immensely grateful towards Tengda Games. After all, he had only been a slightly popular UP Master before this. Now, he was one of the most popular UP Masters on Aili Islands games channel. This was all because he stood on Tengda Games shoulders. For all Pei Qian knew-once they released their new game, Teacher Qiao would jump onto it at lightning speed. At first, Pei Qian wanted to use money to orchestrate the collapse of Teacher Qiao. This was possible, but there was still the problem of what would happen after that. It was true that Teacher Qiao was in need of money, but what would Pei Qian ask him to do after buying him over? Could Pei Qian ask him to produce videos that dissed Tengdas games? That would be very unreasonable. Whats more, Pei Qian feared that no matter how hard Teacher Qiao tried to diss the games, the audience would see it as large-scale performance art. Could he ask Teacher Qiao never to create videos about Tengdas games again? If he spent money purely for this purpose, Teacher Qiao might begin to doubt Pei Qians true motives. This would run contrary to his objective to keep the Systems existence hidden. Thus, Pei Qian found himself caught in a deadlock. Asking Teacher Qiao to praise Tengda would be increasing publicity for it. Asking Teacher Qiao to diss Tengda would also be increasing publicity for it. This was disastrous. Pei Qian understood that he could use money to orchestrate Teacher Qiaos collapse. He could even make sure that Teacher Qiao would never be able to stand on his own two feet again. However, even if Teacher Qiao tried to make money lying down, it would be of no help to Pei Qian. That was the most hurtful thing. However, no matter what, he had to take revenge! Once the new game is published, I will use the rest of the budget to make sure Teacher Qiao completes the game a hundred times. That would be the only way to dispel the hatred in my heart! Pei Qian quietly looked down at the name in the second line of the notebook: Lin Wan. Before this, he had already decided to send Lin Wan to Shang Yang Games. Now was the best time. Shang Yang Games current framework was quite complete. Between Ye Zhizhous creativity and Wang Xiaobins experienced planning, they were not lacking people-at least for now. However, Wang Xiaobin was the chief systems designer after all. He was wearing multiple hats. The current framework was somewhat unreasonable. Pei Qians main intention in sending Lin Wan in would be to allow her to experience how painful the life of a chief planner was. At the same time, he would introduce a bit of the Tengda Games spirit into Shang Yang Games. The best outcome would be that Shang Yang Games failedeven after Lin Wan worked her behind off, day and night. Pei Qian wanted her to lose hope in the game industry and go home to take over her family business. An average outcome would be that Lin Wan failed to achieve anything there. She could keep working hard, but Shang Yang Games would continue to incur losses. Whats more, Lin Wan would not be able to suddenly give Pei Qian a discount on rent. That would spare him a sudden heart attack. The worst outcome would be that Lin Wan and Shang Yang Games both became popular for no reason. That would greatly boost her confidence. However, Pei Qian thought that this was unlikely to happen. At that thought, Pei Qian called Lin Wan into his office and briefly explained his plan. Unexpectedly, Lin Wan immediately shook her head and turned his offer down. Im not going. Pei Qian was slightly confused. Why was she so decisive? When others found out that they were getting promoted, most of them would be so moved that their eyes would well up on the spot. Lin Wan, on the other hand, was not moved in the least bit. She was even turning Pei Qian down so decisively. Lin Wan replied seriously, Boss Pei, thank you for your kind intentions. However, Im not good enough at the moment. I hope to be able to remain in Tengda. At the very least, I want to stay until Repent and be Saved is published. I want to accumulate more experience. Pei Qian was speechless. Indeed, she was a rich second-generation heir. What a letdown! Lin Wan did not care about promotions at all. She could not possibly advance as quickly as if she went home and asked for money to become her own boss. What Lin Wan wanted was experience and lessons in creating premium games. She wanted to experience working side-by-side with her colleagues. She was happily working on the projects in Tengda. She had no desire to be moved elsewhere. Pei Qian did not think that the time-tested first-place elimination system would meet with such an unexpected setback! Was this the superpower of rich second-generation heirs? However, Pei Qian would not be defeated by such a minor problem. The cogs in his wheel spun at rapid speed. Almost immediately, he thought of another way to present the idea. The people in our company love to underestimate their own abilities. Of course, this is normal. When youre working with so many outstanding colleagues, its easy to develop the feeling that you suck. However, you must believe that you are good enough to take over this role. Pei Qian paused and faced Lin Wan with a somber expression. The role in Shang Yang Games is extremely important. No one else can take it up but you. Lin Wan hesitated. Huh? Is that so? Once she heard the words no one else can take it up but you, Lin Wan could not help but feel curious. Pei Qian stood up and took two steps forward. Then, he explained, Shang Yang Games has been incurring losses. Now that Tengda has bought over the company, we naturally have to change it from the inside out. However, we cannot rush these changes. We have to take them step by step. After all, a company cannot change its culture overnight. You would be carrying two important responsibilities on your shoulders: First, you would become the point of communication between Tengda Games and Shang Yang Games. The person in charge over there is Ye Zhizhou. He is overly cautious. Therefore, you have to make the decision for him when he does not dare to do so. Then, you must communicate these decisions to me. What Im most afraid of is that they would be afraid to spend money! Second, you would be the carrier of the Tengda Games spirit. I hope that you can bring the Tengda Games spirit into Shang Yang Games slowly. Whether you bring them for team-building activities or increase their salaries and welfare, I hope you can slowly help them emulate Tengda Games example. If you do achieve some results, it would prove that you have the ability to handle a project on your own. Then, you wouldnt be too far from realizing your dreams. That is why this role would be an extremely rigorous challenge for you. Are you going to back away in the face of a challenge? Lin Wan immediately shook her head. Of course not! She hesitated for a second and added, Then can I still come back to Tengda in the future? Pei Qian smiled slightly. Of course. Tengda will always be your home. We will keep your work desk empty. You can come back any time you want. Lin Wan pondered for a while and nodded, saying, Alright! I accept this task! Chapter 195 - A New Plan! After sending Lin Wan off, Pei Qian heaved a sigh of relief. Heh, little lass, I settled you, didnt I? Pei Qian knew Lin Wans weakness: she was overly concerned with growing and working on her own abilities through rigorous training. As long as he could make her feel that this task would train her and help her mature, she would agree to it. This would be so even if Pei Qian did not pay her. All in all, sending Lin Wan to Shang Yang Games would ensure that she would be tormented. Whats more, Pei Qian had already given her sufficient hints. Pei Qian was worried that Lin Wan would feel like they lacked money midway through. What would Pei Qian do if she approached her older brother for money? Thus, Pei Qian purposely hinted this would be a huge test of Lin Wans skills. He said this would nurture her ability to independently take charge of a project. This way, in order to prove her own abilities, Lin Wan would not turn to her family for aid. The chances of her succeeding would be greatly lowered. It was a perfect plan! Pei Qian closed his little notebook. For now, he had already dealt with most hidden dangers. He was more or less done with planning for both companies. However, this was just the first step in a long journey. After all, his business was huge now. He had to take care of every aspect. In order to ensure that he would finish spending all his money before the settlement period and achieve his aim to incur losses, Boss Pei had to continue working hard. Thus, Pei Qian decided to leave and check out Fish-Catching Internet Cafes situation. At Fish-Catching Internet Cafes branch in Ming Yun Villas This branch was doing the worst out of all the Fish-Catching Internet Cafes. Zhang Yuan and Ma Yang were already waiting inside for Pei Qian. When Pei Qian walked in, he looked around. Yes, this was a familiar feeling. There were a few people in the store. Many computers were not occupied, and the coffee area looked cold and deserted as well. The bartender was falling asleep while standing, and there were more waiters than there were customers. This is what a Fish-Catching Internet Cafe is supposed to look like! Ever since the Fish-Catching Internet Cafes flagship store became famous, Pei Qian stopped going there. Although Chen Lei had already returned to Shanghai, the fame he won for the store still remained. Many people would visit Fish-Catching Internet Cafes flagship store every day. The losses had been completely converted to profits. One could say that Chen Lei had made Fish-Catching Internet Cafes flagship store famous forever. Thus, Pei Qian wanted to avoid the heartbreaking place. He looked for a random seat to sit down. A waiter brought him coffee. The three Fish-Catching giants chatted as they sipped their drinks. Ma Yang and Zhang Yuan exchanged a knowing look. In their hearts, they understood. Boss Pei had his reasons for choosing this shop. Before this, they always met at the flagship store. Why were they meeting at the deserted Ming Yun Villas branch this time? He was hinting something to them! Since the flagship store had become famous, there was no need for them to focus on it too much. Now, the Ming Yun Villas branch was doing the worst out of all the shops. It was incurring the most losses. The next step would be to turn this stores losses into profits. The fact that Boss Pei had chosen to meet here out of all the stores made this problem clear to them. They had to understand Boss Peis intentions. They needed to make the Ming Yun Villas branch the next successful store as soon as possible! Ma Yang looked very energetic. He even looked like he had put on some weight. Now that the Fish-Catching Internet Cafes flagship stores losses had turned into profits, he felt like a completely different person in front of Pei Qian. Even his walk was more confident. This time, he was even more confident about his own plan. Brother Qian, I have good news to report about the flagship store. Pei Qians left eyelid twitched violently. He tried to maintain a straight expression as he said, Speak. Ma Yang was obviously excited. Ever since Chen Lei sang at the flagship store, the income earned from the sale of drinks has been increasing. Now, we have completely made up for the losses, and were making a profit instead! Not only that, but our singers have been getting better as well. When they learned about Chen Lei, many local singers of Jingzhou jumped over to our flagship store. The quality of our singers has improved drastically! As Pei Qian listened, his heart began to hurt. He had already guessed that this would happen, but at that moment, he still felt pain inside. Chen Lei had become famous and had attracted a big group of fans to the flagship store. Fish-Catching Internet Cafes flagship store was now a mini tourist attraction. Naturally, outstanding singers would approach them for gigs. Even if Chen Lei was not around anymore, Fish-Catching Internet Cafes flagship store would still maintain a high volume of alcohol sales! For a long period in the future, the singers in Fish-Catching Internet Cafes flagship store would probably be the best in Jingzhou City or even in the entire Handong Province. This was akin to a golden signboard! The good thing was that there was only one flagship store. The other stores were not enjoying the same benefits for now. Ma Yang continued, Brother Qian, that is why I feel that we should make this model popular! Actually, we can turn the internet cafe into a bar entirely. That would further increase our income from the sale of alcohol Pei Qian immediately shook his head. No, Old Ma, you are too short-sighted. Ma Yang was speechless. Zhang Yuan, on the other hand, smiled without saying anything. See, I told you Boss Pei would not agree! Zhang Yuan could not help but admire Ma Yang. Until now, Boss Ma could not understand Boss Peis intentions. His comprehension skills were truly hard to describe in a few words. Even so, Boss Pei had not given up on him. Their relationship was indeed very solid! Could Brother Ma have taken a bullet for Boss Pei before? It was obvious that Boss Pei wanted a multi-faceted layout; he did not want to run a singular business. Turning the internet cafe into a bar in order to increase the volume of alcohol sales was short-sighted indeed. It would be surprising if Boss Pei agreed to something like that! Zhang Yuan guessed that Boss Peis plan would be to make the other Fish-Catching Internet Cafe branches popular by riding on the popularity of the flagship store. This new internet cafe model would then be famous across Jingzhou and spread to surrounding cities as well. Zhang Yuan could not help but feel overjoyed. He realized that he had improved significantly ever since he started working for Boss Pei! Initially, he had difficulty understanding Boss Peis intentions. Subsequently, he began to understand partially. Recently, he was finally able to predict what Boss Peis next move would be. From time to time, he would even get it partly right. All of this showed that his vision was expanding. Finally, he was getting close to Boss Peis way of thinking! Pei Qian sipped his coffee and casually asked, How is Fish-Catching Take-Out doing? Ma Yang quickly answered, Fish-Catching Take-Outs reputation is good! People who have tasted our food have left us good feedback. They say that the food is healthy, and there are no concerns about hygiene er, they also left good feedback about our delivery men. However we are still a distance from making a profit. A distance was an understatement; they were a long way from making a profit. Zhang Yuan secretly looked into this model as well. The outcome of his analysis was that it would be impossible for them to make a profit in the short-term. This was unless they expanded their business and covered a larger area in the future. This would allow them to reap the economies of scale from hiring manpower for delivering food, collecting utensils, disinfecting utensils, and the like. Pei Qian nodded his head, obviously satisfied by this update. Unable to hold it in any longer, Zhang Yuan began analyzing the situation. Its strange. Boss Pei did not ask about how the other stores are doing. Instead, he asked about Fish-Catching Take-Out. Could his main focus for the next stage be the take-out? Does he want Fish-Catching Take-Out to ride on the flagship stores popularity and become more well-known? As Zhang Yuan gave him a puzzled look, Pei Qian confidently announced the next stages plan. After this, we will take a step in the logistics industry. Were going to start a new company, called Headwind Logistics! Chapter 196 - Benefit Society While We’re at It Zhang Yuan and Ma Yang exchanged a look. The corners of Ma Yangs lips twitched. Brother Qian, lets not talk about anything else first. The name alone has a negative underlying meaning is it meant to express that we handle logistics slowly? Pei Qian shook his head. Old Ma, youre being uncultured. Going against the headwind is ideal for flying, understand? Our name means we are getting ready for flight! Zhang Yuan blinked hard but said nothing. He did not understand Boss Peis thinking at all! Earlier on, Zhang Yuan tried to predict what Boss Peis next target would be. Would he improve on the other branches? Would he work on Fish-Catching Take-Out? In the end, it was neither. Boss Pei was expanding his business even more. Both of them looked at Pei Qian in disbelief. Pei Qian cleared his throat and said, I know. This plan might sound too big. Based on the amount of funds we have, it might even be beyond our reach. However, Im not in a rush to build a large-scale logistics company with a nation-wide scope. I dont even plan to make deliveries between cities. Well focus on Jingzhou City alone. Were going to focus on the problem of the last kilometer! There were already many e-commerce platforms in the world at the time. The only problem was that they had not yet become so popular that everyone was using them as would be the case later on. Naturally, logistics and express delivery services had already begun serving the entire country. Whats more, they were developing quite well. However, most express delivery services were still living in the moment. They did not deliver parcels on time, lost them occasionally, and always dumped them at pick-up points where customers could collect them on their own. These were all common occurrences. In other words, few delivery companies delivered parcels to customers doorsteps. In simple terms, this was the problem of the last kilometer. Even ten years down the road, this problem would not be well-resolved. Apart from good-hearted companies like SF Express and JD.COM, most delivery companies continued to dump parcels at collection points as they did before. Hive Box, Cai Niao Courier, and the like were started in order to solve the problem of the last kilometer. However, in reality, they were doing very badly. The root of the problem was capital. It required a lot of effort to deliver every parcel from a local warehouse to the customers doorstep. That was why most delivery companies chose to transfer this expense to their paying customers. Pei Qians thinking was quite simple: The reason why everyone was unwilling to do a dirty job like that was that it did not make a profit, right? I dont mind! In any case, he had to incur losses. Taking on dirty jobs like that could ensure that he would incur losses. On top of that, he would be able to bring convenience to his customers. Why would he turn down an opportunity to help others? I have already decided. We will start off by opening a hundred Headwind Courier stations in Jingzhou City. We will cover most districts in Jingzhou City. Then, we will talk to various express delivery companies about working together. They can ask their delivery men to drop parcels off at our stations. Our delivery men will then deliver these parcels to customers doorsteps. To put it plainly, they would be Cai Niao Courier stations that could deliver parcels to doorsteps. However, the problem was some Cai Niao Courier stations were profitable. The initial investment required for Cai Niao Courier stations only amounted to about twenty to thirty thousand yuan. All they needed to do was rent a space in the district. Each month, rent would cost about a thousand yuan or two (this was based on Jingzhous rental market). They would have to spend an additional ten thousand yuan on shelves, a front desk, a computer, a cabinet, and renovations. Then, they would be able to open for business. They would have to negotiate a suitable price with the delivery men, but they could earn about twenty to forty cents per delivery. If they accepted two to three hundred deliveries per day, their monthly income could add up to about three thousand yuan. Ordinarily, Cai Niao Courier stations would be managed by two people. The other ways to earn income included selling products, providing marketing and advertising options, making express deliveries, and the like. All in all, there were ways for Cai Niao Courier to make profits. That was why so many people participated in starting Cai Niao Courier. However, this did not pose a problem for Pei Qian since he was starting Headwind Courier stations. This was because they had to take the initiative to deliver parcels to customers doorsteps. On one hand, this would increase the costs of hiring delivery men alone. If they delivered three hundred parcels a day, they needed at least one or two hardworking delivery men. Pei Qian would be paying their salaries. On the other hand, customers would not need to pick up their parcels from the courier station. With less traffic, the income that the courier stations would earn from the sale of products, marketing, and the like would fall. In order to maintain a courier station like that, they would need at least three people: one branch manager and two delivery men. Districts with more people in them would probably require three delivery men. If each person had to be paid three thousand yuan per month (that was the sum of their base salary and their commission), he would be able to spend at least nine thousand yuan per month. In addition to paying two thousand yuan for rent, he would be spending a total of eleven yuan per month. Assuming they would barely be able to earn three or four thousand from revenue, they would be making a loss of seven to eight thousand yuan. If Pei Qian started a hundred courier stations, he would have to make an initial investment of about three million yuan. The monthly losses that he would incur could reach up to seven or eight hundred thousand yuan. Whats more, this would just be the beginning. As Pei Qian expanded his business, he would have more employees. That would mean he would make more losses. The best part of it all was that he would have some extent of control over the losses he incurred in this business! For example, if Pei Qian did a rough calculation a month before settlement and found that he still needed to spend about a million yuan worth of System Funds, he could immediately open twenty new Headwind Courier stations. As long as he opened the shop a week before settlement, the money would be considered spent. This would not delay settlement either. Headwind Courier stations would not be like Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. It would not take much time to open or close these stations. As the saying went, the smaller a boat is, the easier it was to turn around. This made it much easier for Pei Qian to spend money. Pei Qian had thought of it all. When the time came, he would open Headwind Courier stations near Tengda, Fei Huang Workspace, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, and his own home first. Then, no matter what he or his parents bought online, there would be no need for them to collect the parcels on their own. Everything would be sent to their own home. Since this business was going to benefit society, he might as well start with blessing his own home. Not only would he be incurring losses, but he would be doing good deeds. This was perfect! After listening to Pei Qians brief, Zhang Yuan completely admitted defeat. Indeed, it would be extremely difficult for anyone to predict what Boss Pei was thinking! From the looks of the situation, this was going to be quite a long-term plan. Although Pei Qian did not make things clear, Zhang Yuan could roughly guess his intentions behind going in this direction. If he settled the problem of the last kilometer, he would slowly be able to develop peoples reliance on Headwind Logistics. In the short-term, this would mean incurring losses. Yet, how about the long-term? Once people became used to using Headwind Logistics for their delivery services, they would choose Headwind Logistics for their deliveries whenever they needed it. In the future, Headwind Logistics would be able to move into inter-city and inter-state deliveries. However, the plan seemed to be too long-term. It was so long-term that most people would undoubtedly expect little of it! Perhaps many years later, Headwind Logistics would still be incurring losses. However, once it succeeded, it would deeply influence many aspects of peoples lives. Zhang Yuan could not help but respect Pei Qian. See, this was what a true set-up looked like! Chapter 197 - This Game is Really Unbelievably Lousy… What game did I just play? Lin Wan closed her laptop and fell into deep thought. This game was called Bloody Battle Song. It had completely changed what she thought had been the bottom line of games. Did such a trashy game really exist in the world?! Although it had already been updated, these changes were mainly made to the gameplay and design. No matter what changes were made, Bloody Battle Song was still going to be a web-based game. From the moment she entered the game, she found countless reasons to stop playing The graphics were lousy. They were still filled with the arts and style that belonged to the last century. The characters in the game were all dressed in bits and pieces of decorative patterns, and armors that completely lacked style. The golden special effects wrapping their bodies all looked exaggerated and vulgar. Each of them also had multi-colored wings on their backs. The background was a mess as well. This was especially true for the main city where most players gathered together. Each person was dressed in multi-colored equipment. A lot of information could be found above the characters heads, including their IDs, their guilds, their nicknames, and the like. The entire scene looked extremely messy and unnecessarily complicated. The game very considerately allowed players to screen others. Once the player entered the game, they could also very easily locate themselves on the map. However, by allowing this, the game was exposing the ugly truth. It looked cold and deserted. The less beautiful locations were also made very clear to the players. The vibes of the games music made one feel like they had been transported back to ten years before. It did not sound bad, but it was hindering players from being immersed in the game. The most important thing was that it was a web-based game. That meant that most of its art resources had to be downloaded online. Each time they entered a new map with a new background, a little progress bar would appear on the screen because the art resources had not been fully downloaded. This progress bar would say downloading resources. All the players would also become black, silent figures. The maps background only appeared after a while. In places where the background would frequently change, players would experience a meltdown each time it did. The gameplay was even tackier and simpler. All players had to do was kill beasts, level up, and complete missions. Tired and old would be an overstatement for the game. Lin Wans nose was practically scrunched up throughout the entire five minutes that she played the game. During this time, she only felt one thing. Low-class! Even if someone paid her to, she would never play this game. Lin Wan was beginning to regret it. She had too much trust in Boss Pei. That was why she accepted the task without considering too much. She vaguely knew about Shang Yang Games situation. She also knew that this company had produced a game that was quite a failure. However, she never expected that the game would be this bad! In Lin Wans mind, this failure was probably several tiers worse than Sun Strike Studios Bullet Hole. After trying Bloody Battle Song, she finally realized that this was not a matter of several tiers. It was practically years off! This game made her feel like she had been transported back in time by ten years. After playing the game for a while, Lin Wan not only felt uncomfortable, but she also developed suspicion and confusion towards Pei Qians decision. Why did Boss Pei buy this game company over? No matter what angle she looked at this from, there seemed to be only one outcome that this game company deserved: being eliminated from the market. This company should have gone insolvent. The designer who created this game should have looked for another company to work at. If no company wanted to accept him, he should have changed industries altogether. From this games situation alone, Lin Wan could tell that its designer should not remain in the game industry! Yet, Boss Pei bought the company over. Whats more, it was said that he personally groomed a newbie and made several suggestions to revamp the company. The game that Lin Wan had just played was the result of the changes Boss Pei implemented. However, it was obvious that it was far from being a profitable game. Lin Wan was beginning to shrink back. She did not want to go over anymore. How good would it be if she could research and develop Repent and be Saved in Tengda Games? Boss Pei was there, overlooking the entire company. That meant that the game would likely be well-praised. Sales would go through the roof. Then, as a member of the production team, Lin Wan could feel proud of herself. However, now, she had been transferred to Shang Yang Games and made to research Bloody Battle Song. The plot was completely different! She was not even thinking about whether she could successfully produce the game or not. Even if she could, the game would probably end up being dissed by mainstream gamers! Lin Wan would be embarrassed to tell her friends and classmates that she was responsible for creating a game like that. n However, after recalling that Boss Pei had been behind this arrangement, Lin Wan felt that there was a deeper meaning buried in it. After all, when he had been briefing her on this task, Boss Pei seemed to have high hopes for her. Not only would she be a communications button, but she would also be the carrier of Tengda Games spirit. If she gave up just like that, perhaps she would never understand Boss Peis true intentions. This arrangement could contain the key to her becoming stronger. Lin Wan considered all of these for a long time. Finally, she made up her mind. In any case, Boss Pei was going to leave her work desk in Tengda Games empty. She could go back whenever she wanted. She would take this opportunity to challenge herself in Shang Yang Games. This was quite a rare chance to do so after all. At Shang Yang Games In the conference room Ye Zhizhou, Wang Xiaobin, and the others secretly and apprehensively sized Lin Wan up as she sat on the other side of the table. Lin Wan had just arrived at Shang Yang Games. She was holding onto a little book and playing the part of a guilty intern. However, to everyone else, Lin Wan was stressing them about by furiously writing notes in her notebook. As for this leader that had been parachuted in from Tengda, everyone felt apprehensive and uneasy. The main problem was that they could not guess what Boss Pei was thinking. Did Boss Pei trust Shang Yang Games or not? They couldnt say he did not. He had left it completely up to Shang Yang Games to come up with a design plan for the new game. The new chief planner was also a newbie groomed from within Shang Yang Games. The companys framework had not been changed, too. Yet, they also could not say he did. Why else would he have parachuted someone from Tengda in now that they were on the brink of producing the new game? According to Boss Pei, Lin Wan was going to be the new Development Director. In essence, she was going to be like a creator. However, it did not seem like someone in a position like that would be able to manage everyday operations. She would probably be more of an overseer. One could say that there were three key roles in Shang Yang Games now: Ye Zhizhou, who was in charge of the creation and general planning of games; Wang Xiaobin, who was in charge of systems design and administration; and Lin Wan, who had veto power over every important decision made in the company. Before this, Ye Zhizhou and Wang Xiaobin could take charge of all game planning in the company. They reported to Boss Pei directly. Yet, now, between Ye Zhizhou and Boss Pei, there was Lin Wanthe Development Director. Many people were even guessing whether Ye Zhizhou had lost Boss Peis trust because he had not managed to turn their losses into profits ever since he took over as chief planner. Was that why Boss Pei was parachuting another leader from Tengda into Shang Yang Games? At that moment, the entire Shang Yang Games was covered in a shadow of confusion. At first, Ye Zhizhou and Wang Xiaobin wanted to hand over all their work to Lin Wan. However, Lin Wan unexpectedly shirked away from them. She said very little in front of everyone as well. She only said several perfunctory things to pacify everybody and calm them down. Then, she stayed by the side and listened quietly. Thus, the meeting continued as per usual. Ye Zhizhou began explaining the design of Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version to everyone. As Lin Wan listened by the side, she took notes down in her book. Then, question marks began to appear in her mind. What is this? And what is this? Chapter 198 - Increase the Budget Estimate! It was normal for Lin Wan not to understand. This was because when she was working at Sun Strike Studios; she worked on Bullet Hole. Later, when she moved to Tengda Games, she helped to create Ocean Stronghold and Game Designer. All of these were client-side games. Bloody Battle Song was a web-based game. One could say that it was a completely different kind of game compared to the ones she worked on before. Web-based games made use of a set of unique design concepts and principles. The gameplay on mature systems for this type of games was rarely seen in client-side games. Not only had Lin Wan never researched and developed web-based games, but she had never even played web-based games. She was not even interested in them. Yet, in the meeting led by Ye Zhizhou, they employed common terms used in the development of web-based games and complicated English acronyms as well. When they were describing the gameplay, they also made use of a lot of slang words and short-forms that would only be known to people familiar with the internal processes. Because of thiseven though everyone spoke in Mandarin, Lin Wan found that she could only understand thirty to forty percent of the discussion. Simply put, she knew every single word; but when strung into sentences, she had no idea what they were talking about. Lin Wan had no choice but to silently take notes, without nodding or asking a single question. She refrained from nodding because she did not understand what was going on, and she did not want to pretend that she did. She refrained from asking questions because she was worried that she would display her own ignorance and embarrass Tengda and Boss Pei. On the other hand, Ye Zhizhou and Wang Xiaobin would steal glances at Lin Wan every now and then. All they saw was Lin Wans somber expression and her writing in her book non-stop. It was hard for them to read her expression. They had no clue what she was thinking. Although she looked young, none of them belittled her. After all, the people whom Boss Pei hired had never been of the same pattern. If Boss Pei thought so highly of her, they guessed that she had to be either genuinely talented or someone with great, hidden potential. No matter what, they could not afford to offend her. Every now and then, Ye Zhizhou would pause mid-speech to give Lin Wan time to express her opinions. Boss Pei had not made any edits to the design manuscript, but who knew whether the Development Director would have any valuable suggestions to offer? However, Lin Wan remained silent as she recorded the meeting. She did not utter a single word. Ye Zhizhou was beginning to doubt himself. Why dont Boss Pei and this director have any suggestions? Was my design manuscript really perfect? It cant be, right? Have I been underestimating myself? Finally, they finished discussing the design manuscript. Ye Zhizhou briefed everybody on the schedule for the project and the art resources that they would need for the game. He also proposed a budget of about two million yuan for the various art resources that they required. After this, Ye Zhizhou looked at Lin Wan. This director has to give a comment or two, right? What else are you here for? Lin Wan felt everybodys gaze boring into her and began to panic inside. What should I do? Even after listening to their discussion all day, I dont understand a single thing! Even if I understood a small portion of it, theres nothing to discuss. Everything that I managed to understand was basic. Wouldnt I be making a fool of myself if I raise it up? The good thing was that Lin Wan did not show her panic. Instead, she successfully brought up a point that she knew Boss Pei would definitely not be happy with. I have no big issue with other things. The only problem is the budget estimate. According to my understanding of Boss Pei, he would not allow it. Ye Zhizhou began to feel nervous. Indeed, they would not get approval for the budget estimate after all! Setting two million yuan aside for a web-based game did sound ridiculous. Expenses for research and development should only make up a small portion of the total budget for web-based games. The majority of the budget should be used for marketing, like buying pay-per-click advertising on webpages, hiring celebrities, and the like. This would be decided based on the target audience of the web-based game. Web-based games were mostly targeted at white-collared workers and whales. These people did not have high expectations for the games graphics. Most of them played these games secretly while at work. They would not want complicated operations that would take up brainpower. Instead, these people would only be interested in topping-up and killing others with their mouse. On top of that, these people had higher purchasing power. Thus, it would be wiser to save money on research and development and spend it on advertising instead. This would maximize revenue earned from the game. However, when Ye Zhizhou was calculating the budget, he decided that he did not want to go down the traditional path. It was not easy to get Boss Pei to make a decision-this game would be named The Powerful Version. He could not possibly allow the graphics to be as bad as other ordinary web-based games. The art resources had to be made high-definition for sure. The various gameplay had to be improved to the point of perfection. All of these little things would add up to about two million yuan. Ye Zhizhou even checked with Wang Xiaobin beforehand; he was very satisfied with the budget estimate. Yet, was Lin Wan going to say it was too much? Ye Zhizhou looked at Lin Wan apprehensively. In his heart, he decided that they could reduce the estimate by three or four hundred thousand yuan at most but not any more than that. Lin Wan spoke again. I think Boss Pei would only approve of this project if you have a budget estimate of four million yuan at least. Forget it. You should make it five million yuan. Thatll save Boss Pei from having to check in. This way, you definitely wont have to redo everything later on. Each time they re-estimated the budget, they had to edit the list of art resources and the various plans. They also had to find new artists and processes from the website for resources. Increasing the budget estimate from two million yuan to three or four million yuan would be almost double. That meant all the plans would have to be re-done from scratch. To achieve this huge change, it would not be just a matter of engaging different artists. Thus, Lin Wan considerately hinted for them to raise the budget estimate from the start. This would save them the trouble of working hard on the budget estimate, only to have Boss Pei call them and ask them to redo everything. Everyone was dumbfounded. Ye Zhizhou almost thought that he had heard wrongly. Two million yuan was too little? They had to increase it to five million? They had more than double the original budget estimate? However, when he saw Lin Wans serious expression, he realized that she was not joking. This was a serious warning. Ye Zhizhou and Wang Xiaobin exchanged a meaningful look. Hesitantly, Ye Zhizhou asked, Five million? That sounds like too much Actually, we dont need that much money. Two million yuan is enough. It really is enough. Lin Wan shook her head. To you, it might be enough. However, to Boss Pei, it is far from enough. You dont know how particular Boss Pei can be about these details. Listen to me. Make it five million yuan. Lin Wan could not help but rejoice when she saw Ye Zhizhou lower his head in confusion and begin to edit the proposal. I finally understand why Boss Pei sent me here! Apart from learning about the design and knowledge relevant to this type of game, my more important responsibility is to influence them with the Tengda spirit! The way Ye Zhizhou acted so cautiously with the budget estimate reminds me of what Lu Mingliang was like before. Boss Pei is extremely busy. He has many things to take care of. He cannot possibly correct these bad habits himself. That was why he sent me here. On one hand, hes giving me the opportunity to hone my skills. On the other hand, hes using me to correct these peoples bad habits! Thats why I should focus on correcting their mentality. I need to help them emulate Tengda. Boss Pei did not lie to me. This really is an important job! Ye Zhizhou quickly edited the budget estimate and frowned. But if we increase the budget estimate to five million yuan, we will run into a new problem. Were only creating a web-based game. Even if we make all our resources high definition, and hire top artists to handle the concept design, we might not be able to finish spending all the money Whats more, were using the official platforms 2D game engine at the moment. It doesnt support these high-definition graphics very well. The effect might not be as obvious as we hope. Simply put the quality-price ratio is going to be bad. Lin Wan pondered for a moment and said, Lets change the engine then. Well use the 3D one instead. Ye Zhizhou was speechless. If we use the 3D game engine We wont be able to let it remain as a web-based game. We have to transmit a huge amount of art resources. The current internet speed causes these to load too slowly. Web-based games were meant to be played once they opened. All the art resources were supposed to be downloadable on the spot. They were limited by internet speed. That was why they could not allow the art files to grow too big. Otherwise, the transmission would slow down. If players could not see the background even after walking around in a certain place, wouldnt it be extremely awkward? This was the reason why Lin Wan saw the words downloading content every time she went to a new place in Bloody Battle Song. After so much discussion, the problem did not seem like it could be solved. Lin Wan knew very well that a mere two-million-yuan budget would not satisfy Boss Pei. However, they were limited by the demands of a web-based game. Even if they wanted to increase the budget to five million yuan, there was nowhere they could spend the money. That was unless they decided not to make the new game a web-based one but a client-side one instead. Players would then be required to download all the content into their own computers. However, doing this Would change the entire mode of the game. Wouldnt that be akin to changing it fundamentally beyond recognition? Wang Xiaobin cleared his throat twice. Heh, I think that we can try to make the game a mini-client if we want to use high-definition resources and create a 3D version. This is a mini-client. Compared to client-side games, players would need to download far fewer resources. Whats more, there would not be too many requirements on the hardware. On the other hand, compared to web-based games, the graphics would be obviously better. Of course, we could fail on both ends. We would be taking a huge risk. Chapter 199 - Director Lin is Made of Something Indeed! Although Lin Wan could not accurately describe the difference between web-based games and client-side games, she could roughly understand the risks associated with doing something like that. Client-side games and web-based games were completely different. That meant that their traditional gameplay, core, and target audience were very different. Only complete idiots would think that the transition from playing web-based games to client-side games was easy. Transitions from a higher level to a lower level might be easier such as the transitions from client-side games to web-based games or web-based games to mobile games. However, even so, special support from the game was required. If one tried to do it in reverse such as the transition from web-based games to client-side games, they would have to change too many things. It would be as difficult as learning everything from scratch. Yet, Shang Yang Games had already confirmed the research and development of Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version. Even the design manuscript was complete. Whats more, this was Boss Peis decision-nobody could change it at will. This meant that in order for them to spend that much money, making the game a mini-client would be the only way. Just like Wang Xiaobin said, there were huge risks associated with making the game a mini-client. Players would have to download fewer resources for mini-client games compared to client-side games. However, the graphics would look better than web-based games. On the surface, this looked like a perfect solution that could satisfy both sides. However, from another angle, it could be seen as a way to fail both sides. For client-side gamers, the graphics for the new game would look worse than ordinary client-side games. For web-based gamers, it might be troublesome to ask them to download content. The fact that they could not access the game as and when they liked might be a turn-off. There was a chance that both types of players would not like the game. Then, it would completely fail. Everyone turned to look at Lin Wan. As the director, she had to make the call. Lin Wan began to panic inside. When she was at Tengda, she was put in charge of certain tasks. However, she never had to make such important decisions. One had to understand that a decision like that could affect everyones work for the next few months. It also concerned millions of yuan. If they succeeded, of course, there would be nothing more to say. However, if they failed, everyone would have worked in vain. Whats more, they would have made ducks and drakes of the money. Lin Wan felt immense pressure bearing a burden like that. Instinctively, she thought about walking away and consulting Boss Pei on this. However, on second thought, she decided not to. Boss Pei had made her in charge of Shang Yang Games because he had high hopes for her! If she consulted Boss Pei on every little thing, wouldnt she be akin to a telephone? She would be letting Boss Pei down. Lin Wan fell into deep thought. If I were Boss Pei, what would I do now? Phew calm down. Boss Pei is always making unexpected decisions. However, on closer inspection, his decisions were reasonable. Would Boss Pei reduce the budget estimate? He would not. Would Boss Pei care about whether players liked the mini-client or not? I dont think he would. Boss Pei would probably make the decision for the players. He wouldnt care whether they accepted it in the beginning or not. Thus its quite clear what Boss Pei would do. After pondering for a while, Lin Wan decisively said, Well make a mini-client. We will not make any changes to the design. We will just improve all the art resources and turn them from 2D to 3D. Lin Wan looked quite confident. The source of this confidence was not from inside herself but from her accurate prediction of what Boss Pei would do. This was the self-cultivation of an employee of Tengda! After the meeting Ye Zhizhou went back to his own work desk and started editing his budget estimate and requirement form. It was a good thing that their budget estimate was more than double of the original. However, to Ye Zhizhou, editing the various requirement forms was a pain. Fortunately, this was a good kind of pain. While he was busy, his cell phones screen suddenly lit up. He glanced at it and saw that it was a message from Boss Pei. Hows the progress? Ye Zhizhou perked up at once. Great! Boss Pei is taking the initiative to ask me! Ye Zhizhou still felt worried about Lin Wans decision. Doubling the budget estimate and turning the game from a web-based one to a mini-client were quite risky moves. Without Boss Peis confirmation, Ye Zhizhou could not relax. Yet, he could not possibly have reported the matter to Boss Pei. That would have made him a snitch. Of course, it was great that Boss Pei had now taken the initiative to check in on him. Ye Zhizhou quickly explained to him the outcome of the meeting. He mainly talked about the budget estimate and converting the game to a mini-client. His intention was to clarify any doubts Boss Pei might have had about this arrangement. Two minutes later, he received Boss Peis response. Very good, go with this. If there is any problem you cannot solve in the future, just listen to Director Lin. Boss Pei had no issue with it. In fact, he completely agreed with Director Lins decisions! Ye Zhizhou could not help but feel emotional. After all, Lin Wan was a director parachuted in from Tengda. Of course, she would live up to her reputation. Initially, during the meeting, Ye Zhizhou was suspicious of Lin Wan. This was because Lin Wan had suggested such a huge change to the game without asking a single question about the design manuscript. This made Ye Zhizhou feel like she was being rash. Now that Boss Pei had validated her move, his suspicions dissipated like smoke. Could Boss Pei possibly make a wrong decision? Whats more, just as Director Lin had said, Boss Pei approved the budget estimate of five million yuan without any hesitation. He did not even have a single doubt about doing something as risky as changing the game into a mini-client. It looked like Director Lin understood Boss Pei many times more than any of them did! Would this mean that the burden of carrying Shang Yang Games could finally be lifted off the ever-busy Boss Peis shoulders? Pei Qian put down his phone, feeling quite good. Lin Wan was doing even better than he had expected! Pei Qian had mainly been worried that Lin Wan would fold her arms at Shang Yang Games and not dare to do anything. That would have made her a commander with a polished rod. If that had been the case, Lin Wan would not experience strong disappointment in the face of setbacks. She might blame others for it instead of willingly going back to carry on her family business. However, from the looks of the current situation, Lin Wan was playing her role well! She was fully cooperating with Pei Qian without even having to discuss things with him! Not only had she spent so much money, but she also suggested changing a stable web-based game into a mini-client. Pei Qian knew about mini-clients, but he also knew that this model would never become the main model for web-based games. It was not so now, and it would not be so in the future as well. Indeed, some web-based games created mini-clients. However, these were just meant to be the icing on the cake. Whats more, most mini-clients were limited to 50 MB. They did not get bigger than that. At the rate Shang Yang Games was going, not only would they raise the hardware requirements of the game, but they would also increase the size of the downloadable client. It would add up to at least 200 to 300 MB. Many players who used their office computers or old computers to play the game would be scared off! To put it bluntly, the game would not be able to please client-side gamers or web-based gamers. Not only that, but it would also cost much more to produce it. It was perfect! A web-based game like that would cost about five million yuan to produce. Subsequently, based on the way things developed, he could probably pour another two or three million yuan into marketing. Its research and development would probably be completed much sooner than Repent and be Saved. Then, he could publish it a month in advance and ensure losses sooner. Pei Qian loved the sound of that! Chapter 200 - Satisfy the Full – Timers! As he was thinking about this, a knock on his door rang out. Pei Qian looked up and saw that it was Ma Yiqun. Ever since they began preparing to create Zhongdian Chinese Network, Ma Yiqun had been very busy. Although arrangements for the administrative, finance, and legal staff had been made and the companys framework was complete; Ma Yiqun still had to decide how the website would be run. Ma Yiqun had already bought a website template and authors platform on the website for resources according to Pei Qians requirements. They bought the domain name www.zhongdian.com for three hundred thousand yuan as well. Since Qidian had not yet been created in this world, the person who created the domain name zhongdian could not sell the domain for too high of a price. Whats more, it was 2010. Domain names had not become expensive. One could say they got quite a good deal. Apart from this, they had hired staff to maintain the website and bought a cloud server. They had also applied for authorization from the relevant authorities. After doing all these things and spending hundreds of thousands of yuan, the initial preparations were more or less complete. After that, it was time for Ma Yiqun to get busy. First, he had to gather all his employees, in order to assign tasks to each of them. All of these people were seniors whom Zhang Wei recommended to Pei Qian. All of them graduated with majors in humanities. That meant they had a passable grasp on language. Ma Yiquns first impression of them was that they all seemed a bit autistic. Most of them also looked like nerds. This was expected; none of them could find jobs until now. If all of them had the gift of the gab, they would not remain unemployed after graduation until now. Fortunately, they had good attitudes. Ma Yiqun was not that fussy. He knew very well that it was not meaningful to discuss whether someone was suited to be in the online literature industry. It also did not matter whether one did well in school or not. Anyone who entered this industry had to start from scratch. This was a good thing and a bad thing. At least, to Ma Yiqun, these people met the fundamental requirements. After this, Ma Yiqun assigned tasks to each of them. Once the website was set up, the first thing to do was to fill the library up. A website for web novels had to have content. Otherwise, it would be an empty shell. Thus, they had to hire a batch of authors as soon as possible. Especially wealthy web novel sites would surely hire famous authors. They might even hire them by the batch. Doing this could cost them millions of yuan. However, this was not the path Pei Qian chose. Although this would allow him to spend more money, the chances of the website failing would decrease greatly. These authors were novel gods after all. If Pei Qian hired them, the website would draw peoples attention very quickly. He could either spend money to buy novel gods over or attract failures. After some consideration, Pei Qian decided that the latter would allow him to lose more money. After all, most novel gods who had become famous were genuine talents. To make gods out of failures, on the other hand, would be extremely difficult Any author with aspirations would choose to chase their dreams on an established website like Infinite Chinese Network even if they were failing currently. All of them hope for their novels to rise to fame one day. They would not write for a small website with a dim future for the sake of earning a few hundred yuan more. Thus, after pondering over this for a while, Pei Qian decided not to pull novel gods over but work on attracting failing authors instead. This would probably be the more reliable way to incur losses. Ma Yiquns job in these early stages was to train his staff and filter manuscripts. These people knew little about online literature. Even those who had read online literature had never read in depth about it. Ma Yiqun still had to teach them the basic principles such as writing satisfying plots, finding rhythm, and developing the theme. These people could only become editors after Ma Yiqun was more or less done. Then, they could help Ma Yiqun with choosing manuscripts, guiding authors, and the like. Now, Ma Yiqun was probably here to report their progress to Boss Pei. Boss Pei, this is the current situation He briefly explained what they had achieved so far before changing the topic. We have two main problems at the moment. First, our current editors are below standard. Their understanding of online literature is not quite there. They choose manuscripts based on authors writing styles. Most manuscripts they chose are not suited to be online literature. I think itll be quite difficult to change this habit of theirs in the short-term. I need more time to teach them. Second, most manuscripts we receive are low-quality. Im not even talking about premium work. Infinite Chinese Network might not so much as try these manuscripts out, much less put them up on its shelves. A few of the manuscripts are very good, but even if you submitted them to Infinite Chinese Network, they would get five hundred subscriptions at the most. Of course, Im not looking down on that number of subscriptions. Im objectively assessing the facts Ma Yiqun was beginning to feel guilty. After all, he had written web novels before. As an author with only thirty subscriptions, he did not feel like he had the right to look down on others if they could get five hundred. Yet, he had to be logical. If the best author on a web novel site could only get five hundred subscriptions, the entire website was basically a failure. After all, authors like that would be able to get five hundred subscriptions on Infinite Chinese Network because many readers visited that site. That number would probably shrink by ten times if the book were published on Zhongdian Chinese Network. Ma Yiquns problems were not contradictory. All in all, the authors sucked at writing, and the editors sucked at vetting manuscripts. There was no way that the manuscripts they accepted would be readable. The website had not started officially. Ma Yiqun was still browsing various forums and contacting failed authors. Once he had accepted sufficient manuscripts to fill the website up, he would officially open it. Even after listening to Ma Yiquns description, Pei Qians expression remained calm. It seemed to say everything is under control. Do you have a manuscript? Let me see it. Ma Yiqun retrieved a thumb drive from his pocket and handed it to Pei Qian. It contained all the manuscripts he accepted. He had contracted some authors but not others. Pei Qian randomly opened several manuscripts and read them. Once he finished, he had only one feeling: disgust! For most of them, he did not want to read on after roughly scanning through the first chapter. Satisfactory plots and rhythm aside, many people seemed to be having difficulty with forming basic sentences. They were using the wrong words, the wrong punctuations, and the wrong sentence structures. The logic of the first three chapters was a mess, and the theme was unclear. All in all, there were problems everywhere. Pei Qian briefly looked through the manuscripts. Looking through those written by authors whom Ma Yiqun had contracted, Pei Qian felt like they were choosing generals from among shorties. If these were published on other websites, they would fail miserably. Although Ma Yiqun only had thirty subscriptions initially, he had a good understanding of how online literature worked. This was within Pei Qians expectations. Although Ma Yiqun did not have many subscriptions, the novels that he had released to the public were quite good. He even had a loyal following Ma Yiqun observed Pei Qians expression as the latter scanned through the manuscripts. He could not help but feel moved. Boss Pei is so patient. I cant believe he can stand to read these. After randomly reading a few manuscripts, Pei Qian felt completely relieved. If all the manuscripts they accepted were of this standard, it would be a surprise if the web novel site could succeed! Not bad, keep up the good work! Calmly, Pei Qian plucked out the thumb drive and handed it back to Ma Yiqun. Its not a big problem. As for the two things you mentioned Its alright if our editors are below standard. Ease the review criteria. In any case, our aim is to fill up our libraries for now. These people are just writing to fulfill the contract and earn money. Theres no need for us to be so strict. Ma Yiqun hesitated. But Boss Pei, back then, the remuneration you offered to full-timers was a thousand yuan. Infinite Chinese Network only offers five hundred yuan to their full-time authors. Other small sites offer a thousand yuan, but thats only if authors produce ten thousand words a day. Were offering them a thousand yuan for three thousand words a day. If we ease the criteria, we would be giving out money for free. Thats like burning all that money every single month. Pei Qian shook his head. Thats alright. If we have five hundred authors, it would only cost us five hundred thousand yuan a month. Thats not a lot of money. Our website is new. If we dont pay our full-time authors more, why would people want to write for us? Whats more, for newbies, three thousand words a day is not an easy target to hit. Dont worry. Accept more manuscripts. An outstanding author will appear one day. Ma Yiqun pondered for a while and decided that there was logic to what Boss Pei was saying. However, the chances of this happening were low. After thinking for a moment, Ma Yiqun spoke again. Boss Pei, there is another problem. Most of our employees have little to do. Since few authors are submitting manuscripts, there is not a lot of reviewing to be done. Even if our editors make time to guide the authors in their writing, they will still have time to idle. Pei Qian waved his hand. Thats even less of a problem. If they have nothing to do, ask them to work on their hobbies. Take you for example. If you find that you have nothing to do, write a novel or two to entertain yourself. Isnt that good? Pei Qian stood up and patted Ma Yiqun on the shoulder. Yiqun, dont stress yourself out too much. Tengdas mantra has always been to be happy at work. If you have work to do, get busy. If you dont, work on your interests and hobbies. If you have too much work to do, hire more people. How difficult is that? Dont try to devour too much at one go. Take it slow. Ma Yiqun nodded and replied, Yes, Boss Pei! I understand! At first, he felt anxious and panicked. Boss Pei had given him such an important task, and yet he had made no progress. Instead, he was spending more money by the day. It felt like he just could not catch his breath. However, seeing that Boss Pei had everything under control, Ma Yiqun immediately felt relieved. Indeed, following a good leader could make one feel secure! Chapter 201 - Ma Yiqun Wears Two Hats Ma Yiqun returned from Boss Peis office, feeling less confused than he was before. When he went back upstairs, he passed by the editors department and saw all the young editors vetting and editing manuscripts seriously. These young people seemed to cherish this job opportunity. As a second-tier city, Jingzhou did not have many tech ventures. There werent many internet businesses either. The main source of jobs was in traditional industries. These traditional industries were known for torturing fresh graduates. They were worldly, hierarchical, and boring; most fresh graduates could not adapt to working in traditional industries. At first, these people lacked direction for their own futures. They could not get recommendations for post-graduate studies, and their academic results did not qualify them either. Yet, they could not find jobs that they were passionate about. Companies in traditional industries looked down on them, and they looked down on traditional jobs in return. They practically despised each other. They watched as their own classmates became carefree after securing jobs and post-graduate positions. Some of them had even been offered high starting pays and had become the envy of many. On the other hand, they did not have a single offer. They faced as many rejections as they did interviews, and they felt like they had already thrown their resumes into the deep sea. One could only imagine the immense pressure they were under. Initially, some of them were prepared to retake their examinations. Others decided to go back to their hometown. None of them expected the tables to turn! Coincidentally, a new website was set up. All of them were recruited. Whats more, they landed editing jobs that were slightly related to their majors. Their luck was extremely good! In the beginning, some of them were unhappy with the job and even despised web novels. However, after interacting with other classmates who were already working, they realized that the job was extremely good! In Jingzhou, the salaries they were earning were considered high for sure. In terms of job content, reviewing manuscripts could be dull and tedious at times. However, it was much more interesting than working as an administrative staff in most offices. On top of this, their boss was young and easy to talk to. The atmosphere in the company was relaxed and harmonious. Everyone very quickly took a liking toward their new job and decided to work hard to transition from being a student to being part of the working class. When Ma Yiqun entered the office, a small-sized, skinny boy stood up suddenly. Brother Ma, we have finished reviewing the manuscripts for today. Ma Yiqun nodded and said, Good. Do whatever you want for now. Ill gather everyone for a meeting later on. This boys name was Zhu Anxing. He was the liveliest person in the batch of fresh graduates. He was not as autistic as the rest, and he was much smarter as well. He was one of the few editors Ma Yiqun was happy with. Zhu Anxings academic results were horrible. Even when he was about to graduate, he failed three subjects. That was why he proudly delayed graduation. Considering the difficulty of examinations for humanities majors, he still managed to fail three subjects before graduation. It was obvious how much he hated learning. Delayed graduation meant that Zhu Anxing would only get his graduation certificate at the end of the year. However, Ma Yiqun did not care too much about this. After all, to him, academic results were not important for determining whether one would be good at editing or not. The correlation was not strong. This Zhu Anxing read online literature and played games while he was at university. He had a wide variety of interests. That was why he was learning the ropes of this editing job relatively quickly. Ma Yiqun decided that once Zhu Anxings skills were satisfactory, he would promote the latter to become the editor-in-chief of a popular channel. This would take some burden off Ma Yiqun as well. Ma Yiqun returned to his desk and made some minor arrangements. Then, he invited the good seedlings, who had chances of becoming editors-in-chief, to attend a meeting. There, he briefly explained what Boss Pei had instructed. In the future, they would ease the criteria for accepting manuscripts. They would also attract authors to write for them with full-time benefits. Their main goal would be to fill the library up. After that, Ma Yiqun addressed the problem of them not having enough work to do. People like Zhu Anxing, who were learning quickly about online literature, could start working as editors if they were really needed to. Whats more, since there were very few manuscripts being submitted, they could quickly finish their reviewing work. If they had no other work to do during the remaining time, they could learn from Infinite Chinese Networks popular online literature. Ma Yiqun scanned the group and said, If you feel like you do not have enough work to doapart from reading popular online literature, you could also try to write something. You might all be editors, but who knows if you would be able to write a hot-selling novel? You must still have dreams. Whats more, we dont have many manuscripts on our website at the moment. The standard of the manuscripts we are receiving is not great as well. Im sure we could recommend any book you write in good positions on the website. You could take this opportunity to give it a shot. There was nothing wrong with what Ma Yiqun was saying, but it had no practical significance. If no one visited the website, it would not matter even if he recommended their books there. Ma Yiqun paused before adding, If you really have nothing to do, I will give you something to do: think about the theme and plot for Repent and be Saved. Initially, thinking about the theme for Repent and be Saved was Ma Yiquns job as the plot planner. However, life was full of twists and turns. Ma Yiqun had unexpectedly been promoted. Logically, Ma Yiqun should have handed this task over to someone. However, Lu Mingliang was stunned. He said to Ma Yiqun, If you dont do this, no one else would be able to. The only other person who was fit to do the job was Boss Pei. However, Boss Pei was extremely busy. How could he personally work on the plot? Ma Yiqun thought about it and decided that it was not a big deal. He could afford to write the theme for the game. Thus, Ma Yiqun put on two hats. He thought about the theme for Repent and be Saved while he worked on Zhongdian Chinese Network. Now that the initial preparation for the website was more or less complete and Boss Pei was fully supportive, Ma Yiqun felt a lot less stressed. All of a sudden, Ma Yiqun realized a problem. He had brothers around him. He did not need to fight the battle alone. They could work on Repent and be Saveds plot together! When the twenty-odd people found that they had nothing to do, they could think of a plot for Repent and be Saved. The few of them who majored in Chinese, like Zhu Anxing, had a good foundation in ancient Chinese anyway. According to Boss Peis request, Repent and be Saved had to have a huge amount of ancient Chinese riddles and puzzles. Ma Yiqun had to work on all of these on his own. He would be able to complete it, but if he worked on it by himself, the quality would be compromised for sure. Now that there were so many people there to help him, he could split the workload. Wouldnt they be acting as a plot team, then? Ma Yiqun briefly explained the direction for Repent and be Saveds theme to everybody. The initial design for the theme was already complete. There would be traditional Chinese scenes and elements of Buddhism, Taoism, and ancient mythology. They would not emphasize any one element over others. Instead, there would be sprinkles of everything. It was possible for the game to only have Buddhist-themed scenery. They could even make Sanskrit part of the art resources in the game. However, after some discussion, Ma Yiqun and Lu Mingliang decided that it would not be appropriate. Having purely Buddhist-themed scenery would make the entire game cohesive. The style would also be very clear. However, it might not be able to accurately portray the characteristics of ancient China. In other words, the main point of the game might be obscured. Buddhism was a foreign religion after all. It was no indigenous enough. It did not bring out traditional Chinas style. That was why Ma Yiqun and Lu Mingliang decided that they would include elements of Buddhism, Taoism, and ancient mythology. They would come together to express a unique, traditional Chinese style. As for whether it would look like a mess of different styles or not They did not have to worry. Big Boss Ruan Guangjian would be in charge of curating the style of the game. He would use the epic ink oil painting style to create art resources. Ma Yiqun trusted that the effect would be beautiful. Chapter 202 - Write Repent and be Saved’s Plot Together! Repent and be Saveds story was supposed to take place in an unknown age in ancient China. What used to be a peaceful, harmonious village was suddenly wrecked when more and more people began to lose their souls and become wandering ghouls. These people slowly lost their memories and sanity. They wandered around subconsciously and attacked the souls of complete humans. On top of this, they were unknowingly drawn towards a faraway place. In the words of lucky survivors, the road to this faraway place was called the Road to the Underworld. According to the elderly in the village, dead people would be captured by the Black and White Impermanence. After that, they would be brought to the netherworld to be judged and punished by Yama, who would then decide if these people could reincarnate and become humans again, soon sending them into the six realms of rebirth and existence or to the Eighteen Levels of Hell. However, for some reason, the Black and White Impermanence stopped receiving dead people. Thus, regardless of whether they died naturally or were murdered, everyone found themselves on the Road to the Underworld, unable to get to the netherworld. Instinctively, these wandering ghouls could sense a calling towards the netherworld. Yet, none of them could find the right path to get there. As time went by, they became increasingly tyrannical. Thus, the mortal world slowly turned into hell. Players would play the role of the protagonist who was a normal human facing death. The protagonists soul was already incomplete. However, mysteriously and inexorably, he felt something in a faraway place faintly calling out to him. In order to avoid becoming a mindless, wandering ghost; he embarked on a journey to seek out the truth. The protagonist began his journey on the Road to the Underworld and entered the netherworld with his mortal body. The games flow could generally be split into several parts: The beginning, which was situated in the mortal village; a town which had been completely overtaken by wandering ghouls; a strategically-placed gate to the netherworld; The Road to the Underworld, which was crowded with wandering, malicious spirits; The River of Three Crossings, which was covered in red spider lilies; The end of the Road to the Underworld, where players would arrive at the River of Forgetfulness and the Bridge of Forgetfulness; The Home-Viewing Pavilion and the Three-Life-Stone, which were situated by the side of the Bridge of Forgetfulness; Yamas majestic palace; the unbelievably messy six realms of rebirth and existence; and the bottom-most level of hell Apart from these, the bosses in the game would take on characters in Chinese mythology. These would include Mengpo on the Bridge of Forgetfulness, the four great magistrates of hell Lu Zhidao, Magistrate of Examination and Research; Zhong Kui, Magistrate of Punishment of Evil; Wei Zheng, Magistrate of Rewarding Goodness; and Cui Yu, Magistrate of Implicit Law (each was to have purple, green, blue, and orange as their theme colors respectively)and the ten Yama kings in hell. According to Boss Peis request-each time players died, all the monsters would refresh. Thus, one could find statues of Buddha at regular intervals along the journey to guide them. Worn-down temples, statues of Buddha, Tudis[1] temples, and Tudis statues would also be distributed throughout the journey. Buddha would not appear in the game, but there would be dilapidated statues of Buddha to hint at the legendary Degenerate Age. The Buddha statues would act as save points, where players could restore previous states and refresh the surroundings beasts. Tudi statues, on the other hand, could be used to collect wandering ghouls from the surroundings. These would increase the characters skills. There was not much content to the game because they had a limited budget. The entire game would probably last twelve to thirteen hours. Of course, this was only if players were familiar with battle and could make consistent progress. If they were newbies, it would take them much longer to complete the game; they might end up playing for tens of hours or forever. The game was not linear. From time to time, players would be required to turn back mid-way in order to advance to the next location. For example, at the start of the game, players would have to go to the town which was completely overtaken by wandering ghouls. After defeating the grievous spirits gathered there, they would receive an initial boost in powers. Then, they had to collect several special props which would help them defeat wandering ghosts (such as Buddhist beads, amulets, and the like). After that, they had to turn around and head back to the village. From there, they could only enter the Road to the Underworld after killing an old man and following his soul. If players did not go to that town and killed the old man immediately to follow his soul onto the Road to the Underworld instead, the entire journey would be extremely difficult. Players would face a similar choice in Yamas palace. They could choose to go deep into Yamas palace, kill the magistrates and Yama himself, and then turn into a true malicious spirit. They could also choose to enter the messy six realms of rebirth and existence and reincarnate as a human. Then, they could escape far away from this world. Otherwise, they could choose to go into the bottom-most level of hell and kill the crazed ruler of the place. This way, they would be sacrificing themselves in order to suppress the grievous spirits. There would be three to five different outcomes. The outcome players got would depend on critical decisions that they made during the game. The clues to guide players in making each of these decisions would be hidden within the games plot. Throughout the game, players would get to talk to a few NPCs. They could also kill bosses or wandering ghouls and obtain their souls in order to access their memories. From there, they would be able to listen to narrations and fragments of memories. There would also be clues hidden in key props or scenes (such as at the Three-Life Stone). These would hint at players where the more obscure clues could be found. Scenes like the Three-Life Stone could be counterproductive as well. Depending on players choices throughout the game, the hint that appeared on the Three-Life Stone could be different. This, in turn, would affect key events in the plot. Of course, as players went down different paths, they would also meet with different monsters on their journey. Giving the same scene multiple different uses would be a good use of their money. These hints would be the main tool Pei Qian would use to dissuade foreign players from trying the game out. Pei Qian did not ask for these games to be written in poetry; this would make the game far too difficult. All he had to do was ensure that the hints were written in obscure and complicated ancient Chinese. Anyone who had been through nine years of mandatory education would be able to roughly guess the hints meaning. It was not that Pei Qian did not enjoy poetry. However, even if he made a request like that, Lu Mingliang and the others would not be able to achieve it. All of these were part of the games initial design. In the initial stages of researching and developing the game, they just needed to decide on the scenes, bosses, and story progression. Once they confirmed that the preparatory work (such as requesting for art resources) could be completed smoothly, they would be more or less done. The details of the game could be perfected during the actual research and development process. Some designs and content could also be edited along the way. Ma Yiqun explained the games theme in detail to everyone. He also briefed them on their tasks. Compared to thinking about the plot for Repent and be Saved, everyone was relatively uninterested in reviewing manuscripts. Up until now, the quality of the manuscripts that had been sent to Zhongdian Chinese Network was dismal. If there were more interesting introductions, quicker rhythm, fresh plots, and engaging storylines, everyone would probably feel much more excited about their work. However, there werent. In other words, no matter how much time they spent reviewing manuscripts, they would not find one that would be extremely popular and help the website rise to fame. As for guiding authors, it was even more unnecessary. After all, they had little understanding of their current editing job scope. What if they caused more trouble by attempting to guide authors as well? Working on Repent and be Saved would be a different story altogether. It was Tengda Games newest product! They were investing tens of millions of yuan in it! Boss Pei was working on it himself! From any angle, this game looked like it would become extremely popular. Even if it would not make as much profit as Ocean Stronghold, it would at least have as good a reputation as Game Designer. If they took part in the research and development of this game and even had a hand in writing its plot, they would be able to boast to their friends! After listening to Ma Yiquns briefing, Zhu Anxings eyes lit up. Brother Ma, I want to write! Can we post the content we write onto our website directly? They can be taken as the games official novel. We can split the tasks. Each person can take charge of one part of the plot, including the games chronicles and the background stories of every boss and NPC in the game. These can supplement the game. Although they might not be used in the end, itll be much better than sitting around aimlessly and building a cart behind closed doors. Ma Yiqun pondered for a while and decided that it was true. In any case, they had nothing to do. Even if they had to write their own novels, many people would not have anything to write about. Since that was so, he could just make everybody write Repent and be Saveds plot. Once they were down, he could pick the best ones to be part of the game. Ma Yiqun nodded and said, Thatll do. While youre reviewing manuscripts, think about Repent and be Saveds plot as well, then. Well hold a meeting every week from now, especially to talk about the plot design. Ill update the project team accordingly. [1] Tudi is an Earth Deity in Chinese mythology. Chapter 203 - What Plan does He Have for Ming Yun Villas? July 13th, afternoon At Fish-Catching Internet Cafes flagship store Li Shi sat in the corner, quietly sipping his coffee. This place is much livelier, but I still prefer the way it was before. Li Shi breathed out gently. He did not know that he and Boss Pei had similar thoughts in this area. His negotiations with Boss Pei had completely fallen through back then. Li Shi felt absolutely defeated, and because of that, he avoided Fish-Catching Internet Cafe for more than a week. However, he remained indignant; and he harbored hopes of making a comeback in the future. Whats more, when he had nothing to do, he used to come to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe to sit around and have a drink or two. He had already developed a sort of habit. That was why Li Shi came to Fish-Catching Internet Cafes flagship store today. He wanted to see what things were like here. The first thing he realized was that there were indeed more customers. He knew that the place would probably be much more crowded at night. Thus, he purposely picked a Tuesday afternoon to visit. He did not expect that there would be this many customers, even on a workday afternoon. Some were reading and sipping their coffees quietly in the coffee area, some were taking photos, and some were surfing the net. It looked like business was booming. They earned revenue in the day and profited from customers alcohol tips for the singers at night. Li Shi guessed that Fish-Catching Internet Cafes flagship store was probably making a profit now. It was not easy to determine if they were earning a lot or a little, but they were definitely earning profits. Yet, personally, he liked what Fish-Catching Internet Cafe was like before. It was quiet, and nobody was there to disturb him. Of course, the current Fish-Catching Internet Cafe was not so crowded that people would feel frustrated just being there. Still, there was no peace like there was before. Li Shi took another sip of coffee. He could not help but feel like something was missing. Boss Pei was not here. This was normal. Yet, where was the man with the big, long face and the regional manager who always followed the former around? Li Shi used to always come to Fish-Catching Internet Cafes flagship store. Each time, he would bump into those two people. It was almost as if they lived in the flagship store. Today, none of them were there. Strange. If the business is doing so well, shouldnt they remain here to keep an eye on things? Li Shi had been observing the changes to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe over these few days. The flagship store had indeed been made popular by Chen Lei. It was now famous on the internet. Many people came here to check in and purchase things. Traffic flow was high. However, the other Fish-Catching Internet Cafe branches had not changed much. Although there were more customers and they earned more income, they were a far cry from the flagship store. It was logical to guess that these branches could reduce their losses, but they would not be able to turn the losses into profits. Shouldnt the two men remain in the flagship store and apply the lessons they learned here to the other branches? Why were they nowhere to be found? Li Shi raised his hand slightly. The waiter beside him immediately noticed and walked to his table. May I help you with anything? The waiter asked, smiling subtly. Li Shi was a regular customer in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe after all. He had spent a considerable amount of money here. Of course, the waiters recognized this major customer and ensured that they served him well. Li Shi put on a nonchalant expression and asked, Boss Ma isnt here today? dIISI The waiter maintained his smile and answered, Yes, Boss Ma hasnt come to visit for a while. Its been about a week, I think. Li Shi paused. A week? In other words, from the time Fish-Catching Internet Cafe became extremely popular and saw the most customers it ever had until the traffic flow stabilized, the man with the big, long face had not visited. Logically, since the flagship store had a branch manager, the long-faced man could fold his hands and sit back. However, he was part of the management team above the branch managers after all. If he was not in this branch, he was likely in another branch. What was he doing there? There was something fishy going on here. Li Shi smiled at the waiter and said, Its alright; Im just asking. Two hours later, Li Shi glanced at his handset. A subordinate had sent him a message: Boss Li, Ive found out that hes at Ming Yun Villas. When he saw this message, Li Shi was shocked. However, after some consideration, he finally understood. Obviously, the long-faced man and his companion had turned their focus to the other branches now that the flagship store was doing well! Although Li Shi looked down on the long-faced Ma Yang for being stupid, he did not dare to underestimate him. After all, Ma Yangs every action harbored Boss Peis deeper intentions! With what happened the last time, Li Shi no longer dared to belittle the younger and less-experienced Boss Pei. He knew that this Boss Pei seemed young and acted illogically, but he had a clear, far vision. Whats more, he always had a back-up plan! Li Shi had incurred a great loss the last time precisely because he belittled Boss Pei. He gently rubbed his chin, thinking about everything going on behind the scenes. Boss Pei must have had some clue about what I had been doing earlier. He must have been the one who instructed the long-faced man to give me false information. Indeed, the long-faced man may be stupid, but he is extremely loyal to Boss Pei. It was a mistake for me to begin executing my plan from there. This is logical. If the long-faced man were not loyal to Boss Pei, how could he earn his favor and be placed in such a high position? I must not make the same mistake this time. The long-faced man can no longer be found in the flagship store. Instead, hes staying at the branch in Ming Yun. Theres a high chance that Boss Pei has laid down a new plan for that region! Li Shi no longer engaged in wishful thinking like he did before. He did not even dream about buying Fish-Catching Internet Cafe over. He knew very well that Fish-Catching Internet Cafe was excelling now. Its reputation and quality were good. It would already be very difficult for Li Shi to invest in it. Li Shis interest in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe was dissipating, but his interest in Boss Pei was not. After what happened the last time, Li Shis comments about Boss Pei kept improving. He even felt like the latter was one of the top entrepreneurs in Jingzhou City. With someone so awesome within reach, Li Shi naturally had to keep a close eye on his every move. What if a business opportunity presented itself? The same thing was happening this time. Li Shi was looking into Fish-Catching Internet Cafes Ming Yun Villas branch not because he wanted to invest in it or buy it over but because he was very curious about Boss Peis next move. He opened the map on his phone and roughly scanned it. Then, Li Shi frowned. He did not understand what was promising about this place. The so-called Ming Yun Villas was a high-end residential area in Jingzhou. It was mainly filled with free-standing villas. However, there was a problem with the layout of this place. Ming Yun Villas was located in the south-east region of Jingzhou City along mountains and waters. The views there were not bad. Then again, there were two big problems with a place like that. First, the surrounding facilities were not good. The villas were good as holiday homes for a day or two but not as long-term accommodation. It would be extremely inconvenient. Second, the developers strategy was problematic. They filled the entire place with high-end villas. The average price of a villa in this place was considerably higher than other villas in Jingzhou City. Yet, marketing was not done well; and the place was not very popular. Thus, almost a year after the villas were completed, there were still few people living inside. The location that Fish-Catching Internet Cafe chose was even more confusing to Li Shi. The internet cafe was not built near Ming Yun Villas. In fact, it was built a distance away from Ming Yun Villas, as well as the East Campus of Handong Jiaotong University. If people wanted to go to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe from either of these places, they would have to travel a good distance. Chapter 204 - Was there a Need to Plant Spies Given the Circumstances?! If Li Shi were allowed to choose, he would have considered opening a branch at the entrance of Handong Jiaotong Universitys East Campus or nearer to Ming Yun Villas. He would not have opened it at such an awkward position between both places. According to his initial research, Fish-Catching Internet Cafes branch at Ming Yun Villas was indeed doing the worst out of all the branches. This was a direct consequence of the branchs location. Thus, Li Shi was confused. The fact that the long-faced man was visiting the branch at Ming Yun Villas frequently showed that Boss Pei took this branch as an important part of his plan. Yet, from any angle, it did not look like this branch had much potential. If Li Shi had been the boss, he would have given up on this branch very early on in order to cut his losses. All of this made him extremely curious. After pondering for a long time, Li Shi left Fish-Catching Internet Cafes flagship store and prepared to drive to the branch at Ming Yun Villas in order to find out more. At Fish-Catching Internet Cafes branch in Ming Yun Villas There was a vast plain outside the cafe. After all, this was Jingzhou Citys outskirts. Naturally, it was not very crowded. Li Shi parked his car outside and walked into the internet cafe. Although the two branchs set-ups were not completely the same, their styles were similar. This place felt familiar to Li Shi. Whats more, this branch was a lot less crowded than the flagship store. To Li Shi, this was a huge plus point! He walked to the coffee area, sat down, and then ordered a cup of tea. The clean environment made him very happy. However, Li Shi did not forget what he had come here for. He scanned the first floor of the internet cafe and found that Ma Yang and Zhang Yuan were here indeed. However, both of them were happily playing games in the internet cafe. They had headphones on, and they looked very focused. Ma Yang was completely engrossed. However, Zhang Yuan looked like he was in unspeakable pain. One could only imagine how torturous it was to play games with a boss who was rubbish at it and who had no self-awareness whatsoever! However, in the eyes of an outsider like Li Shi, both of them looked like they were enjoying themselves and were on very good terms. Indeed, they have shifted their focus onto this branch, but Why? It is purely because this place is doing horribly, and they want to convert the losses to profits? No, I dont think thats it. Boss Pei is very far-sighted. Would he be so hung up on the losses that one branch is incurring? There must be more to it. For all I know, theres a deeper, complex plan behind this branch. Once again, Li Shi was careful not to be negligent. Earlier, he had not expected Pei Qian to use a singer to turn the tables around. Once bitten, twice shy. He now knew that behind every ordinary-looking plan, Boss Pei had deeper intentions. This time would be no exception. Li Shi did not want Ma Yang to spot him. After what happened the last time, he understood that this long-faced mans relationship with Pei Qian was too good. There was no way he would be able to rely on him. However The other lower-level employees were a different story. Li Shi scanned the internet cafe and saw several waiters. The internet cafe was too deserted, and the waiters looked listless. It was obvious that they were only trying to maintain a high standard of professionalism because of their professional training. Li Shi guessed that these waiters were not paid very much. Fish-Catching Internet Cafe might treat their workers much better than the average industry standard, but these waiters did physical labor after all. They were just not worth paying that much. If that were true, Li Shi could spend some money to bribe them and understand more about this branch at Ming Yun Villas. At that thought, Li Shi quietly noted down the names and faces of several waiters. He took two more sips of his coffee, paid the bill, and then left. Bribing two or three waiters did not seem significant, but it could give Li Shi something very important: updates. Any money he spent would be well worth it as long as these workers continuously provided Li Shi with updates about the branch and allowed him to figure out the direction in which Boss Pei was going! If he prioritized stability, bribing just one waiter would minimize the risks of him being exposed. However, Li Shi was worried that one waiter would provide him with fake updates. What would he do then? If he bribed a few waiters, at least he could verify the updates against one another. This would increase the reliability of the updates he received. Of course, this would increase the risk of his plan being exposed. However, Li Shi was not that worried. He would ask his subordinates to contact these waiters. Pei Qian would not be able to trace these things back to Fu Hui Investments. It would not be a problem even if these waiters reported the matter to Pei Qian. At most, the plan would fall through at no loss to Li Shi. The only thing he had to worry about was that these waiters would collude to provide fake information. However, the waiters would probably only do so if they were absolutely loyal to Boss Pei. Whats more, they must be able to resist the temptation of money. How could they? Thus, Li Shi felt quite confident. He believed in the power of money. The next day Coincidentally, Pei Qian had nothing much to do in the afternoon. He thought about walking around in Fish-Catching Internet Cafes branch at Ming Yun Villas. He also wanted to take the chance to ask Ma Yang and the others about their progress in planning for Headwind Courier stations. The initial preparations for Headwind Courier stations would not be complicated. They mainly had to rent spaces, renovate them, purchase shelves and office supplies, recruit delivery men, and contact express delivery companies and discuss collaborating. Ma Yang and Zhang Yuan were in charge of all of these things for now. After all, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and Fish-Catching Take-Out were all incurring losses for now. Pei Qian was quite satisfied with this, and he trusted both of them. Once Headwind Logistics business expanded and Ma Yang and Zhang Yuan were unable to cope, Pei Qian would consider handing this business over to other people to manage. When they saw Boss Pei walk in, the waiters in the internet cafe became slightly nervous. Everyone knew that Fish-Catching Internet Cafes branch at Ming Yun Villas was doing the worst out of all the branches. It was practically at rock-bottom! The waiters were worried that the branch would be closed all of a sudden, and they would lose their jobs. The initial situation had been better. All the branches were incurring losses, and the branch at Ming Yun Villas was quite deserted. Boss Pei hardly visited them. However, once Fish-Catching Internet Cafes flagship store began making profits, everything changed. It seemed like Boss Pei had suddenly turned his attention to the branch at Ming Yun Villas! The internet cafes manager, Ma Yang, and the regional manager, Zhang Yuan, seemed to be permanently stationed at this branch. Whats more, Boss Pei began visiting the branch more frequently as well. All the waiters were under immense pressure, and they were getting increasingly nervous. It was obvious that the higher management had noticed that the branch at Ming Yun Villas was at rock bottom. For all they knew, huge changes were going to take place. Although everything seemed calm for now, nobody knew when the storm was going to come. All the waiters understood their own situation. They received high salaries and good welfare here, but who knew how long more they could keep their jobs? Thus, some of them began to work on back-up plans. Although they were treated very well here, everybody was selfish. They had to think for themselves. Brother Qian, youre here! Ma Yang and Zhang Yuan welcomed Pei Qian warmly and led him to a table to sit. A few waiters stood by the side, waiting for instructions. Pei Qian sipped his coffee and said to Ma Yang, Give our brothers an additional one thousand yuan for their salary this month. Ma Yang was shocked, and so were a few waiters. Pei Qian explained, This is an incentive! The branch at Ming Yun Villas is not doing well. Ill need everyone to keep working hard! Dont feel too stressed about our current results either. Relax, our Fish-Catching Internet Cafe will not give any of you brothers up! Pei Qian had not thought too much about it. He just wanted to spend more money because he felt like it. There was reason to give out this sum of money, and it was not much to begin with. There was no reason for the System to deny it. Whats more, the branch at Ming Yun Villas had been steadily incurring losses and showed no signs of improving. Pei Qian felt that this was the gold-standard business of his dreams. It directly contrasted what the flagship store had become. Naturally, he had to spend more money here to pad his expenses. Once he finished speaking, Pei Qian noticed that three or four waiters had weird expressions on their faces. They looked overjoyed but hesitant as well. Finally, one of the waiters plucked up the courage to speak. Boss Pei, there is something I want to report to you! Someone tried to bribe me and told me to give them updates about what happens in this branch! Another waiter nodded and said, Me, too! Yet, another waiter looked hesitant. It was obvious he was guilty. Actually, none of these waiters needed to report this secret to Pei Qian. After all, they were low-level workers in the internet cafe. They were not close to Pei Qian, and they might not have profited from blurting the secret. However, after Boss Pei distributed one thousand yuan to each of them as incentives, the waiters felt moved. They thought about the excellent treatment and welfare they had been receiving in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and began to feel their conscience prick them. Thus, although they were being offered more money by the other party, someone took a firm stand! Pei Qian paused. He was quite shocked not because his subordinates had been bribed but because he did not expect someone to spend money on such useless updates. The branch at Ming Yun Villas was doing so horribly. Why was there a need to plant spies? Do you have too much money and nowhere to spend it? Just give it to me, then! Pei Qian casually asked, How much is he paying you? One of the waiters hesitated for a second, and then said, Five hundred yuan for normal updates, and three thousand yuan for important updates. To Li Shi, the waiters would definitely not be able to resist this sum of money. However, he had underestimated the exceptional welfare that employees of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe enjoyed. Pei Qian began cursing in his heart. Why the hell do things like that not happen to me? These are just updates about Fish-Catching Internet Cafes branch at Ming Yun Villas. Three thousand yuan for some updates? I can sell so many updates to you that you go bankrupt, do you believe that? Chapter 205 - Boss Pei Releases Information A waiter plucked up the courage to say, Dont worry, Boss Pei. We will never betray Fish-Catching Internet Cafe! I will turn him down at once! Another waiter nodded and said, Thats right! Boss Pei, you have treated us exceedingly well. As long as you dont give up on us, we will never sell information about any of Fish-Catching Internet Cafes branches! Looking at these peoples determined expressions, Pei Qian cursed in his heart. Dont! You should sell as much as you can. Thats exactly what I want! What is the other party buying information on the Ming Yun Villas branch for? Isnt it to do harm to it? Thats just as well! It could help Ming Yun Villas incur more losses. I couldnt ask for anything better. When the time comes, a few waiters would have made more money and Pei Qian would have lost more money. Wouldnt that be a win-win situation? Pei Qian waved his hand and said, No need. Sell the information for as much as you can earn. Dont be kind to them. Otherwise, negotiate and ask them for more than three thousand yuan. The waiters were confused. Whats this? Was Boss Pei giving them permission to sell information? One of the waiters thought about it, and a realization dawned upon him. I know, Boss Pei! Youre going to come up with a scheme! Do you want us to sell fake information and lead them on? Pei Qian smiled without saying a word. Fake information? Not fake information C Im talking about true information. Just do your best to sell information about this branch. Pei Qian took out his phone and started recording without changing his expression. Coincidentally, I wanted to tell all of you about the future arrangements for Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. In the next few months, the branch at Ming Yun Villas will become our utmost priority among the entire Fish-Catching Internet Cafe business. At the same time, our internet cafe business is going to continue in full force! Although the flagship store is doing extremely well now, only the bar is doing well. The internet cafe is not. He turned to Ma Yang and said, Old Ma, didnt you always hope that Fish-Catching Internet Cafe would be turned into a bar? I never agreed because of this. High-end internet cafes do not seem as popular now, but they will definitely be the future of our business! I predict that in less than a year, these high-end internet cafes would replace traditional internet cafes. Theyll become the mainstream in the market! There was some truth to what Pei Qian was saying, but there were also lies. Cheap internet cafes would indeed have to be converted to high-end internet cafes in the future in order to remain competitive and stay mainstream. However, this transition would not be complete in the next one or two years. According to Pei Qians memory, such high-end internet cafes would only begin to get popular in 2012. In about 2014 to 2015, they would expand outwards from first-tier cities to second tier-cities. Only they were slowly and increasingly accepted by the majority. Thus, as Pei Qian understood the situation, he would be incurring losses for another two years or so. So what if this was the future of internet cafes? He could incur losses for two years, and that was great. He could talk about the future next time. Pei Qian continued speaking. What happened with Fish-Catching Internet Cafes flagship store was a pleasant surprise. Honestly, it was not within my plans. This was 100% the truth. Given the flagship stores success, there has been a huge disturbance in our customer traffic and the like. We can no longer test out our internet cafe model at the flagship store. That is why I chose the Ming Yun Villas branch to test out the internet cafe model. At the moment, it looks like this branch is doing the worst. Our goal is to focus on the surrounding high-end villas and university. We will fully display the benefits of a high-end internet cafe like Fish-Catching Internet Cafe here. Please believe me, everyone. Ming Yun Villas will become the next core commercial district in Jingzhou City. It will be a place where high-class people gather to relax! After hearing Pei Qians speech, the waiters turned to look at one another. Is Boss Pei speaking the truth or not? Hes saying all of these to his opponents C most of it must be fake, right? Yet, why didnt it sound fake? Why did it sound like the truth?! Whats more, it seemed to completely match the way Boss Pei had been acting recently. One of the waiters raised his hand weakly and asked, Well, Boss Pei What should we do, then? Pei Qian smiled subtly and said, Treat our customers well and wait patiently. After the meeting, Pei Qian sent the recording to Ma Yang Send this recording to one of the waiters. Pei Qian was afraid that the waiters would leave out something that he had said. Thus, he very considerately recorded everything down. With this recording, the other party was more likely to believe it. Of course, even though Pei Qian had gone to this extent, the other party could be suspicious. He might think that this was fake information. He might not take it seriously. However, whether he took it seriously or not, Pei Qian would stand to gain and not to lose. That night Li Shi collected the updates that one of his subordinates bought from three different waiters. There was even a recording. He was pleasantly surprised to have received this recording. Overjoyed, Li Shi instructed his subordinate to reward the waiter who gave him the recording with another five hundred yuan. The information and recording verified one another. The contents of the messages were all the same. However, since the information had been paraphrased, Li Shi feared that there may have been gaps. The most important of all was the recording. It contained Pei Qians actual words. Li Shi went into his study and sipped his tea as he listened to the recording. Boss Peis speech can be summarized into two points. First, high-end internet cafes will be the mainstream model in the future. It is now very promising. Second, Ming Yun Villas will be Jingzhou Citys next core commercial district where all the high-class people would gather I am on the same page as him on the first point. Indeed, high-end internet cafes will definitely be the mainstream model in the future. Peoples standard of living would improve, and personal laptops would be common. People would begin to visit internet cafes not because it is necessary for gaming but because it is necessary as a means of socialization and playing with their friends. Their demands for the environment would naturally become higher as well. The second point, however, was up for discussion. It is well-known that Ming Yun Villas has failed as a high-end residential area. The nearby Handong Jiaotong Universitys East Campus is also a far cry from Handong Jiaotong Universitys main campus. Thus, there were not many students there. Is Boss Pei hoping to make this branch popular based on these two groups of people alone? That seems too idealistic and positive. Whats more, this Fish-Catching Internet Cafe is quite a distance from both places. Its almost two kilometers away; it would take twenty to thirty minutes for them just to get there. This is such an awkward distance. Its too far to walk, and its too troublesome to take public transport. Both means of transport dont seem to make sense. The students in the East campus would probably lean towards the internet cafe at the entrance of their school. The rich folk in Ming Yun Villas would also likely not drive all the way here just for a cup of coffee. Did he hope to draw customers from both sides? He might be too ambitious. If this was a high-end restaurant, perhaps people might travel the distance to get there. However, the internet cafe is just not attractive enough. Yet, given Boss Peis strategizing skills, this doesnt seem impossible Ever since Pei Qian made Fish-Catching Internet Cafes flagship store famous with one resident singer, Li Shi prostrated himself in admiration of Boss Peis marketing skills. Boss Pei might have said in the recording that it had been a surprise for him, but he was obviously being overly-modest. Was it possible for such a good surprise to take place? Thus, Li Shi only believed 80% of what Pei Qian said. He even suspected that this might be fake information. However, on further thought, it would not have made sense. Chapter 206 - Truth Becomes Fiction When Fiction’s True Would the three waiters whom he bribed gang up to come up with false information? Whats more, none of them reported this to Boss Pei. The chances of that happening were very low. After all, these waiters were not related to Boss Pei in any way. They were workers at the bottom of the hierarchy. How could they be that loyal? The most important thing was that based on Li Shis complete analysis of Boss Pei, the information was highly likely to be true. What had Boss Pei been doing recently? He had indeed stopped visiting the flagship store. Every now and then, he would visit the branch at Ming Yun Villas instead! On top of that, both Ma Yang and Zhang Yuan were stationed at Ming Yun Villas as well. All of these proved that Boss Pei had shifted his attention there. Boss Pei had so many businesses to take care of. He was busy enough as it was. If he did not have a plan for this branch, why would he waste that much time over there? Would he do all of these just to concoct false information and play Li Shi? How could that be? Boss Pei would not do such meaningless things. Thus, on the whole, the information was very likely to be true. Boss Pei was really making the Ming Yun Villas branch the center of his development plan for Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. He was already prepared with a back-up plan. He had confidence in making this commercial district popular! At that thought, Li Shi felt excited. After all, Jingzhou City was a second-tier city. There were very few good investment opportunities. Li Shi had spent money allowing other businesses to run promotions earlier, in hopes of disrupting the growth of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. He wanted to create opportunities to invest in the business early on. In the end, his plan fell through. Fortunately, he did not lose that much money because he did not work at it for a long time. Once Fish-Catching Internet Cafes flagship store became popular, Li Shi stopped spending money. Whats more, ever since the flagship store became popular, more customers visited that street. The other shops profited from it, too. This time, Li Shi would not hope to invest in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe again. He knew that this would be wishful thinking on his part. Yet, even then, he wanted to do something with the information he had on hand. For example, he wanted to jump at the chance to develop something at Ming Yun Villas! When Fish-Catching Internet Cafes flagship store became popular, the shops near it became popular as well. The coffee shops, bars, and internet cafes on the same path saw more customers as well. Rent for the popular shops nearby increased as well. From this, Li Shi learned that Boss Pei might not be bragging when he said he wanted to turn the Ming Yun Villas area into a commercial district. Since that was the case, why not develop something near Ming Yun Villas? He could invest in several restaurants, coffee shops, bars, internet cafes, and board game cafes in the vicinity. He could open a shop or two and wait for business in the area to pick up. Then, his shops would start making money. Even if Li Shi did not plan to run these shops himself, he could probably sell the shops when the time was right. Someone would want to take over them. For all he knew, he could earn a windfall from this venture! The more Li Shi thought about it, the happier he became. This was why he wanted the information! Although Boss Pei was young, he had a keen eye for business. He also had a unique talent for marketing. Li Shi would be right to keep following him! As for how much he should pour into the venture Li Shi pondered for a while. The more he invested, the more he would earn. The less he invested, the less he would earn. However, as an investor, he knew that he could not put all his eggs in one basket. Thus, he decided to invest in one high-end internet cafe, one coffee shop, one board game cafe, and the like. He would choose the locations carefully. The high-end internet cafe and board game cafe would be placed closer to the university. After all, university students would be the main spenders. At the same time, he might be able to attract some of Fish-Catching Internet Cafes customers. Of course, Li Shi would not personally run these businesses. He had to make use of his connections. Perhaps he could convince one of the bosses of the internet cafe chains he had already invested in to open a branch in the area. There, they could set up an internet cafe based on the trendiest model. Then, all Li Shi would have to do was to provide the funds. Since Li Shi was sure that there was no way he would be able to invest in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe anymore, he had to look for other alternatives. He had to look for other investments to make. Then, all he had to do was follow what Boss Pei was doing. Once he succeeded, there would be lots to earn! Pei Qian was not sure who was interested in obtaining inside information about the branch at Ming Yun Villas. However, it did not matter to him. Anyone who wanted the information could buy it. The information that Pei Qian released was fake indeed. However, it seemed more real than real information. Pei Qians real motive was quite simple. He wanted to create an illusion that the branch at Ming Yun Villas and the surrounding region were going to become extremely popular. Then, more people would want to invest in this area. If more internet cafes, restaurants, and coffee shops opened in the area; wouldnt there be fewer people visiting Fish-Catching Internet Cafe? Ming Yun Villas had been making a steady loss because there were few customers in the vicinity. Ming Yun Villas occupancy was low, and there werent many students in Handong Jiaotong Universitys East Campus. Whats more, the cafe was far from the latter. It was already so miserable. If more shops opened in the area, fewer customers would visit Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. Then, they would be doing even more miserably! As for who the unlucky b*stard was All Pei Qian could say was that he willingly took the bait. In the first place, he harbored ill intentions and wanted to buy insider information about Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. Whats more, he was not buying this information from Boss Pei. Boss Pei did not earn a single cent from this venture. Of course, Pei Qian had to note it down in his notebook and take revenge! Pei Qian guessed that he would not see any reaction in the short-term. After all, it would take at least a month to set up shops in the area. Thus, Pei Qian decided not to think about this for now. Instead, he busied himself with other things. The preparations for Headwind Courier stations were almost complete. They had already locked down the locations for the various courier stations. They were mainly residential areas. They could not cover all of Jingzhou City, but they had covered a significant area. Pei Qian had been busy with recruiting people, purchasing shelves, renovations, and the like recently. If all went well, Pei Qian would be able to observe the first Headwind Courier station in about a week. Apart from this, there was something else: the high-end restaurant that Pei Qian had been thinking about earlier. Swan Lake Restaurant could no longer fulfill the requirements that Pei Qians team had. He had to spend a load of money on this and custom-make a restaurant. During this period, Pei Qian considered the best location and set-up for this restaurant. The problem of the location was enough to give Pei Qian a headache. At first, he wanted to choose a quiet commercial district to set up the restaurant. However, he felt that this would be inappropriate. This was because consumer review sites had already been created. The internet was also widespread. It would be very difficult for him to hide an extremely expensive restaurant like that for long. Pei Qian also could not turn such a high-end restaurant into an internal canteen, which was only to be enjoyed by his employees. The System would not agree to it. The high-end restaurant had to be made available to all consumers in Jingzhou City. Of course, ordinary consumers would not be able to afford it. However, if whales really wanted to visit the restaurant, Pei Qian could not chase them out forcefully. Pei Qian had several options in Jingzhou City like Guangming District and Lincheng District. However, once the restaurant was discovered, all high-class people would turn into its customer base. After all, there was only one high-end restaurant in all of Jingzhou. People would not mind traveling a distance for a good meal every now and then. Of course, he would not necessarily profit. However, he would definitely incur less loss. Thus, after some consideration, Pei Qian decided to set up the restaurant as far away from the city center as possible. The more deserted the location, the better. He wanted to attract as few customers as possible! After looking around, he discovered that the best location was one he had already seen before. It was where Fish-Catching Internet Cafes Ming Yun Villas branch was located. Chapter 207 - Small Website, Definitely a Scam! On further thought, this was very logical. When Pei Qian was scouting for suitable locations to set up Fish-Catching Internet Cafe branches, he looked for all the deserted spots. Basically, he scanned all the worst locations in Jingzhou City. The Ming Yun Villas branch was incurring the most losses out of all the branches. Of course, this showed that the location was also the worst of the worst. It should be no surprise that while looking for an appropriate place to start his high-end restaurant, Pei Qian narrowed his options down to this location once again. After thinking about all these, it seemed right. How about pulling off an Old Temple Hidden in Mountains[1]? There were other shops near Ming Yun Villas as well. However, most shops were unable to cope with low traffic. One by one, they closed down. At the time, Pei Qian chose the shop space furthest away from Ming Yun Villas. There, he set up the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe branch. Now, the other shops would be of use to him. Pei Qian planned to pick a more hidden location; it was best if he could find a vast space. Then, he would do some renovation and open a high-end restaurant. He would not leak information about the restaurant on consumer review sites. His own employees could enjoy meals here, but the restaurant would otherwise be cold and deserted. It was perfect. Pei Qian would not use the buffet model because there was only so much he would be able to spend. He would not be able to lose money fast enough. He had to create a menu with sky-high prices. When he came here with his employees, he would choose the most expensive items on the menu. Only then would he be able to spend money quickly. He would also choose the best and freshest ingredients. All in all, he would make use of all the best ingredients in Jingzhou City. What if they had few customers and all the ingredients went to waste? The System would probably not allow for such behavior. Otherwise, Pei Qian could just buy an insane amount of food and allow them to rot somewhere. However, this did not seem to tie in with the Systems requirements. Of course, Pei Qian had a plan for this as well. They could purchase ordinary ingredients as and when they wanted. They could also be used for employee meals. In any case, these would be consumed internally; there was only so much that could be wasted. Pei Qian guessed that the System would likely not mind such petty quantities. As for more valuable ingredients such as European lobsters, Kobe beef, white truffle, blue lobsters, and the like; they could use a pre-order system. They would reserve a day for a meal and pre-order as many ingredients as they needed. To Pei Qian, this was no big deal. After all, he always had a rough idea of when they would gather for a meal. Now, whenever he wanted to gather his employees for meals, he would just have to inform the restaurant in advance so that they could prepare the high-class ingredients. Customers who came to the restaurant would also discover that the restaurant lacked all the valuable ingredients, and all of them had to be pre-ordered. This would probably persuade them to stop visiting the restaurant as well. Pei Qian would be killing two birds with one stone! When the time came, he would also hire famous, well-known chefs from Beijing and Shanghai. Paying their monthly salaries alone would ensure that Pei Qian could spend a huge sum. He would be able to incur losses and enjoy feasts whenever he wanted to. Wouldnt that be perfect? At that thought, Pei Qian decided to have a walk around in the next two days. He would find a location that was deserted yet big enough. There, he would set up the restaurant. They needed a big space in order to fit all the employees. July 19th, Monday Ma Yiqun arrived at Zhongdian Chinese Network and began his daily work. There were not many manuscripts that had to be reviewed. Including the ones they received over the weekend, it was still few. He finished his reviewing work very quickly. Then, he started writing the plot for Repent and be Saved. Suddenly, he felt bored and decided to take a break. Thus, he opened the online literature forum and began browsing. He scanned the hot topics on the first page and found that many people were discussing Zhongdian Chinese Network. This was expected. After all, Ma Yiqun had spread the news that Zhongdian Chinese Network was looking for more manuscripts on several channels including forums. Naturally, many authors would discuss this. However, Ma Yiqun found that based on the comments on the forum, his website was not very well-received. Recently, a new website was started. Its called Zhongdian Chinese Network. Some people say that the pay is not bad. You just need to write three thousand words daily in order to earn a thousand yuan a month. Its much better-paying than Infinite Chinese Network. Is it worth it? Can any expert offer opinions? Its a small site. I dont advise it. Some people have tried it. They say that the traffic on that website is way too low. It doesnt seem like the website is buying any popular authors over or redirecting traffic from other sites either. You might have to be prepared to only receive the basic, full-time pay for a long time That cant be so miserable? It really is that miserable. Someone even talked to their editors. I think the website does not offer any benefits other than the high, basic, full-time pay. If you have dreams of becoming popular, you should still try writing on Infinite Chinese Network. Even if you write good novels on that small website, nobody will subscribe to them. If you write rubbish and cannot even hope for subscriptions, you can go to that small website? These were comments written by users. Ma Yiqun continued scanning the comments and found that some were even written by editors or authors from other websites. After all, Ma Yiqun had been keeping up with these forums for a long time. He was familiar with these IDs. Everyone, dont go there! It must be a scam! The website hasnt done any marketing, and it does not have channels to reach out to people! Of course, it would not have any readers! The books in the library are trash as well. This will surely become a vicious cycle as time goes by. If you write for Infinite Chinese Network, even if you get less basic pay, you will still have chances of fighting for subscription! Thats right. I wonder if this website was set up for money-laundering. Otherwise, the creator must be very childish to think that providing high basic pay alone would draw good authors. Its a joke. Exactly! He could have bought more expensive manuscripts. At least the books on the first page of the website would be readable, right? Thats why Im warning all the newbies to avoid the website at all costs! Its a scam for sure! If you want good online literature, you should go to bigger websites. If this website closes down and you dont even get your basic pay, wouldnt you have no choice but to cry? As Ma Yiqun read these comments, he sighed. Although he wanted very badly to rebut these comments, he felt that they made sense. From Ma Yiquns standpoint, he had complete trust in Boss Pei. He also believed that Boss Pei would have a way of making the website popular. However, all outsiders would see was that Zhongdian Chinese Network looked absolutely unreliable. Although editors and authors from competing websites were adding oil to the flames, Ma Yiqun could not help but admit that most of what they were saying was true. They were not buying good authors over, not accepting buyouts, and not redirecting readers to their site. Based on their meager full-time pay alone, they could not attract any good author. Ma Yiqun quietly closed the forum and went back to work. The website had already been set up. The authors of the manuscripts they had accepted were already writing new chapters. They had already filled up various areas, including the recommendation spots on the first page of the website. At the very least, they looked good on the surface. Whats more, the website was quite beautifully made. They had spent money on it after all. However, one only had to scan the books on the first page to see the truth. They were all unbearable to read! Their names all contained the words God Emperor, Mad Husband, Mad Mercenary, or something similar. Some bookssuch as Your Naughty Wife was Disobedient, Dont be Angry, CEO or Masked CEOs Young, Delicate Wife-were even targeted at females. The book titles were very ordinary, and their content was even more so. Basically, all of them had cliche plots. If they had been uploaded onto Infinite Chinese Network, they would have failed for sure. The worst part was that these were the better books. That was why they were placed on the home page. More books were below this standard. Ma Yiqun shook his head and sighed. Indeed, just like Boss Pei said, they could not rush these things. He should focus on writing Repent and be Saveds plot instead. There was nothing else for him to do anyway. He could focus his energy on perfecting the details of the plot. Several editors were also excited about writing Repent and be Saveds plot. They discussed it regularly. Whenever they faced problems with the details, they would communicate and resolve them. The new chapters were coming in slowly. In fact, they were barely even keeping up with the basic requirements. However, no one really minded. After all, the welfare and remuneration they were receiving from Boss Pei were good. There was no need for them to work so hard for the sake of the additional basic pay for writing. To Ma Yiqun, this was a good thing. At the very least, there would be no unnecessary padding for the plots that were being written. As the saying went, a slow artisan produces skilled work. There was no guarantee that they would write better if they wrote slowly. However, if they wrote any quicker, their writing would most definitely be flawed. Repent and be Saveds plot was meant to be a service to the game. Their aim was not to hit any number of words. The fewer the number of words, the better. [1] This is a famous Chinese painting which does not actually contain a temple despite its title. Chapter 208 - Who is This, Harming Himself and Others?! At Fish-Catching Internet Cafes branch at Ming Yun Villas Pei Qian was with Ma Yang and Zhang Yuan, visiting and surveying locations for the new high-end restaurant. In fact, they had already surveyed all the shop spaces in this area once before. They also generally understood the business environment in the area. All in all, the place was cold and deserted. Boss Pei was very happy with it. The original plan for Ming Yun Villas was for there to be shops in the vicinity. However, since the place did not become popular and the occupancy rate of the villas was, the traffic in the shops was low as well. No shop could recover their capital. One by one, they closed down. Now, the rent for many shop spaces was cheap. Basically, one could rent a space for about seventy percent of the average price in the market. A few days ago, Pei Qian picked two or three spaces which he liked. All of them were located further in from Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. These shops had several points in common. First, all of them were big, with large areas, this satisfied Boss Peis requirements for a large restaurant. Second, they were all in the center of a bunch of closed shops. The surroundings were particularly cold and deserted, and the restaurant wouldnt draw attention on normal days. Third, it was not exactly convenient to get here. There was a lot of parking nearby. However, one would have to walk a long distance to the restaurant after parking. Thus, Pei Qian planned to visit the locations for the last time today. After finalizing the location, he could sign the contract and begin renovations. If all went well, perhaps he would be able to bring his employees here for a good meal next month. Zhang Yuan continued to follow behind Boss Pei and Ma Yang in silence. He found it sad that it was getting harder and harder to predict what Boss Pei would do next. The locations he chose for the restaurant were really ridiculous. When he first heard that Boss Pei would open a high-end restaurant, Zhang Yuan felt quite happy. He thought he had finally managed to predict what Boss Pei would do next. While Fish-Catching Take-Out covered low-end daily meals, the high-end restaurant would take care of those with more high-class taste. The two would complement each other C it was perfect! Zhang Yuan thought that the high-end restaurant would be opened at the city center. There, it would surely become popular and busy! However, what Boss Pei did next utterly confused him. He picked a location close to Fish-Catching Internet Cafes branch at Ming Yun Villas even though that branch was doing the worst of all? Ming Yun Villas was located in the south-east region of Jingzhou City. It was already a deserted location to begin with. If Boss Pei had opened the restaurant in the city center, he would be able to cover all of Jingzhou City. Even if one lived in the outskirts, it would only take them about an hour to drive down to the city center. Of course, this was provided that there was no traffic jam. Yet, setting up the restaurant in the south-east region of the city would mean that those in the north and west regions would have to drive across the city if they wanted to visit it. That would take them more than an hour or close to two. After they finished eating, they would have to drive for another two hours back, in the evening peak-hour traffic. The thought of that alone would be too suffocating Whats more, the business environment there was no good. There were no entertainment facilities; why would people travel all that way for a meal? From any angle, this plan seemed ridiculous. However, Boss Pei had already explained his reason for selecting this location. He predicted that the Ming Yun Villas area would become Jingzhou Citys next commercial district. That was why he was making these moves in advance. On this point, Boss Pei was being consistent. However, no matter how Zhang Yuan studied the area, it did not look like a commercial district. It was too cold and deserted. The three of them walked and scanned the area. All of a sudden, Zhang Yuans eyes lit up. He saw a shop being set up and renovated! It was a two-story shop, and it looked quite cool. Zhang Yuan remembered that the last time he came here, the shop had been closed. Whats more, it looked abandoned. Had someone taken over the shop in just a few days? Zhang Yuan arrived at the front of the shop and approached one of the construction workers to ask some questions. After that, he realized that a coffee shop was being opened here! From the looks of it, the owner of this shop was hoping to attract the high-income residents of Ming Yun Villas! It was obvious that the coffee shop would steal some of Fish-Catching Internet Cafes customers and affect its sales. After all, it was much closer to Ming Yun Villas. It would only take the residents ten minutes to get there on foot. However, the place immediately looked less abandoned! Boss Pei remained expressionless and kept walking. Then, they arrived at the first location which he chose. At first, Pei Qian chose this location because it was in the middle of many closed shops. It was cold and deserted, and the perfect hiding spot for his new high-end restaurant. However, along the closest road, another big shop space was being renovated! Zhang Yuan went to chat with the construction workers again and found that someone was opening a bar here. Whats more, from the size of the shop space and the extravagance of the renovations, it looked like this bar was not going to be a small one! Zhang Yuan could not help but glance at Boss Pei with utmost respect. Boss Peis eye for business was indeed amazing! A few days ago, he had said that the business environment in this place would develop at rapid speed and that it would become Jingzhou Citys next commercial district. Now, someone had indeed invested in this area! Although the place still looked deserted and nobody was walking around here, once the facilities were completed, the place would become livelier for sure! When the high-end restaurant opened here, customers would have a place to have their meals. They could then head to the nearby bar for a drink or two. This place would immediately look much more attractive! Boss Pei had a sharp eye indeed. Everything was in the palm of his hand! At that moment, the corners of Pei Qians mouth twitched slightly. Who is this?! It took me such a long time to look for a deserted place like that. Why are you creating trouble here?! This place is so abandoned, and you still want to invest in it. Youre even setting up a coffee shop and bar. Arent you afraid of losing money? Even if I lose money, I have the System to make up for the losses. You dont, do you? Youre harming others and yourself. Youre crazy! Pei Qian was speechless. All I wanted was to find a quiet place where I could incur losses. Why is someone joining me? The most important thing is that the person is setting up a bar and a coffee shop. Once they are completed, people from Ming Yun Villas would really be attracted to this area. If I open my high-end restaurant here, it would be too exposed! If people came here to drink alcohol, there is a chance that they would stumble upon my restaurant when they walk around. For no reason, the traffic flow in this area would increase! Who the hell is so bored as to invest money in a place like that? Pei Qian suddenly recalled something. A realization dawned upon him. Oh, it must be the person who bought information on Fish-Catching Internet Cafe! He really took my false information to be true! He might have thought that the area around Ming Yun Villas would really become popular. That was probably why he chose to invest in the region; he wanted to earn from it in the future. Pei Qian could not help but feel sorrowful. Guys, youre reacting so quickly I only released this false information a while ago, and youve already taken the bait. How much do you trust me? Pei Qians confused expression turned into a joyful one all of a sudden. Since thats the case, I couldnt ask for more! Youre burning your money by opening shops here and pulling Fish-Catching Internet Cafes customers over to your shops. Youre setting yourself alight and spreading the glow to me Although this would cause a disturbance to my high-end restaurant and increase the chances of it being exposed, it wouldnt matter. I havent decided on a location for my restaurant. I can always choose somewhere else! Pei Qian decided to give up this location and continue walking. Ma Yang followed suit, but Zhang Yuan became confused. He studied the bar under renovation and then glanced at Boss Pei, who was now walking away. Suddenly, he did not know where to go. After a moment, he chased after Boss Pei. Whats this? More shops were being opened here. Wouldnt that be good for our restaurant? Shouldnt we choose it right away? Why is Boss Pei walking away without turning back? His mind was full of questions, but he dared not ask a single one. Instead, he silently followed behind Boss Pei. Chapter 209 - It Doesn’t Sound… Too Expensive Pei Qian looked around as he walked. At the same time, he thought hard. Many shops were being renovated in the area. This meant that if he opened the high-end restaurant here, there was a significantly higher chance of people finding it. Thus, all the locations that he chose a few days ago had become void immediately. Pei Qian walked and walked and subconsciously arrived near the Ming Yun Villas residential area. When he saw the faintly discernible villas halfway up the hill in front of him, he fell into deeper thought. Ming Yun Villas was built at the base of a nameless hill (or a little bump) in Jingzhou Citys outskirts. Most villas were at the foot of the hill, but some were built halfway up the hill. These were referred to as hilltop villas. Based on Pei Qians understanding, not many of the Ming Yun Villas were sold. This was true especially for the ones built halfway up the hill. There were two main reasons for this. First, the villas had no investment value. They were too expensive, and few people would have been able to afford them. Ming Yun Villas was considered the outskirts of Jingzhou City. In order to buy a place here, most people needed to have a similarly-priced property in the city. Whats more, most people were not willing to live in the outskirts. If they only bought a villa as a holiday home to stay in occasionally, the quality-price ratio would be too low. Thus, it was easy for the villa to completely lose its value after being purchased. Unless they were extreme ballers who had too much money and who only wanted to spend it all, people would not be inclined to buy a villa here. Second, the hilltop villas in Ming Yun Villas were built based on the standards of hilltop villas overseas. All of them were designed by top designers who personally led the renovations. Thus, they were much more expensive than the villas at the foot of the hill. There were even infinity pools and gaudy decorations in the hilltop villas. After they were put up for sale, most people had no idea how to foot the bill. On one hand, they were too expensive. On the other hand, ballers who bought villas normally had specific requirements for the renovations. Some hated the designers work and insisted on having things done their own way. The plans that many ballers had were indescribable. Some wanted Baroque architecture with old-fashioned square tables that could seat eight; some wanted French-style villas with red, wooden furniture; some wanted Mediterranean-style villas with stone lions at the entrance; some wanted courtyard cottages with Koi ponds; and some wanted Chinese-style villas mixed with European neoclassical styles. These were just the more basic ones. After buying their villas, the first thing many ballers did was to knock down the walls and institutions and change the structure of the house. Then, they got their own designers to turn the villas into self-built homes. They even insisted on adding a bunch of prohibited structures in the process. After all, not all ballers and rich people would have good taste; but all of them would have unique requirements for the villas they bought. That was how these hilltop villas in Ming Yun Villas ended up in this awkward situation. They had all been renovated and uniquely designed, so that they were being sold at sky-high prices. Yet, ballers still did not like them. After buying these villas, ballers would have to undo all the renovations and spend another one or two million yuan renovating everything from scratch. Instead of doing that, they would much rather buy semi-finished products. Based on these considerations, the quality-price ratio would be as good as zero. Thus, these hilltop villas did the worst out of all of Ming Yun Villas. One could say that they were ultimate failures. This was the most ridiculous thing: a plot of land in the residential area was to be used for commercial and residential purposes. Thus, a small portion of the villas was to have commercial qualities as well. According to the original plan, these semi-commercial villas were to be placed in the north-west region. Whats more, they were to be separated from the other purely-residential villas. This was even more unappealing. Yet, Pei Qian thought that this was not a bad location. If he could set up the restaurant there, wouldnt it be even more difficult for people to find it? Compared to the previous shop spaces he chose, this one would be even more hidden! In terms of practicality, the semi-commercial villas could be used for purely commercial purposes, as long as he fulfilled the fire stations and hygiene authorities requirements. Since Pei Qian was starting a high-end restaurant, he would definitely work according to those standards. On top of this, he would pay attention to the effect he would have on the surrounding residents. The restaurant could create noise pollution, disturbance to residents, and problems with parking management. This might affect the residents daily lives. However, this should not be much of a problem. This was because the semi-commercial villas had already been separated from the purely residential villas. Whats more, the hilltop villas stood alone. There were no surrounding buildings either. According to the plan, semi-commercial villas had their own entrances. This would make it convenient for cars to come in and out. The restaurant would not have too many customers as well. At the very most, Pei Qian would bring his employees here for a meal. They would only have meals here and would not engage in other activities like singing. By 8 PM, they would be gone. That would ensure that they did not disturb the residents. Compared to the shops he chose earlier, this place was located much deeper in the area as well. It would be much harder for people to find it! Who would expect a restaurant to be hidden among a bunch of villas? Pei Qian was overjoyed. See, this was a blessing in disguise! I had to give up the few shop spaces that I found, but I ended up stumbling upon an even better location! The only question is whether I can rent a villa and how much that rent is. If I cant, I wonder if I can buy it. According to the System, Pei Qian could not purchase and invest in property on a large scale. However, he wanted to use System Funds to buy a semi-commercial villa in order to open a high-end restaurant under his business name. He would not be purchasing properties in bulk, and he would not be investing in the property market either. There shouldnt be a problem, right? At that thought, Pei Qian led Ma Yang and Zhang Yuan straight into Ming Yun Villas. Zhang Yuan was even more confused. What is Boss Pei doing? Was he hoping to buy a villa for himself just because they accidentally stumbled upon Ming Yun Villas and he suddenly felt like it? Yes, given Boss Peis income, it should not be that difficult for him to purchase a villa here. Zhang Yuan did not think too much and continued following behind Pei Qian. When they arrived at the sales building, Pei Qian explained the purpose of their visit. The lady at the front desk made a call and then offered drinks to the three men. About half an hour later, Manager Cui rushed over. While rushing over, Manager Cui had felt confused. Why was a customer taking the initiative to approach the sales building today? This was mysterious! This was like people taking the initiative to approach insurance companies, wanting to buy insurance. Its unheard of. From the get-go, Ming Yun Villas has been up for sale. Almost a year has passed since. Interested ballers would have bought their villas a long time ago. Why would they wait until now? Yet, whatever it was, it was a good thing that customers were coming of their own accord. Even if they were not sincere about buying a villa and merely wanted to take a look, Manager Cui still had to host them. After greeting Manager Cui, Pei Qian got straight to the point. Manager Cui, can I rent a hilltop villa? Manager Cui had just sat down and taken a sip of tea. He nearly choked on his drink when he heard the question. The young man in front of him was dressed in a custom-made suit. He did not look poor. Yet, he was not here to buy a villa but to rent one? According to the relevant regulations-if developers had ownership of the properties, they could rent them out. However, who could afford to rent villas? If they really rented the villas according to market price, it would cost about two to three hundred thousand yuan a month to rent a villa. Who would be bored enough to rent a villa in such a deserted place? This area was not even suited for living long-term. Whats moreeven if people really were interested in renting the villas, the developer was not. The villas had all been uniquely renovated. The pools and various furniture also had to be regularly maintained. Every now and then, they would have to be cleaned and repaired. For all they knew, a baller would take a liking to the villa; and they would be able to sell it. Maintenance problems asideeven if they rented the villas out, the developers would only get two or three hundred thousand yuan a month. They really did not care for that. Manager Cui looked apologetic as he said, Im really sorry, Sir. We can only sell our villas, not rent them out. Pei Qian nodded. He had been prepared for this. Is that so? What a pity. I have no choice but to buy one then. He said this for the System to hear. Look, I tried to save the companys money. Ive found a villa suitable to turn into a high-end restaurant, but the developers would only sell the villas, not rent them out! Manager Cui looked confused and shocked. What did he mean by What a pity, I have no choice but to buy one then?! Why did he sound reluctant?! Pei Qian sipped his drink and asked about the price. Manager Cui quickly answered, If youre looking at our hilltop villas, they are almost six hundred square meters big. They have independent lifts, pools, gardens, and maintenance. They are being sold at about twelve thousand yuan per square meter. That adds up to about 6.3 million yuan in total. Pei Qian remained silent for a moment and said, It doesnt sound too expensive. Chapter 210 - The Restaurant’s Location? It’s Been Decided. Manager Cuis mouth opened slightly, and he looked speechless. Doesnt sound too expensive? If they werent expensive, would these villas still be left behind after so long?! In fact, this price was higher than many other villas in Jingzhou City. Their selling points were their design, their elaborate renovations, and the fact that they were standalone hilltop villas. Yet, Pei Qian did not think the villas were too expensive because he had subconsciously been comparing them to the prices that he remembered in the back of his head. He could buy such a huge villa for seven million yuan? That was really inexpensive! If he tried to buy a villa this big in Beijing, Shanghai, or Guangzhou; it could rise to tens of millions or even over a hundred million yuan in ten years. Moreover, Pei Qian had already confirmed with the System: he was allowed to buy this villa using System Funds! However, the villa would be considered part of the companys assets once he bought it. He could turn this place into a restaurant, but he could not live here. In other words, he had to legitimately use this place to run the business and use it if he would manufacture resources. On top of that, using company funds to purchase this property meant that he would have to spend far more than if he were buying it in his own name. He would have to pay building taxes and duties, and he would not enjoy discounted loan interests. If he wanted to sell this villa later on, he would probably have to pay value-added tax, stamp duty, and other additional fees as well. Ordinary companies would find it extremely hard to sell properties like that. However, none of this mattered to Pei Qian. The System had given him a break and allowed him to turn this villa into a restaurant using System Funds. This had already been a surprise! Pei Qian glanced at the remaining amount in the System Funds. Immediately after settlement, the System Funds started out with eight million yuan. Three weeks had passed since then. From Ocean Stronghold alone, they already earned more than six million yuan. At the beginning of the month, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe also contributed a significant amount of income from the sale of alcohol. They only had to pay rent once every three months so they were still not making a loss. All the money that they earned had been transferred straight into the system. Subsequently, Pei Qian invested a huge amount of money into projects like Zhongdian Chinese Network, Shang Yang Games, and the Headwind Courier stations. At this point, there was over eight million yuan in the System Funds. That was enough to buy this villa, but he would still need to provide Tengda Games and Shang Yang Games with money later on in the cycle. The budget for Repent and be Saved was twenty million yuan. It would take at least three months to produce this game. Based on the income from the other games, Pei Qian had guessed that they would probably have enough money to fund this. However, if he spent six million yuan on this villa, they would not have enough. Pei Qian pondered for a while. Since this was the case, he would create another epic weapon to be sold in Ocean Stronghold! He could sell an epic weapon for 888 yuan. According to the 70-30 profit split, they would need to sell ten thousand weapons in order to earn six million yuan. That was just as well. He would make a limited edition weapon and only sell ten thousand pieces. Once they finished selling all those weapons, they would have filled in the huge gap that this purchase would create. At that thought, Pei Qian sent a message to Assistant Xin, asking her to make a trip down to complete the administrative matters. Then, he asked Manager Cui to lead them into the villa to take a look. There were a total of eight hilltop villas in Ming Yun Villas. They were all stand-alone villas, and they each stood far away from one another. This ensured that the surroundings would remain peaceful and quiet. Pei Qian purposely chose to view a villa closer to the north-west region. He was mainly worried that when his employees gathered here for meals, all the driving around would disturb the other residents. They would enter the restaurant from the north-west and leave once they finish eating. It would be more convenient. There was 580 square meters of usable space in the villa. There were three levels, six rooms, three living rooms, and three restrooms. The living rooms ceiling height was seven meters. The renovations were well done, and there was furniture inside as well. Of course, Pei Qian had no need for the furniture. After all, he was going to turn the villa into a restaurant. He could keep the renovations largely the same, but the use and structure of the rooms would have to change. This applied to the kitchens, the toilets, and the like. The infinity pool also looked out at the scenery from halfway up the hill. The vibes of the place were good overall. Pei Qian walked around, feeling emotional inside. How good it would be if he were rich! If I can incur about seven million yuan worth of losses by the next settlement, I would buy another villa for myself to live in without any hesitation! One could dream C there was always a possibility of dreams coming true. Manager Cui worked hard to blow up the merits of the villa and hype it up. He was already well-spoken to begin with. In addition, the place was indeed well-designed. Apart from the price, everything else was extremely good. Of course, it was all quite bewitching Ma Yang and Zhang Yuan followed behind Pei Qian and walked around the villa as well. Both of them had the exact same thoughts as Pei Qian. How good it would be if they were rich! After walking one round, Zhang Yuan turned to Pei Qian and said, Boss Pei, why dont you continue looking at the villa with Boss Ma? Ill go and survey the other restaurant locations. Pei Qian faced him and asked, Restaurant locations? Its been decided-here it is. Zhang Yuan was confused. Here? There was very low traffic through this villa. Why would Boss Pei want to set up a high-end restaurant in such a deserted place?! Pei Qian did not bother to address Zhang Yuans astonishment. Instead, he turned to Manager Cui and said, Manager Cui, I want to buy a semi-commercial hilltop villa and turn it into a private restaurant. There shouldnt be a problem, right? Manager Cui was stunned. You want to buy a semi-commercial villa? Er of course! Villas like that can be used for commercial or residential purposes. I just have to communicate your intentions with the proprietor on the side. Manager Cui was quite surprised. He did not think that Boss Pei would be looking for a semi-commercial villa. The semi-commercial villas were the hardest to sell because of the low traffic in the area. They were also isolated from the other residential villas and located in a very deserted region. For various reasons, it seemed much better to stay in fully-residential villas as opposed to semi-commercial ones. Of course, there were possible problems with opening a restaurant here: vehicle traffic and people management. The semi-commercial villas stood alone. That meant that vehicles would have their own entrance. Thus, it would probably not cause disturbance to residents in other villas. Whats more, Pei Qian had already said that the restaurant would operate on a reservation and membership basis. They would strictly control the crowd and not allow any resident to be disturbed. Any impact on their daily lives would be minimized. As for whether opening a restaurant in such a secluded area would be profitable or not It did not matter. In any case, to the developer of Ming Yun Villas, all that mattered was selling the villas and earning money. Whether Boss Pei incurred losses or not was his problem, and it would not affect the developer in any way. In fact, they could stand to gain from it. On the other hand, to Boss Pei, incurring losses was more than he could ask for. If they ran into other problems down the road, he could simply spend more money to resolve them. These would be the System Funds anyway-it wouldnt be a problem! Soon, Assistant Xin arrived. It was obvious that she was quite surprised. Why is Boss Pei buying a house all of a sudden? Whats more, hes buying a hilltop villa with a poor price-quality ratio, located on the outskirts of the city. Hes also buying the semi-commercial villa under the companys name? All of this had happened so suddenly. However, Assistant Xin was never one to ask too many questions. She worked according to Pei Qians requests. She negotiated the price, signed the contract, and finished up the other administrative matters. Pei Qian continued to sip his tea nonchalantly. Then, he sent a message to Lu Mingliang. Make some time to create a new epic weapon for Ocean Stronghold. Limit the sales to ten thousand weapons. Once we hit the number, cease sales forever. Itll be a limited edition weapon. He would not earn more money than he needed. Pei Qian would never kill the goose that laid golden eggs. Ocean Stronghold was in quite a good situation. The reason why so many people started playing the game was precisely that it had rare weapons and marketing value. If he allowed the Barrett Doom to be sold freely in the market, it would have severely damage the games financial situation. Thus, after some consideration, Pei Qian made his decision. In order for Ocean Stronghold to keep earning money and laying golden eggs systematically and orderly, he would only sell three types of weapons: The first type was like Barrett Doom. He sold a maximum of five hundred weapons per month and refreshed the number every month. This would slow down their depreciation and ensure that the majority would be able to cope with the developments. The second type would be similar to the newest epic weapon. He would sell ten thousand of them at one shot and then cease to sell them forever. This would allow them to appreciate it slowly. As for epic weapons like the Red Kilin which were sold freely in the market forever, Pei Qian would not think about releasing a second one for now. Otherwise, he might unintentionally increase the income generated by the game. After that, it would be hard for him to bring the income levels down again. He would also cause players to spend more than they otherwise would. As long as he could sell all the epic weapons which he created this time and fill up the huge hole in their finances created by the villa, they would not break the capital chain. The other games and projects would also not be affected by this purchase. IS no Pei Qian was going to make a full, upfront payment for the villa. That meant there was no need for complicated loan applications. The entire process would be completed relatively quickly; it would only take three to five days at most. Pei Qian did some calculations in his head. The administrative matters, planning, and renovations would all be completed by the beginning of next month. It would be just in time for his selection of the best employee on August 1st. He would have a legitimate excuse to bring all his employees here for a meal and then happily send the lucky man off. However, it was surprising that the System allowed Pei Qian to purchase this property and turn it into a restaurant using System Funds. Was it because Pei Qian could not rent this place? Or was it because there was now enough System Funds to afford something like that? Although he could only turn the villa into a restaurant and was still not allowed to stay in it, the System had relaxed its regulations slightly. That was a good thing! Chapter 211 - Boss Pei is Very Heaven-Defying! July 26th, Monday At Shang Yang Games Lin Wan had been scrunching her nose and trying Bloody Battle Song out for two weeks now. In the beginning, she was contemptuous and confused. Now, she found that there was a purpose to a game like that. The original Bloody Battle Song was a traditional game with paywalls. Ballers could spend money to buy experiences while ordinary players could play with ballers and act as their sidekicks or their punching bags. In other words, those with money would show up with money while those without money would show up for their friends. War games with paywalls, like Bloody Battle Song, were filled with negative emotions. The biggest problems were feelings of injustice and forcefully-generated hatred. These were the same two reasons that similar war games with paywalls were criticized badly. Such games were unfair because the battle power one could obtain in the game depended on the amount of money they spent. The richer one was, the stronger they would be. Game merchants would create three, six, or nine levels in a single game. Depending on how much one topped up in the game, they would get different experiences. If one spent money, they could kill four parties at once and completely destroy other players gaming experience. This type of injustice could easily provoke negative feelings in players. After all, there was a saying, do not worry about scarcity but rather about uneven distribution. Moreover, such games could easily generate hatred by force because many game merchants would design the game experience to invoke a competitive spirit in them and cause them to spend more money on the game. Take war for example. If one could take over a city, they would be crowned the king. An announcement would be made to the entire channel, and all the players in the city would receive rewards. This was an excellent opportunity for one to show off in front of other players. Many players wanted to be crowned king. This would in turn depend on who spent the most money on the game. If you top up ten thousand yuan, Ill top up thirty thousand yuan. If you top up fifty thousand yuan, Ill top up a hundred thousand yuan This competitive mindset would form some sort of involution mechanism. Two ballers could compete with each other and end up buying a bunch of useless computer data. They would be playing right into the hands of the game merchants. After each update, new equipment would be released. No matter how much the ballers had spent before, they would have to start from scratch in order to avoid being overtaken. After one or two years, playerswho had spent a huge amount of money on the gamewould look back and see that they had bought nothing but emptiness. However, from another angle, why would games like that become popular? This was all because complete, rich, and dynamic worlds existed in the game. Actually, traditional online MMORPG games were doing the same thing. Take Fantasy World for example; there were guilds in that game as well. The officials included guild leaders, guild managers, assistant team leaders, commanders, and the like. Players could also take on roles at different levels. War games with paywalls, such as Bloody Battle Song, allowed players to become more engrossed in their roles. This was because the human relationships were much more complex, and there were many more levels. The only difference was that a player in Fantasy World would pride himself in the amount of time he spent in the game and his understanding of the games mechanics. On the other hand, a player in war games with paywalls would pride himself in the amount of money he had spent on the game. Now, what Bloody Battle Songs update had done was to get rid of nearly all the paywalls in the game. This way, less negative emotions would be invoked in players. The entire game was now at the standard of traditional MMORPGs like Fantasy World. At the same time, the complex levels and human relationships in Bloody Battle Song were retained. Every player could take on different roles, creating a pseudo-society in the game and allowing them to operate in an orderly fashion. The Chosen One system was an example of this. Each person had a chance to play a critical role. This experience was something that other games could never provide. After being chosen by the Chosen One system, players skills would immediately surpass that of other players. They would be allowed to have a hack-and-slash experience. Hack-and-Slash games could recreate this feeling as well, but one would only be fighting non-playing characters in games like that. It was all down to programming. On the other hand, in Bloody Battle Song, one would be fighting other real players. Behind each ID was a human player. One would be invincible and help ones team attack critical locations on the battleground, thus showing off in front of hundreds of other players. It would be extremely difficult for other types of games to create the same sense of achievement. Thus, the changes made to Bloody Battle Song could be summarized. As much as possible, the unique experience of war games with paywalls was retained while the aspects that invoked negative, toxic feelings in players were removed. Lin Wan only understood these things after playing Bloody Battle Song every day during this time and talking to many other players in the game. I see. It looks like Ive been too childish. I never knew that there were so many ways about this. Now I understand why ballers liked to come here and spend huge amounts of money before as opposed to playing games like Fantasy World. Boss Peis aim is clearer to me now. Why did he want to buy over Shang Yang Games, even as it incurred huge losses? He wanted to use Bloody Battle Song to try something very risky. He wanted to conduct an experiment that no one had thought about conducting! Boss Pei wanted his players to stop being slaves to money. He wanted to adjust his players taste, and show them that it was possible to enjoy feelings that only ballers used to feel, even without having to spend money I must admit this motivation is noble indeed! Or shall I say this is absolutely heaven-defying! Lin Wan could not help but view Boss Pei with fresh eyes. Games with paywalls could be profitable because they sold unique, custom gaming experiences to ballers at high prices. From golden, dazzling wings to the title of king in a war game, these were all products that had been custom-made for ballers. On the other hand, ballers did not mind spending thousands of yuan on these things. Through this process, game companies stood to profit and ballers stood to enjoy a custom-made gaming experience. The only people who were getting hurt were the players who acted as the ballers sandbags. Now, Boss Pei was choosing not to make profits like that. He wanted to snatch the custom-made experience from ballers hands and distribute that to ordinary players according to set rules. Wasnt this a heaven-defying move? Lin Wan felt that she was bearing an even heavier burden. Boss Pei had spent so much money to create Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version in order to make up for the games only shortcoming: its graphics. After the game was complete and given Tengda Games strong marketing capabilities, the game might slowly revamp the entire domestic market for games with paywalls! Of course, this might be too idealistic. Games with paywalls would not go extinct. As long as ballers were willing to pay, they would remain in the market. However, as long as Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version could cleanse the games market a little and influence players taste, it would have achieved loads for the community! Some game developers wanted to tender to ballers and used games with paywalls for their own interests; other game developers wanted to create a reputation for themselves and develop standalone games very seriously. Boss Pei was probably the only one in the industry who had already achieved huge success with standalone games but still bothered enough to intentionally get involved in messy situations elsewhere. He was willing to give up making huge profits, purely for the sake of influencing gamers tastes and leading them to freedom from slavery to money. How noble were his aspirations?! Chapter 212 - Dis is the Newest Update dat You haf Never Played Before Lin Wan continued to play the game seriously. Although she still could not develop a liking for games like that,for the sake of following through with this historical, pioneering work and witnessing the birth of a new type of game; Lin Wan tried to act with a good deal of professionalism. As a designer, she had to continue playing the game even if she did not fancy this game genre. She had to work hard to understand it! Eh? I am the chosen one! On her screen, Lin Wans game character suddenly lit up and expanded by two or three times. Among the other players, she looked like a formidable giant. This was what it would look like if one was chosen by the Chosen One system. At that moment, Lin Wans characters battle powers were multiplied! Lin Wan continued to work hard by charging into the battlefield and slaughtering the masses. About half an hour later, the war finally ended. Ye Zhizhou knocked gently on the door. He had come to discuss something with Lin Wan. He had come over once before already. However, upon seeing Lin Wan working on the game seriously, he decided that it was inappropriate to interrupt her. Hence, he waited for the war to end before coming over once more. Director Lin, I want to discuss with you about advertising. Were still more than a month away from publishing the game, but I think its time to prepare for advertising. According to their past research and development experience, Ye Zhizhou and Wang Xiaobin both felt that it was time to come up with a marketing plan. Lin Wan paused. Huh? That early? Based on her recollection, the effects of Tengda Games advertising would only be seen after the game had been published. Then, their games would become popular almost immediately. Lin Wan thought that was normal in the industry. Yet, on second thought, it might be that she had been clueless. It was obvious that Boss Pei planned for Game Designers performance-art-style advertising in advance. The advertising only took effect a while after the game had been published, but the work must have been done earlier. At that thought, Lin Wan nodded. Alright. Based on your experience, how do you think we should do it? Ye Zhizhou pondered for a moment and said, According to our experience, the best way of advertising would be to buy advertising space on webpages and video websites. People would just have to click on the ads, and the game window would pop up Lin Wan instinctively frowned. Thats too low-class. Lin Wan had always hated these dishonest, misleading, and irritating advertisements on websites. Now, her own game company was intending to do that? No way! Ye Zhizhou added, However, our current problem is that our game is a mini-client. Even if the window pops up, players would still have to download some content before they would be able to play our game. This would greatly reduce our games click-conversion rate. This is a very serious problem. If the click-conversion rate is reduced, it would be more difficult for us to attract players to our game we probably wont be able to recover our advertising fee, then. Lin Wan was speechless. Was he saying that even a low-class and irritating advertising method like that wouldnt be effective? Lin Wan pondered for a moment and then said, I have to ask Boss Pei for his suggestions on this. Ye Zhizhou looked excited. That would be best! Pei Qian had instructed Ye Zhizhou before to ask Director Lin about anything to do with the games creation process. Ye Zhizhou and Wang Xiaobin had done so. Whenever they ran into minor problems in the research and development process, they would raise them up for internal discussion before allowing Lin Wan to make a call. However, if no one could make a call, they would still have to consult Boss Pei. None of them could think of good ideas for marketing the game. Thus, they had no choice but to ask Boss Pei. Lin Wan felt apprehensively sent a message to Pei Qian, asking him about the advertising plan for Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version. What if Boss Pei could not come up with a good advertising method either? After all, the game is of a different type now that they have converted it from a browser game to a mini-client. Traditional methods of advertising would no longer work. Even Boss Pei would need several days to think about it and reply to her, right? Yet, a few minutes later, Lin Wan received Pei Qians reply. Wait, Ill send you a plan. Five minutes later, Pei Qian sent a document to Lin Wan. Lin Wan opened it and read it together with Ye Zhizhou. The advertising method suggested by Boss Pei was very simple: ad-bombing! They would carry on with traditional ways of advertising and continue to place advertisements on webpages and video websites. It looked no different from the original advertising plan. However, the plan which Boss Pei sent had specific requests. They had to spend money to hire stars who would cosplay and film the advertisements. Moreover, these stars had to be Hong Kong celebrities. They had to personally read the advertisement script which had already been written[1]! Hello, everyone! I am so-and-so. I haf acted in many shows, but in terms of games, I haf only played Bloody Battle Song: De Powerful Version. Its a fair gam, which would allow everyone to feel like a baller. It will be to your advantage to play dis gam. I will be your bruvver on de battlefield tonai! So-and-so is rooting for Bloody Battle Song: De Powerful Version! Dis gam is very fun. If you miss it, youll have to wait anuver 120 years for something similar! Dis is the newest update dat you haf never played before. In just swee minutes, you will luf this gam as much as I do! Everything else was similar to the above. Lin Wan and Ye Zhizhou looked at each other, confused. They closed the document and reopened it. They had thought that they had opened the wrong document. Ye Zhizhou began to feel like a complete letdown. Boss Pei had sent the plan over so quickly; it was obvious that he had been prepared. For all Ye Zhizhou knew, Boss Pei had already thought of this advertising method way in advance. Yet, why was he choosing a method like that? The script sounded very low-class! Wouldnt they be scolded and cursed at by everyone?! Ye Zhizhou thought that since Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version was no longer a game with paywalls, one could call it a game with a heart. They could have washed their reputation clean! Since that was the case, why did they have to produce advertisements like that and dirty themselves in front of the public? If this was a traditional game with paywalls, this method of advertising would be quite good indeed. This was because the main players of web-based games were ballers and coal bosses, who loved watching Hong Kong films. Whats more, the script was very direct and could easily pique their interest. However, Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Versions main target audience was no longer ballers! Whats more, this advertising method seemed old-fashioned. Even when held to the standards of ordinary advertisements for web-based games, it looked low-class. Finished! I really dont know what Boss Pei is thinking! Ye Zhizhou looked at Lin Wan questioningly. Lin Wan was deep in thought as well. It was obvious that she hated this script much more than Ye Zhizhou did. However, she understood Boss Pei much better than Ye Zhizhou did as well. Everything that looked illogical had greater meaning! After considering for a long time Lin Wan nodded slightly. I understand. Boss Peis original aim is to free players from being slaves to money and influence their tastes! That means the advertising has to be done to attract players who love games with paywalls as much as possible. Thats the only way to influence their tastes and change their view on spending through this game! If players of traditional web-based games do not play this game, how could we dream of influencing their mindset? Ye Zhizhou felt confused. Its its not that extreme, right? This is a very common way of advertising web-based games. It may look like that on the surface, but many things run deeper than that. Lin Wan shook her head. Boss Pei will know how to follow up. Well just have to wait and see. [1] The script is written to imitate the Hong Kong accent. Chapter 213 - Just as Boss Pei had Expected! Pei Qian waited for a few minutes. Lin Wan had not sent any questions. This meant that the problem had been resolved. In fact, Pei Qian knew that the advertising plan he had sent them was the most effective advertising method for traditional web-based games. He could not say that the quality-price ratio was the highest, but it was quite effective. For web-based games, advertising methods with the best quality-price ratio required directly copying other games materials or creating strange, humorous videos. All in all, their aim was to get as many clicks as possible. Take I keep showering, where is the world of oil for example[1]. However, doing so was illegal. One could not use others art resources at will, or they would surely be sued. Pei Qian would not do anything illegal. Thus, he had no choice but to hire movie stars. Traditional web-based games mainly targeted middle-aged players who were rich and successful like owners of private companies or coal bosses. These people loved watching Hong Kong celebrities. At the same time, they did not have high expectations for game graphics and had plenty of cash. They also liked the feeling of having followers in games. Thus, filming advertisements targeted at people like that would be good. He chose Hong Kong celebrities to appear more attractive and warm to the target audience. At the same time, he made the language simple so that the merits of this game would be obvious to the target audience. These included the ability to earn money from selling equipment, deal freely, fight in wars, and the like. All of these were characteristics that were popular to web-based game players. If one could list all of these merits in the advertisement, it would be simple and effective. The advertisement would also brainwash viewers effectively. It would make the money spent worth it. Since that was the case, why would Pei Qian want to film the advertisement in this manner? The reason was simple. The target audience was wrong, and the effect would be useless! This advertising method was meant to attract players of traditional web-based games. Ordinary players would despise these methods. It was the same logic with the name Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version. This way, while Pei Qian spent money on advertising that would effectively draw people in, the people who would be drawn in would be players of traditional web-based games. These people did not care about game graphics. Instead, they only wanted to use cash to slaughter as many people as they could, buy as many loyal followers as they could, and enjoy feeling like the moon among stars. Yet, what was Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version about? There were almost no paywalls, people could only purchase strength potions, and only lucky ones selected by the Chosen One system would be allowed to slaughter everyone else. They even changed the games form-from a traditional browser game to a mini-clientjust to improve the games graphics. In other words, these people would have to download the mini-client to play the game. They could no longer access it from the browser and play whenever they wanted to. The computers that they used in the office might not have this game installed either. Yet, they might not even notice the improvements in graphics. When they find out that this was not the game they were looking for, they would curse under their breaths and run as fast as they could. Could this game succeed? He would spend huge amounts of money hiring celebrities to film the advertisements. He would also buy advertising space on various websites. Ultimately, the advertisements would still prove ineffective, and the game would lose players. He would incur losses for sure! What kind of people was Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version really made for? The game was probably targeted at students and working adults who were not rich, ordinary players who like playing traditional browser games but could not afford to top up too much money on them, or ordinary client-side games and mobile games players. However, the problem was that most of these people would probably be turned off by the games name and advertisements. They would be just like Pei Qian; even if he could recite the advertisement script backward, he would never think about trying the game out. Thus, there was no problem with the game or the advertising method per se. However, the game and advertisements would appeal to different groups of people. That was where the problem was! In addition, they invested a lot in the game to begin with. They spent a total of seven to eight million yuan on research and development coupled with advertisements. With a limited number of players and purchase optionseven if some people did try out the game, they probably would not be able to recover the capital. Pei Qian let out a long sigh. It looked like he could leave Shang Yang Games alone for now. The next thing to focus on was the research and development of Repent and be Saved. Two days ago, Pei Qian discovered that official novels about Repent and be Saved were being uploaded onto Zhongdian Chinese Network. This gave him a good scare indeed. After being through so much, Boss Pei was now extremely cautious and wary. Any slight movement or breeze would catch his attention. Thus, nobody could hide the official novels about Repent and be Saved on Zhongdian Chinese Network from him. However, after reading the feedback from readers, Pei Qian relaxed considerably. Until now, Zhongdian Chinese Network had been developing slowly. Although they had already attracted a good number of authors using their excellent full-time rates, the contents of the library were still horrible. Thus, the rate at which people were creating new accounts was devastating. Until now, Zhongdian Chinese Network only had over two thousand visits daily. Whats more, this included people who only visited the site out of curiosity and decided to say goodbye forever afterward. Yet, even so, hundreds of people had read the official novel for Repent and be Saved. This was because the novel was placed on the homepage of the website, in a particularly eye-catching position. Most people who visited the website would notice it immediately. However, all the comments under the novel were negative. What are you writing? I dont understand. I read three chapters, and I still dont understand who the protagonist is! Theyre all descriptions of the world? My head is hurting just reading this. A novel of this standard made it to the homepage? What kind of rubbish website is this? Repent and be Saved? What a nonsensical name! I dont know what its driving at! I strongly suspect that this is an insiders publication. So many other books are much better than this, but theyre placed in much worse spots. If it was written by an insider, this proves that the website would not have a future! Repent and be Saved was still in the research and development stage. There was no news about it as well. That was why they did not advertise on Zhongdian Chinese Network that this book was written for the game, Repent and be Saved. The novel could not ride on any of Tengda Games glory. Ma Yiqun and Zhu Xingans intention was to upload the official novel for their own entertainment. At the same time, they wanted to get feedback from potential players. Mindless fans of Tengda might praise the designs without thinking much about it. Then, Ma Yiqun and Zhu Xingan might let the praise go to their heads and fail to maintain an objective view. This might affect subsequent plot planning endeavors. In the end, the readers feedback could not be more realistic. Pei Qian read the first two chapters of the novel and found that the readers were right to criticize it. Zhu Xingan and Ma Yiqun had not been wronged at all. Zhu Xingan had written this novel. The others only had to raise ideas and suggestions. Since Ma Yiqun had to run the website, he did not have time to write novels. Whats more, he felt that he had been more deeply influenced by online literature and was more likely to digress from the topic. Thus, he handed the task to Zhu Xingan. On the other hand, Zhu Xingan had no foundation in writing online literature. As he wrote the official novel about the games world, he naturally gravitated towards the plots of foreign games, including foreign AAA games original novels, official serial publications, and the like. Everything was very confusing and impossible to unravel. There was no problem using his writings as the plot plan for the game. However, they were far from deserving of being uploaded to a website for online literature. The fact that this official novel had been placed on Zhongdian Chinese Networks homepage also turned many readers away. Many new readers would first click on the books displayed on the homepage upon arriving at the website. This was because they normally represented the highest standard of the books in it. When they read the book, they discovered this was the standard. Of course, they would leave at once and never return. Pei Qian quietly observed all of these behind the scenes. He could not help but celebrate in his heart. Excellent! Zhongdian Chinese Network has not let me down indeed! Ma Yiqun-who only got thirty subscriptions for his first book-was placed together with a group of laymen who had zero understanding of the world of online literature. Now, everything was going as Boss Pei had expected! Pei Qian decided not to do anything about Repent and be Saveds official novel being placed on Zhongdian Chinese Networks homepage. In any case, this novel would not attract anyones attention for now. Instead, it worked to dissuade readers from staying on the website. It was infinitely valuable! [1] This was a famous, funny advertisement for a game in China. In Mandarin, the tagline sounds like I keep searching for a future with you. Chapter 214 - 4 Boss Pei and Big Boss Ruan are Two Peas in a Pod Pei Qian had still been in deep thought when someone knocked on the door of his office. Looking up, he saw Lu Mingliang. Boss Pei, weve produced a few concept drawings. Do you want to take a look? Before that, Lu Mingliang had instructed Ruan Guangjian to handle all concept designs for Repent and be Saved. This included the sceneries, the characters, the monsters, the equipment, the weapons, and the like. Ruan Guangjian could not have finished all of this alone. However, he had his own workspace now. After graduation, Ruan Guangjian used his fame and connections to open a small workspace, right next to the finance university which he had been studying at. The workspace was called Halo Workspace. Thanks to its work for Ghost General and Game Designer and its other concept designs, it had already made a name for itself in the industry. Ruan Guangjian also invited the few classmates whom he roomed with in university to join him. Whats more, their business had been making profits recently. They had just hired a new group of employees. While they could only undertake small-scale tasks before, they could now handle much bigger ones. As they became more famous, more games merchants began to contact them through the website for resources. From time to time, they would even be placed on the waiting list. People who wanted Ruan Guangjian to personally handle the drawings would face increased prices and more difficult scheduling. However, Ruan Guangjian remained loyal to Tengda Games. No matter what kind of demands they made, they would be fulfilled as long as they did not affect Ruan Guangjians current projects! Once the requirements for Repent and be Saveds plot, world structure, and various art resources were released; Lu Mingliang immediately contacted Halo Workspace and handed the responsibility of the concept design to Ruan Guangjian. Now, the first batch of concept drawings was complete. With the company of Lu Mingliang, Pei Qian reviewed the drawings. The first drawings he reviewed were concept art for the backgrounds. The strategically-placed Gate to the Netherworld was located in a continuous mountain range. On either side was a bizarre mountain. In front of it was a 100,000-feet deep abyss, filled with grievous spirits. Light blue fog encircled a big, light-gray memorial arch. The ancient, awe-inspiring, yet sinister Chinese characters written on the memorial arch made chills run down Pei Qians spine. Behind the gate was the Road to the Underworld, which stretched into the horizon. Countless grievous spirits roamed the Road to the Underworld. They walked forward in a muddled fashion, looking far from exhaustion. On either side of the Road to the Underworld was whirling, green fog. From time to time, dried-up, scaly hands would reach out from within the fog, trying their best to grab people on the Road to the Underworld and drag them in. After crossing the Bridge of Forgetfulness atop the River of Forgetfulness, one would arrive among a group of sinister-looking spirits. A few spirit-conjuring lanterns hung from the sky. One by one, wandering spirits would walk past it. They would either disappear into the fog in the distance or jump off the bridge into the River of Forgetfulness, never to be seen again. Apart from these, there were a few more drawings of random items and a few concept drawings for monsters animations. Among these were drawings of worn-down temples, Buddha statues, Tudis temples, Tudi statues, ordinary malicious spirits, broken weapons, spirit-conjuring flags, and the like. Mengpo on the Bridge of Forgetfulness and the netherworlds four great magistrates were among the monsters. Although many other games had the same characters as monsters, Ruan Guangjian designed these monsters from scratch. Using his own expertise, he drew these monsters and made them particularly dark. After looking at the drawings, Pei Qian could not help but feel sorrowful. Ruan Guangjians work is really stable. The underlying meaning in Pei Qians words was this: Damn it, why cant you just fall short in your work for once?! Most importantly, from Ghost General to Game Designer to Repent and be Saved, this person seemed to be continuously improving in terms of his skills. It was infuriating! One could immediately tell that the concept art for Repent and be Saved was produced much quicker than before. The style also looked much more proficient. Compared to Game Designer, Repent and be Saveds content was more suited to Ruan Guangjians epic ink oil painting style. This could be one of the main reasons why he seemed to be getting better at his work. Lu Mingliang fully agreed with Pei Qians comment. He nodded and said, Thats right. We can only say hes a big boss indeed. Hes so steady! We can relax if we hand our animations to him! Pei Qian, He really wanted to sever ties with Ruan Guangjian and never work with him again. Yet, there was no reason to do so! He drew so well, he was giving them a discount, and his style completely matched the game. What reason could Pei Qian give to avoid working with him? The good thing was Repent and be Saved was not a game that depended on its graphics to succeed. He would dissuade players using the gameplay. On top of that, engaging Ruan Guangjian would indeed allow Pei Qian to spend more money. At that thought, Pei Qian gritted his teeth and decided to go through with it. Its quite good. Lets continue based on this. Pei Qian looked at the drawings for a long time and still could not find anything to say. The concept drawings were too well done; there was nothing to change. He also lacked knowledge in the area of concept art. Thus, he had no choice but to allow Ruan Guangjian to do him in. Lu Mingliang felt emotional hearing Pei Qians words. Boss Pei and Big Boss Ruan have telepathy indeed. You are two peas in a pod. Big Boss Ruan said that he would take a break for a couple of days once this project is done. Then, he might come to Jingzhou and visit our office. At the same time, he would pay Boss Pei a visit. After all, both of you have been communicating online for a long time but have never met face-to-face. It is a pity. Boss Pei, you must be thinking the same, right? The corners of Pei Qians mouth twitched. Ill be d*mned if I think the same! I dont want to meet him at all! The first name on his blacklist in his notebook was Teacher Qiao, but the second was this fellow! Most importantly, ever since they worked together on Ghost General, Ruan Guangjian and Pei Qians relationship was no longer a purely business one. Instead, Ruan Guangjian seemed to take Pei Qian as his trusted companion. Although both of them were in different industries-one was in the games industry and the other was doing concept art, the feeling of being like two peas in a pod seemed to plug the inter-industry gap between them. The corners of Pei Qians mouth twitched again. Hehe, when he comes, Ill make sure to host him well. The two games were progressing according to plan. From the way things were going, it did not look like there were any serious problems Pei Qian had to correct. Pei Qian pondered for a moment. There were many more things to keep him busy from now on. In the blink of an eye, July was nearly over. There were three more urgent things to handle. First, according to Pei Qians plan, he had to select the outstanding employee on August 1st. Pei Qian had a rough idea of how to conduct the evaluation this time. The outstanding employee would be selected based on votes. Pei Qian did not plan to manipulate things behind the scene because he did not trust his own judgment. Crowds were the best judges. The outstanding employee whom they selected must be widely-recognized to be important in the company. Pei Qian would not protect or keep him or her for sure. Even if the employee happened to be his beloved and trusted confidant, Pei Qian would have to eliminate him or her! Apart from this, there were also the high-end restaurant and Upwind Logistics. They were still in the midst of preparations to open for business, but it was about time to decide who should be put in charge of these. Pei Qian remembered that one of the branch managers of the Fish-Catching Internet Cafes was a chef. That man should be assigned to take care of the high-end restaurant. After all, the chef did not manage to achieve anything after becoming the branch manager. It was obvious that he was not that skilled. If Pei Qian put him in charge of the high-end restaurant, it would look like a match on the surface in terms of profession. Yet, in reality, he would become a liability. As for Upwind Logistics Pei Qian thought about asking the outstanding employee this time if he or she would be interested in being in charge of Upwind Logistics. If he or she was not, Pei Qian would give him or her a Dream Fund of a million yuan to blindly chase his or her dreams. If he or she was, Pei Qian would put him or her in charge of Upwind Logistics. Lastly, it was time to produce some results out of the money Pei Qian had taken from Lin Chang Chapter 215 - Hardcore Reviewer Wa-Oh That was two hundred thousand yuan in remuneration after all. There was also a hundred thousand yuan for props. To Lin Chang, this wasnt a huge sum. However, Pei Qian still had to make something out of it. Pei Qian knew very well that this project was bound to fail. Yet, it did not matter. As long as Pei Qian showed that he did not really need the money and that he was just playing around, Lin Chang would not grow suspicious. That would take care of things. Lin Chang called this remuneration, but Pei Qian had no intention to produce short videos or short films. It was simple: he did not have enough capital. Pei Qian wanted to earn the remuneration and just leave a hundred thousand yuan for props. However, this much money was not enough to pay the director, supporting actors, and salaries, much less to pay for video equipment and whatnot. Fei Huang Workspace had these available, but Pei Qian did not want to involve Fei Huang Workspace in any way. After all, Huang Sibo and the others might question why Boss Pei wanted to film short videos on his own. He would not be able to answer them. Thus, Pei Qian decided to do everything on his own and try his best not to let anyone apart from Lin Chang find out what he was up to. He would use his own cell phone to film. He did not know how to do complicated editing, but he would just cut out additional scenes and piece the other pieces together. He would try his best to fill everything in a single shot. Whether the product was good or bad, he would upload it onto Aili Island once he was done. As for whether people would see it or not It would be best if no one did. Whats more, Pei Qian had no intention to reveal his face. He would either cover his entire face or half of it. In case the video became popular, he could not allow his employees to recognize him. His only aim in filming this short video was earning that two hundred thousand yuan. If Lin Chang really asked about how the three hundred thousand yuan was spent, at least Pei Qian could produce videos to show him. He would prove that he really did work hard at filming something. As for whether his productions would become popular or not He could not do much; just as horses stumbled, humans made mistakes. Boss Peis performance art was too deep, and society was too shallow. Even if nobody caught on, Boss Pei could not be blamed. Lin Chang would not look too deeply into it, and he would not grow suspicious either. At that thought, Pei Qian packed up his things and collected the delivery which he received that day. Then, he left the office and returned to his rented apartment. He would have to produce the first episode tonight! Although he was not given a deadline, Pei Qian had to produce twenty episodes. Even if he started now and produced two episodes a week, it would take him more than two months to finish everything. That meant he had to start as soon as possible. The earlier he finished, the more relieved he would feel spending that two hundred thousand yuan! Pei Qian set up his cell phone and then placed the package on his table. This was a cell phone that had only been released over a month ago overseas. It was Pineapple 4, and it was selling for 4,999 yuan. It fell nicely within his five thousand yuan budget. The most popular domestically-produced cell phone model at the moment was Shenhuas annual flagship product. However, that was a second-tier at best. Only Pineapple phones could be considered high-end and first-tier. Based on Pei Qians recollection, they had almost the same status as Apple phones would be in the future-or perhaps just slightly worse. All in all, this cell phone hit a high volume of sales and was quite well-received. It would be fitting to work on this cell phone in his first episode. Pei Qian had thought about it before. In fact, it did not matter what content he filled his short videos with. It also did not matter whether they succeeded or not. The most important thing was to allow Lin Chang to think that this entire project fitted Boss Peis character. Before this, Pei Qian had told Lin Chang that he wanted to use this sum of money to conduct a test. That meant that this test had to be unique. He had to do things his own way! Take when Pei Qian played the role of Boss Pei for example. Although he was playing himself, he still had to follow a script. It was only natural that he should receive remuneration. This time was no different. Pei Qian planned to act as a professional reviewer of digital products. First, he took out a sheet of paper. On it, he wrote a brief plan for the episode. Then, he began filming. In order to keep his face hidden, Pei Qian took a sheet of paper and wrote the words Hardcore Reviews on it. He retrieved a spectacle framewhich he bought with his own money-and put it on with the piece of paper. Thus, he successfully created a mask out of it. After that, Pei Qian changed into more ordinary-looking clothes. After pondering for a couple of minutes, he wrote the plan for the beginning of the video. Hardcore Reviews Day One of non-independent reviewing Hardcore Reviews is a non-independent reviewer. The outcome of the review depends on how much manufacturers pay. Any reviewed product featured in the videos was probably paid for by the manufacturer. Please close this video immediately. If any manufacturers are interested in working with me, please contact me in private. He would create a scene filled with pure words and place it at the beginning of the video. This would dissuade a good number of people from watching it. Once Pei Qian finished preparing, he accessed the camera on his cell phone and began recording. Welcome to the countrys strictest and most professional unboxing review show. I am a professional reviewer of digital products, Wa-Oh. The product that Ill be reviewing for you today is called Pineapple 4. Let us open this box very carefully. Pei Qian was careful to speak emotionlessly so that nobody would recognize his voice. After that, he grabbed a table knife next to him and cut a few holes in the package. Finally, he reached into the box and grabbed the cell phone. He tore the film off in a callous manner and purposely rolled it up into a ball and tossed it aside. Then, he closed the boxwhich contained the charging cable, the head plug, and the stack of unnecessary instructionsand pushed it aside as well. The first thing well do is a water-resistance test. He already had a small pail of water ready next to him. Pei Qian switched the Pineapple cell phone on and then tossed it into the pail. A few minutes later, he took it out. It was quite water-resistant; no water managed to seep through the outer casing. The second thing to do is a crashproof test. Pei Qian held his own cell phone in his left hand while he picked up the Pineapple 4 with his right. Then, he began to drop the Pineapple 4 onto the ground from different heights and angles. He started off by dropping it with the corner facing the ground, then he dropped it with the back of the phone facing the ground then he dropped it with the screen facing the ground. He repeated the same movements from heights of one, two, and three meters. Once he was done, he moved the camera closer to film a close-up of the cell phone. After dropping the phone from a height of three meters, the entire cell phone looked damaged. Although it could still be switched on and operated, the screen was completely shattered, the corner looked dented, and paint had been scratched off the back cover. The third thing to do is a shockproof test. Pei Qian grabbed his table knife and stabbed the back cover several times. At first, he started with little energy. Nothing much happened. However, as he stabbed at the cover with more energy, obvious cracks began to appear. Whats more, these cracks became increasingly defined. The fourth thing to do is to disassemble it. Everyone knows that disassembling the cell phone is the best way to tell if the internal structure and make-up of a cell phone was done by good-hearted manufacturers. Let us disassemble this cell phone in an extremely professional way. Pei Qian grabbed a #1 screwdriver, stuck it through a crack on the back cover, and pulled the entire cover off. Then, he successively removed the battery, camera, and motherboard from within. By the time he was done removing everything from inside the phone, the cell phone looked unrecognizable. Alright. This is Pineapple 4s internal structure. Everyone, take a look at the handiwork and material. Im sure all of you are familiar with the various parts. I wont have to introduce them to you. Next, let us re-assemble it. Pei Qian did not do this. In any case, when the time came, he would just rewind the video. Finally, he had to record his conclusion. That was a review of the Pineapple 4 cell phone. Im going to remind Pineapple 4 to transfer the payment to my personal bank account. This has been Hardcore Reviews. See you in the next episode! Once he finished filming everything, Pei Qian downloaded a random editing software. He used it to cut some raw footage out and then added the introduction at the start of the video. Finally, he added the rewound footage. Pei Qian rendered the video and watched it once through. There was a very big problem with it. Boss Pei was very happy. Pei Qian logged onto Aili Island and registered for a new account named Hardcore Reviews. Then, he uploaded the video. Alright, pack up! Pei Qian put the piece of paper and spectacles away neatly so he could use them for the next recording There were still nineteen episodes to go. He would unbox a digital product for each episode and do exactly what he did for the first episode. The twenty episodes would be easily completed. Finally, he would be able to relax and spend the two hundred thousand yuan! Chapter 216 - Fixed Assets Calculation Method The next morning-after Pei Qian woke up, he opened the creator platform in Aili Island and looked at the statistics of the video. There were some views and a few comments and bullet screen comments. However, they did not add up too much. The video was still very unpopular. Most comments and bullet screen comments were along the lines of oh sh*t, baller, an explosion of funding and they had too much money so they chose to burn them. Pei Qians account was new. After uploading the video at the electronics area, he did not receive publicity from the platform; and he did not have any subscribers to begin with. There was only some insignificant organic traffic. There was almost no exposure for the video throughout the night. Pei Qian did not care about that. He did not expect the video to have many views. If there was really someone who tipped his video or if he could join the incentive plans of the platform, he could just think of it as he had earned some pocket money. It seemed like a nice plan to him. Pei Qian was eating snacks as he binge-watched some videos. All of a sudden, the system screen expanded in front of him. <10% of the systems valuation of the companys fixed assets shall be recorded into the System Funds. That will affect the settlement results.> The chips that Pei Qian held near his mouth stopped mid-air. What was the meaning of this?! He read the content on the system screen carefully. When he saw the Fixed Assets column, he vaguely understood what happened. Previously, most of the expensive resources he had were all rented, including the office building and cars. Therefore, the Fixed Assets column was not triggered. Of course, the tables and chairs, furniture and office products that he had bought for the company and the internet cafes should all be considered the company assets. However, they did not trigger the Fixed Assets column. It was likely because the system disregarded these things as their prices were too insignificant. However, now that Pei Qian bought a 6-million yuan villa, the system could not disregard that anymore. According to the rules of the system, such fixed assets in the form of commodities would undergo valuation by the system. 10% of its estimated worth would be converted into the System Funds and would affect the settlement results. Pei Qian had just spent a large sum of money on the villa. The companys current book balance was 2,430,000 yuan while the starting sum of the System Funds was 8,000,000 yuan. According to his previous calculations, he should suffer a loss of 5,570,000 yuan. However, according to this new calculation method, if he converted and recorded 10% of the estimated worth of 6,220,000 yuan villa, he would only suffer a loss of 4,950,000 yuan! 8,000,000 C 2,430,000 + (6,220,00010%) = 4,950,000 The newly indicated System Funds was 2,430,000+620,000. The first 2,430,000 was the working capital on the companys ledger. That was the money they could spend. The following 620,000 was 10% of the villas estimated worth. Even though it was converted into a virtual number that could not be spent, it was still considered a part of the System Funds and would affect the settlement. Pei Qian scratched his head. His first reaction was that he was actually unsure if that was a good deal for him. Evidently, this rule that the system set reduced the restrictions Pei Qian had to when buying commodities as fixed assets. For instance, if such commodities were not recorded under the System Funds, Pei Qian could totally buy anything he wanted. As long as he ensured that the capital chain would not break, he could buy as many properties as he liked to create a loss. (Of course, a prerequisite was that he must justify his purpose when buying them. He was not allowed to do real estate speculation or live in those properties. He could only use them for production management like he did this time around.) For example, if there was 10 million yuan left in the System Funds and Pei Qian took out 7 million to buy another villa (and found a random use for it), he was left with 3 million. He could easily create a loss of 5 million when compared to the initial 8 million System Funds in the beginning. That evidently reduced the difficulty of creating a loss. Therefore, Fixed Assets also needed to be recorded as the System Funds. However, if the entire sum of the fixed assets was recorded under System Funds, another huge problem would arise. The starting sum of the System Funds was only 8 million. If Pei Qian bought a 10-million villa and the entire 10 million was recorded into the System Funds, it was difficult for him to lose the starting sum of 8 million unless he mortgaged the property or sold it. Therefore, the system chose this method to avoid both aforementioned situations. Such commodities under ones fixed assets would be recorded into the System Funds on a 10% basis. On one hand, that would give Pei Qian some room to purchase fixed assets when he wanted to create a loss. On the other hand, Pei Qian could not easily achieve a huge loss by purchasing fixed assets mindlessly. Ah thinking about it from a pessimistic perspective, the system has yet again blocked off another path that I could have taken to earn fortunes. The system is always one step ahead of me However, thinking from the positive side of things, if the system did not give me a reminder; I would not be able to come up with that idea easily Pei Qian suddenly realized that although purchasing fixed assets could affect the settlement results, it was ultimately still a good way to spend money! Assuming that Pei Qian had about 10 million yuan left in the System Funds, he could simply buy another villa or shop. If he spent 5 million yuan on that, the amount left in the System Funds would be: 10 million C 5 million + (5 million x 10%) = 5.5 million. In that case, the system would conclude that he had suffered a loss of 8 million C 5.5 million = 2.5 million! Of course, there were some risks involved in that. If Pei Qian had multiple fixed assets, the appreciation of a single fixed asset would result in the System Funds increasing rapidly as well. If the value of the villa that Pei Qian had suddenly increased insanely and appreciated to 30 million yuan, the amount recorded into the System Funds would then increase to 3 million based on the stated 10% ratio. 10 million C 5 million + (30 million x 10%) = 8 million. He would not be able to suffer a loss then! If the situation worsenedwhen Pei Qian had too many fixed assets, their total value could surpass the starting sum even if only 10% of their estimated value was recorded in the System Funds. If that happened-even if Pei Qian spent all the money in the companys book balance, he would still be unable to create a loss. The only way out was if those fixed assets depreciated or if Pei Qian sold them all and spent the money he earned. Anyways Opportunities and risks coexist. After some calculation, Pei Qian felt that his head was throbbing. What is happening? Why do I have to use so many brain cells to find a way to lose money? Why are the rules getting more and more complicated? Pei Qian decided that he was not going to think about that anymore. In the futurewhen the amount of System Funds increased to about 20 or 30 million, he would then spend a few million yuan to purchase some shops. That would only add a few hundred thousand yuan to the System Funds and was a good deal for him. Currently, he did not have much money in the System Funds. Buying too many shops could easily turn things against his intentions. He had to take it slow. If he was cautious, he should only spend the money at the last moment. During this cycle, it was sufficient for him to purchase the semi-commercial villa and open the high-end restaurant to lose money. Since the system gave him a reminder, that showed that the villa had been purchased and the relevant procedures had been completed. Pei Qian gave Assistant Xin a call and asked her to drive him to the Ming Yun Villas branch of the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. He wanted to settle the interior design of the high-end restaurant and check if there were any unexpected changes to the business environment there. Chapter 217 - Our Restaurant had a Diverse Style! At Fish-Catching Internet Cafes branch at Ming Yun Villas On the way there, Pei Qian paid special attention to the shops that he noticed were renovating previously. Those included internet cafes, coffee shops, bars, and board game cafes. The location of those shops had been carefully decided. For example, there was an internet cafe right outside the entrance of Handong Jiaotong Universitys East Campus. As compared to the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe which was a twenty-minute walk away, the new internet cafe located right at the schools entrance was much nearer. Naturally, that internet cafe was more popular among students. Moreover, Pei Qian looked at the interior design and layout of the new internet cafe and saw that it was deliberately copying the style of the Fish-Catching Internet Cafes. The furnishing and equipment within the internet cafe appeared brand new, including computers, keyboards, mouses, and tables, and chairs. There was also a bar counter in the internet cafe that sold coffee and all types of drinks. However, the layout there was not as lavish as the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and appeared a little cramped. There were many computers available, but their configurations most probably could not reach the standard of those at the Fish-Catching Internet Cafes. All the computers at the Fish-Catching Internet Cafes were all assembled by Zhang Yuan. They could run almost all the huge Triple-A games in the market with full special effects. They had an incredibly high configuration. However, strictly speaking, such configurations were a little wasteful. Comparatively, the computers at this new internet cafe were a little smarter. They used configurations that could run mainstream games smoothly, and yet their prices should be almost half the computers at the Fish-Catching Internet Cafes. The computers had similar peripherals and appeared similarly glamorous, and yet the difference in their prices was huge. However, as compared to other ordinary internet cafes, their configurations and environment were considered pretty good. A few people were giving out flyers at the crossings near the internet cafe. They appeared to be students. With this internet cafe around to steal customers, it was highly possible that it could make some people, who originally wanted to go to the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, change their minds. After all, many people did not have such high expectations for the computers and the environment. They would not choose to travel such a long distance for that. The situation at the board game cafe, bars, and coffee shops was similar. Although the customer volume was not high, their locations were all much better than the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and could successfully steal many customers from the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. Pei Qian was delighted. Thats great! Although Pei Qian did not know who helped him, he remembered that persons kind deed and would definitely seek a chance to thank him or her in person! Looking at the current situation-because of the low human traffic in the vicinity, those shops might not be able to profit regardless. However, the only difference was that so many would suffer a greater loss than the others. The internet cafes should have the best revenues, and the board games cafe should not be far off. As for the bar and coffee shop Pei Qian was afraid that their situation might not be very optimistic. That person who opened these shops to help Boss Pei lose money must be a huge philanthropist! Speaking of that, Pei Qian recalled Boss Li who had done him a great favor at the flagship store of the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. Could it be him? After the huge misunderstanding previously, how could Boss Li not lay a grudge on me? How could he stick by my side instead? Pei Qians heart was warmed. Look at that! I do not only have enemies! People like Teacher Qiao and Ruan Guangjian were Boss Peis enemies. However, Boss Li was different. He was definitely Boss Peis true love! Pei Qian thought about investigating that. He wanted to see if Boss Li was really the one who did the kind deed without asking for acknowledgment. If he was truly the person behind it, Pei Qian had to find a way to thank him properly! After circling the area, Pei Qian, Zhang Yuan, Assistant Xin, and Lin Canrong headed to the Ming Yun Villas to check on the situation there. Lin Canrong was previously a chef cum branch manager. He had been in charge of the Fish-Catching Take-Out recently and had not been able to achieve any results. He had been losing money steadily. Pei Qian saw that strength of his, thus making him the branch manager of the new restaurant. Before this trip, Lin Canrong had already completed some early-stages preparation based on Boss Peis instructions. The original chairs, tables, and other furniture in the villa had been moved away by the estate management. The entire villa looked extremely empty. The previous time he was here, Pei Qian had already walked through the place and knew what to expect. He only needed to propose vague advice or opinion. He would definitely leave it to the professionals to plan the relevant details such as the actual decor and the type of tables and cutlery. The living room was about 7 meters tall. It occupied two storys and was extremely spacious. That made it appear extremely elegant. Pei Qian led Ma Yang and Zhang Yuan into the living room and started talking about it. Build a special wine cabinet here and prepare all sorts of expensive wine. Make sure that the tables and chairs in the hall are of top quality. The tables must be spaced far apart from one another. There should be about seven or eight tables here and at most four chairs for each table. You must not exceed that number. You can purchase some tables, chairs, and parasols for the garden outside. Diners could dine outside when the weather is suitable and enjoy the scenery. As for the interior design style, prepare five typesminimalistic, Chinese, Japanese, European, and natural. They must each have their individual decor, table cloths, lighting, and cutlery. We will decorate the restaurant according to the cuisines that the customers ordered. This applies especially to this private room as it has the best scenery. We must build a ceiling window and prepare furniture and decoration pieces of all styles so we can design the room elaborately. Other than having to match the cuisines, the lighting and decorations must be as comfortable as possible. This restaurant mainly caters to our employees so we do not have to be so formal. Most cuisines here needed to be reserved. For example, if the customer ordered western cuisine, we must change the design and layout of the room beforehand so that it fits the European style interior design. If the customer ordered Japanese cuisine, we would then change it to Japanese style. There will be two categories of dishes here. One will be made using normal ingredients that will be available at all times. The employees will be eating that. The other will be made using high-end ingredients such as the fugu shirako, Tahiti vanilla, Bluefin tuna, and Parma ham. Make sure that you contact the suppliers beforehand. After reservation, the customers have to pay a deposit before they can come over and taste the food. Pei Qian showed Lin Canrong around the place and spoke about wherever they went. He had two goals ultimately. First, the main purpose of the restaurant was to cater to the needs of his employees. The main goal was to make the place as comfortable and high-end as possible. Pei Qian did not plan on hosting many people at the villa. His ideal maximum number of customers was around seventy to eighty people. The hall could seat about twenty people, and each private room could seat about six to seven people. If the weather was nice, they could also have a few tables in the balcony and garden. Pei Qian did not plan to bring all his employees there at the same time. There were more than two hundred of them, and the villa could not accommodate so many of them. They could only come and have gatherings there in batches. He could bring the seventy or eighty core employees here to have a meal together. The persons in charge of each department could then bring their respective employees over and have a meal together. Anyways, the main purpose of the meals was to spend money. There was not much difference if they ate together or not. Second, he wanted to spend as much money as he could. Preparing furniture, cutlery, lighting, and decoration pieces of various styles could burn a lot of money. It could raise the cost of human labor by a huge margin. However, he had a valid reason for doing so, and the system could not pick on him because of that. After all, all his efforts were to offer customers a better dining experience although the cost of such improvements was huge and it was not a cost-effective decision. Furthermore, Pei Qian did not care about the opinions of the other customers. This restaurant was originally built to host employee and company gatherings. It was built to burn money for Boss Pei. Therefore, it was better if the restaurant maintained a low profile. The best result was that no one else knew about this place. In that case, the restaurant could keep on losing money steadily. That was what Boss Pei wanted. After giving his instructions for all the areas of the restaurant, Pei Qian looked at Lin Canrong and said, Thats the rough arrangements. Do you have any questions? Lin Canrong appeared a little hesitant. Boss Pei, Im okay with everything else. However, is there really a need to prepare so many interior design styles? Chapter 218 - Cutting Mingliang Loose Tearfully That was the first time Lin Canrong heard that a restaurant had to prepare different styles of cutlery and even tables and chairs. There was enough space to store all of that. The underground parking lot had room for many tables and chairs. However, they had to re-decorate those things after every meal. Lin Canrongs head hurt just by thinking about it. Pei Qian shook his head and said, Of course, there is a need! We are a high-end restaurant. Other than good quality ingredients, culinary skills, and great dishes; we must also have a sufficiently good environment. Just like the scholars in ancient times. They use different wine glasses to consume different types of wine. There were also many more complicated and cumbersome procedures. However, what they did was not merely for ritual purposes; more suitable cutlery could showcase the wine even better. It could also make the special atmosphere stand out even more! The other restaurants only have one type of cuisines; therefore, they could afford to have a single style. We, on the other hand, offer all types of cuisines, including western, Chinese, Japanese, and French cuisines. To provide customers the best dining experience, we must definitely prepare various interior design styles. We must give them the best that we could offer from the decorations, dining tables, and cutlery to a specific atmosphere and dining environment! The details determine our success. Do you understand? Lin Canrongs mouth parted slightly. He was completely shocked. This Although that sounded very reasonable, he felt that there was something amiss. The dining environment was indeed important, but was there really a need to change the decorations and cutlery repeatedly? Could it be Boss Pei was not merely expecting them to stick by the rules and do things by ritual? Maybe he was looking for an attitude to pursue perfection? By creating the perfect dining environment, they could provide customers a better and top-notch dining experience. Yes. That must be the case! Lin Canrong nodded his head violently and replied, Yes, Boss Pei. I understand! I will research the relevant knowledge when I get home and organize systematic training for our attendants. They will then be able to serve all sorts of cuisinesincluding Chinese, western, and Japanese cuisineswithout making a single mistake. We will aim to achieve perfection from the environment and service to the specific ways to enjoy the food! Ugh Pei Qian was momentarily speechless. He did not plan on being so stringent at the beginning. After all, the food was for his own employees. Why was there a need to make things so perfect? In the end, Lin Canrong misunderstood him. Pei Qian could not correct him as that might make things awkward. Lin Canrong thought of another problem. Boss Pei, what is the name of our restaurant? Pei Qian was solemn for a while before he asked in return, Must we have a name? Lin Canrong was baffled. Why did he ask that question? Of course, there must be a name! Otherwise, how could the conversation go on when other customers wanted to recommend us to their friends? Ay, I went to a restaurant with really good food the other day! Really? What is it called? It doesnt have a name! That seemed a little absurd. When they wanted to promote the restaurant on food critique websites in the future, they must enter a restaurant name somehow! Moreover, the restaurant was located in a villa. There was not much human traffic here to begin with. If they did not hang a signboard outside, no one would know that this was a restaurant. They might think that this was just a normal resident unit! Pei Qian shook his head confidently. Things like the name are not important. We conquer our diners with our food and not a popular brand name. Good food speaks for itself. Even if we do not promote it, it will still become popular someday. Lin Canrongs mouth was agape. But, Boss Pei, we must have a name for our shop. We have to apply for a business license! Oh, Pei Qian thought for a while and replied, You can decide on it. You are the branch manager after all. Ill leave it to you to register whatever name you want. However, there is no need to make a signboard or to hang it outside. We will win over our customers using our food! Anyways, prepare for it carefully. I will bring the employees at Tengda over to support you when you open for business! Lin Canrong was a little uneasy when he heard that he had to come up with a name for the restaurant. However, when he saw the trust in Pei Qians eyes, he nodded his head. Okay, Boss Pei! I will give it my best! When he was back at the rented apartment, Pei Qian opened Aili Island and looked at the video that he had posted. The number of views was still low. There did not seem to be many fluctuations as compared to when he left in the morning. That was normal. No exposure meant no views. No views meant no likes and no tips. Therefore, it was only natural that the video would be buried by other content on the platform. The content-heavy UP Masters did not become popular in a day. They accumulated popularity slowly using their consistently high-quality content. Pei Qian ordered another new flagship phone model that Shenhua had. That would be the victim in his next video. However, according to the current delivery speed, it would take two to three days for the phone to be delivered. Haiz, I miss JD.com. I can only hope that my Upwind Logistics could develop quickly. I can then experience how it was like to order the product in the morning and receive it in the evening. Pei Qian yawned. He covered himself with his blanket and took an afternoon nap. August 1st Pei Qian came to the office in the morning looking very energetic. Today was the biannual outstanding employee selection day. All employees knew about that, and they were all either excited or nervous. Only Bao Xu looked upset. He was not interested in the selection process at all. He was secretly praying that he would not be voted as the second place! Bao Xu had been deliberately lowering his presence these few days. However, when it came to votes who knew what could happen? Okay. Straight to business. Lets vote. Pei Qian was tired of saying the formalities. Anyways, no matter who the two lucky people were, he just had to arrange for the 1 million yuan Dream Fund and the one month of paid leave. The only bias that Pei Qian had was towards Lu Mingliang. He hoped that everyone would not vote for Lu Mingliang. After all, as compared to Huang Sibo and Bao Xu, Pei Qian was very satisfied with Lu Mingliang. He was obedient and did not let his thoughts run wild. If the chief planner was another person, Pei Qian was unsure if the successor could live up to his expectations like Lu Mingliang did. The crowd clicked on their mouses and finished voting. Some employees were not present at the company, but they could also vote online. Very quickly, the voting ended. Pei Qian looked at the results, and his heart dropped. F*ck. The first person was really Lu Mingliang! The situation that he was afraid of happened. Pei Qian was very reluctant. After all, it was tough finding a chief planner that followed by the book. If the new chief planner was similar to Huang Sibo and carried Boss Pei to a win, wouldnt it be the end for him? However, rules are rules. Although Pei Qian was biased towards Lu Mingliang, he could not break the rules because of him. Pei Qian sorted out his emotions and handed the trophy to Lu Mingliang. Congratulations! Lu Mingliang was stunned. He stood up. He did not expect himself to win the votes! Lu Mingliang looked at Bao Xu. He felt that Bao Xu was more experienced than him and was more worthy of the award. Pei Qian guesses what he was thinking. He shook his head lightly and said, The results were voted by everyone. You deserve this. After hesitating for a while, Lu Mingliang received the trophy from Pei Qians hands. The trophy appeared small, but it was very heavy! Was this how Brother Huang felt when he received the Best Employee Trophy? Lu Mingliang felt that what he was holding was not merely a trophy. It represented Boss Peis trust in him. It represented the heavy responsibility he had! At that moment, Lu Mingliang had a train of words to say; but he did not know where to start. Pei Qian looked at the second place. Bao Xu. That was beyond his control. After all, Lu Mingliang was the main person in charge of Game Designer and had been developing new versions of the game and also other new games. Although Bao Xu had also put in a lot of effort, Lu Mingliang was ultimately still the chief planner and was the face that the other employees saw most frequently. Although Bao Xu did not show his face at a lot of places, he had a part in testing the games and adjusting the details of the games. Therefore, he also had a high number of votes during the Outstanding Employee Selection. He had scored the second place. Therefore, an awkward situation arose again. Pei Qian looked at Bao Xu solemnly and showed a kind smile. Brother, I am not targeting you. This is the crowds choice Chapter 219 - All My Employees are Talented yet Too Humble When Bao Xu saw that Pei Qian was looking towards him and appeared hesitant about speaking, he was instantly flustered. Oh, sh*t. Not me again? During the month-long paid leave previously, Bao Xu had almost coughed out blood having to travel the entire country. When he returned, he felt that he had almost used up his share of traveling for the year. However, after just a few months of rest, was that going to happen again? Bao Xu said hurriedly, Boss Pei, I forfeit this opportunity willingly! Please give it to someone who needs it more! Pei Qian shook his head and said, What is the purpose of voting if everyone gives away their award? There is no way we will change the results of the vote. Whoever won it will have it. Prepare your suitcase these few days. Bao Xu was flustered, Boss Pei, I have visited all the places of interest in the country! I have checked in at every site, and I can prove it with my photos and location tracker. There is nowhere else for me to go! Pei Qian smiled slightly. You have almost visited all the places of interest in the country? Then, settle your visa tomorrow. You can head overseas to have a look. While you experience the worlds culture and enjoy the exoticism there, you can also take the chance to learn from the game producing experience that the developed western countries have. Bao Xu wanted to say something else, but Pei Qian cut him off. Thats settled then. Settle your visa tomorrow. Bao Xu was speechless. What the f*ck! Bao Xu felt horrible. He did not want to leave! Boss Pei, I would even be willing to work overtime! However, looking at Boss Peis expression, it was apparent that the decision was final and could not be changed. The rules regarding the Outstanding Employee Selection had been set a long time ago. It was in some way a form of accepting his defeat. Bao Xu thought to himself solemnly. When I come back from the paid leave, I must make it clear to everyone and tell them not to vote for me during the Outstanding Employee Selection ever again! I am not interested in both the million-yuan Dream Fund and the one month of paid leave. Please vote rationally. Please vote for someone who needs it more! However, it was too late for that. He could only instill that thought into the others when he came back from the paid leave. Pei Qian looked at Lu Mingliang again and said, Say a few words. If others received the Best Employee Award, Pei Qian might be able to congratulate them from the bottom of his heart. He might even laugh at their misfortune. However, now that Lu Mingliang received the Best Employee Award, Pei Qian was a little reluctant for him to leave. Anyways, his heart was filled with mixed emotions. Lu Mingliang held the trophy in his hand and said excitedly, I am not worthy of this award. The results that I have previously achieved were mainly because Boss Pei provided me a general direction to success, and I have followed his instructions strictly. I think that no matter who takes over the position as the chief planner, you will definitely achieve something if you follow Boss Peis strategies and ideas from the start to the end! I hope that Tengda will reach greater heights. Thank you to all of you! Loud rounds of applause sounded in the office. Pei Qian joined everyone involuntarily and clapped wholeheartedly. Look at that. Such a great speech! Although Pei Qian did not agree with Lu Mingliangs words completely, one of the sentences Lu Mingliang said spoke to him. No matter who took over the position as the chief planner, he must listen to Boss Pei completely. That was exactly what Pei Qian hoped for! What was he most worried about? He was most worried about his employees not listening to him! They would always try to look into his mind and create many new elements in the game without telling him. In the end, the outcomes of the games were completely different from what Pei Qian anticipated! On the other hand, looking at Lu Mingliang, although it was a pity that the game succeeded, ultimately, his attitude was much better than Huang Sibo and Bao Xu! Xiao Lu was really a great employee. He needed to reward him! Pei Qian smiled and asked, Have you thought about how to spend the million-yuan Dream Fund? Lu Mingliang was a little hesitant. Umm Boss Pei, here is my plan. On one hand, Repent and be Saved is at the crucial phases of its R&D. I think I shall stay and complete the current phase first. On the other hand, Im not really sure what I want to do. I dont think I have any skills and expertise in other fields except for the game industry. Therefore, should I put this matter aside for now? You can keep the money for now. We can talk about it after I have some ideas about what I want to do. Pei Qian furrowed his eyebrows. Put the matter aside? No way! I have already prepared the money. How could you not spend it? Furthermore, rules are rules. How could such a thing happen during the second Outstanding Employee Selection? How can I continue to organize it in the future? How can the outstanding tradition of the Outstanding Employee Selection be carried forward into the future? Although Lu Mingliang was a trusted subordinate of mine, I will not be able to continue leading the team smoothly if I lost their trust. There is no way I will be the first to compromise the integrity of these rules! Pei Qian shook his head immediately and said, No. If you do not have any good ideas currently, I have a task for you. You can be the CEO of Upwind Logistics. Lu Mingliang was stunned. Huh? Boss Lu, I know nothing about that. Pei Qian smiled slightly. Knows nothing about that? Thats perfect! As the saying goes, grasp a typical example; and you will understand the rest. Your experience working at Tengda Games proved that you definitely have some talent in management. You can try it out there first. If it doesnt work out, you can still take away the 1-million Dream Fund to start a new company in other fields. Lu Mingliang was still a little hesitant. However, when he saw the determination in Boss Peis eyes, he knew that there was only a slim chance of him staying at Tengda Games. That being the case, he shall head over to Upwind Logistics and have a look there! Lu Mingliangs personality was different from Huang Sibo. Huang Sibo had many ideas and would actively attempt to have a shot at other fields. He had a clear understanding of what he wanted. Therefore, after receiving the Dream Fund, he started Fei Huang Workspace immediately. Meanwhile, Lu Mingliang was comparatively less curious about other fields. He was a dutiful and unadventurous employee. One could tell that difference from the games that they produced. Huang Sibo and Bao Xu would try to involve more of their ideas into the games while Lu Mingliang would obediently follow Boss Peis orders closely. He thought about it for a while. Although he was not very interested in logistics, he believed that there was definitely potential for development in all the industries that Boss Pei invested in. Speaking from his career life, the ceiling of a chief planner was obviously way lower than that of the CEO of a large logistics company. Therefore, Lu Mingliang did not decline any further and accepted the job offer. Anyways, Boss Pei had said that if he was uncomfortable with that job in the future, he could still take the 1-million Dream Fund and use it on things that he enjoyed. After settling the two best employees, a new problem arose. The chief planner was gone, and he needed someone to step up to that position. Otherwise, the work at the company could not run smoothly. However, the problem Pei Qian now faced was that those employees that he was familiar with at Tengda Games all had their assigned jobs. Huang Sibo, Bao Xu, Lu Mingliang, Lin Wan. They had all been assigned to their respective jobs by Pei Qian. Pei Qian only recognized a few faces amongst the rest of the employees, but he was unfamiliar with them. Most of them were working on the execution phases of the plans. They were not expected to report to Pei Qian directly. Therefore, Pei Qian did not have many chances to get to know them. However, that was not a big problem. After all, he still had the results of the Outstanding Employee Selection. He had the name list and votes in his hands, and that information had a very strong reference value. It would be too much if he started selecting from the bottom to the top. After all, many people did not even have a single vote. It would be too bizarre if they were chosen. Pei Qian randomly chose one person from the top ten list who had an average number of votes. Li Yada, you are the one! The female employee who was wearing a pair of spectacles with a huge frame and was sitting at her work desk near the corner of the room looked up in a daze. She had absolutely no idea why Boss Pei chose her as the chief planner. She did not know how to react to the news and was stunned. Pei Qian was very pleased with the new chief planner. Her name caught his eye amongst the long list of employee names. It was auspicious! Her Chinese name was Li Yada. That meant that her English name would be Yada Li. Yada Li sounded similar to Atari, which was a great company. It was one of the industry leaders in the game industry. Boss Peis ultimate goal was to be like them. Li Yada looked at her surroundings and saw Boss Pei smiling at her. She was stunned for a moment before standing up hurriedly. Bo-Boss Pei! I do not have sufficient work experience Pei Qian appeared unhappy. This again?! Why wouldnt I know that you lack experience? If you have sufficient experience, I would not have chosen you! Every time that I promote someone as the chief planner, they would always use that as an excuse to decline the promotion. Pei Qians face fell. Li Yada noticed that Boss Peis expression turned dark and instantly realized her mistake. Werent the previous few chief planners all promoted similarly as she did? They had all done well in that position. How could she fumble the ball? That would disappoint Boss Pei! Li Yada said hastily, However, I will do my best to complete the final phases of Repent and be Saved! Pei Qian nodded in satisfaction. Yes. That was it. As long as the attitude was good, I would not blame you even if the game failed because of your inability. Chapter 220 - A Baller Smashed the Shenhua N7 in Anger, the Reason Was… After settling the matters regarding the Outstanding Employee Selection, Pei Qian returned to his rented apartment. He took out the express delivery package that had just arrived. Pei Qian bought two phones this time around. The first phone was Shenhuas latest flagship phone model-Shenhua N7. It was priced at 4199 yuan and was mainly targeted at office workers. The other phone was the latest flagship phone model of an overseas company called MSCthe B90 model. It was priced around 4600 yuan. Many industries in that universe were a little different from those in Pei Qians memory. In the current year, domestic phone companies should only be at their developing stages. They found it hard to fight against overseas phone companies. However, in that universe, Shenhuas mobile phones were developing very quickly. Although the overall strength of their flagship phone model could not be compared with Pineapple phones, the value of their phones could be reasonably priced at the 4000 range. What they achieved was three or four years ahead of the progress of the domestic phone companies in Pei Qians memory. Of course, considering the development stages of cell phone and mobile games in that universe, Shenhuas achievements did not give Pei Qian too much of a shock. Anyways, those were just a side note. The main thing was that the Shenhua N7 was about to become the second victim today. He should leave the MSC cell phone for the next episode. Similar to the previous episode, Pei Qian shot the video with his cell phone and ran through the procedures. He dipped it into the water, threw it from midair, smashed it apart, and rewound the clips. Anyways, he did whatever he could to give the phone a hard time. After completing the standard procedures, he did some simple editing and rendering to the clips and uploaded the final video. Good. Im done! Pei Qian stretched his body. Working was really tiring To his surprise, the Shenhua N7 model had pretty good drop protection. Its rear cover was even sturdier than the Pineapple phones. Pei Qian had some difficulty trying to pry the rear cover of the phone open, and he spent quite some effort in doing so. However, as the saying went, blunt force led to miracles. There was not a single phone in the world that Pei Qian could not pry open. After completing all of that, Pei Qian felt that the duration was shorter than he had expected. He still had some time to do other things. Umm thats great, why dont we finish the MSC flagship cell phone model today as well? After that, we can stop working on cell phones temporarily. We can explore other digital products, such as headphones, cameras, and laptops. Those were all worth considering. Pei Qian yawned and opened a can of cola to wake himself up. He continued working on the third episode of Hardcore Reviews. He most certainly could not upload two episodes at the same time. Pei Qian wanted to wait for the responses of this video that he had just uploaded. If the responses were good, he could upload the MSC episode either tomorrow or two days later. After Hardcore Reviews Episode 2: Shenhua N7 had been uploaded onto Aili Island, viewers that had previously subscribed to this account quickly received a notification. Even if the Hardcore Reviews account did not have many fans, many viewers that saw the first episode had subscribed to this account. Therefore, when the second video was uploaded, there were quickly many voices in the comments section. Holy sh*t. Episode 2 was uploaded so quickly! Previously, it was Pineapple 4, now Shenhua N7? The total number of views for these two videos had not even reached 5000, and yet the production cost of both videos reached 10,000?! Pineapple 4 was almost 5000 yuan while Shenhua N7 was 4199. The cost was around 9000 in total! I can only say that we cannot understand the life of a baller! Could these videos be reposted? They are not reposted. You cant find the Hardcore Reviews account at any other platforms. Aili Island seems to be the first platform that these videos had been uploaded onto. Thats a real baller! Theres no need to say anything. Like. Tip. Share. I need to support this video no matter what simply because of its production cost! Many viewers shared the video. Because of the user volume from the first video, there were more views for this episode. Moreover, there was no news conference for new products during this period. Therefore, the electronics area in the platform was rather inactive. There was not much new content that was uploaded. Since the video was uploaded at such timing, it naturally had more views. Furthermore, the keywords of the videos caption included words such as hardcore, reviews, and Shenhua N7. If people searched for similar words, this video would appear in the search results. At night Shenzhen Hu Xiao had just finished a battle with an enthusiastic netizen in the forum. He was still trying to calm himself down. As the creator of Shaohu Reviews, Hu Xiao had been living a rather lavish life due to the earnings from his videos. Viewers nowadays could be easily fooled, and it was easy earning the money of his fans. Many overseas companies were also very generous with the money they offered him. As a professional hater of Shenhua, Hu Xiao took the responsibility of criticizing Shenhua. However, Shenhuas cell phones were becoming increasingly popular. That made him very angry. He had just had a battle with an enthusiastic netizen in the forum and had ended the conversation by demeaning each others relatives. Hu Xiao opened the page leading to the electronics area of Aili Island. He originally wanted to just scroll through the videos and check if there were any new videos. Huh? Hardcore Reviews Episode 2: Shenhua N7? I have never heard of this review organization. Is this new? Brimming with curiosity, Hu Xiao clicked on the video. The video was not very long and was only about ten minutes. Although most of the content was recorded in a single shot, he could tell that there was some evidence of simple editing in some parts of the video. However, the content caused Hu Xiao to almost laugh out loud. How the f*ck was that a review? Thats just aggressive testing! He dipped it into the water, threw it onto the ground, and chopped it with a kitchen knife The dismantling part at the end was even more hilarious. He used a flat head screwdriver and pried the rear cover of the phone along its gaps. The way he dismantled the components of the phone proved the blunt force leads to miracles theory. He did not care if the cables at the back were connected and was also unconcerned if there were any dispensing. He simply gouged the components out of the cell phone. One could clearly see the veins on his hands. That showed how much force he was using. When there was nothing more to dismantle, the phone was utterly ruined. It was similar to the scene of a car accident. The most absurd part was that the video creator said that he would revive the phone, and yet the only thing that he did was to rewind the clips of him dismantling the phone aggressively. Good job! It feels nice watching someone smashing a Shenhua cell phone. I need to share this video! I want to smash it too. Its a pity I do not have the money for it. After arguing with the netizen who supported Shenhua phones, Hu Xiao was still a little enraged. Seeing a video that smashed and cracked a Shenhua cell phone made his mood turn for the better. No need to say anything. Share! Hu Xiao mainly used Weibo for his Shaohu Reviews. However, his account at Aili Island had three to four hundred thousand subscribers. Although he did not have many subscribers, they were all very active. Moreover, Hu Xiao also had the contacts of professional fake reviewer teams. Therefore, he had a strong influence on the internet. After sharing the video, he added a caption: A Baller Smashed the Shenhua N7 in Anger. The Reason was After writing those words, Hu Xiao almost laughed at what he wrote. Those who did not know what happened might think that the baller smashed the Shenhua N7 phone because he was unhappy and angry about its quality. ai was It was a little unethical of him to do so, and yet Hu Xiao did not go overboard. His actions could only be considered ordinary title sensationalism. It was not enough to spur public hate and cause him to be scolded by all netizens. If there were people who really came to him looking for trouble, he could resolve it by teasing them: If you treated that seriously, that meant that you have a glass heart and you wanted to raise ordinary issues at the level of big issues about nation, society, morals or politics. That was the highest realm of creating disgust for others. Hu Xiao was extremely familiar with that. After sharing the video, Hu Xiao had a question. What kind of team was behind Hardcore Reviews? Reviewers like Hu Xiao would normally make videos to earn money and get a free phone. However, it was evident that Hardcore Reviews did not have any sponsored partnerships. If Shenhua really wanted this review organization to promote their cell phones, they would definitely have some requests regarding the actual content of the video. How could they allow the video creator to demean their cell phone? Moreover, everyone within the industry knew that Shenhua did not like to look for review organizations. Hu Xiao did not receive sponsored partnerships with Shenhua. Therefore, his love for Shenhua products gradually turned into hate, and he became a professional Shenhua hater. Then could it be that the Hardcore Reviews spent its own money to seek attention? Before the testing, the display was on. The video creator had also toggled the functions of the phone after soaking it in water. It was obvious that he was using a real phone instead of a duplicate. Ruin a real cell phone in each episode of the show? Hu Xiao did not really understand the life of the ballers Hu Xiao did not take the matter to heart. Contented, he hummed a song and went to take a bath. Chapter 221 - Repaying Kindness with Hatred The next afternoon Pei Qian woke up naturally, got up, and looked at his watch. It was already ten in the morning. After washing up and making a simple lunch, he swiped his phone while eating to see if anything was buzzing. He actually found out that Hardcore Reviews account had a long list of notifications! Pei Qian was stunned. He took a closer look and saw that the latest episode had become a hot topic in the electronics area. The broadcast, bullet screen comments, and comments sections were all vastly different from before. Whats going on? Wasnt this still an unknown thing last night? What has happened? Pei Qian was a little flabbergasted. His first response was to swear; there would be trouble if this video became popular again! Wait a minute. I made the episodes using my own money; I hadnt used the System Funds! Money from the incentive plan would be mine; this is a good thing and I dont need to fret! The more popular this became, the more I would earn! Pei Qian instantly became happy as he clicked on the comments section. People are getting paid to talk bad about Shenhuas cell phones? This is just like Shaohu Reviews; foreign trash. Aye, domestically-produced cell phones are really subpar. Look at this phones body; it would break with a single touch. The design is a little too messy, right? Cutting corners and shoddy workmanship. Talking about quality issues? I recommend you guys look up the previous UP Master episode. The Pineapple cell phone broke even faster Everyone has seen this, right? This UP Master is not targeting Shenhuas cell phones; it had released a Pineapple cell phone before. Have we been taken for a ride? I dont think that UP Master was talking bad about Shenhuas cell phones; isnt this the basic flow of a hardcore review? Pei Qian looked at quite a few comments as he was a little baffled. What was going on; why were people arguing about this? This episode had indeed gained in popularity. However, it evidently wasnt a normal type of popularity; it was the type that was triggered by arguing and fighting online. Some people were talking bad about Shenhuas cell phones while some were offering rebuttals. Some people were sitting on the fence as well. All in all, the comments section was lighting up. Pei Qian wasnt particularly biased towards any cell phone brand and wasnt interested in this sort of online bickering. However, after turning to the next page in the comments section, he finally found who was causing this ruckus. The first major UP Master that shared this episode was the official account of Shaohu Reviews. As this platform had misrepresented the episode, many viewers had misunderstood the true intention of it. Without even watching the episode, they had started scolding profusely; and Pei Qian had become the unfortunate target of such vitriol. Pei Qian took a look at the main page of this UP Master. It looked like a very normal program offering reviews. However, embedded in it were many signs of sponsored partnerships. You guys have a knack at stirring trouble; not bad. En, I could learn from this. Perhaps this could come in handy in the future. Pei Qian made a mental note of this company. This type of account that specialized in such methods was the most professional at taking money to execute all sorts of tasks. It might be useful for Boss Pei in the future. Pei Qian didnt mind at all; notoriety was after all still a form of popularity! Everyone could continue to scold as they pleased; I dont bother looking at the comments section. Ill continue with my plan of making my episodes, and Im sure they will gain in popularity slowly. You guys can bicker and fight all you want; it is none of my concern. Even if no one showered any appreciation or praise in the end, money would still come in from the high viewership as part of the incentive plan. Although it wouldnt be much, it would at least be pocket money. After all, all expenses of this program are being sponsored by Boss Lin; Pei Qian was making a windfall. This is great! While everyone is paying attention to this, Ill release the next episode regarding MSC as well. Three flagships; popularity would definitely be boosted! On the other hand, Hu Xiao was directing his own fans and ardent online friends to be on the same page. He definitely wasnt going to do this dirty and tiresome work on his own; it would ruin his image. However, he definitely still had to add some oil to the fire. I dont know why people in the comments section are so agitated. I had shared this episode purely from an entertainment point of view; many people then started to talk so much about this. Do you guys have persecution mania? Furthermore, I just felt that these episodes were rather interesting. Such a violent dismantling could also reveal some things such as the strengths of the cell phones structure, the quality of the internal pieces, organization, etc. Actually, this video also shows that it isnt that Shenhuas cell phones are not of good quality; it is just that in comparison to foreign honchos such as MSC, there is still room for improvement. Take the rear cover of the phone. Although we cant say that corners were cut, it is evident that not much thought was put into its production. It actually broke apart after a few touches. If it was an MSC cell phone, it is highly improbable that such a problem could happen. Including some details of the internal structure of the cell phonethe thought process behind the materials used, we must acknowledge that we still have a long way to go. That Shenhuas cell phones are cheaper than foreign flagship models is not without reason After seizing on the pretext to kick up a fuss, Hu Xiao immediately felt refreshed and content. Stirring up trouble was rather comforting! After sending these messages, Hu Xiao relaxed in the living room as he ate some fruit and waited for everyones responses. Half an hour later, Hu Xiao went to his computer and took a look at the discussions. As he took a closer look, Hu Xiao started to frown; something was amiss. Hahaha, the coordination was done a little too well, right? I had just released such a message and have already gotten a slap on my face? MSCs flagship model is actually worse than Shenhuas; it broke with a single touch. This is so laughable. The UP Master had actually done a review on all three models but just hadnt released the rest. That was unexpected! Seeing so many comments of people taking pleasure in others misfortune, Hu Xiao was a little stunned. What was going on? He hurriedly opened the Hardcore Reviews page and found that a couple of minutes after his message had been posted, a new contribution had surfaced. Hardcore Reviews Three: MSC-B90. This episode was the same as before in terms of content: immersion in water, dropping from a height, smashing the rear cover, forced dismantling Hu Xiao had never expected that MSCB90s workmanship couldnt even be compared to Shenhuas! Right from the first test on immersion in water, the MSCB90 had been switched on and placed in water for a time. After taking it out, although it looked as if nothing was wrong on the surface, when the UP Master reviewer used the phone; the audio was a little fuzzy, and the phone wasnt very responsive to touch. Something was evidently wrong! Although the UP Master had not belabored on this point, all viewers could see this clearly. Next was dropping the phone from a height as well as smashing the rear cover of the phone. MSCB90 performed even worse than Shenhuas flagship. After dismantling the phone, the internal mechanisms were extremely complicated-bordering on chaotic. Of course, the chaos could be reasonably explained by a complex and exquisite structure. However, the crux was MSCs rear cover was indeed incomparable to Shenhuas. Shenhuas rear cover had only cracked after three or four strikes on it; after one strike, the MSC phone had evidently cracked and could easily be torn apart! The toughness of a phones rear cover depended on the material used to make it. Nevertheless, the sturdier the rear cover was, the more protection it offered the phone. Hu Xiao had also specifically mentioned the flimsy quality of Shenhuas cell phones rear cover, that it was still a distance away from foreign honchos such as MSC. In the end, he had gotten a slap on his face so quickly. Hu Xiao was a little dazed. Although he was a reviewer himself, these two models had only been released in the market recently. Ordinary reviewers would also examine each cell phones specifications. Even if they really dismantled the cell phones, they would do so carefully by heating the rear cover and cutting through the glue seal to take the phones apart. No one would use such a violent method to test which cell phones rear cover was harder. Hu Xiao had only casually briefly commented on Shenhuas cell phone, and he didnt expect that the UP Master had swiftly uploaded a new episode. Furthermore, this evidently wasnt directed at him. After Hu Xiao had sent the message on Weibo, a new episode had been uploaded two minutes; this was evidently a coincidence! Hu Xiao had blood clotting in his throat. Damn it, why is the UP Master of Hardcore Reviews repaying kindness with hatred! Chapter 222 - Upwind Courier Station Opening August 3rd Pei Qian brought Lu Mingliang and went to the Upwind Courier station near Ming Yun Villas. Ever since the idea of Upwind Courier stations had been raised the previous month, almost three weeks had passed. At present, many Upwind Courier stations had already been opened. The preliminary preparations had been rather troublesome. All hundred Upwind Courier stations needed to recruit branch managers, express deliverymen, purchase warehouse racks, and office supplies; contact had to be established with all the various express delivery companies and custom-made software for the movement of goods had to be ordered as well. Finally, most Upwind Courier stations could now begin operations. Pei Qian took this matter very seriously. After all, there were risks in creating games; the risk of accidentally making profits from games was rather huge. If he really wanted to lose much money, he had to rely on Upwind Logistics. This type of labor-intensive industry was a sunset industry in Pei Qians eyes. Fish-Catching Take-Outs consistent losses since their openings were an excellent success case. Of course, it wasnt that Fish-Catching Take-Out didnt have clients. More and more people were ordering meals, and repeat customers were increasing. However, as labor costs were rather high and there were cases of cutlery getting lost or destroyed, only a huge number of users could help to fill this hole and generate profits. Furthermore, Fish-Catching Take-Outs reputation was gaining. However, further expansion plans would also require more labor. Once profits went up a little, more investments would be needed as well. Hence, to date, Fish-Catching Take-Out was still making losses and was maintaining such quite decently. Having this successful experience, Pei Qian had a lot of hope for Upwind Logistics. He had brought Lu Mingliang today to familiarize him with the operations so that he could take over as soon as possible. The initial hundred Upwind Courier stations needed at least three workers and one branch manager (who were supposed to hold the fort and received deliveries from other companies, inflow and outflow of goods, receiving customers, and brand publicity) and two express deliverymen. The salaries of these workers would already be around ten thousand. As a cut could be taken from other express delivery companies involved in the delivery process, the profits from these were sufficient to cover the most part of Upwind Courier stations rent. The hundred Upwind Courier stations could at least result in a million loss monthly for Boss Pei. As for the location of these Upwind Courier stations They were primarily in dense residential areas and buzzing economic districts in Jingzhou City. In Pei Qians eyes, this was entirely a matter of public interest: if they wanted to serve more people, they naturally had to open in places with significant human traffic. The more deliveries were made, the more losses he could make. Of course, Pei Qian had his ulterior motives. He had opened Upwind Courier stations near his parents place as well as near Handong University. Regardless of where Pei Qian was at, there would always be express deliverymen that could service these places; and he wouldnt need to make the trip himself. As for Shenhua View and the Fish-Catching Internet Cafes, express delivery companies basically could deliver to the front desk. There wasnt a need now to open Upwind Courier stations near them. As they reached Ming Yun Villas Upwind Courier station, Pei Qian first took a look at the storefront. This courier station was behind a Fish-Catching Internet Cafe in a rented shophouse; its location was very good. Near this place were newly renovated and soon-to-open bar and mahjong and chess parlors. Although this area was actually rather deserted-after these three shops opened, this place would become rather happening! As for why this location was chosen, the main reason was that Upwind Courier stations were not normal shops. Strictly speaking, these stations were just warehouses. No matter how good their locations might be, that would not earn them money; conversely, more rent had to be made. Lu Mingliang followed Pei Qian to the front of this Upwind Courier station, and his first impression was one of shock. This place seemed to be rather huge! Originally, when Lu Mingliang had heard that he was to be responsible for logistics, he had instinctively thought of express delivery. He had seen some other express delivery companies stations. They had not been very professional and didnt even have proper signboards done up; some didnt even hang signboards. As for the interior of these stations, they were basically warehouses that were extremely messy and filled with goods. No one was really maintaining the cleanliness of the place, and the ground was filled with dust. The express deliverymen inside were wearing dirty-looking uniforms and were hurriedly tossing all sorts of express delivery boxes into motorized tricycles and then transported to nearby destinations. However, that was how other companies stations looked like. Upwind Courier stations were entirely different. A rather decent shop had been rented while the signboard outside was custom-made. It even had English words Upwind Station on the signboard. The look of this place was even slightly nicer than the bar nearby. Of course, the bars decor was sleeker; perhaps it was a little gaudy. Upwind Courier stations decor was more down-to-earth and had a certain standard to it. It was not that eye-catching though it could hold its own. At the entrance of the courier station, two uniformed express deliverymen and the branch manager of this courier station were already waiting Near them were two motor tricycles that cost below three thousand; it was part of the initial investments. The motor tricycles were custom-made with Upwind Logistics logo on them as well. Through the glass windows, the situation inside this Upwind Courier station could be seen. A huge counter was at the entrance of the shop with a beautiful office computer on it. That was where the branch manager would work normally. On the counter were some simple office supplies as well as a special code reader. Once barcodes on goods were scanned, items could be deposited or retrieved easily. Further in the shop were rows and rows of racks divided into sections. According to the size of the parcels, they would automatically be divided up and stored in different sections. Some larger parcels were specifically stored in a designated area as well. After taking in all these, Lu Mingliang could only think of one thing. High-class, westernized! This was miles apart from other express delivery companies. The branch manager reported the preparations done to Lu Mingliang and Pei Qian as well as the current state of operations of this courier station. The courier station was still working on an eight-hour shift from eight in the morning to five in the afternoon. If overtime had to be done, extra pay would be given. At the same time, there would be additional incentives for each express deliveryman according to the number of items delivered and ratings from customers. Two express deliverymens daily responsibilities were to continuously deliver items from this courier station; when they were free, they were to keep the place clean and tidy. The branch managers job was more complex. Besides handling the storage and retrieval of goods and related matters, he still had to calculate the latest express delivery numbers and to keep up a rapport with other express delivery companies express deliverymen. He also had to promote the courier station in the area as well. Naturally, as Pei Qian had not made any stringent working criteria, if some branch managers wanted to slack off; Boss Pei wasnt going to mind as well. The branch manager and two express deliverymen looked very energized. They all had experience working in other express delivery companies. This time, they had switched to working for Upwind Logistics because of the attractive starting pay which was significantly higher than other such companies. Furthermore, the working environment was also a plus point. Upwind Logistics wasnt like other express delivery companies where they had to run all about the city. They were only responsible for a small area, and so it wasnt that taxing on them. After taking a look at the whole place, Pei Qian and Lu Mingliang returned to the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe as they ordered their coffees and drank them. From now on, you will be responsible for Upwind Logistics. If you have any questions, you can ask me directly; you can settle the trivial matters on your own. You can keep the million-yuan Dream Fund. If you feel that the work in Upwind Logistics is not suitable for you, you can try your hand in another industry. As for any additional fundsif you feel that theres a need, just say the word. However much you require, it will be provided. Chapter 223 - Fei Huang Workspace’s New Target Pei Qian happily handed this task over. Of course, considering that Lu Mingliang was his trusted confidante after all, in order to not let Lu Mingliang have the wrong idea of Upwind Logistics; Pei Qian had to say a few more words. Upwind Logistics is part of my long-term plans; it would temporarily be in a loss-making state. However, you dont have to worry about this. No matter how much losses might be incurred in the futureno matter how many months or even years, that is not an issue. Making money is Upwind Logistics final goal in the distant future; you have to bear this in mind. Hearing Pei Qians words, Lu Mingliang couldnt help it but be stunned. Making money was the final goal? What were the goals before that? Lu Mingliang thought for a while and asked, Boss Pei, you mean that the task at hand now is to expand our customer base and the initial phase involves burning cash to fund a rapid expansion? Pei Qian sipped his coffee and replied, This is one of the objectives; there are many others as well. For example, creating convenience for more people. Lu Mingliang was baffled; he had not expected this point. Pei Qian said earnestly, In the express delivery industry now, almost everyone is pursuing profits at all costs; the actual delivery experience is rather bad. Upwind Logistics main objective is to provide the best express delivery service. If other express delivery companies dont want to deliver to someones doorsteps, we will. If other companies wont help in tearing boxes apart and throwing away trash, we will. While other companies might choose to ignore complaintswhen we receive them, we will definitely think from both our employees and the customers point of view to find a suitable solution. All in all, what we want is not only a large customer base and profits; we also want a good reputation. In fact, our reputation is our first priority! The task I am giving you is to improve Upwind Logistics reputation as much as possible. I am even encouraging you to use as much money as necessary to clinch a good reputation for the company. Remember this: you are a Tengda employee. Dont be afraid of spending money, understand? Lu Mingliang nodded vigorously, I understand, Boss Pei! Hearing Boss Peis words, Lu Mingliang was even surer that he had made the right decision. To put his heart and soul into a business that could bring convenience to the masses; even if money could not be made from this, it was still something very meaningful and worthwhile! Seeing Lu Mingliangs response, Pei Qian was very happy. Indeed, he had asked the right person! Pei Qian was the happiest about Lu Mingliangs willingness to listen to his orders. Whatever Pei Qian wanted done, Lu Mingliang would definitely act accordingly without making his own decisions. Now, Lu Mingliang evidently had bought into Pei Qians spending money to get a good reputation thinking. For the foreseeable future, Upwind Logistics would definitely not be able to make profits. Leaving Lu Mingliang in Tengda Games might be a risk; there was no certainty that losses could be made there. However, putting him in charge of Upwind Logistics was a different story! As long as Lu Mingliang did exactly as Pei Qian desired, it was impossible to not create losses! After finishing his discussion with Lu Mingliang, Pei Qian played games for a while in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. He could feel that the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe in Ming Yun Villas evidently had fewer customers recently. Some had been poached by the newly opened nearby shops. The number of people surfing the net in the internet cafe area was extremely few. As Pei Qian was playing, Ma Yang came over. Brother Qian, something bad has happened! Recently, yet another new chain internet cafe brand has opened in Jingzhou City. It is called Xing Le Internet Cafe and is also a high-end chain. Furthermore, they have gotten investments from Fu Hui Investments; they seem to be on a warpath! Pei Qian was stunned. I remember that a new internet cafe had opened nearby recently Ma Yang was a little anxious as he said, That is precisely the Xing Le Internet Cafes branch here! Also, I have found out that Xing Le Internet Cafes environment is not that good as ours and the specifications of their computers cannot be compared to ours; however, they are significantly cheaper and are getting more and more popular! I had gone to take a look; they indeed have many more customers than us! Pei Qian had not spoken. He hurriedly thought about this matter thoroughly. Xing Le Internet Cafes model was clearly just a cheapened version of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. Although the computer specifications were slightly lower and the environment was not as nice and was a little more cramped, these factors allowed for a significant reduction in capital injections. Thats how they could price their rates much lower as well. This way, for customers who were used to traditional internal cafes, they would be willing to try this out and wouldnt be so easily dissuaded from a pricing point of view. Furthermore, this chain internet cafe company had received funding from Fu Hui Investments. Evidently, Boss Li had something to do with this. Pei Qian knew that Boss Li wouldnt give up so easily and was still paying attention to Pei Qian. If not, why would Boss Li have invested in an internet cafe, bar, and mahjong and chess parlors in this deserted place? Pei Qian was so emotional he wanted to cry. This Boss Li really loved him very much! Boss Li was always doing his best to help Pei Qian; he was really a good person! What should we do, Brother Qian? We cant possibly continue the same as before? Ma Yang asked slightly anxiously. A similar situation had happened before once; that had been targeted at Fish-Catching Internet Cafes flagship store. This time, the enemy was a chain internet cafe brand; the target was shifted to encompass all Fish-Catching Internet Cafes! Furthermore, they had managed to turn the situation in their favor only because of Chen Lei, someone that Pei Qian had put in place secretly long ago. Now, what could they rely on? Pei Qian might not have a second Chen Lei this time. Pei Qian suppressed his smile with much difficulty, Dont worry; I naturally have a way. After assuring Ma Yang, Pei Qian felt warm and fuzzy internally as he decided to head home to rest. His cell phone rang; it was from Huang Sibo. Pei Qian was a little stunned, and he immediately brought his guard up. Why was he suddenly calling?! Ever since Coming Out of the Cocoon as a Butterfly had concluded the previous time, Fei Huang Workspace had been in a state of flux. As the documentary had generated lossesalthough Boss Pei had not commented on anything, Huang Sibo and Zhu Xiaoce both felt responsible. They didnt dare to act as before anymore, filming a documentary based on their passion again. As there was still time before the predetermined slacking and passive time frame, Pei Qian naturally had not done anything with them yet. This phone call was probably them having finally decided on their subsequent plans. Pei Qian composed himself and picked up the phone. Huang Sibo was a little agitated as he said, Boss Pei, we have confirmed Fei Huang Workspaces new target. We have decided to merge digital product reviews and short videos together to film a brand new short show about reviews! Pei Qian, ??? He didnt quite understand. Combining digital product reviews and short videos? Who had thought of such an idea? Pei Qian was a little confused and asked, Why has this direction been taken? Huang Sibo was a little excited as he said, The UP Master of Hardcore Reviews on Aili Island had given us this inspiration! Actually, the reviewing of digital products has always been a sunrise industry. Previously, we have not considered this as we felt that we couldnt compete with other professional review platforms. However, after taking a look at Hardcore Reviews, we now have an inspiration. Doing something similar actually doesnt require that much professional knowledge and expertise! We can use short films to promote a certain product from ordinary consumers experiences. This way, we can be more relatable; and the films would be more interesting Furthermore, it might be easier to generate profits from this; we wont make huge losses like before. Moreover, we had started out by making short videos, and we have a huge advantage in this field with our fixed customer base of viewers! Pei Qian was completely baffled. I actually had a hand in this? I had made the episodes on Hardcore Reviews for other purposes; they were not supposed to be a source of innovation for you guys! Chapter 224 - Ming Yun Private Kitchen Pei Qian felt a little faint. I had done Hardcore Reviews to fool Lin Chang; why had this suddenly become the inspiration for Fei Huang Workspace? Huang Sibo did not notice Boss Peis astonishment as he continued to talk about the ideas that had exploded in his and Zhu Xiaoces heads after they had watched Hardcore Reviews. Digital reviews were up and coming now. In the foreseeable future-as domestic consumption increased continuously with all sorts of digital products being developed, more ordinary consumers would start paying attention to reviews on such products. Doing such reviews could attract the attention of fans as well as create possible sponsored partnerships with developers. As long as a balance could be sustained, viewership and material profits could both be garnered. The inspiration Huang Sibo and his team had received from Hardcore Reviews was specifically regarding the format of reviews. Presently, most review programs domestically were focusing their efforts on making serious videos where the product reviews and tests were done with increasing complexity with the usage of detailed specifications and figures. They were all trying to showcase their professionalism. Previously, this was what Huang Sibo and company had thought of doing as well. As Fei Huang Workspace lacked the professional expertise in this area, they had not thought of doing such product review shows; they couldnt compete on these grounds with other reviewers. However, after watching Hardcore Reviews, Huang Sibo suddenly realized something. Even if a certain level of professionalism wasnt reached, that was fine! Hardcore Reviews seemed to have blazed its own trail. While everyone else was seriously reviewing digital products according to their specifications and using all sorts of data and figures, Hardcore Reviews had used a more unorthodox method to inform viewers of many other aspects of these products. For example, a cell phones degree of waterproofing, whether it could withstand heavy impact or not, whether the internal mechanisms could be tampered with or not Although there wasnt any professionalism involved, viewers were very happy with Hardcore Reviews; viewership was actually even higher than many professional reviews. Huang Sibo and Zhu Xiaoce realized something from this: professional reviews might not necessarily be the best reviews! Of course, it didnt hurt to be more professional. After all, the more professional a video was, the less the content of the video could be criticized. People would be impressed by it. However, if professionalism was overemphasized, the videos might no longer be of interest to the average doe. Viewers would be confused and baffled just by watching them. Many viewers actually werent particularly concerned with some specific figures or data; even if they knew about these, it would be hard for them to grasp what exactly these numbers meant. Conversely, reviews that were more subjective and more emotive might be more readily acceptable by them. Hardcore Reviews had adopted this direct presentation method. It had used a table knife to hack at the rear cover of phones; the harder it was to smash the cover, the better the phone. This was a much more direct and acceptable way of showing the durability of a cell phone rather than a truckload of technical information. Hence, after Huang Sibo and Zhu Xiaoce had done their research, they had decided to combine short videos with digital product reviews and for this to be the new direction for Fei Huang Workspace! Two main reasons had led to this decision. First, Fei Huang Workspaces documentary filming experience had racked in significant losses. Boss Pei had to step in to cover the deficit. All Fei Huang Workspace employees had felt a little dejected and that they had let Boss Pei down. Hence, Huang Sibo and Zhu Xiaoce decided that they had to find a way to start generating profits. Digital product reviews were one of the best ways to do so. Occasional sponsored partnerships that were not overdone and did not involve false advertisements or lying to people could work. Adding to that-if viewers could participate in lucky draws as well, this model would be feasible. Second, short videos were a forte of Fei Huang Workspace. Boss Peis Daily Life had attained explosive success, and Zhu Xiaoce had already proved his mettle at persistently producing creative ideas for short videos as the director. Compared to other platforms and companies, Fei Huang Workspaces short videos were more professional and interesting; this was a core advantage. Huang Sibo was very excited as he elaborated on Fei Huang Workspaces future plans. Pei Qian heard Huang Sibo talk as his heart suddenly grew cold. Darn it; I knew that this call would not be anything good! Pei Qian had not expected that a product review program he had casually created had given Huang Sibo and company such inspiration? Who could have predicted this? However, Pei Qian calmed down and thought about this. He felt that things were not as bad as they seemed yet. Digital products were being developed at such a fast pace while product review channels and programs abounded. Although it was still flourishing, all sorts of review programs were surfacing at lightning speed; the competition was extremely intense. After all, since Huang Sibo and company could see prospects in digital product reviews, others could as well. The barriers to entry for digital product reviews were not high. Even an ordinary consumer could buy some digital equipment, play around with it, take a look at its specifications, and then speak about his real-life experiences using it. This could also become an episode on its own. Furthermore, Huang Sibo and companys rivals would have a wealth of experience and various review programs already. Under these circumstanceswhile Fei Huang Workspace might be able to make a name for itself, whether it would be a persistent hit or not was unknown. Moreover, Fei Huang Workspace embarking on the filming of digital product reviews in the form of short videos would be better than them taking on some other easy money-making opportunity. For example, by making another short film series like Boss Peis Daily Life. All in all, the digital product reviews field was very deep and wide. Whats morefor Pei Qian, the massive loss-making machine that was Upwind Logistics was almost going to start business. Even if Fei Huang Workspace made some minor profits, that would not affect his grand loss-making scheme. Thinking about this, Pei Qian nodded and said, Alright, Ill support you guys. However, you all have to remember something: treasure Fei Huang Workspaces reputation. Dont force yourselves into taking unseemly sponsored partnerships, alright? Rest assured, Boss Pei, we understand! Huang Sibo happily hung up the call. August 7th Lu Mingliang reported to Pei Qian the first major decision he had made as CEO of Upwind Logistics. He had changed the delivery shifts for Upwind Courier stations express deliverymen. Considering that their customer base was mainly working adults who werent at home most of the day, each express deliveryman would be responsible for a separate shift. One would take the morning shift from 6am to 3pm while the other would take the night shift from 2pm to 11pm. As the night shift might be more tiring, additional remuneration would be provided. The two express deliverymen could also rotate the shifts to prevent any implications to their health from working the night shift for an extended time. This way, working adults could choose to have their deliveries done either early in the morning or later at night; this would be better than the previous time slots available. Besides this, Lin Canrong had also reported to Pei Qian that the high-end restaurants preparation works have basically been completed. Pei Qian was very pleased by this high efficiency. Lin Canrong had registered the name of the restaurant as Ming Yun Private Kitchen as the restaurant was in Ming Yun Villas while it was more like a private kitchen type of restaurant. ds Pei Qian felt that the name was rather nice. As he didnt intend for the restaurant to have a signboard or the sorts, he didnt mind the name at all. He just wanted to go and have a meal there! After the selection of best employee on August 1st, Pei Qian had long thought of the reason for this rounds company-paid gathering and meal. The commendation of the outstanding employee as well as a send-off. Bao Xu had already done up his visa applications with much regret and was about to embark on his overseas, fully-funded travels while Lu Mingliang had also started work at Upwind Logistics. This gathering was a good chance to also signal that Tengda Games was moving into its third phase after Huang Sibo and then Lu Mingliang had been the chief planners. Ming Yun Private Kitchen Lin Wan stood at the entrance and looked curiously inside. She had not expected that a quality private kitchen existed among the deserted and isolated villas here! From the exterior, this place did not look extraordinary at all; it was just a normal villa within Ming Yun Villas. While its decorations might be slightly more lavish than other villas, it didnt particularly stand out. Although it was a private kitchen, it did not have a signboard at all; there didnt seem to be other diners as well. As she continued walking inside, the seven-meter-high hall had a huge long table decked out with exquisite cutlery and plating; it felt like a banquet dinner in some European palace. lery and plating; The service staff looked sharp and were serving dish after dish of delicacies. A total of fifty-seven people had come to Ming Yun Private Kitchen this time. This included the core employees from Tengda Games as well as from its subsidiaries Shang Yang Games, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Upwind Logistics, and Fei Huang Workspace. In other words, all that had been invited by Boss Pei this time were all talents that he had high hopes for! As Lin Wan was after all the director of Shang Yang Games now, she naturally was on the name list as well. This villa had three floors with the largest space being the living room on the first floor. More than twenty people could sit at a long table. As the ceiling was seven meters high, the entire space did not feel cramped or pressurized at all. The long table was custom-made and seemed to only be used for such special occasions. Normally, a few small tables lined the hall. All the other rooms had been redesigned into private rooms. As for who sat in the main hall and who sat in the private rooms; it was all free and easy. Pei Qian only wanted everyone to eat more and spend more money. He wasnt that particular about who sat where. As everyone more or less knew each other, they didnt need to stand on formalities and could just sit and eat. Some people had not met each other for a long time due to work. Huang Sibo and Bao Xu, for example, were using this opportunity to catch up. Huang Sibo told Bao Xu about his plans for the new short videos on digital product reviews while Bao Xu was sharing his woes about having to go on another paid overseas trip again. Everyone, eat to your hearts delight; dont stand on ceremony. Whoever doesnt eat his fill today is saying that he has a work attitude problem! Pei Qian spoke as he watched the expensive dishes that were being served from the kitchen one by one; he was over the moon. Many of these exorbitant dishes had been prepared according to the recipes of some celebrity chefs. Dishes such as crocodile tail soup and sake with abalone, etc. cost four to five thousand a portion. The black and white-grade caviar that everyone had was worth two thousand a portion. With fifty-seven people present, that was instantly more than a hundred thousand spent. Of course, Pei Qian bringing his own employees to eat here was essentially like putting money from his left hand into his right. Nevertheless, the cost price of these ingredients was going to cost him. These top-grade ingredients were sourced from all over the country; some even had to be ordered from overseas and transported with haste using special services. Boss Pei himself was going to fork out this money. Furthermore, he also had to pay for many top-grade chefs and quality service staff. These together with the private kitchens daily expenses were all coming from Boss Pei. Hence, although he was having a meal at his own restaurant, he had to fork out quite a bit. The Swan Lake Restaurant company dinners in the past were incomparable to this place. Pei Qian estimated that at the rate they were eating tonight, even the cost of the raw ingredients itself would be about four to five thousand per head; that would be around three hundred thousand for all those present. Although that didnt seem much at first glance, every little made a mickle while ones fortune could be consumed if one just did nothing. As long as everyone continued to eat like this to their hearts content, they would someday make Boss Pei a poor man! Lin Wan had thought that this was an ordinary gathering. After tasting a few dishes, she realized she was completely wrong! Previously, all gatherings had been at Swan Lake Restaurant. That was already the highest-class buffet in the entire Jingzhou City and naturally had some pricier dishes. However, that meal costs around four hundred per head. Lin Wan thought that the dishes there werent considered poor; however, they also werent the best and at most could be said to be of standard. The dishes in Ming Yun Private Kitchen, however, were of quality many times better than Swan Lake Restaurants! Even Lin Wan herself seldom could taste such delicacies! Beyond that, the restaurants decor and atmosphere were also very pleasing to Lin Wan. The dining table, cutlery, and decorations were all very exquisite and matched perfectly with the dishes served. The whole dining experience was elevated to its peak. All the service staff were polite while the service was attentive and yet not intrusive. When she asked a few questions occasionally, they would also answer fluently; they evidently had been rigorously trained. All in all, this place was better than Swan Lake Restaurant in all aspects! Jingzhou actually had such a restaurant? Why have I not known about this? Lin Wan was a little curious. Seated next to her, Assistant Xin held onto her red wine and answered, Boss Pei had just opened this place himself. Putting Jingzhou aside, this type of restaurant is probably also rare in Beijing and Shanghai. Chapter 225 - Boss Pei’s Attitude Boss Pei just opened this place? Lin Wan was shocked. Assistant Xin nodded and said, Yes. Our meal today is Ming Yun Private Kitchens very first. She pointed at the dishes on the table. They didnt look particularly showy; if it was an ordinary person, they probably wouldnt have been able to guess how expensive the dishes were. Around seventy percent of the dishes here had to be preordered and cannot be found in Jingzhou. They had to be ordered and sent over using special logistical arrangements. In order to have a meal like this, two or three days of preparation is required. Lin Wan thought about it, Boss Pei is intending to use this place as a high-end entertaining venue for business partners? After all, Tengdas development was extremely rapid now; it was unavoidable that there would be a need to talk things over with other big companies bosses. Lin Wan felt that perhaps normal entertaining banquets no longer met Boss Peis requirements, and so he had decided to open up his own restaurant. Assistant Xin shook her head. Who knows? At present, Boss Pei doesnt seem to have plans to have banquets to entertain clients here frequently. However, all future company gatherings would be organized here. Lin Wan couldnt help it but feel stunned. Could this private kitchens priority objective be to serve as a venue for company gatherings? In her opinion, this was the poshest restaurant in the entire Jingzhou City. Not only were the dishes delicious, but the atmosphere and service were impeccable as well. It was extremely suited to be used as a place for private banquets and dining to entertain some esteemed clients and bosses. To use such a place for the companys internal gatherings? It was a little too much! Furthermore, Boss Pei forked out from his own pocket for each gathering. It was hard to imagine exactly how much Boss Pei was spending on employee benefits and welfare. However, wasnt this precisely Boss Peis character and mannerisms? Lin Wan sighed emotively; Boss Pei was really someone that held onto his original beliefs. Although he already treated his employees exceedingly well, surpassing the standards of a majority of companies; he still wasnt satisfied and had not stopped trying to improve their welfare! At this moment, Lin Wan had a burning desire to want to help Boss Pei to share his burdens. Lin Wan knew very well how tired being a boss could be. Of course, every boss was different. Some were born with a silver spoon and had inherited fortunes from a young age. Every decision they made, they had professionals to provide advice and guidance. Their family status and connections also provided them with unlimited financing and investment opportunities. This type of boss wasnt the tired kind. However, Boss Pei wasnt this type of boss. He was an ordinary one that had created this company from the ground-up. For new companies like Tengda, they naturally had greater pressures on churning out revenue and profits. While it was more manageable because of its size, that also meant that its ability to withstand hardships was weaker. Once a mistake was made, that might spell the end of these companies. Under these circumstances, many bosses of such companies were all very careful and mindful of spending, constantly thinking of ways to reduce costs. Of course, reducing costs was the right thing to do. However, some bosses used that as a pretext and scrimped on their employees with some even going so far as to exploit legal loopholes in doing so. This was a fatal mistake. Compared to these people, Boss Pei could be considered to be a role model! Lin Wan wanted to help Boss Pei very much. That was why she had called her second brother Lin Zhou that time to reduce Tengdas Shenhua View rental rates. However, Lin Wan couldnt seem to think of any way to help Boss Pei off the top of her head. After all, Tengda was still a small company now, and its projects didnt have much contact or dealings with Shenhua Corporation. Furthermore, when Boss Pei had arranged for her to go to Shang Yang Games, he had also expressed his desire for her to use her own abilities to handle things instead of always relying on her family. Hence, Lin Wan thought for a long time and gave up this notion for the moment. Ill wait for a suitable opportunity in the future to help Boss Pei! Perhaps I could help Boss Pei using my own abilities! Lin Wan resolved in her heart. The banquet was still ongoing, and everyone was having a blast. Ma Yiqun, Lu Mingliang, Bao Xu, Li Yada, and company were discussing Repent and be Saved. As Bao Xu was going to leave once his visa application was approved, he seized upon this opportunity to explain his understanding of Repent and be Saved to Li Yada and company. Fortunately, the paid vacation would only last for one month. When Bao Xu rushed back mid-September, he could still participate in the late-stage developments for Repent and be Saved. Lu Mingliang was completing his handover to Li Yada, telling him things he had to take note of as chief planner. Zhu Xingan was present as well. Being the author of the online novel Repent and be Saved and the editor-in-chief of Zhongdian Chinese Network, he only occasionally participated in the discussion regarding the storys plot. Most of the time, he was listening intently, hearing Lu Mingliang, Ma Yiqun, and the others talk about the game development process. Pei Qian held his glass as he walked about; he felt very satisfied. Everyone was eating to their hearts content; not bad! It was a pity he couldnt have such gatherings often. The system definitely had some form of restrictions in place. Just like before, such high-class gatherings had to be reasonably justifiable; they also couldnt take place that frequently However, Pei Qian got a good sense that compared to previous gatherings, this one was much classier and of standard. That meant that as Tengda continued to grow and develop and its assets increased, the permissible miscellaneous expense limit the system would allow for would rise as well. Is it time to think about buying a few cars? Renting a few parking spots in Shenhua View and buying a few cars for business use while hiring a few chauffeurs; would that be too much? Pei Qian tested the system and realized that it actually wasnt as strict as before. It only had some requirements for the car purchases: sports cars couldnt be bought without justifiable cause while he shouldnt even dream of buying some limited edition super sports cars. He was only permitted to buy those for commercial purposes. There were limits to prices and quantity of cars as well. At present, he couldnt have more than six cars, and the total costs for them couldnt exceed four million. Furthermore, cars that exceeded one million would be just like Ming Yun Villas; they would be inputted into the system as Fixed Assets that would affect the settlement. However, from another point of view, cars that cost less than one million wouldnt be keyed in as Fixed Assets; that was a piece of good news. Pei Qian intended to have one seven-seater car and two ordinary ones. They werent going to be that expensive and were within the thirtyto forty-thousand price range. He was going to use around a million yuan first. He still could have three cars that cost three million in total. Pei Qian planned to keep this aside for now and wait for the next settlement. If there was a need for a sudden splurge, he could immediately buy three cars worth nine hundred thousand apiece that would cost three million thereabouts. Pei Qian thought about this as he continued to insist that everyone ate with more gusto and to not hold back. As for some employees that came from his businesses that were making losses, Boss Pei didnt forget to continuously encourage them, telling them not to worry about making profits and to prioritize the companys reputation first. Huang Sibo and Zhu Xiaoce had just finished speaking to Pei Qian as they then sat down to continue eating. Zhu Xiaoce was feeling a little vexed. This is strange. I feel that Boss Pei isnt as warm to us as the last time? When the documentary had made losses the last time, Boss Pei had spoken very warmly to the two of them; it was like relatives talking to each other. This time, Boss Pei had exchanged some pleasantries with them and had gone to look for other people to talk to. Huang Sibo evidently didnt take this to heart as he ate his lobster, smiled confidently, and said, This proves that we have chosen the right path. Zhu Xiaoce was stunned. What do you mean? Havent you realized? Boss Pei is paying special attention to those that are not doing very well or those that are making huge losses, Huang Sibo explained. Zhu Xiaoce thought about it, and this seemed to make sense. When Boss Pei had gone to talk to the employees of Zhongdian Chinese Network and Upwind Logistics, he had talked to them for a very long time; and he also looked rather eager. Conversely, he didnt seem to pay that much attention to relatively more successful businesses such as Fei Huang Workspace and Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, etc. He had only said a few words and left. Huang Sibo smiled slightly, Boss Pei has always been like this. He would pay more attention to those that are temporarily struggling and facing difficulties, to put those in charge at ease. For the businesses that he was surer of and had the potential to succeed, Boss Pei naturally didnt need to spend too much time on them. This means that our current trajectory is the right one! Since Boss Pei had given his approval, what is there to worry about? As long as we gave it our all, we definitely can make a name for ourselves! Zhu Xiaoce took this in, nodded, and said, I see! I understand now! Chapter 226 - Meeting Boss Li Again Once the meal was over, everyone left Ming Yun Private Kitchen and said their goodbyes to one another. Bao Xus eyes were filled with worry. The thought of wandering around on his own outside for a month made him feel helpless. After the meal, everyone else returned to their respective homes. They still had to return to work the next day and continue working hard. However, what frustrated Pei Qian was that whether their projects were incurring losses or making profits, the people in charge seemed to have become much more energetic after this meal. Take Ma Yiqun, who was in charge of Zhongdian Chinese Network, for example. The website had been making a loss. However, after Boss Pei comforted him, his emotions seemed to have stabilized. It was understandable that he felt much more energetic now. However, why did it seem like Huang Sibo had been greatly encouraged as well? Pei Qian was quite frustrated indeed. I didnt even talk to them! Could it be the power of delicacies? Very quickly and one by one, everyone left. Pei Qian looked at his watch. It was 8 PM. He had controlled the duration of the gathering quite well. The waiters in Ming Yun Private Kitchen were keeping the cutlery and cleaning the restaurant. They looked to be quite busy. However, this would only be temporary. For a long time in the future, there would be no more customers in Ming Yun Private Kitchen. Ming Yun Private Kitchen was located in a secluded, hidden place. Ordinary people would find it difficult to find their way here. Even if they did find their way here, they would probably not be able to afford the food. Of course, Pei Qian would not be able to hide this news for long. After all, Boss Pei had so many employees under him. They had eaten so much good food tonight; most of them would probably go back and show off to their friends and family. However, no matter what they said, this place was deserted and expensive. Most people would not be able to afford it with their own money. Even if news about this restaurant spread so that a few ballers were drawn to this restaurant, it would not matter. As long as he could keep the number of customers low, Ming Yun Private Kitchen would still incur losses. Of course, Pei Qian had not forgotten that Ming Yun Private Kitchens primary aims were to spend as much money as possible and satisfy the employees meals. Thus, Pei Qian made reservations for future gatherings way in advance. According to the Systems current rules, they were allowed one team-building gathering every two months or so. The frequency and quality of their gatherings seemed to depend on the companys current size and financial situation. Of course, Pei Qian also needed a legitimate reason to gather his employees for meals. To Pei Qian, it was easy to find a legitimate reason now. They could celebrate the publishing of a game, commend a certain departments performance, set up a new department, welcome new employees, and so on. Thus, based on the quota of once every two months, Pei Qian reserved Ming Yun Private Kitchen for future gatherings. He set the gathering date to be the 20th of every even-numbered month. It would be closer to the end of the month, which would give Pei Qian an additional opportunity to spend more money. Apart from this, Pei Qian booked the biggest private room in Ming Yun Private Kitchen for the first and third Sunday of every month. This would be in case he needed to entertain for business. These reservations would be placed in the highest priority. Whats more, before Pei Qian decided to change them, they would be effective. This was to avoid any double-booking. If ballers really tried to make reservations and managed to reserve Ming Yun Private Kitchen for two to three weeks in a row while Pei Qian -as the bossfailed to make even a single reservation, that would be awkward. Although Pei Qian doubted that Ming Yun Private Kitchen would ever be that popular, one could not be too careful. He had to be prepared for these things. On top of that, if he suddenly needed to entertain for work, he could make reservations whenever he wanted to. However, that was provided there was space in the restaurant. Whats more, the ingredients would have to be prepared two or three days in advance. Lin Canrong walked to Pei Qians side. What do you think, Boss Pei? Are you satisfied with the food today? Pei Qian nodded. Very good, Im very satisfied! Actually, he could not confirm whether the food they ate today was worth that much or not. After all, he had never eaten these things in other restaurants. It would be hard to make comparisons. However, he did notice Lin Wan and Assistant Xins expressions. He guessed from there that the food was extraordinary. Pei Qian had very simple requests for Lin Canrong. As long as he was a good chef and promised that he could always serve such good food when they gathered for meals, Pei Qian would be satisfied. It would be best if Chef Lin was clueless about things like holding promotions, running publicity, and the like. This situation is good. Maintain it. Remember this: your primary aim is to provide good food and service to our customers. Do not worry about anything else. Itll be just like when you were at Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. Pei Qian decided to drop a hint. After all, when Lin Canrong was a branch manager at Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, he achieved nothing. Pei Qian hoped that he would keep it up. Lin Canrong did not catch the hidden meaning in Pei Qians words and thought that the latter was just giving advice like he normally did. Nodding excitedly, he said, Alright, Boss Pei. Ill do my job well. I promise that I will give our customers the best dining experience! Now that they had enough to eat and drink, Pei Qian and Ma Yang strolled out of Ming Yun Private Kitchen and towards Fish-Catching Internet Cafe nearby. The surroundings were quiet, and the weather was not too cold. It was perfect for them to walk and digest their dinner. As they walked, they passed by Upwind Courier stations and the nearby bar. When they walked past the entrance of the bar, a couple of enthusiastic young men and women pulled them inside. They seemed to be overly enthusiastic. Pei Qian and Ma Yang expended a lot of effort rejecting them and getting away. They had just come out from Ming Yun Private Kitchen. Their stomachs were still full of good food and good wine. Why would they want to drink cheap alcohol at a place like this? All Pei Qian wanted to do now was to take a seat at Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and then go home and have a good nights sleep. He was not in the least bit interested in crowded, noisy places like that. However, as he passed by, Pei Qian peeked inside. The situation inside did not look too optimistic. Although they had opening promotions, there were still no customers around. The resident singer was trying hard to sing well in order to liven up the atmosphere, but he still did not look that into it. It was no wonder that the waiters were all outside, trying to drag people into the bar. For some reason, Pei Qian felt sorry for Boss Li. Ever since he found out that the chain internet cafe had accepted investments from Fu Hui Investments, Pei Qian had a feeling that Boss Li was responsible for all the shops being opened nearby. Pei Qian was touched that Boss Li had lit himself on fire for others benefit, but if things continued in this manner, Boss Li would probably lose a lot of money. Boss Li, of all people, why did you have to blindly mingle with me? Pei Qian and Ma Yang arrived at the entrance of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and pushed the door to enter. In the corner, they saw a familiar figure drinking. Pei Qian paused. Isnt that Boss Li? How coincidental! I was just talking about you in my head when we passed by your bar. Li Shi saw Pei Qian and instinctively jumped as well. Pei Qian had not visited Fish-Catching Internet Cafe for quite a while. Li Shi had only come to drink some alcohol. He had not expected Pei Qian to be here as well. Since they bumped into each other coincidentally, things became slightly awkward. However, Pei Qian did not seem to mind. Boss Li was one of his few close friends anyway! Pei Qian sat down opposite Li Shi, smiled slightly, and said, Boss Li, did you come all the way here to spy on your enemies? Pei Qian had said this jokingly, but Li Shi seemed to have understood his words very differently. In his heart, he thought, Indeed, Boss Pei knows that Im responsible for the nearby Xing Le Internet Cafe and the other shops. Hmm, thats to be expected. He is Boss Pei after all From what happened with Fish-Catching Internet Cafes flagship store, Li Shi understood Pei Qian a bit better. Naturally, he did not dare to underestimate him anymore. Now, Boss Pei was talking about these things in the open. Of course, Li Shi felt awkward. After all, Li Shi had invested in Xing Le Internet Cafe and the other shops in Ming Yun Villas. It was obvious that he was targeting Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. Li Shi believed that Pei Qian did not have any proof and that the latter was just guessing. However, he recognized that they were both intelligent individuals. There was no point in denying it and acting dumb. Li Shi smiled and answered, Dont mind me, Boss Pei. This is normal business behavior. Whats more, I did not do it to target your Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Boss Pei. I purely appreciate your judgment and want to make some money for myself. Chapter 227 - Invite Zhang Zuting to Jingzhou Hearing these words from Li Shi, a realization dawned on Pei Qian. Indeed, the person who had tried to bribe Fish-Catching Internet Cafes employees was Boss Li. Pei Qian had hoodwinked Li Shi with the fake information that he released earlier on. This time, Li Shi was not here to pressure Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and try to invest in it. Instead, Li Shi was betting on Pei Qians investments becoming popular. He was just trying to profit from it as well. After Fish-Catching Internet Cafes flagship store became popular, more customers visited that street. Although the surrounding shops were not as popular as Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, they still profited from the entire episode. After that, even Boss Li made some profit. However, he had not earned much. Considering the fact that Boss Li could earn much more money by investing in other regions, that episode was a loss for him. Although Boss Li had made some investments in the surrounding shops by helping them with their promotional events, he had not invested much to begin with. The promotions had not cost much. Since Boss Li had high expectations, he had obviously not been satisfied. This situation was not much different. There were too few customers near Ming Yun Villas. That was why nobody wanted to rent shops in the area. That meant Boss Li didnt have to invest too much for capital. If Ming Yun Villas really became popular as Boss Pei had said, these few shops would become like money trees. No matter whose hands they were in, they would be profitable. Even if Boss Li sold them immediately, he would be able to profit. When that time came, would the profit Boss Li made still be called small? However, all of this depended on whether the Ming Yun Villas region became popular or not. Pei Qian could not help but feel emotional. Boss Li, Boss Li your logic is perfect, and your execution is flawless. However you missed out on an important fact. Of course, I cannot blame you, Boss Li. Who would have thought that a system existed in this world, which allowed you to profit by incurring losses? At that moment, Pei Qian felt a hint of compassion. If this were someone else, Boss Pei would not have shown mercy. However, this passionate Boss Li had already been cheated by Pei Qian once before. He could not possibly seize a sheep and rough shear it. What if it went bald? Thus, Pei Qian decided to drop a hint to Boss Li so he would not invest too much in the area. Until now, Boss Li had already invested in a chain internet cafe, a bar, a cafe, and a board games cafe. He had already been a considerable help to Pei Qian. What if Boss Li had more ideas and continued to invest more money? In fact, Pei Qian was already getting worried. If he sheared Boss Li bald now, their relationship would not be able to develop anymore in the future. If he could reduce the losses that Boss Li incurred, he would already be considered extremely benevolent. At that thought, Pei Qian decided to give Boss Li a slight hint. He took a sip of his cocktail and said as sincerely as he could, Boss Li, I will tell you the truth. Luck was part of the reason why Fish-Catching Internet Cafes flagship store became famous earlier on. It would be almost impossible for this branch in Ming Yun Villas to emulate the flagship stores success. The chances of this region becoming popular are not high. Im just trying things out Pei Qian was already hinting as much as he could. Li Shi smiled, his expression seeming to say, I understand. Boss Pei, youre too humble. You always say that luck played a part in your success. This is normal. Yet, mediocre people would only wait for luck while true talents will create their own good fortune. To me, Boss Pei is undoubtedly a man who can create his own good fortune. Based on what I know, Boss Pei has invested significantly in this area. Apart from this internet cafe, Boss Pei has also opened an Upwind Courier station. Whats more-some time ago, Boss Ma seemed to have surveyed the surrounding business environment as well. If you really think this place has no potential, you would not persist until now. Boss Pei, I understand your good intentions. However, you might have underestimated me. There are risks to any investment. Ive been in the investment industry for a long time; I still have a sense of awareness. Fine, I wasted my breath. Pei Qian could not help but feel sorrowful. Alright, Boss Li, since you understand what you are doing, I will not waste my breath. I wish you good luck. It was a good thing that Boss Li did not know Pei Qian bought a villa nearby to open a private kitchen. Otherwise, he might hold onto his beliefs more firmly. Pei Qian raised his hand to get the attention of a nearby waiter. When Boss Li visits in the future, serve him for free. Boss Li, Boss Li. Youve helped me so much, and yet I cannot do anything in return. All I can do is treat you to a few more drinks. Li Shis heart felt warm. Of course, Li Shi did not mind paying a bit more money for alcohol. However, the fact that Pei Qian was writing off Li Shis future bills proved his sincerity! This friendship was priceless. Li Shi secretly praised Pei Qian in his heart. Boss Pei was young, but he was bright in his work. Li Shi raised his glass and said, Thank you, Boss Pei. I hope that we will both stand to gain in the future and earn a lot of money! Pei Qian touched Li Shis glass with his own, smiling as he received Li Shis curse, and keeping a ton of vulgarities buried in his heart. August 11th At Shang Yang Games Director Lin, so were going to choose him? Ye Zhizhou sounded very uncertain. Yes, lets choose him. Lin Wan answered hesitantly as well, but she had no other choice. After receiving the advertising plan from Boss Pei a while ago, Shang Yang Games worked according to the latters suggestions. They contacted a few Hong Kong celebrities. Whether they were popular or outdated, Shang Yang Games contacted them all. However, they found it hard to decide on a final price. The more popular Hong Kong celebrities requested at least five million yuan a year. Even the cheaper ones insisted on two to three million yuan. One had to understand that the cost of producing Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version was only about five million yuan. Boss Peis budget for marketing was about three million yuan. At first, Ye Zhizhou and Wang Xiaobin had thought that they would never be able to spend all that money even if they were unrestricted. Ultimately, after asking a couple of Hong Kong celebrities to be their spokesperson, they realized they had been far too young and inexperienced. They had marketed Bloody Battle Song before, too. However, they did not hire this type of celebrities. They spent a maximum of hundreds of thousands of yuan on advertising fees. Putting these two amounts side by side, Ye Zhizhou felt like they were spending too much this time! Lin Wan was also unhappy with the celebrities asking price. Primarily, she felt that the quality-price ratio was low. Advertising a game correctly could do wonders for sales. However, during Lin Wans time at Tengda Games, she saw games become popular even without a single cent spent on marketing Spending millions of yuan on hiring a Hong Kong celebrity to be a games spokesperson? What use would that be? That was why Lin Wan felt the quality-price ratio was low. However, Boss Peis publicity plan was right in front of them. They had to hire a celebrity, no matter what. The three of them narrowed down their options and finally picked out one celebrity whose quality-price ratio was passable. vas Zhang Zuting was 41 years old this year. Although he was quite outdated and he did quite badly in most of his recent films, he had been popular when he was younger. He had starred in a significant number of television series, and he was quite influential among middle-aged people. He agreed to be the games spokesperson for about two million yuan. Lin Wan still thought this was quite expensive, but the price was much lower than what other celebrities were asking for. This way, they could spend the remaining money on buying advertising spaces on various websites. Everyone in Shang Yang Games thought about every aspect of this time and again before finally deciding unanimously to hire him! The next thing to do would be to invite Zhang Zuting to Jingzhou to sign the contract and film the advertisement. Of course, they did not have to film the advertisement in Jingzhou. However, everyone thought that since they had already paid him a large sum as remuneration, they should take the opportunity to observe him doing the job. Even if he was an outdated star, they could take a picture with him and ask for his autograph. It would still be worth showing off to their friends. Its decided, then. Well invite Zhang Zuting to Jingzhou! Chapter 228 - Once You Take a Photo, the Taste will Change So who is Zhang Zuting? Pei Qians first reaction upon reading Lin Wans message was confusion. I have never heard of this person. It was only after he ran a search on Qiandu that he found out that Zhang Zuting was an outdated Hong Kong celebrity. Lin Wan sent another message. Boss Pei, we chose a few other Hong Kong celebrities as well. Some of them have slightly higher asking pricesmore than five million yuan. I dont think their price-quality ratios are that great. Thats mainly why I invited Zhang Zuting. Although he is not as popular as he used to be, we can hire him for about two million yuan. Pei Qian was now not happy. He had taught her time and time again; why was she still saving this two to three million yuan for him? If it cost five million yuan, so be it! However, on second thought, he let it go. After all, the higher the asking price, the more popular the celebrity probably was. They would have their own following. If they really invited a batch of new players to the game, Pei Qian might incur fewer losses. That would be to his disadvantage as well. So be it if Zhang Zuting cost two million yuan. He would think of another way to spend the remaining money. Lin Wan sent yet another message. Boss Pei, Zhang Zuting will arrive in Jingzhou the day after tomorrow. Will you be present in watching the filming of the advertisement? Pei Qian immediately replied, Yes, Ill take a look. Its said that this man is a veteran actor, and he once won the title of movie king. Id like to observe his acting close-up. Wait, howre the preparations to receive him? Lin Wan replied, Dont worry, Boss Pei. Everything has been taken care of. The private business car will drive him and his manager around. They will be staying in a five-star hotel. We will not treat them badly. How about their meals? Pei Qian asked. Lin Wan replied, Er were planning to let them have their meals at the hotel. Weve also ordered high-standard meals for them while theyre filming. Thats too shabby. Hes a guest from far away. Although we only have a normal working relationship, we still have to treat him as courteously as we can. How about this: Ill give you the number of Ming Yun Private Kitchens Manager Lin. Make a reservation. When Zhang Zuting arrives, well bring him to Ming Yun Private Kitchen to have a welcome meal. Then, well talk about filming. To Pei Qian, receiving a working partner was a legitimate reason to have a meal at Ming Yun Private Kitchen. That wasnt too overboard, right? Of course, if he brought all business partners to Ming Yun Private Kitchen, there might be some risk. For example, he might expose how good the restaurant was. However, Pei Qian had already thought about a way to mitigate this risk. Lin Wan replied, Ah, alright, Boss Pei. I didnt think this through properly. Ill make a reservation now! August 14th, Saturday Zhang Zuting alighted from his airplane and stepped onto Jingzhou City soil for the first time. As a second-tier city, Jingzhou City did not have a strong presence. There were also many things that Zhang Zuting did not yet know about Jingzhou City. However, since he could earn two million yuan from this trip alone, it was far from troublesome for him. Zhang Zuting was over forty years old. Although he had been a young, handsome spokesperson when he was younger; he could not fight the passing of time. Now, he was focusing on his acting skills and growing into a middle-aged, veteran actor. Of course, huge changes were taking place in the film industry. Thus, his batch of film actors was fast losing their popularity. They could not do anything as they became more and more outdated. Now, Zhang Zuting found it hard to turn down this chance to earn money. Zhang Zuting was not likened to fresh meat and currently popular celebrities who had large crowds following them the moment they left their houses. He was more low-key. This time, he only brought an assistant with him. After all, the other party had said that the advertisement could be filmed in a single day. He arrived in Jingzhou on the 14th. Then, he would rest for a night and finish filming by noon the next day. By afternoon, he should be able to board a flight out of the city. Zhang Zuting did not have too many expectations for his trip to Jingzhou this time. After all, how big could a games company in Jingzhou be? Filming the advertisement would probably just be a formality this time, too. Mr. Zhang, please get onto the car. Our Boss Pei has already prepared a feast to welcome you. Lin Wan smiled and said this as she stood by the business car. At Ming Yun Private Kitchen As he stepped out of the car, Zhang Zuting looked confused. What is the meaning of this? Where is this place? In front of him was a regular-looking villa. Although Zhang Zuting noted that the villa was huge and very extravagantly renovated, he also knew that such villas were a common sight in this place. Nothing was surprising about the boss of a game company being able to afford a house like that. However, the question was why Boss Pei was hosting him here? Was Boss Pei inviting Zhang Zuting to his own house? Zhang Zuting still had a lot of questions in his head when Lin Wan led him into a private room with the best view. The private room was on the third floor of the villa. It had a huge full-length window, through which he could enjoy the sunset. As the sun set, its golden rays lit up the infinity pool beside the villa, causing the pool to reflect a faint golden glow. There were dense trees in the hills around them. One could take in all of Ming Yun Villas which were hidden behind the trees. It made one feel like everything was much smaller than it really was. In the middle of the private room was a huge dining table. It was not the kind that could accommodate more than ten people, but it could accommodate four. The room was obviously meticulously decorated. Everything blended well with one another, from the tables and chairs to the decorations in the room, to the napkins and bouquet on the table. This was what the service staff in Ming Yun Private Kitchen spent their time and effort taking care of once the reservation was made. A realization dawned on Zhang Zuting. This was not a private villa; it was a unique, high-end restaurant! Pei Qian stood up to welcome Zhang Zuting by shaking his hand. Mr. Zhang, you have traveled a long way. Welcome, welcome! Jingzhou is a small place. Theres nowhere special to go. I had no choice but to bring Mr. Zhang here to have a simple meal. Please, take a seat. Zhang Zuting responded warmly before taking a seat with his manager. Pei Qian, Lin Wan, Zhang Zuting, and his manager sat at the table. Waiters were also walking in and out of the room. According to a set time and order, they served the group dishes. Pei Qian had thought about asking a few more people along so they could have more food. However, having too many people would confuse things. Whats more, it could make Zhang Zuting feel like he was being pressured. Thus, after some thought, Pei Qian decided to settle for fewer people. This way, Zhang Zuting would be able to enjoy the delicacies without feeling stressed. As the group ate, they chatted about random things. Pei Qian knew nothing about Zhang Zuting. He did not even know a single show in which the latter acted. However, this did not matter. Zhang Zuting did not know what games Pei Qian had produced either. Both of them took the opportunity to boast about their achievements at work without being too offended. The good thing was that Lin Wan had done her homework. She casually brought up Zhang Zutings achievements from his younger days. This boosted his mood. After a few bites, Zhang Zuting realized that the food being served was sumptuous. He had been invited to many banquets before. Whether they were his friends or his business partners, all of them treated him to pretty good food. However, he rarely tasted food as delicious as this! Of course, the delicious taste of this food was not a result of various condiments and additives. Instead, it was a result of the ingredients themselves. Only the highest-quality food products could achieve results like that. The more Zhang Zuting ate, the more surprised he became. He did not expect such a secretive restaurant to be hidden in a place like Jingzhou City. This Boss Pei is treating me to such expensive delicacies; he is obviously very sincere! Zhang Zuting was not the kind of celebrity to act in a cocky manner. He had been widely known as being amicable and approachable. Now, he was enjoying himself eating with and talking to Pei Qian. The first few dishes they had were light but exquisite. Once they were finished, the waiters immediately cleared their plates and served the next course. Although everything was delicious, he still did not feel satisfied. However, soon, a great course was served! After the group had tasted the first few exquisite appetizers, the waiters served a huge King Crab. From the size of its head, Zhang Zuting guessed that it was at least five kilograms. The cost of the ingredients in this dish alone was probably six to seven thousand yuan! Zhang Zuting was doing well; he had seen enough of the world after all. However, his assistant had obviously never seen something as rich as that. His eyes were glazing over, and he looked like he wanted badly to grab his cell phone and take a picture. Yet, this would be highly inappropriate. Pei Qian smiled subtly and said, Pay attention to the taste of the food; that would help you taste every single one of its complex flavors. Once you take a photo, the taste will change. Chapter 229 - Hello, Everyone! I am Zha Zhuti. The manager was just reaching out for his cell phone, but he quickly retracted his hand. The atmosphere in the restaurant was great, and the dishes were so well-presented. Not being able to take photos and show off to his friends was torture! If he did not take a picture to keep records, how could he share his experience of eating such exquisite delicacies with others? How painful. However, what Boss Pei said seemed to make sense. Good food like that should be tasted not just with ones tongue but with ones heart and soul. If he ate the food while thinking solely about showing off to others, he would not be able to pay attention to the flavors. The food would taste much worse than it really was. It was just like appreciating a fine piece of art. Some people would focus fully on the art piece. Only by doing so would they be able to appreciate its moving beauty. However, others would whip out their cameras and take a crazy number of photos. All they could think about were lighting and composition. Naturally, they would neglect the feelings the art piece itself could invoke in them at that moment. That was why he had to focus his attention on tasting these delicacies. If he only thought about taking photos of them, he would become distracted. Then, he would not be able to taste the various flavors in the dishes. Based on this consideration, Boss Pei was absolutely right! The manager quietly kept his phone, dispelling all thoughts about taking photos. The waiter beside him handled the huge King Crab in a very serious manner. With a pair of fine scissors, he split the crabs legs and dug the flesh out from within. Then, he scooped out the golden roe from inside the crabs shell, carefully placing it on top of the flesh. Finally, he distributed a portion to each person at the table and waited for them to taste it. He had only distributed the best parts of the crab. After that, he would take the remaining partssuch as the huge pincersback into the kitchen. There, chefs would retrieve all the flesh out from various parts of the crab before serving the dish to the table once again. Pei Qian raised his hand and said, Mr. Zhang, please. Zhang Zuting and his manager looked at the fragrant and succulent flesh and roe in front of them. Immediately, they felt their appetites being whetted. Zhang Zutings manager, especially, felt that he had hugely benefited from this trip to Jingzhou! Zhang Zuting had indeed been paid two million yuan to be this games spokesperson, but his manager had not been offered a single cent. This manager had thought that this trip to Jingzhou would be an ordinary one, part of his job scope. He did not have much expectation. He would never have thought that he would be able to taste such delicacies while on this trip! Other things aside, taking an airplane to Jingzhou just to eat this rare King Crab was worth it! As Zhang Zuting ate the crab, he could not help but feel moved. He felt highly regarded by Boss Pei! Although he did not have to film much the next day, he told himself that he had to take it seriously. He had to put 120% of his acting skills into the job and make the advertisement perfect! Noon the next day, in the film studio Zhang Zuting was all dressed. He looked very intimidating. He was dressed in silvery-red battle armor, which had a golden dragon head on each of the shoulders. They were very precisely carved in and looked full of character. on This costume had been custom-made for him and was modeled after the top-notch costumes in Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version. Apart from this, he also had a golden sword, which measured almost as long as a human. It shone and glittered under the reflection of the light. Of course, his battle armor and sword were not really made of gold; they were not that heavy. Even if Zhang Zuting were to dance around in them, he would not be exhausted. However, looking at the way he was dressed, Zhang Zuting felt lifeless. Who am I? Where am I? What am I doing? After dinner the night before, Zhang Zuting decided to put 120% of his acting skills into filming, in order to repay Boss Pei for the King Crab that they ate. Yet, when he arrived at the film studio today, he discovered that everything was not as he expected. What the hell is happening? What is up with the exaggerated costume and props? Zhang Zuting had filmed set in ancient times before, but he had never seen such exaggerated battle armor or weapons. Sword in hand, Zhang Zuting could almost feel the -1s floating above his head. It was almost as if his IQ was dropping before his very eyes. He looked at Boss Pei, his eyes filled with confusion. However, all Boss Pei did was hold up his thumb. He looked extremely satisfied with the set-up. This is the script. Take a look-its quite simple. It only contains a couple of sentences. One of the staff around him handed the script over to him. There was only one piece of paper. Whats more, the words were written in huge font as if they were afraid that Zhang Zuting would not be able to read it. Zhang Zuting took it confidently. Memorizing lines was a piece of cake. He was not like the inexperienced people who dubbed over voices at a later stage and who only knew how to shout 1, 2, 3, 4. He was confident that he would be able to memorize the script after reading it a couple of times. Often, he needed people to dub over his voice because of his Hong Kong accent. However, at the very least, Zhang Zuting was able to match the mouth shape of the words. He looked at the script. Hello, everyone! I am Zhang Zuting. I have acted in many shows, but in terms of games, I have only played Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version. Its a fair game, which would allow everyone to feel like a baller. It will be to your advantage to play this game. I will be your brother on the battlefield tonight! Zhang Zuting is rooting for Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version! This game is very fun. If you miss it, youll have to wait another 120 years for something similar! This is the newest update that you have never played before. In just three minutes, you will love this game as much as I do! That was all to the script. There were less than ten sentences, and a single page was enough to accommodate all the lines. Zhang Zuting looked confused. Wheres the plot? I am a movie king after all. I might be past my prime, but I have been training non-stop. My acting skills are becoming much better! I was already prepared to give an explosive acting performance this time, and yet what is this? What kind of script is this? Its obviously an extremely roughly-done script for the advertisement! What kind of acting skills can I bring to the table? Im not even talking about whether these few lines were worth the two million yuan. It would be a waste even for the expensive and elaborate costume and props alone! Zhang Zuting turned to look at Pei Qian once again, and yet he only saw Boss Peis encouraging and proud expression. Zhang Zuting took in a deep breath and scanned the lines, memorizing it immediately. Pei Qian was standing right next to the director. He said, Dont worry, just film Trust Mr. Zhangs professionalism! Pei Qian did not care whether Zhang Zutings acting was good or not. In any case, he just needed the latter to say those lines to the camera. The moment he heard the word action, Zhang Zuting entered the zone. Pei Qian had to admit that Zhang Zuting was a veteran actor indeed. There was no way his professionalism could be compromised. He immediately looked high on emotions. His expression showed his full commitment and high excitement as he said, Hello, everyone! I am Zha Zhuti. I have acted in many shows When Pei Qian heard Zhang Zutings accent, he nearly burst into laughter. That was a bit of the right feeling! However, the only thing that went off from the original script was the amount of emotion Zhang Zuting was putting into the advertisement. At once, he brilliantly displayed the acting skills of a movie king. Even with the strong Hong Kong accent, the advertisement did not sound lame enough. At first, when Zhang Jiahui[1] was filming commercials, he felt tired and unfocused. That was how he became famous for the scene where he introduced himself with a heavy Hong Kong accent. However, Zhang Zuting had eaten a King Crab the day before. He also had a good nights rest. Now, he was full of energy. Whats more, he was grateful for the way Boss Pei had treated him. That was why he was performing so excitedly. Now, everything was fine except for that small defect. Dis is the newest update dat you haf never played before. In just swee minutes, you will luf this gam as much as I do! He said his final line. After the director yelled Cut!, Zhang Zuting looked at Pei Qian once more. Boss Pei raised up his big thumb, praising Zhang Zuting. Zhang Zuting felt nervous. Was that alright? He felt terribly awkward while saying his lines. If not for his many years of acting experience and his professionalism, he would not have been able to carry on. Was Boss Pei really satisfied with that performance? That cant be! There must be room for improvement! Indeed, the staff was not dismissed. Pei Qian walked to Zhang Zuting and gave a few pointers. Mr. Zhang, you performed very well! However there is still a tiny bit of room for improvement. You should know that were not filming a serious movie C were just filming an advertisement. In this advertisement, youre acting as an avid gamer. Itll be great if you could act more languid and casual. This would make you appear warmer to your viewers. Be more casual; dont stand so upright. Clear your mind and say your lines as casually as you can. When Zhang Zuting saw Pei Qian walking over, he had thought that the latter would give him pointers on his acting skills or change the harsher lines to something else. Instead, Boss Pei asked him to tone down his acting? He was to act more languid and casual? Zhang Zuting looked confused, but since Boss Pei had already made his requests, he could only try his best. Once again, they were rolling. Hello, everyone! I am Zha Zhuti. I have acted in many shows This time, Zhang Zuting was acting in a much more accurate manner. Of course, he toned down his acting skills without any question. He also looked more awkward. Pei Qian nodded, satisfied. Alright, theres the right feeling now! Although they had not done everything perfectly and Zhang Zutings good acting skills dragged the plan down, the fact that he could produce an advertisement like that really satisfied Pei Qian. He finished reading all the lines, and the director finally yelled, Cut! Zhang Zuting looked uncomfortable. He felt like he looked more awkward this time than the last. In fact, his awkwardness was through the roof! As a movie king, Zhang Zuting had not felt the helplessness of not being able to take charge of his own acting in a long time. At that very moment, he felt like a calefare who knew next to nothing about acting-he was confused and helpless. Boss Pei, Im sorry, I wasnt in my best form. Wait for me to find myself again, and then we can film it once more. Zhang Zuting planned to relax for a while, so that he could repeat the lines over and over again until he knew best how to say them. However, Pei Qian shook his head profusely. Theres no need! Youre already done. It was perfect! We dont have to film again! Filming is complete. You can go back to your hotel to rest. Ill arrange for someone to send you to the airport in the afternoon. It has been a pleasure working with you! Zhang Zuting was stunned. They were done filming? He looked at his watch. He rushed here at 9 AM and spent half an hour doing make-up. Then, he spent another ten minutes putting the costume and props on. Finally, he spent ten minutes memorizing his script before they filmed twice. Now, it was not even 10 AM, and yet they were done? Zhang Zutings expression was twisted. Wait, Boss Pei! I did not do very well earlier on. It might negatively affect the advertisement. We should not stop until its perfect Whats more, I did not speak Mandarin accurately. You must remember to dub my voice Pei Qian smiled. Dont worry. Well act according to your wishes and consider cutting out some footage or looking for a professional to dub over your voice. The hidden meaning in these words was: If there is no need, we will not cut footage or dub over your voice. Zhang Zuting did not catch this underlying meaning. After hearing that Boss Pei would hire someone to dub over his voice, he felt relieved. He was still conflicted about his own performance. However, since Boss Peithe payer-was already satisfied and the staff was already preparing to leave, it did not seem to make sense for Zhang Zuting to insist on re-filming the advertisement. Whats more, even if they filmed again, Zhang Zuting was not confident in reading the few lines well Thus, Zhang Zuting left worriedly. He was not sad that he had not performed well. Instead, he felt sorry that he could not repay Boss Pei fully for the huge crab that he had been treated to the night before. Thanks for working hard today. Go back to your hotel and have a good rest. Youre welcome to visit Jingzhou any time! Pei Qian walked Zhang Zuting out happily. He was in a great mood. The advertisement was complete. This meant that Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version was well on its way to incurring losses! The advertisement would turn players who were naturally averse to traditional web-based games away. The lack of purchase options in the game would turn ballers who loved traditional web-based games away. It was a two-prong approach, and it would surely prove to be effective! [1] This is a famous Hong Kong movie actor. Chapter 230 - New Way of Distributing Bonuses After sending Zhang Zuting off, everyone in Shang Yang Games got busy editing the footage they got into an appropriate advertisement. Style and length requirements for advertisements on webpages, video sites, and other places were different. For example, some websites only dedicated horizontal spaces to advertisements, some had pop-up windows, and some only allowed videos to be a couple of seconds long. Thus, the same footage had to be molded into different styles. If they had to cut a video from tens of seconds to a few seconds, they would naturally have to select the most important bits of the footage. It was during this time that everyone realized how forward-thinking Boss Pei was. The video that they recorded could easily be molded into a perfect website advertisement after making just a few edits! Zhang Zutings lines were white short. Whats more, there was not much content to it. Roughly cutting the video and re-assembling it did not affect the videos original meaning. This gave the editors a lot of space to play around with the video. If players got tired of viewing the same advertisement in the future, all they would have to do is cut the video again in order to create a brand-new advertisement. Boss Pei, Zhang Zutings Mandarin isnt good. He sounds quite awkward. Should we find a professional voice actor to dub over his voice? This wouldnt be too expensive anyway, suggested Ye Zhizhou. Pei Qian shook his head at once. No, lets leave it like that! You have to trust the movie kings acting skills and delivering of the lines. Whats more, the rawness of this advertisement could serve to close the gap between him and the audience. If we look for someone to dub his voice over, the advertisement would lose its soul. Do you understand? Er Ye Zhizhou vaguely felt like there was something wrong with what Boss Pei was saying. However, on further thought, they had already filmed the awkward video. Why should he bother with editing it? Director Lin had guessed that Boss Pei had purposely looked for an outdated Hong Kong celebrity to film this awkward video to attract as many traditional web-based gamers to play this game. Since that was the case, the advertisement had nothing to do with class. It seemed to make sense to produce a more awkward-looking advertisement. At that thought, Ye Zhizhou said nothing more. Instead, he obediently prepared the marketing materials. He was ready to paste this advertisement everywhere once research and development of the game was complete. Until now, they had been working on Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version for one and a half months. one Although they had created the game from scratch, they had more or less copied the gameplay of Bloody Battle Song. They also had a very clear idea of the art resources to useall they had to do was update them. The bulk of the work had to do with the art resources. Since they had outsourced this work to many other companies, the art resources were being produced very quickly. Based on their predictions, the game would be complete at the beginning of September. This was slightly earlier than their initial plan. Since they would complete research and development for the game early, they could afford to spend more time trying it out. They could focus on the games statistics and make improvements. This would help them win more time over competing games All in all, there were many advantages to this. Now, they were almost done with preparing the publicity. Ye Zhizhou planned to focus all his energy on research and development so the game could be released to players as soon as possible. At the same time, Pei Qian was busy as well. He had to juggle Tengda Games research and development and cautiously take care of Fei Huang Workspace. Repent and Be Saveds research and development was progressing smoothly. Until now, they were almost 60% done with the game. According to the rate of their progress, the game would probably be ready for publishing in the middle of October. This included running tests, making adjustments, and tying up loose ends. Pei Qian instructed Li Yada to produce a demo as soon as he could because he wanted to try it out first. On one hand, he wanted to check if the game was as difficult as he had expected. On the other hand, he wanted to search for a chance to sneak Boss Peis special weapon into the game, in a place where people would be least likely to find it. The System required Pei Qian to be able to win the game with his own skills. Honestly, Pei Qian was not considered a complete noob[1]. Of course, that did not mean he was particularly formidable either. He was just an ordinary gamer. When put in a group of equally bad gamers, he could sometimes carry others. The System was only making a requirement like that to prevent Pei Qian from taking advantage of the loophole. For example, Pei Qian had made the monsters in the first stage multiple times stronger than the players were at the beginning of the game. In terms of attack power, attack frequency, and movement speed; the monsters would overpower the players. No matter how good a player was, they would die within seconds. Only extremely rare gaming gods would barely be able to pass the first stage. This would be akin to maliciously turning players away. It would be unreasonable. The System had imposed this requirement so average and slightly-above-average players with a good enough understanding of the game (Pei Qian had a very good grasp of the games system) should be able to win the game after several tries. This way, although the game would still be difficult, most players would still press on in the hopes of winning. However, given how smart Pei Qian was, he thought of a way around this problem. He had three main considerations: First, the System required Pei Qian to win the game, but it did not stipulate how long Pei Qian could take! Even if it took Pei Qian a hundred tries to win and even if he had to play from the day he received the demo to the day the game was published, it would still be considered a win. Second, the System did not stipulate how Pei Qian had to win. He could hide an extremely formidable weapon somewhere in the game, in a place where nobody would suspect. If he could easily eliminate monsters with that weapon, he would still be considered a winner. Lastly, the System did not stipulate which ending Pei Qian had to get. He could create multiple endings for the game, one of which only required the player to unlock 30% of the games plot. Even if he took the shortest route to get to an ending of the game, it would still be considered a win, right? Thus, Pei Qian was well-prepared. He would wait for Repent and Be Saveds demo to be released. Then, he would find a place to hide his special weapon. After that, he would begin his training. The demo might be produced in two or three days. Then, Boss Pei would have to get busy. It all sounded torturous, but as the saying went, no pain, no gain. If he wanted to incur losses, how could he not work hard? He had invested nearly twenty million yuan into Repent and Be Saved; he could not let it go to waste! Apart from this, Pei Qian considered modifying some company procedures slightly. At the moment, Tengda Games gave out project rewards and bonuses. Fifteen percent of each games profit would be distributed to the employees as bonus. Fei Huang Workspace was similar. Thirty percent of the profits would be distributed to the members of the workspace as a form of reward. Pei Qians initial intention in coming up with this system was to spend as much of the money he earned as possible. This would allow him some relief from thinking about spending the System Funds. However, after a period of pondering, Pei Qian found a huge problem with such a system! If they could get such a large project bonus, the employees would be motivated to earn more! Take Fei Huang Workspace for instance. They did not make much money from their last film. That was why Huang Sibo and Zhu Xiaoce received only their base pay, without a single cent of bonus. Although Pei Qian gave them a high basic pay to begin with and the video had received good feedback, their income did indeed take a hit. That was why they decided to work on reviewing digital products and producing short videos this time. This would increase their chances of getting sponsored partnerships. Pei Qian could not help but wonder if this was related to their pay. Of course, part of it was that they did not want to let Boss Pei down. They wanted to help Fei Huang make profits so Boss Pei did not always have to fill in the gaps for them. However, they must have been partly motivated by earning a bit more bonus for themselves. That was why Pei Qian increasingly felt like something was amiss. This way of distributing bonuses seemed to be akin to drinking poison to quench thirst! Although it helped Pei Qian spend more money in the short term, it also greatly motivated employees to earn more money for the company. This brought more money-the root of all evilto Pei Qians System Funds! Thus, Pei Qian had to change the system! Of course, it was impossible to get rid of the bonuses; that would be inhumane. Whats more, if he kept the bonuses, that would be causing more trouble for himself. He would be more stressed when trying to get rid of the funds. Instead, Pei Qian needed the perfect solution to deal with all the problems. He had to distribute the money and dispel the employees passion for making profits for the company. After some thought, Pei Qian finally thought of a good idea. Provided that he could keep the employees bonuses constantwith the slight hope of them increasing, he would distribute bonuses based on reputation instead of profits! In other wordswhile he distributed rewards based on the amount of profit each project earned before, he would now distribute rewards based on the projects reputation. The better the reputation of a project, the greater the bonus employees would obtain. Even for a project like Coming Out of the Cocoon as a Butterfly which incurred losses, employees could still obtain the full extent of rewards if the projects reputation was good. Pei Qian could come up with a grading system for projects reputation: S-grade, A-grade, B-grade, and C-grade. According to the investment made into each project, Pei Qian would grade the projects reputation. Each grade would earn those who worked on the project a different bonus. The bonus percentage would vary for different types of projects. For example, games normally earned profits over long periods. Thus, the period over which the bonus was to be distributed would be slightly longer as well. On the other hand, videos would be at their most popular in the first three months after uploading them. That meant the bonuses could be distributed at one go. This way, employees could focus on the reputation of their projects instead of profits. Pei Qian would encourage everyone to engage in projects that did not make a profit but could become very popular. That way, Pei Qian would not earn profits, and the employees would receive huge bonuses. Wasnt that perfect? Of course, there would still be projects that could generate profit and be reputable. However, these were the minority. Under most circumstances, reputation conflicted with profit. It would be difficult for employees to achieve both. Thus, Pei Qian decided to think more about the practicalities of this plan. He would come up with a set of rules and try to push this plan out before the game was published. Once he set the rules and gained the validation of all his employees, the effect would be deep and far-reaching. One could say that he would be reaping the benefits of this plan for a long time. The thought of his employees becoming obsessed with the reputation of their projects and forgetting about generating profit made Pei Qian feel as if the entire company had just become extremely noble! (1) This is a slang for newbie or someone terrible at what they do. Chapter 231 - The Legendary Fake Reviewers Besides that, there was also Fei Huang Workspaces new project. After the reputation-based reward stipulation was set-regardless if it was the games department of the short videos department in Fei Huang Workspace, there would definitely be adjustments to these departments direction. However, in the near future, Fei Huang Workspace would still have many sponsored partnerships. Hence, Pei Qian felt that he could consider helping Fei Huang Workspace, to let them know the negative aspects of sponsored partnerships and let them see the crowd response. That way, he could justify the shift in business model from a for-profit to a reputation-based one. As the saying wentif one did not experience storms, they wouldnt be able to see a rainbow. It wasnt that easy to successfully make flowers bloom in a greenhouse. Cough, cough. Alright, Pei Qian actually just wanted them to do less sponsored partnerships. After all, only two months were left before the next settlement. To get the systems special prize, Pei Qian couldnt allow for anything to go wrong! As for how he was going to act on this. Pei Qian logged onto Aili Island quietly as he sent a private message to a UP Master called Shaohu Reviews. After the last incident, Pei Qian more or less guessed that the people behind Shaohu Reviews were formidable. Whether it was sponsored partnerships or shooting some product down, Shaohu Reviews had a knack for it. Pei Qian didnt believe that such a UP Master didnt know any fake reviewers. He had taken particular note of this UP Master previously precisely for an occasion like this. Pei Qian had sent the message using Hardcore Reviews Aili Island account. He had also created an alternate chatbot account. He had to make sure that no one knew he was orchestrating this thing behind the scenes. In a short while, Shaohu Reviews replied to the private message as the two got in contact. On the other hand, Hu Xiao had not expected that Hardcore Reviews UP Master would actually look for him. Although Hu Xiao had been conned real bad by Hardcore Reviews the previous time, he knew that that had probably been a coincidence; Hardcore Reviews releasing the third video was not targeted at him. Hence, Hu Xiao did not nurse a grudge and wanted to make a new friend. He added Pei Qians alternate account. As the saying went, two of a trade could never agree. Hu Xiao and the other professional product reviewers werent on the best terms. They would separately get sponsored partnerships to promote products and occasionally might even go up against each other. However, from Hu Xiaos perspective, Hardcore Reviews was after all a new UP Master. Although its fans had been increasing rather swiftly recently, it was still a small fry all in all. Furthermore, Hardcore Reviews modus operandi didnt pose a threat to Shaohu Reviews at all; it could in fact be complementary. From Hardcore Reviews videos, its UP Master didnt seem to be into sponsored partnerships. In fact, the UP Master didnt seem to be lacking money. Every review it did, it would smash a cell phone worth four to five thousand; would ordinary review platforms do this? In any case, Hardcore Reviews could not be belittled or ignored. Besides this, Hu Xiao also couldnt rule out that Hardcore Reviews had contacted him to buy fake reviews. He had on hand the contact details of a huge group of fake reviewers while he often helped other UP Masters on Aili Island to contact these reviewers. This wasnt a big secret in the industry and perhaps Hardcore Reviews UP Master had been introduced to Hu Xiao by someone else? Soon, the friend request was accepted. Pei Qian thought for a moment and asked, I want to go up against a competitor; could you help? Hu Xiao didnt say much as he sent over a price list. Pei Qian speedily glanced through it. Wow, what a dazzling array of categories! Beginner-class fans: 10 yuan for 1000, 40 yuan for 5000, 70 yuan for 10000, fans that would remain and wouldnt be lost. Advanced-class fans: 12 yuan for 1000 a limited number has head portraits and basic information. Top-class actual fans: 10 yuan for 400 permanent and active real fans. Premium-grade active fans: 10 yuan for 300 each would bring tens of fans, no screening. Resharing, commenting, liking: Rapid sharing 2 yuan for 100 reshares. Premium reshares at 13 yuan for 100 100 yuan for 1000. Mass reviewing, premium reviewing, mass liking, premium liking, etc. All in all, there were different categories and all could be scaled up according to needs. Besides these, there were package deals. For example, buying fans as a package would ensure that there would be a mix of different types of fans. This way, the increase in fans would appear more realistic. These were prices for Weibo; there was a separate one for Aili Island as well. This included clicks, bullet screen comments, reviews, increasing fan numbers, etc. All were labeled clearly. However, Aili Islands prices were evidently higher than Weibos. Perhaps Aili Islands account screening process was more stringent or this relatively new sites fake reviews market hadnt matured yet. Looking at the prices listed, Pei Qian then realized that buying fake reviews seemed to be much cheaper than he had thought. From the looks of it, he could spend a few hundred or a thousand to curate a package deal that would generate hundreds of reviews. He could also add an option for people to like these specific reviews. Of course, Pei Qian wasnt intending to purchase fake reviews for anything sinister like defaming other products or humiliating and launching ad hominem attacks to create chaos and mislead consumers. He didnt plan to do any of these things. I want to buy some reviews and likes in a package. Pei Qian did not act all haughty and flaunt his wealth like before. The system didnt allow it. Without a justifiable reason, Pei Qian could not use his companys money to pay Hu Xiao; he had to use his own. Fortunately, Pei Qian wasnt that poor now. Spending a thousand to buy some reviews and likes wasnt beyond his means. If this thousand spent could result in Fei Huang Workspace working on less sponsored partnerships and reduce revenue inflows by a million or two, that would be very worth it! Naturally, Pei Qian also knew that the odds of this plan succeeding werent very high. However, using a thousand to test this out wouldnt hurt. Hu Xiao took another look; it was indeed business! No worries. Our fake reviewers are trained and are of a certain caliber; we will definitely achieve this task! Are you intending to boost reviews of your own account? Pei Qian, No, I would like to boost reviews of another account. Please search for Fei Huang Workspaces account. They will be releasing a product review video soon. At that time, please write a few lines of reviews on that video. The contents would be this: I have used this before; this product is very handy, and I strongly recommend it. Hu Xiao sent over a subway train, old man, and cell phone emoji. He then sent an asking a question emoji. What did this mean? It was his first time seeing someone buy fake reviews like this! If the reviews content were all the same, wouldnt this insinuate that this account had hired fake reviewers? Only an idiot wouldnt be able to tell. However, Hu Xiao was clever and immediately understood. Oh! Reverse buying of fake reviewers to hit at ones competitor! It seems like this Hardcore Reviews is not a small fry; there is a master at work! As the internet environment changed, the standard of fake review services was also being raised. Before, netizens could be easily fooled; now, it wasnt the case. Everyone knew about fake reviews, and so the usage of fake reviewers required a blend between the fake and the real; they had to be believable. Of course, this was in the case of boosting reviews for ones own products. Besides that, fake reviewers could also be used via a more sophisticated method: reverse fake reviews! To boost reviews of a competitor and have the reviews being of poor quality and standard. This way, netizens would think that the competitor itself had used sub-par fake reviewers to boost its own product. Not bad! Furthermore, Hu Xiao looked at the intended content and grasped a new piece of information. Fei Huang Workspace was also going to do product reviews? He knew of Fei Huang Workspace. After all, when Boss Peis Daily Life had first been shown on Aili Island, it had been on the home page for a long while. However, after a time, Fei Huang Workspace had not continued with Boss Peis Daily Life but had done a documentary. Recently, it had not produced anything new. Was it preparing to make a comeback? Furthermore, was it planning to do product review programs? Hu Xiao was a little worried. Fei Huang Workspace was evidently a formidable rival that didnt seem to lack funds. If they started to do product reviews as well, they would most likely be stealing Shaohu Reviews rice bowl. Although he didnt know where Hardcore Reviews UP Master had gotten this news, from the looks of it, this information was credible. That someone else was willing to hire fake reviewers to hit at his own competitor, Hu Xiao was more than willing to accept such an offer! Hu Xiao even wanted to put his own money in to hire more fake reviewers. However, after thinking about it further, he felt that there wasnt such a need. After all, Fei Huang Workspaces product review show had not even surfaced; it was not yet a threat to his own business. There was no hurry. When he was assigning tasks to the fake reviewers, he could use his own personal rapport with them to ask them to write a few more reviews; that would put some extra pressure on his rival already. No problem! Hu Xiao accepted this request readily. Chapter 232 - A Day in a Great Inventor’s Life Before long, Hu Xiao had made all the necessary arrangements. Once Fei Huang Workspace uploaded a new video, fake reviewers would immediately go and flood the comments section with reviews and likes. If it was a new UP Master, such acts would be more obvious; after all, a new UP Master wouldnt have that many fans yet. Fei Huang Workspace already had a huge following, and fake reviewers comments might not be that evident. However, that didnt matter. As long as immediately after the new video was launched, the fake reviewers as a horde posted tens of reviews stating I have used this before; this product is very handy and I strongly recommend it!, others would definitely be able to tell what was up. As Hu Xiao wanted to keep an eye on this matter, he followed Fei Huang Workspaces page. Every once in a while, he would refresh the page to see if there were any updates. Finally, on the second day, Fei Huang Workspace really released a video! Not bad! This Hardcore Reviews information is rather reliable. They actually know Fei Huang Workspaces movements so clearly; this information-gathering is rather formidable. Hu Xiao increasingly felt that the UP Master behind Hardcore Reviews was someone not to be belittled. He took a closer look and realized the name of the video was A Day in a Great Inventors Life. The caption of the video also had a keyword review in it. It is indeed a product review video! After making sure that it was a product review video, Hu Xiao immediately posted a message in one of his group chats to direct his fake reviewers to take action! The content of all the reviews was uniform. Everyone was copying and pasting I have used this before; this product is very handy and I strongly recommend!. Such messages were posted continuously. As Fei Huang Workspace had many fans already, some other comments by normal fans were also in the mix. For example: Is this a miracle? Is this a comeback? When is the next season of Boss Peis Daily Life going to be released?! So fast! These types of comments were made as well. However, fake reviewers comments still formed the majority. Furthermore, these fake reviewers would also repeatedly like other fake reviewers comments. As such, the top comments all became those by fake reviewers! Hu Xiao saw the effect of his fake reviews army and couldnt help but feel proud. So what if they had many fans? These fans were still swallowed up by my fake reviews army! This barrage of comments actually had a significant effect. Such product review videos actually couldnt earn much money just by relying on Aili Islands incentive plans. They primarily relied on their sugar daddies: the so-called sponsored partnerships. However, if a video had many fake reviewers commenting on it and they all appeared at once, that would have an impact on sponsored partnerships. From the ordinary fans point of view if the product reviews they paid attention to used fake reviewers, that would definitely affect the objectivity of the reviews. Some fans might actually abandon this platform. For sugar daddies and sponsors, they were mindful of these fake reviewers hired by the product review platforms, which would lead to a falsification of these platforms human traffic statistics. If they entered into sponsored partnerships with these platforms, would there be a backfire effect and ruin their own products reputation? All these doubts would create a negative impact. Of course, just a few fake reviewers would not strike a decisive blow on Fei Huang Workspace. However, this would become a rather vexing and messy issue for them. Hu Xiao patiently waited for a while and then decided to go and see everyones responses on the video. According to Hu Xiaos estimates, only two possible scenarios could happen. The first would be that the fake reviewers comments were so prominent that all viewers would jump on the bandwagon and pollute the comments section. This was what Hu Xiao wanted to see. The second would be Fei Huang Workspace immediately discovering the fake reviewers and starting to mass delete their posts. However, regardless of how much they deleted, people would definitely still notice these fake reviews. Furthermore, the fake reviewers were posting very swiftly, and perhaps then accusations could be made against Fei Huang for deliberately deleting posts and comments. Two hours later Its about time! Lets see what the results are! Hu Xiao took a look at A Day in a Great Inventors Lifes comments section. After looking through, he was utterly befuddled. What was going on? Why isnt there scolding and cursing? Even more people are posting I used this before; this product is very handy and I strongly recommend!? Hu Xiao was flummoxed. Were the fake reviewers still posting? That didnt make sense. Fake reviewers were paid to do so and would only post as per instructed and paid; why would they be so passionate about this? What was going on? As Hu Xiao was still confused and couldnt make sense of this, he clicked on the product review to watch and find out the reason behind this. On the screen was a sluggish-looking youngster My name is Sun Aidi; my English name is Aidi Sun. I am a great inventor. This is my latest invention: a hand-held portable washing machine. This washing machine appeared in the youngsters hands and on the screen. This was a bottle-shaped object that had a mini brush head, motor, batteries, and a water container. It has a high-efficient motor inside that can activate the brush head to move rapidly while spewing out appropriate amounts of water to target the dirty spots. At this time, you only have to prepare a little liquid detergent and dab it on the dirty spots. Using the washing machine to wash these spots continuously, you would have clean clothes anywhere, anytime; you dont have to worry about dirtying them anymore! I intend to apply for a patent for this new invention immediately. This product would soon enter production and would probably have good reviews with its sales exploding, the company getting listed on the stock exchange and becoming a commercial empire, attaining the pinnacle of life! The scene changed and became that of a cafeteria. Aidi Sun faced a beautiful girl, and the two were having a meal. I am having a meal with a beautiful lady today. I can use this opportunity to show her my invention. This way, she would definitely adore and worship me; she would listen to everything I say! Aidi Sun deliberately shook his hand vigorously while holding his cup, resulting in a few drops of alcohol spilling onto the beautiful ladys skirt. Aiya! The beautiful lady hurriedly took a napkin and wanted to wipe the stain off. Beauty, leave this to me! Aidi Sun immediately took out his portable washing machine and activated it. The portable washing machines brush head started to churn and spew water out. The screen froze as it captured everyones expression in the cafeteria. The beautiful lady was stunned for a moment as she then took up her cellphone and called a number. Hello? Is this 110? The scene changed again to a roadside barbecue store. Aidi Sun was holding onto a stick of meat as he cried out to his brothers. His brothers were trying their best to comfort him. Dont worry, Aidi, that beautiful lady misunderstood you; she will definitely forgive you! As they ate, a fat chunk of meat landed on one of his brothers sleeves. Aidi Suns eyes opened wide as he said, Dont move! Leave it to me! He once again took out the portable washing machine from his bag and sprayed at the sleeve stained with grease. One of his brothers shouted, Aidi! This is your new invention? The portable washing machine? Hurry up and help me! Quick, quick help me clean this! Aidi Sun immediately grew energetic as he took the portable washing machine and struck a pose. A moment later, Aidi Sun thought about something, You did any of you bring liquid detergent? His brothers, ? Aidi Sun, For such a stain like this, we need liquid detergent; do you guys have it? Or perhaps, soap? His brothers, ? A few scenes later Aidi Sun sat on his sofa at home. My name is Sun Aidi; my English name is Aidi Sun. I am a great inventor. I have created an invention that could change the world. However, no one seems to understand. If you are interested in my invention, please contact me. We can speedily enter production, have hoards of great reviews come in with sales exploding, get listed, and create a commercial empire; entering the pinnacle of life! Hu Xiao then looked at the bullet screen comments and comments section. This is Fei Huang Workspaces new program? This is rather refreshing! Hahaha, this is something new! Who gave this videos caption the review word? This is hilarious! This washing machine is really very useful; where can I buy this? I have followed you guys. As long as you guys do not invent useful things, I will continue to follow you guys! I used this before; this product is very handy and I strongly recommend it! I used this before; this product is very handy and I strongly recommend it! +1 Regardless of whether it was the bullet screen comments or the comments section, this same message kept on appearing; many people were following suit as well. Hu Xiao shook his head, utterly stunned. What was going on? Where were my fake reviewers? Where was my fake review army that I hired? Why have their comments completely integrated with the ordinary fans comments; their comments had no effect whatsoever? Thinking about this repeatedly, Hu Xiao was still lost and confused as he sent a message to Hardcore Reviews: Brother, who who on earth are you? Chapter 233 - Wrong Deduction, Right Conclusion Seeing Hu Xiaos message, Pei Qian also grew quiet and slightly despondent. What a question that struck at his soul. He had not expected Fei Huang Workspace to create such a program. Pei Qian had previously thought that Fei Huang Workspace would at most do a product review video similar to that of test TV, one that focused on reviewing a product while embedding a few simple scenes in the video. This would fulfill the criteria of a blend between a product review and short videos. Pei Qian had guessed wrong! Fei Huang Workspace had used short clips as the main content of the video while severely diluting the product review aspect; it was so weak that some people might not even think that the video was reviewing something at all. This way, regardless of whether the product was good or not, viewers would not be put off by it. Even the fake reviewers I used this before; this product is very handy, and I strongly recommend it had been mistakenly interpreted! From now on, regardless of how Fei Huang Workspace used this kind of program to do sponsored partnerships, as long as the programs quality wasnt that bad; none of its viewers would be repulsed by it. Fei Huang Workspace could then boldly enter into sponsored partnerships! Of course, there was a drawback. The range of products that could be entered into sponsored partnerships would be limited. Take the portable washing machine for example. It evidently was an outlier product. If it was a proper cell phone, camera, computer, or other digital products; they would not be able to achieve the intended effect from these videos. In other words, A Day in a Great Inventors Life could only focus on such outlying products; anything normal could not be used! This limitation generated much difficulty for sponsored partnerships. Regardless, Huang Sibo seemed to have taken Pei Qians words to heart. He had prioritized the quality of production and the reputation of the company. Pei Qian felt that he was growing a little dizzy. Although spending a thousand of his own money wasnt considered a lot; the completely opposite effect generated by this spending was completely unexpected. Not only did the uniform fake reviews not cause any distaste among fans, but it actually became something that they rallied to and focused much attention on Fei Huang Workspace as well. In fact, no one might even realize that fake reviewers had played a part in the comments section. This one thousand was spent so stealthily and left so quietly without causing much of an effect. Boss Peis money had essentially just evaporated. Pei Qian looked at Hu Xiaos soul-striking question and was momentarily speechless. You still dare to ask me this question? I want to ask you back! Your fake reviewers are so useless! I want a refund! However, thinking about this again, Pei Qian had been the one who had asked the fake reviewers to use that one line of text. Oh, thats fine then. On the other hand, Hu Xiao saw that Hardcore Reviews didnt reply after a long while as he grew even more doubtful. Previously, he had thought that Hardcore Reviews just wanted to purchase fake reviews to strike at its competitor. From the looks of it now, that didnt seem to be the case, right? Fei Huang Workspace and this Hardcore Reviews seemed to be working too well in unison, right? Why didnt Hardcore Reviews say specifically that it wanted to buy fake reviews to sully a product, but they had directly requested for such a simple line of text to flood the comments section? Furthermore, why had Fei Huang Workspace released its video so quickly after Hardcore Reviews had made its request for fake reviews? Fei Huang Workspace had been quiet for more than a full month prior to this! The release of the video combined with this line of text hadnt this created the most perfect publicity effect? Was all this a coincidence? Although this wasnt impossible, the probability was too low! To complement each other so coincidentally and accurately fanning the videos popularity hile creating a bandwagon to jump on if this was a coincidence and a fluke, Hu Xiao did not believe that. In that case, the greatest possibility was This was all premeditated! Fei Huang Workspace and this Hardcore Reviews knew each other; they were probably from the same company and had intentionally spent this 1000 yuan to buy fake reviewers to increase the popularity of its video! Thinking about this now, how long had Fei Huang Workspace not released a video? Its popularity had long decreased. This new program had only needed a 1000 yuan worth of fake reviewers to generate such a successful wave of attention and popularity. The planning behind this publicity effort was ingenious! Connecting this to how an unknown account like Hardcore Reviews had merely smashed cell phones and gained much attention The more Hu Xiao thought about this, the more he felt that the UP Master behind Hardcore Reviews was a master. While this person might have maintained a low profile, the end result was evident: this person could light a spark! In that case, was all this part of a grand plan? The more Hu Xiao thought about this, the more he felt that something was amiss. He looked at the message he had sent. Brother, who who on earth are you? This message seemed to lack in thought and consideration; it sounded a little offensive and disrespectful! Pei Qian still hadnt thought about a suitable reply. Although he really wanted to ask for a refund, he couldnt actually place the blame this time on the other partys fake reviewers. Pei Qian thought for a while and typed, This is a misunderstanding. I had not expected While he was typing halfway, Pei Qian realized that Hu Xiao had retracted his message! Hu Xiao then sent another one: Brother, your sales tactic is really superb! I am impressed, very impressed. Pei Qian, ? Boss Pei felt faint again. What was going on? What was the other party saying? Pei Qian just wanted to reply when ding, a money transfer notification was received. A thousand yuan. Hu Xiao, Brother, we are all in the same industry. I wont take your money this time; take it as if I want to be friends with you. In the futureif there is anything I can help with, please let me know. We are brothers; everything can be discussed! Pei Qian, ? Although he was still very confused. Seeing his 1000 yuan was returned to him, Pei Qian felt happy again. However, the person behind Shaohu Reviews was indeed someone interesting! If he needed to buy fake reviewers again, Pei Qian could continue looking for Shaohu Reviews. Pei Qian thought for a moment and replied: This collaboration had been very satisfactory. I await our next one. Hu Xiao hurriedly replied: Sure thing! Hu Xiao was very happy internally. Hardcore Reviews UP Master had not said and explained anything. He had just said that the collaboration had been very satisfactory. This verified his own thinking! Everything had been planned by Hardcore Reviews! That also meant that Fei Huang Workspace and Hardcore Reviews were in close contact; they might actually be in one boat. This was a very crucial piece of information. Hu Xiao couldnt help but start to connect the dots. After all, not many people were in the digital products review industry. Although the industry was still growing, it wasnt growing as fast as expected. Every new unknown entrant to this industry had to be carefully scrutinized. What if they had entered to snatch ones rice bowl? Fortunately, from the looks of it, whether it was Fei Huang Workspace or Hardcore Reviews; they didnt seem to be targeting the same market as Shaohu Reviews. Hu Xiao couldnt sleep. He felt as if this industry that he had been comfortably thriving in was about to face some uncertain turbulence. Pei Qian did not know how much pressure Hu Xiao was under now; he also didnt know that Hu Xiao had actually come to the right conclusion based on Pei Qians wrong deductions. Boss Pei was thinking about something else. To make things a little more difficult for Fei Huang Workspace didnt seem feasible anymore. According to Fei Huang Workspaces current model, it was unassailable. Of course, this made it hard to enter into sponsored partnerships as well. Hence, Pei Qian decided to not bother about this for now. Besides continuing with his Hardcore Reviews program, Pei Qian also had to pay attention to Repent and be Saved. These two days, Repent and be Saveds demo would be released. Pei Qian intended to play the game and get a sense of its difficulty before arranging the entrance of his weapon into it. Only if he suffered from now on could he guarantee that when Repent and be Saved started selling, it could compel many players to quit playing it. Sigh, this is so tough for me. Pei Qian couldnt help but think. It was really hard being a boss! Chapter 234 - Time for Boss Pei to Perform? August 18th, Wednesday Repent and be Saveds demo was ready. The so-called demo was the demonstration, display, and sampling of the game and could be called the beta version of it. For a game like Repent and be Saved, as long as the character modeling, actions, and fighting systems, etc. were or more or less complete; just adding a few scenes to it would result in the creation of a beta version. Normally, tweaking the beta version and continuing the art resource development would happen in tandem. While the new scenes, monsters, and settings were being created and beautified; characters movements, battling, and other details could be enhanced as well. This way, the development of the game could be sped up. Boss Peis office Li Yada was tweaking the game on Pei Qians computer. Once he confirmed that the system design specifications were accurate and the modifications were complete, he was going to let Boss Pei have a go at the game. Pei Qian was standing at a side, watching Li Yada modify the games specifications. Action-based games production threshold was extremely high. Why were some domestically-produced games battling actions pathetic and unbearable to players while some foreign AAA major blockbusters could make people feel immersed and pleased to play? This all depended on one thing: details. For example, if a character was holding a dagger, a straight sword, a huge hammer, or other types of weapons; the movements and actions would definitely be different. Much attention needed to be placed on every single frame of movement. Of course, seizing onto the specific actions would help; however, this also required some modifications. Once a single frame was slightly off, crooked, too fast or slow; players would not get a sense of satisfaction from the game. Besides this, using different weapons to attack an enemy would result in a different response from the enemy. The damage caused to the surroundings also had to be taken into account. For example, a huge difference would be present between using a dagger or a huge hammer to attack an enemy. The impact of the attack and the opponents minute response would be very different. If a huge hammer smashed onto a monster and it did not flinch, players would feel that the impact was very unrealistic and poor. Hence, adjusting the appropriate impact was an artistic flair and a physical exercise. However, all these problems could be solved using money. Repent and be Saved had used the best action template and schematics; the best 3D arts on the website for resources had also been used and slightly modified. Hence, the actions within the game were very smooth and were distinctly better and different from ordinary domestically-produced games. To put it plainly, it all came down to money. Naturally, as adjusting movements and motions was an artistic matter, Li Yada had not intervened. However, when it came to modifying the system design and specifications, that was Li Yadas time to shine. For example: when players used different weapons to hack at a monster, how much blood should it lose? How many hacks would kill the monster? Different types of attacks would result in different impacts on monsters; how much blood should each one cost? How much exactly? These were all issues pertaining to the system design. Although similar AAA productions that had immersive gameplays would also use all sorts of UI to represent ones health bar, these similarly also needed specific system designs behind them. These pieces of information had all been hidden during gameplay by system design. Li Yada took one final look at all the system designs and specifications as she was prepared to stand up and let Boss Pei have a go at the game. Pei Qian stopped her. Wait a moment; tweak the settings more and elevate the stats of the monsters. Li Yada was stunned. Some more? It is already very high. Pei Qian nodded, Higher. I want to double its attacking power. No, wait. Triple it. Li Yada, ? Previously, Boss Pei had already said that Repent and be Saved had to be an extremely difficult game. Everyone in the project team had to try their very best to think of ways to make players lose. Forcing players to quit playing had been the number-one mission of the project team. Lu Mingliang had really been obedient and had followed Boss Peis requirements strictly. Bao Xu had also given his constructive feedback. In the end, Boss Pei was still not satisfied? Pei Qian also didnt explain much. He was very clear that even if Lu Mingliang had done according to his wishes, their imagination was still lacking. Increasing the attacking strength of the monsters in the game would definitely be the right move to make. Li Yada adjusted her glasses as she did according to Pei Qians instructions and tripled the attack strength of the monsters in the game. This way, the originally low margin for error was decreased even more. After making the alterations, Li Yada stood up and handed the controller to Pei Qian as she stood aside. She wanted to see how Boss Pei was going to play this game! Boss Pei was so confident when he asked me to triple the attack strength of the monsters in the game. Could it be he felt that the difficulty level of the game wasnt challenging enough for him? Perhaps, Boss Pei was a game god like Bao Xu; he could only find joy in playing games with higher levels of difficulty? Li Yada pushed her spectacles as she focused all her attention and watched. Pei Qian took the game controller, sat in his chair, and started playing. The initial setting was in a small village. This had been a peaceful small village, but many people had lost their souls and spirits and became wandering souls. These peoples clothes were tattered, and their faces were very sullen. They held some strange weapons in their hands. Some held choppers, hoes, sickles, hayforks, and other farming equipment. Others were bare-handed while some held onto rocks. The monsters were scattered all around the village and were acting rather strangely. Some with axes were hacking at woodpiles; however, there wasnt any wood on them. They kept on raising and lowering their axes repeatedly. Others were squatting at the corner of walls, facing the falls and continuously muttering incoherently. Even more were walking towards the walls of buildings. They had lost all rationality but would still subconsciously walk towards the Road to the Underworld. However, they could not make out that they were facing a wall. A few were floating about aimlessly in the village and would cry out and scream like madmen when they saw people who were still in possession of their mental faculties. The protagonist was similar to them. He was also wearing torn and tattered clothing while he was holding a clumsy weapon in his hands. In the yard of the house that the player had been born in, some basic weapons such as choppers, axes, sticks, and hayforks, etc. were present. During the gameplay, players would obtain other weapons as well. All of them could be used as and when he liked-as long as his stats were high enough. Pei Qian chose a relatively handier weapon for a beginner C a chopper as he rushed towards the first monster he saw. This small monster was holding a hayfork and immediately sensed Pei Qian nearing it. Its long hayfork pierced forth even before Pei Qians chopper had hacked at it! With a tsk sound, Pei Qian saw that his health bar had diminished by more than half. Pei Qian hurriedly pressed a button to dodge as the hayfork-holding monster once again attacked when Pei Qian dodged. One more attack pierced Pei Qian, and his health bar was emptied. Hahahaha The monster emitted eerier laughter as it turned and left. All that was left was a black screen. Pei Qian, Li Yada, It was a little awkward. Chapter 235 - Boss Pei’s Special Weapon Li Yada had thought that Boss Pei would use his deft skills to overcome the monsters; she did not expect this scene to happen. She only saw Boss Pei confidently asking her to increase the monsters attacking power, Boss Pei confidently wielding his weapon, Boss Pei confidently charging forward, and Boss Pei falling in battle Everything had seemed arranged beforehand. The monsters hayfork had precisely struck when Pei Qian had wanted to dodge and pierced accurately at his body. Having been so confident, Boss Pei had actually been hacked to death by a puny little monster? Pei Qians face revealed a smile. Not bad; this game has not disappointed me! This is exactly what I want! In order to force players to stop playing, I precisely need something like this! Li Yada saw Boss Peis smile and was a little surprised. Boss Peis temperament was indeed far superior to ordinary peoples! If it were normal playersto be pierced to death within two hits of a small monster, that was so frustrating and so infuriating. Boss Pei was actually happy? Was this because Boss Pei was finally going to get serious and give it his all? Soon, Pei Qians character was revived. He raised his chopper high and once again charged towards the hayfork-wielding villager. Five seconds later, the screen turned black once again. Hahahaha The sinister laughter of that villager was as sarcastic as ever. Pei Qian thought about something and opened the editing platform. He asked, Which setting is for the little monsters attacking strength? Li Yada hurriedly indicated. This one. If you wish to adjust a monsters stats, you can input a numerical value. If you wish to uniformly alter values using a template, you have to Following Li Yadas instructions, Pei Qian opened the module to uniformly adjust the attacking strength of all monsters. Indeed, I had thought too much. Boss Pei probably wants to reduce the monsters attacking strength now, right? Li Yada sighed quietly. She had almost thought that Boss Pei was an ace gamer. However, Pei Qian clicked on one of the values and actually gave a 1.3 multiple to all the existing numbers. After adjusting, Pei Qian nodded. En, this is more like this! Previously, one hack had taken away around sixty percent of ones health; after changing it now, that would become around eighty percent. Since everyone would die in two slashes anyway, this didnt make much difference. Li Yada felt a little faint. Even though she had a thick pair of spectacles, she still did not understand what Boss Pei wanted to achieve. Alright, I wish to seriously experience this game; you can head out first, Pei Qian said. Li Yada nodded. Alright, Boss Pei. If you encounter any issues, feel free to look for me. After Li Yada left, Pei Qian once again entered the game. This is great! Ill use this difficulty level to challenge the game! It wasnt that Pei Qian was overestimating himself. However, if he wasnt harsher to himself, how could he force players to quit playing? As such, Pei Qian started on his strenuous journey. After dying more than ten times in the village, Pei Qian felt that he had more or less gotten used to the tempo. Although Pei Qians request had been to make things difficult for players and to force them to want to quit the game, he had subsequently discovered that all high-difficulty games all had the same ending. Lu Mingliang and Bao Xu had both contributed to this game while Li Yada had perfected it based on this foundation; this game was really something! This wasnt done on purpose but a natural progression. Whether games were difficult or easy were actually determined by the following dimensions: The first was the system design. It was easy to change the system design to tweak the difficulty of the game by increasing the attacking strength of monsters. If gamers perished very easily, that would do the trick. However, if the system designed was such that the difficulty level was too high, Pei Qian himself might not even be able to complete the game. The game would then become impossible to complete; it could not even be considered a completed game. Everyone would think that the game had a bug and that it was half-baked. Hence, there was a limit to how many changes to the system designs that could be done; it could not be done overboard. The second was the control of movements. For example, players having to execute a series of specific actions in a certain order or tempo to use a special ability, in order to triumph over a special enemy. The third was reaction time. Monsters would use their own extremely fast special abilities; if players could respond in time, they wouldnt be killed. The fourth was strengths and weaknesses. For example, certain stats in the game could allow one to better attack or defeat a certain enemy. The fifth was unexpected occurrences. For example, a player was walking on a cliff; and a monster suddenly jumped forth and pushed them down. Most games had various difficulty levels based on the above five considerations. However, Pei Qian had to guarantee that he himself could complete the game. Hence, the system design, movement controls, and reaction speeds all had to be within acceptable ranges. If he just purely focused on system design and gave a boss a million health points while each player attack could only take away one health point-while this might persuade players to stop playing, Pei Qian himself wouldnt be able to persevere as well. Along the same lines, if special moves and actions were too difficult to execute and the allocated reaction time was too short, while these would be effective in compelling gamers to quit; Pei Qian himself wouldnt be able to last as well. Hence, the difficulty levels for these three areas had to be within Pei Qians limitsessentially the limits of an ordinary person. If he wanted to increase the difficulty further, he could only do so by using strength and weakness attributes or unexpected occurrences. Such as some monsters that could be more effectively attacked by special weapons or if some monsters might lurk in the shadows and had to be dealt with using unique tools or long-ranged weapons. Pei Qian could use his understanding of the game (take a sneak peek at the overall design plan) to deal with all these. For the first three aspects, he could only tweak them to a level acceptable to ordinary players. Hence, after making changes here and there, the game became a souls-like game again. Pei Qian wasnt exactly a fan of souls-like games; he was basically the type that would ditch a game after facing three or four bosses. However, battling a few weak monsters at the beginning of the game was not an issue for him. After being tortured by the hayfork-wielding villager a couple of times, Pei Qian got the hang of the game and used his own abilities to get rid of this villager and more. What came next was something more important: secretly adding a special weapon for himself Pei Qian had access to the editing platform. What he wanted to do was very simple. He was going to randomly pick a weapon model from the art resource and add it into the list of weaponry. He was going to duplicate the stats of this weapon and alter a few of its attributes like its attacking strength and speed. He was going to design a Special Task and conditions to obtain this weapon. All in all, it was going to be hidden in a place that no one would think of. Pei Qian took a look at the weapons list in the game. There were all types of weapons, and all had complicated stats and attributes. However, he still had to think deeper about which weapon he wanted to alter. If he chose a long-ranged weapon, that would definitely greatly reduce the difficulty of the game. However, the problem was that as this was an action-based game, there werent many long-ranged weapons. There were only bows and crossbows. Just like the Dark Souls game, these weapons also couldnt be used as primary weapons but only as secondary ones. This was done to achieve a balance between melee weapons and long-ranged ones. In this kind of game-if one had a long-ranged weapon with a massive range and high attack damage and could be used continuously, it would definitely overpower other near-ranged weapons; that would spoil the fun of the game. Hence, according to Lu Mingliang and Bao Xus original plan, regardless of whether it was a bow or crossbow; these weapons damage was extremely low and the interval between each attack long. This was primarily done to lure monsters. If he really made a sniper rifle or machine gun and tweaked the stats so that these weapons could immediately destroy all monsters, the system would definitely not allow this. Hence, although Pei Qian intended to secretly sneak a weapon into the game, he couldnt go overboard at that. Chapter 236 - Pudu’ Pei Qian did a holistic analysis of all the weapon types. Although he wanted to change a weapons stats, he wanted as much as possible to retain the weapons original stats. After altering the weapon, it still had to match with the weapons unique features and appearance. If not, this game would be crude. Pei Qian took a look at all the weapons. He had wanted to choose a single-handed sword. However, after thinking for a moment, while single-handed swords were useful; he couldnt change the attacking strength too much. Also, as the attacking distance was short, it was more dangerous. Finally, Pei Qians glance was concentrated on longer weapons. He saw a less popular weapon; a staff. Pei Qian searched the weapons ID and realized that it was actually an ordinary tool in a ruined temple. After walking out of the newbie village and heading to a nearby town, this ruined temple was situated near the latter. A crazed old monk was inside the temple; he could be considered to be a miniboss. After defeating the crazed old monk, this staff would be left behind. The ruined temple also had a treasure chest with damaged Buddha beads. These Buddha beads were a special weapon in the early stage of the game. It could temporarily control monsters and could be used as a revival item after certain intervals. It was considered a rather important early-stage weapon. Furthermore, the staffs stats werent very strong. It would be seen as a mere ordinary weapon in the early-stage design of the game. This was also very ordinary. The game had tens of weapons; some naturally were more useful while others werent. It was hard to create a perfect balance. This staff was the more trashy type of weapon that was just there to fill a quota. Ill choose you! By choosing a less popular weapon that had a weaker sense of presence, Pei Qians changes to the game could be done at the bare minimum without being easily found out. Pei Qian did not change the existing staffs stats but had created a separate new weapon that copied the state of the original staff. He then greatly elevated the basic attack and leveled-up attacking stats of the new staff. He then examined the staffs attacking moves. They were more or less as expected. Normal attacks were horizontal sweeps that were rather cumbersome and slow. However, leap-attacks and dodge-attacks were smashing moves that attacked faster. Subsequently, Pei Qian also arranged the procedure to obtain this staff. Pei Qian did not intend to make it that complicated. If he created a new setting or made the mission overly complicated, he had to custom-made a whole new plot; and that would have to involve the entire project team. Hence, Pei Qian thought for a while and decided to use the existing game design to hide this weapon. According to the original settings, this ruined temple was just a filler scene near a town; players could choose to enter and battle or not. The crazed monks strength would be between that of elite monsters and minibosses. If this monk could be defeated, the staff would be dropped; and damaged Buddha beads could be obtained from the treasure chest. Pei Qian then stealthily changed the old monks settings. He made the monks holistic battle strength much weaker; he became even weaker than an ordinary little monster. This change was reasonable. After all, the monk was already so old; and it wasnt that appropriate for it to have a miniboss strength. He should be weak and frail. Whoever could find their way here would have already undergone bloodbaths in the newbie village and in the town nearby. They would naturally be extremely wary of such NPCs and would definitely be cautious in striking. Of course, even if players didnt make a move, this old monk was in anoffensive mode and would proactively attack players. If gamers killed the old monk, they would obtain the ordinary staff and Buddha beads as per normal. As the Buddha beads were very useful while the staff was a special weapon, most players would definitely kill the old monk; they wouldnt pay any attention to anything else. Pei Qian decided to add a feature to this old monk. As long as players died six times cumulatively at the hands of this monkthe seventh time they were revived and came here, this old monk would become a friendly NPC and would not proactively attack them anymore. This feature could be explainable as well. As players repeatedly died, the old monk managed to recover a little of his mental faculties from their perished souls. Of course, players could still attack him; if they killed the monk, they would still get the ordinary reward. However, if they started to talk to the monk, the old monk would say a few words along the lines of how the Degenerate Age was impending and the Buddha Dharma was about to be wiped out-how he was at his wits end but still had remnant powers of the Buddha himself. As long as the protagonist could enter the six realms of rebirth and existence, he could then leave behind all suffering and pain. At this moment, the old monk would shine with divine light; the Buddha beads in the treasure chest and the staff in his hands would become a new weapon named Pudu. That would be the duplicated and enhanced weapon Pei Qian had made. Pudu didnt look very different from the ordinary staff. The head of the staff just had an additional golden glow that was the divine Buddha light. After obtaining this weapon, players would not only have their attacking strength elevated, but they could also directly go across the Bridge of Forgetfulness from the Road to the Underworld; passing the Three-Life Stone and reaching the six realms of rebirth and existence. These gamers would be able to skip to the conclusion of rebirth. According to the games settings, the six realms of rebirth and existence was actually a false ending At the start of the game in the village, there was an old man. Players needed to kill this old man in order to follow his soul and be connected to the Road to the Underworld. However, after gaining a few clues here and there, players would be able to ascertain that this old man was the player themselves after rebirth. According to these settings-during a players second try of the game, this old man would take the appearance, accessories, and weapons of the player during his first try of the game. The only difference was the players appearance would be rather gaunt and shriveled. Hence, if one held onto Pudu, this old mans weapon would also be Pudu except without the special effects and attributes, becoming an ordinary staff again. Besides this, Pudu could only be used to pass through the six realms of rebirth and existence. If a player went to fight other endings bosses, the weapon would lose its efficiency and turn into an ordinary weapon. During the second try of the game, this weapon would also not be allowed to level up. As Pei Qians aim was to speedily complete one of the games endings, he only wanted this weapon to serve its purpose; that was all. Pei Qian wasnt a sucker for pain and agony; he didnt want to go and try other endings and also didnt want to play so many times. Pei Qian busied himself for one afternoon and finally used his own crude way to make all the necessary alterations. These changes actually werent complicated; it wasnt hard to change them using the game editor. However, as Pei Qian hadnt used the game editor for a long time, this effort took a considerable amount of time. After making the revisions, Pei Qian took a quick look at his work. He also didnt need to check too much in detail. If there really were bugs, others would definitely help Boss Pei to resolve them. Pei Qian confirmed the changes and went to look for Li Yada. I have made some changes to the game content. They dont affect the game significantly, and you dont have to pay much attention to it. Also, theres no particular need to broadcast these changes. These changes naturally would be picked up by the design team. Li Yada being the chief planner couldnt possibly be so dumb as not to notice that an additional weapon had been added. Since they would definitely notice this, Pei Qian decided to inform them directly. Furthermore, as it was Boss Peis request, the design team would definitely help Boss Pei to keep this secret. Chapter 237 - Anything not Logical had Great Meaning! Boss Pei had changed a little of the games content? Li Yada was a little taken aback. Based on her impression of Boss Pei, he rarely personally made changes to games. If he wanted to change something, he would normally speak to Lu Mingliang; and the latter would perfect the changes requested. Why did Boss Pei make the changes personally this time? Did he not trust me? Li Yada thought for a while. This doesnt make sense; if Boss Pei didnt trust me, how could he have made me the chief planner? Having some misgivings, Li Yada returned to her workspace and looked at the altered portions of the game. Not much had been changed. The modifications had mainly centered on one weapon. One ordinary filler staff had been strengthened and had a new glowing effect. Besides that, a special mission and way to obtain this enhanced weapon had been added. Li Yada took a good look at the weapon named Pudu. From its stats, this was a rather formidable weapon in the early stage of the game; it was overkill. However, its ordinary attack speed was still the same and as it required a rather lengthy swing to execute each strike, it was rather cumbersome. Of course, during the design phase for this weapon, just like other two-handed heavy weapons; they all had leap-attack settings. A faster attack could be executed after a series of moves were made. That meant that if a skilled gamer got his hands on this weapon, it would greatly reduce the difficulty of the battles in the early stages of the game. At the same time, this weapon had severe limitations as well. If it was used for game content beyond that of the six realms of rebirth and existence ending, it was not evidently superior to other weapons. Furthermore, during a players second try with this weapon, it would lose its special enhancements. Li Yada was a little perplexed. Why did Boss Pei specially create this weapon? Was it because Boss Pei couldnt advance in the game and had created a backdoor for himself? Err, that didnt make sense. If Boss Pei felt that the game was too difficult, why didnt he just lower the difficulty level? Furthermore, as a designer, Boss Pei did not need to finish the entire game. Hence, she could eliminate this line of reasoning; there must be another reason. Could it be that this action had greater meaning behind it? Li Yada thought about it deeper. The games present difficulty level was indeed very hard for ordinary players. Those ordinary little monsters at the start of the game could kill gamers within two moves, that meant that a majority of players had to try their best to not get hit at all. Although they would soon obtain items that could replenish their health-compared to how fast a player would lose health, these items were a little inadequate. At the end of the day, players movements and actions had to be superb. In that case, is this weapon of Boss Peis considered a bonus to newbie players? Less-experienced players that obtained this weapon could at the very least complete one ending of the game and reach one conclusion? Or perhaps, this was the benevolent side of Boss Pei? This is possible. In that case why was it so well-hidden? Li Yada noticed that the staff-dropping old monks stats had been decimated by Boss Pei; the old monk was not even as strong as a small monster. He was also situated on the outskirts of a town. Most players who reached this place would have experienced many hardships along the way and killed many monsters; they had no reason to stop and deal with the monk. Even if they accidentally perished, they couldnt possibly do so consecutively six times, right? Unless it was done intentionally, it was hard to think about what type of gamer would die at the hands of this monk six times. Furthermore, killing this monk would allow one to obtain an ordinary staff and some beads. These could be used to get the weapons collector and early-stage weapons exhaustion bonuses; this would be very attractive to players. All in all, Pudu had been so deeply embedded in the game; probably 99.99% of players would not be able to get their hands on it! If this weapon was Boss Pei showing his benevolence, why did he hide it at this place that was not easily discoverable? Li Yada was deep in thought. According to Senior Bao Xus thinking, anything that wasnt logical had great meaning. At present, this weapon was indeed very illogical! Why is it after dying six times, that during the seventh time the old monk would suddenly become a friendly NPC? What did the numbers mean? Li Yada went on the Qiandu search engine to search for some clues. Although the search results all varied and Li Yada couldnt be sure which saying Boss Pei had adhered to, she more or less could guess at the significance behind the numbers. Of course, high-level Buddhist teachings were beyond Li Yada, beyond the Qiandu search engine, and also beyond players. Some concrete meanings had to be understandable at a shallow level so that they would be acceptable to players. Seven and nine were more important numbers in Buddhist teachings. For example, the nine in the Ninth-Grade Lotus Throne signified a great success. Seven had many more meanings. It also meant great success, though some viewed this number to mean small successes. Besides these interpretations, legend had it that when Buddha himself was born in this world, he could walk immediately and walked seven steps. The first six steps represented the six realms of existence while the seventh step represented enlightenment. Hence, seven could also be used to signify transcendence. Dying seven times; did that mean achieving success? That shouldnt be the case. Strictly speaking, players had to die six times. In that case the six deaths represented the six realms of rebirth and existence while the seventh represented enlightenment? Thats why those that wielded this weapon could only use it to reach the six realms of rebirth and existence ending? Li Yada consolidated all her deductions and thought that this was the most logical explanation. Six deaths represented the six realms of rebirth and existence. This also meant that players could gain access to the six realms of rebirth and existence earlier. When gamers met the old monk for the seventh time and received Pudu, they would officially reach the six realms of rebirth and existence ending. Not only could they directly skip from the Road to the Underworld to face the six realms of rebirth and existence boss, but this weapon had also been specifically customized for this boss. It was expected that players would have two differing reactions. The first would be being overjoyed at obtaining Pudu and relying on this weapons high attacking strength to engage in some easy battles, happily reaching the six realms of rebirth and existence ending. The second would be deciding to give up on Pudu and use their own efforts to battle and search for other endings. After all, the original setting of the game was to make the six realms of rebirth and existence ending a false conclusion, with the protagonist thinking that he had managed to flee from a hopeless world. However, in the actual fact, they had once again entered into rebirth. Using Pudu to get to this ending would also be more ironic! Choosing Pudu would mean that players have chosen escapism; they didnt dare to face tougher challenges and only aimed at self-preservation. Giving up Pudu and taking up ordinary weapons to face tougher enemies and more difficult battles would allow one to truly be set free from pain and suffering! Thinking about this, Li Yada wanted to shout out her praise. Come to think of it, the original game setting had not been wrong; it just lacked a little depth. According to it, this old monk in the ruined temple was but just a filler; whether a player attacked the monk or not had no effect on future gameplay. The six realms of rebirth and existence ending also didnt differ that much to players when compared to other endings. However, now that Boss Pei had made these changes, everything had been changed. The addition of this super-weapon Pudu directly placed two tough choices in front of all players: did they want to remain in their comfort zone and get to a false ending and deceive themselves, or did they want to step out of their comfort zone and endure hardships to search for the truths of this world? This way, players would have a deeper impression of the different endings in the game; they would then be more immersed and captivated by the game! Chapter 238 - I Can’t Suffer Alone Boss Pei is indeed Boss Pei. This could be said to be the highlight of this type of game! Li Yada was truly impressed as she felt deeply that she still had so much to learn. Of course, the only problem with Boss Peis move was it was hard to be discovered. Li Yada even felt as if the chances of this happening were close to zero. Why did Boss Pei choose to hide it so deeply in the game? Was it really because six deaths represented the six realms of rebirth and existence while the seven represented enlightenment? That isnt right. Boss Pei had also lowered all the stats of the old monk; the odds of players dying in the monks hands was extremely low. If it was the original settings and the old monk was as strong as a miniboss, many players would die repeatedly here and perhaps might actually do so six times speedily. That way, this weapon would definitely be discovered. However, now that the monks stats had been so reduced, even those who only had one hand would at most die once or twice by the monks hands. After all, those who are really crippled would not be able to defeat the other easier monsters in the early stages; they wouldnt have survived the journey to face this monk. Such a brilliant design, such a unique point of the game; and yet, Boss Pei doesnt want many players discovering it. Indeed, Boss Pei is that unique. Li Yada sighed out emotively. She had to admit that Boss Pei was not an ordinary designer. Other designers would try their best to please players. Boss Pei, on the other hand, never bothered if he would be scolded by gamers or not. A Naturally, that didnt mean that pleasing players was wrong and that torturing players was right. Li Yada just meant that Boss Pei had a very unique way of designing, and he didnt expect players to be able to understand his train of thought. This was evident from Game Designer. Although countless people were analyzing the deeper meanings behind the game, Boss Pei had never made any official clarification and explanation. There was a saying that a thousand readers had a thousand Hamlets. Some authors believe that after a piece of work had been completed, it belonged to all readers; and the author himself didnt have the only true interpretation. Evidently, Boss Pei had a similar thought process for his games. Although Boss Pei had done such a splendid modification to Repent and be Saved, he was not expecting that players would discover or chase after it. In other words, in Boss Peis eyes, even if no one discovered his alterations and it continued to be buried for months or even years before someone managed to strike gold; that didnt matter to him! Perhaps, Boss Pei even hoped that it wouldnt be discovered. No wonder Boss Pei had repeatedly emphasized that this special addition to the game should not be broadcasted. This was Boss Peis level of attainment! Li Yada felt a little aggrieved that such a wonderful segment of the game might actually be buried; she felt really terrible. However, she could understand Boss Peis heart and felt that she could not leak this information out. Although she was very conflicted-after thinking about this matter repeatedly, Li Yada still decided to listen to Boss Peis instruction. What I can do now is try to perfect all the details in the game and try to erase the minor flaws that Boss Pei hadnt managed to change in time. If a player really found out about this, he cannot encounter any bugs; I must give the lucky players the most perfect gaming experience! Li Yada adjusted her thick spectacles as she was filled with vigor all of a sudden. She seemed to get an inkling of why every chief planner that Boss Pei had promoted had so much energy and strength. That was because someone like Boss Pei could naturally stir up emotional appeal such that people working under him would want to strive and push ahead! At this time-in his office, this natural leader that could stir up emotional appeal and make people strive and push ahead was looking at his own screen. He had an impulsive rage at this moment. Im so angry! Although Pei Qian had already arranged his special weapon in the game, the weapon wasnt omnipotent. After having its stats altered, Pudu felt like the crescent blade in Dark Souls 1 to Pei Qian. Although ordinary attacks were not very handy and attacks were rather slow, it was good at smashing attacks. At the same time, its attacking reach was long; and its damage was high. It was considered a rather perfect weapon. When dealing with monsters, as long as a player diligently avoided their attacks and found an opportunity to stab and retreat, if this was done repeatedly; most enemies could be defeated. Furthermore, Pudus damage was even higher than a crescent blade; it made the games difficulty level even lower. The problem was even after possessing this weapon-while players damage was increased significantly, monsters could aim and would aim, ultimately killing him. Hence, Pei Qian was still suffering. How did I end up like this? Pei Qian was feeling terrible. No, this cant do; I cant suffer alone! Pei Qian grew angrier and angrier as he thought of a name in his notebook. Thinking about this, he took out his cell phone and sent a message to Assistant Xin. Contact Teacher Qiao and ask if hes interested to try out our new game. Sign a contract with him saying that during the development phase, he would be the professional games tester. He has to play the game eight hours a day, and we will give him 500 yuan daily. En, he has to play the game for eight hours a day until the game is released. If he cannot take it and is in breach of contract, he wouldnt get a single cent. Assistant Xin immediately went to make arrangements. Thinking about how Teacher Qiao would probably happily rush over to suffer together with him, Pei Qian felt much better! Why was Pei Qian so sure that Teacher Qiao would come? That was because Pei Qian had already done his research. After Teacher Qiao went to Aili Island C although his finances were in a better state, one would never say no to earning more money. Pei Qians offer would be attractive to Teacher Qiao in three aspects: First was the monetary benefit. If there were twenty working days a month, Teacher Qiao would earn 10000 yuan. Second was that Teacher Qiao could get a head start on experiencing Tengda Games new game. Regardless of whether he wanted to do a video on this game in the future or brag to his fans, Teacher Qiao would be ahead of other UP Masters. Third was that Teacher Qiao would be able to see the real Tengda and Boss Pei. He could earn money just from playing games; where else could he find such a good deal? Hence, Teacher Qiao would definitely accept the offer and come. After playing for a few more minutes, Pei Qian tossed the controller on the desk; he had had enough suffering today. Although he wasnt making much progress in the game, as he had already settled the matter with the special weapon, as long as he could continue grinding the game; reaching the six realms of rebirth and existence conclusion was just a matter of time. As it was still a while before the games official release, he wasnt in that much of a hurry. Pei Qian held onto the express delivery he had received today and was prepared to return home to rest. When he was at the entrance, Assistant Xins message reached him: Boss Pei, Teacher Qiao has agreed. He said that he can come over this weekend. I will arrange for accommodations, meals, and transport expenses. Pei Qian was very happy; things were moving very smoothly. It seemed like Teacher Qiao had not even taken time to think and had immediately agreed once Assistant Xin had finished speaking. Pei Qian immediately replied, Alright, we will cover all meals and accommodation; everything must be the best. Teacher Qiao was coming all the way here to suffer and for his mental state to be severely tested; Pei Qian naturally had to provide some material compensation. Assistant Xin sent another text: One more thing, Boss Pei. Zhang Zuting sent a Weibo message indicating his thanks to us. I have arranged for someone to use our official Weibo account to reply to him. However, do you want to consider verifying your personal Weibo account?. Pei Qian had his own personal Weibo account. However, he just used it to surf the net and occasionally look at pretty girls. As it wasnt a verified account, not one knew that it belonged to Boss Pei. Tengda, however, had an official Weibo account. However, it had just been created and someone from the administrative team was responsible for managing it; it wasnt very popular yet. Pei Qian declined decisively: Theres no need. He did not intend to become a popular personality on Weibo; he wasnt interested in this. Pei Qian kept his phone and prepared to head back home to rest. After walking two steps, he felt that something seemed to be amiss. He took his cell phone out again and opened Weibo to search for Zhang Zuting and located the message he had sent. Due to work reasons, I have made a trip to Jingzhou. This time, I will be collaborating with a game company. Perhaps everyone would be able to see me online soon. Also, at a private kitchen in Jingzhou, I ate the most sumptuous meal in recent years; I strongly recommend it! If any of you guys are heading to Jingzhou, you must not give it a miss! Chapter 239 - Luckily, My Assistant Remembered the Location Pei Qian, ??? Zhang Zuting, I had treated you so well; this is how you repay me! Pei Qian hurriedly took a look at the comments on Zhang Zutings Weibo account and ascertained the seriousness of the situation. If the response was good, there was going to be trouble. Zhang Zuting had already revealed the keywords Jingzhou and private kitchen. If someone really was interested and started to ask around, what was Pei Qian going to do? Although Zhang Zuting was no longer that popular, he still had his die-hard fans. If a few of them were coincidentally in Jingzhou and wanted to try a Zhang Zuting dinner, wouldnt Pei Qians restaurant be exposed? While Zhang Zutings popularity had tankedsince he posted this message a few days ago, more than five hundred comments had been left on it. Pei Qian hurriedly took a look. Sponsored partnership? This is good, this is good. Hahaha, why didnt you say earlier?! If I knew you were in Jingzhou, I would have gone to meet you! What a pity; I missed an opportunity to meet my idol. With a game company? Which game company has such great foresight and has found a treasure like Uncle Zhang? Uncle Zhang, are you helping this restaurant to publicize? No worries; please send us the location so that we can go and support it! So, where can we find this private kitchen? This restaurant is a little unprofessional. Since it had enlisted Uncle Zhangs help to publicize it, it should at least provide a few nice photos. There isnt even a single one now; who would go and try it? Everything else was similar to the above. Pei Qian was a little more relaxed now. Evidently, most fans had caught the gist of the message, that Zhang Zuting was collaborating with a game company and were all trying to guess which company it was, what type of collaboration this entailed. Only a minority was fixated on the second half of the Weibo message. The crux was that there werent any pictures attached. For gourmet food and delicacies, pictures were the most persuasive; they were after all worth a thousand words and could instantly catch everyones eye. Of course, if someone was a writer and could use words to describe mouth-watering food, that was a different case. Zhang Zuting evidently wasnt such a skilled writer. Hence, although a few were asking for the private kitchens address, most did not pay much attention to it. Zhang Zuting had also selected a few more popular comments to reply to. The partnership collaboration is currently still confidential; I will update everyone shortly. As it was a hasty trip to Jingzhou this time, I will definitely find a chance in the future to meet my friends in Jingzhou! It isnt publicity; the food is really, really good. I am actually not sure of the exact location as well; my partners had sent a car to bring me there. I can only recall that it was in a rather secluded villa district. It was rather quaint, and the scenery was beautiful. I dont have any pictures. This private kitchen forbids any photo-taking as they feel that photo-taking would rob the whole gourmet food experience and details would be missed out. I strongly recommend locals in Jingzhou to go and try it! Also, it might be extremely pricey. If Zhang Zuting didnt reply, things might have died down. However, after he did, his fans were even more confused. He didnt know the location. He didnt have any pictures. He didnt even know the price of the food items there. The only clue given was that it was in a secluded villa district that was very quaint. However, there were so many such districts in Jingzhou! Jingzhou City had seven or eight scenic districts; each of them had at least six to seven villa sections. Besides these districts, there were some scattered villas around as well. Even after filtering secluded, rather quaint, and the scenery was beautiful; there were at least twenty to thirty places that fit this description. Furthermore, each of these places had so many villas; how would the fans know where exactly this private kitchen was hidden? Without any leads or any pictures, how were they supposed to look for this restaurant? They couldnt possibly go door-to-door and ask hello, are you a private kitchen, right? That was a little ridiculous. Naturally, if everyone knew that it was a semi-commercial villa, that would definitely help to eliminate many possible places. The problem was Zhang Zuting didnt know about this, and so his fans were in the dark as well. Zhang Zuting didnt even know the name of the private kitchen. Even as his fans kept asking, as Zhang Zuting himself didnt know the answers, how could any answers be found? After seeing all the comments, Pei Qian sighed out in relief. All is good, all is good. A false alarm! Pei Qian had made the right choice by not revealing the location of the restaurant and not allowing Zhang Zuting to take any pictures. Zhang Zuting was after all a star and had experienced much in life. He wasnt like bumpkins who would want to take pictures to boast if they were having delicacies. He also wouldnt pay particular attention to the restaurants location. Pei Qian was very emotional; he was very grateful that Zha Zhuti had not caused him much grief! From the looks of it, Ming Yun Private Kitchen was not in danger of being found-out yet. He had just wanted to put his cell phone back into his pocket when-ding. He received a message alert. Zhang Zuting had sent a new Weibo message. I have the location! I had asked my assistant. Luckily, he had noted down the location! Location: Jingzhou City-Ming Yun Villas Pfft! Pei Qian nearly spat blood out. Done for; I have been made by this assistant! Zhang Zuting indeed had not recalled the location; however, his assistant had! Come to think of it, that assistant had seen the table filled with delicacies, particularly the King Crab dish; and his eyes had glistered. He obviously was not going to forget that sight. Pei Qian had not thought of much; he had just asked the assistant not to take pictures. However, he had actually noted down the location of the restaurant; Pei Qian couldnt possibly have noticed that! Soon, the comments section grew noisier. Ming Yun Villas? That is indeed rather secluded. Thank you for the recommendation, Uncle Zhang. Ill drive by someday to have a look. Wow, thats far. Even by car, it takes one hour. It is really that good, that Uncle Zhang is full of praise? Can someone go try it out? If it really is that good, I could consider flying to Jingzhou and try it and take in the sights as well. Who knows where its nice to go to in Jingzhou? Pei Qian scrolled the Weibo account page as he froze. The previous message had been alright; most people had focused on Zhang Zutings commercial partnership. This message was bad; it had specifically stated Ming Yun Private Kitchens location. That was too eye-catching! People were going to come knocking! Pei Qian scratched his head. What could I do to dissuade these people? He definitely couldnt maliciously do something to turn them away. Calm down. Things should not be that bad. Even if a few people found their way here, that wont be a problem. This place is so expensive, and most people would not be able to afford it. Zhang Zuting only had over four thousand likes on his previous message; his fans are also scattered around the country. Even if a small number of them really found Ming Yun Private Kitchen, that would only be tens of people. Some might not be able to afford the prices as well. En, Ming Yun Private Kitchen is making huge losses monthly. Even if one wave of customers came-in the long run, this would not be able to cover the losses. Pei Qian had been a little flustered at the start. However, after calming down a little, he felt that things were not as bad as he thought. After all, Ming Yun Private Kitchen still had a few lines of defense. It was rather secluded and far while the dishes were priced so exorbitantly; most of the rare ingredients in dishes had to be preordered beforehand. These would definitely dissuade ordinary customers. Of course, while that might be true, Pei Qian couldnt sit still and do nothing. He thought for a moment and decided to give Chef Lin a call. Chapter 240 - No Explanation The call went through almost immediately. Lin Canrong probably did not expect Boss Pei to give him a call. He sounded uneasy as he said, Boss Pei! Do you have any instructions? Pei Qian nonchalantly said, Its nothing huge. I just want to ask if there have been many customers at Ming Yun Private Kitchen recently. Lin Canrong did not answer at once. He felt embarrassed. It was not a question of how many customers there were but if there were any customers at all. From the day it opened for business, Ming Yun Private Kitchen had hosted Tengdas employee gatherings and Zhang Zuting when he visited. Apart from that, there had been no customers. That was to be expected. They had no publicity or exposure. Of course, no one would patronize Ming Yun Private Kitchen. Some employees had mentioned Ming Yun Private Kitchen to their friends. However, it was too deserted and far away. Without anyone leading the way, it would be extremely difficult for these friends to locate the restaurant. Most people were not willing to come and look for it themselves. Furthermore, Tengdas employees had just had a meal here. None of them wanted to come a second time for no special reason. Thus, there had been no customers at all recently. Although it would look like he had not been doing his job, Lin Canrong pondered for a while and decided to tell the truth. He could not possibly lie to Boss Pei anyway. Boss Pei had incredible foresight. If Lin Canrong lied to him, the consequences would be dire. Boss Pei, we have not had a single customer this entire time. I need to reflect on this. We probably have not done enough publicity for the restaurant. Ill get someone to focus on publicity now Lin Canrong took the initiative to admit his mistakes. Once Pei Qian heard this, he interrupted immediately. No, no, no. Thats not what I meant. Youve been doing a good job. Your primary task is to provide the best food and service. You shouldnt be worrying about something like publicity. Im calling because I want to emphasize certain things. There might be some people visiting Ming Yun Private Kitchen soon. You must inform all the waiters to focus on the following: first, dont allow any customer to take photos. Second, do not over-explain anything. Third, do not make an exception for anyone. Do you understand? Lin Canrong, Er He obviously did not understand fully. Pei Qian briefly explained further. When he said do not over-explain anything, he was referring to if customers asked why they lacked so many ingredients or why everything had to be pre-ordered. Waiters should just answer: The ingredients are very precious, and we have to import them from overseas. That would suffice. There was no need to explain why they were so precious or from where they were importing these ingredients. Customers might also ask why their food items were so much more expensive than other places. In that case, waiters could simply say: We use better ingredients and provide a better dining experience and service. That would suffice. There was no need to explain why their ingredients were better or the merits of the dining experience and service. All in all, they should not boast too much. As for not making an exception for anyone, Pei Qian was referring to if any bosses were to visit the restaurant. Even if they were willing to spend a huge sum of money, they had to make a reservation, just like everyone else. At the same time, waiters could not especially explain anything more to them. Of course, that was not to say they were to provide bad service. They should still provide a certain standard of service to the customersthey just should not over-explain unnecessary things. Do you understand? Pei Qian asked again. Lin Canrong answered, Er I understand, Boss Pei. I will keep strictly to these instructions. Lin Canrong did not ask any more questions. Pei Qian was satisfied. He left several more instructions and reminded Lin Canrong to call him as soon as something went wrong. Then, Pei Qian hung up the phone. Although Lin Canrong did not ask any questions over the phone, he fell into deep thought the moment he hung up. What was Boss Pei planning to do? Could he be trying to pull the legendary sales without explanation? No matter what questions customers asked, they could not explain too much? Should their attitude say just eat, why do you have to ask so many questions? Of course, they could not be so harsh in terms of their attitude. According to Boss Pei, waiters still had to serve customers as if they were serving royalty. However, the only catch was that they could not answer the royaltys questions in too much detail. This was completely opposite to what Lin Canrong was used to. For some reason, he felt that something was not right! People had to communicate in order to dispel misunderstandings. If customers were unhappy in any way, waiters had to do their best to clarify their doubts and ensure that customers understood as much as possible. If they did nothing but smiled and laughed, the misunderstandings might deepen. However Boss Pei was very clear with his instructions. He even called to ensure that Lin Canrong understood. It was obvious how important this was to him. Forget it. Boss Pei must have his own intentions. I shouldnt overthink. Ill just do as Boss Pei says. Wait, how did Boss Pei know that customers would visit soon? Oh, Boss Pei must have thought of a way to publicize the restaurant. No wonder he told me not to worry about publicity. Lin Canrong did not completely understand what Boss Pei was thinking, but he got the impression that Boss Pei had everything in the palm of his hands. It was almost as if he had prepared everything for the future. How good was it to have a leader like that?! Lin Canrong heaved a sigh of relief and prepared to pass the instructions down to the waiters. At night, Pei Qian arrived back at his apartment. He put away the remains of the camera he dissected and then made some edits to the video before uploading it. Hardcore Reviews was getting more and more fans. Although the number of fans was increasing at an ordinary pace, the current situation fell outside of Pei Qians expectations. All in all, he had achieved his aim! Even if Lin Chang remembered Pei Qian, he would not be able to say that the latter had not done anything after receiving money. Pei Qian scanned through the lame bullet screen comments on his previous episodes and then began to plan for the future. Of utmost importance were the two games for sure. Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version was being developed much faster than he had expected. Even the advertisement had been filmed. At the beginning of the following month-which was in ten days, they would probably be able to advertise the game and publish it to test it out. As for Repent and be Saved, there was still at least a month to go. He also had to keep a close eye on Ming Yun Private Kitchen. He could not allow that car to flip. As for Zhongdian Chinese Network, Upwind Logistics, Fei Huang Workspace, and the like; he did not have to worry too much for now. The first two companies were steadily incurring losses, and Fei Huang Workspace would remain the same whether he interfered or not. The good thing was that he had cast his net wide, and he was spending money much faster now. All Upwind Courier stations were now on the right track. Especially in the regions that Pei Qian frequented, parcels could already be delivered to ones doorstep. Of course, some people remained unwilling to have delivery men come to their doorstep. These people insisted on collecting their parcels on their own. That did not matter. Upwind Courier stations serviced small areas. People could make a call to request for parcels not to be delivered to their doorstep. Then, arrangements could be made for them to collect their parcels on their own. Pei Qian pondered for a while, realizing that incurring losses this time depended on Upwind Logistics. Although his other businesses looked steady, nobody knew if there would be a thunderstorm out of nowhere. If he could stabilize Upwind Logisticseven if something suddenly went wrong with the other businesses, he could just open a few more Upwind Courier stations, hire a few more delivery men, and control the income. Chapter 241 - Barefoot Welcome? August 20th, Friday Qiao Liang felt quite good the first time he stepped onto Jingzhou soil. The weather here was about the same as in Beijing. Both places were sizzling hot. However, it just happened to be a cloudy day today. There was a gentle breeze, and it felt much cooler than the past two days. Qiao Liang very quickly found the staff in charge of receiving him. Before he got in the car, he booked his hotel. The person in charge of receiving him was a young man with the surname Sun. He was one of the chauffeurs hired by Tengda. He looked intelligent, his mannerisms were proper, and he was courteous. Qiao Liang sat in the spacious back of the business car, feeling very comfortable. The driving was steady; it was obvious that the driver Little Sun had a lot of experience driving. This was the first time Qiao Liang was experiencing being chauffeured around. His impression of Tengda improved that much in his heart. He looked at the scenery outside the window and could not help but feel moved. Its amazing. This was his first time in Jingzhou. He did not have much expectation to begin with, but after he arrived, he realized that it was much more prosperous than he had imagined. Qiao Liang stayed in Beijing for a long time, and he was an immigrant at that. However, he had lived hard-pressed for money. Although Beijing was prosperous, he had never enjoyed the best experiences there. The most he did was watch modern dramas and attend concerts occasionally when it was convenient. Apart from that, Beijing was really no different from ordinary second-tier cities. In fact, he felt much more relaxed when he arrived at Jingzhou. Very quickly, they approached the hotel. Teacher Qiao, Ill check in for you first. Then, you can go upstairs and unpack. Ill park the car. In ten minutes, well meet at the entrance of the hotel. The company is just nearby. Well just have to walk for about three minutes before we arrive. Little Sun was still being very courteous. Soon, everything was settled. Qiao Liang did not have to pay a single cent for his accommodation this time. Tengda was providing everything. When he reached the sixth floor of the hotel, he realized that Tengda had booked a suite for him. There was a mini- living room outside, with a coffee table, a couch, a study table, and a writing desk. There was a fruit plate laid out on the coffee table. Beside it, there was a coffee cabinet, with a coffee machine and coffee capsules on top. There was also a mini-fridge. Inside was a spacious bedroom with full-length windows. There was also a spacious bathroom with a bathtub. Tengdas Boss Pei is too kind! It looks like Im quite influential. Otherwise, he would not think so highly of me. Qiao Liang was very proud. Speaking of which, Qiao Liang did not expect Tengda Games to invite him to play its game in advance, too. He was going to get a chance to play a game that had not even been published yet. Indeed, the influence of his videos was not bad. From The Lonely Desert Road, he had been keeping a close eye on Tengdas development as a company as well. However, to a game company like Tengda, there was no need to treat such a lowly UP Master like him well at all. as TIO Thus, the sincerity that Boss Pei was showing was extra precious to Qiao Liang, and it genuinely moved him. Not only were they giving him more than enough for his work, but they were also chauffeuring him around and providing such good accommodation. Thus, Qiao Liangs impression of Tengda and Boss Pei was improving significantly. Who would have thought that the company which created such a horrendous game like The Lonely Desert Road could have undergone a complete change in less than a year and expand to such an extent now? Life is truly unpredictable. Qiao Liang put his suitcases away, ate some fruits, and then got some rest on the couch. He did not have many suitcases. Apart from his personal laptop and a few other digital products, he only brought clothes that he was prepared to wash and re-wear. The hotel provided laundry services. He would just have to place his dirty clothes in a laundry bag, and room service would take them away. Later, they would return with the clothes washed. Before he came, Qiao Liang had been worried about the standard of accommodation here. He wondered if it would be convenient for him to do laundry. However, from the looks of the current situation, he had worried unnecessarily. He was extremely comfortable on the couch. However, it was a cloudy day, and there was not much sunlight. Otherwise, if he could feel the warmth of the sun from the couch, he would be even more comfortable. Still, the cloudy weather did not affect Qiao Liangs mood. After resting for a while, he went downstairs and arrived in a huge hall. From there, Little Sun led him to Tengda Network Technology Co., Ltd. The thought of being able to see Boss Pei soon really excited Qiao Liang. Qiao Liang always thought that he and Boss Pei had an intimate understanding of each other. Only someone like him would be able to understand the deep meaning behind a game like Game Designer and performance-art-style marketing. If not for him, one could only guess how long Boss Peis intentions would be misunderstood. Speaking of which, Boss Pei must be thinking the same way, right? There was a saying: its extremely hard to find someone who knew a person well. Boss Pei loved creating games with deep meaning; Qiao Liang guessed it had been extremely hard for him to find someone who knew him well, too. That was probably why Boss Pei brought him in from Beijing, which was far away, to be among the first to experience the new game. Qiao Liang kept fantasizing as he followed Little Sun into Tengdas office. His first thought was how spacious! The work environment here was ridiculous. From the area that each employee got alone, one could tell that this company had no lack of money. Whats more, the entire office looked lively and free. It did not look like many other companies-dead and gloomy. Although Qiao Liang had not been to many companies, he did attend job interviews after graduating from university. He had also seen many videos of different offices on video websites. Most companies had stifling and boring environments. However, this place was completely different. Every employee looked relaxed. They ate snacks and sipped their coffee as they worked. However, when they worked, they looked focused. It was like their subjective initiative had been stimulated. At first, Qiao Liang suspected that they were acting. However, on further thought, he was thinking too highly of himself. He was a minor UP Master. He was neither a supervisor nor a part of influential media. Would it be necessary for others to put on an act in front of him? Whats more, everyone looked so relaxed that it was almost impossible for them to be acting. Qiao Liang was even more interested in Boss Pei now. The fact that the company could operate at such an optimum state meant that Boss Pei was not only an excellent designer but an excellent manager as well. What were his true colors then? When Little Sun arrived at Boss Peis office, he knocked gently on the door. Boss Pei, Teacher Qiao is here. Pei Qian had been playing Repent and be Saved, and he was feeling extremely frustrated. Strictly speaking, as long as he was playing Repent and be Saved, there was not a moment that he would not feel frustrated. Each time he felt tortured, Pei Qian would question why he created this game in the first place. Then, he would retrieve his notebook and read the list of names, just to remember the feud he had with those listed. When he heard that Teacher Qiao was here, he quickly tossed his controller onto the table. Then, he stood up. Hes finally here! I wouldnt be able to take it if you arrived any later! Outside, Teacher Qiao heard the bam in the office. He wondered what collided into what. A smile spread across Qiao Liangs face. Boss Pei thinks so highly of me! Back then, Cao Cao had welcomed Xu You barefoot. To put it simply, it meant that when Xu You arrived, Cao Cao ran out to welcome him without even putting his shoes on. The current situation looked pretty much the same. I dont know what Boss Pei was doing in there, but it sounds like he threw whatever he had in his hand down to welcome me. That shows how highly he thinks of me! Qiao Liang even began to feel embarrassed. What did I do to deserve this kind of treatment from Boss Pei? Im ashamed, Im ashamed. Chapter 242 - Resolving Teacher Qiao’s Worries Pei Qian held Qiao Liangs hand at once. Teacher Qiao, Ive heard a lot about you, Ive heard a lot about you. Qiao Liang immediately felt overwhelmed by Boss Peis passion. He bowed slightly at once and said, Boss Pei, its an honor to meet you. Pei Qian sized Qiao Liang up and discovered that his old enemy looked quite upright after all. He had thick eyebrows and big eyes, and his five features looked good. The only thing was he looked slightly dispirited and plump. He looked like a teenager with pure internet addiction. However, he was different from Bao Xu. Bao Xu was slightly bald and malnourished. On the other hand, Teacher Qiao had a head full of thick hair, and his figure was quite round. He just looked a little weak in general. Qiao Liang was shocked that Pei Qian looked so young. He had already been prepared for Boss Pei to be young, but he was much younger than Qiao Liang had expected. No matter which angle he looked at Boss Pei from, he looked younger than Qiao Liang. Boss Pei was already the owner of a company at such a young age. Whats more, he was only just finding his place in the small circle of gaming videos now. He had not even made huge contributions yet. Qiao Liang could not help but feel sorrowful and envious. Pei Qian led Qiao Liang to the living room, poured him a cup of tea, and then exchanged a couple of pleasantries. Boss Pei, Ive rested enough. Lets talk about business now. Qiao Liang took the initiative to discuss work. In fact, there was no need for him to rush things. He could have waited to discuss work after lunch. However, Boss Pei had already taken such good care of him. He chauffeured Qiao Liang around and arranged for such good accommodation. He scored full marks on various aspects. Of course, Qiao Liang had to show that he was ready and eager to start work. Pei Qian nodded and said, Alright. The fish had taken the initiative to take the bait. What more could I ask for? Pei Qian had wanted to give Teacher Qiao more time to rest, so that he would not be overwhelmed physically and emotionally. However, since Teacher Qiao brought up the topic first, Pei Qian had to go along with it. Pei Qian had already prepared the contract. Lets sign the contract first. Qiao Liang took it and scanned it quickly. The contract contained the terms that they had agreed on earlier. He would play the game for eight hours each day, and he would earn five hundred yuan. If he rested on weekends, he would earn about ten thousand yuan per month. If he did not rest, he would be paid overtime. That meant he would earn more each month. Although they had agreed on these terms in advance, they had not spoken in much detail. Qiao Liang was also uncertain if they would pull any tricks in the contract or if they would make more complicated and ridiculous requests. However, from the contract in front of him, he could confirm that there was no such thing. He just had to play the game for eight hours each day in order to earn five hundred yuan! Qiao Liang felt emotional. Boss Pei was an outstanding person indeed! In this day and age, ten thousand yuan per month was considered quite a high salary. Of course, if Qiao Liang felt inspired and began to take in sponsored partnerships like crazy, he would be able to earn about ten thousand yuan a month as well. However, that would be extremely exhausting. He would also have to rush production of his videos overnight, write the plots seriously, edit the videos, and then have good enough luck to meet rich clients. Maybe then, he would be able to earn that much money. Comparatively, this job would be much more relaxing. Nothing was expected of him. He would just have to spend eight hours playing Repent and be Saved every day. Qiao Liang scanned the contract twice and then signed it happily. Okay, come with me. Pei Qian and Qiao Liang chatted and joked around as they left Tengdas office building. Little Sun then drove both of them to the nearest Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. Pei Qian did not plan for Qiao Liang to play in the office. That was because Li Yada and the other employees in the office probably knew about the design of the game. They knew things like which weapon was the best, which route was the easiest, how to obtain the Pudu in the game, and whatnot. If Qiao Liang played the game in the office, he would be able to discuss it with the other employees if he lost horribly. Once he understood the tips and tricks, the game would seem less difficult for him. Pei Qian wanted Teacher Qiao to experience what ordinary players would-he had to play Repent and be Saved with zero knowledge and foundation in the game. In order to obtain that game experience, he had to get rid of these influences. Qiao Liang would be served food and drinks in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. The computers were of high quality, and there were unlimited alcohol and coffee. Teacher Qiao would have nothing to worry about. Soon, they reached Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. This was the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe at Handong University. It was a ten-minute walk from Shenhua View. Of course, it was called the Handong University branch, but it was not that close to Handong University in reality. One would have to walk for at least fifteen minutes. From the beginningwhen they were selecting locations for the internet cafe, they avoided areas around universities. However, this region was considered a busier area. This branch did not have a low turnover to begin with. After what happened with Chen Lei, the volume of business increased more. Now, it was only second to the flagship store, incurring a little loss. For this very reason, Pei Qian had always neglected this branch. He rarely came over. He was only visiting this time because he was leading Teacher Qiao here. Whenever Pei Qian felt sad in the future, he could come over and watch Teacher Qiao play the game. That would improve his mood for sure. Pei Qian introduced Teacher Qiao to the branch manager of this Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. Then, he found a spot on the second floor. That would be Teacher Qiaos work desk from here on out Repent and be Saveds beta version had already been installed on the computer. This version would be updated along with the research and development progress of the game. At the same time, it had simple time-recording functions. Each day, it would record the duration for which Teacher Qiao played the game. He had to fulfill the eight hours. If he did not play enough one day, he could make up for it the next day. If he still could not make up for it, his pay would be docked. There were also other things to note. At the moment, Repent and be Saved was still being developed. He could not reveal the plot of the game. That meant that Teacher Qiao could not record videos or discuss too much about the game with his fans. There were not many customers in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe to begin with, and Teacher Qiaos spot was located in a deserted corner. That ensured he would not be disturbed while he was playing the game. Soon, everything was in order. Ask the branch manager to prepare your daily meals and drinks. Fish-Catching Internet Cafe adheres to hygiene standards, and the food and drinks would be safe to eat. You can rest assured. Try to get used to this environment. We have prepared a welcome feast for you tonight. Well pick you up when its time. If you have any questions about living here, please raise it to the branch manager. Pei Qian quickly resolved all of Teacher Qiaos worries. Qiao Liang was very moved. Alright! Go ahead and try out the computer. Im going to make a move. If you have any questions, contact me at any time. Pei Qian did not stay to watch Teacher Qiao suffer. Instead, he turned around and left. This was like the saying one cannot bear to see a living animal die nor eat the meat of an animal after hearing their cries. Pei Qian could not help but feel sorrowful. Ai, I am really a kind-hearted person. Boss Pei is kind indeed. He has taken care of everything. He even has a welcome feast prepared for me tonight. It sounds like it would be high-class! Qiao Liang opened the game excitedly. This trip to Jingzhou felt perfect. Ai, if I had a girl with me, everything would feel even better. Of course, Qiao Liang knew that it was wishful thinking on his part. However, girls would not be as fun as games. He had no idea if Boss Peis meticulous care had some sort of psychological effect on him, but once Qiao Liang entered the game, he liked everything about it. Indeed, all Boss Peis games feel like top-quality stuff! Look at these modelstop-quality! Look at the style-unique! Look at the movements-smooth! Look at these little monsters Holy shit, that hurt. These are little monsters? How did I die?! Looking at the black screen, Qiao Liang felt extremely confused. What just happened?! He had just touched a villager with torn and tattered clothes, who was holding a hayfork. The villager turned around and stabbed him to death in just two moves! I did I open this wrongly? Qiao Liang scratched his head, his eyes filled with confusion. In the afternoon, at Ming Yun Private Kitchen Eh? You have King Crab? Give me one of those. An extravagantly-dressed young man in a private room pointed at the King Crab on the menu and placed an order with the waiter. Im sorry, Sir. You have to pre-order this dish. The waiter was polite but strictly sticking to Boss Peis special request for them to serve customers without over-explaining anything. Of course, once the waiter said this, he felt guilty. The young man in front of him was obviously not lacking money. Based on experience, the waiter guessed that his temper would not be good either. The customer looked young; he looked about 24 or 25 years old. He was dressed in a gaudy shirt with red, green, and yellow threads intertwined together. It made him look like a ladybug, but the waiter could tell that this shirt probably cost more than ten to twenty thousand yuan. Whats more, this customer had gold and silver on. The golden necklace he had on looked very expensive. It was heavy, and it did not look at all like the type of necklace that would float in the bathtub. The most outstanding thing was the Spongebob Squarepants, made of pure gold, hanging at the end of the golden necklace. It perfectly expressed the young mans unpredictable and irrepressible character, coupled with his probable hot temperament because of his wealth. According to the waiters experience, customers like that were the hardest to wait on. If Boss Pei had not given them these instructions in advance, the waiter would have smiled as widely as he could and explained how rare King Crabs were and how difficult it was to import them. That would minimize the chances of the customers getting mad and causing trouble. However, he had to follow Boss Peis instructions now and not over-explain anything The young man did not look very angry. Instead, he nodded and said, Oh, King Crabs are not easy to obtain indeed. Its logical that I would have to pre-order them. Give me a sea urchin, then. The waiter kept his smile as he apologized again. Im sorry, Sir. You have to pre-order that, too. The young man frowned. Although he did not say anything, it was obvious he was getting unhappy. You should have Bluefin Tuna then, right? Im sorry, Sir. You have to pre-order that, too. The young man looked at the waiter, slightly confused. He did not know if he should laugh or get angry. The waiter very helpfully pointed to a line of words on top of the menu. These dishes on the front require very expensive ingredients so you have to pre-order them. We apologize for any inconvenience caused. The young man glanced and saw a disclaimer on the top of every item on the thick menu. It said that everything had to be pre-ordered. It was not small, but it was not obviously written as well. That was why he missed it. Alright, alright, alright. Then, tell me what you have in the restaurant. The young man couldnt be bothered to find anything else and decided to ask the waiter directly. Again, the waiter helpfully flipped past 80% of the contents to the last page of the menu. The items on this page of the menu did not have the accompanying disclaimers anymore. Sir, we have these. The young man frowned as he read the last page of the menu. Some dishes were more complicated such as the Braised Pork Belly Pyramid and Lion-Shaped Fish. There were also simpler dishes like green vegetables, fried prawns with Longjing, and whatnot. What they all had in common was that they were all extremely expensive. Their prices were slightly higher than other high-end restaurants. Take the Braised Pork Belly Pyramid for example. It was priced at 270 yuan. The young man remembered having this dish in a city in Hangzhou, and it had only cost him 240 yuan. Of course, compared to the more valuable dishes in the front part of the menu, these common dishes were considered much cheaper. The young man felt speechless. The price was not the main problem. The main problem was that he had to pre-order everything that he really wanted to try. Did he travel all the way just to try common dishes? Chapter 243 - Bliss Came Mainly from Making Comparisons He had come to Jingzhou to settle some personal matters. However, he coincidentally saw on Zhang Zutings Weibo that there was a good private kitchen in the city. That was why he decided to give it a shot. Now, he was very unhappy with the way things were going Can I pre-order for tonight? The young man tried hard to keep his cool. The waiter looked apologetic. Im sorry, Sir. Someone has already booked us for tonight. Considering the time required to import the ingredients, you can make a reservation for tomorrow night or the day after tomorrow. The young man was now completely speechless. He glanced at the waiter and then at the menu, trying to swallow the urge to curse. Finally, he casually selected two dishes and soup from the menu. Thats it for now, the young man said, handing the menu back to the waiter. Alright, Sir. Please hold on. The waiter took down the order, grabbed the menu, and walked away. The young man whipped out his cell phone, intending to search for the restaurant on consumer review sites. However, he did not find it. The restaurants location could not even be found on the map on his cell phone. There was also a gentle reminder written on the sign on the table, which had his table number written on it. It said: in order to fully appreciate the dishes, please do not take photos! The young man thought about having to pre-order all the good dishes on the menu. All those that he did not have to pre-order were common dishes served in other restaurants as well. Whats more, all dishes were priced so highly. Could it be that Ive walked into a scam? The more the young man thought about it, the more uneasy he felt. Something about this restaurant felt strange. His name was Xue Zhebin, and he was the only son of a coal boss named Xue Yuanqing. Put simply, he was a rich second-generation heir through and through. He was high-profile and flamboyant just like his father, and he did not shy away from showing the public that he was a parvenu. Xue Zhebin was very rich. Naturally, he had eaten at many private kitchens before. He also knew that most of these high-end private kitchens had strange rules and regulations. However, he had rarely seen a private kitchen with as many rules as this one had. What made him even unhappier was the waiters attitude. He was always saying useless things in a polite tone. It was as good as not saying anything at all. If this restaurant had not been decorated in such a high-class manner and had not been recommended so strongly by Zhang Zuting, he would have slammed the table and left by now. Speaking of which, he was mainly here because his father-Xue Yuanqing-was one of Zhang Zutings fans. He had treated Zhang Zuting to several meals before. That was why Xue Zhebin followed Zhang Zutings Weibo and learned about this private kitchen. Otherwise, he would not have found it. Ill wait for a while more. If the food doesnt turn up well, I will expose this place on Weibo! Xue Zhebin had principles; he would not malign good people. That was why he decided to wait and see. If the two dishes he ordered were passable, he would make a reservation for the next day or the day after that so he could try their better dishes. About half an hour later, the food that Xue Zhebin ordered was finally served. He had ordered fried prawns with Longjing, Braised Pork Belly Pyramid, and a soupy dishChrysanthemum Tofu. There was very little on each plate. The food was not cheap at all. Theyre not slow in serving the food. Xue Zhebin knew that the Braised Pork Belly Pyramid took longer to prepare. Not only did the chefs have to cut the pork, but they also had to braise it. Half an hour was quite a short time to take. Whats more, while he was waiting for the food to be served, he had some light appetizers. They tasted quite good and successfully dispelled some frustration and anxiety he felt while waiting for his food to be served. Well soon find out whether this place is a scam. Xue Zhebin looked at the two dishes which the waiter served. He had ordered the Braised Pork Belly Pyramid and Chrysanthemum Tofu on purpose. He knew full well that both of these dishes were the real test of a chefs skills and techniques. Eh? Its not bad. Just looking at the two dishes alone could make ones eyes light up! To make the Braised Pork Belly Pyramid, the chef needed to cut a whole slab of meat layer by layer, from outside in. He could not break the slices and had to ensure they were of even thickness. Finally, he had to cut them into long, neat strips before putting them into a special mold to roll each layer up and arrange them into a pyramid. To make the Chrysanthemum Tofu, on the other hand, the chef would have to make bean curd-which resembled congealed fat-and cut it horizontally 108 times into fine strips. Again, he had to make sure the thickness of the strips was even. Whats more, the chef could not break a single strip. After that, he had to put the strips into a bowl of water and arrange the strips to resemble a Chrysanthemum flower. Xue Zhebin ordered these dishes because he wanted to see whether this restaurant lived up to its name or was a scam. He ordered the fried prawns with Longjing just in case the Braised Pork Belly Pyramid and Chrysanthemum Tofu turned out horrible. At the very least, he would have a common home-made dish as a back-up. However, to his surprise, the Braised Pork Belly Pyramid and Chrysanthemum Tofu far surpassed his expectations! Both of these dishes tested the chefs knife skills. Only first-tier chefs who have trained their knife skills for tens of years could achieve this type of perfection. Whats more, there was no limit to these dishes. For example, the thinner one cut the meat for the Braised Pork Belly Pyramid, the more layers there would be. Normally, the dish had to have nine layers to constitute a passable Braised Pork Belly Pyramid. However, the one in front of Xue Zhebin had a total of seventeen layers. Based on looks alone, this was much better than Braised Pork Belly Pyramids that Xue Zhebin normally saw. Xue Zhebin could not help but pick up his chopsticks to try a fried prawn. The fried prawn was tender and smooth, and it carried the fragrance of Longjing. Although this dish cost nearly three hundred yuan, Xue Zhebin thought that it was worth every cent. He had tried this dish once before at a very good Chinese restaurant in Hangzhou City. It tasted very much like this one! Then, he tried the Braised Pork Belly Pyramid and Chrysanthemum Tofu. The flavor did not disappoint him. Everything tasted perfect! Coupled with the warm, comfortable environment in the restaurant, Xue Zhebin truly felt like he had misunderstood it in the beginning In order to make dishes like that successfully, the restaurant had to hire the best chefs who were experts in Hangzhou delicacies from thousands of miles away. It was impossible for Jingzhou to produce talent like that. More importantly, the dishes on the menu were not just Hangzhou delicacies; there were also many other types of dishes! That meant hiring one professional chef alone would not be enough. One could not attract a professional chef like that without enough money. After all, these chefs would be able to earn a fair amount from working in regular high-end restaurants in their own city. Whats more, they could look for restaurants closer to their own home. Why would they want to travel all the way to Jingzhou? The owner of this restaurant must have been paying a huge amount to employ so many chefs. Could he recover this expense? Before this, Xue Zhebin had thought that the dishes on the menu were priced too high. After tasting the dishes, he realized that they were not highly-priced at all. Instead, they were quite cheap. Could the owner of this restaurant recover his capital? The main problem was that this restaurant was located in a desolate place. Marketing and advertising aside, there was not even a sign placed outside the main entrance. Until now, Xue Zhebin did not even know what this place was called. It was about lunchtime now. Yet, in such a huge restaurant, Xue Zhebin was the only customer. Was this restaurant incurring losses? Xue Zhebin looked at the dishes and then at the waiter, still smiling next to him. Finally, he looked around the restaurant, at the outstanding dining environment, and the high-class, fine tables, chairs, and cutlery Could it be theres something illegal going on behind the scenes here? Xue Zhebin immediately became wary. However, on second thought, that did not seem right. The restaurant was not just an empty shell. Although there were no customers, the food they were selling was well worth its price. They were more on the expensive side, but the prices were still reasonable. From various angles, the restaurant just looked like it was not well known. Nothing else was suspicious. Ill come again tomorrow to see how the pre-ordered dishes taste. If they can still keep up the standard Ive really stumbled upon a treasure! In the kitchen of Ming Yun Private Kitchen Lin Canrong looked nervously at the waiter. How did it go? Was the customer satisfied with our food? The waiter nodded. Yes, it looks like he was quite satisfied. Lin Canrong heaved a long sigh. Thats good! There had not been any customers during this time. It was only the day before that they began to have customers, and there were only seven or eight since then at that. Among these seven or eight, some had been scared away by the menu. Others realized that all the best dishes had to be pre-ordered and left. Only two or three people remained behind to try the other dishes. However, all of them ordered common home-cooked dishes. Although it was obvious that they were satisfied with the food, Lin Canrong guessed that they would not return in the short-term. The food was too expensive. It was obviously more than they could afford. That was obvious from their orders. The cheapest dish here cost about fifty to sixty yuan. Even if one ordered only common home-cooked dishes, the average cost per person could easily add up to about a hundred yuan. This amount of money could buy a lot of food in Jingzhou. Thus, even if the chefs standards were high, and the ingredients were good, and the dishes were much more delicious than other restaurants; it was still far more expensive than the average person could afford. Yet today, when Xue Zhebin stepped in, Lin Canrong set his eyes on him. It was obvious that he was a rich man. Xue Zhebin had proved this point as well. He spent more than 300 yuan on fried prawns with Longjing and more than 260 yuan on Braised Pork Belly Pyramid. This meal would easily cost him 600 to 700 yuan. If this rich customer walked away satisfied with the dishes he had been served, Ming Yun Private Kitchen would have hope of becoming popular! After all, Ming Yun Private Kitchens target audience was not ordinary people but ballers. Ballers feedback would be the most important. Once he heard that the customer was satisfied, Lin Canrong heaved a sigh of relief. He was now the branch manager. There was no need for him to personally cook. However, the professional chefs in the kitchen were all interviewed, selected, and bought over (using Boss Peis money, of course) by him. Now that the dishes had proven satisfactory to customers, Lin Canrong felt proud. Branch Manager, the customer has settled the bill and left. He made a reservation for dinner tomorrow! The waiter ran in excitedly, reporting the good news. Very good! Lin Canrong finally let go of the anxiety clutching at his heart. Before this, Boss Pei had told them not to worry about publicity, but Lin Canrong could not relax. Yet, customers had been visiting the restaurant now and then. There were even such rich ballers coming to try their food. It was obvious that the marketing work was being done in an orderly manner this entire time! Indeed, everything was in Boss Peis plan. From now on, he would just have to follow Boss Peis instructions. He had to ensure each dish was cooked well and the service was top-notch. Ming Yun Private Kitchen would become popular one day! Ming Yun Private Kitchens chefs and waiters were suddenly filled with hope. Achoo! Pei Qian sneezed, then rubbed his nose, and put down his controller. He checked the time; it was almost 5 PM. He still had to host Qiao Liang at Ming Yun Private Kitchen that night. At the same time, he had to comfort his broken soul. After being tortured all day, Pei Qian really wanted to check on how Teacher Qiao was doing He arrived at Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. Quietly, he proceeded to the second floor and observed Qiao Liang who was in the corner of the cafe. He noticed that Qiao Liangs face was ashen, and he was focusing intently on the screen. He was clutching his controller with both hands, and he would lean to the side from time to time. It was almost like he was playing a motion-sensing game. All of a sudden, his body trembled violently; and he was stunned. The screen had gone gray. Qiao Liangs expression turned from one of astonishment to vexation, from vexation to helplessness, and from helplessness to a blank. He set his controller down on the table and raised his head slightly to look at the ceiling. It was almost like he was questioning the purpose of his existence. Seeing Qiao Liangs expression, Pei Qian immediately felt much better. The corners of his mouth twisted up in a slight smile. I havent wasted my money! Inviting Teacher Qiao to Jingzhou had been the right choice indeed! Pei Qian was worried at first because he was not a masochistic gamer. He did not know if he would be able to persevere in Repent and be Saved. If he did not manage to win the game in the end, he would have no choice but to lower the difficulty of the game or postpone publishing it. Wouldnt that have been a hindrance? Yet, now, Pei Qian found the motivation to persistTeacher Qiao! No matter how tough it was, seeing Teacher Qiao suffer more than him gave Pei Qian newfound hope and motivation! After all, Pei Qian had a Pudu with him as he played the game. Teacher Qiao only had an ordinary weapon as he faced endless dangers. That was why it was said that things like bliss came mainly from making comparisons! For now, Pei Qian felt bliss like he had never felt before! Chapter 244 - Teacher Qiao’s Suspicions Dissipated Pei Qian acted like nothing was wrong as he walked towards Qiao Liang. Smiling slightly, he asked, How does it feel? Qiao Liang had still been engrossed in the game, and so he did not answer Pei Qian immediately. After staring blankly at the latter for a while, he stood up and said, It feels er At that moment, Teacher Qiaowho had played many unorthodox games and created many videosdid not know what to say. How did it feel? The greatest feeling he had was that this games difficulty had been designed wrongly! Perhaps the systems designer had given the beasts too much attack power. Maybe he added an extra zero by accident. Everything else was fine. However, seeing Pei Qians warm smile, Teacher Qiao could not bring himself to say that. Boss Pei was now a celebrity game creator. How could he make such a stupid mistake in the system design? Even systems designers who had just entered the industry seldom made mistakes like adding an extra zero to the figures. After all, to become a systems designer, one now had to have a certain understanding of basic mathematics. It was not like plot designers who could write a couple of nice-sounding words to get the job. Thus, after hesitating for a long time, Teacher Qiao still could not think of the right thing to say. He even began to feel a bit guilty. Qiao Liang, Qiao Liang Why are you fumbling at such a critical moment?! Boss Pei had invited you over from so far away and provided you with good food and good drinks, all because he thinks highly of you-a veteran gamer. He wants to hear what you have to say. Yet, even after playing for several hours, you cant form a single sentence to describe your experience of the game? Youve truly let Boss Pei down! Qiao Liang began to feel slightly embarrassed. However, Pei Qian did not seem to mind the least bit. Instead, he laughed and said, Lets go! Were going to eat. Well throw a grand welcome party for you tonight! Pei Qian was not angry at all. Instead, he was very satisfied with Qiao Liangs reaction. This meant that he had become muddle-headed from playing Repent and Be Saved. This was exactly what Pei Qian had wanted to see. After all, Teacher Qiao was considered quite a strong player among gamers. Teacher Qiao had properly finished the entire journey in The Lonely Desert Road the last time; he was absolutely ruthless! Of course, he succeeded partly because he needed to earn a living. However, Teacher Qiaos resistance and ability to take stress really could not be underestimated. Now, Teacher Qiao had been so tortured by the game that he had become muddle-headed. Wasnt that proof that Pei Qian was proceeding in the right direction? After seeing Teacher Qiaos reaction, Pei Qian could imagine how ordinary gamers would react. This made him more relieved about Repent and Be Saveds future. At Ming Yun Private Kitchen Pei Qian led Qiao Liang to the largest private room in the restaurant. All the decorations here had been changed in the afternoon. Now the room was decorated according to the dishes the restaurant had prepared for today. Even the dining table and cutlery matched the decorations. Only Pei Qian and Qiao Liang were eating. No one else accompanied them. All the employees were still working hard for Boss Peis loss-incurring businesses. Boss Pei alone had nothing better to do. That was why he decided to personally accompany Qiao Liang for dinner. At the same time, this showed his respect for the latter. Whats more, this was not like official business meals. If there were too many people, it might be too stressful instead. The environment was good, and the service was up to par. Even the appetizers and snacks they had before the dishes were served were better than the main courses in most other restaurants. Qiao Liang enjoyed the appetizers and snacks as he chatted casually with Pei Qian. For some reason, he felt threatened. Boss Pei is too good to me, isnt he? Theres a saying that if something goes wrong, there must be a demon. Im just an ordinary UP Master. Why must Boss Pei treat me so well? Could there be a hidden scheme behind the scenes? For some reason, Qiao Liang felt there was a hidden message in Boss Peis smiles. They were not that innocent. Hows your progress in the game? Pei Qian smiled as he grabbed an appetizer with his chopsticks. Qiao Liang answered truthfully. Ive arrived at the town. Oh, you made it out of the village in the beginning? Not bad, not bad. Youre progressing very quickly. It looked like Teacher Qiao was quite intelligent and skillful indeed. Similar torturous games were ordinarily more difficult in the beginning. As long as one persevered, the game would still go quite smoothly later on. The key was a change in mindset. If one did not change their mindset, they would always be stuck in the village of newbies. Repent and Be Saved was quite similar to other Souls-like games. It was designed so that all the monsters would be revived after death. If a reckless brute insisted on rushing through the game-no matter how many times they played the game, they would remain at the starting point. However, if one could get the hang of the game and advance warily and steadily, they would progress through the game much more quickly. This was the first time Qiao Liang had come into contact with a game like that. It was expected that he would make slow progress in the beginning However, the thought of Qiao Liang suffering in the newbie village for eight hours made the corners of Pei Qians lips curl upwards. He could barely keep his laughter in. What do you think is the most difficult part of the game? Pei Qian continued asking. He had to increase the power at the parts which Teacher Qiao found the most difficult. He also had to increase the difficulty of the parts which Teacher Qiao found easy. Without thinking, Teacher Qiao answered, The monsters attack is too strong. What else? Pei Qian completely ignored that comment. What else? Qiao Liang fell into deep thought. The eight hours of torture and suffering flashed before his eyes. These included the time when he angered a monster and became surrounded by a group of them, when he walked to a sidewalk and suddenly found himself surrounded by monsters, and when he walked through sheer cliffs and a monster suddenly rushed up to him and pushed him over. His eight hours of fighting were filled with blood and tears! Qiao Liang felt like he was a fish on a chopping board; he was completely at the mercy of people who would slice him however they wanted! Oh, no, it was monsters that would slice him however they wanted! Listening to Qiao Liangs complaints, Pei Qian tried his best to keep a serious expression. Yet, no matter how hard he tried, he could only see four words on Qiao Liangs face: Make it more powerful! Pei Qian felt even more blissful now that he had heard Teacher Qiao describe the torture and suffering he had been through. What have I spent so much money creating this game for? Its just for a day like that! Qiao Liang did not seem to notice Boss Peis subtle expression. Instead, he was too engrossed in recounting the pain he had been through and was finding it hard to pull himself out of it. The most ridiculous thing is that there are monsters in the village that look just like night watchmen. They travel in pairs, one holding a gong and the other holding a watchmans rattle. Every monster that they walk past would be awakened. They would only go back to sleep after a long time. I wanted to kill them by stealth, but both of them have lanterns and excellent eyesight. Just a single stab and my health bar would be emptied. Each time I want to run, they would use their secret weapon. So I turn- Pfft. Finally, Pei Qian could not hold it in any longer and laughed out loud. Teacher Qiao was stunned. Boss Pei? Pei Qian looked very awkward. Sh*t, I didnt hold it in! Teacher Qiao had been too engrossed in his description, and he narrated every detail about it. Pei Qian could even imagine the watchmen holding the lantern chopping Qiao Liang up once they bumped into each other. This made it very difficult for Pei Qian to maintain his serious expression. Luckily, at that moment, the dishes were served. Im just glad that the food is here. Come, come, please help yourself, Teacher Qiao. The waiter had just served a plate of sea urchin sushi. Pei Qian quickly pushed it towards Teacher Qiao, gesturing for him to dig in. Qiao Liang felt even stranger. There was something off about Boss Peis expression. Why did it feel like he was celebrating Qiao Liangs misery? He seems very happy to hear that Ive been tortured like a dog in the game. Was he unable to hold in his laughter just now? Could it be that Boss Pei invited me over from so far away just to watch me suffer? Is this table full of dishes meant to soothe his conscience? Qiao Liang could not help but become more suspicious. I might be an ordinary UP Master, and I might have signed your contract and taken your money; however, I am still a person with character! I have my pride! If my guess is right-even if I did sign the contract, I would solemnly protest! I will expose your shameful behavior on the internet! Qiao Liang thought in silence as he picked up a sea urchin sushi. Hmm? Yummy! The sea urchin was cold and refreshing, and the sushi rice was warm and fragrant. Both contrasting flavors melted into his taste buds, tasting like a romantic French kiss. At that moment, Qiao Liangs taste buds were overwhelmed. He had Japanese cuisine in Beijing, but this was obviously no ordinary sea urchin! Ordinary sea urchins were quite cheap, but auction-grade sea urchins could cost thousands of yuan. Thus, when Xue Zhebin visited the restaurant in the afternoon and asked for sea urchin, the waiter told him that they had to be pre-ordered. Ming Yun Private Kitchen did not sell ordinary sea urchins. Of course, strictly speaking, there were sea urchins in the kitchen at the time. However, Pei Qian had pre-ordered them for this meal with Qiao Liang. That was why they could not serve Xue Zhebin at that time. Looking at the expensive dishes on the table, the suspicion and doubt in Qiao Liangs heart melted away. Boss Pei thinks so highly of me that hes treating me to so much good food; how could he be doing that to watch me suffer? If being tortured by a game could earn me such delicious food, I can only say increase the power! I can take it! As Qiao Liang enjoyed the food, he secretly hardened his resolve. Boss Pei is so nice to me. I will take this game seriously and make sure I win it. Then, I will publicize this game well for him! Thank you for hosting me, Boss Pei! It was obvious that Qiao Liang wished he could eat more, but his stomach was already bloated. There were so many delicacies; he was extremely satisfied! Teacher Qiao was even beginning to think that this meal had made his entire trip to Jingzhou worth it! Pei Qian did not know that Teacher Qiaos mood had made a 180-degree change at the dining table. He instructed Little Sun to send Teacher Qiao back to his hotel and then come back to pick him up. After seeing Qiao Liang out, Pei Qian turned back to talk to Lin Canrong. He wanted to ask about the current situation. There were tables and chairs in the villas garden. The gentle night breeze there was particularly refreshing. How has the traffic here been recently? Ever since Zhang Zuting posted about the restaurant on Weibo, Pei Qian began to panic. Somehow, he could not relax about Ming Yun Private Kitchens situation. Lin Canrong immediately understood. In the beginning, no one visited the restaurant. Now, people were slowly streaming in. Obviously, Ming Yun Private Kitchen was being publicized while most people remained unaware. Boss Pei must be asking about the traffic so that he could judge the effectiveness of his publicity. Yet, how should I answer him? Logically, in order to show the effectiveness of the publicity, Lin Canrong should frame things positively. However, this might come across as him bluffing Boss Pei. After all, less than ten customers had visited the restaurant in the past two days. Whats more, most of them had been scared off by the menu alone. Only two or three people had actually stayed to try their food. The only recurring customer was the young man named Xue Zhebin who had visited this afternoon. The traffic alone could not be framed positively! Seeing Lin Canrongs hesitation, the corners of Pei Qians lips curled upward. Thats good, thats good. Lin Canrong was not excitedly reporting good news. That was the best news! This meant that Zhang Zutings Weibo post had not been that effective. There was no drastic change to the traffic in the restaurant. Chapter 245 - There’s a Restaurant that Promoters Haven’t Found? Dont worry, tell me the truth. How many customers have visited the restaurant in the past two days? How many people dined here? How many people pre-ordered food? Pei Qian asked patiently and systematically. Lin Canrong answered truthfully. A total of eight customers came over the past two days. Three of them dined here. One of them pre-ordered dinner for tomorrow. Hmm eh? When he heard the first two numbers, Pei Qian was happy. These numbers were practically negligible. In a few days, Zhang Zuting would make a new Weibo post. This Weibo post would be pushed down, and even these few customers would be lost. Yet, one of the customers had actually pre-ordered dinner for the next day? There were many rich people indeed. Pei Qian pondered for a moment and asked, What did he pre-order? Lin Canrong reported the mans orders to Pei Qian. Among these were Tomahawk Steak, caviar, and Matsutake. He had not ordered a lot; it looked enough for two or three people. However, all of these dishes added up to over ten thousand yuan. Whats more, this customer had already paid 20% of the bill as a deposit. Pei Qian was silent. He really did not understand rich people. Although Pei Qian would also wolf these dishes down and invite his employees to do the same while he was at it, it was only because he was trying to spend as much money as he could! If he could finish spending all the money, he would be able to benefit from the System. Whats more, the System would replenish his funds. Those were the only reasons that Pei Qian could spend without restraint. However, if Pei Qian had been asked to spend his own money on this food, he would find even a common home-cooked dish costing three to four hundred yuan expensive! Yet, this customer had ordered more than ten thousand yuan worth of dishes. Pei Qian was positive at first. Until now, the number of customers who had visited Ming Yun Private Kitchen was in the single-digits. The situation looked ideal. He did not expect a baller to be hidden among these few customers. At that moment, Pei Qian felt confused. Seeing Boss Pei fall silent, Lin Canrong became confused as to what the latter was thinking. This should be good news, right? Why isnt there even a hint of a smile on Boss Peis face? Pei Qian pondered for a moment and then asked, Can you identify the mans accent? After thinking, Lin Canrong replied, He spoke Mandarin, but he had an accent. I dont think hes from Jingzhou. I think hes from Pingcheng. A coal boss? That was Pei Qians first reaction. ac However, he quickly looked on the bright side. He was not a local of Jingzhou. Perhaps he was here on a business trip. He probably would not be staying here for a long time. Since that was the case, it was good. Even if he was a baller, he could not come here frequently. At most, he would entertain his guests here and only make reservations when he had to host business meals. Thinking about it this way, it should not generate too much revenue for Ming Yun Private Kitchen, right? At that thought, Pei Qian relaxed slightly. He felt like he had been panicking and treating everyone as an enemy recently. Ever since he opened this private kitchen, he had been treating his own employees to meals here. How could he expect it to remain completely hidden from the outside world? Having a few ballers eat here had been in Pei Qians original plan anyway. In the long-term, this private kitchen would still incur losses. Thus, there was no need to get so nervous. When he heard that the baller was not from Jingzhou, Pei Qian relaxed considerably. Both of them chatted about the daily operations of the private kitchen until Little Suns car drove into sight. Thats that for now then. Remember what I told you about the service. Even if theyre ballers, do not break the rules. Just ask the waiters to treat them like ordinary customers. Also, do not spread the name of our restaurant. Pei Qian left some more instructions before boarding the car. After seeing Boss Pei out, Lin Canrong tried to decipher the hidden intention in Boss Peis words. Is Boss Pei trying to tell us not to get too nervous upon seeing ballers because there will be tons of such ballers in Ming Yun Private Kitchen in the future? If we break the rules for one baller, when more ballers visit us in the future, the rules would be useless. Mm, that makes sense! Boss Pei is far-sighted indeed. He has already thought about what Ming Yun Private Kitchen would look like when business picks up in the future. Hes really well-prepared. Boss Pei is also reminding me not to be easily satisfied. How can I become so excited over just a single baller? Im a branch manager after all; I have to remain calm. When more ballers come and visit us in the future, I must maintain my composure. That is how I can pass down Boss Peis spirit to the employees. Lin Canrong saw a bright future for Ming Yun Private Kitchen. Happily, he returned to share the good news with the others. August 21st, Saturday Ming Yun Private Kitchen was setting up for a dinner. Qiao Liang planned to walk around Jingzhou in the morning and have some fun. He would work overtime and play Repent and be Saved from the afternoon. Boss Pei had been so nice to him. He had to make sure that he completed the job properly. Over at Shang Yang Games, research and development for Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version was already complete. They were now running final tests. Then, they could officially advertise it and publish it. Today was Saturday. According to Boss Peis instructions, they could not work overtime on weekends. As the director, Lin Wan tried to persuade everyone to return home in the beginning. However, the thought of the games publishing date approaching made Wang Xiaobin and Ye Zhizhou restless at home. They insisted on working overtime, and Lin Wan had no choice but to allow it. Of course, Lin Wan could hardly sit still either. Thinking about the game they spent so much time on being officially published for gamers to try in a week made everyone feel agitated and apprehensive. In the end, they kept the size of Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Versions mini-client to 370 MB. This was far more than anyone expected in the beginning. Initially, Bloody Battle Song was a browser game that people could open whenever they wanted to play. Mini-clients for most browser games could be kept under 5 MB. A few web-based games mini-clients added up to 30 to 50 MB. Any bigger than that, and they would not be called mini-clients. Taking web-based games as the standard, it would take far too long to download 370 MB worth of data. Gamers would probably be better off downloading client-side games. Most web-based gamers would find it hard to tolerate downloading 370 MB of data. However, Lin Wan did not have a better solution. According to what they agreed on earlier, Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version would be changed from a two-dimensional to a three-dimensional game. The art resources had been redone. No matter how they tried to compress them and improve them, they could not lower their size any further. They had spent a lot of effort compressing and improving the resources to get the game to 370 MB. There was a huge risk, but what was done had already been done. There was no turning back. They had to look on the bright side. Perhaps they could rely on the far-superior quality and fair gameplay to forcefully change the taste of traditional web-based gamers. Whats more, Boss Pei had personally crafted the advertisement. Lin Wan had no idea what to expect, but she trusted that Boss Pei had it all planned in advance. Wang Xiaobin knocked on the door gently. Director Lin, we have finished initial preparations for advertising. At the moment, we plan to place advertisements on various websites, including novel websites, video websites, game websites, comic websites, and website navigation sites. According to what we agreed, we will not use pop-up windows and Psoriasis-style[1] advertisements. People will only be transported to the games registration and download page after they click on the advertisement. Although these are considered common ways of advertising-at Lin Wans insistence, the more irritating styles of advertising were done away with. In fact, there were still all sorts of messy advertising methods out there, such as windows that pop out of nowhere and Psoriasis-style advertisements in the bottom right corner of webpages. These were considered run-of-the-mill advertising. Many of them also destroyed netizens gaming experience. Still, one had to admit that these unashamed pop-up windows were the most effective. Rejecting methods like that would reduce the effectiveness of advertisements. At the same time, it would not help with the games reputation at all since netizens might not even notice the conscious avoidance of such methods. Still, Lin Wan discussed this with everyone and decided to avoid using such advertising methods. After all, Shang Yang Games was not the same as before. They had to differentiate themselves from web-based game manufacturers with no bottom line. After hearing Wang Xiaobins report, Lin Wan felt satisfied. Thank you. Our next task is to continue working hard on the game. It might be hard to change gamers taste, but at least we can say we tried our best. Wang Xiaobin nodded, fully agreeing with Lin Wans words. Although Director Lin had not micro-managed the entire research and development process for the game, this positive and uplifting spirit was definitely similar to Boss Peis. It was very rare indeed. Everyone can make the necessary preparations then. In about a week, we will run final tests. Well invite old gamers to try the game out and give us some feedback. A week later, the game will be published officially. The advertising work will then start in full force! At night, in Ming Yun Private Kitchen Look, I told you that this is an excellent restaurant, but you didnt believe me. Do you believe me now? The promoters you found are not professional enough! Xue Zhebin sat cross-legged with a huge grin on his face. He felt especially proud of himself. He had really earned from the meal he pre-ordered yesterday! The moment they walked through the door, Xue Zhebin felt the difference. The decorations, dining table, and cutlery in the private room had all been changed! Xue Zhebin had chosen that private room in the afternoon because there were not many people in Ming Yun Private Kitchen at the time. However, since he did not make a reservation, the decorations in the private room were all ordinary. The environment was good, but there was nothing special about it. Things were different today. Xue Zhebin had made a reservation in advance. Thus, the decorations, table, and cutlery had all been laid out according to his orders. Everything was of the same style, including the tablecloth and the decorations on the table. The restaurant had obviously been meticulous in setting this up. All in all, his eyes lit up the moment he walked in! The young man seated opposite Xue Zhebin looked slightly older than him but still under thirty years old. He was a direct contrast to Xue Zhebins nouveau riche vibe. This young man was dressed in a suit, and he looked entirely business-like. At first sight, one could tell that he was the cream of the crop in the business world. At that moment, he was tasting the food and looking confusedly at his reviewing application on his phone. Jingzhou City has a private kitchen of such good quality, and yet our promoters did not manage to find it. How did you find it? The map on the reviewing application displayed this location as an empty plot of land. There was not supposed to be anything here. Xue Zhebin smiled, elated. Why do you care how I found it? You lost the bet; this meal is your treat! The young man seated opposite him was called Wang Peng. He was one of the creators of Quanmin Reviews. As one of the winners of the close competition among various websites, Quanmin Reviews had been expanding quickly from first-tier cities to second- and third-tier cities. Jingzhou City was one of the key cities in this expansion. In order to speed up the expansion of their market and rope in more businesses, Wang Peng suggested introducing promoters in every city. These promoters jobs would be to find shops that havent been discovered yet and persuade them to partner with Quanmin Reviews. Promoters have achieved good results indeed. Quanmin Reviews was expanding quickly in Jingzhou. At the moment, most businesses were already partners of Quanmin Reviews. This was especially so for high-end restaurants with outstanding dishes. After successfully negotiating with owners of these restaurants, promoters would be paid a significant commission. Thus, Quanmin Reviews promoters worked hard to find restaurants like that. Even if businesses were not willing to partner with Quanmin Reviews, Quanmin Reviews would at least mark these businesses out on their website. The map should not show an empty plot of land like it was doing now. For this reason, Wang Peng did not believe Xue Zhebin. He even felt quite indignant. He did not think that a high-end restaurant like that, which was outstanding in almost every way, would remain undiscovered by Quanmin Reviews promoters in Jingzhou. The waiters smiled as they remained by the side, waiting to be of help. Wang Peng asked, How long has your restaurant been open? A waiter smiled as he answered, Slightly over half a month. Wang Peng was even more confused. He could not figure this out. Quanmin Reviews had so many promoters around Jingzhou. Each day, they were sent out to look for businesses that had not yet been discovered. Yet, this restaurant managed to remain hidden from the public for over half a month. Promoters had not managed to find it, but Xue Zhebin had instead. This was ridiculous. Wang Peng asked, Whats the name of your restaurant? He thought about talking to the boss of this restaurant and discussing a partnership with Quanmin Reviews. Still smiling, the waiter answered, Sir, our restaurant doesnt have a name. We hope that what youll remember would be this places beautiful environment, meticulous service, and memorable food-not its superficial name. [1] This is a common Chinese description for advertisements that are stuck in a certain position on the screen. Chapter 246 - The Restaurant’s not Big, but There are So Many Rules! No name? This Wang Peng turned to look at Xue Zhebin and found that he looked just like the waitersmiling, but not saying anything. Wang Peng felt like he was being looked down upon. They were treating him like a country bumpkin who had never seen the world. Thats not right. How can this restaurant register without a name? Are you keeping the restaurants name a secret from customers as part of some kind of strategy? Wang Peng felt even more defeated. As one of the creators of Quanmin Reviews, he had gone to many restaurants and seen many unique ones, too. However, this was his first time experiencing something as strange as this. Normally, even low-key private kitchens would have names. Some would take their house number to be their names and come up with things like Kitchen Number 45 or Restaurant Number 78. No matter how low-profile a restaurant tried to be, it had to have a name. Otherwise, nobody would know how to describe the restaurant they were eating at. That would be unnecessarily troublesome. Whats more, not having a name would hinder the restaurant from becoming known and reputable. Unless the restaurants boss did not care about fame nor had extreme confidence in his own restaurant, he would not make this move. Xue Zhebin saw the confusion in Wang Pengs eyes and felt extremely content. A strange sense of superiority filled his heart. Stop thinking so much-just eat. The foods getting cold, rushed Xue Zhebin. Wang Peng nodded. He would cast these questions aside for now. He whipped out his cell phone to take pictures. The waiter was just about to tell Wang Peng not to, but Xue Zhebin spoke first. He pointed at the sign on the dining table and said, You cannot take pictures. Wang Peng was confused. The private kitchen was not big, but there were so many rules! Wang Peng had heard of restaurants not allowing pictures to be taken, but they were extremely rare. Whats more, most of them were overseas. It felt almost inhumane for local restaurants not to allow their customers to take photos. It had almost become customary for people here to take photos of their food before eating. If they werent allowed to take photos, how could they show off to others? They spent a ton of money on the food but were not allowed to take photos and show off to their friends. Wouldnt that be as good as not coming here at all? Of course, they could not enforce a no photographs rule. If a customer insisted on taking his cell phone out to snap a photograph, the waiter could not possibly destroy ones phone. They could only remind one not to do so politely. If one insisted, there was nothing they could do. Then again, it would already affect the customers dining experience to have a waiter walk up and remind them not to take photographs. Most waiters would not do something that stupid. Whats more, if customers took more beautiful photographs of the delicious food, it might draw more people to the restaurant. It was akin to publicizing the restaurant for free. Why wouldnt the restaurant want that? Thus, from any angle, it seemed extremely outrageous that a restaurant would forbid customers from taking photographs. Wang Peng was puzzled. Whats the meaning of this? The food looks so good, but Im not allowed to take photos? Isnt that a waste? He looked at the food in front of him. Every single dish looked colorful and perfectly-presented. It physically hurt him not to be able to take photographs of them to show off to others. The grin on Xue Zhebin spread even wider. Wang Pengs confusion fed his sense of superiority. Thus, he decided to explain on the waiters behalf. This is the amazing thing about this restaurant. The restaurants boss thinks that taking photographs would distract one from the foods taste. If you keep thinking about how to get the best angle and lighting, you would not be able to focus on enjoying the smells and tastes of the food in front of you. You would miss on out many details about the food. Put your phone down. Only then would you be able to focus on talking to your friends and tasting the delicacies. You would enjoy a relaxing time over all. When in Rome, do as the Romans do. I know youre busy at work, but having a meal wouldnt hinder your work too much. Keep your phone. Wang Peng still felt sorry, but Xue Zhebin had already spoken. He would be considered a wet blanket if he insisted on taking photographs of the food. Thus, Wang Peng kept his phone and dug in. Tomahawk Steak, Matsutake, and caviar these were not cheap. This meal alone cost over ten thousand yuan. Whats more, Xue Zhebin had not ordered the most expensive dishes on the menu. His main intention was to check out if the dishes which needed to be pre-ordered would turn out to be a scam. Wang Peng tried the dishes one by one, paying attention to the subtle flavors. Indeed, these are no ordinary dishes. As a manager of a consumer review site, Wang Peng had tasted many delicacies before. After all, this was all part of his job. How a dish tasted depended on the ingredients used, the chefs skills, the dining environment and atmosphere, and the diners mood. Among these, the most important was the ingredients used. After trying each dish, Wang Peng could tell that the ingredients were high-quality and worth every cent. Of course, these ingredients were not the best of the best. This was because many precious foreign ingredients were put up for auction in their place of origin. Only a limited number of such ingredients would be produced, and they could thus only be sent to a small number of surrounding areas. There was no way they could send such ingredients to China. Still, it was obvious that this nameless restaurant was making use of the best kind of ingredients obtainable in China. Xue Zhebin watched Wang Pengs expression. Hows the taste? As a rich second-generation heir, Xue Zhebin had eaten a lot of good food in his lifetime. He could distinguish good-quality food from bad-quality ones, but he was no professional. He was still a far cry from Wang Peng. Wang Peng nodded, satisfied. Not bad. I think its even better than what we ate the last time. Take the caviar for example. Thirty percent of the caviar in the world is produced by our country. Of 26 three-Michelin-starred restaurants in Paris, 21 of them serve premium caviar produced in China. Our countrys farmed caviar is easily comparable to wild caviar. Ive been to restaurants in Beijing and Shanghai as well. The ingredients that they use are similar. Yet, for some reason, the caviar served here tastes even better. Could it be the psychological effect of the cutlery and dining environment here? Xue Zhebin thought about the change he noticed in the private room and said, Speaking of which, they did newly decorate the private room. From the decorations to the dining table and cutlery, everything looks different compared to the last time I visited. He turned to face the waiter beside him. Why did you change all of these things? The waiter smiled and answered, Our boss thinks that the environment is a crucial aspect of ones dining experience. In ancient times, when learned men drank wine, they used different cups for different wines. There were also many complicated and detailed procedures. These were not just customary. Instead, appropriate cups can bring out the special characteristics of different wines. They can also work to create special atmospheres. Wang Peng was speechless. He silently nodded and commented, Particular. If he had heard this somewhere else, Wang Peng would have scoffed. He would also have thought this was fussy and meaningless. Changing the decorations, dining table, and cutlery in the room based on dishes served would just be superficial at best. If the dishes themselves turned out to be badly done, all these things would be pointless. However, what would come after having good-quality ingredients and excellent chefs? They were using top-notch ingredients in this restaurant. The chefs who worked here were also the cream of the crop. Compared to other high-end restaurants, this one would not be inferior but also not particularly superior. Then, what would leave the deepest impression in the hearts of customers would be the minute details. vere Among these were the special dining environment, meticulous service, appropriate cutlery, and the like. Whats more, people were not allowed to take photographs in this restaurant. Everyone would focus on the food in front of them. Subconsciously, this would create the illusion that food here was more delicious than elsewhere. This meant that even if two restaurants served identical dishes, customers would still have differing impressions of them both! How much does this meal cost? Wang Peng asked. Xue Zhebin smiled. Thirteen thousand yuan. Wang Peng could not help but feel moved. Its quite worth it. Walking out of Ming Yun Private Kitchen, Wang Peng felt like he did not want the experience to end. Although he had been stabbed by Xue Zhebin today and he had spent more than ten thousand yuan on a meal, he thought that it was all worth it. If not for Xue Zhebins recommendation, Wang Peng would not have known that such a high-end restaurant existed in Jingzhou. It was not just a question of delicious food. The restaurant was hidden and low-profile. The place was decorated in a classy manner. The service was meticulous. In addition, they were not allowed to take photographs. Obviously, this place had what it took to be pretentious. This restaurant was perfectly suited for hosting business meals. It was expensive, but Wang Peng could look more stylish. Whats more, his business partners would get to enjoy good food and feel highly-regarded. It would all be worth it! Whats more, Wang Peng had taken a look at the foods prices on the receipt and found that they were within an acceptable range. High-class food was expensive to begin with. In addition to expenses for professional chefs, a good location, special dining tables and cutlery, and waiters It was kind of them to set prices like these! Wang Peng only felt sorry that he did not manage to get the contact details of the restaurants boss. When he was settling the bill, the branch manager with a surname Lin politely approached them, asking for feedback. He wanted to know whether there was anything he could improve on for the restaurant. Wang Peng took the chance to ask for the boss contact details, hoping to rope him in as a partner of Quanmin Reviews. However, Branch Manager Lin turned him down. Strictly speaking, it was not Branch Manager Lin who turned him down. Branch Manager Lin had just turned down the request on behalf of the restaurants boss. He gave Wang Peng his own contact number, but not the boss. Branch Manager Lin also turned down the invitation to work with Quanmin Reviews on behalf of his boss. He did not even want to expose the name of the restaurant. Wang Peng thought it inappropriate to push him. After all, from the restaurants location and advertising strategy, Wang Peng could tell that the boss behind the scenes was low-profile. It was fitting that he was not willing to share his contact details. Thus, Wang Peng only took down Branch Manager Lins contact details. This way, he would be able to make reservations if he wanted to bring his business partners here in the future. He was just sorry that he could not rope this restaurant in on behalf of Quanmin Reviews. However just because they were not partners, did it mean that Quanmin Reviews could not display this restaurant on its site? Of course not. Quanmin Reviews had an add store function. Users were allowed to add information about stores they visited on their own. Of course, they had to fill in the stores name as well. He would need his employees to help him with this. Wang Peng noted the location of the restaurant and then called his technical staff. There is a high-end restaurant at this location. Update our website. Ill personally write a review later on. Theres no name; just leave it blank. Chapter 247 - The Roses in Her Hand, the Flavor in Mine It couldnt be denied that Quanmin Reviews employees were rather efficient. Two minutes later, Wang Peng refreshed the application and found that the empty shophouse had appeared at the restaurants location. However, there were no details on it; no content whatsoever. Other pages on Quanmin Reviews were all done-up nicely. There were pictures, name of the shop, ratings, reviews, average spending, exact location, etc. However, this place only had a blank profile; it had nothing on it. Wang Peng thought for a while and started to enter some information on it. He left the name blank. As for average spending, according to the meal he had, it was five thousand-odd. Regarding ratings, this was a little more problematic. Wang Peng had wanted to give a 4.8 rating. However, after searching all the restaurants in Jingzhou that had 4.8 ratings, he realized that all these restaurants couldnt hold a candle to this nameless private kitchen. Regardless of taste, atmosphere, or service; awarding a 4.8 rating was a little inappropriate. Ill give it full marks then! Wang Peng immediately inputted a 5/5 rating for all criteria. He didnt have any pictures to share; the restaurant had not allowed any. Wang Peng did manage to take a picture of the entrance. However, it became that of a nondescript villa that didnt say anything about how amazing things were inside. He did not think it was meaningful to post a picture of the entrance and decided not to upload anything. After that, Wang Peng started to get serious and to leave a review. All in all, this is at present the poshest restaurant in Jingzhou; there is no other. I ordered three to four dishes. The ingredients were basically the best one could find in the entire country and had to be preordered one or two days beforehand. The dishes taste superb, and chefs from other places have probably been hired due to the variety of dishes. The atmosphere is very quiet, and arrangements would actually be made to accommodate each type of dish; much effort has been put into this. Service is excellent; I basically do not need to do anything at all, and the wait staff would take care of everything. However, I do not feel overly disturbed or annoyed; it is rather magical. Also, this place is very strict on decorum; no photos are allowed at all. However, this actually allows people to better experience the delicacies in front of them. Basically, what I want to say is that my friends based in Jingzhou are in for a treat. Wang Peng didnt have to overdo his review; he just truthfully wrote down his experience. However, as he was using his Red V account[1] to send out this review, his review would carry much more weight than ordinary comments. That night Soon after Wang Peng had sent out this review, he had received a massive amount of comments and likes! As the co-founder of Quanmin Reviews, Wang Pengs reviews account had the Red V verification while Quanmin Reviews employees would be biased towards his account internally. If two accounts reviewed the same restaurant, Wang Pengs review would definitely be more visible. At the same time, Wang Peng was also someone that had a stronger presence and sense of duty; he would always seriously review every restaurant he went to. Hence, Wang Pengs account had tens of thousands of fans. After his review was sent out, his fans immediately saw it. However, after seeing the details page of this restaurant, all these netizens were flummoxed. There were no pictures; the restaurant didnt even have a name! The name portion of the page was blank; the page looked very hastily made. Below that, the 5/5 rating as well as the average spending price also shocked everyone. Is this an official recommendation? Has the site taken a liking to this restaurant? I feel that it will soon gain in popularity! I recall that Boss Wang is always very critical with his reviews. He had actually given a full rating? Could this be an official publicity effort? Who has managed to enlist Boss Wang to do publicity? This person must be a big-shot! Why doesnt this restaurant have a name? Is there a system bug?. Only Boss Wang has left a comment; it doesnt even have a picture. Five thousand per person? I cant afford this! Boss Wang is really rich; we commoners can only silently watch Jingzhous high-class restaurants standard is still far from Beijing, and Shanghais; could it really be so expensive? Everyone suddenly grew excited. Although they couldnt afford the meal, they could hang around and debate about it, right? Many Jingzhou natives were stumped. Since when had such a high-end restaurant appeared in Jingzhou? Why have they not heard of it before? As for ballers from other places, they started to grow interested in this place. If Wang Peng could give a 5/5 rating, this restaurant would definitely not be half bad. If they had an opportunity to head to Jingzhou for work next time, they were determined to try this place. Many ardent fans all left comments on Wang Pengs review while Wang Peng was also delighted in responding to them. I know that quality reviews need at least three pictures. However, as this restaurant does not allow pictures, I dont have any to provide. It is indeed expensive. However, the ingredients, culinary skills of the chefs, atmosphere, and service all make this pricing worthwhile. If any of you have a certain longing for any special delicacy, you can splurge and have a meal here. The dining experience here will not disappoint you. As for recommended dishes, this is hard to do. I had only casually ordered a few dishes, and all were superb. I feel that other dishes should not be that shabby either. After all, this restaurant prizes quality over anything else. This isnt collaboration. Actually, the owner of this restaurant is a little too low-profile. I had wanted to discuss a partnership with them but was rejected. I just felt that as a member of Quanmin Reviews, I had a duty to recommend such a good restaurant to everyone. This has always been the mission of Quanmin Reviews. After selecting a few passionate fans and replying to their comments, Wang Peng put down his cell phone satisfactorily. Quanmin Reviews mission since founding had been that all information would come from the masses, to serve the masses, and to provide honest reviews for all restaurants and eateries so that no good place would be left unknown while all poor places would be exposed. As the co-founder of Quanmin Reviews, Wang Peng felt that at this moment, he had fulfilled his duty. As the saying went, the roses in her hand, the flavor in mine[2]. Helping this nameless private kitchen to do some publicity might actually make the owner happy. Perhaps the owner might be amenable to working together with Quanmin Reviews? Wang Peng thought satisfactorily. August 27th, Friday Pei Qian tossed his controller as he massaged his slight sore shoulders. Tiring! He had suffered for a week. Although he was getting a hang of the game-as Pei Qian was someone who found it very hard to find enjoyment from suffering, this was still a form of torture to him. If it wasnt for the sake of making a loss, I wouldnt be working so hard. Pei Qian took a look at his game character on the screen. He was holding Pudu and had already reached the entrance to the six realms of rebirth and existence. Pei Qian had to fight many grueling battles in the days to come. Fortunately, at this pace he was going, Pei Qian would be able to complete this ending before the official launch of the game. I can go take a look at how Teacher Qiao is doing. Pei Qian shut his computer down, stood up, and prepared to head to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. Last weekend-after having a meal with Teacher Qiao at Ming Yun Private Kitchen, Pei Qian had never gone back to Ming Yun Private Kitchen again yet. As there were rules regarding entertainmentwhile Pei Qian could receive a guest there once, he couldnt do so persistently; the system would not allow that. Hence, Pei Qian had thought that as a week had gone by, he could find an opportune time and come up with some pretext this weekend to head to Ming Yun Private Kitchen for another meal. As for what this pretext would be This was easy. He could ask Teacher Qiao to offer his opinions on making changes to the game. That could be considered as making stellar contributions to Tengda, and it would be reasonable to have a meal at his private kitchen. Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Handong University branch Qiao Liang had just taken a pause in the game as he leaned into his chair and ordered two cocktails. He was very pleased. After playing for a month, he realized that he had slowly gotten a hang of the game! It had been very hard at the beginning. However, it wasnt entirely just a problem with the difficulty-level of the monsters but rather a difficulty with adjusting to a new gaming format. If gamers could not adapt to this gameplay, they would find it very difficult. However, after doing so, the difficulty level would naturally be reduced. Normal RPG games were very accommodating of players; they would not overtly penalize any mistakes by players, and players have gotten used to this. They felt that they were only going to let the monster hit them twice and that it wasnt going to be consequential. However, Repent and be Saved required gamers to be fully focused while fighting weak monsters as well. They must always be mindful of every monsters attack pattern and speed as well. After making this change in mindset, Qiao Liang realized that the game wasnt that difficult. He even felt that such a game was even more attractive than others. Sigh, I have really maligned Boss Pei previously. Repent and be Saved is a game for true hardcore gamers. It is filled with many novel elements and definitely had not been created purely to irk players! If it was just to repulse players, the game design could just have been changed to make it too onerous and difficult. Boss Pei evidently had ten thousand ways to make the game impossible to complete. However, he had not done so and had given all players a way forward by grinding and working hard. I had even suspected Boss Pei previously; I shouldnt have! Qiao Liang increasingly felt that the game was very interesting. In the early days, he had thought that playing this game was a form of torture. Now, it felt like a challenge; and he was filled with motivation every day! Furthermore, he also felt that life in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe was very peaceful! The computers here were even better than his own high-end computer at home. Not only were the specifications good, but even the keyboard, mouse, earphones, and controllers were all the best. For a relentless game like Repent and be Saved where players could be killed in a second, a high frame rate and stable connection were essential. As the computers here were running so smoothly, he almost couldnt stop playing. Besides these, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe also had coffee and cocktails available. While the daily dishes were all comfort food, they were nutritious, healthy, and tasteful. It was completely different from the ordinary greasy food served in eating establishments. Qiao Liang was living rather comfortably here; he felt that this place was probably heaven to internet or gaming addicts! Of course, the only downside was that this place was rather pricey. However, taking the comfortable environment into account, this pricing seemed rather reasonable. [1] This is a personal, verified account with a viewership of more than a thousand. [2] Helping others will benefit yourself as well Chapter 248 - Humbly Listening to Teacher Qiao’s Thoughts Pei Qian silently went to the second floor of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. He wanted to see how Teacher Qiao was doing. After all, seeing Teacher Qiao suffer was very important to Pei Qians dreary life. It was also his source of motivation to continue playing Repent and be Saved. However, Pei Qian was disappointed. Teacher Qiao wasnt staring at the screen in disbelief like the last time. He was casually drinking his cocktail as he leaned into his chair; he looked rather relaxed. The computer screen was foggy yellow, and there was a thick mist emanating on it. Pei Qian immediately recognized that this was the scene of the Road to the Underworld; Teacher Qiao was about to arrive at the Bridge of Forgetfulness and River of Forgetfulness. What the f*ck? Whats happening? His progress is only a little slower than mine? No, wait. Hes faster than me! Pei Qian was stunned. At present, Pei Qian had fought his way to the entrance of the six realms of rebirth and existence. From the game design, after passing the River of Forgetfulness and the Bridge of Forgetfulness, one would reach the Home-Viewing Pavilion and Three-Life Stone. Finally, either Yamas palace or the six realms of rebirth and existence followed after the Three-Life Stone. However, as Pei Qian had gotten Pudu, he had already taken a shortcut and had immediately skipped the Bridge of Forgetfulness, Three-Life Stone, etc.; right from the Road to the Underworld and arrived at the six realms of rebirth and existence. Taking this into account, Teacher Qiao had indeed gone through the game much faster than Pei Qian. No, this is not right Pei Qian felt a little faint. He realized that he had underestimated Teacher Qiaos endurance of suffering and his gaming abilities! As a game UP Master, Teacher Qiaos gaming standards were not top-notch. His past videos only took stock of games and explained what they were. Hence, Pei Qian naturally assumed that Teacher Qiao would have a crazily hard time while playing Repent and be Saved. However, Pei Qian now realized that he had underestimated Teacher Qiaos standard. Come to think of it, as a gamer that could endure eight hours of driving, no matter how terribly he died in Repent and be Saved; it would probably be more meaningful than driving, right? Furthermore, from Teacher Qiaos expression, he had already learned how to find joy amidst the bitterness; he even seemed to be enjoying himself. Pei Qian was a little flustered. Now that Teacher Qiao was not suffering anymore, Pei Qian lost his source of motivation and joy! How was he going to continue from now on? Naturally, this was not the main reason. The main reason was if Teacher Qiao could progress to this stage based on his hard work and perseverance, did that mean that the difficulty of the game wasnt high enough yet? If it wasnt, it would be hard to force players to quit; and the games sales would not drop. The game might actually make money. That would be deep trouble! Seeing Teacher Qiaos expression, Pei Qian instantly thought of the worst-case scenario. No way; this cant be it! Boss Pei was adept at making remedies. Now that he had already noticed a crisis, how could he sit and do nothing? Pei Qian thought for a moment and had an idea. Qiao Liang was sipping his cocktail as he thought about how to continue progressing in the game when he realized that Boss Pei had come. Boss Pei! Qiao Liang was full of smiles. After his misunderstanding had been cleared, he viewed Boss Pei akin to his relative and was especially warm. Pei Qian smiled slightly as he pulled a chair over. Although he had no warm feelings for Teacher Qiao at the moment, he still tried his best to maintain a smile outwardly. ze more After all, he still had to squeeze more value out of Teacher Qiao. A week had passed since Teacher Qiao had arrived in Jingzhou. Besides the weekend, he would have played around forty-odd hours of the game. Repent and be Saveds game content wasnt as varied as the Souls series. Based on his preliminary estimates, more seasoned players would be able to complete the main game story in thirty-odd hours. If it were players who were perfectionists and they wanted to finish the entire game and go through every single detail and aspect of it, the required gameplay time could be extended to fifty to sixty hours. If a player was a newbie the amount of time needed would be very long. As Teacher Qiao had not been used to the game at the start and kept on dying repeatedly and getting lost while he was also a perfectionist, he had only progressed till the current stage after over forty hours of gameplay. He had finished about 60% of the game now. However, his current understanding of the game was much deeper now. How does it feel? Pei Qian smiled slightly and asked. Qiao Liang grew energized. En? Boss Pei asked the same question as before! He remembered clearly that Boss Pei had asked him the exact same question the previous time. His feeling back then had been there was something wrong with the games difficulty level. However, Qiao Liang now understood that nothing was wrong with it; Boss Pei had purposely made the game so difficult! During this time, Qiao Liang had also slowly felt the unique appeal of such a high-level difficulty game. Hence, his answer was naturally different now. It feels great! It has been a long while since I felt so challenged while playing a game, Qiao Liang said energetically. Indeed, this is not good Pei Qians worries were confirmed. He worked hard at maintaining his indifferent attitude as he continued, How about the difficulty level of the game? If I ask you to rate the difficulty levels of each stage of the game, how much would you give? Also, what would be your ratings for the little monsters and weapons? Qiao Liang was very happy. It seems like Boss Pei values my opinions! He is asking in so much detail! As the conversation was about the specifics of the game, Qiao Liang was filled with passion as he started to answer. As for the difficulty level, I feel that the starting village and towns difficulty is the hardest; the difficulty level drops after that. Of course, it might be because after walking out of the town, I had already gotten used to the game and felt that it wasnt as difficult as before Regarding the weapons, the chopper is the best weapon at the start. It is nimble and can be used swiftly while its attacking damage is significant and could be used from the early to mid-stage of the game. As for the crescent blade, it is particularly useful at vertical hacking. This vertical hack could be used to get rid of ninety percent of monsters Qiao Liang didnt suspect anything and spoke frankly about his understanding of the game. Pei Qian quietly noted these things down. Actually, he didnt know much about these weapons. However, since Teacher Qiao felt that these specific ones were very useful, then they must be so. Qiao Liang wasnt a very skilled player at maneuvering and attacking. However, his stamina surpassed that of 99% of players while his game intellect was also superior to 70% of others. As for his skills at movement, he might be considered in the middle range. Since that was the case, wouldnt Teacher Qiao be similar to ordinary players? Qiao Liang spoke what he wanted to say and gave his opinions frankly; he had never felt so satisfied before. Previously, he could only diss online and talk within his fan group; game developers didnt bother with him at all. However, a game developer was sitting in front of him and was seriously listening to his advice. He had to perform at his best! En this is more or less it. All in all, difficulties abound in the game. However, if these weapons are used judiciously, all problems could be surpassed! Qiao Liang still felt as if he had much more to say. Pei Qian nodded, En, these are good suggestions. Ill head back and make sure revisions are made to the game! From Boss Peis serious expression, Qiao Liang actually felt a little overwhelmed. Of course, he didnt decipher how much Boss Pei had said was just civilities. After all, when gamers gave feedback to the customer service hotline, the latter would have a standard reply that your suggestion has been taken into account, and we will submit your comment to the design team. However, no one knew in the design team would act on any feedback at all. Hence, Qiao Liang didnt take this too seriously. He just felt that Boss Peis attitude was rather moving. After all, such a successful game designer was humbly listening to his thoughts; Boss Pei was akin to stooping to learning from his subordinates. Indeed, Boss Peis success wasnt without reason! Returning to the office, Pei Qian typed furiously on his computer as he swiftly noted down what Teacher Qiao had said. Teacher Qiao had felt that the village and town had been the hardest stages. Actually, the plan had been to elevate the difficulty level of the game as it progressed. However, Lu Mingliang and company had neglected something: players tolerance for suffering would increase as well. As it was their first time seeing the monsters in the village and town, it had been hard for them at the start. As gamers grew used to the games tempo, the raised difficulty level of the game subsequently didnt affect them much. Since that was the case, Pei Qian had to increase the difficulty level of the subsequent stages! Regarding the weapons, didnt Teacher Qiao love the chopper? Ill ax it! Didnt he mention that the crescent blades vertical hacking was very useful? Ill reduce its effectiveness! All in all, whatever Teacher Qiao felt was good to use in the game would be things that all new players would think of as well. They all would be altered. Pei Qian was going to strike where it hurt. After all, the changes wouldnt affect Boss Pei; Boss Pei used a special weapon. Pei Qian made a list and handed it straight to Li Yada. Do some adjustments according to this list, Pei Qian instructed simply. Li Yada received the list and took a look. It was rather detailed. For example, the crescent blades vertical hacking, specifically, had to be reduced in its power. The instructions were very specific. Alright, Boss Pei, well get to it immediately! Li Yada sighed emotively. Boss Pei was really seeking perfection. Whenever she had gone to report to Boss Pei recently, Boss Pei had always been using Pudu. He didnt know when Boss Pei had found the time to try out all the other weapons one by one. Evidently, Boss Pei had attained such great success today precisely because of his hard work behind the scenes that no one could see or knew about. Li Yada held onto the list as she focused on Boss Peis instructions. Pei Qian sat in his chair. He suddenly felt a little guilty towards Teacher Qiao. Although it was for the sake of raising the difficulty of the game-as he was reducing the effectiveness of weapons that Teacher Qiao loved the most, that seemed a little too much. Since that is the case, Ill treat him to another meal as a form of compensation! Teacher Qiao had made significant contributions to Repent and be Saved. In order to express his thanks, inviting him to have a good meal at Ming Yun Private Kitchen shouldnt be too much, right? Thinking about this, Pei Qian took out his cell phone and dialed Chef Lins number. Help me to book dinner for tomorrow night. Over the phone, Lin Canrong was in a daze for a moment. Err, Boss Pei, someone has made a reservation already. En? Pei Qian was a little surprised. Was it that return customer? In that case, I dont need the biggest private room; I only need a small one. Lin Canrong coughed a few times. Boss Pei, all the seats have been reserved. ??? Pei Qian felt a little faint. He had a premonition as he said, How about the day after tomorrow? Lin Canrong answered truthfully, Boss Pei, dont talk about the day after tomorrow. We are fully booked till the week after next Pei Qian was completely dazed. What the hell?!I have only not gone there for a week; what has happened to Ming Yun Private Kitchen? Chapter 249 - TPDB ratings Pei Qian felt a little faint. I had opened this restaurant; I cant even make a reservation myself? Lin Canrong reminded: Rest assured, Boss Pei. According to your request, the 20th of every odd month is completely blocked out while the biggest private room is always reserved for you the first and third Sundays of each month. Hence, next Sunday, September 5th, you can come over and have a meal. Pei Qian, He had indeed made such arrangements. He would book out Ming Yun Private Kitchen during the 20th of every odd month as a company cohesion dinner while he would reserve the biggest private room every first and third Sundays of each month for potential client entertainments. Come to think of it, this now seemed a little conservative; and he should reserve a couple more days for his own use. Most importantly, Pei Qian had never thought at the moment that Ming Yun Private Kitchen would become like this. Pei Qian had thought that even if Ming Yun Private Kitchen had a fixed group of customers as Ming Yun Private Kitchen had so many private rooms serving two meals a day, he could just reserve a private room occasionally. However, reality had given him a tight slap in the face! How on earth had information about this place leaked? Could it be Lin Wan causing trouble again? Pei Qian thought about it. Most of his treasured employees had been recruited from him and nurtured from the beginning; none of them had prominent backgrounds, and they shouldnt have such capacity. The only possible person was Lin Wan. However, Shenhua Corporation didnt have much influence in Jingzhou. Their properties were mainly in Shenzhen; where could they have found so many people to come and have a meal at Ming Yun Private Kitchen? Could it be other enemies had appeared? Pei Qian didnt speak for a long while. He hadnt recovered fully from such a heavy blow while he was also thinking where he had made a misstep. Hearing Boss Pei grow silent for a long time, Lin Canrong actually thought that Boss Pei was extremely happy with Ming Yun Private Kitchens explosive popularity as he hurriedly sucked up to Boss Pei. Wait, no, this couldnt be considered sucking up. What he intended to say was all the truth; there wasnt a single lie in his words. Boss Pei, I have to say that you asking us to focus on the private kitchen and ignoring any publicity efforts was such foresight! It was the right thing to do! You have gotten a good grasp on the wealthy segment of Jingzhou, their attitudes, and thought processes. Every step had been so accurate; I am really impressed. Pei Qian, ??? What are you talking about? I dont understand anything at all. Pei Qian knew that Lin Canrong was bootlicking; he wasnt interested in such things and was actually very repulsed. Such bootlicking was putting salt on Boss Peis wounds! However, Pei Qian couldnt not-listen. He had to find out from Lin Canrongs bootlicking, where he had gone wrong with Ming Yun Private Kitchen! Lin Canrong had not realized Boss Peis change in attitude and happily continued talking. Come to think of it, my understanding of rich people is really shallow. Jingzhou doesnt have that many rich folks. Furthermore, most of them recognize that our private kitchen is specifically targeting them. Hence, you deciding not to do any publicity was the accurate move. That is because information spreads so rapidly within this small circle! That customer Xue Zhebin had seen Zhang Zutings Weibo message and started to look for this place. He had then found Quanmin Reviews Wang Peng; Boss Wang told him about this place. In the end, Boss Wang had left his ratings and review on Quanmin Reviews; and Ming Yun Private Kitchens popularity had skyrocketed! I didnt think that it was so simple for a low-key restaurant like ours to become so popular so fast! Of course, your other strategies had also complemented this. Ming Yun Private Kitchen didnt have a name. As such, Boss Wang had not left a name on Quanmin Reviews. This immediately showcased the uniqueness of Ming Yun Private Kitchen and triggered a debate! name Furthermore, as we didnt have a name, every time someone left the name column blank and searched for keywords; they would all find our restaurant. That was how our visibility had been raised! The most crucial point was the rules you have set for our restaurant, such as no taking of photos and changing of the table setting and cutlery according to the dishes served, our wait staffs breezy and attentive service all these aspects satisfied our customers expectations. Among the ballers, everyone is praising all these! The good reputation of our restaurant among the ballers also had an impact on ordinary consumers. Although our dishes are rather expensive, most ordinary customers that came all felt that it was worth their buck. This was precisely because the ballers had sung their praises! Lin Canrong continued to praise Ming Yun Private Kitchens success model; he wasnt just bootlicking Boss Pei but was also saying all these emotively. He had personally experienced everything. Initially, he did not understand Boss Peis arrangements and had not been optimistic about the private kitchens prospects. Now, all his misgivings had all been cleared and Boss Peis astute arrangements had worked! Pei Qian was lost for words. Lin Canrongs words came in from his left ear and left in the right ear; he didnt remember much of it. Two names, however, Pei Qian now remembered. One was Xue Zhebin, and another was Wang Peng. These were the two culprits! Xue Zhebin had come after seeing Zhang Zutings Weibo message; that meant that Zhang Zuting was complicit as well! Pei Qian now could only think of four words: it was impossible to guard against all sides! There were too many enemies; he felt like he was completely surrounded. Pei Qian sighed quietly. Aye, I have to add another three names to my notebook. In that case, help me to reserve the private room for next Sunday. Make some variations to the menu from the previous time. Pei Qian said this a little feebly. After hanging up the phone call, Pei Qian felt a mountain of pressure on him; he was not feeling very good. According to the popularity of Ming Yun Private Kitchen now, it would definitely make money. However, it wont make that much. Ming Yun Private Kitchen had a limited seating capacity; the space was only that big. Even if it was packed for both lunches and dinners, it wouldnt be able to receive that many customers. Ming Yun Private Kitchens daily expenses were immense. Pei Qian had hired a few top chefs as well as well-trained wait staff, table movers, and ornament movers; manpower costs were significant. Although the restaurants dishes prices were considered high, they were astronomically so. That was why Wang Peng had thought his meal had been rather worth it. Hence, Ming Yun Private Kitchen would definitely make money. However, it was probably impossible for it to recoup all the initial investments in the short-term. This was a small saving grace. Pei Qian had bought two semi-commercial villas that cost six million in total. The amount recorded in the System Funds would be six hundred thousand. That meant that before Ming Yun Private Kitchen made five hundred and forty thousand, it was still worthwhile for Pei Qian. However it was only a matter of time before it became an issue for him. Pei Qian felt so much pressure. It was going to be September soon, and it was already halfway into this cycle; there wasnt much time left till settlement. He had two most pressing things to deal with now. One was launching Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version and letting it flop, to give Boss Pei some reprieve and assurance. Second was he had to start implementing his reputation-rating bonus system immediately. Ever since he had this reputation-based reward idea, Pei Qian had already formulated a concrete plan; it was more or less finalized. The base figure for the prize money would be based on the early-stage investments into a project. A ranking and benchmark would be created based on the projects reputation. Once the base figure was met, the award would be given to all the projects members based on seniority and responsibilities. The most important part of this system was how to determine a projects reputation. If he wanted to use external website ratings, some gamers might continuously spam the same review; and so they might not be accurate. For example, some rating sites might give higher points for a certain type of game while others might give the same game a lower rating; which rating should be used as the benchmark precisely? Basing it on the combined ratings of all netizens wouldnt be reliable as well. They could actually be falsified by fake reviewers. If it was a combined collation of authoritative media sites, gamers opinions, and internal company feedback How would the last factor differ from him himself coming up with a rating? Hence, Pei Qian considered this matter and felt that if he wanted to implement this system, he had to have a perfect internal rating system. All in all, ratings had to be ascertained based on two things: One was it had to filter out malicious intent, such as fake reviewers and trolls. Another aspect was that it had to be broad-based. Many movie and game reviews had the same phenomenon: the smaller the target base, the easier it was to get a higher rating. As the target audience was specific, all die-hard fans were willing to give high ratings. Furthermore, before such films were released, those who were not interested in this genre or type would not interact with these videos and wouldnt give a rating as well. Hence, the ratings would be inflated. Once these films were released, the ratings would naturally drop. Hence, after taking into consideration all these elements, Pei Qian finally decided on a Tengda internal reputation-rating system. He had also thought of a more westernized name: TPDb, which was the acronym for Tengda Project Database. This database would take note of all of Tengdas projects as well as conducting a holistic assessment based on the following criteria: Tengda High-Level internal review, Tengda ordinary employee review, Authoritative media holistic review, Consumer review, and Netizens review. Every type of review would have different weights. Tengda internal employees opinions would weigh more than ordinary netizens. All employees reviews had to use their real names, and only a small number of high-level executives (like Pei Qian) could see who had commented what. While Pei Qian could not completely eliminate his employees giving troll reviews or friendship points to their comrades, at least everyone would treasure their right to review as these reviews could be traced and were recorded. If they gave their own projects higher ratings to get a higher reward or if they purposely posted low ratings for their competitors projects, Boss Pei would take all this into account as well. Consumer reviews and netizens reviews also carried different weights. For players who had bought a game and those who hadnt, the formers views would be more highly prized. Naturally, regardless of what system was used, some would feel that the ratings were not accurate. If Pei Qian kept on giving the loss-making projects more rewardswhile that would accelerate losses, the employees from other projects would definitely become suspicious. This would then seem unfair. Hence, Pei Qian had thought of using TPDb as a professional rating database. As there were a rather holistic and fair system and benchmark in place with the reward given based on the ratings in the database and the initial investment amount of each project, everyone would be more appeased by this. At the same time, there would be differences in the release of rewards for different projects as well. The longer a project had been ongoing, the more times rewards would be given. Take Upwind Courier stations for example. As Pei Qian intended for this project to last forever, he could consider giving a reputation-based reward quarterly. For a game like Repent and be Saved which was a buy-to-play game, he could just give rewards twice or thrice. When a downloadable content was launched subsequently, Pei Qian could then give more rewards based on the downloadable contents reputation. Of course, Pei Qian also had to achieve a balance among all his projects. Although Boss Pei was more biased towards projects like Upwind Courier stations that would burn money in the long run, he couldnt make his bias too obvious. After finalizing all these plans, Pei Qian happily gave the proposal to Assistant Xin. From next month, all project bonuses would be based on these criteria. Chapter 250 - Rectifying the Crescent Blade’s Vertical Hacking Speed Bug In order to set up the TPDb ratings, a website was required. As there was still space upstairs, Pei Qian decided to hire a group of people to manage the websites operations. They would be situated next to Zhongdian Chinese Network. TPDbs website would list out all of Tengdas projects, including all the games it had developed before, all the short videos that Fei Huang Workspace had shot, each and every Fish-Catching Internet Cafe branch, Zhongdian Chinese Network, Upwind Courier stations, etc. The site would be categorized simply into games, films, lifestyle, experiences, etc. for easy filtering and searching. If Tengda were to venture into new industries in the future, the number of categories on this site would be refreshed as well. There wouldnt be too much of an introduction to each of these projects. Every one of them would only have a simple profile page with some basic information. The focus of the website would be on ratings as well as relevant details regarding it. The ratings were divided into internal, media, consumer, and netizens ratings. The final ratings would be based on these four big groups with different weights apportioned to each. The website was on the open register. However, Tengda employees accounts had special access rights that allowed them to enter the internal ratings intranet page and to see the ratings that had been given by other employees. Ordinary users would only be able to see the overall stats of the ratings Tengda employees have given; they could not enter the intranet. The media ratings would take into account some established media companies ratings as well as some of their posted reviews. Consumers and netizens would have their separate rating pages. Only those who could give their registered account record with Tengda would be able to access the consumer rating page; ordinary netizens couldnt. As for the specific ratings, TPDb would also adopt a more complicated rating system. Every account would have a different weight attached to it; the specific weight would only be viewable to Tengda employees with higher levels of clearance. Some inappropriate behavior would have a negative impact on accounts weights. For example, if some Big V had been given money to give a 1/5 rating on a project that had an average of 4/5 rating, or if someone gave 5/5 for a project that had an average 2/5 rating, this would definitely impact this accounts future rating weight. Of course, this wasnt trying to get rid of any form of dissent; after all, ratings should be an individual and very subjective thing. It could also be possible that some people didnt like others giving 5/5 and praising a so-called masterpiece; hence, they really wanted to give a 1/5 rating instead. However, such revenge-like behavior was already contravening the objective and fair principle behind ratings; this would have a negative impact on this accounts future ratings. At the same time, if someone continuously used bogey accounts-accessing accounts all from the same IP address; these accounts weights would be reduced as well. All in all, Pei Qian wanted to eliminate as much of the subjective ratings as possible, allowing each projects ratings to be as close to its intrinsic value as possible. Pei Qian gave Ma Yiqun and company the task of setting up the preliminary website for the moment. As Zhongdian Chinese Network had already been set up, Ma Yiqun and company were no longer as busy as before. After the preparations for TPDb had been completed, he would then find someone suitable to manage it. September 1st Fish-Catching Internet Cafe Qiao Liang sipped his coffee that a waiter had brought from the bar counter; he felt that his life was so relaxed and at ease. His fans were continuously bombarding him with messages; he couldnt read all of them in time. For the past weeks, Qiao Liang hadnt been paying much attention to his fan groups. He had been having a life-and-death battle with Repent and be Saved. Qiao Liang had to play eight hours of the game daily, and the pressure was on. Furthermore, Repent and be Saveds gameplay couldnt be divulged; he had signed a contract and he had to keep mum. However, Qiao Liang had recently gotten a knack of the game; and he was progressing speedily. He wasnt as pressured as before. After briefly looking through his fans comments and taking a break, Qiao Liang once again logged into Repent and be Saved. He was prepared to kill the Mengpo boss that he had been stuck at for a long time. After entering the game, a new notification popped up. Oh, another update. Qiao Liang was already used to this. As he was playing the developer edition of the game, Repent and be Saveds project team was continuously making changes to the game; and there would be new updates daily. There were both major and minor updates. Minor updates were just a few hundred kilobytes and might be regarding the addition of a new configuration table; major updates could actually be up to a few hundred megabytes and would be updating an entire new setting The update this round wasnt that huge. As the internet cafes internet speed was very fast, it was completed in a few minutes. I wonder how much alteration has been made based on my conversation with Boss Pei the last time. Qiao Liang actually had a little hope for this. A week earlier, Boss Pei had come over to ask him about the game. Qiao Liang had given his opinion in detail; The difficulty level of the starting village and town was too high. As players were entering the game for the first time and hadnt gotten used to this gameplay, they could potentially be easily dissuaded from the game. However, as one progressed in the game, it actually got easier. What Qiao Liang hinted at was reducing the difficulty level of the game at the start while maintaining the status quo subsequently. With regard to weapons, Qiao Liang had felt that the chopper was a very useful and agile weapon in the early to mid-stages of the game. The choppers attack speed was fast, and its damage was high as well. Also, the crescent blades vertical hacking was very useful. Qiao Liang wanted to say that other less popular weapons were a little cumbersome and perhaps they could be improved on. When the game had undergone updates the previous few times, Qiao Liang had kept his hopes up that the design team would make some changes based on these comments; however, he had been disappointed time and again. Perhaps these changes in the balance of the game required more time and couldnt be done swiftly. Finally, the moment Qiao Liang had been waiting for had come. After the update was completed, Qiao Liang took a look at the update log and realized that many changes had been made to the balance of the game! Boss Pei is indeed a designer who is good at listening to gamers opinions! Qiao Liang sighed emotively. He opened the balance changes details page and took a good look at it. He wanted to see which unpopular weapons had been strengthened so that he could use these modified weapons to face the Mengpo boss. The monsters in Three-Life Stone, River of Forgetfulness, etc. have had their attack powers elevated; the type of monsters and attacking styles as well Reducing the overtly high damage that the chopper has when it leveled up; to compensate for this, a slight increase in its charged-attack damage Rectifying the Crescent Blades Vertical Hacking Speed Bug Such balancing changes abounded; however, most of them were weakening balances! The weapons that Teacher Qiao had felt rather good to use have essentially all been nerfed. The choppers basic attack damage increase when it leveled up was nerfed[1]. This way, players would no longer be able to mindlessly use the chopper all the way from early to mid-stage. Of course, this weapon was still good to use as the charged attack damage had been increased. However, this attack required a longer charging lag time; and the choppers nimbleness would be blunted. Using it would now require more technique. The same thing happened with the crescent blade. After removing the bug that made its vertical hacking strike so quickly, Qiao Liang couldnt mindlessly use this attack continuously on monsters. He needed more skill for this now. Naturally, as for whether this had been a bug or not, only Pei Qian himself knew. Qiao Liang was in a daze. He couldnt believe his eyes. All the weapons that I felt were good to use have been nerfed? How am I supposed to kill Mengpo today? I might not even be able to defeat some puny monsters! Qiao Liang looked at his leveled-up chopper and crescent blade as he sat in his chair. It felt like he was all back at square one! His coffee no longer smelled fragrant. Who am I? Where am I? What am I doing? Qiao Liang felt a deep sense of confusion and despondence. (1) Nerf is a game slang for becoming too weak. Chapter 251 - Boss Pei Finally Got it Right Once These few days, Pei Qian was rather busy. He had spent the entire summer holiday busying with company matters. As it was nearing the start of school, he finally managed to find time to make a trip back home to rest for two days. Pei Qian encountered a barrage of questions, such as his mom asking why he didnt appear in Fei Huang Workspaces new A Day in a Great Inventors Life. Pei Qians reply was that he was now working backstage. This time, Pei Qian did not buy any new appliances for the apartment. He had basically bought all the new appliances and furniture that he could; his next objective was to change to a bigger home. However, Pei Qians Personal Wealth was still not sufficient; he could only wait for the upcoming round of losses first. Hence, after resting at home for two days, Pei Qian speedily returned to his working station and continued to bury himself in work passionately. After returning to the company, he realized that Li Yada was actually very efficient. Repent and be Saved already had a new update that removed previous bugs that overpowered certain weapons. Pei Qian was not affected at all; Pudu had not been nerfed at all. Furthermore, Pei Qians route took him straight from Road to the Underworld to the six realms of rebirth and existence. The increased difficulty level of the River of Forgetfulness, Three-Life Stone, etc. did not impact Pei Qian at all. After struggling for a time in the game, Pei Qian decided to watch some shows on a video website and relax for a while. After he entered a site, he saw a familiar face. Pei Qian was stunned. Oh? Wasnt this Zhang Zuting? He saw the date, and Pei Qian finally recalled. Oh, yes. Today is the publishing date for Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version. As the advertisements were in tandem with the game, they were definitely being shown on all major websites. Pei Qian was a little pained from his gaming experience. However, he immediately perked up. He didnt even watch his show as he hurriedly monitored how Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version was doing. He already had problems with Ming Yun Private Kitchen; he could only depend on this game to give him the assurance that he needed! Pei Qian first opened a few popular websites like video websites, gaming websites, etc. Every website he went to, he could see Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Versions advertisement. On the video websites, many gaming-related videos were all playing Zhang Zutings famous few words used for publicity: I am Zha Zhuti; if youre my brother, come nibble at me! It was hard for any netizen not to find out about this game under such widespread publicity. Pei Qian hurriedly went to Aili Island and immediately searched the keywords Zhang Zuting. He found a collection of the advertisements related to Zhang Zuting and took a look at the bullet screen comments and discussions. This series of videos was named: Cant maintain your integrity? Zhang Zutings web-based game: I am Zha Zhuti. The bullet screen comments and debate here reflected a portion of viewers attitudes. As Teacher Zhangs fan, I am sorely disappointed. How much money is Teacher Zhang lacking that he would film such a commercial? Yet another lewd and dirty web-based game C bleh! Actually, this is not that bad. At least this advertisement isnt pushing the envelope and isnt baiting people by offering money or something. This is considered one of the cleaner web-based game adverts I have seen. However, I still want to ask why Teacher Zhang has ruined his entire lifes reputation Tsk, this is how Zhang Zuting sounds like actually? I have always listened to the dubbing previously when I watched his films; I didnt expect his voice to be so sinister? Could this be using Teacher Zhangs person and voice illegally?. Zhang Zuting had said on Weibo himself that he was collaborating with a game company; this advertisement should be trustworthy. You guys should think about this positively. Many web-based games commercials are all lies; they are nothing like what the games are actually about. However, this advertisement is rather well-done. They have actually invited a star as a spokesperson and decked him out in the clothing and setting of the game itself. Even his lines in the commercial are in-line with the game. This should be the best web-based game commercial this year, right? Hello everyone, I am Zha Zhuti; if youre my brother, come nibble at me! You cant miss out! The responses from the masses were not overtly agitated. Everyone was seasoned and had experienced much. At present, web-based games were at a key inflection point. This was considered the last glorious phase for web-based games where companies that did such games were raking in the most amount of money. Web-based games commercials were also changing with the times. During the days when web-based games were in the wilderness, promoters would rip off content from others; they wouldnt be bothered if they violated any copyright rules or the likes. The way they publicized their games were also rather uncouth. It was done forcibly and with Psoriasis-style advertisements. However, as the web-based game industry continued to consolidate and reorder and industry standards were set, major players all started to engage stars as their spokespersons. Hence, from the perspective of ordinary netizens, Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Versions commercial was actually of better quality than ordinary ones that had a tendency to race to the bottom. The group of people that were most displeased was Zhang Zutings fans. They felt that this web-based game commercial had lowered Zhang Zutings status; they felt as if their star had been humiliated. Pei Qian opened Zhang Zutings Weibo. Zhang Zutings latest Weibo message was one regarding the environment a few days ago. The content had been very simple: #protecttheenvironment #weneedtosavetheenvironment. This starts with us as individuals; lets work together! The comments beneath this Weibo message had been rather ordinary. Some of Zhang Zutings fans had praised their idol, saying my idol is the best, etc. However, present discussions had taken a completely different tune. Brother Zuting, why did you go and shoot a web-based game commercial. My world is crashing down! Go and take a look! Many people are teasing you and calling you Zha Zhuti!. This is breaking my heart. Brother Zuting who has always cherished his image had actually colluded with web-based game companies that are making dirty money! So this is what you meant by collaborating with a game company you meant a web-based game company Zhang Zutings Weibo was taking a hit. Many of his fans seemed to have a prejudice against web-based games and its related commercials. They all felt that a spokesperson for a web-based game was receiving dirty money and was self-degrading. Hence, they wouldnt even bother playing the web-based game and had immediately come to protest on Zhang Zutings Weibo. Zhang Zuting had not yet made any response so far and hadnt dared to release any new messages. Pei Qian knew that Zhang Zuting was someone who liked to interact with his fans and would also monitor his Weibo account. It was impossible that he hadnt seen any of these comments yet. Zhang Zuting must have seen them; he just didnt know how to reply to them yet. On one hand was his fans while on the other was his paying master; he couldnt offend either side. Furthermore, Boss Pei had even treated him to a meal before. As the saying went, gifts blinded ones eyes. As Zhang Zuting had only lost some fans now, he couldnt possibly begrudge Boss Pei just because of this. Since Zhang Zuting could not express his bitterness, he could only be a coward and hide for the moment. Pei Qian took a look at the feedback regarding the commercial; it was more or less as expected. Pei Qian was a little disappointed. It seemed as if he didnt manage to trigger as strong a negative reaction as he imagined it would. However, perhaps the commercial had only been released for a short while; and peoples hatred for it hadnt festered. Currently, meme creators have not yet surfaced, and this commercial had not created a brainwashing effect yet. It was also logical that it hadnt yet triggered everyones baseline. Pei Qian had to focus his attention on the games statistics. Pei Qian opened the systems platform of Shang Yang Games and took a look at Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Versions data. This included registered players, retention rate, and average fees collected, etc. He couldnt deny that the commercial had been rather effective. It had attracted quite a few web-based game players. Although the commercial looked very stupid to ordinary people who didnt have any desire to play the game-for web-based game gamers specifically, the advertisement was extremely attractive. It was a very organized process from a web-based game advertisement until someone officially started playing the game. Every step of the way would be tracked and data retained. As the advertisement surfaced on peoples screens, it showed how many people clicked on it; after clicking on it, how many had downloaded the game; after downloading, how many people had created accounts and entered the game; after entering the game, how many players persisted for an hour and more; how many players returned the next day after downloading the game; and how much players charged on average and what the highest charged value was. All these data were very precise, and much analysis could be drawn from them. As the saying went, data never lies. When there was a division between a persons perception and what data showedif the data was accurate, then the persons perception must be wrong As Pei Qian glanced at the data in front of him, the corners of his mouth curled upward. It was basically just like what he had predicted! Chapter 252 - This Game Looks Hopeless The figures were all normal, but there was a huge problem with two of them. Too many players were lost between clicking the advertisement and registering for the game. It added up to about six or seven times more than ordinary web-based games. Apart from that, many players in the game purchased things. However, the overall income was still low. The reason for these was simple. The former was because mini-clients were too big. Most web-based gamers would not be used to downloading a 370 MB mini-client. That was why they did not even bother downloading the game and trying it out. They gave up almost instantly. Many gamers were purchasing things in the game because the paywalls in the game were designed good-heartedly. Only strength potions were on sale. Yet, it did not matter even if many people were purchasing the potions. This was because the games paywall was just too low. Even rich ballers did not have anywhere to spend their money. That explained the low overall income. Pei Qians estimates were all accurate. Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Versions advertisement was well-filmed, but the target audience was wrong. Most people whom the advertisement attracted were traditional web-based gamers. Having to download a 370-MB mini-client turned most of them away. The low paywall also turned away many ballers. Most gamers who sought fair gameplay were already playing client-side games. They would not mind downloading a 370-MB game, but they had deep prejudices against web-based games. The advertisement had already turned them away, and they ran as fast as they could. Of course, they would not have registered for the game. This was how they got into the predicament they were in. Once he saw the figures, Pei Qian leaned back in his chair, feeling more comfortable than he had ever been. This is it! This is a logical development! Something is finally developing as I expected! Pei Qian had never felt this satisfied. Recently, Ming Yun Private Kitchen had become popular out of nowhere. Pei Qian felt critically injured, and he became extremely anxious. However, seeing Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Versions situation now, he felt much more relieved. According to the traditional model of web-based games, the trashy opening that they had would never allow for the situation to turn around. Most web-based games were profitable. Game manufacturers would put out as many advertisements as they could, hire celebrities as spokespeople, and then make the game popular. In just a couple of days, the game would be well-known all over the internet, and hoards of gamers would be registering. However, gamers would go as quickly as they came. Their income would peak, but then it would also fall quickly. Then, the game manufacturers would start to continuously open new servers to earn as much money as they could. Thus, as popular as a web-based game was in the beginning, it always had a probability of failing halfway through. It went without saying that web-based games, which were not popular upon release, would remain that way the entire time. On the first day of its release, Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Versions figures were already so horrible. The chances of it recovering later on were negligible. Most web-based gamers were turned away mainly because the mini-client was 370 MB big. How could they resolve this problem? They could not possibly get rid of the 370 MB mini-client and then create a new game that players could play whenever they wanted. Wouldnt that waste all of their hard work? Thus, no matter how he looked at this situation, Pei Qian felt satisfied with the state of Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version. Of course, he knew he could not let his guard down just yet. Many times before this, his plans worked well in the beginning but fell through halfway. Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version had only been published for a day. He could not be too positive. He had to observe the situation closely for a while before he relaxed completely. At the same time, at Shang Yang Games Everyone was feeling low. One could say that the place had become a land of mourning. Since Pei Qian could see the figures, Ye Zhizhou, Wang Xiaobin, and Lin Wan could as well. Of course, three of them could also infer the same problems that Pei Qian had inferred. However, there was no way they could resolve them! Ye Zhizhou and Wang Xiaobin sat at their desks, frowning and not saying a single word. A 370 MB mini-client-this was the design plan everyone agreed upon. Even Boss Pei agreed to it. Yet, now, reality had punched them in the face. Such a huge mini-client would never succeed in the circle of web-based gamers. The gamers would just not accept it! Old players of Bloody Battle Song were more accepting. After all, they had developed a sense of attachment to Bloody Battle Song. Whats more, the 370 MB mini-client provided far better graphics and smoother gameplay. Of course, their gaming experience would be greatly improved. However, Bloody Battle Song had already been pretty much abandoned by most people. How many old players remained? Recovering the costs of research and development aside, the bit of income that they generated probably could not even cover the cost of the companys daily operations. Thus, they found themselves in a deadlock. Wang Xiaobin knew full well how bad the current situation was. If the problem was with unimportant details, they probably could have salvaged it. For instance, if the games daily retention rate was low and gamers stopped playing the game after the first day, they could reward players with items for logging in the next day. This would increase the daily retention rate. Yet, there was no solution to the problems they were facing! Most people did not even enter the game after clicking on the advertisement, purely because the mini-client was 370 MB big. How could they resolve that? Wang Xiaobin and Ye Zhizhou exchanged a meaningful look. Both of them could reach the others mind. We cannot just sit here and wait. We must think of a solution. Boss Pei treated them so well. At a time like that, they would profit from widespread suggestions. They had to share Boss Peis burden. Ye Zhizhou pondered for a moment and suggested, Brother Wang, how about this? We can break the mini-client down even more. Well create a 5 MB mini-client which only includes the first part of the game. This would allow players to try the game out after clicking on the advertisement. After playing for about ten minutes, we can ask them to download the resources for the rest of the game. Otherwise, we could allow the rest of the game to download in the background while they are playing the first segment. Would that be better? This was the only solution Ye Zhizhou could think of. Wang Xiaobin shook his head. Its a good idea, but it doesnt seem possible. Initially, we designed the game so that players would have to go into a city shortly after entering the game. That would allow them to enjoy the beautiful scenery and backgrounds there and improve their first impression of the game. Many important resources have been placed at the beginning of the game. In order to play a mini-client for the first segment of the game, one would have to download many resources. Whats more, the characters, monsters, and the city itself were all done in 3D. This amounts to a lot of resources. The games procedure would also have to be included in that starting mini-client, right? All in all, the starting mini-client would add up to 70 to 80 MB at best. Its impossible to reduce it to 5 MB. Figure-wise, 70 MB is a good distance from 370 MB. However, web-based gamers would still be unable to play the game upon launching it. They would still have to spend some time downloading resources. It would not make a difference to them. If we dont have a better solution, we can try it out. However I dont think it would be that effective. Ye Zhizhou had nothing else to say. The root of this problem was that nobody expected the mini-clients repelling effect on traditional web-based gamers to be so strong! At the time, everyone had been focused on turning 2D to 3D and making the mosaic look high-definition. Perhaps they had been too optimistic about the early stages of Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Versions release. Thus, from when they designed the games initial gameplay to when they designed the backgrounds, nobody thought about the possibility of segmenting the games mini-client. Now, to cut the mini-client into two meant that huge changes had to be made to the game itself. The amount of effort required aside, they could not even predict the results. Ye Zhizhou felt disheartened. This looks like an impossible situation! However, Boss Pei had agreed to this plan in the first place. Could Boss Pei have made a mistake in his predictions as well? Did Boss Pei expect the mini-client to fail like that? Yet, Ye Zhizhou had always held Boss Peis design concepts in high regard. He found it hard to accept that Boss Pei would have made a mistake. Wang Xiaobin sighed and comforted himself. Lets think positively. Even if the game fails, our bonus would not be greatly affected. From this month, our bonus will be issued based on the games reputation. Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version might not make a profit, but its reputation still looks good. We can calculate our bonus based on the amount of money Shang Yang Games invested in the game. I guess that we will each get quite a significant sum. Ye Zhizhou shook his head. You may be right, but no matter how good the games reputation is-if it does not generate profit, we will not feel proud. Whats more, there arent just internal reviews and gamers reviews on TPDb. There are also netizens reviews. Many people who have not played the game might rate us with low scores based on our advertisement alone. In fact, thats very likely. If netizens dont rate us well, our overall TPDb rating would still be low. For all we know, not only would the game not generate profit, but it might also have a bad reputation. Wang Xiaobin remained silent for a long time. Finally, he said in a low voice, Sh*t that sounds about right Chapter 253 - Stubborn Director Lin and Overjoyed Boss Pei Finished! After hearing Ye Zhizhous words, Wang Xiaobin could forget about receiving his bonus. If they only allowed players of Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version to write reviews, their reputation might be good. That was because the game was made good-heartedly. However, games media and ordinary netizens were also allowed to write reviews on TPDb. These netizens did not have to play the game for too long before writing the reviews. They could just rate the game based on the I am Zha Zhuti advertisement. It would be strange if they rated the game highly. The first game produced by Shang Yang Games after being bought over by Boss Pei failed immediately. Of course, everyone felt ashamed of themselves. Are we really late-stage cancer patients? Every game produced by Boss Pei succeeded; they had high sales volumes and were extremely well-reputed. Would even such a talented creator like him fail to bring Shang Yang Games to glory? That was hard to accept. Everyone, come to the conference room. I want to say a few words. Lin Wan looked disappointed as well. It was obvious she had seen the games figures. She knew full well that the situation did not look good. However, she was different from everyone else. Lin Wan was not disappointed to the point of helplessness. Instead, she retained her composure. It was almost like she had already been prepared for this. In the conference room, everyone took their seats. Lin Wan scanned the room and said sincerely, Everyone must have seen the figures for day one of our games release. They dont look good. Everyone remained silent. In fact, everyone was used to situations like these. When the ex-boss-Du Ruijiewas still around, he would often call for meetings like that after seeing bad figures for games. He would primarily shift the blame and encourage everyone. If there was a problem with the game, it would show signs of being a flop after being released. That meant that something must have gone very wrong somewhere. Of course, the boss would have to share the blame. Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Versions problem was that they had chosen the wrong path when they made it a mini-client. Wang Xiaobin was the first to think of making the game a mini-client, but everyone had agreed to it. Whats more, Director Lin and Boss Pei had agreed to it as well. How would Director Lin split the responsibility? Thus, everyone guessed that she would not spend too much time trying to shift the blame. Instead, she would probably skip to the encouraging part as soon as she could. From the way things were going with the game, everyone guessed that they would have to work overtime in order to turn the situation around. If the ex-boss, Du Ruijie, and the ex-chief planner, Old Liu, were still around; they would have told everyone to slog tirelessly under the 996 system and make as many changes to the game as possible. Of course, they would do so at no additional pay. After all, the company had already been on the brink of death. It was one thing not to tide through difficult periods with the company but quite another to demand overtime pay. A few old employees sighed quietly. After all, ever since Boss Pei bought over the company, he did not make any changes to the structure. The moment something went wrong with company operations, they would be right back where they started. Everyones hearts sank as they prepared themselves to work overtime for the coming weeks. However, Lin Wans tone changed. This is not your fault. Dont blame yourselves. Everyone immediately felt strange. Director Lin was not trying to shift the blame? This was a good thing, but the game had failed after all. Someone had to step out and take the blame for it, right? Someone had to decide how they should move forward. They all looked up and listened closely. Lin Wan continued, Think about it, everyone. Boss Pei has never done a web-based game. He has always specialized in high-quality standalone games. Yet, why did he buy Shang Yang Games even though it was incurring losses? After that, why did he insist on working on Bloody Battle Song, a game with paywalls? He has been using Bloody Battle Song to do something very risky. Hes conducting a test that no one has ever thought about conducting! Boss Pei wanted gamers to stop being slaves to money. He wanted to alter their tastes, so that even if they do not top up money into games, they would be able to enjoy a gaming experience that used to be exclusive to ballers. From production to advertising, Boss Pei has been consistently moving towards this goal. We should have been well-prepared for this heaven-defying move to fail. I believe that Boss Pei was prepared for this as well. When Lin Wan first arrived at Shang Yang Games, she was confused about this very same problem. However, she understood it later on. Boss Pei hired Zhang Zuting to film the advertisement so that he would be able to attract more web-based gamers. He opted for a mini-client, created the Chosen One system, and took away purchase options, all to nurture healthy spending habits in web-based gamers. This motivation was noble, but it did go against web-based gamers nature. It was natural for the game to fail. To die a hero was not shameful! Lin Wan looked determined. Thus, do not feel defeated by this failure. We were not producing a money-making web-based game to begin with. We were working on a noble project. Whether we succeed or fail in the end, we are all heroes! After hearing Lin Wans speech, everyone felt much better. They were not failures! They were heaven-defying heroes! Director Lin had indeed worked with Boss Pei for a long time. Even the angle from which she viewed this problem was different. Compared to their ex-boss Du Ruijie, she was so much better. Ye Zhizhou cheered up as well. The desperation and helplessness he felt were half gone by now. However, even though his spirits had more or less recovered, he had to do what needed to be done. Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version was not generating profit. He had to solve this problem. There were only two possible solutions: First, he could get rid of the restrictions and allow ballers to spend as much as they could. Second, he could multiply the number of players in the game several times. If there were enough players and everyone bought strength potions every day, Shang Yang Games would start making money for sure. The first solution was impossible. They had already spent so much effort getting to where they were. He could not give up their progress in the face of failure. That meant he had no choice but to try and get more players into the game. The atmosphere in the conference room had become much livelier. Everyone was beginning to speak freely. Some of them talked about changing the mini-client format, and others talked about changing the structure of the game. All of them were extremely excited. Lin Wan listened to all their suggestions, but she said nothing. Finally, she shook her head. None of them would work. Our current plan is the best one. I think we should persist. Everyone instinctively looked at each other, confused. Was she being a bit too stubborn? According to Director Lins initial analysis, she was not wrong to think this way. Boss Pei was the one who decided to make the game a mini-client. They had improved the games quality, and cutting the mini-client into segments would cause the game to feel choppy. Whats more, they would be treating the symptoms and not the root problem. It might not deal with all their problems completely. That was all true, but were they really not allowed to change anything? According to the games current situation-if they left it as it was, it would be hopeless. Lin Wan remained resolute. We wont change anything. Dont worry for now, everyone. Rest well. Lets keep observing the situation over the week. If the games figures remain the same after a week, well think about something else. Ye Zhizhou and Wang Xiaobin exchanged a look. They could tell that Director Lin had made up her mind. Since that was the case, there was nothing else to be said. After the meeting ended, everyone went back to their desks and got back to work. They would wait patiently for a week. If things did not improve after a week, then they could discuss more. If things didnt improve they would probably have to make major changes. When she got back to her own office, Lin Wans head began to hurt. Although she managed to cheer everyone up during the meeting and put up a strong front, she still felt very uncertain about the future. I will make some time one of these days to meet Boss Pei and ask for his advice. September 3rd, Friday Pei Qian was in the office, reading TPDbs website. He bought the website template. That was why they managed to release the first version so quickly. Although it was still in the testing stage, the current TPDb website had already done quite well in its fledgling stage. Pei Qian guessed that it was more or less ready to use. He had professional staff discussing with other websites about partnerships. At the moment, some of them had already agreed. To get reviews from the media, they had to discuss partnerships with game media. To get reviews from players, they had to get figures from ESROs official platform. At the same time, he would include TPDbs website URL in the games details page. This way, players would be able to give ratings once they access the details page of each game. These improvements in the overall experience had to be done over a long time. He could not possibly accomplish them all in a single day. At the moment, TPDb still had very few visitors. Most of them were employees of Tengda Games. Apart from that, only some players of several games had visited them. This was because few people knew about the site, and not many people were discussing it. Pei Qian was looking at the ratings for Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version at that moment. This game had an overall rating of 7.2. The two extremes were the paying gamers reviews and netizens reviews. The former rated the game 9.1, but the latter rated it a pathetic 4.3. This showed that the players who were really spending money on the game were quite satisfied with it. Netizens were mostly unsatisfied with Zhang Zutings advertisement. These people had not really tried the game. They might have clicked the games official website and seen TPDbs URL by chance. That was probably why they gave the game bad reviews and a one-star rating. Although these people did not have the right to review the game, the total number of reviewers was still quite low. Thus, the ratings were still susceptible to change during this period. According to the stipulations, a game with a rating from 6.0 to 7.0 would get a C. The bonus for this project would amount to 1% of the total investment. If the game had ratings of lower than 6.0, there would be no bonus. Since the games overall rating was 7.2, it got a B. The bonus for this project would thus amount to 5% of the total investment. If the rating increased to more than 8.0, it would get an A, and the bonus would amount to 10%. With a rating of more than 9.0, it would get an S, and the bonus would amount to 15%. Tengda had invested about eight million yuan into Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version. A 5% bonus would amount to about four hundred thousand yuan. On average, each person would get less than ten thousand yuan. Pei Qian could not help but feel regret at this amount. Everyone worked so hard to get rid of eight million yuan for me, and yet I can only give them four hundred thousand yuan worth of bonus. It doesnt seem right. However, TPDbs rules had already been set. Even Boss Pei could not manipulate the figures behind the scenes. If only the games rating could go above 8.0. Then, I would be able to get rid of four hundred thousand yuan more. Pei Qian knew very well that he could not blame the people at Shang Yang Games for the games low rating. The game was good-heartedly made, and it deserved a high rating. However, netizens were disgusted by the advertisement. Even without playing the game, they vengefully gave it bad reviews. That was why the overall rating was lowered. Yet, there was no need for Pei Qian to get anxious now. There was still plenty of time. TPDb did not have many users yet. That was why the overall rating was fluctuating so much. For all he knew, more netizens would review Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version during this period. Lin Wan knocked on Boss Peis office door apprehensively. Although Boss Pei had given the nod to the core concept and design of the game, Lin Wan still felt uncertain about the current situation. She may have appeared extremely confident in front of people in Shang Yang Games, but standing outside Boss Peis office, she felt completely lost. Enter. Lin Wan calmed herself down, pushed open the door, and entered the office. She came to report her decision to Boss Pei, in hopes of obtaining his support. Of course, the game had earned very little revenue since it was released. As the director, Lin Wan was prepared to take the blame and be questioned. However, once he saw Lin Wan, Boss Peis face seemed to light up. A grin spread across his face, and he looked genuinely happy. It was almost as if he was welcoming a trusted minister with great accomplishments! Chapter 254 - When It’s Time, the Situation will Change On seeing Boss Peis passion, Lin Wan almost forgot what she had come here for. Why did she feel like the game had succeeded, and they were going to have a large-scale celebration? Both of them entered the guest room, and Pei Qian gestured for Lin Wan to sit down on the couch. Then, he served her tea personally. Thats how good generals were treated! Pei Qian was quite satisfied with Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Versions current situation. They managed to spend eight million yuan and incur losses. Lin Wan was most likely dealt a hard blow this time, too. Perhaps she would not be able to take the pressure and would soon go home to take over her family business. These were two pieces of good news! Indeed, buying Shang Yang Games back then had been the right decision! However, it was a pity that the games rating was low on TPDb. If he could get it above 8.0, he would be able to pay another four hundred thousand yuan worth of bonus. He could not belittle this sum. What if he ended up being just four hundred thousand yuan from incurring loss? Of course, Lin Wan and Shang Yang Games were performing extremely well now. Boss Pei was easily content. Watching Boss Pei personally serve her tea, Lin Wan felt pampered. She took the cup with two hands and sipped her tea, forgetting what she had come here for. Oh, right. Im here to report to Boss Pei. Lin Wan briefly explained Shang Yang Games current problems. Boss Pei, I have come to talk about two main problems. First, everyone has been cursing Zhang Zutings advertisement. Not only has that advertisement worsened our games reputation in the eyes of netizens, but it has also greatly disturbed Zhang Zuting. Yesterday, he took the initiative to contact Shang Yang Games staff, asking if he could fly down to Jingzhou and re-film the advertisement. Whats more, he was willing to re-film the advertisement without being paid a single cent. I know that this advertisement was done to attract traditional web-based gamers, but it has affected Zhang Zutings reputation. Why not let him re-film a classier advertisement to make it up to him? Re-film the advertisement? No way! Without even thinking about it, Pei Qian shook his head. Theres no need. I understand Old Zhangs emotions, but re-filming the advertisement would not resolve the problem. The advertisement has already been published. Everyones impressions have already been set. We cannot possibly brainwash everyone and erase their memories. Whats more, the advertisements popularity has earned Old Zhang more new fans. It should not matter that hes being cursed at by some. Lin Wan still felt uncomfortable. But many people are calling him Zha Zhuti[1] on his Weibo profile. Hes finding it extremely difficult to accept being referred to like that. Pei Qian smiled. Why does Old Zhang seem so different from before? Its because he was too well-packaged as an idol. He cant even tell what young people like nowadays. Is he still trying to stick to his old ways and think about how to make a comeback and make a name for himself? Everyones referring to him affectionately as Zha Zhuti. They like him. Doesnt he understand this simple logic? Lin Wan looked confused. Huh? Boss Pei was making sense. Yet, the person involved did not like it at all! Pei Qian continued. Go back and work on Old Zhangs mindset. Help him to change his worldview. I think Zha Zhuti is quite a nice nickname. It sounds affectionate. It even sounds appetizing. Young people would like it for sure. If you dont believe me, look through Zhang Zutings Weibo. See if there have been more fans recently. Is he obviously more popular?. Lin Wan looked at her phone, confused. It looks like he has gotten many more fans. Alright, Ill go back and talk to him Lin Wan was confused after listening to Pei Qians lies. This problem was settled. The second problem is Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Versions figures. Youve seen them, right? Seen Although the figures are not ideal, I think its still too early to say weve failed. Im prepared to keep an eye on the figures for a week. If they still do not improve after that, well try making some changes. Hmm? Try making some changes after a week? What the hell are you making changes for? Isnt the situation now ideal? Dont you dare make any changes! Pei Qians expression became very stern as he said, Failed? Where have we failed? The rating left behind by paying customers on TPDb was 9.2. Thats an excellent rating! Ive also browsed a couple of forums. Old players are very satisfied with the current game. Tengda Games is using reputation as the main measurement of success now. This game has not failed in any sense. Instead, its considered quite a success. It has achieved its aim perfectly. Its not a big deal that its not generating any profit now. Cast your eyes further. As long as we have a good reputation, we will make profits one day. Lin Wan was conflicted. Er thats true, but netizens have given the game very low ratings we only got 4.3. Pei Qian sipped his tea and grinned. Theyre just a bunch of Cloud Players who are here to join in the fun. These people have never even played the game. Theyre rating the game based on the advertisement alone. Why should we be concerned about them? Netizens rating of the game is 4.3, but that is mainly because there are very few users on TPDb at the moment. Many people have misconceptions about Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version. The ratings are not exactly accurate. We need to have faith that the game will not be buried. Since paying customers are affirming it, we have to persevere. The sun will shine eventually! Lin Wan nodded without saying anything. Hmm, Boss Pei is much more optimistic than I expected. The netizens ratings were bothering Lin Wan, but it did not seem to be a big deal at all to Boss Pei. Boss Pei smiled subtly. Havent I said it time and time again? Cast your eyes further. Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version is the culmination of everyones hard work. Since we all think that weve created a good game, why must we be so concerned about it incurring losses for now? Dont panic and confuse yourself. Dont make any changes. Keep things as they are. Lin Wan nodded. Boss Pei was the most thorough! Since even Boss Pei did not see the need to make any changes to the game, there was probably no need for any changes to be made. However Would it be appropriate for them to sit back and wait? Couldnt they do something more practical? Lin Wan pondered for a moment and said, Ill ask them to make some minor improvements for now then. We will keep the games contents as they are, but well just repair bugs. Pei Qian nodded, satisfied. Mm, alright. As long as you dont make any major changes and keep things as they are, Im fine with anything But Boss Pei, when do you expect to see a change in Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Versions situation? Lin Wan asked. When will there be a change in the situation? Youve stumped me. I dont know either. If you let me decide, I would make it so that the situation never changed However, looking at Lin Wans hopeful eyes, Pei Qian could not help but say something to appease her. It depends on fate. When its time, the situation will change. After sending Lin Wan off, Pei Qian heaved a huge sigh of relief. Everythings almost done! Just a while ago, Ming Yun Private Kitchens failure made him extremely anxious. Now, he was getting good news from Shang Yang Games. Pei Qian could finally relax. Lin Wan would appease Zhang Zuting. After all, they had already paid him and given him a good treat. They even made him more popular. One could not complain that Pei Qian had treated him badly. Old Zhang was just getting cursed at here and there. How big of a deal was that? If Old Zhang really felt disturbed, he could always look for a couple more Hong Kong celebrities to join him in filming advertisements next time. He could ask them to do so on account of their friendship. At the very most, Pei Qian would invite Old Zhang back to Jingzhou and treat him to another good meal. However, the thought that he would have to make a reservation whenever he wanted to go to Ming Yun Private Kitchen and that he would not be able to eat there whenever he pleased again made Pei Qian feel extremely down. Oh, thats right. I have to call Lin Canrong! Pei Qian recalled a critical problem. Ming Yun Private Kitchens situation had been too optimistic before. There were too few reservations not enough to fill up all the slots. Although Ming Yun Private Kitchen was already fully booked until next week, Pei Qian still had time to make reservations for after that. Pei Qian called Lin Canrong to make several more reservations. Before this, he only booked the restaurant on the 20th of every even month. He also booked the biggest private room for the first and third Sunday of each month. Now, he was going to book the entire restaurant on the 20th of every month, and the biggest private room on the first and third Sunday and second and fourth Saturday of each month. Simply put, he doubled the number of reservations he made the last time. Pei Qian wanted to make more reservations, but he needed to have a legitimate reason each time he organized a gathering. Booking a private room once a week and the entire restaurant once a month was about all he could do. Once he finished making the reservations, he heaved a long sigh of relief. He would treat Teacher Qiao to a meal this Saturday in order to comfort his broken soul. On the 20th of this month, he could treat Shang Yang Games employees to a meal to reward them for their hard work. He would not have to worry about Shang Yang Games for now. He felt much more relaxed. Once again, he picked up his controller and prepared to suffer in Repent and Be Saved. At that moment, his cell phones screen lit up. It was a message from Lin Chang. Boss Pei, are you Hardcore Reviews? Pei Qian was confused. Oh? How did you find out so quickly? He had thought Lin Chang would not notice a minor account like Hardcore Reviews since he was such a busy person. Pei Qian was going to inform Lin Chang about the videos after filming all twenty episodes. He had not expected Lin Chang to find out about him so early on. Ever since he started updating Hardcore Reviews videos last month, he had uploaded a total of eleven episodes. He was about halfway through his initial goal of twenty. Pei Qian had planned to play around with and upload twenty episodes for fun. Then, he would be able to relax and spend the two hundred thousand yuan. However, the results were much better than he expected. Hardcore Reviews gained many fans, and there were now more than six hundred thousand viewers. The first three cell phone reviews were especially popular. Fans of all three cell phones kept fighting in the comments. Until now, the videos were still gaining popularity. Of course, even an account with six hundred thousand fans was considered average on Aili Island. One could say that it only had a little fame in the system. Naturally, Pei Qian did not expect Lin Chang to notice his videos. Could it be that Boss Lin normally browsed Aili Island when he had nothing to do as well? If other people had seen Hardcore Reviews, perhaps they would not have recognized Boss Pei. On one hand, Pei Qian did not show his face. He also slightly altered his voice. On the other hand, other people would not have expected the rich Boss Pei to shoot videos for fun. Yet, Lin Chang was different. He had funded this program. He also knew that Boss Pei was running a test on performance art. Looking at the video, he would probably be able to guess that the host was Boss Pei just from his figure and voice. There was no need for Pei Qian to hide the facts either. From the beginning, he had produced the videos for Lin Chang to see. Thus, he readily admitted it. Its me. [1] This means Deep-Fried Pig Trotters in Mandarin. Chapter 255 - Changing from a Web-Based to a Mobile Game, In Progress! Lin Chang replied quickly, Boss Pei, youre awesome! At the time, I thought you were going to take the money to play around. I didnt expect you to create an account in the electronics area and gain six hundred thousand fans in under two months! You even did all of these things alone! It looks like youre not just an expert in games; youre also extremely talented in creating media. Pei Qian sniggered inside. Initially, he only wanted to take the money and play around. He had not expected his own account to grow in popularity so quickly. Pei Qian said nothing in response, but Lin Changs next message came in almost immediately. Lin Chang said, Apart from that, my older sister told me to thank you. Pei Qian, ? At lightning speed, Pei Qian recalled the information he had read before. Lin Chang had an older sister, Lin Yu. At the moment, she was in charge of the cell phone arm of Shenhua Corporation. She was also a boss. However, Pei Qian was confused. Lin Yu was in charge of Shenhuas cell phone arm. One could say that it was the core of the core businesses. How was Pei Qian related to her? Lin Chang said, Boss Pei, do you remember your three earliest videos? Shenhua has always used solid material to create phones. However, illogical netizens and fake reviewers would try to smear anything to do with Shenhuas cell phones. Although many reviewers have reviewed Shenhuas cell phones, they have always achieved mediocre results. People who liked the cell phones from the beginning continued to like them, but those who did not continued to dislike them. People who were prejudiced against Shenhuas cell phones naturally thought these reviewers had been paid by Shenhua to praise their phones. Yet, Boss Peis Hardcore Reviews is completely different. Your violent tests immediately revealed Shenhuas cell phones sturdiness. Theyre not worse off than foreign cell phones! Although you destroyed a Shenhua cell phone, you managed to positively influence your viewers. I came across your video on the official platform for Shenhua cell phones and noticed that the host in the video looked quite familiar. It was only then that I recalled you, Boss Pei. I told my older sister about it, and she became overjoyed. She expresses her deepest thanks and appreciation for your videos. Pei Qian, So thats what happened. He had not expected that his casual destruction of a cell phone would have caused such complicated effects. Strictly speaking, the credit should go to Shenhua for creating such good cell phones. I didnt even think that much when I was trying to destroy it. Pei Qian replied, You dont have to thank me. After all, Boss Lin was the one who sponsored Hardcore Reviews. Pei Qian could tell that Lin Yus thanks would come in the form of material rewards, but he had no intention to accept the gifts. On one hand, he really had not done anything. He would feel guilty taking any money offered to him. Whats more, as long as he could successfully incur losses this time, tens of thousands of yuan would be a petty sum to Boss Pei. He was a man with a System after all. He was not one to always receive financial assistance from others. Boss Pei was a prideful man. Lin Chang said, Youre too polite, but whether you intentionally did it or not, Boss Pei has done us a huge favor. We have to thank you. This is what my older sister thinks: If Shenhua manufactures new products in the future, they will send one to Boss Pei immediately. Oh, no, they will send two to you. Boss Pei, you can use one and destroy the other. Apart from that, she will give Boss Pei a hundred thousand yuan as thanks. Ill transfer that amount to the account number you gave me the last time. After all, you have been taking very good care of Ah Wan during this period as well. Indeed, things were playing out just as Pei Qian had expected. Once he heard a hundred thousand yuan, Pei Qian wavered. However, he very quickly regained his composure. He could take the money, but there was no need to. Pei Qian replied, Boss Lin, you are too kind. Lin Wan has worked hard. I havent had to take special care of her. Everything she has achieved can be credited to her own hard work. You can give this money to Lin Wan instead. After all, she has cautiously and conscientiously shared my burdens during this period. Pei Qian was taking advantage of the situation and trying to pass the hundred thousand yuan, which Lin Yu had initially prepared for him, over to Lin Wan. Lin Wan had indeed just achieved considerable success. She single-handedly lost eight million yuan. This hundred thousand yuan should be dissipated within the Lin Family. Lin Chang only responded a while later. Boss Pei, you know that my older sister is not on good terms with Ah Wan, dont you? Youre trying to take advantage of the situation and help them repair their relationship? Pei Qian, ? What the hell? Youre overthinking! I didnt intend to do that! Lin Chang minded his own business and continued, Boss Pei, you are so considerate. I can use this as a reason to try and repair the relationship between the sisters. Since thats the case, I will not turn down your good intentions. We owe you a favor. Boss Pei, if you need help in any area in the future, feel free to ask us. Pei Qian, Alright. Although he did not fully understand what had happened, he felt like he had triggered a series of hidden events. Yet, he did not pay too much attention to this. After all, the Lin Family should be left to deal with their own family problems. Boss Pei was only interested in how to incur losses. Lin Chang and Pei Qian exchanged a couple more pleasantries and then ended the conversation. Pei Qian thought hard about what Lin Chang said before. He felt like something was amiss, but he could not put his finger on it. Lin Yu and Lin Wan are not on good terms? Yet, Lin Wan seems to be on good terms with her two other brothers. Does that mean that Lin Yu is more similar to Old Master Lin? Lin Yu must be hoping that Lin Wan would give up on the game industry and go home to take over the family business. That means Lin Yu and I are on the same side. We might have a chance to work together in the future. Yes, Ill take it that Im doing her a convenient favor this time. Pei Qian did not think too much about this. Instead, he went back to suffering in Repent and be Saved. At Shang Yang Games Lin Wan was still reading the posts in the forum. Gamers seemed to be very divided on Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version. Some praised it to the heavens, but some dissed it mindlessly. Others even offered some suggestions for improvement. However, most old players seemed to support the new game. Many players had offered suggestions, but even after spending half a day reading them, Lin Wan could not find any valuable post. She sighed softly. Players were giving all sorts of suggestions, but most of them were impractical. As opposed to wasting time considering these ridiculous suggestions, Lin Wan would do much better thinking about what Boss Pei had told her. She wanted to understand the deeper meaning in his words. Boss Pei said that when its time, the situation will change. Yet, what is Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Versions fate? When would the right time be? What if it never comes? What shall I do, then? Can I possibly allow this game to keep incurring losses? Lin Wans head hurt as different thoughts fought for space in her mind. Although Boss Pei had shown her a path, the path seemed to be extremely blurry. She had no idea how to continue working from here on out. As the director, she felt a strong weight on her shoulders once again. Lin Wan was still struggling internally when her cell phone rang. It was a call from Lin Chang. Eh? Brother, whats the matter? Lin Wan was slightly irritated that her thoughts had been interrupted. Lin Chang smiled. Its nothing. Our older sister decided to give a hundred thousand yuan to Boss Pei as thanks, but Boss Pei told me to transfer it to you. You havent changed your account number, have you? Ill transfer the money to you in a moment. Lin Wan frowned and turned him down at once. I dont want it! I can earn my own living now, and I dont want Lin Yus money. Didnt you say the money was meant as thanks to Boss Pei? What are you transferring it to me for? Lin Chang quickly explained, Boss Pei thinks that you have been working hard and making significant contributions to the company. Thats why he told me to transfer the money to you. Dont turn down Boss Peis good intentions. Whats more, its not right to allow this cold war between you and our older sister to continue. Boss Pei wanted me to transfer the money to you, so that both of you can work towards mending the relationship. Lin Wan was even unhappier. Brother, I think youre overthinking. Boss Pei probably just doesnt care for this hundred thousand yuan. Lin Yu is too much-shes so petty even when shes trying to thank someone. In any case, Im not lacking money. You can keep it. Lin Chang was speechless. You dont have to accept the money, but you can ask for something else. I was having a meal with our older sister a few days back, and I could tell that she genuinely cares about you. Stop being stubborn. Lin Wan fell silent for a moment. I know, but I really dont need anything. Theyre treating me very well here. The salary and bonus alone are providing me with more than enough to spend. I appreciate your good intentions. Help me thank our older sister. Dont be too fast to reply to me. Lin Chang pondered for a while and said, Arent you working at a game company? If Im not wrong, our older sisters cell phone business is working on a revised edition of their application store. Do you want to select a few of Tengdas games to put in the application store? We can put them on recommendation spots as thanks to Boss Pei as well. Lin Wan shook her head. Theres no need. Those are mobile games. We only have one mobile game-Ghost General. Whats more, the number of players has already stabilized. I dont think you can boost its popularity any further. Lin Chang replied, It doesnt have to be a mobile game. You can create a mobile version of the other games. In any case, theyre our own recommendation spots. Itll be a waste if you dont use them. I heard that mobile games are starting to flourish. There are also many users of Shenhuas cell phones. These recommendation spots will prove to be extremely useful. Huh? Create a mobile version for the other games? An idea suddenly surfaced in Lin Wans brain. She seemed to realize something. What did Boss Pei say before? They had to wait for the right time for Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version to become famous. He was absolutely right. Why were the games figures so horrible? It was because it was not yet the mini-clients time. At the moment, even web-based games were on the decline in the game industry. It was quite impractical to hope to create innovative web-based games that went against the current. However, mobile games were all the rage. They were starting to flourish! Whats the right time? The time for mobile games! Web-based gamers would find it hard to tolerate Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Versions 370 MB mini-client, but what about mobile gamers? They would not have the same problem! There were already 200 to 300 MB mobile games. Gamers did not turn away from such games. Instead, they seemed to be having a lot of fun. Turning Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version into a mobile game would solve the mini-client problem completely, wouldnt it? Lin Wan immediately perked up and shouted excitedly, Brother, thats great! I finally understand what Boss Pei meant! Lin Chang answered, Huh? Ask our older sister to leave me a couple of recommendation spots for mobile games! Im going to ask the rest how long it would take to create a mobile version of our games! Lin Wan hung up and called a meeting with the others at the speed of light. In Shang Yang Games conference room Once everyone arrived, Lin Wan jumped straight to the point. How long would it take to change our game into a mobile game? Everyone was confused. For a while, they did not know how to respond. Change it to a mobile game? Why do we have to change it to a mobile game? Nobody in this company had experience researching and developing mobile games. Everyone faced one another, at a loss as to what to do. None of them understood why Lin Wan was asking this question. At last, Wang Xiaobin spoke up, To change it to a mobile game wont be difficult. Actually, there are precedents for web-based games being changed to mobile games in the industry. Web-based games do not have high hardware requirements, and neither do mobile games. We can shift the entire client over. Whats more, our mini-clients size is 370 MB. Thats within the acceptable range for mobile games. We dont have to compress our resources and whatnot. It would be very convenient. The only problem is the vast difference between operations for web-based games and mobile games. One would use a mouse for web-based games, but a touch-screen for mobile games. Well have to make the necessary adjustments to the gameplay and UI. Apart from that, none of us have any experience in creating mobile games. If we want to change the game to a mobile game, we will have to play more popular mobile games and learn from them. In terms of time I think if everyone works hard, well be able to finish it in two weeks at best. If were slow, we would probably finish it in a month. Lin Wan nodded. She was satisfied with this response. They would be able to make it on time! Lin Wan cleared her throat. Everyone, I have a bold suggestion. I went to speak to Boss Pei earlier. He said that our game is doing well, and we dont have to make any changes. We just have to wait for the right time. What time is it now? Web-based games are on the decline, and mobile games are on the rise. Thats the right time! Boss Pei was hinting to us to keep up with the times. As long as we can ride the wave as mobile games become popular, wouldnt our game become equally popular? Whats more, we can create two versions of the game. Once we create the mobile version, people can play the game on the phone or on their computers after downloading the mini-client. Since well be able to reach players on both of these platforms, well gain an exceptional advantage! As Lin Wan described this bright future, everyone began to understand. That seemed to make sense! None of them had thought in this direction earlier because they had been limited by what they were comfortable with. Everyone worked on web-based games from the beginning. That was why none of them thought about changing the web-based game to a mobile game. Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version was top-quality. The only problem was that traditional web-based gamers would not download the mini-client. The natural solution was to give up on traditional web-based gamers and run into the arms of mobile gamers! They did not have any advantages in the field of traditional web-based games. However, in the field of mobile games, they had a huge advantage! If the mobile version really became popular, they would try to reach out to web-based gamers using their original mini-client. The fact that the game was available on both of these platforms would be the selling point. The plan made sense! Ye Zhizhou nodded profusely. I think its worth a shot! Changing it to a mobile game sounds more practical than segmenting the mini-client. This seems to be the most reliable path. Wang Xiaobin nodded, too. Yes, that makes sense. We have never worked on mobile games before, but mobile games are much simpler than traditional web-based games. As long as we do some research, Im sure it will not be difficult to change our games operations to be suited for mobiles. Lin Wan was elated. Its decided, then. Changing Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version from a web-based to a mobile game, in progress! Chapter 256 - Boss Pei’s Balanced Theory of Relativity September 5th, Sunday Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Handong University branch Qiao Liang looked at Boss Pei with his light smile and was a little hesitant in whether to say something or not. Pei Qian smiled and said, Speak frankly; its alright. I am a designer that loves hearing others opinions. Qiao Liangs mouth twitched as he thought quietly internally. En, I do not doubt this at all. After Qiao Liang had spoken frankly the previous time, the game had been speedily updated; around 90% of the changes had been related to what he had said. However, the only problem was that all the changes were exactly the opposite of what he had suggested! Qiao Liang wanted Pei Qian to make some less popular weapons stronger; Pei Qian had ended up nerfing the popular ones; Qiao Liang had wanted Pei Qian to reduce the difficulty level of the game in the early-stage; Pei Qian had elevated the difficulty level of the mid- and late stages of the game. Boss Pei was right: he indeed was a designer that loved to hear others opinions. However, after taking in feedback, that didnt exactly mean that he would follow and change accordingly These three days, Qiao Liang had had a horrible time. The rebalancing of Repent and be Saved resulted in him having to suffer continuously in the game. As the weapons that he had gotten used to werent that effective anymore, he could only try and use other weapons. Furthermore, as the difficulty level of the later parts of the game had been raised, Qiao Liang had been stuck at certain points of the game for some time. Even some settings where he could easily defeat monsters had become extremely difficult; if he wasnt careful, he might have died many more times. All in all, his improved game experience had worsened a lot! However, after thinking about this deeply, Qiao Liang felt that he couldnt entirely blame Boss Pei. Qiao Liang might have been too reserved the previous time. He had only said that the chopper and crescent blade were useful; he had not explicitly said that he wished other weapons could be strengthened. Boss Pei might have misunderstood. Hence, Qiao Liang decided that he had to speak plainly in front of Boss Pei this time! Boss Pei, as a games tester, I should be able to give some feedback, right? Qiao Liang tested the waters. Pei Qian smiled, nodded, and said, Of course. Thats good! Qiao Liang considered his words carefully, I felt that the rebalancing of the game had not been down well En? Why do you say so? Pei Qian asked, After the previous adjustments, the balance of the game is still off? Huh? Qiao Liang didnt know what to say at that moment. From a weapons perspective, the balance had been improved no doubt. Previously, the chopper and crescent blade had been too powerful; the other weapons couldnt compare. Now, the chopper and crescent blade were equally as trashy as the other weapons; equilibrium had been achieved. Err, the balance is indeed better. However those rather handy weapons have become useless. This Qiao Liang was a little tormented. Pei Qian smiled and said, By nerfing popular weapons, that essentially means that in comparison, the other weapons have been strengthened. You should understand the theory of relativity, right? This is what I am gunning for. Qiao Liang, Bloody hell! What theory of relativity! Pei Qian continued, At present, Repent and be Saved has tens of weapons; many unpopular weapons have been well-balanced. If I increase the strength of these weapons, I have to do so for tens of weapons at one go. After doing so, some of these weapons might be overkill; that would create a vicious cycle. There are actually only two or three popular weapons. As long as I nerf all of these, wouldnt that mean that in comparison, the tens of weapons have been strengthened? Furthermore, this would ensure that the balance of the majority of the weapons is not affected as much as possible; this is the perfect solution. Qiao Liang, ?? This sounded logical not! Qiao Liang ached as he replied, Boss Pei, you cant achieve a balance like this! You cant nerf whatever that is good to use. As the saying went, if everything was nerfed and nothing was strengthened, even an incredible game would be abandoned by players. Nerfing cannot be done without a thought! Who said I only nerfed the game? Hadnt I increased the difficulty of the game and the damage done by little monsters? Pei Qian immediately pointed out where Teacher Qiao had misspoken. Qiao Liang, However, this is increasing the difficulty of the game! Pei Qian smiled slightly, Indeed, all these have increased the difficulty of the game. Is that a bad thing? Qiao Liang was stunned. Of course, it is! I have been playing this game daily; I havent managed to break through and have been tortured by puny little monsters daily. I have finally found an easier way to play the game, but it turned out that everything had been nerfed in two days. Now, I have to find an alternative way again. How is this not a bad thing? Without waiting for Qiao Liangs further protestations, Pei Qian cut in and said, Teacher Qiao, think about this. That the games difficulty is high; for a professional player like you, is this really a bad thing? The difficulty of any game is like the ceiling. If you and other players all can smash through the ceiling, no one would be able to tell who did a better job. However, if the ceiling was raised, this could be easily distinguished. Raising the difficulty of the game has essentially given professional gamers like you a larger platform to display your skills and talent, to do some things that ordinary players couldnt. Is this really something bad? Qiao Liang was stumped by this earnest question from Boss Pei. Eh, even Boss Pei thinks that I am a professional player? How embarrassing is this! Qiao Liang couldnt contain his smile. Aiya, actually, this isnt anything. I am just a little more hardworking than other players, a little more serious Pei Qian smiled, Teacher Qiao, you are too humble. A true pro like you naturally deserves a greater challenge. Reducing the difficulty? That is a form of humiliation for someone like you! Increasing the difficulty of the game allows it to remain challenging; that would be the greatest show of sincerity to hardcore players! Qiao Liang looked at his own screen and then at the very serious-looking Boss Pei. He felt all better all of a sudden. This made sense. Why did Boss Pei especially ask me to come and try such a difficult game? He trusted my game instincts and ability to persevere! Thinking about this, Qiao Liang didnt feel that it was that hard to accept the nerfing of the chopper and crescent blade anymore. As a professional player, he should be able to master all weapons. If he only fixated on two and used the best two, that indeed would be letting Boss Pei down! After adjusting his feelings, Qiao Liang now felt that this game wasnt that repulsive anymore. However, Qiao Liang had another thought. He had been able to persevere until now because Boss Pei had been encouraging him! Which other player would have such special treatment? This was a severe design flaw! Qiao Liang hurriedly pointed this out. Boss Pei, speaking of this, I have a new suggestion. While the game is a good one, I feel that the early stage of the game is too onerous on gamers! I have only managed to persevere until now because of your repeated encouragement, slowly building up my interest in this game. Hence, perhaps there needs to be a solution to this? Pei Qian thought for a few seconds. This is easy; Ill have someone make changes immediately. Qiao Liang was impressed instantly. Boss Pei is indeed Boss Pei. He managed to think of a solution so swiftly? Pei Qian said, I can add a segment to the game. After the game starts up, players would be able to write an epitaph for themselves to encourage them while they are playing. Every time they died, the epitaph would surface on the screen; that would be a source of motivation. Huh? Epitaph? Qiao Liang vaguely felt like something was amiss; however, he couldnt pinpoint it exactly. Pei Qian took a look at his watch, Alright, its getting late. Thanks for your hard work all this time; lets go and eat! Ah, alright! Qiao Liang had wanted to think about what was wrong with this epitaph. However, hearing Boss Peis suggestion to have dinner, Qiao Liang instantly forgot about this matter. He was in for a treat again! Boss Pei is so good to me. Sigh, I really cannot repay him! Qiao Liang sighed emotively. The two got off the car at the entrance of Ming Yun Private Kitchen. Seeing Teacher Qiaos eyes sparkle at the thought of eating delicacies, Pei Qian couldnt help but chuckle internally. I have been messing about with Teacher Qiao for so long. Sigh, I am such an evil person. However, taking a look at the surroundings of Ming Yun Private Kitchen, Pei Qian soon lost his mood. Ever since Ming Yun Private Kitchen had grown popular, Pei Qian had not visited yet. All in all, it was a long story. Pei Qian had purchased a semi-commercial villa. It was completely separate from other residential villas. It had its own space and cars had their own private entrance as well. Originally, this had been the reason why these villas had been hard to sell. However, this semi-commercial villa area near Ming Yun Private Kitchen was now filled with luxury cars. These were cars that were rarely seen in Jingzhou. Furthermore, cabs also kept on arriving. Ming Yun Private Kitchens clients were not just big bosses now; some ordinary salarymen also came by. The latter came all the way here on a Sunday to have a good meal and to enjoy the good food and service. While there werent that many people, it was very different from before. The last time Teacher Qiao had come, Ming Yun Private Kitchen didnt have any other customers. It looked rather deserted and only had some waiters running about. This time, besides the luxury cars parked outside, the villa had many more guests. Only four or five tables were in the main hall. At this time, all of them were filled. Customers were conversing softly while taking their time to enjoy the meal. No one took out their cell phones and the whole atmosphere of the place was harmonious and natural. Of course, as Ming Yun Private Kitchens seating capacity was limited, even though all the seats were filled; the main hall still felt rather spacious. It was completely different from those popular, packed-to-the-brim restaurants with people queuing outside. Pei Qian was rather pained by what he was seeing. From his perspective, these customers were troublemakers one and all. They werent here to throw money at him; they were here to steal money from him! Behind Pei Qian, Qiao Liang sighed internally. The last time he had come and saw how deserted the place was, Qiao Liang had thought that this was Boss Peis private set-up and was for his personal entertainment and indulgence. From the looks of it now, that was evidently not the case. So many customers were around, and this place was now so popular; this restaurant was raking in money, right? Although the food here was really good, how on earth did Boss Pei manage to make this place a hit within a mere two weeks? Qiao Liang could only sigh emotively. It seemed as if not only was Boss Pei good at creating games, but he was also a real business genius. Regardless of which industry it was, he could make it work! Chapter 257 - You are Ming Yun Villas’ Friend Forever! After the meal As per usual, Pei Qian arranged for the driver to send Teacher Qiao off as he remained in his private room. He was prepared to have a chat with Lin Canrong. This chat was a little heavier for Boss Pei to have. Now that Ming Yun Private Kitchen had become famous, it was too late for him to do anything. Pei Qian could only try his best to instruct Lin Canrong so that the situation wouldnt get any worse. After the dishes on the dining table were cleared, Lin Canrong sat across Pei Qian, beaming with joy. All this while, Lin Canrong had been extremely busy. Ever since Ming Yun Private Kitchen became a hit, all lunch and dinner reservations were full for the next two weeks. He had been bored to death initially; now, he was working to death. He had to preorder ingredients daily according to the reservations and make the necessary cutlery and settings changes based on each group of customers. He also had to make sure that the waiters knew what they were doing while dealing with last-minute scenarios. Fortunately, Ming Yun Private Kitchen had many chefs and wait staff with the latter all well-trained. Hence, he had still managed to make things work. Although he was so busy, Lin Canrong was extremely happy. He felt that he could finally showcase his true worth. Boss Pei had handed him such a good restaurant; he naturally couldnt let Boss Pei down and had to continue helping the restaurant thrive. He even wanted this restaurant to become the best in Jingzhou City! Although there were many customers-as there werent that many seats in the private kitchen to begin with, all the guests were still manageable. Speaking of this, Lin Canrong was even more impressed with Boss Peis foresight. Previously when Ming Yun Private Kitchen had been quiet and deserted with few customers, Boss Pei had requested for him to focus on running the restaurant and not caring too much about publicity. Indeed, within two weeks, the restaurant had become a hit! Fortunately, Lin Canrong had been very obedient. He had put his heart and soul into the kitchen and on the wait staff, ensuring an extremely high standard dining experience. That was how Ming Yun Private Kitchens reputation had maintained at such a high level. This time, Boss Pei must have more words of wisdom for him. Pei Qian drank his tea as he said indifferently. I dont have much to say, actually. I just want to instruct some matters. Regarding ingredients, we definitely cannot use any inferiors. We cant think that just because customers might not realize it, we cut down on the quality of the ingredients. Every customer must be treated as a food critic. The seating arrangement needs to be stringently adhered to; lets maintain the status quo. Dont come up with any policies banning the bringing of alcohol or having a minimum spending for private rooms, extra costs for disinfection, etc. I had mentioned all these at the start; I just want to reiterate these points again. You also know that all the companys projects, including Ming Yun Private Kitchen, will be under a reputation-based reward system. Pei Qian felt that he had to emphasize all these again. If Lin Canrong suddenly started having ideas and wanted to add more seats or enacting policies banning the bringing of alcohol, implementing a minimum charge for private rooms, etc.; wouldnt that result in more profits? The next settlement was only slightly more than a month away. Ming Yun Private Kitchen was already a burden to Boss Pei; this burden couldnt get heavier! If Pei Qian couldnt make a loss, he would really puke blood. Lin Canrong hurriedly nodded. Understood, Boss Pei. You are afraid that I might be too mindful of costs, and that might affect Ming Yun Private Kitchens reputation. Rest assured that I will remember everything you have said. Customers opinions of us will always be the priority! Pei Qian nodded his head. Alright. Although Lin Canrong didnt know the true meaning behind Pei Qians wordssince Ming Yun Private Kitchen had deteriorated to this stage, Pei Qian didnt have any good ideas to remedy the situation. He would be very thankful if things didnt worsen. Thats all. I wont hold you back. Ill head to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and hang about. Pei Qian left Ming Yun Private Kitchen and headed outside the villa. The sky was a little dark. Pei Qian turned and looked at Ming Yun Private Kitchen. For some reason, he felt rather terrible internally. Really terrible! Pei Qian sighed quietly as he was prepared to leave Ming Yun Villas and head to a nearby Fish-Catching Internet Cafe to sit and drink some coffee. Now, only the peace and serenity of the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe could soothe his wounded soul. He had just walked two steps when someone shouted, Boss Pei? Pei Qian paused as he turned. It was actually Manager Cui. This was Ming Yun Villas sales manager. When Pei Qian had purchased this villa, Manager Cui had personally brought him over to see the villa. ma Manager Cui was rather happy to see Pei Qian. What a coincidence, Boss Pei! We actually managed to meet! I was still thinking when I could pay you a visit to thank you in person! Pei Qian was confused. Thank me? Manager Cui laughed. Yes, Boss Pei. Of course, I have to thank you! Take a look. These are Ming Yun Villas new publicity slogans. Manager Cui tapped his phone a few times as he opened a PDF picture with the new publicity material for Ming Yun Villas. Pei Qian was stumped as he took the cell phone and had a look. When he had bought this villa, Pei Qian had seen Ming Yun Villas publicity material before. These so-called publicity materials were basically pictures of villa districts, the scenery, as well as some slogans. For example, picturesque and a natural wonderland, a villa hidden in the mountains and rivers; a mountain villa, a new trend; happily staying in a cash cow, appreciation of value just a matter of time, etc. All in all, Pei Qian had found these materials to be rather fake and were just artificially praising the villa district; he had not paid much attention. This new publicity material on Manager Cuis cell phone was completely different! Ming Yun Villas, pioneering Jingzhous new commercial district; far from the hustle and bustle and yet near to a flourishing region; a nameless restaurant is just in your backyard; enjoy domestic delicacies and meet Jingzhous celebrities Furthermore, the pictures were also completely different! Besides the normal pictures of villas and the scenery, many pictures regarding Ming Yun Private Kitchen and the nearby commercial district were included as well! One was Jingzhous new commercial district. The picture had all the shops near Ming Yun Villas, such as the internet cafe, bar, board games cafe, coffee shops, etc. It seemed very happening. Another was a 5/5 mysterious restaurant making waves on the internet; the nameless restaurant is here! This picture had Ming Yun Private Kitchens Quanmin Reviews profile page as well as some pictures inside of Ming Yun Private Kitchen. One other picture was being neighbors with Jingzhous celebrities. This one zoomed in on all the luxury vehicles parked near to Ming Yun Private Kitchen, as well as a few group shots of successful persons. Pei Qian felt that he was growing a little dizzy. What was going on?! As the sky had darkened, Manager Cui completely missed Boss Peis rather pale face as the former said excitedly, Boss Pei, these flyers had been sent out; within a week or two, we should be able to see the effects! This time, our boss has decided to go all out. We have purchased publicity slots in newspapers, on TV, the exterior of buildings, magazines, public transports, as well as advertisement signboards in Jingzhou City! Pei Qian felt even more light-headed. What the hell? They had bought advertisement slots everywhere? Wait a minute, I thought that you guys couldnt sell any villas in this area? I had done my due diligence before making my purchase previously. Didnt they say that there wasnt any investment value in the villas here and that they were not competitively priced? Why the sudden widespread publicity? Also, you guys can do all the publicity you want; dont drag my restaurant into it! Pei Qian was a little flustered. You guys are spending so much. Manager Cui laughed. Boss Pei is joking. Whether we would make a loss or not, wouldnt you know already? To be honest, when you had said you wanted to buy this villa that time, I had not thought much of it. I had just assumed you were going to use this as a vacation home. After that, I found out that youre really a genius! Manager Cui raised his thumb energetically. Your nameless restaurant had become an instant hit; it is now the most popular high-end restaurant in Jingzhou! I heard that the restaurant is booked two weeks in advance; it is becoming hard to get a dining time slot! So many Jingzhou big honchos want to have a meal here; all of them have to make a reservation beforehand! However, many bosses feel that it is rather troublesome having to entertain clients so far out here. They feel that their guests have to travel all the way here just for a meal and that that is a little taxing. As such, some bosses have come over to look at houses. They want to buy some villas to be used to entertain guests while they could stay here themselves sometimes as well. Of course, that isnt their only reason for purchasing villas. They are also targeting the potential of a rise in the value of property here! Recently, there has been word in investment circles in Jingzhou City that this region is going to become the new commercial district of Jingzhou City! Many have already heard the rumors. Some other shops here have all shut; now, they have all been rented or bought! This is a very good sign. The entire Jingzhou City is now focused on this region. Our housing prices are naturally increasing as well. Our boss has already decided to inflate the prices of all the villas we still have on hand. We cannot sell them cheaply anymore! Boss Pei, when the time comes, your villas value would rise as well easily. Rising to ten million from six million would definitely not be a problem! Pei Qians legs grew weak; he almost collapsed. Rising to ten million? He was going to be in deep trouble! Pei Qian almost wanted to puke blood. Who said that this was going to be Jingzhous new commercial district? Who? Where were all these so-called shops? Werent those shops what I used to fool Boss Li? Wait a minute, Boss Li Pei Qian suddenly thought of a problem. Li Shi was the boss of Fu Hui Investments; he was rather influential in Jingzhous investment circles. A while ago, he had been crazily investing and opening up shops near Ming Yun Villas. Ming Yun Private Kitchens stellar success must have been noticed by Boss Li as well! That meant that Boss Li must have thought that Boss Pei was the backer behind Ming Yun Private Kitchen, that this restaurant was a key piece of the puzzle that would make Ming Yun Villas a hit! According to Boss Lis character, he definitely wanted to seize the opportunity and continue investing here. Pei Qian felt very uncomfortable. He had thought that Ming Yun Private Kitchens success was the worst news he could get. Now, that didnt seem to be the case. If this area became popular, that would affect the neighboring shops and Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. Furthermore, this villas valuation would rise as well! Was this what the saying trouble never came alone meant? Pei Qian quietly returned the cell phone to Manager Cui. He was silent and in a daze. Manager Cui did not know that Boss Pei was still dealing with the shock of what he had heard. Manager Cui thought that all was within Boss Peis expectations, and that was why Boss Pei was so indifferent. Boss Pei, our boss has said that he will definitely pay you a visit to thank you personally. You have helped us so much this time; we definitely have to repay the favor. For our publicity, we will definitely promote Ming Yun Villas and your nameless restaurant to increase the visibility of your restaurant even more. Besides this, your villas property management fees and cleanings fees will be permanently waived. Your utility bill will be halved perpetually. We will also give you a few parking slots for free. Also, we will hire a professional gardening team to take care of the garden in your villas backyard. Someone will maintain the place regularly. Naturally, all these are peanuts to you. However, this is our form of appreciation. All in all, you will now be the most honored landlord in Ming Yun Villas; you are Ming Yun Villas friend forever! Chapter 258 - Could it be My Fault? After saying goodbye to Manager Cui, Pei Qian left Ming Yun Villas, feeling confused. He walked in the direction of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. After suffering blow after blow, he felt lost. Now, all he wanted to do was sit in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and have a cocktail. He wanted the quiet and peaceful environment in the internet cafe to calm him down. As he walked, he began to sense that something was amiss. It was already night. Why were there still so many people on the path? Ming Yun Villas had very low traffic. Even on Sundays, there were normally very few people on the roads. Yet, there seemed to be many people today! People were walking in pairs and trios, and most of them looked like students, although a few looked like working adults. There also seemed to be more cars parked along the side of the road! When he looked at the shops on either side, Pei Qian began to feel like he had been cut off from the world for a long time. When did these shops open here?! A while ago, only Fish-Catching Internet Cafe existed along the entire pathway. The other shops were either cold and deserted or closed down altogether. Pei Qian even intended to set up an Upwind Courier station here; there were so many suitable locations that he was at a loss. Among all the available options, he could pick the biggest one in the best location. That was because nobody wanted these shops at that time. Every shop was empty and available. Yet, now, even shops in the less ideal spots had been taken! Whats more, there were all kinds of shops here! There were bars, board game cafes, and the like. The ones which Boss Li had opened looked lively. He could hear music from the entrance of one bar in particular. So many young people were trying to squeeze their way into the bar that Pei Qian could almost feel the heat from their bodies. Many other shops were selling snacks that were popular online, including Dirty Buns, Remicones, Mini Pork Floss Cakes, and Durian Layered Cakes. In fact, they seemed to be doing well. There were also shops selling traditional food and drinks, such as pan-fried buns and dumplings, soya bean, and dough fritters. Apart from these, there were shops selling bubble tea and drinks, as well as convenience stores. What Pei Qian found hardest to accept was that a shop had opened in the busiest spot of this region. It was called Nameless Kitchen, and there were many customers inside! Pei Qian wanted to vomit blood. What kind of behavior was this? They were clearly imposters! They were intentionally cheating paying customers who had traveled from afar! Yet, it did not seem wrong for them to name their restaurant in this manner. Strictly speaking, Boss Peis restaurant was called Ming Yun Private Kitchen. It had no name on Quanmin Reviews. There was no copyright infringement for this restaurant to be named Nameless Kitchen. Pei Qian was furious. He opened his phone and logged onto Quanmin Reviews, wanting to expose this restaurant. In the end, he found that the restaurant had a rating of 4.3. He scrolled down to read the comments. This restaurant is riding on someone elses fame, but their food is passable. The nameless restaurant is good, but its always fully booked. We had no choice but to try our luck at this restaurant. One can only say that the nameless restaurant made the food and drinks around it popular. Everyones here to hop on the bandwagon. It feels like this place is becoming a famous food street in Jingzhou. I dont suggest coming to this restaurant. Go to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe instead. The food there is very healthy. If youre not full, you can buy some snacks from the surrounding shops as well. I strongly recommend Dirty Buns and Remicones. Indeed, this is just an ordinary restaurant. The Fish-Catching Internet Cafe beside it serves better food. Pei Qian, ??? He had only wanted to expose this restaurant for shamelessly riding on others fame. Yet, when he read the comments left behind by fellow netizens, he realized a more serious problem. Who did this? Who advertised Fish-Catching Internet Cafe? Pei Qian quickly looked for Fish-Catching Internet Cafe on Quanmin Reviews. The ratings scared him half to death. 4.8! He scrolled down to read the comments. The machines and internet speed are great. Its the exact same standard as the flagship store. Fish-Catching Internet Cafes chain guarantees quality! Its my first time here. I did not expect there to be a Fish-Catching Internet Cafe here-I quite like it. The cocktails are nice, and the resident singer is not bad. Needless to say, the environment is excellent for surfing the net as well. As always, I am satisfied. Its a chain store. Smoking is prohibited throughout the internet cafe. The environment is good, and the food is delicious. Xing Le Internet Cafe is becoming more popular. While it looks good, its still worse compared to this place. Pei Qian kept his phone as a bad feeling rose in his chest. It looked like something went wrong! Pei Qian sped up and walked past many more shops which used to be cold and deserted but were not hustling and bustling. Finally, he arrived at Fish-Catching Internet Cafes entrance. When he saw the situation inside the internet cafe, Pei Qian was stunned. The gaming area was almost full. There were only two or three empty seats left. There were also many people in the bar area. The resident singer was singing soothing folk songs on stage. From time to time, customers would head to the bar counter to order drinks and tip the singer. Pei Qian stood at the door, at a loss for words. The waiter at the door immediately recognized Pei Qian. He quickly rushed forward to welcome him. Boss Pei, youre here! Quick, come in! Pei Qian had been very busy during this period. He had not come to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe in more than a month. Although he often visited Ming Yun Private Kitchen, he would always be driven by the company chauffeurs. That meant he did not even walk past Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. Who would have thought that the street would become like this?! Without even thinking, he knew that Boss Li had done this. Pei Qians first reaction was not to look for Boss Li but to look for Ma Yang. Wheres Old Ma? I entrusted Fish-Catching Internet Cafe to you, and what have you done?! Youre the CEO of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe after all. Youre my most trusted right-hand man. Is this how you share my burdens?! Pei Qian scanned the internet cafe and quickly found Ma Yang and Zhang Yuan seated in a corner. Ma Yang was holding a glass of cocktail and sipping it nonchalantly. As he enjoyed the singers performance on stage, he looked extremely pleased. Pei Qian felt his anger rise in his chest as he looked at them. How dare you look so pleased?! The waiter walked briskly to Ma Yangs side. Boss Ma, Boss Pei is here. Ma Yang turned around, and a grin spread across his big, long face. Boss Pei, youre here? Come and take a seat! The shop has been doing much better recently. All of a sudden, we got busier. School just resumed, right? I was thinking about how I could share this good news with you if I bumped into you in school, but here you are! Youve found out on your own. Pei Qian was speechless. Old Ma, Old Ma. I trust you the most. How can you mess this up for me? Why didnt you tell me that our internet cafe suddenly saw a boost in customers? Pei Qian was extremely unhappy. Ma Yang paused. Huh? Brother Qian, didnt you plan for this? In our previous meeting, you said that Fish-Catching Internet Cafes branch in Ming Yun Villas is the center of your plans for the future. You also set up Upwind Courier stations and bought a villa for a private kitchen here. Didnt you do all that to improve the business environment in this region? While enjoying the music, Zhang Yuan happily added, Thats right. Didnt you plan for all these? I thought you intentionally bluffed Boss Li into coming here, purely to make him incur losses. Now, I realized that I was too simple. Not only did Boss Li invest in this area, but he even persuaded a lot of other people in the investment industry to invest in this area. The nameless restaurant added to the popularity of this place, causing it to become the new Jingzhou Business District and Jingzhou Food Street. That was how Fish-Catching Internet Cafe became so famous! Before this, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe had been incurring losses, not because it was bad in itself, but because traffic in this area was low. Now that the root of the problem has been dealt with, our Ming Yun Villas branch is able to stand out among the crowd! Pei Qian did not know what to say as he looked at both of their excited expressions. He began to seriously doubt himself. What happened? Could it be that the problem lies with me? Pei Qian had indeed said before that the Ming Yun Villas branch would be the focus of Fish-Catching Internet Cafes development. He was also the one who lured Boss Li to invest in this area. However, his motives were completely different from what everyone thought! Yet, from Ma Yang and Zhang Yuans perspective, it seemed reasonable not to report the developments to Pei Qian. Everyone knew that Tengda had many businesses, and Boss Pei was extremely busy. If there was nothing urgent, there would ordinarily be no need to inform him. Why were the shops around Ming Yun Villas doing better now? It was because Ming Yun Private Kitchen had become popular. It was because Boss Li and Fu Hui Investments were investing in this area. It was because Boss Pei had bought a villa in Ming Yun Villas, and Ming Yun Villas took the chance to market themselves. Everything pointed back to Boss Pei. Didnt that mean that Boss Pei expected the Fish-Catching Internet Cafes Ming Yun Villas branch to succeed? Since Boss Pei had already expected this, why would Ma Yang and Zhang Yuan have reported such a small development like an increase in customers at the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe? Boss Pei, your cocktail. The waiter served Pei Qian his favorite Aurora Jungle C Juice. Pei Qian sipped it quietly, starting to close himself off from everyone else. It seemed like Old Ma had acted as reliably as he always did. From beginning to end, he did absolutely nothing. Everything that had happened so far seemed to be Pei Qians fault Pei Qian felt upset and happy at the same time. He was upset because two of his businesses had been implicated. Ming Yun Private Kitchen made Fish-Catching Internet Cafe famous. Not only were they both generating profits, but the villa itself was appreciating as well. Yet, he was happy because Ma Yang was still reliable. He only had himself to blame for everything so far. Pei Qian sipped his cocktail in silence, his heart filling with sorrow. Alright, pin the blame on me, then. Ma Yang did not know that Pei Qian was seriously reconsidering his own life at the moment. Excitedly, he asked, Brother Qian, has the battle plan for the Ming Yun Villas branch been completed? Battle plan? Pei Qian paused and then nodded. Yes. Not only has it been completed, but it has achieved much more than I had hoped for. It has completely surpassed my expectations! Ma Yang grinned, elated. Then, he continued, Brother Qian, I told you that Im not the CEO of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe for nothing, right? I can share your burdens! Now that the Ming Yun Villas branch-which had been incurring the most losses-has become popular, I think its time to expand our business! We should strike while the iron is hot, and open more Fish-Catching Internet Cafe in Jingzhou City. We will take a greater share of the market! Ma Yang lowered his voice slightly. Boss Li has invested in Xing Le Internet Cafe, and they have been opening chain stores like crazy now. Brother Qian, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe was the first to adopt the high-end internet cafe model. We cannot let them overtake us. Pei Qian could not help but stare at Ma Yang, stunned. Expand our business? Having two branches generating profits is problematic enough. Do you want to create more problems for me? Do you think I would even be able to incur a loss in this cycle?! Huh? Wait a minute. Pei Qian suddenly realized a problem. Everything has changed! Should he adjust his strategy now? Chapter 259 - Fish-Catching Internet Cafe Enters the Second Stage! Pei Qian pondered for a moment and looked at Zhang Yuan. Whats the financial situation for these internet cafes? Zhang Yuan immediately answered proudly, Theyre looking good! The flagship stores getting about seven hundred thousand yuan per month in revenue. After deducting our expenses, were making about two to three hundred thousand yuan per month. The other shops are doing slightly worse, but were more or less balanced out. Our Ming Yun Villas branch was incurring the most losses among all the branches. However, its revenue has increased recently. I think we can generate an overall profit soon. Hearing this, Pei Qian felt his heart begin to bleed. However, this also gave his thoughts validation. Again, Pei Qian asked, Our main source of income in the internet cafes is the sale of alcohol, right? Zhang Yuan nodded. Thats right. The internet cafes main sources of income are the sale of alcohol and coffee, as well as tips for the resident singers. Another important source of revenue is the internet-surfing fee. However, while more people are paying to surf the net at our internet cafes, there still arent that many of them overall. Pei Qian roughly understood the situation now. We do have to expand. Well open a new branch in a location where the rent is the most expensive! Ma Yangs suggestion to expand the business reminded Pei Qian of something. Pei Qian had not intended to throw money into a failed project like Fish-Catching Internet Cafe anymore. Now, both the flagship store and the Ming Yun Villas branch have become popular. Fish-Catching Internet Cafe also had pretty good ratings on Quanmin Reviews. The internet cafes were now considered very famous in Jingzhou. Once paying customers formed an impression of such high-end brands, they would remain forever. Even if Boss Pei opened a new branch, people would likely visit it as well. Thus, opening a new branch would have been disadvantageous to Boss Pei. Why would he open new branches if they could not incur losses? However, after some thought, Pei Qian thought of another problem. Among all the businesses, Upwind Logistics was probably the best at losing money. Still, Ma Yang was the CEO of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe after all. Fish-Catching Internet Cafe was now doing so well; it was now well-reputed and making profits. How could they just stop now? How would Pei Qian explain this to Ma Yang? Of course, Boss Pei did not need to explain anything to anyone. He could choose to cast Fish-Catching Internet Cafe aside if he wanted. After all, allowing it to earn hundreds of thousands of yuan a month was a small burden which Boss Pei could afford to carry. However, would people grow suspicious? After all, something would be off. Thus, Pei Qian thought of another idea. Making some profit would not be a problem for now. There was still more than a month until settlement. He could spend all the money on Upwind Logistics and a new branch for Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, right? Even if all of Fish-Catching Internet Cafes branches generated profits, it would be fine as long as the new branch didnt earn money, right? Those two Fish-Catching Internet Cafe branches were making profits, but that was due to two main reasons. First, most of the revenue was coming from the sale of alcohol and customers tips for the resident singers. At the moment, most customers preferred to take Fish-Catching Internet Cafe as a coffee shop or a bar, and not a place to surf the net. Pei Qian had nothing to say about this. His original intention was to create a complete hodgepodge. He wanted to confuse everyone about what Fish-Catching Internet Cafe was in order to minimize the chances of the internet cafe becoming famous. He would never have expected that the bar and coffee area would become more popular than the internet cafe area! He could only say man proposes, God disposes. Apart from that, the few Fish-Catching Internet Cafes were located in deserted areas, and the rent was cheap. Pei Qian had picked these locations out in order to keep the internet cafes hidden and traffic low. He hoped word about Fish-Catching Internet Cafe would not spread, and rich customers would not be satisfied. That would have ensured that they would not recover the cost of daily operations. However, the situation was completely different now. Since Fish-Catching Internet Cafe had become famous, there was no point in keeping the branches in inconspicuous locations. Pei Qian would be better off looking for a busier location and spending more on rent! To Pei Qian, as long as he could resolve both of these problems, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe would be able to continue incurring losses. That was why it was important for people to think in reverse. The resident singers are bringing in money? Get rid of them! The rent is too cheap? Find a more expensive place! Pei Qian considered for a while and immediately decided on a perfect solution. Since thats the case, we can enter the second stage of Fish-Catching Internet Cafes plan, said Pei Qian in a serious tone. Ma Yang and Zhang Yuan immediately perked up and listened closely. The second stage! It looks like our hard work on Fish-Catching Internet Cafe has paid off. Boss Pei is validating us! Pei Qian continued, Once we enter the second stage, we will improve Fish-Catching Internet Cafes reputation. At the same time, we will do as much as we can to emphasize the true nature of the businessthe internet cafe. Ma Yang became confused. Zhang Yuan was stunned as well. What did he mean by the internet cafe area being the true nature of the business? Wasnt diversification the advantage of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe? They were earning the most from the sale of coffee and alcohol now! Zhang Yuan continued to hear Pei Qian out despite the questions in his head. Pei Qian pulled out his phone and opened the map application inside it. After scanning it for a while, he locked in on a few big shopping centers in Jingzhou. In the second stage, we will open a new branch to test waters. Location-wise well pick a location in one of these shopping centers. We might not have as much space as we do now so we can forget about selling alcohol and coffee. Well use up all the space for computers instead. Pei Qians thinking was quite clear. Many branches were now breaking even in terms of finances. Even the flagship store, which was generating the most revenue, was earning only two to three hundred thousand yuan a month. What if he could spend another three to four hundred thousand yuan a month on rent? Wouldnt he turn the profits back into losses? Whats more, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe was mainly earning revenue from the sale of alcohol and coffee, as well as a cut of the tips offered to singers. Getting rid of singers in the new branch meant that customers would not be able to tip them. That also meant that the internet cafe would not get a cut of the tips. Of course, there was no need to make changes to the five existing branches. He would leave them as they were. Only the new branch in the shopping center would purely be an internet cafe. Zhang Yuan looked at the map, feeling perplexed. Boss Pei, are we really opening a branch here? Opening a branch in the shopping center would ensure high traffic flow, but the rent would be too expensive! They were now paying about three to four yuan per square meter for most of Fish-Catching Internet Cafes branches. An area of three thousand square meters cost about three hundred thousand yuan a month. However, the rent in a big shopping center like that would not be as cheap! It could cost at least seven or eight yuan per square meter, and perhaps even more. The rent would be doubled just like that. These shopping centers mostly contained international clothing, jewelry, bags, and cosmetics brands. Ordinary businesses would not be able to afford such high rent. Fish-Catching Internet Cafe was not even earning that much money at the moment. They would surely incur loss if they spent so much money on rent now. Whats more, the new Fish-Catching Internet Cafe branch would go down a different path from the existing ones. Their existing branches were diversified. Each branch contained an internet cafe, a coffee shop, and a bar. If the new branch followed this model, they would at least be able to generate revenue from the sale of alcohol and drinks in the shopping center. However, Boss Pei was introducing the second stage of Fish-Catching Internet Cafes plan. He wanted to emphasize the true nature of the businessthe internet cafe. That meant the new branch would only allow people to surf the net. It sounded unfeasible! Who would travel all the way to a high-end shopping center in Jingzhou City, just to play games by themselves in an internet cafe? Wasnt that akin to burning money? Of course, Zhang Yuan knew some men might feel frustrated while shopping in the shopping center. They might have the need to vent their frustrations by playing games. However, that was not considered the norm at the moment. Even if their girlfriends were so benevolent as to allow their boyfriends to play games while they shopped on their own, how long could the boyfriends play for? They could play for an hour in the morning before it would be time for lunch. If the girlfriends continued to shop after a movie in the afternoon, they could only shop for a maximum of an hour before they would have to return home for dinner. At most, these men would only be able to play games for about two hours. Whats more, that was on the pretext that their girlfriends were benevolent people. People like that would probably have poor gaming experience. Whats more, the internet cafe would not earn much money from them. Based on these considerations, the chances of the internet cafe recouping its capital were negligible. That was unless they raised the price! Zhang Yuan quickly asked, Boss Pei, shouldnt we raise the prices for this new branch as well? We could charge twenty yuan per hour. Pei Qian shook his head at once. No, Fish-Catching Internet Cafes official guiding price is ten yuan. We shouldnt raise the price as and when we want to. Zhang Yuan, Ma Yang was silent the entire time, but at that moment, he raised up his thumb. Good! Brother Qian, thats a good idea. Fish-Catching Internet Cafe is making a name for itself. We cannot keep renting such deserted locations. In order to become famous, we have to move into shopping centers like that! Then, we would be lumped together with international cosmetics, clothing, and jewelry brands. The effect would be significant! Pei Qian and Ma Yang high-fived. Great minds think alike! Zhang Yuan, As if noticing Zhang Yuans confusion, Ma Yang smiled. It doesnt matter even if we incur losses in the short term. Our long-term goal is to build a good name for ourselves. Look at Fish-Catching Internet Cafes flagship store. Didnt it incur significant losses in the beginning? Slowly, we started to generate revenue and make profits. Now, its doing so well! Look at everyones comments about Fish-Catching Internet Cafe on Quanmin Reviews. Theyre all positive. What do you call this? These are the fruits of our labor. We persisted in building a name for ourselves and are now reaping the rewards! Do you understand? Pei Qian, This Old Ma-hes stealing all of my lines! However, on second thought, it seemed natural. Pei Qian had said these words to Old Ma four or five times now. The constant brainwashing ensured that Old Ma would remember these words, no matter how forgetful he was. Although his lines had been stolen and his wounds had been exposed, Pei Qian did not feel upset. Instead, he felt comforted. Old Ma understands me more and more! If all my employees could understand me the way Old Ma does, I would not have to suffer so much worry and anxiety as the boss. After leaving a few more instructions, Pei Qian entrusted the preparations for the new branch to Ma Yang As he thought about the new branch incurring losses, Pei Qian felt less upset. Ming Yun Private Kitchen had gone awry. However, the situation was still under control. As long as Pei Qian lost more money through the new Fish-Catching Internet Cafe branch and opened more Upwind Courier stations, he would still be able to incur losses in the end. There should be no problem. Chapter 260 - Good Friends Should Stay Together August 9th, Wednesday In the afternoon Pei Qian took two sips of cola after finishing the employee packed lunch delivered by Fish-Catching Take-Out. He felt very satisfied and lay motionless on the executive office chair for a while. The Fish-Catching Take-Out was one of Pei Qians most satisfying services. Not only could it settle the meals of all employees perfectly, but it was also losing money steadily. It showed no signs of possible profits. The only problem was that its development depended on that of the Fish-Catching Internet Cafes. It could only cater to the regions around the Fish-Catching Internet Cafes and thus could not expand in scale at a similar speed as the Upwind Courier stations. However, Pei Qian was not anxious about that. As long as the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 2.0 plan could commence quickly, the market for the Fish-Catching Take-Out would expand further; and the loss it suffered would also increase rapidly naturally. After eating and drinking to his hearts content, Pei Qian closed the Repent and be Saved window on his computer. He had suffered yet another tormenting morning, but he could almost see the light at the end of the tunnel. Pei Qian was already very familiar with the Pudu weapon. If he could persevere for around a week and clear the ending segments of the six realms of rebirth and existence, he could then consider himself as achieving a huge success. Not only would he be free and did not have to open the game and suffer ever again, but that also meant that the game had finally reached the systems requirements and could successfully be released. When the sales of the game flopped and it caused the company to suffer a huge loss, the happy times could finally begin for Pei Qian! Whenever he thought about that, Pei Qian could not stop a smile from creeping up his face. He opened Aili Island and planned to watch a few random funny short videos while letting the food he had eaten digest. First, he ignored the 99+ private messages that were urging him to upload another video. Being a famous UP Master on a website like Aili Island was pretty troublesome. Every time he opened the web page, there would be tons of messages. Most of those were private messages that urged him to upload more videos. Boss Pei had so much work to do every day. How could he find time to upload new videos daily? Currently, Hardcore Reviews had been destroying digital products for the past dozens of videos. Even Pei Qian was a little bored of making the series. However, the viewers were not tired of that at all. Every time a new digital product was released, they would urge him to upload a video regarding that new product. They wanted Pei Qian to continue destroying this and that and were not tired of watching those videos at all. Furthermore, everyone had been having increasingly inflated expectations. Initially, the viewers were only asking him to destroy cell phones that cost around three to five thousand yuan, and yet they were now eyeing laptops and headphones that cost more than ten thousand yuan. If not for the money he earned from Aili Islands incentive plan, Pei Qian would have quit long ago! Pei Qian planned to destroy a new digital product every now and then once he saw a new release to maintain his popularity on the platform. That was especially so for the free products that Shenhua sent to him. Anyways, when this cycle ended, the hundreds of thousands that he had lost would be enough for him to spend. There was no longer a need for him to upload those videos so painstakingly anymore. After that, Pei Qian watched Fei Huang Workspaces new videothe fourth episode of A Day in a Great Inventors Life-at the electronics area of the website. Fei Huang Workspace had been very consistent in their uploads. Although the video was evidently much longer than Boss Peis Daily Life, they still managed to upload a new episode weekly. That was considered relatively more hardworking as compared to other UP Masters in Aili Island. After all, many UP Masters were part-time content creators while Fei Huang Workspace was a company that could work on the videos on a full-time basis. They had the manpower and money; thus, they could produce their videos even faster and upload them more frequently. Pei Qian did not click on the video. The main reason was that he was afraid his heart could not handle it. If the video series really managed to receive sponsored partnerships from some international huge brands someday, that was similar to the end of the world to Boss Pei. He could picture himself having to eat an immediate-release aspirin tablet before clicking into every episode. Moreover, Pei Qian did not have a good solution to stop them. Therefore, the only thing he could do was to bury his head into the sand and pretend as though he did not see anything. Pei Qian looked at the updates section of the website to see if there were any new videos by the funny UP Masters that he had subscribed to. Finally, Pei Qian looked at his favorite otoMAD area where video creators would parody or remix videos and audio clips that have been edited and re-arranged mainly for comical effect. OtoMAD was the path to progress for the human population. However, Pei Qian noticed something different when he opened the otoMAD area this time. There was a newcomer in the otoMAD all-stars! He scanned through the titles of the recently uploaded otoMAD videos. It was clear to see who the new lucky fellow was. Pei Qian clicked on a few random videos and found the songs to be quite nice. Moreover, the views for these videos were also pretty high. It should almost be confirmed that Zhang Zuting was officially a member of the otoMAD all-stars team. The only uncertain thing was if there would be a video that exceeded three million views and sent him directly into the annual hall of fame for the otoMAD section. Pei Qian was smiling happily. All of a sudden, he stopped smiling. He opened the platform statistics for Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version and took a closer look. After closer inspection, Pei Qian heaved a sigh of relief. Huff Fortunately, there were no drastic changes to the statistics. Although the statistics took a turn for the better, it was still far from the numbers needed to recover the production cost. That was within Pei Qians expectations. After all, they had been placing so many advertisements. The quality of the game was pretty good, and the game had an incredible reputation among advanced players. It would be impossible for the statistics of the game to remain unchanged after such a long time. Pei Qian was content as long as the increase in the statistics was sufficiently slow. Evidently, the advertisements and mini-client acted as two huge filters that sieved a large group of players. The number of players who truly downloaded and played the game was less than two- or three-tenths of the total number of people who clicked into the advertisements. Therefore, Pei Qian was currently still at ease. Even if the otoMAD video went viral, there was still nothing he had to worry about currently. Maybe Im overthinking. Zhang Jiahuis otoMAD videos were also very popular then. Almost everyone heard about that. However, how many B-site viewers would try out the game that Zhang Jiahui advertised for just because of an otoMAD video? There were definitely some who did that, but Im sure thats not the majority. After he released the psychological burden he had, Pei Qian clicked on the search results for the keyword Zha Zhuti with interest and started viewing the relevant videos. There were huge numbers of otoMAD videos. Other than the videos produced by marketing accounts that tried to ride the wave of popularity, there were also some interview recordings of Zhang Zuting. Zhang Zuting did not spend his time lazing around. Although he was less popular than before, he had earned several supporting roles in many movies. In one of the interview recordings, the interviewer asked for his opinions about his nickname Zha Zhuti which meant fried pig trotter. In the video, Zhang Zuting appeared reluctant and helpless. Everyone in the country is laughing at me now. They are imitating how I speak. Hello, eberyone! I am Zha Zhuti. If youre my brother, come nibble at me Many of my fans asked me this question. Why was I so awkward in the commercial when I won the best actor in the Film Award? Actually, I treated my performance bery seriously that day. During the first take, I was so passionate and devoted to my performance. However, the business partner wanted me to be more languid and casual. They wanted me to be less serious so I can appear more approachable to the viewers. After that, I just said my lines very casually. Never did I expect that take would be used. I have emphasized and suggested that we should find a dubbing actor. I do not really speak good Mandarin Chinese. (Many Hong Kongers speak Cantonese, which is a Chinese dialect, instead of Mandarin Chinese.) However, they did not do so in the end and just used my original recording. I do not really understand what happened either. When the advertisement became viral, I suggested that we should replace some shots, and yet the business partner declined the offer. Thats how things turned out dis way. Actually, I am also still very unsure why tings turned out dis way either. The interview was laughing at his accent. Have you ever thought about terminating the partnership with the other party? Zhang Zuting shook his head reluctantly. No. Other than this advertisement, I had enjoyed working with the business partner. They were great. Since everyone likes to call me Zha Zhuti, just go ahead with it as long as that makes everyone happy. If everyone thinks that the nickname was more approachable and fun, you can just call me that. Im fine with that. The interviewer asked, So, the advertisement did not actually cause such a huge burden to you, is that so? Zhang Zuting did not know how to answer that question instantly. He thought for a while before replying, Burden not really. The most troubling thing for me was that my friends are laughing at me for that, including Ah Jian, Ah Xiong, and Jiaqiang. Every time we went out to eat together, they would bring up this issue. Thats just really annoying. As Pei Qian closed the video, he felt a little apologetic. Haiz. Although that commercial helped Old Zhang gain some popularity, it also embarrassed him in front of his friends. Pei Qian was a little apologetic to him. If thats the case, Pei Qian felt that he was Old Zhangs friend; and he must help him with the problem. Pei Qian looked up those friends that Zhang Zuting mentioned. He discovered that birds of a feather did flock together. Those friends of his were all celebrity has-beens, too. Zhang Zuting was at least a best-actor winner. His friends mostly acted as supporting roles. They were now worse off than him and could not even secure a supporting role nowadays, much less a commercial. Some even had to perform at property-launching ceremonies. The person living the most miserably was not stuck in a contract dispute with his current management company because he could not secure roles in any shows. He was having trouble making ends meet and had to depend on Zhang Zuting and other friends for his day-to-day expenses. Of course, although some of Zhang Zutings friends were better off than the rest, they were very close to one another. They definitely did not mean it when they mocked Zhang Zuting because of the commercial. Those were all jokes among the group of friends. When Pei Qian looked up the current plight of those people, he started to tear up. Life was tough. As a kind-hearted person, Pei Qian decided to offer them a helping hand. Pei Qian randomly selected four of them who were closer to Zhang Zuting and handed the name list to Lin Wan. Those whom he selected were the ones who were named by Zhang Zuting in the video. Ill give you another two million yuan. Get those four to shoot a commercial for the Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version and play the commercials simultaneously. Those four were celebrity has-beens; thus, the prices to invite them were not very high. The cost of a two-year endorsement for the game should be around five hundred thousand yuan for each of them. Good friends should stick together. In that case, Zhang Zuting would not be mocked by them anymore; and the financial situation of those friends of his would turn for the better. Killing two birds with one stone. Splendid! Pei Qian could not help but reflect on how benevolent he was. Chapter 261 - Bao Xu: I Am Being Autistic. Do Not Disturb. At Shang Yang Games Everyone was pumped and excited. Boss Peis two million yuan publicity fund was akin to a cardiac stimulant! After its release, the sales records of Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version had been bad. Everyone saw that and was originally very anxious about that. Initially, they were all lost. The fortunate thing was that Director Lin decided to develop a mobile version of the game where data in both the mobile version and client-side desktop version were interconnected. That gave everyone a direction to work to. However, even if the mobile version was released, was it able to turn the tables in their favor? No one was sure about that. From the current looks of things, the biggest problem when creating the mobile version was not money but was instead time. If they failed, that was akin to adding salt on their wounds. However, Boss Pei had many praises for this game. He forked out another two million publicity funds. That showed how much confidence Boss Pei had in everyone! Everyone was extremely motivated. They were determined to succeed in creating a mobile version for the Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version. There were assigned employees who had already contacted the Hong Kong celebrities in the name list that Boss Pei handed over. Wang Xiaobin looked at the name list and commented, I have to say that Boss Pei is indeed very experienced in choosing the right people. These choices must have undergone serious consideration. Zhang Zuting and these people are all previous-generation Hong Kong celebrities. Their movies have a great influence on the current middle-aged players. It has a great publicity effect on our target players. Zhang Zuting is the most expensive person to invite. We let him shoot a viral clip first before using the same amount to invite four other Hong Kong celebrities who were less pricey. Not only was that highly cost-effective, but it could also achieve a cluster effect and achieve the best publicity results. I have to say that Boss Peis move is really smart. Ye Zhizhou, who was standing beside him, agreed wholeheartedly. Yes. Boss Pei is definitely a genius when it comes to publicity. He represents the ceiling of what the domestic games market can achieve in terms of publicity. The only thing I am ashamed of and find a little pitiful is that our game could have been better produced. The current state of our game is a letdown given how much publicity funds Boss Pei invested in it. Wang Xiaobin consoled him. Thats alright. Arent we in the middle of producing a mobile version? When the mobile version is published, these advertisements will still come into effect. The popularity that the game had garnered would ultimately explode. Ye Zhizhou nodded his head fervently. Yes, thats correct! We must work harder so we wont let Boss Pei down! September 11th, Monday When Bao Xu stepped foot into Jingzhou City once again, he felt a mix of emotions. Hes finally back! During the month-long paid leave, Bao Xu flew to Europe and toured four or five cities. He went to a different city almost every week. All in all, it was a long story! Bao Xu desperately wanted to delete and reformat all the exotic sights in his mind. That month had been nothing but a nightmare to him. Bao Xu was not referring to the places of interest which he had visited. As long as Bao Xu had to leave Jingzhou City, he would feel like he was living in a nightmare no matter how beautiful and green the city he went to was. Fortunately, although Bao Xu had been addicted to the internet when he attended university, he had entered the university based on his abilities. His English standard was quite good, and he had brought an electronic translator along with him on the trip. Therefore, he had finally managed to complete the overseas travel tasks given to him. No matter what, Bao Xu still felt a huge sense of despair when his trip finally ended. He reached Jingzhou City around midnight. Bao Xu first headed to his rented apartment to take a nap. When he woke up in the afternoon, he decided to head over to Tengda in the evening to have a look. During the trip, he bought some local snacks and goods as gifts. He had to give it to his coworkers at the office. Moreover, he had been away for a month; and he knew nothing about the current progress of Repent and be Saved. Li Yada took over the role of chief planner in the middle of the game development. He did not know if she could handle the job well. When he arrived at the company, he noticed that everyone seemed busy. Noticing that Bao Xu had returned, everyone welcomed him warmly. Brother Bao is back! Brother Bao, how was Europe? He seems to have turned slightly tanner. Did his hair grow longer again? Around this season, I think Europe should be quite cold, isnt it? Bao Xu greeted everyone back and distributed the gifts he bought. Li Yada was originally concentrated on editing the documents. When she saw that Bao Xu had returned, she stood up hurriedly and said, Brother Bao! You have returned at such great timing. I have some questions to consult you about! Bao Xus face turned pale instantly. Im too tired! Lets talk about it another day! Ah, okay. Li Yada nodded her head and felt a little bewildered. Bao Xu seemed really tired. Was Bao Xu less energetic than usual after returning from this trip? Previously, if anyone faced any problems about the game designs or if anyone had things to consult him about, he would be very eager to help. Furthermore, Bao Xu would repeatedly try out the latest games that they were developing and would find the respective designers directly if he had any suggestions on how to improve the game. The previous time he returned from his trip, he tried out the games on the day he returned and could enter his work mode very quickly. However, Bao Xu seemed disinterested in working today. Very soon, Bao Xu finished distributing all his souvenirs to everyone, including Boss Pei who was trying out a game in his office. After that, he returned to his work desk, clicked open an overseas Triple-A game, wore his headphones, and switched on his autistic model. He had come up with that idea during his month-long torture. The first thing that he would do when he returned to the company was hide his abilities! As a partially autistic person, Bao Xu was resented every moment in Europe when he tried to communicate with foreigners using his broken English. His tears then were the water that went into his head earlier! When he recalled what happened then, Bao Xu realized that the outcome of him coming in second during the Outstanding Employee Selection might have come unexpected but was foreseeable. He should have predicted such a terrible outcome! Lu Mingliang was the chief planner and had spent the most effort in producing the game. Who was the next in line? It was definitely Bao Xu. Bao Xu had the greatest workload and contribution within the design team. Since Ocean Stronghold, he had been responsible for the creative elements of the games. He would offer many suggestions in areas such as the gameplay, details, and balance of the games. He had such a strong presence within the team. How could anyone not vote for him? This time, after he came back, Bao Xu thought about it deeply. If this continued, there were only two possibilities for him during the next Best Employee Selection. One, he would leave with the one million yuan Dream Fund, just like what Lu Mingliang did. This outcome was acceptable to him. However, Bao Xu could not bear to part with his coworkers if he had to leave the design team. Two, he received another month-long paid leave and went on another trip. That was the scary part! Although he had received the paid trip twice, there were still many places unexplored in the world. Bao Xu did not think that there will be an end to this torture. Therefore, Bao Xu set his mind. He was going to be a slacker! He would bury his head and game all day. That would lower his presence in the office. Although he was very worried if Li Yada could handle the job as the chief planner, he would definitely not help her in front of everyone. He would only help her with her questions secretly and privately. He must not attract everyones attention! Bao Xu was actually very apprehensive on the inside. He felt that him slacking off could disappoint Boss Pei. However, he had no choice. To prevent a similar misfortune from happening during the next Best Employee Selection, he must try his best to slack off. At the very least, he must be able to trick most employees. After gaming for half an hour, Bao Xu exited the game and peered over his work desk. He observed his surroundings carefully. Boss Pei was still in his office. The others were focused on their work. No one was noticing what was happening over here. Bao Xu sent Li Yada a message secretly: If you have any problem, privately message me about it. Do not tell this to anyone else. In the office, Pei Qian was eating the biscuits and chocolate that Bao Xu gave him while scrolling through Aili Island casually. His torture for the day was over. There were only two bosses left before he could complete the six realms of rebirth and existence and reach the conclusion. There were roughly three more weeks until the release of Repent and be Saved. He had ample time. Therefore, Pei Qian was not worried at all. On Aili Islands website, a new video compilation was featured on the home page. Brainwashing Bloody Battle Song Advertisement Compilation! There was initially only Zhang Zuting. However, now it had turned into a family portrait. There were Zhang Zuting and his four brothers. They were all clad in similarly awkward costumes, holding similarly awkward props, and speaking in a similarly awkward Hong Kong accent. Their style was highly similar. Although the names of the others did not produce good memes like Zha Zhuti, that did not affect the enthusiasm of others. That could be seen from the number of comments, bullet screen comments, and popularity of the videos. What a shock! I am watching advertisements on Aili Island! I would normally consider fifteen seconds to be way too long for a commercial, and yet I willingly watched one that was ten minutes long Indeed, others would skip the advertisements, and yet I would search for it. I can only say that this game merchant is truly an advertisement genius. Each of them only had less than two minutes of clips, and yet the advertisements were made into dozens of different versions! s are w The advertisement lines are way too brainwashing. ROFL!. I did not even dare to press the pause button when this video is in full screen. It would be terrible if I was directed to the webpage. I am Zha Zhuti. If you are my brother, come nibble at me and my four brothers! After watching the latest advertisement, Pei Qian nodded his head in approval. Yes. Good friends should stick together! Zhang Zutings status in web-based games should be more or less indisputable. As for the others, they would be the four little kings of web-based games. Combined, they could debut as an old-aged Hong Kong accent dream team. Seeing how awkward those four friends of Zhang Zuting were when they shot the web-based game commercial, Pei Qian was assured. Zhang Zuting should be able to hold his head high in front of them during their next gathering. After all, everyone shot this embarrassing commercial together; and Zhang Zutings endorsement fee was the highest amongst them. Zhang Zuting should be able to feel that his net worth exceeded that of his four brothers. Having lent Old Zhang a helping hand casually, Pei Qian only had one thought. He felt greatly satisfied! Zhang Zuting should be very thankful to him, wouldnt he? Satisfied, Pei Qian closed the website. Out of habit, he opened the platform for Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version and took a look to ensure that nothing went wrong. Although these recent advertisements caused a rise in the statistics, the numbers were still far away from the danger line currently. Pei Qian did not know what Ye Zhizhou and Lin Wan were busy with all day. However, from the looks of things, it was likely that they have yet to come up with a plan to salvage the situation. Anyways, as long as the statistics did not turn for the better, everything was going smoothly. After checking that the numbers were still in the safe zone, Pei Qian stood up and was prepared to leave. Although he had been feeling restless lately, Pei Qian did not know what to do next. He could only wait patiently for the new stores of the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe to open and also wait for the release of Repent and be Saved. As he left the office, Pei Qian glanced over in Bao Xus direction involuntarily. Since the overseas trip, Bao Xu was evidently tanner and appeared healthier than before. Pei Qian did not know if he was seeing things, but he felt that Bao Xus receding hairline was growing back. The reforestation project on his head seemed to be taking effect. At this rate, if he were to go on a few more trips, would he become a long-haired artist? Hmm that might be quite an interesting sight. Huh? Hes not trying out Repent and be Saved? Pei Qian was sharp, and he noticed a blind spot. Bao Xu was playing an overseas Triple-A masterpiece. He seemed to be playing it very casually and was not taking screenshots every now and then or recording its details down on his notepad. It meant that he was not researching on other games and was instead simply playing it for fun. According to Bao Xus previous habits, he should be proactively playing Repent and be Saved, find tons of problems in the game, and raise those issues for others to solve them. However, this time around, Bao Xu seemed like a completely different person after the trip. He had his headphones on and seemed as though he did not care about what was happening around him at all. He almost had the words I am being autistic written on his face. Pei Qian contemplated for a while and understood what was going on. Once bitten, twice shy. Bao Xu was worried that he would once again be voted as an outstanding employee. Therefore, he turned on his slacking mode and steered others attention away from himself. In that case, the other employees would definitely not vote for him again. In that case, he did not have to suffer another month of torturous paid leave. When Pei Qian realized that Bao Xu was slacking, he was not angry at all. Instead, a comforted smile appeared on his face. As expected, my Best Employee Selection indeed had its effects! Although the process was different from how he had expected, it achieved his desired results perfectly! The first-place-elimination system should indeed be continued and be used as Tengdas core guidelines. Great. Bao Xu, you should keep up the good work. I will definitely raise your salary in the future! Even such a motivated employee like Bao Xu had been turned into a slacker by me, what more the others. Pei Qian was in a great mood. He put down his worries and left. When Bao Xu saw Boss Pei head to the elevator and left with the corner of his eyes, he heaved a sigh of relief. He had no choice. Bao Xu had to be cautious around everyone in the company! He was not targeting Boss Pei. No matter who walked by, Bao Xu would be on his guard and would switch to the games window immediately. He looked around him and made sure that no one was watching him. Then, he switched from the games window back to the document that he was editing and continued working on it. This feels a little strange, Bao Xu dissed himself internally. He had to hide from everyone when he was merely doing the work that he was supposed to complete. What the hell! Chapter 262 - Why did the Purpose of the Epitaph Change? September 16th, Thursday Pei Qian headed over to Fish-Catching Internet Cafes Handong University branch once again to take a look at Teacher Qiaos progress with the game. Pei Qian came with a completely different mindset from before. That was because he had cleared all the stages! Of course, those stages were merely at easy difficulty. He used the Pudu and jumped from the Road to the Underworld to the six realms of rebirth and existence. After clearing the boss there, he had finished his job. If Pei Qian had to complete one whole round, he might be helpless. The initial difficulty level of the second round was hard enough. Moreover, Pudu was different from other weapons in the second round. Because it could not be upgraded, it would slowly fall behind other weapons. Using it to fight would simply be a suicidal act. However, that did not concern Pei Qian. He had completed the systems tasks and felt that the weights were off his chest. Over on the other side, the matters regarding the new stores for Fish-Catching Internet Cafe were almost all settled. The location that they chose was the biggest shopping mall in Jingzhou City. The rent was not cheap. It was 12 yuan per square meter. That was the most expensive place that Pei Qian had rented. Although that was nothing compared to rent ten years later, it was already shockingly high. The area of this shop was around 800 square meters. The store was not as spacious as before as it was located within a mall. After they have decided not to offer coffee and drinks services, that saved a huge space in the store. Pei Qian specially allocated an area to be the public leisure and entertainment area. He set up a projector there. The rest of the space could fit 150 computers. Pei Qian estimated that the monthly rent would be around 300,000 yuan. He needed to hire two cashiers and four internet cafe administrators. That would cost him thirty to forty thousand yuan each month. Adding internet fees, cleaning, and other expenses; the internet cafe would spend about 400,000 yuan each month. Currently, the occupancy ratio of the computers at the Fish-Catching Internet Cafes was at thirty to forty percent. The standard operating duration was from 0800 to 2400 daily. If he continued charging 10 yuan per hour for the computers, he could at most earn 300,000 yuan. Of course, many internet cafes operate 24/7. However, Pei Qian did not plan on doing so. It was not because the mall would close at night. Even if the mall was closed, the movie theaters in many malls all had midnight slots. There would still be customers around two to three in the morning. They were not affected by the closure of the mall. The mall simply had to keep its doors open. That was not a new occurrence. Pei Qians purpose for opening the internet cafe was to lose money. He would, of course, try his best to reduce the operation duration. Thinking about it from another perspectivewith the current expenses, the internet cafe needed to achieve a computer occupancy ratio of about sixty percent to profit. Pei Qian thought that the target was almost impossible to hit. After all, even though the flagship store for Fish-Catching Internet Cafes was very popular, it did not reach that number either. Of course, Pei Qian did not completely trust the statistics as they were volatile. Pei Qian did not rush to open many stores. He wanted to open one first and observe the situation there. If the loss reached his expected amount, he would invest in a few more stores before the settlement. If the internet cafe managed to profit for some unknown reasons, he would find a way to stop that. When Pei Qian reached the Handong University branch, he pulled out the chair beside Teacher Qiao and sat down. He sipped on his cocktail as he watched Teacher Qiao play the game. His original intent was to see Teacher Qiao suffer. That would add some excitement to his busy work and life. Qiao Liang felt that he was being valued by Pei Qian and was instantly energetic. The main designer of the game was watching him play the game and was prepared to listen to his opinions and suggestions at any time. That was such a thing to be proud of! Teacher Qiao was in high spirits. At that moment, Qiao Liang had finished updating the game. He opened the update list conveniently. Eh? The epitaph function is completed? Qiao Liang was pleasantly surprised. The problem that he raised previously had been quickly resolved by Boss Pei. That showed that Pei Qian really valued his opinions! Pei Qian saw the update list, too. He said regrettably, The epitaph function is only available at the beginning of the game. I dont think you will be able to use that unless you open a new account. Qiao Liang entered the game as he replied, Thats alright. I have coincidentally reached the second round. Pei Qian was speechless. What the f*ck?! Teacher Qiaos words might have sounded nonchalant, but they were akin to a sharp knife that pierced into Boss Peis heart. He had reached the second round? Pei Qian had indeed completed the first round. However, he relied on Pudu and skipped many stages in the process. He might have only truly experienced about thirty to forty percent of the game. However, Teacher Qiao was different. He completed the first round without skipping any stage. Moreover, he had experienced a huge challenge in the process. The weapon that he was familiar with was downgraded by an unscrupulous game designer, and he had to familiarize himself with a completely new weapon. Even if that happened, Teacher Qiaos progress in the game was about the same as Boss Pei. That comparison made Pei Qian upset He felt that his mood turned for the worse, and he was starting to doubt himself. He did not doubt his gaming abilities. Boss Pei knew that he was a noob, and he had never doubted that. What he doubted was mainly the difficulty of the game. How did Teacher Qiao manage to clear the game when the games difficulty had been raised to such a level? God knew how much effort I spent in increasing the difficulty level for the players when producing the game! However, despite what he did, Teacher Qiao still managed to clear the game. That made Pei Qian extremely dejected. Even his favorite cocktail appeared less fragrant than before. However, the good news was that Teacher Qiao was about to challenge himself with the second round. The difficulty of the second round was evidently higher than the first round. He entered the game. The opening story plot was still similar to before. After the opening CG, the starting village appeared on the screen. Many villagers who had lost parts of their three souls and seven spirits were lingering around. At the mass grave near the village, the protagonist lifted open his coffin and sat up. He was deemed to be a dead person, and yet he managed to wake up and head on the Road to the Underworld. According to the original story plot, the player should now pick up a broken sword and fight the monsters. However, after the update, there was a new transition scene. The protagonist stood in front of his tomb in the mass grave and saw a shabby tombstone. There were no words on it. 11 Il. The protagonist knelt down in front of his tomb and touched the coarse and shabby tombstone. He spoke in a low and husky voice, There is no inscription. In that case, I shall write my own epitaph. A text box appeared on the screen. Players could type whatever they want. The word limit was ten Chinese characters. Qiao Liang scratched his head. Naming was his biggest frustration. He was currently facing a serious challenge. What kind of epitaph should he write? A more optimistic one to encourage himself? Or a resolute one to fit in with the solemn atmosphere? Or, maybe he should try to be funny? He squeezed his brain juices for some literary phrases, and yet he did not have the academic ability for that. Moreover, Boss Pei was watching him from the sides. If what he wrote was too long, it might appear as though he was trying to show off. That was not very appropriate. Qiao Liang pondered for a while and wrote down four words: You can do it. This simple sentence could serve as an encouragement to him! After all, the difficulty level of the game was very high. If he died in the game, seeing that encouragement could boost his confidence and prepare him for the incoming challenges. After another simple transition animation, the four-word epitaph written in ancient characters was ingrained into the tombstone; and the game had officially begun. Round two, here I come! Qiao Liang was extremely energetic. He was prepared to perform well in front of Boss Pei. After all, he had been receiving Boss Peis salary for such a long time. He must be bound to show some improvements. Qiao Liang took out the mourning stick that he earned after defeating the Black and White Impermanence in the first round of the game. It was a two-handed weapon that looked like a long and thick rod. There were many white papers stuck on the rod. It was a good heavy weapon, and its damage is quite high. Moreover, it had an additional weapon effect. After using it, the weapon could deal AOE damage to the enemies at the front and extract a small amount of their three souls and seven spirits. I need to showcase my abilities properly in front of Boss Pei! Qiao Liang was very confident. After all, he had completed round one with his own abilities. He had fought many bosses and was very experienced. Those few monsters in the newbie village did not pose a threat to him at all. The protagonist rushed forward with his mourning stick. Qiao Liang remembered clearly that those few monsters at the beginning of the game would just stand mindlessly at the mass grave. They would only fight back when they were attacked. Therefore, he rushed forward valiantly. However, in the middle of his tracks, the three monsters near the mass grave turned and looked at him simultaneously. Then, they surrounded him! Qiao Liang was shocked at what happened, but it was too late for him to retract. He tumbled on the ground instinctively and found himself directly in front of the monsters blade. The three monsters each slashed the protagonist once. Qiao Liang was instantly dead. The screen turned gray. In the middle of the screen was the epitaph that he had written. The words were bloody red and were written in ancient Chinese. You can do it. No. Wasnt the epitaph supposed to encourage me? Why did the connotations of the same few words change? It was a little awkward. Qiao Liang scratched his head involuntarily. He felt that he was using the weapon that was a reward for defeating the boss to fight little monsters. However, he had been killed in no time. When he lost, it felt as though there was a voice-over saying, You can do it. Reading between the lines, those words were saying that he did great, considering that he was dominated by the little monsters even though he had the bosss weapon. Qiao Liang was unsatisfied with the previous outcome. When he was revived, he decided to proceed steadily. He managed to successfully defeat the three monsters at the entrance of the mass grave. However, very soon, he was dead once again at the next turn. You can do it. Those four bloody red words once again appeared on his screen. Qiao Liang did not know what to say. He cupped his forehead and was starting to doubt himself. What was happening? Pei Qian was watching everything from beside Qiao Liang. He was trying to hold in his laughter. This epitaph was incredible. It had perfectly achieved his desired effect! In reality, Pei Qian had already planned that the words on the epitaph would turn into a sarcastic comment no matter what the players wrote on it. Even if the players wrote encouraging epitaphs such as Good job. You did great., they would become a form of irony when the players died. If the epitaphs were already sarcasticsuch as Noob, ?, Loser, or Hehe; the effects would be much better. That meant that no matter what the players wrote as their epitaphs, 99% of them would be toyed by Boss Pei and mocked repeatedly by him! That would definitely create an excellent effect that discouraged the players from continuing with the game. Combined with the refund mechanism that never expired, Pei Qian would lose huge numbers of sales volume and money. Tsk, tsk, tsk. Thinking about it made Pei Qian extremely happy! Furthermore, seeing how Teacher Qiao was doubting himself, Pei Qians mood turned for the better. Pei Qian could only tell himself this: Although inflicting harm onto each other was bad, it made him extremely happy! Chapter 263 - The Treatment That a Biological Daughter Gets! September 17th At Shang Yang Games The mobile version of the Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version had been developed. The data in the client-side desktop version were interconnected with the mobile version. Players could log in with their accounts directly. The changes to the controls of the game were much lesser than expected. After all, the original controls simply included clicking on the screen repetitively. After changing the user interface in the web-based version to suit the mobile version, Wang Xiaobin and Ye Zhizhou tested it out and found that the hand sensitivity of the game was quite good. Comparing the gameplay and functions of the mobile and desktop versions, there was not much difference. The mobile version might even be more convenient than the desktop version. Comparing the gaming experience, the mobile version was very successful in adapting the desktop version. Of course, the true success of the mobile version could only be determined from the players reviews when the game was published. While others were busy with the final alterations, Lin Wan had contacted the application store in-charge for the apps in Shenhuas cell phones. She had arranged for the best recommendation channels for Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version. Currently, Shenhua Corporations main focus was on their cell phones. They did not emphasize as much on mobile applications. The changes to the old application store were merely a step to explore and test the waters. After all, the development of mobile games was at its peak. Every company that had its own customer base was considering developing app distribution platforms to monetize their user volume. Shenhuas decision to create an application store and a games market was expected by everyone. Because Shenhua was merely exploring and testing the waters, its application store was not perfect. Even if that was the case, Shenhuas customer base had many high-net-worth individuals. That resulted in every recommendation spot in their application store to become highly valuable. All their recommendation spots had price tags attached to them. Some of the best recommendation spots could not even be bought with money. The games had to prove that they could attract users. After allthe more money the games earned, the higher the commission the platform could earn. If the game developers and publishers offered the same amount of money, obviously the game that had better user numbers would win the recommendation spot. Because of Lin Wans connections, Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version cleared most of the vetting processes smoothly. Lin Yu did not even have to settle the matter personally. She just had to notify the people in charge of the application store, and the matter would be settled by them. In Lin Yus perspective, the recommendation spot this time was merely a way to express her gratitude to Boss Pei and a method to slightly mend her relationship with Lin Wan. She offered her the recommendation spot to coax her and not because she fully supported Lin Wan in pursuing her aspirations in the game industry. Lin Wan knew that clearly. Therefore, she placed even more anticipation in Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version, hoping that it could achieve great results. Firstly, completing this task would allow her to live up to Boss Peis expectations and trust. Secondly, by being responsible for and publishing a successful project, she would have taken her first step towards achieving her aspirations in the game industry. Lastly, Lin Wan hoped to prove to Old Master Lin and Lin Yu that her choice to enter the game industry was not a rash decision. She wanted to show that she had the capabilities to make a name for herself in this area. The decision to create a mobile version for Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version was Lin Wans. If the mobile version failed terribly, it would be a heavy blow to her. Maybe she would consider resigning then. The recommendation spot had been confirmed. The success or failure of the game depended on its release tomorrow. Ye Zhizhou ran the game once more and was now scrolling through the group chat for the game. The guild chat group for Bloody Battle Song was never deleted. Players were still monitoring the recent developments of the game in the chat group. n Initially, those players did not harbor much expectation for the game. The web-based version of Bloody Battle Song was almost dead after what Old Liu did previously. Even if the game was to cease operating one day, the players would not be shocked by that at all. However, the game that seemed like it was going to stop operating was slowly gaining vitality! Firstly, there were drastic changes to the games content. The Chosen One system had an update. All of a sudden, it changed from a traditional web-based game that created hate and cheated players of their money into a fair game that even players that did not spend money in it could enjoy. After that, the game producers invested a lot of resources in producing Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version. The art resources were completely renewed, and the producers found many celebrities to advertise the game. Those signs showed that Shang Yang Games, the producer of the game, was suddenly not short of money! Although everyone was unclear where Shang Yang Gamess money came from, it was ultimately still good news. Having money meant that the producers could temporarily accept the loss. They could make huge changes to the game and spend money on publicity. Anyways, those signs all showed that the game was heading towards a bright future! Meanwhile, there had been rumors claiming that the producers were about to release a mobile version in which data was interconnected with the desktop version. That made the players in the group chat excited. In that case, they could be online in the game at any time and anywhere. They could play it on the way to work or when they came home from work and were lying on their beds. If they wanted better quality graphics, they could also choose to open their computers to play the desktop version. Anywaysin the past, not having a computer around when they were fighting the nation wars was a frustrating issue for them. However, that problem was now resolved! At the same time, the advertisements for Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version went viral. That gave those former players an illusion. It appeared as though the entire world heard of that game. Zhang Zuting and his four brothers created a trend on the internet. Their commercial compilation alone had two million views on Aili Island. The Zha Zhuti meme was even more popular on the internet. There were also many diss videos about the commercial and the game itself. If this was not viral, what was considered viral? Therefore, players were happily waiting for the release of the mobile version. However, Ye Zhizhou had been lurking in the players group chat, and he knew clearly that all of that were merely illusions. On the surface, the game was gaining popularity. However, in reality, Shang Yang Games had been burning Boss Peis money. Currently, the development and publicity of the game had cost him around ten million yuan. Ten million yuan. That was not a small sum. If they were to save some of that money, they could even create a mini client-side game or a good-quality unique game. If the mobile version had been published and this fake popularity continued, it would be a huge blow to everyone. September 18th On this day, the employees of Shang Yang Games arrived at the company very early and were all waiting anxiously. They had all downloaded Shenhuas application store on their phones and were checking it out every now and then. At 10 in the morning Ye Zhizhou refreshed the application store habitually once again and exclaimed, Its there! Its there! Those around him surrounded him. The Shenhua application store could be downloaded on all phone brands other than Pineapple phone. Meanwhile, it was in-built in all Shenhua cell phones. Everyone started playing the find it game. They started searching for the recommendation spot for the mobile version of Bloody Battle Song. After looking through the app, everyone took in a deep breath. That was definitely the treatment that a biological daughter would get! It was totally beyond everyones expectations! On the homepage of the application store, there were four cover-page recommendations. One of them was Bloody Battle Song. Zhang Zuting raised a huge sword and was about to slash it down. Below it were five horizontal category bookmarks. Even further below were five popular and recommended apps that included an online purchase app, a video app, and more re. Bloody Battle Song was once again amongst those five apps. The promotion picture was a head portrait of Zhang Zuting cosplaying a game character, and the caption was Bloody Battle Song (Available from 18th September, 10 a.m.). Below it were some details of the game. The installation package was about 370M. The game had a four stars review. There was also an advertisement slogan: Endorsed by Zhang Zuting. Definitely a fair and green nation wars game! After clicking on it, users would be directed to the game details page for Bloody Battle Song. Every recommendation spot on the homepage of the application store was priceless. Yet, Bloody Battle Song occupied two of those crucial spots! Not only that, but on the Games Store bookmark, the first in the Editors Choice list was still Bloody Battle Song! When they clicked on the web-based games category, the top of the New Recommended Games of the Month was still Bloody Battle Song! The third bookmark was a ranking. It ranked all the apps and games in the market according to their recent and long-term download numbers, ratings, popularity, and profitability. Bloody Battle Song was the seventh on the list! There was a caption below: 350,000 installed, 4.7 ratings. The most absurd part was the striking red Recommended! icon after the caption. This recommendation was produced by Shenhua. The company would reward this icon to good quality and popular games periodically. To Shenhua app store users, that icon symbolized that the game had been specially selected by Shenhua. The various recommendation spots made everyone gasp in awe. What kind of connections did they need to receive such a treatment! Some recommendation spots could be bought with money, such as the little recommendation spot on the bookmark page. However, for homepage recommendations, not only did they have to compete with other popular games; but they also had to beat other popular apps. There was no way they could win it without forking out enough money! Of course, the homepage recommendation spot was not the most mind-blowing. The most unbelievable part was that Bloody Battle Song had discreetly reached the seventh place in the rankings! The seventh position was right at the bottom of the cell phone screen once the users clicked into the rankings. They could see the game without having to scroll down. The rankings mostly followed Shenhuas calculation and were mostly fair. After all, if the entire rankings were forged, that would be too obvious. The users could easily realize that the rankings were not completely reliable. Therefore, what most app stores did was to squeeze a few publicity projects into the rankings discreetly. They would also tweak some statistics of those apps that they were publicizing to fit their rankings. Anyways, most users did not know the criteria and rules of the rankings. It was similar to the hot searches on Weibo. Chapter 264 - Boss Pei Should Be Happy Knowing that Bloody Battle Song’s Popular Bloody Battle Song had obviously been snuck in like that. Otherwise, how could it have been downloaded 350,000 times immediately after being released? Everyone looked at one another, shocked and confused. What kind of background did Director Lin come from? Director Lin had said before that she could obtain recommendation spots in Shenhuas application store. That was why she suggested changing the game into a mobile one. Everyone had thought that they would be inconsequential recommendation spots. At the very most, they thought that the game would be displayed on the home page for one or two weeks. However, it looked like they were all wrong! Wang Xiaobin looked in the direction of Director Lins office and could not help but feel moved. All of Tengdas employees are freaks Wang Xiaobin had worked in Shang Yang Games for many years; he had pretty good self-awareness. In such a small city like Jingzhou, ones exposure would be limited. Wang Xiaobin had thought that it was good enough to be the chief systems designer for a web-based game that could generate revenue. However, ever since Tengda Games bought Shang Yang Games over, Wang Xiaobin had his pre-conceived ideas crushed into pieces again and again. They casually poured five million yuan into research and development and then poured another few million yuan into hiring a celebrity to advertise the game. Now, they had even casually obtained such critical recommendation spots on Shenhuas application store. Wang Xiaobin would never even have dared to imagine these things. Apart from awesome, Wang Xiaobin had no other words to describe this. Soon, many gamers began to leave comments on the games details page in the application store. Many people also began discussing the game in forums and groups for mobile games and web-based games. Eh? Isnt this the game that Zha Zhuti advertised? Why did Zha Zhuti produce a mobile game? Awesome, its in such an eye-catching position as well. The company is so rich! It seems perfectly logical for the game to earn so much money, given its advertising and the fact that its a traditional web-based game. I dont think so. The game doesnt have many paywalls. A web-based game with no paywalls? Are you kidding me? Who knows? I heard this from others as well. I thought the mini-client was too big so I didnt download it. You can download the game on your cell phone, then. I dont have anything to do on the way to work anyway. After the game was placed on Shenhuas application store, many people began to download Bloody Battle Song! On one hand, it was because the game had been converted from a web-based to a mobile one. The entire market was different. On the other hand, long-term advertising had allowed them to accumulate popularity. In the end, they were able to achieve fundamental change. The original Bloody Battle Song was a mini-client. Unlike traditional web-based games, people could not open it and play as and when they wanted to. Yet, compared to traditional client-side games, their graphics and operations were far worse. In addition, their paywall model ensured that they could not generate profits from a limited number of players. Thus, even though they heavily advertised Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version online, they saw negligible results. Although they advertised both versions of the game, the conversion rate for the mini-client was too low. If players mistakenly clicked on advertisements for other web-based games, a window would pop up; and they would find themselves in the game at once. They could start playing immediately. If they had nothing better to do, they probably would play the game. However, Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version was completely different. If players mistakenly clicked the advertisement, they would be asked to download a 370-MB folder. Most people would close that window immediately. Now that the game had moved to mobile platforms, the situation was completely different! At the moment, traditional card games like Ghost General and Qute Three Kingdoms were considered more popular in the mobile industry. More serious games with complicated operations were still in developmental stages. One could say that Bloody Battle Song was a whole level above the market for mobile games because of its graphics and operations! It was like in Honor of Kings, when a player who was used to being tortured in the High-King Tier moved to the Bronze Tier and suddenly realized that everyone around him could not play at all. Whats more-after Zhang Zutings commercial became popular, many people formed an impression of the game in their heads. When they saw the game appear in their application store, players who had nothing better to do became curious. They could not help but download the game so they could discover the truth behind the commercial. Since the commercial had become so popular, they wanted to see the games true colors for themselves. Once they entered the game, many people who had originally been prejudiced against it realized that it was completely different from what they had imagined! In the afternoon Lin Wan sat in her office, watching the figures increase rapidly. She was over the moon. It looked like changing the game into a mobile one was the right move! Although they could not see much result in half a day, one thing was obvious. Bloody Battle Songs mobile version had been the seventh-best mobile game at first, but it was now number six! It was quite amazing. Although the mobile version of Bloody Battle Song had been in seventh place on the application store at first, it was only because the staff at Shenhua had created fake figures for it. It was almost the same as buying followers on Weibo. However, the exact mechanics behind these rankings were vastly different from hot searches on Weibo. The mobile version of Bloody Battle Song was ranked in seventh place because of fake figures. No matter how unpopular it was, it would still remain in seventh place. It would not descend any further. However, if its true figures surpassed seventh place, it could continue to climb! At first, Lin Wan thought that Shenhuas staff had adjusted the fake numbers. However, on second thought, she realized that was not logical. Whether Bloody Battle Song was in first or seventh place, it would still be seen on the charts. Given that there were so many recommendation spots, it would not make any practical difference even if the game was moved up by one rank. The staff had no real reason to alter the fake figures, right? Lin Wan pondered for a while and decided to contact the staff in charge of Shenhuas application store. She sent a message to ask about the chart. The response came almost immediately. Director Lin, those are real figures! I thought it was incredible as well, but I just checked with my technical staff. The game made it to top ten on the charts in a single day! Thats crazy. Ive been in charge of Shenhuas application store for so long, and Ive seen many explosive games. However, Ive never seen anything like this! Im going to open two more recommendation spots right now! Even through the cell phone screen, Lin Wan could sense that the staff was pleasantly surprised as well. It was natural. A single sentence from Boss Yu and the staff had to create so many recommendation spots for the formers little sister. Although she could not say anything out loud, she must have been cursing in his heart. People had to pay for these recommendation spots! Of course, the staff would not have received the money. However, these figures were akin to his report card. Just giving away these recommendation spots for free would affect his own achievements and bonuses. COI??? He had to forcefully push down many other games and applications in order to give Bloody Battle Song that many recommendation spots. If Bloody Battle Songs figures turned out to be bad, the platform would lose out in the long term. However, in one day alone, Bloody Battle Songs figures managed to blow up to such an extent. The situation was completely different. The staff could not even wait to give Bloody Battle Song more recommendation spots in order to maximize its exposure! Lin Wan finally felt relieved when she heard the staffs response. Great! Ever since they began researching and developing Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version, they had experienced many difficulties and setbacks. All the anxiety she felt dissipated at that moment. Lin Wan felt like the clouds had finally parted, and the sun was finally shining bright. She had not let Boss Pei down. She had not given up on her own dreams. Although she was still a long way from becoming an elite game designer, the mobile version of Bloody Battle Song had proven to be a success. Without a doubt, it was a great beginning! Lin Wans eyes began to well up. At that moment, the person she most wanted to thank was Boss Pei. Before coming to Shang Yang Games, she would never have imagined becoming the leader of a game company, making important strategic decisions, and leading everyone to success. Yet, Boss Pei had remained confident in her. He was the one who gave her these precious opportunities to prove herself. One could say that without Boss Peis encouragement, the mobile version of Bloody Battle Song would not have come so far! At that moment, Lin Wans phone vibrated. She picked it up and saw that it was a message from Boss Pei. Youve been working hard during this period. Im going to hold a feast for employees of Shang Yang Games on the evening of the 20th. Well meet at the same place. When she saw this message, Lin Wan perked up. Did Boss Pei already know about the developments? That seemed unlikely. It was not expensive to create the mobile version of the game. Whats more, Boss Pei had given Lin Wan free-reign to make changes to Bloody Battle Song. She was only required to consult him if she met with unresolvable problems. Thus, Lin Wan had not informed Boss Pei about the decision to create a mobile version of Bloody Battle Song. To her, this was a matter she could resolve on her own. Did someone else report the updates to Boss Pei? That was unlikely, too. After all, nobody stood to gain from doing so. Whats more, Boss Pei was a busy man. He had many things to take care of. Lin Wan guessed that he would not have the energy to think about Shang Yang Games. Thus, she was quite sure that Boss Pei did not know about the good news. After seeing how hard the employees of Shang Yang Games had been working, he probably arranged for this feast to encourage them. If that was the case, Boss Peis actions were heart-warming! Shang Yang Games had spent a lot of money and achieved nothing. Other leaders would have been hopping mad by now. Yet, not only did Boss Pei remain calm, but he also treated everyone with kindness and acceptance. He even wanted to encourage everyone with a feast! Lin Wan was moved by this good leader. She immediately replied, Alright, Boss Pei! Boss Pei may have been busy at work, but he had always paid a lot of attention to Shang Yang Games. While they were researching and developing Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version, Boss Pei contributed to the games name, gameplay, and advertising method. Lin Wan would give Boss Pei a huge surprise during the meal. She would tell him that Bloody Battle Song finally rose from the dead. Losses had turned into profit. Boss Pei should be happy knowing that, right? Chapter 265 - Take This as Black Rice! September 20th Pei Qian had booked Ming Yun Private Kitchen on the 20th of every month. Although Boss Pei was disappointed that Ming Yun Private Kitchen was now generating profits, he could not save on such expenses. In fact, it was precisely because Ming Yun Private Kitchen was no longer incurring losses that he had to pull all stops. He had to channel his sorrow to his appetite and stuff himself with food from Ming Yun Private Kitchen, so that he could spend as much money as possible! Although Ming Yun Private Kitchen was his own restaurant, he had to pay for the food he ate. Take the King Crab that he ate the last time for example. Based on the price of the ingredients alone, each bite cost him thousands of yuan. It would be a great help to Boss Pei if everyone ate all the expensive food to their hearts content! Lin Canrong and the staff at Ming Yun Private Kitchen were already extremely busy. Apart from preparing the ingredients, Ming Yun Private Kitchen also had to prepare the decorations, the tables, the cutleries, and whatnot in the most high-class way possible. Pei Qian had nothing better to do that day. Thus, he decided to go to the restaurant early to have a cup of tea and watch the staff hustle and bustle around him. They worked in a very organized manner, taking care of every detail as they moved tables, changed table cloths, and laid out the cutlery. The waiters were all wearing a pair of white gloves. Coupled with the elegant dining environment, the place looked extremely impressive. Pei Qian sipped his tea, feeling sorrowful. This beautiful place is no longer mine alone to enjoy. What a pity. Lin Canrong gave the waiters a few simple instructions and then sat opposite Boss Pei to keep him company. After hosting so many banquets, the waiters seemed to be running on auto-pilot. Each of them knew their own responsibilities well and did not need Lin Canrong to guide them every step of the way. Boss Pei, let me tell you about the private kitchens situation and revenue Lin Canrong looked very proud. Pei Qian quickly set his cup down and raised his hand to stop him. Theres no need! I trust that youll take good care of this place. You dont have to report the results to me anymore! Remember, reputation should be prioritized over making a profit. As long as the restaurants rating on TPDb remains good, you can relax. Lin Canrong felt comforted as he nodded. Alright, Boss Pei. Ai, its so rare for bosses to be like Boss Pei, who is so easy-going and has complete trust in his employees! Pei Qian felt speechless. D*mn it, Lin Canrong. I came here in a good mood, ready to have a good meal. Why are you trying to hurt me like that? Im in enough pain knowing that Ming Yun Private Kitchen has become popular. Now, youre rubbing salt in my wounds. Just wait. Youll be in my first-place-elimination system soon! A while later, the employees of Shang Yang Games arrived. When he saw Ye Zhizhou, Wang Xiaobin, and Lin Wan-his beloved generals-Boss Pei could not help but smile. These are my good employees! Ever since I bought Shang Yang Games, it has been burning money on my behalf. I even managed to burn over ten million yuan by producing Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version. These results were outstanding to Boss Pei. Everyone in Ming Yun Private Kitchen, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, and Tengda is only interested in making money for me. All of them should learn from you guys! Pei Qian stopped short of rewarding outstanding employees in Shang Yang Games and inviting employees of Tengdas group of companies to learn from them. Pei Qian looked pleased as a punch-as he gestured for everyone to take their seats. As the backbone of Shang Yang Games, Ye Zhizhou, Wang Xiaobin, and Lin Wan had been invited to Ming Yun Private Kitchen once before. However, this was the first time for many other employees of Shang Yang Games. Pei Qian did not trust Shang Yang Games before; that was why he had not treated them like his own employees. He wanted to give himself some time to observe them. Now, the observation period was almost over. Everyone in Shang Yang Games had successfully burned enough money to earn Boss Peis appreciation and favor. After this, Pei Qian planned to invest more money in the company so that he could happily incur losses! Everyone took their seats. The dining tables in the hall had already been changed. Before this, the hall was filled with tables for two, arranged far apart from one another. Now, there was a big, round table in the center of the hall which could seat more than twenty people. The other employees were sent into various private rooms. The tables, chairs, and cutlery looked gorgeous, and they made everyone feel like they were having a feast in a European court. Even before the food was served, one of the employees began to salivate purely from looking at the beautiful plates and cutlery on the table. Im glad I didnt eat lunch. I was waiting for this feast! The slightly older employee next to him quickly nudged him. Boss Pei is still heremind your words! He was sure that Boss Pei could hear his colleague from this distance. Indeed, Boss Pei turned around. Young man, what is your name? The young man who said he skipped lunch jumped. In his heart, he wondered if he said something wrong. However, since Boss Pei was the one speaking to him, he did not dare to lie. He had no choice but to answer truthfully. I I am Hao Qiong(1). Pei Qian immediately sat upright. What a good name! From the name alone, I can tell that youre just the employee I need! Everyone, learn from Little Hao, understand? I wont lay down hard and fast rules for this meal, but come with an empty stomach next time-just like Little Hao! Of course, Im not saying you should skip lunch. Just eat enough so that you wouldnt starve to death Ive worked so hard to prepare the best food for you. Dont let it go to waste. Even if you want to puke after eating the food, at least it would have been in your system! Quick, the food is here! Everyone, eat as much as you can. If you leave any food untouched after tonight, youll remain here and eat until tomorrow morning! Everyone was reserved at first, but after hearing Boss Peis speech, they all laughed. No problem, Boss Pei! Even if we puke, well make sure we finish every bit of food! Aiya, I ate too much for lunch. I regret that now. If you really cannot finish the food, youll have no choice but to work overtime. Im sure you can finish all the food if youre given the entire night, right? No way! We have to uphold Tengdas tradition of not working overtime! Work hard, everyone! The waiters had served the food. Everyone joked around with one another while stuffing their faces with food. The atmosphere was extremely harmonious. When he saw how everyone in Shang Yang Games was acting, Pei Qian felt elated. He was beginning to like these employees more and more. He loved the way they bummed around! This was an excellent quality that Tengdas employees lacked! Now, Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Versions figures were a mess. It was a long way from recovering its capital. Any employee with the slightest sense of responsibility would not think about feasting at this moment. Instead, they would be preoccupied with how to bring the game back to life. Even if they did not really care, they should at least act like they did and remain low-profile, right? Yet, how were these employees acting? They looked completely elated. Nobody would have been able to tell that the game they just released was an absolute failure and that they were upset about it. How could such slackers achieve anything for the company? Pei Qian waved his hand, and a waiter served an opened bottle of red wine. Pour a glass for everyone. Drink less and eat more. The wine is not cheap, but it still fills your stomach. You must choose the most expensive food to enjoy! Ai, Little Hao, why arent you using your chopsticks? Pei Qian was walking around the restaurant when he saw that Hao Qiong was not digging into the lobster and sashimi in front of him. Instead, he was staring at the kitchen as if waiting for something. When he heard Boss Peis question, Hao Qiong quickly explained, Boss Pei, from a young age, Ive eaten carbohydrates to pad my stomach before eating other food. Can I have a bowl of rice? Pei Qian could not help but frown. Whats wrong with you? Pei Qian had not ordered any carbohydrates when he planned the menu. Although there were rice and noodles in the kitchen, Pei Qian could not bear to fill his employees stomachs with such food. He scanned the food on the table and then placed a plate of caviar in front of Hao Qiong. You can take this as rice. Hao Qiong looked confused. He had never seen anything like that. Boss Pei, what is this? Take this as black rice! Eat it with a bit of soya sauce or crab roe. Dont hesitate, just try it! Pei Qian patted Hao Qiong on the shoulder and then walked away. He believed that Hao Qiong would be able to overcome this minor psychological barrier. Indeed, after making his rounds, Pei Qian returned to find Hao Qiong gnawing at the huge lobster. Boss Pei, I saw online that some particularly awesome chefs can turn an entire watermelon into a flower. Can the chef here do that? Im suddenly craving that! An employee asked as he stuffed his face with Matsutake. Pei Qian frowned. How can a rotten watermelon be any good? How expensive can it get? Would the watermelon skin or seeds be made of gold? Stop thinking about all that cheap food. Finish these valuable dishes in front of you first. If you can finish these huge crabs, Ill reward you with a Watermelon Rose. Ai! The employee felt motivated all of a sudden. Pei Qian could not help but shake his head inwardly. How could a crappy watermelon be that delicious? Of course, the professional chefs in Ming Yun Private Kitchen could produce a Watermelon Rose. However, those were too cheap. Even if they were expensive, one would be paying for the chefs skills in carving the rose. Pei Qian did not even consider ordering dishes that used cheap ingredients. One had to consume expensive ingredients in order to waste money. Just like that, Ming Yun Private Kitchen was filled with happiness and celebration. Lin Wan and Ye Zhizhou exchanged a knowing look. Each of them understood what the other was thinking. The atmosphere was just right. It was about time to share the good news with Boss Pei. They were thinking about how to deliver the news when Boss Pei turned around, holding his glass. nev Pei Qian was growing fonder of these two trusted generals of his. This was especially true for Ye Zhizhou. Ever since Pei Qian promoted Ye Zhizhou to chief planner in order to fill in the gap left behind by Old Liu, Ye Zhizhou had not let Pei Qian down. This young man had a bright future ahead of him! However, both of them looked troubled. That was expected. Pei Qian would have been worried if Lin Wan did not look troubled. Pei Qian knew full well that Lin Wan was ambitious. She wanted the game to become popular. She probably could not even think about eating or drinking now. He could not kick her while she was already down and employ reverse psychology. Its not a big deal that Bloody Battle Song has failed. The key is to learn from your experience of failure. It doesnt matter as long as you succeed the next time. Friends, you have worked hard during this period. Have a good rest. I will invest another twenty million yuan in the company at the end of the year. Then, you can work hard to create a game that you like! Pei Qian was clearly emotional. Ye Zhizhou nodded profusely and said, Yes, Boss Pei! I wasnt confident enough before. Our recent success has greatly encouraged me. I believe that with twenty million yuan, we will be able to create an outstanding game! Pei Qian nodded, satisfied. Hmm, thats the way huh? He was about to praise Ye Zhizhou out of habit when he realized that something was amiss. Recent success? Beads of perspiration began to form on Pei Qians forehead. Ye Zhizhou and Lin Wan exchanged a knowing look and grinned. Lin Wan retrieved her phone, accessed Shenhuas application store, and said, Boss Pei, look! Pei Qian took the phone and immediately froze. Bloody Battle Song was first place on Shenhuas application store! Whats happening?! Isnt this an application store for mobile games?! Pei Qian accessed the games details page incredulously and read more about the game. Thats right, it was Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version! However, the web-based game was now a mobile game. Whats more, it looked extremely popular! [1] This sounds like very poor in Mandarin. Chapter 266 - This Game’s not Making Much—Just Four to Five Million Yuan a Month Pei Qian felt light-headed. What happened? How did my loss-incurring mini-client turn into a mobile game? The corners of Lin Wans mouth curled upwards. She could not help but grin. Boss Pei, didnt you give me the hint? I asked you when to expect a change in Bloody Battle Songs situation, and you replied at the right time. Mobile games are extremely popular at the moment. Isnt that the right time? Werent you hinting to me to keep up with the times and create a mobile game instead? Pei Qian fell silent for a moment. I think there must have been a misunderstanding. Lin Wans smile widened. Boss Pei was modest and open-minded indeed. Boss Pei, I know that youre trying your best to give us the credit. Why did you hint to me to work with Shenhuas cell phone business then? Dont tell me that you didnt know Lin Yu is Shenhuas vice-president and happens to be in charge of the cell phone business. If not for your suggestion, Lin Yu would not have given me recommendation spots, and I would never have thought of advertising Bloody Battle Song on Shenhuas application store. Pei Qian, ??? I told Lin Yu to look for you just to give you an allowance of a hundred thousand yuan! Who told her to give you recommendation spots?! If he had known that Lin Wan would offer Lin Wan recommendation spots in her application store, Pei Qian would have taken the hundred thousand yuan without another word! Pei Qian looked at Ye Zhizhou, confused. Ye Zhizhou looked elated as well. He raised up his thumb and said, Boss Pei, I want to say that you have acute foresight indeed! Look at the comments on the game. Pei Qian frowned slightly and entered Bloody Battle Songs comments section. A whole bunch of good ratings and comments flooded his vision. At first, I swore that I would not play the rubbish game that Zha Zhuti advertised. In the end hehe, I take back my words! This was an extremely surprising game. I thought that the game would resort to cheating like other web-based games. Yet, it seems completely different! Other games fill their screen with payment options, but this game only allows you to purchase strength potions. Its creators are so good-hearted! It reminds me of when I first played Ghost General! Indeed, Ghost General was a game with a heart, but mobile card games are tacky. Bloody Battle Song allows for a lot of interaction. Now, Im waiting for wars every single day. Its so interesting! Ive misunderstood this game. Im giving it full marks for encouragement! This game is more satisfying than any other game Ive played recently. Its graphics are good, its top-quality, and it is kind with payment options. Whats more, the mobile and mini-client versions interoperate. The developer is a genius! Zha Zhuti, Ive misunderstood you! You said that this war game is fair, but I thought you were lying. I never would have expected that you were telling the truth the whole time! Honest advertisements are hard to come by! As a web-based gamer, I have never seen such a good-hearted game. I must give it full marks! You wont be tortured by ballers in this game. Everyone is equal. It feels so good; I must buy as much as I can! Im buying the maximum number of strength potions! After reading all the good comments, Pei Qian fell into a state of shock. The intelligent Boss Pei suddenly realized what had happened. Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version was converted from a mini-client to a mobile game. That was why everything changed! The games biggest problem was the lack of players. However, after turning it into a mobile game, the problem was completely resolved! Mobile games were becoming increasingly popular. From Qute Three Kingdoms to Ghost General, mobile games were becoming more and more complicated and serious. Games like Bloody Battle Song, which turned web-based operations into mobile-friendly ones, would become the norm in the future. Under these circumstances, the first of such projects would surely earn the most praise and support. It might even pioneer changes in the industry! The mobile version of Bloody Battle Song enjoyed almost guaranteed success. Different factors came together to ensure this. Zhang Zutings brainwashing advertisement had caught the attention of many potential players. Shenhuas application stores recommendations directed large numbers of excellent users to the game as well. Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version was a game with a heart, just like Ghost General. Ordinary players were sure to praise it to no end. The game was also top-quality. Although it could not compare to client-side games, they had spent five million yuan on art resources alone. This allowed the game to rise above other mobile games, crushing its competitors. The Chosen One system allowed ordinary players to have a pleasant gaming experience that was normally exclusive to ballers. Naturally, these players would enjoy Bloody Battle Song more than other web-based games. All in all, once the game appeared in the mobile game industry, it immediately became a hit. News of it spread like wildfire! Pei Qian was completely dumbfounded. He had gotten rid of most purchase options in Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version, but how much revenue the game generated depended on the number of players! If there were too many players, even if they only sold strength potions, they could still make a profit. In fact, Pei Qian was thinking of an even more terrifying possibility. Many guilds would want to boost their numbers. That meant players would likely have more than one account! The Chosen One system selected players based on chance. This meant that the more accounts one had, the higher their chances would be of being selected by the system. Then, rich players could buy strength potions using their alternate accounts. After all, they did not cost much. With that many players, a game could generate profits no matter how low its paywall was! A realization dawned on Pei Qian. This game must be making a huge profit, right? Lin Wan quickly became modest. It wont make too much money. Wang Xiaobin did his calculations. According to the rate at which players are joining the game, we would make four to five million yuan a month at most. It would probably not surpass Ocean Stronghold. Pei Qian paused. Four to five million yuan?! How could it earn that much?! Pei Qian knew very well that this amount would not sound ridiculous for the mobile games industry in the future. However, the mobile games market was just not that big now! Whats more, Bloody Battle Song had very low paywalls. Even if it had many players and a good reputation, it seemed unlikely to be able to earn that much. Lin Wan smiled subtly. Shenhuas games platform is splitting the profit with us 10-90. Were taking 90%. Pei Qian, He felt a blood clot in his throat and nearly coughed it up. They were just waiting! It was no wonder they could earn that much money. The application store was only taking 10% of their revenue. What the h*ll, what difference is there between that and not taking any money at all?! Is this the result of using ones network? Is this how a biological daughter would be treated? Its terrifying Lin Wan still felt sorry. Actually, we could have earned much more. I can only say that game was too kindly made. The paywall is too low. If we stuck to Bloody Battle Songs old, scamming top-up system; we might earn more than ten million yuan a month. But dont worry, Boss Pei. We dont plan to do that. Were keeping Tengdas vision in mind. We want to be number one in terms of reputation! This way, Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version will live a long life. We will not be phased out in three or four months like ordinary web-based games. Our game should be able to maintain this level of income for the next one or two years. In fact, it might generate even more! Pei Qian began to feel unwell. It was ridiculous enough that the game would earn four or five million yuan a month! Indeed, it could not compare to web-based games with more paywalls. After all, the ballers in those web-based games would top up tens of thousands of yuan at will. One baller alone was akin to millions of ordinary players. However, it was terrifying that they would be able to earn that much from ordinary players alone! Ocean Stronghold had many players; that meant the company spent a lot of money on bandwidth and server fees each month. However, having that many players also meant that the game was vastly popular and would live a long life! Bloody Battle Song was a war game. That meant there were high levels of interaction, which would breed loyalty in players. Other war games had loyal players as well, who would stick with the game for a long time. However, the problem was that ballers would compete by making purchases in the game. If the system failed to control this, the games war system could collapse. Thus, most web-based games ended up losing a lot of ordinary players after three or four months. They would have no choice but to struggle for survival by creating new servers. Bloody Battle Song was a different story. It would be impossible for the war system to break down. The Chosen One system would control the amount of power each side had. Also, ordinary players would be given the chance to experience playing like ballers. This would increase their loyalty to the game, thereby increasing the games lifespan! When he heard Lin Wan say the game should be able to maintain this level of income for the next one or two years, Pei Qian felt like the worlds most evil curse was being put on him. At once, he felt nauseous. This is not a money treeits a massive burden! Whats more, it was the kind that Pei Qian would not be able to shake off! It was like riding a tiger-Boss Pei just could not get off. If he maintained the status quo, the game would continue to earn a stable income for a long time. The games lifespan might shorten if he added more purchase options to ruin its reputation. However, in the short-term, ballers would vengefully buy as much as they could. The consequences would be dire. Pei Qian was speechless; he had no idea what to say. As he watched the people around him stuff their faces, Pei Qians heart began to hurt. You wastrels! Stop eating! Spit everything back out! I was still thinking about rewarding you earlier, and this is how youre repaying me?! Pei Qian finally knew why everyone looked so relaxed, natural, and stress-free. It was because the game was generating profit! It was doing well in terms of both reputation and income. Why would they be stressed? Pei Qian quietly handed the cell phone back to Lin Wan. As he looked at her, his expression was complex. Its finished. This woman will not go back to inherit her family business. Pei Qian could only imagine how much more confident Lin Wan felt now that the mobile version of Bloody Battle Song had achieved such success. Lin Wan realized that Boss Pei was looking at her with a complicated expression, and she could not help but smile subtly. Boss Pei looks so pleased. Is he feeling happy for me? Indeed, I have worked on many projects in Sun Strike Studios and Tengda. Finally, Ive grown into an outstanding designer, who can take charge of a project and resolve problems on her own! Pei Qian remained silent for two more seconds, still not knowing what to say. He could only down the glass of red wine in his hand. He had only one thought now: to get plastered! When he saw this, Ye Zhizhou thought that Boss Pei was drinking to celebrate. He quickly tipped his head back and downed his glass as well. Boss Pei, cheers! Come, everyone! Raise your glasses! We will make merry tonight until were drunk! Chapter 267 - May It Become the Example for Other Web-Based Games to Learn From! On the top floor of Ming Yun Private Kitchen The red wine had gone to his head. The light-headedness coupled with the gentle night breeze made Pei Qian feel slightly hazier. He retrieved his cell phone and downloaded Shenhuas application store. Once again, he confirmed that Bloody Battle Songs mobile version was now first place on the chart. Alright, everything that had happened earlier was real. Pei Qian heaved a long sigh. How upsetting When he heard the grievous news, he felt like gray clouds had suddenly blocked the sun from his life. All of a sudden, he was at a loss as to what to do. The good thing was that he was already used to this feeling After all, it was not the first or second time that everything was going awry. He had learned enough from his past. Oh, no. To put it more accurately, he had learned how to adjust his own mood after things went awry. Its alright to earn four or five million yuan more each month. Were still some time away from settlement. We can still create more Upwind Courier stations. I can still take it. It was September 20th. Settlement would be on October 31st. There was still more than a month to go. He could not have unannounced products a week before settlement. In other words, he had to release all new products before October 24th. He could still spend more money. Take Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and Upwind Logistics for example. He could rent available spaces and begin operations before October 24th, so that settlement would not be affected. I have to say that this group of people at Shang Yang Games caught me unprepared. However, on the bright side, they are quite efficient. If they only completed the mobile version of Bloody Battle Song next month, my hands would really be tied. At least I have a chance to make up for their wrongs now. As long as I can think of ways to spend the money, everything will be fine! Pei Qian was not quite reacting well in the face of an emergency; he had just been prepared in advance. After all, things had gone awry many times before. He had to remember the lessons learned. Ever since this week began, Pei Qian had been doubly prepared. The game incurring losses was the best-case scenario. If that did not happen, Pei Qian still had a trump card. The only businesses that Boss Pei could trust were Zhongdian Chinese Network, Fish-Catching Take-Out, Upwind Logistics, and Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. Among these, Pei Qian did not dare to touch Zhongdian Chinese Network. It was true that he could burn money exceptionally quickly by working on online literature. For example, he could pour tens of millions of yuan into buying gods of online literature over from Infinite Chinese Network. Alternatively, he could also spend the same amount of money buying tens of ordinary writers. However, the risks were too high! What if Zhongdian Chinese Network ended up becoming popular? Wouldnt he be shooting himself in the foot? Content was the most important thing in the online literature market. Good content would bring in more readers, more readers would lead to more subscriptions, and higher subscription fees would invite more authors. All of these formed a virtuous cycle. Pei Qian wanted to leave this option out because it was too unpredictable. He could easily be setting up hidden threats for his future self. Fish-Catching Take-Out was not bad. It was still incurring losses, but it was still depending on Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. If Pei Qian made it independent from Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, he would have to rent a place to act as a kitchen and a disinfecting location. That would be too troublesome. Whats more, while Fish-Catching Internet Cafe was incurring losses, it was not incurring that much loss. Dei Qian would not be able to spend enough money on this business. After considering it for a long while, he finally decided that he would be able to spend more money at a much faster rate in physical businesses like Upwind Logistics and Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. Pei Qian was slightly disappointed with Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. However, he would be able to increase spending on Fish-Catching Take-Out and test waters with Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 2.0. He would make adjustments to save Fish-Catching Internet Cafes loss-incurring model. For all he knew, he would be able to save things from going off the path. Upwind Logistics was the most dependable to Pei Qian. However, compared to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Upwind Courier stations required less money to operate. Pei Qian had to pay for rent, renovations, computers, and the like in order to open a new Fish-Catching Internet Cafe branch. All of these would add up to at least three million yuan. On the other hand, he would only need about thirty thousand yuan to set up an Upwind Courier station. That meant he had to open a hundred Upwind Courier stations in order to match up to opening a new Fish-Catching Internet Cafe branch. The rate at which he could spend money was different for each of those businesses. Although he could set up an unlimited number of Upwind Courier stations, he had to select a location for each one. It was a lot of work to find a location, sign a contract, and interview staff. It would be manageable if he was only looking to open one or two Upwind Courier stations, but if he was looking at a hundred, even Lu Mingliang and the others would not be able to handle the workload. Thus, Pei Qian prepared two plans at the same time. He would open both a new Fish-Catching Internet Cafe branch and more Upwind Courier stations. This would allow him to spend as much money as he could. As for locations and staff, Pei Qian did not have many requirements. His only requirement was that all the shops had to be opened before October 24th. As long as he could spend all the money and not affect settlement, he would have succeeded. At that thought, Pei Qian called Zhang Yuan and Lu Mingliang. Time was of the essence. The plan demanded immediate action, and he could not wait for even a second longer. Standing at the head of the stairs to the top floor, Ye Zhizhou carefully stuck his head out and looked around. Boss Pei is so busy. Hes still making work calls now. Ye Zhizhou could not help but feel guilty. Although they had successfully shared Boss Peis burden with the mobile version of Bloody Battle Song this time, Tengda had way too many businesses still. The thought of himself eating while Boss Pei was working made Ye Zhizhou feel embarrassed. However, on second thought, Boss Pei must always have been this hardworking. Otherwise, Tengda would not have become so successful. Ye Zhizhou was just about to leave silently when Pei Qian hung up. He turned around and met Ye Zhizhous gaze. Ye Zhizhou cleared his throat and said, Boss Pei, everyone noticed that you were missing for a long time. We thought you were feeling unwell because you drank too much, and so I came up here to take a look. I didnt expect to find you still working since its already so late. Pei Qians anger had already dissipated, but when he heard Ye Zhizhous words, he felt his blood begin to boil once again. Why do you think I have to work at such a time?! If you hadnt made a mess of everything all of a sudden, why the h*ll would I need to arrange for Zhang Yuan and Lu Mingliang to spend more money now?! You stabbed me in the back, and youre still trying to rub salt in my wounds? Ridiculous! Pei Qian was furious. However, he could only keep these thoughts in his heart. He could not say them out loud. Ye Zhizhou noticed that Pei Qian looked unwell. Thus, he asked in a concerned tone, Boss Pei, are you alright? Pei Qian forced a smile. Its nothing. I just met with some trouble at work. Ye Zhizhou quickly nodded. Yes, I understand. How can Boss Pei be defeated by small problems? Pei Qian was momentarily speechless. He wanted to say something but quickly stopped himself. There was no point. Trying to explain things to Ye Zhizhou would be like a chicken trying to speak to a duck. No one could empathize with Pei Qians sorrow. Pei Qian could only suffer in silence. Was it true that he was destined to be misunderstood? Forget it; calm down. Its not worth getting angry over something like that. I should go back and eat good food. Pei Qian had been so angry that he had lost his appetite. Now that his anger had dissipated, he was feeling hungry again. He walked back to his own seat, his heart heavy with sorrow. He was prepared to turn his sorrow into appetite and fill his stomach. He had just sat down and deshelled a huge lobster when Lin Wan ran towards him excitedly. Boss Pei, look! The official platform is recommending our game, too! Theyre even doing that on their home page! Pfft! Pei Qian had just taken a sip of red wine, but now he was spitting it all out. What the hell?! The official platform was recommending even a game like Bloody Battle Song? Are you kidding me? Pei Qian was completely confused. How can that be?! The official platform had a clear direction for making recommendations! Ordinary profit-driven games could get a recommendation spot in the corner of the official games platform at most. Only top-notch games that the official platform deemed had a healthy direction, were valuable, and would benefit the game industry could take up the recommendation spots on the homepage. Game Designer was an example of such games. However, Bloody Battle Song was a traditional web-based game. It was a war game that involved a lot of violence. How could it be validated by the official platform? How could it make it to the official platforms home page? Could they be doing this on account of Tengda? That was impossible. The game was not Tengda Gamess-it was Shang Yang Games How could it receive such treatment? Pei Qian was completely perplexed. He held onto the lobster, not knowing how to respond. After a long time, he asked, So What did they say about the game?. Lin Wan could not stop smiling. She read, As a traditional web-based game, Bloody Battle Song has contributed important innovations in terms of gameplay. By replacing the original top-up system with the Chosen One system, this game changed the root of web-based game models, which typically encourage burning money and buying revenge. As a result, all players are able to enjoy the game calmly and peacefully. This game has served to greatly improve web-based gamers values. For a long time, web-based games have been blindly imposing paywalls. These games left a bad taste in many players mouths and were headed down an unhealthy path. Bloody Battle Songs exceptional game design, bold innovations, and top-notch quality have completely changed this impression in traditional web-based gamers. While keeping the fun elements of classic web-based games, the developers tweaked web-based gamers bad spending habits. This move has greatly encouraged improvement in this industry. The most precious thing is Bloody Battle Song was once an ordinary game. Yet, the designers did not give the game up. They paid attention to detail and constantly made improvements to the game in order to inject new life into it. We hope that Bloody Battle Song will be the last of traditional web-based games, and that Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version will be the first of many web-based games using this new model. We also hope that Bloody Battle Song will prove to be the turning point in our domestic web-based games industry. For that reason, we are especially recommending this game. May it become the example for other web-based games to learn from. May players also put aside their prejudices and give the game a try. Perhaps you will be able to experience the true fun of web-based games. After reading these words, Lin Wan looked up at Boss Pei, grinning. Ye Zhizhous eyes were welling up as he listened by the side. The game had been recognized by the official platform! This time, they had completely washed themselves clean of the rubbish game reputation! They had achieved a complete turnaround in terms of income and reputation! Whats more, with the official platforms endorsement and recommendation, the game would surely be more widely discussed. More players would be encouraged to try the game, and they would generate more income! Ye Zhizhou could not help but feel moved. Good news was coming one after another. It was truly a good day! Was this how it felt to have the clouds finally parted and the moon shining bright? Suddenly, he recalled what Director Lin had said before. Boss Peis hope for gamers was for them to stop being slaves to money. He wanted to alter their tastes, so that even if they do not top up money into games, they would be able to enjoy a gaming experience that used to be exclusive to ballers. There was a high chance of failure associated with making such a heaven-defying move. However, Boss Peis heaven-defying move had proven successful now! Whats more, he was being validated by the official platform! This was an official endorsement-people would not doubt it! Everyone who took part in the development of the game felt like they had just made history. After all, they all had a part to play in trying to change the web-based game industry together with Boss Pei! Everyones eyes filled with respect and gratefulness. If not for Boss Pei, we would not have realized we could achieve this much! Pei Qians emotions were more complex than everyone elses. However, his emotions were on the other end of the spectrum. Pei Qian looked down at the lobster in his hands and then quietly tossed it aside. Forget it, Im not eating anymore. Ive lost my appetite again! Chapter 268 - Our Priority is to Open for Business as soon as possible September 21st In the morning, Pei Qian took a ride to Jingzhou Citys biggest shopping mall, Huanyu Tianjie. Pei Qian had been here several times before. The first time was to buy a suit; the subsequent times were to allow his employees to spend as much money as they could. However, Pei Qian had always come as a consumer. Each time he came to this mall, he purchased, purchased, and purchased. This time was different. He was here as the boss of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. He was playing a completely different character. Of course, before he decided to open Fish-Catching Internet Cafes new branch here, Pei Qian did his homework. He made sure that this shopping mall had nothing to do with Shenhua Real Estate. Pei Qian did not want to receive a random call from a Boss Lin after opening the internet cafe, informing him that he no longer needed to pay rent for the shop space. It was not a matter of how much money he had. The important thing was it would severely derail Boss Peis plan. Boss Pei hated having to alter his plan. After all, it was a world of difference to earn a million yuan and to lose a million yuan. A single mistake could reduce Boss Pei to tears. Ma Yang and Zhang Yuan selected a space on the third floor of Huanyu Tianjie. It measured about 800 square meters, and Pei Qian was quite happy with it. If the shop was located on the first floor, anyone who entered the shopping mall would walk past it. There would be too much traffic. Whats more, the merchants on the first floor were all quite rich. Even if Pei Qian wanted to pay them to move out, it might not work. They could not find any empty spaces either. On the other hand, there were a cinema and a few shops selling bubble tea on the topmost floor. Pei Qian could not neglect the possibility that young people would want to visit the internet cafe before or after a movie. Thus, the third floor looked quite good to Pei Qian. Apart from Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, there were various clothes shops on this floor. Most of them were international, high-end brands. The only dining shops were a high-end cafe and a shop selling bubble tea next to it. All in all, this floor was relatively quiet. Most customers who came to this floor were girls who loved shopping. They probably would not enter an internet cafe for no reason. The selected space was located on the southeast corner of the level. It looked like an independent area. An international clothing brand once occupied this space. However, since business was poor, they decided to move out and transfer the space to someone else. The clearance sale was over, and all the clothing and products had been swept off the shelves. The entire area looked empty apart from the shelves, which were going to be shipped away soon. The decorations were quite well done. Whats more, the general vibe was simple and subdued. It fit Pei Qians requirements perfectly. Ma Yang and Zhang Yuan were already waiting there when Pei Qian arrived. They could easily tell that Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 2.0 was a big deal to Boss Pei! When they were looking for suitable locations a few days ago, Boss Pei kept leaving them with instructions. He even called the night before to rush them. He rarely acted this way. In fact, this really was a big deal to Pei Qian. It was urgent! He had to spend the additional cash he had as quickly as he could. There was not much time left to do this. Ma Yang and Zhang Yuan led Pei Qian around the shop space. How do you like it, Brother Qian? Its not bad, right? Most importantly, there arent many available shop spaces in Huanyu Tianjie. It wasnt easy for us to find this space. It might be average, but if we can make do with it, we should, said Ma Yang. The location is quite good. Im very satisfied. Lets choose this, then! Pei Qian decided on the spot. Ma Yang was elated. Alright! We can start renovating soon. Will we renovate this branch in the same way as we did the others? Sal Pei Qian pondered for a while and said, Theres no need to stick strictly to Fish-Catching Internet Cafes current style. This is Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 2.0 after all. Our motto is emphasizing the true nature of the businessthe internet cafe. As long as we can retain the vibe of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, it would be sufficient. We dont have to be strictly uniform. Our priority is to open for business as soon as possible, understand? Although he could spend a huge sum on renovations, Pei Qian was most concerned about time. If anything went wrong during renovations and they had to open the branch later as a result, it would still be a loss to Pei Qian. He had to spend as much as he could within this cycle. It would not be enough to open just one branch for Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. He had to open a few more. If it took two weeks to renovate the new branch and Pei Qian had to observe the situation for a week, he would have no time to open any more branches before settlement. Thus, Pei Qian decided to go back to basics. He could simply renovate the new branch and quickly buy new tables and computers in order to finish everything within a week. Then, he would use the next week for observation. If the branch incurred loss as he expected, he could invest more money into opening three or four more branches of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 2.0 in other huge shopping malls. That way, he would be able to spend as much money as possible before settlement. Although Ma Yang did not understand why Pei Qian was so anxious, he was used to not questioning the latter. Zhang Yuan was the same. He decided to order a batch of hardware and set the computers up just like he did for Fish-Catching Internet Cafe before. Of course, as the regional manager of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe in Jingzhou, he could not personally install all hundred-odd computers. He could now direct his subordinates to do these things. Once he finished giving directions for Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 2.0, Pei Qian took the car back to Tengda. On the way, he used his cell phone to scan TPDbs website. There, he read gamers reviews of Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version. Before the mobile version was released, the game had an overall rating of 7.2. Paying gamers gave the game a 9.1 while general netizens gave it a 4.2. After the mobile version was released, paying gamers and netizens ratings of the game showed signs of improvement. After the official platform posted its recommendation of the game, the two ratings increased even more. Now, the overall rating had risen to 8.4. Netizens gave it a 7.2, and some even left what Pei Qian saw as heart-wrenching comments. This was a game that was held back by its brain-washing advertisement! This is an independent and unique web-based war game. I mindlessly gave the game a 1.0 earlier, but Ive changed my mind. Its really quite interesting. It changed my bias against web-based games. I must say the designer of this game is something else. Ai, my heart hurts. The games ratings were continuously increasing. The good news for Pei Qian was that he could distribute more bonuses to Shang Yang Games employees. However, the bad news was that the ratings and reputation of the game were indications that it would continue to generate revenue. Shenhuas application store was highly recommending the mobile version of the game. At the same time, the official platforms recommendation was sending huge batches of players into the mini-client. At first, Shang Yang Games had estimated that the game would earn about four to five million yuan a month. Pei Qian guessed that this had ballooned to at least six or seven million yuan by now. Pei Qian really had mixed feelings about this Shang Yang Games had been doing perfectly fine; how did it become like that? Pei Qian could not understand. Didnt I transfer Old Liu away? Could Old Liu really have been the talent I needed? He was helpless. Old Liu had slipped away so quickly. Before Pei Qian could discuss the acquisition with the then-boss of Shang Yang Games, Old Liu ran off. All in all, Pei Qian hoped to find relief in these new physical shops and Repent and be Saved. According to the progress of research and development, Repent and be Saved should be released on October 1st. Pei Qian did not dare to relax just yet. After all, his weak heart could not take another hard blow at the moment. He heard another piece of bad news recently. Teacher Qiao managed to complete Repent and be Saved again. He could only say that Teacher Qiao had more or less figured the gameplay out after completing it the first time. That was why he took much less time to complete it the second time around. Now, Pei Qian had no choice but to let Teacher Qiao go. There was not much time left until the game would be released. If Pei Qian increased the games difficulty any further, he might not be able to complete it. It had taken him long enough to complete the game using the Pudu. He did not want to suffer anymore. Whats more, Teacher Qiao was a very patient gamer with passable skills. He had also been playing the game eight hours a day, every day. It was expected that he would be able to complete it. Ordinary players would not be as hardcore as him. Thus, Pei Qian believed that the game would still repel ordinary players even though Teacher Qiao managed to complete it. In other words, even Teacher Qiao met with so much difficulty while playing this game. There was a low chance that ordinary gamers would be able to survive it. Still, Pei Qian dared not be too confident. He was not even hoping for Repent and be Saved to be a complete failure; he only hoped that it would not earn that much. Pei Qian would thank the heavens if the game only earned a little revenue, and he managed to open a few Fish-Catching Internet Cafe branches and a batch of Upwind Courier stations to spend all the additional money. Pei Qian kept scanning the comments as he toyed with the idea of creating a mobile version of TPDb. It was not convenient for him to always browse a website using his cell phone. As he closed the window on his cell phone browser, Pei Qian thought about something else. A few netizens had found Tengdas other businesses through the website. Anyone could visit TPDb. At the same time, they could extract gamers ratings from other media and websites. After entering the website, some gamers realized that there were businesses that were not yet popular, such as Zhongdian Chinese Network. The entire website was called Tengda Project Database. It was a hint that all the businesses on the site were related to Tengda. Many users expressed astonishment and shock that Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and Ming Yun Private Kitchen were related to Tengda. However, these comments had not become the norm. They also did not invite any sort of reaction. This was because TPDb was still quite small-scale, and most people would not refer to the ratings on it. Ming Yun Private Kitchen, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, and Upwind Logistics were also restricted to Jingzhou. They had not expanded to other districts. This limited TPDbs influence. It was normal for a company like Tengda to invest in side businesses. Honestly, there was nothing to be shocked about. Pei Qian closed his cell phone browser and prepared to get some rest. He would wait for Repent and be Saved to be published on October 1st. After that, he might have to fight an ugly war. He had just put down his phone and closed his eyes when he received another message. It was from Lin Chang. He had touched down in Jingzhou and wanted to meet Pei Qian for a chat. Chapter 269 - Phony Sibling Relationship Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Handong University branch The waiter served three cups of coffee. Apart from Lin Chang, another person was sitting opposite Pei Qian. She was a 27- to 28-year-old woman who looked similar to Lin Wan, except much more mature. She looked every bit the leader. Lin Chang did not have to introduce her for Pei Qian to know that this was Lin Wans older sister. She was Lin Yu, the one in charge of Shenhuas cell phone business. One could only say that ones family background would determine the heights of ones career to a certain extent. Assistant Xin was about as old as Lin Yu, but she did not come from such a noble background. No matter how hard she worked, she could only become the assistant to a companys president at best. Lin Chang looked quite energetic and the same as before. After they had introduced themselves to one another, Pei Qian and Lin Yu had exchanged a couple of pleasantries. Then, they took their seats. Boss Pei, its been a long time. Lin Chang smiled. I heard from Ah Wan that Boss Pei owns a pretty good restaurant. Its very popular on Quanmin Reviews and has high ratings, too. Its now the most popular high-end restaurant in Jingzhou. I wonder if we will have the good fortune of trying it out soon. Boss Pei, dont worry. Itll be my treat. Ming Yun Private Kitchen? Heh, dont even talk about it. Pei Qian sipped his coffee sorrowfully. Im sorry, you have to wait until the 26th if you want to eat there. Thats this Sunday. Its fully booked until then; even I cannot eat there whenever I want. Pfft Lin Chang almost laughed out loud. Its that popular? Its fully booked until Sunday? No, I actually made a reservation in advance for this Sunday. To put it more accurately, the restaurant is fully booked until the middle of next month, replied Pei Qian, feeling even worse. Lin Chang could not help but feel emotional. Youre amazing, Boss Pei. I remember that when we last met, you hadnt opened this restaurant. Only slightly over two months have passed, and yet the restaurant has already become this popular? Boss Pei, you are indeed something else. Lin Chang was not sucking up to Pei Qian; he was genuinely impressed. It was not enough to just pour money into a restaurant in order to make it in the food industry. Lin Chang was surrounded by many bosses who opened restaurants with their spare cash, hoping to earn more money. However, most of them incurred losses from these ventures. Whats more, Pei Qians was a high-end restaurant with such high prices. The chances of such restaurants incurring losses were much higher. However, in just two months or so, Boss Pei managed to generate profits and get an influx of good reviews. His restaurant was even fully booked until next month. It was extremely impressive indeed. However, Pei Qian could not help but feel disgust when he heard this. It was the same feeling he had when he read Teacher Qiaos encouragement on the epitaph. Lin Chang did not get upset after Boss Pei told him that they could not eat at the nameless restaurant that night. Alright! When in Rome, do as the Romans do. Whats a couple of days to wait in order to eat at such a high-end restaurant? Ill stay in Jingzhou for a couple of days and wait until Sunday. Pei Qian nodded. No problem. Itll be my treat. Lin Chang quickly shook his head. No, no, no! Boss Pei, itll be my treat. Pei Qian was resolute. It has to be my treat. It was not a special treatment for Lin Chang. However, any treat would be paid for by the System Funds. Of course, Pei Qian would not give up any chance to spend a bit more money. Wouldnt Pei Qian profit if Lin Chang paid for the meal? All in all, he would be losing double the amount. That was unacceptable! Seeing how firm Boss Pei was, Lin Chang stopped insisting. It was just a meal; it probably would not cost much. What brought the two of you over to Jingzhou? Could it be about Lin Wan? Pei Qian asked casually. He knew very well that something important brought Lin Yu and Lin Chang over to Jingzhou. He guessed that it likely had to do with Lin Wan. Lin Chang nodded. Thats right. Our father looks like he doesnt care, but hes actually very worried. He made my older sister and I come over here for the same reason as the last time. Whats more, compared to the last time, the problem seems much more difficult to resolve Pei Qian, It seems like it. The situation has worsened. Before this, Pei Qian thought that sending Lin Wan over to Shang Yang Games and putting her in charge of Bloody Battle Song would be a guaranteed failure. That was why he invested a huge sum in the game. He hoped that the money would be lost, the game would fail, and Lin Wans confidence would take a hit. For all he knew, she would have given up her career in the game industry and gone back to inherit her immense family fortune. Logically, the plan should have been perfect. However, it had evidently gone off track now. The mobile version of Bloody Battle Song was a huge success, and Lin Wan was more confident than she had ever been. Even if Pei Qian chased her away, he probably would not succeed. What should he do? Pei Qian sipped his coffee quietly. How sad! Lin Chang was obviously quite upset as well. Lin Wan can probably hold her head up high now. My father and my older sister vehemently objected to her decision. My second brother, Lin Zhou, and I supported Ah Wan. However, we only mentally supported her decision to go out and gain experience. We did not think she would succeed in the game industry. After all, the game industry is very cruel, and Ah Wan tends to be too idealistic. Thus, although Lin Zhou and I offered her mental support, we also thought she would experience major setbacks. We wanted her to see for herself how tough the road would be and come back of her own accord. Pei Qian nodded in silence. Yes, thats what I thought, too! However, didnt that mean that Lin Wans entire family thought she was bound to fail?! Lin Zhou and Lin Chang had offered Lin Wan support, but they only supported her in pursuing her dreams. They did not think she would succeed. Lin Chang continued, Thus, it came as a shock to us that the mobile version of Bloody Battle Song succeeded. We did not even think Shenhua would profit from offering her the recommendation spots on its application store. Lin Wan has sent a lot of information about Bloody Battle Song to our Lin Family group over the last couple of days. These include gamers comments, the official platforms recommendation, financial information, and the like. She even specifically mentioned our older sister. Although Shenhuas application store only gets 10% of the profits, this money was earned through Ah Wans hard work. Shes very proud. Thus, our father is getting antsy. Hes rushing me to find a solution. Pei Qian, Indeed, Im getting antsy too. Pei Qian could imagine how arrogant Lin Wan would be in front of her own family. Back then, nobody had thought that she would be able to make a name for herself in the game industry. She left Guangzhou and came to Jingzhou on her own and persevered for such a long time in silence. Now, she had finally produced a hot game that was even being praised by the official platform. This was a testament to her ability! Could she stop herself from showing off? Obviously, Lin Wan would work harder in the game industry from now on. The chances of her returning home to inherit her family business had greatly lowered. At that thought, Pei Qian became indignant. He glanced at Lin Yu, who was seated opposite him. His heart filled with curses. At the end of the day, you were the one who insisted on giving Lin Wan recommendation spots. If not for that, she would not have turned Bloody Battle Song into a mobile game. The game would not have become so popular. Thus, you are 90% to blame for this mess! Of course, Boss Pei could only think these things; he could not say them out loud. After all, everyone was a victim. They were all falling off the cliff together. No fleck of snow was innocent in an avalanche. Strictly speaking, Boss Pei had made many mistakes as well. At that thought, Pei Qian sighed. He had to quickly think of a way to make up for his mistakes! Pei Qian tried asking, So what do the two of you think? Lin Yu, who had not spoken the entire time, finally said something. My thoughts havent changed. I still hope Ah Wan can come back as soon as possible. Although she has proven herself this time, I think chance played a big part in this. I dont think Ah Wan recognizes how cruel the industry can be. I dont see the point in her continuing on this path. Pei Qian nodded. Thats absolutely right! Chance played a big part in her success. Thats what I think, too! Lin Chang added, The main problem is that Ah Wan is living a free and easy life on the outside. My father cant do anything to her, and so hes pushing me to put pressure on her. Boss Pei, Im in a difficult position. Pei Qian remained silent for a second and said, I remember you saying you regretted not becoming the lead singer for a band. Thats why you supported Lin Wan as she pursued her dreams. Lin Chang nodded. Thats right. That was the case. However, Ah Wan has already pursued her dreams. She already created a successful game! I didnt even get the chance to live my dream before it was completely destroyed! Thats why Im suffering emotionally and turning against her! Pei Qian, Indeed, their phony sibling relationship was breaking down under the pressure from old Master Lin. Lin Yu continued, Of course, I know that Lin Wan is now your beloved general, Boss Pei. Shes now the director of your newly-acquired Shang Yang Games. I can understand that you cant bear to see her go Cant bear to see her go? No, no, no. On this point, Im on the exact same page as Old Master Lin. I want her to leave as soon as possible! Pei Qian immediately raised his hand. Boss Lin, youre too courteous. Lin Wans potential will be better nurtured in Shenhua Corporation; Im not that selfish! Please, take her as soon as you get the opportunity! Lin Yu was overjoyed. Boss Pei, its great that you think that way! However, theres an existing problem. Ah Wan is way too stubborn. If we go too hard on her, it would backfire. Im afraid we need you to think of a solution, Boss Pei. Pei Qian sipped his coffee and remained silent. He could tell that Lin Yu and her father were at their wits end with Lin Wan. This problem stumps me as well! If I could persuade Lin Wan to go home and inherit her family business, I would have done so long ago! Would I have waited for both of you to come looking for me? Pei Qian shook his head and said, Honestly, I have no idea how to help you with this as well. I dont think I can offer any assistance. Lin Chang quickly cut him off. Dont worry! I believe a talented person like Boss Pei will be able to think of a solution. Whats more, Ah Wan trusts you completely. You have a higher chance of success than we do. Boss Pei, dont worry. Youre not in this alone. If you need anything, Shenhua Corporation will be behind you for sure! Once you accomplish this, we will properly thank you! Huh? Properly thank me? Are you going to help me repel System Funds? Looking at how sincere they both were, Pei Qian nodded reluctantly. Since thats the case, let me think of something. Chapter 270 - Teacher Qiao, You Cannot Publish a Video Although he had verbally agreed, Pei Qian knew very well that he could not rush these things. He had to consider this at length and approach it carefully. Lin Wan was now extremely confident. At the same time, she was extremely wary of her own family members. Pei Qian was sure that she knew her father would be anxious about her games success. She would expect him to plot for her return to the family. If Pei Qian made it just a little bit too obvious, Lin Wan would realize what he was up to for sure. Thus, not only did Pei Qian have to think of a way to send Lin Wan away, but he could not also allow Lin Wan to think that it had anything to do with her own family. She could not suspect that her father, Lin Yu, and the others were trying to cause trouble for her behind the scenes. How should he go about it? It would have been a good choice to select her as the most outstanding employee, but its still too early to select the most outstanding employee now. What if he made an exception for Lin Wan and held a selection in the near future? On one hand, it seemed too fake. On the other hand, he could not guarantee that everyone would vote for Lin Wan. Bao Xu was also a strong competitor. If he wanted to make sure Lin Wan was selected, Pei Qian would have to resort to under-the-table tricks. That was too troublesome. Pei Qian pondered for a moment and decided that the best way would be to expand the business. He would tell Lin Wan that Tengda was planning to start a new business. As the most outstanding employee, Lin Wan would be put in charge of a new job. Then, he would make her life more difficult so that she would back off. Yet, how should he go about it practically? Pei Qian had not thought about a good idea yet. For now, Pei Qian had no choice but to verbally promise Lin Chang and Lin Yu. He could not rush things. After all, Repent and Be Saved would be released in about a week or so. Pei Qians primary goal was to ensure that he would incur losses before settlement. September 29th, Wednesday Pei Qian went to check on Fish Catching Internet Cafes new branch. Ma Yang and Zhang Yuan followed Pei Qians requests strictly and made opening for business as soon as possible their first priority. Thus, they did not spend too much time on renovation. The internet cafe still looked largely simple. However, they purchased identical tables and computers as before. In addition, they put up Fish Catching Internet Cafes logo at the entrance. One would still be able to tell this branch belonged to them. Pei Qian walked around the shop, feeling satisfied. After getting rid of the coffee shop and bar, the entire shop became mostly occupied by computers. It looked much more compact than the existing branches. There was a lounge area with a projector just like the mini cinema in the existing Fish Catching Internet Cafe branches. After all, the mini cinema took up space but did not generate revenue. Pei Qian did not see a reason to get rid of it. The hardware was still top-quality and guaranteed that bigger games would be able to run on them. In fact, it was more than enough to play games on. After he surveyed the branch, he praised Zhang Yuan and Ma Yangs efficiency and then left. It did not matter what condition the internet cafe was in now-as long as it was able to incur losses with the next week or two. Thus, Pei Qian had to observe the situation for the week. Finally, Pei Qian returned to Fish-Catching Internet Cafes Handong University branch. Research and development of Repent and Be Saved were almost complete. They were supposed to release the game on October 1st. At the moment, the final edits were mostly done. In other words, Teacher Qiao had finished his historical assignment. In this month or so, Teacher Qiao had made significant contributions to the systems design of Repent and Be Saved. Pei Qian remained deeply grateful for him. It was time for Pei Qian to say some sincere words to Teacher Qiao. Boss Pei, thank you for taking care of me during this period. This trip to Jingzhou has been very meaningful to me! Repent and Be Saved is rich in content and meaning. Once I get back to Beijing, I will produce a video to share the lessons I have learned from playing this game! Qiao Liang looked extremely energetic. Ever since he arrived in Jingzhou, Qiao Liang had been on an emotional rollercoaster. He faced many setbacks and difficulties. He felt overjoyed, confused, and doubtful of his own life. Yet, now, he only had one feeling: a sense of achievement! Apart from the material rewards, he also had the chance to see Boss Pei face to face. He ate top-quality delicacies in the nameless restaurant and completed Repent and Be Saved before anyone else had the chance to play it. To Qiao Liang, he already had a significant edge over other UP Masters. In terms of skills or understanding of the game, he would be much better than others. Once he produced a video introducing the game, it would prove to be another explosive one! At that thought, Qiao Liang felt the fighting spirit ignite in his heart. He was going to gain much more popularity! However, Pei Qian remained quiet. This was especially so when he heard Qiao Liang say he would produce a video as soon as possible. At once, both his hands began to tremble. Pei Qian knew how influential Teacher Qiaos videos could be. From The Lonely Desert Road to Game Designer, Teacher Qiaos videos brought huge waves of attention and players. They always caused huge losses to Pei Qian. Thus, he had to take care of an unstable factor like Teacher Qiao. At the very least, Pei Qian could not allow history to repeat itself. His expression still serious, Pei Qian said, No, Teacher Qiao, you cannot publish a video. Qiao Liang paused. Why not? He looked confused. Arent I advertising on your behalf by publishing videos? Whats more, Repent and Be Saved is such a difficult game. The plot is so deep. Dont you want a hardcore gamer like me to explain it to ordinary players? Boss Pei had purposely invited me over here to try the game out. He must have intended for me to produce a video about it, right? Pei Qian cleared his throat and said, Teacher Qiao, would you reveal and review the entire plot of a movie the moment its released? Qiao Liang hesitated. Er I wouldnt. Spoil the plot? That would be too cruel! It would be like circling the murderer on the first page of a detective comic. That was inhumane behavior! Pei Qian nodded. Exactly. The audiences experience would be greatly discounted if they read the plot review before watching the actual movie. There was a great difference between the first and second time watching the same movie. It was the same for games as well. The more special a game was, the more it was so! Qiao Liang felt slightly confused, but he was beginning to understand. Indeed, Repent and be Saved was a special game. He had been tortured when he first played it. Pei Qian tried to sound genuine as he said, Think about the first time you played the game. How did you feel? Did you feel astonished, shocked, and slightly intrigued? That was because you had no clear expectation of the game before you actually played it. That was what contributed to these amazing feelings. If you publish a video about the game so soon, you would be hinting to other players that the game would be incredibly difficult, and they would have to keep digging to understand the plot of the game. If players come to the game with these expectations, they would not enjoy the same experience as you. Do you understand? All in all, Im just trying to say dont be the person who spoils the plot. Qiao Liang blinked hard, finally understanding what Boss Pei meant. Whats more, he felt like the latter sounded quite logical. When he first played Repent and be Saved, he was indeed tortured miserably. He was filled with confusion, but that confusion felt quite beautiful at the same time. He experienced the same thing for many other games as well. At first, he would always be the lousy one, being tortured by others. Yet, that was where the fun was. In fact, it could be quite addictive. Once he became a professional at the games, his entire attitude towards them would change. He would not be able to recreate the same experience he had the first time around. If he created a video explaining Repent and be Saved in detail, players would already expect the game to be hard before entering it. Wouldnt that affect their attitude towards it? Qiao Liang guessed it most likely would. Thus, Boss Pei was indeed thoughtful. Yet how about his popularity? Qiao Liang kept silent for a moment and said, Boss Pei, you are right indeed. My video might affect players first impression of the game. However, even if I dont create a video, other UP Masters might Qiao Liang felt indignant. The first UP Master to create a video about the game would enjoy the greatest benefits. Was he supposed to give up such an excellent opportunity to gain more popularity? Pei Qian expected that he would think that way. Thus, he nodded and said, I know, thats unavoidable. However, youve spent such a long time on the game after all. Youre the UP Master with the deepest understanding of the game. I suggest that you wait at least a week after its release before you upload a video about the game. At the very least, the first batch of players would be able to experience the game firsthand. Even if you wait a week more, you would surely still be faster than other UP Masters. At the same time, other players would experience the torture that you went through at first. A realization dawned on Qiao Liang. Thats right! When I first started playing the game, I was tortured miserably! I navigated my way around the game on my own. How can I make it so easy for others, then?! The rest must suffer as well! If players watch my walkthrough only after being tortured, they would see me as their hero. They would be immensely grateful to me! Thats amazing! At that thought, Qiao Liang nodded profusely. No problem! I shouldnt affect the players gaming experience. Ill only upload a walkthrough a week later. Boss Pei, you have really thought everything through. What a noble designer; youre always prioritizing gamer experience! Pei Qian could not help but smile slightly. Alright, Ive successfully hoodwinked him!Actually, Pei Qian was not at all concerned about gamer experience. He was mainly concerned with lowering the influence of Teacher Qiaos videos. If Teacher Qiao published a video immediately after the game was released, players would watch it and grow in tolerance and patience for the game. That would weaken the games ability to repel gamers, and result in fewer people refunding the game. Wouldnt that increase the amount of revenue generated by the game? Pei Qian could not allow such a thing to happen! On the flip side, if Teacher Qiao waited for a week before uploading a video, gamers would have no choice but to try completing the game on their own. After being battered and bruised by the game, they would surely leave a ton of negative comments on Repent and be Saveds page. In a week, those who wanted to refund the game or curse its developers would have done so. Also, hardcore players would likely have roughly figured the game out. Naturally, others would start creating walkthroughs. Any video which Teacher Qiao released at that time would probably not be as influential. Its effect on Repent and be Saveds revenue would also be minimized. Pei Qian could not help but feel immensely proud of himself. He managed to deal with this threat with just a few words. His hope was for gamers to become as irritated as possible with Repent and be Saved. That would cause its reputation to hit rock bottom and be unsalvageable within the first week after its release. Even if Teacher Qiao published a video then, it would be useless! Chapter 271 - Ma Yiqun’s Suggestion After sending Teacher Qiao off, Pei Qian returned to Shenhua View. First, he went to Zhongdian Chinese Networka level above Tengda-to walk around. At the moment, Zhongdian Chinese Network was quite stable. Most people were just spending time entertaining themselves. Traffic on the website was slowly increasing, but on the whole, the website was still doing miserably. Whats more, it showed no signs of improvement in the short-term. Zhongdian Chinese Network still had a bad reputation on many online literature forums. Most authors saw the website as a scam and strongly dissuaded new writers from working full-time for it. Only authors with zero ambition would make Zhongdian Chinese Network their first choice and consider working full-time there for the sake of that bit of remuneration. Thus, the editors normally only had two things to do. Either vet manuscripts or entertain themselves by writing books or playing games. Of course, some peopleincluding Zhu Xingan-saw writing the official plot for Repent and be Saved as a form of entertainment. However, Repent and be Saveds official novel was placed on the homepage of the website. This caused readers to curse it non-stop. If Zhu Xingan did not have such high tolerance for pressure and a strong mindset, he might have been critically hurt a long time ago. The readers were cursing the novel for simple reasons: its plot was complicated and messy, and nothing was satisfying about the story. Everyone felt lost after reading the uploaded chapters. This thing was probably better off being referred to as a game plot design series as opposed to a novel. It didnt meet the expectations of most readers on the internet. Everyone had gotten used to this. Most of them had a curse it if you want approach to the matter. In any case, the plot was meant to serve the game. Apart from managing Zhongdian Chinese Networks matters, Ma Yiqun was also managing TPDbs website. At the moment, he was beginning to see results. When he saw Boss Pei, Ma Yiqun quickly got someone to serve drinks before personally reporting his recent progress to the former. Five minutes later Although Ma Yiqun was trying his best to beautify his achievements with respect to Zhongdian Chinese Network, Pei Qian could accurately tell that the website was still a failure. Excellent. Zhongdian Chinese Network is showing signs of improvement, and youre doing a good job with TPDbs website, too. Dont be too preoccupied with results. Just maintain the status quo. Pei Qian was very satisfied with Ma Yiqun as an employee. Although Ma Yiqun had a very strong work ethic, Pei Qian was ensuring that he could not reach his maximum potential by allocating him to the right places. Pei Qian had to give himself credit where it was dueMa Yiqun was one of his greatest successes. Ever since he took over Zhongdian Chinese Network, the website had been consistently incurring losses. There were few readers and even fewer reliable authors. All of these showed Ma Yiquns outstanding capabilities. Pei Qian felt moved. Ma Yiqun was one of the rare talents whom he really did not need to worry about! Noticing that Boss Pei was in quite a good mood, Ma Yiqun hesitated. He wondered if he should talk about what had been on his mind for a long time. After some consideration, he decided to speak up. Boss Pei, I have a thought-or rather, suggestion-for Zhongdian Chinese Network. Oh? Let me hear it. Pei Qian was slightly surprised, but he did not overreact. Ma Yiqun gravely misunderstood online novels, but he was quite an intelligent man. He had been the CEO of Zhongdian Chinese Network for a long time. Pei Qian expected him to develop his own ideas for the future of the website. Ma Yiqun said, Boss Pei, Ive given it some thought. At the moment, Zhongdian Chinese Networks biggest problem is that we cant increase our mid-tier writers income. Low-tier writers have a sense of security thanks to the basic remuneration. However, its almost impossible for these low-tier writers to try to move upwards to the middle tier and hope to support their families or earn their living solely from subscriptions. Our website has too few readers. We cant generate enough subscriptions. Even if an author manages to produce a good book, he will be limited by the websites number of visitors. Theres a low chance that his book would become popular. Pei Qian nodded. Thats right. I thought about this problem earlier. I just had to act like I didnt know about it so that the website would continue incurring losses Yet, now that Ma Yiqun had mentioned it, Pei Qian could no longer act unaware. He could only nod along and express his agreement. After all, it would seem too fake if the intelligent Boss Pei did not understand this problem. Ma Yiqun continued, So I thought of a way to resolve this. We should artificially give mid-tier writers a boost until they reach the possible income that top-tier writers could earn. If there arent enough subscriptions, we will fork out the rest of the money to supplement their income. Imagine if a good book appears on our website. If its quality is as good as the elite books on Infinite Chinese Network, we can fork out money to supplement the authors subscription earnings. This way, low-tier writers do not have to worry about being buried in our website. Pei Qian fell silent for a moment. That sounds reasonable, but how do we judge whether a book has achieved top-tier standard? Ma Yiqun replied, On one hand, we can depend on figures on the website, such as the ratio of the number of subscriptions to the total number of paying readers, votes, clicks, and the like. On the other hand, we can also judge the quality ourselves. Only I will be able to make the call on this. Ma Yiqun had not only discovered the problem today. However, he had to develop this solution and pluck up the courage to bring it up. It was not easy. Until now, Ma Yiqun had been apprehensive and afraid that Boss Pei would be angry. This was because he knew the suggestion was extremely bold to make. He was essentially asking for a lot of discretionary power. If an elite writer was to earn ten thousand yuan in terms of royalties, but Zhongdian Chinese Network only paid hundreds of yuan as basic pay, it meant that the website would have to fork out the rest of the sum. If there were ten or twenty authors who could achieve top-tier writing, the website would have to fork out at least a hundred or two hundred thousand yuan each month. Whats more, Ma Yiqun would be able to decide who should get all the money. He still had to refer to the figures on the website, but the website only had that many readers to begin with. How difficult could it be for Ma Yiqun to play around with the numbers? Thus, Ma Yiqun would still get to decide who the money would go to at the end of the day. If he was a bad person, he could arrange for his own family and friends to create alternate accounts and make minor edits to unpopular books. Then, he could resort to underhanded tricks to ensure the money went into his own pockets. Thus, while Ma Yiqun was raising an objective problem, his suggestion might not seem that appropriate. It was an idealistic plan. As long as he harbored a single bit of self-centeredness, the entire plan could go awry and backfire. If a corruption scandal blew up and the authors heard about it, the websites reputation would go down the drain, beyond repair. It was a huge risk to take. However, Ma Yiqun could not think of a better solution. There were very few readers; no matter how well low-tier writers wrote, they would not be able to earn royalties. This was seriously hindering their motivation. Ma Yiqun had to think of something fast. Thus, he had to pluck up the courage to bring it up, whether Boss Pei would ultimately agree to it or not. Pei Qian did not reply immediately. He considered the solution in silence. Allow Ma Yiqun to take charge of this sum of money? He could think about that. Pei Qian trusted Ma Yiqun and his eye for online literature. Every novel that Ma Yiqun wrote failed. It revealed a huge problem with the way he vetted online literature. Since that was the case, Pei Qian believed that no book that Ma Yiqun thought was good would truly be so. In other words, even if he selected books to fill the recommendation spots and distributed royalties at the rate that elite writers were paid, Zhongdian Chinese Networks business would not pick up. At the same time, the websites expenses would continue to balloon! To Pei Qian who was eager to spend as much money as possible, this would be an extremely great help! After carefully considering the risks and benefits of the suggestion, Pei Qian nodded. Alright, no problem. Apart from the basic pay meant for our contracted writers, I will transfer another two million yuan to you. You can spend that first. Ma Yiqun paused and quickly said, Boss Pei, two million yuan is too much! There arent many capable writers working for our website now. I think I only need about two hundred thousand yuan per month. Pei Qian waved his hand. Dont worry! It wouldnt hurt to give the top-tier writers more money. Our website could afford to buy more talents over as well. It might not be a bad idea to give the writers more money. Dont be too stingy as well. Since youve decided to distribute royalties to authors out of the companys pocket, just give them more money. Let them feel a greater sense of belonging to Zhongdian Chinese Network. Pei Qian was not too worried about this. After all, Ma Yiqun would probably select rubbish books. So what if they gave the authors more money? If the books were lousy, readers would not visit their website. They would be making ducks and drakes of this sum of money. Pei Qian could not be more satisfied with this plan. Whats more, they were approaching settlement. Pei Qian had to spend his money as quickly as possible. Ma Yiqun might have thought that two million yuan was a bit too much, but Pei Qian wished he could hand more money to him. Ma Yiqun was especially touched.Indeed, Boss Pei lived up to his name. He was as generous as ever! He put it well when he said we could afford to buy more talent over! If they paid more royalties to the better writers, Zhongdian Chinese Network would have an edge over other small novel websites. As time went by, a virtuous cycle might be established! What moved Ma Yiqun even more was the amount of trust Boss Pei had for him! He essentially gave Ma Yiqun free rein over these two million yuan. How much did he trust him?! Would ordinary leaders have this amount of courage?! Would he still be human if he didnt do his best for Boss Pei? Ma Yiqun patted his own chest and announced, Dont worry, Boss Pei! I will work hard to choose the most capable writers. I wont let your money go to waste! Pei Qian smiled but sniggered inside. As long as you work hard, my money will be wasted. Why else would I regard you so highly as my employee? Chapter 272 - If He had a Good Reason, the System would Pay for It! After leaving Zhongdian Chinese Network, Pei Qian returned to Tengdas office. The game was about to be released; everyone was obviously excited and expectant. Everyoneincluding Li Yadawas focused on trying out the game. The game had already been tested. Although there were still bugs in it, the chances of players experiencing these bugs were very low. However, no one could relax. Up until this point, they continued to check the game as if they were checking their examination papers at the last minute. Most of them were just trying to comfort themselves. As for Bao Xu He continued playing other games as if he had no plans to test out Repent and Be Saved like the others. Pei Qian could not help but nod slightly. Excellent! This is what I wanted to see. It looked like Bao Xu had figured things out. After taking two paid leaves, he seemed to have realized something. Now, he seemed committed to slacking. Each time Pei Qian walked past, Bao Xu seemed to be playing a game or surfing the net. Not once had Pei Qian seen him working. This made Pei Qian trust Bao Xu even more. Pei Qian had originally hired Bao Xu with the intention of seeing him play games and slack in the office. Although he experienced setbacks along the way, Bao Xus current behavior completely matched Pei Qians expectations. If Bao Xu kept this up, perhaps Pei Qian would assign him more tasks. However, Pei Qian still had to consider this seriously. At that thought, he walked up to Bao Xu. The latter quickly turned around and asked, Boss Pei, do you need something? Nothing much. I just wanted to ask how Repent and be Saveds hand sensitivity is. Have the adjustments been made? Pei Qian had a warm smile on his face as he asked this. I think Bao Xu was just about to say, I think theyre all done. However, he quickly realized something was amiss. If he said that, there would have been dire consequences! He had been secretly playing Repent and be Saved recently, and reporting any small problem he spotted to Li Yada. Apart from the two of them, nobody knew about this. If Bao Xu confidently replied that they were all done, what would it show? It would show that he understood the games situation very well! If he exposed that, wouldnt Bao Xu be wasting his efforts acting as a slacker during this period? He was doing all these just to avoid being voted the most outstanding employee again. Bao Xu was so frightened that cold sweat began to drip down his back. That was close! He quickly corrected himself. I think you should ask Li Yada. Im not too sure about that. Oh, thats right. Pei Qian nodded, then turned, and walked towards Li Yada. That was true. Ever since Bao Xu returned from Europe, he had not been responsible for this! Before, he would have played the game many times to find problems with hand sensitivity or other details even if it werent within his job scope. However, it seemed like Bao Xu had kicked that bad habit now. It was worth celebrating! Pei Qian was relieved. On the other hand, Bao Xu heaved a huge sigh of relief. That was too close! He caught glimpses of the dire consequences he would suffer if he had said the wrong thing at that moment. Perhaps half a year later, he would be receiving a warm welcome at the Sahara Desert, the Nile River, or the Great Pyramid of Giza. Thankfully, he had just successfully averted that crisis. I cannot relax, even for a moment. Bao Xu let out a long sigh and went back to his game. He wondered if he should install a privacy filter or privacy protection film on his own computer. Just thinking about having to keep this act up until the next Outstanding Employee Selection made Bao Xu feel melancholic. When he returned to his own office, Pei Qian switched his computer on. He was still conflicted about whether to advertise Repent and be Saved. If he did Every player would add to the risk of generating profit. Yet, if he did not Given Tengda Games current fameeven if he did not advertise the game, it would be well-known. Whats more, if he engaged in large-scale advertising, he might be able to spend more money. After a long period of consideration, Pei Qian finally made his decision. After his experience with Zha Zhuti and Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version, he decided that it would be safer not to advertise the game. It did not seem wise to take such huge risks for the sake of spending a bit more money. I should maintain a low profile to minimize attention to the game. Tengda has many loyal fans now, but I should avoid advertising the game so that fewer people know about it. If I intentionally avoid advertising it, it would take at least two or three days for the game to become a hot topic of discussion among the first batch of gamers, right? Ill take as much delay as I can get. Pei Qian silently thought about all of these things as he accessed the official platform, intending to check on Bloody Battle Songs situation. To his surprise, Bloody Battle Song no longer took up the biggest recommendation spot on the official platforms homepage. Pei Qian paused, not knowing how to react. The official platform had just recommended Bloody Battle Song some time ago, and it had not taken it down since. A week had not even passed yetwhy was the recommendation gone? He looked closer at the title of the current recommendation. The glory of domestically-produced games: Tengdas newest game is going to be released! Pei Qian, ??? What is the official platform doing?! Did I ask for recommendation spots? Why are you forcing me to accept them?! reco Pei Qian did not know what to say. There was no need to think about whether he should advertise the game anymore. The official platform had already done all the advertising for him! He could not even hope for two or three days before the game became a hot topic of discussion; it was already generating a lot of discussions! This was all because the official platform gave it a recommendation spot in advance of the games release! Pei Qian was speechless. What is the meaning of this?! The official platforms recommendation spots are extremely important. Arent they fooling around by giving the best spot to a game that has not even been released yet?! However, on further thought, Pei Qian understood. Repent and be Saved had to be sent for vetting before being released. They could only release the game if it passed the vetting process. The official platforms staff probably developed an understanding of the games content after vetting it. Of course, those in charge of vetting the game did not have to complete it on their own. Tengda had to send an official hack and detailed explanation of the game for them to vet it. This would ensure every staff in charge of vetting would be able to experience each stage of the game. The vetting staff had obviously been impressed by the games traditional Chinese style and content! The official platform had been keeping an eye on Tengda Games, the creator of games like Ocean Stronghold and Game Designer. It also tended to give the latter recommendation spots very easily. Since Repent and Be Saved was preceded by so many outstanding games and it had top-quality, Chinese-style content, the official platform naturally left the best recommendation spot for it! Pei Qian was really speechless. Official platform, youre really something. Im already in such a state C why are you still showing me special treatment?! I just want to be a minor, transparent, game designer. Cant I?! was Pei Qian was filled with sorrow as he clicked on the recommendation. Once he clicked it, he entered what would be Repent and be Saveds details page after its release. However, there were very few details of the games content. There were only the games title, a simple introduction, and a few images. The games official release date was set for October 1st. However, many gamers had already posted comments. Impressive! The new game hasnt even been released, but its already given the recommendation spots on the official platforms homepage. Tengda Games is awesome! The official platform is treating it like its biological son. Tengdas operations staff must be quite capable; they know how to establish good relations with the official platform. Do they even need to establish a good relationship with the official platform? The company is just capable, understand? Game Designer shot to the top so quickly. Tengda Games deserves this treatment. Are other games companies unhappy? If they think theyre deserving, they can try creating a similar game. Ai, I admire them. As Pei Qian read these comments, his eyelids kept twitching; and his head began to hurt. Impressive my foot! Admire my foot! He continued reading the other comments. What game is this? According to the images, I guess its going to be a Chinese-style RPG. Tengda is finally moving in the direction of AAA projects? Im so excited! Indeed. The official platform has already vetted the games content and is now recommending it. It seems like the game will be good. Its worth being excited about! After reading the first few comments, Pei Qians heart felt heavy. However, he could not help but smile. Is everyone this optimistic? Hehe, I might not have been able to deal with the official platform, but I have a way of dealing with you! At that moment, Pei Qian felt like he was a butcher with a chopper while the gamers were bamboo rats who had no idea about the threat they were under. They were happily chewing on their bamboo, not knowing that they were about to meet their end. Whatever. Ill let them be happy for now. The greater the expectations, the greater the disappointment. When they play the game, their initial love would breed hate. They would have no choice but to curse it. Just imagining this cheered Pei Qian up considerably. Should I just wait until the official release of the game? Hmm I dont feel safe. Although its meaningless to sharpen my spear at the last moment, I must still try. Ill spend more money while Im at it. Since the official platform had advertised on Pei Qians behalf, there was no point in trying to hide the game anymore. Pei Qian decided to look for other avenues to spend money. He accessed Aili Island and found Shaohu Reviews. Pei Qian had decided to buy fake reviewers! Although the fake reviewers Pei Qian hired from Shaohu Reviews disappointed him before, he could not shift the blame entirely on them. After all, they had been paid to work for him. If he wanted to closely analyze what went wrong, Pei Qian had to accept a bigger part of the blame. Whats more, Shaohu Reviews had refunded Pei Qian the one thousand yuan. Pei Qian was extremely satisfied with their attitude. Since they were so upright, Pei Qian thought they deserved a second chance. The last time he bought fake reviewers, his plan fell through. This time, Pei Qian had to alter the way he would make use of these fake reviewers. Whether he would be able to change the outcome or not was another matter; his main priority was not to spend his own money this time. In fact, strictly speaking, his plan technically did not involve buying fake reviewers this time. If he had a good reason, the system would pay for it! Chapter 273 - I’m Stingy with My Own Money, but I Go All Out with System Funds! Pei Qian used Hardcore Reviews account to message Shaohu Reviews. Two minutes later, Hu Xiao replied. Brother, tell me what you need! Pei Qian was slightly shocked. This man really surfed Aili Island 24 hours a day. Pei Qian sent Hu Xiao a private message on Aili Island, not on other social media platforms. Yet, the UP Master of Shaohu Reviews replied so quickly. It proved that he was always keeping an eye on private messages he received on Aili Island. Of course, he might have been surfing Weibo and other forums apart from Aili Island as well. Pei Qian could only say that he had the attitude of a professional UP Master. Pei Qian considered his words carefully. The System did not allow him to buy fake reviewers. Perhaps it was because the System saw buying fake negative or fake positive comments as trickery nonetheless. Either way, consumers judgment of the product would be affected. Since the System saw this behavior as trickery, Pei Qian was not allowed to use System Funds. However He would be able to use the System Funds if he was not planning to resort to trickery. Ill hire a group of people to comment on the game honestly, in the same way with paid reviewers. The System cant prohibit that, right? Boss Pei was extremely good at finding loopholes in the rules. Do you take on custom assignments? Pei Qian asked. Hu Xiao seemed eager to tend to Pei Qian. His reply came quickly. Of course! Our brothers are very good at their assignments. Not only do they have vast experience, but they are also highly adaptable. Just name your request; we will satisfy it for sure! Of course, there might be a slight adjustment to the prices. Its a custom assignment after all; its considered skilled work After what happened the last time, Hu Xiao paid a lot of attention to Hardcore Reviews UP Master. This UP Master was obviously rich and skilled in terms of his marketing. Whats more, he seemed to have a complex relationship with Fei Huang Workspace. Hu Xiao was happy to establish a good working relationship with this UP Master. For all he knew, he would need the latters help in the future. Of course, Hu Xiao did not mind earning a bit more money, too. Pei Qian pondered for a moment and typed. Ill let you and your brothers play a game. Then, Ill need you to write comments on the game based on your first impression. Hu Xiao paused. Thats all? Pei Qian replied, Thats right. Name your price. Hu Xiao felt confused. He quickly asked, Brother, let me confirm this. Youre asking us to give our first impression of the game? Clarify what you mean. Do you want us to write good or bad comments? Im afraid Ill misunderstand you. Hu Xiaos head was beginning to hurt. This was the first time someone was hiring fake reviewers for this purpose. You have to give fake reviewers a clear aim once you hire them, right? Should they mindlessly praise, mindlessly curse, masquerade as enemies, make biased arguments while pretending to be logical, offer praise and criticism hand-in-hand, or divert attention? Fake reviewers were good at all the above. However, the payer had to be clear with his instructions, right? There are so many ways of doing things. If you dont clarify which method you want us to adopt, what if we achieve the wrong effect? Pei Qian replied, I just want your brothers to try the game and comment on it based on their first impression. Ive made it very clear. Be it good or bad, just comment on the game based on your first impression. Also, I must emphasize that Im not buying fake reviewers. I am just spending money on getting your brothers to try the game. I want them to give their opinion of it. Hu Xiao was speechless. You named so many requests to the leader of fake reviewers and then ended off with Im not buying fake reviewers? Brother, we are having a private conversation. I wont expose the contents of this conversation. You dont have to be this nervous. Hu Xiao was very uncertain, but his principle had always been the customer is king. He read the other partys words carefully from beginning to end and tried hard to understand him. So youre spending money to invite everyone to play the game and write a few comments. As for whether they are to be good or bad, you dont have specific requests. Were just supposed to write our first impression of the game, right? Pei Qian answered, Thats right. Hu Xiao asked, Which platform? Everywhere, including the official platform, Aili Island, Weibo, forums, and the like. Ill leave it to you, replied Pei Qian. Name your price. Since he could use the System Funds, Boss Pei immediately sounded much more generous. Im stingy with my own money, but I go all out with System Funds! After two minutes, a reply came in. Ill base the price on our premium reviewing standards: twenty yuan for every hundred comments. Of course, we will properly consider the contents of more popular Weibo posts before we post our own comments. That will make our comments look more realistic. On other platforms such as games channels on Aili Island, well try our best to produce popular comments as well. There are more complicated issues related to fees here. Well have to calculate things like the cost of every like, share, and comment we get on Weibo. However, you can rest assured that we are very professional. We will make sure that we cover all ground and give you a favorable price. This is the price list Hu Xiao had just sent the price list over when he received a reply almost immediately. Dont make it so complicated. Im too lazy to do the calculations. Ill pay you according to the number of people working for me. Ill pay three hundred yuan for every person. Help me form a team of three to four hundred people. Assign the workload to them according to the price combination. It doesnt matter whether the comments would be good or bad, as long as they are made based on their first impressions. Any problems? Hu Xiao felt light-headed. Of course there were no problemswhat problems would he have? I cant be happier with you being so willing to spend. But why? What are you spending so much money for? It would be much more worth it to pay per comment rather than per person! Hu Xiao just had to do the math to realize that Pei Qian would end up paying over ten thousand yuan if he paid three hundred yuan to each of three or four hundred people. Yet, the problem was that ten thousand yuan would be wasted just like that! However, on further thought, Hu Xiao doubted that the UP Master of Hardcore Reviews would mindlessly throw money into asking others to play games when he was so good at marketing. He must have had his own intentions. Thus, Hu Xiao did not question him any further and agreed. No problem. Dont worry, well do the job well! Ill notify my brothers and reply to you soon. After getting the reviewers settled, Pei Qian felt much more stable. Ten thousand yuan was a small figure; it did not hurt to use the System Funds to pay this sum. Pei Qian knew very well that he could not buy enough reviewers to change the direction of the wind. Even if hundreds of fake reviewers tried to change the general direction of the comments, they would still prove to be the minority among tens or hundreds of thousands of players. Whats more, Pei Qian was being restrained by the System. He could not request for the fake reviewers to comment positively or negatively. He could only employ this method to make them comment based on their first impressions of the game. Pei Qian could be this confident because he knew very well that the fake reviewers would have an extremely bad first impression of Repent and be Saved! One only had to think for a while to realize that the fake reviewers would not be skilled players. Pei Qian was not even sure if they would be able to figure Repent and be Saved out. This group of people probably had very a poor experience in gaming. Could they possibly have a good impression of Repent and be Saved? Thus, Pei Qian had found the perfect loophole in the Systems regulations. Not only had he managed to buy fake reviewers to influence the direction of discussions online, but he also managed to avoid spending his own money for this purpose. It was perfect! Ten thousand yuan was not a lot of money, but Pei Qian was interested to see what kind of results he would achieve. Whether it proved effective or useless, he could continue to spend more money on this. However, if it backfired he could hold back and minimize losses. Pei Qian did not dare to spend too much money yet. If things developed like they did the last time, he would be in big trouble. He was just about to close the chat window when he received another message from Hu Xiao. Brother, we have to purchase the game. How should we pay for it? Pei Qian was speechless. Didnt you just say you were professional fake reviewers? Do you need me to teach you how to buy the game and then return it within the stipulated period? However, on further thought, Pei Qian realized that they probably hardly acceded to custom requests like his. Others probably gave clear directions when hiring fake reviewers. All the latter would have to do was copy and paste the message or make minor edits to it before starting work. Yet, Pei Qian was hiring the fake reviewers to experience the game for themselves. He was putting them in a spot. Pei Qian replied, Dont worry. You can try it and then refund it. If you think its too troublesome, I can pay you twenty thousand yuan more for your hard work. Hu Xiao replied, Thank you very much, Boss! Speaking of which, does your game have a lot of hardware requirements? I dont know if my brothers computers are good enough. Pei Qian was speechless. Youre so troublesome! So what if theyre not good enough? Just download the game and play it. If the screen freezes, leave a bad comment. If you cant even download it, leave a comment as well! Curse the game as much as you can. I wouldnt come after you! How do you want me to answer this question?! I cant give you so many details. Pei Qian pondered for a while and replied, Ill give you twenty thousand yuan more for you to solve the problem on your own. If you really cant, look for a good internet cafe nearby. Hu Xiao replied, Ai, alright! Brother, youre too kind! Indeed, money could solve all problems, especially when the System was paying. With everything resolved, Pei Qian happily resumed working. The game would be released the next day! October 1st Repent and be Saved was officially released! The moment the purchase button was activated, countless anxious and excited gamers clicked it without hesitation! However, a small number of gamers were careful enough to notice a line of words in the games introduction: You may unconditionally refund the game within five hours of purchase. On the official platforms other games, the same sentence read, You may unconditionally refund the game within three hours of purchase. Of course, an even smaller number of gamers who read this thought that Tengda was being good-hearted once again. They did not realize there was a hidden threat in the message. Shenzhen In his own house, Hu Xiao had just finished briefing his brothers about the new assignment. Although the assignment seemed slightly confusing, the payer seemed extremely generous. Since he had paid them so much money, Hu Xiao did not think other problems would arise. Hu Xiao had already picked his candidates. They were all waiting for the game to be released before they started work. Why dont I try it out, too? Hu Xiao did not have anything better to do anyway. He was not getting any offers for sponsored partnerships, and he did not feel like watching videos either. Of course, Hu Xiao did not have to write fake reviews on his own. He could not be bothered to earn that bit of money. However, the game looked quite popular on the official platform. He thought it would be a good idea to try the game out and de-stress while he was at it. At that thought, Hu Xiao downloaded the game and started playing it. The game requires 8.0 GB? Thats fine. Ill download it. Repent and be Saved had high requirements for hardware, and its art resources were also top-quality. However, since the game was not long and it had been significantly improved, the entire game remained below 8.0 GB. This was not an intolerable size. Hu Xiao was curious as to why the payer was only asking them to leave comments about their first impression of the game. What would everyones first impression be like? Chapter 274 - The Fake Reviewers are Confused The internet speed in Hu Xiaos house was quite fast. Soon, the games download was complete. As a professional UP Master, Hu Xiao had a relatively high-quality desktop in his home. After all, he had to edit videos and play some games. He did not have a controller, but he could play this game using his mouse. Since Hu Xiao treasured custom, he brewed himself a cup of tea and sipped it before entering the game. He was not even sure what kind of game this was yet. However, its title made it sound like a Buddhist-themed game. Whats more, the game looked like it had an overall Chinese style. The images on the official platform also seemed to depict reincarnation, rebirth, and transcendence. Hmm, it must be filled with Buddhist messages, right? Since its going to be a Buddhist game, should I relax and experience it with my heart? Hu Xiao realized that he was beginning to look forward to playing the game. He saw a black screen and then heard a melody. The melody was mellow, but it also felt cold and sorrowful. Hu Xiao could tell that it was played using traditional Chinese instruments. The hoarse voice of an old, experienced lady sounded. Rebirth after rebirth, we travel different paths and miss each other. Conflict and bloodshed fill our lives in this mortal world. The flower blooms and misses its leaves. Its hard to hold onto both on the Road to the Underworld. The River of Three Crossings is long, and there is heartbreak by the Bridge of Forgetfulness. The former life ends with a cup of tea and a bowl of soup. A mouthful smooths the journey ahead. Her voice sounded aged and tired, but it chilled Hu Xiao to the bone. It was almost as if she was summoning his soul. Her words sounded like a poem or lyrics to a song-it sent chills down Hu Xiaos spine. An image appeared. A bright-red maple leaf fell into a stream of water before it was carried away. Immediately after that, bright-red blood dripped into the stream and faded away. The camera began to pan upward. A bony, wrinkly hand smacked the surface of the water, creating ripples in the stream. Then, it stopped moving. The camera panned up along the bony, wrinkly arm. A corpse appeared on the screen, dressed in torn and tattered clothing. He was covered in wounds, and his eyes were wide open. Although he was already dead, his opened eyes would cause one to shiver involuntarily. There seemed to be fear, helplessness, conflict, and a hint of indignance in his eyes. The camera continued to pan upwards to reveal several bony, wrinkly legs walking past. There was a wild dog, skinny as a skeleton, with dried-up fur. Dark-red saliva was dripping from its mouth, and its eyes were blood-shot. It glanced at the camera before walking away, looking for its next target. It looked like everyone had lost their sanity and become blind, ruthless killers. The old, hoarse voice sounded once again. Everyone has three immortal souls and seven mortal forms. Once ones time is up, he would be picked up by the Black and White Impermanence. After that, he would step on the Road to the Underworld and begin his journey towards the netherworld, where he would be judged by Yama. He could reincarnate, enter the six realms of rebirth and existence, or be sent to hell. The corpse by the stream suddenly twitched. The camera did not focus on it for long. Instead, it continued panning across the stream and the wasteland. Finally, it stopped at a small village by the stream, hidden deep among tall mountains. At least, that was so until the Black and White Impermanence stopped picking up the souls of the dead. The souls were dissociated from the earth, and yet they were not picked up. They had no choice but to wander around on the Road to the Underworld. They were left to suffer a fate worse than death. As time went by, these wandering souls became more and more ferocious. They lost their sense of humanity and their memories. The mortal world turned into hell. The camera turned to show several innocent people being killed by villagers with pitchforks and axes. Their helpless and desperate cries filled Hu Xiaos ears. Divine Buddha light-faint and goldenshone from inside a worn-out temple in the outskirts of the city. It formed a shield, isolating the temple from the wandering ghosts, who tried to charge into it. An old monk sat cross-legged on a futon in the temple. He looked at the Buddha statue swaying back and forth in front of him and chanted continuously. Not far away from him, a scholar ran out of a burning house. He tripped over and knocked into many things along the way as he ran for his life. His messy hair made him look like a lunatic. He laughed as he shouted, causing his words to be muffled. The rebirth cycle is like a house on fire; we are absorbed in worldly suffering. We remain stubborn and refuse to change our ways. There is no path to the Soul Mountain; you clasp your hands together in vain. The Road to the Underworld is long; repent and be saved. Repent and be saved? Hahaha As the scholar laughed maniacally, the screen turned black. Then, the laughter faded. Once again, the old, hoarse voice spoke, Wandering and evil ghosts roamed the earth. The six realms were broken; the gates to hell opened The screen remained black for a long time. Dong! Dong! There were two low rings. A sliver of light appeared on the black screen. It was the first-person view of a person being buried. Soon, the camera turned to face the outside of the grave. It was a deserted mass grave. Broken signs were either sticking out of the ground crookedly or being covered by long, withered weed. There were many opened coffins lying around the mass grave. These coffins were made out of low-quality thin wood, and they were dilapidated beyond recognition. Some coffins contained the remains of corpses they once held; perhaps hungry beasts had fed on those corpses. Other coffins were empty apart from rainwater and mud. A huge number of corpses were scattered haphazardly around the mass grave. Most of them were incomplete, missing limbs or heads. Two holes were smashed into a particularly thin coffin cover. A scrawny handthat still had a bit of meat left on it-stuck out of the hole, pushing the cover aside with all its might. Then, a pale-looking corpse sat upright. Hu Xiao looked at the cup of tea in his hand and then at the unwelcoming cut scene. He felt like the game had fallen short of his expectations somehow. How is this a Buddhist-themed game? Theres a huge problem! Hu Xiao wanted to give up. He had just bought the game anyway; he could return it right now if he wanted to. However, on further thought, he decided to give it a shot. What if it turned out to be fun? Eh? I can write my own epitaph? What a weird detail. Ill skip it. Hu Xiao instinctively wanted to skip it, but he realized he could not. He had no choice but to write a message. He wanted to type an ellipsis. However, thinking it would be inappropriate, he settled on one word instead. After some consideration, Hu Xiao typed hehe. He did not think too much; he just wrote the first word that popped up in his mind. Once he was done, he officially began playing the game. Hu Xiao steered his character towards the monster in front of him. Three seconds later His character screamed out in pain and collapsed onto the ground. The screen turned gray, and the word hehe appeared on his screen. Hu Xiao, ??? He was slightly confused about what had just happened. My health bar was full, wasnt it? The beast only touched me twice-how did my health bar become empty so quickly? Is there a bug in the game? Hu Xiao revived himself indignantly. He climbed out of the mass grave and charged towards the monster once again. Hehe. Hehe. Hehe. Hu Xiao was stunned. After a few minutes, he pushed his keyboard and mouse forward and leaned back on his chair, falling into deep thought. What the h*ll is happening? Why is my character as weak as a paper doll? The monster just touches me and I die?! Did I open the grave wrongly? Is there something wrong with the way I started the game? Still confused, Hu Xiao opened his chat with his fake reviewers, intending to ask them how they found the game. Yet, other people seemed to be just as confused as Hu Xiao. Has anyone downloaded Repent and be Saved? My computer is too lousy. It keeps lagging, and once I recover from the lag, Im dead. My computer lags, and I keep dying mysteriously, too. This games requirements are too high. My computer cant seem to accommodate it either. It looks like a slideshow. Hehe, my computer cant run the game, too. Honestly, I dont think youre dying because youre lagging Sh*t, what a lame game. The first beast can kill you?! How can we continue playing? I dont know. Ive already refunded the game. The boss didnt request for positive or negative comments, right? Im going to give it a bad comment! I dont think you should give it one star immediately. Youre not giving it a second chance? I cant run the game on my laptop. Im planning to look for an internet cafe later on. This boss is quite generous. Would it be irresponsible of us to give the game bad reviews based on this alone? He didnt ask us to spam bad comments either. He just asked us to review the game based on our first impression. Thats right. My first impression of the game is that its horrible. But maybe its because of your computer. People in the group began to argue. Hu Xiao scratched his head, feeling light-headed. This was the first time he was witnessing such serious discussion in a group of fake reviewers. The group used to feel more like a well-trained army. At the sound of command, everyone would either like or share a post, attack a particular account, or agree with someone else. All in all, they always responded instantly to any instructions. Yet, the group felt more like a marketplace today. Everyone seemed to have their own opinions. A group of people wanted to give the game bad reviews after playing for just a couple of seconds. Other people felt this would be letting the generous boss down. They refused to act irresponsibly and insisted on trying harder at the game. Hu Xiao found himself in a predicament after reading everyones thoughts. What if the fake reviewers begin to fight among themselves? Ill wait and see; this is serious! Chapter 275 - The Fake Reviewers Blended Perfectly into the Comments Section What should I say, then? Im prepared to give it one star. I think its alright. Two monsters at the beginning deal higher damage. Just dodge them and kill them-its quite simple. Youre giving the game one star because of that? Why arent you reflecting on your own lousy skills? ?? What the h*ll are you sending me a question mark for? We have principles as fake reviewers. We should do a good job if we are getting paid. How can you be so irresponsible after taking the bosss money? F*ck, if youre so righteous, why are you working as a fake reviewer? Youre just a beggar; stop acting like youre an official in the emperors palace. Are you not a f*cking beggar, too? If youre so awesome, why are you working as a fake reviewer? Why dont you fight for justice like other keyboard warriors? Whats wrong with me working and earning some pocket money? How do you know Im not a keyboard warrior in my spare time? Hu Xiao realized that these two were going to engage in a full-on debate and quickly stopped them. Alright, stop arguing! Both of you are banned from speaking for an hour! We are professionals; you have to learn how to control your anger, understand? Dont bring your emotions to work. Be as calm as me. Get it? Hu Xiao was speechless. In fact, this was normal. Although the fake reviewers were all in a single group, they were all being paid to work. There were hundreds of people in that one group; how could he expect all of them to see eye to eye? Whats more, people who worked as fake reviewers were genuinely short of money. They probably had unhappy lives and enjoyed picking on fellow netizens with a keyboard in hand. Naturally, these people were good with words and would resort to asking about others family and friends once a hint of a disagreement took place. Hu Xiao could not write this argument off as an accident. He was just realizing that Hardcore Reviews UP Masters requests had not been that simple after all. Theres a scam in all of this! If the boss had given the fake reviewers a clear direction-such as to mindlessly praise or criticize the game, the fake reviewers would have been able to get the job done without much objection. Nobody would stand up to fight the instructions. After all, every fake reviewer was professional. Yet, the boss did not give them clear instructions on what to comment. That was why people were discussing the game in the group. They had differing opinions, which resulted in internal conflict. The administrator had to step up and ban those people from speaking. Whats more, he had to threaten to kick people out and forbid them from ever working as a fake reviewer again if they started picking fights. It was only then that they regained control over the situation. Hu Xiao read everyones comments and realized that most people were criticizing the game. Many people had low-quality hardware that caused the game to lag horribly. Naturally, their first impression of the game would suffer if their gaming experience was lousy. Others were similar to Hu Xiao; there was no problem with their hardware, but they had been tortured by beasts shortly after entering the game. Of course, they began to dislike the game as well. 0 However, a minority in the group thought the game was alright. The graphics werent bad, and the movements were smooth. They also felt good when they managed to attack. Although the monsters at the beginning could kill them, they only had to be more careful to avoid being killed. Ultimately, they could still defeat those monsters. That minority had quite a good first impression of the game. That was why they had very different comments compared to the majority That was expected. After all, there was bound to be a couple of players in any group who enjoyed a good challenge. Among the group of fake reviewers, there were a few youths who were addicted to the internet and used to playing at internet cafes. They had vast gaming experience. Their first reaction when they met with such a game was not to smash their computers in anger but to rise up to the challenge. Although these were the minority, they represented a different voice. Hu Xiao pondered for a moment and realized that it was impossible for everyone to come to the same conclusion. However, there was no need for them to do so. The boss asked for everyone to comment on the game based on their first impression. He had not specified whether he wanted positive or negative comments. Since that was the case, Hu Xiao decided to allow everyone to comment whatever they wanted! Hu Xiao typed, Alright, stop arguing. Get to work. If you want to give it one star, then do so. If you want to give it five stars, then do so. Were all professionals here. If you have personal feuds, use your keyboards to resolve them on the forums. Dont argue in this group. Youre being paid to type in the forums, but if you argue here, youll be banned from speaking. Everyone in the group thought about it and realized that Hu Xiao was right. What was the point of arguing in the group? It was time to get to work! Fake reviewers who had a bad impression of the game immediately gave it one star. They expressed disappointment in it and did not recommend it to others. Then, they refunded and uninstalled it. Those who felt more interested in the game gave it five stars and left good comments. Then, they came up with a list of good things to say about it. After all, they were all professionals in mindlessly praising and criticizing. They were naturally good with words. In fact, they would find it more difficult to write ordinary and boring comments. Whats more, their jobs did not consist purely of writing comments. Each person was being paid three or four hundred yuan. Of course, they could not earn that amount by writing one comment. Everyone had been assigned a task: they were to write reviews, posts, and comments on the official platform, Weibo, forums, and the like. They were also to comment on other popular posts, and like and share one anothers comments and posts. The boss had paid them a huge sum after all. They had to employ every method in the book. Thus, fake reviewers who had already written their posts and comments began to share the respective links to the chat group. Please like this comment for me, brothers. You can copy and paste this comment. Brothers who need it can use it as reference. Brothers, this is my Weibo post. Please share it. I think a gamer on Aili Island published a video to diss the game. To the brothers who want to diss the game, like and share that video as much as possible. Fight to push it onto the homepage. There is a post praising the game here. To the brothers who want to support it, go and give the post a boost. The fake reviewers went full steam ahead with their tasks. They kept sharing posts about Repent and be Saved on various platforms. One group kept posting negative comments while another group kept giving the game five stars on every review site. They moved the catfight from the group to various other websites and forums, making sure to amp up their resilience and determination. The fight was so intense that neither side seemed to be winning. As he observed these developments, Hu Xiao could not help but bury his head in his hands. For some reason, he felt like something was amiss. This is my first time encountering a situation like that. Its like two parties on opposite sides had hired the same group of fake reviewers But it doesnt matter. In any case, Ive already done what I could according to the boss request. Yet, the comments on the game seem to be in a mess. Theyre basically on two extremes. Out of curiosity, Hu Xiao checked online for other comments about Repent and be Saved. They were indeed extremely divided. There were many five-star and one-star ratings! Of course, this was partly because the fake reviewers had been adding fuel to the fire. However, even after discounting the fake reviewers influence, Hu Xiao could tell that gamers were divided about the game. Those who were cursing the game developers to no end were doing so for the same two reasons: the game had high hardware requirements and was way too difficult! Many gamers complained of dying more than ten times while fighting the little monsters at the beginning of the game. They insisted that something had gone wrong with the system design! Some cursed the operations staff and others cursed the planners. All in all, most people thought that the systems designer had added an extra zero in one of the figures. I cant take it anymore. This game is way too difficult. I cant even play it! Can someone tell me if the system will be adjusted to ordinary levels in the future? If they are going to adjust it, Im not going to refund the game. Many comments were expressing similar thoughts. Although they were not all on the same page, the gamers did not seem too upset. Perhaps this was because they could refund the game within five hours. The game had only just been released; it would be a long time before their five hours would be up. After trying the game out, many people realized that its quality was quite good. In terms of graphics, movements, impact, art resources, and the like; the game was outstanding. They could figure out a way to meet the hardware requirements. However, it seemed unusually difficult. They could only hope that the developers would make the necessary adjustments. Many people thought that there was a malignant bug in the game. For that reason, they did not rush to refund it. Instead, they waited for an announcement from the official platform. If the officials agreed to repair the bug which allowed little monsters to kill the players, they could continue playing the game. However, a while later, a post was published on the games official Weibo page. Dear players, officials have vetted the game before releasing it, and it is already at optimum difficulty. There are no malignant bugs. No more adjustments will be made to the difficulty. This is to ensure that every gamer can enjoy the full game experience. Within a few minutes, the Weibo post was shared in various forums and gaming chat groups. More and more comments began to appear underneath the Weibo post. 11? Im slowly typing a question mark. What are the officials up to? How can this be the optimum difficulty after vetting? Ensuring every gamer can enjoy the full game experience (yeah, right). I thought the officials made an accidental mistake. They did it on purpose?! What? Can someone explain what the meaning of the epitaph is? No more adjustments will be made? Are you sure? Hehe, once the sales volume drops, I wonder if you will still be so stubborn. Ill wait for you to slap your own face. Im laughing as I read these complaints from lousy players. Its the officials fault that I cant beat the little monsters. They made the game too difficult! Its not because of my sh*tty skills! You wonder why people say local gamers are only fit to play mindless web-based games that solely require them to click the enter button. The moment the officials make a game slightly more difficult, they cry and insist that the officials reduce the games difficulty. Why dont you just ask them to let you deal 999 damage with just one blow? How the h*ll is this just slightly more difficult?! Why are you playing this game if youre retarded? Save the time and get yourself treated. I @#*%* Soon, a battle ensued in the comments section of the Weibo post. Hu Xiao thought he saw hints of his fake reviewers in the comments section, but he could not be certain. Nevertheless, Hu Xiao knew very well that his fake reviewers had joined in the argument. In fact, the comments with the most likes could have been written by his own friends. Yet, he could not tell who exactly they were! This was because other peoples comments looked like they could have been posted by his fake reviewers as well. Chapter 276 - Who are You Despising? I’m Happy! This was the first time Hu Xiao had ever seen fake reviewers blend into ordinary comment sections this way-it was seamless. Hu Xiao had wanted to refund the game at first, but the intense argument online was confusing him once again. He was starting to get curious. The officials had obviously made the game so difficult on purpose. The tone of this Weibo post was clear; they were establishing the upper hand against players. Apart from sounding more tactful, the message was no different from the six-syllable mantra. But why? Were they offending players on purpose? That did not make sense! Why would a game merchant offend players on purpose? Wouldnt they be more interested in earning money? More and more questions filled Hu Xiaos head. He planned to research more on the games strategy. For all he knew, he would be able to find some clues. He accessed the games forum and browsed it quickly. The posts on the forum were similar to the comments section on the Weibo post and the games page-everyone seemed to be arguing. The fake reviewers had also added fuel to this fire, but Hu Xiao still could not tell fake reviewers from genuinely angry gamers. In the midst of these angry posts, Hu Xiao found a few posts about others experiences in the game. One of the more popular posts was titled An Elite Action-Based Gamer Updates His Progress in the Game in Real-Time. In the beginning, I was miserably tortured by the game as well. However, after some observation, I realized that the game is not as difficult as people say it is. People have demonized its difficulty. The monsters can kill people with only two blows, but you can easily get rid of those monsters with four or five attacks. You just have to be careful not to make any errors, and you would be able to progress in the game. This game reminds me of extremely difficult platform games that I used to play when I was younger. For some reason, it ignites anger inside me, hahaha. I want to curse and swear as well. Each time I die, the monsters would revive. I feel freaking helpless. Ive made it past a small setting. The elite monsters here have already killed me five or six times. Im fighting to pass through them. Many netizens commented on these posts. Holy sh*t, brother! Youre an expert in action-based games! Im still fighting with the little beasts at the entrance, and yet youve progressed so far? Boss, you must remember to record your progress. Upload it on Aili Island, and well all watch it! Can you live-stream on ZZ? I want to learn from you! At that time, livestreams were still on the rise. Although there were livestream platforms and people were getting the hang of live-streaming techniques, investors had not yet caught on to the investment opportunity. Thus, most people instinctively recorded themselves playing games. Only a small portion of gamers would mention livestreaming The original poster obviously had not thought about livestreaming as well. He only uploaded two screenshots every now and then, with short captions to explain his own view and understanding of the game. Soon, people began uploading simple videos on Aili Island as well. Some were tortured by the monsters for a long time, and others defeated them on their first try. There were all sorts of videos of various styles being uploaded. Hu Xiao could not help but feel moved. This monkey see, monkey do method is really unique. Hu Xiao watched several videos in which gamers displayed their skills. The monsters could not even touch them. Instead, they attacked the monsters back and dealt with them deftly. After watching these videos, Hu Xiao began questioning himself. Could I have been playing the game wrongly? Why dont other players experience the same problems as I do? It looks like as long as I can grasp the technique, it wouldnt be that difficult! With renewed confidence, Hu Xiao returned to the game. There was still a long time before the five hours would be up and he would not be able to refund the game. Hu Xiao felt safe. Hehe. Hehe. Hehe. An hour later, Hu Xiao fell silent in front of his computer once more. Indeed, it was an illusion. This game is not for humans to play! Hu Xiao was speechless. This time, he decided not to hesitate any further. He would refund the game and uninstall it! This wretched game was being sold for 128 yuan. It was ridiculous! I dont want this game to remain on my computer for another minute! Im going to spam the comments section with criticism! Hu Xiao was infuriated. He had been wrong from the beginning. Why did he have to test the game out? He had been torturing himself! Hu Xiao found it hard to calm himself down. He glanced at the time and realized that there was still a couple of hours before his five hours would be up. Unable to wait any longer, he rushed to the comments section to post his complaints and look for like-minded friends. The enraged Hu Xiao wrote a post of his own. This game is rubbish! The officials mindlessly increased the monsters attack power. Theyre grossing us out on purpose! Refund the game as soon as you can. If you havent bought it, dont bother. Its a waste of your life. You would be spending money to be tortured! Less than two minutes later, Hu Xiao refreshed his post and saw a new comment. Hehe, another piece of trash who could not defeat the monsters. This game is really not for lousy players. The officials extended the refund allowance period to take care of old people like you. Youre quitting after meeting such minor setbacks? Youre probably the kind of person who would have sold our country out during wars, right? Hehe. After reading this, Hu Xiao felt even more furious! With a short temper like mine, how could I take this lying down?! Hu Xiao was used to battling with others online. How could he suffer in silence? He sucked in a deep breath and immediately began typing away on his keyboard, cursing and swearing In the end, the other party refused to give way as well. A heated argument ensued. They began talking about each others bodies and health and then moved the argument to each others loved ones. At last, they focused on each others lives and the source of humanity. As he argued, Hu Xiao suddenly realized that something was amiss. Why did this feel so familiar? Hu Xiao rarely met a worthy opponent. After all, most people had real jobs to do. Few people had as much time on their hands as Hu Xiao did and were able to spend that much time on a forum. Not only did this opponent have a wide vocabulary, but he was also very mystifying. Within a short time, he managed to type long, good-quality replies. Confused, Hu Xiao copied the link to his own post and pasted it into the group chat. Are any of you looking at this post? Soon, someone replied. Jaiedg_0 said, Dont worry, Brother Hu. Im talking to this retarded poster. I can finish my assignment and disgust this lousy newbie. Hehe. Hu Xiao was so angry that his hands were trembling. F*ck, it was my own brother! No wonder I found his typing so familiar. However, precisely because the man was a brother from his own chat, Hu Xiao could not do anything. After all, it was a misunderstanding. If he kicked the man out of the group, he might turn others away from him. He could only ban the man for 24 hours and deal with the hatred in his heart. Muddle-headed, he had argued with his own brother for so long. Hu Xiao looked at the time and recalled that he had not exited the game. That meant he only had two hours left before he had to refund it. Forget it, forget it. Ill refund the game. Hu Xiao looked at the refund button and fell silent once again. Should I really refund it? Am I really going to give up just like that? Am I admitting that Im a lousy gamer? No, I must try again! Hu Xiao felt indignant. If he gave up now, wouldnt he be admitting that he was an incompetent, raging lunatic? He had to at least deal with the little monsters at the mass grave, right? Once again, Hu Xiao entered the game. After dying so many times before, Hu Xiao finally learned a few lessons. He had to lure the monsters away one by one. He had to attack them blow by blow. Once the monster raised its hand, he had to dodge and look for another opportunity to attack. All in all, he could not be greedy! Hu Xiao kept in mind the lessons he learned from the gaming gods videos. Slowly and steadily, he defeated several little monsters in the mass grave, despite being attacked once. Hehe did not appear on his screen. Im awesome! After killing those little monsters, Hu Xiao felt his heart pound with excitement. His hands were shaking non-stop. So nervous! So exciting! Was this what an adrenaline rush felt like? The game was not as difficult as he had imagined. Hu Xiao was filled with renewed motivation as he steered his character forward. Three minutes later, a butcher with a large chopper appeared in front of Hu Xiao. This was the first elite monster in the game. Hehe. Hehe. Hehe. A long time later Hu Xiao let go of his mouse and lit up a cigarette. Ah What have I been doing today? Ive wasted so much time in a game like that. Hu Xiao began to doubt his own existence. He had died so many times that he had become numb to it. Now, he had no idea how much time had passed since he first started the game. He only had one feeling: emptiness. Vast, limitless emptiness! Forget it, Ill refund the game. Theres no need to waste so much time playing this. Hu Xiao looked at the time. The refund allowance period was almost up. If he waited any longer, he would not be able to get his money back. He could only say that time flew by once he really focused on the game. Hu Xiao was just about to refund the game when a line of words appeared on his screen. Refund it. Given your standard, you will never be able to complete the game. Theres no need to hang on for that long. There are many other things worth doing in life. Why waste your precious time and money on a game like that? Hu Xiao, ??? Who the h*ll are you despising? Hu Xiao wanted to refund the game, but he changed his mind! The message on the screen sounded quite sincere, and it was true as well. Even after five hours, he still had not left the village he was placed in at the beginning. At this rate, the chances of him completing the game were negligible. Also, there were indeed many other things worth doing in life. There was no point in getting so angry and wasting so much money on a game that tortured him. To Pei Qian, these were wise words. Any gamer with a hint of intelligence would probably heed his advice. Whats more, he had kind intentions. He wanted to remind players that the refund allowance period was almost up, and they should refund the game as soon as possible. However, Hu Xiao understood the message very differently. You will never be able to complete the game? Ill do it just to show you! Why waste your precious time and money on a game like that? I have plenty of time and money! Can you stop me from wasting it? I wont refund the game! Hu Xiaos temper was rising once again; not even nine bulls could hold him back. He would push through the game today! With rage, Hu Xiao resumed playing the game. Wait. How much did the game cost? Oh, 128. So be it. I dont care. Chapter 277 - An Industry that would Force Lin Wan Out! October 3rd Three days had passed. Pei Qian had been observing Repent and be Saveds situation very closely. After all, he had high hopes for the game. He could not afford any more losses. He looked at the netizens comments first. All in all, they had gone just as Pei Qian had expected. The game was being criticized through and through! Players were saying all sorts of things, especially in the comments section of the official Weibo post. Many players on the official platform also gave the game a one-star rating and left negative comments. There were heated arguments in the forums, and gamers seemed to be extremely polarized. At the moment, there were many comments about the game on TPDbs website, including comments from paying customers and netizens in general. Repent and be Saved had an overall rating of 7.2 on TPDb. Paying customers and netizens had obviously pulled its ratings down. Only a short period had passed. Most games media would not have completed the game. Thus, the medias comments and ratings were not available yet. There was no way Pei Qian could analyze the games overall reception. Pei Qian did not feel particularly confident about this. After all, games media would not be too concerned about the games difficulty. Instead, it would rate the game more holistically, based on the games quality, content, design, and the like. These games media might give the game quite a high rating for its quality alone. Then, its ratings on TPDb would increase. Still, no matter what, the games reputation was showing signs of tanking among ordinary players. One could say this was well within Pei Qians expectations. It did not matter whether TPDb gave the game high ratings. What mattered was that the game did not generate profits. Pei Qian looked at the number of players who refunded the gamenot even 30% did. He was quite disappointed. What is the meaning of this? I clearly told you to refund it, and yet less than 30% of you did? You could resist the combined impact of the little monsters in the mass grave, the elite monster with the chopper, the epitaph that appears every time you die, and the reminder at the last minute? Thats illogical! In addition, this 30% included those who only tried the game due to advertising and marketing effects. Many people tried Repent and be Saved on account of Tengdas golden reputation. Even gamers who hated being tortured mistakenly tried the game as well. Once they realized they were being tortured in the game, those gamers first reaction would definitely have been to refund it. Yet, even so, less than 30% of all players refunded the game. Pei Qian was extremely dissatisfied with this figure. Of course, Pei Qian knew no good way to resolve the problem. He had been as cruel as he could be. Those who chose not to refund the game probably really did not want to do so. Pei Qian could not possibly have pointed a gun to their heads, forcing them to refund it. He could only continue observing the situation. Although Pei Qian had expected more people to refund the game, an almost-30% refund rate was considered quite high compared to other games. In addition, countless people were criticizing Repent and Be Saved. The situation looked quite promising. Pei Qian turned to browse Aili Island. Some people had already published videos of Repent and be Saved on the video website. However, no complete walkthroughs had been uploaded so far. At the moment, most people were recording the game as they progressed. That was why there werent many videos, and those that had been published were not popular. Pei Qian had also expected this outcome. As long as Teacher Qiao did not release a walkthrough yet, he could remain hopeful! These newbies would probably need a week before they start to figure Repent and be Saved out. Teacher Qiao would only upload a video after a week. By then, Pei Qian guessed that only hardcore, loyal fans would still be playing the game. It would not hurt to give them a walkthrough. The players who had already given up would probably not return. Hmm, this looks like a good start. May it continue this way! Pei Qian switched his computer off and left. It was a Sunday. He had plans to bring Lin Chang to Ming Yun Private Kitchen for a meal. Lin Yu was busy with work and had already left Jingzhou. Lin Chang had much more free time on his hands. Whats more, both of them were in charge of different companies. Of course, they had different workloads as well. At Ming Yun Private Kitchen Pei Qian happily chewed on the leg of a crab. He was in an extraordinary mood. Lin Chang was also enjoying his food and praising it non-stop. As they ate, they began to talk about Lin Wan. Boss Pei, have you thought about what we mentioned the last time? You dont need to have a perfect plan. Just tell me what you have thought about so far; we can work on a plan together. Lin Chang was giving this issue quite a lot of attention. It was obvious that his father was giving him considerable pressure. He had to get Lin Wan back as soon as possible-only then would he be able to relax. Pei Qian pondered for a while and said, Im thinking of transferring her somewhere else in the name of expanding the business. Lin Chang paused. Youre not allowing her to continue in the game industry? Pei Qian nodded. Yes, I wont let her work on games anymore. The risks would be too high if I allow her to continue! She has just led the employees of Shang Yang Games to produce such a successful game. The employees enthusiasm and performance, as well as outsiders view of Shang Yang Games, are all at their peak. If I let her work on another game, the next game has a high chance of succeeding as well. If she produces another successful game, it might be hard to turn the situation around. Lin Chang deeply agreed with this. Yes, that sounds logical! Lin Wan had only produced one game so far, and yet she was already showing off to her family. If she managed to create another successful game, wouldnt she feel free to soar the skies? They could not afford for this to happen! However, there seems to be a problem, Boss Pei. Lin Chang looked hesitant. It has always been Ah Wans dream to produce games. If you transfer her somewhere else in the name of expanding the business, would she be happy? Pei Qian looked confident as he answered, Of course, we cannot make things too obvious. Also, Lin Wan would not agree to stop working on games. Since thats the case, I will put her in charge of another business while she remains in charge of Shang Yang Games. Wouldnt that resolve the problem? There would be a lot of work on both ends, and she would be distracted. This would increase the chances of her failing. Lin Changs eyes lit up. Hmm, thats a good idea! But what business are you looking at? What kind of reason would you give her? I think we should sort out the details. Ah Wan is very intelligent. We cannot allow her to become suspicious. Pei Qian nodded. Thats right. I have a few considerations, but Ive not made up my mind. Lin Chang seemed very interested. Let me hear them. Pei Qian picked up a piece of sushi and said, This is what Im thinking. First, we have to allow Lin Wan to remain as the director of Shang Yang Games. She has to be put in charge of another game, at least in name. If we dont allow her to take responsibility for anything game-related, it would be too obvious. She would become suspicious and feel conflicted. With that foundation, Ill assign her another task. This new task has to be related to games as well. Then, I can directly explain to her my plans for business expansion. We can say that we intend to expand into so-and-so territory because this territory is good for our development of games. The territories that Im thinking of venturing into are livestreaming and cell phone manufacturing. Lin Chang could not help but sigh. Amazing. Pei Qian had a clear plan: he was going to tell Lin Wan that venturing into livestreaming or cell phone manufacturing would help them better advertise their games. He would then put her in charge of these ventures. This way, Lin Wan would be responsible for two businesses. She would not have enough energy to tend to either the livestreaming or the game. That would greatly increase the chances of failure. Lin Chang also knew that Lin Wan was a very proud person. If Boss Pei gave her a task, she would take it even if she thought it would be difficult to achieve anything. She would not turn these additional responsibilities down. Wouldnt that guarantee success? Lin Chang was elated. Boss Pei, which business do you find more suitable, then? Livestream or cell phone manufacturing? Pei Qian pondered for a moment. Cell phone manufacturing might be better. Pei Qian had not thought about other businesses. Take car-sharing for exampleit was sure to incur losses. However, he could not put Lin Wan in charge of such a business because it was completely unrelated to games. Pei Qian would not be able to come up with a suitable excuse. On the other hand, he could say he was expanding the pie by venturing into cell phone manufacturing and livestreaming. Both of these industries also had relatively high barriers to entry. The bandwidth for livestreams needed to be able to accommodate about two million people at any one time. That meant he would have to spend up to forty million yuan a month on bandwidth alone. After all, livestreaming was different from games. One could not spend that much money on bandwidth for web-based games because they did not require transmission of huge amounts of data. Naturally, the two belonged to completely different tiers. Major livestream platforms would later accommodate anywhere from six million to tens of millions of people at any one time. They easily paid hundreds of millions of yuan for bandwidth alone. Of course, Pei Qian could employ a cheaper method and spend less money on bandwidth. However, no matter how much he tried to cut costs, he would need to prepare at least thirty to forty million for the initial investment. If he prepared any less than that, he might fail to produce anything and even delay settlement. That would be a major loss. As for cell phone manufacturing, he could invest ten to twenty million yuan. Cell phone brands like Xiaomi only cost about ten million yuan to set up as well. Whats more, livestream had not become popular in the current marketit was considered a sunrise industry. The cell phone market was also developing much faster than before; it was considered a sunset industry. Shenhua, Pineapple, MSC, and other huge manufacturers were beginning to push competitors out of the market. The next few years will become more and more difficult for small cell phone manufacturers. Failure was almost certain. Also, Lin Yu was in charge of Shenhuas cell phone business. For every new phone that Lin Wan produced, Shenhua could produce an even better one. A beautiful war would ensue, wouldnt it? Lin Chang understood this as well. He happily clapped and said, Boss Pei, your plan is perfect and seamless! Once again, I owe you a huge favor. Dont worry, Boss Pei. If you meet with any difficulties along the way, we will do our best to cooperate! Thats right, I noticed that your new games reputation isnt ideal. Hows the situation? Have you thought about how to control the comments? It seems to be a hot topic on Weibo as well. Do you want me to help you? Dont worry, Im very familiar with the staff there. Just say the word, and Ill be able to get something in order. Lin Chang was in charge of Shenhuas entertainment business. Naturally, this was familiar territory for him. Perhaps he wanted to make it up to Pei Qian for all the help that the latter had provided. However, Pei Qian immediately raised his hand. No, dont do anything! This is all part of the plan. A realization dawned on Lin Chang. Oh, I understand. I wont get involved, then. If Boss Pei needs anything in the future, please let me know. Your problems are my problems. I will not hesitate to help! Chapter 278 - Teacher Qiao Painfully Holds Back October 4th After having a meal with Lin Chang the day before, Pei Qian carefully considered his new business. Live-streaming and cell phone manufacturing would both require huge initial investments and potentially incur major losses. Even if he wanted to venture into these new territories, he had to wait for the next settlement cycle. Of course, while huge initial investments were required, there was an expensive and a cheap method of going about things. Take cell phone manufacturing for example. Even if Pei Qian wanted to start such a business, he did not need to have hundreds of thousands of cell phones in his inventory. It was impractical and unnecessary. Huge manufacturers needed a lot of inventory for two reasons. First, they needed to reap the economies of scale. Second, they were afraid of being reprimanded by customers should their cell phones sell out. However, Pei Qian did not have to think about these things. It did not matter if he could not reap the economies of scale. In fact, he would be able to incur more losses. If he ran out of stock, so be it. He did not even want to sell a single cell phone. He could only produce three thousand cell phones in the beginning; any more, and he would lose out. In any case, his goal was to incur losses. There was no need to have such a huge appetite; he would lose whatever amount he could. Of course, he still had to think about all the details. He could only take action once failure was guaranteed. When he arrived at the office, the first thing that Pei Qian did was check on Repent and be Saveds situation. He could not determine much from a days worth of figures. However, it was good enough for Pei Qian that the figures did not show signs of improvement. He was just about to refresh the back end of the game editor when he heard a knock on his door. Pei Qian looked up to see Li Yada. Li Yada shyly pushed the door open, pushed her thick spectacles up her nose bridge, and twiddled her forefingers. B-B-Boss Pei, theres been a serious problem. According to the official platforms regulations, a warning would be issued if a games refund rate exceeds 20%. If the refund rate exceeds 35%, the game developers would be forced to take the game off the shelves and edit it. At the moment, were close to 30%. If this continues, the consequences would be dire. Pei Qian was confused. Oh? Such a good thing existed?! Pei Qian had never experienced this problem before because Tengda Games had always created games with hearts. They were priced inexpensively, and few people refunded them. Even The Lonely Desert Road was priced extremely low; that was why very few players refunded it. However, this situation was different. Repent and be Saved had attracted loads of ordinary and lousy players. Although most of these players might stay for various reasons, there was also bound to be a significant portion of them who would return the game out of anger. Not only were the games reviews reaching two extremes, but the refund problem was becoming more serious as well. However, this was good news for Pei Qian! If the game was forced off the shelves to be edited, he could take his time to edit it before releasing it again. This way, he could control the sales volume as well. As long as he could release the game again a week before settlement, he would be fine. Pei Qian had not done this on purpose; the System probably would not fault him, right? Pei Qian glanced at the platform and asked, Wheres the warning? Li Yada lowered her head. Er, those are the official platforms regulations. Im not sure why we havent received a warning. It might be because we have a good reputation on the official platform. Im just reporting this to you and asking for your advice on how we should move forward. Should we edit the game and lower its difficulty? Theres no need! Pei Qian raised his hand to stop her. I understand the current situation well. Dont worry. Alright alright. Li Yada nodded and then left the room. Pei Qians heart hurt slightly as he looked at the refund rate, which had not yet reached thirty percent. Ai, what a pity! I should have worked harder back then to make sure that it reached 35%! The refund rate was not increasing now. Instead, it was constantly decreasing. This pained Pei Qian. Yet, this was expected. As news about the game spread across the internet, most newbie gamers would have learned that the game was extremely difficult. They would be well-prepared before entering the game. That was why the percentage of gamers who refunded the game was decreasing. Pei Qian pondered for a moment and then accessed Shaohu Reviews chat window. The fake reviewers whom he hired had proven useful; the game was being brutally criticized. Since that was the case, he needed to intensify his efforts! He had to get more people to curse it and add fuel to the fire. It would be best if he could persuade more gamers to refund the game. Even if he couldnt, he had to try to scare more gamers away. That would lower the games sales. Of course, he could give clear directions this time either. Pei Qian had to use the same method that he used before and drop as many hints as he could. On the flip side, Hu Xiao was deeply reflecting on his own rash behavior. I regret this so much! Hehe popped up on his screen again and again. Hu Xiao felt retarded; his character and pride had been gravely injured. Whats happening?! Why did my brain malfunction?! Why didnt I refund the game?! The boss had poured money into hiring fake reviewers, and yet Hu Xiao gave over a hundred yuan back to him for no reason. He could not put how he felt in words. Did I fall for a trap? Did he know that there was bound to be people who would not refund the game? Thats so scheming! If he speaks to me again, I will question him properly! I cannot let this go if I dont clarify the matter! Hu Xiao thought to himself angrily. Just as raging, he received a new message from Hardcore Reviews. Im buying a hundred thousand yuan worth of additional fake reviewers! Intensify your efforts! Hu Xiao paused and then quickly replied, Alright, Brother! No problem! Earning a hundred thousand yuan more had cheered Hu Xiao up immediately. Why would such a generous boss cheat me? I must have been thinking too much! October 5th In Beijing Qiao Liang sat in his rented apartment, feeling anxious and nervous. Painful! He had been keeping a close eye on Repent and be Saveds situation ever since it was released. However, the more he observed, the more anxious he became. The comments on the games webpage were divided. Many people criticized it before understanding the true essence of the game. Some UP Masters had uploaded introductory videos for the game, but most of them had not touched on its essence either. None of them even mentioned the games rich story or plot design. Most people were still thinking about whether they should refund the game or not or whether there was a mistake in the games system design or none. To Qiao Liang, these topics were meaningless! Repent and be Saved was a piece of treasure. These people were staying at the entrance of the cave containing the treasure and discussing if the entrance was too narrow. It was foolish! Each time he thought about how sincerely Boss Pei had treated him and the King Crab that Boss Pei had fed him, Qiao Liang felt the urgent need to help Boss Pei out. However, while he had an accurate answer in his hands, he could not display it to the world just yet. This was because Qiao Liang had already promised Boss Pei that he would only publish a video about the game a week after its release. Within this one week, Qiao Liang could not leak the plot. He had to allow other gamers to enjoy the full, unique gaming experience without any interference whatsoever. Thus, Qiao Liang had to turn his pain into motivation and continue working hard at reaching alternative endings in Repent and be Saved. He had to accumulate sufficient material for his next video. The correct battle strategy for the game had already become clear to Qiao Liang who had unlocked multiple endings. Now, he had to focus on the games plot. After all, the plot and worldview were arguably important parts of any game; and Repent and be Saved was obviously rich in these aspects. After playing the game for some time, Qiao Liang opened a document and began to write a plan for his video. If you are observant enough, you would realize that the beasts that appear in the video also appear in the official game flow. Whats more, they would change. The corpse by the river twitched in the cut scene. This is a hint that it has turned into a monster. During the gameplay, a weapon appears beside the corpse. If the player attempts to take this weapon, the corpse would jump up and grab the player, instantly killing him. The video also contains an old monk, seated in a worn-out temple outside the city and chanting. He manages to shield himself against the wandering ghosts attacks. When the player arrives outside this temple, he will realize that the old monk has already lost his sanity. He will later crazily attack the player. Once you kill the old monk, you will get his Buddha beads and staff. The former is a consumable item that would be useful in the early stages of the game. The latter has average stats and is barely worth storing as an alternative weapon. Since the Buddha beads are more important and the old monk is quite weak, I suggest that everyone go and kill him after getting out of the city. That way, you would be able to obtain these items. The crazy scholar set his house on fire. When the player arrives here, he would see that the house has been almost reduced to ashes. In a nearby corner, he would be able to find the scholars corpse. You can get a torn and tattered letter from his body. From it, you will learn a bit of history about the village before it descended into chaos There are certain triggers in the plot that might lead you to a different ending in the game. At the moment, I am not sure how different endings there are. However, I am sure there are at least two. As Qiao Liang played the game, he recorded the various details and Easter eggs he encountered. The more he recorded, the more he appreciated the game! He had not noticed all these things when he was playing the game before. He had only been thinking about how to complete the game, how to defeat a certain boss, and the like. There was no time to take note of the details. However, he had already seen multiple endings of the game and returned to his own apartment. The game was no longer as challenging as it was before. Now, he could finally study the details that he missed out on. The more he studied, the more he realized that the game was rich in content! Qiao Liang began to suspect that there was a full team in charge of plot design. That was the only way they could have produced such a perfect, detailed story! Of course, objectively speaking, Repent and be Saved did not have as much content as foreign AAA games with rich storylines. In fact, the former would be considered quite fragmented. However, the feeling of uncovering treasure captivated Qiao Liang. He could not stop even if he wanted to! After writing a long plan for his video, Qiao Liang decided to take a break. He made a bowl of noodles and accessed his fan group, wanting to see what his fans were talking about. Chapter 280 - I Shall ‘Pudu’ You! Qiao Liang quickly restarted the game and headed to the ruined temple. After dying a few times, he managed to obtain the Pudu weapon successfully. Qiao Liang looked at the shining staff in his hand and felt extremely at ease. There really is a hidden weapon! You can only obtain it after dying six times. Who would think of this? After all, the monk was too weak. He was even weaker than the monsters at the mass grave. If not for the players in the group chat who liked to walk around without any defensive equipment, I would definitely not be able to test that out on my own. Is this weapon an upgraded version of the staff? What the f*ck! What kind of damage was that?! Qiao Liang tried using this shining stick to attack a monster soldier with a rather high health level. With just one blow, the monster was wounded; and it collapsed onto the ground! After two blows, the monsters health bar was instantly empty! Qiao Liang remembered clearly that he needed at least four or five blows to kill that monster using other weapons. After all, he was already at the second setting in the game; and the stats of the monsters there were higher than before. That meant that if he used this staff to fight weaker monsters, the effects would be even better. He might even be able to kill the monsters with just one blow! The only pity was that the weapon did not possess any special attack skills. Its attack skill was similar to the original staff and could only deal heavy damage. Although the damage was high, it was not fanciful at all. Qiao Liang originally thought that Pudus attack skill would be something similar to dealing AOE damage when the character raised the staff in the air and shone divine Buddha light on surrounding enemies. However, there was none of that. From this perspective, Pudus extravagance could not even be compared to the mourning stick dropped after defeating the Black and White Impermanence. After all, the mourning stick was the reward for defeating the Black and White Impermanence. New players did not even have a chance to obtain it easily. However, even the mourning stick was not as effective as Pudu in fights. That was because Pudus basic attack damage was higher than that of the mourning stick. After using Pudu to fight a few more monsters, Qiao Liang realized that the weapon was almost invincible! Although Pudus basic attack move was not easy to use, it could be used with leap attacks and sprint attacks, just like other weapons. That greatly increased the attack speed of the weapon. In the hands of experienced players like Qiao Liang, the weapon was almost like a bug. It has a long attacking distance and high attack speed. Moreover, it had insane damage and possessed strong endurance-decreasing effects. That caused the monsters to freeze on the ground with just one blow. Those monsters that used short knives and daggers could not even go near the player. They would fall onto the ground because of the staffs attack from a distance away. It was a one-sided abuse. As for the monsters that carried hay forksalthough their weapon attacking distance was similar to the player, their offenses could be dodged easily. After dodging the monsters attack, it was once again a one-sided abuse. The player did not even need to possess any fancy skills. The fight could end even if the player simply used Pudu to attack repeatedly. Looking at the powerful weapon in his hand, Qiao Liang was at a loss. If I knew that there was such a strong weapon, why would I f*cking need to suffer all the torture in the game? Qiao Liang recalled his arduous journey at the start of the game. He inched forward in the game with such a terrible weapon and had to be careful every time he faced a small monster as he could be instantly killed by them. What about now? He could easily defeat all those monsters that used to dominate over him! He looked at the fan chat group again. It was chaotic inside. F*ck! I got that weapon, too! As long as you sprinted forward without caring about anything else, you will receive the weapon once you die near the monk! This weapon is invincible. Isnt it so easy to torture those monsters? This is way too impressive. Is this a kind of official hack? Quick! The guy who discovered this should post it on the forum quickly! You are definitely the first person who discovered this hidden weapon! F*ck. I have already killed the old monk. What can I do now? I have already used the Buddha beads. Restart the game. It doesnt take much time. I announce that Pudu is officially the strongest weapon ever! Nothing can be compared to it! There were already people posting about the hidden weapon on the forum. This was definitely a huge discovery! Many design teams would usually create hidden story plots, hidden weapons, Easter eggs, and other surprises in the game because of various reasons. A large part of it was to bring surprises to the players or to add on to the existing world view and story plots in the game. Amongst the various types of surprise elements, hidden weapons were definitely the most discussed topic. That was because most surprise elements would not affect the gameplay within the game. It was also not difficult to discover them. As long as there were sufficient players, those surprise elements would be quickly discovered. However, Pudu was different. It was a hidden weapon that had insane stats. It changed the players gaming experience entirely! Moreover, the weapon was very well-hidden. That attracted even more discussion about it. Very soon, the post went viral on the forum. Players all reposted it and news spread in no time! Meanwhile, Pei Qian was staring at the refund rate of the game. He was rooting for the fake reviewers that he had just paid for. One of the posts gained his liking. He had almost wanted to give that fake reviewer extra money for the post. The title of the post was: Do Not Fall for the Developers Trap. You Must Opt for a Refund! The design team had a deep understanding of what the players think. They lengthened the refund allowance period intentionally. On the surface, it seems as though they are righteous; but in reality, this is a complete scam! Extending the refund allowance period naturally results in the gaming duration for many players to extend as well. That was in a way forcing you to familiarize yourself with the torturous experience in the game! When the game reaches its refund allowance period, there will be a few sentences in the notice to disgust you and the epitaph that always reappears the purpose of all of that was to use reverse psychology on the players! Once you fall for the reverse psychology, you will fall for their trap! If you do not want to refund the game, you have fallen for the design teams trap! Think about it. Because of the moment of impulse, you will waste a hundred yuan. Why would you want to do that? You can use that one hundred yuan for something else. Why do you want to pay for a torturous gaming experience? Therefore, I urge all of you to refund firmly. Do not be blinded by the design team! Pei Qian absolutely loved the post when he saw it. It was so awesome! This fellow over there, do you want to give me your contact number? I think that you are very talented. Being a fake reviewer is simply a waste of your talent! Pei Qian thought. The post was a much-needed shot in the arm for Pei Qian! Although there was a lot of debate in the comments section of the post and some people were scolding the post creator, it was apparent that this post went viral. It helped to contribute many refunds for Pei Qian. That was not the only post condemning the game. Many fake reviewers were talking about the game on Weibo, various forums, and some gaming group chats. They were all urging the players to refund the game quickly and were emphasizing that there was no point in suffering in the game. Pei Qian could only exclaim that his money was well-spent! Some fake reviewers, however, went down the wrong path and started complimenting Repent and be Saved. That created some trouble for Pei Qian. Despite so, the general direction of things was in his favor! The refund rate did not increase drastically. From the looks of things, it was almost impossible to achieve a 35% refund rate. However, a stable refund rate was good news to him! As various information about Repent and be Saved spread online, new players knew that this game was simply torture. They were psychologically prepared for the game. That resulted in a decline in the number of refunds. However, with the continuous efforts of the fake reviewers, the refund rate became stable. That was obviously good news! Pei Qian did not expect the apps store to take down the game anymore. He had waited for such a long time, and yet he did not even receive a warning. That meant that the apps store was adamant about keeping the game. Anyways, one more refund meant that he was earning a few dozen dollars less. What he was doing was simply an act of beneficence! Huh? This is strange. Why is the refund rate dropping once again in the past hour? Are the fake reviewers not doing their job? I need to pay them more? Pei Qian was a little puzzled. He had just paid the fake reviewers not long ago. He went to the various big forums to check if there were any twists in the publics opinions. However, once he entered one of the forums, he surprisingly found a viral post. I Found a Hidden Weapon in the Game! Pudu is Simply Invincible! Holy f*ck???? Pei Qian felt that his blood was flowing in the wrong direction. He almost had a heart attack. What the hell? He clicked on the post hurriedly to have a look. The general content of the post was very simple. The creator described the process where he discovered Pudu. He was a player with terrible skills. He wanted to test if he could enter a Buddha statue transportation point by running around the map. However, he entered the ruined temple by accident and was killed by the old monk many times. The post also included a detailed explanation of how to obtain the weapon, a screenshot of Pudu, and the strength of the weapon. There were already more than a few thousand comments below the post! Holy sh*t! This is actually real! There really is a hidden weapon in the game! I got it, too! Thank you, post creator! You are such a great person! This weapon is like an official hack in the game. It is way too invincible! I managed to kill a monster with just one blow despite how terrible my skills are? This seems to have become a game that we can just kill mindlessly! Hahaha! This weapon gave me a reason to persevere in the game. I originally wanted to refund, but now I can clear the stages! This weapon is evidently overpowering the game! How is the game still balanced? Why is there a need for the game to be balanced? The producers know how we are suffering, and they deliberately hid a powerful hidden weapon in the game to allow those players with terrible skills to continue with the game. Is this a sign that the design team is showing mercy to us? The designers are indeed great Samaritans. I used to insult their mothers in the past. Im sorry! What I did was wrong! The post was full of joy and happiness. It was as though they were celebrating the new year! Not only that, but many players went creative on the hidden weapon such as creating emoji packs. Someone took a screenshot of the in-game battle scene: The protagonist waved the Pudu weapon in the air and managed to kill three monsters clustered together with one blow. There was a sentence at the bottom of the picture: I shall Pudu you! There were also other emoji packs such as memes about The Invincible Pudu, The Pudu Warning, The Other Party does not Want to Talk to you and so Pudu-ed You, and Do not Talk to Me about the Spirit-Conjuring Flags or Mourning Sticks. I only F*cking Use Pudu. Smash It, Task Completed Pei Qian slapped his forehead. Holy sh*t! The lame netizens created those memes so quickly!He looked at the time when the post was created. It had only been three hours, and yet those lame netizens had produced so many emoji packs! Wait! The issue now was not about the emoji packs! Pei Qian instantly understood why the refund rate of the game dropped dramatically! More and more people now knew about the official shortcut to clear the stages! In the past, many players did not have a way to deal with elite monsters. They could only die again and again. That would deal a huge blow to their confidence, and many could only opt for a refund. However, with Pudu, they found a way to survive the game! As long as they survived the early stages of the game and obtained the Pudu at the old monks ruined temple, the difficulty of the game would drop drastically. They could enjoy the game once again! Oh, no! Something terrible happened! Pei Qian felt that his hands and feet turned cold. His world was falling apart! Chapter 281 - Everything Was Under Boss Pei’s Control! What is going on? This doesnt make sense! I hid it so well. How could they find it? Why is there such an idle player who would run around and try to open the Buddha statues? Why did he die six times at the ruined temple coincidentally? What the f*ck? Pei Qian felt a little dizzy. That was so hard to accept! He was still in disbelief about how that player found Pudu. He felt that there was a conspiracy behind that. However, the truth was right in front of his eyes; and he could only believe what he saw. Anyways, the discovery of Pudu gave a light of hope to those players with terrible skills. Many of those originally considering a refund for the game decided not to do so after the discovery! Even the public opinion took a turn! Previously, many fake reviewers attacked the game on the grounds of the games difficulty. The game was too difficult. Playing it was equivalent to tormenting oneself. The design team created the high difficulty to disgust the players. Therefore, the game was rubbish. Everyone should quickly opt for a refund. However, that opinion was soon torn down by itself! The design team was not deliberately disgusting the players. After all, didnt they make a weapon especially for those players with terrible skills? As long as they obtained the Pudu, the difficulty level of the game would drop drastically. Therefore, those players with terrible skills naturally had no reason to opt for a refund! What they did made the design team appear to be very considerate to the players. It appeared as though they were sympathetic! Pei Qian felt a little dizzy. What should he do now? The problem was not only with the huge drop in the refund rate. Once the players with terrible skills persevered through the game and news about the weapon spread Pei Qian was sure that even those with terrible skills could pass the six realms of rebirth and existence with the Pudu. After all, he was also one of them. No. I have to quickly think of a solution Pei Qian could not sit around and do nothing. He thought for a while and decided to ask the fake reviewers for help! Of course, what he would be doing this time would definitely be different from the previous two times. Shenzhen Hu Xiao was killing the monsters happily using the Pudu. Who told you to kill me back then?! Ill let you experience how the Pudu feels like! Are you a f*cking elite monster? Get down on the floor! Hu Xiao was enjoying the game. After obtaining the Pudu, he finally had a smooth gaming experience in the game! Hu Xiao was very easily satisfied. He did not rush to fight the monsters at the later stages of the game. He killed the small monsters that tormented him earlier repeatedly and collected the three immortal souls and seven mortal forms for upgrading. He could actually find joy in the game despite how terrible his skills were. He had not expected that. After playing for a while, Hu Xiao closed the game. He was satisfied with the gaming experience. He wanted to open the forum to check for any new discussions regarding Repent and be Saved. He found that he liked to read the Repent and be Saved forum more and more. He found it to be very interesting! Not only was it interesting to see the players bickering with one another in the forum, but there would also be some players searching for hidden content in the games. That was very interesting For example, the information in the forum regarding the hidden weapon Pudu was shared by one of the players. ds While he was looking through the forum, Shaohu Reviews received another message from Hardcore Reviews. Get more fake reviewers. Hu Xiaos eyes lit up. He replied hurriedly, Okay, no problem! This was the third time this guy paid for fake reviewers. He was straight to the point, and he made his payment quickly. Although Hu Xiao spent a hundred yuan and purchased the game with his own money, the misunderstanding was cleared. Hardcore Reviews typed, The request this time is slightly different from the previous two times. I found that the discussion recently is very one-sided. I need you to think of a way to create more debate regarding the game. Do you understand what Im trying to say? Hu Xiao replied swiftly, Yes. No problem! Pei Qian heaved a sigh of relief. Luckily, the fake reviewers were very professional. They would just do as he asked without questioning him. Recently, the discussions regarding Repent and be Saved has indeed been one-sided. After the discovery of Pudu, players with terrible skills had fewer complaints about the game. That resulted in a decrease in debates regarding the game. The fake reviewers who criticized the game lost their weapon in the public opinion battle. Many of them chose to switch to the other side. To complete their task, many of them chose to praise everything about the game mindlessly. If that situation continued, the reputation of the game would quickly be turned around. Therefore, the most important thing now was to ensure that everyone was arguing with one another. Those fake reviewers who criticized the game must not give up. If they gave up, Boss Pei would not be far from giving up as well! This time, Pei Qian managed to trick the system perfectly once again. If his request was to let the fake reviewers criticize Repent and be Saved, that would not be feasible. The system would not allow that to happen. However, if his request was to create more debate about Repent and be Saved, there would not be any problems. After all, in the systems perspective, that was considered buying popularity for the game, wasnt it? Currently, those praising Repent and be Saved were gaining the upper hand. That request would now refer to supporting the haters. The plan was feasible! The fake reviewers had to criticize the game with everything that they had! Pei Qian wanted everyone to opt for a refund because of that! Pei Qian refreshed the forum page and Weibo as he waited for the fake reviewers to take action. On the other side, Hu Xiao agreed to take the job readily. However, after he disseminated the tasks in the group chat, he faced some problems. The customers request was to make sure that the public opinion about Repent and be Saved was not one-sided. The customer wanted them to create more debates regarding the game. However, the current situation was that the haters were struggling to maintain their presence. That meant that the customers request was for the fake reviewers to help the haters to gain more influence. That would then stabilize the situation again! However, how were they going to do that? The main point that the haters emphasized previously was the difficulty level of the game. However, after the appearance of Pudu, that problem no longer existed. It would be too obvious if they were to throw shade mindlessly, wouldnt it? Furthermore, the results would not be satisfactory in that case. Hu Xiao stated the request in the group chat and asked the professional fake reviewers to find a solution. As the saying went, rewards allure men to brave dangers. As long as he paid them enough money, there would definitely be someone who managed to find a reason to criticize the game. Once the fake reviewers heard that there was money for the task, they started racking their brains to find reasons to criticize the game. How about we criticize the game for misinterpreting traditional cultures? Or perhaps we can criticize the games story plot for being too simple? We can criticize it for buying fake reviews! Everyone had a different idea, and yet they did not manage to come up with a good plan. Those ideas were way too boring. They were only criticizing the game mindlessly! Of course, they could also choose to criticize the game mindlessly. However, if they do that, they would not be able to create enough debates regarding the game. They might not be able to achieve the customers request. In other wordsby doing so, they were achieving half the impact with twice the effort. They could be wasting their energy on that. If the game itself had quality problems, there was a lot they could criticize. For example, they could label the game as a low-quality production, or that the game was cheating the consumers, or that the game was making use of the gamers vision for domestically-produced games. However, there were no problems with the quality of the game. It was very well-produced! If they used those reasons, they would not be able to convince the public and might even result in a reverse effect. Doing so might persuade more people to support Repent and be Saved. Moreover, many fake reviewers did not have in-depth knowledge about the game. They chose to ask for a refund after playing for a few minutes and realizing that their computer configurations were not enough to run the game smoothly. How could they find a more advanced reason to criticize the game? Therefore, after a long discussion, no one could think of a good idea to proceed with. The situation became stagnant. In the end, Hu Xiao had no choice but to type, Do not worry, guys. Lets post a few mindless criticizing posts first to maintain the popularity of the debate. The others could take the time to find a more advanced reason to criticize the game in the meanwhile. We are professional fake reviewers. We must give it our all and complete the task that our customer assigned to us! This is a long-term task. Everyone can check the forums and read the content that other players posted. Once you discover anything, remember to report about it in this group chat immediately! October 6th Tengda Network Technology Co., Ltd Li Yada looked at the sales records of the game and the games reputation amongst the players on the forums and on the internet. Her eyes underneath the thick-framed glasses creased into the shape of two crescent moons. As expected, everything was under Boss Peis control! She was initially worried that the app store would take down Repent and be Saved, and yet it turned out that she was worrying unnecessarily. During this period, the company did not send them a warning letter and did not even take down the home page recommendation spot that the game had. Their stance was apparent. They were supporting Tengda all the way! Moreover, everything was going as Boss Pei had expected. Things were taking a turn for the better. Li Yada knew of Pudus existence from the start. She was initially worried that the weapon was too deeply hidden and that it would not be discovered by the players months into the game. In the end, the players had discovered it within one week! On one hand, it showed that the capabilities of the players were unimaginable. On the other hand, it also proved that Boss Peis ability to understand the players thoughts and behaviors was top-notch. Why did Boss Pei create a hidden weapon? He definitely wanted the players to find it. The players did not let Boss Pei down. They managed to find it very quickly. That proved that Boss Pei and the players minds were on the same frequency! Moreover, after the discovery of Pudu, the games reputation took a drastic turn as well. The refund rate declined dramatically Everything was getting better! What was even more miraculous was that many players on the forum were behaving in a completely different way as before. There were almost no complaints about the games difficulty anymore! Li Yada knew clearly that even with the Pudu, the game was still much tougher than other games in the market, especially so for ordinary players and those with terrible gaming skills. The only change was that the difficulty level dropped from the hell level to the difficult level. However, the players were not complaining about that! A reason was because of Boss Peis precise understanding of players mindset. They started off with an extremely high difficulty level and tormented the players with it. When the players were almost giving up, they allowed the players to discover the Pudu. That decreased the difficulty of the game drastically. The sudden drop in difficulty level would bring huge happiness to the players. Therefore, even if the game was still considerably difficult, the gaming experience for the players experienced a drastic improvement. Even those with terrible skills could continue playing the game! There was still a considerable level of difficulty and challenge with the game. However, the players were not as impulsive as they were before and did not threaten to get a refund anymore. It was simply a perfect solution to both Tengda and the players! Li Yada could not help but feel a little sentimental. So that was how Lu Mingliang felt. He was merely relying on Boss Pei for the victory! Boss Pei was extremely gifted and had everything well in hand. Every simple change that he made would be finishing touches on the game. The employees were extremely blessed to have him around. It was almost ascertained that the game would achieve success. Li Yada was very delighted about that. I need to keep up the good work. I can start planning the updates for the new versions now! Li Yada pushed her thick-framed glasses upwards and buried herself into her work once again. Chapter 282 - Hurry Up and Arrange For What Happens Afterward In the office, Pei Qian was feeling very worried and restless. What are the fake reviewers doing?! There are no effects at all. If this continues, public opinion would become completely one-sided! After Pei Qian arranged for the fake reviewers yesterday, he had been paying attention to the discussions on the forums and Weibo. A day had almost passed, and yet nothing had happened-other than the few posts that mindlessly criticized the game! Those mindless criticisms did not stir up the emotions of the netizens. No one bothered about them, and those posts were quickly buried under other newer posts. Moreover, the memes about Pudu were going viral. Even those not playing the game were using those memes! That was especially so for the emoji packs such as the I shall Pudu you emojis. They were very popular in Weibo, gamer chat groups, and forums. The players loved those memes. Once the memes become popular, many people would ask what game the memes originated from. Then, more people would be willing to try out the game! The most frustrating thing was that many players with bad intentions were convincing others to play the game. This game is called Repent and be Saved. It is a very satisfying hack-and-slash game and is a great way to relieve stress. It is very suitable for night owls. You must try out the game! There were many similar comments. Pei Qian only had one sentence for such peopleyou guys are inhumane! Many people were surprisingly doing that even though their actions harmed other players and Boss Pei, and they did not benefit from it at all. Moral degeneration in the world was getting worse day by day, and people had changed! However, the only thing that Pei Qian could do was to wait in distress. He had no other solutions. Pei Qian could understand the plight of the fake reviewers. After all, things were at that predicament; it was hard for the fake reviewers to find a critical reason to hate on the game. After all, Pei Qian himself could not think of a good reason to use as well, not to say those fake reviewers who did not have a deep understanding of the game. The trump card that they were previously using was regarding the games difficulty. However, that card was now useless. Forget it. I shall arrange for what happens afterward. Pei Qian started thinking about how many Fish-Catching Internet Cafes and Upwind Courier stations he needed to open up to offset the profit that he made. He had three weeks to the settlement, but in reality, Pei Qian only had two weeks to do something about the situation. No matter what, he needed to speed up. Pei Qian gave Zhang Yuan a call immediately. How is the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe at Huanyu Tianjie doing? Zhang Yuan replied, Umm Boss Pei, we are currently still suffering a loss. What about the computer occupancy ratio? Zhang Yuan replied, About thirty to forty percent. However, rest assured, Boss Pei. I believe that things were about to take a turn for the better soon! The corners of Pei Qians mouth twitched involuntarily when he heard the words take a turn for the better. However Thirty to forty percent? That sounds okay! It was within the ratio whereby they would suffer a loss. Then again, Pei Qian did not expect the computer occupancy ratio to reach thirty to forty percent at that location. Maybe it was because Huanyu Tianjie was more prosperous. Therefore, more people were choosing to surf the internet there? Yup. It was highly possible. After all, the cafe was located in the biggest shopping mall in Jingzhou City. It was only natural for that to be a high human traffic flow. If he opened a few more cafes there, the situation would take a turn for the worse, wouldnt it? Time was running, and Pei Qian made a decision quickly. Ill give you the money to open two, no, three more Fish-Catching Internet Cafes! I want them to be located in big shopping malls, just like the Huanyu Tianjie branch. Do you understand? Ill give you two weeks. Make sure that the three stores are officially open for business in two weeks! You must open them in time, not even one day later. Can you do it? Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version had been profiting. The amount the game was earning was quite significant. Pei Qian was facing a lot of pressure, and he needed to spend more money. He must do so quickly. Zhang Yuan was momentarily stunned. He answered in a firm tone, Rest assured, Boss Pei. Ill make sure that the task is completed! After Zhang Yuan hung up the phone, he looked at the customers who were playing Repent and be Saved in the internet cafe and was feeling sentimental. Boss Pei really had everything in hand. He had not come to the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe for a long time. How did he know that business here was booming? Did Boss predict that the release of Repent and be Saved would bring customers to the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe because of the high computer configurations the game needed? He recalled the time when the internet cafe opened. Business was bad, and the computer occupancy ratio was only around ten percent. Most computers were unoccupied. However, slowly, more customers came to the store. Many of them played Repent and be Saved, and some played other large-scale games. However, the similarity was that all the games they played required high computer configurations. As time progressed, there were more and more customers in the store. The recent computer occupancy ratio increased to about thirty to forty percent. It seemed like Boss Pei knew that business was improving. Therefore, he decided to continue investing money in internet cafes and take advantage of the good business! Yes, that must be the case! Zhang Yuan immediately contacted other shopping malls and searched for suitable locations to open more internet cafes. After hanging up the call, Pei Qian called Lu Mingliang. He asked Lu Mingliang to open a hundred more Upwind Courier stations. Needless to say, a hundred courier stations were an ideal number. Even though opening courier stations did not cost much at the early stages, significant time was needed to rent working space, purchase logistic shelves, hire employees, and more. Pei Qian merely asked Lu Mingliang to work towards the goal of opening a hundred Upwind Courier stations. The more courier stations he opened, the merrier it was. He just wanted Lu Mingliang to open as many as he could. As long as the settlement was not affected, everything was fine to Pei Qian. After making those arrangements, Pei Qian heaved a sigh of relief. Even if Repent and be Saved became viral and earned him a lot of money, it was not the end for Pei Qian. Even if it was the end, he could at least salvage something. Pei Qian slumped on the chair, and an air of melancholy surrounded him. Despite feeling melancholy, life must go on. Pei Qian opened the forum and refreshed the page without harboring much hope. All of a sudden, he saw a post that made his eyes lit up. Huh? Are the fake reviewers finally doing their job? The money spent was worthwhile! While Boss Pei was busy making the calls, the fake reviewers were also busy working. Although hopes for a comeback were narrow, everyone did not give up. Many fake reviewers were still working hard. Some of them even missed the refund allowance period because they were too engrossed in their work. However, even though they made huge progress in the game, they still could not find any good ideas to criticize the game. Suddenly, a message in the chat group captured everyones attention. Guys, look at this post! It says that Pudu can only be used to fight specific monsters. It can only be used for the six realms of rebirth and existence ending. If we were to use it to fight enemies in the lowest level of hell or in Yamas palace, the damage of the weapon would be greatly reduced! Do you think we can make an issue out of this? Hu Xiao was stunned. He opened the post hurriedly to check it out. He paid extra attention to all the posts regarding Pudu as he hoped to clear the stages using Pudu as well! It had been six days since the release of the game. Pudu was discovered two days ago, and it went viral yesterday. Many talented gamers were almost at the last few stages of the game. Some players that used Pudu had also reached the last few stages. According to the settings of the game, Pudu could only be used to clear the six realms of rebirth and existence ending. If it was used in the lowest level of hell or in Yamas palace, the damage of the weapon would be no different from other ordinary weapons. Therefore, players using the Pudu would discover the problems with the weapon once they cleared the Road to the Underworld and the Three-Life Stone and reached the stage where they would choose the different endings. However, what was there to criticize regarding that? Hu Xiao was slightly confused. Many people in the group chat raised the question as well. What are we going to make out of this? This is just a normal game setting, isnt it? No, I think this is a Trojan horse that the game company is using! It was meant to disgust the players! They give us a weapon that could only be used to fight certain monsters. They are tricking us into thinking that the game is easy. However, after five hours, when the refund allowance period was over; the players would then discover that they would continue being tormented at the later stages of the game! Therefore, this is a scam that prevents players from opting for a refund! The crux of the game remains unchanged. Its sole purpose is still to disgust the players! What the hell? This reason does not suffice, but it seems much better than those mindless critiques that we were using before. I think what he says makes sense! Is the game company trying to disgust the players deliberately? Why would they choose to design the hidden weapon such that it can only fight specific monsters? Why did they not allow us to use the weapon for everything? Thats right! I dont care about this anymore. I think we should stir some debate using this piece of information. We cannot do nothing after accepting the customers money! Very soon, a trending post appeared on the forum: Pudu is a Scam! The Design Team Harbors Bad Intentions. Do not Fall for Their Trap! Everyone knows that Pudu is very useful in the early stages of the game. Fighting the monsters was as easy as chopping vegetables. However, when you reach the later stages, the weapon is completely ineffective in fighting certain monsters. It becomes no different from an ordinary weapon! Many people also discovered that this weapon cannot be upgraded. This is where the game companys deviousness shows. They trick us into playing the game with this weapon. When the refund allowance period ends, it will be too late for us to regret it! I think that the designer is a psychopath. He or she designed the game just to torment the players. Do not fall into the companys trap! Players who do not want to be tormented must avoid playing the game at all cost. If you have purchased the game, seek a refund quickly! Do not be tricked by the Pudu! Once the message was posted, the fake reviewers started springing into action! Some were tasked to reply to the post while others were tasked to forward the post. Very soon, the popularity of the post soared. Of course, the nature of this post was also trying to criticize the game mindlessly. Therefore, it did not speak to the players. Nevertheless, with the efforts of the fake reviewers, the posts achieved some impact. Many netizens who originally thought of playing the game because of the Pudu weapon changed their minds. If Pudu could only be used at the early stages of the game and they had to suffer for most parts of the game, wouldnt that be worse? They had their fill of fun at the beginning, but they had to pay back for the stages that they cleared easily with the weapon at the later stages of the game. That discouraged many players from playing the game. Pei Qian finally showed a smile. The fake reviewers did a great job! My money was not wasted! They had actually found that reason to criticize the game mindlessly. That was not easy for them! Pei Qian had the urge to pay the fake reviewers more for what they did. Although the effects of the mindless criticism were not very impactful, it pointed out the fact that Pudu could only be used to fight certain monsters. That would definitely discourage many players with bad gaming skills from playing the game. Even if it only managed to stop one of those people from playing the game, its achievement was still notable! Pei Qian could not help but exclaim that the money spent on the fake reviews was indeed worthwhile! Chapter 283 - Rest Assured, Boss Pei. I’m Here for You! In Beijing Qiao Liang was filled with indignation when he saw the debate regarding Repent and be Saved on the internet. Why are they misinterpreting Boss Peis intentions? This is a slander! An absolute and complete slander! It was obvious that those mindless haters were fake reviewers. Who paid for the fake reviews? It must be those evil competitors! They were not dedicated to producing games. They were envious of the good reputation and high sales volume of Tengdas games. They hated the fact that they could not earn money easily after Tengda appeared in the market. Therefore, they decided to use these ulterior measures to tarnish Tengdas reputation. That was utterly despicable! Qiao Liang wished that he could step up and produce a video to uncover the evil intentions that the fake reviewers had and protect the reputation of this rare well-produced game. wa However, the fortunate thing was that there was only one day before his meeting with Boss Pei. Tomorrow, Teacher Qiao would officially step back in the spotlight and teach those fake reviewers and haters a lesson! Qiao Liang checked the clips on his computer and the synopsis that he had written. According to his plan, he would finish the newest episode of Products of the Gods today, in which he would talk about the interesting factors regarding Repent and be Saved. After that, he would make a video regarding the game and provide a game walkthrough to the viewers. It seemed reasonable that the game deserved dozens of videos. He could make it into a video series to show off his achievements after the torture that he had been through. He could flaunt his skills in the video and satisfy his fans who had been waiting eagerly for his uploads Products of the Gods, followed by a string of related videos Perfect! When he thought about that, Qiao Liang started making his videos. The second episode of the Products of the Gods series: Repent and be Saved, a Hardcore Game that Tortures the Players! The clips for the video had already been filmed, and the synopsis was almost completed. He was left with the editing and voiceover before he could upload the video. The content of the video was not centered on the difficulty of the game. There were already many debates about the games difficulty level on the internet. In Qiao Liangs opinion, the main factor that the fake reviewers and haters critiqued was the games difficulty. Although what they did was utterly evil, he would be falling into their trap if he overemphasized it. The motive of the fake reviewers was to highlight the difficulty level of the game. They wanted to demonize the games difficulty and, in turn, discourage netizens who were unconfident about their gaming skills from playing the game. If he emphasized that too much, it would only allow the notion that the game is hard to sink into the minds of his viewers. That would deviate from his original intention of promoting the game to ordinary netizens. Therefore, the difficulty level of the game was a natural barrier that prevented netizens from trying out the game. It was also the main battle scene for fake reviewers and haters. If he wanted to defeat the haters and fake reviewers, he needed to attack that opinion from a higher perspective. He needed to explain the reason and purpose behind the high difficulty level of the game! After experiencing the long torture that Qiao Liang had suffered, he had found new reasoning in the process. The spiritual core of the game! He could link the games difficulty level with its spiritual core. That was the deeper meaning that the game was trying to bring to the players! Qiao Liang referenced a few sentences that he found on Zhongdian Chinese Network. He noted down some of his thoughts when he played the game and included that in his synopsis. After completing that, Qiao Liang had finally finished writing the content for that episode of the series. He read through it a few times. Satisfied with what he read, Qiao Liang nodded his head. Afterward, he opened the video editing app. Rest assured, Boss Pei. Im here for you! October 7th Pei Qian was scrolling through the webpage and checking the statistics for Repent and be Saved. After the commotion previously, there was finally peace in the forum. im . After all, a week had gone by; and those interested in the game had decided to buy the game while those who regretted their purchase had received their refund. Some talented gamers had even cleared all the stages. At this point in time, ordinary issues were not enough to stir up an intense debate. There was a golden phase for the transmission of every game. Pei Qian believed that as long as he survived that golden phase, his life would be much easier afterward. From the looks of things currently, the discussion about the games difficulty on the internet had its effects. The increase in sales volume for the later few days had evidently slowed down. After all, the current market environment did not embrace high difficulty games as many players lacked the necessary skills. Once the impression that a game was hard was imprinted on the minds of everyonealthough that would not affect the reputation of the game, its sales volume would still suffer. Many players might not admit that they have bad skills. However, in reality, once they hear that the game was torturous; they would vote with their feet and choose not to purchase the game. 2 was neve After all, there was never a similar souls-like game in the domestic games market. Players habits had not been developed. The players who enjoyed tormenting themselves in the game were the minority. Pudus existence greatly improved that situation. Pei Qian felt that the current situation was still acceptable. Despite this, he could not let his guard down. Teacher Qiao had not uploaded his video! As long as that dudes video was not uploaded, Pei Qian would not be at ease. Pei Qian was mentally prepared for Teacher Qiaos new video. He felt that Teacher Qiao would most likely post a detailed game walkthrough. He would talk about the advantages and disadvantages of the various weapons, give a tutorial on how to defeat every boss, and have other related content. After all, as compared to other UP Masters, Teacher Qiao had the biggest advantage. He needed the least effort to produce the video. That kind of video would not affect Pei Qian too much. Even if Teacher Qiao did not post about that, other talented gamers who cleared all the stages would definitely do so. That was unavoidable. Such videos were very helpful to players who purchased the game but were stuck in one of the stages or to cloud players who would just watch the video and pretended that it was them who had cleared the stages. However, it would not stimulate the sales volume of the game. Pei Qian had thought about that thoroughly when he invited Teacher Qiao over to try out the game. It should not pose a huge risk to him. As long as the fortress regarding the games difficulty was not demolished, there was nothing for Pei Qian to worry about. After refreshing Aili Islands webpage once again, Pei Qian decided to take a rest and watch a drama series. However, a new video suddenly appeared on the updates section of Aili Island. The second episode of the Products of the Gods series: Repent and be Saved, a Hardcore Game that Tortures the Players! Pei Qian was confused. ? He clicked on it quickly. There were some words in the description section: Many players gave up on the game because of its difficulty level. That is really disappointing. In my opinion, this was not a game that turned away players with bad skills. Contrary to that, only players with bad skills can truly understand the value of this game! Pei Qians mind was filled with question marks. What the hell? Only players with bad skills can truly understand the value of this game? What sh*t are you talking about! Be careful of your words. You would be held responsible if the players understanding of the game deviated! Pei Qian was instantly flustered. He checked out the video hurriedly. Hey, yall. I am still your Teacher Qiao. Actually, when the game Repent and be Saved was first released, players had been urging me to make a video about it. However, I have only uploaded the video today. Was it because I was standing you up? No, no, no! It was the complete opposite actually. About a month ago, when the game was still in its development stages, I received an invitation from Tengda to try out the game. The reason why I am only uploading this video today is that I promised the design team that I will only reveal what I know about the game a week after the release of the game. This video was originally supposed to help yall experience the deeper intentions of the game with your hearts. However, I did not expect that everyones attention was on the difficulty level of the game and neglected the deeper intentions of the game. I must say that this is a very disappointing observation. What Im trying to say is that the games difficulty was supposed to help to convey the meanings behind the game. This is not an ordinary work, but instead a masterpiece in terms of its gaming experience. It surpasses all other high-quality games. My dear audience daddies, hear me out! After watching the opening introduction, Pei Qian was dumbfounded. Holy f*ck? Teacher Qiao was not taking the usual route! Pei Qian had originally thought that Teacher Qiaos video would focus on the games difficulty. He thought that Teacher Qiao would make a walkthrough about the game and focus more on the games combat system and details. However, that was not the case! It seemed that Teacher Qiao did not plan to talk about the games difficulty but instead talk about the game from its spiritual core. He oversold the merits of the game and claimed that it is a masterpiece in terms of its gaming experience? Pei Qian was puzzled. A masterpiece in terms of its gaming experience? Was he still talking about Repent and be Saved? How did that game have any form of gaming experience? The game setting was terrible. The moment players enter the game, they would immediately be tortured by the monsters. How was there any gaming experience? Completely puzzled, Pei Qian decided to continue watching the video. Please take note, guys, the following analysis of the story plot came from three sources. First, the details in the game that I have observed when clearing the stages in the game. Second, the story settings in the official novel Repent and be Saved that was published on Zhongdian Chinese Network. Third, my thoughts after the continuous suffering that I went through and improvements that I have achieved through the game. Among the three sources, I would like to point out that the content in official novel Repent and be Saved published on Zhongdian Chinese Network was more elaborate than in the game itself. I had many questions regarding the game, and I found the answers to them in the novel. If you are interested in these, feel free to check out this novel. The link is in the pinned comment. You can use that to access the novel. Pei Qian shivered. Why did he mention Zhongdian Chinese Network? Pei Qian knew that the official novel for Repent and be Saved was published on Zhongdian Chinese Network. However, wasnt the novel generally hated upon? Pei Qian once looked at the comments section of the novel. It was a ruckus. Everyone scolded the novel differently. He had absolutely no idea how Ma Yiqun and the others withstood the pressure and kept the novel at the homepage of the website. Pei Qian felt that not only did the novel not contribute to the human traffic flow on the website, but it had also discouraged many readers from using the website. Netizens might think that Zhongdian Chinese Network was a horrible website that was corrupted and only recommended trashy books. From that perspective, the achievements of the novel were commendable. Therefore, Pei Qian did not care about that matter. However, all of a sudden, Teacher Qiao had eyed the novel. What was happening? Pei Qian felt that he was on tenterhooks. He continued watching the rest of the video. Chapter 284 - A Game that Breaks the Fourth Wall! As for the games difficulty, many people have already summarized it quite well. This is an extremely difficult, hardcore game. Most ordinary gamers would take a long time to get used to it, and they would suffer in the process. As for gamers who like to be challenged, conquering this game would give them a unique sense of satisfaction. Yet, do you think thats all there is to the game? Do you really think that the game was created especially for the minority, god-like players? Do you think developers would give up on lousy players who form the majority? If so, youre absolutely wrong! The officials had left ordinary gamers an alternative path. Thats through the special, divine weapon, the Pudu! Many people might feel confused. One can only obtain this hidden weapon after dying at the hands of the old monk six times. How did the developers expect players to find it? Pure luck? No, no, no! Thats not the case! The officials have left clues behind on purpose, in the hopes that gamers with bad technique but would become invested in the games plot would discover the weapon! Everyone would have realized that the old monk plays a huge role in Repent and be Saveds official novel. This old monk was portrayed as a strong, elite monster in the original plot. Yet, he turned out to be even weaker than the small monsters in the game. Why is that? Its obvious that the officials had left this clue behind on purpose. Curiosity would drive gamers to study this old monk closely. After the monk kills the player six times, he would recover his sanity and give the awesome Pudu to the player. This way, even lousy players would get a weapon that would help them complete the game. The game provides a platform for professional players to display their elite skills and for less-skilled players to skip the fighting. Thus, Repent and be Saved is a game for everyone and not only for the minority! Pei Qian felt beads of cold sweat dripping down his back. It was no wonder that the weapon was discovered so quickly! It was hidden in the official novel! Repent and be Saveds content closely followed the official novel. That was why the old monk was made into an elite monster. Yet, in order to hide the Pudu well, Pei Qian purposely weakened the old monk. He thought that it would greatly reduce the chances of players being killed at the hands of the old monk and consequently finding the Pudu. However, he forgot about the official novel after changing the old monks statistics! Pei Qian could not be blamed; he would never have expected something like that! He finally understood how the Pudu was discovered. Pei Qian rubbed his own chest and continued reading. Yet, do you think thats all there is to the game? Do you think that theres nothing more to the game other than ordinary and god-like players being allowed to use different weapons? If so, youre absolutely wrong! Reading Teacher Qiaos transition made Pei Qian feel an oncoming heart attack. Why was it absolutely wrong?! The fact that your video has gone this far shows that you have massively overthought everything! I didnt even plan for gamers to find the Pudu! Are you going to continue to misunderstand me?! Teacher Qiaos unique voice continued to narrate in the video. Everyone has discovered that the Pudu is a weapon that allows one to progress quickly through the game. It can kill certain monsters but not all enemies in the game. Many people castigated the officials for doing this on purpose just to disgust players. Theyre wrong. The officials did this on purpose but not to disgust players. Theres a deeper meaning! I conducted some detailed tests. The Pudu can only be used to reach the ending involving the six realms of rebirth and existence in the first round. More accurately put, it can only defeat monsters that are related to the old monks storyline! Why did the officials do this? According to the results of my tests, the game currently has three main endings. The first is the malicious spirit ending, where you end up in Yamas palace, kill Yama and his magistrates, and become a malicious spirit. The second is the rebirth ending, where you enter the six realms of rebirth and existence and get reborn. The third is the sacrificial ending, where you go to hell and kill the crazed ruler, sacrificing yourself to suppress all the grievous souls. Of course, what each player does at checkpoints like the Three-Life Stone and Bridge of Forgetfulness could result in different types of endings. However, broadly speaking, these are the three main endings. Yet, apart from this, there is one additional hidden ending. Thats the repent and be saved ending! At this point, Pei Qian felt light-headed. I was the one who decided on the first three endings; thats fine. But what the hell is a repent and be saved ending?! How come I didnt even know that such an ending existed in the game?! Was Teacher Qiao making this up?! From that point, Teacher Qiaos voice became increasingly impassioned. This ending is not in the game but outside it. There is no end to the bitterness; repent and be saved. That lines original meaning is good, but its continually used in the game to persuade players to give up! All of you would have known that you were at the beginning of a journey of unlimited torture when you started the game. Once you fight their way out of the village, you would arrive in the town. After leaving the town, you would walk through the gate to the netherworld and arrive at the Road to the Underworld and then the Bridge of Forgetfulness lastly, you would arrive at Yamas palace and hell. The further you progress, the stronger the monsters would become! The journey through the game feels like an endless sea of bitterness. Your hearts would keep saying repent and be saved, turn around, and theres no point in fighting anymore! The officials use various ways and meanslike the epitaph and the reminder about the end of the refund allowance periodto invoke these thoughts inside you. If you listen to your heart and give up on the game, then congratulations. Youve achieved the repent and be saved ending. Youve given up. Youre free. Its like leaving the sea of bitterness. However, what will become of your character in the game? It looks like he has repented and been saved, but in fact, he has lost the opportunity to change the world forever. He would be no different from the wandering monsters on the Road to the Underworld, who have lost their three immortal souls and seven mortal forms; he would be forced to remain in the bitterness for the rest of eternity. Do you feel like the fourth wall has been broken? Thats right. The protagonist in the game is suffering, and as are you. Each time he dies, you feel it. If you give up, you may think that youve escaped the bitterness; but youve also lost the opportunity to change the world forever. Do you understand why the game is so immersive? Yet, do you think thats all to the game? Do you really think thats the end? If so, youre absolutely wrong! Pei Qian could not help but rest his head in his hands, feeling like he was on the brink of collapse. He could not imagine what Teacher Qiao would say next. He tried extremely hard, but his imagination had limits. I mentioned before that the Pudu allows one to progress quickly through the game, but it can only get you to the rebirth ending. However, this rebirth ending is a fake ending through and through! In this ending, the protagonist thinks that he has escaped a helpless world. Yet, in actual fact, he is only going through the same rebirth cycle. This is the evidence: in the newbie village, there is a dying old man whom the protagonist is forced to kill so he can follow his soul to the Road to the Underworld. However, if a player reaches the six realms of rebirth and existence and restarts the game, he would find that the old man would be holding the same weapon and wearing the same clothes as the protagonist. In fact, this old man is the protagonist himself! Take note, everyone! Even if you dont have the Pudu, gamers can still achieve the rebirth ending. It just means you would fight more monsters and have a harder time. The Pudu was a weapon created especially for the rebirth ending. Not only can you skip a portion of the gameplay with the weapon, but you can also easily defeat the monsters and boss related to that ending. In order to obtain the Pudu, the player has to die six times. That represents going through the six realms of rebirth and existence and achieving enlightenment at the seventh try. Thats the beginning of a new life. Everything looks like a coincidence; its all perfect, isnt it? Some players might think that since the Pudu allows them to skip through a portion of the gameplay, it reduces their suffering and brings them bliss. Compared to the original rebirth ending, this ending might even make players happier. However, these players would be lying to themselves. Players would only achieve the true ending if they put down the Pudu, endure the suffering with their own skills, and fight the boss in hell. Only that would put a real end to the mortal worlds suffering. Does everyone understand me at this point? Repent and be Saved was made so difficult to completely break the fourth wall! The high difficulty allows the player to be at one with the protagonist in the game! If you gave up in the face of difficulty and chose to refund the game, you achieved the repent and be saved ending. The protagonist gives up on himself and submits himself to endless suffering. If you progress quickly through the game using the Pudu and only fight the easy bosses, you achieve the rebirth ending. However, you would just be lying to yourself and others; the protagonist in the game doesnt actually escape the rebirth cycle. Only by putting down the Pudu, enduring the suffering together with the protagonist in the game, and constantly training yourself to become stronger would you be able to achieve the true ending. Only then would the protagonist have really saved the world. Thats why I say this game is more suited for lousy players. God-like players would not be able to empathize with the protagonist as he struggles internally while being stuck in the mortal world. Of course, the fourth wall would not be broken for them. They would not suffer in the same way. On the other hand, only lousy players would have to put in blood, sweat, and tears to progress through the game bit by bit. When they finally complete it, only they would feel the joy of attaining Nirvana and enlightenment! Only they can truly understand the world and the meaning behind the game! Many people say that this game is difficult and repulsive. I want to say, that is indeed true. This game is extremely difficult. However, its precisely because of this that you would feel a sense of achievement after completing it! Nobody would notice a small molehill. However, countless mountain-climbers would want to conquer Mt. Everest. Thus, I hope that the people who gave up on the game would purchase it again and give it another shot. To those who have already purchased the game, dont try to refund it the moment you meet with some difficulties. Emerge victorious over yourself. You will feel a sense of achievement that no other game would be able to invoke in you. Finishing this true product of the Gods; dont leave behind any regrets in the game! Coupled with the extremely appropriate background music, Teacher Qiaos impassioned voice would make his audience feel passionate and eager to rush headfirst into battle. However, both of Pei Qians hands grew cold. He felt the blood solidify in his veins. This is so sad Pei Qian looked up in anguish, feeling utterly speechless. Chapter 285 - Where did the New Readers Come From? Nearing the end of the video, many comments that said full-mark essay floated past the screen. Yet, that was not the end. Teacher Qiao delivered a parting message to bring the comments to a climax once again! The above was the full content for this episode of Products of the Gods. I hope everyone will get to enjoy the rich gaming experience for themselves. After all, no matter how many times you watch others complete the game, youre only scratching an itch through a layer of clothes. Nothing compared to enjoying the game firsthand. You dont have to worry about not being able to complete the game because of your bad skills. After this, I will produce detailed walkthroughs so that other lousy players like me can work hard to complete the game for themselves! This episode of Product of the Gods will end here. I will update strategies to progress through Repent and be Saved later on. Please keep watching this space! If you like this series, please support me! See you again on the next episode of Products of the Gods! Comments like I cant wait, thank you, Old Qiao, Im waiting for your update, and see you next year series appeared on the screen. Once again, Pei Qian fell silent. Im finished. This Teacher Qiao is going to come up with a series of videos! Hes going to produce a detailed walkthrough for the game! Pei Qian had expected a series like that. He expected the series to have limited influence if it had not been posted in Products of the Gods. Yet, now, Teacher Qiao had posted it in Products of the Gods! The situation was completely different! Many gamers left various comments in the comments section. All of them were obviously encouraged. I waited a lifetime for this! Finally, theres a second episode for the Products of the Gods! I never expected the second episode to be about Tengdas game as well. Hes my son indeed. Every time he produces a video, he stands out. He beats all other UP Masters in the games channel, hands down! This is extremely well-said. The games spirituality has increased by at least three tiers! I must say that its extremely rich in content. Ordinary people would have been blinded by the illusion of high difficulty. We needed a professional like Teacher Qiao to analyze the game for us so that we could all appreciate the richness of the game! Old Qiao, you really XXX and produced a top-quality video! Not only is Tengdas game a product of the gods, but your video is, too! Old Qiao, you really spent a full week grinding your sword to produce such a top-quality video! Not only is Tengdas game a product of the gods, but your video is, too! I feel guilty after watching this video. Im one of those who got the repent and be saved ending. I refunded the game because I was too lousy. Im going to buy it back right now! I feel guilty after watching this video. Im one of those who got the repent and be saved ending. I refunded the game because I was too lousy. Im going to seriously achieve Cloud Clearance! Thank you for dissuading me from using the Pudu to speed through the game, Old Qiao. Im going to drop the weapon and try to complete this game based on my own skills! I didnt think there would be so much to the plot of a short game like that. Indeed, its a respectable piece of work. While plots are treated as mere decorations in foreign games, Tengda has professionally designed and produced such a rich worldview and plot for their game. Whats more, they left clues for players to locate a hidden weapon and used only a small part of the novels content. Theyre so good-hearted! Im going to read the novel now! I feel like there are still a lot of holes in the games plot. I also noticed some details that Old Qiao did not talk about. Ill produce a video later on to share them with everyone! After reading the most popular comments, Pei Qian felt his eyes begin to well up. Youve all been brainwashed by him! The video is far from the truth! I wanted all of you to reach the repent and be saved ending. Will you just give up once and for all? Who told you to imagine the games protagonist suffering in the sea of bitterness forever? Its just a freaking game. Its not real! Dont take it so seriously, alright? The only comment among all of these that brought some comfort to Pei Qian was the one who talked about Cloud Clearance. How good would it be if everyone just happily watched others play?! Yet, this was obviously wishful thinking on Boss Peis part. Many gamers, who had initially given up on the game because they were too lousy, became determined to purchase the game after watching the video. Those who had already refunded the game wanted to re-purchase it. Those who were on the verge of giving up were motivated to keep trying. Critically, the difficulty of the game had been completely explained away! The haters and fake reviewers had been upset primarily because of the games difficulty. They emphasized that point to demonize the game and persuade other lousy players, who were still considering whether to try the game or not, not to play it. However, Teacher Qiaos video introduced a more high-level way of looking at the game that brought the focus away from the games difficulty. Indeed, the game was difficult. However, the games difficulty contributed to its immersiveness. In fact, it was an important part of the plot. It was precisely because it was difficult that the game was complete. It was precisely because it was difficult that gamers could fully experience the game and achieve emotional Nirvana! What used to be the games primary flaw had now become its selling point! After introducing this view, Teacher Qiao established a stronghold so that he could not be defeated. Once the detailed walkthroughs were released, lousy gamerswho had been worried about not being able to complete the game-would cast aside all doubts at once. If all else failed, they could at least depend on the walkthroughs and progress bit by bit. This would lead to more players buying the game! Pei Qian felt depressed. Things were getting very bad! He had completely underestimated the amount of damage Teacher Qiao could cause! It was now Thursday. He would receive Repent and be Saveds revenue by Monday. In these three days, the games reputation would probably greatly improve; and sales would balloon. This was a massive problem! At that thought, Pei Qian quickly called Lu Mingliang. He wanted Lu Mingliang to work as hard as he could to open tens more Upwind Courier stations. He had to keep opening new stations until the next settlement. All the additional money that Pei Qian would earn had to be spent as soon as possible! Even after ending the call, Pei Qian could not relax. No way, I have to personally go down! I have to supervise the progress myself! Pei Qian was afraid because Lu Mingliang did not understand the gravity of the problem. He wanted to go down to Upwind Logisticss office and personally push all the employees there to work harder! Now, Pei Qian did not want to wait a single minute more. He arranged for the chauffeur to pick him up and quickly rushed out of the office. Before he left, he said to Li Yada, Im going to deal with some things at Upwind Logistics. If theres nothing else to do, all of you can call it a day. The employees in the office observed Boss Pei who looked like he was in a rush. They could not help but feel sorrow. Eh, didnt our game just become unexpectedly popular? Boss Pei isnt even giving himself a break to celebrate? Instead, hes going to deal with Upwind Logisticss problems? Hes so hardworking! The leader was working overtime while his employees were allowed to knock off early. What kind of spirit was this?! Upstairs from Tengda, in Zhongdian Chinese Network Ma Yiqun had been kept busy with TPDb. Now, the website was finally almost complete, and there was nothing much left to do. Of course, although Ma Yiqun was in charge of both Zhongdian Chinese Network and TPDb at the same time, he still had a lot of free time on his hands. This was because ever since Zhongdian Chinese Network was set up, Ma Yiqun did not have to do much for the site. He could allow it to run on its own. After training his subordinates for such a long period, Ma Yiqun could finally trust them to do their work independently. The editors, led by Zhu Xingan, could now responsibly vet manuscripts, distribute recommendation spots, and make suggestions to various authors on their own. In their free time, Zhu Xingan and the other editors even worked on Repent and be Saveds official novel. Although the novel had been heavily criticized by many readers, nobody really minded. They only wrote to entertain themselves. Ma Yiqun felt moved from time to time as he observed them. They were talents from Handong University indeed. Although they all showed hints of sociopathic or autistic behavior, they picked things up quite quickly After Ma Yiqun explained to them rules and ways of online novels, everyone seemed to develop a good understanding of it. All things aside, they did seem suited for this business. On the whole, Zhongdian Chinese Network was developing correctly. Not many people thought well of it ever since the website started; there were not enough readers or authors. However, the situation was showing signs of improvement. Boss Pei had given Ma Yiqun a sum of money a while ago to pick the business up. Now, Ma Yiqun could boost the remuneration for authors who produced better-than-average online literature. Ma Yiqun could decide which books had elite potential and peg the distributions against the novels figures. This would vastly change Zhongdian Chinese Networks reputation among the circle of writers. With a higher ceiling, the website would surely catch the attention of more skilled writers. The only problem that Ma Yiqun was finding it difficult to solve was the lack of readers. After all, supplementing authors income was not a long-term solution to this problem. Yet, Ma Yiqun was not worried. As long as they could continue supplementing authors income for a while, the number of good authors on the site would increase. Someday, they would produce a viral novel. The number of readers was bound to increase someday, right? Ma Yiqun accessed the platform to look at the novels figures. He was holding onto a huge sum of money, and he had to be extremely careful with choosing which author he should give the money to. This was because the process was not entirely transparent. Conflict could arise from his decisions. If unselected authors became envious, they could diss Zhongdian Chinese Network online and ruin its reputation forever. Thus, he had to be as objective as possible. Of course, Ma Yiqun could not possibly read every novel online. It would tire him to death. He would mainly refer to the numbers and his own judgment when deciding how much more he should pay the authors each month. First, he had to narrow down his options using the figures on the platform. He would look at figures like the number of saves and the number of recommendation votes. Then, Ma Yiqun would study the chapters in the beginning and the middle. He would compare the number of comments to see if there was any obvious drop and look for any signs of fake reviewers. This way, he could roughly determine each novels popularity. Even if a book started well but deteriorated in the middle, the figures would reveal this. Ma Yiqun could adjust the income supplements accordingly. After all, the money belonged to Boss Pei. Ma Yiqun had to be accountable to him. He had to spend the money purposefully and not frivolously. He scanned the novels with the highest figures on the platform. All of a sudden, he became shocked. Why are the figures for these books increasing so rapidly? Repent and be Saveds official novel was experiencing the greatest jumps. The figures were not just increasing rapidly; they were practically exploding! Ma Yiqun looked at the number of registered accounts on the website and found that even that was rapidly increasing! He was surprised and elated but also deeply confused. Whats happening? Where are all the new users coming from? Could Boss Pei have advertised Zhongdian Chinese Network somewhere else? Yet, Boss Pei did not tell me anything about this! Chapter 286 - Create a Combined Event with the Game Ma Yiqun quickly scanned the comments below Repent and be Saveds official novel. He found that many of them had visited the website after playing Repent and be Saved. Of course, Ma Yiqun knew that the game had been released. After all, he had written the games plot together with the other editors. He had contributed to the game as well. However, what Ma Yiqun did not know was that so many readers would be interested in the official novel! Plot planning was Ma Yiquns forte; that was why he knew the state of the local game industry very well. Plot planning was akin to changing the skin of the game. At the moment, the local game industry viewed games plots as one of the least important parts of the game. This was especially true for mobile games and web-based games. Many project teams did not even have plot planners. Instead, they tended to make their administrative planners responsible for writing the plot if they were good in language. Most project teams would not even spend huge sums of money hiring plot planners for client-side games, which required slightly richer plots. The most they would do was hire a fresh graduate, who majored in literature, and pay him or her minimum wages to produce a plot. All in all, most local game merchants did not care about their games plots. Most gamers were also not concerned about them. Practically speaking, did game merchants avoid focusing on plots because gamers did not pay that much attention to it, or did gamers stop paying that much attention to plots because game merchants didnt focus on it? This was a chicken-and-egg problem that would never be resolved. Pei Qian could only say that games plots were currently being neglected by local game merchants. The local situation aside, very few players of foreign AAA games with the best plots would purposely look for the games original novels to read, too. Ma Yiqun thought that Repent and be Saveds official novel was quite well-written, but it probably was not so good as to achieve such outstanding results. Thus, Ma Yiqun had not expected such a development. He was completely shocked. He quickly tried to investigate what caused this to happen. Teacher Qiaos fans had a prominent presence in the comments section. This was how Ma Yiqun traced his way to Teacher Qiaos video. Once he finished watching it, a realization dawned on him. So this was what happened! It was not just the plot! Foreign AAA games plots were very good, but their official novels mostly overlapped with the games themselves. In fact, the original novels plots were sometimes incomplete; the games would expand a great deal on the plot in their original novels. In terms of content-if novels scored seven marks, their corresponding games would score ten marks. On top of all these, games were naturally more interactive, graphic, and artistic. Compared to novelswhich communicated using words alone-games could express much more. That explained the huge gap between novels and games. Most gamers would not even think about reading the original novels of games because the former would not be as elaborate as the latter. Yet, the situation was different for Repent and be Saved! A lot of the games plot was hidden. If the original novel scored ten marks, the game would only score about five. Whats more, the game only revealed the tip of the plots iceberg. The props and descriptions that appeared in the game only foreshadowed the material in the novel. Yet, the game was well-done. It had a deep meaning to it, which allowed players to resonate strongly with the protagonist throughout the gameplay. Naturally, players would become extremely interested and invested in the games plot! In the face of a story that hung in the balance, players understandably rushed to read the games official novel in order to have their questions answered. Ma Yiqun could not help but feel moved. Amazing! Why didnt I think about this when we were writing the official plot? Ma Yiqun had not worked seriously on the plot and official novel. Zhu Xingan had been the more passionate one. If not for the latter, the official novel would probably not have been updated so constantly. How could I have neglected such a serious task? I nearly messed up Boss Peis plans. I really should not have It looks like Zhu Xingan is a talent worth nurturing Wait a minute. Nows not the time to think about these things. I have to grab the opportunity to retain as many readers as we can! Ma Yiqun suddenly realized a more urgent problem: as the CEO of Zhongdian Chinese Network, he had to do his job! Boss Pei had worked hard to direct so many new readers and users to Zhongdian Chinese Network. Ma Yiqun had to retain them as much as possible! Ma Yiqun was certain that Repent and be Saved would continue to direct traffic to Zhongdian Chinese Network for some time to come. Over the next few days or even over the next few weeks, Zhongdian Chinese Networks traffic would probably increase. However, these would just be superficial numbers. Most people would only visit the website to read Repent and be Saveds official novel. It was difficult to tell how many of them would remain. Thus, Ma Yiqun had to think of a way to keep all of them! Ma Yiqun wasted no time and called Zhu Xingan into his office at once. Quick, ask one of our operations staff to come up with some kind of event that would help us keep all our new readers! Didnt we come up with an event allowing new users to read books freely? Use that as a foundation and work harder on it! Come up with something based on games seven-day login events. Ma Yiqun was worried that Zhu Xingan would not be familiar with games seven-day login events, and so he took some time to explain it to the latter in detail. If a game managed to influence a new player to log in every day for seven days, a habit would be developed. The game would have successfully retained this player. Developers of web-based games and mobile games had wrecked their brains for a long time, thinking about how to retain their players. After extensive research, they came up with the seven-day login event system. Simply put, they planned something every day for the first seven days after a new player registered. They enticed players to develop this gaming habit using attractive rewards. While this method was tacky, one had to admit that it was extremely effective. Otherwise, it would not have become the hallmark of mobile games and web-based games. Come up with a reward to give readers every day. For example, give them a few novels if they spent a set amount of time reading on our website. The required activity should not be that difficult. You can ask them to move their fingers around a bit or something in order to get the reward. The rewards for the second and seventh days are the most important. The reward for the seventh day has to be the best, and the one for the second day has to be just slightly worse. However, they both have to be extremely attractive. Do you have any good ideas? Ma Yiqun looked at Zhu Xingan. Zhu Xingan pondered for a moment. We can reward them with unimpeded reading for a week on the second day, and unimpeded reading for a month on the seventh day. Er thats quite repetitive. Ma Yiqun shook his head. Whats more, most readers wouldnt see a difference between a week and a month of unimpeded reading. If they like our novels, we can successfully retain them by just giving them a week. If they dont like our novels, even giving them a month wouldnt work. We need something more exciting. Zhu Xingan fell into deep thought. Finally, he said, Lets give them something related to the game. The people being directed to our site are gamers; they would likely be interested in rewards like that. Ma Yiqun clapped his hands. Good! Thats a good idea! If we hold a combined event with the game, more gamers would be attracted! Whats more, we wont need additional funds for this. That means we wont have to report this to Boss Pei. Ill just have to mention it to Li Yada in private. Its settled then. We will give them three full days of unimpeded reading on their first day. On the second day, we will give them seven full days of unimpeded reading. On the seventh day, we will give them a prop for the game. Well give them rewards on the other days as well, such as Zhongdian coins, discounts, and the like. Zhu Xingan nodded. Alright, Ill go and talk to the operations staff. Well come up with a plan as soon as possible. Everyone in Zhongdian Chinese Network came alive at once. Armies were trained for months just for a single day of battle. Boss Pei had already directed so much traffic to the website. If they failed to retain new readers, everyone would have let Boss Pei down. They could pack their bags and go home! Ma Yiqun sent a message to Li Yada, and the two began discussing a combined event for the game and website in detail. At Upwind Logisticss headquarters At the moment, Pei Qian had already opened more than a hundred Upwind Courier stations. This number was going to increase to over two hundred soon. These Upwind Courier stations were located in various districts around Jingzhou City. However, a special office was still required for daily operations and administrative work. Upwind Logisticss headquarters was located in a two-story shop. The first level was an Upwind Courier station which made deliveries as per normal. The second level was an office for Upwind Logistics. Once Upwind Logistics expanded, Pei Qian would have to find a more suitable location for the office. Now, Pei Qian walked up to the second level to look for Lu Mingliang. Lu Mingliang was adjusting quite well to his new role. The table was filled with documents, and his computer had been changed to a light and thin business laptop. He really looked like something. Boss Pei, this is such a small matter. Why did you have to come down? Lu Mingliang stood up to receive Pei Qian and poured him a cup of tea. Pei Qian sipped his tea and sat on the sofa, trying to calm himself down. It was obvious that Lu Mingliang had no clue about Boss Peis current predicament. What do you mean by a small matter?! This is no small matter! My entire familys lives are dependent on Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and the Upwind Courier stations! If not for these two money-burning machines C Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and the Upwind Courier stations-Boss Pei might have died a long time ago. Of course, Boss Pei had a knack for remaining expressionless even as his world collapsed around him. At that moment, he maintained a calm look and sipped his tea in silence. How are the Upwind Courier stations coming along? Lu Mingliang was well-prepared. Dont worry, Boss Pei. Everything has been arranged; the preparations for the Upwind Courier stations are underway. Im thinking that we can hire people and look for locations at the same time. This would ensure that the Upwind Courier stations would be ready for business as soon as possible! As Lu Mingliang spoke, he presented a set of documents to Pei Qian. He began to explain in detail the locations and plans for each courier station, as well as the status of recruitment. Pei Qian was a little surprised. Pei Qian came to personally supervise the process because he had been afraid that Lu Mingliang would not understand his urgency. Yet, after listening to Lu Mingliangs detailed report, Pei Qian realized he had been overthinking. Lu Mingliang was very reliable! It looked like it was the right decision to put Lu Mingliang in charge of Upwind Logistics. Lu Mingliang was the best at listening to instructions. He would loyally and obediently execute whatever Boss Pei instructed him to. He would not take matters into his own hands. Putting a life-saving business like Upwind Logistics in Lu Mingliangs hands made Pei Qian feel much more relieved. Once Lu Mingliang finished speaking, he smiled and asked, Boss Pei, what is the hidden meaning behind your plan for Upwind Logistics? Pei Qian was confused. Hidden meaning? What hidden meaning? The hidden meaning is that I would completely fail if I dont spend all this money! Pei Qian remained silent for a moment and asked, Why are you asking this? Lu Mingliang gave him a knowing look. If you did not have a plan for the future of the Upwind Courier stations, why would you be so eager to set up so many stations within such a short time? Pei Qian thought about it. Oh, youre right. To Lu Mingliang, the Upwind Courier stations could not achieve so much so quickly. Whether they opened the stations now or a month later, it would make no difference. Yet, why was Boss Pei so hardworking in this aspect? It was obvious that his actions were motivated by his future plans! Pei Qian sipped his tea and nodded subtly, expressing his agreement. Think whatever you want. As long as you open the Upwind Courier stations for me as soon as possible and help me spend all this money in my hands, I would thank the heavens. Pei Qian finished his tea and heaved a sigh of relief. He left a few more instructions for Lu Mingliang, emphasizing the need to move as fast as possible, and then turned to leave. Chapter 287 - We Have to Actively Share Boss Pei’s Burdens and Look for Work on Our Own! At night Qiao Liang accessed Aili Island and looked through the newest episode of Products of the Gods. The passionate gamers had already pushed him to first place in the gaming channel and third place in the entire site. At the rate things were going, reaching first place in the entire site by the next day was not a faraway dream for Qiao Liang. He clicked on the video and scrolled down to the comments section. When he read the praises that his fans had for him, he felt satisfied. Look, this was a true first-tier UP Master. A first-tier UP Master only needed to casually upload a video for it to rank among the top videos on all of Aili Island! While feeling immensely pleased himself, Qiao Liang also felt grateful towards Boss Pei. If Boss Pei had not produced a game that could generate so much discussion, Qiao Liang would not have had a chance to produce a video like that. He would not have stood out among the other gaming content creators. After reading comments from all the bootlickers, Qiao Liang prepared to exit the browser and continue editing the first episode of Repent and be Saveds complete walkthrough. Although Qiao Liang wanted to wait for some time before uploading it, the game was getting extremely popular now. He had to grasp the opportunity to ride on its popularity. If every episode of his complete walkthrough could be ranked among the top videos on Aili Island, he would obviously gain a lot of new fans. The amount of sponsored partnerships he would receive in the future would naturally increase as well. Qiao Liang posted an update. The first episode of the walkthrough is officially in production! Stay tuned! Also, many friends have told me that their hardware is not good enough for the game. I suggest that you try the game at a high-end internet cafe. For my friends who are in Jingzhou, I especially recommend Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. Itll give you the perfect gaming experience for sure. Of course, the only flaw is that you wont be able to blame the hardware if you die. He took the chance to advertise Fish-Catching Internet Cafe on Boss Peis behalf. After making his presence known on the site, Teacher Qiao finally moved to close the browser. At that moment, he received a private message. He clicked it and realized that it was from another UP Master. Hello, Teacher Qiao. I am a content creator and an exchange student from the United States. My name is Hao Shuaiqi. I love Repent and be Saved, too, and I am thinking about livestreaming the game on Link Live. I hope to be able to use some of your content, and Im wondering if thats okay with you. Thank you. Qiao Liang paused. He had an impression of this UP Master. He was an exchange student from overseas. He spoke shabby Mandarin, but his videos were quite good. He was also quite popular on Aili Island. He clicked the users display picture and verified that it was him. Qiao Liang was elated. He quickly replied, Of course! Qiao Liang knew about Link Live. It was a new livestream platform started by a certain popular chat software. In China, they had ZZ Live-Stream, which was also a relatively new livestream platform. However, Link Live was started much earlier overseas. There were more functions, and it was more user-friendly. Naturally, it was also more popular than the local ZZ Live-Stream. If this foreigner could live-stream Repent and be Saved on Link Live, wouldnt he be glorifying traditional Chinese culture? Whats more, if Qiao Liang became friends with this UP Master, they might be able to collaborate in the future. Wouldnt that be a win-win situation? Thus, Qiao Liang immediately agreed to the UP Masters request. He also specifically mentioned that if Hao Shuaiqi met with any problems while playing the game, he could ask Qiao Liang for help. Qiao Liang promised to help him seriously. After all, Repent and be Saved was a complicated game. There were also many secondary plots and riddles which made use of traditional Mandarin. Given the foreign UP Masters shabby Mandarin, Qiao Liang was certain that he would be confused. Both of them chatted for a little while more and built a pleasant relationship. They officially became friends and agreed to discuss their experience in the game regularly. Hao Shuaiqi also expressed interest in recording his Link Live livestreams and uploading them on Aili Island. He hoped that Teacher Qiao would share his videos when the time came. October 8th, Friday At Fish-Catching Internet Cafes Huanyu Tianjie branch Ma Yang and Zhang Yuan were seated at the resting area in the internet cafe. The latest episode of Products of the Gods was playing on the big screen. Brother Ma, the internet cafe is becoming more and more popular now. Thats why I always say Boss Pei is far-sighted. Zhang Yuan scanned the internet cafe which was already more than half-filled. Do you think Boss Pei had planned for all of this? Did he know that the game would become so popular after its release? Did he know many people would try and play the game at the internet cafe? Was that why he told us to open this store as quickly as possible and to open three others at the same time? Ma Yang giggled. Thats for sure. Brother Qian would never do something hes not confident in. I think he must have planned for all of this. Speaking of which, I secretly went to Xing Le Internet Cafe the day beforethe cafe that copied us and claimed to be on a high-end path. Guess what I saw. The computers lagged when I tried to run Repent and be Saved. The hardware just could not run the game smoothly at top-quality! Zhang Yuan paused. It couldnt? Arent Xing Le Internet Cafes computers high-end as well? Ma Yang shook his head. I saw their specifications. Theyre a far cry from the computers you set up. They must have cut corners. Our computers-monitors, peripherals, and all cost more than twenty thousand yuan in total. One system unit alone could cost more than ten thousand yuan. From what I observed, a system unit in Xing Le Internet Cafe costs five thousand yuan at most. Can they even be compared? It can barely run Repent and be Saved. The graphics and quality have to be adjusted downwards, and the gaming experience is only average. Havent you realized? The people playing games at our internet cafe are mainly playing Repent and be Saved. What happened with Chen Lei had already made our Fish-Catching Internet Cafe relatively well-known. Then came the nameless restaurants success and Quanmin Reviews ratings. Now, we are extremely well-known in Jingzhou! Every time someone mentions a high-end internet cafe in Jingzhou, everyone thinks about Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. Brother Qian really emphasized the true essence of internet cafes! Zhang Yuan felt moved. How else would Boss Pei be called Boss Pei? Everything was linked. Temporary loss gave way to long-term profit. Hes awesome. If this continues, things would look up! Of course, Zhang Yuan and Ma Yang knew very well that Repent and be Saved was only presenting an opportunity for the Fish-Catching Internet Cafes to become famous. On one hand, the original Fish-Catching Internet Cafes had already become quite popular in Jingzhou. On the other hand, the Fish-Catching Internet Cafes already had quite a good reputation on Quanmin Reviews. Many people visited the cafes because of that. As for Repent and be Saved, the game had extraordinary requirements for hardware. If ones hardware was not good enough, they would experience lags in the game. Most players in Jingzhou went to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe to ensure that they had the best gaming experience. Fish-Catching Internet Cafes Huanyu Tianjie branch was slowly gaining fame. Many males who came to shop eventually felt bored and decided to rest in the internet cafe. That was how the internet cafe became well-known. Zhang Yuan and Ma Yang felt emotional as they watched the screen. Boss Pei was extremely wise indeed! May I ask if the two of you are the bosses here? Zhang Yuan turned around to see an average-looking, but extremely well-dressed, young man standing behind him. He looked quite wealthy. Zhang Yuan did not dare to brush him off. After all, he was a customer. Customers were kings. Whether he was wealthy or not, he was like a provider to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. Can I help you with anything? Zhang Yuan quickly asked. The young man smiled. Its nothing much. I just feel very comfortable using your computers. Can you give me a list of all your hardware? I want to create the same set-up at home. Zhang Yuan nodded. Of course. Please hold on. He looked for a paper and pen and quickly jotted down a list of all the hardware. Zhang Yuan was extremely familiar with all the hardware in the shop, and so he wrote the list confidently. The cable management for this chassis will not be the most convenient. I dont think youll have a problem, right? Zhang Yuan asked as he handed the list over to the young man. The young man scratched his head and said, Er I dont really know how to install the hardware. Can you help me out? Zhang Yuan, He was just about to reject him when the young man said, Ill give you five hundred yuan to help me install the hardware! Zhang Yuan replied, No problem! How about this: lets leave our contact numbers with each other. Ill find someone to install the hardware for you. Leave us your address, and well deliver the entire set. Is that possible? Thank you so much! The young man looked elated. He thanked them profusely as he left. However, Ma Yang felt confused. In a low voice, he said, Ask him to do it on his own. Why should we work so hard for him? Ma Yang could not seem to understand why Zhang Yuan agreed. The latter was now the regional manager of the Fish-Catching Internet Cafes after all. Why should he install hardware for others like he used to before? Five hundred yuan to install computers was higher than average, but Zhang Yuan was already drawing a high salary. Did he have to work so hard to earn that much more? Zhang Yuan smiled and answered, Brother Ma, Im not installing the hardware just to earn those few hundred yuan. I just think theres a business opportunity here! Dont you think Fish-Catching Internet Cafes brand of computers, the computer for Repent and be Saved, or Tengdas chosen computer sounds quite sensational? Ma Yang paused. Er it does sound quite sensational. However, even if we can ride on the internet cafes fame, it would be useless. We would be competing with traditional computer brands. It doesnt sound easy. Zhang Yuan shook his head. Traditional brands produce ridiculously downsized hardware, which allows them to earn a huge profit margin. Players who have real standards would know that DIY computers are more worth it. Ma Yang pondered for a moment and said, But other brands offer after-sales service. Zhang Yuan smiled and answered, We can do the same. Not only that, but we can also deliver the hardware to peoples homes! Have you forgotten that Upwind Logistics belongs to Boss Pei, too? Itll be a waste if we dont make use of it! Many manufacturers sell computers wholesale online and cheat many people as a result. We would be selling true high-quality stuff and only charging a tiny installment and after-service fee. If we only target high-end customers, we will probably succeed. For all we know, we might even create our own ready-made brand in the future! Ma Yang looked confused. Our own ready-made brand? Zhang Yuan nodded. I already thought about it. We can be called Republic of Faith, or ROF for short. What do you think? When the time comes, we can cover all of Jingzhou, together with the Fish-Catching Internet Cafes and Upwind Logistics! Ma Yang pondered for a moment. Its not that we cant, but I just think theres no need to. Why cant we just focus on running internet cafes well? Zhang Yuan shook his head. Brother Ma, youre oversimplifying things! We cannot only do what Boss Pei wants us to do. That means wed be taking zero initiative! We have to actively share Boss Peis burdens and look for work on our own! Brother Ma, although your relationship with Boss Pei is solid, Tengda is now running a huge business. If we dont grab the opportunity to produce results, we will be overtaken by the other departments. We can try expanding Fish-Catching Internet Cafes business this time. If we succeed, Fish-Catching Internet Cafes status in Tengda would be much higher! Wouldnt it be great if we can show our achievements off to everyone else? Ma Yang nodded, finally understanding. Yes, youre making sense. We cannot always do only as Brother Qian says. We have to look for work to do on our own. Get busy with the computers, then. Look for people we can hire to install the computers and provide after-service. I will tell Lu Mingliang about this so that Upwind Logistics can collaborate with us. Well try to get this business started! Chapter 288 - We Need English! October 10th, Sunday Qiao Liang had published the first episode of Repent and be Saveds complete walkthrough. Satisfied, he refreshed the browser, reading the entertaining netizens comments and waiting for the video to gain popularity. The comments section was going crazy. So fast! Its finally here. Im so happy! Ah, Old Qiaos video is finally out. Ill like it first to show my support! Old Qiaos train of thought is very clear while playing the game. He really has thoroughly researched it. Indeed, Old Qiao has done his homework well. He tried to experience the game from the perspective of a lousy player and displayed great techniques to progress in the game, even in the difficult areas. This is really useful! How professional! We also see a lot of foreshadowing of the plot. Ill give you 66 likes! My brain: I know now! My hand: No, you dont. I feel like Im playing a completely different game from Teacher Qiao. Why does it look so easy for him? The netizens were bootlicking Qiao Liang; he could not help but feel pleased with himself. I produce professional game commentaries; how can others compare to me? Qiao Liang was very happy with the episode he had just produced. It was not a video meant to show off his amazing gaming skills. Instead, it was meant to take the perspective of ordinary players. He was aiming to show them an easier way for gamers to complete the game. Of course, Qiao Liang would save a new file every time he met special monsters. This allowed him to show different ways of progressing through the area, so that his viewers could pick whichever suited them best. There were other interesting things about the video, such as the hidden details and Easter eggs in the game, the testing of the official novels plot, and Qiao Liangs opinion on the unclear parts of the games storyline. Qiao Liang watched the quickly-rising number of fans, feeling gratified and elated. Whom should he thank? Boss Pei, of course! If Boss Pei had not invited Qiao Liang to Jingzhou to test the game in advance, how could he have been so much faster than other UP Masters? Qiao Liang could not help but imagine himself still suffering and stumbling through the game if Boss Pei had not invited him to play it earlier than everyone else. Maybe he would be half-dead by now! How else could I refer to myself as Boss Peis loved one?! Not only did he invite me to play the game in advance, but he also edited the game based on my feedback. I contributed to the games success, didnt I? Looking at the bigger picture, can I call myself the assistant designer of Repent and be Saved? Or should I call myself the special tester of Repent and be Saved? Hehe, theyre both not wrong! Qiao Liang began interacting with his fans by randomly picking a few comments to reply to. Soon, the video-termed by the audience as the best video of October-rose up in ranks through the charts. It first appeared on the ranking board of the games channel and then on the ranking board for content across Aili Island! Qiao Liang scanned the videos on the ranking board and saw a familiar UP Masters name. It was Hao Shuaiqi! His video was titled When a Foreign UP Master Livestreams Repent and be Saved on Link Live. His video was still gaining popularity at the moment, and it was following closely behind Qiao Liangs walkthrough. Eh, this brother is quite efficient. Let me see how our foreign friend is doing. Qiao Liang clicked on the video. He had to say that Hao Shuaiqi lived up to his name-he was quite charming[1]. He gave off a foolish vibe, and he looked like someone who knew how to entertain others. This foreign, energetic fellow had edited the recording of his livestream on Link Live, added special effects and subtitles, and then uploaded it on Aili Island. It was obvious that Hao Shuaiqi had taken a completely different path from Teacher Qiao with his video. Teacher Qiaos video was a walkthrough. It was not fast-paced, but it was rich in content. He had planned the entire process and filmed everything according to the script. He needed to cause his viewers to feel like the game was quite simple. Hao Shuaiqis video was a different story. It was filmed in one take and was naturally filled with scenes of him being killed by various different monsters. In one livestream alone, he could be killed by the same monster several times. Hao Shuaiqi edited these death scenes to make his video more entertaining. Hao Shuaiqi had written he died on his own epitaph. Coupled with his expressions as caught by the camera, his video showed viewers shadows of themselves playing the game. It was quite explosive. From the bullet screen comments, Qiao Liang could tell that Hao Shuaiqis viewers remained extremely happy even though he kept dying. Hahaha, the streamer died again. Hes me; theres no doubt about it. The he died message is so smart. I suggest that the livestreamer change the words on the epitaph to lousy on your second try. The effect will be outstanding! Tengda Games has brought glory to our country?! Hes making our foreign friends suffer and hurting international relations! Cause of death: this monster doesnt look that powerful. I came from Teacher Qiaos video. Im eating one dish twice overthe entertainment effect is so explosive! This is strange. When I tried this game on my own, I got so frustrated that I kept smashing my controller. Why am I having so much fun watching others play it, then? Please, Hao Shuaiqi. Look for a coach. I cant watch this any longer! Hao Shuaiqi had an online dictionary opened in a browser, and a huge physical dictionary set up next to him. Each time he met with words he did not understand in the game, he would look them up. In order to prevent foreigners from falling for the game, Pei Qian added a lot of poetry and ancient Mandarin into the game. He even hid riddles that would unlock secondary plot details. Although Qiao Liangs knowledge of ancient Mandarin was not great, he did know a bit. At the very least, he could guess what was happening in the game. However, someone like Hao Shuaiqi would have a much tougher time. Often, he failed to find the words he was looking for in the dictionaries. He had no choice but to ask his friends and passionate viewers for assistance. Nevertheless, each time Hao Shuaiqi uncovered the meaning behind a certain poem or riddle, he would become particularly excited and feel an overwhelming sense of achievement. Pei Qian thought about hiding the riddles in ancient poemsthat would have been more ruthless. However, it would also have required a lot more work. That was why Pei Qian gave up; there was simply no way they could do it! Even literature majors did not take courses on writing ancient poetry. Even if Pei Qian did manage to force fresh graduates to write poems for the game, the poems would be a far cry from classic ancient poems. Also, Ma Yiqun and Zhu Xingan were busy writing the games plot. They did not have the time or energy to weigh each word and produce meaningful poems. That was why they picked out relatively neglected but deep poems that fit into the context of the game and forced them into the storyline. With the help of his physical and online dictionaries, Hao Shuaiqi expended a lot of effort solving these riddles. Each time, he would explain the meaning behind these riddles and be praised with comments like woo, lol, or awesome. There were no bullet screen comments on Link Live, but the audience could still post their comments in real-time as the livestream progressed. That was how they interacted with the host. Hao Shuaiqi also very considerately recorded his foreign viewers comments and translated the meaning behind these comments periodically. These were to be displayed at the end of the video. Take this episode for example. He displayed a couple of comments from his foreign viewers at the end. This is a very meaningful game. I wish there were more games like that! Can anyone tell me where I can purchase this game? It looks like this game was really created for players; it is quite enlightening. It looks rich in content. The hand sensitivity and graphics are not bad, too. I cant wait to see more content! We need English! We need Japanese! Qiao Liang could not help but smile as he read these comments. He could refer to his dictionary and play the game at the same time? Its about time to let our friends from overseas suffer! Speaking of which, the game is so hardcore. Its no wonder that foreigners are becoming fond of it. Ill give him a like. Qiao Liang shared Hao Shuaiqis video, pleased that they could ride on each others fame. At Tengda Games Li Yada saw the backend figures for Repent and be Saved and then scanned the games ratings and comments on TPDb. Satisfied, she nodded. Mm, everything was thriving! The backend figures were increasing steadily. While the sales volume increased, the refund rate decreased. Before, it had been over 20%; now, it was less than 10%. The games ratings on TPDb were also constantly changing. Now, it had an overall rating of 8.1, but it looked like this figure would continue to increase in the near future. The most important part of all of these was that the media reviews would be released in a few days. In order for the local games media to review this game, everyone in the editing team had to complete it. Repent and be Saved was extremely difficult, and the games media staff were but human. Since they could not complete the game in such a short period, they naturally decided against writing a review for the game. Thus Repent and be Saved still had zero games media reviews so far. If a few media platforms rated the game highly, the ratings on TPDb would increase for sure. Boss Pei can indeed devise plans while in the tent. He has not come to the office for two days, and yet the game is developing just as he expected. Indeed, he is a confident man. Li Yada could not help but feel moved. Once again, she browsed the comments section. It was then that she realized many new, popular comments. We need English! The comments looked about the same, and they came one after another. However, the users posting these comments were different. Li Yada paused for a moment, stunned. At first, she had thought that someone was playing a trick on them. After all, they had not advertised the game online. Why would foreigners be interested in it? However, on closer inspection, she realized there were many similar comments. Li Yada looked further into these comments and verified their sources. These users had been directed here by a UP Master on Aili Island named Hao Shuaiqi. Hao Shuaiqi had livestreamed himself playing Repent and be Saved. That was how the game caught the foreigners attention. It looked like these viewers were quite eager, too. However, Repent and be Saved would be way too difficult for people who did not understand Mandarin to complete. These people would have no choice but to give up solving the riddles in the game. Li Yada pondered for a moment and decided to report the matter to Boss Pei. After all, the overseas market was vast. They could spend some money getting the game translated. Once they produced an English version, they could hire a foreign publisher to market it overseas. That would help them generate more profit. At that thought, Li Yada decided to give Boss Pei a call. Translating the game and looking for foreign publishers were no minor tasks. Both required money. Li Yada had to ask Boss Pei to make the final call. Ill ask Boss Pei for guidance and see if hes interested in producing an English version. [1] Hao Shuaiqi means very charming in Mandarin. Chapter 289 - Let’s Wait for a Better Time At that moment, Pei Qian had just left Upwind Logistics. He was preparing to visit Fish-Catching Internet Cafes Huanyu Tianjie branch. After all, there was nothing much he could do for the game now. He had to spend the extra money earned as quickly as he could. Upwind Logistics was progressing quite smoothly. Lu Mingliang was working quickly to recruit employees and open the new courier stations. Lu Mingliang had always been reliable, and Pei Qian never had to worry about him. However, at a critical moment like that, Pei Qian decided it was better to personally oversee the progress. He was busy, but he could not help it. He had to endure this, at least until after settlement. While in the car, Pei Qians phone rang. He glanced at it and saw that it was Li Yada. His heart thudded. Dont tell me that something went wrong with Repent and be Saved. Dont mess with me! Im trying my best to solve all these problems already. Dont create any more problems for me! He quickly answered the phone. Boss Pei, do you want to create an English version of Repent and be Saved? There are many foreigners leaving comments under our game, hoping that well produce an English version. Whats more, we might be able to venture into overseas markets. Havent the officials been pushing local game developers to move overseas and glorify our traditional Chinese culture? When Pei Qian heard this, his heart began to race. Immediately, he replied, Lets not rush to do that! Create an English version? That would kill me! Pei Qian knew very well that the first of the Dark Souls series had become popular in the West. The Westerners loved being tortured by difficult games like that. Wouldnt he be shooting himself in the foot if he created an English version of Repent and be Saved? Of course, he was not completely brushing off that idea. However, they were already at a crucial juncture in the cycle. Even if he wanted to earn money, he could not do it now! He had less than a month to settlement. Pei Qian was rushing to open more internet cafes and Upwind Courier stations, in the hopes that he would be able to incur a loss. If he could lose hundreds of thousands of yuannot only would his own pockets be full, but he would also receive the Systems special reward. If he released an English version of the game in the overseas market at a time like that, wouldnt he be screwing everything up? It was true that he would need to spend money translating the game in order to create an English version. However, it would not be a huge sum. Written translation was a very respectable job in the West, but in China, written translation was worth far less than simultaneous interpretation and real-time translation in business meetings. One could say that it cost as much as vegetables in a market. A thousand words could be translated for a mere three or four hundred yuan. That meant that Pei Qian would only spend tens of thousands of yuan to get a written translation of Repent and be Saved, which only had hundreds of thousands of words. Would it be worth it for Boss Pei to spend that little money? Even if he hired a famous translator, he would only be able to spend over a hundred thousand yuan at most. Compared to the income that an English version of the game would generate, this was negligible. It would not be worth it at all. If Pei Qian said yes to Li Yadas suggestiongiven the latters efficiency, she would probably find suitable written translators within two days. Each translator could translate a separate portion of the game. The job would be done in no time. Settlement was right around the corner; Pei Qian could not afford such a mess-up! Thus, Pei Qian turned her down. Even if he wanted to translate the game, they had to wait until settlement was complete! Pei Qian cleared his throat. Its too sudden. We need to wait for the right time to venture into the overseas market. Every single factor has to be right. Without adequate resources and support, we could be easily eliminated once we enter. Of course, Im not saying we should be crippled by fear. Im just saying this concerns our companys long-term plan. We need to be more cautious. Lets stabilize our position in the local market first. We can think about translating the game into other languages next month. You can start looking for suitable translators in the meantime. As for when exactly they will start translating the game We can discuss further next month. Li Yada answered, Ah, but what should we do about our foreign players now? They seem quite pitiful. Should we let them refer to dictionaries as they play the game all the way until next month? Pei Qian sounded stern as he said, Why not? This is a good opportunity for them to learn Mandarin! The ones who are playing our game now have some understanding of Mandarin. Let them use their dictionaries and revise knowledge that they had already forgotten. They will learn new Mandarin terms while theyre at it. Isnt that a good thing? As for the players who completely do not understand Mandarin theyll have to wait anyway. Waiting half a month more would not make a big difference. Whats more, our game has so many ancient poems. How long would it take for the translators to translate them all? If they rush through the translation, they might sacrifice quality. Well become a laughingstock among the foreigners. Thats why we shouldnt rush these things. We have to consider them at length. You can start looking for more well-known and skilled translators. Well discuss these things again once youve found a few. Li Yada pondered for a moment and realized that Boss Pei was making sense. Alright, Ill make the necessary preparations. After hanging up, Pei Qian heaved a long sigh of relief. Thank goodness Im smart; we almost ran into a massive problem! He could leave next weeks problems to be resolved in their own time. As long as they did not try to squeeze everything in these couple of days, he could discuss them after settlement. Pei Qian calmed himself down. A while later, he arrived at Huanyu Tianjie. He alighted from the car and headed straight for Fish-Catching Internet Cafe which was on the third floor. Pei Qian had been keeping an eye on Tengda over the past few days. Thus, he had not visited Fish-Catching Internet Cafe in a long time. He needed to see the situation for himself today before he could relax. Yet, before entering the internet cafe, Pei Qian felt that something was amiss. It was a Sunday afternoon. As this was the biggest shopping mall in Jingzhou City, Huanyu Tianjie received many visitors. Normally, this did not affect Fish-Catching Internet Cafe in any way since it was located on the third floor. After all, most people only came here to shop, eat, and watch movies. Few people would come here to play games. While he had been looking for suitable locations for Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Pei Qian had noticed that the two clothes shops on this floor were relatively deserted. Even the coffee shop drew a limited crowd. That was why he decided to set up the new Fish-Catching Internet Cafe branch here. Yet, something about the current situation looked off! Pei Qian had taken the elevator up. There were many people inside. Pei Qian was not too concerned at first; he had thought that they were on their way to watch a movie or eat some food. Yet, to his shock, the entire group of people emerged on the third level! Stunned, Pei Qian became the last person to get out of the elevator. He stared wide-eyed as the entire group of people walked towards Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. Wait a moment! Stop right there! What are you doing?! Stop walking around! Pei Qian walked briskly towards Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. When he looked inside the internet cafe, his breath caught in his throat; and he almost fainted. More than sixty percent of the seats were filled. From the way things were going, Pei Qian guessed it would not be long before his losses would be turned to profits! To h*ll with bitterness ending and sweetness beginning! Pei Qian immediately looked for Ma Yang and Zhang Yuan. Where are they?! The two of them must have been responsible for turning my internet cafe into this mess! Whoever was responsible for this should be prepared to take the blame. Once I catch you, I will make sure you suffer! Pei Qian continued to walk deeper into the internet cafe. The further he got, the faster his heart raced. The last time he experienced something similar was at Fish-Catching Internet Cafes flagship store. However, while the flagship store had become famous at that time, the crowd had mostly visited it for the drinks and Chen Lei. This time, only the internet cafe part of the business remained! All of these people were seated in their gaming chairs, focusing intently on the game. Most of them were playing Repent and be Saved. There were even a few couples and groups of friends. The internet cafe was bustling; it was no longer as cold and deserted as it used to be. Painful! Pei Qian arrived at the resting area and saw Teacher Qiaos latest video playing on the screen. Some customers were seated around the long table in the resting area. Some were drinking coffee while others were drinking milk tea. As they enjoyed their drinks, they listened to Teacher Qiaos walkthrough. From time to time, their faces displayed understanding and inspiration. Ma Yang was seated in the resting area as well, but Zhang Yuan was absent for some reason. Brother Qian, youre here? A grin spread across Ma Yangs long face as he welcomed Pei Qian into the resting area. Do you want some coffee? Theres a coffee shop next door. They noticed that our internet cafe was getting crowded so they collaborated with us to give our customers a thirty-percent discount on their drinks! All things aside, their drinks are quite good. Look, everyone here has one. The corners of Pei Qians mouth twitched. It was like Ma Yang had stabbed him right in the face; Pei Qian was utterly stunned. Why are there so many people here today? Pei Qian asked, trembling. Ma Yang looked confused. Huh? Not really. There are this many people in here every day. Pei Qian was speechless. What the f*ck! Long-face, are you trying to infuriate me to death?! What do you gain from doing that?! Pei Qian forced himself to calm down. So since when did all of these people start coming? Confused, Ma Yang asked, Brother Qian, dont you know? It was while you were busy with Repent and be Saved! I didnt realize it before. We didnt have many people in our internet cafe at the time, but after everything that happened in Jingzhou recently, we did build up quite a good reputation for ourselves! This branch is new, but it has quite a high rating on Quanmin Reviews. At first, very few people came here, but the number of visitors started increasing as time went by. After shopping, people wanted to find a place to rest. The coffee shop happened to be full so they started coming into our internet cafe. In any case, spending ten yuan per hour is not much in a shopping mall like that. Brother Qian, guess what happened next. A few days ago, they finished renovating the huge skating rink in the mall. It was officially open! Many fathers started bringing their children here to ice-skate. Since their childrens ice-skating classes lasted over an hour, the fathers would come up and play games in the internet cafe. Some other men accompanied their girlfriends to have their hair or nails done. These would take a couple of hours at a time. Thats why they started visiting our internet cafe to pass time as well. On top of all of these, we had a good reputation. Teacher Qiao seemed to have recommended us in his videos as well. Wang Peng from Quanmin Reviews also recommended us. Of course, the most important factor was Repent and be Saved becoming popular. It caused the internet cafe to rise to fame along with it! Many of our customers want the best experience while playing Repent and be Saved; that brings them here every day. Brother Qian, youve been extremely busy with Tengdas business recently. Werent you working on this? Pei Qian was really speechless. What? How did it become my fault again?! Do you think I wanted Repent and be Saved to become like that?! Ma Yang looked slightly regretful. Its a pity that we are still away from generating profit even though we are doing so much better than before. Brother Qian, youre not happy with the current situation as well, right? You also think that we should get even more popular, right? The corners of Pei Qians mouth twitched. Im really not happy, but its for a whole other reason! He thought about a more urgent problem and immediately asked, How are the other branches doing? Happily, Ma Yang answered, Weve already chosen the other locations. We just have to do simple renovations, and we should be able to open for business by next week! Pei Qian quickly waved his hand. Its not urgent! Postpone their openings to the week after next-the week of the 24th. Theres no need to rush things anymore, understand? At first, Pei Qian had thought it did not matter when they opened the other branches. However, looking at the terrible situation the Huanyu Tianjie branch was in, Pei Qian finally realized that it mattered greatly! If he opened the other branches too early, and they gained many customers as a result, Pei Qian would have even more problems to resolve! Thus, he had to delay opening the other branches to a week before settlement. This would mean losing a weeks worth of revenue. He did not want to put too much pressure on himself. Ma Yang paused. But weve already paid the rent. Why do you want to delay? Pei Qian acted solemn as he said, Lets wait for a better time. Dont ask so many questions. Chapter 290 - The Media’s Ratings are Published October 12th, Tuesday Tengda Network Technology Co., Ltd Li Yada had just finished speaking to a few translation workspaces. After talking to Boss Pei, Li Yada had contacted several reputable translation workspaces in the country. She had also distributed a portion of the games synopsis for them to try translating. Li Yada had purposely picked out a few riddles in the game for the translation workspaces to work on as well. She wanted to see how high their standards were. Most secondary plots required players to find clues and hints within poems. Only then would the relevant plot developments be triggered. These could only be captured by highly-skilled translators. On one hand, they had to capture the full meaning of the poem, being careful not to miss out on any important parts of the message. That would allow foreign players to solve the riddle in the poem. On the other hand, they had to ensure the poems remained beautiful. If such beautiful, ancient poems were translated into a pile of random facts; it would become meaningless. Players would not be able to appreciate the beauty of these words. Thus, this really put the translators skills to the test. Ordinary translators would not be able to translate the poems well. The translation workspaces had already handed in their completed translation tests. After that, Li Yada handed them to Assistant Xin for reviewing, but the latter had rejected them all. The translations were not bad, but they had not quite captured the beauty of the language. Li Yadas English standard was average, but even she could roughly spot the flaws in the translations. It went without saying that the flaws were much more obvious to Assistant Xin, who was once an assistant to a famous international enterprises Vice President. She was adept in three languages. While she was not good enough to translate the game, she was still able to differentiate the good translations from the bad. Thus, Li Yada told the various translation workspaces to redo their translation tests with higher standards. If they refused, Li Yada would have no choice but to turn them down altogether. Once she finished dealing with the translation workspaces, Li Yada began to feel emotional. Boss Pei was right indeed. They could not rush these things! Translating Repent and be Saved would be much more difficult than translating other games. If they rushed things, they could mess everything up and fail to ensure high-quality work. Their rush to produce the game in multiple different languages could end up damaging their own reputation. That was not a good representation of Tengdas way of working at all. Tengda had never been stingy with investments. As a company, they focused on every single detail and did it well. This was the core spirit that every employee of Tengda learned from Boss Pei. Forget it. Ill take Boss Peis advice and avoid rushing matters. Li Yada had tried to look for skilled translators who were reputable in the industry. However, it was extremely difficult to do so at such short notice, and she had no relevant connections as well. There were several professional translators and translation workspaces listed on the officials website for resources, such as the ones whom Li Yada had already contacted. Yet, there was no guarantee that their standards would be high. Also, most reputable and skilled translators werent interested in translating games. Normally, highly-skilled translators focused on translating contemporary, famous films. Comparatively, translating games would be akin to manual labor for them. Even if Li Yada tried to contact them, there was a chance that they would turn her down. Whats more, Li Yada had no idea how to contact them. Thus, she finally understood that there was no rushing these things. She had to take things slow. On the other hand, her collaboration with Ma Yiqun of Zhongdian Chinese Network was going quite well. Ma Yiqun had approached Li Yada before, suggesting collaboration between the official novel and the game. She had happily agreed to this. It sounded like a win-win situation for both parties. Whats more, at the heart of things, they were working for the same company. Collaborating would be akin to lending a helping hand. They started brainstorming together and quickly figured out a good plan. Li Yada discovered that Ma Yiqun was planning to organize a seven-day login event. After completing multiple tasks on the website for seven days in a row, the reader would be rewarded with a gift in the game. Li Yada pondered for a moment and decided to go one step further. They could link the accounts together! All they had to do was allow one account to access Zhongdian Chinese Network, Tengda Games TPDb, and the like, right? This way, all players of Tengdas games could use their gaming accounts to log in to Zhongdian Chinese Network. Any reward they earned would be distributed to this same account. Whats more, this would not be troublesome to set up. In fact, it could be easily done. As for the in-game rewards, Li Yada had thought about distributing consumables at first. These would include the three souls and seven immortal forms that could be used for upgrading, props to strengthen ones weapons, and so on. However, on further thought, she realized that it would be too stingy. Repent and be Saved was a buy-to-play standalone game after all, there was no need to be so stingy. She decided to distribute unique looks instead! However, it was far too late to create new models for the game now. Li Yada wrecked her brains and finally thought of giving players special items to change character models. They could make use of the existing pills image, name them Look-Changing Pills, and allow them to be reused. It would not be difficult to produce these pills; they would just have to change a few codes in the system. Of course, players would not be allowed to change the character models at will. Some monsters and bosses had huge models, which could result in bugs if they were altered. Thus, the pills would only allow players to change the appearance of characters that looked like the protagonist. This included small monsters and NPCs. At the same time, there would be a cooling-off period attached to these pills. All in all, the pills would only serve as entertainment. No matter what, there would be various female NPCs in the game who were quite good-looking. Although they would not be the most beautiful ladies, they would be considered beauties in the games world. Thus, Li Yada thought that this would be particularly attractive for players. She made the necessary arrangements. After distributing the work to his subordinates, Li Yada accessed TPDb, intending to check Repent and be Saveds overall rating. All of Tengdas employees had already developed the habit of visiting TPDb when they had free time on their hands. After all, the websites ratings determined their following months bonus. They could not possibly ignore them. The amount of revenue that the game generated was quite irrelevant; they only worked to generate revenue if it was convenient. If they wanted to earn bonuses, the employees had to ensure that their projects ratings hit the roof. Eh? Its 9.1?! Li Yada perked up and sat upright. The rating had spiked! How did it increase so much in a single day?! On closer inspection, Li Yada realized that the games media had finally released their reviews! Ratings from games media held a huge weightage in the overall ratings on TPDb. The higher the ratings given by reputable and influential games media were, the higher the games overall rating would become. Li Yada scanned the games medias comments and realized that they had nothing but praise for Repent and be Saved. After producing Game Designer, Tengda Games has once again produced a refreshing masterpiece that redefines innovation. This up-and-coming game company is always providing its players with novel experiences. In a few short weeks, players went from criticizing the game to praising it, and from rejecting it to fully embracing it. Tengda Games can be counted on to produce superior works. Its almost as if the phrase cutting corners doesnt exist in their dictionary. Before this, no designer would have thought that such a difficult, hardcore game would succeed in the local market. Yet, Tengda Games has done it again. Repent and be Saved makes its players suffer willingly and find joy in the process. Thats why this game is expected to be the standard for perfect combat systems in the future. The game displayed originality by including the concept of the epitaph. From various other details within the game, one can also appreciate the designers inspiration and talent. Other designers would also do well to learn from this games difficult mechanisms. Various other game reviewers and media also reflected similar sentiments. These reviewers and media were not reacting like many players did when the game was first released. This was because after one week, the players impressions of the game had undergone a 180-degree change. These game reviewers and media took everything into consideration before writing their reviews. Whats more, these game reviewers and media would not give the game a low rating just because they could not complete it. They were all professional. Ordinary players only gave Repent and be Saved a low rating out of vengeance, after seeing how difficult the game was and suffering through it. However, these game reviewers and media could see other things: The games quality, the outstanding combat system, the beautiful scenery and style, the complexity and depth of the plot, the glorification of traditional Chinese culture to a certain extent, and the gameplay and originality of the system which pointed out the future direction of action-based games development Since the game reviewers and media were incorporating all of these considerations in their rating of the game, it was no wonder that they gave such high ratings! Among all of these things, Li Yada was the proudest of the official platforms review. Repent and be Saved depicts a helpless world that is born out of ancient Chinese culture. The artistic recreation of this world gives players a brand new experience. This is a helpless world set in the Degenerate Age, where the six realms are broken. Its outstanding difficulty allows players to feel the helplessness of being stuck in a world like that. Again and again, they are tortured by death. However, this world also hides countless curious secrets. It pushes every single player to pick himself up after each revival, in the hopes of accomplishing his personal mission to save the world! Deep ancient poems, torturous fights, rich background stories, and hidden philosophies; these are what make Repent and be Saved a memorable experience and a risk worth taking! This is the most praise-worthy thing: while domestically-produced, traditional Chinese-style games are on a decline and other local game developers slavishly copy foreign developers, Tengda Games chose to walk a path of absolute originality. Repent and be Saved has blended traditional Chinese culture into the background story, the games content, and the games core spirit extremely well. It plays an instrumental role in spreading traditional Chinese culture in the new age. May other game developers and designers push the boundaries of their minds and learn from Repent and be Saved, to further glorify traditional Chinese culture and build the game industrys confidence in our heritage! Of course, the official platform had to do something to express their validation of the game. Without any doubt, Repent and be Saved would be given a few more recommendation spots. This was to be expected. Li Yada could not help but feel emotional. Boss Pei is Boss Pei indeed; he did not have to put in much effort in producing such an outstanding game! Official recommendations what are those to Boss Pei? Hes received so many of those! Li Yada read the medias praise for Repent and be Saved once again, feeling pleased with herself. I took over the development of this game midway through, but I contributed to the games success! She had still been reading the games reviews when the lady from the front desk ran over. The official platforms staff just called. They wish to discuss translating a foreign version of the game. Huh? The official platforms staff? Li Yada did not dare to brush it off. She quickly got up to receive the call. The official platform had Tengdas office number; that was why they called the front desk directly. Li Yada felt quite excited. After all, this was her first time speaking to the official platforms staff over the phone. After exchanging a few pleasantries, the other party quickly dove into the purpose of his call. May I ask if you have any intention to produce Repent and be Saved in other languages and venture into the overseas market? Chapter 291 - Sticking Logos onto the System Units Li Yada quickly answered, Ah, yes. A while ago, I contacted a few translation workspaces. However, Repent and be Saved has high standards for these translators. We havent found a suitable translator yet. Were still trying to contact more experienced translators, but it might take a while The other party smiled. Thats great! The official platform was thinking about making Repent and be Saved the benchmark for games exporting Chinese culture. If youre agreeable, we can look for experienced translators on your behalf. Were certain that the translation would be authentic and clear. You wont have to worry about the fees and other peripheral issues as well. We have professionals to take care of these things. Well think about producing English and Japanese versions first, and then take our time to produce the game in other languages. Theres no rush. Li Yada was elated. Of course, thatll be great! She knew very well that the official platform would have far more resources and connections than a private company like Tengda. If they could step in and help them find suitable translators, they would probably be able to hire expert translators! After Li Yada agreed to the proposal, both parties discussed a few more items and exchanged contact details. They still had to take the rest of the process one step at a time, but with the strong backing of the official platform, Li Yada was sure that it would be smooth. After she hung up, Li Yada began to process the pleasant surprise. The official platform had offered to translate Repent and be Saved into other languages. Whats more, they were taking the initiative to market the game for them! However, on further thought, Li Yada realized that this was reasonable. Repent and be Saved was a top-quality game with rich content. It was the perfect marketing opportunity for the official platform! From what happened with the mobile version of Bloody Battle Song to Game Designer, one would be able to tell that the officials supported original games that nurtured the right moral values that contained deep meaning. Whats more, Repent and be Saved was not just good in terms of gameplay and quality, but it also contained rich culture. Even foreigners did not mind searching the dictionary as they played the game. It was obvious that this contributed greatly to the games attractiveness. Wasnt a game like that exactly what the official platform wanted? Thus, it was only logical that they would fully back it and take the initiative to get it translated. A realization suddenly dawned on Li Yada. Could Boss Pei have guessed this would happen? What did Boss Pei say before? He said that we need to wait for the right time to venture into the overseas market. Every single factor has to be right. Without adequate resources and support, we could be easily eliminated once we enter. We now have both resources and support! We shouldnt wait any longer to venture into the overseas market, should we? It looks like Boss Pei was telling me to be patient and wait for this opportunity. He knew that the official platform was bound to do something within this month. That was why he remained so calm! Eh, but Boss Pei also said well only think about translating the game next month. Was Boss Pei under the impression that the official platform would only notice the game next month and arrange for it to be translated thereafter? Thats possible, too. After all, it would take time for the game to become popular and for the official platform to take note of it. Perhaps Boss Pei did not expect Repent and be Saved to become so popular so quickly! This is great. Ill report the good news to Boss Pei right now! Its a pity that he isnt in the office. If he was, I would have told him to personally speak to the official platforms staff. He would probably have been over the moon, wouldnt he? OV V Li Yada was still celebrating in her heart as she dialed Boss Peis number. Achoo! Tugging at his blanket in his rented apartment, Pei Qian suddenly sneezed. He cleaned his mucus and tossed the used tissue paper in the faraway trash can. Plop! It landed beside the trash can, on the ground instead. F*ck! Pei Qian was speechless. He tossed his blanket aside, hopped off his bed, and threw the tissue paper into the trash can. Then, he jumped back onto his bed at lightning speed to continue lazing around. There was no need to go to work today because he was down with the flu! They were now in the middle of autumn and winter. The weather was getting cooler. After all the running around he did over the past few days, Pei Qian finally came down with the flu. Thus, he decided not to go anywhere today. He was going to lie in the bed like a corpse and drink as much warm water as he could. Im so miserable. Pei Qian could not help but whine. Why is the story developing so differently from what I imagined?! According to my original plan, I should be lying back and counting my winnings by now, right? Why am I still trying so hard to spend money?! Ah, this is so sad! Pei Qian had just been playing with his cell phone when Li Yada called. He paused for a moment, and then quickly answered the call. Dont tell me that youve created another huge mess in the two days that Ive been gone. I cant take any more blows! Is there something wrong? Pei Qian sounded listless. Li Yada was obviously shocked. Boss Pei, have you caught the flu? Ah, its no big deal. Ive already drunk a lot of warm water. Did something happen to Repent and be Saved? Pei Qian was not in the mood for small talk. Li Yada sounded excited as she answered, Yes, Boss Pei! The official platform just called to say that theyll arrange for Repent and be Saved to be professionally translated. Theyll also help us market it overseas! Boss Pei, its going to be produced a week earlier than you expected! Dont worry, Boss Pei. Ive already done most of the preparations. Pei Qian, ??? What is this?! The official platform is going to hire professional translators for us?! Holy sh*t! Im finished, then, arent I? How can I turn this down?! Pei Qian suddenly felt light-headed. He felt like his flu was getting worse. It was a good thing he had been lying in bed like a corpse-he did not have to worry about losing and dropping dead on the ground. He remained silent for a full minute before he said, Oh, is there anything else?. Li Yada answered, Ah, theres nothing else. I just wanted to report this to you. How are you, Boss Pei? Do you need any medicine or help? No Pei Qian looked at the ceiling, in a daze. I just want to be left alone to get some rest. Ah, alright. Boss Pei, youve been working too hard. Rest well! Li Yada mumbled to herself after hanging up. Indeed, Boss Pei had expected this. Hes not surprised whatsoever. Pei Qian tossed his phone aside and heaved a long sigh. Theres nothing I can do. The official platform has prepared everything so well. I cant afford to offend them. I dont have any legitimate reason to turn them down, too. All I can do is swallow this difficult pill. Im furious! I have to open a few more Upwind Courier stations now! At Fish-Catching Internet Cafes flagship store Ma Yang and Zhang Yuan had not visited this branch for a long time. The only thing different from before was that the internet cafe area was no longer deserted. Instead, almost eighty percent of the seats were taken. It was quite crowded. Of course, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 1.0 was different from Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 2.0. The flagship store had few computers. It only took a few customers to fill the internet cafe area. That was why the high percentage did not mean much. Still, no matter what, Fish-Catching Internet Cafes internet cafe area was no longer just there for show, like it was before. One had to admit that this was a huge improvement. Zhang Yuan and Ma Yang were on the second floor. There was a fully-installed system unit on the table. They were using the same chassis as before, and the entire system looked impressive and luxurious. After all, they had spent a huge sum of money on it. Of course, they had to take good care of the exterior appearance as well. Apart from the system unit, there was also a special logo on the table. The word ROF was written like a freehand drawing. It looked particularly memorable. This was Republic of Faiths custom-made logo. One could install the logo onto the system unit, and it would glow. It was common knowledge that hardware that glowed had fifty percent better performance. Republic of Faith did not make use of Fish-Catching Internet Cafes logo because the latter looked relatively lame. It would not help to express Republic of Faiths high-end style. Ma Yang scrutinized the system unit in front of him. Er its not bad! At least it looks perfectly fine on the outside. Just one look, and youd be able to tell that this is expensive stuff. Zhang Yuan nodded. It really is quite expensive. Were just beginning. We can sell the Fish-Catching Internet Cafes brand of computers first and focus on serving a few ballers. We dont need to mass produce these units. For now, well work on building a name for ourselves. At the end of the day, we have to make sure that every person who buys our system units feels like royalty. Well deliver the system unit to their doorstep and offer on-the-spot repair services. These would be necessary. Once we build a name for ourselves, we can think about producing other types of hardware or tending to customers special requests. As for monitors, mouses, and the like; we can provide an official recommendation list If customers think our prices are too high, they can purchase them on their own. If they cant be bothered, we can purchase these items on their behalf. This would just be additional work for our brothers at Upwind Logistics. If our business takes off, we might even be able to find original equipment manufacturers to produce our monitors and other peripherals. Then, Republic of Faith would be complete. We would have produced something worth showing off. Ma Yang nodded in approval. Yes, we shouldnt try to bite off more than we can chew. Well start by installing and delivering our system units. We can offer on-the-spot repair services and charge a small fee in order to build a name for ourselves. That can be Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and Upwind Logisticss subsidiary business. If we succeed, wed be achieving something for Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. Zhang Yuan felt deeply comforted. Boss Ma was finally on the same page as him. At last, Zhang Yuan did not need to expend so much energy to lie to-no, persuade him. Very quickly, the system unit was wrapped up and ready to be delivered to their first customer. One of the young men from Upwind Logistics would deliver the system unit. Fish-Catching Internet Cafe would then be in charge of the after-sales service. Apart from regular maintenance, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe would also provide on-the-spot services such as upgrading of peripherals and swapping of display cards. The brothers from Upwind Logistics were basically family. Zhang Yuan and Ma Yang could trust them to be careful while delivering the system units. Naturally, they did not have to worry about the computer being smashed. The entire unit would surely reach the customers house safe and sound. Zhang Yuan retrieved the other custom-made ROF logos and installed them on the computers in the internet cafe. He would stick this logo on all of Fish-Catching Internet Cafes computers, so that players would form an impression of their brand. Before this, customers would have been able to tell with one look that the computers were self-made. However, with the logo, the computers would look that much more impressive. Someone was bound to ask for the brand of the computers. Then, the helpful waiters in the internet cafe could introduce them to the new business of custom-made, high-end system units. Chapter 292 - It’s a Good Thing that I Found Out Early! Wednesday Pei Qian woke up feeling hungry. He switched on his cell phone and accessed Fish-Catching Take-Out. Although Boss Peis loss-incurring plan was not going smoothly, he had to admit that, thanks to all his hard work-his and Jingzhou citizens standard of living had improved greatly. He could order things online and have it delivered to his doorstep by Upwind Logistics. If he wanted to have take-out, he could be sure that Fish-Catching Take-Outs would serve him healthy and nutritious food. On top of all of these, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe had greatly improved his online experience. Until now, Fish-Catching Take-Out had been in operation for over four months. All this time, it had steadily been incurring losses. Pei Qian was quite happy with this. Unfortunately, Fish-Catching Take-Outs business was not big enough. Although it was incurring losses, it was not much. About twenty minutes later, Pei Qians food arrived. Fish-Catching Internet Cafes Handong University branch was quite close to where Pei Qian was living. Thus, it did not take long for his food to be delivered. As Pei Qian ate, he thought about what he should do from now on. It felt like he was under immense pressure to spend more money. On top of his regular expenses, Pei Qian had to look for other avenues to spend money. He looked at the premium cutlery and familiar food in front of him. All of a sudden, Pei Qian realized that the take-out business could start taking on more expenses. After all, Fish-Catching Take-Out had been incurring losses for long enough; Pei Qian trusted it now. If it doesnt work, I can drink some poison to quench my thirst, right? Pei Qian pondered hard and decided he would leave the next cycles problems till then to resolve. First, he had to make sure that he incurred losses in time for the next settlement. After all, this did not just concern money; it also concerned the special reward that the System had prepared for him. As for what he would do if he earned everything back with interest during the next cycle He could open more businesses to spend more money then. At the end of the day, he had to resolve the problems on his hands at the moment! le At that thought, Pei Qian retrieved his phone and looked at his calendar. It was October 13th. He had until October 24th to continue spending more money on Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and Upwind Logistics. After that, he would have to stop. If he wanted to spend more money in that final week, he would have to do so on his own employees. Tengda was considered a huge company now. More than a hundred employees were working on Tengda Games, Zhongdian Chinese Network, and TPDb. In addition to the forty-odd employees in Shang Yang Games, the hundred-odd employees in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, and the delivery men in Upwind Logistics and Fish-Catching Take-Out; Pei Qian had a total of six to seven hundred employees to take care of. Of course, he treated the employees of different businesses differently. He could not possibly give his delivery men the same benefits as he did the core employees of Tengda Games. If he spent more money on each person, he would be under less stress. However, there was a limit to the number of benefits he could distribute. What if he still could not finish spending all the additional money? Pei Qian pondered for a moment and decided to drink some poison to quench his thirst. He would organize a sale! Pei Qian could not do this during the previous cycle, mainly because Fish-Catching Internet Cafe had been his only physical business. Whats more, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe had only become famous just before settlement. Pei Qians hands were tied; he could not do anything about it. This time, the money was rolling in much earlier. That meant Pei Qian had plenty of time to react. He looked at the time and then looked at October 24th on his calendar. Although it had not yet become common, 1024 was Programmers Day. It was just like November 11th. Now, people still saw it as Ones Day and not a day to splurge on online shopping. November 11th would fall under the next cycle. Pei Qian could not wait until then, but he could wait for October 24th. On that date, he would organize a sale so that more businesses could incur losses. Wouldnt that reduce the weight on his shoulders? At that thought, Pei Qian began to see the light at the end of the tunnel. He quickly thought about the businesses on his hands. He had to consider properly which businesses he wanted to organize a sale. He could not offer a discount on the games because there were no production costs. If he offered discounts, they would only earn more It would be akin to committing suicide. His ultimate aim in running a sale was not to become more famous but to incur more losses. Thus, Pei Qian narrowed his options down to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and Upwind Logistics. He would focus especially on Upwind Logistics. He was already making a loss thanks to manpower expenses. If he could increase the number of deliveries each Upwind Courier station had to make, he would be able to distribute more remuneration to his delivery men. This meant that he would increase his overall spending and thus overall losses. Whats more, he had control over the amount of losses he incurred. At the same time, he would be able to improve Upwind Logistics reputation. The System would likely approve this decision. After conducting a simple test on the System, Pei Qian came up with a simple plan to commemorate 1024, Programmers Day. First, he would provide a sum of money to Fish-Catching Take-Out, so that it could offer discounts on all their menu items. At the same time, delivery fees would be waived. Apart from this, he also had to provide Upwind Logistics with a huge sum of money. At the moment, Pei Qian had close to two hundred Upwind Courier stations. He predicted that he could open forty to fifty more stations before the 24th. Most of Jingzhou City would be covered. Those who made use of Upwind Courier stations to make their deliveries would have their express delivery charges waived. Pei Qian would cover these charges using the System Funds. Normally, Upwind Logistics would also earn a commission from delivering parcels to customers doorsteps. Pei Qian planned to waive this commission during the event period as well, so that more delivery companies would be attracted to work with Upwind Logistics. He would purchase a bunch of small gifts to be delivered to customers along with their parcels. This would be another way to spend more money. Middlemen normally profited from the difference in price, but Pei Qian would be the only middleman who would personally make up for the difference in price. He would start off by doing some marketing of the event, which would last from October 24th to October 31st. Pei Qian did not dare to engage in large-scale marketing. Although this would allow him to spend more money, there were also higher risks. He could not afford to mess up. Pei Qian also intelligently set payday to be at the end of the month. This ensured that he would be able to distribute huge sums of money to his employees just before settlement. As much as possible, he could deplete the System Funds. During the event, Pei Qian would also increase remuneration for Upwind Logistics and Fish-Catching Takeouts delivery men. For every additional delivery they made, they would earn an additional bonus. Although each delivery man would probably not get much, Pei Qian had many Upwind Courier stations and employees around Jingzhou City. Altogether, it would add up to a huge sum of money. As for the consequences Obviously, more users would use Fish-Catching Take-Out and Upwind Logistics thanks to the Programmers Day event. However, both of these businesses were incurring losses. The larger they became, the more losses they would incur. Pei Qian did not have to worry too much. Whats more, even if these businesses started generating profit, it would be a problem for the next cycle. This was exactly why Pei Qian did not dare to mess around with the other businesses. He could not afford to organize sales or promotions for the internet cafe or games because there were too many risks involved. Everything might backfire. After coming up with a general plan, Pei Qian felt more confident. Thus, he prepared to make calls to Lu Mingliang and Ma Yang, intending to give them a simple brief on the event first. Soon, Lu Mingliang answered the phone. Do you have time today? Come to Fish-Catching Internet Cafes Handong University branch. I have a plan to market Fish-Catching Take-Out and Upwind Logistics. Lu Mingliang paused. Boss Pei, Im at the Handong University branch. Pei Qian responded, Huh? What are you doing there? Lu Mingliang answered, Boss Ma asked me to come over. Were discussing the details of the computer-installation business. Pei Qians mind was filled with question marks. He was caught by surprise. What the h*ll is that? Whats a computer-installation business? Give me a while. Ill be right there! Pei Qian quickly got dressed, being careful to put on a thick sweater and scarf. Then, he headed out of the door. It was a good thing that his flu had subsided. His condition improved after he rested for the entire day the day before. Todays weather was pretty good: the sun was shining, and there was not much wind. Pei Qian could go out without much hindrance. In any case, it was a critical period. How could such a small thing stop Boss Peis huge money-making plan?! He quickly made a call to arrange for the companys chauffeur to drive him around. Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Handong University branch Not long after his call with Lu Mingliang, Pei Qian arrived. Looking at Boss Peis serious and stern expression, all three men became confused. Boss Pei, you Lu Mingliang didnt recall Boss Pei looking like that when he last saw him. Pei Qian pulled his scarf down slightly and said in a nasal voice, Im down with slight flu. Brother Qian, you should rest properly if youre sick! I have to scold you this time. Stop thinking about work; take care of your own body! Ma Yang waved at a nearby waiter. Get Boss Pei a glass of warm water. Pei Qian quickly said, Theres no need for that. Ive had so much warm water that the thought of it makes me want to puke now. Get me some coffee. Pei Qian looked at the system unit on the table and sharply noticed that it was slightly different from the system units in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. There was a glowing logo on this one! Pei Qian immediately realized that the situation was not as simple as he expected. Good. The three of you are sneaking around behind my back! Its a good thing that I found out early! Pei Qian was speechless. If I had not been thinking about how to incur losses despite being sick, I might have been thrown under the bus completely! Ma Yang giggled. Brother Qian, I wanted to give you a surprise, but you found out in the end. Zhang Yuan and I have been thinking about making use of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and Upwind Logistics to start a side-business in custom-made system units Ma Yang briefly explained how ROFs brand came to be. Simply put, Repent and be Saved had led many ballers with high standards for their computers to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. These ballers formed a demand for similarly branded high-end computers. Zhang Yuan, who enjoyed making system units in his spare time, saw this as a business opportunity. He decided to start a computer-installation business and work with Upwind Logistics to deliver these system units to customers doorsteps. Not much investment was required. They would earn five hundred to a thousand yuan for each system unit sold. All Zhang Yuan and the other managers of the internet cafes had to do was purchase the hardware online, deliver them to customers, and provide after-sales services. They did not have to spend a lot of money. Even if the business failed, they would not incur much loss. This was because Zhang Yuan and the others had no plans to accumulate the hardware. They would only place orders if there was demand. After listening to Ma Yangs description, Pei Qian fell into deep thought. If they did this, they would surely generate profits! Alright, Ma Yang, you big-eyed fellow. Even you are betraying me now! However, on further thought, it seemed like Ma Yang could not be blamed for this. After all, Ma Yang could easily be hoodwinked. Zhang Yuan should take all the blame instead! It looked like Pei Qian had to eliminate all threats by taking Zhang Yuan away from Ma Yangs side! Pei Qian looked at the prototype of ROFs first-generation system unit. All things aside, the business sounded extremely promising. If he allowed them to carry on, they probably would be able to generate some profit and launch a sneak attack against Boss Pei at the last minute. Pei Qian could not help but celebrate in his heart. I nearly fell for their trick. That was close! Its a good thing I came prepared! Pei Qian was not mad. Instead, he was quite happy. Alright, since you love being entrepreneurs so much, do me a favor. Help me to spend more money! This project sounded very profitable, but since Pei Qian had found out about it, he was going to keep a close eye on it and prevent it from generating profit! Ma Yang watched as Boss Pei smiled and said nothing. At that moment, he could not figure out whether the latter supported the idea or not. Brother Qian, what do you think of this plan? Is it promising? Ma Yang asked. Pei Qian nodded. I think its not bad, but theres a problem. Youre spending way too little money! Theres no point in being quiet about it. If you want to start this business, start big! Dont worry about not having enough capital; Ill fork out the capital! Zhang Yuan was stunned. He did not know exactly how to feel. Boss Pei, its great that you support us, but theres no need to spend all that money Hadnt Zhang Yuan only thought about selling system units to build their reputation? Many other internet cafes were doing the same. There was no need for so much funding at this stage. Even if Boss Pei invested millions of yuan in this business, Zhang Yuan would not know where to spend the money. Pei Qian shook his head. Youre too conservative! You cant even think of ways to spend money? How can that be? Chapter 293 - Everything that Boss Pei Did Felt Wrong Zhang Yuan was confused. Huh? Boss Pei, what do you mean? Pei Qian sniggered. From the way things are going, customers have to wait at least four to five days for their system units to arrive at their doorstep after placing their orders, right? Zhang Yuan thought for a moment and replied, Er we could deliver the units in three or four days if we act quickly. Pei Qian shook his head, obviously unsatisfied. Thats really slow. Based on our current model, we are creating good computers to be displayed in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. Gamers can come to the internet cafes and try out the computers for themselves, in order to see if they are good or not. If they like the computers, they have to pay for it. We would then order the necessary hardware and assemble a computer for them. At the same time, we would be responsible for getting the system units delivered to their doorsteps and providing after-sales services. All we would earn are the installation and service fees, right? Here comes the problem. If we order the hardware online, it would take at least two or three days to come even if the delivery is quick. Then, we have to assemble the system units and deliver them. That would take another day at least. Wouldnt customers become very anxious in those few days? Thats a huge problem! Zhang Yuan was slightly confused. Huh? Its just three or four days; they can wait, cant they? Even online shops that sell ready-made computers work that way, right? Some shops even take a full week to deliver the system units after the orders have been made. Were already considered quite fast. Pei Qian shook his head. Were only two or three days faster than other online shops; how can we call that a core benefit? Gamers still have to wait, dont they? Fast service is this: customers placing an order in the morning and receiving their system unit by the afternoon on the same day! Thats why we cannot only place orders for hardware after receiving customers requests. We have to be prepared with the hardware in advance. We need to achieve four things: We should deliver customers purchases as quickly as if they had been bought from physical stores. Our after-sales service has to be as good as first-tier brands. Our marketing model and the quality of our goods have to match up to the most good-hearted online stores. Our quality-to-price ratio must be pegged against what unscrupulous merchants selling lemon products[1] boast of! Only then can we do this glowing logo justice, understand? Zhang Yuan became speechless. He pondered for a moment and said, That requires us to have large amounts of stocks prepared. Yet, thatll be like false bravado. If we cant sell our stocks, well have to hold it until the next generation of products comes out. By then, the stocks would have to be sold at very low prices. The risks are too high! Pei Qian smiled. There will be risks to anything that we do. How can we sit back and do nothing just because of that? As long as money can buy an excellent shopping experience for our customers, it would be money well-spent! Since we have decided to venture into this business, we should not keep it so low-profile. Ill give you a sum of money. You can rent warehouses near each of our Fish-Catching Internet Cafe branches and store our stocks there. Dont worry about overstocking. Im thinking about holding a 1024 Programmers Day event. We can use that opportunity to publicize ROFs brand as well. All three men looked confused. Programmers Day? Pei Qian nodded and explained his plan in detail. The main event was a huge sale for Fish-Catching Take-Out and Upwind Logistics, starting from the week beginning with October 24th. The event would ultimately aim to give back to old and new customers alike, improve the businesses reputation, and increase their market share. Of course, the core aim was to spend as much money as possible. After finding out about the computer-installation business, Pei Qian decided to include it in the 1024 Programmers Day event. It would seem quite underwhelming if he only gave discounts for Fish-Catching Take-Out and Upwind Logistics on Programmers Day. Now, he could give discounts on system units, too. It was just as well! ROF can be included in the event as a computer-installation brand as well, but we have to make some changes. First, we have too few types of systems, one, to be exact. We wont be able to properly satisfy customers requests. I think we can come up with three types of systems: costing 7,999, 11,999, and 15,999 yuan respectively. During the sale, we can sell these systems at their cost price. In essence, these systems would be sold at the total cost of their respective hardware parts. That would mean we would deliver and install them at no charge. We can also include a free upgrade. Those who purchase the 7,999 yuan system can upgrade to the 11,999 one for free. Those who purchase the 11,999 system can in turn upgrade to the 15,999 one for free. The first 100 customers can enjoy this free upgrade. After that, we will hold a ballot and allow lucky customers to upgrade at no charge. Fish-Catching Internet Cafe can hold a ballot at regular intervals as well. We would give one entire system to one lucky customer during each ballot. Of course, all of these activities will be conducted between October 24th and 31st. After that, well resume normal operations. Holding a promotional event like that would make us more popular and get our brand name out there. It wouldnt be too ridiculous to spend some money, right? Pei Qian was not actually speaking to the three men but to the System. Indeed, the System did not prohibit him from doing this! The System drew a very blur line between promotions and free gifts. As long as it looked like a promotional event on the surface and Pei Qian explained that he was trying to gain popularity by giving discounts, the System would likely turn a blind eye to his actions. He could not help but feel moved. Physical industries were really the best! He could do no such thing for the games. Once research and development was complete, games required no more production costs. The more promotions one ran, the more one would earn. On the other hand, one had to incur large expenses for manpower and rent to operate physical industries. On top of that, he could run huge promotional events and sell computer hardware at low prices. As long as he did not do this over an extended period and gained popularity and fame in return, the System would not consider it an intentional loss. He had also mentioned he wanted to produce a large number of stocks. He would spend a lot of money to build up an excess of stocks, which Pei Qian guessed would not all be sold. Once they came up with new products, the excess stocks would have to be sold at extremely low prices. That meant another chance to incur losses! Great! After listening to Boss Peis explanation, Zhang Yuan could not help but raise his thumb. Boss Pei, you are far-sighted indeed, and you make such bold moves! However, I have a minor suggestion. 1024 is Programmers Day, but if we run a promotional event for that reason, it might not be as effective. After all, we are trying to target everyone and not just programmers. Why dont we call it 1024 Digital Day? That would expand our audience and make it easier for us to advertise the promotion. Pei Qian nodded. Alright, that works! He didnt think that referring to October 24th as Programmers Day was appropriate either. At first, he was only going to run promotions for take-out and delivery services. Referring to such an event as Programmers Day sounded far-fetched. Now, the event would include take-out, logistics, and computer-installation services. Calling it 1024 Digital Day would be more memorable. More people in Jingzhou would take note of it, and Pei Qian would incur more losses. In addition to the manpower costs Pei Qian would incur during this period, he could be assured that he would be spending a huge sum of money. Zhang Yuan was becoming very excited and highly motivated. Boss Pei is amazing! He trusts me! Before this, Zhang Yuan had thought about keeping the business low-profile. He wanted to go down the route of online computer-installation business and ride on Fish-Catching Internet Cafes fame. He thought that he would be able to generate some revenue by targeting ballers. He had not expected Boss Pei to be so generous. He was offering so much support that Zhang Yuan felt touched! Boss Pei, dont worry. Ill do this well! Pei Qian nodded. Alright. As always, do not be afraid of spending money. Understand? Boss Pei had finally thought things through as well. Being stabbed in the back by his own employees was unavoidable. The bigger his business was, the less he would be able to attend to everything personally. He also could not expect his subordinates to report every single thing to him. They could only offer updates every once in a while. Misinformation and time lags were to be expected. He had so many employees under him; there would probably always be people who had nothing better to do and wanted to try their hand at starting a business. After all, Boss Pei was treating them so well. Their lives were already stable and comfortable. Some people would seek to fulfill higher-order desires, such as achieving success in their careers. Pei Qian could not fault them. Thus, Boss Pei had to take some responsibility for causing his employees to repeatedly stab him in the back-he had satisfied everyone too well. Without any worries in the world, of course, they would have time to think about how to start their own business. Pei Qian could not help but feel sorrow. Boss Pei was to be blamed for everything. Yet, this was not a bad thing. The key was in what perspective he took. If he saw things negatively, he could say that everyone was out to kill him. If he saw things positively, he could say that there was a chance they could help him spend more money if they worked blindly. As the saying went, it was better to redirect the current than to fight it. Take this incident for example. Zhang Yuan had wanted to run a low-profile business. He had thought about making use of Fish-Catching Internet Cafes fame and Upwind Logistics convenience to run his computer-installation business. Although such a business would not generate much revenue, it also would not incur much loss. The most likely outcome was that it would earn some money. However, Pei Qian managed to use this opportunity to spend even more money during this cycle by making some adjustments. He had turned a problem into a blessing! Pei Qian giggled. Its a good thing Im a genius. Otherwise, I would be defeated by my own employees! They discussed a general direction for the promotional event. Finally, preparations for 1024 Digital Days unstoppable promotional event was underway. October 14th Zhongdian Chinese Network All preparations for the collaboration with Repent and be Saved had been complete. Everything was done very efficiently. Most importantly, Ma Yiqun understood that traffic on Zhongdian Chinese Network was increasing rapidly thanks to Repent and be Saveds popularity. He could not guarantee that this effect would remain for a long time. Thus, launching the event earlier meant being able to stabilize traffic on the website earlier as well. Its almost time. Post the official notice. Ma Yiqun nudged Li Yada subtly, and both posted the notice at the same time. The notice clearly explained all the details of the combined event. Zhongdian Chinese Network would launch a seven-day login event. New users would only have to complete several simple tasks in order to get unimpeded access to all novels on the site, Repent and be Saveds Look-Changing Pills, and other rewards. The official notice on Repent and be Saved notified players that their accounts had been linked throughout all of Tengdas sites. They could now use the same account to access Zhongdian Chinese Network and claim their rewards. On top of that, Ma Yiqun also instructed his editors to notify all authors. Traffic on the site would explode in the next few days; everyone had to work harder! When Zhongdian Chinese Network was set up, Ma Yiqun began guiding the editors in their work. The editors had also been reviewing manuscripts non-stop since then. They already knew the better writers among the full-time, low-tier ones. Later, Zhongdian Chinese Network offered to top up elite writers remuneration so that they could earn as much as they would if they had been writing on larger sites. That move offered great motivation for the group of elite writers. Now, since there was going to be more traffic on the site, writers would stand to earn more money if they wrote more chapters. Naturally, all the authors on Zhongdian Chinese Network became ecstatic and motivated to work harder. A good number of authors had also written more chapters in advance. They kept these chapters, waiting to release them all during the combined event-in the hopes that their novels would race up the ranking charts and become popular! The website has traffic and a number of good novels on the shelves. Whether it succeeds or not depends entirely on this! Ma Yiqun was nervous but excited. He had wanted to give up his career in online literature. Boss Pei was the one who renewed his confidence and put Zhongdian Chinese Network in his hands. More than three months had gone by since then. Ma Yiqun had been working hard and pulling all stops. Finally, he had an opportunity in front of him-an opportunity to repay Boss Pei and turn the websites loss into profit! [1] This is a slang for products that appear to be of high-quality but are actually low-quality and have low durability. Chapter 294 - Keep the Money and Don’t Transfer it Back! An announcement was posted on Zhongdian Chinese Network, Repent and be Saveds details page, and Tengda Games official Weibo at almost the same time. Soon, they caught the attention of many players. Eh? Repent and be Saveds developers are working together with a small online novel website? Isnt that the website which published Repent and be Saveds official novel? The rewards for this combined event are so awesome! Not only can we get unimpeded access to the novel website, but we can also get rewards in-game items. Look-Changing Pills? They can change the characters looks? Holy sh*t, dont stop me, Im going to get them for sure! The accounts have been linked? Thats great; we wont have to register for a new account. Ive been keeping up with this website. The books were trash in the beginning, but their more recent novels look quite good. Theyre not far off compared to the elite novels you find on Infinite Chinese Network. You can read them when you have nothing better to do. For the sake of the Look-Changing Pills, lets go! Everyone seemed quite excited. At the end of the day, one had to admit that the rewards were well-chosen! The protagonist in Repent and be Saved was just an ordinary man. At the moment, players could not customize their characters. After all, Pei Qian had been trying his best to deter sight-seers from the game back then. That made being able to change their characters looks that much more important to players! There were several NPCs in the gameespecially female oneswho looked quite similar to the protagonist. Once players heard that they could turn their character into a female, they became more excited! Of course, given the games theme and design, female NPCs could not look that attractive. They were worlds apart from adult games, which prioritized the characters looks. Still, players of Repent and be Saved would be used to seeing monsters and corpses thanks to the games background story. Any female NPC would look outstanding and attractive against such a backdrop. Thus, hoards of players logged onto Zhongdian Chinese Network to finish their tasks, in hopes that they would obtain Look-Changing Pills at the end of the seven-day period. They did not even have to spend money on an item like that-all they had to do was log in for seven days in a row. It would be an absolute waste if they gave it up! At the same time, Zhongdian Chinese Network released a bunch of elite novels. Under the editors tireless guidance, there were bound to be a few lousy authors who would achieve breakthroughs and produce pretty good novels. Based on the backend figures, Ma Yiqun picked out these good seedlings and topped up their remuneration using the sum of money that Boss Pei had transferred to him. The payment that these authors received was comparable to what they would earn if they had written for other large websites; thus, they became very motivated. Many authors began to update their novels quicker during the event period, causing readers to become hooked more easily. Thus, Zhongdian Chinese Network had both the right quality of novels and the right number of readers. A virtuous cycle had been established! Many gamers who had been reading novels on Infinite Chinese Network were happy to add another novel website to their list. They could read different novels on each site concurrently. With the revenue earned from readers, the website would no longer need to rely on Boss Pei for subsidies in the future. Slowly, it would be able to turn losses into profit. As Ma Yiqun watched the backend figures on the website increase, he felt pleased and comforted. Ill report this good news to Boss Pei! Ma Yiqun dialed Boss Peis number, feeling increasingly proud of himself. Hello? Boss Peis voice sounded very nasal over the phone. Ma Yiqun paused. Boss Pei, do you have the flu? Im sorry, I shouldnt be disturbing you now. Every Tengda employee was extremely concerned about Boss Peis health. After all, he was like a mentor to all of them. Pei Qian answered, Its no big deal. Is there trouble with the website? Quick, tell me. Ma Yiqun was not sure if he was just imagining things, but there always seemed to be a hint of hopefulness in Boss Peis voice. Did he hope that there would be trouble with the website? Thats impossible. Boss Pei must sound like that because hes sick. I must be hearing things. Ma Yiqun could not help but grin. Boss Pei, I have some good news! Starting next month, you wont have to provide so much money to top up our authors remuneration! At the end of this month, I intend to return a portion of the money you transferred to me as well. In three or four months, Zhongdian Chinese Network might become self-sufficient! Boss Pei remained silent for a long time before he responded. Huh? Ma Yiqun continued, Boss Pei, youve directed a huge amount of traffic to Zhongdian Chinese Network through Repent and be Saved. Its proving effective! We saw many gamers visiting Zhongdian Chinese Network during this period. It made our website much more popular than it was. Thus, I thought about organizing a combined event with Li Yada. It looks like were seeing some results! Theres been an increase in the number of registered users and active users on the website. On top of that, more readers seem to be following various novels. This means that gamers are not just visiting Zhongdian Chinese Network to browse through the official novel. Theyre staying behind and reading other novels on our site! With the revenue generated by these readers, the website would probably earn much more during this period. Thats why I dont think well need to spend as much money to top up our authors remuneration. Thats also why Im thinking about returning a portion of the money you transferred to me. That way, we can spend the money more meaningfully Before Ma Yiqun could finish speaking, Boss Pei turned his suggestion down. Theres no need! Dont do that! Ma Yiqun was confused. Huh? Pei Qian cleared his throat, trying to calm himself down. The money is not important. Repent and be Saved is selling so well; why are you still worried that Tengda would lack funds? In any case, the money would be better spent on Zhongdian Chinese Network! What stage are we at now? Were only seeing signs that our losses could be turned into profits. Were still a long way from becoming giants in the online literature industry, like Infinite Chinese Network! Keep the money and dont transfer it back. No matter what, you have to think of ways to spend all that money this month! Shouldnt we be giving our new readers some benefits? Shouldnt we give our authors a greater bonus, given that theyve been working so hard over the past few months purely for the sake of their passion? Our employees have been working extremely hard as well. Shouldnt we organize some team-building events and bring everybody closer? We could also look for more programs and improve our website and mobile application. Are our server and bandwidth still good enough now that we have so many new readers? Otherwise, spend money to upgrade them. There are still so many avenues to spend money. Why are you always thinking about holding back and saving on capital? Its not your own money that youll be spending; dont be so stingy. Spend as much as you want! If you dont have enough money, ask me for more! Ma Yiqun felt ashamed upon hearing Boss Peis words. He was such a letdown! Ma Yiqun had only thought about turning the websites losses into profits and saving money for Boss Pei. After all, the website had been burning money on the editors salaries, the websites operating expenses, the authors remuneration, and the like for the past couple of months This made Ma Yiqun deeply uncomfortable. He couldnt stop thinking about how to earn all that money back for Boss Pei. Now, Boss Peis words had shaken him awake. It was important to generate profits, but the websites development was even more important! Zhongdian Chinese Network was one part of Boss Peis larger plan. It was still considered small-scale at the moment. Even if Ma Yiqun could turn the losses into profit, the website would probably only generate a small profit. One could not compare Zhongdian Chinese Network to a giant like Infinite Chinese Network. Tengda Games was already way ahead of Zhongdian Chinese Network. It was almost as if that latter was the younger sibling, trailing behind the older sibling and copying everything it did. At a time like that, the younger sibling should be thinking about sharing the older siblings burdens and maturing as quickly as possible. Ma Yiqun was deeply moved, not only because Boss Pei seemed to already have a bright plan for Zhongdian Chinese Networks future, but more so because he seemed to trust Ma Yiqun a lot as well! Alright, Boss Pei. Ill spend the money on developing the website. Dont worry! After hanging up, Pei Qian silently switched on his laptop to study Zhongdian Chinese Networks situation. Although he could not see the backend figures, there was another way to check how popular the website was. He could click on a random novel on the homepage and browse the comments section. Before this, the comments sections had either been cold and deserted or filled with criticism. Either way, they always looked tragic. However, the situation was different now. Pei Qian clicked on various books on the homepage, and all their comments sections looked normal! Some rushed authors to update more regularly, some gave positive feedback, and some discussed the plots. It was also obvious that more people were recommending, voting for, and saving all of these novels. This was not the case for just one or two novels but for nearly all the novels on the homepage! Pei Qian knew very well that Zhongdian Chinese Network was not faking these figures. In fact, it would remove any novel with artificially-boosted figures from its recommendation spots immediately. There was no way that such novels would remain on the websites home page. In other words, all the figures Pei Qian was seeing for the novels on the homepage were real! They were becoming more popular among readers! That was not the worst part. To Pei Qians surprise, the novels on the homepage were much better than before, in terms of content, rhythm, and language. Pei Qian had read several novels on Zhongdian Chinese Network before. Basically, all of them were some of the lousiest novels he had ever read. He could never decipher the plot. They were the kinds of novels that ordinary people would give up on after one or two chapters. However, the novels he was reading now looked like something else! Their titles and synopses were much more attractive. They also had a better pace and more satisfying storylines. All in all, the novels were more tasteful! It was no wonder that the figures were improving The higher traffic was only part of the problem. The root of the problem was that the books were getting better. That was why the readers were sticking around. Of course, the books were not that great either. At best, they could be considered top-tier books on Infinite Chinese Network. Still, they were very readable. Whats happening? Pei Qian frowned after discovering the problem. I thought Ma Yiqun didnt understand online literature. After all, every single novel he released failed. Clearly, he deeply misunderstands the world of online literature. If thats true, the editors he trained should be equally clueless. If all the editors in Zhongdian Chinese Network do not understand online literature How did they decide to place these better-than-average novels on the home page? Did they base their decision on the backend figures? Hmm, that seems possible Pei Qian was beginning to suspect that he had misunderstood Ma Yiquns true standard. However, on further thought, he realized that the readers were the greatest decision-makers. Although Zhongdian Chinese Network did not have that many readers yet, their choices were still dependable. Ma Yiqun did not have to read every single book. He only had to pick out the books with better backend figures and place them on the recommended list. Forget it, forget it. Ill stop thinking about these things. Settlement is right around the corner. Zhongdian Chinese Network just has to finish spending that sum of money on my behalf. I dont have any more energy to look into these details. Pei Qian tossed his phone towards his bed and went into ostrich mode. He did not want to be bothered by anyone now. He just needed each business to spend all the additional money they had earned to ease the pressure off of himself. He was just about to take an afternoon nap when his cell phone rang again. He picked it up and saw that it was Assistant Xin. Boss Pei, the official platform wants an exclusive interview with you to find out about your thought process behind the creation of your games. Pei Qian remained silent for a moment. Im very busy now. Can I turn them down? Chapter 295 - Boss Pei, You will be Personally Rewarded with a Hundred Thousand Yuan The lead designer of Tengda Games, Boss Pei, wanted very badly to turn the official platform down. The official platform wants an exclusive interview with me to find out about my thought process behind the creation of my games? My thought process has been Im so miserable! Every single game I created turned out to be a success. Why is it so difficult to create a loss-incurring game? Pei Qian was afraid that the official platform would raise many problems with Game Designer and Repent and be Saved. That would be akin to flogging a corpse and re-opening Boss Peis old wounds. That would be too difficult to tolerate! Whats more, wouldnt an exclusive interview serve to market the games even more? Wouldnt it drive more players to buy Tengdas games? Pei Qian instinctively tried to turn down the opportunity. Assistant Xin remained silent for a moment and then tried to persuade him. I think you should at least turn up. Its an exclusive interview with the official platform after all. Other ordinary game companies can only dream of such an opportunity. Until now, the official platform has offered a lot of support to our company as well. I think we have to reciprocate with a certain level of respect. For some reason, Pei Qian felt like a pupil who was being persuaded to go to class. Just talking about the support that the official platform had lent Tengda got Pei Qian mad. Is that what you call support?! Its one thing to give me recommendation spots even though I didnt ask for them, but they even wrote a special recommendation and praised the game to no end after that! Not only were the customers misled, but the official platform even gave Tengda seventy percent of the profits! This cost Boss Pei a lot every single time. If the official platform had not created so many problems, would Boss Pei have had to think about how to incur losses even while he was sick?! Pei Qian pondered for a moment and asked, If I dont go, will the official platform send someone to assassinate me? Would they stop giving Tengda recommendation spots? Would they split the profits evenly instead of giving us seventy percent? Assistant Xin was speechless. I dont think they would go to that extent. They wouldnt assassinate me, would they? Thats a pity! Pei Qian thought hard. If he showed disrespect to the official platform, perhaps he would get fewer recommendation spots in the future. Assistant Xin spoke again. They already said it would be a simple chat. They wont take up too much of your time. Since thats the case, why not just help them out? Pei Qian was speechless. Assistant Xin continued, Thats right, theyll also take the chance to give Tengda an official trophy to recognize our companys contribution to the creation of novel games. Pei Qian was speechless. Theyll also give you a personal reward to recognize your outstanding results as a game designer. Thats a hundred thousand yuan in cash. Of course, its not much, but the most important thing is. Send them over! Pei Qian interrupted Assistant Xin. Huh? Assistant Xin was shocked. She did not expect Boss Peis attitude to take a 180-degree turn. He had just turned her down unconditionally. Had he changed his mind in the blink of an eye? Pei Qian cleared his throat. I pondered over it. I really should agree to the interview. This is mainly because the honor is not only mine. The hard work of all of Tengdas employees should be recognized. Although Im extremely busy and uninterested in being recognized in such ways, this is an opportunity for my employees to be rewarded. For them, I shall agree to the interview. Pei Qian spoke righteously. Yes, yes. Boss Pei, you are right. Assistant Xin sounded approving. After all, not everyone is indifferent to worldly rewards like you are. You should accept these rewards if theyre offered to you. Pei Qian pondered for a moment and asked, How many reporters will there be? Assistant Xin replied, It hasnt been confirmed. I think it depends on the scale of the interview. If theyre only coming up with one manuscript, one reporter should be enough. If theyre producing a video, there would be at least one videographer. There arent any hard and fast rules. I think its mainly up to us to decide how many people should come over and how many days the interview should last for. Pei Qian nodded and said, Alright. Since the official platform is showing us so much respect, well treat them as well as we can! Ask them to bring an entourage to Jingzhou. Well cover all of their costs. Assistant Xin asked, Including their accommodation and food? Pei Qian nodded and said, Yes, and their air tickets. Theyre coming all this way for an interview. We have to host them properly and cover all the expenses. Assistant Xin did not ask any more questions. Alright, Boss Pei. Ill make the necessary arrangements. Boss Pei had intended to turn down the interview, but that was because he did not expect the sly official platform to have prepared a personal reward! Of course, a hundred thousand yuan was not much to Boss Pei, but it was not little either! Whats more, Pei Qian suddenly realized there was an opportunity to spend money here. Since he had already decided to quench his thirst with poison before settlement, he could go one step further. He could spend a sum of money by hosting the official platforms reporters well. He could pay for their air tickets, their accommodation, and their food and drinks. He could even bring them to Ming Yun Private Kitchen for a meal. Of course, this could backfire on Pei Qian. For instance the official platform could like him all the more. They could frame the interview in such a way as to increase sales for the games. However, Pei Qian had already thought about a counter-plan. He could say some cold, hard truths during the interview to burst the players bubbles. This could become a topic of debate and negatively impact the games sales. Wouldnt that be a win-win situation? In any case, Boss Pei was willing to do anything to incur losses! October 17th, Sunday In the afternoon At the airport Xia Jiang was stepping onto Jingzhou soil for the first time. She looked behind her, scanning her impressive interview team. All of a sudden, she felt a great weight on her shoulders. There were a total of nine people in the official platforms interview team this time. Xia Jiang was the editor-in-chief, in charge of Boss Peis interview. She brought with her an editor-in-training to help her out. There were four people in the camera crew: one in charge of the main camera, two in charge of the roving cameras, and a young, burly man to help with carrying equipment and other matters. There were also two photographers, and a businessman named Little Zhang. He was in charge of building a relationship with employees of Tengda and planning the entire interview schedule. Apart from the trainee, all nine of them were experienced and aged. One could say that this was the dream team. There would be no need to pull all stops if this were an ordinary interview. At most, the official platform would send one reporter, one videographer, and one photographer. Sometimes, the reporter would double up as the photographer as well. It was rare for a team like that to be formed. Naturally, Xia Jiang had heard of Tengda Games before. She knew that it was an up-and-coming games company in Jingzhou and that its business was not limited to developing games. It was said that this companys boss was quite a mysterious character. That was why Xia Jiang, along with everyone else in her team, felt extremely curious about him. In fact, it was Tengdas request for the official platform to send so many people. This showed how seriously Tengda was taking this interview. That was why Xia Jiang felt incredible pressure from the moment she accepted this task. To her, this was going to be an important interview. Tengda had also expressed their utmost sincerity. They had arranged for a seven-seater car and an ordinary car to send the team anywhere they needed to go. On top of that, the teams accommodation and meals for the entire period was going to be taken care of. The two cars sent the entire team to their hotel where a few of Tengdas staff took care of the check-in process. Everything was the same as when Teacher Qiao and Zhang Zuting visited. The hotel was a high-class one, and there were fruit platters, desserts, and coffee machines in the rooms. Everything looked top-tier. After resting for a while, everyone gathered in the hotel lobby and prepared to proceed to Tengda Games for the exclusive interview with Boss Pei. At that moment, Pei Qian was planning the interview teams itinerary. We can bring them to this attraction in Jingzhou this afternoon and let them walk around. At night, we can bring them to Ming Yun Private Kitchen. Ive already planned the menu. Tomorrows Monday. We can take them to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. In the afternoon We can go to the other attractions in Jingzhou. Well pick the most expensive ones. At night, they can have dinner at other high-end restaurants. We should probably start the interview the day after tomorrow. They can talk to staff from various departments over three days. Allow them to get as much material as they need. Once theyre done, ask them to remain in Jingzhou to rest for a full day before leaving. Get them to stay until Saturday if you can. We can have a farewell meal at Ming Yun Private Kitchen on Saturday night. Then, they can take a flight out of here on Sunday. Thats a full weekperfect. We have to remember to buy them parting gifts before they leave. Give each of them ten gifts so that they can distribute them to their colleagues when they get back. Yes, thats about it. After calculating the total amount of money he could spend this time, Pei Qian could not help but grin. In Pei Qians eyes, this team was not here to film an interview with himself. Instead, they were his friends who were here to help him spend money. As the saying went, one should spare no effort in taking advantage of whatever he laid his hand on. It was rare for so many people to visit Jingzhou. Pei Qian could not allow them to slip away just like that! After confirming the itinerary, Pei Qian glanced at his watch. It was almost time to set off. Once Pei Qian arrived at the hotel, he spotted the interview team, walked up to them, and gave them a warm welcome to Jingzhou. It was the first time Xia Jiang and the others were seeing Pei Qian. All of them were shocked at how young he was. After exchanging pleasantries Boss Pei, why dont we head down to your office first? Weve already prepared all our equipment, and we can start recording at any moment. All Xia Jiang could think about was work. Theres no hurry, replied Pei Qian, waving his hands. Assistant Xin will bring all of you around Jingzhou tonight. Enjoy the sights and smells of this city before getting to work. Xia Jiang paused. Huh? Boss Pei, shouldnt we get straight to work? If we have extra time after that, then we can tour the city. Pei Qian looked solemn as he said, Youll be working too hard! As the saying goes, each place has its way of supporting its inhabitants. Tengda was born and raised in Tengda. If you want to film Tengda, you have to first film Jingzhou. Lets do this: all of you can visit some attractions in Jingzhou and get a feel of the atmosphere and environment. That would aid you in your filming I have a welcome feast prepared for tonight. You can enjoy Jingzhous delicacies and get your creative juices flowing. The guests should follow the hosts; just follow what I have planned for you! Alright, everyone! Get on board the cars! Just like that, the interview team was pushed onto the cars by Boss Pei and his smooth words. They began their journey around Jingzhou to spend money-no, to enjoy the sights and smells. Chapter 296 - What is a Professional Journalist? In the evening, they would enjoy Jingzhous cityscape. At night, they would eat to their hearts content at Ming Yun Private Kitchen. Xia Jiang and the interview team munched on the huge lobsters. They were very touched by the treatment that they received! The treatment was out of this world! The work of a journalist was very varied. There were gravy train tasks, and there were also back-breaking jobs. In most casesif the interviewee personally requested the interview, the treatment that the journalists received would be better. The interviewee would cover their transportation and accommodation costs. Sometimes, each of them would even receive a travel allowance ranging from five hundred to a thousand yuan. People would often label that allowance as a red packet(1). However, the interview with Tengda was different. The interview was not requested by Tengda, but it was organized by the official platform instead. Under normal circumstances, Tengda did not need to pay for their travel and accommodation costs. However, Boss Pei offered to do so! Not only did Tengda pay for their travel allowance and accommodation cost, but they also offered them the highest quality services such as in terms of the vehicles they used and their meals. That made them feel respected. Furthermore, this feast that they were enjoying seemed very expensive. Xia Jiang and the team were a little overwhelmed by the treatment that they received! Xia Jiang was originally considering if she should have a chat with Boss Pei during the meal to collect some interview information beforehand. However, when the dazzling delicacies were served, she immediately threw that thought at the back of her mind. She was completely engaged by the food! Amongst the dishes that were served, many delicacies were something she had only heard of and never seen before. How could she resist the temptation to try them? Moreover, evidently, the service speed of the attendants there was specially trained. The service timing of every dish was just right. That made the entire meal very enjoyable. After finishing the dessert, Xia Jiang touched her bloated tummy in shame. Oh, no! Boss Pei had been too thoughtful the entire time such that she did not find a suitable time to ask her questions! After leaving Ming Yun Private Kitchen, Xia Jiang took out her phone secretly and opened the Quanmin Reviews app. She would not know it if she did not check it. The moment she looked up the restaurant, the results shocked her. Wasnt this place the unnamed restaurant that went viral a while back? It was said that all the seats at the restaurant had been reserved for the following two or three months. It was too popular. Even Jingzhou City locals might not even find a chance to eat at the restaurant. Everyone looked at Boss Pei respectfully and gratefully. They must ensure that the video was of a high standard! They must not let Boss Pei down after all that he had done for them! Xia Jiang was extremely touched. Boss Pei, thank you for hosting us! We will make the necessary preparations tonight after we return to the hotel. Can we start the interview officially tomorrow morning? Pei Qian shook his head and replied, No, no, no. I have other arrangements for you guys tomorrow. I will host you guys over at the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe tomorrow morning. How can you not play some games when interviewing a games company? In the afternoon, we will continue to enjoy Jingzhous beautiful scenery. Jingzhous rich land fosters many talents, and our city is as pretty as a picture. How can one evening be enough to see it all? You guys have to experience more of it! You guys can have a good rest tonight and tomorrow night. After all, you must be tired after all the traveling. We have ample time. Do not be so nervous. We can officially start the interview two days later in the morning. Xia Jiang was stunned. Huh? Boss Pei, thats not very appropriate, isnt it? Pei Qian smiled and shook his head. How is that not appropriate? Arent we all working towards creating a good interview? A guest should suit the convenience of the host. Do not worry. Just follow my arrangements, and well be fine. October 18th In the morning, Xia Jiang and the others were surfing the internet and drinking their coffees at the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. They were both shocked and surprised by the cafes new operating model. After all, the Fish-Catching Internet Cafes were only located in Jingzhou City and had yet to be spread to other cities. In the evening, the crowd had another half-day tour of Jingzhou City and toured the remaining places of interest. At night, Boss Pei arranged for everyone to have dinner at Swan Lake Restaurant. The reason Boss Pei gave as to why they did not head over to the unnamed restaurant was that they had no more reservations. Swan Lake Restaurant was a buffet restaurant. Although the environment was still high-class and there was still a huge variety of food, Xia Jiang could sense that the restaurant was much more inferior as compared to the nameless restaurant! The difference could be felt from the ingredients, chefs skills, dining environment, services, and other aspects. However, if she had to pinpoint exactly where the differences were, she would not be able to do it. She could only conclude that the differences in the tiny details could accumulate and result in a huge difference in the overall experience. Xia Jiang was not displeased with that. On the contrary, she was even more touched. This meal at Swan Lake Restaurant was already high-class enough. However, it was barely comparable to the unnamed restaurant. That showed that the welcoming reception that Boss Pei had hosted was indeed very deluxe! Surely, ordinary people who come to Jingzhou could not enjoy such treatment, could they? Boss Pei was so amazing! He had been really generous! In the eyes of Xia Jiang and the others, Boss Peis image was infinitely enlarged. They felt slightly heartbroken to think that Boss Pei had been so low-key even after producing so many classic games. They were not doing their job for not making a report on Boss Pei sooner! They must do well in this interview. They could not disappoint Boss Pei after the meal that he invited them to last night! At night Xia Jiang returned to the hotel. She took out her laptop and started typing furiously. She began sorting out the direction of the interview tomorrow. She would be a little embarrassed if she continued neglecting her work. After arriving at Jingzhou City two days ago, they had first toured the city. Then, they enjoyed a scrumptious meal and rested for the night. Today, they went over to the internet cafe and toured some more tourist attractions in Jingzhou City. Then, they had another feast at night. They had truly dined and wined to satiety and were thoroughly recharged. The schedule that Boss Pei planned had been very reasonable. He had really spent quite some effort on it. Jingzhou City is such a huge city. It is impossible to finish touring the entire city in one day. Therefore, he had specially arranged for the city tours to be held on two separate evenings. The weather in the evening is more subtle and suitable to head outside. At the same time, he ensured that the events every day were not too taxing and that they would not tire us. Moreover, we had truly captured some clips and obtained information that could be used in the interview itself during the tours. Xia Jiang recalled the things that she heard and saw these two days. The good stuff that she had eaten instantly transformed into nutrition and was absorbed by her brain. She had an explosion of ideas. Especially at the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, she played some of Tengdas games using the high configuration computers and experienced a completely different gaming experience. That allowed her to have a deeper understanding of Boss Peis game design philosophy. Her ideas were exploding in that instant. Xia Jiang believed that Boss Peis avant-garde game design philosophy would create sparks with her top-notch writing abilities. That would make this interview a hot topic in the gaming circle! The next day, the interview team reached Tengdas office building early in the morning. Although the spacious and grandiose working environment shocked the interview team, the surprises that they had experienced these two days trained them to remain calm. They had a segment later where they would interview the employees of the company. The impressive office space was definitely that they could talk about and film. They must not let the chance slip away. The main task today was the interview with Boss Pei. The interview location was at Tengdas guest reception room. The lead cameraman had set up the main camera. He showed an OK sign with his hand, indicating that they could start at any moment. Two other moving cameras were carried by two other cameramen. They were filming from other angles to collect clips that could be used during editing. Xia Jiang was sitting on the couch. She realized that she was surprisingly a little nervous. She rarely felt that way. Pei Qian noticed the three cameras from outside the guest room. He was immediately on his guard. He pulled Assistant Xin over and gave her some simple instructions. After two minutes, Assistant Xin came to the guest room and conveyed Boss Peis words to Xia Jiang Chief Editor Xia, Boss Pei hopes that you can put away the cameras during his interview and only produce a written script instead. You can still use the video clips only for the interviews with other employees. Xia Jiang was stunned. How is that possible? Boss Pei is the focal point of this interview! The crew had taken a lot of footage of Jingzhous scenery and Tengdas working environment. They had also organized many in-depth interviews with the employees. After all that effort, the focal point of the interview did not show his face. That did not sound appropriate. Assistant Xin smiled and said, Chief Editor Xia, Ill be honest with you. Boss Pei is a very low-profile person. He doesnt like showcasing himself to the viewers. Boss Pei did not plan on accepting the interview initially. However, he felt that the laurels did not only belong to him. Their achievements were the result of the efforts of all the employees at Tengda. Therefore, he wanted to find an opportunity where the employees could receive their deserved acclamation. Thus, Boss Pei hopes that the interview would focus on his employees. His own interview would be a simple written one. Dont worry, Chief Editor Xia. Weve selected the core employees of our company, each of them in charge of one entire business. They would also have very interesting stories to share. Xia Jiang was very hesitant. She had come all this way, and yet she could not even film Boss Pei? The exclusive interview would lack substance! Pure words without videos would greatly discount the effect of the interview. However, Boss Pei had treated the entire interview team so well. His sincerity was obvious. If Boss Pei did not want to be in the limelight, they could not possibly force him to, right? Xia Jiang pondered for a moment and then nodded. Alright, since Boss Pei does not want to be in the limelight, we will do as he says. Ill improvise as we go along and try my best to adhere to Boss Peis requests while ensuring that the interview would turn out well. The cameramen switched off their cameras. They would only switch them on again when the employees were being interviewed. Pei Qian walked into the guest room, sat down on the sofa, and prepared to be interviewed. Although Xia Jiang looked disheartened that the cameras were off, she was a professional reporter after all. She had tons of experience hosting interviews. Thus, she quickly regained her composure and ran through the important questions she had prepared in her head. Boss Pei, we know that Tengda has produced many reputable and profitable games ever since it started. Gamers across the board love your games. What made you decide to enter the game industry and not other industries back then? Did a special opportunity present itself? After a moment of silence, Pei Qian said, It was a rash decision on my part. I really regret this decision; if only I had chosen other industries instead. Huh? Xia Jiang responded. Then, she giggled. Boss Pei, youre joking. The games youve created have received high praises. Obviously, youve accumulated profound knowledge. Otherwise, how could you have created deeply meaningful games like Game Designer and Repent and be Saved? Pei Qian smiled bitterly. Its true. Until now, I havent figured out how to use the official game editor. As for how I created those games I couldnt help it. My employees are too outstanding. Boss Pei said this through gritted teeth. Xia Jiangs expression turned somber. She began writing furiously in her notebook. He is a bold, imaginative, and unique designing genius. Yet, he has never systematically learned knowledge relevant to game design. Is this what people call a natural prodigy? He has never been constrained to the traditional methods of designing games. Instead, he tosses aside all restraints and allows his own ideas to take flight. He trusts his employees completely. Hes humble and open-minded, giving his employees all credit without seeking to steal credit or glorify himself. Hes extremely low-profile! [1] This is a monetary gift given during special occasions in Chinese culture Chapter 297 - Your Mind is like the Sea of Stars in the Sky Xia Jiang quickly finished taking everything down and then said, Boss Pei, we know that every game Tengda has created so far has been very profitable and reputable. Thats very rare. Many game developers only focus on profits and choose to sacrifice games reputation. As a result, potentially amazing works normally fail midway through. Other game developers focus more on the quality of their games and refuse to cut corners. As a result, they have good reputations but not enough profits. Some dont even earn enough to fund their daily operations. One has to admit that both of these are sorry situations to be in. Can you share with us how you achieve both profit and reputation at the same time? Pei Qian let out a soft sigh. Actually, Im not at all interested in making profits. I have never thought about how to balance building a reputation and making profits. However, for some reason, as Tengdas reputation improves; sales would increase, and we would generate more profits. Were earning so much now that its becoming suffocating. I dont understand why gamers would keep praising our games and stuffing their money into our hands. This troubles me deeply. Xia Jiang nodded with a serious expression as she furiously took notes. A designer who has stopped finding pleasure in the material world but has a greater desire for spirituality and mental strength. A soul whose burdens do not ease off a single bit no matter how much he earns. He is satisfied with just a bit of material pleasure, but his thirst for spiritual and mental improvement is insatiable. He never worries about his goals being unattainable. Instead, he keeps reflecting on himself. Have I not achieved that level of spiritual and mental strength? He often asks himself this. After taking these down, Xia Jiang spoke again, Boss Pei, youve already achieved such outstanding results. Whats your next goal? Pei Qian cleared his throat, his face a mask of seriousness. My goal has never changed. My aim has always been to make a loss-incurring game. Xia Jiang paused, nodded, and then started writing once again. Was this because he had already won so much in life? Most designers spend their entire lives working towards creating a successful game. Yet, he secretly hopes for and seeks failure. Perhaps victory is a bore to him now. Maybe one unexpected failure could provide him with more of a challenge. He makes failure his goal and can put down what he takes up. Many people work hard to succeed, but a rare few seek failure. One can hardly imagine what kind of perilous situations he had been through in order for him to have such strong mental capacity, that he isnt even afraid of great losses. Xia Jiang felt the words flowing smoothly to her. The sound of her pen scratching the surface of her notebook continued for a long time. Pei Qian, who was seated opposite her, began to seriously question his life. Question after question surfaced in his mind as he began soul-searching. Why doesnt she seem shocked by my answers? What exactly is she writing? Why does she look like she understands what Im saying? Pei Qian felt increasingly uncomfortable. Director, there must be something wrong with the script! Ive been running my mouth off. Why isnt this reporter expressing any doubts? Instead, shes taking down notes very seriously as if Im giving her golden advice Pei Qian stole a glance at Xia Jiangs notebook, but the words looked like scribbling. He could not recognize a single word. Should I ask? Yet, that seemed inappropriate. Which interviewee would ask his interviewer what kind of notes the latter was taking? That would be akin to doubting the interviewers professionalism and skills. It would be too rude. Pei Qian appeared calm and nonchalant as he smiled. However, his heart was filled with confusion. He could not help but feel like something was wrong. Soon, Xia Jiang asked the next question. Lets talk about your latest work, Repent and be Saved. Everyone knows that you work on a different game genre each time. What internally motivates you to continuously venture into different territories? Is it because youre brave and you want to push yourself outside your comfort zone? Is it because you want to learn as much as you can? Or is it because you have a superior attitude towards games and the world? Pei Qian was speechless. This was getting increasingly ridiculous! The earlier questions were more objective. However, this one made Xia Jiangs bias very obvious! Pei Qian shook his head, denying it at once. None of the above. I purely want to venture into uncharted territory, so that I can increase my chances of failure. This time, Xia Jiang did not write anything down. Instead, she smiled and said, I understand. Pei Qians mind was filled with question marks. What the h*ll do you understand?! I hate know-it-alls like you the most! Pei Qian was completely speechless. He was now a hundred percent sure that this reporter had misunderstood him. Whats more, it was probably a grave and ridiculous misunderstanding. Pei Qian was frantic. Yet, his good sense told him to remain calm. Whether this reporter had misunderstood him or not, Pei Qian could not forget his original motive. He had to try his best to reduce his popularity! He had to make himself look bad among gamers so as to reduce his sales volume. It would be best if he could even cause his next game to fail! At that thought, Pei Qian regained his composure and gestured for Xia Jiang to carry on with the interview. Xia Jiang asked, Many professional critics have commented on Repent and be Saved. Did you expect the professional critics to say whatever they did about the game? Pei Qian shook his head profusely. Not at all! Xia Jiang smiled. Had you originally thought that the games meaning was extremely well-hidden, then? Were you prepared for people not to understand it? Huh? No. Pei Qian shook his head again. I didnt think people would over-analyze the game to this extent. Over-analyze it? Xia Jiang picked up her pen again. Pei Qian nodded. Thats right, theyve gone overboard. The storyline they are praising was not created by me. I just found random literature graduates from school and made them come up with whatever they could. The game was not made difficult for immersiveness either. I only wanted to torture players with that game. Seeing players suffer is my guilty pleasure. Do you understand what I mean? Pei Qian looked very serious. Xia Jiang nodded, equally seriously. I understand, I understand. Pei Qian was speechless. Xia Jiang picked up her pen and began writing some notes. However, sensing that something was missing, she asked, Whats with the Pudu, then? Pei Qian answered truthfully. It was a weapon I created for myself to cheat. Players found out about it by accident. Xia Jiang nodded. So you played the game as well. Pei Qian was silent. What should he say? He didnt play it? There was no need to lie about such a simple question, right? Whats more, nobody would have believed him. Should he say he did, then? Yet, that seemed inappropriate as well. He had already said that the game was created to torture gamers. If he said he played it as well, wouldnt others mistake him for a masochist? Thus, Pei Qian found himself momentarily at a loss for words. Xia Jiang gave him a knowing look and continued writing in her notebook. Boss Peis sense of humor has left a lasting impression on me. Perhaps successful and mentally strong men like him all have an innate sense of humor. Even a normally boring and formal interview could become fun and amusing with him. Boss Pei had straightforwardly admitted that Repent and be Saved was meant to torture gamers. However, before he tortured others, he tortured himself first. While players suffered through the game, most would not guess that the creator of the game had gone through the exact same experience as they did beforehand. He said that the Pudu was meant for himself, but whos to say it was not meant for everyone else? He had to produce a way to save everyone before he could be viewed as a savior. If not for the great mercy and sacrifice of someone like him, how could Repent and be Saved have been created? Pei Qian had already put everything plainly. However, looking at the serious Xia Jiang writing diligently in her book, he suddenly felt helpless. Its useless! Shes not listening! She doesnt understand me at all! Were on completely different frequencies! Pei Qian had no idea how to answer the next question anymore. Xia Jiang finished taking notes and prepared to ask the next question. However, Pei Qian quickly lifted his hand to stop her. Chief Editor Xia Yes? Go ahead, Boss Pei. Xia Jiang looked earnest. Pei Qian tried hard to find the right words. Dont you think that you could have misunderstood whatever I just told you? Pei Qian had thought he had already done a good job of expressing doubt in Chief Editor Xias abilities. Yet, Xia Jiang did not look mad at all. Instead, she smiled as she nodded. Boss Pei, I understand. Your thinking is too deep. As hard as I try to guess the true meaning behind your words, I can only be partly correct at most. This can be likened to the sea of stars in the sky. No matter how far we try to look, we will only be able to see specks of light. Still, an entire galaxy of beauty exists behind the darkness, and we fail to appreciate it. Im sorry, Boss Pei. Im trying my best. Pei Qian was confused. ?. Did I doubt how hard youre trying? You are trying hard indeed-youre trying hard to misunderstand me! Why cant I get through to you?! No, this interview absolutely cannot carry on any longer. If this carries on, who could say what the final product would look like?! Pei Qian was just about to think of an excuse to leave when his cell phone rang. He retrieved it and saw that it was his 10 AM alarm to get out of bed. Normally, if there was nothing to attend to in the office, Pei Qian would sleep until 10 am. Since the interview had been set for 9 am, Pei Qian had set an additional alarm to get out of bed earlier today. Now, the 10 AM alarm was ringing. Pei Qian quickly switched it off and then raised his phone to his ear, acting like he was answering a call. Oh, okay. Give me a while. Ill be there as soon as I can. After putting his cell phone away, he acted apologetic and said, Chief Editor Xia, its really unfortunate. I have to tend to some work matters. Can you interview my employees instead? I have to make a move. Chief Editor Xia nodded quickly. Ah, alright, Boss Pei! Ive already gained a lot from todays interview. Please do what you have to. Pei Qian silently turned and left. Forget it! If I cant fight, Ill take flight! If I continue with the interview, I might be made into a god to worship. I have to leave as quickly as I can! As Xia Jiang watched Boss Pei leave, she quietly wrote another line in her notebook. The scariest thing in the world is a genius who works even harder than ordinary people. Once she was done, Chief Editor Xia gestured for the camera crew to grab their cameras. Let me see who we should interview first. Chapter 298 - Chemistry between the Interviewer and the Interviewee Pei Qian walked out of the guest room, wiping the sweat from his forehead. One could say he had seen this coming. The interview team did indeed have something up their sleeves! Pei Qian had thought he could easily deal with the problem by patronizing them. It was just an interview after all. He intended to casually say a few things for the reporter to take down and the readers to read. He would do the minimum required and then pretend that all of this never happened. He never thought that Chief Editor Xia would be so good at twisting the facts! From the looks of the current situation, this was no small problem. If he did not handle this well, there could be dire consequences! Pei Qian quickly pulled Assistant Xin aside. Who is Chief Editor Xia planning to interview? Assistant Xin pondered for a moment and said, Shes going to interview the more outstanding employees in Tengda-people like Huang Sibo, Bao Xu, Lin Wan, Lu Mingliang Pei Qian took in a cold breath. These were the people who constantly gave Boss Pei trouble! Most of them were outstanding employees, who had been sent away, and problematic people like Bao Xu, who Pei Qian had to keep a close eye on. Whats more, all of these back-stabbing employees had one thing in common: wild imaginations. Huang Sibo, Bao Xu, and Lin Wan were all infuriatingly imaginative monsters. If Chief Editor Xia interviewed all of them, the effects of their wild imaginations might not simply be a matter of addition. Instead, it might be a matter of multiplication or exponential growth. Could anyone read the interview then? It would probably be so filled with praise that Boss Pei would have a heart attack. Pei Qian wanted to arrange for others to be interviewed instead, but he realized that would be inappropriate. For one, he could not guarantee that the other employees were not as imaginative as those few. Moreover, if he sent ordinary employees at the lowest level to be interviewed, they might expose their own ranks to Chief Editor Xia. That would be unacceptable as well. Chief Editor Xia would surely be curious as to why Pei Qian had not arranged for core employees to be interviewed. She might even suspect that he was trying to hide something. If Chief Editor Xia went on to interview the imaginative freaks in secret, Boss Pei would have a huge surprise. Just the thought of that terrified Pei Qian. He could hardly imagine it. Thus, he decided to allow those people to be interviewed. As for how he could save himself After some thought, Pei Qian said, Tell them not to mention me at all during the interview Even if they do, they cannot say a single good thing about me, understand? Xin Hailu was stunned. Boss Pei, this sounds quite difficult. Pei Qian waved his hand. This is an order. They must do it. Go and tell them now. Xin Hailu nodded, retrieved her cell phone, and quickly highlighted the employees who were about to be interviewed. Then, she added them to a group and sent Boss Peis instructions to them. After that, Assistant Xin went to the guest room to leave Chief Editor Xia some brief instructions. Even then, Pei Qian could not relax. However, he had already told Chief Editor Xia that he had other work matters to tend to. That meant he could not remain in the office for much longer. Thus, despite not being able to relax, Pei Qian left the office. He decided to take his time in coming up with a solution tomorrow-after todays interviews were completed. Huang Sibo walked into the guest room and saw a set-up that he had never seen before. He could not help but feel slightly nervous. There were three cameras: one on a tripod and two roaming around to film scenes from different angles. In addition, Chief Editor Xia looked exceptionally professional. All of these showed how high the standards for this interview were. It was reasonable for Huang Sibo to be the first to be interviewed since he had also been the first to win the Dream Fund. He had thought that this would be an ordinary interview where he would only have to answer questions straightforwardly. He did not think too much of it. In any case, Boss Pei was the main subject. As long as he painted an accurate picture of Boss Pei and answered whatever questions the interviewer had for him truthfully, he would be fine, right? Yet, reality was different from his expectations. Before Huang Sibo entered the guest room, he received a very important message, telling him not to mention Boss Pei at all during the interview. Moreover, even if he absolutely had to, he was not allowed to praise him. Tense Immediately, Huang Sibo felt immense pressure. He did not suspect much. Boss Peis ways had always been inexplicable and unique. Every seemingly illogical action and request had a deeper and more complex meaning. Huang Sibo and most employees in Tengda were already used to this by now. He would not be allowed to praise Boss Pei, but he definitely could not insult him either. Only retarded people would diss their own bosses in important interviews like that. Whats more, all of them owed Boss Pei a lot. They would be guilt-stricken if they badmouthed him during the interview. Thus, Huang Sibo decided not to mention Boss Pei at all. Yet, what if, by following Boss Peis requests; he failed to complete the interview? After all, three cameras were facing him. Many gamers would watch the final video. He could not possibly blow smoke in front of hundreds of thousands of gamers for the sake of following Boss Peis instructions, right? He would embarrass Tengda in front of all of those people! Huang Sibo was in a dilemma. Thus, he thought hard about what exactly he should say in order to satisfy Boss Peis requests and complete the interview properly to avoid drawing suspicions. He could not come up with anything brilliant in such a short time. He had no choice but to listen to Chief Editor Xias questions and think quickly on his feet. While this was happening, Xia Jiang flipped through the list of employees who were going to be interviewed as if she was preparing to fight a formidable enemy. Xia Jiang had obtained this name list before the interview. She had all the information she needed, including the employees resumes, the businesses they were in charge of, and their outstanding achievements. That could save the team a lot of time trying to dig out information from the interviewees, and they could thus be more productive. Assistant Xin had informed Xia Jiang that Boss Pei did not want his employees to talk about him during the interview. Instead, he wanted the interviews to focus on these outstanding employees inner worlds. Xia Jiang seemed to understand. Boss Pei was a low-profile person who did not want to overshadow his employees. Thus, he left all his facetime to them instead. This was an extremely rare and valuable quality! If someone else had done this, Xia Jiang would have suspected their motives. However, Xia Jiang thought it fitting of Boss Pei to give instructions like that. Thus, she decided to respect Boss Peis intentions and avoid mentioning him as much as possible. Yet, was that enough? Xia Jiang did not think so. Boss Pei could remain completely indifferent to material rewards and avoid competing for fame. However, as a professional reporter, Xia Jiang had the power to show everyone Boss Peis lofty and unsullied character! She also had a duty to expose the truth to her audience! How could she respect Boss Peis wishes for her not to mention him and put his lofty and unsullied character on display for the world to see? It would be an extremely difficult task, but Xia Jiang was already prepared. Huang Sibo sat down on the couch. Xia Jiang quickly flipped through his resume and then commenced the interview. Smiling, Xia Jiang said, For a reason we both are aware of, there will be some changes to the contents of todays interview. Youll just need to voice your thoughts and answer my questions truthfully, alright? Huang Sibo quickly nodded. Indeed, Xia Jiang was a professional reporter. She had already solved his problems. His worries had been unfounded. We all know that youre an old employee of Tengda. The company had probably not been established for long before you joined. Can you tell us why you joined a company like that back then? Xia Jiang asked. Huang Sibo recalled what it was like at the time. Back then, I was doing odd jobs at another game company in Jingzhou. I was being paid very little for the work I was doing, and I happened to come across Tengdas recruitment advertisement online. I decided to try my luck. When I went for the interview, I bumped into my previous chief planner, Old Liu. I found out that he did not pass the interview. That made me extremely apprehensive. When I walked into the office, I realized that it was a start-up. However, the working environment looked very good. That made me want to work there all the more. I introduced myself, my current job at the time, and my skills truthfully. Then, I was offered a generous salary that far exceeded my expectations. Thats how I started working here. Huang Sibo carefully avoided mentioning Boss Pei as he recounted the story. Xia Jiang seemed to notice that and nodded. Then, she asked a few specific questions about what Huang Sibo described. The company chose you, and not your previous chief planner who had much more experience than you did? Huang Sibo nodded. Thats right. At the time, Tengda was only a start-up, and yet the working environment was extraordinary, right? Yes. You said you were offered a salary that far exceeded your expectations. How was this communicated to you? After some thought, Huang Sibo said, Er I mentioned a figure, and then I was offered double of that. Xia Jiang shot Huang Sibo a look of approval. Thats right! Thats the feeling I wanted to create! Now that they had established some chemistry, the interview became much smoother. Before you started working on Ocean Stronghold, its general framework was already set, right? The games advertising method you werent sure about it at first, right? After Ocean Stronghold was completed, you left Tengda Games. Can you briefly tell us about that? In the beginning, Fei Huang Workspace was incurring losses. Yet, you insisted on turning low-end partnerships down unlike most other content creators. That was because someone had given you a warning against them, right? The questions came one after another. Huang Sibo answered every question that Xia Jiang asked, and the conversation progressed pleasantly. It was not until noon that Huang Sibos interview finally came to a close. Xia Jiang was very satisfied with this interview. She stood up and shook Huang Sibos hand. Thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule to be interviewed. I hope your work will go smoothly and that you will continue to achieve success! Fish-Catching Internet Cafe Pei Qian, who had been playing games, glanced at the clock. It was almost noon. The first interview should have been done by now, right? Since he had no idea what exactly was said, Pei Qian could not help but feel unsettled. Yet, he was too embarrassed to ask. He could only hope that his treasured employees would be obedient, follow his instructions, and not mention him at all. The more Pei Qian thought about it, the more ridiculous the situation seemed. Why was he feeling so apprehensive when other people would be the ones being interviewed? Chapter 299 - Life Had Cruelly Molded Boss Pei into a Great Actor In the afternoon The second person to be interviewed was Bao Xu. Xia Jiang had already roughly understood the structure. Thus, she felt more comfortable during this interview. You used to be what most would call an internet addict. You basically lived in internet cafes, getting through life muddle-headed without any real aim. Is that right? How did you end up in Tengda, then? Your first job was as a concept designer for a game. This is a critical role because the concept design is the soul of every game. How do you think you got that position back then? Tengda holds selections for outstanding employees regularly. Although youve been placed second, you still got a paid one-month holiday. How do you feel about this? In fact, you won second place for outstanding employee twice. Youve been here for almost a year, but for two months, you were on a paid holiday. Most people would be quite envious. Why do you feel so troubled? Soon, Bao Xus interview ended as well. Lin Wan was next. Why did you choose to leave Sun Strike Studios for a newly-established Tengda back then? In the first few months after Tengda Games was established, you were working on very basic tasks. Later, you were suddenly made the director of the newly-acquired Shang Yang Games. One could say that its quite a huge responsibility. Why do you think you were transferred to this role? When you took over Shang Yang Games, the company was incurring losses. Bloody Battle Song was a mini-client when the company first released it, and it was also unpopular. However, its popularity shot through the roof when you turned it into a mobile game. What made you think about turning it into a mobile game? You have already proven your capabilities now. What is your next goal? October 22nd, Friday Yesterday, Tengdas employees were interviewed about the company. According to the original plan, the interview team was to remain in Jingzhou through Friday and Saturday. They were to roam around and eat, drink, and be merry. A farewell feast at Ming Yun Private Kitchen had been planned for Saturday night. On Sunday, they were to receive gifts and be sent off at the airport. Pei Qian only dared to show his face in the office when he found out that the interviews were done. Before that, Pei Qian indirectly asked Huang Sibo and Lu Mingliang about their interviews as well. Once he found out that they strictly kept to their word and revealed nothing about Boss Pei, Pei Qian relaxed slightly. As for what the interview would turn out like Pei Qian could not imagine it now. However, since his own interview had been written, he guessed that he would not feature too strongly. Of course, he could not harbor too much hope as well. Pei Qian had to guard against Chief Editor Xia because it seemed like the latter would praise him highly. However, after some thought, Pei Qian concluded that things could not possibly be that bad. After all, the officials had conducted many similar interviews before. Most brilliant, celebrity game designers in the country had already been featured in their interviews. None of them were ridiculously praised. The official platform only conducted interviews like that to introduce gamers to excellent game companies and designers. It was only natural that they would paint them in a good light. Yet, such interviews rarely had obvious effects. Instead, the effect they had after being published on the official platform was similar to placing the game in a good recommendation spot. Of course, Pei Qian had drastic thoughts like chasing Xia Jiang and her team out of Tengda. However, on further thought, he concluded that he could not do such a thing. Did he really want to fall out with the official platform and media over something like that? Was it worth it? Others would begin to suspect that Boss Pei was insane. Then, he might not be able to incur losses, but his reputation would be completely destroyed. It would be akin to social suicide. Thus, Pei Qian had no choice but to submit to his fate. As the saying went, one could not slap a smiling face. The interview team had traveled a long way just to conduct this interview. Whats more, they had nothing but good things to say about Tengda and Boss Pei. Of course, Pei Qian could not get angry with them. In the morning, Pei Qian arrived at the hotel to meet Chief Editor Xia and her team. Chief Editor Xia, did the interviews go well? Im sorry, Ive been quite busy with work, and so I could not be interviewed longer. As Pei Qian casually blew smoke, his expression and heart rate remained the same. He was used to doing things like that. Life had cruelly molded Boss Pei into a great actor. Xia Jiang smiled and shook her head subtly. Boss Pei, dont stand on ceremony. You leave no stone unturned and work hard at your job, in order to contribute to the local game industry and Jingzhous economy. Youre really a role model for entrepreneurs. Its my honor to interview you, Boss Pei. Dont worry. The interviews went very well. Im sure youll be extremely pleased with the report! Pei Qians heart thudded. It felt like something was wrong. If Xia Jiang had grabbed his hand at that moment, begging for a few more shots or asking a few more questions; it would show that the report would turn out badly. Yet, Xia Jiang looked very confident. Pei Qian began to panic. What the h*ll did you get from the interviews? What would the final video look like? I cant imagine However, Pei Qian could not possibly ask them to do everything from scratch. Wouldnt that be akin to courting death? Thus, Pei Qian could only curse inwardly and smile. Thank you for your hard work, Chief Editor Xia! Go and enjoy Jingzhou over the next few days. Fully immerse yourself in the local culture! Ive organized a farewell feast for all of you this Saturday and prepared a small parting gift. Chief Editor Xia, please thank the head of the official platform on our behalf. Xia Jiang quickly nodded. Alright, Boss Pei! I will! Have a good time, everyone. Im going back to work, and I will not see you for the rest of the day! Pei Qian said his goodbyes to everyone in the team and then left with Assistant Xin. Once he walked out of the hotel lobby, Pei Qian turned to Assistant Xin with a somber expression. Arrange for them to go to Jingzhous amusement park, Xin Tiandi. Buy them tickets to roller coasters, drop towers, pendulum rides, the haunted house, Bungee jumping and everything! Let them have a good time and make sure we host them well! Sign them up for skydiving the day after tomorrow as well. We must make sure they fully experience Jingzhous local culture! The interviews that had been causing Pei Qians head to throb were finally done. Now, Pei Qian felt like a student who had just finished taking his exams. Although he did not know if he would pass, he knew that he had filled in all the blanks. In any case, fate would decide how the final product would turn out! When he got back to his office, he turned his sorrow into motivation and got back to working on 1024 Digital Day. Over the last few dayswhile the interviews were being conducted, everyone at Upwind Logistics and the Fish-Catching Internet Cafes had been busy with preparation work. They were only two days away from October 24th. They were nearly done with preparations. Zhang Yuan had already rented several warehouses near the Fish-Catching Internet Cafes. He had also found huge warehouses in relatively cheap areas in Jingzhous outskirts. Those would be used specifically to store computer hardware. Of course, there were too many warehouses. No matter how many computer parts and peripherals Zhang Yuan ordered, the warehouses would not be filled up. After all, ROF did not have many customers yet; and there was no need to have so many stocks prepared. Still, Pei Qian did not see anything wrong with it. The warehouses could remain empty. Wasted space meant wasted money. He could not ask for anything better. Apart from that, Pei Qian did some work to prepare everyone for the immense pressure that the event would cause. He recruited huge groups of temporary, part-time workers for Fish-Catching Take-Out and Upwind Logistics. They were to be paid according to how much they worked during this period. After all, Fish-Catching Take-Out and Upwind Logistics were sure to be extremely busy during this period. Even with the bonus incentives for completing deliveries, the delivery men would not be able to cope with the workload. If take-out was delivered too slowly or packages piled up, Pei Qian would be in trouble. Their reputation would probably not be ruined, but it would affect how much loss the companies incurred. Anything that might cause Boss Pei to incur less loss had to be dealt with at once! 1024 Digital Days event was set to last from October 24th to October 31st. During this event period, all of Fish-Catching Take-Outs food would be sold at a discounted price. Delivery charges would also be waived. Those who sent their parcels to Upwind Courier stations would also have their delivery charges waived, and doorstep deliveries would be free of charge as well. ROF had three types of systems, but during the event period, all systems would be sold at their cost price. At the same time, they would offer free upgrades for the first 100 customers. After that, they would also hold ballots and allow lucky customers to upgrade their systems from the 7,999-yuan one to the 11,999-yuan, or from the 11,999-yuan one to the 15,999-yuan at no charge. Customers who chose the 15,999-yuan system would not get free upgrades, but ROF would refund four thousand yuan to them. That would be akin to getting a 15,999-yuan system for 11,999 yuan. Fish-Catching Internet Cafe would hold ballots at regular intervals and give out entire systems to lucky winners. Although preparations were still underway for the event, the various businesses were marketing the event at different intensities. Fish-Catching Take-Out, the Upwind Courier stations, and ROF were already marketing the event as much as possible, spending a sum of advertising fee in the process. Fish-Catching Take-Out had put up information about the event on their applications events page. Delivery men were also distributing flyers with every take-out order now. Upwind Logistics delivery men were also distributing flyers about the event with every parcel. Concurrently, Lu Mingliang contacted several express delivery companies, inviting them to send as many parcels as possible to Upwind Logistics during this period. Fish-Catching Internet Cafe was advertising ROFs sales. However, one particular activity was not being publicized: Fish-Catching Internet Cafes lucky draw where customers stood to win a system unit. They would not blow trumpets and make announcements on this particular activity. Winners of the lucky draw would be informed in private, in order to prevent news about the event from getting out. As Pei Qian worked, he felt the weight on his shoulders ease off little by little. Although there were still many other details to work out, Pei Qian felt that he could more or less catch a break now. Logically, running a huge promotional event like that should guarantee huge losses. Settlement had been set for October 31st. No new projects would be released from October 24th to 31st. Otherwise, settlement would be delayed. Based on what he had planned for the duration of the event, Pei Qian guessed that losing seven or eight hundred thousand yuan would be a piece of cake. At that thought, Pei Qian leaned back in his chair and prepared to rest and watch some shows. The hardworking Boss Pei could not stand being overwhelmed with work all day. Yet, at that moment, he received a message on his cell phone. It was from Li Yada. Boss Pei! Repent and be Saved has been translated into English and Japanese, and the foreign versions are almost complete. The officials have decided to release them on the platform tomorrow! They have very good marketing material prepared. Boss Pei, you can go and take a look. ??? Pei Qian stared at his cell phone, completely dazed. Sh*t! I forgot about this! The official platform settled its accounts every week. Tengda would receive its share of the income on Monday. It was already Friday. If the officials released Repent and be Saveds foreign versions on Saturday, Tengda would receive Saturday and Sundays profits on Monday. Once again, a huge sum of money was dropping from the sky. Pei Qian fell silent. Five minutes later, he re-opened the document containing the list of activities during the event period. Bitterly, he began to edit it. What f*cking rest?! I have to keep working! Chapter 300 - Bao Xu, You will be the Gaming Leader from Now On! October 23rd The English and Japanese versions of Repent and be Saved were officially released! At once, Hao Shuaiqi downloaded the English version of the game and live-streamed himself restarting it on the increasingly popular live-streaming platform, Link Live. However, this time, he did not take the ordinary route through the game. Instead, he went for speed. Ever since Hao Shuaiqi started live-streaming the game a long time ago, he had been getting an increasing number of subscribers. At the moment, he had already reached over a hundred thousand. One could say that he was quite a famous UP Master on the up-and-coming live-streaming platform, Link Live. Every day, someone would ask during his live-stream, When is the English version of this game going to be released? Hao Shuaiqis videos of Repent and be Saved, which he posted on Aili Island, had become extremely popular as well. Foreigners comments on Hao Shuaiqis live-streams had also become the topic of conversation among locals. Now that the English version of Repent and be Saved was finally out, Hao Shuaiqi naturally grabbed the opportunity to broadly advertise it to his viewers. The viewers of his live-stream were over the moon. Ive been watching the live-stream of this game, it looks extremely challenging! Thank you, UP Master, for introducing us to such a fun game! This is great! Theres an English version at last! You can only imagine how much Ive endured while trying to play the Mandarin version. I have to say that this games English version is really not bad. I took a quick look at it. The important parts were translated very appropriately and accurately. It brings out the meaning of the original game very nicely as well. The developer is kind indeed; they pay so much attention to the details. Ill give it a good rating! I was never interested in traditional Chinese culture, but this game has got me hooked! The UP Master has completed the game several times already. I dont think this game will be a problem for me! Many players were also posting good reviews about the game on the official platforms overseas channels and various overseas forums and websites. It looked like the foreign versions of Repent and be Saved were doing well! Tengda Network Technology Co., Ltd Li Yada had been keeping an eye on the foreign websites figures. The more she observed, the more emotional she became. I did not expect the foreign websites figures to be even better than the local ones. Boss Pei is awesome! Li Yada was utterly impressed. The official platform had helped Tengda produce Repent and be Saved in multiple foreign languages. Even though the translations were top-quality, Li Yada could not be a hundred percent certain that the game would catch on overseas. The reason was simplethe cultural gap was too wide! The local games market was worlds apart from the overseas games market. Many games that were popular in China failed overseas. No matter how hard other developers tried to market their games, it almost always proved useless. On the other hand, games that were completely unheard of in China became extremely popular overseas. Thus, developers who focused especially on the overseas market began emerging in China. They worked hard to understand foreign gamers interests and were put in charge of acclimatizing local games to overseas culture. In fact, this line of work was quite profitable. The acclimatization process covered style, gameplay, the games details, marketing techniques, and other aspects. It involved a holistic alteration of the local games design so that it could suit the tastes of foreign gamers. Sometimes, in order to achieve greater success, developers would change the entire setting of the game and adopt a Western style that would look more pleasing to the foreigners eye. Thus, it was extremely rare for the exact same game to be popular both locally and overseas. Games that could achieve this would undoubtedly become the pillar and money tree of any games company. This was also why Li Yada was incredibly surprised that Repent and be Saved could achieve such success overseas. Frankly, I did not expect Repent and be Saved to be so popular overseas. The entire game is based on traditional Chinese culture. It included elements that only local players would resonate with, such as the Bridge of Forgetfulness, the Three-Life Stone, Mengpo, and the like. These things would mean nothing to foreigners. Yet, foreigners seem to like this game a lot. Its obvious how successful this game is. This is all thanks to Boss Peis hard work! Thinking about the hard work that Boss Pei had put into the game filled Li Yada with respect. First of all, the games design Repent and be Saved is a hardcore, action-based game that appeals to foreigners. Boss Pei risked local gamers being turned away and made the game extremely difficult. Did he plan for this game to be released in the overseas market from the very beginning? Second, the advertising method Many foreign UP Masters live-streamed Repent and be Saved on Link Live with a dictionary next to them at all times. This allowed the game to gain popularity overseas and become a common topic of discussion among all gamers. The chances of foreign UP Masters recommending any local game of their own accord were low. However, this was dependent on the game itself. Given how outstanding Repent and be Saved was, it would have been discovered and recommended by other foreign UP Masters, even if not Hao Shuaiqi. Last of all, Boss Pei told me not to rush into producing the game in other languages. On one hand, we had to patiently wait for the game to gain popularity among foreigners. On the other hand, we had to give the translators more time to bring out the games meaning and culture accurately and beautifully. All of these factors contributed to Repent and be Saveds success overseas! Perhaps this is what people mean when they say a general planning in the seclusion of his tent can determine a distant battles outcome. Boss Pei had thought about every single thing; his plan was perfect! It looks like theres a lot more for me to learn! Li Yada could not help but feel emotional. Just as she was overwhelmed with emotion, Pei Qian arrived at the office. Li Yada quickly stood up. Boss Pei, the foreign versions of Repent and be Saved are Pei Qians expression darkened as he quickly raised his hand to stop her. Theres no need to tell me. Li Yada nodded at once. Ah, alright, Boss Pei. Indeed, Boss Pei had expected this. There was no need for her to report the good news now. no Pei Qian felt speechless. Sigh, Im receiving bad news first thing in the morning! Boss Pei, the project team doesnt have anything to do now. Were only fixing minor bugs. Im planning to get them to work on improvements to the game or new downloadable content. What do you think? Downloadable content? No! Pei Qian was shocked. He quickly put an end to this dangerous thought process. Pei Qian turned to look at Li Yada seriously and said, Everyone has already been working so hard. Why arent you all taking a break? The employees are Tengdas greatest asset. You cannot overwork! Whats more, constantly generating output and not accepting input would impede your creativity. As game designers, you have to play more games in order to expose yourselves to different materials. Only then would you be able to create games that would impress gamers, understand? Tell everyone not to do anything this week. Er ask Bao Xu to bring everyone out to play online games. Bao Xu, you will be the Gaming Leader from now on. Youll be in charge of bringing everyone to play games! Come up with a plan and give everyone a task. I dont care what games you play; everyone has to play for at least forty hours this week. If they dont play for long enough, Ill hold you accountable! Bao Xu, who had been lowering his head as far as possible and trying to blend into the background, suddenly jumped. F*ck! My head is already almost touching the monitor! Why is Boss Pei still assigning work to me?! Bao Xu quickly stood up. Alright, Boss Pei. Pei Qian stomped into his own office. Everyone looked at one another, at a loss as to what to do. Then, they turned to look at Bao Xu. Bao Xu was speechless. He shrugged and asked, What are you looking at me for? Quick, get moving dont make my job difficult. Everyone looked at one another once again and then quickly put down the work that they had been doing. At once, they began to play games. Back in his office, Pei Qian was using his sub-par English to read the comments on the English version of Repent and be Saved. He sighed. Ai, I already expected this outcome before the English version was produced, but I was helpless! Pei Qian had thought that the cultural gap would have stopped ninety percent of foreign gamers from playing the game. Yet, now, he realized he had been too positive. He had not expected foreigners to put themselves through so much torture just to suffer in a game. Whats more, they had made so many Chinese UP Masters popular while they were at it! On seeing how well-received the game was both locally and overseas, the official platform had decided to translate the game into other languages. That was how everything developed so smoothly. Forget it, Ill leave it to fate. There was nothing Pei Qian could do about this anymore. Now, it was time to sharpen his weapons just before the battle. He looked through all the activities planned for 1024 Digital Day. Pei Qian watched some shows in the afternoon and then took a nap as he waited for the farewell meal he had planned for Chief Editor Xia and his team. In the evening, one each of Tengdas seven-seater cars and ordinary cars arrived at Ming Yun Private Kitchen. Xia Jiang alighted from the car, looking pale and unwell. The people behind her looked unwell, too. One of the burly men in the camera crew was walking unsteadily. He looked quite weak as if he had just vomited. It was obvious that most of them were not adjusting well to extreme activities. Just thinking about the memorable experience she had at Jingzhous amusement park, Xin Tiandi, made Xia Jiang feel uncomfortable. The rollercoasters, drop towers, pendulum rides, and the haunted house Xia Jiang had no idea how she endured them all. Even now, her legs felt weak. Pei Qian was already waiting for them at the entrance of Ming Yun Private Kitchen. When he saw how downcast all of them looked, he could not help but smile with joy from the heart. Hehe, a point back to Tengda! Ill see if you dare to stab me in the back again! Satisfied, Pei Qian began to wonder if the official platform would send any more people over, now that he had driven all of these reporters crazy from soup to nuts. How are you, Chief Editor Xia? Did you all have a good time today? Pei Qian displayed a warm, genuine smile. Xia Jiang forced a smile and answered, Yes Pei Qian nodded, pleased. Thats great! Have a good meal and sleep well tonight. Ive arranged for all of you to go skydiving tomorrow. Itll be very fun; you cant miss it! Xia Jiang was speechless. The next afternoon The staff arrived at the hotel which Xia Jiang and her team were staying at. All they could find in their rooms was a trophy, a certificate, and a hundred thousand yuan left behind for Boss Pei. Beside the trophy was a letter. Boss Pei Thank you for hosting us so well during this period. Weve had an unforgettable experience in Jingzhou! We have a lot of work to do. Our leader has just assigned another interview to us. We have to go back as soon as possible. Boss Pei, we know that youre extremely busy, and were genuinely sorry that we did not get the chance to say a proper farewell. Dont worry, Boss Pei. We will make sure we produce a good write-up of your interview! May we have opportunities to work together again in the future! Chapter 301 - Why are you so Secretive about the Event? Pei Qian happily kept the one hundred thousand yuan and placed the trophy and award in his office. He felt much more relieved now. Finally, he could relax! Of course, Pei Qian did not forget to instruct Assistant Xin to reimburse the interview team for the money they had spent on their return flight. It was not much, but he had to take every opportunity he had to spend money. Now that he had sent the interview team off, he could focus on spending money without any qualms. It was October 24th, the first day of a week of events to celebrate 1024 Digital Day! They had already been marketing the event for some time before this. Thus, the moment the event started, many people began to participate! Fish-Catching Take-Out was first. During the event period, Fish-Catching Take-Out would offer a discount on their food and free delivery. The more they could sell, the more losses they would incur. Early in the morning, old and new users alike ordered food on Fish-Catching Take-Outs mobile application. A few chefs in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe had never worked so hard in their lives. They produced dish after dish to meet the demand. The food was then quickly packed with exquisite cutlery into a heat-resistant bag, ready for the delivery men to arrive on their scooters and bring them to customers like busy bees. Of course, the staff in charge of collecting the cutlery, washing them, and disinfecting them was equally busy. Pei Qian had already considered that there might not be enough manpower. Thus, he allowed Fish-Catching Take-Out to hire temporary workers during this period, who were to be paid daily. This ensured that there would be enough help and deliveries would not be delayed. Even if deliveries were delayed, nothing else could be done but to give customers further discounts or waive charges altogether. If the delays were too long, Pei Qian would even compensate customers with double the price of their order. All in all, he had to make sure that Fish-Catching Take-Outwhich had already been incurring losseswould incur more loss! On top of these, Pei Qian also spent a large sum of money on ensuring that the temporary workers could wear the same uniform and use the same heat-resistant bags and scooters. If one walked around Jingzhou, they would be able to see delivery men wearing Fish-Catching Take-Outs yellow and blue uniform, riding similar-looking scooters to deliver food. One could say that they looked bright and stood out. Compared to the delivery men whom Pei Qian remembered, who tore through the crowd with their electronic scooters; Fish-Catching Take-Outs delivery men were different. They were not so rash. Instead, they were very polite and kept strictly to the rules and regulations by avoiding pushing others and tearing through crowds. Even if they failed to deliver the orders on time, their pay would not be docked. The compensation to customers would come from Fish-Catching Take-Outs account. Whats more, Fish-Catching Take-Out was healthier and more generous compared to other platforms. Delivery men earned more per delivery, which minimized the need for them to rush and risk their safety to complete as many orders as possible. Of course, basic efficiency and quality were ensured. If the delivery men were too slow and failed to help Pei Qian maximize his losses or if they were rude and made customers unhappy, they could still be fined or fired. Things were equally busy at Upwind Logistics. Before this, they had notified many delivery companies about this event. During the event period, Upwind Logistics was not going to charge any fees for delivering parcels. Thus, many delivery companies agreed to dump their parcels at the Upwind Courier stations. One could enjoy a discount or waiver on postage at Upwind Courier stations. Thus, customers who needed the discount could hire Upwind Logistics to deliver their mail. All the Upwind Courier stations around Jingzhou became incredibly busy. The delivery men constantly sent parcels and mail. Each time they started or completed a delivery, Boss Pei would see the remaining balance in his System Funds fall slightly. There wasnt an obvious increase in Fish-Catching Internet Cafes customers, but there was in the number of people who purchase ROFs units! Several gamers began waiting in line even before the internet cafes opened for the day Shortly after they did open, the first one hundred units were given out. They did not remain available for long at all. This was because it was too worth it! The units were originally to be sold for their cost price. That meant the installation, delivery, and after-sales service charges would be waived. In addition to the free upgrade, customers could save about four thousand yuan with one purchase! Naturally, they were greatly attracted! Even though the first one hundred units were sold out in the blink of an eye, the rest of the customers remained excited to purchase units of their own. The excess stock that Pei Qian had instructed Zhang Yuan to purchase came in handy at once. The various parts were continuously being delivered from warehouses to the storerooms. There, the staff quickly assembled the system units and then arranged for them to be delivered once they were done. The entire process was very quick. Many people received their system units in the afternoon after placing their orders in the morning. This surprised them beyond words. In the afternoon, at Fish-Catching Internet Cafe Yu Hang had been focusing intently on his screen. He lightly tapped the left button on his mouse with his index finger. At once, the gun on his screen spat out blue fire, causing the zombies in front of him to stumble backward. He had to admitthe high-end hardware and gaming monitors with high refresh rates in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe were providing him with unique gaming experience. After the game ended, Yu Hang leaned back in his chair and took two sips of his coffee. His heart was still racing from the excitement of the game. At that moment, the manager of the internet cafe approached him, bent down, and mumbled in his ear. Congratulations, Sir. Youve won a prize. Yu Hang jumped. He quickly turned around and saw the manager staring at him, smiling. He was at a loss for words. Is this a scam? That cant be. This manager has been working in this internet cafe for a long time. I recognize him. Such a big establishment cant be trying to cheat me in broad daylight, right? Could this really be my lucky day? Yu Hang looked at the manager, only half believing him. What prize? Are you going to waive my bill for today? The manager smiled. Sir, please leave your shipping address and contact details. You are our internet cafes first lucky winner; well be delivering a computer system unit to you. It will be of the same brand as the ones you see in our internet cafe. Yu Hang almost thought that his ears were playing tricks on him. Huh? A computer? For free? The manager continued smiling as he nodded. He spoke again in a low voice. Yes, we are giving you a custom-made ROF system unit for free. Yu Hang suddenly felt light-headed. The hairs on the back of his neck stood. How strange! He had taken part in activities organized by other internet cafes before, but other internet cafes always made sure to draw as much attention to these activities as possible. They would have signs put up at the entrance and posters put up on the walls. If someone really were to win a prize, the internet cafe would announce it for three days consecutively so that everyone else would know. Why was Fish-Catching Internet Cafe holding the event so secretively? He had just won a system unit. Shouldnt they blow trumpets and make announcements? Why were they acting like they had done something horrible, that they did not want others to find out about? Why did they have to notify him by whispering in his ear? Yu Hang had no idea what was going on. If he had not been a regular customer at this internet cafe, he would have run out as fast as he could and told the world that this shop was a scam. However, he could not help but feel excited when he heard that he would be receiving a ROF system unit. He knew about ROF. The internet cafe had been making announcements about a ROF promotion recently. The hardware looked attractive, and the free upgrade sounded very good. Customers could save about four thousand yuan with a single promotion; it was as good as getting a computer for nothing. However, Yu Hang was not rich. He could not even afford the lowest-grade ROF system unit. Now, he was getting one of the system units for free? How could that be?! He took the pen from the manager and wrote down his shipping address, still only half-believing what was happening. He wrote Handong Jiaotong Universitys main campus, Block Number 14, 4-03. Then, he wrote his name and cell phone number under it. The manager nodded. Alright, well arrange for delivery now. Please be prepared to receive the delivery. The manager picked up the pen and paper and then left. Yu Hang scratched his head, unable to wrap his head around what just happened. Whats going on?! The manager came, asked for my address, and then left. That was it?! Yu Hang began to doubt that he had even won a prize. Perhaps he had imagined everything. Perhaps this was the side effect of having too much coffee. Forget it. They didnt ask for any money from me anyway. Ill just wait. Yu Hang did not think too much into it. Instead, he continued playing Ocean Stronghold. Ill just wait. If I really receive something in a few days, then I will decide what to do. He played until 1 PM and then began to feel his stomach rumbling with hunger. It was time to eat. It was about time to go home. On the way home, he ordered Fish-Catching Take-Out. That way, he would receive his order once he arrived back at his dormitory. He could eat and then take an afternoon nap. Life was beautiful. When he reached the main entrance of his school, his cell phone rang. Hello, are you Mr. Yu Hang? Your express delivery is here. Yu Hang quickly answered, Oh, alright. Ill be right there. Yu Hang hung up and mumbled to himself, Why did they deliver my order so quickly today? He had ordered Fish-Catching Take-Out many times in the past. His timing was always just right; once he approached his block, his order would arrive. However, they had called him the moment he walked through the school gates today. Yu Hang walked briskly back to his dormitory. When he was approaching his block, his phone rang again. Hello? Are you Mr. Yu Huang? Your food is here. Yu Hang was speechless. Alright, alright. Stop rushing me; Im almost there. The delivery man responded, Huh? Yu Hang paused. He suddenly realized that this mans voice sounded different. On further thought, the earlier man seemed to have said that his express delivery was here. Yu Hang quickly said, Ah, Im sorry. I got it wrong. Give me a moment; Im almost there. He hung up, feeling extremely confused. Express delivery? I didnt order anything recently. Where is this express delivery from? Whats more, parcels wouldnt ordinarily be sent to his hostel. Instead, they would be left in a line on a plain field for people to claim them on their own. Why was this delivery being made directly to his block? He was being treated too well! Yu Hang walked briskly to the first floor of his block and saw the Fish-Catching Take-Out delivery man from afar, dressed in a yellow and blue uniform. However, there was also a motor tricycle beside this delivery man and another staff with a massive box in front of him. Yu Hang looked confused. He approached Fish-Catching Take-Outs delivery man and received his food. Then, he approached the other staff. What is this? Yu Hang scanned the massive box, looking perplexed. The man smiled and said, Your computer has arrived. Do you need me to take it upstairs for you? Yu Hang was evidently shocked as he exclaimed, Holy sh*t! He had just won the prize earlier this morning, and yet the system unit had already arrived by the afternoon?! Even rockets didnt move this quickly! Yu Hang had not even thought about the system unit when he was trying to figure out why he was receiving a delivery. Even if it was true that he had won one, he expected it to only arrive in three to five days. He already knew that ROF installed computers. One could order the hardware online. However, he never thought that they would deliver units much faster than physical stores would deliver purchases! Please help me take it upstairs. Thank you! Yu Hang was extremely excited. Am I dreaming? When he arrived at his dormitory, his roommates were going about their day. Some were sleeping on their beds while others watched shows on their laptops. The delivery man was extremely skilled. He set the box down, unsealed it, and then retrieved the system unit from within. Then, he placed it on Yu Hangs table. Handong Jiaotong Universitys main campus had much better facilities than Handong University. Instead of bunk beds, they had beds on the upper deck and working space on the lower deck. Thus, there was space for Yu Hang to place the system unit. Yu Hang rushed to his classmates side and said, Old Li, lend me your monitor! old Li slept in the bed opposite Yu Hang, and he was the only one who owned a desktop. Yu Hang was used to laptops as well; that was why he did not own a monitor. Whats more, this system unit did not come with a monitor. If he wanted to test out the system unit, he had to borrow someone elses. Old Li had been playing a game when he turned around to see the impressive-looking system unit on Yu Hangs table. His eyes widened as he said, Holy sh*t! Old Yu, did you win the lottery?! Chapter 302 - A New Method of Interviewing: Empty Spaces Everyone in the dormitory was shocked. All of them began to surround Yu Hang. Old Li exited the game, disconnected his monitor, and then moved it to Yu Hangs table. The other roommates were already studying the new monitor, their eyes filled with admiration. After adeptly connecting the monitor to the system unit, the delivery man switched the system unit on to prove that it was in working condition. This is how you can contact us for after-sales services. If you encounter any problems with your computer or you want to upgrade any part of it in the future, you can call this number and ask for technical assistance. May you have a happy time gaming. If you were satisfied with our service, remember to leave us a five-star rating! The delivery man left, clearing out the garbage from the dormitory on his way out. Quick, quick, quick! View its specifications! Yu Hangs roommates were even more anxious than he was. Soon, the specifications were displayed on the screen. The impressive figures and high-end, trendy-looking hardware stunned everyone. This computer must be worth five or six thousand yuan at least, one of them commented as he swallowed his saliva. Old Li sniggered. Five or six thousand yuan? Why are you looking down on this computer? This system unit was made from top-tier hardware. I think its worth about fifteen thousand yuan. Yu Hangs roommates gasped. A fifteen-thousand-yuan system unit this was the system unit of their dreams! Old Lis eyes were filled with envy. As the only one in the entire dormitory who understood computer hardware, he could speak clearly and logically about it and even boast about his knowledge. However, when it came to buying his own hardware, he could only afford a system unit with a below-average price-to-quality ratio. There was no other reason for this apart from the fact that he had no money! Students had limited income. Apart from rich second-generation heirs, who else could afford a system unit that cost more than ten thousand yuan? Old Yu, are you secretly a rich second-generation heir? Or did you sell your body outside of schooling hours to earn money? Can you tell me how you found such a good deal? Everyone was clearly envious. Yu Hang scoffed. Youre the one who sold your body! I just won a prize! I think Fish-Catching Internet Cafe is hosting an event now. While youre surfing the net there, you will stand a chance to win a system unit. I was lucky that I got selected. Old Lis eyes lit up. Holy sh*t, theres such a good deal? When did it start? Yu Hang answered, Today. I was playing in the morning when I got selected. Then, the system unit was delivered this afternoon. Theyre extremely efficient! Everyone exchanged confused looks. They had only ever heard of internet cafes waiving the per-hour charges; they had never heard of internet cafes giving out system units! Were they ballers?! One of Yu Hangs roommates began to pack his things without another word. In a sour tone, Old Li said, Ai, dont even think about it. Old Yu was incredibly lucky. Whats more, there are bound to be tons of people taking part in the event. Winning aside, you might not even be able to get a seat in the internet cafe. Dont waste your time traveling there. Yu Hang pondered for a moment and said, That might not be true. Few seats in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe are occupied. In the morning, only sixty to seventy percent were taken. Whats more, theyre quite low-profile about this event. Even when I won the system unit, they did not make a big deal out of it. Instead, the manager quietly walked up to me and asked me for my address and contact details. No one else knew that I won the prize. Old Li and the others began to pack their things as well. Lets go, lets go! Well play games at Fish-Catching Internet Cafe today! Thats right. It doesnt matter even if we dont win any prizes. I want to experience what its like to play games at a high-end internet cafe. Hey, wait for me! Let me put on some pants! Whats the address? Which one of you knows? Ai, wait for me. I need to finish up some things. Go and get busy, well wait for you at the internet cafe! Yu Hang could not help but smile. These people were way too pragmatic. Before this, none of them were willing to go there because they thought Fish-Catching Internet Cafe was too expensive. Now that they knew they would stand to win a system unit, they could hardly keep still. Yu Hang observed them with a smile on his face. In any case, he had already won a prize. There was no way he would win another one even if he went there again. He took out Fish-Catching Take-Outs cutlery and smelled the fragrance of his food. As Yu Hang ate, he downloaded various games on his computer. The schools internet speed was slow, but he could still use the extra fast system to play ordinary online games. It would be a crime against humanity not to play games on a computer like that! While waiting for his games to download, Yu Hang accessed online shopping websites and considered buying a monitor for himself. Now that he had a system unit that cost more than ten thousand yuan, how could he not have a gaming monitor with high refresh rates? It went without saying that he had to get a good keyboard and mouse as well. They had to match his awesome system unit. Yu Hang had been browsing the website when his cell phone rang. Hello, your express delivery is here. Yu Hang felt light-headed. Another express delivery? Since Old Li and the others were on their way to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, they headed downstairs together. It was a delivery man from Upwind Logistics, but he was not the same person from before. This time, the delivery man carried a huge box and multiple small boxes out of his motor tricycle. Confused, Yu Hang asked, What is this? The delivery man smiled and answered, We received new instructions from our boss earlier; Fish-Catching Internet Cafes lucky winners would be given a monitor and other peripherals apart from a system unit. Thats why I delivered the additional items to you as soon as I could. Yu Hang was overjoyed. Awesome! Old Li, help me carry these up, quick! Old Li cupped his fists and said, Farewell! Just like that, the entire group disappeared without a trace. At Fish-Catching Internet Cafes Huanyu Tianjie branch Zhang Yuan and Ma Yang were sipping coffee and chatting in the resting area. Boss Pei is so generous. By the end of the week of events, ROF will be well-known across Jingzhou. Although well be incurring great losses, local residents will know that ROF is a top-quality brand with excellent installation and after-sales services. As people talk about us more and more, Im sure we will be able to recover the losses. Whats more, the more hardware we purchase, the less it would cost overall. Were saving quite a lot in this aspect as well. However, what I dont understand is why Boss Pei refuses to publicize the fact that Fish-Catching Internet Cafe is giving away system units. This stumped Zhang Yuan. The event was supposed to last for seven days. The lucky draws could greatly increase the number of customers visiting the Fish-Catching Internet Cafes. Of course, they should publicize the lucky draws as much as possible. Although that would cost them some money, they would be able to generate profits through Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. As both of them chatted, they heard the sound of hurried footsteps outside the door. Are there are there empty seats in this branch? Huff huff yes, there are! Quick, quick! Find one! A few students rushed in, panting and red-faced. It looked like they had sprinted all the way here. After registering their identification cards at the front desk, they made payment and took their seats. Then, they switched on their computers and began to play games. A few minutes later, more people entered the shop and sat down. Zhang Yuan was stunned. Eh? Those people looked so eager. They could not be merely interested in playing games. They must have found out about Fish-Catching Internet Cafes giveaways. That was the only explanation for their enthusiasm! At about 3 PM, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe was filled. Some people could not find empty seats and left dejected, hoping to try their luck at other branches. Zhang Yuan could not help but feel emotional when he saw the fully-booked Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. So that was the reason! Boss Pei already knew that whether we advertised the giveaway or not, the internet cafe would be filled. In that case, there was no point in wasting money on advertising! I must learn from Boss Peis meticulous planning and thriftiness! At that moment Pei Qian rubbed his temples, feeling an oncoming headache. Although he had planned everything quite well, a bunch of problems had surfaced during the execution stage! This was especially so for Fish-Catching Internet Cafes giveaways. Pei Qian realized he had been too naive. Who said that gamers wouldnt find out about the event if he didnt advertise it? It was only the afternoon of the first day, and yet gamers had already taken up all the seats in the Fish-Catching Internet Cafes! Pei Qian could expect that Fish-Catching Internet Cafe would be fully booked for the entire week. It was a good thing that Pei Qian reacted quickly. He immediately gave the lucky winners a monitor and peripherals, so that he could spend another sum of money. Pei Qian wanted to continue giving out as many system units as he could. He even thought about giving out more than ten units today, but the System rejected this idea. He had no other option. Still, on further thought, Pei Qian realized that this minor surprise had no impact on the bigger picture whatsoever. Everything was still progressing steadily! If he continued to incur losses at this rate, Pei Qian could easily achieve a loss of five or six million yuan without even having to spend money on his own employees. Just thinking about this figure shocked Pei Qian to the core. Bliss was coming too suddenly! He was finding it hard to believe! Hehe, it looks like Ive found the right way to incur losses. I feel my future as a baller approaching! My dream of incurring losses to become a tycoon is finally coming true! Pei Qian could not help but feel overjoyed. Although he would have a huge mess to clean up in the next cycle, Pei Qian could not be bothered to think too much about it for now. Everything would be fine if he could incur losses during this cycle even if it meant the sky would fall in the next cycle. If he found it impossible to incur losses during the next cycle, he could just bum around and allow the System Funds to increase on its own. A conversion rate of 100:1 would still give him a lot of money anyway. If he really needed to incur losses, he could open more businesses to burn his money! Pei Qian fantasized about these things happily as he accessed the official games platform and looked for a good game to play. The moment he entered the platform, he saw an exclusive interview on the homepage. An Exclusive Interview with Tengda Games: Turning Gamers Imaginations of Perfection into Reality There was a subtitle as well: Follow the officials and find out about the awesome one who created Repent and be Saved! Pei Qian was absolutely shaken. Whats going on?! He knew that the interview would be released soon, but this was way too soon, right? The interview team had just left Jingzhou on Sunday morning. Since then, only thirty-odd hours had passed. How did you produce the interview so quickly? You must have been f*cking motivated! Couldnt you have slacked and waited until the next month to produce this interview?! As he read the title, Pei Qian felt a sinking feeling in his stomach. He thought back to what happened before he accepted the interview The official platform had better not be messing with me! Pei Qians entire body began to tremble as he clicked the title. A write-up appeared, along with a video. He roughly scanned the write-up and realized that they did not mention him much. Pei Qian heaved a sigh of relief. However, when he read the line of small words at the beginning, Pei Qian felt his stomach lurch again. The write-up had not mentioned him much, but the problem remained huge! These were the words at the beginning: Shakespeare once said there are a thousand Hamlets in a thousand readers eyes. Different people would have different interpretations of the same story. For this interview, the author will adopt a whole new method. Well be using the empty spaces technique to allow our readers to outline the silhouette of our subject-the celebrity creator. What kind of person is he? Read the full interview below, and you will likely find out. Chapter 303 - Huang Sibo’s Interview Pei Qian felt a little faint. What did empty spaces mean? Wasnt it an ordinary interview? Why were they playing so many tricks? He quickly scrolled down. The documentarys feature displayed various scenes around Jingzhou first. This was the authors first time in Jingzhou. The author never had much of an impression of the city. He knew that this was the provincial capital of Handong Province. He thought that as an ordinary second-tier city, Jingzhou would not have many booming businesses, famous and reputable historical sites, or large-scale enterprises. However, once he got to know Jingzhous local environment and people, the authors view of the city took a 180-degree turn. Simply put, tradition and creativity coexist beautifully in Jingzhou. Like a sprout growing out of an old tree, the city makes one appreciate rich history coupled with modern innovations at the same time. The city contains several historical sites that hint at its long history. At the same time, it contains up and coming companies that display thriving vitality. These historical sites are neither famous nor reputable, and these up and coming companies are not huge. However, they are both new and old, stable and risky, conservative and innovativeall at once. Theyve found a place for themselves in the heart of the city. As the saying goes, each place has its way of supporting its inhabitants. One can easily see Jingzhous shadow in Tengda. Sometimes, it appears conservative and steady. It has invested in many traditional industries like the physical and logistics industries. It remains humble and continually changes peoples lives, starting from the smallest details. Other times, it appears extreme and innovative. It has created bold and imaginative games that do not fit the mold, never failing to shock players. The Jingzhou spirit has given birth to a unique business like Tengda. In a little over a year, the business has developed and expanded rapidly, leaving other companies that have been resting on their laurels far behind. Immediately after this, pictures of Tengdas business appeared. This included the office, employees, work, meal times, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, and the like. The thing that sets Tengda apart from most other companies in Jingzhou is the assurance of the best work environment and remuneration. In fact, people might begin to question if the employees are being overpaid. However, the facts have shown that these generous working conditions have inspired the employees to work hard and be creative. This contributed to Tengdas rapid development and success. One could say that this introduction had completely bound Tengda and Jingzhou together. On the surface, the author seemed to be praising Jingzhou. However, he was in fact praising Tengda. Pei Qian had to admit that Chief Editor Xia had not toured Jingzhou in vain when they landed! A lot of the footage showed Jingzhous landmarks. Although the videos introduction was not long, it almost completely covered Jingzhous conditions and customs. If someone had taken the same footage and made it into an advertisement for the city, nobody would have suspected a thing. Pei Qian remained calm even after watching this because he had already expected such praise. The only thing that worried him was that the video had exposed Tengdas treatment of its employees. Of course, Pei Qian knew that he could not keep this hidden for long. Jingzhous working-class circle was only so big, and Tengda had so many employees. He could not possibly stop everyone from showing off their benefits and remuneration to others. However, no matter how word got out in the past, the information was kept within Jingzhou. With this video from the official platform, Pei Qian feared that hoards of talents from other cities would fly to Jingzhou and apply for a job at Tengda. Yet, Pei Qian maintained the same response. He would leave the next cycles problems until then to resolve. He scrolled down some more. The next segment contained interviews with Tengdas employees. Before the interviews started, there was a brief introduction of Huang Sibo and his resume. He had once worked as an administrative planner in another game company in Jingzhou City; Once he joined Tengda Games, an exception was made for him; and he was immediately given the position of chief planner. He was put in charge of the research and development of Ocean Stronghold. He later established Fei Huang Workspace and worked together with Director Zhu Xiaoce to shoot a short film entitled Boss Peis Daily Life, a documentary entitled Coming Out of the Cocoon as a Butterfly, and a show entitled A Day in a Great Inventors Life. This resume looked very colorful and impressive. One had to understand that ordinary game designers would boast endlessly after creating just one popular game. Some might even earn truckloads of money from that one game, enough to last them a lifetime. Yet, not only had Huang Sibo researched and developed Ocean Stronghold-a classic, domestically-produced FPS game; but he also founded Fei Huang Workspace and produced many short videos that were universally appreciated and became hot topics of discussion. He had achieved so much success after crossing over. Anyone would be able to tell that he was a desirable talent! Whats more, all his achievements on his resume had been accomplished in a little over a year. That was even more shocking. After scanning Huang Sibos resume, Pei Qian heaved a sigh of relief. Thats not bad. Theyve made Huang Sibo and his achievements the focus of the interview. This was completely within Boss Peis expectations! There was an interview video under the resume. Pei Qian clicked on it. The video showed Huang Sibo and Xia Jiang seated at two ends of a couch. Xia Jiang asked questions, and Huang Sibo answered them in turn. We all know that youre an old employee of Tengda. The company had probably not been established for long before you joined. Can you tell us why you joined a company like that back then? Xia Jiang asked, smiling. Huang Sibo pondered for a second, and then answered, Very early on, I did odd jobs at another game company in Jingzhou Huang Sibo briefly explained how he ended up working at Tengda. Xia Jiang then asked a few more targeted questions. One of these was why Tengda chose Huang Sibo over Old Liu, who used to be the chief planner at Huang Sibos previous workplace. Apart from that, Xia Jiang also asked why Tengdas work environment was so good for a new company, why Tengda initiated Huang Sibos pay raise and gave him double of what he earned before Pei Qian did not have any problems as he listened to the interview. After all, Huang Sibo was telling the truth! However, Pei Qian realized that there was a crafty look in Xia Jiangs eyes and that he looked triumphant every time Huang Sibo answered his questions. For some reason, Pei Qian felt like something was amiss. He continued watching, and Xia Jiangs problem became more obvious. The latter asked about the inspiration and thought process behind Ocean Stronghold, their advertising methods, why Huang Sibo left Tengda after Ocean Stronghold achieved success, and so on Huang Sibo answered all of these questions truthfully. Actually, before we started working on Ocean Stronghold, we had a general framework for it. From the beginning, we decided that this would be an FPS game with a heavy focus on the story mode, would take care of new gamers feelings, and would sell epic weapons for 888 yuan. In fact, in the beginning, I thought that this wouldnt work out. Xia Jiang egged Huang Sibo on at the right moment. Why not? Huang Sibo smiled and explained, From a more traditional perspective, all three of these things looked risky. No local FPS game had ever created a story mode. A few overseas FPS games had story modes, but they could not acclimatize to the local market once they were imported. Whats more, many local designers saw creating story modes as an arduous and unrewarding task. It involved high investments and low returns, and it would turn out inefficient and unimpressive. At the time, FPS games were seen as competitive games. Developers wanted to make them as hardcore as possible and appeal to veteran gamers as much as possible. They ran the risk of players despising the game if they lowered the difficulty. As for selling the epic weapon at 888 yuan many people must have thought that we were just dying to earn money, hahaha. Huang Sibo sniggered. Honestly, I thought so as well. After all, my mindset was deeply influenced by traditional ways of game design. Xia Jiang nodded, expressing his agreement with Huang Sibos words. Indeed. However, Ocean Stronghold turned out to be a success. It proved that the general direction was correct. Huang Sibo nodded as well. Thats right. At that point, the conversation ended. Neither of them revealed who came up with the games framework. Instead, they began to talk about another topic. The games advertising method you werent sure about it at first, right? The more Pei Qian watched, the more uncomfortable he felt. Xia Jiangs questions were deviating from the main point! You should be asking about Huang Sibos responsibilities as an administrative planner, the difficulties that he faced, and how he managed to overcome obstacles by discussing and cooperating with his colleagues! Why do you keep asking Huang Sibo about things he was not even in charge of? Pei Qian continued watching. After Ocean Stronghold was completed, you left Tengda Games. Can you briefly tell us about that? Xia Jiang asked again. Huang Sibo smiled, embarrassed. Honestly, I didnt leave of my own accord. Xia Jiang responded, Hmm? Huang Sibo became emotional. When Ocean Stronghold was released, I was over the moon. You could say that I became filled with lofty ambitions. After all, I went from being an administrative planner who did odd jobs in one games company, straight to being a chief planner. I even managed to produce such a popular game. In such a short period, I achieved so much. All the success got to my head. At the time, I was prepared to give my entire life to creating games. If I was in another game company, I probably would have been given more heavy responsibilities and put in charge of research and development of another game. Xia Jiang nodded subtly. But none of these happened at Tengda. Huang Sibo smiled. Thats right. Even now, as I look back on that day, it feels like a dream to me. At the time, the entire project team was celebrating the success of Ocean Stronghold. I was also fulfilling my daily responsibilities as I was used to. All of a sudden, I was notified that there was going to be a selection for the most outstanding employee in the company. It was a blur, but I was selected. It was then that I realized what the prizes for the most outstanding employee were. I was rewarded with a trophy, a certificate, and a Dream Fund of a million yuan! I could use the Dream Fund of a million yuan to chase my dreams and visit any country I wanted! Chapter 304 - The Existence of an ‘Invisible Person’ Xia Jiang asked, So you left Tengda because you received a Dream Fund?. Huang Sibo nodded. Thats right. When I first received this sum of money, I was extremely confused. I never thought that I would lay hands on so much money before. I thought about what to do with the money for a long time. Finally, I decided that my passion did not lie in the game industry. When Ocean Stronghold became popular, I did think about giving my life to the game industry. However, once I got the money, I discovered that what I really wanted to do was to venture into the filming industry. Thus, I used this sum of money to set up Fei Huang Workspace. I found a friend with similar passions, Zhu Xiaoce. Then, I embarked on an entirely new journey. Xia Jiang replied, So, this sum of money changed your life. Huang Sibo nodded again. Thats exactly right. This sum of money helped me to see my true self and recognize what I truly wanted. I also found my life ambition. Now, I am extremely grateful for being selected as the most outstanding employee and being awarded the Dream Fund. It was not just a sum of money that I was given to start my own business. It was a sum of money that helped me to see myself as who I really was. One could say that if I had not been selected as the most outstanding employee, I would not be who I am today. There would be no Fei Huang Workspace, Boss Peis Daily Life, Coming Out of the Cocoon as a Butterfly, and other great works. The more Pei Qian heard, the more he felt like there was something wrong with the interview. Indeed, his name was not mentioned throughout the entire videothat was apart from the mention of Boss Peis Daily Life. However, Huang Sibo was obviously describing an invisible person! Who was the one who selected the inexperienced Huang Sibo over Old Liu, who seemed to have vast experience? Who was the one who gave Huang Sibo the pay raise? Who was the one who created the outstanding work environment in Tengda? Huang Sibo did not understand the three requirements for Ocean Stronghold, but who was the one who came up with them? Who was the one who came up with the Dream Fund and allowed Huang Sibo to leave Tengda Games to start Fei Huang Workspace? Obviously, the answers to all of these questions pointed to one single person. It was the boss of Tengda! In other words, it was Pei Qian! Although the interview did not mention Pei Qian from beginning to end, the empty spaces technique allowed the readers to strongly feel somebody elses presence and influence over Huang Sibo. This person seemed to play a critical role in Huang Sibos growth. He had shown Huang Sibo how to get onto the right path! Anyone who listened to this interview would be left with the same impression. Huang Sibo was talented indeed. He was still young, and yet he had already completed so many successful projects. Be it games or films, Huang Sibos works were outstanding. However, his talent had been hidden at first. If this invisible person had not scouted Huang Sibos talent, brought it out, and showed him the right path; Huang Sibos talent might still have been hidden. At the very least, he would not have been able to accomplish so much in a little over a year. The saying a fine steed in the hands of a slave-driver would only hover between working to death and staying in the stable; nobody would recognize it as a fine steed probably applied here. People always said there were tons of fine steeds, but few people like Bole[1]. The fact that Huang Sibo could achieve so much showed that he was a fine steed indeed. Yet, the interview emphasized the importance of someone like Bole! Pei Qian felt cold sweat forming on his forehead. The situation looked bad! Both of them were echoing one anothers sentiments; there was great chemistry between them! Pei Qian had thought that Huang Sibo would jump at the chance to be featured in the video, so that he could boast about his own achievements. He expected Huang Sibo to leave Pei Qian out of the picture altogether. Yet, Pei Qian was only half-right. Huang Sibo had left Pei Qian out of the picture, but the achievements he boasted about were Boss Peis! This was much more effective than praising Boss Pei directly! Pei Qian quickly scrolled down. The second interview was with Bao Xu. Bao Xus resume was written above his video as well. It contained his history as a young internet addict, his experience as Ocean Strongholds concept designer, and his experience making adjustments to various games after that. Bao Xu was now a stabilizing force in Tengda Games. Although his interview took a completely different angle from Huang Sibos, the feeling that it left Pei Qian was exactly the same! I heard that you used to be what most would call an internet addict. You basically lived in internet cafes. Is this an exaggeration or? Xia Jiang asked. Bao Xu laughed, clearly embarrassed. Its true; its not an exaggeration at all. I used to stay in an internet cafe from the end of winter until summer-thats four to five months. I didnt even go back to my dormitory. Everyone else in the internet cafe was dressed in short-sleeved shirts, but I was still in my winter clothing. Xia Jiangs eyes widened in disbelief. How did you shower, then? Bao Xu shook his head. I didnt. Brush your teeth? I didnt either. At most, I washed my face and rinsed my mouth in the internet cafes washroom. What did you do when you were tired? I would line the internet cafes chairs up together at night. If I felt sleepy during the day, I would lean back in my chair and take a nap. Did you have enough money to pay the bill and purchase your daily necessities? I sold in-game equipment, boosting and grinding services while I stayed at the internet cafe. Apart from the internet cafes bill, I did not spend much money elsewhere. Whenever I felt hungry, I would have some cup noodles. If I was absolutely starving, I would order takeaway. I guess I had just enough money. Xia Jiang looked shocked. He could hardly express his feelings in words. Your hygiene and health must be? Bao Xu laughed. Extremely horrible, but I didnt really care about these things back then. Recently, Ive been reading a lot of news about people suddenly dying in internet cafes. Looking back, I guess I was quite lucky that I didnt just drop dead. Xia Jiang continued, How do you think you started living that kind of lifestyle? Is it what people call an internet addiction?. Bao Xu remained quiet for a moment and said, I think I was confused and lost about my own future. At the timeapart from gaming, nothing really excited me. I wasnt interested in anything else. Even when I left the internet cafe, I had nowhere to go. As time went by, I found myself stuck in a vicious cycle. Now, looking back, I think I would have been reduced to nothing if things were allowed to carry on. At that moment, Xia Jiang asked, What caused the change, then? Bao Xu recalled what had happened. Someone found me in the internet cafe and hired me to design a game. At first, I didnt believe him. However, he looked very sincere. He even gave me five hundred yuan upfront and told me that there was a top-tier computer that had two monitors in his office. He said I could play games there any time that I wanted. w Five hundred yuan was not much, but for the first time in my life, I felt important and appreciated. At that moment, I realized that I was not a piece of trash who knew nothing but playing games. Thus, I walked out of the internet cafe. At that time, I did not think that my life would be changed forever. Xia Jiang said, Youre quite an outstanding employee in Tengda Games. Its said that youve been placed second for best employee twice. Both times, you got a paid one-month holiday. How do you feel about this? Bao Xu smiled bitterly. I feel regret. Xia Jiang was shocked. Regret? Bao Xu nodded. Thats right, I regret being selected. Xia Jiang could not help but smile. Thats very hard to understand. Most people would probably be over the moon if they had such opportunities to go for paid holidays, right? Bao Xu shook his head, helpless. I did not want to leave. I would choose to stay in the office to work over roaming around outside any day. Xia Jiang said, But you still went in the end. Bao Xu nodded. Thats right. I wanted to give it up and let the person who came in third go on the paid holidays instead. However rules were rules. I could not change them. Xia Jiang became curious. This is the first time Im hearing something like that. The company arranged for one of their best employees to go for a paid, one-month-long holiday. Not only did they pay their salary, but they also covered all costs of the holiday. The employee did not want this prize and attempted to transfer it to someone else, but the company did not allow it! If I had not heard you saying this with my own ears, I would be tempted to think that these are lies. Bao Xu shrugged, looking helpless. He could not do anything about it; these words came from the bottom of his heart. I dont think thats necessary. If you were willing to transfer the prize, why werent you allowed to? Xia Jiang asked. Bao Xu pondered for a moment and said, I think the company was treating me well. In the beginning, I was firmly against leaving. However, after traveling twice, everyone said that I looked much better. My health improved as well. I think they did not allow me to transfer the prize because I needed the exercise. This is probably how employees are being cared for here. Although I was conflicted, I knew in my heart that it was right. After that came Lin Wan and Lu Mingliangs interviews. Each one of them had impressive resumes, and they seemed to shine brightly. Lin Wan was a director who had taken part in the research and development of Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version. She was also the one who decided to turn it into a mobile game. le Lu Mingliang was the creator of Game Designer and the mocking voice in the game. Now, he was the man in charge of Upwind Logistics. Both of these interviews were about the same as Huang Sibos. As they spoke, they seemed to hint at an invisible person giving them directions as they produced their respective games. After these interviews, Xia Jiang finally came to a conclusion. These four outstanding employees of Tengda are remarkable representatives of a hundred others in the company. They all have different personalities and experiences, and they all take on different roles and responsibilities. Yet, without a doubt, all of them are impressive talents! [1] Bole was famous in China for being able to judge horses potential based on their appearance. Chapter 305 - Nobody Knows Who I am, but the Legend of My Act will Remain Forever Huang Sibo is an all-rounded employee. He can plan entire projects and lead others well. He also has a high degree of professionalism. One can say that he is an outstanding, model employee. Bao Xu has an extremely strong character, and hes very passionate about games. One can say that he is constantly working on his skills but is not very social. Hes also not good at seeing the big picture and leading others. Lin Wan is an idealist. She might not be very detailed, but once she sets her sights on something, she is sure to persevere until the end, unwaveringly. Lu Mingliang does not have very strong opinions, and one might say that he has trouble making up his mind. However, he is an excellent executor. Once he receives a task, he would make sure that he finishes it flawlessly. These four employees come from very different backgrounds, but they have one thing in common: they all used to be lost and directionless. However, all of them reached their full potential in Tengda. The all-rounder, Huang Sibo, took charge of Fei Huang Workspace and became an independent leader very early in his career. Bao Xu, who constantly seeks to improve games, remains in Tengda Games and uses his vast gaming experience to steer every work towards success. The idealist Lin Wan was transferred to Shang Yang Games. She turned a game with paywalls into a game with a heart and cleansed the environment for both web-based and mobile gamers. The outstanding executor, Lu Mingliang, stepped back after achieving success with Game Designer. Now, he manages Upwind Logisticsa business that requires both patience and attention to detail-on behalf of Tengda. These talents have very different characters, and they have all been placed in the most appropriate positions so that they can maximize their potential. Perhaps this is the main reason that Tengda achieved success so rapidly! Ma Yang was Boss Peis right-hand man and trusted general, but he was not interviewed. This was because Pei Qian was worried that Ma Yang would not be smart enough to keep their secrets under wraps. Whats more, if people found out that Ma Yang and Pei Qian used to be roommates, they might be closer to finding out Boss Peis real identity. Yet, these four employees interviews were already giving Boss Pei a major headache! Finally, Pei Qian more or less understood Xia Jiangs plan. Boss Pei was not mentioned at all in all four interviews. However, anyone who paid some attention to the interviews would realize that an invisible person existed between the lines! Who was the one who pointed out the right path to these outstanding employees? Who was the one who placed these outstanding employees in the right positions? Who was the one who created such a generous and liberal working environment? Who was the one who decided on Tengdas general direction and battle strategy? Of course, it was the boss of Tengda! Thus, while the interviews seemed to be praising Tengdas employees on the surface, they were actually praising Tengdas boss! It was just like historical stories about various talents in different dynasties. Talented ministers who dared to admonish others had been set above imperial courts; generals had been brave, skilled, and well-respected by all. Did this merely reflect well on the talented ministers and good generals? Yes and no. At the end of the day, these had only been possible because of the existence of a wise monarch! It was the wise monarch who had raised the talented ministers and good generals through the ranks and had put them in their positions, allowing them to serve and glorify the country. If the monarch had been muddle-headed, it would not have mattered how many talented people there were in the country. They would still have been pushed aside by crafty, vicious people. The glorious dynasties would have been turned upside down in no time! The documentary had already achieved its purpose up to this point. However, that was not the end. The video ended off with some more words. Today, the author used the empty spaces technique to allow the readers to outline the silhouette of our subjectthe celebrity creator. The readers should already have a general picture of him by now. The author had also thought about doing a more in-depth interview with him so that his spirit could be publicized. However, he said that the employees of Tengda should get the credit instead. He credited Tengdas achievements to the talents and hard work of its employees. He said that he was only fulfilling his duties. In order to convey his thoughts more accurately, we will quote a portion of what he said during the interview. Hopefully, readers would be able to color in his silhouette. Joining the game industry was a rash decision on my part. I really regret this decision; if only I had chosen other industries instead. Actually, Im not at all interested in making profits. I have never thought about how to balance building a reputation and making profits. However, for some reason, as Tengdas reputation improves; sales would increase. In turn, we would generate more profits. Were earning so much that its becoming suffocating. My aim has always been to make a loss-incurring game. People have been overthinking the plot in Repent and be Saved. I only wanted to torture players with that game. Seeing players suffer is my guilty pleasure. These are genuine words from his heart, uttered during the interview. However, we also noticed that he had completed Repent and be Saved. That proves that there is a silently sacrificial and hardworking soul hidden behind this nonchalant and humorous demeanor. On top of all these, he is also an extremely busy person. He has a full schedule every day, and yet he somehow finds the energy to keep working hard. Perhaps this all stems from his love for extreme sports. He never gets proud or boastful about his own achievements. Instead, he continues to challenge himself and push his boundaries without resting Lastly, the author wants to conclude with a single line. It is Jingzhou and the domestically-produced game industrys privilege to house a talented designer, outstanding entrepreneur, and good-hearted boss like him! Pei Qian drank a mouthful of water and remained silent for a while before he finally heaved a long sigh. They had praised him to no end! Pei Qian could not have imagined that the interview would turn out like that. It was f*cking ridiculous! Even if Pei Qian had exhausted his imagination, he would not have thought that Xia Jiang would write a piece like that! The video had been posted on the official platforms homepage. Since this was not Aili Island, there were no bullet screen comments. However, there were still comments below. The official platform came to Jingzhou? They actually interviewed Tengda this time! Let me see what the creator of Repent and be Saved really looks like! D*mn, all of Tengdas employees are so talented. Some had been poached from other companies, and some approached Tengda on their own. They even found an internet addict from an internet cafe! They humbly invited a young internet addict to work on their games conceptual design? Thats a unique way of sourcing for talents! Holy sh*t, he offered double of Huang Sibos initial pay? A company that voluntarily offers a higher pay during the interview actually exists in this world? I didnt mishear him, right? The chief planner of an extremely successful game went to start his own business??? Shouldnt they have asked him to start researching and developing a new game as soon as possible??? The most outstanding employee in Tengda would get a Dream Fund of a million yuan and a paid holiday? Holy sh*t, what kind of divine company is this?! If it were not the official platform reporting this, I would think that this was a scam! So the messed-up mobile game, Bloody Battle Song, was created by Tengda Games as well?! I knew that the game had a heart; it felt like Ghost General! That Zha Zhuti advertisement was probably related to Tengda Games as well, right? D*mn, I was still mocking the game in the beginning. I didnt know it was created by Tengda! It was Tengda that resurrected Bloody Battle Song! I said this before; ordinary game designers were not so powerful! It sounds like the boss behind Tengda Games employees is even more mysterious now. Did you realize that he offered guidance on the games and the new businesses? He was also the one who put in place the desirable welfare and benefits. The boss of Tengda is the companys spirit! Im going to apply to work at Tengda nowdont stop me! I didnt think that such a good-hearted enterprise existed in a second-tier city like Jingzhou. I always thought that small businesses in second-tier cities were out to scam others. I really admire those who live in Jingzhou. Upwind Logistics delivers parcels to their doorsteps, they can go to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe to enjoy the good environment and play games on high-end computers, and they can even order healthy take-out from Fish-Catching Take-Out ah, is it too late to move to Jingzhou now? Instead of focusing on games, this games company is venturing into physical industries. Are they trying to burn all their excess money? Arent they afraid of incurring losses? He already said that making a loss-incurring game has always been his aim, hehe. When I heard Bao Xus interview, I thought he was putting on a show. What did he mean by I dont want a paid holiday? However, after listening to Tengdas boss, I realized where he got that attitude from. In terms of putting on a show, even ten Bao Xus would not compare to his boss! He regrets joining the game industry, sales always mysteriously increase, and torturing gamers is his guilty pleasure d*mn it, this guy is a machine! Hes showing off for 24 hours every day! Its a pity that we didnt see the posers face in the end. Ah, this is the highest level of posing one can achieve. Nobody knows who I am, but the legend of my act will remain forever. Thats right, was there a similar interview done by Amusement Times or something before? I think this companys boss is called Boss Pei. He has the same name as the boss in Boss Peis Daily Life. I think the short videos were inspired by him. Thats right! This interview looks very similar to that one. The content is basically the same, but its just much more detailed and accurate. Back then, I thought that the company had bribed Amusement Times. Now, even the official platform is pulling the same trick? Could this be real? All in all, while there might be room to debate who the best local game designer is, there is no need to discuss who the most pretentious game designer is. Without a doubt, the prize goes to this Boss Pei! After reading the comments below, Pei Qian felt speechless. Im being wronged! Pei Qian had never thought that he would be labeled as a pretentious prick. Ive already tried my best to be low-key. Why are people still misunderstanding me? Whats more, I only told the truth. Every single word was from the bottom of my heart. Its fine if Xia Jiang didnt believe me, but why are the rest of you doubting me, too? Although a similar write-up had been produced before, my situation was very different then! Amusement Times was not very popular. The previous write-up also did not contain any photos or videos. It was not even reliable; all the content in that write-up had come from an unverified source. Thus, although many media outlets carried that article, it did not cause a huge uproar. Most people laughed and forgot about the article after reading it. Nobody took it too seriously. Yet, this time was different. This professional interview team had the backing and creditworthiness of the official platform. That meant the write-up was extremely reliable! Whats more, this write-up included many videos and photos. The videos were proof; it greatly boosted the credibility of this report! Pei Qian began to picture these interviews spreading like wildfire. He was probably going to be in deep trouble. He leaned back in his chair and rested his forehead on his hand. What have I done? Chapter 306 - Settlement October 26th Zhongdian Chinese Network Ma Yiqun had just finished watching the interview that Tengda did with the official platform. There was a satisfied smile on his face. Since Boss Pei had many outstanding employees, Ma Yiqun was not given a chance to be interviewed. He was not featured in the video either. However, many people in the interview were Ma Yiquns friends and close colleagues. Thus, watching the interview made him feel comforted and pleased. How good! Everyones dreams have come true. Ma Yiqun closed the official platform and opened another web browser to access Zhongdian Chinese Networks backend platform. The figures showed that Ma Yiquns new novel had achieved over two thousand subscriptions! This was not much compared to Infinite Chinese Networks standards; after all, ones novel would only be considered top-tier if it reached more than three thousand subscriptions. However, for Ma Yiqun and Zhongdian Chinese Networks standards, this was not bad! Ma Yiqun knew very well that Zhongdian Chinese Network still had far fewer readers compared to Infinite Chinese Network at the moment. A book might easily reach over three thousand subscriptions in Infinite Chinese Network, but would probably only get over one thousand at Zhongdian Chinese Network. Zhongdian Chinese Network had already gained many new readers after Repent and be Saved was released, and Tengda linked all the accounts on various platforms together. However, one could not expect a website for online literature to become popular overnight. Instead, they had to slowly allow the number of readers to build up. Ma Yiqun had received a sum of money from Boss Pei mainly to top-up the remuneration for authors of books like that. Since top-quality books could only reach a thousand-odd subscriptions at Zhongdian Chinese Network, Ma Yiqun could use this sum of money to increase the authors remuneration. Based on these calculations, the fact that Ma Yiquns novel got over two thousand subscriptions on Zhongdian Chinese Network meant that it would probably get over six thousand subscriptions on Infinite Chinese Network. That was quite a good figure! Ma Yiqun did not top-up his own remuneration because he did not really mind the remuneration. Comparatively, getting readers recognition was much more important to him! After failing multiple times when he wrote for Infinite Chinese Network, Ma Yiqun began to doubt his own skills. He had only begun writing again as a hobby and did not even give his own book recommendation spots. Yet, it came as a pleasant surprise that so many people had subscribed to his novel! Boss Pei had called in the morning, requesting for Ma Yiqun to bring all the staff of Zhongdian Chinese Network and TPDb out for a meal in order to reward them for their hard work. Boss Pei sounded very determined. It did not seem like there was room for Ma Yiqun to turn him down. Thus, Ma Yiqun made a reservation at Swan Lake Restaurant. He was prepared to bring his subordinates out for a feast. Of course, it would have been best if they could go to the nameless restaurant, but it was fully-booked. Buzz buzz At that moment, Ma Yiquns cell phone began to vibrate. There was no caller ID, but a long string of numbers was displayed on the screen. Ma Yiqun glanced at it and saw that it was a familiar number. His first instinct was to reject the call, but after hesitating for a moment, he accepted it. Dubiao, youre finally picking up the call? The caller sounded several years older than Ma Yiqun. Ma Yiqun smiled helplessly. Older Brother, whats the matter? Are you still working at the game company? The man asked. Ma Yiqun remained silent for a moment and said, Older Brother, just tell me why you called. Theres no need for small talk between us. The man sighed. Dubiao, I know that you only entered the game industry in the heat of the moment. Recently, I realized that the local game industry does not care much for storylines. I imagine Jingzhou would be much worse. Arent you wasting your time working there? Be it online literature or games, none of these are considered real work. No matter which industry you choose, youd be wasting your talents. I met our grandfather a few days ago. Our uncle and I think the same. Youve already worked in that game company for so long. Its about time you thought about leaving, right? You can take one year to prepare for the entrance exam and continue on your path towards academia. Its not too late to look for a teaching job in a school. If youre serious about writing, I think youre more suited for the traditional path. We can share some of our connections with you. You were stubborn back then, and you insisted on writing online literature. Still, you never succeeded. Its about time you admitted that youre not cut out for the work. The corners of Ma Yiquns mouth curled upwards into a smile. The man on the phone was Ma Yiquns cousin; he was eighteen years older than Ma Yiqun. This cousin of his was part of the writers association. He had published physical novels that sold quite well. One could say he had left Ma Yiqun far behind. If Ma Yiqun had received this call a few months ago, perhaps he would have been persuaded. After all, this cousin of his had walked the same road before. Whats more, after entering Shang Yang Games, Ma Yiqun had witnessed the unsteadiness of the game industry. During his time at Shang Yang Games, Ma Yiqun had been in charge of repackaging the games. He was basically doing manual labor; his skills were not required and untouched. He had often asked himself if he was wasting his life away. He had been born into a family of scholars and had decently graduated from a key university with a major in literature. He also had such a successful cousin. Of course, Ma Yiqun had felt ashamed about where he was in life. However, everything was different now. Still smiling, Ma Yiqun replied, Older Brother, I think youre mistaken. The official platform has recommended our latest game. The West also has high praises for our overseas versions. The storyline is particularly exceptional. My new novel is also getting quite popular. I think it would reach the top tier soon. Readers have been leaving positive feedback as well. Ma Yiquns cousin was stunned. Your new novel? Since when did you write a new novel? Ma Yiqun became shocked as well. Suddenly, he frowned. Huh? He quickly picked up a very serious problem with his cousins reaction. Still frowning, Ma Yiqun said, Older Brother, I have never revealed my pen name on Infinite Chinese Network to anyone in the family. Both parties were speechless. Ma Yiqun was extremely intelligent. At once, he understood what had happened. Something was wrong! When he first decided to venture into online literature, he faced a lot of resistance from his family. That was why he decided to start writing novels while he was in university-so that he could prove himself to them. Although every novel that he wrote failed, he had never revealed his pen name to his family. Yet, his cousin seemed shocked to find out that he had written a new novel. Ma Yiqun guessed from his cousins tone that the latter thought the former had stopped writing novels after he started working in the game industry. Whats more, he must have been quite certain about this. Otherwise, he would not have sounded so shocked. Why was he so certain? It was probably because his cousin had found out about Ma Yiquns pen name on Infinite Chinese Network and had been keeping an eye on his account! His cousin remained silent for a long time before he finally spoke again. Ai, Dubiao, Im sorry. Youre so intelligent. I shouldnt hide things from you at this point. Ill just tell you the truth. Actually, Im good friends with one of the senior editors-in-chief at Infinite Chinese Network. Those novels of yours did well in the beginning, but I told my friend to edit their figures. I wanted you to quit and forget about writing online literature. I was afraid that you would continue writing online literature for a long time after tasting a bit of success. This road leads to a dead-end! Ma Yiqun: He had no idea how to react. He was furious but also elated He was furious because he had finally found the culprit! Ma Yiqun had always found it weird that his books had been so popular when they were available to the public but had failed once they were made pay-to-read. It would have been understandable if the figures had fallen slightly. However, his novels had deteriorated from being top-tier to only getting thirty subscriptions. That was too suspicious! However, Ma Yiqun did not suspect that his family members were behind this. Who would have thought that a huge website like Infinite Chinese Network would alter backend figures and pick on a minor author? Now, he finally understood. Somebody had been plotting against him! Ma Yiqun laughed, feeling slightly relieved. Older Brother, dont worry about me. I chose this path, and I know how to walk it. I dont agree that the path of online literature leads to a dead end. One day, I will prove it to you. After hanging up, Ma Yiqun felt particularly happy. The dark cloud that had been hanging above his head all this time had finally dissipated! One could say that Ma Yiqun had started writing online literature for Infinite Chinese Network and working as the plot planner for Shang Yang Games, partly because he wanted to prove himself. However, Ma Yiqun now took his job as the editor-in-chief and the one in charge of Zhongdian Chinese Network as his lifes mission. At that moment, Ma Yiqun felt immensely grateful for Boss Pei. If Boss Pei had not recognized his talent and arranged for him to work as the editor-in-chief of Zhongdian Chinese Network, how would his story have developed to this point? Perhaps Ma Yiqun would have lived his entire life thinking that nobody wanted to read his novels. He would have left the online literature industry forever and slowly lost interest in the game industry. Finally, he would go back to his old path like his cousin wanted. Thus, he had to do his job well. He had to repay Boss Pei for his trust and guidance; he could not let Boss Pei down. He had to make Zhongdian Chinese Network popular! At that thought, Ma Yiqun accessed Zhongdian Chinese Networks backend platform again and began working seriously. October 31st The system screen automatically appeared in front of Pei Qian. After seeing this line of numbers, Pei Qian felt so overjoyed that his eyes began to well up. That was too easy! He was finally seeing more than a million yuan in his Personal Wealth! Chapter 307 - Wealth Conversion System 2.0 This was the first time Pei Qian was earning so much from the system in over a year of owning it. His highest record in the past was incurring a loss of over twenty thousand yuan. The most that he managed to convert was about forty thousand yuan, which was thanks to the profits he earned during the fourth cycle. Yet, this time, Pei Qian had earned almost three times that amount! All of a sudden, Pei Qian realized that there was a meaning to working hard! All his suffering had paid off! As for what he would do during the next cycle Hehe, he would think about it when the time came! Pei Qian even noticed that Ming Yun Villas had appreciated! It used to be worth six million yuan, but it was now worth eight million yuan. Obviously, this was because Ming Yun Private Kitchen had raised the prices of the surrounding villas. That was why the villa which housed Ming Yun Private Kitchen itself appreciated. The good thing was that the system only included 10% of the price of the Fixed Assets in its calculation of the System Funds. That was why the System Funds only increased by two hundred thousand yuan although the villa appreciated by two million yuan. Naturally, Pei Qian could handle this additional load. No matter what, it had been worth it for Pei Qian to drink poison in order to quench his thirst! Finally, he could heave a sigh of relief. The system screen continued to flash in his vision. Its here! My special reward! Pei Qian was quite excited. After all, he had worked extremely hard during this cycle. He organized Digital Day and spent as much money as he couldnot only because he wanted to incur losses and get more Personal Wealth, but also because he wanted to obtain this special reward. Huh? Pei Qian became confused after reading all these messages. Initially, he had thought that the special reward would be something simple like a bad luck spray, which could cause him to have bad luck with a single spurt. He imagined lying down in his bed during the next cycle while losing money rapidly and receiving good news from everywhere. Yet, that was not the case. The special reward that Pei Qian had been pining for was not a physical object. Instead, it was a simple adjustment made by the System to its own regulations. At first, the System considered doing charity an intentional loss of money. This was a strict violation. However, this rule was now relaxed. Er does that mean that I will get a fixed sum of money during each cycle to do charity? Thats great! Pei Qian knew full well that any additional avenue to spend money was precious! During the previous cycles, he often found himself with a few extra million yuan and nowhere to spend it. That was why he failed to incur losses those times. However, the system was now allowing him to spend half of the starting sum in the System Funds on charity. Simply put, if he started the next cycle off with ten million yuan, he could spend five million yuan on charity. That was a huge sum! Just like that, Pei Qian had gained another hole through which he could pour money. Five million yuan would be lifted off his shoulders during the next cycle. However, the other regulations remained the same. Pei Qian still had to maintain his capital chain and incur as much loss as possible on this basis. Also, the reward would not be effective immediately. Instead, Pei Qian had to wait until the system was upgraded. The system screen appeared in Pei Qians vision once again. Indeed, this was a responsible system. Pei Qian began to read the so-called explanation of the upgrade. <1. Each time you convert more than two hundred thousand yuan in one cycle, you can obtain a mysterious reward within the Systems regulations.> <2. Even if you have unannounced products a week before settlement, you can proceed to settlement. However, you can only have one unannounced product in each cycle. You also have to release it by the end of the next cycle.> Huh? Pei Qian felt light-headed. The first thing he saw was the heart-breaking conversion ratios! What the h*ll is this?! He read all the instructions once again. Of course, Pei Qian knew what the Matthew effect was. Simply put, if an individual, a community, or a region achieved success or improvement in any area (such as money, reputation, status, etc.); there would be a cumulative advantage. The individual, community, or region would get more opportunities to achieve success and improvement. In the field of economics, this reflected the saying winner gets all and the phenomenon of income inequality. To put the Matthew effect even more simply, one could say the rich get richer and the poor get poorer. The System thought that due to the Matthew effect, it would be much easier for Tengda Corporations assets, the System Funds, and the owners Personal Wealth to incur losses or make profits. That was why the System adjusted the conversion ratios. Pei Qian was speechless. F*ck! Stingy System! This is only the first time Im earning so much out of you! Ive only gotten a million yuan from you in total! Cant you let me earn another million yuan? Stingy! However, Pei Qian knew very well that the adjustment was going to be made sooner or later. As his business expanded, the absolute amount of profits or loss would definitely increase as well. It was exponentially more difficult to earn a million yuan from fifty thousand yuan compared to from ten million yuan. Of course, the System was not going to let Pei Qian have an easy time. In fact, the System was considered quite loyal. After adjusting the wealth conversion ratios, it even provided Pei Qian with some benefits. The reward that Pei Qian got this time allowed him to spend a sum of money on charity. This was incredibly useful. Whats more, after the System was upgraded, these types of rewards would become commonplace. He could obtain one after each settlement. At the same time, the System had loosened its requirements for settlement. Pei Qian could now stretch the research and development phase of a single product over two cycles. This did not sound like much, but it was in fact very useful! The current settlement cycle would last from four to five months. If having one unannounced product would not affect the settlement, Pei Qian could continue to burn money on that product in order to incur losses as long as he could release it before the end of the next cycle. During the next cycle, he could then turn his attention to the next product. One could say that it would be much easier to incur losses! Pei Qian considered this for several minutes and came to a decision. Upgrade. You introduced the regulations to me, but I dont think you gave me the right to choose Pei Qian was speechless. On the surface, it looked like he could choose whether to upgrade the System or not. However, if he chose not to upgrade it, the System would not start the next cycle. That meant Pei Qian would not be able to use his charitable events reward. Pei Qian would also not get another chance to earn a large sum from the System. Of course, Pei Qian could also invest the 1.8 million yuan in order to earn more money. However Pei Qian had no intention to do so. Within the previous cycle, which lasted four months, Pei Qian managed to earn over 1.4 million yuan from the System. It had not been easy for him to discover the right way to benefit from it. Could he seriously think about tossing the System aside and working hard to earn money now? That would be torturing himself! Whats more, as the saying went, rich second-generation heirs could spend freely on food, drinks, and merriment because they would not be able to squander away their family fortune by doing so. What would be more terrifying was the thought of investing their fortune and losing it all. It had not been easy for Pei Qian to obtain this much money. If he really started a business and ended up failing, wouldnt he be better off dead? Thus, it would be more worth it to continue benefiting from the System! After the upgrade was completed, Pei Qian looked at the system screen once more. Pei Qian leaned back in his chair, heaving a long sigh. This cycle is finally over! Although he had been through many ups and downs, he had managed to incur losses in the end. Converting wealth from losses one time was far better than doing the same from profits ten times. After the upgrade, the Loss Conversion Ratio was less favorable. However, the System Funds would continue to increase. If the starting sum increased to twenty or thirty million yuan, he would only have to lose ten million yuan in order to earn one million yuan for his Personal Wealth. Whats more, the System was allowing him to have one unannounced product at the end of each cycle. In addition to the five million yuan he could spend on charity, it would be much easier for Pei Qian to incur losses from now on! Yes, theres no problem. The future remains bright! Chapter 308 - Boss Pei’s Internal Letter Pei Qian opened TPDb and browsed through the comments on his various businesses. Thanks to 1024 Digital Day, there were now many more comments on Fish-Catching Take-Out, ROFs computer-installation business, and Upwind Logistics. At the moment, each of them had an overall rating of about 9.5 and had very few negative comments. At the moment, a few of his businesses were generating profits. This included the successful games of Tengda Games and Shang Yang Games, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Ming Yun Private Kitchen, and the like. They had pretty good ratings as well. This cycles situation looked quite serious. However, Pei Qian had a long time to think about his strategy. He accessed TPDbs intranet page and scanned through it. It was then that Pei Qian realized his employees had already published posts. Many companies had their own internal forums where employees could communicate. Tengda was no exception. After handing TPDb over to Ma Yiqun, Pei Qian instructed him to create an internal forum while he was at it. Pei Qian scrolled through the internal forum but did not find anything negative about Tengda. This disappointed him greatly. Tengdas internal forum was quite different from most other companies. Most other companies internal forums contained a bunch of genuine requests and suggestions for improvement. However, these forums were also under heavy surveillance. Be it internal chat software or forums-as long as the technical staff (or the higher management) wanted to, they could check on the members of the conversation and the contents of their posts. Thus, even if those employees wanted to badmouth the company, they could not do so in the internal chat software. They could only do so on social media. It was the same for internal forums as well. Employees could discuss ordinary hot topics, but if an employee was badmouthing the company or using inappropriate language, the entire post could be deleted. The higher management could even call the employee in for a conversation or ask them to leave. This was normal practice. After all, all companies had a public relations department that was in charge of public sentiments. Public relations departments could not control what outsiders said about the company, but they could control what their own employees said and deal with them however they wanted. Yet, Tengdas internal forum was completely different. Pei Qian pined for negative comments to appear! He thought that his employees were relatively shy and thus did not dare to give him negative feedback about the company directly. However, they should at least be daring enough to post them online, right? Afraid that the employees would not dare to give him negative feedback, Pei Qian specifically requested for the forum to take on an anonymous model. Any employee could create a post anonymously, and nobody would be able to find out his identity. Pei Qian also instructed the administrative department to leak this information to the employees and let them know that the anonymity on the internal forum was real. Nobody would be able to find out their identities so they could badmouth the company however they liked on the internal forum. The internal forum was becoming more and more popular of late, and more employees were posting on it as well. However, none of them were badmouthing the company. This disappointed Pei Qian. Suddenly, Pei Qian felt that as the boss of the company, he needed to post something in the internal forum. Many companies bosses loved to post messages in their internal forums in order to motivate or brainwash their employees. These were normally quite effective. Thus, Pei Qian considered unifying the employees of Tengda. Otherwise, people might be obsessed with working hard and stabbing him in the back. He could not handle this! Boss Pei had given orders again and again, asking everyone to work less and rest more. However, everyone ignored him completely. It was too much! He would write an internal letter and sticky it in the internal forum. This way, his employees would see the internal letter every time they opened the internal forum. The internal letter would contain Boss Peis hopes and act as a warning and encouragement to his employees! Pei Qian opened a new document and began writing Half an hour later, he had written three lines. this isnt good. I have to look for a template. Pei Qian felt like his language skills were lacking. He had no choice but to search Qiandu for templates of big companies internal letters, so that he could use it as reference. Soon, Pei Qian found several internal letters, filled with motivating and encouraging words. He glanced at the date. It was October 31stjust as well. A year ago today, Pei Qian had decided to rent an office, hire employees, expand the scale of his business, and incur more losses. One could say that it was the anniversary of Tengda stepping onto the right path and rapidly developing. He could use this as an opening to his letter. One of the motivating internal letters that Pei Qian had found was titled You Have to Work Hard for a Better Life. The contents were simple. It kept emphasizing the need to work hard and earn money so that one could advance, improve their standard of living, realize the meaning of life, and live happily ever after. It was a classic encouragement for a successful life-full of toxicity! Pei Qian deliberated for a moment and then began to translate the letter phrase by phrase. You Have to Live Hard to Work Better. To all employees of Tengda Network Technology Co., Ltd: 409 days ago, Tengda was born. Today marks one year since Tengda moved into Shenhua View, hired its core employees, and stepped onto the right path! In the past one year, Tengda has achieved insignificant success. This reveals a serious problem. I want to tell all employees of Tengda something from the bottom of my heart: you have to live hard to work better! I know that many of you think Tengda is much more generous than many other companies. However, you must never forget that many companies in this world are still much better than Tengda! Do not be satisfied with the current work environment. All of you have the responsibility to request more of the company! Times are changing, and the industry is developing No matter how hard you work, you will never be able to keep up with the times. Thus, sacrificing your health for the sake of your job is meaningless! Ever since I started Tengda, Ive been spending extravagantly. I insisted on renting the best office and buying the best furniture. Whenever I felt tired, I took a nap. When it was time to knock off, I never stayed behind. Whenever my alarm clock rang, I would continue sleeping. No matter how much work there was to do, I always made sure that I slept my fill first. Yet, so what? Tengda continued to produce game after game. My habits did not hinder the companys progress. Instead, the company continued to expand until it reached its current stage. The facts have shown that there is a weak correlation between ones hard work and the companys development! Tengdas outstanding employees continue to emerge in large numbers as well. Over the past year alone, at least four or five employees have received the Dream Fund and gone out to start their own businesses! The company is constantly hiring new employees, but more and more people are giving their lives to their jobs. Very few people know how to take a break. If this continues, people who blindly work hard will be the companys downfall. Well go down a path of no return! Employees who sacrifice their health and work overtime are not good employees! So many people are in the company, and each man has his own responsibilities. Only by working together as a team can you do the job well. Theres no need for you to work overtime at all. If you work overtime, youre saying that you dont trust your colleagues capabilities, and you dont trust your leaders allocation. Youre going against Tengdas spirit! Truly good employees must know how to strike a balance between work and their lives. You must learn to live hard before you can work better! If youre only concerned about working and neglecting your life, your family relations would suffer, you would have no time for rest, and you would have no time to learn, upgrade, and improve. Employees like that would be easily replaced by younger employees. These are not talents that Tengda is after! Tengda is already very successful. Whether you work harder or not would not make much of a difference to the company. Tengda will not prohibit its employees from working overtime. Of course, you are allowed to work overtime every now and then. However, every employee of Tengda must know how to strike a balance between work and rest. You must know how to enjoy life! I wake up at 10 am every day and only work for three or four hours. Still, the company becomes more prosperous with each passing day. Thus, you dont have to worry and torture yourselves. Everything is well with the company. Lastly, I hope that my employees and brothers would understand the Tengda spirit through and through. Working for eight hours a day is a privilege that countless generations before have fought hard to earn for our laborers today. 996 is not a form of paying back; working happily is! Work is only one part of your life. Would working hard for an extra one or two hours a day guarantee rewards? Of course not! Working overtime would damage your bodies. Although the company would give you overtime pay and work injury compensation, youre still the one who suffers. Since thats the case, why not save yourself the time and spend it with your family or on developing your own interests? Tengda encourages all its employees to grow in various areas. In fact, it is precisely because it has so many holistic employees that Tengda houses a galaxy of talent! Working overtime is a distortion of humanity, the downfall of morality, the sorrow of society, and the deterioration of civilization! I hope for all employees of Tengda to join me in working on ourselves first. From now on, reject working overtime and embrace a blissful life! Its time to knock off. Please go home at once! Once he finished writing the letter, Pei Qian read it once more from top to bottom. He was very satisfied. as He had completely translated the internal letter titled You Have to Work Hard for a Better Life. Now, the motivational letter had turned into a non-motivational letter. It brought across Pei Qians heartfelt message perfectly. If his employees worked hard, they were not only hurting themselves but also hurting others! If his employees slacked, it would be a win-win situation for all! From this cycle, times would be tough. Losses would only be converted to personal wealth at a ratio of 10:1. Boss Pei had to make sure that all of his employees were on the same page, so that they could overcome obstacles together! For every day that his employees did not work overtime, Boss Pei would be more blissful! After scanning the letter and confirming that there were no issues, Pei Qian posted his first open letter on the internal forum. Then, he stuck it decisively. Chapter 309 - Ultimate Form of one’s Concern for Humanity At Shang Yang Games Ever since the mobile version of Bloody Battle Song became famous, Shang Yang Games had become completely different. The biggest change was in the working environment. Before, Shang Yang Games was just like most other game start-ups. People were less particular about the working environment, and the staff was squashed together inside the office. Chairs and tables were cheap, and office hygiene was taken care of by the employees themselves. No cleaning aunties were hired. Yet, now, everything was different! Shang Yang Games rented out their previous office space and collectively moved to a nearby high-end office building. The desks, chairs, and computers were all purchased together, with their holding company-Tengda-as the benchmark. Each desk was much more spacious, and the computers were top-tier. There was also a pantry, a snack area, fitness equipment, a game room, and the like. Lin Wan was very proud of this. Shang Yang Games had spent their own hard-earned money on this! The mobile version of Bloody Battle Song had been released on September 20th. About a month had passed since then. Shang Yang Games had already earned five or six million yuan from that game. Although there were very few purchase options in the game, there were many players. Whats more, players could keep purchasing items repeatedly. On top of this, Shenhuas games platform had been treating Shang Yang Games particularly well. The latter got ninety percent of all the income. Thus, even after deducting taxes, daily operating expenses, salaries, rental for the cloud server, and other expenses; Shang Yang Games was still earning about one or two million yuan per week. m At first, Lin Wan wanted to hand this sum of money back to Tengda Games, so that the staff of Shang Yang Games could hold their heads high in front of other employees of Tengda Corporation. However, Boss Pei turned her down immediately. Shang Yang Games needs this sum of money now. Why dont any of you have long-term goals? Is the office perfect? Are the employees getting as much benefit as Tengdas employees? Everyone has been working so hard for so long. Shouldnt you distribute a bonus to reward them for their hard work? Spend all the money that you need on Shang Yang Games before you think about transferring the profits! These were Boss Peis original words. Lin Wan had no other choice. During that one month, she kept thinking about how to improve the office. At first, Pei Qian was worried that Lin Wan would hold back. However, after secretly asking around for some time, he realized that he had been overthinking. It was one thing to be worried that others would hold back, but worrying that Lin Wan would do the same? He was really worrying for nothing! Lin Wan really took Tengda as the benchmark and went all out! Pei Qian was very pleased. Indeed, rich second-generation heirs were different! Pei Qian knew full well that Lin Wan was still feeling extremely proud of herself now. She had just released a game that was earning the company about five million yuan each month. One could say that she had created a money-making tree for Tengda. Others might be thrifty and attempt to save up all of these profits. However, Lin Wan was obviously not like that. She happily spent the money and maximized the various benefits that Shang Yang Games gave its employees. They would be able to earn all the money back anyway! That was what Lin Wan thought. Thus, the welfare benefits for employees of Shang Yang Games were benchmarked against that of Tengda Games. Shang Yang Games employees were finally being treated like biological sons and daughters, just like their Tengda counterparts. At that moment, Hao Qiong was leaning back on his ergonomic chair, surfing the net without any aim. There was nothing to do! Shang Yang Games had just released a game not long ago. One could say that Hao Qiong had done everything right as an employee of this company. Once he started work, he jumped into researching and developing the mobile version of Bloody Battle Song. After that, the game did extremely well, Boss Pei treated them to a meal, and they moved to a new office. Just a few months ago, Hao Qiong had been hard-pressed for a job. Yet, now, he was surfing the net, looking for ways to maintain his good health. He felt like he was sinning every single day. He often thought about the sight of Boss Pei in the nameless restaurant. At the time, he had just eaten a bowl of weird-tasting black rice and crab roe. It was only after that that he discovered the black rice was called caviar. As the saying went, the mouth that ate the food of others was softened. Each time he slacked, Hao Qiong felt like he was letting Boss Pei down. However, whenever he set his mind on doing serious work he found that there was absolutely nothing to do. It was disastrous. According to Director Lin, Shang Yang Games had to wait for Boss Peis instructions before embarking on another project. At best, they would get a concrete plan by the middle of November. Just the thought of having to slack for nearly half a month made Hao Qiong feel terrible. He accessed TPDb to study Bloody Battle Songs ratings. In the beginning, the games overall rating was 7.2. Later, it rose to 8.4. Now, it was 8.9. The games ratings were increasing steadily. If this situation continued, the games rating would have no problem surpassing 9.0 next month. The higher the ratings, the higher their bonus. Just the thought of getting a higher bonus next month made Hao Qiong feel even guiltier. He hadnt done any work, and yet he just kept receiving money. Although it sounded good Hao Qiong could not help but fear being rendered useless. Thus, he could not wait to get back to work in order to prove himself. He casually accessed the internal forum. Ill read two posts before I get back to work. Hao Qiong had made up his mind. Hmm? Whats this sticky post? An open letter from Boss Pei to his employees? Hao Qiongs heart thudded as guilt threatened to overwhelm him. One could easily imagine what the open letter would say! An open letter posted in a companys intranet could only have one purpose: to put everyone on the same page and encourage everyone to work hard. Simply put, these letters were usually a form of encouragement from a companys leader to all of his employees. If this were another company, most employees would probably not even bother reading the letter. It would be meaningless. They were probably already exhausted; why would they make themselves feel worse by reading a letter that pushed them to work harder? However, Hao Qiong could not help but click this letter from Boss Pei. This was because Hao Qiong felt like he could use the motivation. He could not sit back and do nothing day in and day out; that would be too evil! Hao Qiong could even imagine Boss Pei criticizing employees who had been enjoying company benefits but slacking their days away. His open letter would probably remind employees, who were indulging in pleasure, again and again to harbor a fighting spirit and embrace wolf culture. Hao Qiong felt like he could use this wake-up call. With these expectations, he clicked the sticky post and read it closely. When he was done, Hao Qiong frowned. He was deeply confused. Why was the open letter so different from what he imagined? It was the complete opposite. Hao Qiong read the open letter from beginning to end once again, just to revise the golden words within. Whenever his alarm clock rang, he would continue sleeping. No matter how much work there was to do, he always made sure that he slept his fill first? There was a weak correlation between ones hard work and the companys development? More people were working hard, but fewer people knew how to rest? Working overtime was not trusting colleagues capabilities and going against Tengdas spirit? Reject working overtime from now on?! Hao Qiong read the open letter very closely yet again, from beginning to end. He saw these words between the lines: Its wrong to work overtime, but its reasonable to slack! The dark humor was so potent that Hao Qiong thought he was stuck in a dream. Before this, he still felt guilty. However, all of that had been replaced with pure confusion. The boss wants me to slack more. Well Hao Qiong was at a loss. He looked at the date. Was it April Fools Day? Still feeling confused, Hao Qiong refreshed the page. Immediately, seven or eight replies appeared. There were probably many other employees like Hao Qiong, who had nothing to do. Everyone must have been browsing the internal forum. That was probably why they managed to comment on the sticky post the moment it was posted. Perhaps they had even been fighting to be the first replies. Comment on the first page to catch Boss Pei! Boss Pei is so formidable! Whats up with this open letter? Are they testing out the posting function or trying to be funny? It was clear that most people felt as confused as Hao Qiong. Why would a boss ask his own employees to slack off? Was this reverse psychology? In this confusion, more and more replies began to appear underneath the post. Understood, Boss Pei! We will rest well and take care of our bodies! This is so heart-warming. Although it was expressed humorously, I can still feel Boss Peis care and concern between the lines! This sticky post made me think hard. Other companies push for wolf culture and fighting spirit and think about various ways and means to get the most out of their employees. Yet, Boss Pei is completely different. This is him cruelly exposing and satirizing those companies! I feel quite touched. This is the Tengda spirit that were all so proud of! Boss Peis warning is true indeed. Every single word spoke straight to my heart! Too many bosses only think about the company and their self-interest. All they can think is if my employees work harder, I can get a new car by the end of the year. They push their employees to work harder on the pretext of it being for their own good, when theyre actually doing so for selfish reasons! Yet, Boss Pei is completely different. He is thinking for his employees: their health, their families, and their future. With a leader like him, what more can we ask for? Rest assured, Boss Pei. Even if we dont work overtime and overwork our bodies, we will make sure to finish our jobs so that the company can rise to greater heights! Thats right! Boss Pei has provided us with such a good working environment while he bears the weight of the companys development on his own shoulders. We cannot let Boss Pei down! We have to take care of our bodies and health, so that we can work better for the company. Only then can we achieve good results and repay Boss Pei! People kept liking various comments, quickly pushing them right to the top. While Hao Qiong had been confused at first, he finally understood what was happening. The internal letter was not meant to motivate them. It was meant to be the ultimate form of ones concern for humanity. The main point of this letter was not to tell the employees whether they should work overtime or not. On the surface, Boss Pei was asking everyone not to work hard. However, this was obviously an exaggeration. Any employee with the slightest ambition would know that he had to work hard for his own future. What Boss Pei really meant to do was remind his employees to take care of their own bodies, health, families, and interests while working hard. Only then could they complete their work well and make greater contributions to Tengdas development! From this, one could tell that Boss Pei had a very different strategy from bosses who coveted even the smallest of profits, sought to save every penny, and docked their employees pay whenever they could! At that thought, Hao Qiong became filled with determination. He wrote his reply to the post. Please rest assured, Boss Pei. We will work hard and take care of our bodies while were at it. May we mature and advance together with Tengda! Chapter 310 - A Whole New Direction! In the office Impossible! His intention was to ask everyone to slack more and work less. Now, people were taking his words as an encouragement to work harder! Whats more, it looked like they really were going to do so! Reading his employees promises to take care of their bodies, be more professional and fight harder for Tengda exhausted Pei Qian. He wanted to reply with a few sentences, and yet he had no idea what to say. Forget it, Ill leave it As long as he had typed what he meant, it would be alright. At least a portion of his employees would understand the letter and relax, right? Pei Qian retrieved his little notebook and prepared to plan for the next cycles jobs. Although this cycle would be quite longabout five months, he had drunk poison to quench his thirst during the last cycle. That depleted his potential to incur losses during this cycle. Pei Qian expected his various businesses to generate much more revenue this month. He did not want to be rendered helpless just before the next settlement. Thus, Pei Qian had to make the necessary preparations now and come up with a good plan. He had to do all that he could to get rid of all hidden danger before they germinated! Pei Qian pondered for a moment and realized that the first thing that he had to attend to was Lin Wan and Shang Yang Games. Pei Qian had already agreed to work with Lin Chang and Lin Yu earlier, and they had come up with a plan to send Lin Wan away. Pei Qian decided to put Lin Wan in charge of a new business while she looked after Shang Yang Games. That way, Lin Wan would be distracted and overwhelmed. Her chances of failure would thus increase greatly. Shang Yang Games had just moved into a new office building recently. The employees were also enjoying maximum benefits. They were being treated on par with Tengda Games employees, and their daily expenses had greatly increased as well. If the new game and new business incurred lossesnot only would they lose all the money earned by the mobile version of Bloody Battle Song, but they would also be able to spend some of Tengdas money. Just thinking about this exciting prospect filled Pei Qian with hope! Lin Wan had just produced a very successful game; she was still feeling extremely proud of herself. Men were most easily hoodwinked while they were proud. Pei Qian quickly came up with a plan to deal with Lin Wan and Shang Yang Games. After coming up with a general direction, he called his chauffeur and arranged to be sent to Shang Yang Games new office. In the guest room The new administrative girl that Shang Yang Games hired served tea to both people. Lin Wan sat opposite Pei Qian, looking very content and hopeful. Obviously, she could hardly wait to start working on the next game. After seeing how contented Lin Wan looked, Pei Qian could not help but feel sorrowful. How did things come to this? At the end of the day, Lin Yu is to blame! It was my bad luck meeting these lousy teammates! I must learn from my lessons and stop producing mobile games! Pei Qian inwardly made up his mind. Lin Wan sipped her tea and said, Boss Pei, the working environment in the office is not bad now. Everybody has a renewed fighting spirit. After a good rest, everybody cant wait to jump into the next project. I have to say that your internal letter was extremely well-written. You rekindled the employees fighting spirit but allowed everyone to feel your warm care and concern for them at the same time. You had everything all thought out! The corners of Pei Qians mouth twitched as he held onto his cup of tea. Stop talking about the internal letter! What I wanted to say was completely different from what you understood! He started to say something in response but stopped himself in the end. Forget it, theres no point arguing about this. However, from Lin Wans state, Pei Qian could tell that the situation in Shang Yang Games was similar to what he expected. To put it nicely, she had a high fighting spirit. However, to put it bluntly, she was inflated. Since she was inflated, Boss Pei could expect a much easier time assigning her the new task. Pei Qian sipped his tea, maintaining a calm and nonchalant expression. The new game? Theres no rush for that. We can think about it a bit more before we get started. Do you have any good ideas?. Obviously, Lin Wan had expected Boss Pei to ask her this question. She had a well-prepared answer. Yes! I was discussing with Ye Zhizhou and Wang Xiaobin about it. We all think that we should continue producing elite mobile games following the success of Bloody Battle Songs mobile version. At the moment, the mobile version of Bloody Battle Song is earning four or five million yuan a month. It also has an overall rating of 8.9 on TPDb. Were hoping that the next mobile game will earn more than ten million yuan each month and achieve an overall rating above 9.5! The hand that Pei Qian was using to hold his teacup shook furiously. Its a good thing to have goals, but you have to stop telling me such horrifying things! Pei Qian remained silent for a moment. I remember that Wang Xiaobin wanted to do standalone games. Before deciding to create Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version, Pei Qian conducted a simple ballot. He made each of Shang Yang Games employees come up with a plan and then randomly chose one to work on among them all. He remembered that Wang Xiaobin had proposed a standalone game that did not desire to gain credit but merely hoped not to make any mistakes. At the time, Pei Qian had thought that the standalone games lower limit was not low enough. Although there was a possibility that such a game would fail, the chances of failure were not as high as Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version. That was why he did not select it. Yet, now, Pei Qian was beginning to regret his decision. If it was possible, Pei Qian did not mind mending the pen after losing the sheep. He could retrieve the standalone games proposal and make it Shang Yang Gamess new project. Lin Wan smiled. Thats right. Wang Xiaobin did want to do standalone games. However, I remember Boss Pei commenting that the game was too conservative and mediocre. It was not creative enough. Pei Qian cleared his throat. That was then, and now is now. Im hoping to make some adjustments to his proposal in order to make it more special. That proposal was not bad, to tell you the truth. Pei Qian tried to appear genuine. Lin Wan smiled subtly, thinking that Boss Pei was just trying to comfort his employees. I understand what you mean, Boss Pei. Wang Xiaobin did try to edit his proposal based on your comments. However, while he did that, Repent and be Saved was released. Pei Qian was confused. ? Lin Wan explained, At first, Wang Xiaobin had many ideas that he thought were acceptable. However, after seeing Repent and be Saved, he felt like his concepts had been undermined. At the same time, his confidence suffered a huge blow. He thought that no matter how much he edited his original idea, he would never be able to reach Repent and be Saveds standard. Comparatively, he thought his game was a piece of trash. That was why he decided to throw his proposal away and come up with an entirely new one. After that he ended up with nothing definite. I asked him about it before. He said that he had only come up with about two hundred words for his new proposal, and he had not even thought about the core playstyle or how to alter the storyline. Pei Qian was speechless. I actually had a hand in this? Repent and be Saveds success had dealt a huge blow to Wang Xiaobin and made him feel like he had to redo his design manuscript from before? Didnt that mean that the proposal was gone now? Pei Qians heart hurt. Young people nowadays were so easily affected by others! How could they give up so easily in the face of minor setbacks? Pei Qian had intended to make Shang Yang Games work on a new game based on Wang Xiaobins proposal. That way, even if the game failed to incur losses, it would probably not generate much profit due to its mediocre gameplay. That would also mean less trouble and pressure for Boss Pei. However, that was impossible now. Wang Xiaobin was thoroughly disappointed in his original proposal. What should Pei Qian do? Pei Qian could not stand by and watch Shang Yang Games build on the mobile version of Bloody Battle Songs success by producing more mobile games; he had to do something to stop them! After deliberating for a while, Pei Qian slowly said, Working on mobile games Wouldnt be appropriate. Oh? Why not? Lin Wan asked, listening closely. She accorded much weight to whatever Boss Pei said. Pei Qian mumbled to himself for a while and then acted genuine. Man must work hard to venture outside their comfort zones and break boundaries. If you continue to work on mobile games, you will achieve financial success; but this bit of money is insignificant. Real success comes from creating an outstanding game and gaining fame and reputation. Only then can you say youve realized your dreams towards games! Lin Wan nodded, looking like she understood. However, after some consideration, she said, But the three of us dont have any other good ideas. Even if we want to create outstanding games, we wont know where to begin. Pei Qian leisurely sipped his tea and said, Well I can contribute a General direction. Lin Wan was surprised. What is it? A horror game, said Pei Qian, looking very serious. Lin Wan was obviously stunned. Huh? She pondered for a while and then awkwardly said, Horror games no one in the project team has worked on such games. Oh, horror games aside, none of us have even worked on ordinary standalone games. I dont think many of us have even played horror games before. Were just not interested in them One might even say its all Greek to us Pei Qian grinned. Not many of them have played such games? Thats perfect! Pei Qian chose horror games because he was inspired by Xia Jiang and the others experience at the amusement park. After the interview team fled Jingzhou without bidding farewell, Pei Qian asked the Tengda staff who accompanied them to the amusement park about what they did. After asking around, he discovered that many people took part in extreme activities like drop towers, roller coasters, and pendulum rides-even though they were extremely terrifying. Perhaps it was because they were already there, and they did not have to pay a cent. However, few people took part in one particular attractionthe haunted house! Whats more, it was not just the interview team who did not like the haunted house. The same could be said for all the customers in the amusement park. Pei Qian looked into this phenomenon a bit more and realized that among all the attractions in this amusement park in Jingzhou City, the haunted house was indeed the least popular. At the end of the day, there were two reasons for this: Many tourists-females especially-would dare to take part in high-altitude attractions, but not dare to walk into a haunted house. Their boyfriends could not possibly leave them alone and enter on their own. Just like that, a huge group of tourists would be dissuaded from entering the haunted house. At the same time, this haunted house had a limited set-up and path. Thus, even if some tourists were interested to venture inside, they would emerge feeling disappointed. Of course, they would not enter a second time. With this as his inspiration, Pei Qian decided to recreate this experience in a game! Chapter 311 - Who Else but you would be Suited to Manage the Cell Phone Business? Would creating a horror game greatly increase the chances of incurring loss? Of course, Pei Qian knew that some horror games became extremely successful and generated a lot of profits. However, on the whole, these formed the minority. Very few horror games could rise above the others and make an impression in gamers minds. Most horror games and films either failed without a sound or became the subjects of dissing programs. The reasons behind this were quite similar to those behind the unpopularity of haunted houses. On one hand, horror naturally repels more timid gamers or viewers. On the other hand, if horror is not well done, it could easily turn into a joke. Take horror films for example. In order to be really frightening, horror films had to be extremely realistic. That meant the setting, props, costumes, and make-up had to be extremely well done. In order to ensure that viewers get engrossed in the film, the filming techniques and storyboard had to be exquisite; so that viewers would not be able to guess what would happen next. They had to be kept tense throughout the film, so that there would be no break in the immersive experience. If the people in charge were not professional enough, the horror film could turn out like the haunted house in Jingzhouit could fail in both aspects. Timid tourists would not dare to enter, and bold tourists would find it boring. The same logic applied to horror games. Thus, very few developers could produce good horror games. The reason why Pei Qian wanted Shang Yang Games to venture into this arena was precisely that Lin Wan and Shang Yang Games had no experience with horror games at all. They might come up with an absolutely trashy horror game, which would make it to Teacher Qiaos Trash Games Diss segment. Wouldnt that be beautiful? Of course, he had to encourage all of them first. At the very least, he had to persuade Lin Wan and Ye Zhizhou to take on a mission that they would most likely fail. Pei Qian set his teacup down and said seriously, The local games market has not produced any notable horror game thus far! The local standalone game industry is exceptionally weak, and horror games are considered the niche among this niche! At the same time, creators have to be highly-skilled in order to create good horror games. If you want to prove yourself, you must seek to work on the hardest task! If you can conquer the realm of horror games, you could easily create any other type of game! How can employees of Tengda retreat to avoid defeat? Lin Wan blinked as she pondered hard. Obviously, Pei Qians speech had moved her a bit. Pei Qian celebrated inwardly. Indeed, putting it this way was proving effective! If it had been someone else, Pei Qians speech might have backfired and really caused the other party to retreat to avoid defeat. However, Lin Wan was different. She loved being challenged. Whats more, the mobile version of Bloody Battle Song had achieved great success. One could say that the entire project team was now inflated and infected by blind optimism. Under such circumstances, who would give up the opportunity to create a popular AAA game to prove themselves? Pei Qian did not think that Shang Yang Games employees would be able to resist this temptation. After considering for a moment, Lin Wan said, Boss Pei, I have to discuss this with Ye Zhizhou and Wang Xiaobin. Pei Qian smiled and nodded subtly. Of course. He could tell that Lin Wan was moved. Since the three of them had not thought of any good ideas, Pei Qians suggestion would serve as the lamp that led the way! Lin Wan stood up, intending to call Ye Zhizhou and Wang Xiaobin over to discuss how to proceed with the new game. However, Pei Qian raised his hand to stop her. Wait a minute. Theres something else. Lin Wan nodded. Go ahead, Boss Pei. Maintaining a solemn expression, Pei Qian said, Apart from the new game, I have another important task for you. Tengda is going to create a new cell phone brand. I hope to put you in charge of this cell phone brand. Lin Wan was stunned. She quickly shook her head and said, No, Boss Pei. I cant handle this. I have bought many expensive cell phones, but I actually know nothing about them. Im not even interested in them. Whats more, Im already responsible for Shang Yang Games. If I take on another role, I will be too busy to cope. Even though he had just been decisively rejected, Pei Qian did not become anxious. He had expected Lin Wan to react in this manner. Dont rush to turn me down. Cell phones would be a very important part of Tengdas business plan. In fact, it is even more important than Shang Yang Games. After all, Shang Yang Games can only become a game company that is famous in China at best. However, a cell phone business would have the potential to develop into a tech giant worth hundreds of billions of yuan! In the future, cell phones would have an even larger and more intimate influence on peoples lives. They are portable and can act as the window through which each person can connect with others on the internet. Take Shenhua Corporation for example. One cell phone market could easily make a game hot. You witnessed this formidable power for yourself, right? If our cell phone business succeeds, Tengda would be like a tiger that has grown wings! Pei Qian kept trying to feed these illusions. Lin Wan hesitated. Er Boss Pei, I understand what youre saying. I just think that I would be overwhelmed if I have to handle a game and cell phone business simultaneously. Pei Qian shook his head. You belittle yourself. This is something that every ordinary leader would have to go through in order to grow and mature into an outstanding leader. Whats more, you would not have to handle the cell phone business on your own. Im thinking of getting you an assistant. You can hand all the work to him and just remain in charge of making important decisions. Tengdas business is very complicated now, but Im not doing anything. The business is developing well on its own, right? Youll be just like mean overseer. Thinking that Pei Qian was joking, Lin Wan immediately laughed. Boss Pei, how can I compare to you? Pei Qian quickly raised his hand. Dont belittle yourself. You are all much stronger than I am. All in all, this is something you have to go through in order to become an excellent leader. Whats more, if you take a look around Tengda Corporation, would you be able to find anyone else who is more suited to manage this cell phone business? Pei Qian looked 120% sincere. Lin Wan stared at Boss Pei, stunned. Suddenly, she felt like he was making perfect sense. Boss Pei was known for having big plans. It was no big deal that he was now thinking about venturing into the cell phone industry. Given Tengdas financial prowess now, it would have no problems starting a cell phone arm. On top of that, it looked like Boss Pei intended to take the cell phone business slow. He had no intention to bite off more than he could chew. Frankly, Lin Wan also thought that she was the most suitable person in all of Tengda to be in charge of the cell phone business. Although Lin Wan did not know much about the cell phone industry, the same could be said of everyone else! Boss Pei could spend a large sum poaching someone from another company, but such people were often unreliable. Trust would become an issue. Even if they managed to find someone who was loyal enough, it was hard to guarantee that he would embrace the Tengda spirit. Among all the old employees in Tengda, Lin Wan was indeed the one who had been the most exposed to the cell phone industry. After all, Shenhua Corporation had started off producing cell phones in the telecommunications industry. As the saying went, someone without knowledge should have common sense. No matter how much understanding Lin Wan lacked in the cell phone industry, she had already been unconsciously influenced by what she saw growing up. Naturally, she was much more suited for this task compared to other employees of Tengda. Hesitantly, Lin Wan said, Alright, Boss Pei. Ill consider this properly. However, I hope that you will continue to seek more suitable people in the meantime. Itll be best if you can find a talent who is more suited for the task than I am. Pei Qian nodded. Alright. Lin Wan had obviously loosened her stance. It was only a matter of time before she would accept the role. Pei Qian thought about randomly hiring someone who had experience in the cell phone industry when the time came, and putting him in charge of doing the actual work. The cell phone business would most likely fail then! Yet, who should he hire to work under Lin Wan? That was something he still had to think through! If he ended up hiring a capable person who would bring Lin Wan to success, he would be in deep trouble. Boss Pei, shall I call Ye Zhizhou and Wang Xiaobin over so that you can explain to them the general direction for the new horror game? Lin Wan asked. Pei Qian quickly shook his head. No. You all can think about it at the initial stage. I dont want to limit your imagination. Once you come up with a general plan, let me know. I will give some suggestions. Pei Qian did not trust his own thought process anymore. What if he randomly came up with a plan that became famous out of nowhere again? What would he do? Still, he could not sit back and do nothing. Pei Qian thought he would let Ye Zhizhou and Wang Xiaobin come up with the initial ideas. He would only offer some guidance after that to maximize the chances of the game failing to generate profits. Alright, get back to work. Ill come back again in a while. Pei Qian got up to leave. Chapter 312 - My Employees Have Learned How to Fight to Answer Questions First After leaving Shang Yang Games, Pei Qian returned to Tengda. There was still a lot of work to be done. He had to take his time to plan everything. Apart from Shang Yang Games and Lin Wan, the thing that was causing Pei Qian the greatest headache was thinking about what Tengda Games next game should be. At this point, Pei Qian felt like he had exhausted his limited abilities-no, he felt helpless. From Ocean Stronghold to Game Designer and then to Repent and be Saved, Pei Qian had already kept pushing Tengda to create new types of games. He already worked with three different chief planners as well. Yet, so what? It was useless! No matter how much he tried to change, it did not seem effective! Pei Qian wanted to create a horror game to incur losses, but he did not even dare to hand this task to Tengda. He felt more relieved handing the task to Shang Yang Games, which did not have much experience creating standalone games. Now, he had another problem on his hands. What should the bunch of people at Tengda do? They seemed to have good experience working on standalone games and online games alike. If Pei Qian allowed them to carry on working on these, they would likely recreate their former success. No idea of his seemed to be good enough. Should he allow all of them to go on a paid holiday? However, he did not have a good enough reason for it. In order to ensure that he incurred losses in the previous cycle, he had already maximized their benefits. It would be extremely difficult to try and give them more now. The more Pei Qian thought about it, the more troubled he felt. Even after a long time, he could not come up with anything good. Helpless, he accessed Aili Island and began catching up on shows. After some time, he heard a knock on the door. Pei Qian looked up to see Huang Sibo. Boss Pei, I have some good news for you! Pei Qians hands trembled. He was nearly scared to death hearing the words good news. This fellow is coming to stab me in the back again! Yet, on further thought, he realized this was not right. Settlement was already done! What was there to fear now?! Pei Qian calmed down as a casual smile spread across his face. Hmm? Whats the good news? Does it have to do with A Day in a Great Inventors Life? Huang Sibo excitedly replied, Thats right! Boss Pei, A Day in a Great Inventors Life has finally turned its losses into profits! Pei Qian was shocked. Was this program capable of such a thing?! It was not that Pei Qian was looking down on this program, but the program had severe limitations indeed. The program consisted of short episodes filmed by Fei Huang Workspace, but the latters work ethic had always been to produce the best of the best. Things like costumes, make-up, props, editing, and actors had always been expensive. Their productions required higher expenditure than most other online productions. Whats more, it was very difficult for a program like A Day in a Great Inventors Life to obtain sponsored partnerships. If they had been concerned about sponsored partnerships alone and not about the programs effect, it might have been alright. However, everyone at Fei Huang Workspace had been following Boss Peis instructions strictly when it came to their productions. They refused to accept any sponsorship offers that would negatively affect their program. As a result, they often only obtained one passable sponsored partnership after producing multiple episodes. On top of that, the props used in A Day in a Great Inventors Life were all relatively useless. Even if manufacturers wanted to work with them, it would be extremely difficult for the program to market their goods well. In fact, the program would more likely dissuade viewers from purchasing those products. Take the hand-held portable washing machine in the first episode for example. There were indeed similar inventions in the market, but the video had dissuaded a huge group of consumers who initially wanted to purchase it from doing so. Until now, A Day in a Great Inventors Life had already been running steadily for more than two months, and they had already finished filming their twelfth episode. Although there was a large and stable audience, there were still no avenues for Fei Huang Workspace to monetize these views. The incentives that Aili Island provided were barely enough to fill the employees stomachs. Thus, Pei Qian felt confused. How could a program like that turn its losses into profits? Did Aili Island spend a huge sum of money to purchase exclusive broadcasting rights again? Or did they suddenly obtain a lot of sponsored partnerships? Huang Sibo smiled and handed his cell phone to Pei Qian. Pei Qian took it and realized that an online shop was displayed in the browser! The online shop was called Aidi Suns Laboratory. Pei Qian quickly clicked on the list of products in the shop and scanned it. Finger Trainer: In this day and age, we use our touch-screen cell phones every day. Thats why its important to ensure that our fingers remain active. With this Finger Trainer, you can train your finger muscles during your free time. This would boost your typing speed on your cell phone. The picture depicted what looked like a mini treadmill. A hand was standing on the treadmill using its index and middle fingers, seemingly pushing the caterpillar track underneath it by imitating a walking motion. The mini liquid crystal display (LCD) on top displayed an ever-changing reading and was used to record the training time and program. LED Slippers: These slippers will light up with every step I take. Mom never has to worry about me going to the toilet at night again! Sunlight Footbath: Replace water with fluorescent light from a lamp. The sunlight will improve blood circulation in your feet and remove signs of exhaustion even before you go to bed. You can even get a beautiful tan while youre at it! Grass Slippers: Blades of fake grass grow inside the slippers, so that you can feel like youre walking on grass every time you put these slippers on. Spaghetti Spinning Fork: There are batteries inside the handle of the fork. You just have to lightly squeeze it to make the fork rotate, thus easily rolling the spaghetti on your plate around it! Pei Qian browsed the shop from beginning to end and realized there were many products inside it. Whats more, most of them had appeared in the videos before. He looked at the sales volume for each of the products. There were some which sold very few, but there were also some that sold hundreds or more than a thousand. The most popular products were side products that were related to the program. One example was the T-shirts with the programs title on themmore than four thousand of those had already been sold. More than seven hundred chibi[1] dolls of a certain inventor had also been sold. On top of these, the shop also sold snacks and other toys like chibi dolls. These were selling very well! The revenue earned from the shop and the occasional sponsored partnerships were enough to turn the programs losses into profits! Pei Qian suddenly smiled, relieved. Great! He was not happy that Fei Huang Workspace had turned their losses into profit. He was just happy that Fei Huang Workspace had timed this extremely well. They had only started generating profits after settlement. Huang Sibo had not stabbed him in the back! If they had generated these profits before settlement and earned the company extra tens or hundreds of thousands of yuan, Boss Pei would have been so angry that he would have vomited blood. Yet, now, Pei Qian was completely at ease. Was it just this small shop? There was no problem at all! Seeing the smile on Boss Peis face, Huang Sibo immediately felt comforted. Boss Pei was happy with the way Fei Huang Workspace insisted on its bottom line, carefully selected their sponsored partnerships, and maintained its reputation! However, the smile only remained on Pei Qians face for a short while before it disappeared. All of a sudden, Pei Qian realized that the online shop was not safe! Although it was not earning much for now, online shops would become extremely popular within the next few years. Many retired people would later open their own online shops to sell things like pork cubes and end up earning millions of yuan each month. What more could be said of an online shop run by professionals in Fei Huang Workspace? In fact, Pei Qian did not even have to look that far. From the way things were going, it looked like Fei Huang Workspace would accumulate a huge profit before the next settlement! Wouldnt Pei Qian still have to wreck his brains to come up with a way to spend this money?! Sh*t, he had celebrated too early! Although he had completed the previous settlement unscathed, he still had to deal with Fei Huang Workspaces profitable business during this cycle! Pei Qian cleared his throat and handed the cell phone back to Huang Sibo. Not bad, but you have to work harder. Whats Fei Huang Workspaces plan for the future? Huang Sibo smiled and answered, Director Zhu Xiaoce and I have discussed this, and we decided to continue filming A Day in a Great Inventors Life. Well try to turn this program into an extremely influential IP project! At the moment, it looks like the online shop model is working. Weve already accomplished our initial goal, which was to turn Fei Huang Workspaces losses into profit. We intend to keep working hard in order to maximize our revenue! Pei Qian fell silent and did not reply. Huang Sibos heart thudded as he realized that there was something amiss with Boss Peis reaction. Why? Didnt Boss Pei smile earlier on? Why did he look so stern now? After all, Huang Sibo had been one of Boss Peis first employees. He could easily detect and understand Boss Peis mood. After some thought, Huang Sibo quickly realized the reason for this. I understand now. Boss Pei smiled because he was happy that Fei Huang Workspaces A Day in a Great Inventors Life has started generating profits. He recognized our achievements. However, hes probably looking so stern now because hes not satisfied with our plans for the future! Huang Sibo instinctively recalled his past conversations with Boss Pei. Again and again, Boss Pei had ordered him to look further into the future and not to cling to small, present achievements! Fei Huang Workspace was now generating profits, but would this small sum mean anything to Boss Pei? Probably not! It looked like Boss Pei had higher hopes for Fei Huang Workspace! Pei Qian was still thinking about how to persuade Huang Sibo to spend more money. At that moment, he could not think of anything good to say. Instead, Huang Sibo spoke first. Boss Pei, are you unhappy with Fei Huang Workspaces plans for the future? Do you think that Fei Huang Workspace should come up with better products and not cling to our small, present achievement? Pei Qian was speechless. Eh? My employees have learned how to fight to answer questions first? He looked up to see Huang Sibos sincere gaze and then nodded. Thats right! Thats what Im thinking! Huang Sibo smiled, comforted. Inwardly, he celebrated the fact that his relationship with Boss Pei was improving. He was increasingly able to view problems from a larger perspective! However, his smile quickly faded. Boss Pei, were not being short-sighted. The key problem is that Director Zhu Xiaoce and I havent found a good direction. We dont even have one good idea. Boss Pei, if you could offer us some guidance, we would be extremely grateful! Pei Qian was put in a spot as he looked into Huang Sibos expectant eyes. You want me to generate ideas for you? Arent you afraid of messing up completely? Er, thats not right. My ideas have always proven extremely popular. Pei Qian fell deeper into this dilemma. If he didnt give any ideas, Fei Huang Workspace would continue filming A Day in a Great Inventors Life. From the way things were going, Pei Qian guessed that the online shop would probably do better and better. The videos would also get more and more sponsored partnerships, and the profits would keep rolling in. Yet, if he gave ideas, Pei Qian worried that they would turn out successful. [1] This is a kind of super-deformed style where the character becomes cute and small, with modifications to the anatomy ratio. Chapter 313 - A Perfect Script that Housed All Toxic Points! Pei Qian pondered for a moment and still decided that he could not take the risk. It would be best if he could bluff Fei Huang Workspace into spending large sums of money and come up with their own ideas and script. That would increase their chances of incurring losses! Thus, Pei Qian chose to avoid talking about his hopes for Huang Sibo. Instead, he changed the topic entirely. Theres no need to rush things like creativity. Many famous directors improvise their script as they film, dont they? I believe that Director Zhu Xiaoce can do the same! The most important thing is that it seems too unambitious for a filming workspace, that was established nine months ago and that has Tengda Corporation as its backing, to continue working on short videos and generating revenue from sponsored partnerships and an online shop! Huang Sibo opened his mouth, instinctively wanting to rebut Pei Qian. So what if they had been established nine months ago? Was that a long time? Many filming workspaces closed down after six months, much less nine. The fact that Fei Huang Workspace could survive for nine months was good enough! Even though some of their productions incurred losses, most of them were well-received! However, as he looked at Boss Pei, Huang Sibo became too ashamed to speak up. Indeed, Tengda Games had come up with so many good games in just nine months! Compared to Tengdas success, Fei Huang Workspaces achievements were not even worth mentioning. It was no wonder that Boss Pei felt disappointed in Fei Huang Workspace. Slightly embarrassed, Huang Sibo said, Well Boss Pei, do you think Fei Huang Workspace should venture into filming proper movies now? Pei Qian nodded. Thats right. Youve already worked on short videos and documentaries. The director and staff are all considered skilled now. What are you waiting for? Huang Sibo frowned. Er We dont have enough money? Pei Qian smiled subtly. If you dont have enough money, you can film a movie that has a lower production value. If youre still short on cash, you can ask me for more. How big of a problem is that? Huang Sibo looked like he was being put in a spot. Well the budget is only one problem Boss Pei, its not that Im being conservative. The problem is that filming movies and filming short videos are two entirely different things! Huang Sibo began to explain why he thought so. Each episode of Boss Peis Daily Life only lasted a couple of minutes. Each episode of A Day in a Great Inventors Life did not last that much longer; on average, they lasted ten minutes. The longest episode only lasted half an hour. However, a proper movie to be screened in cinemas had to last at least ninety minutes. On the surface, it merely looked several times longer. However, underneath laid a massive difference. A short video that only lasted several minutes could be made up of different comedic clips. The story could be messy and all over the place, but as long as it could make viewers laugh, the short video would be considered a success. On the other hand, it would not be enough for a ninety-minute-long movie to merely make the audience laugh. In order to produce an outstanding movie, the story had to be complete and pull at the audiences heartstrings. That was far more difficult than creating a short video. Coming up with comedic material alone would not be sufficient to create a good movie. Many movies that had been produced to ride on web series popularity failed terribly, precisely because the producers were not powerful or skilled enough to produce a proper movie. They saw movies as merely extended versions of their short videos. That was where they failed. Boss Pei, that is why itll be very risky for us to try and produce a proper movie. Its best if we dont take that risk unless were a hundred percent confident. At the very least, we need to come up with a good script, right? Huang Sibo looked very earnest. Pei Qian remained silent for a long time. It looked like Huang Sibo knew a lot about this! However, now that he had put it that way, Pei Qian was all the more interested in producing a movie! The high chances of failure were exactly what attracted Boss Pei! Of course, at the end of the day, Boss Pei was still extremely benevolent. Since there were high risks involved and they were likely to fail, Pei Qian could not allow Huang Sibo and Zhu Xiaoce to take the blame. As the saying went-if I didnt go to hell, who would? Boss Pei had to get ready to shoulder all responsibility for this! After considering for a moment, Pei Qian said, Since thats the case, Tengda will fund the movie. I will think of a script. You and Director Zhu Xiaoce will just be in charge of filming. This way, Boss Pei would be solely responsible for the movie failing. Tengda would be the one incurring losses, and the morale of Fei Huang Workspaces employees would not be affected. Huang Sibo was evidently stunned. He quickly said, Boss Pei, youre mistaken. Im not afraid of shouldering responsibility, Im just _ Pei Qian smiled and waved his hand. I understand. You are the CEO of Fei Huang Workspace now. You have to be responsible for the projects you take up. Its right that you are critically analyzing risks and ensuring that the workspace can generate profits. Just take this opportunity as part of your training. You can also take it as Fei Huang Workspaces advancement in the filming industry. Huang Sibos eyes welled up. He was touched! He could tell what Boss Pei was thinking. Boss Pei was worried that if Fei Huang Workspace failed, Huang Sibo and Zhu Xiaoces confidence would be greatly affected. That was why he was offering to invest in this project and take sole responsibility if the movie failed! However, no matter the final outcome of the movie, Fei Huang Workspace would surely gain a lot of experience during the filming process. That would speed up their growth. Huang Sibo wanted to say many things, but he also felt that he would be acting too formally if he thanked Boss Pei profusely. Finally, he summarized everything that he wanted to say in a word of thanks. Well follow Boss Peis instructions, then. Fei Huang Workspace will do its best to cooperate and do a good job of filming! Theres another thing, Boss Pei. Fei Huang Workspace cannot make you do all the work for nothing. We will pay you a hundred thousand yuan for your script. Its not a lot of money, but its a token of our appreciation. Please dont turn it down. Huh? A hundred thousand yuan for my script? Pei Qian had just casually made the suggestion, but when he heard the figure, he perked up immediately. Alright! Ill send you the first draft of the script in a few days! This was an unexpected surprise! He had pulled a similar stunt when they filmed Boss Peis Daily Life back then. Pei Qian made a guest appearance in the short videos and earned a sum of money for playing himself. Now, he had found yet another avenue to earn money. He was going to be a scriptwriter! The upper and lower limits of scriptwriters market pay were quite far apart. Top scriptwriters could earn a six-figure-sum for writing just one episodes script. On the other hand, newer scriptwriters only earned a few thousand yuan-or over ten thousand yuan at most-per episode. Even then, they were expected to continuously alter the script at any hour of the day or night. The System would probably find paying Pei Qian a hundred thousand yuan for writing a movie script acceptable. It would probably not be considered fraudulently acquiring System Funds. At the same time, there was no need for Pei Qian to write the script in great detail. All he needed to do was offer an idea. It was a perfect arrangement! The two men chatted for a while longer until Huang Sibo stood up and bid farewell. Now that they had officially decided to film a movie, Huang Sibos passion for work was reignited. There was still a lot of work to be done when he returned to Fei Huang Workspace. The most urgent of which was to hire more employees. After Huang Sibo left, Pei Qian opened a new document and began writing the script. Pei Qian knew nothing about movie scripts. However, since he was going to be paid a hundred thousand yuan for this draft, he had to make sure that he did a sufficiently good job. There was no need to come up with a mental outline: he intended to get straight to work on the new document! First, the genre! Without any hesitation, Pei Qian typed the words science fiction in the document. Sci-fi movies were the most expensive to produce. They were also the easiest to screw up since so many sci-fi films were horrible. It was perfect for Pei Qian, whose aim was for the movie to fail in the box office. Having decided the movies genre, Pei Qian was already halfway to success! Now, it was time to come up with an outline of the movies story. Thirty minutes later The document still only contained the words science fiction. Pei Qian heaved a long sigh. D*mn, Im not cut out for this at all. At first, he thought that he could just come up with a rubbish story that would insult his audiences intelligence. However, when he wanted to start writing, he discovered that even coming up with a rubbish story was extremely difficult. At that moment, Pei Qian wished that he could recall the storylines of all the horrible movies he had watched. Unfortunately, Pei Qian was no movie enthusiast. He had only watched very few movies. Whats more, he absolutely despised lousy movies. He would never catch the premiere of movies and would resolve not to buy tickets to watch them if they had a bad reputation. Thus, Pei Qian could not recall the plots of lousy movies no matter how hard he tried. He was completely uninspired. Every time he wrote a line in the document, he erased it and was left with the words science fiction again. Pei Qian scratched his head. I cant go on like this. I need to alter my thought process. Hmm I can write in opposites! Pei Qian suddenly thought of a brilliant idea. Be it films, novels, or games; they were all the same at their core. If one wanted to produce a good film, they had to be sure of what their audience wanted to see. Conversely, if one wanted to produce a horrible film, they just had to be sure of what the audience did not want to see, right? Many lousy movies had empty plots that caused their audience to feel bored and drowsy. This was a good line of thought, but it did not give Pei Qian much to work with. What was really bothering Pei Qian now was the movies concrete plot. He had to settle on a concrete plot first and then dilute it as much as possible. Only then could he make the plot empty and bland, so that the audience would become bored and drowsy. What kind of plots was the most annoying? Pei Qian could not help but think about one of the concepts in the web novel industry. Toxic points! So-called toxic points referred to things in a plot that would make the reader feel unwell. A brown-noser[1] was an example of a toxic point. At that thought, Pei Qian happily wrote another line under the words science fiction: The male protagonist is a brown-noser. As the saying went, brown-nosers deserved horrible deaths. If the male protagonist managed to win the female protagonist over in the end, the toxicity of the plot would be greatly reduced. Thus, Pei Qian wrote another line: The brown-noser ends up with nothing. After some thought, he decided that the plot was not harsh enough. The male protagonist was made a cuckold. The child was not his. The male protagonist wanted to raise the child, but the child absolutely hated him. After suffering blow after blow, the male protagonist lost his mind and decided to take revenge on society. Pei Qian pondered for a moment and realized something was amiss. No, the male protagonist cannot take revenge on society. After all, hes a weakling. Pei Qian did not want this movie to become a superhero film about Green Hat Man[2] or something. If the movie accidentally spread overseas and he won another award, he would be in deep trouble. After suffering blow after blow, the male protagonist breaks down and chooses to kill himself. Again, Pei Qian felt uncomfortable. Er if he kills himself, it would serve as a mini climax for the movie. Itll take the path of traditional sad films. That doesnt sound good. The male protagonist should live the rest of his life in misery. Yet, Pei Qian struggled with this as well. That doesnt seem right either. It feels a bit too plain. I should give the male protagonist some hope for better times nearing the end and then ruthlessly destroy it. Then again, what kind of hope should he give the protagonist, and how should he destroy it? Pei Qian could not think of good ideas at the moment. However, he was not in a rush either. After all, he only needed to come up with a rough script in two or three days. Just as he wanted to close the document, Pei Qian thought about something else and intentionally bolded the words science fiction. He could not forget that this was supposed to be a sci-fi movie. He had to make sure that sci-fi elements appeared in the plot, so that he could spend more money on props and special effects. Of course, as to what kind of sci-fi elements he should add He had to think about it tomorrow. Satisfied, Pei Qian read the general framework for the plot once through, from beginning to end. He nearly passed out from the toxicity. The plot was toxicit was incredibly toxic! One could say that this plot was going to house all the toxic points throughout history. Pei Qian could not leave even one toxic point out. Then, he would just have to enrich the plot, add a sci-fi packaging, and dilute the story. After all that, his work would be done! Ai, I am such a huge villain. Pei Qian felt like he was naturally gifted in creating lousy movies! He should have entered the movie industry a long time ago! [1] Brown nosing is akin to bootlicking. [2] The green hat is a symbol of a cuckold in China. Chapter 314 - The Recruitment Mailbox is Full! Since Pei Qian was done with the scripts general framework for now, he felt satisfied. Looking at the way things were going, Pei Qian would only have to add a couple more details tomorrow before tossing it to Huang Sibo and the others. Alright, Im almost done with my work for today. Ill take a short break! Out of habit, Pei Qian accessed Aili Island and prepared to catch up on shows. A short while later, there was a knock on his office door. Pei Qian looked up to see Assistant Xin. Boss Pei, our companys email inbox is almost filled with emails. Our colleagues in the human resources department have been busy sorting them out and moving them to the relevant folders. However, too many people are sending in their resumes. We need to come up with a way to shortlist them as soon as possible. Assistant Xin stared expectantly at Pei Qian. Her words had a clear meaning: she was telling Pei Qian to come up with some criteria to shortlist the applications. Pei Qians mind was filled with question marks. Pei Qian, who had been prepared to chase his shows happily, looked flabbergasted. The inbox is almost filled? How can that be?! The extremely cautious Boss Pei immediately detected signs of danger. At once, he accessed the companys email inbox using his computer and found that there were indeed a ton of unread emails. The red number beside the inbox indicated 999+ emails! What is going on? Pei Qian felt light-headed. Assistant Xin smiled subtly. I think this is a result of your exclusive interview with the official platform and your internal letter. Take a look at the hot searches on Weibo, and youll understand. However, this matter is urgent. You should come up with some shortlisting criteria first. After all, there are so many resumes. If we arrange to interview all of them, we wont have enough manpower. Pei Qian was momentarily stumped. After a while, he waved his hand and said, Alright, get back to work for now. Ill tell you when Im ready. Assistant Xin nodded and walked out. Pei Qian felt like there was more to this than met the eye. He could not solve the underlying problem by simply coming up with some shortlisting criteria. He quickly accessed Weibo. In the end, he found Tengdas internal letter ranked seventh on the hot searches chart! Whats going on?! I posted my letter on the intranet. How did it end up on Weibos hot searches?! Pei Qian had almost forgotten about his letter altogether. His intention in sending the internal letter had only been to encourage his employees to skive off and slack more, in order to ease his loss-incurring burdens. Yet, it only proved marginally effective after he posted it on the intranet. Several employees even resorted to bootlicking him in the comments. Boss Pei had been very disappointed. Thus, he decided not to pay attention to it anymore. He never thought that the next time he saw the letter would be in Weibos hot searches! Pei Qian quickly clicked it and realized that his internal letter had become a longshot, which netizens were sharing rapidly. After seeing some netizens discussions, Pei Qians heart grew colder. Im not seeing things, am I? Is this really a boss internal letter? Dont believe anything a capitalist says eh? Why is this so different from what I imagined? Im moved to tears. Where can we find such good bosses? Give me a dozen! This is Tengdas internal letter? Is Tengda still hiring? I want to work there even if it means I have to take a pay cut! Dont fall for this trap! I think its a scam! Even if this internal letter is real, its probably a set-up! But a friend of mine works at Tengda. Tengdas benefits and welfare are indeed so good that even Im envious. Its true! Did someone say this is a set-up? Other bosses can do the same! You can create similar set-ups and pull similar stuntswould you dare to post an internal letter like that? Eh, did anyone realize that this open letter seems to be a copy of another open letter? It was titled You Have to Work Hard for a Better Life! Thats true. He said the opposite of that letter? Was he mocking that letter on purpose? Oh, my goodness, this is too comedic! Im a fan of this boss! Holy sh*t, Im not going to say anything more! Im going to send my resume to Tengda now! The entertaining netizens were responding too well to Pei Qians internal letter. He had not been prepared for this at all. When he posted this internal letter in the Intranet, it had achieved the opposite effect, but it had not been this popular. The sticky post remained in the internal forum, and new replies were being uploaded every day. However, most employees only felt more motivated after reading it and then moved on. That was because only Tengdas employees had access to the internal forum. They were probably like Hao Qiong and very used to Tengdas generous treatment. Thus, even though the internal letter was novel to them, they did not feel too moved. After all, everyone already knew how good of a boss Boss Pei was. However, the situation was completely different on Weibo! Of course, the netizens had never come across such a divine company and boss before! The official platform had already praised Tengda in the exclusive interview, thereby improving its public reception. With this internal letter, Tengda was going to permanently reside in the hearts of many netizens! Until now, this was what most gamers thought about Tengda: Its boss was like Bole, excellent at scouting talents. Its employees were all outstanding. The atmosphere in the company was free and lively, and it was not as hierarchical as other large companies. Finally, the benefits were good, and the company did not exploit its employees. By now, Tengda had ventured into various industries and performed very well. There was another important point. Tengda was located in Jingzhou City, a second-tier city. Not only were there good facilities, but the pressure-cooker environment common in first-tier cities was also absent. All of these factors made Tengda look perfect in the eyes of job-seekers! As the saying went, the true value of something could only be determined through comparison. Other companies bosses pushed for their employees to have a fighting spirit, develop a wolf culture, and work 996[1]. On the other hand, Tengdas boss did the complete opposite by sending an internal letter asking employees to rest more and take care of their bodies. This genuine care and concern for humanity moved many slaves of other companies to tears! Thus, many people started advertising for Tengda of their own accord by praising it. Some even went a step further and sent in their resumes! A few days had passed. Tengdas email inbox was filled to the brim. There were 999+ emails with various types of resumes attached. Pei Qian had expected that his interview with the official platform would give rise to negative consequences, but he never thought that it would get so serious! Seeing 999+ emails in his inbox, Pei Qians head began to hurt as much as the staff in Tengdas human resources department. However, their heads were hurting for different reasons. The HR staffs heads were hurting in a good way. So many people were trying to get into Tengda. Of course, it would be easier for them to find outstanding talents among the applicants. On the other hand, Pei Qians head was hurting because this was disastrous. He did not mind hiring more employees, but what if there were impressive people among the applicants? If he hired these impressive people, and they easily brought loss-incurring projects to success, wouldnt Pei Qian be shooting himself in the foot? Yet, he could not possibly turn all of them down. Tengda was no longer the small, transparent company that it used to be. Many people had their eyes on it now. If people found out that Tengda was only hiring rubbish workers and not outstanding talents, they might become suspicious of Tengda or Boss Peis motives. Pei Qian could not allow people to become suspicious of his motives; much less suspect the presence of the System or the challenges it posed. I have to think of an appropriate way to deal with this recruitment problem. Otherwise, there would be dangerous repercussions. Pei Qian thought about the fact that Tengda was now a large company. As his business expanded, he had to hire more and more employees. Pei Qian could not do whatever he wanted and personally select people to hire like he did before. In other words, the HR staff would probably focus on looking for outstanding people. Wouldnt that mean that there would be more and more people stabbing Boss Pei in the back? Who could tolerate such a thing?! I have to think of a way to only select the slackers. Outstanding people can shine wherever they go. However, they would definitely stab me in the back once I hire them; I wont be able to stop it. It wouldnt be a waste of societys resources even if I dont hire them and allow them to shine in another company. At the same time, I would attract too much attention if I hire rubbish employees. Particularly stupid people might even cause scandals. That wouldnt match Tengdas low-profile. I should avoid hiring them, too. That means I need to find a way to recruit mediocre applicants. Slackers like Old Ma would be the best; they would do whatever their superiors tell them to do. As long as I point them in the wrong direction, they would be sure to incur losses for me. Yes, thats right. I need to shortlist the slackers! Pei Qian quickly thought of a strategy. Half an hour later, he called Assistant Xin in once again. Publish an official notice to tell everyone that Tengda has no plans for large-scale recruitment at the moment. Tell the human resources department to store the talents resumes somewhere. Well look at them in the future. Tengda will recruit properly in the future. For now, I will ask the human resources department to come up with some general recruitment standards, so that Tengda can hire based on those standards at allocated times. Assistant Xin noted down these instructions. Boss Pei, the human resources department has already selected a couple of potential candidates. Their resumes look very good, and theyre quite holistically developed. Should we arrange to interview these candidates first? Pei Qian immediately rejected this suggestion. No! Their resumes might look good, but they might lack practical experience. Tengda is the perfect option for many job-seekers now; many people among those the human resources department have selected are probably fish in troubled waters. We have never selected people based on their resumes, and we never will! Ones practical skills remain the most important. Assistant Xin nodded. Yes, thats true. Its quite common for people to put false information on their resumes now. Since Boss Pei has a better way of filtering the candidates, we will go with your plan! Xin Hailu knew very well that Boss Pei had a unique way of hiring employees. For instance, Huang Sibo and Lu Mingliang had been raised up from nothing. Yet, the facts had proven that they were both rare talents. It was fine if Boss Pei was not fond of job-seekers with bright and colorful resumes. Pei Qian heaved a sigh of relief. One could say that he had just dodged a close-up, back-stabbing attempt. Assistant Xin spoke again. However, Boss Pei, many departments have plans to expand now. We need to hire a batch of people to fill up these empty positions. Pei Qian pondered for a moment and said, Alright, departments that are in dire need of extra help can use their discretion to hire more people, but departments that do not need extra help should not take this chance to hire back-up talents. Assistant Xin nodded and said, Alright. Pei Qian asked, Whos in charge of the human resources department now? Assistant Xin replied, Little Hao. Pei Qian blinked. Whos Little Hao? Hao Yun, replied Assistant Xin. Oh, its Hao Yun. Pei Qian acted like he knew this person very well, but he had never even heard this name before. In fact, he was not even sure if Hao Yun was male or female. One could not blame Boss Pei for not caring enough about his employees. He just had way too many employees to take care of! The human resources department was insignificant in Boss Peis eyes. Of course, he did not care to remember the employees in that department. [1] This is a work system where employees work from 9 AM to 9 PM for 6 days Chapter 315 - Tengda’s Recruiting Standards When Tengda was started, Assistant Xin was also the one who took care of recruitment and finances. The administrative team only worked under her. However, as the company expanded, Assistant Xin became unable to cope. She very smoothly split the administrative team into the human resources and finance departments. The recruitment jobs and other tasks related to human resources were handed over to the human resources department, or the HR department for short. Call Little Hao over, then. Ill brief Little Hao about future recruitment drives. Alright. Assistant Xin nodded and left. Pei Qian leaned back in his chair, falling into deep thought. Now that he thought about it, he had belittled the HR department before. That might have been his mistake. He might have done this because of some prejudice that he had against that department. Some people said that HR departments in big companies could be compared to espionage or royal guards of ancient times. HR departments were often heavily involved in big company scandals, such as forcing a sick employee to retire, firing without giving compensation, and the like. Although the boss would definitely have been the one who thought about forcing sick employees to retire, the HR department would have been the one who executed this thought. Naturally, they became scapegoats. At the same time, HR departments would pick on peoples flaws and reduce the offering salary as much as possible during interviews. Ordinarily, they would also invite outsiders to run courses for employees and order professionals around. That was why Pei Qian found them extremely annoying. In his former life, Pei Qian was an ordinary employee. Of course, he felt disgusted at the thought of the HR department. However, Pei Qian finally realized at that moment that he had been wrong. At the end of the day, the HR department did the boss dirty work. Whether an HR department was good or bad did not depend solely on its staffs professional integrity. Instead, it depended more on the type of company and boss the HR department was working for. Heartless companies could make use of their HR departments to reduce their employees salaries. However, Boss Pei could also use his HR department to achieve his aim of shortlisting slackers! If he could train his HR department well so that they could offer candidates higher salaries than they asked for and select candidates who did not enjoy working, wouldnt they be doing Boss Pei a huge favor? Thus, Pei Qian decided to meet this Little Hao to impart Tengdas spirit to him or her and clarify Tengdas recruitment model. After a few minutes, someone knocked on the door. Hao Yun entered the office looking a little nervous. She was a lady of average height and looks, who looked to be in her twenties. Her face was round, her eyes were large, and she looked like an ordinary employee in the company. She was also much younger than Pei Qian had imagined. However, this was normal. After all, when Pei Qian hired his first batch of employees, he chose a bunch of newbies without any experience. Thus, most people in the management level of Tengda were young. Little Hao did not look as overbearing as Pei Qian expected HR staff to be. He had a pretty good first impression of her. Whats more, Little Hao did not seem to have much of a presence. Pei Qian tried very hard to recall who she was, but he could not recall when he had ever seen her in the office before. Obviously, she normally blended into the background. Boss Pei, are you looking for me? Hao Yun asked timidly. Yes, take a seat. I have a very important task for you. Hao Yun sat opposite Pei Qian, feeling slightly apprehensive. All this time, she had been receiving instructions from Assistant Xin. Now, she was talking to an even more senior NPC. Naturally, she was finding it hard to adjust. The HR department is very important. Im sure you know that. Tell me the main responsibilities of the HR department, said Pei Qian. Hao Yun quickly nodded. Yes, Boss Pei. The HR department is supposed to assess all applicants potential based on their experience and merits. At the same time, we are supposed to ensure the working environment is relaxed and harmonious, and employees passion for their work doesnt die. Hao Yun said all of these things in a single breath. She wanted to briefly describe the HR departments job scope, but since Boss Pei did not stop her, she continued until he did. Pei Qian remained silent for a while and said, Thats exactly right! He wanted to be polite and play up the importance of the human resources department. However, he had no idea what to say. That was why he allowed Hao Yun to explain her job scope first. Hao Yun ended up answering the question so well that Pei Qian felt bad stopping her. All in all, the HR department is extremely important. Thats why I hope that your department would better understand Tengdas culture. It would help you to recruit new employees and manage current ones. At the moment, youre shortlisting candidates based on their resumes. Hows that going? What do you think about it? Hao Yun perked up. Coincidentally, this was among her responsibilities! We first read their resumes once through. Since we have received many resumes and we dont need to hire many people, we can afford to be a bit stricter with our shortlisting process. First, we shortlist applicants based on their educational background, the school they graduated from, their work experience, their project experience, and other similar factors. This would filter out over eighty percent of applicants. After that, we would invite the remaining applicants to be interviewed. There would be two rounds of interviews. The first round would be conducted by the department head, and the second round would be conducted by the HR department. Finally, we would discuss the starting salary with the shortlisted applicants and select those that can agree with the company on a suitable figure. Hao Yun briefly explained the entire recruitment process. As Pei Qian listened, his frown grew deeper. This was the process that ordinary HR departments would go through. However, Boss Pei would definitely not be satisfied with it! Most applicants with weaker educational backgrounds, less work experience, or who graduated from lesser schools would be filtered out at the resume stage. Wouldnt that greatly reduce the chances of Tengda hiring slackers?! If things went on like this, the company would be filled with hard workers. Wouldnt Boss Pei have difficulty eating and sleeping then? This could not go on! Pei Qian remained silent for a while and said, The process sounds very good, but I dont think it fits Tengdas recruiting standards. Hao Yun looked slightly nervous. Ah, is that so? Boss Pei, what do you think the process should look like? Hao Yun quickly took out a notebook and prepared to take down notes. Pei Qian was very satisfied with obedient employees like Hao Yun. He began to explain to her the employee-selection criteria that he thought about earlier. Tengda wants to hire unique talents! How can we belittle others just because they have weaker educational backgrounds, insufficient work experience, bad resumes, and graduated from lesser schools? We cant do that! We have to view everyone who submits their resumes equally. We have to give them a chance to compete fairly! Thats why we have to stop shortlisting applicants based on their resumes. We will accept anyone who submits their resumes and seeks a job. As Hao Yun scribbled in her little notebook, she became filled with confusion. Huh? But Boss Pei, thatll be too much work. We cant finish interviewing them all. Pei Qian shook his head. You dont have to interview every single one of them. Well look for a suitable time and venue to host a closed-book, written examination for all of them. Then, we can invite the top-scoring candidates to be interviewed. Hao Yun still looked confused. Thatll still require a lot of money. In order to host a large-scale examination like that, we would need to rent a venue, set the questions, hire invigilators and markers, and so on. As more people apply, we would have to spend more money. Given how passionate people currently are about applying to Tengda for a job, Im afraid hosting a large-scale written examination like that would not be cheap It would not be cheap? Thats perfect! Pei Qian said solemnly, This is necessary expenditure; we cannot save on it. Er, alright. Hao Yun nodded and quickly scribbled notes in her little notebook. Once she was done, she scanned the contents of her little notebook and asked, Will we ask the various department heads to set the questions and grade their respective sections? Pei Qian shook his head. The various department heads will only be responsible for setting one part of the paper. The written examination will be split into two papers. The first paper would be a basic skills test. It would emphasize on applicants basic skills, including their basic knowledge, judgment, reasoning, data analysis, exposition, and the like. The second paper would be a specialized knowledge test. The various department heads will set the questions in order to test applicants relevant knowledge and skills for the job that they desire. At the end of the examination, we will rank them according to their overall grade. During the interview stage, we will mix up their sequence and allow the various department heads to conduct cross-interviews. Hao Yun asked, Huh? What do you mean by cross-interview? Pei Qian explained, The head of the games department would interview employees for Upwind Logistics. The head of Fish-Catching Take-Out would interview employees for Fish-Catching Internet Cafe we will decide which department head would conduct interviews for which employees by ballot. Once again, Hao Yun looked confused. Boss Pei, would that work? After all, different professions are different worlds. Pei Qian smiled. Thats easy to deal with. The interview questions and answers should be prepared beforehand. For instance, imagine that the head of Tengda Games would be interviewing employees for Upwind Logistics. Even if the former isnt familiar with the latters business, he would be able to tell who performed well during the interview if he has the answer script in front of him. Puzzled, Hao Yun asked, What meaning would there be? Pei Qian was caught off-guard, but he recovered quickly. The meaning would be immense! For example, this could help prevent nepotism[1] and cliquism[2]! It can prevent corrupt hiring practices, which is rampant in other large companies! A realization dawned on Hao Yun as she nodded, noting all of these down. Pei Qian continued, After interviewing all the applicants, calculate each applicants overall score by adding the interview and written examination results together. The top scorers will pass this stage. However, there will be a third stage: the test of ones compatibility to the Tengda Spirit! I will come up with the questions for this stage. Everyone will sit for another examination, and the papers will be graded electronically. Only those who pass this test will be hired. Whoever fails this test can only join the company for a one-month internship. Although we will pay them appropriately, they would not be allowed to take on any key tasks during their time here. They must focus on learning and understanding the Tengda spirit. After their one-month internship, they can take the Tengda Spirit compatibility test again. If they fail, we would have to regretfully postpone their recruitment. Well only allow three postponements before we would have to apologize, compensate them appropriately, and invite them to leave. Hao Yun could not help but feel emotional as she furiously noted these things down. Boss Pei was indeed Boss Pei. He had come up with so many stages for the recruitment process! It sounded like a very rigorous process at that! Although Hao Yun felt that there were more steps than necessary, she also knew that Boss Pei had his own reasons for doing so. Thus, she did not overthink the matter. Whats more, Boss Pei did seem to be making sense. Pei Qian himself was satisfied. If they stuck with the original recruitment process, Pei Qian could be sure that the human resources departmentwhich Assistant Xin had personally nurturedwould do their jobs competently. Whats more, every department head seemed to love stabbing Boss Pei in the back. The new employees they hired would surely be formidable, and Pei Qian would have a hard time fending against them. Although Pei Qian could not completely prevent the above with this new process, he could at least minimize the negative repercussions! First, they would not shortlist applicants based on resumes. Everyone would have a fair fighting chance. That would prevent uneducated, inexperienced people from being filtered out. On top of that, only half of the written examination would focus on applicants knowledge. The other half would test their basic skills, which would have nothing to do with their desired jobs. Once again, this would be of great help to those who were good at writing but bad at working. The department heads would also conduct cross-interviews. Outsiders would pick employees for each department, thereby minimizing the chances of them selecting outstanding talents. cro Last of all, Pei Qian could select slackers using the Tengda Spirit compatibility test. He would pay the hard workers and persuade them to leave. Not only would he be able to spend money, but he would also make sure only reliable people took the available roles. It was perfect! Of course, this process did not match Pei Qians expectations perfectly. However, he could not go overboard. He could not possibly write slackers as his recruiting standard. This was as much as the rules allowed. It was the best recruiting process that Pei Qian could ask for. Soon, Hao Yun finished writing down everything. A few pages of her little notebook had been filled with her handwriting. Pei Qian nodded, obviously pleased. He said, The HR departments main task now is to coordinate with the other departments as soon as possible and get this process running. You should settle things like the venue and arrangement for the examinations, the number of roles available in each department, and so on. If you need money to settle these problems, just let me know. Dont be afraid of spending money! Take registration for example. If you think reading resumes would be too troublesome, spend some money to create a website specifically for recruitment. Registration, printing of admission tickets for the examination, and other steps can be fully automated. Ill emphasize this again: dont be afraid of spending money! The talents are the root of any business success. This mechanism will help us with recruitment in the long-term. Well do the work now but enjoy the benefits for a long time. Do you understand? Hao Yun nodded. Yes, Boss Pei! I understand! She paused for a moment, realizing that she overlooked one problem. Er, Boss Pei, at which stage should we decide on their starting salary? Must we try and reduce it? According to the way ordinary companies worked, the HR department should discuss applicants expected salaries during the interviews. In their discussion, the department would normally be required to push the figure down as much as possible. This was a common tactic used by most companies. However, this seemed to be missing in Boss Peis recruitment process. Sternly, Pei Qian replied, Bargaining does not fit into Tengdas culture! If applicants can pass the various stages and examinations, it shows that theyre talents we are looking for. Of course, we should honor them accordingly. How can we still try to bargain with them?! In an attempt to save mere hundreds of dollars a month, we would be making these people unhappy, causing them to take their work lightlythereby affecting their productivity. Wouldnt our company suffer in the end? Thats why we should never bargain! We would be acting like hooligans if we ask the applicants to suggest their starting salary and then bargain with them! Well pay them according to the upper limit in the market. We have to make sure that Tengdas salary remains competitive. Once the employees pass the Tengda Spirit compatibility test, we can distribute their first salary. We must pay our employees enough money to ensure that they work hard for Tengda! [1] This refers to hiring based on familial bonds like preferring relatives. [2] This refers to having a certain clique that excludes others outside the circle. Chapter 316 - Boss Pei’s Script A single sentence from Boss Pei could undo ten years of education. Hao Yun felt as if everything she learned about human resources management in school had become useless. They did not fit at all with what Boss Pei required! However, that was the way Tengda and Boss Pei operated! Boss Pei had always been unique. Obviously, he also had a unique theory and method of managing his employees. Hao Yun nodded. Alright, Boss Pei. Leave these things to the HR department. We will get everything done properly! Hao Yun had just received an epic, long-term mission from this NPC. Filled with renewed motivation and determination, she left. Pei Qian took a short break and then continued to work on the movie script. November 2nd, Tuesday At 10 AM sharp, Pei Qian walked into the office. He opened his laptop, opened a document, and then began making final edits to the movie script. He wanted to complete the script today and then send it over to Huang Sibo and the others. There was no other way about it; Pei Qian had always worked swiftly and decisively. With the storys earlier framework as the foundation, Pei Qian perfected the details. The more details he came up with, the less likely Huang Sibo and Zhu Xiaoce would misunderstand his intentions. First, he had to add more sci-fi elements. Pei Qian pondered for a moment and decided that it would be best to avoid adding complicated, commonplace sci-fi elements. That meant no space warships and time traveling Why was that? That was because Pei Qians primary aim was to spend as much money as possible on special effects. If the special effects ended up being too well done, the audience might think that they were worth paying for to watch. What would Pei Qian do then? Boss Pei had to ensure that while he spent money on these special effects, the audience would not enjoy them. It would be best to avoid things like time travel because Pei Qian was coming up with an incomplete script. There was a chance that Huang Sibo and Zhu Xiaocethese imaginative b*stards-would be able to change it beyond recognition. There would be a lot of room for them to get creative with things like time travel. This worried Pei Qian. He did not want them to come up with a script that ended up being only about one person, in which the protagonist recorded himself, slept with himself, killed himself, or married himself. Thus, after some thought, Pei Qian decided to carry out wicked deeds under the banner of virtue. He would give the movie a sci-fi appearance but not film any huge scenes involving sci-fi. The movie would purely revolve around everyday life. When advertising the movie, he would call it a locally-produced sci-fi film with a moving plot and beautiful special effects. That would give the audience high expectations. They would enter the cinema and realize there were no special effects, no cool scenes, and very few sci-fi elements. The movie would just be a modern story wrapped in sci-fi packaging On top of that, the plot would be extremely toxic. It would piss them all off! The angry audience would immediately cry for refunds. As for how to make the plot as toxic as possible, Pei Qian had to keep coming up with details. The male protagonist was going to be a bootlicker who would end up with nothing. This general framework could not be changed. However, how exactly should he bootlick and end up with nothing? Pei Qian had to rack his brains to come up with this. If he came up with something too subtle, the plot would not be toxic enough, and people would not be repelled strongly enough. Thus, he had to ramp up the intensity! Now that he had the general framework for the story, Pei Qian felt inspired to write the rest of the details. He quickly tapped away on his keyboard, expressing all his thoughts in words. Technology would have flourished in the future. Robots would replace humans and take over most of the manual labor. Most manual laborers would lose their jobs and become poverty-stricken. Fortunately, they could depend on basic social welfare services for their food and lodging. The male protagonist was a jobless, poor man who had to depend on basic social welfare services and emergency relief to survive. He lived in something like a capsule and could only sleep curled up. If he was not careful when he tried to sit up on his bed, he could knock his head against the ceiling He would receive instant food every day thanks to the emergency relief services. He would have to add boiling water into what looked like a gray flour paste. This would barely meet his daily nutritional needs. There was a television in the capsule that the male protagonist lived in. This was the only form of entertainment available to him. The television programs were filled with all sorts of advertisements, which he could not skip over because he had insufficient money. He could play games and chat with others on the television, but he had to pay to do all of these. Since the male protagonist could not even afford to skip advertisements, he naturally also could not afford other forms of entertainment. Thus, the male protagonist spent his days watching advertisements and television programs. Each day, he had three hours to leave his capsule and walk around outside. This was because the outside space could not be freely enjoyed by humans. Rich people could roam around outside from 6 am to 6 pm every day, ordinary citizens from 6 pm to 12 am, and poverty-stricken people like the male protagonist from 12 am to 3 am. From 3 am to 6 am, the outside world would undergo mass cleaning, so that the rich people could enjoy it once again from 6 am onwards. If poverty-stricken people went out or remained outside past their allocated time slot, they would be severely punished. Most poverty-stricken peoples body clocks were completely messed up as a result. They treasured the time slot that they were allocated to roam around outside. To them, this was the most important part of their days. Of course, strictly speaking, poverty-stricken people like the male protagonist were not completely jobless. They were allowed to watch their favorite television programs and vote for them. Depending on how long they spent watching these programs, they would be paid some fictitious money that could be used to purchase certain items. These included nice clothes, delicious food, tasty drinks or alcohol, and the like. Every television program would also contain a quiz. If one decided to spend their money on these quizzes and ended up winning, they could earn even more fictitious money. Some programs would even invite ordinary or rich people, who rose out of poverty by earning money through quizzes, to share their experiences during the program. The male protagonist was very into this. He won some and lost some, but he was quite gifted. Thus, he would win small sums from time to time and reward himself with some beer. One day, the male protagonist ventured outside once again. By chance, he met the similarly poverty-stricken female protagonist. The female protagonist was not especially beautiful or charming, but she was pure and adorable. To the male protagonist, she was uniquely attractive. He began to fall in love with her. The male protagonist struck up a conversation with her using his innate sense of humor. He defeated other competitors and won the female protagonists heart. From that day onward, they would meet in their allocated three hours to eat good food or spend money on cheap forms of entertainment. Both of them quickly developed a romantic relationship. The male protagonist began to scrimp and save and carefully take part in quizzes, for fear that he would lose all of his hard-earned money. He wanted to save enough money to buy a space where both of them could live together. Since his heart was set on this, he did not buy the female protagonist any gifts or treat her to feasts for a long time. The female protagonist did not get upset. Instead, she was very forgiving and expressed understanding and support for the male protagonist. That was until one day, the male protagonist finally saved enough money to buy a capsule big enough for the two of them. It was then that the female protagonist suggested that he had been earning money too slowly for them to ever become ordinary citizens. She said that she wanted to take part in a talent show, so that they could earn money much faster if she was given a chance to star in it. The male protagonist refused, and they had their first quarrel. The next day, the male protagonist felt immensely guilty. After considering for a long time, he decided to give the female all the money he had saved up, so that she could chase her dreams. On the day that the female tried out for the talent show, the male protagonist-as her loved onewas awarded an entire day free of advertisements. That meant he could watch the entire episode from beginning to end without being interrupted by any advertisements. The female tried to display her talents while on stage by singing and dancing. The male protagonist watched closely but did not think that the program was that interesting at all. The female protagonist finally ended her performance, but only one out of the four judges gave her the nod. According to the rules of the competition, participants would only succeed if they got three or more nods. The other judges ruthlessly pointed out the females problem: she was too stiff when she danced, making her look like a clumsy bear. Her singing technique was also wrong, her breathing was unsteady, and she was out of tune. She was also too nervous on stage, so that she lost her stage presence. The only one who gave her the nod was a male judge who only thought her dress looked nice. They had spent a huge sum of money to rent that dress for the show, so that the female protagonist would look like the innocent girl-next-door. She left the talent show, feeling extremely disappointed. Yet, the male protagonist inwardly celebrated. That was because he knew that if she had succeeded, they would only grow further and further apart. Now that the females dreams were crushed, he could hope for a future together When they met again, the male protagonist comforted the female and then began to save up money again in order to buy a capsule that they could live in together. He spent more time watching different television programs and studying their ways, so that he could carefully take part in the quizzes. He had to make sure that he won every quiz he took part in. Subsequently, the female protagonist became increasingly distracted on their dates. She often zoned out while the male protagonist was talking and nodded while in a daze. The male protagonist did not overthink this. Instead, he wrote it off as the female protagonist being crushed about her dashed dreams and was certain that she would recover one day. At last, the male protagonist earned enough to purchase a bigger capsule. He happily announced this to the female, saying that they could finally live together. However, the female protagonist lost her temper for the first time, becoming hysterical towards the male. She kept shouting you dont know anything and suggested they broke up. Confused and on the verge of breaking down, the male protagonist suddenly realized that the female had a small baby bump. The female protagonist came clean with him and admitted to having an affair with that judge from the talent show the entire time. Chapter 317 - It Would Definitely be a Masterpiece! The judge had his own bungalow, and he could bring girls out in the day. The female protagonist had already seen a more beautiful world. That was why she did not care to live in the cramped, two-man capsule together with the male protagonist. She had wanted to come clean with the male protagonist earlier and get together with the judge, but the judge had suddenly stopped contacting her a few days ago. She had not heard a peep from him. The male protagonist knew that the female had already been dumped. Perhaps the judge just wanted to try something new; he probably did not plan to spend the rest of his life with the female protagonist. After calming down, the male protagonist decided to accept her. However, the female turned him down and left. From that moment on, the male protagonists life seemed to lose all its color. He used the sum of money he had saved to rent a bigger space for himself. He also paid to get rid of the advertisements in his television programs, purchased more forms of entertainment, and bought a bunch of junk food to cheer himself up. With what was left of his money, he tipped the female host of the television program he had been watching in exchange for a thank you. He went back to living a blurry life. Instead of carefully taking part in quizzes, he chose to pour all his money into quizzes with high rewards. Sometimes, he won big and went on shopping sprees. Other times, he lost everything and lay in his bed like a corpse for several days. This went on for five years. One day, the muddle-headed male protagonist had been watching television programs as he normally did. All of a sudden, he realized he had won a quiz that he had staked everything on. He received more than ten times the money he had put in! His bank account now had much more money than it did before; one could say that he had become an ordinary citizen! The male protagonist was overjoyed at this turn of events. He could not wait to share this good news with the female protagonist. However, he could not find her. He had no choice but to search high and low for her during his allocated three hours, in the hopes that the female protagonist had not left the city. Just like that, the male protagonist spent more than a month searching for her. At last, he still could not find any traces of the female protagonist. Since he had no other choice, the male protagonist thought of an idea. He decided to spend some money to take part in a talent show. There, he would profess his love for the female protagonist and tell her that he had been waiting for her this entire time and that he hoped she would return to his side. Talent shows had a wide reach. Once the show aired, the female protagonist would probably see his message. Thus, the male protagonist ended up on the stage of a talent show. As he stood in the spotlight, the male protagonist stared at the ruthless judge who stole his girlfriend and then dumped her. The male protagonists only intention had been to profess his love for the female protagonist and tell everyone how much he missed her. He had only wanted to talk about all the beautiful memories they shared. However, after seeing the judges sanctimonious expression, the male protagonist lost all control. He picked up his microphone and ranted to the audience about how sanctimonious the judge was. He accused the latter of being a wolf dressed in sheeps clothing and explained how the judge had shamelessly stolen the male protagonists beloved before dumping the kind-hearted girl. He cursed and swore at the judge with the ugliest language that he knew, releasing pent-up feelings of indignance, regret, and rage. The entire place grew silent. After that short silence, everyone burst out with applause! Even the judge who had just been cursed and sworn at clapped as he laughed and held up his thumb towards the male protagonist. The female judge next to him looked deeply moved. Wiping her tears, she immediately hit the button in front of her to express her approval of the male protagonist. Four circles lit up in front of the judges. That was four votes. The male protagonist had made it. The lights immediately began to flash, and multi-colored smoke appeared on the stage, along with other special effects. This meant that many people watching online had been moved by the male protagonists performance and were tipping him from where they were. The male protagonist looked at the dazzling numbers on stage. Thanks to these tips, he had earned much more in the past few minutes than he had in the past few years. The judge whom he cursed and swore at highly praised his performance. The former explained how it had been a long time since he had watched such a satisfying talk show. The judge extended a symbol of peace to the male protagonist, expressing his wishes to help the male protagonist create a television program. The male protagonist knew very well what this would mean. It would mean that he would have unimaginable wealth and fame as his television program reached hundreds of thousands, or possibly even millions, of people! He could live like the other rich folk. He could roam around outside during the daytime and live in a huge bungalow. He could wait as his female servants knelt beside him and fed him freshly-picked grapes. The male protagonist thanked the judge profusely, savoring the moment. At that very moment, he was the main star on stage. That night, after the television program ended, the male protagonist was served very well by two hot, fair, and young ladies. He moved into a bungalow, drove a luxurious car, and lived the life that he had always dreamed about. One day, someone requested to meet him. The female protagonist had really watched his television program and expressed her hopes to meet the male protagonist again and pick up where they had left off. The male protagonist immediately invited the female to his house. He was now a rich man. He could invite anyone to his bungalow at any time in the day to meet him. When the female protagonist saw him, her eyes welled up. However, with one young girl in each of his arms, the male protagonist coolly mocked the female for having the cheek to turn up at his bungalow. She crumbled, knelt on the ground, and begged for the male protagonist to give her some money so that she could raise her son up. The male protagonist felt even more irritated when he heard the word son, but he refrained from kicking her out immediately. After some consideration, he decided to transfer a sum of money to her and asked her to stop looking for him. After dealing with this matter once and for all, the male protagonist leaned back on the sofa, sipped his red wine, and heaved a sigh of relief. He had not transferred her the sum of money because he felt bad or because he still had feelings for her. Instead, he did it because he still had to film his television program that night and emotionally narrate his and the female protagonists love story. He knew that the audience did not really care who the female protagonist was. If they managed to find her, they might quickly lose interest in the television program. The female protagonist would look the most beautiful as a question mark in the audiences mind. If the audience was allowed to see how haggard she really looked, the image of the dream woman that the male protagonist had worked so hard to create would fall apart at once. Before stepping onto the stage, the male protagonist saw the judge. He had once hated the judge to the core. However, the latter was now his financial backer and his Bole. He had given the male protagonist a new lease of life. Thus, the male protagonist now respected him immensely. The judge congratulated him, telling him that todays episode would be extremely important and that he hoped the male protagonist would perform well. The judge also said that he had prepared a surprise for the male protagonist. The male protagonist tried to recall what the occasion was and realized that it seemed to be his birthday. When he stepped onto stage, the male protagonist began to speak in a tearful voice. He described his and the female protagonists love story and chatted with a couple of lucky fans, to whom he explained the true meaning of love. Then, the connection broke, and the image of the male protagonist mocking the female in his living room appeared on the screen. The male protagonist began to panic. He kept trying to block the screen, but it proved to be useless during the livestream because the video was being fed directly to the audiences screens. The male protagonists panicky behavior was only making him look more like a joke. The audience began to get worked up. Many angry viewers scolded and cursed at the male protagonist in the channels column. The male protagonists reputation and image were completely destroyed. The judge showed no intention of helping him out of his predicament. Instead, he instructed a lawyer to retrieve the contract they had signed at the beginning. The male protagonists behavior had gravely affected the companys image. Thus, he had to compensate the company with a sum that he would spend his entire life trying to pay. As he looked at the male protagonist who had just lost everything, the judge smiled treacherously. Not only had he taken revenge for the time that the male protagonist cursed and swore at him on stage, but he had also increased his television programs viewership and rose to fame in the process. He pulled the beautiful, young woman beside him closer and arranged for her host the next episode of the program. The camera panned. The male protagonist was lying in bed in a tiny capsule, looking at the ceiling, which he could reach out and touch. He looked just like a zombie. After he finished writing the script, Pei Qian read it once through. It looked quite good, considering that this was his first time writing a script. The story was complete, at least! He had achieved all the goals that he had set in the beginning Take the male protagonist for example. His life was pitiful at first. He was lucky to chance upon a lady that he fancied. Then, he began his brown-nosing journey. In the end, the female protagonists heart was stolen by the judge, making a cuckold of the male protagonist. The male protagonist continued brown-nosing until the female protagonist completely gave up on him and asked for a clean break. Subsequently, the male protagonist won a huge sum of money and tried looking for the female protagonist once more. While on stage, he lashed out at the judge and released his pent-up frustrations. However, the judge soon managed to buy him over. The male protagonist willingly cheapened himself for money and behaved in a completely opposite manner compared to before. He became despicable. When the female protagonist finally returned, the male protagonist threw away every last bit of warmth and kindness left in him. He mocked her and gave her money in exchange for her promise never to look for him again. In the end, the male protagonist fell for the judges trap. The wealthy, blissful life he had always dreamed about had been right under his nose, but it was reduced to dust in an instant. Not only did he become penniless like before, but he also owed a huge debt now. His life was devoid of all hope. Wasnt that absolutely miserable?! Wasnt that absolutely cruel?! Even Pei Qian felt that the plot was extremely toxic. It was so tragic! The male protagonist was not just a brown-noser, but he was also a coward and a despicable man. The female protagonist was not any better. They deserved to live with each other for the rest of their lives. All in all, this plot would definitely disgust the movies viewers. It housed all toxic points! Pei Qian read his script again and again and found one last flaw-it was not long enough. He pondered for a moment and then added one more line at the end of the script. If the script is too short, lengthen the part where the male protagonist watches television programs and advertisements in his room. By doing this, Pei Qian would have no problems diluting the plot until the movie lasted two and a half hours, much less one and a half! It worked! Of course, Boss Pei was a benevolent man. He only wanted to dissuade the audience from buying tickets. He did not really want them to develop hatred for the movie. Thus, he decided to be kind to them and limit the movies duration to an hour and a half. Pei Qian had no intention to come up with the other contents, like the characters names, the exact lines, actions, backdrops, and transitions. He decided to leave these things to Huang Sibo and the others completely. As long as they did not mess up the story, there should not be any problems! Pei Qian had just completed his task and earned a hundred thousand yuan! He could not help but feel moved. It was getting easier and easier for him to earn money! At Fei Huang Workspace Huang Sibo had just received the script from Boss Pei. Boss Pei is so efficient! Huang Sibo was filled with respect once again. Other scriptwriters normally took three to five months to write scripts, even if it was urgent. If they were aiming to produce an excellent movie, they could even take up to a year and a half. Of course, this did not include scriptwriters who were full of stunts and who improvised during filming. Yet, Boss Pei had written an entire script in just two to three days! Strictly speaking, what Boss Pei had written was merely an outline of the story. It was a long way from being a perfect script. Still, coming up with a story outline was no easy task! Huang Sibo quickly called Zhu Xiaoce over, and they read the script together. After seeing the scripts unconventional format, Zhu Xiaoce became slightly light-headed. Huang Sibo quickly said, Boss Pei works in the game industry. Naturally, he wouldnt know the format for movie scripts. Thats understandable. The format isnt important. Whats important is that we draw what we need from Boss Peis idea. Zhu Xiaoce pondered for a moment, realized what Huang Sibo had said was true, and then quickly adjusted his attitude. Both of them read the script once through, from beginning to end. Huang Sibo felt slightly dizzy. This why do I feel like this story would depress the audience? The male protagonist is a penniless brown-noser. He works hard throughout the movie and almost attains bliss, but then he is immediately thrown from heaven to hell. The female protagonist is equally miserable. Shes dumped by the judge and has a tough time raising her child. She works hard to locate the male protagonist but then is shamed. The most infuriating thing is that both of them practically asked for it. They had their chance to live a better life, but they wasted it. How can that be? He turned to face Zhu Xiaoce. Zhu Xiaoce did not respond immediately. Instead, he remained quiet for a long time before he suddenly held up his thumb and shouted, It can! This script is great! The story is deeply moving and invokes deep reflection. It criticizes how consumerism leads to exploitation, how the bourgeoisie suppresses humanity, and how wealth alienates people. Its extremely deep! The events in the story are unexpected but reasonable. The twists and turns would make the audience applaud the movie in the end! Boss Pei could actually come up with such an exciting story in just two or three days? I can only say that Boss Pei is extremely gifted. No matter which industry hes placed in, he shows that hes entirely worthy of honor! Huang Sibo looked slightly confused. He had not expected Zhu Xiaoce to have such high praises for the script. Until now, we have only produced jocular and humorous short videos. Are you sure our audience would like this story? Zhu Xiaoce nodded confidently. Im very sure! After reading this script, I feel like I have a telepathic connection with Boss Pei. I think I can see what Boss Pei is truly driving at. The audience might not like it, and that would mean the movie might not sell very well. However, in the eyes of people who can understand it, the movie would definitely be a masterpiece! Chapter 318 - Dream Realization Ventures Pei Qian felt great relief after settling the movie script. However, it was not time to relax yet. Boss Pei already had 1.8 million yuan. He had enough money to buy a new house for his parents. As for where he would say he got the money from That was simple. He could say that he was now working in the management of Fei Huang Workspace. Since the company had made quite a large sum of money from their short videos, he was given a huge bonus as well. Strictly speaking, there was nothing wrong with saying that. Boss Pei was indeed in the management of Fei Huang Workspace, and he had earned a lot of money from it. Pei Qian decided to make some time to go home and explain these things to his parents. However, before that, he had to make sure that everything was settled for the company. The settlement cycle was going to last five months this time. It sounded long, but it would pass quickly. This was because everything that Pei Qian was going to work on during this cycleproducing a movie, starting a cell phone business, and so on-would take some time. Take the movie, for example. Even though the contents were simple and there would not be many special effects, it would take at least a month to prepare, two months to film, and another month to edit and tidy it up. The movie would be produced barely in time for settlement. Luckily, Pei Qian had gained some benefits after the System was upgraded to version 2.0. He was now allowed to carry one unannounced product over to the next cycle. If he could not complete the movie in time for this cycle, settlement would not be affected. He could carry it to the next. Then, he would definitely have to release it before settlement. Still, Pei Qian thought it would be best to finish whatever he could within this cycle. He decided to take this particular benefit as his security net instead. Otherwise, if he made too big a deal out of it and purposely slowed down work on his projects, he could mess everything up in the end. Pei Qian flipped through his notebook and turned his attention to Ma Yang. Although he did not want to incessantly bother this good friend of his, he had no other choice. The able were bound to get more work! Ma Yang had been in charge of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and had mildly stabbed Pei Qian in the back during the previous cycle. However, Pei Qian knew that it had not been his intention to do so. Fish-Catching Internet Cafes success could mainly be credited to Boss Peis Repent and be Saved. Ma Yang had done nothing to earn any of it. Also, Zhang Yuannot Ma Yanghad been the one to start the computer-installation brand, ROF. Thus, Pei Qian could still trust Old Ma. He was one of Boss Peis most important employees indeed! However, at the rate things were going, Pei Qian decided that he had to separate Ma Yang and Zhang Yuan now. Pei Qian was already certain that Zhang Yuan was a traitor. On the surface, he looked like a mere genius from Tieba. However, problems in his thinking were beginning to surface. If Pei Qian allowed him to continue brainwashing Old Ma, the situation could worsen. Pei Qian began thinking hard. He could either leave Old Ma in his current position and give Zhang Yuan something else to do or leave Zhang Yuan in his current position and give Old Ma something else to do. After much consideration, he decided that the latter would be better. This was because the new business direction that Boss Pei had in mind would best bring out Ma Yangs potential. Pei Qian did not feel safe handing this business over to anyone except Ma Yang! He wanted to start an investment firm. In fact, he had thought about this a long time ago. However, because of some cash flow problems, he never got around to it. Before this, Tengdas cash had been poured into manufacturing. A lot of money had been spent on producing games and physical shops, so that they did not have much spare cash left in their account. Taking everything into account, he had a total of three or four million yuan left. Of course, he could have started an investment firm, but it would have been meaningless. He had been better off opening a few more Fish-Catching Internet Cafes and Upwind Courier stations. Things were different now. The side effects of spending as much money as he could in the previous cycle were going to hit him soon. He could no longer depend on the same methods of spending money. Thus, Pei Qian thought about opening an investment firm. Of course, he was not entirely willing to either. Investing could be very risky, but if he succeeded, he could earn a terrifying windfall. Pei Qian knew his own luck very well. Every time he had tried to create rubbish games, they succeeded. He guessed that even if he invested in pants, he would probably profit as well. However, now that things were the way they were, he hardly had any other choice. Pei Qian could barely finish squandering off all the System Funds on his own. He needed help. Therefore, after much deliberation, Pei Qian reluctantly decided to start an investment firm. As for why he could not manage it on his own On one hand, Boss Pei was already very busy. He had to personally keep an eye on the other businesses. If he put himself in charge of the investment firm as well, the other businesses would probably betray him like crazy. On the other hand, Boss Pei seriously doubted his own judgment. That was why he decided to put Old Ma responsible. He was not even asking for Old Ma to lose everything. He was only asking for Old Ma to make a few investments and incur some losses. That would be enough. October 3rd Fish-Catching Internet Cafe Brother Qian, were depending on you! Quick, quick, quick Ma Yang stared at Pei Qians screen, shouting more excitedly than anyone else. Yet, the words GAME OVER appeared on Pei Qians screen. The latter became speechless. In their last team waras the talented Boss Pei pushed a lane, his team members tried to fight the enemies one by one and ended up dying. Boss Pei was left to fight the four enemies alone. Ma Yang had not been the first to feed the enemies. In fact, he had been the last. If Ma Yang had survived, he could have worked together with Boss Pei to fight the four enemies. They would have had hopes of winning. However, Ma Yang ended up trying to fight the enemies on his own as well. Once left alone, Pei Qian only managed to kill two enemies even after exhausting all his means. Then, he could only stand by and watch helplessly as their base exploded. Ai, what a pity, Brother Qian. Lets go again! Ma Yang was just about to start another game. Pei Qian quickly stopped him. Wait! I have some important matters to discuss with you. Oh, alright. Ma Yang reluctantly exited Gods Rising Pei Qian had come to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe today to brief Ma Yang about his plans to start an investment firm. However, when he arrived, he felt the urge to play online games with Ma Yang for a while. In the end, he completely lost the drive! Although Pei Qian was frustrated about losing, he knew he had to look at things objectively. Negatively put, Pei Qian had lost the game. However, positively put, Pei Qian had confirmed that Old Ma was still as reliable as ever! Both of them moved to the resting area, and Pei Qian called Zhang Yuan over as well. Zhang Yuan had been kept busy by ROFs business. After 1024 Digital Day, ROFs prices reverted to normal. However, since word of the brand had already spread, many locals of Jingzhou continued to place orders. Thus, Zhang Yuan had been kept busy while Ma Yang remained free. Pei Qian faced Zhang Yuan first. You will be the CEO of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe from now on. You will be solely in charge of the internet cafes and ROF. Zhang Yuan was stunned. Im the CEO now? Isnt that a little rash? Whats going to happen to Boss Ma? Ma Yangs huge face immediately drained of color. Brother Qian, I I just didnt play well in the previous game. You dont have to fire me, right? I havent achieved much, but Ive worked hard Ma Yang had thought that Pei Qian was upset about being played in the previous game. Pei Qian did not know to laugh or to cry. What are you talking about?! I have another task for you, and its very important! Tengda is going to start an investment firm soon. Im thinking that youre the most suitable person to act as CEO for this investment firm! Ma Yang was absolutely stunned. His expression turned from bitterness to confusion, to pure joy and excitement. Are you sure, Brother Qian?! I I have always wanted to be an angel investor! Dont worry, Brother Qian. This job suits me to a tee. I wont let you down for sure! Zhang Yuan watched this exchange in a daze. At that moment, he could not understand how Boss Pei decided which person would get the job. Could he say that Boss Pei decided these things based on employees merits? Yet, Boss Ma did not look cut out for running an investment firm. Zhang Yuan had always thought that putting Boss Ma in charge of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe was ridiculous enough. Running an investment firm would be far more difficult than managing internet cafes. Was he up to the task? Could he say that Boss Pei decided these things based on favoritism? Yet, that did not seem true either. Zhang Yuan was not related to Boss Pei in any way, but he had been promoted as well. He had taken over Ma Yangs job as the CEO of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. Boss Pei did not assign this role to other people who were closer to him. Thus, Zhang Yuan could not say that he decided these things based on favoritism. Zhang Yuan was left thoroughly confused. All he knew was that Boss Peis ways were extremely complex. Perhaps Boss Ma had merits that ordinary people could not appreciate Pei Qian turned to Zhang Yuan and said, Alright, thats all. Go back to work. Zhang Yuan nodded. Alright, Boss Pei. Ill work hard to bring Fish-Catching Internet Cafe to greater heights! Pei Qian was speechless. Once Zhang Yuan was gone, Pei Qian cleared his throat and began briefing Ma Yang about the investment firm. Pei Qian had already decided not to find an assistant for Ma Yang this time. This was because Pei Qian had realized that Ma Yang would often agree with whoever spoke to him last. Every time Boss Pei thought he had successfully influenced Ma Yangs decision, he would turn around and realize that someone else had changed his mind again. Thus, he had to avoid hiring an assistant for Ma Yang at all costs. At the very least, he had to avoid hiring an assistant who would give Ma Yang random ideas. He had to find someone who lacked independent thought. That way, Ma Yang would surely have to do things according to Pei Qians suggestions. Of course, all of these would be settled later. For now, the aim was to brainwash Ma Yang anew. Our investment firm will be different from other investment firms. Ma Yang listened very intently. Hmm, what do you mean? Pei Qian said, You should know how other investment firms operate, right? Nodding excitedly, Ma Yang answered, Of course, I do! Investment firms give money to companies that they think would be profitable. After that, they would get a cut of the profits that those companies earn! Pei Qian was speechless. That was a common understanding, but it was not the answer that Boss Pei wanted to hear. Your understanding is too superficial! Does Tengda lack money? Doesnt the company earn enough from games and the internet cafes? Boss Pei said these things through gritted teeth. Ma Yang answered, Er Brother Qian, you mean? Pei Qian tried to sound genuine as he said, Im not saying that our investment firm cannot make money, but making money will only be one of our many goals. Investing means putting our spare cash in places where it should be. What do you mean by places where it should be? Are companies with the potential to be profitable places where our money should be? Of course not! Many companies that truly seek to do good for society close down because of the lack of funds. Partners brought together by their common dream would be forced to go their separate ways. How pitiful is that?! Thats why our investment firm will be called Dream Realization Ventures. Our aim will not be to generate profit, but to realize the dreams of small companies-whose very dreams are at risk of being dashed! Chapter 319 - I Need an Investment Consultant Who Would Not Provide Any Investment Advice Ma Yang looked slightly puzzled. Er why does it sound like well be doing charity? Pei Qian quickly shook his head and explained, This isnt charity! Tengda will do charity in the future, but this firm is meant to be a legitimate venture capital firm. The difference is that we would never receive any money in return for doing charity. On the other hand, while we could incur losses by investing, we could also profit. Who would be able to tell? All Im saying is, dont prioritize generating profit. Our priority should be realizing dreams, understand? If we end up incurring losses, itll be alright. After all, providing venture capital is risky. Im sure everyone appreciates that there will be risks involved. Ma Yang was beginning to understand. Well Brother Qian, does that mean that we can invest in any dream that needs to be realized? Pei Qian nodded profusely. Thats right! Old Ma, I love that youre so fast in comprehending me! Ma Yang became even more excited. At the beginning, he had thought that investment firms were where money bred more money. However, after hearing Pei Qians description, Ma Yang realized something else. Not only could investment firms generate profit, but they could also help businesses-on the brink of insolvency-to realize their dreams. Thinking about it this way made Ma Yang feel like an angel in white, responsible for saving the lives of others. At once, he felt much better about himself! Brother Qian, when do we start investing? I can barely wait! Unable to sit still for much longer, Ma Yang immediately tried to jump to his feet. However, Pei Qian quickly held him down. Dont be too eager. In order to do a good job, we must have the best tools. I will look for a satisfactory assistant for you in the next few days. Investing was complex and highly technical. Ordinary venture capital firms normally took many steps before deciding to invest in a particular company. They had to shortlist the investment proposals provided by various entrepreneurs, review them, consider the investment projects from various angles, interview the ventures managers, understand businesses history, and engage in complicated negotiations and valuations Ma Yang could do none of these. At most, he could read the investment proposals and decide how much to invest in each venture. However, he knew nothing about the concrete operations behind the scenes. Of course, this was also why Pei Qian chose him to take over this responsibility. However, in order for the venture capital firm to operate as per normal, he needed someone to take care of the miscellaneous tasks. Even if Pei Qian did not hire an assistant for Ma Yang, Ma Yang would look for someone to help him once he realized that he could not handle everything on his own. Then, Pei Qian might end up with an unsalvageable mess. Thus, Pei Qian decided to take the initiative! He decided to hire a knowledgeable and experienced assistant for Ma Yang, who would do all the work but not interfere in Ma Yangs decisions. It would be best if the assistant did not even answer Ma Yangs questions. Pei Qian asked, As a future venture capitalist, do you have any expectations of your job? Ma Yang confidently patted his chest and said, Dont worry, Brother Qian! I know it all! Many businesses will hand their proposals to me. In turn, I will transfer them all to professionals, who would then brief me on which ones had potential and which ones didnt. I would filter out the scammers first! Then, I would ask them to point out to me the ventures that had the most potential and then invest heavily in those! Pei Qian was speechless. Now that you said that, I dont want to hand the investment firm over to you anymore. Ai, Old Ma when will you finally understand your role? Pei Qian shook his head. You cannot do that. You cannot allow your assistant to shortlist the proposals. You must do it on your own! Ma Yang looked confused. Huh? Why? I know nothing about this. Pei Qian said solemnly, You might not understand the figures, but you definitely understand what a heart with a dream looks like! Think about it. How would small companies with lofty dreams have the energy to do up their investment proposals? Dreams are often up in the air and filled with emotions. How can one write them in detail and reduce them to cold, hard numbers so that they look realistic and pragmatic? If someone else filters the proposals for you, they would have to filter out all the small companies with lofty dreams, which really need the money! Thats why you have to do this job on your own! Any well-knit, carefully-worded proposal with detailed and reliable figures is devoid of dreams! The beautifully-worded proposals with missing figures and infectious energy are the ones with real dreams! Dream Realization Ventures would only be investing in dreams if we invest in the latter type of ventures! You must remember this. Hidden inside every unreliable investment proposal is an even bigger dream! A realization dawned on Ma Yang, causing him to nod. So thats the case. That makes sense! Seeing that Ma Yang was becoming persuaded, Pei Qian kept working hard. You must remember that the name of our investment firm would be Dream Realization Ventures. Whether we make money or not would not be important, but we must invest in dreams! We can relax on every other standard, but not on realizing dreams. We must insist never to invest in projects that do not contain dreams, understand? Ma Yang nodded profusely. I understand! Pei Qian could tell from Ma Yangs expression that his brainwashing attempt had succeeded. As long as no one tried to correct Ma Yangs understanding, the latter would probably hold onto this mindset for a long time. Brother Qian, Im going into seclusion for now, then. Im going to buy some books on investment and try to get a good grasp of the relevant knowledge! Ma Yang looked very excited. Pei Qian was just about to stop him, but when he recalled how Ma Yang had performed even after reading technical books on game design, he immediately relaxed. He decided to allow Old Ma to work hard. The harder he worked, the quicker they would fail When he returned to Tengda, Pei Qian approached Assistant Xin. Find me an investment consultant who has a good grasp of investment processes. Dont stipulate any other requirements except this: no matter what the boss asks, he is not to give any investment advice or influence the boss thought process. Assistant Xins eyes filled with confusion. Find an investment consultant who will not provide investment advice? Then what do you want a consultant for? Pei Qian answered, The consultant will just be in charge of administrative tasks. Assistant Xin pondered for a moment and said, We dont need to look exclusively for investment consultants, then. We can look for analysts or assistants with experience working in investment firms. Pei Qian nodded. That works! Boss Pei could not wish for anything more. In true Assistant Xin fashion, she did not ask any more questions. Alright, Ill find someone now. Pei Qian did not care if the person Assistant Xin found would be an analyst, an investment assistant, or a director. As long as he did not provide Ma Yang with any advice, everything would be fine. In the evening Hao Qiong had just gotten off work and was preparing to go home. He felt slightly fuzzy. He had spent the entire day at work playing horror games. Director Lin even pulled down the curtains so that everyone could properly experience the horror games in broad daylight. The darkness added to the atmosphere and immersiveness. All the employees at Shang Yang Games put on headphones and watched the big screen, fully immersing themselves in the horror games. They ended up screaming constantly. Whats more, the screams happened in waves. Every time someone got frightened and screamed, the people around the person would get frightened and scream as well. It was almost infectious. The atmosphere was insane. Hao Qiong had been terrified, but he had no other choice. Director Lin had given orders. Since their next project was going to be a horror game, every single employee had to play horror games diligently. That would ensure that their horror game would turn out frightening Just thinking about being tortured similarly over the next few days exhausted Hao Qiong. Hao Qiong left the office and walked home. He had rented an apartment near the company. It was only a ten-minute walk away and very convenient for him. As he walked, Hao Qiong heard someone behind him cough. Ah! Hao Qiong was terrified, thinking that he had just bumped into a ghost. However, when he turned around, he realized that he had frightened the other person as well. Both of them jumped in the air, looking at each other in horror. The person who had coughed behind Hao Qiong was a working adult in his thirties. At that moment, he looked every bit as scared as Hao Qiong. Confused, Hao Qiong asked, What are you doing?! The working adult looked even more puzzled. I only coughed. Why did you have to overreact? Hao Qiong fell silent and realized that he was right. He had played too many horror games at work and ended up overreacting. Im sorry, I got frightened. Im sorry, Im sorry. Hao Qiong apologized and left. Suddenly, the working adult stopped him. Er Brother, please hold on. Actually, I came looking for you because I had a serious matter to discuss with you. Let me introduce myself. I work in the human resources department of Hengtu Games. My name is Wu Bin. Brother, are you intending to switch companies? Hao Qiong blinked and then realized that this man was a head-hunter. Although he was having a tough time playing horror games at work now, Hao Yun also received a high salary, huge bonuses, and feasts at Ming Yun Private Kitchen. With all these in mind, he shook his head decisively and said, No. Hao Qiong started to walk away, but Wu Bin quickly stopped him again. Brother! Brother, please hold on. You dont have to turn me down so quickly. We can go to a nearby coffee shop for a chat. As they sayeven if the transaction falls through, we can remain friends. Were working in the same industry anyway. Lets get to know each other. Hao Qiong still wanted to leave, but he was a weak-willed man. Unable to fend himself against Wu Bins smooth tongue, he reluctantly agreed to go to a nearby coffee shop to chat with Wu Bin. Both of them took their seats. As Wu Bin wiped the perspiration from his forehead, he inwardly rejoiced about successfully bluffing someone into having coffee with him after working so hard. Hao Qiong was not the first employee that Wu Bin had found. Before this, Wu Bin had tried emailing, calling, and other means of contacting other employees in Tengda Games and Shang Yang Games. However, no one paid any attention to him. No one returned his emails, and everyone hung up on him after he introduced himself. However, Wu Bin had a mission to accomplish. He was so helpless that he had to resort to the primitive way of standing outside the companys entrance to wait! There were higher chances of success in poaching people if they interacted face-to-face. He did some basic research and discovered that Hao Qian was an ordinary employee, who could be considered relatively marginalized in Shang Yang Games. Wu Bin did not think that it would be difficult to poach him. Of course, Wu Bin did not dare to go after core workers like Ye Zhizhou or Li Yada. These people enjoyed fame and riches in Tengda. Not only could they produce good games, but they could also earn good money. How could Wu Bin poach them? However, this man named Hao Qiong was only in charge of basic, miscellaneous roles in Tengdas subsidiary, Shang Yang Games. He was probably not paid that well either. No matter how good Tengdas welfare and benefits were, Wu Bin guessed that a marginalized employee like Hao Qiong probably could not be treated all that well. He should be able to poach Hao Qiong as long as he offered a generous salary, right? Wu Bin had no other choice. His boss had given him orders to poach a few people from Tengda Games so that they could learn from Tengdas advanced endeavors. At that thought, Wu Bin sorrowfully paid for both of their drinks and then prepared to display his gift of the gab. He had to seduce this naive-looking, young man to work for his company instead. Chapter 320 - Are all HR Staff so Unprofessional These Days? Wu Bin knew a thing or two about poaching people. Most importantly, he had to heighten the other partys expectations and try to fulfill them in a certain manner. Sometimes, he had to utter empty words; sometimes, he had to use gain as a lure; and sometimes, he had to use an iron hand in a velvet glove. Wu Bin had done his preliminary research. Hao Qiong was an administrative planner in Shang Yang Games, and he was in charge of the miscellaneous tasks. Administrative planners in Jingzhou earned an average of two to three thousand yuan per month. Of course, having done his homework, Wu Bin knew that Tengda treated its employees exceedingly well. However, he was not sure exactly what exceedingly well looked like. That was because, until now, he only knew of people running towards Tengda and not of anyone running from the company. Even if he tried to ask Tengdas current employees for examples and illustrations, they would not tell him. The only vague standard he could refer to was what had been mentioned in the official platforms interview: when Huang Sibo went to interview at Tengda, they offered him twice what he had expected. Yet, after trying various ways and means to ask around, Wu Bin discovered that Huang Sibos original salary had only been two thousand yuan per month. Doubling that was no big deal. Whats more, one had to consider what kind of person Huang Sibo was as well. Tengda had poached him to be their chief planner. Naturally, they had to pay him a higher salary. On the other hand, an ordinary employee like Hao Qiong could only earn as much as Huang Sibo did at Shang Yang Games, right? Through gritted teeth, the most Wu Bin could offer was five thousand yuan. Offering even a dollar more than that would be an insult to Wu Bins intelligence. Of course, the basic salary was probably not Hao Qiongs only source of income. Wu Bin had to consider the bonuses he earned as well. Thus, Wu Bin calculated in his head. The mobile version of Bloody Battle Song probably earned about four to five million yuan each month. This was Wu Bins estimate based on the games rank on various charts, the purchase options, the number of players, the games popularity, and the like. That was not considered a lot. After all, the good-hearted game did not have many paywalls. Wu Bin continued thinking hard. Ordinary games companies would distribute ten percent of each games revenue as project bonuses. That meant the employees probably got three to four hundred thousand yuan in total. Five hundred thousand yuan was probably a generous estimate. However, there were at least thirty to forty people in this project team. The core members probably got bigger shares while the insignificant fellows like Hao Qiongwho merely played supporting rolesprobably got five thousand yuan at best. Based on these calculations, Wu Bin guessed that Hao Qiong received a maximum of ten thousand yuan per month in the form of basic salary and bonus. As for other welfare benefits, Wu Bin was not sure. However, he could probably make up for those benefits by offering two to four thousand yuan more each month, right? Wu Bin planned on offering Hao Qiong a monthly salary from twelve to fourteen thousand yuan. To him, this was already a ridiculous amount. Ordinary chief planners in Jingzhou were only paid seven to eight thousand yuan a month. Now, he was going to try poaching a mere administrative planner with an average of thirteen thousand yuan a month? That was indeed ridiculous. Thus, Wu Bins strategy in poaching other employees was to heighten the other partys expectations. This was the script that he had planned out: Wu Bin: You must earn a high salary, right? Im guessing you earn a basic salary of six thousand yuan? Hao Qiong: Hows that possible? Its not so much-just about five thousand yuan. Wu Bin: Eh, then you must get a huge bonus each month, right? Im guessing upwards of seven or eight thousand yuan? Hao Qiong: Not even close. I only get five-thousand-odd yuan. Wu Bin: That means you only get ten thousand yuan a month? Thats lower than I expected. Hao Qiong: Its not bad. The company benefits are good. Wu Bin: But company benefits cant fill your tummy. Given your experience and skills, you would probably be paid at least twelve thousand yuan in our company! Hao Qiong: Really? Wu Bin: Of course! Youre worth at least that much! If Hao Qiong still looked reluctant, Wu Bin would continue increasing the offer, capping it at fifteen thousand yuan. Ordinary people would not be able to resist the temptation of earning an additional five thousand yuan each month. At that point, the poaching mission would be considered a success. It was a high price to pay, but in order to complete the mission assigned to him by his boss, Wu Bin had no other choice. In any case, he had to try to poach Wu Bin over first. Wu Bin began to act according to his planned script. I heard that the benefits at Tengda are not bad. You must earn a high salary, right? Im guessing you earn a basic salary of six thousand yuan? Hao Qiong nodded. Yes, thats about right. Wu Bin, ? He felt slightly light-headed. Hao Qiongs guess had already been a thousand yuan higher than the maximum basic salary he expected Wu Bin to earn. Yet, Hao Qiong acknowledged it so calmly! Fortunately, Wu Bin reacted quickly and acted like he had expected this response. You must get upwards of seven or eight thousand yuan as bonus each month as well, right? Hao Qiong sniggered. Thats right. Wu Bin, ? He immediately felt pained. What did he mean by thats right?! Did he get more than seven or eight thousand yuan?! One had to understand that ordinary games companies only distributed ten percent of their games revenue as bonusesand those were the better companies. Many other companies made money off their games but did not distribute bonuses to their employees. Yet, an administrative planner in Shang Yang Games was getting bonuses of more than seven or eight thousand yuan?! It sounded like it was at least eight thousand yuan! Wu Bin felt like he had made some grave errors in his calculations. In total, Hao Qiong was earning close to fifteen thousand yuan each month. That meant Wu Bin would need to offer him about eighteen to nineteen thousand yuan in order to poach him. That was too hard to accept! However, at that point, Wu Bin had no other option. Wu Bin could not back out now. He forced himself to say, That means you earn about fifteen thousand yuan a month? Thats a bit lower than I expected, but not that much lower. Hao Qiong smiled foolishly. Its not bad. The company benefits are good. At last, things were going according to his planned script. He quickly said, But company benefits cant fill your tummy! Before he could finish speaking, Hao Qiong interrupted. They can fill my tummy. Here, all three meals are provided by Fish-Catching Take-Out. The menu changes every day, and we can be certain that the foods healthy and hygienic. Wu Bin was speechless. Based on his calculations, Tengda was spending close to a thousand yuan per month on Hao Qiongs food expenses alone. Once again, the price had risen! Hao Qiong added, We also go to the nameless restaurant for meals regularly. Wu Bin was speechless. He was finished. Wasnt Hao Qiong messing with Wu Bins mind? Of course, Wu Bin knew about the nameless restaurant. The food there was extremely expensive. Even if one tried to hold back, having a meal there would cost two to three hundred yuan per person on average. Most companies were not able to afford having a meal there once a month, much less more often than that! Wu Bin was beginning to feel like there was no point in carrying on this conversation. He had to switch tactics. He had to talk to this naive young man in front of him about dreams. Wu Bin cleared his throat and said, Ai, I think man should not just think about filling our tummies. Shouldnt we try to pursue spirituality as well?. Hao Qiong nodded profusely. Thats right; I was just about to say that! We can play games anytime we want in our office. All the computers are high-quality and come with dual-monitors. We also get an expense limit each month that we can use to top-up our games. In addition Wu Bin quickly raised his hand, stopping Hao Qiong. Alright, alright, alright. I understand company benefits now. However, you also need to think about career advancement. Tengda Corporation has so many employees. Many people are waiting to become the next chief planner. Itll be so difficult for you to advance in that company! Puzzled, Hao Qiong replied, Its alright. From time to time, the company will arrange for outstanding employees to develop new businesses and venture into new territories. The current chief planner only took seven months to get promoted from an odd-job-worker to his current position. If I do my work well, it should be my turn soon. Wu Bin was speechless. There was nothing else to say. There was really nothing else to say! Wu Bin could not talk about company benefits because if they spent time listing them all out, he might have to offer Hao Qiong a salary of more than twenty thousand yuan a month. Even if Wu Bin did that-given the treatment that Hao Qiong was receiving at Tengda, he might not even want to switch companies! After much consideration, Wu Bin forced himself to make a huge offer. Im going straight to the point! If you join our company, we can pay you 22 thousand yuan a month. How does that sound?! Wu Bin stared at Hao Qiong. Hao Qiong stared back at Wu Bin. Both of them were speechless. After a long time, Hao Qiong scratched his head. Do you always offer a lower salary when you try to poach other people? Wu Bin, ? Wu Bin was completely dumbfounded. A lower salary?! He was extremely puzzled. This is already higher than the sum of your basic salary and bonus. It even makes up for the company benefits that you currently enjoy. Hao Qiong did not know what to say. It isnt higher than the sum of my basic salary and bonus. Wu Bin felt light-headed. Didnt you say that you get a bonus of at least eight thousand yuan per month? Hao Qiong replied, I meant that I get a bonus of more than eight thousand yuan. I didnt say how much because I didnt want to hurt your feelings. Wu Bin was speechless. What the f*ck do you mean by you didnt want to hurt my feelings?! Wu Bin sighed inwardly and looked at Hao Qiong once again. Brother, if you really dont want to hurt my feelings, tell me the truth. How much do you get as your bonus? Hao Qiong answered, Above ten thousand yuan. Wu Bin, Brother, can you be more specific? Make me give up once and for all. What do you mean by above ten thousand yuan? Hao Qiong, Double of ten thousand yuan? Wu Bins expression darkened. He felt like his intelligence had just been gravely insulted. Brother, do you take me for a fool? Your game probably only makes four to five million yuan each month. If you get twenty thousand yuan as bonus, it would mean that one million yuan out of the revenue earned from this project would be distributed as bonuses, right? Hao Qiong nodded, Thats right. This sounded ridiculous to Wu Bin. Youre saying that a fifth of the games revenue goes to distributing bonuses? Hao Qiong shook his head. Thats not how you calculate it. Bonuses arent distributed based on profits but on reputation. Our game has an A-grade reputation now. That means that every month for six months, a tenth of the total sum invested in the game would be distributed as bonuses. Research, development, and marketing of this game cost a total of ten million yuan. Thats why a tenth of that sum is distributed as bonuses each month. Wu Bin thought that he had misheard Hao Qiong. What if your game incurs losses? Hao Qiong was bewildered. Why are you even dafter than I am? I already said that our bonuses are distributed based on reputation. We get bonuses even if the game incurs losses. Wu Bin remained silent for a long time. Finally, he said sorrowfully, Ai, all of you who work on games earn a lot of money. I really envy you. Hao Qiong shook his head. No, thats not true. In my company, whether you work in human resources, administration, or finance you would earn a lot. My salary is considered average in my company. Wu Bin was speechless. Brother, is your company hiring? If I want to apply for a job, where should I submit my resume? Hao Qiong shrugged. Im not too sure. Its said that future applicants will have to take a written exam in the future. As for what the exam will be about, I dont really know. Its not easy for us to refer our friends for roles now either. Eh? This isnt right. Arent you supposed to poach me? Hao Qiong suddenly realized that their roles seemed to have reversed. Wu Bin cupped his fists and said, Farewell! Then, he got up and left. Hao Qiong watched as Wu Bin left the coffee shop. He sipped his coffee, feeling puzzled. Are all HR staff so unprofessional these days? Chapter 321 - Boss Pei, I’m Your Fan! November 6th, Saturday Pei Qian lay back in his office chair, listlessly scanning the resumes sent by applicants to the offices email inbox. At the moment, the HR department was still anxiously preparing the entrance examinations and related materials. Since that was a relatively complicated task involving many stages, Pei Qian guessed that they would not make headway anytime soon. Having free time on his hands, Pei Qian accessed the recruitment email inbox and tried to find gold. He wanted to see if he could pick a suitable right-hand man from among the applicants, whom he would be able to make use of However, after spending a long time searching, Pei Qian found no one satisfactory. The resumes were all too well done! He did not know if these people wrote their own resumes or paid someone online to write them on their behalf. It seemed that everyone badly wanted a job at Tengda. However, this was making it harder for Boss Pei to shortlist suitable applicants. Would Boss Pei dare to accept applicants with beautiful resumes? Forget it. Its ridiculous trying to recruit someone on my own. Id better wait for the slacker selection process to be ready. Pei Qian really needed to hire help. He had not even managed to find anyone to act as Vice President for the cell phone business. Although Lin Wan was in charge of the cell phone business as well, she was only supposed to be an overseer. At most, she could only be put in charge of a portion of the work. Someone had to share the load with her. Of course, to put it bluntly, that person had to check Lin Wans power and slow her down. Pei Qian was afraid that Lin Wan would turn out extremely capable. If both the next game and the cell phone business succeeded, Pei Qian would be in deep trouble. Yet, he could not find anyone suitable to act as Lin Wans Vice President. Pei Qian had wanted to look for someone among the applicants, but on further thought, he realized that Tengda did not have a cell phone business yet. Naturally, very few talents from that industry sent in their resumes. If Pei Qian hired a layman, his intentions would be too obvious. Lin Wan might get suspicious, and Pei Qian would have a much harder time persuading her to go home and take over her family business. Thus, he had to find someone with a satisfactory resume. Pei Qian pondered for a moment and thought about searching on Qiandu. He typed in the keywords cell phone and bankrupt. As he scanned the results, a particular news article caught his attention. Hongcheng Technologies goes insolvent: In less than one month, it accumulated debts of about 130 million yuan. According to the latest news, Hongcheng Technologies operating entity, Hongcheng Technologies Co. Ltd. has been named a judgment debtor for a debt of about According to reports, Hongcheng Technologies total liabilities added up to more than eight billion yuan. How did a company that had made 174 million yuan just a year ago suddenly collapse? In an interview, its founder revealed that the direct cause was a rupture in the capital chain. The root problem was that the company had been incurring losses for a long time. However, the former Vice President of Hongcheng Technologies, Chang You, seemed to express a different opinion about this online. He thought that Hongcheng Technologies had failed because the company had been too short-sighted. This later led to Chang You being heavily criticized online. Many netizens thought that Chang You had been the one who made wrong decisions, bit off more than he could chew, and caused the collapse of Hongcheng Technologies. It is worth noting that from August 13th to this day, Hongcheng Technologies has defaulted four times and has accumulated debts of about 130 million yuan Pei Qian could not help but feel envious. They owed at least a hundred million yuan! If I lost that much In any case, there must have been a hidden talent in Hongcheng Technologies! It was either the founder or the Vice President. After all, both of them tried to shift the blame to the other. Obviously, one of them was very problematic. Pei Qian researched more about Hongcheng Technologies and discovered that the company was quite a reputable cell phone manufacturer in the country. Of course, they also ventured into industries other than the cell phone one. At the start of the year before, the company announced that it had made over a hundred million yuan. Another year passed, and they collapsed just like that. Pei Qian looked for more information on Hongcheng Technologies Vice President, Chang You. At once, his eyes lit up. Chang You became Vice President of Hongcheng Technologies a year ago and took charge of the cell phone business. A year later, the perfectly good company collapsed! The more Pei Qian read, the more this high-profile individual was his dream employee! Chang You looked short and thin, but Pei Qian could almost feel the unlimited energy hidden inside his body! Pei Qian made up his mind immediately. It was him! Pei Qian would put him in charge of the new cell phone business. This was the talent he had tried so hard to find. He quickly called Assistant Xin into his office. Assistant Xin entered and immediately updated Pei Qian on what he had asked her to do earlier. Boss Pei, you told me to look for an investment assistant earlier. Ive already found one. If you have the time, you can meet him and see if youre satisfied. Pei Qian pondered for a moment and said, How about this? Tell him to go to Fish-Catching Internet Cafes Handong University branch in two hours. Ill meet him there. Also, help me to look for a way to contact Hongcheng Technologies former Vice President, Chang You. I want to meet him, too. Assistant Xin nodded. Alright, Ill do that. Assistant Xin was just about to turn around and leave when Pei Qian recalled a very important thing. He said, Wait a minute. Whats the name of the investment consultant you found? Pei Qian was going to interview the man; it did not seem right that he still did not know his name. Assistant Xin said, His name is He Desheng. Ive already sent his resume and other relevant information to your email address. Pei Qian was speechless. Is there a problem? Assistant Xin noticed Pei Qian looking dumbfounded and became puzzled. Pei Qian waved his hand. No, go back to work. Assistant Xin left the office. The moment Pei Qian heard the mans name, he felt the urge to turn him down. He Desheng[1]? This name was intolerable. However, on further thought, Pei Qian realized that he was a young man who had been deeply influenced by materialism. There was no need for him to be so superstitious. There was a man named Hao Qiong in Shang Yang Games as well, but he was becoming rich after receiving such high salaries from the company, wasnt he? His life no longer matched his name! Of course, at the end of the day, Pei Qian could not turn this applicant down for no good reason. They had not even met. He would seem too weird if he said he wanted to find someone else. Pei Qian pondered for a moment. Since the man was already here, Pei Qian had might as well bring Ma Yang to meet him as well. If he really did not make the cut, Pei Qian would find a reason to turn him down. Two hours later, at Fish-Catching Internet Cafes Handong University branch Pei Qian and Ma Yang were already prepared. Boss Peis first impression of He Desheng was only so-so. Thus, he did not harbor high hopes. On the other hand, Ma Yang could barely sit still. He looked so nervous that one would have thought he was going on a blind date. From time to time, he looked outside the shop. Pei Qian gently reminded him, Old Ma, hes a man, and hes not that good-looking. You dont have to be so nervous. Ma Yang immediately looked defensive. Brother Qian, what are you talking about?! Im just excited to meet a man of worth and ability! In high school, I made a resolution to learn finance. It was only because I did horribly in my sciences that I was forced to study humanities. Thats why Im looking forward to meeting someone well-versed in finance! Im filled with respect for him! Pei Qian faintly noticed something wrong. He quickly said, Old Ma, you may respect him, but remember that youre the angel investor making the decisions. You must have your own opinions! Ma Yang patted his chest confidently. Dont worry, Brother Qian. Im so opinionated; what are you worried about? Pei Qian was speechless. Old Ma knows nothing about himself. Is that good or bad? Pei Qian was not sure. As both of them chatted, He Desheng finally arrived. Pei Qian had seen his picture and read his resume before this. He Desheng was a 27-year-old male who looked very ordinary, like any other employee in the company. Finding anything special about his appearance was a difficult task. Generally, he lacked a strong presence. Pei Qian was quite happy with this. If he lacked a strong presence, he probably lacked influence as well. That meant Ma Yang would be allowed to display his talents. He Desheng did not look nervous. Perhaps it was because Fish-Catching Internet Cafes atmosphere was too relaxing, and it did not feel as imposing or pressurizing as most company interviews did. He Desheng explained his achievements, but since Pei Qian knew nothing about investments, he could not tell when He Desheng was bootlicking and when he was stating a legitimate achievement. However, since Assistant Xin had recommended He Desheng, Pei Qian trusted that he was relatively good at what he did. The only thing worth noting was that He Desheng was currently working as an investment assistant at Fu Hui Investments. Whats more, he said that he was about to be promoted to investment manager. When he heard the words Fu Hui Investments, Pei Qian could not help but drift off and think about Boss Li. Pei Qian wondered how Boss Li had been and when he would be able to help Pei Qian out once again. While Pei Qian daydreamed, He Desheng finished his self-introduction. As he introduced himself, He Desheng had kept eyeing Pei Qian. It was almost as if he was interested in the latter. Since Pei Qian had not thought about what to ask, the atmosphere quickly became awkward. He looked at Old Ma, who yawned and nodded apologetically. Well said! Pei Qian was speechless. I knew he would daydream as well. He wasnt even listening! Pei Qian was just about to start another conversation topic when He Desheng spoke. Boss Pei, Im your fan! [1] In Mandarin, He means congratulations, and Desheng means to triumph. Chapter 322 - Knock Shenhua out of the Market! Pei Qian did not know how to react. My fan? Why am I famous even among people in the investment industry? He Desheng was obviously excited. Boss Pei, I used to be Boss Lis investment assistant. From time to time, I would hear about you from him. Be it Fish-Catching Internet Cafe or Ming Yun Villas nameless restaurant, your investments proved to be textbook-worthy successes! Its worth spending a few years fully digesting and learning these lessons! Whenever Boss Li talks about you, he seems to have a telepathic connection with you. Thats why I did not hesitate to apply when I heard that you were looking for an investment consultant. I did not come here for money but purely to learn your profound investment knowledge! Pei Qian finally understood. This fellow had been infected by Boss Li! However, on further thought, this was not bad for Pei Qian. Since He Desheng came with the intention to learn, he would not ask too many questions or offer too many opinions. Pei Qian subtly cleared his throat. Lets not talk about the past. That was all pure luck. Your job would mainly involve helping out with various procedures whenever Boss Ma requires it in the future. Also, you should not interfere with Boss Mas thought processes and investment decisions. He Desheng quickly nodded. I understand! Its more than enough for me to learn the ways of investment from the two big bosses. I only have basic and superficial investment knowledge. I wouldnt dare to show off in front of both of you. Pei Qian was extremely pleased with He Deshengs attitude. Very goodthis young man knew his limits very well. You just have to steadfastly act as a tool, and I will pay you as much as I can. Its a win-win situation! How great! Pei Qian thought that this applicant was not bad, and he was just about to seal the deal. However, Ma Yang had been flipping through He Deshengs resume. At that moment, he softly said, Brother Qian, how can he be my investment assistant? He isnt even an investment manager. He has too little experience. Can we find someone else? Pei Qian was speechless. This Old Ma! You got distracted, yawned, and remained silent while the guy had been introducing himself. Now that weve almost settled everything, youre picking on his resume?! Yet, Pei Qian had no other choice. He wanted Old Ma to fully display his intelligence and talents. He could not force things on him. If Old Ma did not like He Desheng and ended up not trusting him, Old Ma might end up looking for his own investment consultant in secret. Then, Pei Qian would have a bigger problem on his hands. After all, this man would be Old Mas investment assistant. Pei Qian had to spare a thought for how the latter felt. However, Pei Qian had no idea how to persuade Ma Yang. He could only turn to He Desheng and ask, Well, do you have any other merits? Please explain your strengths to us. He Desheng had thought that he had already secured the job after seeing Pei Qians expression. He did not expect to be put in a spot again. He quickly listed in detail the decisions he had been a part of in Fu Hui Investments and the results he had achieved. Pei Qian did not understand him the entire time. He stole a glance at Ma Yang and realized that the latter still looked unsatisfied. Of course, Ma Yang definitely did not understand He Desheng either. He was only upset because he thought an investment assistant was too lowly-ranked. Pei Qian began to regret it. If he had known this would happen, he would have replaced the words investment assistant on He Deshengs resume to a higher position like investment manager. Seeing that Ma Yang remained unconvinced, Pei Qian quickly dropped He Desheng a hint. You can talk about your other interests and strengths as well. Do you sing, dance, or write? What kind of games do you normally play? He Desheng scratched his head, puzzled. After a moment of silence, He Desheng tried asking, Does it count if I have a total of 1900 points on Gods Risings PvP platform? Ma Yang immediately made up his mind. Good! Brother Qian, hes the one! Pei Qian was speechless. He had never thought that this would be the thing that changed Ma Yangs mind. The points a player had on Gods Risings PvP platform were indicative of the players standard. Ordinarily, people with 2000 points and above could be considered professional gamers. If He Desheng really had 1900 points on the platform, it meant that he could easily defeat ordinary players even with his eyes closed. A formidable player with 1900 points could definitely buy Ma Yang over right? It was no wonder that Ma Yang had made up his mind at once. He had been won over by these 1900 points. Although this was preposterous, Pei Qian decided that this was the ending he wanted. As long as Old Ma was happy with the investment assistant Pei Qian wanted, the latter could not be bothered about the process. All Pei Qian cared about was that Old Ma could call the shots and lose all the investment firms money. Then, everything would be alright. Pei Qian was very pleased. Alright, I will leave Dream Realization Ventures to both of you, then. If you need anything, call me. Dont be shy to tell me whenever youre in need of money. Also, Old Ma, remember the investment secrets I imparted to you before. Ma Yang nodded profusely. Dont worry, Brother Qian! Leave it to me! Ill get it done! Pei Qian turned to face He Desheng. How much did Fu Hui Investments pay you? He Desheng hesitated and said, Boss Pei, I already said that Im here to learn your profound investment knowledge. As for salary I wouldnt mind even if you just give me a token sum. Pei Qian waved his hand. Just tell me the truth. How much did they pay you? He Desheng answered, About eight thousand yuan. Of course, that was how much I was paid as an investment assistant. As an investment manager Pei Qian interrupted him. Ill give you sixteen thousand yuan, with an additional four thousand yuan as a special allowance. Your monthly salary would be twenty thousand yuan. He Desheng looked puzzled. Boss Pei, thats too much! Whats more, theres no reason I should receive special allowance. Pei Qian patted his shoulder and said, This is to compensate you for the psychological suffering you will endure while playing games with Boss Ma. That weekend, Pei Qian had nothing much to do. He browsed houses online. His plan was to find a good real estate, pay the full price upfront, and then ask his parents to move in. As for Boss Peis own accommodation He could probably start thinking about moving as well. However, Pei Qian did feel quite comfortable where he was. Since he was too lazy to move houses for now, he figured that there was no rush. November 8th, Monday Assistant Xin had already contacted Chang You and bought return tickets for him to make a trip to Jingzhou. This meeting was quite important to Boss Pei. If he could hire a good right-hand man, all of Boss Peis concerns about the future would dissipate! Speaking of which, the thing that frustrated Pei Qian the most was that not one of his countless employees could share his burdens. Some of them had looked reliable at first but started doing crazy things a few months later. The only one who could really share his burdens was Ma Yang, but Ma Yang was only considered half a man. Boss Pei was miserable. He could not wait to find someone who could share his burdens. Boss Pei would immediately give him heavy responsibilities and put him in charge of all the businesses! Pei Qian was very hopeful. He hoped that this Chang You would turn out to be the man he had been searching high and low for. At 2 pm, Pei Qian met Chang You in Tengdas guest room. Before this, Pei Qian had learned about Vice President Changs current situation from Assistant Xin. Chang You was the former Vice-President of Hongcheng Technologies. He had been a high-ranking employee, but he had not been the boss. Thus, after Hongcheng Technologies collapse, the boss became a judgment debtor, but Chang Yous life and subsequent jobs remained unaffected. Of course, Chang You had not been happy either. After all, he had lost his job. According to Assistant Xin, Vice President Chang was also a highly ambitious person. After Hongcheng Technologies went bust, Vice-President Chang received offers from various companies. However, he turned them all down. That was because none of them were to his liking. Some had been small-scale cell phone manufacturers while others had practically been producing counterfeit cell phones. Chang You turned them all down because he had only been after serious, reliable cell phone companies. Yet, all the serious, reliable cell phone companies despised him. Thus, Chang You remained jobless. Pei Qian thought that that was quite good. Wouldnt it be a waste for a talent like that to be in the business of producing counterfeit cell phones?! You can only reach your full potential by manufacturing cell phones with me. As Pei Qian had been thinking about this, the guest rooms door had opened. Pei Qian stood up and saw Chang You in person for the first time. He was not tall; he looked shorter than 1.7 meters. While he looked thin and weak, he also seemed to exude energy. Boss Pei, how are you? Chang You shook Pei Qians hand. It was quite a solid handshake. On the whole, Pei Qians first impression of Chang You was that he was a man of action. Pei Qian guessed that he was quite stubborn and opinionated. It was good that he was a man of action! Boss Pei did indeed have a preference for bums, but a man of action was the best bet for key management positions like that. A bum would probably fail to produce anything even after a few months. Boss Peis settlement would end up getting delayed. On the other hand, a man of action would work blindly and burn more money. Boss Pei loved employees who burned money fast. Whats more, if Chang You turned out to be stubborn, he would likely cling to his own course. At worst, he would likely make mistakes in huge decisions. At best, he would sow dissension and discord in the management team. All in all, this Vice President had caused a huge company like Hongcheng Technologies to collapse. He must have had the real skill to achieve a glorious task like that. Pei Qian had high hopes for him. Both of them took their seats in the guest room, and someone served tea. Since they were meeting for the first time, they exchanged a couple of pleasantries. After that, Pei Qian brought up the main topic. Vice President Chang, to tell you the truth, I appreciate your talents. Tengda has plans to start a tech company, and were going to start with cell phones. I think your precious experience is very important. Please join my team! Chang You was stunned. He did not think Boss Pei would be so straightforward. Chang You was the job seeker, and Boss Pei was the paying employer. Logically, Chang You should have been expected to take the initiative. However, Boss Pei clearly did not mind these things and immediately displayed his eagerness to hire talents. Chang You could sense his sincerity. He was very moved. However, he did not agree right away. Instead, he hesitated and said, Boss Pei, lets talk about whether we have the same mindset or not first. I have my own judgment of the way the industry will develop. I dont want to only find out about conflict in our views later on; it might be hard to turn back then. Pei Qian nodded. Thats right, those are my thoughts exactly. Lets talk about it in detail, then. What do you think our end goal should be if we start a company? Chang You pondered for a moment and replied, To knock Shenhua out of the market! Chapter 323 - 23 We are Both Dreamers! Pei Qian stayed silent for a moment. Its good to have goals, but I think modern society is about being mutually profitable. If you see everything as a zero-sum game, the pie would be way too small. Whats more, I think we should be more far-sighted. Shenhuas cell phone business is not bad, but they are only influential in the local market. Chang You paused. Boss Pei, what do you mean? Our end goal has to be higher. As opposed to knocking Shenhua out of the market, wed be better off acquiring Pineapple! Chang You was immediately filled with respect. What was this feeling? It was the feeling of meeting a close friend who knew him inside out! Chang You knew very well that this was a two-way choice. Boss Pei was considering whether to recruit him or not, while he was considering whether he could work under Boss Pei or not. Chang You had always been used to speaking his mind. He never hid his feelings or beat about the bush. Thus, he often posted controversial arguments on his Weibo or expressed them in news conferences. That was how he got his nickname, Big Mouth Chang. Many bosses of tech companies did not like him either. They thought he was a show-off who did not know how to do real work. Even so, Chang You had never considered changing his style. He would only sneer at them inwardly. How could small fries predict the ambitions of the great? He believed that he would meet a boss who truly understood him one day! Now, Boss Pei had shown that his thinking was undoubtedly in line with Chan Yous by mentioning acquiring Pineapple. Whats more, it seemed like Boss Pei was of an even higher tier! Thats right. Why should we knock others out of the market? Wouldnt acquisition be better? As if in deep thought, Chang You nodded and said, Brilliant idea, Boss Pei! Pei Qian pondered for a moment and asked, Whats your working style? Chang You immediately answered, Im an independent worker who likes to decide and act alone. I expect all my subordinates to follow my orders. Im also a perfectionist, and I wouldnt accept anything less than perfection. Pei Qian nodded. Good! Thats the way a leader should think. You shouldnt be easily influenced by others. Im on the same page as you! What kind of attitude do you have towards the looks of cell phones? Do you agree that we should make our cell phones look like Pineapples? Chang You decisively denied this. We must not allow that! A cell phones looks are an important part of its branding. We cannot allow our cell phones to model after others. The cell phones that we design must be unique! Pei Qian asked, What do you think about cell phone prices, then? Should we sell cheap cell phones? After some thought, Chang You replied, I think developing high-end models would truly display our tech companys skills! Once again, Pei Qian asked, What are your thoughts about Shenhua being the representative of local cell phones? Chang You proudly answered, Theyre doing well, but we will surpass them one day! Pei Qian could not help but hold up his thumb. Very good! Those are my thoughts exactly! Pei Qian was extremely satisfied with Chang You. He perfectly matched Pei Qians expectations! Pei Qian already had a general plan as to what kind of cell phones to manufacture. Up-and-coming cell phone brands would undoubtedly have the highest chance of success if they focused on their cell phones price-quality ratio. By minimizing profits, these brands could make their cell phones seem to have better price-quality ratios than that of other well-known manufacturers. That way, up-and-coming brands could dominate the mid- to low-end market. In the next ten or so years, the local economy would keep developing. However, on the whole, some regions would develop faster than others. Naturally, people would continue to put a high emphasis on the price-quality ratio. In other words, there would always be a market for good but cheap cell phones. Since Pei Qians aim was to cause his cell phone business to fail, he had to do the exact opposite. He could not focus on the low- to mid-end market or on the price-quality ratio of his cell phones. He had to look decisively to the high-end market! At the moment, only three brands dominated the local high-end market: Pineapple, MSC, and Shenhua. Whats more, Shenhua only dared to price its flagship model at around five thousand yuan. Other companies that tried to fight for a market share in the high-end market ended up failing completely. One could tell from the above that the most reliable way to fail would be to try and enter the high-end market! Chang You was obviously on the same page as Boss Pei as well! Through this short conversation, Pei Qian also found out that Chang You was a little different from what he had imagined at first. Initially, Pei Qian had only thought that Chang You was one to aim too high. However, Pei Qian now knew that Chang You had a clear goal. Wa. Whats more, after observing Vice President Chang for some time, Pei Qian realized that he had other merits. For instance he did not take his competitors for fools. Instead, he objectively recognized and admitted Shenhuas achievements. Also, Vice-President Chang was very refined and courteous in reality. Although there was a hint of pride about him, he was not impossible to get along with. He did not look that stubborn or bossy. However, these little flaws did not affect Pei Qians judgment of him. No matter what, Chang You had set his mind on the high-end market. In other words, he was on the same page as Boss Pei and was very valuable! Pei Qian was just about to shake Chang Yous hand to seal the deal when he suddenly thought of a few more questions. At once, he shot away. If you dont mind, can you briefly tell me what happened when you were at Hongcheng Technologies? Pei Qian needed to clarify if it was Chang You or Hongcheng Technologies boss that was responsible for the huge companys collapse. Chang You shook his head helplessly. Ai, it seems inappropriate for me to discuss matters regarding my old employer now that Ive left. I wont go into much detail. I can only say that both of us had extremely different ideals. I had always thought that Hongcheng Technologies should aim for the high-end market. Yet, in reality, it always worked on low-end models. Whats more, it had a habit of lowering their prices and running promotions. Its cash flow had always been tight as a result. Hongcheng Technologies boss was a bit of a spendthrift. That worsened the problem. Subsequently there was a rupture in the capital chain. We couldnt do anything to salvage the situation. Of course, I have to be honest. I had exceeded the budget for research and development of the project that I had been in charge of at the time. Yet, the results of the project had not been good enough. That contributed to the problems in our capital chain. Pei Qian nodded. I understand! It looked like both Chang You and his boss had been responsible for the companys failure; neither one of them could shift the blame to the other. Hongcheng Technologies had always worked on low-end models. Pei Qian knew this. Running promotions increased Hongcheng Technologies sales but did not improve its cash flow. That was probably what its boss meant when he said Hongcheng Technologies had never really generated a profit in the interview. In the end, Chang You insisted on working on high-end models and spent too much money on research and development, causing a rupture in the capital chain and the collapse of the entire company. As for Hongcheng Technologies boss being a spendthrift Pei Qian thought that this was probably Chang You trying to shift the blame! Even if the boss had been a spendthrift, how much money could he possibly have spent? How could he have affected a capital chain worth tens or hundreds of millions? Still, Pei Qian was not mad that Chang You had tried to shift the blame. In this prosperous and enlightened age, Boss Pei had finally found a treacherous right-hand man for himself! Seeing Boss Peis trusting smile, Chang You could not help but smile as well. A confidante! He had always felt troubled by what happened with Hongcheng Technologies. Hongcheng Technologiess bankruptcy really had nothing much to do with him. On the surface, he had been in charge of the products Hongcheng Technologies had been producing. However, the boss had been the one calling all the shots behind the scenes. Chang You had made up his mind to try and enter the high-end market. Yet, his boss had remained hesitant, citing excuses like the lack of funds or the lack of manpower. The boss ended up spending more than 120 million yuan on his little hobby, causing a rupture in Hongcheng Technologies capital chain and the ultimate collapse of the company. Chang You had no other choice. The only reason this news was still kept under wraps was that he was loyal and righteous. He could not possibly badmouth his old employer; others would think that he was terribly petty. Yet, for that reason, he became the scapegoat. Naturally, everyone wondered why a perfectly good Hongcheng Technologies became insolvent shortly after Chang You was made Vice President. Since then, it was very difficult for Chang You to enter the cell phone business. Everyone, from other manufacturers to consumers, saw him as a slacker. No one believed him anymore! Yet, Chang You felt a long-absent warmth and trust radiating from Boss Pei. He could tell that Boss Pei meant every word that he said. Boss Pei was not lying to him. Whats more, he could not possibly have been faking that warm smile! At that moment, Chang You decided that even if Boss Pei offered him a low salary and even if he would be working for a small cell phone manufacturer, he would stick with this company and never give up on it! Chang You asked, Boss Pei, can I ask how our first cell phone model would be priced? Pei Qian pondered for a moment and said, Our first cell phone model would be priced conservatively. Chang You felt slightly disappointed. After all, he really wanted to work on high-end cell phones. However, on further thought, he realized that this was to be expected. After all, this was a newly-established games company. He could not expect it to bite off more than it could chew. It was a logical plan. The first cell phone model would be stable, meant to test waters. Subsequently, they could try and enter the high-end market. Since Boss Pei was a trusted confidante, Chang You was willing to tolerate this slight loss. Chang You nodded. Alright, Ill make an exception for you this once! Pei Qian stared at him and said, We have to try and fill in the gaps in the market when making products. Our first cell phone model has to be priced according to the existing gaps. After some thought, Chang You asked, Are we going to price it below a thousand yuan or close to three thousand yuan? At the moment, low-end models were priced around two thousand yuan, and high-end models were priced from four to six thousand yuan. Even the top Pineapple cell phone was currently priced at about seven thousand yuan. Pei Qian shook his head and said, Neither. Chang You looked astonished. Well there arent any other gaps. There are, replied Pei Qian, Theres a gap above seven thousand yuan, right? We can create a model thats priced at about eight thousand yuan. Therell be no competitors! Chang You was dumbfounded. For the first time, he felt like he had met someone more of a dreamer than himself. Chapter 324 - Otto Technologies However, it became Chang Yous turn to hesitate after he heard that Pei Qians intention was to create a cell phone priced at around eight thousand yuan. Boss Pei, this price range is meant for extremely high-end models. At the moment, even Pineapple hasnt taken that step If you set the price at that range, there would only be two possibilities. One, we could explain the high price based on our brands high added value. However, that would only succeed if the market already has an impression of our brand. Two, we could explain the high price based on the technology, services, and the like. We would have to ensure that the value of our cell phone and the peripheral benefits actually match this price range. The former is definitely impossible. The latter Would be quite difficult. Personally, I think we should make high-end cell phones priced at four to five thousand yuan. That would increase our chances of success. Chang You had never thought that these words would come out of his mouth. When he had been working at Hongcheng Technologies, Chang You always pushed the boss and other managers to work on high-end cell phones and not to always stick to low-end models priced at one thousand yuan or mid-end models priced at two thousand yuan. He always insisted they had to try producing cell phones in the four- to five-thousand-yuan price range. However, no one had paid attention to him. They had been too obsessed with producing low-end models and earning quick bucks. Now, it was completely the opposite. His boss was insisting on producing cell phones worth eight thousand yuan, and the normally-ambitious Chang You had become the conservative one. At that moment, Chang You found it difficult to adapt. He never thought that people would one day label him as conservative. However, Pei Qian was already prepared for this. Do you think I didnt consider any of these things before I decided to work on high-end cell phones? Even if I wanted to charge an IQ tax[1], the System wouldnt let me! If Pei Qian worked on a three-thousand-yuan cell phone model and tried to force its price up to eight thousand yuan, the System wouldnt allow him to. That was because the cell phones selling price would obviously be much higher than its cost price. The System allowed Pei Qian to set a selling price within a fixed range, but he could not exceed that range. Big international brands that charged high premiums had an approximately thirty-percent profit margin, but local brands profit margins were only about ten percent. That meant if Pei Qian wanted to produce cell phones, he could not have a profit margin of more than thirty percent. In fact, Pei Qian wanted to minimize his profit margin as much as possible. That was because the high-end market would only target ballers. Pei Qian had already learned from his experience with the Red Kilin. Ballers would be happy to spend eight thousand yuan. Spending five hundred or a thousand yuan more would not mean anything to them. In other words If they failed to sell their cell phones, their price would not matter. Boss Pei would still incur losses. However, if they managed to sell a few cell phones, the higher Pei Qian priced them; the less loss he would incur. Thus, setting a lower price would ensure he minimized any profit he could earn. Even if they did manage to sell some cell phones, Pei Qian would not earn much. He would still be able to incur overall losses. Then, he would invest a huge sum of money in producing hundreds of stocks to be stored in the warehouses. If nobody bought them, he would keep lowering their prices. He would be happily incurring losses then, right? Pei Qian smiled confidently and said to Chang You, If we increase our cell phones added value, it would be akin to charging an IQ tax. How can we do that? Its despicable behavior! We have to spend as much as we can on the hardware and technology! As for profit margins, I think five percent is good enough. Well fight for more sales first. Chang You fell into deep thought. He had many opinions about the cell phone business, but at that moment, he was completely at a loss for words. Spend as much as we can on hardware and technology? A profit margin of five percent is good enough? It sounded like there was still the possibility of success. Yet, the plan sounded so unreliable at the same time. Looking at Chang Yous pained expression, Pei Qian became very concerned. He asked, Is there a problem with making sure our hardware and technology reaches this price range? Chang You hesitated and then said, Its not impossible if we insist on pushing the hardware and technology into this price range. However, there will be two problems. First of all, we will not sell that many cell phones. The high price is set by the low supply. Thats one. Two, if we want to push for expensive hardware and technology, we have to be prepared that they would not be fully mature. Little problems might crop up here and there, and we would not be able to guarantee our cell phones final pass yield. The former can be easily dealt with; we would only need to spend more money. However, the latter will be dangerous for a high-end cell phone brand. In fact, I would say its fatal. An eight-thousand-yuan cell phone cannot be breaking every two or three days. What kind of impression would this leave our customers with? Of course, things wouldnt be that bad. Im not saying that eight in every ten cell phones would be unusable. However, if eight or nine in every hundred cell phones are problematic, our reputation would still take a huge hit. The more new technologies we make use of, the more serious the problem would become. Low final pass yield? Pei Qian smiled. Thats easy to resolve. We can create a data transfer function. If our customers cell phones break down, we can deliver a new one to their doorstep. Since ours is a high-end brand, we can only replace cell phones and not repair them. Pei Qian was thinking that few people would buy the cell phone anyway. They would have so many stocks in their warehouse. Even if someone unfortunately received a problematic phone, they could promise to replace it unconditionally. At that point, Pei Qian thought of another problem. They could solve it at the same time. One more thing: we have to think of additional unique services that we can provide for our customers. One example would be free doorstep delivery. If customers cell phones break down and they stay in Jingzhou, our men would send a new one to their doorstep. They would help with the data transfer on the spot and recall the old cell phone. They would also bring a gift with them to express our apologies. If they live outside Jingzhou, we can partner with other delivery companies to get their cell phones delivered to them, have their data transferred, and bring their old cell phones back. They could also get a few free hours of gaming at Fish-Catching Internet Cafe every month if they show their phone or something All in all, we need to add a few additional services to make the price customers would be paying worth it. Since the System insisted that the cell phone had to be worth its price, Pei Qian thought about adding a few more expensive technologies in the supply chain and a bunch of useless additional services. At least this would roughly deal with the Systems restrictions. Chang You stared at Boss Pei, his eyes filled with confusion and a hint of respect. There were so many problems, but Pei Qian had dealt with them so decisively. Of course, Chang You could not tell if these solutions would work out in the end. Yet, at least they had a game plan. Chang You pondered for a moment and suddenly jumped. Inwardly, he questioned himself. Chang You, Chang You since when did you transform into the very person you hate? He recalled the environment in Hongcheng Technologies. Back then, he had tried hard to persuade his boss to use new technologies, set a higher price for their cell phones, and move away from the low-end market. However, his boss and other high-ranking employees kept finding problems with his suggestions in order to run away from adopting them. Every day, he heard arguments like we cant work on high-end models, the customers wouldnt like it, we cant guarantee the final pass yield, and this isnt appropriate. At the time, he had been very angry. These problems existed, but they could not sit back and do nothing just because that was true! Instead, they should have worked hard to deal with those problems! Yet, now, Chang You was playing a completely different role in front of Boss Pei. He kept raising problems. On the other hand, Boss Pei kept resolving them! Chang You, Chang You why should Boss Pei trust you if you keep running away from problems and shirking responsibilities? After asking himself this question, Chang You made up his mind. Alright, Boss Pei! I think this plan will work! Ill work as hard as I can to do this well! However Boss Pei, I have a bold request to make. Pei Qian nodded. Go ahead; speak your mind. Chang You said, When I was working at Hongcheng Technologies, I had a band of brothers. When the company collapsed, each of us went our separate ways. Some of them waited for job openings while some transferred to other companies. We still keep in touch. If you dont mind, could I bring all of them over to Tengda? Dont worry, Boss Pei. You dont have to pay them that much! Huh? When Pei Qian heard this, his eyes lit up. Isnt this the dream team that caused the collapse of Hongcheng Technologies? Thats great! It saves me from having to look for more people to recruit! Pei Qian knew very well that Chang You was not well-liked in the industry. However, the new tech company would be Tengdas subsidiary. No matter what, it would be a part of Tengda. If Chang You tried to recruit others based on Tengdas reputation, he might find big shots in the industry. Even if those big shots did not like Chang You, they could still join on account of Tengdas fame. If Chang You managed to recruit a few big shots to join his team, the business could really succeed. What would Pei Qian do then? Now, Chang You was intending to bring the dream team that caused Hongcheng Technologies collapse over to the new company. Of course, Pei Qian was pleasantly surprised. No problem! Recruit whoever you want. Just say the word, and I wont interfere. However, theres something else I must make clear. If you bring your brothers to Jingzhou for work, we have to make sure they are treated well. Each of them will be paid additional moving and accommodation allowance! We wont be stingy towards your brothers either; their salary will be at least thirty percent more of what they used to earn! Once the products are completeno matter the sales volume, we will award bonuses and benefits according to the holding companys standards. We wont shortchange them! Chang Yous hands trembled slightly. He felt both excited and moved. What was this? It was his boss trusting him absolutely! Just like that, Chang You was given the power to hire and dismiss whomever he wanted. Would Pei Qian have given him such a power if he did not have complete trust in Chang Yous skills and talents? At first, Chang You thought that research and development would be extremely stressful. He would be working with technologies that had not matured yet. Even if he would just be piecing them together, there were bound to be many problems. Yet, now, he would have the same group of brothers who had worked alongside him before. They could continue working on the projects that they had been forced to stop midway before. Whats more, Boss Pei trusted Chang You so much. Even if the latter had to offer his life to resolve these problems, he would willingly do so! Pei Qian thought of another problem and figured that it would be best to clarify things as early as possible. Vice President Change, there is another matter. Although you will be in charge of all the projects under this new company, Tengda will also appoint a director. Formally, she will be ranked higher than you in the company. However, you must have your own opinions. If both of you meet with any conflict, just let me know. Ill mediate between you, understand? Pei Qian had not forgotten that there was a secondary aim for this cell phone business. That was to push Lin Wan to take over her family business as soon as possible. If Pei Qian allowed Lin Wan to wash her hands off the cell phone business, she would remain unaffected even if it failed later on. Thus, Pei Qian had to make sure that Lin Wan remained in charge of the cell phone business over all, even if it was only in name. re The end goal was to let Lin Wan have a hand in managing the cell phone business but not to let her micromanage her employees. The best-case scenario would be if the business failed, and Lin Wan felt responsible. Thus, Pei Qian had to help Chang You in secret. Chang You nodded. Dont worry, Boss Pei. Ill get along well with the director. Chang You obviously did not understand the gravity of this problem. However, Pei Qian could not explain much more. He could only wait until real problems started to arise. At that moment, Chang You recalled another critical issue. Boss Pei, we havent thought of a name for the company. Pei Qian only remembered this after Chang You reminded him. Thats right. They had already thought about the development plan, and yet they had not even decided on the companys name yet. Pei Qian pondered for a moment about what name would be best. What kind of name should a high-end cell phone brand have? One that sounded low-class! The name of the brand would greatly influence customers first impression of it. Many brand names sounded low-class and tacky. Thus, even though they produced high-end models, most people did not see their products true value. That was why Pei Qian had to think of the tackiest name possible. Yet, he could not name his company Goudan Mobile or Cuihua Cell Phones''[2]. Chang You would never allow it. After some thought, Pei Qian said, To pave the companys way into the international market and in hopes of becoming a big, international brand; we should come up with a name with a single English word. That would be easy to remember as well. It will be a transliteration of a Chinese name with a deep metaphor. Chang You expressed approval. Yes, thats a good idea. Pei Qian considered for a moment and said, Well be called Otto Technologies. In Mandarin, it would be Outu Technologies. Ou stands for the mew gull, which travels all over the world in the space between the sky and sea. This is a metaphor for our company expanding all over the world like the mew gull. Our companys prospects would be as vast as the sky and as magnificent as the sea. Tu stands for our ambition to become the master of the universe. Naturally, it symbolizes our companys lofty goals! In actual fact, Pei Qian hoped for the company to become highly paralyzed and collapse as soon as possible. Chang You fell into deep thought once again. The names metaphor was quite good, and it rolled off the tongue as well. Yet, Chang You inexplicably felt that it sounded faintly foreboding. [1] This is a Chinese internet slang to describe a hefty price that only uninformed customers would pay. [2] Goudan and Cuihua are common and tacky names of people in the countryside. Chapter 325 - Three Logos November 9th, Tuesday Last week, Pei Qian found himself busy with many things. Over at Fei Huang Workspace, Zhu Xiaoce and Huang Sibo were still preparing for filming based on Pei Qians script. Zhu Xiaoce had to extend the script until it reached the ideal movie duration and hire staff as soon as possible. Once the script and scenes were ready, Zhu Xiaoce would have to talk over the script, shortlist actors, browse and select locations, and the like. There was a lot to do. Over at Shang Yang Games, everyone was still playing as many horror games as they could, trying to find material and inspiration. However, Pei Qian guessed that-given Ye Zhizhou and Wang Xiaobins productivitythe design manuscript would be out in a few more days. Everything that needed to be one for the investment firm was more or less done. With He Deshengs help, Dream Realization Ventures would probably be open for business soon. The HR department was also finalizing the details of the recruitment process. At the moment, the stages had already been set. However, the questions for the written examination and interview had not been decided yet. The HR department also had to think about admission and allocation of applicants, cooperation of various departments, and prevention of information leakage during the recruitment process. As for the cell phone business, Chang You had already contacted his brothers from Hongcheng Technologies. When they arrived in Jingzhou, they would look for a good office location. Then, they would more or less be ready to conduct research and development. After that, it would be time for Pei Qian to swipe his card. Pei Qian had already paid twenty million yuan to Dream Realization Ventures yesterday. November 1st and 8th were Mondays-profit distribution days for the various games. During settlement on the 31st of last month, the System had topped up the System Funds with ten million yuan more. However, that did not mean that Pei Qian only had ten million yuan to work with. Ghost General, Ocean Stronghold, Game Designer, Repent and be Saved (including its foreign versions), and the mobile version of Bloody Battle Song there were so many games generating income at the same time. Take the mobile version of Bloody Battle Song for example. Each month, it earned four to five million yuan. That meant it earned about two million yuan in two weeks. Ghost General and Game Designer were in a similar situation. At the moment, Repent and be Saved was at the peak of its sales. The domestic and foreign versions had generated about seven or eight million yuan over two weeks. Ocean Strongholds income was more stable than Repent and be Saveds. Apart from these, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and ROFwhich were suffering the side effects of Pei Qians spending spree-were now generating profits as well. Not to mention Ming Yun Private Kitchen, which was ever so steady, and Zhongdian Chinese Network which was just starting to see outstanding results. Even if Pei Qian deducted the money that Upwind Logistics had been burning off for him, he would still have earned more than ten million yuan over the last two weeks altogether. In one month, that would add up to about thirty thousand yuan. This settlement cycle was going to last five months. Within these five months, the games income would rise and fall. The standalone games would definitely earn less, but web-based games like Bloody Battle Song and Ocean Stronghold had very long lifespans. They would be the main driving forces of Tengdas income. Thus, Pei Qian was not aiming to spend ten million yuan in five months; instead, he was aiming to spend 150 million yuan. Whats more, this was only considering the profits he knew he would generate for now. What if another project suddenly succeeded before the next settlement? Pei Qian would be better off spending as much as possible, as soon as possible. Even though the System allowed him to use fifty percent of the starting sum for charitable purposes, that would only be five million yuan. Thus, Pei Qian still had to work hard to spend money. Pei Qian was planning to split his funds among the various businesses on his hands. He started out by giving twenty million yuan to Dream Realization Ventures, so that Old Ma could warm up. His main consideration was the fact that Ma Yang was still considered a youth who knew no fear. That was the best time for him to waste everything away. If he gave Ma Yang too little money in the beginning, the most he would be able to lose was one or two million yuan. Yet, Ma Yang could learn lessons from those failures and invest in more successful projects in the future. Wouldnt Pei Qian be done for, then? Thus, Pei Qian decided to give Old Ma twenty million yuan upfront, so that he could spend as much as he wanted! As the saying went, a fall into the pit was a gain in ones wit. As long as they lost enough money in the beginning, Pei Qian did not need to worry that Old Ma would become smarter in the future. Boss Pei would also make the other businesses share his burdens by maximizing all of their budgets. Shang Yang Games would have to spend at least twenty million researching and developing the next horror game. Although Pei Qian had not decided what game Tengda would produce next, Tengda was the head of the group of companies after all. With greater power came greater responsibilities. Thus, Pei Qian thought that making them spend fifty million yuan would not be ridiculous. Fei Huang Workspace would be filming a movie. Although there was not much content to film and the movie would have low-production value, they could spend more money on special effects. It would be reasonable to make them spend thirty million yuan. As for the cell phone business they were not planning to mass-produce their high-end models, but Pei Qian still thought it would be necessary to make an initial investment of twenty million yuan. Once he confirmed that nobody would buy their cell phones, he would pour more money into the business and produce even more stocks. If he still could not finish spending all of his money, he would pour the remaining into the business that had not yet borne fruit. As much as possible, he would delay production until the next cycle. Of course, he could still spend five million yuan on charity. That would be his last resort. No matter how much Pei Qian thought about it, his current situation did not seem optimistic. Still, he could withstand the circumstances for now. He had already made very generous estimates. If everything went well, he would be able to push the balance in the System Funds down to ten million yuan before settlement. Pei Qian was not being too ambitious. He was just aiming to incur a loss of four or five million in order to convert four to five hundred thousand yuan for himself. At the same time, he would receive a reward from the System. That way, he would be receiving a hundred thousand yuan per month. His hard work would not be wasted. Of course, he would not get all the money at one shot. Instead, money would be transferred into the account weekly. Pei Qian still had to come up with a procedure for spending on the various projects and invest accordingly. He could not spend it all in one go. Pei Qian was still calculating when someone knocked on his door. He looked up to see Li Yada. Boss Boss Pei. Er are we planning to work on a new game? Or should we come up with downloadable content for Repent and be Saved? Everyone everyones a little bored. She was actually coming to ask for more work? Pei Qian did not like this kind of proactive behavior. However, he did not say much in response. He only acted like he was in deep thought as he said, Dont rush. Let everyone conserve their strength for the big push. I will give all of you a very important task soon. Pei Qian had not even thought about what task he should give to Tengdas games department. The chances of them succeeding at conventional games were too high. Pei Qian could not bring himself to make them work on those. He could not allow another money tree to grow from the fifty million yuan he was about to spend on the next game. That would achieve the opposite effect that Boss Pei wanted. Li Yada nodded. Ah, alright. Boss Pei, when youre ready to hand the task to us, feel free to look for me. After Li Yada left, Pei Qian slumped back in his seat listlessly. Its so difficult being the boss! I have to rack my brains every single day for work to give to my employees. If I give them two days of rest, they would come up to my office to ask for more work. Thats really intolerable! Ding! Ding! He received a message on his cell phone. Pei Qian picked it up and saw that it was from Chang You. Boss Pei, the team has more or less been formed. Ill arrange for someone to choose an office location this week. Well be more or less officially ready for work next week. Also, our designer felt very moved after receiving the moving allowance and came up with possible logos for Otto Technologies overnight. Please take a look. There was an image attached to the message. Pei Qian clicked on it and saw quite a meaningful logo. At first glance, one would see what looked like a rectangle on the outside. Inside the rectangle were two circles overlapping in a complicated manner. The rectangle and circles were intersecting uniquely. The rectangles lengths twisted into the circles sides. Faintly, one could decipher two capital Ts there. In other words, the logo formed the word OTTO. From afar, one would see a rectangular pair of glasses, with clear, bright eyes in the rim. Yet, on closer inspection, one would see Mobius loops. Apart from that, the two circles seemed to intersect in a manner that reminded Pei Qian of the infinity symbol in mathematics. The logo was quite simple, but against the simple backdrop, it looked quite classy and very postmodern. Pei Qian could not help but feel moved. This was talent. OTTO was such a tacky-sounding name, and yet the designer could make such a classy logo out of it?! If they printed this logo on the back of their cell phones, people could really be bought over. Whats more, this was not the only logo that Chang You sent over. The second logo looked like a controller made out of two crosses and two circles. The crosses were on the top-left and bottom-right respectively while the circles were on the bottom-left and top-right. They were laid out just like a controller, with the two circles being the joysticks of the controller. This logo did not look as simple and classy as the one before. The design was a little more complicated, and the colors were bolder. It made Pei Qian think about games and gaming elements. The third logo was the most mainstream of all. It was OTTO written in a single line, with the Os smooth and round and the Ts stiff and upright as they should be. It looked passable and followed the style of most other tech companies. The designer had come up with three different designs: The first was abstract; The second was game-like; The third was purely alphabets. The designer probably wanted to let Boss Pei decide on the final design. Pei Qian thought all the designs were satisfactory. Thus, he replied, Theyre all not bad. Leave it for now. When the cell phone designs are complete, well still have time to decide which logo to use. November 12th, Friday Pei Qian was planning to go to Dream Realization Ventures to look for Ma Yang. He wanted to go the day before, but it happened to be Singles Day. Pei Qian bought all sorts of stuff online and ended up being held back. Since his packages were not due to arrive yet, he had time to spare to look for Old Ma. He had transferred the twenty million yuan to Dream Realization Ventures on Monday. Five days had passed since then. A portion of the money should have been spent. However, based on Ma Yangs character, Pei Qian guessed that he was still struggling. Until now, he probably had only spent a maximum of two or three million yuan. Pei Qian had already repeatedly emphasized to Old Ma that he needed to act when he had to and that he could not hesitate. However this was twenty million yuan after all. Pei Qian was afraid that Ma Yang would not dare to spend the money. That was why he wanted to come down to Dream Realization Ventures; he wanted to check out the situation and give Old Ma some things to think about while he was at it. Dream Realization Ventures had already rented an office space, which was a fifteen-minute drive from Tengda. This office was also located in a luxurious office building. Pei Qian referred to the address he had and traveled to Dream Realization Ventures and then walked in quietly. A huge carpet had been laid out on the ground. Thus, Pei Qian made no sounds as he entered the office. The huge office was still empty, but he could hear shouting inside, echoing throughout the entire space. Quick, quick! You can beat him, you can beat him! Kill that loser first! Hurry, rescue me! Escort! Escort! Protect Boss Ma! Chapter 326 - Quick! Boss Pei is Fainting! There were twenty-odd workspaces in the huge space, making the office look like an internet cafe. At the moment, Ma Yang, He Desheng, and other newly-recruited odd-job workers were deeply engrossed in their computer screens, clicking and tapping away at their mouses and keyboards. It was obvious that they were in the middle of a war. When he saw this scene, Pei Qian was practically moved to tears. Hear, hear! What have I been saying? My brother is the most reliable! If everyone worked like Old Ma did, what would Pei Qian have to worry about? Pei Qian quietly moved behind Ma Yang to observe the game. The game was already nearing its end. At once, Pei Qian noticed that Old Mas KDA[1] ratio was 10-0-2. After Old Ma dealt a final, normal attack; the enemys base exploded. The word victory appeared on the screen. It was then that Ma Yang realized Pei Qian had been standing behind him. Eh, Brother Qian, youre here! We were too engrossed in the game and didnt notice you. I had to carry my teammates after all. Come on, come on. Let me introduce you to our newly-recruited employees. Everyone apart from Ma Yang looked at Pei Qian uncomfortably. Although many of them had never met Pei Qian, they could tell from Boss Mas reaction that he was the boss of Tengda Corporation. That meant he was one level higher than Boss Ma. They had just been caught spending working hours playing games with their big boss. Naturally, they felt uncomfortable. However, when they saw the grin on Boss Peis face and how he did not seem bothered, they heaved a sigh of relief. Ma Yang immediately began introducing them to Pei Qian. This is Little Zhou, who has 1780 points in Gods Rising. This is Old Li, who has 1730 points in Gods Rising. This is Ma Yang introduced the remaining nine people in the game. It was then that Pei Qian realized every single one of them was like He Desheng. None of them had less than 1700 points in Gods Rising, and the highest among them had 1860 points. They only had a little way to go before they could be considered professionals! Now, Pei Qian finally understood why he had seen what he never expected to see earlier. How did Ma Yang, who always had a KDA ratio of 0-3-0, suddenly become impressive enough to carry the team? The nine other people he had been playing with were all his employees. It must have been so hard on the other nine people who had an average of 1800 points on the platform. Those on Old Mas side had to beat the enemies until they were more or less dead before letting old Ma deal the finishing blow. On the other hand, Old Mas opponents had to kill Old Mas teammates one by one to keep the balance and suspense in the game. At the same time, whenever Old Ma came for them, they had to try to put up some sort of defense in order to and let Old Ma have some fun. As for why Old Ma didnt die Nonsensewho would have dared to kill him?! That would be akin to making a slam dunk over the old boss while playing company basketball. Pei Qian had no doubt in his mind that old Ma only had two assists because his teammates had slipped up. After Ma Yang finished introducing the new employees, Pei Qian very respectfully greeted them. Thank you for your hard work! We will go to Ming Yun Private Kitchen for a feast this Saturday! Pei Qian could not help but feel sorry for them. Life was not easy. They had studied so hard to do well in the investment industry and make a living. Yet, they ended up playing supporting roles in someone elses game. Whats more, that someone was incredibly lousy at the game. Nine of them had to play games with Old Ma and even make sure that he enjoyed it. How could Pei Qian live with his conscience if he shortchanged them? He had to compensate them for the mental torture they suffered! Hearing that they were going to be treated to a feast for no reason, Old Mas team of supporting players looked excited and puzzled. At the same time, they looked at Boss Ma with newfound respect. They had already known Boss Ma and Boss Pei were close, but they did not think they would be this close! After all, Boss Ma was playing games with his employees every day. Yet, Boss Pei did not even seem bothered. How much trust did Boss Pei have in him?! Ma Yang tugged at Pei Qians sleeve. Brother Qian, do you want to play one game? Come, come. You have to experience fighting players with 1800 points. I know this now. Im stuck at 1100 points not because Im lousy but because my teammates have been lousy! Playing with professionals is much more fun than playing with newbies! Pei Qian was speechless. Old Ma, you really have no self-awareness whatsoever If you had been playing with them as someone other than the CEO of Dream Realization Ventures, you would have been tortured so badly that your computer would be smashed by now Still, seeing how happy Ma Yang was to live in his imaginary world, Pei Qian could not bear to expose him to the truth. He could only turn him down, saying, Its alright. I have work to do. Next time, for sure. Er Old Ma, how are you doing with the twenty million yuan I gave you? How much have you spent? I came to remind you once again that you must not hesitate to invest the money. Spend it when you must. The smaller your investment, the smaller your returns; the larger your investment, the larger your returns, understand? Ma Yang nodded excitedly. Dont worry, Brother Qian. Ive already spent all twenty million yuan! Pei Qian paused, evidently surprised. Huh? Youve spent it all? Youve spent all twenty million yuan? Ma Yang nodded. Thats right. I only started playing games after finishing my work. Why else would such a professional person like me play games during office hours? Pei Qian blinked, feeling confused. Although this was the outcome he had hoped for, he was still deeply shocked to find out that Old Ma had spent twenty million yuan without hesitation. Once again, this confirmed that Old Ma was his trusty right-hand man! Pei Qians expression went from bewilderment to elation. Old Ma was burning money so quickly. He did not have to fear even if the company continued to generate more profits. Tell me, what did you invest the money in? Pei Qian was brimming with excitement. Ma Yang giggled and opened a report on his computer. This is the company I invested in! Its called Finger Games. My first thought was to buy Gods Rising when I got the money. However, there was no way I could do that. I could not find the games creator. Also, I heard that the creator is in the midst of discussions with game giants in the West. Of course, our twenty million yuan would be peanuts to him. Thats why I instructed He Desheng and the others to look around. Thats when they found Finger Games, which is currently developing a similar game called Imagine of Infinity, or IOI for short. Theyre lacking funds at the moment and were looking for investors. I made it just in time! They needed eight million US dollars in total. I did my calculations and converted the twenty million yuan into about 2.8 million US dollars. With that, I bought about twenty percent of the companys shares, as well as the right to be their exclusive agent in the country. Although thats useless for now, the company allowed us to be their exclusive agent for free. I thought that it would be a waste to turn it down. Even if we realize we dont need those rights in the future, we can still transfer them, right? Eh? Brother Qian, why do you look so pale? Quick, quick! Bring a chair over! He Desheng quickly swiftly moved one of the office chairs beside him over, so that Boss Pei could sit down. Pei Qian felt slightly dizzy. He never thought that the first stab in the back in this cycle would be from his trusted brother! Pei Qian was not prepared to be stabbed in the back like that. Wasnt it common practice to only stab him in the back when settlement was near? This cycle had just begun! Still feeling incredulous, Pei Qian asked, Dont you need to apply for relevant permission before making overseas investments? He Desheng explained, Boss Pei, you do need to apply for permission. However, the review process would be especially long for investments worth more than a hundred million US dollars. We only invested about two million US dollars, and so its not considered a huge project. We only needed to complete the paperwork in Jingzhou. Fu Hui Investments made overseas investments before as well. Thats why were quite familiar with the procedures. We got approval quite quickly. Also, we were buying shares and not property. Thats why the transaction was much quicker. Of course, we have to follow up with some more paperwork. That will still take us some time. Finished. Pei Qian turned to Ma Yang listlessly. Why why did you choose this company? Ma Yang smiled. Brother Qian, didnt you tell me to invest in whatever I liked? You know that there are not many things I like. Pei Qian was speechless. There was a huge problem. [1] This stands for Kill-Death-Assist. Chapter 327 - Let’s Create GOG! Seeing Pei Qians face drained of all colorwithout any sign of approval or satisfaction, Ma Yang suddenly felt lost. Brother Qian, youre not mad at me for spending too much money, are you? Do you think that its not worth investing so much in such a small company overseas? Pei Qian was speechless. Looking into Old Mas sincere eyes, Pei Qian felt speechless. How should I put this? Pei Qian had been the one who told Old Ma to act when he saw the chance to and not to hesitate. Pei Qian had also been the one who told Old Ma to invest in whatever he liked. Playing Gods Rising with friends was one of Old Mas few hobbies. Since Old Ma failed to invest in Gods Rising, he had no choice but to back off and look for similar games companies overseas to invest in. Whats more, he threw all twenty million yuan into that one company. In more ways than one, Old Ma had just been doing what Pei Qian had told him to do. Whats more, this transaction looked quite unpromising on the surface. It fit perfectly with what Pei Qian wanted at first. Yet, Pei Qian felt pained inside. He had a strong sense of deja vu with this company! Was IOI in fact League of Legends (LOL) post-changes? The main reason that Pei Qian felt so shocked by the turn of events was that he had found similar news online last year! Based on what he remembered, Riot Games was founded in 2006. In 2008, they tried to raise eight million US dollars. Three investors provided them with funds. After that, Tencent bought it over for more than two hundred million US dollars. That happened in 2011. According to his memory, LOL was released in 2009. Now, they were in November 2010. In other words, the company should already have raised eight million US dollars by now. Pei Qian tried to look online for news about this last year, but he could not find any. At the time, he did not think much of it. He had thought that this was just another change in the world. After all, even the B-Site had become Aili Island. It would be natural if other companies underwent similar changes. Pei Qian did not dwell on it either. The company was overseas, and he did not have a network that expanded throughout the world. Now, Pei Qian finally understood why he could not find any news about this. The company and games names were different now. Riot Games was now Finger Games, and LOL was now IOI. Thus, Pei Qian could not find anything to do with the original names! Moreover, the entire timeline had been shifted back by two years. Finger Games was probably established just last year. Naturally, there would not be much news about a newly-established company online. In fact, Pei Qian had wondered how Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA) games would look like in this world. He just never thought that he would find out the answer today and in such a ridiculous manner at that However, after scanning the Systems screen, Pei Qian realized that everything was still the same. The shares worth over two million US dollars should have been considered similar in nature to the villa. As special assets of the company, they should have been displayed on the Systems screen. Perhaps this was because the purchase was not completenot all the paperwork was done. Thus, the System could not formally list the shares as the companys assets. Many thoughts were flashing across Pei Qians mind. He stared into Old Mas sincere eyes, not knowing exactly how to respond at that moment. Should he criticize Old Ma? Yet, that did not seem right. Old Ma had done exactly as Pei Qian had instructed him to, without missing anything out. He invested all twenty million yuan into a small company overseas. This was exactly what Dream Realization Ventures was created for. Pei Qian could not possibly turn around and blame Ma Yang for that now! Could he praise Ma Yang? Hmm, he should. This kind of investment had the potential to give Ma Yang lifetime bragging rights. Yet Pei Qian could not bring himself to praise Ma Yang. Pei Qian took two deep breaths and forced himself to nod. Its nothing. You did quite well. But I dont think we have any more spare cash for now. Old Ma, give everyone some work to do for now. Play some games if you want to. Wait for me to update you on the next step. Pei Qian stood up and prepared to leave. He could not spend a minute more in this heart-breaking place. Suddenly, Ma Yang raised his hand. Ai, Brother Qian, are you really not going to try playing a game with the professionals? Theyre all gods with about 1800 points on the platform! IL Pei Qian was speechless. Ma Yang spoke again. Im going to call Branch Manager Lin directly to arrange for the dinner on Saturday. Is that alright? Pei Qian was speechless. You still have the cheek to accept a treat from me! Unable to speak, Pei Qian had no choice but to gesture an okay with his back towards Ma Yang. Then, without turning back, he left. When he arrived back at Tengda Games, Pei Qian sat down in his own office. He had already spent some time thinking back on his life. Now, he had to think about how to deal with what just happened. The cycle had just begun, and yet someone had already pulled such a stunt. This came as a complete shock to Pei Qian. They bought 20% shares and obtained the right to be IOIs exclusive local agent. The nail had already been hit into the coffin. Pei Qian could not undo this investment or transfer the newly-bought shares to someone else. That was because he had no good reason to do so. What if he sold the shares later on? The shares in Finger Games would surely appreciate in value. If he sold them, he would definitely earn a huge sum of money. The more Pei Qian thought about it, the surer he was that he could not sell the shares. He would be stupid to sell them midway through! If Finger Games could really become what Pei Qian imagined, the exclusive agency rightsin addition to the shares-would earn Tengda a lot of money. Earning money was indeed akin to feces in Boss Peis eyes. Yet Boss Pei could not ignore too many feces. If IOI earned billions of yuan every year-no matter how the System adjusted the Profit Conversion Ratios, Pei Qian would still gain a lot of Personal Wealth. If it were merely millions of yuan, the sum would be insignificant to Pei Qian. However, billions of yuan would be a totally different story. Moreover, if Pei Qian allowed his imagination to run wild, he might even be able to create unique skins and heroes named after himself! All of that sounded pretty enchanting! If this really happened, Pei Qian would just have to lie back and earn money without doing anything. That sounded like nothing short of a good plan, too. He could earn a lot of System Funds and spend it on logistics and physical industries to give back to society. He could also earn foreigners money to give back to his own country. He would be the epitome of a rooted, patriotic, and young man. Of course, none of these were guaranteed as well. The entire world was different now. Whats more, the company and game were different from what Pei Qian remembered. Who could promise that IOI would achieve the same level of success as LOL? Even if they did, that would only happen in two or three more years. Until then, a lot of advertising and hard work still had to be down. The game could only conquer the global games market at the right time and in the right place. Who could tell what would happen in three or four years? While the grass grew, the horse starved. Even if Pei Qian could really lie back and generate profits in three or four years, Pei Qians current strategy would remain unaffected. At the end of the day-for the sake of his long-term goals, Pei Qian had to keep the shares and exclusive agency rights. If it generated profit for him in the short-term, he could think of other ways to spend the additional money. He could spend it on logistics, warehouses, or charity. In any case, he would just have to think of different avenues to spend money in order to do his part for society. When he thought about things from this angle, the situation did not seem so bad. He still had hopes of incurring losses. Whats more, the more Pei Qian thought about it, the more inspired he became. Suddenly, a good idea surfaced in his mind. Just as well. Ill use this opportunity to take more risks! Since IOI already exists in this world, it means that the future winner has already been set. If I create a MOBA game as well, isnt it guaranteed to fail? It would become like a bottomless pit. Ill be able to pour as much money as I want into it without seeing any returns! All of a sudden, Pei Qian found a new opportunity to spend money. One could say that every cloud did have a silver lining! The future IOI was destined to become popular around the globe. A good-quality game like Gods Rising could still survive, but other client-side MOBA games would probably die a horrible death or be chucked to the back of gamers minds. Since that was the case, Tengda Games could create a MOBA game and guarantee failure, right? Pei Qian would invest fifty million yuan in the game first. If the situation looked negative, Pei Qian would invest another fifty million yuan into it. Ultimately, the game should not be able to compete with IOI and end up failing. That would make ducks and drakes of Tengdas investment. It would be the perfect scenario, right? The more Pei Qian thought about it, the more reliable the plan seemed! He had intended to give Tengda Games a budget of fifty million yuan, but he had no idea how they could spend it. Now, he no longer needed to worry. He had an aim! At that, Pei Qian quickly called Li Yada in. I have an idea for a new game. Take some simple notes. Li Yada quickly retrieved her little notebook from her pocket. Alright, Boss Pei. Please go ahead. Pei Qian pondered for a moment and asked, Have you played Gods Rising before? Make something similar. The new game will be of the same genre. The name would be GOG, which will stand for Glory of Gods. Since LOL, IOI, COC, and WOW already existed; Pei Qian realized that not many English alphabets remained. That was why he chose GOG. There was no special meaning: he just wanted the game to quickly go GG[1]. Li Yada waited. A minute passed. Puzzled, she asked, Thats it? Pei Qian nodded. Thats right. Were just creating this game to spend as much money as possible. You all would be free to do whatever you want with it. After some thought, Li Yada said, Would it be inappropriate if we just follow Gods Rising? Gameplay cannot be patented, but I think well be cursed at for sure. Pei Qian nodded. Yes, thats logical. Boss Peis aim was only to lose money and not to destroy his or his companys reputation. There was no need to attract unnecessary criticism. Since thats the case, all of you can make amendments as you wish. Just make sure you amend it so that it becomes unrecognizable. Players should not think of us as copycats after playing the game. The first version will have about twenty-odd heroes. Well aim to release it in four months. The budget would be fifty million yuan. Work as hard and spend as much money as you need. If you dont have enough, I can provide more. Li Yada was stunned. Huh? That much? I dont think well be able to spend it all. You wont be able to spend it all? Pei Qian was unhappy that his own employees were not taking the initiative to think of creative ideas. As if he had expected better from her, Pei Qian asked, Do you need me to teach you how to spend money? Buy more art resources, models, actions, story backgrounds, and other details Embarrassed, Li Yada looked down at her notebook. But Boss Pei, if we only need one image and twenty-odd heroes, we would not need that much money for art resources Pei Qian was speechless. On further thought, that seemed true. Thanks to the official website for resources, ESRO, the capital required for researching and developing games was now much lower. It would indeed be quite difficult for them to spend fifty million yuan in just four months on one image and twenty-odd heroes. What should he do, then? Pei Qian fell into deep thought. Could he lend the experience of other MOBA games? Many MOBA games had failed. Yet, did they fail because of poor gameplay, bugs in the system, or bad advertising? Pei Qian really could not tell. After much contemplation, Pei Qian finally thought of a decent way out. He thought about games continually being tested after being produced and were never officially released because of the creators fears. That happened because those creators would be pronounced bankrupt once their games were released. Pei Qian thought that there was much to learn from their experience! Of course, he could not steal their copyrights without paying If he did that, he would not be allowed to release the game. If he failed to settle for two cycles, the System would shut down on Boss Pei. However, what if he bought the copyrights? How much would that cost?! He would not have to worry about not being able to finish spending the System Funds! As long as he kept purchasing copyrights, he could spend as much money as he wanted. This was a good idea to Pei Qian. Well buy IP! Be it domestically or overseas, we can buy any character IPs we find suitable. Even if theyre expensive-as long as we can insert them into our game, we will do so. Oh, forget about the popular IPs worth more than a million US dollars. Well just buy more cheap IPs. Purchasing expensive character IPs would allow Pei Qian to spend more money. Some especially famous IPs could not even be bought with money. However, such IPs also had a strong attractive force. What would Pei Qian do if they brought loads of fans with them and made the game extremely famous? Whats more, the bigger the IP, the more trivial matters the holding company would have to take care of. Pei Qian did not want to discuss details of contracts with large overseas companies all day. It would be a waste of his time and effort. Thus, Pei Qian aimed to pick up as much trash as he could. Be it domestically or overseas, he would find outdated or unpopular character IPs and buy them all with the aim of collecting rubbish. He would then insert them into the game and design special functions based on these characters. If the ones he found were different in style from the game, he would engage in discussions with the creators first. Then, he would spend another sum of money hiring a professional artist to recreate the characters. This way, he could spend money very quickly. Moreover, rubbish IPs would prove utterly useless. They would not bring much traffic to their game, and their price-quality ratio would be through the roof. Li Yada had many questions. After all, this was her first real project as the chief planner. However, Pei Qian waved his hand. Alright, thats all for now. Go and have a think about it. Dont ask me everything. I dont want to influence your thought process. Li Yada pressed her fingers together and said, Alright alright, Boss Pei. She turned around and walked out of Boss Lis office. Li Yada felt that this mission was too heavy, particularly because games like Gods Rising were not her forte. The more she thought about it, the more impossible it seemed to improve a game like Gods Rising in such a short amount of time. It looked like she had to consult Bao Xu in secret. [1] This is an acronym for Good Game, which usually signifies the end of something. Chapter 328 - Every Idea Was Rejected Pei Qian flipped through his little notebook. He had more or less done whatever he could for the company for now. There were a plethora of things to tackle, but most of them had already been settled. For now, the various department heads were probably being kept busy. On the other hand, Pei Qian could afford to relax. He leaned back on his office chair to get some rest. Then, Pei Qian surfed the web, intending to look for suitable houses. It was now the year 2010. Property prices were already showing signs of rising. However, in Pei Qians eyes, they were still affordable. On average, houses in Beijing and Shanghai cost about 25 thousand yuan per square meter. Houses in the school districts in Beijing could cost up to 38 thousand yuan per square meter. To a lot of people, this was a sky-high price. However, Pei Qian knew full well that it wasnt. Jingzhou City was a provincial capital and was quite good compared to most other second-tier cities. The average price of houses here was about 13 thousand yuan per square meter. In better places in the city center, prices could cost around 15 to 16 thousand yuan per square meter. However, Pei Qian was not intending to buy a house in the city center. At the moment, high-speed rail stations were still being built across the country. Pei Qian guessed that a lot of them would be ready for use starting from the middle of next year. The house that Pei Qian was looking for was meant for his parents. Most of their social circles were still located in the small county south of Jingzhou. Coincidentally, Jingzhous high speed rail station-called Jingzhou South Station-was going to be located in the south as well, not far from the county. Thus, Pei Qian thought about buying a house near Jingzhou South Station. That would be close to his parents workplace and where their colleagues lived. Once the high-speed rail stations opened, they could also easily take the high-speed rail to other cities. Whats more, based on Pei Qians experience, the area around Jingzhou South Station would become more commercialized in the future. It was only a matter of time before the facilities in the area improved as well. Also, property prices had not risen yet. Pei Qian looked around. At the moment, the real estate around the south only cost about 11 to 12 thousand yuan per square meter. That meant he could buy a house measuring about 150 square meters for 1.8 million yuan. It would probably be good enough for his parents. Pei Qian was mainly looking at the livability of the new house. This world was too different from the original one, and Pei Qian could not be a hundred percent sure that the property prices would move according to his memory. It was not that Pei Qian did not want to invest 1.8 million yuan into a real estate that would appreciate in value. However, this world was too different; it was not the same as he remembered. Who could Pei Qian blame if something went wrong down the road and lost everything? The System? No way, he would have no choice but to bear the shame. Thus, after some thought, he decided not to try and pull any tricks. Instead, he would stick to earning money from the System legitimately. He could earn money from the System and improve his parents standard of living at the same time. That was good enough. Pei Qian surfed the net for a long time and saved information on many potential houses. However, he did not settle on one just yet. He did not ask Assistant Xin or other employees for help either. After all, this was a personal matter. It had nothing to do with the companys business. Pei Qian would have been ridiculous to make his employees help him with his personal matters. Furthermore, Pei Qian was not that busy. He only worked three or four hours a day. Even if he was not doing this, he would be catching up on his shows. Since he was going to purchase the house, he felt more comfortable looking for one on his own. For now, Pei Qian had no plans to buy a house for himself. He was still looking for ways to enjoy the Systems benefits. As the company expanded, the System allowed Pei Qian to distribute more and more benefits to his employees. For example, he had to increase his employees salaries wave by wave in the past. Every forced expense or income supplement he wanted to provide had to be limited. However, as Tengdas business improved and expanded, the limits slowly increased. From June this year, Pei Qian could give each employee a thousand yuan worth of housing allowance. Employees only had to top up a small amount in order to rent a good house in Jingzhou. However, Pei Qian could not stop there. Tengda would continue to expand, and he would be allowed to give his employees more benefits. Sooner or later, he would be able to build an employees dormitory. That was because many big companies had employees dormitories. This was not a ridiculous benefit to provide. Although there was no need for Tengda to build one for now, things might change in a year or so. Once the Systems regulations relaxed, Pei Qian would get to it. Then, he would start moving his employees in. Boss Pei would then keep the biggest one for himself. How great! At that thought, Pei Qian suddenly felt melancholic. He had no idea if the employees were riding on his benefits or if he was riding on his employees benefits. Or were they perpetually riding on one anothers benefits? At the end of the day, there was no rush to buy a house for himself. mo For now, Pei Qian was quite comfortable living in his two-bedroom apartment. Whats more, it was easy for him to get to school, the office, and Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. This place was purely a shelter for him; there was no need for luxury. As Pei Qian thought about these things, he received a message on his cell phone. It was from Ye Zhizhou. Boss Pei, we have come up with a rough direction for the horror game. Shall we run through it when you have the time? Pei Qian glanced at his watch. It was 5 pm. It was already getting late, and his employees were supposed to knock off soon. He was just about to arrange to meet the next day when he realized that it would be Saturday. After some thought, Pei Qian replied, Well meet on Monday morning. Pei Qian had a good rest over the weekend. He tried to recover from the deep emotional hurt that Old Ma had caused him. At the same time, he continued looking for houses. He had already narrowed his options down to two or three places, but he still needed to do some research into their geographical locations, their configurations, the reliability of their developers, and other details. On Monday morning, Pei Qian arrived at Shang Yang Games. The moment he walked in, he noticed something amiss in the atmosphere. It was bright outside; why were the curtains closed? The entire office looked pitch-black, and the only light came from the dim monitor screens. Everyone sat in front of their monitors with headphones on, not moving at all. This scene looked inexplicably strange. For a moment, Pei Qian thought that he had arrived at the wrong place. He thought he had stumbled into a large-scale, mysterious ceremony. However, he happened to spot Hao Qiong sitting not far away from the entrance. The naive fellow also looked deeply engrossed in what was happening on his monitor. His shoulders rose and fell slightly as he carefully moved the joysticks on his controller. Pei Qian lightly tapped his shoulder. Er, where is Ye? He wanted to ask where Ye Zhizhou was. Yet, before he could finish speaking, Hao Qiong leaped out of his seat. Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah! Ah! Cries and howls sounded from all around the office. People around Hao Qiong started screaming one by one, causing a ripple effect outwards with Hao Qiong in the center. Pei Qian felt light-headed. He almost thought something terrible had happened to his employees. Soon, a few people began cursing and swearing Sh*t, who screamed again?! Didnt we agree that whoever screams next would be a dog?! Be calm! If you scream again, I wont be able to keep playing Hao Qiong looked wronged. Dont blame me. I was playing my game calmly when someone suddenly tapped me on the shoulder. Of course, ICHuh? Boss Pei? Good morning, Boss Pei! The others immediately took their headphones off and looked over. Pei Qian only had a strange feeling at first, but on seeing this, chills ran down his spine. In the pitch-black office, tens of monitors emitted a faint, blue light. In front of every monitor was a shadow of a human head. All the heads were focused on their screens at first, but when they heard the words Boss Pei, they all turned towards him in unison. It was horrifying! Pei Qian quickly groped about beside him for the light switch and then flipped it. As the light shone, the strange and tense atmosphere disappeared. What are you doing? Why are the curtains closed in broad daylight? Pei Qian did not know what else to say. Hao Qiong realized that he had scared Boss Pei. Feeling embarrassed, he quickly explained himself. Im sorry, Boss Pei. Director Lin instructed us to switch the lights off so that we can immerse ourselves in the horror games. Pei Qian, you didnt have to go to this extent, right? Hao Qiong scratched his head and smiled awkwardly. We didnt have any other choice. None of us have experience working on horror games. Director Lin said that we cannot afford to fail this next task and that we have to work as hard as we can. For some reason, Pei Qian felt sorry for these people. They had to scare themselves half to death before working on a horror game? Hao Qiong spoke again. Director Lin also said that we have to learn from Boss Peis attitude and torture ourselves before we try to torture others. Boss Pei, you worked so hard to complete Repent and be Saved. Youve been an excellent role model for us! Pei Qian was speechless. Dont talk about Repent and be Saved anymore. I dont want to recall my experience with that game! Director Lin has gravely misunderstood me! This is all a huge misunderstanding! However, talking about this made Pei Qian pity them all the more. Youve worked hard, everyone. Ill distribute a thousand yuan more to each of you to compensate you for the emotional suffering While everyone cheered and thanked him, Pei Qian walked into the conference room. The projector was not in use. Instead, there was only one printed design manuscript. Two weeks had passed since Pei Qian instructed Shang Yang Games to work on a horror game. That was more than enough time for them to write a manuscript for the game. However, one had to remember that Shang Yang Games employees had never worked on horror games before. Everyone spent most of these two weeks playing horror games and looking for inspiration. That meant they did not actually have much time to come up with the gameplay and storyline. The manuscript was very brief. However, after a cursory scan, Pei Qian discovered that it was generally going in the right direction. Pei Qian did not dare to guarantee that the game would turn out a success, but if they continued in this direction, he was sure that it would generate at least some profit. Boss Pei had come just to change this. Ye Zhizhou was obviously confident in his manuscript. Boss Pei, let me briefly explain our current thought process to you. First, we plan to create a standalone game with a fixed storyline. The game would mainly use Eastern monsters and ghosts because we have found them to be the scariest. Lastly, were considering not giving players any weapons. The helplessness would induce maximum fear in them. Pei Qian fell silent for a short while. This idea sounded too good. A few successful horror games surfaced in Pei Qians mind. Although horror games targeted a small audience, they could still generate a huge profit if they became extremely popular. Whats more, Shang Yang Games was going to be given a budget of thirty million yuan this time. If they used all thirty million yuan in the production of this game, the effects would be extremely terrifying. The game would surely be profitable. That wouldnt do! After some thought, Pei Qian subtly shook his head. Thats too common. Lin Wan, who had been listening quietly by the side the entire time, looked like she had expected this response. Boss Pei always had novel ideas. Of course, he would not accept such commonplace ones! Ye Zhizhou and Wang Xiaobin quickly took out paper and pen, prepared to take down notes. Pei Qian looked at the few general ideas on the manuscript in front of him and then made some adjustments to them. What storyline does a horror game need? Dont work on a storyline. There are too many standalone horror games. Create a web-based one. Why are we including ghosts and monsters? We need to believe in Science. Dont include ghosts and monsters in the game. At most, we can include insane people. Avoid things like mutated beings and grievous spirits at all costs. As for weapons At that point, Pei Qian hesitated. That was not easy to work around. Without a weapon system, the game could turn out like Outlast. Yet, with a weapon system, the game could turn out like Resident Evil. The former was very frightening and immersive. The latter was easy for gamers to speed run through, but it also generated a large following. Neither of these methods was wrong, but if either turned out well, they could generate lots of profits. That meant Pei Qian had to choose the third option. Create a weapon system but have minimal variety and strength. The best weapon should be a pistol. Alright, go along this general direction. Pei Qian struck a compromise to make the game feel incongruent. There would be a weapon system, but the weapon system would be rubbish. Ye Zhizhou and Wang Xiaobin finished recording these instructions down and exchanged a meaningful look. Cr*p, not one of the things they had decided on was right. Every one of them was rejected Chapter 329 - The Standard Process for Inferring Boss Pei’s Intentions Ye Zhizhou looked at what he had written in his notebook. Why did it look like everything was the exact opposite of what they had set before? It didnt seem like Pei Qian had any intention other than to give opposite directions. Does Boss Pei have the secret to always creating successful games? Does he round up all the special points of common games in the market and then purposely go in the opposite direction in order to allow gamers to experience a completely novel feeling? Ugh Ye Zhizhou found this quite ridiculous. Not only was it insulting to Boss Pei, but it was also insulting to himself. If it were so easy to succeed, why did he have to rack his brains every day about what kind of game to create? However, on closer inspection, Ye Zhizhou found yet another problem. Some opposite directions that Pei Qian had given sounded extra ridiculous. Take Boss Peis request for them to create a web-based horror game, for example. How the h*ll were they supposed to do that?! Two people or more would be playing the horror game at the same time would that even be terrifying?! There was no other game like it in the market! Yet, when looked at from another angle, perhaps that was precisely what would make the game novel and refreshing. Perhaps that was precisely what would make the game a hot topic of discussion. Without realizing it, Ye Zhizhou found himself caught in a whirlpool of emotions. Many thoughts were floating across his mind, causing him to feel dizzy. Wang Xiaobin obviously felt equally dizzy. He did not think that it was possible to create a game that complied with Boss Peis requirements. That was because there was currently no other game like it. How were they supposed to come up with one entirely from scratch? Boss Pei, can you give us some more tips? Pei Qian giggled inwardly. Some more tips? I cannot give you any more hints. Figure it out for yourself. I couldnt ask for anything better than for the game to incur losses. Pei Qian was just about to turn down the request when Lin Wan spoke. Thats enough. Boss Pei has already given us a general direction to follow. These instructions would contain the games deeper meaning. Well put together our gaming experience over the past few days to chew on it. We need to have independent thoughts. We cannot always be like babies, crying piteously for food and waiting for Boss Pei to spoon-feed US. Pei Qian was speechless. Good job, Director Lin! You said exactly what I was thinking. Wang Xiaobin lowered his head, feeling ashamed. Thats right. Boss Pei has already given us a general direction. Are we incapable of even settling the finer details and tying up loose ends? If so, we would be undeserving of our titles as designers! Well go and think of a new plan, then. Wang Xiaobin and Ye Zhizhou returned to their work desks and got busy. Pei Qian asked Lin Wan to remain behind and briefed her on Otto Technologies. Before this, Pei Qian had already briefly told Lin Wan that he recruited Chang You. However, he had done that over the phone, and so the conversation had been quite short. Now, Pei Qian planned to spend a bit more time discussing things in detail. After all, Lin Chang was the director of Otto Technologies. She was ranked higher than Chang You. If Lin Wan washed her hands off Otto Technologies, even if the business failed, Lin Wan would not feel defeated in any way. That reduced the chances of her leaving Tengda and returning home to take over her family business. Pei Qians ultimate aim was to make Lin Wan feel like she had contributed significantly to Otto Technologies development. When the products failed, Lin Wan would have a deep sense that she was not cut out for this work. In addition to Shang Yang Games eventual failure, this would cause Lin Wan to be severely disheartened. As for Chang You I know that society, people in the industry especially, views him negatively. However Pei Qian felt slightly worried. If Lin Wan and Chang You did not get along, Lin Wan might end up shifting all responsibility for the businesss failure to him. Again, she might not return home to take over her family business. Lin Wan subtly shook her head. Boss Pei, you dont have to worry. Since you selected him, I trust something is outstanding about him. Were in the Internet age, and we are constantly being bombarded with information. Yet, we are also seeing an unprecedented shortage of facts. Rumors can spread across the globe overnight. Yet, no one cares about the refutations that can also be found online. Similarly, details of a persons disgraceful past can spread like wildfire overnight on the Internet. Many people would think that they know a person inside out after reading such things. Yet, the bombardment of information online hides the persons true colors. Although I dont agree with my father on many things, I agree with what he says about the Internet. He always emphasizes that the Internet is not omnipotent and that the bombardment of information could ironically blind someone. Boss Pei, I believe that you had your own considerations when you made Vice-President Chang in charge of Otto Technologies. Since you trust him, I will definitely trust him as well. Pei Qian was momentarily speechless. He had not even said anything, and yet Lin Wan had stolen the words right out of his mouth. Yes of course, thats a good thing. However, as the head, you are integral to Otto Technologies as well. You must not remain out of the picture. Pei Qian was hinting at Lin Wan to get more involved with the cell phone business, so that she would feel more like a contributor. This way-once the cell phone business failed, Lin Wan would naturally feel heavily responsible. That would make her want to go home and take over her family business all the more. Lin Wan nodded. Dont worry, Boss Pei. I will supervise Otto Technologies. While I avoid being overly-involved, I will also make sure to set the future direction for them. Ill make sure that they will develop a spirit similar to Tengdas and that they do what is expected of them. Pei Qian was very satisfied. He felt like his employees were cooperating very well with him and like he had the entire situation in the palm of his hands. After Boss Pei left, Ye Zhizhou and Wang Xiaobin returned to their work desks and began racking their brains. This was too difficult! Boss Pei had given them so many restrictions. How should they design the game? The web-based game requirement was already hard to deal with. On top of that, they were not allowed to come up with a storyline, make use of ghosts and monsters, or design a powerful weapon system. They were completely bewildered. They had received assignments from Boss Pei before, but their assignments had always been relatively simple. For example, Boss Pei once asked them to get rid of all purchase options but a basic one in Bloody Battle Song. After much thought, Ye Zhizhou finally came up with the Chosen One system. That was because the game already had a complete framework. Ye Zhizhou only had to make minor alterations to it. It was the same when they worked on the mobile version of Bloody Battle Song as well. Basically, there had been no change to the games framework. They had still been working with familiar material; that was why everything went smoothly and easily. However, this time was completely different. Horror games and standalone games were uncharted territories for the company. Boss Pei had also given very hazy directions. They felt like they were groping around in the dark. Not knowing how to proceed, they both turned to face Lin Wan. Everyone at Shang Yang Games was considered inexperienced at guessing Boss Peis true intentions. Director Lin, come and brainstorm with us. What kind of game does Boss Pei want us to create? Lin Wan casually pulled a chair over and sat down. She remained silent for a while before saying, Actually, Im a beginner at guessing Boss Peis intentions, too. Im still a far cry from a lot of other seniors. However, I have learned a lot from Bao Xu. I can share these lessons with you. Ye Zhizhou and Wang Xiaobin quickly retrieved their notebooks again and listened closely to Lin Wan. Its coming! The important learning point is coming! What was the core competitive strength among employees in Tengda? It was the ability to guess Boss Peis intentions! As the main leader of Tengda Corporation, Boss Pei was ambitious and far-sighted. At the same time, he had a unique, deep, and accurate understanding of the market and gamers psyche. Often, when Boss Pei gave them a game to work on, he would already have an idea of what the game would look like and how the market would react in the end. Thus, whether each project could succeed or not depended on how well the employees understood Boss Peis intentions. Now, Director Lin was going to share with everyone how to guess Boss Peis intentions. Without a doubt, this was as valuable as treasure! Lin Wan recalled her days working in Tengda Games and thought about how Bao Xu explained a lot of Boss Peis actions. She had wanted to summarize these lessons a long time ago, and now, she had found an opportune moment to do so. First, we can be confident that Boss Peis directions are always right. We must ignore all costs and follow them. You may think that this sounds superficial, but this would be the foundation of all your inferences. You should take Boss Peis points as self-evident and absolutely axiomatic. On that basis, you can start making inferences. Ye Zhizhou and Wang Xiaobin felt slightly light-headed. It was almost as if they were students attending Philosophy classes all over again. Yet, this was to be expected. These were important concepts. It would be strange if they found them easy to understand. Both of them continued listening closely. Lin Wan spoke again. When Bao Xu worked on Ocean Stronghold, he used Boss Peis axioms as his starting point. He kept rejecting content that did not fit with the axioms and adding content that did. Finally, he completed the games first prototype. Now, we can do the same. Well take the first point firstthe most important one. The horror game must be a web-based one. Games that allow multiple players to enter at once can only involve cooperating or fighting. Players could fight with the computer or with other players. The former would mean multiple players have to work together to solve puzzles. The latter would be similar to war games. Since Boss Pei has emphasized that we should not come up with a storyline, we cant have two or more people working on puzzles together. That means we must design the game so that people have to cooperate with or fight one another. That means our game could take on a similar model to many other board games. There could be a time limit of ten minutes to two hours. Depending on the number of players, there could be different tasks. Between the players, we could also use both the cooperation and fighting models. Ye Zhizhou and Wang Xiaobin nodded. That analysis clarified many things! Most importantly, they had decided to base the game on board games. Now, both of them could roughly picture what the game would look like. Lin Wan looked at them and said, You can try figuring out the rest. Ye Zhizhou and Wang Xiaobin exchanged a look, feeling like they had just been called on by the teacher to answer a question. The question had already been solved halfway, but the students now had to complete the answer. Ye Zhizhou pondered for a moment and said, We cant include ghosts and monsters, but can have insane people at most. Thats another important clue. There arent many examples among other games, but what if we look at movies? Chapter 330 - Multiplayer Horror Game, Be Quiet! Many horror movies made use of ghosts, monsters, and mutations. The visual impact of these was very powerful, but there existed another kind of horror movies that contained only ordinary people. The horrific effects are normally more outstanding. To put it plainly, horror is an emotion. Theres no need to obsess over ghosts, monsters, or mutated living beings to make a strong visual impact. Take our company as an example. We just had to close the curtains and immerse everyone in the atmosphere of horror. A single scream was enough to make us all feel terrified. Thats why the atmosphere is the most important. The human heart can be scarier than ghosts and monsters at times. Thats the most important point. If we can recreate the same feeling that we felt in the office in the game, wouldnt the game be just as scary?. Wang Xiaobin strongly agreed with this observation. Thats right, thats right. I wanted to say the same thing. How about this? Well set a scary scene in the game and then throw all the players in, so that the fear can infect others and spread. Itll be just like what happened in our office. Ye Zhizhou continued, In other words, our game will not induce fear by creating images of ghosts and monsters. Instead, it will induce fear using the malice of other gamers, the continually-expanding atmosphere of horror, and the surroundings. Once the fear spreads, players might start fighting We cannot expect them to fully cooperate with one another. Otherwise, it would feel like a walk in the park for them because theres strength in numbers. Itll not be sufficiently challenging, and we would achieve the opposite of what we hope to. We have to cause infighting and conflict amongst players, so that they can scare one another. It would be precisely these unexpected threats and dangers that would generate fear, right? As for how the gamers would fight Boss Pei had already revealed it to us: the weapon system! Ye Zhizhou looked at the third point that Boss Pei had emphasized. The strongest weapon would be a pistol. Since everyone in the game is an ordinary person, and there would not be any ghosts or monsters, there would be no need for particularly powerful weapons. Those would only cause an imbalance in the players battles with one another. Other weapons could include daggers, stones, and anything that could hurt-but not kill-an ordinary person. As both of them discussed the game, they took down notes. Lin Wan found an appropriate time to interject. Theres a hidden design in these instructions. Boss Pei did not reveal it to us explicitly, but the design seemed obvious as you were discussing the game. The fact that fear is to spread among players means that most players should be innocents in the beginning. Yet, the fact that they have to fight later on means that a portion of the players would become assailants. What would cause the change? Ye Zhizhou frowned as he thought deeply. I remember Boss Pei saying that the game should contain insane people at most? Lin Wan nodded. Thats right, insane people! The assailants should be people who are mentally illin other words, lunatics. I think we can include the concept of a mental health meter, which already exists in many other games. Thats also known as a sanity meter. The elements in the surroundings will pile on the mental stress on players. Once they hit a certain value, the players would become insane. Then, they would become assailants, whose primary aim would be to kill the ordinary players. As Wang Xiaobin noted these details down, he nodded. Indeed. Now that weve talked it out, everything looks much clearer. Were just lacking the finer details. For example many people will be playing this web-based game. Should we add a voice chat function to allow players to communicate while playing the game? If we allow players to communicate while playing the game, they might engage in a string of lame behaviors and reduce the games horror effect. They could also use the voice chat function to discuss how to play tricks on others, find loopholes in the game, and make it less fun overall. Yet, if we dont allow players to communicate it might feel less interesting. Players wouldnt have other ways to communicate, and they might fight everyone instead of trying to work together. Ye Zhizhou pondered for a moment. This is easy to resolve. Since in-game chatting is so important, we can think of a way to restrict their chatter. Players can communicate, but not at will. Every single sentence they speak would be precious. If they speak too much, they would be punished. Maybe they could become lunatics. A good horror game should have an atmosphere similar to the one in our office. Everyone should be trying to advance while groping about in the dark. If someone suddenly speaks, everyone will start screaming. Speaking of which, I suddenly thought of a good name for the game. Be Quiet! In Mandarin, itll just say Shh!! As the three of them brainstormed, they developed more and more ideas for the game. Basically, Be Quiet would be a multiplayer horror game. Every round would contain eight players and a random number of NPCs. There could be anywhere from four to eight NPCs, which would be controlled by artificial intelligence. Their purpose would be to confuse players. All players and NPCs would first enter a randomly generated map in the game. There, they would have to look for items and the way out. They would also have to interact with other players and NPCs. There would be different maps in the game. For now, they had come up with a mental institution, a village of lunatics, a hotel in the countryside, an ancient castle, and a school. These maps would all be highly randomized. At the start of each game, a set algorithm would randomize every rooms purpose and the items to be found inside. In each room, players could find items that they could pick up, as well as stage props. Stage props could not be picked up, but players could interact with them to generate a special effect. For example, a radio could play a designated audio recording and increase the players mental stress. Players and NPCs would also spawn on random areas of the map. Once the game began, they would be allowed to roam around to look for clues and items. Players would find special items around the area as well, such as daggers, bandages, psychotropic drugs, mysterious statues, and the like. These props could be used to attack others or heal oneself. Some could reduce mental stress while others would increase mental stress. How these props should be used would depend on individual players game strategies. At the same time, the eight players would take on different roles at the start of the game. The method of winning the game would in turn depend on their roles. Among the eight players, one would be a police officer, three would be good guys, three would be mentally-ill, and one would be an ambitious schemer. The police officer and good guys would have a common goalto escape. The mentally-ill peoples goal would be to either drive everyone crazy or kill them. The ambitious schemers goal would be to end up as the last one standing. Half of the NPCs present would also be good guys while the other half would be mentally-ill people. Anytime a player died, his role would be exposed. There would be weapons and items around the map. Once the police officer spawned, he would have a pistol, which could deal great damage to both good guys and bad guys alike. Other players could collect items from around the map or drop them on the ground for other players to pick up. Daggers and glare flashlights would be common items. Daggers would deal damage to ordinary people while glare flashlights would deal greater damage to lunatics. Players could also look for rarer items like axes and stun grenades. Of course, these would be more powerful. The mentally-ill would be different from lunatics. Lunatics was a concept for ordinary people. At the start of each round, the police officer, the good guys, the mentally ill, and the ambitious schemer would all be considered ordinary people. All of them would have the same stats. As time passed and under the influence of the surrounding props, players sanity meter would keep decreasing. When they hit a certain point and fail to consume special pills, they would turn from ordinary people into lunatics. Lunatics would have higher speed, more health points, and greater power than ordinary people. However, once they became lunatics, the player would lose all ability to communicate. Whats more, their muscles would expand and they would look different, so as to allow other players to identify their status. Voice chat would be allowed in the game, but it would be strictly limited. Each time they wanted to speak, players would only be given ten seconds to say one sentence. Once they were done, the recording would be edited by the system before being broadcast to other players. Every time they spoke, the players sanity meter would decrease. If they did not speak at all, others could mistake them as enemies or bots. Yet, if they spoke too much, they would be at higher risk of becoming lunatics; and other players could suspect their true motives. On top of this, in order to prevent trolls from trying to inject humor into the game, Shang Yang Games would get rid of the most meaningless actions. For example, players would only be allowed to jump when they reach a particular terrain. Otherwise, they would not be allowed to. The fact that playersespecially those playing mentally-ill people or the ambitious schemer-could use different strategies and methods in the game was inspired by board games. The police officer and good guys had to roam around the map looking for machinery or exits, warn other good guys, and deal with any signs of infection quickly and decisively. The mentally-ill would have much lower sanity meters than the good guys. Thus, they could use the props around the map to become a lunatic and attack the good guys, or they could act as good guys and mislead the actual good guys and trap them. The ambitious schemer could also act as a good guy or become a lunatic to achieve his own goal. Every player in the game would keep guessing other parties roles while trying to keep to their strategy. An overall score would be calculated at the end of the round, taking into account every players difference in stats, game time, and role. For example, it would be extremely difficult for ambitious schemers to achieve their goal. Thus, even if they did not, only some points would be deducted. On the other hand, if they did, a lot of points would be added. The system would also add points for attacks, kills, solved riddles, and collected items. That would ensure even ambitious schemers would be motivated to play well despite their difficult missions. In just one short afternoon, the general framework of the game was complete. They raised problems and resolved them, forming a continuous, virtuous cycle. Soon, they had some details for the games design set. As they looked at the nearly-completed first draft of their design manuscript, Ye Zhizhou and Wang Xiaobin could not help but feel moved. Everything went much smoother than they had imagined! Before this, they had tried to think of the games design while playing as many horror games as possible. Even after two weeks, they did not achieve much. Yet, now, after just one afternoon, they could picture what the game would look like! What caused the difference between these two attempts? It was Boss Peis directions and Director Lins analysis of Boss Peis intentions. They only had to follow the directions to solve all the problems easily! Although nobody knew if the game would succeed, the gameplay was at least set. There was nothing like it in the market, and that meant there would be no competitors. Players would have a novel experience with this game. Moreover, the fact that Boss Pei had pointed them in this direction made them feel more confident. Ye Zhizhou read the design manuscript, feeling emotional. Could it be that this was what Boss Pei imagined the horror game would look like? How exciting! Chapter 331 - Tengda Spirit Compatibility Test When he arrived back at Tengda Games, Pei Qian checked on the progress of GOG. The game was still at the conceptual designing stage. Li Yada was still struggling with the basic design details. However, they were already more or less ready to buy over some small IPs. They had hired professionals to conduct negotiations with local and foreign companies. Licenses for these IPs lasted either for a limited period or permanently, both depending on how the many rounds of negotiations went. The more famous an IP was, the more expensive it would be. The license granted would also tend to be for a limited period. Many games had to be taken off the shelves because their materials copyrights expired, the fees exponentially increased, and the developers could no longer afford them. That situation often developed terribly. Thus, Tengda was currently looking for IPs with permanent licenses. On top of this was the price. At the moment, they had expressed interest in characters that were not that famous. These included characters from old comics, novels, and movies. Of course, they had also conducted some brief research into the materials they wanted before commencing negotiations. This was to ensure they would be suitable to be used in the game and would not appear out of place. If the characters were of a different style from the game, they would have more things to discuss. Tengda would have to request permission to edit the character to suit the games style. Although it was a troublesome process, the direction was clear. Any characters that did not fit the requirements and could not be bought over would be foregone. There were many rubbish IPs in the market anyway. They could randomly pick as many as they wanted until they found enough. At the moment, they did not even have an idea of how the game would look. Thus, Pei Qian could not offer much guidance. He could only see how things went during this period. Not long after he returned to the office, Hao Yun from the HR department knocked on his door. Boss Pei, weve tried to come up with a set of examination questions. Do you want to see if its alright? Weve also arranged for the people in charge of TPDb to create an online platform that would help with the final stage, the Tengda Spirit compatibility test. When Tengdas recruitment website is ready, you will get exclusive access. You can edit the questions and answers on the platform and prevent others from seeing them. Pei Qian took the printed examination questions from Hao Yun and nodded, satisfied. Alright, leave it. Ill take a look. Hao Yun went back to work. Pei Qian then flipped through and studied the questions closely. There had only been two main preparation tasks for recruitment. First, they had to create a recruitment website. There, applicants would submit their resumes, register, and print out the examinations entry proof. Once the website was complete, applicants would just have to fill in the necessary fields on the website within a set time period. They would also have to print the entry proof and physically attend the written examination. Moving all those tedious processes online saved the HR department a lot of trouble. Apart from that, they also had to set the examination paper itself. That was what Pei Qian would be vetting. The examination was set for May and November every year. It was well known in the recruitment industry that March, April, September, and October were golden periods. March and April were considered golden periods for the first half of the year. That was because many people would decide to quit after the Lunar New Year when they would normally receive their end-of-year bonus. They would then start their job search in March. September and October were the golden periods for the second half of the year. That was because many university graduates would have officially received their certificates and started looking for their first jobs. Boss Pei was looking to avoid these exact months! There were likely going to be many talents in the market during these months. Tengda was also going to be selecting employees using written examinations. If most people taking the exam happened to be very intelligent and learned, Pei Qian would achieve the opposite of what he wanted. Thus, he had to wait patiently! Once the golden periods were over, Pei Qian could be sure that the more capable talents would have found jobs. Then, he could recruit the leftovers in the market, who would probably be less able. TPDb had been tasked with creating the recruitment website because it could be called Tengda Recruitment Network or Tengda Talent Database and could attach itself to TPDbs website. Pei Qian began to look through the questions. The questions had broadly been split into three separate parts: the written basic skills test, which was to be held in the morning; the written specialized knowledge test, which was to be held in the afternoon, and the interview. The questions for the basic skills test had been set by the HR department. Pei Qian flipped through them and found that all the questions were similar to the ones found in government officials recruitment tests. It tested knowledge from all over the place. One probably had to be extremely talented to score highly even without studying beforehand. The questions for the specialized knowledge test had been set by the various departments. For instance, the games department had set questions on foundational knowledge of the game industry, questions on definitions of certain technical terms, short-structured questions on game systems, and a hypothetical game synopsis. The interview questions were more open-ended as well, but they were more closely related to the various roles. After reading these questions, Pei Qian fell into deep thought. All of a sudden, he realized that his thinking had been too simple. He forgot to think about one very important thing, and that was exactly how difficult the questions had to be. At the moment, the questions difficulty was considered below-average compared to tests that aspiring government officials had to go through. That was to be expected. After all, to the employees in the HR department, Tengdas recruitment was corporate. Naturally, they placed a higher emphasis on the applicants practical skills and abilities. That was why the interview was given a higher weightage compared to the other two tests. Industry experts in their thirties or forties could have in-depth knowledge about the profession and yet do very badly at the basic skills test. Wouldnt the experts be put in a very difficult position, then? Thus, the HR department had lowered the difficulty of the basic skills test on purpose. That way, they could guarantee that the shortlisted applicants would be stronger and better-performing in terms of practical work abilities. On the other hand, Pei Qian thought that this simply would not do. The recruitment test was a way of selecting employees. If many people fought for the limited slots in Tengda, Boss Pei wanted to make sure that he hired the applicants that matched his requirements. That meant backward elimination would not work. If Pei Qian wanted to admit the applicants in ascending order of their scores on the tests, the System might not accept it, and he would have difficulty explaining this to his employees. Moreover, it was simply not practical. If word got out and everyone handed in blank scripts or purposely kept their scores under a certain mark, what could Pei Qian do about it? Thus, he could only admit applicants in descending order of their scores. To put it plainly, he only had two choices: he could admit bookworms who were good at exams, or he could admit talents who were good at interviews and working. At times, the two came hand in hand. However, the two were mutually exclusive most of the time. All in all, talents with high education records were normally extremely good at academics and pretty good at work as well. People with high in examination scores but had low ability were not common. However, Pei Qiao also knew of companies that emphasized so much on education records in their employees that the companys achievements slipped. Many applicants with high education records did not like their jobs and only applied for high salaries. They lacked passion in their work and ended up producing good work but lacking souls. That was beside the point. In any case, after much consideration, Pei Qian decided on the former. The latter would only back-stab him like crazy. The former would be extremely good at learning and taking examinations but might not be good at working. It seemed like a much safer option. At that thought, Pei Qian wrote a comment on the top of the paper: Increase the difficulty of the basic skills test-maximize it! After that, Pei Qian decided it was finally time to think about questions for the Tengda Spirit compatibility test. To be frank, this test was meant to uncover applicants tendency to slack, thus filtering out the hardworking ones. Of course, Pei Qian had to maintain a level of confusion around this test. The right answer must be kept a secret at all times. Once the website was ready, the interns who wanted to be converted to full-time employees would be allowed to sit for the test at an allocated time on an allocated computer. They would submit their tests once they were done, and the website would mark them automatically. Pei Qian would be the only one who would be able to see the scores. He would only notify the interns whether they made it or not and not how much they scored. At the same time, the company would prohibit any discussion about the questions. There was no way to prevent people from discussing in private, but there was no way that the applicants would be able to remember all the questions in the test. Even if they ended up discussing some questions, they probably would not be able to guess what the right answers were. Pei Qian would also edit and replace the questions from time to time, in order to maintain the tests accuracy. Boss Peis questions were all going to be extremely confusing. This was one example. Question: Its time to get off work. You have an incomplete assignment on your hands. You should: Those who picked E would get five marks, B would get four, D would get two, C would get one, and A would get zero. This was another example. Question: Its time to get off work. You have an incomplete assignment on your hands, and Boss Pei told you earlier that you need to finish it before a particular day. You should: Those who picked D would get five marks, A or E would get four, C would get two, and B would get zero. As for why the answers for both of these questions were different That went without saying. If Boss Pei asked an employee to work overtime, settlement must be approaching. If the release of the product was delayed, Boss Pei would be dealt with by the System. Of course, the employee could not forget to ask Boss Pei for as many overtime pay as possible after completing the task. All in all, if Boss Pei was the one who was personally assigning tasks, they had to be done. If Boss Pei did not expressly say that the task was urgent, they should not work overtime of their own accord. On that basis, employees could ask for as much company benefits as they wanted. The more initiative they took, the better. Pei Qian racked his brains and came up with a few more questions, all circling around the same principles. The questions involved many hypothetical scenarios. The variety of tangled and complicated scenarios served to hide Boss Peis true intentions, so that the applicant had no way of guessing them. Once the website was ready, Pei Qian would upload the questions onto it and set the correct answers. Then, he would wait for applicants to take the test. He could also consider creating a bigger question bank, from which he could select random questions during each round of recruitment. That way, he could further reduce the chances of applicants guessing the correct answers through discussion of the questions. Only people who passed this test could be considered talents compatible with Tengdas spirit. People who did not would have to study harder to understand Tengdas spirit. Chapter 332 - Finalization of the Script for Tomorrow is Beautiful November 17th Pei Qian received a call from Huang Sibo, telling him that Fei Huang Workspace wanted to confirm the script and other matters related to filming. Two weeks had passed since Pei Qian finished writing the script. During these two weeks, Zhu Xiaoce and the scriptwriters at Fei Huang Workspace had been working non-stop on Boss Peis script. At the same time, they prepared for filming to commence. Now that the script was finally done, they needed Pei Qian C the main sponsor of the movieto give the final nod of approval. This was a matter of attitude. Of course, if Pei Qian found out that Zhu Xiaoce had made too many changes to the script and reduced its toxic effect, he would have to say a word or two. Boss Pei was becoming increasingly laid-back when it came to thinking of ideas and making decisions. This was because he realized that no matter how many decisions he made, people could still be counted on to backstab him! When they worked on Ocean Stronghold, Pei Qian only gave the team a general direction and allowed his employees to fill in the details. After that, the game became popular. When they worked on Game Designer, Pei Qian made sure to specify every single detail and turned Lu Mingliang into nothing more than a tool. After that, the game still became popular. When he asked Ma Yang to make investments, Pei Qian set no requirements for what kind of investments to make. He did not even attempt to limit Old Mas creativity, and yet Ultimately, Boss Pei was miserable. Pei Qian realized that no matter how much he oversaw projects or got involved in the nitty-gritty, the outcome never seemed to change. Since that was the case, he saw no point in working so hard. It was too tiring for Boss Pei to come up with every single detail for every project, just like he did for Game Designer. Thus, Pei Qian decided to casually check on Fei Huang Workspaces progress. He would walk around and try his best to give some opinions. After symbolically showing some resistance, he would be done for the day. As the saying went, man proposed and God disposed. There was no point in forcing things. When Pei Qian arrived at Fei Huang Workspaces office, Huang Sibo and Zhu Xiaoce greeted him and led him into the guest room. The company had been developing for a long time. Now, the staff composition of Fei Huang Workspace was more or less complete. With the directors, scriptwriters, stage crew, editors, special effects crew, and the like; the entire office looked much livelier. Everyone was working in full swing as they prepared to film the new project. Pei Qian arrived at the guest room, sipped his tea, and immediately gave instructions to Huang Sibo. Fei Huang Workspace is performing exceptionally well now, but dont ever forget Tengdas spirit. Its good to see everyone so passionate and hardworking, but do not let them start working overtime, understand? Huang Sibo nodded immediately. Dont worry, Boss Pei. Fei Huang Workspace sets Tengda as its benchmark for rules, regulations, welfare, and benefits. How could we allow such a disgraceful thing to happen? Pei Qian nodded, obviously satisfied with Huang Sibos attitude. Zhu Xiaoce handed a thick script over to Boss Pei. Boss Pei, this is the final script. Please take a look. If you dont like anything in the script, please point it out. We will revise it immediately. Pei Qian took the thick script and glanced at the movies title. Before this, Pei Qian had only written a brief story outline. He had not named the movie. Yet, not only had Zhu Xiaoce and Fei Huang Workspaces editors added more details to complete the narrative, but they had also come up with a name for the movie. Tomorrow is Beautiful There was both a Mandarin and an English Title. Just looking at this script made Pei Qian want to hold up his thumb. Good! Well done! This script contained every toxic point in history. Anyone who watched the movie would immediately feel depressed. Yet, the title of the movie showed no signs of its toxicity. Instead, it sounded extremely confusing Tomorrow is Beautiful sounded like the title of a warm and comforting art piece. It would definitely fool an audience, who would not have guessed any better, into watching the movie. Perhaps even couples in their honeymoon stage of dating would want to watch it. Wouldnt that almost guarantee criticism of the movie? Its reputation would be in shambles! Pei Qian nodded subtly and read further. Zhu Xiaoce, who was sitting across from Boss Pei, could not help but jump upon seeing the latters subtle nod. My script has been validated by Boss Pei! My understanding of his script was absolutely right! Obviously, Boss Pei understood how deep the movie title was. Indeed, a telepathic connection existed between talents! Pei Qian did not know how excited Zhu Xiaoce was at that moment. He continued flipping through the script casually, picking out some parts to study more closely. The simple story outline from before had been expanded into a detailed script, including explanations on the set-up, the lines, the actions, and the like. Pei Qian could almost see the movie playing inside his head. He only had one feeling: this was extremely toxic! The story outline had been toxic before, but it had only been an outline after all. The plot was extremely basic. However, the current script contained the conversations between the protagonists, their expressions, and a lot of other details. One only had to imagine the background music, and the toxicity levels would be Through the roof. Pei Qian could not stand to read any further. It was too miserable! He continued scanning the script and confirmed that Zhu Xiaoce and the other scriptwriters had not changed the storyline. They had only added more details to the outline and expanded the script. It was not any less toxic. Instead, the additional details made it look even more toxic! At that point, Pei Qian began to relax. If they stuck to this, the movie would definitely contain every toxic point in history! This script is perfect! Im very happy with it. Pei Qian praised Zhu Xiaoce and his script-writing team highly. Zhu Xiaoce could not help but grin. Youre too kind, Boss Pei. Your story outline was good. We only added in some minor details. They were both chatting happily when Pei Qians cell phone rang. He glanced at it and saw that it was Chang You. Hello? Boss Pei, I just wanted to tell you that were more or less done with the preparations. Weve selected a suitable office, and Ive recruited all my brothers. We want to set a general direction for the first cell phone model today and come up with a plan for the initial stages of production. Could you come over and offer some guidance if you have spare time on your hands? Offer some guidance? This was a bad time. Pei Qian was still discussing the script with Zhu Xiaoce at Fei Huang Workspace; he was afraid he would not have time to spare for the rest of the day. Should he guide the successful Fei Huang Workspace or the dream team that had experienced failure many times before? The choice was obvious. Of course, Pei Qian could also arrange to meet Chang You and the rest the next day. However, on further thought, it seemed meaningless to make everyone waste one entire day waiting. Pei Qian also felt like he could not meddle in Otto Technologies business. On one hand, he could affect the dream teams performance. On the other hand, if he offered help and the first cell phone model failed, Boss Pei would be taking the blame in place of Lin Wan. It would hinder Lin Wan from leaving the industry, going home, and taking over her family business. You can go ahead with the discussions. I am quite busy today, and so I wont be able to come down. Dont ask me to give instructions for everything. Im letting you call the shots. Chang You answered, Alright, Boss Pei! Dont worry, well finish the task! After hanging up, Pei Qian continued discussing the script with Zhu Xiaoce. Zhu Xiaoce hesitated and said, Boss Pei, theres one more problem. You should have noticed by now that the characters names have not been set. Thats because we cant decide if the main characters should be Eastern or Western. You seem to hint that these people are from a future age. However, you havent given us any hints on their nationality. Pei Qian nodded. That was indeed a problem. Since the movie is to be set in the future, the concept of nations has to remain blurry. Furthermore, this story cannot happen in our country. The characters and scenes should be in English. The lines should be in English as well. Look for foreigners to play the main characters. If you cant find any, look for locals who can speak good English. You dont have to explain their identities. The audience would understand that the characters are only ethnically Chinese. Pei Qian figured that hiring foreign actors would probably cost more than hiring local ones! He could not forego any chance to spend more money. Zhu Xiaoce quickly nodded. Yes, Boss Pei, thats what I thought as well. However, there might be one difficulty well probably not be able to hire famous foreign actors. We might not even be able to hire moderately-famous foreign actors. After all, this is Fei Huang Workspaces first time filming a movie. We are practically unknown overseas. Even if we offer a lot of money, we might not be able to convince them to travel all the way to Jingzhou. Itll be easy for us to hire the calefares but much more difficult for us to find the main actors-especially the male protagonist and judge. Those two have many more lines than the others. That means we need to have higher requirements for their acting. For that reason, should we try looking for local actors to play those parts? After some thought, Pei Qian replied, Alright. However if we cant hire famous foreign actors, do you think well be able to hire famous local ones? Zhu Xiaoce smiled helplessly. It wont be easy either. However, it would at least be easier for us to communicate with local actors. That would increase our chances of hiring them. Pei Qian had wanted to suggest hiring a few newbie actors from various schools to fill the roles. However, he subsequently realized that they would cost too little. Fei Huang Workspace would not be able to spend much on remuneration. No matter what, they had to find an actor or two who would request for higher pay. Otherwise, Fei Huang Workspace would not be able to finish spending their budget for remuneration. Yet, who could they look for? That was another problem. All of a sudden, a persons name popped into Pei Qians mind. I know a local actor, and Ive even worked with him before! Zha Zhuti! Zhang Zuting had been severely criticized after acting as the spokesperson for Bloody Battle Song back then. However, he also gained a significant following through that episode. Many people started to pay attention to him, so that even he began to accept being referred to as Zha Zhuti. Of course, Pei Qian still remembered this old friend of his. old Zhang was a good friend of Tengda. Thus, Tengda could not treat him badly. As the saying went, one could not allow benefits created by ones own work to accrue to others. Since Fei Huang Workspace was ready to offer a high salary, they had to offer the role to Zhang Zuting first. Even if the movie failed later on, people would only curse at the scriptwriters and not the actors. Old Zhang just had to act well in the movie to avoid being scolded by the audience. Whats more, one particular character in the script suited Old Zhang wellthe incorrigible judge. The more Pei Qian thought about it, the more appropriate the plan seemed. He said, Ill help to look for actors as well. Ill contact Zhang Zuting later and ask him for his availability for filming. If he agrees to star in the movie, we will cast him as the judge. As for the male protagonist We can continue looking around and inform each other if we find suitable actors. Zhu Xiaoce looked surprised. Zhang Zuting? Itll be great if we can hire him. Hes an old actor, whose acting skills are guaranteed to be good! Whats more, his English is not bad. He can probably speak English during the entire filming process. Boss Pei, you have a wide network indeed! Chapter 333 - Director Lin’s Responsibilities In Otto Technologies Chang You, Lin Wan, and the core members of the company had gathered in the conference room, ready to discuss the general direction for the new cell phone. Lin Wan had just arrived from Shang Yang Games. Research and development of Be Quiet was underway. Ye Zhizhou, Wang Xiaobin, and the other designers had already produced a design manuscript. At the same time, the other employees were working on foundational tasks like obtaining art resources. Lin Wan did not have to get involved in such tasks. Thus, she could spare some time to travel down to Otto Technologies and sit in the meeting about the new cell phone. All the employees sat upright and still with somber expressions. They looked very serious. At Otto Technologies, they were still employees working on cell phones, just like they had been at Hongcheng Technologies. However, everyones attitudes seemed slightly different here. Chang You had been the Vice President when they were at Hongcheng Technologies. However, he had not had much say. There had been many other Vice Presidents with the same authority as Chang You. Whats more, there had still been a CEO above him. Since those at management level had had different mindsets, there had been a lot of conflict and wrangling. Since even Chang Youas Vice President, had not had much freedom, the friends who had been working under him had had it worse. Yet, now, Chang You had gained Boss Peis trust. Thus, he was allowed to decide on the general direction of the new cell phone. He had much more authority now than before. Naturally, the friends working under him no longer looked so sullen as well. Furthermore, when the previous company had gone bust, everyone had had to go their separate ways. Now that they were reunited, most of them felt like they could finally see the light at the end of the tunnel. As a result, all of them felt grateful to be where they were. Chang You hung up and addressed everyone. Boss Pei said that hes busy at the moment, and so he wont be able to come down. He said we can make the necessary decisions. Lets begin, then. Director Lin, as Tengdas representative, please feel free to raise any opinions you have. Lin Wan nodded. Alright. She did not think that she would have any problems. After all, everyone seated in the room was more experienced than she was. Still, she had to maintain the right attitude as the head. Chang You commenced the meeting according to the established agenda. The new cell phone model will be based on the research and development plan we created for Hongcheng Technologies flagship model back then. I think all of us likely have plans that we were forced to stop midway. Some of us had probably even negotiated a procurement plan with suppliers in detail. If there are no legal risks, we can make use of them. Our companys first cell phone must use Original Design Manufacturing. I dont expect anyone to have questions about that. At the moment, we mainly have two things to work on. First, we have to research and develop a system that belongs exclusively to our brand. Second, we have to set a general direction for our products and communicate this with the manufacturers. It goes without saying how important the system would be Lin Wan listened quietly by the side, taking down notes from time to time. Although she had not conducted research on the cell phone industry on purpose, she understood the basic concepts from her observations of her family business. Original Equipment Manufacturing (OEM) and Original Design Manufacturing (ODM) were two common modes of manufacturing in the cell phone industry. A tech company producing cell phones did not have to take care of everything from designing to manufacturing, branding, and selling. They just had to outsource the various tasks to the relevant producers. For OEM, the company itself would design the product and outsource the manufacturing. That was what companies like Pineapple did. On the other hand, for ODM, the company would merely communicate their standards and requirements to the manufacturers. The manufacturers would then design and produce the products. This was more commonly known in the market as private labeling. Of course, cell phone manufacturers could make custom requests. As long as they were willing to pay more, everything was negotiable. Otto Technologies had only just been established. It was not possible for it to independently research and develop every part of a cell phone. Thus, ODM was the better option. Going for private labeling did not mean that the quality would be worse off. There was also nothing embarrassing about it. Most local and foreign cell phones were ODM products. Many cell phone models, including Shenhua, were also completed using ODM. Many Original Design Manufacturers had been designing cell phones on behalf of other companies for a long time. They had good plans for everything from the products themselves to hardware assembly. They also had tons of experience, good quality control, a stable supply chain, and reliable efficiency. Some cell phone manufacturers even managed to produce low-end models using ODM that were of better quality compared to high-end models produced using OEM. This was a phenomenon that had confused many consumers. Of course, things were different for large, stable companies like Shenhua or Pineapple. In those cases, taking over the designing work and creating a flagship model using OEM would increase the high-end brands value. OEM would obviously be the better choice. However, for Otto Technologies, it was still too early to take this step. ODM was akin to private labeling, but they could still create custom cell phones. Of course, the more custom requests they had, the more money they would have to spend. At that moment, everyone focused on coming up with a general plan for the new cell phone -in other words, how to integrate the various existing plans. They spoke freely, to their hearts content. We definitely have to use the latest microchip. We also have to use the best screens, right? The camera cant be too bad either. In fact, it looks like many flagship models have two cameras now. We have to follow suit, right? We need to take care of battery life, too. Maintaining a good microchip and screen would require a lot of battery. It should have more internal storage as well, and maybe add some RGB? Wait, well only be purchasing in small quantities. Can we get good microchips and screens? If we cant, we can always pay more! If we dont use the best microchips for such an expensive model, wed be criticized upside-down. We have to get them at all costs! They all spoke one after another, obviously excited to include the latest hardware in the cell phone. The original design was intended to be Hongcheng Technologies flagship model, M9. It was what Hongcheng Technologies was supposed to use to enter the high-end market. However, M9 was only supposed to cost about four thousand yuan. Now, the current model was to be sold for eight thousand yuan. How many more good things did they have to add? Every time they had worked on cell phones before, they had had to be stingy and try their best to reduce costs as much as possible. They could only daydream about good ideas that had often been too expensive to execute. In the end, they had often been left with no choice but to reduce costs for things like the motor, charger, and NFC. However, things were very different now. They could insert as many good parts into the cell phone as they wanted and still not have enough! Whats more, cell phones could be extremely expensive for different reasons. It was not as simple as throwing all the latest hardware and technologies into the design. Take the unpopular-as-yet full-screen technology for example. Companies could make the top part of the cell phones frame extremely narrow, but that would require them to find a new place to put the speakers and other hardware that normally occupy that space. This would undoubtedly require them to compromise other parts of the cell phone. Although such phones would look more interesting, there were huge sacrifices involved. Moreover, practicality could be compromised. Everyone discussed these considerations for a long time. Ultimately, Chang You decided to give up on pure aesthetics and focus on mature, reliable, and expensive technology instead. They would remain down-to-earth and pile on such resources to increase the cell phones value. Soon, discussions about the models hardware came to a close. From what Lin Wan could understand, the cell phones hardware design sounded quite similar to Shenhuas flagship model. However, she was certain that it would not surpass Shenhuas cell phones in terms of the system, custom design, and unique selling points. There was also a world of difference between the two brands reputations. Otto Technologies cell phone design would also make use of new technologies available in the market and look quite impressive. However, it would definitely not be able to overshadow other large companies flagship models. Whats more, Shenhuas flagship model was only priced at less than six thousand yuan. From the looks of the current situation, Lin Wan guessed that it would be difficult to sell their cell phone for even 5,500 yuan, much less eight thousand. Chang You said, Think of more ideas, everyone. Boss Pei has given orders. We must sell this cell phone at eight thousand yuan. When I was talking to Boss Pei earlier, he made some suggestions. For example, we must only replace cell phones and not repair them. If a customers phone breaks down, we would have to deliver a new set to their doorstep and help them to transfer their data over. Then, well have to initialize the old set. All in all We have to think of additional services to add to the cell phones so that they are valued for money. With this new conversation opening from Chang You, the others began offering suggestions once again. What if we intensify the replacement services? We could allow customers to trade in their older models each time we produce a new one. Well give them five hundred yuan on top of their old models valuations. This way, we could encourage customers to stick to our brand. I think we could make our packaging more exquisite. Well choose the best factory-installed screen protectors and casings to increase the value of our cell phones. We could also partner with various application developers, such as video websites. The application could be pre-installed in the cell phones, and our customers could enjoy members benefits when they watch videos. Everyone discussed freely and came up with many ideas. Some were expensive, and others were not so expensive. Still, even if they executed all the ideas, it seemed unlikely that they would be able to increase each cell phones value to eight thousand yuan. After all, Pei Qian had stipulated that he only wanted a five percent profit margin. If the cost of the cell phone ended up being far less than eight thousand yuan, Chang You would have a hard time explaining himself to Boss Pei. After some time, everyone reached their wits end and fell silent. That was to be expected. The cell phone industry had high barriers to entry. The large companies flagship models were also all value for money and not lacking in any way. Even though Chang You and his team could make use of the new technologies that they picked up during their time at Hongcheng Technologies, the teams research and development capabilities were still a far cry from international companies like Shenhua. Thus, no matter how hard everyone worked, any product they could come up with would be valued at six thousand yuan at the most. The additional benefits could push it up to seven thousand but not to eight thousand yuan. Chang You looked around at everyone else and said, Please continue thinking of ideas. If we still cannot reach eight thousand yuan, we might have to buy expensive, custom-made hardware. They could push the cell phones value up if they purchased custom-made hardware, but such hardware had very low price-quality ratios. A small company like Otto Technologies could be seen as a foolish spendthrift. Just when everyone was feeling helpless, Lin Wan spoke up. If we work together with other video websites and software companies, the most they could offer is a membership. It would be very difficult to get anything more than that. I can talk to the other companies under Tengda. We would probably get better benefits that would increase the value of our cell phones by much more. For example Fei Huang Workspace could give our customers two tickets to the pre-screening of every new movie they film. Fish-Catching Internet Cafe could give our customers lifetime memberships, allowing them to enjoy discounted prices and a free drink every day. Once they link their game account to their phones, we could also give them one Tengda game every year. Zhongdian Chinese Network could also grant our customers lifetime membership, which could give them discounted subscription fees, additional recommendation votes, and monthly votes. Our customers could also become automatic VIPs of Upwind Logistics and enjoy priority delivery services. On top of that, they could be distinguished guests at Ming Yun Private Kitchen. If they spend a set minimum amount, they could enjoy one additional free dish. Thatll probably be all for now. We could add on additional benefits in the future if any suitable ones pop up. Someone beside Lin Wan raised his hand hesitantly. Director Lin, are you able to obtain that many benefits? Lin Wan nodded confidently. Of course. Im very familiar with the people in charge of all those subsidiaries. Ill talk to them. For all we know, they might have better ideas. Chang Yous eyes lit up. Thatll be best! Well thank you in advance, then, Director Lin! Lin Wan waved her hand. Dont thank me. Boss Pei once told me that, as the head, I am integral to Otto Technologies. Im not supposed to remain out of the picture. I think Boss Pei was hinting to me that since Im considered an old employee of Tengda, I should act as the bridge between Otto Technologies and the other businesses under Tengda Corporation. Count on me to liaise with the other subsidiaries! Chapter 334 - Toxicity in the Box Office! Achoo! On the way out of Fei Huang Workspace, Pei Qian sneezed. Why do I suddenly have a bad feeling? Did something go wrong with one of the businesses? Should I check? Forget it. For a split second, Pei Qian wanted to check on the various companies and see if anything had gone wrong. However, it was not long before he pushed the idea out of his mind. He would not be able to detect any problems anyway! At the moment, Pei Qian had too many businesses to take care of. It would be extremely difficult to check on all of them. After some thought, Pei Qian decided that he had been overthinking. He decided to focus on the tasks on hand instead. It was then that he decided to call Zhang Zuting. Zhang Zuting picked up almost immediately Both of them exchanged a couple of pleasantries; they were on quite good terms. Although starring in Bloody Battle Songs advertisement had brought Zhang Zuting many worries, it had also brought him considerable fame. The success of Bloody Battle Songs mobile game had quashed many peoples impression of the game being filed with paywalls, a scam, and meant for stupid, rich folks. At the same time, many people went from being haters of Zhang Zuting to his fans. The once-outdated Zhang Zuting was now much more popular! For that reason, Zhang Zuting still felt grateful towards Boss Pei. Mr. Zhang, are you available to film over the next few months? I am producing a movie that I would like to invite you to star in. We worked together before. You dont have to worry about the remuneration. We wont shortchange you for sure. Zhang Zuting was obviously stunned. Star in a movie? Wasnt Boss Peis company a games company? Why was he producing a movie? Was he venturing into another industry? Zhang Zuting did not ask too many questions. After all, many large companies were now looking to venture into the film industry. Even coal bosses and rich second-generation heirs were trying their hand at it. There was no need for Zhang Zuting to make a mountain out of a molehill. Furthermore, Boss Pei was already managing a high-end restaurant; there was nothing strange about him wanting to produce a movie, right? Zhang Zuting answered, No problem, Boss Pei. Coincidentally, Ill be free over the next few months. Were quite familiar with each others working style, and we can negotiate further on the remuneration. I can quote you a good price since were friends, but could you let me read the script first? Pei Qian remained silent for a few seconds. Ill pass on the discount, but could you not ask me for the script? Again, Zhang Zuting was stunned. He laughed and said, Boss Pei, youre really humorous. Has the script not been completed? Lets not talk about it for now, then. In any case, Ill do this on your account. Ill make the necessary arrangements and come down to Jingzhou soon. Alright, Ill give you the directors contact details. You can liaise with him directly. Oh, theres another thing. We need to look for a young, male actor to star as the male protagonist in this film. Do you have anyone to recommend? Pei Qian asked. Zhang Zuting pondered for a moment and said, There are many young, male actors out there. Do you have any specific requests? Without thinking, Pei Qian instantly replied, The more expensive, the better. Zhang Zuting scoffed. Expensive? I dont know any expensive actors. Im just an outdated actor; how would I know the hot, young celebrities? Boss Pei, since thats your only requirement and there arent many expensive young male actors in Jingzhou, you could just ask them one by one. Pei Qian nodded. Thats true. Ill look again, then. Coincidentally, just as Pei Qian hung up, he arrived at Tengda. Pei Qian alighted from the car and returned to his own office. Then, he searched for young, male actors who were particularly popular at the moment on Qiandu. Many things were different in this world. For instance, the development of smartphones and the mobile game industry was three or four years faster than Pei Qian remembered. The filming industry was also different from his memory. As Pei Qian recalled, the first movie that depended purely on the casts fanbase and not their acting skills premiered in 2011. The trend started picking up in 2013 and reached its peak in 2014 or 2015. After that, they went downhill. It was slightly different in this world. The trend had started earlier than Pei Qian remembered. Pei Qian guessed that it was influenced by the earlier development of cell phones and information and communications technology (ICT). All in all, such movies were already becoming increasingly popular at this time in this world. Many young and popular idols were asking for much higher pay. Their prices were becoming increasingly ridiculous. Of course, apart from those young idols, male superstars did not come cheap either. Pei Qian felt conflicted. Who should he hire to star as the male protagonist? If he hired a relatively unknown actor, he would not be able to spend much. What if he hired a male superstar? He would be able to spend much more, but the superstars acting skills would be guaranteed. Furthermore, the latter could influence large crowds that just wanted to watch him perform to buy tickets. What if Pei Qian hired the younger, popular idols instead? It would be better in many aspects, but Pei Qian was quite disgusted by such idols. He could spend the money through other means, and choosing younger, popular idols would be giving them an unfair advantage. Furthermore, he would be contributing to the culture of favoring looks over skills. That did not make Pei Qian feel good. As Pei Qian tried to suppress his fickle-mindedness, he continued searching the Internet for more resources, hoping that luck would allow him to find a suitable candidate. All of a sudden, he spotted a key phrase. Toxicity in the Box Office! En? This piqued Pei Qians interest at once. It was a hot post in one of the forums, which was titled Lu Zhiyao is absolute toxicity in the box office! The post was quite popular. Many netizens had commented on it. Indeed! He could fail even with a cast like that. Its f*cking ridiculous! Even the strong Director Liu could not save him! He cant be saved! The two female leads were already considered lucky charms for accompanying male actors, and yet he could still fail so miserably I was just going to ask why hes still given so many jobs even though he has failed countless times. Honestly, his acting skills are quite alright. Hes also hardworking and easy to work with. I havent heard of any scandals involving him thus far. Hes quite good-looking, too. Yet, for some reason, nobody wants to see him on the screen Thats right. Every time I see his name in a movie, my first instinct is not to watch it. I think there are several reasons. One, he does not have an affinity with the audience. Two, he looks too handsome. Its often hard to believe that hes the character hes playing. He shouldnt act in serious films like that. He should star in movies that appeal more to his fanbase instead. Its too bad he entered the market too early. Hes way too old to be referred to as fresh meat now. Whats more, hes quite a dreamer and doesnt take on cheap work. He only stars in films with good scripts, so that he can work on his acting skills. Im begging you! Stop harming films with good scripts! If he fails again, I dont think any director would want to hire him anymore. Hes expensive, and he doesnt sell tickets. The price-quality ratio is horrible. After reading everyones comments, Pei Qians eyes lit up. This brother, Lu Zhiyao, seemed to fit his requirements perfectly! Pei Qian quickly looked through his past works. He realized that Lu Zhiyao was currently among the top five most popular stars. He was quite famous and had starred in some pretty good films. When he just started, he starred in films that had gone for quality over quantity. Although those films didnt sell well, his performance had been quite outstanding. That was why the audience had had high hopes for him. However, the more movies he starred in, the more things went awry. Lu Zhiyaos acting skills did not deteriorate. In fact, he was gradually improving. He was also a nice, hardworking man. Yet, his films were becoming lousier and lousier as time went by! At first, his fans had thought that the films were dragging him down. They felt indignant on his behalf. That was why his pay continued to increase. However, everyone slowly realized that the man was not being dragged down by the movies he was starring in. Other good actors could single-handedly sell tickets for films they starred in. Yet, not only was Lu Zhiyao failing to sell tickets, but he was turning people away from his films! The most recent movie he starred in also featured a well-known movie king and two actresses with pretty good audience appeal. In the end, the movie still failedand miserably at that! Thus, more and more people were beginning to think that Lu Zhiyao was a toxicity in the box office. Pei Qian researched a bit more and found that Lu Zhiyao had retained high grades when he was in school. He guessed that the latters English would not be bad. That was when Boss Pei made up his mind. He was it! He was the perfect candidate! Pei Qian sent Lu Zhiyaos name to Zhu Xiaoce. Get into contact with him. Hes the perfect male protagonist in my eyes! The next day Not long after Pei Qian woke up, he received a call from Zhu Xiaoce. Boss Pei, I have two matters to report. Ive already contacted Zhang Zuting. Hell arrive in Jingzhou in a few days. Were currently preparing his accommodations. You dont have to worry about that. As for Lu Zhiyao, whom you mentioned yesterday Ive contacted his manager and spoken to him as well. However, hes been feeling quite depressed. Thus, he turned us down. He said he would not be starring in any movies for now. Pei Qian paused. Did you offer him more money? Zhu Xiaoce was speechless. Er I thought he sounded quite low, and I felt bad being too blunt. I only hinted that I could pay him more. He didnt catch my drift, and I gave up asking any further. Pei Qian could not help but shake his head in silence. Ai, it took talent to spend money properly. People like Director Zhu Xiaoce could spend such a long time observing Boss Pei and yet learn nothing about how to spend money. Offering more money was the trump card for all problems. It was simple to employ this method-one had to be straightforward! No matter what kind of excuses the other party came up with, offering more money would do the trick. One had to state a clear figure and not speak in vague or ambiguous terms. However, it would be insincere to do it over the phone. Meeting face-to-face was always the best. Pei Qian pondered for a while and said, How about this? Send Lu Zhiyao an invitation on behalf of Tengda, asking him to take a break in Jingzhou. We can sponsor his entire trip. Once he arrives, chat with him and offer him more money face-to-face! Zhu Xiaoce answered, Alright, Boss Pei. Pei Qian was insistent on hiring this Lu Zhiyao. Since he was toxicity in the box office, Pei Qian had to make sure he starred in his own film! Of course, his dear friend had had a hard time recently. His new movie failed, and he must have been in low spirits. He could undoubtedly fit the male protagonists role! Considering how toxic the script was, Pei Qian thought it was reasonable to offer him a higher pay in order to make up for the mental damage he was bound to suffer. After about half an hour, just as Pei Qians Fish-Catching Take-Out was about to arrive, he received another call from Zhu Xiaoce. Boss Pei, its settled. Lu Zhiyao has agreed to come to Jingzhou! Pei Qian nodded. Alright, Ill arrange for someone to host him. Continue preparing for filming. Leave Lu Zhiyao to me. Pei Qian guessed that Lu Zhiyao was still feeling depressed about his movies failure. Naturally, he would not feel interested in doing anything Naturally, he would not accept a role in a film that a company he had not even heard of was producing Now that Pei Qian had invited him to Jingzhou to clear his mind, he could chat with him and persuade him face-to-face. That would be much easier! Pei Qian did not believe that Lu Zhiyaothe toxicity in the box office-would still be able to turn him down after having a meal at Ming Yun Private Kitchen and being offered a crazy amount of money! Chapter 335 - This Script was Custom-Made, Right? November 19th, Friday Zhang Zuting and Lu Zhiyao were going to arrive in Jingzhou the next day. Coincidentally, it would be a Saturday, and they could host a welcome feast for the latter at Ming Yun Private Kitchen. Pei Qian took a lift to Jingzhou Station in the south and surveyed a few houses. From there, he shortlisted a few. Finally, he picked a beautifully-renovated house that measured 140 square meters. Its price was not far from what Pei Qian had expected. Furthermore, Pei Qian paid the full amount upfront. Thus, he managed to get a small, five percent discount. The final price was 1.63 million yuan. Since the house was not yet complete, he had to wait until March next year before it could be handed over. Property prices would balloon in the next two to three years. Most good houses would be paid for in advance and then completed within a certain time frame. If Pei Qian insisted on moving in immediately upon paying the purchase price, he would probably only be able to get second-hand homes. He did not have much of a choice. Thus, after considering all the factors, he decided that this house was the most suitable. Although he had to pay for it in advance, it was worth buying. In any case, Pei Qian was in no hurry. His parents house was quite small, but they had already been living there for so many years. A few months more would not make a difference. Furthermore, even if the house had been handed over immediately, he still had to inspect, design, and furnish it. All of that would take him a few months anyway. He could not rush the process. Now that the house was bought, a huge burden was taken off of Pei Qians chest. He felt much more relaxed. The only thing that made him unhappy was seeing about two hundred thousand yuan left in his Personal Wealth. Pei Qian could not help but feel sorrowfulall of his hard-earned money was gone just like that. Still, it did not really matter. As long as he could incur more losses before the next settlement, he would be able to earn all the money spent on the house back! He was busy all of Friday. After signing the sale and purchase agreement for the house, he finally returned home to rest. On Saturday afternoon, Pei Qian instructed Little Sunthe companys chauffeurto send him to Ming Yun Private Kitchen. There, he waited for Zhang Zuting and Lu Zhiyao. Both of them were on afternoon flights. Zhang Zuting had arrived slightly earlier, and so he went to the hotel to get some rest first. Lu Zhiyao arrived slightly later, but Pei Qian also arranged for someone to pick him up, send him to the hotel, and let him settle in before fetching him to Ming Yun Private Kitchen. Of course, as the director of the film, Zhu Xiaoce was joining them as well. He had already arrived ahead of time. Pei Qian and Zhu Xiaoce sat in the private room, snacking and waiting. Pei Qian noticed that there were two printed scripts in Zhang Zutings briefcase. Those were probably meant for Zhang Zuting and Lu Zhiyao. Pei Qians head was hurting just thinking about the scripts. When Zhang Zuting asked to see it earlier, Pei Qian managed to dodge the bullet. Now that Lu Zhiyao was here, Pei Qian guessed that he would likely make the same request. Pei Qian knew for a fact that both of them were very picky with movie scripts. They were not the kind of actors who would star in any role they were told to as long as they were paid. Thus, Pei Qian would definitely not be able to gloss over the script. old Zhang would probably be easier to deal with. After all, they had worked together before, and he was willing to cooperate. However, Lu Zhiyao was not acquainted with Pei Qian in any way, and he was quite famous. How could Pei Qian expect him to star in a film that was being produced by an unknown director? Even if they paid him a lot of money, he might not agree to play the role once he saw the script. Thus, Pei Qian was worried. On the other hand, there was not a hint of worry on Zhu Xiaoces face. Instead, he looked confident and prepared. Pei Qian thought that it was quite ridiculous. The script was so rubbish, and yet Zhu Xiaoce looked like he was holding onto works that had won the Nobel Prize in Literature. Pei Qian tried asking, Director Zhu, when Lu Zhiyao arrives, he will likely ask about the movie script. When he does Dont worry, Boss Pei! Theres nothing to worry about! Before Pei Qian could finish speaking, Zhu Xiaoce patted his chest. Your script was so well-written. For all we know, the more Lu Zhiyao reads, the more he would like it! He might even request to star in it in exchange for a lower pay! Pei Qian was speechless. Youre too optimistic, arent you? Yet, at that point, Pei Qian saw no point in asking more questions. He could only watch how things went when they all finally met. A while later, the companys seven-seater car arrived. Zhang Zuting and Lu Zhiyao alighted from the car and were led into Ming Yun Private Kitchen by a waiter. They each had an assistant trailing behind them. It was common for celebrities to bring their assistants along. After all, most celebrities were extremely busy. They needed someone by their sides to help them or they would risk becoming overwhelmed. The fact that each of these men only had one assistant with them showed how low-profile they were. Other popular celebrities would bring eight to ten assistants with them whenever they left their homes. It almost looked like they were the moon, always behind held up by surrounding stars. This was the first time Pei Qian was meeting Lu Zhiyao in person. Before this, he had only seen his pictures and his scenes in movies online. The first impression he had of Lu Zhiyao was that he was very handsome! There were photogenic and non-photogenic celebrities. Some celebrities looked good on camera but practically glowed in real life. Those far surpassed ordinary handsome men and pretty women. Others were not particularly eye-catching in real life but were made to look much more presentable on camera with make-up. Lu Zhiyao was a special kind of celebrity. He looked extremely handsome in real life but not that handsome on the screen. Pei Qian had to admit that celebrities depended heavily on their affinity with the audience. No matter how good some celebrities looked, it would not matter as long as the audience did not like them. Boss Pei! Its been a long time! Zhang Zuting walked briskly towards Pei Qian and shook his hand. Boss Pei, its a pleasure to meet you. Lu Zhiyao followed closely behind Zhang Zuting After exchanging some pleasantries, Pei Qian led them all into the private room. They then took their respective seats. It was the same private room, the biggest one on the third floor of the villa. Zhang Zuting could see the golden sunset through the window, illuminating the infinity pool. He could not help but recall the first time he had come here. His surroundings and the view made him salivate uncontrollably. The mere thought of the delicacies he had enjoyed during his first time here made Zhang Zuting yearn for the experience once again. He could not wait to dig in. However, at that moment, Pei Qian was not paying any attention to Zhang Zuting or Lu Zhiyao. Instead, he was staring at Zhang Zutings assistant. Youre the brat who wrote down Ming Yun Private Kitchens position the last time and lured all the ballers in Jingzhou City here! Boss Pei was furious, but there was nothing he could do. On Zha Zhutis account, he had to bury the hatchet. Pei Qian introduced Director Zhu Xiaoce to Zhang Zuting and Lu Zhiyao. They had some casual conversation as the dishes were served one by one. Although Lu Zhiyao had eaten a lot of good food in his lifetime, he looked surprised when the food was laid down in front of him. Before he arrived, he was told that there was a pretty good nameless restaurant in Jingzhou City. However, he had not been too hopeful. After all, he often traveled around the world for filming. What kind of restaurant had he not eaten at before? Yet, when he ate the food here, he realized that it was not worse than the food he had at the best restaurant he had ever visited. In fact, the environment and service here far surpassed that restaurant! The moment he tasted these delicacies, Lu Zhiyaos recent troubles and worries faded significantly. Lu Zhiyao had cooped himself at home after his new movie failed. He had also decided not to star in any more films for now. The cast in the previous movie was so good, and yet it still failed. What if the next movie he starred in failed as well? He could not bear it anymore. In fact, Lu Zhiyao had not decided whether to take up the role in this movie or not yet. He had only decided to come to Jingzhou to rest his mind and not to work. Yet, at that moment, as he was being served dish after dish and being well taken care of by the kind waiters; Lu Zhiyao could feel how highly Boss Pei regarded him. At first, he had only wanted to look around Jingzhou City. That made him embarrassed to continue eating this meal. As the saying went, gifts blinded ones eyes. Although Lu Zhiyao had not decided whether to star in the movie or not, he felt the need to ask more questions about it to understand it better. At that thought, Lu Zhiyao said, Boss Pei, Director Zhu, lets talk briefly about this movie. To tell you the truth, Ive been in low spirits lately. Im not in my best state. Mr. Zhang should understand thisan actors ability to display his skills is very closely related to his state. I rejected the offer earlier because I was worried that I would not be able to act well in this movie and end up dragging everyone down. Moreover, Im now known as the toxicity in the box office. I dont want to be a burden to all of you. Before rejecting the offer altogether, Lu Zhiyao had spoken very lowly of himself. That way, even if he decided to turn it down in the end, both parties relationships would not be hurt. As for whether he would end up rejecting the offer or not, that depended on what the script was like and how sincere Boss Pei was. If the script was horrible, he would reject the role. If the film looked like it had potential, he would give it a shot. Pei Qian smiled. Dont put it that way. Mr. Lu, I think your talents have been severely buried! Others may think youre toxicity in the box office, but in my eyes, youre the best candidate to star as the male protagonist in this movie! I have high hopes for you. Lu Zhiyao knew that Boss Pei was just being polite. Still, his sincere gaze moved Lu Zhiyao. Boss Pei looked very genuine! It was rare to come across someone like that. Boss Pei, the fact that you trust me so much makes me feel ashamed. Boss Pei, Director Zhu, I can sense your sincerity, but can I take a look at the script first? As expected, he had asked for the script. Pei Qian knew that Lu Zhiyao probably would not agree to star in the movie if they did not show him the script first. He had no choice but to watch Zhu Xiaoce hand the scripts over to Zhang Zuting and Lu Zhiyao respectively. Lu Zhiyao wiped his hands with the hot towel that the waiter handed to him, received the script with a somber expression, and then flipped through it. Pei Qian watched Lu Zhiyaos expression turn from an expectant one, to confusion, to shock, and finally to blankness. He suddenly had a bad feeling about this. At that moment, after flipping through the script, Lu Zhiyao was at a loss for words. Scripts like that were extremely rare! Of course, it was not that Lu Zhiyao had never seen such scripts before. Many Western artistic films had very misleading plots as well. However, Lu Zhiyao had really never seen a local film like that. Lu Zhiyao had never played a male protagonist like that in his entire acting career. It was a bit too tragic, wasnt it? He was a brown-noser at first, who failed to buy a new house despite working so hard. After more hard work, he finally struck it rich in the middle. He cast his old lover aside and ended up with nothing after being schemed against. Lu Zhiyao had never experienced such wrong being done to him! Every male protagonist he played in the past was a winner in life. He had always been surrounded by beautiful women, and he had always had a successful career. In the most tragic movie he had starred in thus far in his career, he had still played an inspiring and magnificent man who died a glorious death. Even when he had been cast as a supporting actor, he played cute, charming antagonists. This movie was different in a good way. He was supposed to play a male protagonist whose life was terrible! He was neither cute nor pitiful. Up until the end of the story, the audience could even wind up feeling disgusted by him. Lu Zhiyao looked up at Pei Qian. Boss Pei this script At that moment, he had no words to describe how he felt. Pei Qian braced himself as he watched Lu Zhiyaos expression. Indeed, the highly toxic script had ended up repelling even the most toxic man in the box office. After some thought, that seemed about right. Every film that Lu Zhiyao had starred in had failed, one after another. However, he had always played the hero or good guy. At best, he was a domineering CEO; at worst, he was a rich second-generation heir who did not need to worry about clothes or food. He always played someone successful in life. Could Pei Qian expect him to be happy playing a poor person, a brown-noser, an ingrate, and a fool who ended up with nothing after being taken for a ride by others? Pei Qian glanced at Zhu Xiaoce, gesturing for him to speak up. No matter what you say, make the script sound much better than it really is! Stop Lu Zhiyao from overthinking! However, before Zhang Zuting could speak up, Zhang Zuting smacked his thigh. What a good script! This script is great! In all my years of acting, Ive never read a script this meaningful and deep! This is a biting satire. Its a criticism of overly consumeristic people, the fickle and impatient society, and the way money changes a person. This script is very meaningful indeed, and its worth chewing on to appreciate it further! Boss Pei, where did you find this scriptwriter? He has such high standards! Zhu Xiaoce immediately answered, Boss Pei wrote this script himself. Zhang Zuting immediately looked at him with newfound respect. I didnt realize that you were so talented, Boss Pei! Abler people do more work indeed! Somethings not right Boss Pei, the script was already done when I spoke to you over the phone the last time. Why did you try to avoid the topic? Oh I understand. Youre humble and low-profile! Boss Pei, humility is good, but its not good to be too humble. I only agreed to star in this movie because of our good relationship. Other actors might not have agreed to come down if they had been told that the script wasnt ready. What a waste that would be! Based on this script alone, I would agree to act in the movie for free, much less for a discounted price! Pei Qian looked at Zhu Xiaoce, and then at Zhang Zuting, confused. Things were developing in a completely opposite direction from what he had expected. What is going on? Pei Qian had only expected to get support from Zhu Xiaoce. He wanted the latter to help bluff Zhang Zuting and Lu Zhiyao into accepting the project. Yet, it turned out that even Zhang Zuting had been bought over. He supported Pei Qian of his own accord, and the three of them were working together to lead Lu Zhiyao on board! Lu Zhiyao still looked quite confused. He had only roughly scanned the script and had not understood its main plot points. Zhang Zuting continued flipping through the script, obviously emotional. Boss Pei, if Im not wrong, this script was custom-made for Brother Lu, right? Pei Qian, ? Custom-made? Youre overthinking. When I wrote this script, I had no idea who Lu Zhiyao was However, Pei Qian could not possibly have told the truth at that moment, right? He smiled subtly, not agreeing or denying Zhang Zutings guess. When he saw that smile, Zhang Zuting became even more certain. He turned to Lu Zhiyao and said, Brother Lu, can you tell? Lu Zhiyao felt light-headed. I cant see sh*t! Custom-made for me? Do I look like a brown-noser to you?! Seeing Lu Zhiyaos explanation, Zhang Zuting explained, Brother Lu, do you know what youre lacking now? Youre not just lacking a good script or a good role to play. The most important thing youre lacking is a good image! Lu Zhiyaos expression remained one of confusion. Zhang Zuting continued, When I say good image, Im not referring to powerful or strong roles. Youve played the successful person in many movies before, and yet youve only achieved mediocre reactions. Have you thought about why thats so? A good image is not formed when you play flawless characters. Instead, it is formed when you obviously distinguish yourself from other actors through your own unique points and when you allow the audience to relate to you and remember your character! When I was younger, I got the title of movie king by playing an insane person as well. The male protagonist in this script looks like a good-for-nothing, but it iswithout a doubt-an excellent character. Hes complicated and voluptuous. A role like that will allow you to mold every aspect of your acting skills. Whats more, it could help you to shake off the stereotype that the audience has placed you in. Why havent your previous roles appealed to the audience? I personally think that youre too handsome! Thanks to your looks, the audience cannot take your role seriously. You dont look grounded, and you dont look convincing. Its extremely difficult for them to be immersed in the movie. I think your attractiveness has become a burden to you to a certain extent. If you dont let go of this burden and take up roles like that, it would be very difficult for you to break out of this state. Youre always playing flawless characters. How can you leave a deep impression in the audiences minds? Thats why I think this role was custom-made for you. It suits you very well! Honestly, if I was more than ten years younger, I would take up this role for sure. Now, Im too old for that. The chance is yours. After listening to Zhang Zutings words, Lu Zhiyao fell silent. Pei Qian and Zhu Xiaoce fell silent as well. However, all three of them were silent for different reasons. Lu Zhiyao was silent because he wanted to reap as many benefits as he could from the heartfelt advice of a movie king. No matter how popular Zhang Zuting was now, he was still a senior who had achieved much more in his career than Lu Zhiyao. The fact that even Zhang Zuting thought this role was a good one to take up showed how good the role really was. Zhu Xiaoce was silent because he felt emotional. Indeed, Zhang Zuting was a veteran actor with a deep understanding of movies. From both actors reactions to the script alone, Zhu Xiaoce could tell that Zhang Zuting was of a much higher standard than Lu Zhiyao! On the other hand, Pei Qian was confused. zas He had thought that Zhang Zuting would react in the same way as Lu Zhiyao did. He imagined both actors would have many criticisms, and Zhu Xiaoce and Pei Qian would have had to spend more effort trying to win them over. Yet, as it turned out, Zhang Zuting liked the script! Not only did he like it, but he was also helping to buy Lu Zhiyao over. He even went so far as to say ridiculous things like the script being custom-made for the latter. Pei Qian really wanted to know if old Zhang was speaking from the heart or if he was just trying to bluff Lu Zhiyao. Is it the former? Thats unlikely. I wrote this script with the intention of including as many toxic points as possible. How could a veteran actor like Old Zhang, who has starred in many movies before, like it?! Yes, it must be because Im Zhu Xiaoces boss and Zhang Zutings financial backer. Both must be finding it extremely difficult to critique the script objectively. Thats probably why theyre praising it so highly. Look, Lu Zhiyao, someone who has no relationship with me whatsoever, had a different reaction to the script! That means Old Zhang and Zhu Xiaoce must be trying to bluff him on my behalf. Well done! Both of them have done a good job today. As long as I can rope the toxicity in the box office into this project, I will increase both of their salaries for sure! Chapter 336 - Donating to Needy Students Lu Zhiyao looked at the script and then at Zhang Zuting. He looked back at the script and then at Boss Pei. It was obvious that he was conflicted. He had never heard of the director, the cast and crew had not achieved any recognition, the script was one-of-a-kind, and he was being asked to play the brown-nosing protagonist. From many angles, taking this role would be extremely risky. However, after hearing Zhang Zutings advice, Lu Zhiyao was visibly shaken. Maybe this movie would really help me to break out of the box I have put myself in with my previous roles. Perhaps I will no longer be known as the toxicity in the box office If the movie turns out successful, it wouldnt matter how much money I make in the process. If I can get rid of my title as the toxicity in the box office and regain my audiences approval, all the effort would be worth it! Moreover, I could learn a thing or two from working with Zhang Zuting. Perhaps my acting would improve. After much consideration, Lu Zhiyao made up his mind. At last, he nodded. Aright, Ill take a gamble for this good script and Mr. Zhang! Ill do the same as Mr. Zhang and ask for less remuneration! Pei Qian quickly raised his hand to stop them. I cant allow that! Both of you will be paid as much as you deserve. I wont shortchange you. In fact, Ill pay you even more! Dont feel embarrassed. You can best pay me back by displaying your excellent acting skills during filming! Zhang Zuting and Lu Zhiyao smiled, obviously comforted. Indeed, it was a pleasure working with bright people like Boss Pei! Ule Pei Qian was elated as well. The toxicity in the box office had been roped in. His job was done! Since thats decided, we can hurry up with the preparations and start filming as soon as possible! Pei Qian could not wait to spend all thirty million yuan at once. For now, all the preparation work for the movie was done. The script had been finalized, and the initial preparations were almost complete. The two main actors had also been found. Both were quite famous and acted quite well. On the surface, the movie looked like it would be a success. It looked nothing like a movie that would fail on the day of its premiere. Pei Qian had been quite successful at lying to everyone and disguising his intentions! He would not get involved in finding the lead actress and bit-role actors. Instead, he would leave these matters to Zhu Xiaoce. After all, the lead actress would only play a small part in the movie. She would not have many lines, and she probably would not be that outstanding Now that the actors playing the male protagonist and judge had been confirmed, Pei Qian was confident that no other actor or actress could turn the situation around, no matter how hard they tried. November 22nd, Monday Pei Qian subconsciously switched off his 10 AM alarm and then slept for another thirty minutes before waking up naturally. When he sat up, he realized it was almost time for lunch. Habitually, he ordered Fish-Catching Take-Out. After watching shows for some time, his take-out arrived. Pei Qian ate his food as he thought about the work he had to do in the coming weeks. He had more or less finished distributing the tasks for this cycle. In the next five or six days, he probably would not have anything else to keep him busy. However, he had not thought about how to spend the five million yuan meant for charity yet. There were many ways to do charity. Large, foreign companies did charity in order to avoid taxes. Some even took charity as a form of business. Not only could they avoid incurring losses, but they could also earn some profit. On the other hand, Pei Qians motive in doing charity was purer; he only wanted to lose money. The simplest method was to donate all five million yuan. Yet, who should he donate the money to? That was another problem to think about. Whether he chose to donate the money to poor children or less-developed areas, he would have to go through some charity organizations in the process. Pei Qian did not have the time or energy to research various organizations and distinguish the reliable ones from the non-reliable ones. After all, many charity and non-profit organizations that looked reliable on the surface ended up being involved in some form of scandal. He had to spend the money no matter what, but if blood-suckers benefited in the process, he would be extremely dissatisfied. Thus, Pei Qian planned to start from his surroundings first. He could make sure that the money landed in the hands of people who really needed it before he expanded his area of influence. Spending five million yuan did not seem like much. In fact, compared to ballers overseas who would make all-out donations of up to ninety percent of their assets to charitable causes, the figure seemed lacking. However, many ballers overseas only made all-out donations in order to avoid taxes. It would be good enough if only a fraction of the assets were genuinely used for a charitable cause. In contrast, all the five million yuan that Pei Qian intended to spend on charity was meant to be put to good use. He would make sure that the amount would not be discounted in any way. As the starting sum in the System Funds increased, Pei Qian would be able to spend more and more money on charity. He could even end up spending eight to ten million yuan, or even more, on charity in the future. Eventually, Pei Qian was sure that he would build a charity foundation just to manage the funds and ensure that the money landed in the hands of those who really needed it. However, there was no need for such a foundation now. Thus, Pei Qian decided to start from his surroundings. At the very least, he could personally ensure that he only distributed money to the needy. As for who he should give the money to Pei Qian had not thought about it yet. Just as he was deep in thought, his cell phone rang. Pei Qian set down his chopsticks and glanced at the screen. It was his instructor, Zhang Wei. Eh? Pei Qian was slightly surprised. When Zhang Wei called the last time, he had wanted Pei Qian to recommend some classmates to Fei Huang Workspaces head. His intention had been to get Pei Qians seniors employed. Pei Qian had thought that he had stumbled upon treasure. Very excitedly, he assigned all of them to Zhongdian Chinese Network. After that There was nothing more. Why would Zhang Wei call him now? Pei Qian was already in his second year of university. He still had not taken on any roles in school, and his grades were about the same as the year before at best. He definitely still did not qualify for any scholarships or awards. As for the other things they were even more unlikely. Was Zhang Wei calling for help to solve his seniors employment issues again? That couldnt be. It was only November. His seniors hadnt graduated. Puzzled, Pei Qian picked up the call. Hello? Teacher Zhang? Zhang Wei remained silent for two seconds and then spoke in a heavy tone. Pei Qian or should I call you Boss Pei now? Pei Qians mind was filled with question marks. He felt that something was amiss. Had his identity been exposed?! Zhang Wei remained in the university as an instructor after graduation. He was only five or six years older than Pei Qian, and they were considered to be from the same generation. Thus, although they did not interact much usually, they were as good as friends. Zhang Wei also often paid out of his own pocket to treat a few male students to meals and drinks from time to time. That was why Pei Qian had quite a good impression of him in general. However, this call seemed to spell trouble for Pei Qian! Pei Qian had told Zhang Wei before that he had found a part-time job at Fei Huang Workspace. Zhang Wei had not suspected anything at the time. Yet, this time, Zhang Wei was referring to Pei Qian as Boss Pei. That was very problematic! Pei Qian laughed nervously. Teacher Zhang, what are you joking about? Since when did I become Boss Pei? Zhang Wei sounded both furious and amused. Drop the act! If Zhu Xingan had not come back to visit me recently and started talking about you, I would still be kept in the dark! All this time, you were the boss of Tengda. That means Fei Huang Workspace and the other companies are all yours?! Youre really something. I havent heard a peep from you over the past year or so, and yet you have established such a huge business like Tengda. Youve even remained so low-profile the entire time. Not many people around you know about your achievements! Anyone else would have boasted to the entire school after making just a small profit. Youre much better. Even after establishing such a huge company, you continue to conduct your business in secret, just like a thief! Pei Qian was speechless. Oh, no! Ive been exposed! Pei Qian had already tried as hard as he could to not show his face in Zhongdian Chinese Network. Still, there was no way he could have kept this hidden forever. Pei Qian remained silent for a split second and said, Teacher Zhang, you know that Ive always been low-profile. I just want to lead a normal life in school. I dont want seniors and friends to rush into class to ask for employment while Im trying to learn. Thatll be quite a scene Zhang Wei felt speechless. Am I looking into the mind of a business genius? Youre really different from the rest. Alright, since youve put it that way, Ill keep this secret as your teacher. You wont have to worry about this affecting your normal life. However Will you do your part to help your Teacher Zhang during the next graduation season? I heard from Zhu Xingan that you assigned all of them to Zhongdian Chinese Network and that the website is now doing very well! Look, its a win-win situation. The school provides you with talents, and you provide your seniors with jobs. My employment rate has gone up, and so has your companys efficiency! How great is that?! Pei Qian was speechless. It did look good on the surface, but Forget it; it was hard to explain. Pei Qian really did not want to take in any more seniors. He would not be able to take it! He would consider killing himself if another Zhongdian Chinese Network popped out of nowhere! Zhongdian Chinese Network was not earning much at the moment, but it was still a burden nonetheless. Boss Pei did not want to add on to his burdens. Yet, he could not possibly turn Teacher Zhang down as well. After all, he was right. From various angles, this was a win-win situation for the school, himself, and his business. How could Pei Qian turn him down? All of a sudden, he recalled the recruitment examinations he had set earlier. An idea surfaced in his head. Teacher Zhang, this is the current situation. You know that Tengda has been thrown into the spotlight recently due to many unforeseen circumstances. The company has just laid down a new regulated system for recruitment. We now have to put all applicants through several examinations before we shortlist them based on their results. I cant possibly make exceptions for myself immediately after setting this system up, dont you think? I see. Thats a pity, then, answered Zhang Wei. Alright, since theres a new system in place, I shall not force you. Ill inform my students who are in their final year to prepare for your companys recruitment examinations in advance. At that moment, Pei Qian thought about something else. Oh, right! Teacher Zhang, although I cant recruit them directly, I can help the school in other ways. Firstly, I would appreciate it if a few seniors studying for postgraduate degrees would help me mark the recruitment examinations in time to come. Ill give them an allowance for sure. Zhang Wei answered, Thatll be easy to arrange. In any case, the school assigns students doing post-graduate studies to mark both college entrance examinations and government officials recruitment tests as well. They can help your company to mark examinations during staggered periods. Ill speak to the head of the university to arrange this. There shouldnt be a problem. Pei Qian spoke again. I also want to donate a sum of money to needy students in school. Zhang Wei replied, Of course, thatll be great! How do you plan to do that though? Do you want to refer to the schools list of needy students? Pei Qian shook his head. I hope to refer to the schools Campus Card System. I will shortlist those who visit the canteen many times in a month but dont spend much each time. Then, the school can conduct a check on these students financial backgrounds. I will provide five hundred yuan each month for the next five months to the needy students among them. This sum can be used to secure their basic needs. Ill fund a total of two thousand people. Zhang Wei remained silent for a moment and then said, Alright, I thank you on behalf of these students. Chapter 337 - Sharing Experience Seeking Employment? After hanging up, Zhang Wei felt slightly emotional. He hadnt been an instructor for long, but he had already heard about and seen many outstanding students. Some accomplished their entire university syllabus in just two or three years, had the programs they compiled included in the schools teaching material, and went on to fill core roles in large companies and take up huge projects. Some represented the country in major chess championships and won first place. Some devoted their efforts to science and research, released many academic theses, and obtained many unique patents. They had those who had helped the needy and the community with a passion, those who had obtained many international design awards and who had been given advanced offers by large-scale companies, and those who had rescued others in the face of danger. A university was a place filled with talents. Handong University was also one of the countrys key universities. It was no surprise that more and more talents were entering the school each year. In such an environment, many ordinary students could easily develop mental health issues. Almost everyone had been considered a genius in their classes in high school. Yet, when they had arrived at university, they had discovered that everyone around them was equally talented. Some psychologically weaker students had found this hard to swallow. Thus, Zhang Wei was not surprised that there were so many outstanding students under his charge. However, Pei Qian had secretly and silently started his own company while he was in his first year in university. After that, he conducted his business in a low-key manner until it grew into the size it was today. That alone was ridiculous. It had been beyond Zhang Weis imagination, and it had undermined everything Zhang Wei knew to be true. Yet, the rarest and most valuable part of it all was that this student was neither boasting nor showing off his achievements. Instead, the moment his business started doing well, he donated five million yuan to the needy and helped the students in his school who were having a harder time in life. It was very respectable indeed. Zhang Wei started to type a report for the faculty head and the university head. Of course, the school would do all it could to support such efforts to help needy students. Now that the five million yuan had been spent, Pei Qian had nothing left to worry about for this cycle. Actually, Pei Qian could have waited until the very last minute in the cycle to spend the five million yuan. Perhaps that would have maximized the full effects of his spending. However, after some thought, Pei Qian realized that the five million yuan could have made a practical difference to the needy students living standards. The earlier he donated it, perhaps the more the needy students would be able to eat every day. Thus, he decided to put the money to good use as soon as he could. Donating the money soon after the cycle began was the best option. After having lunch, Pei Qian made a trip to the office. The first thing he did was instruct Assistant Xin to cooperate with the school if they needed any more information for the donations. Assistant Xin would probably have to go down to liaise with the relevant departments in school at the most. Pei Qian just needed to ensure that the money would go into the needy students campus cards quietly. Since he wanted to minimize any fuss, he decided to skip past the complicated procedures and send Assistant Xin to personally deal with the matter. After that, Pei Qian went to the HR department to ask about Tengdas recruitment examinations. At first, they had decided to recruit new employees in May and November every year. However, since this was going to be the first recruitment drive, they were a bit tight on time. It was already November 22nd, and yet the recruitment process was not ready. Nevertheless, there was still a week to go. They were more or less done. There was hope that they would be able to officially hold the first recruitment next week. Pei Qian confirmed the final preparations for the recruitment examinations with Hao Yun and then added two more points. The first point was on the marking of the papers. They would hire postgraduate students from Handong University to help out with that. Although they would form the bulk of the people doing the work, the leader of each marking group would have to be an employee of Tengda. That would prevent people from cheating the system. The HR department definitely had to coordinate this. The second point was on power. Although every person who applied for a job at Tengda would now have to sit through examinations, Pei Qian had to have the right to hire anyone without having to put them through the entire process. He had to retain this discretionary power as the boss of the company. After he finished speaking, he made one round around the office to see how the project team was doing. GOG was still at the initial stages of research and development at the moment. Most of the design was still captured in design drafts, and there was still nothing much to show. No substantial headway had been made in terms of buying character IPs, coming up with the conceptual design for the characters animations, and the like. There was really nothing much for Pei Qian to see. Still, he studied Bao Xu closely. It looked like Bao Xu was growing more and more hair on his head, but his passion for work seemed to be weakening. Pei Qian stole several glances at him and found him playing games every single time. Not once did Pei Qian see him working on a file or the game editor. This was undoubtedly a good sign. Hmm, it looks like Bao Xu has turned over a new leaf. The travel therapy is proving extremely effective. Pei Qian was satisfied with this result. The next outstanding employee selection would take place on February 1st. He wondered who would replace Bao Xu and win the chance to travel around the world for free. Pei Qian was beginning to realize that he had been paying more attention to the second most outstanding employee than the first. Come to think of it, Pei Qian had to make some changes to the selection the next time. In the past, the most outstanding employee had only been selected from within Tengda Games. This meant that those who won first place and got eliminated always turned out to be Tengda Games chief planners. That was to be expected. After all, the chief planner was often in charge of the most work and held the heaviest responsibilities in the games department. Naturally, in the other employees eyes, he would be the most hardworking one. That position was therefore the most dangerous one to be in. After some thought, Pei Qian decided that this wouldnt do. It was not that he could not bear to let his chief planners go. However, the problem was that he had already gotten rid of so many of them before. Still, there was no sign of things changing! Until now, Tengda had already ventured into many areas. The company was no longer solely dependent on the games department as it was before. To Pei Qian, this was akin to firing beacons in all directions. Since that was the case, the selection for the most outstanding employee had to be extended to all of Tengda Corporation, including the subsidiaries. The most outstanding employees in all of these companies would be nominated. After some thought, Pei Qian decided that it would be more straightforward to hold an internal poll in TPDb. On February 1st, all he would have to do was send a message to all the employees, asking them to vote. The System would then automatically generate the results. Just as he was thinking about this, Pei Qian received a message from Zhu Xiaoce. Boss Pei, the cast has taken their promotional photos. Please take a look. Lu Zhiyao might look too dashing. Would he stand out from the rest of the cast? Should we make him uglier and more haggard? There were a few images attached to the message. The first was of Zhang Zuting. He was dressed in a slightly gaudy and futuristic costume. There was a confident grin on his face, which seemed to scream successful man. However, there was a hint of cunning in his expression. The second image was of Lu Zhiyao. His costume was much simpler. He was dressed in a single gray tone and a style that looked overly pithy, to the point of being unpresentable. Both of them were acting as people from the future. However, Zhang Zuting was acting as the judgean obviously rich man. Naturally, his clothing had to be showier. On the other hand, Lu Zhiyao was acting as the poor, male protagonist. That meant he could only wear the simplest of clothing. Still, Lu Zhiyaos simple and unpresentable clothing could not hide his good looks. It was obvious that the make-up artist had not dolled Lu Zhiyao up that much. However, Lu Zhiyao was just naturally too handsome. The make-up artist may have cut back on purpose, and the clothes Lu Zhiyao was wearing may not have looked nice, but his good looks still shone through. W After some thought, Pei Qian said, Leave it as it is. Pei Qian was afraid that making Lu Zhiyao look ugly would end up hurting his toxicity. He continued scrolling down and saw the lead actress photo. Pei Qian had never seen her. She had a round face, big eyes, and two shallow dimples when she smiled. Put simply, she had the face of every mans first crush. Pei Qian looked up her name-Lin Ruyiand found no results. It looked like she was a new actress whom no one really knew. It was likely that she had not even starred in a movie before. After looking through the photos, Pei Qian realized that the movies make-up, costumes, and props were all quite well done. It was obvious that Director Zhu Xiaoce had put in a considerable amount of effort into these things. At first, Pei Qian felt slightly worried. However, on further thought, he recalled that the movie was meant to succeed on its plot alone. As good as the make-up, costumes, and props were; they only acted as nice packaging to the toxins inside the movie. They would definitely not hinder his plans. November 25th, Thursday It was Thanksgiving Day. It was also the day that Pei Qian had set to distribute money to the needy students. Pei Qian had shortlisted these students based on the data in the schools Campus Card System. The schools investigations later confirmed that all of these students were needy. The five hundred yuan was to be transferred into their campus cards directly. There was no need for loud announcements or notifications. Only students, who realized that their card balance looked strange and who went to approach teachers in charge of the top-up stations in school, would get an explanation. The instructor, Zhang Wei, was in his office. He handed a name list to Pei Qian and said, These are the postgraduate students who have experience marking examination papers. There are a few from every faculty, and we have already notified them of this program beforehand. You can shortlist whoever you want and contact them directly. As for remuneration theres really no need to give them three hundred yuan per day. Thats too high a standard. Youve already donated five million yuan to the school. Moreover, these postgraduate students are all your seniors. All of them felt very moved when they heard the news. A few even agreed to help you mark scripts without being paid. Pei Qian quickly shook his head. That wouldnt do! I have to pay them however much it costs. How can I pull strings like that? Marking is very tiring and intense work. How can I take advantage of my own seniors? Alright, Teacher Zhang. If theres nothing else, Ill make a move. Zhang Wei lifted his hand and said, Hold on, dont rush off. Boss Pei, if you dont have anything else to tend to, please take a seat. We can chat. Pei Qian was momentarily speechless. Teacher Zhang, dont refer to me as Boss Pei. I cant take it. Zhang Wei smiled. Alright, Ill refer to you as Pei Qian from now on. Over the past few days, Ive been thinking about organizing a special talk for you. Beads of cold sweat formed on Pei Qians forehead at once. A special talk? Teacher Zhang, you must be kidding. What can I talk about? Ill be thankful enough if I can pass every subject this semester. Zhang Wei sniggered. Humility! Pei Qian, humility is a virtue, but being excessively humble is a bad thing. You managed to establish such a huge company in just over a year. Youre an extremely rare business genius! You must understand that many of your seniors in their final year of undergraduate or postgraduate studies are still worrying about finding jobs. Of course, you have a special process set up for recruitment into your company. Im not forcing you to find jobs for these seniors of yours. However, asking you to find time in your busy schedule to give a talk on your experience in seeking employment wouldnt be too much, right?. Pei Qian was speechless. My experience in seeking employment? Teacher Zhang, Ive never sought employment. How can I share my experience? Zhang Wei pondered for a moment. Oh, thats right. You established your own business; you didnt seek employment. Well, you should at least be able to share your experience as an entrepreneur, right? Once again, Pei Qian was at a loss for words. Both of them stared at each other in silence. Pei Qian had no idea how to put this. What experience as an entrepreneur? When the time came, Boss Pei would go up on stage and say, Today, Im going to share with everyone my experience as an entrepreneur. First, you obtain a system How could he do that?! However, on further thought, Pei Qian had no good reason to turn down this request. He could not possibly say he was working so hard that he could not even afford to spare one or two hours, right? Thus, he had no choice but to give it some serious thought. Ill go back and consider it seriously. The main problem is Im really not good at speaking. If I decide I cant do it, Ill send one of the core members in my company to come and give the speech. Itll achieve the same effect. Zhang Wei nodded. That would work, but the audience would be more convinced if you personally deliver the speech. Pei Qian sniggered inwardly. More convinced my ass Chapter 338 - How Could You Believe In Such Metaphysics?! Someone knocked on the door as the two of them were chatting. Teacher-Teacher Zhang, Apologies that I was late for two minutes. My sh-shoelace broke on the way. Pei Qian glanced at his watch subconsciously. It was a little over four in the afternoon. The college often arranged students to be on duty. Their job was mainly to help the counselors and other teachers run errands and other miscellaneous work within their means. This student should have been helping out in Zhang Weis office. Zhang Wei seemed to have been mentally prepared and did not bother in the least. Its okay. Dont worry if you were to encounter special circumstances in the future. It doesnt matter if you are a few minutes late. Your safety is most important. Pei Qian turned his head to look. A tall girl in thick winter school uniform came in. She looked just shy of 1.7 meters tall. She had a pair of washed-out jeans and a pair of sneakers on. One of the laces on the sneakers was broken. Most universities did not have uniforms. Handong University was no exception. The school uniform worn by her was obviously from her high school. It was almost December, and winter was here. Many people were wearing thin down jackets. The ability of this school uniform to keep out the cold was rather worrying. The hands and cheeks of this girl were indeed flushed from the cold. However, she seemed to be used to it. Oh, just nice. Hey, Yishu, this is the senior who put 500 yuan into your meal card. The girl bowed hurriedly. Thank you, Senior! Its alright, Pei Qian said while looking at Zhang Wei blankly. This is Tang Yishu, a freshman in our university. She is also in your financial aid program. Eh, no need to water the plants, no need to water the plants Zhang Wei introduced her. Zhang Wei stopped Tang Yishu from picking up the watering can next to him. Tang Yishu squeezed her fingers helplessly and asked. In that case, what else can I help with, Teacher Zhang? Zhang Wei handed her a document on the table. Run an errand for me. Send these for stamping. Be safe on your way. wa Tang Yishu nodded and gave the document a glance before leaving with her lowered head. Pei Qian was a little puzzled. Why did you emphasize on safety? Did you not hear what she said? Her shoelace broke on the way here. There could be more situations waiting for her during her errands. Pei Qian, ? Zhang Wei continued. She watered the green dill on my table on her first day of duty. Its leaves turned yellow for some unknown reason. As a result of that, I spent a lot of effort taking care of it-adding fertilizer and gave it plenty of sun-before it managed to survive. Strange happenings always revolve around this kid. She could be walking and trip over a stone. Blown away by the wind while sunning the clothes. These are all run-of-the-mill for her. The most outrageous incident was when she made a reservation at a restaurant for the class gathering. All of us heard the service staff confirm the reservation. Later on, the service staff forgot about it. The restaurant gave us a complimentary fruit platter, but I never dared to let her handle such tasks again. However, she is serious about her work and studies very hard. I arranged for her to be on duty because her family isnt in good condition. She can earn a little salary this way. However, I dont dare to let her do too much work. Im worried that she would knock herself while running errands. Pei Qian was shocked. There is even such a thing? Zhang Wei nodded. Yes, some of her classmates even teased her about it and nicknamed her Loser because it sounded like her name. It sounds a little overboard, but it is very difficult to explain everything from a scientific perspective Pei Qian said sternly, Teacher Zhang, we are both highly educated. How can you believe in such metaphysics?! Ahem, ahem, if you dont mind, I can consider giving her a part-time job. Zhang Wei was a little surprised. Really? Thats great! She doesnt make much money with me here. I tried to give her some money privately, but she refused. Its great if you have a suitable part-time job for her. Dont worry, shes just a little less lucky. She is one of the best and most reliable freshmen in our college in terms of study and conduct. Pei Qian was not interested in everything else, only in her luck. They were just chatting when Tang Yishu came back with the stamped document in her hand. For some reason, there was a little red bump on her forehead. Zhang Wei took the document. What happened to your forehead? I-I ran a little too fast and accidentally hit the glass door Tang Yishu said with some embarrassment. Teacher Zhang, dont worry. There was no damage to the door. Im fine as well. Zhang Wei was a little dumbfounded. Why do you care about the door? What matters is that youre alright. What do you have in your hand? Tang Yishu had a paper bag in her hand. She handed it over to Pei Qian with both her hands. Senior, this is f-for you. Thank you. Pei Qian found a scarf inside after accepting it with confusion. It was monochrome and pretty obviously hand-knitted. It was very different from the scarves sold in the malls. Pei Qian looked down at the turtleneck sweater he was wearing and the thick down jacket that he left unzipped because the office was too hot. He also remembered the commercial car waiting for him at the west gate outside the school. He then looked towards Tang Yishu in her old school uniform, face still flushed from the cold. I think you need this scarf more than me Pei Qian said sincerely. Tang Yishu waved her hand hurriedly. No, no, no, please keep it, Senior. Ill knit another one soon. Zhang Wei smiled. Keep it, Pei Qian. Thats just like her. She dislikes accepting favors. Yishu, you dont have to come to run errands for me from now on. Your senior will give you a part-time job. You will be able to get more income. Huh? Tang Yishus big eyes were blank. Why are you still in a daze? Go, listen to the work that your senior has arranged for you. You dont need to come here for errands in the future. Zhang Wei waved his hand dismissively and continued with his work on hand. Tang Yishu could only follow silently behind Pei Qian as he left the office building after she was sold by the counselor inexplicably. Pei Qian was thinking over the kind of work he should give Tang Yishu as he walked. Theoretically speaking, he was bringing her back to the office as a mascot. However, he couldnt possibly just let her sit in the office every day without any work, right? What kind of work should he give her? Pei Qian staggered suddenly as he contemplated and nearly fell. Tang Yishu reacted fast. She grabbed Pei Qian immediately and prevented him from suffering the ill fortune of falling down. Pei Qian was a little surprised. Thank you. Tang Yishu blushed. No need to thank you. I-Im used to it. Im sorry, Senior. Pei Qian lowered his head and found that his shoelace had come loose without him knowing. He almost fell because his left foot stepped onto his right shoelace just now. Pei Qian could not help but fall into silence. Could there really be such metaphysics in this world? Was there really a naturally unlucky being that could spread her unluckiness to her surroundings? Tang Yishu supported Pei Qian and waited for him to stand firm before she stood silently to the side. She kept more than one meter away from Pei Qian, probably because she was afraid Pei Qian would be affected by her again. Pei Qian was not angry at all. Instead, he was elated. Come, come, come, follow me. They walked towards the universitys west gate. There were many small shops after the west gate. One of them sold lottery scratchcards for twenty yuan per piece. It could be used to scratch for many prizes. Pei Qian brought Tang Yishu to his small shop. He fished out 200 yuan without a second thought. Boss, give me 10 pieces. Nas Pei Qian looked at Tang Yishu, who was standing outside the shop, after getting the lottery scratchcards. He fell into a brief period of consideration. Pei Qian decided not to hand these lottery scratchcards to Tang Yishu. He would scratch them himself. There had to be a control case even in good or bad luck. Tang Yishu subconsciously stepped back more than two meters away seeing Pei Qian scratch the lottery scratchcards. Pei Qian did not say anything as he started scratching away. Five yuan. Ten yuan. Fifty yuan. Pei Qians face became darker as he continued scratching As expected, Im a godd*mn winner in life! Two hundred yuan worth of lottery scratchcards yielded me more than three hundred yuan. I even made a profit! Pei Qian had long felt there was a huge problem with his luck. How could it be so difficult to lose some money? He handed these lottery scratchcards to the owner. Exchange all of them for more lottery scratchcards. Scratchcards that won 5,000 yuan and below could be redeemed directly at the sales outlet. However, anything more than 5,000 yuan could only be redeemed at China Welfare Lottery Issuing Center. Pei Qian redeemed the lottery scratchcards for more lottery scratchcards and beckoned Tang Yishu over. You scratch them. Tang Yishu shook her head vigorously. No, Senior, I cannot do it. My luck is really bad. Pei Qian stuffed the lottery scratchcards into her hands. No problem, just listen to me and scratch them. Tang Yishu pursed her lips. Senior, t-this is 300-odd yuan However, she had no choice but to scratch reluctantly under Pei Qians watchful gaze. Pei Qian watched seriously by the side. First card, second card, third card The winning rate plummeted ever since Tang Yishu started scratching. She would get nothing for consecutive cards. Tang Yishu stopped to look at Pei Qian after every few pieces of cards with tears in her eyes. Pei Qian gestured do your best, signaling her to continue. Halfway through the lottery scratchcards, only a few pieces won the lottery. The pieces that won were only worth 10 yuan. It was a total loss. Alright, stop, Pei Qian said. Tang Yishu stopped immediately as if she was saved. Pei Qian took the rest of the lottery scratchcards and stopped Tang Yishu from removing herself away from him. Just stand here. Pei Qian continued to scratch. This time, he did not win a single card after eight consecutive pieces! Tang Yishu subconsciously tried to retreat. However, Pei Qian would look at her every time she made any small movement. That made her too scared to move. The 300-odd-yuan worth of lottery scratchcards was finally done. Pei Qian counted the winning cards. They yielded a total of 120 yuan. Moreover, more than half of them were scratched by Pei Qian. The change of luck for the worse was visible to the naked eye! Pei Qian was too tired after scratching so many lottery scratchcards. He handed them to the boss and redeemed them all. Tang Yishu stood by the side, pinching her fingers nervously and looking very distressed. Pei Qian did not believe in metaphysics originally. That had changed now. He paid 200 yuan and recovered 120 yuan. Pei Qian was overjoyed even though 80 yuan had gone to the Welfare Lottery. Here, for you. Pei Qian handed Tang Yishu the remaining 120 yuan, but she pursed her lips and shook her hand. How stubborn. You really dont accept benefits from others. Pei Qian had no choice but to keep the money and left the shop with Tang Yishu. Five minutes after they left, the shopkeeper put away the bunch of lottery scratchcards that did not win and was about to throw them away. A student from Handong University walked past to buy a bottle of water and happened to see the pile of scrap lottery scratchcards on the table. Lottery scratchcards? IQ tax. Someone actually bought so many This guy muttered, expressing his disdain for this matter. However, he hesitated for quite some time after he purchased the water before finally fishing out 20 yuan for one scratchcard. His eyes nearly popped out when he scratched it. F*ck, 100,000 yuan!!! Chapter 339 - Encourager ‘Glabella’ Pei Qian trod carefully as he emerged from the shop near the west gate. He was constantly on the lookout if there were any stones below his feet or if his shoelaces came loose again. Tang Yishu lowered her head and followed behind with small steps. She did not know what type of job she was going to do; neither did she dare to ask too much. Pei Qian bought a cup of iced milk tea and hot milk tea when they passed by a milk tea shop. He gave Tang Yishu the cup of hot milk tea. Tang Yishu was slightly embarrassed but accepted it at Pei Qians insistence. She held the hot milk tea and warmed her hands. Do you have any interests or hobbies? For example piano? Singing? Drawing? Pei Qian tried asking, but Tang Yishu shook her head, declining all these options. Pei Qian gave it some thought and felt that given Tang Yishus family conditions, it was good enough to be able to go to school. Where was the money to expend on such hobbies? The problem was what kind of job should he give her? Pei Qian recruited Tang Yishu purely as a mascot. She should be placed directly in the center of the office to change the luck of the office given her special halo effect. There was no need for her to be put in charge of specific tasks. Tang Yishu was very smart after all. She was hardworking and would probably be able to pick up the work rather fast in the future. Boss Pei did not want to be stabbed by smart students. However, he had to find something for her to do no matter what. How about you come to my office to help me water my plants. Pei Qian pondered. This girl nearly watered the green dill in Zhang Weis office to death. It shouldnt be too difficult to destroy all the potted plants in Tengda, right? He could buy a new bunch then. That would allow him to spend some money. What a great idea. Tang Yishu waved her hand hurriedly. No, Senior, I cannot take care of plants. All living things Ive taken care of since I was young would become sick inexplicably, be it animals or plants. Except except for cats. Cats? Pei Qian gave it some thought. Cats could do as well! It just so happened that there was a pet hospital nearby. Follow me. Tang Yishu hugged the milk tea, trotted behind Pei Qian again, and entered the nearby pet hospital. This pet hospital was very small, housing only three treatment rooms and one operating theater. It mainly served the people in surrounding communities with pets. Stray cats were a frequent occurrence in this area. Students or aunties with nothing better to do in the community would often bring these stray cats over for treatment or sterilization. Many stray cats would be adopted, but some would be left behind and be kept in the pet hospital. Pei Qian entered the hospital and asked. Are there any stray cats sent here recently? A young female vet on duty at the front desk replied, Yes, someone sent a black cat over previously. It was vaccinated and neutered some time ago. Moreover, it had taken a bath a few days ago. Do you want to adopt it, sir? This cat is rather cute; its just grown a little too big. Pei Qian nodded. Let me see it. The female vet led Pei Qian and Tang Yishu in towards a cage in the corner. There was a black cat in it with short black fur. Only its four paws were white. Its eyes were wide open, but they were perfectly camouflaged. It was very difficult to tell if it was sleeping or awake. This cat seemed to be at least six months old, not as cute as a newborn kitten. Perhaps that was why no one adopted it. Pet hospitals had their limitations so they were kept in cages most of the time for fear that they would be lost if they were let out. They were also fed cat food of average quality; therefore, it was not fat at all. Pei Qian asked. Is it a he or she? The female vet replied, Its a castrated male. Pei Qian, Very good. He turned towards Tang Yishu. Do you like it? Tang Yishu nodded. I like a-all cats. Pei Qian turned towards the female vet. Okay, Ill adopt this cat. Please prepare cat bags, cat food, cans, and litter boxes for me. These things could be purchased online, but it would not be in time. Pei Qian did not want additional trouble so he bought them at the pet hospital even though it was more expensive. The female vet got two male vets to arrange without asking anything more. She could see that Pei Qian was not lacking in the finance department so the cats living environment would not be bad. Tang Yishu seemed like a kind girl so she would not need to worry about the cat being abused. Everything was ready in no time. The female vet placed the cat into the cat bag. It complied obediently with its black glassy eyes staring directly at Tang Yishu. After paying the bill, Pei Qian hugged the cat bag against his chest. He walked out of the pet hospital with the litter box and a small bag of cat litter in his left hand while his right hand held the cat food. Tang Yishu helped with the canned food, food, and water bowls. The cat still stared at Tang Yishu next to it. Pei Qian was speechless. I was the one who bought your freedom, okay! The companys commercial car was parked at a nearby restaurant. Little Sun was a little confused after seeing Boss Pei with so many things in hand. He hurriedly got out of the car to help. Everything was stuffed into the trunk, and Pei Qian placed the cat bag into the back seat. He gestured for Tang Yishu to sit at the back while he went to the passenger seat. Head back to the office. Tang Yishu was obviously uneasy in the car. She looked at the cat in the cat bag from time to time. The cat looked back at her. They reached the office in no time. Little Sun helped carry the cat food, litter box, and other miscellaneous stuff back to the office after he parked the car in the underground garage. Pei Qian led Tang Yishu in front. Tang Yishu walked quickly to keep up with Pei Qian. She whispered, Senior, w-what kind of job am I to do? Pei Qian pondered. Hmmm encourager Tang Yishu was a little surprised. Eh? En-encourager? But, Senior, Im not very good at communications; neither am I good at encouraging others. What should I do? Pei Qian looked at her. Listen to the rest of my sentence. Your job is the keeper of the encourager. Pei Qian pointed towards the cat and said. That is the encourager. Ill give you an individual workstation in the company. Come over when you have no classes. Youll be responsible for taking care of it by feeding it, clearing its sh*t, taking it to the vet, etc. As for your salary, Ill temporarily offer you 3,000 yuan a month since it is a part-time job. If there is nothing else to do after you clean and feed it, you can study here or surf the web. You have the freedom to do anything and go off anytime you want. Tang Yishu was shocked. Thats t-too much. Pei Qian shook his head. This is our companys salary structure. Follow me. They took the elevator to Tengda Network Technology Co., Ltd. Pei Qian heaved a sigh of relief secretly as he emerged from the elevator. They did not meet with problems like tire punctures, brake failures, or elevator power failures on the way here. It seemed like the halo effect on Tang Yishu was still relatively limited. It did not possess terrifying destructive power. Come to think of it, that should be the case. How could Tang Yishu grow up safely if she really met with accidents wherever she went? She was unlucky and could affect the luck of the people around her at best. However, Pei Qian was more than satisfied with it. What Pei Qian needed most was such small occurrences of bad luck! It would be too scary if she brought huge misfortune like brakes failing when in a car and engine catching fire when in a plane. Pei Qian would be very worried about his employees and his own safety if that was the case. However, such small occurrences of bad luck could reverse Pei Qians profitable stance without endangering the safety of the people around him. Pei Qian knew very well that many of his successes were actually due to coincidences. For example, The Lonely Desert Road only became popular because it was discovered by Teacher Qiao. What if Teacher Qiao did not discover it because Pei Qians luck was not as good? In that case, there would not be so many matters to deal with! A stroke of luck could mean a thousand miles of difference. The domino effect may not occur if any tiny link was missing. Boss Peis grand loss-making plan could have been successfully achieved. Therefore, this level of bad luck was just right! Little Sun put down all the stuff in hand after entering the company. Pei Qian opened the cat bag and released the little thing. Li Yada put down the work she had on hand and rushed over when she saw a cat. Eh, Boss Pei, where did this little cat come from? So cute! That caught the attention of the other members of the company. They immediately surrounded the little black cat. The little black cat pranced around with its four small white paws, smelling around without any hint of unease. Pei Qian smiled and said. Everyone had been working too hard recently so I specially hired an encourager. This little guy will be everyones encourager from now on. You can play with the cat when you are tired to relieve your fatigue. Also, we have Tang Yishu here. She is a new member of our company from now on. She is responsible for the care of our little encourager. Tang Yishu lowered her head. Nice to meet you. Everyone was a little shocked to hear that Boss Pei had specially hired a cat keeper for the cat. There was no need for a specific person to take care of the cat. They could just feed it when they were taking a break from work. However, everyone immediately felt that Boss Pei might have been joking when he said that. They speculated that this girl who looked really uncomfortable was actually responsible for some other task. Boss Pei, what is the name of this little guy? Li Yada asked. Only then did Pei Qian remember that he had yet to give it a name. Lets call it Glabella[1], Pei Qian said after thinking for two seconds. Li Yada, Huh? Glabella which happened to be patrolling Bao Xus workstation then turned scornfully towards Pei Qian. It meowed twice in protest. See, it loves its name. Pei Qian ignored Glabellas protest. His eyes quickly scanned the entire office area and quickly determined the center of the entire office. Pei Qian wondered if Tang Yishus halo effect could radiate throughout the entire company if she were to sit there. [1] Glabella refers to the smooth part of the forehead above and between the eyebrows. Chapter 340 - Guardian of Justice: Modest It happened to be an empty workstation which was Lu Mingliangs place previously. Pei Qian led Tang Yishu to this workstation. This will be your workstation from now on. Sit here and do whatever you want when you have nothing to do. Alright, go and settle the Encourager first. Tang Yishu nodded and went on to unpack the cat food and litter box in silence. Li Yada and the other employees were fond of Glabella, but it was in a whole new environment and not used to it yet. It soon settled behind a Fortune Tree and refused to come out. Everyone watched on for some time before heading back to their workstations to continue their work. Pei Qian paid special attention to Bao Xus state and found that he was playing his game seriously. He was rather focused, ignoring Glabella even as it walked past his feet. That was something Pei Qian was pleased about! Li Yada exclaimed in surprise upon answering a call just when Pei Qian was preparing to return to his own office. Huh? You are not selling the copyright anymore? Pei Qian stopped in his tracks and pretended to ask with concern. Whats wrong? Li Yada hung up the call and muttered silently. Uh its nothing. I had a discussion with a copyright owner about a character IP from an old animation. It was all settled previously, but now, the other party suddenly called just not to say they are not selling it anymore. Pei Qian, Hmm? Why are they not selling it all of a sudden? Li Yada was at a loss as well. I dont know either. They only said that the author does not want to sell it anymore even if we were to pay more Pei Qian could not help but feel amazed. Hear, hear! What immediate effect! This luck turned immediately after bringing Tang Yishu back. Pei Qian tried very hard to suppress his happiness and said in a soothing voice. Thats alright. Purchasing IP depends on fate as well. We can make our own original characters if we are unable to purchase enough Character IPs! We have so many employees in our company. We can choose a few at random and make original prototypes for the heroes in the game. This game was to be cannon fodder for IOI anyway, Pei Qian thought to himself. It was destined to make a loss anyway; why not give his employees the opportunity to entertain themselves and make themselves heroes in the game? Li Yada thought about it. Then, Boss Pei, can I put you into the game? Pei Qian nodded. Of course, you can! Li Yada continued, We will probably make some artistic modification to the 2D creation of the image, is that alright? Pei Qian waved his hand. No problem, absolutely no problem! Do whatever you like. Alright! Li Yada returned to her workstation happily. Pei Qian gave Tang Yishu, who was busy feeding Glabella, a sidelong glance and returned to office with satisfaction. Li Yada opened a new file and decided to design an exclusive hero for Boss Pei on the spot. First of all, the setting for this hero should be a tank. Boss Pei was just like a huge tree. His stalwart figure sheltered Tengdas employees from adversities. Therefore, the setting for this hero should be tall, sturdy, and reliable. Boss Pei spared no expenses in striving for excellence in quality, and so his passive skills should be to use extra money to build more powerful equipment. Boss Pei was an entrepreneur with dreams. He always walked right into areas that were not looked upon favorably by the others. He worked hard in these fields and reaped the rewards with his talents. Boss Pei achieved greater success as his rivals, and fake reviewers continuously slandered him. Therefore, his first skill included both active and passive skills. His passive skill would be to accumulate rewards through the last hit. That would symbolize his diligence in certain fields. In the event he received a certain degree of attack and got to kill or assist, the accumulated rewards would be converted to extra money. There would also be a chance to stimulate fighting spirit, improve defenses, and sprinkle a lot of golden attack special effects around. It would cause damage to the enemy and slow them down a little. Active release of skills could also cause the same effect. Boss Pei controlled their time strictly and never allowed his employees to work overtime. He would force those who secretly worked overtime out of the office. Thats why Boss Peis second skill should cause a knockback effect on his enemies in a fan-shaped range. It would also prevent anyone from entering the range for some time. Boss Pei was passionate about exploring new fields. Outstanding employees were deployed to be in charge of new business areas and achieved spectacular results. For that, Boss Peis third skill should be to throw a friendly unit across a certain range, causing a small amount of damage and slowing down the enemy unit within range after landing. Finally, Boss Pei could continuously grow stronger and improve because he spurred himself on tirelessly. Boss Peis ultimate move would be to spur himself on. His speed would be boosted greatly, and his health and resistance would be increased. At the same time, he would cause a small amount of damage back to himself which could frequently trigger one passive skill. Li Yada then decided to design a unique image for Boss Pei. He must be tall and stalwart as a tank hero. He should be a giant with broad shoulders and powerful arms. At the same time, he should have all types of weapons such as knives, swords, daggers, and spears-on his back since he frequently suffered sneaky attacks from his enemies. It should be like the Goddess of Mercy, giving off divine Buddha light, and like Mahamayuri, the Great Peacock, who had a body made of both divine and demon at the same time. This hero should continuously release attacks with golden special effects if he were to come under sneaky attack. Finally, the name of this hero Guardian of Justice: Modest! Li Yada believed that Modest, meaning humble, was the best word to describe Boss Peis noble character. Li Yada was very satisfied with the completed design manuscript. Hm, lets make the concept art as soon as possible. I believe that Boss Pei will be very happy to see his personal hero appearing in GOG, right? Nonetheless, Li Yada knew that the players would not necessarily call this hero as Guardian of Justice or Modest. They would most likely give him a whole new nickname. I wonder what would the players call this hero? I cant wait for GOG to launch. Pei Qian watched drama in his office while keeping his ears pricked at the movements outside his office. Glabella, come, heres a dried fish for you! Eh? Why is our water cooler leaking? Call for repair now! F*ck, didnt I just fix this bug? Why is it acting up again? Have you submitted the art resource? Ill modify it again Some strange conversations were mixed in from time to time from normal work communications. Pei Qian could not help but say. Tang Yishus halo effect was really immediate! Yes, lets just let her play her role in the company. What other qualitative changes could happen as the halo effect accumulated? Tang Yishu arranged the litter box, food bowl, water basin, etc. and watched as Glabella peed in the litter box for quite some time before she carefully returned to her workstation. Tang Yishu avoided her colleagues workstations carefully as she passed by. It was as though she was afraid that she would bring bad luck to others if she was too close. Fortunately, Tengdas desks were very large. There was a large gap between workstations; therefore, Tang Yishu was not too awkward. She sat down cautiously on the office chair and was surprised at the comfort of the coziness of the chair. She leaned back carefully and shrank herself into a ball with embarrassment. She had used a computer before in the computer class in school but had never seen such magnificent dual monitors. That huge desktop seemed to draw her in. She pressed the keys carefully which immediately returned a crisp click sound, scaring her into withdrawing her hand immediately. This sound was much louder than the keyboard in the computer class. However, Tang Yishu stretched her hand out towards the keyboard and mouse again when she saw everyone around her typing furiously on the keyboard. She opened the webpage to check the homework assigned by her computer class teacher. There were all sorts of games installed on the computer, but Tang Yishu did not know what these colorful desktop icons were. She surfed the internet in silence. She turned her head towards Glabella, only to find that little back cat playing with the green plants in the office. She then turned her eyes to the computer again with relief. Suddenly, a girl with a round face and huge eyes came to her. Hello, Tang Yishu, right? Tang Yishu stood up hurriedly. Hello. Hao Yun smiled. Aiya, theres no need to stand up. Im Hao Yun from the HR department. This is your internship contract. Your monthly salary will be 3,000 yuan. No fixed working hours. Take a look and sign if theres no problem. Tang Yishu accepted the internship contract and read it from beginning to end. The content of this contract was very simple. There were neither pits nor traps. There was no problem except for the high pay. Tang Yishu looked up at Hao Yun. The pay is a little too much. Hao Yun smiled. No, this is Tengdas normal pay scheme. She took out a wad of money from her pocket seeing Tang Yishu sign the contract. There were ten pieces of 100 yuan bills. Boss Pei asked me to advance this amount of salary to you so that you can buy some warm clothes. The weather is getting colder. The companys heating might be warm, but the difference in temperature indoors and outdoors is rather huge. Its very easy to catch a cold. Have lunch with us later. The Fish-Catching Take-Out is delicious. Al-alright. Tang Yishu nodded hurriedly, somewhat at a loss. Her clothes might be thin, but her heart was warm and fuzzy. That was probably not due to the heater in the office. November 26, Friday Pei Qian was in the car, heading to the filming site of Tomorrow is Beautiful. The filming location was a local studio in Jingzhou. There were not many great scenes in the whole film. It was just a few simple scenes if one were to analyze it. The capsule space where the male lead stayed, including the large screen in space; the futuristic urban scenery; talent show event location; the male leads mansion These scenes were not difficult as long as the costumes, makeup, and props of each character were more refined. The scene just had to look more futuristic. Some of the more complex scenes were done using the green screen, waiting to add on special effects. Anyway, not many of such scenes required special effects. The capsule that the male lead stayed in was set up in no time. Many scenes were taken here; most of them were one-man shows. The scenes were simple and easy to shoot; therefore, the priority was naturally higher. Shooting in this scene could commence while many settings for other scenes were being built. Pei Qian looked for Zhu Xiaoce when he arrived and then came to the shooting scene. The staff was busy. Pei Qian did not know what they were doing and did not want to ask some more so he followed behind Zhu Xiaoce. Zhu Xiaoce probably thought that Boss Pei was here for inspection so he put his best forward and commanded his staff to do the same. Pei Qian was here purely to take a look. He had not filmed a movie before so it felt very exciting to him. It was said that the crew had to burn incense and pray for blessings before filming, but Pei Qian didnt see such a setup. He didnt care about it anyway. He just wanted to join in the fun and see if he could create some setbacks for the filming of this movie. Chapter 341 - An Act Triggered by a Can of Beer The scene that was about to be filmed was the male leads aimless life in the capsule before meeting the female lead. The living space of this capsule was very small. The relatively tall Lu Zhiyaos head was only a dozen centimeters below the ceiling. The decoration of the entire capsule was simple and futuristic. There were no extra decorations. In the place where a television screen should be was a large green screen. Television programs would be synthesized in later stages. There were also a few props for shooting such as fast food, relief meals, potato chips, and beer. Of course, these props were custom-made. Some special stickers were attached to the outside of ready-made long cans of beer in the case of beers. On the one hand, they were used to cover the original trademarks; on the other hand, it was used to highlight the background setting of this world. In addition to the fictitious trademarks printed on the beer cans, there were some colorful advertisements. The setting in this futuristic world was for advertisements to be so pervasive that even beer cans were not spared after all. Lu Zhiyao then lay in the capsule and started the shoot. First, it was a few shots of him doing nothing in the capsule and watching commercials on the television. These scenes were relatively easy to take. There was not much acting required; therefore, it was done quickly after a few shots. Next was the scene of eating relief meals. There was a special dining area in the capsule opposite the bed. It was enough for one person. There was a small screen on the wall next to the table and a food outlet. The small screen had a green screen for now. An ordering menu would be created with post-production special effects. This small screen would loop various food advertisements when it was not used to order food. This scene was simple as well. The male lead would receive his relief meal for the day when it was time for food. Watching the various delicacies looping on the small screen while he consumed his relief meal spelled nothing but tragic. Lu Zhiyao sat by the dining table and looked at the food outlet numbly. It had become a routine at fixed timings so Lu Zhiyao had no expectations at all. The mouth of the food outlet opened with a click. A package that looked presentable dropped out of the meal outlet onto the dining table. Lu Zhiyao tore the sealwhich seemed to be foil-expressionlessly, exposing the black and white powder within. What is inside? Pei Qian asked quietly. Milk powder and chocolate powder, Zhu Xiaoce replied in the same manner. Pei Qian nodded. Thats fine. This sh*t is at least edible. It seemed like he did not need to give Lu Zhiyao more money. Lu Zhiyao took the tray and brought it to the water receiving port next to him to add warm water to it. He then stirred it evenly with the small spoon provided in the tray. Of course, the entire process was mundane and meaningless. He then picked up the spoon and fed himself mouthful by mouthful. Lu Zhiyao was staring at the small screen next to him while eating. It might be a green screen now, all kinds of cool delicacies would be advertised on it in the special effects during later stages. Lu Zhiyao watched the green screen with a different gaze. His eyes showed a yearning for these delicacies and some subconscious little actions such as swallowing saliva and licking his lips. Cut! The expression just now was too much. You watch these advertisements every day according to the plot. There is no need for such a big reaction, just show some instinctive reactions to delicious food. It was great otherwise. Ok, lets start again! Director Zhu Xiaoce would point out the parts he felt were inappropriate immediately. Lu Zhiyao did his best to cooperate. This scene was done after a few shots as well. Pei Qian sighed slightly at the side. This Lu Zhiyao actually knew how to act, eh? It felt as though he had been holding his breath in the participation of Tomorrow is Beautiful. Lu Zhiyao was nicknamed box office flop. His acting skills were alright, but it was inevitable for him to be criticized by the audience. The most common criticism was that he was too handsome, arrogant, and was overly exaggerated in his acting. Yet Lu Zhiyao was acting as a decadent person very seriously. He might be handsome and was not too decadent, but the feeling of decadence was present. It soon began to get busy as they prepared for the next scene. Boss Pei, the next scene is the highlight, Zhu Xiaoce said to Pei Qian. Pei Qian, Hmm? Zhu Xiaoce pointed towards the few cans of beer at the corner. There would be a close-up of beer drinking. The male lead has won many quiz coins from participating in the quiz game on the television. He, therefore, rewarded himself with a can of beer. Lu Zhiyao did not touch any beer since he came from Jingzhou so that he could act it out well. He even gave up drinking water for disgusting drinks like Hey Song Sarsaparilla, Oldenlandia Water Dong Fang Shu Ye[1] All that just to be able to show an impressive and lasting act when he drinks the beer. Pei Qian, Is there a need to sacrifice so much? Are those drinks even fit for human consumption? Its just a movie; theres no need to throw life away Director Zhu Xiaoce smiled. This is just the self-cultivation of a qualified actor. Even Mr. Zhang Zuting is full of praise for Lu Zhiyaos acting. Once again, Pei Qian was at a loss for words. There was really no need to try so hard! The consequences would be unimaginable if he managed to make it into a classic on the huge screens that topped the hot searches! However, Pei Qian did not know how Lu Zhiyao should act either. He could only watch and remain on high alert. At the beginning of this scene, Lu Zhiyao first acted out the entire winning process against the green screen. The anxiety he felt while waiting for the results of the television show, the exhilaration when he knew he obtained a small fortune and then heading to the meal outlet to purchase a can of beer with great expectations. After two or three takes, they started the beer-drinking scene. Lu Zhiyao came to the small screen next to the meal outlet and pretended to operate on the green screen. His expression was dramatic: the joy of profiting from the quiz retained a smile on his face. The hint of expectation when he put the beer to his lips and the subconscious licking of his lip after he drank it. Pei Qian, who was beside Zhu Xiaoce, clearly saw Lu Zhiyaos series of micro-expressions. He suddenly felt a slight wave of nostalgia for the young hunk that could only shout 1,2,3,4,5,6,7. Plonk. A can of beer fell out of the meal outlet. Lu Zhiyao grabbed it with excitement immediately. He could see droplets formed on the slightly chilled can of beer. He pulled open the lid with a psss, raised his head gulp, gulp, gulp.. Lu Zhiyao only stopped after he drank half a can. He sighed with a face full of happiness and satisfaction. He looked at the can of beer in his hand contentedly. He wiped the froth from the corner of his mouth. This time, he raised his head again and downed the rest of the beer. He kept the empty can raised in hopes of ravaging any remaining drops of liquid. Finally, Lu Zhiyao threw the empty can of beer into the trash reluctantly. He wiped his mouth and burped contentedly before returning to his bed and began to sleep This burp was very natural. It didnt seem like it was designed. It was probably because Lu Zhiyao drank too hard so it came out just right. Stop! In theory, it should have been a cut, but this stop was called out by Pei Qian. That was why Director Zhu Xiaoce hurriedly added a cut to it before looking at Pei Qian very seriously. Boss Pei, is there any problem with the act? Zhu Xiaoce knew very well that Boss Pei was not only sponsoring this film, but he was also the original author of this script. If Boss Pei had any opinions on the scenes in the movie, it must mean that there was deviation with Boss Peis original intent. It was necessary to respect the opinions of the original author and make changes. Pei Qian felt a little hopeless. You are trying too hard, bro! Your expression from drinking a can of beer was way more exaggerated than Cooking Master Boy! He was only missing the Great Wall of China BGM and golden special effects, the background of the sea and the sky. Pei Qian could even foresee a hot search on Weibo for Lu Zhiyao drinks beer on the day of release of the movie. Pei Qian coughed slightly. This is really unnecessary, just act normally The male lead is an ordinary person, just act ordinary. Lu Zhiyaos expression went blank. Huh? He was very confident in his acting skills. He originally thought that that scene would be enough to be remembered in the history of film, yet it did not impress the original author of the script. Erm He could only look towards Director Zhu Xiaoce. Director Zhu Xiaoce pondered for a moment. I didnt think much at first, but I feel that it does seem a little exaggerated now that Boss Pei mentioned it. Mr. Zhang, what do you think? Zhang Zuting nodded. Boss Pei is the original author indeed. He possesses a great understanding of the story and this character. What Boss Pei said might be very common, but I can roughly understand what he wants to express. Pei Qian, ? It seemed like there were some unexpected developments Zhang Zuting looked at Lu Zhiyao and said earnestly. Suppose we change the setting of this scene. You are playing a coolie who works 18 hours a day. You can only drink a can of beer once a month. There is no entertainment around so beer is the highest enjoyment you can get. In that case, your performance would be qualified, and there would be a strong appeal. However, the role you are playing now is an ordinary person in the future. Does he only drink a can of beer in a month? Definitely not. Are there no other forms of entertainment for him? Thats not the case either. The small screen beside you would continuously show advertisements for good food and alcohol. The enjoyment of this can of beer is insignificant compared to the advertisements. The male lead made a profit from the quiz game on television and therefore rewarded himself with a can of beer. That meant to say that he could buy it anytime he wanted if he were to spend his savings. Therefore, this can of beer is not precious to him. [1] These three drinks are amongst the five most disgusting drinks in China Chapter 342 - The Person who worked Overtime Secretly Zhang Zuting continued, Under such a situation, his mentality of drinking beer should not be that of a hungry addict, drinking it so urgently and eagerly. Instead, he should drink it slowly and savor it carefully. He should not be drinking beer but a sense of emptiness, a kind of confusion. The advertisements on the screen would bring him a large psychological gap. He could not feel any hope or meaning for his future. He felt that everything around him was meaningless. The can of beer in his hand only satisfied the hunger in his belly. That is its only bit of value. However, this little tiny bit of value would not be enough to make him ecstatic. I feel that the male lead should not have so many expressions. Moreover, his emotions should be sinking while he drinks the beer. He originally won the quiz contest and earned a bit of money. He decided to use that money to reward himself with a can of beer. He saw the dazzling advertisements while drinking his beer and peeked into the world of the upper class. He should feel a bad distaste in his mouth instead. If Im the one acting, I will do my best to show the male leads transformation from happiness to dullness and then to desolation I think that should be what Boss Pei wants to emphasize, right, Boss Pei? Pei Qian fell silent for a moment. Uh about there. What else could I say since youve mentioned all the good stuff? Lu Zhiyao had a sudden realization. So thats how it is! It seems like my understanding of this script was wrong. Thank you for everyones guidance; lets do a retake! Lu Zhiyao sat back down with a raging fighting spirit, ready for the retake. Zhu Xiaoce gave Pei Qian a thumbs-up. Professional! Once again, Pei Qian was at a loss for words. Actually, that was not what I meant Pei Qian was despondent. He could vaguely feel that he should not have interrupted the flow. Retake of beer-drinking scene Plonk! A can of beer fell out of the meal outlet. Lu Zhiyao grabbed the chilled beer with its cold droplets and opened it with a pang. He then raised his head, took a big mouthful, and let out a sigh of satisfaction. There were a smile and satisfaction of drinking beer on his face at this point in time. However, his smile gradually faded. Lu Zhiyaos attention was attracted to the small green screen next to him. He looked at the green screen and silently sipped his beer, imagining what the scene on the small screen was at this point in time. There should be many advertisements for food and wine on the small screen then. An upper-class man in his mansion or villa pouring fine wine into the decanter before pouring into the crystal clear goblet. There was delicious food on the clean white table that made people salivate. A beautiful woman with bright red nail polish lifted the wine glass from her hand gracefully to touch the wine glass of the successful man across the table. The wine then flowed into the red lips of the beautiful woman. Lu Zhiyao sipped the beer as he looked at the green screen. During the period, he raised his hand, wanting to touch the small screen. Perhaps it was a little difficult to resist the temptation of certain advertisements. However, he hesitated again and continued to sip his beer in silence. This can of beer was finished eventually. Lu Zhiyao raised his head and tried to pour the last drop of beer into his mouth before putting the empty can onto the table. He then stared at the colorful advertisements on the screen with a blank look. After a long time, Lu Zhiyao suddenly squeezed the empty can in his hand and threw it into the trash. Pa-ta. The can hit the edge of the trash and fell onto the floor. Lu Zhiyao did not pick it up again but sat slumped onto the ground, leaning against the bed. He hugged his knees with his arms and buried his head deeply into his arms. Cut! It was awesome! This scene is great! That is in line with the male leads mentality! Zhu Xiaoce was full of praise for Lu Zhiyaos performance. Lu Zhiyao was elated as well. His acting skills had been affirmed. I have to thank Director Zhu and Mr. Zhang for your guidance. Of course, the most important factor was for Boss Pei to change my fundamental mentality and made me realize that I made the mistake of being too dramatic. Lu Zhiyao cast a grateful look at Pei Qian. Pei Qian, Continue filming. Ill head back first. Zhu Xiaoce was taken aback. Boss Pei, can you watch a few more scenes? We feel more ease in our hearts with you around. Help us point out more shortcomings! Point out more shortcomings? Pei Qian was speechless. He was trying to gain an advantage, only to end up worse off! He wanted to give pointers in the opposite direction to throw a stone in Lu Zhiyaos acting. However, he never expected to improve his acting skills instead! What else could happen if this were to continue? Pei Qian did not want the first sentence Lu Zhiyao said on stage upon winning the Oscars for Best Actor to be I want to thank Boss Pei for his meticulous guidance on my acting skills. He would not be able to take it lying down! Therefore, he really could not carry on watching. He really should not give any more suggestions. Let them film whatever they wanted! Pei Qian felt like he was an observer who was experimenting now. Things would change every time he observed. Things would develop for the worse every time he intervened. Therefore, he should slip away while he could. Everyone felt it a waste, but they knew that Boss Pei was busy at work and could not always be staring at the set. Please get going, Boss Pei. Ill definitely follow the original intent of this script and play this role well! Lu Zhiyao said sincerely. Pei Qian sighed secretly. What a long way to go Zhu Xiaoce could not help buy sight as he watched Boss Peis figure leaving silently. Boss Pei took the time to come here in his busy schedule, helped the actor correct a big mistake, and left in a hurry. It seemed like he felt that there should be no major problems for the filming after resetting their mindsets and thus left without worry. Yes, we cannot disappoint Boss Pei! Come, everyone, lets continue to the next scene! Zhu Xiaoce and the main leads had become very motivated. November 27th Saturday There were not many classes for humanities so they were generally not arranged on Saturdays and Sundays. Tang Yishu had no class today. She studies in her dormitory in the morning before heading to the office a little after 10 today. She might have already filled both food and water for Glabella and cleared its poop before she left yesterday, but she still felt uneasy. She was afraid that it would feel lonely in the company so she came over to take a look. The door of the company was opened with an access card. The access control system was very smart. It would only open the door during the normal working hours with the common employee work card. Ordinary access cards could not open the door on weekends, evenings, or statutory holidays. Only the access cards of Boss Pei, Assistant Xin, and a few administrative staff could open the door. The administrative department took it into accountthe particularity of Tang Yishus workand arranged a work card for her to open the door at any time. That was so that she could take care of Glabella. Hao Yun accompanied Tang Yishu after work yesterday to purchase a black down jacket for females after a careful selection. Hao Yun liked pink or other pretty colors, but Tang Yishu insisted on buying this one. It was cheaper on the one hand, and she did not know how to care for it on the other hand. She was afraid it would be very difficult to wash it if it got dirty. The design of the down jacket itself was not great, but it was good at keeping warm. Moreover, Tang Yishu had a good figure that could maintain the clothes so it did not look too shabby on her. Tang Yishu was about to swipe her access card to open the door, only to find that the door was already opened. Bao Xu was wearing his headphones and typing on the keyboard intently in the huge office. It did not seem as though he was gaming. Tang Yishu did not think too much of it. It was her understanding that it was normal to work overtime during weekends if there were unfinished assignments. It was nothing to fuss about. She then just took a plastic bag and went to the corner of the office as usual, preparing to clear Glabellas poop. Bao Xu shuddered in fright and almost fell off his chair when Tang Yishu passed by. Tang Yishu was shocked as well. She quickly stepped aside, and the two glanced at each other in horror. Tang Yishu lowered her head. S-sorry, I didnt mean to scare you. Bao Xu was a little relieved when he saw it was Tang Yishu. However, his expression became serious once again. Dont tell Boss Pei that you saw me today, understand? Tang Yishu nodded with confusion. Bao Xu heaved a sigh of relief. Tang Yishu had an honest face and didnt look like a whistleblower. He relaxed and continued to modify the design manuscript. Any overtime was to be reported to Boss Pei according to the rules he set. Bao Xu could not bring himself to report to Boss Pei. Otherwise, the image that he had spent so much effort creating in front of Boss Pei would be for naught. A travel package would be arranged again if Boss Pei were to praise himself in front of everyone! Bao Xus card would not grant him access during non-working hours if he were to come secretly. He, therefore, figured out a way. He would secretly exchange access cards with a buddy in the administrative department every Friday. The access cards of the administrative department could be used to open the door at any time; therefore, Bao Xu could come over secretly during the weekend to change these designs before uploading them into Li Yadas computer. All uploaded documents had traces. Boss Pei would be able to find out that Bao Xu was working overtime if he were to work and upload it from his home computer. Even Boss Pei would not be able to know it was him now that he used Li Yadas computer to upload the documents. It worked! Tang Yishu stroked at Glabella, which was near her for a while, before clearing the poop. She suddenly felt that something was wrong when she was clearing the cat litter with the plastic spatula. Why did he emphasize not to let Senior know if it was normal overtime work? He wouldnt be doing something bad, right? Stealing company secrets or something? Tang Yishu had no work experience, but she had read a few novels and watched a few TV series. Her brain started to fill in the possible actions that Bao Xu could be carrying out. Whether these actions made any sense or not they were a mystery to Tang Yishu. She was in a state of flux. Should I let Senior know? It seems like too big a fuss. What if he is really doing something bad? Chapter 343 - Things were Not So Simple! November 29th, Monday Pei Qian arrived at Tengda and began his patrols as per usual. The moment he entered, he felt a different atmosphere in the office compared to before. As for what exactly was different On closer inspection, Pei Qian realized that everyone seemed to be much busier than usual. Have you fixed the bug we talked about earlier? Yes, I have. Why is it appearing again, then? It cant be let me check. Thats not right; Ive already submitted it! Holy sh*t, why are there bugs even in Repent and be Saved?! It was a chaotic scene. From the looks of the situation, bugs were not only appearing in GOG, which had just been developed. Instead, deeply-hidden bugs were appearing even in earlier games like Repent and be Saved and Game Designer. Everyone became extremely distraught by the appearance of these bugs. They no longer looked as calm as before. Pei Qian could not help but smile. Good! Very good! Having bugs meant that the research and development process would be delayed. The game would also require much more work than they had initially expected. Pei Qians requirement for the research and development process was very simple. They just had to finish it within the Systems stipulated time. re However, as the company developed more games, it earned more funds and everyone gained more research and development experience. Thus, Tengda Games efficiency improved along the way as well. That gave rise to a very awkward problem for Pei Qian. Pei Qian had initially planned for research and development to take more than four months, but it was complete in just over three! That meant they had another month extra. What was Pei Qian to do? The game was already done. Pei Qian could not possibly have stopped it from being released, right? There was no good reason for him to do so. Thus, he had to tearfully release the game early. However, bugs had suddenly appeared in the game now. The team needed more time to work on them, and Pei Qian had a reason to push back the games official release. He could aim for the game to be released a week before settlement, so that he could forego an entire months worth of revenue! That was too important. Foregoing a months worth of revenue could potentially save Pei Qians life! At that thought, Pei Qian grabbed Glabellalaying on the ground for its afternoon napand forcefully patted it. Then, satisfied, he walked into his office. Indeed, Pei Qian felt much more relaxed after adding the halo effect to the company! Tang Yishu had been reading at her work desk when she saw Pei Qian walking towards her. She thought he had instructions for her at first, but Pei Qian ended up walking past her without saying a single word. She opened her mouth, as if to say something, but felt too embarrassed to stop Pei Qian midway. Thinking that she would have many opportunities to speak to him in the future, she decided that she would ask her questions next time. Glabella, whose afternoon nap had been disrupted, ran to Tang Yishus legs and started meowing as if trying to show its displeasure or cursing Pei Qian. Pei Qian had just sat down for a while when he heard a knock on his office door. Hao Yun walked in and said, Boss Pei, preparation for the recruitment examinations has been more or less completed. The papers have been set and sealed away. The seals would only be removed on the day of the examination. Weve booked an auditorium in a hotel to hold the examinations. The hotel will set it up in the examination format on the day itself. Itll be able to hold hundreds of people. As you had instructed earlier, we have also booked accommodation for applicants coming from other cities. Weve also discussed with the postgraduate students from Handong University regarding invigilation and marking of the papers. Their remuneration has been set for three hundred yuan per day. If there are no other questions or issues, we can set the date and make the relevant announcements. Pei Qian nodded. Thank you. Actually, he was not that anxious about recruitment. However, the HR department had been extremely efficient throughout the entire process. Everything had been put together much quicker than he had expected. All in all, the preparation had taken them less than a month. Although Tengdas recruitment inbox was practically overflowing, Pei Qian guessed that not many people would come down to take the examinations. That was because Pei Qian had created too long a process. After taking the examinations, applicants would have to wait for the papers to be marked. After the results were released, applicants would be called to attend interviews. Only after the results of those were out would applicants be considered selected by Tengda. Yet, even then, they had to pass the Tengda Spirit compatibility test. The entire process was written very clearly on the recruitment website where applicants had to print their entry proof. Foreign applicants looking for a job at Tengda would have to travel back and forth at least twice-once for the written examinations and another for the interview. Although Tengda would cover their accommodation fees, they still had to waste a considerable amount of time. Since many applicants were already working at another job, they would find it difficult to apply for leave. Furthermore, even if they expended all the necessary time and effort, they could end up failing and wasting it all. Applicants with rich working experience would not be more advantaged compared to fresh graduates in a recruitment process like this. Thus, their willingness to be put through the process would likely be significantly reduced. Thus, the first recruitment drive would likely not be large-scale. Pei Qian glanced at the calendar. Lets set it for next Monday. It may be a bit rushed, but we cant drag this any further. We have to try and finish the recruitment process by December. If they delayed it any further, companies would have held their year-end meetings and distributed the year-end bonuses. In other words, more people would seek to switch jobs, and there would be more talents in the market. Hao Yun nodded. Alright, Boss Pei. Ill set a time based on your instructions and send an announcement to the applicants. Immediately after Hao Yun left, Li Yada entered. Boss Pei, there are two things I need to ask you. First, more and more bugs have been appearing in our games for some reason. Whats more, theyre not just appearing in our new game, GOG. Theyre also appearing in our earlier games Can we allow our design team to work overtime over these few days? Instinctively, Pei Qian wanted to turn down the request. However, on second thought, he realized that slowing down the entire research and development process could prevent the game from being released before settlement. He was allowed to leave one project unreleased during this cycle, but there were other projects which would possibly not be completed in time such as the cell phone. Thus, he had to make sure that settlement would not be delayed as a result of the games research and development progress. Pei Qian nodded. Alright, ease up the overtime limit, but make sure you keep track of how much everyone is working. This wont just be for the sake of distributing overtime pay; we also have to make sure everyone has enough rest. We have to strike a good work-life balance, understand? It looked like Tang Yishus halo effect was not only slowing down the games research and development but also allowing Boss Pei to distribute more overtime pay. It was so worth it! Li Yada nodded. Alright. The second thing is that Big Boss Ruan Guangjian is intending to come to Jingzhou. Should we house him? Pei Qian frowned. Ruan Guangjian? There was no need to flip his little notebook to confirm this; he was Pei Qians second target after Teacher Qiao. Whats he coming to Jingzhou for? Pei Qian asked. Li Yada explained, We have been working with him all this time, right? Were also working with him to design GOGs characters now. However, while designing our heroes, Ruan Guangjian increasingly felt that long-distance communication was inefficient and inadequate for explaining a lot of details. He became worried that he would not fully capture our ideas for our heroes. After all, this game would be different from all the others. Designing original heroes would be much more complicated as well since Ruan Guangjian has no existing images to refer to. The slightest difference could lead to huge losses. That was why he decided to come over to improve communication. He could even visit you while hes in the city. Once again, Pei Qian was at a loss for words. Well host him; of course, well host him! Book Ming Yun Private Kitchen and all the roller coaster rides! These exciting activities can give him more inspiration for sure! Dont inform him about it either. Let it be a surprise! Li Yada was shocked. Oh alright. Pei Qian leaned back in his chair, obviously pleased with himself. Ruan Guangjian is coming to Jingzhou? Hmph, watch how I set you up once you arrive in my territory! Pei Qian watched more shows for a while and began to feel bored. There hadnt been much for him to do recently. That was because nothing had been produced, and he could not interfere in anything. The only project he could oversee was Fei Huang Workspaces production of the movie. He could cause some trouble there. However, a careless word of advice from Pei Qian had helped improve Lu Zhiyaos performance last week. Now, he did not dare to return. Pei Qian felt melancholic. All of a sudden, he recalled Tang Yishu and wondered if the little girl was getting used to working in the company. Harboring genuine concern for his employees, Pei Qian sent a message to Tang Yishu, asking her to come into the office. Half a minute later, a figure appeared outside his door. She reluctantly reached out and then put her hand down again as if she was plucking up the courage just to knock on the door. Come in, said Pei Qian. Tang Yishu carefully pushed the door open and walked in with her head lowered. While pinching her fingers nervously, she greeted Pei Qian. S-Senior. The down jacket looks quite nice. Pei Qian casually praised her. Are you getting used to working here? Tang Yishu nodded and softly replied, Yes, its just that I have nothing much to do. Pei Qian pondered for a moment and realized that it was probably true. Cats generally did not require much attention or care. All Tang Yishu had to do was clear its poop once and feed it twice every day. Unlike dogs, cats did not have to be walked or bathed. After some consideration, Pei Qian said, If you see stray cats outside in the future, you can bring them into the office as well. Of course, you must first bring them to the vet to be vaccinated and rid of any fleas. If you need to incur any expenses, feel free to report it to the finance department. Tang Yishu answered, A-Alright, Senior. Pei Qian was merely using Tang Yishu to produce the halo effect. At the moment, it looked like it was working pretty well. The money was very well-spent. Since Tang Yishu was feeling bored, Pei Qian did not mind taking in more cats. In any case, they would only produce a bit more poop. It wouldnt make much of a difference to Tang Yishu. Pei Qian was just about to ask Tang Yishu to go back to work when he realized that she was looking quite conflicted. It looked like she wanted to say something, but she was also holding back her words. Do you have something to say? Tang Yishu hesitated for a couple of seconds and finally plucked up the courage to speak. Senior, do people in this company try to steal business secrets? Steal business secrets? Pei Qian looked shocked for a moment, and then he smiled. What are you thinking about? You dont have to worry about this at all. Tang Yishu heaved a huge sigh of relief. Alright. Thats all I had to say, Senior. I-Im going back to work. Pei Qian could not help but smile and shake his head as he watched Tang Yishu leave his office. This girl was really simple and honest. She must have watched too many dramas to think that people in the company would steal business secrets. They were just an ordinary games company. What kind of business secrets were there to steal? Pei Qian went back to watching his shows. All of a sudden, he realized that there was a problem. Thats not right. Tang Yishu had only started work last week. Why would she be worried about others stealing business secrets? Had she noticed someone acting sneakily? Thats not right either. On normal days, everyone would be working hard at their desks. No matter who Tang Yishu noticed, she would probably not think that they were stealing business secrets, right? Why did she suspect that someone was stealing business secrets? Wait a moment. Did she see someone over the weekend? All of a sudden, Pei Qian realized that things were not as simple as they seemed! Chapter 344 - How did Boss Pei Know I Like Those? The intelligent Boss Pei quickly conjured up an entire drama in his head. Over the weekend, Tang Yishu came to the office to clean up Glabellas poop as she was meant to. Logically, the office should have been empty; nobody should have been there. However, Tang Yishu noticed someone sneakily working on something at his desk. She began to feel worried that this person was stealing business secrets. Although Pei Qian knew for a fact that there were no business secrets worth stealing in the office, Tang Yishu had purely thought that way because she had no working experience. However, this proved that somebody had been sneakily working overtime over the weekend! Who was it?! Boss Pei had instructed everybody time and time again that they had to formally apply for permission to work overtime. They could only work overtime if Boss Pei approved it; otherwise, working overtime was strictly prohibited. They could work overtime from home by editing documents in secret. If they handed it in on Monday, Boss Pei would have no way of finding out. He could turn a blind eye to the entire situation. However, coming to the office to work overtime without permission was more than Boss Pei could tolerate. He could not let this slide! After all, hardly anyone could be efficient or productive while working overtime from home. For all Boss Pei knew, they would get distracted by other things after only working for a short while. The amount of harm that could be done was limited. However, working overtime in the office could improve ones productivity in many ways. It could also breed a bad culture. The potential harm caused was incomparable to the former. At first, Pei Qian thought about asking Tang Yishu about this. However, he soon realized that Tang Yishu had only started work a while ago. She probably did not even know many colleagues. It would be difficult for her to identify who it was she had seen over the weekend. Thats easy. I can just check the platform. Pei Qian immediately accessed the platform to check the access log for the main door and the upload log for the design file. Only two people accessed the office on Saturday: Tang Yishu and a man from the administrative department. Four submissions were also made on Saturday, and they were all done by Li Yada. After some thought, Pei Qian sent a message to Little Zhou from the administrative department and Li Yada, asking them to meet him in his office. When both of them arrived at the office, they exchanged a look as if realizing something. They were not even from the same department. They hardly met during work. What else could Boss Pei be summoning them for? Although both felt slightly apprehensive, they tried to remain calm. Pei Qian looked at Little Zhou first. It shows on the records that you worked overtime on Saturday. Did you come to the office to work? Little Zhou quickly nodded. Thats right, Boss Pei. I wasnt done with some work for the recruitment drive, and so I came to work overtime. Pei Qian fell silent. That was a pretty good reason. Part of the administrative department had been working closely with the HR department to organize the recruitment drive, and Little Zhou had been a part of that group. Furthermore, the administrative department normally did not have much to do during working hours. Thus, Pei Qian trusted them a bit more. He had never attempted to oversee their working habits and had never requested for them to ask for permission before working overtime. Pei Qian turned to face Li Yada. You worked overtime, too? Li Yada quickly replied, I didnt. I only made minor edits to a few documents while I was at home. The upload and editing records for various documents only revealed who edited the documents and when. They did not reveal which computer the edits were made on. Pei Qian nodded slightly. Maybe Im overthinking. Someone had come into the office on Saturday, but it was only Little Zhou from the administrative department. There was no problem with that. After all, he had not been placed in charge of any huge, profit-generating projects. The upload log could be explained by Li Yada making edits from home. This did not seem like a huge problem either. Pei Qian nodded. Alright, theres nothing else. You can go back to work. Remember to take note of your overtime hours so that the finance department can remunerate you accordingly. em Both of them heaved a sigh of relief, turned around, and left the office. Pei Qian went back to watching his shows. All of a sudden, he realized something else was wrong. There was an obvious gap in his current management model! What if someone used the access card of someone from the administrative department to enter the office on weekends? He could not rule out this possibility! At that thought, Pei Qian sent a message to Tang Yishu. Im giving you a task. Tang Yishu answered, Alright, Senior. Pei Qian said, When you come into the office over the weekend, count the number of people in the office. Record the number down and report to me on Monday. Tang Yishu asked, Senior, I cant remember everyones name. Should I ask around? Pei Qian answered, No, no, no! You mustnt do that. Im just trying to reward those who work overtime with a small gift. Its supposed to be a surprise. If you let them know, it would be spoiled. You dont have to remember their names. Just note down any special characteristics. For example, you could write male, short, and skinny, male, receding hairline female, huge-frame spectacles, or something similar. Tang Yishu responded, Alright, I understand, Senior. Once again, Pei Qian asked, Can you try to describe the person you saw last weekend first? Pei Qian did not receive a reply, even after half a minute. Tang Yishu was struggling on the other side. She glanced at Bao Xu, who was nonchalantly playing games, and then looked in the direction of Pei Qians office. The situation was getting confusing. This big brother with a receding hairline did tell me not to inform Senior that he had worked overtime. Yet, Senior is asking me about it now Tang Yishu felt very conflicted. After a few more seconds of consideration, she finally answered. Senior, youre going to reward this person, right? Youre not going to punish him, right? Pei Qian said, Thats right! Tang Yishu pondered a bit more and said, Can I ask him if he wants to be rewarded first? Pei Qian, ? Ask him if he wants to be rewarded? Wont you be revealing my intentions then? He quickly said, Theres no need for that. Just tell me his special characteristic. Tang Yishu answered, I cant do that, Senior. I promised I wouldnt tell you. Pei Qian, ? Something was indeed up! He had almost been kept in the dark! All of a sudden, Pei Qian became Sherlock Holmes and ran over the facts that he could confirm. Tang Yishu had indeed someone else when she came back to work over the weekend. Whats more, the person was probably not Little Zhou from the administrative department. That was because Little Zhou was permitted to work overtime. There would have been no need for him to emphasize to Tang Yishu not to inform Boss Pei about it. Someone must have taken Little Zhous access card to come to the office and work overtime. Whats more, Little Zhou had covered up for the person! However, Pei Qian probably would not be able to learn anything else about the person from Tang Yishu. He could only say that this child was too honest. If Pei Qian had made the problem sound extremely serious from the beginning and told her that someone might have been stealing business secrets, perhaps Tang Yishu would have told him the truth. However, Tang Yishu already knew that the person she saw had been working overtime as per usual. He had not been stealing business secrets. Thus, she had decided to keep her promise to the person and not reveal his identity. After some thought, Pei Qian replied, Forget it. If you catch someone working overtime again, you must take down a name or special characteristic silently and then inform me in private. Youre alright with this task, right? Tang Yishu answered, Alright, Senior. Ill do it for sure. Pei Qian pondered for a moment and then decided not to draw attention to this matter. He could not alert the perpetrator beforehand. He would catch the mole sooner or later; there was no need to rush things. If the mole kept up his bad habit and continued to break the rules, it was only a matter of time before Boss Pei would catch him. Pei Qian decided not to disclose this situation in order to keep Tang Yishu covered. The mole had to think that Tang Yishu was kind and obedient and that she would not reveal his secret to Boss Pei. Only then would he slowly let his guard down. It was then that Pei Qian would be able to use Tang Yishu to catch those working overtime during the weekend! When that time came, those dogs working overtime would not have a clue who exposed them or that everything was actually in the palm of Boss Peis hand The mole would think his plan was flawless, but Boss Pei would be observing every single move of his from the very beginning. Hmph, you want to fight me? You need to know your place! Pei Qian leaned back in his chair, pleased with himself. He would wait for the moles identity to be revealed. December 1st, Wednesday Little Sun was prepared to drive to the airport to pick Ruan Guangjian up. As Boss Peis designated driver, Little Suns driving skills were incomparable. Furthermore, he was quick-witted and efficient and deeply trusted by Boss Pei. Any time business partners like Teacher Qiao and Zhang Zuting came to Jingzhou, Little Sun would be put in charge of driving them around. This time was no exception. Before Little Sun left, Pei Qian pulled him aside and gave him brief instructions. When you meet Ruan Guangjian, send him to the hotel first. Allow him to put his things down and get some rest. After that, send him to the amusement park! Buy him a ticket for all the roller coasters and rides. When hes done at the amusement park, send him to Swan Lake Restaurant for a meal at night. Remember this: you have to let him play as much as possible at the amusement park. Otherwise, I will hold you responsible, understand? Pei Qian instructed yet again. It was a Wednesday. Pei Qian would only be able to host guests at Ming Yun Private Kitchen on Sunday. Thus, he had no choice but to feed Ruan Guangjian the slightly inferior food at Swan Lake Restaurant first. By sending Ruan Guangjian to the amusement park immediately after he landed, Pei Qian hoped to take him a notch down and dampen his spirits! You plotted against me first! I must take revenge! Pei Qian had it all planned out. Little Sun had always been efficient and reliable. Pei Qian would nurture him for a while more and allow him to lead others in the future. Of course, Pei Qian had to allow Little Sun to bring the important guests listed on his notebook to enjoy the roller coasters and rides when they visited Jingzhou. Little Sun nodded profusely. Rest assured, Boss Pei. Ill make sure everything is done well! Although he was not sure why Boss Pei loved extreme activities like roller coasters and bungee-jumping so much, Boss Pei had personally left this task to him. Of course, Little Sun had to try his best to accomplish it well. He arrived at the airport and met Ruan Guangjian. Ruan Guangjian did not bring much luggage with him to Jingzhou this time. He only had one suitcase and a backpack. His backpack contained his drawing tablet and his laptop while his suitcase contained his clothes which he was prepared to wash. Little Sun sent Ruan Guangjian to the hotel to settle down and rest for a while. Then, they set off once again. Are we going to Tengda now? Ruan Guangjian asked. Little Sun smiled and said, Were not going there yet. Boss Pei said that you must have had a long trip. He instructed me to let you experience Jingzhous local culture first. Ruan Guangjian rubbed his forehead. What local culture is there to experience? Are we going to famous historical sites or something? Little Sun shook his head. Were not going to a famous historical site; were going to an amusement park. Ill let you experience the rollercoasters, the drop towers, the pendulum rides, and the haunted house. Ruan Guangjian looked confused as he fell into silence. After a while, he asked curiously, How did Boss Pei know I like those? Chapter 345 - The Pendulum Rides were Too Fun! In the evening, at Swan Lake Restaurant Pei Qian sat in a quiet corner against the window, waiting for Ruan Guangjian to arrive. I wonder if he had fun on the roller coasters and pendulum rides. I wonder if he got scared when he entered the haunted house. Pei Qian imagined Ruan Guangjian sitting on the pendulum rides, his face drained of all color and him screaming at the top of his lungs. At once, Pei Qian felt comforted. Revenge was sweet! He glanced at the clock. They should have arrived by now. They had arranged to have dinner at 7 PM. According to Little Suns past practice, they should have been here ten minutes earlier than the arranged time. Yet, it was already past 7 PM. Why hadnt they arrived yet? Had it all been too much for Ruan Guangjian? Did he return to the hotel to rest because he had lost his appetite? However, when Pei Qian checked his cell phone, there were no missed calls. Just as he was feeling confused, Little Sun and Ruan Guangjian arrived. Boss Pei! Im sorry, were a few minutes late. Little Sun looked embarrassed. Ruan Guangjian followed behind him. Dont blame the chauffeur. I was having too much fun and forgot the time. The pendulum rides were too fun! Ruan Guangjian looked like he had not played enough. Pei Qian, ? This was his first time meeting Ruan Guangjian. He had thought that Ruan Guangjian would look like a stereotypical artist, with long, flowy hair and perhaps even a thin mustache. However, that was not the case. On the surface, he looked like an energetic, young man. He had short hair, pale skin, and nice features. He even looked a bit like a student. Compared to the fat nerd-Teacher Qiao, Ruan Guangjian was much more pleasing to the eye. At that moment, Ruan Guangjian did not look as pale and listless as Pei Qian had imagined. In fact, it was quite the opposite. Ruan Guangjians face was flushed, and he looked quite energetic. In fact, he looked slightly excited. Obviously, he had not been scared sh*tless by the pendulum rides. Boss Pei! Thank you! Ruan Guangjian grabbed Pei Qians hand and shook it. I havent had so much fun in a long time! Jingzhous amusement park is really interesting! The pendulum rides especially are comparable to the ones in Shanghai! It was really fun! Ai, its a pity I didnt have that much time. Otherwise, I would have wanted to take the rides one more time! Pei Qians mind was filled with question marks. Something was wrong. The tables had turned completely. Ruan Guangjian loved extreme activities like that! Ruan Guangjian looked moved as he said, Boss Pei, youre really thoughtful. You must have known that I enjoy activities like that. Thats probably why you made special arrangements on my behalf. You even made it a surprise and waited until I was in the car to inform me. Still, I have to say that you have been too polite, given our relationship. Boss Pei, you didnt have to be so kind! Once again, Pei Qian was at a loss for words. Our relationship? What f*cking relationship do we have?! Pei Qian tried to suppress his anger. He needed to release it, but Ruan Guangjians passion seemed to have sealed his lips, leaving him no way to curse. Enjoy your meal. Pei Qian sat down in silence. Swan Lake Restaurants food could not compare to Ming Yun Private Kitchens. However, there were many delicacies there as well. Furthermore, this was a buffet. One could take whatever and eat as much as they wanted. Ruan Guangjian took many delicacies. Soon, the table was filled. The plot in Pei Qians head had been different. Ruan Guangjian should have felt listless and frightened after taking the roller coasters and pendulum rides. He was supposed to have lost his appetite. On the other hand, Pei Qian was supposed to enjoy watching his frightened state while savoring the delicacies. He should have been relaxed and pleased. Yet, Ruan Guangjian was neither listless nor frightened. Instead, he looked energetic and hungry. Thus, Ruan Guangjian stuffed himself with food and ate to his hearts content while Pei Qian lost his appetite. Painful! It was almost like Pei Qian had thrown a punch at a cloud. He was trying so hard to suppress his anger that he nearly burst a vessel. As they ate, they chatted. Ruan Guangjian stuffed his mouth with a huge piece of lobster meat. The pendulum rides were really fun and exciting. They helped a lot in giving me inspiration! The roller coasters and drop towers were alright. It would be worth buying a return ticket just for those. All in all, I had a lot of fun today! Thank you for hosting me so well, Boss Pei. Here, let me offer you a toast! Although they were drinking soft drinks, both men drank heartily while they chatted happily. Pei Qian felt as if alcohol had gone to his head. Were they all good? Was there anything that you werent satisfied with? Pei Qian tried asking. Was anything lacking? Perhaps we could improve on it the next time. Ruan Guangjian pondered for a moment. If youre asking what was lacking I would say the haunted house. Im quite scared of the dark, and I was already prepared to be scared to tears. However, the haunted house wasnt that scary. Thats good, though. If it had been too scary, perhaps I wouldnt be sitting here right now, hahaha. Pei Qian was really speechless. Look at how things turned out. Pei Qian had gone to so much trouble to line up so many activities, but it turned out that Ruan Guangjian enjoyed the roller coasters and pendulum rides as much as a tiger would enjoy lamb. In the end, everything was a waste. Only one activity could have scared Ruan Guangjian, but the haunted house was too lousy. Ruan Guangjian had not been frightened at all. Pei Qians plan to dampen Ruan Guangjians spirits had ended up as the latters appetizer! Painful! Jingzhous amusement park is to blame for all of this! Whys the haunted house there so lousy?! How embarrassing! Pei Qian silently pushed all the blame to the amusement park. Soon, both of them became full from the drinks and food. The table was covered with empty plates and dishes. Ruan Guangjian patted his stomach happily and burped. That was yummy! Eh, Boss Pei, how come you dont seem to have much of an appetite? You ate very little. Pei Qian sniggered. I dont have much of an appetite today. Ruan Guangjian nodded. I understand, I understand. Boss Pei, you run a large business and you must be under a lot of pressure. Thats probably why you dont have much of an appetite. I heard that Boss Pei likes activities like that, right? Its been so difficult for me to find a friend with similar interests. I didnt expect me and you to share so many similar hobbies and interests! Lets go and take the pendulum rides together in a couple of days. Im sure itll increase your appetite! Pei Qian remained silent for a second, and then said, Theres no need! Dont stand on ceremony with me! Pei Qian was furious. He had wanted to set Ruan Guangjian up, and yet the latter was ending up putting him to shame?! The most frustrating thing was that Pei Qian could not do anything about it! If they really went to take the pendulum rides together, Pei Qian would suffer a heart attack for no reason! This was a massive challenge to Pei Qian. When Teacher Qiao came the last time, Pei Qian had set him up using Repent and be Saved. That alone had been sufficient; Pei Qian could torture him with a click of his fingers. Although Teacher Qiao had made a comeback after that, he had still been subject to Pei Qians torture while he had been in Jingzhou. Yet, now that Ruan Guangjian was here, the script was completely different! Pei Qian had put in so much effort into planning the roller coasters and rides from soup to nuts, and yet it proved to be in vain. As a result, Ruan Guangjians place in Pei Qians notebook flew upwards. It looked like it would be a matter of time before he would surpass even Teacher Qiao. Pei Qian was very unhappy. He had to find a way to deal with Ruan Guangjian! He could not allow Ruan Guangjian to continue getting his way! The next afternoon Ruan Guangjian brought his drawing tablet and laptop to Tengdas office. He had eaten and slept well the night before. In the morning, he woke up feeling extremely refreshed and filled with inspiration. His main purpose in going to Tengda today was to meet GOGs designers, in order to confirm that his animations and concept designs for the characters would not turn out different from their expectations. He would gather their opinions, come up with sketches, and then send them to his workspace to be perfected by his colleagues. The moment he stepped into the office, Ruan Guangjian paused. It was so spacious! Ruan Guangjian felt that comparing this place to his Halo Workspace was like comparing a pigeonhole with a detached villa. There were many verdant and lush plants set up against the French windows. The plants looked well taken care of by professionals. Apart from that, there was also a pantry, an entertainment room, a snack area It contained everything necessary and unnecessary! A pure black cat with white legs walked towards Ruan Guangjian and sniffed him before turning around and walking away, uninterested. It was almost as if the cat was mocking Ruan Guangjian for being a country bumpkin. Ruan Guangjian was shocked. How much rent did they have to pay for a place like that?! It was so extravagant! His Halo Workspace was in Shanghai, near the University of Business and Economics where he graduated from. The rent in Jingzhou for a place like that probably could not be higher than in Shanghai, but it was still too much for Ruan Guangjian to cope with. Naturally, renting an expensive place meant that everyones workspaces would be more cramped. Furthermore, he would have less money for good desks and computers. Other facilities would have to be compromised as well. At first, Ruan Guangjian did not feel that bad. After all, Shanghais offices were mostly like that. The standard workspace only measured about ten square meters. Any smaller than that, and it would be too cramped; any bigger than that, and it would be too expensive. Ruan Guangjian had always thought that his own workspace was quite spacious. However, when he saw the working conditions in Tengda He immediately felt bitter. The difference was huge! Li Yada stood up to welcome him. Big Boss Ruan Guangjian? How are you? Im Li Yada. Weve spoken a lot online. The girls at the front desk poured Ruan Guangjian a cup of tea before Li Yada and Ruan Guangjian began discussing GOGs hero designs in detail. As Ruan Guangjian listened to Li Yadas briefing, he sketched on his drawing tablet and continually made adjustments. This Guardian of Justice, Modest, is based on Boss Pei. Your original sketch doesnt look right in several places. Take the body, for example Ruan Guangjian edited the details according to Li Yadas advice. He exaggerated the appropriate parts of the heros body and adjusted the heros expressions based on his character. Discussing face-to-face was much smoother than discussing online. The heros design soon looked much closer to what Li Yada initially had in mind. Before they knew it, it was almost noon. Out of habit, Ruan Guangjian retrieved his cell phone. Is it time to order take-out? Where do you all normally order from? Li Yada quickly said, Let me do it. We have our meals specially prepared for us. Just choose what you want to have for lunch. Meals are prepared? Ruan Guangjian took Li Yadas cell phone suspiciously and saw a simple-looking menu on it. There were eggs and tomatoes, stew beef with potatoes, double-cooked pork, and the like. The dishes looked no different from what most other restaurants served. Ruan Guangjian did not read too much into it and guessed that someone would order food from a restaurant nearby. He casually selected the Daily Healthy Set Meal and then quickly forgot about it. At 12 noon sharp, the delivery man arrived. Everyone in the office got up from their seats and walked towards the pantry as if they had discussed this beforehand. One by one, white porcelain bowls were laid out on the table. It looked very extravagant. Everyone talked and laughed as they ate. This is yours, the Daily Healthy Set Meal. Eh, its Broccoli with Shrimp. Li Yada handed a transparent, glass lunchbox to Ruan Guangjian. Ruan Guangjian took it and opened it. The lunch box was split into three compartments. The compartment that took up half of the lunchbox contained the main dish. There were several large shrimps mixed together with green broccoli. There were also diced carrots in the middle. The meal looked very colorful and not oily at all. The two smaller compartments contained two balls of brown rice and several slices of salmon sashimi. The entire meal was also accompanied by a sweet potato milkshake. All the food had been placed in the transparent, glass lunchbox. It looked extremely delicious and luxurious, and Ruan Guangjian could not help but salivate. Chapter 346 - I’ve Decided to Move my Workspace to Jingzhou! Ruan Guangjian tried the food and realized it was unexpectedly delicious! Before this, Ruan Guangjian always ate take-out in Shanghai. He had tried almost every restaurant offering take-out in the vicinity. However, he racked his brains every day, thinking about what to eat. There was better-tasting take-out, such as spicy stir-fried food, barbecue skewers, rice with meat and vegetables, and the like. However, they were often extremely oily and unhealthy. If one ate those kinds of food too often, they would easily gain weight or develop health problems. On the other hand, take-outs that prided themselves on being healthy often tasted horrible. Most of them were made up of a bunch of raw vegetables tossed together. Thus, they could not fill Ruan Guangjian for long. He often felt hungry by the afternoon, and his productivity would be affected as a result. Nothing much could be done about this. In order to make their food tasty, many restaurants added a lot of additives and flavoring. After all, customers who ordered take-out could not be too concerned about their health. They probably only cared about the foods taste. If they thought the food was too bland and boring, they probably would not order from the same restaurant again. In order to make the food genuinely healthy, restaurants would have to use fresh ingredients. Apart from that, chefs would need to have solid skills. Lastly, customers would have to be willing to pay the inevitably higher price. Thus, despite staying in Shanghai for such a long time, Ruan Guangjian had only had a few healthy take-out meals. Even then, hardly any of those meals tasted like healthy, home-cooked food like the set meal in front of him at that moment. Ruan Guangjian curiously asked, How much did this set cost? Li Yada answered, Employees dont have to pay for these meals, but outsiders would pay about twenty yuan. Ruan Guangjian could not help but feel emotional. Thats not expensive. Do we get to keep the cutlery? Li Yada shook her head. Of course not. Someone would be sent to collect them and disinfect them. Ruan Guangjian looked even more shocked. That means the meal really isnt expensive! Can the restaurant really recover its costs by only collecting twenty-odd yuan per meal? Li Yada smiled. Fish-Catching Take-Out has been incurring loss all this while. Boss Pei has been funding the business out-of-pocket. However, based on the money spent on ingredients and capital, the business should be a profitable one. Its just that its very small-scale now, and few people place orders. Thats why the company is still incurring losses. Perhaps it will generate profits in the future. We cant be sure. I think that Boss Pei purely intended for this company to provide benefits for his employees. Its just like the way schools subsidize students meals in the canteen. Ruan Guangjian continued eating his food in silence. Once everyone had finished their meals, they gathered the cutlery and placed them on the front desk. Then, they went back to their respective workspaces to watch shows or take afternoon naps. Li Yada did not have the habit of taking naps so she started chatting with Ruan Guangjian. Ruan Guangjian asked about Jingzhous rent and daily living expenses once again. The more they spoke, the more envious he became. Jingzhou was a second-tier city after all. The living expenses here were of a whole different tier compared to in Shanghai. Naturally, Ruan Guangjian found everything cheap. Li Yada talked about Upwind Logistics, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, ROFs computer-installation business, and the like. It was obvious from the way she spoke that she was very proud of Tengda Corporation. Ruan Guangjian listened without saying a thing. At last, he said nothing in response. He softly sighed and went back to drawing. Li Yada stood up and went to the pantry for some coffee. She retrieved her cell phone and secretly sent Pei Qian a message: Boss Pei, I told Big Boss Ruan Guangjian about all of Tengdas benefits, just as you asked! Pei Qians reply came almost immediately. What was his reaction? Li Yada answered, He didnt say anything much, but he looked disappointed. Im wondering if hearing about Tengdas excellent benefits has irritated him. Big Boss wouldnt bear a grudge, right? Pei Qian answered, Well done. Ill be there soon! Pei Qian had been slacking in bed. Once he read Li Yadas messages, he jumped up and got changed as quickly as he could. He had gone back to slacking mode today. He had slept from noon all the way until 2 PM before he finally got up. He had just been watching shows for a while when he received Li Yadas good news. At once, he could not wait to get to the office. Pei Qian had been miserably tortured by Ruan Guangjian yesterday. That was why he had racked his brains when he got back, thinking of a way to get back at the latter. How could Boss Pei be defeated in his own territory, Jingzhou?! Even after much consideration, Pei Qian could only think of hurting Ruan Guangjian by telling him about Tengdas benefits. Businesses that required owners to pay out of their own pockets, like Upwind Logistics, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, and Fish-Catching Take-Out, involved substantial costs to run. Furthermore, excellent quality normally had to be guaranteed. Thus, such businesses were rare in large cities like Shanghai, Beijing, and Guangzhou. Furthermore, Ruan Guangjians workspace was located in Shanghai where things like rent and living expenses were very high. Of course, he could not afford to make his workspace as luxurious as Tengda. Thus, Pei Qian decided to make a big deal out of this. He wanted to deal a huge blow to Ruan Guangjian to take revenge for what had happened the night before! From the looks of the current situation, his plan was going quite well. Ruan Guangjian had probably already been hurt. Pei Qian guessed that life suddenly felt meaningless and dull to him now! Pei Qian could not miss the moment. A few minutes later, Pei Qian arrived at the office. He walked in looking very carefree. Then, he greeted Ruan Guangjian, whose head was buried in his work right then. Brother Ruan! How did you sleep last night? Is work going smoothly today? Im sorry, Ive been quite busy all morning. Thats why I couldnt come to the office. Was lunch to your liking? Do you like the office environment? Pei Qian grinned, prepared to rub more salt into Ruan Guangjians wounds. Ruan Guangjian looked much more down than he was before. It was almost as if he was thinking about something. Looking at Pei Qian, he finally made up his mind. Boss Pei, I have decided. Im going to move my workspace to Jingzhou! Ruan Guangjian looked extremely serious. Pei Qian was stunned. After a moment, his mind filled with question marks. Huh? He had not expected that this would be the first sentence Ruan Guangjian would say to him Feeling like something was amiss, Pei Qian quickly said, Brother Ruan, you shouldnt rush into things like that! Moving your workspace is no small matter! How about the office youre currently renting? How about the furniture and computers that youve already bought? The employees would still have to move houses. They have to leave their hometowns and come all the way to Jingzhou You should chew on this for longer! Chew on this for longer! Pei Qian felt light-headed. Ruan Guangjian, is it not enough that you came all the way to Jingzhou, of your own accord, to stab me in the back? Do you really intend to move your entire workspace to Jingzhou next? Are you trying to kill me?! Until now, Tengdas designers had been working on art resources with Halo Workspace online. Although it was much less efficient, the art resources still turned out excellent under Ruan Guangjians supervision and quality-control. If the entire Halo Workspace moved to Jingzhou Employees could just take a ride to meet one another face-to-face if they ran into any problems with communication! Thus, Pei Qian quickly tried to change Ruan Guangjians mind, hoping that the latter would dispel the impracticable idea once and for all. Ruan Guangjian smiled subtly. Boss Pei, I understand your good intentions. It will indeed be troublesome to move my entire workspace here. Honestly, apart from me, Im sure most of my employees would be unwilling to move as well. However, Ive been thinking for a long time, and Ive concluded that there are more benefits to moving to Jingzhou! The rent here is much cheaper than in Shanghai. Everything costs less as well. There are also Fish-Catching Take-Out and Upwind Logistics. Both standard of living and convenience are practically guaranteed in Jingzhou. Other people in the workspace could also pay less for accommodation after moving to Jingzhou. As long as their salaries remain the same, their standard of living would surely improve. As for the moving plan Ive more or less thought about it as well. Well rent out our current office and sell off all our furniture and stationery there. Then, well purchase new ones once we move to Jingzhou. Moving such a long distance would cost a lot indeed, but all things considered, well probably recover that sum of money after some time. Pei Qian felt light-headed. Its hard to leave ones own hometown. Would your employees remain unswerving and move with you? Ruan Guangjian smiled. What do you mean by its hard to leave ones own hometown? Wheres our hometown? Nobody in our workspace was born in Shanghai. Most of us are just hovering in Shanghai. We cant afford houses, we havent struck the lottery, and we dont even have bank accounts. Our only problem once we get to Jingzhou would be that our company is too small. Itll be hard for us to change jobs. However, the core members in my workspace are all good friends of mine. They have their hearts set on following me around; theyll work for me no matter where I go. I wont force the other employees. Those who are willing can come with me. Those who are not would be free to find new jobs. In any case, its better to deal with painful things quickly. Since the workspace would be the same anywhere, why not move to a city with less stress? Whats more, I have friends here. Ruan Guangjian looked at Pei Qian with a warm gaze. Pei Qian, ? At once, Pei Qian realized that Ruan Guangjian was referring to himself as his friend. Ruan Guangjian continued speaking. All in all, our workspace will be depending on you once we get to Jingzhou, Boss Pei! Youre such a loyal person; Im sure I can trust you! Pei Qians mind was filled with question marks. He was feeling very giddy now. Pei Qian thought that the conversation had been going quite well at first. Yet, as the plot developed, it twisted and twisted and finally descended into chaos. No way, I cannot allow this to carry on! Ruan Guangjian is going to move his entire workspace here?! Thats ridiculous! Pei Qian quickly said, Brother Ruan, I understand how you feel. However, youve been so busy with work lately. If you move your workspace now, you might not be able to complete your assignments satisfactorily. You must think about this more! Dont rush into things! Ruan Guangjian pondered for a moment and said, Hmm thats true. Alright, then! Once were done working on Tengdas art resources, well prepare to move! Once Ruan Guangjian finished speaking, he went back to work, his heart filled with hope for the beautiful future. Looking at Ruan Guangjian who was now full of confidence, Pei Qian became deeply confused. Oh, no, something horrible had happened! Halo Workspace would move to Jingzhou City in three or four months. What could Pei Qian do about it?! Pei Qian remained out of Ruan Guangjians influence while the latter was in Shanghai, but once he moved to Jingzhou, wouldnt Pei Qian be completely at his mercy?! What should he do then?! Pei Qians head began to throb. He quietly walked to the guest room, drank a cup of tea, and pondered deeply. Ding! Ding! His phone rang. Pei Qian picked it up and saw that he had received a message from Li Yada. Boss Pei, was this in your plan as well? Thats such an intelligent plan! Just a string of words could cause Big Boss Ruan to move to Jingzhou. Hes even bringing his entire workspace with him! Is this the legendary method of luring artists over without offering anything?! You are indeed charming and attractive, Boss Pei. I have to give it to you! Pei Qian received several messages, one after another. It was obvious how much Li Yada respected him. Once again, Pei Qian was at a loss for words. He wanted to say that this was a big misunderstanding. However, after typing a couple of words, he deleted them all. He could only sigh inwardly. This is so tough for me! Chapter 347 - I Want to Invest in the Most Unwanted Project! December 3rd, Friday Tengda Network Technology Co., Ltd Tang Yishu cleared Glabellas poop and filled up its food as usual. Then, she walked past Bao Xu and returned to her own desk. Bao Xus monitor was displaying Zhongdian Chinese Networks website. He looked like he was so engrossed in an exciting online novel that he could not be bothered about anything that was happening around him. However, the moment Tang Yishu passed him, he scanned his surroundings with the corners of his eyes to make sure that he was not within anyones line of sight. Then, he switched to the gaming program at once. He scanned the edited document, saved it, and then sent it to Li Yada using the chat software. Once he was done with everything, Bao Xu heaved a sigh of relief and continued pretending to read. Switching back and forth between games and the program was slower and less convenient. It also placed Bao Xu at a higher risk of being exposed. Switching from an online novel website was far quicker. Although research and development of GOG was ramping up, there was still a lot of designing work to do. That was because games of this genre often produced many bugs. The unique mechanisms of each hero; the prioritization of their skills; whether the actions, special effects, and stats of their skills made sense or not; whether other details needed to be perfected All of these were design problems that they needed to continuously work on. The sum of all of these would be beyond Li Yada and her design teams capabilities. Of course, Bao Xu had to step in to help. However, the threat of another paid holiday made Bao Xu feel a little weak. He did not dare to edit the document in the open. Thus, he had no choice but to secretly send it to Li Yada after making edits. She would then be the one to upload the document. That way, Bao Xu could avoid being named the most outstanding employee once again. A few minutes later, Li Yada replied to him. Should I apply for you to work overtime this weekend? Or are you going to come to the office secretly again? I dont think you should do that anymore. More people mean more chances to be seen. You might easily get into trouble. Bao Xu replied, I havent thought about it yet. Let me consider it more. For some reason, I feel like the atmosphere has been quite tense recently. I wonder if Im just overthinking Ever since Bao Xu bumped into Tang Yishu last weekend, he had been having an ominous feeling. He had been prepared to be exposed at any moment. However, Boss Pei never came looking for him. Li Yada and Little Zhou had been called into Boss Peis office. That meant that Boss Pei had already noticed that people had worked in the office over the weekend. Bao Xu had been lucky this time; Li Yada and Little Zhou had covered up for him. In addition, the new, young girlTang Yishu, had been quite loyal. She had not ratted on him to Boss Pei. Thus, Bao Xu was certain that he was still safe for now. However, the entire situation had made Bao Xu all the more cautious. Boss Pei had allowed some people to work overtime this weekend. The design team had been given a certain quota. Although the number of people who could work overtime and the duration for which they could work were severely limited, it was still good news. Team members no longer needed to work from home in secret like they used to. They could come to the office openly, make themselves a cup of coffee, have some snacks, and discuss the design direction face-to-face. Still, Bao Xu had no plans to apply for permission. How would Boss Pei see him if he applied to work overtime over the weekend? How would his colleagues look at him? Wouldnt all his hard work be wasted?! He was only two or three months from the next selection of the most outstanding employee. Bao Xu did not want to let all his efforts go down the drain. Thus, there were only three options for Bao Xu: he could apply for permission to work overtime and come to the office openly, work from home, or secretly come to the office without applying for permission. Bao Xu began to feel conflicted. However, his instincts told him that there was no rush to decide. He could observe the situation for a bit longer before making up his mind. Saturday night, at Fish-Catching Internet Cafes Handong University branch Pei Qian and Li Shi were sipping their cocktails while remaining silent. Pei Qian looked distracted. He had a faraway look, and he seemed to be in low spirits. On the other hand, Li Shi sipped his drink and observed Boss Peis expression. It was almost as if he was trying to guess what was on the latters mind. Pei Qian felt like everything had been going wrong recently. Thus, he decided to drop all work in the evening and have a drink or two. He did not expect to bump into Li Shi. Pei Qian did not think too much into it. After all, Li Shi was considered a regular of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. He thought that it was just a coincidence-nothing out of the ordinary. Yet, this was not the way Li Shi saw the situation. He had come to the Handong University branch on purpose, hoping to see Pei Qian. As for why It was a long story. When Ming Yun Private Kitchen became famous, Li Shis Fu Hui Investments earned a huge profit. As a result, Li Shi became more interested in Pei Qians every move. He had suddenly realized that investing had become much easier! He had thought that all he would have to do was invest in any area where Boss Pei opened a Fish-Catching Internet Cafe or a restaurant. That would guarantee profits! However, Pei Qian had seemed to lose interest in the physical industry. He had opened Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 2.0 in several shopping malls at the most. Li Shi had heard nothing more after that. Li Shi had wanted to follow in Pei Qians footsteps and freeload off the latters wisdom. Yet, he had been failing to do so. This confused Li Shi a lot. Fish-Catching Internet Cafe had already become popular. More and more people were playing games there, and its reputation was improving. Wasnt this the best time to expand outwards and open more branches around the country?! Even if Pei Qian wanted stability, shouldnt he have at least planned to expand towards the other cities in Handong Province like Luzhou City or Lincheng City? Li Shi had been waiting for Boss Pei to open new Fish-Catching Internet Cafe branches in these cities, so that he could invest in the surrounding area and earn a profit. However, even after so long, Boss Pei did not show any signs of doing so. It was almost as if he was abandoning Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and cutting all ties with the business even though it had finally turned its losses to profits. It was so strange! Thus, Li Shi could finally hold it in no longer today. He wanted to find out Boss Peis explanation. Boss Pei, it seems like youve been very busy. I havent seen you drinking at Fish-Catching Internet Cafe in a while. Your businesses are now doing very well. Its a good problem. Li Shi started off by bootlicking Pei Qian. However, Pei Qian did not seem moved by his efforts. His businesses were doing very well. However, there was nothing good about this problem. Pei Qian sipped his cocktail, still looking depressed. Boss Li, Im very confused now. Boss Li paused and then smiled. Boss Pei, whats there to be confused about? Are you confused because youve achieved success in every area youve ventured into so far? Do you feel like life is no longer challenging enough? Once again, Pei Qian was at a loss for words. Boss Lis first two sentences were right, but the last sentence was not. More accurately put, Pei Qian felt like life was extremely challenging because he had achieved success in every area he had ventured into so far. He had been defeated so much that he was losing his fighting spirit. Unfortunately, he could not share these problems with anyone. Pei Qian looked at Li Shi and said earnestly, Boss Li, youre very experienced in making investments. You know Jingzhou Citys businesses like the back of your hand. Can you offer some guidance to the confused me? Li Shi paused and then grinned. Boss Pei, you must be teasing me. Im nothing compared to you in terms of making investments. I might know slightly more than you about Jingzhous businesses, but you definitely know much more than me about the way Jingzhous businesses would develop in the future. Once again, Pei Qian was at a loss for words. Im genuinely asking you for help; Im not trying to bootlick you! Ai, its so tiring talking to successful men! Pei Qian decided to stop beating around the bush and cut right to the chase. Boss Li, Im going to be very direct. Can you tell me the projects in Jingzhou City which investors refuse to touch? I want to invest five to ten million yuan in such projects. That would be my minor contribution to developing Jingzhou Citys economy. Li Shi was at a loss for words. Boss Pei lived up to his name; even his questions were different from most other peoples! Others would only ask about projects that had the most potential or offered the most returns. Yet, Boss Pei was only asking about projects that investors refused to touch. Awesome! Indeed, he had the mind of a genius. He was so different from everyone else. I understand now, Boss Pei. Do you find traditional investment projects too simple? They cant satisfy you. Is that why youre looking to have fun with more difficult projects? Are you trying to challenge yourself? Li Shis eyes were filled with respect and admiration. Pei Qian, More or less. Li Shi stuck up his thumb and shouted, I respect that! If youre talking about the projects in Jingzhou City which investors refuse to touch I can only think about the old industrial zones. Now, the entire country is moving towards upgrading businesses, eliminating outdated methods of manufacturing, and developing the service industry and innovative businesses. Many factories have already moved out of the old industrial zones. All that remained are worn-out factory buildings. Since such zones are located in the deserted outskirts, they have been shelved. Some have suggested learning from Beijings recent experiences and turning the place into a cultural industrial park. In fact, many people have made similar suggestions. However, none of them have stepped up to invest money. Thats because the entire country faces the same, difficult problem. Many cities have thought about following in Beijings footsteps and turning their old industrial zones into cultural industrial parks, but most of them have failed. Thus, although there are green lights all the way for such plans, no one has dared to touch the old industrial zones. The most that investors did was to symbolically rent one or two factories or warehouses and open cafes or art museums. Those investors ended up incurring losses for years. Hows that, Boss Pei? Does that sound challenging enough? Once Li Shi finished speaking, he smiled and waited to see Pei Qians reaction. Initially, he had thought that Pei Qian was just trying to show off. He expected the latter to change his mind once he heard about such a difficult project. What he did not expect was for Boss Peis eyes to light up at once! Very good! Thank you, Boss Li! Thats exactly the answer I was looking for! Pei Qian was delighted with his unexpected good fortune. Li Shi was right. This was a terrible mess. Factories like that were all located in the deserted outskirts. There were no facilities around them, and few people even passed by the area. If the factories had been located in the city center, the factories would have been turned into art museums or unique tourist spots. Perhaps they could have been resurrected from the dead. If the factories had been located downtown, they would just have to be put to a different use. Countless people would fight for them in a heartbeat. However, nobody was interested precisely because these factories were located in the outskirts. In fact, nobody even bothered to tear them down because nobody could bear to part with the money. Yet, that was precisely what Pei Qian was looking for! Pei Qian downed his cocktail and stood up, preparing to leave. Li Shi quickly said, Boss Pei, hold on! Are you really going to invest in that place? Pei Qian nodded. Of course! Li Shi was reluctant to believe him at first, but he had to admit that Boss Pei had never lied to him. Everything that Boss Pei had done in the past had seemed unreliable. Yet, Boss Pei had honored his word every time, without turning back. Whats more, he had succeeded. Li Shi stood up as well. Boss Pei, can you tell me what youre going to use the factory for? Pei Qian remained silent for a moment and then said, Boss Li, I can tell you on one condition. Once the place opens for business, you have to be the first customer and experience everything inside at least once. Li Shi could not help but grin. What kind of condition is that? No problem! Even if Boss Pei didnt lay down this condition, I would have gone to experience it and learn. Pei Qian nodded. Alright, Ill tell you the truth, then. Im intending to create a large haunted house. Li Shi, Chapter 348 - Caught Those Dogs When he returned to his apartment, Pei Qian sent a message to Assistant Xin, telling her to make some time on Monday to check out the old industrial zones around Jingzhou City. He also instructed her to find out the price of the bigger factories there and estimate how much creating a haunted house there would cost. After that, Pei Qian read the message from Tang Yishu. It was Saturday. Many people went to work overtime. On the surface, Tang Yishu looked like she went back to clear Glabellas poop. However, she had actually gone to supervise those working overtime on Pei Qians behalf, to ensure that they did not cross the line. Pei Qian read the message and compared the name list to the one Li Yada had handed to him. A girl with huge-frame spectacles that should be Li Yada. A man with a mole on his face that should be Little Li. A tall man with a crew cut huh? Pei Qian checked Tang Yishus message against Li Yadas name list and realized that there was a problem. There had been one more person in the office compared to what the name list reflected! Only five people had requested permission to work overtime. However, according to Tang Yishus records, six members of the design team had gone back to the office! This tall man with a crew cut was probably Chen Kangtuo from the design team. He was not among the people who requested permission to return to the office over the weekend. Pei Qian laughed mirthlessly. Hmph, I knew it! Indeed, a few people in the design team were still trying to work overtime. He had caught those dogs. Pei Qian thought about how he should deal with the stubborn people who refused to change their ways and insisted on sneakily working overtime. Should he give them a joyful send-off, present them with a larger stage on which to display their talents, and thereby make them into an example for others? That wouldnt be right. Doing that would treat the symptoms but not the cause. Pei Qian would be temporarily gratified, but there would still be disastrous consequences. It was for the same reason that Pei Qian neither insisted that Tang Yishu should tell him who worked overtime during the weekend nor set up surveillance cameras around the office. If Pei Qian transferred Chen Kangtuo to another department through the first-place-elimination system, he would undoubtedly signpost to the other employees that the same would happen to them if they worked overtime. Those who wanted to get promoted would purposely start working overtime while those who genuinely wanted to do work would intensify their efforts. The mess would be unsalvageable. Then, Pei Qian would have no way to differentiate the slackers from the genuine hard workers. Pei Qian could also warn Chen Kangtuo against working overtime and strictly prohibit such behavior. Yet, although people who genuinely wanted to work overtime would appear to stop after that, they would definitely continue to secretly work from home. If everyone started working from home, Boss Pei still would have no way to differentiate the slackers from the genuine hard workers. Thus, he could not do that either! As the saying went, water that was too clear had few fish, and one who was too critical had few friends. There was not much of a difference whether he strictly supervised peoples working hours or installed surveillance cameras in the office. His employees would still take their work more seriously and slack less, and Pei Qian would still not be able to differentiate the slackers from the hard workers. Pei Qians ultimate goal was to create a safe environment for all of his employees to slack. At the same time, they needed to think that Boss Pei would not bother even if they sneakily worked overtime. That way, the slackers would slack without worrying and the hard workers would naturally continue working overtime in secret. The difference would be clear for Pei Qian to see. After that, Pei Qian could come up with a list of hard workers and then arrange for them to be transferred away without anyone noticing. He would not alert the perpetrators beforehand. Thus, Pei Qian could not be rash. He noted down Chen Kangtuos name without saying a word, plotting his sweet revenge and preparing to strike out of nowhere. At the same time, he would wait for more fish to take the bait. December 6th, Monday Pei Qian arrived at the office at 10 AM as usual. He noticed that there were fewer people in the office. He was confused for a while before he recalled that it was the day of Tengdas recruitment examinations. Many employees from the HR department and the administrative department had gone out to ensure the entire process ran smoothly. Although many postgraduate students from Handong University had come to help out as well, they could only do what they were told to by Hao Yun and the others. Pei Qian planned to sit around in his office for a while before visiting the examination hall. After all, recruitment was a big thing. Whether he could hire more slackers would directly impact the companys future development or not. Pei Qian could not afford to be careless about the process. After sitting down for a short while, Assistant Xin came to report updates on her task. Boss Pei, Ive already asked around about the factories. The abandoned factory buildings in the old industrial zone are meant to be developed into cultural industrial parks; thats why theyre not for sale. However, the good news is that rent is cheap because nobodys interested in them. The monthly rent for these factory buildings is about eight to nine yuan per square meter. This sum of money would be considered negligible to our company. If you want to turn these factory buildings into a haunted house, you have to think about how big you want the haunted house to be and how many factory buildings you would need. That would make it easier to calculate the initial investment. Pei Qian nodded. It was much cheaper than he had imagined At a monthly rate of eight to nine yuan per square meter, Pei Qian would only need to pay about a million yuan for several huge factory buildings, with a total of ten thousand square meters. That sum would be incomparable to the rental Pei Qian was paying for office buildings. Of course, whether rent was expensive or not depended on location. These factories were located in a deserted place. If one rented these factories but did not generate any revenue, they would practically be throwing one million yuan into the trash every month. That was why most people were not willing to take them up. Assistant Xin continued speaking. Theres another thing. Boss Pei, are we going to have an annual meeting this year? If you want to do that, we should start preparing soon. Pei Qian paused, and then immediately said, Yes, of course! He had almost forgotten about that altogether! Holding annual meetings was a great way to spend money. How could Pei Qian miss the opportunity? He did not hold an annual meeting last year because Tengda had still been too small. That was why he had not seen a point. However, Tengda had many more employees this year. It was logical to organize an annual meeting! He could hold a lucky draw during the annual meeting and give an additional prize to every attendee. Wouldnt that allow him to spend a huge sum of money? He had to thank Assistant Xin for reminding him! Assistant Xin nodded. Alright, Boss Pei. Ill inform the rest to start preparing. If you have any requirements, feel free to let me know. Pei Qian said, I dont have any requirements, except one. Everything has to be done according to Tengdas spirit, understand? Assistant Xin answered, I understand. Well distribute high-quality prizes. Pei Qian nodded in satisfaction. After Assistant Xin left, Pei Qian started to watch some shows. He would go down to the examination hall after lunch. However, the moment he accessed Aili Island, he received another message on his cell phone. It was from Lin Wan. Boss Pei, the first demo for Be Quiet has been created. Were also more or less done with the first version of the cell phones system. Do you want to take a look at them if you have time to spare over the next few days? Pei Qian pondered for a moment and then typed his reply. Alright, Ill go down to Shang Yang Games tomorrow and to Otto Technologies the day after Just as he was typing, Pei Qian realized that something was amiss. He deleted everything he wrote. He should not be going down on his own. Instead, he should ask them to come down. It was now time for him to inspect the results of research and development. That meant it was time to put Tang Yishu, his nuclear weapon, to good use. However, it would be strange if Pei Qian brought Tang Yishu along with him to Shang Yang Games and Otto Technologies to inspect the results. After all, Tang Yishu was merely the encouragers keeper. Pei Qian had no reason to bring her around with him. Others might even get suspicious. Thus, it would be best to ask everyone to come to Tengda Games instead. Then, Tang Yishus halo effect could influence them without them realizing it. At that thought, Pei Qian re-typed his reply. You can come to Tengda to give me a demo tomorrow and the day after. Soon after, Lin Wan replied, Alright, Boss Pei. In the afternoon At Tengdas recruitment examination hall Wu Bin had just finished eating the set meal from Fish-Catching Take-Out. He continuously praised the food in his heart. This was the HR employee who had tried to headhunt Hao Qiong on behalf of Hengtu Games earlier and who ended up being shamed. He had been keeping a close eye on Tengda Games recruitment for activity since then. Tengda was finally holding recruitment examinations; naturally, he could not miss the opportunity. He had already taken a paper in the morning. They were now having a lunch break. Wu Bin had many mixed feelings about the recruitment examinations. The first of which was: weird! The timing was weird, the process was weird, and the examination questions were weird. In terms of timing Tengda was holding the examinations on a Monday. That was ridiculous to Wu Bin. This was because many companies had meetings on Mondays, and so it was extremely difficult for employees to take leave. Yet, Tengda was purposely holding the recruitment examinations on a Monday. It was almost as if they were afraid that those who were already working would take leave to come and take the examinations. In terms of the process there were many stages that Wu Bin felt were strange and unnecessary. Wu Bin himself worked in HR. He was very familiar with such processes. To him, Tengda was considered a big company. However, organizing such a long recruitment process like this was as useless as tits on a bull. It was unnecessary and a waste of money and energy. Wu Bin thought that the regular recruitment process would be much better. The most confusing thing was that there was a Tengda Spirit compatibility test at the end of the process. Those who failed that test would not be hired. That was really ridiculous. Furthermore, the questions were very difficult! Wu Bin had taken part in similar written examinations to be recruited as a government official. Thus, he had prepared for such questions before. He had thought that as a private enterprise, Tengdas written examinations would be much simpler. However, he was completely wrong. The questions were more difficult than he had imagined! Wu Bin had nearly broken down after the mornings paper. He had thought he was well-prepared, but the difficult questions had proven to him how wrong he had been. Still, he had no other choice. Tengda treated its employees extremely well! It was obvious from their lunch. There were at least hundreds of applicants in the hotels examination hall. Yet, Tengda provided meals for everyone. This alone probably cost them tens of thousands of yuan. Whats more, this was not the only examination hall. In addition, they hired postgraduate students to invigilate and mark the papers. That was another huge cost. as Ai, how good it was to be rich! Wu Bin ate the set meal from Fish-Catching Take-Out and fantasized about how good it would be if he could work in Tengda one day. VV After lunch, Wu Bin saw many people walk out of the examination hall. Tengda had provided accommodation for applicants who had come from other cities. At that moment, those applicants were returning to their rooms for some rest before returning for the afternoon paper. Since Wu Bin lived in Jingzhou, he did not enjoy such treatment. He could return home to get some rest, but it would be troublesome to travel there and back. Thus, he decided not to go to all the trouble. Since he had nothing else to do, Wu Bin looked around the hall and observed the other applicants-his competitors. Most of them were young people. Furthermore, the majority among them were Jingzhous own university graduates. That was to be expected. After all, students in their final year of university would be scrambling to find full-time employment. Naturally, they would not give up the opportunity to take recruitment examinations like that. Most people in Wu Bins age, who were already employed, either found it hard to sacrifice their year-end bonus or found it difficult to take leave on a Monday. Thus, they were among the minority in the examination hall. It feels like Tengda favors younger employees. I wonder if old slackers like me would be able to get in. Wu Bin felt slightly sorrowful. Chapter 349 - It was Perfectly Fine Before He Came Over December 7th, Tuesday Tengda Network Technology Co., Ltd. The examinations ended yesterday. Now, it was time for the papers to be intensely marked. Pei Qian had expected there to be a lot of papers to mark, and so he had allocated a week for marking alone. The interviews would be held on the following Monday. After that, the list of successful applicants could quickly be generated. From there, they would decide who could join Tengda as interns and get the opportunity to take the Tengda Spirit compatibility test. Pei Qian was very happy with the time allocation for the entire process. On one hand, the written examinations, interviews, and selection had lengthened the entire recruitment process by nearly two weeks. This worked to persuade many people not to try and apply for a job at Tengda. On the other hand, having to take two Mondays off in such a short period made most working adults feel helpless. As a result, many experienced, potential applicants had been dissuaded from applying as well. All in all, he had come up with many ways and means to dissuade as many people from applying as possible! For now, the HR department and administrative department were handling the marking of papers. Given Tengdas current size, Pei Qian guessed that guarding against bribery and fraud was unnecessary. In the future-as the recruitment drives get bigger in scale, they would mark the papers according to the standards of other large-scale examinations. They could purchase professional facilities and recruit professional markers. Then, Pei Qian would probably be able to spend a huge sum of money. Just as he was considering this, someone knocked on his door. Pei Qian looked up to see Ye Zhizhou. Be Quiet had been completed earlier than GOG. Now, the first version of their demo was already out. The current version could not be considered done. At the most, it contained the games basic functions such as the movement of characters against the backdrop, the use of props, and the like. Art resources were still far from done, and only one setting had been completed. There was also still a lot of room for improving the props, characters, and special effects. Still, the initial demo offered some idea of how the game would look like. Ye Zhizhou sucked in a long breath at the door of Boss Peis office, trying to calm himself down. In the past, Boss Pei had always gone over to Shang Yang Games to check on the games research and development progress. However, this time, Ye Zhizhou had been summoned to face the god alone at Tengda Games. Of course, he felt slightly nervous. Cou ervo Calm down, calm down. The demo isnt meant to be a perfect version. Its normal for there to be bugs in the demo. Boss Pei wouldnt blame me. As long as it can show the games basic functions, itll be good enough. Thats unless there are so many bugs that he cant even play the demo. That isnt likely, though. The testing team already ran the game once through. The serious bugs have already been fixed. There are still some minor bugs in the demo, but I probably wont be so unlucky. All of them wouldnt appear, right? Ye Zhizhou comforted himself before knocking the door and entering the office. Boss Pei, this is the games program. Please install it. Ye Zhizhou handed a portable hard drive to Pei Qian. Pei Qian took it and then installed the games demo onto his own computer. Then, he handed the controller to Ye Zhizhou. Actually, Pei Qian still had no idea what kind of game this was. That was because he had only given several general instructions to Shang Yang Games earlier. After that, he had left them to create the game on their own. Thus, Pei Qian felt quite hopeful about the games demo. He had no idea what his instructions, which pointed to a dead-end, had led the team at Shang Yang Games to come up with. Yet Could Pei Qian see the demo for what it truly was under the influence of Tang Yishus halo effect? Pei Qian highly doubted that. There was a blank screen, and then the game started. Pei Qian was quite surprised. It worked! No error popped up and the game didnt crash! The demo seemed quite good. Ye Zhizhou had no inkling of his impending doom. He moved the joystick on the controller, operating the game and explaining it at the same time. Weve completed the basics for the demo such as the movement of the characters, the use of surrounding props, and the like. Our main purpose was to show you the horror atmosphere and the overall style and see if they are to your liking. This is the first character we made. Its a male adult with a standard body type. His health meter, strength meter, and sanity meter are displayed on the screen. We expect to come up with more different characters later on, so that players can customize their appearance Ye Zhizhou observed Boss Peis expressions as he explained. Boss Pei looked engrossed in the screen as if he was expecting something to happen. At the same time, it was mixed with the hopeful look was a hint of surprise. Ye Zhizhou could not help but feel proud of himself. It looks like Boss Pei thinks highly of our project; he cant possibly feign this hopeful expression! Furthermore, the hint of surprise in his expression showed that the game was more complete than he had expected. The situation was looking good! Ye Zhizhou began explaining with more excitement. However, only two thoughts filled Pei Qians mind at that moment. When will the bug appear? I cant wait. The bug hasnt appeared yet? I guess the bunch of people at Shang Yang Games has put in a lot of effort into this demo. Pei Qian did not feel much about the game itself. He could only say that it was alright. He could not see signs of the game becoming popular from a mere demo. The games foundational contents and details, its art resources, and its style were all pretty well done. After all, the game was being produced by a game editor. As long as they were willing to pour in enough money, its art resources could not turn out that badly. However, the horror atmosphere was far from good. Of course, it was probably because the monsters and other gamers had not been added. There was also no sign of danger. No matter how dark and scary they made the game look, there was a limit to how frightening it could be. Still, no matter what, this demo had not left a lasting impression in Pei Qians mind for now. Boss Pei, this is a special tape recorder. Once players use it, a deafening, scary soundtrack would play. The sanity meter of all players around it would take a huge hit. Take a look At that point, Ye Zhizhou moved his character forward and tried to interact with the props in the surroundings. However, nothing happened. Ye Zhizhou, ? He was confused inside. He clicked the prop once again. It still didnt work. Heh, Boss Pei, I think there might be a bug. Its alright, we have other props prepared. Pei Qian smiled and said, Thats fine. Its a demo after all. Its expected to have bugs. Ye Zhizhou heaved a sigh of relief and moved to the next prop that he could interact with. This is an ax. You can pick it up and attack enemies with it, just like that. Ye Zhizhou made the character wave the ax around, causing the crates, old tables, and other random items around him to shatter to pieces. Ye Zhizhou heaved a sigh of relief once more. Thankfully, nothing had gone wrong with the weapon system. However, just as he was starting to feel better, the character holding the ax dropped into a chink in the map. Ye Zhizhou was speechless. He reacted immediately by clicking the prepared hotkey. Once again, the character reappeared in the starting position on the map. Hehe, that was an accident. I accidentally dropped into a chink in the map. Dont worry, Boss Pei. We will definitely fill the gap later on. Pei Qian nodded. Yes, yes, of course. Ye Zhizhou did not dare to over-explain himself, for fear that Boss Pei would think he was both incapable and unwilling to own up to his own mistakes. Thus, he continued steering his character forward, toward the arranged next prop. However, he only made it a couple of steps before the image jammed. Deng! Deng! Deng! Deng! The program stopped suddenly, projecting them back to the desktop. Multiple error windows popped up, stacking one on top of another rather ceremonially. Ye Zhizhou felt too ashamed to explain himself. He quietly took hold of the mouse and closed the error windows before trying to reboot the game. This time, however, the game could not launch. Ye Zhizhou was speechless Confused Puzzled What was going on? Before he came to Tengda, Ye Zhizhou had tried the game on different computers at Shang Yang Games. Although one or two bugs appeared every now and then, the game functioned quite well on the whole. Yet, now, he could not even launch the game. Ye Zhizhou looked at Boss Pei, ashamed. Boss Pei, I dont know why this is happening. The game was functioning well before. Im really sorry. There are too many bugs in the game. Ill go back and make some edits and then demonstrate it to you again in the future Ye Zhizhou was too embarrassed to look at Boss Pei in the eyes. Boss Pei had thought so highly of the game, and he had been so expectant as well. Yet, Ye Zhizhou had completely blown it! Now, he had only one feeling: he was too ashamed to face his superiors! How would he explain this to Director Lin when he got back to Shang Yang Games? Unexpectedly, Boss Pei grinned at him and said, Dont worry. Its only a demo. This is very normal. Dont blame yourself. Although I didnt get to see a demonstration of the actual games contents, I felt your sincerity and genuineness in researching and developing the game. Continue along the same path! You dont have to give me a demonstration of this version anymore. You can give me another demo when youve completed the games basic gameplay. Boss Pei isnt blaming me? Ye Zhizhou tried hard to look for any hint of reproach in Boss Peis expression, but he failed. Boss Peis expression was benevolent. He even looked a bit comforted. Wait, comforted? Why was Boss Pei feeling comforted? Ye Zhizhou was confused. He could not have been comforted about the appearance of so many bugs. Could it be that Pei Qian had deciphered the direction of our design through the short demonstration? Has he confirmed that we are on the right track? Yes, that must be it! After all, Boss Pei was the one who set the games general direction. Boss Pei must know how the final version of the game would look better than any one of us. Since thats the case, theres nothing strange about Boss Peis expression. Ye Zhizhou knew very well that everyone at Shang Yang Games had been working hard during this period. The demo was indeed more or less complete. It was just that his luck had been bad today, and bugs kept appearing in the game for some reason. Thankfully, Boss Pei was not pursuing the matter. Instead, he was very understanding about this unlikely scenario. Rest assured, Boss Pei. Ill go back and fix all the bugs. The next time I come, Ill demonstrate an early version of the game that will definitely be good enough! Ye Zhizhou turned to leave the office. Before that, he had been quite remiss. He had thought that the research and development of Be Quiet had been progressing quickly and smoothly. Thus, he started slacking off. Now, however, all of those feelings were gone. They still had a long way to go! He had to keep working hard! Seeing that Ye Zhizhous motivation had been renewed, Pei Qian felt slightly confused. I didnt say a word. Why is he becoming so agitated? Still, whatever that had happened today had confirmed something for Pei Qian. Tang Yishus halo was indeed effective. In fact, it was extremely effective! Chapter 350 - Vanished from the Face of the Earth? Pei Qian had already more or less confirmed that Tang Yishus halo effect had not produced bugs in perfect games out of nothing. Although there seemed to be metaphysics involved and she had a special halo effect that could spread bad luck to her surroundings, such metaphysics still had limits. For example, there would be greater chances of an unlikely event-such as stepping on ones own shoelaces and trippinghappening if one was standing next to Tang Yishu. However, if one was not wearing shoes with shoelaces, such a thing would not be possible. In other words, Tang Yishus halo effect was only a magnifier that would greatly increase the chances of unlucky events happening. It was the same with the bugs in the game. There were bugs in many of Tengdas other games as well. These bugs had not appeared out of nowhere; instead, they had been there from the beginning. However, the chances of them appearing had been low, and they likely wouldnt have appeared under normal circumstances. However, under the influence of Tang Yishus halo effect, the bugs appeared. On the surface, it looked like these bugs appeared out of nowhere. However, they had actually just been deeply hidden in the beginning. Tang Yishu had merely increased the chances of them being brought to the surface. Similarly, Ye Zhizhous demo contained many hidden bugs that probably would not have surfaced under normal circumstances. However, because of Tang Yishus halo effect, the demo practically became unplayable. Pei Qian was satisfied with this result. Every time he went to check on Shang Yang Games before, news of success kept pouring in. It had been extremely hard for him to handle. Finally, there was a setback. This was worth celebrating! If only he could be this happy every day from now on Joy put heart into man. Pei Qian sent a message to his driver, Little Sun: Come with me to take a look at the factory buildings in the old industrial zone after lunch today. I want to start planning the haunted house. In the afternoon At Jingzhou Citys old industrial zone The first thought Pei Qian had after he alighted from the car was this is way too far!! It had taken them almost an hour to reach this place by car from the office. The old industrial zone was located northeast of Jingzhou City, which typically expanded towards the west and south. Ming Yun Villas was located southeast of Jingzhou City. There was a slight chance it would be more developed in the future. However, as for the old industrial zone Pei Qian was not at all hopeful. Pei Qian scanned his surroundings and realized that it looked different from what he had expected at first. Initially, Pei Qian had thought that the old industrial zone would just be more deserted and run-down than usual. However, at that moment, he was seeing overgrown weeds all around the old industrial zone. The style of the buildings all around him looked like they belonged to the previous century, and the place was worlds apart from Jingzhou City. Furthermore, nearly all the factory buildings were no longer in use. The remaining buildings that were still populated were only so because companies were moving out and tying up loose ends. There were hardly any residential buildings nearby. The few residential buildings were old and run-down and looked like they were on the verge of collapse. Pei Qian guessed that a very few residents remained in those buildings now. It was now daytime. If it had been night, Pei Qian probably would not have dared to come alone. Boss Pei, watch your step. Little Sun led the way. As Pei Qian surveyed his surroundings, he spotted a few huge factory buildings. It was no wonder that the rent was so cheap. No matter the purpose-if one wanted to make changes to the area, it was guaranteed that the project would be huge. A large sum of money would probably be needed. If one could not recover their capital, they would have made ducks and drakes of their money. Of course, nobody would be interested in taking over these factories. Pei Qian gazed into the distance but still could not see the end of the industrial zone. The old industrial zone was too huge. If he rented all the buildings and turned the place into a huge haunted house, he would probably need to fork out hundreds of millions of yuan. That was not practical. Thus, Pei Qian considered renting a few bigger factoriesmeasuring several thousand square metersand then turning those buildings into the haunted house. It would not be appropriate to work on too huge a project. Many haunted houses attracted fans of horror movies and horror games from all over the world, precisely because they were large-scale and frightening Pei Qians only hope was that his haunted house would neither become famous nor attract huge crowds of tourists. That way, he would be able to burn as much money on it as possible. Thus, Pei Qian had to control the scale of the haunted house well. He could not make it so big that it became well known, and yet he had to make it frightening enough to scare Ruan Guangjian sh*tless. Only then could the hatred in Pei Qians heart start to dissipate. The industrial zone was deserted and inconvenient to get to. As long as the haunted house did not become too famous, Pei Qian doubted that tourists from around the country would come and visit it. The income generated from Jingzhous tourists alone probably would not be enough to sustain the haunted houses daily operations. Thus, the haunted house would become Boss Peis little black room[1]. Each time he wanted to take revenge on someone listed in his notebook, he would send them there. Not only would he be able to incur losses, but he would also be able to take revenge. He would be killing two birds with one stone -it was perfect. Pei Qian and Little Sun walked slightly farther in to see the current situation of the factory buildings. All in all, they were a complete mess. Neither of them saw any point in surveying the place any longer. Lets go. Pei Qian had only leisurely walked around for five minutes before he turned around and prepared to head back. Little Sun quickly caught up with him and asked, Boss Pei, do you want to look at other places? There are many other locations available for you to start a haunted house. Pei Qian paused. Why would I look at other places? Ive chosen this place. Little Sun, Er Little Sun had misunderstood him. Initially, Little Sun had thought that Boss Pei had only decided to leave so quickly because he had not been satisfied with what he had seen. He had thought that Boss Pei would walk around for a little longer if he had been interested. Thus, Little Sun wondered if he should drive Boss Pei to another possible location for the haunted house. As it turned out, he had been mistaken. Boss Pei had only decided to turn back because he was very satisfied with the place. It was just that This was a multi-million-yuan project. It might even cost more than ten million yuan. Was Boss Pei being too rash by deciding on a place within five minutes of looking around? Little Sun quickly threw that thought out of his head. What kind of person was Boss Pei? Would he make rash decisions? He probably already knew a lot about the place before coming down. Perhaps that was why he only needed five minutes to confirm his understanding of the area. This was what it looked like to only take action after carefully planning everything. After all, a general planning in the seclusion of his tent could determine a distant battles outcome. Once he got back to the office, Pei Qian began to think about how to create the haunted house. It would be rather simple to incur losses by running a haunted house. That was especially true if the haunted house was fixed in one location. That was because haunted houses were typically one-time expenses. Most tourists would only visit it once; most would not visit a second time. That was unless the haunted house had as different schemes as boys had to pick up girls or underwent a complete renovation to renew its material and gameplay. However, construction costs of haunted houses were considerable. One renovation could cost a bomb. Whats more, there was no way to continue operations during the renovation process. The size of its output would hardly match its input. Thus, there were three ways to run haunted houses: First, Pei Qian could run it like large-scale haunted houses overseas. Those were well-known because of their size, and tourists from all around the world would flock to them as a result. With such a huge customer base, those haunted houses could earn a lot from tickets and side products. Of course, they could generate huge revenue. Second, Pei Qian could create a moving haunted house. He could set it up in a shopping mall in a city for a while before moving to another city. That could guarantee a fresh customer base regularly. That was the model several haunted houses in the country were using. Third, Pei Qian could build the haunted house in a huge amusement park. As long as the amusement park drew in a steady flow of customers, there would be a constant flow of people into the haunted house as well. However, Pei Qian would consider none of these models. That was because he had no intention to earn money in the first place. He had to learn from the bulk of haunted houses that failed. He would create a haunted house in a fixed location that would be big enough to scare people sh*tless but would not become well-known around the country. That way, even if people around Jingzhou visited the haunted house on account of its reputation, it would only do well in the short-term. However, it would still incur losses in the long-term. At the moment, Pei Qian was still unsure about what kind of haunted house he should create. However, there was no rush. He had to first find someone to take charge of the project. Pei Qian was way too busy. He could not possibly personally take care of everything Furthermore, Pei Qian did not want anything to do with the haunted house. On one hand, he found them too scary because he was quite timid. On the other hand, he worried that any haunted house that he created would not be scary enough to others. Although haunted houses that werent scary could incur losses as well, Pei Qian would much rather his haunted house be scary than to have it lose more money. After all, this haunted house had another special purpose. Boss Pei was counting on it to exact revenge on the list of people in his notebook. If the haunted house did not turn out to be frightening, Boss Pei would be as good as defeated by the enemies in the notebook. That would be too embarrassing. After some thought, Pei Qian decided to deal with the mole in the company, whom he had found recently. Chen Kangtuo, youre up! Youll be in charge of the haunted house! That way, Pei Qian could kill two birds with one stone. First, Chen Kangtuo was a hard worker. If Pei Qian got rid of him, he would be able to cleanse the office. Second, Chen Kangtuo took his work very seriously. Putting him in charge of the haunted house would probably guarantee that the project would turn out well. Apart from those, Pei Qian was considering the special purpose he had for the haunted house. The first-place-elimination system could only get rid of the outstanding elites in the office. However, it could not help Pei Qian deal with the outstanding hard workers who liked to work overtime in secret. Now, Pei Qian could throw them all into the haunted house project! That was because the project was bound to fail. That meant Pei Qian did not have to worry, no matter how hard they worked. The more Pei Qian thought about it, the more satisfied he became. He could only say that this was fate! If he had not met Tang Yishu by chance, Pei Qian would not have found out that people were working overtime in secret. Naturally, he would not have found out about Chen Kangtuo. Fate was an amazing thing indeed. However, would Chen Kangtuo feel lonely working on the project alone? Should Pei Qian arrange for people to help him? He could look for hard workers in Shang Yang Games to help out with the haunted house as well. Yes, that was a good idea. The employees of Shang Yang Games had played horror games for over a month. Perhaps they had learned some valuable lessons from that experience. Pei Qian had to send the more professional employees to handle the haunted house. Then, they could make it scary enough to scare Ruan Guangjian sh*tless. At that thought, Pei Qian sent a message to Lin Wan. Choose an ordinary employee with an excellent working attitude from within Shang Yang Games. I have a new project. The next afternoon Bao Xu reached the office on time, as he always did, and sat down at his desk. He accessed Zhongdian Chinese Network, opened his document, and carefully began to make edits. After a few minutes of editing, he realized that something was amiss. Bao Xu quickly looked around the office to see exactly what was making him feel uncomfortable. At last, his eyes fell on an empty workspace. Chen Kangtuo had not come to work today. That was not it-all his personal items had been cleared from his workspace as well! Was there a need to clear all his personal items if he was merely on sick leave? Bao Xu suddenly felt a chill run down his spine. What had happened to him? Had he vanished from the face of the earth? [1] This phrase is the internet slang for ban list in China. Chapter 351 - OTTO OS Bao Xu panicked, feeling a sense of inexplicable crisis. He started sending a series of texts to Chen Kangtuo. Why arent you here at work today? Many possibilities flashed through Bao Xus head before Chen Kangtuo replied. Was he fired? Impossible, Boss Pei had never fired any employee. Did he resign? That was even more unlikely. How could they find a better company than Tengda? He couldnt possibly be kidnapped by aliens, right? Now that all these possibilities had been denied, there would only be one possibility left Chen Kangtuo replied, Brother Bao, you might not believe what Im about to tell you. I have been assigned to a new project. Boss Pei said that he wants to invest in a haunted house project and put me in charge. Everything happened too fast, I left in a hurry as well. The farewell dinner can only be held at another time. Please let everyone know theres nothing to worry about. I had only switched departments Bao Xu, Huh? Haunted house? You have been sent there to be in charge? Chen Kangtuo, Brother Bao, Im also very confused. I was still working overtime to change the GOG design plan during weekends. Now, Im inspecting the site of the haunted house He then sent images to Bao Xu. Bao Xu looked at the photos Chen Kangtuo sent over. It showed a rather remote and old industrial area, sparsely populated and overgrown with weeds. There was an inexplicable sense of depression and sadness. It was not difficult to imagine Chen Kangtuos current feelings. Bao Xu was silent for a short while before he typed his reply. Why did Boss Pei choose you? Chen Kangtuo, How would I know? Boss Pei only told me that he has high hopes for my potential and hope that I can show my talent on a larger stage Bao Xu fell into deep thoughts. Sure enough, it was yet another Boss-Pei-styled promotion. The entire promotion process seemed to be quite random no matter whether it was for Huang Sibo, Lu Mingliang, or Li Yada previously. He promoted not the most senior nor the strongest or the best in the project team. Most of these people were a little unknown before the promotion. However, all of them quickly adapted to the new position after being promoted and exploded with amazing potential! Obviously, Boss Pei had a unique vision. He could see the hidden infinite possibilities and talent in the employees. It was the same for his promotion of Chen Kangtuo this time. Bao Xu often looked through the design documents as a member of the design team. He often discussed with Li Yada about the design team. He knew that Chen Kangtuo might be quiet on the surface, but he had a strong desire to improve. There was a small quota for overtime last weekend. Li Yada only included the names of the more senior colleagues and those with more important positions. They were limited by the quota which meant they had to compete to do overtime. Chen Kangtuo might not have obtained a slot, but he took the initiative to work overtime to amend his plans. That was enough to show that he was someone who was demanding of himself. Bao Xu was suddenly startled as he thought of this. Could it be that Boss Pei had a clear grasp of everyones working attitude, potential, and fighting spirit? In addition, Boss Pei could reasonably select talents based on these factors and arrange for more motivated and possessed pioneering spirit for new projects? Combined with the tense feeling previously Bao Xus heart sank and thought of something very dangerous. Would he be doing the site survey for the haunted house with Chen Kangtuo now if he had not concealed his normal working state? Bao Xu did not want to go to the haunted house project. Bao Xu only wanted to be a normal designer for Tengda Games, writing documents, adjusting the details of the games, and changing the design plan. Other than that, he was only interested in playing games and was not interested in going out or to other projects. That was too close. Boss Pei might not come to the company often, but he is always watching the company. Not one who was truly capable and made outstanding contributions to the company could escape his observations! This kind of insight is amazing! Im lucky not to be found out for the time being. I cannot take any more risks. I have to endure until the next outstanding employee selection at the very least! Bao Xu silently saved and then closed the modified file before immersing himself in the game. He made up his mind to be an ultimate slacker this time! In the afternoon Chang You brought a testing machine to Tengda. This test machine was the flagship phone from another brand. It was equipped with the latest product from Otto Technologies recent development which was the customized system for cell phones. It was named OTTO OS. Chang You was mainly busy with two matters recently. The first was finalizing the cell phone production plan with an Original Equipment Manufacturer and securing the supply channel. The second part was leading the team to develop the OTTO OS. In the era of smartphones, cell phones were becoming more homogenous. That was an inevitable trend. Before smartphones, cell phones came in a variety of shapes. There were blocks, flip, slide, full keyboard, and different designs. However, with the advent of the smartphone era, the appearance of cell phones became more homogenous. Only a few physical buttons were retained under the premise of increasing the screen-to-body ratio. There were different designs for the full screens, but they were soon unified as well. The integration of mobile phones was getting higher; therefore, the possibilities on the external design of the phones were getting more difficult. In such a situation-other than the design and the hardware, the operating system was the key to distinguishing different cell phone brands. If two brands of cell phones were similar in their hardware and had not too much of a difference in their prices, the consumer would give priority to the more user-friendly system. Chang You understood this well which was why he had been working on the development of the cell phone operating system since Otto Technologies was established. Other than ,Pineapple the other cell phone brands were mostly relying on the Android system for their optimization. The original Android System was light and portable, but it had limited functions that were not in line with domestic mainstream user habits. Therefore, most of the domestic cell phone manufacturers were committed to making the functions in their own systems richer and convenient, hoping to capture the hearts of the consumers. Chang You was naturally the same. He had tried out the basic functions of the OTTO OS system on the way here. There were no big problems. The contents that he wanted to show this time were mainly the following areas: The style of the interface, such as system fonts, themes, etc. It was mainly to show off the beauty of the system. Detailed optimization such as the design of the minus-one screen and the optimization effect of some system functions. Special functions such as some small programs that came with it like the data transfer requested by Boss Pei. It was the first version, but it could not be said to be made from scratch. First of all, this system was customized based on the native Android System. Secondly, Chang Yous team had experience in system development. Therefore, Chang You was filled with confidence in this system. There would not be many bugs. The development of a system was a relatively long-term process because customers desires would never be satisfied. There would definitely be a lot of bugs in the system every time it was updated. However, the system this time was modified from the previous system. They did things they were more familiar with so there were not many bugs. It had good stability as well. Chang You came to the door of Pei Qians office and knocked gently. Boss Pei, this is the first version of the OTTO OS. Come and try it out. You can let us know if there is any dissatisfaction. Well correct it as soon as possible. Chang You passed the cell phone to Pei Qian. Pei Qian stretched his hand out to take it. He could not help but sigh inwardly as he looked at Chang Yous confident expression. Sigh, Vice President Chang, youre still too confident. It was likely you would not encounter many bugs when you tested it at Otto Technologies. Here, however A minute of silence for Vice President Chang. Pei Qian began testing the basic functions of the OTTO OS. His first impression of this system was that it was very similar to that of many domestic cell phones. There might be some changes in style, but there was not much difference in the overall user experience. Many areas of this cell phone were still lacking compared to those with more complete systems like Shenhuas cell phones. However it was usable. That was enough to shock Pei Qian. Pei Qians face was filled with confusion after playing with it for five minutes. There were really no malicious bugs! That was impossible! Pei Qian was sure that Tang Yishu was still outside. The halo effect should be in effect. There were some minor flaws, but it was understandable. There was no complete collapse like when Ye Zhizhou showed the game demo yesterday. Pei Qian could not help but be astonished. Chang Yous team was so reliable in building a cell phone system? That should not be. Wouldnt that directly destroy the Dream team of Hongcheng Technologies? Pei Qian quickly emerged from his confusion and understood the situation. Chang Yous team must have developed a similar cell phone system when they were in Hongcheng Technologies. They should be pretty familiar with this route having stepped through it once. Therefore, the development of the first version of OTTO OS was naturally a walk in the park for them. Pei Qian breathed a sigh of relief when he thought of this. It was alright, a false alarm. It was equivalent to Chang Yous team taking an exam paper that they had done before. They might have scored well on it, but that did not have much reference value. In any case, the completion of the system had exceeded Pei Qians expectations. Chang You started introducing the development plan of the system to Pei Qian. Boss Pei, rest assured. The current system is still rather rudimentary, but there is absolutely no problem with its stability! I always believe that the cell phone system is vital to the consumers experience. Therefore, well follow the lead of the large cell phone manufacturers to develop faster and more convenient functions. For example, a one-click to open game mode, multi-screen interaction, fast data transmission, fast payment, power saving mode, etc. Other than that, I suggest creating a forum that allows users to put forward their opinions and suggestions on OTTO OS freely. In this way, we will be able to continuously optimize and improve OTTO OS through constant communication with the users. That would bring greater competitiveness to our cell phone! Chapter 352 - Constantly Comparing Oneself to Others would only Make One Angrier Chang You was very confident about his development plan. Since Boss Pei said that Otto Technologiess eventual goal was to acquire Pineapple, then it definitely had to surpass Pineapple. The advantage of Pineapple was its integration of hardware and software. Its system was its core competitive advantage. The system of their cell phone naturally should not hold them back if they wanted to gain a foothold in the world. Chang You believed that they should start working on the system now since it was so important. They should start collecting user opinions and work hard to build a better system. Pei Qian remained silent. It sounded as though Chang Yous suggestion was pretty reliable! What should Pei Qian do? Chang You would no doubt greatly enhance the competitiveness of this cell phone if he could successfully make a very good custom-made system. No, Pei Qian had to do something about it. Pei Qian lowered his head without saying a word and continued playing with the cell phone. He did a very rough test just now which didnt find any major problems. Continue drilling into it! Pei Qian emphatically turned out the functions of the non-original Android functions and tested them repeatedly. A problem finally appeared. An app crashed! Pei Qian had no expression on his face, but he was brimming inside. What did I say? How could there be no bug! All sorts of weird bugs would come crawling out with Tang Yishus presence! My dear Chang You, what else do you have to say? Chang You froze instantly. This f*cking sh*t just slapped me back in the face! He was just talking about how the system was stable without any bugs and about his future plans. A bug appeared in the next second However, Chang You calmed down in no time. Boss Pei, dont mind it. This is just a trial version after all. It is normal to have a bug or two occasionally. You turned it over for quite some time before you finally found a bug. That is enough to prove the completion and stability of this version. The tests to come would definitely f*ck? Chang Yous inner thought had yet to be completed before another program in his cell phone crashed. Vulgarities exploded subconsciously from his lips. He had nothing else to say. Chang You regretted a little. He said it too soon! He just boasted about the stability of the system, and it showed several bugs appeared one after another. Who was it kidding? He didnt dare to explain anymore. Things had progressed to this state it was obvious that any more explanation would be shrinking from responsibility. He could only silently wait for Boss Pei to vent his anger. Pei Qian worked so hard just to find three or four bugs. He heaved a sigh in his heart. Phew, that was alright. Where should I put my old face if I couldnt find a bug? Who knows what Chang You would do if he were to become too arrogant? It was great that there were bugs now so that he could take advantage of the problem and guide Chang You onto the wrong path. Pei Qian coughed lightly. I totally agree with your views on the system. In the future when cell phones become even more homogenous, the core competitiveness of cell phones would be their easy-to-use systems. However, you have to be down to earth and not try to fly before you can walk! A system might have many functions, but what use would they be if it isnt stable? Solve the stability issues first. Ensure the most basic and fundamental experiences are working well before considering the other issues you just mentioned. Dont create any more system functions for the OTTO OS before the cell phone comes out. Just keep the current basic function. Use the rest of the time to fix bugs, improve system stability, or optimize some details. Chang You had no grounds to refute. He could only nod silently. Yes, Boss Pei, I understand. In Chang Yous opinion, it was too wasteful to use such a long time in fixing bugs and optimizing details. He could better utilize the time to develop some system functions. However, he could only obey since Boss Pei said so. This demonstration was not considered a success after all. Chang You felt that he had no right to speak since the system showed so many bugs. January 9th, Thursday Afternoon Hengtu Games Wu Bin just finished the work on hand and opened his mailbox habitually to see if there were any new emails. He quickly scanned the mailing list and his eyes lit up suddenly. There was an email from Tengda! He clicked on it hurriedly and found it to be a notice for an interview. That meant that he passed the written test! Indescribable happiness dazzled Wu Bin instantly. He nearly jumped off his chair in excitement. He didnt think that he would actually pass! That was because the morning questions were simply too difficult. Wu Bin was shocked after answering the questions and almost did not take the afternoon session. However, he was a wily old fox who worked for many years after all. He knew better. He continued his fight in the afternoon after he calmed down. In fact, the professional questions in the afternoon were unexpectedly simple That puzzled Wu Bin but made him hopeless about the exam. The morning questions were difficult so he felt that he probably would not do as well as the university students. The professional knowledge questions in the afternoon were too simple so it was difficult to bridge the gap between the university students and him. The results of the written test were not too optimistic if he thought about it this way The notice for the interview finally arrived after a few days of anxious waiting! His cell phone vibrated slightly. Wu Bin glanced at it. The text message for the interview had arrived. The content of the email and text message was the same. It was just to ensure that the job seeker would not miss the email. Wu Bin went to Tengdas recruitment website immediately to confirm the interview schedule. He began to struggle internally again after he was done with these. He did not harbor much hope for the written test which was why he did not give much thought to the interview. However, Wu Bin started worrying now instead. Wu Bin would be very confident if it was a general interview because he had a good resume. He must have an advantage over university students. However, it was clearly written on Tengdas recruitment website that Tengdas interview would be completely different from the interviews by other companies. There were fixed questions with standard answers. Moreover, this would be a cross-interview with the heads of various departments. It was not a guaranteed pass! Wu Bin really wanted to work for Tengda. He would like to find a Tengda employee to inquire about how to prepare for this interview and the style that the interviewers would like if possible. As the saying went, do not fight wars without the confidence that he would win. He would have a better chance of winning if he possessed more of such information. However, Wu Bin did not know any employee from Tengda. He finally thought of someone after giving it some thought. Wasnt Hao Qiong someone he tried to poach from Tengda? He might be at Shang Yang Games, but he should also know some information about Tengda, right? Wu Bin searched for Hao Qiongs contact information immediately and sent a friend request. He was still worried if he would be rejected when the notification that the friend request was approved reached him. Wu Bin gave a simple introduction of himself and then asked his question very sincerely. Hao Qiong replied in no time. I really have no idea how the interview is conducted. There werent so many processes when I joined the company. I was hired after a brief chat with the head of the department. Wu Bin was speechless. What a shock! Why was this kiddo hired after a brief chat and had his salary risen all the way but so difficult when it came to him? He had to pass a panel of interviewers, a written test, and a Tengda Spirit compatibility test in the interview? This world was simply too unfair! However, Wu Bin knew he was asking for help so he could only quietly suppress the complaints in his heart and continue to ask for guidance. Bro, just help me out. We might even become colleagues in the future! Bro, which department are you in now? Are you still in Shang Yang Games? Perhaps you can ask the person-in-charge in your department, perhaps he might be responsible for the interview then as well. Im not asking for much, just a little hint! Hao Qiong replied in no time. To be honest, Im currently the person-in-charge of my department. However, I did not receive any task for the interview so I really cannot help you Wu Bin was speechless. He read what Hao Qiong sent twice and almost passed out from anger! He still remembered his conversation with Hao Qiong previously when he spoke about his career prospects. Hao Qiong said that Tengda was filled with talented people, and Hao Qiong might not be able to be someone outstanding amongst them. That wasnt too long ago, and Hao Qiong was now the person-in-charge for his department? It was too much! He was very angry, but he needed to maintain his cool. Wu Bin felt as though he just had a ton of lemons. His heart was filled with sourness. Bro, which department are you in charge of now? Shang Yang Games? The reply took some time this time. Hao Qiong replied after about a minute, I dont know how to explain this to you. My partner and I are still in a complete state of confusion. To be honest with you, Im not at Shang Yang Games anymore. Im now responsible for a haunted house project. Isnt it very magical? Wu Bin was taken aback, and then he heaved a sigh of relief. And here I was thinking what great project that would be! It was definitely worth mourning if he had now risen to the top of Shang Yang Games. However, he was just the in-charge of a haunted house project. To put it simply, he was the boss of a haunted house. What gives? A small haunted house of 100 or 200 square feet might not even be profitable. This wasnt a promotion but obvious marginalization! Wu Bin felt much better. However, he had to continue to be polite. Wu Bin typed. That sounds good, too. Where is the haunted house? How much is the investment? Ill consider going there to support you then. Even though the space to showcase your talents might not be like when you were in the game department previously, you have to also set your mindset right. This is a good opportunity for you to train Hao Qiong had replied to him before he could finish typing his message. The first investment is estimated to be around 10 million yuan according to Boss Pei. He would increase it based on the situation in the future. Sigh, I have no idea how to spend this 10 million yuan until now. This is so frustrating! Wu Bin was speechless. His heart collapsed. He did not manage to obtain any information about the interview but was shown off to by someone else instead. How was he supposed to continue living?! Chapter 353 - Boss Ma is Not a Rookie, He is Just Targeted by the Game Settings Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Handong University branch Chen Kangtuo and Hao Qiong sat in the coffee area, drinking coffee in silence. They were dumbfounded. There was not too much difference in what they experienced. They were working hard, carefully revising the design plan of GOG and Be Quiet respectively on Tuesday. They were kicked out of the company and looked at each other speechlessly at the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe today. They were equally shocked when they heard the news of the transfer. Did they do something wrong? That did not seem like it. It was obviously a promotion. Their positions and salaries had both risen. They should be very happy about that, right? However, both of them could not find it in themselves to rejoice. Boss Pei only mentioned that he wanted to create a haunted house in the old industrial zones of Jingzhou City. The initial investment amount would be 10 million yuan. There was no other information other than that! He gave no direction on how much land they should rent, which workshops should be renovated, what kind of plan they should use, how many employees should be recruited ren There was zero progress on all these. In other words, there was nothing apart from the 10 million yuan capital, Chen Kangtuo, and Hao Qiong. That made them feel lost. They decided to meet at the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe to discuss their next steps when they found out that the other was the only other colleague on this project. Both of them thought the other party had more information or special advice from Boss Pei. They only realized that both of them were as lost when they met. Boss Pei didnt say a thing! Therefore, they could only drink coffee in silence. Chen Kangtuo decided to break the silence after a while. Boss Pei attached so much importance to this project, having handed over 10 million yuan to him after all. He definitely could not disappoint Boss Pei. Chen Kangtuo thought for a while and said, Ill post some job postings online from tomorrow. Well recruit some people with relevant experience, contact a construction company, and come up with a design plan by hook or crook. Hao Qiong nodded. Okay, there are some ready-made art materials from Be Quiet and the materials we collected previously when playing the horror games. We can consider using it in the design of the haunted house The two of them discussed the details of the project while drinking coffee. You dont say. A framework emerged from the haunted house project during the discussions. However, both of them felt that something was still missing despite coming up with all sorts of problems. They felt that their conversation was not that practical. Chen Kangtuo frowned and thought hard. What exactly are we missing? Hao Qiong thought about it for a long time before he suddenly slapped the back of his head in realization. I know! We are missing the guidance of Boss Pei! We can leave out anything else, but Boss Peis guidance is absolutely indispensable! I dont know if you remember, but most projects in Tengda succeed because of Boss Peis planning. Boss Pei simply pointed out a few simple directions most of the time, but we can definitely find the right path as long as we continue in his direction! Boss Pei has yet to issue us any guidance for the haunted house project so far. We have to first figure out Boss Peis attitude towards this project before we can decide on a specific plan! Realization dawned upon Chen Kangtuo. Thats it! He had never been in-charge before. Boss Pei had always issued the tasks via Li Yada which was why Chen Kangtuo had never considered such issues. Fortunately, Hao Qiong had heard from Ye Zhizhou and Wang Xiaobin about the standard process for understanding Boss Pei. Only then was he able to keenly discover this blind spot. In short, lets do the preparatory work, hire more people, or request for more people from Boss Pei. After that, lets find an opportunity to ask Boss Pei his views on this project. The success rate of this project could be greatly improved if we can understand Boss Peis intentions! The originally confusing project seemed to have a vague direction after the discussion between them. The general direction was the guidance of Boss Pei. Both of them firmly believed that all these problems would be solved as long as they could obtain guidance from Boss Pei! December 10th, Friday Tengda Network Technology Co., Ltd. Brother Bao, GOG released a version. Please take a look. Bao Xu signed silently seeing the message sent by Li Yada. Sigh, what a difficult project. GOG had a rough shape now even though it was still a lump of mess from all aspects. However, it could run at the very least. There was Gods Rising, a ready-made game with a high degree of completion for reference after all. It was not difficult for GOG to have a framework up in a short time. However, they were still too far off as far as the degree of completion was concerned. Bao Xu played GOG secretly when no one was watching and found a ton of shortcomings. Many bugs Poor balance The gameplay was nothing new Too few heroes In short, it was worlds apart from Gods Rising. Bao Xu was in a dilemma. Li Yada would probably not be able to deal with these problems by himself if he didnt lend a hand. He could almost see the African savannah and the Sahara desert beckoning him if he were to lend a hand. Bao Xu sighed after weighing it over and over again. He opened the game editor again and secretly started modifying it. Forget it, theres no way I can just stand by and watch. Should I help one last time? However, it cannot keep going on like this. I cannot keep solving similar problems, right? Bao Xu was a little helpless as well. The entire design team might have been playing games to enrich their gaming experience, but game IQ was not something that could be cultivated overnight. Bao Xus sensitivity to games was unmatched to others as a hardcore gamer. Therefore, some very professional taskssuch as adjusting the balance of the gamecould only be done by Bao Xu. Of course, the systems designer could also do it, but Bao Xu often needed to be the final gate. Those standalone games that did not require much balance were still alright, but GOG was a multiplayer game. Balance was very important. Bao Xu gave it some thought and felt that he would go on like this again. That was too close! He had to think of a way to distribute the work early and let others hold some responsibility as well. There wasnt anyone like that in the company. Where should he search for then? He suddenly had an idea. Fish-Catching Internet Cafe was Tengdas own business. Could it be utilized? Put the trial version of GOG in the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe so that the customers of the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe could be the test players of the game. They could leave their opinions and suggestions after experiencing the game. Of course, that could bring problems of its own. For example, information about the game might be leaked in advance, causing spoilers. However, it was not too big of a problem for games like GOG. To put it bluntly, they would be putting a special game test server at Fish-Catching Internet Cafe to collect player data and modify the game based on this data information. Bao Xu sent a message to Li Yada immediately. Let the players in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe participate. Bao Xu felt that it could be of some help at the very least! Dream Realization Ventures Ma Yang did not come today since he had class. Moreover, Dream Realization Ventures had no more capital to invest in other projects ever since Ma Yang poured all the money into Finger Games. The only job left for everyone to do was to accompany Boss Ma in games. Boss Ma might have been carrying them every round, showcasing all sorts of super skills. However, too many of such professional rounds were boring as well. Ma Yang was bored by such rounds recently so he had stopped coming to Dream Realization Ventures too often. He Desheng and the other professionals were gathered together at this point, discussing the issue very seriously. Boss Mas happiness threshold is rising too much. He will probably lose interest in our rigged match[1] after a while. What should we do? He Desheng raised a very glaring question. One very important job of these professionals was to accompany Boss Ma in playing games so that he could maintain happy, relaxed, and in the best condition to work. In the beginning, Boss Ma could kill a dozen professions and carry them by himself. He was of course very happy about that. However, that happiness threshold increased as time went by. Purely killing people was not enough to satisfy Boss Ma. Frequent victories became dull. The experience of each game had become more similar to Ma Yang. Even if the other nine had arranged a script in advance and did their best to act in accordance to the script so that it would bring different gaming experiences to Boss Ma It would still become boring after a while. Everyone gathered now to discuss this problem. I feel that we cannot be blamed for lack of imagination; neither could we blame Boss Ma for his lower level. We can only blame the setting of the game! The game settings are a little complicated which is rather unfriendly to rookie gamers. Boss Ma had been targeted by the game so it was difficult for him to play to 100% of his strength. We can only lower ourselves to Boss Mas level to coordinate with him. It was obviously pretty fake. Its only a matter of time before Boss Ma realizes it. I agree, I also feel that Boss Ma has been targeted by the game. Others nodded and agreed. Boss Mas strength can definitely be better unleashed if we can change the game settings! What should we do then? We are not designers; were unable to change the game settings. Someone pointed out. Another person raised his hand and suggested. We cannot change Gods Rising, but we should be able to change IOI? He Desheng thought for a while. Thats hard to say. We only bought shares of Finger Games. We cannot interfere with their operations or research and development. We can make some suggestions to them as their shareholder and local agent. They might not necessarily listen to us. Lets try it out. [1] This is a game where one celebrity was set to particularly stand out with the help of nine other actors in a 5v5 match. Chapter 354 - There Was Deep Meaning Behind Boss Pei’s Process! He Desheng and the other professionals from Dream Realization Ventures began sorting out their comments on the modification of IOI. This process was actually rather painful. That was because most of these professionals were very familiar with the Gods Rising game. The difficulty level of this game was the key gap between them and ordinary players. For them to propose modifications to the difficulty of the setting was undoubtedly for them to deny their own game experiences and to weaken their advantage in certain aspects. It was very difficult for them to make a choice. However, on second thoughts, if they did not propose modifications now; Boss Mas gaming experience would definitely not be improved. In that case, Boss Ma would be bored by it in no time even if it was a rigged match. Once Boss Ma gets bored Wont that mean that everyones rice bowl was in jeopardy? Therefore, they had to let Boss Ma play comfortably! The modification plan for this game had to be done! He Desheng racked his brains for the changes while trying out the beta version of the IOI. It was not difficult to obtain the beta version of this game since they were the shareholders of Finger Games and IOIs local agent. It was just that everyone did not play it very often. They played Gods Rising in the rigged matches most of the time. The reason was simple. To everyoneincluding He Desheng and Ma Yang, IOI could only be considered just a lower-end version of Gods Rising. Differences in map size, game settings, and the like were not very big. The most important difference was in the screen and hero skill design. IOIs only advantage was that it was an independent and online game. It was very convenient to add friends and team up. However, this only advantage did not exist since it was currently in the testing phase. Everything elsesuch as the various details of the game, the richness of the hero design, etc.was still inferior to Gods Rising. That was normal. Gods Rising had been continuously updated for several years. The current development time of the IOI was too short; these contents need to be polished up. However, to He Desheng and the others, that meant that IOI had a higher possibility of modification. He Desheng took notes as they discussed. The rigging will not be able to continue much longer. We have to continue trying new challenges and try playing against strangers. We can only continue to maintain Boss Mas interest this way. However, as far as the current game setting is concerned Boss Ma will probably find it a targeted shortcoming. His gaming experience will definitely not improve. If that is the case, we have to consider how Boss Ma would be able to have as much gaming experience as possible when facing a real enemy. I think the current map is too big. We cannot get to Boss Ma immediately when he is in danger. The map has to be smaller for us to support Boss Ma at any time. Boss Mas basic skills in last hit and deny[1] are generally lacking. It is unrealistic for him to practice them, considering his busy schedule. How about we just do away with deny and keep last hit? He can still earn some rewards even if the last hit is unsuccessful. Should there be a bounty setting to prevent Boss Ma from having a bad gaming experience if he was killed too easily? An opponent who was killed too many times would be worthless. There will be extra rewards for ending opponents streaks. Perhaps a proper compensation mechanism if someone falls too far behind in their level? We have to ensure the gap between professionals and rookies is maintained while Boss Ma stays afloat. If not, would we not seem to be very useless if we cannot bring Boss Ma to victory? Yes, I think so, too. This game is much simpler for Boss Ma, but the difficult techniques must be retained for people like us. Its good that IOI has fixed lanes. We can keep it. Other than that, can we request for some mid-lane heroes that require higher mechanics or junglers[2] to make things easier for our carry[3]? I think we can enrich the map resources. It would be best if a few large monsters can be added to increase buff for the team. This way, even if Boss Ma were to die, we will be able to greatly increase our winning rates as long as we can take control of the map and use such monsters to increase the stats of our team. The operation mode as well. Should we provide some more convenient operation modes for rookies? Until now, Boss Ma had not learned the shortcut keys. Hes still clicking the mouse in many cases They should also have some heroes that could be mixed. Everyone participated in the brainstorm. Every suggestion was recorded by He Desheng. All in all, the suggestions were simply to ensure that the game had a certain difficulty ladder that a professional could easily drive the rhythm of the whole game for a one-on-five while giving casual players as much space to survive as possible. It would be alright even if one did not possess good basic skills, positioning, and awareness. The game setting would give more gold if the last hit was done well so that the depth of the pockets would have too much gap. Players would not become extremely poor after forty minutes of gameplay. If someone was not good at positioning, then they should choose some hero that could flesh out after a short period of development. It would not matter even if someone had poor awareness. With the reduction in the size of the map, one could easily give support where the battle went and vice versa. All in allif this version was implemented, it would be an epic enhancement for Boss Ma! He Desheng summarized everyones opinions, compiled it into a document, and translated it into English to be sent to Finger Games. His English was definitely not poor since he was in the investment industry. It was time to knock off after everything was done. He estimated that they would only receive a reply after three dayswhich would be Monday, taking into account the time difference and the weekends. He Desheng stretched and knocked off on time. Saturday At the Fish-Catching Internet Cafes Ming Yun Villas branch Bao Xu peered in sneakily at the entrance while hiding his face with a baseball cap. Alright, there werent too many people around. It was 8:30 in the morning. Many university students would come to the popular neighborhood of Ming Yun Villas to play during weekends. Even so, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe would only be full after one in the afternoon. There were still many vacant seats so early in the morning Bao Xu pushed his baseball cap down and entered the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. He quickly found Li Yada, also in a baseball cap, in the internet area in no time. Bao Xu was still cautiously looking towards his back as though he was afraid of being followed before he sat down. Is the beta version of GOG updated? Bao Xu asked in a low voice. Li Yada nodded. Yeah, I spoke to Zhang Yuan. The game has been updated. All the computers in the internet cafe can play it now. Moreover, a player can obtain some online time if they play GOG for a certain length and write a 500-word suggestion for modification. You dont have to be so nervous. This place is very far from the company. The probability of meeting Boss Pei and the others is very low. Bao Xu nodded. Um, I know, but its always better to err on the safe side. Where are the others? Li Yada looked at her watch. They should be arriving soon. What about the office? Bao Xu asked. Li Yada said, I got Liu and the others to be on top for the time being. However is this really necessary? Bao Xu breathed a sigh of relief. It is important to always be cautious. Okay, lets experience the game first and slowly modify it. Note down the revised plan. Youll submit it on Monday. Li Yada was a little embarrassed. Brother Bao, you suggested a large part of these changes. I feel bad doing this. I feel like Im taking away your credit Bao Xu waved his hand dismissively. Thats exactly what I want! You only need to do one thing if you really want to thank me. Just accept all these and dont mention my involvement in front of others! Li Yada couldnt help but sigh. Brother Bao is really humble. Youre becoming more and more like Boss Pei. Bao Xu shook his head and sighed. How can I be compared to Boss Pei? Boss Pei is truly humble. I have no choice but to be humblethats it They started playing the game. Strange, why do I feel like there are much fewer bugs playing GOG here? Bao Xu murmured as he played on. Achoo! Pei Qian rubbed his nose in the rented apartment as he emerged from his slumber. He then whispered, Strange, why am I sneezing more frequently recently. Is it because the weather is turning cold from the winter, or is it because there are always people talking about me? I feel as though I have thorns behind my back Pei Qian quickly picked up his cell phone to check the list of people doing overtime today that was sent by Tang Yishu. A guy that looks a little fierce that should be Liu. Hmm? Li Yada didnt go today? Its very different from last weeks overtime list. Did everyone schedule to take turns working overtime? They can obtain the rest they require on the one hand, and everyone would also have a share of overtime pay. Not bad, everyones doing well. Pei Qian nodded in satisfaction. He had yet to see any signs of the projects having gone out of control. Originally, Pei Qian was most worried about IOI, but so much time had passed. He did not hear anything about IOI making any news. It should be fine for this settlement cycle, right? December 13th Monday The hotel venue had been set up as an interview venue. Wu Bin arrived very early, but he did not expect the interviewer to arrive even earlier than him. Several interviewers were chatting happily, supplementing relevant knowledge in the interview room. Li Yada, chief planner of Tengda Games; Ye Zhizhou, head of Shang Yang Games; Lu Mingliang, head of Upwind Logistics; Huang Sibo, the head of Fei Huang Workspace; Zhang Yuan, head of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe; Ma Yiqun, head of Zhongdian Chinese Network They were basically all there. The interview process went this way: When the applicant was interviewing for the Tengda Games department, Li Yada would have to leave the room temporarily for the other departments to conduct a joint interview. The questions and standard answers were prepared. Everyone had a copy of it. There was a time limit to the questions. They would have to stop when the time was up. All the interviewers would compare the standard answers they had on hand after that and mark the answers. They would then take the average of his scores after removing his highest and lowest score. That would be the score for this persons interview. They would be ranked and admitted from front to back after the interview score and their written test scores were added back together. They would then start their internship. Finally, they would be confirmed as Tengda Spirit compatibility tests official employees if they could pass the Tengda Spirit compatibility test after a month. Interviewing was not a difficult job in theory. They needed only to free up one or two days in a year for it. However, these interviewers arrived more than an hour early Because of nervousness! They might not be held accountable even if they gave random scoring, but many of these heads from Tengda knew each other. They would not be able to save their faces if they gave random scoring. In the unlikely event that the interview was not conducted seriously and put someone useless in their friends department, would that not let down their friends and Boss Pei? Heads, in-charge they were basically there to take responsibility. How could they be called heads if they could not even take on such little responsibility? Therefore, everyone arrived early to make a surprise before the interview. For example, the questions from the game department were given by Li Yada. Li Yada thus briefly explained the main points of these questions and what kind of person she wanted. The same went for the other departments. The scoring table was very detailed. It included not only real knowledge content, but other soft aspects like clarity, fluency of speech, and the like. These had quantitative scores that were not easy to fill up randomly. The people in charge were exchanging pointers while chatting. Brother Huang, hows the workspace? Is the movie going on smoothly? Can you help my mom get an autograph? She is a fan of Zhang Zuting. Boss Lu, thanks to Upwind Logistics for helping me out with the delivery of the ROF system units previously. Ill treat you to a meal soon. Yada, the link between the website and the game was very successful previously. Shall we do it again after a while? Im already thinking about planning an event plan. Sure, Zhongdian Chinese Network can hold an essay competition with GOG as the theme, how about it? No problem at all. Its just one sentence. By the way, Lin Wan doesnt seem to be here today? She should have contacted you, right? Have you offered solutions? Theres no need to rush for that. We have not even made an engineering machine yet. Lets wait until the cell phone is made. They were more excited as they chatted away. Many of them were confused when they heard they were going to be interviewers in cross-interviews. Zhang Yuan was a good example. Im in charge of an internet cafe. Isnt it a joke for me to be interviewing those who are seeking employment at Zhongdian Chinese Network and Upwind Logistics? However, everyone understood it now. They could even regard the whole event as an experience-sharing session with the various heads of departments! Chat to understand about the current situation of the other departments, give interviewees their scoring, and then talk about potential collaborations in a meal after the interviews. Wasnt that just perfect? Boss Peis arrangement of this recruitment process was pretty meaningful! [1] This pertains to denying the enemy from dealing the last hit to your friendlies. [2] These are heroes whose main task is to kill neutral monsters to earn gold and EXP. [3] This one pertains to heroes that deal the most damage. Chapter 355 - Guessing Boss Pei’s Intention-Difficulty Level High Chapter 355 Guessing Boss Peis Intention-Difficulty Level High At the same time as the interview going on in Tengda Network Technology Co., Ltd. Dream Realization Ventures Boss Ma did not turn up again today. Boss Mas whereabouts had always been erratic, and the company did have no money for new investments. Nonetheless, the fact that Boss Ma did not turn up made He Desheng and the others worry. Many of them would lose their jobs on the spot if Boss Ma lost interest in the rigged games! Even if they only fell out of favor, that would mean their career prospects were dim. Therefore, these professional gamerswho accompany Boss Ma in gaming and invest on the sidelineswere feeling a little anxious. The first thing He Desheng did when he went to work was to open his mailbox to check his email. The modification suggestions they sent to Finger Games of the game last Friday should have received a reply by now since it was already Monday, right? There was indeed an unread email from Finger Games. He Desheng briefly browsed through it. He could only say, as expected of being a shareholder Finger Games had already replied to the email on Saturday. Dream Realization Ventures was on holiday during the weekend so no one was working overtime. He Desheng did not check his email during the weekend, which was why it was left unread until today. In any case, to reply in just a day showed how much importance Finger Games attached to their shareholder and local agent. There was a lot of content in the email. The tone was very polite and was filled with respectful terms. However, while the tone was rather euphemistic, the meaning between the lines was clear. There were three key points after being translated. They were very grateful for the support and love Dream Realization Ventures gave to IOI. They were also thankful to Dream Realization Ventures for their valuable comments on the game, which sparked the inspiration for their game design. However, due to some reasons that were difficult to be clearly expressed in the email, they would not be able to promise to make changes based on this as the game design was done as a whole. Of course, if conditions were to permit, these modifications were not completely impossible to consider. He Desheng sighed silently and closed the email after reading this rather standard reply. He had no other way. Their attitude was clear; it was impossible to change. Dream Realization Ventures might have bought into the shares of Finger Games and obtained the exclusive agency rights in China, but it was impossible for them to dictate what Finger Games should do. Moreover, Finger Games attitude towards their investors was the same. Their determination to maintain independence was rather firm. It was already pretty good to receive such a polite reply in a short time. Finger Games probably would not even give a d*mn about such opinions if it was put forth by other companies. It was rather normal if someone thought about it. Dream Realization Ventures was an investment firm. How could Finger Games change the contents of its game just because of some advice from an investment firm? Dream Realization Ventures backer might be Tengda, but Tengda did not possess much influence overseas. Finger Games answer would probably still be the same. In short, this route was dead. They would have given up if it was any other matter. However, this concerned everyones job security. He Desheng felt he had to use games to win back Boss Mas trust. Was there any similar game to IOI then? He Desheng gave it some thoughts when a light bulb lit up suddenly. Isnt Tengda Games developing a similar game? It should be easier to talk to our sister company than to talk to Finger Games, right? He Desheng did not have any way of contacting Li Yada, but he could reach out to Assistant Xin. He Desheng sent the modification plan to Li Yada after he obtained Li Yadas contact information from Assistant Xin. Would Li Yada, the head from Tengda, accept this plan? He Desheng could not say for sure. Tengda Games was indeed a sister company, but they made games for profit as well. It is impossible for the head to completely violate her design philosophy and make major changes to the game just because of favor, especially if this modification plan was contrary to Tengdas previous design direction. Anyway, he could ask first. Who knows? Perhaps the head would be interested in this modification plan. Tengda Network Technology Co., Ltd. Boss Pei, sorry to interrupt. Boss Pei, can you give us a brief outline of what you want for the haunted house? Hao Qiong and I might have some thoughts, but we are afraid that we may not be able to fulfill your expectations. Pei Qian fell into deep thoughts seeing the messages from Chen Kangtuo. He didnt manage to fool them. They took the initiative to ask him. What should he do now? Pei Qian did not want to point the way because he felt like he had a lucky mouth that would turn anything he said into facts. Every bad idea he gave became a golden goose. That made Boss Pei feel very confused and troubled. That was why he did not say much to Chen Kangtuo and Hao Qiong this time. He wanted them to try it out and see if he could deceive them. In the end, both of them felt something was wrong and still took the initiative to ask after one weekend. Pei Qian did not want to point the way out for them, but it did not seem appropriate to say nothing. Hm, just one sentence then. Pei Qian thought for a while before he typed his reply: Make it a destination for the courageous without spending much and where the timid could only watch on in fear without entering. Chen Kangtuo replied in less than two minutes: Boss Pei, can you please explain a little more? Obviously, he thought hard for two minutes after reading this sentence carefully. However, he did not fully understand what it meant so he had no choice but to ask again. Boss Pei might think of him as useless if he asked, but it was a huge project of 10 million yuan. Chen Kangtuo did not dare to execute it with no clear route. Pei Qian laughed. Explain? It was very simple. He meant courageous ones could come and play casually so the ticket fee should be low to the point of not making a profit. Timid ones would not dare to come at all, so there would be no way for them to contribute income to the haunted house. The timid dare not come, the courageous would not need to spend much money. Wouldnt this haunted house make a great loss? However, that certainly could not be said clearly. Pei Qian did not dare explain anymore for the fear that any wrong word would cause them to think too much in the wrong direction. At such times, silence would triumph. Therefore, Pei Qian only replied three simple words: Comprehend it yourself. Chen Kangtuo, Alright, Boss Pei, I understand now. He passed the cell phone to Hao Qiong. Both of them looked at the screen with Boss Peis reply comprehend it yourself and were speechless. Comprehend it yourself, ha The hint was just one sentence. Wasnt it too difficult to comprehend? Hao Qiong heard that Boss Peis general direction usually had three to four points, and they were generally relatively clear. However, it had now concentrated to just one point. It was really too baffling! Teacher, that was super out of the line! Chen Kangtuo felt his head spin. H-how are we to comprehend this? Hao Qiong sucked a deep breath. Calm down, calm down. Director Lin once told us how to analyze Boss Peis intentions. Wait a bit, let me recall what she said. The first step is to clarify a belief. No matter how absurd Boss Peis words are, they must be right Hao Qiong began to analyze the deep meaning behind the words of Boss Pei with Lin Wans method. The bold and the timid. These should be the potential customers of the haunted house. The attitude of these customers towards the haunted house would directly determine the success or failure of the haunted house. They should be able to create fun for both the courageous and timid customers according to common sense. They should pay for it. However, the demands of these two types of customers were different. The more courageous customers would need a more thrilling experience. For example, the staff roleplaying ghosts and frightening them up close. The time customers were easily dissuaded from such thrilling projects. They might not even dare to enter, which meant that they would naturally not spend their money there. How to then bridge the demands of these customers? Chen Kangtuo felt that the answer must be hidden in Boss Peis words! Make it a destination for the courageous without spending much and where the timid could only watch on in fear without entering. In other words, make the haunted house extremely scary and set a low price? That way, the timid would not dare to enter so they would naturally watch on in fear while those with courage could come and enjoy as they pleased That seemed to be in line with Boss Peis words. However, the problem was that it would not be profitable so it wasnt reasonable. Why discourage the timid from coming? Wouldnt it be better for them to spend their money with us? Why should we scare them away? It was definitely not as simple as that. Therefore, this thinking had to be completely overturned. They had to re-excavate the deep meaning behind Boss Peis words! The two of them thought hard for a long time. Chen Kangtuo suddenly had a eureka moment. He slapped his thigh suddenly and said, Yes! I understand it now! Ill briefly tell you my thoughts. Listen to them and see if they make sense. Hao Qiong nodded with his ears pricked. Chen Kangtuo said with slight agitation, To put it bluntly, what we said just now was super scary effect plus low ticket prices. That would inevitably cause huge losses for the haunted house. It would definitely be a dead end. We must have definitely misinterpreted Boss Peis meaning. Im thinking are we missing some key information? Boss Pei deliberately hid a key message which is probably a test to us. Boss Pei did not say that there should only be one project for the haunted house. Hao Qiongs eyes grew big with realization. Yes, these two sentences did not necessarily refer to the same project! The initial investment of the haunted house was huge, and there would be additional investment in the future. Moreover, it was rather inconvenient to go anywhere in this old industrial zone. The only advantage was that there was a lot of land, and they could use the factory buildings as they liked. So, why did Boss Pei choose this site? Obviously, he did not plan only to do one project from the start! Chen Kangtuo continued. Suppose we open two, or even three large projects to meet the requirements of consumers? Make it a destination for the courageous without spending much means we have to find ways to earn money from the timid. Let the timid watch on in fear without entering, means to satisfy the courageous with thrills and excitement. However, we mustnt really scare the faint-hearted away. We have to make the courageous send our haunted house viral, have the timid watch on in fear, hesitate until they finally transform into the courageous. That is Boss Peis final objective! Chen Kangtuo and Hao Qiong continued to analyze until Boss Peis goal gradually became clear. These two sentences were simple but could be broken down into the following points: To the bold players, this place should be terrifying yet cheap for them. This way they would send this place viral, recommend it to their friends, and bring them here repeatedly. To those who were timid, they would have psychological fear of this place. However, they must not be completely frightened as well. They had to think of even more ways to make money from those who were timid! How then could they charge less for the bold players and yet earn more from the timid players? Very simple, through discounts and refunds! For example, the longer you stay in the haunted house, the cheaper the ticket. They could consider refunding 70% to 80% of the ticket cost if they could finish the haunted house or even make it free of charge depending on the situation. Boss Peis requirements could be met this way! However, that situation seemed a little too idealistic. There had to be some loopholes. For the timid players to watch from outside meant that they had to come to the haunted house first. It would be impossible to achieve this effect if they did not even consider coming here to play. Therefore, there must be something in the haunted house that was suitable for the timider to play. This way, these timid people could play those less scary projects while seeing the bold people with very thrilling projects. Moreover, this thrilling project would also be exempted from paying according to the clearance time. This way, the timid people would enter to try it out, but their expenses such as tickets would become higher. For example, they could sell something like a Buddha statue from Repent and be Saved at the entrance. Not only could it illuminate the path, but they could also reduce the fright level caused by the roleplaying staff. That was equivalent to a value-added service in a game. This way, both consumer experiences could be taken into consideration! One project would be something that was not so scary but fun to attract the timid ones And a very scary project to attract the bold ones. Once they attract the timid ones to visit, they would definitely become curious about the scarier project. That would generate extra consumption. That way, the income of the haunted house would naturally be higher than simply selling tickets. Profitability would be guaranteed. The two originally lost people suddenly felt like a light dawned upon them as they thought of this. So that was it! Our mission is very clear now. This haunted house must have at least two or three major projects. One of them has to offer a lower degree of shock. However, it must have strong social attributes that are suitable for multiple people to play repeatedly. That would attract the timid consumers. There has to be a project where the degree of fear is very high to attract all horror lovers around the country. Well make exemptions and ticket price reductions according to the length of time they stayed inside. As for the third project it can be a transitional project. The jump in horror coefficient from the first to the third project was too large. Some timid consumers might not dare to participate. Let them go through the first two projects to train their courage before taking on the challenge on the third project. The more they discussed, the more excited they became. They then started writing out the business plan immediately! Hao Qiong typed and said with emotion, You dont say, Director Lins analysis method is really good. We managed to analyze so many things at once! Chen Kangtuo nodded. Yes, however, Boss Peis guidance is the key here. It looks like Boss Pei had an idea for this project. Not only did he predict the ultimate form of this project, but he also distilled the key points of the projects success and hinted it to use in such a concise manner! Boss Pei is really amazing. What else do we have to be worried about if thats the case? It will definitely be fine if we follow Boss Peis guidance! The two of them were initially feeling hopeless, worried that they had messed up big time. However, they were now filled to the brim with confidence and filled with anticipation for the haunted house that would be built in the future! At night Tengdas first recruitment drive had come to an end. There was still the Tengda Spirit compatibility test afterward, but that would not involve the interviewers and staff. Those who had participated in the interview had been screened strictly. The duration of their interview was strictly controlled. The period was slightly extended, but it was not too different from the estimates. However, they continued working until later than 5pm that afternoon. That was because the interviewers and staff would have to calculate and weigh the scores of all the interviewees, sort out the final list of candidates, and notify them. Every department recruited a large number of new employees this time. There were key position holders with rich experiences as well as college students who have just graduated or would graduate next year. The person in charge of the department could not interview their candidates directly in the cross-interviews, but the results were basically satisfactory to everyone. The head of departments went happily for a meal together as an expression of gratitude to each other after all the work was done. They only started to head home after eating for an hour. Li Yada took advantage of the dinner gathering to ask Lu Mingliang and Huang Sibo for some guidance. They might have a different understanding of Boss Peis intentions, but their endpoint seemed to be similar. It was not until the party ended when Li Yada found the chance to take out her cell phone. She saw He Deshengs friend request and the proposed modification plan for the game he sent. This plan seems risky. Li Yadas understanding of similar games was not as profound as Bao Xu, but she had been leading the development of GOG for so long after all. She could gauge the pros and cons of the design rather easily. In the eyes of most, 5v5 competitive games represented by Gods Rising were undoubtedly fair. Since it was a competitionthe higher the difficulty, the clearer the distinction between the professionals and the rookies. However, too high a difficulty would also lead to too high a threshold, discouraging some rookies. Reducing the difficulty would no doubt make the game experience better for the rookies. However, ease of learning would probably make the professionals lose their sense of superiority In short, these suggestions seemed to be reasonable, but they carried certain risks. Li Yada found it difficult to make a decision. The result was the same even after she brooded over it for quite some time. She originally wanted to consult Bao Xu or Boss Pei, but she remembered what Lu Mingliang said during dinner. Li Yada asked Lu Mingliang what he thought was the most important quality as a game designer. Lu Mingliang thought about it and answered that the most important quality was not to be too confident about himself. Li Yada didnt understand so Lu Mingliang explained. According to Lu Mingliang, most of the designers were very full of themselves. That was because most of them were gaming enthusiasts and experienced gamers before they became designers and entered the game industry. They move up step by step. Most designers would not have entered this industry if they were not confident. Therefore, most of the designers were filled with confidence. Confidence was good, but it could sometimes also blind someone. Every player was an individual with different tastes and preferences. Not one game could satisfy everyone. A good game only needed to meet the tastes and needs of a target group of players. In that case, what if a designer likes something completely contrary to the target group of the game he was designing? Many designers would fall into blind self-confidence. The games they made would definitely fall through the cracks. On the contrary, it was those designers who were not so confident about themselves that would listen to opinions humbly and make games that were more in line with the tastes of most players and achieve success. Therefore, not being too confident did not mean doubting oneself, but it was to not blindly believe in oneself or to blindly follow others. Observe the players as objectively as possible and strike a balance between personal preference and player demands. Li Yada could not help but reflect when she thought about this. She did not follow blindly, but Was it not right to trust Bao Xu blindly as well? Bao Xu was indeed experienced in similar games, but he was just as likely to make the overconfidence mistake that Lu Mingliang mentioned Li Yada made a decision after much consideration. There was no need to ask Bao Xu or Boss Pei about this modification plan. Just make a new version directly! Some proposed modifications such as last-hit bounty rewards were not difficult to do. Reducing the map size was a little more time-consuming, but it could always be done in a few days. The more troublesome one would be to design new heroes suitable for novices and professionals. That would require long term planning, but it was not urgent either. The basic settings could be modified at an early stage and made into another version to be updated at Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. They only need to compare the player data of both versions after some time to know which version was better. Chapter 356 - You are not Worthy of Raising His Child! Chapter 356 You are not Worthy of Raising His Child! December 14th, Tuesday Pei Qian came to the shooting location of Tomorrow is Beautiful early in the morning. He had not come in a while and was worried about it. His last visit was two weeks ago. Pei Qian made a passing remark to Lu Zhiyao about being a bum. He didnt think that it would ignite an acting explosion by Lu Zhiyao, which won the unanimous praise from the crew. Therefore, Pei Qian suppressed his worries during this period and did not go to the studio again. He was afraid that his unintentional words would allow Lu Zhiyao to experience new revelations, and then the situation might get out of control. However, it was impossible for him to not go at all. Pei Qian felt that he should not only hold an ostrich mentality. Otherwise, it would be too late if something were to happen. Early detection and treatment were still required. Even if the situation was irreversible, he could better prepare himself in advance to spend money to reduce some losses for himself. So he came to the shooting location again today since he was free. The set was rather busy with staff shuttling back and forth. Pei Qian did not want to disturb everyones work either. He just stood at the side to watch casually. The surrounding scenery was no longer the narrow capsule but that of a futuristic urban outdoor scene. Even though it was supposed to be an outdoor scene, it was still shot in the studio with a lot of green screens hanging around. Those cool, futuristic scenes would be synthesized with special effects. The close-up scenes would still be using real objects. For example, the male lead and the heroine would be eating together in a small shop by the roadside in this scene. The shop was built. There were tables, chairs, tableware, decorations, etc. Everything inside was real objects. In addition, the signs of the shop, trash cans by the roadside, the costumes of the male lead, and the heroine were all custom-made. These were all carefully crafted props. These imitations could somehow pass off as genuine. One could discern that this neighborhood was filled with poor steampunk fashion from these settings. According to Director Zhu Xiaoces plan, the buildings in this movie would be roughly divided into four different key styles: One, the male lead was staying in a capsule that looked very advanced but was cramped, narrow, and homogenized. It was a standard uniformly constructed welfare facility. Second was the slums in the world outside where the male lead and the heroine dated. Many small shops here seemed to be in steampunk style. It was lively but filled with chaos and disorder. Third, the bright and beautiful outside world which included the scenes from the talent show. It looked very technological, spacious and atmospheric. It had a sci-fi setting style in a general sense. Fourth, the houses of the upper class were mainly in the style of classical mansions with pretty fireplaces, large oil paintings, and expensive-looking wooden furniture. They would only be decorated with some high-tech elements to distinguish them from real mansions from reality. That was because only the upper class in the script could afford to play with the classical art of oil paintings and musical instruments. In their circles, retro architectural style was a trend used to make a distinction in taste between the rich and those who were not. The present scene was shot with some meaning of cyberpunk in future urban slums. It was the first time Pei Qian met the heroine of this movie. The actress was Lin Ruyi. She had a round face, big eyes, and two pretty dimples when she smiled-a standard image of first love. Pei Qian tried to search for her information previously but didnt find any famous works. He only realized that she was a newcomer that had yet to graduate from the film school. In terms of looks, Lin Ruyi was not particularly good-looking since she had a round face. She was therefore not photogenic. However, that matched the setting for this script. The female lead was not a stunning or alluring character in the script. Otherwise, she would have been favored by the upper class, and the stories that happened later on would not have happened. Pei Qian only had one requirement for the female lead: she should not look too good. It was an era that depended on appearance. If the female lead was too good-looking, it might become a hot topic as well. The consequences would be even more disastrous if her acting skills were good. Wouldnt it be bad if the audience did not hate the heroine but loved her to bits even though she acted as a Green Tea Bitch[1] because she was too good-looking? Of course, Pei Qian knew that it was not realistic to find someone who was ugly to be the heroine. In the end, Pei Qian felt that the pick of this rookie actress, who did not seem particularly outstanding in her looks, was a rather good choice. Pei Qian recognized the plot of this scene in no time. It was where the female lead had entered the talent show but was not selected. The male lead, played by Lu Zhiyao, and the heroine were resting and having a drink in a small shop by the roadside now. Lu Zhiyao would try to make Lin Ruyi happy, and Lin Ruyi would go along with him unconcernedly. Lin Ruyi would suddenly explode and burst out with emotion before leaving when Lu Zhiyao told her that he had saved enough money to buy a two-person capsule. This scene would be regarded as a turning point in this plot. It could be summarized into one sentence: the lead actor was cheated on. Sigh, that was an eternal and classic toxic point. Pei Qian could not help but feel emotional. At this point Lu Zhiyao was thinking about the future, brown-nosing humbly. However, even though he was brown-nosing, it did not make others feel uncomfortable. On the contrary, they find him a little pitiful because he was handsome. Lin Ruyi, on the other hand, was staring blankly at the drink on the table. She nodded her head from time to time or just went along with what he said, obviously thinking about other things. I heard that there is a good restaurant nearby that sells delicious simulated meat, standard clean water, and red wine. The simulated meat we ate last time only simulated about 60% of the taste of real meat. It was very delicious, and yet this restaurant said that they are able to produce 80% of the flavor. It also had many flavors such as beef and chicken. Theres also standard clean water. The ones we drank had a rusty taste, but they say the standard clean water in this store is said to have no peculiar smell. Better still, it has a light fragrance which is 100 times better than what we have in the capsule. Theres red wine as well. The bottled red wine sold in the capsule is very expensive. The price of red wine there is only 70% of the price from the vending machine in the capsule. They said there is almost no difference in the taste. Shall we go try it out tomorrow or the day after? norrow Lu Zhiyao looked at Lin Ruyi sitting opposite him. Lin Ruyi gave a polite smile. Okay, sure. The two shallow dimples appeared on her face when she smiled, which looked very charming. That smile disappeared in no time though. She continued to stare absentmindedly at the cup on the table and took a sip indifferently. Her expression seemed to suggest that the water in the cup was tasteless. Lu Zhiyao felt a little helpless. His long speech only brought him two words. Nonetheless, he adjusted his own emotions quickly. That was because he prepared a very big surprise today. They fell into a short period of silence. Lin Ruyi looked as though she was thinking about something while Lu Zhiyao sipped his drink, making up his mind to speak. I know not being selected on the talent show previously was a big blow to you. Its okay, it will pass. Dont worry, Ive made plans for our future. Lin Ruyi raised her head and stared at Lu Zhiyao blankly as though she did not understand what he meant. Hm? Lu Zhiyao could not prevent the corner of his lips from smiling. I made enough money to buy a two-person capsule! Well choose a suitable place tomorrow, and then you can move in! A two-person capsule might not be big, but we can slowly change to larger accommodations in the future! Maybe one day, well be about to afford a 60-square meters luxury apartment with a kitchen. Our children will be able to go out at 6 in the evening. Well be able to watch the sunset if were lucky Lu Zhiyao excitedly portrayed the bright future in his imagination. However, there was no joy on Lin Ruyis face. She became more and more impatient. was Keep your money. I dont want to stay in some two-person capsule. Neither do I want to marry you and have kids with you. Lets break up. Lu Zhiyaos smile froze on his face. Why? Whats wrong with you? Youve been acting strange ever since the talent show Its just one show it doesnt matter You dont understand my feelings at all; of course, you think it doesnt matter! Lin Ruyi said sternly. Lu Zhiyao was speechless. My dear, I know how you feel! I saved the registration fee with great effort. This matter is a huge loss for both of us! Lin Ruyi seemed to get even angrier now. This is also a huge loss to you? You just lost some money! I lost my dream! Lu Zhiyao was speechless for a while. He suddenly realized that this matter was strange so he continued asking. Darling, whats wrong with you? I dont think I did anything wrong, Im only planning to buy a two-person capsule to be with you. Why are you so angry about it? Why am I angry? Lin Ruyis mood seemed to be getting worse. Everything! They were both speaking in English so this everything was rather imposing. Im angry about the inferior syrup drinks mixed with water in the roadside shops, the nauseating greasy snacks, walking in the dark slums accompanied by mice for three hours a day Lu Zhiyao was dumbfounded. But didnt we originally live like this happily? Why are you saying? Could you be? He saw Lin Ruyi wearing more accessories and the slightly raised belly. A terrible conjecture appeared in his mind. Lin Ruyi seemed to be on the brink of collapse. She covered her face with her hands and only raised her head again with tears in her eyes, but she seemed very determined. Sorry, I dont want to lie to you anymore. I became that judges lover and am pregnant with his child. So lets break up. Were done. Lu Zhiyaos expression changed from suspicion to shock and then finally to despair. His body which was originally leaning forward slightly seemingly lost its support and collapsed on the chair. Lin Ruyi stood up, about to leave, but Lu Zhiyao grabbed her wrist abruptly. He didnt marry you or give you a lot of money, right? He doesnt even care about this kid. If not, you wouldnt be lost and at the brink of collapse, right? Maybe, he even abandoned you when he knew you were pregnant, right? Lin Ruyis body trembled slightly. Lu Zhiyao knew he guessed it right and that he still had a chance. He quickly added on. Its alright, its alright Youll have a hard time alone. No one would be willing to accept a pregnant woman. You need me. Ill take care of this kid with you. Trust me, I wont mind this. I will definitely He was pleading with his voice. Lin Ruyi was silent for a few seconds before she flung Lu Zhiyaos hand away. This kid has the blood of an upper class. I dont want him to become a useless poor guy like you. Lin Ruyi left with huge strides decisively. Lu Zhiyao watched her leave. He opened his mouth wanting to shout after her, but he would not say anything. It was as though he was drained of all his energy. His whole body collapsed onto the ground. Cut! Not bad, pretty good! After seven or eight shots, there is finally one that is more satisfactory. Youve worked hard, everyone! Director Zhu Xiaoce took the lead in applauding and encouraging. At this time, Lin Ruyi-playing the heroinehurriedly bowed towards Director Zhu Xiaoce and the crew and then to Lu Zhiyao. Thank you for your guidance, senior. I would not be able to be so immersed if it werent for seniors great acting skills. Lu Zhiyao smiled. Your acting skills were good from the start. I dont dare to take credit for it. Besides, Im just a box office poison. When it comes to acting Im sure everyone knows who is the one guiding who. Pei Qian, who was watching silently, secretly gave a thumbs-up in his heart. Awesome! The scene just now gave him goosebumps. He even wanted to hit someone. Lu Zhiyao breathed life to a brown-noser; the last few lines vividly explained how brown-nosers would not end up well. Moreover, Lin Ruyi played a Green Tea Bitch right to the dot. The micro-expressions and emotions at the start were well done. The last two sentences were the finishing touches. Pei Qian felt severe discomfort watching on the set. It was too poisonous! Guys would fall silent, and women would cry when they watch this. Pei Qian felt that he might faint in anger on the spot if he were to watch this in a movie theater. Moreover, Pei Qian also realized some major good news. Perhaps it might be a good thing for Lu Zhiyaos acting skills to improve? If Lu Zhiyao did not play it well, everyone might not feel this sense of empathy. They might even secretly feel delighted for Lu Zhiyaos plight in the movie. He did not have much affinity with audiences after all. However, Lu Zhiyao was doing a good job so people would naturally feel the brown-noser aura from him and an instinctive sense of discomfort. Lu Zhiyaos fans would surely be angry, right? More people would criticize this movie then! Pei Qian suddenly felt light-hearted. It did not seem such a big deal now that he accidentally helped Lu Zhiyao improve his acting a little. Even the best actor could not be saved if the script was poisonous enough! A smile appeared unconsciously on Pei Qians face as he stepped forward for a discussion with Director Zhu Xiaoce. [1] This refers to a woman with immoralities that are contrasting to her innocent looks. Chapter 357 - Placement Advertisements Boss Pei! Zhu Xiaoce hurried over to say hello. The other people on the set including Lu Zhiyao and Zhang Zuting also noticed Pei Qian. They hurried over to greet him. Pei Qian smiled and waved his hand dismissively. Dont worry, Im here for a spin. Go ahead, dont need to bother about me. Pei Qian picked up a prop cup next to him with great interest and played it in his hand after exchanging a few words with his old friends. Zhang Zuting said to Zhu Xiaoce quietly, Director Zhu, it seems like Boss Pei is in a good mood today, eh? Zhu Xiaoce nodded. It seems that way. I think he might be feeling gratified. Zhang Zuting was a little confused. Gratified? Yes, gratified. Zhu Xiaoce looked at the relaxed Boss Pei. The previous time Boss Pei came, he had some concerns about the set even though he was also in a relaxed state. Boss Pei stepped up immediately to correct Lu Zhiyaos excessive acting previously. This time, Boss Pei watched on without saying a word. This means that the actors have gotten Boss Peis approval. Boss Pei finally felt gratified that everyones acting was alright. He feels relieved, which is why he can wander around the set with such a leisurely attitude. Zhang Zuting nodded. Hm, I see. The performances of the male lead and heroine are rather good today. It is not easy to get the approval of Boss Pei. It looks like Boss Pei places much importance on this movie even though he doesnt come here often. Zhu Xiaoce smiled. Of course. To be precise, Boss Pei places importance on all projects; if not, he would not have the success he has now Just as well. Ill settle the advertisements since Boss Pei is here. Zhu Xiaoce came to the side of Pei Qian who was wandering around the set. He was planning to take advantage of the on-site preparations to finalize a very critical issue. Boss Pei, can I take a few minutes of yours to report to you about the current advertising bids for this movie? Pei Qian was taken aback first before nodding. Of course, lets listen to it. Obviously, the word advertisement hit his nerves. Zhu Xiaoce accompanied Pei Qian around the set as he reported, Boss Pei, we have many advertisements in this movie. The future world is set in a world filled with advertisements according to the setting. Just like how the male lead is surrounded by advertisements while he lives in the capsule. We have been pondering about how to do these advertisements for the longest time. Im thinking of finding some companies, cooperating with them, and engaging in advertisement placement! There are three advantages to this method: The first is for these companies to shoot their own advertisements. It would be very economic this way. Moreover, the quality of their advertisements could be guaranteed as well. Secondly, it would be easy to create hot topics after the film is released. It may help the film spread wide and far. Thirdly, the placement of advertisements in traditional movies tends to be abrupt and blunt which could easily arouse disgust from the audience. However, the placement of advertisements in our movies would face no such problem. The negative impact will be very small. Therefore, we have also contacted some manufacturers and companies to ask if they have any intention to cooperate Pei Qian became nervous instantly. Hows the situation? Zhu Xiaoces expression became slightly awkward. Uh the big companies we took the initiative to contact basically ignored us. However, some lesser-known small companies came knocking on our door. However, their advertisements were too old-fashioned and did not apply to the futuristic world. We, therefore, rejected them. There is still no progress then, to put it bluntly Pei Qian let out a long sigh of relief and couldnt help but say. Thats great! Zhu Xiaoce was stunned. ?. Pei Qian secretly rejoiced. How much less money would he be able to spend if they really managed to get advertisement placements? Wouldnt Boss Pei cough out blood if a few big companies spend millions on advertising fees? Thus, he definitely could not do that! Fortunately, Fei Huang Workspace did not have much reputation in the movie circle. They looked for big companies this time, which was why they were so unsuccessful. However, this was not a problem that could be taken lightly. The signs had to be stopped in time. In case Zhu Xiaoce persevered in obtaining sponsorship and convinced these wealthy large companies, a large part of the cost would have been recovered by the advertisements before the movie was released. That would destroy everything! Pei Qian became serious as he thought of that. You are right about the first two points, but the last point has some problems. Putting brand advertisements that are available in real life will give the audience a sense of reality no matter what. The subject of our movie might be special, but it would still affect the audiences viewing experience. Moreover, strong irony exists in our film. The companies to buy our advertisements will more or less be satirized. That might not have a good effect on their brand image. Therefore, they might not be willing to do this kind of advertising placement. In short, this behavior is not desirable. Zhu Xiaoce considered carefully before nodding his head quickly. Yes, Boss Pei, I understand now! Zhu Xiaoce could not help but feel a little afraid of seeing Boss Peis solemn expression. He nearly screwed the whole thing up! After thinking about it carefully, Boss Pei was right. No matter what they said, placement advertisements were placement advertisements. The audiences had already bought the tickets to the movie theater. It didnt seem very right to let them watch placement advertisements. That would probably be a downfall if it was not managed well! They might make money then, but it would definitely not meet Boss Peis expectations if their reputation was destroyed. Zhu Xiaoce could not help to reflect. Placement advertisements were clearly against the Tengda spirit. He had to remember this lesson! There had to be an alternative since the first plan was rejected by Boss Pei. Zhu Xiaoce hesitated for a while before he continued. Boss Pei, if we cannot use the advertisements from other companies, then we can only shoot them ourselves. Pei Qian nodded. Yes, of course, we have to shoot them ourselves! How could he pass by such a good opportunity to spend money? Pei Qian gave it some thought before continuing. The advertisements are pretty important in my opinion. It must be high-end, low-profile luxury yet with class. I think uh, tell me how you want to shoot it first. Pei Qian had thought of a general direction at first, but he suddenly stopped himself. He thought about his glorious history of repeatedly turning stones into gold and decided not to interfere with Zhu Xiaoces ideas and gave him a free hand. Perhaps he might have better ideas than Pei Qian himself? Boss Pei would only interfere if Zhu Xiaoces idea had a high chance of making money. Zhu Xiaoce gave it some thought. Boss Pei, I think Take a brainwashing advertisement! That is to continuously repeat a simple advertisement three, four-or even more timesso that people will never forget it. We can also add some simple rhythm to it so that the advertisement will be even more brainwashing Such advertisements appeared a lot during the past few years. It had decreased recently, but they still exist. We have shot such commercials before. In this way, we can very well arouse the disgust of the audience and make them empathize with the male lead, deepening the irony of this movie! After listening to Zhu Xiaoces thoughts, Pei Qian fell into a brief silence. No, it seemed like it might still hit the jackpot if he were to follow Zhu Xiaoces method! Pei Qian had felt the power of brainwashing advertisements before. The characteristic of such kind of advertisements was to flaunt. If it was done right, a brand would be able to become the face of an entire category and create the illusion that this brand is the top among this category of products. In short, such advertisements were widely popular because of its outstanding effect. If a movie was filled with a large amount of brainwashing advertisements like this, it might trigger heated discussions among the audience. It might create unnecessary heated discussions. Pei Qian sighed secretly. No, these subordinates were too effective to count on! It was too difficult to have Zhu Xiaoce generate a loss-making idea! He had to do it himself. Pei Qian gave it some thought before saying. Brainwashing advertisements are not too appropriate either. First, technology is developing, and times are advancing. The effects of brainwashing advertisements are obvious, but it has also aroused the disgust of many people. They are diminishing in numbers. The setting in the movie is in the future. The advertising industry would have developed further and moved to a more elusive direction. If we are to show audiences the brainwashing advertisements, they will definitely think if the advertisement in the future world was just like this? It would be like the people now watching advertisements from decades ago. It would look very strange and incompatible with the whole environment. Zhu Xiaoce nodded, seemingly convinced. Pei Qian continued. Second, such advertisements might be too overwhelming and might outshine the movie. If the audiences pay too much attention to the advertisements, they would not have time to see the actors skills nor the profound meaning behind the plot of the movie. Therefore, my suggestion is to shoot some large, cool settings with inexplicable meaning as advertisements! Repeatedly play these advertisements so that the audiences would keep watching yet feel at a loss, totally not able to understand them. That would then be in line with the development trend of future advertising. As for the brands in the advertisement make them completely fictional. The advertisements must be of high standards and quality, understood? The advertisements had to be shot, but Pei Qian would not say exactly how they would look. He could only point out a possibly wrong direction and watch Zhu Xiaoces performance. Zhu Xiaoce fell silent for a long while before replying. Boss Pei, this is a very difficult task but I have confidence! Chapter 358 - New Employee Handbook December 15th, Wednesday morning Wu Bin came to Shenhua View with excitement and anxiety. He learned the results on Monday. He passed the interview! He simply cheered at that moment. He had never been so happy since he entered the working scene. According to Tengdas arrangements, new employees could join at any time after they passed. Tengda would not force them to join by which date so there was no need to worry about handover at all. They could start officially whenever their formalities were completed. Wu Bin returned to Hengtu Games to break the news to his boss that he would like to resign. He was naturally retained. There were good reasons for the retention. For example, there was work to be handed over or that year-end bonuses were about to be discussed at the annual meeting. Everyone had worked together for so long; there was a relationship. Wages could be raised, etc. However, Wu Bin still resigned resolutely without a moments delay. The reason was simple. The earlier he started in Tengda, the earlier he could get a higher salary from Tengda. Hengtu Games might have promised to increase his pay, but that pay would never be able to match Tengda Games basic salary. The earlier he joined, the earlier he could earn more! Therefore, Wu Bin did not delay a minute longer. He strived to the first of the new batch of employees. The only thing that he wasnt certain about was that he did not know if he could still be eligible for the year-end bonuses and the gifts from the annual meeting. He would definitely get them if he stayed on in his previous company. However, Wu Bin knew that the year-end bonus and annual meeting gifts from Hengtu Games would not be too spectacular. Their year-end bonus would be a symbolic one-month worth of salary. The annual meeting gift would probably just be a door gift. It would be very good if he could receive 200 or 300 yuan of red packet. That little temptation was not enough to prompt Wu Bin to stay. Wu Bin was feeling emotional. Poaching people had nothing to do with the HR after all; the most important factor was to see how the company treated their employees. Tengdas employee policies required no HR to poach talents. Job seekers would naturally flock to them as long as these benefits were to be leaked out. On the other hand, Hengtu Games might say all they could; but they would not be able to say anything else once they were asked how do you poach talents with a lower offer? Wu Bin wore his most expensive suit and walked into the Shenhua View with his head high. He took the elevator to the 16th floor. Tengdas total floor area was already relatively larger. Fei Huang Workspace, Upwind Logistics, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Otto Technologies, Dream Realization Ventures, and other industries were not located in Shenhua View. They were all in their own office buildings. Tengda Games, Zhongdian Chinese Network, and TPDb were the only ones in Shenhua View. They were located on the 17th and 18th floors. Tengda did not have enough office space after the recruitment this time again. In the past, the administrative and finance departments of Tengda Games were all squeezed on the 17th floor. The space was more than enough at first, but the workstations were full as the number of members increased. There were also frequent promotions, but that speed was too slow. It did not help the situation. Tas Therefore, the original office space was completely insufficient after the intensive recruitment this time. They would need to rent another floor. Tengda rented the entire 16th floor as well and decorated everything in the same manner to welcome the new recruits. It would be a little strenuous if they were to continue expanding. Shenhua Views rent might be expensive, but it was a high-end office building after all. There were not so many floors with the entire space empty. Expansion would only be achievable either by renting floors that were farther apart or by moving to a large space, such as a unique office building. However, that was something for the future. They could start looking for a suitable location from now on, but the office space should be sufficient in the short term. The games department was separated from the administrative and finance departments after the recruitment this time. The gaming department was left on the 17th floor while the administrative, finance, and legal departments were shifted to the 16th floor. The 16th floor was more spacious because there were fewer people. Pei Qian was on this floor. He specially set up a huge conference room on this floor and moved his office over. Large television and projectors were installed for presentation and reporting in the office and the conference room. Tang Yishu was naturally assigned to this level as well. That was so the departments would be more or less affected when they came over to report. However, Pei Qian also felt that if Tang Yishu was on the 16th floor all year round, then the bugs on the 17th floor would be significantly reduced. Therefore, Pei Qian planned to adopt a few more stray cats from the vet and evenly distribute them on the 16th, 17th, and 18th floors. He could arrange for more pet supplies with so many pets around like large cat climbing frames. He could even spend more money this way. That way, Tang Yishu would be able to take care of the cats on all three levels and bring the halo effect all around. Moreover, Pei Qian moved the gaming department to the 17th floor while moving his office to the 16th floor because he was hinting the employees of the gaming department: Please be sloppy since the boss isnt on the same level anymore! Wu Bins workplace would be on the 16th floor. Wu Bin was a little nervous when he found out that he was on the same level as Boss Peis office. He would be working under the nose of the boss so he could not be sloppy. Tengda was still a mystery in Wu Bins eyes so far. It was impossible to guess what it was. The information that Wu Bin learned about Tengda was all hearsay. There were many outrageous claims in it so the credibility was not very high. He did not learn much from the written exam and the interview. However, Wu Bin guessed that Tengda would probably pay more attention to spiritual building Why would there be a Tengda Spirit compatibility test otherwise? Wu Bin had successfully passed the written exam and the interview and had officially entered the job. However, according to the process, he had to undergo three Tengda Spirit compatibility tests within a month. He could only become a full-time employee only if he passed these tests. Otherwise, it would all be for naught. Therefore, Wu Bin had mentally prepared in advance that in addition to working hard to win the approval of his colleagues and Boss Pei, he would have to truly understand what the Tengda spirit really meant in his first month of joining. The pretty front desk lady gave Wu Bin a new employee handbook after he explained his intention. She then led him to the HR department to report to Hao Yun. Hao Yun led Wu Bin to his workstation after expressing his welcome. He then got the administrative department to come over to grant him intranet permissions, arrange TPDb website accounts, and so on. During this period, Wu Bin sat on the office chair and began reading the new Employees Handbook, hoping to find some information relating to Tengda spirit on it. This new handbook was custom-made by the administrative department recently. It had also been reviewed by Boss Pei. There were no such items for employees previously because Tengda was at a relatively small scale by then. The on-boarding process was relatively simple so there was no need for these fanciful things. It was different now. Employees joined in batches so there were many things to pay attention to. Penning it all down in the Employees Handbook would help the newcomers integrate into the work environment faster. Wu Bin looked through the Employees Handbook and found that it was basically divided into several categories. It also talked about the precautions after entering the job. The first large category was related to lifestyle, including advice on daily life, clothing, food, housing, and transportation. For example, the company would uniformly order from Fish-Catching Take-Out for daily meals. There were comments on the dishes inside. In short, they were all delicious depending on personal taste. There were subsidies for house rental and daily travel. The subsidies were very high. The specific amount, subsidy method, reimbursement process, etc. were all clearly written. Wu Bin was drooling as he looked at the work meal on the handbook. Such good work meals, all free? Full reimbursement for taxis with a mandatory monthly reimbursement limit? I can use this money to buy anything related to work? There are gym benefits and private training sessions for every employee? These these benefits are too good Wu Bin was so excited that he continued flipping The second category was entertainment which mainly included various leisure and entertainment facilities on the companys side. For example, a variety of coffee and beverages in the pantry, various snacks in the snack area, fitness equipment, and recreation rooms could be used freely without restrictions. Wu Bin couldnt help but sigh. This might be image building, but it is not easy to do it with such care. Wu Bin had always felt that building gyms and recreation rooms in the company were nothing more but a means to attract employees to work overtime. It would just sound nicer if mentioned blatantly. Our company has prepared a gym and recreation room for our employees. Such bluffs were very suitable to deceive fresh graduates or those who had not been in the working environment for long. That was because most of the gyms and recreation rooms could only be used after work hours. If they could only use it after work hours, wasnt that just a covert trick for overtime? Moreover, when it came to working overtime, the entire project team would be immersed in work. Wouldnt you be embarrassed if you went to the games room to play? Therefore, most of the companies prepared these to build their images. The symbolic meaning was greater than its actual value. Wu Bin continued flipping to the next page. This page was a note to the previous page. Wu Bin originally thought that it would say please do not go to the recreation room during working hours, but that was not the case at all! It was clearly stated: Each employee must use four hours of fitness facilities or recreation room every week and strive to achieve work-life balance. Note: Please do not use the gym or recreation room during non-working hours. Please go home immediately after work. Wu Bin felt a little giddy. The words were similar to what he had anticipated, but there was an additional non- in front of working hours. The meaning had changed completely! Other companies were all about not using their gyms and recreation rooms during working hours, but Tengda was completely reversed in this case! Did that mean they could only play during working hours? Wu Bin almost thought that the employee handbook printed it wrongly, but after thinking through, they shouldnt make such a low-level mistake, right? He was a little confused. He could only continue reading with confusion. The third category was about work. Other companies often put this category as the first, but Tengda was the exact opposite. They put it as the last, occupying only the last few pages of the employee handbook. The description was quite brief. The life category provided not only beautiful color photos of various work meals but also introduced the taste of each dish in detail. It could not be any more detailed. The same went for the entertainment category. They had even introduced the various games in the games room with some simple reviews. However, the style changed completely when it came to the work category. There were only a few simple notes. Overtime is prohibited in principle. If there is a need to work overtime due to work, youll have to report to the person-in-charge of the department. The in-charge will apply for an overtime quota and can only work overtime when this application is approved. Report to the person-in-charge of the department immediately if you feel work pressure. They will recruit new employees as soon as possible. Its strictly forbidden to contact colleagues for work reasons during non-working hours as it will cause trouble to your colleagues. The other comments were similar to the above. Wu Bins head was spinning. The contents were basically pointing to the same point: no overtime! The content that Wu Bin was expecting did not appear at all! For example, work arranged by the in-charge had to be completed on schedule or colleagues cannot shrink on their responsibilities There were no such sayings at all! Wu Bin thought that it could be further behind, but he turned the page over only to find that the new employee handbook was done! What about the explanation of the Tengda spirit that he anticipated? What about the hundred expected employee codes? Nothing! He closed the handbook, remembering nothing but the delicious meals and various benefits. Wu Bin felt lost, vaguely feeling if there was something wrong somewhere. Chapter 359 - The Annual Meeting’s Theme Soon, the young man from the administrative department finished helping Wu Bin deal with various internal matters, including granting access to the intranet, creating an employees account for Wu Bin to access TPDbs internal forum, and the like. Wu Bin received his mouse from the young man. Hmm The mouse, keyboard, and screen They were so comfortable! Wu Bin had already been used to scrimping and saving and being thrifty in the office. Now that he had a computer like that, he could feel hot tears well up in his eyes. The thought of being able to use such a comfortable keyboard to type in the future excited him! He turned to face Hao Yun and then hesitated for a while as he thought about whether he should go over and greet her. Hao Yun was now in charge of the HR department. In better terms, she could be referred to as the department head. If that sounded too formal and stifling, he could also refer to her as Big Sister Hao or Big Sister Yun. At the very least, he had to refer to her as Senior, right? However, Wu Bin was older than Hao Yun. He also had much more working experience than she did. That was awkward. Thus, Wu Bin was conflicted. He intended to wait and observe how other colleagues addressed her. At last, he realized that everyone referred to one another by name. Feeling confused, Wu Bin turned to the male colleague beside him to secretly ask about this. Do we refer to everyone by name in this department? The man had just returned from the snack area; he was holding a bag of chips and stuffing them in his mouth. After taking a sip of his coffee, he nodded and said, Thats right. More accurately put, its not just our department. Every other department is the same. Those who are slightly closer would refer to one another as brother or sister. The most appropriate way to address everyone is by their names. Nobody would find it weird. In fact, they would find it weird if you address them by their rank. This piqued Wu Bins curiosity. Is that true? Why is that? The man continued munching on his potato chips and shook his head. Im not sure either. I was not among Tengdas first batch of employees. I only joined the company three or four months ago. The office environment at the time was already like that. Oh, thats right. If you want snacks, just help yourself. Theres no limit. The man waved his potato chips in front of Wu Bins face, telling him that the latter was free to eat whatever snacks he wanted. Wu Bin caught a whiff of the potato chips-it smelled good. However, since this was only his first day of work and he had not yet been offered tenure, he decided that getting snacks now would be inappropriate. Thus, he shook his head and said, Its alright; Im not hungry. The man beside him suddenly thought of something else. Oh, thats right. The only exception is Boss Pei. Out of respect, nobody calls him by his name. Of course, Boss Pei is quite an easygoing person. I dont think hell get angry even if you refer to him by his name. Its just that everyone respects him from the bottom of our hearts. Thats why we address him as Boss Pei. Hes the only one in the entire company. All in all, apart from Boss Pei, you can refer to anyone by their names without a problem. Wu Bin nodded in silence. It looked like he needed to learn about those internal practices from the old employees. Both of them engaged in casual conversation and introduced themselves. Then, Wu Bin asked more about daily work matters, such as whether the contents in the Employees Handbook were true or not. The man pondered for a moment and replied, Not entirely. Wu Bin nodded, understanding. Indeed, most companies would hide their flaws and boast about their merits in their introductions. Of course, he could not say that was wrong. He could only say it was understandable. The man beside him continued speaking. Many things are not written in the handbook. Theres this best employee selection, which occurs twice a year? The winner gets a Dream Fund of a million yuan, and the second-best gets a month of paid leave. Then, the regular physical examinations and claimable medical expenses In addition The man began to explain all the other benefits of working in Tengda. Feeling like he had left some things out, he checked his resources and filled in the gaps. He had no choice; there were too many benefits to memorize. Wu Bin was speechless. He had thought that the man was going to reveal internal scoop left unwritten in the Employees Handbook, such as how much work they had to do in this company, how their salaries would be docked occasionally, and the like. However, Wu Bin had completely misunderstood! The Employees Handbook did not contain all the employee benefits available. There were still many more benefits that could not be written down because of the limited space. Wu Bin was at a complete loss for words now. He began to wonder if he had been scammed and if this company was out to cheat him. How could there be such good benefits?! Yet, Tengda had a good reputation, and reality was staring him in the face. He had no other choice but to believe it! After calming himself down, Wu Bin asked, Brother, do you know what would be tested in the Tengda Spirit compatibility test? The man beside him finished the last of his chips and threw the empty bag into the trash can. Shaking his head, he said, Im not sure. Your batch of employees will be the first batch taking the test. I have never taken it before. The contents of the test have been a well-kept secret. Ive only heard a bit of news about it. Boss Pei was the one who set all the questions. Apart from him, nobody has the authority to edit the test. Dont worry. I dont think itll be that difficult. I think itll be like the psychological tests that some schools organize-a mere formality. As long as no huge problems are detected, it should be easy to pass it. At that point, Wu Bin heaved a sigh of relief. It was good that the test would be easy! Alright, Ill work with my heart filled with hope! Wu Bin stood up, walked towards Li Yada, and asked for her to assign him some work. Li Yada looked up and asked, Work? Er I cant assign you work while youre interning. Whats more, we have enough manpower for now. Your job would be to watch and learn. Try your best to pass the Tengda Spirit compatibility test on the first try so that you can be offered tenure soon. Beads of perspiration formed on his forehead as he returned to his seat. This was the first time he had been given no work to do despite having taken the initiative to ask for some. In the office Boss Pei, the administrative department has come up with this plan for the companys annual meeting. Please take a look. Pei Qian took the file from Assistant Xin and flipped through its contents. It was quite detailed. Right on top was a list of expenses for the annual meeting, as well as the proposed prizes. A thousand gifts meant for everyone: a red packet containing a thousand yuan. Three hundred 799-yuan earphones. Three hundred 899-yuan mechanical keyboards. Two hundred random red packets containing five hundred to a thousand yuan. Two hundred 1,299-yuan air purifiers. Seventy 2,199-yuan sweeping robots. Eighty 3,599-yuan game machines. Eighty 4,599-yuan tablet computers. Forty each of Pineapple and Shenhuas flagship cell phones, costing 5,699 yuan. Seventy 5,999-yuan television sets. Twenty 11,999-yuan digital cameras. Ten 18,888-yuan cash gifts. Three pairs of tickets to any city in the world (inclusive of the airplane tickets, accommodation in five-star hotels, and a spending allowance of thirty thousand yuan). All of those prizes added up to about four million yuan. This was the most that the System would allow. There were close to a thousand employees attending the annual meeting. Of course, most of these were Upwind Logistics delivery men. Although those delivery men were manual laborers, Pei Qian did not look down upon them. That was because all of them were still considered Tengdas employees. They did their jobs well by delivering parcels each day. Of course, they had to be invited to a special occasion like the companys annual meeting. At first, Pei Qian wanted to distribute more generous gifts to everyone, such as a flagship cell phone or something. However, considering the budget for all the gifts to be distributed at the annual meeting, that would mean the other gifts would have to be of less value. That would make the lucky draw less exciting. Thus, he could only distribute red packets containing a thousand yuan to everyone. Still, there were about two to three hundred pieces of most gifts. The red packets aside, there were a total of 1,483 gifts to be distributed Furthermore, a limit had been placed on the events lucky draw. Each person would not be allowed to win the same price twice, and they could only win a total of two different prizes at most. Those who did not win any prizes in the beginning would have greater chances of winning later on. In other words, even the unluckiest people would stand a chance to win something. People would neither return with a sudden windfall nor empty-handed. Pei Qian was quite satisfied with these prizes. He continued reading further. Next was the annual meetings program sheet, which included the live performances, food, and the like. Chefs from Ming Yun Private Kitchen and Fish-Catching Take-Out would be invited to the hotel where the meeting would be held. They would cook for everyone. Ingredients would be prepared beforehand, and Lin Canrong would plan the menu. All in all, there was no need to worry about the food. Pei Qian cared most about the programs. Most annual meetings held by other companies could only be described using one word: awkward! Some forced their male employees to put on leotards and dance to Swan Lake, some forced employees to awkwardly dance to online hits, and some forced their employees to play degrading games that continually pushed the bottom line. All in all, it had already become quite common for employees to perform on stage. However, it was still extremely awkward. Pei Qian could not be sure if this was the warping of humanity or the downfall of morality. The programs that Assistant Xin had planned contained no such mistake. They looked pretty good on the whole. There were no ridiculous requests for all the department heads to dress up as ladies and perform on stage either. Pei Qian was very happy with this. As the saying went, letting others off was letting oneself off. He did not want to dress up in strange costumes and act like a monkey on stage. This plan for the annual meeting involved inviting professionals to perform on stage by singing, dancing, doing acrobatics, and the like. Apart from that, fun-looking games had also been planned. Of course, an additional budget had been set aside for inviting professionals to perform and inviting employees to play games. After all, employees had to be rewarded for being a good sport, no matter how minor the game was. After some time, Pei Qian still could not find anything interesting. Singing, dancing, and performing were not bad; however, they were not that interesting either. Even if these performances took place at a dinner and not an annual meeting, how many people would really enjoy them? Inviting employees to play mini-games on stage would be much better than making them play degrading games, but it would still be quite awkward. After all, nobody was there to play games. They were there to win prizes. Since employees were there to win as much as possible and Boss Pei wanted to distribute as much as possible, shouldnt they do away with all the awkward programs? After some thought, Pei Qian said, We can get rid of all the programs and games. Bring capsule machines and claw machines into the event location. Set up some stations for ring toss, boomerangs, or toy guns as well. Then, the entire place will be filled with recreational facilities, capsules, plush toys, and various figures. Each person will be given some tokens, which they can use to play the games. Thats right-adjust the tricky games, like the claw machines, to maximize peoples chances of winning something. There will only be two things for people to do at the annual meeting: eat and play! We will have lucky draws all the way. Once everyone has eaten their fill, they can take their tokens to the capsule machines and claw machines. When all the prizes have been won, everyone has eaten their fill, and all the tokens have been spent; the annual meeting would officially come to an end. Tengda would not engage in formalism or motivation. We also would not force anyone to make a fool out of themselves on stage. Eat, drink, and be merrythat will be our annual meetings theme! Chapter 360 - There are… Problems with the Test Questions! December 20th, Monday Last week, Tengdas administrative department worked hard to prepare for the annual meeting while the other subsidiaries and departments continued researching and developing their respective products. Thus, Pei Qian did nothing but slack and wait for time to pass. The company was meant to have a gathering at Ming Yun Private Kitchen on the 20th of every month, but today was special. That was because the annual meeting was also set for today. Pei Qian gathered all of Ming Yun Private Kitchen and Fish-Catching Take-Outs chefs to the location of the annual meeting. Tengdas annual meeting was going to be different from other companies. Most other companies would set their annual meetings in the evening. That meant everyone would only leave the office in the afternoon and remain at the venue until 7 or 8 PM, or perhaps even later. That would severely cut into their rest time. Of course, this was unacceptable to Pei Qian. Thus, the plan for Tengdas annual meeting was this: everyone would work as per usual in the morning, attend the annual meeting in the afternoon, and aim to end before their usual knock-off time. Pei Qian could not allow his employees rest to be affected. At that moment, Wu Bin was seated at his own work desk with nothing to do. He wondered how he should spend his time! He looked around Why was everyone working so seriously? If he was at Hengtu Games and everyone knew that the annual meeting was going to begin shortly, they would be idling and slacking on the job, just waiting for time to pass. After all, it would be extremely difficult to focus on work under such circumstances. Yet, things were completely different at Tengda. Everyone continued working on whatever they were supposed to work on and actually looked even more serious than before! Wu Bin was puzzled. Were supposed to have the annual meeting today. Shouldnt you be excited for tonight? Shouldnt you have trouble focusing on work? Why are you all tapping away at your keyboards and being so preoccupied with work? Were they acting? That couldnt be. Wu Bin stole a glance at the man beside him and realized that he was indeed working. He was neither chatting with others nor surfing random webpages. Wu Bin whispered, The annual meeting is going to begin. Why does everyone look so much busier? The man sipped his coffee and answered, Isnt that normal? The annual meeting is taking up our afternoon. We have no choice but to be more productive in the morning so that we can finish up our work for the day. Theres only so much work to do anyway. The sooner we can finish it, the sooner we can rest. If we keep delaying it, its difficult to obtain permission to work overtime! Wu Bin was speechless. What the hell did he mean by its difficult to obtain permission to work overtime?! This was the first time Wu Bin was hearing that employees did not have the freedom to work overtime. In fact, there was an imposed limit. It was no wonder that everyone was working as hard as they were. They had fixed tasks. Other companies enjoyed making their employees work overtime. If they gave their employees ten hours to finish a task and their employees finished earlier, they would only give the latter more work to do. Naturally, those employees took their own sweet time and found it best to submit their work at the last possible minute. Tengda was extraordinary. There was also a lot of work to be done, but the company reduced its employees working duration as far as possible. Employees were to adhere strictly to the eight-hour work limit. Even if they wanted to work an extra hour, whether they would be allowed to or not was dependent on Boss Peis mood. Furthermore, the tasks were fixed. Even if they finished earlier, they would not be given new tasks. Thus, many people had become used to working efficiently. On one hand, finishing their work sooner would mean being able to rest and play sooner. On the other hand if they left their work undone and they were not allowed to work overtime later, they would not be able to finish their work before the deadline. Today, everybodys afternoons would be taken up by the annual meeting. Thus, they had to finish as much work as possible in the morning Of course, they were extremely productive! Wu Bin could not help but feel moved. Tengda was really freaky. Why was it doing the complete opposite of every other company out there? The company must have had a special technique that could ignite the passion in its employees. Since that was the case Wu Bin needed to be as efficient and passionate at work as possible in order to fit into the company better! He quickly made a mental note of all these things. That was because he was due to take his first Tengda Spirit compatibility test that morning. This was his first time. If he passed, he would obtain tenure and become one of Tengdas employees. If he failed, he would have three more chances. Wu Bin knew this very well: the more special and unique a company was, the harder it would be to grasp its spirit. Thus, Wu Bin had no idea what kind of questions would be tested. Soon, it was time. At 11 AM, Wu Bin walked into the conference room. There were many laptops in the room. Tengda Spirit compatibility tests program was opened on every single one of them. One would not be able to change windows or exit the program. They would only be allowed to submit the test once they had answered all the questions. Furthermore, people from the administrative department were there to invigilate the test. They would not be allowed to communicate or use their cell phones. Wu Bin looked around and found that more than twenty people were going to sit for the test this time. Obviously, those were not all the people who had been selected to join Tengda in the previous round. A few of them were still in the midst of leaving their previous jobs and thus had not joined the company yet. The twenty-odd employees in the room were just like Wu Bin. They had left their previous jobs almost immediately after being selected. That was why they had made it in time to join this batch. Wu Bin realized that the atmosphere in the conference room was still quite relaxed. Although people were not laughing and chatting, nobody was sulking or behaving like they were going to war. Obviously, everyone thought that this test would be similar to physical examinations for government officials or psychological tests that some universities organized; very few people would fail. Most of them thought that they would be able to pass as long as they answered the questions instinctively. This was a mere formality to them. Soon, everyone took their seats and started the test. Wu Bin sucked in a deep breath, grabbed the mouse, and read the first question. Its time to get off work. You have an incomplete assignment on your hands. You should: Wu Bin scanned the options and frowned at once. That simple? Of course, I have to work overtime if the works not done. Nobody would select wait until tomorrow, right? Holy sh*t, theres an option to argue with ones superior? Whoever selects this option would probably be fired immediately, right? Wu Bin was beginning to find the test strange. He even wanted to laugh. These questions were very different from what he had expected. Wu Bin had thought that the questions in the test would be complicated and difficult and that the options would be very demanding. He imagined questions that would be as difficult to answer as if your wife and your mother fell into the sea, who would you save first? However, from the looks of the current situation, the test was extremely simple! Indeed, it was merely a formality. Even newbies with some EQ would know the answer to questions like that, right? Wu Bin quickly selected the option to work overtime and complete the task. However, just as he was about to submit his answer, he realized that something was amiss. Is it really that simple? Did they have to set a test for this? He immediately recalled his experience. Most of Tengdas employees were very efficient. That was probably why they would not be placed in a situation where they could not finish their work. If this happened, it would show that one was very inefficient at work. Then They should still work overtime to complete the task, right? Wu Bin tried to consider the question on a deeper level but found that his answer did not change. Perhaps Im thinking too much. This is only the first question. Theres no reason to feel so conflicted. Ill continue reading. Wu Bin answered the questions faster and faster. He really wanted to think deeper about them, but the truth was there was nothing much to think about. From any angle, the answers to the questions were clear! As he continued answering the questions, Wu Bin suddenly frowned. Eh? Didnt I answer this question before? Are there too many questions? Is the question bank too small? Wu Bin studied the question closer and found that it was very similar to the one before. They were both about working overtime, but there was an extra phrase here: Boss Pei told you. Eh? Its probably not a repeated question. Does that mean there should be a difference in my answers for these questions? Should I work overtime to complete a task from Boss Pei? Hmm this question should be different from the earlier one. Boss Pei repeatedly emphasizes that we should not work overtime. Since he probably would oversee this task, I should not work overtime. That means I shouldnt select the work overtime option. All in all, if Im unable to finish my work, it would mean Im being inefficient. Naturally, I should work overtime to finish the work. However, I can only do so sneakily. If Boss Pei finds out, I would not be allowed to work overtime. Yes, that should be it. Wu Bin was not very sure about the answer, but since the test contained so many questions, he figured that it would make no difference even if he got this question wrong. Thus, he quickly scrolled past it. Soon, all the questions were answered. Wu Bin had initially thought that the answers would only be revealed after some time. However, when he submitted his test, he saw a button on his screen that said Check Test Results. Wu Bin paused. I get the results on the spot? He suddenly panicked inside. However, after some thought, he realized that there was nothing to panic about. This test was merely a formality. Even if he got one or two questions wrong, he would probably still pass it, right? He was just about to click the button when he heard the man opposite him holler in shock. Holy f*ck?! Wu Bin looked up to see the man staring at his computer screen in disbelief. Soon, shocked voices sounded all around the room. Since the questions were simple and easy to understand, most people did not need much time to answer them. Thus, everyone finished the test at nearly the same time. The shock soon started to spread around the room. Many people did not scream or shout. However, the strange, astonished expressions on their faces told Wu Bin all that he needed to know. Wu Bin suddenly realized that something was wrong. Werent the questions very simple?! How could so many people fail the test? He quickly moved his mouse to click on the Check Test Results button. Only one line of words appeared on the screen: Apologies you did not pass the Tengda Spirit compatibility test. Please work harder! Wu Bin was speechless. Finished. He had not expected this result at all. Hadnt the questions been very simple? How did he get them wrong? Moreover, it had not been just one or two questions, but many of them! Wu Bin felt extremely confused. He tried hard to recall the questions and still could not find any problem with his answers. Where exactly had he gone wrong? He looked around and saw that everyone was reacting differently, but their expressions were all filled with shock. Whoa, I actually passed! How did I fail? What happened? This is terrible! Most people were perplexed and puzzled, but a few were pleasantly surprised. However, whether they passed or not, everyone was extremely confused by the questions. Wu Bin really wanted to ask those who passed how they had done it, but the employees from the administrative departmentwho had been invigilating the testwere beginning to chase people out of the room. If youre done with the test, please leave immediately. Youre not to discuss the questions. Its alright if you didnt pass this time; you all have three more chances. Please use the remaining time to study Tengdas spirit well. May you all pass the test the next time! Baffled, Wu Bin returned to his workspace. How did you do? Did you pass? The man beside him asked as he tapped away at his keyboard, working. Wu Bin shook his head, still bewildered. I didnt. The mans head was obviously filled with question marks at that moment, but he still comforted Wu Bin. Dont worry. Its probably because you just joined us not long ago, and you dont understand the Tengda spirit well enough. Keep working hard; therell be more chances in the future. Wu Bin, What exactly is the Tengda spirit? The man remained silent for a long time before answering, Youve stumped me. I dont know either Wu Bin was speechless. It looked like the test was not as simple as he had imagined Chapter 361 - Tengda is Not Treating Me Like an Outsider! Chapter 361 Tengda is Not Treating Me Like an Outsider! At noon, all of Tengdas employees stopped work and prepared to travel to the location where the annual meeting would be held. Since it would be held at a luxurious hotel nearby, they did not have to travel far. Two buses had been chartered to send the employees in Shenhua View to and fro. The other employees scattered around Jingzhousuch as Upwind Logistics delivery men, Fish-Catching Internet Cafes branch managers, and the like-would arrange for their own transportation. They could then claim their expenses from the company. As Wu Bin sat on the bus to the hotel, he felt slightly muddleheaded. He hadnt recovered from the mornings events and was still pondering hard about why he had failed the Tengda Spirit compatibility test. Why exactly did that happen? There was nothing wrong with my answers On the way to the hotel, he searched for similar tests using his cell phone. However, he could not find similar questions anywhere, much less answers. Just thinking about it made him feel guilty. He worked in the HR department, and yet he had to resort to Qiandu to look for answers to a test. It was so shameful. Yet, he had no other choice. In order to pass the test and obtain tenure, he had to lay down his pride and look for answers on Qiandu! It would not matter as long as he could find the answers! Wu Bin followed the rest of the crowd into the event location, with his mind still filled with questions. When he looked up, he suddenly realized that the place was decorated very differently from any other annual meeting he had attended in the past. It was extremely simple! The hotel was extremely spacious. Each table sat ten, and there were about a hundred tables in total. From this set-up, Wu Bin guessed that close to a thousand people would be attending the meeting. The tables were all evenly spaced-out; it neither looked too squeezy nor too spacious. It was different from other companies annual meetings, wherein there were no gaudy decorations, display boards, banners, roll-up banner stands, or anything like that. Even the stage did not look like it would be used since it was filled with claw machines and capsule machines. Furthermore, it was not just the stage that was filled with these machines. Looking around, Wu Bin realized that the entire event location was filled with different types of them. There were claw machines, capsule machines, toy gun stands, ring toss stands Anyone who walked in might have thought that this was a game hall. There were a projector and a huge screen, but only a simple yet elegant background for the annual meeting was being displayed. It looked clean and stylish, neither lame nor gaudy. Wu Bin was not at all interested in the capsule machine, claw machines, and other games that were normally present in game halls because they all seemed like scams to him He had once watched a Popular Science video that explained that these games all contained some kind of trick. That was how game halls made money. Take the claw machines for example. Manufacturers could adjust the chances of a stuffed toy being caught. A few heartless manufacturers would set the chances to one percent. That meant that the electric current through the claw would slowly be reduced as it moved upwards with a soft toy in tow. This would weaken the claws grip and cause it to drop the stuffed toy. It would also create an illusion that the player had not gotten a firm enough grip. This would happen 99 times. On the hundredth try, the electric current through the claw would not be reduced. As long as the player aimed accurately, the claw would be able to grip the stuffed toy all the way. Of course, other manufacturers were more good-hearted; they would set the chances to five or ten percent. Still, no matter what, the player would never make money; and the manufacturer would never lose money. This was a trap. Many players thought that they could win prizes because of their luck or technique. However, the fact was that these had all been pre-set by the machine itself. Thus, Wu Bin had no interest in game halls whatsoever. However, this situation was obviously different from what he had imagined. Game halls would only be scams if one was spending his own money on them. What if others provided money for one to play? Of course, it would become much more interesting! A table was set up next to the entrance to the hall. A colleague from the administrative department sat there, distributing tokens. These were game tokens to be used in the game hall. Each person would be given one bag of fifty to sixty tokens at least. Ordinarily, one would need to pay ten to fifteen yuan for each try on a capsule machine. However, in this game hall, one game token would be sufficient. In other words, each token was equivalent to about ten yuan. The total worth of Wu Bins game tokens was about five or six hundred yuan. These tokens had been given to him at no charge, and he could play as much as he wanted. Obviously, this was not a scam like many other game halls were. Of course, the colleague from the administrative department had also explained to everyone that the entertainment programs were scheduled to take place after lunch. They would only be able to play the games after finishing their food. Wu Bin felt happy enough after receiving his game tokens, but that was not the end of it. The colleague from the administrative department also stuffed a thick red packet into his hands. This is a door gift, he explained, smiling. Wu Bin was surprised. I just joined the company, and I havent obtained tenure. Do I really get to keep this, too? The colleague smiled and nodded. Of course! Door gifts are meant for everyone who walks through the door! Wu Bins heart felt warm immediately. That was extremely well-said! Door gifts were meant for everyone who walks through the door! When Wu Bin had been at Hengtu Games, only employees who had been employed for more than three months could take part in lucky draws; everyone else, including interns, had been excluded. That was because something extremely awkward had happened before. An intern who had just joined the company had won one of the first-tier prizes, a ten-thousand-yuan laptop, and then quitted the next day. Since then, the company banned interns from taking part in lucky draws. At first, Wu Bin had thought that he would not get a door gift or be allowed to take part in the lucky draw. Yet, it seemed like he had been mistaken. Tengda was not treating him like an outsider; it was not finding ways and means to guard against him! At that thought, Wu Bin felt horrible for failing the Tengda Spirit compatibility test in the morning The company treats me so well, and yet Im not good enough to be one of them. It feels horrible! I have to understand the Tengda spirit as soon as possible, so that I can start giving back to the company! Wu Bin followed the rest of his colleagues from the HR department into the event location and then took his seat. At once, he took the money out from the red packet and counted it. There were ten red notes! To Wu Bin, this was a lot. After all, he had only received a shampoo kit as Hengtu Games annual meetings door gift. Whats more, it was shampoo for hair loss. Although that had been quite useful for most employees, it was only worth a few yuan. In comparison, Tengda was so generous even with its door gifts. Wu Bin could only imagine how luxurious the lucky draw prizes would be. As he fiddled with the brand new game tokens, Wu Bin observed his surroundings. There was a long table covered with a piece of red cloth on the stage. It looked like there were many things hidden under the red cloth. Wu Bin guessed that those were the prizes for the annual meeting. As for what exactly they were, Wu Bin was not sure. However, there looked to be many of them since the pile was as high as a mountain. Soon, almost all the seats were filled up. It was impossible for employees not to attend Tengdas annual meeting. Boss Pei had said time and time again that nobody was allowed to miss the annual meeting unless they were so sick that they were bedridden. Wu Bin had heard before of an employee from a certain company who had missed the annual meeting because he had been working overtime. As a result, he missed the chance to claim his prize from the lucky draw. This could never happen in Tengda. Otherwise the consequences would be dire. Apart from the employee who worked overtime, even his superiors and department head could be implicated. Wu Bin glanced at his watch. It was 12.30 PM. He had just been thinking about when the annual meeting would begin when the waiter served the first dishes. Wu Bin was speechless. Wait, is there a mistake in the program? Ordinary annual meetings would begin with a proper opening, some awkward performances, and a speech from the head of the company. The head would summarize the results for the past year and briefly talk about some goals for the future. Then, after several more programs and performances, the dishes would be served. Yet, not only had there not been awkward performances, but Boss Pei had not even given a speech! Wu Bin tried hard to look at the few tables in front and found that Boss Pei had no intention to go on stage to give a speech. Instead, he looked like he was thinking about which dish he should try first. Wu Bin felt light-headed. This annual meeting was so practical! The food was served the moment everyone arrived. There was not a minute of delay! At that moment, a countdown to the lucky draw appeared on the huge screen. Holy sh*t! Is it that straightforward?! Wu Bin was giddy. It was fine if Boss Pei was not going to speak, but a host should at least have warmed the audience up and livened up the atmosphere before the lucky draw, right? Yet, there was none of that! The lucky draw segment was going to start right away. A prize would be given out at regular intervals! Obviously, the employees information and pictures had already been entered into the system. A random person would be selected from the database. The first prizes to be distributed had already been announced. There were a total of three hundred 799-yuan earphones to be given out! These 799-yuan earphones probably only sounded slightly better than ordinary earphones. However, Bluetooth earphones in this price range were extremely convenient to carry around and easy to use. Many people would not be able to tell the difference in sound quality. However, having an additional pair of Bluetooth earphones that were convenient to carry around would not be a bad thing. At the very least, they could use it while traveling to and from work. Thus, everyone looked expectantly at the huge screen, their expressions telling of how much they wanted to win. There were cool effects, and pictures passed rapidly through the center of the screen. Finally, it settled on a picture of a colleague that Wu Bin did not know. At the same time, a scream sounded from the corner of the hall. Then, there was applause. Obviously, other colleagues from this employees department were congratulating the lucky man. After that, the picture shrunk and flew to the top-left corner of the screen. Other pictures passed rapidly through the center of the screen once again until another lucky winner was chosen. One by one, pictures lined up on the screen. Various sounds could be heard all around the hall; there were cheering and sighs of disappointment. I won! Wow, Bluetooth earphones! Thats good stuff! A good beginning? Not me ai, its alright, its alright. The prizes at the back would be better! The applause had been very loud at the start. However, since winners were being picked too quickly and there were three hundred winners of the earphones alone, everyone began to feel tired from clapping. Yet, although the applause was becoming softer, the atmosphere in the hall was becoming livelier! Soon, everyone in the hall became focused on only two things: eating and staring at the huge screen. Although there was no host for the annual meeting, nobody felt lost or uncomfortable. Instead, they felt invigorated. Who wanted to watch those lousy programs anyway?! Everyone was only interested in winning prizes! For now, three hundred people were being picked for the first prize. That was one-third of the employees present. The cheering rose and fell continuously. Very quickly, other prizes appeared on the huge screen. From 899-yuan mechanical keyboards to 1,299-yuan air purifiers, 2,199-yuan sweeping robots and vacuum cleaners 3,599-yuan game machines The prizes were becoming more and more valuable, and the audience was becoming more and more excited! Wu Bin watched the different prizes flash on the screen and felt increasingly shocked. How many prizes had been prepared?! At Hengtu Games annual meetings, only four or five types of prizes would have been prepared: the door gifts, the third prize, the second prize, the first prize, and perhaps other special gifts. Furthermore, there wouldnt be many of each type; ten or so would be considered more than enough. Yet, Tengda was distributing prizes as if they were free of charge! Three hundred earphones and mechanical keyboards had been distributed at first. Subsequently, even as the value of the prizes increased significantly, one or two hundred of them were distributed! That was far more than any other company would give out for lucky draws! Wu Bin did a rough calculation for all the prizes that had been distributed, up to the sweeping robots, and found that more than a thousand prizes had already been won. Comparing that quantity to the number of people present, Wu Bin guessed that everyone had already won something! Wu Bin had average luck. He hadnt won anything until moments ago when he won a 2,199-yuan hand-held vacuum cleaner. Wu Bin had been eyeing this very vacuum cleaner for a long time. It was not he who wanted it but his wife. It was a well-known, foreign brand. Not only did it look good, but it was also very easy to use. Its only flaw was its expensive price tag. Wu Bin had considered buying it many times before. However, each time, he had decided against it because it was too expensive. Yet, now, he won one at the annual meeting! Whats more, the annual meeting was not over! From the way the prizes were becoming increasingly generous, Wu Bin guessed that the later prizes would be bigger and more valuable! He quickly shared the good news with his wife. He had earned big-time from jumping ship! From the annual meeting alone, he had obtained five hundred yuan worth of game tokens, a red packet containing a thousand yuan, and a 2,199-yuan vacuum cleaner. That was far more than he could ever have won at Hengtu Games annual meetings! A prize worth two thousand yuan would be distributed as the second prize at many other companies annual meetings. Furthermore, considering the number of people who would be picked for the second prize, Wu Bin guessed that he would never have won something like that at Hengtu Games. He had really struck a windfall! As Wu Bin rejoiced inwardly, he thought about the mornings Tengda Spirit compatibility test. Now more than ever, he wanted to pass the test and become a member of Tengda. As Pei Qian ate, he observed everyones reactions. Yes, everyone looks very happy! Thats great! Everyone was happily eating and winning prizes while Boss Pei was happily giving out money. It was perfect. In any case, since everyones goals were aligned, it was not necessary to organize too many programs for the annual meeting. Everyone could eat, win money, and then leave without wasting time. Pei Qian did not include himself in the lucky draw because he felt there was no need. He could purchase all the prizes covertly and claim for his expenses from the System. Thus, he did not care for the prizes. He found it much more meaningful to increase his own employees chances of winning instead. Pei Qian guessed that most people had already won a prize by now. That was because the lucky draw was not based completely on chance. Instead, the probability was being adjusted along the way to exclude people who had already been picked. Each person could win two prizes at the most. Furthermore, those who had not been picked in the beginning would have greater chances of winning later on. Chapter 362 - Rigged! Chapter 362 Rigged! All of a sudden, Pei Qian felt like something was wrong Why did it feel like very few people at his table had won prizes? Almost all the heads and core members of Tengda Corporation were seated at that table. That included Huang Sibo, Lu Mingliang, Lin Wan, Bao Xu, Li Yada, Ma Yang, Zhang Yuan, and the like. Since there was one empty seat at the table, Pei Qian arranged for Tang Yishu to join them as well. They began distributing prizes the moment the annual meeting started. A new winner was announced almost every two seconds, and each draw lasted several minutes. The intervals were never too long. Close to an hour had passed since the annual meeting started. Pei Qian guessed that more than a thousand prizes had already been distributed The cheers and applause kept rising and falling the entire time. Furthermore, they were coming from various locations in the event hall. Since Pei Qian had not taken part in the lucky draw, he had thought it natural that others were winning prizes. Yet, on second thought, it seemed like his entire table was in low spirits the whole time. Were they acting more serious because theyre at the same table as me? That cant be, right? It seemed like nobody at the table had won! Unsure, Pei Qian leaned towards Huang Sibo and asked in a low voice, Have you won any prizes? Huang Sibo shook his head and said, No. Pei Qian turned to Lu Mingliang who was seated on his other side. Have you won any prizes? Lu Mingliang shook his head as well and said, No. Pei Qian looked across from him and saw Tang Yishu, whose head was lowered as she ate and avoided his gaze. All of a sudden, Pei Qian understood. Had her halo effect strengthened so much that she could even affect false probability now? Logically, more than a thousand prizes should have been distributed. Yet, none of these people had won a single one. Their chances of winning should have already increased significantly by now. Yet, they were still not winning anything. It was strange! Pei Qian felt bad for them all of a sudden. He thought about moving Tang Yishu somewhere else so that they could recover the luck at the table. As for the unlucky child, Tang Yishu he would find some way to make it up to her in the future. However, before Pei Qian could think of a valid reason to move her elsewhere, Huang Sibo exclaimed in surprise. Eh? Ive won! A Pineapple cell phone! Everyone was just about to congratulate him when Lu Mingliang exclaimed. Ah, I won a cell phone, too! Li Yada, I won a television! The chances of someone at the table being picked seemed to have increased significantly! None of them had won any of the small prizes at the beginning, but the prizes had only gotten better as time went by. From now on, every prize they won could be compared to two or three from before combined. In the blink of an eye, the prizes on the table were gone. Everyone at the table was wealthy enough to afford the prizes they got, but buying them and winning them would feel completely different! Pei Qian finally relaxed. So that was why! It looked like Tang Yishus halo effect had backfired. The halo effect had caused everyone around her to have bad luck. However, the probability of the lucky draw had also been tampered with. As a result, the unluckier one had been the beginning, the higher their chances of winning later on became. In the end everyone at the table won the last few huge prizes! Pei Qian could not help but heave a sigh of relief. That was good. He did not have to think of a reason to send Tang Yishu away. Otherwise, people might have noticed that none of the heads had won, and they might have thought that Pei Qian had played tricks behind the scenes. Eh? Hold on. Pei Qian suddenly realized one problem. Could Tang Yishus halo effect backfire under certain circumstances? Take this time for example. Everyone had had extremely bad luck in the beginning. However, since their chances had kept increasing as more prizes were distributed, they ended up winning bigger prizes! If the same thing happened at work, wouldnt he? All of a sudden, Pei Qian panicked. However, on further thought, he realized that the problem probably was not that big. That was because he had adjusted the probability behind the scenes for this lucky draw. Those who had not won anything in the beginning only had better chances of winning later on. However, such a thing did not exist for work! Thus the problem was probably not that big. Pei Qian sighed in relief and continued eating his food. The name list on the huge screen started moving once again. Until now, most people were already more or less full. Many employees at various tables had already set down their chopsticks and were now focusing wholeheartedly on the huge screen, waiting for the announcement of the final winner. The cash gifts of 18,888 yuan had already been distributed. Li Yada and Zhang Yuan won one each. These chances were already evidently much better than the other tables. After all ten cash gifts had been distributed, the final prize appeared on the huge screen. Three pairs of tickets to visit any city in the world and stay there for five days! The moment the prize appeared on the screen, everyone began chatting and getting excited. Awesome! Three pairs of tickets to any city in the world! That meant they were free to pick whatever city they wanted! Furthermore, they included the cost of return air tickets, the cost of accommodation in a five-star hotel, and additional spending allowance that they could use unconditionally. That meant they could even spend it on local specialties like LV bags. Wouldnt that be perfect? Everyone set their chopsticks down and focused on the huge screen, wanting to find out which three lucky people would win this special prize. Pei Qian noticed that Bao Xu, who was seated at the same table as him, was trembling as he held his chopsticks. Whats more, he did not seem to dare to look at the huge screen. Pei Qian could not help but laugh inwardly. Indeed, Bao Xu had not won a single prize! Do you see this? Its Heavens will! Dont accuse me of setting you up. Im innocent this time. You can only blame your luck! The pictures on the screen started moving past again. Then, three people were chosen. Bao Xu! Bao Xu! And Bao Xu! Pfft! Bao Xu nearly coughed out all the red wine in his mouth when he saw the screen. What the h*11?! If all of these were added together, would he have to go overseas for fifteen days?! Pei Qian felt light-headed. What was happening?! Wasnt everyone only supposed to have two chances to win prizes? Whats more, each person could only win the same prize once, right? Everyone paused and immediately burst into laughter. Hahaha, is Brother Bao a professional tourist now? His name was picked all three times?! My heart hurts-hell be gone for another half a month! Pei Qian turned to Assistant Xin, who said in a low voice, Boss Pei, it looks like a bug appeared in the program Once again, Pei Qian was at a loss for words. Bao Xu, who was seated across from him, was dumbfounded. He nearly dropped their chopsticks onto the table as he quickly said, Boss Pei! I have already gone overseas many times. Ill pass this prize onto someone else! Pei Qian turned to Assistant Xin and said, Ask the technical staff to repair the system and pick new winners. The program was created by the technical staff of Zhongdian Chinese Network, who quickly whipped out their laptops to repair the program. Assistant Xin took the microphone and explained briefly that a bug had appeared in the system. She invited everyone to try the capsule machines and other games first. When they were about done, the winners for the last prize would be picked once again. Since the program had not been affected by bugs before that, the other prizes that had already been distributed naturally would not be taken back. Instead, they remained effective. Everyone cheered, grabbed their game tokens, and started to go their respective ways The original plan was for everyone to try the capsule machines and claw machines after all the lucky draw prizes had been distributed. Once they were more or less done, they could then make their own ways home. Now, a minor problem had arisen in the original plan. Still, it did not pose a huge problem. The winners of the final prize would just be selected at the end of the program. Very quickly, crowds formed at the surrounding claw machines and capsule machines. With game tokens in hand, Wu Bin hovered behind the crowds, not knowing which game he should start with. The plush toys in the claw machines and the little figurines in the capsule machines all looked equally good! Obviously, these gifts had been carefully selected so that nobody would feel like they were at a disadvantage. Ladies were hogging the various machines with many game tokens in hand. It looked like they were going to keep trying their luck at the claw machines, and every last toy had been won. There were fewer people at the ring toss and toy gun stands since ladies did not fancy such games. Adamant on trying his luck, Wu Bin walked towards the ring toss stand. A waiter dressed in the hotels uniform was already waiting there. He greeted Wu Bin as the latter handed him a game token. Then, he passed Wu Bin one ring. Whoa. The ring was many times bigger than the ones Wu Bin was used to seeing! Other rings were very small-more or less the size of a bracelet. Yet, this ring looked about as big as a plate. Wu Bin could be prepared to kill himself if he missed this time. He picked a better-looking figurine, took his aim, and then tossed the ring as well as he could! He misaimed and missed! Wu Bin felt light-headed. The ring was so big, and yet he still missed! How could he face his own elders?! No way, I cant walk away like that! Wu Bin retrieved many more game tokens, prepared to buy more rings. However, at that same moment, the waiter picked up the figurine and placed it inside the ring at lightning speed. Congratulations, Sir! Youve got it! Pfft! Wu Bin nearly choked on his saliva. How could he do that? Was he really moving the target based on where Wu Bins ring landed? This was obviously rigged! However, looking at the waiters knowing smile, Wu Bin suddenly understood what was happening. Boss Pei had set this up on purpose! Wu Bin quickly took a handful of game tokens and bought ten rings at once. Then, he tried his best to aim for any figurine he wanted. He won something every single throw! There was no way he could not. Even when he missed, the waiter would quietly move the figurine or chibi doll into the ring. Soon, Wu Bin walked away with his arms filled with eleven figurines and chibi dolls. The waiter very considerately placed all the figurines and dolls into a bag for Wu Bin, so that he could carry them around easily. Other people began to realize that their chances of winning were extremely high as well. It was almost as if they were being showered with gifts for nothing! As long as one aimed well at the claw machine, they would win something. Every figurine that came out of the capsule machine looked good. Other games were based on chance, but the probability of players winning prizes was ridiculously high as well! They were receiving so many prizes like chibi dolls, capsules, stuffed toys, pillows, and the like at absolutely no charge! Everyone became more excited as they played. Each person carried bags of gifts, and some carried so many bags that they hardly could carry any more. Wu Bin could not help but feel emotional. It was so invigorating! Why hadnt these mini-games felt so good before? Soonwith everyones hard work, nearly all the prizes were swept clean, and nearly all the game tokens were spent. At that moment, the names on the screen began to roll past once again. Three lucky winners were chosen. Everyones hopeful gazes were fixated on the huge screen. Chen Kangtuo. Ye Zhizhou. Bao Xu! Bao Xus expression darkened. Whats happening?! Why is this lucky draw system picking on me?! Even after redoing the lucky draw, Im selected?! Bao Xu quickly turned to Boss Pei. Boss Pei, I really dont need to go on another holiday. Give this opportunity to someone else! Who wants to swap prizes with me? Ill take any prize! Pei Qian sniggered and shook his head. You cant give it up since youve already been selected. Theres still some time. Think about which city you havent visited yet Bao Xu was speechless. Not all three winners had been sitting at Pei Qians table. Pei Qian guessed that this was because Tang Yishus halo effect had been spread out after everyone went off to play the capsule machines and claw machinesit was no longer concentrated on his table alone. Bao Xu had not won a prize yet. Therefore, the high probability of him being selected aided him after he left the range of Tang Yishus halo effect. That was probably why he was selected again. The other two had been chosen based on pure luck. Once again, Pei Qian confirmed that Tang Yishus halo effect was strong and reliable. However it seemed like Tang Yishu herself had not won anything. Was she destined to be unlucky no matter how the luck of the people around her changed? That was weird. It was not what Pei Qian had expected. However, Pei Qian did not think too much of it. Poor child I should give her a pay raise when we get back Chapter 363 - Insane Travel Itinerary The annual meeting was over. The lucky draws were done, the claw machines were empty, and everyones stomachs were filled. They all began to leave the venue, one by one. Pei Qian glanced at his watch. It was past 4 PM; the timing had been just right. Many prizes had been distributed. Apart from cell phones and red packetswhich were much easier to carry around, there had also been televisions, air purifiers, and game machines. They were much harder to carry. Furthermore, almost all the one thousand people who came had won something. If they were to line up to collect their prizes one by one, it would have taken a long time. Thus, the list of winners would be made available for all to see on the Intranet. Furthermore, each person would be notified of the prize that they won through the internal communications software. After that, Upwind Logistics delivery men would be placed in charge of delivering the prizes to the winners doorsteps. After all, everyone was already carrying bags of toys and chibi dolls. There was no way they could carry the prizes from the lucky draw as well. Pei Qian was very satisfied with how the annual meeting had turned out. It had fulfilled his requirements perfectly! He had spent money and saved time; it was perfect! Bao Xu left the event location sulking. What should he do?! He had thought that he would be safe until the next Best Employee Selection. He never would have thought that the grand prize for the annual meeting would be a trip and a trip for two, at that! It was troublesome enough having to travel alone; how was he going to find a partner to travel with?! I want to die, I want to die He had no clue where he should go either. As he walked, his eyes suddenly brightened. He noticed a familiar-looking figure. Chen Kangtuo! If his memory didnt fail him, this fellow had won the same prize. Bao Xu thought about going to ask Chen Kangtuo what plans the latter had and which city the latter would go to. Perhaps he could tag along. If Chen Kangtuo was going to plan his own itinerary, Bao Xu would have one less thing to worry about. At that thought, he silently approached Chen Kangtuo. However, just as he was about to ask Chen Kangtuo the question, he noticed Chen Kangtuo meeting Ye Zhizhou, Hao Qiong, and Lin Wan in secret. The four of them entered the small cafe by the side. Bao Xu could not help but frown. Eh? Have they decided where they would go? Or are they trying to work overtime in secret as well? Bao Xu quickly followed behind Chen Kangtuo. Lin Wan, Ye Zhizhou, Hao Qiong, and Chen Kangtuo walked into the cafe and found a table. Lin Wan cautiously looked outside the door and asked, No one followed us, right? Chen Kangtuo answered, I think Brother Bao followed us. Lin Wan paused. Bao Xu? Thats great! Quick, ask him to come over! Bao Xu was still standing outside the door, thinking about whether he should enter. At that moment, Chen Kangtuo came out and pulled him in and then invited him to sit down next to him. Bao Xu was bewildered. Whats happening? Why are they sneaking around? It reminds me of how Im like when I work overtime in secret Lin Wan cleared her throat and asked, Brother Bao, have you thought about where youre going for your trip? You seem quite experienced in this area. Bao Xu was speechless. Stop rubbing your nose in my business! With a bitter expression, Bao Xu replied, Stop talking about it. Im worried enough about it. I dont want this experience at all not in the least bit! But Boss Pei already said that you cant transfer this prize to someone else, replied Chen Kangtuo. Bao Xu nodded helplessly. Thats right. Ive already thought about it. Didnt Boss Pei say that I can choose any city I want? Im going to choose Jingzhou City! Then, Ill be able to stay in a five-star hotel in the city and continue to go to work to play games every single day Chen Kangtuo cleared his throat. Brother Bao, guard your tongue! If you really do that, what kind of impression do you think Boss Pei would form of you? Wouldnt you be shooting yourself in the foot?! A realization dawned on Bao Xu. Thats right! That would be far too dangerous. Why was he acting like he was not already in enough trouble?! If he really did that, he would probably win another one-month paid holiday at the next Best Employee Selection. He was letting his emotions affect his decisions this time. He could not allow that! Bao Xu sighed, frustrated. That does seem impracticable. What should I do then? What city are you planning to go to? Can I come along? You can decide on the itinerary, and Ill just follow behind you and keep myself entertained the entire time. Chen Kangtuo smiled subtly and then glanced at Lin Wan. Lin Wan confidently said, Weve already decided to go to Texas in the United States. Bao Xu scratched his head. Texas? Is there anything special about the place? Lin Wan answered, Of course! The scariest haunted house is located there: The Smog Mountain State Mental Hospital! Bao Xu, ??? He scanned the four other people around the table and realized that each of them had different expressions. Chen Kangtuo looked like he was facing death with equanimity. Hao Qiong looked both solemn and sorrowful. Ye Zhizhou looked slightly pale and very apprehensive. Lin Wan looked to be in the best condition. Her eyes were filled with determination. Bao Xu was confused. Its just a simple trip. Do you have to risk your life? Whats more, I never knew you all had such a unique hobby.. Wait are you trying to get inspiration from there? Bao Xu suddenly realized something. Lin Wan and Ye Zhizhou were in charge of a horror game while Hao Qiong and Chen Kangtuo were in charge of a haunted house. All of them were related to horror! Lin Wan nodded. Thats right! The horror game and haunted house were in charge of are both very important, but progress hasnt been ideal. Bugs keep appearing in the game, and it really isnt that frightening. As for the haunted house, there isnt even a concrete plan yet. We cant carry on like this! We have to learn from the most up-to-date experiences and immerse ourselves in such environments. Only then would we be able to complete the task well! Brother Bao, you won this prize because of your merit, but apart from you Bao Xus expression darkened. What do you mean it was because of my merit?! Lin Wan continued speaking. Ye Zhizhou and Chen Kangtuo won a trip as well. Its obviously fated! Heaven is hinting at us to take the chance and collect as much material as we can! As Bao Xu looked at the four of them, his mind was filled with one thought. Nuts! These guys are nuts! Was that haunted house meant for humans? Bao Xu had heard of the Smog Mountain State Mental Hospital before. It was said that it used to be an abandoned hospital in the woods, which had been covered in fog all year round. Subsequently, local investors had built a haunted house out of the ruins of the abandoned hospital. On the outside, the haunted house looked like a shabby, dilapidated asylum. There was no fixed path inside, and visitors were free to venture around. The lighting and horrific scenes in the haunted house were apparently very realistic. Many staff would also dress up as ghosts and corpses, who would interact with visitors. It was said that two million US dollars had gone into creating this haunted house. Even if one knew their way around the asylum and sprinted from beginning to end, it would take them close to an hour to complete the entire journey. If one got lost how long they would take would depend on their luck. One had to be above 21 years old to enter the haunted house. They would also have to undergo a simple test to ensure that they could handle the psychological stress. Visitors also had to produce a medical certificate from a doctor, certifying that they were healthy enough to enter the haunted house. Before entering, they would also have to sign a complete indemnity form. All in all, this was a classic place to spend money in order to be tortured. The company was paying for this holiday; why were these people using the opportunity to court death? Of course, Bao Xu had no intention to follow suit. It was painful enough for him to go on another paid holiday, but it would be far more painful to go on a paid holiday to a haunted house! He would much prefer seeing camels in the Sahara desert to scaring himself in a wretched place like that. Still, Bao Xu did not give up. He asked, What about the rest of your itinerary? Lin Wan asked, What do you mean by the rest of our itinerary? Bao Xu was astonished. Its a five-day holiday! The haunted house would only take one day, right? How about the other four days? Will you go shopping nearby? Bao Xu thought that he could rest in the hotel if the rest were planning to go shopping. He would only have to suffer one day before resting in the luxurious hotel for four days. That sounded quite good. Lin Wan shook her head. Its such an exciting haunted house; how could we finish it in a day?! If we only catch glimpses of everything, well surely forget it all by the time they get back. Isnt Boss Pei providing an additional expense limit? Im planning to do nothing else in those few days. Ill keep buying entry tickets to the haunted house and experience it again and again. Ill try to go three to four times each day; thatll add up to thirteen or fourteen times in five days. Then, I would probably be able to form a lasting impression. By then, we would all be veterans of a hundred battles. We would be filled with inspiration to work on the horror game and haunted house! Bao Xu, ??? He was completely shocked. Were they human? How could they come up with an itinerary like that?! They were planning to go to such a horrifying haunted house three or four times a day were they tired of living? Lin Wan smiled subtly and asked, How about that? If you join these three men, you can get two twin rooms. Ill ask Li Yada along, and itll be just right. Bao Xu looked confused. Thats not right. Li Yada and I are in charge of GOG. The horror game has nothing to do with us. You can go and court death if you want; dont get us involved! Lin Wan said seriously, How can you say that?! Tengda Games and Shang Yang Games both operate under Boss Pei. How can you draw such a clear line?! Youll have to give us suggestions for the horror game when the time comes, too. In return, well let you use one of the characters in our horror game as a hero in GOG. Bao Xu pondered for a moment. No. One is too few. I need at least two! The next day Tengda Network Technology Co., Ltd. Huh? The United States? Youre going to a haunted house? Im the chief planner in charge of GOG now. It wont be appropriate for me to travel that far for a holiday, right? After hearing Lin Wans suggestion, Li Yada became confused. Why would it be inappropriate? This was a prize from the annual meeting. Itll be reasonable for us to go and play. Its completely within the companys regulations. Boss Pei is a fair and reasonable person. He wont forbid you from going, for sure. Li Yada was speechless after hearing Lin Wans nice-sounding words. Ill give it a try, then! Ill talk to Boss Pei, and see if hell allow me the chief planner of this projectto go overseas on holiday halfway through research and development. Before applying for leave, Li Yada checked on GOGs situation and the simplified version released by Dream Realization Ventures. Simply put, they had already achieved initial success. The two beta versions could be combined and played together. After this, they would have to fix bugs and continue developing the game. The simplified version produced by Dream Realization Ventures was already being updated in real-time on Fish-Catching Internet Cafes computers. Furthermore, it was currently getting better feedback than the initial version. Of course, they could not tell much from the figures in the short-term. They had to observe the situation for a while longer. However, at the very least, this proved that the suggestions given by Dream Realization Ventures had not been retarded or alien. Instead, they were logical. Li Yada had no idea why the group of investors at Dream Realization Ventures understood games so well either. She opened her email inbox and found that He Desheng had sent suggestions on follow-up amendments. She had to admit that they had been quite hard-working with sending amendments. In fact, they had been so hardworking that Li Yada was beginning to suspect that the investment firm could not find any new projects to invest in. Why else would they have nothing better to do every day than to observe GOG and offer suggestions? Still, this was a good thing. She would not turn down any suggestions she received as long as they were valid. After filtering He Deshengs suggestions, Li Yada incorporated the amendments into the work schedule for the following week. That way, even if Li Yada went overseas, the design team would be able to continue working as planned without affecting the projects progress. Now that her work was more or less done, Li Yada stood up and walked towards Boss Peis office, prepared to discuss the possibility of a holiday to the United States. Chapter 364 - One Must Overthink After knocking gently on the door, Li Yada entered Boss Peis office. Boss Pei was still the same as before. He looked calm and collected like he controlled everything in the palm of his hands. He also looked as energetic as if he had just woken up. Boss Pei, I want to travel to the United States for a few days Li Yada had still been thinking about how to explain her situation so that it would make sense to Boss Pei. However, before she could finish her sentence, she saw Boss Peis eyes light up as he nodded profusely. Good, you need to strike a balance between work and rest. Youve been working too hard recently. You need to relax! Cherish the time and pack as soon as possible. You can leave any time. Are you going alone, or are you going with other people? Li Yada quickly answered, Boss Pei, there are six of us going: Lin Wan, Bao Xu, Hao Qiong, Ye Zhizhou, Chen Kangtuo, and I. Chen Kangtuo and the others won a pair of tickets for a five-day holiday during the annual meeting, right? Thats why Pei Qian felt slightly disappointed after hearing Li Yada explain the situation to him. He had been wondering what that was about. As it turned out, it was the prizes from the annual meeting. Pei Qian had thought that Li Yada had figured things out and was trying to find ways and means to slack off. He had been happy over nothing. Still, it was not bad that the six of them were going on a trip together. Lin Wan, Li Yada, and Ye Zhizhou were core members of their respective projects. With them gone, their projects progress could be slightly impeded. Pei Qian nodded again. Of course, theres no problem! Go back and make the necessary preparations. Have a good time there. Ill pay all of your salaries as per normal. Dont worry about work while youre there. Since youre on holiday, have as much fun as you can, understand? After hearing these words, Li Yada felt warmth in her heart. Boss Pei was so easy-going! He approved a hundred percent of employees applications for leave. On top of that, he would even instruct them time and time again to have as much fun as they could while on holiday. Moreover, they were told not to carry any mental stress with them or think about work. Boss Pei had not even asked Li Yada for a proper explanation. He understood without her even having to say a word. Could that have been a tacit, mutual understanding between boss and employee? Alright, Boss Pei! I understand! Li Yada walked out of the office, feeling touched. Pei Qian looked at the calendar. It was December 21st. He had two more weeks before the examination week in school. Boss Pei had donated five million yuan to the needy students in school earlier. He could get his instructor to say a few simple words to the teachers in charge of his modules, and they would surely give him an easier time, but Would Boss Pei do such a thing? Of course, he had to pass his modules with his own skills and abilities. If Boss Pei ended up doing worse than a slacker like Ma Yang, how would he still be able to hold his head up high? Even he would despise himself! Thus, Pei Qian felt that he had a lot of work to do. He accessed the platform to check the results for the Tengda Spirit compatibility test. The first batch of new employees had taken the Tengda Spirit compatibility test yesterday before the annual meeting. In the end, it had turned out much better than Pei Qian had imagined. The passing rate was extremely low! A total of 28 people had taken part in the test, but only three had passed. Pei Qian had gone to read through those three peoples resumes again, in order to form a deeper impression of them. They were the trusted generals that Tengda would have to rely on in the future! What kind of precious employees would have managed to do so well in the Tengda Spirit compatibility test on their first try?! Surprisingly, all three people who had passed the test were from Tengdas games department. The one with the highest marks was named Hu Xianbin. He was an ordinary, recent graduate from Handong University, who had achieved nothing of significance during his time at university. The other two were Min Jingchao and Zhang Nan (a female), who had no experience in the game industry whatsoever. Before they were accepted into Tengda, the former had been an accountant; the latter had been a fashion designer. These resumes looked perfect to Boss Pei! It looked like Tengdas recruitment tests had served their purpose well. Those who had a lot of experience in the industry had been filtered out, and a special batch of slackers had been selected. The Tengda Spirit compatibility test had also proved this point. All three of the employees who passed looked like very good slackers! Of course, one could not judge a book by its cover. Boss Pei could not read minds. There was no way that he could guarantee for now that those three people were the kind of talents that he needed. Still, no matter what, Boss Pei had carefully set the questions for the test, and those three people had answered most of them correctly. At the very least, this proved that they had a significantly better understanding of the Tengda Spirit than most of their batchmates. There was a saying: if something walked like a duck, spoke like a duck, and ate like a duck; it was a duck. It was the same with the test. No matter what lay in the hearts of those employeesas long as they had passed the test and applied the same mindset to their work, they were the slackers that Boss Pei desired! Furthermore, Pei Qian knew very well that the passing rate for the test would only increase as time went by. After all, he could not stop those employees from discussing the test in secret if they wanted to. However, if the new employees could learn the right answers slowly and accurately interpret Boss Peis hints, they would instinctively reject working overtime, ask for overtime pay, and contribute to a similar culture in their respective departments. Then, Pei Qian would have achieved his goals. On the 17th floor of Shenhua View, in Tengda Games In the conference room Li Yada had just assigned work to the members of the design team. She had already gotten a visa to go to the United States. Since they could claim all of these expenses from the company, everyone applied from express visas, which they received in no time. Li Yada had already organized the suggestions that she received from Dream Realization Ventures. The new version of the game was already being developed. Li Yada only had to brief the employees in the design team about those changes. Then, she could be sure that GOGs development progress would not be impeded by her going to the United States to gather new materials. Once they were done, the meeting ended. However, Li Yada purposely asked Hu Xianbin to remain behind. Once everyone had left the room, Li Yada closed the door and said in a low voice, Little Hu, what were the questions in the Tengda Spirit compatibility test? Tell me softly. Hu Xianbin, The scene was quite strange. A department head of Tengda was asking an intern who had just obtained tenure for guidance and information. Yet, Li Yada really had no idea! In fact, it was not just her that had no idea; every department head of Tengda had no idea either! Boss Pei had personally set the questions for the Tengda Spirit compatibility test. The papers had been automatically marked by the system, and nobody had been allowed to check the question bank or answer sheet. Nevertheless, Hu Xianbin felt confused. Why was Li Yada concerned about this? So what if she didnt know what the questions were like? She was already a department head; she would not have to sit for the test at all. They were simple multiple-choice questions. Sister Li, why are you asking about this? I think the rules state that were not supposed to discuss the questions in the office, right? Li Yada sighed softly and tried to keep her voice low as she answered, I dont want to discuss it, but the heads of the other departments have been asking me. Yesterday, after the annual meeting, several department heads had approached Li Yada about the Tengda Spirit compatibility test. Indeed, Li Yada had no idea about the contents of the test, but the new employees under her definitely knew the contents very well! The various department heads had discovered that out of the twenty-odd new employees who had taken the test, only three had passed. Furthermore, all of them were from the games department. Naturally, all of them approached Li Yada to find out more. As for why those department heads were so worried Wasnt the reason obvious? If the new employees failed the Tengda Spirit compatibility test, they would have to be fired! The department heads had gone to great lengths to hire those employees. All of their help was greatly needed. How could they give the employees up? If the new employees were fired just like that C not only would all their previous hard work have gone down the drain, but it would also show that they had done a bad job during the recruitment that none of the new employees met Boss Peis expectations. How could they allow that to happen?! Thus, the department heads were as anxious as the employees who had failed the Tengda Spirit compatibility test. They eagerly wanted to find out the contents of the test so that they could change their own mindsets and meet Boss Peis expectations. Li Yada had no choice but to secretly ask about the test in private. Hu Xianbin frowned, trying hard to recall the test. Itll be too difficult for me to remember the questions in the test word for word. In fact, I think itll be impossible. There were far too many questions, and a lot of them looked similar. There may just be one different word, but the right answer might change completely. Whats more, I dont know exactly which questions I got right and which ones I got wrong since there were so many of them. What if I only recall a question I got wrong? Everyone might be sent down the wrong path, guessing according to my wrong answer. Wouldnt they fail the test badly then? The consequences would be dire. Li Yada considered this for a moment and then nodded helplessly. That was true. She had to admit that Boss Pei had planned this out very well. There was no loophole for them to take advantage of. Even if Hu Xianbin had remembered many questions, he would not know which ones he had gotten right and wrong. It would have been nearly impossible for them to try and guess the answer sheet for the test based on his memory alone. Do you have any experience to share, then? Li Yada attempted to resolve the problem from another angle. Hu Xianbin remained silent for a moment and then said, One must overthink. Li Yada asked, Huh? Hu Xianbin explained, I can only say that while the questions looked simple, they were actually much deeper. Those questions reminded me of the way Boss Pei usually spoke. He would always explain extremely deep theories to us using simple language. If one took the questions at face value, they would not be able to understand the deeper meaning behind them. Thus, based on my experience, I would say one must overthink. Thats what all of us learned while working in this department as well. I must also say, one must absolutely obey Boss Peis instructions. As for other things I cant summarize them. Li Yada nodded. It sounded like the type of questions that Boss Pei would have come up with. Having to overthink and absolutely obey Boss Peis instructions seemed to match Li Yadas working experience as well. Could that be the Tengda Spirit? That was probably not all. After all, the Tengda Spirit was made up by Boss Pei, and Boss Peis mind was like a galaxy. Still it must have been a part of the Tengda Spirit, right? Li Yada nodded. Alright, thank you! When she returned to her desk, Li Yada sent the answers that she had gotten to the various department heads who had asked her about the test before. There are perhaps two general principles to keep in mind for the Tengda Spirit compatibility test. First, overthink. Second, absolutely obey Boss Peis instructions. Im not sure if thats the right direction, but its worth a try. Chapter 365 - An Essential for Martial Artists Chapter 365 An Essential for Martial Artists December 23rd, Thursday Feeling slightly apprehensive, Chang You arrived outside Boss Peis office once again. The last time he came had been two weeks ago. At that time, Chang You had brought the Otto OSwhich he had been very confident about C here. In the end, a bunch of bugs appeared out of nowhere, and the entire project failed. Boss Pei had raised some criticisms about the stability of the system and asked Chang You to prioritize stability over all the gaudy, unnecessary details. This time, Chang You mainly wanted to show Boss Pei two things. First, he wanted to show Boss Pei the improved Otto OS. Nothing had changed since the previous time; it contained all the same things. In fact, to improve stability, Chang You had gotten rid of some less useful functions. His aim was to ensure that the system would be as stable as possible, with minimal bugs appearing, while he was reporting their progress to Boss Pei. Apart from that, he wanted to present the prototype for Otto Technologies first cell phone. Otto Technologies had been established close to two months ago. Chang You had to admit that it was a first-tier local manufacturer indeed; it had been extremely efficient in producing the first prototype. However, Chang You was feeling apprehensive as he held the first prototype in his hands. He was not confident at all. Although he could not bear to present this to Boss Pei, it had already been produced. He had to let Boss Pei take a look. If he was not satisfied, Chang You could still make edits to it. Before entering, Chang You closed his eyes and said a short prayer that the Heavens would watch over him and that minimal bugs would appear. Then, he knocked on the door. When he heard come in, Chang You pushed open the door to enter the office and then explained the purpose of his visit to Boss Pei. Pei Qian nodded happily. Alright, let me take a look. Pei Qian was quite interested in this cell phone. After all, this was the first tangible product that Tengda was developing. Before this, Tengda had produced many games, but they were intangible at the end of the day. One could only operate them on computers or game machines; they could not hold the games in their hands and play with them. ROF was a computer-installation business, but its products were not that different from other DIY computers. This cell phone would be different. It would be produced using ODM, but cell phones were digital products with a high level of integration after all. The cell phones they created would be unique. Pei Qian watched as Chang You placed a brick in his hands. it was very heavy! Pei Qian could feel an obvious weight on his hands. How much does this cell phone weigh? Ashamed, Chang You answered, 247 grams. Pei Qian was silent. He did not know what else to say other than that it was awesome! What did this weight mean? At the moment, the cell phones that were in trend were small. Take Pineapples flagship models throughout the generations as an example for instance. Until now, they all weighed about 140 grams. Even the bigger models only weighed about 190 grams. In fact, a phone weighing more than 200 grams would already be considered quite heavy for relatively weaker girls. One could say that only athletes and martial artists would be able to carry a cell phone weighing 250 grams. Pei Qian considered the weight of the cell phone in his hand. Hmm, it would probably feel really good to hit someone with this! Chang You obviously knew that the cell phone was way too heavy as well. Looking embarrassed, he said, Boss Pei, we had no other choice. There are too many things in this cell phone. A monitor with high refresh rate, a 5800 mAh battery, the latest microchip, a custom-made cooling system, a horizontal linear motor All of these add up to a lot of weight. Pei Qian nodded. Indeed, they had no other choice but to do this because they wanted to make the phone worth the full eight thousand yuan. If they failed to add enough material and the cell phones worth ended up being far less than eight thousand yuan, the System would not allow Pei Qian to sell the phone at such a high price. However, that also meant that the cell phone would be relatively heavier. After all, while other cell phones had 2000 to 3000 mAh batteries, this one had close to 6000 mAh. It would be a surprise if this cell phone model didnt turn out heavy. To Pei Qian, the additional weight was a good thing. In fact, it would be best if everyone coined the cell phone as a 250-gram machine that charged an IQ tax. Then, Otto Technologies would fail to sell the cell phones and end up accumulating stocks in their warehouses! Of course, Pei Qian remembered there being cell phone manufacturers who did that. One example was manufacturers of gaming phones. However, the current market was still significantly different from the market in which gaming phones were introduced. First, gaming phones only appealed to a small market. Cell phones were different from computers. They were digital products with high levels of integration. Computers could be adjusted based on requirements. A gaming laptop and a light notebook were extremely different in terms of appearance and use, so that one could not replace the other. Yet, the same could not be said for gaming phones and ordinary cell phones. At the same time, cell phones had too many functions. People used them to take photos, record videos, and the like. Most users of cell phones would prioritize everyday functions such as video playback, chatting software, and taking photos and videos. Gaming was only one additional function a cell phone had. Thus, most people would find it a waste to spend the same amount of money on a cell phone that had worse camera functions, portability, and interface even if it offered a better gaming experience. Of course, a gaming phone might still be a good option for hardcore mobile gamers. However, there were two more problems. The mobile game market was not yet thriving in this world. At the moment, the more popular mobile games in the market were card war games. Mobile war games like Bloody Battle Song were now considered too hardcore and had become very rare. Less hardcore mobile games did not require screens with a high refresh rate; neither did they require a lot of battery. Thus, from the perspective of consumers, Otto Technologies cell phone would be quite useless. It was manufactured by a random brand that no one had heard of, and it was quite heavy. These two points alone were enough to form a horrible first impression in consumers eyes. Seeing Boss Pei in deep thought made Chang You think that he was unhappy with the prototype. Thus, he quickly said, Boss Pei, this is only a prototype. We havent started producing it in bulk. If you think it is too heavy, we can think of other things. For example, we could cut down the batterys capacity to about 4000 mAh. That would probably cut 200 grams from the cell phones weight Pei Qian quickly raised his hand. No, its quite good this way! No matter how good the cell phones functions are-if it runs out of battery, it would be as good as a brick. It would not be able to do anything. We have to make sure that the cell phone would have enough battery, so that nobody would have to worry about battery life! The battery capacity is good now. It would make our cell phones stand out. You have to keep it this way, understand?! All in all, Im very happy with this prototype. This was the ideal cell phone I had in mind! Thats about all I have to say for the hardware. Ill try the system out now. Pei Qian tried out the Otto OS for the second time. Chang You had been worried at first, but Boss Pei seemed unexpectedly satisfied. He quickly said, Alright, Boss Pei. If you have any more suggestions, you can raise them at any time. Theres another thing. Were in the process of custom-making the cell phones appearance. Were matching colors for the back cover, working on the logo, and the like. We want to make the cell phone as beautiful as possible so as to attract more customers As Pei Qian scanned the cell phone, he shook his head and asked, The color of its back cover? Dont distract yourselves with so many unnecessary decorations. Just make it a pure, simple color. If you think it looks ugly, just place a logo on it. Thats what Pineapple does, right? Chang You felt light-headed. Then what if it still looks ugly? Pei Qian looked up at him. Make the logo bigger to cover it. Chang You was speechless. What the h*ll did he mean by make the logo bigger?! Did he mean that bigger logos would distract customers from the color of the back cover? At the moment, many flagship cell phone models had back covers of varying colors. Whats more, all of those colors were given special, meaningful names. That was one of the emerging trends in the local cell phone industry. Yet, Boss Pei had an altogether different taste. Not only was he forbidding them from creating the cell phone in various colors, but he was also asking them to use a simple color. On top of that, he wanted to make the logo bigger. At the moment, only Pineapple cell phones had huge logos on the back cover and were still selling well. That was because creating huge logos reflected ones immense confidence in the brand. If an unknown brand enlarged their logo on their cell phones, customers might be asked an extremely awkward question whenever they picked their cell phones up: Ai, what brand is that? Thus, most domestic cell phone brands placed their logos in low-key positions and made their back covers look more dazzling. That made cell phones of other brands significantly different from Pineapples. Otherwise, those brands would be cursed horribly. If Chang You had been allowed to decide, he would probably have chosen to go with the bulk of other domestic cell phone manufacturers and created a dazzling back cover with a low-key logo. However, now that Boss Pei had given him clear instructions, Chang You had no other choice but to rack his brains to fulfill his requests. Pei Qian continued toying with the 250-gram machine, feeling surprised inside. There were no more bugs this time! It looked like Chang You had been working hard during this period. He had repaired all the bugs that had appeared before, and the system was now much more stable. After playing for about ten minutes, only three or four bugs appeared. Whats more, none of them had affected the cell phones usability. Chang You visibly sat more upright. It had not been easy! So many bugs had appeared before. He had been crushed. After that, Chang You had led his team of brothers to work even harder than before. Finally, they had repaired most of the bugs. Whats more, in order to prepare for this reporting session, everyone had spent several days testing the system out. Their confidence had recovered only after they had confirmed that no more bugs could be found. Even then, Boss Pei still managed to find three minor bugs. Chang You was shocked. Did Boss Pei have the innate ability to draw bugs out of programs and products? Still, the session had been a success. Chang You deliberated for a moment and said, Boss Pei, the system is now much more stable than before. Can we start working on those new functions? Pei Qian was silent. Hes not giving up! Pei Qians expression darkened as he answered strictly, Its not good to try and bite off more than you can chew! Where are you now? There are so many things to improve within the original Android System. Are you already satisfied now that youve only managed to repair a few bugs? Go back and continue improving it. The details are still not as good as they can be! Chang You took back the cell phone, visibly confused. The details were still not as good as they could be? They had more or less caught up with most other domestic cell phone manufacturers; how was that still not good enough? However, Chang You did not dare to question Boss Pei any further and had no choice but to take the cell phone quietly. He planned to go back to self-reflect. He still had not managed to push the systems research and development work to the next stage this time. Although the final version of the cell phone was becoming clearer, Chang You felt that he was drifting further from his own expectations. Chapter 366 - 1024 Digital Day’s Side-Effects! Chapter 366 1024 Digital Days Side-Effects! In the afternoon As usual, Pei Qian took an afternoon nap, caught up on some shows, and looked up to discover that it was already past 3 PM. Although it was still early, there was nothing much left to do in the office. All the projects were underway. Now that Chang You had presented the prototype and software to Boss Pei this morning, Boss Pei guessed that nobody would come to demonstrate anything else to him for now. Thus, there was nothing much left for him to do. Should I go back to school to study? The exam week is right around the corner. Revision aside, I havent even borrowed others notes yet. Hmm, I should find some time to ask Ma Yang to photocopy his notes for me. Pei Qian switched his computer off. It was time to get off work! He would go back to school to find a room where he could self-study. Perhaps he would be able to fill up the gap that he had been filling in his life recently. As he walked out of the office, Pei Qian saw everyone staring at their screens intently as if they had been hard at work. As for whether they had really been hard at work or not Pei Qian could not tell. He could only say that he was not good at being a boss; he had never been able to see his employees for who they truly were. Tang Yishu had just finished tending to Glabella. At that moment, she was reading and studying quietly at her desk. Pei Qian could not help but feel guilty. Look at how hardworking and passionate about learning his own junior was! I want to learn from her! Determined to do some self-revision, Pei Qian walked out of the office. All of a sudden, he recalled something. He turned around and addressed everyone in the office, Thank you for working hard, everyone. If you have nothing else to do, take the rest of the day off! Nobody bothered about him. Instead, they continued working hard on their screens. Pei Qian sighed inwardly. Ai, how I wish a brave warrior would stand up at this moment and leave the office with me! Feeling slightly regretful, Pei Qian took the elevator to the first floor and walked out of Shenhua View and then towards Handong University. On the way, he made a detour to Fish-Catching Internet Cafes Handong University branch. He found an empty seat and switched the system on instinctively. Eh? Whats going on? How did I end up here? Wasnt I planning to do some self-revision?! Forget it. Since Im already here, I should check out what new games there are. After all, Im a games designer. I need to gather materials for work. Thats just as important as my academics. There were many games icons on the desktop. All of them were games that were popular at that moment. GOGs trial version and freeplay version (which was the special offering to Boss Ma that incorporated Dream Realization Ventures modifications) were both among the bunch of popular games. Pei Qian scanned the icons on the desktop. Before he could process all the available games, he suddenly realized that something was amiss. This strange feeling was not coming from the computers desktop, but from the exhibition board at the internet cafes entrance! A strong sense of danger surfaced in Pei Qians mind. He quickly stood up and looked at the contents of the exhibition board. There was a beautifully-printed poster on it with the topic: Come and play computer games with us on Christmas Eve! ROF Computer-Installation is holding a sale! The poster mainly depicted an installed computer and system unit. The set looked extremely cool, especially with the flashing ROF logo on top. It was all very tempting indeed. There were different prices for the system units listed at the bottom: 8,599 yuan, 12,599 yuan, and 16,599 yuan! There were still three different prices but the actual prices themselves Pei Qian rubbed his eyes, realizing that these prices were different from the ones that he had set before! They were cheaper! Pei Qian looked closer at the hardware listed below and realized that the list was largely the same. The only difference was that a few pieces of hardware had been upgraded slightly. Apart from that, ROF Computer-Installation was giving out small gifts. The most valuable among the options was a thumb drive. There were also other gadgets like cable ties, mousepads, keyboard-cleaning gels, and the like. All of these things were nicely packaged under a beautiful name: Christmas Eves Upgraded Package. Pei Qian was speechless. It was so strong! Look at the language used in the advertisement. Come and play computer games with us on Christmas Eve? Single men and women would flock to the event! Pei Qian was not interested in such Western festivals, but he guessed that only single men and women would be interested to come and play computer games on Christmas Eve. Obviously, this promotion was being run in order to take advantage of the festival. However it sounded quite effective! There was a particularly eye-catching line of words written in a beautiful font on the poster: Stocks are limited at this branch, 1500. Pei Qian guessed that this meant there were only five hundred system units for sale at this branch. Now, the number on the black was 428! That meant that more than four hundred system units had already been sold at the Handong University branch. Fish-Catching Internet Cafe had more branches, which were probably running the same promotion as well. Before this, the three prices that Pei Qian had set were either equal to or slightly higher than the sum of the various parts market prices. Those prices could only be reduced if they purchased in bulk. That meant ROF Computer-Installations profit margin had not been huge. In addition, they provided free upgrades to a few lucky people. The entire promotional event guaranteed that losses would be incurred. After 1024 Digital Day, the prices had been increased back to 8,999 yuan, 12,999 yuan, and 16,999 yuan respectively. Those prices looked way less reasonable to customers. The prices were worth it, considering that they included doorstep delivery and after-sale repair service. However, the promotional event that they had run had already exhausted customers enthusiasm in advance. Thus, for a short period after that, sales remained lukewarm. Nothing huge happened to attract Pei Qians attention. Yet, now, Zhang Yuan had miraculously upgraded some of the hardware, added some small gifts, and reduced the prices slightly. That created the illusion that the package was now extremely worth its price! Customers would think that the price-quality ratio was much better than before. In fact, they would think that the system units would be well worth their price. That was because all the gifts would be useful, and each system unit would be even cheaper if they bought in groups compared to if they bought one on their own. At the same time, this would generate considerable profits for ROFs computer-installation business. The full effects of the reputation that they had built up over the last two months would probably kick in with this Christmas Eve event! Pei Qian began to panic. Were not going to sell that many units, right? He was just about to go back into the internet cafe to question one of the waiters when he heard a surprised voice behind him. Boss Pei? Boss Pei turned around. Indeed, it was Zhang Yuan! Zhang Yuan looked very busy, but there was genuine joy on his face amidst the busyness. Boss Pei, I wanted to give you a surprise, but you found out about it before I could tell you. What do you think about this Christmas Eve promotional event? Weve been secretly preparing for it for a long time! Pei Qians heart suddenly felt weary. Why are all of these people so interested in giving me surprises? Theyre worrying me to death! Thankfully, I found out about this soon enough. Christmas Eve is tomorrow. I should still have time to think of a way to salvage the situation Pei Qian acted nonchalant as he asked, So how is this event helping sales? How much stock do we have in our inventory? Zhang Yuan grinned. Stock? Weve run out! Weve sold them all! As Zhang Yuan spoke he retrieved a sold out sign from out of nowhere. Then, he pasted it on top of the poster, covering the number 428. Pei Qian felt his vision blur. They had sold all of their stocks? Didnt they have many warehouses and a huge storage space in the outskirts of Jingzhou City? If they earned three to four hundred yuan per system unit sold and they sold thousands of system units It was not a lot of money, but it was still a huge blow to Boss Pei! Pei Qians expression was one of disbelief. How did they sell out so fast? They had a lot of stocks in their warehouses; how could they all be gone so quickly? Zhang Yuan smiled. Boss Pei, of course, we didnt sell them all over the past few days. Have you forgotten that Singles Day just passed? Thanks to 1024 Digital Day which you organized, ROF became more well-known in the city. If not for that promotional event, ROF would have had a hard time establishing itself in the market. After 1024 Digital Day, I started thinking about making ROF an online business. Other cities do not have Upwind Logistics to deliver the computers to their doorsteps and provide a warranty for the entire unit. However, compared to the unscrupulous merchants selling lemon products, customers think much better of us because we use solid materials and are honest businessmen. Of course, our sales cannot compare to those unscrupulous merchants. A few computer-installation businesses sold more than ten million units in forty minutes on Singles Day. On the other hand, we sold less than ten times that number. Dont worry, Boss Pei. I do not admire them at all. Ill remember your teachings well and ensure that ROF maintains its reputation-to be absolutely honest. All in all, our reputation has been improving during this period, and so have our sales. This Christmas Eve promotional event provided the perfect opportunity for us to clear our warehouses. We sold a batch of our stocks on Singles Day, another batch on December 12th, and another batch during this event. Now all of our warehouses have reported emergencies. Im trying to get more stocks in as quickly as I can! Speaking of which, I was too conservative back then and prepared too few stocks. If only I had prepared more Pei Qians expression darkened, and he immediately felt unwell. So that was what happened. The side effects of 1024 Digital Day were kicking in! The repercussions were huge! Pei Qian had been more cautious after that promotional event, but he had not noticed anything significant happening with ROF. After that, he became so busy with work that he had forgotten about it altogether. He had only turned his back for a while; he had not expected such a huge mess! Pei Qian asked, Well what plans do you have for now? After some consideration, Zhang Yuan answered, Ill set aside some funds to order more stocks and use the remaining funds to ramp up publicity! Im planning to buy good reviews and credibility ratings for our online shop and try my best to steal customers of unscrupulous merchants! Of course, Im also prepared to submit a portion of the profits to Tengda. After all, ROF has been getting funding from headquarters ever since it started. Now that losses have turned into profits, we have to submit a portion of those profits to headquarters to show our gratitude Pei Qian quickly raised his hand. You must not! Zhang Yuan, ? Pei Qian cleared his throat and said, Tengda does not lack money. Dont worry about that. You also shouldnt buy good reviews and credibility ratings! Although these are unspoken rules for online businesses, it is nothing but a sham. We mustnt do this sort of thing! Instead, we should spend all our money on getting new stocks. We didnt fill our huge warehouses up back then, right? Use whatever funds we earned to buy more stocks. Spend every last cent; dont be stingy! Also, promotional events like these are akin to making an overdraft on our potential to generate sales. Dont run them so often, understand? You should only run such events on 1024 Digital Day from now on. Dont adjust the prices otherwise! Pei Qian was at a loss. ROF was beginning to generate profits. What could he do? Pei Qian could not allow them to ramp up publicity efforts or submit a portion of their profits to Tengda. Thus, he had no choice but to ask Zhang Yuan to spend the money on getting more stocks! He guessed that everyone who wanted to purchase ROFs system unit probably already had done so during the event. Now, they could stop running advertisements or lowering their prices and focus on accumulating stocks by spending all the money they had earned on various hardware. Then, the hardware could be stored in the warehouses, where they would slowly depreciate in value. At the same time, the system units would no longer be sold at such low prices. Fewer customers would be willing to purchase them at their original price. Every time they sold a unit, they would replenish stocks. As long as they kept their inventories full, Pei Qian could guarantee that he would have no spare cash! Pei Qian could no longer count on ROF to incur losses. As long as they spent all of the money that they earned, Pei Qian would let them off. Confused, Zhang Yuan said, Boss Pei, if we have too much inventory, we might face greater pressure to make sales. Now that we cant run promotional events anymore, what if we fail to sell the system units? Pei Qian raised his hand. Dont worry about that. Thats what well do! If there are not enough warehouses, we can always rent more. The secret to expanding your business is to make sure that you have no spare cash on hand at all times, understand? Zhang Yuan opened his mouth to say something, but no words came out. After a while, he nodded and said, I-I understand. Chapter 367 - Boss Li’s Collaboration Plan Pei Qian had no more motivation after Zhang Yuans actions. He originally just wanted to come here to play a game but then he encountered his employees secretly messing up his plans! Pissed off! Pei Qian switched off the computer, sat at the coffee area, and ordered a cup of coffee. He thought about life while drinking. Life was so tough! After careful calculations, Pei Qian realized that the only projects that were working hard to lose money were Fish-Catching Take-Out and Upwind Logistics. There was a cold stab in his back suddenly. It was too difficult. Pei Qian could not take it lightly before the settlement. He had to plan ahead. It was about time to think about the next development of Fish-Catching Take-Out and Upwind Logistics. Especially Fish-Catching Take-Out. They were currently relying on Fish-Catching Internet Cafe so they could only deliver to the region around Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. However, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 1.0 was now profiting steadily. No matter whether it was raking sales of drinks or online business or the internet cafe. The Internet cafe had now turned losses into profits. Pei Qian was thinking if he should find an opportunity to hive out Fish-Catching Take-Out? Try to take the form of a fast-food chain so that customers could eat in stores or could order takeaways. This way, he could get rid of the profitable Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 1.0, expand Fish-Catching Take-Out to cover the entire Jingzhou, and continue to lose more money However, he had to give it some more thoughts. Would that cause any undue repercussions? What if something went wrong again and made the original loss-making Fish-Catching Take-Out profit-making? That would really not be worth it. Yes, he had to consider the long-term effects. Pei Qian thought while drinking his coffee. Boss Pei had been living rather leisurely recently. It seems like the haunted house project is going well? Pei Qian looked up. Li Shi was holding a cup of coffee and sat opposite him. Pei Qian fell silent for a while. Its still alright, thanks to Boss Li. Leisurely? It did seem that way on the surface. Progress on the haunted house? No good news was the greatest good news. Why, Boss Li wants to invest in my haunted house? Li Shi laughed a little awkwardly. Hm Ill give it some consideration. That was what he said, but he did not feel that way in his heart. Li Shi looked at Pei Qian and found his expression as calm as always. Moreover, it wasnt just calmness. There seemed to be a sense of boredom. He couldnt help but lament. Boss Pei was always so collected and unpredictable. Li Shi came with an objective today. He originally wanted to be polite, but he decided otherwise after some thought. Boss Pei wasnt someone who liked that kind of show. He would go straight to the point if that was the case! Li Shi pondered for a moment before he said. Boss Pei, I have a project which I would like to collaborate with you. I wonder if you would be interested. Pei Qian gave a polite smile. A project in which you want to collaborate with me? The projects that Boss Li liked were definitely not something good! Boss Li had been in the investment circle for such a long time after all. He might not be able to profit from all, but he had better vision than ordinary investors. The probability of profiteering was pretty high. Moreover, a fall in the pit, a gain in someones wit. Pei Qian was extremely distrustful of such a cooperation model judging from past collaboration experience. Pei Qian said with emotion. Boss Li, Ill definitely follow your investment when you have a project that would definitely make me lose my investment. Li Shi roared with laughter. Boss Pei can always say such witty jokes with seriousness. Pei Qian was silent. Li Shi continued, I heard that Boss Pei just had an investment firm established and invested heavily in an emerging games company abroad. The prospects are very good! Dare I ask Boss Pei if this is a project that will lose your investment? Pei Qian was silent. This question sounded reasonable so he could not refute it. Would you believe me if I told you that this project was invested in without my knowledge? Pei Qian looked at Li Shi with all sincerity. Li Shi laughed. Boss Pei, you are good at everything except that you like to deceive others! Hey, I understand. Soldiers are not tired of fraud in business. Pei Qian was silent. Li Shi obviously did not want to debate about this anymore. Boss Pei, lets talk business. I do have a project that I truly want to work with you. I have two other friends who want to collaborate with you as well to open a chain of nameless restaurants Pei Qian, ? Nameless restaurant chain stores? One nameless restaurant made me profit so much, another one now? Youre definitely a spy sent by a hostile company! Hm? That wasnt right. Boss Li was indeed from a hostile company Pei Qian took a sip of coffee. Not considering. Li Shi, Boss Pei is always so decisive in your rejections. Boss Pei rejected him before he could say anything Everyone would earn money happily with another chain. Wouldnt that be great? Moreover, even if he wanted a monopoly and had no interest in collaboration, he would not just refuse without listening, right? However, he had dealt with Boss Pei for quite a while and knew his temper. Li Shi recovered. Boss Pei, we dont have any other meaning. The nameless restaurant is your business; you can eat it whenever you want to. We, on the other hand, are on a one-month waiting list We just want to be able to have a good meal. Is this wish too much? Pei Qian was silent. I can eat whenever I want to? Boss Li, it seems like you are mistaken about the operation model of Ming Yun Private Kitchen I can only eat five times a month as well! However, it was indeed the case after thinking about it. It was so difficult for Boss Pei himself to have a meal, let alone someone else. The appointments for Ming Yun Private Kitchen were full up to two months later. It was simply unbearable for average diners. Pei Qian sighed slightly. Boss Li, you misunderstood me. I had never thought of and didnt mean to monopolize the food. Forget it, tell me your plan. Li Shi nodded. This idea stemmed from the resentment of not being able to eat delicious food. Im not the only one with this resentment in Jingzhou. Xue Zhebin and Wang Peng have similar resentments. Boss Pei should know these two people right? One of them is Xue Yuanqings only son, a professional rich second-generation heir; the other is the co-founder of Quanmin Reviews. Pei Qian was silent. Of course, he knew! They were the two idiots who made Ming Yun Private Kitchen popular! Boss Pei still remembered what happened that day as though it was yesterday. Xue Zhebin, this rich second-generation heir, was attracted by Zhang Zutings Weibo. He then brought this Wang Peng over. Wang Peng personally wrote a review for Ming Yun Private Kitchen on Quanmin Reviews, then there was no more. Ming Yun Villas later used Ming Yun Private Kitchen as publicity. Boss Li took the opportunity to follow and heated up the nearby low prices which led to the popularity of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe in Ming Yun Villas That was all for later. In short, Boss Pei would be irked when these two were mentioned. And now you still want to make money with me? Go to hell! Li Shi did not notice the abnormality in Boss Peis expression and continued. Boss Pei, the three of us are loyal diners of Ming Yun Private Kitchen! But its simply too painful to wait for an opening! It was okay at first when there were few people, but it became more popular as time went by. An appointment one week in advance is acceptable, but one month in advance is completely different! We originally booked a restaurant according to our schedule. Now, we have to change our schedules according to the availability of the restaurant! If you want to book a large scale banquet at Ming Yun Private Kitchen, you would have to book in advance wait until the dates are approaching before you can invite your partners to Jingzhou. Its too inconvenient!!! Pei Qian sighed secretly. He could only say that the three of them deserved it Sure enough, happiness depended on the comparison. Boss Pei felt really inconvenient being able to only book the entire place on the 20th of every month and the largest private room once every week. However, Boss Li and the other two were worse. Pei Qian couldnt help but sympathize with them when he heard that. Li Shi continued. Therefore, all of us agreed immediately to open a branch of Ming Yun Private Kitchen together with Boss Pei. Weve agreed that the capital, manpower, and management would be handled by the three of us. Boss Pei, you need only come out with the Nameless restaurant brand name. Well pay you dividends every month! Or, if Boss Pei is worried about its profitability, we can also use the franchise fee + dividend model. Well first pay a franchise fee for the golden brand of Nameless restaurant. Weve selected the location, to open it in a big shopping mall nearby so that traffic would be guaranteed. In short, the prospects are very good! Pei Qian was silent. The project sounded too reliable! It was so reliable that he did not dare participate in it blindly Pei Qian replied in a very sincere tone after thinking about it. Boss Li, I really cannot participate in this project. Moreover, the brand nameless restaurant is nothing much. You will be able to create a whole new high-end food and beverage brand as long as your dishes are excellent and your services are good. But dont worry Boss Li, Ill support you spiritually! You can ask me anytime if you meet any problems in the process of opening a restaurant. I will tell you all I know! Li Shi sighed gently. Alright, Boss Pei, I understand. Ill definitely not hand over this golden brand if I were you as well. The brand value of the nameless restaurant was created by Boss Peis hard work after all Pei Qian was silent. Misunderstanding, a complete misunderstanding! But Pei Qian could not explain it so he could only keep smiling politely. Li Shi said with slight regret. Okay, we can only rely on ourselves then. We hope that Boss Pei will join us on the day our restaurant opens! Pei Qian nodded profusely. Of course, Ill definitely go! Ill also bring all my staff with me! Well patronize frequently! Li Shi smiled. Boss Pei is the only one who can say such polite things so sincerely. Pei Qian was speechless. Being polite? That was my true heartfelt feelings! Ill be more than grateful to you if you could really open this restaurant and take away some customers of Ming Yun Private Kitchen and allow me to eat anytime without waiting in line! Li Shi said goodbye to Pei Qian and turned to leave. Pei Qian sent his sincere blessings silently. All the best, Boss Li! Bring down Ming Yun Private Kitchen as soon as you can! Chapter 368 - Realization of the Tengda Spirit December 27th, Monday Tengda Network Technology Co., Ltd. Wu Bin took a deep breath and calmed his mind. A week passed in the blink of an eye. It was time for the second Tengda Spirit compatibility test. It might not be the last chance, but he really did not dare delay anymore. Interns were not allowed to do any work. Passing the test one week later meant they could only officially start work one week later. That was simply too difficult! It was the first time Wu Bin realized that not working-doing nothing at workwas so torturous. Fortunately, this time, Hao Yun used her position as the person-in-charge to secretly help Wu Bin ask Li Yada, the person-in-charge of the gaming department, the secret of passing the test. The secret was simple. There were only two points: overthink and do everything possible to complete the task assigned by Boss Pei. It might be a little brief, but it was at least a good direction. Wu Bin deeply reflected on his answers over the past two days. He realized that he must have answered Boss Peis question about overtime wrongly. It should be that they couldnt work overtime normally. Rather, Boss Pei would personally request for overtime if there was a need! The open letter sent by Boss Pei in the internal forum basically proved this point. Wu Bin walked into the test venue with full confidence with this in mind. A crisp mouse click rang forth in the conference room. There were more than 30 people, more newcomers participating in the Tengda Spirit compatibility test than the previous time. n Three of them passed the test previously, but after the last test, another group of newcomers completed their resignation procedures at their original companies and officially joined Tengda. Therefore, the number of employees participating in the test had increased. These new faces had different expressions. Some were puzzled by the questions while some were dismissive of the questions. Wu Bin knew that these two types of people would probably not be able to pass the Tengda Spirit compatibility test specially prepared by Boss Pei. Obviously, many departments of the Tengda Corporation had secretly inquired about the secret for passing the test. However, the key was who could understand it better! Wu Bin felt that such comprehension ability was one of the qualities that Boss Pei must be focusing on! He started answering the questions seriously. Wu Bin was slightly surprised to find that 70% of the questions this time were different from the last test. Some questions had some simple change in wording, but the meaning had become totally different; some questions were new. He had never seen them before. The options for similar questions had changed slightly as well. In short, it was very confusing! In the previous test, Wu Bin answered them based on his feelings so he finished it pretty fast. However, this time, Wu Bin answered it very, very slowly. He read each question repeatedly and guessed the purpose of the question before repeatedly comparing the four options to find one that fit the best for the Tengda spirit. After the selection, he would put the option into the question and check it repeatedly. Someone finished answering it in no time. However, there was no doubt they would fail the test. Various sounds came from the conference room. Huh? This Tss! Holy f*ck! These people left the room one by one with different expressions under the watchful eyes of the invigilator of the administrative department. Some of them were confused, some were in disbelief and shock someone had an emotional breakdown on the spot with tears in their eyes. Obviously, it was the second time for some, but they did not manage to pass. Wu Bin was now answering even more seriously. In the end, only a few people remained in the conference room. Wu Bin checked the time when he finished all the questions. There were less than ten minutes left. Hu I did not manage time too well. Lets submit it! There might be still some time, but the test software did not allow them to go back to check the answers. However, it was lucky that Boss Pei prepared enough time for them to answer all the questions so that people like Wu Bin who answered slowly had ample time. Wu Bin guessed that it might be a hint from Boss Pei for everyone to have enough time to explore the deep meaning behind the questions. Wu Bin held the mouse with trembling hands and clicked the submit button. A line of words appeared on the screen: Congratulations, you passed the test! YES! Wu Bin almost shouted in excitement. He passed! He finally obtained Boss Peis approval and officially became a member of Tengda! Wu Bin could not describe this wonderful feeling. He felt his spirit sublimate after he finished the entire set of questions! He suddenly realized something at this moment. His work experience in Hengtu Games was all wrong! It was all a big mistake! Of course, the mistake did not originate from him. Hengtu Games was a wrong environment which was why he went off track. Tengda Games was far more successful than Hengtu Games so Tengda Games method must be more correct! Now, the Tengda Spirit compatibility test was using the Tengda Spirit compatibility test to reverse his originally incorrect working model! Wu Bin returned to his workstation happily. The first thing he did was to open a document to record his realization. Why does Boss Pei repeatedly mention not to allow employees to work overtime? Even if there is a need to work overtime, why is it strictly controlled and even given ample overtime pay? Obviously, Boss Pei sees the tremendous damage to his employees creativity caused by overtime! Other companies only see the short term benefits and saved costs by squeezing their employees. However, that would lead to a decrease in employee motivation, creativity, and efficiency in the long run. Some companies force their employees to work twelve hours a day. However, the efficiency of the employees was reduced, and their work enthusiasm suffered. That was why the amount of work completed was about the same. Tengda, however, forced their employees to complete these tasks within the eight hours a day. That is asking employees to improve their work efficiency and creativity. That was why they could complete the work that other companies could complete by working overtime! Strictly controlling the amount of overtime and paying enough overtime fees are all about maintaining the enthusiasm of their employees as much as possible! Therefore, the true meaning of the Tengda Spirit compatibility test is not to encourage employees to be slackers but to screen out those who work really hard! Is someone working twelve hours a day a really hard-working employee? No! Its the exact opposite in Tengda. Such employees would be those whose efficiency is low. They work overtime to show their leaders, not really because they are hard-working. Thats all just superficial work. In Boss Peis point of view, completing tasks without working overtime means high work productivity. It means knowing how to combine work and rest, how to have work-life balance! Only such employees can maintain a healthy body, active thinking, and unconstrained imagination. They would not be overwhelmed by long overtime, killing their morale, and distorting their imaginations. That is a true long-term vision! Therefore, the Tengda spirit is not simply working overtime or simply obeying what Boss Pei wants. The Tengda spirit is to learn how to have a work-life balance. Not working overtime in order to maintain a healthy body and a good working condition to make ones career path smoother, develop the company better, and achieve a win-win situation! This test seems to encourage us to obey everything Boss Pei says on the surface, but that is obviously not the ultimate goal of Boss Pei. Otherwise, he wouldnt have created such a beat-around-the-bush way to come up with a set of test questions for everyone to guess. You can only pass the test by understanding to this level. This meant that what Boss Pei wants is not a puppet who listens to him, but people who can truly understand his intentions, have good enough comprehension, and have a strong ability to think independently! Boss Pei must have selected his talents according to this set of criteria which is why Tengda has gathered so many talents! If they continue this interview process, the future of Tengda the future would be limitless! Wu Bin felt that his views of HR had been completely subverted. In the past, he saw HR as nothing more than hiring, negotiating pay, poaching people, and finding ways to kick old employees away. However, Boss Pei had taught him a lesson. Many companies regarded their employees as opponents. They did everything possible to squeeze their employees. As a result, employees had no enthusiasm for work. Once this ethos was formed, it would seriously affect the future development of the company. In Tengda, the interests of the company and the employees were aligned. That was a harmonious, win-win relationship! Wu Bin felt like he was completely enlightened. He decided to record his realization in whole. He must apply the Tengda spirit to HR in the future. He mustnt disappoint Boss Peis good intentions! Tuesday Pei Qian was in the office, checking the results of the second Tengda Spirit compatibility test. A total of 12 people passed the test out of the 35 who took them. The passing rate had increased significantly! Pei Qian could not help but nod slightly. It seemed like everyones understanding of the Tengda spirit was progressing very quickly! However, there were also a dozen new recruits who failed twice in a row. If they still failed the Tengda Spirit compatibility test after their one-month internship, then he would only let them go with regrets. Pei Qian did not feel any pain towards losing these people. They were all diehard fans of overtime. Such people should not become Tengdas employees! He could only sit back and relax when he eliminated such dangers as soon as possible! Li Yada updated two stable versions of GOG at her workstation. One was the regular version, the other was the version revised based on the opinions of Dream Realization Ventures. The two versions finally seemed passable after such a long period of modification. Balance was still a problem, but at least, it seemed like a test version of this serious game no longer looked like a crude semi-finished product. The bugs were mostly fixed. These versions were basically stable. Of course, there would definitely be more bugs if they updated it, but they would not need to worry in the short term. Li Yada knew that she could rest assured at least for the five days that she wouldnt be here. She would be able to proceed to the next round of development after collecting the opinions of players during the five days she was gone. Li Yada was about to shut down her computer when she realized that Hao Yun from the HR department sent him a document. The title of the document was Interpretation of the Tengda spirit (Speculated). En? What was this? Li Yada clicked open the file with some doubts. Chapter 369 - What is the Tengda Spirit? There were a few lines at the start. This document should be regarded with absolute secrecy and only be transmitted privately. It is forbidden to be posted onto the internal forum and on the net. Boss Pei hates dogma. The real Tengda spirit lies in Boss Peis heart. Boss Pei has the final authority to explain. This document is just a rough gauge of the Tengda spirit. It does not represent Boss Peis real views. Everyone, please maintain independent views about the content of the document. Distill your own understanding from it. The general meaning was as such: This was not a standard teaching material, only a more superficial understanding. It was only for reference and should not be regarded as the only correct answer. It also did not represent Boss Peis true thinking. It was best to comprehend the Tengda spirit by themselves. Li Yada flipped the page and found that there was quite a bit of content to it. She continued to read the main body of the document. Tengda spirit number one: work with high efficiency, focus on innovation. The first mission is to do your best not to work overtime to realize this first spirit. Not working overtime is one of Boss Peis most important principles. However, many people only simply see it as concern for the employees, but they fail to realize the true meaning within. Boss Pei hopes that everyone will be able to adapt to such high-pace work life through making a no-overtime mandatory. It is to continuously restrain oneself to increase ones efficiency and to generate new ideas. Find all ways to increase work efficiency through not working overtime and make this a good habit. Tengda spirit number two: obey the leader and maintain independent thinking. The next thing one had to do is to complete Boss Peis request at all costs. Boss Pei often asks for seemingly unreasonable requests. However, it is always proven after that there are deep meanings behind them. One shall do all they can to complete Boss Peis requests even if one does not understand the true meaning behind it. That holds immense importance in understanding Boss Peis meaning. There is a saying: read a book a hundred times and understand it differently every time. You will be able to understand it one day if you follow Boss Peis direction with gusto. However, be careful. Boss Pei does not hope for all the employees to be blind sheep following him. Boss Pei always puts out requests without explanation because he wants his employees to develop independent thinking. Therefore, one has to maintain independent thinking to solve problems while carrying out Boss Peis requests. One shall not pin all hopes on Boss Pei, but to show ones own independent ways so that one can share the burden with Boss Pei. Tengda spirit number three: work-life balance, long-term goals. To realize this, it is important to enjoy company benefits to its fullest. Many employees are embarrassed to play games in the office, eat their snacks, drink their coffees, or to enjoy too much of the benefits in the company. That is a totally wrong way of thinking! The company provides these benefits and such a good working environment so that the employees can understand what work-life balance was. Good health is a prerequisite for work. Many have experienced occupational damage once they reached mid-life. They will not be able to concentrate, and their bad work state will affect their efficiency. Tengda views their employees as their fortune. It is a huge loss to the company if their employees fall sick. Therefore, Boss Pei prepares so many benefits and provides such a good working environment all so that the employees can enjoy work-life balance. They will be able to take care of their bodies so that everyone will be able to continue working with Tengda 10, 20, or even 30 years later. Everyone shall accept these benefits with a peace of mind and enjoy them. Bury these feelings in the bottom of your heart and use a higher work enthusiasm and a more active working state to reciprocate to the company! The Tengda spirit is broad and profound. This is just one aspect of it. Knowing is easy, doing is difficult. I hope everyone can start with the simplest. Do all you can to not work overtime. Find all means to complete Boss Peis requests. Enjoy the company benefits to the fullest. Start with the simplest things, dont let Boss Peis expectations down, and become a true part of Tengda! Fully understand the Tengda spirit on these bases: Work efficiently; focus on innovation Obey the leader, maintain independent thinking Work-life balance, long-term goals! Li Yada fell silent after reading this document. She suddenly felt guilty! It turned out that Boss Pei ordered us not to work overtime with such deep meaning? Li Yada couldnt help but feel a little ashamed that she had such a lack of understanding of the Tengda spirit even though he was the person-in-charge of the gaming department. She often worked overtime secretly as well. What a failure of a person-in-charge she was! On the one hand, it reflected on the inefficiency of her work; on the other hand, it reflected her lack of understanding. She had to work harder! This document was really useful! She replied hurriedly. Thank you, this document is a great help! Is this something you came up with? Hao Yun replied immediately, It wasnt me, but one of the staff from our department who had just passed the Tengda spirit test. Theres no need to thank me. This is a return gift for the feedback given by that employee previously! The employee in our department hopes to guide the new employees in the other departments so that they could better understand the Tengda spirit and truly integrate into the big family of Tengda as soon as possible! However, this document should not be circulated. It should be kept as part of the companys secrets. I think that this document should only be stored on the person-in-charges computer and needed multiple-layer encryption. Only those hardworking staff that we think are qualified to learn about the Tengda spirit should understand these contents! Li Yada suddenly understood. Okay, I understand, thank you very much! Three people in the gaming department had passed in the first test, but there would definitely be more newcomers who have to go through the Tengda Spirit compatibility test. Such a document would be very important when the time came! Hao Yun passed this document to the persons-in-charge of the other departments instead of sending it directly through the intranet. Obviously, she felt that this document was just a one-sided opinion and might not necessarily represent the opinions of Boss Pei. Boss Pei might be enraged if rumors or misunderstandings were to arise or if someone were to interfere with the Tengda Spirit compatibility test. Therefore, it should only be circulated within a small circle of people and shouldnt be leaked to everyone. Li Yada decided that she would show an employee this document to comprehend the Tengda spirit if that employee was about to be eliminated and she liked this person very much. That was equivalent to having a good guide for those who were temporarily lost and was searching for a path. In short, only key members could see and learn from this document. If these key members could form good practice in their work, they would naturally be able to guide the normal staff, allowing them to come together spontaneously. Li Yada hid the document carefully into a hidden folder and encrypted it to prevent leakage. Li Yada came to Boss Pei office when everything was ready. She knocked on the door and gave her schedule to Boss Pei, telling him that she would only be back on Monday and for him to contact her at any time if anything was required. Pei Qian smiled. Dont worry, I wont contact you. Have fun and a well-deserved rest. Dont worry about anything at work. Its getting late; get going! Li Yada left the office with an illusion of being kicked out of the company inexplicably. Pei Qian felt a lot more relaxed now that he saw Li Yada off. He should be safe now since so many core members had gone abroad for play? He could rest well for one week now, right? What a hard-won leisure time. Pei Qian casually swiped the web and checked the latest news. He searched for IOI and Finger Games Company as keywords into the website when he suddenly remembered something. There were only some very minor reports. Its popularity was very low, and there were basically no players discussing it on forums. Pei Qian changed the keyword search to English and searched again. He relied on his Level Four proficiency in English to search for a long time in the vast search results. He still could not find what he wanted to find! There were only a few pieces of information saying that IOI had been tested once, but there was not too much information about the results. They only used some more polite terms to describe it. That meant to say that it didnt seem like it was very popular. Pei Qian could not help but feel bothered. Strange, why isnt there any news of it becoming a hit? The game should have become rather popular in the United States after the official testing. It would then spread to the country and around the world in a short period of time according to Pei Qians memory. In fact, a group of information website and opinion leaders among the players paid close attention to the game before LOLs local service was opened. Why was there no hustle at all? It was normal that no one cared about it locally since it was still early. What about overseas? Finger Games raised so much money but had done nothing much so far? That efficiency was too low. However, Pei Qians thoughts ran again. The timing of finance of the company was much later than Riot Games therefore. That game would take some time before it really caught up. There would probably be similar news after waiting a bit? Pei Qian decided to continue observing for a while. Pei Qian checked the dates after switching off his computer. It was getting closer to the exam week. It was about time to get notes from Old Ma. Pei Qian had not gone to Dream Realization Ventures since Old Ma invested in IOI previously. On the one hand, he did not want to recall sad memories; on the other, it was because Dream Realization Ventures had run out of money which was impossible to backstab him anymore. However, he left his good brother alone during this period of time. He had to make a trip to Dream Realization Ventures for the notes and also to see how Old Ma was now. He heard someone shouting the moment he reached Dream Realization Ventures. Boss Ma, ulti now! No problem, Boss Ma, Ill back you up! Boss Ma, leave me behind; withdraw yourself! It sounded like the battle was rather fierce and impassioned. Pei Qian could not help but nod slightly. Yes, this is exactly my ideal company! Old Ma is my good brother indeed; he never fails me! Uh except the previous incident. Pei Qian felt that it wasnt entirely Old Mas fault the other time. It was also a coincidence. Old Ma did not do it intentionally. It was an accident. Moreover, the success of the investment was inconclusive. He should not just banish his good brother. He should wait until after the exam week before banishing him at least. Pei Qian crept in quietly and stood behind Ma Yang. He was not playing Gods Rising, but GOG! Eh??? Three question marks appeared above Pei Qians head immediately. Chapter 370 - Coin-Scattering Hedgehog Pei Qian stood behind Ma Yang silently, looking at him being driven away by the enemys heroes. Eh? Was it not a rigged match? Pei Qian was a little puzzled, seeing how the other side attacked so ruthlessly. It didnt seem like it was someone friendly. Both sides fought extremely violently in a wave of team battles. The three teammates on their side and the five from the enemy team were indistinguishable. They managed to hit them down to three with superb coordination and tacit cooperation. Another team member was frantically taking the lead. He successfully demolished two towers during this wave of team battle, threatening the opponents high ground. And Ma Yang Ran away in the midst of bloody cries for Boss Ma run away. Pei Qian took a closer look. Ma Yang was playing as a strange beast hero. It looked like a wolf but had a sturdy body and a dragon tail. It had a huge head, two unicorn-shaped horns on top of its head. It had a huge basin as its mouth and looked rather uncoordinated. However, there was a strange sense of cuteness to it. Pei Qian had a slight impression of this hero. It was a Taotie; its IP belonged to an old domestic animation. Of course, the figure in the animation was inspired by an exotic gluttonous animal in traditional culture. The Taotie had many images. Everyone had different opinions, and there was no absolute right answer. The Taotie in domestic animation was rather influential and had a high degree of recognition. That was why they bought the IP in this game. This was a hero with both defense and team-building capabilities in the design of GOG. It could swallow both their teammate and enemy heroes. It could also control the enemy within a limited range and also activate skills to improve ones own damage reduction ability. In theory, this should be a rather good support hero to novices. One could just rush to the enemys defense or use its swallowing skills to project your key teammates even if one was a novice. It had a very high lower limit. Its upper limit wasnt too shabby as well. However, in Old Mas hands, this hero did not do anything of that sort. He slipped off, covered in blood, and sold his three teammates decisively. Pei Qian couldnt help but sigh. He had seen many rigged games, but it was the first time he saw four tanks and one assist! Pei Qian confirmed it after taking a closer look. The other party was really not a friendly opponent. It should be an enemy randomly matched online. In previous 5v5 rigged games, the party on the opponent side acted realistically, but Pei Qian could see traces of the game being rigged. After all, allowing Old Ma to kill nine people in the game by himself could only be achieved with some rather inferior acting. Now, the opponents seemed to be hitting Ma Yang rather cruelly. They did not seem like current employees but employees that left. Luckily, Old Ma escaped pretty fast; otherwise, he would have died miserably. The other employees had spotted Pei Qian standing behind Ma Yang by now. However, none of them spoke, seeing the hush gesture by Boss Pei. Ma Yang wore the earphones and stared at the screen intently, unaware a person was standing behind him. Nar Of course, even if he did see Pei Qian, he would probably just greet him and go back to his game. Old Ma might be muddled, but he never gave up on his teammates. He was still rather reliable from this point of viewif one did not consider his performance in the game. Old Mas current actions were no different from abandoning his teammates now. Pei Qian watched on happily. If he was in the game and was Old Mas teammate, he would probably have cursed him. However, Pei Qian only had one thought in mind as a bystander. Was there any food? Bring me some; Im so hungry! However, he could not help but sympathize with Boss Mas four teammates. They were obviously better than the opponents, but they were hit so badly. However, Pei Qians smile gradually faded from his face as he watched on. Extreme pleasure would end in sorrow! Wait, this version of GOG doesnt look right? Ma Yangs last hit was executed so badly. Why did his equipment not fall too far behind? Also, wasnt his hero a support hero? Ma Yang killed the enemy with the help of his teammates and was awarded an 800-yuan bounty? Such a setting was relatively familiar to Pei Qian so he did not immediately realize that something was wrong. However, he noticed something wrong immediately after thinking for a while! The original GOG design wasnt like this because this game was copied from Gods Rising! He took a closer look. Not only were there changes in the last hit and the rules to bounty, but even the map seemed smaller than what it was previously. The elements on the map seemed to be changed as well! Pei Qians heart sank and turned cold. Whats going on?! Who modified the game? Why were there so many problems the more he looked into the details? He wanted to inspect even closer, but the game was already over. It was a 405 most of the time, but Ma Yangs team still won because his teammates were really strong Ma Yang took off his earphones and contentedly. Winning streak! The special training some time ago really helped me gain improvement. We can now win randomly matched players continuously! The employees around applauded, bootlicking all around. Boss Ma improved leaps and bounds! Actually, Boss Mas skills were rather good in the first place. You just did not meet good teammates until now. Even though Boss Ma did not win the MVP for this round, you played the biggest role in our victory! Pei Qian remained silent. Old Ma, this years tree planting day has been over for quite some time now. Why hasnt a B-tree taken root in your heart? Moreover, what a bunch of bootlickers youve hired I cant continue listening anymore! Forget it, the bootlickers werent important. Lets clarify the problem with GOG first! Pei Qian was a little speechless. Didnt Li Yada and Bao Xu travel to the United States for a tour? How could you all still give me trouble being so far away? Or perhaps you buried this minefield for me before you left? Luckily, I came to borrow notes from Old Ma today. If not, I dont know how long I would be kept in the dark! Pei Qian subconsciously wanted to ask about the game but changed his mind. What would these investment individuals in Dream Realization Ventures know about GOG? Forget it, hed search for the answer himself! Someone had pulled over a chair beside Ma Yang for Boss Pei to sit. Pei Qian gave a slight cough. Did you bring it? Ma Yang nodded hurriedly. Yes, Brother Qian, please keep it well. He pulled out an ordinary-looking hardcover notebook from the drawer as he spoke. Pei Qian reached for it and passed it to his chauffeur, Little Sun. Little Sun put this hardcover book hurriedly into his business bag for Boss Pei. No one else took another look. What was in that book? Probably some confidential information! Why would Boss Pei personally make a trip down to take it from Boss Ma otherwise? Pei Qian planned to find a copy shop to make a copy and take some time to memorize the notes for the only closed-book exam during the exam week. However, the most important problem at hand was GOG. We havent played together for some time. Up for one game? Pei Qian suggested. Ma Yang was elated. Sure, Brother Qian! Ill also show you the results of my special training! Pei Qian remained silent. He was in total doubt about the results of Ma Yangs special training! The sun would rise from the west if a slacker like Ma Yang could really improve with four professional players who would not outplay him no matter what. However, Pei Qians objective was to observe the current situation of GOG. They entered the ten-person selection interface in no time. Pei Qian was a little lost when faced with the dazzling array of heroes. Of course, there were only a dozen, which was not too many. The game was in the development phase after all. However, Pei Qian had never played any of the heroes here so he naturally felt at a loss as to who to choose. Pei Qian clicked on the heroes one by one to view their skills and introduction. Pei Qian noticed a line of words under Modest, the Guardian of Justice: I would like to use this hero to pay tribute to Boss Pei, the Chief Designer of Tengda Games! Huh? Pei Qian couldnt help but feel great. Such inadvertent bootlicking was always irresistible! Lets use it since its my exclusive hero! Pei Qian did not hesitate to use Modest, the Guardian of Justice. He only noticed the many weapons behind the heros back after he chose him. Why did he have so many weapons? Putting aside the knife, gun, and sword; why was there hayfork and broom? What did this mean? The Gate of Babylon(a) of the others was hidden in the void and could be summoned at any time. Why was my Gate of Babylon on my back? The Iron Thrones[b] of the others were usually beneath their butts. Why is mine on my shoulders? Was this part not thought through carefully? Ma Yang turned towards Pei Qian just as he wanted to ask his question. Eh? Brother Qian, youre going to play as the Coin-Scattering Hedgehog? Pei Qian remained silent. Why are you swearing at me? Pei Qians face turned black. What Coin-Scattering Hedgehog? Am I not the Guardian of Justice? Ma Yang replied. Yes, yes, yes. He is the Guardian of Justice. But its designed like a hedgehog. Moreover, he would scatter coins when stabbed in the back. Its a really fun character! Pei Qian remained silent. He really wanted to know who designed this hero now. He had no other intentions but to give the designer a paid travel package to the Sahara Desert, Antarctica, and the tropical rainforests of East Africa to broaden their horizons. [a]Please put a TL note for this. What does it mean? [b]Same for this one. Chapter 371 - I’m Still the One at Fault? Pei Qian wanted to switch his hero, but things had already been fixed, and the game was about to begin. He had no other choice but to play along. Before entering the game, Pei Qian already saw a bad sign. As if filled with chemistry, everyone had already chosen their respective lanes! There was a label next to each persons icon. The other three people quickly adjusted their own labels to say mid-laner, wanderer, and bottom laner respectively. Ma Yang also earnestly changed his own label to say commander. Pei Qian clicked on his own label and discovered that there was only one option left: top laner. He could not help but feel surprised. Wasnt this the classic way of splitting roles based on his own memory? Something was amiss. All of a sudden, Pei Qian felt like he had just traveled through time. The three lanes were still named in the same way: top, middle, and bottom. However, the jungler and support roles were now called wanderer and commander. Based on Pei Qians memory, this method of splitting roles had already been employed in season one of IOI. The game had not been completed in season one, and the method of splitting roles had still been left up to the teams to deal with in any way they wanted. However, during the world competition, Europes elite team had figured out that splitting the roles in this way could guarantee that the teams resources would be maximized. After that, this way of splitting roles was termed the EU Way. It became more and popular until Riot Games made it the standard way of splitting roles in the game. The facts had proven that splitting roles in this way was way more advantageous than cheating. IS V IO The biggest benefit was that it made the game much easier for newbies to pick the skills up. Every lane had a clear goal, appropriate heroes, and strategies. Even if new players did not understand the game, they could still focus on doing their duties in their respective lanes. That meant a team of five newbies could still do very well. Team members did not have to fight for resources among themselves and cause bitterness before the game even began. However, such a strategy should only have arisen about a year later. Why was it coming up in GOG? Although the names of the roles were different, the overall effect was still the same. Further, Pei Qian wondered who had been so despicable as to call the supporter a commander. It was no wonder that someone like Ma Yang, who loved recognition, would willingly take up a role like that. Pei Qian had a bad feeling about this. However, after some thought, he decided not to panic or become anxious. He had just entered the game, and he had to wait until he had fully experienced it before he made a decision. Pei Qian first tried out Coin-Scattering Hedgehogs moves. Its passive skill was spending money. Hitting Q caused it to scatter coins after being stabbed in the back. Hitting W caused it to chase its employees away, forbidding them from working overtime. Hitting E caused it to send employees on holiday. Hitting R made it stab itself in the back continuously. Pei Qians face turned green. Who had designed this? There was a huge problem! It was a subtle jab at him-it definitely was! If this had occurred in the evil past, Pei Qian would have officially persecuted them! However, they were now in the bright, new age. As a boss, he had to be more magnanimous. Alright, he would live and let live. He could always send the person on a surprise paid holiday to the Great East African rift valley or the haunted house. As the game progressed, Pei Qian discovered more problems. Compared to Gods Rising, this game was far easier! No matter how horrible ones last hit was, they could obtain bounty rewards. Even if one died, they did not lose money. There was an extra award for ending peoples streaks, and the map was so small that teammates could offer assistance quickly. Pei Qian had a bad feeling about this. It would be much easier for newbies to become good at this game! However, as he played the game, Pei Qian noticed some positive things as well. Firstly, the game was quite imbalanced. Pei Qian had noticed that Modest was too powerful! Not only could it tank damage, but it could also deal considerable basic damage after developing normally. As long as one picked the right time to pentakill when everyone gathered together, the hero could trash everyone in team battles. One could also hit W to stop enemies from retreating, before charging at them and throwing coins at them rapidly. Even while running away, the hero could deal damage to surrounding enemies. Hitting E would also toss Old Ma into the group of people. It was extremely fun to watch. Of course, Old Mas Taotie[1] would quickly swallow Pei Qians hero and spit him out into the group of enemies as revenge. However, the two would have vastly different endings. As a solo top-laner that could tank damage, Pei Qian could deal damage to the others as they did the same to him. By throwing him into the group of enemies, Old Ma would be giving him the perfect opportunity to engage enemies. On the other hand, Old Mas Taotie was nothing but a supporter that could tank more damage. After being summoned into the group by Pei Qian, Ma Yang would suffer huge damage from the surrounding enemies. Of course, the opponents would not go so far as to kill him off. They would only attack him symbolically before allowing Old Ma to escape. After all, it was not worth losing their jobs over. Having played the game for some time, Pei Qian realized that GOG had not seemed to consider the problem of imbalance. Either that, or they had not considered it hard enough. The stronger heroes were so much more powerful than the weaker heroes that the latter would find it impossible to play the game. On top of that, although the game was playable, bugs still surfaced every now and then. Although they did not affect the games operations, they still caused Pei Qian to feel irritated. Furthermore, some details in the content had not been perfected. Take the heroes models, actions, and style, for example. It was the same for some mechanisms in the game as well. All of them could be improved. Simply put, the game was only half-done. Whats more, it was far from being completed. After playing one round of the game, Pei Qian gave overall feedback for the current version of GOG. Actually, the only merits of the fame were the fixed assignment of roles and the new way of obtaining gold coins in the game. The most important parts of MOBA Games, such as the games balance, the games quality, the characters IP, and the like were not very well-done. Furthermore, even though the barriers to the game had been lowered to some extent for newer players, GOG had not done it that well either. In his heart, Pei Qian genuinely thought that GOG was far from complete. He relaxed slightly. In the short-term, the game probably would not cause him many problems. As for Modest, the hero that was meant to be a subtle, malicious jab at Pei Qian. Pei Qian decided to let the matter rest. After all, the hero was very powerful and useful. Obviously, the designer had a conscience. Still, while he could let the problems with the characters rest, he could not let the problems with the game go. That was because hidden threats still existed. Pei Qian looked at the half-complete GOG and fell into deep thought. The most pressing question to resolve was: who had made those modifications to the game? All of a sudden, He Desheng spoke. Boss Pei, what do you think of our suggestions? Theyre not bad, right? Pei Qian, ? He was perplexed. Your suggestions? What suggestions? He Desheng paused for a moment and then replied, Our suggestions for the games modifications! Increasing the bounty rewards, reducing the size of the map, and assigning fixed lanes these were all our ideas! Our initial intention was to allow Boss Ma to have better gaming experience. However, it turned out to be quite successful! He Desheng was obviously trying to take credit for his achievements. After all, Dream Realization Ventures had not done any work ever since it invested in Finger Games back then. Although Ma Yang was He Desheng and the others direct superior, all of them knew very well that Boss Pei was the big boss. Even if they managed to please Boss Ma, all their efforts would be wasted if Boss Pei decided to fire them. Thus, He Desheng decided to grasp this rare opportunity to display his talents in front of Boss Pei. He needed to let Boss Pei know that everyone was still contributing significantly to Tengda even though Dream Realization Ventures had no work on its hands at the moment! Whats more, he was not exactly stealing someone elses credit. Everyone had indeed come together to brainstorm modifications. The results had also proven to be good. The version of GOG that was meant to be an offering to Boss Ma was more popular than the original version in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. The data reflected this very clearly. He Desheng wondered if Boss Pei would remember to reward this bunch of brothers even if he did not give them a pay raise on the spot. Indeed, the corners of Boss Peis lips curled upwards in an inexplicable smile. Yes, your suggestions were very good. Youve been a great help! He Desheng immediately looked embarrassed. Boss Pei, youre flattering us. Were just doing our jobs! Pei Qian was smiling on the outside but sniggering on the inside. Ive found the culprits! Whats more, they had revealed themselves willingly! Pei Qian had not even thought about them. He had thought that Li Yadas design team had been responsible for the modifications to GOG. Why would he have linked them to Dream Realization Ventures? Yet, He Desheng shot himself in the foot and came clean on his own! Alright, He Desheng. I shouldnt have kept you once I saw your name back then! Pei Qian maintained the smile on his face as he asked, How did you think of giving suggestions to modify GOG? Grinning, He Desheng explained, At first, we only wanted to make sure that the games system did not limit Boss Mas outstanding talents. Furthermore, we were not just giving suggestions to modify GOG. We were also sending the same suggestions to Finger Games. Boss Pei, dont be too concerned about this. We were just offering a tiny bit of help based on our experience and skills! He Desheng was acting humble. Pei Qian could not help but feel stunned. His thoughts had been interrupted. He was not concerned about He Deshengs pleasantries, but he was concerned about the line in the middle. They had sent the same suggestions to Finger Games? Didnt that mean that IOI and GOG would be going down the same path? No, IOI would be ahead of GOG for sure. After all, Finger Games had larger investments, more time, and more manpower. Yes it was a false alarm. Since IOI was going to be way ahead of GOG, there was no need for Pei Qian to worry anymore. In any case, there could only be one winner. Even if GOG could generate some profit in the short-term, Pei Qian would be able to spend all that money on buying as many copyrights as possible. It would not be a problem. At that thought, Pei Qian relaxed slightly. Alright, alright. This He Desheng does not deserve the death penalty. Pei Qian had almost decided to send him on a paid holiday to the Great East African rift valley. Since that was the case he would let He Desheng live. However, he still had to be punished. They could not be allowed to play games any longer! Pei Qian glanced at Ma Yang and then considered the precious supporting players beside him. He began to think about what had caused the entire mess in the first place. GOG was now more newbie-friendly because of the suggestions made by He Desheng and the others. Their suggestions had purely been aimed at improving Boss Mas gaming experience. Boss Ma was only playing games all day because He had nothing else to do. Why was that? It was because Pei Qian had not given him any more money after Ma Yang spent the twenty million yuan. All work at Dream Realization Ventures had stopped since then. The more Pei Qian considered those things, the more he realized one thing: Im still the one at fault? [1] This is a ferocious mythological animal that resembles a dragon. Chapter 372 - Don’t Blame Me for Being Ruthless! Pei Qian could not accept this conclusion. No way, no way! This doesnt make sense! I have to make some changes! If he allowed Ma Yang to continue playing, He Desheng and the rest would continue to make suggestions to improve GOG. Then, the situation would develop out of Pei Qians control. He had to give Old Ma some work to do. After some consideration, Pei Qian said in a serious voice, Old Ma, dont play games anymore. He turned to address He Desheng and the others. You as well. Youre not allowed to play games with Boss Ma anymore. He Deshengs face drained of all color. Whats happening? Have my efforts to curry favor backfired? Were our suggestions bad? Did they go against the design concept that Boss Pei had in mind? Or is Boss Pei unhappy with us because he thinks that were not taking our jobs seriously? The atmosphere in the office immediately became tense. There was no big deal about the rule that they could not play games anymore. However, everyone was more worried about leaving a bad impression on Boss Peis mind! Pei Qian continued, Ill transfer another sum of money to Dream Realization Ventures soon. Think about new investment projects that we can contribute to. Everyone in the office visibly relaxed. He Desheng could not help but feel ashamed for his attitude earlier. What was I thinking about?! Is Boss Pei that petty? Look, Boss Peis not even angry. In fact, hes rewarding us! The best outcome that He Desheng had thought of earlier was an increase in salary. However, Boss Pei was now offering Dream Realization Ventures another sum of money. That was even better than getting a pay raise! Pei Qian had no idea what He Desheng was thinking. However, he knew that whatever the latter was thinking was probably a far cry from whatever he was thinking. After what happened the previous time, Pei Qian had intended to leave Dream Realization Ventures with no work to do for a period. However, he had discovered that the group of employees had started working on GOG while they had nothing else to do. That was extremely dangerous! He had to give them something. Although Boss Pei did not have much spare cash left, Tengdas businesses were now quite big. He could afford to fork out another three or four million yuan without much issue. However, the outcome of Ma Yangs investment in IOI had not been revealed yet. For now, Pei Qian found it difficult to trust Ma Yang again. Pei Qian had to take charge of the investment this time! Ma Yang nodded profusely. Alright, Brother Qian, no problem! Ill spend the money as quickly as possible! Pei Qians expression darkened. No, no, no. Dont be so rash this time. Look around for a while. Find more dream realization projects. Ill come over after some time, and we can discuss things before you make a decision. Ma Yang looked confused. Brother Qian, werent you the one who taught me to be daring and invest when I should, without hesitating? Didnt you tell me to invest in whatever I liked and trust in my own instincts? Pei Qian cleared his throat twice. Hehe, I did say that before. Youre right. However, that was when you were new to investing. You had just joined the industry. I kept emphasizing to you not to hesitate in order to nurture your decisiveness in making investments! Now, the situation is different. You already have experience investing twenty million yuan. Its time to advance to the next stage. A realization dawned on Ma Yang. Alright, Brother Qian. Whats the next stage? Go ahead! Pei Qian pondered for a moment and said, I have to show this to you using an actual project and analysis. Without a project in front of us, well just be talking in abstract. We might end up becoming dogmatic. How about this? Choose a proposal based on my requirements. Collect any proposal that reflects big dreams. Ill make another trip down after some time in order to discuss with you which project to invest in! Ma Yang nodded. Alright, Brother Qian. No problem! Then, he turned to the supporting players behind him. Did you hear that? Im going to be your role model before we make the next investment. Stop playing games, everyone! Everyone nodded and replied, Alright, Boss Ma! A smile surfaced on He Deshengs face. He liked playing games, but he had not forgotten that he was an investor. He had come to Dream Realization Ventures to learn the elite ways of investment from Boss Pei! Boss Ma had spent the twenty million too quickly earlier. As a mere executor, He Desheng could not understand what was happening. During this period, He Desheng had been constantly hoping to witness Boss Pei make another move. Now, the opportunity was here! He wondered what kind of project Boss Pei the master of investmentswould pour his money into. He couldnt wait to see it! December 30th, Thursday The New Years Day holiday was right around the corner. Exams week was looming. Pei Qian had spent all of last night trying to memorize Ma Yangs notes. When he woke up in the morning, his head felt heavy. After ordering Fish-Catching Take-Out, Pei Qians left eyelid started to twitch. If the left eyelid twitches, its good luck; if the right eyelid twitches, its bad luck. Oh, no! Something is up! Pei Qian immediately became cautious. He sat down beside his study table and retrieved his little notebook. Then, he scanned the businesses that could have run into trouble. Although Pei Qian knew that he was being superstitious, there was a classic Chinese saying that constant self-reflection was desirable. There was nothing wrong with Pei Qian diligently self-reflecting. He quickly considered all the businesses that he had on hand. The leaders of Tengda Games and Shang Yang Games were on holiday in the United States. The problem probably was not with those projects. Work on the haunted house had not even begun. They did not even have a plan to work on yet. Seeing how inefficient the two leaders of this project were, Pei Qian guessed that the problem did not lie with this project as well. Fish-Catching Take-Out and Upwind Logistics had been making losses steadily. Fei Huang Workspace was still filming. Nothing dangerous could have happened yet. Pei Qian shortlisted the possible problematic projects and ended up with ROF and Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. ROF had just dealt Pei Qian a huge blow not long ago. It was a serious suspect! However, Pei Qian did not want to wrong the innocent. Thus, he called Zhang Yuan to check in on him first. Hello? Boss Pei? Zhang Yuan sounded quite tired. Pei Qian became alert at once. He asked, You sound exhausted. Zhang Yuan answered, Thats right, Boss Pei. Weve been busy making orders recently. Its not easy to buy so many parts in bulk, but dont worry, Boss Pei. Im almost done! Pei Qian asked again, How are ROFs sales? Smiling, Zhang Yuan replied, Oh, rest assured, Boss Pei! Everythings going well! I was worried that our sales volume would suffer after we reverted to the original prices. However, that didnt happen! Although the sales volume decreased, raising the selling price meant that we earned more per system unit sold. Thus, were still generating the same amount of profits! It looks like ROFs brand already has considerable influence on the market. We have more or less made a name for ourselves. Theres still a steady stream of people buying our system units. I was worried for no reason. Boss Pei, you have everything planned out! Ive already spent all of ROFs funds on filling its warehouses, just like you instructed. Now, even the distribution points near the Fish-Catching Internet Cafes have been filled. The warehouse is more or less filled as well. Theres still another batch of stocks on the way. We have to thank our brothers at Upwind Logistics for their hard work! This time, we wont have to worry about supply at all! Even if we receive many orders during the New Years Day holiday, our warehouses are full enough for us to deliver customers orders on the day itself! The corners of Pei Qians mouth twitched. Something was indeed up! People are still buying the system units even though theyve reverted to their original prices? Isnt that awful? Im earning even more for each computer sold! The computers had reverted to their original prices and were now three to four hundred yuan more expensive than before. Pei Qian had not expected people to still be interested in purchasing them! However, on further thought, that made sense. Who was ROFs target audience? They were people who desired convenience. People who could assemble their own computers would not think about purchasing ROFs system units-unless the entire system unit cost less than all the parts combined. However, such a situation would only arise if Boss Pei ran promotional events to incur losses on purpose. However, the current problem was that, after several promotional events; ROF was now quite well-known online, especially in Jingzhou. Those who had purchased ROFs computers were already seeing the value of its products All the parts were of good quality. The configuration was clear, and there were no gaps. Delivery was speedy, and any problems could be repaired at their doorstep. ROF offered much more convenience than many other brands in Jingzhou. Naturally, some would recommend ROF to their friends. Thus, ROF was becoming reputable. Those who did not know how to assemble their own computers and craved convenience would buy ROFs system units even if they cost three to four hundred yuan more. After all, nobody knew when the next promotional event would be run. Whats more, spending more money on convenience for something as important as a computer would not be considered overboard. That was the downside of being well-known: customers wouldnt care about a slight increase in price! Had this brand developed its own brand premium? Pei Qian was a little flustered. If things continued down this path, it would mean bad news! Pei Qian had to think of something fast! He remained quiet for a moment and then asked, Do you have time this afternoon? I want to take a look at the warehouse. Zhang Yuan immediately answered, I do! Boss Pei, what time will you be coming over? Pei Qian glanced at his watch. Ill reach the warehouse at about 3 PM. Zhang Yuan answered, Alright, Boss Pei! No problem! Ill be at the warehouse on time to receive you! After hanging up, Pei Qian sighed inwardly. He had no other choice. Things were beginning to spin out of control. He had to activate his killer weapon! Although Pei Qian was still three months from settlement, Zhang Yuans ROF computer-installation business had been silently generating profit. It looked like the business would only continue to improve. If Pei Qian did not do something, the situation would probably blow up in his face in three months! He had to orchestrate a few setbacks. Pei Qian said in his heart, Zhang Yuan, dont blame me for being ruthless. Ill give you a greater bonus in the future as compensation After that, Pei Qian called Little Sun. Send me to the warehouse in the afternoon. Go back to the office and fetch Tang Yishu as well. Chapter 373 - The Halo Effect At 3 PM In the warehouse in Jingzhou Citys outskirts Little Sun and Pei Qian alighted from the car. Tang Yishu followed behind them timidly. She had no idea why her senior had pulled her along, but she did not dare to ask too many questions either. Zhang Yuan was already standing outside the warehouse, ready to receive them. The warehouse was not huge. Zhang Yuan had reported beforehand that the warehouse had a total area of about four thousand square meters. There was only one level, and rent cost 0.7 yuan per square meter per day. In sum, rent cost eighty thousand yuan per month. Bigger warehouses normally measured ten to twenty thousand square meters. Naturally, rent would be more expensive. However, since this warehouse would mainly store computer parts, four thousand square meters was already more than enough. Upwind Logistics main purpose was to solve the problem of the last kilometer. Other delivery companies would deliver packages to Upwind Logistics, and Upwind Logistics would then deliver those packages to customers doorsteps. Thus, the Upwind courier stations provided most of the storage space required. Upwind Logistics did not need much more storage space at the moment. However, for various other reasons, some packages were still stored in this warehouse. For Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and ROF Computer-Installation-which Zhang Yuan was in charge of, working with Upwind Logistics proved to be a win-win situation. Upwind Logistics delivered ROFs parcels to customers doorsteps while ROF allowed Upwind Logistics to store some of their packages in the formers warehouse. In any case, they were under the same parent company, and they were not spending their own money. Thus, they were all quite easygoing. At first, the warehouses around Jingzhou City only served to burn money. They offered great assistance to Boss Pei. However, ROFs losses had already turned to profits. Not only could the revenue cover the costs of renting the warehouses, but they could also serve to expand ROFs business. This pained Pei Qian terribly. Zhang Yuan felt nervous initially because he had thought that Boss Pei had come to inspect the warehouses for the first time. Yet, Pei Qian had told him over the phone that he was only going to visit for fun and that Zhang Yuan should not make a mountain out of a molehill. Zhang Yuan knew that Boss Pei was a practical person who did not like his employees to make a big deal out of him. Thus, Zhang Yuan only bothered to arrive slightly earlier. He had also instructed his employees to tidy the place up, but he did not go so far as to organize a spring cleaning. He was quite confident about the warehouses state. Zhang Yuan led Boss Pei and the others in. It was Pei Qians first time visiting the warehouse. His first impression was not a bad one. It was neat and tidy, and the lighting was quite good. Various computer parts had been split into sections and displayed on shelves. Although they were a little messy, it still almost passed for being orderly. After all, all of these parts were to be assembled into a system unit, which was the biggest item in the warehouse. They did not take much space. Boss Pei, look. These are the shelves where we place various computer parts. Since we order the computer parts in bulk, they would be delivered to this warehouse at regular intervals. Once they arrive, someone would be put in charge of moving the parts to their respective shelves. We also have an assembly line. We use pure manpower, and the process is extremely simple. Boss Pei, it might be quite embarrassing to show you. Zhang Yuan led Pei Qian around the warehouse as he introduced different parts of it to him. Obviously, he took a lot of pride in ROFs computer-installation business. This was his niche after all. The so-called assembly line was made up of a couple of long work tables lined up side by side. There was a belt on the work table, and several people were evenly spread out around it. Those people had various individual parts behind them and partly-assembled machines in front of them. Each person was put in charge of one step in the process, and the various steps took about the same time to complete. Two people would be put in charge of the more complicated steps that took slightly longer than others, such as cable management. Each of them would work on one machine at a time. Everyone also had a button in front of them. Once they were done with their machine, they would hit the button. Once everyone hit their respective buttons, the belt on the work tables would automatically move to the right. That way, everyone only needed to focus on their respective tasks and make sure that they were completed on time. If they finished earlier, they could rest for a while. That was much more efficient than making each of them assemble an entire system unit on their own. From the first step of installing the CPU into the motherboard to the last step of installing the system lights, everyone would focus on their respective tasks and work in an orderly fashion. Once the system lights were installed, the machines would be checked. Then, a professional would package the system unit and prepare for it to be shipped to various distribution points around Jingzhou City. After customers placed their orders, Upwind Logistics delivery men would retrieve the machines from various distribution points and deliver them to the customers doorsteps. Pei Qian immediately felt threatened. This Zhang Yuan was really quite good. He could come up with so many tricks for such an ordinary and boring computer-installation business. Not bad. Against his true feelings, Pei Qian briefly praised Zhang Yuan so that the latter grinned brightly. After that, Pei Qian led Tang Yishu and Little Sun around the warehouse. Nothing happened even after they completed their round. Pei Qian was shocked and slightly disappointed. Places like warehouses normally contained many hidden threats to safety. For example, there could be electrical, fire, or physical safety hazards. As Pei Qian walked around the warehouse, he had remained on high alert in case a fire suddenly broke out, a short circuit occurred, or something dropped from a shelf. Yet, even after they completed their round, nothing happened! Pei Qian had to say that something had gone wrong with logic-no, metaphysics. He took a closer look around the warehouse and realized that there were indeed no safety hazards. Since the warehouse was so huge, the shelves were very well spaced out. Those shelves had only been purchased a few months ago. All of them were very steady, and they all stored digital hardware. Of course, it was almost impossible for collapsing or dangerous stacking to occur. In terms of electric cables, Pei Qian guessed that Zhang Yuan had stuck strictly to safety standards. All electrical guidelines had been strictly adhered to; power points were cased up, mains switches were located outside the warehouse, and everything was inspected and maintained regularly. All in all, at this stage, it would probably be extremely difficult for one to find a safety hazard in the warehouse! Pei Qian felt melancholic after walking around. Ive already brought Tang Yishu here. Am I really still helpless? Zhang Yuan, Zhang Yuan are you really that awesome? Pei Qian found nothing helpful despite having looked around the warehouse. He had no choice but to go back to the computer-assembly area and find a chair to sit down. At that moment, Pei Qian noticed that the assembly line was made up of special, custom-made, elevated work stations. There were even chairs behind each young man in the line. The work stations would be raised or lowered every now and then. If the young men felt tired from sitting down for too long, they could stand. If they felt tired from standing for too long, they could sit. Their health was being very well taken care of. Zhang Yuan looked extremely proud of himself as he asked, What do you think, Boss Pei? I havent disappointed you, have I? Sorrowfully, Pei Qian said, Yes, youve done well Pei Qian had not expected things to turn out like that before he came. Zhang Yuan was practically invulnerable. Could Pei Qian really not find anything wrong with the warehouse despite having brought the halo effect with him? That was illogical! Tang Yishu sat by the side. Environments like that naturally made her feel uncomfortable. At that moment, someone served them a can of cold cola and a bottle of warm green tea. This was a warehouse after all. Of course, the conditions were not as good as the internet cafes. However, Zhang Yuan had set up refrigerators commonly found in convenience stores and insulated heated cabinets. That way, at least everyone could drink some beverages and release steam when they were stressed. As Pei Qian sipped his cola, he slowly lost his courage. As the saying went, man proposed and God disposed. It looks like the Heavens are intent on driving me to my death. Since thats the case, I should let him be. So what if ROF generates profit? Ill think of other ways to spend that money Just as Pei Qian started drinking his cola, he heard one of the young men in the assembly line in front of him mutter, Eh? Pei Qians eyes lit up. There seemed to be some hope. He could see very clearly that the computer had not lit up! This meant that something had gone wrong with the computer, and it could not work as per usual! The young men at the assembly line were all adept at their work. The chances of them making mistakes while assembling the systems were very low. The only explanation for that faulty computer was that something had gone wrong with the hardware! Obviously, the man knew that he was being supervised by his superiors. Thus, he did not dare to raise his voice. Instead, he quietly handed the system unit to the man beside him, who was in charge of quality control. The latter was to find the problematic part. The next computer from the assembly line quickly arrived before him. The man tested the next computer and heaved a sigh of relief when he found no problems. However, the newly-assembled computer before the young man in front of him crashed. He scratched his head, confused. However, without saying a word, he also handed the computer to the man in charge of quality control beside him. Pei Qian kept drinking his cola, pretending that he had not seen all of these. Beads of cold sweat began to form on Zhang Yuans forehead. Whats going on?! Everything has been fine up until now. Why are you only messing up when Boss Peis here for inspections? All of the workers were very experienced. They had already assembled many computers before. The problem was probably not with their handiwork. However, there was a screen that could not light up and a blue screen of death. Obviously, there was a problem with the hardware. A broken motherboard, a broken CPU, a broken hard disk, or a broken RAM could have caused it. Indeed, any of those parts could have been problematic. However how did two computers get affected in such a short period? Pei Qian finished his cola and smiled inexplicably. Then, he stood up and said, The warehouse is not bad. Keep working hard. I still have work to do. Ill make a move. Zhang Yuan felt like he had just been shown great mercy. He quickly answered, Alright, Boss Pei! Youre welcome to conduct inspections again any time! It was only after he had sent Boss Pei off that Zhang Yuan heaved a huge sigh of relief. Thankfully, Boss Pei didnt seem to notice! Zhang Yuan would have had a hard time explaining himself if Boss Pei had noticed them since the problems only cropped up when Boss Pei came to inspect the warehouse. Boss Pei probably would not have believed Zhang Yuan if the latter explained that everything had been fine until the former came around! Zhang Yuan quickly walked towards the assembly line and asked, Whats happening? Havent things been fine all along? The young man in charge of quality control looked equally confused. Im not sure either. There are problems with the hardware Zhang Yuan was speechless. Fix it quickly. Arrange for refunds if we can. Otherwise, send the parts for repair. They had just gotten the new stock not long ago. The seven-day unconditional refund period still had not passed for most of them. Although a portion of the parts could not be refunded unconditionally, they were still under warranty. However, whether they refunded the parts and placed a new order or repaired the parts, they would require more time. The journey to and fro would hold back their progress. After some consideration, Zhang Yuan said, Order a new batch of low-quality hardware like batteries, motherboards, hard disks, RAM oh yes, order more RAM. It was unlikely for there to be problems with RAM, but ROF was in the business of selling high-end, custom-made system units. High-end units that cost over ten thousand yuan normally contained many RAM sticks. One computer only required one CPU, one motherboard, and one monitor. However, it required four RAM sticks. There was a higher chance that problems would occur with those RAM sticks. Thus, Zhang Yuan decided to be prepared. RAM sticks were not that expensive anyway. There would be no harm in purchasing more. Chapter 374 - First Stab in the Back of the Year 2011! December 31st Zhang Yuan arrived at Fish-Catching Internet Cafes Handong University early in the morning. After ordering a cup of coffee, he sipped it nonchalantly and browsed Tieba, intending to see if any interesting posts had been made by the netizens. He had arranged for his employees to either refund all the problematic parts or send them for repair yesterday. He had also spent the remaining funds in the account on computer parts that had higher chances of malfunctioning. In particular, he had placed more orders for RAM sticks. Although there were significant costs involved in hoarding parts like that, Zhang Yuan was more concerned about ROFs reputation. When the business had just started out, Boss Pei had poured huge sums of money into running 1024 Digital Day to build a name for it. If the reputation was ruined by quality problems, wouldnt Boss Peis hard work all be wasted? Thus, Zhang Yuan had to guarantee good quality! He had to make sure that none of the computers malfunctioned. He also had to provide the best after-sales services to customers and ensure ROF had enough stock so that customers could receive their system units on the day that they placed their orders. After working on all of those things, Zhang Yuan finally found time to relax. Tomorrow was New Years Day of 2011, and the holiday would last for three days. That meant Zhang Yuan could take a good break. Zhang Yuan sipped his coffee slowly as he browsed Tieba. All of a sudden, a post on Tieba caught his attention. MSCs Factory Caught Fire Again? F*ck! RAM prices are going to rise, right? Unscrupulous! Sh*t, it looks like the prices are already rising. I was waiting for New Years Day to see if there would be any promotional events online so that I could assemble my own system unit! Now, thats all gone down the drain! What a waste! Were finished. The unscrupulous merchants have responded instantly! What exactly is happening? Why are their factories catching fire so often? Would their factories burn from Singles Day last year to 618[1] this year? The experienced ones among us would know whether this really was an accident or not. Im guessing that the manufacturers had set the factory on fire on purpose. I think so, too! These manufacturers factories are taking turns to catch fire. On top of that, there would be floods and power shortages. Why dont they just tell us directly that they would be reducing supply and increasing prices?! The fire seemed quite serious this time. Wafer production was probably gravely affected as well. That means that RAM aside, the prices of flash drives would likely rise, too As he read the netizens discussion, Zhang Yuan first felt confused and then pleasantly surprised. He quickly accessed a shopping website to check the prices of the RAM sticks he had purchased before. They were now over thirty yuan more expensive! Whats more, this was only the beginning. Zhang Yuan guessed that the prices would only continue to go up over the week. After all, Zhang Yuan had been keeping up to date with Tieba for a long time. He knew very well how such things would develop. Each time prices of RAM sticks dropped to new lows, a factory would catch fire or experience a power shortage. Then, there would be news reports about manufacturers losing thousands of millions of yuan. After that, unscrupulous merchants would increase the prices of RAM sticks at once. Even so, nobody knew when the accidents would occur. If they did, they would have bought a huge batch of RAM sticks for storage so that they could generate profits during that period. To Zhang Yuan, the news would have been bad. This was because ROFs computer-installation business had a similar pricing strategy as those other brands. Based on Boss Peis guidance, the original prices had already accounted for ROFs brand premium and the value of their after-sales services. They were not to be adjusted frequently If they wanted to increase the prices, they had to upgrade the hardware; if they wanted to reduce the prices, they had to run promotional events but not too many. The main aim of this strategy was to get rid of customers worries and create the impression that ROF was a good-hearted and reliable brand with products that retained their value well. The rising RAM prices would have caused the entire system to become more expensive. People might take ROF for an unscrupulous merchant; that would be bad for its reputation. Thus, an increase in RAM prices would have been bad news to Zhang Yuan. If their costs increased but they kept their selling price the same, they would have generated much less profit. Yet, the situation was different. Zhang Yuan had already ordered a batch of hardware. He had placed more orders for RAM sticks especially because he had considered the standard of four RAM sticks for each high-end system worth over ten thousand yuan. Thus, he had hoarded a huge load of them! To customers, that meant that the price-quality ratio of ROFs high-end system units would go through the roof. Buying ROFs system units would cost less than buying individual parts to assemble their own! At the same timeeven if Zhang Yuan sold the systems at their original prices, ROF would still be able to generate huge profits. Of course, he could also consider increasing prices. However, that was not aligned with the Tengda spirit. It would also not help to increase ROFs market share. Thus, after some consideration, Zhang Yuan decided to sell the current stock at their original prices! Since RAM would be more expensive, Zhang Yuan also decided to make adjustments to the next batch of hardware. He would upgrade some parts and increase the selling prices based on the new costs. Of course, those problems would only have to be resolved later. That was because they had already ordered a lot of hardware this time. At that thought, Zhang Yuan could barely sit still. He immediately called his employees, instructing them to design a new batch of posters to be displayed at the entrance of the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe branches. At the same time, he instructed them to update the publicity page on their online shop as well. The contents of the advertisement would be simple. There would be no discounts or sales, but the prices would not increase either! January 1st of 2011, Saturday The New Years Day holiday would last from January 1st to January 3rd. Pei Qian happily gave himself a break to rest. The thought of Li Yada, Lin Wan, and the others returning from the United States on the 4th made Pei Qians head hurt. Has one week passed so quickly? Ai, time flies when youre having fun. Pei Qian strolled out of his house, towards Fish-Catching Internet Cafes Handong University branch to sit around, have some coffee, play some games, and relax. However, when he reached the entrance of the internet cafe, he realized that something was amiss. Why were there so many people?! There was a long line at the entrance of the internet cafe, which extended all the way to the roadside! Of course, the line was a far cry from those seen at sales buildings or train stations. It looked like there were only ten-odd people in line. However, that scene was extremely rare at Fish-Catching Internet Cafe! That was because Fish-Catching Internet Cafe was huge. Although there werent many computer stations in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 1.0, those who wanted to wait for a seat could do so in the coffee area, the mini cinema, or the book area. There was no need to line up by the road. Furthermore, the traffic at the internet cafe should have stabilized by now. There shouldnt have been so many people visiting the internet cafe even though it was New Years Day. Pei Qian tried to look in and became acutely aware that the problem was much more serious than he had imagined! The coffee area in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe was not full, and neither was the internet area. The long line only began at the counter. A pathway had even been set aside for customers to walk in and out as they pleased. The few people at the front of the line were only filling up forms at the counter. They turned and left after paying money. None of them headed to the internet area! The more Pei Qian saw, the more confused he became. What was happening? At that moment, a waiter tried to maintain order by shouting, Dont be anxious, everyone! Line up in an orderly manner! You can also place your order online! The URL is located on the poster outside the entrance! Pei Qian glanced at the poster, feeling more perplexed than before. The URL of ROF Computer-Installations online store was written on the poster. The configurations of the three different types of system units were also there. However, those were the original prices. Neither the configurations nor the prices had changed. Why had those people rushed down so early in the morning to fill up forms and purchase ROFs system units? Pei Qian had a bad feeling about this. It seemed like there had been developments that he was unaware of! Once again, the waiter shouted. Ill remind everyone once more that ROF provides repair services at your doorstep. We can also deliver upgraded hardware to your doorstep. The respective fees are already written on the flyers. However, please take note of the disclaimer on the flyers. If you want to upgrade a part, you must keep the original part. Do not sell or transfer it, or you would not be able to enjoy this after-sales service Pei Qian was even more confused now. Why did the waiter have to remind them of this specifically? Feeling very suspicious, he entered Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and spotted Zhang Yuan, who was sipping his coffee with a proud look on his face. Whats happening? Beads of perspiration formed on Pei Qians forehead. Zhang Yuan smiled subtly. Boss Pei, MSCs factory caught fire, and RAM prices are soaring! Huh? Pei Qians face was a mask of bewilderment. At that moment, he could not understand the story behind what was happening Zhang Yuan said, RAM sticks used to cost over two hundred yuan. Now, theyre selling for over three hundred yuan! The prices would probably only continue to increase in the near future! Our high-end system units contain four RAM sticks each. Now, each one of those is worth a hundred yuan more. In addition to the slight increase in hard disk prices, each system units hardware alone is now worth over five hundred yuan more than before! Now, apart from computer-installation novices, even computer-installation professionals would find our system units incredibly worth their prices! Thanks to the hard work that you put into making a name for ROF earlier, our computers are now selling wildly! Dont worry, Boss Pei. I have kept your words in mind this entire time. I didnt increase the system units prices like the other unscrupulous merchants did! I only released news that the prices of ROFs system units would remain the same yesterday. Yet, today, many people came from all over Jingzhou to order computers. We also managed to sell tens of system units through our online shop alone! I think we should be able to sell over a thousand system units during the New Years Day holiday period, and this is a conservative estimate! Pei Qians face immediately drained of all color. He instinctively tried to think of a solution to this problem, but he could not think of anything. Should he increase the selling prices? He could not do that. He had already said before that he wanted to keep the prices stable. Wouldnt he be slapping himself in the face if he asked Zhang Yuan to increase the prices now? Whats more, even if they increased prices now, people would still purchase ROFs system units. Then, ROF would be generating more profit for each system unit sold! Should he lower the selling prices, then? That would make matters even worse. Crowds were already rushing to buy the system units. If they lowered the prices further, they might earn less profit. However, ROFs reputation would only improve. Then, Pei Qian would be in a greater fix in the future. Pei Qian began to feel light-headed. At that moment, he realized that he could not come up with a good strategy; this problem was unresolvable! Yet, Zhang Yuan looked overjoyed. At the end of the day, this was a blessing in disguise! Boss Pei, you told me to rent more warehouses and store more stocks before. Now, theyre all going to prove useful! If we did not have enough stocks prepared, we might have sold out in a single day. Then, we would have had to purchase the hardware at the increased prices, and our profits would have been greatly reduced! Whats more, a problem suddenly arose with the hardware yesterday, and we either refunded them or sent them for repair. I was worried that the rest of the hardware would malfunction as well, and so I ordered a new batch in advance. I even bought more RAM sticks in particular. From the looks of the current situation, the RAM sticks we have purchased would probably last us for a long time. Our next goal would be for ROF to dominate the desktop market in Jingzhou! We can already start pulling in customers who assemble their own computers or purchase branded system units! Pei Qian sat down in the coffee area, feeling breathless. Thats not right. Did something go wrong somewhere? Pei Qian began to doubt his life. It was only January 1st. 2011 had just begun! He would never have thought that the first blow of the new year would have been dealt so soon! [1] This is a major shopping festival in China, held on June 18th. Chapter 375 - Whoever Earned Money Should Spend It Zhang Yuan continued to bootlick Pei Qian without resting. However, Pei Qian sipped his coffee, not listening to a single word. He could not understand where he had gone wrong. He had brought Tang Yishu to the warehouse, and he had seen instant effects. The computers had started to malfunction, and the assembly process had been hindered. Yet how did the RAM factory catch fire? The halo effect could not have spread overseas, right? No matter how hard Pei Qian thought, he could not figure it out. Strictly speaking, none of this mattered that much. However, they were very troublesome for Boss Pei. It looked like Boss Pei had to be careful about using his killing machine. He could slip up and end up hurting himself! In any case, what had been done had been done. More importantly, he had to think about how to spend the money from now on. Should they continue to hoard stocks? That seemed impracticable. ROF was already very well-known at the moment. After promising that prices wouldnt rise during the New Years Day, it would likely become even more reputable and popular. Experience had already shown that many customers were willing to pay a certain brand premium for ROFs system units. In other words-even if prices of their system units remained stagnant, ROFs sales volume would not decrease. Furthermore, since they could maintain their original profit margins, the company was bound to generate profits. If ROF hoarded even more stocks now and other parts became more expensive later on, wouldnt Boss Pei be shooting himself in the foot? It did not seem smart to hoard stocks now! Boss Pei had learned an expensive lesson. What if he invested this sum of money in other businesses? However, on second thought, Pei Qian rejected this idea. Pei Qian preferred to stick to one general principle: whoever caused the problem should solve it; whoever earned money should spend it. After some self-reflection, he realized that he had to keep fighting fires helplessly in the past because he had not stuck to this principle. Many projects were not inherently problematic. Many of them had been incurring losses until they started collaborating with other projects. Then, problems started arising. Thus, Pei Qian decided that Zhang Yuan should remain in charge of the revenue that ROF generated. He had to take charge of finding ways to spend the money. Pei Qian considered this for a moment and said, Dont submit the profits generated by ROF to Tengda. You should think of ways to spend the money. Zhang Yuan was stunned. Huh? Boss Pei, weve generated a lot of profit, but I shouldnt submit any of it? Would that be appropriate? Pei Qian sniggered. Of course! This is your hard-earned money. You should get to spend it. Zhang Yuan quickly waved his hands. No, no, no. Boss Pei, we earned this money thanks to your wise guidance. Pei Qian remained silent. Look at him! Stop speaking if you dont have anything good to say! Pei Qian was a magnanimous man who had no intention to go back and forth on this issue. Tell mewhere do you intend to spend this money? Zhang Yuan fell into deep thought. He was now in charge of the Fish-Catching Internet Cafes and ROF. Of course, since Fish-Catching Take-Out had been derived from Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Zhang Yuan was also considered in charge of that. At the same time, all of those businesses were closely related to Upwind Logistics. Lu Mingliang was in charge of Upwind Logistics. He was greatly favored by Pei Qian. In fact, until now, Upwind Logistics had been incurring losses. It could only continue operating because of Tengda Corporations financial support. This proved that Boss Pei had been right to trust Lu Mingliang all this time. Of course, to Pei Qian, he was not offering financial support. Instead, he was detoxifying himself. If not for Upwind Logistics, Boss Pei might have been poisoned to death by now. After some thought, Zhang Yuan said, Boss Pei, I think that ROF has obtained a stable foothold in Jingzhou. Our online store has also achieved some level of fame. At the moment, the Fish-Catching Internet Cafes are quite popular as well. In fact, its now the most popular high-end internet cafe brand in Jingzhou. I think we can continue to expand and bring Fish-Catching Internet Cafe to other cities! Pei Qian sighed inwardly. Indeed, this problem was not going to resolve itself. Boss Li had asked the same question before. He had asked Pei Qian why the latter had not considered opening branches in other cities to generate more profit. The reason for this was simple. Boss Pei did not want to generate more profit by opening branches in other cities! However, he had to seriously consider it now. That was because he could not delay it any longer. Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and ROF were now generating profits, and the sum was not small. How could Pei Qian avoid expanding? It would not make sense. Thus, he had to open more branches sooner or later. The questions were where and how. Pei Qian pondered for a while and asked, Where do you think we should open more Fish-Catching Internet Cafe branches? Zhang Yuan responded instantly. I think we should open branches in the bigger, first-tier cities like Beijing, Shanghai, or Guangzhou! There are many young people in those cities, and the population is much denser. Whats more, people there earn higher incomes. High-end internet cafes would probably appeal to them more. It would be easier for us to fight for market share in those cities. We could even open related businesses, like Fish-Catching Take-Out, there at the same time. Pei Qian was silent. Youre making sense, and so I definitely cannot do that Pei Qian considered the problem for a moment. Then, he said, Im thinking the exact opposite. Lincheng is my next target. Zhang Yuan was stunned. Lincheng? Lincheng City was the poorest city in Handong Province. The famous impoverished county, Daokou County, was located in Lincheng City. How could they open Fish-Catching Internet Cafes in such a poor place? How many customers could they have? Pei Qian continued speaking Whats more, we wont just open more Fish-Catching Internet Cafe branches. All businesses that are related to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe will move there, too! Pei Qian could not help but smile as he looked at Zhang Yuans confused expression. Pei Qian was not eager to expand Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. Instead, he wanted to open more Upwind Courier stations. However, Upwind Courier stations were littered around Jingzhou. If one opened a map, they would see a dense network of those stations. There was practically no area in the city that was not covered by an Upwind Courier station. Pei Qian had to consider other cities if he wanted to open more such stations. However, setting up Upwind Courier stations without opening Fish-Catching Internet Cafes would be too strange. Others would become suspicious. If he wanted to expand to other cities, the businesses had to move together. Then, people would not grow suspicious. Whats more, there was one huge benefit to opening Fish-Catching Internet Cafes compared to Upwind Courier stations: more initial costs were involved in the former. A lot of money would be needed to pay rent, conduct renovations, purchase computers, and the like. Even if the internet cafe began generating profits later, it would take a longer time to recover the huge initial investment. At the very least, the initial investment would not be recovered before the next settlement. What if Pei Qian put more thought in selecting a suitable location and avoided repeating the mistakes committed in Jingzhou City, so that the internet cafe continued to incur losses? That would be best! Thus, after much consideration, Pei Qian decided to expand into the poorest city in Handong Province-Lincheng City. It was poor, which meant that its residents could not afford to spend too much money. Naturally, they would not be able to afford to visit more expensive internet cafes like Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. Unnecessarily luxurious take-out services offered by Fish-Catching Take-Out would all-the-more be out of the picture. At the same time, Upwind Logisticswhich had been steadily incurring losses so farwould continue to lose money. All in all, it was best to choose a poorer city to expand into. As for why Pei Qian did not plan to explain this to Zhang Yuan. In any case, they could conjure up reasons on their own. Pei Qian continued speaking. My plan is to move all of our physical businesses and their accompanying businesses there. Well set up one Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 2.0 branch in a core commercial district, three Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 1.0 branches in lower-tier commercial districts, a Fish-Catching Take-Out branch, twenty Upwind Courier stations, and a huge warehouse for ROF Computer-Installation, with four distribution points around the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe branches. We will prepare for all of these things at once and then open for business at the same time! Zhang Yuan looked shocked. Boss Pei, that wont be a small investment. Linchengs rent would be lower than Jingzhous, but we would need about ten million yuan to open all of these branches at once Pei Qian sighed inwardly. I didnt want to do this either. You were the one who generated so much revenue for ROF! I have to spend all of that money now so that I wont become overwhelmed with problems when settlement draws near, right? Pei Qian said solemnly, Thats a puny sum. If you dont have enough money, ask me for more. Whats more, were only setting up twenty courier stations for now, but well set up more in the future. We want to cover Lincheng City with Upwind Courier stations as soon as possible, just like we did for Jingzhou! You need to be clear of one goal. You have to think of ways to spend any money that you earn. If you end up incurring losses, report to me at once; and I will provide you with more funding. At first, Zhang Yuan thought that Boss Pei was just saying nice-sounding words. However, after scrutinizing him, Zhang Yuan realized that Boss Peis gaze was extremely sincere. Boss Pei, I I really am very moved! At that moment, Zhang Yuan was having difficulty expressing his gratitude in words. Pei Qian quickly raised his hand to stop him. Alright, you dont have to say more. I have work to do. Ill make a move first. Pei Qian glanced at the long line at the entrance and felt even more pissed off. Zhang Yuan quickly said, Alright, Boss Pei! Take care, and I wish you a happy new year! Pei Qian remained silent. Sorry, the new year is not happy for me at all! January 4th, Tuesday, 11 AM Pei Qian walked nonchalantly into the office, just as he always did. Everyone else had already started working a long time ago. Everyone looked especially busy, but this was probably because it was their first day back at work after a long holiday. Li Yada and the rest were already back from their holiday. Pei Qian studied Li Yada and Bao Xu closely. For some reason, they did not look joyful or reminiscent after returning from their holiday. Instead, they looked like they had just suffered a horrible ordeal. Pei Qian could not help but feel confused. Was the United States that boring? However, he did not ask any questions. That was because Pei Qian was more of a homebody, who did not like going on adventures. He did not really care about whether the United States was boring or not because he had no plans to travel there. Once he reached his office, Pei Qian checked his unread notifications. There was a message from Zhang Yuan, saying that he and Lu Mingliang were going to set off for Lincheng today to check the place out, shortlist possible locations, oversee renovations, and recruit employees. They would probably only be back in the middle of February. The timeline was not bad for Pei Qian. It would be even better if the process was slightly delayed. This was the best-case scenario: the internet cafes, the courier stations, and the like opening for business a week or so before settlement. Then, not only could Pei Qian spend a huge sum of money, but he could also avoid generating more revenue during this cycle. As for the next cycle He could think about it when the time came. If all else failed, he could look for another poor city to expand into. The cycle would be endless. Chapter 376 - The Initial Plan for the Haunted House January 5th, Wednesday Chen Kangtuo and Hao Qiong sat in the coffee area of the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. Each of them had a laptop in hand, tapping away. It looked as if inspiration was gushing through their minds. Their fingers were constantly moving, except for when they paused to organize their thoughts. Then, they would pick up the coffee on the table and take a sip. Both of them were working on the plan for the haunted house. During their time in the United States, they lived a dream-no, a nightmare. Smog Mountain State Mental Hospital was an abandoned hospital, which had been termed the most terrifying haunted house in the world. During the past five days, the group of them had repeatedly walked through the haunted house. The suffering that they had experienced could not be described in words. It had left a lasting impression in their hearts. They had learned so many things. In fact, every time they went to sleep over the past few days, they would gain new inspiration and relive the blurry memories. So once they returned to Jingzhou, Chen Kangtuos and Hao Qiongs minds became filled with inspiration. They could hardly wait to write all of their experiences down, so that they could transfer them into the haunted house project that they had been put in charge of. However, they did not copy whatever they saw. Instead, they criticized and analyzed their experiences. They had spent all yesterday and this morning writing. Thanks to their highly effective working model, the basic plan for the haunted house had already been written. Come on, lets compare notes, suggested Chen Kangtuo. Both of them sent their written documents to each other. Ever since they returned, both of them did not communicate much. This was to avoid interrupting each others thoughts and inspirations as far as possible. They had each worked on their own plan. They planned to only combine the documents after discussion so they could achieve the best results. Of course, both of their plans contained common points. Those were the points that Boss Pei had given them about the haunted houses general direction. Boss Peis opinion had to be taken as the core standard. They could not ignore it. Make it a destination where the courageous cannot spend much, and where the timid can only watch on in fear without entering. Those had been Boss Peis own words. After Chen Kangtuo and Hao Qiong read and digested the standard requirements, they managed to draw two key points: There would be three projects, and the fear factor would increase sequentially. By offering discounts and refunds, they would charge the more courageous visitors less, and the timider visitors more. That would allow them to maintain the haunted houses reputation and profits. At the same time, they could take care of both types of visitors. The only thing was that neither of them had thought about how to design the individual projects. Thus, they had to look for inspiration from more successful haunted houses. Now, they had been inspired and frightened. It was time to come up with the actual plan. Both of them scanned each others proposals. Chen Kangtuo looked surprised. It looks like were on the same page for many things. Perhaps its because we both have experience in the game industry as well. Maybe thats why we are used to thinking of problems from a gaming perspective. Hao Qiong nodded. Yes, maybe. Both of their plans had converged in some areas, even though they had not discussed things beforehand. The first project would not be that scary. It could be a game where people would be allowed to socialize. Chen Kangtuo thought about making it a classic horror-themed escape room. On the other hand, Hao Qiong thought about making slight modifications to Be Quiet and turning the online game into a real one. Of course, neither of them had thought much about the details yet. They had only come up with the general direction. The second project was going to be moderately scary, and it would act as the transition from the first project to the third project. Basically, it was going to be like a single-player game. This project could have a small location, but the horror effects would not be lacking. People who could make it through this section would be qualified to experience the third project. Both of them had thought about the same thing for this project: they would use a narrow space, measuring from a few square meters to a maximum of twenty square meters, so that visitors could go experience the project alone. However, Hao Qiong had an additional suggestion: the project could be made out of shipping containers. The shipping containers would have different settings and wheels at the bottom. That way, they could make adjustments to the project whenever they wanted, and visitors would not be able to guess exactly which setting they would be put through. The third project would be the scariest. Both of them aimed to recreate their experience at Smog Mountain State Mental Hospital. However, both of their plans were different from the set-up at Smog Mountain State Mental Hospital. At the moment, most haunted houses had not grasped the pace perfectly. Small-scale haunted houses in the country mostly set one fixed path, which led visitors from beginning to end. There were no exits available even if visitors wanted to escape midway through. Thus, they would have no choice but to grit their teeth and complete the journey. The good thing about those simpler haunted houses was that no workers would be roaming around inside, and the jump scares would not be that frightening. Almost everyone would be able to complete the journey. Large-scale haunted houses would be much scarier and would have much longer journeys. Those haunted houses would have to install sufficient exit doors along the way so that visitors could leave safely once they felt like they could not withstand it any longer. Of course, there would also have to be enough surveillance cameras installed to observe the visitors mental states. Take extremely large haunted houses like Smog Mountain State Mental Hospital for example. Understandably, there had been many exits along the way. There had also been employees stationed inside the haunted house, ready to safely escort visitors insisting that they wanted to leave out of the place. However, after visiting this haunted house, both men had had the same thought: ordinary people could not complete the entire journey in the haunted house, and so it became a waste! In fact, the group had not been successful the first time that they visited the haunted house. Bao Xu and Hao Qiong could not even hang in there for ten minutes before they admitted defeat. The ones who stayed in the haunted house for the longest time had been Lin Wan and Li Yada, but they had only hung in there for twenty minutes. Of course, Li Yada had been forced to stay by Lin Wan. Otherwise, she might have beaten a retreat at the moment that she had entered. According to their observations, they had not been acting out of the ordinary. After the visitors had bought tickets, they had been made to queue in the waiting area. There, most of them had been almost scared to death by the introductory film, which was meant to heighten the tension. As a result, most of them had given up as soon as they had entered the haunted house. Chen Kangtuo and Hao Qiong both thought that this was a pity. The company had worked so hard on producing a terrifying haunted house, but most visitors were being scared off before they even entered. It was an absolute waste. As the saying went, one had to fatten the pigs before killing them. It was the same for games. If a company created a torturous game, it would be normal for some people to back off after the initial stages. However, if more than half of the players were backing off at that stage, it meant that there was a problem with the difficulty level. The difficulty should slowly increase throughout the game. Even if the game really was meant to torture players, it had to give them opportunities to get the hang of the game. It could not torture them and scare them off right at the beginning. If their own haunted house copied Smog Mountain State Mental Hospitals set-up entirely, nobody would end up interested in it. Smog Mountain State Mental Hospital could only get a steady flow of visitors because it had already been coined the scariest haunted house in the world. Its reputation had already been established. On the other hand, their haunted house was going to be in Jingzhou. It had no reputation, and it could not attract visitors from all over the world yet. If they set the barrier too high, they would not be able to recover their capital for sure. Thus, every visitor would be important. Chen Kangtuo and Hao Qiong each thought of a different resolution for this problem. Hao Qiongs plan was to sell tickets that would allow visitors multiple entries. At the same time, the initial horror level would be adjusted downwards on purpose. In the beginning, there would be relatively fun and less-scary tasks for visitors to do. The purpose would be to persuade visitors to stay. At the same time, every ticket would allow each visitor multiple entries. They could increase the price of the ticket to make up for this. Then, visitors would be allowed to warm up and calm themselves down before attempting the challenge once again. That was what Hao Qiong and the others had done in the United States. In fact, the haunted house had been extremely scary the first time that they entered. None of them remembered what they had done. All of them had gone through the experience while in a trance. Subsequently, when they had entered again, they had done so with certain expectations. It was then that the haunted house had slowly become more interesting. However, ordinary visitors would not purchase tickets and line up again just to torture themselves. Naturally, they would not have experienced what Hao Qiong and the others had. Thus, Hao Qiong proposed allowing multiple entries for one ticket. That way, even if they scared visitors off, it would only be temporary. Since the tickets allowed visitors multiple entries, they could take some time to calm themselves down before entering the haunted house again. That would also generate a group of second-time visitors for the haunted house. On the other hand, Chen Kangtuos plan was to design the project as a roundabout. The middle of the roundabout would act as the safe house. Every time visitors completed a minor stage, they would be allowed to rest at the safe house. They could use that time to calm themselves down. Most visitors would not be able to wander around a haunted house for more than an hour with no rest like what was expected of them in Smog Mountain State Mental Hospital. That meant that most people could not complete the journey. That would become a serious waste of resources. Thus, Chen Kangtuo thought about using common strategies in games to resolve this problem. Many horror games included things like save points or safe houses so that players could rest from their highly tense state. After they calmed their nerves, they could resume the game. Thus, Chen Kangtuo thought about including a safe house in the haunted house. That way, players could calm their nerves at regular intervals on the journey, and they would not be so easily scared off. Both of their plans were different, but they did not conflict. They could combine all the ideas together. After reading Chen Kangtuos plan, Hao Qiong looked slightly worried. Would people find our haunted house too easy to complete if we do this? If visitors can complete the haunted house in their first try, they would not have to enter a second time, right? Chen Kangtuo shook his head. I think the ultimate aim of any haunted house is not to scare visitors until they cannot complete the journey. If visitors are scared away before they finish the first stage, it wouldnt matter how well-done or frightening the rest of your haunted house is. Well naturally have more chances to scare visitors if we allow them to complete the journey. In fact, whether visitors complete the haunted house or not, they likely would not visit the same haunted house again. If most visitors are scared off at the beginning of the haunted house, they probably would not rate the haunted house highly. That wouldnt help the haunted houses reputation. Other potential visitors would probably also change their minds once they see that the haunted house had scared some off right at the beginning. In that case, we would be much better off trying to make visitors stay. We should increase the difficulty slowly, so that they can form a lasting impression of the haunted house. That would aid our reputation and draw in more visitors. After some thought, Hao Qiong nodded. Yes, that makes sense. Should we report our progress to Boss Pei first, or should we come up with a more detailed plan for the projects? Chen Kangtuo replied, We probably wont be able to come up with all the details so soon. The first and third projects would be harder to design. We need big locations and complicated gameplay. That means we need to take more time to plan them. We could think about locations for two bigger projects first. Then, we can recruit employees and plan the details at the same time. The second project would be made up of many smaller projects, and so its relatively simpler to do. We can think of all the details for the second project first before letting Boss Pei see our whole plan. Once he gives the nod, we can start work. While the second project is being constructed, we can think more about the first and third. Chapter 377 - There Doesn’t seem Much for Him to ‘Direct’ January 6th, Thursday Pei Qian couldnt help but sigh when he looked at Ma Yang studying seriously in the study room. Why was it that even Ma Yangthis slacker could study without being distracted, but I couldnt? They were about to enter the exam week. This semester was about to end again. Pei Qian set a target to pass on his own merits, but he found it difficult to do so. He originally wanted to absorb some learning momentum when he got Ma Yang to come to the study room together with him. However, while Ma Yang managed to find his momentum, Pei Qian remained totally uninterested. Sitting in the study room was simply torturous. Pei Qians cell phone vibrated suddenly upon receiving a message: Boss Pei, we have a preliminary proposal for the haunted house. I would like to make a report to you at your convenience. Pei Qian looked at this message from Chen Kangtuo and sighed. Sigh, its not that I dont want to study. Im busy at work. What should this be called? A situation that took its own course regardless of my wishes. No choice, I have no choice. He checked his watch. It was 10:30 in the morning so he replied. Come to my office at 11. Chen Kangtuo reached Shenhua View. He had gone to the 16th floor and did not find Boss Pei. That was why he sent this message. Since there was nothing to do between now and his appointment at 11 oclock with Boss Pei, Chen Kangtuo planned to drop by on the 17th floor to see how Li Yada and Bao Xu were doing Chen Kangtuo found the enthusiasm for work to be rather high on the 17th floor. Everyone was busy. Many greeted Chen Kangtuo upon seeing him. Chen Kangtuo asked about the development of GOG after exchanging pleasantries with Li Yada. Chen Kangtuo was part of the team responsible for the game previously after all. Li Yada said, Its coming along rather smoothly. Dream Realization Ventures put forward a lot of suggestions for modification previously. We only changed a small part, but the effect was unexpectedly good. Most players welcome this kind of easy game mode that is easier to learn from the feedback of players in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. Therefore, we have been busy modifying all the remaining content recently. A pity that Dream Realization Ventures would be busy with new missions soon. They would not be able to test out the game and provide us with more suggestions for modification. However, He Desheng said he had written out almost all the recommendations he could think of. In the following period, our main task would be to continue to modify the basic gameplay, create more characters, and adjust the balance of the game according to these suggestions. The newly recruited group of people has good talents. They are quick in picking up game making so the efficiency of the entire project has obviously improved a lot. Chen Kangtuo chatted with everyone in the gaming department for a while, checked the time, and walked downstairs to report to Boss Pei. Pei Qian looked at the preliminary plan for the haunted house that Chen Kangtuo had just handed to him in the office. The name of the haunted house was Thriller Hostel. The name was mainly based on three considerations according to Chen Kangtuo. First, there would be no ghost or superstitions in the haunted house so no words such as ghost would appear. Second, they hoped that tourists could come here often so the hostel here held the meaning of a hotel. Finally, the basic theme in the haunted house would be a hotel. There would be more scary scenes added later, but they would all be derived from hotels. Pei Qian did not have any special thought merely looking at the name. Hotels were common themes, but it was relatively less common than cemeteries, mental hospitals, and netherworlds. The subject could be regarded as relatively now, or it could be said that the degree of shock may not be enough. In short, it depended on how it was done. He continued reading. The Thriller Hostel would have three major projects. The first would be a multi-person interactive project. The third project is a very scary traditional horror house. These two projects had a general framework with no specific plans. The second project was like a transitional project. Some specifics had been penned down. At present, they had six sub-projects planned; all of which were very simple. They could be completed with sites of a maximum of dozens of square meters each. Only one person was allowed at any one time. le These smaller venues would be in shipping containers. There would be wheels in under the containers, making them mobile where the order would be regularly disrupted. In that way, the player would be entering into a random room every time. Pei Qian looked at these smaller projects in turn. The first small project: Bathroom. The scenery was a very narrow bathroom with a mirror, washbasin, toilet, bathtub, etc. The layout was similar to a regular bathroom. The setting would be worn out. The dim lights, washbasin, mirror, and bathtub were all dirty, probably not scrubbed for a long time. The shadows in the corner of the bathroom seemed to be coagulated blood. Guests had to enter the bathroom alone and must complete a series of steps given. Once all the steps were completed, the challenge would be deemed successful. Failing any of the steps would fail the challenge. First, the guest would have to lock the bathroom, pick up a red candle by the side, and turn off the bathroom light. Thereafter, they would have to light the candle. Relying on its light, they should find the mirror on top of the washbasin and place the candle on the platform in front of the mirrorwhere toiletries should be. That would be in between the mirror and the player. Then, they had to cover their eyes with both hands for more than three seconds and then look into the mirror. After that, they had to open the tap to wash their hands. Next, they should lie in the bathtub, covering their eyes with their hands. They could not move their hands no matter what happened for three minutes. A rusty timer would be next to the bathtub. It would tick-tock continuously for three minutes after being pressed. At this point, the guest would be able to stand up from the bathtub, leave the room, and the challenge would be completed. It would seem simple, but in this process, there would be a series of things that happen randomly. For example, the dim lights would flicker violently a few times when turned off and would then make a bam sound, as if the light bulb shattered. After they uncover their eyes after three seconds while standing in front of the mirror, there might be a face with torn flesh or a pair of red eyes staring at them. There might even be cracks or blood oozing from the mirror. While washing their hands, the originally clean water may suddenly turn black or blood-red. There might also be some bloody bits mixed in the water. When the tourists lie down in the bathtub, a series of events would also occur in the bathroom. For example, the broken light turning on again suddenly, the faucet turning on automatically to make the sound of running water, the flushing of the toilet, the door being opened, and someone dragging heavy footsteps into the bathroom. The shower curtain might even be opened, and someone might lean in front of the guest. In short, these actions would be randomly decided by the staff and be controlled. The experience of every guest would be different. At the same time, there would be many hidden cameras within to know the state of the guests. That mirror would also be special. It would look like nothing but a mirror on the surface, but it would actually be a display screen. It could not only display bleeding red eyes or bleeding effects, but they could also create effects such as the reflection of someone disappearing in the mirror while the person looked at him or herself within. The second small project: windowsill. The setting would be a narrow corridor of the hostel. As usual, the guest would need to lock themselves in after they entered. There were four windows in the corridor with a slight difference in the state of each window. The first window was completely broken and left open. The broken window frame would hit the wall from time to time due to the night breeze. It would make noises while the curtains were blown randomly. The roars of unknown monsters would also be mixed within the sound of the wind from time to time. Of course, that would just be a setting within a shipping container. The area outside the window would still be within the container, completely dark. The breeze blowing with the roar of the monster would be artificially created. The second window seemed to have some cracks. A few clear bloody handprints were on it as if someone had repeatedly hit it with a blood-stained hand. The curtain of the third window would be slightly drawn. The fourth window would have no curtains. It would be pitch black outside, unable to make out anything The guests would have to stand with their back towards the fourth window. They could not move, turn their heads, or make any sound no matter what happened. The challenge would only be successful if they managed to stay that way for five minutes. During this period, random events might occur in these windows. For example, the monstrous roar from the first window might strengthen as though the monster would jump out at any moment. Someone outside the second window might slap the glass of the window and cry for help in misery. However, his screams would get farther and farther away as if being dragged away by some terrible monster. The third window might be knocked open suddenly. A monsters big hand might stretch into a grope or hit and even drag a dummy item in the corridor away. The fourth window, which was the window that the guest would be standing with their backs against, might also hear rhythmic hitting or nails scratching through the glass. In addition, there would be huge shadows passing by the window, heavy footsteps, and the sound of iron chains dragging along the ground. The low roar of the monsters would also be able to be heard faintly. The guest would be able to open the door and leave the room once the timer stopped. However, by then, the window behind the guest would suddenly open. A huge monster might probe in, biting and roaring around with its huge mouth and causing rusty blood stench to fill the air. Of course, to clear the mission, the guest needed to stay still and silent for another three-minute timeframe. The last scene would be just for the effect and would not affect the clearing of the mission. The other small projects included TV sets, staircase, ceiling, and the bottom of the bed. These small projects had one thing in common: they were not traditional horror scenes unlike cemeteries, underworlds, morgues, and other exciting settings. There were also no exaggerated horror elements in these scenes such as staff roleplaying as ghosts, very complicated mechanisms, exquisite and terrifying props, and so on. They used psychological effects to achieve horror. Going down further was the fee policy for the Thriller Hostel. However, Chen Kangtuo obviously did not manage to come up with the appropriate amount. He simply wrote: guests are allowed to buy the tickets once and play multiple times. Pei Qian looked at this plan, lost in thought. Logically speaking, the first and third large projects should be more brilliant, but Chen Kangtuo had yet to think up a specific plan, only a framework. How to go about directing him then? The second large project had a specific proposal, but it was neither here nor there to Boss Pei. Looking at the second project alone. It might not be thrilling enough for the brave-hearted, but it would also be too scary for the timid to try. Moreover, the process was relatively short. The gameplay was relatively monotonous as only one person could play at one time. It looked like there was a high probability of failure, and there was nothing much that could be changed. Pei Qian gave it some thought. Hed just do something to the ticket pricing since there was nothing much he could change for the plan! Chapter 378 - What is Venture Capitalism? If possible, Pei Qian would rather make the entrance to the haunted house free. However, the system would definitely not allow it. The price could be lowered to a certain limit. He could only rely on pricing strategies if he wanted to further reduce income after reaching the lowest price allowable by the system. Pei Qian had to carry out his original purpose. Make it a destination for the courageous without spending much and where the timid could only watch on in fear without entering. The original intent of this sentence was to make the fees of the haunted house affordable for those who really dare to enter it and to scare the cowardly away so they had no chance to spend on anything. Therefore, Pei Qian decided to adopt a special pricing strategy after much consideration. Different projects would be priced differently. Prices would be set differently for different people as well. The first project with the lowest level of horror and the richest in gameplay should be the most popular. Therefore, the price of the ticket for this project should be as low as possible! It would be most suitable for repeated play because it would have a greater audience. People would be inelastic to the price of the tickets so it should be set at a lower price so that it could make less money. The third project would be the most terrifying and would have the largest investment. The ticket price would definitely not be set too low under the supervision of the system. In that case, Pei Qian intended to do the exact opposite. Set a high ticket price! In this way, terror plus high ticket prices would have a double persuasive effect on ordinary people. The timid ones would definitely not enter in order not to waste their money and be scared. As for those who were more courageous, they would consider returning their ticket money based on their progress in the game. For example, divide the entire process into nine parts, each part would have a safe house. Ten percent of their money would be refunded to them every time they cleared each safe house. Clearing the entire nine segments would mean a ninety-percent discount on the ticket. One could visit the entire haunted house for only 10 yuan. According to Chen Kangtuos idea of buying a ticket once and playing multiple times, everyone could enter thrice with the same ticket. As long as the guest could pass the entire haunted house within three times, there would be no use in buying a second ticket to challenge it. This way, the fare might look high on the surface, but the third project might still not make much money! As for the second project, Pei Qian thought about it and gave it a low price, just a little more expensive than the first project! Pei Qian said to Chen Kangtuo as he thought of these. Different projects are to be priced separately. Ten yuan for the first project. You can have multiple experiences for the second project. Every additional experience would be an additional 15 yuan. Prepare a decibel recorder for everyone. Complete the mission without making too much noise, and the smaller project would be free. As for the third project, itll cost 100 yuan per experience. There will be a total of three experience opportunities. You can continue from where you left off for the second and third experience. Refund the ticket according to the progress of the last place they were at. All money would be refunded if they cleared the entire place. We can also issue a coupon, such as play all you want for 200 yuan. Thats roughly the case. You can work out the rest of the details. Chen Kangtuos eyes lit up after listening to Pei Qian. I understand, Boss Pei. Your pricing strategy is exactly what I had in mind! Pei Qian, ? What did this mean? He was a little confused, feeling that the script was a little different from what he had imagined The people he directed previously were usually confused, puzzled lost Why did Chen Kangtuo look like he had expected it long ago and was so excited? What did he mean by the pricing strategy was exactly the same as he thought? He thought that way, too? Could it be possible for Chen Kangtuo to have been enlightened after being sent to the Thriller Hostel project? He could now keep up with his frequency? Pei Qian felt a little lost but did not ask more about it. He waved his hand and sent Chen Kangtuo away. Something smelt fishy, something was off. Strange, this is obviously a loss-making project that will start burning money soon. Why am I not excited at all?. Pei Qian woke up in the afternoon and was prepared to make a trip to Dream Realization Ventures. The other projects were still under development, and there was no important news for the time being. Pei Qian was only slightly surprised at the progress of the movie. There was not too much content in the script. It should have been completed by now if they went by it. However, there were absolutely no signs of it being finalized anytime soon. Perhaps the shooting had not gone well and was therefore delayed? Well, its possible. Director Zhu Xiaoce made short films previously. Its inevitable stepping on some pits without the experience of directing movies for the cinema. Pei Qian did not care too much. He did not have a schedule to meet for making a movie. It was the same for him no matter when the movie was released as long as it was released before the settlement. Pei Qian gave the Dream Realization Ventures more money. It was three million yuan this time. It was nothing much compared to the twenty million yuan previously, but it was more than enough to invest in some small projects. What was more, Pei Qian gave it some thought. Investment should be done step-by-step, not all at one go. The twenty-million-yuan investment was a good lesson. It was better to take their time, accumulate some failed investment experiences, and then slowly figure it out. Moreover, Pei Qian personally did it this time, which should set a good example for Old Ma. Otherwise, there would be endless trouble. I dont know if old Ma read the plan carefully during this period and found any unreliable projects. Pei Qian arrived at Dream Realization Ventures while he pondered. This time, there were no more shouts for Boss Ma, run away! or sounds of typing on keyboards and clicking on the mouse. The atmosphere of the entire company changed suddenly from an internet cafe to a serious office area. He Desheng and the others were all busy with their own work. Some of them were looking through the details of investment plans; some of them were making reports. They looked very professional. This group of people hired by Old Ma was not purely to accompany him in games. Strictly speaking, they were newcomers in the investment industry who were also good gamers. Take He Desheng as an example. He was working in the investment industry, and gaming was a hobby that he was good at. Pei Qian felt very uncomfortable seeing this scene. It seemed like it would only be more reassuring if everyone should continue playing games. Their hardworking attitude was rather scary. However, Pei Qian thought it was better this way after all since everyone would give advice to GOG when they played the game. Sigh, it was difficult on all sides. He had to think of a way to invest in any project! Ma Yang was sitting at the big conference table with a lot of investment plans in hand. He was browsing them one by one. However, he was probably just looking at the title and the first page going by the speed he was flipping through. Pei Qian heaved a sigh of relief upon seeing that. He knew he could count on his bro! How is it? Is there a dream thats worthy of investment? Pei Qian sat down beside Ma Yang. He Desheng and the rest hurried over and took their seats around the conference table. This was Boss Pei personally imparting investment experience; any word would definitely be gold! They had to listen with all seriousness! Ma Yang announced proudly: Brother Qian, I found one! Just one? Pei Qian was slightly disappointed. You found only one proposal with dream? There was a stack of investment proposals on the table other than the stack Ma Yang had on his hand. Pei Qian picked them up and flipped through them. He couldnt help but suck in. Investment was a really technical job! He could barely understand these plans, but the problem was that they all seemed too reliable. Pei Qian found it difficult to distinguish which project would lose money, just as it was difficult for ordinary investors to distinguish which project would be profitable. That was because every entrepreneur and those seeking investments would basically choose the projects which have some real prospects. Even those proposals designed to defraud investors would be made extremely believable and exaggerate even more than usual. Fake projects had to look even more believable than real projects. How could they defraud people of money otherwise? That was where a problem appeared. All the proposals looked reliable and likely to succeed even if a large part of them were doomed to fail. Pei Qian did not have the insight to tell the difference between them. He could only obediently take over the proposal selected by Ma Yang Pei Qian was shocked when it landed in his hand. So light! The other proposals had a lot of information, but this proposal had only one page! Not only that, but the format of the proposal was totally wrong and the content was very simple. This project was Shared phone booth and did not require much investment, only 200,000 yuan. Pei Qian couldnt help but become excited. He saw a dream in this proposal! Ma Yang was still screening the other proposals when Pei Qian raised his hand and motioned for him to stop. Lets invest in the project first; well not consider the rest. Ma Yang put down the other plans obediently and said, Brother Qian, are we really investing in this? This project is indeed filled with dreamswhich is why I singled it out, but will it be profitable? Pei Qian laughed. What rubbish, why would I invest in it if it could be profitable? However, he could definitely not say that. Everyone at the conference table, including He Desheng, was shocked. They read the shared phone booth investment proposal a long time ago but treated it as a total joke. Shared phone booth, scanning a QR code to make calls Wasnt that just redundant? If someone could use their cell phone to scan a QR code, why would they use the phone booth to call? Moreover, this was nothing new. There used to be so many public phone booths on the streets, but no one used them now. Why? Times had changed! Who would still use a phone booth to make calls if everyone had a cell phone? In the end, Boss Pei read it for ten seconds tops and decided to invest? Pei Qian smiled, seeing everyones puzzled eyes. You are not optimistic about this project? Everyone nodded. Pei Qian looked at Ma Yang. You too? Ma Yang nodded then shook his head. Brother Qian, any project you choose will definitely be alright! It will definitely be profitable! Pei Qians expression darkened. This Old Ma was bootlicking, but why do I not feel good at all? Definitely be profitable? Dont curse me please! Pei Qian coughed slightly. Remember, investing in something that everyone is optimistic about is not venture capitalist. Thats crowdfunding. Venture capital investment is investing in projects that seem unreliable and in projects that no one thinks will succeed! How could it be venture capital investing if there is no risk? The higher the risk, the greater the returns! Chapter 379 - My Only Requirement is that It Must be Easy to Take Down Putting money into a project that everyone believed in was not providing venture capital but crowdfunding. Yes, what Boss Pei had said contradicted common knowledge, but it still caused everyone to reflect deeply. His words contained a profound philosophy. The people seated around the conference table began to ponder the meaning behind Boss Peis words. Although they felt that it made sense, it also felt strange for some reason. As Pei Qian flipped the flimsy piece of paper around and around, he tried hard to come up with more reasons why the project would succeed. However, he failed. The contents of this investment proposal were extraordinarily bold and imaginative. The creator of this project was named Zhang Wang. Although the investment plan had no pictures or personal information, Pei Qian could not help but conjure up a beautiful picture in his head. Most words in the proposal were used to broadly describe how good shared phone booths would be. With the development of mobile communications technology, cell phones have become everyones companion. On the other hand, fewer people are using public phone boothssymbols of the citys public services. Theyve been left abandoned and deserted, and they even face the possibility of being demolished altogether! One has to admit that this signifies a break in our heritage, a dissipation of our precious memories, the pain that accompanies development, and a loss to every single citizen in the city! At that point, Pei Qian felt the urge to make a confused and disgusted expression. However, since so many people were watching him at that moment, he counted on his outstanding acting skills to hold the expression back. My aim is to inject internet connectivity into public phone booths in order to give them new life! Shared phone booths will be built on the foundation of public phone booths. I aim to use art to recreate the publics perception of beauty, emotions to trigger the publics memory, convenience to change the publics lives, and performative art to show all of society the value of branding! TOV Pei Qian could not help but sigh with sorrow. The writing looked quite proficient, and the language was at least comparable to the standards of students in their second year of junior high. The rest of the plan contained smoky, flowery language. All in all, the entire proposal lacked a concrete plan. There was only one practical detail that was of any use: budget of two hundred thousand yuan. At the end of the plan was the cell phone number of the writerthe only way they could contact him. Pei Qian handed the plan over to He Desheng and said, Give him a call and ask him when hell be free to come down for a chat about his proposal. He Desheng took note of the mans cell phone number and then retreated to the side to make the phone call. Shortly later, He Desheng returned. Boss Pei, he said to give him a while. Hes rushing over and will be here in ten minutes. Pei Qian was speechless. That quick? I only wanted to make an appointment to meet him face-to-face in the future. Yet, on further thought, it seemed natural. The proposals that Dream Realization Ventures had been considering were all supposed to be Jingzhou Citys local projects. Zhang Wang probably lived in Jingzhou, not far from Dream Realization Ventures. It was logical to guess that Zhang Wang did not have a full-time proper job either. Other investment companies probably did not bother with his proposal at all. Thus, his schedule was probably quite empty. It was expected that he would be able to come down the moment Dream Realization Ventures contacted him. In fact, it would be surprising if he was busy. Since he was only going to take ten minutes, Pei Qian would wait for him. He retrieved his cell phone and started surfing the internet. He Desheng and the others used this time to study the investment proposal, looking closely at every single word. Although the proposal looked unreliable from every angle, something about it must have moved Boss Pei! Since that was the case, they would probably be able to learn something about Boss Peis investment methods once they located that one thing, right? This project was a small one that would only cost two hundred thousand yuan. That was merely one percent of their previous project. However, as the saying went, tiny clues revealed general trends. Perhaps it would be small projects like this one that would best reflect the brilliance of Boss Peis investment strategy. Everyone at the conference table frowned as they swayed back and forth, between suspicion and self-doubt. Soon, rushed footsteps could be heard from outside. Im here! Im here to talk about the project! Pei Qian looked up to see a muscular, well-sculpted man rush into the office. It was already January. The weather had turned cold, and the average temperature was below zero degrees Celsius. Yet, this muscle man was only dressed in a relatively thin, black sweater and jeans. He looked quite energetic and not cold at all. His sweater, jeans, and sports shoes did not have any brand. However, they looked clean. Obviously, he washed them well. He was not wearing any accessories like a beanie, a scarf, a mask, or gloves. Even in his sweater and jeans, the man looked huge-he looked like a small hill. The most eye-catching thing about me was his long, flowy hair. His hair was pulled back in a loose ponytail, and a couple of locks of stray hair framed his face. He looked every bit like an artist. However, his sage-like vibes were a stark contrast to his muscular figure. Pei Qian had no words at that moment. Zhang Wang looked extremely different from what Pei Qian had imagined. He had thought about how many fraudsters or silly people looked like. However, he would never have expected Zhang Wang to be a muscle man. If Zhang Wang introduced himself as a security guard, nobody would have suspected a thing. Ma Yang whispered in Pei Qians ear, It looks like he ran over here. Pei Qian also realized that beads of perspiration had formed on Zhang Wangs forehead. His face was slightly flushed, and he was panting as well. If he had only run a short distance, he probably would not look like that. Thus, Pei Qian guessed that he probably ran or cycled a long distance to get here. It was a very cold day. Running or cycling in this weather was not normal behavior. At that moment, the entire conference room fell silent. Perhaps no one had ever encountered this scene before. Zhang Wang looked lost as well. He lowered his tone and said again, Im here to talk about the project. Pei Qian immediately stood up and waved at everyone else. What are you waiting for? Serve him tea! Come, Mr. Zhang. Please, take a seat. Pei Qian gestured for Zhang Wang to take the empty seat across from him, in front of the conference table. Someone served Zhang Wang a cup of hot tea, which Zhang Wang took with a thanks. Pei Qian said, Dont be nervous. Drink it slowly. It must have been tiring for you to run here. Catch your breath first. We can talk about the project when youre ready. Zhang Wang blew at his tea and then downed the entire cup in one breath. Finally, he looked at the young man across from him, who had been talking to him the entire time. Obviously, this was the potential investor. However, Mr. Zhang had no idea how to address him. He Desheng quickly introduced Pei Qian. This is Boss Pei, the CEO of Tengda Corporation. This is Boss Ma, the CEO of Dream Realization Ventures. Zhang Wang looked excited. Boss Pei, Boss Ma, thank you both for giving me this opportunity! Ill tell you both about my project-shared umbrellas! We always meet with this troublesome situation: were out on a rainy day with no umbrella. We could buy one from a random roadside stall, but it would be expensive yet with poor quality. Pei Qian, ? He raised his hand, gesturing for Zhang Wang to stop talking at once. Wait, wait, wait. What did you say your project was? Zhang Wang paused and then answered, Shared umbrellas. Question marks filled the minds of everyone around the conference table at once. Pei Qian cleared his throat and said, but your proposal is about shared phone booths. Zhang Wang was obviously stunned. Laughing awkwardly, he said, Yes, yes, yes. Shared phone booths is also my project! Im sorry, Boss Pei. I have too many ideas, and Im finding it difficult to remember them all. Boss Pei, I wonder if youd be interested in my shared umbrellas project. Do you want to invest in that, too? Ma Yangs eyes lit up with interest. He whispered to Pei Qian, Brother Qian, that project sounds more reliable than phone booths! Pei Qians expression darkened. Shared umbrellas? That project sounds too reliable. Why would I invest in that? Er, actually, its hard to tell if itll be reliable, but at least itll be useful. Usefulness indicates risk! Pei Qian shook his head. Im not interested in shared umbrellas for now. Tell me more about the shared phone booths. Alright, Boss Pei. Zhang Wang did not look that disappointed. I got the idea for shared phone booths because of how much I miss public phone booths Pei Qian had a feeling that Zhang Wang was about to start a long, meaningless monologue. He quickly raised his hand to stop him. Alright, alright. You dont have to introduce the project in so much detail. Your investment proposal is already extremely detailed. He Desheng instinctively looked down at the proposal. Was this one-page proposal considered extremely detailed? Pei Qian continued speaking. Im going to ask you a few simple, key questions. Answer me as simply and directly as you can, alright? Zhang Wang nodded. No problem, Boss Pei! Pei Qian asked, How did you come up with the budget of two hundred thousand yuan? Zhang Wang confidently answered, Boss Pei, I did my calculations. I plan to invest in twenty shared phone booths. The cost of constructing each one would be ten thousand yuan. The booth would be 2.4 meters high, made of tinplate, and sprayed with high-temperature paint. It would also have exquisitely carved, retro door handles and wooden flooring. The workmanship would be exquisite and beautiful. The booth itself would cost about five thousand yuan to build. Apart from that, an additional five thousand yuan would be required to do up the rest of the booth. That would add up to two hundred thousand yuan. Once he finished speaking, Zhang Yuan gazed at Pei Qian expectantly. After some thought, Pei Qian said, That wouldnt do. Youre going to spend the full two hundred thousand yuan at one shot? How can you not have spare cash on hand when working on a project? How about this? Ill give you five hundred thousand yuan. Think about what else you could add to the phone booths. If all else fails, you can come up with the design for the interior and exterior of the phone booth from scratch! Zhang Wang looked elated. Alright, Boss Pei! No problem! Pei Qian thought about something else and said, Oh yes, the booths must be easy to build and easy to take down. Thats my only requirement. Zhang Wang chewed on this for a moment and then nodded. Alright. I dont think thats necessary, but since Boss Pei has spoken, Ill see to it! Pei Qian had no other requirements for this project. All he wanted was for the booths to be easy to take down. That way-once the project failed, he would be able to take the booths down and sell the scraps. He could avoid creating a rubbish disposal problem in the city. After all, Boss Peis only aim was to incur losses. He did not want to become a burden to the city. He had to be a man of character. Speaking of which, Pei Qian suddenly realized that the System had not issued him a warning against investing in an unreliable project like that. Had five hundred thousand yuan become nothing in the Systems eyes? After all, the System had already permitted him to spend five million yuan on charity. Pei Qian could not help but feel sorrowful. System, System it looks like you still dont understand the concept of nipping the problem in the bud. Many five hundred thousands could add up to a lot! Still, being able to throw five hundred thousand yuan away was a good start! Chapter 380 - Advertisements in the Movie At the filming location for Tomorrow is Beautiful Cut! Alright, this scene is done. Good job, everyone! Take a break. Well start filming the advertisements in a while. Just after Director Zhu Xiaoce finished speaking, everyone present started clapping and cheering. Many people looked extremely relieved. At this point, most scenes for the movie had been filmed. Although they had met with problems at the beginning of filming, Boss Peis guidance and all the employees hard work had led them to overcome the problems quickly. Lu Zhiyao and the other actors had especially developed more chemistry. Their scenes became much more interesting. In the beginning, they had to retake multiple scenes again and again, but toward the end, they only needed two or three takes. Whats more, all of those takes would have been so exciting that Zhu Xiaoce had had difficulty picking his favorite take. He had postponed many of those decisions to be made during editing. Thus, filming was officially completed today. Many employees could finally heave a huge sigh of relief. After all, they would only have to film the advertisements now. Those advertisements would only form the backdrop of the entire film. Most of the actors even felt that there was no need to put in as much effort as they had put into filming the actual movie scenes. They intended to only shoot a few casual scenes. However, Zhu Xiaoce obviously thought differently. He had a thick plan for the advertisements in his hands and was currently explaining his plan to the actors who were supposed to be involved. The group of people who were to star in the advertisements had been freshly selected. At first, Zhu Xiaoce was not sure about the plan for the advertisements. He had even thought about allowing the huge brands placement advertisements and getting them to produce their own videos. However, Boss Pei had turned that suggestion down and given him a whole other direction: they were to shoot the advertisements on their own and not include any real companies, logos, or products. Once that had been decided, Zhu Xiaoce sent people all around the city, looking for new actors. Thus, the advertisements were meant to serve as a backdrop as they were played in the cinema. That meant that the main actors in the film could not star in the advertisements. Many actors in the film had played poor people in the background. They, too, had been disqualified from starring in the advertisements. Only the judge played by Zhang Zuting and the male leadthat had become popularplayed by Li Zhiyao could star in a few commercials. The young girl who appeared right at the end, and whom the judge had pushed up to replace the male lead, could also star in a few commercials. Apart from them, a whole new cast had been selected to star in the commercials. They had to be new faces that did not star in the film at all. Director Zhu Xiaoce had put in a lot of effort into planning for the advertisements. That explained the thick playbook. First, I have to emphasize to everyone that although we are only filming advertisements that would form the backdrop for our film, you cannot afford to relax. The advertisements would be just as important as the film itself. In fact, on some level, they would be more important! The advertisements would act as a related hint to the audience. The cinema would play the advertisements in a certain order to form a portion of the background story. For example, before the male and female leads take part in the talent show, the male lead would often see advertisements that the judge stars in on the television. The advertisements would also give the audience a peek at the judges character. That would hint to them how wealthy, influential, and successful he is. Once the male lead becomes popular, we will also feature one of the advertisements filmed by the male lead. They could be for various different products as well. That would show how popular he became overnight. After the male lead falls from glory-as hes lying in bed, the television would show an advertisement filmed by the lady who replaced him. That would hint at how the judge immediately replaced him after scheming against him. The vicious cycle continues with that new replacement. Apart from that, the advertisements can be used to reflect problems that concern modern society such as big data and privacy. We will film advertisements for many products, but all of these products would be directly related to the male leads experience. For example, after the male lead drinks a can of beer, the television would feature advertisements for fried chicken or red wine. After the male lead loses a huge sum of money from watching television programs, the advertisements would be about money-lending services. After the male lead strikes it rich, the advertisements would be about financial instruments, insurance, luxury goods, and the like. Well spread these advertisements out throughout the film. As the male leads life changes, the advertisements that he sees would change as well. On one hand, that would add to the mood of the various scenes. On the other hand, it would be a metaphor and a satire of big data and privacy problems. Lastly, the advertisements can make use of strong, sci-fi elements. They would form our guess of what the world, culture, and life would look like in the future. Just as Boss Pei said before, we must make the advertisements form a stream of consciousness and look impressive at the same time. We must include futuristic elements to confuse the audience. Only then can we continuously show the audience that the film is set in the future. These advertisements would have the unique effect of making the audience feel like theyre in the future. That would help them to become immersed in the film. Zhu Xiaoce looked around at everyone and then faced one actor in particular. Alright, it looks like everyone has understood. The advertisement well be filming first is for take-out. The advertisement will be very simple: A drone carries take-out and flies across the city. However, the drone is on fire. Just like a fireball, it flies across the night sky. You open the door, reach out, and receive the delivery. When you open the beautiful lunchbox, you find a delicious steak that looks like it has just been barbecued. Its even emitting smoke The next advertisement would be for a cell phone and take-out combined. The drone collects the take-out, but its screen shows that the distance is too great and that it has insufficient charge to make the delivery. At that moment, we will do a quick zoom in on a map to show that the drone is to travel across the desert and sea to arrive at another city. Then, the boss of the take-out business whips out his phone and connects it to the drone with a wire, in order to charge the drone. After that, the drone takes off. The drone then flies across the desert and sea. Along the way, it goes through a sandstorm, a tempest, and various other extreme weathers. Finally, you open the door again. Now, the drone begins its return trip. When it returns, the boss of the take-out business takes back his cell phone and realizes there is still thirty percent of its battery left Zhu Xiaoce explained the contents of the advertisements to the various actors. He had racked his brains and killed several brain cells thinking about those advertisements. A portion of the advertisements, that were supposed to form streams of consciousness, had been easy to come up with. After all, he only needed the actors to dress up in futuristic clothing and strike a few poses. Then, he could throw in a couple of strange scenes and add special effects. By then, he would be done. However, it would not be sufficient to just have advertisements that formed streams of consciousness. No matter how much things developed in the future, advertisements would still have to contain a certain level of variety. Thus, Zhu Xiaoce had to think of different types of advertisements for balance. Zhu Xiaoce had also had a hard time thinking about what kind of products to advertise. That was because he minimally needed logos and lines for the advertisements. If he was not careful enough with the logos, the audience could easily diss his efforts. Then, it would defeat the purpose of him coming up with those advertisements, right? Thus, the logos had to be done well. They had to look like real companies. Yet, there were so many advertisements to come up with and only one Zhu Xiaoce. He would have died trying to think of everything on his own! If he started from ground zero for all the logos, it would have been too difficult. Thus, after discussing this with Huang Sibo, Zhu Xiaoce had decided to ask the other related companies for help! Fish-Catching Take-Out had been tasked to create a logo for the take-out company by modifying its own logo. Otto Technologies had been tasked with providing a logo that was not being used for the cell phone company. That would work as long as the audience did not think the logos looked familiar. All in all, with the help of the other departments, the logos looked legitimate. Although the brand names had all been modified, Zhu Xiaoce had also warned the various departments to claim their modified brand names and register them in advance. He was not hoping that the film would generate any publicity for those brands, but he was afraid that someone would register the brand names after watching the film and try to demand compensation for copyright. If they registered the names in advance, they could avoid such problems altogether. Although there were many advertisements, most of them were very short. Thus, Zhu Xiaoce expected filming to only take about two weeks. Only then could he say that he had truly poured his soul in creating this movie. At Tengda Games Ruan Guangjian heaved a long sigh. Alright, the concept art and animations for the first batch of heroes are done. Li Yada clapped her hands and said, Thank you, Boss! During this period, Ruan Guangjian had been working on various concept arts and animations for GOGs heroes. He had made several trips between Jingzhou and Shanghai. However, research and development of the game could be conducted in parallel with concept art design. Neither one process would hinder the other. Ruan Guangjians job was to modify the character IPs that Tengda Games had bought over or create unique, original characters on his own. The Guardian of Justice, Modest, was one example of the latter. All in all, this was not an overwhelming task. After all, he did not have to create all the heroes from scratch. Most of the work only involved modification based on an existing drawing. As long as he understood the characters special characteristics, he could make the necessary modifications to the original images. That was much easier than starting from scratch. Thus, designing concept art and animations was much faster than researching and developing the game itself. The game was still a long way from official release or public testing. However, the concept art and animations were more or less done. Li Yada asked, Boss, what do you plan to do after this? Do you want to inform Boss Pei that youre done with the animations so that you can celebrate? Ruan Guangjian quickly shook his head. No, no, no! Theres no need. Boss Pei is extremely busy. Lets not bother him with such a small matter. Moreover, Ive already been to Jingzhous amusement park once. Theres no other exciting activity here. Im planning to rest over the next few days and tour around Jingzhou. Perhaps I would be able to find something else to do. Li Yada pondered for a moment and said, Thats right, Tengda has another games company called Shang Yang Games. Its the creator of Bloody Battle Song. Have you heard of them? Ruan Guangjian nodded. I have, but Im not particularly interested in Bloody Battle Songs style of art. Li Yada answered, Thats why we need you to upgrade that companys art standard, Boss! Dont worry, we all work under Boss Pei. You will be adequately remunerated. Ruan Guangjian hesitated for a moment. I might be distracted if I take on two projects at once Li Yada waved her hand. Dont worry. They have a lot of art resources already. Boss, you just need to go and take a look and give some suggestions. Your primary job would be to offer guidance; you wont have to do anything yourself. After some consideration, Ruan Guangjian nodded. Alright, Ill take a look and offer some suggestions, then. Chapter 381 - I Am Timid, Ruan Guangjian January 7th, Friday At Shang Yang Games Big Boss, we welcome your guidance! Ruan Guangjian saw the staff of Shang Yang Games greeting him with warm applause once he entered the office. Lin Wan, Ye Zhizhou, and Wang Xiaobin stood at the very front with thirsty after talents written all over their faces. Ruan Guangjian was flattered and hurriedly replied, No, no, please dont need to stand at the ceremony. Im dropping by since I just finished my work nearby. You dont have to worry about me; dont delay your work. Lin Wan smiled. No, no, no, Big Boss Ruan, youre too humble. Your art has given Tengda Games its soul as the original artist that Boss Pei relies the most on. A large part of the high sales volume of Tengda Games is your credit! Boss Pei and you are the best partners. It would definitely be very beneficial for us even if you were just to give Shang Yang Games some pointers! Come, please have a seat. This is a workstation reserved just for you. Youre always welcome at Shang Yang Games! The crowd led Ruan Guangjian to a separate workstation which was just vacated right next to Ye Zhizhou and diagonally opposite Wang Xiaobin. Ruan Guangjian sat at the workstation and took out the drawing tablet he carried around with him. Your workstation is the same standard as Tengda? Coming to Shang Yang Games felt as though he had returned to Tengda. The office environment was too similar! Whether it was a spacious office space, wide desk, comfortable ergonomic chair, or a high-end computer coupled with dual monitors; the standard was exactly the same as in Tengda. Lin Wan nodded. Yes, Shang Yang Games might be a subsidiary of Tengda Games, but we do not distinguish between each other. Boss Pei always treats all employees equally. The office was rearranged according to Tengda Games standard just a few months after we moved. Such a setting seemed to be able to ignite the staffs passion for work more easily. Ignite the staffs passion for work? Um, working in such a comfortable place did indeed feel very different from working in those cramped workstations. Ruan Guangjian turned on his office computer while listening to Lin Wan introduce Shang Yang Games. It seemed pretty good. There was a seamless transition between Tengda Games and Shang Yang Games. The office environment was very familiar so he did not need any extra time to adapt at all. This is the game we are developing, Be Quiet. It has a horror theme. Big Boss, you can play it casually and give us some comments. Lin Wan pointed to the game icon on the desktop. The second version of Be Quiet had been developed. Its progress was more than half. There was just a certain distance away from the actual launch. The development of simple functions was fast, but for a game to be officially released, various gameplay and details had to be repeatedly fine-tuned. A large number of bugs had to be fixed. Such follow-up work on these subtleties could not be ignored. Ruan Guangjians expression changed upon hearing the horror theme. Horror games? No, no, Im most afraid of horror! I wont have come here if I knew that the project you are developing on is a horror game! I was nearly scared to death watching Midnight Call, Zerg, Chain Saw Madman, Ghost Shadow, Resurrection Night, Bright Flash, Ghost Record The Curse!! Lin Wan was stunned. A question mark floated over her head. What? You are most afraid of horror, and yet you watched all the classics of horror movies? Lin Wan did not know how to continue the conversation suddenly. She gave it some thought before replying. No problem, our game is still in the development stage. It is not scary at all. Not scary at all? Ruan Guangjian reluctantly clicked opened the Be Quiet icon. Ill try to play for a bit then. Lin Wan nodded. Alright, take your time experiencing it. Let me or Ye Zhizhou know if you have any comments. Ruan Guangjian out on his headphones and quickly entered the game. Lin Wan secretly pulled Ye Zhizhou and whispered, Observe Big Boss. He said he is timid; dont scare him too much. Pay attention to him, understand? Ye Zhizhou nodded. Dont worry, leave it to me. The two of them heard a not-so-silent Ahh before the two of them finished their conversation. There was a dynamic scene when entering the game. Night shrouded the lunatic village. A weird blue flame was burning, reflecting a lunatic villager with bloodshot teeth and eyes. He was slashing something with his machete by the blue weird flame. The light was very dim. One could vaguely see the dark red blood spattering from the thing he was chopping up. The entire scene would suddenly become darker when the loading was complete. The lunatic villager, who had been chopping something by the light blue flame, would suddenly get up and walk out of the screen. The lunatic villagers face would suddenly stick out from the right side of the screen before the player could react. He would appear at an ultra-close distance in the players field of vision and emit a sickly mad grin. He would then slash at the camera with his machete. The screen would be covered with blood in no time, accompanied by the screams. The title of the game would then appear before entering the game officially. Ruan Guangjian was shocked by that scene just now. He almost jumped up from his seat. Ye Zhizhou asked hurriedly. Are you alright? Ruan Guangjian nodded. Fine, fine Ah! He was shocked by a small mouse that suddenly rushed past the scene not long after entering the game proper. Ye Zhizhou was speechless. He suddenly doubted that Big Boss Ruan could successfully experience the entire game and put forward opinions for corresponding art modification. He thought for a while before suggesting. Big Boss, maybe you can just look at the art resources including the original concept art, models, and the like. The level of horror should not be too bad. Ruan Guangjian shook his head. That definitely will not do! From the concept to the original art, then to modeling and the setting; every step would experience changes. For example, the original artists thoughts would be distorted when it went from the original concept art to the model since the model master would add some of his own ideas. Such a situation is almost unavoidable no matter how hard you try. Therefore, I can only feel the disharmony in the entire setting and make targeted changes if I see the actual settings in the game. Dont worry, Im alright. I can do it. Ye Zhizhou could not help but feel a little moved seeing how the big boss was persisting even though he was scared twice in succession. Look, this is professionalism! Big Boss was obviously very sensitive to horror games, but he was trying to overcome his inner fear to make the game better. That spirit was really touching! It did not take long for Ruan Guangjians shrieks to fill the Shang Yang Games office. Even Lin Wan could vaguely hear it from the directors office. No one had any thoughts of snickering. They now admired Ruan Guangjian even more. He insisted even though he was so afraid; that was true love! They could only say that Big bosss success was not accidental but inevitable. This perseverance was not something ordinary people could have! Moreover, Ye Zhizhou, who was sitting next to Ruan Guangjian, felt pride. The horror effects of our game are so good! Ye Zhizhou actually had no idea how good the horror effect was previously. It was the first horror game made by Shang Yang Games. The design team had been playing horror games for quite some time now. Lin Wan and the rest also went to haunted houses for research, but they were still lacking in experience. Moreover, the main gameplay of this game was within a network where it relied on people frightening other people instead of scaring people with set procedures and mechanisms. However, the game had not reached the testing phase at all. There were no players yet; all of them were AI so the scariness must be discounted. Coupled with the art resources that had yet to be fully put in place. The gameplay was not perfect so there were small bugs. Ye Zhizhou felt that the game was far from complete. However, it managed to scare Ruan Guangjian to this level. Did that mean that this game had a good horror effect on ordinary people? Ruan Guangjian quit the game and took off his earphones. Ye Zhizhou was about to comfort him only to realize that Ruan Guangjians face was ruddy; he even seemed a little excited. Ye Zhizhou, ? He did not expect this situation. Was this still the same person who was screaming when a little mouse passed by just now? Ruan Guangjian said sincerely, Director Lin didnt lie to me. This game isnt scary at all. Ye Zhizhou, ? Whats this? Wasnt the person screaming like mad just now you, Big Boss? Ye Zhizhou vaguely felt something wrong. Big Boss Ruans definition and his performance did not seem to be the same. Before playing: No, Im very afraid of horror themes. During gameplay: Screamed in fright After playing: Hm, it isnt that scary. Moreover, it gave people the feeling that he was speaking from the bottom of his heart. Ye Zhizhou took out his little notebook hurriedly. Big Boss, please tell me your thoughts. Ruan Guangjian was in a good state. He did not look like he had just been frightened. Instead, he even seemed a little excited. I think the gameplay is roughly there, but it lacks the detail and atmosphere. It is through these minor details that increase the atmosphere of horror to make it easier for players to gain a sense of substitution. How to make a successful horror team? The key is in the details! For example, I really liked the scene at the beginning of the game! I usually used the decibel and frequency of my screams to judge whether a horror theme is good or not. Obviously, the scene at the beginning was really good. However, there is still too little content. These minor aspects are not taken care of. For example, you can add a setting. The player will be able to hear the sound of his own heartbeat when something scary approaches. The closer that was, the faster the heart would beat! This seemingly simple sound effect would be very useful for the enhancement of the atmosphere! Another example is that it isnt true that the darker the art, the better it is. Low visibility could definitely add to the tension of the players, but if this was done for an extended period, it would make the player very depressed and would want to quit before long. So, limit the players field of vision to a certain degree. Neither too bright nor too dark I may not explain it well. Let me find a picture for you to see its effect. Another example would be the minor details. There might be some scary mechanisms in the game now, but they are all relatively large. What is a small mechanism? They are things like the sound of weird wind and grass, the slow movement of objects on the table a bloody handprint that suddenly appeared on a piece of glass Such small mechanisms might not be seen by some people, but when under high tension, the effect might be even scarier than monsters that suddenly pop out They are not difficult to make. The key is to have patience Ruan Guangjian did not stop. Ye Zhizhou quickly recorded them in his little notebook. There was only one thought in Ye Zhizhous mind while he recorded the points This is more afraid of horror theme? Is there something wrong with Big Boss Ruans perception of himself? He just screamed more often during the horror game, but in fact, his tolerance for horror games seems to be much higher than ordinary people Chapter 382 - You Call This a Phone Booth? After more than an hour, Ye Zhizhou looked at the little notebook which he wrote several pages of opinion in and the different artworks that Ruan Guangjian sent. He became speechless. Ye Zhizhou looked at Ruan Guangjian who was in full spirits. Big Boss, are you sure you are afraid of horror themes? Ruan Guangjian nodded. Yes, Im very afraid. Ye Zhizhou was speechless. Then, why did you collect these horror-related artworks? Ruan Guangjian, Its needed in work. Why do you know so much about the details of scaring people and grasp horror psychology so well? Ye Zhizhou asked again. Ruan Guangjian, Youll remember them, too, if you watch a lot of horror movies and get scared often. Ye Zhizhou was even more confused now. No, isnt it contradictory if youre timid, and yet you watched so many horror movies? Ruan Guangjian shook his head. Not at all. Im really timid, but it doesnt prevent me from watching horror movies. It would be just like a person with no sense of humor watching comedy often. Is that contradictory? Ye Zhizhou was speechless. There was no problem; it was reasonable! Ye Zhizhou sighed inwardly. It seemed like every true big boss had some unknown strange quirks Ye Zhizhou did not bother too much about this. It was a good thing if Big Boss Ruan claimed to be very timid but was actually very keen on horror themes! There was no point dwelling over it. The urgent task was to quickly summarize these opinions put forward by Ruan Guangjian, form a document, and then add it to the next version of the development plan. Ye Zhizhou turned on his computer and hurriedly put together a document of amendments proposed by Ruan Guangjian, to be added to the development plan of the upcoming version. There were only two months left until the games scheduled release date. There were also seven days of Chinese New Year holiday in between. The development timeline was rather tight. Boss Pei ordered that they should not be working overtime. It was an extravagant wish to even work one hour of overtime during Chinese New Year. They could only quickly work on them now. Ruan Guangjian, on the other hand, found the art resource of Be Quiet and was proposing amendments according to his own ideas. The biggest advantage of his proposed amendment was this: Ruan Guangjian could draw out his proposed amendment if the other party could not accurately understand his proposal. Ruan Guangjian would really do it himself if the other party found it too difficult and expressed the attitude of you do it if youre so good. Ye Zhizhou could not help but look at Ruan Guangjian who was working hard. Big Boss was Big Boss. A few simple comments brought the quality of the game to a higher level. Such a method turning stone into goldhad only been seen in Boss Pei! Of course, Boss Pei was on a higher level. That was because Ruan Guangjian still needed to make changes to achieve the results. Boss Pei only needed one sentence or even a simple word. Big Boss Ruan and Boss Pei are the best partners. Leaders are often kindred souls. Ye Zhizhou was sincerely convinced as he began to organize the document of the new version to be developed. Afternoon, Dream Realization Ventures He Desheng looked at the rendering in his hand and then at Zhang Wang who was sitting opposite him. You call this a phone booth? Zhang Wang smiled with embarrassment. The budget given by Boss Pei was too high. I revised it until I realized that it was a little off subject. However, not to worry. Boss Pei did not specify how the shared phone booth should look like. Its just a little bigger and with a little more stuff. The nature of the shared phone booth remained the same. He Desheng looked carefully at the disassembly diagram at the back. The entire phone booth was designed by you? Your efficiency is a bit too high I used the stuff I didnt use before to change it. It did not take too much effort, Zhang Wang said humbly. I have a workshop in my hometown in the nearby county. This is just a rudimentary form that was done in a few hours. He Desheng remained silent for quite some time before he managed to squeeze out a word. Impressive. He held the real photo and the disassembly diagram of the shared phone booth in his hand. It was not the same as what was mentioned before. Boss Pei increased the budget after all. The design of the phone booth should be adjusted accordingly. It would stand at 2.2 meters high and cover an area of about two square meters. It was significantly larger than the phone booths he had in mind and was spacious enough to sit two. This shared phone booth seemed indeed easy to install and disassemble, judging from the disassembly diagram. The frames were not welded. Just remove a few pieces of tempered glass, and one could tow the frames away easily. The key parts of the assembly and disassembly could be locked. Of course, that was just a sample that Zhang Wang made in his workshop. They would need to consider all aspects of the material, strength, cost, and other detail if they were to start manufacturing it. At least there were samples; they were just not shipped here. There were some other aspects in the physical photo of the phone booth with some detailed explanations. For example, there was a counter with a small coffee machine, jukebox, three-port charger, Wi-Fi, bookshelf, capsule machine, and two folding seats next to it. There was a small screen in the phone booth of which the contents could be clearly seen by the people outside through the glass. Of course, a phone should not be missing from a shared phone booth. There was a beautiful retro phone with a dial in gold and black at the upper right side of the phone booth. It looked very smart. Obviously, the emotional significance of this phone was greater than its practical use. What was more outrageous was that there was something under the table. He Desheng was confused. AED? What is that? Automatic External Defibrillator, a medical device, Zhang Wang replied. He Desheng was a little puzzled. That should be rather expensive, right? Isnt it a little awkward to put it in the phone booth? Zhang Wang smiled. Its alright. It cost less than 20,000 yuan. Its not awkward because there are other medical devices as well like a weight scale that can measure body fats and a blood pressure monitor. He Desheng is there enough money? Zhang Wang nodded. Of course! I was planning to build a traditional phone booth originally which cost about 5,000 yuan but it had to be upgraded since the price gave me a new budget! The current size and material cost almost 10,000 yuan per unit. After adding other equipment and installation costs, it cost about 18,000 yuan without the AED. The monthly rental for the venue is about 500 to 1,000 yuan. The initial investment amount is about 40,000 yuan after calculation. Its enough! Boss Pei gave 500,000 yuan. I did some calculations. Well invest in 10 shared phone booths. The remaining 100,000 yuan and income would be used for follow-up maintenance costs. He Desheng was suddenly aware of a problem. Wait, the monthly rental is 500 to 1,000 yuan? So expensive? Zhang Wang nodded. Of course. I asked several big shopping malls in Jingzhou. They have similar reserved spaces. The cheaper ones are 500 yuan. Those like Huanyu Tianjie are more expensive but can be rented for about 1,000 yuan. It will only occupy about two square meters anyway. He Desheng blinked, obviously a little lost. Arent we setting them up by the side of the road? Zhang Wang laughed. On the side of the road? There are so many cars on the road; who would use them? There will only be a total of 10 to 20 sets. We have to put them in shopping malls with large traffic. He Desheng was speechless. Why did he feel as though he was being looked down upon? This did not sound right at all! He Desheng flipped through it again. Why is the cultural connotation left blank? Zhang Wang said. I didnt think too much about that mainly because I have no more budget. My original plan was to leave a separate screen by this phone booth, find an artist to paint a futurist painting, and decorate it a little. Each phone booth would have a unique theme everyone was allowed to photograph. Then, well design a different stamp for each phone booth. Those who visit it can stamp it as a memento. However, I accidentally went out of budget and have no money left to pay for an artist He Desheng gave it some thought. Wont you have 200,000 yuan if you remove those AEDs from 10 booths? Zhang Wang shook his head violently. That wont do! The AED has to be there. They are the heart and soul of the shared phone booth! He Desheng could not find an answer to that. He did not quite understand Zhang Wangs thinking, but this was Zhang Wangs project so it had to be executed based on Zhang Wangs thinking. After careful consideration, he suddenly felt that this project was not that ridiculous after all. At the very beginning, He Desheng thought that it would be placed on the side of the road since it was a phone booth. He Desheng had no doubts that Zhang Wang would do that given his intellect. It turned out that Zhang Wang had no intention of putting it at the side of the road! Thinking back, the phone booths of the old were placed by the road because everyone had such a need. It was more convenient to call on the roadside. However, everyone had cell phones now. Such a need had long since disappeared. Now that this shared phone booth was going to be a cultural symbol with some other functions, it must be placed in a place with high human traffic. Strange, it suddenly looks like a normal project. He Desheng could not help but wonder. He is obviously someone with brains. Why did he write that kind of proposal? Could Boss Pei decide to invest because he saw the potential for this project to succeed? En thats very likely! He Desheng nodded. Okay, Ill arrange for someone to contact the manufacturer to produce it as soon as they can. Let me know if you need any help. Zhang Wang might be the initiator of this project, but he was just one man. He was not familiar with such matters. It was a project that Dream Realization Ventures was investing in. He Desheng and the team did not have other projects on hand anyway so it was only natural to lend a hand. Chapter 383 - Artist’s Impression of the Phone Booth January 9th, Sunday A strange-looking phone booth had been erected at the topmost floor of Huanyu Tianjie Shopping Center. This level also had a cinema, a few claw machines, and a bubble tea shop. The strange-looking phone booth had been set up in front of a wall that visitors would have to walk past on the way to the cinema. It would be easy to spot the phone booth from the escalator. The phone booth was made out of see-through glass on all four sides. The sound-proofing was not bad, and there was a ventilator on top to ensure that one would not feel suffocated even if they stayed inside for an hour or two. On the exterior of the side of the phone booth closest to the path, the metal frame on either side looked wider than the others. It looked like the creator had left empty spaces on purpose. That was the space that Zhang Wang wanted to leave for the artist to express himself. As for the other two sides the left side had more sci-fi vibes. Through the glass, one could see an electronic screen with a poster on top. The poster said, Shared Phone Booth Advertisement Space Available. The right side had purposely been decorated to look more like traditional phone booths. Through the glass, one could see the ancient-looking phone inside the booth. Apart from that, one could also see some things on the table through the glass. Those things included a water dispenser, the Wi-Fi router, a power outlet, a bookshelf, and the line. They had not been well-prepared so the karaoke machine, the drinks dispenser, and the remaining items were not moved in yet. Soon, many people began to gather around the booth. Whats this? I dont think this was here before. Doesnt the advertising poster make it clear? Shared Phone Booth Advertisement Space Available. Pfft, whats that? A shared phone booth? Hahaha, Im dying laughing. What a lame project. Quick, take a picture to remember it! Soon, many shoppers in Huanyu Tianjie started taking photos outside the phone booth to mock it in their respective chat groups. Many people also tried to find out what exactly the phone booth did. This was the first and only shared phone booth in Jingzhou. Zhang Wang had rushed this prototype out in his own working space at home over the last few days. The first batch of products he had ordered from the manufacturers had not arrived yet. To see the effects of the shared phone booth as soon as possible, Zhang Wang had decided to move his own prototype into the shopping malls to test the waters. He had engaged a moving company to move his phone booth into the mall. The installation was quick; it only took them about an hour or so. Huanyu Tianjie was one of the core shopping malls in Jingzhou City. Thus, there was a steady flow of traffic. This was the first chance that Zhang Wang had to see how everyone would react to something as novel as this and whether they would accept it or not. Soon after, a couple retrieved their phones from their pockets and scanned the QR code on the phone booth. Holy sh*t, that expensive?! The man was quite shocked. After they scanned the QR code, they were brought to a simple-looking webpage. Obviously, this had been rushed out at the last minute. The webpage explained the pricing standards of the shared phone booth. Everything in the phone booth could be used to a limited extent. They would be charged ten yuan every fifteen minutes. That was the price one had to pay for playing for an hour in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. One could log in using their social media accounts or cell phone numbers. However, if they wanted to use the facilities in the phone booth, they would have to pay money first. That was because the creator of the shared phone booth had not thought about getting a deposit from users instead. After payment was made, the phone booths door would open. Users could enter the phone booth and close the door. Then, the power outlet, Wi-Fi router, and the like would be activated. That was when the countdown would begin. When time was up-if one did not pay for more time, the phone booths facilities would automatically switch off. Customers would not be allowed to continue using them. Once customers left and closed the door, the booth would detect that there was no one left inside and automatically lock its door. One could say that its functions were quite simple at this stage. It barely provided the basic functions expected of shared phone booths. Usage was also not that convenient. Furthermore, there were many gaps to be filled. For example, if people refused to leave and if their skin was thick enough, they could stay inside and keep enjoying warm water. On top of that, most of the facilities were lacking. For now, there was no drinks machine, karaoke machine, AED, or weighing scales. The drinks machine was not there because they could not resolve the problems related to its usage. If customers could top up their cups indefinitely, the phone booth would lose a lot of money for sure. However, if they wanted to limit each customer to two cups of drinks each, they would have to purchase a special drinks machine. Thus, they were replacing it with a water dispenser for now. As for the karaoke machine, they were in the midst of negotiations with a singing application, and they still needed time to purchase the necessary equipment. They were still purchasing the AED as well and could not arrange for delivery at such short notice. To Zhang Wang, this project was still in the midst of research and development. There was still time to perfect it and improve it in the future. For now, he only wanted to reserve the space and get everyone accustomed to seeing a shared phone booth in the shopping center. More functions would be added in as time went by. The first couple who tried scanning the QR code hesitated for a while outside the booth before they decided not to pay and leave instead. The main reasons were that they did not think it was necessary to enter at that moment, and it would be expensive to enter. Compared to the narrow, suppressive glass box; they would have much rather found a cafe or dessert shop to rest in and spend the money on drinks or food instead. Many people were surrounding the phone booth and taking photos, but not one of them actually scanned the QR code. After taking a few photographs, a significant number of people walked away to carry on with their day. Some went to the nearby bubble tea shop to get drinks while others walked into the cinema. At that moment, another couple walked towards the shared phone booth. The lady looked at the phone, and her eyes lit up at once. Eh? That phone looks really good! Quick, lets scan the XXX and enter. Take a photo for me! The lady quickly scanned the QR code to enter the phone booth. Then, she picked up the ancient-looking phone in the both and struck a few poses. The man hesitantly but helplessly raised up his own cell phone and snapped a few photographs from outside the phone booth. Alright, Im done. The man entered the phone booth and showed the pictures to the lady. Er your photography skills are lacking. Forget it, lets leave it at that. The lady forced herself to accept the photographs and then turned her attention to the interior of the shared phone booth. It looked simple, but it also looked quite solid. There are so many best-selling novels and comics on the shelf. The paper cups and warm water are free too After looking around at the various facilities in the booth, the lady fell silent for a moment. Then, she said, I just spent ten yuan to take a few photos, sit here for some rest, and drink two cups of water what a loss. The man quietly picked up a comic book from the shelf and said, Take it as an IQ tax. The lady, are you saying I have a low IQ? Opposite the shared phone booth, in a dessert shop Zhang Wang and He Desheng sipped at their drinks while they looked in the direction of the shared phone booth. Three hours have passed since the shopping center opened in the morning. Many people came to look at the shared phone booth, but the only one who paid to enter was that lady who wanted to take photographs. He Desheng sighed. Thats why I told you before not to rush things. You should have waited until the various facilities for the phone booth were ready and the design was complete before you moved the booth into the shopping center. Its no wonder that customers are not paying for your half-completed product. Currently, the quality-price ratio of the phone booth is horrible. People have to pay ten yuan to go in and read some comics, have some warm water, and sit in there for fifteen minutes. That amounts to forty yuan per hour. They can play at Fish-Catching Internet Cafe for four hours with that same amount of money. We dont have the most important facilities the drinks machine and the karaoke machine. Zhang Wang looked determined. It doesnt matter. Once the shared phone booths facilities have been installed, the price will make sense to everyone. So how are things going with the artist? Thats what Im more concerned about. He Desheng shook his head. I have asked around, but I still cant find a suitable one. After all, Jingzhou is not like Beijing or Shanghai, where there are many more impressive artists Still, I think Boss Pei might have an idea. Tengdas main business is developing games. Im sure we can contact some famous artists. However we have already used up our budget. I wonder if Boss Pei would be upset if we ask him to fork out more money for us to hire an artist Resolute, Zhang Wang said, Let me talk to Boss Pei, then! I believe he will understand. After a moment of silence, He Desheng said, Yes, thats true. As long as you explain to Boss Pei what the shared phone booth is supposed to look like according to your plan, Im sure Boss Pei would understand. Zhang Wang shook his head. That wouldnt do. Im an honest person. I have to truthfully tell him how the shared phone booth is doing now. Boss Pei trusts me so much; how can I lie to him?! I believe Boss Pei will appreciate my honesty! Appreciate your honesty what a naive thought, said He Desheng as he rested his head in his hands. Alright, if this were Fu Hui Investments, you would never get more funding by acting this way. However, Boss Pei has unique wisdom. Maybe hell give you a chance He Desheng had wanted to offer Zhang Wang a warning, but on further thought, he realized that he had no right to do so. He had not even learned a tiny fraction of Boss Peis investment wisdom, and yet Zhang Wang had produced a project that Boss Pei was willing to buy into. Whatever, I cant help with this He Desheng changed the topic. The manufacturer of the phone booths, the karaoke application, and the manufacturer of the drinks machine have all gotten back to me. It wont be difficult to pay them. The first batch of AEDs is also on their way. Zhang Wang nodded. Apart from that, we have to improve the application. At the end of the day-once weve found a suitable artist and all the items we ordered arrive, we can announce the official opening of the shared phone booths! Let me call Boss Pei. Zhang Wang retrieved his phone and dialed Boss Peis number. After that, he calmly explained the shared phone booths situation to Boss Pei in detail. On the other end of the line, beads of cold sweat formed on Pei Qians forehead when he heard that Zhang Wang had set up a shared phone booth in the shopping mall. However, he relaxed almost immediately. According to Zhang Wang, he had changed the structure of the phone booth and increased its scale. He had also set it up in the shopping mall. However, from the morning until now, only one girl had scanned the QR code to take some pictures inside the booth. They had only earned fifteen yuan. The initial investment into the shared phone booths was about forty thousand yuan. Rent alone cost close to a thousand yuan per month. Of course, Zhang Wang simply said that he was working hard to improve the customer experience, and he believed that they would see the effects soon. At last, Zhang Wang dove into the purpose of his call. He requested for Boss Pei to help him find an artist who would do an artwork on the front of the shared phone booth, so that it would look more artistic. At that point, Pei Qian realized that the shared phone booths had far more potential than he had imagined! Pei Qian had originally thought that he would invest less than ten thousand yuan into each phone booth, set them up by the roadside, and leave them there for half a year. At most, he had expected to lose about ten thousand yuan per phone booth. When they finally sold the scrap metal and glass, Pei Qian expected to recover some capital as well. However, from the way things were going, they could lose about fifty thousand yuan in just half a year! If one phone booth could lose that much money, how about a hundred phone booths? At that thought, Pei Qian immediately perked up. He almost decided to give Zhang Wang five million yuan immediately so that he could create a hundred phone booths at once! However, logic prevailed over his emotions in the end. Zhang Wangs promise to work on improving customer experience and to show results soon sounded unreliable, like pleasantries that one would use to placate a leader and obtain more money. However, Pei Qian could not be sure. Many of his employees had said similar things in the past, and nearly all of their words had come true. At that point, Pei Qian decisively subdued his mental demons and decided not to trust his employees words so easily. Take a picture of the shared phone booth and let me see. A moment later, he received the picture. Pei Qian glanced at it and saw that although the phone booth was big, it was very simple. Furthermore, there was a table with two folding chairs, which could be folded and left against the wall. The bookshelf contained very few books, and there looked to be a rather simple water dispenser. Various people stood by the side, observing the phone booth. However, it was obvious that none of them were interested in entering He didnt lie to me. Its really deserted. I picked the right person indeed. Such honest employees are rare! Pei Qian was elated. Since Zhang Wang had requested for an artist, Pei Qian had to do his best to find one for him! It was just that Ruan Guangjian was in Jingzhou. Pei Qian pondered for a moment. Should I ask Ruan Guangjian to do a huge oil painting that measures about two meters in length? According to his current pricing standards, it probably wont be excessive to give him fifty thousand yuan, right? Whats more, no matter how good his painting looks, people would only appreciate and take pictures of it from the outside at the most. That wouldnt affect the phone booths revenue. Eh? If I can pay fifty thousand yuan for one phone booth, I would be able to spend five hundred thousand yuan for ten. Thats a great idea! Pei Qian had thought the idea was quite ridiculous at first. However, after some analysis, he had realized to his surprise that the shared phone booths were a good avenue for him to spend money! If he could get Ruan Guangjian to paint twenty phone booths, he would be able to spend a million yuan immediately. Even if Ruan Guangjian gave him a huge discount, Pei Qian would at least get to spend five hundred thousand yuan, right? The only question was whether the big boss would be physically up to the task or not. In any case, Boss Pei had no problem paying the money. At that thought, Pei Qian immediately said, Alright, leave me to settle the artist. Ill give you another five hundred thousand yuan. All twenty phone booths that we planned for must be produced! Chapter 384 - What Should I Draw? After hanging up, Pei Qian located Ruan Guangjians cell phone number. However, before he dialed it, Pei Qian searched for the phrase shared phone booth on Qiandu, just because he felt like it. Soon, several results came up. Most of them were stickies, forums, and Weibo posts created by locals of Jingzhou. Today, I came across a brilliant, creative idea that a genius came up with-a shared phone booth! Once you scan the QR code, you can enter right away to make your call! Are you crazy? The QR code scanner is located on a cell phone cant you just make the call using your cell phone? I nearly died laughing. I took a picture with it because it feels like performance art. [Image] This rotten phone booth looks quite big, but why does it look handmade? Was it really manufactured by a proper factory? They were really negligent with the details. This is a pay-to-enter jail cell. People can even see through the glass walls? Pei Qian scanned the comments and visibly relaxed. Look, the audiences eyes are so sharp! Since everyone thinks that the shared phone booth is a bad idea and that it wont generate revenue, I should ask Ruan Guangjian to do more paintings. Thatll turn the shared phone booth into a big, cultural symbol that serves as a pure public good. Yes, thats a great idea! At that thought, Pei Qian dialed Ruan Guangjians number. January 10th, Monday Ruan Guangjian had just finished his work at Shang Yang Games. He had given the art and art outsourcing teams at Shang Yang Games the necessary suggestions for improvement; gone to the nearby art and tools shop to buy some brushes, paint, and other necessary materials; and then rushed towards Huanyu Tianjie. Since it was a Monday, traffic in the shopping mall was low. Still, even then, a good number of people were taking photos around the shared phone booth. Perhaps many people were visiting today because news of the lame project had spread yesterday. Just as Ruan Guangjian stepped off the escalator, he saw a burly, well-sculpted, muscle man with long hair walking towards him. Master! Hello, hello! Master, youre so young! You look very different from how I imagined. Zhang Wang had arrived early to receive Ruan Guangjian. When he saw the latter carrying bags of tools and art materials, he immediately confirmed that that was the artist whom Boss Pei had hired. However, on the outside, Ruan Guangjian looked nothing like the artist whom Zhang Wang had in mind. He did not have long hair or a beard, and he did not have earrings, piercings, or tattoos. Instead, he looked prim and proper, no different from ordinary students. On the other hand, Zhang Wang had long, flowy hair. Passers-by might think that he looked more like an artist than Ruan Guangjian. Ruan Guangjian studied the shared phone booth. It looked no different from the pictures, except that it looked slightly bigger now that he was standing before it. Once Ruan Guangjian was finished with surveying the shared phone booth, Zhang Wang expectantly asked, Master, how long would it take you to do a painting like that? After some thought, Ruan Guangjian replied, Theres no hard and fast rule. Painting involves creativity. The time that it takes to paint could differ greatly from painting to painting. For a simple oil painting with sketches and concepts prepared could take about ten or so hours if the artist is experienced and adept enough. However, an oil painting of high standards done by a highly-skilled artist could take one, three, five, or even more years. That includes the time needed to find materials, come up with the design, and make edits. Theres no limit to the time required. Zhang Wang quickly asked, Three to five years? Theres no need for that. Just paint anything. Master, if you paint too well, people might end up stealing your work. After all, this phone booth can be torn down and taken away. Still, the likelihood of that happening is low because the shopping malls security guards would keep an eye on it for us, hahaha. Ruan Guangjian did not find Zhang Wangs lame joke amusing. However, at least one thing was clear: he did not need to create such an exquisite painting for the shared phone booth. Thus, he did not need to look at it as a premium work of art. However, he could not just randomly put something together either. After all, Boss Pei was paying a huge sum. Moreover, they were good friends. Of course, Ruan Guangjian could not take advantage of him. After some thought, Ruan Guangjian said, I heard that this is only the first of a total of twenty phone booths that Ill be painting? Zhang Wang nodded. Thats right, and this is only the initial stage. Ruan Guangjian took the measurements of the area on the phone booth that he was allowed to work on. Then, he asked, Do you have any thoughts on what I should paint? Zhang Wang shook his head profusely, expressing his lack of opinion. No! It all depends on what you want to paint, Master! Ruan Guangjian thought about it carefully and said, Hmm I have to paint twenty of these, and each one is going to be a huge project. After all, the painting is going to be two meters tall. Thats three or four times more work than an ordinary oil painting. Even if I can use my own style and I can pay less attention to the details, it would take three to four days for me to finish the painting Moreover, this is on the assumption that Ill be extremely, extremely familiar with the work Ill be doing. The phone booth is a project that Boss Pei is investing in. Whatever I paint has to be somewhat related to Boss Peis companies, right? Since thats the case there arent many things I could possibly paint Aha! Ruan Guangjians eyes suddenly lit up. He had thought of a great idea. He could paint the heroes of GOG! Thatll be just right. GOG had twenty-odd heroes in this first batch, and the concept art and animations for them were already done. Ruan Guangjian was the one who had completed the concept arts appearance and design. The sketches went through multiple modifications, and he drew them all over again in the end. He was extremely familiar with the heroes. Moreover, the art belonged to Tengdas new game. The phone booth was also a project that Boss Pei was investing in. Both of those projects were closely related. The concept art for the heroes would feel closer and more interesting to the young customers in the shopping mall compared to traditional oil paintings. The idea started sounding better and better to Ruan Guangjian. The only thing that had to be modified was the actual expression of the concept art. GOGs original animation and concept art were extremely detailed and tangible. That was because the games models would be built based on these concept art drawings. If any part of the drawings was blurry, the model master would have to fill it in with his own imagination. However, the paintings that Ruan Guangjian would do on the shared phone booths could be concept art or illustrations for advertisements. They could look more artistic. Ruan Guangjian thought about using his own style-thick-stroke painting. On one hand, he could blur out the details and save time On the other hand, the paintings would look more artistic and eye-catching. At that thought, Ruan Guangjian prepared to get to work. As for which hero he should paint first Was there any need to think about it? In the office, Pei Qian yawned. There were less than three months left to settlement. He was working on many projects at the same time. However, by next week, the movie would probably be done; the rough cut could probably be released by the end of the month. Given GOGs current progress, Pei Qian guessed that a closed beta could also be released at the end of the month to test waters. It was almost impossible to finish the haunted house. The two largest projects probably would not be done before the end of this cycle. However, the second project was a small one, and one or two containers could probably be released by the end of the month. Then, Ruan Guangjian could go and give it a try, and Pei Qian could dampen the formers spirits! As Pei Qian looked at his planner, he realized that this week would probably be the most relaxed he would have for some time in the future. He had to quickly do some revision and study while he could. How could Boss Pei face the world if Old Ma managed to pass based on his own capabilities, and yet Boss Pei had to pay to pass? He glanced at his junior, Little Tang. Every day, when she came to work, apart from feeding the cat and clearing its litter; she would sit quietly at her desk to read. Pei Qian guessed that it would only be a matter of time before she won a scholarship. He could not help but feel sorrowful. Ai, if only I could spend money to make someone else study on my behalf. I can only say that knowledge is priceless! While Pei Qian was wallowing in self-pity, he realized that half an hour had already passed. Thus, he quickly flipped through his notes and started revising. However, less than an hour later, someone knocked at his door. Pei Qian looked up to see Ma Yiqun. Whats the matter? Boss Pei was irritated that his studying had been interrupted. However, Ma Yiqun hardly visited. Guessing that something important had cropped up, Pei Qian said nothing. Ma Yiqun said, Boss Pei, Zhongdian Chinese Network has earned another sum of money recently Pei Qians mind was filled with question marks. Can all of you stop generating revenue in secret? Cant you give me some time to brace myself? Pei Qian had thought that he could relax this week, but his plans were ruined. Zhongdian Chinese Network had gone through several stages of development ever since it had been established. Now, its losses had turned into profits. In the beginning, they increased the full-time remuneration standards for their authors to secure their basic privileges. Subsequently, they topped up their mid-tier authors remuneration so that they could earn a comparable income to elite writers in Infinite Chinese Network. Lastly, they collaborated with Repent and be Saved to integrate all Tengda accounts and directed a huge group of Tengdas gamers to the website. During this period, traffic on the website increased significantly. Although the scale of the website and the top writers incomes still could not compare to Infinite Chinese Network, the lower-tier authors were still being comfortably remunerated. Thus, spending the revenue that the website generated became a problem. Do not submit the money. Just spend it all. Again, Pei Qian was keeping to the principle that whoever caused the problem should solve it, whoever earned money should spend it. Thus, the directions that he gave in response to Ma Yiquns report did not stray far. Ah, alright, Boss Pei. Ma Yiqun had guessed that Boss Pei would react that way. However, it was one thing for Boss Pei to give the directions and another for Ma Yiqun to do it on his own accord. Even if he knew Boss Pei would redirect the revenue back into expanding the website, Ma Yiqun could not skip the step of asking for his permission. After all, this was different from running a combined event with Repent and be Savedthis concerned finances. If it had been a combined event like the one with Repent and be Saved, Ma Yiqun-as the person-in-charge of the websitecould have called the shots because it would not have cost that much money. Wait a minute. Ma Yiqun was just about to turn around and leave when Boss Pei stopped him. Pei Qian casually asked, How do you plan to spend that money? He had not planned to get involved at first, but Pei Qian suddenly realized that he could not stand by the side and not ask questions. Who could guarantee that Ma Yiqun would squander the money away if Boss Pei left him to his own devices?! Thus, Pei Qian decided to ask a few questions. Ma Yiqun smiled. Boss Pei, Ive thought about it. Our websites mid- and low-tier authors are becoming quite attractive. Whats more, theyve caused many loyal players of Tengdas games to stay. Our games channel is doing well, and the readers there are starting to form an exclusive circle that can entertain themselves. I think the main problem now is that were lacking top-tier writers! Thats why Im thinking about using this sum of money to buy over a group of top-tier writers from Infinite Chinese Network, who might not be satisfied with their current situation. Im looking especially at authors of unpopular genres and authors who have the skills but do not get a lot of attention. I dont think Ill be able to buy novel gods over, but as long as Im willing to pay, Ill at least be able to buy over a few authors who draw thirty to fifty thousand yuan a month but finding it difficult to become novel gods. Pei Qian remained silent. That sounds like a reliable idea! Indeed, Zhongdian Chinese Networks biggest problem now was that it had a low ceiling. It had not produced any explosive books that had the potential to become hot topics throughout the entire Internet. The low- and mid-tier authors were very comfortable now, but the website practically had no ability to create novel gods. If they could focus on buying a few authors with potential over, find a book with the best figures, and pour all their effort into recommending it to the rest of the Internet They could probably take Zhongdian Chinese Network further! At that thought, Pei Qian cleared his throat and said, Thats not good. The real novel goods depend on their own skills and hard work. They produce good books and gather their own readers; they do not rely on the websites resources to make them famous. We will definitely have to pay a high price to buy authors over from other websites. However, those authors would feel out-of-place for sure. They would be writing for a different audience, and they might not be able to sustain their own popularity. At the same time, the website would be paying for authors with a low price-quality ratio. We cant guarantee profits. Buying them out and imposing requirements for them to hit certain figures would make us no different from gangsters. We wont be able to earn their loyalty, and authors might not even find this arrangement attractive. All in all, I cant say this strategy is wrong, but it doesnt match Zhongdian Chinese Networks direction. I think we should continue to invest in the low- and mid-tier authors instead. If we want to create novel gods, we can start from the community of authors that we already have. Why should we try and steal from others? Chapter 385 - Zhongdian Chinese Network’s Classes Continue to invest in the low- and mid-tier authors? Ma Yiqun felt confused and bewildered. To him, Zhongdian Chinese Networks lowand mid-tier writers were already enjoying more than enough benefits. In fact, they were getting comparable treatment to big sites like Infinite Chinese Network. However, it would be extremely difficult for low- and mid-tier writers to increase the revenue that they generated for the website. That was because writing was a form of creative art-it was very subjective. Some authors could not produce explosive works despite having written for ten years. Other gods grasped the essence of online literature after casually writing a million words and began aiming for the top. Thus, everything was dependent on the individual. Even if they poured all their efforts into finding and nurturing novel godsas long as the authors foundations remained the same, finding a novel god would be as difficult as winning the lottery. What if they invested in people who were not cut out for online literature? On the other hand, poaching people from other websites would prove more reliable. Still, since Boss Pei had spoken, Ma Yiqun had no choice but to obey. Alright, Boss Pei. Ill do just that. Ma Yiqun went back upstairs to Zhongdian Chinese Network and sat down in his office. He began to think about a concrete plan for the website. Boss Pei had already set the direction for him. The funds would not be used to poach authors from other websites but to continue investing in the low- and mid-tier writers of Zhongdian Chinese Network. Of course, the standards would be applied across the board. That meant that the top-tier writers would also get to enjoy the same benefits. However, top-tier writers would be more concerned that Zhongdian Chinese Network had not developed to the stage where it could sell copyrights. Their main source of income was still subscription fees from readers. Those were only considered side benefits to the top-tier writers; they would not be a huge factor to consider when making decisions. Ma Yiqun thought about it. To low- and mid-tier writers, Zhongdian Chinese Network could offer the same benefits that Infinite Chinese Network offered such as full-time remuneration. Whats more, Zhongdian Chinese Networks standards were slightly higher. If Zhongdian Chinese Network was to offer more benefits, it had to offer benefits that other websites for online literature could never bear to. Whats more, although the benefits would be available to low- and mid-tier writers, the latter would be the focus. That was because there were far too many low-tier writers, and it would be impossible to consider all of them. Low-tier writers could even include people who only registered as authors on a whim and wrote several thousand words. If the website offered benefits to such people, it would be as good as a charity organization. No matter how much revenue the website generated, it would never be enough to cover its expenses. After all, it would be a pure loss-incurring transaction. Thus, the focus was mid-tier writers. The fact that they could rise a tier above the low-tier writers meant that they had the drive and skills to continue writing. They were more reliable and less likely to give up on their readers and quit the website. As they accumulated more experience, and with a bit of luck, some of them could be nurtured into top-tier writers. Thus, the funds had to be invested in them. Ma Yiqun fell into deep thought. Apart from royalties, readers, and fame which Infinite Chinese Network could provide as well; what else would these mid-tier writers need? Its security. A career development plan and guidance A few social connections And a more regulated, healthy life. That means that only a portion of the writers can obtain this security. They will be selected through a rigorous process. Thinking that he had found the right direction, Ma Yiqun began to write his plan. Boss Pei was right. There was no way that Zhongdian Chinese Network would be able to compete with Infinite Chinese Network in terms of money. Even if the former could poach several authors over, they would not be able to keep doing so in the long-term. That was because Infinite Chinese Network had a huge reader base, many authors, and a greater ability to generate revenue. Thus, no matter which angle one looked at the problem from, Infinite Chinese Network could offer a more promising future to mid-tier writers than Zhongdian Chinese Network could. To attract more mid-tier writers to the website, Zhongdian Chinese Network would have to play to its strengths. It could not only work on visible aspects like royalties, readers, and exposure. Instead, it had to work on the invisible aspects. Basic security in life was one example. Authors did not earn basic salaries; neither did they have insurance or funds. After all, every book that they published was fraught with risk. Mid-tier writers income was not considered low, but it was definitely not enough to compensate them for the risks that they had to expose themselves to regularly. They could buy their own insurance and funds, but they would also have to pay the companys portion of the premiums. That was akin to paying double. Another example was a career development plan and guidance. Most authors were given free-reign. There were many authors and a few editors. Many mid-tier writers spoke less than a couple of sentences to their editors each year. Of course, many responsible and hardworking editors would discuss the authors writings with them. However, since there were too many boats chasing too few fish, only a small portion of writers would enjoy such treatment. Many other writers ended up forming writing groups where they would discuss their experiences and grow together. That arrangement could be compared to creating senior-partner groups in companies. One could say that there was practically no career development or guidance offered in the online literature industry; authors were responsible for their own growth. The last example was a healthy lifestyle. Writers of online literature were free to create their own schedules. A common trap that many of them fell into was having irregular lifestyles. Having irregular lifestyles could affect ones body in many ways. For example, one could develop neck or back problems, high blood pressure, obesity, and the like. There had even been news reports of sudden deaths. After all, one needed disciple to maintain a healthy lifestyle. Each person had different levels of discipline. Another important factor was ones environment. While at home, most people would only think about resting and playing; productivity would often be low. However, productivity would increase in an office or school. That was the power of ones environment. It would be hard to tell how disciplined full-time writerswho constantly wrote new chapterswere in other aspects of their lives, but they obviously had a high level of discipline when it came to work. Thus, after much thought, Ma Yiqun finally made up his mind. Zhongdian Chinese Network would start a class! It would not be a philosophical-type class, but a practical class that would provide security, provide career development plans and guidance, and nurture healthy lifestyles for mid-tier writers! This was Ma Yiquns initial plan: writers would be allowed to register, and the websites editors would shortlist thirty suitable candidates from the group of mid-tier writers at Zhongdian Chinese Network. That would be the first batch of guinea pigs, and Ma Yiqun would observe the effects of the class. The writers would be allowed to claim their expenses. Once they arrived in Jingzhou, their food and lodging would have been arranged. In any case, they could eat Fish-Catching Take-Out, and rent would not cost that much. The writers would also get a basic salary of three thousand yuan, and insurance and funds suitable for that amount. Ma Yiqun would also find an office building near their accommodations, and rent thirty cheap workspaces. They would be required to clock in and out of work every day, according to Tengdas stipulated working hours. Apart from that, Ma Yiqun would organize regular discussions and sharing, where more successful writers could share their experience and learning points. Each time a writer wanted to start on a new book or became stuck at a point in the plot, they could discuss with the other writers and gather a variety of opinions. Under such circumstances, the writers would see each other more as friends and classmates than colleagues. Of course, not all writers would be interested in a practical class like that. Many writersthe older and more experienced ones in particular-would not be interested in drawing a low salary, moving to Jingzhou, having meals and lodging provided, and clocking in and out of work like other writers. Writing online literature was a form of freelance work, and a benefit of freelance work was that one did not have to leave their houses. Wouldnt it defeat the purpose if they had to go to Jingzhou to write? Of course, Zhongdian Chinese Network would not force such writers to attend the practical class. Thus, the class would be targeted at the younger writers who did not have families yet. Those writers tended to have a lot of drive and potential, and they could improve quickly. Yet, they also had poor self-management skills and a set of expectations of society and their careers. To test waters and observe results, the first practical class would last a month. If it did not prove effective, Ma Yiqun would increase the scale and extend the length in the future. After sending Ma Yiqun off, Pei Qian went back to studying. Less than half an hour later Ding! He received a message on his cell phone. Pei Qian picked it up and saw that it was a message from Chef Lin. Boss Pei, a new high-end restaurant has opened in the city. It looks like its competing with Ming Yun Private Kitchen. Its called Ming House, and its targeting high-class customers as well! I think it only opened two days ago. Ming Yun Private Kitchen has been seeing significantly fewer reservations. What should we do? Pei Qian was stunned after reading the message. Ming House? A high-end restaurant seeking to compete with Ming Yun Private Kitchen? Could it be the restaurant that Boss Li and the others had invested in? Pei Qian recalled Boss Li mentioning this when they had met last month. Boss Li had said that he, Xue Zhebin, and Wang Peng had felt miserable because they had not been able to reserve a place at Ming Yun Private Kitchen. Thus, they had proposed working together with Pei Qian to turn the nameless restaurant into a franchise. However, Pei Qian had rejected them. The three of them had had no choice but to start a restaurant on their own. Based on Pei Qians calculations, Li Shi must have started preparations for the restaurant before proposing the idea to Pei Qian. That was why it could open for business two days ago. Pei Qian replied to Chef Lins message with noted and then called Li Shi. Boss Li, is Ming House high-end restaurant that you started? Li Shi smiled and said, Thats right, Boss Pei. Whats the matter? You said you didnt care for it, but have you been paying attention to its progress in secret? Pei Qian was speechless. Like h*11, Ive been paying attention to it. If Chef Lin had not sent me the message, I would not have found out that your high-end restaurant is already open for business. Pei Qian didnt bother to say more; he would only complicate matters if he did. Thus, he cut straight to the chase. Boss Li, didnt I say that Ill have a meal at your restaurant once it opens for business? Why didnt you let me know? Li Shi cleared his throat. Hehe, Boss Pei, Im really sorry. Ive been very busy recently, and once I get busy, I become forgetful. Whats more, I thought you were just being polite. It was my mistake. How about this? Whenever you choose to come for a meal, Ill give you a thirty percent discount! Thatll make it up to you. A thirty-percent discount? He isnt going to waive the bill? Boss Li was stingy indeed. However, on further thought, Pei Qian realized that he could not accept a free meal even if Boss Li had offered. Since he offered a thirty-percent discount, then so be it. Alright, lets not waste any time and make it today! Make a reservation for tonight on my behalf-Ill book the entire restaurant. Pei Qian sounded quite nonchalant. Book the entire restaurant? Tonight? Li Shi was obviously at a loss for words. Itll be a bit difficult to let you have the whole place tonight. Many people have already made reservations for 7 PM. I wont eat after 7 PM. Ill arrive at 4 PM and be done by 6 PM. Therell be time for you to clean up and receive your next batch of customers. I wont hold you up. Do you have enough ingredients? Pei Qian glanced at his watch. It was now 3:40 PM. Ming House was not far from here. He could reach the place in about twenty minutes. Li Shi remained silent for a while and then said, We might run out of certain ingredients, but we have enough for the most part. Alright, Boss Pei! Of course, if you can come right now, itll be great. We welcome you. Pei Qian, Alright, see you soon. He hung up, jumped to his feet, and kept his notes. He couldnt study anymore; it was time to eat! They would arrive at 4 PM and eat until past 5 PM. That would be just right; everyone could rest once the workday ended. Chapter 386 - Many Problems had Occurred Chapter 386 Many Problems had Occurred After packing up his notes, Pei Qian walked out of the office. Put down your work, everyone. Lets go to Ming House at 4 PM for a feast. Ive already sent the reservation for the group. The company cars can ferry some of you there. The rest of you can find your own rides. Remember to keep the receipts. After Pei Qian finished speaking, everyone looked indifferent and cold. Hao Yun rested her head in her hands, looking like it hurt. Pei Qian was interrupting everyones work again! She glanced at her watch. It was only past 3 PM. They had barely started work for the afternoon! They could not work over the weekend and were already having trouble finishing their food. On top of that, Boss Pei kept thinking of ways to shorten their working time. It was always one hour on one day, and two hours the next If this was allowed to continue, how could they finish their work?! Although everyone wasted no time and began work almost immediately after arriving at the office, they could not stop Boss Pei from organizing activities when he felt like it. Take this time for example; they had been given no advanced notice whatsoever. Thus, many people did not know how to react. Instead, they continued tapping away at their keyboards as quickly as possible as if trying to take their frustrations on it. Pei Qians brows furrowed slightly. There was a problem with those peoples mindsets! Although we have gatherings and meals regularly, it doesnt give you an excuse to work harder! There was a problem with anyone who did not feel excited about going for meals. Pei Qian cleared his throat. Ill give you five minutes to save your documents. Then, gather downstairs. Little Tang, pull the switch in five minutes! Tang Yishu quickly stood up and said, Ah, alright! Everyone, They all immediately rushed to save their work. At 4 PM sharp, everyone slowly walked into Ming House. The high-end restaurant was not exactly located in Jingzhous core business district, but it was close by. It was near Huanyu Tianjie but not inside. That was probably because they could not find a space big enough in the shopping mall. This was a three-level standalone building. The outside was decorated in an ancient, charming manner with red bricks and gray cement. It looked quite impressive. Pei Qian walked into Ming House and immediately noticed Boss Li. Boss Pei! Welcome, welcome! Boss Li, I trust you have been well since we last met. Both men greeted each other and exchanged a couple of pleasantries. Boss Li saw a huge group of people behind Boss Pei. Everyone, please come in. Boss Pei booked the entire place. Please come in and sit down! Li Shi felt quite moved, seeing that Boss Pei had brought so many people with him. Although he was only giving everyone a thirty-percent discount and he was not earning profits from this meal, Boss Pei was already showing him a lot of respect as a good friend by coming to try the food! Li Shi had thought that Boss Pei had just been being polite by saying he would pay them a visit. After all, that was a common thing to say when doing business. Once Ming House opened, it became the nameless restaurants competitor. Boss Pei may have said that he would visit the restaurant, but what could he have been thinking inside? Still, he had brought his entire company for a meal here. That was no simple visit. He was being very loyal! Wouldnt it have been better for them to have the gathering at Ming Yun Private Kitchen? Li Shi knew his own situation. Even if Ming House was better than all the other restaurants in Jingzhou City, it still could not compare to Ming Yun Private Kitchen! By having their gathering here, Boss Pei was putting his pride down and showing a lot of support for Li Shi! Thus, Li Shi quickly instructed the branch manager and the waiters to provide the best service and not to slack off. Once he took his seat, Pei Qian looked around. All things aside, the renovations were quite well done. Obviously, a lot of work and money had been poured into doing the place up. The furniture, cutlery, and decorations all had an ancient style to them. They looked very tasteful. However, as Pei Qian flipped through the menu, he realized that the variety of food provided here was not as good as Ming Yun Private Kitchen. On further thought, this made sense. Both restaurants were high-end restaurants, but the direction that each took was different. Li Shi and Wang Peng knew that if they wanted to open a high-end restaurant, their best bet would be to work with the nameless restaurant. That was because the nameless restaurant had already built a reputation for itself. Everyone would also understand if Boss Pei did not want to fork out money because he would already be providing his name. That, in itself, would already be a great help. However, Boss Pei had turned them down in the end. Thus, they had had no choice but to start a restaurant on their own. Could they copy the nameless restaurants model entirely? Unfortunately, they could not. That was because they would have risked being dissed for being a fake if they had done so. Something like that would have been fatal for a high-end restaurant. The moment the restaurants reputation suffered and people started to diss it, rich people would decline to validate the brand. Then, the high-end restaurant would fail altogether. Li Shi and Wang Peng were not stupid. They would not have done something like that. Thus, they went down the path of ordinary high-end restaurants. They set it up in a convenient place with high traffic. They also found a bigger place so that people did not have to make reservations each time they wanted to eat there, like what they had to do at the nameless restaurant. Of course, that meant they could not change the private rooms decor for each customer. They also had to compromise on the environment in some ways. The good thing was that the place was big. Most ingredients were also in stock. It was not as high-end as Ming Yun Private Kitchen, but prices of the dishes had also been adjusted downward. If people failed to make reservations at Ming Yun Private Kitchen, they could come here instead. It was still a bit more high-class than Swan Lake Restaurant. Soon, the first dish was served. On the way, Pei Qian had already aske Li for the menu and arranged for Assistant Xin to select the dishes. That way, they could save time and start eating once they arrived. Pei Qian did not want to hold his employees back after all. He was not that particular about the dishes. He only wanted to have more luxurious delicacies. They were normally more expensive. Pei Qian did not care much about what exactly they ate. After all, no matter how good the food was, he had probably already tried it before at Ming Yun Private Kitchen. This time, he was primarily here to spend more money. Come, everyone. Eat as quickly as you can so that you can go home and rest once youre done. Pei Qian was the first to pick up his chopsticks and start eating. That dispelled the need for any unnecessary talking or programs. Li Shi smiled as he approached Pei Qians table. How is it, Boss Pei? Hows the taste? Pei Qian nodded and spoke unclearly, Its alright! Pei Qian was not a good liar. The food was a far cry from Ming Yun Private Kitchen, but it was still slightly better than Swan Lake Restaurant. Still, Swan Lake Restaurant had an advantage. It was a buffet with a lot of seafood on offer. That meant it was more economical than this restaurant. However, this was a disadvantage to Pei Qian. Li Shi knew very well how the food tasted. The fact that Boss Pei found the food alright-despite being able to eat at the nameless restaurant whenever he wantedshowed that he had sufficient respect for Li Shi. Tang Yishu was seated with a group of staff from the administrative department. She carefully took food for herself bit by bit and ate in small bites. Li Shi went to the kitchen, intending to encourage the chefs working there. However, before he arrived, he heard the sound of something breaking. Aiyo! I fell! The floors too slippery! Quick, sweep up the pieces! Li Shi frowned. As he entered the kitchen, he saw broken plates scattered around the floor. Two employees were trying to clean up the mess as quickly as they could. Li Shi became light-headed. Whats going on? A waiter quickly bowed and apologized. Im sorry, Boss Li! The floor was too slippery, and I lost my footing so I broke a few dirty dishes that I just kept Li Shi was speechless. Looking around, he spotted a puddle of water on the kitchen floor. He had no idea when it appeared, but it would indeed cause the ground to be slippery. Its alright, just clean up the mess. On the bright side, weve found a safety hazard. Buy some anti-slip spray and mats tomorrow morning. Once Li Shi finished speaking, he heard a whoosh from the frying pan next to him. Obviously, this was not the skills of a high-class chef. It was a mistake. Quick, quick, quick! A fire extinguisher! Someone at the side quickly grabbed a fire extinguisher and put out the fire. However, all the food in the wok had burned. They had no choice but to throw the food away and cook the dish anew. Li Shis expression darkened. The fire extinguisher is too far from the stove. Thats a safety hazard, too. Although they had just found many safety hazards, this was still a headache for Li Shi! Feeling helpless, he mumbled to himself, Could it be that we opened the restaurant on an inauspicious date? These things hardly happen in other restaurants Calm down, calm down. Perhaps thats just a coincidence. That night, past 10 PM After sending off the last group of customers, Ming Houses branch manager led the waiters to clean up the entire restaurant. Li Shi found a random seat to rest in, feeling extremely exhausted. It was the second day of the restaurants operationsthe most important period. However, many problems had occurred! There had been no major threats to safety. A few plates had broken, and some dishes had been burned. However, those resulted in a great delay in serving dishes. Many customers thought that they had waited too long for their food to be served, and they felt unsatisfied as a result. The branch manager had to personally attend to them and offer them discounts, in order to salvage the situation. However, it remained to be seen the kind of reviews that those people would leave the restaurant with Things had not been so bad when Boss Pei and his employees were here. That was because they had eaten quite early. Whats more, they had pre-ordered their food. Thus, by the time Boss Pei and his employees had arrived, the food had been ready to be served. Subsequently, the dishes had taken longer, but nobody had realized. By night, the situation had been laid bare for their customers to see. Li Shi was frustrated. Was it that difficult to run a restaurant? My restaurants safety standards are already higher than most other restaurants. How could such things have happened? However, he could not shift the blame to others. That was because there was always a chance that mishaps would occur as long as there were safety hazards. Take a puddle of water that someone had accidentally spilled, for example. Sometimes, people could walk past it without slipping. However, other times, someone could slip and fall, thus dropping the dish that had been ready to be served. Li Shi could only say that they had not been safe enough! He felt melancholic. The more he thought about it, the more he realized that Boss Peis Ming Yun Private Kitchen was not that simple. They were particular about the environment, they served dishes very quickly, and their service was flawless. Running a high-end restaurant was not as easy as he had thought! Chapter 387 - Zero Overtime Competition Chapter 387 Zero Overtime Competition January 12th, Wednesday Pei Qian was checking the results of the latest Tengda Spirit compatibility test in his office. Tengda Spirit compatibility test was conducted almost every week. However, many new employees entered, and their timing for onboarding was different. Therefore, a large group of employees had not become regular employees until now. Many were left with one last chance. They could only take compensation and leave if they did not pass it. They would be said to be visibly nervous. Even though Tengdas compensation was bountiful Even though they could try again next year Who could bear to leave after working in Tengda for some time? These new employees might not be involved in the work during the probation period, but they could see the working status of the other people as they were learning. They could see the benefits Tengda offered, and most of them had a strong yearning to work here. Therefore, the last Tengda Spirit compatibility test was crucial to them. Pei Qian flipped the results and was surprised to find that the passing rates had significantly increased again. Those with one remaining chance had all passed. The overall passing rate of the test this time had reached more than 70%. Almost none of the new employees would be fired then. What is happening, the questions leaked? It cant be. Pei Qian checked the question bank of the Tengda Spirit compatibility test doubtfully. Every question in the question bank was written by him personally. The various options were confusing. Each test was randomly selected from the question bank, and the order of the answers changed randomly. Could the staff that made the website program leak the questions? That should not be the case. No one should dare to blatantly engage in such things that Boss Pei explicitly prohibited. The possibility of the questions being leaked was very low. Pei Qian was not sure if the producer of the website left a backdoor, but if he did and Boss Pei found that the problem leaked, then the only suspect would be him. That would be equivalent to self-destruction. Pei Qian felt that his employees shouldnt be that dumb. However, the passing rate for the test did increase very obviously. Pei Qian recounted some relevant clues. Hmm the passing rate was very low at the beginning, but it gradually got higher. The new members would talk to each other in private, but that should not have such a big impact. The question banks were completely random after all. They shouldnt be able to accurately grasp the spirit of Tengda by rote memorization. Talks between new staff are just part of the reason. Most new employees must have mastered the essence of the Tengda spirit. Overtime in the company has greatly improved recently. Not only did these new employees improve their understanding of the Tengda spirit, but even the ideology of the existing employees seemed to have improved as well. Could it be that the atmosphere of the company had greatly improved with the test questions? It has perfectly achieved my original goal? Pei Qian seemed to be able to only find one reasonable explanation no matter how he thought about it. How else would the overtime situation with the existing employees be improved? The request for overtime by the departments had decreased recently. Some departments even had zero overtime for two consecutive weeks. That made Boss Pei so happy that he almost wanted to give them trophies. Wait, trophies? Yes, that seems like a good idea! Pei Qian sent a message to Hao Yun of the HR department immediately. Were going to have a zero overtime competition from this week onwards. Departments with no overtime on a particular week will earn a zero overtime week record. There will be a selection every month. The department with the most records of zero overtime will obtain a trophy and a bonus of 50,000 yuan! Be aware that zero overtime means that there can be no signs of overtime work, be it evenings or weekends, whether at home or at work! There can be no document upload records during non-working hours. Shift positions, like in Upwind Logistics, should be determined based on actual working days. The HR department and Administrative department shall supervise together and each other! Report to me immediately if there are any suspicious signs and cancel the qualification for zero overtime week. If there are multiple departments which completed four zero overtime weeks, then the department with the largest number of people will win. However, the department who had not won any prize would be given priority for the running next time. Fifty thousand yuan per month was not much, but that was the maximum amount allowed by the system. Why was he a bit stingy this time? Probably because the system felt it was unreasonable to pay bonuses for zero overtime. However, that was not important because that was an honor, the bonus was incidental. Boss Pei would personally give the awards as long as there were trophies and bonuses. These departments would naturally be motivated to compete for this award. In this way, the other departments would follow in good faith and create healthy competition. Hao Yun replied very quickly. Okay, Boss Pei, Ill do it right away. Huanyu Tianjie shopping mall A large number of onlookers had gathered around the shared phone booth. Ruan Guangjian was earnestly putting the final touches for this painting. This painting should be more or less completed after two days. It would take another half a day for it to be completely done up. This was an original painting of Modest, the Guardian of Justice in prominent thick coat style. Modest in the painting had a strong figure and firm eyes. His broad arms seemed to protect everyone. His back might be filled with various weapons, but he had no fear and had a face of persistence. Ruan Guangjian had been painting for more than two days. That gradually attracted a crowd. Everyone looked at the painted side of the phone booth and was moved by the outstanding style. What is this painting? So handsome! This is the real big boss. It was painted fast and well. I cannot wait for it to be done so that I can take a photo of it. I had been searching on the web, but there are no similar images. Could this be an original painting? It looks a lot like the original art of a game. Could it be a new game using this phone booth to advertise so that it will attract investments? I feel that this phone booth will be dismantled in a week at most. Wouldnt it be better to hang advertisements on exhibition boards? It wouldnt be as impressive as drawing it live! Yes, using an exhibition board means its color printing and publicity. This is a painting; its art! There were a lot of discussions. Artists painting in public were a rare occurrence after all. Ruan Guangjian gave it another stroke, stood a little further away, and nodded slightly in satisfaction. He felt that the effect was not bad. It would be completely finished after adding in more details in the afternoon. Then, he could take a rest. Zhang Wang brought him a drink immediately. Great Master, youve worked hard! Ruan Guangjian did not refuse it. Your phone booth is well-designed. The art actually goes well with the phone booth. Zhang Wang smiled. Thats because the Great Master drew it well. Oh, yes, Great Master, Im thinking of putting a stamp in the booth. It doesnt matter whether its round or square; what do you think?! Ruan Guangjian understood immediately. This is easy. Ill make you an original drawing later. You can take it and find someone to engrave it. It will be done in no time. It was easy to design. Simplify the line of the hero and then add the heros name and the serial number of the phone booth. Four in the afternoon Pei Qian walked out of the exam room exhausted after finishing an exam. Tired! It might be an open book test where the answers were all in the book, but he could not find the answers no matter how he flipped. He could only rely on his super high-speed writing to copy all the content he felt was related to the paper in full. There should not be a problem passing, but obtaining high marks was impossible. Pei Qian could not help but sigh. He was too careless! He knew it wasnt an open book test and read the book before the exam, but he still faltered. He happened to miss the lesson where they summarized the key points because he had something on. There were several other open book exams after this exam. He had only read half of the notes he borrowed from Old Ma for the closed book exam as well. Pei Qian could feel a deep sense of despair. However, Old Ma looked elated beside him. He was in good spirits, not like someone who had just finished his exam. Pei Qian speculated that it could be because Ma Yang did really well in the exams or he might be having a good feeling about himself. There was a higher possibility for the latter. Considering how he did not attend the key summary lessons for the next few open book exams, he decided to follow Old Ma to Dream Realization Ventures. Old Ma had been working hard on both work and studies recently. His textbooks and notes were in Dream Realization Ventures. Pei Qian felt that he could still rescue the other open-book exams that he had yet to take. Pei Qian casually found a seat to sit down when he came to Dream Realization Ventures. Ma Yang went to get his notes and textbooks. Pei Qian got a cup of coffee from the coffee machine. He sipped on and looked around subconsciously while drinking from it. He suddenly realized a problem. Why were there so little people around? Even He Desheng was not there! It was only past four in the afternoon. It was not even time to knock off. Pei Qian was a little confused before an excitement rose in his heart suddenly. Could He Desheng and his gang know that Boss Ma was having exams today, and he would probably not be coming back to the office so they took the chance to slip away? Look at how reliable the team his bro brought up to be! Pei Qian couldnt wait to set these staff up as positive models and promote them throughout the company. He Desheng and his gang returned as he was brooding over this. Pei Qian, ? He Desheng quickly greeted Pei Qian the moment he saw him, Boss Pei, you are here! Pei Qian was a little suspicious. Where did you go? It would not be so fast even if they did sneak away early and someone notified them. Was it just a coincidence? Did they all go to the toilet together? That was impossible, too. Why would they go to the toilet in such a big batch? He Desheng smiled and replied, Oh, the factory in the suburbs of Jingzhou had made a batch of products based on the sample of the shared phone booth. I went to inspect it. Pei Qian was even more confused now. Hm? This should not be your responsibility. He Desheng smiled. It isnt, Boss Pei But the shared phone booth is Dream Realization Ventures project after all. Zhang Wang will not be able to complete it himself. We are just lending a helping hand. Most importantly, we dont have much to do at work now. Its just a matter of lending a hand. He Desheng was telling the truth. They could play games with Boss Ma when they had nothing to do at work. However, Boss Ma now said that he would work seriously and stop playing games. These people screen proposals usually. They were usually very free so they decided to help Zhang Wang deal with the shared phone booth project. Pei Qians mind was filled with question marks. He was so wrong! He thought that these people had such a high level of consciousness to slip away early, but it was not the case at all! It was enough that they managed to finish their own jobs; now, they were even helping others with their jobs! Such thinking should definitely not exist! Zhang Wang and the shared phone booth project were pretty reliable at first. They looked as though they could make a steady loss. What if He Deshengs gang helped him and created the opposite effect? Pei Qian was silent for a moment. So you dont have enough workload? Ive got a new project for you. Shared Top Student. Chapter 388 - Boss Pei, I Understand, I’m not a Three-Year-Old Chapter 388 Boss Pei, I Understand, Im not a Three-Year-Old He Desheng was obviously taken aback when he heard those words. Huh? Another shared? He Desheng was a little lost. He Desheng had felt that Zhang Wangs proposed shared phone booth design was outrageous previously, but it still had a body to it. However, after observing throughout this period, He Desheng realized that the unreliability was just a superficial appearance. The phone booth seemed to be pretty possible. This time, a Shared Top Student? How do you share a top student? Its illegal to traffic humans! Pei Qian smiled as though he had anticipated He Deshengs reaction. Boss Pei could not wait to find some work for He Desheng and the people of Dream Realization Ventures to do. There were so many proposals, and they had read them all previously. Pei Qian did not take a fancy to any project other than the shared phone booth. The rest were too reliable! Therefore, Pei Qian was inspired this time and came up with a new idea. Sharing is good! Pei Qian recalled carefully. In fact, most of these shared ideas were selling gimmicks. Not many of them could actually make money. It was mostly fake investment opportunities. Of course, that being said, Pei Qian did not dare do the bike-sharing project until now. Many projects seemed pretty reliable once they were linked to sharing after all. The consequences would be disastrous if he really made back the capital. Therefore, Pei Qian came up with a very unreliable project based on his own requirements: Shared Top Student! To put it plainly, it was to spend money on tuition. Pei Qian had been reviewing his studies painfully so he had been thinking about this issue. It would be great if he could spend money to hire someone to learn for himself. Of course, that was impossible. There are no shortcuts to learning. It was precisely because of that that knowledge was priceless and not monopolized by the rich. However, that did not mean that the status quo could not be improved at all. Pei Qian coughed, slightly seeing He Deshengs confused expression. Shared Top Student is in fact sharing knowledge! Our model will be very simple. Well build an APP and establish a communication platform between top students and flunkies! There are many top students and even more flunkies in every city. The flunkies hope to gain more knowledge to be able to provide guidance to themselves. Many top students are happy to help others. Of course, it would be even better if there is some financial compensation He Desheng suddenly understood after hearing these. I understand, Boss Pei! You want to build a tutoring platform! Good project! At present, the education industry can be said to be a sunrise industry. Parents are paying more attention to the education level of their children with their improvement in economic status. Many parents are willing to find tutors for their children from elementary school to high school. However, there is no fair and convenient platform that can be introduced by acquaintances. The launch of this APP will be able to solve this problem. I can almost see the educational software on the rise, valued at a billion yuan! Pei Qian, ? Tutoring platform? No, no, no, thats not it! Why does the same idea sound so reliable coming out from your mouth? Pei Qian panicked and hurried to correct it. No, you understood it wrongly. It is not a tutoring platform to be precise. Our core is shared services. Do you understand what shared services are? The fees will definitely not be as high as tutoring. We are going to a semi-charitable project. Moreover, the coverage of our project would be wider than that of tutoring He Desheng mulled over it and nodded. I understand now! It will not be just a tutoring platform but also an online question bank! Questions with clear answers would not require top students at all. We only need to prepare the question banks so that users could search the original questions for detailed answers. The coverage would be wider then! Pei Qian was speechless. He finally understood why he was able to succeed in every project he touched. He Desheng showed him up close today how a normal human filled in details on a situation which he did not have sufficient information on. How dare he misinterpret Boss Peis words in front of him? Pei Qians face darkened, almost firing this dangerous guy on the spot. However, he calmed down a bit after thinking about it. He had experienced too many similar situations after all. It was better for this to happen before they commenced then after. COMme Pei Qian decided to change his way of expression after careful thought. In all fairness, Pei Qian did not think there was any possibility of success for the shared phone booth and shared top student projects. Especially this Shared Top Student project. Someone else would have done it if it was something viable. In Pei Qians memory, he had never heard of similar apps even during the time when sharing projects were the hottest. It was enough to show that there were innate flaws in this model. The biggest problem was that there wasnt such a big market, and the top students did not have that much time on their hands. They were so busy with studies every day. It was good enough for them to spare some time tutoring others. How would it be possible for them to travel far to earn some loose change? Private tutoring was very expensive; only the wealthy families were willing to hire people for this. Middle-class families would enroll their children into tutoring classes even if they wanted to send their children for tuition. In short, this project had many innate flaws that could not be solved from Pei Qians point of view. Pei Qian lowered his voice and said to He Desheng. To be honest, there is a very large probability of failure for this project! Therefore, you dont need to feel responsible even if it fails. Treat it as doing charity, understand? He Desheng was shocked. What did Boss Pei mean? In He Deshengs mind, four words summed up Boss Peis investments: stable, accurate, ruthless, and irregular! Boss Pei could often see investment opportunities in unreliable projects. He would not hesitate to plunge huge sums of investment once he identified them. It had been proven that the projects that Boss Pei chose were all profitable! This project was just in its elementary stage now; why is Boss Pei hinting that it has a high probability of failure? Could this project be something that even Boss Pei is not optimistic about? Why would Boss Pei invest in this project in that case? Did he really want to make it a charity? Impossible. Why didnt Boss Pei just donate money to charity if he really wanted to do that? Why beat around the bush? He Desheng fell into a state of confusion. He felt that there must be some deep meaning behind Boss Peis abnormal behavior. Suddenly, inspiration struck him! Boss Pei seems to be hinting me! He seems to imply that this project has innate flaws that will definitely fail in the end. Boss Pei is far-sighted so this judgment is probably correct. If thats the case, what should I be doing as an investor? find a way to cash out at a high point! He Desheng nodded, understanding instantly. I understand, Boss Pei! He did not explain clearly because such matters should not be said explicitly. It was just like how Boss Pei was hinting now. It was impossible to speak so straightforwardly. Do you really understand what I mean? Pei Qian asked with suspicion. He Desheng laughed. Dont worry, Boss Pei. Im not a three-year-old. What kind of understanding is necessary for such a simple sentence? Pei Qian resonated deeply with this sentence. Yeah, even a three-year-old can understand what I mean. Why would I need to explain? Why do the others always understand it wrongly then? What a bother! Pei Qian felt slight relief, seeing He Desheng act this way. Dont follow Zhang Wang in his shared phone booth project anymore. Focus on this shared top student project. Right, I think the name Shared Top Student is not appropriate. I think its better to call it Top student, come quick app. COI Pei Qian was worried that this shared concept would be targeted by some other investment institutions with ulterior motives. It would be troublesome if it became a hot investment opportunity. Changing it to top student, come quick hinted at it being a joke. No other investment institutions would come and mess things up, right? Zhongdian Chinese Network After two days of arrangement, the list of the first batch of students had been finalized. Preliminary work was mostly done. Ma Yiqun got Zhu Xingan, the current editor-in-chief, to contact the middle and higher authorities of this website to let them sign up on their own. The list was finally produced after the website was screened. The authors of the first training course were relatively young, judging from the list. They were all under 25 years old. That was partly because the older authors were often established in their work and family. They generally had matters at home and could not be able to travel to Jingzhou alone. Another reason was that the website selected younger authors. There were a basic salary, five social insurances and one fund, and the opportunity to interact with other authors. These authors were worth looking forward to. January 18th, Thursday Huanyu Tianjie shopping mall Zhang Wang brought everything he bought to the shared phone booth and installed them one by one. He was at rest during the time when Ruan Guangjian was painting the skin of the phone booth. It was all thanks to the help of He Desheng and his gang. They had new tasks soon after, but things at the phone booth were fortunately more or less done. Most of the things in the phone booth were there, including the coffee machine, jukeboxes, capsule machine, weighing scale, AED, etc. They were all there. These were fixtures in the phone booth which could not be removed. It was in a big shopping mall. Zhang Wang had spoken to the cinema staff and the clerk at the drink shop who had the phone booth in their line of sight. They would be able to keep an eye on the phone booth at all times. Moreover, there were surveillance cameras at the entrance of the phone booth and the cinema. Anyone deliberately sabotaging the phone booth would be caught in minutes. These devices had undergone basic simple modifications. Take the beverage machine as an example. Zhang Wang purchased a commercial multifunctional beverage machine that supported payment by both QR code scanning and coin insertion. This machine also has an automatic cup drop function that would be cleaned automatically. The machine would prompt if there was no paper cup or water. Zhang Wang had also spoken to the staff of the shopping mall to regularly replace the paper cups, pure water buckets, cleaning machines and to clean it regularly. Such a set of procedures would not take long. The jukebox could be used at will after the customer scanned the QR code to enter. However, the drinks machine would only give him free drinks twice. If they wanted more, they would have to either scan the QR code or to insert coins. It was the same principle with the capsule machine. Pay more if you want more capsules. In addition, the stamp of Modest the Guardian of Justice was on the right, just under the retro phone. Zhang Wang nodded in satisfaction after everything was done up properly. Humph, now this is the complete shared phone booth! The entire phone booth was packed from top to bottom with stuff. There was a phone, a small scrolling display, a beverage machine, a jukebox, a capsule machine, a three-port charger, Wi-Fi, foldable seats, AED, weighing scale blood pressure monitor In short, the layout was very reasonable. There was basically no space wasted, and yet it would not make the customers feel cramped up. Zhang Wang checked if all the equipment was properly arranged; everything was functioning normally before he closed the door. The mural of Modest, the Guardian of Justice at the front had a look of confidence as if to hint that this shared phone booth would definitely succeed! Zhang Wang was very satisfied. The shared phone booth was finally ready to be officially put out there for users to experience! Chapter 389 - The First Student Chapter 389 The First Student Once he was done, Zhang Wang walked to the bubble tea shop next door and ordered a drink. As he drank, he observed the shared phone booths situation. Before this, when Ruan Guangjian was painting, many people had gathered around the phone booth. Now that the shared phone booth was done, people were hurriedly gathering to take photographs. All things aside, everyone behaved decently. They took initiative to stand in a line and took turns to take pictures with the painting of Modest outside the phone booth. During this process, some passers-by came with the original intention to observe the fun. However, when they saw that several new facilities had been added to the shared phone booth, they became quite curious. It looks like many things have been added to the shared phone booth. We dont have to pay to use the drinks machine as well, right? Do you think you can drink anything you want for ten yuan? Of course, youll have to pay extra costs. Theres even a capsule machine and two microphones there! What does that mean? We can sing inside? Whats that thing under the foldable chair? Ive never seen it. I think there are many more things inside now. Please excuse me, everyone, I want to go in and take a look. Ai, ai, ai heres the line. Lets form two lines! Were not even queuing for the same thing. Youre taking photographs, and were going in to experience the booth. We dont have to interfere with each other. What if we want to take photographs and experience the booth? After discussing it for a while, everyone split into two lines. One line was to take a photograph with the painting of Modest. The other line was to enter and experience the shared phone booth. Nobody had entered the phone booth before because there were too few facilities. There had been nothing to experience. However, there were many more facilities now. There was even an artwork outside the phone booth. Now that it looked much nicer, more people were interested in entering. After all, everyone was interested in upholding their reputation; this affected even the way they viewed phone booths. The first people to enter the shared phone booth were a couple. It would be weird to go into such places alone. Not only would one feel lonely, but others would also be looking in from the outside. After the couple entered, they closed the door and pulled down the curtains. At the same time, the people on the outside saw the remaining time displayed on the screen: Fifteen minutes. That way, those in the line would have a rough idea of how long it would be before their turn. Of course, that function was still not up to par yet. For example, it could only tell how long the people in the booth at the moment had until they had to come out. However, it could not accurately tell how long someone at the back of the line would have to wait. Zhang Wang quietly noted this down. He considered including a function that would give the people in line a number or an estimated time before they would reach the front in the future. The couple began curiously exploring the shared phone booth. Eh, we have two drinks each. We can choose cold or hot drinks as well. We can even sing for free? Whoa, what a steal. We only need to pay ten yuan every fifteen minutes. Its so worth it! Theres even a capsule machine. Unfortunately, thats not free. What were you expecting? If the capsule was free, the manufacturer would suffer huge losses. Should we sing one song? Can we do that? Its so embarrassing. Dont worry; we cant hear a single peep from the shopping mall. That means the phone booth is quite well sound-proofed. At first, ten yuan for fifteen minutes looked extremely expensive. However, now that so many new functions had been added, it did not look as expensive anymore. In fact, it looked worth it! Yet, to Zhang Wang, he could still generate profits. He would only give one pair of drinks. Whether the customers chose to stay for fifteen minutes or an hour, the number of drinks they would receive would remain the same. Once they got thirsty, they would probably buy more. Further, the cost of operating the drinks machine was not much. Take the hot drinks for example. A bag of instant coffee or milk tea measuring one kilogram could make fifty 250 ml cups of hot drinks. That made the cost of each drink fifty cents. On top of that, the more that they bought, the cheaper it became and the lower their costs would be. Even if they added in the cost of water and electricity, a hot drink would cost two yuan at the most. The shared phone booth would continue to make profits. Of course, customers could not choose their own flavors. Furthermore, customers would have to pay extra to play the capsule machine. The couple picked up the microphones from the table and found a small box that contained free microphone covers. They received two for free upon entry, but if they wanted to use more, they had to pay. The melodious music sounded, and both of them started singing. At that time, outside the phone booth, everyone in the queue heard soft music coming from inside the phone booth. Eh? Are they really singing? How long do they plan to sing? Holy sh*t, theyve paid more to stay in there for longer. The remaining time has increased! Lets go, lets go. How long must we freaking wait?! It looked like the couple that had just entered the shared phone booth was planning to stay in there for a long time. The timer on the screen started again at thirty minutes. Many people who had been queuing with the intention to try out the booth gave up and dispersed. However, a realization suddenly dawned on Zhang Wang-who had been sitting at the drinks stall nearby-once he witnessed what had happened. If everyone who went in came out again quickly, it would have been a bad thing. It would have meant that the phone booth had not been attractive enough! However, now the couple had decided to stay and sing for at least half an hour. That meant that the shared phone booth itself had no problem! The other shared phone booths would be done soon. Then, they would move into the various shopping malls in Jingzhou City They would be money trees that raked in profits for a long time! Once all twenty shared phone booths had been set up and they had recovered their capital, Zhang Wang would immediately report the good news to Boss Pei! In the afternoon, on a hired car heading from Jingzhous airport to Shenhua View A young man accessed the authors platform application on his cell phone, created a new chapter, and then habitually typed the words taking leave in the subject. Im attending Zhongdian Chinese Networks first class for online authors in Jingzhou, and so Im taking one days leavejust for all of your information. On top of that, please vote! He typed the entire message at one go. Then, the young man kept his cell phone and looked out of the window of the hired car, appreciating Jingzhous views. A few minutes later, he took his cell phone out again and accessed Zhongdian Chinese Networks application to read the readers comments under the chapter. Pfft, I thought he updated the book! Hes bailing on us again like he always does? Think about how many times youve taken leave in the past month alone. Sh*t, its only 3 PM. Cant you just write at night? Not bad, youve improved. You said you had to attend your classmates weddings the past few times. I wondered why all of your classmates were getting married at the same time! Your excuse is not bad this time. Keep working hard! Taking frequent leave is a sign that the author isnt going to finish the book. Tell us, are you going to leave this book incomplete as well?! Sh*t, dont do that! I just caught up, and youve only written about six hundred thousand words for this book. Its only a child! Youre asking for votes even though youre taking leave how shameless! Do you see this vote? F*ck, even if I have to waste it, I wouldnt vote for you! Reading the angry comments left by his readers, the young man smiled. He was already used to this. Cui Geng was one of the students who would be attending Zhongdian Chinese Networks first authors class. His pen name was The Tentacled Beast that Writes for His Life. However, that name turned out to be perfectly ironic. He was known for updating his books very slowly and taking leave whenever he felt like it. Each time he took leave, he would also shamelessly ask readers to vote for him. He was also infamous for not finishing two or three online novels. Yet, he always had good ideas for novels and a perfect grasp of writing and rhythm. He could always draw people in. Although his readers constantly cursed at him, even they could not help but keep reading his novels. Cui Geng sighed. Ai, Im telling the truth this time. Im really going to take part in a class. Why doesnt anyone believe me? Among online authors, there were hard workers and slackers. Authors like Cui Geng were especially slack. That was because he lacked motivation. When he graduated from university, he had immediately felt pressured by the real worlds materialism. Thus, having had nothing to do, he began writing online novels to support himself. However, half a year after he had started, his house was demolished. Cui Geng had wandered around for some time and then had felt empty once again. Thus, he had decided to repent and turn over a new leaf. This time, he had decided to finish his book and become a novel god. In the end, several other flats belonging to his family were demolished as well. Cui Geng felt sorrowful. Life had a way of making a fool of people. Who would have had the mood to continue writing? Thus, Cui Geng left everything to fate now. This time, he had come to Jingzhou with the intention to go on holiday. He had no idea what he was going to learn in the class as well. He had signed up the moment he heard that he would receive a basic salary and that his food and accommodation would be provided for. He had not expected to be chosen immediately. It was probably because there werent many successful authors on Zhongdian Chinese Network Cui Geng had started off by writing on Infinite Chinese Network. However, many readers heard about him having a habit of not completing his books. Even editors came to hear about it. Each time he started a new book, his old readers would comment on it to diss it. Helpless and not lacking money, Cui Geng had decided to change platforms and give himself a new lease of life. Thus, thanks to a freak combination of various factors, Cui Geng started writing for Zhongdian Chinese Network which treated its mid-tier writers quite well. I heard that there are many fun places to go to in Jingzhou. Its just as well. I can use this class as an excuse to play here for a few days. Im taking leave for an official reason. The readers cant say anything about that, right? Im collecting material for my novel. Whats more, writing novels requires a lot of brainpower. If I play more, I can refresh my mind and cheer myself up. Thatll allow me to come up with more content. Theyll understand for sure! After thinking about this for some time, Cui Geng arrived at Shenhua View. He alighted from the car and took the elevator up to the editors department in Zhongdian Chinese Network. Someone welcomed him warmly and led him to the conference room. A while later, Ma Yiqun entered the conference room, and the two men began chatting From their conversation, Cui Geng learned that he was the first author to arrive in Jingzhou for the class. That surprised him. However, on further thought, it made sense. He had only received the invitation yesterday, and yet he was already here today. He had been quite fast. The main reason for his enthusiasm was that he wanted to find an excuse to take leave as soon as possible. After chatting for some time, Ma Yiqun retrieved an agreement. This is the agreement for the online literature class. Everyone has to sign one. Please read the details in the agreement very carefully. Once youre sure that there are no problems with it, you can sign it. We have some requirements, but you dont have to worry; those are basic requirements. We will not go overboard. Cui Geng was stunned. Huh? Theres an agreement? It was quite formal. Chapter 390 - The No-Show Walks into the Trap Cui Geng roughly scanned the document. Its main provisions concerned the rights and responsibilities for this class. The website was obligated to provide a basic salary, insurance and funds, a working environment, accommodation, food, and the like for the authors. There were set standards for the salary, the insurance, the funds, as well as the food and accommodation. On top of that, about ten hours each weekor two afternoonswould be spent on team exercises. On the other hand, the authors would only have to submit themselves to the websites scheduling. Otherwise, the website would be allowed to terminate the contract unconditionally and retract all promises and benefits under the contract. There were also details about the flow and arrangement of the class. What concerned Cui Geng the most was that, under the agreement, all authors would have clear work and rest times. Each day, they would work at their desks from 9 AM to 6 PM. In between, they would have an hour for lunch and rest. Cui Geng was very happy with all the other provisions, but that one provision about work timings made him hesitate. A frequent no-show like him, who had been used to working only two or three hours a day, now had to work eight hours a day at a work desk? That sounded very difficult. He worried that the website would retract all his benefits and privileges if he failed to hit the targets. Wouldnt that be embarrassing? Cui Geng voiced his concerns. Boss Ma, the agreement states that we have to work for eight hours, right? Are there any other requirements, such as writing a minimum of four thousand words? Ma Yiqun shook his head. There wont be a word count. Writing is a creative process. Every author will experience writers block and be unable to produce anything. Thats why we decided not to set a hard and fast rule for the word count. Cui Geng heaved a sigh of relief. It was good that they did not have a word count! During working hours, he could surf the net, slack, and do whatever he wanted. Then, the eight hours would pass quickly. The website was providing food and accommodation. They were even allowing everyone to travel around Jingzhou regularly to relax. Cui Geng could also look forward to eating, drinking, playing, and chatting with the other authors; and all he would have to do was surf the net in another location. For all he knew, the computer they would provide him with would have better specifications than the computer he had at home. All in all, it was a good deal. Cui Geng continued flipping through the agreement and found no provision that put him at a disadvantage. Relieved, he signed his name. Alright, we will arrange for someone to send you to your accommodation later. Weve arranged for everyone to stay at a guest house on the outskirts of the city to ensure that you can enjoy a relaxed and peaceful environment. Your workplace will be a five-minute walk from that guest house. Dont worry, we say its the outskirts, but the accommodations will not be of low-standards. Ma Yiqun kept the agreement. Cui Geng nodded and said, No problem. They were a bunch of tough men anyway; they did not have high expectations for the accommodations. Even if the accommodations were located in a deserted place, so be it. Most authors were homebodies who did not fancy going out, too. It would not be a problem. January 14th, Friday At 8 AM, Cui Geng was woken up by his cell phones alarm ringing. He instinctively switched it off and went back to sleep. Brother Cui, its about time to wake up. You told me to wake you up last night, said a voice next to him. Cui Geng suddenly realized something. He opened his eyes wide and sat upright. He was not at home; he was in a hotel! He and a few other authors had checked into the hotel that the website had arranged for them yesterday. The hotel environment was quite nice. Although it was on the outskirts, it was considered one of the better three-star hotels. The room was spacious, clean, and tidy. It also provided everything that its guests needed. There were two people in a room, and Cui Geng was rooming with a new author who was about a year younger than him. The latter referred to Cui Geng as Brother Cui, and he was quite respectful. Ill be ready soon! Cui Geng rolled out of bed, brushed his teeth, and washed his face at lightning speed. Five minutes later, he was all dressed. Both of them had breakfast in the hotel and then walked to the nearby workplace together. Yesterday afternoon and night, all the authors had arrived in Jingzhou one by one. Not one of them had backed out. They were all writers on Zhongdian Chinese Network who had heard about one another here and there. Thus, they all engaged in polite conversation. Zhu Xingan had arrived as well. He led everyone to the place where they would be writing normally. The workplace that the website had prepared for them was in an office building nearby. They rented a spacious place and set up neatly-arranged work desks. Apart from mechanical keyboards and big monitors, there were also fountain pens and notebooks on the large work desks. Those were probably for authors to write down their thoughts and inspirations. On top of that, there was a long conference table in the room and a snack area by the side. Aside from various snacks, there was also a coffee pod machine. All in all, this place already had much higher standards than most offices. Zhu Xingan watched as everyone chose their respective seats. Alright, its almost time. You can rest for a while at your seats, have some coffee, and then start brainstorming. My workspace is near the door. If you have any questions while youre writing, feel free to approach me and ask. You will also get ten minutes of rest every hour. Well ring the bell, and you can all stand up and move around, look out the window, or stretch. That should get rid of any signs of exhaustion. Cui Geng purposely chose a seat near the corner, the furthest away from Zhu Xingan. This was a perfect blind spot. Zhu Xingan would not realize what he was up to. As long as he could slack the eight hours away and spend two or three hours in the middle writing something, he would be able to get by. Cui Geng clicked on the power button of his computer and lightly tapped on his keyboard, producing crisp tapping sounds that were extremely pleasing to the ears. The monitors quality was not bad. It had high resolution, and it looked like it had been adjusted to provide blue-light protection. As Cui Geng looked at it, his eyes felt comfortable; they did not hurt as much as they would when looking at other monitors. The table was of standard height, but the chair and monitors heights could be adjusted at will. The ergonomic chair was extremely comfortable as well. The backing of the chair fit perfectly against the curves of ones back. The armrests were level with the table, and when ones arm bent at ninety degrees, they could rest their elbows on the armrests. Since they could also rest their hands on their keyboards, typing felt effortless and comfortable. The mouse and headphones were not necessary for writing novels, but they were of high-quality, too. In fact, they had even better specifications than what Cui Geng had at home. Although he was not sure about the computers specifications, there seemed to be a cool logo on the computer that said ROF. Since this was a desktop, Cui Geng guessed that the monitor would be passable. He should have no problems playing large-scale games. Even if he could not play games, watching shows on such a big monitor would be perfect. Tap, tap, tap Crisp, tapping sounds of people typing away at their keyboards filled the room. Soon, the tapping became continuous and fast-paced. It was like a mechanical keyboard party. If only one person had been typing on a mechanical keyboardwith the loudest click sounds, at that-in a quiet room, it would be akin to a person smoking cigarettes indoors. Everyone else could forget about working because they would be too distracted. However, if everyone in the room was using the same mechanical keyboard to type, it would be like a group of smokers gathering to smoke. Nobody would be bothered by the sounds. Instead, they would form a unique environment in which they found pleasure. Still, for Cui Gengwho was only interested in slackingthe sounds were very disturbing. Sh*t, we just sat down a minute ago. How do all of you have inspiration? Are you even human? Forget it, forget it. Think on the bright side. Since the sound of typing is so loud, no one will notice me slacking. These headphones should be good at canceling noise. Ill look at the computers specifications and Holy sh*t! The computers specifications were obviously excellent. The computer switched on very quickly. Since Cui Geng had been seated at the desk in the far corner, he had gone to grab snacks and a cup of coffee before he came back to switch on his computer. Thus, he was behind everyone else. Cui Geng had initially intended to check the computers specifications and internet speed upon switching it on. Then, he would think about what game to download or what show to watch. However, the moment the computer switched on and before he could even move his mouse, the writing software automatically opened up. It filled the entire screen and was locked in place. Cui Geng, ??? He felt slightly light-headed. Instinctively, he clicked Alt + F4, but the computer did not respond. Then, he tried Ctrl + Alt + Delete, but still, the computer did not respond. Writing software like that normally had lockdown effects. Once it opened, it would remain locked in place until a certain number of words or a certain amount of time was hit. Until then, nobody could do anything else on the computer except write! This computer was designed to be more extreme. Once the computer switched on, it would open the writing software automatically. Even after one restarted the computer, it would open the software again automatically. There was no target word count or time limit to hit. In other words-unless one called the technical staff, they would not be able to exit the lockdown state! Of course, such software normally allowed access to Qiandus search engine so that writers could retrieve information. However, that access point was limited to searching for information-one could not even play videos. Cui Geng was beginning to understand how the other authors started writing so quickly. Even if they did not want to, there was nothing else they could do! Cui Geng felt the urge to vomit blood. He had a huge monitor and a computer with excellent specifications, and yet all he could do was write. What a waste! After several tries, Cui Geng finally gave up. He knew that the writing softwares technical staff had probably already thought of any idea he could think of now. They would not have left users a way out. Since he was already stuck in this lockdown state, it would be no use thinking of how to get out. Everyone around him was typing away on their mechanical keyboard. However, Cui Geng felt like a prisoner who had just been sentenced to life imprisonment; his heart had turned cold. The cogs in his brain started turning as he thought about his current predicament. All of a sudden, a great idea surfaced in his head. Editor-in-Chief! Theres a part in my story that requires me to watch a certain part of a movie! What should I do? Cui Geng could not help but rejoice in his heart. That was a perfectly reasonable request! As an online author, he often had to watch movies and play games to write. It made sense, right? Some parts required him to write as he watched a scene in a movie; other parts required him to play a game for himself before he could write. However, this computer only limited him to basic searches. There was no way it could fulfill either requirement. Thus, it made perfect sense to ask that question at that moment. Other authors were probably thinking the same. Cui Geng was not asking for much. As long as he could watch videos, shows, and movies on his computer; he would be satisfied! Zhu Xingan pushed his spectacles up the bridge of his nose as if he had already prepared for this question. Pointing to a spare computer next to him, he said, If you need to gather material, you can use this computer. Cui Geng, Chapter 391 - Who Else?! The computer was right next to Zhu Xingan. Anyone who raised their head could see the screen. One could say that Cui Geng would be using the computer under everyones gaze. Cui Geng had noticed that there was a spare computer in the room before. However, at the time, he just thought that there was an extra set. He had not thought much about it after that. Now, he understood; it had a purpose! He could watch movies and play games on that computer, but he would have to do that under the noses of the editor-in-chief and all the other authors. Could he catch up with his shows? That would be too much! How could he hog the computer and watch shows or movies while everyone else watched him? The computer was meant to be shared among all the authors. Others would have to gather their own material! Cui Geng had thought about saying one computer was not enough and then asking Zhu Xingan to prepare another one. However, on further thought, if he were in Zhu Xingans position; he would not believe his own words either. That was because the writers would be able to find eighty to ninety percent of the material using their own computers. Even in the writing softwares lockdown state, they were allowed to conduct searches on Qiandu or other websites; they only could not watch videos, download software, or access certain websites and forums such as Infinite Chinese Network, Zhongdian Chinese Network, Tieba, and Weibo. Thus, it was impossible to waste the entire day away reading novels and forums while in the lockdown state. Writers could gather eighty to ninety percent of the information they needed using the search engines. Under exceptional circumstances, if they needed to gather material from movies, they could use the computer next to Zhu Xingan. There, they could download the movie and skip to the scene that they needed to watch. That would not take much time at all. Whats more, the computer was a shared resource. Ordinary people would feel too embarrassed to hog it for too long. Thus, everyone would be as efficient as possible. That meant there was no problem with having only one computer; it would not hinder their writing progress. However, to Cui Geng, whose initial intention had been to slack; this was extremely painful! He quietly sat down, recalling the agreement that he had signed earlier. It was no wonder that the agreement had only stipulated the working hours and not a word count! Ma Yiquns hidden intention was clear: its alright if one had writers block and failed to write anything for one day; they wouldnt care as long as staring at the writing software for one entire day didnt drive someone crazy. Cui Geng was speechless. He had been scammed! This was a trap! Cui Geng instinctively wanted to leave. The worst that could happen if he tore up the contract was the retraction of his benefits; he would not have to compensate the website. He could not imagine being locked up for one entire month. However, on further thought, he realized that it would be inappropriate. He had traveled all the way to Jingzhou. How could he turn around and run back for this simple reason? If his friends, other authors, and his readers caught wind of this; how would everyone view him? The other writers in the class were writing earnestly, and yet I ran away on the very first day? That sounds awful! After weighing the pros and cons, Cui Geng calmed himself down and decided not to be rash. Even if he wanted to leave, he had to grit his teeth and stick around for two days minimally. Whats more, he had already taken leave yesterday, and he had not posted a new chapter today. He had to post one or two chapters to placate his readers. After much consideration, Cui Geng sighed softly. Helplessly, he began writing. In his office, Pei Qian flipped through his notes and considered recent developments at work. The manufacturer of the shared phone booths would probably hand over the finished products in a few days. Then, the phone booths would be set up in various shopping malls around Jingzhou. After the weekend, Pei Qian intended to walk around various shopping malls to see how the shared phone booths would be doing. Based on what had happened earlier, it seemed like no one was interested in this thing. However, Pei Qian could never be too careful. Who knew if the project would suddenly resurrect? He could not let his guard down. He had also put He Desheng in charge of the Shared Top Student. Many companies were producing educational software now. He just had to contact one and hire them to create a simple application. There would probably not be much work to do in that regard. However, creating one simple application would not cost much. Pei Qian planned to spend more on publicity; they would run advertisements and distribute flyers. When the time was right, they would also distribute subsidies. That would get rid of more money. Another thing was he wondered how Boss Lis Ming House was doing. Pei Qian really wanted that high-end restaurant to make a name for itself as soon as possible. That would take some of Ming Yun Private Kitchens customers away so that the latter would not generate so much revenue. Pei Qian and Boss Li had each others contact details. However, Pei Qian had been too lazy to contact Boss Li directly. Thus, both men had only met face-to-face a few times, and all of those times were by chance at Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. This time, however, Pei Qian could not help himself. He called Li Shi. Soon, the line went through. Hello? Boss Li! Oh, its nothing. I was just calling for a quick chat. Oh, thats right. I wanted to ask how Ming House is doing. Has it become popular? Is that why youve been so busy? Pei Qian was very sincere as he asked the questions expectantly. Li Shi sounded both desperate and exhausted. Boss Pei, dont make fun of me. Youre so well-informed. How can you not know? We ran into many problems the day after our opening. Many of our first batch of customers were not satisfied. We gave them discounts and waived their bills accordingly, but it still affected our business to some extent. You can say that weve been troubleshooting over the last few days Pei Qian was confused. They had run into many problems? That couldnt be. Boss Li must have hired experienced chefs. Even if they were not as experienced as Ming Yun Private Kitchens chefs, they should not have caused that many problems, right? All of a sudden, Pei Qian recalled something. He had brought Little Tang along during the previous gathering! Everyone had been happily eating at the time, and they had not noticed anything strange. That was why Pei Qian had forgotten about it altogether. From what Boss Li was saying, it looked like the kitchen had suffered the effects! Look at how things had turned out Pei Qian suddenly felt guilty towards Boss Li. He had only intended to visit to show his support. However, he had accidentally hurt Boss Li in the process! Pei Qian quickly asked, Its not that serious, right? Boss Li smiled politely. I dont think its that serious. Theyre just minor problems. The restaurants quality is holding it up, and were not incurring losses. However, I dont think we can become popular in the short-term. Speaking of which, I wouldnt have known that there were so many things to take note of about running a restaurant until I did it myself. I thought that one just needed money to run a high-end restaurant. Now, I know, I was being too simple. Boss Pei, you always look so relaxed. You made running a high-end restaurant look very easy. It looks like that was just smoke and mirrors. Pei Qian, ?! What did I do? Why am I taking the blame for this?! I wasnt involved in the running of Ming Yun Private Kitchen at the time. I also wasnt responsible for Ming Yun Private Kitchen becoming popular all of a sudden! Why are you making it sound as if I misled you?! After some thought, Pei Qian said, Boss Li, please dont panic. Running a high-end restaurant is very technical. Youll need experience. Ming House just lacks that experience. This is only a temporary problem. It will get better. How about this? Ill book the entire place again for next week. Thatll give you some business! Pei Qian could not think of a better way to make it up to Boss Li. He could not possibly tell the latter that his employee had been responsible for all the mishaps in Ming House, right? How could he openly discuss metaphysics?! All he could do was bring his own employees there for a few meals to make it up to Boss Li. Of course, he could not bring Little Tang with him this time. Boss Pei had nothing to gain from the collapse of Ming House. He also could not bring those who had eaten there this week. The System would not allow him to organize gatherings for the same group of people so frequently. This time, he would bring another group like the employees at Fei Huang Workspace or Upwind Logistics. That was the benefit of having so many employees. The various departments could take turns to eat! Pei Qian could not help but imagine if he had thirty departments in the future-based on the principle of having one gathering per month for each company, wouldnt be able to feast every single day? Hmm, that sounded good Boss Li remained silent for a moment. Then, obviously moved, he said, Thank you, Boss Pei. I misunderstood you when you said you did not want to have any part in the restaurant earlier. Now, I understand. Business is business, but relationships are relationships. Boss Pei, you have distinguished them very clearly. Ill remember this favor! If I get the chance in the future, I will return it for sure! Pei Qian, ? Dont you dare overthink this. I just want to spend more money on food! Even if I dont eat at your restaurant, I would eat at Swan Lake Restaurant. Its not because of any relationship between us but purely because the food at your restaurant is more expensive! Whats more, there is no relationship between us. Dont misunderstand me! Different cuss words surfaced in Pei Qians heart. However, he could not let them out. Instead, he had to keep them in, suppressing them until he wanted to belch. Boss Li, its just one meal. You dont have to take it to heart. If you want to thank me, run Ming House well and make it famous. Overtake Ming Yun Private Kitchen as soon as you can! Those words flowed from the bottom of Pei Qians heart. Li Shi, Hehe. Boss Pei, Im going back to work. Youre welcome here at any time. After hanging up, Pei Qian felt sorrowful. He had good intentions in bringing everyone to the restaurant for a meal. He had not expected to hurt his own friends by accident. Now, Ming Houses situation looked bad. Everything was going wrong! Pei Qian was in pain. However, seeing that it was already Friday afternoon, Pei Qian knew that there was nothing much he could do for now. I have to do something next week to turn the situation around! I also have to remember to look at the shared phone booths next Monday. Pei Qian quietly committed these things to memory and then went back to studying. At 6 PM A pleasant bell sounded. However, all the tapping at the mechanical keyboards showed no signs of stopping. Many writers eyes remained glued to their screens as their fingers kept typing away. Zhu Xingan stood up and clapped. Alright, its time to get off work. Pack up as quickly as you can. The computers will shut down automatically in ten minutes. Please manage your time better tomorrow, everyone. Itll be best if you could stop typing at 6 PM sharp. Cui Geng, who was seated in the far corner, heaved out a long sigh. He leaned back in his ergonomic chair and stretched. He glanced at the word count on the screen. 8,177 words. Cui Geng could not help but feel emotional. Who wouldve thought that a no-show like me would be able to write over eight thousand words in a single day?! Although he could constantly check on his word count throughout the day and Cui Geng already had an idea that he had written that much, he still felt incredulous. That was because he had thought that he hadnt been very efficient today. He could not surf the web, watch videos, or play games. That made him extremely uncomfortable. Whats more, although the furniture was comfortable, the screen was huge, and the keyboard was nice to use; this was not a familiar environment. Of course, he had felt out of place. He had also experienced writers block in the middle of the day. If he had been in such a state at home, Cui Geng would have ended up with four thousand words at most, but he would already have considered that to be quite good. Yet, he had managed to write about eight thousand words here! Cui Geng felt proud of himself. He really wanted to shout who else can do this?! At that moment, the two authors seated opposite him stood up. I feel like writing together in this office has really increased my efficiency! How much did you write? I just hit ten thousand words. How about you? Thirteen thousand. Awesome! Hey, no, no, no! I think I can still do better. Cui Geng, He had no choice but to silently bury his boasts deep in his heart. Chapter 392 - Not One Person is to Leave; I’ll Treat Them! Chapter 392 Not One Person is to Leave; Ill Treat Them! Once he accepted the fact that eight thousand words was not much, Cui Geng edited the 8,439-word chapter and split it into four chapters. Then, he opened the authors platform and uploaded them. Dont ask why there was an additional two hundred words. He had just added a couple of sentences and improved the transition in the passage. After he uploaded the last chapter, Cui Geng felt slightly sorrowful. He had always uploaded whatever he had written immediately. There would be at least two hours between each chapter as well. Yet, now, he had just uploaded four chapters at one shot. That was four times the happiness. He felt like a rush, like water coursing out of a dam. Cui Geng found it hard to control his own excitement but hard to express it as well. Thus, after much thought, he only added one phrase at the end of his last chapter. D*mn! When he saw that his chapters had been published, Cui Geng felt relieved. He was pleased! He was satisfied! He was relaxed! Although he had been a stubborn no-show and he had bailed whenever he wanted, he would always feel disappointment when evening came around. He had always had the feeling that the day had passed too quickly, and there had been no time to do anything. For some reason, he would feel empty and melancholic. However, he did not have the same feeling today. He did not feel like he had lacked time because he had written over eight thousand words! Time to eat! Everyone has free time tonight. Those who want to return to the hotel can do so, and those who want to go out to play can do so as well. Zhu Xingan closed off their day at work and gestured at the Fish-Catching Take-Out, which was placed neatly on the conference table. One by one, they opened their white, porcelain bowls. The hot food emitted smoke and a delicious fragrance. The writers sat down at the table and ate as they chatted. They had all eaten Fish-Catching Take-Out for lunch as well. Thus, Cui Geng had already felt emotional from being able to eat healthy and delicious take-out then. Zhu Xingan distributed each persons meal to them at the conference table. For some reason, this scene made Cui Geng think about the oil painting of the last supper. As the writers ate and chatted, they talked about how many words they had written, how productive they had been, how their necks didnt hurt thanks to the good chairs, and the like. Cui Geng had nothing in common with them. What he wanted most to say was that he had written over eight thousand words that day. However, at a place like that, it did not seem like something worth being so proud of. Instead, it was quite embarrassing. In the midst of all the conversations going on around him, Cui Geng whipped out his cell phone to read the comments on his new chapters. S His cell phones signal was not hindered here, but there was no Wi-Fi. Thus, everyone had to spend money on buying data. Of course, even then, nobody spent all day on their cell phones playing games. How could they when everyone else was busy typing away? Anyone who did that would feel guilty for sure. Whats more, they had not been forced to attend this class. If they had no interest in writing, there would be no point in forcing themselves to stay. Leaving sooner would be better than later. At home, they could do anything they wanted. It was just like sending a student who hated studying in a study room. No matter how much he did not want to learn, his environment could force him to learn something. It would be much easier for one to study in a study room than in ones own hostel. Cui Geng had to admit that while he was a good slacker, he was also a good writer. A good number of people were keeping up with his novels. A few minutes after he uploaded his new chapters, his readers posted comments. ??? What am I seeing? Four chapters in a row? Huh? I must have eaten too much today; Im hallucinating! Did the no-show eat the wrong medicines today? Not only did he upload four chapters in a row, but he also didnt ask for any votes! He must have found a substitute writer! At that point, Cui Gengs heart was pounding. D*mn it, he had been too eager to upload his chapters, and he had forgotten to ask for votes! He had uploaded so many chapters without asking for any votes. It felt as bad as losing a hundred million dollars. He continued reading. What does d*mn mean? I dont think Ive seen him end off chapters with this tone before. I guess the no-show has been kidnapped. The kidnappers must have forced him to write over eight thousand words. Hes left us a clue at the end of the last chapter! Kidnappers, these two votes are for you. If you see this comment, keep him for a few more days. Thank you! You have a vote from me as well. Keep him for two more days! Tentacled-Beast, if youve run into any problems in life, just let us know. Give us time to think of something. What would we do if your problems get resolved? Is this real? No-show, if youve been kidnapped, blink! Ill thank the kidnappers! Cui Geng was speechless. What do you mean youll thank the kidnappers?! Is that the kind of impression you have of me? Would kidnapping me be the only way to make me work hard to update my novels? Am I that kind of person? Eh? It does seem like it. Ah, nevermind then. On further thought, Cui Geng realized that had he not been trapped in a lockdown state on the computer in this class, he would not have written over eight thousand words in a single day. Forget it, I wont bother about this for now. Ive written over eight thousand words today! Awesome! I have to treat myself tonight! Cui Geng wolfed down his red braised pork with a vengeance. Lowering his voice, he turned to his roommate beside him. Brother, do you want to play tonight? I heard that theres a chain of internet cafes in Jingzhou called Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. The computer specifications are good, and so is the environment. Well get a kick out of playing games there! His roommate shook his head. I think Ill pass, Brother Cui. Im going to go back to the room and write another chapter using my laptop. After that, Ill surf the net to prepare to write more tomorrow. Cui Geng, For some reason, Cui Geng recalled his experience in university, when he roomed together with a nerd. January 17th, Monday Pei Qian slept his fill and woke up naturally. Then, he rolled around, sat up, and rubbed his eyes. How annoying. Its Monday again. I have to go to work again. Hmm for some reason, I feel like I have to do something. I just cant recall what it was. Forget it, Ill order some take-out and think while I eat. Pei Qian whipped out his phone, ordered Fish-Catching Take-Out, and then checked his unread notifications. Ma Yang, Brother Qian, IOI is undergoing testing in the West! I heard that the figures are not bad. Quick, take a look! Oh? Pei Qian immediately became alert. He opened his browser and searched for news about Finger Games and IOI testing. Finger Games official website introduced IOIs merits in detail. One example was how IOI contained a professional battle network with automatic matching functions. The gamers standards would be determined by their hidden skills values using the Elo rating system, and they would be sent to battle quickly. Friends playing together would be matched together, and the open ladder would also be released in the future. Pei Qian searched for players feedback on the forum. Although some people were complaining about bugs in the game-on the whole, people were still praising it. Pei Qian did not read too many comments. Since his English was the standard of a fourth-grader, he thought that he probably would not understand a lot of it. Thus, he saved himself the effort. He was more concerned about the related conversations taking place in the local forums. Once IOI started being tested overseas, the news spread very quickly to China. Many local players were paying close attention to IOI as well. They had hopes that the game would start running tests in China and come up with Mandarin clients. Some players even went to the United States to try the game out because they could not wait any longer. After reading the news, Pei Qian had mixed feelings. Now, he was not sure if he should hope for IOI to become popular or fail Still, no matter what, the script was finally developing in the way that he imagined! Before this, Pei Qian noticed that IOI had not been running tests in the United States and that it had been getting average feedback. He had been worried that IOI would fail. Although IOIs failure would make ducks and drakes of Dream Realization Ventures twenty million yuan investment, Tengdas GOG would be in trouble. Now, the plot was developing as he had imagined. IOI was becoming popular in the United States. That meant that it would only be a matter of time before the game became popular worldwide. That meant that For now, he could relax with GOG! Pei Qian did not have much System Funds left. Otherwise, he would have poured another huge sum of money into GOG. After finishing his take-out, he prepared to go to the office to walk around and check on GOGs progress. At that moment, he received another message from Huang Sibo: Boss Pei, weve wrapped up the movie! Pei Qian paused. So quickly? Oh, not really. On further thought, Pei Qian realized that the news was coming slightly later than he had expected. It was about time that they wrapped up filming. This meant that all the camera work was complete. Although they would still have to edit the movie and finalize it, the production crew would normally split up at this point and bid their farewells. Thus, most movies would hold their celebration feasts once filming was done. That was because it would be the last time that everyone would be present. After reading the message, Pei Qian did not feel tired anymore. Didnt they have to eat to celebrate the end of filming? Should they play in Jingzhou for a couple of days? Everyone had traveled such a long way and worked so hard for the movie. As their boss, shouldnt Boss Pei give them a good treat? He immediately typed his reply. Not one person in the production crew is to leave yet! Ill treat them to a meal! Chapter 393 - Movie Schedule Chapter 393 Movie Schedule Pei Qian went to the office in the afternoon first to review the progress of GOGS development. Ma Yang had then sent the trial version of IOI over. Dream Realization Ventures had shares in Finger Games and was their local agent after all. They would naturally obtain a trial version. It was an English version, but Pei Qian relied on his level four proficiency and translation on Qiandu to understand most of it. Boss Pei was more at ease after comparing the current versions of IOI and GOG. There was an obvious gap! IOI was not publicly tested previously, but they occasionally sent a few versions that were being continuously improved. Pei Qian saw it but had no clear idea of what stage the game was in. The IOI in Pei Qians memory was already in a mature and perfect form. It was naturally awkward to look at IOI in its embryonic stage and was difficult to evaluate it objectively. However, Pei Qian was roughly certain after knowing the reactions of the players during the trial. The quality of the game itself had no problem. Its competitiveness in the current field, at least for now, was self-evident. In contrast, GOG was far behind in terms of completeness. Pei Qian did not know if that was because IOI was initiated earlier so its development was faster, or was it because Li Yada and the team were being lazy? Pei Qian hoped it was the latter. He had to say that once the Tengda Spirit compatibility test was out-not only did the mentality of the new employees change, but even the attitude of the old employees had also been greatly improved! For example, the diehards of the Tengda Games departmentwho often worked overtimehad significantly reduced their frequency of overtime. It seemed as though Li Yada and the rest were preparing to strategically abandon the first zero overtime competition. Between completing their tasks and receiving their bonuses, they chose the formerwhich made Pei Qian feel a little regretful. However, Li Yada and her team did not fall into a vicious cycle. They did not work harder during overtime because they were out of the zero overtime competition. Instead, they were trying to reduce the length of overtime and share of overtime each week. That made Boss Pei very satisfied. There was a kind of joy that the diehards finally got it. In any case, GOG seemed to be in good shape. It did not seem like a major problem to invest a few million yuan more in the future if there were extra money that he did not know what to do with. The gap between GOG and IOI did not seem like something a few million yuan could solve after all. Pei Qian felt a little relieved thinking about that. He continued to review his studies while looking forward to the dinner tonight. Evening, Ming House Boss Pei! How have you been! Several important members including Zhang Zuting and Lu Zhiyao received Pei Qian at the entrance of the hotel. What are you doing? Its so cold. Hurry, get in. Pei Qian quickly led them in. I said this before: I have to do my part as the host since everyone came all the way to help me make a movie, Pei Qian told everyone in a low voice before entering the restaurant. The reservation at the nameless restaurant is on the 20th, which is three days later. Lets have another good meal then. Everyone please have fun in Jingzhou during these three days and have a good rest. Todays meal is to celebrate the end of the filming The meal three days later is to wish that the movie would be a big hit in the box office! Therefore, even though the dinner tonight might not be that good, please dont mind it and make do with it. Pei Qians words were to give everyone forewarning so that they were psychologically prepared for todays meal while, on the other hand, trying to find a reason for two meals in a row. The two reasons were legitimate and impeccable. There was no reason for the system to disagree. Zhang Zuting smiled. Boss Pei, you are too kind. We joined in partly because of you. The good script and team of this movie were important factors as well. Boss Peis script is good. If it were to sell out at the box office, the rest of us can bask in its light as well. We cant thank Boss Pei enough! Everyone greeted each other and took their seats in the Ming House. Li Shi was not here today. He seemed to have to settle something at the office. However, he had already greeted him in advance. The branch manager knew Pei Qian. Moreover, they booked the entire place so it was natural for the branch manager to serve him eagerly. Delicious food started emerging in no time. Everything was normal with the dishes probably because he did not bring Little Tang with him today. Everyone in the movie crew tasted the exquisite dishes and ate to their full. They were just a little confused. Boss Pei said make do with the food. Was that being humble, or did he really feel that way? If the standard of this place was not high, then what sort of high standards did the nameless restaurant possess? The heroine Lin Ruyi could not help but clarify her doubts with Lu Zhiyao who was next to her since he had been there before. Lu Zhiyao thought for a while. Its not very easy to describe, but the nameless restaurant is indeed better than heremuch, much better. At the other table, Pei Qian was discussing the arrangements after the movie was finalized with Huang Sibo and Zhu Xiaoce. The movie is in the editing phase. A rough cut will be produced in a few days for your eyes. After editing, there will be a series of miscellaneous tasks such as post-production special effects. In short, well try to get it done in less than a month. But, Boss Pei, I cannot promise it. I can only try to adhere to the timeline. Pei Qian was slightly disappointed. One month it will definitely not make it by Chinese New Year. It would be too rushed for Valentines as well A pity. The Chinese New Year of the Year 2011 was on February 3rd. There was less than half a month left. It was impossible to air it during Chinese New Year even if he were to work the team to its bones. Of course, Pei Qian did not plan to rush them; neither did he plan to let them work overtime. He felt that it was a pity mainly because he felt that the two slots were the best timing for Tomorrow is Beautiful. Families would reunite during Chinese New Year. It was best for comedies. Valentines Day would be the best for romance films. A poisonous and abusive film like Tomorrow is Beautiful was packaged in the skin of sci-fi romance. Coupled with its confusing name, it would definitely be scolded like mad if it was released during these two festive seasons. The timing of the movie release was still rather important. There was fierce competition amongst the movies released. The attendance of good movies would be high and would naturally squeeze the survival of the other movies. Pei Qian was looking forward to being squeezed alive. The human traffic during Chinese New Year and Valentines Day are relatively large. Its indeed good timing. However, our movie has such a deep connotation and might not be suitable for such timing, Zhu Xiaoce said. In my opinion, we should release the movie on May 1st, Labor Day. Good things can wait. May 1st? Please dont joke anymore. The settlement will be on 31st March. It wouldnt do if it were to drag to May 1st! There might be a project that could delay the settlement, but Pei Qian wanted to leave such a settlement for the Thriller Hostel. How could it be left to a lousy movie destined to make a loss? In Pei Qians view, it was better for the movie to be released as soon as possible. Any additional day of waiting meant more risk. May 1st is too late; its not necessary. Lets set it on February 22nd instead. Its a good date, Pei Qian said. Zhu Xiaoce, ? He took out his phone and looked at the calendar. February 22nd was a Tuesday. It was not a holiday; it wasnt even a weekend. Zhu Xiaoces confused expression lasted for two seconds, and then his brows softened. Does Boss Pei have other arrangements? Or is this some auspicious day? Boss Pei does not seem as though he is joking. Zhu Xiaoce nodded. Okay, Boss Pei. Well set it on February 22nd then. However the publicity pressure of our movie would be very great scheduling it on such a day. Whatever Pei Qian was indifferent about it. What was there to publicize about a street movie? The best outcome would be no schedule time slots after it was released and for everyone not to know about this movie. Thats settled then. Lets eat. Appetites were satisfied. Pei Qian said goodbye to everyone, one by one. The schedule of the crew for the next three days had been arranged. There would be a specific person to bring them around Jingzhou so that Pei Qian would not need to worry. Of course, the tour this time was not a roller coaster ride but a normal tour. Pei Qian knew very well how to treat friends and enemies differently. These people worked so hard to help film a lousy film to burn money. They might even have to bear some infamy because the quality of the movie was too bad. Would Pei Qian still be human if he were to send them on a roller coaster ride now? Boss Pei, lets sit for a while? Li Shi asked when he came to the door. Pei Qian nodded, feeling that he had something he wanted to say. Sure. They headed back to the restaurant and found an empty seat. The waiter brought a pot of tea for them. Boss Li, just tell me whats on your mind directly. Boss Pei wanted to get around all the politeness. He wanted to get to bed early and get up for review tomorrow morning. Li Shi was a little emotional. I thought that Boss Pei was just being polite when you said that you would support my business. I did not think that youd really mean it. I was just open for about a week, and Boss Pei has booked the entire venue twice Pei Qian took a sip and found that the tea was indeed good. Boss Li, I told you many times not to read too much into things. This is just a normal gathering. Boss Li, you arent just going to talk about this, right? Li Shi laughed as though he had decided. Boss Pei, Ive given it some thought. Im prepared to invest a sum of money into your haunted house! Its alright even if it made ducks and drakes! It will all be a sense of gratefulness towards Boss Pei! Pei Qian sipped his tea as a question mark slowly floated over his head. Chapter 394 - Boss Pei is Threatened? Pei Qian did not believe a single word Li Shi said. Business was business. Boss Li was a veteran investor. How was it possible for him to invest money in projects he could not recover from? Pei Qian had revealed the haunted house project to Boss Li quite some time ago and pretended to invite him to join hands. Boss Li just laughed it away. Obviously, Li Shi felt that the haunted house could not be successful so he did not want to be involved in it. Why did he change his mind now? Obviously, being grateful to Boss Pei was just an excuse, a cover. Was it possible that Li Shi saw the possibility of success with the Haunted house after a period of thinking and investigation? Pei Qian thought about it for a while. It had been almost a month since the Thriller Hostel had been under construction. The progress was pretty fast because they had been working on the small projects. They might be able to have the first-hand experience for one or two of the small projects in the next few days. In that case, Boss Li would naturally find out that Boss Pei was working on the haunted house very seriously with speedy progress if he were to check on it. In any case, there must be some misunderstanding somewhere. Pei Qian sighed softly. Boss Li, I remember that you were not optimistic about the haunted house project before. Can you share with me why you changed your mind? What he meant was why did Boss Li suddenly feel that the haunted house was a reliable project? Ill make changes to it. Li Shi smiled. Well this may sound absurd. Pei Qian smiled. No problem, Ill get Chen Kangtuo to change it no matter how absurd the reason was! Li Shi continued, In fact, Im now optimistic about the haunted house not because of the project itself but because of some realizations I had recently when opening this restaurant. Pei Qian, ? What had realizations from opening a restaurant had to do with a haunted house? Ming House had a bad start. I had been reflecting on it. Why was it that way? Li Shi said. Thinking about it carefully, the key was in the details. These details directly affected the experience of the customers which determined the reputation of high-end restaurants Li Shi started analyzing very seriously. Pei Qian tried very hard to maintain a straight face as he drank his tea. Boss Li, youre overthinking it! Ming House had a bad start because I accidentally brought Little Tang with me and caused the troubles by mistake However, he could not reveal these so he could only put these words in his heart as he sipped on. Therefore, I understand how difficult it must have been for you, Boss Pei, to start the nameless restaurant in the first place! Li Shi declared with emotion after a series of crazy analyses. The situation for the nameless restaurant was very similar to this haunted house! Even so, the nameless restaurant still made it! I realized that no matter how ridiculous the project is, it would seem as though life had been injected into it long as it had gone through Boss Peis hands! Boss Pei, you must be completely sure since youve decided to make a haunted house. Therefore, I believe in you even though I have no idea how you plan to promote this haunted house! Boss Li was very sincere. Pei Qian was momentarily speechless. Just because of this? Pei Qian was still thinking about changing whatever parts of the haunted house Boss Li felt good about. In the end, it was actually because of such an absurd reason. Pei Qian was speechless. Boss Li, I appreciate your kindness, but the risk of the haunted house project is really high. Im sincerely advising you against it. Pei Qian spoke very sincerely, and he did not intend to let Boss Li come in to stir up trouble. The success rate of the Thriller Hostel might be extremely low, but he should not forget the lesson learned from Ming Yun Private Kitchen. In case Boss Li built some support facilities for Thriller Hostel to attract other investors to follow suit and turn the entire neighborhood into a hot new business district That would be the end of it. However, Li Shi smiled, obviously not buying it. Boss Pei, dont refuse it since you feel that it is with good intentions. We dont need to be so polite between us; just accept it. Dont worry, I will definitely not intrude on the running of the business. I just want to earn a bit from the dividends. Lets earn some money together, wont that be nice? Or, if Boss Pei feels that the haunted house is an inappropriate investment, perhaps you can recommend some other investments? For example, the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, perhaps we can open more branches? Or maybe I can invest some money casually into Lincheng? Boss Lis expression was very serious. Pei Qian was speechless. A threat, this was a very obvious threat! Pei Qian understood as soon as he heard Lincheng. He had cautioned Zhang Yuan to keep a low profile, but obviously, the movement on Zhang Yuans side could not hide from Boss Lis eyes. Previously, ROF made a lot of money due to the increase in the price of RAMs. Pei Qian reluctantly allowed Zhang Yuan to enter Lincheng, hoping that it would consume the excess funds by bringing the Fish-Catching integrated body to a backcountry. However, it was impossible for Li Shi not to know since he had his eyes on Pei Qian and was so well-informed. Pei Qian was caught in a dilemma. He could ignore Li Shi, but Li Shi would then invest his money into Lincheng and then invest in a few bars, cafes, and a few stores in the commercial district. The brand of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe plus the hot flushes of funds from Boss Li and various investment institutions from Handong Province would lead the Lincheng to an uncertain future Pei Qian felt that he was in a very difficult situation now. Li Shis words basically meant think of the merits, or Ill help you with it. If he were to disallow Boss Li from investing in the haunted house, this amount of money would probably end up in Lincheng. He could not stop it. Pick one of the two. Pei Qian felt vexed. After weighing the pros and cons, Pei Qian felt that Lincheng was more dangerous. The Fish-Catching Internet Cafe was a successful project after all. Lincheng might be a brand new market, but Li Shis intervention would probably bring it down Pei Qian did not expect to be threatened by such matters. Li Shi was secretly puzzled as he looked at Boss Peis reaction. Whats the matter? Why is Boss Pei so reluctant for me to give money to him? Why does he look as though a piece of meat is being carved out from him? They fell silent for a while. Boss Li, are you really not afraid of losing money? Pei Qian gave it some thought and asked. Li Shi nodded. No. Pei Qian sighed slightly. Alright, I have two projects on hand now. Boss Li, if you really want to thank you, just pick one of them for investment. The first is the Haunted house project, which is the Thriller Hostel. The second is the Top Student, Come Quick; it is an education app I have been working on Pei Qian said while observing Boss Lis expression. Boss Li obviously was listening very carefully to the Top Student, Come Quick project which he had no information about. Pei Qian did not know the specifics of this project since he had never asked He Desheng who was working on the proposal. Pei Qian only briefly spoke about the general direction. In Pei Qians view, these two projects would inevitably make losses. Since Boss Li was not afraid of making losses, he should invest in whichever he wanted. Li Shi thought about it for a while. Okay, Ill invest in Top Student, Come Quick!. Obviously comparing these two projects, Li Shi felt that the Top Student, Come Quick was more reliable. Pei Qian nodded. Everything could be negotiated as long as Boss Li did not invest in Lincheng. January 18th, Tuesday Dream Realization Ventures Boss Pei, the app is done. Please take a look. This is the promotional material for the early stage of Top Student, Come Quick project. Also, about Fu Hui Investments Pei Qian suddenly felt an impending headache when he saw the pile of information handed over by He Desheng. He glanced at it and threw it aside. Instead, he took the cell phone with the Top Student, Come Quick app installed. It was done a lot faster than Pei Qian imagined. The framework was up in about a week. According to He Desheng, this company had done similar projects before so they only changed the code of the previously failed project, replaced the UI, and added two new functions to create the first edition of Top Student, Come Quick. He Desheng seemed to be afraid that Boss Pei would be unhappy so he added, You can rest assured, Boss Pei. There is no problem with its quality. They might be outsourced, but they are responsible Pei Qian did not care about that. It was better if the app had problems with its quality. It would cool off faster. He just wanted to spend some money casually. Pei Qian played with this app for a while and found that it only had the most basic functions. The app had two entry points, namely the Top Students Entry and Flunkies Entry. One could enter from the Top students entry and then fill up ones own particulars, including academic qualifications, subjects, knowledge, etc. They also had to submit some necessary information for authentication. It was much simpler to enter from the Flunkies Entry. They only needed to send their demand, and a top student would accept the order. The two parties should reach a consensus and meet for the tuition session, and then the flunkie would have to pay the balance. It had a feeling similar to taxi-hailing software to Pei Qian. In fact, He Desheng had planned more functions for this APP such as online video answers, search questions, etc.; but there was not enough time to make them. Moreover, the current basic functions were essentially just matchmaking, but they were far from complete. The app would have no problem in the beginning when there were few users. When more users get on board, the bandwidth of the server would need to be expanded. The architecture and stability of the software itself would need to be improved. Of course, there was no need to worry about these for the time being because the app had no users yet. He Desheng set up a company to allocate shares in proportion of 60% to the entrepreneurial team, 30% to Dream Realization Ventures, and 10% to Fu Hui Investments for this Top Student, Come Quick project. Dream Realization Ventures invested two million yuan; Fu Hui Investments invested one million yuan. Boss Li wanted to invest more but was rejected by Pei Qian. Boss Li made a lot of money with the investment by tagging with him. Making a small loss of one million yuan could drench Boss Li in cold water, and at the same time, Boss Li would not stick to Boss Pei like a bootlicker. He could experience much peace next time. On the other hand, Pei Qian was still compassionate and did not want to cause Boss Li to lose too much. Of course, part of the reason was to control risk. Too much money could easily cause trouble for this project. Therefore, he told Boss Li to invest one million yuan first because they did not need that much money in the early stage. It was not too late to pump in more money if the situation proved to be good afterward. Of course, the entrepreneurial team was all their own people. In fact, Pei Qian and the Dream Realization Ventures controlled 90% of the shares. Boss Li had no interest in the operation of this project. He said that he wanted to return Boss Pei a favor, but he was actually trying to profit from the side. Therefore, the specific development of this project depended entirely on Pei Qians decisions. Pei Qian did not look at it carefully and handed the cell phone back to He Desheng. Okay, lets start advertising. He Desheng was taken aback. Uh, Boss Pei, isnt that a little too rushed? He wanted to say that they had to prepare it well even if it was to fool people, right? If this app was launched with such a low degree of completion, wasnt that a bit wrong even if it was to fool people? Pei Qian waved his hand dismissively. It doesnt matter. Spread the advertisement first. Low degree of completion? All the better. Pei Qian was afraid that Boss Li would lead a group of investors if they publicize the app with a high level of completion. It would result in enthusiasm in this project which would cause big trouble. They could publicize it, vigorously taking advantage of the low level of completion of the app. Getting scolded after spending money, no one would be optimistic about this project then. Boss Peis objective would be achieved if the project failed on the spot. Chapter 395 - Danger! January 20th, Thursday Cui Geng ate his Fish-Catching Take-Out and listened to everyone elses conversations. Ai, I was criticized badly by my readers for ending my chapter with a cliffhanger again yesterday. What does that count for? Isnt it normal to get criticized for leaving cliffhangers? Thats right, cliffhanger endings are so commonplace. Huh? Is this normal to all of you? Nonsense. Look at dramas and comics; wont they have to end each episode with an unresolved problem, too? Readers might criticize the surface, but they cannot hide their genuine reactions. Once you upload the next chapter, they will come back and read it. Cliffhanger endings are good for making readers stick around. If you dont leave cliffhangers, your readers will stop reading after this chapter. Your next chapter will have fewer readers, then! Writers who dont write cliffhanger endings are bad writers! Everyone was engaged in this discussion. A significant number of people nodded profusely while a few writers smiled subtly, neither confirming nor denying that last statement. Cui Geng looked at his calendar. He had arrived in Jingzhou last Thursday. Exactly one week had passed since then. At the start, everyone had been unfamiliar with one another. Thus, they had only discussed very superficial topics. Now, most people knew one another well. For some particularly close writers, nothing was taboo to talk about. Naturally, they began to discuss topics related to writing as well. Cui Geng whipped out his phone and read the comments section for his novel. This is so scary. The no-show has been uploading five chapters each day. At the start, I suspected that he had really been kidnapped. Now, theres no need to suspect anymore; hes definitely been kidnapped! The novels quality seems to have dropped slightly, but its still nice to read! No-Show, hang in there. If you do this for one more week, all of my votes will go to you! As Cui Geng read these comments, he had mixed feelings. He had to say that it was effective to upload as many chapters as he could The moment he started uploading more chapters, he gained a significant number of loyal readers, subscriptions, and votes. Over the past week, Cui Geng had written about eight to ten thousand words daily. The old him would never have imagined that he would be capable of such a thing. Whats more, the numbers were increasing mainly because he was working for longer hours. He had not added more words or diluted the story on purpose. Thus, the novels quality was more or less maintained. Of course, there were some sick people among them. After an entire day of writing, those people would return to their hotel rooms at night to write one more chapter and tidy up the general plot. To Cui Geng, they were beasts. Cui Geng would never do such a thing. He only worked for eight hours each day and wrote an average of a thousand words per hour. That was not considered fast, but it was already significant for him. Now that he had gotten used to it, Cui Geng was even beginning to enjoy it. He had to admit that under exceptional circumstances, writing could be quite addictive. The only thing was that Cui Geng had run into a small problem now. As he ate his take-out, he raised his problem at the table. Everyone, I feel like my story has been developing too quickly. I cant seem to continue writing anymore. What should I do? Everyone looked at him and then simultaneously said, Cut it here. Cui Geng, Once Cui Geng brought this topic up, the heartless writers stopped offering serious advice. as a It was a common practice among writers to persuade those who were doing better than the rest to drop their novels halfway. Of course, Cui Geng could not blame them. Too many writers were using writers block as an excuse to boast about their achievements. Thus, whenever writers suspected that someone was trying to boast about their achievements, most would choose to pre-empt it and say cut it here to bring the topic to a close. Cui Geng was speechless. He did indeed have that problem because he had not properly thought about the plot for the novel in the beginning His novel was doing well, and his plot was not horrible; however, the framework that he had laid was too small. Cui Geng had only intended to write two to three thousand words per day. Progressing bit by bit that way would allow him to keep writing for a long time. However, he had ended up writing eight to ten thousand words per day in the past week. All of a sudden, he realized that he could not extend the main plot much longer. He guessed that the book would be done once he hit a million words or so. What should he do then?! Of course, as a writer who was used to leaving his books incomplete, doing so again did not feel scary. He had already cut off many stories abruptly; it had become a breeze for him. Now, he could pick up the sword again without even looking. The problem was what his new book would be about once he cut this novel here. Cui Geng had no idea. After lunch, Zhu Xingan said, Ill give all of you an hour to upload everything that youve written in the morning and get some rest. According to the schedule, well be touring around Jingzhou this afternoon. Well have some activities to refresh our minds and gather new material. Cherish the time. Well gather at the hotel lobby in an hour. Exhausted, Pei Qian fell in and out of sleep in the car. He had finally taken his closed-book exam. Over the past few days, he had buried his head in his books, so that he had had no time to work. However, trying to cram everything at the last minute had been effective. Pei Qian guessed that he would get at least seventy marks. If he had paid his way through the examinations, he would probably only have gotten sixty marks. Yet, he now had hopes of getting over seventy marks based on his own skills. It was worth being proud of! To Pei Qian, the time that he had spent studying had not been wasted. As long as he could score slightly higher than Ma Yang, he would be satisfied. The next three exams are open-book; I dont think I have to work that hard anymore. I can keep an eye on the company now. Thats strange. For some reason, I feel like Ive forgotten about something. Pei Qian spent two minutes trying hard to recall what he had forgotten, but he soon gave up. He had just taken an exam, and his brain was now completely relaxed. He was not in the right state to try and recall those details. Whats more, he had too many businesses to take care of now. Pei Qian hardly had the energy to keep track of everything. He yawned and decided to return to his apartment for a nap first. Little Sun was a steady driver, but Pei Qian found it difficult to sleep because of the seat belt. Thus, he whipped out his cell phone, accessed Zhongdian Chinese Networks application, and then caught up on his novels. Pei Qian had many hobbies. He liked reading comics, watching shows, playing games, watching movies, reading novels, and the like. However, he was a jack of all trades. After all, he was only doing all of these to entertain himself. There was no need to be so professional; it was all for fun. Before this, Pei Qian had been reading novels online on Infinite Chinese Network. That was because there was a greater variety, and the novels were often more refreshing. As for Zhongdian Chinese Network On one hand, Zhongdian Chinese Networks earlier novels had been too trashy. Pei Qian had not been able to bring himself to read them. On the other hand, he had not wanted to support his own company. However, he had started to read novels on Zhongdian Chinese Network recently. At the end of the day, he was doing it for work. Pei Qian felt the need to keep an eye on Zhongdian Chinese Networks state because it was now generating profits. Before this, Ma Yiqun had tried to submit a sum of money to Tengda, but Pei Qian had rejected it. Yet, until now, Pei Qian had not asked where Ma Yiqun had decided to spend the money. Part of the reason was that he had forgotten because he had been too busy. However, another part had been that asking too many questions would be out-of-character for Pei Qian. Instead, Pei Qian thought that as long as he kept a close eye on Zhongdian Chinese Networks application, he would be able to decipher where the website was headed. He had to admit that Zhongdian Chinese Network was producing a significant number of good novels now. Pei Qian could finally bring himself to keep reading a couple of novels on the site. It was the Year 2011. The current trend was exciting Xuanhuan novels about young underdogs with unlimited potential. Most of the top novels on the website were Xuanhuan or Xianxia novels, and many novel gods would attain their titles in the next two years. Of course, the websites name was different, and the actual books were different from what Pei Qian remembered. Still, no matter what, Pei Qian continued reading them. Even though he had read the novels before, he had forgotten their contents completely. Zhongdian Chinese Networks library was following Infinite Chinese Networks closely. The Xuanhuan novels on the former website could be considered the imitations of similar but more popular novels on the latter. Pei Qian randomly selected novels to read, according to whatever caught his interest on the homepage of the website. He would read them for a while and then quietly delete them once he got bored. He did not even make it to the most current chapter for most of those novels. Today, when he refreshed the library, Pei Qian was shocked. A list of new chapters had been uploaded to the few novels that he had saved. In fact, they had been uploaded just two hours ago, at about 12 noon. Pei Qian frowned, feeling like something was amiss. What could have happened to make all of those authors upload new chapters at the same time? Could it be a large-scale event among friends? He quickly clicked on one of the novels to read its latest chapter. Hello, readers! Im only uploading two chapters today because the website has planned team activities for us this afternoon. Were getting out of jail for a while and touring around Jingzhou to gather new material. Ill upload more tomorrow! Many readers had already left comments below the chapter. Its about time! Youve been uploading a lot recently. Dont overwork; get some rest. Itll be alright as long as you write seven to eight more chapters to make up for this tomorrow. Youve really been kidnapped! The website even kidnapped so many authors at the same time! Hahaha, getting out of jail for a while? Another author said earlier that hes attending a class. I thought that it would just be a talk. At the time, I even wondered what use it would be. All I cared about was that he updated the story! Now, from the looks of it, the class is really a lockdown organized by the officials! Well done! A certain no-show has been uploading four chapters each day for the past few days as well. I strongly request the officials to keep holding this class! Are there still available slots in the class? I have a regular one-chapter beast here who really needs to attend that class to be educated! Honestly, I think the class is good, but a lot of authors have been writing cliffhanger endings recently. Does the class include professional training for writing cliffhanger endings as well?. Beads of cold sweat formed on Pei Qians forehead as he read the readers comments. At the same time, a bad feeling surfaced in his gut. From the comments, Pei Qian quickly confirmed several things. Ma Yiqun had indeed invested the money on mid-tier writers. He had brought those authors to Jingzhou, organized a class, and significantly improved their efficiency! As for how he did that Pei Qian guessed that he had failed to adhere to the Tengda spirit! Pei Qian was speechless. This Ma Yiqun how dare you cause a mess like that under my nose?! It looked like the mid-tier writers were getting better and better. Not only were they uploading more chapters, but they were also drawing inspiration from one another through their constant interaction. Their plots and writing skills were beginning to improve! If a novel god emerged from among them and he rose to fame, more people would visit Zhongdian Chinese Network! One had to understand that content was the most important thing in the creative industry. Without content, everything else would be useless. Many customers would download live-stream platforms clients because they liked a certain live-streamer; they would also become loyal users of websites for online literature because they liked a certain novel. In this world, there was no such thing as pirated copies. If one really liked a book, they could only read it at a stipulated website. There would be no such thing as the author working hard for nothing in return and piracy sites profiting from the contents popularity. Thus, Pei Qian sensed a hidden danger. He immediately called Ma Yiqun to ask where Zhongdian Chinese Networks online authors class was being held. Then, he said to Little Sun, Turn around; well go to the outskirts first. Chapter 396 - A Bunch of Hard Workers! Half an hour later, at the office building where the online authors class was being held Ma Yiqun led Pei Qian towards the lockdown area that Zhongdian Chinese Network created. Although Ma Yiqun had left this class entirely to Zhu Xingan, he had to personally tend to and report to Boss Pei now that the latter was here. Boss Pei, this is the plan for our class. This is a template of the agreement we have signed with the writers. This is the daily schedule Ma Yiqun brought each set of documents before Boss Pei, looking and sounding very proud of himself. He was indeed quite proud because the figures and traffic for the website had evidently increased during this period! If only one author had started uploading many chapters each day, it would probably only affect his own novels figures and have minimal effect on the website. Yet, what if more authors started uploading multiple chapters each day? Every now and then, the website would organize events that gave readers double the number of votes, or something similar, to motivate writers to upload more chapters and thus improve the traffic on the website. Now, the class was causing the mid-tier writers to upload multiple chapters per day. Naturally, readers of each book were reading more regularly, and the websites figures were improving. Boss Pei, these are the websites increasing figures during this period. These are feedback from the readers. All in all, the class has been a major success! Its been a win-win situation for readers, writers, and the website alike! Were planning to hold the next class immediately after this one ends. Well continue to accept new writers and turn these classes into the norm. Of course, at the end of the day, you were the one who pointed us in the right direction, Boss Pei! You were right. We cant keep thinking about poaching novel gods over. We have to cultivate them on our own. Ive thought about it already. Even if we poached novel gods from other websites and quoted them extremely high prices, the website would still have lacked the right environment and driving force to maintain the novel gods popularity. Now, the class is going to nurture novel gods. As long as we keep nurturing these mid-tier writers, Im sure that our website would become better with each passing day. It would only be a matter of time before a novel god emerges from among these mid-tier writers! Pei Qian was speechless. If Ma Yiqun had not said those things, Pei Qian would not have guessed that the problem had become that serious. At that moment, the writers were still touring around Jingzhou with Zhu Xingan. They had not returned yet. Thus, Pei Qian and Ma Yiqun could keep talking there without being interrupted. Pei Qian casually switched a computer on and realized that it entered the lockdown state automatically. There was no way anyone could do anything entertaining on this computer. Then, he read the contents of the agreement As a slacker himself, Pei Qians heart turned cold at once. This was a well-hidden trap! Isnt this akin to a factory that turns huge batches of slackers into hard workers?! Pei Qian felt the urge to destroy this factory and free the captive writers based on upholding the Tengda spirit. However, on further thought, he realized that he could not force his way through this problem. That was because Ma Yiqun had stipulated that the writers were to work eight hours a day and not a single minute overtime! In name, that had not gone against the Tengda spirit. Furthermore, the website was even providing food and accommodations, a basic salary, insurance, and funds. That was better treatment than most could ask for. The only problem was probably the automatic lockdown state that the computers went into once they were switched on. Pei Qian thought that he could start here. However, he needed to find a logical reason to get rid of it. He needed the writers cooperation. Without revealing his own thoughts, Pei Qian continued chatting with Ma Yiqun about other details of the class while waiting for the writers to return. They had gone out at 1 PM. Pei Qian guessed that they would be back any time soon. Lare Soon after, they heard footsteps outside. The famous historical sites in Jingzhou are quite ordinary. They dont look that nice, but I did take a few photographs so that this wouldnt become a wasted trip. Fish-Catching Internet Cafe is not bad. Why havent I seen it in other cities? Jingzhou seems like quite a livable city. The schedule for the afternoon had been quite simple. First, the writers went to Jingzhous few historical sites, which were not that well-known. There, they had a taste of Jingzhous history and culture. After that, they went to the nearest Fish-Catching Internet Cafe to rest. Since the schedule was quite simple, nobody felt tired. At that moment, the writers were walking back to the lockdown area where they normally worked. That was when they realized that the door was open. Ma Yiqun was seated there with another young man. Everyone paused and then greeted him one by one. Boss Ma! Ma Yiqun smiled and stood up. Did you have fun, everyone? Let me introduce all of you to this man. He is the President of Tengda, Boss Pei Qian. He came down today especially to visit all of you As Ma Yiqun briefly introduced Boss Pei, everyone greeted him. He was the boss of their boss; of course, they had to be respectful. Most of the writers did not know or care for the ways of the world. However, they still had basic manners. Pei Qian did not care about those things either. He had waited all this time for a reason. Thus, he cut straight to the chase. Youve been working hard during this period, everyone! If theres any area in which we are lacking, please feel free to raise it up. Well correct it at once. What do you think about this online authors class? Has it been effective? Seeing how polite Boss Pei was being, everyone quickly replied, Boss Pei, youre too kind! Boss Ma has been taking extremely good care of us. Were very thankful. Of course, we dont have any complaints! The class is very effective. Weve been more creative, our lives have been more regulated, and our health has been improving. All in all, were very thankful to Boss Pei and the website for giving us the chance to attend this class! All the other writers expressed their agreement. Pei Qian was speechless. That was disappointing! Pei Qian had hoped that the writers would pick on the class problems. He only needed one writer to raise a single problem. Then, Pei Qian could use it as an excuse to make Ma Yiqun modify the class. For example, one of the writers could say we cant play games or watch videos on our own computers, and its very inconvenient. Then, Pei Qian would have a valid reason to ask Ma Yiqun to get rid of the lockdown state on the computers. Yet, all the writers were only interested in sucking up to him! Pei Qian had no words. However, the more those writers spoke that way, the more determined Pei Qian was to change things. The class is proving so effective; that means I have to modify it all-the-more! Pei Qian cleared his throat and gave them a hint. I wonder if all of you have gotten used to the lockdown state in the computers. I think writing is a creative process. Would imposing a lockdown state kill your imagination and creativity? What if we get rid of it? Pei Qian had expected the writers to cheer and clap in agreement. Then, in the name of complying with the majority, Pei Qian could ask Ma Yiqun to get rid of the lockdown states in all the computers. However, Pei Qians words had stunned a few of the writers in front of him. They began to shake their heads profusely. Boss Pei, you mustnt do that! The lockdown state helps us to keep away from distractions and improves our productivity. You cant get rid of it! If you get rid of it, we wouldnt be able to write eight to ten thousand words a day anymore! Everyone else spoke up in agreement. Yes, yes, yes. You cant get rid of it! Pei Qians mind was filled with question marks. Oh, no, I have a bunch of pig-headed writers You dont even want me to get rid of the lockdown state for you?! Cui Geng, who was right behind, wanted to agree with Boss Pei at first. However, after some thought, he kept his mouth shut. It was not because he was embarrassed; in fact, he was extremely thick-skinned! A week ago, Cui Geng would have been the first to stand up and ask Boss Pei to get rid of the lockdown state for him. However, he was hesitating now. That was because he had had a few days to get used to it. Cui Geng had found out that under exceptional circumstances and with the help of the lockdown state, he could indeed write eight to ten thousand words each day. Without the lockdown state, he would probably go back to uploading one chapter a day. That meant that his achievements, income, and reputation among readers would slip down to the way they had been before. Then, while everyone else in the class continued to improve and see better results, he would be left in the dumps. That would be extremely embarrassing for him. Whats more, Boss Pei might be smiling, but who knew if hes actually trying to bait fish? What if I get called out as a bad example once I raise my hand? Thus, Cui Geng kept his mouth shut. Pei Qian scanned the group and realized that not one of the writers wanted to get rid of the lockdown state. His heart felt weary. D*mn it! I have an entire house of hard workers! What should I do?! Pei Qian turned to Ma Yiqun, who was grinning back at him with his eyes filled with praise. It was almost as if Ma Yiqun was saying, Boss Pei, youre doing a good job of loosening the reins to get a better grip on these writers! Unfortunately, no one fell for it. Pei Qian was at a loss for words. He felt like his good intentions had been mistaken for ill intent. Since the hard method was not working, he had no choice but to look for alternatives. The writers had now formed a community. Most of them were already bonded by the hardworking mindset. Now, Pei Qian had to think of ways to divide and conquer them. He looked around at the group. Alright, since all of you like the lockdown state, ill let it remain. However I think the current mechanism is insufficient. Its egalitarian, and there are no penalties or rewards. Thus, Im going to set up a penalty and reward system! All the writers expressions became somber. In their hearts, they confirmed that no company head could be that kind. Was Boss Pei finally going to show them who was boss? Yet, none of them dared to ask any questions, They could only listen as Boss Pei explained himself. Pei Qian cleared his throat again. Each day, the writer who uploads the most number of chapters would not have to come to work the next day. Instead, he would be allowed to do whatever he wants for the day as his reward. Of course, there would be a strict prohibition against writing more. On the other hand, the writer who uploads the least number of chapters would have to go to Tengdas headquarters the next day as punishment! There, he would be educated on the Tengda spirit. Both would not be constrained by the original agreement. Let me see how many chapters all of you have uploaded today. Pei Qian turned to Ma Yiqun. Ma Yiqun quietly accessed the platforms data on his computer. Ming Yu has written 8,712 words and uploaded the most number of chapters today. Cui Geng has written 3,287 words and uploaded the least number of chapters. Since they had team activities that afternoon, those were the results of three hours of work in the morning. Ming Yu had written close to nine thousand words in three hours; he was the ultimate tentacled beast. Cui Gengs face drained of color. Boss Pei, please listen to my explanation! I was making adjustments to the overarching plot this morning; I wasnt slacking, Before he could finish his sentence, Pei Qian smiled and said, Someone will pick you up tomorrow. With that, Pei Qian turned to leave. At once, Cui Geng felt light-headed and unsteady. Finished! He was going to be educated on the Tengda spirit at Tengdas headquarters? His brain was filled with images of mountains covered in knives, ponds of hot oil, and prison guards in business clothing. On the other hand, Ming Yuwho had written the most number of words, scratched his head. I can do whatever I want? How do I upload new chapters, then? Forget it, Ill probably continue writing in my hotel room He had just finished mumbling to himself when Ma Yiqun patted him on the shoulder and sighed. Dont even think about it. When Boss Pei said that you can do whatever you want, he meant anything outside of work. Quick, tell your readers that youll be taking a day off tomorrow. Chapter 397 - 7 Both Humans, Different Treatments The patch that Pei Qian made was naturally meaningful. The study classes were held for a week. During this time, the authors ate and stayed together. They were originally people with a tendency to struggle for success and were now unified in their thinking. Pei Qian wanted to reduce the burden on them, but it was rejected by all of them. It could be seen that this problem could not be solved overnight. Therefore, Pei Qian thought of digging a hole first! Give those who were the most diligent-who wrote the most a day off, let that person play without pressure for a day, and let him realize how happy he would be as a bum. Let those who wrote the least experience the Tengda spirit-using Tengdas entertainment atmosphere to continue killing their passion for writing and make him a bum! Those who wrote the least were undoubtedly the laziest bums amongst this group of authors. It was also the breakthrough point. Bring him directly to Tengda and entertain him. He would definitely tell the other authors about this when he was back. When the other authors knew that those who wrote the least would be able to enjoy themselves at the Tengda headquarters, they would definitely scramble to be lazy and write less, forming a vicious competition. Before long, there would be a group of authors who would write lesser and lesser. The solid struggle would forge an alliance that would naturally break itself! The more Pei Qian thought about it, the more he felt that the plan was simply perfect! At night The crew of Tomorrow is Beautiful had a meal in Ming Yun Private Kitchen and was officially disbanded. Everyone said goodbye outside the villa. Boss Pei, thank you so much for taking care of me during this period! Feel free to contact me at any time if you have anything in the future. Ill definitely come through! Thank you for the meal! It is the most delicious meal I had! Would Boss Pei welcome me if I come over often to Jingzhou in the future?. Wishing all the best for the movie! Boss Pei, I know a few development banks and the people from the theater chain. I can help link up if there is a need Pei Qian said goodbye to everyone and sincerely invited everyone to come and play at any time. He could use more money whenever he gave a treat anyway. Pei Qian only rejected the last suggestion. There is no need to worry about the movie publicity. I have my own arrangements! He finally sent everyone away. Pei Qian gave a long sigh. There were indeed many things on hand recently. Another came when one just ended. Of course, the movie had just finished filming. He would only be assured when it was released. However, that would be at least one month later, which was still quite far away. He should take care of what was in front of him first. Do things one by one, Ill solve the problem at Zhongdian Chinese Network and then take a lot at the Shared Top Student Pei Qian thought forlornly. Sigh, there seems to be something that keeps slipping out of my mind Oh, right, the shared phone booth! Pei Qian suddenly remembered the matter that he had always forgotten when he thought of the Shared Top Student. The Shared phone booth! He was supposed to visit it on Monday, but there was too much stuff this week. Exams, dinner Boss Li made trouble, and Ma Yiquns website made some unexpected problems. He forgot about it completely. There should not be many big problems since it had only been five days, right? Pei Qian thought. Five days would allow Ruan Guangjian to draw on two additional phone booths at maximum. Adding on to the very first one, there were at most three phone booths. What could three phone booths do? There shouldnt be too much of a problem. Of course, he had to check it out this week to be on the safe side. Pei Qian jotted down on his notebook, afraid that he would forget again. January 21st, Friday Cui Geng got out of the car in the underground garage nervously. He took the elevator together with the chauffeur up to the 16th floor of Shenhua View. He had sent a leave note to Ming Yu last night. However, reader comments below the twos leave notes were completely different. Ming Yus leave stated that he wrote the most in the study class so was granted a few days of activity. He would not be able to upload anything tomorrow, but he would update with 15,000 words for three consecutive days starting tomorrow as compensation. Most of the comments below were generally encouraging. Awesome Big Boss! Rest well, were waiting for your explosive work! Quickly @ the one chapter beasts here so that they can learn from this example! Cui Gengs leave did not mention any specific reason. He only said that he had something important and needed one day off. He originally wanted to just drift along, but readers comments pierced through his heart. Its over. Giving up after one week of hard work? No determination! You did not even mention anything about updating! As expected of you! Has the kidnapper received the ransom to let him go? Please dont, continue keeping him. Well raise the money! Underground gossip from other author groups! It was said that no-show was sent for ideological education because he wrote the least, hahahaha! The person who wrote the least during the entire class? That does sound exactly like him! Cui Geng sighed, feeling the different treatment. Sigh, they were both humans who received different treatments! The other person had a day off to enjoy himself. Readers rejoiced. What about me? Im at the headquarters to receive ideology education and am being mocked by the readers. So difficult! Cui Geng heard a ding as these thoughts ran through his mind. He arrived on the 17th floor. Cui Geng walked out of the elevator to the front desk and explained his intentions to a pair of beautiful twins. Someone soon came out to greet him and led him in. Hello, Im Wu Bin from the HR department. Wu Bin was full of smiles while Cui Gengs heart turned cold. The HR department! As far as Cui Geng knew, most of the HR departments were used by large companies to quell rebels and to gather intel. His learning task today probably would not be easy. Cui Geng felt a building amount of pressure as a typical no-show. However, Wu Bin opened the door to the entertainment room. Please. Cui Geng, ? He probed his head in and found a large television, game machines, piles of game discs, high-end computers, and even several large game consoles. Novels, manga, magazine filled an entire wall. It was very difficult for him to describe his first feeling. However, to summarize it all up in one word it would probably be heaven? Cui Geng looked at Wu Bin with a confused look. What was the meaning of this? Enjoy my last supper? He was about to enquire when Wu Bin smiled. Please enter. Boss Pei arranged for this. Cui Geng heaved a sigh upon hearing that it was Boss Peis arrangements. Cui Gengs imagination was very vivid as a web novelist. At that moment, he thought that he did something really wrong. However, he thought that the idea was ridiculous after thinking about it. The probability of Boss Pei cheating himself would be probably about the same probability of the person in front of him giving a fake imperial edict. It was infinitely close to zero. He might be doubtful, but no lazy bum could resist the temptation of this entertainment room. Cui Geng then walked in without hesitation, sat on the sofa, and picked up the game console. Wu Bin closed the room door quietly. Cui Geng, I dont know what sort of trick this is, but come what may Cui Geng was too lazy to think anymore. He picked a game he liked and started playing. Wu Bin returned to his desk after closing his door. His mission today was specifically requested by Boss Pei. Wu Bin was also a little puzzled by the intention. Boss Pei only told him to lead Cui Geng to the entertainment room and take care of his lunch. Let him do whatever he wanted. There was no need to care if Cui Geng decided to stay or leave. He just mentioned: give Cui Geng some hint if he asks about the Tengda spirit. At ten in the morning, Pei Qian woke up naturally, turned over, sat up, and yawned. He looked at his watch. Cui Geng should have arrived at the company and be receiving the influence of the Tengda spirit now, right? Pei Qian had arranged it all yesterday to let Wu Bin take charge of his reception. In Pei Qians view, Wu Bin passed the Tengda Spirit compatibility test on his second try. He must have a lot of experience lazing around. Let Wu Bin bring Cui Geng to the gaming room for one day. Wouldnt that be obvious enough? If Cui Geng did not understand still, he would get Wu Bin to give him some hint to impart him the ways of a lazy bum. Double guarantee, there would definitely be no mistakes. In short, Cui Geng would bring with him a lazy bum seed to take root in all the authors when he returned to the study class. Such a seed would make them compare with each other, bravely innovate, and disintegrate the entire class from inside out Pei Qian got up to brush his teeth in a great mood as he thought about it. Chapter 398 - Adopt a Different Approach to the Tengda Spirit Three in the afternoon.. Cui Geng put down the console in his hand and glanced at the time on his watch in the game room. Is there really no one who would bother? Im really going to leave if no one is coming, alright? Cui Geng felt confused and incredible. He might have felt come what may when he was first led into the game room in the morning, but he also thought that someone might push the door at any time and tell him to start learning about the Tengda spirit. He had played till noon in the blink of an eye. Wu Bin did push open the door, but it was only to get him to order a Fish-Catching Take-Out. Cui Geng lay on the sofa for a while in the entertainment room after lunch. No one came to bother him the whole afternoon. He just continued to play his game for nearly three whole hours. The sun was about to set if he were to continue for another few hours. Where was the Tengda spirit training he was supposed to undergo? Cui Geng wondered. No one was training me? Could the HR department have more important work on hand and so my training was shelved? That wasnt possible. Wu Bin did not seem as though he had any particularly important work to do? Moreover, wouldnt it have the highest priority since it was work arranged by Boss Pei? Cui Geng fell into a state of deep confusion. Even a lover of games would feel more or less tired and annoyed after playing for a whole day. Cui Geng started to feel a little dizzy. He started flipping through his cell phone. He read reviews of his book habitually. No updates today? Axed? Sigh, the no-show king has been captured for lecture today. What a terrible day. The chapters of the other authors had yet to be updated as well since it was not yet six in the evening They would usually be flooded and updated in batches after six. They were minimally seven to eight thousand words. Those with more might have 10,000 words. Compared to himself who failed to write a single word. Sigh, you cant blame me for that. Ive been delayed because Boss Pei arranged for me to study the Tengda spirit. Cui Geng threw the blame to Boss Pei with a peace of mind. Cui Geng would have been quite happy if he had known from the beginning that he would be playing games for a full day in the games room. However, he came with the mentality of participating in the Tengda spirit training! but instead played games for the whole day. The strangeness of his situation greatly weakened Cui Gengs enjoyment of the games. Wait, could this training not start if I dont ask for it? Dont drag it to tomorrow! Cui Geng was suddenly shocked when he thought of it. He felt there was a very serious problem at hand. Of course, he had no problem with playing games in the games room for an entire day, but he did not feel good at all when it was a schedule completely arranged by others. Cui Geng stood up as he thought of this and decided to ask Wu Bin to see if there was anything up his sleeve. He had to know if he was to play or undergo training. Hanging like this felt very unreal. Cui Geng left the game room and glanced at the workstation by the side subconsciously. He was surprised to find some were laying the ergonomic chair flat and slept on it; some were watching dramas while eating potato chips. However, others were typing very quickly on the keyboards. This floor was basically occupied by the administrative, human resource, and finance departments. The gaming department was upstairs on the 17th floor. The HR department had become less busy since the Tengda recruitment drive. Those who had nothing to do would obviously slack off. This scene was a little astonishing in Cui Gengs eyes. He originally thought that they would be gritting their noses to their works here. Cui Geng found Wu Bin. He struggled for a bit, not knowing how to broach the topic. However, Wu Bin seemed to be prepared for this. He stood up directly. Come, lets talk in the guest room. They entered the guest room and sat down. Wu Bin poured some tea elegantly. Boss Pei had told him that he should give Cui Geng some hints if Cui Geng did not understand. Therefore, Wu Bin was prepared and knew that it was time to give the hints. Fire your questions away. Wu Bin smiled. Cui Geng hesitated for a moment before asking. I want to know when the Tengda spirit training will commence. It wont be dragged to tomorrow, would it?. Wu Bins smile became even wider. Tengda spirit training? It has already begun. From the time you arrived in the morning until now, all of which were part of the process of Tengda spirit training. Wu Bin added upon seeing Cui Gengs dumbfounded face. As to what Tengda spirit is Boss Pei said that he believes you will reach an answer yourself. Cui Geng was even more confused now. The training had started? Didnt I just idle the day away playing games? Cui Geng scratched his head and asked. Is every Tengda spirit training the same process? Play games in the game room for an entire day? Wu Bin looked thoughtful before he replied, The process is all the same. They were all brought to the company, but they might not necessarily go to the game room to play the entire day. In fact, you dont need to play games. You can go wherever you want. No one is restricting your freedom. Cui Geng, Huh? I could go anywhere I wanted? Why did I stay in the games room for an entire day then? However, he immediately remembered that Wu Bin did not say he could not leave when they entered the games room. That means that this so-called training is a free ticket to moving around Tengda? It is to show the Tengda spirit indirectly? Cui Geng was confused. But I dont feel like I felt anything remotely similar to the Tengda spirit Wu Bin knew it was time to give Cui Geng some hints as tasked by Boss Pei. What did you see in the office? Wu Bin asked. Cui Geng recalled what he saw and was embarrassed to speak. Wu Bin smiled. Speak, no matter. Cui Geng hesitated. I saw some people working hard, some were sleeping, some were watching drama some reading books Wu Bin nodded. What do you think represents the Tengda spirit then? Cui Geng thought for a while before saying with great uncertainty. Uh the company doesnt care what the employees do during working hours. They can play and laze around at will? Boss Pei encourages everyone to be lazy? Wu Bin was momentarily speechless. He then asked, Think about it; is this an inference a normal person will make? Cui Geng no. He reacted subconsciously but immediately felt it was outrageous when asked by Wu Bin. Wu Bin then explained his take on the Tengda spirit. The people you saw resting and watching drama had either completed their work or they needed to adjust their status to achieve higher work efficiency. Their rest and entertainment were not only for rest and entertainment but to better complete their work. The Tengda spirit, if summed up into one point, is how to make better use of entertainment and rest as a means to obtain higher efficiency and long-term output. Tengda spirit encourages rest and entertainment but not aimless entertainment and rest. That would only destroy people. Using rest and entertainment to ensure physical and mental health to better realize your own value. That is what the Tengda spirit really advocates. Cui Geng fell into deep thought after listening to Wu Bins words. So Boss Peis actions had such meaning? Boss Pei did something very simple today. That was to throw him into the game room to relax. However, Cui Geng was experiencing an indescribable sense of emptiness in his heart right now. Why was that so? Was it only because he was playing while the other authors were writing? That played a part, but it was not all of it. Wu Bins words made Cui Geng suddenly realize a problem. His entertainment and rest had no purpose! That was why he felt empty often. Take an hour of afternoon nap for instance. Some take naps out of procrastination and to avoid work. However, they still had to finish their tasks when they woke up. He might think that his job might have been half done if he did not take the one-hour nap. He would feel empty at this time and felt that his time was wasted. However, some people took naps in order to maintain a better mental state and finish the afternoons work in a better mental state. They would immediately devote themselves to work when they wake up. This time, the nap was filled with meaning which was why he would not feel empty. Entertainment held the same reasoning. Rest and entertainment were essential parts of life. However, they could not become everything A persons ultimate value was still what he produced. It was a very simple truth, but Cui Geng found that he had never seen it before. He had a worry-free life because of the windfall from the resettlement projects. He was unable to concentrate on his creation, but playing games every day did not bring him happiness only endless emptiness. He had never understood where his emptiness came from. Today, Boss Pei threw him into the entertainment room for a day of games and then got Wu Bin to nudge him a little. He immediately understood. Cui Gengs brows relaxed as he said his own understanding. So, the Tengda spirit should be Encouraging rest and entertainment. However, rest and entertainment were meant to adjust ones own state to better realize ones value. Wu Bin was noncommittal. What else? Cui Geng frowned as he continued thinking. If I were to place the Tengda spirit on myself The reason why I became the person in class with the slowest releases was because I do not possess such a spirit. My rest and entertainment were just because I was lazy and resisting work. My time was wasted. In fact, if I can combine rest, entertainment, and work; I can fully guarantee my rest and entertainment time while increasing my output at the same time Id exploded too much recently and did not construct the plots and content well. That was also the result of me opposing work. I need to adjust my mentality urgently In any case I dont have to resist or reject rest and entertainment. Neither should I feel guilty about it. I should use them to maintain a better working condition. At the same time, there is no need to worry too much about the word count. The more important factor was the quality of the output Am I right? Cui Geng looked at Wu Bin. Wu Bin smiled. Everyone has a different understanding of the Tengda spirit. I cannot judge your understanding. It is right if you think its right. Chapter 399 - Teachable! Cui Geng kept silent, not saying anything. A moment later, he sorrowfully said, Tengda is really a special company. Other companies cannot wait to hang their mottos up on the walls and in the employees handbooks. Some would even make their employees memorize them. Yet, Tengdas hiding their spirit and allowing employees to come to understand it on their own. Its almost like the company is waiting for its employees to become enlightened All of a sudden, Im deeply interested in the company. Can you briefly explain how things work here to me? Pei Qian did not return to Tengda in the afternoon. Instead, he went to Dream Realization Ventures to listen to He Deshengs report about Top Student, Come Quick. Advertising for Top Student, Come Quick had been running for a few days. Whats more, they were looking quite persuasive. During the few days that Pei Qian had been studying, he had seen many posters for Top Student, Come Quick. He had also seen many students distributing flyers for it. Some of his classmates had also been discussing it. Although he was not sure about the actual figures, his first impression was that the event was quite popular. Thus, after weighing the pros and cons, Pei Qian finally decided to make a trip down to check on Top Student, Come Quicks actual situation. He Desheng began to explain the projects situation to Pei Qian. Although he sounded extremely passionate, Pei Qian could tell that he was not that confident inside. Boss Pei, at the moment, were already running advertisements for the project. Of course, were still focusing on Jingzhou for now The initial advertising strategy for Top Student, Come Quick was relatively simple and explosive. Over the past two days, Top Student, Come Quicks posters had already gone up on several public transport stations in Jingzhou City. A group of people had also been distributing flyers near universities and high school campuses at noon and in the evening. They had also bought a limited number of advertisement slots from TV stations in Jingzhou City. Of course, those were the less desirable slots. On top of that, they had signed agreements with a couple of elite students from Handong University and other universities, inviting them to act as the first batch of contracted top students for the application. He Desheng would pay them, and they would guarantee that they would finish a set quantity of work and work for a set amount of time. Moreover, the company would look out closely for any signs of trickery. There would also be some spare funds, which would be used to subsidize users fees while the application was in the initial stages. In other words-as most put it, the company would be burning the money. The money would be spent very quickly! However, they would not really be making ducks and drakes of the money. Instead, they expect the money to bear fruit and turn people into loyal users. Still, He Desheng felt embarrassed to tell Boss Pei the actual figure because he found it embarrassing. At the moment, they were only running tests in Jingzhou. They had not released the application to the rest of the country. How many active users could they expect? Their sales figures were pathetic as well. They were now burning money, and they would probably continue to do so in the near future. In fact, He Desheng expected them to only burn more money from now onwards. As for feedback the majority still thought badly of the project. The application only had minimal functions for now. All in all, as He Desheng reported the situation to Pei Qian, he only spoke empty words such as it has great potential and did not go into much detail. This was undoubtedly good news to Pei Qian. No good news was the best news he could ask for. If even He Desheng couldnt find anything to boast about, it meant that the project had really started off as a huge mess Still, Pei Qian had grown much wiser. He would not let his guard down. His own employees loved hiding good news and signs of profit from him. They would all wait until the good news had been confirmed before they reported it to Boss Pei. He had to guard himself against such situations. Pei Qian looked at He Desheng and said, It looks good for a start, but I want to ask you something how do you think the application will breakthrough in the future? After some consideration, He Desheng replied, Breakthrough I think itll be in its ability to establish social interaction! Huh? Pei Qian frowned, immediately becoming cautious. However, He Desheng did not seem to realize the change in Boss Peis expression. Instead, he continued speaking. Promoting social interaction would undoubtedly be the way we can expand and strengthen the application as quickly as possible in the future! Our application only has average figures for now, and high school students and parents think that its mediocre. However, its a hit among university students! Flunkies and top students alike very seriously fill in their details and upload photographs onto the application. Moreover, the probability of them meeting someone of the opposite sex is higher than that of meeting someone of the same sex. That means that our application offers an opportunity for social interaction. If we make good use of this Pei Qian frowned, finding that something was amiss. That was a huge hidden danger! Pei Qian had no doubt that many people were deeply interested in study gods and study goddesses. Lonely male and female top students who were passionate about studies would probably also not be able to resist their better-looking schoolmates If he allowed this situation to develop, the application would become a matchmaking one for students, right?! At that moment, Pei Qian immediately stopped He Desheng. Youre right. He Deshengs eyes lit up, feeling like he had just been validated by Boss Pei. Pei Qian, This is indeed a huge danger! He Deshengs eyes widened as he looked at Pei Qian quizzically. Pei Qian could not be bothered about his astonishment as he said, We cannot allow these evil influences to fester! He Desheng felt slightly lightheaded. Huh? Why not? Very somberly, Pei Qian answered, The danger is too huge! In the short term, we can use that as an avenue to gain more popularity. However, in the long-term, that would generate safety hazards in our application. Many users on the application would also have impure motives. That would affect the environment in the entire platform and be the downfall of its reputation! Well even lose our core users! Thus, we have to avoid this at all costs. Modify the application at once. The next version should have a few more features, and the design of the personal info page should be edited. Users cannot upload their photographs or display their gender. People cannot write any comments they want about themselves. Instead, they have to choose from the limited options that we will provide. Itll be like adding labels to their own profile. If we dont let them write their own comments, they would not be able to hint at their gender and looks. Add a panic alarm button and allow them to display their live locations so that their friends would know where they are at any one time. Put this notice in a noticeable location on the website: everyone must only arrange to meet in the self-study room of schools, a cafe, or other places where there is high traffic. At the same time, intensify our investigation efforts. We have to verify the identities of everyone-flunkies and top students alike. We also have to check if they have criminal records or school disciplinary records. Anyone who seems problematic cannot be allowed to create an account. He Desheng felt slightly dizzy. If people of the opposite gender had begun to develop sparks on the original Top Student, Come Quick application, Boss Peis string of modifications would not only get rid of those sparks but also get rid of any possibility that new sparks would develop. He Desheng had thought that this could be used as a trick to make the application as popular as possible, as quickly as possible. Naturally, he had not had to worry about whether others would want to take over the application. However, Boss Pei was completely sealing off that path. Still, He Desheng did not dare to ask too many questions. He only nodded and said, Alright, Boss Pei. Ill do that at once. Looking at Boss Peis serious expression, He Desheng became very sure that the former was not joking. Now that he had gotten rid of the hidden threat, Pei Qian felt happy. He could relax with this project for now! At that moment, he received a message on his cell phone. It was from the HR departments Wu Bin. Boss Pei, Ive done what you asked me to do! Pei Qian nodded in satisfaction. Hmm, not bad. Good things come in pairs. Now that Cui Geng had understood the Tengda spirit, it remained to be seen how many classmates he would be able to influence once he got back. Pei Qian had to wait a while before doing his rounds again. Thats right. Do you know how the shared phone booth is doing? Pei Qian asked casually. He Desheng was still thinking about the modifications he had to make to the Top Student, Come Quick application. Thus, he took two seconds to respond. Ah, Im not sure. Ever since you asked me to take charge of Top Student, Come Quick, I stopped being involved in that project. Speaking of which, I think everything is going well. Pei Qian nodded. Although he had not gotten any useful information, at least he could confirm that Hao Desheng was obedient. It looked like he had to personally go down and take a look. Today was Friday. Although there would not be as many people in the shopping mall as the weekends, Pei Qian guessed that there would still be a significant number of people. He hopped onto the car and said to Little Sun, Go to Huanyu Tianjie. There are many stories about Boss Pei. Ive only told you some of them. If youre interested, you can ask the websites Boss Ma to collect them for you. He and many other people who are close to Boss Pei would know him very well, said Wu Bin, smiling Cui Geng looked like he was not yet satisfied. I didnt think that Boss Pei and Tengda would have such a colorful history and legend. A unique boss has established such a unique company If I write this story in a novel, itll be very exciting for sure. However Cui Geng frowned slightly, as if unable to resolve a problem. Boss Peis not suitable to be the protagonist. Wu Bin was stunned. Why not? Cui Geng explained, Hes too perfect. There are people like him in reality like the noble people, saints, and reformers Successful people would have outstanding qualities and characteristics after all. However, if such a person became the protagonist of a book, he would seem too unrelatable and fake. Itll be hard to get the readers to immerse themselves in the story. After all, reality doesnt require logic, but novels do. A leader like Boss Pei may exist in reality; everyone would only say that hes rare, unique, and lucky. However, if I put him in a book, readers would think that he was a fake and a hypocrite. They would have difficulty believing that he was real. Thus, I have to make some modifications in my book. Thatll appeal to the readers taste Ah, anyway, thank you for today! Ive had a very meaningful time learning about the Tengda spirit today! Cui Geng shook Wu Bins hand. Wu Bin smiled. This was Boss Peis arrangement. Im just helping out. Cui Geng glanced at the time. It was past 4 PM; he did not have to get off work yet. Wu Bin reminded him, You can come and go anytime you wish here. After some thought, Cui Geng asked, Can I borrow the computer in the entertainment room? Wu Bin replied, Of course, you can. Cui Geng went back to the games room. This time, he did not play any games. Instead, he sat in front of the huge computer that could easily run all the large-scale games, wanting to organize his newfound ideas. He had to get a good grip on his inspiration while it was there. However, before that, Cui Geng signed into the authors platform and filled in the topic for his new post: Completion Forecast! Once he finished writing the contents, Cui Geng struggled internally. He knew very well that he would be cursed and sworn at once he uploaded the forecast. However, after hesitating for five minutes, he finally clicked the publish button. In the car Feeling bored, Pei Qian whipped out his cell phone, accessed Zhongdian Chinese Networks application, and refreshed. It was not 6 PM yet; it was not time for the writers in the authors class to upload their new chapters. That was why the Completion Forecast on one of the books caught Pei Qians eye. Pei Qians mind was filled with question marks. He quickly clicked it and read its contents. A moment later, the confusion on Pei Qians face disappeared. A satisfied smile replaced it. Hes teachable! Hes very teachable! He immediately said to Little Sun, Lets go to Huanyu Tianjie tomorrow morning. Well head back to the office first! I want to meet this Cui Geng! Chapter 400 - The Butterfly Game Cui Gengs Completion Forecast was very simply written. I am The Tentacled Beast that Writes for His Life. I want to tell all of you something from the bottom of my heart. I know that many friends hoped that there would be two, three, or even five million words in this book. Some of you even hoped that the book would never end. However, I dont have enough experience writing Xuanhuan novels. This books framework wasnt big from the beginning. The most exciting parts could be written with seven or eight hundred thousand words. After diluting the content, I stretched it to its maximum of a million words. All of you could tell that I sped up the plot recently. Thats because I was reaching seven hundred thousand words, and I was reaching the end of the novels plot. I was afraid that if I ended the book too suddenly, none of you would have been able to accept it. Thats why Im warning you now: the book is probably going to reach its conclusion in one or two weeks. Please brace yourselves. Im preparing for the next book. Once I have something substantial, Ill inform all of you at once. Just as Cui Geng had expected, the comments section immediately flooded with discussion. Cui Geng decisively exited Zhongdian Chinese Networks application and stopped its processes so that he would not have to read his readers comments. That was because he could probably easily guess what the comments would be about. So what if they start scolding me? As long as I dont read the comments, it wouldnt affect me. Even if I get scolded, I have to write out what I have in mind! I can sense that this idea would be the brightest moment of my writing career! Cui Geng switched the computer on and created a new document. Then, he quickly wrote out his idea. Even at its best, a story set in the city would not be as good as traditional Xuanhuan and Xianxia stories. Still, therell probably be many readers. Itll be a hot topic for sure. However at the moment, most stories set in the city are interesting because theyre about mindless boasting and romance, with powerful soldiers and campus flowers as the protagonists. Thats not quite my style. I cant write about mindless boasting, and I cant come across as preachy because that would not match the uniqueness of this idea. Thats why Im going to write a story with a humorous tone. I wont make readers just feel good like they normally would. Instead, I will make them feel like God-in control of everything As Cui Geng brainstormed, he quickly thought of a pretty good framework for the novel. It would be called The Butterfly Game. He had not thought of a name for the protagonist yet. In any case, he would just be a tool. The protagonist would be sitting at home one day, slacking. All of a sudden, a system would drop from above. A blue ball of light would smash him in his head and merge together with him. The protagonist would subsequently realize that he could summon the light ball whenever he wanted. Through the light ball, he could even observe everything that was happening in a parallel world. The light ball would contain a game called The Butterfly Game. The inspiration for that name came from the butterfly effect. nan The protagonist would not be the creator of that parallel world. He would have certain powers in the game, but he would only be able to make relatively superficial changes in the parallel world. He would be just like a butterfly, gently fluttering its wings in the Amazon jungle. The aim of the game would be to cause the biggest effect on the people and things in the game through a chain reaction to these superficial changes. At the end, the game would measure the effect caused by the protagonist and grade him. He would then be rewarded according to that grade. As the cycle continued, the protagonist would get more and more powers, and his area of influence would increase. Thus, the protagonist would keep causing butterfly effects. Many people would begin realizing their dreams in that world due to a freak combination of factors. Cui Geng had even thought about how to write the first scene in the beginning. He would start with an independent game designer, who would be destitute and dejected but never gave up on his dreams. Since this game designer would be destitute and dejected, he would create a very simple and stripped-down game. However, it would be filled with sincerity. Still, since he would have no money to advertise it, nobody would catch onto it. Helpless and desperate, the game designer would decide to give up on his dreams and return home to work in a factory, which his family would have found for him. While observing the parallel world, the protagonist would notice this game designer. Thus, using his limited powers, he would find a UP Master in the game channel and then cause the UP Master to accidentally download the game and start playing it. The UP Master would recommend the game on his own initiative, causing it to become popular at once. From then on, things would spiral out of control. All of these would cause the game designers dreams to come true. Of course, since this story was only the beginning, it would be relatively simple. As the plot developed, the story would become more and more complicated. For example, there would be an extremely wealthy antagonist in the book. He would be the boss of a multinational corporation, and he would love acquiring game companies all over the world if they had good reputations. He would then milk every last cent from those companies. To force these game companies into acquisition, he would resort to dirty tricks, plant moles in the companies, or smear their reputations online to cause them to run into financial difficulties. In the end of the dayto pressure the companies that he liked, he would resort to anything. The protagonists mission would be to ruin the antagonists plans by changing certain details in the world using the butterfly effect, which he had become extremely familiar with. By doing so, he would be saving the good-hearted game companies from being maliciously acquired. All in all, the protagonist would have to use his golden fingers and the butterfly effect to influence everyone in the parallel world and help them to achieve their dreams. All of those people could come from various industries. They could be game designers, entrepreneurs, cafe bosses, singers, actors, directors, writers There would be a whole host of characters like that. As time went by, the people whom the protagonist had helped would help one another and affect one another. It would get harder and harder to anticipate how things would develop. As the supporting characters continue to mature and their lives begin to intertwine with one anothers, the protagonists butterfly effect would grow more powerful. Take a child who faced the possibility of dropping out of school for example. Thanks to the protagonists butterfly effect, the child would get financial assistance from a good-hearted person. He would go on to graduate from high school and obtain excellent results in university. He would then take a post-graduate course and obtain his Ph.D. before taking part in the research and development of an extremely important project. The project would become a success, and a new investment opportunity would arise. At the same time, another supporting characters company would face the possibility of insolvency due to insufficient funds. However, because they had invested in that project, they would rise to success and become giants in the industry. They would go on to deeply change the way the entire world lived. All in all, the parallel world would slowly turn into the perfect world, thanks to the protagonists use of the butterfly effect time and time again. Once he finished writing the idea out, Cui Geng read it a couple of times to evaluate it. Its not a typical storyline, and there are bound to be huge risks involved. However, that also means theres opportunity. I dont think anyone has a similar story set in a city. The readers would not be made to feel like the protagonist but like God. They would watch as the parallel world accidentally and slowly changes due to each butterfly effect. A plot like that would keep the readers on their toes and fill them with hope for the future. There would be no supporting character who would try to show off and end up being defeated by the protagonist. Instead, all the supporting characters would achieve their dreams one by one, and the parallel world would just get better. The book would lean towards being humorous. It would also be quite relaxing. I think it will appeal to readers who are tired of reading books about young underdogs with unlimited potential. I can gather material from different kinds of businesses. There are many stories in the country about companies establishing empires out of pure coincidence. Even Tengda can be used as an inspiration. Reality is much more exciting than novels The more Cui Geng thought about it, the more inspired he became! There were holes in this plot; he could not say that it was perfect. Yet, which plot was perfect? As long as one was venturing into new territory, there would be risks involved. At that thought, Cui Geng sent the document to his own email and then deleted the document from the computer. Things like ideas were extremely important to writers. If others saw the document and leaked the information and someone else began writing a book based on his idea, he would be in trouble. Once he was done, Cui Geng glanced at his cell phone. It was just about time to knock off. He stood up and walked out. Once I get back, I have to focus and work hard to write the ending for the book. The framework wasnt big to begin with. If I continue writing eight thousand words per day, Ill probably finish what I had originally planned in a week or so. Then, Ill decisively end the book. So what if I get scolded? Ill quickly start writing a new one and act like nothing happened. For the sake of my new idea, Ill tolerate getting scolded! Cui Geng walked out of the game room and bumped into Boss Pei, who had just arrived back at the office. When Pei Qian saw Cui Geng walk out of the game room, he smiled brightly. Come, Ill treat you to a meal! Cui Geng was stunned. Huh? But, Boss Pei No buts. Just come with me. Boss Pei did not even allow Cui Geng to object. He led the latter onto the car, and the two headed to Ming House for a huge feast. In the car, Cui Gengs heart was filled with doubts. Boss Pei looked so happy when he saw me. Does he already know that todays lesson on the Tengda spirit was a success? Is he treating me to a meal to encourage me? Chapter 401 - A Tailor-Made Position Ming House Pei Qian looked at Cui Geng with a smile, making Cui Gengs hair stand. Boss Pei, please eat, too. The dishes on the table looked scrumptious to Cui Geng. Each dish was delicious, and it might not be a lot to Cui Geng. However, he would not be able to finish so many dishes by himself. Boss Pei did not seem interested in the dishes. He picked at them as though he was eating at home. Cui Geng was flustered for no reason as he looked at Boss Pei staring at him with some appreciation. He started to subconsciously fill up some outrageous plots. A web novelist had great imaginations after all. Of course, Pei Qian did not know what Cui Geng was thinking at this point in time. The main reason why he stared at Cui Geng was that he felt he found a great talent! Pei Qian did not think much of it originally. Let the author who wrote the least in class come to the company to learn about the Tengda spirit mainly to let him feel the lazy atmosphere of Tengda. He could then bring this spirit back to class and disintegrate the class of hardworking people from inside out. Pei Qian did not expect Cui Geng to perform so superbly. Not only did he successfully fulfill his expectations, but there was also a surprise! He went to the game room in Tengda headquarters to play games in the morning. He posted a preview in the afternoon, indicating that he would write this book casually in the future and would be finished soon. He didnt care if the readers would read it or not! How carefree! How casual! Pei Qian could not help but think that there would be nothing to worry about if all the authors in Zhongdian Chinese Network were the same as Cui Geng. The more Pei Qian thought about it, the more satisfied he was. He even wanted to entrust Cui Geng with an important task. However, Pei Qian did not reveal it immediately. He considered it, thinking that he should be more cautious. He had to at least test Cui Geng if he was really the talent he needed. I have a few questions, just casual chat, Pei Qian said. Cui Geng nodded immediately. Alright, Boss Pei, please say. He had some suspicions in his heart since he did not know what Boss Pei had up his sleeve. However, he could be certain that this was definitely not a simple meal. Boss Pei was a big boss with a net worth of at least 100 million yuan based on the scale of this company. How tight a schedule would such a boss have? How could he have time to dine with a small character like him? Cui Geng might have been feeling good about himself, but he also knew very well that he was just an ordinary author. He wasnt even considered the top one of Zhongdian Chinese Network. Cui Geng might be a lazy bum, but he was neither stupid nor silly. He might hate human civilization, but that did not mean he knew nothing about it. Therefore, he immediately plucked up his spirit and geared up his brain, waiting to answer Boss Peis question. This book is progressing rather well. Why are you suddenly giving the notice to end it? Pei Qian asked casually while eating. He deliberately made his tone very casual and smiled, afraid of putting pressure on Cui Geng. However, Cui Gengs heart still dropped. What is this? I only announced the preview of ending this novel less than two hours ago, and Boss Pei knows it already? The problem was how did Boss Pei know about it? Did Boss Ma tell him? Impossible, how could Boss Ma disturb Boss Pei over something so trivial? Therefore the only remaining possibility Could Boss Pei be reading my book!? Cui Geng suddenly panicked. He immediately realized that this was the only possibility. Then, Boss Peis attitude was very interesting Cui Geng looked across at Boss Pei with a warm smile on his face under the soft light. Yet, there was an indescribable mystery behind this smile. Cui Geng understood it instantly. Sh*t, Boss Pei was urging me in person to update! Inviting me to dinner was trying peaceful means before resorting to force! Cui Geng was not someone who could not discern the good from the bad. He hurriedly replied. I can delete that chapter immediately if Boss Pei likes to read it! I will not end the book if Boss Pei does not agree to it! Ill write it in five million, no, ten million words! Pei Qian, ? Sh*t, this Cui Geng got me wrong. No, no, no, I think its good to end it now, or as soon as you can. Im serious, Pei Qian quickly explained, A man should be decisive and do things neatly. I admire you for that. Cui Geng blinked, still lost. What kind of deity reader is this! I would be so happy as an author if every reader could be as considerate as Boss Pei! Cui Geng held up his glass of wine excitedly. Boss Pei, say no more; its all in the wine! Pei Qian was convinced by Cui Gengs excitedness that axing the book was his true desire. Why did you post the ending notice today? Pei Qian asked. Cui Geng let out a long sigh. Everything was easy as long as Boss Pei was not here to push him to update. Boss Pei, I was deeply inspired by the Tengda spirit today. This notice was sent out based on these feelings. Pei Qians eyes brightened instantly. Very good. This guy is really up to speed! However, he couldnt be sure with one question. He had to ask some more. What do you plan to do after you write the ending of this book? Collect materials for a while before starting on a new book. What else can I do? What if the readers criticize you? Just dont read the comments. Pei Qian, Then, Ill talk to Ma Yiqun to let you leave the study class and find another job. What do you think? Cui Geng had some doubts. Boss Pei asked me to leave the study class to find another job? Why? Boss Pei saw my work ability and is asking me to take charge of a certain department under him? Impossible, Im just a web novelist. What work ability would I have? Could it be possible that Boss Pei wants to arrange a position for me so that I can better collect materials? Cui Geng nodded. Of course, that would be great. Pei Qian examined closely and found that Cui Geng replied to all his questions except the last without thinking. There was also firm light in his eyes. Pei Qian was very happy. He was definitely trainable! He picked up the wine glass and took a sip, thinking about how he could use this talent. There were many problematic departments in Tengda Corporation now. The hardworking spirit had been reversed to a certain extent after the recent Tengda spirit compatibility test, but the speed of change was still too slow. Pei Qian felt that it would be too wasted for a talent like Cui Geng to be placed in a small study class. He had to send him to the departments which were tough nuts to crack! For example, the gaming department, Fei Huang Workspace, ROF computer-installation These departments had repeatedly stabbed his back since the beginning of their establishment. It had become more frequent recently and had now become rather hard to turn back. These were all heavy burdens for Boss Pei to carry. Maybe Cui Geng could reverse this trend if he were to send him there! As to which department to go to Pei Qian was uncertain. Why not let him decide himself? Pei Qian asked slowly, Which department in Tengda do you like the best? Cui Geng was taken aback for a moment. Uh, Boss Pei, I dont know what departments Tengda has. Pei Qian took out his cell phone directly and logged onto the TPDb website to show him all of Tengdas current activities. Cui Geng couldnt help but be secretly shocked when he took over the phone. This Tengda Corporation was already a monster! He looked a little dazed. He was interested in many departments, but which one was he most interested in? He was not able to decide. All the departments should be useful to collect materials for novels. Boss Pei, I want to go to all of them. Is it possible? Of course, forget it if it isnt convenient for you Cui Geng said. Pei Qian was absolutely delighted. Convenient! Why wouldnt it be convenient? Things are dead, humans are alive. Ill definitely satisfy your requirement since you have them! How about this, Ill give you a special position. You can go to any department of Tengda at will. The person-in-charge of the department will prepare a workstation and pay you wages. Everything will be done in accordance with the standard of formal employees. Everyone in the department has to cooperate with you unconditionally if you have a need. Youll set the job scope yourself, and no one else would have the right to intervene. Change the department if you want to. Return to the original department if you want to. No person-in-charge of any department can block you for any reason! Pei Qian was simply delighted to hear that Cui Geng wanted to go everywhere. A pure gold dung-stirring stick would be too wasteful if it was only used to stir the class. It should be used to stir the entire Tengda Corporation! The script in Pei Qians vision was perfect. Cui Geng was a rare talent who understood the Tengda spirit in its entirety. Letting him visit the other departments meant that he could spread the Tengda spirit and reverse the hardworking trend. At the same time, every department had to prepare a work station for him. All benefits such as salary and bonuses were to be given as though he was a regular employee. Setting his own work scope meant that he could laze every day and rouse the jealousy of the other employees in the other departments. Lastly, all departments had to unconditionally cooperate and comply with his requests. He could come and go freely. The person-in-charge of the departments could not do anything to him. That could definitely be able to disrupt the work of these departments! It was conceivable that Cui Geng would set off a bloody storm within the Tengda Corporation sooner or later Cui Gengs eyes widened slightly. Boss Pei understood me! Wasnt this position tailor-made for me to collect materials? Receive wages to eliminate worries The efficiency of collecting materials would greatly improve if the departments cooperated unconditionally Come and go freely felt that he could periodically go to different departments to collect materials, which was conducive to the expansion of themes and linkages of the different fields in the book Cui Geng picked up his glass of wine excitedly and toasted Boss Peis wine glass. Boss Pei, Ill definitely fulfill my mission! Very good, I wish you all the best! Both of them were filled with smiles as well as infinite expectations for the future. Chapter 402 - How to Thank Boss Pei January 22nd, Saturday Pei Qian was in a good mood last night. Moreover, he had a little wine with Cui Geng at the Ming House so he slept very well. He woke up naturally at nine in the morning. He glanced at his phone after he woke up. There was a memo on it. Go to Huanyu Tianjie and take a look at the shared phone booth. Pei Qian took his time, preparing to head to the steamed bun shop downstairs for breakfast before heading over. Pei Qian received another news when the steamed buns were brought out. Huang Sibo, Boss Pei, the rough cut of the film is out. Would you like to take a look? Hmm? Rough cut? Director Zhu Xiaoce did seem to mention this when the crew was eating at Ming Yun Private Kitchen. The so-called rough cut version was just a product of simple editing with the material that was shot. There would be no special effects yet, and one had to be imaginative with a lot of the content. However, it was still a complete film in which you could see something. Pei Qian considered it. It seemed like this was more important. He could go to the phone booth in the afternoon. He then replied, Okay, Ill be there soon. He was about to keep his phone when he realized something was wrong. Today is Saturday. You are working overtime? Huang Sibo replied in no time, Um, Boss Pei, we paid overtime. Pei Qian put on a tough attitude. You cannot work overtime so self-righteously even if you are giving overtime pay! Avoid it at all costs in the future! Huang Sibo, I understand, Boss Pei. Fei Huang Workspace was a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tengda, not a department. Pei Qian was not able to be too strict with the overtime for it. He could only chide Huang Sibo and let him carry it out by himself. Pei Qian might not have asked much from Fei Huang Workspace, but he definitely had to take the trip to Fei Huang Workspace. He had to give himself reassurance since the rough cut of the film was already out. Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Handong University branch Lin Chang ordered a cup of hot coffee and drank it while warming his hands. He still felt a little dusty. He just came from the airport and had yet to settle down. The first thing he did when arriving in Jingzhou was to come to the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe near Handong University, hoping to meet Boss Pei to discuss the progress of the previous plan. AS Unfortunately, he only knew that Boss Pei had reached Fei Huang Workspace and was watching the rough cut samples when he sent the news. He would need at least three hours to watch the clips and travel. Moreover, Boss Pei said that he had a matter he had delayed for a very long time to deal with in the afternoon. He might be delayed for at least another hour. Lin Chang estimated that he would only be able to meet Boss Pei at three to four in the afternoon. Now, that was awkward. Lin Chang knew that Boss Pei was usually busy at work. He fully understood that, but he did not plan to just sit around and wait either. He decided to meet Lin Wan and observe the progress for a while. Previously, Lin Chang and Boss Pei conspired pretty well to let Lin Wan be in charge of the horror games of Shang Yang Games while being in charge of the cell phone business. There were many complications on both sides which greatly increased the chance of failure for Lin Wans projects. The two of them originally considered leaving room for maneuver. To better combat the mobile phone business, they were considering releasing a mobile phone here. Lin Yu was in charge of developing a benchmark mobile phone in Shenhuas cell phone department. The quality of the phone would be a bit better and would be a little cheaper. Their publicity would also be a little better. Such close-contact combat was to eliminate hidden dangers in the budding stage enough for them to remain invincible. However, Boss Pei sent Lin Chang a message when this mobile phone was developed halfway: there was no need for this backup plan. This cell phone was going for 8,000 yuan. Shenhuas flagship cell phone could already meet the requirements for higher quality, lower price, and better publicity. There was no need to build a targeted mobile phone. Therefore, there was no need for this back up plan. Lin Wan arrived just as he was thinking. She sat down opposite of Lin Chang and ordered a coffee as well. She then frowned and asked, Brother, why are you here again? Lin Changs mouth twitched. What do you mean by again? Cant I see my own sister? Lin Wan looked on with disbelief. I feel like youre running here very frequently. Do you have some ulterior motive? How is that possible?! I just like the livable Jingzhou environment! Lin Chang smiled rather unassumingly. Also, dont I have to come over and see you frequently? How are you doing? Everything going well? Lin Wan swirled the coffee in her cup. Its still alright. Lin Chang couldnt help but be secretly delighted by Lin Wans low spirits. There might be an opportunity! Lin Wan would have boasted about it if these two projects were progressing well. The two projects must not be going well since Lin Wan was not boasting! He was rejoicing within, but he could not show it on his face. Instead, Lin Chang showed a face full of concern. Why, did you meet some difficulties? Do you have anything that you need help with? Let Bro know, and Ill do my best to help you! Lin Wan glanced at him. Forget it, one of my projects is a horror game; the other is a cell phone. Which can you help me with? These projects are still ongoing. There might be some progress, but I still dont have much confidence in them. The horror game does not have any problem with its general framework, but there are many small details that need to be modified. Moreover, even if these small details are done, it would be difficult to gauge if the players would accept this new type of horror game So Im a bit worried. Fortunately, we have a very powerful artistic big boss who has been adjusting the game style and enriching the game details with us. It looked a lot better recently. For the cell phone sigh. To be honest, I really cannot do it. A horror game alone is enough of a headache so I did not have much time for the cell phone. The staff gave me a brick-like prototype the last time I visited. I felt it was a huge problem even then. The prototypes have been made even though I have not been involved in their development. Its impossible to tell them to overthrow and start over. I can only wait until the cell phone is made and run to the other departments of Tengda to ask for a bit of welfare. That would be considered a contribution. Even so, I think this cell phone will be a flop. Lin Wans relationship with Lin Chang had always been good. She did not think so much during the meeting and revealed everything C her confusion and distressto him. Lin Chang looked worried for Lin Wan on the surface, frowning deeply; but he was jumping for joy within. Great Boss Pei, this plan is truly perfect! Ah Wan has yet to notice anything. The blow to Ah Wan will definitely not be small if they were to maintain the current status with the horror games and the cell phone hitting the market together! Lin Chang could not help to feel elastic when he thought of that. He then whispered, It seems like I have to find a way to thank Boss Pei. Lin Wan frowned. Hm? What did you say? Why thank Boss Pei? Lin Chang was shocked. You heard my whispers? What I mean is that Boss Pei trusts you so much, giving you such an important responsibility. As an older brother, I will definitely have to find an opportunity to thank Boss Pei as well! Lin Chang hurriedly explained, seeing a hint of suspicion from Lin Wans gaze. Lin Wans expression lightened. Thats true. However, Boss Pei doesnt seem to need anything. Lin Chang thought for a while. What about if we ask Second Brother to forgo his rent? Or I can go and take care of his Fish-Catching Internet Cafe business? Lin Wan shook her head. That feels as insincere. Boss Pei doesnt care about such a small change. Lin Chang agreed. Thats true. These small favors are not enough to repay Boss Peis sincerity. Then is there anything Boss Pei urgently needs? Its best if its something I can help out with. Lin Wan frowned and thought for two minutes. Aha! You know that the movie Fei Huang Workspace was filming recently was finished, right? Lin Chang thought for a while. Boss Pei did say that he was going to watch the rough cut version so he nodded. Lin Wan continued, The movie was Boss Peis creativity. The entire story summary was written by Boss Pei himself. That effort in itself shows the great importance he must attach to this movie. Lin Chang was a little puzzled. So? If you had told me earlier, I could have found a good director and a few popular celebrities. Its useless now that its done filming. He paused understanding immediately. Oh, I understand now! You want me to help contact the distributors and theaters?. Lin Wan nodded. Yes, its simple to you, but its something urgent that Boss Pei requires now. Good wine needed no bush[1]. as Lin Chang gave it some thought. That was really the case. The Tengda Corporation might be big under Boss Pei, but it was Fei Huang Workspaces first film. They did not have relevant contacts and resources. However, Lin Chang was different. He was responsible for the entertainment, television, and media business of Shenhua Corporation. He had lots of resources on hand. Alright, consider it done! Ill let Boss Pei know now! Lin Chang was very happy, thinking that his thank you gift should be quite sincere. Lin Wan waved her hand dismissively. Uh I think there is no need to tell Boss Pei. Boss Pei has been very busy with work recently. He shouldnt be bothered with such trivialities. What about I just give you the number of the person-in-charge of Fei Huang Workspace for you to contact? Wont it be better to give Boss Pei a surprise when the movie is released? Lin Chang thought about it; that seemed right as well. Boss Pei was going to at least three places today. There was also a long-delayed job to deal with, which showed that he had a very full schedule. Thinking about it this way, the people from Fei Huang Workspace must be responsible for things like film distribution, talks with theater chains, and the like. Such trivial matters could not be the responsibility of Boss Pei, right? Wouldnt it be much more splendid if he were to meet the people from Fei Huang Workspace to get it done and give Boss Pei a surprise? Lin Chang nodded as he thought of this. Okay, give me the contact of the person-in-charge of Fei Huang Workspace then. Ill talk to him. [1] This means that something of good quality doesnt need any advertisement as people are bound to discover it. Chapter 403 - What Happened Over the Past Week or So? In the afternoon, Pei Qian boarded the car and left Fei Huang Workspace for Huanyu Tianjie. He had seen Tomorrow is Beautifuls edits. On the whole, Pei Qian had mixed feelings. He was happy because the film was not very well-edited. There were no special effects at all either. Whats more, the plot looked very toxic. It looked like it had the potential to fail. Yet, Pei Qian was worried because the actors had acted very well in the film. This was especially so for the three main leadsZhang Zuting, Lu Zhiyao, and Lin Ruyi. They had delivered excellent performances, which made Pei Qian panic. Lu Zhiyao had stopped acting in such an exaggerated manner; nobody would be able to tell that Lin Ruyi was a new actress; and needless to say, Zhang Zutings acting skills as a movie king were flawless. Pei Qian could not tell what kind of reaction a film like that would get. As he tried to organize his thoughts, Pei Qian arrived at Huanyu Tianjie. Boss Pei, do you want me to go up with you? Little Sun asked. After some thought, Pei Qian answered, Theres no need. Wait for me in the car. Ill just take a quick look and come back. Pei Qian had not thought much about the trip. He only wanted to check if the shared phone booth was safe. Then, he would go back towards Handong University to meet Lin Chang. At least, that had been his plan until he arrived at the top floor of the shopping mall. It was a Saturday afternoon. Pei Qian had already been prepared to see many people in Huanyu Tianjie. However, he became stunned when he stepped out of the elevator. He glanced at the entrance of the cinema and became confused. Eh? Why are there so many people? Is there a particularly good movie premiering today? After taking a closer look, he was stunned. There were many people at the entrance of the cinema, but it did not look like they were planning to watch a movie! Nobody was maintaining order in the area, but everyone formed two neat lines. The two lines were moving very quickly. One of them was for people to take photographs in front of the shared phone booth before leaving. The other was for people to take a number from the machine in front of the phone booth and then leave. Pei Qian took a closer look at the phone booths exterior. There was a huge painting on it: the Guardian of Justice, Modest! The huge painting took up most of the space on the front of the shared phone booth. Modests body was painted to look burly. His resolute gaze was fixed to the front, and there were various types of weapons behind him that made him look even more heroic. Many people were lining up just to take a photograph with the huge painting. Whats more, it looked different from the ordinary posters and the games concept art. Ruan Guangjian had sketched the painting himself, and he had employed many special techniques. His thick brush strokes looked like they were done freehand. With one look, anyone could tell that it was very artistic. It was an outstanding painting, and it was no wonder that everyone in the shopping mall wanted to come and take a photograph with it. Pei Qian stood in front of the phone booth, looking at the huge painting and feeling speechless. F*ck He had indeed asked Ruan Guangjian to paint whatever he wanted to decorate the shared phone booth, but he had not told him to draw the Coin-Scattering Hedgehog! For some reason, Pei Qian felt like the Coin-Scattering Hedgehog was staring at him. Its lips were curled up in a subtle smile as if it was mocking him Then, he surveyed the shared phone booth itself. A monitor was facing the escalator. At the moment, it was displaying the number of the customer being served: 14, and seven minutes left. Pei Qians heart stopped for a moment. A bad feeling overwhelmed him. He looked past the crowd to see the numbers being generated by the machine in front of the shared phone booth. It was now at number 29. In other words, fourteen customers had experienced the shared phone booth since it opened for business in the morning. In addition, there were fifteen people in line! Of course, that was not including the people who had taken a number but who had not ended up entering the booth. However, Pei Qian guessed that not many customers fell into the category. At first, Pei Qian had heaved a sigh of relief when he saw many people in line but no one entering the shared phone booth. He had thought that everyone only wanted to look at the phone booth but not pay to enter. Now, he understood that there were indeed people waiting to enter the booth. However, those people had taken a number instead. The system was more modern! Pei Qian quickly whipped out his phone and scanned the QR code to download the application for the shared phone booth. The application had been very simple at first. It had only allowed people to scan codes. However, there were many more functions now. The most obvious change was the queuing function. One only had to take a number at the door of the phone booth to enter in line. Then, they could fill in the estimated amount of time they would spend inside. The system would sum up everyones estimated time so that users would know how long they would have to wait until their turn. Once it was almost their turn, users could go to the shared phone booth to wait. Users could also do other things on this page, such as give up their position in the line. That way, people would not have to stand by and wait in front of the phone booths entrance. They could do other things like shop or have desserts while waiting for their turn. Pei Qian glanced at the estimated time remaining on the application. It was nearly three hours! Whats more, there were still people taking numbers. Pei Qian did a quick calculation of the price and turned pale. The booth made ten yuan every fifteen minutes. That added up to forty yuan per hour. From the looks of the current situation, the shared phone booth had probably been occupied since the shopping mall opened for business. That meant it would be occupied for eleven to twelve hours today. In sum, the shared phone booth could make four to five hundred yuan per day! Of course, the shared phone booth was only constantly occupied because today was Saturday, and there were more people in the shopping mall. vere On a normal workday, the shared phone booth would probably earn less. Still, no matter what, that was a considerable figure! Pei Qian was stumped. This is so strange! Isnt this just a shared phone booth? What are people doing there for an hour?! He looked around, trying to find out the answer to the question. However, the curtains were drawn in the shared phone booth. He could not see anything, but he could faintly hear music coming from inside. Since there were many people on this level and it was quite loud, he could hardly hear the music. Pei Qian refused to give up. He walked one round around the phone booth, but the curtains were too thick. There were gaps, but Boss Pei could not possibly try to peek through the gaps at what was happening inside. He faintly saw two people seated inside, but he could not tell what exactly they were doing Still, after making one round around the phone booth, he found a stack of flyers on the other side. The flyers had just been placed there for whoever was interested in taking one. Pei Qian took one and immediately realized that it was not a simple advertisement like other flyers. There were words and pictures on the flyer, and the picture looked like a screenshot from a certain television program. A customer suffered a cardiac arrest while shopping in the shopping mall, but he was saved by an AED! The shared phone booths hide a life-saving weapon. Recently, in one of Jingzhou Citys shopping malls, a worker in the shopping mall used an AED to save a young mans life. The scene shown in the picture happened on the top floor of Huanyu Tianjie. A man suddenly collapsed on the ground after walking out of the cinema. When news of this spread to the workers in the shopping mall, they immediately worked together to save him. While one called for the ambulance, another dispersed the crowd and administered first-aid on the man. At that critical moment, a worker rushed to the shared phone booth and took the Automatic External Defibrillator from inside before attempting to rescue the man. After four defibrillations, the mans heart started beating, and he started breathing again just as the ambulance arrived at the scene. After that, the man was sent to the hospital for treatment. Doctors said that the man was fortunate to have been treated with an AED. Otherwise, the consequences might have been dire. Professionals say that 85% of all cardiac arrests occur because of ventricular fibrillation, which can only be dealt with by electric defibrillation. If one can be treated with an AED during a cardiac arrest, the chances of him surviving can greatly increase. That gave rise to the idea of the golden four minutes. Statistics show that over 90% of sudden deaths occur outside of hospitals. That means that being able to do electrical defibrillation on patients using an AED could be the key to saving the lives of those who suffer from cardiac arrests. However, there arent many AEDs available around the country. Reporters have visited various train stations around Beijing, but it seems that the norm is not to have AEDs prepared. However, in Jingzhou, a small shared phone booth hides such a life-saving piece of equipment. Whats more, it was put to good use and saved someones life. Thats the result of the shared phone booths creator being equipped with knowledge of public safety and social responsibility. The shared phone booths creator, Zhang Wang, shared his vision with us. His dream is for the shared phone booth to become a cultural landmark of cities, a piece of quiet in the hustle and bustle of city life, and a lighthouse that imparts a sense of social responsibility Pei Qians eyes widened. On closer inspection, he realized that this was not paper media. The logo in the top corner of the photo belonged to Channel 2 of China Central Television. D*mn it, its only been a week or so since I last visited. How did such a big thing happen?! Pei Qian was dumbfounded. He recalled the last time he had seen the shared phone booth. It had been slipshod and bare, and its surroundings had been so quiet that birds could have built nests there. Yet, now, not only were there long lines of people waiting to enter, but there had also been a news report on the phone booth! All of a sudden, Pei Qian felt like he did not know the world at all At that moment, the door to the shared phone booth opened. The couple inside left and took their paper cups and microphone covers with them. The couple behind them entered without wasting any time. During that split second, Pei Qian looked in the phone booth to see what there was. A drinks machine, jukeboxes, capsule machines many entertaining activities were lined up inside! Pei Qian could clearly remember that there had only been a phone and a water dispenser when he had visited the last time People could have soft drinks, play with the capsule machine, sing, and show off the fact that they had visited the phone booth. It was no wonder that they did not want to come out once they went inside! Obviously, visitors had to pay extra to use the drink machines and capsule machines. Adding this to their total revenue Whats more, this was only one shared phone booth. As if he had just realized something, Pei Qian quickly walked to the elevator and left. The phone booth in Huanyu Tianjie was hopeless. Not only had it become popular among customers, but it had also saved someones life before. There had even been a news report about it! Pei Qian could not undo any of those now! However, he could do other things like immediately stop Ruan Guangjian from beautifying the rest of the shared phone booths! At first, Pei Qian had thought that the shared phone booth would only have a phone and a water dispenser. He had thought that nobody would pay to enter. That was why he had asked Ruan Guangjian to paint the exterior so that he could spend more money. However, the painting had undoubtedly turned the phone booth into a cultural landmark. Many people were being drawn from all over to take photos with it. Naturally, those people would want to pay to enter the shared phone booth as well! Thus, Pei Qian had to stop Ruan Guangjian from painting the other shared phone booths as soon as possible! Pei Qian did some rough calculations. Ruan Guangjian could only finish one phone booth every three days. That meant he would need two months to finish all twenty phone booths. Only ten or so days had passed since Pei Qian first commissioned Ruan Guangjian. At most, the latter would probably only have completed four phone booths. There was still time! As Pei Qian waited for the elevator, he called Ruan Guangjian. Hello, Boss Pei. Whats the matter? It was quiet where Ruan Guangjian was. It did not sound like he was at a shopping mall. Pei Qian did not think much of it and said, Er how many shared phone booths have you painted? Ruan Guangjians voice was filled with confusion. Shared phone booths? Havent I done them all already? Pei Qians mind was filled with question marks. He began to feel light-headed. I thought you could only finish one every three days. How did you finish all of them so quickly? Ruan Guangjian smiled. Oh, thats right. Completing one every three days was too slow! I thought that by the time I finished all twenty phone booths, the New Year would have arrived. I had other work to do, and I couldnt afford to be held up with this project. I found a group of ten or so friends and outsourced the job. Each of them was put in charge of one shared phone booth, and they just had to paint according to the concept art I gave them. Dont worry, Boss Pei. Theyre all my friends, and I can vouch for the quality of their work. Ive checked every one of those shared phone booths. Theyre all nicely done. There were some mistakes here and there, but Ive already corrected them all. Er Boss Pei? Hearing no reply for a long time, Ruan Guangjian thought that the line had been cut off. However, after a while, Pei Qian said, Its alright, then. After hanging up, Pei Qian silently walked into the elevator and descended to the parking lot. Boss Pei, where are we going now? Although Pei Qian had spent a longer time than he had expected upstairs, Little Sun did not ask too many questions. After some consideration, Pei Qian darkly said, Were going to Shidai Shopping Center. He refused to give up. He had to see the other shared phone booths with his own eyes! Alright. Without asking further, Little Sun started the car and drove off. Pei Qian whipped his phone out to send a message to Lin Chang. He had to see all the shared phone booths this afternoon before meeting Lin Chang. Lin Changs reply came almost immediately: Boss Pei, rest assured and work. I have work to do as well. Dont worry. Pei Qian heaved a long sigh. Luckily, Boss Lins a fair and reasonable person! After informing Lin Chang, Pei Qian immediately called Chen Kangtuo. Hows the haunted house doing? Speed things up for me! Chapter 405 - Giving Ruan Guangjian a Farewell Surprise January 25th, Tuesday At Shang Yang Games Ruan Guangjian entered the game again to experience Be Quiet properly once through. Just like before, cries and screams of terror could be heard intermittently. However, everyone in Shang Yang Games was already used to this. Ye Zhizhou and Wang Xiaobin mumbled between themselves. Big Boss Ruan is screaming much louder than before. Hmm, it looks like the improvements we made recently are quite effective. Both of them looked at the decibel meter in front of them. The value kept fluctuating, but they recorded all the peak values. Compared to the previous test, there was an obvious improvement this time. After a while, everything went silent. Ruan Guangjians face was flushed, and he looked like he was bursting with life as he praised, Good! The game finally plays like a horror game! I dont think any changes have to be made to the games graphics. You just have to tie up some loose ends after this. Everyone stood up one by one and clapped, feeling thankful. During this period, Ruan Guangjian had helped them with the best he could. Not only had he changed the games style entirely, but he had also given many suggestions to improve the gameplay. The games horror effects had only been passable at first. However, thanks to Ruan Guangjians help, it was now outstanding! Whats more, Ruan Guangjian had made time to paint the shared phone booths and even contacted his friends to help out. Everyone at Shang Yang Games appreciated Ruan Guangjians efforts. Although Lin Wan had already paid him enough, Shang Yang Games still felt like it owed Ruan Guangjian a huge favor. Alright, things here are done. I have to go back to Shanghai soon. Ill go back and organize the move, and then well celebrate the New Year. For all we know, my workspace would have moved to Jingzhou by then. Maybe well become neighbors! Ruan Guangjian smiled. Everyone began thanking him. Although they had not worked together for long, the employees at Shang Yang Games still could not bear to see Ruan Guangjian go. After leaving Shang Yang Games, Ruan Guangjian retrieved his cell phone and called Boss Pei. He had to at least say goodbye now that he was leaving Jingzhou. At that moment, Pei Qian had just seen Lin Chang off. Both of them had agreed to wait until the horror game and the first cell phone were released before having Lin Wan dealt with. Then, they had a huge feast together to celebrate. Pei Qians cell phone began to vibrate. Eh? Pei Qian instinctively frowned when he saw Ruan Guangjians number. He immediately thought about the shared phone booths! However, no matter how angry he felt, he had to answer Ruan Guangjians call. Otherwise, if he missed any news of a fatal back-stabbing, he would be in deep trouble. Boss Pei, Im going to stay in Jingzhou to play for two more days before I return to Shanghai. Thank you for hosting me so well during this period. I know youre busy, and so I wont bid you farewell face-to-face. Once I move here after the Chinese New Year, us brothers can reunite and have some drinks! Pei Qian, ? What do you mean by move here after the Chinese New Year? What do you mean by us brothers can reunite and have some drinks? Who said you could move your workspace here? Who said that were brothers?! Pei Qian was speechless. Ruan Guangjian and Teacher Qiao the names of both of those enemies were written down in Pei Qians little notebook, and yet they were acting so chummy with Pei Qian! However, hearing that Ruan Guangjian was leaving, Pei Qian could not help but feel happy. After all, the bane of his existence was leaving. He could look forward to smoother days ahead, and he would not have to worry about being stabbed by a paintbrush anymore. Yet, something was wrong! Pei Qian quickly said, Dont rush! I have something else for you! How about this? Ill pick you up from the hotel this afternoon. I want to give you a huge surprise! Ruan Guangjian sounded astonished through the phone. Oh? A surprise? What surprise? Pei Qian sniggered. Its a surprise it wont be one anymore if I tell you what it is. Just meet me at the hotel lobby in the afternoon. Ill come and fetch you. Ruan Guangjian did not ask any more questions. Instead, he just said, Alright. After hanging up, Pei Qian could not help but grin. I almost let you slip away, brat! Before this, Pei Qian had already confirmed something through the phone. After a month of pure hard work, three small containers for the second project of the haunted house were done. Those small projects did not take up much space. Take the bathroom for example. It only measured about ten square meters. All the games content could be found in that cramped area. Whats more, they could work on multiple small projects at the same time. Thus, they had completed them quickly. Although the third project would be the scariest in the Thriller Hostel, Pei Qian could not wait any longer. Ruan Guangjian was going to slip away. Pei Qian had to let him experience the Thriller Hostel; he could not let him walk away so arrogantly! At that thought, Pei Qian called Chen Kangtuo. Prepare those three mini-projects for me. Im going to bring a friend to experience them this afternoon. We have to scare him until he pees his pants! In the afternoon, at the old industrial zones It looked like not much progress had been made on the construction of the Thriller Hostel for now. They had only picked out three factory buildings to commence initial works so far. One of the factory buildings contained several shipping containers. That was where the second project would be located. The old industrial zone was quite big. There would be a ticketing booth and surrounding shops in the future, but there was still no hint of those yet. After all, only a month had passed since they had come up with the plan. Completing three mini-projects in that time frame was impressive enough. Ruan Guangjian and Pei Qian alighted from the car and walked towards the factory building Boss Pei, if people werent doing construction work here, I would have thought you were going to kill me and bury my corpse, joked Ruan Guangjian. Pei Qian sniggered inwardly. Do you think I dont want to? Ruan Guangjian looked around, confused. Boss Pei, what exactly is the surprise you were talking about? Pei Qian kept him on tenterhooks. Follow me, and youll find out. As they entered the factory building, Chen Kangtuo and Hao Qiong walked out to welcome them. When Ruan Guangjian saw the project title Thriller Hostel, a realization dawned on him. Oh, Boss Pei, is this going to be the new haunted house? Pei Qian smiled. Thats right! You said you didnt have fun at the haunted house when you came to Jingzhou. Thats why I arranged for you to come here! Pei Qian was telling the absolute truth. Apart from wanting to incur losses, the second biggest reason that he had decided to create a haunted house was to regain the upper hand with respect to Ruan Guangjian! Even Teacher Qiao had suffered when he had visited Jingzhou the last time. How could Pei Qian allow Ruan Guangjian to leave Jingzhou unscathed? That would be unacceptable! Ruan Guangjians face drained of all color at once. No, no, no! I cant! Boss Pei, farewell! He cupped his fists and turned to escape. Pei Qian quickly grabbed him. Dont do that. Youre already here. You have to at least give it a shot, right? Whats more, I created this haunted house especially for you. If you dont go in, wouldnt I have done this project in vain?. No matter what Pei Qian said, Ruan Guangjian shook his head profusely. Boss Pei, I wont hide this from you. I think nothing of rollercoasters, pendulum rides, bungee jumping, and other extreme activities like that; but I fear haunted houses the most! How about this? Boss Pei, Ill treat you to bungee jumping. We can jump together Ruan Guangjian suggested changing the battlefield so that he could play on his own strengths, but Pei Qian turned him down decisively. No way! Bungee jumping isnt fun at all! Pei Qian shook his head profusely. Trust me this haunted house is way more fun! After a long time, Ruan Guangjian finally gave in and reluctantly agreed to try out the haunted house. Before entering the haunted house, he intentionally made a trip to the restroom. He had not brought a change of clothes after all. What would he do if he wet his pants? Chen Kangtuo handed the instructions for the project to Ruan Guangjian. Boss, read this carefully. Once you go in, you have to make sure to complete all the requests on these instructions. Only then would you pass. As if he was facing his biggest enemy, Ruan Guangjian stared intently at the instructions and memorized them. Beads of cold sweat began to form on his forehead. Pei Qian stood by the side, cheering on Ruan Guangjian on the surface but celebrating on the inside. Ruan Guangjian, Ruan Guangjian youve met your fate! Youre immune to pendulum rides and bungee jumps, arent you? You savored every second of the roller coaster rides, didnt you? Ill fix you today! Pei Qian knew very well that the third project of the Thriller Hostel would be the scariest. However, the second project was not that far off in terms of horror effects. While the third project scared people using traditional methods like backgrounds, props, and actors; the second project scared people using psychological hints. The visitor would be scared by his own thoughts, and his mental stress would only intensify. Throughout the experience, he would be functioning in his most nervous state. That level of fear was the scariest. Pei Qian could hardly wait to see Ruan Guangjian run out of the container in fear, with tears flowing down his cheeks. Soon, Ruan Guangjian memorized the requirements of the first mini-project. Then, he entered the corresponding shipping container. The original plan was for visitors to enter multiple shipping containers by chance. They would have to memorize the requirements for all the shipping containers and then try to make it through at least three before they would pass this stage. However, since the construction of the other shipping containers was not complete, Ruan Guangjian could only experience them one by one. After Ruan Guangjian entered, everyone moved to the laptop next to the shipping container to look at the surveillance cameras footage. Chen Kangtuo hesitated and then asked, Boss Pei, shouldnt we do a brief physical examination on him? This shipping container is quite scary. Ive gone through it myself, and I was scared stiff. Pei Qian shook his head. I dont think thats necessary. Ruan Guangjian was well and healthy. He could sit through roller coasters and pendulum rides without a problem. Pei Qian highly doubted that there were any health problems that they had to beware of. At most, he would scream and shout inside the haunted house. If he started showing extraordinary reactions, Pei Qian would send one of the staff to rescue him. Nothing could go wrong. Er Boss Pei, hes shaking, said Hao Qiong. Through the monitor, they could clearly see Ruan Guangjian. Upon entering the container, he spent ten seconds trying to lock the door alone. Then, he spent another ten seconds picking up the red candle and switching off the lights. He was probably trying to brace himself. Pei Qian sniggered. Is he trying to buy time? The slower he moves, the more scared he would become! There was no limit to how long one could stay inside the shipping container, and there was no need to set one. The longer one stayed inside such a frightening environment, the more terrified they would become. The best strategy was to move as quickly as possible, finish the mission, and then get out. People like Ruan Guangjian would probably be scared out of the container before they could even fulfill all the requirements. Ah! They heard a scream. There was a high-definition infrared surveillance camera, as well as a loudspeaker and microphone inside the container. Thus, those on the outside could hear what was going on inside. The scream had scared all of them. Pei Qian only recovered from the shock after two seconds. What did he see? Chen Kangtuo scratched his head, puzzled. He didnt see anything. He just placed the candle in front of the mirror. He hasnt even covered his eyes. Did he scream after just seeing his own reflection in the mirror? Hao Qiong turned to Pei Qian, who was looking at the monitor expectantly. Boss Pei, Big Boss Ruan seems very timid. Should we let him go? Pei Qian shook his head. How can we? I believe hell be able to conquer his own fears! Chapter 406 - Another Reason to Move to Jingzhou! Within the cramped bathroom, Ruan Guangjian felt his entire body shaking. His legs were jelly, and his heart was racing. He could not help but scream earlier. He had to admit that he was being immersed on a completely different level from when he had played the game. When Ruan Guangjian had been playing Be Quiet, he had screamed the entire time. However, he was screaming less in the haunted house, not because it was less scary but because he could not even bring himself to scream. Until now, Ruan Guangjian had not seen any frightening ghosts or monsters. Even though Ruan Guangjian wanted to scream, he could not find the right time to. However, the horrifying atmosphere had been intensifying his mental stress from the moment he stepped through the door. When he entered, Ruan Guangjian had seen the dirty bathroom under the fluorescent light. In the shadows where the light had not reached, he saw what looked like red bloodstains. However, he could not be sure. The ground, toilets, and sink had a layer of grease covering them. The entire place looked rotten, filthy, and chilling. He closed the door. He locked it. He switched off the lights. He lit the candle and placed it in front of the mirror. Each step that he took required tons of courage. Each step that he took challenged his bottom line. Having to close and lock the door hinted to visitors that they would be locked in with the ghosts and monsters. That intensified the feeling of being cooped up. Whats more, switching off the lights limited their vision. In the darkness, they would have no choice but to rely on the weak glow of the candlelight to look around. When he saw himself in the mirror, Ruan Guangjian could not help but scream because half of his face had been covered in shadows under the glow of the candlelight. It had been exceptionally terrifying. After screaming, Ruan Guangjian slowly calmed down. What was I supposed to do next? Thats right, cover my own eyes and wait for three seconds before looking into the mirror again. Ruan Guangjian sucked in a deep breath, closed his eyes, counted to three, and opened them again. His pupils immediately contracted! He couldnt see anything in the mirror. He couldnt even see himself! The candlelight continued to glow, but Ruan Guangjians reflection had disappeared into thin air! Before Ruan Guangjian could react, two red eyes suddenly appeared in the mirror. Those eyes were wide open, and two streams of blood were flowing from them! The blood flowed very quickly from those eyes to the frame of the mirror, and then outside into the sink! Ah! Outside, everyone heard another blood-curdling scream. Pei Qian could not help but lift his hand to his chest. Since he was outside, he did not think that the haunted house looked particularly scary. In fact, Ruan Guangjians screams were scaring him more than anything. Unable to watch any longer, Pei Qian said, If you see that hes about to collapse, fetch him out at once. Everyone else nodded and waited to rescue Ruan Guangjian as if they were facing their greatest enemy. After screaming, Ruan Guangjian calmed down quickly. He switched on the tap and began washing his hands. However, what flowed from the tap was not clear water. Instead, it was a red, viscous fluid! Ruan Guangjian let out a sharp cry again and quickly retracted his hands. The strange thing was that, under the candlelight, his hands did not look like they had been dyed red with blood. Ruan Guangjian quickly switched off the tap. After bracing himself mentally, he lay down in the bathtub. He lay there for ten seconds, but nothing happened. It was then that he realized that he had left out a step. There was a rusty timer next to the bathtub. Ruan Guangjian felt around, found it, and gave it a gentle tap. Then, the timer made tick-tock noises as the countdown began. In the quiet bathroom, the monotonous sounds felt like a rasp, filing away at Ruan Guangjians faltering sanity non-stop. He covered both his eyes with his hands, reciting the instructions in his head again and again: he was not to make a sound. As the timer kept ticking, time passed, second by second. Ruan Guangjian had thought that he only needed to wait for three minutes until the ticking sounds ceased. However, he had obviously been wrong. He heard the sound of someone unlocking the locked door. Ruan Guangjian had even heard the sounds of someone inserting a key into the lock. The person at the door kept trying to open it but failed each time. That was because the door was bolted. After that, there was a loud banging on the door. Bang! Bang! With every bang, Ruan Guangjians heart rate quickened. Trembling violently, he had no choice but to cover his eyes with one hand and his mouth with the other. That was the only way he could stop himself from making a sound. All of a sudden, the banging stopped. It was almost as if the person at the door had given up. Although Ruan Guangjian knew that this was fake, he could not help but heave a huge sigh of relief. However, just as he was relaxing, he heard the door bolt crack and then creak. For some reason, the door had been unbolted and opened! Ruan Guangjian heard heavy footsteps. It was almost as if the person who had just entered the cramped bathroom was wearing boots! He heard labored breathing like the person was looking for something. The persons leather boots were causing dull thumping noises as they struck the floor. Yet, as they lifted off the ground, it sounded like they had been stuck in the puddles of blood. He also heard deafening grinding sounds from behind him like someone was dragging metal against the ground. It was probably either an ax or a hammer. Ruan Guangjian continued to cover his eyes and mouth for his life, not daring to make a single sound. Piak! The person switched on the light. The fluorescent light rays shone through the gaps between Ruan Guangjians fingers and onto his eyelids, causing his vision to light up at once. The persons footsteps ceased, but his breathing did not sound far away. The bathtubs curtains were slowly pulled open. The labored breathing was getting closer Ruan Guangjian could almost feel puffs of air blowing out of the persons nose and onto his own hands Click. The timer ceased. That meant the three minutes were up. According to the instructions, Ruan Guangjian had completed the challenge. All he had to do now was open his eyes. However, Ruan Guangjian did not dare to because he had not heard the footsteps leaving. The person was still standing next to the bathtub, holding his ax up silently and observing him. After a full minute, Ruan Guangjian sneakily peeked through the gaps in his fingers, and carefully looked outside. Under the fluorescent light, everything looked like it did before. The murderer with the ax that he had conjured up in his head was not there. Ruan Guangjian heaved a huge sigh of relief. He climbed out of the bathtub, his legs weak. All he could do was walk towards the door, one step at a time. The door was still bolted. No one had opened it. Ruan Guangjian quickly unbolted the door and pulled it inward, ready to exit the container. However, on the outside of the door were a fresh, bloody handprint and an ax dripping with blood! Ah! Everyone outside was guilt-ridden. Chen Kangtuo had been worried that Ruan Guangjian would be scared out of his wits the entire time. After all, this big boss was one of Boss Peis good friends. He had been drawing concept art for Tengda ever since they started working on Ghost General. One could say that this man had witnessed Tengda rise to where it stood today. One could also say that, on a certain level, Ruan Guangjians art had given Tengdas games their souls! If they scared such an important person out of his wits, and he ended up causing trouble for them, none of them would be able to take responsibility! Even Pei Qian was beginning to think that he had gone too far. Ai, when would the cycles of vengeance end? Seeing that Ive already scared him this much, Ill forgive him. In any case, Ive taken my revenge. I can push him down the list in my notebook for now. Everyone quickly rushed to receive Ruan Guangjian after seeing that the final scare had gotten him. Are you alright? You didnt get scared to death, did you? Quick, quick, quick. Big Boss, please take a seat. Everyone walked Ruan Guangjian to a nearby chair as if they were stars holding up the moon. Concerned, Pei Qian asked, How was it? Was it alright? Ruan Guangjians face was flushed, and he looked invigorated as he said, Boss Pei, the haunted house is brilliant! He held up his thumb and said, Are there other projects? I want to go again! Pei Qian looked confused. His mind was filled with question marks. ? Ruan Guangjians lit gaze made him look like a completely different person. He had not even looked this excited when he was painting! Pei Qian felt like he had fallen for a scam. Didnt you say that haunted houses scare you the most? Why are you still saying that you want to go again?! Normal people would not want to go a second time after experiencing it once. Whats more, most people would look pale and jittery, and their legs would be shaking. You, on the other hand, are flushed and full of life. You even look like youre in tip-top mental shape, and youre ready to go on another adventure! The current scene stunned everyone in the room. Boss Pei recovered the fastest, as he always did. Through gritted teeth, Pei Qian said, Didnt you hear him? Let him try the other two projects! Boss Pei, Im going to board the plane. Thank you for hosting me so well during this period. Be it the roller coasters at the start or the haunted house at the end, everything left a deep impression in my heart. Ill never forget my time here! The haunted house has given me another reason to move to Jingzhou. Once I get back, Ill immediately arrange to move. I hope Boss Pei will speed up the building of the haunted house, too. I cant wait to experience its third major project for myself! See you after the Chinese New Year! After reading Ruan Guangjians message, Pei Qian leaned back in his chair and allowed both of his arms to fall limp by his sides. Im so pissed off! Pei Qians heart was filled with pent-up frustration. He had tried to show Ruan Guangjian who was boss when the latter first landed, but he had ended up giving him the time of his life. Then, he had tried to show Ruan Guangjian who was boss again before the latter left, but he had ended up entertaining him once more! Boss Pei had not even failed this miserably when Teacher Qiao had visited Jingzhou The most infuriating thing was that Ruan Guangjian had clearly been scared out of his wits by the first mini-project. He had been screaming and trembling. Yet, when he stepped out, it looked like nothing had even happened. He had even insisted on trying the other minor projects as well! Thus, Pei Qian had immediately allowed him to try the other two mini-projects. Ruan Guangjian had reacted in the same way. He had panicked throughout the entire experience, making everyone think that he would collapse at any moment. However, whenever he emerged, he had looked lively and invigorated and had asked to go again! Pei Qian had waited one entire month for the three mini-projects to be completed. Yet, in just one hour, Ruan Guangjian had emerged victorious from them all. Pei Qian had no choice but to let Ruan Guangjian go with his head held high. There was nothing else that he could do. It was like Pei Qian had prepared for a long, arduous journey filled with thousands of threats along the way. However, he had ended up completing the journey in three days and saying, Thats it? It was unbearable! Just wait. Wait for the Thriller Hostel to be completed. Youll be so scared that youll have to lean against the wall for strength to walk out! Pei Qian hatefully swore in his heart. Chapter 407 - Discouraging Investors January 26th, Wednesday Dream Realization Ventures Pei Qian sipped his tea, wandering beyond the sky while listening to He Deshengs report. Pei Qian felt a little empty even though he should be very happy now that Ruan Guangjian was gone and the last of his exams were over. There was one more week to Chinese New Year. Most of his classmates had returned home, but Pei Qian had to continue working hard in the office. Why did he have to suffer so! He wanted to delegate to someone else, oh no, just let it all go but there was no way. It would come back to haunt him. There were two activities for Dream Realization Ventures. One was the IOIs local server, and the other was Top Student, Come Quick app. At present, the testing conditions of IOI in Europe and the United States were pretty good. Theoretically speaking, they had to start preparations for the local server. At this stage, many local games companies had noticed IOI gaining momentum in the Europe and America testing period. They were trying to win the agency rights of the local server as soon as possible. They only realized that the agency rights had been given when they went to ask Finger Games about it. Therefore, they could only hope that Dream Realization Ventures resell the IOI agency rights for its local server. The prices offered naturally increased with the ample demand. Boss Pei, so do we sell? He Desheng ended the long report, finally touching the questions of the soul. Pei Qian was silent for the moment. Tell me what the highest offer price is now again. He Desheng, 35 million yuan. Pei Qian put down his teacup silently, wanting to lament the heavens. Thirty-five million yuan! I The rights for the local agency in the hands of Dream Realization Ventures was a sweetener when he bought Finger Games. At that time, it only cost Finger Games 20 million yuan to buy 20% of Finger Games shares. The shares were still in their hands. Just selling the agency rights for the local server would get them 35 million yuan. Such speed of churning money. Pei Qian shook his head immediately. Reject all of them, not selling! Pei Qian knew very well that he would not be able to make a loss in this cycle if he were to sell it! What could he do to spend more than 30 million yuan more now that he was two months away from the settlement? It was too risky! Therefore, he must not sell it! He Desheng agreed deeply, Yes, I think so too! 35 million yuan is too little. You can definitely sell it for higher if you were to hold it in hand for a while more! Pei Qian, ? He Desheng continued with joy on his face. Boss Pei, I did my homework. Agency fees paid by local games companies for foreign games are reaching astronomical figures! The agency fee for the previous version of Fantasy World was 30 million US dollars, nearly 200 million yuan! If thats the case, IOI popularity in the future might even reach the level of Fantasy World. They want to buy from us at only 35 million yuan now? Not possible! Of course, this is also because IOI had just started its testing phase, and Finger Games itself is virtually unknown. In short, we dont need to worry now. The agency fee will definitely increase again as long as IOIs popularity abroad continues to swell! Pei Qian was speechless. Were thinking about two different issues, alright! Pei Qians thoughts were on the settlement of this cycle going down the wrong way if he were to sell it now. There would be no place to spend the 35 million yuan so it could not be sold now. On the other hand, He Desheng thought 35 million yuan was obviously still too low-that the price would still increase! Pei Qian felt like selling instead after hearing He Deshengs words. However, he gave it some thought and decided that he should not sell. In the short term, selling would affect the settlement. Looking at it in the long term, however, if IOI could really make billions of yuan; then why wouldnt Pei Qian just simply lie down and make the money. After thinking about it for a while, Pei Qian said, What I mean is that we cannot sell it. We have to open another company to be fully responsible for the operation of the IOI local server! He Desheng was stunned momentarily before nodding his head immediately. Thats good as well! Well be able to hold this cash cow in our hands and let it spin money for us then! Pei Qian was speechless. Think whatever you will! I dont want to explain anymore! So tired! Pei Qian decided to set up his own company to operate IOIs local servers mainly for two reasons. First, it would be suspicious if he obtained the agency rights for the local server without selling it or doing anything himself. Second, operating it himself meant he could spend more money! The server requirements for IOI and GOG as a real-time battle game were amongst the highest amongst Tengda Gamess current games. A huge amount was bound to be spent for the server fees. At the same time, IOIs initial publicity would definitely require a lot of money. This way, he could at least be guaranteed a loss during this period. As for the future If IOI did become a cash cow and ended up making so much that he could not make a loss, then Pei Qian could simply let it sit. He would then make a profit conversion ratio of 1000:1 to earn some pocket money. Pei Qian did not want to think too much about the problem of IOI. He could not sell it now anyway so he could only grit his teeth to do it this way. Anyway, theres no need to hurry. We can wait until after Chinese New Year. What about Top Student, Come Quick? The three million yuan previously should have been all spent by now, right? Pei Qian asked casually. The Top Student, Come Quick project had been constantly burning money during this period. There were holes everywhere; no matter whether it was in advertisements or in subsidies. It might not be burning as fast as the shared bicycles, but the initial funds were only three million. It was easy to spend all in no time. He Desheng nodded. Soon, there is less than one million yuan left in the accounts. Not to worry, Boss Pei. There are a few investment firms that showed a strong interest in investing in Top Student, Come Quick and would like to invest some more! The teacup that had reached Pei Qians lips stopped their motion. huh?. Why did they want to invest in such an unreliable project? Did your brains burn out? The Top Student, Come Quick app had been revised. Pei Qian discovered that this app had a bad tendency to become a dating platform previously. He had taken decisive measures and made major changes to some functions. There were no more gender in the user options on the platform and no photo-only names and default avatars. One would only be able to see the good rating and system default labels that others give the top students on their profile. For example, they could use the following: good teaching attitude, patience, easy-to-understand, and so on. The homepage of flunkies was similar. Good ratings and system default labels such as listens carefully, good learning attitude, polite, etc. The flunkies would fill in their requirements on their apps, including the subject, time, and agreed place that they needed tutoring according to the current standard process. The top students would take the orders objectively, and the chat software attached to the software would be used throughout the process. The party would not be able to know the other partys gender and appearance clearly during the entire process. Of course, some people would definitely try to ask the gender of the other party before meeting. In that case, the app had specially designed a one-click complaint function. It would automatically submit the chat records of the parties for review and stop all communication between them after it was clicked. Once it was verified an account had tried to obtain the gender or appearance of the other party, the account would be suspended and punished immediately. That would range from the deduction of reputation points to permanent closure of that ID and mobile number. The number of active users of this new version of the app plummeted immediately! That was because a large number of users joined the platform with impure purposes. They just treated it as a platform to meet the opposite sex. It was just like in the taxi-hailing software where many drivers would deliberately pick up pretty girls and hit on them in private. There was no shortage of such people in the Top Student, Come Quick app. What was more, it was easy to fall prey to such situations with face-to-face tutoring. It would be much worse than taxi-hailing software if allowed to develop. The new version completely extinguished the delusions of this group of people. It was very normal for the popularity of this app to plummet. Pei Qian originally thought that it would deal a blow so heavy to the Top Student, Come Quick project that it would successfully burn all the millions in no time. He did not think that there would be investment firms who want to continue pumping money into it. Pei Qian was deep in thought. He had originally planned to burn out the three million yuan quickly and then announce that the project had failed to let it cool off naturally. Yet, someone was rushing to send money to this project before all the money was even spent! Pei Qian wanted to reject them, but there was no valid reason! Boss Lis Fu Hui Investments invested one million yuan; the other investment firms would not need a lot of shares. This Top Student, Come Quick project was currently lacking money.. What sort of reason should he reject it with? Pei Qian thought for a moment and had an idea. Tell these companies about the unreliable aspects of the project and let them retreat! Pei Qian said to He Desheng, Call these investment firms immediately and make two things clear to them. First, ask them why they want to invest in the Top Student, Come Quick project. Second, clarify all the current problems that Top Student, Come Quick is facing and explain the risks involved! The first purpose of the first question was very simple. He just wanted to know what these people saw as reliable points in the project. He wanted to change those aspects of it. He Desheng was confused. What did Boss Pei mean? Why would these companies invest in Top Student, Come Quick? Definitely because they feel this project was reliable! That should be a question the investment firms ask; they were the investors while we were the recipients! He Desheng thought hard. Could Boss Pei hope I can use this method to reverse the situation of this project? Deepen my understanding of investment methodologies? Hm, this is one valid explanation. But why does Boss Pei want me to tell the investors the risks in this project? Other project owners try to fool investment firms as much as possible, telling them only the good side so that they could get more money. Would people still invest in me if I gave my trump card away? He Desheng did not understand, but he did not dare ask anymore when he saw Boss Peis firm eyes. He just dialed the phone numbers of these investment firms one by one. Pei Qian listened on by his side. He Desheng was very obedient. He did exactly what Pei Qian asked of him. He first asked the other party for their views of the Top Student, Come Quick project and then told them about the problems currently faced by the project. For example, how the current active users were not able to support market demand, how the popularity and daily activity of the app had plummeted after the update, and how their functions were relatively singular. As expected, he managed to dissuade two companies! These investment firms had to do some research before investing, but there was always some internal information which they could not obtain. Some of these investment firms simply took a fancy to the education industry as a promising sunrise industry and Tengda and Fu Hui Investments backing. They felt that this would be a relatively reliable project based on these factors, which was why they were considering an investment. However, He Desheng made the real situation very clear now, emphasizing the huge risks faced by this project,which could lose everything Therefore, some investment firms beat a retreat immediately. The enthusiasm of the three investment firms he called were all put out after the calls. Their preparation to invest money degenerated to a wait-and-see state. Chapter 408 - The Tengda Wealth Contained Within The Tengda Spirit! He Desheng looked at Pei Qian bitterly after hanging up the phone. Boss Pei, there are three more investment firms; should I continue calling? We have dissuaded at least two million yuan worth of investments in such a short time He Desheng felt that it was simply incredible. You dont want the money that people bring in front of you? What was Boss Pei thinking? Pei Qian had no reaction to the two or three million yuan gone with the wind. He was still drinking tea very calmly; a smile even appeared at the corner of his mouth. Continue calling! Pei Qian felt that his strategy worked! Dissuade everyone; stop them from making trouble! He Desheng had no choice but to continue calling the next investment firm. Boss Chen! Yes, Im He Desheng. I want to discuss the matter of Top Student, Come Quick app with you He Desheng continued to follow the previous protocol. He first briefly asked the other party their view on the project and then began to talk about the current problems of the project and then the possible risks in this investment. Boss Chen listened silently, reacting with um and ah from time to time. He Desheng waited quietly after he was done explaining ses After listening so much, he was afraid that Boss Chen would be like the previous bosses of the investment firm and would reconsider the investment. Finally, it was Boss Chens turn to speak after a short silence. Well, if thats the case I want to increase my investment. I originally wanted to invest one million yuan, but now Ive decided to invest three million yuan! Pfft! Pei Qian almost choked on the tea he drank. What the hell?! Was there something wrong with this Boss Chens brain? You are investing more after telling you so much? O He Desheng was surprised as well; he couldnt speak for a while. Boss Chens smile came through from the other side of the phone. Why, youre not happy that I want to increase my investment? He Desheng replied immediately. No, no, no, of course, we are! But, why? Boss Chen smiled. I heard from Boss Li that Tengdas Boss Pei is very interesting. He always put his own interest out of the picture. I have to say that its very admirable. Its the same this time. Other companies boast about their projects. They exaggerate every small result. They shut up and hide around every single hidden danger and risk of the project. They have a cheating mentality to attract more investment. But your company is totally different. You clearly state the stakes before investment, which had the concept of letting people choose whether to willingly fall into the snare or not. I think the management of your project is very responsible, going by this attitude! Such is Boss Peis style! Therefore, I want to invest three million yuan. To be honest, Im optimistic not about your project, but about your group of people. A group of down to earth people like you can accomplish any project! It doesnt matter if it fails. Venture capital investment is inherently risky after all. Haha. He Desheng was moved. Alright, Boss Chen! Our Boss Pei will certainly be pleased to hear what you said! Pei Qian looked at the sky with his teacup in hand. He could not speak for some time. Sh*t, all the investors they managed to dissuade had been recovered from Boss Chen! He Desheng was encouraged and continued to call the next investment firm. After Boss Chen, the next investment firm did not change its stance and maintained the previous investment. The subsequent investment firm also increased its investment! In the end, the investment amount was 800,000 yuan more now! He Desheng raised his thumb happily after the calls. Boss Pei, your strategy of letting people choose whether to willingly fall into the snare or not really opened my eyes! Pei Qian was speechless. He waved his hand dismissively and asked feebly. So, how much investment has this project received now? He Desheng calculated. About seven million yuan, Boss Pei! Pei Qian looked up in anguish, feeling utterly speechless. What the hell was this?! I dissuaded you in kindness, but all of you were so ignorant! There were still people who wanted to increase their investments? Crazy! You dont want to walk the ready path to heaven, bashing your way into hell Dont blame me for being cruel then! Pei Qian put the finished cup on the table, gritted his teeth, and said. Alright, they want to invest? Invest all they want! Continue burning all the money, until not one cent is left! Pei Qian was still pissed off on the way back to the office. Nothing was going well for him! The shared phone booth project had overturned. It seemed like the Shared Top Student project had no more future as well. During this time, Ma Yang was busy with the exam like Pei Qian. However, considering Ma Yangs contribution to IOIs current momentum in Europe and the United States and the 35 million yuan that was almost a free gift, Pei Qian felt that he could not restore his trust in Old Ma for the time being. Pei Qians heart broke that he could not find a trustworthy person in a huge company like Tengda with thousands of employees. Hm? Right, how is Cui Geng? Pei Qian suddenly thought of this lazy bum and felt as though he had a straw to clutch at! Pei Qian took out his cell phone immediately and opened the Zhongdian Chinese Network app. He checked the updates of the authors in the study class. He found that there was a clear downward trend in the updates of the authors in the study class after a bit of flipping! The one with the most obvious drop was Ming Yu, which was that model hard worker. He only wrote a little more than 4,000 words yesterday, which was one-third of the daily update! The amount of updates by the other authors had dropped obviously as well. They had generally dropped by one or two thousand. Moreover, Cui Geng himself updated about 7,000 a day from the initial 8,000 to 10,000 per day. Updating a thousand words less a day was not much, but online literature adds up! One thousand words less today and another one thousand less the day after. How much lesser would that be per year? What was more, the authors were in a lockdown state. They had no other entertainment but to write. Reducing the word count by a thousand under such a situation, for a model like Ming Yu, showed that the work that Cui Geng did was fruitful! Pei Qian could not help but feel happy. He was right about this person! Cui Geng returned to the study class with the lazy bum seed with him and quickly spread it to the other authors in the study class. Such an immediate effect! Such a talent should be redeployed! Pei Qian could not wait to let Cui Geng bring such a spirit to every single department of Tengda! Zhongdian Chinese Network Authors study class How about it, Ming Yuju. Do you have any insights on the Tengda spirit? An author asked curiously at the dining table. The other authors turned their heads, obviously very interested. Ming Yu spent a lot of effort in these two days just to go to Tengdas headquarters to learn about the Tengda spirit. It took him less than two hours to write 4,000 words. He used the remaining six hours to finish the outline and settings. The hard work paid off. He finally succeeded in obtaining the qualification to study at Tengda headquarters. Most of the authors who had never been there were very interested in this mysterious Tengda spirit. Ming Yu put down the chopsticks in his hand temporarily, his eyes full of yearning. How should I say it its completely different from what I imagined. Someone from the HR department brought me to the game room and got me to play games on it. There were all sorts of entertainment facilities in that room. High-end computer, system units, manga novels The authors were lost. Thats it? Ming Yu shook his head. Of course not! The game room is not the main point! I did not understand at first, but I do now. This game room is like a mirror, a test! They will first figure out your personality and crux of the problem through this test and then guide you on your understanding of the Tengda spirit in your own way! The authors felt incredulous. Are you sure? I thought its simply pure theoretical study Seems like this Tengda spirit connotation is rather rich. Students can be taught based on their aptitude? Ming Yuju, tell us quickly. How did you do it then? Ming Yu said with emotion, I didnt think so much then. I sat on the sofa and picked a book or two to read. I realized something was wrong after about ten minutes. I went in search of the guy from the HR department immediately. We had a long talk after that. He pointed out a lot of problems for me. He said I seem to work very hard, but Im not working hard at all and is in urgent need of accepting the transformation by the Tengda spirit! Ming Yu fell into deep thought as though he was recalling the scene at that time. I felt as though lightning struck a dark cloud and woke up from a dream! It was true when I thought over it. I updated a huge quantity of words every day, surpassing many authors; but my results had not made much improvement. That is because I placed too much emphasis on my quantity and underestimated the importance of quality! I deliberately reduced my speed of writing for the past few days. My number of words has decreased, but the plot is being well-received by the readers! This is the influence I got from Tengda spirit! The authors had different expressions on them. So powerful? It seems like the comprehension of the Tengda spirit by Brother Cui and Ming Yu is very useful! Why do I feel as though it is mostly psychological hints? Tengda is a game company. Isnt the Tengda spirit used to urge employees in their work? What effect can it play in our novel creation? Some people did not believe it. Ming Yu shook his head with a serious look. I thought that it was a psychological suggestion at first as well. However, I realized that was not the case when I thought about it carefully! The Tengda spirit is completely different from the other companies. Most of them were nothing more than big, empty slogans. Their purpose was to brainwash their employees and squeeze as much labor from them as possible. However, the Tengda spirit is completely different! Tengda spirit encourages rest and entertainment. They hold the belief that rest and entertainment are higher priority than work. They even adopt a policy of mandatory rest for the overworked employees. Furthermore, the Tengda spirit has no clear content to be instilled rigidly to you. Its like philosophy and Zen meditation. Its mainly to guide everyone to their own understanding and comprehension! Such a method can strengthen your inherent correct views and reverse your one-sided misconceptions. It will really change the way you think! This is because the Tengda spirit pays more attention to tapping and nurturing the potential of employees rather than overdrawing on their potential through squeezing every drop out of them! This principle is consistent with the discipline of online literature. Or rather, it can be said to be universal! It can even be used as a methodology to guide all walks of life! Perhaps even rise to a philosophical level! The authors bowed their heads thoughtfully after listening to Ming Yus words. Someone cheered after a short while. Makes sense! Alright, I want to experience it for myself to see if its indeed this mysterious! I want to go as well! What is Tengda spirit? Well know once we make a pilgrimage! The authors realized at this time, perhaps the greatest gain from this visit to Jingzhou was not the little black room. It was the most important spiritual wealth from the Tengda company! Chapter 409 - Winners of the Zero Overtime Competition January 28th, Friday Cui Geng apprehensively walked into the 17th floor of Shenhua View, where Tengdas games department was located. Now, his role was as a special observer. Boss Pei had given him very extensive rights. As a special observer, Cui Geng could venture wherever he wanted around Tengda. Even the heads of various departments could not stop him. He could organize his own work schedule, and he did not need to report to anyone. He enjoyed the same benefits and treatment as the official employees of the company. All the departments had to unconditionally comply with any request he made. Those rights reminded Cui Geng of the imperial envoys who held imperial swords in the evil, old days. Just hearing that list of rights could make anyone feel smug. However, while those rights sounded good on the surface, how would they help Cui Geng in reality? He could not be certain. On one hand, he did not know why in the world Boss Pei thought so highly of him to grant him such an important role. On the other hand, he worried that he would be ostracized by people in the other departments for being a special observer. It would be just like when the imperial envoys wielding imperial swords made their rounds. The officials on the ground would look courteous on the surface but criticize them in their hearts. Take his trip to the games department today for example. Tengdas games department was the oldest and most experienced working department in all of Tengda Corporation. The in-charge had changed several times, but no matter what, the department had maintained a stronghold in the entire group of companies. Whats more, there were a few very senior employees in the department. Those employees had been around ever since the company was established, and they were very familiar with Boss Pei. Further, Tengda Games was the most profitable and reputable business at the moment. It bore the important responsibility of nurturing talents for the other businesses. Everyone in the games department probably thought highly of themselves. Now, a special observerwho was not subject to anyones controlwas going to come in. Not only would he be of no help to them, but they would also have to unconditionally accede to all his requests. Could he expect them to be nice to him? Thus, Cui Geng felt apprehensive. He instinctively wanted to retreat and go somewhere else. However, when he recalled that he had a job to do and that he had to finish The Butterfly Game, he gritted his teeth and walked in. The 17th floor was set up in a very similar manner to the 16th floor. The only difference was that the employees on the former floor looked much more passionate about their work. The 16th floor mainly housed HR, administrative, and finance staff. Apart from the finance staff that was relatively busier, everyone else looked very free. The atmosphere there was more relaxed, and many people either watched shows or slept. On the other hand, people at Tengda Games on the 17th floor had been working on research and development of GOG. They had just released the game for internal beta testing this week, and there were a whole bunch of bugs that they had to fix. Thus, almost everyone on the floor was too busy to chat. In fact, not one of them even looked up at Cui Geng. Li Yada was already getting up to welcome him. Youre Cui Geng, right? Hello, Im Li Yada. Im in charge of Tengda Games at the moment. Li Yada shook Cui Gengs hand and led him to his desk. That desk had been empty since Ruan Guangjian left. Cui Geng might as well sit there. The ostracism and condescension that Cui Geng had expected werent there. Instead, everyone at Tengda Games seemed to be quite welcoming towards this special observer. Of course, that was only what Cui Geng saw on the surface. When he sat down at his desk, Cui Geng felt the need to say some things upfront. Weve already talked about my job scope in this position. I hope that all of you would be able to cooperate with me whenever I need to gather material Before Cui Geng could finish his sentence, Li Yada nodded and smiled as she said, Of course, all of us will unconditionally cooperate with the special observer when you need it. Dont worry. Were all one family under Tengda Corporation. Since Boss Pei had appointed you to be a special observer, that must mean that youre going to contribute very meaningfully to the entire group of companies. All of us will do our best to assist you. Hearing Li Yadas words made Cui Geng feel more relaxed. It looked like he had been paranoid when he had imagined that everyone would resist him! Bound together by the Tengda Spirit, all of Tengdas businesses were close-knit. On a certain level, they had become friendly competitors. There were no fighting and scheming between the individual subsidiaries. Furthermore, Boss Peis will was of the highest priority in Tengda Corporation. Even if an outsider was parachuted in-as long as he had been assigned by Boss Pei, everyone would trust him completely. Cui Geng could not help but feel emotional. Boss Pei was very good at managing his subordinates! Skills and capabilities aside, his talent in management alone was far better than other entrepreneurs. The atmosphere infected Cui Geng as well, causing him to be filled with fighting spirit. You can go back to work, then. Ill organize my thoughts before I start gathering material, said Cui Geng. Li Yada smiled and nodded. Alright. Ive already assigned an old employee to answer your questions. He has been here since Tengda first started recruiting. We call him the living fossil. You can go to him if you want to ask anything. Cui Geng switched his computer on. He was prepared to spend the morning writing new chapters for his old book and then tidying up the framework for his new book. He would speak to Bao Xu, the living fossil, in the afternoon to learn about Tengda Games history. There are a lot of things to do. I have to make the most of my time. According to my original plan, Im supposed to publish my book during Chinese New Year. That means I have to finish the old book over the next few days. At the same time, I have to firm up the new books framework as soon as possible. At the very least, I have to get its basic design and a summary of the first hundred thousand words out. If I dont do that well, there might be hidden dangers that would increase the chances of me having to drop the book halfway through. Once the computer switches on, Ill create a new document and start writing. Cui Geng had already thought this through. He could not look at the computer specifications. Otherwise, he would want to start playing games. The computer switched on very quickly. Cui Geng was just about to right-click on the desktop to create a new folder, but before he could do that, he paused. There were icons of games all over the screen. Every game in the marketbig and small, standalone and onlinehad their icons on the desktop! With a cursory browse, Cui Geng spotted a few large-scale games that he had always wanted to play, but his computer had not been good enough to run. Cui Geng, F*ck! Are you trying to make my work extra difficult? With so many temptations on the desktop, how can anyone not get distracted? Cui Geng became alert at once. Could it be Li Yada and the others trying to set a trap for me on purpose? Are they picking on me? He suspiciously glanced at Li Yadas desktop. Unexpectedly, he discovered that there were game icons all over Li Yadas desktop as well! However, Li Yada could completely ignore them and click on documents to edit them. She was extremely focusednot at all affected by the game icons. I was thinking too much! Cui Geng could not help but feel guilty. It looked like every employee in Tengda was living out the Tengda spirit. They had already struck a perfect balance between play, rest, and work. When it was time to work, none of them would be distracted no matter how many temptations lay before them. It looks like I havent achieved that level of mental discipline. As if infected by the Tengda spirit, Cui Geng decided not to care about the games on the desktop. Instead, he created a new document and began working. Cui Gengs typing made crisp tapping noises that blended perfectly with the other tapping noises throughout the office area. In the afternoon, Cui Geng walked to Bao Xus desk and asked him about Tengda Games strange or remarkable stories from its lifetime. Bao Xu looked reminiscent. Its a long story. Back then, I was an internet addict, playing games in an internet cafe January 29th, Saturday Today was a workday in lieu and the last day of work before the Chinese New Year. The Chinese New Year in the year 2011 was to be on February 3rd. The holiday began on February 2nd. However, thinking that people would want to travel, Pei Qian decided to give everyone an off-day on February 1st and made January 29th a workday instead of January 31st. That way, everyones holiday could last three days more than other companies employees. Pei Qian was not free to bring forward workdays without limit. For instance, he could not insist on two workdays and five rest days in a week. However, he would have no problems adjusting for them to work for two or three days in light of a national holiday. Although this was the last day of work before the Chinese New Year, there was a lot of work to be done. The winner of the Zero Overtime Competition and the Best Employee, who was to be selected on February 1st, were going to be chosen today. Once the selections were done in the morning, everyone was free to go home and celebrate the New Year. During this period, the administrative department and the HR department had little work to do other than to prepare for those selections. The core employees and people in charge of the various departments had rushed down to the hotel near Shenhua View to fill up all the seats at the location. Although the event could not be compared to the scale of the annual meeting, it was still very lively. Fruits and nuts covered the table, along with various candies and chocolates. They were what traditionally could be found on peoples tables as they celebrated Chinese New Year. However, the nuts and candies there were obviously more expensive. Everyone munched on nuts and candy, drank tea, and waited for the selection to take place on the screen. Li Yada watched the big screen excitedly and softly said, The Best Employee Selection is becoming more and more formal. In the past, we voted online; and Boss Pei merely handed out the prize. Yet, this time, we even booked a special location for the selection. Bao Xu, who was seated beside her, said nothing in response. He kept his head lowered and continued munching on the snacks, looking slightly unwell. It was almost time. Everyone was here. Xin Hailu walked to the huge screen, said a couple of words, and then immediately kicked off the selection of the Zero Overtime Competitions winner. The names of people from various departments who had worked overtime flashed across the screen, along with figures like the number of hours that they had worked overtime. Li Yada peeled a tangerine, obviously uninterested in what was happening on the huge screen. It wouldnt have anything to do with our department. Weve had a lot of work this year, and we worked overtime several times. I guess we can work harder next time. Bao Xu continued to keep his head lowered, munching on his snacks and not uttering a single word. Chapter 410 - Best Employee Selection The department to win the Zero Overtime Competition for the first time ever is Zhongdian Chinese Network! The moment Assistant Xin finished speaking, everyone turned to look at Ma Yiqun who had been munching on a watermelon. Ma Yiqun was stunned. He only regained his composure two seconds later. Then, he snatched a tissue, wiped his mouth, and walked onto the stage. Everyone immediately applauded warmly. Pei Qian was already standing on stage, holding the trophy and waiting to give it away. In fact, Pei Qian had already expected this outcome. This was how the winner of the Zero Overtime Competition had been selected: the department that had worked overtime the least won. Four selections would be held each month. If more than one department managed to work overtime zero times each week, the prizes would be given out in descending order of the number of employees in each department. Those that had already won before would be given lower priority. Pei Qian did a brief mental assessment of Tengdas current businesses. Tengda Games, Fei Huang Workspace, Shang Yang Games, and Otto Technologies were considered the core businesses. They were all filled with hard workers who always thought about different ways to work overtime. In fact, Pei Qian suspected that the leaders of Otto Technologies and Fei Huang Workspace had implemented a culture of working overtime. Of course, they would be disqualified from the competition. Upwind Logistics and Fish-Catching Internet Cafe were working hard to keep to the no overtime policy, but due to unforeseen circumstances, they could hardly avoid working overtime. If they were really keen on not working overtime, they had to step up their management skills. There was no need for employees at Dream Realization Ventures to work overtime either, but their team was smaller. Thus, they were lower in priority compared to Zhongdian Chinese Network. Thus, Zhongdian Chinese Network, which had more than thirty employees and no record of anyone working overtime, had the privilege of becoming the first-ever department to win the Zero Overtime Competition. Ma Yiqun received the trophy from Boss Pei, feeling overwhelmed by the latters favor. After waving to everyone and expressing his gratitude, he stepped off-stage. However, that segment was still not over. Boss Pei was still supposed to give a speech. Pei Qian took the microphone from Assistant Xin and cleared his throat. Once again, I congratulate Ma Dubiao. The prize has been won, but most people here obviously still dont understand why I established this competition in the first place. Why am I rewarding those who didnt work overtime but not those who did? Im speaking to the people in charge when I say this: there are two possible reasons why people in your department are working overtime. First, youre not allocating the work in your department well. Some have too much work and have no choice but to work overtime to complete it all. The people in charge would have to bear the blame for that! Second, a few employees in your department are not working efficiently enough to finish their work within the allocated working hours. That means that as people in charge, you should offer more care and support to your employees! Thus, all of you must remember: At Tengda, working overtime is a disgrace! The people in charge of the various departments should learn from Ma Dubiao and work hard to achieve zero overtime! Once Pei Qian finished speaking, everyone off-stage applauded warmly. The people in charge of various other departments looked extremely guilty. Obviously, Boss Peis words had struck a chord in their soul. They had to work hard to reduce the number of employees working overtime in Tengda in the future! Extremely satisfied, Pei Qian gestured for Assistant Xin to move onto the next segment. It was time for the Best Employee Selection, which was held twice a year and which most found exciting. Li Yada noticed Bao Xu, who was seated beside her, nervously munching on snacks. His face drained of all color, and beads of cold sweat dripped from his forehead. Brother Bao, whats the matter? Are you not feeling well?! Bao Xu shook his head. Im alright. He had been severely traumatized by the past few Best Employee Selections. No matter what, he did not want to be forced to go overseas again. This was an instinctive and immediate reaction that he was displaying subconsciously. Although his heart automatically started racing and he was at a loss as to what to do, Bao Xu still thought that this Best Employee Selection would have nothing to do with him anymore right? Furthermore, those who had been selected as Best Employees before had been promoted and put in charge of other businesses. Even if the best employee was to be selected from among those who had never won, Bao Xu would not be considered the most outstanding! During this period, Bao Xu had been faithfully concealing his strengths and trying to bide his time. Not only had he been careful not to leave any record of himself working overtime, but he had also created the illusion that he was only focused on playing games. Even if he stealthily edited documents, he would hand them to Li Yada. No matter how he looked at it, it didnt seem like anyone had been paying attention to him! As for the others Ma Yiqun had singlehandedly turned Zhongdian Chinese Networks situation around and converted its losses to profits. Even the online literature class looked quite promising Zhang Yuans Fish-Catching Internet Cafe had expanded to Lincheng, and ROF was developing rapidly. One could say that the business was both reputable and profitable. Over at Shang Yang Games, the mobile version of Bloody Battle Song that Lin Wan, Ye Zhizhou, and Wang Xiaobin had dominated the mobile game industry. They had also been diligently researching and developing Be Quiet. Ma Yang and He Desheng of Dream Realization Ventures had already invested in three projects. Among those, IOI had already reaped huge profits, the shared phone booths had become Jingzhous cultural landmarks, and Top Student, Come Quick had become extremely popular. Otto Technologies had not produced a cell phone yet, but Chang You and his team had been taking the project very seriously. People had even been referring to them as the model team of hard workers. All of those people had not been selected as the best employee before! Tengda Games might have been the oldest and most experienced department, and Boss Pei might have been focusing on it the most. However, in terms of real merit, Li Yada was clearly in the first place. One could read about all of those peoples achievements on TPDbs intranet. It was clear as day whose contribution had been the largest. That meant that Bao Xu would be safe, right? Bao Xu tried hard to comfort himself, and the trembling in his hands visibly dissipated. All the departments can start voting now. Please look at the screen! Everyone raised their heads to see a bar chart appear on the screen. The number of votes that each person got slowly increased, and a few even surpassed others. Everyone whipped their phones out, accessed TPDbs application, and cast their precious votes. Ordinary employees, who were not present, could also vote on their phones. Those who failed to meet the deadline or did not cast their votes would be considered to have voided their votes. One by one, a few names rose to the top. Those who had the least number of votes were automatically disqualified. Bao Xu looked at his own name anxiously. To his shock, he realized that more than twenty people had voted for him! All of a sudden, he wanted to find out who those twenty-odd people were. He felt eager to have a serious conversation about life with them. Still, everything was fine. That petty number of votes would not be enough to push him to the top two places. When he saw his own name being overtaken by many others, Bao Xu heaved a huge sigh of relief. Now, he could eat his snacks in peace. Toward the end, the bar chart continued to move in an unexpected pattern. Finally, the top few names were confirmed. Zhang Yuan was the best employee. Li Yada was in second place. Ma Yang was in third place. Although Dream Realization Ventures had achieved outstanding results, voting systems were not exactly the fairest or most objective. To a certain extent, they would be influenced by individual relations. Since Dream Realization Ventures was an independent department, its employees rarely interacted with those from other departments. On the other hand, Zhang Yuan was in charge of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and ROF and had to work closely with the other departments. For instance, ROF had sold computers at cost price to Ma Yiqun for the online authors class. Upwind Logistics had also been helping ROF to deliver its system units to customers doorsteps, and so the employees from those two companies were quite familiar with one another. In addition, Fish-Catching Take-Out, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, and Upwind Logistics had many employees. Since Lu Mingliang had already won once, he could not be nominated again. It was only natural that Zhang Yuan would be received with the prize this time. As for Li Yada, her main achievement was that she had taken over Repent and be Saved midway through and that the game had risen to popularity. In addition, GOG was undergoing testing, and Tengda Games had always been influential. Those were the main reasons why she had come in second place. Zhang Yuan obviously had not expected this outcome. He was stunned for two full seconds before he realized that he had to go on stage and receive his award. Thank you, Boss Pei! Thank you to all my colleagues as well! I feel guilty about receiving this prize. I will keep working hard in the future, and I wont betray all of your trust in me! Zhang Yuan said he was happy, but his expression showed no hint of happiness. Being named the best employee meant that he would get a Dream Fund to fulfill his ambitions. However, Zhang Yuan did not have any ambitions! Working at ROF was his favorite past-time, and he liked being the CEO of the Fish-Catching Internet Cafes as well. However, winning this prize would mean that both of these businesses would have no connection to him anymore! Although he was unwilling, he could only suppress the sorrow in his heart on an occasion like that. On the other hand, Pei Qian was overjoyed. This is great! Once again, the first-place-elimination system has gotten rid of the person who backstabbed me in the worst way possible! Zhang Yuan had stirred up a lot of havoc while he had been in charge of the Fish-Catching Internet Cafes and ROF. Now, Pei Qian could deal with the problem once and for all and put Zhang Yuan in charge of other businesses. He could finally be relieved! Of course, that also meant that someone else had to be put in charge of the Fish-Catching Internet Cafes and ROF. However, Pei Qian didnt mind. He was filled with hope. Zhang Yuan walked off the stage disappointedly. It was Li Yadas turn next. However, the first thing that Li Yada said when she walked onto the stage caused everyones jaw to drop. Boss Pei, can I give this award up? Pei Qians expression darkened. You cannot give it up. Havent I already said this time and time again? Li Yada grimaced. Boss Pei, Im really not prepared to go overseas and live on my own. I have to get a visa, book a hotel, set my itinerary, and speak to foreigners. I cant handle all of that by myself! Whats more, Ill have to do that for a month, and Im a female! Its too dangerous All of that did sound very difficult for a female homebody. Pei Qian remained silent for a moment and then nodded. Yes, what youre saying makes sense. Safety would be a huge concern for a female going overseas for a holiday on her own. How about this? Find someone to be your partner for the holiday. At least there would be someone taking care of you and looking out for your safety. Hmm, it has to be someone with enough experience. Bao Xu, thatll be you! Bao Xu, who had been sipping his tea nonchalantly, suddenly choked and spat his tea back out. He did not even bother cleaning his mouth before saying, Boss Pei! I Pei Qian waved his hand, obviously uninterested in listening to his excuses. You have the most experience, and youre close to Li Yada. Youre the best person for the task. This is an orderyou cannot refuse! Bao Xu opened his mouth as if wanting to say something. However, he had no idea what to say. No matter how hard he tried, he would not be able to escape from this! He would never have thought thatdespite not placing among the top few, he would still be forced to go overseas! What bad luck he had! Chapter 411 - Happy Chinese New Year The selection for the outstanding employee was over. Everyone wished the other Happy New Year and left, preparing to head home for the holiday. Pei Qian was about to leave when Li Yada caught up to him. Boss Pei, wait! Ive some questions on the vacation Pei Qian stopped and smiled. Tell me if you have any problems. If they are problems that are solvable with money, then you can just go to the finance department for reimbursement. You dont need to go through me. Li Yada hesitated. Boss Pei, can we postpone this trip for a bit? Chinese New Year will be here in a few days. The spring festival must be staggered, right? Im now the person-in-charge of the gaming department. A lot of work cannot be on time if I were to take this one month break. My thinking is to wait until after the new year. Ill make some arrangements for the gaming department to go on a trip from March 1st to 31st before the end of February, is that alright? Pei Qian gave it some thought. Li Yada was not without reason. There would be a settlement on March 31st. The entire March was a critical period for GOG to refine game details and improve game quality. GOG had started its testing phase, and the framework had been set up. There would not be a case of having an unfinished game development and settlement delays. If Li Yada went on a trip after the Chinese New Year, it would be about two weeks before the settlement. When that happened, there might be some drastic changes. It would be more advantageous to Pei Qian if they were to travel in March and come back after the settlement. Pei Qian readily agreed when he thought of that. Okay, postpone it to March 1st then. Thank you, Boss Pei, for your understanding! Li Yada pushed her spectacle up her nose bridge and left. Pei Qian felt a little strange immediately after. Why did she need Boss Peis understanding to postpone the vacation? Something felt wrong Brother Qian, when are you going to return home? Ma Yang gnawed hungrily at a box of chocolate. He had never thought he would win the third place of the selection of outstanding employee. There might not be any substantial award, but he was very happy. He felt as though his work had been unanimously recognized by everyone in Tengda. Im leaving after I pack some stuff in the afternoon, Pei Qian said lightly. His attitude towards Ma Yang was slightly cold not only because Ma Yangs investment in IOI hurt him deeply but also because Ma Yangs results in the exams crushed him completely. Pei Qian was very angry when he thought he spent so long reviewing but did not do better than Ma Yang. Ma Yang did not notice the subtle changes in Pei Qians attitude. He chewed on the chocolate and said, Okay, Brother Qian, see you next year then! I did not spend much effort on Dream Realization Ventures because of the exams. Ill do my best to invest in a few big profitable projects when I return next year! Pei Qian was speechless. Pei Qian started keeping his stuff after returning to his place. He used to keep everything that might give his identity away when he went home previously. He would wear a set of seemingly cheap clothes home, we However, Pei Qian deliberately chose some newer clothes. He also changed his cell phone and computer. He should give his parents a bit of hint now. The house he bought could be handed over by the end of February, early March. That was pretty soon. His parents might not be able to take it all at once if he told them that he bought a house. There would definitely be a lot of questions. He would give them some hints beforehand, that their son was earning money and was making quite a bit during Chinese New Year. Pei Qian had thought of a good reason beforehand. He would say that Fei Huang Workspace was doing rather well recently; he was also now part of the management at Fei Huang Workspace. His monthly income from various sources had reached about 15,000 yuan. The first deposit for the house had been paid up with his bonuses as well. Even though he still needed to pay every month, it was not going to be a big burden. That could not be said that it was a lie. Pei Qian only told a half-truth. 1a The developments at Fei Huang Workspace were pretty good. That was not wrong, right? Pei Qian was now part of the management of Fei Huang Workspace; that was not wrong as well, right? Monthly 15,000 yuan on average was not a big problem as well. It was even under-declared. No matter what, he would do his best not to be too high profile when he told them about the financial resources for the house. He hoped to avoid unnecessary trouble. At the same time The study class at Zhongdian Chinese Network in Jingzhou started their holiday as well. The class officially started on January 17th for a month so it would end on February 17th. However, the holiday for the Chinese New Year could not be missed. The network would choose its second set of authors after February 17th. The two classes would be conducted seamlessly. That was because the class was just a trial phase. It had yet to be fully confirmed. This class would become a mainstay if it was confirmed that there was a huge help to the authors. The period might extend from the current one month to three months. It would also be axed if it went on for some time and found that it was just spending money without much use. However, this class looked like a success from the current situation. The authors who participated in the classes were saying goodbye. Brother Cui, Im heading off. Ill wait for your new book during the new year! Just post in the group chat if anything were to crop up. Big Boss, remember to send red packets in the group! Ming Yuju, dont forget to write a recommendation for my book! Cui Geng was biding them goodbye as well. He might be a special observer in Tengda Corporation, but he was still part of the class. Cui Geng only set out to the airport in a taxi after getting recommendations from some authors with weight for his new book. He suddenly had an inspiration while in the taxi. He couldnt help but want to write, and so he took out his notebook from his bag and opened a new document. Insert title: The Butterfly Game. He had been gathering materials with the Tengda Living fossil Bao Xu for the past few days before the holiday. He got to know some pretty interesting facts about Tengda when it was founded. These were things he could write into his book. He quickly wrote the first line, breathing life into the story. Um, I can write a few versions of this opening for the next three days to see which the best is before I modify it a bit. This way, Ill be able to publish the novel on the first day of Chinese New Year as my New Year greetings to everyone! Cui Gengs eyes sparkled as if there was a kind of cheering-a kind of calling from the soul. At Tengda Games Li Yada called the three newcomers of the gaming department over to arrange their tasks beforehand. They were Hu Xianbin, Min Jingchao, and Zhang Nan. They were the three who passed the Tengda Spirit compatibility test on their first try. Boss Pei might not have rewarded these three, but Li Yada felt that they must have something different from the others since they could pass the Tengda Spirit compatibility test in one sitting. Talents identified by Boss Pei naturally should be given important tasks! Im going on vacation in March. The gaming department would be left in your charge then. Xianbin, I feel that you have the best comprehension. Ill bring you to familiarize yourself with the workflow after the new year and then with the work of a chief planner. The progress of work will be pushed by you in the future. Jingchao, you have experience in the finance department and have a good foundation in mathematics. Get some guidance from Brother Bao on GOGs system design problem. You shall be responsible for the balance of system design. Li Yada finally looked towards Zhang Nan, the only female of the three. You used to do fashion design. Youll be in charge of the design of the heroes skin in GOG. Big Sister Li, dont worry, I have been working on system design and should be able to be proficient in it in no time, Min Jingchao said immediately. Zhang Nan nodded. Ive designed a few new skins recently. Ive received pretty good feedback. Ill send these design manuscripts to our outsourced art team for them to make these new heroes skin. Only Hu Xianbin was a little hesitant. Big Sister Li, Im to be a chief planner only two months after I joined? Is that okay? Li Yada smiled. No problem. How do you think the previous chief planners of Tengda Games were chosen? Hu Xianbin, Huh? Li Yada gave a long meaningful smile. From Huang Sibo to Lu Mingliang to Li Yada each had not much experience before they were made chief planners. The gaming department had many older employees; some of them were even more qualified than Li Yada. However, they were all used to their own responsibilities and were not interested in being a chief planner They did not feel that a newcomer as a chief planner was inappropriate as well. None of the chief planners of the gaming department of Tengda Games were ever experienced. Li Yada smiled and patted Hu Xianbins shoulders. Dont worry. Dont give yourself too much pressure. Being a Chief Planner is much easier than you think. Youll definitely be good if you give it your all. Alright, go home if theres nothing else. Ill familiarize you with the work details after New Year. Everyone, Happy Chinese New Year! Chapter 412 - Blessing for Spring Festival Chapter 412 Blessing for Spring Festival February 2nd, Chinese New Year Eve Pei Qian lay on the sofa, playing his cell phone like a cripple. His parents were also staring at their cell phone screens. They were grabbing red packets and sending voice messages to wish others Happy New Year. The technology of cell phones had improved at a vast rate in this world. It was much more advanced than what Pei Qian thought. They were still calling and sending messages a few years back, but they had all advanced to using their phones to send red packets over the past two years. Red packets of the older generations were usually a few yuan or cents. They were seldom over 50 yuan, sending just a good intention. Pei Qians parents did grow suspicious about the new clothes and computer that he had brought home. However, he had already prepared his reasoning. It might not be perfect, but he had paved the way. They knew Pei Qian was working at Fei Huang Workspace previously. Fei Huang Workspace was developing at a good pace recently so he managed to muddle over. Most people brag about their position and income anyway. They would not think that Pei Qian would have any reason to do the opposite. ere Therefore, they were not too caught up about money but rather the house. Pei Qian had repeatedly stressed that the house was bought for them, but they obviously did not have such thinking. They wanted it to be their sons new wed house. Pei Qian, therefore, did not say anymore. Let them say what they want. It seemed like it wasnt enough for him to buy one house. He had to buy another one for them to stay in it with ease Look at how things had turned out Forget it, ill do my best to lose more money in this cycle then! Pei Qian started to play his cell phone with this thought in mind. He watched the New Year program on and off. Pei Qian had forgotten what programs were on during the 2011 Chinese New Year program. However, he was sure that he had never seen these programs before after watching a few of them. The programs had changed the celebrities had changed; however, the boredom persisted! As expected, everyone was grumbling that the New Year program was boring again Pei Qian did not express much emotion. He knew that the New Year programs would get worse as the years pass by He was swiping his cell phone with boredom when he suddenly received a message from Chang You of Otto Technologies. Boss Pei, thank you for your continued support during the previous year. I hope that Tengda will achieve great success during the New Year and earn as much as possible! I hope that Otto Technologiess cell phone would be able to sell in large quantities and surpass Shenhuas cell phones and buy over Pineapple! Pei Qians face darkened when he saw this message. What is the meaning of this? This Chang You, cursing me during Chinese New Year? However, he heard a beep from his cell phone right on the heels of the message. Red packet! Pei Qians eyes lit up and clicked on it to receive it. One thousand yuan! Vice-President Changs such a sport! It was the right decision to poach Vice-President Chang then! Pei Qian was very happy. He immediately forgot the unhappiness he felt just now and quickly replied, Happy Chinese New Year, Vice-President Chang! All sorts of red packet sounds came after he replied Chang You. Boss Pei, Happy New Year! I hope that Boss Pei will become more handsome in the New Year! Happy New Year, hope all your wishes come true! Wishing fair winds in Boss Peis business and to earn big money! Some blessings made him happy, and some made him not so happy. However, Boss Pei was not someone petty and would not base the performance of an employee by their wishes. He would definitely judge them based on their red packets! Pei Qian realized that the older employees were better after all. Chang You, Zhang Yuan, Wu Bin, and the like gave him a minimum of 500 yuan to 1,000 yuan. The younger employees like Lu Mingliang and Ma Yiqun generally gave 188 yuan[1.188 in Mandarin could be read as easy to prosper.] as an auspicious sign for the New Year. Perhaps they felt that Boss Pei would not care about how much they give anyway He was most pissed-off about Huang Sibos message: Boss Pei is not in need of money so I wont be old-fashioned to give you a red packet! Ill definitely work hard next year to bring glory to Tengda! Pei Qian nearly wanted to fire Huang Sibo on the spot for the message. Was this something a human would say?! He said things like Boss Pei is not in need of money and work hard next year! Challenge! This was a blatant challenge! However, he decided to forgive him after thinking about it. It was New Year! He was just drafting a reply when new greetings came in. Lin Wan, Thank you for all you have done for us, Boss Pei! The progress for the game and cell phones are not going too well, but rest assured, Boss Pei. Well do our best to complete the mission! I hope to continue working under Boss Peis wise guidance in the New Year! Beep! 8,888 yuan was sent to him. Lin Changs message came immediately after. Lin Changs message was much simpler compared to Lin Wans. Boss Pei, loose change! Beep! 18,888 yuan. Pei Qians mouth nearly couldnt close from laughing. What was brotherhood? What was a friend? This was! Boss Lin was amazing! Pei Qian did not feel like letting Lin Wan go that instant. Would Lin Wan give such red packets during festivals if she were to return? However, his thoughts changed. No, Lin Chang sent him more. Pei Qian received all the red packets in no time and replied. To Lin Wan: Happy New Year! Youve worked too hard last year. You have to rest more next year; dont be so tired! Im giving you another 10 days of paid leave; youve to use them all! To Lin Chang: Lin Chang, dont worry. Ill arrange for that to happen after New Year! Send red packets back? Impossible? Red packets were heartfelt feelings. You send me, and I send you back was something aunties of the older generation would do. Was it something the younger generation did? Moreover, Boss Pei had been giving all sorts of benefits and bonuses to them. Getting a few hundred or thousand in a red packet now wasnt something unreasonable, right? Of course, it was because the system did not approve of expenses like red packets Boss Pei would have been bankrupted just by giving a few people red packets if he were to follow Lin Changs style based on his pitiful Personal Wealth. Giving just a few hundred yuan did not fit Boss Peis status as well. Therefore, he would rather not give any! However, no one would feel anything wrong about Boss Pei. The other peoples messages arrived in no time. A Assistant Xin, Wishing Boss Pei a harmonious family thats always happy and safe. I hope that the Tengda spirit will spread to every department in the new year! (Red packet 666 yuan) Tang Yishu, Senior, wishing that you will be able to eat all sorts of delicious food. Hoping that you will not forget all the good dreams you had, wishing that you always feel like its Friday afternoon and that you will forever be as pure as a child! (Red packet 99.9 yuan) Pei Qian was delighted. Look at Assistant Xins understanding! He knew that Im most interested in whether everyone could better understand the Tengda spirit or not, not if Tengda could earn more money! This 666 yuan red packet was very nice as well. Little Tangs blessings were pretty neat as well. This 99.9 yuan was a huge token from her considering her situation. Pei Qian did an exception and returned Little Tang a 999 yuan red packet. Thank you! A small token; use it for your family! Pei Qian was very busy accepting all the red packets. He was elastic and moved. He did not dote on his employees for nothing! They remembered Boss Peis good during the New Year after being so nice to them in normal times! Boss Pei had given so many benefits; it was finally time to see some returns! Many others also sent their red packets like Ma Yang, Ruan Guangjian, Teacher Qiao, Zhu Xiaoce, Lin Canrong Li Shi There were too many of them. The amount in the red packets also varied. The one with the largest face value was Boss Li. He gave 10,000 yuan in one shot. Others gave tens of yuan and hundreds of yuan. However, Boss Pei did not mind. Whoever gave him the red package were good comrades! He calculated the red packets he received and realized that he received more than 60,000 yuan. He managed to reply to all of them only after ten in the evening. He rubbed his slightly sore shoulders while he could not help but sigh. If only Assistant Xin could help him to reply to all these messages now! He turned around to his parents who were still snatching red packets. Hurry up! Second Uncle sent me a 200 yuan red packet; I grabbed five yuan! Im sending a 50 yuan one. Watch and grab it, Im sending it now! I snatched 1.5 yuan! Your luck is really bad! 1.5 yuan is also money, alright. Pei Qian shook his head. Sigh, the aged had their fun as well. Pei Qian lazed around on the sofa after he collected all the red packets. He opened the Zhongdian Chinese Network app, wanting to find a random book to read so that he could kill time. He looked around and saw Cui Gengs message to his reader after ending the book a few hours ago. Eh? Isnt this the teachables book? Great, it should end! Pei Qian was delighted. This Cui Geng gave notice that he was going to end his book after he experienced the Tengda spirit. He did end his book after one week. In fact, this book only had 800,000 characters. He might have been hesitating at first, but he ended it decisively after he accepted the special observer appointment! Look, how bold! Pei Qian looked at the comments below the note. This lazy bum is acting up again! Aint you a lousy author if you end the book at 800,000 words? To be precise its 830,000 words. Its probably 400,000 words tops if you take away all the fillers! I think its still alright. The holes are roughly all filled up. The story is rather complete. The one on top, its because of readers like you who are easily pleased that there are so many authors. Trash is trash, rubbish is rubbish! I suggest boycotting this lazy bum and his new book! That is, whats that new book called? The Butterfly Game? Never going to read it! New book? Pei Qian immediately became cautious. There was indeed a prelude to a new book in the notes after careful reading! Its called The Butterfly Game, set in an urban city. However, not many of the readers were paying attention to the new book. They were all criticizing Cui Geng. That was normal. Cui Geng had been writing the Xuanhuan novel so his readers were all fans of Xuanhuan. They had no interest in urban themes. Not only did that not attract the old readers, but many of them even went to the comments section of the new book to dissuade the readers from reading. They said that the author was not reliable and cautioned everyone against falling into a trap. Pei Qian was worried at first, but he immediately felt assured after reading the criticism. Maybe Im overthinking it. A leopard never changes its spots. Teachable had been a well-known lazy bum in Zhongdian Chinese Network. Would he continue writing his book with stable earnings and benefits from a job? Impossible! Ill be able to lose a lot of money and become a tycoon if he could really write a book seriously! Chapter 413 - Boss Pei wouldn’t Bear a Grudge, Would He? Chapter 413 Boss Pei wouldnt Bear a Grudge, Would He? At the same time, Ma Yiqun had been keeping an eye on Cui Gengs new book. Although Ma Yiqun was already the CEO of Zhongdian Chinese Network and only editors of the Editor-in-Chief should have been closely following books, it was now the Chinese New Year. Ma Yiqun did not have much else to do while at home. Ma Yiqun had heard about Cui Gengs name as an author a long time ago. He knew about the latters dark history. Still, no matter what, Cui Geng was talented. A talented but lazy writer would beat an untalented writer who blindly worked hard any day. After all, the online literature industry was a creative industry. Many times, it did not matter how quickly one wrote, but it mattered whether one wrote well or not. Even if one wrote very quickly, they would only be producing rubbish quickly in the eyes of the readers if their content was bad. The Butterfly Game had only started a while ago. Of course, Ma Yiqun could not tell much from the books comment section. He did not bother looking there. Instead, he began reading the book. The pace at the beginning was quite fast. There was a brief introduction to the protagonist. Soon after, he obtained his powers. After briefly explaining how the powers could be used, the main plot began. On New Years Eve, Cui Geng uploaded five chapters. Within those five chapters, he had completed a minor plot point. After the protagonist obtained the powers in The Butterfly Game, he helped the first supporting actor-an independent game designer-to fulfill his dreams. The plot of that first segment was quite straightforward. It acted as a preview of the novels core satisfying points. An independent, destitute, and dejected game designer had created a standalone game. The game was created using extremely simple material, but its gameplay was quite meaningful. Still, since the game designer had no money to advertise the game, no one knew about it. The protagonist discovered the game designer while observing the parallel world. Thus, he used his own powers to locate a UP Master in the games channel, make the UP master download the game coincidentally, and cause the UP Master to try the game out. With the help of the UP Masters advertising efforts, the game suddenly became popular. Things developed outside the game designers control, but through all of that, the game designer managed to realize his dreams. What followed the five chapters was a notice from Cui Geng. The notice was very simple. First, he apologized to his readers for whatever happened with his previous book. Second, he emphasized that he had thought long and hard about this new book. He promised that its contents would be exciting, and he asked for his readers patience. He also informed his readers that he had decided not to leave his house after the Chinese New Year, so that he could upload at least ten thousand words a day. After reading this, Ma Yiqun fell into deep thought. He had written online novels for a long time. He had also been keeping a close eye on the way online novels were developing recently. Until now, he had already learned a thing or two. Were there problems with this novel? Of course. However, it also had huge advantages! At the moment, the novel market was still filled with books about young underdogs with unlimited potential. Most writers used simple, violent methods to invoke feelings of tension, feud, and hatred in their readers and to engage their emotions. Most novels set in cities were well-developed as well, but none of them jumped out of the same few frameworks. Many revolved around powerful soldiers, campus flowers, and rebirth. All of them used the same, traditional, satisfying point: a supporting actor trying to show off and ending up being defeated by the protagonist. However, Ma Yiqun could tell that the basic framework of The Butterfly Game was vastly different from the novels that were trending at the moment. If it could keep up the fast pace, it would pave an entirely new path on its own. Most novels at the moment still made use of the so-called Golden Three Chapters rule; that is, they made use of a set cycle of oppression, obtaining of powers, and victory. One could not criticize such a plan. However, it had been used so much that writers instinctively wanted to puke when they spotted it in new novels. On the other hand, The Butterfly Game had foregone this plan altogether. There had been no hint of oppression in the first few chapters, and the protagonist had obtained his powers right from the start. Whats more, it did not seem like people would be defeated, too. Instead, the novel seemed to be crafting its own satisfactory plotline. Apart from that, the novels way of satisfying its readers was completely different from other novels. The way most online literature satisfied their readers now was by using pure violence. Often, it meant that the oppressed protagonist would rise to power to defeat their oppressors. Yet, The Butterfly Game satisfied its readers subtly. Through the light ball, the protagonist could cause small changes in a parallel world, make use of the butterfly effect, and achieve interesting outcomes. What made the protagonist such an appealing character was not something as obvious as being able to defeat his oppressors. Instead, it was more reserved. Still, it could bring readers similar enjoyment and pleasure. Furthermore, the protagonists sense of achievement aside, a reader could still feel joy by placing himself in the shoes of other characters in the book such as the destitute game designer. That kind of joy made the novel feel like an adult fairytale. Everyone knew that most independent game designers lacked publicity, and their games failed ninety percent of the time. In reality, most independent game designers would indignantly give up on their own dreams. However, the independent game designer in the novel managed to fulfill his dreams thanks to the butterfly effect caused by the protagonists actions. To the readers, that would be very satisfying. If the currently-popular novels could be likened to red braised pork, this novel could be likened to the simpler tomato slices with sugar. Red braised pork was delicious. However, if different types of red braised pork filled a table, the tomato slices with sugar would stand out from the moment it was served. On top of that, Ma Yiqun seemed to see Tengdas shadow in Cui Gengs new novel. He could sense that Boss Pei had been the inspiration behind this novel. After all, when Boss Pei created The Lonely Desert Road, Teacher Qiao had been the one who had caused the game to become popular with a single video. Using the profits from that game, Boss Pei had created Ghost General. That was how he had made the first bucket of gold that established Tengda Corporation. Thus, this novel was especially close to Ma Yiquns heart. From this angle, Ma Yiqun thought that the book would be extremely popular on Zhongdian Chinese Network if it was well-written. Yet, was the book perfectly written? Ma Yiqun did not think so. There was still room for improvement. If adequate modifications were made, the book could improve by an entire tier! It was just as well. Since Cui Geng had not written much yet, he could easily turn around. Ma Yiqun had to make sure that he changed as much as possible, as soon as possible! At that thought, Ma Yiqun called Cui Geng. Boss Ma, Im writing right now! Dont worry. Im going to write this book very well. I wont leave it incomplete this time! Ill write at least two million words! Before Ma Yiqun could speak, Cui Geng expressed his determination. Hehe, guess how many times youve said this already. Ma Yiquns first response made Cui Geng shut up immediately. Alright, Im not calling you about that. Ma Yiqun laughed and cut straight to the chase. I was going to talk to you about your new novel indeed, but apart from reminding you to write it well and not to leave it incomplete, there was something else. Cui Geng was stunned. Please go ahead, Boss Ma. Ma Yiqun replied, I have some suggestions. Let me explain them to you briefly. If you think they make sense, you can modify your book. Otherwise, dont worry about it. Take it that were brainstorming and working as a team to make this novel as good as it can be. I think your novel has potential. Thats why I want to make sure that its content is perfected. Feeling overwhelmed by Boss Mas favor, Cui Geng said, Please advise me. Ma Yiqun organized his thoughts and then explained them to Cui Geng in detail. I can tell that the Boss Pei was your inspiration for the first mini-plot. Tengda has many interesting stories to draw from indeed. You can use them as inspiration. However, I think youve not applied enough of your artistic flair to it. I have two main suggestions: First, I think the protagonist, as a pure observer, isnt sufficiently involved in the plot. Theres nothing wrong with making the protagonist a pure tool. Some writers do that as well. However, if you can connect the protagonist with the plot, itll be more interesting This is what Im thinking: the light ball that the protagonist obtains does not concern a parallel world, but his own world. Everything that the protagonist does realistically changes his world and improves the world around him for the better. At the same time, the protagonist can benefit from his own actions as well. For example, the protagonist could end up helping a certain entrepreneur establish a multi-billion-dollar empire. However, before the empire is established, he could buy some shares in it first. Thus, he could reap from his own actions and change his own life. Furthermore, while he works behind the scenes, the protagonist would also be able to meet the supporting characters in real life. That would add some interesting points to the plot as well. Apart from that, I think you could adjust the tone of the book. At the moment, the narrative is quite positive, and the satisfactory points stare at readers in the face. This is what I mean: the protagonist aims to do something, does it, and then prospers. I think this is a stable way of writing, but it might not be that attractive to readers. Instead, you could consider injecting more opposition into the narrative. That would add to the uncertain nature of the butterfly effect, a twist to the satisfactory points, and more humor to the story. Simply put, itll be this: the protagonist doesnt want something to happen, an accident occurs, things dont go as he plans, and he prospers. Lets use your first mini-plot as an example. At the moment, this is how its written: an independent game designer wants to succeed, the protagonist uses The Butterfly Game to help him, and the independent game designer prospers. After modifying the narrative, it could become like this: the independent game designer never wanted to prosper but only wanted to create a game to antagonize society. The protagonist finds the game interesting, uses The Butterfly Game to help him, and the independent game designer prospers. While writing, make sure that you use a humorous tone. That would make your novels plot stand out among the traditional ones. Do you understand? At the other end of the line, Cui Geng remained silent. It was like he was trying hard to digest everything that Ma Yiqun had said. After a long time, he hummed in approval and said, Boss Ma, you make a lot of sense! I did think that I was lacking something as I wrote the first few chapters. It was like a dish that had all the ingredients and that had been cooked perfectly, but it still lacked some flavor! If I can include those two points in my novel; it will definitely be more outstanding! However I have some worries, Boss Ma. Ma Yiqun asked, Huh? What are they? After some hesitation, Cui Geng answered, Honestly, Boss Pei was my inspiration for the first mini-plot about the game designer. I wonder if editing it in the way that you suggested would cause Boss Pei to look bad. Boss Pei wouldnt bear a grudge, would he? Chapter 414 - Resume Work Earlier? No Way! Ma Yiqun laughed as if he had just heard the biggest joke in the world. What do you take Boss Pei for? Boss Pei is so magnanimous and far-sighted. Until now, Upwind Logistics is still incurring losses, and yet has Boss Pei said a word about it? No! He still trusts Upwind Logistics leader so much. You think Boss Pei would be so calculating over something as small as this? Youre belittling him. After some thought, Cui Geng realized that this was true. Boss Pei was so magnanimous. How could he stack the deck against Cui Geng over a single novel? That sounded impossible. Alright, Boss Ma! Ill change it at once! Its a good thing that I hadnt written that much yet, and I wont have to change the plot too drastically. I think I can include the modifications very quickly, said Cui Geng with determination. Ma Yiqun was very satisfied with Cui Gengs attitude. It looked like the latter was serious about writing this time. This is what Im thinking: if you can consistently upload five chapters a day throughout the Chinese New Year holiday, Ill tell Zhu Xingan to give your novel a recommendation spot in advance! The faster you write, the better a spot youll get. Try to make the novel the most popular one in the urban genre! Once again, Cui Geng felt overwhelmed by Boss Mas favor. Alright, no problem! Im not going anywhere over the holiday. Im staying at home to write! After getting Ma Yiquns advice, Cui Geng felt more motivated. If even the higher management of the website was recommending his novel, would he still have to worry about not getting enough recommendations? All Cui Geng wanted to do now was to write as quickly as he could while maintaining the novels quality. He would write ten thousand words per day and hope that those readers, who had a habit of only chasing books on the recommendation lists, would get hooked on his novel as soon as possible. It was just as well that Cui Gengs creative juices were flowing at their peak. Before the Chinese New Year, he had gathered a lot of material from Tengda Games. He only had to process the material slightly before including them in his novel. All he had to think about was how to write those stories more dramatically to create conflict. Cui Geng began tapping away rapidly at his keyboard. Even if my family goes through ten more demolitions, it wouldnt stop me from writing this novel well and completing it! On the first day of the Chinese New Year, Cui Geng edited the five chapters that he had already uploaded, as well as the chapters that he had already written. After confirming that the story flowed, he continued writing subsequent chapters. To his surprise, Cui Geng found that adopting Ma Yiquns suggestions had been extremely effective! When he wrote before, he had felt that something was missing. It caused him to feel more sullen as he wrote. Even after finishing the first five chapters, he had found the story imperfect and had felt that something needed to be changed. Yet, he had no idea what exactly needed to be changed. Thus, although Cui Geng had been writing quite quickly, he had also felt unsure. Now, things were different. After adopting Ma Yiquns suggestions, Cui Geng realized that he could interweave interesting, transiting storylines that concerned the protagonist into the original plot. His story seemed to flow much better. He read the chapters after writing and also felt more satisfied. The nagging feeling that something needed to be changed had disappeared completely! The words flowed naturally to Cui Geng. As he held onto his own laptop and typed, everything else around him seemed to disappear. As Cui Geng uploaded more and more chapters, the comments under the book changed as well. Huh? Did he change the first few chapters? The opening was not bad before, but this opening is much more interesting! I wanted to stop reading the no-shows books altogether, but I subconsciously read his newest uploads. D*mn it! Ai, you can curse him all you want, but you have to admit that the no-shows books are really nice to read! This opening is really attractive; I might fall for it again! Im going to ask you if you can really write two million words this time! Forget it, Im not going to hold too much hope. Just write as much as you can Suddenly, novels set in the city look so interesting to me! Thats strange. I thought most writers would lose a bunch of readers after switching to city novels from Xuanhuan novels, but many of these IDs look familiar. Are you still around? All of you keep saying that you wont read another one of this no-shows books, but youre still eating your own words This book is really interesting. Its humorous and full of tricks. Changing the world one accident at a time that gives me a subtle, warm feeling in my heart. Its really good! Im tired of reading Xuanhuan and Xianxia books that revolve around killing entire families. It doesnt sound like a bad idea to try something new every once in a while. You have my vote. If you dare to leave this book incomplete, Ill turn up at your doorstep and slaughter you! Youre uploading five chapters a day for a new novel? Arent you afraid it wont get a recommendation spot? Why should he worry about that? This new novel already has a really good recommendation spot. It looks like the website is intentionally supporting this novel! Its really interesting indeed. Im going to share it with my friends! February 4th, the second day of the Chinese New Year In the afternoon The cool breeze blew past. Standing at the entrance of the internet cafe not far from his home, Pei Qian held his arms open, wanting the breeze to cleanse his body of the stench of cigarettes. Ai, I should have opened a Fish-Catching Internet Cafe branch near my house earlier Pei Qian shivered in the breeze, a sorrowful thought surfacing in his mind. There really wasnt anything fun to do during the Chinese New Year period. Today was the second day of the Chinese New Year. Pei Qian had gathered with a few of his close childhood friends and classmates, and they had spent an entire day out together. Since there werent many things to do in the small county, everyone decided to catch a movie at a cinema, have lunch, and then play games together at a nearby internet cafe. After watching the movie, Pei Qian had mixed feelings. Of course, he mainly felt lucky! At first, he had planned to release Tomorrow is Beautiful during the Chinese New Year period. He had thought that since the Chinese New Year provided an occasion for families to gather, more people would go to the cinemas and watch it. Then, more people would diss it and cause it to fail quickly. Whats more, many other films would premiere during this period as well. He had thought that very few slots would be given to Tomorrow is Beautiful in cinemas. However, after watching the most anticipated movie during the Chinese New Year period that day, Pei Qian only had one thought: What the hell is this?! He had forgotten which movies had been popular during this period in 2011, but none of the ones that were showing in the cinema looked like they could become popular. As he walked out of the cinema, he had checked his cell phone and discovered that the Chinese New Year period this year was not considered a good season for movies. The movies during this period all had ratings of less than 7.0 on ticketing sites. Pei Qian guessed that none of the movies would manage to generate even two hundred billion yuan in revenue either. This was incredibly shocking. After more thought, Pei Qian realized that the Chinese New Year period only became a popular season for movies because of Stephen Chows Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons in 2013. This world was quite different. Even the movies were completely different from what Pei Qian had remembered. Thus, although the Chinese New Year period was still considered a good season for releasing movies, there werent many good films to begin with. At that thought, Pei Qian began to feel strangely fearful. What if he released Tomorrow is Beautiful during the Chinese New Year period and it failed to incur losses? It was not that Pei Qian had no confidence in his own movie. However, the airing films were really rubbish, and he needed the help of his fellow filmmakers. Pei Qian thought, perhaps its a good thing that they could not release Tomorrow is Beautiful in time for the Chinese New Year period. Hopefully, one or two blockbusters would be released at the same time as Tomorrow is Beautiful so that its sales would be hurt. As for playing online games with his friends There werent many good internet cafes in the county. They had found the best one already, but smoking was not prohibited there. Pei Qian nearly choked to death while playing. He could only say that he had not thought things through well enough in the beginning. He had only set up an Upwind Courier station in front of his parents place, so that picking up their packages would be convenient for them. He had not even thought about opening a Fish-Catching Internet Cafe at his doorstep. Ill speak to Zhang Yuan about this when I get back and ask him to set up a Fish-Catching Internet Cafe near my house. It doesnt matter whether it incurs losses or makes a profit. At least, Ill be able to play there during the next Chinese New Year holiday. Eh? Thats not right. Zhang Yuan has already been eliminated by the first-place-elimination system. Ill speak to the new in-charge of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe after the holiday, then Pei Qian shook off the smell of cigarettes outside, said goodbye to his childhood friends and high school classmates, and then headed home. On the way home, Pei Qian thought about his experience gaming in the internet cafe. While thinking about what game they should play, his childhood friends and high school classmates were swinging back and forth between IOI and GOG. Obviously, as battle games that had been released most recently, IOI and GOG were equally influential among groups of gamers. Still, everyone decided to play IOI in the end. That was comforting to Pei Qian. Indeed, the crowds eyes were sharp. IOI was still a tier better than GOG! However, after being immersed in the game for some time, Pei Qian realized that IOI was very different from LOL. The heroes in both games had nothing in common, and IOIs operations were more complicated. Whats more, for them to play IOI in China, they had to make use of an accelerator and connect to a foreign server. Thus, the lag was pretty bad. Of course, that did not affect the games popularity. Fish-Catching Internet Cafe aside, many other internet cafes had installed both IOI and GOG in their computers at the moment. Internet cafe owners were very good at observing the market. They would make sure to install games that looked most popular among gamers in the internet cafe at the time. Furthermore, IOI was going to be updated today. After all, the United States did not celebrate Chinese New Year. As he approached home, Pei Qians cell phone rang. He had thought that it was his mother, chasing him to go home for dinner. However, as he retrieved his cell phone in the cool breeze, Pei Qian discovered that it was Li Yada. Eh? Why are you calling me today? Are you sending me a greeting? That cant be. Youve already sent me a message on the eve of Chinese New Year. Pei Qian picked up the phone, full of suspicion. Li Yadas anxious voice immediately sounded. Boss Pei! I think IOI just updated their game. Did you notice that? Pei Qian, Oh, I know. Whats up? Li Yada was stunned as if she had not expected Boss Pei to sound so calm. In fact, there seemed to be a bit of joy amidst the calm tone. Boss Pei, once IOI is updated, GOG would be much less competitive! Finger Games is not celebrating the Chinese New Year! A ten-day Chinese New Year holiday might not seem like much, but our game started off worse off than IOI already. If we delay this any further, the consequences would be dire. We might not be able to catch up with them! Can I apply to resume work earlier? I know its wrong to work overtime, but its an emergency Pei Qian frowned. Resume work earlier?! No way! Chapter 415 - This Question Has A Correct Answer! No! Pei Qian rejected it decisively. Li Yada was a little worried. But Pei Qian did not wait for her to finish but immediately interrupted. Theres no need to talk about it. This is a matter of principle that cannot be compromised. Work will never be finished. Would GOG exceed IOI even if I were to approve for you to go back to work a week in advance? Li Yada could not reply to him. We definitely cant in a week, but Pei Qian immediately took over. Thats the reason. If I approve of your request to go to work one week earlier, are you going to apply for overtime on weekends if you did not surpass IOI? If you are to work overtime this weekend but fail to surpass IOI, are you going to continue next week? You must understand the dike of a thousand miles collapsed because of an ants nest. You should understand the principle of preventing dysfunction. Where do you put the rules and regulations of Tengda if you were to continue doing this?! Li Yada, Uh Pei Qian said earnestly. So, since two more days of overtime would not produce decisive results, then dont work overtime. Meaningless overtime wastes everyones time and the fees I pay for overtime, why bother? Li Yada suddenly could not think of a good way to refute, but she felt something was wrong the more she thought about it. as But Boss Pei, IOI had been launching new versions and the current momentum in Europe and the United States is going very strongly. GOG and IOI are direct competitors. One step behind means falling back many steps. One wrong move at this critical period will have unimaginable consequences! Li Yadas tone was very anxious. Obviously, she had been paying attention to the situation of IOI during her holiday. She could not sit still seeing the quality of IOI improving rapidly. Pei Qian could not help but sigh. Sometimes, the strong responsibility of employees was not good! If GOG was doomed to fail from the start, then why spend such effort? Working overtime and chasing progress yet finally failing, wasting their emotions It was better to do it casually from the beginning and spend money to finish it. Pei Qian coughed lightly and said. I understand where youre coming from, but this is a matter of principle. It cannot be compromised at will. Yada, I think there is a little problem with your mentality. It is common to encounter problems at work, and yet your first reaction is to work overtime to solve them? Working overtime is not a panacea for everything. On the contrary, it is drinking poison to quench the thirst! Use it once, and youll become dependent and will sink deeper into it. Use if often, and your other skills will degenerate. Youll use all skills other than overtime. Think clearly, which is more important. Remember, the important thing is not to work overtime, but to do the right things at the right time. Being clear about what is right is always far more important than pure hard work. Li Yada, who was on the other side of the phone, fell silent. She calmed down after some time. Boss Pei, your remarks inspire the benighted. I did have the wrong thinking. I should not solve any problem at work through overtime. On the contrary, I should use methods outside of overtime to solve it. It is indeed my negligence as a person-in-charge if I only know to let the employees work overtime! Thank you, Boss Pei, I understand now! Wishing Boss Pei a very happy new year! Pei Qian listened to everything silently. Um, happy new year. Pei Qian could not help but sigh after hanging up the phone. She was indeed his employee. She could make good arguments, drawing inferences from his words. The idea of overtime was completely dispelled with a little guidance. Hm, not bad! Finger Games, lend me some strength. Work harder during Chinese New Year and drive GOG to the ground Pei Qian prayed silently. February 10, the eighth day of the new year Work formally started, and yet school had yet to reopen. Pei Qian still returned to Jingzhou the previous afternoon. His parents knew that Pei Qian was busy at Fei Huang Workspace especially with the new movie about to release. They did not get him to stay more than necessary. They only urged him to stay healthy and never overdraw on his health. Overdrawing on his health was very unlikely, Pei Qian thought in his heart. His job was pretty good for his health. He would sleep until he wakes up naturally every day. He would laze around at work and eat good food at Ming Yun Private Kitchen from time to time. Everything was rather comfortable, of course, except when getting backstabbed by his own employees. 17th floor, Tengda Games gaming department.. Cui Geng continued collecting material from Bao Xu. The Zhongdian Chinese Network study class was to resume today. Cui Geng might be a member of the class, but he had an official position in Tengda-special observer. Therefore, he need not be locked up in the little black room. The other people in the gaming department quickly entered their work state, typing intently at the keyboard. It took too much time to even sip some water. No choice, they had much to do! Many people like Li Yada were paying attention to IOIs movement during the Chinese New Year. They wanted nothing but to rush back to work after seeing the updated version of the game. They realized that Li Yada had been criticized and educated by Boss Pei when they vented to Li Yada. They could only wait patiently for the end of the holiday. They could not wait to start revising the game on the first day of work. Everyone in the gaming department of Tengda Games worked with a vengeance. We, Tengda Games, had always been the shape knife force that fought tough battles! Every game we made was popular under the guidance of Boss Pei. A golden brand like this cannot be destroyed in our hands, right? They could not face that person if GOG were to lose out to IOI! Everyone started working very hard. Li Yada had handed over the work responsibilities to the three generals before the new year. However, they were new after all and needed time to be familiar with the issues and to take over. During this period until the end of the month, Li Yada must also transfer the work to the three of them as much as possible to ensure a smooth handover while ensuring the process of R&D was going well. Li Yada took a short break, drinking coffee and thinking about the current situation after giving Hu Xianbin an account of the execution of the main policy recently. She would constantly recall what Boss Pei said every time she became involuntarily anxious because she firmly believed that the way to success was in it! Remember, the important thing is not to work overtime, but to do the right things at the right time Then, what is the right thing? Do R&D serious? That is what I should do within and is the safest way. It cannot be said to be right. Li Yada thought for a long time, but she still could not understand. She instinctively wanted to ask Bao Xu. Bao Xu had his own way of interpretation of Boss Peis thinking after all. However, Bao Xu was busy telling Cui Geng about Tengdas past as part of the material that Cui Geng was gathering for his new book. Li Yada was too embarrassed to bother him. Who else could she ask if not Bao Xu? Huang Sibo? It was not like she could not, but Li Yada knew that Fei Huang Workspace was preparing for the release of the new movie. Huang Sibo was probably too busy and had no time on his hands as well. She thought it would be best to ask Lin Wan in the end! Lin Wan had her own set of interpretations of Boss Peis thoughts as well. Li Yada sent Lin Wan a message about her confusion. She even asked her. What did Boss Pei mean by doing the right things at the right time? Lin Wan replied before long: Youve asked the right person! I have the correct answer to this question! Boss Pei told me something similar previously! Li Yada became interested as soon as she heard it. She hurriedly made a call. Quickly tell me, what is it all about? Li Yada seemed to have caught a glimmer of light instantly Lin Wan smiled and said confidently on the phone, Do you remember us working on the Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version in Shang Yang Games previously? The game lost money since it went online so I asked Boss Pei what to do. Boss Pei said to wait for the right time. Everything would be fine when the time came. Think carefully. Was this sentence similar to others that he had said to you? Did they all emphasize on the right time? It dawned upon Li Yada suddenly. Oh! You mean Lin Wan smiled. Thats right. Boss Pei stated it clearly. Working overtime is meaningless. You will only get half the results no matter how much hard work you put in. He meant that there were ways to solve the problem without overtime! I will not continue fighting head-on with IOI on client-side games if I were you. Youll lose the war no matter whether you win or lose the battle. Ill change a field, beat them to it, and then beat them up in that territory! Li Yadas eyes lit up, many of her confusions were resolved instantly! As to what the right time was, Lin Wan had found the right answer when working on the Bloody Battle Song. The upcoming wave of mobile games was the right moment! Lin Wan changed the half-dead Bloody Battle Song into a mobile game because she understood this point. Moreover, she caught onto the fast lane-Shenhuas application store. That was how Bloody Battle Song soared into the sky and fought a beautiful turnaround! If one would turn this into a standard answer That was to transform GOG into a dual-terminal game operated on both cell phones and computers! Boss Pei said as well. IOI started early; they were not just a little ahead of GOG. Such a gap was not something that could be closed by everyone working overtime in Tengda Games. Therefore, Boss Pei did not want everyone to work overtime because he wanted to prevent everyone from doing wasteful work and depleting their energy. He hoped they would rather put their limited energy into more meaningful things. What if they were to make GOG into a mobile game? They would then directly overtake them from the corner! Currently, there was no such mobile game. GOG would be able to dominate even if the gameplay was not so rich if it was transplanted into the mobile world. If GOG were to quickly occupy a dominating position in the mobile games world, it would naturally affect the computer territory. Imagine, if a playerwho had played GOG on a mobile phone-were to play a similar game on the computer for the first time, would he choose GOG with the heroes and skins he had played on the mobile phone or the heroes that he knew nothing about in IOI? The current consensus in the game industry was to turn successful PC games into browser games and then turn browser games into mobile games. Sinking one level at a time, they would make old games shine on another platform. That was the current mindset. However, things were not that absolute. Who was to say that games could not be first offered on the mobile before going onto the PC even though there was no epic game that had yet dominated on both platforms? Chapter 416 - E-Sports Club Pei Qian yawned in his office. The heater in his office was very comfortable, making one sleepy. It might be inappropriate to laze around on the first day of work, but Pei Qian really had nothing much else to do. It might feel as though there were much to do, as though countless blooded swords were pointing at his back. However, he really could not think of what he could do even as he thought hard. He opened the TPDb website to see which other projects required improvement. Pei Qians eyes were attracted to the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe immediately. Come to think of it, I had always wanted to open an internet cafe near Dad and Moms house! I have to open one near the new house I bought. Have to plan ahead for the future. In short, a Fish-Catching Internet Cafe should be nearby no matter wherever I live in the future. Pei Qian immediately sent Zhang Yuan a text, asking him to come over. Zhang Yuan was usually situated at the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe at Handong University. He handled matters relating to the internet cafe and ROF Computer-Installation. Today was no exception. He, therefore, arrived in a matter of minutes. How is the handover going on? Pei Qian asked directly as soon as Zhang Yuan sat down. Boss Pei, today is just the first day back at work Zhang Yuan was a little speechless and a little reluctant. Zhang Yuan received the Dream Fund of a million yuan after being selected as an outstanding employee. However, that meant he had to give up everything at Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and ROF Computer-Installation. Zhang Yuan was of course not happy about it. He was now rather competent when it came to the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and the ROF installations. He was not willing to change to other positions even if his salary and benefits did not change. However, Pei Qian would definitely not agree. The first-place-elimination system was set up to eliminate such people! He had done a very good job since he was judged as an outstanding employee. To Boss Pei, that meant that he was one of the employees who had threatened him the most over the past six months. He had to arrange something great for him. Therefore, he had to use the fastest method to end Zhang Yuan. Pei Qian could see that Zhang Yuan was not willing so his face turned black. Your efficiency is lacking. Ill give you three days to complete the handover. Put down all work at the ROF Computer-Installation and then submit the people to be promoted to the HR department. Zhang Yuan had nothing to say. He could only nod. Yes, Boss Pei. Pei Qian continued. By the way, tell the new person-in-charge during the handover to open two more Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 1.0 in two other places. Pei Qian pointed out the location of his parents house and his new house. Zhang Yuan looked at the place, slightly confused. One was a small county in Jingzhou. One was near a high-speed rail station that had yet to open in Jingzhou. What was so special about these two places that Boss Pei felt he should open a Fish-Catching Internet Cafe there? The last time Boss Pei asked about the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe was when a Fish-Catching Complex was to be opened at Lincheng City. He invested tens of millions of yuan then. Boss Pei shouldnt have to bother about these two small internet cafes. However, Zhang Yuan had long been accustomed to Boss Peis unique site selection skills so he naturally did not ask much about it. He just noted it down in preparation to hand over to his successor. Have you thought of how you will spend the Dream Fund? Dont worry, if one million is not enough, Ill give you more, Pei Qian continued asking after he was done arranging for the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. The One Million Yuan Dream Fund was a standard established in the early days of Tengda Group. It was not easy to squeeze out one million yuan then since Tengda was not as big as it was now. However, one million yuan could only be regarded as a droplet in an ocean now that Tengda grew larger and was more profitable. It was peanuts to Boss Pei who was in urgent need of spending money. Pei Qian, therefore, asked casually. He did not mind giving Zhang Yuan more money if his dream was outrageous. Of course, he would not give another penny if Zhang Yuans dream was too realistic. Zhang Yuan gave it some thought. Erm Boss Pei, I gave it some thought during the holiday. My initial thinking is to create an E-Sports Club. E-Sports Club? Pei Qian was quite surprised. He originally thought that Zhang Yuan would continue to do the installations he was good at, but he didnt expect him to be enlightened. Pei Qian was very satisfied with this answer. An E-Sports Club would burn money in no time, and there would be very, very little profits. What was more, the e-sports industry was still very small in the year 2011. There was a lack of large scale competition around the world. Many professional players were still sleeping on the streets and eating instant noodles. The current E-Sports was basically games that the rich second-generation heirs played. It was something that Pei Qian was into. Pei Qian had long wanted to create an E-Sports club for fun before Zhang Yuan even mentioned it! Pei Qian was all smiles immediately. He put out a thumb. Good idea! Zhang Yuan was shocked. Why did he feel like Boss Pei was more excited hearing this news than when the RAM sticks increased in value? Is one million yuan enough? The team will have to train very hard for the game. They cannot suffer. We must give them the treatment they deserve! Ask me anytime for more money if you dont have enough! Pei Qian said excitedly. Zhang Yuan quickly waved his hand. No, no. no, Boss Pei, Ill be testing the waters in the initial stages, especially since I do not have any experience in this area. Hmm alright, let me know at any time if you need money, Pei Qian agreed reluctantly. Obviously, Zhang Yuan felt like he was playing the lottery so he did not dare ask for more money. If he really wanted to make his own building complete with all the supporting facilities and spend a lot of money to poach superstar players, then one million yuan would definitely not be enough. However, most of the so-called e-sports club and game workspaces had yet to be completely segmented. People with a few rooms and computers would also dare call themselves an E-Sports club. Zhang Yuan wanted to do something similar. Pei Qian, of course, would not accept it. He had to add more money. However, he could not be too eager about it. Zhang Yuan might feel pressured if he were to insist on giving him more money. He might instead feel that Boss Pei was really interested in this project and would do his best in it. Any wrong step and encouragement in the wrong way by Boss Pei would bring unimaginable repercussions. Therefore, Pei Qian did not force it. When the clubs were to open, Pei Qian would definitely check them out. He would then give him more money after doing some nitpicking. Alright, go ahead. Remember, finish the hand over within three days. Put all your energy into this E-Sports club. Pei Qian repeated before sending Zhang Yuan away. Something flashed past Pei Qians mind right after. It was something he did not have the time to deal with before the year ended. The Top Student, Come Quick app! Pei Qian gave He Desheng a call immediately. The other projects seemed to be in a dangerous state as well, but this project seemed to be having the most risk. Pei Qian updated the Top Student, Come Quick app version before the year ended, completely cutting off the possibility of using this app as a social app. It caused the popularity and traffic of this app to plummet. Many of the previously spent publicity funds were wiped out. He originally planned to make this project a complete failure, but he did not expect to attract more than seven million yuan in investments after telling these investors the truth. He tried to dissuade them, but they did not take his goodwill. Pei Qian had no choice but to find ways to burn money! As to how best to burn the money, Pei Qian had no idea. The methods were taken care of by He Desheng. He had to quickly ask him. The phone got through in no time. He Desheng seemed to be prepared as he replied to Boss Pei swiftly, The money was spent in three large areas. The first was the development of other functions for the app. At present, the app only supports offline meetings. After developing new functions, it would be able to allow the top students and flunkies to use their cameras for interactions. They could also use the built-in question banks to search for the correct answers and explanations by taking photos. The functions would be more abundant. The target audience would also be wider. Next is publicity. Finally, its in subsidies so that the flunkies could spend less money while top students could earn more. The good news is the Shared Top Student app has taken root in first-tier cities such as Beijing, Guangzhou, and Shanghai with rich educational resources due to our promotion. The usage is constantly increasing! Pei Qian interrupted decisively. I dont want to listen to good news; tell me only the bad news. Uh He Desheng had a series of good news to share, but he swallowed all of them back with one sentence from Boss Pei. The bad news is that the current model may be unsustainable. Im afraid there would be nothing left once the craze dies down. In fact, the current Top Student, Come Quick app had ignited intense discussions, and there were many people who were pessimistic about it. Hm? Pessimistic? Then, I have got to hear it! Pei Qian searched for discussions on the Top Student, Come Quick app while on the phone. He did find many discussions after a bit of searching, but there were not many pessimistic voices! Top Student, Come Quick: the new age of education! Top Student, Come Quick revision eliminates potential safety hazards. This move has to be praised! Top Student, Come Quick, knowledge sharing on its way! Pei Qian glanced through briefly and felt his heartbeat speed up and cold sweat forming on his forehead. Where are the pessimistic voices? Arent all of these praises? Pei Qian asked, perplexed. Oh, Boss Pei, most of the reports you see are bribed. Some of them were also fake reviewers we hired. A portion of the seven million yuan was spent here He Desheng explained hurriedly. Boss Pei, I did not come up with this idea! Its the request of the other investors He Desheng knew that Boss Pei did not like such a publicity method so he pushed the responsibility away decisively. Pei Qian breathed a sigh of relief. So all these were fake reviewers! That scared me. I thought that so many people actually gave good reviews for this project! There was no need to worry so much since this enthusiasm was all fake images built up by burning money. Chapter 417 - Boss Pei in Good Times Pei Qian asked about the other aspects in more detail and finally drew a conclusion: Top Student, Come Quick was safe for now. Phew I must have been overthinking. Shared projects like that should continue to burn money for a long time in the beginning. How could it start generating profits so soon? Thats impossible. I have to let it burn more money during this period, so that I can break the capital chain as soon as possible! Pei Qian heaved a sigh of relief. He felt like he was racing against time. Mainly, he had to see which of them would come first: the Shared Top Student project becoming popular or him spending all his money. Once the capital chain broke and they ran out of funds to plug the gaps, the entire project would collapse very quickly. For all he knew, they might even incur huge debts. That would be a beautiful outcome. Pei Qian stood up and prepared to leave. At that moment, He Deshengs cell phone rang. He Desheng looked hesitant. Logically, he should walk Boss Pei out first. However, after seeing the number, he felt the urge to pick up the call immediately. Pei Qian glanced at him and said, Go ahead and answer the call; dont worry about me. He Desheng nodded and did as he was told. Hello? Boss Li? Pei Qian was speechless. A bad feeling washed over him. He Deshengs expression turned somber as he listened. Then, he nodded profusely and said, Alright, Boss Li! No problem, Boss Li! Thank you, Boss Li! Pei Qian, ? An even worse feeling washed over him. He Desheng hung up and said, Boss Pei, theres good news! Boss Li thinks that Top Student, Come Quick is becoming very popular, and its fanbase is rapidly expanding. He sees a lot of potential in the project and has decided to invest another three million yuan! Whats more, under his leadership, the other investors became more confident as well. We dont have to worry about not having enough funds in the short term! Pei Qian looked at He Desheng, confused. His mind was filled with question marks. What the f*ck? Every time the situation improves slightly, Boss Li would appear! Pei Qian hated him to the core. However, on further thought, that seemed reasonable. Boss Li had only invested a million yuan to begin with. Pei Qian had known that the project was bound to fail. Not wanting Boss Li to waste too much money, Pei Qian had good-heartedly persuaded him to only invest that amount. However, Boss Li had been holding himself back! He, who had only invested a million yuan, had been observing the current situation and thinking that he was losing out by stepping back. Thus, he had decided to invest more money and generate more profit. Pei Qian felt very tired. All of you are creating problems for me again and again. When will all of this end?! Pei Qian felt like he was in charge of a furnace. He had been filling it with charcoal, wanting to finish up all the charcoal, so he could knock off work and go home. However, all of those people were bringing more charcoal to him by the truckload. No matter how hard he tried, he could not finish up all the charcoal! That was not it. The more charcoal he put into the furnace, the faster they burned and the larger the fire got Pei Qian, who had gotten up to leave at first, quickly sat down again. His expression darkened, and the pressure mounted. He was at a loss as to what to do next. He Desheng looked at Boss Peis somber expression, and his eyes lit up. Hes here! Boss Pei in Good Times! Everyone knew that, during bad times, Boss Pei would automatically infect the people around him with his positive attitude. That would motivate everyone to overcome the difficulty together. However, during good times, Boss Pei would look somber and occupied. That signified that Boss Pei was thinking about possible dangers. He was coming up with a long-term plan for the future, which would deal with threats that could surface during the good times. Obviously, Boss Pei was now in the good times mode! Not daring to disturb him, He Desheng stepped back and waited in silence. Perhaps a single word from Boss Pei in Good Times after brainstorming would teach He Desheng a lot! Pei Qian felt hopeless and conflicted. Should he carry on and burn more money? Yet, what if the project became more and more successful? Should he retreat and sell all of his shares? Yet, given the current situation, the profits he would reap could reduce him to tears immediately. Top Student, Come Quick had undergone two rounds of financing. Dream Realization Ventures had already invested close to ten million yuan in the project. In reality, the amount of shares that Pei Qian held (including those from the entrepreneurial team and Dream Realization Ventures) had fallen from ninety percent to about sixty percent. However, that also meant that Top Student, Come Quicks company value had ballooned to about 25 million yuan. Of course, that was just a number. Whether it would change or not depended on if people would buy his shares. Still, looking at the investors confidence in the project, Pei Qian was sure that people would want to buy his shares as long as he was willing to put them up for sale. What should I do?! Its too dangerous. Pei Qian felt like he was walking a tightrope. A single misstep could send him into a bottomless pit. Calm down. Let me think. Whats the most important thing for investors? Confidence! At the moment, Top Student, Come Quicks value is increasing rapidly because its investors think that Tengda is backing the project. Thats why they have unrealistic confidence in it. I have to think of a way to get rid of this confidence to get out of this predicament! As long as everyones confidence collapses, theyll start thinking about selling their shares and escaping. Once people lose confidence in the project, its value will crumble. Yes, thats the only way. After some consideration, Pei Qian found his goal. Yet, how could he shatter everyones confidence? Should he conjure negative news? However, the Systems regulations would restrict him from using underhanded means like that. Whats more, everyone had invested a considerable sum. That symbolized their unflinching confidence in this project. Pei Qian could try and tell them that the project was unreliable, but nobody would believe him. What a fix! Pei Qian had found the right direction, but he had no idea how to go about achieving the goal. He had no other choice but to ask He Desheng. After all, he was the professional. Pei Qian remained silent for a moment and asked, What would you do to make the other investors lose confidence in Top Student, Come Quick? He Desheng was stunned. Had Boss Pei been thinking about this while he remained silent for so long? Why did he want to cause the other investors to lose confidence in Top Student, Come Quick? Shouldnt their competitors be thinking about that instead? He Desheng looked at Boss Peis expression. It looks like hes testing me. He Desheng immediately looked more serious. He thought that there must have been a hidden meaning behind this deceivingly simple question. After two minutes, He Desheng still could not figure out the deeper meaning. Thus, he had no choice but to give a safe answer. If it were me, I would keep trying to sell my shares. Increasing my shareholding shows my belief in this project. However, trying to reduce my shareholding would have the opposite effect. Thats why trying to sell my shares would affect other investors confidence. Pei Qian nodded. Thats right! Trying to reduce my shareholding would be a very clear expression of my confidence level: I think this is the most that this project would give me, and I want to run now! On the other hand, if I keep holding onto my shares, no matter how hard I try to tell others that I dont believe in the project; no one would believe me! However doesnt that mean that I would have to reap profits? Even if I dont sell all of my shares at once but sell them bit by bit, I would still reap profits for sure. Of course, if I sell a bit at a time, the money I earn would still be considered acceptable. More importantly, I would be able to shatter the others confidence and cause the project to become less popular. In the end, I would be able to burn more money and incur more losses. At that thought, Pei Qian made up his mind. Well sell, then! He Desheng was stunned. Sell now? The projects doing well. We can try to earn more from it now, right? However, seeing Boss Peis resolute gaze made He Desheng perk up at once. There was a wise saying in the investment circle: never try to earn the last cent. Everyone was seeing a lot of potential in Top Student, Come Quick now. If they sold their shares now, they might not sell at their peak price, but they would earn a lot. If they continued to wait and the share prices started to fall, others might lose confidence in the project as well. Then, it would be too late! He Desheng could not help but feel emotional. Boss Pei lived up to his name indeed. Even in such good times, he could think so clearly! Boss Pei, I understand! Leave it to me! He Desheng patted his chest confidently. February 11th, Friday At Zhongdian Chinese Networks authors class It was lunchtime. The atmosphere here was slightly different from before. Everyone at the table normally spoke as they pleased about anything under the sun. Many of the topics they touched did not even have anything to do with online literature. That was to be expected. Even in their own chat groups, authors only talked about writing occasionally. Most of the time, they talked about everything else. However, today was different. Everyone held onto their phones, seriously reading a novel as they ate their Fish-Catching Take-Out. Ive caught up. Brother Cuis new novel is really awesome! Nothing can beat it; nothing can beat it. Thats right. Brother Cuis new book has found the right path. He always wrote Xuanhuan novels in the past. Although he wrote well, many people wrote even better than he did. Now that he has found new material, he has immediately become superior! Ive never seen anyone write a story set in the city like that! Hes been listed on the new novels chart for a week now. Ever since he released his book on the eve of Chinese New Year, his figures have been jumping rapidly. Hes really awesome! Its a refreshing way of writing, and hes pinned down the rhythm as well. We can learn from him! I can tell that even the website is supporting him. I have a feeling that Brother Cuis book is going to become very popular. For all we know, he might break many of the websites records! Hes been uploading ten thousand words a day. If he keeps this up, he can probably make the novel pay-to-read by the end of the month. Then, well know how awesome he really is! Speaking of which, Ming Yus book has been improving as well. I read a few of his readers comments. All of them were saying that his plot has become more well-written recently. The writers kept sharing their personal opinions. Whenever a popular book that had the potential to start a new trend appeared on the website, the writers would study it, discuss it, and try drawing learning points from it. Cui Geng was not around. He was in Tengda Games, gathering material. On the other hand, Ming Yu was there. He was also reading Cui Gengs new book, The Butterfly Game, with the others. When he heard them mention his name, Ming Yu felt emotional. Thats right. I have to admit-learning about the Tengda spirit has really helped me a lot! Its not just me. Little Chong, Long Ye, and Cong Xin have attended the class on the Tengda spirit as well, right? All of you have seen improvements in your figures, right? Little Chong nodded. Yes, Ive been getting more subscriptions. Long Ye stroked his beard and said, My figures are improving, but Ive also written a satisfying mini-plot recently. I dont know if the improving figures can be attributed to the Tengda spirit class. As for the other aspects. Ive been writing more smoothly for sure. Without looking up, Cong Xin said, My figures havent changed much, but I think its because my plot hasnt been very well arranged recently. Ill make some changes, and then I should see some improvement. The other writers looked at them admiringly. The class sounds very useful! Thats right. Brother Cui was the first to go, and he was even made a special observer. Hes improving so quickly because he can look deep into the Tengda spirit. Ming Yu, Little Chong, Long Ye, and Cong Xin are all seeing improvements after learning about the Tengda spirit as well! The improvements are not huge, but at least theyre steady! It looks like the class is really effective! Im starting to itch. Im reserving Mondays lesson on the Tengda spirit. Dont fight me for it, everyone! No way! I want to go, too! Let our skills do the choosing! Chapter 418 - Wu Bin’s Summary In the evening On the 16th floor of Shenhua View, at the HR department of Tengda Corporation It was time to knock off. The writer from Zhongdian Chinese Network who had come to be educated on the Tengda spirit stood up reluctantly and said goodbye to Wu Bin. Thank you very much! Ive learned a lot from todays lesson about the Tengda spirit. I think you speak exceptionally well. When I get back, Ill try writing slower and adjusting the pace of my story! After that, Ill try writing a few new plotlines to break out of my boundaries! Wu Bin smiled subtly. Dont mention it. Its every Tengda employees responsibility to pass down the Tengda spirit. At that moment, the setting sun shone through the window and illuminated his body, seeming to give him a multi-colored, Buddha-like glow. After sending that writer off, Wu Bin began to pack up his things and get ready to leave the office. Tengda was to hold recruitment drives twice a year. Thus, the HR department normally did not have much work to do. Wu Bin had already become the designated trainer of the Tengda spirit. He was in charge of teaching Zhongdian Chinese Networks writers about the Tengda spirit and using it to guide them in their writing process. While guiding the writers, Wu Bin realized that he had developed a deeper understanding of the Tengda spirit! This feeling could be likened to what senior monks felt when they taught their disciples about Buddhism. The more they experienced, the deeper their understanding of Buddhas teachings would become. If he had not been used to teaching the Tengda spirit to Cui Geng before, then he had definitely gotten the hang of it now. He could summarize everything that he had learned in nineteen words: Make hinting the norm, use inducement as encouragement, teach according to aptitude, and achieve the goal through different routes! While teaching, Wu Bin had realized that those authors faced vastly different issues. For instance, Cui Geng mainly lacked direction and motivation. On the other hand, Ming Yu was filled with motivation, and he was a hard worker. However, he was working hard and not smart. Todays student faced different problems as well. He had no confidence in himself and wrote very conservatively, not daring to try new content. Wu Bin had observed all of those problems while chatting with the writers. Of course, the writers also knew their own problems. After all, every writer hoped to become a novel god one day. Often, they reflected a lot on their own flaws and shortcomings. All Wu Bin had had to do was offer some guidance. Then, the writers had gotten a clear picture of where their shortcomings were immediately. During this process, Wu Bin discovered that all of their problems could be resolved using the Tengda spirit! Obviously, this was no coincidence. That was because the Tengda spirit was a methodology. Now that Wu Bin had understood it on a philosophical level, he could apply it almost universally! The Tengda spirit could teach people how to regulate themselves and achieve the highest level of productivity. Of course, it would be effective for anyone who wanted to establish a successful career! Make hinting the norm, use inducement as encouragement, teach according to aptitude, and achieve the goal through different routes! That was what Wu Bin had come up with, to sum up how to impart the Tengda spirit to others. Through hinting and inducement, Wu Bin could point out where others were lacking in terms of creative writing or working. Then, he could treat the root of each problem by using the Tengda spirit to resolve their confusion. Finally, he could direct everyone to the common goal of working in perfect condition! Wu Bin had also summarized what the perfect working condition was. That mainly consisted of three points: First, maximizing productivity using the limited working hours available and by having sufficient rest and entertainment Second, maintaining an adequate level of motivation to work by having a clear reward mechanism Third, learning from the pursuit of ones own interests and establishing a career out of passion! After summarizing those three points, Wu Bin compared them to all the regulations that Boss Pei had in place at the moment and found that they matched perfectly. Boss Pei had provided an ideal environment for rest and entertainment, as well as complete welfare benefits for all his employees. That matched Wu Bins first point. Boss Pei had established TPDb for ratings, thus providing a reward mechanism for employees. That matched Wu Bins second point. Boss Pei encouraged internal transfers and gave the best employees Dream Funds for them to fulfill their own dreams. That matched Wu Bins third point. All the above showed the perfect working condition that Boss Pei advocated for! Wu Bin was now helping all the writers reach that perfect working condition. At the moment, he was achieving remarkable results. If this method was proving effective on the writers, then it would probably be equally effective on all the other employees of Tengda! Wu Bin seemed to have found his mission moving forward. February 14th, Monday The weekend had not been good for Pei Qian. He kept feeling like a problem was going to spring up out of nowhere. What made Pei Qian the most fearful was the Top Student, Come Quick applications situation. He was burning more money and keeping advertising up, and the application was becoming more and more popular. However, He Desheng was already beginning to sell shares bit by bit. To Boss Li, that was a clear signal. Once Boss Li and the others got the signal, Top Student, Come Quick would take a great hit Then, Pei Qian would have achieved his goal. Pei Qian had guessed that Boss Li would have made a move over the weekend by trying to dig for more information from him or He Desheng. Pei Qian had always been honest with Boss Li before, but Boss Li had never believed him. This time, Pei Qian had decided to lie. He would say that he was trying to back out of the project because he did not see any potential in it! Boss Li would believe him this time, right? On top of that, Pei Qian had also been keeping a close eye on Zhongdian Chinese Networks online authors class. To his surprise, he had discovered that the writers were uploading fewer chapters per day. It even looked like they were competing to see who could upload fewer chapters! Before this, the authors class made use of inhumane methods like a lockdown state to ensure that the writers uploaded about eight thousand words each day. However, after Pei Qian put in some hard work, the writers quickly retreated. This was undoubtedly exciting news! Monday was Valentines Day. In the spirit of being humanitarian, Pei Qian thought about giving his employees half a day off, so that they did not need to work in the afternoon. Furthermore, he wanted to give each employee a rose. There wouldnt be any special meaning to the rose, other than that they were more expensive on Valentines Day. Roses were cheap on most days, and Pei Qian wouldnt be bothered with them. After lazing around in bed for a while, Pei Qian reluctantly got up. He planned to walk around the office and then head to Thriller Hostel to take a look. He had received a message from Chen Kangtuo in the morning, saying that the last three mini-projects for the Thriller Hostel had been completed. That meant that the second major project was done. Pei Qian thought about finding a lab rat to try out the effectiveness of the mousetrap. Ruan Guangjian had been the best candidate, but he had already returned to Shanghai. Thus, Pei Qian had no choice but to look for an alternative. Boss Li, who was always creating trouble for him, seemed like a good option. Pei Qian arrived at the office and realized that the roses had been delivered. Everyone had a bunch of fresh, colorful roses on their table, which made the entire office area look like springtime. A subtle flowery fragrance filled the air as well. Pei Qian had conducted secret checks earlier and confirmed that no one in the office was allergic to flowers. That was why he could relax and send them to everyone. As he walked into his own office, Ma Yiqun sprung up from the side and stopped him. Then, he held out a huge bouquet of roses towards Boss Pei. Boss Pei, this is for you! Behind Ma Yiqun were Li Yada, Bao Xu, Lin Wan, Tang Yishu, Huang Sibo, and the others. Assistant Xin was standing by the side, smiling subtly. Pei Qian was stunned. This bouquet of flowers was obviously two times bigger than the ones he had given to his employees. They must have especially custom-made it. Pei Qians expression was strange. Whats the meaning of this? Ma Yiqun smiled and explained, Boss Pei, this represents all your employees love for you! The corners of Pei Qians mouth twitched. I dont have anything against all of your love, but why must you be the one giving this to me? Ma Yiqun laughed. We wanted to get a girl to give it to you, but they were fighting too much. Nobody wanted to give in. Since we couldnt find a suitable candidate in the end, I had to be the one. Pei Qians mind was filled with question marks. It was rare that Pei Qian got gifted flowers on Valentines Day, but a man was the one giving it to him now! Speechless, Pei Qian took the bouquet. Then, he said, Thank you all Just as he started to walk away, Li Yada jumped in front of him to stop him. Boss Pei, thank you for the surprise you prepared for all of us this Valentines Day. We have a special surprise for you, too! All of Tengdas and Shang Yang Games games have been updated with a Valentines Day event at the same time. Its proving to be very popular among gamers, and this follows straight after the Chinese New Year event! Todays income alone would probably exceed last weeks total income! Lin Wan stood by the side with a proud grin on her face. Shang Yang Games Bloody Battle Song had also organized a Valentines Day event. Just like Ocean Stronghold, it would be one of the main reasons for the increase in revenue. Of course, it was worth being proud of. Pei Qian, ? What the f*ck! That was the surprise that you so carefully planned for me?! Thats returning my kindness with evil! Pei Qian felt like the thorns of this huge bouquet of roses had pricked him in the heart. However, seeing how passionate everyone was, Pei Qian had no choice but to force a smile and act like he did not care. Hehe, not bad. Thank you all! At Dream Realization Ventures Boss Li, come, have some tea. He Desheng served Li Shi a cup of tea and smiled as he sat down across from him. Before this, he had worked at Fu Hui Investments for some time as Li Shis assistant. However, as the saying went, life was full of ups and downs. Now, whenever He Desheng saw Li Shi, he could stop being overbearing or servile. That was because now that He Desheng was learning about investing from Boss Pei and picking up things as he went along, he felt of a higher status than Li Shi. Naturally, he viewed Li Shihis previous superior and an elder in the investment industry-as more of an equal. Li Shi sipped the tea and said, Desheng, can you tell me more about why Dream Realization Ventures is beginning to sell Top Student, Come Quicks shares? What are all of you thinking? He Desheng grinned and asked, What do you think? Li Shi set his teacup down, feeling melancholic. If others did this, I would think theyre trying to run away, but Since Boss Pei is the one doing this, I cant figure it out. He Desheng sincerely answered, Boss Li, if you cant figure it out, I all-the-more wouldnt be able to either Honestly, Im just obediently following Boss Peis instructions. I cant seem to figure out what hes thinking. Boss Li, if you really want to know, you should just ask Boss Pei yourself. Of course, He Desheng could guess what Boss Pei was thinking. However, he could not explain this to Boss Li. After all, these were business secrets. He had to put Dream Realization Ventures profits on top. Everyone was only guessing Dream Realization Ventures plans for now, but none of them could be sure because it was not selling a lot of shares. It was difficult for observers to tell if Dream Realization Ventures was trying to run or if Tengda Corporation was moving funds around. If it was the latter, there would be nothing worth freaking out about. Instead, the others should continue investing more money into the project. However, if it was the former, they should be cautious. Thus, Li Shi specially made a trip down to try and find out what was happening. Yet, since He Desheng was loyal towards Boss Pei, he naturally kept his lips sealed. Knowing that Boss Li wouldnt give up, He Desheng decided to direct him to Boss Pei. Boss Pei was a genius. He would definitely be able to manage the entire situation perfectly. Chapter 419 - Boss Li’s Plan February 15th Thriller Hostel Pei Qian had yet to recover from being stabbed on the back by his beloved employees on Valentines Day. He had even thought of arranging a Thriller Hostel experience for all his staff. However, he dismissed the idea since the project was not yet completed. Let them go for the time being and settle the records with them once and for all after the Thriller Hostel was completed! Revenge was a dish best served cold. When the time comes, he would arrange for all his employees to feel the love Boss Pei harbored for them! At this time, Chen Kangtuo was telling Pei Qian about the completion of the second major project of Thriller Hostel. Boss Pei, the six small projects planned at the initial stages had been completed. The pulleys under the container can be randomly combined and moved, so that the players cannot guess which project they were going to enter next. The second big project is moderately difficult. It is mainly used to test a players psychological endurance. You must fully memorize the requirements of the project before entering. You must then accurately complete all the requirements even if the order of the small projects is disrupted. Only then will you pass it and qualify for the third major project challenge. Of course, the players will be able to experience the entire project even if they fail the requirements unless they give up themselves. The fee for the second large project is set at 30 yuan according to Boss Peis requirement. It is equivalent to only five yuan for each small project. I personally think this price may be a little too low. Plans for the first and third projects are being worked out quickly. It is expected that the construction will start this week. However, we optimistically estimate that it would be ready only in May or June next year since the construction period of these two projects would be longer. There is a possibility of further delay if the quality of the project at that time cannot meet the requirements. Pei Qian nodded. En, not bad. Also, there is no need to worry about the price. Thriller Hostel is generally going to profit from the third project. Well officially start business once all three projects are completed. Dont worry, well give priority in ensuring the quality and safety of the project. It seemed like the haunted house project would not be able to be completed within this settlement cycle. It could only be pushed backward. Fortunately, this settlement cycle allowed one unfinished project. If not, it would affect the settlement. This way, Pei Qian could put his excess funds into the Thriller Hostel project which could greatly ease the pressure of excess funds before the settlement. Of course, it might seem to be limitless on the surface, but there was actually still a limit. The delayed project had to be done before the next settlement which meant that the project should not be too massive. Take this Thriller Hostel for example. Pei Qian could well spend all the excess system funds on it, but the more money he spent, the greater the amount of work and a correspondingly longer time for completion. If the next settlement cycle was in three months, the delayed project would be settled even if it had not started operations by then. Therefore, Pei Qian had to consider the invisible restrictions when he would spend money at the Thriller Hostel. He could not just look at the present and ignore the long term effects. In addition, since the Thriller Hostel had been selected as a project not to be completed in his cycle, all other projects including the cell phone, games, etc. must be completed. Pei Qian looked at the time. The lab rat should be here soon. As expected, Boss Lis car arrived outside the Thriller Hostel not long after. Boss Pei. Li Shi came over and shook hands with Pei Qian with happiness. Pei Qian invited him to visit Thriller Hostel yesterday. Li Shi agreed without saying a second word. His visit was mainly for two purposes. One was to examine the investment environment around the haunted house, and the other was to test Boss Peis tone and the attitude of Dream Realization Ventures towards Top Student, Come Quick. Were they really going to exit? Pei Qian smiled and waved at Boss Li. Boss Li, have some tea. Youve come a long way. Chen Kangtuo and Hao Qiong had been supervising the progress of the project here so a small office was built in advance. There were naturally snacks, drinks, tea, etc. It was very in line with the Tengda spirit. Boss Li sat down on the sofa for one and sipped his tea while exclaiming. I remember Boss Pei mentioned that you wanted me to be the first customer of the haunted house. I did not expect the progress of the haunted house to be so fast. Its very in line with the Tengda efficiency. Hmmm strictly speaking, you are not the first customer of Thriller Hostel since Ruan Guangjian had already experienced three small projects within it. Pei Qian thought silently. However, Boss Li, you will be the first to experience the second big project in its entirety. There is no problem in saying you are the first customer. Pei Qian drank his tea and corrected Li Shis phrasing. This is only the second big project of the Thriller Hostel. More than half of the work has just started so it cannot be formally operational just yet. Moreover, this is not Tengda efficiency. Tengda never seeks speed but strives for constant improvement within a limited time. Constant improvement Li Shi pondered for a moment before asking very seriously. So, is this project scary? Ahem, ahem. Pei Qian coughed lightly and glanced at Chen Kangtuo who was standing at the side. How do you say this? It varies from person to person. Youll only know after experiencing it. Chen Kangtuo handed the list with the content of the project to Boss Li. This is an action to be completed in the project. Please go through it and memorize it. Li Shi took this piece of paper. His eyes scanned the content on it, and his eyebrows could not help but be raised. There are a few simple explanatory texts on it: Guests can ask to terminate the challenge at any time when they feel unwell. Keep in mind the various steps and execute them accurately during the challenge. You will be eligible for the third project of the Thriller Hostel when you successfully clear the process. You can continue to experience the entire process even if you took the wrong steps. There is no time limit for items you have to memorize. Special note: The order of the following six items will be randomly disrupted during the challenge. Please do not memorize them mechanically. Next were the names of the six projects and the challenge items that needed to be achieved in each project. There were basically five to seven challenge items each and had certain relevance to each other so it was not difficult to remember. Take the bathroom project for example. It went like this: Lock the bathroom door. Pick up the red candle on the ground and light it. Put the candle in front of the mirror and shut your eyes for three seconds before looking into the mirror. Turn on the tap and wash your hands. Lie in the bathtub and press the timer; blindfold your eyes until the timer stops. The challenge items basically focused on the entrance, the bathroom mirror, and the bathtub. The order was from outside to the inside. It would take only two to three minutes to remember it with a clear mind. Of course, it would take at least half an hour to learn all the items considering that the order of the small projects would be disrupted. Li Shi quickly browsed through the requirements of all the small projects and fell silent. It seemed like it would not be as scary as he thought. Li Shi came with the mentality of rushing to his death. That was because he knew Boss Pei strived to be perfect in everything he did. The haunted house project would definitely be terrifying! However, it was slightly different from what he expected after seeing the list. At present, the scariest haunted house had two characteristics. One was a long process; the other was having numerous staff interact with the guests. However, this Thriller Hostel project was exactly the opposite. Moreover, it could be seen from the paper that each of these challenge items were not too long. They might end in five to eight minutes so the total time taken would be about half an hour to 40 minutes. Moreover, it seemed as though there would not be any staff pretending to be ghosts. That gave Boss Li some relief. It seemed as though this project was mainly used to qualify for the third project so the level of terror was moderate. Li Shi had some expectations after thinking about it. He originally thought that if this project was too scary, then he would not experience it. He would then think of another way to get an answer from Boss Pei. He could make an issue out of it now since it did not seem to be too scary. Boss Pei, can I have another reward if I stick to the complete process? The qualification for the third project is meaningless to me, Li Shi asked. Pei Qian nodded. Sure, what kind of reward would Boss Li want? Shall I give you a lifetime VIP for Thriller Hostel for you to come and experience it for free? Li Shis face turned black. What do I want that for?! Do you think I dont cherish my life? Ahem, ahem, how about this? Boss Pei, if I can persist in this project by chance, would you tell me the truth about Top Student, Come Quick? Is Dream Realization Ventures going to cash out? Pei Qian laughed in his heart. Boss Lis request was exactly what he was looking for. Pei Qian was about to give him some advice even if he did not take the initiative to ask. No problem, Pei Qian agreed. Li Shi raised his thumb. Good! Boss Pei is indeed straightforward! Ill go and experience it. Boss Pei, dont break your promise. Both of them had an ax to grind. Li Shi carefully recited the requirements written on the paper. After about a quarter of an hour, he recited them out loud again. He remembered them all. Im ready. Li Shi stood up. Pei Qian nodded. Boss Li, please go ahead. Li Shi walked to the entrance of the second project with full confidence. He said he was afraid, but his pace is rather firm. Is Boss Li the same as Ruan Guangjian, pretending to be weak? Pei Qian suddenly felt a little uncertain about the Thriller Hostel project. However, he heard a tragic screen from within as soon as he walked to the front of the surveillance cameras. Ah!!! Boss Li, who had entered for less than a minute, fell to the ground with his hands wiping the back of his head frantically. Boss Pei noticed that the first project that Boss Li entered randomly was the ceiling. The guest had to bend down to pick up a broken notebook under the table when he entered the room. A drop of water would drip from the ceiling onto the back of the guests neck. The guest would subconsciously raise their heads at this point in time to see that a board had been removed. A head with a pair of wide eyes shedding bloody tears would be looking down at the guest. Obviously, Boss Li raised his head only to see this head. He was so scared that he screamed and retreated. He subconsciously wanted to wipe away the bloodstain at the back of his neck after he fell to the ground. Pei Qian was relieved upon seeing that. It seemed like there was no problem with the level of horror at Thriller Hostel. The one with the problem is actually Ruan Guangjian Chapter 420 - The Method of Selling is a Problem Chen Kangtuo and Hao Qiong dragged the jelly-legged Boss Li out after 20 minutes. Boss Pei quickly brought some water to him. Boss Li, drink some hot water quickly. Li Shi sat paralyzed on the chair and took a sip from the teacup with both hands. The paleness in his face did not go away at all. Boss Li, do you feel better? Pei Qian asked with concern. Li Shi waved his hand weakly. He did not even have the strength to speak. Terrifying! Li Shi thought it was very simple at first. Wasnt it just half an hour? You could survive by just gritting your teeth. He also put a sneaky clause with Boss Pei by saying persevere in this project rather than clear it. That meant to say that he would be considered a win as long as he persisted to the end without clearing it. The idea was voluptuous, but the reality was all bones. Li Shi was nearly scared to death by the first project he entered into. He gave up on the fourth project. His legs gave way on the spot, and he had to be brought out by Chen Kangtuo and Hao Qiong. There was only one thought left in Li Shis unsettled heart: he must not underestimate Boss Pei at any time! Take this haunted house challenge as an example. It did not seem scary on the surface. The process was not long, and there was no staff acting as spirits or ghosts. However, it was enough to scare a person half to death when they really experienced it! Thinking back carefully, these projects were indeed not complicated but full of psychological cues. To put it bluntly, it was to do everything possible to make the guests scare themselves! He had to say that the effect was outstanding. Boss Li held the teacup with trembling hands, feeling that he could often wake up in shock for at least a month. The bloody head on the ceiling, the mirror in the bathroom the rustling TV in the dimly lit living room These were common scenes at home, but they had now left him with a deep psychological shadow in his heart. Boss Li who had always had the image of a mature man with a successful career was scared like a chicken waiting to be slaughtered. Pei Qian could not help but feel a little embarrassed. Sigh, Boss Li just wanted to make some money. Therefore, even though he ruined my good plans so many times, his crime is not punishable by death. I feel a little guilty, letting him experience such a scary haunted house just to hear some stuff from me. Pei Qian felt that it was possible to temporarily cross out Boss Li from his notebook. Oh, no, push him down the list temporarily. Boss Li, youve worked hard. Your feedback on the haunted house is of great significance to us! Thank you very much! Pei Qians expression was extremely sincere. Li Shis pale face was now confused. Huh? What feedback did I give? Pei Qian smiled. Your screams are the best feedback. I have decided to give you information on the Top Student, Come Quick as a form of gratitude. Thats right, Dream Realization Ventures is selling their shares of Top Student, Come Quick. This is my decision. Moreover, I hope that you will sell your shares away as soon as possible. These are my heartfelt thoughts; there is not a single word of falsehood! Pei Qian looked very serious. There was no lie here. Pei Qian was indeed selling his shares, and he really hoped that the others would sell their shares, too. However, he hid his true intention: hoping that the Top Student, Come Quick project would lose money. Boss Li would definitely think that Boss Pei was going to sell all his shares in hand and cash out this way. He would naturally follow suit. The other investors would naturally dump their shares if they threw theirs together. In actual fact, Pei Qian was planning to keep some shares in hand so that these shares would become worthless when the project fails. That way, it would be a stop-loss order[1] even if this project could not make too much of a loss. Li Shi observed Pei Qians expression carefully before nodding. I understand. Ill sell the shares in my hand if thats the case. Pei Qian could not help but smile. Done! Boss Li had more than 20% shares in his hand now. Selling it together with Dream Realization Ventures would definitely smash their confidence in this project instantly! Boss Lis shares would probably still be able to profit a little if it was successful. No one suffered; it was perfect! Afternoon, Fu Hui Investments Li Shi was in his office, his eyes shut in deep thought. He was rather shocked in the morning at the Thriller Hostel, but work could not wait. The information that he exchanged for with his life should be reliable. Boss Pei said Dream Realization Ventures was selling their shares. It was indeed his thinking and recommended that Li Shi should sell his shares with him. Boss Pei should not be lying. Li Shi decided after considering it for sometime. Sell! However, he had to think about how to sell. The transfer of shares of a non-listed company generally required an internal offering. That meant that a shareholder would have priority to purchase the shares. If no shareholders were willing to buy the shares, they would then sell the shares to outside parties if the shareholders agree during the shareholder meeting. In other words, all the shareholders would know if Li Shi wanted to sell his shares in the first place. The shares that Boss Pei sold were basically gobbled up by these internal shareholders as well. There were no new shareholders. However, Boss Pei did not sell a lot of shares so these shareholders held their suspicion, but they did not think that Boss Pei was going to exit. Then again, Li Shi was going to sell all of the 20% shares he held in his hands away. The exit was too obvious. There was no way the other shareholders would not know that he was trying to exit! Most shareholders only invested in this project because Li Shi invested in it. The other investors would definitely panic if Li Shi were to sell his shares together with Boss Pei. If that were to happen, everyone would lose confidence in this project and sell their shares, too. The valuation of the company would then collapse instantly! If that really happened, Li Shi would probably not be able to sell his shares for much of a profit. Therefore, Li Shi felt that he should not sell this way. He invested a total of four million yuan into such a good project. Its valuation would plummet if he were to throw it in such a way. Profiting only a few hundred thousand after so much trouble? Not possible! Therefore, he had to sell them but not in this way! Li Shi searched for the contact info of the other investors. He decided to hold a mini-phone conference. The other investors replied in no time. They set the meeting to one hour later. Li Shi took advantage of this time to sort his thoughts out a bit. He then recorded all the points that were needed to be spoken later. One hour later, the telephone conference started on time. Boss Li, what is so urgent? One of the investors on the Top Student, Come Quick app asked. Li Shi decided not to waste time and go directly to the point. Boss Pei is probably cashing out. Im also about to sell off all my shares. There was a moment of silence, and then doubtful voices came. Huh? What? Are you sure? Now? Where did you hear about that? Is it reliable? Obviously, most of them were skeptical and were unwilling to believe it instinctively. Everything was going well with the Top Student, Come Quick app. It might be burning money fast, but the money was all exchanged for data! They could continue to burn money until it gets listed to the stock market. The investors would profit many times over then! This project was far from going downhill, and yet he wanted to exit now? That seemed rather unreasonable. I dont have to lie to you. Think about it. Isnt it the best time to cash out when the Top Student, Come Quick app is on fire? Moreover, do you really think this project can be listed? Even if it could, how much money do we have to burn? A company must have at least three years of operating history before it can be listed! I would have no doubt that this company will be listed after three years if Boss Pei were to persist, but Boss Pei is going to withdraw now. Do you think this project will be able to last three years then? How much more money will be burnt according to the current rate of burning? Which of you would have so much money to burn? Who could guarantee that you could find financiers? Have you thought about what would happen when the moneys gone? Everyone fell silent again. Obviously, most investors understood and recognized Boss Lis views. This project was credible only because of Boss Pei. If Boss Pei were to withdraw and confidence were to crash, then there would only be one ending to this project: Get nothing back! A voice came from the phone after sometime. Boss Li, why are you telling us these? Shouldnt he make a fortune in silence and sell his shares first? The confidence of this project by outsiders would be crushed if everyone were to sell now. No one would be able to profit from it! Li Shi smiled. What I mean is I cannot just sell off stupidly since Ive decided to sell. People would not want something cheap, but they would grab it if we desperately raise the price. Now, let us maximize our own interest. The best way is not to panic and sell to external parties in a frenzy but to continue stirring up the popularity of this project and then find a suitable buyer to sell all the shares at a high price unwillingly! There were voices of approval on the phones immediately. One of them pondered for a while before talking. Speaking of which Boss Li, a vice president of Xude Education showed a strong interest in Top Student, Come Quick. He wanted to buy the shares I had in hand. I hesitated and had yet to reply to him. Boss Li smiled. It sounds like this is the suitable buyer. Li Shi had plans in his head after hanging up the phone. All the investors were now grasshoppers on the same rope. Their interests were all aligned. They wanted to sell their shares at as high a price as possible so there was no need to worry about someone leaking this secret. The next step was for everyone to work out a way to continue the enthusiasm of the Top Student, Come Quick project so that it would be of greater appeal to Xude Education. Then Xude Education would definitely continue to acquire shares of Top Student, Come Quick to become a major shareholder of Top Student, Come Quick. Li Shi and the rest would be able to cash out with huge profits. As for Xude Education Li Shi did not have a good impression of this educational institute. Xude Education sounded legit, but it was in fact a bad company. They posted false propaganda, made fake promises, and the salesperson had multiple identities when getting students to enroll. It could be said that they did anything to get money. Of course, such a company had grown to a large scale with its ubiquitous propaganda, aggressive marketing, and training of its sales personnel. Many students were still naive about worldly affairs. Their parents also hoped they would become prominent in the future. Xude Education, therefore, managed to fool them all with their marketing tactics. It was very hard for money to be spit out once it was given to them. Li Shi could not be like Boss Pei where every penny he earned was clean. He could only assume as much social responsibility as possible, for example investing in Upwind Logistics which did not make much money. Nonetheless, he still despised the behavior of Xude Education which was defrauding students. Li Shi would not feel the least bit guilty letting such a black-hearted company take over. [1] This is an order that limits the loss of a broker. Chapter 421 - Venturing into a Sinking Market was Wise! February 18th, Friday School had not reopened, but Pei Qian was already extremely busy. Tomorrow is Beautiful was going to premiere on Tuesday. However, until now, Pei Qian had not made time to go to Fei Huang Workspace to see how the film had been edited. The day ahead of Pei Qian was going to be very full. He considered leaving the outcome of the film to fate if he ended up having no time to watch it before the premier. In any case, there was no point watching the final cut of Tomorrow is Beautiful anymore. Even if he found problems with it, he could not change anything. Now, Pei Qian was on a car to Lincheng. Linchengs Fish-Catching Complex was more or less done. It had one Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 2.0 branch in a core commercial district, three Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 1.0 branches in lower-tier commercial districts, a Fish-Catching Take-Out branch, twenty Upwind Courier stations, and a huge warehouse for ROF Computer-Installation with four distribution points around the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe branches. They had been working on the entire set of branches for two months, and things had finally come to a close recently. Today was going to be the first day of operations. Pei Qian wanted to look at how well-received Fish-Catching Internet Cafe would be in Lincheng City. It shouldnt be that well-received, right? Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Fish-Catching Take-Out, and ROF Computer-Installation were considered more expensive brands, and Linchengs purchasing power was quite low. Pei Qian didnt think the businesses would appeal to them. As for Upwind Logistics he was sure everyone would like it, but it would not generate profits. Of course, there were other possible outcomes less desirable outcomes. If they happened, Pei Qian would have to plan ahead for rainy days and think hard about where he could spend the additional income. While in the car, Pei Qian sneezed. After that, as if recalling something, he whipped out his cell phone and called He Desheng. Why does it seem like Top Student, Come Quick has become more popular? On the other end of the line, He Desheng sounded obviously confused. Boss Pei, Im not sure either Before this, Pei Qian had asked He Desheng how he could make other investors lose confidence in the project. He Desheng answered sell the shares, and Pei Qian deeply agreed with the suggestion. Pei Qian had also told Li Shi, in no uncertain terms, to start selling his shares as well. He had done that in the hopes of damaging investors confidence. Yet, a strange thing happened: all the shares that Pei Qian had sold had ended up being eaten up by various other investors. It was almost as if none of them felt fearful at all. Li Shi had not even sold his shares. Pei Qian could not figure out what he was thinking. Could it be that Li Shi doesnt believe me? its very likely. This isnt the first time either. What made Pei Qian more anxious was that money was still being poured into Top Student, Come Quicks application, so that its figures and popularity were increasing! With each passing day that things didnt slow down, Pei Qian felt more unsure. After much consideration, Pei Qian finally said reluctantly, Keep selling, then There was no other way. Pei Qian had a bad feeling that if he allowed things to carry on like that, there would be a huge problem. He had to sell his shares as soon as possible so that the other investors confidence would be affected. Then, all of them would sell their own shares as well! Even if he reaped profits from the sale of his shares, he had to suck it up. That was the only way to cut his losses. Alright, Boss Pei, replied He Desheng. Should we sell them all or stop once we hit a certain level? Pei Qian paused to think. No matter what, they could not sell all their shares. That would turn the investment into a purely profitable one, right? Thus, Pei Qian replied, Well We should keep at least twenty percent. Dont go any lower than that! Whats more, you should only sell a maximum of five percent of the shares in each transaction. Dont sell more than that. Pei Qian had been holding close to sixty percent of the shares in the company before this. After several transactions, he had less than fifty percent left. Still, he had a majority and controlling share. However, he would hit 20% several transactions later. Pei Qian thought that it would not matter if he lost the controlling share in the business. Once everyone else sold their shares and the project collapsed, Pei Qian would buy all of his shares back and regain control. Then, he would be able to continue incurring losses. No one would fight for shares with him after the project collapsed. He could buy the unwanted shares and then sell them to a couple of heroic buyers who would be happy to take over them. Once he had about twenty percent left, he would earn less and still be able to maintain his place as a shareholder. That meant he would have the right of first refusal for the sale of shares in the future. He Desheng could not understand what Boss Pei was trying to achieve, but he was used to it by now. Thus, he did not ask any more questions. Alright, Boss Pei. Dont worry. Ill get it done. After hanging up, Pei Qian thought about other irksome projects. For instance, the shared phone booths At first, Pei Qian had given up fighting for this project. However, he had heard some good news recently. Zhang Wang had spent all the revenue generated by the shared phone booths into manufacturing even more. He had plans to increase capacity in Jingzhous shopping malls and set up more shared phone booths. However, the new shared phone booths were not developing as smoothly as the first batch! The reason for this was simple: there were only so many shopping malls with especially high traffic in Jingzhou City. Even if Zhang Wang continued to create shared phone booths, there would only be so many people who would want to experience them! That had been the only good news that Pei Qian had heard recently. On top of that, Zhongdian Chinese Network was showing signs of improvement as well. At the very least, the writers in the authors class were uploading fewer and fewer chapters. As for the two games departments and the cell phone business Pei Qian did not have time to think about them for now. Hello, Boss Pei. I am the one in charge of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe in Lincheng City. My name is Xiao Peng. A bright, young fellow with a crew cut opened Pei Qians car door and respectfully introduced himself. Pei Qian shook Xiao Pengs hand as they left the shopping malls parking lot together and took the elevator up. This was the biggest shopping mall in Lincheng and the core of the Fish-Catching Complex here. Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 2.0 was located on the fifth floor of this shopping mall. Hows the current situation? Pei Qian casually asked. Xiao Peng smiled and said proudly, Boss Pei, its very good! Pei Qian was stunned. Huh? Xiao Peng did not seem to have noticed the astonishment on Boss Peis face at all. Instead, he continued speaking in a proud tone. The four Fish-Catching Internet Cafe branches, Fish-Catching Take-Out, Upwind Logistics, and the like have all started operations today. Were following your instructions strictly and avoiding any promotional events. Still, Fish-Catching Internet Cafes reputation and image are obviously well-known to everyone. People were already queuing at the entrance before we opened for business. Now, the internet cafe is almost full! Fish-Catching Take-Out is proving to be unexpectedly popular as well. The working adults, especially, choose Fish-Catching Take-Out for their meals during work. It seems like the businesses are more well-received here than in Jingzhou! It goes without saying that Upwind Logistics and ROF Computer-Installation are doing well, too. The orders are going through the roof. Its a good thing that our warehouses are all stocked, and we wont run out Xiao Peng spoke frankly and confidently, obviously proud of those results. Lastly, as if afraid that Boss Pei would think he was trying to claim credit, Xiao Peng added, Of course, this is all because Boss Pei has laid a good foundation in Jingzhou. Thats why the businesses became so well-known in Lincheng. This is the perfect illustration of the saying, Where water flows, a canal is formed! Pei Qians mind was filled with question marks. Before Pei Qian could speak, the elevator arrived with a ding. All the seats in the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe were taken up, and the waiters were shuttling back and forth, serving various drinks. The atmosphere inside looked very lively. There was no sign of an opening promotion or sale! Even so, the internet cafe was filled to the brim. Several people were even waiting for empty seats in the resting area! Pei Qian felt light-headed. The worst-case scenario that Pei Qian had been prepared for was that the internet cafe would be seventy percent full and that they would start making profits on their first day. He would never have thought that reality would turn out worse than his own imaginations. Linchengs Fish-Catching Internet Cafe looked even more popular than Jingzhou! Whats more, according to Xiao Peng, it was not just Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. All the businesses in the Fish-Catching Complex were doing well! Pei Qian was at a loss as to what to do. Seeing Boss Pei become speechless, Xiao Peng felt awkward. He quickly said, Boss Pei, I have to say that your decision to enter Lincheng was absolutely correct! Linchengs economy is developing slower than other cities. Thats why a few famous restaurants and entertainment businesses enter the city. Fish-Catching Take-Out doesnt stand out in Jingzhou. However, in Lincheng, it immediately became a high-end take-out brand. Its packaging is exquisite, and the food is healthy. Anyone who consumes Fish-Catching Take-Out in their office immediately looks a class higher than the rest. Thats why its so popular among the working adults! On the other hand, Lincheng is completely lacking in high-end internet cafes, and Fish-Catching Internet Cafe fills that gap perfectly. Its even located in the core commercial district. People nearby have the highest purchasing power in Lincheng. Thats why the internet cafe is a hit! I can only say that Boss Peis decision to venture into a sinking market was very wise. The outcome is unexpectedly good! Pei Qian was speechless. His throat closed up. Pei Qian had realized that everything Xiao Peng said was true. No matter how low the level of economic development was in a city, there would always be a group of richer people. Places like that normally lacked high-end restaurants and entertainment facilities. It was the same a few years ago when what foreigners saw as fast food brands entered the local market. Within a short time, the locals saw those brands as high-end and started rushing like ducks to try them. It was only a few years later, when Chinas economy developed further, that those brands looked ordinary to the locals. They became nothing more than fast food brands again. Now, the same thing was happening to the Fish-Catching Complex in Lincheng. Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Fish-Catching Take-Out, and the other businesses goods and services were coincidentally priced below the upper limits of what Linchengs rich could afford. At the same time, they were presentable and healthy. Their value was obviously higher than other brands. That was why they were so well-received among Linchengs residents! Pei Qian stood at the entrance of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, remaining silent for two full minutes. Then, he turned around and walked away. Xiao Peng was stunned. Huh? Boss Pei, are you leaving? Arent you going to see how the other internet cafes are doing? With his expression dark, Pei Qian replied, Theres no need! Xiao Peng could not help but feel emotional. Boss Pei is really swift and decisive. With a single look, he could tell that victory is his. He doesnt even want to look any further. Everyone always says that Boss Pei is like a general. Today, Ive seen for myself that its true. Xiao Peng watched as Boss Pei stepped into the elevator and then quickly followed suit. Finally, he walked Boss Pei to his car. Boss Pei, youre welcome at Lincheng to offer guidance any time! Pei Qian forced a smile, boarded the car, and then left. He had traveled all the way to Lincheng, thinking that even the worst-case scenario could not be that bad. He would never have thought that the Fish-Catching Complex was bound to fail from the moment he selected Lincheng City. This was infuriating! Chapter 422 - Row Piece Rate February 21st, another Monday of not wanting to go to work Last weekend, Pei Qian got deeply hurt by Linchengs Fish-Catching Complex. He had lied in bed like a corpse for two full days after that. Of course, it was not that he had done nothing during those two days. He continued to observe Linchengs Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and the Top Student, Come Quick application. In the end, the more he saw, the worse things looked. The situation was spiraling out of control! Linchengs Fish-Catching Internet Cafe had seen an overwhelming number of customers over the weekend. ROF Computer-Installation and Fish-Catching Take-Outs orders also showed no signs of slowing down. There was only one word to describe the situation: profit! Strange things were happening for Top Student, Come Quicks application as well. It was becoming more and more popular, to the point that Pei Qian was beginning to panic. He kept feeling like the company was going to be listed at any second. Of course, Pei Qian knew that a company could only be listed after three years of operations. However, he could not possibly let the project continue growing at that pace. Pei Qian felt hopeless. There were only two days in the weekend, but he was already starting to think about ways to spend the unexpected earnings. What if he opened tens more Upwind Courier stations in Lincheng? What if he increased the budget Zhang Yuan had for the yet-to-be-built E-Sports Club? W Ai, how worrying! Pei Qian had spent the entire weekend thinking about this, but he could not come up with a good-enough resolution. Thus, he had had no choice but to cast those thoughts aside. When Monday came around, he could only roll out of bed early in the morning, wipe his tears, and keep working. He had important things to do today. The movie was going to premiere tomorrow. Boss Pei was completely unsure about how it would turn out. If only there had been a pre-screening If the pre-screening went badly, at least Pei Qian would be able to relax. However, he had been worried that the pre-screening would turn out well and that they would end up selling out their tickets on the first day. What if there was a long line at the cinema on the day of the premiere and he got stuck in a vicious cycle? That single misstep would bring him everlasting grief. Thus, after much consideration, Pei Qian decided against a pre-screening. Since he had already chosen an awkward date like February 22nd, that meant he was ready to skin the sheep. On the day of its premiere, the films sales and reputation would drastically fall short. Then, the situation would steadily deteriorate until its sales died completely. That was the ideal scenario for Boss Pei. Ive been too busy recently. I havent had the time to check out the films progress. I wonder how preparations are going. The films summary and timings should already have been released on the ticketing software, right? I left all of those things to Huang Sibo and Zhu Xiaoce. I wonder if what they did would match my expectations. Logically, both of them are new, and they lacked resources. They should not have been able to get good timings. They didnt put much effort into advertising either, did they? Hmm, I can relax, then. Ill wait and see. While Im at it, Ill check out how good the films that would be premiering on the same day are and whether they would be better than Tomorrow is Beautiful or not. After some thought, Pei Qian decided to download a ticketing application on his mobile phone, Gou Yan. There were three main things he wanted to see: Tomorrow is Beautifuls publicity Tomorrow is Beautifuls row piece rate[1].. Lastly, other films that would premiere on the same day as Tomorrow is Beautiful and whether they would be better or not He only had to verify those three main points to tell if the film would fail or not. He accessed the pro version of the Gou Yan application and then navigated to the coming soon section. Indeed, Tomorrow is Beautiful was there. Pei Qian was stunned. Something seemed out of place. Tomorrow is Beautiful was in first place on the coming soon section. Whats more, the little label attached to the film said that 37 thousand people were waiting to watch it! In other words, among all the films that were going to premiere during this period, Tomorrow is Beautiful was the most anticipated! Pei Qian immediately felt like something was wrong. However, as a veteran of a hundred battles, Boss Pei quickly calmed himself down. He quickly looked through the other films but discovered that none of them looked impressive. There were romance films, comedy films, action films, and drama films. However, they were the type that one wouldnt feel interested in watching after seeing their titles and posters. Logically, some Western films should have been premiering at this time as well, but there werent any. What a pity. Why arent there any Western films joining in the fun?! Pei Qian wanted to beat his chest and stomp his feet. Look on the bright side. It doesnt mean anything that Tomorrow is Beautiful is the most anticipated film on this application. After all, the other films in the running look repulsive. Just because Tomorrow is Beautiful won them, it doesnt mean the film would suc Wait. All the films that would be premiering at the same time look repulsive. It doesnt sound like a good thing either Doesnt that mean Tomorrow is Beautiful wont have competition? Thats not right. Other films have already premiered as well. Pei Qian navigated to the now showing section to see what films were screening. At the moment, films that had been released for the Chinese New Year and Valentines Day were still screening. Compared to those, Tomorrow is Beautiful no longer looked that outstanding Pei Qian quickly scanned the more popular films. Party for Love was a romance film starring young, hot actors. It had a rating of 7.1 and had been screening for eight days. It earned 18.4 million yuan on its first day and had made a combined total of 127 million yuan so far. It was expected to generate a total revenue of 190 million yuan. Dangerous Partner was a European action film. It had a rating of 7.5 and had been screening for 10 days. It earned 14.46 million yuan on its first day and had made a combined total of 87.77 million yuan so far. It was expected to generate a total revenue of 135 million yuan. Legends of the Night was a domestically-produced action film, based on a well-known novel. It had a rating of 6.8 and had been screening for 15 days. It earned 17.68 million yuan on its first day and had made a total of 124 million yuan so far. It was expected to generate a total revenue of 138 million yuan. There was no need to read about the other movies because they could not compare to the first three. After browsing those three films, Pei Qian relaxed slightly. There was one movie with young, hot actors, one European film, and one domestically-produced action film based on a well-known novel. They all shone in their respective genres and looked much more enjoyable than Tomorrow is Beautiful. All of those movies had already been screening for some time, but they were still selling tickets. That meant they would create quite an obstacle for Tomorrow is Beautiful. Pei Qian could not help but feel satisfied. Once again, Pei Qian accessed Tomorrow is Beautifuls page, wanting to see what kind of materials had been prepared for publicity. Tomorrow is Beautiful There were both Mandarin and English titles. Film / Sci-fi / Suspense / Drama / 2D Lu Zhiyao / Zhang Zuting / Lin Ruyi / Zhu Xiaoce Premiering on February 22, 2011 / 93 minutes There will be two post-credits scenes. Description: In a world set in the future, the advancement of technology has caused the ordinary persons standard of living to deteriorate. People live on fast food and snacks, have three hours to wander around outside, and are forced to watch omnipresent advertisements. A couple in love (played by Lu Zhiyao and Lin Ruyi) become unhappy with this way of living. They set their minds on fighting their unfair state and courageously pursue their own dreams. However, they have no idea what kind of fate awaits them Underneath that were the cast list, the trailer, and some screenshots. It was worth mentioning that Pei Qian had found his own name on the cast list. He was listed as the films scriptwriter, but there was no picture. Hm the description doesnt match my expectations, but its about right. Few people would read films descriptions anyway. At first, Pei Qian had considered using dishonest advertising to publicize the film. For instance, he had thought about giving it high accolades like a sci-fi and romance film or a soothing movie. That way, once the movie premiered, and the audience found out that they had been lied to, they would definitely curse the film to no end. The films reputation would then crumble. However, Boss Pei could not possibly have gotten involved in such minor matters. Whats more, he had been so busy that he had forgotten about his idea altogether. Still, reading the current labels and description, Pei Qian guessed that the film would probably not attract too many people. In any case, it was far too late for him to change anything now. He had no choice but to leave things as they were. Pei Qian scrolled down, wanting to read peoples comments. Lu Zhiyao stars in this film. I expect it to get one star. Zha Zhuti is very good at choosing films to star in. Im guessing this wont be bad. I cant wait! Sci-fi fans are remaining cautiously optimistic towards domestically-produced sci-fi films. A second-tier director and the toxicity in the box office are forcing their way into the sci-fi genre. I dont think Zhang Zuting alone would be able to carry this film. I think itll fail! Local citizens filming a movie set overseas even the voices would be in English and the subtitles would be in Mandarin? Excuse me? What kind of crazy piece of work is this?! The cast is not bad. I dont think it will sell out, but I dont think it will be that bad either. It should be able to make a hundred million yuan. I cant tell what this movie would be like. Its advertising strategy was so aggressive, but I wonder if the investors would lose all their money Reading the comments gave Pei Qian mixed feelings of joy interspersed with melancholy. The movie had not even premiered. That was why the comments did not stand for anything yet. Still, people could voice their opinions based on the trailer, posters, cast list, and other content. Lu Zhiyao was still the most talked-about part of Tomorrow is Beautiful. Zhang Zuting had been a movie king before, but he was considered an outdated actor by now. In the eyes of the local audience, he was no big shot. On the other hand, while Lu Zhiyao had been named the toxicity of the box office, he still had a solid place as one of the top few young men in the industry. However, it was precisely Lu Zhiyaos bad name that caused the audience to harbor little hope for this film. Some people were even hoping that the investors would lose all their money. This was comforting to Pei Qian. Pre-screening comments did not count for much, but one could vaguely tell from those comments whether the audience would support the film or not. So far, Pei Qian was happy with what he was reading. This is good. As long as the films reputation crumbles, its tickets wouldnt sell. I invested thirty million yuan into this film. I would have to generate a hundred million in revenue before I can recover my capital. Thats almost impossible. Pei Qian heaved a sigh of relief. He was just about to exit the application when he remembered another important thing. He had to see the film schedule! Few time slots, taken together with the comments at the moment, would assure Pei Qian that the film would fail. Pei Qian quickly clicked on the real-time box office section to see the films row piece rate for the next day. Once the page loaded, he became dumbfounded. Tomorrow is Beautifuls row piece rate was 37.7%! He checked the next few films. Party for Loves row piece rate was 24.6%; Dangerous Partners was 19.7%; Legends of the Night was 9.2%. The others were zero percent. Pei Qian refreshed the page to confirm Tomorrow is Beautifuls row piece rate of 37.7%. He had thought that something was wrong with his eyes, so that he had seen the decimal point in the wrong place. What the f*ck?! Pei Qian was shocked and confused as if he had just understood the situation. Why were there 37 thousand people waiting to see Tomorrow is Beautiful? It hadnt made sense at first. Huang Sibo and Zhu Xiaoce, and the rest of Fei Huang Workspace should not have had the resources to advertise the movie to such an extent. They could have found other companies to advertise the movie, but they would have made various harsh demands. Huang Sibo and the others would not have left Boss Pei out of the picture. Now, looking at the row piece rate, Pei Qian finally understood that neither Huang Sibo nor Zhu Xiaoce had been responsible for the movies advertising. Neither of them could have asked for such a high row piece rate! Something was very wrong. There must have been a mole in the works! [1] A films row piece rate shows the rate of screening of the film within a specified period. Chapter 423 - Premiere of the Film The more Pei Qian thought about it, the stranger it seemed. He quickly called Huang Sibo. There might have been a mole, and the deal could not be undone. However, Pei Qian still could not stop himself from asking. Even if he was to die, he had to find out the cause! Hello? Boss Pei? Huang Sibo sounded rushed and busy. Pei Qian decided not to waste his time and to cut straight to the chase. Who was in charge of the films publicity?. Huang Sibo was stunned. Huh? Shenhua Film. Didnt Boss Lin tell you about it? With a plop, Pei Qian dropped the phone call. Huang Sibo looked at his cell phone screen, lost. How strange. Wasnt Boss Pei the one who had asked Boss Lins Shenhua Film to help out with the movies publicity? After hanging up, Pei Qian immediately called Lin Chang. Hello? Boss Pei, whats the matter? The movie is only premiering tomorrow, right? Pei Qians heart thudded as he heard Lin Changs words. Indeed, this fellow was responsible! Pei Qian tried to suppress his pain as he said, Did you use Shenhua Films resources to help with Tomorrow is Beautifuls publicity?. At the other end of the line, Lin Chang paused and then smiled. Thats right, Boss Pei. Did you find out? Aiya, I wanted to give you a surprise on the day of the movies premiere. Dont worry about it, Boss Pei. I didnt spend too much money. I only used some of my spare funds to make something happen. Its no big deal, no big deal at all. Pei Qian was so enraged that he couldnt even speak. Listen to this! Is that something a human would say?! He didnt spend too much money? He only used some of his spare funds to make something happen?! How did you get me a row piece rate of close to forty percent with that?! Lin Chang realized that Boss Pei had not given him any response. Thinking that the latter was moved, he quickly said, Its true! Im just returning the favor. Boss Pei, please dont take it to heart. Whats more, the subsequent row piece rate would depend on the movies occupancy rate and reputation. It might not remain above thirty percent. Of course, a film that Boss Pei has invested in would be exciting for sure. Im just giving your film a little push. Boss Pei, if you really feel bad, you can give me a symbolic advertising fee after your movie reaps huge profits. Once again, Pei Qian was speechless. After my movie reaps huge profits? I already have one foot in my grave! Dont you think its a bit too late to try and make it up to me?! Pei Qian listlessly asked, Who told you about the movie? Lin Chang laughed. What? Boss Pei, are you going to thank him face to face? I dont think theres a need. Its no secret that Fei Huang Workspace has been working on a movie. I just had to ask around. All in all, you dont have to worry too much about it, Boss Pei. As long as you settle Ah Wan, what would this little bit of publicity resources count for? Once Ah Wan comes home, Ill help you advertise every single film you make in the future, Boss Pei! Once again, Pei Qian was speechless. If you keep going on about this, Lin Wan will never make it back to the Lin Family! Pei Qian finally understood what had happened. Obviously, Lin Chang had misunderstood him and lent a helping hand of his own accord, to thank Pei Qian for trying to persuade Lin Wan to leave the company. Yet, Boss Pei was in pain. How is this thanking me? Youre playing me! Pei Qian sniggered. Boss Lin, Ill settle this with you if the film really becomes popular! With a plop, Pei Qian dropped the call. Lin Chang looked at his cell phone screen, obviously shocked. Boss Pei is Boss Pei indeed. Even the way he thanks others is unique. Although Lin Chang had made everything sound easy, he had had to put in a lot of work into getting such a high row piece rate. Fortunately, the other films werent that interesting. That was how he managed to obtain such a high row piece rate for the premiere of Tomorrow is Beautiful. It looks like Ah Wan will be coming home soon. Lin Chang fantasized about it February 22nd, Tuesday At midnight Pei Qian sneakily went to the cinema on the topmost level of Huanyu Tianjie, wanting to watch the first screening of Tomorrow is Beautiful. Huang Sibo, Zhu Xiaoce, Lu Zhiyao, and Zhang Zuting were all not in Jingzhou. They had gone to publicize the film and meet with fans in big cities like Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou. Pei Qian guessed that they were in a cinema in a big city, waiting for the first screening of the movie. Pei Qian had sneakily come to this theater, for fear that there would be too many people in the day and he would fail to control his words and actions. As long as he was not surrounded by people he knew, he would not lose control of himself and affect his image as Boss Pei. Before entering the cinema, Pei Qian first looked at the shared phone booth with Modests painting on it. There were still people singing inside so late at night. As he looked at Modests seemingly-mocking expression, Pei Qian felt his eyelid twitch. He quickly turned away and walked briskly towards the cinema. He did not want to break down even before the movie started. He had bought tickets too late so he didnt manage to find a good seat. He had no choice but to sit in a corner. Still, it was not a bad seat for Pei Qian. On one hand, he was not looking for a good experience. He only wanted to see how the film had turned out. On the other hand, Pei Qian guessed that there would be many couples in the theater. Sitting in a corner would ensure that he didnt feel like a third wheel. The moment he sat down, he felt speechless mon A couple was seated right beside him. He had tried to avoid them, but he still failed in the end! Pei Qian could only focus on munching his popcorn and hope that it would divert his attention from the couple beside him. The theater was about seventy to eighty percent occupied; it was not full. For a midnight show, this was not bad. After all, this was Jingzhou and not a big city like Beijing or Shanghai. Of course, a not bad occupancy rate for others meant a horrible one for Pei Qian! Calm down, calm down. I have to remain cool and collected. The people who came to watch the first screening must be hardcore fans of Lu Zhiyao. Hes one of the first-tier young actors in the country. Its normal that he would have hardcore fans that would do that. The movies occupancy rate would surely drastically drop once all the hardcore fans have watched it. Pei Qian tried to encourage himself as he munched on his popcorn. After midnight, the staff switched off all the lights in the cinema, causing it to slowly become dim. Right at the beginning was a bunch of company logos, including Fei Huang Workspaces and Shenhua Films. The chatter in the cinema slowly quieted down. Everyone turned their attention on the big screen. The movie had officially begun. A montage played as the main cast was introduced and the background music played. A fast-food meal was on the table. Crumbled pieces of paper and empty beer cans were on the ground, beside the actors feet. White noise was coming from a little screen broadcasting commercials. There was a half-empty packet of crushed potato chips Through those shots, one could vaguely make out the sci-fi character of this film. The way the table looked, the advertisements in the house, the cramped but high-tech space all of those things seemed to hint that this story was set in the future. The white noise slowly became clearer. A well-produced but seemingly uninteresting variety show was playing on the screen. Someone spoke in perfect English, and subtitles appeared at the bottom of the big screen. Lu Zhiyao was seen, sitting on the ground with his back towards the camera. He leaned against his bed, focused on his own television screen. All of a sudden, the words Quiz Results appeared on the screen. At the same time, the word Congratulations and a bouquet of flowers burst out onto the screen. That meant that the male protagonist had won, and he had just earned a sum of money from the variety show. Yes! Lu Zhiyao shouted excitedly, clenching both his fists and waving them in the air. After a short celebration, he went to the food outlet and prepared to buy a can of beer All of a sudden, Pei Qian realized that he had seen this scene before. After this was the beer-drinking scene! While they had been filming this scene, Boss Pei had personally offered Lu Zhiyao some guidance on his acting Pei Qians heart sank. Why was this film revealing their trump card so soon?! Pei Qian did not remember this being the first scene in the movies rough cut. Having this as the starting scene had the effect of drawing people in with the films strengths! The theater was completely silent. Even the sound of people eating popcorn dissipated. Pei Qian immediately had a bad feeling about this. The movie looked very different from the rough cut! Lu Zhiyao did not pick up the beer can that he had thrown out. Instead, he sat slumped onto the ground and against the bed. He hugged his knees with his arms and buried his head deeply into his arms. This was the introduction. The scene immediately changed. The screen no longer showed the male protagonists capsule but a view of the outside. After midnight, the outside world became the world of the poor. The tall buildings that stood erect and pointed to the night sky that looked like growing tombstones. The audience could vaguely see the rooftops and balconies of the tall buildings penthouses. Many rich people had been eager to build their retro or vintage homes on the topmost floors of skyscrapers. They even made sure to emit enough light at night, so that their houses continued to glow against the night sky. That way, all the poor peoplewho came out to walk around after midnight-could look at them with respect and admiration. Colorful neon lights flashed at the bottom of the buildings. They looked completely different from the fairytale-like views at the top of the skyscrapers. The faint glow of the stars and the bright neon lights on the ground seemed to be connected by luminous tombstones. The scene was absurd. Thousands of flying cars, glowing in various colors, shuttled between the skyscrapers. They looked like shooting stars in the night sky, converging into a multi-colored river. In contrast, poor people held their umbrellas in the drizzle and walked on the roads. They looked indifferent to everything happening above their heads. Instead, they shopped for various strange-looking, unappetizing snacks and engaged in cheap forms of entertainment, haggling over a couple of yuan. They looked like they had become used to all of this. There was a television screen playing a program in one of the roadside shops. A poor person had gone into the outside world at the wrong time and had ended up being severely punished. The host gave a sincere warning to all citizens to only go outside during their respective time slots and not to break the rules. Pei Qian had never seen this part before. That was because most of those scenes had been created using special effects. That was where most of the funds Pei Qian had invested had gone into. As he looked at the magnificent background and the realistic special effects, Pei Qian became increasingly nervous. Calm down, calm down. Thats all the special effects. It was just a couple of minutes. The rest of the film wouldnt be that impressive. Once again, Pei Qian grabbed a handful of popcorn and stuffed it into his mouth, trying to calm his nerves. Chapter 424 - Boss Pei was Moved to Tears The film was still playing. After walking around for three hours outside, Lu Zhiyao returned to his own capsule and continued living his dry life. A lot of time had been spent at the beginning, introducing the details of life in the future such as relief meals, expensive snacks, quizzes in variety shows, and the like. Lu Zhiyao could act exceptionally well in those scenes. A poor person at the bottom tier of society his entire life and all his emotions would revolve around those simple things. He would rejoice after winning a sum of money from a television program. He would fly into a rage after losing all his money in a quiz. Sometimes, he would feel empty and disappointed. Then, he would lie down in his capsule and keep absolutely still. Other times, he would look at the tempting advertisements and the way that the upper-class members of society lived in the skyscrapers and feel incomparable envy. The commercials on the television screen were obviously meant to act as the background to the story. Nevertheless, a lot of effort had obviously gone into producing them. Lin Ruyi finally made an appearance. She and Lu Zhiyao slowly developed a romantic relationship. Then, she suggested participating in a talent show Pei Qian was very familiar with everything that happened after that; he had written the framework of the script. Whats more, he had watched the rough cut of the film before. Still, he could not help but be immersed in the film as he watched it. His emotions rose and fell with the main characters. Thanks to the flawless editing, the timing of every scene in the movie was just right. It was just enough to leave an aftertaste in the audiences mouths, and yet help their transition into the next scene. The actors exquisite skills brought every refreshing character to life on the big screen, portraying them perfectly and helping the audience to deeply resonate with them. The outstanding background music contributed to the audiences emotions as well, causing them to feel everything consistently with the storys progression. The well-made props and expensive, otherworldly special effects gave the entire a film a unique sci-fi vibe. While bringing the audience out of the current world, it gave them a mysterious sense of reality. It was almost as if the movie was depicting a real, future world That was the power of film. At the end of the day, a simple storys framework would be pale and weak. However, when turned into a film, it would include a huge amount of detail and engage the audiences other senses to provide a whole new experience. All of those details were perfect. Even the commercials in the film didnt look out of place. In fact, it was almost like there was some meaning in the seemingly irrelevant commercials! ds As Pei Qian subconsciously stuffed his mouth with popcorn, only one thought filled his mind. Was this the f*cking script I wrote? The framework was not much different from his, but the final product looked very different from what he had imagined! He couldnt tell much from the first half of the film, but by the second half, the entire story seemed to deteriorate steadily, revealing the films malicious fangs! During the showdown between Lu Zhiyao and Lin Ruyi, the entire theater sucked in a cold breath together. Obviously, the audience had been shocked by that scene. They had found it hard to accept at that moment. However, nobody cursed at the screen like Pei Qian had imagined. Instead, everyone watched on intently! Even Pei Qian did not feel angry or poisoned by Lu Zhiyaos toxicity. Instead, he felt slightly shocked as he expectantly waited for the plot to develop. Soon, he realized that there was a big problem here. This shouldnt be happening. Why arent I feeling angry at this point? Isnt this supposed to be a very toxic scene? He ate another handful of popcorn and tried to rationalize his emotions. Perhaps it was because the film had created a unique sense of alienation. In the beginning, a lot of time had been spent showing the audience the details of the protagonists daily life. They had learned that the protagonist ate instant food, watched television programs, and went out to wander around at midnight. However, that did not make the audience one with the protagonist. In fact, it turned them into outsider observers, completely separated from and unaffected by what was happening. The camera angle made the audience feel like they were looking through a surveillance camera-cold and impersonal. They were observing the male protagonists life in this world, without becoming emotionally involved. That lessened the sweetness of watching the male and female protagonists date, but it also lessened the pain they felt when their relationship ended. Not only could the audience feel what the main actors were feeling, but they could also feel those emotions through something like a layer of glass. They would not experience intense fluctuations in their emotions. All of a sudden, Pei Qian realized that he had made a mistake. A film was a form of art, but the same script could produce very different films in the hands of different directors! That was because the director would inject his personal ideas during the filming process. The camera angle, various other details in the background, and the pace of story-telling All of those could affect the audiences perception of a story. That was the exact reason why scripts that looked extremely boring could turn into historical classics in the hands of directors with strong styles! Obviously, Zhu Xiaoce had understood this story very differently from Pei Qian Of course, the director would shoot the movie based on his own understanding. Thus, after the editor tied up the loose ends, the movie became very different from what Pei Qian had intended to express initially. Most toxicity had been gotten rid of. What replaced it was a deep sense of pity. What the female protagonist did was hateful, but the audience could not hate her. The male protagonist was miserable and foolish, but the audience could only feel a bit of sympathy for him. They felt sorry for his situation but angry that he did not stand up for himself. In the end, when the male protagonist finally struck it rich and became a member of the upper society, the audience did not feel happy for him. Instead, they could clearly see that he had lost himself. The audience suddenly perceived the male protagonist as a stranger. They could sense that he had lost his true self in the whirlpool of materialism and wealth. Wealth had not made him better. Instead, it took control of his life and turned him into an even sorrier worm. In the end, the male protagonist, played by Lu Zhiyao, was schemed against by the judge, played by Zhang Zuting. He ended up in huge debt and lay down on his bed, like a living corpse. From the screen, the audience watched as the woman-whom the judge had replaced the male protagonist withdid the exact same thing as Lu Zhiyao had done before. The story had obviously descended into a vicious cycle, making the audience feel helpless The screen went black. The movie had ended. The ending song played, the singing sounding exceptionally sad and desolate. This had been the song that the female protagonist, played by Lin Ruyi, had performed when she took part in the talent show. The judges had made fun of her, saying that she had been out of tune. At the time, the audience had not thought much of the song. However, when played at the end, the song seemed slightly different. Between the two versions, the one at the end had an inexplicable meaning attached to it. Pei Qian looked around at the other people in the theater. Whats going on? Wasnt the ending toxic enough? Shouldnt you be standing up and asking for a refund by now? Shouldnt you at least be scoffing or asking what the hell is this?! The entire cinema was silent. Nobody stood up, and nobody made a sound. The credits rolled. Pei Qian realized that his name was listed first under the team of scriptwriters. There was even an additional line that said special thanks. That did not comfort the shocked Boss Pei. The first post-credits scene was of the judge, played by Zhang Zuting, sitting in his villa and nonchalantly enjoying his holiday. He gently swirled his red wine as the dark red glow bounced off the judges face. The woman seated across from him had heavy makeup on. It was the lady host that the judge had pushed to replace Lu Zhiyao after the latters reputation crumbled. All of a sudden, a police siren sounded outside. There was chaos. The woman panicked, stood up, and left. The judge panicked as well. He stood up, dropping the glass of red wine on the floor and sending glass pieces across the room. Some time passed. The judge did not come back. Yet, the previously-flustered female host walked back in, sat down, and poured herself some red wine in another intact glass. Then, she downed it in one go. The camera remained on her delicate red lips. The corners of her lips curled up slightly into an inexplicable smile. The credits rolled again. The second post-credits scene was set in the male protagonists capsule. The male protagonist was still lying down on the bed, looking paralyzed. However, he had already grown long hair and a bear. There were wrinkles and age spots on his face, hinting that a lot of time had already gone by. All of a sudden, there was a lot of noise outside, and a police siren sounded. With a bang, the capsules door flew open. Someone threw something inside and then turned to leave. A faint, angry roar could be heard. It seemed like a poor person was in a violent and intense fight with an official who had been sent to maintain order. n The male protagonist walked towards the door, confused. What lied on the ground was a pistol, covered in blood. Bam! The lights in the theater came on. Everyone in the theater looked like they had just woken up from a dream. One by one, they stood up. Nobody complained about or dissed the movie. Instead, everyone remained silent. It was almost as if they hadnt recovered from the emotions invoked by the movie. Some people began discussing the movie in whispered tones. The film was amazing. Was it really shot by a local director? Thats right. The creativity the amazing plot twists Im dumbfounded! My heart feels a bit loaded after the movie I think itll make a good drama. I feel like it was quite deep. There were many parts I didnt understand. Lets wait for a review. All things aside, Lu Zhiyao acted quite well in this movie. He didnt make me feel uncomfortable at all! The couple beside Pei Qian stood up and followed the crowd out of the cinema. It was not the romance film I expected, but it was surprisingly nice. Thats right. I think the film was hinting at us to cherish our loved ones. Sweetie, we have to treat each other well. The movie was very moving. I cant stop crying, said the girl as she wiped her tears with a tissue. She turned her head slightly to glance at the seat beside her. Then, she whispered, Look, even that young man is moved to tears. At that seat, Pei Qian kept stuffing his mouth with popcorn as tears flowed down his cheeks. Finished! This film is finished! Why the h*ll would the audiences comments be like? Its worth watching again? Its pretty good? The plot was deep? I cant wait for the official review? What the h*ll is happening?! The audience has gotten the movie completely wrong! I only wanted to make it as toxic as possible for all of you! Burp! Pei Qian burped as he cried. He seemed to have eaten too much popcorn Chapter 425 - Remedy Pei Qian lay in his bed directly after he returned home from the movie theater. What? The movie was very well-received? What? The premiere was well-received? Illusions, these are all illusions! Pei Qian kept telling himself that everything would be fine after he woke up from a good sleep! Pei Qian opened his eyes unwillingly at noon the next day. He took out his cell phone to look at the time. As expected, there were many unread messages. Huang Sibo, Zhu Xiaoce, Lin Chang all sorts of people sent in their greetings. He did not need to guess what they would say. Pei Qian did not dare watch it. He carefully ignored these messages for fear that one would pop up accidentally. Pei Qian then ordered a Fish-Catching Take-Out. He felt absolutely melancholy sitting in front of the computer as if life had become tasteless. Pei Qian picked up his cell phone after a long period of internal conflict. He opened the Gou Yan application with a complex expression. He opened Todays Divination, and Tomorrow is Beautiful was in the first place. Box office today: 7.84 million yuan; estimated box office: 210 million yuan! What the f*ck? Pei Qian felt everything go dark in front of his eyes. He nearly smashed his cell phone on the spot. Despair. This is total despair! It was released for only half a day, and its box office had hit 8 million yuan! Pei Qian originally thought that the box office had to exceed 100 million yuan for the investment of 30 million yuan to break even. How could such a movies box office hit 100 million yuan? Yet the prediction from Gou Yan application estimated the box office to be 210 million yuan! The film party was expected to share 73.347 million yuan! This prediction was comprehensively inferred based on the film schedule, attendance rate, box office trend, etc. While there would be certain fluctuations due to uncertain factors which would make it not completely accurate, there would not be a big difference in general! The box office for the other three films was hovering about one to two million yuan that day. Pei Qian was so angry he could die. Trash! All these trash! All of you seem to be great contenders. There were romance movies, western action movies, and domestic big IPs; why did they suddenly wither? Give me some strength! Take away all the schedule for Tomorrow is Beautiful! Yes, spend some money on fake reviewers for Tomorrow is Beautiful! Indeed, spending more would definitely not be enough! Pei Qian could not wait to find the funder of these three movies and urge them to take on the battle. Finally, he clicked open the ratings of Tomorrow is Beautiful. 8.8 points! Pei Qian threw his cell phone aside. Illusions, these are all illusions! No, he had to take a breather. His small heart could not bear such stimulation This 8.8 points was not a particularly high score. Many classic movies that had explosive box office results had high scores between 9.5 to 9.6 points. However, the problem was Tomorrow is Beautiful was not a cool popcorn blockbuster. There were no exciting scenes. The plot did have some connotations, but many ordinary audiences would probably not understand it. It was normal for audiences to give low ratings for movies they did not understand. This high rating was abnormal! The 8.8 points rating showed that the movie was not boring to ordinary audiences. It could still arouse emotions and remain a strong attraction to the audiences even though some of these contents were hard to understand! Pei Qian felt melancholic. Bad news really came one after another, constantly impacting on his psychological defense. Moreover, according to the current situation, it was unrealistic to expect the theaters to reduce the number of slots for Tomorrow is Beautiful. Tomorrow is Beautiful triumphed over the other current movies being screened without much of a fight. Moreover, it seemed as though those that were going to be released would not prove much of a threat either. In this case, the theater would be able to make more money if they could screen more of Tomorrow is Beautiful. Pei Qian choked silently. The Fish-Catching Take-Out arrived in no time. Pei Qian took two mouthfuls of the takeout and regained some vitality. The stronger the adversity, the calmer I have to remain. The situation has probably yet to reach a stage of no return Pei Qian began thinking of a solution as he gobbled down his food. The audience seemed to be mesmerized by Zhu Xiaoces technique from the current situation. This special editing technique allowed the audience to temporarily be ignorant of the toxicity of the film. Its like a pill coated in sugar, tricking the audience into swallowing this poisonous core without realizing its bitter taste. So, I have to find a way to debunk the essence of this movie. Its not a complicated movie at all; its just filled with poison! So who should debunk this fact? And how should it be done? He found the direction, but he was lost when thinking about who should do it. Fake reviewers? Hu Xiaos fake reviewers were pretty good, but Pei Qian could only give them hints if he wanted to use system funds. Pei Qian could not be sure if there would be any deviations from the process of information transmission. It would be very embarrassing if it became a big huha Moreover, fake reviewers would not take leads; they would follow the trend. Pei Qian felt that he had to find a more influential film critic to hack the movie to pieces, pierce the truth, and let the fake reviewers join in. Of course, it was definitely impossible to turn the whole tide around. But persuading one audience at a time was okay as well, right? The specific operations were also a problem. Pei Qian had learned from the lesson of fake reviewers from Repent and be Saved. He would no longer let them express their creativity. He had to give them a clear direction. However, it was impossible for him to tell them to criticize Tomorrow is Beautiful directly. On one hand, the system would not allow him to report the expense; on the other hand, it might stimulate reverse psychology if he did it too intensively. Also, it was difficult to find a point to criticize in this film. Wait, stimulate reverse psychology? Yes, spend money to find people to brag about this movie to its death! Brag about the far-fetched points of the movie. It would create an impression on netizens that the good reviews were all written by fake reviewers! At the same time, such brainless bragging would cause some peoples disgust. They would naturally devalue the movie into nothing. Wouldnt it allow me to achieve the effect I want this way? Yes, lets do it this way! Pei Qian made up his mind and started looking for some well-known film critics on the internet, especially those who had already published a low rating on Tomorrow is Beautiful. He would pay them some money to change his ratings! Wouldnt everyone be able to clearly see that he had received money and immediately associate Tomorrow is Beautiful with fake reviewers? Let me see Lady Luck is smiling upon which reviewer Pei Qian was a lot more excited now. He began patiently searching for his prey on Weibo and various film and television websites. Chapter 426 - Changing Movie Review Rating Pei Qian realized that many movie reviewers had already written their reviews for Tomorrow is Beautiful while searching on the internet. That was reasonable. There were not many good movies released recently, and these film reviewers were also eagerly waiting. They had to see a movie with such a high rating. Pei Qian entered the keywords Tomorrow is Beautiful and scanned the titles one by one. The Triple Meaning Behind Tomorrow is Beautiful One look, and this was eliminated. What Will Consumerism Bring Us? Neither this could be used. The Dark Side of Technology in the Eyes of Pessimists Still no! Pei Qian read several film reviews in a row and eliminated them directly from the title. You could figure out from the words like Triple Meaning, Dark Side of Technology, and Consumerism that they were reviewed after quite a fair amount of thought. These people were already reading too much into it without him even giving them money! Whats in the mind of you film critics?! Deep meaning and pessimism again. Cant you all analyze the superficial meaning of this film, its toxicity? Pei Qian was speechless and continued to work tirelessly to find the right one. He was looking for the kind of poor review which had a huge number of likes and responses. The responses would only clearly make the audience realize that the reviews were twisted and hired fake reviewers! He did not find any valuable comments after turning two or three pages in a row. Pei Qian could only filter the ratings, sorting them from low to high and starting from one-star ratings. As expected, it seemed much more normal now. Failed Works with Lack of Imagination No logic, full of loopholes Suitable for young people to watch, cant stand it after ten minutes One-star rating because of Lu Zhiyao! Pei Qian nodded his head in satisfaction. Yes, this should be the case! What a pity that there were too few of such reviews. There were not many reviews as well. It seemed like everyone was stubbornly stomping them down. There was zero desire to compete with the other critics. Pei Qian clicked in casually to take a look and found that they did not quite meet his requirements either. Reviews who gave one-star ratings were basically very subjective. They were very one-sided and gave such ratings because something they saw in it did not suit their taste. The content was naturally full of prejudice. Such film reviewers were basically venting their emotions, but it was very difficult to ignite feelings in the other audiences. They were too low-class. They wouldnt do. One glance, and one would know that such people were uncultured. They would definitely not be able to write any film reviews that could cause controversy even if they were bribed. The audience would probably not even notice that this reviewer had changed his rating. Pei Qian thought about it for a while and decided to search from the three-star reviews. There were finally some that were suitable! False Profoundness It seems everyone is embarrassed to say it is not good? Then, let me be the kid who exposes the emperors new clothes Too many loopholes, forcibly shaped the tragedy by portraying two trashes Pei Qian had only one feeling in his heart as he read the titles of these comments. They understood me! Moreover, there were many controversial voices under these comments. There were hundreds of likes and dislikes. Obviously, the authors of these reviews had good reputations, and the things they wrote were controversial. Not bad, these are good seedlings. Ill choose one from them first and change to another if it doesnt work out! Pei Qian clicked open the first film review the kid who exposes the emperors new clothes. The reviews on Weibo seemed to laud the movie as a god-like existence. I watched it with a serious pilgrimage mentality at first, but I was so disappointed. I only had one thought after watching this movie: the author does not understand what he was doing. Technology would be so advanced, but they were still giving the lower-class people relief food while they could not even skip advertisements? They even control the time that people of different classes could go out? Thats too unreasonable! Se There were also a variety of advertisements. Having advertisements in the movie is alright, but why does the audience need to watch the advertisements with the protagonist? Crazy! Isnt this story simply a cliche story of a cuckolded man? The author would be scolded if it were to happen in a novel. Why did it become a profound meaning once it turned into a movie? Are you all out of your minds? Pei Qian nodded his head at the criticisms. Of course, Pei Qian did not share the same feelings with this reviewer. He just felt that he had found the right person. Obviously, this was a person who was stubbornly living in his own world. In short, he was the kind of person who held the belief that this world must behave in the way I said; otherwise, something is wrong. It was commonly known as the living campaign. The setting in the world of this film was that the life of the people at the bottom of the world will not necessarily change for the better with the advanced technology. The movie surrounded this setting. His argument was that the setting itself was unreasonable. Therefore, the entire movie was awkward. Hm, not bad. He has character. I like it! It should be very controversial if this person were to brag awkwardly about how good the movie is! The authors username was very low-profile. It was Just Qian. There was only contact information on his personal homepage so Pei Qian could contact him without much effort. Hello, I am the sponsor of Tomorrow is Beautiful. I hope you can change that film review from three stars to five stars and rewrite the review. Of course, we will provide 1,000 yuan for you. Time was tight, and the mission was important. Pei Qian did not intend to be too polite so he went straight to the point. Just Qian replied in no time. I can change the review but not the rating for 1,000 yuan. Pei Qian couldnt help but feel happy after reading this reply. Yo, this guy was quite principled. However, Pei Qian must get him to change his review. How could he arouse the resentment of other audiences and rage war if he didnt change it? Therefore, Pei Qian was very direct. 2,000 yuan. Just Qian obviously hesitated for a while. Im free to write my review; you cannot interfere too much. Review his own? How could that work? How could it rouse disgust in the other audiences if it was not awkward enough? Wouldnt my money be wasted if your reviews submerge instantly in the sea of five-star reviews? It would not achieve Pei Qians aims even though it sounded like a good idea to spend the systems money for nothing. Pei Qian gave up directly on these empty words. 3,000 yuan. Okay, please tell me what to change, Just Qian replied. Pei Qian laughed. It seemed like this was a film critic with very firm principles. He changed his opinion after raising the price twice. Pei Qian considered his words carefully. Praise it to 1,000 words. You must also find an angle that no one else had praised. The more tricky and subtle, the better it is. Just Qian hesitated again: There are already a lot of film reviews. It is difficult to find an angle that no one has said before. Even if I did find one, it will appear to be very forceful which will arouse disgust in people. Forceful? Arouse disgust? Thats right! Thats exactly what I want! Young man, you understood my intention very accurately! Just Qians remarks hit the right spots with Pei Qian. However, Pei Qian could not make it clear either. He could only reply. Its okay. Just Qian, Sorry, I think it matters. The request is very difficult for me Pei Qian, 4,000 yuan. Just Qian, I dont mean that. Its not a matter of money. Its just difficult Pei Qian, 5,000 yuan. Just Qian, I will go to the cinema again right now. Ill submit the draft tonight. Pei Qian felt uneasy even though he managed to convince Just Qian. He seemed like a lone soldier. He had to get some fake reviewers to cooperate with him. Pei Qian found Shaohu Reviews in preparation to buy fake reviewers for that. How would people know that this movie really bought fake reviews without actual fake reviewers? Bro, get me some fake reviewers. Go to the internet to find anyone who had given good reviews and had a tricky angled point of view for Tomorrow is Beautiful. Rave up their popularity! Pei Qian could not clearly state that he was looking for awkward praises so he could only change the wording and emphasize tricky angled point of view. Anything with tricky angles must be seriously over-interpreted. It was almost similar to awkward praising. Hu Xiao replied after a while. No problem. Pei Qian was about to discuss the price when the other party sent another message. I regard us as having a relationship since we have worked together for so long. Ill give you a piece of information. The other fake reviewers seemed to have been tasked to discredit your movie. Ill help you settle this matter if you are willing to spend some money. Hm? Pei Qian was momentarily stunned before becoming overjoyed. Such a good thing existed? Who? Pei Qian asked immediately. Hu Xiao, Sorry, I cannot divulge that. This is the rules of our trade. What a pity. He was unable to know the name of this kind person again. but it should probably be the sponsors of other movies? The movies being released right now were in a competitive relationship. The current attendance and reputation of Tomorrow is Beautiful was good so the film schedule for tomorrow might be more packed than today. That would obviously squeeze the other films schedules. That domestic romance drama and IP movie would have ample motivation to discredit Tomorrow is Beautiful. It did not really matter who this kind soul was. He would just keep this gratitude in his heart. As to spending money to take care of it? Was Pei Qian mad? No need. They can black it for all they want. You push it up; there is no impact. Hu Xiao, Okay, its good that you have this confidence. Tell me if you feel like you cant take it anymore. I can still turn around the situation then. Cant take it? Turn around the situation? No, no, no, there would not be such a situation! I would be happier if they were to black it! Pei Qian would not hesitate to hire fake reviewers to criticize his movie if it was possible. Someone was now doing it for him, what a charitable heart! Pei Qian gave Hu Xiao some instructions to ask his fake reviewers to madly give good reviews to those film reviews with tricky angles, giving people the impression that everyone who liked this movie was extremely fanatic and over-interpreted the movie. This batch of brainless bluffs would create the impression that they were childish die-hard fans. His competitors were also sending out numerous fake reviewers to bring down the movie. They were all working towards the same goal. Would that not give him twice the results in half the effort? Pei Qian finished his Fish-Catching Take-Out after he was done with the explanations. He put it outside his door and then He laid back into his bed. He decided to vanish for two days and not go to the office! Many people would congratulate him if he were to go to the office. He felt despair even thinking about it. It would be much better to enjoy the peace and quiet at home alone. Chapter 427 - Boss Pei, Should We Continue to Sell the Shares? In Otto Technologies Chang You could not seem to sit still. Instead, he paced around the office. I still cant reach Boss Pei. Huang Sibo hasnt heard from him either. Forget it, lets make the decision. After a lot of consideration, Chang You decided that they could not hold things off any longer. He immediately gathered everyone for a meeting. The situation has changed. Tomorrow is Beautiful premiered at midnight last night, and it was very well-received. It completely surpassed our initial expectations! We can activate the second stage of our plan. Little Jiang, explain to everyone. The young man beside him handed out printed proposals to everyone else at the table. Then, he walked in front of the projector screen and began to explain the chosen plan. We came up with different designs for the exterior of our cell phone. Everyone knows that most designs look the same because Boss Pei has given us clear instructions. The logo has to be big and eye-catching Thus, we designed different logos and matched the logos to the color scheme of the cell phones outer cover. We had picked a simpler logo at first, but now that Tomorrow is Beautiful has premiered, our plans will change accordingly. At the time, Tomorrow is Beautifuls production crew asked us for logos advertisement plans. Now, they have shot the advertisements. Whats more, those advertisements had appeared in the movie. Take this one for example. Little Jiang clicked a button, and an advertisement started playing on the projector screen. A drone arrived to collect take-out, but the destination was too far away. Thus, the boss of the take-out business whipped out his phone to charge the drone. After that, the drone took off and traveled through the desert and sea. Along the way, it went through a sandstorm, a tempest, and various other extreme weathers. After it returned from making the delivery, it still had thirty percent of its battery life. The logo on the cell phone was one of the logos that Otto Technologies had decided not to use. That was the most futuristic-looking logothe one made out of the letters OTTO, that resembled the infinity symbol in mathematics and looked the most postmodern. Little Jiang said, We didnt choose this logo at first, mainly because we thought it would be too showy. We were afraid that our new cell phone brand would not match up to a logo like that. However, from the looks of the current situation, the advertisement and the exterior of this cell phone are quite well-received by the audience! At the same time, the movie will become more popular in the near future. If we release a cell phone with a similar-looking exterior, we would be able to capture the attention of the movies fans. Further, we wont be manufacturing many of these cell phones. It might be a good idea to make it a collectible for the fans. Once Little Jiang finished talking, everyone began discussing the idea. I thought this logo was the nicest from the start! The cell phones advertisement looked quite good in the movie. Even after theaters stop screening the movie, we can upload the advertisements on video websites or screen them in television programs. That would save us a lot of money. That means we have to make our cell phones look like that! Thats what I think, too. Itll be a waste not to make use of a good commercial like that. Er Boss Chang, what does Boss Pei think? Everyone turned to look at Chang You. Chang You hesitated. I cant reach Boss Pei for now. I think hes been very busy during this period. Everyone exchanged confused looks. I dont think Boss Pei will reject this idea. I heard that Boss Pei was the one who wrote the movies script. Boss Pei was also the one who decided not to sell the advertising space in the movie. Did Boss Pei think about doing this from the very beginning? Hmm that seems to make sense. Everyone agreed that it made sense to use the advertisement since it had already been filmed and was well-received by the audience Chang You immediately made the decision. Alright, since thats the case, we can use this logo and this exterior. Come up with a new plan based on this logo as soon as possible and then hand it to the manufacturers! At Dream Realization Ventures He Desheng looked at his cell phone screen with a conflicted expression. Boss Pei still hasnt replied to my message. Should I give him a call? Boss Pei isnt busy now, is he? I feel like it would be a bit rude of me. During this period, Top Student, Come Quick had been getting increasingly popular. Not only had He Desheng arranged for publicity using their initial investment funds, but the other investors had also been paying out of their pocket to market Top Student, Come Quick. Ca e The reason for this was simple. The more popular the application became, the more Xude Education would pay for it! He Desheng had been following Boss Peis instructions recently and selling their shares in Top Student, Come Quick bit by bit. Since last week, He Desheng had already sat in several shareholder meetings for Top Student, Come Quick. He Desheng was a core member of Top Student, Come Quicks entrepreneurial team and the in-charge of Dream Realization Ventures. He was only managing the shares on Boss Peis behalf. After all, Boss Pei was too busy. He could not possibly attend meetings and get caught up in the minor details every time he sold a bit of shares. He Deshengs task during those shareholder meetings had been very simple: he had to discuss the shares transaction with Xude Educations representative. The other shareholders were beginning to sell their shares as well. The company that Xude Education had set up for Top Student, Come Quick was holding more and more shares as time passed. An investor who had poured three million yuan into the project at first had sold all of his shares for eight million yuan at one shot. That was more than a hundred percent profit! At the moment, the estimated value of Top Student, Come Quick was close to forty million yuan. As the other investors sold their shares, Xude Education naturally tried to haggle for a lower price. Yet, even so, each of those investors ended up making a significant profit. He Desheng could tell that Xude Education seemed to have been cheated by that group of sly, old foxes. Of course, he could not go so far as to say they had been cheated. After all, Xude Education did want the application. As a wealthy educational organization, Xude Education had always hoped to come up with an application that could expand its influence. Thus, acquiring the application was akin to gold-plating their reputation. Boss Li and the other investors wanted to make money, and Xude Education wanted to gold-plate its reputation. Each was a willing party, and there was nothing that He Desheng could complain about. Of course, He Desheng would not expose the investors either. That was because he knew that everyone intended to cash out of the project from the very beginning. Now, Boss Li and the others had already planned their exit route. Naturally, He Desheng would follow suit. There was no reason for him to interfere with anything else. To obtain absolute control over this project, Xude Education had a strong desire to acquire all the shares. In particular, it wanted to acquire the shares that He Desheng held. It was then that He Desheng realized why Boss Pei emphasized on selling the shares bit by bit. Obviously, he wanted to maximize profit! As Top Student, Come Quick became more popular and Xude Educations shareholding increased, the price of the last bulk of shares would keep increasing. After making a few transactions, He Desheng now had the minimum amount of shares that Boss Pei had asked him to keep about twenty percent. To obtain more control over the company and reach a 67% shareholding, Xude Education had willingly forked out a huge sum of money for the last bit of shares that He Desheng had sold to them. Given that the projects estimated value was now at forty million yuan, He Desheng had sold his shares for an estimated sum of fifteen million yuan. Deducting the initial investment of two million yuan, he had reaped a pure profit of over ten million yuan from this project alone. Whats more, he still had twenty percent of shares in the company. Now, He Desheng was conflicted about whether he should sell the last twenty percent. He could sell those shares for another huge sum of money! Of course, He Desheng did not dare to call the shots. After all, Pei Qian had already told him to hold onto the last twenty percent. Yet, holding onto the shares made He Desheng feel like he had failed to completely cash out on this project. It almost seemed to go against Boss Peis initial intentions. In other words He Deshengs work felt incomplete. After pondering over it for a long time, He Desheng decided to call Boss Pei. Pei Qian was lying on the bed like a corpse when his cell phone rang. Eh? He Desheng? Pei Qian quickly picked up. Hello, whats the matter? On the other end of the line, He Desheng was stunned. He had not expected Boss Pei to pick up so quickly or to sound like he was not busy at all. Oh, Boss Pei, Ive already done what you asked me to and sold all the shares, save for twenty percent. Should I continue to sell the shares? If I do that, we might be able to make another four or five million yuan. Pei Qian, ? At that moment, he found it hard to understand what He Desheng was saying. He sold all the shares so quickly? He can even earn another four or five million yuan if he sells the last twenty percent? I remember I had about sixty percent earlier How much did I earn by selling the shares just to affect the other investors confidence?! Pei Qian quickly asked, Whats the projects current estimated value? He Desheng answered honestly, About forty million yuan, Boss Pei. Pei Qian, ? Thats not right. Thats not how the story was supposed to go. Pei Qian felt confused. I kept selling to sell my shares. Logically, people should have thought I was running away. Other investors were supposed to follow suit, and everyones confidence was supposed to crumble. The projects estimated value was supposed to fall drastically, and no one was supposed to want to buy over my shares Yet, the projects estimated value is continuing to rise even after Ive sold so many shares?! Based on Pei Qians memory, the project had been estimated at 25 million yuan before. He fell into silence, not knowing what to say next. He Desheng did not dare to chase him for a response either. He thought that Boss Pei was thinking about an even deeper investment problem or a strategy for the future. Half a minute later, Pei Qian asked, How about Boss Lis shares? He Desheng answered, He did the same as us; he sold them all to Xude Education. Xude Education paid a lot of money for the shares. At the moment, theyre already holding the controlling share of 67%. Of course, because of that, Xude Education no longer wants to buy the last twenty percent that were holding so desperately. They wont buy it at the earlier price, but I think we can still make four or five million yuan if we sell them. Pei Qians mind was filled with question marks. What the h*ll is Xude Education? I didnt hear this name when talking about the other investors before. Pei Qian was stunned for a moment before a realization dawned on him. Sh*t, Ive been generating so much hype that a massive problem has occurred. An outsider has entered the picture! This Xude Education must have seen the application and come to take over the business. It was just as well that the investors were selling their shares; the company bought them all! A bad feeling overwhelmed Pei Qian. He tried asking, So how much did we make from selling our shares? He Desheng replied, About 15.6 million yuan. I need to check the exact figure; please hold on Feeling light-headed, Pei Qian said, Theres no need to check Finished! This situation has spiraled out of control! I said that I only wanted to lose two million yuan at first. Now, after a whole mess of manipulations, Ive made 13 million yuan instead! What the h*ll did everyone do?! Pei Qian tried hard to keep calm. After clearing his throat, he said, What if-I mean what if-I want to buy all of those shares back. How much Would it cost? He Desheng laughed. Boss Pei, youre very humorous. Thats not a matter of price. Xude Education wanted absolute control over this project, and they have just gotten that. Why would they sell their shares again? Pei Qian: its nothing, then. Sensing that Boss Pei was going to hang up, He Desheng quickly asked, So should we sell the last twenty percent, Boss Pei? Pei Qian answered, No! With a plop, Pei Qian hung up. He Desheng looked at his cell phone screen, confused. It looks like Boss Pei has another plan for those shares, but why do I sense that Boss Pei is unhappy? Chapter 428 - One Website was Extremely Stable! Just Qian was very efficient. He published his new film review before dinner. Alright, the Emperors New Clothing was Nice Indeed This used to be a long review, giving the movie three-stars. However, after watching the movie a second time, I decided to change my rating Before, I thought that the movie was just sentimental nonsense. I thought the biggest problem was the advertisements in the film. Its absolutely despicable to force the audience to watch advertisements together with the main leads! However, after watching the movie a second time, I realized my mistake. Those advertisements had been meticulously planned, and each one of them had a deep meaning! First of all, those advertisements were not linked to any existing brand. The movie had not entered sponsored partnerships with any other company. That maintains the audiences experience. Compared to movies that did anything for sponsors, this is really worthy of praise! On top of that, each advertisement was very carefully designed. Not only were they well-filmed, but there was also a variety of advertisements. There were humorous ones and postmodern ones: on one hand, the audience felt immersed in the futuristic world; on the other hand, the advertisements alone were very interesting! Additionally, the advertisements served to link the entire story together. Theres one simple example: the judge played by Zhang Zuting had already been featured in one of the advertisements on the television at the beginning of the movie. The female host who appeared at the end was also featured in one of the advertisements. You would notice this if you watch the movie again. Finally, the advertisements are very sharp criticisms of society! When the protagonist drank beer, the advertisements were about fried chicken and red wine. When the protagonist lost money, the advertisements were about money lending services. When the protagonist saved enough money, the advertisements were about financial instruments. This is obviously a criticism of big data and breach of privacy! I thought that the advertisements were just advertisements, but now I know that I was wrong. The advertisements in this movie did not make me feel disgusted. Instead, they added meaning to the film. Its brilliant! Before this, I thought that the film was forcefully packaging itself as sci-fi because only the background was well done. However, I know my mistake now. The film is filled with reflections of what the future and technology would look like! Local sci-fi films have gotten it wrong so far. All of them have sought to be impressive and epic. Yet, Tomorrow is Beautiful has blazed a new trail and shown everyone a viable alternative, by focusing on the perspective of an ordinary person. Apparently, this is a good direction! All in all, I deeply misunderstood the movie before. I now undoubtedly give it five-stars! I deeply regret misunderstanding the film before. I didnt understand the film because I was shallow-minded and simple The last paragraph was filled with fancy expressions of remorse. All the lines seemed to have the same underlying meaning: Everyone who badmouths the film is an ignorant country-bumpkin! Obviously, he was just trying to hit the word count Pei Qian had asked him to write a thousand words, but he had only had three hundred words worth of content. Thus, he had had no choice but to fill up the empty space by repeating himself. Although it looked like he was a fraudster, Pei Qian did not care. Just Qian had done his job well! Pei Qian had requested for him to awkwardly praise the film from a crafty angle. That was exactly what Just Qian had done: he had praised the advertisements in the film! Pei Qian had only inserted the advertisements in the movie to pass time and drag it out. Only then could he fulfill the cinemas minimum requirement. Yet, Just Qian had made such a big deal out of them. He had made the advertisements sound even more interesting than the movie itself! He would have sounded more legitimate if he had praised the movies deep meaning or the actors skills. The audience would not have suspected that the critic had been paid to write something Yet, he praised the advertisements. His reaction had even undergone such a drastic change. Most people would probably be able to tell that he was praising the movie for the sake of it, right? People would realize that he had changed his review because he had been paid, right? Without a moments hesitation, Pei Qian scrolled to the final paragraph. He could not wait to see the newest comments on this review. Of course, it would be some time before people realized that the critic had edited his review. Pei Qian considered waiting a while before returning to this page. In the meantime, he could check how effective his competitors fake reviewers had been. After surfing the net for a while, Pei Qian could not help but feel moved. His competitors seemed quite wealthy. Their fake reviewers were everywhere! Quality was important when it came to fake reviewers, but the quantity was more so. If one wanted many fake reviewers, they would have to spend more money. One even had to pay various classes of accounts to write bad reviews and give low ratings. Those were considerable expenses. However, the bigger the scale, the happier Pei Qian felt! It was true that fake reviews tended to be stereotyped and repetitive. Most of them said loose plot, actors looked out-of-character, inexpressive lines, too many advertisements, lacks sincerity, or other meaningless disses. Still, they continued to pass off as genuine comments. That was because fake reviewers aimed to influence those who had not watched the movie before. If they did not diss it well enough, they would not be able to persuade others not to watch it. On top of that, the large-scale, low-rating motion had already begun. At noon, Pei Qian saw that the movies rating was 8.8. Now, it was 8.6 and showing signs of continuing to drop. Pei Qian read the negative comments for an hour and immediately felt more joyful. I wonder which good-hearted soul hired these fake reviewers. Theyve really done me a favor! Hmm I think its time to read the comments under Just Qians edited review. Pei Qian accessed the comments section of Just Qians edited review and then skipped past the first few pages which contained earlier comments. Eh? This got so many comments in just one hour? Did everyone find out that he had been paid to change his review? Are they roasting him right now? Pei Qian expectantly read the new comments. There is nothing better than if one can change after making a mistake! Did your conscience strike you after you dissed the film for the sake of doing it? I said before that the film is not a mindless one. Its an exquisite product! You swallowed everything in a single mouthful and missed out on a lot of details. Of course, you ended up thinking it was horrible! Everything changed once you rewatched it and saw those details, right? Its indeed interesting to zoom in on the advertisements. I thought they just formed a background and didnt bother to look too much into them. I only remember thinking that each of those advertisements was amusing. Now, I know that they contained so much meaning! Well-written. I want to re-watch it, too! I had the same thoughts before! The writer was quite sincere in his apologies in the last paragraph. Since youre so willing to admit your mistakes; I might consider turning into a fan. This review taught me that no success is accidental. Behind every successful movie are many meticulously-planned details! Director Zhu Xiaoce is awesome! Author, can I share this? I want to share this, too. The fifth page The sixth page the last page. Pei Qian read every single one of those new comments and then scratched his head in confusion. What the hell?! Hes obviously making something out of nothing. Cant you tell?! Dont you feel disgusted at all?! He was paid to change his review!He really was! I can attest to that! Does anyone care?! Pei Qian was speechless. The audience was focusing on strange things, werent they? Why werent they thinking about why the writer changed his review all of a sudden? Why were they focusing instead on the advertisements in the movie? Wasnt this critic supposed to collaborate with the competitors fake reviewers? The collaboration ended before it even began Pei Qian opened Gou Yan and discovered that the film schedule for Tomorrow is Beautiful was out. Tomorrow is Beautifuls row piece rate had increased again! Its like nothing that Pei Qian had done was effective. Keep going, fake reviewers, my brothers! Youre fighting a lonely battle, but my heart is with you always! For some reason, Pei Qian felt bad for the fake reviewers. Logically, he should hate fake reviewers because they were people who distorted the truth for their own selfish gain. Yet, for some reason, Pei Qian felt that once those fake reviewers had come over to his side, they had turned into mantises trying to block traffic. One by one, they were being sent to their tragic deaths. On the other hand, Boss Pei was the hostage who was tied to the car. He could only watch them get reduced to dust by car wheels while he teared and inwardly wished them a pleasant afterlife Pei Qian did not know why, but he felt like one of the main characters in a tragic romance story. February 24th, Thursday, the third day of Tomorrow is Beautifuls screening In Shenzhen After ending a meet-and-greet, the staff in charge of publicity for the film could finally take a break. Zhu Xiaoce collapsed onto his seat. Im dead tired! Zhang Zuting smiled by the side. Were doing publicity for a movie. Thats the way it is. Youll get used to it, Director Zhu. Huang Sibo was dead beat as well. As he hammered his leg with one fist, he surfed the net for reviews of the movie. The comments are not bad overall. It looks like our movie has become famous. However, fake reviewers are obviously at work. Ive checked three days in a row, but the films ratings have been consistently falling. Our rating on Gou Yan application is now 8.3. After some thought, Zhu Xiaoce asked, Should we talk to Boss Pei about this? He just has to say a word to Boss Lin of Shenhua Film, and the latter would settle this for us, right? Huang Sibo pondered about it and then shook his head. Of course, he can settle this for us, but we shouldnt ask Boss Lin for too many favors. Weve already bothered him enough with the advertising. Zhu Xiaoce nodded. Yes, thats right. This is our problem. Whats more, it wouldnt hurt even if our ratings fall by less than 1 point. We shouldnt bother Boss Lin over something as minor as this. Everyone fell silent. Only the sound of Huang Sibo hammering his leg filled the room. Yet, all of a sudden, he slammed his fist on his thigh hard. Holy sh*t! Huang Sibo could not help but cuss. Everyone turned to him, confused. Whats the matter? Quickly, look at this! Huang Sibo handed them the cell phone. They looked at Huang Sibos cell phone and saw a hot post. Its title was Recording Tomorrow is Beautifuls daily online ratings to see how psychotic the fake reviewers areupdated regularly. The contents of the post were quite simple. Tomorrow is Beautifuls daily ratings on various websites had been captured via screenshots. For example, there were screenshots of the film having a rating of 8.8 on Gou Yan application at first but then subsequently dropping to 8.3. Obviously, fake reviewers were running wild. The situation was the same on other websites as well. The movies ratings dropped at varying speeds. However, one website was an exception. On TPDb, Tomorrow is Beautifuls ratings hovered around 9.1. It was extremely stable! Chapter 429 - The Pride Only a Tengda Employee Knew Chapter 429 The Pride Only a Tengda Employee Knew Netizens who were following this post obviously also noticed this phenomenon. The TPDb had not changed like the other website so it stuck out conspicuously like a firefly at night. Strange, why did the ratings on this site not change at all? Did the fake reviewers not notice this site because it is too small? Impossible. The fake reviewers are not picky about who they work with. Several websites much smaller than this did not escape their evil hands. How could they just let it go? Moreover, there are quite a few users on this website. You would be considered ignorant if you have never heard of it, alright? Huh, what website is this? Tengda Project Database, containing the ratings and evaluations of every project in Tengda Group. That includes every game and every physical store. Tengdas own website? Then, the ratings are probably locked no wonder no fake reviewers can move it. Absolutely not. If you pay attention to this website, youll find that the ratings would change. Most projects start off with a low rating and then gradually rise. Moreover, the ratings can be basically said to be objective and fair! Yes, this movie is worth nine points! This post was originally intended to record the tragic attacks by the fake reviewers. However, the objective of the thread began to change as there were more readers and discussions. It became why are the ratings of the TPDb website not affected by the fake reviewers? There were different opinions, but not one of them guessed it right. The ratings of TPDb were hidden from the beginning and were not disclosed at all. The final ratings were calculated by taking different weightage of ratings of different parties including Tengda Senior Internal Evaluation, General Employee Comprehensive Evaluation, Authoritative Media Comprehensive Evaluation, Consumer Evaluation, and Netizens Evaluation. This rating mechanism could not be said to be the most perfect. An evaluation was subjective after all. However, it could avoid the influence of fake reviewers and malicious reviews. Its final ratings were infinitely closest to what each work deserved. Everyone who read through this post would find it interesting. Huang Sibo said with a smile, I think these people would not be able to guess what the rating system is like even if they were to ponder about it for half a year. Zhu Xiaoce rubbed his chin. Hmm but would the audience question the objectivity of this website? It is our own website after all. We are both the players and the referees. It would definitely attract some rumors. The smile on Huang Sibos face widened. There would definitely be audiences-oh, no contrarians who suspect the objectivity of this website. This is unavoidable. The contrarians can always find inexplicable entry points. But is this important? We dont even need to explain these things. The credibility of the website could not be established overnight. It would only be established when enough projects appear for a long time under the netizens watchful eyes and fulfill the expectations of most people. Cliy The TPDb website is Tengdas internal assessment mechanism. It directly determined the bonus distribution of each department. Who would dare do any tricks under the supervision of Boss Pei? One could only stand tall and strong without desires. This site will always remain objective and just as long as it did not have any desires and could not be bribed. To put it in another way, this site will become an industry standard sooner or later, as long as Boss Pei is around! Moreover, with the help of Tomorrow is Beautiful, the TPDb website has now entered the vision of most ordinary netizens. This is a great start! Sooner or later, the ratings on this website would be the most authoritative rating platform and become the standard of various industries! Zhu Xiaoce gave it some thought. Then, what if the other film review websites were to introduce a similar mechanism? Huang Sibo smiled and said with obvious pride, I think this possibility is not likely since there are too many interests involved. I dont think the other website owners can completely ignore their personal interests like Boss Pei does. Of course, Tengda would have moved the entire industry if other film review websites had established a similar mechanism where the fake reviewers can no longer operate. I believe Boss Pei will also be very happy if that happens. Anyway, no matter how the movie is reviewed on the other websites, it would always have a fair evaluation on the TPDb website. Its the same for Tengdas other projects. No matter how its being attacked or smeared by the world, TPDb will always be a safe haven. Here, projects will receive their due and fair evaluation. Boss Pei seemed to be saying to all the employees: Its okay. I can see all your hard work. I will not let anyones hard work go to waste! I believe this must be one of the original intentions of Boss Pei when he created this website. There was a certain pride in Huang Sibos face that only Tengda employees could understand. Achoo! Whos talking behind my back again.?! Pei Qian rubbed his nose and continued to scan the web pages seriously. He did not notice that TPDb had begun to gain visibility with the netizens because he was paying attention to something more important. The advertisements in Tomorrow is Beautiful had been over-interpreted! Originally, many audiences did not care about the advertisements. They only thought of them as meaningless backdrops to the movie. That was because the brands in advertisements were all original and had not collided with any existing advertisements. The logos were collated from several departments which were different from the logos existing on the market. Therefore, no one would notice anything wrong with them at a glance. However, more people seemed to think that the advertisements in the film had some other meanings when they went into an in-depth exploration of the film. Some people watched the movie twice or thrice just to study all the advertisements clearly. Everyone was surprised to find that the logos on these advertisements seemed very similar to Tengdas existing industries after comparing them to the projects on Tengdas website. For example, the advertisements of a certain novel website in the movie were obviously made from Zhongdian Chinese Networks logo. The logo of a certain virtual reality entertainment room in the movie also had some strange similarities to the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. One would not recognize it at first glance, but one would find it getting more familiar the more one looked at it! That led to a keen interest in these brands by the audiences! Some went to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, some ordered ROF system units others went to Zhongdian Chinese Network to read web novels The one thing that threw Pei Qian into despair was the Fish-Catching Complex in Lincheng! Pei Qian went there once when it started operation. He thought that Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 2.0 would at most have an attendance rate of 60 to 70%, but it was full on its first day of opening! What would the situation there be then? Imagine being someone who was a resident in Lincheng: They came to the cinema one fine day. They casually looked at the comments on posts of Tomorrow is Beautiful, and they found a post titled Deep Analysis of Original Brands in the Advertisements of the Movie. They found out in surprise that the industries written in the post-including the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Fish-Catching Take-Out, ROF Computer-Installation, Upwind Logistics, etc.were all nearby or even at their doorstep! They would have the following options then: One, they could go there and take a look. They could even buy something and take a photo as a memorial. The other option would be to control curiosity and go home to bed. It was very easy to know what most people would choose! Pei Qian did not dare ask Xiao Peng, the person-in-charge of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, about it because he was worried his poor heart could not take the reply. He knew that it would be bad just by imagining it Pei Qian closed the webpage and stared out of the window in melancholy. Forget it, it would be better to use the time to think about what other benefits he could give his employees. Chapter 430 - Lu Zhiyao’s Interview, Help from an Eminent Person Pei Qian finally decided on two directions after a friendly and harmonious communication with the system. Housing and fitness In fact, Tengda had corresponding benefits for these two projects already. There were subsidies for renting a house and also reimbursements for the membership and a certain number of private training sessions. The current amount of welfare seemed to be unable to meet Boss Peis needs anymore. Pei Qian only had one feeling now: he made mountains of money but could only trickle the spending away! Of course, it seemed to be a good idea for all the employees to share this pain together, but this sort of burden-sharing was obviously limited. Pei Qian wanted to buy a huge building to house all his employees. Obviously, that could not pass through the system. Therefore, Pei Qian could only replace it with housing subsidies previously. The systems restrictions on employee welfare had gradually relaxed as Tengda Corporation became larger and was making more money. He still could not give each employee a good lodging, but it seemed like he could use other ways to achieve this means. Pei Qian had realized that the system had different restrictions on the method of spending money. Charity was the most restrictive and only had a small quota every cycle. Company benefits was slightly looser. The standards would continue to rise as the company expanded to cover all the employees. Reimbursement was even laxer even though an appropriate reason had to be found and must appear to be connected to the needs of the job. Investment was the most relaxed. There seemed to be no upper limit on the investment funds. The most important restriction was to leave some room for profits so that the project had the possibility of making money in theory. In some very special circumstances, the system would allow the investment even if there was a limited possibility of making profits; it was permitted as long as they could obtain an excellent reputation and social influence. For example, the documentary filmed previously by Huang Sibo and the loss-making Upwind Logistics. Therefore, there were a lot of restrictions when it came to welfare or reimbursement for housing benefits. It would be a four-person or two-person room at best. The standards were set up too high. However, if one changed their way of thinking and used the investment approach, the requirements by the system were much looser. For example, if Pei Qian were to use this money to invest in an apartment project, use the money to renovate it, and then set a price to rent out. The system would not be too strict about it if he were to use some rooms as the staff dormitory. It was just like the Fish-Catching Take-Out, which was a little more troublesome. He first had to make a take-out and then let the take-out provide his employees with work meals and then obtain reimbursement from the company. It was even better if he could not rent the apartment out. Boss Pei could even make some money. As to why he chose housing and gym That was because both projects had a physical existence, which required repair fees and rents. The maintenance and operating fees were much higher. It might even increase the chances of making losses. Moreover, Pei Qian could also change his place of residence reasonably! His current place of residence was alright, but it was just an ordinary two-bedroom apartment. Pei Qian also hoped that his place of residence could become bigger and better as a hermit. It seemed like he was rather far away from fulfilling his dream of making enough losses until he could buy a mansion. Moreover, Pei Qian felt that he did not need to worry about buying a house with his own money. It wouldnt matter if its his or not if he could live in it forever, wasnt it? So what if it belonged to the company? Pei Qian added the two projects apartment and gym to the planning cycle of the settlement after some thoughts. It was definitely not in time for this cycle. On the one hand, there was only one month more to the settlement. It was too late to start these projects. The Thriller Hostel would not be able to be completed within this cycle. It would affect the settlement if he were to add more projects that couldnt be completed. On the other hand, it was because the payment of the movie was not so soon. Generally, movies were released for one month before the box office could be determined. The box office revenue would then be settled from theater to theater. It would take anywhere from three to six months to complete the whole process. However, there were fast settlement and collection companies in the film industry. They were similar to the bank factoring businesses. They would assess the company in accordance with the box office and charge a percentage as the handling fee. It was similar to the fast refund of many shopping websites to put it bluntly. However, even so, he would only be able to obtain this money during the next cycle. It was actually good news for Pei Qian because this cycle would not need to bear such heavy pressure. It would cost tens of millions in less than a month However, the pressure would be great for the next cycle. Therefore, Pei Qian planned to spend the accidental fortune he made from the movie to the apartment and gym projects. As for the other industries that earned more money because of the movies influence It seemed like he could only splash out on the Thriller Hostel project in addition to regular expenses. He had to use as many excess funds as possible so that the Thriller Hostel would be completed and opened normally for the next settlement cycle. Pei Qian through his little notebook aside with no love lost. February 25th, Friday The fourth day he had decided to disappear. Pei Qian refreshed the webpages and felt that the situation was a gone case. The activities of the fake reviewers had obviously begun to decline. Not only had they failed to achieve the desired effect, but they had made Tomorrow is Beautifuleven more popular now! It seemed as though the fake reviewers retreated seeing that the situation was no longer in their favor. They did not want to spend money down the drain. Pei Qian glanced at the Gou Yan application. It seemed that the film schedules had increased again! What a tragic story. The feeling that Pei Qian was feeling now should be the same as his competitors. Pei Qian uninstalled the Gou Yan application with the mentality that he would not be able to get upset if he did not see it. In short, the box office does not exist as long as I dont see it! Pei Qian had been cooped up in his rented apartment for the past few days. He was getting a little bored so he subconsciously opened Weibo, wanting to look at the latest news to see if there was any fresh stuff to adjust his depressed mood a little. However, there were only three hot searches on Weibo. #TomorrowisBeautiful# #LuZhiyaosacting# #TomorrowisBeautifulRealBrands# Once again, Pei Qian was speechless. Youve been haunting me persistently! The last two were not hot searches yesterday! He picked a random #LuZhiyaosacting# thread and saw a draft interview. Interview with Lu Zhiyao: Breakthrough in acting is all because of an eminent person Tomorrow is Beautiful was released on February 22nd. A futuristic satirical story about science fiction broke the audiences stereotype of domestic science fiction movies. The box office broke 80 million yuan in four days after the release, and it sparked heated discussions across the Internet. Lu Zhiyao has shown his brilliant acting skills in the film and vividly interprets the various emotions of a future person. The rivalry with the veteran actor Zhang Zuting is even more enjoyable for the audience. During the roadshow, he heard comments from the audience. The highest praise he received so far was an audience that completely forgot that the person on the screen is Lu Zhiyao. A poster of Lu Zhiyao from Tomorrow is Beautiful was included. Lu Zhiyaos toxicity for the box office had always been a topic of discussion. The audience summed it all up to various curses. It would seem that the box office of the movies he participated in, be it shot by a famous director or a big production, would never be able to escape its ill fate. If this statement seemed to hold some ridiculous meaning, then the audiences discussion of whether Lu Zhiyao has acting skills in the end would appear sharper and harsher. Evaluations such as excessive performance, everyone he played were like himself, make one unable to focus on his character had been troubling Lu Zhiyao all the time. It tortured him after every movie. However, Tomorrow is Beautiful is a huge success which triumphantly washed away Lu Zhiyaos toxic image and the bad luck he brings to the box office! A clip of Lu Zhiyaos beer-drinking scene was posted. With regard to this, Lu Zhiyao feels that at many stages in his life, actors will encounter roles that are extremely important to them, and they will also encounter eminent people who are of great help to their career. Lu Zhiyao benefited a lot from his rivalry with the veteran actor Zhang Zuting during the filming of Tomorrow is Beautiful. He also learned how to figure out the psychology of the character and how to substitute for the role. More importantly, there was an eminent person on the set who hit the nail on the spot and pointed out the problems in Lu Zhiyaos performance. It made him realize that actors should not work hard to play roles but should let themselves become the roles. Lu Zhiyao said that this eminent person had not only brought him an epiphany in acting but also gave him a new understanding of life planning and even in the philosophy of life. The transition from an idol star to a mature and powerful actor is not easy, but he has been working hard. Lu Zhiyao now said that he prefers complex and humanistic roles, and he interprets the weaknesses of the roles more. His performance style has also changed from being exaggerated to introverted. In terms of life planning, Lu Zhiyao said that he should slow down and take every step steadily. As the eminent person said, acting normal is the most difficult; just act whatever the role is. Extending to the philosophy of life and focusing on the actors own job, he should constantly temper his acting skills instead of focusing on those that have nothing to do with his job. Lu Zhiyao, who was guided by the eminent person, finally found his own style of acting. Chapter 431 - Modest in Dan Dao Hui The exclusive interview was published on February 24th. That was yesterday. Once it was published, many people forwarded it to their friends and rapidly spread it around Weibo and other similar platforms. There were already tens of thousands of comments. Obviously, news of the interview had spread like wildfire. Lu Zhiyaos acting skills in the movie werent criticized! It looks like this film has become quite popular. It wont be fitting to call him the toxicity in the box office anymore! At first, I didnt want to watch the movie after finding out that Lu Zhiyao was the main actor. However, the start scene of him drinking beer shocked me. I couldnt believe my own eyes! I think it really isnt easy being Lu Zhiyao. Hes not like other young actors, who always say they work extremely hard, but who never improve even after a long time. Lu Zhiyao has always been silently working hard. Now, hes finally achieving a breakthrough! Hes attracting so many fans. Im going to watch the movie again! I want to observe his acting skills! I really want to know who he was referring to when he said an eminent person helped him. He already thanked Zha Zhuti before that. I dont think its him, right? Could it be Director Zhu Xiaoce? I dont think so. If it were the director, he could have just thanked him directly. Why should he refer to him as an eminent person? Not only did the person offer him acting advice, but he also offered him life lessons that person doesnt sound simple at all! What I want to know is whether Lu Zhiyao can become a movie king based on his performance in this movie or not. Even if he cant get awards at overseas film festivals, he should have hopes of getting local ones, right? We cant tell for sure. What if this movie catches the attention of overseas judges? ero After reading a few pages of comments, Pei Qians expression turned dark. The corners of his lips kept twitching. Acting normal is the most difficult? Just act whatever the role is? Were those my exact words? My exact words were these: just act normally and the male lead is an ordinary person, just act ordinary! This Lu Zhiyao not only misunderstood me, but he also injected some kind of philosophy in my words Obviously, Lu Zhiyao couldnt remember what Pei Qian had said before. He only made it up on the spot, based on his foggy memory. That was how he had come up with those lines in the interview. Whats more, the eminent person obviously referred to Pei Qian! Lu Zhiyao, Lu Zhiyao I cant say anything about you ridding yourself of toxicity or about you achieving a breakthrough in your acting, but couldnt you have stopped yourself from achieving this with my movie? Pei Qian realized that his fear that Lu Zhiyao drinking beer would become a hot search had turned into reality. However, the process had been slightly different from what he had imagined Knock, knock! Pei Qian was leaning back on his chair, daydreaming, when he heard someone knock on the door. He was stunned. Delivery? No, I didnt order anything recently. He opened his door and saw that it was Ma Yang. What are you doing here? Pei Qian asked, surprised. School was not going to reopen for some time. The company had opened for business again, but He Desheng could handle Dream Realization Ventures. Pei Qian had also been keeping an eye on their main investments so it made no difference whether Ma Yang was there or not. Pei Qian had thought that Ma Yang would stay at home until the end of the holiday before coming back to work. Ma Yang sat down on the sofa, looking concerned. I heard from He Desheng that Brother Qian hasnt been to the office for a few days. Thats why I came to check on you. Ma Yang looked at the bags of snacks on the table. Pei Qian had eaten them all when he felt bored over the past few days. Ma Yangs expression turned somber. Brother Qian, I have to scold you. Youre the Chairman now. You cannot put everything on your own shoulders now! Take Dream Realization Ventures for example. Its trueI didnt have enough time to work because of the upcoming examinations, but you didnt have to handle all the investment matters on your own! Look, youre under so much stress! Youve been eating so much junk! Its too harmful to your body! As Ma Yang spoke, he grabbed the half-empty bags of chips and started to munch on them noisily. Chinese New Year is over, and I am back! Im going to share your burdens! Brother Qian, assign the tasks to me! Pei Qian looked hurt and sorrowful. Im indeed very burdened, but I dont think you can help me Old Ma, Old Ma I trusted you before, but how can you explain the twenty million yuan you invested in IOI? If you hadnt made that unreasonable investment, would I have taken over Dream Realization Ventures work? I would have left everything to you to mess up! However, on further thought, Pei Qian realized that he had no right to criticize Old Ma. Ma Yang had spent twenty million yuan on shares in Finger Games, but IOI had not even been released in China at this point. Look at Pei Qians investment projects on the other hand: the shared phone booths and the Top Student, Come Quick application Forget it. He was too ashamed to scold Old Ma. He had done even worse after taking over from Old Ma. Pei Qian sat down on the couch, thinking about giving Old Ma a second chance. A split second later, Pei Qian tried asking, Old Ma, if I gave Dream Realization Ventures another fifty million yuan, where would you invest the money? Ma Yang finished a bag of chips, looked at an unopened bag of prawn crackers, and asked, Fifty million yuan? Investing in Finger Games turned out to be a good idea before. I would continue to invest in it. Pei Qian, Hes being pigheaded! Pei Qians heart hurt excruciatingly. Old Ma, stop eating. Stand up! Ma Yang, who had just grabbed the bag of prawn crackers, jumped to his feet. However, he still stuffed a handful of prawn crackers into his mouth subconsciously. Infuriated, Pei Qian asked, Didnt you eat before you came over?! Ma Yang nodded. I didnt. How did you know that, Brother Qian? Should we order some take-out? Do you eat fried chicken? Pei Qian, What was I saying? Oh, thats right. Im very unhappy with your response! Whats the name of our investment company? Ma Yang immediately answered, Dream Realization Ventures, Brother Qian! Pei Qian nodded. What is Dream Realization Ventures mission? Ma Yang, Er to invest in dreams! Pei Qian continued. Does Finger Games look like a company that needs investments to fulfill its dreams? Theyre not even incurring losses! Its critical that we invest whatever money we have now into projects that would fulfill peoples dreams! For example Forget it, you can think about it. Pei Qian had wanted to say projects like the shared phone booth, but on further thought, the shared phone booths were now generating profit. Thus, he could only silently swallow his words. Ma Yang stopped talking and fell into deep thought. As he pondered, he snuck two prawn crackers into his mouth and chewed softly. Pei Qian, Alright, go and look for some dreams to fulfil. Once youve found some, let me see them. Then, Ill decide how we should invest the money. Ma Yang quickly nodded. Alright, Brother Qian. Ill share your burdens! You really dont want take-out? Pei Qian was exasperated. What time is it?! Go to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and eat by yourself. I have work to do. Oh, oh alright. Ill make a move, then, Brother Qian. Ma Yang turned to leave but turned around again almost immediately-as if he had just recalled something. He picked up the bag of prawn crackers from the table. These prawn crackers are quite yummy. Im leaving, Brother Qian! Pei Qian had mixed feelings watching Ma Yang leave. Old Ma, get yourself together! Im pinning my hopes on you! In the afternoon, at Tengda Games All in all, once Bao Xu and I leave, well leave all of GOGs matters to you. Try as hard as possible to make it a dual-terminal game and come up with the designs for our current heroes. The tasks that you have been in charge of during this period are alright. Even if something messes up along the way, you dont have to panic. Think carefully about what Boss Pei has said. Youll be able to find the solution for sure. Li Yada was assigning jobs to Hu Xianbin and his two other companions. She and Bao Xu would be leaving the country on March 1st. Over the past few days, she had gotten visas and air tickets, booked their accommodations, planned their itinerary, and made all other preparations. Of course, she had also handed over the appropriate tasks to Hu Xianbin and the others. It was Friday today. It was the last day of work for both of them. Each of them had already handed over their work to someone else. Once everything was done, Li Yada glanced at her phone. She had sent a message to Boss Pei earlier, saying that she had completed the handover and was going to leave the country on holiday. Boss Li only replied with two words: Go ahead. At first, Li Yada had felt worried. However, after realizing that Boss Pei was still going to be here to supervise the game, she calmed down and decided that it was no big deal. The words go ahead were very simple, but they felt like a calming pill to Li Yada. Once she read them, she immediately relaxed. Zhang Nan returned to her desk and discovered a new concept art from Ruan Guangjians workspace. She quickly opened it. Zhang Nans job was mainly to take charge of the heroes skins. Before this, she had worked in costume design. Coincidentally, she knew unique principles that could also be applied to skin design in the game. This time, the concept art was for Modest in Dan Dao Hui. It was also the first legendary skin for the hero, Modest. On the artwork, Modest was dressed in a costume out of Beijing operas. He had long sideburns, a long mustache, and a long beard; making him look extremely imposing. Behind him were many flags. As a legendary skin, it would be customized with unique animations, unique voice-overs, and special effects. Gamers would find it worth every cent for sure. This skin was related to a traditional form of art-Beijing operas. In Dan Dao Hui[1], Guan Yun-who had ruled over Jingzhou for a long time-attended dangerous military meetings alone. This story turned into a legend almost immediately. In the employees hearts, Boss Peiwho had been the inspiration for Modestwas very similar. He had contempt for his enemies, remained calm in the face of trouble, and was bold and heroic. He was also outstanding in courage and wisdom. That made him very similar to Lord Guan. The flags in the skin matched the Beijing Opera theme but also represented the various weapons that had been stuck in Modests back. It was very apt indeed. [1] This is the name of a well-known Beijing opera. Chapter 432 - Otto E1 February 28th, Monday At Otto Technologies This is the cell phones final product. Its already being manufactured. Itll be difficult to change it at this point, said Chang You as he handed a cell phone to Lin Wan. Lin Wan reached out and realized that this prototype was just as heavy as the first one. However, there was an obvious difference in its looks. The first impression that Lin Wan had of the prototype before this could be summarized in a few words: silly, black, and rough. The casings material had been pure black, with no other decoration. When she held it in her hand, it just pressed into her palm and weighed it down. From the front or from the back or from any other angle, it didnt look like it would be able to sell. Now, however, with the custom-made glass casing, it looked very different! The glass casing felt nice to the touch, and the matte finishing ensured that it would not collect the users fingerprints. The cell phone also felt thinner than the previous prototype and much easier to hold. The back was clean. There was nothing but a solid-colored logo. It was the same logo that had appeared in Tomorrow is Beautiful. Whats more, the logo could glow and be activated as breathing light. Of course, if one wanted to conserve battery, they could switch that function off. However, for a cell phone with a 5800 mAh battery, even if the light was kept on; the cell phone would still have enough battery to last the day. The front looked quite satisfactory as well. There was still a top and bottom border, but they had been made as narrow as possible. Full-screen technology had not yet matured in the current market. At the same time, this cell phone had very high specifications. It wouldnt be an exaggeration to refer to it as a gaming cell phone. Thus, when users wanted to play games in landscape mode, they needed some space to place both of their hands. Thus, no matter how much they thought, the front could only look that way. The sides looked different from other cell phones on the market as well. The charging port was on the side. That way, users could continue to play games while charging their phones. The wire would not get in their way. All in all, this cell phone looked very similar to the one that had appeared in the movie. On the whole, the cell phone looked simple but high-tech and futuristic. The cell phones were not completely identical because the one in the movie had been made completely full-screen to add to the futuristic vibe. However, they could not do the same for the one in real-life. Still, from the back and the sides or from the front with the screen off, the two cell phones looked identical. Lin Wan subconsciously tried to weigh the phone with her hand. Yes, it was still heavy. They had changed the casing to glass, so that the cell phone looked smaller than it did before and more comparable to other bigger-sized cell phones in the market. Still, its weight remained the same. It was heavy. However, the screen had a high refresh rate, and the System on a Chip-or SoC for shortwas of high-quality. Those things consumed the battery very quickly. Without a 5800 mAh battery, the cell phones endurance would become a problem. On the other hand, weight had to be compromised to house such a powerful battery. There was fingerprint unlock, but there were few native applications and no bundled applications. The only thing worth mentioning was that the UI animations were quite smooth. Chang You lightly cleared his throat and explained, Boss Pei instructed us to do this. He didnt allow us to create bundled applications. Instead, he wanted to maintain the Android Systems original condition. That was why we didnt create a single bundled application. The applications that users would likely need to use have been placed in recommended spots in the cell phones application store. Of course, we didnt slack off as well. We improved on the UI animations. Its not completely useless. At the very least, it looks very smooth Chang You did not sound confident. Improving the UI animations included improving the transition between various applications and improving zooming accuracy. Those were good for a screen with a high refresh rate, but it only served to make the user more comfortable. It did not offer any additional functions for the cell phone. Lin Wans eyes lit up, feeling very surprised. She repeatedly opened applications and ended their processes as if she was genuinely enjoying it. After that, she picked up her own Shenhua cell phone, which was the newest flagship model. After comparing them, she concluded that Otto Technologies cell phone was obviously much better in this aspect. I think its quite good. It matches what Boss Peis design mindset has been all this timeto perfect the simplest things, said Lin Wan, praising Boss Pei to no end. After looking through the other aspects of the cell phone, Lin Wan gave her final comments. Apart from its weight and price, the cell phone doesnt have any major flaws. Chang You nodded. Thats right, but those two flaws are hard to make up for Of course, were only manufacturing one thousand cell phones for the first batch. Each one would sell for 8,199 yuan. Since we only have a low supply, its possible to do this. In any case, we are not targeting the public. We dont have to sell tens of millions of cell phones. We can just sell thousands or even tens of thousands. Its alright if the cell phone is heavier or more expensive, as long as we target people who are not that sensitive to these characteristics. The question is whether this cell phone is attractive enough for them to sacrifice the weight and price. Lin Wan nodded. Thats what I came here for. Lin Wan handed a table to Chang You and explained, These are the benefits that I have acquired for our customers. Take a look. Chang You reached out and realized that the table contained all the unique and special advantages Otto Technologies customers would have, which they had discussed before. They had been broadly split into several categories. [Gaming] High frame-rate mode for the mobile version of Bloody Battle Song, exclusive updates. High frame-rate mode for the mobile version of GOG (unreleased), exclusive updates. One free game per year if customers link their Tengda Games accounts to their cell phones. Low prices for appearances, skins, weapons, and other benefits that Tengda Games regularly releases. (Entertainment] Ultimate VIPs of Zhongdian Chinese Network: the highest number of recommendations and votes in the site, thirty-percent off subscriptions, and early access to test new functions on the site. Fei Huang Workspaces Connoisseurs: free access to all online shows, two tickets to the pre-screening of every new movie. (Implied benefit) Highly-privileged users of TPDb. (Lifestyle] Fish-Catching Internet Cafes Game Masters: thirty-percent off all expenses and a free drink daily. Fish-Catching Take-Outs Top-Tier Member: regular red packets and free delivery. Ming Yun Private Kitchens distinguished guests: A free dish with a one-time spend of three thousand yuan. The exact dish would be decided based on the total bill. VIP of Upwind Logistics: priority for express deliveries. (Others) Trade-in: an additional discount of five hundred yuan, above the value of your old cell phone. Exchange only, no repairs: if the cell phone is damaged due to no human-fault, a new cell phone would be delivered, all data would be transferred, and the old cell phone would be recalled. If the cell phone is damaged due to human-fault, customers can repair it for free three times a year. Accessories included: claim free phone films and phone cases up to five times each year. Five percent discount off everything: this discount is applicable to all Tengda-related businesses (it exists in TPDb). Enjoy this discount on top of any ongoing promotion. Lifetime update of benefits: each time Tengda sets up a new business, a new benefit would be added for customers of Otto Technologies. After reading the table, Chang You could not help but feel moved. Now, the cell phone is finally worth its 8,199 yuan! He had completed his mission! Boss Pei had insisted on pricing the cell phone in the eight-thousand-yuan range. Chang You had thought it was difficult and almost impossible. However, it now seemed like Boss Pei had known all along that there were many Tengda-related businesses to support this cell phone. Of course, the cell phone would be able to sell for eight thousand yuan. There were many benefits with huge coverage. Some of them had clear standards, but others had less clear standards which could invoke suspicion in customers. Take the lifetime update of benefits for example. They promised that a new benefit would be added for customers of Otto Technologies each time Tengda set up a new business. However, there was no clarification of exactly what benefits those would be. That was mainly because they did not want to over-promise and fail to fulfill. It would be terribly awkward. All of those benefits concerned Tengda-related businesses. They were significant benefits. People who lived in Jingzhou could take real advantage of them. Of course, while customers took advantage of those benefits, Tengda could also gain new customers. Nobody would lose out. Moreover, the other businesses were not just offering the benefits to Otto Technologies for free. Instead, all of those things had been included in the cell phones price. The cell phone was going to sell for 8,199 yuan. That was two to three thousand more than Pineapple and Shenhuas flagship models. Apart from the hardware and the brand premium, those benefits also contributed to the high price. Once the cell phones started selling, Chang You would naturally transfer a portion of the profits to the other businesses. They would only sell a thousand cell phones in the beginning. Any profit that they would earn would be better than nothing. However, if they could sell tens of thousands-or even hundreds of thousands-of cell phones in the future, the profits would become considerable. The plan would be very easy to put in place. The cell phones contained the NFC function. People would only need to link their identities and accounts to their cell phones. Then, they could swipe their phones at internet cafes or other physical stores and create a single Tengda account online. Chang You looked carefully at the details of the benefits. A few questions surfaced in his mind. What is GOG? Would it be difficult to create a high frame-rate mode and exclusive updates? Lin Wan answered, Its the game that Tengda Games has been working on recently. Its called GOG for short. It wont be difficult to create a high frame-rate mode and exclusive updates, but they dont intend to release those things to other cell phone companies. Thats because a high frame-rate mode would be very demanding on the screens refresh rates. It would also consume a lot more battery. Research and development of the mobile version of GOG are still ongoing. The applications might only be available on the application stores after we release the cell phones. On the other hand, Bloody Battle Song is ready. The games high frame-rate mode might be a gimmick more than anything, but it doesnt matter. The game has many players. We just have to market it to sell a good number of cell phones. Chang You hesitated. Im worried about owing the other companies too many favors. It might make life difficult for us in the future. Lin Wan smiled. Dont worry about that. There is not much difference between Tengda-related companies. If Otto Technologies makes a name for itself and sells millions or tens of millions of cell phones like Shenhua, its cell phones might be the ones marketing the other businesses. Dont feel too bad. Doing this business well would be the best way to repay them. Thats right, how many product lines have we planned for at the moment? Chang You remained silent for a while. We havent planned the product lines yet. According to Boss Peis plan, were supposed to only do high-end cell phones. Each cell phone must be sold for eight thousand yuan and must not earn a high-profit margin. That means we will have to stockpile. On the other hand, different product lines have different target audiences for their commerce, photographs, and exteriors. That means they would have to remove certain things that would not appeal to those target audiences. For example, a camera phone for females would have to look more beautiful, but would not need to have microchips with high specifications. Our cell phone has maxed out in terms of specifications. Our target audience can be summarized as typical, straight men, and this has been set. Thats why We dont see the need to plan for other product lines for now. Ill find an opportunity to discuss this with Boss Pei. Hes been busy with other work lately, and I havent managed to reach him. Lin Wan pondered for a moment. Yes, thats right. Im going in the wrong direction. Otto Technologies has not even learned how to walk, but Im already thinking about flying. Lets focus on this model and try to sell one thousand phones first. Are we calling it Otto 1, then? It sounds a bit strange. Chang You replied, Itll be called Otto E1. E is the first letter in the word extra. Its also the first word in the words extraordinary, extravagant and extreme. That describes our cell phone perfectly and shows that its worth every cent. Chapter 433 - Zhongdian Chinese Network’s First Order March 1st, Tuesday The house that Pei Qian bought last weekend had finally been handed over. Pei Qian received various certificates and keys for the house after engaging a special commissioning company for formal acceptance. However, the house was empty of furniture, fittings, and fixtures. Pei Qians original plan was to let his parents live in this house so he did not want to buy the furniture and household appliances according to his own preferences. He specifically went home to give his parents a set of keys so that they could go over to tidy up when they had the time. Pei Qian had the perfect plan: He would say that he could not get away from his busy work schedule (which was true) and had no time to do all these things. Let the two seniors take their time choosing furniture, home appliances, etc. Pei Qian would reimburse them when they were done. The furniture bought would then be more in line with his parents taste. He would then get his parents to stay there for a few days in the name of adding some human touch to the place after everything was done. The gifting of the house would become natural when his parents become used to the place. As for Pei Qian himself, he could always think of other ways to get himself a bigger residence. Pei Qian was in a much better mood after he was done being busy for the weekend. He threw the annoying staff from the company aside and felt much better. The only thing he was slightly unable about was his parents asking about the movie by Fei Huang Workspace as soon as he returned home. Pei Qian told the truth reluctantly. They were elated and pulled Pei Qian to the cinema to watch it again. They carefully found Pei Qians name after carefully scanning for his name in the list of people behind the scenes. Pei Qian had nothing to say about his parents happiness being built on top of their happiness. He could only silently cry out in his heart. Anyway, Boss Pei fully recovered after a short period of recuperation! The real tough battle would start next month. It would directly determine the success or failure of this cycle! The games developed by Tengda Games and Shang Yang Games would be launched this month. OTTO cell phones would also be launched for sale. These were projects that Pei Qian had placed high hopes for. They could potentially offset the gain caused by the high box office of the movie! a Little Sun drove the car carefully towards Shenhua View. Pei Qian sat in the back seat, taking out his cell phone on a whim to seek some spiritual comfort. The one thing that pleased him the most recently was the transformation of the authors in the Zhongdian Chinese Network class. The updates from the authors works had been showing a declining trend ever since the Tengda spirit had been spread to the class! Even Ming Yu who used to be the model hardworking author stopped writing so much. He now wrote 7,000 to 8,000 words at best. These 7,000 to 8,000 words were a lot to the other authors, but Ming Yu had reduced his word counts by half since he previously updated 15,000 words. Pei Qian was especially happy about it. The reduction in words from these authors would have minimal impact for the website, but it would not help Boss Peis money loss plan. Its just that he felt very happy that lazy thinking was spreading. The achievements were in the present and benefits in the future! Pei Qian opened the Zhongdian Chinese Network website not because he wanted to read novels but because he wanted to see if the authors had updated less again today. There was no helping it. Boss Pei was just someone so boring and easily satisfied. However, the first thing that appeared after he clicked open the application was not the bookshelf but a splash screen. The Butterfly Game is out! The butterfly fanned its wings and set off a storm! It had become an entirely new urban theme since its serialization and had broken multiple records on the website! Bookmark and subscribe to get a random gift and Zhongdian coins gift pack! Pei Qian was stunned. Wasnt this new book recommendation a little too strong? The splash screen could be said to be the best recommendation resource on the website. Few books could obtain such a resource when they were first made available. The Butterfly Game? Why dont I have an impression of this book? Is it a new book that just came out recently? There is no pen name on the splash screen; is it by a new author? If the book is written well, I would have to immediately pull this author over to learn about the Tengda spirit! Pei Qian clicked in subconsciously. He was momentarily stunned when he saw the authors pen name. The Tentacled Beast that Writes for His Life? Isnt that Cui Geng? Hes still writing?! Pei Qian felt very perplexed. He was very fond of Cui Geng because Cui Geng played a very crucial role in the spreading of Tengda spirit in the class. However, Pei Qians impression of Cui Geng was still lingering in his complete speech and special observer status. Pei Qian went to understand about Cui Gengs income. Based on his average subscription and average updating rate, his monthly income could only be around 10,000 yuan. The income of a special observer might not be high, but the actual value would obviously be over that amount if he were to add on all sorts of Tengdas subsidies and benefits. Moreover, his position did not have a specific scope. He would still earn the same amount of money even if he were to play games all day long. What motivation would Cui Geng have to update his novel comparing it this way? Pei Qian was a little confused. Why would a lazy bum with no reason to update his novel write a new book? This Something was definitely wrong. He glanced at the total number of words in this novel: 260,000 words! The first chapter was published on February 2nd, New Years Eve! In other words, this book had been written for less than a month so far and already had 260,000 words written. There had been 10 chapter updates since it was published which added up to 280,000 words! He wrote 280,000 words in a month? How was he a lazy bum like this then? He was already worthy of his The Tentacled Beast that Writes for His Life title! Pei Qian felt a little faint. Did he earn some money and found a ghostwriter? That was still impossible. Ma Yiqun would not allow something like that to happen. No matter what, writing 280,000 words in just one month was not something the Cui Geng that Pei Qian knew would do! Else, it was Cui Geng who was problematic. Else, it was Pei Qians understanding that went wrong Pei Qian quickly opened the The Butterfly Game novel to read. He read chapter by chapter, from when the protagonist obtained a golden finger to make an unintentional game designer profit so much Pei Qian felt a growing sense of deja vu. Is isnt this me?! The content of this novel emphasized repeatedly about his successes, and the readers comments made him feel as though he was being laughed at again and again. This bast*rds novel is too funny, hahahahaha Quickly update, lazy bum! I cant wait to see which unlucky idiots dream being realized! This protagonist is rather interesting. You might say that he was doing something good, granting orders wishes on a whim but always obtaining the opposite effect. If you say that he was doing something bad, he was indeed doing something that had every sense of the meaning of success. He was only left with a face of confusion! I wonder what kind of thought process this lazy bum has! He can even think of such a scenario! Youre still calling him lazy bum? Call him the Tentacle Beast! He made such a massive update in one month, making it to pay-to-read. Do you yield! I really want to know if someone else is using this pen name. The difference in style and material is too large. Even his state experienced massive changes. Previously, it was a gift to be able to get one chapter. Now, he sometimes updates four or five chapters a week! It seems like its the efforts of the authors class organized by the website. The works of authors who went to the class are getting better. Ill @ the books Im following right now! Pei Qian quickly glanced at the comments of the readers, his heart turning cold. It seemed like this book has great reviews? Pei Qian was shocked. This was not as simple as Zhongdian Chinese Network having another good novel. More importantly, was Cui Geng worthy of the special observer role? How could a special observer start to write fervently every day? Would he still have the time to observe if he were to write so much? He had absolutely let down Boss Peis expectations for this role! Pei Qian was very anxious. He refreshed the application by accident, causing a new article to pop out. Id like to report a piece of good news to everyone. It has been 12 hours since the first VIP chapter was uploaded from 12am. This book has 8,000 subscribers now and has broken Zhongdian Chinese Networks record! There are still another 12 hours. The estimated total subscribers would be within 12,000 to 15,000. Its a very large breakthrough to both me and the website! I hope that everyone could come in to support before the final results are out. If you think this book is alright, please subscribe. Let us create a new record on Zhongdian Chinese Network! Im also working hard on my writing. Ill update with a 10,000-word chapter once midnight strikes! Thank you, everyone! Pei Qian was feeling a little dizzy. What the f*ck?. If they were to go by normal circumstance, the last 12 hours would definitely not be able to attract as much traffic as the first 12 hours. Putting the estimate at 13,000 subscribers was a very normal figure. However, this was an excellent chance for Zhongdian Chinese Network. Ma Yiqun, therefore, was using everything at his disposal at Zhongdian Chinese Network to promote it! The rest of the 12 hours had two peak readerships: during afternoon and night. It was possible to double the readership! Zhongdian Chinese Networks greatest problem had been that the lower and mid-tier authors had always had average benefits, but no novel had really great results. Cui Gengs original book had an average of 5,000 subscribers which put him at rank 40-50 on Zhongdian Chinese Network. Cui Geng was also one of the better achievers in class. Ma Yiqun and Pei Qian were both very aware of this fact. Pei Qian, therefore, rejected Ma Yiquns request to poach masters from outside to spend the money on the mid and low-tier writers. However, he did not think that this class could actually still produce a super author! An 8,000 subscribership was nothing compared to a large site like Infinite Chinese Network. Perhaps a dozen authors there could obtain such traffic. However, an author with a 15,000 subscribership would also be a prominent author in Infinite Chinese Network! That meant to say that from then on, Zhongdian Chinese Network would also have masterpieces and prominent authors! Moreover, that was not the crucial point. The most crucial point was that Ma Yiqun used so many resources to promote one novel also for publicity to show the rest of the authors a kind of exemplary behavior. It meant: Did you see it? You could also get a 15,000 subscriber if you were to write well on Zhongdian Chinese Network! If it were to persist, the average subscribership might even hit 30,000 to 40,000 without a problem! The originally lower and mid-tier authors had good benefits on Zhongdian Chinese Network. Many authors did not go on board because they felt that there was not enough visibility on the website. However, there was evidence that there was ample readership on the website. The upper limits had been raised so more authors would definitely come onboard! It was the same logic for readers. Many readers previously might feel that there werent many top-quality good books on the Zhongdian Chinese Network and treated this website as a spare tire. They would only come here when there were no other good books on the Infinite Chinese Network. However, the stereotype of Zhongdian Chinese Network did not have any good books would naturally have changed for the better! In short, Cui Gengs The Butterfly Game would have a long term impact onZhongdian Chinese Network. It symbolized Zhongdian Chinese Networks advancement to the next stage! Pei Qian was speechless looking at Cui Gengs chapter. Boss Peis happy place did not seem to be particularly peaceful today Chapter 434 - Emphasize On The Disadvantages Of Our Cell Phones! Chapter 434 Emphasize On The Disadvantages Of Our Cell Phones! Zhongdian Chinese Network authors study class The authors were seated around a long table at noon, having their Fish-Catching Take-Out. All of them were focused on the information on their cell phones, replying from time to time. Everyone was looking at the same group chat: Zhongdian Chinese Network Authors Study Group (Main Chat)! There were more than 60 people in this group, and most of them were online now, keeping track of the information on Cui Gengs new book. More than 8,000 now? Impressive Brother Cui! Formidable! The role model of our generation! Breaking more than 10,000 initial subscriptions is now a sure bet from the current situation. Lets see if it can hit 15,000 for record-breaking! When will I be half as good as Brother Cui? Most comments were bootlicking, but some were seriously discussing it. For example, why was Cui Gengs new book so hot? Were there any writing techniques that could be learned from and be bookmarked? This setting seemed as though everyone was possessed since most of them were in this room Of course, they had their reasons for doing so. The study class was now at its second batch. There were changes to the authors attending it. The selection for the second batch was very difficult. The competition was scary. Ma Yiqun was very vexed as well. The authors with good results should participate in this study class so that they could help guide the others who were not as good. The authors who were not as good should attend this study class as well to spur them on for them to improve. In short, it seemed like almost all the authors on Zhongdian Chinese Network should come to this study class It was a tough call. Ma Yiqun spent a lot of effort in selecting the second batch of authors. He spent some time to appease the contestants who did not make it to this batch and placed them into the name list for the third batch. However, some authors who had participated in the first batch continued to participate in the second batch. Ma Yiqun hoped to achieve a kind of the experienced teach the new effect. One-on-one tutoring would enable them to understand the Tengda spirit more quickly and master the learning rhythm of the class. Therefore, many members of the first batch including Cui Geng-were not present. They could only find out about Cui Gengs real-time status through the chat group. Ming Yuju, what was the situation like when Brother Cui was in the class? How did he improve so fast? You saw everything; can you explain a little? an author asked curiously. The rest of the authors looked at Ming Yu as well. Yes, Ming Yuju, tell us, what exactly happened? I heard that Brother Cui even obtained an observer position? He went to Tengda to do research? Most questions were asked by new authors. These new authors did not participate in the previous class so they only knew that Cui Geng had obtained some insights during class, and his grades had taken a huge leap However, they were unclear about how exactly he achieved that. It was a great opportunity for someone who knew about it. Ming Yu put down his chopsticks and replied after a moment of silence, This is a long story. The most important factor should be Boss Peis visit that day He summarized the story and iterated the entire situation. In the beginning, everyone was in the little black room, writing profusely, comparing who could write more. The volume of updates increased, but they did not make any qualitative leaps. Boss Pei appeared right at this moment! Boss Pei was already keenly aware that this model had certain problems so he made a rule. The author with the most updates should take a day off while the author with the least would be sent to Tengda to receive the Tengda spirit education! This move seemed like a simple one, but it had a deep meaning. The wrong trend of emphasizing quantity over quality was stopped in time after the study of the Tengda spirit. Lost authors found a goal; lazy authors were filled with vigor. Authors who were only focused on quantity calmed down to work on the story plot; authors with no planning started to draw the outline seriously. The atmosphere of the study class was instantly renewed! In the end, Ming Yuju concluded: Brother Cui wrote the hit The Butterfly Game in such an environment. It seemed as though it was because of his personal talent and hard work and that the Tengda Group provided enough good materials. Some of them were, of course, by luck. However, even if Brother Cui did not write The Butterfly Game, someone else would appear because the standard of the entire website is continuously improving. The waterline is rising so this is an inevitable result! In short, it was because Boss Pei pointed towards the general right direction which made this huge ship turn around and head towards the normal course! The authors listened attentively with a look of yearning on their faces. Some of them even forgot to take a bite from the food they brought to their mouth. Was it really that amazing? Unbelievable! An author could not help but raise his hand to ask. So, Ming Yuju, what exactly is the Tengda spirit? Can it really turn something that decayed into an entirely new thing? Ming Yu smiled slightly. Hahaha, its not only able to do that. It can even turn already great things even better! However, it could only be understood, not said. Everyones characteristics are different, and the understanding of the Tengda spirit would also be different. Go to Tengdas headquarters personally if you really want to know. See for yourself what the Tengda spirit looks like! Pei Qian took a deep breath after coming to the door of the company. He adjusted his emotions before he walked in. For some unknown reason, he felt as though he was a primary school kid on the first day of his school. He was reluctant. Pei Qian had been backstabbed on the way to work. It did not seem to be too smooth. However, Pei Qian had no time to investigate the matter with Cui Geng now. He had a lot of things on hand to settle. Lin Wan had already sent several messages about the completion of Be Quiets development. She would require Boss Pei to determine the initial publicity strategy. Dream Realization Ventures made more than 10 million yuan selling the Top Student, Come Quick project on He Deshengs end. He wanted to know what should be done with these funds now. It would be a shame to leave the money in the company as an investment firm. Chang You hoped to confirm the things at the news conference later on. The other matters could be pushed back, but these three matters could definitely not delay. The consequences would be very serious if any of them were not handled well. Pei Qian still had to make a trip to the office to decide on these three matters. Pei Qian made an appointment with the three of them. Chang You would be there from 2 to 3 PM, He Desheng at 3 to 4 PM, and Lin Wan at 4 to 5 PM. Solve all of it in an afternoon, which was rather hasty. Chang You came at 2 PM sharp. Boss Pei, I want to confirm the general direction of the news conference with you to make the slideshow for it Pei Qian waved his hand. I know, tell me about how you think you want to do the news conference. Chang You thought that Boss Pei had very little time so he asked him the most important question first. The important thing about the news conference is where to hold it, the scale of the conference, which aspects of the cell phone would the slideshow introduce? Do you need a special spokesperson to be there? My consideration is that we cannot sell many cell phones and its a new product. It would seem too extravagant to rent too huge a venue. However, we cannot make it too shabby as well. It might give people a bad impression of the brand being cheap. Therefore, the news conference can be in a general venue in Beijing or Shanghai. We can invite more media in the evaluation media to attend. Then, I would also like to suggest that we can also highlight something about Shenhuas cell phones and Pineapple cell phones. We have so much information about the cell phones on the market anyway. Many aspects of our phone surpass these two flagship models. This is also a tactic of many smaller cell phone companies to gain popularity. As for the spokesperson well, money has to be spent on this so its better for Boss Pei to decide. Pei Qian remained silent. Such difficult problems from the get-go. It really placed a severe test on Boss Peis abilities. However, these problems were not difficult to solve. News conferences had to be as great as possible! That was because the initial investment of OTTO mobile phones was only a few million. A total of only a thousand mobile phones have been mass-produced, it might not even sell. They should find a big venue for the press conference and spend a fortune on renting it. Moreover, it definitely could not be held in Beijing and Shanghai. It should be held in Jingzhou! These media companies would be invited to come over. Their round-trip tickets, lodging, and food should be reimbursed. That way, he would be able to spend more money again. As for normal audiences, they would just give free tickets directly in Jingzhou. Moreover, so what if the press conference was grander and attracted high attention? Knowing about this product did not mean they would pay for it. Highlighting about the products of his competitors was something Boss Pei could not do. He did not want that hot debate. Not only would he not do that, but he would even talk about the weakness of his cell phone at the news conference! Otto Technologies news conference would be giving them a million and one reasons why not to buy their cell phone. As for the spokesperson There did not seem to be a need. Getting a spokesperson would definitely let Pei Qian spend more money, but what if that spokesperson had many die-hard fans? There were only a total of 1,000 cell phones. There could be some irrational die-hard fans who rush over to grab them up. Wouldnt that be totally embarrassing then? The system would definitely disagree if they were sold out and he did not continue production. However, he gave it another thought and felt that he could also find a spokesperson without many fans Pei Qian deliberated his answer after thinking for a while before he began to answer Chang Yous questions one by one. The news conference will be held in Jingzhou. Choose the largest venue, invite the media to come and take care of their food and lodging. Give away tickets for the event; ask Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Upwind Courier stations, Fish-Catching Take-Out, etc. to distribute. Send them tickets as long as they are interested. Make the event grand and prepare gifts for everyone at the news conference. Do not highlight anything about our competitors at the news conference. You must change your bad habits from Hongcheng Technologies! Well only talk about ourselves. Well keep it short and sharp so that everyone can rest! When you present the slideshow, you have to do it tactfully. Cover the excellent parts of our cell phone with one word. Well focus on the deficiencies of our mobile phones. Give consumers enough information. We cannot blind them with technical words! As for the spokesperson I have not decided on one. Wait a few more days if its not urgent. Pei Qian solved all the problems at lightning speed. Chang You blinked and fell into a state of confusion. Boss Pei, are you sure you mean well focus on the deficiencies of our mobile phones? Chapter 435 - Pick Yourself Up from where You’ve Fallen Down Chapter 435 Pick Yourself Up from where Youve Fallen Down Pei Qian nodded. Yes, is there a problem? Chang Yous expressions were very exciting. He was first confused, then puzzled, and finally thoughtful. However, after several changes, Chang You still said through gritted teeth, Alright, Boss Pei! Ill do that! He turned around and walked out. Pei Qian quickly raised his hand. Wait! Chang You, Eh? Boss Pei, do you have other instructions? Pei Qian cleared his throat, thinking about how to phrase his thoughts. He discovered that the situation was looking increasingly strange. In the past, whenever he gave ridiculous suggestions, his subordinates would confirm his instructions with him repeatedly, clarify operational details, and then reluctantly carry them out. Today, Chang You did not ask a single question. Instead, he struggled internally and was prepared to carry it out! That wouldnt do! Pei Qian could not relax. How would Pei Qian know if his subordinates understood his instructions if they did not question him or express doubt? A single misstep could lead to dire consequences! After some thought, Pei Qian tried asking, Tell me what you would say during the news conference. Chang You confidently answered, Ill emphasize the cell phones flaws; its expensive and its heavy. After that, I will tell the audience that our cell phones are expensive because we have used the following materials, and then Ill list out the hardware. Boss Pei, dont worry. Ill simplify everything as much as possible and only tell the customers critical information. After that, Ill focus on its weight. Ill tell them the exact mass of our cell phone, and then compare it with more commonly-bought cell phones in the market. Thatll allow everyone to have an idea of our cell phones weight. Then, Ill tell everyone that the cell phones weight is mainly due to its powerful 5800 mAh battery Pei Qian felt sorrowful. Its a good thing I asked more questions. He obviously misunderstood me! Chang You was saying that he would talk about the cell phones flaws first before turning them into merits. Take the cell phones weight for instance. He would first acknowledge that the cell phone was a 250-gram machine, but he would then showcase the cell phones merits: its powerful battery and long endurance. That was akin to following up every insult with praise. How could that do? If he said those things at the news conference, it would not be a failed news conference at all! After some consideration, Pei Qian said, Youre on the right track, but you still have to work on the details. This is what I suggest. The news conference should go exactly opposite of most other news conferences for cell phone brands. Tell them the price once you start speaking. Dont netizens nowadays like to leave as soon as they realize theyre not the other partys match? Let them do that at the beginning, so that they wont have to wait. Prepare a picture to cover all the merits of our cell phones. Dont spend more than five minutes explaining this picture. Then, emphasize on the cell phones flaws. First, say its expensive. Not only must we emphasize that the cell phone will be priced at more than eight thousand yuan, but we must also emphasize that the cell phone cannot be paid for by installments. Well never offer discounts, too! Second, say its heavy. Well give them the cell phones accurate mass, and its final mass after sticking the film and putting on the cover. After that, compare it to other everyday objects. Make it clear to everyone that the cell phone would feel very heavy if they try to carry it with one hand! Once you go into this segment, you cannot start talking about the cell phones merits again because youve already covered them at the start! You cannot say things like our cell phone is heavy because it contains a 5800 mAh battery during this segment! Focus on the flaws when youre talking about the flaws. Nobodys asking you to praise yourself. Dont try to come up with so many gimmicks, but try to be more sincere. Of course, that wont be enough for the news conference. Think carefully about more of the cell phones flaws. Is it just heavy and expensive? Theres no such thing as a perfect product in the world. If you cant find flaws, there must be a problem with your eyesight! Look for enough flaws to spend thirty minutes talking about! All in all, this news conference should last for about an hour. Of course, I wouldnt mind if its slightly shorter. Many cell phone manufacturers have long and boring news conferences. They can even spend ten minutes talking about minute functions. Thats not showing respect for the audiences time. We have to avoid doing that at all costs! Thats about it. Have you noted them all down? Pei Qian smiled as he gazed at Chang You. Once again, Chang You went from looking confused to puzzled, and then thoughtful. Finally, he nodded. Alright, Ill do a slideshow based on this! Pei Qian, For some reason, he could not relax. However, he had already said everything that he wanted to. He could not possibly prepare the slideshow himself, could he? Thus, he nodded. Alright, do what you have to. Ask me if you have any questions. At 3 PM, He Desheng arrived. He held two bundles of documents in his hands. Boss Pei, these are the better investment projects that Ive found. These are the projects that Boss Ma thinks involve more dreams. Please take a look. Pei Qian took the business plans and scanned them. He frowned. There were so many words. His head hurt. Ai, people nowadays their proposals are too seriously and reliably written! Youre making work very difficult for me! Pei Qian could not help but feel sorrowful. How good of a project had Top Student, Come Quick been? It had looked much more reliable than all of these projects, but how did it end up making money? As he read the proposals, Pei Qian casually asked, How has Top Student, Come Quick been doing? He Desheng quickly answered, Xude Education has made some big moves ever since it took over Top Student, Come Quick. First, it forced all of its students to register for the application. The students were also asked to make their family and friends register and to log in daily. As a result, the students kept complaining. After that, the application was modified. Its name changed to Xude Top Students, more functions were added, Xude Education publicized their courses on it, and quick log-in options were included. After that, the application fell drastically. Everyone started cursing it online. I guess the staff at Xude Education must be having a headache now Pei Qian had been flipping through the proposals casually. However, his eyes lit up when he heard this. Isnt this the scene I have been dreaming about? I wanted the application to fall dramatically from grace, fail to cover expenditure, and incur losses! Pei Qian seemed to understand what was going on. There had been nothing wrong with this project that he had thought about, and there had been no problems with its operations. The only reason why it had not been incurring losses was that it had not been the right time! Xude Education was very knowledgeable in this area. The project started incurring losses the moment they took over. How admirable! Pei Qian immediately pushed all the proposals aside. Ive thought about it. He Desheng was stunned. Then, he looked at Boss Pei with admiration and hope. Boss Pei, youve only looked through the proposals for five minutes, and yet youve already found a reliable one to invest in? Youre so efficient! He Desheng could not help but hold up his thumb and praise the investment genius, Boss Pei. Pei Qian sniggered. Use the money to buy Top Student, Come Quick back for me! Pick yourself up from wherever youve fallen down! Its alright that theyve made money. They could just spend however much they had earned, right? He Desheng was shocked. Buy it back? Dream Realization Ventures was still holding on to twenty percent of the shares in Top Student, Come Quick. It was already a shareholder. If they wanted to acquire more shares, they would be given priority. Whats more, Xude Education had already met with serious setbacks. If the project caused them to incur losses and endure scolding and they saw no chance of improving the situation in the short term, they would jump at the chance to cut their losses and sell their shares to anyone willing to take over. Even if they did not sell their shares now, they would probably give up in a week or two and sell them. However, that was precisely why there was no need to acquire their shares! The project is now a mess, and weve already successfully cashed out. Why should we get involved in the messy situation? Confused, He Desheng tried asking, Boss Pei, how much are we buying exactly? 34%, 51%, or 67%? Pei Qian waved his hand. Buy as much as we can, of course. It would be best if we can get back a hundred percent of the shares! Thats right. Try and poach the man in charge at Xude Education while youre at it. I want him to continue leading this project. Pei Qian finally understood now. Whether a project would succeed or not depended on the people handling it! If he bought the project back and handed it to He Desheng, it could be resurrected. He had to poach the man at Xude Education, who had caused the project to fail in the first place, and then allow him to continue leading the project. That way, the project would continue to fail, and Pei Qian could lose everything! He Desheng was absolutely puzzled, but Boss Pei had already made himself clear. There was no point in asking any more questions. After some thought, He Desheng nodded. Alright, Boss Pei! Ill do that! After sending Chang You and He Desheng off, Pei Qian felt more relaxed. He only had to deal with one more person before he could knock off for the day! At 4 PM, Lin Wan arrived to discuss Be Quiet with Pei Qian. She wanted to know what kind of advertising they should do for the game. Boss Pei, have you played the game? Do you have any thoughts or advice? Lin Wan asked. Er Pei Qian wanted to say that he hadnt played the game, but he was afraid that it would make him look bad. Thus, he ambiguously said, I dont think there are any problems. Lets cut straight to the chase. Lin Wan nodded. Alright. Ill talk about the publicity strategy Ive thought of. Pei Qian listened intently. Pei Qian had given wrong directions for Be Quiet at the beginning. He had told them that it should be an online horror game with no storyline. He had not expected Shang Yang Games to be able to create a game based on those instructions! However, the fact that they could create a game did not mean that players would purchase it. Pei Qian still thought that an online horror game with no storyline would neither be scary nor fun. The game would not be attractive to fans of horror games and ordinary gamers alike. Still, he could not afford to be careless with publicity. The Lonely Desert Road had been a rubbish game, but the accidental use of the right marketing strategy had caused the game to become popular. Pei Qian did not want the same strange thing to happen again. He had to kill all hope for the game, starting from its publicity! Chapter 436 - The Game was Not Meant for Ordinary People Chapter 436 The Game was Not Meant for Ordinary People Be Quiets most outstanding point is that many people can connect to the same horror game at the same time. At the moment, none of such horror games exist in the market. Thus, I think that we should focus on marketing this point for publicity. We should use traditional methods of marketing, such as buying advertisement spaces on video sites and websites and asking content creators to market the game. Ive already spoken to Teacher Qiao. Hell try our game out as soon as we release it and then create a video to market it. At the same time, well select some of the more impressive footage to use in our advertisements. Thatll hype people up Lin Wan explained the publicity strategy she had thought of in detail. Once she was done, she looked at Pei Qian nervously. She had spent several days thinking about the publicity strategy before finally deciding on this, and she thought that this would be the most reliable and effective way of marketing the game. However, presenting it in front of Boss Pei still made her feel apprehensive. After all, Boss Pei was a legend at marketing his games. Such simple and minor strategies might prove to be unimpressive to him. After listening to Lin Wans proposal, Pei Qian let out a soft sigh. His entire body stiffened when he had heard the words Teacher Qiao. His reaction was so extreme that it was almost like he had PTSD. Boss Peis subordinates seemed to be growing at rapid speed. He was losing control over them When Lin Wan just started out, she had only been a newbie who quietly helped out with projects. However, after undergoing some training, she was looking more and more like a leader of a department. Take her advertising plan for instance. There was only one word to describe it: reliable! Pei Qian was very sure that if they followed Lin Wans proposal to advertise Be Quiet, people would mindlessly buy it upon its release. Then, Pei Qian could expect incredible sales from the get-go. That was why he had to avoid it at all costs! Yet, what should he do instead? He was a little worried. He knew full well that Tengda had released too many successful games. It also had a significant number of fans from all around the country and was being closely observed by the official games platform. Game Designer, Repent and be Saved, and Bloody Battle Song had all been given a lot of attention by the official games platform. Once they released Be Quiet on the platform, they would only have to do a little marketing before a good number of people would purchase the game. Pei Qian could no longer enjoy the good old days of advertising without having to worry about garnering attention. Thus, it was no longer enough to make ducks and drakes of his advertising money. He had to hope to achieve the opposite effect! It sounded difficult to achieve, but Pei Qian had spent a lot of time and effort thinking about this. He was now well-prepared. His ultimate aim was to turn gamers away before they forked out a single cent! In the past, Pei Qian tried turning gamers away by extending the refund allowance period and increasing the games difficulty. However, the facts had proven that the strategy was ineffective. Pei Qian had no other choice. He could only say that gamers were now too strong in terms of reverse psychology. Attempting to persuade them to refund a game once they had made a purchase would only make them more adamant in keeping it. Now, Pei Qian had a better plan: to turn gamers away before they even made the purchase! Do you want to buy the game? Im sorry, I wont even sell it to you! Who says that games should be made available for anyone to purchase? The fact that it was a common practice didnt make it reasonable! He would only allow people to purchase Be Quiet once they had proven that they were worthy. The game was not meant for ordinary people! Pei Qian would cuss at anyone with objections. Pei Qian decided to set multiple difficult questions during the marketing period. Only gamers who passed the various tests would be allowed to purchase the game! That way, ordinary gamers would not be able to buy the game even if they had money. They had to earn the rights first. It would not be that easy to obtain the rights. They would have to pass various tests. Everyone experienced laziness. Once people discovered that they would have to pass several tests before they would be allowed to purchase the game, most would just give up. Whats more, the riddles would be very complicated. If everyone took at least a month to solve them, Pei Qian would not earn any revenue during this cycle. The worst-case scenario would be that he would start generating more revenue during the next cycle. However, that would still be better than earning money during this cycle! That would be Tengdas advertising strategy for the new-age: repulsive advertising. Of course, Pei Qian could not explain all of these things to Lin Wan. He had to think of a way to bluff her. Pei Qian gently tapped the table and said in a low voice, Theres no big problem with your proposal, but its too conservative. Lin Wans eyes lit up at once. Indeed, Boss Pei had a better plan! She listened intently. Pei Qian continued, Ill personally take charge of the marketing this time. None of you can interfere. Well still buy advertising spaces, but Ill decide what kind of advertisements to display. I want to play a simple alternate reality game with all of Be Quiets players. Lin Wan was stunned. Huh? She had been ready to take down Boss Peis suggestion, so that she could execute it later. However, Boss Pei had ended up deciding to take over the advertising work himself. Whats more, he was not planning to tell her about it. Still, on the bright side, it meant that Boss Pei was going all out with the advertising this time! Lin Wan was overjoyed. Alright, Boss Pei. Ill stay tuned! After sending Lin Wan off, Pei Qian checked how much time he had left before knocking off. Then, he immediately started planning for Be Quiets repulsive advertising. Pei Qian had not revealed anything to Lin Wan at all. That was because his advertising strategy would be a riddle event. He had to keep it under wraps. Pei Qian found the programmer from TPDb, who had been in charge of the Tengda Spirit compatibility test, and put him in charge of creating the program for the riddle event. Until now, none of the questions or answers in the Tengda Spirit compatibility test had been leaked. Obviously, the programmer was quite reliable. That was why Pei Qian entrusted this task to him as well. There wasnt much work involved. All he had to do was edit the website and minor details in the game. Er it seems like this invitation letter lacks an inscription from the host. I think its too late to find someone to design a logo now. Ill use a ready-made one. Pei Qian searched his computer and found a logo that had been created for the Thriller Hostel. Be Quiet was officially released on March 3rd, Thursday! Teacher Qiao waited in front of his computer early in the morning, with snacks and drinks prepared. He had been waiting to play the game the second it was released and then create a video on it immediately! This time, he had not been invited to try the game in advance like he had been for Repent and be Saved. Still, it did not matter. Even if Boss Pei had not invited him, Boss Lin had; it was almost the same! Before marketing began for the game, Lin Wan contacted Teacher Qiao, asking him to create a video to market the game once it was released. As a close friend of Boss Peis, Teacher Qiao obviously obliged! Be Quiet was a product of Shang Yang Games, but it was clearly written on TPDb that Shang Yang Games was now a subsidiary company of Tengda Games. Whats more, the mobile version of Bloody Battle Song had been a game with a conscience and had been recommended by the official games platform. Teacher Qiao had reason to believe that Boss Pei had been overseeing research and development of all games released by Shang Yang Games. Their quality and originality must be up to standard. All in all, they would be worth Teacher Qiaos time! Many gamers were on the same page as Teacher Qiao. This as much was obvious from his fans responses. Everyone had been discussing the game, waiting to purchase it the moment that it was released. At 2 PM, the game was released for sale! Qiao Liang reacted as quickly as his twenty-odd-year-old body could and clicked on the game! However, the discount that he had expected did not appear. Qiao Liang was stunned. Whats the matter? Im experiencing a bug the moment the game was put up for sale? That cant be. How could Tengda make such a low-class mistake? Qiao Liang was puzzled. He had realized that the purchase button had turned gray once he entered the webpage. Initially, there had been a terrifying concept art of the game on the games details page. However, when Qiao Liang clicked on it, a line of words appeared below. The invitation letter was left on the previous journey. There was a bloody fingerprint behind it and a red logo. The top half of the red logo was an obtuse, triangular steeple. Underneath were the words Thriller Hostel. It seemed to be the logo for a hotel. However, the English words had a blood-dripping effect. Anyone who looked at it would feel their hair stand. Qiao Liang was confused. What are you doing? He looked closely at the concept art and guessed that this was a scene in Be Quiet. Perhaps this was a hotel in the wilderness. Under the pitch-black night sky, the rundown hotel looked hidden in the darkness. It looked like a demon with its bloody mouth wide open, waiting to devour any prey that walked into its trap. After studying it for a long while, Qiao Liang realized that there was no useful information contained in the concept art. The real clue seemed to lie in the words the invitation letter was left on the previous journey. Of course, Qiao Liang could not rule out the possibility that he would find a special, hidden message if he downloaded the image and reopened it in other formats. Qiao Liang checked in on his own fans. Obviously, he was no exception. Others had all run into the same problem. They could not buy a game that had already been released! After some time of being confused, Qiao Liang became excited. They had to solve a riddle before they could purchase this game! ss Pei, Boss Pei how do you always think about such new gimmicks? Its such a pleasant surprise! Although Qiao Liang did not get to play the new game that he had been looking forward to, he did not feel angry. Instead, he felt quite intrigued. Many people were already discussing this in the group. What does this mean? Is there a mysterious principle hidden in the picture? Im not sure. I tried clicking it, but nothing happened! I saw this picture in the online advertisement. I think this is a riddle! You can download the image from the website. I tried opening it in various formats, but I couldnt find any useful clues. I think all of you are thinking too much. The clue should be in the sentence. Does invitation letter refer to the rights to purchase the game? What does the previous journey mean? Is it referring to a place that exists in real life? Does anyone in this group live in Jingzhou? Go and take a look! The Previous Journey is a unique game thats available on the official platform. Is this a combined event? Stop messing around. Have you seen Tengda run combined events with other games? This must be a coincidence! There were so many people in Qiao Liangs fan group to begin with. Now, everyone was giving their own updates. Qiao Liang could not keep up with everything. On top of that, Qiao Liang noticed that many people were discussing the riddle in other gaming groups as well. After scanning those discussions, Qiao Liang felt that everyone obviously could not understand Boss Pei. Only a close friend of Boss Pei, like me, would be able to solve the riddle! Qiao Liang did not think the riddle was that complicated at all. When a game designer talked about the previous journey, he was obviously referring to games that he had created before. After some thought, Qiao Liang opened Repent and be Saved and searched for clues within. After that, he would look through Ocean Stronghold. This was what Qiao Liang thought: if Boss Pei wanted to collaborate with another game, he would definitely do so with his own games. Repent and be Saved and Ocean Stronghold were the two most popular games released by Tengda at the moment. Collaborating with both of those games would improve Tengda Games reputation and brand value. At the same time, he would be able to increase sales of both of those games. Why wouldnt he do that? Chapter 437 - A Series of Codes Chapter 437 A Series of Codes Two hours later, Qiao Liang exited Ocean Stronghold, feeling confused. He had wasted his time! He had first looked through the famous locations in Repent and be Saved. After that, he had created an alternate account to look around the newbie village. Finally, he had entered Ocean Stronghold and finished several stages in story mode. Still, he had achieved nothing. Qiao Liang was not one to give up easily. He had only exited because he thought that he was deviating from the right path. What if the clue was not in either of those games? Qiao Liang looked at his fan group once again. Many people had already thought about what he had thought about. They had all gone into games they were familiar with, but two hours had already passed. Nobody had found any useful clues. Qiao Liang looked through the chat records and then started to analyze the games that his fans had looked through. Ghost General, Game Designer, Ocean Stronghold All of a sudden, Qiao Liangs eyes lit up. The Lonely Desert Road! The letter was left on the previous journey. That game matched the description perfectly! Whats more, most people had neglected to look through this game The messed-up game had been popular in the beginning but that quickly faded away. Compared to Tengdas other games, The Lonely Desert Road was much less known! Whats more, the game was especially boring. Most people who bought it probably did not finish it. Even if they did, they had probably chucked the game in the back of their games library to collect dust. They could not still be playing it. Wouldnt that be the perfect game if Boss Pei had intended to play hide-and-seek? Qiao Liang became excited at once. He opened The Lonely Desert Road and prepared to drive. He had once played this game for eight whole hours. He knew that it would be a long and slow journey. Thus, before he started, he ate his snacks, placed his water in a position that was easy to reach, and made a trip to the toilet. An hour later, Qiao Liang began to feel sleepy. However, at that moment, he saw a letter float across the screen. The car was driving too quickly. The letter only appeared in front of Qiao Liang for half of a second before it disappeared again. Sh*t! Qiao Liang did not see it clearly. He faintly saw a round alphabet, but he did not know if it was a C or a G. However, he was very sure that no such letter had appeared in the game before. Thus, he re-started the game and opened the screen-recording software. Three hours later, Qiao Liang exited the game and made another trip to the toilet. When he got back to his seat, Qiao Liang opened the screen-recording software and moved to an hour after the recording started, to check the alphabet that appeared first. Indeed, it was a G! After that, an alphabet floated across the screen every five minutes. Sometimes, it appeared on the left. Sometimes, it appeared on the right. There were twenty alphabets in total, and it was a whole hour before they disappeared completely. After that, no more alphabets appeared. However, just in case, Qiao Liang continued driving for half an hour more and then exited the game. He checked the video and carefully wrote down all the alphabets. GAICCCCCCACBIADBHCEA. It was a series of codes. In other words, other players did not even need to play The Lonely Desert Road to find out the code. However, knowing the code was only the start of the solution. At Shang Yang Games Lin Family, Ye Zhizhou, and Wang Xiaobin read various forums and Weibo in order to track the gamers reactions. There were many more gamers who were unhappy than they had imagined There were many comments like are they sick in the head to not allow people to purchase the game with money or youre acting like a big-shot, and I wont have it. Still, there were even more gamers who had become intrigued. A few hours had passed since they released the game. Until now, gamers had already found the code that Boss Pei had placed in The Lonely Desert Road. However, work obviously still had to be done on the string of letters before they would be able to find the real message. Ye Zhizhou was working on the clue as well. He had written many symbols in his notebook, and his monitor displayed a search engine. Still, he could not find any useful information. I dont know how Boss Pei came up with an advertising method like that. Hes really a genius! However it might have been a better idea to release the question a month before we released the game. The games already on the shelf now, but nobody can buy it. Of course, gamers would get angry. I wonder if theres a deeper meaning behind this move. After some thought, Wang Xiaobin said, Hasnt Boss Pei always been this willful? He already tried to turn gamers away repeatedly when we were working on Repent and be Saved. This may be a unique method of doing business. Hes intentionally using reverse psychology on gamers, so that they would try to solve the riddle more enthusiastically. Lin Wan nodded. Yes, I think thats highly likely! Many gamers have already started playing Tengdas older games to solve this riddle. I think Repent and be Saved and Game Designer have seen an increase in sales volume during this period. Its a pity that it would only be a short-term boost. People like Teacher Qiao, who understand Boss Pei extremely well, could locate the clue in just a few hours. If we had hidden the clue more deeply, perhaps the other games would have seen a boost in sales volume, too. Ye Zhizhou rubbed his temples. I dont think Boss Pei wanted to hide the clue that deep. The word journey already hinted at The Lonely Desert Road. People only had to drive for three hours to find the first letter. I dont think Boss Pei wanted to torture gamers for too long Was he afraid that gamers would fly into a craze and buy Tengdas old games if he hid the clue too well? Hahaha, how can that be? Im overthinking things. Ye Zhizhou laughed inwardly at himself. Lin Wan looked at the string of English alphabets on the screen. No one has solved this code yet. Maybe this game only officially began when people found this code. Maybe there arent enough people participating. While they had been researching and developing Be Quiet, Shang Yang Games had indeed kept news about the game under wraps. That was mainly because the game had not been complete, and the staff had been afraid that gamers would develop high hopes for it. At the same time, Boss Pei had never mentioned publicity. Thus, not many gamers were trying to solve the riddle for now. Even fewer gamers were racking their brains, trying to crack the code. The lack of numbers meant that the riddle could not be solved any quicker. Many gamers who were only interested in playing horror games were being blocked. Not one person had purchased the gamethis was a real problem. Wang Xiaobin was slightly worried. What if nobody can solve the riddle? What would we do? Weve worked so hard to release this game. If nobody gets to play it, wouldnt it be -?! Youre thinking too much, scoffed Lin Wan. There are many talented gamers out there. Its only a matter of time that someone cracks the code. Whats more, the more difficult the riddle, the more participants there would be. Wouldnt the advertising prove more effective, then? At Otto Technologies Chang You was still worrying about the slideshow. Although he had already gotten clear instructions from Boss Pei, he still had no idea how to execute the instructions. The thing was that Boss Peis instructions had completely overturned the way he used to think about news conferences All things aside, it was ridiculous to try and explain all the cell phones merits in five minutes, using a single picture. Chang You had already asked his subordinates to list out the cell phones merits. Of course, he could squeeze them all into a single picture, but it would be impossible for him to cover them all in five minutes! At the moment, Otto Ei had the following merits: a screen with a high refresh rate, a 5800 mAh battery, the latest microchip, a custom-made cooling system, a horizontal linear motor, a high-megapixel dual camera, fast charging functions, a custom-made system, special benefits from Tengdas other businesses, and the like. If Chang You wanted to go into the specifics of the special benefits, he would have to go through the gaming, entertainment, lifestyle, and others categories, and a total of sixteen individual items. On top of that, other cell phone manufacturers would normally talk about NFC, infrared, headphone plugs, hi-fi, dual stereo speakers, and the like when they released new models. Yet, Chang You could not afford to mention these things during the news conference for Otto E1. Chang You looked at the picture, feeling a migraine coming on. Theres so much content. How can I go through everything in five minutes? Im not a host who depends on his mouth for a living Yet, Boss Pei has already given orders. I have to get it done. If I cant, wouldnt I be embarrassing myself during the news conference? Eh, wait a host? Is Boss Pei hinting to me to turn all the cell phones merits into a performed dialogue and then explain them all in five minutes? Why else would he give me a limit of five minutes? All of a sudden, a realization dawned on Chang You. He quickly opened a new document and strung all the cell phones merits together into a short performed dialogue. He counted the words about a thousand. If a human, like an announcer, talked at average speed and pronounced every word perfectly and clearly, he would be able to read 80 to 120 words per minute. Humans could process things at a maximum of 2.5 times as quickly. That was about 300 words per minute. Some hosts could read even faster, such as 350 words in 47 seconds. However, there would be a lot of people at the news conference. Talking at that speed would cause most people to miss out on some information. Moreover, Chang You did not only have to read three hundred words but close to a thousand. He had to breathe in the middle, or he could cramp up. Thus, he did some rough calculations. He had to read a thousand words in five minutes. On average, he would have to read two hundred words per minute. That would already be two times faster than mans normal talking speed! Whats more, he would be able to explain all of Otto Eis merits with those one thousand words Chang You was shocked. Was that what Boss Pei meant? He wanted me to use this method to entertain and engage the live audience and those watching the live-stream? He had even figured out that I would need just five minutes to do that? Yes, that must be it! Thats the only possible explanation. It looks like I, the old bag of bones, have work to do Chang You still felt immensely stressed, but at least he had found a direction to work toward. He had to memorize the script and ensure that he could recite it all in five minutes before the news conference. To him, that was no easy feat. Still, to market the cell phone well and not let Boss Pei down, Chang You decided to accept the challenge! He had to ensure Boss Pei recognized his hard work at the news conference! Chapter 438 - The News Conference Begins March 4th, Friday Pei Qian arrived at the office early. He accessed the platform to take a look. Not a single person had bought Be Quiet yet! Obviously, gamers could not achieve any breakthroughs in a single day. Of course, that was what Boss Pei had planned! The series of codes had been hidden in The Lonely Desert Road, and one would be able to find it after driving for just three hours. Whats more, only one person had to find the code before the others would be able to work on it. If trying to repel gamers had been his only goal, Pei Qian could have requested all gamers to finish all eight hoursor even sixteen hours-of The Lonely Desert Road. That would have been effective, but the system would not have allowed it. Thus, Pei Qian had to keep an eye on the difficulty while setting the riddle. It would not be reasonable to make the riddle too difficult. That was because gamers would not be able to buy the game, and the System would prohibit it. Yet, making the riddle too easy to solve would result in a lack of a barrier. Gamers would be able to purchase the game very quickly, and Pei Qian would have worked in vain. Pei Qians main goal for setting up the filter was to minimize the number of gamers who would be qualified to buy the game during this cycle, which had less than a month left. He had to reduce the games sales volume as much as possible. As for what he would do during the next cycle, he would think about it when the time came. The ideal situation for Pei Qian would be for the riddle to take a month for gamers to solve. That way, he would not make any sales during this month. Moreover, the game had already been released. Gamers were only unable to buy it because they could not solve the riddle and not because Boss Pei had not completed the game. Thus, the System would not take it as an unfinished project, and settlement would not be delayed. Even if Pei Qian failed to hold them back by a month, buying two or three weeks would still be better than allowing everyone to purchase the game as soon as it was released. Many gamers had thought of various ways to crack the code. From among them, a bunch of experts emerged. The entire process was dazzling and included splitting, converting the English alphabets to numbers, converting the numbers to letters on keypads, reversing them, alternating them, forming a sequence, applying the American Standard Code for Information Interchange and the hexadecimal, and the like. In actual fact, Pei Qian was only an average man. He had not learned about all the complex ways of creating a code. Thus, the riddle was a simple one, which one could use everyday observations to crack. It was just that there were many steps. Some gamers had been on the right track. However, the final step was less well-known and more amazing. Thus, once gamers arrived at this step, they mistook it as a dead-end and gave up digging any deeper. Thus, nobody paid much attention to this accurate way of cracking the code. GAICCCCCCACBIADBHCEA. After some observation, one would be able to tell that A, B, and C appear the most times in the code. l was the last alphabet of the alphabetical sequence that appeared. If A was 1 and B was 2, then I would be 9. That meant this string of alphabets was meant to be converted to numbers. 71933333313291428351. If one observed this string of numbers, they would realize that there was an order to every alternate number. 71/93/33/33/31/32/91/42/83/51. None of the latter numbers surpassed four. This was a very common way of arranging alphabets on a cell phone keypad. 71 symbolized the first letter on the number 7 of the cell phones keypad P. By the same logic, every pair of numbers corresponded to a letter on the cell phones keypad. PYFFDEWHVJ. However, what came after this would not look so logical. Thus, gamers who followed the same thought process often failed to get any further. As more gamers observed one anothers progress on forums and discussions, they would form the impression that this was not the right way. In fact, there was nothing complicated about the next step. Its general category was very common in the real world, but this particular branch was very rare. That meant very few people would understand it. Pei Qian had only learned more about it out of interest. Therefore, when he felt like creating the code, it turned out more effective than he had expected. Furthermore, even if one managed to get past this step, he would only be one-third done with the entire process. Keep working hard, everyone! If you cant solve it, I will incur losses during this cycle! Pei Qian could not help but feel arrogant. Otto Technologies would be holding a news conference for the new cell phone this weekend. Pei Qian had to take a look to ensure that everything went perfectly. However, before that, Pei Qian sent a message to the programmer who had been put in charge of the riddle. They have found the clue in The Lonely Desert Road. You can reduce the time needed for the clues to appear from three hours to fifteen minutes. March 6th, a Sunday At Oasis Four Seasons Hotel, the biggest five-star hotel in Jingzhou City Tengda had collaborated with this hotel to host many of its events, including high-end business meetings, employees recruitment examinations, annual meetings, and the like. The news conference was also being held in the ballroom in this hotel. Tengda had already invited many members of the media in advance, prepared rooms for them, and paid for their food, accommodations, and transport expenses. The rest of the seats had been given to customers of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Upwind Logistics, and other businesses for free. In any case, Pei Qian had experienced no problems in filling the entire event venue up. The news conference was supposed to begin at 3 PM. At 2 PM, Pei Qian sneaked into the event venue and then found a seat in the corner. He could have sat in the first row if he had wanted to, but there were cameras set up to live-stream the entire news conference. Pei Qian would definitely appear on camera if he sat in front. Then, his identity would be exposed. Thus, Pei Qian had told Chang You that he would be coming, but he had not told Chang You where he would be sitting. Many people were present. It would be extremely difficult for Chang You to locate Pei Qian in this crowd. That way, Boss Pei could keep his identity hidden and be able to observe the entire process. One could say he would be killing two birds with one stone. Comforting and gentle music was playing, and people were bobbing their heads. Many people were streaming in as well. The screen was still black. Perhaps it was because Pei Qian had arrived too early. If this had been a news conference for any other cell phone, the huge screen would be displaying videos about the cell phone to warm the audience up. There would probably also be advertisement posters of the spokesperson. However, Pei Qian realized that Ottos cell phone had none of these. Chang You had brought up the spokesperson issue before, but Pei Qian had not thought about it at the time. Thus, he had not given Chang You a clear direction. It looked like Chang You had forgotten about that, too. If there wasnt even a spokesperson, Pei Qian guessed that there would be no introductory videos either. Yes, that was just as well. Chang You could just walk up onto the stage and speak dryly. Once he finished going on about the cell phones flaws for an hour, he could get off work. That would meet Boss Peis expectations perfectly. Pei Qian was still fantasizing when the lights dimmed. The screen came on! A high-tech logo slowly appeared on the big screen. It looked like the rising sun, dissipating the darkness. At once, it caught everyones attention. The camera panned out, and the logo became smaller and smaller. Someones back appeared in the foreground, coincidentally blocking out the light from the logo and leaving a good-looking silhouette. After that, he reached out and held the light ball in his hand. A ray of light immediately shot out of his hand. The minimized logo stuck onto the back of the phone and faintly glowing with a breathing light effect! The person turned around. The handsome and dazzling Lu Zhiyao looked straight through the camera, addressing the audience at the venue. He held a very impressive-looking cell phone in one hand. Behind the cell-phone, the logo was still glowing. Everything looked extremely high-tech. That was not the end. Two advertisements followed that. One of them was the one involving the drone delivering take-out. At last, the camera stopped on the publicity image. With an Otto cell phone in his hand, Lu Zhiyao smirked. Pei Qian was stunned. He had just opened a bottle of water, but he had completely forgotten to take a sip. What the h*ll? Wasnt that the advertisement in Tomorrow is Beautiful? Pei Qian instinctively thought about himself watching Tomorrow is Beautiful in the cinema before. At that moment, it felt like he had traveled through time. He was equally caught off-guard and confused! Pei Qian had seen this cell phones advertisement and the logo when he watched the movie. However, it looked different from Otto Technologies logo. Thus, he relaxed. Why did Otto Technologies end up copying the movie?! Was it trying to ride on the movies coattails?! Thats so shameless! Whats more, since when did Lu Zhiyao become Otto Technologies spokesperson? One could say that Lu Zhiyao was now very famous. Ever since Tomorrow is Beautiful premiered, he had washed himself clean of his reputation for being the toxicity in the box office. Whats more, his remarkable acting and the fame that he already had strengthened his position as a first-tier young actor in the country. If he won an award, Pei Qian would be in big trouble. Given what Lu Zhiyao had achieved with Tomorrow is Beautiful, it was only natural for him to reciprocate and act as Otto Technologies spokesperson. Pei Qian should have been pleasantly surprised. Yet, that was not what Pei Qian was feeling at the moment. Instead, he only felt horrified! This way of kicking the news conference off was much more engaging than playing introductory videos. That was because Tomorrow is Beautiful was still screening, and it was still popular. Many people present had probably already watched it. Those advertisements appeared in Tomorrow is Beautiful. They had been carefully filmed, and they looked novel. They obviously stood out from other cell phone commercials. Seeing them naturally caused the audience to think about the futuristic and high-tech cell phone brand that appeared in Tomorrow is Beautiful. Pei Qian had not revealed this in the publicity material. Thus, everyone present was obviously pleasantly surprised! The originally dead atmosphere had been livened up! The journalists of the tech media whispered to one another. Clearly, the advertisement and Lu Zhiyaos role as the spokesperson had impressed them. Feeling like he was sitting on pins and needles, Pei Qian began to panic. The start of the news conference had gone very differently from what he had expected. This did not look like a good sign. He opened his bottle and drank a mouthful of water to calm his nerves. Calm down, calm down. I dont think the situation is as bad as I think. It might not be useful to start off so well. What if the high expectations end up being crushed? If Chang You presents a slideshow and conducts the news conference completely opposite from other cell phone manufacturers like I told him to, people would just curse louder later. Then, the fact that the start was so impressive would seem very distant. Theres no need to worry now. Everything will get better! Chapter 439 - This News Conference is so Interesting After the video finished playing, the atmosphere became livelier and more formal. People who had not entered yet walked in briskly. Soon, all the seats were filled up. A gentle female voice reminded everyone of a couple of things, such as keeping their cell phones on silent mode, not to leave halfway through the one-hour long news conference, and to claim the small gifts on their way out after the event. At the same time, the lady informed everyone that the news conference would be livestreamed on the Waiwai streaming platform and that everyone could head there to watch it. At 3 PM, all the lights were switched off. Chang You walked up onto the stage while everyone applauded loudly. Hello, everyone! I am Chang You. Thank you all for taking time out of your busy schedules to attend Otto Eis news conference. On behalf of all the staff at Otto Technologies, I warmly welcome all of you! The applause was as loud as thunder. Pei Qian took out his cell phone, logged onto the Waiwai streaming platform, and found the livestream of Otto Technologies news conference. Livestreaming had developed very quickly over the past year. At this time last year, less than two hundred thousand people used livestreaming platforms. Yet, now, there were tens of thousands of viewers on one channel alone. There werent many people watching the livestream of Otto Technologies news conference-just twenty- to thirty-thousand people. Most of them were fans of digital products. Eh, isnt that Vice President Chang? Which pathetic manufacturer is he preparing to attack after causing the collapse of Hongcheng Technologies? Otto Technologies? Ive never heard of this name before. Its under Tengda Corporation, and its listed on TPDb. Have you seen Tomorrow is Beautiful? Thats an inferior brand, too. Ill admit that Tengda is awesome at creating games, but its still considered a young student when it comes to manufacturing cell phones. Ill wait and see who the king of extortion, Vice President Chang, is going to extort today. A blind guess is that itll either be Pineapple or Shenhua! What are you talking about? Which cell phone manufacturer in the country wouldnt try and extort Pineapple and Shenhua? Pineapple cell phones are being hung up and beaten daily; Im already used to it. Bullet screen comments were not yet supported on livestreaming platforms now. However, there was a chatting window on the right side of the screen. Thus, Pei Qian could read netizens comments in real-time. Obviously, many digital hobbyists had formed a deep impression of Chang You after what happened at Hongcheng Technologies. Everyone was focusing not on the cell phones, but on Chang You. Pei Qian was very satisfied with this. He felt like he had a keen eye for people. On stage, Chang You briefly introduced Otto Technologies history. There was a lot that he could have included in the story. For example, he could have talked about Otto Technologies being a subsidiary of Tengda, or about the close relationship the company had with Tomorrow is Beautiful. However, Chang You did not elaborate on any of that. Instead, he spoke briefly. That was because Boss Pei had emphasized to him to control the duration of the news conference. Thus, Chang You decided to cut to the chase. He hit a button on his remote control, causing one big word to appear on the screen: Pricing!! Once the word appeared, everyone immediately quieted down. Many netizens typed strings of question marks. Wait, hasnt this news conference just started? Did I miss something? Did I miss out on the first two hours? Did they mess up the slideshow? Everyone was dumbfounded. Ordinarily, the cell phones pricing would be left to the last! Other cell phone manufacturers would have elaborated on the cell phones functions and merits from the beginning, in ascending order of importance. Once the audiences expectations for the cell phone reached their peak and the host hinted to everyone that the cell phone was high-tech and good-quality, he would ask everyone to guess its price. Finally, he would reveal that the cell phone was priced slightly lower than everyone had guessed. At once, they would all clap and think highly of the cell phone. Of course, some manufacturers would mess this up. They would reveal the price, only for the audience to curse and grimace. The atmosphere would then turn awkward. Regardless, the order would still be the same! The audience had not even seen the cell phone, and yet its price was staring them in the face. What was going on? Wasnt that taking away the fun of guessing the cell phones price? Chang You was already prepared for this. Without another word, he hit his remote control again, and a huge number appeared on the screen. 8,199! Everyone remained silent. Again, the comments section of the livestream window was filled with question marks. Is Vice President Chang high on alcohol? A multi-thousand-yuan cell phone just what I wanted! Even Shenhua and Pineapple dont sell their flagship models at such a high price. Who gave you the courage?! 0 The live audience was not as direct as netizens on the livestream, but their confused expressions were telling of their thoughts. Are you kidding me?! Vice President Chang, you may have caused Hongcheng Technologies to collapse, but this terrible mistake is ridiculous, right? Chang You remained unperturbed. He continued, We will not run promotions or reduce the price of our Otto E1 cell phones in the future. Once the next model is released, E1 will be taken off the shelves. Until then, it would be sold for 8,199 yuan, and the price would not change. Of course, we dont accept payment by installments either. Alright, everyone can start dissing now. The crowd remained quiet. Comments kept being posted rapidly on the livestream. Seeing that everyone was mocking and dissing the cell phone in the comments, Pei Qian felt excited and overwhelmed. Finally, this is going well. This is the right feeling! This is the effect I wanted! Pei Qian had to suppress the urge to give Chang You a thumbs-up from off-stage. Chang Yous expression remained the same. Since the news conference had a limited duration, he could not afford to talk too much about the price. Instead, he moved to the next segment. Next, Ill talk about our stocks. Well only manufacture a thousand pieces of Otto E1. Well sell them on a first-come, first-serve basis until we run out. We havent decided when to manufacture the next batch of stocks. A picture appeared on the screen. This was ROF Computer-Installations warehouse in Jingzhou. A thousand pieces of Otto E1 had been neatly arranged on one of the shelves inside. The shelf was only half-filled. At first glance, it looked almost stingy. Pfft One of the tech media journalists seated in the front row could not help but scoff. This news conference was too ridiculous! At other news conferences, once the price was announced and the audience took back all of their criticisms, the manufacturer would always say that they had enough stocks. This would normally be accompanied by a picture of a filled warehouse. Of course, under most circumstances, that would only be an advertising tactic. They would cease manufacturing and play punk whenever they needed to. Still, it was necessary to put on a front and go through the motions at the beginning. Yet, Otto Technologies was taking a unique path. Its stocks were just in the four-figure range; there were only a thousand cell phones! Whats more, they emphasized this pathetic number as if afraid that nobody would understand it. Whats going on? Were they trying to resort to hunger marketing? Did Vice President Chang really think that increasing the price and announcing the low supply would cause consumers to purchase the cell phone immediately? The news conference had only started five minutes ago. Yet, everyone present and on the livestream had lost interest in finding out about the new cell phone. Instead, they were now focused on watching the drama unfold. Someone off-stage yelled, Good! Make another one! Its so cheap! Buy it! You might as well give it away for free! Would we still be human if we didnt buy one?! Everyone broke into laughter, and the atmosphere became lively again. Pei Qian had to admit that the netizens were very good at finding humor in the situation as well. After the pricing and stocks segment, netizens went from commenting whoevers selling this is stupid to those who cant afford this should be ashamed of themselves. The previously solemn atmosphere immediately lightened up. Pei Qian felt speechless while he sat in the audience. Hes telling the truth. What are all of you laughing at? Is it that funny? Forget it. You can laugh and shout whatever you want. As long as you dont fork out a single cent when the time comes, we can still be good friends. Chang You smiled and then moved onto the next segment. Next, Ill tell you about the cell phones merits. He gently hit the remote control again, and a picture appeared on the screen. As Chang You faced the audience, his lips started moving quickly. He was reciting the script that he had memorized so hard and that he now knew like the back of his hand. A really good brand, a really good cell phone. Welcome to the news conference of the high-end cell phone brand, Otto Technologies flagship model. Ei has extremely high-quality hardware, a good microchip, a monitor with a high refresh rate, and a custom-made system. It brings to you infinitely smooth user experience, and a powerful battery that has fast-charging and long endurance, so that you no longer have to worry about batteries again. A horizontal linear motor, NFC, infrared, headphone plugs, hi-fi, dual stereo speakerswe miss out on nothing. A custom-made cooling system, the charging point on the side, and special high frame-rate mode for games ensure that youre always at an advantage in battles. A top-grade dual camera lets you take beautiful photos of people and scenery A personal logo with breathing lights makes for a unique appearance, and Lu Zhiyao as the spokesperson of a cell phone out of Tomorrow is Beautiful makes you trendy and futuristic. Inhale. On top of that, there are a total of sixteen special gaming, entertainment, lifestyle, and other benefits. You can become a supergamer of Tengda Games, an ultimate VIP of Zhongdian Chinese Network, a connoisseur of Fei Huang Workspace, a Game Master of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, a top-tier member of Fish-Catching Take-Out, a distinguished guest of Ming Yun Private Kitchen, and a VIP of Upwind Logistics. You can get a five-percent discount off all of Tengdas products for a lifetime, a free game each year, multiple custom-made skins, tickets to pre-screening of movies, free drinks, regular red packets, free delivery, and additional dishes at Ming Yun Private Kitchen. Your life will be full of surprises. Inhale. You can also trade-in your old cell phones, replace them without repairing, receive free accessories, and upgrade your phone for a lifetime. Make one purchase and you benefit from being a distinguished customer of Tengda forever. Only a thousand cell phones available first-come, first-serve. Its value would be maintained and never drop. Otto E1, the multi-functional assistant in your career, the legendary weapon in your games, and the golden manager of your life. Its the ultimate solution we are providing for all of your problems in the digital age! In a single breath, Chang You recited the entire script. Apart from breaking off to inhale in the midway through, he did not even pause. He was speaking as fast as any ordinary person would be able to. Once he was done, Chang You let out a long sigh and looked into the audience. He did not know where Boss Pei was seated, but at that moment, he only felt one thing: he was fortunate to have fulfilled his task! He had memorized the entire long script. Whats more, he had recited everything smoothly without missing a single word! The audience was silent. Pei Qians hand hovered in mid-air as he held onto his bottle of water. It was almost as if he had forgotten where to put it. Chang You looked discouraged. What was going on? Had he completely lost the audience? He had just recited such a long script, and yet they werent praising him? He glanced at his watch and realized that his time was up. Not daring to hold everyone back, Chang You hit his remote control again and said, Alright, Ive already finished talking about the cell phones merits. Let me talk about its flaws The picture on the screen changed, and everyone off-stage flared up. Holy sh*t! What just happened?! I didnt hear it clearly. Come again?! Say it again! Go back! Everyone present seemed to have been stunned by Chang Yous long recitation. No one knew how to react. If this had been a theater for comic dialogue, the audience would have cheered once Chang You finished speaking. However, this was a news conference in a hotel! The audience would not have expected Vice President Chang to pull something like that to introduce the cell phones merits! That was why they were only reacting now. Everyone was burning with anger! Faced with the audiences calls for him to repeat himself, Chang You became embarrassed. He said, Im sorry. My boss has given me orders to keep that part within five minutes. Five minutes have already passed. I have to move to the next segment. Please understand. The audience obviously didnt believe this ridiculous excuse. Stop being ridiculous! Why would the boss impose a limit for how long you can talk about the cell phones merits?! Is he crazy?! Vice President Chang, dont mess with us! Saying it again wouldnt take you more than a few minutes! Thats right! Dont even think about getting away with this. Repeat yourself! Chang You helplessly scanned the audience, not knowing where Boss Pei was seated. Sorry, Boss Pei. I tried to keep it less than five minutes, but everyone wouldnt let me! Chapter 440 - Boss Pei’s Psychology Chapter 440 Boss Peis Psychology Chang You reluctantly repeated it again at the warm request of everyone. A really good brand, a really good cell phone This time, the audiences below instantly gave a round of warm applause and cheers when Chang You spoke. There were a few shrill whistles. Youre really something! Alright! Another one! Right, encore, encore! I want to listen to it again! The news conference instantly became a crosstalk show. The bottle of mineral water Pei Qian held was nearly smashed in anger. What the hell! I told you to concentrate on the advantages in five minutes, is this how you do it? Huh? And now you really repeated it! Pei Qian was speechless. He could almost see Chang You appearing on hot searches in Weibo Someone in the audience was shouting encore as though it did not seem to matter if the cell phone was revealed or not. Everyone would be very happy if Vice President Chang just repeated this part of his speech. Chang You smiled apologetically. Sorry everyone, It was already an exception to repeat it. I have to get on with the program now; if not, I would not be able to answer my boss. The advantages of this cell phone are as mentioned. Next, we are going on to the disadvantages of this cell phone! Chang You forcibly started continuing to the next stage without any regard for the audiences opposition. The media in the front row took out their cell phones to take photos of the slideshow on the screen, but it was too late. They could only beat themselves up and sigh. Did you get it? No! It switched over too fast; I only managed to bring out my cell phone! What advantage did this cell phone have? I did not notice it since I was too engrossed in the crosstalk just now. Wasnt the crosstalk talking about the advantages of the cell phone? I did not listen carefully. But you clapped so hard just now? I only felt that Vice President Changs speech was pretty neat Hell probably reiterate it again later? He might not repeat it again going by the strangeness of the news conference during the previous stages Chang You ignored these noises and continued to follow Boss Peis instructions to introduce the shortcomings of this phone. A huge word appeared on the screen. Expensive! Our cell phone sells for as high as 8,199 yuan. Ive made a table of comparison to let everyone better understand what can be bought at this price. This price could get you a mid- to high-end Alienware, a relatively good desktop, a relatively cheap set of air conditioner, refrigerator, and washing machine. You might even be able to buy a secondhand car Various products were listed on the screen. Of course, there were no commercial logos on it, but they could definitely know which brand it was if they were to compare the price. They were not cell phones so he was not comparing different specifications. Chang You spared no effort in introducing the purpose of these items. For example, a secondhand car could fetch people and things around. Moreover, no one would dare touch it while walking on the road because no one knew if a group of big guys holding newspapers would suddenly jump out after touching it. He worked very hard to complete the task that Boss Pei gave to him. However, the audience below did not take him seriously. They burst into laughter from time to time. What the hell do you mean by no one would dare touch a secondhand car on the road? Vice President Chang, wake up, this is not a party but a news conference! I thought that the crosstalk was over, but it apparently did not? Hahahahahaha, Vice President Chang, what are you trying to emphasize listing home appliances and secondhand cars of the same value? Are you trying to say that you can buy a noble OTTO cell phone for the price of a home appliance or a secondhand van? I understand now, it seems like its really worth it then! Strange, I thought it was expensive at first, but why do I not feel that way anymore? 8,000 yuan doesnt seem to be too much now The expensive disadvantage was explained in no time. Chang You began to speak about the heaviness advantage. Our cell phone weighs 247grams. It is in all literal sense a 250-gram machine! Everyone might not have much of a concept how heavy 247 grams is. It is equivalent to a carton of milk or half a bottle of mineral water or five eggs! If you are a girl, you can use this mobile phone as a self-defense weapon when you travel. If you are a man and are bored at home, you can use this phone as fitness equipment! The audience laughed happily. A weapon for self-defense? Fitness equipment? Isnt this phone conference too casual? Cant you just introduce the advantages of your own phone nicely? Why does it feel like a joke?! Why didnt I realize earlier just how humorous Vice President Chang is? My stomach is hurting from all that laughing! Its less than 250 grams with such a big battery? Its just half a bottle of water. No problem my strong arms can totally hold it! Yeah, I thought this phone would be over 300 grams, but it was only 247 grams, not a big deal! The disadvantage of this mobile phone is that it is expensive and heavy. Isnt it the whole definition of a valuable item? Say no more, buy! Buy every last one of them! Pei Qian sat in the audience, listening to the waves of laughter at the scene. He never felt worse. Whats so funny?! Chang You was speaking the truth. We told you how expensive and heavy this phone is; how could you laugh out loud? Pei Qian was speechless. The atmosphere was totally out of his and Chang Yous control. It was developing in a very strange direction The two disadvantages expensive and heavy were introduced vividly by Chang You in no time. He continued to introduce other shortcomings of the cell phone. Our OTTO OS is more similar to the native system. Many operating systems have no customization functions. This is a huge disadvantage! We should consider providing users with two versions of the operating system next one. A simplified version and a feature-rich version for users to choose! There are many functions on our cell phone that many people may not use at all or are overpowering. For example, dual speakers, vibration, and custom-made cooling systems. Many customers do not need these functions at all, and these useless functions jacked up the price of the cell phone. It is similarly a large disadvantage! In addition, we did not research enough on our cell phones. We lack the core technologies and solutions In short, these are areas that we are not doing good enough. We have to continue working harder in the future! Chang You introduced the disadvantages of this cell phone very sincerely. Boss Pei told him to find as many disadvantages of this cell phone as possible to talk about it for at least half an hour. Chang You thought hard. Apart from being expensive and heavy, he really could not think of any other points. However, Chang You had a eureka moment when he was sorting out these advantages of the cell phone. There was a saying: ones meat is anothers poison. It was the same for cell phones. Everyones needs were different. How they thought about the advantages and disadvantages were naturally different. Take the operating system for example. Chang You liked this refreshing feeling for a while, but it was undeniable that many people still liked the minus-one screen and various functions of the domestic mobile phone system. This OTTO E1s operating system was a disadvantage! Therefore, Chang You began to analyze in earnest the type of people not suitable for the OTTO E1 mobile phone. He could be said to be sincerely dissuading all other potential users except the targeted group. The joking atmosphere among the audience gradually disappeared which was replaced by a sense of warmth. Vice President Chang is really well-meaning. Hes dividing the people suitable for the mobile phone in advance so that they would not regret buying the cell phone. Its the first time Ive met such a conscientious manufacturer! Is he trying to find shortcomings even if there isnt? Furthermore, many problems that Vice-President Chang raised such as insufficient self-research and lack of core technology is simply too harsh! However, doesnt that prove that Otto Technologies have a never-ending enterprising spirit? Yes, other mobile phone manufacturers only talk about the advantages at the press conference-not the disadvantages-while OTTO Technology is totally different. It has its own advantages but clearly recognizes its own shortcomings and constantly pushes itself Too sincere! I can tolerate this shortcoming. Give me one! Give me one set! Im serious; I really want one now! I mean it! The atmosphere at the press conference suddenly became enthusiastic. Many people began to clap and cheer uncontrollably. Chang Yous eyes were also moist on the stage. Unexpected, really unexpected! He did not expect such a reaction from the audience! He originally thought that this slideshow was done very outrageously. He also did it to complete the task from President Pei headstrong Right now, he realized just how perfect the process of the entire conference is in combination with the audiences reaction! First, he had to discredit himself and completely break the psychological expectations of the audience. He designed a dark humor style for the news conference. After that, it would be mandatory to introduce the advantages of the cell phone within five minutes. This would instantly ignite the atmosphere of the audience through a passage! Then, he would have to talk about the shortcoming of the cell phone and change the atmosphere of the conference into one of dark humor! Therefore, the audiences did not think that this cell phone was expensive anymore! It seemed as though such was the magic of a totally different approach. If one first introduced the advantages of their cell phone and brag about it, everyone would definitely resist the 8,199 yuan price tag no matter how good it was. What if it was done in the opposite way? First, one should announce an 8,199 price tag and 1,000 stocks, and let everyone watch it as though they were watching a joke. The audience would feel that this 8,000 yuan seemed to be worth the money as well? The advantages of the cell phone and its price were at two ends of the balance. If someone were to put advantages on one side of the scale and 8,199 yuan on the other end, then the audiences expectations would be completely overwhelmed in that instance. However, if that person put the price first and then slowly put the advantages at the end of the scale little by little, then the price would not seem so unacceptable! These advantages would have more weight! Chang You looked for Boss Pei in the sea of people and sighed in his heart. Boss Pei really is a Great Master at Psychology! Who else could come up with such a maverick news conference apart from Boss Pei? At this time, Pei Qian was frantically kneading the empty mineral water bottle in his hand at a corner. No words went past his lips, and yet he was sprouting millions of MMP(1.MMP is a local vulgarity in Sichuan, similar to f*ck.) in his heart. Are you guys mad? Its a cell phone for a freaking 8,000 yuan! Arent you the ones who usually fight over 20-yuan coupons? Now, you dont think an 8,000-yuan cell phone is expensive? You still want to buy even though we spammed its disadvantages to you? What the hell are you thinking?! Which part of it went wrong?! Pei Qian had a bad premonition even though it was not officially opened for sale yet. The 1,000 cell phones wouldnt be sold out in a matter of days, right? Chapter 441 - Did It Mean I can only Mass-Produce in Tears? Alright, that is all I have for the news conference today. I would like to express my sincere gratitude to everyone here today! Everyone, please leave in an orderly manner. You can collect your small gift at the entrance. You can log on to the official website of Otto Technologies if you are interested in our cell phone to place an order. Upwind Logistics will deliver it to your door as soon as possible! Chang You looked at his watch and heaved a sigh of relief as he prepared to step down. He had successfully controlled the event to be within an hour. However, someone started shouting as he walked halfway down the stage. This was it? Youve not said anything! Tell me more specifics; I want to buy it! Dont shout, go and order it now; otherwise, there will be no more stock! The audience was in a mess. There were all sorts of shouts. Chang You kept Boss Peis advice in mind and resolutely controlled the duration of the news conference within an hour. He, therefore, ignored the strong demands of some people and continued to exit the stage, forcibly ending the conference. Many quick-witted people below the stage had taken out their cell phones and logged on to the Otto Technologies website to purchase the phone. There were only 1,000 units; wait any longer, and there would be none left! That was not only a competition among the people at the news conference but also among the 20,000 to 30,000 viewers on the livestream website! Those who were not very interested in mobile phones started to exit the show orderly and went to the door to receive the gifts. It seemed as though the number of people who left the conference was only about 60% of the people who attended. Many people had no plans to move at all! Obviously, most participants in this news conference were loyal Tengda users. They were closely connected to Tengdas items in their daily lives. Their desire for this cell phone was much higher than that of ordinary consumers! Therefore, the proportion of people who stayed to grab it was relatively high! Pei Qian sat in the corner, looking anxiously at this scene. Go! What are you still waiting here for?! Pei Qian looked at the guy on his left, only to see his fingers quickly tapping his screen, filling in the delivery address on the Otto Technologies, and then confirming payment all at once. He did not forget to clutch his fist after the payment went through. YES! I snatched one! The others seemed to be doing the same action! There was no need to even think about what these people at the news conference could do staying at the news conference event. They were, of course, snapping up the products! Pei Qian wanted to scream at the top of his lungs: Dont buy! Dont buy them! However, the scene seemed to be out of control Pei Qian hurriedly opened his cell phone and logged on to the Otto Technologies website. He went to the OTTO E1 cell phone product description page and saw the remaining numbers on the page. 327! Refresh, 116! Refresh again, sold out! Pei Qian heard a resounding f*ck exclamation in the venue with the appearance of the sold out label. This was it? Sh*t! I just filled in my address! The importance of hand speed Im so happy I managed to grab one! Is there anyone willing to give theirs up? Ill pay more; give me one set! Someone was already starting to pay a premium. Pei Qian nearly vomited blood. What the hell was this?! Crazy, they were all crazy. He originally planned for these 1,000 cell phones to be placed in the storage until the next cycle. Now, they were sold out before two minutes! That included the time everyone spent typing on the screen. The sold out sign would probably be even faster if it was not because they had to fill up the address. Everyone reluctantly prepared to leave while sprouting vulgarities. Hunger marketing! F*ck! What can 1,000 units in stock do? Im so pissed off! Damn, I should have just gone to the website when the news conference started when they announced such limited stocks! I did not react well! When will it be restocked? They are really blinded by money. Whats wrong with the cell phone producers nowadays? Do they have to engage in hunger marketing before they can sell? Pei Qian was pulled along by the crowd. Now, he felt miserable. It really wasnt hunger marketing! Hunger marketing was indeed hunger marketing, but I did not have any plans to sell! I planned to produce 1,000 units with little losses, but you bought all of them. I didnt expect this to happen! I did not blame all of you even though youve bought all the goods, and yet you are blaming me? Pei Qian had nowhere to vent his anger. So what could he do next? Pei Qian grew worried. A staff member saw Boss Pei as soon as he walked to the door and quickly pulled him aside. Boss Pei, come quickly, Vice President Chang is waiting! Pei Qian was dragged to the preparation room next to the venue with a dazed expression. As soon as he entered, he heard a bang. Fireworks and ribbons are flying in the air, it seemed like there was also a champagne cork? Chang You held the champagne with the employees of Otto Technologies gathered around and applauded warmly. Boss Pei, this cell phone news conference you arranged is a classic marketing case that has never been seen in the entire cell phone industry. It will definitely make it to the annals of history and be studied repeatedly by major cell phone brands! Through the method of wanting and suppressing, the price and limited stocks were raised from the beginning which aroused the interest and tension of consumers for the scarce stocks. Explaining the advantage of the cell phone within five minutes instantly ignited the audience. It formed a hot topic on the net. Finally, emphasizing on the disadvantage of the cell phone and showcasing the impressive attitude of our company so that we firmly grasp the hearts of target users and greatly strengthen their desire to buy it! I really didnt expect that the 1,000 units would be sold out just after the press conference. That meant that Otto Technologies strategy to enter the high-end market had achieved initial success! This is all because of Boss Peis wise guidance! Pei Qian was feeling tipsy in the warm applause even though he had yet to take a sip of the champagne. What do you mean its all because of my wise guidance? You mean this is all my fault? Everyone, look at this, Vice President Changs crosstalk video is bursting the popularity charts! Its going viral everywhere on the internet, and many people are learning from it! Our cell phone is going viral, too! Many people are discussing it in the tech circle! Weve sent the media sets of cell phones, their evaluation videos will be out in about three to four days. F*ck, someone has already resold it on the second-hand website? Thats too fast, right? Was there a scalper at our news conference? It cant be. The tickets to the news conference were given out randomly. They are all given to the clients of Tengdas other business units. It just so happened that we met scalpers. Dont forget about the livestream users. Some scalpers might have made their way in through that channel. They discovered some stuff that made them less happy when they were happy and excited. Of course, scalpers were all around as long as there was limited edition. They were like flies unable to be driven away, making people sick to their core. People were selling at high prices on the second-hand website less than 10 minutes after the news conference ended. That speed caught the employees of Otto Technologies off-guard. Chang You sighed with emotion as he poured the champagne. This is the characteristic of a fan scalper. Perhaps the fan initially intended to use it for himself, but he found that he could earn 300, 500, or even 1,000 yuan if he were to sell it without paying anything at all. He would naturally sell it. There is no way to avoid this. We have relatively few stocks. A buyer is willing to pay more; a seller is willing to part with it to earn some cash. We are not able to stop it. Anyway, lets not worry about it for the time being. Lets celebrate with a toast! Some employees were already helping in the distribution of the champagne. Pei Qian, of course, had one, too. Come, cheers! Pei Qian toasted silently and downed it all in the warm atmosphere. I have to stop the scalpers from reselling whatever the cost! Pei Qian said firmly. He was very unhappy that the phones were all sold out at the cell phone news conference. He was even more unhappy about the scalper! Pei Qian hated the scalpers the most. A group of blood-sucking assh*les! He would rather not lose any money than to let the scalpers make money! Pei Qian felt the effects of a scalper previously when the limited edition guns from Ocean Stronghold were sold. Pei Qian would rather grit his teeth and make more money to put an end to these scalpers. Facts had proven that watching a scalper deflate was a lot more fun than losing money! Chang You was shocked upon seeing Boss Peis gloomy face after taking a sip of his champagne. Sh*t, he seemed to have said something wrong just now! How could Boss Pei sit around with the scalpers profiting from him with his disgust for them? Boss Pei was definitely angry with him for saying that he would deal with them later. Why else would Boss Pei look so angrily at him? Moreover, his expression seemed rather complex? That showed just how serious it was! Chang You hurriedly said. Boss Pei is right! We have to stop the scalpers at all costs! Uh, what should we do though? I know now, Boss Pei! You hope to be able to mass-produce immediately and to directly guarantee the supply on the spot. That is so that the scalpers would not make speculations and make the money in their hands! Pei Qian, How could I mass-produce now? Do you think I did not make enough money! However, he had to say that Chang Yous idea is normal. The cell phone news conference was a huge success, and it sold out immediately at the conference. They should obviously continue to mass-produce immediately, right? Who in the world would not make money if there was a chance to? Pei Qian was speechless for a while. Yes, he had to continue producing since the phone was sold out. Otherwise, it would not make sense to the system as well. Since he was going to mass-produce, he would have to sell them, too. Selling them would definitely make money. If he were to limit the amount and the scalpers were to snatch them, wouldnt that make it even more profitable? Pei Qian was utterly speechless. How did things turn out this way?! Uh, Boss Pei? Chang You felt surprised seeing Boss Pei fall into deep thought. What was there to hesitate to mass-produce a phone that is so successful? Could it be that Boss Pei had a different type of thinking again? Pei Qian was in a state of melancholic. He could only choose the lesser of the two evils. It was now a fact that the cell phone was a hot item now. He could only think of a way to stop the losses. He had to eliminate the influence of the scalpers as much as possible so that the number of cell phones sold would be lesser. Perhaps the model he used with Ocean Stronghold could be used again. He could determine the credit value for each customer, use the credit value to determine the priority of purchase, and then sell them in limited quantities every month or every week However, he realized that he should not after another thought! This model had hidden dangers as well. Ocean Stronghold dug its own grave the other time! Then, the players who could not obtain the limited edition weapons bought Red Kilin frantically to get credit. As a result, the income from Ocean Stronghold skyrocketed! It was the same this time. If he were to sell his mobile phones this way, the consumers would be able to spend their money on other industries related to Tengda and do everything possible to increase their credit value. There was still a lot of money to be made and even more hidden dangers! The popularity of Ocean Stronghold was not decreasing even until now. The players were extremely sticky; a large part of the reason was this consumption model. Pei Qian was in despair. This was also a dead-end! Did it mean I can only mass-produce in tears to stop the scalpers in their tracks? Chapter 442 - 2 New Password Calm down, I cannot lose hope at any time. There must be a better way to solve this! Pei Qians brain was running fast, lost in thoughts. There were only two ways of making limited edition items. Either everyone snatched them up depending on their hand speed, which was tantamount to surrendering to the scalpers. Pei Qian would rather make more money than to make it easy for these blood-sucking assh*les. Otherwise, it was the use of credit value. Tengdas consumers could obtain higher purchasing authority. Once they had it, they could only be bound to the benefits and not be able to resell them. This was also possible to wash the scalpers away. This route had been used in Ocean Stronghold. It could indeed fend off the influence of scalpers to a large extent, but it could not make him less profit. It would cause consumers to consume more in Tengdas other sectors. Anyway, it seemed as though both methods could not work! He could only mass-produce then. Scalpers wouldnt be able to play with the prices and would naturally disintegrate without him doing anything However, how was he to produce to earn less? Or perhaps, could there be a possibility to make a loss by producing more? I said before, the profit margin of the cell phones should not exceed 5% Pei Qian looked directly at Chang You. Chang You replied immediately, Yes, Boss Pei. We did it exactly to that standard. We could not achieve this through stockpiling so I got the other Tengda departments to add on various benefits! Pei Qian, Sh*t, seems like the extra benefits were his mistake as well. However, it was obviously not the time to be worried about this at this point. If the profit margin of this mobile phone was only 5%. It meant that it was by the merits of concessions of the other departments. It was profitable but not too much. The current 1,000 sets of cell phones were sold out only because there was too little stock available. The biggest advantage of this cell phone was the various benefits to the Tengda Corporation. It held a huge appeal to the locals in Jingzhou. The attendees of the news conference this time were all locals from Jingzhou. They were also Tengdas clients from other industries. These benefits obviously were very attractive to them, especially the unexpected news conference That was what caused the phenomenon of the sell-out at lightning speed! However, this cell phone seemed to be less attractive to users not in Jingzhou. The various benefits of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Ming Yun Private Kitchen, Upwind Logistics, etc. would not be available to them if they were not in Jingzhou and Lincheng, right? Many people were desperately rushing because the news conference was very attractive coupled with the factor of limited quantity. However, once they calm down, they would definitely regret buying a cell phone that was so heavy and expensive and had such a crude operating system. What was more, the media evaluation did not say many good things about the cell phone. Mass-produced cell phones could only eat cannon fodder in the storage as long as the tide turned Therefore, he must mass-produce! Profits would not be able to chase up to him as long as the production was fast enough to keep goods in the storage! Moreover, once the market became saturated and the small number of ballers in Jingzhou obtained them, the others would gradually see the shortcomings of this mobile phone. Naturally, those stocks would not be able to be sold. They had formulated a strategy of never reducing their price so these cell phones could only rot in their warehouse! Of course, Pei Qian was not overly optimistic. He was considering double insurance, at least to ensure that he would not make any profit for this cycle. Chang You and the others were quietly waiting for Boss Peis orders. Everyone knew that the next step was definitely mass production, which should be a natural answer. However, there must be another level that they did not take into consideration since Boss Pei was now in deep thought. Therefore, everyone was still waiting for Boss Pei in Good Times to give a perfect plan. Pei Qian sighed in melancholy after considering it for a while. Lets mass-produce then. When can we get the next batch? He looked at Chang You. Chang You hurriedly replied, Boss Pei, the production line at the factory is rather fast. Some large factories can produce 100,000 units a day without any problem. We dont have so many production lines, but a few thousand units from the OEM is completely possible. Pei Qian, F*ck, so fast? How suffocating. However, it was right. The other brands could sell their cell phones in hundreds of thousands within three minutes through hunger marketing. OTTOs cell phone sold out 1,000 units in three minutes through hunger marketing. This was not an order of magnitude Pei Qian thought about it. Today is 6th March. Well start stocking up for mass production on a large scale. Well sell twice a week, on every Wednesday and Sunday. You must log in to your Tengda account when you purchase and fill up your identification number. Every person is limited to one set. You must show your ID when its being delivered to you. You have to ensure that everything is in orderthe person, the order, and his identity-before you can deliver into his hands. Otherwise, the order will be canceled, and a refund would be given to him. Well sell 2,000 units next Wednesday, 4,000 units next Sunday, 8,000 units the following Wednesday. Put the money back into production once they are sold and carry on with this model. Use all the funds at your disposal to keep stock level even if they are not sold out. Just let me know if you dont have enough working capital. Tengda has funds to advance. But Boss Pei, the profit-sharing with the other departments of Tengda Chang You started. Pei Qian waved his hand. You dont need to care about it for the time being. He was very clear that the raw material cost of the OTTO mobile phone was only 4,000 yuan, which cost about half of its selling price of 8,199 yuan. The other half was supported by the concessions the other Tengda departments gave. Chang You planned to return these concessions to the other departments once the cell phones were sold. However, with a wave of Pei Qians hand, this money would not be returned to the various departments but would be used in keeping stock. A cell phone was sold at 8,199 yuan and the cost price of its production was only about 4,000 yuan. That meant to say that the quantity sold every time could double with each purchase. They would sell 1,000 units this time, 2,000 the next, and allow the quantity to grow rapidly. That would mean no more than these two situations: If everything went as planned and the market became saturated, these cell phones would become unsellable in no time. There would be a huge stock backlog and profits would not be able to be shared with the other departments. Boss Pei would succeed in losing money. If it did not go well and the cell phones were sold out every single week, then there would be about 100,000 stocks left by the 30th of the month. When the time came, numerous stocks would be left in the warehouse. He would earn less as long as they were not sold out. Of course, if he were to directly use the surplus funds of the other departments to stock up, but then he would have a higher risk. After all, he could not not-sell them once they were produced. There would then be a possibility of crashing the cycle on the spot this week. Extending the stocking cycle to one month from a week would at least ensure there would be no major problems in this settlement cycle. Chang You was very moved. Boss Pei was temporarily transferring all the profits from the other departments to ensure the funding and supply of the OTTO cell phones in Chang Yous opinion! It seemed to be telling him that Otto Technologies was a very important link in the industry chain and also showed that he was being trusted by Boss Pei! Also, such a move dissuaded the scalpers and also took care of the emotions of the general consumers. If it was limited to one set per person and could only receive the goods when their identity was matched, then it greatly increased the cost of reselling the cell phones to the scalpers. It would be sold every three days, and the quantity doubled every single time. That means that the consumers would rather wait three more days and not be so anxious to buy from the scalpers at high prices. Boss Pei I will not fail the expectation of all other Tengda departments. I will definitely guarantee the supplies even if it means I have to go to the production line to screw the screws in myself! Chang You was instantly motivated. Pei Qian leaned back on his chair when he got back to his office, feeling miserable. Really terrible! He might have thought of remedies, but the success at OTTOs conference gave Boss Pei a heavy blow, making him very uncomfortable. He switched on his computer and went onto the forums. He saw yet another nightmare. That puzzle had been solved by the player! PYFFDEWHVJ. This string of password might not look like there is any pattern to it, but it was actually a natural code for double pinyin. Double pinyin was a special type of pinyin typing. Assign the vowels of the Chinese characters to the keys. This way, each Chinese character could be spelled out by pressing only two keys. For example, if F represented the vowel en, then typing FF in the double pinyin input method would be equivalent to spelling out Fen. Therefore, the password would become pingfendewangzhan to those who know how to use the double pinyin! That was obviously referring to TPDb. Therefore, a large number of players flocked into the TPDb website and checked the various sections and clicked on various buttons, but they were stuck at this point and could no longer find any useful information on the website. There are users of double pinyin even though this input method is not very widely used. Therefore, it is no surprise that it has been found out. This puzzle should be able to hold up until settlement, right? Pei Qian suddenly felt nervous. March 8st, Tuesday Qiao Liang and his fans were battling in other Tengda Games. Qiao Liang searched the TPDb for clues like a mad man previously but found nothing Some players even went to other rating sites, which was obviously a completely wrong direction. Again, from Teacher Qiaos understanding of Boss Pei, it was absolutely impossible for him to link with the other games or websites. Therefore, this pingfendewangzhan must refer to the TPDb website. However, why didnt anyone find any clues until now? It had been three days. Was it hidden too deeply on the website? It was possible. However, there was also another possibility that this pingfendewangzhan information was not complete! Qiao Liang realized that everyones attention had been focused on this puzzle and TPDb when they found the clue in The Lonely Desert Road. No one continued searching for clues in other Tengdas games. Could this be a diversion trap? Perhaps, there was more than one clue hidden in Tengda Games? The players might all be entangled in the TPDb website but forgot to look back into the game again. They might have fallen into a trap! Therefore, Qiao Liang decided decisively to mobilize his fans to search for it in the other Tengda Games! Many others have searched for them before, but it was clear that they did not look carefully. There must be many hidden clues. Qiao Liang was going to the previous levels in Ghost General. He wanted to see if there was any special information hidden in this old game. His fans suddenly became lively at that moment. I found it! In Game Designer! Qiao Liang quickly looked at the screenshot sent by this fan. The picture was a step before a certain ending of the Game Designer. Qiao Liang had an impression of this ending. It was called Lose all our hard-earned money. That was that the player launched the game, but no one cared and there was no sales volume. The player then reluctantly left the game industry. The scene in this picture was a step before the ending, which is the scene where the game sales were determined. In this scene, there were disappointed fans, screaming players, reports of low sales, and low media criticism On the floor in the corner of the room, there was a stack of papers. Among them was a small piece of paper with a long string of numbers written on it. 2210211021110211101012011021210101202110212 101021210111102121021110212102111 As I expected! There are other clues in the game! My direction is right! What did I say? Im definitely Boss Peis confidant! Qiao Liang couldnt help to get excited. This password seems to be simpler than the previous one! Chapter 443 - What to Enter on the Input Fields Chapter 443 What to Enter on the Input Fields With everyone in the group putting their heads together, the code was cracked quickly. The string of numbers was formed with the numbers 0, 1, and 2. Whats more, o did not appear more than once at a time. One could see it as a separator. Naturally, people thought of the Morse code. Taking the os as the separators, the 1s as dots, and the 2s as dashes, one would be able to form a Morse code. -.-..--.. -..-.- .-.-..-.-.. ..--.-.- This could be converted to a string of English alphabets. GDBBEAICEADCECHCHBCB. This could be converted to numbers, in the same way as the string of alphabets in The Lonely Desert Road. 74225193514353838232. Compare those numbers to the keypad on a cell phone. SBJYJILVUE. Its double pinyin was soujingjilvshe. It didnt take long for the gamers in the group to reach this stage because they had already gotten the right answer for the previous code. Moreover, the Morse code used for this string of alphabets was a common method of encryption. Thus, it had not been difficult. Qiao Liangs heart raced. It was very exciting to work on the riddle together with so many other people who were in the same situation as he was. There are only two additional steps for the second code. The other encryption methods did not change. You still have to convert the alphabets to numbers, use the cell phone keypad, and then derive the double pinyin. Why didnt he try to use more encryption methods? Is it because Boss Pei has limited knowledge and he only knows about those few encryption methods? Or is it because he was lazy? Oh no, no, no it seems overboard to think that way. Boss Pei must have shown everyone mercy by reducing the difficulty of this code, given that it was hard enough to obtain the code from Game Designer, right? Was this a form of grace towards gamers as they tried hard to crack the code? Yes! It must be! Qiao Liang did not overthink. He quickly opened TPDb and located the search bar. Putting the two codes together, he got pingfendewangzhan, soujinjilvshe. Thus, Qiao Liang typed jingjilvshe in TPDbs search bar, and then hit enter. There were no results. He typed jyjilvue and still got no results. It looks like I have to type the Mandarin characters. After some thought, Qiao Liang realized that the double pinyin could have been pointing to different Mandarin characters. Each one of them had the same double pinyin. Of course, Qiao Liang could have tried all the possibilities, but that would have been stupid. At that moment, Qiao Liang recalled the poster that he had seen earlier. There was a special, red logo behind the bloody handprint. It was an obtuse, triangular steeple with the words Thriller Hostel at the bottom! Thrillers double pinyin was xinji. That made the name of this hotel clear; its double pinyin would be jingjilyshe! Thriller implied being frightened without cause or reason or a heart suddenly racing. In other words, the fear might not come from jumpscares or a horrifying atmosphere. Instead, it would arise out of an unknown ominous feeling invoked by an ordinary-looking environment! Qiao Liang was elated. He was a few steps away from cracking this code! He quickly entered the Mandarin words for Thriller Hostel into the search bar. Indeed, the webpage changed at once! All of the information that had been on TPDbs website disappeared. Black circles appeared one by one until the entire website was dyed black. After that, two input fields appeared in the center of the screen, at eye-level. There were no hints around the input fieldsjust two empty rectangles. Qiao Liang typed both answers to the codes into the fields and then clicked enter. However, there was no reaction. After some thought, he typed his Tengda account username and password and clicked enter again. Still no reaction! Qiao Liang, He tried many other things such as the two earliest series of alphabets, the two double pinyin, the Mandarin words, and the like. Yet, nothing happened. Thinking that he should not have clicked enter, he tried the spacebar, CTRL, Tab, Shift, and other keys but to no avail! He typed his accounts username and password in reverse, but that didnt work either! eve After half an hour of trying, Qiao Liang felt lightheaded. He had tried so many combinations, but the two input fields remained on the website. No matter how hard he tried, he could not get past them! Qiao Liang calmed down and read through his fans chat group. Indeed, no one else could find the right answers as well. Everyone was stuck at the two input fields. Nobody knew what to type there! Qiao Liang stopped trying and pondered hard instead. Obviously, until now, everyone was on the right track. However, they were stuck at this point because they were still missing some critical information. As for what exactly they should enter, no one had any clear direction. Qiao Liang frowned, thinking about all of the possibilities. Are there more clues hidden in other games? Are there clear instructions for what we should type into the input fields? Or am I missing something? Until now, not a single gamer has passed this step. Obviously, this is another puzzle for everyone to solve At that moment, Pei Qian sat in his office, reading forums about how far the gamers had gone in solving the riddle. What the f*ck? Theyve found the clue in Game Designer so quickly? It was a huge blow for him. He had thought that he had hidden the clue in Game Designer well enough. He had thought it would take a long time for the gamers to find it. That was because there were many endings in Game Designer. Few people ended up losing everything. Most would only have to make a few right choices to avoid it altogether. Coincidentally, that was the ending that Pei Qian liked and looked forward to the most. That was why he hid the second series of codes in the corner of the second last scene of that ending. Yet, not long after the first series of codes had been solved, the second had been found and cracked at the speed of light! Of course, that was mainly because Pei Qian had not used other encryption methods. There was only one additional step that was relatively simpler to solvethe Morse code. Gamers who cracked the first code would just have to apply what they had learned to the second code. Pei Qian had wanted to make it more complicated at first, but time had been too tight and Pei Qian had not had enough knowledge. Since he refused to ask for help, he had decided to slack off, in the hopes that people would not find the second series of codes so quickly. However, he had ended up slapping himself in the face. The gamers were too crazy! On the bright side, there was still one-third of the riddle left. That was the last line of defense. It has to hang on! Pei Qian glanced at the calendar. There were still three weeks to settlement. It would be impossible to stop all gamers from buying Be Quiet, but as long as the riddle could prevent some gamers from purchasing the game before settlement, Pei Qians work would not be wasted! After that, Pei Qian went online to see what the public had to say about Otto E1. Two days had passed since the news conference. The first batch of reviewers videos and reports had been published, and the news conferences popularity hit its peak yesterday. The long script that Chang You had recited had become a hot topic of discussion. Many netizens were challenging themselves to recite the same script, and a good number had also recorded themselves and uploaded their videos on Aili Island. They had many views. The original video of the news conference had also been uploaded on Aili Island. Now, it was already among the top three videos in the digital channel and had also risen through the homepage. Ordinarily, news conferences by tech brands would not make it to the top of the charts. That was because the content of other brands news conferences normally had low information density, regardless of whether they were releasing computers, cell phones, or other digital products. Most of what was said in the news conference was part of marketing and could be summarized in just a couple of sentences. Whats more, huge manufacturers would livestream their news conferences. Those who were interested would already have watched it live and would not need to watch the video again. Thus, videos of news conferences normally had very few views. On the other hand, diss-type videos that could summarize the content in news conferences in three to five minutes were more popular. Yet, the situation was entirely different for Otto Technologies news conference. Firstly, the news conference had been very brief. Everything had been condensed into an hour. Whats more, it was funny and entertaining and had high-information density. On top of that, many people online had not even paid attention to the news conference. They had only found out about it after Chang Yous recitation became a hot search. Then, they watched the video to find out what the fuss was all about. Thus, the news conferences video gained many views. The problems of low interest during the livestream and low visibility online had been solved! Additionally, none of the huge manufacturers had held news conferences lately. UP Masters in the digital products channel could create videos reviewing Otto E1. Thus, the cell phone became the center of attention of a lot of lovers of digital products! Pei Qian carefully watched all the reviews of Otto E1. He had mixed feelings about it. The downside was that the reviewers had said a lot of good things about the cell phone! While recommending the cell phone, many reviewers explained its merits in full detail. They said that the cell phone had solid hardware and then went on to explain all the advantages mentioned. Those were probably withdrawal symptoms of Tengda providing them with food, lodging, and gifts during the news conference. The upside was that the cell phones popularity was inducing effects of reverse psychology on netizens! Although reviewers had good things to say about the cell phone, its bad points had also surfaced: it was expensive, heavy, and difficult to snatch! Its price and weight went without saying. The cell phone was undoubtedly worthy of being called a 250-gram machine. At the same time, it was being referred to as a cell phone for the rich and a product with an IQ tax. Although it was a misunderstanding, it still confused some bystanders. However, Chang You had already fully and comprehensively explained both of those problems during the news conference. Thus, the dissing taking place online was insignificant now. Neither of those points caused much of a reaction. Instead, it led to Otto E1 being labeled as a very valuable[1] product. The most important flaw was that it was hard to snatch. Many netizens took this as a sign that the sales event had an ulterior motive! [1] The word valuable combines the words expensive and heavy in Mandarin. Chapter 444 - He Desheng, the Expert at Bargaining Chapter 444 He Desheng, the Expert at Bargaining Most people online were debating about how only a thousand cell phones were available for sale. There were many complaints. Ive seen many resort to hunger marketing, but this is the first time Im witnessing a company be so open about it! Thats right. Others prepare tens or hundreds of thousands of cell phones even if theyre employing hunger marketing. Yet, this company is only preparing a thousand cell phones. It even gave the impression that their cell phones were extremely popular during the news conference. Its a trap for sure! Even the audience at the news conference was probably hired, right? I dont think its just the live audience. The reviewers were probably paid as well! The manufacturers could have allowed scalpers to order the cell phones in advance, so that they can act like the cell phones sold out on the spot. The scalpers would then raise the prices of the cell phones. Thatll be the perfect plan! Theyre colluding to cheat fools; the manufacturer and the scalpers would profit! Theyre engaging the help of scalpers! Forget it, forget it. The cell phones obviously not really for sale. Please, dont tell me news about it anymore! Lets watch and see. The company will continue to employ hunger marketing for the cell phones for sure. Each time, they would only sell a thousand cell phones and act like they ran out of stocks. That would create the illusion that everyones fighting for the cell phones, so that its high price can be justified. Once they prepare adequate stocks, people would quickly realize that the cell phones werent worth the price after all. Then, the company would collapse at once! Many people must be coming to their senses now, right? Dont say that. I can trust Tengdas reputation. Whats more, Vice President Chang has already said this theyre trying to manufacture more stocks as quickly as they can. Theyll sell two thousand cell phones tomorrow. Haha, two thousand? Theyre manufacturing two thousand cell phones as quickly as they can? Are you kidding me? And you dare to deny that this is hunger marketing?. Pei Qians heart filled with warmth as he read those comments. Indeed, consumers were bright. They understood what was going on! Remain this way. You have to remain this way! As long as your precious suspicions remain until the end of the month, I will take you as my benefactors! Buzz Buzz Just as Pei Qian was thinking, his phone started vibrating. Pei Qian picked it up and saw that it was He Desheng. Eh? Is this about the Top Student, Come Quick app? Pei Qian quickly accepted the call. He had already instructed He Desheng to spend all the money that he had earned earlier! Had He Desheng completed his task? Boss Pei, weve bought the Top Student, Come Quick project back! We have all the shares! He Desheng sounded excited. Thats right. Weve also hired the man who was in charge of the project at Xude Education. We didnt even have to poach him. He was fired! Pei Qian was stunned. Did everything really go that smoothly? They got the shares just like that? If his memory served him right, Xude Education had only bought the Top Student, Come Quick project less than a month ago. Yet, He Desheng had gotten it back so quickly. He must have spent a great deal, right? Pei Qian could not curb his excitement. How much did you spend?. He Desheng answered, Boss Pei, we spent more than five million yuan! Pei Qian, ? Just five million yuan?! They had earned fifteen million yuan from the sale of their shares before. They even kept the last twenty percent. Now, they had gotten everything back for less than one-third of that sum? Was Xude Education sick in the head? They had spent over forty million yuan on the shares before, and they were only selling them for five million yuan now?! Couldnt you have asked for more?! Huh?! Hearing no response from Boss Pei, He Desheng thought that the former was unsatisfied with the price. He quickly tried to explain himself. Boss Pei, this price is already very low. When Xude Education bought the project, it spent a lot of money organizing events. For instance, it forced its own students to register and sell lessons on the application. However, the company soon went under fire, and the project collapsed! Whats more, the project could not generate profits. Its value was falling by the day! Many members of Xude Educations higher management became very unhappy with this investment. Conflicts arose, and a few members of the higher management took the opportunity to revolt. They forced those who had decided to acquire this project out of the company and abandoned the project altogether After they abandoned it, the project could no longer draw on Xude Educations resources. Thus, it steadily deteriorated until it became an unsalvageable mess. To avoid incurring more losses, Xude Education decided to cut it off completely. It was just as well that we had 20% shares in the project, and we had the right of first refusal. That was why Xude Education approached me first. Of course, they proposed a high price at first, in an attempt to cheat me. Yet, how could I be cheated? I had been in charge of the project the entire time. I know it inside-out. With just a couple of sentences, I shut them up! At that moment, they thought about selling the shares to others. That was why I hinted that I knew the project too well. I only had to leak a bit of information to make sure that nobody would buy their shares for a high price! Thus, after several negotiations, they lost their patience. I slaughtered the price and offered five million yuan! I made it very clear. The project is only worth that much now. If they wanted to delay it any longer, they would not even have gotten five million yuan! If we waited longer, we may have gotten a lower price. However, I thought that you were in a bit of a rush, Boss Pei. I didnt want to hold you back. I guessed that the price was good enough, and so I finished the deal. Oh, thats right. The man who was in charge of this project at Xude Education took the blame for the entire situation, together with the other members of higher management. That was why he was fired. Boss Pei, I remember you saying you wanted to poach him. Thats why I contacted him and invited him over. If you want to meet him, you can do so at any time! Thats about it. What do you think, Boss Pei? I dealt with it all quite decisively, right? Pei Qian had no idea what to say. You did really well, said Pei Qian sorrowfully and through gritted teeth. At the other end of the line, He Desheng smiled, embarrassed. Dont mention it, Boss Pei. You had clear directions. I was just doing as you told me. Thats how I achieved those results! If you didnt keep some shares on hand and instruct me to buy all the shares back, I would not have thought about doing this! Pei Qian, Alright, its my fault again. Weve already bought them back. What else can I say? Pei Qian grieved for a while and then said, Tell the man in charge to meet me at Dream Realization Ventures at 2 PM. I want to see him. He Desheng replied, Alright, no problem, Boss Pei! After hanging up, Pei Qian felt worried. He could not tell that He Desheng was that good at bargaining However, that was the most useless skill in Tengda Corporation! Still, since they had already obtained Top Student, Come Quickthe mess of a project that could keep incurring losses-back, he now had a bottomless pit. He could probably lose the ten million yuan again sooner or later. Yes, that was still better than failing to get the shares back! At 2 PM in the afternoon, Pei Qian arrived at Dream Realization Ventures. He Desheng and the man in charge were already waiting there. Hello, Boss Pei! Boss Pei, this is the man who was in charge of the Top Student, Come Quick project in Xude Education. His name is Yu Pingan. This is Tengdas Boss Pei. He Desheng introduced the two men. Pei Qian grabbed Yu Pingans hand and shook it. Hello! Thank you for coming. Pei Qian looked very honored to meet Yu Pingan. Xu Pingan felt overwhelmed by Pei Qians favor. Boss Pei I Dont mention it. Pei Qian sized him up. He looked honest and obedient. He was probably the type to mess things up silently. Come, have a seat. Lets be upfront with each other. I want you to keep working on Top Student, Come Quick. We will pay you according to Tengda Corporations standards, and youll enjoy various benefits as well. How does it sound? Pei Qian asked expectantly. Yu Pingan looked even more overwhelmed. Boss Pei I I wont let you down for sure! Pei Qian nodded, satisfied. Hmm, what are you planning to do?. After some thought, Yu Pingan said, Xude Educations higher management is stupid! They were blindly working on the project! They insisted on forcing people to register and even added advertisements for various classes on the application. The entire application became foul! Once I take over, Ill get rid of all of those stupid things once and for all! Ill restore the Top Student, Come Quick application to its pure and original form, and Ill regain the users trust! Pei Qian did not say anything. Xu Pingan is doing a good job of shifting the blame as much as he could. However, if he really undid what Xude Education had done, wouldnt the application revert to its original problematic form? That wouldnt do. I would have earned ten million yuan for nothing, then. The current situation has to remain. Dont mess it up for me! Pei Qian pondered for a moment and said, Thats inappropriate. Leave the application as it is. Dont get rid of anything inside, understand? Of course, that doesnt mean you should add new functions either. Lets seek stability first. At a time like that, inaction is better than any move. Yu Pingan was stunned. He subconsciously looked at He Desheng. He Desheng frowned and whispered, What are you looking at me for? Over here, we follow whatever Boss Pei says, regardless. Dont overthink and dont ask too much, understand? Yu Pingan quickly nodded. Yes, yes. Boss Pei, Ill do as you say! Pei Qian nodded, satisfied. Yes, Yu Pingan looks obedient and honest, and he has a good attitude as well. Hell probably be the next Lu Mingliang with some nurturing. It would be perfect if he could do whatever Pei Qian asked of him well and incur losses without causing anyone to suspect anything! Alright, thats all for now, said Pei Qian. He stood up and got ready to leave. He Desheng quickly said, Boss Pei, theres another thing! Theres still close to ten million yuan in the companys bank account. What do you think we should do with this sum? Pei Qian, Pei Qian had intended to spend all the money on Top Student, Come Quick. However, He Desheng had ended up slashing the price and obtaining all the shares for five million yuan. The rest of the funds were sitting in Dream Realization Ventures bank account. That was probably embarrassing for an investor Pei Qian felt sorrowful. Should he pour all of the money into Top Student, Come Quick? No, it had not been easy for the project to reach this state from what it was before. What if Pei Qian made it popular again by pouring so much funds into it? He could not be careless before ensuring that the project would incur losses. Should he use the ten million yuan to manufacture more cell phones? It was an option, but Pei Qian had to see how well the cell phones were selling tomorrow before making a decision. If nobody was buying them, he could consider manufacturing more stocks. If they were sold out, then he would have to rule out this option. Even after much thought, Pei Qian could not find a project that would still continue to fail if he invested this sum. Thus, he had no choice but to say, Leave it first. Remind me in two days. He Desheng quickly nodded. Alright, Boss Pei. After walking Boss Pei out, He Desheng began to assign tasks to Yu Pingan. From today onwards, Yu Pingan would officially be in charge of the Top Student, Come Quick application. Er, I have a question, Yu Pingan finally said after some hesitation. He Desheng asked, Yes? Go ahead. Yu Pingan chose his words carefully. Boss Pei said not to add or take away anything on the application and to maintain its current state does that include all the advertisements for Xude Educations courses? He Desheng smiled. What do you think? Since Boss Pei said to maintain its current state, he means we should do that as much as possible. Yu Pingan looked pained. But there are many advertisements for Xude Educations courses on the application. It wont be right for our application to advertise their courses! Xude Education would probably not let us use their content as publicity either. If we keep all information related to Xude Education, we might run the risk of getting into legal trouble. He Desheng pondered for a while and answered, Yes, thats true. Still, we have to do as Boss Pei says. How about We keep the spaces and replace the advertisements with a few from Tengda Corporations other businesses? We can replace them with content that is related or somehow connected to the application. That way, we wouldnt be getting rid of any functions. Well be fulfilling Boss Peis requests and avoiding legal trouble. Thats killing two birds with one stone. Yu Pingan nodded. Yes, thats what I was thinking! Ill do that, then! Chapter 445 - Boss Pei, How Should We Spend the Twenty Million Yuan? Chapter 445 Boss Pei, How Should We Spend the Twenty Million Yuan? March 9th, Wednesday Otto E1 was available for sale for the second time! Pei Qian purposely traveled a great distance to Otto Technologies office to observe the frontlines. The cell phones were to be sold at 10 AM. Pei Qian arrived at 9 AM to survey the situation. After a lot of thought, he decided to make a suggestion to Chang You. Vice President Chang, from today onward, we should allow people to pay a deposit and reserve a cell phone. They can pay a deposit of a hundred yuan to reserve a cell phone, and we can manufacture cell phones based on the number of reservations we get. Chang You looked pained. Boss Pei, I know about that plan. Many cell phone manufacturers do that when theyre running out of stocks, but we dont have that much money now. What if we receive ten thousand cell phones? We dont have enough funds Pei Qian waved his hand. It doesnt matter. You can ask me for more cash if you run out. We can use Tengdas funds to ease your cash flow. Were all under one roof, anyway. Anyway, just make sure we have enough supply. Every fan of Tengda should get to use our cell phone! Pei Qian sounded so righteous and just that Chang You felt moved. However Pei Qian was thinking of something else. He was only suggesting allowing customers to make reservations for three main reasons. First, he wanted to repel the scalpers. He had to increase the number of cell phones available, to deter those who wanted to transfer ownership of their cell phones once they got their hands on them. That way, only those who needed the cell phones would get them. Second, he wanted to clarify how many people wanted to purchase the cell phones. If there were five thousand people, Pei Qian could manufacture eight thousand cell phones. That meant storing three thousand cell phones in the warehouse and wasting money! Last, Pei Qian had summarized all the discussion and feedback online and concluded that only a few people would make a reservation. After all, the cell phone was too expensive. It was more expensive than Shenhua or Pineapples flagship models. Although the benefits looked good, most of them could only be enjoyed in Jingzhou. In other words, most people were still waiting to see how the cell phone would turn out. The first few thousand cell phones had basically been sold to Tengdas fans that were living in Jingzhou. Pei Qian guessed that once those people got their cell phones, sales would drop drastically! As for whether Boss Peis judgment was right He had to see how the company was doing today. Chang You had already instructed his subordinates to create a function for people to reserve a cell phone. At 10 AM sharp, Pei Qian whipped out his cell phone and observed how many people were trying to reserve Otto E1. Things didnt turn out as he had imagined; they did not sell out the moment they made stocks available. At first, the number of customers increased rapidly, but this slowed down after some time. By now, many scalpers had already given up getting a cell phone because purchases were now linked to a Tengda Games account and an identity card. If they increased the price and sold it, buyers would have no way of enjoying the benefits of being Tengdas distinguished customers. Thus, scalpers saw no point in trying to snatch the cell phones. Of course, scalpers could resort to harassment tactics like make orders and snatch the cell phones in place of others. Still, this was much better than giving them unrestricted access to the cell phones. An hour later, there were still 1,100 cell phones left. Pei Qian ate his lunch at Otto Technologies and watched as the cell phones slowly sold throughout the day until they sold out at about 2 PM! Once the sold out label appeared, Chang You and Pei Qian wiped the perspiration from their foreheads at the same time. Chang You did that out of relief that the phones had finally sold out! Boss Pei was here to supervise the process today. If they could not sell out all two thousand phones and nobody wanted the remaining, Chang You would be too embarrassed to explain himself to Boss Pei. On the other hand, Pei Qian wiped his perspiration out of relief that they had lasted until 2 PM! Selling out immediately would have signified a much bigger problem. Now, Pei Qian could finally relax. The facts had shown that his judgment had been accurate. The cell phones were quite popular, but not many people could afford them. Most consumers in Jingzhou would be limited by the speed of information transfer and their mistrust in the new brand. Those factors would have stopped them from buying a cell phone so early on. The next step would be to wait and see how many people would reserve a cell phone over the weekend. As long as the quantity was close to what Pei Qian estimated, he could decisively manufacture more stocks, spend as much money as possible, and aim to incur losses before settlement! March 10th, Thursday In the afternoon Pei Qian picked up his cell phone and checked how many people had reserved an Otto E1. Otto Technologies programmers had worked overtime to include a reservation function on the website. Of course, Chang You had paid them full overtime allowance. Until now, more than 1,800 people had reserved a cell phone. The number was still increasing but at an obviously slower pace. They had four thousand cell phones prepared for Sunday. Pei Qian began to think. It was a sure bet that the number of reservations would surpass four thousand by Sunday, but it would likely not pass five thousand. In other words, if they manufactured more than five thousand phones, the extra phones would have to be left in the warehouse. If they spent all the revenue they had earned from the sale of cell phones on manufacturing even more cell phones to be stored in the warehouse Wouldnt all of Otto Technologies additional funds be dealt with? That sounded like a good idea. Pei Qian just had to count on the heavens to see things through for him. Just as he was thinking about this, his cell phone vibrated. Pei Qian picked it up and saw that it was He Desheng. At once, he frowned. Whats happening?! Has the Top Student, Come Quick application gotten into trouble again?! That cant be. We only bought the shares a few days ago. Trouble shouldnt be occurring so soon, right? Pei Qian quickly accepted the call. Hows the Top Student, Come Quick project? Pei Qian asked as if faced with a powerful enemy. He Desheng was stunned. Er, Boss Pei theres nothing wrong with Top Student, Come Quick. Zhang Wang has something to report to you so hes here at Dream Realization Ventures. Do you have the time to meet him? If you dont, he can just give you a call. Pei Qian frowned. Zhang Wang? Isnt he the sharing maniac and grassroots inventor of the shared phone booths? Just hearing his name infuriated Pei Qian. You still have the cheek to meet me?! I agreed to invest in your shared phone booths back then, but what have you done in the end? Yes, you can say that you created a phone booth because the booth contains a phone. That would make sense, but youre too good at generating profit! Zhang Wang and Ruan Guangjian had collaborated to stab Pei Qian in the back, causing Pei Qian to completely lose confidence in Zhang Wang and his shared phone booths. Now, Pei Qian was leaving Zhang Wang to burn and perish. After asking Zhang Wang to manufacture more shared phone booths with the money that he had earned, Pei Qian stopped checking in. Ever since he was driven crazy by what happened with the movie, Pei Qian lost track of the shared phone booths project. Pei Qian calmed himself down and asked, Is he beside you now? He Desheng, Yes, Boss Pei. Alright, pass the phone to him. Ill ask him about the shared phone booths, said Pei Qian. Alright. A moment later, Zhang Wangs voice sounded at the other end of the line. He seemed excited as he greeted, Boss Pei! Hearing this voice made Pei Qian feel sorrowful. He and his project seemed so reliable in the beginning. Everything had been fine; how did they start generating profits? Ai, what a pity! Yes, whats the matter? Pei Qian asked. Zhang Wang, Boss Pei, the shared phone booths are no longer the focus of my work! This project can be sustained with some basic manpower. Ill let it develop at its own pace. Pei Qians eyes lit up when he heard this. Eh? Whats the matter? Has something gone wrong with its management? Pei Qian sounded overjoyed. Zhang Wang sniggered. Its not that serious. Ive already set up phone booths in all of Jingzhous shopping malls. Even if I set up more, they wouldnt make money. The project has reached its peak in Jingzhou, and so Im going to give it a rest and find something else that interests me. Hearing this made Pei Qian more excited. Alright, rest! Thats a wise decision! Indeed, my judgment had been right all along! The shared phone booths would only be able to generate profits if they were set up in places with high traffic such as shopping malls. Whats more, there were only so many shopping malls in Jingzhou. Putting one or two shared phone booths in each one would be good enough. Further, as more and more people tried out the shared phone booths, their interest would dissipate. That would be the end of the project in Jingzhou. Of course, Pei Qian wanted to ask why they could not set up shared phone booths in Luzhou or Lincheng, or even Beijing or Shanghai. Werent those markets available as well? However, he held himself back. All in all, Zhang Wangs timely repentance was worth celebrating! Comforted, Pei Qian nodded. Yes, thats good. Zhang Wang asked, Boss Pei, if I have other dreams to realize in the future, can I also approach you for investments? Pei Qian, Of course, but I will have to evaluate your proposals. Pei Qians first instinct had been to reject Zhang Wang, but he could not bring himself to do that. Thus, he had no choice but to be courteous. Of course, Pei Qian found it highly unlikely that he would invest in Zhang Wangs projects ever again, given the latters outstanding achievements. That was unless he came up with a legendary project that looked like it could make Pei Qian lose everything. Then, Pei Qian would seriously consider making an investment. Alright, I wont keep you from working, then! Goodbye, Boss Pei! Zhang Wang handed the phone back to He Desheng. Is there anything else? Pei Qian asked. He Desheng answered, Not really, Boss Pei. However I have something to remind you. We still have twenty million yuan in our account. Have you thought about how we should spend it? Pei Qian recalled instructing He Desheng to remind him about the money in Dream Realization Ventures bank account after some time. He could not forget about that sum of money. If he didnt spend it before settlement, the consequences would be dire. What should he spend the twenty million yuan on? Hm? Twenty million yuan?! All of a sudden, Pei Qian noticed that something was amiss! Dream Realization Ventures had spent five million yuan buying back all the shares in Top Student, Come Quick. There should be less than ten million yuan in its bank account now. Why was there twenty million yuan?! Wait a moment. Where did we get the twenty million yuan? Pei Qian had a bad feeling about the situation. He Desheng answered matter-of-factly. Thats the profit generated by the shared phone booths. Pei Qians mind was filled with question marks. What the hell? Didnt Zhang Wang say that the shared phone booths had reached their peak in Jingzhou? Didnt Zhang Wang himself have plans to stop working on the shared phone booths and take a break? How did the project earn ten million yuan in such a short period?! Pei Qian began to perspire, but he forced himself to calm down. The shared phone booths could make ten million yuan in Jingzhou alone? He Desheng laughed. Ah, Boss Pei, you didnt know yet? Of course, the project could not have made ten million yuan in Jingzhou alone, just like you said. Every shared phone booth could only make so much each day, and our initial investment was huge. The revenue we generated was then poured into manufacturing more shared phone booths. Thats why we didnt profit much at the start. However, once we filled up Jingzhou Citys shopping malls, Zhang Wang considered taking the project further. Thats why he thought about finding franchisers to maximize profits. He didnt personally supervise the shared phone booths in other cities. Instead, he contacted other cities shopping malls online and then presented to them our business model. Those shopping malls saw that the share phone booths were profitable. Thus, we sold the shared phone booths to them as a package and put them in charge of maintenance and repair. All we had to do was lend them our name and take a cut of the shared phone booths revenue. That helped to lower our costs since we no longer had to hire professionals for maintenance and repair or care about whether the shared phone booths were generating profits or not. We only had to remain seated, sell our shared phone booth packages, and take a cut of their revenue! From the current situation, it looks like this business model guarantees profits! Thats why we only need to hire a few people for maintenance, cashiering, and managing the companys daily operations now. Zhang Wang doesnt have to be personally involved. We earned another ten million yuan from the sale of the shared phone booths so were handing the funds up right away. How do you think we should spend the twenty million yuan, then, Boss Pei? Boss Pei? Boss Pei? Chapter 446 - I Turned Around for a Moment and Earned Another Five Million Yuan Sometime later, He Desheng heard Boss Pei heave a long sigh through the phone. He began to have mixed feelings. First, he could not help but feel disturbed. Whats the matter with Boss Pei? Oh, I know. Boss Pei has just found out that the shared phone booths have moved out of Jingzhou towards the rest of the country. He must be feeling comforted like a mother eagle would after watching her babies fly out of the nest! Yes, that must be the case! Yet, at the other end of the line, Pei Qian was feeling sorrowful! He had only had ten million yuan to worry about at first, but now it was twenty million yuan. The pressure was on! Let me think about it and get back to you. After hanging up, Pei Qian flipped through his little notebook, trying to see where he could spend all that money. Time was tight. It was too late to find another city and open a few more Fish-Catching Internet Cafe branches. However, he could still keep opening Upwind courier stations. That would be much faster, and he would be able to keep adding more stations until the week before settlement. At the same time, he could manufacture more stocks for Otto E1. That would burn money quicker. Piling up five thousand cell phones in Otto Technologies warehouse would cost Pei Qian twenty million yuan. Of course, if he managed to sell them all he would be in a worse state than he was now. Apart from all of these, Pei Qian still had an ultimate killer movethe Thriller Hostel project! Thriller Hostel could be delayed until the next cycle. A place like that was considered a bottomless pit for money. It would probably have no problem eating up all twenty million yuan. Still, unless he absolutely had to, Pei Qian did not want to throw more money into Thriller Hostel. If he invested more money, the place would become scarier, the experience would become more exciting, and the surrounding facilities would be perfected sooner. At the end of the day, the project might not be able to incur losses. Thus, giving Lu Mingliang more money to open Upwind Courier stations and expand Fish-Catching Complexs reach throughout Lincheng would be his best option. Then, he would channel the remaining funds to Otto Technologies and ask Chang You to store more stocks in the warehouse Just as Pei Qian was deep in thought, his cell phone rang again. This time, it was Ma Yiqun. Pei Qian frowned and accepted the call at once. Boss Pei, theres an additional five million yuan in Zhongdian Chinese Networks company account. Ive already transferred it over to you! Ma Yiquns voice had a hint of pride. Pei Qians mind was filled with question marks. After two seconds, he asked, When did this happen? Ma Yiqun answered, Just two days ago. Weve been settling the previous months royalties, right? After receiving Februarys income and after dealing with the companys matters, I asked the finance department to transfer the money to you! Pei Qians expression darkened, and he frowned. Didnt I tell you to spend all that money on your own? The authors class requires funding now. Why are you transferring the money back to me? Ma Yiqun was stunned. The authors class has enough funding. Dont worry, Boss Pei. The five million yuan is not all of last months profit. Ive already deducted the websites daily operating expenses, transaction fees, funds for supplementing authors income, and expenses for the authors class. Ive even set aside a sum of money for other uses. This is whats left. Weve also maximized benefits for those attending the authors class. I dont know where else to spend this money, and so Im handing it up to you. I heard that Otto Ei is lacking funds now. If we hand this sum of money to them, they should be able to put it to good use! Pei Qian was speechless. I dont know where to spend all this money either! How can you transfer the money to me just because you dont know how to spend it? Thats so irresponsible! You threw five million yuan at me without any warning. I wasnt even mentally prepared. Youre making my life very difficult! Wait a minute, did Ma Yiqun just say that he had already deducted expenses for the authors class from this sum? Doesnt that mean The website is earning even more now?! The website had already started generating profits before. Ma Yiqun tried to transfer the profits to Tengda once, but Pei Qian decisively rejected him and asked him to start the online authors class. The authors class was to be run continuously. There was one every month. The participants food and lodging would be provided, and they would be paid a salary and given insurance as well. Logically, all the money should have been gone by now. Why was there an additional five million yuan from the previous months revenue?! The sensitive Pei Qian realized that something was amiss. He quickly asked, Did Zhongdian Chinese Networks profits increase again in February? The moment he finished speaking, Pei Qian felt strange. Why did I say again? Ma Yiqun smiled. Of course, Boss Pei. Thats all thanks to your great planning! The facts have shown that your decision to invest all the websites profits into the online authors class had been a wise and forward-thinking one! In the short term, we generated fewer profits. However, the benefits of the authors class are infinite! Firstly, we gave unregulated, ill-disciplined authors a fixed working schedule and more security in life. Thus, they could focus on writing and improving their novels. Secondly, authors have a platform to communicate, learn, and improve their own skills. That means Zhongdian Chinese Networks mid-tier writers are growing at a rapid pace! Lastly, the Tengda spirit classes youve been organizing for the authors have been termed inspiring. Instead of only wanting to write more, theyre now focusing on maintaining both quality and quantity. Overall, the novels on our website are moving towards excellence. Thatll be very helpful to retain readers! Most importantly, Cui Gengs The Butterfly Game has pleasantly surprised us. It has broken the record for subscriptions, and news has spread throughout the online literature industry. Many authors have noticed the high upper limit for Zhongdian Chinese Networks online novels and have come over to start writing as well. As more and more novels appear on the website, theres also more and more quality content. Readers are also becoming more loyal and hardworking in keeping up with the novels! All in all, Zhongdian Chinese Network is a whole new website now! Pei Qian almost had a panic attack halfway through The Tengda spirit classes have been termed inspiring? Instead of only wanting to write more, theyre now focusing on maintaining both quality and quantity? Thats not right. I thought they were supposed to become slackers! Although Pei Qian was confused and he did not know how the lessons on the Tengda spirit had become so problematic, he was still in touch with reality. Immediately stop holding the lessons on the Tengda spirit! Pei Qian immediately said. Ah, alright, Boss Pei. Thats what I was thinking, too. Ma Yiqun was in complete agreement. Pei Qian, ? Ma Yiqun continued speaking, Actually, were going with a mentoring model for the second authors class. An experienced author would be paired with a new one. Almost all the experienced authors have already received lessons on the Tengda spirit at Tengdas headquarters before. Now, were counting on the lessons being passed down through the various generations of authors. That would spread the Tengda spirit, and the HR department would not have to bear this burden any longer. Thats why I was thinking of doing away with this step. Pei Qian, Oh no, its too late! The Tengda spirit had spread to the entire authors class, just as Pei Qian had hoped. However, the effects were drastically different from what he had imagined! Could it be that the enemy was in the HR department and right beside him?! However, on further thought, Pei Qian became more confused. No one in the department worked overtime! They had held the second selection for the winner of the Zero Overtime Competition at the end of the previous month. This time, more than half of the departments won, except Fei Huang Workspace. That was because it had had a particularly busy month, and the staff had ended up working overtime a few days. Even Tengda Games, the stubborn department, had shown marked improvement. It had not applied for permission to work overtime last month. Based on Tang Yishus regular reports, nobody was secretly working overtime, too All the departments in Tengdas headquarters seemed to be living out the Tengda spirit very well. Where was the problem, then? Had it been there from the beginning, or had it only appeared when authors started attending lessons on the Tengda spirit? Was that how it affected the other authors? If it was the latter, Pei Qian would just have to isolate the authors. Yet, if it was the former Pei Qian felt a sharp pain in his head. He was very confused. On one hand, his already fragile mental state was on the brink of collapse now that he had an additional 25 million yuan to get rid of for no reason. On the other hand, he could not figure out why the various businesses seemed to be improving despite his efforts to encourage his employees to slack more. Boss Pei, if theres nothing else, Im going to hang up now. I dont want to hold you up, said Ma Yiqun. Pei Qian quickly stopped him, breaking his train of thought. Wait! Er what else do you need, Boss Pei? Ma Yiqun asked. After pondering for a long time, Pei Qian said through gritted teeth, Change the way Zhongdian Chinese Network splits revenue. Make it 70-30, where all authors get seventy percent of revenue effective from this month! Pei Qian was going all out now. In the long term, this move would probably increase traffic on the website. However, Pei Qian could not bother too much about it now. He had to think about this cycles settlement! Marchs income would increase for sure. The incoming funds would be enough to make Pei Qian want to cough up blood by the end of the month. Thus, he had to get rid of as much of Zhongdian Chinese Networks income as possible! hat way, the websites income would immediately fall by forty percent. At the very least, Pei Qian would have millions of yuan less to worry about. The best that the System would allow was a 20-80 split, but Pei Qian was afraid that only taking twenty percent of the revenue would invite too many authors. Then, the consequences would be dire. Thus, he stuck with 30-70. Although Infinite Chinese Networks split was 50-50, other websites on the market also split revenue 30-70. By following suit, not only would Pei Qian be able to reduce Zhongdian Chinese Networks income, but he would also not raise suspicions. Ma Yiqun hesitated, and then said, Alright, Boss Pei. I understand. Obviously, he thought that Boss Pei was continuing to burn money to attract more readers. Pei Qian could not be bothered to explain himself. Instead, he allowed Ma Yiqun to conjure up his own explanation. After hanging up, Pei Qian felt even more sorrowful. Misfortune really never came singly! Two days ago, he had been worried about spending ten million yuan. Now, that sum had turned into 25 million yuan! Setting up more Upwind Courier stations alone would get rid of five million yuan at most; they took time to set up. Pei Qian had to finish all projects a week before settlement, and trying to set up too many at ones could easily cause problems. As for the remaining twenty million yuan Through gritted teeth, Pei Qian decided to invest them all into manufacturing phones for Otto Technologies! Chapter 447 - A Little Game March 11th, Friday Despite having two dark eye circles, Qiao Liang persisted through Game Designers storyline. He had only one expression: indignance! An entire week had passed since Be Quiet was officially released. Yet, until now, not a single copy of the game had been sold. It was not because the game was rubbish, and no one wanted to play it. In fact, many people had no idea what the game even looked like. Nobody had managed to solve the riddle and obtain the so-called invitation letter! Many people had already given up, cursing and swearing as they did so. Obviously, the developing teams willful behavior had severe reverse-psychological effects on gamers, turning many of them away. Those with bad tempers dissed the developing team for being insane. After that, they stopped updating themselves about the game altogether. Those with more patience continued to check on forums every day after giving up. They wanted to see how far the bosses had gone with solving the riddle. Their intention was to copy the answers once it was solved. A minority of gamers were truly hardcore. They, like Qiao Liang, were still trying to find the answer to the next step in the riddle, not being able to rest or sleep until they did so. During this period, theyve all exhausted different methods. They had filled all sorts of content into the two input fields. However, the webpage still showed no response. Thus, everyone guessed that the next message was hidden in another game. As Tengda Games classic piece of work, countless people had completed Repent and be Saved many times. However, nobody managed to find a single clue. A few bosses even found out that Tengda was constructing a haunted house named Thriller Hostel and went down to the construction site to search for clues. In the end, the person-in-chargewhose surname was Chen-chased them out in frustration. He also told them that the project was not even done, and it could not have been a part of the riddle. After playing all the other games and ensuring that he could not find anything from them, Qiao Liang turned to The Lonely Desert Road and Game Designer once again. All of a sudden, Qiao Liang realized something. Given what he knew about Boss Pei, it seemed that it was possible for him to hide even more clues in those two games! Who said that each game could only contain one clue? Wouldnt players be missing things right under their noses if they stopped playing a game just because they found one clue inside? Whats more, both of Boss Peis codes were to be solved in similar manners. Thus, whether time was tight or Boss Pei was trying to make gamers lives easier, the riddle was probably not as difficult as they thought. That meant that Boss Pei probably asked his programmer to only edit two games in the interest of time. Whats more, only the simplest parts had been edited! With that, Qiao Liang entered The Lonely Desert Road once again. This time, he did not find any new clues. However, he noticed one thing: instead of taking three hours to collect all the alphabets, much less time was needed now! Qiao Liangs head began to hurt immediately. Isnt this unfair to the f*cking forerunner?! I suffered and drove for three hours, and yet other people can now find all the alphabets in just one hour? His heart hurt so bad that he could not help but hug himself. However, on further thought, he realized something more important. Less time was needed to collect all the clues now. That meant that once he found the clue, Boss Pei had asked his programmer to edit the game again. Why? The clue had already been found. Others would not have to enter The Lonely Desert Road to drive again. Why did Boss Pei ask the programmers to edit the game? Could it be Is Boss Pei hinting that one has to find the clues on his own for it to count? A realization dawned on Qiao Liang, and he quickly opened Game Designer. He had once reached the ending where he lost all his hard-earned money. However, the game had only been released a while ago, April last year. Strictly speaking, Qiao Liang had reached the ending before, but he had not found the clue on his own! Qiao Liang was already very familiar with every choice and ending in Game Designer. He ran through it quickly, without having to think. In ten minutes, he reached the first choice for the ending where he would lose all his hard-earned money. After that, he found the string of clues made up of the numbers o, 1, and 2. The code had already been cracked it was the double pinyin for Search Thriller Hostel. Whats next? Nothing surprising happened. Qiao Liang steered his character in the game until he reached the last stage of the losing everything ending. He started searching for something without knowing what it was that he was looking for. All of a sudden, he noticed a report on the wall. In the original ending, the report criticized the failed game designer. Its title had been You can only truly master knowledge if you personally put it to practice. The report had been there from the beginning, criticizing the failed designer (or the player) for having high hopes but low capabilities. He could give a lot of guidance while playing others games and yet failed when he had tried to design his own. The title was still the same now, but Qiao Liang had sharply noticed that the font in the title was different from the fonts of all the other titles. Obviously, it had been changed! However, most players would stop playing the game once they obtained the earlier clue. Even if they got to this stage by chance, they would not have been searching for another clue. Naturally, they would not have noticed this title. Qiao Liang quickly exited the game and entered the title into the input fields on TPDbs website. Indeed, there was no response. After pondering for a moment, Qiao Liang typed his Tengda account username and password into the input fields and then hit enter. This time, the webpage changed! Qiao Liang realized that he had guessed correctly! They only had to type two simple things into the input field: their username and password. There was nothing extraordinary! However, they had to personally find the first clue in The Lonely Desert Road and the second clue in the losing everything ending of Game Designer before typing their username and password into the input fields! Whats more, they could only do this after Be Quiet was released. Pei Qian had especially hidden a subtle hint in the final stage of the losing everything ending. He had changed the font of the words You can only truly master knowledge if you personally put it to practice to hint to gamers that they had to find the two clues on their own to solve the riddle. Many people could not guess it because they had misunderstood the rules of the game. They didnt think they had to look for the clues themselves since everyone else had already found them. Thus, no one had fulfilled both criteria. The webpage didnt react after they entered their Tengda account username and password. That formed a vicious cycle. Everyone began to think that their usernames and passwords could not have been the answers to the input fields. As time went by, people stopped trying! Qiao Liang could not help but feel proud. It was a good thing that he had played The Lonely Desert Road again and realized the change. That was how he had guessed Boss Peis intentions! Otherwise, he would not have reached the losing everything ending of Game Designer again, much less tried entering his Tengda account username and password in TPDbs website once more. Boss Pei had indeed managed to stump so many gamers by only editing the two simplest games and TPDbs website. Still his close friend, Teacher Qiao, had cracked the code! Qiao Liang became arrogant. At that moment, the input fields on the black web page disappeared. Instead, a pale invitation letter appeared. There were lines of words written in blood that seemed to be dripping from the paper. Congratulations. You are the first lucky one to obtain this invitation letter. Youve already proven your intelligence and perseverance. You are now good enough to become food for the hostel. If you, the smart and delicious human, are prepared to sacrifice yourself to Thriller Hostel now, just do as I say: First, find a random camera. Second, use your account and password to enter the game. Enter this series of codes where the bloody handprint is. Weve prepared a very interesting game for you There was a code made up of a string of random English alphabets and numbers at the bottom of the letter. Qiao Liang already had a camera, but he did not use it often. At once, he dusted it off and clipped it onto his computers monitor, making sure that it was pointing at him. Then, he opened Be Quiet and clicked on the bloody handprint. There had been no response when he had clicked it before, but an input field appeared now. Qiao Liang quickly typed the code. He had not thought about sharing the news with other gamers yet because he wanted to become Be Quiets first player. His screen went black as if he had just entered a small program. There was a mirror on the screen, which reflected Qiao Liangs own face. The game had programmed the camera image to look as if it were a reflection in the mirror. That made Qiao Liang feel like the screen was a window, through which he was looking in the mirror. However, the mirror looked dusty and blurry. It was frightening. On one hand, it was because Qiao Liangs camera was blurred to begin with. On the other hand, the games programmer had also increased the blurriness of the cameras image. There was a line of words written in blood beside the mirror: Stare at the blood print on the mirror. There was a dotted frame on the mirror, outlining the silhouette of a face. The game seemed to be directing Qiao Liang to adjust his camera so that his face fitted within the outline. Qiao Liang had placed his camera on top of his monitor before. He adjusted it downwards and brought himself closer to the monitor, and then the dotted frame on the mirror disappeared. At that moment, a blood print on the mirror began to spread. Qiao Liang stared at it as it spread continuously, covering most of the mirror before it finally stopped. After that, the blood print disappeared. The line of words written in blood changed. Keep facing yourself in the mirror. No matter what happens, do not look away. Does it mean to keep staring at myself? Qiao Liang stared at his own face in the mirror and realized a subtle glow appeared around the place at which he was staring. The glow followed wherever his eyes looked. Eye-tracking? This was surprising and unexpected to Qiao Liang. Eye-tracking was not considered high-end technology. In fact, it had been in the market two years ago. The camera could detect the muscles around the eyes and the pupils, to roughly estimate the spot on the screen that the eyes were focused on. Many applications on the internet were also making use of eye-tracking. Of course, the technology was not as ideal as one would hope. First, the user had to be front-facing the camera. Second, the system had to collect a bunch of data points. Obviously, that was what the game had been doing while Qiao Liangs eyes followed the blood print around the mirror. The entire process was quite complicated, but Boss Peis simple packaging made everything feel more strange and immersive. Third, eye tracking had poor precision. It could only roughly detect the general direction in which ones eyes were looking. There was no way to make it more precise. Still, using it to conduct this test seemed sufficient. Qiao Liang focused on his own face in the mirror. A few seconds later, he realized something was wrong. The corner of a black shirt suddenly appeared in the bottom-right corner of the mirror. There was also a dark red blood print on top! Chapter 448 - The Savior Has Arrived! AH! Qiao Liang was taken aback. His eyes involuntarily looked at the black clothes that suddenly appeared but at the same time, the entire mirror broke with a loud bam! Qiao Liang was really scared this time. He even leaned back involuntarily and almost toppled onto the bed behind him with the chair. The mirror inside was already broken when he looked at the screen again, revealing the darkness behind the mirror. A line of numbers in bright blood-red appeared in the right corner. 10:00. This line of words quickly became 9:59, which seemed to indicate that the game could only be played again in another 10 minutes. Qiao Liang was slightly shocked, but he calmed down in no time. It seemed like this step is purely to test the psychological quality of a person. You must start at the center of the mirror without drifting away. Otherwise, youll fail immediately Alright, Ill train hard now and try to succeed in one shot 10 minutes later! Qiao Liang was full of motivation at that instant. He realized that all puzzles set by Boss Pei should be successfully solved as long as he passed this test! One hour later Qiao Liang stared at himself in the mirror, and a bloody ghost floating in the air had stretched out its bloody hand and was about to touch his neck Qiao Liang felt his heart thumping very loudly, but he still gritted his teeth and stared at his eyes in the mirror, using his will to force his eyes to remain motionless. That terrifying ghost, which was always wandering around the mirror, was constantly using all sorts of ways to attract Qiao Liangs attention. Finally, it seemed to have completely lost his patience, came to the center of the screen, opened its huge mouth, and let out a shriek towards Qiao Liang! Qiao Liang was pretty smart, he did not turn on the sound of the speaker so he could not hear the sound. However, the scene that appeared in front of him was enough to make his heart race like crazy! However, a whirlpool suddenly appeared in the mirror, sucking the ghost in! This ghost seemed to be constantly struggling. However, there was no avail as it quickly disappeared in the mirror. A line of bloody words appeared in the mirror. Congratulations, the first guest of Thriller Hostel! He clicked randomly with his mouse and exited this program. The invalid buy button lit up on the Be Quiet page which meant that Qiao Liang could finally spend money buying the game! Qiao Liang was so moved that he was nearly in tears. That was tough! How could it be so tough to buy a game in this era?! However, that was all worth it since he was the first player of Be Quiet! I have to share this news immediately with others! Qiao Liang opened his fan group and shared the solution to the last puzzle excitedly with his fans. At the same time, Pei Qian spat out two words slowly after sitting in the office for some time. The f*ck A chill ran down Pei Qians back seeing the eye-catching number 1 on the backend of the Be Quiet purchase counter. It was still solved in the end. A puzzle he thought could last for one month only lasted until the 11th! Not even half a month! Sigh, my previous estimate was still too optimistic. It is really impossible to trap players for a month with a puzzle of this difficulty. However, that did not mean there was no use at all. Its still alright. Pei Qian knew very well that this puzzle had been completely solved since the first buyer showed up. As long as this person shared his experience, more people would be able to receive the invitation and purchase. However, even so, there were still barriers to purchase! Pei Qian set the price of The Lonely Desert Road and Game Designer as free and then silently followed the changes in sales. His mode of operating was the most optimal under the strict restrictions of the system. In laymans terms, the difficulty in solving puzzles and the restrictions of everyone buying the game was different. Finding clues, solving puzzles, etc., involved the players. Once someone solved the puzzle, everyone could continue to study the next step. The difficulty would naturally be set higher. The game itself would have a purchase threshold even after knowing and understanding how to solve the puzzle. The players must drive a car in The Lonely Desert Road for a while, personally reach the Game Designer ending in Game Designer, then go to the TPDb website to search for Thriller Hostel, enter ones own account password, enter the dynamic code into the bloody handprint of the game, complete the eye-tracking mirror challenge before one could purchase the game. That was the highest threshold allowed by the system and could not be higher. Of course, Pei Qian had nothing to be dissatisfied with. This threshold could help him to screen out numerous players. There was also Pei Qians attempt to make The Lonely Desert Road and Game Designer free. It seemed to be creating convenience for the players, but in fact, it was to make less money. Pei Qian found that the system allowed the games to be completely free, but the requirements were more demanding. It had to be a standalone game. It must have been officially on sale for more than 10 months. The revenue from last month must have fallen to one-fifth of the revenue when the game first went on sale. The system would only allow the game to be free based on these three conditions. The Lonely Desert Road and Game Designer happened to meet this condition so Pei Qian was able to make them free. He did not even need to consider web games like the Ocean Stronghold. Repent and be Saved had been released for 10 months, but it was very difficult for its monthly revenue to drop to one-fifth of its starting revenue. This game was more durable, and there seemed to be an endless stream of newcomer players interested in masochism. In short, the puzzle might be solved, but the purchase threshold was still there. It could help Pei Qian make a lot less money, at least in this settlement cycle. Pei Qian turned off the platform and thought some time about the sales volume growth and what countermeasures to be taken. The most important thing right now was He would first take a look at the pre-sales situation of the OTTO E1 cell phone before sending money to Lu Mingliang and Chang You! Two days had passed from the opening of reservations on Thursday. The reservation for OTTO E1 cell phones increased to 4,728. It might still be increasing, but it has been extremely slow. Pei Qian was very happy that the situation was not that much different from what he had previously estimated to be. The number would be capped at 5,000 by the time they had reached Sunday. It was absolutely impossible to go any higher. Pei Qian decided to give 5 million yuan to Lu Mingliang to open up more Upwind Courier stations in Lincheng and the remaining 20 million yuan to Chang You to let him stock another 5,000 units from the original 4,000 units. If the 5,000 cell phones could be sold, the remaining money would be used to stock up. There would then be a backlog of about 13,000 cell phones in the warehouse. This money would then be staying happily in the warehouse until the next settlement cycle. Perfect! Pei Qian leaned on the chair and let Assistant Xin arrange everything. He could finally rest a little. He turned on the computer and casually looked at the comments of the netizens towards Be Quiet and the OTTO E1 phone. The solution to the puzzle had been completely revealed. Posts on how to purchase the game had been spread everywhere. However, there was a clear polarization between players comments. There were even quarrels online. Crazy, you cant even buy the game even if you solve the puzzles. Why did you have to make such a complicated pre-step? Are they crazy? That is, that you even have to bear the brunt of the producers emotions even though you are paying for the game! Tengda Games is really awesome, ah? They dont even give any face! I still dont quite understand what the purpose of this ARG[1] is. I purely wanted to experience the game, no in solving the puzzle! Thats right, I definitely wont buy it. Ill just sit here and wait for this game to fail! who do you think you are? Do you think Tengda cares about this? They started this ARG and set the purchase threshold to screen out no-brainers like you. You can go and play a no-brainer shooting game like Ocean Stronghold. Its not like Tengda Games doesnt have any other games that do not suit you. This ARG is very interesting. I might not be able to solve it, but Im so excited about watching the big boss solve them online every day! This ARG, as well as the last step with the eye-tracking game, really amazed me. I feel that its really worth it! This is equivalent to a large-scale, multiplayer free brain-burning game. Its equivalent to buy-one-get-free for the Be Quiet game. Whats not enough? Moreover, Tengda made The Lonely Desert Road and Game Designer free, they have a conscience! People on both sides argued hard. Pei Qian was not interested in the content of their argument. He only cared about how many people were dissatisfied with the game Be Quiet, which could reduce the games revenue this month. He then saw what the netizens said about the OTTO E1 phone. They were basically in a polarized state as well. However, the people who supported this phone were obviously in a weak position. The reason was simple, there were too few quantities sold! Only about 3,000 units of this phone had been sold so far. Even if they were satisfied with the cell phone, there were only 3,000 users. Some of them might not even discuss this online. A larger proportion of users were actually questioning the brand, quality control, stocks, etc. Many believed that this cell phone was made by speculation and whether the specific value was worth buying or not. Pei Qian was very satisfied with this. You just wait and see, you have to insist on your own judgment and dont buy it! Finally, Pei Qian took out his cell phone and glanced at Gou Yan. On the 18th day of Tomorrow is Beautiful with a box office of 4.184 million yuan today and an estimated box office of 225 million yuan! Tomorrow is Beautiful ranked second in the box office. The first place was given to the domestic film that was released just two days ago. Pei Qian held his forehead with this hand, his face full of pain. Why did the estimated box office increase significantly?! That meant that the stamina of the movie was very strong. People probably went to watch it twice or thrice. This was very bad news for Pei Qian. Pei Qian would earn a few million yuan more if the box office of this movie improved even a little. What evil! Pei Qian swiped to the right subconsciously, wanting to view the lineup tomorrow. However, under the presale column, Tomorrow is Beautiful which originally occupied the second place, directly squeezed to the third place. The first place was an upcoming American blockbuster! Pei Qians eyes lit up. My savior! Great, the box office would definitely not reach 225 million yuan! Bro, why didnt you release half a month earlier? [1] ARG stands for Alternate Reality Game, a game that makes use of the real world as a platform to be altered by the players choices. Chapter 449 - FlyingStar Journey Pei Qian clicked on the movies promotional page to check it hurriedly. Flying Star Journey Action/Sci-Fi/Fantasy 3D IMAX United States/134 minutes Released 12th March 2011. Description: The traumatized former military officer Tim (played by John Stanton) inadvertently traveled to a mysterious planet on the eve of World War I and became involved in the disputes of multiple forces on the planet. These forces regarded him as the key figure in ending the dispute. He even won the love of the beautiful princess Lynn (Deca Morton); however, could he really leave the past and reverse the fate of this planet? Pei Qians cheerful mood was instantly spoilt after reading this summary. This story did not seem very attractive! However it seemed as though most films made in the United States were of this style. Wasnt the very popular Avatar also transmigrating to another planet and falling madly in love with the indigenous girl? Well, its almost the same. The director and investment were key to this! If the director was reliable and the investment was high, then it wuld definitely drive Tomorrow is Beautiful to the ground! Pei Qian checked for more information about this movie hurriedly. After closer inspection, Pei Qian heaved a sigh of relief. Its set! Director Darryl directed his first animated short film as early as 1988. He had directed many films and received multiple Oscar nominations to date. In 2005, his animated film obtained 600 million US dollars in the global box office and won the Oscar Award for Best Animated Feature Film. His science fiction animation film won this award again in 2008. Moreover, the film Flying Star Journey was based on a classic science fiction novel published in 1911 in the United States. This year marked the 100th anniversary of the original novel. The total investment in the film exceeded 170 million US dollars. Well-known celebrities were cast in the show. The male protagonist John Stanton worked hard to complete very rigorous physical training during the filming. He lost a full 25 pounds while enduring the pain of injury to complete the filming. He was a role model of professionalism. In short, Pei Qian felt instant relief as he looked at the information of this film thoroughly. That was the standard United States blockbuster template model! Look at this luxurious line-up, the generous investment, famous director, top actors, and the great script. It would probably make 600 to 700 million US dollars with no problem at all once it broadcasts all over the world? Getting a box office of 500 to 600 million yuan in China would also be easy for them. Moreover, Pei Qian estimated it very pessimistically. Based on the investment of 170 million US dollars, a global box office of 500 to 600 million US dollars would only break even. It should have at least 1 billion US dollars if it was popular! When the time comes, the major theaters will be struggling to line up this movie and squeeze out Tomorrow is Beautiful. Wouldnt this be a piece of cake? At present, 31.4% of the theater space was scheduled for its launch date. This line-up would definitely rise if this trend were to continue! Moreover, the schedule for Tomorrow is Beautiful had fallen to less than 15%. The only pity Pei Qian felt was that this film did not release half a month earlier. It would have been the best if it was released together with Tomorrow is Beautiful! However, it was never too late, it could at least help Pei Qian earn less money afterward! Pei Qian was elated as he thought of this scenario. March 12th, Saturday It was the weekend, and there was no need to go to work. However, Pei Qian had a very heavy task every weekend starting from today! He checked the latest updates with OTTO E1 while eating his Fish-Catching Take-Out. As expected, the pre-order did not reach 5,000 units. They could at least reduce 4,000 units this time. The numbers were about the same as Pei Qians estimates. This number had caused a lot of ridicule online as well. That was because the news conference for the launch of OTTO E1 was very lively. The video website showed the digital list of Aili Island. Chang Yous crosstalk attracted many imitators. The 1,000 units were instantly sold out on the day of the news conference, creating an illusion of high popularity. Many people had questioned if this was hunger marketing previously. Now that there was an appointment by deposit scheme and yet the number of appointments was less than 5,000, it was very far off from the other larger cell phone manufacturing brands whose order books were in the 10,000 units. As a result, everyones focus naturally changed. Otto Technologies really made a bad move. They should continue engaging in hunger marketing so that the popularity of the cell phone could be maintained. Everyone knows how many phones are sold now that they made it public. Isnt it shameful that only 5,000 people had pre-ordered? What if they just faked the data? They might have just added one more digit behind the pre-orders. How shameful! Hehe, I think Vice President Chang must have grown arrogant. The 3,000 units sold previously gave him an illusion that this phone is very popular so he increased the reservation numbers and instantly fell from his high horse! You call it hunger marketing when there is no stock. When there is enough stock, you say that this cell phone is not popular enough. Trolls always win Hehe, that is reality. Lets not ask for more. Ill reluctantly admit that this cell phone is popular if it can sell 30,000 units. The question is, can it? Only 3,000 units have been sold until now. There is a pre-order of 5,000 units. It has reached its peak! Facts have proven that its impossible to go far with marketing and IQ tax! Pei Qian felt much better after reading these ratings. His appetite increased. Especially the last message. It was full of righteousness and utterance. It completely affirmed that the OTTO cell phone had no future. It made Pei Qian feel good. The only pity was these people did not understand how this industry worked. Selling just 3,000 units made Boss Pei profit 12 million yuan. He would have made a net profit of more than a million yuan even if he returned profits to the other departments. Wouldnt Boss Pei die if he really sold 30,000 units? Pei Qian took another look at the player rating of Be Quiet. Players were still arguing about the purchase threshold of this game. There was a very intense discussion about the game itself. The sales volume for the game was increasing, but less than 10,000 copies had been sold so far. It was a flop compared to the previous games! Pei Qian was elated. He designed this dissuasion process carefully. It was obviously effective and remarkable! Of course, there was no lack of criticism. The most contentious point amongst the players on the internet was also here. Many players were already simmering with anger when Be Quiet first released, but they could not buy it directly. Some of them even wanted to dismiss the game altogether when they found out they had to perform ARG decryption. The ARG took one whole week to solve and when many people wanted to buy it with joy, they found that there were even prerequisites! This prerequisite required nearly an hour to complete. It was a horror game; some people who did not have a webcam at home had to get a webcam. The Lonely Desert Road and Game Designer might be free, but there was no motivation for people who had never played it to play or even download it. No matter what, all these steps made many players back out. It caused huge arguments even now. Some players said that Tengda Games had become arrogant. They let go of themselves and did totally meaningless publicity. That affected game sales, which equated to the game waiting to die out. Some players also said that such a method screened out players and prevented the impatient novice players from entering the game. They could then purify the game environment and enhance the game experience. It was part of the game marketing strategy. Moreover, it seemed to be very successful currently. Pei Qian watched these debates with vigor. Pei Qian wanted to tell everyone that they were all right! He did hope for the game to die out; he was indeed screening players. They were all referring to the same matter! In addition to the two types of people arguing fiercely, some posts made Pei Qian sigh with the great wisdom of the public. A player named super general posted a detailed guide on how to pass the preconditions, including how long to drive in The Lonely Desert Road, how to select the options in Game Designer, and how to maneuver in TPDb website. The best thing was that this player also worked out the ultimate play for the final level test: find a piece of paper and dig a hole on it to cover the screen so that you only need to keep your eyes on that small area beneath the hole. You would be completely unaffected by the ghost around the screen. The ultimate test originally required more than half an hour of trial and strong willpower to succeed. This method meant that many could pass in a single attempt. Pei Qian only had one word for the person who wrote this post: admirable! Of course, there was also a way to fill this loophole. That was to adjust the gameplay so that the players eyes must sweep across the corners of the screen throughout the entire process instead of just staring at one spot. However, the current challenge already had an obvious and very strong dissuasion effect since the sales volume was not high. Pei Qian, therefore, turned a blind eye to it. Only a handful of players would get to this last step anyway. Lastly, Pei Qian opened Gou Yan to check the box office for the first day of release for Flying Star Journey. The box office had broken 11 million yuan at noon so the total box office on the first day should be around 24 million yuan. Pei Qian could not help but frown slightly. It did not seem to be as impressive as he thought it would be? However, he thought, it was just the first day of the show. There would be a wave of moviegoers watching tomorrow on Sunday. Would it not be easy for the total figures of both days to add up to 60 million yuan? Famous director plus famous actors plus huge investments plus large setups. It was impossible for it not to be a success no matter how someone looked at it. Wouldnt it be embarrassing if it could not hit a box office of 600 to 700 million yuan easily? Pei Qian remembered that the box office for Tomorrow is Beautiful was less than 8 million yuan in half a day and estimated to be 17 million yuan for the first day of release. Gou Yan estimated the total box office of it to reach 210 million yuan. Gou Yans estimate increased to 230 million yuan when the ratings of Tomorrow is Beautiful increased afterward. Pei Qian looked at the Flying Star Journeys estimated box office hurriedly. 320 million yuan? Why did they estimate such a low box office for such a good movie? I dont buy it! Pei Qian almost thought that there was one digit missing in this number. However, on second thought, the estimates on Gou Yan were estimates after all. They were not necessarily accurate, especially since it was based only on half a days box office estimates. Didnt they underestimate Tomorrow is Beautiful? Flying Star Journey, do you best, Im rooting for you! You must slap Gou Yan in the face tomorrow with a high box office. Let them know what it meant to be stuck up! Pei Qian looked at the film schedule for tomorrow again. Flying Star Journeys schedule increased to 32.3% from 31.4%. The increase was not a lot, but it would still have a rather good suppression effect for Tomorrow is Beautiful. That was also because Tomorrow is Beautiful had been showing for the past 19 days. It would stop showing in 10 days. What was more, Tomorrow is Beautifuls competitor for the time slot was not only Flying Star Journey. Many other movies were being released during this period. The box office of Tomorrow is Beautiful had now fallen to third place. The first two were Flying Star Journey and The Chaser. The latter was also a new movie released just two days ago. Its total box office might not be able to exceed Tomorrow is Beautiful, but it was a new movie with a high ranking after all. Its single-day box office could still win over Tomorrow is Beautiful. At present, the daily box office of these three movies stood at 20 million yuan, 8 million yuan, and 4 million yuan. Tomorrow is Beautiful seemed to have entered its twilight due to the constant squeeze of the two new movies. Chapter 450 - Backup is Here, Backup has Fallen! Chapter 450 Backup is Here, Backup has Fallen! March 13th, Sunday Pei Qian came to Otto Technologies again to supervise the battle! There might be no goddamn use in supervising the battle, but Pei Qian would feel better. It was Sunday, but the sale of cell phones was of great importance so they had to work overtime. Of course, the overtime pay was definitely sufficient. There was a lot of pressure on Chang You. Boss Pei coming in person meant he attached great importance to the sales of OTTO E1. However, these stocks would definitely not be able to be sold out today! The pre-orders just reached 5,000 units, and yet they had 9,000 units of stock. Moreover, those who pre-ordered could pay the balance within two or three days so they would not rush to buy it. There was no reason for the others to rush in purchasing it either since those who were really interested had already pre-ordered. In short, the sales volume of the cell phones today would definitely not be something good to look at. It would be very difficult for him to clean up when Boss Pei became angry then. However, Chang You had no other way since things happened this way. He could only bite the bite and wait for the phone to go on sale. At 10 in the morning, the cell phone started selling again! The sales volume rose rapidly at the start but slowed down almost immediately. It was obvious that the momentum stopped. Pei Qians mood was getting better as he watched the sales volume change. Great, it was exactly the same as what he estimated, perhaps even better! Many people would not be so eager to rush to buy after paying a deposit during pre-order. There were plenty of stocks this time so it was not as popular as the first two waves. The sales volume reached 4,100 units after an hour, and it was increasing at a snails crawl. Pei Qian felt that it was about there. It would be difficult for the sales volume to exceed 5,000 units even if he took into account that there were another two hours to purchase. He reached the goal of 4,000 units of remaining stock with ease! Chang You was very nervous when Boss Pei stood up. He also knew that there was no point in watching the sales volume today any further. Therefore, he hurriedly said, Boss Pei, dont worry, Ill continue to keep an eye on the sales volume and think of other ways! Ill definitely solve the problem of the remaining stock! Chang You quickly showed his determination. The corner of Pei Qians mouth twitched. Think of another way? Please, please dont! The situation now is perfect! No one wants the cell phone anymore! Dont struggle, let them rest in the warehouse and become obsolete! Cant you feel the pain of a lovely cell phone being marketed? No, you cant! You cannot only care about yourself! Pei Qian shook his head. Our strategy has no problem. Your top priority should not be on marketing. Your priority now should be on production! Put all the money into production. I want to see 14,000 units of OTTO cell phones in the warehouse before next Wednesday! Chang Yous lips parted slightly, unable to speak. Stock up even more? It was not selling anymore! Yet, we are going to stock up 14,000 units? It would be great if they could sell the 4,000 stock on hand now. It would not be too late to stock up then! Pei Qian asked the dazed Chang You. Can you do it? Chang You replied immediately, Yes! No problem! Pei Qian felt much better as he returned to his residence. The pressure to make a loss in this cycle had been greatly reduced! Pei Qian had discovered that the calculation of profit and loss by the system was rather simple and crude. It would only be the change in system funds. The conversion of money into physical or virtual property would not be included in the statistics of the system funds. Only 10% of large real estate would be included. Pei Qian even wanted to move all his excess funds from other places to stock up the OTTO cell phone. He had, however, resisted the temptation. He knew very well that such an action had its risk, and it was a huge risk. It would be like ROF Computer-Installation previously. If it suddenly became popular, the stocks would be all bought, and all money would be lost. It was the same now. Pei Qian would have been hoarding them for nothing if these cell phones were sold for some inexplicable reason. Therefore, he intended to wait and see. He wanted to ensure that the cell phones were absolutely safe before he continued stocking. The first thing Pei Qian did when he returned to his residence was to open Gou Yan to check the box office of Flying Star Journey. In first place, Flying Star Journey had 16.493 million yuan box office as of noon. In second place was The Chaser with a box office of 3.217 million yuan as of noon. Tomorrow is Beautiful was in third place with a box office of 2.874 million yuan as of noon. Three question marks floated above Pei Qians head as his heart turned cold. This situation did not seem right! The box office of Flying Star Journey should have been able to reach about 32 million yuan today, which would have been much higher than yesterday. However, it still met the box office expectations of Gou Yan or actually missed slightly. In other words, this film would only have a box officer of about 300 million yuan in China. Gou Yan proved very strongly to Pei Qian that its estimates were very correct. However, it was now Pei Qians turn to wonder. Such a big production with such little popularity? If this box office performance was true, then the film would be making a huge loss. The global box office would make a loss of four to five billion US dollars! How envious! Sigh, forget it, it has nothing to do with me. I dont care how much loss you made, just help me push down the box office of Tomorrow is Beautiful! Pei Qians expectation of Flying Star Journey naturally decreased, seeing how it fell short of expectation. He originally hoped that it could squeeze out all other films from the film schedule. However, it seemed impossible now. He got angrier when he saw The Chaser. Whats wrong with you? Arent you a large production? Why did your box office drop so much after three days of release? That was so disappointing! He then took a look at Tomorrow is Beautiful. Its box office was better than yesterday and was rising against the trend! It was about to overtake The Chaser and get back to the second place. Pei Qian was speechless. Something is wrong; something is definitely wrong! Even if Flying Star Journey is bad, it is still a blockbuster film from the United States on its second day of the box office. Why is the box office of Tomorrow is Beautiful rising? That is not possible at all! There must be something wrong since things went this way. Pei Qian hurriedly read the discussion on the various film and television forums, trying to seek out the truth! Finally, Pei Qian found the answer in a film review of the Flying Star Journey. Flying Star Journey: Feeling of Damp Melon Seeds I heard that 170 million US dollars was invested in this film. It is an adaptation of a famous novel and had a lot of stars. There was a series of foreign science fiction big IPs before it was released. I bought the tickets excitedly, and I have only one feeling after watching it. It just feels magical! It had been 100 years since the original work was born. I do not deny that the original work was really classic, but times have changed since science fiction 100 years ago. I dont deny that this film would be a classic if it was released 20 or 30 years ago. However, were already in 2011, big brother! Weve already watched Avatar last year. How can you show us this now? The protagonist travels to a planet with two factions of aliens who look like humans, as well as savages with green skin and four hands. These savages have no modern weapons but have not been extinct. These two factions of aliens possessed high-tech weapons but were still interested in the protagonist who could just jump a little higher than the people on earth. Even the alien princess had a crush on the protagonist at first sight. Moreover, the films interpretation of transmigration is quite inadequate. The conspiracy in the film is also pretty childish. Of course, Im not criticizing the original author. It was a person who lived 100 years ago. However, the director should know that the film is out of date. Many people are comparing Flying Star Journey and Tomorrow is Beautiful. I might be suspected of being biased towards a domestic film, but I have to stay that while Tomorrow is Beautiful has its unreasonable points, its plot, worldly view, details, or take on sci-fi is much better than Flying Star Journey! For example, Flying Star Journey can be seen as putting a lot of ingredients together and simmering them on fire. Everything was good, but the taste is bland. Tomorrow is Beautiful is using a lot of simple and common ingredients to make a delicacy that no one has ever tasted. The ingredients used are not complicated, but the taste is endless. Therefore, if there is someone who has not watched Tomorrow is Beautiful and feels that the Flying Star Journey is not very good, I suggest you can watch it. Of course, I have no comments if you want to watch it again. Pei Qian seemed to have found the crux of the problem. He did not believe it at first so he searched the forums again. He utterly believed in it this time. Some people actually watched Tomorrow is Beautiful because of Flying Star Journey! Many people who had not watched Tomorrow is Beautiful became curious and watched it when they heard people criticizing Flying Star Journey praise Tomorrow is Beautiful. Some also rewatched Tomorrow is Beautiful after. However, the most unlucky was not the Flying Star Journey. Most of the stars were big names in the industry after all. There was investment of 170 million US dollars. Even if they could not break even, it could not be bullied by other movies. It was actually The Chaser. Its schedule was squeezed even since the popularity of Flying Star Journey and Tomorrow is Beautiful were on the rise. Pei Qian was looking forward to the release of Flying Star Journey for it to slap Tomorrow is Beautiful and relieve its burden. Great, now Tomorrow is Beautifuls box office actually bucked the trend! Its box office might even increase now! Pei Qian threw his cell phone aside and felt like all was lost. The overseas backup that he had been waiting for was incapable of fighting. They were f*cked from day one! Not only did they not push down Tomorrow is Beautifuls box office, but it even had the opposite effect instead. He could not take it anymore! Chapter 451 - Boss Pei’s True Intentions Chapter 451 Boss Peis True Intentions In the evening Qiao Liang exited Be Quiet and stretched. People had been heatedly discussing this game online over the past few days, but Qiao Liang had not taken part in the discussion. Instead, he quietly experienced the game. He knew very well that there was no point in debating with everyone else. Qiao Liang was always going to stand on Boss Peis side. It was not just because Qiao Liang was a friend of Boss Peis, but also because he was a hardcore gamer to begin with. Hardcore gamers sought complicated and exquisite experiences. Everything from the pre-game riddle to acquiring the rights to purchase the game to the eye-tracking game suited Qiao Liang to the tee. It all boiled down to how one looked at the situation. If one saw it as a barrier to turn gamers away, they would definitely feel uncomfortable. Yet, what if one took it as a free introductory game? Wouldnt it be different? The Lonely Desert Road, Game Designer, and the eye-tracking game had all been free of charge. To Qiao Liang, this was already very commendable. Qiao Liang knew that games were products of culture. Not everyone would like every game. It would be unreasonable for gamers to view manufacturers as good-hearted when they produced games to their liking but incorrigible when they produced games that they did not find enjoyable. This was applicable to Be Quiet, too. Gamers had to fulfill prerequisites before obtaining the right to purchase the game. Objectively speaking, that could have turned many gamers away. However, there was nothing wrong with it in itself. Tengda had never promised to allow all gamers to purchase their games under any circumstances and no matter what. Of course, there was no need for them to do so as well. Game manufacturers and gamers had the right to choose one another. Players would choose not to play certain games developed by certain manufacturers. At the same time, manufacturers could choose to give up earning revenue from a portion of the public. Both parties had to be willing to enter the transaction. Neither could be forced to buy or sell, and both had to be given equal power. Then, neither could blame the other for being unfair. Whats more, Boss Pei had always been a unique designer. He was not one to bend backward to fit the gamers taste. Thus, Qiao Liang always found himself supporting Boss Peis decisions. He was a game manufacturer, providing gamers with a top-quality game at an affordable price. He had even waived all costs for the previous two games. Yet, he was being scolded for setting prerequisites for gamers to fulfill before they could purchase the game? That didnt make sense. Still, even with that said, Qiao Liang was finding it difficult to explain certain aspects of the situation. Although it was the manufacturers right to set pre-requisites for their customers, was it really necessary? What benefit would this bring to the manufacturer? That was the main question that Qiao Liang had. At that moment, he frowned. He was trying to figure out the answer to that question based on what he understood about Boss Pei. I feel like Boss Pei did not mean to tell customers I wont let you play this game. Instead, it was more like if you cant even solve this simple riddle, you probably wont be able to enjoy this game, and so you shouldnt bother buying it at all. That thought seems very familiar. Where have I seen it before? I know! It was in Repent and be Saved! All of a sudden, Qiao Liang realized that Repent and be Saved had been exactly the same! The only difference was this: players were encouraged to refund Repent and be Saved, but they were tortured and altogether discouraged from even purchasing Be Quiet. Boss Pei was simply persuading gamers to turn away earlier than in Repent and be Saved. He was doing it before gamers even purchased Be Quiet! A realization dawned on Qiao Liang. Thats right! Everything is coming together now! Boss Pei is doing something similar to what he did with Repent and be Saved! Hes just using a slightly different method. A game is an interactive form of art. Simply put, game designers set the questions while gamers try to answer them. Theres one thing that hardcore gamers agree on: we have to lose some to gain some. We have to let go of the superficial and shallow desires of the mind, to learn deeper and more meaningful lessons! Take Repent and be Saved for example. We were made to endure torture and face setbacks in the beginning. We had to give up our desires for mindless violence and humble ourselves to hone our own skills. Only then were we able to grow through the game and experience a joy that no other game could bring to us. That is what it means to lose some to gain some. It was delayed gratification. If the game had not been so difficult, we would not have experienced the true joy that came with growth. Its the same with Be Quiet. Its also a game where gamers have to lose some to gain some. First, we had to give up time and suppress our own desires to play the game, to think carefully about the riddle. Only then would we be able to experience the fun of the game itself. As for why different methods were used for both games Its obvious. Repent and be Saved is a standalone game. Others gaming experience would not be affected by ones own gameplay. Be Quiet, on the other hand, is an online game. If a gamerwho has never played such games-entered this game, they would completely ruin the game for everyone else. Boss Pei had to ensure that everyone had the right attitude and the same level of intellect and that most people would enjoy the game without having their experience ruined by teammates who could not adapt to the gameplay. That meant he had to train the gamers Qiao Liang became increasingly sure that he had understood Boss Peis true intentions! The logic was simple. However, he still needed to find the right material in the game to persuade everyone else. Whats more, it still seemed a bit too early to reveal all of these things. On one hand, he had not completely gotten the hang of the complicated gameplay in Be Quiet. Without good footage or a good plan, the video would turn out very dry. On the other hand, the debate that everyone was having over the game had not yet hit its peak. After some consideration, Qiao Liang decided to keep playing the game to gather more material. Next week, he would upload a new video into Products of the Gods. In the video, he would talk about Be Quiet, the online horror game that had taken an unusual path. He would also explain the deeper meaning behind the ARG that Boss Pei had designed as part of his publicity strategy! Qiao Liang believed that the video would solve many questions and misunderstandings that gamers might have had about Boss Pei! March 14th, Monday Chang You paced around his office, feeling anxious. The button on the details page of OTTO E1 on Otto Technologies official website had changed from reserve to purchase. People did not have to fight for cell phones anymore. That seemed like a good thing, but it was not to Chang You. That was because it meant sales had plateaued! They had poured all of their revenue into manufacturing new cell phones. One could say that Otto Technologies was penniless now. Other companies would not have been able to do the same for sure. Chang You knew very well that Otto Technologies had a strong pillar of support that it could count on. It could only afford to manufacture so many stocks because Boss Pei was funding the company. That was exactly why Chang You felt bad towards Boss Pei. How were they going to sell more than ten thousand cell phones?! Yet, Boss Pei had instructed Chang You time and again to just make sure there were enough stocks and not to bother about anything else. He could neither think about making sales nor lowering the cell phones prices. As a result of sitting around, Chang You became more anxious. He did not even dare to check the comments on the website. He knew that people had been calling him Big Mouth Chang before. Now that he had betrayed Boss Peis trust, he was finding it even more difficult to deal with the mockery and criticism. As Chang You continued to pace around the room, his cell phone rang. He picked it up and saw that it was Hu Xianbin. Chang Yous eyes lit up. He accepted the call at once. Boss Chang, the mobile version of GOG will be officially released tomorrow. We talked about collaborating before, right? Im just reminding you of this, said Hu Xianbin through the phone. Chang You became overjoyed. Alright, no problem! ill tell them to carry out the plan that we had! Hu Xianbin spoke again. I just spoke to Director Lin of Shang Yang Games. They had been busy developing Be Quiet before and had not had time to spare. However, they should be done with the promotional event for Bloody Battle Song by now. You can call her to ask if they can update the game at the same time tomorrow. Chang You quickly said, Alright, alright! Ill ask them now! After hanging up, Chang You called Lin Wan to confirm that Shang Yang Games had prepared Bloody Battle Songs promotional event for Otto Technologies cell phone. Then, Chang You felt much more relaxed. He also felt very moved. Tengda was truly one big, warm family! What was Tengdas main selling point? At the end of the day, it was its games! The games business was obviously the lifeline of Tengda Corporation. It was also the foundation for all the other businesses. Chang You knew very well that, to Boss Pei, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Upwind Logistics, and Otto Technologies were incurring losses. The games businesses were the only ones not incurring losses! After learning that Tengda Games was going to create a special high-frame-rate mode for their newest game, GOG, just for Otto Technologies; Chang You felt like he had eaten calming medicine. He immediately instructed his subordinates to prepare to upload all of their publicity materials! For example, they were uploading a huge banner on the details page for Otto E1. It would say: The official cell phone for Tengdas newest game, the Glory of Gods. With the especially improved depth and a high-frame-rate mode, the cell phone brings to you a never-before-felt immersive gaming experience! All the publicity material had been prepared in advance, but Chang You could not use them earlier. He could not release the news because GOG had not been completed. However, they could finally use the material now! In fact, GOGs client was still being developed and tested. However, before going overseas, Li Yada had already decided that the mobile version was going to be released first. The mobile version and client version were not yet integrated. Since the former had less content, it could be released a week earlier. At the same time, releasing the mobile version first meant GOG could avoid fighting in the client-side game industry for now, where IOI still had the upper hand. Chang You had been hoping for Lin Wan to create a mobile version of Be Quiet, but Lin Wan had said that there simply wasnt enough time. Whats more, it would be extremely difficult to adapt Be Quiets gameplay for cell phones. Thus, they had shelved the idea. Chang You had even hoped to move other successful games like Ocean Stronghold onto cell phones. However, all of those hopes had been dashed because neither Tengda Games nor Shang Yang Games could spare the manpower. Still, he was not anxious. In any case, they were all Tengdas games. Whether they were moved to mobile sooner or later, Otto Technologies would still benefit. For now, being able to provide a special, improved version and a high-frame-rate mode for Bloody Battle Song and GOG was good enough. Due to a couple of historical problems, many whales were still hiding in Bloody Battle Song. Their purchasing power was just being suppressed because it was difficult to find avenues in the game to spend money. If they ran advertisements for OTTO E1 in the game, some players would be interested for sure! Once everything was settled, Chang You stopped panicking. He was beginning to understand why Boss Pei had emphasized to him not to worry about sales or lowering prices but to focus on stocking up instead: Soon, Otto Technologies sales would go through the roof! Chapter 452 - Boss Pei is Very Strict Chapter 452 Boss Pei is Very Strict March 15th, Tuesday At 3 PM Pei Qian slept quite well the night before. He only woke up at noon. He went to the office after having lunch. The first thing that he did was to check on Be Quiets sales. The publics reaction to the game was still lukewarm. Some people were discussing the gameplay online, but not many people were paying attention. Most were still talking about the challenging prerequisite. The game had a rating of 8.5 on TPDbs website. It was not low, but it was not high either. That was because the gameplay itself was complicated, and there were very few gamers. Thus, not a single person had truly figured out the gameplay. Naturally, the games reputation could not pick up. As for Top Student, Come Quick, Pei Qian had not heard about the project in a while. It looked like everything was going well. He glanced at the calendar. This week would be critical That was because the results of all of his projects would be released this week. He was going to find out whether he would end up with profits or losses! After doing his calculations for various projects, Pei Qian suddenly realized that he had been forgetting something He wondered how the research and development of GOG had progressed. Speaking of which, the research and development of GOG was taking much longer than Pei Qian had expected. His intention had been to create a game that would meekly compete with IOI. As IOI dominated the market, his own investment in GOG would be made ducks and drakes of. That would have put him a step closer to his goal. However, the research and development of GOG had been too slow. Until now, the game had not been officially released. Still, Pei Qian did not think too much about it because the environment at Tengda Games was quite tough On one hand, the chief planner of the project-Li Yada-had gone on holiday together with one of the core members of the team, Bao Xu. The project team had lost its backbone. On the other hand, Tang Yishu was seated in the office. The project became filled with bugs. Fixing bugs alone had driven the entire project team crazy. At that thought, Pei Qian could not help but sympathize with Tengda Games situation. Should I ask them how they are and offer some comfort? After all, the games department has been performing well recently. Theyve kicked the bad habit of working overtime, and have performed well in several Zero Overtime Competitions. Whats more, theyve significantly eased my burdens by slowing down the entire research and development process. Pei Qian stood up, prepared to leave the office and walk around upstairs. To him, it would be best if every project could be completed in the week before settlement. That would ensure that they would only be available for sale for a week and only generate a weeks worth of revenue. However, the problem was that it would be very difficult to control something like project timelines. In developing a game or working on other projects alike, it was common to run into problems and delays. In fact, completing a project on time was uncommon. Pei Qian had to allow for some buffer time for the various projects and set their end dates for two to three weeks before settlement. Only then could he avoid having incomplete projects and delaying settlement. However, that would give rise to new problems. What if his projects finished on time or even earlier? Pei Qian would not be able to do anything about it. He could only bear with the pain and release the projects earlier. After all, they were already complete. He could not possibly insist on delaying their release without any good reason. Be Quiet was an example of a game that had finished too early. That was why Pei Qian had to create a prerequisite challenge to make up for it. At the moment, it looked like he had successfully salvaged the situation. On the other hand, GOG was slower. It was progressing closer to what Pei Qian had expected in the beginning Soon, Pei Qian arrived at Tengda Games. As he walked in, he felt confused. There was no one he knew in the games department! It was too bad. Tengda Games had been too successful. Every game was a hit. The old employees who had performed well and left a deep impression in Pei Qians mind had all been sent away. Even the turnover rate for an important role like chief planner was high. Between Huang Sibo and Lu Mingliang, one was at Fei Huang Workspace and the other was at Upwind Logistics. Now, both Li Yada and Bao Xu were overseas as well. Pei Qian did not know who to look for at that moment. Several old employees looked familiar, but Pei Qian could not remember any of their names. He felt awkward. Still, it was a good thing that everyone recognized Boss Pei. Once he walked in, three employeeswho had been discussing something-quickly went forward to receive him. Those three were Hu Xianbin, Min Jingchao, and Zhang Nan; who were Tengda Games stand-in chief planner, systems designer, and skins designer respectively. In other words, they were the three people whom Li Yada had handed her job over to before leaving Boss Pei! Whats brought you here? I am Hu Xianbin, the stand-in chief planner for Tengda Games. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me. Hu Xianbin and his two companions introduced themselves one by one. Pei Qian tried hard to recall their names and faces and did a quick search in his memory bank. Er these faces are relatively new Had Li Yada found three newbies to take over her job? It was no wonder that GOG was progressing so slowly. Still, this was a good thing to Boss Pei! If this Hu Xianbin could match Boss Peis expectations, Pei Qian would not mind allowing Li Yada to retire early. Er retiring at 25 years old? Would the System allow that? Pei Qian smiled and said, Dont worry. Im just walking around. Hows GOGs research and development going? Has it been smooth? Can people start playing it at Fish-Catching Internet Cafe next week? Hu Xianbin quickly answered, We originally planned to release GOGs client next Monday. There are still many bugs in the game, and weve been trying to repair them. Thats why progress has been very slow. Pei Qian was very happy with this timeline. Still smiling, he said, Thats not slow at all! The timing is just right. As the saying goes, a slow artisan produces skilled work. If you fix more bugs during research and development, fewer bugs would appear once the game is released. Wait, did you just say GOGs client? Pei Qian sharply noticed a problem with Hu Xianbins choice of words. GOG was a client-side game. Why did he have to emphasize that? Hu Xianbin smiled. Thats right, Boss Pei. The mobile game has already been released today. One could almost see three question marks above Pei Qians head. ??? Mobile game? What mobile game? Stunned, Hu Xianbin replied, The mobile version of GOG. Pei Qian, What was going on? Was this deja vu? Pei Qian immediately recalled when he was informed about the release of Bloody Battle Songs mobile version. At the time, he had been feasting with Shang Yang Games employees at Ming Yun Private Kitchen. The news had arrived like a sudden rain cloud on a sunny day, turning him to stone. The situation now was similar. Pei Qians brain could hardly process the information. He only reacted a moment later. At once, he asked, Hows it doing now? Hu Xianbin proudly answered, Please see for yourself, Boss Pei! The three of them parted to allow Boss Pei to see the screen that they had been looking at. It showed GOGs real-time data. All the numbers seemed to be increasing rapidly: the number of downloads, the number of active players, the number of top-ups, and the like! Pei Qians leg turned weak. He quickly sat down. Then, he moved his chair closer to the screen to study the figures closely. It was true. All the numbers were going through the roof! What shocked Pei Qian the most was that the mobile version of GOG had not only been released on the official platform but also on other channels such as Shenhuas application store. Pei Qian asked, How long did you all have to negotiate the partnership with these other platforms? Hu Xianbin shook his head. We didnt have to. They approached us. Pei Qians mind was filled with question marks. With some brief explanation from Hu Xianbin, Pei Qian immediately understood. Tengdas reputation was extremely good, and GOGS mobile version was well-made. The team had not needed to request to work with other platforms or beg other platforms to put GOG on their shelves. In fact, the other platforms had approached Tengda Games of their own accord! Tengda had created standalone games and online games, and each one of those games had been a huge hit. Ocean Stronghold and Bloody Battle Song were examples of Tengdas successful online games. Of course, other platforms would have no problem collaborating with GOG. Many platforms even offered to give Tengda a higher share of the revenue and profit, just so that they could sell GOG. On top of that, GOG itself looked very attractive as a game! At the moment, Gods Rising, 101, and GOG had the upper hand in the client-side game market. IOI did not have a local server, and gamers in China had to use accelerators to connect to foreign servers before they could play. On the other hand, GOG was still being tested and had not been released yet. Thus, the competition among those three games was still unclear. It was difficult to tell which game would emerge as the winner. However, neither Gods Rising nor IOI looked like they had any plans to enter the mobile game industry. Thus, GOG was the sole competitor and an extremely attractive one at that! Of course, no one dared to guarantee that the gameplay was appropriate for a mobile game. Still, many gaming platforms and channels obviously saw a lot of promise in this move. Many of them wanted to invest huge amounts of resources to try it out. That was because they stood to earn a lot of profit if it turned out to be successful! For those two reasons, Hu Xianbin and the others had not had to approach channels or engage in publicity. They had only needed to leak some information before the gaming platforms approached them of their own accord, offering favorable terms. There had been no need for them to worry about publicity; they had received everything while sitting back! Extremely excited, Hu Xianbin said, Big Sister Li had not told us how to work with other platforms before she left. I was a little worried at first, and I was even thinking about asking her about it online over the next few days. Now, I know I was obviously thinking too much! Boss Pei, I can only say that youve set an excellent foundation for Tengda. All the gaming channels are fighting to put our game on their shelves. Thats what a good reputation can do for you! Pei Qian was momentarily speechless. What has this got to do with me?! He looked at all the figures on the screen, not knowing what to say. A huge threat had surfaced. He had to think of a solution! Pei Qian could not sit still any longer. He quietly got up, planning to return to his office to surf the net and check how gamers were reacting to the mobile version of GOG. The situation would still be salvageable if people were dissing the game! When he saw Boss Pei stand up, Hu Xianbin quickly asked, Boss Pei, do you need us to do anything else? Pei Qian was speechless. No. Seeing Boss Peis back view, Hu Xianbin felt slightly disappointed. The figures look very good. Why didnt Boss Pei praise us at all? Ai, Boss Pei is very strict! I cant become too proud. I have to work hard to gain validation from Boss Pei one day! Hu Xianbin, who had been getting arrogant after seeing the results of GOGs mobile game, quickly regained his composure and continued working hard on GOGs client. Chapter 453 - Sorry, Boss Pei, You have to Wait for a while Chapter 453 Sorry, Boss Pei, You have to Wait for a while Pei Qian returned to his office and quickly switched his computer on to check the comments section of Glory of Gods. Seeing the games rating had chilled Pei Qian to the core. The mobile version of GOG had a rating of 9.1 on the official platform! Pei Qian looked through the other channels for mobile games as well. All the ratings hovered around 9.0! Whats more, from the lively comments sections, Pei Qian could tell that gamers were very happy with the game! Just browsing through a few of the comments made Pei Qian feel even more nervous. Tengda has created a mobile version of GOG so soon? Holy sh*t, what a pleasant surprise! I can play games with my friends on mobile now! I thought it was only going to be half-done, but its pretty much complete! The games operations and interface have been greatly optimized for the controls available to gamers playing on mobile. Whats more, there wasnt a single bug the entire time that I was playing. Of course, I had to leave a positive review! I was wondering whether Gods Rising, 101, or GOGs client would emerge victorious Who knew that Tengda would be so shrewd? They released GOGs mobile game and refused to compete with the other two! GOGs gameplay is good. It has simple operations and a fast pace, making it an appropriate mobile game. I can only say that the designer of this game is very clear-headed. He knows where his strengths are. I had to give him five stars! Tengda has mastered a mature game model and has even achieved a further breakthrough. It is indeed a first-tier local game developer. It really gives meaning to the saying speed defines the winner in the world of kung fu! Im leaving this positive review because I could log into the game using my Tengda Games account, and all of my data would be integrated with the client. Whats more, I can finally buy skins! Im going to get the epic skins for the Coin-Scattering Hedgehog! Pei Qian scrolled down indignantly. Yet, even after scrolling two or three more pages, he could not find a single negative review! He felt slightly light-headed. Still, on further thought, this did not seem strange. The mobile version of GOG had appeared at a very special time. If it had been released after IOI had dominated the client-side game market for several years, it would be very awkward. If it looked too different from IOI and gamers had already gotten used to IOIs gameplay, they would not be able to adapt to GOGs gameplay. If it looked too similar to IOI, it would become popular. However, gamers would diss it for being an imitation. Yet, several games were still competing in the client-side game market. IOI had only dominated the games market overseas. Although it was popular in the country, it had not yet become dominant. The mobile version of GOG was released against such a backdrop. On one hand, gamers could enjoy the mobile experience without having to download the games client. On the other hand, the game stood out in terms of the characters packaging, the gameplay, and other aspects so that gamers did not think that it was an imitation of IOI. After all, many saw IOI as an imitation of Gods Rising. Comparatively, GOG was more different from IOI than IOI was from Gods Rising Although Pei Qian had told the team to copy Gods Rising in the beginning, GOG had been altered according to feedback from He Desheng, Bao Xu, and the gamers at Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. Now, GOG was a completely different game. Apart from the fact that all the games had three separate lanes, they were quite different. Furthermore, the mobile game was stable and without bugs, could be integrated with the client-side game, and could be accessed using ones Tengda Games account. New players only had one feeling: amazement! They had never imagined being able to play such a complicated, high-quality game on their cell phones! The feedback for the mobile version of Bloody Battle Song had been pretty good. However, that was nothing compared to GOG. Of course, as more and more gamers joined the game and it became more and more popular, its ratings would fall below 9.0. However, the mobile version of GOG was still being celebrated and welcomed by many for now! Obviously, many people could already hardly wait to buy skins. Tengda was going to receive another sum of revenue Pei Qian quickly downloaded the mobile version of GOG into his own cell phone and then opened it to take a look. After playing one match, Pei Qian felt even worse. He had tried the incomplete version of GOG on his computer before. However, he had not been very cautious at the time because GOG had not been complete. At that time, GOG had only been better than IOI in terms of certain game mechanisms like being able to set the paths for various characters. However, it had been worse off in terms of things like balance, heroes, and other details in the game. That was why Pei Qian had been satisfied that the client-side game would not be better than IOI and that he would incur losses for sure. Yet, everything was different now that a mobile version had been released! That was because mobile games had small screens and gamers had lower expectations. Even if GOGS details were not as good, gamers would be extra forgiving. Perhaps they would not even mind! Furthermore, GOGs better mechanisms looked even more outstanding now that the game was on mobile, and the operations had been optimized. Gamers would only have to play one round to realize that GOGs mobile game was more exciting, faster-paced, and easier to grasp. Naturally, they would only have praises for it! Of course, many gamers would also find it difficult to adapt to mobile operations. Some would find that many things had to be cut off in the mobile game as opposed to the client-side game. As a result, they would feel disdain. However, that would be when GOGs other merit would look outstanding: the integration between the client-side game and mobile game! Gamers could play the game on the client or on their mobile. Whats more, players would be matched according to the device that they were using, to ensure fairness and balance in competition. All in all, the mobile version of GOG looked to be doing very well. One could even say it was perfect! It was only lacking time. As time progressed, the games content would become richer. Naturally, things would only improve. Of course, it could also be overtaken by other mobile games in the future. Pei Qian looked at the games market and realized that it looked a lot like Ocean Strongholds market. However, there was no 888-yuan product for sale in GOG. There were twenty-odd heroes in GOG. Each one had a classic skin and a brave skin. Apart from that, some heroes also have epic skins and legendary skins. However, not every hero had those. That was probably because creating legendary skins for all the heroes would require too much effort. In terms of pricing Players would get all the heroes free of charge, but there was a proficiency system in place. Once trained to a certain point, players could use the heroes to fight other players. Otherwise, they could only use the heroes to play against the computer. The brave skins would only be given to players once they have maxed out their proficiency. The model and splash art would be completely different, and there would be some additional unique effects. Epic skins were sold for 18 yuan. The models and effects would be completely different, and there would be more particle effects. There would also be a few additional voice-overs. Legendary skins were sold for 45 yuan. The models would look exquisite, and there would be unique animations, voice-overs, and special effects. Gamers would find them worth every cent, for sure. Apart from those, there would also be limited edition skins, which gamers could obtain through various methods. For example, they would have to play the game for a set amount of time or compete for a certain number of times. In that way, it was similar to Ocean Stronghold. The skins would not change the heroes stats; they would just make the heroes look cooler. However, there were no other purchase options. After looking at the prices, Pei Qian heaved a sigh of relief. Its alright, its alright. I can accept those prices. The Tengda spirit was still proving effective! Pei Qian thought that the pricing strategy alone could prevent him from earning too much from the game! The market had obviously been modeled after Ocean Strongholds successful market. A lot of the rewards could be earned if gamers just spent more time in the game. Moreover, the most expensive skin only cost 45 yuan. The game was very good-hearted indeed. Its a good thing that the prices have not been set too high. GOG shouldnt have too many players in the beginning. That means any revenue generated should be within an acceptable range Pei Qian could not help but play another round. Once he was done, he bought Modests Dan Dao Hui skin. Ai, all things aside, this rotten game is really quite fun This was the first time Pei Qian was playing a game like that on his mobile ever since he traveled back. Although he had played Gods Rising before, he had only done so on the computer. To a lightweight player like Pei Qian, the mobile version of GOG was much more user-friendly. After two rounds, Pei Qian suddenly realized that turning the game into a mobile game was not necessarily a bad thing. Although it was more burdensome for him and it would generate more revenue, this world would now have MOBA games on mobile. He would also have his own unique skin. Having one more fun thing to do was not a bad thing! As he explored the game, Pei Qian noticed an advanced option in a noticeable location on the settings page. Eh? High-frame-rate mode? Without thinking too much, Pei Qian clicked the option. Obviously, a high-frame-rate mode would prove more effective in competitive games like GOG. Although it would consume more battery and heat up ones cell phone, it would be worth it as long as it improved ones gaming experience. Yet, after clicking on it, Pei Qian realized that the option was gray. A notification window popped up instead. The high-frame-rate mode would only be available if your cell phones screen has a high refresh rate. The Otto E1 cell phone is recommended for a better gaming experience. The notification window only remained for a short while before it disappeared. Pei Qian, He quietly clicked the button again, so that he could study the words closely. Then, he smacked his head. Holy sh*t! At Otto Technologies Chang You was observing the orders on the platform as he watched a video uploaded by a cell phone reviewer not long ago. The figures had been increasing at a very slow rate earlier. However, ever since GOG was released in the morning, the figures started increasing rapidly again! As more orders came in, more Otto cell phones were distributed from the warehouse. Although most of the orders were still from Lincheng and Jingzhou, there were still some from Shanghai, Beijing, and other cities! At that moment, the video that Chang You was watching was a detailed review of Otto E1. Everyone has been debating about this cell phone recently. Some say that it was very kindly made, some say that its a product with an IQ tax that relies completely on hunger marketing. To provide a complete review, our review team remained in Jingzhou after the news conference, just to experience the full benefits of buying this cell phone. During that process, I realized that this cell phone is a hidden treasure. It brings everyone new surprises at every turn! This cell phone increases your standard of living in various aspects, from your daily activities to your work and entertainment. Its more than worth eight thousand yuan! Ill start with Fish-Catching Internet Cafe first The review team held their Otto Eis in their hands throughout the video. They had experienced nearly every single benefit that the cell phone had to offer and had recorded the entire experience! There were a few benefits that they could not experience such as dining at the nameless restaurant. Since time had been tight, they could not make a reservation. At the end of the review, they thoroughly compared the difference between playing GOG in high-frame-rate mode on their Otto E1 and playing GOG on a regular cell phone. Obviously, they had done this in a hurry before they uploaded the video. By the time Chang You watched this video, it had already become viral. The number of views was going through the roof! Although some reviewers had published reviews of the cell phone earlier, all of them had only covered the hardware. They had only introduced regular parts like the high refresh rate of the cell phones screen, the dual stereo speakers, and the like. That was because they had followed the same procedure as applied to any other cell phone. To experience all the benefits that the cell phone had to offer, one had to remain in Jingzhou for a while. However, most reviewers did not have the patience to do so. On the other hand, this team of reviewers had remained in Jingzhou after the news conference to experience those benefits. They had only completed filming, editing, and uploading their review today! After GOG was released and once the meticulously-created video was uploaded, it immediately became viral! Before this, many people already knew that the cell phone came with various benefits. However, they had not seemed attractive because people could not visualize them. Yet, after seeing the video, many people could hardly hold themselves back. Whats more, the cell phone could run on high-frame-rate mode. Coupled with the newly released GOG, it was perfect! Whats more, it was not a simple gaming machine. It was also a cell phone with high specifications and long endurance and a portable Tengda membership card! The first batch of users had affirmed that the cell phone only made use of mature technology. Whats more, the manufacturing was reliable, and quality control was commendable. Even if there were minor problems with one cell phone, customers could immediately swap it for a new one, thus dealing with any problems once and for all. This caused many people to have a renewed urge to purchase the cell phone. Now, all the stocks that Chang You had rushed to manufacture were being put to good use! From the morning, the number of orders kept increasing and the number of stocks kept decreasing. Whats more, it looked like sales were speeding up! Just as Chang You was getting excited, his cell phone rang. Seeing that it was Boss Pei, he picked up at once. Hello? Boss Pei? At the other end of the line, Boss Pei sounded low in spirits. Send a cell phone over to me. I want to try GOGs high-frame-rate mode. Chang You glanced at his screen and then hesitantly answered, Im sorry, Boss Pei. It looks like you have to wait for a while. The cell phones have just sold out. Chapter 454 - Start Scattering Coins Chapter 454 Start Scattering Coins Sold out? We had over ten thousand cell phones. Weve sold them all? In a single day? At that moment, Pei Qian was finding it difficult to accept reality. He had thought that the stocks would last two or three days at least and that he would be able to reserve one for himself by calling Chang You directly. However, he was still too late! Chang You quickly explained himself. Im sorry Boss Pei, I did not think about this either. Its my fault! Other cell phone manufacturers would manufacture hundreds of thousands of pieces. Even newer cell phone manufacturers would prepare thirty to fifty thousand pieces. We only manufactured 14 thousand pieces, and yet they managed to last us an entire day. Thats not bad! Pei Qian was speechless. Thats not bad?! Thats not what you said two days ago! You kept saying that all of these stocks would just take up space in our warehouses! Chang You quickly apologized, Im sorry, Boss Pei. I was short-sighted. It looks like you were right to tell me to stock up as quickly as possible. Ten thousand cell phones were too little! Pei Qian, F*ck you! Its not the time to show off! According to Chang You, GOG had been released at 8 AM this morning. The official games platform, Shenhuas application store, and various other channels had given the game a good recommendation spot. Thus, the game became extremely popular since it had been released! The reviewing team had already completed the main bulk of their review. However, when they saw that GOGs mobile game had been released, they had decided to test it out. Then, they attached the footage to the back of what they had already prepared. After a lot of rushing, they finally managed to upload their video onto Aili Island at noon. As the video became increasingly popular and as GOG and Bloody Battle Songs mobile versions kept recommending Otto E1, the cell phones sales volume naturally increased. At last, it peaked an hour ago, and all the stocks that Chang You had worked so hard to manufacture were finally sold out! All in all, the situation was completely different now. Although Pei Qian had already expected the sales volume to peak after the release of GOGs mobile game, he had not expected it to happen so soon. Hearing no response from Boss Pei, Chang You quickly said, Rest assured, Boss Pei! I already told the manufacturer to keep manufacturing cell phones. Once the new stocks arrive, Ill send one over to you! Pei Qian, Alright. Pei Qian hung up reluctantly and then leaned back in his seat, falling into deep thought. Still, he regained his composure quickly. How can I be defeated by such a small problem?! I have to hang in there, in case things have not become completely hopeless! At that moment, Pei Qian felt like he had been renewed with encouragement. According to what I understand about the Systems character-each time it closes a door while I wasnt looking, it sneakily opens a window where I havent been paying attention. The more I earn, the more avenues the System would provide for me to spend money. Thus, I have to find a new avenue to get rid of all of this money! A threat can be transformed into an opportunity. Its just like when ROF Computer-Installation became popular; I could use 1024 Digital Day to spend as much money as I could. Although this would create more problems for the next cycle, I can always start more loss-incurring businesses at the start of the next cycle. Thatll give me more ways to get rid of money Thats right! Ill do that! The success of GOG and the cell phone threatened to give Pei Qian a lot more funds. If Pei Qian sat back and did nothing about it, he was bound to end up with profits during the settlement. However, Pei Qian refused to give up. He believed that there was still something he could do! The real challenge has begun. If I want to lose money, I have to reduce inflow and increase outflow. Reducing inflow means minimizing the profits generated by GOG and the cell phone in the short-term. At the very least, this should last until after settlement. I can create a delayed payment function in GOG. Gamers can pay one-tenth of the price for all the skins in the game, which would last them a month. That way, I can get rid of ninety percent of GOGs revenue wait, that wont do. People might start buying the skins with a vengeance. Perhaps only eighty percent of the revenue would be done away with after all. Players can decide not to pay the remaining price for the skins if they dont like it. Itll be like they had spent one-tenth of the price to rent the skins for a month. If they like it, they can pay the remaining price at the end of that month. We might end up making more sales in the end, but at least the revenue would only be earned after this settlement. For the cell phones most of the profit comes from the other departments. Once Otto Technologies takes care of cash flow, it can transfer those profits to the other departments, which can then take charge of spending them all Theres strength in numbers after all. At the end of the day, Ill give strict orders to all businesses to spend all the profits before the end of the month-not to leave a single cent untouched. Of course, they can only burn the money and not develop any new products. Then, theres increasing outflow. There are still slightly over two weeks to settlement. In other words, I have another week before I have to complete all my projects. Time is tight. Itll be too late to ask Chang You to invest a huge sum into research and development now. Still, spending the money on rewards would still work! First of all, GOG could spend more money on expanding the games cloud server and bandwidth. That would give gamers a better online experience and minimize the risks of lagging. Its reasonable spending, isnt it? On top of that, I can think of more ways to spend money on the cell phone. We could rent a cloud server for users to make use of free of charge. That could add storage space for photos or videos that they can upload onto Ottos cloud. For cell phones that are damaged due to no human fault, not only would we provide a free exchange, but we could also provide monetary compensation Lastly, we can set up a reward system in GOG. The first prize would be a hundred thousand yuan, the second to tenth prize would be fifty thousand yuan, 11th to 50th would be thirty thousand yuan, and 51st to 200th would be ten thousand yuan. That would add up to 3.25 million yuan each time thats not enough. Ill give something to those who proudly place 201st to 500th as well. If I give them a thousand yuan each, itll only add up to three hundred thousand yuan no, Ill give them five thousand yuan each. Thatll add up to 1.5 million yuan. Altogether, that would be 4.75 million yuan at one go. Yes thats almost as much as I can donate to charity. This could potentially aggravate the problem we have with performers, but it doesnt matter. Whether we distribute prizes or not, we would face the same problem. We can deal with these performers using some other method. Oh, thats right! Players on the two devices are matched separately. That means we have to distribute two sets of prizes to double the happiness! The total sum has to be multiplied by two! However, theres another problem. I have to distribute this sum of money before March 31st, or I would not make it in time for settlement. How about this? Each year could count as a competition season. Its now the Year 2011; thats Season One. To spend the money before the end of the month, I could split each competition season into four stages. The Spring Competition would last from January 1st to March 31st. The Summer Competition would last from April 1st to June 30th. The Autumn Competition would last from July 1st to September 30th. The Winter Competition would last from October 1st to December 31st. At least, that would be so for normal players. Ill have to make time for the world championships for professional players pui, pui, pui! Why would this game be a part of the world championships?! The dates do not exactly coincide with the seasons, but I have no other choice if I want to make it in time for settlement. Ill see how things go. The players should get used to it in time. The last three days of each stage would be used to calculate points, collate the data, and distribute the prizes. All prizes must be paid out before the last day. That way, I would be able to spend close to forty million yuan each year. I should be able to spend almost all the revenue that GOG would generate Ill just be making GOG more popular and intensifying the competition at the top. Thatll give GOG a clear advantage over the other games. Its reasonable, right? Pei Qian tested his plan out and made sure that the System did not give him any warnings. Obviously, it was allowed. He decided to do just that! Pei Qian glanced at the calendar. Settlement was set for March 31st. He had to spend the money before that. In other words, at midnight on March 29th, the rankings on GOG would be locked in. It would be easier to deal with the mobile game. There were still two weeks to March 29th; players would still have time to fight it out with one another. However, GOGs client would only be released next Monday. That meant players would only have one week to fight for the prizes. The player that could make it to the first place in one week would get a hundred thousand yuan. Those who could make it to the 500th place would get five thousand yuan, at the very least. That was five thousand yuan for a weeks worth of work. Essentially, they would be paid seven hundred yuan per day. How exciting! Based on the original plan, they should only get to earn that sum after working hard for three months. However, the circumstances were special; time was too tight. It was too bad. Boss Pei was too anxious, and so the masses could benefit. Still, the people who would win the prizes in the end would surely be gaming talents. After settling all of those matters, Pei Qian finally relaxed. Indeed, the brain was like a sponge when it came to thinking of ways to spend money; one had to squeeze as hard as they could to come up with something. Many problems in this world could be solved by scattering coins or scattering more coins. Until now, Pei Qian was not sure if he would be able to get rid of all the money. However, at least he would be able to get rid of a good part of it. He could mindlessly invest the remaining sum into Thriller Hostel. Provided that Thriller Hostel would be completed before the end of the next cycle, Pei Qian could always invest millions or tens of millions of yuan into it. Once he made sure that there were no other problems, Pei Qian tasked Assistant Xin with informing the other departments. Since the games department still had many things to tend to, Pei Qian organized the plan and sent it to Hu Xianbin alone. Hu Xianbin was no longer keeping an eye on GOGs mobile game. Instead, he had moved on to finish up work on GOGs client. If possible, he wanted to release it one or two days earlier. Nevertheless, Hu Xianbin continued to worry about things outside of work. The mobile version of GOG is a huge success, and yet Boss Pei did not praise me! It was no big deal, but Hu Xianbin continued to feel upset. He was still worrying about this when he received a document via the chat software from Tengdas headquarters. Whats more, it was from Boss Pei himself! After recovering from the initial shock, Hu Xianbin quickly downloaded it. This this is The document contained a detailed follow-up publicity plan for GOG. It included expansion of the server, delayed payment for skins, competition stages, prizes, and the like. Once he finished reading the document, Hu Xianbin fell into deep thought. So that was why! It was no wonder that Boss Pei did not praise me; there were still many holes in the project! This follow-up publicity plan plugged those holes perfectly! They would spend money on increasing the bandwidth of the server to prevent the game from lagging after becoming so popular. They would introduce delayed payment functions to promote the skins and cultivate vain customers habit of spending money. They would introduce competition seasons and prizes to create an excellent competition ground within GOG, so that it would be more exciting for high-end players, more popular among the public, and more competitive for all. Hu Xianbin immediately felt guilty. He had wronged Boss Pei! Boss Pei had not praised him because he had not done well enough. There was still a lot of room for improvement! Moreover, Boss Pei had just solved all of those problems on behalf of Hu Xianbin, hadnt he? Ai, Im really not fulfilling my duties! I have to work harder; I cant afford to let Boss Pei down! Chapter 455 - Third Episode of Products of the Gods Chapter 455 Third Episode of Products of the Gods March 16th, Wednesday The mobile version of GOG had been updated, and a new event appeared. The fight for the Best of the Gods! The details of the event were written clearly. GOGs competitions would be held in seasons, with this year being the first. Whats more, the Spring Competition for this year would end on March 29th, and all prizes would be distributed by March 31st. At that time, a total of 9.5 million yuan would have been given out to all the players who ranked 500th and above! That was cash and not in-game currency! The top player in the client and the mobile game would each get a hundred thousand yuan in cash! On top of that, all proud winners who have ranked 500th and above would be awarded cash of at least five thousand yuan! The scariest thing was that GOG had not even released its client for computers. That was only going to be released next Monday. Next Monday was March 21st. From March 21st to midnight on March 29th, players just had to play as much as they could, so that they could stand a chance of winning a hundred thousand yuan cash! Everyone was shocked when they read the news. Some even suspected that it was fake. Theyre crazy! They must be! Theyre giving out close to ten million yuan in less than a month?! Its not just a one-time event either. They would give out close to ten thousand yuan every three months from now on. Thats close to forty thousand yuan per year! This game has already been very kind with its purchase options. I wonder if it can hang on if its going to spend so much on the competitions now. Tengda has always kept its word. Its very trustworthy; we dont have to worry. Im not worried about Tengdas reputation. Im just worried about their cash flow It looks like Tengda is going all out this time. I think the higher management thinks highly of GOG. Otherwise, they would not have decided to spend so much money on the game. Obviously, theyre out to squeeze IOI and Gods Rising out of the market. Objectively speaking, Tengdas higher management is the most courageous higher management I have ever seen in my life. Every strategy makes me wonder if theyre crazy. However, each time they do something like that, their business is taken to new heights! Thats Tengdas superpower. They dont earn a lot of money, but they dare to spend a lot! Even wealthier companies than Tengda do not have as much guts as they do! Im not talking anymore. Im going to download GOG now. Ill work as hard as I can this week. Even if I only win five thousand yuan, itll all be well worth it! I just pre-ordered an Otto E1 cell phone. I dont know when Ill receive it it sold out at the worst possible moment. I knew this was hunger marketing from the beginning! We can play the game on any cell phone, right? Yes, you can, but Ottos cell phones have a unique high frame-rate mode. How can one who, wants to emerge top among all the gaming gods, be held back by hardware? Of course, you would have to use a custom-made cell phone with the best skins! There are too many people playing the mobile version. I dont think I stand a chance. Im going to buy a new computer and wait for the client-side game. In any case, therell be five hundred winners for the client as well. Ill just try to cling onto the great masters as much as I can! A few good friends of mine have a lot of experience playing Gods Rising and IOI as well. Ill ask them to move to GOG! After playing GOG all day, I think the games success is no accident. Its a fast-paced game that had various mechanisms, lovable heroes, a good online environment, great stability, and the lack of bugs. Moreover, we can use our Tengda Games account to play with old friends. Compared to the two foreign games, GOG is much more convenient! The internet was littered with discussions like that. In a single day, the game had become extremely popular! Of course, GOGs popularity was still limited within a small circle. MMORPGs were still the clear winner in the games market. Gods Rising, IOI, and GOG had attracted considerable crowds. However, players of all three games overlapped. In other words, the three games were still fighting for the same group of players who were interested in MOBA games. More accurately put, IOI was trying to win over Gods Rising old players while GOG was trying to win over Gods Rising and IOIs old players. The flow of new players into this circle was still very slow. However, GOGs decision to distribute cash had proven extremely effective. Not only had it persuaded large groups of old players from IOI and Gods Rising to switch to GOG, but it had also caused many new players who had never played such games before to start with GOG first! In the office, Pei Qian read the netizens comments and felt both joyful and miserable. He felt joyful because he had found a way to spend all the money. Yet, he felt miserable because he had caused such a huge positive reaction when he had only intended to make ducks and drakes of his money! Everyone was reacting overwhelmingly well However, on further thought, this made sense. The game had only been released a couple of days ago, and yet it was distributing cash like crazy. This was either unprecedented or very rare. More importantly, most people were tempted to try their luck because the game had just been released. If GOG was a game that had been released three or four years earlier, most players would already know how good they were at it. They would know their rough ranking, and they would not have unrealistic fantasies like I can make it as a Grand Master. Naturally, they would not blindly take part in the competition either. However, things were different. Everyone was starting from ground zero. Everyone thought that they stood a chance to emerge among the top one thousand. Whats more, they would be able to see the results in just a week. This kind of wishful thinking pushed many gamers to download GOG and fight hard. Pei Qian wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. He could no longer predict what the next cycle would look like. Perhaps it would be an unsalvageable mess. Still, no matter what, it would be good if he could push everything to the next cycle. At the moment, the only good news was that Be Quiet was not selling very well. It was a long way from recovering the initial investment. It should remain steady for the next two days, right? Pei Qian heaved a long sigh and accessed Aili Island, prepared to watch a couple of lame videos to calm his nerves. However, when he refreshed the page, he saw Teacher Qiaos new video on the homepage. It was the third episode of Products of the Gods: Be Quiet, the hard work and pride of an elite game designer! With a thud, Pei Qian threw his cell phone as far away as possible. He buried his head in his hands and closed his eyes. Oh, no, its a nightmare! Pei Qian remembered the horrific support that Teacher Qiaos Products of the Gods series had brought to him when he released Game Designer and Repent and be Saved. He had thought that GOG would be the target this time, but since GOG was already that popular, Pei Qian had not been too worried about an additional video from Teacher Qiao. He would never have thought that Teacher Qiao would let Tengda Games go and work on Shang Yang Games instead! Pei Qian was speechless now. Do you have to pick on me like that?! Be Quiet is my last hope. Cant you let it be?! Whats more, this is already the third episode of Products of the Gods. Why have all your episodes been about my games?! Have you heard of anyone else named a god so many times?! How can this be?! Even if youre passionate about my games, you should at least make videos about other companies in the middle. After all, you cant keep shearing the same sheep, can you?! Pei Qian cussed non-stop in his heart. Still, after he calmed down, he quietly picked up his phone. He was reluctant, but he still had to watch the video. He could not be like an ostrich. He had to find out what Teacher Qiao was praising, so that he could learn from his mistakes and not commit them again in the future. I know better than anyone that youre spouting nonsense, but I have to suck it up and watch Pei Qian resentfully hit the play button. My dear daddies, greetings. I am still your Teacher Qiao. You should know what this video is about since youve read the title. Ill be talking about Be Quiet today, which is also called Shh! in Mandarin! This game has caused a heated debate online recently because of its unique prerequisites for customers. Many fans have been sending me private messages, asking me to express my opinion on this. All of you know that Ive been participating enthusiastically in the games ARG riddle ever since it was released. To tell you the truth, the first gamer to crack the code and make it into the game was yours truly. Ai, Im sorry. After playing this game intensely for some time, I finally decided to film a new video for the Products of the Gods series! So, everyone, come and unveil this mysterious game together with Teacher Qiao. Are you ready? As he watched the introduction, Pei Qian only felt one thing: exhaustion. This Teacher Qiao has obviously misunderstood my intentions because of a rash design decision that I made for the game! Since this had happened twice before, Pei Qian already knew Teacher Qiaos set extremely well. However, it was no use. While the set was the same, the content was different each time. The fans loved watching Teacher Qiao explain games with flowery language. What was Pei Qian to do? He was helpless. It was almost as if he could see what would happen next. Still, he braced himself and carried on watching. Before I analyze this unique online horror game, I want to jog everybodys memory. Please recall the rage that you felt when you were playing Repent and be Saved. Thats right. Recall that rage and compare that feeling to what youre feeling at this moment. Do you sense similarities to some extent? Some might try to argue and say that its not the same, but I must honestly tell you: no, it is the same. This rage can be summarized in one sentence: The world is not moving as I expected, and so Im angry. We expected Repent and be Saved to be a hack-and-slash game. We wanted it to be like all the other games, in which we could choose the easier mode, pick up a formidable-looking weapon, and kill everyone and everything in our way. Yet, we were taught a serious lesson by the first monster at the grave. That was why we were infuriated. Its the same with Be Quiet. We wanted to buy the game, go in, and play it immediately, without having to go through any preparatory steps. Yet, the developer insisted that we solve a prerequisite riddle and play an eye-tracking mini-game in the beginning before giving us the right to purchase the game. Thats why were infuriated. To this, I want to say that were faced with the same problem. The key is in how we look at it. You can choose to see it as an obstacle, but you could also choose to see it as guidance and a lesson. Let me raise two simple examples. In many battle games, we would be forced to go through tutorials when we enter for the first time. We cant skip it, and newbies would not be allowed to play with experts. In real life, we would be forced to endure a complicated process to get our drivers license before we can drive. Many would say that theyre different. You could hurt others well-being and take their lives if you drive dangerously, but you cant hurt others to that extent in games. I want to ask if youre sure. Are you sure that you cant hurt others by playing games? We often say that we arent afraid of going up against gods, but were afraid of having noobs as teammates. Think back to a time when you had a noob as a teammate. Wouldnt you still consider being hurt emotionally and mentally? Imagine spending money on a game and working hard on it, only to have your gaming experience destroyed by other gamers who dont know how to play the game and who are not interested in learning? Wouldnt you be furious? Wouldnt you feel like you wasted your time and money? Be Quiet put gamers through lessons and training before allowing them to enter the game. Thats different from games that only train players once they enter. Be Quiet is not asking for a single cent as it provides the training. Why are there so many restrictions in tournaments? Thats because of the complicated gameplay. All the players in a tournament need to understand the rules well so they can compete perfectly and provide a good gaming experience for everyone else. It only takes one weak player to throw the balance off for the entire tournament and suck the fun out of the game for the other nine players. In the same way, Be Quiet is an extremely complicated game. Beginners will not find it user-friendly. However, once everyone understands the rules well, the gaming experience can be perfect! Chapter 456 - The Pain and Pride of a Producer The first part of the video was strung together with other game materials and various sand sculpture emoji packs. The audience quickly entered into the state with Teacher Qiaos unique husky voice. At the same time, the theme of the video became the theme of Be Quiet. Teacher Qiao was about to introduce the gameplay of this game! Many people did not experience this game because of anger and other reasons. I will introduce the gameplay in detail and talk about the highlights of this game. Please jump to the final conclusion if you already have an understanding of this. This is a multiplayer horror game that requires connection to the Internet. Therefore, everyone, please throw away all your stereotypes of standalone horror games from your mind. Let us embrace a new fear mode! Standalone horror games of the past only create horror effects in these few areas: setting and model, unexpected plots unexpected surprises There are often many terrifying scenes in these games such as misty mysterious towns, cannibal villages full of crazy villagers, laboratories full of zombies, etc. They create a visual and auditory impact through the setting. At the same time, these standalone games use plots to manipulate the players fears. For example, NPCs will tie up the protagonist and then inflict various tortures on the protagonist such as gouging his eyes, pulling his tongue, and cutting his fingers-doing everything he can. When the player is brought into the protagonists first-person perspective, you will also get a sense of extreme horror. The last would be some sudden shock such as a corpse suddenly falling down when the door was pushed and was suddenly caught by a monster while walking These are the horror we can experience in traditional standalone horror games. Of course, these are very classic horror game segments, but now, I want to point out the two shortcomings of this approach. First, the stimulation is too straightforward. To increase the horror effect, many manufacturers only blindly add gore to the game, make all kinds of disgusting monsters, and design all kinds of torture horror plots But this kind of stimulation is mainly a kind of sensory stimulation, which may cause some physical discomfort. At the same time, too much sensory stimulation will also make the game itself appear too heavy and give people a feeling of crudeness. Real fear comes from the hearts of the people! Secondly, the repeatability of play is not high. Players will be able to get the ultimate shock effect when they experience the process for the first time. However, everything will become dull once the player clears the game. A normal gamer will not want to experience it a second time. It would become a parkour game[1]. The horror game will lose its original meaning And Be Quiet turned out to be a new way to solve these two problems that had never been solved. Fear is struck from the heart without seeing too many gory scenes and allows the game to be played endlessly at the same time! Next was the introduction to the basic gameplay of the game as well as the revisit by Teacher Qiao towards the gameplay. Each round of the game was randomly matched according to the player segment. They were also randomly assigned onto the map. The players would be refreshed and spawn on a certain point on the current map. The purpose of each room and props would be randomly refreshed on the map. However, relatively speaking, some larger rooms and more critical locations with better props. The eight players would play the role of policeman, good person, mentally-ill patient, and ambitious schemer. No one could identify the others except for the policeman. Each had a different game goal. The way to win for the police and the good person was relatively simple. The entire map was blocked. They had to search for decryption spells everywhere. A random exit would appear when a certain number of spells were activated, and everyone could escape at random. Teacher Qiao divided the general process of the game into four stages. The first stage was the free search stage where players were far away from each other at the beginning. They had to search for open spaces and roam around as much as possible to try to get as many items useful to their identity as possible. They would have to determine their next steps based on their items obtained. Next would be the initial contact stage. Generally speaking, a small number of mentally-ill players would choose to become mad at this point in time. However, they might also be besieged by the police and many good people with props. Some mentally-ill players would choose to disguise themselves as good people with props. A portion of the mentally-ill players would choose to disguise as good people. Generally, the police would simultaneously summon other players to find the decryption spell hidden in the map. However, the sanity meter in the game was set; the more people gathered in the area, the easier it was to activate voice chat. However, voice chat would cause the sanity meter to decrease. Therefore, it was impossible for players to gather for a long time. They must be dispersed in a certain way, watch looking for the decryption spell. The game would then enter into the third stage which was the chaos stage. At this stage, some mentally-ill people would attack good people frantically with all sorts of tools they had accumulated. The good people could also fight back. Of course, the mentally-ill people could also reduce the sanity meter of good people through some method and make them into mentally-ill people as well, forcing them to walk the madmans victory path In short, the game would be pretty chaotic at this point in time. Players could also sabotage one another. The final stage was the closing stage. Generally speaking, at this stage, players had already been eliminated to two or three people. Most decryption spells on the map had been solved. Players would compete with the technology and tools they had through searching and obtain the final victory. Qiao Liang then briefly introduced some of the more interesting situations he had encountered. Of course, these replays were not particularly exciting in Pei Qians eyes. There was always a limit to what the game would offer since players would not understand if it was too complicated. That would be embarrassing. However, one would be able to get the most exciting gaming experience when one was in it! To Pei Qian, he had never experienced Be Quiet in depth before since it was a network game and he could not play it alone. Pei Qian finally understood that with Teacher Qiaos introduction. The initial stage of the game was searching for items that were a little similar to eating chicken. The identity setting was similar to board games such as Three Kingdoms or The Werewolf Game. The battle portion was a bit like the asymmetrical competition like Dead by Daylight. There were three aspects to the game itself: First of all, its replayability had a certain degree of luck. Many people will pursue the sure win in the game. For example, a mental patient would find a house and tools with a sanity meter and health items. They would unleash a massacre immediately; some people get the ultimate victory by following the police or playing well when the initial props were not good. Second was a test of wits within the rules. Using limited language to command or mislead other players, guessing the identity of the other players was no different from that of a board game. Lastly was to showcase operations like Dead by Daylight. Use props and techniques to defeat more powerful enemies. At the same time, a good player would also experience a special sense of horror. Players would be cautious of each other. No one would know when they could be suddenly caught and attacked. They could only move forward in the dark, cautiously, not daring to make a sound. Such horror would come from the other players, from the heart of the player. Therefore, it was scarier than standalone games. For example, some mentally-ill players would purposely hide within a room. He would wait for the good men to search for the decryption spell and then suddenly jump out to attack! In short, no matter how good the video was, it was certainly impossible to fully explain the feeling of playing it in person. However, Qiao Liang analyzed the core cool points of this game through his own editing techniques and detailed analysis. Bullet screen comments with F*ck instantly floated by when talking about the game. Everyone sighed; the game could be played this way? Finally, the video entered its final stage. Im sure everyone has a certain understanding of Be Quiet after watching this video. So back to the original question, why did the production team work so hard to make ARG and eye-tracking games? You have to know that they could have done nothing and start selling immediately. They could just put the players into the game at once. However, they created such a complicated puzzle-solving activity and added a threshold to the purchase of this game in the form of a game to ensure a certain degree of entertainment without charging a penny. That is so that every player could integrate into the game with ease! If players spent money on the game-only to find the content unsuitable, they would have to ask for a refund, which was very troublesome. Therefore, the production team decided to do it outside the game so that the unsuitable players were saved from the tedious step of refunding. Someone would definitely ask would he be suited for this game if he were to pass this test? I have to say, most likely but not definitely. Let us think, what is the most important quality of this game Be Quiet? It requires a certain IQ, good resistance to horror games, and a serious attitude towards learning. Everyone should have discovered by now; the pre-conditions for the purchase happen to be the test! The puzzle-solving aspect of the ARG was to train IQ for the game; the eye-tracking game was to exercise the ability to resist the horror; and the entire test itself was to examine whether you had the patience and the attitude towards learning If you give up after encountering some difficulty or are not interested in puzzle games, or you might have completed the decryption but could not even be bothered to copy the homework, or if you cannot persist in the eyeball catching game Then, you will definitely not be able to enjoy Be Quiet. Instead, you will affect the gaming experience of the other players! This test can be said to be taking care of two types of players at once. To people who were suitable for this game, it guaranteed their gaming experience. For those who were not suitable, it saved them time and money. The only party that made a loss was the gaming company itself with a loss of income. However, game companies are willing to give up this part of their income for the sake of a longer life of the game and a better experience for the players. Even when it caused heated disputes and was criticized badly, they did not come out to explain and accepted everything with silence. Therefore, many said that the game merchant is sick. They can just sell it directly, why did they need to set a precondition for the purchase? Wasnt it disgusting? I want to say, it really is the case. It really is dissuading players in a certain sense. But, please calm down to think. What if the producers did everything not for themselves but for all the players to have a better gaming experience? Therefore, the title this week is The Pain and Pride of a Top Game Designer! He worked so hard to set up so many complicated preconditions for purchase of the game, for players to have better gaming experience. At the same time, he is too proud to explain to all players, and so he put on a calm disposition: It doesnt matter if you understand me; praise me or scold me, the game is here. I think it is the blessing of all domestic players to have such a thoughtful, individualistic, and conscientious game producer! Too many game dealers are trying their best to suck up to the players, the ballers. You can become a master and have your way in the game by paying money. They dont set up any obstacles or let you use your brain; they only give you some false experience points and props just by clicking the mouse But are you really happy? Is your wallet getting thinner? Is your thinking becoming more rigid? How long have you not experienced the shudder of the soul by solving a puzzle or discovering a kind of new gameplay? Dont you feel that its a pity that most local game designers are making such games? So, I hope that students who are interested in this game can calm down, experience the designers true intentions, patiently complete the prerequisites, and experience this complicated game in person. I believe you will be able to find a totally different world! [1] This refers to games where the player only runs and goes through obstacles with speed. Chapter 457 - Boss Pei’s Skill in Turning Stone into Gold Pei Qian fell silent after watching the video. Philosophical questions circulated in his mind. Who am I? Where am I? What am I doing? Teacher Qiaos words echoed in his ears. The pain and pride of a top game designer? The fortune of domestic players? The shudder from the soul? Another wonderful world? Muddled! It was a misunderstanding, a total misunderstanding! Dear Audience, please dont listen to the deceitful words of this wretched fat pig. Buy fewer copies of this game, please, I beg you! However, the feedback from the bullet screen comments shattered Pei Qians fantasy ruthlessly. That makes sense! Indeed, its impossible for a developer to do such complicated steps just to dissuade players. Thinking about it now, it really has the effect of purifying the game environment. I can understand even if I still find it unacceptable. It sounds interesting! I really want to try it now! I have been playing this game for several days. It is really interesting to play with a few masters who know how to play! I hope that Old Qiao can post the strategy and walkthrough live soon so that more people can feel the charm of this high-end game! Im going to complete the prerequisites, buy it, and play it! Pei Qian sighed helplessly and turned off the video silently. At Shang Yang Games Ye Zhizhou and Wang Xiaobin were watching Teacher Qiaos live stream at the same time. Both of them nodded gratefully after watching it. The master is in the ordinary folks, and Teacher Qiao is worthy of being Boss Peis confidant. He truly understood Boss Peis true intentions, Wang Xiaobin said with emotion. Ye Zhizhou smiled. Its really amazing. As the game producers, we only realized it after Boss Pei made the ARG. Hes not that far behind us. How commendable for Teacher Qiao to understand Boss Peis intention to this extent as a player. We originally thought that this game was completed when it had no bugs and had excellent horror experience. However, it was far from completion. That was because it was a game with such complicated gameplay. It might not be able to become a big hit immediately so the key is in how to allow it to operate in the long run! The game Be Quiet requires the player to be patient and willing to use their brains to delve into the settings of the game. Everyone will get the best gaming experience only when everyone is proficient in the game. We all knew this at the beginning of the game release, but we did not do anything. Perhaps we have not realized the importance of this matter or that we felt that this was an unsolvable problem. Fortunately, Boss Pei saw through this and helped us make up for it! Wang Xiaobin nodded. En, using ingenious ARG and the eye-tracking game as the precondition for the purchase is indeed a good way to screen and train the players well. However, what Im worried about is if there are hidden dangers in such a form of screening No matter what, this sort of screening would definitely wipe out a lot of new players who had fallen into the pit. Moreover, this is an online game. In the long run, there might not be fresh blood, and Im afraid it will slowly become a ghost server Ye Zhizhou smiled while shaking his head. No! Do you think Boss Pei wont think of the problems you have thought about? In actual fact, Boss Peis actions are not screening. Youve misunderstood! Old Qiao is just a UP Master after all, not a professional game designer. He only saw the current effects of screening on the players, not the future in the long run! Wang Xiaobin was taken aback: Oh? What do you mean? Ye Zhizhou said confidently, According to my understanding, Boss Peis entire strategy should be divided into at least three stages! The first stage was a preliminary screening of players. It is to ensure that the first batch of players entering Be Quiet will be elite players who have the patience to study the gameplay and for higher IQ game. Sales volume would be lost in initial stages, but keeping Be Quiet small and beautiful is more conducive to maintaining the player experience to a minority group and enhancing the reputation of the game. The reputation of the game would continue to improve at the second stage, and there would be a continuous influx of new players. Before these new players enter, they will also go through this simple training. Moreover, since the number of new players entering is small, they will quickly figure out the gameplay and integrate with ease under the leadership of the old players. New players will quickly transform into experienced players in the process. Therefore, this third stage will maintain the reputation of the game and the environment while attracting even more new players in! On the contrary, if many players were allowed to enter at will in the beginning, it would make the gaming environment chaotic. Novices would not be able to get the traditional excitement, and the masters would also be imbalanced by the novices. The whole game would be trapped. The heat would drop quickly in a disorderly state. In other words, Boss Pei didnt just sacrifice game sales to ensure the game environment but really achieve both! It just delayed the explosive growth of game sales in the early stage and spread it evenly every month after that! Wang Xiaobin suddenly replied, Thats it! Sacrificing this months income to allow subsequent months income to continue to increase; what a good delayed gratification scheme! Ye Zhizhou turned his head towards the window and sighed, Boss Pei might not personally participate in the development of the game, but he achieved the effect of turning stone into gold after playing the ARG for a few days. This skill is really amazing and hard to handle Well have to continue working hard behind Boss Pei! March 17th, Thursday Pei Qian stayed asleep until noon before getting up. That was because his Otto E1 phone arrived last night. He had to say that Chang You knew a lot about it. He sent one to Boss Pei as soon as the new batch of goods arrived. Pei Qian played GOG until 2am before sleeping as a result. Pei Qian only had one feeling when he woke up in the morning. Gaming was really harmful to his body! Especially for his liver! MOBA games were worse. However, the feeling was still rather impressive to play a game made by yourself with your exclusive skin on a cell phone made by you. Pei Qian could understand now why a certain designer used the Blade Dancer several times a month and why some producers were so loyal to the Sledgehammer. When the designer himself was also playing a certain profession or hero in the game, it was difficult to design without partiality. Of course, he did not intend to strengthen the hero Modest. It would probably be snatched up if it was strengthened. Otherwise, it might be banned the second they went for ranked games, and he wouldnt be able to use it. It was best to maintain the current state. He had to say that the coin-scattering effect was great. Pei Qian could intuitively feel more players. He needed to queue for about four to five minutes yesterday. Today, it had been shortened to about a minute or two. Sometimes, he could even enter in 20 or 30 seconds. Of course, this was just an ordinary match. He would probably have to wait if he actually went for a ranked match. Even Pei Qian himself was greedy for the 100,000 yuan bonus. However, he knew that it was impossible. Boss Pei knew very well that he could not be ranked as a Great Master. On the other hand, it was because his company would make heaps of money if he were to concentrate all his time in ranking. Therefore, Pei Qian still felt that losing money was more important after weighing! Playing games could only be regarded as a hobby after all. Losing money was his business. As for losing money Pei Qian opened the platform and took a look at the data of Be Quiet. He found that while the sales volume was rising within an acceptable range even after Teacher Qiaos video was released. However, the scoring of this game on the TPDb website has been rising and has almost reached 9 points. Pei Qian originally thought about taking some remedial measures. However, it seemed as though it was not necessary, seeing how the sales volume did not skyrocket. As for the word of mouth, let it grow. It would not bring about an additional burden anyway. Pei Qian strolled to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe near Handong University. He planned while having lunch. He should have a quick treat-no, he should hold a celebration party. He would bring the staff who worked on the successful projects to Boss Lis Ming House to eat every day for at least a week without repeated dishes. They had too many successful projects so new reasons could be found every day. Ming Yun Private Kitchen was available on the 20th of this month, which was a Sunday. Pei Qian felt a little melancholy thinking about this. His staff might be big eaters, but they were better at making money! Counting on them to spend all the money from the profits of the projects would be like waiting for a cold day in hell. Despair The waiter came over to clean up all the tableware after the meal. Pei Qian looked up at the sky sadly while sipping his coffee. He was feeling more inadequate as he realized that his knowledge could not match the losses required. Someone suddenly sat down in front of him. It was Boss Li. They usually bump into each other in this store so Pei Qian did not feel strange at all. However, Boss Pei was in a bad mood recently so he just nodded casually without saying anything Boss Lis first few sentences shocked Pei Qian. Boss Pei, Dream Realization Ventures taichi is really too good. Youre too clever. All the investors, including me for Top Student, Come Quick are really ashamed of ourselves! Therefore, Ive decided. Even though I do not see any possibility of profitability in the Thriller Hostel, ill invest a sum into it! The others will follow me into it if there is no accident. You wont mind, will you, Boss Pei? The hand holding Pei Qians cup of coffee froze in midair, his whole being dazed. Huh? Chapter 458 - Boss Pei, You Said You Won’t Invest! Boss Pei minded. In fact, he minded very much! Why do all of you have to come and screw things up for me? I just want to find a place with no one and lose some money! It was just a teeny weeny dream! Why do you have to be like a b*tch and follow me wherever I go? Im being forced by you to build a haunted housewhat more do you want! Do I really need to build a rocket before you stop following me? Pei Qian was utterly speechless. He would transfer money to people like Boss Li if he could to keep them away from him! However, Boss Pei was a cultured person after all. He had to maintain calm even if the other party said something so cruel. Pei Qian sighed lightly. Boss Li, I always wanted to say that there is a very serious misunderstanding between us. I have been trying very hard to explain, but you dont believe me. I told you a long time ago that my Dream Realization Ventures is just to invest for fun and to fulfill unfinished dreams. I have never expected it to be profitable. This situation is all because of a series of coincidences, do you understand? Boss Li smiled slightly and nodded. I completely understand! Pei Qian, ? Do you really f*cking understand?! Boss Li ordered a cup of coffee as well and sipped on it leisurely. The act of investing itself is filled with coincidence. Many a time even the smartest investors cannot fight luck. This is where man proposes and God disposes. Thats why even a smart investor like Boss Pei is full of awe of the element of luck itself. This is a quality worthy to be learned by all of us investors. Pei Qian, What you say might make sense, but are you sure you are referring to the same luck as I am? Pei Qian fell silent. I am not a smart investor; neither do I have any good methods. Li Shi grinned slightly. Thats right, every successful investor is as humble as you. Pei Qian, Li Shi continued speaking seeing how Boss Pei fell silent. Boss Pei, how do you explain your moves in Top Student, Come Quick if you say you dont have any methods in your investment? The person who decided to do this project was you. You were the one who gave the project its name; you are the one burning the money to make it popular; you are the one who decided to sell it at a high point; you were the one who found someone to buy back everything at a low price after kicking everyone out Boss Pei, please tell, if taking one right decision is luck; then what is a series of right decisions? Pei Qian could only sigh silently. Its heavenly bad luck. Li Shi couldnt help but chuckle. Boss Pei, eh, Boss Pei, as humorous as ever. I know that you are always on the guard with other investors. Your clever maneuvers in Top Student, Come Quick illustrated this point. However, we dont mind in the least. This is absolutely natural. We would not think you are a qualified investor otherwise, because that would mean you are not ruthless enough. In short, you are already very generous to allow us to take a sip from your bowl. Therefore, it is alright even if your words are always bordering between truth and falsehoods. Im used to such a communication method. Pei Qian, Are you crazy?! Boss Li, why did a CEO of a good investment firm like you suddenly become an extreme masochist! Everything I told you is true, the key is whether you believe it or not! Two creatures in the same world, same family, same program, same class, same species, same sex, speaking the same language could actually ignite a chain of suspicion? How unbelievable. Boss Lis lips turned upwards seeing how Boss Pei kept mum. It seemed as though Boss Pei was still pretending to be dumb. If that was the case, he could only deduce Boss Peis methods to make him speechless! Li Shi took a sip of coffee calmly. Alright, if it was just the operation of the Top Student, Come Quick app, I can still think it is just luck. But Boss Pei, how do you explain the shared phone booth project? Pei Qian, That was all done by Zhang Wang. I was not involved at all. Em, ok. Li Shi still kept the faint smile on his face. What about the Glory of Gods then? Was it all developed independently by the designer? Pei Qian nodded. Yes! Li Shis smile became even brighter now. Alright, you want to attribute all the credit for these projects to your subordinates. Okay, but who is the one pushing behind the Glory of Gods, shared phone booth, and the Shared Top Student application? Pei Qian cursed in his heart. He looked at Li Shi, his eyes widened and his face full of consternation. Was there a combined event between GOG, shared phone booth, and Top Student, Come Quick? What combined event? How come I dont know about it? Li Shi couldnt help but feel delighted with the crushed look on Boss Peis face. Boss Pei, eh, Boss Pei, do you think that you can hide from my eyes? You didnt think that I would be able to think of it, right! Li Shi took an Otto E1 cell phone out of his phone with pride and showed Pei Qian a photo that turned his astonishment to speechlessness. The picture was a place very familiar to Pei Qian. It was on the top floor of Huanyu Tianjie. Modests phone booth was there. There was a long queue in front of the phone booth. Pei Qian felt light-headed. That was because the photo was taken yesterday from the details of the photo! What was this? Didnt the traffic for the phone booth stabilize? Why was there a need for the long lines? What was this? Li Shi smiled slightly. Similar situations are happening for more than 20 other phone booths. These GOG players seemed to be taking photos with these heroes and getting a stamp with the heroes within. So, Boss Pei, decorating the phone booths with the theme GOG heroes and having the heroes stamps within are not your idea as well, right? Pei Qian, Li Shi continued. And, Boss Pei, if my information is correct, the shared phone booths have spread across all major shopping malls in Jingzhou. Youre also entering the other cities with the franchise model. Major shopping malls place orders directly and are responsible for their own operation and maintenance, and they can pay back in a few months. However, the shared phone booth business has turned to selling phone booths and getting commissions to make a profit, right? The GOG-themed phone booths are so popular to the point where you can order a full set of GOG Heroes at once when you order phone booths. Originally, you only sold two or three, but now, its more than twenty This has nothing to do with Boss Pei as well, right? Pei Qian flexed his mouth, but no sound came out of it. He cursed a million f*cks in his mind. He did think that the GOG hero-themed booths would become an attraction when the game went live, but he did not take it to heart at all. He originally thought that people would check in and take some phones with the booth. It would definitely have no impact on the income. However, he never thought that it would increase the sales volume of the phone booth! The other cities were now more included to purchase a full set of GOG-hero-themed phone booths together in the shopping malls so that the GOG players in the city could check in and for the sale of the phone booth to increase! Pei Qian was now in a state of daze. He did not know what to say for quite a while. Li Shi was more certain that he hit the nail on the head looking at Boss Peis expression. He smiled and he continued. Then, what about the Top Student, Come Quick and the phone booths combined event? Li Shi opened the Top Student, Come Quick application on his cell phone. The advertisements of Xude Education were cleaned up, and reputation via word of mouth was quickly restored. The return of the previous users brought back not only users lost during the management of the Xude Education but also the students and their parents. The number of active users in the app showed a miraculous rapid increase in the short period when Dream Realization Ventures took it back. Not only that, but the offline teaching section of the app would also automatically search for nearby Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and shared phone booths as meeting places to greatly reduce their expenses. As for the life section of the Top Student, Come Quick, it promoted Fish-Catching Take-Out, Zhongdian Chinese Network, and some light games under its charge under the banner of Work and Rest. That has nothing to do with Boss Pei as well, right? Pei Qian was utterly speechless. To be honest, every single one of them had no connection with him! He did not even know some of them until Boss Li mentioned them. However, Pei Qian finally fully understood what was going on, seeing Boss Lis expression. Boss Li had his answers no matter what Pei Qian said! Boss Li would only wear a meaningful smile on his face even if Boss Pei denied it. He would take everything as a kind of humor between friends. Or perhaps, even worse, he might take it as a form of posture? Pei Qian felt very tired. He did not even have the mood to settle the accounts with the person-in-charge of the Top Student, Come Quick application. Li Shi put on a victors posture, his face full of pride. See, Boss Peis exquisite plans were seen through by me. Hes rendered speechless! I dont feel as much happiness from gaining from my investments! Pei Qian took another sip of coffee and calmed himself down. He then said very reluctantly, So, how do you plan to invest? Li Shi smiled. Boss Pei, dont worry, we will not snatch anything from you. We just want a teeny bit. We will definitely not invest blindly into the Thriller Hostel. Well just pick a random plot in the huge industrial zone and open a small store like food, entertainment, or whatever. Well definitely not make any trouble for you. Pei Qian was utterly speechless. You guys are already creating trouble for me by opening stores! What could he say then? Pei Qian would not be able to swallow such a large piece of land in the old industrial zones even if he wanted to. Pei Qian had no reason to stop Boss Li and the rest from investing in the industrial zones. He could not stop them even if he didnt agree to it. Alright, whatever you want. Dont say I didnt warn you if you make a loss, Pei Qian said helplessly. Li Shi laughed. Of course, Boss Pei, weve been in this circle for so long. We have a clear understanding of the risks of investment. Moreover, Boss Pei has helped us earn so much money. We can only think of it as giving back to Boss Pei even if it makes a loss. Whats there to worry about? Pei Qian, I dont have any counter-argument to that since what you said seems to make sense. Chapter 459 - You’ve Moved Over So Quickly?! March 18th, Friday At Shang Yang Games Lin Wan held an Otto E1 in her hands, fiddling around with it admiringly. Actually, once I get used to it, its not that heavy. Whats more, I found it hard to navigate such a huge screen with a single hand in the beginning. However, I now find trying to see things on a smaller screen torturous. Once one has had a taste of screens with high refresh rates and powerful batteries, its hard to go back. It looks like Boss Pei had thought of everything before setting the direction for research and development of the cell phone. He has a lot of foresight. Lin Wan had been using Shenhuas flagship model before. When she switched to the Otto E1, she had found it difficult to adapt. However, the problem slowly dissipated over the last few days. In fact, after playing GOG for a couple of days, she paid for all the skins as well. Lin Wan could not have felt more grateful after completing this stage of work. She had not had an easy time over the last few months. She had been in charge of Shang Yang Games and Otto Technologies at the same time, and it had been extremely difficult juggling both roles. Shang Yang Games had been developing a horror game, no less. That made things all the more difficult. Luckily, after Lin Wan repeatedly visited a famous haunted house overseas with a few core members, got help from Big Boss Ruan Guangjian, and after having Boss Pei add finishing touches to the game; Be Quiet was completed. Although sales had not gone through the roof, the games reputation was extremely good. That could pay off for a long time in the future. Boss Pei would probably be pleased, right? As for the cell phone business, Lin Wan had had no choice but to trust Chang You because she could not juggle too much work. Still, Lin Wan had to be given due credit for her hard work as well. She had suggested using Tengdas other arms to boost the value of the cell phone, and she had conducted the negotiations with the other subsidiaries. All in all, Lin Wan was very satisfied with her performance during this period! Of course, there were some flaws. For example, Be Quiets sales had not gone through the roof, and Otto E1 was mainly only selling in Jingzhou, especially to Tengdas gamers. The cell phone had not been termed a divine creation or become a necessity in every household. However, men should always leave themselves room for improvement. Lin Wan saw herself as an ordinary person when it came to business. She could not peg herself against Boss Pei all the time, just because she was his employee. That would only hurt herself and destroy her motivation to work harder. In any case, she was sure that she would never reach Boss Peis level no matter how hard she worked. Thus, she focused on staying grounded and took one step at a time to do a good job. All research and development work was done for now, but there were still loose ends to tie up. For example, Be Quiet was an online game. On one hand, they had to keep repairing bugs and improving the systems functions. On the other hand, they had to keep releasing new content so that players would remain interested. As for Otto E1, they had to do updating and maintenance work as well. Obviously, her current workload could not be compared to that during the research and development period. Lin Wan felt much more relaxed now. She could browse online shopping sites, buy bags, or play some games. One could say that she was very content. At the same time, she had to wait for Boss Pei to give her a new task at any moment. She recalled when Boss Pei had tasked her with two huge tasks: Shang Yang Games and the cell phone business. Lin Wan had thought that she would not be able to cope and that she would make a mess of everything. Yet, everything had turned out well! Lin Wan could not help but feel moved. It was almost as if Boss Pei had a keen eye for the upper limit of his employees potential. It was amazing! Lin Wan was already looking forward to informing her family of her achievements and showing off to Lin Yu especially. Can Shenhua sell its flagship model for more than eight thousand yuan? Can it?! Our Tengda can! Lin Wan imagined Lin Yus blank expression and could not help but feel excited! Just as she was fantasizing, she received a message on her cell phone: Our workspace will be officially moving to Jingzhou tomorrow! Well be neighbors from now on. Please look out for us! It was from Ruan Guangjian. Lin Wans eyes lit up. The big boss had finally dealt with all of his work in Shanghai? Great! In December last year, Ruan Guangjian had come to Jingzhou to help with the concept art for GOGs heroes. At the time, Boss Pei had tried very hard to rope him in. He had invited Big Boss Ruan to take roller coasters, showed off Tengdas benefits, and created a haunted house just for Big Boss Ruan. All of those actions pointed to one clear message: Come to Jingzhou! Jingzhou is a good place! Big Boss Ruan had understood that as well. After finishing the art resources for two games, he rushed back to Shanghai and spent some time finishing up his work there. Now, he was finally done, and he could officially move! Lin Wan guessed that Ruan Guangjian had already been in Jingzhou for some time. However, he probably knew that Tengda had been busy during this period and did not want to cause more trouble. Thus, he quietly managed his own rent, shopped for furniture and office supplies, and the like. Now that all of that had been settled, he was officially informing Lin Wan. Lin Wan quickly asked, Does Boss Pei know about this? Ruan Guangjian answered, I sent him a message, but he hasnt replied because hes probably busy. Lin Wan nodded silently. Boss Pei was probably very busy, or he would warmly welcome Big Boss Ruan for sure. He would have planned a whole series of activities for him. Lin Wan wondered what Boss Pei was busy with. Since that was the case, she decided not to disturb him. Ruan Guangjian had offered a lot of help during the research and development stage of Be Quiet. As the head of Shang Yang Games, Lin Wan felt the need to welcome and thank Ruan Guangjian properly. Big Boss, wheres your workspace? Ill bring Ye Zhizhou and the others there to visit, said Lin Wan. Soon, Ruan Guangjian sent her a location. Lin Wan clicked on it and grew stunned. Eh? Thats just opposite Fish-Catching Internet Cafes Handong University branch, right? At a two-story shop, just a street away from Fish-Catching Internet Cafes Handong University branch This had been a bookstore before. Its position close to Handong University gave it an advantage, allowing it to profit from the sale of best-selling novels and academic books. However, with the rise of online shopping, the bookstores sales steadily declined. This bookstore had held on for the longest among all the others. Still, it could not fend against the overwhelming online shopping trend. Thus, it silently closed down. At that moment, all the books and furniture in the bookstore had been moved out. Some simple renovations had been done, and high-end office furniture now took their place. A line of passers-by stopped to look into the shop, but they lost interest once they realized that it was not selling anything. The crowd slowly dissipated. One street away-in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Pei Qian sat, sitting his coffee and pondering life. The conversation that he had had with Boss Li the day before still hurt him today. Thus, Pei Qian could not help but disappear for the day. He was not even in the mood to take revenge on He Desheng and Yu Pingan. After thinking about it carefully, Pei Qian thought it would be weird to just punish the two of them since so many projects were now proving successful. As the saying went, there was no point in worrying about one debt when there were so many others. Pei Qian had been backstabbed by so many employees that he was starting to have difficulty keeping track of his feuds. He realized that there was a very serious problem with the management of the company. First, the first-place-elimination system was no longer useful. In the face of so many profitable projects, eliminating the head of the most profitable project would not make much of a difference in the grand scheme of things. He had to think of something else. Pei Qian sipped his coffee, feeling melancholic as he tried to strategize. During his disappearance, a few people had tried to contact him. However, Pei Qian neither read their messages nor replied to them. He was mainly afraid that he would break down upon receiving bad news. That could hinder his strategizing and prevent him from thinking of ways to turn profits into losses. His subordinates had obviously gotten used to Boss Pei disappearing from the face of the earth, too. Even if he did not reply to their messages, they would complete their tasks on their own. As Pei Qian looked out of the window, he noticed some movement in the two-story shop across the street. The bookstore had already closed down two weeks ago, but the shop had undergone renovations two days ago. Pei Qian wondered who the brave warrior was. In fact, this location was not that good. Otherwise, Pei Qian would not have chosen this place to set up a Fish-Catching Internet Cafe branch back then. People were starting to find opening their shops here advantageous, only because Fish-Catching Internet Cafe had livened up the entire area recently. Still, Pei Qian did not have high hopes for them. The shop could fail in less than three months. We might not be neighbors for long. Ai, how I admire them. Pei Qian had thought about taking over the bookstore before, but after several cycles, he was beginning to understand one foundational principle: most loss-incurring projects would generate profits once he took over. At least, it had been like that for Shang Yang Games and Top Student, Come Quick. If Boss Pei just sat back to observe, the loss-incurring projects would continue to incur losses. However, once Boss Pei interfered, the project would start generating profits. Whats more, a bookstore would only be able to lose that much money in the end. Thus, Pei Qian did not take over it. Someone else did instead. Forget it. Whoever it is would have no relation to me whatsoever. I cannot incur the necessary losses just by taking over one rotten bookstore. Id better think about how to incur losses before the end of this cycle Pei Qian sipped his coffee and turned back around. However, at that very moment, from the corner of his eyes; he noticed some familiar-looking figures walk towards the entrance of the two-story shop. They were Lin Wan, Ye Zhizhou, Hu Xianbin, and Chen Kangtuo Eh? Pei Qian thought that he was seeing things. He turned back around and took a closer look. He was right; Lin Wan was heading the group! What were they doing here? Just as he was feeling confused, he saw Ruan Guangjian walk out to warmly welcome the group. Then, Ruan Guangjian led all of them into the shop. Pei Qians mind was filled with question marks. The scene before him felt like a dream. He rubbed his eyes and then took a closer look at the sign hanging outside the second story. There were an artistic logo and beautiful words. Halo Workspace! The hand that Pei Qian was using to hold his coffee cup trembled. Holy sh*t youve moved over so quickly?! Chapter 460 - This is the Friendship Between Boss Pei and Big Boss Ruan! After recovering from his momentary shock, Pei Qian regained his composure and decided to act as if he had not seen them! He could not allow pre-decided things to affect him and his train of thought now! Although there were less than two weeks to settlement, the situation was looking sufficiently positive already. Pei Qian waved his hand at the waiter, and the latter immediately understood what he wanted. He brought Pei Qian his personal laptop. Pei Qian liked to ponder about life at this branch especially. Thus, he had left his laptop here so that he could work whenever he wanted. Of course, he called it work, but he was only recording simple notes in a document. It was often nothing urgent. In fact, he would normally delete the document once he had organized his thoughts. That saved him from worrying about his secrets being leaked. Pei Qian opened the laptop, created a new document, and began to write his thoughts out. Although the next cycle would only start in April, it was never too early for Pei Qian to prepare for rainy days. Coming up with a new plan now would save him from being flustered come April. At the moment, he had several avenues to spend money: Distributing prizes to top players of GOG four times a year Distributing bonuses to employees based on their projects ratings on TPDb, according to the normal rules. On top of that, he could provide various benefits like paying different types of allowances and arranging for physical examinations Holding regular celebration parties so that employees could help spend a portion of his money Lastly, investing huge amounts of money into Thriller Hostel After thinking for a long time, Pei Qian still felt that this was not enough. Although it was more or less sufficient for now, they were less than two weeks from settlement. Whats more, Glory of Gods client-side game would be released soon. That would generate even more revenue, which Pei Qian had to account for as soon as possible. Thus, Pei Qian added another avenue. Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, ROF Computer-Installation, Fish-Catching Take-Out, Zhongdian Chinese Network, and Upwind Logistics he could burn a weeks worth of money for all of those businesses! He could distribute allowances, whether people helped him with incurring losses or not. Take Zhongdian Chinese Network for instance. He could give readers a subsidy for reading books and give writers an additional allowance. That would be achieving double the happiness at a single go! All of his money would disappear in no time! This would be viewed as publicity efforts by the System. It would be allowed. Of course, while doing this would increase his chances of incurring losses during this cycle, it would make his life much harder at the beginning of the next cycle. Thus, Pei Qian had to think of ways to eliminate all hidden threats! He would have to employ new measures from the next cycle onwards! Pei Qian started a new line in his document and then continued brainstorming. The first-place-elimination system could not hold the fort any longer. However, Pei Qian had no intention of getting rid of it. The system could help him eliminate some hidden threats after all. Without it, Tengda Games would probably earn even more money than it was earning now. What he had to do was supplement and perfect the system. Pei Qian wrote the words Cyclical Shock Therapy on the document. He had many businesses to take care of now. There was no way he could take care of them all. Even if he handed them to others, he would have no time or effort to check in on things. Everything could easily go haywire. Thus, Pei Qian decided to use Cyclical Shock Therapy on the businesses! In every cycle, one portion of Tengdas businesses would be operating while the rest undergo shock therapy. Of course, the System prohibited employees from remaining passive or slacking at work. They had to release new products every once in a while. So Pei Qian decided to negotiate with the System. According to his understanding of the System, there was room for negotiation. System, if a certain company has made outstanding contributions to the development of the entire group of companies, it would be perfectly reasonable to give that company a few months off so that employees can upgrade their skills, right? Not only would their knowledge improve, but they would also be able to contribute more to the group of companies in the future. Soon, Pei Qian got a positive answer. However, there were limitations. Only one company could take a few months off during each cycle. Whats more, while he had to continue paying the necessary expenses for the company, he could not make any investments. In other words, he could pay the employees their salaries, but he could not invest in any projects. Pei Qian was extremely satisfied. He could do that! There was no need for any more discussion. Fei Huang Workspace would go into shock therapy first! Judging by their current speed, they could produce three or four films each year. If each film earned tens of millions of yuan, wouldnt the income be incredible? On top of that, Pei Qian had learned one thing. The first-place-elimination system was effective, but there were still shortcomings. For example, it could encourage employees to work even harder. Thus, Pei Qian had to offer consolation to what he thought were outstanding companies, the companies that incurred sustained losses. He would supplement the first-place-elimination system with a last-place-reward system! Pei Qian had already thought about whom to give this reward. Upwind Logistics Ever since it had been established, Upwind Logistics had been steadily incurring losses for Boss Pei. Lu Mingliang had not turned the losses into profits, and he had thus gained Boss Peis deep trust. Pei Qian had even thought about what the reward would be. It would be called the Tengda Cornerstone Award. He could forcibly explain the award by saying that Upwind Logistics had fought hard to serve the other companies and was thus the cornerstone for Tengda Corporations rapid growth. Of course, they would be rewarded solely because they had been incurring the most losses. Through this award, Pei Qian hoped to hint something to the other companies: even if youre incurring losses, you would be rewarded instead of punished! He could not delay this. Pei Qian would award Upwind Logistics with the Cornerstone Award before the end of this cycle. Lastly, Pei Qian would spend more money on the companies and departments that had worked together with Tengda. All along, Tengda had been working with many other companies. Those companies helped to provide the game departments with art resources, the internet cafe with equipment, the restaurant with ingredients, the cell phone department with a supply chain, Thriller Hostel with decorations and props, and the like. Modern society emphasized the need for specialization and division of labor. Tengda had had to work closely with various other companies to produce good products. In accordance with the well-known Tengda spirit, Tengda had always insisted on paying the best price to obtain the best results when working with those other companies. All the expenses in those areas had been maximized. Yet, that was precisely why Pei Qian had to think out of the box to continue throwing money in their direction! Take the purchasing of ingredients for instance. Pei Qian could add ten percent to the highest market price and request for the other party to supply ingredients of the highest standard exclusively to Tengda. Of course, the other party would only be able to pick the best ingredients from among their good ingredients. The difference in taste would not be huge, and most customers would not even be able to detect the difference once the ingredients had been cooked. Yet, more money would be spent on purchasing those ingredients. The same could be done for the other businesses. All in all, Pei Qian could try to throw more money at Tengdas partners by creating an illusion of a Tengda standard above the highest standards in the market! After writing everything down, Pei Qian read the document from beginning to end and then nodded in satisfaction. Yes, I feel much better now! At once, he sent the document to Assistant Xin and instructed her to send the plan to the various companies so that they could make the necessary preparations. After that, Pei Qian deleted the document from his laptop and handed the laptop back to the waiter who then put it away safely. As he stood up and prepared to leave, Pei Qian saw Ruan Guangjian and the others walking across the street, smiling. They pushed open the door to the internet cafe and entered. When they saw Pei Qian, their eyes lit up. Boss Pei! Ruan Guangjian was smiling as well. My workspace has moved across the road. Boss Pei, visit us regularly if you can! If you have any work for us, just say the word. You can rest assured and leave all of your concept art to our workspace! Pei Qian sniggered. Of course. I have no doubt about your capabilities The fresh blood flowing out from the wounds on my back is the best evidence Alright, I have work to do. Ill make a move first. Take care of Brother Guangjian for me, all of you. Pei Qian said this as he looked at Lin Wan, Chen Kangtuo, and the others. Ill arrange for a gathering at Ming Yun Private Kitchen tomorrow. Remember to bring Brother Guangjian along. Well ask the restaurant to set up more tables to welcome them. Although he did not like Ruan Guangjian that much, Pei Qian still invited him along. After all, an additional person was an additional mouth to feed, and each additional dish would cost Pei Qian more money. How could Pei Qian afford to be petty when he was trying to spend as much money as possible? Boss Pei was a magnanimous person after all. After he had finished giving instructions, Pei Qian said goodbye to the group and left. He did not even have to think to know what they were going to discuss. Of course, they were going to talk about how successful GOG and Be Quiet were. Even the shared phone booths that Ruan Guangjian had personally designed had become sacred spending grounds for all of Jingzhou If Pei Qian did not leave then, he would surely be kicked while he was already down. Ruan Guangjian could not help but feel disappointed as he watched Boss Peis back view. He had been looking forward to enjoying a drink with Boss Pei, so that they could catch up. Yet, Boss Pei had left in such a hurry. Lin Wan felt sorry, too. However, she still gestured for everyone to sit in the coffee area. They each ordered a coffee or a soft drink and then began to catch up with one another. At that moment, Lin Wans cell phone vibrated. It was a message from Assistant Xin. She quickly opened it and saw a document written by Boss Pei himself. It contained a series of requirements for her work in the future. It also set out details of rewards that would make any employee from another company drool in envy. However, none of them were surprising to Lin Wan because they were characteristic of Boss Pei. That was until she read the last line. When working with upstream firms or outsourcing work to other companies, add an additional ten to twenty percent to our current purchasing prices, so that they would provide the best goods and services to Tengda Corporation. Lin Wan was stunned when she read this. After reading the entire document from beginning to end once more, Lin Wan took a screenshot of that last line and then handed her cell phone to Ruan Guangjian. Eh? Ruan Guangjian took the cell phone, evidently confused. His eyes widened upon reading it. This Lin Wan nodded. I think this was specifically added for you, Big Boss Ruan. Everyone knew that Tengda always picked the best companies to purchase art resources and other things from. Their purchasing prices could not be much higher to begin with. Yet, Boss Pei was now insisting on a ten to twenty percent increase in purchasing prices, in exchange for a negligible increase in quality. Why was Boss Pei setting this policy, then? Of course, improvement was a part of the reason. That was in line with the Tengda spirit. However, it was intriguing that Boss Pei had set policies like that at a critical juncture when Big Boss Ruan moved his workspace to Jingzhou. Obviously, Boss Pei was worried about Halo Workspace now that it had moved to Jingzhou. This was a foreign land, and Halo Workspaces employees had undergone a major change. Of course, the beginning of a new life would be tough. That explained the advantageous policy. Boss Pei was offering help and support to Ruan Guangjians Halo Workspace in a very subtle way! That was a deep friendship! Everyone could not help but grin. Boss Pei was busy at work, and he had no time to eat with Big Boss Ruan. However, he obviously had not forgotten about his old friend. In fact, he was expressing his genuine concern in such a subtle and humble manner. Ruan Guangjian grinned. The disappointment he had felt earlier had dissipated. Now, he was grateful and moved instead. I understand. Ill urge everyone in my workspace to keep improving so that we dont let Boss Pei down! Next time, well deliver even more outstanding artwork to Boss Pei! Chapter 461 - That Just So Happens to be Our Country’s Retirement Age March 20th, Sunday At Ming Yun Private Kitchen The weather was slowly turning warm, and today was a bright, sunny day. The sun shone brightly in the afternoon. In the yard of Ming Yun Private Kitchen, tables and chairs had been set up. There were also umbrellas attached to the tables. Altogether, there were more than ten additional seats compared to before, and the restaurant could accommodate more people. The sky was clear, and there was a cool breeze. The atmosphere outside was entirely different. At that moment, the core members of Tengdas various departments were gathered. They drank heartily and caught up happily while the waiters kept serving dishes and pouring wine for them. The restaurant was filled with joy and laughter. The heads of the various departments warmly welcomed Ruan Guangjian and made everyone from Halo Workspace feel at home. Many department heads also took this opportunity to thank other department heads. Take Chang You of Otto Technologies for example. Otto Eis success had to be attributed to the various departments support and investment. It was true-Director Lin had been the one who obtained those things. It had all been a part of Tengda Corporations development strategy, and Otto Technologies would compensate them with the profits generated by the cell phones. However, Chang You still refused to take their support for granted. He thanked the other departments on behalf of all the other core members of Otto Technologies, to set a firm foundation for deep cooperation in the future. Huang Sibo of Fei Huang Workspace was another example. The creative advertisements and logos in the film had been completed with the combined help of all the other departments. Although the other departments had all more or less benefited from the success of the movie, Huang Sibo still wanted to thank everyone for their support. On top of that, everyone warmly welcomed several new faces. For instance, they welcomed the three new heads of Tengda Games: Hu Xianbin, Min Jingchao, and Zhang Nan. After taking over from Li Yada and Bao Xu, the three of them had performed exceptionally well. The mobile version of GOG became very popular, and all of their skills became widely recognized throughout the company. A few old friends also took this chance to catch up with one another and share how work had been going. As for Pei Qian he did not attend the gathering. Obviously, Pei Qian had predicted how the celebration would go. If he forced himself to attend this feast, there would only be one possible outcome: He would have salt rubbed in his wounds! Just the thought of being caught in an awkward situation, where all the department heads toasted him and said that they would not have succeeded if not for Boss Peis wise advice, made Pei Qians heart ache. Thus, he decided not to turn up altogether. As the saying went out of sight, out of mind. There would be many opportunities to feast at Ming Yun Private Kitchen in the future. There was no need for him to have this particular meal. All the department heads knew about this from the start, but the other core members who attended the gathering did not. That was why many people asked questions not long after the celebration began. Eh? Director Lin, why isnt Boss Pei here? Thats right. Boss Pei has always attended gatherings. Is Boss Pei busy today? Tss today is Sunday. Could Boss Pei still be working? He keeps instructing us not to work overtime, and yet hes doing work for the company during the weekend?. Many people looked worried and guilty. They were worried because they were not sure if Boss Peis body would collapse under the immense work pressure. They were guilty because they found it inappropriate to be feasting and celebrating in the restaurant while Boss Pei was working so hard. Lin Wan raised her glass of red wine and smiled as she said, Dont worry, everyone! Boss Pei isnt here today, but I dont think its entirely because of work. There are other considerations. The noisy crowd quieted down considerably as everyone turned their attention to Lin Wan and asked, Director Lin, do you have insider information? Lin Wan shook her head. I dont, but I can guess! I think Boss Pei isnt here today for two main reasons and motivations. Everyone listened intently. Firstly, Boss Pei hopes to give all of us enough personal space. Perhaps he thinks that, as a boss, his presence at this celebration would cause all of us to be tense. We might maintain a serious expression if our boss is around, and the atmosphere might be more somber. Thus, Boss Pei stayed away on purposes, so that all of us can celebrate naturally and without stress. That would allow us to experience full relaxation and joy after our success. Everyone nodded one by one, thinking that it made sense. Boss Pei was approachable, and he never put on airs. However, a boss was still a boss at the end of the day. Whats more, Boss Pei had great foresight and was a meticulous planner. All the department heads could almost see a halo above his head. Naturally, it was almost impossible for everyone to see him as an ordinary person. Given that, Boss Peis presence would surely alter the atmosphere slightly. Boss Dei had purposely stayed away from this particular gathering for another purpose: to ensure that all of them completely relaxed as they feasted and connected with one another! Lin Wan smiled and continued speaking. Additionally, Boss Pei is undoubtedly working, but I think his work is different from what everyone is thinking. Its been so long. Havent you all noticed something extraordinary? Boss Pei is always the busiest once all the projects have been completed! Everyone recalled the past and realized that it was true. At the beginning of each project, Boss Pei would only give a general direction. After that, the departments would be allowed to freely express their creativity while Boss Pei sat back. During research and development, Boss Pei would ask the occasional question. However, he would not rush the process nor alter any details. Instead, he would strictly punish those who went against the Tengda Spirit by blindly rushing work or working overtime. On the other hand, once the projects achieved success and everyone began relaxing, Boss Pei would get busier. He would often go into hiding, but no one would know what he was up to. Whats more, Boss Pei would always look very worried and troubled at this stage. He always seemed to be deep in thought. Whys that? Someone asked. Lin Wan sipped her red wine and said emotionally, How can we enjoy peace for so long? Its because someone is always defending the frontlines for us. As the saying goes, he who gives no thought to far-flung problems soon finds suffering nearby. Do you think it was purely coincidental that all our projects succeeded? The question stumped everyone. Why had their projects succeeded? Was it because they had all worked hard? Of course, that was part of the reason. However, many other companies worked hard, and yet not every company succeeded. As for Tengda-every time they worked hard, their chances of succeeding increased. In fact, they were much higher than all the other companies! Take this cycle for example. They had produced two games, a cell phone, a film, shared phone booths, and Top Student, Come Quick. The projects that they had worried about at first had achieved success. This could not be simply explained by hard work or good luck. Lin Wan continued speaking. All of you should have realized that the projects succeeded because we got the right directions. All the businesses and departments also helped one another out along the way, thus increasing our chances of success. If we had invested in a film or tried to develop a cell phone last year, our chances of success would be much lower because of the lack of help from other departments! Obviously, Boss Pei had already planned these things in great detail from the beginning. He has thought hard about which projects can and cannot be done. Why is he always the busiest once we complete our projects? Thats because he would have to start planning the projects for the next stage. Think about it, everyone. He has to set a good direction for the projects and the effect of the various departments cooperating. There are a plethora of things to tackle and complications to account for, and the work cannot be done in just one or two days. Whats more, Boss Pei is always giving us a perfect plan to execute within the first one or two weeks. He can even give us a slight push when assigning the work to us. One can only imagine how difficult it would be to achieve this! Boss Pei is so young, and yet he can plan so meticulously and achieve so much. His outstanding capabilities can be attributed to his raw talent, but we must also give him credit for his hard work. In every second of every day, Boss Pei is thinking about what we would never have thought of, in areas that we cannot even see. I think we can all learn something from Boss Pei. We shouldnt just be celebrating after our projects succeed. Instead, we should think about our plans for the future. That would help us to significantly upgrade our skills! Everyone nodded, deeply agreeing. Thats right! That must be it! Its no wonder that Boss Pei always looks to be in deep thought in good times! Lin Wan spoke again, Of course, I think we all dont have to worry about Boss Peis health as well. As the founder of the Tengda spirit, Boss Pei knows how to balance work, rest, and health better than any of us. He instructs us time and time again to rest more and have more fun. He understands the importance of taking care of his body and his health better than any of us. Rest assured, everyone. Given Boss Peis current situation, he can probably continue to lead us for forty more years! That just so happens to be our countrys retirement age! Everyone looked very blissful. Alright! Someone in the crowd shouted, and everyone began clapping Thats right. Boss Pei was only twenty this year. Many well-known businessmen continued to do business actively, even at seventy or eighty years old. Even if Boss Pei felt satisfied with his impressive achievements in the future that he wanted to retire, he would still have to wait until he was sixty, right? There were still forty more years to go! The company had already achieved so many great things under Boss Peis leadership over the past two years. What could become of Tengda in forty more years? What could become of everyones careers? Just thinking about it made everyone tremble! Under a boss like Boss Pei, everyone would be willing to fight for the rest of their lives, much less for forty more years! As people trembled in awe, the atmosphere in the restaurant became even livelier. Boss Pei had been catching up on sleep after working so hard on GOG. All of a sudden, he jolted awake to see the blazing, afternoon sun. Then, he quickly calmed down. Why am I having nightmares in broad daylight? Thats terrifying. I dreamt that, even after working hard all my life, I failed to incur losses and become a tycoon. At sixty years old, I was still being backstabbed at work by countless employees! What a failure! If that really happens, Ill kill myself by crushing a tofu into my head! Thats alright dreams are always the opposite of reality. Its impossible Pei Qian yawned, turned around, and went back to sleep. Chapter 462 - It was Supposed to be a Good Day March 21st, Monday Pei Qian woke up at noon sharp, ate his lunch, and then headed to the office. He was about to enter the elevator when he realized that GOGs client-side game was supposed to be released today. Thus, he did not click 16. Instead, he decided to head to the 17th level to walk around and ask how GOGs client-side game was doing. Based on the time, the client-side game should have been released two or three hours ago. The initial figures should have been out. It would be enough to paint a rough picture for Pei Qian. GOGs client-side game would definitely not be as popular as the mobile game. After all, GOGs mobile version only became popular because the development of mobile games was lagging behind. Most other mobile games could not compete with GOG, thus posing little threat. Things would be different for the client-side game. MMORPGs and FPS games were of a higher tier, and players of those games were extremely loyal. The old Gods Rising and the up and coming IOI were on the same tier as GOG, and many other games that were commonly considered to be of a lower tier had many merits as well. GOGs client-side game is a newcomer in the market. Its starting situation cannot be that good in the face of such stiff competition. With that, Pei Qian arrived on the 17th floor. The moment he entered the office, Hu Xianbin caught him. Boss Pei, youre here! Hu Xianbin looked very excited. At once, Pei Qian had a bad feeling in his gut. Whats the matter? You guessed that I would visit? Hu Xianbin smiled. I just guessed. After all, GOGs client-side game is doing very well. You must have expected this. I thought there would be a high chance that you would come and take a look. Pei Qian, ? Doing very well?! I dont think we have the same definition of well! Forget the fact that the mobile game did well. Now, the same thing is happening for the client-side game? Take a look, Boss Pei! Hu Xianbin gestured towards the monitor. Pei Qian looked at the computer that Hu Xianbin was pointing at. It displayed various initial statistics for GOGs client-side game. It was changing in real time. Holy sh*t! Its doing so well?! Pei Qian nearly shouted this out loud. He had seen similar figures once GOGs mobile game was released, but that had been a mobile game after all. It had no other competitor, and it was only natural that its figures had been good. However, why were the client-side games figures now better than the mobile games figures back then? That was impossible! Pei Qian subconsciously turned to Hu Xianbin. Hu Xianbin smiled, obviously pleased with himself. Boss Pei, I knew you would test me. Ive given it serious thought, and Ive summarized the reasons for this! Firstly, competition among client-side games has been very stiff, but the overall market size is still bigger than that for mobile games. There are many more heavy gamers as well! Secondly, Tengda Games has been plowing deep into the client-side game market for two years. With standalone games like Ocean Stronghold as its predecessors, GOGS client-side game became very well-received from the moment it was released! Lastly and most importantly, GOGs mobile game, its competition, and its rewards have caused enthusiasm for the client-side game to build up even before it was released. Since the client-side game and mobile games are integrated, many mobile game users downloaded the client-side game as soon as they could to experience it. Many people had even started waiting in advance at internet cafes, to fight for the competition prizes. The moment the server was opened, they entered and worked hard to rise through the ranks. Every second mattered! Thats why GOGs client-side game has achieved such impressive results at the start! According to the figures from Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Gods Rising, IOIs international server, and GOGs test server had been vying for first place. However, ever since GOGs client was released, the balance was broken. GOGs client quickly defeated the other two games and caught all the gamers attention! Although its still too soon to celebrate our victory, it evidently paid off to release GOGs mobile game before the client! Boss Pei, this is all thanks to your wise guidance! Pei Qian looked confused. I never told you to create a mobile version of GOG. Hu Xianbin nodded. Thats right, youre not wrong. Big Sister Li was the one who requested us to create a mobile version of the game and link both of the accounts. However, Big Sister Li said that she had learned to displace the competition from you. The series of classic moves that you undertook for publicity gave Big Sister Li inspiration and changed her line of thinking. That was why she was able to think of such a method to advertise GOGs client-side game! Pei Qian, Was this what it felt like to be stabbed in the back from afar? Li Yada was still on holiday, but she had remembered to leave a thorn behind before leaving. Pei Qians head began to hurt, and he suddenly had an ominous feeling. From the looks of the current situation, things would turn dire if IOI still put off releasing a local server No way. IOI had to have a local server by the next cycle. Otherwise, the plot would develop completely differently from what Pei Qian had imagined. The situation would spiral out of control! Pei Qian turned to leave. By now, Hu Xianbin had become used to Boss Peis swift and decisive reactions. Take care, Boss Pei! Youre welcome here anytime! Well always be ready for your inspection! Once Boss Pei left, Hu Xianbin looked at the figures on the screen and fell into deep thought. I have to admit that Boss Peis decision to develop mobile games in the face of difficulty was extremely effective. Many people could tell that, with the rise of smartphones, mobile games were going to be in trend. However, their lack of understanding of the game industry prevented them from taking the right action. Although they knew that mobile games were going to be in trend, they mistakenly focused on creating light and relaxing games. Boss Pei was different. He had a deep understanding of both cell phones and the game industry. That allowed him to bring heavy games like Bloody Battle Song and GOG to cell phones. Er he was not the one who made the decision, but Director Lin and Big Sister Li had obviously been influenced by his train of thought. Shouldnt we stick to developing mobile games in the face of difficulty, then? As far as we can, we should create a mobile version of any game that we develop in the future, right? Yes that seems like a good idea. Ocean Strongholds PvP mode can be converted into a mobile game as well. Hmm, Ill note that down. Its a bold conjecture, but Ill be careful to seek confirmation March 22nd, Tuesday At Fei Huang Workspace Boss Pei, I still think its a loss if we dont screen Tomorrow is Beautiful for one more month. Given the quality of our film and the ticket sales, it seems basic to screen it in the theaters for one more month. Although we wont generate much more revenue, we would still be able to earn another ten or twenty million yuan, no matter how low the row piece rate gets. After nagging at Boss Pei, Zhu Xiaoce sipped his tea. Pei Qian was not considering Zhu Xiaoces suggestion at all. Instead, he sipped at his tea and smiled subtly. This was a good day for Pei Qian. Tomorrow is Beautiful was going to stop screening in theaters! Pei Qian had been living a nightmare for the past month. He had thought February 22nd would be an auspicious date, and that the film would fail from the day of its premiere. However, after a month, the film had generated a total of 248.62 million yuan in revenue. Flying Star Journey had offered some help at the last stage. While Tomorrow is Beautiful had approached the end of its prime, Flying Star Journey gave it a sudden additional burst of life. Just prior to its demise, the film stubbornly made another twenty million yuan more than Gou Yan had predicted. Based on his calculations, Pei Qian guessed that the production team would get about 83 million yuan. The total investment they had made into the film was thirty million yuan. Thus, Pei Qian had resolutely objected when Zhu Xiaoce and Huang Sibo suggested continuing to screen the movie for one more month. In fact, he had been agitated that they had dared to suggest that Pei Qian should continue earning a months worth of revenue from ticket sales. All in all, today was the final day of Tomorrow is Beautifuls screening. Director Zhu Xiaoce was obviously feeling sorry about it. Although screening the movie for an additional month would not generate that much revenue C ten million yuan at most, out of which they would only take about five or six million, it would be free money after all. Pei Qian sipped his tea quietly, scoffing inwardly at how little Zhu Xiaoce knew. Screening the movie for one more month meant delaying their collection of profits for another month. The next cycle would probably last another five months or so. At the rate things were going, the earliest that they would be allowed to collect their profits from the box office would be a month after the movie stopped screening. If they collected the cash in March, Pei Qian would be able to invest the money into another project immediately. If they collected it in April, and then invested it into another project, the timeline for that project would be extremely tight. It would likely not be completed on time. Thus, Pei Qian could not delay it any longer! Since both of them had different views, they could not hold a conversation. At that moment, Huang Sibo hung up a call, walked over, and sat down in the empty seat. Director Zhu, Boss Peis decision is apparently correct. Indeed, we shouldnt screen the movie for a month longer. Zhu Xiaoce was stunned. Huh? Huang Sibo grinned. Aili Islands staff just contacted me. They want to be our exclusive partners for Tomorrow is Beautiful! Zhu Xiaoce, ? Pei Qian, ? Both of them had strange expressions: one was surprised, and the other was shocked. After recovering from the initial surprise, Zhu Xiaoce smacked his thigh and shouted, Thats right! I understand now! Extending screening of the movie by a month could cause the audiences demand for the movie to fall. Then, Aili Island would offer a lower price to us when negotiating a partnership Now, Tomorrow is Beautiful is being taken out of theaters while its still popular. Negotiating a partnership with Aili Island C and an exclusive one, at that-could earn us very advantageous terms! Huang Sibo smiled. Thats not all. A highly-anticipated online series would be premiering in April. Then, many of the resources would be distributed. Were now at the end of March. Coincidentally, there arent many popular online series on the website. If Tomorrow is Beautiful enters an exclusive partnership with Aili Island now, the film could still get very good recommendations by the website in April! A realization dawned on Zhu Xiaoce. I see impressive. Taking the movie out of theaters at the right time could maintain the films popularity and get us more advantageous terms with video websites. However, can video websites really offer us more than five million yuan? Huang Sibo glanced at the document on his cell phone. At the moment, Aili Island offers two types of exclusive partnership models. First, they could buy the movie out. Until now, Aili Island has offered ten to fifty million yuan for films that have generated over a hundred million yuan in revenue at the box office and that starred famous actors. Our film has generated over two hundred million yuan in the box office, and its still very popular. Aili Island is offering us 18 million yuan. Second, they could split the revenue with us - Zhu Xiaoce smacked his thigh again. The buyout, of course! Pei Qian, Split revenue! Both of them spoke at the same time, causing the atmosphere to turn awkward. Zhu Xiaoces thinking was simple. Even if they sold broadcasting rights to the video website, no matter how many views it got, how long would it take them to earn 18 million yuan after splitting the revenue? Of course, selling the movie and earning 18 million yuan at one go was more profitable. Then, they would not need to worry about the movies revenue in the future. On the other hand, nobody could guess Pei Qians considerations. Are you trying to kill me by collecting 18 million yuan at one go? It took me so much time so spend all the additional money in our bank accounts for now. Settlement is right around the corner. If we earn another 18 million yuan now, where am I supposed to put it?! Do you expect me to bathe in Lafitte every single day? I oh, that would help me spend all the money, but the System would never allow Thus, Boss Pei resolutely rejected the proposal! Huang Sibo cleared his throat. Heh, how about you let me finish? If we split the revenue, we would get paid 2.5 yuan for every effective view by members. Each member would have to view our film for more than six minutes before it would count as an effective view, and we would be paid every month for six months. After six months, the film would become free for all to view, but Aili Island would continue to pay us according to the incentive plan and based on the films views and popularity. If we prioritize stability, we should go with the buyout. If were extremely confident in the movie, then we can go for the split revenue option. Pei Qian was determined. Split the revenue! He did not care how many views the film would be able to get on Aili Island. He only cared about one thing: no matter how much Aili Island was going to pay him, he did not want the money now! He could deal with anythingno matter how huge it was-during the next cycle! Seeing how resolute Boss Pei was, Huang Sibo and Zhu Xiaoce exchanged a knowing look and then nodded. Alright, well go with the split revenue option. Were very confident in Tomorrow is Beautiful as well. Well probably earn more money if we go with this! Pei Qian sighed inwardly, feeling melancholic. Today was supposed to be a good day, because it was the last day of the films screening. Yet, what was happening now? Chapter 463 - Boss Pei was Testing You! March 23rd, Wednesday Thriller Hostels construction was in full swing. Chen Kangtuo and Hao Qiong were there at the site. Apart from supervising the construction each day, they also gathered material from horror novels, videos, and films and brainstormed about how to make the various projects in Thriller Hostel better. They had various subordinates in charge of various work in the haunted house, but there werent many of them to begin with. When the haunted house was almost done, they planned to recruit a large group of employees to sell tickets, act, and maintain cleanliness. However, all three projects of the haunted house would probably only be completed in at least three more months. Just like before, Chen Kangtuo stared at the design diagram on his computer screen and seriously considered various details. All of a sudden, his cell phone vibrated. It was a message. Chen Kangtuo jumped and then gestured for Hao Qiong to come over. Quick, be prepared! Boss Pei is coming! Hao Qiong had been engrossed in something on his cell phone. It was the latest horror novel on Zhongdian Chinese Network, which had achieved pretty good results. However, upon hearing Chen Kangtuos words, he quickly asked, When? Chen Kangtuo was already on his feet, organizing various documents. Hell be here in ten minutes! Both of them quickly cleaned up all the trash lying around. CON They were in a temporary office set up in the corner of the factory, which had been done up strictly according to the Tengda spirit. There were large office desks, a sofa, and a refrigerator. All in all, the office environment was very cozy. However, it was also usually messy at the same time. There were random items like empty soda bottles, horror novels, and horror concept art scattered across the sofa and office desk. Chen Kangtuo feared that it would leave a bad impression in Boss Peis mind if he saw the scene. Thus, both of them quickly packed up the entire office and restored it to its original clean state. Not long after they were done, Boss Pei arrived. With a folder in hand, Chen Kangtuo welcomed him. Hello, Boss Pei! Please, come in! The folder contained information on Thriller Hostels various projects including floor plans, design details for each project, renderings, sources of inspiration, project costs, contracts signed with various partners, and the like. Chen Kangtuo was sure that Boss Pei had come to ask about Thriller Hostels progress and several other details. Thus, he prepared as much as he could in the limited time. Although he knew many things by heart, he could not go wrong with having the documents ready for Boss Peis inspection at any time. Chen Kangtuo invited Boss Pei to sit on the sofa and then prepared himself to report Thriller Hostels progress. Boss Pei, let me update you on the construction of Thriller Hostel first, said Chen Kangtuo once Hao Qiong had served Boss Pei a cup of tea. Boss Pei took the cup of tea and sipped it. After hearing Chen Kangtuos words, he shook his head and said, Theres no need for that. I have something important for you. Chen Kangtuo could not help but feel nervous when he saw Boss Peis somber expression. What important thing did Boss Pei want to tell them about? Judging by Boss Peis somber expression, the task was probably extremely complicated and difficult! Chen Kangtuo and Hao Qiong dared not ask any questions. Instead, they listened intently. Pei Qian sipped his tea again and asked, Based on how things have been going, how long more would the haunted house take? Chen Kangtuo answered, At best, it would be three months. If everything goes according to our original plan, it would take four months. Pei Qian nodded. Four months was acceptable. Ill give you another forty million yuan. I want to spend it all on Thriller Hostel. If you foresee any difficulties, let me know now. Chen Kangtuo waited for a moment and then realized that Boss Pei was done speaking. It was then that he asked, Er Boss Pei, is there anything else? Pei Qian answered, Theres nothing else. Chen Kangtuo: the important thing you were talking about was spending money? Pei Qian nodded. Thats right. Confusion was written all over Chen Kangtuos face. However, a few seconds later, a realization dawned on him. Oh! I understand now! Boss Pei, is this forty million yuan meant for building the surrounding facilities? Ive thought about it! Chen Kangtuo had thought that the previous budget had been sufficient to construct all of Thriller Hostel, but there would not be a single surrounding facility! There would be no shops, no hotels, and no restaurants. People would not be able to eat, shop, or find a place to stay. Transport was even worse. Trains aside, even public buses didnt come here. How could the haunted house attract tourists?! Were tourists expected to drive over and stand around while waiting for their turn to enter the haunted house? That would be inappropriate. Now that Boss Pei was adding another forty million yuan to the project, they could finally start working on the surrounding facilities! Pei Qian shook his head, speechless. Youre wrong. The forty million yuan was set aside purely for Thriller Hostel. Spend it all on the projects, and dont spend a single cent on the surrounding facilities. Whats more, you shouldnt delay the completion of the project. Im going to emphasize this again: this is very important, and you have to do a good job, understand? Chen Kangtuo was confused. Sh*t, Ive guessed wrongly Boss Pei was indeed Boss Pei. Nobody could guess his train of thought. They were supposed to spend all forty million yuan on Thriller Hostel and not delay the completion of the project. That meant they could not add any more new segments. They could only improve the details of the existing projects. Still this seemed very excessive! The price-quality ratio of building surrounding facilities would be much better! Could Boss Pei have deeper intentions? Chen Kangtuo instinctively found this a waste of the money, but he dared not ask too many questions. Instead, he decided to obediently follow Boss Peis instructions. Alright, Boss Pei! ill do that! Pei Qian nodded, satisfied. Then, he stood up and said, Go ahead and go back to work. A group of people will come and survey the area soon. Ill be bringing them around. Dont bother about us at all. Even if you see anything strange, dont ask any questions, understand? Chen Kangtuo and Hao Qiong nodded. Yes! Pei Qian happily left the office, boarded his car, and waited. Boss Li had said that he would lead a group of investors to invest in this project. He was going to survey the area today, and Pei Qian was supposed to host them. Pei Qian could have left the hosting to Chen Kangtuo, but he could not relax. What if Chen Kangtuo wasnt careful and inadvertently revealed something? Boss Li and the others might find out that Pei Qian had invested a huge sum of money into this project. Then, their desire to have a slice of the pie would just intensify. After that, Pei Qian would have difficulty shaking them off. Pei Qian had made up his mind. Once Boss Li and the others arrived, he would bring them around the deserted and old industrial zones so they could see just how desolate this area was! It would be best if they changed their minds on the spot. Otherwise, Pei Qian would have to come up with something else. Less than half an hour later, several high-end commercial cars stopped at the entrance of the old industrial zone. Pei Qian immediately went to warmly welcome Boss Li and the other investors. Boss Pei! Im sorry to make you wait. We werent familiar with the surroundings, and so it took us a bit longer to get here. Im really sorry about that. Li Shi alighted from his car and expressed his sincere apologies to Pei Qian first. The other investors alighted one by one and greeted Boss Pei as well. Some drove here on their own while others were chauffeured here. However, all the chauffeurs remained in their cars and did not follow the group. Obviously, Boss Li had not been giving excuses. He had been stating facts. Of course, everyone would be unfamiliar with the surroundings here! Two investors frowned the moment they alighted from their cars. This was more deserted than they had expected. Everyone had heard about Jingzhous old industrial zones, but none of them had actually visited this place. Since there had not been any business to be done here, there had simply been no point. Now that they were here, they were extremely disappointed. The situation was much worse than they had imagined! Li Shi had indeed said that Boss Pei was building a haunted house in a deserted and desolate industrial zone. At the time, they had thought that Boss Li was exaggerating. Now, they knew that he was not! Saying that this place was deserted and desolate was an understatement! All in all, everyone was crestfallen. Whats more, it showed on their faces. Pei Qian noticed this and celebrated inwardly. Thats great! Thats the expression I was hoping for! I already told you that this is a deserted place, and it wont succeed, but none of you believed me! Do you believe me now? Of course, only two people looked obviously displeased. Pei Qian knew he had to work harder. He would lead the group of investors around the old industrial zone, so that they could properly survey the environment and situation. Then, they would know that only the entrance could be described as quite desolate and deserted. The further they got, the worse the situation would become! Ive told you the truth, but you refused to back off. Now, Ill show you the truth, and see if you would finally learn your lesson. Come with me, everyone. Ill briefly show you the state of the old industrial zone and how Thriller Hostel looks like now. With that, Pei Qian led the group of investors further into the industrial zone. Thirty minutes later, everyone walked out from the deepest corners of the industrial zone and then stopped outside one of the factory buildings that was being renovated for Thriller Hostel. Two slightly older investors were already panting from all the walking. Li Shi, too, rubbed his legs as beads of sweat dripped down his face. Pei Qian was only twenty years old. This little bit of walking was nothing to him. However, this group of investors had obviously lived a pampered life. Half an hour of walking around had caused them to feel weak. Even then, Pei Qian was surprised that all of them could keep up and that none of them had given up and left in anger. Still, everyone did not look very happy. After walking around the industrial zone, they realized that they had been imagining things when they had thought the industrial zone was deserted and desolate earlier. Having seen the inner parts of the industrial zone, they finally understood how deserted and desolate the place really was! The entrance was deserted, but at least the floor was clean. As they walked further in, they discovered piles of rubbish, vandalism on the walls, and patches of tall weeds. All of those things pointed to one single fact. The deserted entrance was the most presentable part of the entire industrial zone. Pei Qian smiled, feeling like he had accomplished half of his goal. He only needed to show everyone how bad the industrial zone really looked so they could imagine what would become of their money if they invested in this project. Pei Qian was sure that some of them would change their minds on the spot! He cleared his throat. Everyone, let me emphasize this again. This investment will cause you loss. He tried to look as sincere and genuine as possible. He could tell that two or three investors would back out soon. They had been interested in investing because they had seen how successful Boss Peis previous projects were. However, after seeing the industrial zones true state, they suddenly realized that Boss Peis previous achievements were meaningless, no matter how impressive they were. Making this place popular would be as difficult as turning stone into gold! Still, everyone was too embarrassed to say that they were not interested in investing in the project anymore. Instead, they looked at one another, waiting for someone to speak up. Pei Qian was not in a hurry; he waited patiently. He was sure that someone would speak up after weighing the amount of money they had. However, Li Shi seemed to have caught on. He decisively took a step forward, and then scanned the group. Whats the matter? We talked about this before. Is someone really going to back out?!. His voice sounded firm and determined. Pei Qian, ? He looked at Li Shi, evidently confused. Li Shi gave Pei Qian a firm nod and then d back to the other investors. Thats silly! Boss Pei was testing how determined you are! Before this, all of you were saying that you wouldnt invest in any other project but Boss Peis. Now, after walking a little and seeing superficial things, youve changed your mind? Youre so easily swayed! Just think about the investors who didnt trust Boss Pei when we invested in Top Student, Come Quick back then. What has happened to them?! Do you want to part ways with a promising project, just like them? On hearing Li Shis words, those who had looked like they wanted to back out earlier became determined once again. They exchanged meaningful looks and fell into deep thought. Then, Li Shi turned to Pei Qian and grinned. It was almost as if he was saying, Dont worry, nobody will back out with me around! Pei Qian, He was exhausted. Chapter 464 - Kind Warnings Wasted on Those who Deserved to Die Chapter 464 Kind Warnings Wasted on Those who Deserved to Die Pei Qian felt like he had run into a pack of wild dogs on the streets. He had narrowly escaped their lethal fangs by scaring them into retreating, and then some prankster decided to throw a bone at him. Obviously, Boss Li was the prankster. As the saying went, one had to see it to believe it. Many investors had thought about backing out when they saw how desolate and deserted the place was. Yet, Boss Lis words turned them around! A few investors exchanged looks as if infected by Boss Lis determined tone. For some reason, they thought that he was making sense. Before this, everyone had agreed to invest money into this project. That was one way of putting it. Its just that, to businessmen only concerned about profit, oral promises were not promises until they were written on paper. However, what really bought them over had been Boss Lis last few sentences. Boss Pei was testing how determined they were! Just think about Top Student, Come Quick! Everyone recalled that the same thing had happened with Top Student, Come Quick back then. Boss Pei kept persuading them to back off, causing many investors to be shaken. Yet, what happened in the end? They almost dropped dead from the poison! All the investors present had remained in the Top Student, Come Quick project. In fact, some of them had even invested more funds into it. In the end, they all reaped huge profits. At a time like that, investors were having a hard time! Ordinary investments did not lead to such high payouts, and risky investments could cause them to lose everything by fraud. Yet, investing in Boss Peis project had given all of them a taste of the good life! Thus, everyone became doubtful because of Boss Peis attempt at dissuading them and the subtle smile on his face. Boss Pei seemed to be playing hard to get! Obviously, he wanted to filter out the best of this group of investors as well. Only those who absolutely trusted him and insisted on investing in him would share his profits! The easily swayed investors giving up halfway would forever be excluded. Just look at the investors who had not chosen to invest in Top Student, Come Quick; none of them were here, right? It was not that they had not wanted to come. In fact, they could hardly wait to invest everything they had into Boss Peis projects now. However, that didnt mean anything. They couldnt do so anymore! Everyone had only been roped into Boss Peis projects thanks to their connection with Boss Li. If they backed out now and bailed on Boss Li, would Boss Li continue to rope them in for profitable projects in the future? Many people were queuing to do business with Boss Pei. Would they miss one or two investors? Thus, after hearing Boss Lis words, many of them understood. Before this, all of them had earned a considerable sum from Boss Peis project. Even if they incurred losses this time, they would have hopes of making a comeback as long as they kept following Boss Pei. On the other hand, if they chose not to invest, they would never get to do business with Boss Pei again whether this project succeeded or not! Wasnt the choice clear? Soon, an investorwho had clearly shown his desire to back out earlier-somberly said, Boss Li, what are you talking about? Are we the type to leave you in the lurch? Another investor chimed in. Thats right! Boss Li, youre underestimating us. We already said we would invest in the project together. Whoever dares to eat their words would never get to do business with us again! The rest of the investors began to nod and mumble in approval. Yeah, who isnt happy with this project? Its obviously very promising! Even if all of you disperse, Ill invest in it for sure! Boss Pei, rest assured. We dont have any intention of dispersing! To prove my determination, Ill invest another one million yuan! Everyone began to act like they were on the same page. Even the investors, who thought little of this project, tried hard to control their expressions and emotions-just to act confident and nonchalant. Pei Qian, Whats going on?! I was so close to success. Yet, a single speech from Boss Li made a mess of everything! Pei Qian refused to give up. He turned to the weakest-looking investor. Brother, dont listen to them! Theyre trying to cheat you! The investor was visibly shocked. At once, he looked self-righteous and indignant. Dont worry, Boss Pei! I wont be affected by them! Im genuinely confident in your project! Pei Qian turned to another weak-looking investor. However, before he could say anything, the man soberly said, Boss Pei, my investment has nothing to do with them either. Im purely making a negligible contribution to the development of Jingzhous economy! To express their loyalty, the rest of the investors also said things like we just want to reciprocate the goodwill, it doesnt matter if we incur losses, and we trust Boss Pei. It seemed better when Pei Qian had kept quiet. Each time he asked a question, it looked more like he was testing them. Everyone patted their chests in confidence. The only thing lacking was their solemn oaths. Pei Qian was completely speechless by now. Finished! Anything he said now would be a waste of effort. It was almost as if everyone could understand what Boss Pei was saying, but nobody could understand his true intentions. Pei Qian could not help but heave a long sigh. My kind warnings are wasted on those who deserved to die! Since youre sure that you want to incur losses with me, I have no other choice. Pei Qian reluctantly nodded. Alright. Youve already seen the deserted industrial zone anyway. If you want to make ducks and drakes of your money with me, I wont stop you. Do whatever you want to do. If youre busy, you can go ahead. Im leaving. Pei Qian turned around and started to walk back towards his car. Ai, Boss Pei, hold on! The group of investors, led by Boss Li, quickly stopped Boss Pei. In front of everyone, Li Shi cleared his throat. Hehe, Boss Pei, everyone knows that youre very busy. However Youve been in charge of the planning for Thriller Hostel. Dont you think you should tell us what you have planned for this haunted house? We dont understand this project very well. There are so many of us, and each of us has a different idea. What if one ends up building one type of hostel while another ends up building another type of restaurant? Everything will look like a mess in the end. Everyone nodded. Yes, Boss Li is right! Thats what we think, too. Boss Pei, please take a few minutes of your time to tell us about the project! Everyone obviously knew that, even though Boss Pei was here, they could not mindlessly invest money into the project. Furthermore, this was a large-scale entertainment project, and everyone was investing a huge sum of money. Of course, they needed to plan things carefully! On top of that, none of the investors could afford to make this desolate place lively. All of them were counting on Boss Pei. Boss Pei had to give them a clear plan, so that they could relax and invest! Of course, they could not directly say this either. Even though it was true, they could not afford to look like they were just trying to cozy up to him because he was powerful. Thus, Boss Li found an excuse and hid this concern under the guise of working together. That way, not only would they be allowed to invest in Boss Peis promising project, but everyone would also look good in front of Boss Pei. Boss Li killed two birds with one stone. Pei Qian turned around and shook his head profusely. No, I cannot interfere with this project at all! Pei Qian had realized that every time he sat back to observe, everything would change. Normally, things went well when he did not come up with a plan. However, whenever he thought of something, he would strangely bring life into any project. Thus, Pei Qian had decided that, no matter how well this group praised him, he could not afford to offer any advice. He would let them struggle and fight and let the project turn out however it was meant to. He would not interfere with the project at all! The investors stared at him, confused. Hasnt Boss Pei already accepted our investment? If so, why is he still so reluctant? Cant he just give us a bit of information? as Li Shis expression did not change. He had now become used to Boss Peis confusing and perplexing behavior. Even though Boss Pei was not explaining himself, Li Shi was sure that there was a deeper reason behind what he was doing He cleared his throat and said, Boss Pei, everyone, why dont we find a compromise? We know youre busy, Boss Pei. The Thriller Hostel is just one of the many projects that you have on hand. Of course, you wont be able to pour too much time and effort into it. Everyone has already seen it-its half done. Obviously, Boss Pei has briefed your subordinates on the general direction of the project. How about this, Boss Pei? Why dont you ask the employees in charge of this project to introduce it to us? Thatll save us from having to go to the trouble of doing all the research on our own. Of course, if you really cannot spare the manpower to brief us on this, its alright as well. Well look for a professional to do a survey and give us their opinion so we can learn more about how we should spend our money. Its just as well that we know many friends who are professionals that have worked in amusement parks in Shanghai and Beijing Pei Qian waved his hand. Come with me. Those words from Li Shi had sounded too threatening to Pei Qian even though the former likely had no ill-intent. However, if given a choice, Pei Qian would much rather let Chen Kangtuo explain the situation briefly to the investors. Pei Qian was very sure that the investors would be able to find a professional to give them a good plan for an amusement park, given their connections. Thus, he could only choose the lesser of the two evils. As he walked, Pei Qian retrieved his cell phone and sent a message to Chen Kangtuo secretly. Just explain the current situation for the project. Do not say anything more. Soon, a line of people walked into Chen Kangtuos temporary office. Someone took charge of hosting them and serving tea while everyone took their own seats. Pei Qian looked at Chen Kangtuo who immediately signaled that he had gotten the message by subtly nodding his head. Pei Qian visibly relaxed. He cleared his throat and said to the investors, This is the man in charge of Thriller Hostel. His name is Chen Kangtuo, and he used to work in Tengda Games. Pei Qian hinted to the investors that the man in charge used to work in Tengda Games because he wanted them to know that he was not a professional in haunted houses. If they wanted to change their minds about the investment, it was not too late! However, after hearing Pei Qians introduction, the investors immediately sat upright and appeared more respectful. A talent from the games department! What an honor to meet you! I knew that Tengda Games was the essence of Tengda Corporation. It has high standards for its employees, and you can be sure that all of them are giants among men. Today, I can finally say that Ive seen it for myself! With Brother Chen taking charge of the project on behalf of Boss Pei, everything is in order! I can fully relax now! Pei Qian, Im done for. It backfired. Chapter 465 - Things will Change once Boss Pei Thinks about It Chapter 465 Things will Change once Boss Pei Thinks about It Pei Qian was speechless. He directly beckoned Chen Kangtuo. Come, give everyone a brief introduction to the project. Pei Qian deliberately emphasized on the word simple when speaking. Chen Kangtuo understood it immediately. He had sorted out the information about Thriller Hostel previously and was prepared to report to Boss Pei, but Boss Pei did not listen to him. It was the same with this report. Since Boss Pei wanted a simple report, it must be simple enough. Strictly fulfilling any requirements of Boss Pei was one of the well-known Tengda spirits after all. Chen Kangtuo started his introduction to the Thriller Hostel. He was done after five minutes. Chen Kangtuo condensed the whole introduction to something simple enough; many data and details were not mentioned at all. Some internal details of the three major projects were even covered in one sentence. He only gave a framework. Chen Kangtuo looked towards Boss Pei after he was done. Pei Qian secretly gave him a thumbs-up, expressing his satisfaction. The investors were at a loss. Thats it? The introduction was done while they drank their tea? They heard nothing at all! Everyone looked at Li Shi again who seemed to be in deep thought. Li Shi nodded his head after a while. Yes, its indeed a good project! Everyone, who was momentarily stunned, reacted instantly. So that was it, Boss Peis test was everywhere! They were nearly tricked again! Thinking about it carefully, Chen Kangtuo might be brief. However, there were a few details in what he said. For example, this place was personally chosen by Boss Pei, Boss Pei increased the funding twice, and there was some connection with the previous horror game by Tengda Games es. The information that Boss Pei decided on the project was reliable in itself; what more proof did they need? Everyone immediately praised the project. Good project, reliable indeed! A few words expressed the core advantages of this project. Boss Chen is indeed capable! He is indeed a good choice by Boss Pei! Pei Qian, They seemed to have entered a vicious cycle. Alright, the introduction is over. Everyone can go now. Pei Qian was ready to see the guests off. The investors were shocked immediately. Please dont! We have not heard anything! Li Shi quickly stood up. Boss Pei! Dont be hasty. Erm, we have understood the situation for the project, but we need to discuss some implementation details with Brother Chen. Boss Pei, were here. Wont it be too appropriate for us to leave just like that? He spoke earnestly. Pei Qian thought for a while and felt that this humble request did not seem to be excessive. Alright, you continue your discussions then. Pei Qian gave Chen Kangtuo a nod. Chen Kangtuo understood immediately and nodded back. Boss Pei had sent him a message previously to only introduce the current situation without saying a word more on the current situation. Chen Kangtuo decided to strictly follow Boss Peis instructions. He would only tell the facts and not make any suggestions. Boss Li looked at everyone and said with a low voice, No one is allowed to leave until the plan is finalized! The investors nodded, staring at death in the face. It would become easy to wrestle with each other once there were multiple parties to a project. The most important thing in such a situation would be to not delay. It was difficult to get them all together so they had to quickly finalize the things that needed to be finalized. Any delay would result in achieving nothing. Therefore, they had to obtain information from Boss Pei by hook or by crook! Even if they had to suffer! They might say that they did not care about making a loss, but in actual fact, who would not care about making losses? They pretended to do that so that they could fool Boss Pei. These investors were smarter than the other; they would not throw money into a project they knew nothing about. Even if it was Boss Peis project. They might not care so much about the formality and the details, but they still had to do their due diligence. Chen Kangtuo spread out the floor plan of the project on the table. Everyone was silent for a while. Li Shi stood up and said. How about I start the ball rolling? First, I plan to set up a restaurant to solve the food problem for tourists. As for the location well Brother Chen, do you think this place here is appropriate? He pointed at a spot on the map and looked towards Chen Kangtuo. Chen Kangtuo gave a polite smile. That has to be decided by your good self. I apologize I cannot give you any suggestions. Pei Qian gave another thumbs-up silently. Very good, reliable guy! I did not dote on you for nothing! It would not be long before this group of people would be defeated if you carry on this way! The investors were confused. Was it alright to refuse to answer so confidently? You had to ask Boss Peis opinion before you refused to provide advice. Chen Kangtuo refused to provide any advice without so much as looking at Boss Pei. Obviously, Boss Pei instructed Chen Kangtuo in advance not to provide any suggestions! Erm was this part of the test? Wasnt that a little too much? The brains of smart investors were spinning fast. They have guessed part of the truth. The scene fell into a deadlock. Another investor cleared his throat. Im planning to open a hotel here; what about this location? He pointed at a certain point on the map and looked at Chen Kangtuo. Chen Kangtuo did not speak this time. He just smiled and pretended that all these had nothing to do with him. Pei Qian praised him internally again. Alright, great man! The situation fell into awkwardness again. Li Shi could not stand it anymore, he continued. It seems to be inappropriate. This location is a little too important. The hotel does not need to be so close. Another investor chimed in. The northwest corner then. No, no, no, the southeast corner is better. These investors started discussing amongst themselves. Pei Qian listened silently, completely relieved. Obviously, every one of them had their own intentions. They all wanted to maximize their own interests and occupy the best position, er, or would it be better to say-find the best place in this desolate place. They could continue discussing for weeks, and there would be no results. Boss Li looked towards Pei Qian again when there was no conclusion. Boss Pei, what do you think? Pei Qian, It seemed to be inappropriate to say anything at this point in time. What if he ended the argument by saying just choose this location and the location proved to be the best in the future? It was something very probable from his experience. If he were to say dont choose this location, they would definitely ask about another location. Wouldnt this become endless? It did not seem to be appropriate not to reply either. They would then keep asking and add some strange explanation based on his expression. They might be able to come up with a constructive plan this way. Pei Qians own employees were very good at that, causing him to suffer losses in the dark. He could neither answer nor not answer. He shall just slip away then! Abandon them in their discussions. Everything would be alright as long as Chen Kangtuo kept his mouth shut in accordance with his requirement! Pei Qian quickly took out his cell phone. Aiya, I suddenly remember that I have another meeting. Sorry, everyone, Ive to go first! No need to send me out, you continue on! Kangtuo, Hao Qiong, treat Boss Li and the other investors well and dont forget what I said! ST Pei Qian emphasized to Chen Kangtuo and quickly left. Li Shi opened his mouth wanting to get Boss Pei to stay, but he did not open his mouth in the end. Uh He saw the chauffeur with the accelerator, driving away at the speed of light, as though there was something of urgency. Everyone looked at each other, a little depressed. They were done for! Boss Pei left without any advice, what the hell could they do?! Li Shi and the rest were clear that everyone might be professional investors and had knowledge of many industries, but it was still necessary for professionals to determine the plan! They could only ensure every penny was spent in the right way when they assured the rational planning with a full understanding of the Thriller Hostel project, right? It would definitely be screwed up if everything just invested without any idea! Everyone was discouraged and stopped speaking. Piak! Everyone was startled. Li Shi slapped the table. Whats this? Are you going to give up with such a small set back? Boss Pei left, but did he not leave us this professional? Isnt it, Brother Chen? Everyone shuffled their glance towards Chen Kangtuo. Chen Kangtuo could only return a polite smile to them. An investor sighed. Its useless, Boss Li. Brother Chen is indeed professional, but Boss Pei obviously instructed him not to give us any advice! Whats the use of him being professional then? Everyone started to speak their minds since Boss Pei left. Li Shi pondered for a moment thoughtfully. He then looked towards Chen Kangtuo. Brother Chen, to be honest, we are here to help Boss Pei with the construction. Were responsible for the supporting facilities around the Thriller Hostel. Therefore, our fates are entwined! Win together or lose together! What on earth does Boss Pei mean? Please just give us some hints? Chen Kangtuo smiled without saying a word. He had, in fact, noticed this point. Boss Pei pumped 40 million yuan into the haunted house without any hesitation and allocated not a single cent to the surrounding facilities. Why was that? Didnt Boss Pei not know the importance of surrounding facilities? He definitely knew! Chen Kangtuo finally understood Boss Peis profound meaning in doing this after seeing Boss Li and the rest of the investors. Employ limited resources where they were needed most. Spend all the money on the Thriller Hostel project itself, providing tourists with the most perfect and top-notch experience! The supporting facilities were, of course, left to the others. Monopoly was not a good habit. He would have many enemies even if the projects were completed. On the contrary, if these people were allowed to dip into the cookie jar, they would use all their connections and resources to fully support the development of the haunted house. Little things add up; many hands make light work for the project to be successful. Therefore, Boss Pei must be supportive of them building the surrounding facilities. However why was he not allowed to give suggestions? Chapter 466 - I’m Not Bad Either Chen Kangtuo thought it must be because Boss Pei did not want his thinking to influence the others. Every investor has his own unique skills. If Chen Kangtuo were to take care of everything C plan for them or choose the sites for them, then no one would use their brains and their unique skills would be wasted. Boss Peis move was definitely aimed to fully mobilize the subjective initiative of these investors so everyone could do their most. All these were explained based on the Tengda spirit. Chen Kangtuo felt that the truth should be not far off from his speculation. However he could not say it out since Boss Pei requested it this way. Chen Kangtuo was caught in the middle. Li Shi was a little discouraged seeing how Chen Kangtuos expression changed slightly but still stayed silent. It seemed to make sense, but he could not do anything. He did not know how Boss Pei treated his subordinates. They were all extremely loyal and strictly abided by their orders. He really had something to him. The situation seemed to have reached a deadlock. Should they all go home and come back another day? No! That definitely could not work! Li Shi had no other way. He clapped. Alright, everyone, be quiet! If that is the case and everyone is on the same boat, no one should have their own motives! Anyone who acts out of the group and makes everyone lose all their investment doesnt even need to dream of continuing in the Jingzhou investment circle in the future! Everyone, think! These investors finally accepted reality seeing how anxious Li Shi was. Most of them were harboring a sure-win attitude and just dipping their hands in the cookie jar. There were many careful thoughts during the discussions. They wanted to push everything to Boss Pei while obtaining the best benefits for themselves. However, no one was willing to take on this heavy burden now that Boss Pei was gone and Chen Kangtuo refused to speak. Everyone understood their situation with Li Shis outburst. They would really be making ducks and drakes of this money if they did not put in any effort! Li Shi took the lead. Ill start first. Im going to open a horror-themed restaurant. I plan to make it look like a prison. Each private room will be a cell. The waitress in charge of delivering the meals would be pretty ladies dressed as jailers. Diners would be brought into cells with fake handcuffs. There would be no ordering process. The food would be served according to the number of people and taboos. The food would look a little scary like dark dishes. Drinks can be packed in plasma bags like blood. In addition, prison break performances would be shown regularly as a sideshow during dinner. As for the location here. Li Shi pointed to a place on the map. Everyone and different expressions. Some nodded, some frowned, but no one spoke. Obviously, some people had doubts about this location, but they were unsure if they were right so they were too embarrassed to speak up. Li Shi looked around at everyone. This project will be finalized if no one has any opinions. No one spoke. Li Shi felt helpless. It seemed like he really could not count on them. Someone coughed when he was about to go on to the next project. Ahem, ahem, ahem. Everyone turned and saw Chen Kangtuo covering his mouth with a constipated face. Of course, it was not a real cough. He seemed to have something to say. Everyone was waiting for him to speak, but they looked at each other for quite some time. However, he continued keeping mum. Li Shi was confused as well, but he understood it after a short while. Oh! You mean this location isnt good? Chen Kangtuo showed a smile. An investor chimed in immediately. I think so, too! This place might have traffic but it is too close to the entrance. Which tourist will eat as soon as they come in? You should move it deeper into the tourist spot so that the tourists will be able to eat after they are tired! Li Shi nodded and changed the location. What about here? Chen Kangtuo gave a constipated look again. I think it is too deep and not conducive to the future expansion of the haunted house. Another investor added. Li Shi changed another place. There should be no problem if we open it here then. Chen Kangtuo smiled this time. Alright, the location of the restaurant is confirmed! Li Shi said with gusto this time. Everyone became more enthusiastic, having one successful case. They started putting forward their own projects. Most people thought of horror themes at first such as horror hotels, horror clothing stores, horror magic toy stores, horror shops, horror desserts and snacks, horror buses, etc. However, with the continuous brainstorming and discussions about horror themes, ghosts and monsters became tiring. Some people started counter-proposing. For example, open a very cozy maid cafe to comfort tourists injured souls. The haunted house experience voucher would allow you to be encouraged by the maid and give you healing drinks. Build a healing spring in the square. It might look like an ordinary foundation, but the water would be warm. Tell the tourists to wash their hands in it to calm down from the ghosts and heal their wounds. Plans were put forward and finalized after thorough discussions in no time Chen Kangtuo stood by the side, constantly expressing his opinions with his facial expressions. He had been on the Thriller Hostel project for months and had his own opinions on the location and selection of supporting facilities. He reminded them with his expression for more obviously problematic projects. These investors would be able to guess the problem and bring them up decisively after careful deliberation. The proposal was perfected after a few guesses like this. Investors were not influenced solely by Chen Kangtuos mindset in this process. They came up with the best plan after brainstorming. The entire discussion was a lot faster than they expected. The floor plan was full of words in just over three hours. Boss Li and the others had divided up the area around the Thriller Hostel and arranged for various supporting facilities according to their optimal locations. That included restaurants, hotels, snack shops, toy shops, and everything that should be there! Of course, that was just a small part of the industrial zones. The proposal was roughly finalized. An investor looked at the clear and detailed plan and could not help but sight. Its hard to imagine that this plan was made by us in less than three hours! Li Shi smiled silently. Hmph, would you be able to come up with these plans if Boss Pei did not use this clever method to force you? Werent you thinking of fooling around by proposing a random shop? Everyone felt a little ashamed. That really seemed to be the case! Everyone would not have worked their brains if Boss Pei had indulged them from the beginning. Of course, that did not mean that it was not good for Boss Pei to take over everything. However, there was always a limit to one persons thinking. Boss Pei was busy with his work. It was impossible to devote all his energy to these plans. He could not accurately grasp the resources each investor had at their disposal. All the investors took out their resources, racked their brains for ideas, and got Chen Kangtuo to counter-check for them through this current method. That was maximizing their resources indeed! All the investors could not help but let out a sigh of relief. This proposal seemed to be more reliable as the seconds went by. Fortunately, it withstood Boss Peis test! They would really regret it if they were to miss such a good project by giving up halfway through! Chen Kangtuo could not help but smile when he saw this scene. He had completed his mission! He had helped them finalize a reliable plan without interfering with the thinking of these investors-strictly complying with Boss Peis requirement. The quality of the supporting facilities could also be guaranteed in this way! Chen Kangtuo previously felt that Boss Pei should have spent the 40 million yuan on the supporting facilities to improve on its shortcomings. However, Boss Peis approach was to invest all 40 million yuan into the Thriller Hostel itself to ensure it would give the tourists the best possible experiences. At the same time, Boss Pei allowed the other investors to dip their hands into the supporting facilities and fully mobilized their enthusiasm. This way, both the Thriller Hostel project itself and the surrounding supporting facilities were now several times superior to the previous method! Chen Kangtuo couldnt help but feel moved. As expected of Boss Pei, he had found the perfect solution long ago! Of course, I am not bad either. If I did not possess a deep understanding of Boss Peis unconstrained way of thinking after working in Tengda Games for so long, I would have never thought of this. I naturally would not have been able to complete the task that Boss Pei hinted. Today, I successfully solved Boss Peis new puzzle. That means I am one step closer to understanding Boss Peis thinking. Happy! Chapter 467 - Tengda Cornerstone Award Chapter 467 Tengda Cornerstone Award March 25th, Friday Boss Pei had been very busy during the past two days. Pei Qian would always enter into a state of the rush to spend money on the last week of every settlement. There were still some unfinished tasks Boss Pei had to deal with even though most of the burden for this cycle was taken away by GOGS season bonus and celebration party for the people working on the Thriller Hostel. Pei Qian had been busy working on these. First was the most basic employee base salary, benefits, and other expenses. They were increased as much as possible according to the word-of-mouth status of each project on the TPDb website. Of course, only the statistical work had been completed so far. Salaries and bonuses had to go through the process and would only be issued at the end of the month. Then, many projects started relentless promotional activities. Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, ROF Computer-Installation, Top Student, Come Quick, Upwind Logistics, Zhongdian Chinese Network, etc. burnt money appropriately within the scope of the system. It seemed to be burning money to boost its popularity on the surface, but it was in fact purely to burn money. Pei Qian only discovered the benefits of having many projects now. For example, the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe went on the high-end route previously, trying to dissuade as many customers as possible to guarantee a loss. However, after a few magical maneuvers, even the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe in Lincheng City became full. The policy of dissuading customers was self-defeating. However, Pei Qian found out that sales promotion could be done at this time! The internet cafe was packed to the brim when the usual price was maintained. That meant that there was no room for an increase in traffic in the internet cafe even if he were to run promotions now! Therefore, burning money now was purely burning money! Moreover, the systems restrictions on incurring losses for promotion seemed to have relaxed quite a bit after the projects became profitable. It even encouraged drinking poison to quench thirst to a certain extent. Obviously, such behavior would have negative effects like increasing the popularity of the project. However, that was a big deal to Boss Pei who had tasted some sweetness from this poison. Boss Pei used it during the last settlement cycle as well. At that time, he was worried that the current cycle would be particularly difficult. It turned out that while it was indeed a little difficult, he still got here through his own ingenuity. He seemed to be able to cross it safely this month! Uh, that was not right. It seemed too early to come to such a conclusion. He should not set a flag. In short, he had settled the spending. The current funding status was good. He would receive a sum of money next week which would be spent directly in the form of a GOG season bonus. He would then wait for the settlement with a peace of mind. Pei Qian glanced at his watch. It was now 2.50 PM. It was about time. Quite a number of people had gathered outside of Boss Peis office on the 16th floor of Shenhua View. They were the department heads in Tengda. They received a notice to come for a meeting at 3PM in the afternoon. However, no one seemed to have an idea of the agenda of the meeting. Other than the person-in-charge for the preparation of this process However, their lips were sealed. Everyone in Tengda, be it the top or bottom tiers, had formed a tacit understanding of the Tengda spirit. That was to unconditionally fulfill Boss Peis requirements and without asking anything. Everyone would do their best to fulfill all his requirements including confidentiality. No one really knew Boss Peis profound meaning after all. They feared losing Boss Peis trust so the safest way was to be honest and obedient and do exactly as Boss Pei said. Of course, there was no telling what these people would read into it. They would listen to everything Boss Pei said except to not read too much into it. It was nearly 3PM. Boss Pei walked out of his office. Everyone was already seated in the conference room, waiting for the meeting to start. Pei Qian sat down at the head of the conference table, looking around, and said straightforwardly, Today, Im going to present a new reward to an outstanding department in Tengda. This reward will be given out from time to time in the future. I will decide when it should be given. I call for a meeting immediately to present the reward when I find something I should reward. Surprise appeared on the faces of the heads. Another reward? Wasnt there already a lot of rewards now? They had so many benefits that the other companies were jealous. Members of all departments could obtain extra bonuses based on the TPDb website scoring every month. There were frequent salary increments. There were also two important prizes every year in addition to the outstanding employee rewards. They were the selection of outstanding employees. They had no-overtime competitions every month, which would reward the winning department. Now, there were new rewards for outstanding departments? How exciting! The heads of several departments felt hopeful. They sat upright and waited. That included Huang Sibo, Lin Wan, Chang You, Hu Xianbin, He Desheng, etc. Pei Qian saw it and felt very angry. All of you should indeed win prizes from the perspective of making profits and stabbing me in the back. What a pity, there was none for you! Pei Qian took the trophy from Assistant Xin. The blinding golden rays immediately blinded everyones eyes. The entire trophy was shining gold! There was no need to doubt. It was made of pure gold! The trophy was shaped like a mountain. However, it had undergone some artistic treatment and was more abstract. There was a small line of words: Tengda Cornerstone Award. There were two lines of words written vertically in traditional Chinese. It seemed to be the handwriting of a certain calligrapher. A chip off a mountain of gold does not affect its height; an immeasurable sea remains deep despite a blight[1]. These two lines were written by a local calligrapher in Jingzhou specially chosen by Pei Qian after serious contemplation. He scanned the characters and had them engraved on the gold mountain trophy. Why make it so complicated? He was mainly afraid that the trophy might cause a counter-effect after it was awarded! Pei Qian had thought of it. This trophy would be awarded directly to the department with the most losses. However, it was easy to produce a counterproductive effect if it was not handled properly. They might think that Boss Pei was spurring them on to turn things profitable. Wouldnt that be self-defeating? Therefore, he must not cause a misunderstanding! This award was not to spur them but a complete and unreserved compliment! It was to reward them for making losses! Of course, he could not say it so straightforwardly. Pei Qian, therefore, carved these words onto the gold mountain, hinting that the only criterion for this award was to lose more money. Gold mountain and sea of money symbolized wealth. Together, both sentences meant that they could not earn all the money in the world. There was no end to it; when would they be done? There would be no effect on Tengda Corporation even if you were to make losses. There would even be benefits, so please increase your efforts in making losses! Pei Qian felt that these sentences were obvious enough. The educated should understand. The heads looked at the golden mountain with a surprised expression. It seemed like this award was even better than the best employee award? A custom-made trophy with engravings. Moreover, it was presented by Boss Pei himself. It must be of great importance! Pei Qian cleared his throat and spoke, Im going to present the Tengda Cornerstone Award today! Everyone knows that Tengda has many highly profitable departments, but there were also many loss-making departments. I feel that the loss-making departments should also be rewarded! The Tengda Cornerstone Award will be awarded to the departments with continuous losses because only such departments can be worthy of the title Tengda Cornerstone! I announce that the winning department of the Tengda Cornerstone Award isUpwind Logistics! Pei Qian stood up and smiled at Lu Mingliang, motioning for him to come and accept the award. Lu Mingliang was momentarily stunned as though he never thought that the award would be given to him. The other heads froze for a short while but reacted quickly. A warm round of applause resounded around the conference room. They might be confused, but it was still necessary to applaud when Boss Pei presented the reward to Lu Mingliang. Lu Mingliang stood up, bowed slightly, and took the heavy trophy from Boss Pei. He was about to say something along the lines of Im not worthy of this when he was interrupted by Boss Peis smile. There is no need to say anything. All Tengda employees acknowledge your contributions. Lu Mingliang returned to his seat with the trophy in a daze. Pei Qian did not let him speak because he did not want him to say that he was not worthy and that he would continue working hard to turn losses into profits or other similar discouraging words, which would destroy the atmosphere he had worked so hard to create. Pei Qian smiled and continued to increase his effects seeing how the other heads were rather envious. There are other rewards in addition to this trophy. All staff of Upwind Logistics will each receive a cornerstone bonus of 2,000 yuan and a Koi Medal! In addition, Upwind Logistics will also receive 30 Otto E1 mobile phones to reward those who have made outstanding contributions in the department! The other heads were green with envy now. The benefits were too good! Forget about the 2,000 yuan bonus. They could obtain the Koi medal and 30 Otto E1 cell phones? The attractiveness of cash rewards to Tengda employees was limited. However, such honor -especially rewards personally given by Boss Pei-were extremely attractive to them! Pei Qians gaze swept over all of them, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth. They were obviously anxious now. They felt that they had made great contributions to Tengda in terms of profitability. However, Boss Pei pointed out the requirement of the cornerstone award which was to award the department with more losses. How could they swallow it? Thats right, dont swallow it! Aint you envy? Jealous? Dont you feel unbalanced? Then make your own losses! Why do I need to work so hard if all the departments consciously lose money? Come, everyone, work hard and start competing! The corners of Pei Qians mouth rose slightly as he thought happily. However, he glanced around the audience, only to find that everyone was staring back at him as if expecting a reasonable explanation from him. Oh? Looking forward to a plot twist? Sorry, there would be none! Pei Qian stood up directly. Alright, thats all for todays short meeting. Dismissed. He turned to leave the conference room immediately, leaving the heads to look at one another with different expressions. [1] The sea here refers to the endless sea of money generated by the world. Chapter 468 - We’ve Figured It Out! Chapter 468 Weve Figured It Out! It was very obvious that Boss Pei did not want everyone to discuss this award in public. At the very least, none of them could discuss it then and there. Otherwise, he would not have been so harsh. He even insisted that everyone go home as soon as they could. In addition, the award itself was very suspicious. There must be something wrong since things went this way! Everyone frowned, thinking about Boss Peis deeper intentions behind such actions. The entire conference room fell silent. All of a sudden, Huang Sibo looked up. Soon after, Lin Wan, Lu Mingliang, Zhang Yuan, and Chang You followed suit. They all exchanged a meaningful look as if wanting to say something. However, it would have been inappropriate to discuss it aloud there. After all, they were right in front of Boss Pei. Boss Pei had clearly wanted them to realize it on their own. He did not want them to discuss it openly. Thus, Lu Mingliang stood up, picked up the trophy, and walked away. However, before he left, he waved his cell phone at everyone else in the meeting room. Huang Sibo and Lin Wan quickly followed closely behind him. They, too, gestured at their cell phones before they left. All the heads returned to their own workspaces. On the way, Lu Mingliang added all the heads of Tengda Corporation into a chat named Tengda Higher Managements Internal Chat. Of course, he did not add Boss Pei into the group. Strictly speaking, Boss Pei was the boss of Tengda Corporation. Naturally, he could not be considered part of higher management. However, the main reason was thatwhile Boss Pei had set a riddle for everyone-he seemingly didnt want everyone to spread the correct answer. Instead, it seemed like he wanted everyone to solve the riddle on their own and slowly come to understand it in private. Each time Boss Pei noticed that the correct answer seemed to be spreading around, he would become upset. Yet, they could not just keep mum. Boss Peis riddle was too difficult. When would they ever be able to figure it out if each of them tried to find the answer on their own? The group would only be meant for discussion and inspiration. It would not count as cheating. All of them were so close. They could skip the pleasantries and cut right to the chase. Lu Mingliang, What do you think Boss Pei is trying to tell us through this award? Im referring to the first two lines in particular. [Image). Although everyone had a different understanding of the Tengda Spirit, each department in the company was faced with a different situation as well. That meant each of the departments held information that the others would not have access to. The only one who had a full picture and who understood everything like the back of his hand was Boss Pei. Naturally, all of them had to work together to figure out Boss Peis true intentions behind his actions. The departments had to piece all the information together to successfully reach a comprehensive answer. Huang Sibo, Youre the one who won the prize. You should go first. Zhang Yuan, Thats right. You go first. Lu Mingliang, Alright. Everyone knows that Upwind Logistics has been incurring losses ever since it was established. However, after being transferred to this company, I realized that Upwind Logistics has made significant contributions to Tengda Corporation. From its delivery services to its support to departments like ROF and Otto Technologies, one can tell how much Upwind Logistics has changed the logistical state and living habits of Jingzhous locals. Were not purely delivering goods to peoples doorsteps. Were also establishing a close relationship with our users. Now, our old users only engage us for deliveries and not any other company. Although were losing money, we have full control of our customers. They are our most important resource. On top of that, tracing over our users images allows us to analyze the market well. That means we can conduct research for the other department and leave deep and lasting effects. Maybe Boss Pei gave Upwind Logistics the Cornerstone Award because he thinks that Upwind Logistics is critical and foundational to Tengda Corporation. Zhang Yuan, Yes, that makes sense. Without Upwind Logistics, ROFs business would not have developed so smoothly in the beginning. We would also be having a lot of trouble with the after-sales services. Chang You, I agree, too. Boss Pei obviously views Upwind Logistics as Tengda Corporations lifeline. The name Cornerstone Award says it all. Lu Mingliang, Do any of you have anything else to add? Lin Wan, Boss Pei emphasized that only companies that incur a lot of losses can earn this award. He even said we may win it in the future. That means being a lifeline is not the only criterion for the award. The meaning behind incurring losses is more important. Shang Yang Games incurred losses first before it generated profits. It could only turn losses into profits because it learned from its past mistakes and accumulated experiences. Since failure is the mother of all success, we can also say loss is the mother of all profits. Boss Pei should be trying to tell us that if we want to learn how to run, we must first know how to fall; if we want to learn how to make profits, we must first know how to incur losses. Zhang Yuan, I completely agree! It was the same for Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. If Boss Pei had not insisted on incurring losses, it would not have achieved its current success. Ma Dubiao, The same can be said about Zhongdian Chinese Network. On top of that, I think we can analyze those two lines. A chip off a mountain of gold does not affect its height; an immeasurable sea remains deep despite a blight. Thats so philosophical! The second line is especially so. Its saying that the ocean of wealth has no boundaries. One might not be able to find the limits even if they dedicated their entire lives to doing so. However, if you already have enough financial power, you can still continue to accumulate more riches. The more eroded the sea bed, the deeper the sea would become. The erosion refers to losses. In other words, we might be incurring losses on the surface, but that just means we would be able to generate much more wealth. That confirms that Boss Pei is encouraging us to spend as much money as possible to push our boundaries just like Upwind Logistics. Theyre not spending money for the sake of it, but theyre spending money to enlarge their scale! Zhang Yuan, 1024 Digital Day was the same. He Desheng, Er, bosses, I thought of something else, but Im not sure if itll be appropriate to say it. Lin Wan, Were one family. Theres no need for nonsense like that. Just speak your mind. He Desheng, Er, alright. I thought about more things from the word cornerstone. I dont think Upwind Logistics is just Tengda Corporations cornerstone. Its also societys cornerstone. One could even say that one of Tengda Corporations missions is to become a cornerstone of society! Im in the investment department, and so I feel especially strongly about this. When Boss Pei was personally in charge of Dream Realization Ventures, he only invested in two projects: the shared phone booths and Top Student, Come Quick. He didnt even spare other profitable-looking projects a second glance. Both projects that he invested in were very advantageous to society. The shared phone booths provided independent spaces for ordinary consumers to rest while shopping in malls. They also became landmarks that boasted our malls culture. On the other hand, the Top Student, Come Quick project gathered everyone in academics and steered them toward a common noble goal of breaking boundaries and sharing knowledge. Compared to Dream Realization Ventures current situation and results, Upwind Logistics is obviously more practical and outstanding. Thats why I think turning Tengda Corporation into a cornerstone of society is one of Boss Peis goals. One important criterion in awarding the Cornerstone Award must be whether a business has contributed enough to society or not. Lin Wan, That makes a lot of sense! Hu Xianbin, Youre speaking too quickly. I just opened the app and saw 99+ unread messages. I was so stunned. Would a class rep summarize the answers to the homework that Boss Pei gave us? I want to copy them. Lin Wan, Let me. The Cornerstone Award has four main motives. First, it rewards departments that provide essential services. Second, it encourages us to be bold and incur losses for the sake of profits, so that we can learn from our mistakes. Third, it encourages far-sightedness because spending huge sums of money pushes our boundaries and increases our market share. Fourth, it motivates us to be responsible members of society. Huang Sibo, Exactly! Exactly! Lu Mingliang, Yes, that should be all that Boss Pei intended. Zhang Yuan, That means that Upwind Logistics truly deserves the award. Theyve accomplished all four points. Ive thought of a way to win the next award! He Desheng, Lets compete to see which of our departments would get it first, then. Zhang Yuan, D*mn, I forgot that I am no longer the head of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe or ROF Computer-Installation. Why am I still talking so much? @XiaoPeng, lets chat in private. Xiao Peng was supposed to be in charge of the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe branches in Lincheng Ever since he was forced to retire, Zhang Yuan had been thinking about promoting Xiao Peng to become the next head of ROF Computer-Installation and Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, given his outstanding performance in Lincheng. Lin Wan, Weve figured it out. Dismissed! Li Yada, Hold on! Ma Dubiao, ? Hu Xianbin, Big Sister Li, arent you overseas? Lin Wan, Eh? Yada, what time is it where you are? Li Yada, Thats not important. I woke up in the middle of the night because I felt thirsty, and I just so happened to read this conversation. I have some things to add! I think theres another meaning to cornerstone. Ma Yiqun only analyzed half of the saying, but he left out the first half: a chip off a mountain of gold does not affect its height. Why did Boss Pei say that? Its precisely because a mountain of gold has deep roots. Thats why whatever little it lacks would not cause it to collapse. Additionally, this award is called the Cornerstone Award. That means we have to keep working on our foundation. The saying about the mountain of gold comes before the saying about the immeasurable sea. That means the foundation should be our priority. Only after weve settled that would we have a solid foundation to spend money and increase our share of the market. Ma Dubiao, That makes sense! Ai, why didnt I think about that? Im embarrassed, Im embarrassed. Li Yada, No, no, no. I only thought about this because you analyzed the second half of the saying. You humanities majors are still better at these things than I am. Hao Yun, Yes, all of you make so much sense! I think those five points can be summarized as the cornerstone spirit. From now on, itll be one of the aspects of the Tengda spirit. That gives the HR department a clear direction for work in the future! Soon, the chat became filled with encouraging comments. The more the heads read through the conversation, the more logical everything seemed. Boss Pei was a philosopher indeed. In just two lines, he could include so many lessons. That made him as good as the great nobility from the past! Chapter 469 - Instant Shock! Chapter 469 Instant Shock! March 28th, Monday It was said that Boss Li and his companions had already decided on projects surrounding the Thriller Hostel last weekend. In the coming weeks, they would begin inspection and construction. Of course, they would not start building hotels and restaurants from scratch. Instead, they would use the existing factory buildings in the industrial zone and then renovate them. If they rushed and worked overtime, they would probably be able to complete the projects at the same time as the Thriller Hostel. Even if finished later, it would not be that much later. As long as they paid enough, the workers would work fast enough. Pei Qian felt slightly troubled about the speed of those surrounding projects, but he still maintained his cool. Ai, if I cant stop them, I should just let them be. Today was Monday. Pei Qian had initially planned to go straight to Fei Huang Workspace and tell them about the plan for shock therapy. However, Hao Yun from the HR department had informed him that she had something to report. Thus, after having lunch, Pei Qian went to the headquarters first. Pei Qian was a little puzzled because the HR department was not supposed to be busy now. Had Hao Yun created trouble for Pei Qian because she had had nothing better to do? If that was the case, this was an extremely bad sign. Pei Qian would have to consider changing the head of the HR department. Hao Yun knocked on Pei Qians door and entered. Boss Pei, I mainly want to report the salary adjustments for the various departments. Pei Qian was even more confused now. Salary adjustments? What did that mean? Wasnt Tengda treating them well enough? Was there room for improvement? Pei Qian immediately became more interested. Hao Yun said, Its like that, Boss Pei. The various departments are trying to solidify their foundation, and so theyve conducted a check on their internal affairs. In the process, they discovered that several employees have been subject to pay inequity. The HR department conducted some checks and realized that this was a problem that existed across the board in the various departments. Thus, we spent Friday afternoon and this morning coming up with a plan which we want to run by you. Pei Qian understood a little more, but he was still bewildered. He knew what pay inequity meant. It meant that newer employees in the company were being paid more than older employees, the first-tier employees were being paid more than the management, and subordinates were being paid more than their supervisors. Those symptoms existed in many companies. For example, an older employee could have joined the company at a market price of three thousand yuan per month. After two years, the employees salary could have increased, but not by much. However, in those two years, the market price would have jumped to 4,500 yuan per month. Inexperienced newbies would thus be hired with a higher salary than the experienced workers, resulting in inequity. Pay inequity was common because most companies would not adjust all their employees salaries based on the market price each year. They simply could not bear to part with the capital. It was for that reason that most companies prohibited their employees from talking about their salaries. If they did so, pay inequity would be exposed; many employees would become unsatisfied and quit. If a supervisor found out that he had been doing more work than his subordinate but being paid a lower salary, he would naturally become upset. As a company that had been established for more than a year, Tengda had also conducted several recruitment drives. Although it often increased employees salaries, each persons role, experience, and capabilities were different after all. Thus, pay inequity was still present. Of course, there was much less pay inequity in Tengda than in other companies because of frequent pay increments and significant company benefits. Still, Hao Yun found it important to build a firm foundation based on the cornerstone spirit. Pay inequity was a hidden threat. Although most companies did not care about it and nothing was likely to happen even if Tengda turned a blind eye, Hao Yun still chose to report it to Boss Pei and allow him to make the decision. Pei Qian took the documents from Hao Yun, but the lines of numbers only made him dizzy. He pretended to read it, and then said, Do you mean that a few newer employees are being paid more than the older employees? Hao Yun pondered for a moment and said, Thats right, but the situation is a bit more complicated in reality. Simply put, the older employees joined the company six months earlier than the newer employees. The former are more capable and experienced than the latter, but they are only earning two hundred yuan more. Thats a form of pay inequity as well. Pei Qians eyes lit up at once. Beautifully done! I had been worried about not being able to increase my employees pay! Thats easy to deal with. Pay them more! Check all the employees salaries against the highest-paid and newest employee at regular intervals. Make sure that all the older employees are being paid adequately! Hao Yun was stunned. Er, Boss Pei, of course, that would be the best. Doing so would be easy while we have few employees. However, I have to remind you that as the number of employees increases, the amount that we would have to top up would also increase. It might even surpass our imaginations. Other companies basically try to scrimp and save in this area. Companies in various industries do that. The amount that we would have to top up would keep increasing? Thats great! Pei Qian felt as happy as if he had just found money on the ground. He decisively said, Thats what well do! Top up all of their salaries at once! I dont care how many older employees we have or how much itll cost. Top them all up! Hao Yun confirmed once again. All of them? She knew that Boss Pei was not telling her to make everyones pay the same but to get rid of pay inequity altogether. Without hesitation, Pei Qian said, Thats right! All of them! There should still be time. Start from this month and ask the finance department to redo the payroll. Hao Yun nodded, looking extremely emotional. Alright, I understand. Ill inform the finance department at once. Although Hao Yun had expected this outcome before she reported the information to Boss Pei, Boss Peis urgency made her feel his genuine concern for his employees. Just as Hao Yun turned to leave, Boss Pei stopped her. Wait a minute. At the start, you said that the various departments are trying to solidify their foundation, and so theyve conducted a check on their internal affairs. It was in this process that they discovered the pay inequity why are they trying to solidify their foundation? Pei Qian suddenly realized that there was a problem with Hao Yuns introduction. Smiling, Hao Yun said, Boss Pei, didnt you deliver a Cornerstone Award on Friday to hint to everyone to solidify their foundations? Thats why the various departments started conducting self-checks. However, apart from the pay inequity, they did not discover any serious problems. Pei Qian blinked, feeling puzzled. Does it concern me again? Did I hint to everyone to solidify their foundations by delivering the Cornerstone Award? I didnt mean to. Er but it looks like the same outcome was reached anyway. They didnt discover other serious problems apart from the pay inequity. Whats more, I can spend more money now. Thats pretty good! Pei Qian did not ask any more questions. Instead, he nodded and said, Alright, inform the finance department. After Hao Yun left, Pei Qian packed up and rushed to Fei Huang Workspace. Tomorrow is Beautiful was no longer screening, and the company had already signed a contract with Aili Island. Pei Qian had had enough. He had to shock them before they could cause any more trouble for him! The System had shown mercy and allowed him to give one department shock therapy during each cycle. That was very kind already. Pei Qian had to make good use of this opportunity. When he arrived at Fei Huang Workspace, Pei Qian realized that only a few employees were surfing the web and watching shows. However, most employees were still working! This pained Boss Pei deeply. Look! Look! Is this what humans would do?! They had already finished their project, and they had not started a new one yet. Still, people were forcing themselves to work?! It looked like Fei Huang Workspace was extremely problematic. The wrong hardworking mentality was deep-seated. Pei Qian had to use shock therapy to treat them! Huang Sibo and Zhu Xiaoce had been facing their monitors and discussing something. However, when they saw Boss Pei, they immediately stood up. Boss Pei, what are you doing here? Pei Qian decided to cut to the chase. Theres nothing much. I want to announce a new system. The shock therapy plan! Huge profits means a lot of hard work. The more you earn, the more you exhaust yourselves. On the surface, earning money is a good thing. However, there exist hidden dangers. Not only has there been a toll on your energy and health, but you could also deplete your inspiration and talent! Thus, Ive decided to use shock therapy on departments that exhausted their manpower. In the next four months, Fei Huang Workspaces employees will continue to draw salaries and earn benefits. However, none of you will be allowed to work. During the therapy, focus on recovering your energy, health, inspiration, and talent. Fei Huang Workspaces shock therapy will start next month, and it will last for four months. In other words, itll last from April 1st to July 31st. Everyone was shocked. What did this mean? Everyone in the department would be put on four months of paid leave? Other companies would only give individuals paid leave. Once that person left, his colleagues in the department would be made to finish his work. However, Boss Pei was putting the entire department on paid leave. Whats more, it was clearly paid leave. Why did Boss Pei sound so stern? Why was he speaking through gritted teeth? It did not feel like he was rewarding them with paid leave. Instead, his tone sounded more like he was firing them. Huang Sibo was stunned. Boss Pei, you cant do that. Even if the workspace doesnt work on a new project, someone has to take care of daily operations. We cant just stop working altogether. The shock therapy cannot end up killing us Pei Qian pondered for five seconds. How about this? Take turns to work. Make sure that the workspace is operating at the minimum capacity required to keep it alive. Split the employees into teams and put each team in charge of one month. Each person would get four months of shock therapy, but the entire therapy period would last five months instead since everyone will be taking turns to work. In other words, it will last until August 31st. Huang Sibo hesitated. But theres still Pei Qians expression darkened. No buts. Overcome your own problems. Make sure you go into shock therapy from April 1st onwards! Huang Sibo turned to Zhu Xiaoce. Both of them looked extremely reluctant. Still, they nodded in the end. Alright, Boss Pei. Well see to it. Boss Pei smiled, satisfied. Excellent. You may continue normal operations during the shock therapy, but you cannot start any new projects. You also dont have to worry about generating revenue for Tengda Corporation. Youve already sacrificed enough! Huang Sibo felt moved. Alright, Boss Pei! However, please rest assured that, even while were resting, Fei Huang Workspace will continue to generate value for Tengda Corporation! Pei Qians smile disappeared at once. ? Zhu Xiaoce turned to the side, revealing the computer screen that both of them had been looking at. Boss Pei, a foreign distribution company has stumbled upon Tomorrow is Beautiful, and theyre going to screen the movie overseas! Chapter 470 - Settlement Chapter 470 Settlement Pei Qian was stunned. At that moment, he felt like an amateur mage that learned how to cast the pyroblast spell by reading a book for ten seconds. However, as he tried it out, he hit his opponents shield and ended up burning his entire face. Still, Boss Pei was a veteran of a hundred battles. He quickly regained his composure. A foreign distribution company? Based on what I know, local films dont become very popular in overseas markets. Most of them only generate one or two million US dollars, right? Pei Qian had this basic knowledge. Many extremely popular locally-produced films had tried distributing overseas, but the cultural gap and difference in language posed a problem. Often, their results were not ideal. Films that could easily make more than a hundred million yuan in China ended up making less than one or two million US dollars overseas. Whats more, a lot of this depended on the content as well. Pei Qian did some rough calculations. If they only made one or two million US dollars-after splitting the revenue and accounting for the exchange rate, the amount earned would not become too big of a burden. It would just be a few million yuan. Pei Qian could easily deal with it. Now, he was more concerned about which blind foreign distribution company had become interested in the film in the first place. Huang Sibo smiled. Thats right. As influential Chinese actors retired from Hollywood, locally-produced films became less and less attractive in overseas box offices. At the same time, as the local market developed quicker, the locals pride and confidence intensified. Thus, many film directors focused on the local market and gave up on adapting to the foreign audiences taste. Recently, many locally-produced films could easily earn hundreds of millions of yuan in China but only one or two million US dollars overseas. Overseas, their row piece rates are low, theyre unpopular, and their influence is limited. However, for that exact reason, our film would be able to stand out! Flying Star Journey has failed all over the world. However, its a high-budget, foreign, sci-fi film after all. Tomorrow is Beautiful could achieve similar results with a much lower budget and even exceed Flying Star Journeys reputation. Thats why the foreign distribution company has so much confidence in the film! Whats more, Tomorrow is Beautiful has a unique advantage. The entire film is in English, and its based on a futuristic world. This blurs the lines between race and countries, thus narrowing the cultural gap. That means a foreign audience would find it more acceptable! Furthermore, the film explores ideas like income gap, excessive consumerism, the effect of wealth on people, and the like. These would resonate with a foreign audience! You dont have to worry, Boss Pei! Our film will likely be able to earn more than a million US dollars! Pei Qian was momentarily speechless. Zhu Xiaoce added, Thats right, Boss Pei. Dont underestimate the fact that the film is in English! You have to understand that foreigners hate subtitles. Theres a simple reason for this. English is a very superfluous language. Its tiring to read subtitles. A powerful proof of this is that China has huge quantities of video websites with bullet screen comments, but such websites dont exist overseas. Thats because our words are ideographic, and people can capture their meaning very quickly. One glance would allow viewers to understand the meaning of the entire bullet screen comment. Yet, its different for English. Its the same with subtitles. Foreigners are not as used to subtitles as we are. To them, whether the film is in English or not would determine whether they go and watch it or not! Thats why its a huge advantage that our film is in English! Although the three main leads have Asian accents, foreigners would not be concerned. Instead, they would find it appropriate for the role and cultural background. All in all, everything about the film from the scriptwriting onwards has been suited to a foreign audiences taste! Boss Pei, you were far-sighted to make everyone speak English! Zhu Xiaoce held up his thumb excitedly. Pei Qian, He really wanted to say: No! Youre wrong! I wasnt far-sighted! In fact, I was too short-sighted! I wanted to use English to dissuade the local audience. I never thought that the film would make it overseas! However, Zhu Xiaoce and Huang Sibo were looking at him very respectfully. Thus, Pei Qian could not help but sigh inwardly. Really terrible! March 30th, Wednesday Over the past two days, players of GOG had been extremely happy. At midnight last night, the results for the first Spring Competition of the first season had finally been locked in. Today, all the rewards had been distributed. The entire event was now at its peak! There were posts discussing the event everywhere online. Of course, some doubted how real the winners skills were. After all, there was no such thing as perfectly fair competition in the world, and sour grapes made others feel jealous of the lucky winners. Still, this noise only formed a minority of the discussions online. The competition had been public, fair, and transparent. Although it was possible that some had cozied up to powerful people, those who placed among the first five hundred within such a short period must have had some real skills. Given the short period, actors and workspaces could not react quickly enough. Before they could generate enough influence, the results had been locked in and the prizes had been distributed. The players who had won prizes celebrated joyously. They shared their results and their awards and paraded their prizes around the internet. This made everything more exciting and GOG more popular. All in all, everyone was over the moon. The players won money, GOG became more popular, and Boss Pei scattered his coins. However, while others were unconditionally happy, Boss Peis happiness was mixed with deep worry. That was because he realized that the game had become much more popular than he had imagined. Pei Qian felt like he was beginning to lose control! Thus, the intelligent Boss Pei gave Hu Xianbin an important task yesterday. He asked the latter to analyze the results of the competition and write a detailed report for him. On the surface, it looked like he was just giving Hu Xianbin an assignment. However, in reality, Boss Pei wanted to understand what exactly had happened. He had to admit that Hu Xianbin was extremely efficient. Pei Qian had already received the report today. However, after reading it, his heart turned cold. During the short and intense competition period, the number of active players on GOGS mobile game and client-side game kept increasing rapidly. The temptation of earning a hundred thousand yuan with just a weeks worth of effort had been hard for gamers to resist. Many peoples rational minds told them that they would not be able to win a hundred thousand yuan, but their wishful thinking pushed them to try anyway. GOGs generous competition prizes attracted hoards of new gamers, who had never played this genre of games before. In addition, the games AI made sure that even new gamers had a good gaming experience. Thus, most people enjoyed playing the game in the beginning, and they received a lot of positive reinforcement from the game itself. That was why so many people started to feel like they were natural talents. By the time people realized that they could not possibly win the prizes, they had already played the game intensely for two or three days. By then, they had already become used to the gameplay, and they understood how fun the game was. Thus, they were less likely to quit. On top of that, the gamers wishful thinking pushed them to repeatedly side-step the problem. Those who were more confident with touching the screen could play the mobile game. Those who were more confident with the keyboard and mouse could play the client-side game. Those who had been tragically beaten in the client-side game and thought that those who played the mobile game were lousier considered switching. Those who found touching their mobile screens difficult and using the keyboard and mouse much more convenient and accurate they also considered switching. The integration of data on both versions did not cause gamers to despise dual-terminal games. Instead, it prevented them from becoming bored and heightened their desire to buy skins. After all, the skins could be used for both terminals. A single purchase could bring them twice the joy. As they transferred here and there, gamers slowly realized that they were equally bad at the client-side game and mobile game. By then, playing the game had become a habit. All in all, the event was stable, accurate, and ruthless. Not only had it captured all experienced players, but it had also won over a large group of new players. GOGs popularity peaked within a short time thanks to the generous prizes. Whats more, before workspaces and directors could react, the competition ended. That was how maximum fairness was guaranteed. What followed after that part of the report was mindless praise for Boss Pei. After reading the report, Pei Qian felt speechless. He finally understood why the figures had looked so abnormal. They had incurred losses indeed, but the cost was high. It was far more than Pei Qian had expected at first. It doesnt matter. Itll be fine as long as I can incur losses this cycle. Ill think about how to resolve the problems in the future. However, GOGs current situation has exposed a huge problem in the way that I understand games. No way I have to change things when I work on the next game. I cannot make any more money! Ill summarize my lessons and learn from my mistakes. I have to develop a game that would fail! After several days of secluding himself to think, Pei Qian finally thought of a good idea for a failed game. He would brief the two gaming departments very clearly during the next cycle! March 31st, Thursday The system screen automatically appeared in front of Pei Qian. At that point, Pei Qian heaved a long sigh of relief. He was comfortable now! Pei Qian had about 180 thousand yuan left after buying a house. Then, he had earned a hundred thousand yuan for writing the script for the movie and got tens of thousands of yuan over the Chinese New Year. He had claimed most of his daily expenses, and so he did not spend much of his money. Instead, he had saved them all. This time, after converting more than 580 thousand yuan, Pei Qian had about 920 thousand yuan in his Personal Wealth. He had worked hard, but it had all been worth it! Comparatively, it was obviously much more worth it to incur losses. Otherwise, he would have had to earn five hundred million yuan to convert the same amount of money. Whats more, the five hundred million yuan had to be lying in his companys bank account. He would not be able to convert any amount that he had invested. Yet, if he did not invest the money, how would he earn that much?! Thus, no matter what, incurring losses would always be the best way to take advantage of the System. After the System got upgraded to version 2.0, the ratios had been adjusted according to the Matthew effect. However, Pei Qian noticed that it was still easier to incur losses. In the past, Pei Qian would work himself untill he was dead beat. Yet, out of three settlements, he had only successfully incurred losses once. This time, he was incurring losses more steadily now. On one hand, it was because Pei Qian understood the System much better after failing multiple times. He had come up with many ways to incur losses such as allowing certain subsidiaries to drink poison to quench thirst and prioritizing reputation over profits. On the other hand, the System had implemented many facilitative terms after upgrading. For example, Pei Qian could spend a certain amount of money on charity during each cycle and work on a single project over two cycles. He only ended up with losses this time because he had poured tens of millions of yuan into Thriller Hostel. Based on his calculations, Pei Qian had earned about six hundred yuan in five months. That was more than a hundred thousand yuan per month! Yes, it was worth celebrating! Now, he could buy new appliances and furniture for the new house. He could also conduct soft renovation if he wanted to. Of course, he still had to work harder. On top of that, Pei Qian had discovered a medium-sized hidden threat: the fixed asset, Ming Yun Private Kitchens villa, had appreciated by more than two hundred thousand yuan. Buying a fixed asset and managing it under the companys name had allowed Pei Qian to spend a huge sum of money. However, Pei Qian did not dare to buy any more fixed assets for fear that they would affect settlement. The biggest problem with having fixed assets was that 10% of its estimated worth would be converted into the System Funds. The formula for calculating loss would thus be starting sum in System Funds C current System Funds C 10% of the value of Fixed Assets. That was a headache. If they only had ten million yuan worth of System Funds in the beginning, and the companys Fixed Assets were worth a total of a hundred million yuan, then even if Pei Qian managed to spend all the System Funds, he would still not be able to incur losses overall. Still, this was the first settlement with Version 2.0 of the System. In the future, the starting sum in the System Funds would continue to increase. Once the starting sum became twenty, thirty, or fifty million yuan, Pei Qian could think about buying more fixed assets in the companys name and using them for manufacturing or operations. As the System Funds increased, Pei Qian would be able to lose more money and convert more Personal Wealth. I hope that the System Funds would increase for the next cycle Pei Qian prayed in his heart. Chapter 471 - Retire and Give Room to Better Men Chapter 471 Retire and Give Room to Better Men Pei Qian turned his attention to the Systems reward. Each time the System gave him a reward, it proved very useful. The past rewards that Pei Qian had received included: Getting an additional ten percent above the final converted amount, which translated to more income Changing the prohibitions to allow for donations to charity, thus allowing Pei Qian to mindlessly get rid of a portion of the System Funds Allowing one incomplete project to span two cycles, thus giving Pei Qian an additional way to spend huge sums of money Pei Qian wondered what the Systems reward would be this time. The system screen continued to flash. The long string of messages made Pei Qian dizzy. First of all, he confirmed that the next cycle would last six months. That was slightly longer than Pei Qian had expected. Three were pros and cons to both. A short cycle would mean earlier settlement, and Pei Qian would be able to get his money earlier. However, less time meant he could not work on many long projects, and he would be more restricted. A long cycle would mean he could invest in bigger projects that cost more, but settlement would be later. Pei Qian thought about Thriller Hostels problems and decided that six months was acceptable. A longer cycle was better than a shorter one. The starting sum of twenty million yuan was less than Pei Qian had imagined. However, that was twice the starting sum that he had in the previous cycle. Obviously, the starting sum had increased, and the difficulty of incurring losses had been reduced. The System was not foolish. Pei Qian began to study the Special Task for this cycle. No matter how smoothly things go, true business geniuses would never give up learning. This sentence offended Pei Qian slightly. He did not want things to go smoothly, and he had not given up learning. He listened intently in class from time to time, and he passed his examinations based on his own efforts every time. How could the System say that he had given up on learning?! However, the System seemed to have another way of measuring this. The Systems regulations were very clear. Pei Qian could invest up to eight percent of the starting sumthat was 1,600,000 yuan-in himself. Simply put, he could use the money to pay his school fees. The System had not restricted him in terms of what he could learn. During Settlement, the System would measure how much Pei Qian had learned. If the System was satisfied with Pei Qians results, it would reward him by allowing him to deduct or add a fixed sum to the System Funds. What if Pei Qian had 22 million yuan by the end of the cycle? That would be a profit. However, if Pei Qian had spent a million yuan on school fees and acquired the relevant knowledge, he would be able to deduct (1,000,000 x 8) 8,000,000 yuan from the System Funds. There would still be 22 million yuan in the System Funds, but the System would calculate the conversion using the sum of 14 million yuan. That would count as a loss. Pei Qian would only be able to convert two thousand yuan if there were 22 million yuan in the System Funds. However, thanks to the reward, he would be able to convert six hundred thousand yuan. Still, the regulations seemed restrictive. First, Pei Qian could decide how much he wanted to spend, up to 1,600,000 yuan. However, even a Masters in Business Administration would only cost tens of thousands of yuan or hundreds of thousands of yuan at most. How could Pei Qian spend 1,600,000 yuan? He could register for more courses, but if he couldnt spare time to attend all the classes, he would not meet the Systems requirements in the end. That would be useless. Whats more, how much knowledge did he have to acquire before the System would be satisfied? There didnt seem to be a clear standard. I want to spend as much money as possible and accomplish this mission. My best bet would be to hire an impressive professor with genuine talent or an impressive, elite professional. I can pay them a high fee and then spend more time studying hard. That would improve my chances of success. Yet What should I learn? Management? Economics? Finance? I can learn management and do the opposite of everything so that I can lose more money. Learning economics could also help me incur losses. However I would seem overly confident by choosing either of those. Im a humanities student who has never even learned additional mathematics. Id probably fail miserably if I try to learn either of those things. I could spend six months drilling difficult theories into my head and yet not understand a thing. If the System fails me, I would have wasted all of my efforts Forget it. Theres no rush. I should think about it more. Pei Qian thought that the special task was very important. He could not afford to be reckless. Instead, he had to make very calculated moves. He had to make sure that he would learn something and spend huge sums of money. It would be best if the mission would help him to incur even more losses. April 1st, Friday Li Yada and Bao Xu were back. Pei Qian wished that it was an April Fools Day joke, but it was not. Still, Boss Pei was very relaxed now that settlement was over. He felt like a college student starting a new term at schoolpeaceful and joyful. Exams week was far away, and he could enjoy as much as he wanted to at the moment. Once Li Yada and Bao Xu entered the office, they received a warm welcome from everyone in Tengda Games. Big Sister Li, youre back! Did you have fun? Eh, Brother Bao, you dont look that tan this time. Did you put a lot of sunblock? Did you have fun overseas? Li Yada passionately shared about her travels and her experiences with her affectionate group of colleagues. On the other hand, Bao Xu walked back to his work desk expressionlessly, with earphones on to isolate himself from the rest of the world. He did not want to leave again for the rest of his life! Indeed, a homebody who hated going outdoors would never enjoy the experience of traveling no matter how many times he was forced to go through it. When she noticed that Boss Pei was present, Li Yada quickly went up to greet him. Boss Pei, were back! Pei Qian forced a smile and nodded. Hu Xianbin walked up to Li Yada and proudly said, Big Sister Li, weve completed the mission! After you left, we continued along your train of thought and finished GOGs mobile game. After that, the game became extremely successful with the help of Boss Peis finishing touches! Li Yada smiled and said, I know. Ive been keeping an eye on GOGs situation. Im proud of all of you! Its trueTengda is now extremely powerful as a whole. Each person has his own role, and we cant do without anyone! Of course, thats aside from Boss Pei. The corners of Pei Qians mouth twitched. Pei Qian hated hearing that the company could do without anyone but himself. However, no matter how much he hated it, he had to admit that it was a fact. If not for himself, some projects would not have made that much money. Take GOG for example. Li Yada had to take the most blame. Who had told her to come up with the idea of a mobile game anyway?! If she had stuck to creating a client-side game, there would not have been so many issues! The way Pei Qian saw it-even if he was to be blamed, he could only take a bit of the blame. To spend more money, he had come up with the competition and had accidentally made the game even more popular. Hu Xianbin was the least responsible. After all, he had just been carrying out Li Yadas instructions. Thus, now that Li Yada and Bao Xu were back, Pei Qian felt that the next cycle would be even more difficult. Li Yada exchanged a couple of pleasantries with everyone and then turned to Pei Qian. Boss Pei, after this, Ive made my mind up about something. I want to retire and give room to better men! Pei Qian was stunned. Huh? Li Yada continued speaking. I think that Tengda Games has only been this successful because it keeps welcoming fresh blood. This is a position that requires a lot of creativity. If one person remains the head of the gaming department for an extended period, he or she would eventually run out of inspiration and become boring. Thus, Ive decided to transfer the role of chief planner to Hu Xianbin! Eh? Was such a good thing really happening? The person in charge of a successful project like GOG was taking the initiative to make room for better men? That was great! Pleasantly surprised, Pei Qian immediately beamed brightly. Hu Xianbin was stunned as well. He quickly said, Big Sister Li, I dont think thats appropriate. I just joined the company a while ago Li Yada smiled and shook her head. You already proved your skills. Whats more, I always thought that I was not capable enough to act as the chief planner as well. Boss Pei was the one who encouraged me and allowed me to reach 120% of my potential. That explains GOGs success. Now, I think its time to transfer this role to a young man with a brighter future. As for me Ill be like Bao Xu. Ill relax in the department and help out here and there, wherever you need me. Pei Qian could not help but feel emotional. Look! Look at this enlightenment! Zhang Yuan, learn from her! Before this, Pei Qian had gotten rid of Zhang Yuan through the first-place-elimination system. Yet, Zhang Yuan had been reluctant to leave Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and ROF Computer-Installation. He had been the complete opposite of free and easy! Look at Li Yada! She was so easygoing! Although Pei Qian did not like Hu Xianbin especially much, Li Yada was still more dangerous between the two of them. He had to choose the lesser of two evils. It was a good thing that Li Yada was stepping down as the chief planner! Pei Qian immediately agreed. Alright, no problem. We will keep your salary the same, but you will no longer act as the chief planner. Thank you for working so hard for Tengda Games! Youre growing older with each passing day, and its time for you to take a break Everyone, Boss Peis words were warm and moving, but what did he mean by youre growing older with each passing day?! Li Yada was only 25 years old this year. Pei Qian studied Li Yada and Bao Xu and felt like travel therapy was especially effective. A perfectly functional chief planner had returned from her travels, desiring to slack and stepping down from her position. Great! Pei Qian would keep Li Yada in the gaming department and allow her to spread her slacking mentalityCwhich she had cultivated during her travelsto the rest of the department. As time went by, the entire gaming department would be filled with retired chief planners who could only think about slacking. It would be the perfect scenario, right? Chapter 472 - Old Master Lin Changed His Mind Chapter 472 Old Master Lin Changed His Mind 3rd April, Sunday Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Handong University branch Pei Qian and Lin Chang drank their coffees silently. These two days were weekends. Pei Qian could have finally rested at ease without any psychological burden, put all his worries behind, and led a short and happy life. However, Lin Chang came to Jingzhou today, which meant he had to meet him. Its just that both of them fell into silence after greeting each other. They half-thought they succeeded thinking of how they were planning and strategizing a few months ago. However, in the end, both the game and the mobile phones were both popular. Lin Wan also swelled unprecedentedly and even began ranting in her family group chat, expressing her hatred. Both of them had problems on their mind. However, it did not seem appropriate for both of them to stay silent. The problem had to be resolved! Lin Chang started reluctantly after a while. Boss Pei, things are not going too well with the game and the cell phone. Didnt we make sufficient plans? The corners of Pei Qians mouth twitched. The planning part was mainly done by Pei Qian. He planned ambitiously, only to earn like a dog in the end. However, Pei Qian could not take it lying down. Lin Chang, do you dare say you dont have any responsibility at all? If you had not made your own decisions in the publicity of Tomorrow is Beautiful, the movie would not be so popular. The advertisements in it would not be studied, and the OTTO cell phones would not have such a good start In any case, you are definitely responsible as well! You cant just throw all the responsibility at me! Pei Qian sighed and said, I gave you the responsibility of publicizing Tomorrow is Beautiful. You arranged for so many film schedules which established a high-end image for the OTTO cell phone in the minds of the consumers before its release. That has also disrupted the deployment of my strategy. Lin Chang had a look of disbelief. How was that possible?! Boss Pei, didnt you write the script of this movie? You definitely know about the advertisement for OTTO cell phones. The quality of the movie is so high and had such a rich spiritual connotation. You know it better than anyone else that it would still be popular even if I did not do any publicity for it! I will believe that the other movies succeeded because of publicity, but Tomorrow is Beautiful? Publicity is nothing more than icing on the cake! Lin Chang actually threw the responsibility back to Boss Pei at the speed of light. Pei Qian, He could not accept it but it did seem difficult to refute after thinking about it. Tomorrow is Beautiful was now regarded as a work of excellent quality and profound connotation. Most people believed that the key factor of its success was its quality even though publicity had its merits. As for the matter of excellent quality The biggest contributor might be Zhu Xiaoce, but Pei Qian seemed to be responsible as well. Pei Qian started to doubt himself. Would all these not be destined to happen according to Lin Changs words? They fell into a short period of silence again. Lin Chang whispered suspiciously, Boss Pei, could you actually have done it on purpose? You let Ah Wan handle the industries that seem like it might fall on the surface, but you actually know beforehand that both the game and the cell phone would be huge successes? Why else would you use the other industries to help them? As far as I know, you are personally responsible for the promotion of Be Quiet. All sorts of benefits from cell phone advertisements also benefited from other industries. Could it be that you actually dont want Ah Wan to leave? Pei Qians face turned black. No such thing! Lin Wan is the director of two departments. She is very familiar with the other department heads. She had the authority to demand benefits from the other departments and to coordinate the overall situation. As for Be Quiet it was an accident. Boss Lin, believe me, of all people; I want Lin Wan to go home more than anyone else. Pei Qians expression was extremely sincere. Lin Chang looked at Pei Qian without a word but had suspicion in his gaze. That was normal. Your suspicion would also grow if someone banged their chest and promised you something, and yet they failed many times because of some other subjective reasons or unexpected factors However, Pei Qian was definitely wronged in this case. Then again, it would seem as though no defense would have any effect now that things had come to such a state He could only continue to formulate goals for the next stage. He must persuade Lin Wan to leave this time! However, Lin Changs next sentence threw him off-guard while he thought of his next goal. Lin Chang sighed gently. Alright, Boss Pei. Im not here to push responsibility today. I have another matter on hand. To be honest, the situation has changed. Lin Wan has been showing off in our family chat over the past few days especially about the Otto mobile phone successfully selling for 8,000 yuan. It was a price that even the flagship mobile phone that my elder sister is responsible for did not reach. There was a huge difference in the sales volume, but Ah Wan has only been making mobile phones for a few months, and my eldest sister has been doing it for several years after all In short, the scene is very chaotic. Pei Qian thought for a while. Then Will the Old Master allow her to continue doing her thing? As expected, Boss Pei always gets to the core of the issue. This is the key to the change in the situation, Lin Chang said with a grin. Not only is the Old Master not angry, but he is also very happy. Ill tell you the truth, Boss Pei. Old Master was very upset that Ah Wan came out to work out of anger previously. He knows the situation with the workplaces outside and felt that Ah Wan was wasting time. That was why he kept trying to get Ah Wan back to inherit the family business. Ah Wan was working on games previously without much progress. Mobile games might have made some money, but it was nothing much after all so Old Masters attitude did not undergo any change. However, Ah Wan said that she made a cell phone priced at 8,000 yuan. The Old Master is suddenly very interested! He, therefore, got someone to understand a bit more about Otto cell phones and Tengda Corporation. Guess what happened? The corners of Pei Qians mouth twitched. He had a very bad premonition. What? Lin Chang had a very complicated expression. Old Master understood the process of how the cell phone became popular and how it managed to sell it to a price of 8,000 yuan. He has nothing but praise for you! You boldly used Chang You and priced it as a high-end product right from the beginning. You did subtle publicity in the movie and used Tengdas other industries to push the cell phones popularity. Youve also made a way out for yourself in this saturated market Any wrong step would have called the Otto cell phone to fail! Especially at the news conference. Old Master felt very surprised since no domestic producers had ever done that before. The Old Master mentioned that this news conference had saved hundreds of thousands in advertising fees! Old Master knew that most of the strategies must have been Chang Yous and your merit, but Ah Wan would definitely be able to grow even if she is only handling a small portion And then Old Master obtained a simple understanding of the Tengda Corporations other industries including the Upwind Logistics, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, etc. Pei Qian was starting to feel even worse. Just tell me the end results Lin Chang paused before saying. The Old Master changed his mind. Pei Qian, ? Changed his mind? He does not want Lin Wan to go back? Lin Chang had a complicated expression. Yes. Old Master originally wanted Ah Wan back because he felt that the companies outside are not reliable. He felt that Ah Wan was completely wasting her time working for these companies. However, Old Masters biased opinion against these companies was slightly shifted seeing Ah Wans spectacular results oh, that doesnt sound too accurate. I should say his bias against Tengda has shifted. Old Master admires you and feels that Ah Wan will be able to learn a lot under you. He felt that it wouldnt be bad for her to train here for a few years before going back to inherit the family business. Pei Qian, ???! It wouldnt be bad to train here for a few years before going back? What do you mean by wont be bad? That obviously cant do! What would become of my company if she were to stay here for another few years! Getting Lin Wan back to the family business front lines was such an insignificant goal in the face of just one small success? Old Master Lin, cant you stand firm on your grounds?! What did Lin Yu say then? Pei Qian asked hurriedly. Lin Chang shrugged. What can she say? She has to listen to Old Master. Old Masters attitude now is since Ah Wan can learn something from here, then she can stay here for a while. Moreover, the Old Master hinted for us siblings to coordinate ourselves to lend her a helping hand in her career Pei Qians mind was filled with question marks. Bro, thats no joking matter for a monster like Shenhua to lend a helping hand! Youll probably break my arm! He recalled the past. Lin Yu helped to promote the Bloody Battle Song on the Shenhua application store; Lin Zhou allowed them to use Shenhua View for free; Lin Chang publicized Tomorrow is Beautiful His thoughts turned to the future If you three responsible for cell phone, real estate, and entertainment were to join forces and Lin Wans career were to soar; then wouldnt Boss Peis money loss-making machinery die on the spot? Pei Qian rejected on the spot. No need! Lin Chang nodded. Yes, thats what I told the Old Master! Pei Qian responded, Huh? Lin Chang said with the expression I know Boss Pei best: I told old Master that Boss Pei built everything from scratch and is talented beyond doubt. You had always rejected such help. Moreover, Boss Peis every decision had gone through careful thought and had certain odds to win. We will just be adding to your trouble if we were to chip in. Pei Qian nodded very happily. Thats right! Lin Chang, you do know me indeed! What you said is really what I want to hear! You might have some problems understanding strategies, but everyone can still be good friends as long as you dont do anything out of the ordinary! Pei Qian gave it some thought and asked again, Then, Boss Lin, did Old Master hint when does he want Lin Wan back? Lin Chang considered for a while. If I were to guess from Old Masters attitude Lin Wan can go back when she can handle things by herself. I think she is able to handle things by herself now! Pei Qian quickly said. Lin Chang shook her head. The Old Master doesnt think so. Boss Pei, Tengda is still considered small to Old Master. The sales volume and profits of Otto cell phones cannot even compare to an ordinary private-labeled cell phone from Shenhua. It is still very far away from being able to handle things by herself in the eyes of the Old Master. I think Ah Wan has to be one of the top people in the area she is in before she can obtain recognition by the Old Master Pei Qians expression darkened. One of the top? For a cell phone to become one of the top people, that company would at least need to be worth billions of yuan, right? Are you joking with me? What about other areas? For example, being one of the best in the world in the game industry. Would that count? Pei Qian thought out loud. I guess so. Old Master does not have any biases against the game industry. However, a game like Bloody Battle Song will definitely not work. It has to be influential other than being profitable, Lin Chang replied. Pei Qian nodded, with some understanding in his heart. It would be done if he were to arrange for Lin Wan to be in charge of the domestic server for IOI! The goal was still the same: to get Lin Wan to go back and inherit the Lin family business. Previously, it was to try to make the projects fail. Now, it was to make the project successful. Of course, the success was in line with Boss Peis goal. Success did not mean earning a lot of money, but it could be to make things popular! Pei Qian was just worrying about who he should put in charge of for the IOI domestic server, which was a sure win. He was certain now. He would put Lin Wan and Shang Yang Games in charge! He could at least kill three birds with one stone if he were to do that. First, Shang Yang Games needed to avoid making good standalone games. They had already proven their ability with Be Quiet. Then, the IOI domestic server would probably become a huge success no matter what. Since it was unavoidable, then he would throw Lin Wan into it so that Old Master Lin could quickly get her back to inherit their own business. Finally, if IOI domestic servers were to succeed, it could defeat GOGthe big problem in his heart. Tengda Games and Shang Yang Games would go head-on with each other even though they were sibling companies. Little brother hit the elder brother hard. That fight would be very amusing indeed. Pei Qian nodded. Alright, Ill try to make it so that Old Master Lin will get her back in half a year! Boss Pei really had no confidence in making sure a project would definitely fail. However, to make a project succeed, especially a reliable project like IOI Boss Pei did have some confidence. Lin Chang viewed Boss Pei with suspicion, especially since his expression changed so swiftly. Eh Boss Pei, you seem to have planned in advance. So you were indeed just bluffing me when you told me that you wanted to make Ah Wan fail, right? Could you have guessed that the Old Master would change his mind if Ah Wan were to show her competence? Pei Qian, Boss Lin, youll lose my friendship one day if you were to continue making wild guesses like this. Chapter 473 - Bow Down To Reality’ Game: Struggle Chapter 473 Bow Down To Reality Game: Struggle April 4th, Monday Pei Qian adjusted his targets at work for the next two days when he woke up. First, he would make arrangements for the profitable Tengda Games and Shang Yang Games gaming departments! Shang Yang Games would be pushing for the IOI domestic server with all their might. Pei Qian would also find something for Tengda Games to work on. Otherwise, IOI might really not be able to beat GOG if Hu Xianbin continuously updated GOG, created new heroes, and increased their publicity efforts. GOG had been working well on the domestic server after all. IOI had to think of a way to snatch all the players from GOG. As to what kind of jobs should he give to Hu Xianbin Pei Qian decided to learn from his experiences to create a standalone game that no one would like! The success of Tomorrow is Beautiful was a very hard hit on Pei Qian. It made him doubt life. Why wasnt the audience angry even though he seemed to think that it would infuriate them? It wasnt even reasonable! Pei Qian came to a comprehension after deep thoughts. It was his way of expression! If the audience were to put themselves in the shoes of the protagonist of Tomorrow is Beautiful, they would definitely feel sad and frustrated that they would rather die. However, this was a movie. Zhu Xiaoce used a special method to enable the audiences to maintain Gods view. None of them could feel the way the protagonists felt. That led them to be unable to read more into it and be more empathetic. Therefore, the meaning changed immediately. That was the greatest failure of Tomorrow is Beautiful to Pei Qian. There was just a thin line between making huge losses and making huge profits. Therefore, Pei Qian concluded that giving poison to the audience itself was not a wrong view. Otherwise, no one would say bow down to reality. He had to be tactical about how he fed the poison. He had to make the feeling very strong! As long as he could bring everyone into the tragic character, then it would definitely bring about his desired effect. Pei Qian felt that he had found the crux of the problem why Tomorrow is Beautiful was profitable. He just needed to test his theory out. However, how should he test it out? The Fei Huang Workspace was taken out by Pei Qian. Moreover, he would not want to touch movies again in the short term. Once bitten, twice shy. In comparison, games were a form of art to bring into! Some suffering in the movies would not arouse too much resentment. However, it would be different if the protagonist were to be bullied as the player. Of course, some people might say that Repent and be Saved had not aroused the resentment of players but made the players very happy instead. That was a complete misunderstanding. Repent and be Saved was a game of suffering, but what players liked was not the feeling of suffering but the feeling of becoming stronger after suffering. In the end, it was the sense of accomplishment to overcome difficulties. In other words, such players were not extreme masochists. On the contrary, they were extremely sadistic. Almost all the games in the world had to give players enough positive feedback to have fun. Pei Qian had already decided that this game would not give any players positive feedback. He would just pass on completely negative energy! Wasnt this bowing down to reality? He had to make an extremely realistic game this time and definitely make it so that he had no friends! This time, Boss Pei decided to do it personally or to write the story outline of the game himself to prevent Hu Xianbin from misinterpreting his intentions. He had to give the players a clear understanding! Of course, Pei Qian also knew that it did not necessarily mean that this game would be able to make a loss. The failure of Game Designer was a very deep lesson to him. Pei Qian also thought that the narrative of Game Designer was abusive to the players, but the players were not angry at all. It became a huge plus. Things spiraled out of control after Teacher Qiao over-interpreted it. Pei Qian had thought of a countermeasure for these. He would never repeat these mistakes again, let alone fall twice into the same puddle! In short, Pei Qian learned the experience and lessons of Tomorrow is Beautiful and Game Designer. He had to pin it all on this one! In the guest room of the gaming department Hu Xianbin was obviously nervous. Pei Qian called Hu Xianbin to the guest room individually to tell him about the concept of this new game. Pei Qian did not call for the other more senior staff like Li Yada and Bao Xu. That was because these people had participated in the development of Game Designer and had a deep level of understanding of its success. Pei Qian was afraid that their participation would cause this new project to go wrong. Pei Qian, therefore, decided to isolate these senior staff. He would get these seniors who had participated in the development of the Game Designer to maintain the GOG casually. He would then bring the new group of employees like Hu Xianbin who had no experience in standalone game development to be in charge of the new game. To ensure that the project could reach the level he expected, Pei Qian would explain everything to Hu Xianbin clearly this time to prevent him from using his imagination. Pei Qian took a few sips of tea and started to talk about his idea. The name of this game is called Struggle. It will be an interactive game with realistic themes. All characters have to be made in high-definition motion capture, and the quality of the drawing should be in line with SA masterpieces. Of course, due to the short process of the game, it probably would not cost a lot, perhaps prepare 40 million yuan first. Ill add more if it isnt enough. Temporarily set the development period to be five months. Lets try to get it going on 1st September. Hu Xianbin was at a loss. What was that? Interactive movie game with a realism theme? What kind of godly combination was this? The so-called interactive movie game could be regarded as an adventure game with exquisite graphics. Players would be able to choose different routes and play different endings after the story began. They only needed to make decisions among a few options without actually needing to operate anything. Some interactive movie games used game graphics while others used real scenery and actors for the shot. They were all costly. However, Boss Peis request for all characters to be in high-definition motion capture and in line with 3A masterpieces might cost more than the real set and actor shooting. Forty million yuan was enough to make a movie Hu Xianbin felt huge pressure while being in a daze. Why did it sound unreliable?! Hu Xianbin would have thought that someone had passed the wrong information if he did not hear Boss Pei speak himself. Pei Qian continued. The name Struggle is to allow players to re-experience their struggles in reality. The game will be sold in two different parts. Rich and Poor versions. They will be sold separately. Struggle Rich version is to be sold to the poor. Its original price would be at 29 yuan and 19 yuan after discount; Struggle Poor version would be sold to the rich with its original price at 99 yuan and the discounted price at 79 yuan. The player will enjoy the discount if they buy only one version. However, they would have to pay the full price, a total of 128 yuan if they were to buy both versions. Hu Xianbin blinked. Erm is there any deep meaning to this? Pei Qian nodded. Of course. The poor have no money but want to experience the life of the rich. Therefore, the price is lower. The rich have money but want to experience the life of the poor so the price has to be higher. There is no second chance in life so it will cost more to experience it all. Hu Xianbin was silent and said with emotion, Even Boss Peis pricing can be so philosophical Pei Qian continued. No matter whether it was the rich or poor version, they would be divided into several stages. They would grow up from infancy and go to school before entering society, from work life to live, from entertainment to rest. We have to show as many aspects of the life of the poor and rich through as many scenes as possible. In the rich version, the player plays the role of a rich man. He would have no worries from childhood. Everything would be smooth sailing for him. He could easily achieve success in all aspects of life, career, and relationships. However, he would die in the hands of a homeless man. In the poor version, a player would play as a poor man, having inadequate amounts of food and clothing. His path would be filled with thorns and have no way of making it even after he grew up. He could only continue his cycle of poverty. Hu Xianbin was stunned. And then? Pei Qian: And then? Nothing else. That is the entire content of the game. Hu Xianbin was even more confused now. Shouldnt there be many endings for an interactive movie game? Pei Qian shook his head. No, this game would only have two endings no matter the combination and permutation of options you choose. The rich would be killed by a homeless man, and the poor continue to get poorer. I will never make the same mistake of having many endings like the instance with Game Designer again! Pei Qian thought to himself. Hu Xianbin was shocked. What would the players play for if everything was doomed from the start? The process will be different. There will be a different branch every time the player chooses a different route, but all the branches will return to the same ending, Pei Qian explained. The difference in the branches would not be reflected in the ending. We must fill in as many details for all aspects of life under the big framework of this game. For example, the poor can only attend ordinary schools with low quality of education while the rich attend expensive aristocratic schools. When seeking for jobs, the poor would often run into walls with interviews while the rich work directly for their fathers. The girlfriend who had been with the poor for many years would break up with him because they couldnt afford to buy a house while the rich brought different girls home from nightclubs every day. When they get married, the poor will only be able to buy a small second-hand house with the help of the whole family while the rich would have mansions prepared. They need to do nothing but watch their estate grow more than the poor can ever earn with their hard work Do you understand? Hu Xianbins lips twitched. I understand all too well. Oh, right, the backdrop should be in Europe. Find some foreigners for motion capture and dubbing, Pei Qian added. Boss Pei, does this game have any profound meaning? Hu Xianbin asked. Pei Qian laughed. You dont need to know; just do what you are tasked with well enough. Ill come up with the framework of the story; you and the production team will be responsible for improving the plot. Show me the plot when you are done to make sure that there is no deviation from my thoughts. i me Alright, you can go prepare now. You can work on art resources first. You roughly know what kinds of roles there would be with a little imagination anyway. People like parents, teachers, classmates, bosses, etc. Pei Qian turned to leave after a few simple sentences. He left Hu Xianbin pulling his hair out, thinking hard. Teacher, that question was really out of the syllabus! I really cannot understand! Pei Qian was also fully prepared to lose all his hard-earned money this time. The pricing was meaningful The poor version could also be called the ultimate suffering version. One could suffer all the sins one had suffered in reality and be the ultimate masochist. The rich version could also be called the gold-foil-wrapped version. Everything was smooth sailing at first, which would make the player feel good. However, they would die in the hands of a poor person. Pei Qian specially set it at a low price of 19 yuan, taking into account that the rich version was wrapped in gold foil, which would only reveal itself at the end. Yet, the poor one was a full ride of masochism so he set it at a high price of 79 yuan. To prevent players from generating some inexplicable interpretations by playing the two versions together, Pei Qian deliberately increased the price of buying the two versions together. If the players really wanted to buy, the best choice would be to buy the 19-yuan rich version. It would not cost much, and the risk of Pei Qian making money was very low. The contents were more excessive. In addition to the masochism throughout the entire process, the key was that both endings were terrible. The players would not be able to change these two endings no matter how hard the player tried in the game! Who would play such a game? It was absolutely impossible! Pei Qian really steeled his heart to bow down to reality this time. He would do his best to make ducks and drakes of the 40 million yuan. Please do not let a single penny come back to him! Chapter 474 - Walking the Way of Teacher Qiao, Force Him to Have Nowhere to Go Chapter 474 Walking the Way of Teacher Qiao, Force Him to Have Nowhere to Go April 6th, Wednesday Pei Qian was finally done with the general plot of Struggle after two days of struggle. The plot of the game could be roughly divided into several major stages: birth, school, exams, work, love, marriage, home purchase, childbirth, and middle-age crisis. That was the overall process. The poor and the rich versions would have the same stages, but they experienced completely different things. For example, the children of the rich would have a nanny to take care of them from birth to when they were schooling. When they grow up, they would play happily in the mansion. The toys they had would be very expensive. They would also hire very high-end tutors to get good preschool education. Children from poor families would not have these facilities at all. They could only watch TV and picture books at home. After their parents go to work, they could only play alone. The other major stages were the same. Anyway, one could roughly imagine the plot if one were to imagine it. Everything would go wrong for the poor while everything would be unimpeded for the rich. Pei Qian also considered adding some quantifiable data to the game, to let players feel the gap between the two more clearly. For example, the players current knowledge (professional knowledge, financial awareness, etc.), emotional intelligence (handling people, making friends, etc.), mental health, specific material wealth, etc. These data would ostensibly affect the players options. For example, wealth management consciousness of a rich person could speed up his accumulation of material wealth; emotional intelligence could give him more opportunities to make friends with nobles; and his mental health could make it easier for him to adjust his mood at work. There would be problems due to excessive pressure However, everything was just on the surface. In fact, they would only affect some trivial branches and would not affect the final outcome. The reason Pei Qian did this was very simple. If the gameplay could allow the player to visualize the final outcome, then how could he make the player feel disgusted? If the poor could counterattack and the rich could avoid the fate of being killed, wouldnt it be a great ending? They must not let that happen! Moreover, the setting of you have a choice on the surface, but everything was predestined was regarded as a failure in the game industry. Most games would be criticized for doing so. The game would last until middle-age, which was around 50 years old. As the saying went, be established at 30, have clarity at 40, and know the bidding of the heavens at 50. To Pei Qian, 50 was the best age to kill off a rich man player. Too early and there would not be enough content; too late and it would not make people feel disgusted. Fifty-year-old wealthy people were in their prime with their careers taking off. They had already obtained a very good standard of living. Most of them would have good marriages and promising children. Death at this time should be the most unacceptable time for players. As for the poor life is basically fixated by the age of 50. The resemblance to their parents had also emerged, and this cycle of poverty has begun to take shape. In short, it was the best age to end this game. Of course, in addition to these fixed life processes, some unexpected events would also be added during the game. For example: car accidents, sickness, school bullying, pitfalls when buying a house, natural disasters, etc. These emergencies would also slightly change the flow of the game and, at the same time, clearly show the gap between the poor and the rich in their ability to resist risks when facing these emergencies. Pei Qian did not intend to do any voice-over this time after learning from the mistakes in Game Designer. All the content in the game would not contain any emotions or color. All dialogues and behaviors would be as objective as possible so that it would never induce players to have reverse psychology. Other than that, to prevent people with ulterior motives from forcibly deepening their thinking, Pei Qian set the rich and poor as the two individuals whose paths do not cross at all. The homeless guy who would kill the rich man in the end would have no link to the poor. This homeless man would not be the simple, kind-hearted poor man that most people imagined. He had good hands and feet, but he was idle and lazy. He wanted to kill the rich because he was jealous. It was not because of some noble reasons that he resisted the oppression. The poor could reach the rich; for example, his boss would be completely unrelated to the protagonist in the rich version. They never had any idea of resisting. He did not want to generate any misunderstanding such as the rich oppress the poor. In addition to this, there was another important question: how to prevent the pesky Teacher Qiao from over-interpreting this game? Pei Qian had been thinking very hard about this point, and he finally had an answer. Force him to his grave with an official response! Who would listen to you if I were to explain it from the start? How could you backstab me if no one listened to you? Pei Qian could roughly guess the angles that Teacher Qiao could interpret from. It was nothing more than the rich-poor gap, the Matthew effect. The distribution of social wealth was unreasonable and the classes solidified. If his brain circuit was more peculiar, then it may be possible to analyze the poors lack of financial awareness and short-sightedness, why the rich could not understand the vicious cycle of life after falling to the bottom In any case, the topic of the gap between the rich and poor was discussed all over the world. If one was divergent in ones thinking, one could talk about many topics. Pei Qian decided to expose these problems as soon as the game was released. He would walk Teacher Qiaos road so that Teacher Qiao had nowhere to go! Of course, Pei Qian was not so stupid as to stab himself in the back. He wanted to expose these problems officially, but he would definitely not do it in the same way as Teacher Qiao. The key was how to say it with the same reasoning. Quoting classics, forcing value and depth would definitely appear to be particularly alluring and would be easy for them to resonate with him. However, Pei Qian planned to use simple language and a straightforward way to point all these out. His goal would be to make it as boring as possible. It could even induce players to have some wrong views in the game such as the producer holding a view that the caste system could never be crossed, fatalism, etc. That reasoning was like telling a joke. red Teacher Qiao told jokes, danced, screamed, and shouted. First, he created suspense, making the audience burst with anticipation before giving the answers. The effects were excellent. However, Pei Qian did not need to lay the groundwork at all. He would just throw out whatever it was. This way, the audience would know what this burden was. No matter how Teacher Qiao created an atmosphere or suspense, this burden would not be able to surprise! Pei Qian felt that his actions were like announcing this person is the murderer on the first page of a manga[1]. He would not allow Teacher Qiaos Products of the Gods to have any new take on it! The more Pei Qian thought about it, the more he felt he was a genius satisfied with his own talents! Pei Qian sent the plot summary to Hu Xianbin after everything was completed, for him to expand. At the same time, different characters in the games would need to use different motion capture actors. All of whom must be foreigners so they had to be done in advance. Pei Qian could not be bothered with these as he left them to Hu Xianbin. Anyway, things would be better if they went wrong. It would be alright too if they did it well. As long as they firmly grasp the game plot and dont run off the track! April 7th, Thursday Pei Qian came to the office on time after eating lunch. He had already sent Hu Xianbin the plot summary of Struggle yesterday afternoon. He also sent a message to Lin Wan about IOIs domestic server and asked her to connect with He Desheng. He still had no idea on how to best handle the IOI domestic server. The possibility of making changes to the game was almost non-existent. It was difficult to push the price of the heroes and skins down. Dream Realization Ventures did not have a loud voice in the company since it only held 20% of Finger Games after all. IOI and GOG were not on friendly terms if one were to look purely from the eyes of the games charging model. GOG heroes were all free, and the price of their skin was several times lower than that of IOI. However, Pei Qian felt that this was not important. Some people were playing IOI locally; they had a good player base. To them, the biggest problem was not the price but the internet. The game was too laggy after using an accelerator to connect to its international server. It was impossible to communicate with foreign teammates in the game as well. These people would definitely switch to the domestic server once it was out, so there was no need to worry about the start of the IOI domestic server. It would be able to take off without much maneuver with the ability of Shang Yang Games. Pei Qian felt that the burden lifted from his body after temporarily settling two gaming departments. Nonetheless, he should not let his guard down. There were still many things waiting for him to settle. Knock, knock! A knock came from outside the office. It was Assistant Xin. Boss Pei, this is the survey report on the fitness industry in Jingzhou City that you wanted. If you dont want to see the data, you can just turn to the last page and look at the conclusion. Pei Qian nodded and took the investigation report from Assistant Xin. He flipped it casually. As expected, everything in front was big data and technical terms. He did not understand them. Pei Qian turned to the last page very calmly and asked while reading the survey conclusions: So, are gyms in Jingzhou making money or not? Assistant Xin considered for a moment. The key is how you operate it. Pei Qian, Hm? Tell me in detail. Assistant Xin apparently had an understanding of the status of the fitness industry. She had conducted an in-depth investigation of the fitness industry in Jingzhou after receiving the mission from Boss Pei. She was extremely familiar with the contents. Simply put, it is limited by the current level of economic development in our country. Most people do not have the habit of going to the gym regularly. Even those with fitness habits often cannot afford the expenses of those high-end gyms. It is better in first-tier cities with more white-collar workers. This problem is especially obvious in a second-tier city like Jingzhou. The low-cost membership strategy adopted by many gyms to attract customers is difficult to support daily operations like rent, equipment, labor, water, electricity, cooling and heating, fire protection, and other aspects of opening a gym; let alone create enough profit. From this point of view, gyms are not profitable. Many closed gyms have closed down because they cannot make ends meet. The greater the investment, the greater the marketing pressure. However, there were also gyms that really make a lot of money. The main way is to find high-net-worth clients to sell private training sessions. The more you sell, the more you earn. The primary task of personal training in most gyms is not to teach students well, but to sell more classes. The internal group of personal training is similar to the marketing group. Whoever sells more classes will be sought after. In short, the current model of making money in the gym is through membership cards, especially for newcomers applying for annual cards. Newcomers have no fitness habit at all, and it is difficult to stick to it. The gym will only make money if they join the membership without attending the gym. At the same time, low-cost fitness cards attract as many customers as possible. Then, the personal trainers start to show their magic, find the high-net-worth customers to fool them into taking private lessons, and make most of the profits from here. There are also some other tricks. For example, go for a free test. Modern people usually have some health problems, and these private trainers would deliberately exaggerate these health problems and take the opportunity to sell classes. In short, I dont deny that there are more conscientious gyms in this industry, but generally, they are chaotic and not very standardized. Many consumers who go to the gym are also extremely disgusted with this chaos, but the reasons for this situation are more complicated and cannot be changed in a short time. Boss Pei, it is a good thing for the industry itself if you want to enter it. However, these objective problems must definitely be considered. It will not be so easy to create a high-end and conscientious gym brand from scratch even for you [1] This refers to comics drawn in the Japanese style. Chapter 475 - Deposit Fitness Chapter 475 Deposit Fitness Pei Qian was even happier after Assistant Xin was done with her explanation. As expected, the fitness industry was promising! What was there to worry about since there were so many successful stories of failed gyms? Pei Qian nodded. Hm, let me give it some thoughts. By the way, are there any newly opened gyms nearby? Or any ready-made venues that can be used directly by setting up some equipment? Look for them, save time for renovation by using money. Pei Qian wanted to open the first gym as soon as possible and see what would happen. He would open a few more if everything went well so that he could lose more money in this cycle. It could also stop loss quickly if he accidentally made money and think of other ways. Assistant Xin considered it for a moment. I do know a few high-end gyms nearby. However, they might not necessarily be willing to transfer ownership. Ill get someone to ask. Pei Qian began considering his plans for his gym after Assistant Xin left. He tried to digest and absorb as much gym failure experience from Assistant Xins investigation report as possible. He would integrate all the characteristics of failed gyms into one! Pei Qian knew very well that Tengda Corporation had grown rather big and had abundant funds. He would definitely invest a lot no matter which industry he were to enter. The large amount of initial investment would increase revenue pressure, but it will also be easier to attract customers, especially high-quality customers with high net worth. The difficulty of losing money was getting higher. Therefore, he had to steel himself and not be led around by fate if he wanted to lose money! He shouldnt think I can lose money if others can lose money if they do this. If he really thought so, he would probably make a dogmatic mistake. According to the analysis of the report, the fundamental reason why many gyms did not make money lied in the relatively large investment in the gym itself such as venues, equipment, labor, or other expenses. Selling membership cards alone could also get good benefits if it was in some developed countries where people generally have fitness habits. It would then enter into a virtuous circle. However, due to the economic development level and peoples perception in China, most people had no fitness habits. Moreover, they were not willing to spend more money. It would be difficult to make money by selling membership so they must sell private training sessions. This idea would be the same as the domestic Krypton Gold Online Games. First, use low prices to attract more people into the gym as much as possible and then pick out those richer ones. There were three kinds of people in the gym to put it bluntly: The first were the hot-headed lazy bums. They were those who felt the excitement for a short while and would cool off after a while. People who did not need money and wanted a healthy body. They were afraid that they would not be able to sustain themselves so they signed up for a private training session to supervise themselves. Those who could persist by themselves. The gyms like the first two types of people, but it was such people that would resist the offers from the gyms. However, there were too few of such people around. The gym mainly earned through membership fees from the first type of people while they earned through private training sessions from the second type of people. They attracted both rich and poor. Therefore, Pei Qian thought for a while and decided to do the opposite. It would be the same as the previous idea, to cut expenditures and reduce resources. On the one hand, he had to increase daily expenditures as much as possible; on the other, minimize their target user groups and make less money. First, do not earn anything from the hot-headed lazy bums! Other gyms sell half-yearly cards and annual cards. The longer the time, the more discounts there would be. That was to take advantage of their hot-headed characteristics and use discounts to encourage them to apply for long membership cards. However, these hot-blooded people generally could not sustain this effect. The longer they set it to be, the more they lost out. Pei Qian decided to calculate the price for the day! Other gyms are members who sell for half a year or a year and count whether they come or not. The membership that Pei Qian wanted to sell would only be deducted based on the day the customer came. It was also impossible for the other gyms to refund the membership fees. They could only transfer the membership to others, which was very troublesome. The gym that Pei Qian wanted to open would allow the users to withdraw their balance in their accounts at any time. This way, the hot-headed lazy bums would not be able to give the gym more money! Next, he would not earn a penny more from a whale! The other gyms were frantically selling private training sessions, providing better services for high-net-worth users to obtain greater profits. Pei Qian decided not to sell any private training sessions. All personal trainers would have the same benefits and wages and would not earn commissions. The personal trainers would be on standby all the time. They would answer any questions the clients had. They would also let them know if they see clients doing something wrong. However, they would never talk too much, let alone promote any courses. Want to find an exclusive personal trainer? Want to pay for a private training session? Sorry, we do not offer one-to-one services. The more Pei Qian thought about it, the more satisfied he was. This plan would shut out most of the clients money. The hot-blooded would first be dissuaded by the high price. Even if they applied for the card on a whim, the balance could be refunded at any time. Those who were rich and wanted one-on-one training would not be able to find such services here. Those who really understood fitness would definitely choose cheaper gyms as long as there was equipment. There was no need to pay extra to come to this gym. The only people who were interested in such a model would be those who were slightly affluent, enthusiastic about exercise, and dismissive of hiring private trainers. However, the current level of economic development had not reached that lifestyle level, and Jingzhou was a less developed second-tier city. The number of this group of people was small, and it was unlikely that the gym would be profitable. In this way, the gym would become a pure loss. The more he opened, the more he would lose! Of course, the system was not so foolish. The requirement of the system was that this industry must have theoretical profitability. The profitability could be reduced to a certain extent if it could earn him a certain reputation. Pei Qian was going to provide a better fitness environment so he naturally had to set a higher price. After consideration, Pei Qian decided to set the price much higher than the minimum price allowed by the system. It was likely to result in small profits but a quick turnover if the price was set based on the lowest price allowed by the system. If he were to continue increasing the price to a level that most ordinary people couldnt bear, he would be able to dissuade the target group directly from the price! At present, the gyms in Jingzhou cost about 2,000 yuan per year, and all Tengda employees signed up for it. That was a relatively high-end gym. A cheaper one could cost even less than one thousand yuan. According to the mid- to high-end standard of 2,000 yuan per year, it averaged to about five yuan a day. However, it was obviously impossible for most to go to the gym every day. It was good enough if most of them patronized once or twice. According to this frequency, the real price per day would work out to about 20 yuan a day. It would be more worthwhile with a higher frequency of patrons. Since Pei Qian had decided to use better equipment, create a better environment, hire better coaches; he would use the price to further dissuade consumers. He would set the daily price at 40 yuan! He should add on to the price, considering that clients would need to spend more money to enjoy personal training in other gyms which could be enjoyed here for free. Of course, the private training sessions at the other places were one-to-one training. This gym would be a one-to-many so the price could definitely not be set too high. Pei Qian considered it for a while and raised the price to 50 yuan! This price should be able to dissuade many people, right? If one used this premise to calculate how much they had to pay if they visited the gym twice a week, it would cost them 400 yuan a month and 4,800 yuan a year. If it was more extreme-going to the gym four times a week, then this amount would double at 9,600 yuan. It was a very outrageous price for the local consumption level in Jingzhou in the year 2011. It should be an unreasonable figure compared to the price of the other gyms. Hmmm it seems like it was not enough. Is this all I can do to lose money? Let me think again. Pei Qian felt that there was still a certain chance of failure with just the current setting of doing the opposite of these profitable gyms. What if some people felt that this gym had a conscience and applied for a secondary membership card? Or what if a big bodybuilder were to come to Jingzhou temporarily and didnt want to apply for a long-term fitness card and applied for a short-term card? It seemed as though it would still be profitable if there were enough people who came once in a while and the daily flow of people was guaranteed. Therefore, he had to think of ways to persuade these people to not join them as much as possible! It was impossible for them to mandate the application of a long-term card. It would be contradictory to the previous rules so he had to think of other ways. Pei Qian considered it for a while and decided to implement a check-in system, using a special method to achieve this effect of persuading clients to leave! When registering their membership, different training programs were formulated according to each persons physical fitness, work, and life status. For example, they were required to use the gym three or more times a week; eat and drink in accordance with the prescribed content; and make it mandatory for them to eat only healthy meals launched by Fish-Catching Take-Out. In this way, consumers would not only have to pay for the gym but also for the mandatory healthy meals! There were much fewer people willing to spend so much money! If one failed to complete the check-in goal, there would be a penalty. First, there would be a warning, then allow them to refund. After that, they would not be able to sign up for some time. In this way, those experience parties who wanted to go to the gym once in a while would also be disgusted and would reduce their savings by a large amount. Yes, that would be perfect! After several rounds of considerations, Pei Qian finalized the specific rules for the gym: After one became a member, they could recharge as much as they liked without any discount. Take physical examinations and develop training plans as soon as possible, including how many times a week the client would visit the gym; what to train; and what to eat. All the contents would be formulated after consultation with the customer. Once established, it would become mandatory and must be followed through. The cost of each visit to the gym was 50 yuan if one were to add them all up. The healthy Fish-Catching Take-Out would be mandatory so the price would be calculated separately. The takeaway order system and the gyms app exchange data would be linked. Of course, the Fish-Catching Take-Out would have to make a loss, too. Healthy meals would be sold at a cost, but the forced food purchase itself was a form of dissuasion to the consumers. He was losing money and adding a threshold for the clients-perfect. Clients would be interviewed if they did not eat the healthy meal or did not come to the gyms for a certain number of times. The first two times would be warnings, and the third time would be a direct refund and that client would not be accepted within a month. Of course, if they corrected it immediately after the first warning, then this consecutive warning effect would be eliminated after two weeks. Pei Qian decided to name this gym as Deposit Fitness. On the surface, it meant to deposit your body with us!! The actual meaning meant was for the mentally handicapped AI to beat the crap out of the clients! A crazy gym like this would be patronized by whales at best. However, there were not many whales in Jingzhou. The real whales would look for personal trains so the Deposit Fitness would probably not be very competitive. Many stores would be open, and no one would care about them. It would be simply beautiful because all of them could be used to distribute employee benefits! Of course, Pei Qian also thought of some other methods such as discounts for successful weight loss, but he rejected them after careful consideration. These operations seemed to be able to lose money on the surface, but they also seemed to be able to motivate clients and propagate spontaneouslywhich could be counterproductive. Therefore, Pei Qian decided to abandon these seemingly beautiful operations and chose to take the safe route after careful consideration. Losing money required a long term strategy as well. Then, Pei Qian briefly considered the equipment in the gym. All fitness equipment must be the most high-end. Every piece of aerobic exercise equipmentincluding treadmills, ellipticals, etc.would be equipped with a small TV in front, so that one could adjust what one wanted to watch. Showers, changing rooms, restrooms, etc. would all be made in accordance with the highest specifications. All kinds of high-end shampoos, shower gels, hairdryers, and the like would all be provided. In short, wherever they could spend money on. Moreover, they had to wear a wristband in the gym and download the exercise data from the wristband when they were done. They would only complete the check-in when the amount of exercise reached the standard. Pei Qian nodded in satisfaction after everything was finalized. He would strive to make this gym an exclusive gym for Tengda employees, so that no one else would be interested in it! Double happiness when the gym would lose money daily and make more losses when giving benefits to his employees. He should make fitness plans for all Tengda employees so that they were exhausted from exercise and have no intention of working. Boss Pei would lose money, happily obtaining the best of both worlds! Chapter 476 - Don’t You Want to Hear How Much I’m Going to Pay You First? Chapter 476 Dont You Want to Hear How Much Im Going to Pay You First? April 8th, Friday Pei Qian followed Assistant Xin into a high-end gym near the office. It was not far away; it was only a five-minute walk from the office. Of course, it was not far from Handong University either. The gym occupied a shop space by the road. There was a signboard on the entrance: Bo Sha Gym, Handong University branch. The words looked very artistic, making it look dynamic and modern. Apart from bright and clean full-length windows, there were also dynamic and abstract artworks drawn on either side of the entrance. All the artworks were of people exercising. Some were slam-dunking, some were playing badminton, and some were boxing. The artworks were separated by lines. Anyone who looked at them would involuntarily think about comics. At the same time, they looked extraordinarily dynamic and youthful. Pei Qian frowned. He was quite satisfied with the way the gym had been renovated. After taking over the gym, he would be able to open for business within a short period, without having to waste too much time. However, he was not pleased with the fancy entrance. It was too eye-catching! Tengdas businesses had to be as low-profile as possible. Still, it was easy to deal with. After taking over the gym, Pei Qian could engage workers to clean the entire entrance and paint a soft color over it instead. Everything would be alright as long as they avoided drawing attention to the gym as much as possible. All of those were small problems. Upon entering, Assistant Xin briefly introduced the current situation to Boss Pei: Boss Pei, Ive sent people to the few gyms in the area. Only three are willing to sell their businesses. This gym is very nicely renovated, and it suits your requirements the best. Bo Sha Gym is a well-known brand that has chain stores all around the country. It has several branches in Jingzhou as well. It has been expanding very quickly in recent years, but the rapid expansion caused problems for the business. Bo Sha Gyms Handong University branch was intended to be a high-end gym in the vicinity of Handong University. Its target audience was Handong Universitys students and the white-collar workers in nearby office buildings. However, a problem soon surfaced. There are too many gyms near Handong University. Many small gyms engaged in price wars and sold their memberships at very low prices. Nearly all the people who love exercise in the area have been divided up among them. Theres even another Bo Sha Gym just over a kilometer from this place. That exacerbated the problem. The branch manager of this branch had already set his sights on the high-income group, and so the membership was quite expensive. It was fine in the beginning. The gyms environment attracted many high-income people. However, as they sold more and more cards, potential customers dwindled, and the revenue from membership sign-ups and personal training failed to cover the gyms operating costs. At last, the gym failed to make ends meet and started incurring losses. If you like this place, we have two options: First, we could buy the entire place as it is, including the gyms members and coaches. Of course, the branch manager would love it if we could do that, but we could use that as an excuse to negotiate a better price. We could even spend less than we budgeted. The downside to doing that is that we would earn little to no revenue from membership sign-ups. That would only allow us to ask for a better price from the owners. Of course, we the existing members and personal training sessions. Second, we could buy the shop space, and not retain the members or the coaches. We could even refuse to buy the equipment and ask the owners to empty the place. Then, we can renovate the gym from scratch. Since theres another Bo Sha Gym nearby, we could ask the owners to transfer the members from this branch to that branch. That would ease our burdens, but there are only so many people in the area who have the habit of going to the gym. It could cause us to fail to pull in members from the very start. Fail to pull in members? Thats great! Pei Qian remained expressionless. Alright, I understand. Ill deal with the project from now on. You can focus on the procedural work. Assistant Xin nodded. Alright, Boss Pei. Both of them walked towards Bo Sha Gyms Handong University branch. The moment they entered, what looked like a thirty-year-old man dressed in a suit and leather shoes walked up and welcomed them. Boss Pei! How are you? Im the branch manager of this gym. My surname is Wei. Obviously, Assistant Xin had told the branch manager about Pei Qian before. That was probably why he was being so hospitable. There were many heroic buyers in the world, but they could be split into different tiers! The extremely rich buyers would no longer be referred to as heroic buyers, but as cash cows! Once Branch Manager Wei heard that Tengda Corporation had set its sights on this branch, he beamed with excitement. This branch had been steadily incurring losses. Branch Manager Wei had already decided to transfer all the members to the branch next door, close down, and stop the bleeding. Now, Tengda Corporation had expressed interest in taking over the shop. Although Branch Manager Wei would still incur losses in the end, the problem would be minimized. Of course, he was over the moon. Boss Pei, let me bring you around first. Branch Manager Wei led Pei Qian around the gym, letting him see every corner of the area. The area was huge, and the renovations were well done. Among the gyms in Jingzhou, one could say that this gym had a better environment. However, there was no swimming pool, sauna, massages, or other fancy things. Pei Qian knew very well that, among all the high-end gyms, Bo Sha Gym would only be considered average. The more facilities there were in a traditional gym, the better. Gyms with fancy facilities like swimming pools and saunas often drew customers in better than other gyms. The reason was simple. Many noobs had the same mentality when it came to gyms: its better to have excess than find myself lacking. Even if they did not know how to swim, they would plan for the day that they felt like learning. Thus, if a gym had all the necessary facilities, even if it charged more for membership; people would still be willing to sign up. While this gym might look bad to others, it looked good to Pei Qian. The gym would look less attractive to others! Obviously, Branch Manager Wei did not tell Pei Qian about this. Instead, he boasted about superficial things like how much they had invested in the gym and how good its potential was. Pei Qian did not pay much attention to him. Instead, he barely processed Branch Manager Weis words. In any case, he could just send Assistant Xin to do the negotiating when the time came for it. After walking around the gym, Branch Manager Wei called all the gym trainers over. They formed two lines in front of Pei Qian. The gym trainers all had well-sculpted chests, and they looked to be full of energy. It was not easy to be a gym trainer in this day and age. If the gym closed down, all the gym trainers would have to apply for jobs in other gyms. Not all of them would succeed. Of course, they had to put on a show in front of someone who was potentially taking over the branch. It would be best if they could convince Boss Pei to retain them as he bought over the gym. Branch Manager Weis intentions were clear. He was not hoping for Boss Pei to retain all the gym trainers. In fact, he would be satisfied if Boss Pei picked a few of the trainers and allowed them to remain in the gym. Boss Pei, let me introduce to you a few of our gyms most popular golden instructors. Pei Qian raised his hand, stopping Branch Manager Wei mid-sentence. Boss Pei trusted his own eyes more than Branch Manager Weis recommendations. He scanned the gym trainers at lightning speed and then filtered them one by one. He could not accept those with bad figures. Those people probably could only remain in the gym for so long because they could make a lot of sales. They were likely good and quick-thinking liars. If Pei Qian retained such business geniuses, he would possibly end up generating a lot of profit. He could not accept those whose eyes were filled with hope and who looked to be in a good mental state either. Such people were probably hard workers who were very enthusiastic in their work and who had probably been brain-washed by several other gyms before. They did not match Pei Qians requirements. Finally, Pei Qian skipped over the few gym trainers in the front row who had bulging muscles. He focused on the humble-looking coach at the back, who stood by the side with his head lowered. He was not tall, and he had glasses on. From his face, Pei Qian guessed that he was quite old. Since he hid behind the others, Pei Qian could not tell how fit he was. You, the man with the spectacles. Step out. Pei Qian wagged his finger. The gym trainers turned around one by one to look at the man with spectacles. He looked up, incredulous and confused, as he pointed to himself. Pei Qian nodded. Thats right-its you. Step out. The man walked through the middle of the front row and stepped in front of Pei Qian, still looking puzzled. Pei Qian looked at the small-looking man and instinctively thought of a scene in the movie Kung Fu. The man had looked so short before, and he had looked so unassuming behind the other gym trainers. Pei Qian could not tell that his muscles were so developed. Whats your name? Pei Qian asked. The personal trainer spoke in a low muffled voice. Guo Licheng. Pei Qian was stunned. Im asking for your real name, not your nickname. Branch Manager Wei quickly explained, Boss Pei, this trainer is called Guo Licheng. His surname is Guo, and Licheng is his name. Licheng means rhetorical and honest. Pei Qian, Im sorry, Im uncultured. However, your name doesnt sound very motivating to those who want to lose weight. Branch Manager Wei walked towards Boss Pei and said, Hehe, Boss Pei, I need to tell you something first. Im not saying this trainer isnt good, but hes not very smart. Hes not very good at management, and hes not very sociable either. In fact, hes the worst at sales in the entire team. Of course, if you only want him to be a personal trainer, therell be no issue. Hes very professional. However, if you want him to manage the gym, therell probably be issues Whats more, Coach Guo has been thinking about quitting the industry for some time. I can recommend another man to you. Hes not worse off than Coach Guo, and hes smart and bright. I promise that youll be satisfied! Pei Qian shook his head. Theres no need! I dont want anyone but him. Er alright. Branch Manager Wei had intended to try harder at persuading Pei Qian, but he soon recalled that he was not related to the gym trainers in any way. Thus, he decided not to poke his nose into their business. Branch Manager Wei dismissed all the other trainers and asked Guo Licheng to remain behind and wait for Boss Peis instructions. Pei Qian left Assistant Xin with a few words. Get rid of all the equipment in the gym. Sell them second-hand to other gyms. Well buy new ones. Ask them to transfer their members to the other branch as well. Well not take them. Well only retain Coach Guo. I want to speak to him. Pick out some problems and negotiate for a better price. Of course, dont go overboard; just dont let the branch manager take us for a ride. Assistant Xin nodded and then proceeded to discuss the contract with Branch Manager Wei. At the same time, Pei Qian went to speak to Guo Licheng. Before he could say anything, Guo Licheng spoke. Boss Pei! Im very sorry, but I have something to clarify. I thought of leaving the industry for a long time. I apologize, but youll have to find another coach. Pei Qian remained silent for a moment and then asked, Are you sure you dont want to hear how much Im going to pay you first? Chapter 477 - Let Me Change This Industry Then! The mysterious question stumped Guo Licheng at that moment. Pei Qian continued speaking. Whats your base salary now? Guo Licheng answered honestly, 1,500 yuan. Pei Qian asked, How do you earn commission? Guo Licheng: It varies from trainer to trainer. On average, we get thirty percent as commission and two hundred yuan per personal training session. The personal training sessions cost as much as Pei Qian remembered. That was the price he was paying for his employees personal training as well. Of course, in ten years, this would look cheap. In fact, it looked like peanuts. Pei Qian quickly calculated in his head. If you teach three sessions per day on average and dont rest for the entire month, you would earn 5,400 yuan from commission. In addition to your basic salary, that would be 6,900 yuan. At the moment, that income was not considered bad in Jingzhou. Guo Licheng hesitated. In reality, I dont earn that much. Many customers that I teach were transferred to me by other trainers. That means I have to split my commission with them. Each month, I only earn about five to six thousand yuan. Pei Qian nodded. The man lived up to his name. He was very forthcoming and honest with all of his answers. For personal trainers, the main competition was in selling training sessions. The more one sold, the more commission one earned. Many personal trainers in large cities could earn thirty to forty thousand yuan per month from selling training sessions alone. However, those kinds of marketing geniuses were rare. Naturally, personal trainers like Guo Lichengwho were inarticulate, quiet, honest, and forthcoming-would not be able to bluff many students into buying his training sessions. On the other hand, personal trainers who were good at sales and bluffing sold more personal training sessions than they could handle. Thus, they could transfer some customers to trainers with more time on their hands, like Guo Licheng. However, they would not have transferred customers over for free, unless they were extremely close. Pei Qian nodded. Ill give you a basic salary of eight thousand yuan. Therell be no commission, but well provide food and lodging allowance and various other benefits like regular physical examinations. Guo Licheng was shocked. Er, Boss Pei its not the basic salary thats the problem. I want to leave the industry because. Ill make it ten thousand yuan and give you more benefits, but there still wont be commission. Guo Licheng, He was moved. A basic salary of ten thousand yuan even if he left the fitness industry, he would not be able to draw a salary like that. Whats more, Guo Licheng really liked the fitness industry. He had only wanted to leave because he felt disappointed in its current situation. A basic salary of ten thousand yuan was ridiculously high, but the words no commission were even more shocking. Boss Peis sincerity had moved him. However, it also caused Guo Licheng to worry about Boss Pei. He did not want such a genuine man to become a pushover in the industry and end up losing everything after taking over the gym. Guo Licheng hesitated and then asked, Boss Pei, you dont understand the fitness industry very well, do you? Pei Qian answered frankly, No. Guo Licheng looked like he had expected the answer. To tell you the truth, you have an overly simplistic view. Your proposal sounds very tempting to me, and having no commission is a good thing. However, it would not be in the gyms interests! Trainers would only try to sell memberships and training sessions if they would be paid a commission. Thats how the gym would generate revenue and profit. If you dont pay your trainers commission, they would not make sales enthusiastically. Who would pay the gym, then? Pei Qian laughed. Nobody has to. Our gym can just do away with personal training. Guo Licheng, Huh? Pei Qian found Guo Lichengs confused expression very interesting. He briefly explained various aspects of his plan for Deposit Fitness to the latter. Guo Lichengs expression changed from confusion to shock, to doubt, to bewilderment, and then to pity. Once Pei Qian was done speaking, Guo Licheng sighed softly. Boss Pei, I can now confirm that you dont understand the fitness industry at all! Honestly, gyms with a conscience would not last long in this industry. If you want to run your gym this way, you would not achieve either of your goals. You would neither have a good reputation nor be able to generate profits. Oh? Pei Qian was elated. It seemed like his own plan had been validated by an experienced insider of the industry! It was a good sign. Still, he had to bury his joy deep in his heart as he asked, What do you mean? Guo Licheng cleared his throat and then glanced at Assistant Xin and Branch Manager Wei who were negotiating the contract at that moment. He whispered, Ill tell you the truth, Boss Pei. The fitness industry is now a gambling den. The trainees are betting that they would go to the gym every day upon signing a membership, while the gym is betting that they would not. Often, the gym wins. Still, local gyms are closing down and winding up in batches. Some people dont visit the gym for several months, even after signing up for a membership. When they finally decide to go, they realize that the gym has closed down. Thats very common. Thats why I say that this is an industry where bad money drives out the good. Its very similar to other industries that eagerly push people to sign up for things and then run away. You can only earn profits if you have a dark heart. Those who survive based on their good hearts or good foresight are few and far between. Guo Licheng sounded very upset, but Pei Qian was over the moon. If what youre saying is true, then the situation is much better than I thought! Pei Qian inwardly celebrated what he was hearing Tell me more about it in detail, said Pei Qian, his expression unchanging. It looked like Guo Licheng had a strong desire to diss the industry more as well. In a low voice, he said, Boss Pei, honestly, pricing usage of the gym at fifty yuan per day would not please either side. Most customers only visit the gym four times a week. That means they would have to spend ten thousand yuan a year. Thats five times more expensive than ordinary gym memberships! They would surely think that our gym is extraordinarily expensive. However, in reality, gyms price their membership at two thousand yuan and then depend on people wasting their membership and buying private training sessions to generate profits. In other words, setting a fixed price might make customers find this gym expensive, and you might not be able to generate profit. To me, youre just being good-hearted, especially to the noobs who dont have any motivation. Yet, those noobs might not even thank you. They would imagine visiting the gym every day with a membership card. Thus, they would not find your pricing worth their money. Thats also why I said that bad money drives out the good in this industry. There are too many noobs, and it wont be easy to earn money good-heartedly. Instead, being despicable would be more profitable. Gym memberships are sold at two thousand yuan for a year and three thousand yuan for two years. Obviously, the memberships that last two years are more cost-efficient. Since the gyms bet that customers would not visit very frequently, the longer ones membership extends for, the cheaper it would be priced. Still, gyms only focus on the situation before them! They would think about future problems in the future, as long as they get their hands on the three thousand yuan first. Only one gym had to start doing this before the others had to follow suit. Otherwise, the first gym would have won all the customers over. These gyms sell as many memberships as they can, which last for one to three years. After receiving cash upfront, they distribute flyers, rope customers in, and sell as many private training sessions as they can, without caring about the gyms capacity. Still, such gyms become more famous than others. They would attract all the nearby customers so that the other gyms have no source of revenue. If you start a gym with a conscience and give up earning quick bucks, you would be pushed out of the market by the other gyms aggressive marketing strategy before long. What future would you be able to plan for, then? Gyms that try to earn quick bucks are flooding the market and making a surplus on all the future consumption potential. Once they see the situation getting worse, they pack everything up and go, leaving a mess behind. Another important point is that training is very painful for beginners. The consumers in our country dont have the right view of fitness and training. The barriers are too high, consumer experience is horrible, and there are too many newbies. Thats why gyms have to adopt the current model. If you want to make money the good-hearted way, then you must be prepared to incur losses for the first few years. You would have to invest more resources and manpower than you can imagine. Not only must you provide good products, but you would also have to nurture the market and change peoples lifestyles. Thats way too difficult! All in all, if youre only interested in making a quick buck and running away, just act like I havent said anything. However, I know that Tengda is a business with a conscience. Thats why I hope that youll give it a bit more thought. Dont jump into the industry too rashly. After hearing these words from Guo Licheng, Pei Qian fell into deep thought. He was elated! Hear ye, hear ye! My plan has been validated by a professional! Whats more, its been strongly validated! If I do what he says, it would be much easier for me to incur losses, right? Seeing Boss Pei in deep thought, Guo Licheng quickly said, Boss Pei, I dont think theyve signed the contract. Its not too late to back out now. Pei Qian sniggered. Back out? No, no, no. Ive thought about this long and hard. You think that bad money drives out the good in this industry, and you want me to be prepared to incur losses for a few years if I want to earn money the good-hearted way let me change this industry, then! From now on, you will be the branch manager of Deposit Fitness branch near Handong University. Youll have three tasks to work on in the next few days. First, recruit a team of coaches. Their basic salary would be seven thousand yuan. Theyll be given various benefits, but no commission. All the trainers must model after you. Look for introverted ones and reject those who can speak very well. The trainers would take turns to have a break -two days per week. There will also be two shifts-morning and night. Make sure that there would be enough trainers to guide the students on normal days. You can figure out exactly how many trainers we need to hire. Err on the side of hiring more trainers. Im thinking that twenty-odd of them would be enough. If someone falls sick and takes sick leave, we would have to find someone else to substitute him immediately. Do not let anyone work overtime for no reason under any circumstances. Second, hire a renovation team. Redo the entrance and paint it so that it looks less eye-catching Third, purchase new gym equipment. Buy equipment of the best quality. Dont be afraid of spending too much money, understand? Guo Licheng was confused. Had he spoken so much in vain? But Boss Pei- Pei Qian patted his firm shoulder. No buts. Get ready. On the other side of the gym, Assistant Xin had finished speaking to Branch Manager Wei. Boss Pei, the agreement has been signed. The gym is 1,800 square meters large, and the original owners invested 1.7 million yuan in it. These were their main expenses: five hundred thousand yuan on the mid- to low-end equipment, some of which were secondhand; fifty to eighty thousand yuan on other products, including the equipment and machines used for private training, computers, and office desks; nine hundred yuan on renovation; and a little more on salaries, advertising fees, and the like. If we had opted to take over everything, we would have had to pay them five to six hundred thousand yuan in assignment fees. However, since we only want the space and not the equipment, we would only have to pay three hundred thousand yuan. Branch Manager Wei will remove all the equipment. We can purchase new gym equipment, recruit new trainers, and pay the rent for the space We want to purchase equipment of the best quality, and we want to pay trainers higher than the market standard. That means the initial investment would be about 1.5 million yuan, which would include the equipment, assignment fees, and other miscellaneous expenses. Our annual expenses, including rent, utilities, and manpower, would add up to about three million yuan thats 250 thousand yuan per month on average. Pei Qian nodded, realizing that the investment was not as huge as he had expected. He would be making an initial investment of 1.5 million yuan and paying 250 thousand yuan each month. Even if the gym did not draw in any customers, he would not lose that much money. Still, on further thought, this was only one branch. If he opened ten branches, he would easily be able to lose tens of millions of yuan each year, right? He would set up this branch and observe the situation. If no one cared about the gym, he would open more branches. In any case, he would surely incur more losses if he set up more branches! Chapter 478 - Is This Some Sort of Daily Training? April 9th, Saturday Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Handong University branch After settling the two gaming departments and the initial preparation for the gym, Pei Qian planned to enjoy the relaxing weekend that he rarely had. He found a seat near the window in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and then sipped his coffee nonchalantly as he watched the busy street outside. He began to think about all the work he had to do from now on. The company was going to receive the shared revenue from the sale of the movie tickets soon. Then, a huge sum of money would be transferred to the companys bank account. Pei Qian had already thought about how to spend the money: he would build a condominium. It would be just like Deposit Fitness. Not only would he be able to incur losses, but he would also be able to use it to provide benefits for his employees. He would be killing two birds with one stone and getting twice the happiness with a single move! Of course, he would have to spend a bit more money. Thus, he had to plan things carefully. Pei Qian thought about buying a suitable building, converting it into a condominium, and then using it to test waters. If everything went well, he would use the rest of the money to rent the remaining houses and renovate them. The System prohibited him from dabbling in the property market. In other words, he could only buy houses if he planned to use them for business operations. He could not leave them lying around and wait for their value to appreciate. In this regard, starting a restaurant or a hotel would count as business operations. However, after buying the villa for Ming Yun Private Kitchen back then, Pei Qian had not thought about buying another property. That was mainly because the starting sum in the System Funds had been too low for the past few cycles. Ten percent of the value of the companys fixed assets would be included in the System Funds. That would affect settlement. If Pei Qian bought a building worth thirty to forty million yuan, three to four million yuan would be considered part of his System Funds. He only had ten million yuan at the start of the previous cycle. The value of the fixed assets alone would have accounted for thirty to forty percent of that amount. It would have been more difficult for Pei Qian to incur losses and easier for him to go out of line. However, this cycle started with twenty million yuan in the System Funds. Spending thirty to forty million yuan on a building would probably not affect settlement that much. Of course, there were risks to doing this. The buildings value could appreciate. After accounting for that, Pei Qian still decided to buy the building. He had three main reasons for that. First, this world was very different from the world that he remembered. Property prices would likely not rise so quickly. Second, even if the property prices increased rapidly, it would not happen in the next two years. Third, even if property prices increased during this period, it would not surpass the rate at which the starting sum in the System Funds increased. At the rate things were going, the starting sum in the System Funds was increasing by ten million yuan every half a year. That meant that it would be worth it for Pei Qian to buy a fixed asset worth thirty to fifty million yuan in each cycle. That could be a fixed expenditure for every cycle. On top of that, Pei Qian had to check on Dream Realization Ventures and Zhang Yuan. Pei Qian had not heard about any new investment projects since he had assigned Old Ma tasks earlier. Pei Qian was very happy with this, and he had no intention to rush Old Ma. However, he had to prevent Ma Yang and He Desheng from locking themselves away and causing chaos behind the scenes. Otherwise, if Pei Qian was not careful, something big could happen again. He had to be very cautious. As for Zhang Yuan, he was supposed to work on the E-Sports Club, but he did not seem to be very interested in it. Until now, preparations were still ongoing. Pei Qian planned to make some time to take a look and offer him some guidance while he was there. In addition, there were other small matters that Pei Qian had to tend to: Pei Qian felt that he was failing in almost everything that he did, mainly because he was not well-informed. He had to think of a way to keep an eye on every departments every move. He had also not made any headway on the Systems assignment for him to invest in himself. He also had to observe the other businesses that did not look threatening at the moment. For all he knew, one of the subsidiaries could cause trouble and suddenly stab him in the back The more Pei Qian thought, the more sorrowful he became. Life was as lonely as winter. Just as he was wallowing in self-pity, Pei Qian caught sight of a familiar figure walking into Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. Eh? Boss Pei? A rare guest, a rare guest. Seeing Pei Qian in the corner and sipping coffee, Ruan Guangjian could not help but feel surprised and curious. Pei Qian, ? Wait, what do you mean a rare guest?! Ive been busy working, and I havent had time to visit Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. However, if Im not wrong, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe is my business, right? At the same time, Ruan Guangjian noticed a problem with his words. He made an embarrassed smile and said, Ah, Im sorry, Boss Pei. I was thinking about something, and my mind grew cramped. This internet cafe is yours to begin with, hahaha. I have to admit, the coffee is really good. At the moment, Ruan Guangjian was top on the list in Boss Peis notebook. Teacher Qiao had been a strong competitor, but Pei Qian had made Teacher Qiao suffer before. That was why he felt much more forgiving to him. As for the other people on the list, Pei Qian could normally force obedience out of them by making them go through roller coasters, pendulum rides, bungee jumps, and haunted houses. Ruan Guangjian was the only one who was completely different! He was happy and excited after sitting through roller coasters and pendulum rides! He claimed to be afraid of ghosts, and he screamed louder than anyone else upon entering a haunted house. However, once he emerged, he looked lively and full of color! He was an unstoppable human shield who could withstand anything and everything. Pei Qians methods of dealing with people counted for nothing to Ruan Guangjian. If Pei Qian really wanted to take revenge, he would have no choice but to cause Ruan Guangjian real hurt. was However, Pei Qian was not prepared to do that yet. Thus, he had no choice but to allow Ruan Guangjian to bounce around and show off in front of him. Pei Qian sipped his coffee and smiled. How have things been since youve moved to Jingzhou? Have you adjusted to life here? If not, maybe itll be better if you move back to Shanghai Before Pei Qian could finish speaking, Ruan Guangjian interrupted him. Dont worry, Boss Pei. Ive adjusted. Ive adjusted very well! Everyone in our workspace is regretting not moving here earlier! We should have moved to Jingzhou the moment our workspace was established! The hand that Pei Qian was using to hold his coffee cup stopped in midair. ? He had intended to sound sarcastic, and yet Ruan Guangjian seemed to have taken his words for genuine care and concern. A waiter walked towards them, carrying two huge paper bags. There were seven or eight cups of coffee inside. Brother Ruan, your coffee is ready. Ruan Guangjian reached out to grab the bags. Alright, thank you. It looked like Ruan Guangjian was a regular here. Even the waiters knew him well. He had probably called in advance to order the coffee and was only here to collect them. Pei Qian was shocked. The boss of the workspace is coming to collect coffee for his employees? Ruan Guangjian laughed. I needed to walk around to clear my mind, anyway. We ordinarily take turns to collect coffee. Boss Pei, do you have time to walk around our workspace? Pei Qian instinctively wanted to turn down the invitation. Do I have nothing better to do? Why would I want to look at the factory that manufactures back-stabbing weapons? However, on further thought, he had to keep his friends close and his enemies closer to win his battles. His enemy had already marched into his territory, Jingzhou. Danger was at his doorstep. All the more, Pei Qian should take the chance to understand his enemy well and make the necessary preparations. At that thought, Pei Qian stood up. Alright, lets take a walk. Ruan Guangjian carried the bags of coffee and crossed the road with Pei Qian, leading him straight into Halo Workspace. This was Pei Qians first time visiting Halo Workspace. It had been a two-story bookstore before, which failed and had been forced to sell the space. Ruan Guangjian chose this spot because it was opposite Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and near Shenhua View. Thus, he happily began renting it. Pei Qians first impression as he stepped into the workspace was that it was full of life and artistic vibes. The temperature was just nice, and the genial sunlight shone through the full-length windows, making one feel comfortably warm. Various plants were lined up against the entrance, on the desks, and in the corners. There were also many pieces of artwork, like sculptures and portraits, meant for decoration. The desks, chairs, and the entire structure of the office were quite casual, but it did not come across as messy or unorganized. Obviously, the layout was carefully planned. Overall, the environment made one feel relaxed, which was optimal for activating ones imagination and creativity. Someone had already noticed Pei Qian walking in with Ruan Guangjian. One by one, they greeted him. Eh? Boss Pei! Hello, Boss Pei! Welcome, Boss Pei! All of them looked very passionate. After all, everyone saw Boss Pei as a close friend of Ruan Guangjian and an important partner of Halo Workspace. He was an important source of income that they could cling onto now that they had moved to Jingzhou. However, Pei Qian saw them differently. If Ruan Guangjian was the assassin who would ultimately stab Pei Qian in the back, all of his employees were the people who would push him so that the knife went in deeper. Pei Qian had to be objective and noted all of their names down in his little notebook! Nevertheless, Boss Pei was a man of character. In the face of their warm welcome, he smiled and waved. Ruan Guangjian handed the bags of coffee to one of his employees. Old Huang, distribute this. Ill bring Boss Pei around. Pei Qian followed Ruan Guangjian upstairs and walked around the entire workspace. As Ruan Guangjian introduced the various parts of the workspace, he could not help but feel emotional. Coming to Jingzhou was a very good decision! Jingzhous cost of living is a lot lower than in Shanghai. Weve saved a lot, both in terms of rent and in terms of daily expenses. The workspace is bigger, and our working environment is better. Everyone has obviously become more productive, and their physical and mental health has improved as well. Whats more, life is much more convenient here! Now, we always order Fish-Catching Take-Out for all of our meals. Its nutritious and delicious, and yet its not expensive. Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and Upwind Logistics have improved our standard of living as well. Most importantly, with Tengda Corporation around, life in Jingzhou City will only continue to get more convenient. The economy will improve as well. Not all second-tier cities have prospects like that Pei Qian only had one feeling as he listened to Ruan Guangjian. He was extremely pained! Look, Ruan Guangjians enjoying so much that hes forgetting his duties! Now that hes here in Jingzhou, hes completely abandoned Shanghai! B*stard! Still, Pei Qian could tell how much Ruan Guangjian loved Jingzhou from his excited expression. Ai, it looks like persuading Halo Workspace to move back to Shanghai would be impossible How upsetting Ruan Guangjian continued to lead Pei Qian around the workspace and finally returned to his own desk. He did not have an individual office. On one hand, it was because those in the art industry had to work together with others, learn from others, and improve together. Inspiration came from conversation. On the other hand, Ruan Guangjian had to check the quality of all the projects that the workspace handled to ensure that their styles aligned. Pei Qian noticed that Ruan Guangjians computer screen was displaying an extremely fine portrait. A picture of a real person took up one-fourth of the space in the bottom-left corner of the screen. He was a white male who looked to be in his forties. He was handsome, and he looked kind. Apart from those, there was nothing extraordinary about his looks. What shocked Pei Qian was that the portrait did not look exactly the same as the photograph. Not only were there many additional details that were lacking in the photograph, but some parts of the photograph had also been edited. For example, a few wrinkles had been added on the models face. However, far from making him look older and more exhausted, the wrinkles made him look more charming. His mustache and hairstyle had been meticulously edited as well. His mustache, in particular, made him look like a very rich and free man, who had the time to take care of his own facial hair. His expression was different as well. He looked very kind in the photograph but very ambitious in the portrait. There was intense confidence in his eyes. The slightly-receding hairline had been covered in the portrait, and his head full of hair made him look to be full of life. If one described the man in the photograph as a middle-aged white man in an average state, then the man in the portrait could be described as an elite white man who has excelled in every area of his life. Only by comparing the photograph and the portrait did Pei Qian finally understand what artistic exaggeration and art processing meant. He could not help but feel moved. This is so well-drawn! If the man in the photograph scored 70 marks for looks, I would give the man in the portrait 95 marks. Not only did you keep his main characteristics, but youve also enhanced his special characteristics and enhanced his qualities! Is this some sort of daily training for you artists? Do you find a random photograph and then come up with a living character based on it? Artists really never stop working on their skills. Feeling extremely interested, Pei Qian studied the portrait and praised Ruan Guangjian. Ruan Guangjians expression became strange. Er Boss Pei. We have tight timelines. Normally, we wouldnt spend so much time drawing such a fine portrait as practice. This is what weve been working on lately cant you tell? This is the latest request for art resources that weve received from Tengda Games. Its the rich protagonist in Struggle. Pei Qian, These surprises always caught Pei Qian off-guard. Chapter 479 - Great Grandmaster Ruan Guangjian If he had known that the portrait was for his own project, Pei Qian would have forcefully given more guidance. For instance, he would have made unreasonable requests for the painting style, details, characters expressions, and the like. However, Pei Qian had just praised the portrait to no end. He could not possibly raise objections now that he had found out it was for his own project, could he? That would be too obvious and illogical. He had no choice. Pei Qian forced a smile and said, Ah, thats quite nice. Ruan Guangjian clicked his tablet a few times with his pen to open a folder. There are other sketches here, too. Boss Pei, please take a look and see if there are any problems. At least well be able to make edits earlier. There were various sketches and thumbnails in the folder, but each one was attached to a photograph. Obviously, after deciding on the characters in the game, Hu Xianbin had sourced for motion capture actors who fit the criteria. Motion capture actors did not have to look completely identical to the characters in the game, but they had to look largely similar. If the two looked too different, the data would turn out weird after the movements of the actor had been captured. The entire mechanism could break down. To draw the best effects from the motion capture system, the motion capture actors had to be carefully selected. Whats more, the characters in the game had to look very similar to the real-life actors. Clearly, while Pei Qian had been occupied with Deposit Fitness, Hu Xianbin had made huge progress with Struggle. Isnt he a newbie? Hes way too efficient, isnt he? Am I that unlucky? Did I accidentally promote an outstanding employee to become the chief planner? Eh? As Pei Qian thought about it, he realized that something was wrong. Even if Hu Xianbin was extremely efficient, he could not have found so many foreign actors within such a short period, could he? Such problems could not be solved with efficiency! Pei Qian took a closer look at the photographs. They were looking increasingly familiar! Pei Qian pondered hard for two minutes and suddenly remembered where he had seen the actors before. Werent they the freaking foreigners who had played supporting roles in Tomorrow is Beautiful? The three local actors had had the most scenes in Tomorrow is Beautiful, but there had also been many supporting actors in the background. They were of various nationalities and skin colors. Huang Sibo and his team had searched high and low in Jingzhou for friends from all over the world. However, they had had too little screen time in the film. Whats more, so much time had already passed. Pei Qians memory of the film had become blurry, and so he had not recognized them immediately. Now, Pei Qian could be sure that Hu Xianbin was not that efficient. He had just been cheating! He must have found a way to contact Huang Sibo and then copied his homework! It was no wonder that the people in the photographs looked so familiar! Pei Qian was speechless. Hu Xianbin, Hu Xianbin you with big eyes and thick eyebrows you looked so loyal and honest. Why did copying others homework come so naturally to you? Pei Qian looked through the photographs and sketches. The actors were of various nationalities and skin colors. It was obvious who were to act as the poor characters and who were to act as the rich. That was to be expected. After all, the poor and rich existed in reality as well. It wasnt easy changing the posture that one accumulated over a long period. Pei Qian tried hard to find a critical angle from which he could criticize Ruan Guangjians work. However, he couldnt no matter how hard he tried! Everything made too much sense! Hu Xianbin had obviously selected the actors based on their family and financial background in real life. They fit perfectly into their roles in the game. On top of that, Ruan Guangjian had used the photographs as the foundation and added just the right amount of emphasis on certain characteristics of the actors. The fictitious images were not that detached from reality. Pei Qian could not find anything wrong with the sketches at such short notice. He fell into deep thought. es Er images only form one aspect of games. This game would primarily be turning gamers away with its content and gameplay. I should be able to relax about the drawing style Wait. I cant have this wrong mindset! Thats what I thought about Repent and be Saved, too! Pei Qian had wanted to let it go, but he suddenly recalled the lessons that he had learned from Repent and be Saved and jolted. He could not make the same mistake twice! Since he had already seen the weapons that Ruan Guangjian had prepared to stab him in the back, Pei Qian had to think of a way to make the weapons malfunction! Any magnanimity that he showed now would come back and hurt him in the future! Quick, think of something to mislead him Er the portraits prioritize a sense of proportion Aha! Pei Qian realized that, while creating the images, Ruan Guangjian had been worried that excessively art-processing the photographs would cause them to look too different from the original actors. Thus, Ruan Guangjian had exercised some restraint. That made Pei Qian think about Lu Zhiyaos acting skills back then. Lu Zhiyaos greatest problem had been his excessiveness. Pei Qian had attempted to offer wrong advice, so that Lu Zhiyaos acting would become more restrained. However, Lu Zhiyao ended up being praised. That had been a serious mistake on Pei Qians part! Ruan Guangjians attainments in art were obviously much better than Li Zhiyao. He understood that going beyond the limit was as bad as falling short, and so he knew how to hold back when creating new works. That was an entry point for Pei Qian! All he had to do was ask Ruan Guangjian to be excessive, right? Pei Qian cleared his throat. The drawings are nice, but I have a minor suggestion. Ruan Guangjian immediately paid close attention. Oh? Boss Pei, please tell me about it in detail. Ill make the changes at once. After all, Boss Pei was the chief designer of the game. Of course, he could make the final call about the games art resources. With a somber expression, Pei Qian said, The images dont look that different from the real-life motion capture actors. You exercised a lot of restraint while drawing these images, right? Ruan Guangjian, Thats right. Adding too much artistic exaggeration would cause these images to lose their sense of reality. Pei Qian clapped. Thats right! Thats exactly what I want! Ruan Guangjian, Huh? Hehe. Pei Qian realized that he had been too excited, and so he quickly regained his composure. I want the images to lose their sense of reality. I want to express the game in a more extreme and artistic manner. Adjectives like realistic and reserved should not be used to describe this game. All in all, you should make the images look as weird as possible. Try hard to make them look excessive! Ruan Guangjian frowned and fell into deep thought. Hu Xianbin of Tengda Games had not specified those requirements when he briefed Ruan Guangjian about the project before. In fact, Hu Xianbin had not even made specific requests. Of course, that didnt mean there was a problem with Hu Xianbins work attitude. It was just the Tengda Games culture. All of the past and present heads of Tengda Games knew about Ghost General. Back then, Boss Pei had given Big Boss Ruan complete freedom to work on the games art. That was what gave rise to the classic artwork for Ghost General. From then on, Ruan Guangjian had been given free rein to create the art resources for Tengdas games including Game Designer, Repent and be Saved, and the like. Naturally, Hu Xianbin had kept to the tradition when he briefed Ruan Guangjian about Struggles art requirements. Ruan Guangjian had been left to decide on the style on his own. However, Boss Pei was making a specific request now. Ruan Guangjian had to take that into consideration. Er Ruan Guangjian frowned, still in deep thought. Pei Qian could not help but feel overjoyed. Excellent! This is the expression of a designer being pressed by a retarded customer! Pei Qian could relate to that feeling especially well. Ruan Guangjian had already finished the sketches for all of the characters. The images were more or less complete, and he was only left with the details. Yet, his client was suddenly requesting an overhaul. Which designer wouldnt feel pissed? That was exactly what Boss Pei wanted! He had already prepared himself. Once Ruan Guangjian tried to reason with him, he would play the role of an unreasonable client and a domineering President, just as he had mastered. Then, he would reject every one of Ruan Guangjians reasonable suggestions. Pei Qian could almost taste the sweetness of revenge. Ruan Guangjian quietly pondered for five minutes with a deep frown on his face. He was obviously holding back his response to Boss Peis words. However, what Pei Qian found strange was that -after suppressing his emotions for five minutesRuan Guangjian did not utter a single objection. In fact, he did not even show any intention of discussing with Pei Qian! After a long time, Ruan Guangjian made up his mind. He sucked in a deep breath and looked at Pei Qian. Pei Qian braced himself. Its time! Hes finally going to battle with me! Come on, Ive already prepared my unreasonable speech as a customer! I dont care about what you think; I only care about what I think. What you think wont work well, but what I think would. Change everything. I dont care what excuses you have. Just change everything! All of those words were already at the back of Pei Qians throat. He was just waiting to turn them into bullets and shoot them at the top person in his little notebook! However, Ruan Guangjian set his jaw and said, Alright! No problem! Boss Pei, I havent thought about a good way to do it yet, but dont worry. Since youve made the request, Ill fulfill it for sure! Pei Qian, ? He was light-headed. What was going on? That was not how things were supposed to go. Shouldnt Ruan Guangjian have tried to reason and battle with Pei Qian? Hadnt Pei Qian prepared his script in vain, then? Could it be that Ruan Guangjian did not dare to offend Pei Qian because the former was relying on the latters charity? Was that why he insisted on trying his best to fulfill any unreasonable requests Pei Qian had, no matter how much he personally disagreed? That was horrible! Pei Qian felt like he had become a vile man, and he instantly felt guilt. Hurriedly, he said, Er dont force yourself! Ruan Guangjian nodded. Dont worry, Boss Pei, I wont. I understand what you mean! Pei Qian, ? Ruan Guangjian continued speaking. In the creative work industry, one has to strike a balance between satisfying the customers request and fulfilling ones desires. Only by doing so can one create perfect works. I believe that Boss Pei must have a deeper intention for making this request. Although I havent thought of a good resolution, Ive already chewed on it for a while earlier. I think that I can use other methods to achieve your requests. I can always go down a different line of thought. For all we know, we might reap greater rewards! Dont worry, Boss Pei. I will prioritize quality and hold myself to a strict standard. No matter what sort of style I choose, I will make sure that youre satisfied! Pei Qian, For some reason, Pei Qian felt like he was fighting with a great grandmaster when dealing with Ruan Guangjian. Whatever he did proved ineffective. In fact, he was being defeated with little effort from Ruan Guangjian, who seemed to be leveraging on the power of Pei Qians attacks. All of a sudden, Pei Qian was overwhelmed by an ominous feeling. As a customer, he really wanted to say lets just stick to the first draft. However, on further thought, he feared that people would think he was suffering from intermittent psychosis. Since he had already said what he did, he could no longer take his words back. Pei Qian had no choice but to nod reluctantly. Alright, Ill leave it to you, then. Hopefully, the final product would fulfill my expectations Chapter 480 - Boss Pei’s Foresight and Dog-Eat-Dog Tactics April 11th, Monday At Shang Yang Games Lin Wan was in her own office, worrying about all the work that she had been tasked to do. She realized that Boss Pei had been handing her increasingly challenging tasks. Before this, she had been tasked to develop an online horror game, which was extremely rare in the market. At the same time, she had had to research and develop a cell phone. Now, she was being tasked to manage a local server for IOI, a successful overseas game. It would be in direct competition with Tengda Games GOG in the local market! Logically, developing a new game and being in charge of a new cell phone model at the same time should have been much more difficult than acting as a local agent for one game. That was because local agents were not required to manage research and development. Instead, they only had to think about operating and publicity strategies. On the surface, it looked easier. However, Lin Wan was under much more pressure now than she had been before. This was an extremely difficult task! It was much more arduous than her previous tasks! The moment she received the task, she had gathered Ye Zhizhou and Wang Xiaobin for a meeting to discuss their future plans. They had already finalized the details of a few standard plans such as establishing an official website for the local server; doing translations and voice-overs for the local server; renting a cloud server; outsourcing a customer service team; opening, operating, and publicizing the local server; and the like. Those were the basics. Even if Lin Wan did not instruct them to, Ye Zhizhou, Wang Xiaobin, and the others would have gotten those things done. However, the question was how IOIs local server could compete with GOG based on those things alone. Lin Wan recalled Boss Peis tone when he had been briefing her about the task. He had sounded extremely hopeful about IOIs local server. Yet, Lin Wan herself did not think that IOI stood a chance against GOG in the local market at all. GOGs quality was as good as IOIs. Whats more, GOG had already dominated the market by integrating the mobile and client-side games and attracted hoards of gamers by setting up competition seasons four times a year with cash prizes to be won. At the moment, GOG already had the upper hand, both to Gods Rising and IOIs original players and to gamers who had never tried this genre of games before. The two games were already worlds apart at the beginning. How difficult would it be to try and turn the situation around?! What made Lin Wan even more speechless was that she had been the one to advise Li Yada to create a mobile game first. Of course, Boss Pei had suggested this direction, but Lin Wan had analyzed Boss Peis intentions. Now, Lin Wan could understand how Tengdas competitors felt. They were completely helpless! Tengda Games had many talented individuals in hiding. Whats more, they could also get guidance from Boss Pei. They were formidable enemies to Shang Yang Games for sure. Just as she was worrying, Lin Wan heard a knock on her office door. She looked up and saw Ye Zhizhou. Hows the preparation for the local server coming alone? Lin Wan casually asked. With a folder in hand, Ye Zhizhou sat down across from Lin Wan. Everythings going smoothly. Our department has experience in managing Bloody Battle Song. Managing operations for IOI is more difficult, but its not throwing us into a panic. Lin Wan felt melancholic. I wonder what Boss Pei is thinking this time. I dont want to compete with Tengda Games at all. However, Boss Pei seemed to be encouraging us to spend as much money as possible on sales and marketing, so that IOIs local server can fight GOG in the local market. I find it weird to be fighting our own family members. Whats more, Im very close to the people in Tengda Games. That makes everything even more strange. On top of all that, I dont think we stand a chance of winning. Obviously, Lin Wan thought that both games were close but distant relatives. GOG had been developed by Tengda, and it even contained a hero modeled after Boss Pei. Although IOI was not bad, it was not that close to home. Moreover, Tengda only had operational rights for IOI. It could not interfere with the research and development of the game. This made Lin Wan very uncomfortable. Ye Zhizhou remained silent for a moment and then said, I think that Boss Pei might be trying to create dog-eat-dog competition. GOG has been developing very well, but that means Tengda Games could easily become complacent. Competitors could overtake it very quickly. For games of this genre, most players only focus on what game at a time. The winner takes all. Lin Wan gave it some thought. I think so as well, but Wheres the proof? Ye Zhizhou answered, Timing is the proof. The first thing that Dream Realization Ventures did once it was established was to invest twenty million yuan in Finger Games and obtain agency rights for IOIs local server. Soon after that, Boss Pei tasked Tengda Games with developing GOG. Could that have been a coincidence? Obviously, Boss Pei can foresee that such games hold huge potential. Most game developers would choose either agency rights or developing their own version of the game. Yet, Boss Pei did both-he obtained agency rights and developed his own version of the game. Clearly, hes placing a lot of importance on this game genre. Lin Wan nodded. That made sense. All along, she had seen Boss Pei as a strategic and meticulous person. After achieving success with one game of a particular genre, he would not create another game of the same genre. However, he chose to work on both GOG and IOI, which were of the same genre. Whether he hoped that one would surpass the other or that both games would spur each other on, it showed that Boss Pei was paying particular attention to this genre of games. After some thought, Lin Wan said, Our first goal should be to fulfill Boss Peis mission and fight GOG for gamers, right? Ye Zhizhou nodded. I agree. Although we cant be a hundred percent sure of what Boss Peis intentions are, we can be absolutely sure that Boss Pei told us to fight GOG for gamers. But Lin Wan frowned. Maybe Im being biased as I analyze GOG, but I really dont think that IOI can surpass GOG in any way. Ye Zhizhou handed the folder in his hands to Lin Wan. I think that this is one of our trump cards. Lin Wan took the folder and speed-read its contents. It was a plan to develop new heroes for IOI. IOI had plans to add 24 new heroes to the game throughout the entire year. On average, two heroes would be added to the game each month. So fast?! Lin Wan was stunned. She understood the complicated process of developing new heroes quite well. One had to come up with the idea, design the appearance, draw concept art, design models, design animations, design special effects balance the statistics There was a lot of work to be done. At the rate that IOI was going, it could be viewed as a model worker. As the saying went, speed defined the winner in the world of martial arts. It was the same for games. A game developer could create an imperfect game, but as long as it kept updating and improving the game and providing new content, gamers would continue to play it. On the other hand, a game developer could create an amazing game but fail to satisfy players hunger for new content by updating the game too slowly. Eventually, the game would become less popular. Finger Gamess IOI was an exquisitely-made game. If it could update the game very quickly as well It would be very competitive! Lin Wan thought about it. GOG cant keep up with this updating pace. Itll be good enough if they can release a new hero every month or so. Ye Zhizhou nodded. Thats right. We know Tengda Games situation very well. Tengda Games had been split into two sections. Hu Xianbin was leading a team of people to work on researching and developing Struggle. Min Jingchao and Zhang Nan were leading another team of people to update GOGs content by designing new heroes, designing new skins, and the like. Obviously, they had much fewer people working on GOG than Finger Games did. Of course, they would be much slower in developing new heroes for the game. If IOI could add heroes quicker than GOG, then IOI could provide its gamers with more game content. That would be a huge advantage. It would possibly be enough to close the initial popularity gap between the two games. Lin Wan chewed on it for a long time, and then said, Alright, well start working from there. Since Boss Pei wants the two projects to spur each other on and improve together, theres no reason for us to hold back and show mercy. Well compete based on skills! At the same time, Pei Qian was in his office, checking Fish-Catching Take-Outs figures. The head of Fish-Catching Take-Out, Rui Yuchen, was standing by the side, looking apprehensive. Ever since Fish-Catching Take-Out was established, it had been an ancillary business to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. The head of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe used to be Ma Yang, and then Zhang Yuan, and now Xiao Peng. All along, they had been Rui Yuchens direct superiors. Lin Canrong had been in charge of Fish-Catching Take-Out when it was first established. However, given Lin Canrongs outstanding performance in incurring losses for Fish-Catching Take-Out, Pei Qian had transferred him to Ming Yun Private Kitchen. Thus, Rui Yuchen filled that gap and took charge of Fish-Catching Take-Out to this day. Pei Qian had never met Rui Yuchen before because Fish-Catching Take-Outs business belonged to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. He could just approach the person in charge of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe if he had any requests to make. Today, Pei Qian had obviously called Rui Yuchen in to Promote him. However, Rui Yuchen did not know what Boss Peis true intention was. He worried that Boss Pei was going to hold him to account. Thus, he felt nervous and apprehensive. Until now, Fish-Catching Take-Out was still incurring losses and not generating profits. On the other hand, its related businessessuch as Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, ROF Computer-Installation, and Ming Yun Private Kitchen-had all turned their losses into profits. In fact, some of them had even expanded to Lincheng. The only other business that was still incurring losses like Fish-Catching Take-Out was Upwind Logistics. However, the man in charge of Upwind Logistics was one of Boss Peis right-hand men. Lu Mingliang had worked hard for Boss Pei in Tengda Games back then. How could Rui Yuchen compare to him? Rui Yuchen felt that if Boss Pei wanted to close down a loss-incurring business, Fish-Catching Take-Out would be the best option. At that thought, he became even more nervous. After looking at all of Fish-Catching Take-Outs figures, Boss Pei felt extremely satisfied. It wasnt difficult for one business to incur losses for a while. However, it was extremely difficult for one business to incur losses consistently. On top of that, Fish-Catching Take-Out was continuing to incur losses no matter how well the other businesses did and no matter who was put in charge! Lin Canrong had made Ming Yun Private Kitchen popular. That was enough to prove his capabilities. However, even Lin Canrong could not make Fish-Catching Take-Out generate profits. That showed that Fish-Catching Take-Out was a good business that had withstood the test of fire! At that thought, Pei Qian tapped his table gently. What do you think is the main reason that Fish-Catching Take-Out is still incurring losses to this day? Rui Yuchens heart thudded. He had a bad feeling about this. Boss Pei was going to hold him to account! Rui Yuchen knew the answer in his heart. Fish-Catching Take-Out was still incurring losses because of its business model. However, he could not say that out loud! Boss Pei had been the one who set the business model. If Rui Yuchen said that something was wrong with the business model, wouldnt he be indirectly slapping Boss Pei in the face? Thus, Rui Yuchen pretended to ponder hard and then shake his head. I dont know. Although this answer made him look useless, Rui Yuchen decided that it would be far better than indirectly slapping Boss Pei in the face. Pei Qian was stunned. He was shocked at this young mans honesty. However, the shocked expression soon turned into a grin. He was very happy with this answer! Rui Yuchen looked like a talent worth nurturing Since that was the case, Pei Qian could entrust him with bigger responsibilities! Chapter 481 - What is Shock Therapy? Pei Qian smiled slightly, took the teapot next to him, and poured a cup of tea before pushing it into Rui Yuchens hand. You answered well. Rui Yuchen quickly took the cup, confused. I answered well? What did this mean? I said I didnt know! Boss Pei did not compliment others usually! Did he feel that Im more honest because I spoke the truth? It couldnt be. Honesty might be a virtue, but it was not enough for Boss Pei to praise someone because of that! Or did Boss Pei see through my facade? Did he realize that I only replied that way because I took into account his face and was satisfied? No, that was impossible as well. Boss Pei was not so superficial. Or perhaps my casual reply matched the deep meaning within Boss Peis question? Rui Yuchens brain began spinning quickly after he ruled out the two wrong answers. He realized that there must be plenty of important information hidden within Boss Peis simple compliment. Could it be that Boss Pei set a seemingly wrong operating model for Fish-Catching Take-Out for some other deeper purpose? He asked me this to test me out to see if I could understand the meaning behind it? If I were to answer this model would not be profitable honestly, then Boss Pei would know that I only saw the first layer and did not realize the existence of the second layer. I answered that I dont know proved that I did not only see the first layer but also realized the existence of the second layer. I might not have gotten the right answer, but I was at least on track with my thoughts. I had at least 60 marks for the workings even if I did not have full marks. Boss Pei probably praised me because of this A series of thoughts flashed past Rui Yuchens mind. Pei Qian thought Rui Yuchen was nervous when he saw Rui Yuchens heavy face. He could not help but smile. Dont be nervous. It isnt important for Fish-Catching Take-Out to make money, understand? Rui Yuchens heart shook. As expected, making profits was a secondary aim to Fish-Catching Take-Out. Its primary goal was something else! What was it? To provide benefits for their staff? To combine with the other industries so that Tengda could penetrate into all aspects of life? To provide consumers with healthier dishes and to change their eating habits so that everyone could live a healthy life? He might not be sure which of it, but it must be one of these three reasons! Rui Yuchen was a little grateful that his I dont know happened to hit on the right answer! There might be a huge deviation during the problem-solving process, but he was right in the end. He quickly cheered up and continued to listen carefully. Pei Qian continued. I asked you to come today because I want to give you a few missions. First, from today on, Fish-Catching Take-Out will be independent from Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. You will report directly to me, instead of Xiao Peng. The independent Fish-Catching Take-Out would have its own stores and expansion. You will no longer be dependent on Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. I know you are going to ask where you should get the money from. Get it from me directly. Second, hire some nutritionists and experts with a high salary to set up a gourmet laboratory to develop a variety of healthy meals suitable for Fish-Catching Take-Out. It would include the selection and purchase of tableware, purchases, etc. It would be responsible for improving the taste of Fish-Catching Take-Out. Third, develop a set of fitness meals to complement the gym. Pei Qian had been considering the arrangement for Fish-Catching Take-Out for quite some time. More than a year had passed since the establishment of the Fish-Catching Take-Out. Not only did it solve the problem of food for employees, but it has also been working hard to lose money. It might be a drop in the bucket compared to the other profitable projects, but Boss Pei was aware of the hard work put into it. However, Fish-Catching Take-Out had been dependent on the internet cafe. To lose more money, he had to open more Fish-Catching Take-Outs, which meant he had to open more internet cafes. However, the internet cafes were now so profitable that the losses made by Fish-Catching Take-Out could be covered. It fell into a vicious cycle. Therefore, Pei Qian felt it was time for the Take-Out to become independent. He had to open some Fish-Catching Take-Out stores so that he could pay some rent. It could also expand freely. me At the same time, Pei Qian felt it seemed like a good idea to burn some money to develop Fish-Catching Take-Out. Of course, it would not be sometime like fast-food. That would be too profitable. Pei Qian did not want to create something like Kentucky or the Golden Arches. That would become a huge problem. What Pei Qian had in mind was to make some unappetizing healthy food, fitness meals, and fat-reducing meals. It would be able to dissuade mainstream diners with higher prices. There was a joke when it came to takeaways. Why were healthy takeaways such as vegetable salads not selling well? Netizens replied why would I care if it was healthy or not since Im already having takeaways? Of course, that did not represent everyones thinking, but there were some truths to it. Most people ordered takeaways because of its heavy taste. Most people would not stick to the healthy tasteless greens. Therefore, Pei Qian felt that engaging in such healthy meals should be the lowest risk option. Some urban young white-collar workers might consume them, but they would not be in large numbers. The characteristics of Fish-Catching Take-Out (tableware recycling) determined that it would not be profitable until the scale reached a certain level. This set of fitness meals could be bundled with the gym membership. At the same time, it could dissuade gym customers and existing Fish-Catching Take-Out customers, killing two birds with one stone! Pei Qian was in awe of his own wits. Rui Yuchen fell into silence after hearing what Boss Pei had to say. He was actually promoted instead of being criticized even though it had been making losses!! Fish-Catching Take-Out and Fish-Catching Internet Cafe were now on the same level. Not only that, but he would also be reporting directly to Boss Pei now. Anyone who had watched palace court dramas knew that being able to speak to the emperor was in itself a great power! That meant that Fish-Catching Take-Out finally did not need to succumb to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe but could now jump out of this framework to develop its own business! The Gourmet Laboratory and fitness meals were even more meaningful. The former meant that Boss Pei attached great importance to the prospect of Fish-Catching Take-Out. The latter meant that Boss Pei was willing to use the other companies to help Fish-Catching Take-Out! These three points exuded strong hints. Do your best! I would support you unconditionally! Rui Yuchen could not help but be moved inexplicably. He was more certain of his previous thoughts now! Boss Peis first question really had a second layer to its meaning! Fish-Catching Internet Cafe was making losses because of the operating model. Healthy meals were not strong in taste so they were not pleasing in the first place. The steps of destruction, cleaning, disinfection, and recycling of tableware would pile up costs. The cost would only be recovered when a certain scale was reached. A profitable Fish-Catching Take-Out Was only secondary for Boss Pei. Then, what was the most important goal? Rui Yuchen only guessed it originally, but he was completely certain now. The goal of Fish-Catching Take-Out was to guide consumers so that everyone could start a diet and lead a healthy lifestyle! At the same time, Tengda Corporation would also make arrangements in advance to lay a solid foundation for the development of various related industries in the future! This goal was very likely to be determined by Boss Pei from the establishment of the Fish-Catching Take-Out. However, due to funding issues and related industry issues, the conditions were not mature. Naturally, there is no need to mention it to the person in charge of Fish-Catching Take-Out. However, the conditions seemed ripe now. Fish-Catching Take-Out was now of a considerable scale and had a certain reputation among consumers. They should continue to expand and establish the concept of healthy eating. Wouldnt making money just be a matter of time? As expected, the losses that Fish-Catching Take-Out made previously were all within calculations of Boss Pei! Rui Yuchen wanted to announce loudly. Boss Pei, I understand! I understand why Fish-Catching Take-Out had been losing money! I understand the true meaning of this operation model! However, Rui Yuchen felt there was no need to do so when he saw Boss Peis light smile. Obviously, Boss Pei knew it was a matter of time before I would guess it. Shouting it out now would make him seem uncultured. Everyone knew that Boss Pei disliked subordinates who credited themselves often. He preferred hardworking subordinates who only spoke about problems, not achievements. Everything converged into one sentence after Rui Yuchen thought left and right about it. Rest assured, Boss Pei, Ill do my best to achieve this mission and not fail you! Pei Qian nodded in satisfaction. Hm, he was teachable! At the same time Huang Sibo was lying on the sofa in his residence. He suddenly felt a little bored after watching a foreign movie. It had been more than a week since Fei Huang Workspace had been on Shock Therapy. The overseas release of Tomorrow is Beautiful was underway. The payment for the domestic box office should be coming soon as well. Boss Pei gave Fei Huang Workspace four whole months of shock time. It had only been a week, and Huang Sibo was already unable to withstand it. Im too free at home Paid vacation might sound cool, but staying at home watching movies every day was also suffocating! Huang Sibo really wanted to go to work, but he did not dare to. If Boss Pei wanted Fei Huang Workspace to be on shock therapy, then they had to follow through. The consequences would be unimaginable if Boss Pei caught him secretly going to work. However, to stay in this state for four months? Death would have been more welcome! Huang Sibo took out his phone and sent a message to the Fei Huang Workspace group chat: Im boredddddd!!!! Many people replied in no time. Yeah! I watched four movies in one day. Im dying. I miss the time I was working on Tomorrow is Beautiful. I miss it, too. It was tiring, but it was really fun, and there was a sense of achievement. I feel like Im becoming useless now that Im on paid leave. Everyone complained. Huang Sibo sighed silently. It seemed as though it was not just his problem. Everyone else felt the same! Zhu Xiaoce replied, Dont complain, everyone. I realized a problem after thinking about it for a few days. Huang Sibo quickly replied, What problem? Zhu Xiaoce, What Boss Pei told us was not paid leave but shock therapy. Huang Sibo was confused. Is there any difference? We are, in fact, on paid leave. Zhu Xiaoce sent a contemplative emoticon. No, no, no. Of course, there is a difference. Paid leave means giving you some time to rest after being tired from work. One week would have been enough. But Boss Pei gave us four months of madness. Its obviously too much for rest. Therefore, the phrase used by Boss Pei was shock therapy. Huang Sibo was baffled. How do you explain shock therapy? Zhu Xiaoce, Shock therapy is an economic concept, to the effect that in the face of a severely unbalanced economic situation, the balance of social demand and supply can be achieved through some harsh means. It may even make the social mechanism unable to operate normally in the short term. However, if you use it well, you can quickly restore order after the pain. Our Fei Huang Workspace is currently facing such a situation. Huang Sibo was a little confused. No? We are not severely imbalanced; neither are we facing any serious problems Zhu Xiaoce, Think about it again. Are you sure that we are not experiencing any imbalance? I am a Film Directing graduate who graduated less than two years ago. Brother Huang, you have just transited from the game industry recently. The others are mostly from academics. Which one of us had ever participated in such a successful movie? Our workspace had been making short films. We made a popular 200-million-yuan box-office-movie on our first attempt. Who dares to say that you are not feeling full of yourself? Who dares to say that your mentality had lost its balance? Doesnt everyone think that a 200-million-yuan box office does not seem that difficult, that it is within reach? Everyone fell into silence. Huang Sibo calmed down and asked his heart. Director Zhu Xiaoce seemed to be right about that. Yes, everyone seemed to be a little full of themselves now! However, that was human nature. Their first attempt at making a movie made a box office of more than 200 million yuan. It was very difficult for normal people not to float. Huang Sibo typed his reply out, What has Shock Therapy got to do with this then? Zhu Xiaoce replied quickly, Think about it. What will happen if we are to prepare for filming the next film with our current mentality? The success of Tomorrow is Beautiful is firstly due to Boss Peis good script. Secondly, it was because of the inspiration accumulated by every one of us. That was what allowed us to achieve a superb level of performance in the process of creating the film. Finally, we filmed with a cautious, humble heart because it was our first movie. What about now? I have no doubt that Boss Pei will be able to come up with a good script, but we have exhausted our inspiration. At the same time, we have become proud. There is no way we still maintain our previous mentality. Well definitely screw the movie up if we were to make a movie in this state! Obviously, Boss Pei has realized the serious imbalance in the mentality of everyone in Fei Huang Workspace. He, therefore, decided to use shock therapy to get us to reflect and re-adjust our state! A reminder to wake up the dreamers. Huang Sibo suddenly felt that it made total sense! He asked hurriedly, What should we do now then? Do nothing while staying at home? Zhu Xiaoce, Reflect and restore our mentality. Another important aspect is to replenish our inspiration. Its impossible to rely on hard work without methods in the movie industry. Well only make bad movies without inspiration. Not only would it make losses, but we would also be scolded very badly. We can only make better works with sufficient inspiration. Therefore, we have to advance ourselves! Chapter 482 - The Mysterious ‘Sun Never Sets’ House Type Everyone became alive after listening to Zhu Xiaoce. Yes, it would be too wasteful to miss this good chance by staying at home like a retard every day! Director Zhu Xiaoce graduated from a proper related discipline. Moreover, he was the greatest contributor to Tomorrow is Beautiful other than Boss Pei. There was no reason they should let themselves off if even he was not inflated over this small success and was continuously trying to improve himself! The rest in Fei Huang Workspace quickly understood this logic with the guidance of Zhu Xiaoce. Generally, one should rest well and relax with paid leave. It would not be called paid leave if one thought of studying and improving oneself on leave. It should be called paid improvement. However, that was also the crux of the problem. People on paid leave were usually because they had been working very hard and had to take a break. However, the staff of Fei Huang Workspace was not short of rest! The filming, editing, and publicity of Tomorrow is Beautiful was indeed rather tiring. However, everyone had enough rest half a month after the film was released! They were happily monitoring Gou Yan every day at work without doing anything else. They might be in the office during this period, but they were playing games, watching dramas, eating rubbish food. Their exhaustion was long relieved. At this point, more of them wanted to find something to do. Boss Peis definition of shock therapy only disallowed everyone from working, but he did not limit them from doing anything else! They should use this company-given paid leave to gain more knowledge and improve oneself. That was an excellent chance that may not come again! They would have to face the stress of living expenses if they were to quit and continue improving themselves. It would be very difficult to give it their all in their studies. What about now? They had no such worry because they were still getting their wages! Moreover, Zhu Xiaoces words reminded everyone of the dangerous mindset. Tomorrow is Beautiful might have succeeded, but such a success had an element of chance and luck. That did not mean that this team was worthy of the 200 million yuan box office sales. What if the next movie were to fail? Most of them did not want to fall into the valley after getting to the peak. Therefore, they had to improve themselves! They had to use this time to improve themselves so that they could reduce their reliance on Boss Pei. They had to make themselves more successful, so that they could live up to Boss Peis expectations. The emotions in the group ran high. Where shall we go to improve ourselves? I heard that some universities have Director Advancement classes which only accepted people with related experience. They condensed four years of study into a year course. They have outstanding professors and could really learn a lot from them! That wont work. This is a one year course while we only have a few months. Uh, it might be useful for us, but it wont be useful for Director Zhu, right? Even the professor might not have achieved such a high box office, let alone the students of the same level Zhu Xiaoce replied, Please do not harbor such an attitude. We did obtain some results, but these professors and teachers are world-class professionals. Please dont become prideful because we managed to make two successful movies. We have to respect our elders. Huang Sibo agreed, Yes, everyone can be a teacher. There are things we can learn from ordinary people as well, what more professional moviemakers? Zhu Xiaoce, Considering the time, I would suggest for everyone to choose the postgraduate advanced training at Handong University. Classes are on Saturdays and Sundays, and it will be on for two years. This way, we can still go to class during weekends after the shock therapy for Fei Huang Workspace is over. Of course, this so-called training is not enough. Therefore, Ill arrange for some related studies for everyone other than listening to class. Everyone should watch a movie and study the movie on days that had no classes. Write an analytical film review. Read a book on film and television every week, write reading notes and Ill ask my Professor for specific arrangements when I go back to school. I will let everyone know after I finalize the content. Everyone could rest assured with Zhu Xiaoces arrangements. He was a graduate in this major after all. He could always go back to Handong University and ask his tutors and professors if he was not clear. Moreover, he had already made a movie like Tomorrow is Beautiful. His school had asked him a couple of times to go back and give lectures to his juniors. Such a request was nothing Huang Sibo also had this requirement. He switched over from the game industry. He had always felt that his foundation was weak in the process of making the movie. There were many things he did not understand. He had been busy helping Director Zhu Xiaoce out previously so he did not have the time to learn and be familiar. He could finally make up for his shortcomings now! He was actually a little moved. Huang Sibo received a message while he was feeling excited. Eh? Payment has arrived! Pei Qian yawned in the office, ready to get off from work. Pei Qian felt that his pressure to lose money had lowered quite a bit after his arrangement for Rui Yuchen and Fish-Catching Take-Out. He was about to leave his office when he received a message from Huang Sibo: Boss Pei, the payment for the movie has arrived! Pei Qians heart nearly dropped. So fast?! He might have given Fei Huang Workspace Shock Therapy, but the payment for the movie box office was not resolved! Another 70 million yuan were added to the companys account in that instant. Pei Qian felt the burden on his shoulders becoming heavy once again. This Fei Huang Workspace only knew how to make trouble for me! Pei Qian felt pissed off even though he knew this amount of funds would arrive in his account. It was three days early. He pretended not to see it and put his cell phone back into his pocket. D*mn Huang Sibo. Nothing good comes out of him coming for me! Im going to ignore him. Hmph, fortunately, Ive already made arrangements for this amount of money. Otherwise, Ill really suffer. Pei Qian decided to head out tomorrow to settle the money at the speed of light. He would not be bothered if he could not see it! Huang Sibo looked at his cell phone after half an hour. Boss Pei had yet to reply. Sigh, Boss Pei seems to be busy again. Huang Sibo was a little disappointed. He wanted to give Boss Pei a simple report on the arrangements for study when Boss Pei replied. However, Huang Sibo kept these words in his heart seeing how Boss Pei did not reply to him. Huang Sibo changed his mind again after thinking about it calmly for half an hour. He felt that he should not report such a matter. An ordinary boss would only react in two ways if he knew that his employees were taking lessons and improving themselves. First, he must not have enough to do since he had so much free time; second, he wanted to jump to other companies. There would only be a crueler and more inhumane squeeze on the employee. Of course, Huang Sibo knew very well that Boss Pei was not such a boss. Boss Pei was a good boss who attached great importance to employees rest time and personal space. That was why none of the Tengda employees would want to change jobs. That being the case, every employee improving themselves in their spare time would only be able to better complete the tasks assigned by Boss Pei and also to realize their own potential. However, even so, there was still no need to report it upwards. That was because Huang Sibo felt that such matters should be taken for granted in Tengda, why should he report it to Boss Pei? It would only reflect badly upon himself as though he was asking for credit. Boss Pei hated employees asking for credit. Huang Sibo, therefore, dismissed this idea decisively and began to discuss the next training plan with the others in the Fei Huang Workspace chat group. April 12th, Tuesday Pei Qian sat on the car with the map showing where he was going: Jingzhou Dawn of Prosperous City. This was a mid-high end real estate in Jingzhou. Pei Qian liked it mainly for two reasons. First, it was relatively close to the company. He could reach it within 20 minutes of walking. Second, there was a building that Pei Qian felt matched his requirements. Of course, it had to be confirmed at the scene itself. Pei Qian decided what to do with the money Tomorrow is Beautiful made. Buy real estate! Of course, it was not real estate in general. The system did not allow Pei Qian to be engaged in the business of real estate, but it did not disallow Pei Qian from using the system funds to buy buildings. The difference was whether the building was bought for production and business activities or not. Just like the semi-commercial villa of Ming Yun Private Kitchen. He could not buy it and leave it there. It was alright to open a restaurant within it. This time, Pei Qian decided to build a brand to rent houses. He even had a name ready, Sloth Apartment. There were three advantages to this new industry: Buying a building could quickly consume a large amount of system funds. At present, Pei Qians starting sum was 20 million yuan. Fixed assets were converted to 10%, which meant that it was acceptable for Pei Qian to spend 60 to 70 million to buy a building. This apartment could be used for employee welfare at the same time. Pei Qian could move in and use the system funds to pay for it. Decoration, purchase of furniture, daily cleaning, maintenance, utilities, etc everything could cause more losses. Of course, there were risks with it. The risk was that it would make profits if this brand became popular and everything rushed to rent it. Of course, Pei Qian thought of this issue earlier on and thought of a way to not make any profits. First was room type, second was the price. It could be seen from the floor plan on the mobile phone that the house in Jingzhous Dawn of Prosperous City was a very rare high-end floor plan. The sun never sets house type with 360 degrees daylight without any blind spots from east to west! The whole building had a cylindrical shape with sunlight during the day and moonlight at night. Combining the essence of heaven and earth-shining with sun and moon, it could be known as a fighter plane.[a] Pei Qian wanted to complain when he saw the plan. This house was very suitable for sunflowers. One could go around the enclosure to bask in the sun every day and never miss a minute of sunshine. However, such a house type was very in-line with Boss Peis requirements! [a]Is this an idiom? Please explain how this relates to the room. Chapter 483 - I’m Buying This Building! Manager Yang from the sales office was waiting for him at the main entrance of Dawn of Prosperous City. Boss Pei! Welcome, welcome! I did not think that our small district would be of interest to you. Im really flattered. Pei Qian was too embarrassed to tell Manager Yang the truth, facing such enthusiasm from him. He came entirely because of the strange layout of this house. This house was discovered by Pei Qian through an accident. He felt that it was good immediately after seeing the floor plan. He then got Assistant Xin to contact this place and confirmed that he could come to see the house today. Manager Yang naturally attached great importance to his visit given Tengdas current reputation in Jingzhou. Boss Pei, shall we have some tea first, or shall we have a tour of the building directly? Manager Yang asked. Pei Qians eyes did not leave the strange cylindrical-shaped building from the moment he got out of the car. Lets have a tour of the house first. Manager Yang nodded. Okay, please follow me. Pei Qian followed Manager Yang while scanning the surrounding residential building at the same time. There were many buildings in Dawn of Prosperous City. Most of them were normal-looking and squarish, not any different from other ordinary communities. Only this aloof cylindrical residential building was so unconventional. It was in the center of the entire district. The characters Dawn of Prosperous City was on top of the roof, showing its lofty status in this community. It was really possible for someone to be fooled if they were here for the first time. However, Pei Qian did his homework. This building had one unit per story, with an area of 248 square meters, five rooms, three halls, and four bathrooms. It had a total of 12 stories and had a height of 3.6 meters, higher than that of ordinary residential units. If one looked at its floor plan, it would look like the circular mosaic pattern on the television when it was not broadcasting. Pei Qian saw the post on the internet and saw many strange house types such as runway houses, sewer houses, toilet houses, warship houses, and so on. Eye-opening and breathtaking Pei Qian wanted to buy them so badly. Unfortunately, the names of such districts were not in the posts so he did not know where to find them. Moreover, most of them were not in Jingzhou. As a second-tier city, housing prices in Jingzhou were not high compared to the whole country. Developers were not short of land so the probability of creating such a strange apartment was not high. Generally speaking, such strange houses would only appear in first-tier cities with limited space, where the utilization rates were squeezed to the extreme. However, his hard work paid off. He finally found this 360-degree sunlight sun never sets apartment near the company. Such a house type did not seem to be an isolated case. Many other cities such as Beijing and Shanghai had such house types with sizes, ranging from 200 square meters to more than 400 square meters. The circles were getting bigger. As for why Who knew? Perhaps the developer bosses felt that whales would like such apartments. Such an apartment was beautiful but not practical at all. It might look good from the outside, but one should reconsider. How troublesome would it be if the living room, bedroom, and study of a house were all irregular-shaped? The space utilization rate of such a house would be very poor. It might have 240 square meters, but it might not be much different from a normal 200-square-meter room. What was more, people would get sick of watching the same scenery no matter how good it was. Most people bought houses for comfort and practicality. The original rental price of such a house was about 15,000 yuan per square meter, but it had since dropped to 12,000 yuan per square meter because it was not selling well. However, even so, such a price was now selling at around three million yuan. Wouldnt it be a great deal to a whale if he were to purchase such a huge house with three million yuan? The current situation of such houses was that a whale would not buy it, and normal people could not afford it. The entire district was almost sold out; only this building was still on sale on the internet. The developer would not be happy if there was too much of a decline in price. A potential buyer would not buy if there was not enough of a decline in price. Therefore, it entered a stalemate. However, it fit Pei Qians requirements perfectly. It was also a kind of happiness, having ones own unique needs so that one did not have to compete with the others! Manager Yang led Pei Qian to a high-level show house and began his eloquent sales talk. Of course, not a single word entered Pei Qians ears. He knew very well that it was all in the bid to sell him the building. There was no need for him to bother about these. The one who would bargain with Manager Yang was not him but Assistant Xin. Pei Qian felt good as he toured the place. It was a 240-square-meter house, with windows 360 degrees around him. It was well-renovated and decorated. In any case, it was better than the ordinary rented apartment he was living in now. This type of house was not selling well, not because of poor quality or flaws, but mainly because of the layout. This resulted in the low price-quality ratio. There were too many better options at the same price. The harder Manager Yang tried to sell, the more certain Pei Qian was that such a place was difficult to sell. All the more he should buy it if that was the case! Manager Yang and Pei Qians requirements matched in such a strange way. Manager Yang spoke so much that his throat was hoarse after half an hour. He stopped to drink some water while trying to dissect Boss Peis expression. He could not dissect anything On the one hand, Boss Pei seemed to have seen through him and knew about the situation of this house; on the other hand, Boss Pei seemed to be very interested in this house. These two contradictory expressions appeared on Boss Peis face at the same time so Manager Yang did not know what Boss Pei was really thinking about. Pei Qian thought about it for a while before asking. How many units have people living in them? Manager Yangs heat sank. This is bad! Boss Pei asked such a sharp question! In fact, only three units were sold so far, accounting for a quarter of the entire building. Moreover, most of these owners regretted their decisions and were trying to sell them. What was the intention behind Boss Peis question? Could he have seen through the true situation of this place and deliberately asked this question to hint me to lower the selling price since it was not popular? Manager Yang struggled a little within, but he did not dare lie because such things would not be able to hide for long. Boss Pei, rest assured that we have ample availability of our houses. You can pick which level you want Manager Yang decided to reply in a roundabout manner. n wa ym Pei Qian frowned. My question was how many units have been sold. Manager Yang realized that he really could not pull wool over his eyes and had to tell the truth. Three units. Boss Pei, our units are high-end. Ordinary people will not be able to afford them. The owners of these three units are all successful locals of Jingzhou. Of course, they are still far behind you, but Pei Qian raised his hand and interrupted Manager Yang Please inform these three owners that I intend to buy their units as well. I hope they can move out as soon as possible. I can even pay for their moving expenses. Manager Yang, ? He froze for a moment. Uh, Boss Pei, the units of the other floors are also on sale. You do not need to Wait, Boss Pei, you mean Manager Yang showed an extremely shocked expression. He had correctly understood the meaning behind Boss Peis words but was afraid to confirm it. Pei Qian nodded. Thats right, I want the entire building! Manager Yang was dumbfounded with tears gleaming in his eyes. Boss Peis figure seemed to be exuding brilliance at that moment, reminding him of the savior. In the afternoon Pei Qian was drinking tea leisurely in the office when Assistant Xin returned. It seemed like she had reached preliminary consensus after an afternoon of negotiations. Boss Pei, the three families were very dissatisfied with the layout of this apartment so they all agreed. They can all buy new houses with this money. They were more than happy. You said that you hope they can move out as soon as possible so I arranged a moving company to settle their moving for all three units and will reimburse them for the cost of staying in the hotel while they look for a new home. As for the price, the average price per is 12,000 yuan per square meters, 248 square meters, and 12 floors. Since we are buying the entire building we received 10% off and rounded down to the millions. The final price is 32 million yuan. Well finalize this figure if you think there is no problem. Pei Qian nodded. He had 100% confidence in Assistant Xins negotiation skills. Buying such a building with such a house type with 32 million yuan was not entirely a loss. Pei Qian only spent half of the money that was profited from the movie. The reason was simple. He wanted to test out his theory to see if the Sloth Apartments could indeed make a loss. He would spend the rest of the money after confirming that point. Other than that, Pei Qian found a great method of burning money. Renovations and decorations! A building like this was considered a fixed asset. It would still be 3.2 million yuan after the 10% conversion which would affect settlement. Pei Qian expected the fixed assets in his hand would reach 90 million yuan at best for this cycle. It would not be so convenient to make losses if it were to exceed 100 million yuan. However, renovation and decorations could be spent at will! For example, purchasing expensive furniture, decorations, home appliances, etc. would not affect the settlement. Of course, Pei Qian did not dare go as far as to buy a full set of top-brand luxury furniture. This place would become famous in no time if he were to do that. It might even attract all the local whales in Jingzhou. That would become a huge risk. Ming Yun Private Kitchen was a good lesson. Therefore, Pei Qians target was to spend as much money on renovations and decorations without becoming too showy to achieve a perfect balance. Simply put, the balance would be: the rich look down on it while the poor could not afford it. It would be best for the Sloth Apartments to be stuck in this awkward position! Chapter 484 - A Constructor that Fits the Bill April 13th, Wednesday Liang Qingfan was stepping onto Jingzhou soil for the first time. He curiously looked out of the window to appreciate the scenery. The chauffeur-who Tengda had sent to pick him up-drove very well, and he was very stable. Liang Qingfan figured that he would meet Boss Pei of Tengda very soon. At that thought, Liang Qingfan could not help but feel excited. At the moment, he was working at Gaoling Construction and Design Co., Ltd. Gaoling Construction and Design Co., Ltd was a first-tier construction and design company in the country. It mainly did design work like space planning, styling, applying techniques, and the like. It could also do floor plans, product placement, architecture, landscape design, indoor design, and soft renovation design. The companys actual design portfolio included various spaces for rest and entertainment like showrooms, sales buildings, clubhouses, shopping malls, and hotels. It had also produced over a thousand building designs for first-tier real estate companies in the country and was very reputable in the industry. The companys founder, Zhou Nanling, had received various local and foreign building and construction awards. He had also starred on a reality show before and was referred to as a magician. Zhou Nanling had also turned an extremely small apartment-measuring 12 square meters big, 5.1 meters tall at the highest point, and 3.1 meters tall at the lowest point-into a house with two rooms, one living room, and one bathroom. Every inch of the space was utilized, and it was good enough to fit four people. Although he had done the renovation for an ordinary family on the reality show, ordinary families would not be able to afford a designer of his caliber in real life. Zhou Nanling and Gaoling Construction and Design Co., Ltd. ordinarily only accepted assignments worth more than a million yuan. For instance, they would renovate high-end hotels, design shopping malls, or design showrooms for huge real estate companies. Yesterday afternoon, the company received a phone call from Tengda Corporation, one of the most famous companies in Jingzhou. Tengda Corporation wanted to create a brand named Sloth Apartments. They wanted to enter a long-term business partnership, and so they invited one of the architects to Jingzhou. Zhou Nanling had intended to ask one of his subordinates, an experienced architect, to make the trip. However, Tengda Corporation had requested for an architect under thirty years old, who would understand what young people wanted. The request was quite ridiculous. In the industry, architects were required to have a lot of experience. The older they were, the better. Architects under forty years old could be considered relatively young, and it was extremely rare for architects under thirty years old to become famous. Although Tengda Corporations request was strange, Gaoling had to do whatever it could to fulfill its customers requests. Thus, the 27-year-old Liang Qingfan was given the precious opportunity to make a trip to Jingzhou and work on such an important project on his own. Liang Qingfan had already heard about Tengda Games because he had played Ocean Stronghold before. Thanks to Tomorrow is Beautiful and the Otto cell phone, he recently discovered that Tengda Corporation did not only work on games but also had other businesses. After conducting a search on Qiandu and looking through TPDb, Liang Qingfan discovered that Tengda Corporation had many different businesses! Liang Qingfan became even more emotional after he read about Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and Ming Yun Private Kitchen. He could not help but fantasize about what would happen if everything went well this time. Perhaps he would be given more designing work from all the businesses and thus develop a deep working relationship with Tengda Corporation! If that really happened, perhaps he would be able to make a name for himself in Jingzhou and set up his own building and design company there. Liang Qingfan was filled with hope for the future. Mister Driver, are we going to meet Boss Pei now? Liang Qingfan asked. Little Sun shook his head. No, Boss Pei has already arranged for you to settle down in the hotel and get some rest first. You will meet Boss Pei tomorrow to talk about work. Liang Qingfan quickly said, Theres no need. Its still noon, and its still early. Whats more, I didnt bring much luggage with me. I only have one suitcase. If its convenient for Boss Pei, I would like to meet him immediately to discuss the project. Only then would I be able to relax. Little Sun pondered for a moment and then said, Alright, then. Please wait while I call Boss Pei. Little Sun parked the car by the side of the road, dialed Boss Peis number, and spoke a couple of sentences. Boss Pei has agreed. Ill send you directly to Jingzhou Dawn of Prosperous City, then. Half an hour later, Little Sun drove Liang Qingfan into the Dawn of Prosperous City. Pei Qian was already waiting at the entrance of Sloth Apartments unique-looking building. Liang Qingfan quickly alighted from the car and walked up to Boss Pei. Boss Pei! Mr. Liang! Both of them greeted each other warmly as if they had been friends for a long time. Pei Qian sized Liang Qingfan up and was extremely satisfied with his age. Pei Qian had expended a lot of effort in finding a designer who fit his requirements. Although he could spend a lot of money by hiring a famous designer, he would also attract a lot of unnecessary attention. Zhou Nanling was a renowned designer. If Pei Qian hired him, he would be able to get rid of a huge sum. However, he would also be creating a golden signboard for Sloth Apartments. What if people fought to purchase an apartment in the condominium once they heard that Zhou Nanling had designed it? Of course, Pei Qian could not afford to hire such a famous designer. Yet, he could not pick a random designer either. That was mainly because Pei Qian himself was intending to live there! If they engaged a rubbish designer who made a mess of the apartments, Pei Qian would eventually become frustrated and be forced to spend more money fixing the problems. Thus, after much consideration, Pei Qian made a special request to Gaoling Construction and Design: he wanted a designer under thirty years old. Designers like that would have far less experience, and their designs would be far less expensive and noteworthy. Pei Qian could be assured that he would not attract unnecessary attention. At the same time, a designer who was recommended by Zhou Nanling could not be that bad. He would probably not make a mess of the apartments, and so Pei Qian would not have to worry. On the whole, Liang Qingfan fit the bill! At the same time, Liang Qingfan was shocked at Boss Peis age. He could tell that Boss Pei was genuinely welcoming and appreciating him from the look in his eyes. There was no contempt or dissatisfaction. That made Liang Qingfan like Boss Pei even more! As an extremely young designer, Liang Qingfan often felt like his clients doubted his capabilities because of his age. Although none of his clients had vocalized those worries, Liang Qingfan was still well aware of them. Yet, Boss Peis attitude was refreshing. They exchanged a couple of pleasantries before Pei Qian led Liang Qingfan to the elevator. They arrived at the showroom of the building. The moment they entered, Liang Qingfan saw that one-fourth of the unit was taken up by the living room, which was shaped like a quadrant. There was a sofa, a coffee table, a television, a round dining table, a piano, and two seats meant for sipping tea by the window. On the whole, the place conformed to societal norms. Obviously, the developer had not hired an elite designer to design the showroom. However, from the looks of the room in front of him, Liang Qingfan guessed that the designer had not been that bad. He had clearly done his best. Liang Qingfan scanned the entire room and then asked, Boss Pei, have all of the apartments in this building been exquisitely renovated? Pei Qian nodded. Thats right. Liang Qingfan looked sorrowful. Since they had all been individually designed, he could not make broad changes across the board. He could not possibly ask to change all of the floors and walls, knock down the useless walls, and then redo everything from scratch, right? The renovations were very nicely done. There was no need to undo everythingthat would only delay the completion date. Liang Qingfan studied the furniture in the showroom once again. Boss Pei, the furniture Pei Qian waved his hand. Change them all! I invited you here this time because I wanted you to redo all the soft renovations. Ive allocated at least five hundred thousand yuan for the soft renovations on each level. Well pay you a designer fee of thirty percent. As for the style itll be good if you could make it minimalistic to suit the young peoples taste. Dont do fancy renovations suited for ballers. Install as much smart furniture as you can. The sofa has to be comfortable, and there must be custom gaming facilities. The television has to be huge, and there should be a projector, a game machine, game discs, a soundbar, a high-end massage chair, and the like. All in all, the apartment should live up to the name Sloth Apartments. It means that, once young people move in, they would become like sloths and not want to move again! Pei Qian listed all of his requirements at one go. At the end of the day, satisfying himself was his number one goal. As for the other tenants It would be best if they didnt fancy the apartments! Liang Qingfan could not help but feel emotional upon hearing Boss Peis requests. Boss Pei was clear about what he wanted, but Sloth Apartments did not sound very desirable! Gaoling Construction and Design had conducted a couple of soft renovations before, but they were all showrooms for huge real estate companies. The overall style had always been luxurious and high-end. One could also refer to those houses as garden villas. Only whales and rich people would have been able to purchase huge apartments like that. Most rich people did not fancy minimalistic and European styles. Minimalism was meant for small apartments and young people. However, young people ordinarily would not be able to afford huge apartments. In addition, Boss Peis requests went a little further. Not only did he want the apartment to be minimalistic and look outstanding, but he also wanted the renovations to cost more than five hundred thousand yuan per floor and for there to be all kinds of entertainment facilities inside. The apartments would be targeting an extremely small group, wouldnt they? Still, on further thought, Liang Qingfan realized that Sloth Apartments were meant to be rented and not sold. If the rent was reasonable, young people would likely try to rent an apartment for themselves. At the moment, renting a slightly better apartment with two rooms and a living room in Jingzhou would cost about 2,300 yuan. An apartment in Sloth Apartments would probably be able to accommodate three to five young people. Based on the above standardas long as Boss Pei charged about six thousand yuan for each apartment and the groups of young people split it among themselves, there would still be significant demand. Thus, Liang Qingfan held back his comments and silently wrote down Boss Peis requests. Then, he began to think about how to conduct the soft renovations to fulfill Boss Peis requests. At the same time, Pei Qian thought about how to turn as many tenants away as possible by raising the rent of this place above eight thousand yuan and yet not be stopped by the System. Chapter 485 - Additional Services for Sloth Apartments Chapter 485 Additional Services for Sloth Apartments After surveying the building, Pei Qian instructed Little Sun to send Liang Qingfan back to the hotel for some rest while he returned to his office at Shenhua View. Until now, Pei Qian had already taken a lot of precautions with Sloth Apartments. The apartment looked too fancy for those who preferred practicality. To prevent ballers from taking a liking to the condominium, the apartments would take on a minimalistic style, so that it would not look too much like garden villas. Whats more, Pei Qian had purchased the building and was planning to rent the apartments out. That meant no matter whether he could rent them out or not, for the next few cycles-or even tens of cycles after this; he would not get to recover his capital. The soft renovations for each apartment would cost about 3.5 million yuan. If he fixed rent at eight or nine thousand yuan per month, even if people consistently rented the apartments, after accounting for expenses like cleaning and maintenance; he still wouldnt be able to do so. Based on what Pei Qian could remember, the price-to-rent ratio in the country had always been unimpressive. Many people liked buying houses because of the advantages like registered residence, schools in the vicinity, and the potential for property prices to rise. Of course, houses could retain their value well and were even likely to increase in value. Still, as long as Pei Qian refused to sell the apartments, he would not be able to cash out. To Pei Qian, the fact that the condominium could appreciate in value was not a good thing. Still, no matter how much its value appreciated, the System would only include ten percent of the total value of fixed assets into the System Funds. Pei Qian just had to prevent himself from being greedy and keep the total value of his fixed assets less than half of the starting sum in the System Funds. Then, he could limit the impact of the value of his fixed assets. Thus, whether Sloth Apartments succeeded or not and whether it became popular or not, Pei Qian thought that the project was worth investing in. Obviously, it would be best if it did not become popular. That way, he would incur over a hundred thousand yuan less in rent each month. To Pei Qian, all of those things combined were not enough. He still had to think of a way to dissuade the target audience-young people who liked to act like yuppiesfrom renting the apartments. He had one simple method: increase the prices aggressively. At the moment, an apartment like that would reasonably cost about six thousand yuan per month to rent based on market standards. If it was split among four to six people, each would only be paying about a thousand yuan. That was slightly higher compared to the average rent in the market. However, considering the exquisite renovations and the fact that the apartment would be fully-furnished, that price was reasonable. That meant that if Pei Qian priced the rent at six thousand yuan, many people from the huge city of Jingzhou would be attracted. At the same time, the System restricted Pei Qian from setting a price outside of an acceptable range and too far from reasonable standards. If he insisted on raising the price, he would have to throw in goods and services of approximately the same value, whether the customers wanted it or not. Thus, Pei Qian decided to provide additional services to tenants of these apartments! Cleaning: cleaning services would be provided for all of the units in Sloth Apartments. Tenants could reject the cleaning services, but they would still have to pay. Pei Qian would hire a fixed number of cleaners to conduct a minor cleaning every three days and a full cleaning every week. It would be just like hotel services. A butler: every building would have a dedicated butler, who would be prepared to handle all problems. The butler would also hold all the information about various tenants and prevent all unauthorized personnel from entering. He would also work hard to protect the tenants rights. If something was wrong with the house, the manager could use Sloth Apartments funds to conduct repair and maintenance. Boss Pei would be very happy. Regular upgrading: every now and then, the smart facilities would be upgraded. For instance, the smart appliances would be upgraded; the newest gaming facilities would be installed; and tenants would get the newest games and accounts for the newest video websites. Of course, all of those things would belong to Sloth Apartments. The tenants would have no right to take them away. After adding all of those things, Pei Qian would try asking the System if the entire packageincluding rent-could be set at nine thousand yuan! The apartments had five rooms. One of the rooms was slightly smaller and was not suitable for anyone to sleep in. Thus, Pei Qian intended to turn it into a study. That way, the apartment would only have four bedrooms. Assuming that there were thirty days in a month, the daily rent of every room would be about eighty yuan. Although that would be cheaper than most high-end hotels in Jingzhou, it would already be more expensive than 99% of the rooms available for rent in the city. That meant that, if he rented the apartments out short-term, the price-quality ratio would still be pegged at a certain standard. However, Pei Qian still had a final trick on top of that. He would not allow co-renting or short-term tenancy! They would only accept entire tenancies. Every tenant and visitors details would have to be registered with the butler. They could pay rent monthly, and they would not have to pay a deposit. However, there would only be six-month and one-year contracts. They had to finish the entire term of the contract. They could change their minds within a fixed period in the beginning without having to pay a penalty. The remainder of their rent would also be refunded back to them. However, the tenants would not be allowed to rent any other apartment in Sloth Apartments for a year after that. That way, those who wanted to treat Sloth Apartments like a hotel would think twice before doing so. According to the income levels in Jingzhou at the moment, those who would be able to afford to rent an apartment in Sloth Apartments had to be very rich. However, if rich people could afford to buy apartments, why would they have to rent them? As for ordinary working adults, perhaps only Tengdas employees would be able to afford an apartment in the condominium. Yet, would Tengdas employees be allowed to pay for an apartment in Sloth Apartments? Of course not! Pei Qian considered prohibiting Tengdas employees from renting units in Sloth Apartments in the beginning. Once he was sure that Sloth Apartments could not generate profits, he would build more buildings and arrange for Tengdas employees to move in. Then, they would be allowed to use their employee benefits to pay for the rent. That would allow Pei Qian to kill two birds with one stone! Of course, the System limited Pei Qian to converting only a small portion of Sloth Apartments units into employee accommodations. That was probably to ensure that the projects character remained roughly the same and that it had a chance of generating profits. However, Pei Qian would only have to build enough Sloth Apartments to accommodate all of his employees. Then, a small portion of the apartments would be used for employee accommodations while the remaining would be left unrented. Wouldnt Pei Qian surely incur losses, then? Lastly, Pei Qian had to select someone to head the Sloth Apartments project. Before this, he had selected employees from the other departments to head the new projects. This time, Pei Qian decided to go down a different path. It did not seem like a bad idea to make Liang Qingfan, the architect, in charge of Sloth Apartments. Of course, he was still an employee of Gaoling Construction and Design at the moment. However, Pei Qian firmly believed that-as long as he wielded his hammer correctlyChe would be able to crack the wall. It seemed unfitting to make a young architect in charge of managing a condominium, right? Still, Pei Qian had to consider carefully whether he would ultimately poach him or not. If Sloth Apartments developed exactly as Pei Qian imagined and Liang Qingfan obeyed Pei Qian throughout the process without showing any talent in management or sales, then Pei Qian could think about poaching him. April 14th, Thursday At Deposit Fitness The trainers were either sitting or standing in the resting area. Obviously, they were at a loss as to what to do. There were a total of twenty trainersfourteen males and six females. All of them had passed Guo Lichengs analysis and tests and were ultimately hired. Jingzhous fitness industry was not big, and Guo Licheng had a couple of friends. After introductions, Guo Licheng had briefly explained Deposit Fitnesss payment structure. At once, he had gathered this group of employees. Guo Licheng had followed Boss Peis instructions carefully as he selected those employees. He had chosen trainers who seemed excessively professional. All of them were honest people who did not like making sales, just like Guo Licheng. Boss Ye, shouldnt we be distributing flyers or something? A well-shaped and sweet-looking female trainer asked. The female trainers name was Li Yaling. For now, one could only see part of her appearance. Once she took off her jacket, one would be able to see her bulging biceps and four distinct pecs at her abdominal area. They seemed to be saying you could die with just one punch from me. Other trainers turned to face Guo Licheng, waiting for him to make the call. Guo Licheng nodded. The boss says we dont have to do anything. We just have to wait for customers to visit our gym. Li Yaling sighed softly. Can we trust the boss? Which gym in the country doesnt distribute flyers, sell memberships, or sell training sessions? Everyones doing the same thing. We might be reluctant, but we still have to suck it up and work. I think that, no matter what the boss says, we should take the initiative to do some work. Guo Licheng hesitated for a moment but quickly made up his mind. No, Boss Pei seems different from other bosses. Li Yaling was frustrated. The bosses only look different on the surface. Some are strict, some are easy-going, and some look approachable. However, theyre all the same inside. They all want their employees to take the initiative and work. We dont have to sell memberships here, and were being treated much better than in other gyms. We cant just sit around and wait. Thatll be inappropriate. ners Guo Licheng shook his head, insistent. So what if we distribute flyers and rope customers in? Just think about our gyms membership system. They have to come for a certain number of times each week. Whats more, the package comes with fitness meals. Even if we distribute flyers, how many people would sign up for such a strict plan? Li Yaling was stumped. Well what should we do, then? Guo Licheng scanned the group of trainers and said, If we cant tell what the boss is trying to do, we should just follow his instructions closely. Boss Pei must have his own reasons for giving these instructions. We arent good at sales to begin with, and so we shouldnt blindly interfere. At the end of the day, we shouldnt overthink. If Boss Pei finds fault with us, I will bear all the consequences. We dont have any customers now. Everyone, go and warm up. This gym is filled with good equipment. Lets not waste them. Remember to try out the fitness meals as well. Since there were no customers in the gym, the trainers had nothing to do. Thus, they split up and warmed up. All the fitness equipment had just been purchased. They were not the most expensive, but they were from world-standard, top-grade, commercial fitness equipment brands. They were long-lasting, modern, and ergonomically updated. At the moment, such equipment could only be found in very few gyms in high-end hotels. Ordinarily, people would not get to try them out. Guo Licheng had also ordered uniforms for all of the trainers. They were bright yellow and very eye-catching. At the same time, someone from a Fish-Catching Take-Out branch nearby had been put in charge of delivering fitness meals to the gym regularly. However, since there were no customers in the gym yet, fitness meals were only being delivered to the trainers. For now, the Gourmet Laboratory was still not complete. The chefs at Fish-Catching Take-Out were coming up with a trial for the fitness meals by using less oil and less salt. Still, there was a lot of room for improvement. Guo Licheng planned to get his trainers to try the meals out first. They could raise any suggestions or feedback, and the chefs at Fish-Catching Take-Out could continue to work on them. At noon, the delivery man from Fish-Catching Take-Out arrived. Guo Licheng and a few other trainers laid the fitness meals out in the resting area and then waited for everyone to gather and have lunch together. The gyms resting area had not been big at first. It had only been meant for selling membership and lessons before. However, to accommodate customers mealtime needs, Guo Licheng had re-designed the resting area and expanded it. He had also purchased a couple of high-end tables and chairs, so that customers could take turns to eat. Guo Licheng was just about to gather the trainers for lunch when he saw a familiar figure entering the gym. Boss Pei was here! Guo Licheng immediately went up to welcome him. Upon entering, Pei Qian looked around the gym. Some trainers were preparing to eat lunch, and others were working out with the equipment. There was not a single customer in the gym, and none of the trainers had gone out to distribute flyers. Hmm It was a very satisfying sight! Chapter 486 - Speedy Success? Chapter 486 Speedy Success? Guo Licheng felt slightly awkward. Ordinarily, fitness trainers were not supposed to use gym equipment during working hours. In most gyms, fitness trainers priority was supposed to be training their students and selling training sessions. Maintaining their own fitness would not have been that important. Guo Licheng had only allowed the trainers to test the equipment because there were no customers in the gym. Yet, Boss Pei happened to walk in just then. Boss Pei, I was the one who asked them to test the equipment. Ill gather them now and ask them to get back to work Guo Licheng turned around, prepared to ask all the trainers to gather back there. However, Pei Qian quickly stopped him. What are you talking about?! Isnt it natural for trainers to work on their own fitness?! Guo Licheng, Huh? In a strict tone, Pei Qian said, As fitness trainers, you should obviously work on your own physiques first. If you cant maintain your own physique, how are you meant to instruct others? Whats more, all the equipment would just be lying there anyway. Of course, youll have to make good use of it. Let me emphasize this: as long as theyve done their basic work, all trainers would be allowed to use the equipment during working hours. Youre the branch manager. You should be setting an example! Your physique has to be the best out of all the trainers! Guo Lichengs heart warmed at once. Alright, Boss Pei! Would we be allowed to use the equipment when were not working, then? Pei Qian looked at him sternly. You can use the equipment when youre not working, but you cannot be in the gym because youre strictly prohibited from working overtime. Guo Licheng, Although Pei Qian sounded ridiculous, Guo Licheng still felt moved. The previous gym had not treated the trainers like humans. Many trainers in the industry competed with one another intensely. One could sell a few memberships one day while another sold several training sessions the next. Every month, everyone would be kept on their toes. Sometimes, those who could not hit their quotas would even be fired. The previous gym could not have cared less about the trainers personal fitness. Most trainers had no choice but to train for one or two hours late at night after the gym closed each day. How could they spare the time and energy to work out during working hours when it was so important for them to make more sales? Yet, Boss Pei was different. He did not care about results at all. Instead, he prioritized his trainers physique, fitness, and health! Having a generous boss like him was truly a blessing! Pei Qian scanned the trainers who were training very seriously. He began thinking about how much time and effort Guo Licheng would have to spend trying to have a better physique than everyone else. It would be a considerable amount of time and effort, right? That would take time and effort away from managing the gym and drawing customers in. It worked! Soon, the trainers walked over one by one. After greeting Pei Qian, they began eating. Pei Qian looked at the fitness meals on the table. The fitness meals were packed in Fish-Catching Take-Outs transparent lunch boxes. There was a pile of brown rice, two boiled sweet potatoes, chicken breast, shrimp, salmon, boiled eggs, avocadoes, cherry tomatoes, and lettuce. Less oil and salt were used, but the servings were very generous so that they were guaranteed to be full after the meal. On top of that, Fish-Catching Take-Out provided fruits and cooked corn as side dishes. Taking fitness meals meant having more meals but eating less for each meal. People were asked to have an additional meal in the morning or afternoon even if it was a cup of milk, an apple, or a corn cob. It could make one feel more satiated and increase ones basal metabolism, thus reducing ones lunch and dinner intake and fats that came with it. As Guo Licheng ate his fitness meal, he reported his feedback for the fitness meal to Boss Pei: The ingredients are fresh, and theres a good quantity. I think itll provide enough nutrition. Pei Qian paid close attention to Guo Licheng and the other trainers expressions but did not find anything strange. Their eyes did not suddenly light up, and background music had not suddenly played. That meant the food was not delicious! At least, compared to the fitness meals that they were used to, this food did not stand out. However, just to be safe, Pei Qian asked a question. How does the food taste? TO Guo Licheng pondered for a moment, and he said, Its about the same as ordinary fitness meals. Healthy meals can only be so yummy; one just has to exercise portion control. Pei Qian was relieved. As long as the fitness meals were not much better than those sold outside-apart from in terms of price and quantity, then Pei Qian would not have to feel threatened. Chefs of Fish-Catching Take-Out had prepared this version of fitness meals. They had just reduced the calories in the meal while ensuring that the food remained nutritious. Thus, they had not focused on improving the taste of the food. At the same time, the trainers were obviously used to having healthy meals like that. The only merits of the food from Fish-Catching Take-Out were that they were free of charge, and their portions were controlled. Most customers would not be happy about being forced to purchase those meals. Soon, everyone finished their lunch. The trainers kept their cutlery and waited for the delivery man to return and collect them. While this was happening, Guo Licheng led Pei Qian around the gym to survey its situation. The gym had ordered a bunch of bracelets with serial numbers, just as Pei Qian had requested. Members could claim a bracelet from the front counter once they entered and then find the locker that corresponded to the serial numbers on their bracelets. All they would have to do was scan their bracelets to unlock the lockers. As one was leaving, the staff at the front desk would collect the bracelets back and enter the serial number of the bracelet into the computer. That way, members exercise data could be recorded. Of course, at the moment, one still had to stupidly and manually enter the data into the system. Guo Licheng thought about creating an application in the future to resolve this problem. However, the gym did not even have customers now. It did not seem necessary to work on the system. Pei Qian looked at the other facilities like the changing room, the bathroom, and the toilets. He felt quite satisfied. High-end shampoo and soap had also been provided in every shower cubicle, just like in high-end hotels. Since they were stored in soap dispensers, visitors of the gym would not be able to tell their price. Pei Qian found it a good idea to increase expenses in areas that customers would not notice. He turned around, satisfied. Alright, maintain things in this state. Im making a move now. Pei Qian was just about to open the door when he was stunned again. He noticed a couple walking into the gym after looking around outside! There were customers! He turned to Guo Licheng. Go and greet them. Ill wait for a little longer. This place was a high-end gym near a university. It was not in a very good location, but not in a bad one either. Although the gyms members had already been transferred away, it was expected that new people would seek to become members. Pei Qian decided to stay behind to see the couples reaction after discovering the gyms prices. It wouldnt be too late to leave after that! Guo Licheng was just about to welcome them, but Yaling beat him to it. She shot Guo Licheng a look as she walked by him. Guo Licheng immediately understood and backed away. Obviously, to get through to the couple, they first had to get through to the lady. Of course, the man would not want any male trainer to get close to his girlfriend. Naturally, Yaling would have an advantage as a female trainer. In addition, she was well-sculpted and beautiful. Males would be attracted to a certain extent. Thus, she had a better shot at making the sale compared to Guo Licheng, who was not good with words. Pei Qian frowned when he saw this. Whats her name? Guo Licheng immediately answered, Shes Li Yaling, and shes an amazing female trainer. She did not take any initiative to sell training sessions in her previous gym, and yet it was filled with die-hard members. We know each other very well, and so I poached her over. Pei Qian, ? She didnt even have to take initiative to sell training sessions, and yet the gym was filled with die-hard members? Why did you bring this unstable element over here?! Whats more, Yaling had gone up to welcome the guests of her own accord. That wouldnt do! Everything would be fine if she failed to rope the customers in, but if she did Hmph, Pei Qian had to think of a way to promote her. Pei Qian remained silent and casually grabbed a banana. He ate as he observed her closely. Yaling led the couple around the gym and then led them to a seat in the resting area for a chat. It was ten minutes before the couple finally left. Yaling walked towards Guo Licheng, frustrated. It failed? Guo Licheng asked. Yaling shook her head. It failed. Pei Qian rejoiced inwardly. However, he maintained his expression as he asked, What happened? Yaling was obviously frustrated. Boss Pei, it was all going well in the beginning. I showed them our gyms facilities, the quality of our trainers, and the accompanying services. Both of them were obviously tempted. Yet, the moment I said the price, the mans expression changed. Obviously, he had been a member of other gyms before. After doing some brief calculations, he concluded that our gym is way too expensive. The lady liked the environment and the fact that we only charge by the session. To a newbie like her, thats a good thing. The man was about to give in to the lady, but both of them found it hard to accept the gyms specific requests, which I started to introduce They already thought that the training sessions were expensive. In addition to the mandatory fitness meals, the package was out of their budget. That was why they decided to leave. I think they went to check out the other gyms nearby. Pei Qian heaved a sigh of relief. What was this? He had escaped unscathed and achieved speedy success. Indeed, the strategies that he had put in place to turn customers away had proven effective. Even though Coach Yaling stepped up, she failed to rope in customers! Still, although the beginning was looking good, Pei Qian reminded himself to remain steady. He cleared his throat and said, It doesnt matter. Those were just two customers. Our gym has good potential. A few customers wouldnt make a difference. We just have to be patient, and the customers would come! Thats right. Coach Guo, remember to order a sign with our gyms prices and requests on it. Set it up at the entrance, so that people wouldnt bother coming in and disturbing the trainers to ask questions. Those who cannot accept our requests would be turned away by the sign. As opposed to answering peoples queries, your time would be much better spent working on your physiques. Your bodies would be walking advertisements for Deposit Fitness! Yaling looked confused. Huh? Were they to put their prices and requests on a sign outside the gym? Were they afraid of roping in too many customers? It was one thing not to be distributing flyers, but it was another to resort to negative advertising. What was Boss Pei thinking? Pei Qian stood up. Alright, Ill make a move first. Get the sign done as soon as possible. Guo Licheng quickly answered, Alright, Boss Pei. Dont worry. At the moment, Guo Licheng seemed very obedient. While Li Yaling seemed slightly threatening, Guo Licheng was still the branch manager after all. As long as Guo Licheng stuck strictly to Boss Peis requests, everything would be alright. Pei Qian walked out of the gym in a good mood. However, he noticed another problem. He was dealing with too many things at the same time. He had too many businesses at the moment. Whats more, all the people in charge remained silent as they worked on their respective plans. They would only report good news to Boss Pei once they achieved a measure of success. That was not a good thing. The more he thought about it, the more Pei Qian realized that he had to keep all the departments in check. He had to increase the level of control he had in his company. Otherwise, it would become increasingly difficult for him to incur losses. Even if he dedicated himself to fighting fire full-time, he would eventually burn out. He had to appoint an imperial guard in Tengda as soon as possible! Chapter 487 - Four Bare Walls April 15th, Friday In the offices guest room Liang Qingfan handed his tablet computer over to Pei Qian. Boss Pei, Ive done a few renovation plans. Please see which one you like the best. Once Boss Pei took the tablet computer, Liang Qingfan sipped his tea and licked his lips. He savored the sweet aftertaste of the tea, looking quite proud of himself. He was happy with most of the plans he had handed in. For some reason, he had had a lot of inspiration after looking at the apartments. After returning to the hotel, he started work at once and had not rested much. In fact, he had worked all the way until now. After rushing a few renderings out, he had let his colleagues at his workspace vet them and then rushed over to hand them to Boss Pei. Liang Qingfan had put in a lot of effort into the designing work this time. On one hand, it was because Boss Pei was paying him a high designer fee. On the other hand, it was because Liang Qingfan was a young designer who had had few opportunities to work on such projects alone. Thus, he wanted to make full use of this opportunity. Every piece of work that he handed in would become name cards that he handed out to the world. dm Liang Qingfan was confident. He knew that every customer would be bought over by his designs in the end! Pei Qian looked through the renderings on the tablet computer. As he studied them, Liang Qingfan briefly introduced the different aspects of each rendering. Every design was very minimalistic. It was not magnificent in a way that it would appeal to ballers, and it did not look like a fancy garden villa either. On that point, Liang Qingfan had taken Pei Qians instructions very seriously. However, each rendering was very different even though they were all minimalistic. The first rendering used white and brown as the theme colors, thus creating a warm feeling. The furniture was minimalistic, and Pei Qian could tell that the brown of the television wall hid a lot of storage space. However, the storage space was very well-hidden and not easily noticeable. At first glance, the place looked neat and tidy and gave off a certain yuppie vibe. Liang Qingfan explained, This style hangs on to the concept of minimalism while satisfying tenants daily needs. The apartment has four bedrooms and would be rented instead of sold. More tenants means more storage space would be required. Yet, the idea of storage space normally conflicts with the concept of minimalism. Thus, I designed the apartment to hide the storage spaces. Tenants who stay here can experience high-end, minimalistic, and modern living. Yet, they can continue to enjoy convenience. One can say that this design kills two birds with one stone. Young people would like it for sure. Pei Qian remained silent for a moment and then said, Pass. The design would be too appealing to the tenants. Pei Qian could almost see the yuppies eagerly holding out their money and fighting to stay in Sloth Apartments. Of course, he had to reject this design. It was the most acceptable minimalistic design he had ever seen, and it included so much storage space as well. If Pei Qian chose this design, the consequences would be dire. Liang Qingfan, His first design has been rejected so quickly. Liang Qingfan could not help but feel discouraged. Still, he quickly regained his composure. Alright. The storage spaces are well hidden, but it still conflicts with the concept of minimalism to a certain extent. It could make the apartment feel cheap. Boss Pei, its understandable that you dont like this design. Please look at the others, then. Pei Qian swiped to the next rendering. This one still looked minimalistic, but the theme colors were bolder-gray and green. Although it was simple, it looked luxurious and high-quality. The chosen furniture and decorations were more muted, calmer, and bigger; making it similar to suites in many high-end hotels. Liang Qingfan explained, This design, the Ultimate Extravagant Gray, exudes a subtle extravagance. This renovation style no longer targets younger yuppies, but an older groupmiddle-aged, successful businessmen. Pei Qian, Pass. With a single look, Pei Qian could tell that middle-aged businessmen would fancy the apartments. He could easily get into trouble. Liang Qingfan, Another one of his designs got rejected, and Liang Qingfan was slightly more hurt now. To him, Sloth Apartments was meant to be exquisitely designed. There were only two types of target customers: white-collared workers who wanted to enjoy high standards of living and businessmen who were visiting Jingzhou for business purposes. Yet, Boss Pei had rejected both of Liang Qingfans designs for those groups. What kind of style did Boss Pei like, then? Liang Qingfan was confused, but he did not ask any questions. That was because he had other plans as well. Boss Pei would probably find one that he fancied. Pei Qian swiped to the next rendering. This one used black and white as the theme colors and looked comparatively fresh. Pei Qian could feel the intense artistic vibes through the image, and it almost felt as if high-end designers would fancy the style. While it was minimalistic, it also looked Zen and optimal for triggering ones creative juices. Pei Qian thought that Ruan Guangjian would fancy an apartment like that. Liang Qingfan had not even begun introducing the design when Pei Qian swiped to the next image. Pass. This style looked less practical than the first one but more attractive to white-collared workers and yuppies. It could be seen as the better version of the first design. Still no! Liang Qingfan opened his mouth as if to say something but quickly swallowed his words again. He personally liked that design the most because it looked the classiest. Yet, Boss Pei had rejected it without a single word. This time, Liang Qingfan was even more hurt. At the same time, he became very confused and puzzled. Exactly what style did Boss Pei like? All of those were pretty good minimalistic designs. Even if Boss Pei wasnt satisfied, he could have picked a few details for Liang Qingfan to improve on. Why was he passing on all of them immediately? Liang Qingfan could not find it in him to introduce any more designs. Most designs he had submitted had already been rejected by Boss Pei. Thus, he decided to wait until all of them were rejected before he asked Boss Pei more about his expectations. However, after swiping the images once more, Pei Qian paused at the last rendering. In the extremely wide and empty space, only one huge television hung on the wall. There was also a television cabinet that stood about as tall as one layer of drawers and a long, dark-colored sofa. On top of that, there were two pure black chairs and one small, pure black table by the full-length windows. The entire place looked like an open exhibition hall. Apart from the two small cabinets in the corner, there was no more storage space. After some consideration, Pei Qian pointed at the cabinet, the small table, and the pure black chairs. This is not bad, but all of these have to go. The television cabinet was going to store the game machine and game discs while the sofa was going to be used for gaming. Of course, they had to stay. The other storage spaces and chairs were not needed! To most people, the more storage spaces, the better. That was because most people could not curb their desires nor stop themselves from buying, buying, and buying. As they bought more and more items, their houses would become increasingly cluttered. Once they collected too much rubbish, no matter where they stored it, the apartment would look messy. Thus, they needed storage spaces to accommodate all of their things and make the house look neat and tidy. However, what Pei Qian wanted to do was dissuade the white-collared workers and yuppies from buying the apartments. He wanted to tell them to stay away! Of course, that alone wasnt enough. Pei Qian knew that he had to add an additional term in the contract for Sloth Apartments: tenants would be prohibited from purchasing their own furniture. That way, the apartments would not be practical at all. Even if they looked nice, their high price and lack of practicality would be sufficient to dissuade most tenants from renting the place! At that moment, Liang Qingfan was at a loss for words. This had been his first design for the apartment, but Liang Qingfan himself had quickly rejected it. That was because he had thought that minimalism did not necessarily mean leaving the four walls bare. At first, when he had tried to conceptualize minimalism, he had approached the apartment from a purely artistic point of view. This renderings theme colors and furnishing had been direct results of that approach. Yet, the designs biggest problem was the lack of practicality. Although Liang Qingfan had added small cabinets, a small table, and some chairs; the apartment would still be impractical and difficult to live in. However, Boss Pei thought well of the design. In fact, he wanted Liang Qingfan to get rid of the cabinets, the table, and the chairs altogether! That way, there would not be any storage space in the apartment, except for the wardrobe in the bedrooms and the kitchen cabinets. The four walls would really be bare. Liang Qingfan looked uncertainly at Boss Pei. Boss Pei looked back at him with extreme confidence. Work according to this design. The budget remains the same. You can exceed it, but you cannot spend less. Pei Qian handed the tablet computer back to Liang Qingfan. Seeing Liang Qingfans confused expression, Pei Qian felt all the more sure that he had decided correctly! Pei Qian had no need for storage space at all. He only had a couple of clothes, which he could put in his wardrobe. As for his other random belongings, he could throw away as much as possible. There was no need to move them to his new apartment at all. Although the apartment would look very bare and empty, all Pei Qian needed was to game. He would be satisfied. In fact, it would be best if everyone else found the apartment impractical! As Liang Qingfan looked at the last rendering, the cogs in his mind turned quickly to guess the reasons behind Boss Peis decision. Does Boss Pei just want the apartment to look beautiful? Is that why he wants it to look this minimalistic? Yes, from an artistic point of view, the space would look uniquely beautiful without all the cabinets and additional furniture. Ah, it was the design that I did when I was feeling the most inspired after all. Of course its the most beautiful. If Boss Peis own home was designed in this manner, I would not find it strange at all. Instead, I would admire Boss Peis taste. However, these apartments are meant to be rented out Would anyone want to rent the apartments if they only look artistic and beautiful but are not practical at all? Whats more, I can only exceed the budget, but not spend less. If the apartment is going to look this minimalistic, I wont have to buy much furniture. Itll be difficult to spend all the money I guess I have to look at the big international brands. Many thoughts filled Liang Qingfans mind in a short while. However, after looking at Boss Peis determined expression, he decided to bury all of his questions at the bottom of his heart. Alright, Boss Pei. Ill renovate the apartments based on this design! Chapter 488 - Keeper of the Encourager cum Commander of the Secret Service April 16th, Saturday Tang Yishu swiped her card to open the door and entered Tengdas office with a few books tucked under her armpit. Most of her salary might be used to subsidize her family, but her own financial situation was much better than before. Tang Yishu still used neither cosmetics nor skincare products probably because of her living habits. However, being young was her greatest capital. She exuded a youthful radiance after having more nutrition. Tang Yishu put the books on her desk and began her keeper duties to clean the Encouragers poop and have its food bowl full. Glabella, you should eat less. Both Disaster-Free and you should go on a diet. Aiya, Glabella, leave some for your younger sister Fei Huang; eat your own canned food! Tang Yishu grabbed the back of the black cats neck reluctantly, its head aiming at the other cats food bowl. However, Glabella ignored it and went to squeeze with the orange cat next to it after taking two bites. There were three encouragers in the office now. Cat number 1 was the black Glabella with white claws. Its name had the meaning blackened forehead[1]. The other two were also stray cats adopted from the pet hospitals, a white cat and an orange cat. The white cat, cat number 2, was round and fat which made it very loveable. Many people felt that it looked like a cat of fortune. Pei Qian named it Disaster-Free seemed like an auspicious meaning on the surface, but in reality, it was part of a full sentence losing wealth to remain disaster-free. He hoped that it would lose wealth, not attract wealth. This orange cat, cat number 3, was given the same name as Fei Huang Workspace. On the surface, it seemed to mean to be as light and agile as the swallow. However, it had the meaning of becoming aged and withering quickly. The three cats finished their canned food in no time. Tang Yishu threw out the trash, then carefully groomed and trimmed the nails of the three cats, and finally patted them until they fell asleep while basking in the sunshine. Her tasks were considered to be completed in this way. She came to her workstation and started to study. She could self-study in the library and the self-study room in school, but it was still somewhat noisy. She preferred to study in the company during weekends. It was very empty and quiet. There were also coffee and snacks available. Suddenly, the office door was pushed open. Tang Yishu was momentarily stunned and instantly remembered that she had a Special Task: that was to record everyone who came back to the office to work overtime and report to Pei Qian! However, no one worked overtime recently so that task disappeared from Tang Yishus mind. It seemed as though someone came to work overtime again. Tang Yishu quickly turned her head to see who it was. She recognized everyone on this level after working together during this period. She would not be caught unaware again. However, she turned around only to find Pei Qian standing there. Ah, nevermind then. Tang Yishu stood up. Senior, why are you here? Pei Qian quickly scanned the office and nodded with satisfaction seeing that no one came to work overtime secretly. I just happened to pass by, Pei Qian replied casually. Pei Qian purposely came to make a surprise inspection today. He had not received secret tips from Tang Yishu about people coming back secretly to work overtime. Pei Qian was curious to know if it was true that everyone stopped working overtime or if Tang Yishu learned how to lie. Now, it seemed as though everyone really stopped working overtime. It seemed reasonable. First, there was the no-overtime competition, and then there was the cornerstone award. Pei Qian worked so hard to prevent everyone from working overtime; he must have some results, right? The empty office on a weekend was the best result of Boss Peis hard work. It seemed like there would be rewards as long as he worked hard! Come with me to the guest room, Pei Qian said to Tang Yishu. Pei Qian had been thinking about the establishment of the Tengda Secret Service for two whole days. The reason for the demands was because Pei Qian realized that there were too many industries at present and he really could not manage it. The most important thing was that he did not obtain timely updates! The founders of many huge companies were much busier than Pei Qian, but they had appointed many senior executives to be in charge of various affairs. The executives would ask for instructions on important issues while dealing with the minor ones themselves. These business empires could still operate efficiently and with order using such mode. Pei Qian was also adopting this model recently. However, the largest problem was that Pei Qians goal was totally opposite of the other company bosses! The attitude of the bosses of the other companies was that senior executives should develop their own departments well. Report major problems that could not be solved as soon as possible and give commendations if the business were to develop well. While Boss Peis requirement was for these executives to not be able to develop their own departments and report signs of business development as soon as possible, he would also give commendation when major problems which could not be solved happened. This requirement was totally reversed for the bosses of the other companies. The bosses of the other companies needed to understand the companys current problems. They would request for all of the departments to report such issues at any time. What Pei Qian needed to understand was the companys current profitability. There was no need to report this matter in the eyes of most department heads. Especially since Pei Qian had long left the impression of disliking employees asking for credit, this problem was even more serious. Therefore, Pei Qian felt that he must set up an information collection department to better control the information of each department to find the problem as soon as possible. The members of this department would be known as Management Trainees. The management trainees were originally a concept from foreign companies to cultivate the companys future leaders for special projects. It could be regarded as a talent reserve plan for cultivating mid-high level managers. Management Trainees usually intern in different departments of the company to understand the operations of the entire company. They would then be posted based on their expertise. Generally speaking, the selection of management trainees was strict. They were usually highly competent to be heads of departments or branches. Of course, that was being used too frequently nowadays. Any company would hire a few management trainees. They end up becoming firefighters, moving to wherever needed help. Putting these aside, the Management Trainee system was very much in line with Pei Qians current needs. These people would be placed in different departments of the company through the Management Trainee. Boss Pei would be able to know everything as long as he ensured that he controlled the Management Trainees. Moreover, Pei Qian rather liked the post Management Trainee. Management Trainee, Manage Loss Trainee[2]. It would be great if these people could be brought here to manage losses! However, Pei Qian had hard time thinking about how to select these Management Trainees and who should be the person-in-charge. Assistant Xin was very capable; her actions were clean and slick. She never probed into the reasons and seemed to be a good candidate. However, the problem was that she was a little too capable. Most other departments were also very familiar with her. Pei Qian set up this department purely to be his eyes. Getting Assistant Xin involved would be an overkill. Moreover, Pei Qian had a lot of work for Assistant Xin to do. Moreover, the department heads knew Assistant Xin. They might be subconsciously defensive and not conceal enough. Pei Qian pondered over and still felt that Little Tang was the most suitable. On the one hand, she was the Keeper of the Encouragers on the surface. She looked completely harmless. Her gentle, soft, and cute nature was a natural protective color for herself. No one would be too wary of her. On the other hand, Little Tang was simple-minded. She would do her best to carry out whatever she promised. She had been providing Pei Qian with the overtime list previously and had done very well. The only problem would be the halo effect that occurred from time to time. It would cause many hidden bugs to surface, but everyone seemed to be rather used to it. Who would think that the little girl who cleaned the cats poop day in and out was actually the commander of the secret service in the dark? Yes, very suitable indeed! Of course, it was not enough to have just one person. He had to have plenty of management trainees as well. If it was other companies, Management Trainees would have been recruits of outstanding fresh graduates from school or selection prominent employees. However, the management trainees that Pei Qian wanted must not be from existing prominent employees. Who knew what kind of trouble these employees would make if they were to travel freely around the various departments?! Boss Pei would have more knives in his back in the unlikely event that some of them become well-rounded. Therefore, Pei Qian decided that these Manage Loss Trainees must not have worked in Tengda before. They would skip the bi-annual recruitment drive from Tengda and be directly selected by Little Tang. Those selected would only obey Boss Peis commands and ensure that Boss Peis orders were above everything else. Pei Qian sipped his tea in the guest room while he briefed parts of his thoughts that could be out in the open in. In short, find some freshmen and sophomore students who have plenty of time on hand and minimal classes for internship in our company Arrange for them to go to various departments ԧ You will be responsible for the Management Trainees program. Let me know once you have made progress. These Management Trainees must be chosen carefully. They must be honest and reliable. They can adjust their timings based on their class arrangement after they are assigned to their departments. They would mainly study and not participate in the work of the departments. However, they must know every movement of their assigned departments. They have to come to the company once in a while to report directly to me about what they have seen during this period. I will also check on some information from time to time. I want everyone to be able to answer them whenever I ask about them. Also, this publicity is currently confidential so do not spread any publicity about it. However, it is not considered an absolute secret. There should be no problem, right? Tang Yishu was a little bewildered as she carefully squeezed her fingers. Senior, I Im afraid I cant be responsible, I havent even been a class monitor Pei Qian smiled slightly. No problem, this is a very simple job. I believe you will be able to do it well with your level of patience and care. Youll still care for the cats in the company. You only need to come preside over the meeting when it is time for it. You will also be aware of the movements of the Management Trainees. Report any problem to me as soon as possible. Thats all, isnt it simple? Tang Yishu pursed her lips. Okay, Senior, I-Ill try it out. [1] A blackened forehead means bad luck for the Chinese. [2] Both phrases sound extremely similar in Mandarin. Chapter 489 - Crowdfund to Make a Game Chapter 489 Crowdfund to Make a Game April 18th, Monday The matter of the Secret Service had been handed over to Little Tang. He had no idea what kind of people she would find. There were many departments in Tengda now. They would need at least a dozen people even if each department were to have one Manage Loss Trainee. It was impossible to get so many of them in a hurry. Pei Qians request was to gather everyone before next Saturday. That was so that he could hold a secret meeting on Saturday, when no one else was there, to arrange their work. There was a slight sense of mystery to it. Pei Qian slept until he woke up naturally today. He came to the office after eating to show his face. A knock from outside the door happened before he could open the Aili Island website to watch his drama. Eh? Pei Qian could not help but frown. What was so urgent? This person had obviously been waiting outside for quite some time since he knocked two minutes after he entered the office. Enter. Hu Xianbin pushed the door open. Whats wrong? Is there something wrong with the development of Struggle? Pei Qian could not help but harbor some expectations in his heart. Hu Xianbin shook his head. No, the development of Struggle has been rather smooth. Its regarding GOG! Pei Qian could not help but feel bothered. On the one hand, it was because Struggle was developing well. On the other hand, Hu Xianbin was still worried about GOG. That was rather inconsistent with the Tengda spirit. Pei Qian coughed lightly. There is no need to tell me about GOG. There is something wrong with your thinking about work. The energy of a human is limited. You can only do one thing at one time. How can you manage the development of Struggle and operate GOG at the same time? Hurry relinquish GOGs operations. Hu Xianbin was an R&D staff member in the second half of GOG. He was responsible for the launch of the mobile game version. He was very familiar with the GOG project. Pei Qian got Hu Xianbin to be responsible for Struggle, so that he would no longer be bothered about the operations of GOG. As a result, he was trying to do both jobs together. That was simply too much. Hu Xianbin was slightly shocked. Uh, Okay Boss Pei, Ill delegate the entire work to Min Jingchao. However I do have something urgent to report regarding the GOG project! Pei Qian nodded. Um, continue. Hu Xianbin seemed very urgent. Boss Pei, I hope you can make an exception to urgently recruit some people for Tengda Games gaming department! Pei Qian frowned. Make an exception? Urgently recruit some people? Bro, thats a very dangerous thought! Tengda had a bi-annual recruitment drive in May and November. It was set at such timing to avoid the peak recruitment season. The recruitment process was relatively cumbersome, and so it required enough time for new employees to go through resignation procedures and handover work. The actual entry would only be one month later. However, Pei Qian looked at the date and realized that it was already April 18th. What was so urgent at GOG that they could not hold out for a month? There was definitely something wrong here! Pei Qian attached great importance to it in his heart, but he still asked calmly on the surface. What is the rush for recruitment? Boss Pei, IOI wants to engage in an arms race with us. GOGs project is now in urgent need of manpower expansion. Otherwise, our first-mover advantage would be lost! Pei Qian could not help but be delighted. He did not know what an arms race meant here, but he was very clear on one point: Lin Wan made her move! The domestic server for IOI should be almost ready by now. A series of publicity strategies should be formulated, and theyre ready to start from the GOG market. He did not know how Hu Xianbin obtained the news. However, considering that Tengda Games and Shang Yang Games were brother divisions, it was not surprising that they would obtain information from certain channels. Pei Qian smiled with anticipation. Really? Tell me about it. Hu Xianbin hurriedly replied, The strategy at IOI is to win by volume. They are desperately updating with two new heroes every month according to the current plan. That is too fast! We have slightly fewer heroes in GOG than in IOI. However, it is still within an acceptable range. We will definitely be left behind if we were to update a new hero once every two months. GOG will be able to obtain the advantage, and we will be gone! Pei Qian nodded his head at the criticisms. Great, both Finger Games and Lin Wan were very reliable, eh! The scenario still panned out like how it should in my imagination. I really have no other qualms. Pei Qians expression became calmer and lighter. Therefore, you want to recruit more people to compete in speed? Hu Xianbin nodded. Yes, we have no reason to lose to them in speed! Whoever can update faster would be able to better maintain the stickiness of the players and the overall popularity of the game. The advantage in this respect is too great! Whoever can prevail now shall win. GOG will absolutely not give in! Pei Qian was silent for a moment. I dont agree with your views. Its definitely not possible to recruit in advance. I do not recommend for the gaming department to recruit too many people even in the recruitment drive next month. Hu Xianbin was stunned. W-why? Pei Qian leaned back in his big boss chair and said seriously. Manpower should be of quality, not quantity. With more manpower, the speed of generating ideas would increase, and you would have more ideas. This seems like a good thing. However, having more people might be either a treasure chest or shackles. Dont just try to use clumsy overwhelming tactics once you run into problems. That will limit your thinking and obliterate your inspiration. In short, dont hire too many people. Hu Xianbin was a little anxious. But Boss Pei Pei Qian emphasized again. Dont hire too many people. Hu Xianbin had nothing else to say. He did not dare to let Boss Pei repeat a third time. He could only sigh and quietly exit the office. Pei Qian gave a satisfied smile. Lin Wan, I can only help you to this point. You have to hurry to accomplish your mission! Hu Xianbin returned to his desk and sat down dejectedly upstairs. Min Jingchao quickly came over, seeing Hu Xianbin return. How did it go? Did Boss Pei agree? Hu Xianbin shook his head. No, Boss Pei rejected. Min Jingchao was taken aback. Rejected? Impossible! Boss Pei had always been generous to the various expenses of the company. How could he reject the recruitment of a few new designers? This is really strange. Hu Xianbin sighed. Sigh. I dont know what Boss Pei is thinking either, but he had a really firm attitude. He said that not only can we not make an exception for early recruitment, but we will also not be able to recruit too many people a month later. Min Jingchao frowned, obviously at a loss. How could Boss Pei say something like this for no reason? Did he say anything else? Usually, there would be some hidden clues in Boss Peis words. Hu Xianbin tried his best to recall. Let me think He seemed to say something like having more people might be either a treasure chest or a shackle. But this sentence does not seem to have any profound meaning to it Should we seek Brother Bao and Big Sister Lis advice? Min Jingchao shook his head. I think it is better not to push all the questions that require analysis to Brother Bao. It is a necessary skill to read and understand Boss Pei in Tengda. We have to train in it as well. Hu Xianbin gave it some thought. Thats true, but what Boss Pei said this time really does not seem to have any meaning to it. I dont have a clue at all. Min Jingchao frowned, lost in thoughts. His brows relaxed slightly after a short while. From the original point of view, this sentence means that every designer would have different ideas. More people can indeed provide different perspectives and ideas, but having so many angles and ideas would trap us and become shackled. Others perspectives and ideas would conversely limit your thinking. Your ideas will limit others thinking in the same way. If everyone were to do their own thing, it would drag each other down and reduce efficiency. Therefore, creating new heroes for GOG is a tiring job, but it is also a technical job that requires continuous creative production. The key here is not how many people we have, but if the main designer can accurately control the direction of the game. No matter the number of designers we hire, only one person should be calling the shots and unifying the style. At the same time, that person should be making the overall planning balance. Otherwise, the game would become a stitched-up monster. Hu Xianbin was no stranger to this way of interpretation, and he immediately understood it. Yes, it makes sense! However, that does not solve the problem. The ability of everyone to generate the idea is limited. If there are too few people, then there will not be enough ideas. You can do the overall planning, but you still need people to provide inspiration and design new heroes. Min Jingchao pondered for a slightly longer time. He only slowly opened his mouth after some time. It seemed like it wasnt necessarily the case. Everyone has limited inspiration and ideas. That is true, but not only designers can provide inspiration and design new heroes. Boss Pei expressed a type of dialectical thinking. He did not deny the power of a large number of people. His words were could either be a treasure chest or shackles. We have only analyzed the shackles part but not the treasure part. How can the wisdom of designers be matched up to the wisdom of the majority of the players? Designers are only a small treasure chest; players make up the large chest! Boss Pei did not allow us to recruit more designers because it was inefficient and would not solve the fundamental problem. In other words, we can also let the players participate in GOGs hero design! So what if IOI could develop the heroes in no time? Inspiration and ideas would be inexhaustible if players enthusiasm could be fully mobilized! Hu Xianbin suddenly realized. That makes sense! Boss Pei actually had such a meaning? Indeed, fully mobilizing the enthusiasm of the players and letting them provide the ideas and contents. Our designers will only need to be responsible for screening, modification, and balancing. It would solve this problem perfectly! Min Jingchao stood up suddenly. Im going to make an activity plan! Pei Qian watched some drama for a while after Hu Xianbin left. He looked at the time. It was already three in the afternoon. I havent seen Old Ma for a while. Ill head to Dream Realization Ventures for a while. Pei Qian just remembered about it. He wanted to go to Dream Realization Ventures to ask Old Ma about the projects that he was optimistic about, but he was so busy that it slipped his mind. The weather today was just fine to head out. He would also be able to understand the current situation with Old Ma and Dream Realization Ventures. Pei Qian told Old Ma previously to let him know immediately once he found a suitable project. However, Old Ma seemed to have made no movement even after so long. Pei Qian could not help but feel bothered. What the hell was the b*stard Ma Yang busy with? He was not worried about Ma Yang lazing around and spending money in secret. That was because Pei Qian had requested that all investments in Dream Realization Ventures had to be approved by him after the previous venture into Finger Games. Dream Realization Ventures must not have spent a single cent if no one had asked for instructions. Here was the question then. What was he doing if Ma Yang was not spending any money? Chapter 490 - You Missed Out on a Hidden Condition Chapter 490 You Missed Out on a Hidden Condition Pei Qian came to the Dream Realization Ventures office and walked in gently, sneaking quietly across the carpet. Dream Realization Ventures had been ongoing for some time. Its scale had expanded, and its manpower increased. However, the huge office still appeared empty. The shouts continued to fill the entire room, rippling echoes. We can fight! I have ult! Kill the support first! Hedgehog is using its ult, not good; lets retreat first! Protect Boss Ma! Hurry! Pei Qian stopped and looked at Ma Yang who was striking his keyboard passionately. It felt like deja vu. Wasnt the scenario similar to the first time he stepped into Dream Realization Ventures? Ma Yang brought everyone into the fight of Gods Rising. That brought Pei Qian to tears, but the end result was Ma Yang buying 20% of Finger Games shares with the operation rights for domestic servers. Pei Qian nearly fainted on the spot in anger. However, Dream Realization Ventures began investing earnestly after that. They might not be serious projects, but they were all successful in terms of results. It was an incredible failure to Boss Pei while they were on the right track in the eyes of outsiders. It had been a long time since the people gathered to play games in Dream Realization Ventures. Pei Qian could not help but feel moved looking at Old Ma who once vowed to share his worries and was now battling in GOG. Old Ma was really sharing his worries, good brother! Using games to hold on to these people in Dream Realization Ventures and not let them make money by investing indiscriminately wasnt that sharing my worries? This brother might think differently, but the results were correct. Pei Qian was happy for less than five minutes before he suddenly felt a sense of crisis again. The smile on his face quickly faded. Not right, he had to clear the mines before being baited by this sweet honey! Last time, it was because of the relaxation of vigilance that the acquisition of Finger Games happened. Pei Qian immediately became serious and raised his guard up before coming to Ma Yangs back. He saw another familiar figure before he could manage to speak. Zhang Yuan was sitting opposite Ma Yang, playing the game intensively as well. Thats not right; what was this guy here for? Pei Qian was slightly confused. Zhang Yuan? Arent you busy with the club? Why are you here? Zhang Yuan had been playing games with full concentration before and only noticed Boss Pei now. Ah, Boss Pei! The others also noticed him and stood up hurriedly. Pei Qian waved his hand. Sit, dont let your teammates die. Ma Yang smiled. No problem, we are playing a custom game. Pei Qian, Yes, as expected of Old Mas style, a rigged match with nine actors and one celebrity. Oh, no, it should be eight actors, and one superstar within two celebrities. Looking at the current situation, it should be eight pros supporting Zhang Yuan and Ma Yang. Zhang Yuan would also support and protect Ma Yang within the game since he was his superior after all. Brother Qian, do you have any special instructions coming here specifically? Ma Yang asked expectantly. Pei Qian, Shouldnt you take the initiative to report your investment projects to me under normal circumstances? It seemed like Old Ma had completely forgotten what he had previously said about sharing his worries as he chomped down on his French fries. Of course, Pei Qian did not intend to remind him. It seemed to be a good option for Old Ma to be forgetful as well. However, He Desheng stood up. He quickly tried to smoothen the situation when Boss Pei did not reply. Boss Pei, I can vouch for Boss Ma. He had been carefully screening investment projects recently! However, Boss Ma had kept your teachings in mind and strictly required the element of hidden gold in dreams. Therefore, he did not manage to find a suitable project to invest in. Boss Ma actually did a lot of work but did not try to mess up! Pei Qian, He did not want to bring this up initially. Ma Yang understood immediately. Right, Brother Qian, I actually looked through many projects but did not find a suitable one! You cannot blame me for that! Pei Qian patted his shoulders. Old Ma, dont worry, I have absolute confidence in you. You never lied. If you said you did it, then it must be true. However, Pei Qian knew very well that there was no conflict in him looking seriously for a project and him happily playing games now. He could only say that Old Ma gave up after searching for a while and left the matter behind his head. Pei Qian looked at everyone. Everyone has to learn from Boss Ma. It is better to have nothing than a substandard choice for our investments. Take a break, play games it would be much better than investing in non-suitable projects. He Desheng and the rest nodded. As expected of Boss Pei, what great words! Of course, they were even more certain now that Boss Ma must have blocked an atomic bomb for Boss Pei previously. Ma Yang was very happy that he was praised. Brother Qian, come have a round with us. You can play as the Coin-Scattering Hedgehog; you will surely be able to carry us all! Come, come, come, lets start another round! Pei Qians face blackened. Old Ma was good in many things, except that his EQ was a little lacking However, on second thought, that matched his IQ and personality. Moreover, Old Ma was stupid. His intelligence and EQ are normal, but he would often miss the connection and fall through the center of the earth. Pei Qian waved his hand dismissively. No, I still have some business. He looked towards He Desheng. There shouldnt be any new investments by Dream Realization Ventures, right? He Desheng nodded. No, Boss Pei, dont all investment projects require your approval now? Pei Qian was very satisfied with this answer. It seemed like there was not much problem with Dream Realization Ventures. The importance of Manage Loss Trainees was even more apparent now. In the future, these things would be left to them. Pei Qian looked towards Zhang Yuan. Hows the club coming along?. Zhang Yuan sighed silently. Im sorry, Boss Pei, nothing is up yet. Pei Qian was even happier now. It was rare to see Zhang Yuan with low efficiency! The Best Employee Selection was over in February, which was more than two months ago. Zhang Yuans esports club had yet to materialize. How delightful! As expected, Zhang Yuans main interest was in internet cafes and ROF Computer-Installation. He might have been the first-place-eliminated, but he was still obsessed with the old business and found it hard to part with it. That meant to say that the first-place-elimination system had achieved unprecedented success! Pei Qian was very happy. Dream Realization Ventures and the Club did not deal any damage to him. That was very comforting. However, Pei Qian did not forget to investigate the last hidden danger even though he was happy. Why did you come to Dream Realization Ventures today then? This was what happened, Boss Pei. I had been thinking about the issue of the Esports Club for some time now, but I never had a very good idea. I struggled for more than one month just to decide on the game. The current esports field is in its transition period. Real-time strategy and first-person shooter games from esports projects had to be more mature before it could work. However, it seems to be going downhill now so no new players have joined in Forming a team now to play real-time strategy games would be akin to being a eunuch for 12 years, isnt it? Pei Qian became more solemn. It seemed like Zhang Yuans analysis of the current environment was quite accurate. Zhang Yuan continued. Therefore, I had been thinking that I should find a new project with good prospects. I looked around and found that GOG is a good candidate. It just so happened that GOG was having a leveling activity. I followed the ladder and contacted the players one by one, thinking I can poach a few people to join the club. In the end, I contacted a few of them, but I was rejected by all of them. I was late to some of them who had already signed on to other clubs. However, some had not signed with any clubs. They were purely uninterested in the terms I offered. I thought about the offer I was giving. Ive arranged for five social insurance and one housing fund, a high basic salary, and a good bonus. The offer is better than most clubs in China so why am I being turned down? Finally, someone told me-apart from the truth-everyone had a career in an investment firm. I felt something amiss. I inquired and lo and behold, they are all in Dream Realization Ventures! Therefore, I decided to come over. Then Boss Ma was very interested in the affairs of this club and chatted with me for a long while. He even got me to play with them so it became what you saw. Pei Qian could not help but have question marks floated around his head after listening to what Zhang Yuan had to say. The entire process was too bizarre. Pei Qian did not manage to react to it. Boss Pei, Boss Zhang is telling the truth. However, we accidentally obtained the bonus from the Great Master through some casual play. We did not deliberately do this! Pei Qian understood now. GOG created an in-game ranking system for giving out coin rewards. Kill the Great Master, and one would be able to get money. It made players participate with vigor. However, who exactly could kill the Great Master or the King? It had to be the skilled masters from Gods Rising. There might be certain differences in the gameplay, but they were similar types of games. Skilled players in Gods Rising had much a better understanding of the game than the novices. They did well in the operations and could definitely do better in a shorter while. Therefore, the top ranking for the Spring Competition was almost all old players from Gods Rising and IOI. That was inevitable. The new geniuses would only be able to surface after a few months. Geniuses required practice as well. The employees hired by Ma Yang and He Desheng happened to be the best players of Gods Rising, who knew a bit about investment. They were nearly at the professional-player level. What was more, these people had directly participated in GOGs development. They made numerous suggestions and had a much deeper understanding of the game than ordinary players. For example, they could adjust their style of play after knowing the GOG game mechanism and support. It would be easier for them to win the game. Zhang Yuan started digging from the top of the leaderboard, and the probability of hitting such a group of people was too great. As for why they went for the GOG ranking wasnt that obvious? There was nothing much to do at Dream Realization Ventures. Kill the Great Master in GOG would get one money. It might be from their other sister company, but it would be a waste not to take it. Pei Qian could not help but sigh. Zhang Yuan, your line of thinking is correct and seems to have no problem with your judgment of this industry. The overall idea IS all right, but you missed out on a hidden condition. The operator of the game, or the organizer of the event, cannot have a conflict of interest with the team participating in the event Zhang Yuans expression froze. Huh? Chapter 491 - DGE Esports Club Pei Qian felt even better as he looked at Zhang Yuans confused expression. Haha, you didnt see this coming, did you?! All of you used to fill my mind with question marks all the time before. Now, its my turn to do the same to you! Are you surprised? Are you shocked? Actually, Pei Qian had already thought about this before. He had just set the trap without realizing it. Still, seeing Zhang Yuan fall for his trap so naively looked humorous in a dark way. Would esports be that popular in the future? Pei Qian thought that the MOBA games would become the most popular. While FPS games were not bad, they probably would not do that well in China. If everything developed mechanically based on Pei Qians memory, esports would be dominated by games like IOI and Gods Rising in the future. Other projects would lag far behind. However, everything could be different in the parallel world. Thus, Pei Qian could not be sure how things would develop. Take IOI for example. Although it looked like LOL, there were also many differences between the two games. For instance, the worlds in IOI and LOL were different, and so were the gameplay, the timeline, and other details. The butterfly effect was terrifying. Often, the slightest misstep made a world of difference. Pei Qian pondered for a moment. Gods Rising was not as good as DOTA to begin with, and there was still no news that it would be made into an independent online game. Pei Qian guessed that that would not happen any time soon. Something had gone wrong somewhere. IOI was much worse than what he remembered of LOL, and both the gameplay and Finger Games concept design were problematic. On the other hand, his own GOG was rising rapidly to success in the local market as if it was on steroids. Pei Qian was bewildered. If this carried on, Pei Qian guessed that Gods Rising would be in the most dangerous position. Until now, it was not a complete and independent online game with a good matching mechanism. Of course, it could not match up to GOG and IOI. In the end, either IOI or GOG would be used for esports. What was interesting was that both of those games belonged to Tengda! There was no need to elaborate on GOG. Tengda had developed it and was now managing it. On the other hand, Tengda was in charge of IOIs operations because Dream Realization Ventures and Shang Yang Games were subsidiaries of Tengda Games. In the world of esports, the organizers of competitions could not form teams to participate in the same competitions. That would be like dropping soil onto ones pants: no matter how much they tried, things would not be clarified well. Even if the team operated completely independently, would the audience believe it? Would the other clubs believe it? How could one prove that there was nothing dirty going on behind the scenes? Then, if various clubs dissed the results and accused the team of being in cahoots with the organizers, winning the championship would mean nothing. Even if the team failed to do well, the audience could accuse them of being rubbish because they didnt win even though they were in cahoots with the organizers. Thus, Pei Qian only had two options: Zhang Yuans club could go out on their own, cut off all ties with Tengda, and participate in GOGs competition. Alternatively, Zhang Yuans club could work on other games. The former was impossible. As for the latter since the club would not be able to take part in GOG or IOI, it would not become popular. Thus, any effort that they put in would go to waste. Whats more, most esports clubs in this world were incurring losses all year round. They were only being used as marketing gimmicks by rich companies. Pei Qian could not help but feel proud of himself. No matter how he looked at it, he was going to emerge victorious! Zhang Yuan, how are you going to fight with me? At that moment, Boss Pei wanted badly to laugh maniacally for three minutes. He had finally allowed his outstanding employee to experience being stabbed in the back without any warning whatsoever! Zhang Yuan was still speechless. He had intended to lead an esports team to compete in GOG, but Boss Pei had rejected this proposal without another word. The esports business had not developed properly yet. It was not famous or structured. Thus, Zhang Yuan did not know that the organizers could not form teams and ended up causing a big hoo-ha. There was a big problem now. What should he do? Zhang Yuan subconsciously turned to Boss Pei. He was in a fix, and only Boss Pei could solve his problem. A hint of a smile tugged at Boss Peis lips at that moment. He looked like he wanted to say something Zhang Yuan could not help but feel puzzled. What did Boss Peis expression mean? It was horrible that the club could not form a team to compete in GOG or IOI. Why wasnt Boss Pei upset? Does Boss Pei have a solution that hes not telling me about? Does he want me to figure it out on my own? He frowned and tried asking, Boss Pei, what game do you think the club should form a team to compete in, then? Pei Qian sniggered. GOG. Since youre asking me for help so sincerely, Ill give you the answer just as sincerely. First, GOG was likely to lose to IOI. If the club formed a GOG team and GOG became outdated, the team would become equally outdated. Their efforts would go down the drain. Second, even if GOG did not become outdated, the team would still be disqualified. No matter what, Pei Qian would emerge victorious! Of course, Pei Qian would never explain those reasons to anyone. Zhang Yuan was tongue-tied. Obviously, he was shocked by Boss Peis answer. At the end of the day, they were back at GOG? They could not compete in that game! Zhang Yuan was beginning to feel light-headed. It was hard to understand Boss Peis wisdom. Pei Qian was very satisfied with Zhang Yuans expression, and he had no intention to explain why he thought the club should compete in GOG. The more he spoke, the higher the chances of making a mistake. It would be terrible if his words caused a mysterious and unwanted chemical reaction. So does the club have a name? Pei Qian tried to change the topic. Zhang Yuan seemed to still be hung up over the previous topic. He looked stunned for two seconds before he replied, Er I thought about an impressive name before World Champion. However, we realized that the names acronym was problematic when we were trying to design a logo. Thats why we gave up on it. Boss Pei, do you want to come up with a name for the club? Pei Qian sniggered again. Alright. Pei Qian was very familiar with the names of various esports teams, such as World Elite, Invictus Gaming, Royal Never Give Up, Funplus Fhoenix, and the like. All of them were pretty good names. However, Boss Pei always prioritized good luck when naming his projects. He was not being superstitious; saying the names just made him feel better. The above names were not bad, but the problem was that they had achieved too much success. Obviously, they did not match Boss Peis expectations for his own team. After some time, Pei Qian suddenly thought about a team that could never win. Our teams name will be DGE! Zhang Yuan blinked. What is that short for? Pei Qian explained, Dark Genius Esports! As for the names real meaning It was short for Da Gan Er, which meant big godson in Mandarin. Lao Gan Die[1], which meant old godfather, could come in last in esports. Surely, the godson would be able to surpass the godfather and do even worse. As for why Pei Qian did not want to call the club little godson, he was worried that it would backfire because two negatives made a positive. Zhang Yuan pondered over the long English name and said, What a good name! It sounds powerful, and it rolls off the tongue. Even its full name seems to be of a certain standard. Pei Qian had more or less completed what he needed to do for Dream Realization Ventures and the esports club. It was unlikely that the tables would turn against him in the future. However, considering Ma Yang and Zhang Yuans relationship, Pei Qian decided to leave a few more instructions. Obviously, Ma Yang was far more interested in the esports club than Zhang Yuan was. Thus, Pei Qian could not rule out the possibility that Ma Yang would lend Dream Realization Ventures employees to Zhang Yuan. All of those employees were extremely good at Gods Rising, and they could easily become Great Masters at GOG as well. Although they were over twenty years old and were considered quite old now, a professional gamer community for GOG had not formed yet. For all Pei Qian knew, those employees could kick off a new trend. Thus, Pei Qian had to instruct Ma Yang and Zhang Yuan to keep Dream Realization Ventures and DGE Esports Club separate. At the same time, since DGE Esports Club was fated to incur losses, Pei Qian had to instruct Zhang Yuan to spend generously. If he remained this stingy, Pei Qian could end up losing only one or two million yuan in the end and be utterly embarrassed. Pei Qian cleared his throat. Its right to poach those who are at the top of the charts, but I think you must keep age in mind. Young people move faster and possess greater potential. Choosing them to become professional gamers would be more appropriate. If branch managers of internet cafes refer to themselves as gaming gods and ask to join the club, do not believe them. Instead, chase them away at once. Lastly, do not scrimp and save on the clubs physical gathering place. Rent a villa. Let me know once youve selected a suitable location. Ill arrange for Fish-Catching Take-Out to deliver your meals. All in all, do not restrain yourself from spending where you need to spend. Bear the Tengda spirit in mind! Zhang Yuan listened intently to Pei Qian and then nodded. Yes, Boss Pei! Pei Qian turned to Ma Yang. Old Ma, you can go to the club, take a look, and help Zhang Yuan out. He Desheng and the others can go there for fun if theyre tired of working, but do not let them blindly interfere in the clubs business. Ma Yang was excited. Rest assured, Brother Qian! He Desheng and the others heaved a sigh of relief. They thanked Boss Pei profusely in their hearts. Pei Qian knew that He Desheng and the others understood GOG much better than ordinary gamers. Of course, he would never allow them to interfere with DGE Esports Club in any way. As for Ma Yang, throwing him into the DGE Club would allow him to disrupt the training. At the same time, Ma Yang would become reluctant to go back to work, so that Pei Qian would not have to worry about him investing in another company like Finger Games. He Desheng and the others had been worried that Boss Pei would send all of them to the esports club as well. After all, they only played computer games as a hobby and had no intention of becoming professional gamers. Now, everyone was happy! Zhang Yuan was the only one who was still confused. Pei Qian smiled and patted Zhang Yuan on the shoulder. Dont look so confused. Spend more money, and things will get better. He felt slightly bad for Zhang Yuan, but giving DGE Esports Club more money to spend should be able to make up for it. After sending Boss Pei off, Zhang Yuan became sorrowful. He was still conflicted about the clubs matters. Boss Pei had already given instructions. DGE Club was to form a GOG team and spend more money and resources on them. It didnt make sense at all. Zhang Yuan pondered about it deeply. Calm down. Use the same thought process that you cultivated when you were working in the internet cafe and ROF Computer-Installation. Try to understand Boss Peis intentions. The organizers cannot form their own team. Its just like one cannot be a competitor and a judge in the same event for the Olympics. That rule has already been set, and it cant be changed. I was given two options: leave Tengda Corporation or give up on GOG. Yet, Boss Pei gave me the go-ahead to form a GOG team. That means there must be a third option Whats special about the third option? No matter what, DGEs team would not be allowed to take part in GOGs official competition! Wait Would the team be useless just because it cant participate in the official competition? Hm it would. Without competing, the team wouldnt get fame or exposure. Naturally, it wouldnt get sponsors or prizes either. Whats the point of forming a team, then? Wouldnt we be burning money for the sake of our own entertainment? D*mn it, I cant figure it out! Zhang Yuan was so close to pulling his hair out. The problem that he was faced with this time was far more difficult than any other problem he had dealt with before. After struggling for a long time, he finally decided to give up. Forget it. Ill just follow Boss Peis instructions first. Maybe a solution will present itself when the time comes. I was asked to do many illogical things before, but every time I stuck to Boss Peis instructions, the entire situation miraculously turned around in the end. Yes, Ill trust Boss Pei! Zhang Yuan decided that, if he could not figure it out, he would not bother trying anymore. He would rent a villa, hire a few potential candidates from the charts, and make the necessary preparations for the club All in all, he would follow Boss Peis instructions first and then try to understand his intentions slowly! [1] This is the nickname for LGD Gaming, which is a professional Chinese esports club. Chapter 492 - Should He Offer Guidance or Not? April 19th, Tuesday At Otto Technologies In the conference room, Chang You was eagerly explaining Otto E1 cell phones outstanding results to the core members of Otto Technologies. Pei Qian was present as well, but he did not look very happy. For some reason, he felt like he was being kicked while he was down Ever since Ottos cell phone was released and became popular, the brand had become peculiar and exotic. The words peculiar and exotic were neutral. The cell phone had very obvious flaws. It was heavy, and it contained no independent technology. It was a product of supply-chain technologies and original equipment manufacturing. At best, one could say that it was balanced and typical in all aspects. There was no secret technology involved that was worth marveling about. Even the cell phones system was closer to the original Android System. Some people thought it was cleaner and purer, but others thought it was lacking and inconvenient. Still, the cell phones merits were outstanding enough that people could not forget them after witnessing them just once. Its brand was very distinctive. The mystical logo on the back of the cell phone had appeared on Tomorrow is Beautiful before. One only had to whip the cell phone out for everyone to recognize that it was worth over eight thousand yuan. At the same time, Chang Yous presentation of the cell phone at the news conference had been quite notable. In addition to the various benefits and additional services that came with the cell phone, it was now unique in the market. To many rich people who lived in Jingzhou or who heavily relied on Tengdas other business arms, the cell phone was irreplaceable even if they possibly could not afford it just then. Until now, Otto had sold almost 160,000 cell phones already. It was no longer short on stocks, and it could supply cell phones immediately upon purchase. Although the sales volume was still increasing, it would no longer explode like it did before. Those results undoubtedly still left Otto Technologies under the others category in the local market. Hongcheng Technologies, the company that Chang You had worked at before, also achieved similar results with their newer cell phone models. Otto Technologies probably only held a 0.5% share of the local market for now. Still, the amazing thing was that Otto Technologies was prospering after reaching this sales volume. Hongcheng Technologies had sold that many cell phones before, but it closed down soon after. The profit margins were equally small, but the more expensive a cell phone was, the more profit the company would earn. If a company sold a cell phone for a thousand yuan and earned a five percent profit, each cell phone would only make thirty to forty yuan. Selling a hundred thousand cell phones would only generate three to four million yuan in profit. That little money would not be enough to plug any gaps in the supply chain. However, if a company sold a cell phone for eight thousand yuan and earned a five percent profit, each cell phone would make four hundred yuan. Selling a hundred thousand cell phones would generate forty million yuan. Thus, despite having distributed its profits to the other subsidiaries and keeping five percent of the profits, Otto Technologies had still made a lot of money! A virtuous cycle had formed. Pei Qian had never expected that setting such a high price would cause his downfall. Of course, after calming down, Pei Qian realized that the sales volume was not completely unacceptable. After all, the cell phone market was considered a sunset industry. The big brands and producers were dominating more and more market share. Even those in third or fourth place would suffer for a long time, much less Otto Technologies which was now below tenth place. It was a miracle that the company could sell hundreds of thousands of cell phones. The most mysterious part was that, although it still fell under the others category, Otto E1 was extremely popular online. Although most people would not pay for the cell phone, it was still very famous on the internet. Chang You was very proud of himself. Otto Technologies had already taken a successful first step as a new brand. Whats more, since there wasnt a lot of demand and the supply problem had already been resolved, people would continue to purchase the cell phones in the future. Thus, the company could continue earning profits in the long term. 111 After hearing this, Pei Qian became frustrated. He cleared his throat and asked, Do you mean that there isnt a single problem with Ottos cell phones now? Chang You immediately smiled and said, Dont worry, Boss Pei. Ill talk about it at once! Chang You was already prepared for this. He knew that Boss Pei did not like hearing successful results. Instead, he liked looking for problems. Thus, before the meeting began, he had already planned to analyze the cell phones problems after announcing its successes. That would help them to set the future direction. Pei Qian expected to be a wet blanket by posing that question to Chang You, but Chang You seemed well-prepared. He was speechless. It was almost as if his employees defenses were too powerful. He was finding it increasingly difficult to overcome them After talking about the cell phones successes, Chang You began talking about the cell phones flaws. At the moment, inventory is the biggest problem for our cell phone. To small manufacturers, inventory is often a problem thats difficult to resolve. At the end of the day, its all about money. If one wanted more stocks, they would have to prepare enough money for the supply chain. At the same time, their warehouses would have to store a lot of goods. Storing inventory is very dangerous. If a cell phone is sold for two thousand yuan with a profit of a hundred yuan, that means that twenty cell phones have to be sold to cover the cost of storing one cell phone. Thats a very scary ratio. However, having a lack of supply is another problem. Consumers desire to buy goods would not be satisfied on the spot. After calming down due to the lack of stock, they might end up buying cell phones of other brands. For a company of our size, thats a very tricky situation. On top of that, the details of our cell phones are far from ideal. A high-end cell phone cannot be lacking in details all in all, our aim for the next stage is to remain steady. We have to build on our brands name and fame and better organize the supply chain, so that we can release the new and improved E1 by the second half of the year. In addition, we have to work hard to guarantee adequate supply so that we can move up a tier! Pei Qian remained silent. He seemed to have noticed a paradox. Often, when he offered guidance, the situation would strangely turn around, and projects would start generating profits. However, when he did not offer guidance and let things be, projects would still generate profits. Take this time, for instance. Chang You had set a steady path for Ottos cell phone. Should Pei Qian interfere or not? Once Chang You finished speaking, he instinctively turned to observe Boss Peis reaction. Boss Pei was frowning and in deep thought. Chang You could not help but feel nervous. What is Boss Pei thinking about? Did he find a problem with my plan? Is he thinking of a better one? That cant be. Boss Pei is far-sighted. He must have thought of a better plan already; he shouldnt be starting to think of one right now. Could Boss Pei have suddenly realized something? Does he want to overturn the plan that I came up with and come up with a better one? Is Boss Pei thinking two steps ahead of me right now? What could he be thinking about? Forget it, I wont be able to figure it out. This is the best I can do. I shall wait for Boss Pei to clarify his thoughts. Thus, Chang You waited patiently. The others waited patiently as well. After two minutes of deep thought, Pei Qian suddenly noticed that everyone was quiet. He looked up, scanned the group, and realized that everyone was looking at him expectantly. Pei Qian understood why it was so quiet. Everyone was waiting for him to speak Thats awkward. I have to say something now. I cant possibly admit that I have nothing to say after so long, can I? That would trigger their imagination. Why was Boss Pei saying that he had no opinion after thinking for so long? Did he have a better plan that we hadnt thought of? What could it be? Why wasnt he talking about it? Pei Qian pondered for a moment and decided that leaving it to everyones imagination would be much scarier. Thus, he decided to lead them down the wrong path. Even if they ended up generating profits, at least they would earn less! At that thought, Pei Qian said, Dont work on another cell phone. Just sell the remaining stocks and stop sales. Chang You nodded. Hmm alright, Boss Pei. What next? Pei Qian, What do you mean? Arent you shocked at all? Shouldnt you at least look a little shocked so that I can be sure that my plan is ridiculous?! Yet, everyone in the conference room continued looking at him intently, waiting to hear what he would say next. Pei Qian sighed inwardly and continued speaking. Delay the next goal; make it ten months to a year later. an u Set up a software laboratory and do things like creating applications that people can use, perfecting the cell phones system, and improving the image algorithm. We promised our customers that we will release two versions of operating systems and allow them to switch between both with a single button. We only have a simplified version now, but not a feature-rich one. We have to keep our promises. Chang You spoke softly. Boss Pei, the feature-rich version was supposed to be developed together with the new cell phone. We talked about this before. Pei Qian was confused. Have we talked about this before? Oh, I think we have. Still, Pei Qian maintained a stern expression. We have limited resources for research and development. We have to focus our resources if we want to accomplish big things. You could go through the same process with less investment and end up with vastly different results. Dont think that you can fool customers with a feature-rich operating system that you created with little effort. If we want to do it, we have to make it perfect, understand? Chang You looked guilty as he nodded. Yes, Boss Pei. Pei Qian was considering this: now that a new cycle had begun, he could extend the deadline of another project to the next cycle. At the moment, Otto Technologies looked like a good candidate. Pei Qian would only extend the deadline of a project if it had three characteristics: first, it posed a threat at the moment; second, a large number of resources could be invested in it so that more money could be burned; third, the product or project would be accomplished before the end of the next cycle. Otto Technologies cell phone fulfilled all three criteria. Pei Qian prioritized setting up a software laboratory over a hardware laboratory. Although a hardware laboratory would burn more money, the project could easily come to naught at the end of the day. That was because it was not easy to make hardware. The products would either work or not; there was no gray area. If they failed to release any products before the next settlement date, wouldnt Pei Qian be finished? On the other hand, a software laboratory would cost a lot of money and easily produce results. Setting one up was unlikely to affect settlement. Even if the software laboratory only served to improve the operating system, release a passable application, or improve the cell phones image algorithm; it would still be an achievement. Pei Qian could just try to find a way to generate revenue to satisfy the System. Chang You noted down Boss Peis instructions very seriously, without raising a single question. Boss Pei had planned everything from market placement to brand marketing for the Otto E1 cell phone. He had bought Chang You over completely. Now, Chang You only had one principle: if Boss Pei had requests, he would fulfill them to the best of his ability; otherwise, he would make decisions on his own. Chang You felt that Boss Pei was aiming too low. Were they really going to spend ten months to a year on improving the cell phones operating system, creating a few applications, and researching the image algorithm? It was an overkill. Still, Boss Pei had already spoken, and Chang You did not dare to be overconfident. After all, Boss Peis requests had always yielded perfect results. Pei Qian watched as everyone took notes seriously. All of a sudden, he felt extremely lonely in this world. He wondered how all of them would interpret his words. Ai, it was destined that the speaker would be misunderstood! Chapter 493 - GOG’s Creative Community April 20th, Wednesday At Tengda Games Hu Xianbin was at his desk, sipping on his coffee and racking his brains for a plot for Struggle. Struggles research and development were happening at the same time. For now, Ruan Guangjians Halo Workspace was still working on the concept art for the characters. After Hu Xianbin approved them, they would be outsourced to an art resource team for careful modeling. After that, the actors would go to a motion-capturing workspace to have their motions captured. At the same time, Hu Xianbin had to think of a storyline for the game as soon as possible. It didnt look like an excessively complicated task. After all, Boss Pei had already given him a clear outline of the story. However, when Hu Xianbin sat down to get it done, he realized that it was more difficult than he had imagined It was true that he could draw materials from regular life events like going to school, taking examinations, being hired, getting married, having children, and the like. However, it was precisely because he was surrounded by such events that it was so difficult to choose the most appropriate content. There were billions of people in the world who were living completely different lives. The poor were miserable in various ways while the rich were prosperous in various ways. Which case study should Hu Xianbin choose to represent the poor and the rich? Social strata were complicated. Some poor people were living in the sewers and in slum housing in the city. Some did not have clothes to wear or food to eat while others were in financial straits but could fill their stomachs. There were many different kinds of poor people and rich people. Two people could both be referred to as poor, but one could find it extremely difficult to understand the other. Thus, it was exceptionally challenging for the designer to represent an entire class of society with one individual in the game. If he went out of line, people might say that thats not how poor people live at all. Then, the entire foundation of the story would collapse. How could he keep the story realistic and yet cause the case study to be so general that it could resonate with an entire class of people? Hu Xianbin felt like he was facing an unprecedented challenge. Li Yada was no longer there to pave the way for him. He had to depend on himself now, and he was under immense pressure. Just as he was racking his brains, Min Jingchao walked to his side and knocked gently on his work desk. The plan for GOGs event is out. Do you want to take a look? Hu Xianbin shook his head. I cant handle that. You can take care of it. Anyway He subconsciously glanced at Li Yadas desk and said, As long as Big Sister Li and Brother Bao are alright with it, there shouldnt be a problem. Min Jingchao nodded. Yes, I already sent the plan into the group. They didnt say anything. Hu Xianbin, There shouldnt be a problem, then. Min Jingchao felt more relaxed as well, and so she returned to her own desk. Her computer screen displayed a proposal: GOGs Creative Community. GOGs official website contained an official forum at first. It was mainly meant for gamers to raise suggestions and feedback on problems. At the same time, it formed a part of TPDb as well. Now, Min Jingchao planned to start a new board in the forum and name it Creative Community. It would be exclusively used to collect gamers ideas for new heroes. Of course, Min Jingchao kept Boss Peis guidance in mind when designing this board. For most people, creativity could either be a treasure chest or shackles. While the gamers creativity had to be respected, Min Jingchao also had to be cautious about the shackles effect. She had to avoid turning the game into an odd patchwork, which was neither fish nor fowl. As the system designer, Min Jingchao had to exercise control over the games system balance. At the same time, Zhang Nan had to exercise control over the games artistic style. On top of that, with so many ideas being contributed, filtering and analyzing would be very troublesome. Thus, the designer had to foresee those problems and come up with a mechanism to deal with them. Min Jingchao divided the Creative Community into several simple sections and designed a mechanism to sieve gamers who liked similar items. This would minimize the amount of low-level work that the designers would have to do in the future. In Min Jingchaos mind, there were generally three types of heroes in GOG: First, heroes whose IPs had been bought over. They had been modeled after their original concept art, and their skills had been designed based on the background story of the original character. Second, heroes that had been designed and modeled based on internal employees or people who had made special contributions to the game. Modest was one example of such heroes. Third, heroes designed by the gamers themselves. Further, gamers could design two types of heroes: the type that emphasized on mechanism and gameplay and the type that emphasized on outward appearance. There were specializations in the art industry. Most gamers would not think about a heros background story, appearance, and skills mechanism, much less the balance in the system. Thus, Min Jingchao had to separate all of those items. Therefore, the Creative Community was split into four sections: the IP Heroes Idea Pool, the Special Contributions Idea Pool, the Original Works (Mechanisms) Idea Pool, and the Original Works (Appearance) Idea Pool. The officials would regularly post stickies on the IP Heroes Idea Pool to notify everyone of the newest character IPs that GOG had bought over. After that, gamers could raise ideas on skills design based on the existing images and background stories. Outstanding employees, business partners, and gamers would be singled out in the Special Contributions Idea Pool. After that, gamers could start designing new heroes based on those peoples unique characteristics. In the Original Works (Mechanisms) Idea Pool, gamers could brainstorm hero designs and plans that could benefit the games mechanism. For example, the game was lacking a roaming support hero at the moment. Thus, gamers could use this section to suggest skills that new heroes could possess. Other people or the officials could then fill in the gaps in the heroes concept art and background stories. The Original Works (Appearance) Idea Pool would be the exact opposite. Gamers would only have to contribute concept art or background stories that they had created for new heroes, and other people or the officials could come up with the heroes skills. All of the sections would have rich filtering and sorting functions. For example, players would be able to sort the various suggestions based on different figures such as popularity, date and time, and the number of likes. They would also be able to interact with others designs by liking them, recommending them, laughing at them, or trampling all over them. That way, gamers would get to do the initial filtration. New heroes would then be created in descending order of popularity among gamers. Since they were going to crowdsource anyway and the gamers were going to be put in charge of the designing work, Min Jingchao decided to take it a step further and allow them to shortlist the works as well. Of course, a company with high principles, like Tengda, would not freeload off the gamers creativity. To ignite gamers passion, Min Jingchao also designed a generous reward mechanism. For all gamers: After the heroes that gamers designed were released, they would get ninety percent off their first skin, fifty percent off their second skin, and twenty percent off their third skin. All gamers would be able to enjoy this promotion for up to a month (starting from the day that the skins were put up for sale). For gamers who were active on the forum (judging from their log in frequency, number of likes and comments, and other data on the forum): After the heroes that gamers designed were released, gamers who were active on the forum would enjoy the aforementioned promotions with no time limit. Even if one was not an active gamer at the moment-as long as they logged in and interacted on the forum, their active gamer status would be reinstated. They would then be allowed to enjoy the same benefits. As for outstanding contributors of content (people who contributed a lot of feedback and creative ideas, regardless of whether they were taken into consideration or not): Whether the ideas were taken into consideration or not, such contributors would be allowed to enjoy seventy percent off all the skins (they would not be allowed to consolidate both promotions; the bigger discount would apply). Those whose feedback and ideas were considered would get a five percent share of the profit earned from the sale of that heros skins. In addition, their names and in-game names would forever be credited on the heros details page, as the source of the hero ideas. Gamers would also be able to choose a title once they entered a match such as Designer of Modest. Of course, gamers had to enter into agreements before they would be allowed to upload any ideas. That would prevent any copyright or intellectual property disputes. Otherwise, Tengda could be made to compensate for a huge sum of money after selecting a few designs from the forum. That would be an awkward situation. On the whole, the compensation would be more than adequate. This was especially true for those whose ideas were considered; they would get a five-percent share of the profits from the sale of all skins for the hero. The more popular their hero became and the more skins GOG would sell, the more profits the contributors would earn. Ideally, gamers would only have to design one hero that was fun and popular. Then, they could depend on their five-percent share of profits to survive for the rest of their lives. Of course, that was an ideal scenario. A few years down the roadwhen over a hundred heroes had been created, there might still only be tens of lucky people who would fall under that category. Still, the generous rewards would encourage talented gamers to rack their brains and take part in the designing of heroes. The five-percent share of profits would get GOG a hero that was widely loved by gamers and the active participation of all gamers. That would not be considered a loss. Now, Min Jingchao only had one thing to say to Finger Games: Come on, you have a strong team, but the gamers have infinite wisdom! After confirming the plan once more, Min Jingchao sent the plan to Ma Yiqun. At the moment, the same team was in charge of Zhongdian Chinese Network, TPDb, the games official websites, and the forum. All of them were websites after all, and all of them would ultimately be gathered onto TPDbs website. Thus, it was best if they were created using the same template. Once the forum was ready and revised, news of it would spread like wildfire in all of the gaming groups! Boss Pei would probably be comforted by this proposal that we have come up with, right? At that moment Pei Qian was sitting in his office, worrying. He had not made any headway on the special mission for this cycle, which involved limitless learning. At most, he could invest eight percent of twenty million yuan in himself. That was just 1.6 million yuan. If he acquired some knowledge and the System decided that he had accomplished something by the end of the cycle, he would be allowed to deduct or add 12.8 million yuan to the System Funds. However, that was provided that he managed to spend 1.6 million yuan. The less he spent, the less he would get to deduct in the end. Pei Qian had been sitting on this decision for three whole weeks for those two reasons. What kind of course would allow him to spend 1.6 million yuan in a few months? Even if such a course existed, would he be able to upgrade his skills? Would the System recognize his achievements? If the System concluded that he had learned nothing, then he would only have spent 1.6 million yuan by the end of the cycle. He would not be able to deduct any additional funds from the System Funds. Then, the entire mission would have been meaningless. Pei Qian had thought of a lot of options such as management, economics, a foreign language arts Yet, every option seemed inappropriate. First of all, he was extremely busy now. He had the time for classes, but he might not have the time to learn those things well. Second, even if he did have time, his brain might not be good enough. Third, even if he had the time and he could learn, it would be very difficult for him to spend 1.6 million yuan. Courses that required 1.6 million yuan did not necessarily teach useful content either. On top of all that, the System was extremely stingy. It would not allow Pei Qian to play with semantics and say that he had spent 1.6 million yuan to buy himself a lesson. He was in a fix. He had been watching the days go by. Finally, he decided that he could not delay things any longer. The more he postponed it, the less time he would have to acquire new knowledge. Since he could not think of a solution on his own, he had to ask for help. Yet, who should he ask? After some thought, Pei Qian decided to ask Little Tang Among all of his employees, Little Tang was the least indoctrinated. At the same time, her lips were tightly sealed. Pei Qian could trust that she would not breathe a single word to anyone when she was not supposed to. Thus, she was a good candidate. At that thought, Pei Qian sent Tang Yishu a message, inviting her into his office. Soon, he heard knocking on his door. Tang Yishu entered his office and said, Senior, I havent found all all the Management Trainees- Pei Qian waved his hand. The deadline is Saturday. Dont worry. I wanted to ask you about something else; help me think of ideas. If I wanted to learn something, what would you say is the most important thing to learn? Tang Yishu was stunned. She blinked slowly and then said, I I dont know. Pei Qian was very hurt. He was slightly disappointed in this response. Am I that perfect in everyones eyes? Does everyone see no room for improvement at all? Ai, one can truly misunderstand another to a terrifying extent! After some consideration, Tang Yishu said, Senior, I dont know whats the most important thing for you to learn, but I know what you absolutely dont need to learn Pei Qian, Oh? What is that? Tang Yishu, Game game design. Chapter 494 - Who would Dare to Teach Boss Pei? Pei Qian was stunned. Game design? Yes, that was certainly true to other people. Every single game that Tengda Games had created since it was established had been a success. Whats more, the company did not create two games of the same genre. The other subsidiaries had all gone through valleys, but the games department had never failed before. Other people thought that Boss Pei had good taste, good leadership skills, and good strategizing skills. They also saw him as a success in the investment industry, physical industries, the tech industry, and the food and drinks industry. However, the most outstanding thing about him was still his ability to design games. At the same time, Tengda Games had always been seen as the trump card of all trump cards that Tengda Corporation had. Any employee that walked out of that department could hold the fort on his own. However, all of that was only true to the outside world. Pei Qian really wanted to say I dont know how to design games at all! All this time, while developing games, he had been consistently doing the exact opposite of successful practices in the market. Yet, for some reason, his games always ended up succeeding Still, Tang Yishus words had given Pei Qian a lot of inspiration. Pei Qian nodded. Yes, I understand. Theres nothing else for now. After Tang Yishu left, Pei Qian made up his mind about what to do next. He would learn game design! That could solve all of his problems. First of all, he had no idea how to design games at all. There was a lot of room for improvement. He would just have to understand a bit, and the System would likely conclude that he had acquired new knowledge. Second, learning the concepts behind game design would probably not be difficult. It was not professional knowledge; he would not find himself completely lost. Third, he would not have to take practical lessons to learn about games. Instead, he would just have to pay an awesome game designer from a local first-tier games company to conduct one-on-one lessons for him. A big boss like that was probably drawing hundreds of thousands to millions of yuan each month. It probably wouldnt be ridiculous for Pei Qian to pay him a hundred thousand yuan for each one-on-one lesson, right? Last, learning about game design would help Pei Qian cover up the gaps in his mind. He had only profited in the past because of his lack of understanding of game design. Once he understood the concepts, he would be able to avoid generating profits. Then, Tengda Games would start incurring historical losses, wouldnt it? It was the perfect solution! The more Pei Qian thought about it, the more reliable it seemed. There werent many game developers in the country, who had both fame and fortune. However, there were a significant number of game developers who were drawing high incomes. Pei Qian thought that being able to earn an income was a type of game designing skill. The System would probably allow it. In any case, he would contact a few game designers first and then see how to carry things on from there. For all he knew, even if he was willing to pay, the other party might not be willing to travel to Jingzhou. Such successful game developers probably owned their own companies, had shares in a company, or had earned a huge sum from creating a successful game. Even if the other party was lacking funds, they might not be able to spare the time. If they were in the midst of developing a new game, they would not be able to walk away. Considering the time and effort that would be required of them, they might not even care for the few hundred thousand yuan. Thus, Pei Qian had to find a suitable candidate before he planned any more details. With that, Pei Qian called Assistant Xin in. Contact a few famous games companies in the country and speak to their best game developers. Tell them that I genuinely want to learn about game design from them. Ask if they would be willing to give lessons in Jingzhou. The fees would be negotiable. Assistant Xin looked doubtful, but she did not ask any questions. Instead, she turned around, prepared to get to work. Pei Qian added, Dont tell anyone else about this. Assistant Xin nodded and said, I understand. Once Assistant Xin left, Pei Qian fell into deep thought once again. I wonder which game designer would be willing to accept my invitation. Pei Qian tried hard to remember but soon realized that he had not contacted any game designers from other companies before. Of course, that was apart from Sun Strike Studioss Zhou Muyan but even that was more than a year ago. The main reason was that, to Pei Qian, designing games was just one way to incur losses. He was not interested in the local game industry, and thus he did not have the motivation to form relationships with other successful game designers. Thus, until now, Pei Qian only knew a couple of game designers. Still, it did not matter. Tengda Games was considered quite reputable in the local game industry. If Boss Pei was genuinely seeking to acquire knowledge on game design, at least one or two big bosses would be willing to entertain him, right? Alternatively, they could come to Jingzhou solely to get to know Boss Pei! Jingzhou had an illustrious spirit, and there were many things to eat and do. A trip here would not be a waste of time! Pei Qian became excited as he wondered which boss would be willing to make the trip. Thus, he began fantasizing. About ten minutes later, he heard knocking on the door. Assistant Xin was back. Pei Qian looked at her expectantly. Who has agreed to come? Assistant Xins expression was strange. Er Boss Pei, Ive called four companies. They have all rejected me. Pei Qian was stunned. Why? Is it because I havent offered a clear fee? Is it because I wasnt sincere enough? Assistant Xin shook her head. Its not a matter of money or sincerity. They just dont believe us, and they think that were kidding. I can quote what one of them said: Youre kidding me. Boss Pei is the best game designer in the world. Who would dare to instruct him? Wouldnt they be making a fool of themselves in front of the real expert? Another person said: I only know how to design games with paywalls. Im nowhere near as good as Boss Pei when it comes to the artistic aspect of games. How can I go over and teach him? All of them expressed that they would be happy to come here and make friends with you as your guests. However, they would not teach you. I think the outcome wouldnt change no matter how many companies I ask. Thats why I came to report the results without bothering to call anyone else. Pei Qian was speechless. How about we ask Zhou Muyan from Sun Strike Studios? He was a familiar face. It should be easier to talk to him, right? Assistant Xin smiled subtly. I already did. His reaction was the biggest. Pei Qian, Look at how things had turned out Pei Qian was not fastidious with semantics. People could say that he was trying to learn or to make connections as long as he could achieve the same results. However, the Systems requirements were clear. He had to learn something. Whats more, the 1.6 million yuan had to be spent as school fees or education-related expenses. Having an exchange or being interviewed would not fulfill the Systems requirements! Pei Qian did not expect to be rejected, much less for that kind of reason. Everyone thought that Boss Pei was too good at game design, and they were too embarrassed to teach him! Pei Qian was obviously unhappy. It had taken him a long time to come up with this solution. How could he give up so easily? Of course, he could not! Since everyone was unwilling to teach him, Pei Qian would have to seek guidance under a different name! All this time, Pei Qian had been keeping his identity a secret on purpose. Until now, very few people had seen his true face. Whats more, he had not allowed any pictures or videos to be taken of him in interviews. In other words, even if he met a designer, they would not recognize him as Boss Pei. Pei Qian thought about disguising as a rich second-generation heir with loads of money, who wanted to spend 1.6 million yuan on inviting a successful game designer to teach him about game design. In any case, rich second-generation heirs did all sorts of questionable things. The game designers would not suspect a thing. Still, that would create another problem. The System would be the one paying 1.6 million yuan. If the sum was transferred to the other party from the companys bank account, it would be reflected as an incoming sum of money from Tengda Corporation. What would the other party think then? Why would a rich second-generation heir pay his education fees via Tengdas company account? That would not do. After further thought, Pei Qian decided to use another identity instead. He would not be a rich second-generation heir but an outstanding employee of Tengda instead. He had performed exceptionally at work, and so Boss Pei was forking out 1.6 million yuan for him to upgrade his skills in any way. This outstanding employee had always been interested in pursuing game design. Now that he had been given a huge sum of money, he had decided to hire an elite game designer and learn from that game designers success. That meant that Pei Qian could not be an employee from the game department. Instead, he would be from the investment department! He had received a special reward from Boss Pei because he had made a successful investment. Yes, that story should be believable. Someone could ask if youre an employee of Tengda, why dont you just learn about game design from Boss Pei? Then, he would reply Boss Pei is so busy that he cant spare the time. Although there would be gaps in the story, there would not be huge problems. In any case, he would try to bluff as many people as he could. He just had to get a game designer to agree to come down and teach him and then successfully spend the 1.6 million yuan. Whats more, all of those things were technically true. Pei Qian could be counted as an outstanding employee of Tengda Corporation. He had also achieved outstanding results in the investment department. He would just be hiding one simple fact: this outstanding employee was also Boss Pei. After some thought, Pei Qian said, How about this? Contact a few more companies and say that theres an outstanding employee in our companys investment department who wants to learn about game design. Well pay them to come and give lessons. Assistant Xin immediately understood his intentions. Alright, Boss Pei. She knew very well that the outstanding employee that Boss Pei had referred to was himself and that he was just trying to avoid frightening people to the point that they did not dare to teach him. Yet, why was Boss Pei insisting on hiring a game designer to teach him? Assistant Xin was very curious, but she still did not ask any questions. Boss Pei had always been a very unique person, and this was not the most confusing thing that he had ever done. It was not worth kicking up a fuss over. Another ten minutes passed, and Assistant Xin returned. Boss Pei, a game designer said he would consider. Pei Qian was overjoyed. Who is it? Assistant Xin answered, Its Boss He An of Mengguo Games. Hes one of the older game designers in the country, and he has created many notable standalone games and online games. He is also very well known in the game industry. Since hes semi-retired, hes been flying around the country and enjoying life. What do you think, Boss Pei? Pei Qian nodded his head. Sure! In any case, all of the successful game designers were about the same to Pei Qian. All of them probably had a unique understanding of computer games. As long as they were willing to come down, Pei Qian was not fussed. Assistant Xin nodded. Alright, Ill book his air tickets now. Boss He is now semi-retired, and he happens to be free at the moment. If all goes well, he should arrive in Jingzhou tomorrow. Oh, thats right. Boss He also said that he wants to do a simple test when he arrives. He wont teach anyone too stupid. At that point, Assistant Xin laughed. Of course, that would be a negligible thing to you, Boss Pei. Once she finished speaking, Assistant Xin turned around and left. Yet, Pei Qians jaw hung low as he was stunned. What? A negligible thing? At that moment, Pei Qian felt like a student who had not done a single bit of review but who had just been told that he had to sit for a test. It sounded easy, but he really knew nothing! Was it too late to review now? Here came the problem he had no idea what kind of questions Boss He would come up with, and he didnt even have any materials. How could he review? At once, Pei Qian frowned. He began to seriously doubt his own decision. Chapter 495 - I can’t Tell What Your Real Standard Is April 22nd, Friday In a cafe near Handong University, Pei Qian sipped his coffee and stared at his phone screen, trying to memorize the content displayed on it. Yesterday, He An of Mengguo Games had agreed to make a trip to Jingzhou. However, whether he would agree to teach Pei Qian or not depended on how the latter did on his test. As for why Pei Qian had selected this cafe instead of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe it was quite obvious. Pei Qian had gone to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe too many times so all the employees recognized him. If he did not instruct them in advance, the employees would surely expose his identity. However, if he instructed them to keep his identity under wraps, then too many people would find out about this matter. The chances of news leaking would be higher. Whats more, the internet cafe was right across from Halo Workspace, and Ruan Guangjian went there to buy coffee daily. If they bumped into each other and Ruan Guangjian addressed him as Boss Pei, then things would spiral out of control. Thus, after considering everything, Pei Qian decided to avoid his own businesses every time he met with He An. The fewer people who knew about him taking lessons from He An, the better. In any case, he was only trying to spend money and acquire knowledge. There was no need to be too caught up in the details. Until now, only Assistant Xin and the chauffeur, Little Sun, knew about this. They were trying their best to keep the secret under wraps for Boss Pei. It was only 2 PM. According to Little Suns report, Boss He had already gotten off the plane. That meant he should arrive in about forty minutes. As for Pei Qian, he had been reviewing as much as he could since yesterday. He had not rested except to sleep. What was he reviewing if he had no materials? After pondering very hard, Pei Qian had decided that he had had no choice but to spot the questions. He had spent a significant amount of time yesterday researching on all the games that He An had worked on. Of course, he could not play every single one of them. Thus, he briefly watched related videos and then read the games walkthroughs and reviews. He needed to acquire this basic knowledge. As long as he did not perform ridiculously and he expressed his sincerity by offering higher fees, he would probably be able to win Boss He over. After researching on the games that He An had worked on, Pei Qian realized that this man was indeed an experienced and well-respected elder in the local game industry. He An was born in 1969 and was 42 this year. At a tender age of twenty, he had developed his first casual game. After that, he developed a standalone RPG that was well-known in the industry, and he rose to success. Then, he established his own company, Mengguo Games. He had started working on his most recent game, a multiplayer war RPG, three years ago. Until now, it was still in operation and doing very well. However, after developing this game, he became very well-accomplished and went into semi-retirement. A big boss like that had truly witnessed the ups and downs of the local game industry. He had also accomplished great success for multiple game genres and was well worthy of teaching most game designers in the country. Ordinary people probably would not get to engage his services. However, therein lay the problem. There was way too much content for Pei Qian to memorize at last-minute notice! There were so many games that Pei Qian could only afford to briefly learn about all of them. If He An asked him a deep question, he would probably not have an answer. Pei Qian was extremely helpless, but he had not had much time and photographic memory. Whats more, some games were extremely old. Although they had been famous in the past, Pei Qian had never heard of them. He was counting on pure memory, and so one could only imagine how much he remembered. Still, he had no other option. He could only depend on his good luck and raw skills. As he tried to memorize the content, forty minutes passed in the blink of an eye. Boss He, this way. Little Sun pushed open the door to the cafe and entered. A middle-aged man, who looked to be in his forties, followed behind him. Pei Qian immediately recognized He An. He looked younger than he did in his photographs. Although he looked slightly slovenly in dress and manner, he still subconsciously and effortlessly exuded the confidence of a successful middle-aged man. Pei Qian stood up to welcome him and then shook his hand. Boss He, how are you? He An smiled warmly. Are you Boss Ma? Its a pleasure to meet you. Pei Qian smiled back and nodded. Thats right. Im Ma Yang. Boss He, please take a seat. Both men took their seats. After making sure that Boss He had settled down, Little Sun ordered coffee from one of the waiters and then went back out to wait in the car. Pei Qian had already instructed Little Sun to take care of all of He Ans transportation needs during this period. On one hand, he had to play the good host. On the other hand, he had to prevent his cover from being blown. Pei Qian wanted to spend the 1.6 million yuan with as little obstruction as possible. He did not want to complicate the issue and generate weird rumors about himself. Both men sipped their coffee and chatted nonchalantly. He An looked calm as he said, I wouldnt expect a young man like Boss Ma to have achieved so much with your investment business. Heroes were indeed cultivated from a young age. Pei Qian laughed. Boss He, you developed your first game and made a name for yourself in the country at twenty years old as well, didnt you? He Ans smile widened. Obviously, a little flattery about ones work still brought comfort and happiness. Boss Ma, you might be naturally talented at investing, but game design is completely different. Before I came over, I already said that I want to conduct a mini test. I hope you wouldnt mind, Boss Ma. Pei Qian nodded. Of course! He An retrieved a folded document that had about three or four pages from his bag and then handed it to Pei Qian. Boss Ma, just answer these questions based on what you think. Dont be nervous. These questions should be quite simple for you. Pei Qian heaved a sigh of relief when he heard the words quite simple. If those questions were only testing his basic knowledge, then he should be able to pass without a problem, given everything that he had already reviewed. Of course, Pei Qian couldnt let his guard down now. He took the test paper and then retrieved a fountain pen from his shirt pocket. It was the same fountain pen that he had spent a lot of money buying earlier, but that he had only used a couple of times. Now, he was prepared to answer the questions. However, he was stunned when he read the first question. He briefly scanned them all. What mental state did The Lonely Desert Road take advantage of in its gamers, which led to its success? What was the designers motive? Why does Ghost Generals artistic style stand out among all the card games? How should the designer balance his own requirements with the expression of the concept artists inspiration? Whats the main reason that Ocean Strongholds Red Kilin is priced at 888 yuan? Objectively, what kind of effect does that have? What was outstanding about Game Designers sales technique? Whats the central idea behind the game? What does the epitaph in Repent and be Saved reflect on the designers thinking? Objectively, what kind of effect does it have? There were three pieces of paper in total, and all the questions were short-structured ones. Whats more, blanks had intentionally been left for Pei Qian to fill in his answers. Pei Qian raised his head and looked at He An, confused. This is your test?! I was f*cking studying so hard to memorize basic knowledge of games and the games that you designed! Yet, youre testing me on the games that I created? Whats the meaning of this?! Had I known earlier, would I still have researched the games that you developed? I would have just watched all of Teacher Qiaos videos once through! He An saw the weird and confused look on Ma Yangs face and smiled. Hehe, Boss Ma, did you think I was going to ask you questions about your foundational knowledge of games or the games that I created? Foundational knowledge is very basic, and everythings already stated online. Theres no point in memorizing it all. As for the games that I created Im hesitating to admit this, but they are outdated now. If you want to learn game design now, you have to study the latest games. Its just as well that youre interested in games, Boss Ma. Its also just as well that you work in an investment company under Tengda Corporation, and you have a certain understanding of Tengdas game design. Learning more about Tengdas design concept would be very helpful to you. So, was I right? The test isnt that hard, right? Pei Qian, Pei Qian looked at He An and then at the test paper in his hands, feeling all sorts of feelings in his heart. Forget it. What else can I do? I have to answer it! Pei Qians pen moved very quickly across the paper as he scribbled and answered the questions. He An sipped his coffee and waited patiently, looking nonchalant. Half an hour later, Pei Qian was done. Although he had not filled all three pages, he had made sure to write at least three to five lines of words for each question. It looked like he had done it well enough. For short-structured questions-even if one did not know what he was talking about, they would still have to fill up most of the space. That was a good habit that Pei Qian had cultivated while he had been in high school. He An sniggered as he took the test paper back. As he read it, his expression changed unpredictably. The Lonely Desert Road took advantage of gamers masochism and argumentative nature to succeed. The designers motive was to make gamers so bored that they would give up on the game altogether. Ghost Generals epic ink oil painting style looked very special among the rest of the card games. It was an extra benefit that the designer was very creative. The designer should give up on his own requirements entirely and allow the concept artist to express himself freely. Ocean Strongholds Red Kilin was priced at 888 yuan to dissuade gamers from buying it. Objectively, it looked like it ended up inspiring ballers to spend their money. Game Designers sales technique was outstanding because its shoddiness unexpectedly inspired UP Masters to take over the marketing on their own. The games central idea was that a speakers fate was to be misunderstood. The epitaph in Repent and be Saved reflected the designers wish to dissuade gamers at all costs. Objectively, it had the opposite effect. It triggered gamers rebellious nature. As He An read the answers, he frowned and relaxed intermittently. Pei Qian quietly sipped his coffee, having mixed feelings inside. He had hesitated for a long time, thinking about whether he should write his actual thoughts or write Teacher Qiao and the others over-analysis of his actions. If he wanted to be honest, he should have written his actual thoughts. However, he was sure that Boss He would have boarded the first flight out of here if he had done that. Thus, Pei Qian had no choice but to swallow his pride and use Teacher Qiaos over-analysis to answer the questions. In addition, he had made use of all of his experience he had acquired as a successful game designer thus far. However, the problem was that Teacher Qiao had not created a video for every one of Boss Peis games. While Teacher Qiao had not created videos for some of his games, Pei Qian had been asked about the designers intent. Since he had had no idea how to answer those questions, Pei Qian could only express himself freely. Although his answers looked ridiculous, Pei Qian had hardly had any other option. He just hoped to pass! He An read the three pages once again, his eyes filling with confusion. Some questions were very well-answered. Some were answered in layman terms, but you captured the right idea. However, some were quite ridiculously answered. Honestly, I cant tell what your real standard is. Pei Qian gave a polite smile. You cant tell what my real standard is? That sounds right. I cant f*cking tell what my real standard is either Chapter 496 - Your Reasoning Skills are very Impressive As he held the test, He An explained each question to Pei Qian. You answered a few questions well! For example, you referred to Ghost Generals artistic style as epic ink oil painting style and Game Designers central idea as a speakers fate was to be misunderstood. They were both very accurate and appropriate descriptions, and they sounded very professional! Some of your answers were quite misleading, but youve got the general idea. Take the last question, for example. You said that Repent and be Saveds epitaph reflected the designers wish to dissuade gamers at all costs. I cant say that that answer is wrong, but its not correct either. The correct answer is one level deeper. The designer wanted to dissuade gamers to play hard to get. You should have answered it reflected the designers firm grip on the gamers hearts. A few other questions were answered very ridiculously. For example, you said that the designer should give up his own requirements and allow the concept artist to express himself freely. Of course, you cannot do that! That is, unless your concept artist is a real artist. Yet, who can guarantee that the random artist that you engage for your game has the standards of a professional artist? Thus, you have to ensure that your list of art resources is accurate and detailed enough. You also answered that The Lonely Desert Road was meant to make gamers so bored that they would give up on the game altogether, that the main reason that the Red Kilin was priced at 888 yuan was to dissuade gamers from purchasing it, and that Game Designers sales technique was shoddy. All of those are ridiculously wrong! Ive totaled up your score for all the questions. Although I still cant tell what your real standard is, I have a rough guess. He An looked very confident as if he had everything under control. All of a sudden, Pei Qian felt curious about what he was going to say next. Could this boss really see so deeply into Pei Qian with just a few simple questions? Please go ahead. Pei Qian was very sincere because he really wanted to know what kind of standard he was at and how much he really knew about games. He An rubbed his chin, looking every bit like a detective. It is not like an outsider whos focusing on the investment industry to be able to summarize the artistic style and central idea of games so accurately. Thats unless you heard of those phrases somewhere and took them down. ses som The misleading answers show that you dont have a deep understanding of games; you only have half the required understanding, and you are lacking in the spirit of delving deeper. Of course, youre not lacking in determination, but you dont prioritize delving deep into things. You dont reap much benefit from doing so. As for the questions that you got ridiculously wrong theyre worth ruminating over. Logically, even an outsider who knows nothing about the game industry would at least understand the relationship between the concept artist and the designer, right? Answers like the game was meant to dissuade gamers would also seem very illogical. Those answers contain a lot of subjectivity. He Ans eyes were bright as he looked at Pei Qian craftily and confidently. It looks like youve set a riddle for me as well, right? Pei Qian looked shocked. Is he really that amazing? Can he tell so much from my answers? Can he tell that Im Boss Pei, the designer of the games? Pei Qians mind was filled with countless questions. At that moment, he was at a loss for words. He An could not help but laugh. I knew it! I was right! Boss Ma, I guessed that you and Boss Pei are good friends in real life. Your relationship is not as simple as that between superior and subordinate. Instead, youre more like friends or brothers, right? You probably heard the accurate summary of the games artistic style and central idea when you were chatting with Boss Pei, and that was when you made notes. Delving deep into the game industry is not your priority because youre busy with the investment business. You cant afford to spare time and energy to find out more, and thats why your understanding is incomplete. As for your ridiculously wrong answers perhaps he cracked a joke with you while both of you were talking and said that the game was meant to dissuade gamers; perhaps he was being modest and said that Game Designers sales technique was shoddy. Yet, because your understanding of game design isnt deep enough, you were taken in! The fact that you and Boss Pei can chat nonchalantly and joke around shows that both of you are quite close. The fact that you were taken in by Boss Peis jokes shows that youre excessively honest Am I right? Boss Ma? Once He An finished, he looked at Ma Yang confidently. Without a doubt, Pei Qian knew that if He An had facial hair, he would be stroking his beard and looking pleased with himself by now. However, he did not have facial hair. Thus, he continued rubbing his chin. The look on his face said that he knew there was only one truth. At that moment, Pei Qian had no idea how to respond. There was one thing that He An did not know, and he had started on the wrong footing from the beginning. Yet, for some reason, he had arrived at an accurate conclusion He had guessed Ma Yangs special habits and characteristics correctly. He had even managed to guess that Ma Yang and Pei Qian were as close as brothers. The accuracy of his hypothesis was very strange. Whats more, He An had started off on the wrong footing, and he had applied solid logic and reasoning That was even more amazing. Pei Qian could not help but feel emotional. Boss He, your reasoning skills are very impressive. He An sensed Ma Yangs sincerity and could not help but smile. Back then, I worked on a detective game. This is just one of my negligible merits. Its not worth boasting about. Pei Qian asked, Boss He, did I pass the test, then? we Still smiling, He An replied, If you were an outsider, I would not bother wasting my time with you. Yet, Boss Ma is a good friend of Boss Peis, and you are very sincere. Theres no reason for me to reject you. Ill do my best to teach you. Boss Ma, how much you learn from this would depend solely on you. Pei Qian, Pei Qian had not expected that, at the end of the day, he had passed the test based on his own reputation. I counted on myself? Pei Qian felt incredulous. The entire situation exuded dark humor from beginning to end. It was almost as if he had been wrong to decide to learn about game design, and things had only gotten worse from there Yet, since he had already reached this point, he decided to go ahead anyway! If he could acquire knowledge about game design, he could take fewer detours in the future and generate fewer profits! He An continued speaking. Boss Ma, I have limited time. I can only come to Jingzhou once a month. Whats your plan? Pei Qian cleared his throat. Boss He, this is what I was thinking. Its not convenient for you to come to Jingzhou, and you would be imparting valuable lessons to me. To save your time, Im thinking of having one long lesson each month. Therell be five lessons in total, and Ill pay you two hundred thousand yuan per lesson. Apart from that, Ill pay for all of your air tickets and expenses in Jingzhou! That was the maximum amount allowed by the system. Two hundred thousand yuan per lesson sounded ridiculous, but it was very reasonable. It was normal to pay Economics professors and outstanding people about two to three hundred thousand yuan just to give a speech. He An was the boss of a games company, and he had developed many successful games. Although Mengguo Games was no longer doing as well as it used to, He An was still worth hundreds of millions of yuan. In other words, if he had refused to come, he would not have changed his mind because of a few hundred thousand yuan. He Ans status in the game industry was far higher than Economics professors. Whats more, he was not giving a speech to a room full of people. Instead, he was going to teach Pei Qian one-on-one. Pei Qian would be free to ask any questions and interact with He An as he pleased. Paying him two hundred thousand yuan per lesson would not be excessive. Thus, Pei Qian expected to spend a million yuan on the lessons before settlement. As for how he would spend the rest of the money he would think about it in the future. He An smiled and nodded. Alright, thats a deal. Although the remuneration was not particularly important to He An, it still represented Pei Qians sincerity. Two hundred thousand yuan per lesson added up to a million yuan per class. He An would not be working in vain. Alright then, Boss Ma. Thats all for today. Its my first time coming to Jingzhou, and I want to tour the city. Ill also prepare the teaching materials. How about this? Lets have our first lesson next Thursday, on the 28th. Well set the remaining lessons on the last Thursday of each month. Pei Qian nodded. Alright, Ill accommodate your schedule. After walking He An out, Pei Qian could not help but feel sorrowful. He wondered what he would learn from the big boss during his first lesson next Thursday April 23rd, Saturday Tang Yishu led a group of young and innocent students to the 16th floor of Shenhua View. After entering the dazzling office, the students tried hard to restrain their expressions and hide their shock. However, they still could not help but size up the office. All their faces displayed unrestrained curiosity and a hint of shame. After all, successful people dressed in suits were walking around the dazzling office in style, and they were only a couple of embarrassingly poor students. Tang Yishu led all of them into the conference room. Please wait here, everyone. Boss Pei will arrive in a while. Im going to feed a cat first. Once Tang Yishu left the conference room, everyone began whispering to one another. The working conditions are excellent. I thought that this was a set of a television show. Do all offices look like that? What do you think?! This is Tengda, for goodness sake! Obviously, some of the group understood Tengdas situation better than the others, and some had been more engrossed in learning and were thus less informed. What are we supposed to do as Management Trainees? Someone asked a very sharp question. No one knew the answer to that question. Even Tang Yishu could not explain the answer clearly to them. That was because Pei Qian had no intention to clarify the matter with her either. Chapter 497 - Cultivating Subordinate Team with Absolute Loyalty Everyone was discussing in low voices before hearing Tang Yishus voice coming from the outside. Senior, t-they are all here in the conference room. Everyone hurriedly sat. Sure enough, the door of the meeting room was quickly pushed open. Pei Qian entered the conference room and sat at the head of the conference table. Tang Yishu in the empty seat on his left with a notebook in hand, prepared to take notes. Everyone reacted differently seeing Boss Peis true face. Most of them had asked Tang Yishu about Boss Pei previously. They knew that he was a senior who had yet to graduate so they were mentally prepared. However, his youth was beyond everyones expectations! He was absolutely the same age as them! At the same time, everyone felt a special aura from Boss Pei. He radiated strong self-confidence and a sense of carefree towards everything. It was as if everything was within his control. In fact, Pei Qians aura stemmed from two aspects. First, this was his company. He was more familiar with this place than his own home. Secondly, he did not have any pressure on the profitability of this company. That naturally gave him a sense of calmness. Therefore, such an aura always successfully deceived the people around him. Some of them were confused before suddenly realizing it. Wasnt he the actor in Boss Peis Daily Life?! Boss Peis Daily Life might be a drama from more than a year ago since Fei Huang Workspace did not film any more dramas after that. Its popularity dissipated gradually. However, the image of Boss Pei was deeply ingrained in the hearts of people. His classmates treated him as an actor. However, these Manage Loss Trainees knew now that the person who starred in the drama as Boss Pei was Boss Pei himself. Pei Qian instantly understood the meaning behind their thoughts and raised his fingers in a shh motion. He then smiled. It is the responsibility of every Tengda employee to keep my identity a secret. I trust you can do that, right? Everyone nodded immediately. Pei Qian knew that his identity would be revealed sooner or later, but he could still manage to hide it at the present. On the one hand, everyone who knew his identity did not want others to know. There were certain interests so they were all helping him to cover up. They included his teachers, Ma Yang, and Tengdas employees. On the other hand, Pei Qians identity as the boss of the company and a game producer were less prone to curiosity. Most people would search on the net for such information if they were interested. They were not dying to know what he looked like even if they did not see the photo. Moreover, it was not something shocking even if his identity was revealed. There was not much gossip value. In short, Pei Qian only had two wishes for now: not to have people gawking at him at school and not to let people close to him find out, especially his parents so that they would not create unnecessary associations. Pei Qian was quite satisfied with the status quo. These Management Trainees should be able to keep secrets well. According to Tang Yishu, these people were all in the same year as her. The one thing they had in common was that they were from poorer backgrounds and had received living allowances provided by Pei Qian. These poor students were also rather introverted. They usually kept to themselves and had uncomplicated relationships. That was usually the case for people from poor families. Pei Qian was very satisfied with that, such personalities were very good for the Secret Service! Pei Qian scanned everyone and spoke. First of all, I have three requirements for everyone. First, keep my identity a secret. Just say hello when we meet at school. Second, just address me as Senior. Third, place my request unconditionally above the interest of all departments. Can you do that? Everyone nodded immediately and replied in unison, Yes! Pei Qians smiled. Very good, no one raised any questions. Keep it that way. Your job is very simple. Enter the departments as Management Trainees and try to figure out the operation mode of the departments as much as possible. Keep abreast of the departments trends and plans. I will call for regular meetings on Saturdays. The frequency would be about once every two to three weeks. Everyone should summarize the work of the department for a briefing before the meeting. I might be interested in certain tasks in the department. You better be able to answer the relevant details. One key thing that you should note is that your identity as a Management Trainee is public information. However, the fact that you are reporting directly to me and Tang Yishu is confidential You should not mention a word about the irregular Saturday meetings to anyone including the heads and colleagues of your departments. You need to sign an internship agreement and a confidentiality agreement. Please rest assured that we will provide higher internship salaries than other companies. At the same time, if you do well in your work, you can enter Tengda directly without taking the exam after graduation. Ill give you a few minutes to think about it. Little Tang, show the agreement to everyone. Tang Yishu left the meeting room and brought the internship agreement and confidentiality agreement that was prepared beforehand. She distributed them to everyone. Everyone read the agreements and signed them without any doubt after a few minutes. This was obviously a great opportunity that they would never have again if they missed it. They could get a generous internship salary, enter Tengda Group for internship and understand the business operation model, and obtain an opportunity to enter Tengda after graduation. The most important thing was that they could also report directly to President Pei at regular meetings. Where else would they be able to find such a good deal? If they were to reject it now, he would obviously find someone else. It would be too late to regret it. Pei Qian was very satisfied with everyones performance. No one asked questions that would help cultivate a group of subordinates who were absolutely loyal to him. No department would be able to escape from his eyes if they wanted to try anything funny again! The reason why Pei Qian selected candidates from his juniors, let them address him as senior instead of Boss Pei, and let them directly report to him was that they were aware of the particularity of their position. At the same time, he would draw them closer to him, so that they become his direct subordinates. Everything seemed to be successful so far. Pei Qian began assigning them work after everyone signed the agreement. Next is assigning to a department. Think about your majors, hobbies, and objective abilities. Raise your hand if you think you are suitable for the department. Little Tang, youll decide if there are multiple candidates for a department. Tengda Games Shang Yang Games Fish-Catching Internet Cafe Fish-Catching Take-Out Some people raised their hands for every department. Tang Yishu would assign them based on their majors if there were too many people who wanted to enter the same department. Tang Yishu had considered this point when searching for the candidates. She looked for people with different majors so that they were easy to allocate. Soon, a total of 17 Manage Loss Trainees were allocated to the 17 departments. The 18 of them, including Tang Yishu, established the Secret Service. The number was just right. Of course, they would need to increase the number of Manage Loss Trainees if there were new departments in the future. Alright, everyone, prepare yourselves to report for work to the department heads next Monday if there is nothing else. Ive asked the HR department to coordinate with the various department heads. Report to Little Tang immediately if they do not cooperate with you. Pei Qian was very satisfied as he watched these Manage Loss Trainees leave. They had no work experience and were still relatively simple in their thinking. They would completely obey his instructions. They would most likely be able to become his right-hand men in the future with some training. At the same time, Pei Qian could not help but look forward to the first regular Manage Loss Trainees meeting. Who would be able to secretly stab me in the back as long as I have these eyes and ears around? April 24th, Sunday Pei Qian strolled towards Deposit Fitness. Sunday was the peak period for the gym. The gym project would be halfway through success if there were many people. Also, he would hurry and find a solution if there was any serious hidden danger. He took out his phone on the way and took a look at the Top Student, Come Quick app. It seemed to be well controlled so far. Pei Qian had a huge headache previously when Dream Realization Ventures did their maneuver on Top Student, Come Quick. Yu Pingan-who was originally from Xude Education-seemed to be a good candidate, but he stabbed Boss Pei in the back within a month of entering Top Student, Come Quick was making a fortune as an educational application. Its popularity had fallen recently, but its content had been diverting popularity to the other departments of Tengda. It had achieved certain profitability in itself. Boss Pei could only adopt the old method of spending money by the people who earned them. He got Yu Pingan to spend all the money on advertisement, development of new features, subsidize users, and so on. In short, it basically reached a balance of payment. There was no point in hoping to turn the profits into a loss. Pei Qian was afraid that he might do something wrong burning money. He would rather burn the money little by little, in a controlled manner. Even so, more than three educational corporations had already put forward their request to invest or acquire Top Student, Come Quick at a high price. Pei Qians attitude was very firm, of course: reject! To the others, selling a profitable project was akin to killing the hen to obtain the egg. Pei Qian, however, did not mind killing the hen, or rather, he was dying to kill the hen. However, he could not stomach the huge egg coming out of the hen after killing it. It would be almost impossible to make a loss for this cycle according to the current valuation of Top Student, Come Quick. Anyway, it was impossible to get rid of it now. They could only take it step by step now then. He kept his phone and came to Deposit Fitness. A beautiful sign had been erected outside like he wanted. All the trivial rules of the gym were written out in detail, which satisfied Pei Qian. However, Pei Qian realized that something did not seem quite right once he pushed open the door. There were quite a number of clients?! It was not crowded, but the number of people obviously increased. It was totally different from the previous situation! Many clients were viewing the fitness equipment and asking about specific rules in the resting area. Some customers had already started exercising inside. Coaches like Guo Licheng and Yaling were giving intimate one-on-one services to help customers correct their postures and correct their fitness concepts. Pei Qian could not help but feel his heart sink. Are things going to go downhill this fast? No, impossible! Chapter 498 - I Knew I chose the Wrong Person! Pei Qian had one word to describe Deposit Fitness current situation: Unacceptable! He had already displayed all the requirements at the entrance, prohibited Deposit Fitness trainers from roping customers in, and set unreasonable prices by collaborating with Fish-Catching Take-Out to sell packages He had even transferred the gyms original customers to another gym. Why were there still so many customers? Why?! Pei Qian was extremely indignant. He wanted to look for Guo Licheng for an explanation. Guo Licheng had just finished teaching a student when he saw Boss Pei walk in. He quickly stepped forward to welcome him. Boss Pei! Guo Licheng smiled brightly. Could he help himself? The gym used to be so empty before, and no one had bothered about it. Apart from training himself, Guo Licheng could not do anything else but sit in the resting area. He had been very bored. Yet, what about now? There was work to do! This was the first time Guo Licheng felt that it was worth celebrating the work he had to do. While he had been working at other gyms, his schedule had always been packed. However, he had not felt accomplished. Instead, he felt exhausted. The exhaustion was mainly due to three reasons: First, as a personal trainer, his job was mainly to supervise and accompany his trainees. After customizing a training plan for his students, he had to watch his students do the prescribed number of reps or sets. Once the students got the hang of it, the personal trainer would only have to watch. It was pure manual labor, which did not require any skills. Of course, one would not feel a sense of accomplishment. Second, a personal trainer had to endure the pressure of making sales throughout the lesson. Third, since Guo Lichengs schedule had always been packed, he had had no time to work out during working hours. Thus, he had always had to stay behind for an hour after the gym closed, so that he could train himself. Since he had not had set meal times either, he had become increasingly exhausted over time. Now, however, Guo Licheng did not feel a hint of that exhaustion anymore! Deposit Fitness business model did not result in customers being completely neglected. Instead, it was more flexible. When newbies entered the gym, trainers could help to correct their form. However, once the newbies adjusted, the trainers would not be required to stand around, doing nothing. That way, trainers would have additional time to guide others, train themselves, or rest. At the same time, trainers did not have to think about making sales. Thus, their relationships with the students were no longer transactional. Trainers stopped guiding the customers as a burden, and customers stopped feeling defensive towards trainers trying to make sales. Interactions between both parties became much more comfortable. On top of that, Fish-Catching Take-Out was providing fitness meals, and Deposit Fitness did not allow trainers to work overtime. All trainers had adequate rest, and they were no longer suffering at work. Now, they could enjoy the joy that fitness brought to them during working hours. Thus, Guo Licheng and the other trainers were feeling extremely energetic and motivated. After working outwhen they had nothing else to do, they would think about how to provide better service to the customers or passionately guide the newbies. Of course, at that moment, Pei Qian could not tell that all of that had been happening. He could only sense that Guo Licheng was looking healthier, both physically and mentally Now, Pei Qian was only concerned about the profits that the gym was generating. Why are there so many people in the gym? Didnt I tell you not to rope customers in? Where did they come from? They couldnt have walked into this place on their own, right? Pei Qian looked very cautious. Confused, Guo Licheng explained, Boss Pei, we really didnt do anything. They really walked in on their own. Didnt you expect this? Now, Pei Qian looked confused. Guo Licheng continued speaking. Its mainly because of the sign that you told us to set up! What did the sign do? An ominous feeling overwhelmed Pei Qian. Excitedly, Guo Licheng answered, Your sign made us look very proper! Before this, we all thought that the sign would dissuade passers-by. However, the exact opposite happened. Not only did it fail to dissuade passers-by, but it also drew in a large group of customers! A few students from Handong University walked past our shop and were dissuaded by the prices. However, when they read the sign, they became intrigued. Thus, they took pictures and sent them to their friends. Our gyms rules invoked interest in them. Thus, a huge group of young people started paying attention to us! Of course, most people were only interested in observing and not in spending money. However, a minoritywho were not sensitive to price-came to experience our gym. Those are the customers youre seeing right now! Pei Qian was stunned. It was then that he realized he had committed an empirical mistake! He had set up a sign in front of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe before, which had indeed worked to dissuade customers from entering. For a long time, many people walked away after seeing the prices, and no one bothered about Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. Later, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe became popular mainly because of Chen Lei, and Chen Lei had only been hired as the resident singer because of Zhang Yuan. All of those had nothing to do with the sign. Thus, Pei Qian had always been under the impression that putting a sign up at the entrance was a good way to dissuade customers from entering. However, he now realized that Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and the gyms signs had different contents! Fish-Catching Internet Cafes sign had its prices written on it, including the cost of drinks and surfing the net. After reading it, customers had only one thought: expensive. They did not become curious; neither did they have the desire to investigate more or spread the news. However, Deposit Fitness sign had its sales model. It wasnt just expensive, but it also included fitness meals, a strict and custom-made fitness plan, and the like. Customers first thought after reading it would not be that it was expensive, but that it was interesting! That was because no other gym was doing the same. Of course, unique regulations like Deposit Fitness would ignite discussions. Curious people would naturally come over to take a look. In other words, Fish-Catching Internet Cafes sign was alright, but Deposit Fitness sign was problematic. In fact, it was very problematic! Pei Qians face drained of all color when he realized his mistake. After a moment of silence, he said, Take down the sign. Guo Licheng pondered for a moment and then said, Boss Pei, news of the sign has already spread, and weve already attracted the nearby customers. Do you want to take down the sign to attract more people? Pei Qian: I cant leave the sign up, and I cant take the sign down. What the h*ll should I do then?! Finally, Pei Qian decided not to be hung up over this matter. Sorrowfully, he said, So youre not going to tell me that the gyms losses have been turned into profits, are you? Guo Licheng was stunned. After he recovered from the shock, he shook his head. Losses have been turned into profits? Boss Pei, youre being too optimistic. Where are we at now? I mean Deposit Fitness is doing alright for now. After all, weve made some improvements. However, its still too early for our losses to turn into profits. It looks like there are many people here, but dont forget that its Sunday. Sundays are the peak periods for gyms. If this were a workday, the gym would be much more deserted. At that point, Pei Qian heaved a sigh of relief. There was always a way out. All is good, all is good. That scared me a little! I almost thought that we were making profits now. Really that was a false alarm. Pei Qian really wanted a drink, but the gym only had pure water, and not tea or coffee. Thus, Pei Qian had no choice but to drink a cup of tea to calm himself down. On further thought, it seemed acceptable if there were only this many people on Sundays, or the gym was otherwise empty. After all, the gym was filled with good equipment and responsible trainers. Even if the price seemed unreasonable, there were bound to be people who were not sensitive to prices who would become paying customers. As long as those customers were few and far between and the revenue earned was not enough to cover the gyms expenses, everything would be alright. Pei Qian relaxed slightly. However, he soon became cautious again. Although they were still a long way from making profits now, it was still significant that there were so many people in the gym over the weekend. It could create the impression that the gym was very popular. That wouldnt do! Pei Qian felt like the gym was not dissuading customers well enough. Thus, he needed to work harder and take more precautions before he could relax. Yet, what should he do? Pei Qian did not have any ideas for now. He decided to ask Guo Licheng. Is there a way to reduce the number of people in the gym on weekends? Guo Licheng paused. Boss Pei, do you mean you want to optimize the customer flow and carrying capacity of the gym to maximize usage of the resources and improve customer experience? Pei Qian remained silent for two seconds and then said, I guess so. Guo Licheng looked surprised. I was just about to report this to you. I didnt think you would ask me about it instead! It looks like you have a deep understanding of the gyms operations as well. Actually, this is a common problem across all gyms. Pei Qian asked curiously, Oh? How do they solve it, then? Guo Licheng answered, They dont. Thats why Im hesitant about whether to report this problem to you or not. Other gyms dont care about customers after bluffing them into buying memberships. They dont care about the carrying capacity of the gym at all. Sometimes, during peak periods like the weekends, the gym would be completely filled. There would be queues for the weights machines, treadmills, and even showers. Thats when the customers would make their own adjustments. They would either take the initiative to queue or choose an off-peak time to work out. Still, most customers have no choice but to come on the weekends. Some customers dont come to the gym because of the crowd, but thats ideal for the gyms. In any case, those customers would have already paid the membership fee. The gyms wouldnt mind if they never saw them again. Thus, its a very difficult problem to resolve for all gyms alike. Pei Qian nodded. How do you think this problem can be solved, then? Guo Licheng hesitated, and then said, Honestly, Ive thought of a solution. It just costs more, and customers might find it unacceptable Pei Qians eyes lit up. Why didnt you tell me about such a good idea earlier? Tell me! Pei Qian tried hard to keep his expression relaxed. Guo Licheng paused. Every gym has a limited carrying capacity. That cant be changed. Thus, to ensure that customers have a good experience, we have to impose a cap on the number of people allowed to enter the gym. I think we can develop an application that allows customers to book a slot each day, based on their own schedules. Once a particular slot is filled, nobody would be allowed to book that slot anymore. That wouldnt work for other gyms because everyone has a membership. If those gyms forbid customers from coming, the customers might think that they are losing out. Of course, they would not agree to it. However, our gym charges by the day, and we put together detailed fitness plans for our clients. Thus, while putting together those plans, we can roughly follow the clients schedules and try to spread everyone out as much as possible. If the gym will be filled on weekends, then we can restrict ourselves to accepting clients who can work out on other days. However, itll cost us money to develop an application. Even if we outsource the work, it might not be reliable. We might end up with a bunch of bugs, and the application might be extremely difficult to use. Whats more, the customers might not understand our strategy and might even start dissing us. On top of that, we need someone to be in charge of consolidating and planning the clients workout schedules. The arrangement must make sense, or the clients might get upset Pei Qian raised his hand. Alright, thats enough. Guo Licheng thought that Boss Pei was going to reject his proposal since it was so impracticable. Thus, he shut up. However, Boss Peis eyes were bright. Do it! Do it at once! Its just one application, right? Ill arrange for it! Guo Lichengs solution made Pei Qian very happy. Creating an application would cost money; forcing customers to use the application to reserve slots and come to the gym would dissuade a big group of people. Hiring someone to consolidate and plan the various slots and put together clients fitness plans would allow Pei Qian to pay one more portion of salary. After doing so much work, the crowd at peak time would only be dispersed. The customers who normally come to the gym during peak hours would save a bit more time and have a better experience. The price-quality ratio of such a project would be extremely low! Pei Qian looked into Guo Lichengs eyes and could not help but feel appreciative. He was a talent worth nurturing indeed! I knew that I was right to choose you as the branch manager for this gym! Chapter 499 - Lower Standards for Good Employees April 25th, Monday Pei Qian pondered for a long time in the office, but he ultimately stared at Otto Technologies for a long time. Yesterday, Pei Qian had decided to incorporate Guo Lichengs suggestion and create an application for reservations of slots at Deposit Fitness. That way, not only would Deposit Fitness be much more expensive than the other gyms, but it would also have many more inhumane regulations. One would be forced to buy fitness meals from Fish-Catching Take-Out. One would be forced to use Deposit Fitness application, or they would not be able to reserve slots to go to the gym. One would have to stick strictly to the fitness plan. Although there was a little room for flexibility, it would still be quite rigid and inflexible compared to the other gyms. That would have a massive dissuasion effect. Pei Qian thought that if someone dared to suggest that a gym like that would generate profits, he would dare that person to try it out on his own. Take the application, for example. Which gym made their customers book slots on an application? Adding one step would serve to dissuade a lot more customers. However, Pei Qian had to think about which department would be working on the application. At the moment, many departments under Pei Qian had the capability to develop and maintain an application like that. The game department aside, Zhongdian Chinese Network, TPDb, and Fish-Catching Take-Out all had applications. Although not many people used those applications and the functions were relatively simple, the applications still existed. It went without saying that the application for Top Student, Come Quick was of even higher standards. On top of that, Otto Technologies was obviously well-equipped to develop an application as well. However, that would be akin to overkill. Pei Qian thought hard about which department he should hand the project to. Whichever department he chose would have to develop a usable application. However, Pei Qian had been backstabbed time and time again by multiple departments. Now, he felt like he had to consider the interdepartmental relationships well before he made a decision. Only then would he be able to prevent miracles from happening and things from becoming unpredictable when two departments worked together. He briefly scanned through all the departments. I cant choose the game department, for sure. Its filled with imaginative freaks, and they might apply their game-designing mindset on this project as well. Who knows what terrifying events would happen if I put them in charge of this project? The same group of people is working on Zhongdian Chinese Network and TPDb, and I think they wouldnt do either. What if TPDb specifically recommends Deposit Fitness or something? Wouldnt the situation be terrible? How about Top Student, Come Quick? That would be even more ridiculous. That projects so popular, and it has so many customers within Jingzhou. If it organizes an event that promotes a healthy body for a healthy education, I would be done for. Fish-Catching Take-Out doesnt seem good either. Both departments have been in contact for a long time, and theyre working very closely now. If I allow them to deepen the relationship and work on the application together, the consequences would be dire. This is horrible. For some reason, I have become surrounded by hidden threats Pei Qian considered all the departments again and realized that Deposit Fitness could not collaborate with any other department. Otherwise, he would be put at an even more unpredictable risk. None of his options were safe! Lastly, Pei Qian considered Otto Technologies. Making Chang You develop an application for Deposit Fitness seemed like overkill, but wasnt that exactly what Boss Pei wanted? He would treat the most threatening business as an outsourcing company to him and allow them to develop a completely irrelevant application so that they would have no time left for anything threatening. That would weaken Otto Technologies power without having to do much. Of course, Otto Technologies could also organize a combined event with Deposit Fitness application. Thus, Pei Qian would have to repeatedly remind Chang You not to install Deposit Fitness application into Ottos cell phones and not to recommend the application on the cell phones application store or anything else. All in all, Otto Technologies would just have to develop the application. Apart from that, it would be forbidden from interfering in anything else. Otto Technologies would just act as a support or tool for Deposit Fitness. That would solve all the problems, right? After further consideration, Pei Qian decided that this was a reliable option. He made a mental note to meet and inform Chang You after putting everything in place. Knock, knock Someone knocked on the office door. Pei Qian looked up to see the current man in charge of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and ROF, Xiao Peng. Xiao Peng had only been in charge of Linchengs Fish-Catching Internet Cafe branches before. However, since he had taken over Zhang Yuan, he had moved to Jingzhou a while ago. Pei Qian instinctively frowned. What was he doing here?! Every time he saw department heads of the profit-generating businesses outside his door, Pei Qian would get a headache. It must be more bad news. He probably made more money and is coming to ask me how to spend it all! Whats the matter? Pei Qian tried his best to remain calm. This was Xiao Pengs first time in Boss Peis office, and he looked a bit nervous. He said softly, Boss Pei, ROF has accumulated a lot of cash in its account. Im thinking about upgrading the business, and so Ive come to ask you what ROFs next step should be. Pei Qian: Look! Look! What I said was true! I knew that the heads of the profit-generating businesses could not have anything good up their sleeves. Theyre always coming to make me burn my brain cells and think of ways to help them spend money! Pei Qian sighed softly. All of you its time you took some initiative. You earned the money; cant you think of your own way to spend it? Dont ask me about every little thing. Work harder! You just have to spend money, right? Whats so difficult about that? Just spend as much as you can. Dont worry, I wont blame you. Xiao Peng quickly nodded. Ah, alright, Boss Pei. Ill work according to my own plan, then? Pei Qian remained silent for a couple of seconds and then said, Forget it. Youre already here anyway. Tell me about your plan. At first, Pei Qian had wanted to ask Xiao Peng to spend all the money on his own. Pei Qian had no intention to interfere. Its impossible that all of my subordinates are business geniuses who would always generate profit and never incur losses, right? However, on further thought and based on his experience, that did not seem that unlikely. Thus, Pei Qian decided to ask some questions. Still, he couldnt go overboard, and he had to let his subordinates work hard on their own. Xiao Peng said, Boss Pei, I think ROF is now a very popular computer installation brand, but our image isnt good enough. We cant display our brands value adequately. I think that we can spend a sum of money to hire manufacturers of system units. They can help us create cooler-looking system units and custom-make good-looking fans or coolers. That would improve our aesthetics. Pei Qian pondered for a moment and said, Alright. Spending all that money would surely improve ROFs branding. It was impossible to expect there to be no effect. However, compared to advertising and promotionswhich would have unlimited negative consequences, improving the system units aesthetics seemed like the most harmless option. Whats more, Pei Qian did not have a better way to reduce profits. He did not even dare to think of one either, for fear that anything that he came up with in the spur of the moment would only serve to increase ROFs profits. Xiao Peng was elated that he had Boss Peis approval. Boss Pei, theres something else. Fish-Catching Internet Cafes business is at its peak now, and it has a lot of spare cash. Should we keep opening more branches? Pei Qian: Why are you speaking in incomplete sentences?! Cant you tell me everything at one go?! Why did you tell me two pieces of bad news, one at a time?! Are you trying to kill me?! Pei Qian really wanted to say no, but he needed to find a reasonable excuse to reject Xiao Pengs proposal. Fish-Catching Internet Cafe had become popular in Jingzhou and Lincheng. It was often fully-booked. Why should Pei Qian object to expanding? It wouldnt make sense. If he delayed things any longer, his employees would surely get suspicious. However, the problem was that he had already succeeded in two types of business models. If he continued expanding the business, he would only earn even more profits. Wouldnt he be creating more problems for himself, then? Pei Qian had refused to be superstitious before. He had thought that Fish-Catching Internet Cafe had only become popular in Jingzhou by accident. Thus, he had decided to set up a few branches in Lincheng, a poor city. Yet, he had ended up unintentionally venturing into a sinking market. Should he try his luck in Beijing or Shanghai? Of course not! Fish-Catching Internet Cafe was a high-end internet cafe to begin with, and inhabitants of first-tier cities drew high incomes. If he expanded his business there, he would be shooting himself in the foot. Since everything else was unacceptable, Pei Qian only had one option left. After some thought, he helplessly said, Go ahead. You can choose the locations, but you can only choose Jingzhou or places with lower economic development than Jingzhou. Whats more, you must set up Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 3.0 this time. There must be fewer seats, more space, higher prices, and better locations. Pei Qian thought that setting up an ordinarily-priced internet cafe would not be viable since the System had restrictions for prices. Whats more, if he set average prices but used the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe brand, success would be almost guaranteed. Thus, he had no choice but to stick with the high-end market. No matter what, he had to think of a way to keep increasing prices. One day, customers purchasing power would fail to keep up, right? There couldnt be that many ballers in the world. Alright. Xiao Peng did not ask many more questions. Since Boss Pei had already given him instructions, he would consider it and execute them seriously without asking too much. That mindset had been inculcated in every employee of Tengda. Pei Qian pondered more and said, If the store continues to make money Then think of a way to spend all that money on your own. Set up new branches, renovate them, and buy computers. At the end of the day, just make sure that you spend every single cent! Pei Qian decided that he had to be well-prepared. What if Fish-Catching Internet Cafe continued to generate profits? Then, he would strategically give up. He would get Xiao Peng to spend money setting up more branches if he could. No matter how many branches had to be set up, how many computers had to be bought, and how many employees had to be hired; Pei Qian would be alright as long as the company bank account was emptied and Xiao Peng left him alone. At the moment, Pei Qians definition of a good employee was slipping. In the past, Boss Pei had thought that a good employee would help him to incur losses. However, he now realized that that standard had been too high. No one had been able to reach it. He had to lower his standards. Now, Boss Peis definition of a good employee was someone who could spend all the money that he had earned without affecting settlement! As for what they spent the money on They could spend it on anything they wanted. Xiao Peng nodded profusely. Alright, Boss Pei! I will fulfill my mission! Chapter 500 - Boss Pei’s Mind Map Chapter 500 Boss Peis Mind Map April 26th, Tuesday Pei Qian was trying to create a simple mind map on his computer in the office. The content of the mind map was simple. It was all the departments of Tengda that could generate profits so far, as well as some auxiliary and transactional departments. The relationship between these departments was complex and different in nature. Some made a lot of profits, some made some, and some made none at all. Some departments have obvious superior and subordinate or horizontal relationships while some departments are not so close. The relationships between profitable departments and administrative departments seemed to be different as well. The mind map, in general terms, was to write all kinds of key information in small boxes and use the various lines to connect this key information and mark the relationship between them. Pei Qian decided to use different colors and different lines to show the status of each department and the relationship between the departments. The departments in the red box represented profitable departments. The departments in the blue box indicated those departments that were not profitable and whose situations were relatively optimistic. The black lines indicated that the two departments were connected. For example, Fish-Catching Take-Out was now providing fitness meals to the gym. Another example would be that ROF Computer-Installation and Upwind Logistics were basically twins joined at the hip. There was yet another kind of red line which represented an association between the two departments that was likely to occur. Pei Qians thoughts were simple. He wants to use this mind map to straighten out his thoughts and then predict possible departmental linkages in advance. However, Pei Qian seemed to quickly discover in no time that things did not look too optimistic after the preliminary sorting. It seemed red everywhere on the mind map. Only a few departments like Fish-Catching Take-Out, Upwind Logistics, and TPDb website remained unprofitable in blue. Moreover, the workload was much larger than he thought! The various blue lines were intricate, and after sorting out, they were more complicated than he thought previously. What was more, there was a bug called OTTO Technologies which was connected to almost all existing departments The dense black lines represented the unsalvageable relationship between the various departments. The entire mind map had become a spiderweb with various explanations and small prints. It seemed to be rather troublesome. Pei Qian tried to draw a red line between the two unrelated departments to predict special relationships that could exist between them. He nearly went crazy after drawing a few lines. There seemed to be theoretical possibilities of linkages between all departments! Pei Qian was only trying to imagine the worst-case scenario after the two departments were linked. He marked them with a red line. They would not be marked out if they were some ambiguous and specious connections. There were too many lines, and adding on would only mix up his point of view. Pei Qian looked at the relationship diagram between the two departments that he had spent two hours adjusting. He could not help but lean back on the chair with a hand to his forehead. How did things become like this? My company has reached such a bad state without me knowing? Even I cannot fully understand the intricate relationship between these departments. If there were only three or five departments, their relationships would be simple and could be straightened out. However, there were more than a dozen departments now. Who knew which of these departments would develop some inexplicable linkage? It was impossible for Boss Peis employees to report everything to him for his decision. Boss Pei would not be able to have his own time and rest if he were to patronize these trivial matters every day. In the current situation, he could only focus on the key departments and let the rest go. If I were to look at it optimistically, the situation is actually still alright. Ive lost money in the last cycle and slowly figured out how to lose money. It should be easier in the future. The Manage Loss Trainees should have already infiltrated the various departments. Ill gather them next Saturday to have a thorough understanding of the situation in all the departments. Ill use the intelligence gathered by the Manage Loss Trainees to perfect this mind map. I would at least be able to have a preliminary understanding of the departments and be able to obtain early warnings. The risk is better controlled as compared to before There is too much information in this mind map and no use being urgent about it. Ill take my time to perfect it. Pei Qian carefully saved and backed up this mind map so that he could check it at any time and reflect on it to prevent any possible dangers that might happen. He could not help but sigh. Creating a loss seemed to be becoming more technical. He was about to rest and watch a show when a knock came from the door. Lin Canrong entered carefully after obtaining permission to enter. Pei Qian was a little surprised. Why was Chef Lin here? Lin Canrong was the manager of Ming Yun Private Kitchen. He had worked hard at his post in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and later at Ming Yun Private Kitchen. He had never been to Tengdas headquarters. He would only report to Boss Pei by phone or wait until Boss Pei went to Ming Yun Private Kitchen for dinner before reporting. What was wrong today? Why come to the office? Is there anything with Ming Yun Private Kitchen? Pei Qian asked with slight anticipation. Pei Qian disliked those who came to report from a profitable department. Most of these departments came to ask Boss Pei on how to spend money, which was very annoying. However, Ming Yun Private Kitchen was different. That was because Ming Yun Private Kitchen had no more room for improvement! They were full every day, and the seats had been reserved until next month. They might be making money, but there were only so many seats. Its income had stabilized long ago and had no other room to increase. That was why Pei Qian felt that there might be something wrong with Ming Yun Private Kitchen for Branch Manager Lin to come all the way here. Could it be losing money? How exciting! Lin Canrong seemed to be in a bind and struggled internally before he started. Boss Pei, you seemed to have made Fish-Catching Take-Out independent and encouraged them to open new branches. A special Gourmet Laboratory seemed to have been set up to research new menus? The matter with Fish-Catching Take-Out was arranged two weeks ago. Pei Qians consideration was for Fish-Catching Take-Out to open more branches and generate more losses. He, therefore, encouraged them to expand. Two weeks had gone by so it should be in full swing now. Lin Canrong was in charge of Fish-Catching Take-Out previously and was Rui Yuchens boss. It was naturally impossible to hide the situation with Fish-Catching Take-Out from him. However, Lin Canrong was now in charge of Ming Yun Private Kitchen. What did he mean, deliberately coming all the way here about Fish-Catching Take-Out? Pei Qian nodded, slightly confused. Yes, so? Lin Canrong seemed to be emotional. Boss Pei, that isnt fair! I know that Fish-Catching Take-Out plays a very important role in the groups industries. Its making losses temporarily to gain market traction, cultivate customer consumption habits, and for greater profit. I have no opinion on the expansion of Fish-Catching Take-Out, but Lin Canrong paused, and the corners of Pei Qians mouth twitched. What do you mean by making losses temporarily to gain market traction, cultivate customer consumption habits, and for greater profits! Dont over-interpret it! Lin Canrong continued. The Ming Yun Private Kitchen is equally important! Why is Fish-Catching Take-Out opening so many branches even though it is losing money while Ming Yun Private Kitchen, which had been profitable and unmet demand, does not have any plans of branching out? The quality of Ming House is not as good as Ming Yun Private Kitchen, but it has made quite a lot of money. That meant to say that the demand of high-end diners has yet to be satisfied; there is still a move for profit! Moreover, I think that Ming Yun Private Kitchen should also set up a Gourmet Laboratory! Fish-Catching Take-Out had to think about how to better satisfy the taste of the public, but Ming Yun Private Kitchen also had to think about how to satisfy the tastes of the high-end diners! Therefore I came here with two requests. First, is to make good use of the nameless restaurant brand. Well open a branch after selecting the location on the pretext that the quality is assured. Second, establish a Gourmet Laboratory dedicated to providing better dishes for diners. Pei Qian remained silent. He had been happy over nothing So it was to propose more money-making methods to me! Branch Manager Lin, Ill definitely not promise you that Your analysis was on the dot. Ming House was profitable; diners had to wait in line to dine at Ming Yun Private Kitchen. That all showed that demand for high-end dining had not been satisfied. However, branching out Fish-Catching Take-Out was because it was not profitable! One Ming Yun Private Kitchen was profitable enough. You want me to open another branch to make even more money? Dont create more burden for me, I beg you! Pei Qian was in distress over this as well. He could only eat at Ming Yun Private Kitchen at certain times after Ming Yun Private Kitchen gained popularity. He could only dine in the largest private room once per week and book the entire place on the 20th of every month. TOO However, Pei Qian would rather wait then to open another store and earn more. Open branches? Dream on! The Gourmet Laboratory should not be done as well. Fish-Catching Take-Out was to suit the taste of the public. The ingredients were relatively cheap. Most people would not pursue fanciful dishes. The level of improvement possible for a gourmet laboratory was relatively small. However, Ming Yun Private Kitchen was aimed at high-end diners. If I really were to let those powerful chefs set up a gourmet laboratory to study metaphysical dishes such as air-fried dishes, they will definitely be more famous and go out of control! Therefore, Pei Qian was very resistant to these requirements and would not agree to it. Of course, Lin Canrong proposed that Ming Yun Private Kitchen could also open a Gourmet Laboratory. That was reasonable and not easy to refute bluntly. He could only find a nice way to decline. He thought for a moment and said. Are you asking to open a branch because you think that Ming Yun Private Kitchen has achieved the best you can now? Lin Canrong was momentarily stunned. He did not know how to answer. Achieved the best they could now? If he really thought so, it was obviously complacency because there was no best in this industry. But what if he said that they had not done their best yet? Lin Canrong felt that the service of Ming Yun Private Kitchen was much better than that of most high-end restaurants. However, it was very difficult for it to achieve a better price-quality ratio. It might not be the best, but opening branches and gourmet laboratories can be considered as on the path to pursue the best, right? Lin Canrong said after much consideration. Pei Qian: That made sense. No, no, he should not be convinced. He would have to make even more profits if he were convinced! Pei Qian coughed lightly. You can freely control the money earned by Ming Yun Private Kitchen, but you cannot open a branch. As for the Gourmet Laboratory. It cannot be achieved with the current size of Ming Yun Private Kitchen. How could the chefs have extra energy to engage in research if they had to cook for the guests every day? Your first goal has to be to make sure the dining experience of the customers is good. Dont reduce the quality of the dishes to study new dishes. Dont go too far. Ill only allow you to use the research results from the Gourmet Laboratory from Fish-Catching Take-Out. Pei Qian had now learned a very good way of refusal: come up with reasons for those that he wanted to reject, even if the reasons were a bit far-fetched. Enforce those that he could not think of a reason for. Everyone possessed such a high level of imagination now. They would think that Boss Pei had a different meaning even if Boss Pei put forward an unreasonable request. They would only think that their thinking was too shallow if they messed things up. It could only be regarded as an accidental windfall after being misinterpreted so many times. Sure enough, the expression on Lin Canrongs face changed. It seemed like he had a lot to say, but in the end, he swallowed them silently and replied in one sentence: Okay, Boss Pei. Chapter 501 - Tengda Games’ Counterattack Chapter 501 Tengda Games Counterattack April 27th, Wednesday At Shang Yang Games Pei Qian made a special trip to Shang Yang Games with the intention to learn a little about the current situation in the promotion of the IOI domestic server. Pei Qian had handed over this task to Lin Wan at the beginning of the month with full confidence. The current momentum of IOI abroad could be said to be advancing by leaps and bounds. It would only be a matter of time before the domestic server and international servers become the masters of games. Pei Qian had been helping Lin Wan in the dark as well. Hu Xianbin anxiously sought Boss Pei out, in hopes to increase their manpower as a countermeasure to IOIs crazy update plan. It was declined by Boss Pei. It should be enough to help them out just a little with the ability of Shang Yang Games and Lin Wan, right? Pei Qian was fully aware of the principle of in the world of kung fu, speed defines the winner. In his memory, Finger Games had embarked on this path, and the effect would definitely be immediate. Pei Qian could not be said to be pleased. He would make profits no matter whether it was GOG or IOI gaining popularity. He only felt that this world was now operating in the right way and was developing in the direction that he wanted. He was secretly happy about that. The staff realized that he was here immediately when he reached the office. Boss Pei! Boss Pei, what are you doing here? Please take a seat. Apologies, we are busy publishing new heroes. The office seemed to be pretty busy. Ye Zhizhou, Wang Xiaobin, and the others were busy with their own affairs. They only took the time to greet Pei Qian before continuing typing away at their computers. Pei Qian did not take it to heart. I just came over to take a look. Continue your work. Lin Wan came out of her office with a document in her hand. She seemed to be on fire. Rewrite the official announcement again. Ive circled out a few places that I feel uncomfortable with. Also, I must emphasize that this is the first time the domestic server and international server would be synchronized. We are no longer playing with the old version of the world server. That is very important! Boss Pei, what are you doing here? Lin Wan looked a little surprised since Boss Pei did not frequent Shang Yang Games. Boss Pei might have guided Shang Yang Games often, but it was usually when they encountered some huge difficulties and were asking for advice. Boss Pei would only say a few words and give hints. Whether one could understand or not would depend on his own ability to comprehend. It was rare for him to come personally like how he did today. Pei Qian could not help but smile looking at Lin Wans current posture. He was very satisfied. Yes, she had matured quickly from the newbie who knew nothing to someone who could run a department. An excellent designer! Lin Wan should be able to prove her own ability and return to Shenhua to inherit the family business when IOI became a global hit, right? There might be a serious deviation from the script he had in mind, but the results were the same. With that being said, Lin Wan should be one of the rare ones in the company whose hard work did not cause any discomfort to Boss Pei. No problem, Im just here to understand the current situation with IOIs domestic server, Pei Qian said. Lin Wan nodded. Okay, Boss Pei, please follow me to the guest room. Ill give you a brief update. Pei Qian: Do your work first. Lin Wan smiled. No problem. The work has been arranged. Moreover, the reporting will only take a few minutes. Pei Qian nodded and followed Lin Wan to the guest room. Boss Pei, we have found the trump card of our rival, GOG, shortly after receiving the task of operating the IOI domestic server. That is their update speed. Therefore, our operation model is mainly to cooperate with Finger Games to integrate the promotion of new heroes and the game. Take this promotion for example. Finger Games gave a new hero, Bloodthirsty Lonely Shadow Sharag, a two-form werewolf. Finger Games provided a promotional animation for this hero. We have updated it to the client of the domestic server login. Weve also bought some video and website advertising space to promote this new hero. The publicity offensive for the new hero will be held every two weeks. That could ensure the popularity of IOI could always maintain a higher position. At the same time, we are competing with Finger Games, asking them to seriously consider the situation of the domestic server. Well have the same version for both the domestic and international servers once the domestic server vetting is done. A major shortcoming of IOI would be filled up this way! GOG will probably not be able to come out with new heroes if there are no accidents. That means there will definitely be more people who would switch to IOI due to the new updates. Boss Pei, you said that we have to go all out so we had absolutely no mercy for GOG! Pei Qian could not help but nod after the briefing. Good, reliable! It was really the most effective for the staff in Shang Yang Games, especially Lin Wan, to stab GOGwhich had been stabbing me in the back! Pei Qian did not have a deep understanding of IOIs domestic server situation before. He discovered that Shang Yang Games had done a lot of work in less than a month after listening to Lin Wans report! Not only did they complete the most basic server launch, maintenance, and version update; they also facilitated the synchronization of the versions of the domestic and international servers. They had also seized the upper hand due to the slow update of GOG heroes. Perfect! Pei Qian could not help but nod slightly. Good job. However, you must not let your guard down. Guard against arrogance and rashness, understood? It was not like he thought of some way for GOG to counter this. He simply felt, from experience, that things would not be so simple. He had too much experience fighting with these people after all. He knew that they were best at counterattacks when pushed to the wall. They always suddenly turned the tables over when Boss Pei thought everything was set. Lin Wan nodded. Of course! Boss Pei, I feel that the battle with GOG will be a long-drawn one. I only have 50% confidence until now. Pei Qian was a little speechless. 50% confidence? It should not be so low even in prudency, right? It should be at least 70%. Lin Wan was stunned for a moment. Why, Boss Pei, am I overestimating it? Do you think that we do not even have a 50% chance? Uh Pei Qian was speechless. They were not on the same frequency again. Why was there no tacit understanding between my staff and me? Pei Qian was about to explain when an urgent knock came from outside the guest room. Lin Wan was taken aback for a moment before looking at Pei Qian. Pei Qian nodded, signaling she could open the door. Lin Wan walked hurriedly to the door and found Ye Zhizhou on the opposite side of it. Not good, GOG has updated their official website! Ye Zhizhous face was solemn as if he was facing a huge enemy. Pei Qians mind was filled with question marks. Updated their official website? It was just an update on the official website, not the game itself; what was all the fuss about? A simple update on the official website could not possibly overwhelm the popularity of new heroes on IOI, right? It couldnt be. Lin Wan and Pei Qian came to the office with doubts and looked at Ye Zhizhous computer. That was where they saw the title of the event written in huge artistic characters in an eye-catching position. GOG online creative community, every player is a hero designer! There was also a small line of text at the bottom. If the idea is adopted, you will be able to get 5% of the profits of the skin of the hero as an indefinite cash reward! There were many rules for the event, including the opening of special sections on the official website. Players could contribute and participants could vote for the submissions, so that the website would have regular traction. Ye Zhizhou apparently just discovered it. His face was serious. Min Jingchao really has his ideas! I did not expect him to use this method to dip into the creativity of the players! They would be able to save a lot of creative work this way and directly choose according to the players preferences. The design team will only work on the production which will save a lot of time! Thats not all. This event seems to have caused an uproar among the GOG players because the rewards are so generous! You will be able to get rewards as long as you participate in this forum regardless of whether your idea was adopted or not! Even an enthusiastic onlooker would be able to benefit! GOG might not have launched any new heroes, but the attention of the players had been completely taken away by this event! Im afraid it would be difficult to grab the players attention away from this situation even if our new hero, Bloodthirsty Lonely Shadow is published Lin Wans expression became serious as well. I see what a wonderful counterattack. As expected, our greatest enemies are our own people. This way, they would be able to fully use the players wisdom to speed up the production of new heroes; they could also use a portion of the profit to tie the players to the GOG game to prevent them from rebelling. Most importantly, this method will only work if you have a large enough player base. The GOG occupied the dominant position in terms of numbers in the previous competition. They did not launch any new heroes, simply made an event page, and announced it on mobile and PC clients. It immediately aroused the players emotions Can we also? Ye Zhizhou asked a little indignantly. Lin Wan shook her head. We cannot. We cannot intervene in the research and development of Finger Games. Finger Games will probably not adopt it even if we solicit enough opinion. Whats more, we are only operating it. The pricing strategy has to be about the same as the international server. It is difficult to give players such generous rewards. Naturally, there will be no way to fully mobilize the enthusiasm of the players. We thought we found GOGs Achilles heel, but I didnt expect them to have found IOIs Achilles heel instead I heard that Li Yada abdicated; Hu Xianbin was busy making new games. I never thought that Min Jingchao would be so difficult to deal with. It seemed like we underestimated the enemy. Everyone in the Tengda Games could face the enemy alone. No newcomer being promoted to a designer should be underestimated Boss Pei, no wonder you think that my current chances are less than 50%. Lin Wan looked at Pei Qian and said with emotion. Indeed, GOGs move reduced our odds of winning to about 40%. Sure enough, any wrong step in the exchange of blows with masters meant that it would be very difficult to catch up from behind later on. Boss Pei simply blinked without any additional expression. Lin Wan could not help but show a dazing expression. Boss Pei, were you mentally prepared since you expected that they would adopt such a strategy? Pei Qian: Question marks started floating above Pei Qians head after reacting a few seconds later. ??? What the heck was this! Pei Qian did not have much expression, not because he was calm, but because everything happened so suddenly that his brain did not have the capacity to keep up. So Tengda Games figured out a way to let players create their heroes because I did not let them recruit more people? Shameless! Not using their own brains to design the heroes but siphoning creativity from players. Was there still any law and order? Finger Games were seriously designing heroes while you guys just decided to copy! Shameless! Pei Qian almost trembled with anger. It felt as though he was warming up for a marathon when the athlete beside him suddenly hopped on a motorcycle to speed off. They might be giving players some profits, but that was just a portion of the profits and would be of no help in making losses! Wait, giving players profits? Pei Qian suddenly realized that he seemed to have overlooked the most crucial piece of information. Wait, what did you say the highest reward for the adoption of the hero was? Chapter 502 - Teacher He, Can You Share Your Experience in Failing? Ye Zhizhou replied, Boss Pei, itll be 5% of profits earned from the sale of all skins for that hero and the relevant title for the hero. Pei Qian was silent. He didnt care about the other rewards, but 5% of the profits earned from the sale of all skins for the relevant hero Needless to say, that was no small amount! The key thing was that the reward would last for lifeit was permanent. As long as GOG was still operating, they would still distribute a portion of the profits earned. Others would undoubtedly wonder how long the game would be able to survive. After all, from the looks of the current state of the market, very few games were able to remain in operation for ten years and still remain prosperous and full of life. Those games were extremely rare. That was because the game industry was constantly changing. A successful game would have to compete with games in the same genre and games in other genres. For instance, people had once thought that MMORPGs would be the be-all and end-all for online games. However, MOBA games descended into the world and broke everyones mindsets. Now, how could people be sure that MOBA games would rule the industry as MMORPGs did in the past? How would they know that it wouldnt disappear without a tract once another more popular game was released? Still, Pei Qian knew that GOG would continue to operate for a long time! If he was lucky, GOG would end up being defeated by IOI, and nobody would play it anymore. That would mean that the game would incur losses for a long time. Then, Pei Qian would be ecstatic. Of course, he would keep the game in operation so that he could keep burning money. As long as it was possible for the game to generate profits, the System wouldnt object to it. However, if Pei Qian was unlucky, GOG would end up beating IOI, and it would become very profitable. Then, Pei Qian would have no reasonable excuse to take it down, and he would be forced to keep operating it. In other words, he would have to continue sharing 5% of the profits for a long, long time. Pei Qian was moved. Before this, he had lowered the prices of the skins to reduce revenue generated by the game. After that, Min Jingchao had given further discounts to improve gamers enthusiasm for the game. Yet, no matter how much they reduced the price or how many discounts they gave, the revenue earned would still only seem lowered to the game company, which was powerful at making sales. To Pei Qian, it would never be enough! Pei Qian could not help but think about all the popular and successful heroes like Yasuo, Zed, and Lee Sin. If all of them moved over to GOG, wouldnt the game achieve success immediately? Almost immediately, Pei Qian thought about another problem. Wait a minute, calm down. I cant get in over my head over a mere 5% of profits If I move all the heroes over to GOG, wouldnt IOI be defeated once and for all? It takes a long time to create new heroes. We can create two new heroes per month at most, and we would only get slower as time goes by. Once we hit a certain number of heroes, every new heros skills would have to be connected to the others in some way. The balance would get harder to maintain as well. Those things would significantly slow down the development of new heroes later on as well. In other words, only a limited number of people would get the money. If I go crazy and move all the heroes over and I dominate all the profits, what would happen to the other gamers? The event is meant for gamers to participate in. At the same time, its meant to repay our customers. It seems inappropriate for me to hog all the benefits. Pei Qian considered that, if he started moving the heroes over, he would probably not be able to recall all the heroes. Still, recalling seventy to eighty percent of the heroes would likely not be a problem. That would exclude the rest of the gamers from participating in the event. It would be slightly overboard. Whats more, IOIs current situation is quite dangerous. What if IOI collapses the moment I interfere? Although 5% of all profits earned from the sale of skins sounds tempting, I can forget about incurring losses once I turn GOG into a money tree. I would only get to convert 1:1000 of the profits for the rest of my life. What if the System adjusts the ratios based on the Matthew Effect again? Thats not likely, but its still possible Yes, I have to keep my long-term goals in mind. After considering all the factors, Pei Qian summarized three main worries associated with moving all the classic heroes over to GOG. First, for the foreseeable future, there could only be that many heroes which could only be released that quickly. By extension, there were only so many people who could share in the profits. Pei Qian would not be able to get past his own conscience and steal those rewards out of the other gamers hands. After all, Boss Pei had so many other businesses. He could earn an income by scattering coins and incurring losses, but other gamers could not do the same. Boss Pei had his pride, and he was too embarrassed to take this step. On top of that, moving all the successful heroes to GOG could cause the game to become too popular. If things spiraled out of control and the game kept generating revenue, Pei Qian could forget about incurring losses in the future. Pei Qian still had a choice now. Incurring losses would certainly get him more money, but to a certain extent, he could still choose whether to incur losses or make profits. However, if GOG were to become popular, Pei Qian would have no choice but to make profits. It did not seem worth it to lose a choice in the long-term for this. Lastly, if IOI collapsed, what would Lin Wan do? Lin Wan was in charge of IOIs local server. If the game failed even after she had put in her best, she would think that she was severely lacking. Then, she would stay in Tengda to learn more and insist on not returning home. If that happened, who knew what kind of terrifying things her sister, her brother, and her father-who wanted to support her career wholeheartedly-would do? Career Thus, after considering all of those things, Pei Qian decided not to take the bait that was meant for GOGs gamers. He had to remain calm, take a holistic view of the situation, and think carefully before making any decisions. He would take a week to consider this further before he decided. Even if he wanted to move the successful heroes to GOG, he could not shamelessly steal all the money that had been set aside for the gamers. Instead, he could move one or two heroes just to supplement his own income. Moving one hero-just one hero-probably wouldnt have such a big effect on the games outcome, right? April 28th, Thursday At the cafe near Handong University Pei Qian glanced at the clock. It was 1 PM. The class, including time for rest and time for chatting, would probably last until 5 PM. That would be four hours in total. After all, He An was receiving two hundred thousand yuan per lesson. Of course, he could not make each lesson too short. He An had two printed documents in his hands. He handed one set to Pei Qian. Pei Qian took it and briefly read it. Boss He had prepared seriously for this lesson. He had organized everything that he wanted to teach in this document and then printed it out. Obviously, he was a boss indeed. Since he had decided to teach Pei Qian, he was preparing for it very seriously. He had no intention to just take Pei Qians money and leave. Pei Qian was obviously elated. That was because the System would judge if Pei Qian had achieved anything based on whether he had acquired any knowledge or not. He would only be rewarded if he achieved the aim. The more serious He An was about teaching him, the higher Pei Qians chances would be of passing the Systems test in the end. However, less than two minutes into his happiness, Pei Qians face hardened slowly. He had just read the title of the teaching materials. First Lesson on Successful Designs: The Way of Tengda Games Sales! The corners of Pei Qians mouth twitched. He was finished! The ominous feeling had turned into reality! Last week, He An had set a few questions for Pei Qian, and all of them had been related to Tengdas games. At the time, Pei Qian had not thought too much of it. He had unilaterally assumed that the test questions would be different from the actual teaching content. After all, He An had worked on so many successful games before. If he wanted to teach, he would surely teach based on his own successful experience, right? Yet, look at these! What the h*ll the materials were about now?! Were they all going to be about Tengda Games? Am I spending two hundred thousand yuan per lesson, just to learn about my own way of doing sales? Whats more, I dont even have a specific way of doing sales! Pei Qian felt slightly awkward. Teacher He, is this what were learning? Huh? He An seemed surprised by Ma Yangs question. Is there a problem? Pei Qian cleared his throat. Teacher He, have you ever worked on games that failed? Can you share about your experience failing? As the saying goes, failure is the mother of all successes. I want to learn more about the mother. He An sniggered. Boss Ma, you have the mindset of a classic layman. Pei Qian: He An explained, I have taken a detour before, but the saying failure is the mother of all successes only applies if you find the right path after failing yourself. If the right path is right before your eyes, why should you still insist on taking the detour? Youve got the cause and effect all wrong. You think that the reason behind many peoples success is that they have learned from their own failures. However, the truth is simply that they have found the right path. Boss Ma, no matter what you do, dont try to understand those lessons on purpose. Thats because, if you dont know about a failed plan, you wouldnt think in that direction. On the other hand, knowing about too many failed plans might end up distracting you from the right path and shaking your determination. Pei Qian: Distracting me from the right path and shaking my determination? When you put it this way, I want to learn about it all the more. What should I do? Pei Qian refused to give up. Boss He, even so, we dont have to learn from Tengda Games, do we? He An gave Pei Qian a small smile. If you want to learn, you obviously have to learn the latest and best design concepts. Who would learn outdated concepts? Furthermore, youre an employee of Tengda to begin with. It should be easier for you to understand and grasp Tengdas design concepts. Pei Qian: But He Ans expression darkened. Boss Ma, stop biting off more than you can chew! Since youve invited me to teach you, you should take what I want to teach you seriously. Otherwise, please find someone else to teach you instead! Pei Qian stopped talking at once. It looked like Boss He was hell-bent on teaching Pei Qian about Tengdas games. However, on further thought, it made sense. Boss He had spent so much time and effort preparing for this first lesson. How could he not lose his temper upon realizing that Pei Qian did not want to learn about this? Forget it, Pei Qian had to respect his elders. For all he knew, he might learn something from the lesson after all. Moreover, this was only their first lesson. Boss He would teach him about other things later on right? Chapter 503 - Back to a Familiar Place Pei Qian nodded. Alright, Teacher He. Lets get started. He Ans expression lightened. Yes, thats the attitude you should have if you want to learn. Today, well be talking about a few of the fundamental concepts associated with game design theory. This fundamental concept is accommodation! Accommodation means choosing different design genres, paths, and advertising methods for different groups of gamers. All in all, every single detail of the game has to match the target audience. A single mistake in detail could result in the games sudden death. You cannot afford to be sloppy. Pei Qian: ? A single mistake in detail could result in the games sudden death? Why have all my games been so successful, then? Do you mean that Ive perfectly nailed all the right answers? The corners of Pei Qians mouth twitched. For some reason, he felt like Teacher He was lashing at his corpse. On the other hand, He An did not detect anything strange about Ma Yangs expression. He continued speaking. Tengdas games are classic examples that are worthy of being taught in textbooks! The Lonely Desert Road was a game with low production value. It was advertised by UP Masters who dissed it. Game Designer was a game that broke the fourth wall. It was advertised using large-scale performance art. Be Quiet was a game with complicated rules that required a lot of patience. It was advertised using a large-scale ARG that involved many people. At the same time, the ARG filtered players and protected the games environment. He Ans teaching materials were filled with content. As he talked about each game, he went through details contained in the teaching materials and meticulously analyzed the games! characteristics. At the same time, he explained every step of each advertising method, deciphering how news of the game was spread at each point. Lastly, he described the excited reaction of the entire internet to each game. Pei Qian was forced to relive all of his past failures. He An was rubbing salt in his wounds.., Yet, Pei Qian had no other choice. This was one-on-one tutoring. If He An had been giving a speech on stage, Pei Qian could have gone to sleep or played phone games without anyone bothering about him. However, since the two men were now face-to-face, He An would easily notice whenever Pei Qian got distracted. What if that pissed Boss He off and caused him to leave without turning back? Thus, Pei Qian had no choice but to listen intently to every detail and take it as he was learning from negative examples. The entire plan took He An nearly two hours to go through. He analyzed everything about Pei Qians past failures, from the games genres and special gameplay to the advertising methods. At the same time, he lashed at every inch of Pei Qians corpse. At that point, Boss He stopped to sip his coffee. Seeing that this part of the teaching had come to a close, Pei Qian quickly raised his own questions. Teacher He, based on what you just said, can I say that as long as I get the advertising wrong, the entire project would fail? He An put his coffee cup down and nodded. You cant say you would fail for sure, but your chances of failing would definitely be higher! Itll be just like how people who engage in false advertising get scorned. The same logic applies. However, our games market has not matured yet. Thus, games with paywalls that are produced in a slipshod manner and that peddle hostility prioritize cheating gamers into playing their games first. Their false advertising ends up increasing their income. Even if a small percentage of the people that they managed to rope in continue to play the game, it would be worth the sacrifice as long as they have high purchasing power. Still, for standalone games of higher quality, messing with false advertising would almost guarantee miserable failure. Pei Qians eyes lit up. Miserable failure? Boss He was very careful with words. The fact that he was describing things in that way showed that the consequences would be extremely dire! Pei Qian could not help but rejoice inwardly. He was still learning something useful! Struggle was still being developed. If he could apply the knowledge that he acquired into that game, wouldnt he be able to cause the games department to incur huge losses, just like he had always wanted? At 5 PM He An kept his teaching materials. Alright, thats all for todays class. Ive finished what I wanted to teach. You can keep your copy of the notes. Review those successful plans when you get back. As time goes by, your standard would improve. As the saying goes, you can learn new things by revisiting the old. Pei Qian: Do I still have to constantly revisit and relive my experience of being back-stabbed? Doesnt that sound overly cruel?! Forget it. Ill take it that the teacher has instructed me to keep learning from a book of negative examples. Pei Qian watched as He An packed up and prepared to leave. Then, he quickly asked, Teacher He, I have another question. You talked about a few of Tengdas plans during this lesson. For the next lesson, are you going to continue to? He Ans expression darkened. Boss Ma, your learning attitude is good, but you cannot keep picking and choosing what you want to learn! You have to trust that I will choose the most suitable material to teach you based on your characteristics and your standard. As for what exactly Im going to teach you, you will find out when the time comes. You dont have to ask so many questions. Pei Qian: alright. After sending He An off, Pei Qian could not help but feel sorrowful. He An wasnt planning to spend all the classes teaching Pei Qian the basic concepts and foundational knowledge of game design through all of Tengdas past games, was he? That would be unbearable! It was true that Pei Qian could do the opposite of what the teaching materials taught him and then learn from that experience. However, that would still be one additional step! Why couldnt he learn about failure from the very beginning? Pei Qian really wanted to hear about He Ans experience in failing, but He An had the impression that teaching Pei Qian about that would only hurt him and not benefit him. Thus, He An insisted on keeping mum about it. What was Pei Qian to do? He pondered for a moment. Money he only had several hundred thousand yuan left. He had to spend it all anyway. How about hiring another teacher to teach him specifically about failures? Then, Pei Qian would be able to gain experience from failures and learn lessons from successes. Learning about both sides of the coin would be even better, right? The System had given him similar advice before. Although Pei Qian would be given a lot of money, he had still been advised to take one course at a time. Otherwise, he would be biting off more than he could chew. Taking so many courses would probably cause him to fail the Systems examination in the end. Yet, the System had not said that he would not be allowed to hire two teachers for the same subject, right? The more Pei Qian thought about it, the more reliable it seemed. He quickly called Assistant Xin and explained his new requests. All in all, the operations would be the same as before. However, instead of looking for famous and successful game designers, Assistant Xin would just have to look for relatively famous and skillful game designers who had failed multiple times before. If they had put everything into one project and lost before, that would be even better. At the other end of the line, Assistant Xin did not ask any questions again. All she said was that designers like that would be harder to find than successful designers like He An and that she would need about two days or so. After all, there were only so many designers like He Anwho was experienced, famous, and successful in the game industry. All Assistant Xin had to do was ask around. However, to find a designer that was famous to a certain extent and had failed before would be much more difficult. Since Pei Qian was not in a hurry, he found two days acceptable. Just as he packed up and prepared to leave, his cell phone rang. It was Zhang Yuan. Pei Qian pondered for a moment and guessed that DGE Esports Club had made progress, and so Zhang Yuan was looking to report the news to Pei Qian. He heard Zhang Yuans voice from through the phone. Boss Pei, I want to give you an update. Weve chosen a location for the club, hired a couple of players, and purchased some computers from ROF Computer-Installation. The computers have arrived, and they have high specifications. Boss Ma is very happy Pei Qian was not at all interested in this. All of those things had been confirmed before, and so this was not much of an update. He could not tell what the actual situation was like through the telephone conversation. Thus, he decided to make a trip down some time and walk around so that he could finally relax. Pei Qian nonchalantly asked, So wheres the club located? Oh, Boss Pei, were all familiar with this location. We always go there. Through the phone, Pei Qian could not see Zhang Yuans expression. However, from the latters tone, Pei Qian could guess that he was smiling. Its at Ming Yun Villas. Pei Qian: ? Ming Yun Villas? Pei Qian immediately panicked once he heard the familiar name. There were so many villas in Jingzhou. Why did he have to choose that one? Zhang Yuan proudly reported, Boss Pei, I did everything according to your requests! You told me not to save on the location, to splurge as much as I can, and to choose a villa if I can help it. Thus, I browsed all the villas in Jingzhou. After looking around, I learned that Ming Yun Villas is the most expensive! Ai, back then, when you chose Ming Yun Villas, the place was extremely deserted. Now, however the situation is completely different. Whats more, Ming Yun Villas will probably be Jingzhou Citys new commercial district in the future. Its getting busier and busier already. I think the club cannot be in the city center because itll be too busy and players would not be able to focus. However, the club cannot be in a deserted location with insufficient facilities either, or it would be too inconvenient. On top of that, Ive worked in Fish-Catching Internet Cafes Ming Yun Villas branch for a while, and Im quite familiar with the surroundings. Thus, Ming Yun Villas seemed the most appropriate on the whole! Whats more, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe can deliver our meals. Pei Qian: Youve made so much sense that I have nothing to say in response. According to Zhang Yuan, Ming Yun Villas seemed like a pretty good location. Although it would be connected to Ming Yun Private Kitchen, the Esports Club could not possibly collaborate with a restaurant to stab Pei Qian in the back, could it? It wouldnt make sense! Furthermore, ever since Ming Yun Villas became famous, all of Ming Yun Villas became known as the gathering place of Jingzhous rich and famous. Of course, the property prices skyrocketed. Renting a villa now was bound to cost a lot of money. It did not seem like a bad thing to be able to spend that much. Pei Qian nodded. Hmm, alright. The villa is more expensive than average, but I think it would be well worth it! Zhang Yuan cleared his throat and sounded pleased with himself as he said, Boss Pei, the best part is that it was not more expensive than other places. In fact, it was cheaper! Pei Qian was stunned. Huh? Why? Zhang Yuan continued speaking proudly. After I chose Ming Yun Villas, I made a trip down and spoke to Branch Manager Lin Canrong and Manager Cui. I told them that you rent a villa to start an esports Club, Boss Pei. Manager Cui was over the moon, and he said that he had to support your business! Although the esports Club would not bring much value to Ming Yun Villas, they remembered the grace that you showed to them in the past! Still, all the houses in Ming Yun Villas had been sold. Thus, Manager Cui contacted the developers who had bought multiple houses there on our behalf and asked if anyone was willing to rent a villa to us. Boss Pei, guess what happened next? Pei Qian really wanted to say I dont want to! However, he gave in at last. The corners of his mouth twitched as he asked, There happened to be someone I knew who was willing to rent a villa to us at a low price? Thats right! Zhang Yuan sounded extremely excited. Do you remember Boss Li of Fu Hui Investments? He was the one who saw your fighting spirit when you started Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and who finally acknowledged your wisdom. Pei Qian: Can I forget him? That fellow has been sticking to me like glue! Zhang Yuan continued speaking. Boss Li had already invested in the area before Ming Yun Private Kitchen became famous. He opened a bar, a cafe, and other businesses. After that, he predicted that Ming Yun Private Kitchen would become famous, and so he bought three villas! One of the exquisitely-renovated villas had remained empty all this time. When he heard that Boss Pei wanted to rent one, Boss Li contributed it without a moments hesitation. He said he could even waive the rent. Pei Qian spat, How could he?! Zhang Yuan quickly said, Thats right, Boss Pei. Thats what I said, too. I knew you wouldnt take advantage of him, but Boss Li insisted. I kept arguing until I agreed to pay a discounted rate. Manager Cui had already said that, since the club belonged to you, he would give it the same benefits as Ming Yun Private Kitchen. That means the villas property management fees and cleaning fees would be permanently waived, and our utility bill would be perpetually halved. We will also get parking lots and a professional gardening team to maintain the garden It was hard to turn down, and so I agreed. Pei Qian was silent. A long time later, he said, Give me the address. Ill go down tomorrow. Chapter 504 - 4 Boss Ma KO’ed o to 28 April 29th, Friday Pei Qian came to Ming Yun Villas early in the morning. No, it was not to dine at Ming Yun Private Kitchen; he did not have a reservation today. He was here to understand the DGE clubs situation. The rent was given at a friendly price, property fees waived. It was also a site that Zhang Yuan was very familiar with How could he continue letting DGE club develop so smoothly? He had to come here personally to make arrangements! DGE Clubs villa was a little far from Ming Yun Private Kitchen, but it was not too far away. It could be reached within a five-minute walk. The first thing that entered the eye was a hall that looked a little empty. The layout of this place was not exactly the same as Ming Yun Private Kitchen because it had a different layout. However, it was similar in general. Computer tables and gaming chairs had been placed in the living room. All the ROF computers were neatly arranged. Obviously, the largest space was meant to be used as a training room for the players. The other rooms were probably meant for the dormitories of the players. Boss Li bought three villas in one go to wait for them to appreciate. Obviously, there was no need to spend a lot of money on the villas to renovate them according to his wishes. This villa, for example, was basically in its original condition. There were only basic decorations such as walls, floors, and lamps. That saved Zhang Yuan a lot of trouble. It could be used without much preparation, which would not delay too much time. There are a total of twelve computers in the hall. Ten seemingly internet-addict teenagers were staring at the screen and tapping away at the keyboard and mouse. Pei Qian was a little flustered. They were playing a 5V5 GOG match? Shouldnt you shout and command your teammates? Why were they so quiet? He glanced at the computer again and confirmed it. Yes, it was GOG. It seemed to be the same game? Why was no one speaking then? Zhang Yuan came over to greet Boss Pei seeing that he was here. Pei Qian looked around. Ma Yang isnt here? Pei Qian mentioned to Old Ma before that he should come over to the club to help Zhang Yuan out when he had nothing to do. Zhang Yuan said yesterday that Boss Ma was very satisfied with the performance of ROFs computer. That meant that Ma Yang was here yesterday. Zhang Yuan smiled awkwardly. Boss Pei, Boss Ma had been here recently, but it seemed like he did not plan to come over today. He was a little unhappy yesterday Pei Qian: Hmm? Old Ma was an optimist in his impression. Was there anything that could make him unhappy apart from scoring 59 points in the exam? Boss Ma was very excited when these players arrived yesterday. He said that he wanted to check their standards out so he played one round with them. Zhang Yuan explained. These kids do not understand how the world works at all. I hinted at them so many times, but they still KOed Boss Ma o to 28, Pei Qian was beside himself with joy. Old Ma, eh, Old Ma, you old slacker have such a day as well, eh! How delightful! Who asked you to make digs at me and blame me for not being a good carry? See, you understand your own standards now, right? Would you still dare to show off your understanding of the game in front of me in the future after encountering such a severe beating from society? Pei Qian panned his eyes around. Which strong men did that? Zhang Yuan thought that Boss Pei was going to seek revenge and said hurriedly, Boss Pei, Ive reprimanded them severely and educated them. I guarantee such a situation will not happen again! Moreover Im partly responsible for it as well. I quickly gave everyone hints to go easy on Boss Ma when I saw him dying twice. Everyone worked harder to kill him instead. I only knew after that they thought I was giving them pressure to win Pei Qian almost wanted to laugh out loud. How can you reprimand them? Reward them immediately! How can you be a professional player in the future if you dont even have the spirit of fair fighting? These players were merciless and went all out when facing Boss Ma. It proved that they are good seedlings to grow them professionally! Such spirits must be encouraged! Zhang Yuan pursed his lips, his eyes filled with emotion. Okay Boss Pei, I understand! He originally thought that Boss Pei would be angry because his good brother was abused inhumanely. However, he did not take it to heart but wanted to reward them instead? Boss Peis spirit of fairness was worthy to learn from! The two of them continued chatting while the players continued playing earnestly with their headphones on. They were completely unaffected. Pei Qian continued observing them while chatting with Zhang Yuan. He realized that these people were indeed silent. He could not help but wonder. Are they fighting on the same side or on the different side? Zhang Yuan: Theyre competing against each other in two teams. Pei Qian was even more confused now. Do they rely on eye contact or frequency for communication? Could you have found two teams of quintuplets that possessed telepathy? That does not seem like it as well., Ahem, ahem, Boss Pei, you are so humorous. Zhang Yuan smiled awkwardly. He turned to look at these players and invited Boss Pei out of the living room and into the courtyard to continue their conversation. These players how should I put it are too introverted. They can even be regarded as autistic. They dislike speaking. Im doing my best to train them. I know that GOG is a team game. It will definitely not do if the teammates do not communicate. However, a leopard doesnt change its spots, especially not overnight. Pei Qian was a little surprised. All ten of them are autistic? The probability should not be so high even if they are all game addicts? Or You chose them intentionally? Pei Qian could not help but wonder if Zhang Yuan finally understood them? I have yet to give any special instructions, and he had already thought about picking autistic children as professional players? Boss Pei, I didnt do it on purpose. Im only left with these choices Zhang Yuan was obviously embarrassed. Hm? What do you mean? Pei Qian asked. Zhang Yuan sighed. Its because of the nature of the DGE club! Boss Pei, you have been emphasizing that we have to be honest and sincere. We will not lie or cheat. Ive been working on this with this mentality. Therefore, I also told the truth when I was trying to poach people from the GOG leaderboard. At the beginning, I briefly described the clubs conditions, including basic salary, bonuses, and the like. They were very satisfied because our treatment is better than other clubs, and there are various attractive benefits. However, most rejected me once I said that our club would not participate in any official GOG tournaments. Those willing to play professionally want to win the championship. Our club cannot even participate in the tournament; how could they get the championship? No exposure, no bonuses only a basic salary. Going professional is a youth dream. Who would be willing to just take a salary for it? Therefore, those who joined are those who had no other choices, introverted, and bad at expressing themselves. Even so, they are not willing to sign a three-year agreement with us, only one year However, rest assured, Boss Pei. All ten of them are rather good. They are young and have a good understanding of the game. They are good seedlings. Im thinking of ways to correct their mentalities. Pei Qian understood now. His mouth could not help but arch upwards. Good! Very good! Indeed, even these gaming addicts would shop around for deals if they were really interested in going professional. Professional gaming was a youthful job. The most important elements for them were exposure and bonuses. What would happen to them if they grow older with just a dead salary? Who would be willing to join the DGE club since it was not going to enter any competitions? There would be zero exposure and bonuses. These rejects were only treating this place as a springboard. They would use this one year to improve themselves and jump to other clubs once they had the chance. Pei Qian was satisfied with this result. Great! It would be impossible for the club to be profitable then! It would only be a loss generating unit! Nonetheless, he should not be overly optimistic. Zhang Yuan was obviously serious about correcting their mentality. What do you intend to do then? Pei Qian asked. Zhang Yuan thought for a while. I plan to give them two days to adapt. Ill also find a personal trainer for them at the same time. The best candidate would be someone who is experienced, who had worked as a coach in other esports departments. He should be able to convince them to transform and require them to communicate with their teammates. At the same time be able to develop various tactics. Some team coaches or their assistants of Gods Rising are good. Pei Qian remained silent. It sounded like a rather reliable method. Indeed, a good coach was vital to the improvement of the team. Such a person would possibly be able to revamp their mentalities. He should not allow Zhang Yuan to search for them then! I dont think thats appropriate. Pei Qian coughed lightly. What is your opinion, Boss Pei? Zhang Yuan was taken aback. Zhang Yuan listened carefully as he followed silently behind Pei Qian in the courtyard. First of all, GOG is a brand new game. The game mechanics are very different from Gods Rising or other similar games. Introducing stereotyped thinking of coaches from other projects may affect the players. The players are generally ordinary folks. Getting someone who doesnt understand them to teach them might improve their teamwork on the surface, but it would in fact seriously suppress their talents! Secondly, like you mentioned, autism is innate and not something that can be changed overnight. Forcing them to communicate with each other might not only fail to achieve the intended results, but it might also make them lose their individual advantages. Learn to walk before you fly. You cannot make haste. Lastly, Gods Rising and other esports are not developing well; they are not very formal. At present, domestic professional esports clubs have two sorts of people. One of them is people taking them as a job. The club is their office. The other type is rich second-generation heirs treating clubs as playthings. Both kinds have messy internal structures. They will not be able to provide any useful experience and instead bring bad ethos. Zhang Yuan was silent for a long time then suddenly nodded: Hm I didnt think as deeply as you have, Boss Pei However, the problem does not seem to be solvable using the method you mentioned as well? Were not gonna let the players communicate at all just because they are autistic? The club is not formal so we dont look for coaches? That doesnt seem appropriate as well? Pei Qian was speechless. Why arent you using your imagination now?! Sh*t, I still have to think of an explanation. Pei Qian coughed lightly. My meaning is dont always rush for quick success; give it slow and steady wins in the race. You have to let these autistic children open up to each other slowly. We do not need coaches from the other clubs, but we can still find someone to play that role! Zhang Yuan agreed after thinking. Alright, Boss Pei, lets do as you say! Pei Qian could not help but nod. Yes, that was correct! How about this? Cancel all group training events and let them continue playing solo. Ill think of something for the coach and bring that person to you within two weeks. Zhang Yuan nodded with no doubt at all. Alright, Boss Pei! I have absolutely no qualms in your choice of candidates! Chapter 505 - It’s About Time to Open Branches! April 30th, Saturday Pei Qian had lunch and left for Deposit Fitness. He had told Zhang Yuan before that he would find a coach for the club. However, where should he look for the coach? Pei Qian really had no idea. A professional esports coach would definitely not do. That was because GOG was a relatively new game. Pei Qian had heard that some famous teams were planning for GOG, but generally, there was still not enough popularity for it to be formalized. In other words, everyones standards were still rather low at this initial stage. Clubs would definitely do their due diligence on whether this game would be able to continue its popularity or not whenever they want to open a subdivision for it. Would it not be wasted money and effort if they opened a subdivision and plonked money into training only for the subdivision to be dissolved? GOG was having a war with IOI now. Many clubs had the same thinking: choose from the winner. They only needed to cultivate one team for these two MOBA games. Therefore, even if they had GOG subdivisions currently, they were not much of a force. At such a time, a professional coach-even one that was not outstandingly-would be able to bring transformational changes to the team. Zhang Yuan might not know esports very well, but he was not dumb. The coaches he sought would definitely not be half-baked. If he were to add on the mysterious luck that Boss Pei had and promoted an SSR player or coach from the team The results would be very undesirable. Therefore, Pei Qian had to find a coach that he was satisfied with, and that same person had to make Zhang Yuan shut up. Hmm That was too difficult! It was such a headache for Pei Qian. However, luckily, he told Zhang Yuan that he would let him know in two weeks so it was not too urgent. Pei Qian walked into Deposit Fitness. It was a weekend as well, but there were obviously fewer people than there were previously. Pei Qian was taken back for a short while before realizing what happened. He could not help but be delighted Many clients from last week had been successfully dissuaded! The payment method of Deposit Fitness left no room for hesitation to join their membership. It could be fully refunded anyway. However, not everyone could strictly follow and persevere with the plans. Once they could not persevere, they would be persuaded to be refunded and would not be able to join again in the short term. Therefore, that had successfully dissuaded many clients! That announcement did attract some clients, and some of them did join the memberships based on that. However, what was the point if they could not persevere? Pei Qian could not help but feel proud of his intelligence. Other than that, there were some slight changes to the Deposit Fitness as compared to the previous week. There were now three service personnel in the gym. That was only one person responsible for distributing the wristband, attending to the front desk previously. The personal trainers would also do a bit of introduction and bring the clients around. There were more of such personnel now; three of them were permanent staff and were on shifts. One was in charge of the front desk, responsible for welcoming the guests like recording the clients information, distributing towels, wristbands, water, etc. One of them was in charge of administration, daily office work like personal trainers schedules, and linking up with Fish-Catching Take-Out. The last one was a planner who was responsible for arranging daily schedules, creating custom-made training plans, analyzing current client information, etc. Of course, the demarcation between these three roles was not that well-defined, they would help each other out at times. Boss Pei. The front desk was the first to notice Pei Qian. Good day, Boss Pei. The administrative executive was arranging the fitness meals with two personal trainers at noon. Boss Pei. The planner stood up and nodded politely from his work on the computer. Pei Qian smiled lightly and nodded. He gave these planners a little more notice because the true identity of this planner was a spy, one of the 18 Manage Loss Trainees! The Manage Loss Trainees address Pei Qian as senior privately. However, they would still address him as Boss Pei in the public. Wouldnt it reveal that there was a mysterious department otherwise? The positions in the gym were all based on shifts. This Manage Loss Trainee might be a student, but he did not have many classes. Moreover, the Deposit Fitness was just a few steps away from Handong University, which made him confident that he could take on this job. The planner from Deposit Fitness was a position that the other gyms did not have. That was because the setting of Deposit Fitness was different from the other gyms. Guo Licheng suggested to Pei Qian that they should create an app to let their clients book appointments so that they could control the number of people in the gym at once. It would also be able to optimize the arrangement of scheduling. For example, if there were more clients on Thursday, then they would not entertain other clients who want to come on Thursdays. They would urge them to choose another day. It seemed like they were still quite some time away from completing the app. It was currently done by the planner. However, there were lesser people in the gym now, a lot less than the maximum load the gym could take. Therefore, it did not really matter now. The current position of the planner could only do preliminary planning. There was no need to go down to the day and time. Pei Qian arranged for this Manage Loss Trainee to be a planner so that he would be able to know the more accurate information about the gym, so that he would know how far away the gym was from becoming profitable. Next Saturday would be the first-ever Manage Loss Trainee meeting. Pei Qian could not wait. He acted as though it was nothing and greeted everyone before sitting down beside this manage loss trainee. There were too many Manage Loss Trainees so Pei Qian could not recall his name. No problem though. He only needed to remember he was the spy of which department. How far away is the gym from profitability? Pei Qian asked nonchalantly. This Manage Loss Trainee replied seriously. Boss Pei, the gym needs about 200 daily clients for us to break even. That is not considering the profits of Fish-Catching Take-Out. It would be better to take it as 300 people per day if we consider depreciation, maintenance, and a certain amount of profits so that we can break even faster. Our current number of clients today is 29. It could be a high peak, but it was less than 25% utilization rate for the gym. Pei Qian was thoroughly satisfied with that answer. See, as expected of the Manage Loss Trainee that I trained myself. His reporting is concise, without any unnecessary information. Pei Qian nodded in approval. Not bad, continue doing your best. They were currently still very far from making profits. That was rather good news. Pei Qian pondered; it was about time to consider a branch. He continued to walk around and saw Guo Licheng lifting weights like crazy at the strength training area. He did not know if it was just his imagination but it seemed like Guo Lichengs muscles were larger than when he saw him last week. Pei Qian was happy to hear this. This Guo Licheng was really obedient! He got him to train his body so that his muscles could be better than the personal trainers. He would not have the time or energy to do all the fanciful promotions. The gym would also not be able to make money. Guo Licheng was indeed training hard. Muscles wouldnt lie. Guo Licheng quickly kept the dumbbells away and stood up seeing Boss Pei arrive. Boss Pei! Im Guo Licheng tried to explain, but Pei Qian had already raised his hand to stop him. You are doing very well. As the branch manager and icon of the gym, your shape must be the best so that you can attract more customers! Therefore, you cannot relax; you have to continue on! Im here today to ask you if you know of any other similarly well-renovated but bigger gyms. Especially near Fish-Catching Internet Cafe or Tengda offices. Oh, yes, near Ming Yun Villas as well. Guo Licheng was a little taken aback. Boss Pei, you want to do due diligence or Pei Qian smiled. Of course, to open branches! Guo Licheng was shocked. What? There were not even a few members for this gym, they were making so many losses that they could not even cover any expenses, and yet he wanted to open branches? Moreover, it seemed like Boss Pei did not only want to stop at one branch? Guo Licheng hurriedly urged. Boss Pei, you have to think carefully! Pei Qian raised his hand to stop his objection. Ive thought it through. You only have to give me places suitable for a gym. Ill get some people there to negotiate to see how many of them were willing to transfer over. Then, Ill trouble you to arrange for equipment, hiring, and the like. Guo Licheng opened his mouth, thinking of discussing him. However, he nodded seeing how resolute Boss Pei was. Okay, Boss Pei. I understand now. Eh Boss Pei, what did you say were the criteria for selection? Well open three to five branches this time. Some gyms will definitely not be willing to transfer to us so you select about ten sites. One of them has to be near Ming Yun Villas; the rest have to be near Fish-Catching Internet Cafe or Tengdas offices. Pei Qian repeated. This site selection was to better ensure the supply of the fitness meal; another point was to provide benefits to the employees. Pei Qian did not forget that both Deposit Fitness and Sloth Apartments were to lose money and to provide more benefits to his employees. It would be double happiness if he could lose money and allow his employees to make further losses by giving them more benefits. The observation period of this flagship store had reached a certain point. From the looks of it, the situation was more optimistic than not. It might have some takers, but it was very far away from making profits. If that was the case, then he could bring his own employees in slowly as well. As to why he was doing it in batches? That was because the system had restrictions in this regard. Employee benefits had to be within a certain range no matter whether it was the Sloth Apartments or the gym. For example, if there were 100 rooms in the Sloth Apartments, only 30 of them could be used as a staff dormitory. It was the same logic for the restaurant and the gym. They could be used as an employee benefit, but the precondition was that it had to be usable by other consumers. It should not only be for employees. Moreover, there was a stricter restriction on this. Therefore, Pei Qian had to open a lot more batches if he wanted to let all of his staff follow a strict fitness plan. Boss Pei had more than enough motivation as long as it could lose money! Chapter 506 - Lessons Learned from Failure May 1st, Sunday Pei Qian came to the cafe near his school again. He was going to meet a new game designer. Only 1 million yuan out of the total amount of 1.8 million yuan was allowed by the system for school fees. There was 800,000 yuan left. Therefore, Pei Qian asked Assistant Xin to search for a designer that had a certain reputation and had worked on some failed projects previously. He wanted to learn from some successful experience. As to why the designer should possess some reputation even though he had failed before, it was because Pei Qian wanted to eliminate the interference of personal ability factors as much as possible. If a producer himself failed and was worthless, the system would not allow him to charge so much tuition fee. On the other hand, if his failures were not outstanding enough, then there would be nothing they could learn from him. What would Pei Qian learn from if someone was filled with failures? What if he learned something insignificant, would that not be a waste of time? He had to find a successful and capable designer. The factors of failure on them would be very obvious like a highlighted passage, easy to learn from. What He An said was wrong. It was about the main reasons for success for Tengda. A large scale error correction exercise. This big boss was mainly talking about his own failure, which was standard for Pei Qian. Wouldnt it be a combination of what He An and the producer said today? He managed to spend 1.8 million yuan giving lectures to himself. He also managed to learn some professional game production knowledge. If he could pass the test by the system during settlement and would be able to make money-losing games based on what he learned Wouldnt he be earning money like a king? Compared to He Ans asking wrong questions, this big boss would be directly giving his standard answers. The knowledge of losing money would be easier for Pei Qian to absorb this way. Pei Qian was, therefore, very excited about this meeting! This game designer arrived not long after he reached the cafe. Hello, Boss Ma! Im Qiu Hong! A man, with fluttery long hair, in his thirties shook hands with Pei Qian cordially. Pei Qian had looked through Qiu Hongs resume before he arrived. Different from He Ans long glorious resume, this Qiu Hongs game production career could only be said to be bumpy. His resume could be regarded as a template for the middle-aged generation in the current domestic games market. After entering the industry in 2001, he joined a large domestic game company as a systems designer. He successfully developed a Xianxia theme client-side game. Of course, that was a game with paywalls. After two years, he managed to jump ship to another game company with the success of this game. He became the main designer of a certain Western Fantasy client-side game. The project was axed after its poor performance for an entire year of development. After that, he changed to another game company and continued to be the chief planner producing a war-themed game with paywalls. He was successful this time and had obtained an impressive monthly turnover of more than 100 million yuan. The war game could be regarded as an evergreen game. Its revenue might have declined after half a year, but it still operated for three years. It had accumulated a good reputation for Qiu Hong. Relying on the prestige accumulated with this project, Qiu Hong decided to set up his own business, a game company with the investment that he had found. He developed another game with paywalls only to fail again. Qiu Hong was currently in a state of dejection because his venture had failed. He was about to relax and do nothing when he got the news that someone was willing to spend 100,000 yuan to listen to his lecture. He readily agreed and came to Jingzhou. Pei Qian was very satisfied with Qiu Hongs resume. To make things simple, the higher one climb, the worse the fall would be! This person was obviously focused on domestically-produced games with paywalls. He had achieved a monthly turnover of 100 million yuan as the chief planner five or six years ago. That was obviously something worthy to be proud of. Moreover, these two failures did not seem to have happened because of money. The first failure was that the company he jumped to had huge spending power, ready to spend as much as it took to create a masterpiece for that era. They were not short of money. His second failure was also when he obtained enough funds from investors to start his business. He was not short of money either. However, even so, Qiu Hong-who had a successful career and ample experience in the game industryfailed in his venture. Huge investments, heavy losses. Millions in funds went down into the drain. That was in line with Pei Qians expectations! Pei Qian firmly believed that there must be something worth learning from in Qiu Hongs experience! The waiter brought their coffees. They chatted as they sipped on. Qiu Hong briefly introduced his resume. There was a very obvious difference in attitude between He An and him. He An obviously exuded the aura of an industry giant and successful person. His qualifications crushed 99% of designers in the industry. He gave lectures based on his interest and had his own arrogance. He would absolutely go ahead with his own contents even if Ma Yang were to give him 200,000 yuan per lecture. He would leave if things didnt go his way. Qiu Hong was completely different. He might have experienced success before, but he knew that he was still a nobody in this industry. He was, therefore, very polite and was willing to share whatever Boss Ma wanted to hear. Qiu Hong was a systems designer after all. Moreover, he only created domestically-produced games with paywalls. Such a designer usually had distinctive features; that was that they would not be troubled by money. Qiu Hong felt that since Boss Ma was willing to pay 100,000 yuan for a lecture, including round-trip air tickets, transportation, and other experiences; it was like the whales and his relationship. It was one of absolute dependency. He had to do all he could to satisfy Boss Mas requirements. Therefore, Qiu Hong was not angry when Boss Ma said he wanted to listen to his failures. He only confirmed it again and agreed. Alright, Ill speak about it since Boss Ma wants to know. However, there is something that I have to clarify in advance. I will definitely need some time to prepare if I were to speak about successful experiences. Every successful case is a combination of countless success factors after all. I have to clarify all such factors to restore its full picture. However, it is much easier to talk about failures. I dont need much time to prepare. As the saying goes, the riverbank of a thousand miles collapses because of an ants nest. Many times, you make 99 right decisions, but everything would fail due to one wrong choice. Analyze the cause of failure and find the most critical factor of failure, and there youll have Qiu Hong told Boss Ma about his idea for the lecture while drinking his coffee. His goal was clear, to obtain the consent of Boss Ma as much as possible. Pei Qian was very happy. Great! I want to learn about how the ants nest caused the collapse of everything. Please be sure to talk about it! Qiu Hong nodded. Alright, in the following lectures, I will talk about one key factor that would lead to the failure of the project. I believe that Boss Ma will be able to avoid similar situations or come up with solutions with your intelligence. Pei Qian gave a small smile. Definitely. Qiu Hong sipped a mouthful of coffee and sorted out his thoughts. For the first lesson today, I want to start with something basic, but it is one of the most overlooked aspects. Project management. The biggest difference between games, movies, animation, and other industriesand novels and self-media is that they are industries that require close division of labor and cooperation. In other words, no matter how good you are, its useless if your colleagues are people who mess around. You wont be able to make anything good. Even a talented game producer needs a strong production team to turn his design into a successful game project. People are inherently lazy. Many employees in the industry treat their jobs as a position that earns a stagnant salary to support their families, not as a career they are striving for. Therefore, most of their enthusiasm for work was suppressed by themselves. This is where project management becomes very important. A huge reason that I managed to create a successful project but failed in my venture is that I lack project management skills. The consequence of this is that the development plan I made in the original company can always be completed smoothly, with a maximum delay of one week. However, in my own company, the development plan that I formulated is always delayed, even postponed many times. The game that was made did not meet my own expectations. Every department always had a variety of reasons to shirk responsibilities. It seems that everyone has completed their tasks, but after careful observation, no one seemed to be pushing the entire project. Everyone delays a little bit. With a little time, the development progress of the project will completely collapse Pei Qian listened intently, with a fascinating expression on his face. How how admirable! See, the employees of other companies need not have their boss say anything for them to be lazy! What about Tengdas staff then? Their boss was desperately encouraging them to take breaks, but everyone was trying desperately to work overtime! Pei Qian did not learn any practical methods from this precious failure experience other than envy. According to Qiu Hong, failure in project management would become a state of disunity. It was impossible to carry it out if no one would cooperate. However, that was where Pei Qian had his doubts. I have never done any project management, right? Why did my staff not fall into a state of disunity but become an iron plate instead? Needles could not penetrate, water could not seep through. He could not find a breakthrough even if he wanted! Pei Qian was very interested in the things that Qiu Hong was talking about, but he still did not know what to do. According to Qiu Hong, his failure was in not doing enough, not making good use of project management to motivate employees. In other words, not effectively supervising lazy employees. However, while Qiu Hong did not do enough, Pei Qian did not do anything at all! Not only did I not supervise the employees, but I even did the opposite to drive these overtime dogs home! It stands to reason that I over fulfilled the task, so why did it have the opposite effect? Are my employees the problem, or am I the problem? What a headache Chapter 507 - Why does Boss Pei Use a Sledgehammer to Kill Chicken? Obviously, Qiu Hong felt resentful towards his failure and was able to keep calm at the beginning. However, his tone gradually changed from stating facts to complaining. Pei Qian could hear Qiu Hongs humiliation from his tone. Qiu Hongs game designing ability was definitely no problem as someone who had done successful projects. Of course, his design abilities were specifically referring to his ability to design domestically-produced games with paywalls. He could not produce other types of games. However, the problem with that was that Qiu Hong had never thought of making other types of games. He always had a very clear goal, which was to earn money by making games with paywalls. Obviously, his venture failed not because of his design ability as well. He had not been a good boss. Qiu Hong repeatedly emphasized that project management was the most critical issue for his failure. He had so many things he wanted to say on that topic. Qiu Hong shared a series of measures that could be taken to strengthen project management aspects with Ma Yang. For example, forcing employees to clock in and out, arriving early every day, and leaving late to supervise employees; dedicating 10% of game profits to the employees as bonuses. These measures had indeed improved the companys situation and improved efficiency, but they still could not save them from the doom of failure. Pei Qian felt a bit estranged. It sounded like a factor for failure indeed. However, all these were useless to him My employees were already a bunch of crazy workaholics. I deliberately decoupled bonuses from profits and linked them with word-of-mouth to prevent them from thinking only about making profits. Would there not be an explosion if bonuses were given to his employees based on profits? The key was here; Qiu Hong said that the main reason why he failed was that his employees were lazy. However, Pei Qians problem was that he had been encouraging his employees to be lazy, but they refused to do that! What should he do then?! He might know the right answer, but he did not know of any feasible methods to solve the problem! Qiu Hong became more emotional as he spoke. Pei Qian was too embarrassed to interrupt him. Finally, Qiu Hong stopped to take a sip of coffee, probably thirsty from speaking too long. Then, can I just ask do you know what kinds of company regulations would cause employees to be lazy and for the project schedule to get out of control? Pei Qian tried to ask. Qiu Hong was taken aback. Eh? Isnt it innate human nature to be lazy? You dont need to do anything for them to be lazy. Pei Qian: That wasnt right; that did not match my experience. There were times when I really did not bother with the company. I was in the office for only two to three hours a day, but wasnt my game project produced as scheduled? Pei Qian asked again: Then, if I let all employees not check in at all, have enough snacks and beverages, prohibit overtime, project bonuses have nothing to do with project profitability, and never ask about the development progress of the project is it possible for the game to be produced as scheduled and still be profitable? The expression on Qiu Hongs face was very exciting as if asking is this some kind of joke? Impossible! Boss Ma, if you want to daydream, then I suggest you buy lottery tickets. It might be easier to realize. Pei Qian clapped, feeling as though he had found his best friend. Yes, I feel the same! It should be impossible! But as far as I know, the gaming department of my companies seems to be doing exactly this. Qiu Hong did not reply immediately. He shook his heart slightly and took a sip of coffee. Boss Ma, that is what you see on the surface, Boss Ma said bitterly. That would mean that the project management ability of the Tengda Games department had reached a godly level and had achieved a back to the basics effect. Such top-level project management was not something that everyone could learn from. Its just like how in certain martial arts novels, the protagonist would be able to win against others even if he did not have any techniques. However, you would be defeated pathetically if you tried to emulate him. Boss Ma, my advice is to forget about the Tengda Games department. You will not be able to learn such an ability. Of course, that is not to spite you. I wont be able to learn it either. Most of the people in this world would not be able to learn it, too. A business genius like Boss Pei is one in a trillion. The experience of such a person cannot be used as a reference. Pei Qian: Forget about the Tengda Games department? Impossible, I am here to solve the problem of the gaming department. How could you try to persuade me to give up?! What did you mean by return to basicswhat godly level? What sh*t were you talking about?! Pei Qian was speechless; what about sharing his failures? Why did he become a whip corpse again! Qiu Hong looked at his watch. Oh, times up. Boss Ma, it has been such a joy talking to you. I have not had such a great conversation for a long time. The distress in my chest had been completely wiped out! Pei Qian: The distress in your chest had been completely wiped out? What about my distress? It has increased again Pei Qian asked, So, you will talk about new failure factors when the time comes, right? Qiu Hong nodded Of course, I can vaguely feel that I can be very good friends with Boss Ma. We both have similar traits. What is this trait? We both have grievances with nowhere to air; we have a goal, but no one cooperates. Boss Ma, dont worry, well definitely be able to get through it! In short, Ill share all I can and will! Well make progress together! Have goals, but no one cooperates? You are so right! Pei Qian thought in silence. He and Qiu Hong might have different goals, but they were both working hard to break free from the quagmire of failure and move towards a better tomorrow! It seemed as though they could really become good friends from this point, eh? Pei Qian was moved as well and clasped Qiu Hongs outstretched hand tightly. Okay, lets do our best together! May 3rd, Tuesday At Otto Technologies The holidays were just over, and it was the first day of work at Otto Technologies. They started working at full swing in no time. Chang You walked past the office area into his own office. His eyes swept over everyone, obtaining a panoramic view of the state of employees. Could the influence of the Tengda spirit be so obvious? Chang You was slightly suspicious. He could feel the subtle change at Otto Technologies. Half a year had passed since Otto Technologies was established in November last year. The key employees, including Chang You, were all from Hongcheng Technologies. Boss Pei had never intervened in the daily affairs of the company. Director Lin, who was airdropped in, had never made any comments on the management of the company as well. Therefore, the working method of Otto Technologies was exactly the same as Hongcheng Technologies. However, while the people were the same, everyones working style seemed to be constantly evolving according to Tengdas working style. One of the most notable manifestations was that everyones working hours had shortened, but their workload had not changed. That meant that their overall work efficiency improved! Chang You still remembered his time at Hongcheng Technologies. He could always see someone lazing around as he walked through his staff area. Of course, he also would not point it out since he felt that it was impossible for everyone to sustain an efficient work state. It was natural for people to laze around occasionally. Now, however, everyone was working effectively with very minimal lazing around! These two states could be distinguished at a glance. Take today for example. If one was in Hongcheng Technologies, then most people would be sorting out ones work plan before lunch, reply to emails that accumulated last weekend, and then play with their mobiles for a while before the morning passed. However, now, everyone was done with their work plan and emails in just after half an hour. They used the rest of their time for work, each more anxious than the previous one. The most crucial was that Boss Pei seldom came over and had never requested them to learn from the Tengda spirit. How did this subtle influence permeate and lubricate everything? The more Chang You pondered, the more he felt that Boss Pei had his way with project management! Chang You always had to check attendance, set goals, and question from time to time. It was no longer necessary. The entire company acted like an entire arm. Everyone was very cooperative. Chang You felt that he was simply too comfortable now with such a clever project management method. He no longer needed to waste any energy urging the staff on at all and could concentrate on the companys development direction. I have to ask Great Master Boss Pei about management when I have the time. How did he achieve this lubricating effect? Does he have his own set of philosophy for project management? Chang You continued his work for the week after completing his daily illusions about Boss Peis Daily Life. Today, he had to decode a mystery left behind by Boss Pei. Boss Pei proposed a future plan for Otto Technologies previously: stop making new cell phones, extend the timeline to about 10 months to establish a software laboratory, make some useful applications, improve on the cell phone systems, and optimize the image algorithm. Chang You had interpreted this point previously. He felt that Boss Peis strategy was very correct after some serious reflection! The Otto E1 cell phone was a very expensive high-end cell phone, but it was also a cell phone filled with defects at the same time. What would the clients who had already bought the E1 cell phones think if they were to work on a new phone immediately? I treat this phone as a baby while you treat me as rubbish? OTTOs pricing strategy was to never reduce the price. However, if new phones were released too frequently, what importance would customers with old phones be? They might provide old-for-new services, but the frequent behavior of new phones would inevitably dilute the initial brand value of the mobile phone. Therefore, Boss Pei wanted to use one year to polish the software, including the operating system, image algorithm, various commonly used applications, etc. There were at least three levels of meaning to it. Fulfill their promise to their consumers Extend the release cycle of new cell phones to one year, to ensure that more advanced and mature technologies could be used at that point so that the next mobile phone would have more gimmicks. At the same time, be able to better preserve the value of the E1 cell phone Invest a lot of time in software research and development to increase the value-add of the cell phone, make up for its shortcomings, and make consumers feel value for money Chang You immediately decided to spend a huge amount of money to set up an image algorithm laboratory after seeing the deep meaning behind Boss Peis next stage policy. It would be dedicated to tuning cell phone lenses, optimizing image algorithms, and working hard on the software of photography! However, Boss Peis new directions came after hardly two days from when he decoded Boss Peis meaning Chang You was confused this time. Boss Pei actually asked Otto Technologies to develop an application for gym registration? The functional requirements of this application were very simple. It was put forward by someone called Guo Licheng. Customers could view their fitness data, make appointments for fitness, etc. Nothing more Chang You was very confused. Did they have to get Otto Technologies to develop something so simple? Our software team was capable of more complex applications. Its just a simple app for gym registration that could be done by any team. Why did Mr. Pei give us this task? Moreover, this application was totally different from the general direction determined by Boss Pei previously. The strangest thing was that Boss Pei emphasized that this software was not to be pre-installed in the cell phones. Why? Chang You arranged for someone to carry it out the moment he received this request. However, he still failed to understand the meaning behind it after so many days. Someone with no ambition would complete the fitness software without any question. However, Chang You was very sure that, after the success of the Otto E1 cell phone, the tasks Boss Pei personally gave seemed simple but definitely had other meanings to them. Why would Boss Pei personally delegate the task out otherwise? Chapter 508 - You will Enjoy a Better View with Boss Pei, and then You will Understand Yes I should analyze the method that Director Lin was talking about. This concerns Otto Technologies future direction. The cell phone industry is constantly changing. A single misstep could lead to a thousand wrongs. We cant afford to be shoddy. If Chang You was the same person as he had been when he first came to Tengda, he would not have overthought things. He would have handed the task down to his subordinates and made sure that they did what was asked of them. However, after six months of rigorous training, Chang You felt like he had learned a lot from Boss Pei. One of the most important lessons was that one had to have a keen eye and a sense of direction! A famous entrepreneur once talked about the Flying Pig Theory. That meant that if one wanted to make it as an elite businessman, the most important thing he would have to do was look for the right opening. The cell phone industry was undoubtedly the right opening in a constantly-evolving Internet age. Yet, not everyone would be able to benefit from finding this opening. Anyone who got distracted could easily be squeezed out of their competitive position, fall to their deaths, and break their bones! In other words, ones bottom line was determined by how hard they worked, but how far one went-depending on how keen their eye was. Chang You had thought that he had a keen eye and that he was one of the top few players in the industry. Yet, after meeting Boss Pei, he realized that he had not seen enough of the world. He had thought too much of himself! He could only see the opportunities that everyone else could see as well. Although he also had a good chance of succeeding, the competition was extremely stiff. He just had to lag behind slightly to lose everything. On the other hand, Boss Pei could see opportunities that no one else could. Such opportunities were rare and valuable. All he had to do was keep a firm grip on the opportunity; he did not need to panic because no one else was competing. Thus, after Otto E1 succeeded, Chang You became sure of one thing. Since Boss Pei had so much foresight and had such unique taste, Chang You had to give up his own view of the market and follow whatever Boss Pei instructed him to do. If he could win while lying down, why would he choose to work his ass off to compete with the other manufacturers? Still, the only problem was that geniuses were often strange. Boss Pei was strange in a way that he enjoyed making his employees guess what was in his mind. It was almost as if he was training his employees to think independently and analyze every situation. Thus, not everyone could understand Boss Peis puzzles, and not everyone could stand out among all the employees and leave a deep impression in Boss Peis mind. It was a good thing that Director Lin had imparted to him the relevant skills to analyze Boss Pei. Chang You frowned as he fell into deep thought. Director Lin once said that the way to start analyzing a problem is to begin from the most unreasonable point. The most unreasonable point in this situation is that Boss Pei is overkilling. It would clearly be most appropriate for Fish-Catching Take-Out to work on the fitness application. Why did he pass it to us? Chang You opened the document that Guo Licheng provided on his computer. The document was quite simple; it only contained a few sentences. If Chang You was to rate this man based on the standards expected of product managers, Guo Licheng would get even fewer than three points. Whats more, that would be out of a hundred points. Yet, Chang You could not blame Guo Licheng. He was a fitness trainer to begin with. How would he know anything about the standards expected of product managers? Chang You studied the few sentences very closely. This Guo Licheng is the man in charge of the shared gym, but he has very simple requests. That makes sense, I think. After all, hes new, and he doesnt understand Boss Peis mindset very well. Theres still room for him to be trained. If Boss Pei simply wanted these requirements to be met, he could easily have engaged Fish-Catching Take-Out to develop the application. Whats more, these requests are obviously too sweeping. Someone should have edited and perfected the interface and designed all the functions from scratch before handing the task down to the programmers. mers. Design Did Boss Pei pick us because of our design skills? Yes, thats possible. Our product managers are far better at designing than the employees of Fish-Catching Take-Out. In other words, Boss Pei has more hidden requirements for the application. Did he know that Fish-Catching Take-Out would not have fulfilled those requirements, and so he handed the task to us instead? Yes, that makes much more sense! What kind of hidden requests could there be? Chang You thought that he had achieved a breakthrough. Thus, he stood up and started pacing All of those requests are enough for a functional application for the gym. If Boss Pei wants more, that means The gym is only the beginning. Is Boss Peis real goal to break the boundaries of the fitness industry? Is that why he let us develop the application? Are we to fill in the gaps in this in-charges plans for the gym? Are we to use our knowledge of the Internet to come up with a holistic plan for this application? Yes, that must be it! But if Boss Pei wants the cell phone business to collaborate with the fitness application, why wouldnt he let us install the application as one of the bundled applications in the cell phones? Chang You pondered for a moment and finally broke through the final mental barrier. He looked like he had just been enlightened. I understand now. Boss Pei thinks that the application would contain a lot of content and that it would be extremely difficult to design it. Thus, hes worried about the quality. If we push the application out as a bundled application, the figures would only look good on paper. However, we would fail to tell how the application is really being received, and the misunderstanding would affect our follow-up work. At the same time, if the applications quality is bad, Otto Technologies brand would be affected as well. So why isnt Boss Pei allowing us to install our fellow subsidiarys application in Ottos cell phone? Boss Pei did not say dont install, but dont make it a bundled application. He wanted the application to be put through the full test in the market, so that every user of the Otto cell phones would install the application voluntarily and willingly! Chang You was done solving Boss Peis riddle. He revised his entire thought process and realized that everything had come naturally to him. The plan perfectly coincided with all the benefits. He now had answers for everything that he had found unreasonable earlier. It was no wonder that everyone loved cracking Boss Peis riddles. Once they successfully solved the riddle, they would feel an immense sense of achievement and satisfaction! Chang You immediately left his own office, in search of Deposit Fitness in-charge. There will be changes to the proposal. You only requested for the basic functions before. We want to expand based on those requirements! Apart from satisfying the daily needs of the gym, we want to create more functions for the application. For example, we want to create a calculator that would come up with a training plan for customers based on their weight and body fat percentage, which would be measured from the gym. Trainers can then refer to this training plan. Apart from using the application to make bookings, customers could also use it for regular reminders for training, meals, or rest. Trainers would not have to follow up with them for 24 hours a day, and the reminders can be in-built with smart technology. We can also create another segment to upload workouts, recipes, facts, and tips. That way, customers would be able to understand the meaning behind Deposit Fitness model. Many people dont understand why one would have to regularly make reservations to train in advance or why their fitness meals are bundled. Thats why they find it hard to accept our model. If we can popularize this science, everyone would find Deposit Fitness model increasingly acceptable! On top of that, we can even create an interface for Deposit Fitness to upload videos demonstrating perfect form for various movements in the future. That would allow customers to correct their own form or train at home The man in charge of Deposit Fitness app quickly took all of those things down. Once he was done, he looked up in confusion. Boss Chang, those things go way beyond the requirements. According to the previous list, Deposit Fitness only asked us to create an application that would allow customers to book slots in the gym, right? Would this be appropriate? Would they be unhappy when we hand the application back to them? Chang You smiled. What? They asked for a simple application, and not only would we meet their requests perfectly, but we would also throw in many more useful functions. How could they get angry? I think theyll be beyond grateful! The man in charge of the application scratched his head and mumbled, But I dont think this is necessary Chang You smiled subtly. It is. Of course, it is! Once you take my place and spend time working with Boss Pei, you would enjoy a much better view of the world. Then, you will understand why I am doing this You have a lot to learn! May 4th, Wednesday At about 10 PM, after sending the last group of guests out, Lin Canrong instructed the waiters and cleaners of Ming Yun Private Kitchen to pack up and prepare to leave. Logically, Ming Yun Private Kitchens workflow should have stabilized by now. As a branch manager, Lin Canrong could slack off once in a while without affecting the restaurant. However, he continued to work hard and meticulously every single day. After all, he was a chef with a reputation in Jingzhou. Whats more, after earning Boss Peis appreciation, he had been the branch manager of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and the man in charge of Fish-Catching Take-Out. After being made the branch manager of Ming Yun Private Kitchen, he had had the chance to speak to many people of different backgrounds in Jingzhou, which only made his career increasingly smoother. Lin Canrong cherished this opportunity greatly. At every moment, he was thinking about how to improve Ming Yun Private Kitchen, not only to repay Boss Pei for trusting him but also to take his own career one step further. A while ago, when he discovered that Rui Yuchens Fish-Catching Take-Out was expanding rapidly, he began to feel nervous. He asked to open a new branch for Ming Yun Private Kitchen, but Boss Pei had turned him down. Lin Canrong was extremely confused. Why did Boss Pei refuse to set up another branch? After a few days, he finally gained some clarity. Ming Yun Private Kitchen was popular for two reasons. On one hand, it was because the chefs and ingredients were the best in the world, and the food tasted outstanding. On the other hand, it was because the restaurants environment was unique. People were not allowed to take photos, everyone had to queue for seats, and high-end people were pursuing it endlessly. All of those factors contributed to the customers desire to visit the restaurant. In other words, it was precious because it was so rare. For example, some brands never sold limited edition products. Instead, they sold their products freely, which in turn resulted in their products being worthless. Ming Yun Private Kitchens chefs had been poached from all over the world. Each one of them had unique skills. If they set up another branch, how could they ensure that all the food would taste the same? If there was a difference in taste, customers demand for the food would be affected. Wouldnt that be damaging the nameless restaurants golden signboard then? So what if they could earn more money by setting up another branch? Would Boss Pei care for that much money? Obviously, the restaurants name was more important. After figuring this out, Lin Canrong quashed the idea of setting up another branch. Instead, he acceded to Boss Peis request and started thinking about how to spend the money that he had earned to improve Ming Yun Private Kitchen. At the moment, he had a few fuzzy ideas, but he had not made a decision yet. As Lin Canrong thought about it, he started to drive. As he was leaving from the north-west gate, he noticed a shop on the first floor with its lights still on. People were still working inside. A moving van was parked on the road by the entrance, and people were moving all sorts of gym equipment onto it. Ever since Ming Yun Private Kitchen became famous, the land in Ming Yun Villas became extremely expensive. People kept referring to the place as Jingzhous new commercial district, and many even started investing in the area. More and more shops appeared as time went by. However, not every shop did well. Based on Lin Canrongs memory, this shopwhich was still litwas a high-end gym. It originally targeted the high-end crowd in Ming Yun Villas. He had thought that it would prosper and be filled every day. However, as time went by, its situation deteriorated, and it had not improved even though employees distributed flyers every single day. Did this mean that the gym could not survive any longer? Lin Canrong parked his car by the road, intending to take a look. After all, they were neighbors and were acquainted with one another. It would be good to offer some comfort. He saw the branch manager of the gym, smoking a cigarette by the side as he instructed his employees to move the fitness equipment. However, there wasnt a hint of sadness on his face as one would expect since his gym was closing down. The branch manager saw Lin Canrong walking over, and so he waved to greet him. Hey, Branch Manager Lin. Have you just knocked off? Lin Canrong nodded. Yes, I have. Are you quitting? The branch manager of the gym burst into laughter. I am! Someones taking over! This huge mess is finally out of my hands! Chapter 509 - Boss Pei’s New Neighbor The branch manager of the gym handed a cigarette to Lin Canrong who waved his hand to reject him. Who took it over? Lin Canrong asked curiously. He only needed to conduct some brief research to discover that the shop had already been opened for a couple of months. There were many high-end people here, and this was a commercial district with high traffic. Logically, the gym should have been doing very well. Yet, it just was not generating any profits! Who would be so hard-headed as to take over this place? The branch manager inhaled deeply and shot Lin Canrong a strange look. Huh? Branch Manager Lin, dont you know? It was Tengda! Tengda took over it! Lin Canrong could not help but feel stunned. Boss Pei took over the gym? That sounded logical. Boss Pei had indeed started on a project called Deposit Fitness or something. It was said that that gym was near the companys headquarters as well. Was he opening another branch now? It must have been doing quite well, then! Lin Canrong had been feeling sorry for the buyer because he had thought that this would be a waste of money. He had even guessed that history would repeat itself, and the new shop would close down in a few months as well. However, after hearing that Boss Pei was the buyer, Lin Canrong immediately perked up. Boss Pei must have a way of turning the losses here into profits! He had singlehandedly developed this entire commercial district. How could he be stumped by a mere gym? It was impossible! He could just sit back and watch what Boss Pei would do from now on. The branch manager of the gym exhaled a cloud of smoke and grinned as he said, Branch Manager Lin, you have no idea how happy I was when I heard the news. Just a while ago, I heard that something has shaken the gym industry in Jingzhou. People were saying that Tengda had entered! At the time, everyone became extremely nervous. Who doesnt know about Tengda? Its so wealthy and brave. If Tengda started a price war, none of the little gyms would have been able to stand it. What I didnt expect was that Tengda would show no intention of competing with us. It set up its first gym and maintained an extremely low profile. If I had not gone down to see for myself, I would never have thought that it would be so deserted. In fact, it was much more deserted than I had imagined! After some time, everything remained peaceful, and everyone gradually relaxed. However, just two days ago, Tengda suddenly began to take over many gyms around the city. Whats more, its taking over well-renovated gyms. As long as the gyms are well-renovated, their results would not matter! You have no idea how many gyms were on the verge of closing down. We were all waiting for someone to take over. Every one of us was waiting expectantly. We were just stopping short of renovating the gyms to tempt Tengda to take over them! Of course, no one would really do that. What if Tengda still refused to take over the gyms once renovations were completed? The owners would have incurred huge losses, wouldnt they? Thus, I waited eagerly for Tengdas employees to approach me, and thats exactly what they did today! Your company is indeed rich-they offered such a high price. Once I confirmed that the price was worth it, I agreed to sell my gym immediately. Were moving throughout tonight. I guess that Deposit Fitness signboard would be up in two days. The branch manager of the original gym looked so happy that one would think he had just escaped a calamity. Lin Canrong could not help but feel intrigued. If another gym had taken over this place, Lin Canrong would have sat back and waited for it to close down. However, the fact that Boss Pei had taken over the gym showed that there was another plan taking place on a deeper level! Furthermore, why was Boss Pei opening a branch near Ming Yun Villas? Was it so that the gym could collaborate with Ming Yun Private Kitchen in the future? Lin Canrong asked, Can you tell me briefly what you all think about Tengdas Deposit Fitness? May 5th, Thursday Pei Qian sat in the car, on his way to Sloth Apartments. He was feeling slightly excited. After being busy with work for a month, he could finally move in! The apartment had been exquisitely renovated. As a designer, Liang Qingfan had been mainly in charge of soft renovations for the house, including the furniture, electrical appliances, smart facilities, and the like. Thus, he could finish his tasks within a short period. Whats more, Pei Qian had already made his requests clear. The houses were to have a four bare walls style. Thus, there was little left for Liang Qingfan to do. Pei Qian planned to take a look at the house today. If he was satisfied, he would move in at once. Moving to a new residence was still exciting! He alighted from the car in the basement parking lot and then took the elevator up to the penthouse of the building, together with Little Sun. Liang Qingfan was already in the house, waiting for them. The living room was being hidden behind the entrance door. Pei Qian quickly pushed it open and entered His first thoughts upon entering were that the house was spacious and bright! The light was extremely bright, bathing the fan-shaped living room in the warmth of the sunlight. Pei Qian could not help but feel like a sloth. Pei Qians first impression of the space was that it looked exactly the same as the rendering that he had seen earlier. The house was extremely vast, empty, and bright. The sun shone through the windows and into the house, reflecting off the clean and clear ground and reflecting the few pieces of furniture inside. The dark-colored couch looked like it was floating above a clear lake but also like it was hovering gracefully above a cloud. On the wall that the sofa was facing was a big television. Pei Qian could not see any wires or plugs. Instead, the black screen looked just like a window that showed Pei Qian a whole other world. Pei Qian remembered that he had asked for a game machine and game discs. However, he did not see any of those items by the television. Pei Qian guessed that they had been well-hidden inside the simple and short television cabinet sitting under the television. Apart from that, there were other pieces of furniture like a table and chairs. They looked simple as well, but one could tell with one glance that they were top-quality. The entire space fit Pei Qians requirements perfectly. It was so minimalistic that one could say there were only four bare walls. Some might even think that this house had just been robbed empty. Of course, from an artistic point of view, a photograph of the living room would leave a lasting impression on anyone, no matter which angle it was taken from. The elite space was accompanied by elite waste. It was obvious that Liang Qingfan was a designer who treasured being elite. Apart from the short television cabinet under the television, there was no other storage space in the living room. There wasnt a single cabinet other than that. The huge space and the absence of trash lying around made Pei Qian feel extremely comfortable. Liang Qingfan stood at the arc of the living room, looking out at the scenery. When he heard the doorbell ring, he turned around. Boss Pei, are you happy with the style of this house? Pei Qian nodded. Im very happy! He could not help but praise Designer Liang for being ruthless. Pei Qian had instructed him to make the four walls bare and to save on as much furniture as they could. However, he had not expected Liang Qingfan to get rid of functional pieces of furniture like cabinets, tables-dining tables and chairs as well. Even if Liang Qingfan had wanted to cut back on the cabinets, Pei Qian would have expected him to place one or two small ones in the living room at least. Yet, Liang Qingfan had resolutely decided against them! Pei Qian was very happy with this. It was not easy to find such an obedient designer these days. Ive included hard rules prohibiting people from buying their own furniture or changing the layout of the house. Ill wait and see who would still be interested in renting these apartments now! Pei Qian could not help but rejoice inwardly. He felt like he was halfway to success with Sloth Apartments. Liang Qingfan said, Boss Pei, allow me to show you where all the money has gone. To achieve this level of minimalism, I had to cut out a lot of daily necessities. For instance, there is not enough storage space here to meet anyones daily needs. However, since Boss Pei said it wouldnt matter, I did away with it anyway. However, theres something that we cannot do away with-curtains. To give this apartment shade and privacy, curtains are a must. However, against the backdrop of such extreme minimalism, even the simplest curtains would look out of place and eye-catching. Thus, I changed all the glass on the windows to smart light-adjusting glass. Not only does it have all the special characteristics of safety glass, but it also is safe for the environment, has relatively high transmission, and has daylight functions. The purple and red wavelengths can be separated so that the negative effects of sunlight are dealt with. All in all, the rate of transmission of the glass can be greatly varied, along with the intensity of the light in the house, so that the room can feel warm and comforting. That would suit the minimalistic style of the apartment. On top of thatto push the minimalism of the apartment to its maximum, I have hidden all the power sockets. All the light switches have also been made into transparent glass on the smart boards. Those smart boards have been hidden in various corners of the room. While theyre inactive, they look just like a mirror. However, once you activate them, they become touch screens that allow you to control all the lights in the house. Of course, you could also use your phone to achieve the same effect. The other furniture and electrical appliances, including the toilet, were bought from first-tier local brands. They were carefully selected to strike the perfect balance between functionality and art. Next, let me introduce you to this television. Its the latest 85-inch 4K television manufactured overseas. Its sold for 240 thousand yuan, and it comes with the latest entertainment system. That would guarantee the best gaming experience for you. The game machine has been hidden in the television cabinet. Once you pick up the controller, you will enter an exciting and brilliant gaming world! Liang Qingfan cleared his throat. Of course, at first, I thought that buying such a huge television would not be practical. However, your budget was too high, Boss Pei Pei Qian could not help but stick out his thumb. Very good. Im very happy with this television! Although all the items in the house had poor quality-price ratio, Liang Qingfan had undoubtedly fulfilled all of Pei Qians requests perfectly. Take the television, for example. Although it would only cost twenty thousand yuan in ten years, it was still an extremely rare appliance right now. Only tens of sets existed in the local market at the moment. Pei Qian had left Liang Qingfan with a very high budget. At the same time, he had insisted on keeping the house looking like four bare walls. Liang Qingfan had been told to cut down on the furniture as much as possible. Thus, all the furniture and electrical appliances in the house had been bought to meet the budget. Pei Qian liked the apartment a lot. That was because he only needed it for two things: sleep and play. Whats more, he would be living there on his own. The extreme minimalism would not cause inconvenience in his life. Instead, it was precisely the minimalism that made the place look so pleasing to his eyes However, he could not say the same for potential tenants. Compared to other houses, this house would do poorly to accommodate two or more people. There was no storage space; people wouldnt be allowed to purchase their own furniture or change the layout; and they could only opt for the entire tenancy. e 0 The apartment was more suited for one group of people: people who lived alone, would not care about having to pay nine thousand yuan for rent each month, and intended to stay there in the long-term. In other words, the place was meant to be treated solely like a work of art to be appreciated. Such people would be true ballers. Perhaps they would already have another house or would already be living in villas. Why would they need to rent this place? Even if one or two ballers were retarded enough to rent an apartment here, they would be the minority for sure. Liang Qingfan said, Boss Pei, please see if theres anything that youre not satisfied with so that we can fix it soon. Pei Qian raised his hand. Im very happy. Theres no need to fix anything! Youve turned my dreams into reality perfectly. This is exactly what I wanted! Designer Liang, I really appreciate your designing skills. I wonder if youre interested in working for Tengda. Chapter 510 - Fish-Catching Take-Out’s Shop Number One Liang Qingfan was stunned. A moment later, he said, Boss Pei, this is a bit sudden. I need to consider it properly Pei Qian smiled and nodded. Of course. He turned to look at his driver, Little Sun. Make some time to bring Mr. Liang around Jingzhou to play over the next few days. Allow him to have a good appreciation of Jingzhous culture and people. Over the weekend, bring Mr. Liang to Ming Yun Private Kitchen for a meal. Host him well for me. Little Sun quickly answered, Alright, Boss Pei. Pei Qian turned to Liang Qingfan. Mr. Liang, please get some rest. Travel around Jingzhou and collect some inspiration. All of your expenses during this period will be borne by Tengda. I want to open more Sloth Apartments at the end of the money. Then, I would have to trouble you once more. Liang Qingfan looked overwhelmed by Boss Peis favor. No problem, Boss Pei! Being appreciated like that made Liang Qingfan feel like he had met someone who could truly treasure his talents. As a young designer, what did he need most? A stage! Opportunities! Gaoling Construction and Design Co., Ltd was a first-tier design company in the country which was being led by a giant in the industry, Zhou Nanling. He would have many chances to take part in large-scale projects. However, as a young designer under thirty years old, he had very slim chances of being put in charge of large-scale projects himself. To designers, good projects were opportunities, chances at fame, and a stage to prove oneself. Without good projects, what use would all of ones talent be? How would talent be developed? Who would know about them? It was just as well that there were opportunities where Boss Pei was. There were many, many opportunities! Whats more, Liang Qingfan could sense that Boss Peis mindset was quite similar to his own on a certain level. For example, Boss Pei was one who chased being elite. As an architect, Liang Qingfan was familiar with a lot of styles. He was adept at creating custom-made designs that suited each property owners requirements. However, the problem was that, as he absorbed everybodys requests, Liang Qingfan thought deeply about the artistic aspect as well. Yet, not many people could understand that artistic aspect. The fact that Boss Pei was so happy with his designsso much so that he had even tried poaching Liang Qingfan-proved that Boss Pei had a similar view and understanding of art as he did. Both of us want to chase being elite! It was for that exact reason that Liang Qingfan almost spat out I will! However, it would look unrestrained of him to agree on the spot, and he might have come across as being rash. Thus, Liang Qingfan decided to symbolically ponder about it for a few days. At the same time, he would deal with a few matters in his current company before officially transferring to Tengda. Pei Qian walked around the room, feeling very happy with every corner. He wanted to recruit Liang Qingfan because of his ability to understand him. In fact, Liang Qingfan could understand Boss Pei much better than most of Tengdas employees. One of Pei Qians most important considerations in selecting his employees was the extent of their imagination. For instance, Lu Mingliang did not have much of an imagination. He was a good employee who did whatever Boss Pei asked of him. Men like him were becoming few and far between! Yet, Pei Qian had found a shadow of Lu Mingliang in this designer, Liang Qingfan. To achieve extreme minimalism, Liang Qingfan had willingly given up storage space which most would find absolutely necessary. To spend every cent of the budget, Liang Qingfan had spent over two hundred thousand yuan on a limited edition television set. All of those things showed that he had tried his best to fulfill Boss Peis requests without using too much of his own imagination. At the same time, he was not so famous as to attract peoples attention, and he had a certain level of skill that would guarantee whatever Boss Pei wanted would be done well. All in all, he was a perfect candidate! Three hours later, Pei Qian was done moving houses. He got rid of his original house, packed his clothes and shoes, and then moved them to the new house. The other things that he did not need were left in the rented apartment that he had at first. Simply put, he moved in with minimal baggage. Little Sun went back and forth, helping Pei Qian to move his few pieces of luggage to the new house. Soon, the packing was complete. Pei Qian had no plans to clutter the house with all sorts of random items. He would only do three things in this house: Sleep, game, and snack. Each day, he would wake up naturally, have a meal at Fish-Catching Internet Cafes Handong University branch, walk around at the office, and then go home to snack, drink, and play games. He would be living the dream. Of course, the building also needed a butler and two cleaners. The butler would be in charge of the manpower and random errands that Boss Pei would need to run. The cleaners would provide similar services as in hotels-cleaning, laundry, rubbish collection, and refilling of snacks and drinks in the refrigerator. Lastly, Pei Qian had to take care of the publicity problem. Normally, various real estate agents would frantically start making calls once rental apartments were advertised online. They would resort to all sorts of ways and means to bluff people into renting an apartment. On the surface, they would use all sorts of flowery language, claiming to want to help their customers. However, in reality, they would only be interested in monopolizing the market, preventing customers from renting an apartment directly or contacting the landlord, and thus earning the agent fees. Pei Qian had no plans to do any advertising for Sloth Apartments. Houses like that would be rented out to those who were fated to stay there. If one could not find it, they could blame it on their own fate. How could Pei Qian rent the apartments to such people? Of course, not advertising the apartments did not mean that Pei Qian would be completely safe. In the beginning, Pei Qian had avoided publicizing his own games as well. Still, people had found them in the end. For extra security, Pei Qian planned to observe the situation for a month. If the apartments remained hidden for the next month, it would mean that Pei Qian was using the right strategy. Then, he could be bold. He could buy more buildings, turn them into Sloth Apartments, and let his employees occupy a portion of the empty apartments! May 6th, Friday Fish-Catching Take-Outs first independent shop, which was also Fish-Catching Take-Outs Gourmet Laboratory, was officially open. Rui Yuchen stood at the entrance, watching the crowd go by and feeling only one thing: Im finally going to spread my wings! A month ago, Boss Pei personally instructed him not to let Fish-Catching Take-Out rely on Fish-Catching Internet Cafe anymore. Instead, he was to allow the business to be independent and expand it to various big cities. At the same time, he had been told to set up a Gourmet Laboratory and come up with an extensive menu. Rui Yuchen had immediately started preparations and planned to open twenty branches. Among those twenty branches, five would be in Jingzhouincluding Fish-Catching Take-Outs Shop Number Onewhich was the Gourmet Laboratory. Another five would be in other cities in Handong Province, such as Lincheng and Luzhou. The remaining ten would be in first-tier cities like Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen. It would be very problematic to set up branches in foreign cities because it was beyond their influence. If the branches were not being manned by anyone they trusted, there would be no point in setting them up. However, the good thing was that Fish-Catching Take-Out had gathered a group of loyal employees after being in operations for almost a year. Rui Yuchen had picked several new branch managers from the group of employees and offered additional benefits for the business trip. At once, many people jumped at the opportunity. After selecting the branch managers, Rui Yuchen got to work on the series of tasks involved in opening new branches. That included looking for spaces, designing the spaces, soft renovations, applying or licenses, hiring local employees, and the like. Every one of those steps was complicated. Since Fish-Catching Take-Outs Shop Number One was located in Jingzhou, every step felt familiar to Rui Yuchen. Thus, it only took him a month to complete. The progress in the other cities was obviously slower, but they should be completed in another month or so as well. A total investment of three million yuan or so had been poured into all twenty branches. The rent and manpower expenses would add up to another six or seven hundred thousand yuan per month. Rui Yuchen had already carefully considered the locations, renovations, entrance design, furniture, and equipment. To avoid embarrassing Tengda, he had stuck to the best quality for each of those items. Still, even then, the initial investment did not look like much. That was mainly because all the shops were relatively small. Boss Pei had emphasized before that, at the end of the day, Fish-Catching Take-Out was meant for take-out. Thus, the shops did not have to be huge. Five or six seats for diners to dine-in would be sufficient. Those twenty branches were only meant to test the waters at the beginning. Rui Yuchen had bigger hopes for the future. In any case, Boss Pei had already said that he could spend as much money as he wanted. What was there to fear? He could open new branches to his hearts content! Rui Yuchen had analyzed this before. Fish-Catching Take-Out had never generated profits, but Boss Pei had never once complained about it. Obviously, Boss Rui was not concerned about whether the business could generate profits or not; he had other intentions for the business. Yet, what were they? Everyones ultimate aim was to earn money, but some people looked further than others. Boss Pei must be intending to dominate the market for delivery. He would burn money now but earn money later! Why did he want to separate Fish-Catching Take-Out and Fish-Catching Internet Cafe this time? It was precisely because Fish-Catching Internet Cafe was severely impeding Fish-Catching Take-Outs expansion. Thus, Rui Yuchen thought that twenty branches were not enough. He had to open even more. Those twenty branches were meant as a test to see how popular Fish-Catching Take-Out would be in other cities. From there, Rui Yuchen would decide how much he would invest and where he should focus on the next time. Of course, the observation period might be quite long. Rui Yuchen could not afford to rush things. At the same time, he kept in mind Boss Peis requests for the Gourmet Laboratory. Boss Pei had not given clear instructions on what the Gourmet Laboratory was meant to do yet. However, he had said that it would be used to research new flavors and new dishes. It would also provide custom-made fitness meals for Deposit Fitness. One could tell from its name that the laboratory would be isolated from the rest of the world. Yet, after some consideration, Rui Yuchen felt that would be inappropriate. Ordinary laboratories had to be cut off from the rest of the world because they researched dangerous items or secret projects. However, the Gourmet Laboratory would be researching food items. If it was cut off from the rest of the world and located far away from customers, how would they test the food after conducting research? Thus, Rui Yuchen decided to turn Fish-Catching Take-Outs Shop Number One into the Gourmet Laboratory. They could forget about generating profits with this branch. It would purely be used to test the latest delicacies and collect feedback from customers. Of course, there was a nutritionist and chef designated here. Each time a new dish was created, the number of calories and nutritional content would be scientifically-tested. Things could be done in reverse as well. The number of calories and nutritional content could be set first before the dishes were designed Now, a new dish had just been placed in front of Rui Yuchen. This was the first product by the Gourmet Laboratory, and it was made exclusively for Deposit Fitness as the second version of fitness meals. Before this, Deposit Fitness fitness meals had been prepared by Fish-Catching Take-Out as well. However, those fitness meals were not much different from the fitness meals on the market. They were made up of ingredients like greens, brown rice, and chicken breast. They were nutritious and healthy, but not delicious. Thus, the Gourmet Laboratorys research into the fitness meals 2.0 was aimed at solving that biggest problem: the fact that they were not delicious. Chapter 511 - The Very First Secret Service Conference Rui Yuchen took a pair of chopsticks in hand and picked up a piece of pan-fried sole fish from Fitness meal 2.0 and put it into his mouth. He then ate small pieces of dragon fruit, eggs, cherry tomatoes, corn kernels, purple sweet potatoes, shrimps, kelp shreds, and the like. He found new surprises with every flip of his chopsticks. Moreover, Rui Yuchen discovered that these ingredients were not simply cut after putting it into his mouth. They had undergone some form of cooking. For example, the healthiest way to eat shrimps would be to boil them with a small amount of salt or use a small amount of oil to stir-fry. However, these shrimps were obviously pickled and had a special fragrance. Similarly, eggs were not simply boiled. They had a hint of tea fragrance, but they are not as heavily fragrant as ordinary tea eggs. Street vendors who sold tea eggs often used tea leaves that had been used many times and added a lot of soy sauce which was very unhealthy. However, Gourmet Laboratory obviously took this point into consideration. They only slightly let the taste enter and did not cook them for a long time. The ingredients were made into a salad after all they were processed. It was indeed a great improvement in taste compared to Fitness meal 1.0. Rui Yuchens plate bottomed out in no time. The waiter asked cautiously, Boss Rui, does it taste good? Rui Yuchen nodded. Still alright. The waiter asked again. Then can we promote Fitness Meal 2.0 to the various stores? Promoting a dish meant that the chefs in all stores had to master the method and make similar dishes. On the one hand, it was necessary to control the quantity and cooking time of various ingredients very accurately. On the other hand, it would also require repeated practice by the chef himself. Therefore, it would take some time before it could be officially introduced to various gyms as fitness meal 2.0 after being promoted to various stores. Rui Yuchen put down his chopsticks. No. The waiter was stunned since he saw Rui Yuchen had eaten the entire fitness meal in front of him. He obviously felt that the fitness meal was delicious. Why wouldnt it be promoted to stores now that the requirement of good fitness meals had been met? Rui Yuchen didnt explain much. He just said: This dish can be considered to be added to the staple meals. As for how to do fitness meal 2.0 I have to think again. Rui Yuchen left, leaving the waiter to clean up with a blank face. Rui Yuchen walked aimlessly on the streets, passing by restaurants after leaving Fish-Catching Take-Out Number one store. Rui Yuchen was half-full but was still tempted, smelling the fragrance wafting from the restaurants. The fitness meal is indeed delicious but I still feel that it was not enough. Its not bad to have an occasional meal, but it seems like no one would be able to accept it if they were to eat it every day. Why was that? Its not because its not tasty, but because of salad doesnt meet the eating habits of the Chinese people, and it doesnt seem to be a necessity. What are the Chinese people used to eating? First, it must be hot, and the salads are usually cold, which will make people feel that it is not a serious meal. Second, it must be fully flavored; the weak taste will cause instinctive resistance and rejection. Finally, there must be more meat. Normal healthy salads would not make the cut. Therefore, in fact, 99% of people will give up even though they are clamoring to lose weight, to be healthy, and expect to eat healthy meals every day to lose weight. Even if they eat delicious and healthy meals, they cant keep going Thats because it is completely contradicting our dietary instincts. Hm this problem is serious, very serious! It may even affect Boss Peis overall plan! Rui Yuchen suddenly became alert. He had already guessed in the early days when Boss Pei tried to vigorously branch out Fish-Catching Take-Out that it must be to appeal to the consumers to live a healthy lifestyle through diet. Tengda could also use this opportunity to make arrangements in advance to lay a solid foundation for the future development of various other industries. It was precisely because of this that Rui Yuchen could boldly open branches and ask for money from Boss Pei. That was because he knew that Boss Pei would support such a method. Boss Pei got Fish-Catching Take-Out to provide fitness meals that were bundled with the Deposit Fitness. It was obviously to achieve better fitness effects. Rui Yuchen originally felt that the problem with the Fitness meal was very easy to resolve. Wouldnt it be enough to increase its deliciousness? However, he suddenly realized today that it was not enough to just improve on its taste! If he did not think about how local Chinese would not be able to accept taking salad and promote Fitness meal 2.0 to the gym. It might cause dire consequences. Such a fitness meal would not only not be of any help to the gym but would also cause clients to leave! Such a fitness meal might be healthy, but it was contradictory to the eating habits of most people. Only very few could be determined to stick to it. If it was not bundled with the gym, then at the very most, they could eat something else without affecting the gym. However, Deposit Fitness and the fitness meals were bundled together directly. One would have no choice even if one did not want to eat it. That would cause many customers to leave. As far as Rui Yuchen knew, some of their customers had indeed asked for refunds so far. He did not know just how many of them were due to the fitness meal though. That meant to say that if Rui Yuchen did not notice this point and allowed the promotion of the fitness meal, the Deposit Fitness might not be able to make a profit. Boss Peis plan might be seriously implicated! Of course, that could not be blamed on Boss Pei. Boss Pei had always been busy at work; how could he dictate how the fitness meal should look like? Rui Yuchen felt that solving this problem should be within his own scope of works. How lucky, I nearly caused huge trouble with this near miss! Wouldnt I become the culprit if Deposit Fitness were to fail because of the fitness meal? That would completely disappoint Boss Peis expectations in me! Rui Yuchen hurriedly walked towards his office, ready to spend a few days to fully correct the mistake with the healthy meals! May 7th, Saturday The soft sound of waves rang in Pei Qians ears, awakening him. This was part of the smart home designed by Liang Qingfan. Compared with a traditional alarm, the sound was much softer and gentle on the ears. Pei Qian wanted to continue sleeping but suddenly remembered that it was the first conference with the Manage Loss Trainees. He could only fumble around and pat the transparent control panel beside the bed. The floor-to-ceiling windows became transparent, light entered softly, spilling over the entire room. Pei Qian turned over and sat up. He yawned and glanced at the bedside mirror that could be used as a control panel. He found a dark circle below his eyes. Pei Qian was very satisfied with his new residence after moving in for two days. He had no qualms at all. His dark circles were not due to uncomfortable living and lack of rest, but because of playing games till late yesterday. He could not help it; the large television was simply too alluring. Shenhua View, conference room on the 16th floor Pei Qians gaze swept across Tang Yishu and the other 17 Manage Loss Trainees. He suddenly felt an inexplicable sense of comfort as though he was sneaking around doing something bad trying not to be caught. It felt like the thrill he felt when he sneaked to the internet cafe during high school. Could my employees feel the same way when they were secretly working overtime? Pei Qian could not help but link that thinking in his mind. En very likely! Why would they be so hyped about working overtime then? The Manage Loss Trainees, on the other hand, felt that Boss Pei must have been working extremely hard recently when they saw the dark circles beneath his eyes. Pei Qian glanced at Tang Yishu, and Tang Yishu got the message immediately. Start reporting. The 17 Manage Loss Trainees had been inserted into the different departments of Tengda Corporation and began reporting in the order of their seats. Of course, they picked their seats randomly. All of them had to report anyway so there was no difference who went first. listened silently, Pei Qian-on the other hand ready to ask questions. Pei Qian raised his hand to stop the trainee from the fifth department which was from Deposit Fitness. Have the four departments you are in established large-scale spending plans like increasing salaries, optimizing benefit structure, improving office environment, business expansion, and upgrading? Pei Qian looked at the four Manage Loss Trainees who were done with their reporting. All four Manage Loss Trainees nodded. A few other Manage Loss Trainees started speaking, too. Senior, the same with our department. Dream Realization Ventures, too. Zhongdian Chinese Network has something similar planned as well. Pei Qian was shocked. He did not feel anything out of the ordinary when the first Manage Loss Trainees started reporting. There was nothing to be alarmed about by spending some money. However, so many departments were actually making plans to spend money at the same time? This was very strange. Pei Qian scanned the entire place and found that the only one without such a plan was Upwind Logistics which Lu Mingliang was responsible for. What was the reason? Have they all consulted each other? Upwind Logistics Pei Qians eyes brightened as he thought about it. Yes, the Tengda Cornerstone Award! Upwind Logistics won the Tengda Cornerstone Award previously, which made the rest of the departments eager to win the same! Obviously, the other departments were jealous! Did they finally understand the meaning of the sixteen words on the trophy I awarded to Upwind Logistics? Did they finally realize that I was actually encouraging them to spend money? Why would all of them spend money at the same time otherwise? Moreover, there was content supplementing the salary structure, raising wages, and optimizing the working environment in these spending plans. That shows that they had finally got the hang of it! They must have been feeling imbalanced and were now pissed off! Great! It was great for these departments to begin losing more money! They should be encouraged! Pei Qian noted this down happily, planning to introduce a new policy when he goes back to work on Monday, to help them burn money faster and reduce the burden on him. Pei Qian did not show much expression after he recorded it down. He only signaled the Manage Loss Trainee in Deposit Fitness to continue. Pei Qian had met him before and knew that he was working as a planner in the Deposit Fitness Flagship store. He held the data of the entire gym. Senior, Deposit Fitness is still in a state of operating loss. Moreover, four more students asked for refunds this week. Pei Qian could not help but be delighted. Good news! I knew Deposit Fitness would not let me down! Continue working hard and dissuade all the students! The Manage Loss Trainees continued reporting. Also, Personal trainer Yaling brought another 16 students last week. Pei Qian kept silent with question marks above his head. 16? Again? How many had she brought in total? This person was really problematic! Pei Qian increased his alertness but felt happy at the same time. He would have been kept in the dark until things happened previously. It was totally different now; Boss Pei had a Secret Service team! None of your actions could escape my eyes! Pei Qians eyes became sharp. Something had to be done about this tumor! Chapter 512 - Traveler Bao Xu Pei Qian recorded the fact that Yaling was pulling customers to Deposit Fitness silently. He would do something about her next week. A dozen clients would be far from enough to affect the loss situation of the Deposit Fitness, but one can never be too careful. Boss Pei was a cautious person. Yaling had proven to be popular. Anyway, these people probably came out of curiosity. They could be bewitched by her face, or a very small portion of people might want her body. No matter what, she was liked by customers. If that was the case, then she should not be in the flagship store. It was Fish-Catching Take-Outs turn after two other Manage Loss Trainees were done with their reporting The Manage Loss Trainee of Fish-Catching Take-Out was the waiter in the first store. That meant that he could know about the profit and loss situation of Fish-Catching Take-Out and also the latest products of Gourmet Laboratory. Senior, the Fish-Catching Take-Out has been expanding rapidly recently. They have planned for twenty stores which would be officially open soon, covering many cities across the country. Boss Rui seemed to be planning for a large quantity of stores after a certain period of observation as well. Other than that, he had also invested a large amount of capital into the development of the Gourmet Laboratory. The first result of Gourmet Laboratory is the Fitness meal 2.0, but it did not satisfy Boss Rui so that progress had been halted and is currently awaiting Boss Ruis commands. Pei Qians eyes lit up. Yes, all of them were good news! The opening of stores in large quantities was instructed by Pei Qian, but for it was rather unexpected that Rui Yuchen was able to understand his intent to this extent. Rui Yuchen did much better than Lu Mingliang on this note. Lu Mingliang was a little too obedient. He only dared to branch out more Upwind Courier stations when Boss Pei dictated him to; otherwise, he did not dare to do so. The entire department was still in huge losses after all. However, Boss Pei obviously hoped that these loss-making departments could exert more subjective initiative and carry the heavy task of burning money. He did not want to always enforce things with a whip. Rui Yuchen frantically began to prepare for a new store and spend a lot of money on the Gourmet Laboratory and research and development after receiving Boss Peis orders. It felt as though he was not distressed about spending other peoples money! That was a great sign, worthy to be praised. Boss Pei needed talents like him who were daring to spend money! It seemed like Gourmet Laboratorys progress was very slow since there had been no results so far for Fitness meal 2.0. He probably did not need to worry about it for the time being. All the Manage Loss Trainees completed their reports in no time. Tang Yishu listened carefully and created minute meetings. All these contents were kept on her. Pei Qians consideration was that some problems might have appeared, but he might not have judged it accurately because of his negligence or because he might have insufficient information. After a while, it might be necessary to review the contents of this meeting again. A successful project would certainly not emerge out of thin air. Look through these reports and find out how it performed when it first showed signs so that it could at least provide a reference for the future. Pei Qian coughed slightly. Not bad, everyone did well. Im very satisfied. Please keep it up. Finally, Ill emphasize two points. First, remember that you should never mix any personal opinions in your reporting and make sure that the information you gave is objective enough; otherwise, it might affect my judgment. Secondly, if you encounter something that you felt is very important to report to me, you can submit it to Little Tang without waiting for the next meeting. She will report it to me. Pei Qian emphasized these two points so that the effect of the Secret Service would not differ too much. These Manage Loss Trainees might be loyal to him, but strictly speaking, the rest of Boss Peis employees were also very loyal to him. Loyalty did not mean he would not be stabbed in the back. Ie These people were from poor backgrounds and had accepted help from Pei Qian. They treasured this opportunity. If they were allowed to exert their own initiatives, they would definitely report more worries and less good news as time went by. These Manage Loss Trainees thought that they were looking out for signs of things that might cause losses after all. Who would have thought that Boss Pei was actually asking everyone to look out for the signs that might cause profits? Therefore, the reports by them had to remain objective. Otherwise, Boss Pei would still continue to be blind. In addition, Pei Qian emphasized that they could report any suspicious things at any time, also to prevent unexpected situations during the time in between meetings like this. It was not realistic to have weekly meetings. On the one hand, there was not too much content to report. On the other hand, Pei Qian himself had to rest during weekends. Boss Pei should not promulgate no overtime and yet work overtime himself every Saturday. Wouldnt that be ridiculous? These Manage Loss Trainees could report at any time, which meant that Boss Pei could still enjoy his weekends and yet not lose his sight of the departments. May 8th, Sunday Pei Qian put down the controller and collapsed on the sofa extremely comfortably in the afterglow of the sunset. He had to say that this huge TV was too sensual. He could not stop playing once he started. He turned off the game and opened a variety show at random. He then took out some fresh fruits from the refrigerator and ate them while watching TV. The call for new GOG heroes seemed to have gone on for nearly a week. It seemed like a new hero design manuscript would be selected today. Which player would be so lucky to be selected? Pei Qian opened his cell phone and jumped to the mobile terminal of the official website through the GOG login interface. He then entered the forum where calls for heroes were ongoing He found the post soliciting for heroes in the top area of the website. Special Contributors Area Player Contribution: Traveler Bao Xu (Adopted]! Pei Qian clicked into it immediately. The body of the post read. This character design was inspired by the characteristics of outstanding employees in the special contribution area. Hero name: Traveler Bao Xu. The character background was a traveler from the East. Its appearance is similar to Ma Chao in Ghost General and is a centaur with oriental characteristics. Positioning: Warrior. What interested me, in particular, is that, as a determined otaku, Bao Xu had repeatedly received paid vacations because of his excellence in performance. He had to leave his footprints all over the world. His reluctance and forced travels left a huge impression on me. Passive skills: A traveler forced by circumstances. Bao Xus blue bar is a rage bar; the difference is that neither attacking nor being attacked would increase the rage bar. When Bao Xu stood still, he would obtain an energetic effect. When moving, his rage bar would begin to increase and continue after a while before it became full, and then the hero would enter a rage state. Energetic effect: In reality, Bao Xu can play games for several consecutive nights. It can be seen that his energy is very strong when he is still. The traveler Bao Xu in the game can obtain a certain reduction in the percentage of damage when he stands still. He would gain a certain health regeneration bonus while standing still. The lower the health bar, the higher these two values would be. At the same time, the rage bar would be cleared immediately. Rage state: All of Bao Xus stats would be enhanced in this state, but it would be cleared immediately after using the skills or stopping movements. They would then re-accumulate while moving First Skill: Rush. Traveler Bao Xus core output skill. In a non-rage state, this skill will perform a short rush displacement and immediately maximize the rage value. In the rage state, this skill will gain a further advance effect, causing additional damage, and force a small displacement to the enemy. The enemy who shows weakness or the enemy with his back towards him will suffer more damage. Second skill: Situation Judgment. Traveler Bao Xu would use momentary in-depth thinking and situational judgment to interpret the enemy thinking until he comes up with a way to turn the situation around. He would be able to greatly increase the recovery value of the energetic effect in a non-rage state. In a rage state, this skill would show an enemys weakness in the surrounding area. Third Skill: Stealth. To avoid the suffering of traveling, Bao Xu could only make himself less noticeable. It can only be used in a non-rage state. He would become translucent and would be difficult to find. However, he will suffer area damage. At the same time, he would be able to move while maintaining the energetic effect and accumulate rage points. When attacking or being attacked, he would leave the rage state, and the stealth effect would disappear. His energetic effect would disappear, but his rage value would remain. Ultimate Skill: War Expert Bao Xu in real life is an expert at games. Traveler Bao Xu is a war expert. Activate ult in a non-rage state, and the energetic effect would be improved. The effect can be superimposed with the second skill and the rage state. Rage value recovery speed will be greatly increased during the ult activation. The surrounding enemies will periodically refresh weaknesses randomly, and Bao Xus damage will be significantly increased. Pei Qian could not help but sigh after reading the introduction of this hero. How befitting Wasnt this the burden Bao Xu who always wanted to escape from holidays and give him a stab in the back immediately after his trip? He felt offended. However, Pei Qians thoughts changed since this hero seemed to be controlled by Modest. It needs to refresh its weaknesses or attack from the back to maximize its damage, and Modest was immune to injury when it suffered an attack from the back while also releasing damage skills. In addition, Traveler Bao Xu needed to keep moving since he would still be affected by area damage in stealth mode. Modest had limited movement skills and area damage skills. Pei Qian could not help but feel a little delighted when he thought about that. Bao Xu, eh Bao Xu, you aint my opponent no matter in real life or in-game! He had to say that the players had brilliant thinking. They actually designed Tengdas employees as heroes! Pei Qian flipped through a few sections and found that many people had sent their designs; some of them were excellent. There might be no corresponding design for Traveler Bao Xu, but Min Jingchao chose it as the next hero because of its skills and mechanism. This post quickly became popular after being selected officially. It became a huge place for discussions. Fu*k, this hero looks so fun! Its mechanics are so special! Thinking out loud about the gameplay. Should we keep still and receive damage or sneak up behind the enemy and give them a stab behind their back? Impressive Big boss, 5% of skin profits! Hurry, make this hero! I cannot wait to play it! Chapter 513 - It was the Right Decision to Move the Workspace to Jingzhou! Pei Qian browsed the posts and could not help but fall into deep thought. The players are amazing Even a porter might not be able to defeat those players. Pei Qian could remember many heroes, but the heroes in each MOBA game were closely related to the characteristics of the game itself. Take DOTA, LOL, and Heroes of the Storm for example. Each one of their heroes had characteristics that would clash with other games mechanisms. After being revised again and again, GOG was now vastly different from a lot of MOBA games that Pei Qian remembered. It would not be appropriate to move other games heroes over to this one. Whats more, Pei Qian only remembered the heroes names, designs, and their general skills. On the other hand, the gamers were providing proposals that were outstanding in their own ways. Some contributed beautiful concept art, which was enough to win on appearance alone. Some designed heroes based on Tengdas employees or existing character IPs and thus made them more popular as characters in the game. There were also skills and mechanisms designs, which were comparable to the heroes that Pei Qian had moved over from other games. After some thought, Pei Qian decided to just move one hero over. The gamers were so enthusiastic and lively, and they must have spent a huge amount of time creating those heroes. Although 99% of those proposals would not be accepted, they were still enjoying their work. Since GOG had already become crowd-sourced, the designs of the in-game content should be left to the gamers. It would be best if the game did not turn into a second LOL, or it would be meaningless. If Pei Qian moved more than ten LOL heroes into GOG, there could only be two outcomes. Firstly, Pei Qian could win all the rewards and leave nothing for the gamers. Then, he would be letting the enthusiastic and supportive gamers down. Although Pei Qian found the gamers annoying for throwing their money at him constantly, he still could not bear to see their efforts go to waste. Secondly, Pei Qian could lose to the other gamers even after moving so many heroes over. That was because they could be lacking in concept art, or their skills might not match the games mechanisms. That would be awkward, and Pei Qian would feel sorry for the heroes original designers. After much thought, Pei Qian concluded that his life was now free of worry. Whats more, he could earn hundreds of thousands of yuan by causing the company to incur losses. That was definitely much better than most gamers. He could afford to eat; there was no reason for him to be ugly and swallow the five percent share of profits from the sale of all skins. Whats more, the competition between GOG and IOI might be affected by that move. If he was not cautious, Lin Wan would not return home; he would be caught in an uncomfortable situation. Thus, Pei Qian decided to stick to his original plan and move only one hero. As for who he should move Of course, he would move Yasuo! The five percent share of profits from the sale of all skins was not important to Pei Qian. His only intention was to allow gamers to feel pure joy. Pei Qian was very familiar with Yasuos skills. In fact, he had memorized them like the back of his hand. Still, after writing two sentences, Pei Qian pondered for a moment and then deleted everything. Yasuos Ronin image was too popular. What if GOG defeated IOI the moment the hero was released? Would Lin Wan still be able to go home? After much consideration, Pei Qian decided that the five percent share of profits could not add up to much at the beginning. That was because GOGs skins were cheap to begin with. Whats more, the first few skins were going at a 90% and 70% discount respectively. Before GOG dominated the market, there wouldnt be too many players either. Thus, the five percent would not add up too much. However, a good hero would significantly improve GOGs image in the initial period after its release. It could easily cause real damage to IOI. Thus, after some thought, Pei Qian decided to be extremely stingy and only offer the heros mechanism. If the design team wanted to accept it, they could design the heros outer appearance. Otherwise, Pei Qian could think about moving Yasuos outer appearance over to GOG as well. At that thought, Pei Qian began to type again. He did not enter the heros name or characteristics. Instead, he only typed out all of Yasuos skill mechanisms. Good. Im done! I wonder if the team will accept it Well, Ill leave it to fate. Pei Qian had an account in GOG that was tied to his own identity. However, unless GOGs project team intentionally looked it up, they would not know that the account belonged to him. May 9th, Monday Pei Qian woke up as usual and arrived at Fish-Catching Internet Cafe for his meal. He switched on his phone and glanced at it. None of the posts that he had published had been accepted. Of course, none of the other heroes designs had been accepted as well. Pei Qian was very satisfied because it meant that none of the members of GOGs project team had worked overtime. They would probably only see the posts when they officially resumed work today. In any case, Pei Qian did not have to worry. He could wait patiently. After having his meal, Pei Qian ordered a cup of coffee. He sipped it as he basked in the comfortable afternoon sun. Life is so satisfying. If only my employees worked harder to incur losses for me. Then, it would be even more satisfying Just as Pei Qian was sipping his coffee, Ruan Guangjian walked in. Obviously, it was time for their routine coffee run. When Ruan Guangjian saw Boss Pei, he looked surprised. However, he soon grinned and sat opposite him. Boss Pei, youre a rare guest! He studied Pei Qians expression carefully. Boss Pei, that thing doesnt seem to be bothering you. Pei Qian was befuddled. What thing are you referring to? Ruan Guangjian confirmed that Boss Peis confusion was genuine and not an act. Thats right, Boss Pei. Youre extremely busy. You probably didnt have time to keep an eye on those things. Im referring to what happened to Tomorrow is Beautiful when it premiered overseas last weekend. Pei Qians hand trembled as he tried to maintain a firm grip on his coffee cup. He was finished. Whatever was coming would come! It was still early in the morning-oh no, in the afternoonand he was already receiving such grievous news! This had been delayed for a long time. After all, a movie had to go through a complicated process to be screened overseas. In fact, it had been so long that Pei Qian had subconsciously forgotten about it already. Yet, now, one sentence from Ruan Guangjian awakened all the fear Pei Qian used to have because of Tomorrow is Beautiful. He still remembered the night that he had gone to watch the first screening of the movie. He had finished the entire bucket of popcorn and not uttered a single word. After recovering from the initial shock, Pei Qian felt angry. Good on you, Ruan Guangjian! Every time I see you, nothing good happens! Whats more, what has the overseas screening got to do with you? Even if Im to be backstabbed, it should be by Huang Sibo and Zhu Xiaoce. Why are you snatching their jobs?! Just draw your pictures and stop interfering in other peoples business! Pei Qian forced himself to remain calm. Do you like watching movies, too? Ruan Guangjian nodded profusely. Of course! Im a loyal fan of this movie! Ive watched it a couple of times! Whats more, many of the actors in Struggle were bit-role actors in that movie, right? I needed to draw more materials, and so I ordered the movie online to watch it whenever I want. Pei Qian: ev You watched the movie multiple times and even bought it online? Are you afraid that I wouldnt die an ugly death? Pei Qian was speechless. He did not want to speak to that fellow anymore. Seeing Boss Peis dark and listless expression, Ruan Guangjian could not help but feel shocked. Er, Boss Pei I thought you didnt know about what happened when Tomorrow is Beautiful premiered overseas. Judging from your reaction how did you know that Tomorrow is Beautiful did not sell well when it was released? Could you have guessed it? Did you expect this to happen? Pei Qians dark eyes lit up at once. Eh? It did not sell well when it was released? The foreigners did not like the film? That was great! That was a pleasant surprise! Pei Qian had been living in fear before, thinking about what he would do if the film made tens of millions of yuan once it was screened overseas. However, from what Ruan Guangjian had just said, it looked like it had been a false alarm! It looks like Ruan Guangjian has been observing how the film has been doing in overseas box offices. He found out that tickets were not selling well, and so hes bringing it up on purpose to comfort me. Ive wronged him! Pei Qian was elated. He immediately waved at the waiter and said, Give me a cocktail! No, make it two! He had to celebrate this good news! The two cocktails were delivered almost immediately. Pei Qian handed one to Ruan Guangjian. Ruan Guangjian waved and said, Er, Boss Pei I have to work in the afternoon. I cant drink. Its alright. Ill drink it on my own. Pei Qian nonchalantly placed the two glasses of cocktail in front of him. Ruan Guangjian hesitated and then took one of them. Forget it. Ill make an exception today to accompany you, Boss Pei. Seeing Boss Pei put on a strong front made Ruan Guangjians heart hurt all of a sudden. He empathized very well. It was the overwhelming sadness that came with pouring ones heart and soul into ones work and then having it not be understood by others. Tomorrow is Beautiful was an impressive film with deep meaning! It was even filmed in English so that foreigners would not need to read subtitles to have a smooth experience. Yet, the film failed to become popular. That made Ruan Guangjian feel like Boss Pei was not getting proper recognition for his talents. After they toasted each other, they sipped their cocktails and placed their cups back down. After some thought, Ruan Guangjian comforted Boss Pei. Boss Pei, dont take it to heart. Local films get very low row piece rates overseas to begin with. Local films made over the past few years, especially, are becoming less influential in overseas markets as well. Since we cant do extensive publicity overseas, its only normal that local films wouldnt sell well. At least, based on what I know, Tomorrow is Beautiful has a pretty good reputation to the overseas audience. That means that the film is not the problem. Maybe theres another subjective reason for the outcome Pei Qian could not help but rejoice inwardly. Who cares what reason it was?! Everythings fine as long as Im not earning more money. Who would have thought that Ruan Guangjian would bring me a huge piece of good news today? Huang Sibo and Zhu Xiaoce are still in shock therapy. I wonder if theyre happy being shocked. They probably already know about this, right? Yet, neither of them had reported it to me. Yes, thats reasonable. After all, its nothing worth being proud of. Ruan Guangjian finished his cocktail, grabbed the bags of coffee from the waiter, and stood up to leave. Boss Pei, Ive been very busy at work. Ill make a move first. Pei Qian nodded. Ah, alright. You just moved to Jingzhou not long ago, and youre already so busy? It looks like the move did not affect your work that much. Pei Qian casually said this since he was in a pretty good mood. Ruan Guangjian gave Boss Pei a knowing smile. The move did affect us significantly. A few companies that we were working with in Shanghai stopped working with us due to problems with communication. Still, it doesnt matter. Boss Pei, your projects have been enough to keep our workspace alive. Pei Qian: ? Still smiling, Ruan Guangjian said, With the concept art for all the actors in Struggle, two new heroes per month for GOG, and so many new skins; our workspace has been forced to move at full speed now. Thanks to Boss Pei, our rent and various expenses have been cut, but our workload remains the same. Whats more, weve received so many high-quality orders from Tengda. Our workspaces income has seen an obvious increase! It was the right decision to move the workspace to Jingzhou! Chapter 514 - Boss Pei and Big Boss Ruan’s Hidden Friendship At the same time, at Tengda Games Min Jingchao browsed through the forums as usual, freeloading off the gamers creativity. He had to admit that the gamers wisdom was limitless. Take the idea of the Traveler Bao Xu, for example. Just one glance convinced Min Jingchao that the hero would be excellent. It would have a wide range of skills, a warm image, and-most importantly-it fit Bao Xus character. Thus, he accepted the idea on the spot. However, not many ideas were as good as that. After all, few gamers understood the mechanics of the game and design inside and out. Most designs were problematic to a certain extent. Now, Min Jingchao was shortlisting ideas from the vast sea of suggestions that gamers were making daily. Whenever he found suitable ideas, he would send them to the design team to be improved on. Then, the development process would be kickstarted. Min Jingchao kept to a few unspoken rules when shortlisting ideas. For instance, the designers of the games department were not to participate in this event. Min Jingchao had designed a couple of heroes himself, but he had not received any compensation. That was because Boss Pei was already paying him enough for doing his job. Whats more, he could earn rewards based on the games reputation and initial investment. There was no reason for him to be doubly remunerated. It would be shameful to fight with gamers for a five-percent share of profits. On top of that, Min Jingchao tried his best to choose hero ideas from different designers. Min Jingchao would only consider accepting two hero ideas from a single designer if a certain hero was obviously much better than the others, and Min Jingchao had to make use of the ideas. That was because the event was meant for everyone to participate in. The number of heroes GOG could have was limited, as was the amount of money to be distributed. If one person was rewarded too much, the others would feel less motivated to participate in the event. That would not keep the community healthy. Of course, one also had to consider if each heros mechanisms could fit into the overall game mechanism, whether each heros defining characteristics would be obvious or not and whether they would repeat or clash with the existing heroes in the game or not. Min Jingchao kept browsing the posts and suddenly spotted a post with a good number of likes. He subconsciously clicked on it and discovered that the idea was purely for the heros skill mechanism. The characters first skill was a short-range attack. After using it three times, it could cause enemies to fly back. The second skill was Eh? These game mechanisms look quite interesting. Min Jingchao thought hard about it. He decided that the heros characterization was clear, and the mechanisms would be entertaining. The design team would just have to package the skills in the right hero, and it would likely be quite popular. Yet, the problem was what kind of packaging they should give it. If the enthusiastic gamer had written more about the heros brief background story, perhaps they would have had a general direction. However, apart from the fact that he was a part-assassin and part-fighter, Min Jingchao had no other information about this hero. Min Jingchao accessed the gamers information, attempting to look for some inspiration. After all, the idea was coming from this gamer. It would be perfect if the heros appearance could have some sort of connection with him as well. Eh? He has all of Tengdas games? Hes a veteran gamer of Tengda. Huh? He bought The Lonely Desert Road that early? Hes an extremely old customer. Isnt this freaking Boss Pei himself?! If Min Jingchao had not looked into it, he would not have known a thing. However, after conducting a brief search, he now knew that this was Boss Peis personal account! He checked multiple times and confirmed that it was indeed Boss Pei! After that, Min Jingchao became deeply confused. If Boss Pei had wanted to create a new hero, he could have just told me, right? Why did he go to so much trouble and create a post on the forum? What if the gamers didnt appreciate his idea and like his post? Wouldnt the idea have gone to waste? Could it be that Boss Pei was so confident in his own design that he knew it would stand out even if he posted it among the other gamers ideas? Yes, judging from the outcome, that was true. Yet, if that had been the only reason, it still seemed lacking. Once again, Min Jingchao fell into deep thought. After all, thinking more was a habit that every employee of Tengda needed to cultivate. Why didnt Boss Pei design the heros outer appearance? Couldnt he do it? Of course, he could! That means he had left it out on purpose! After much thought, Min Jingchao finally came up with two reasons that could explain Boss Peis actions. First, Boss Pei had left out the heros outer appearance to test the abilities of GOGs development team. He had wanted the development team to guess his intentions and supplement his idea with the heros outer appearance and story background. Second, Boss Pei was trying to remain impartial. GOG and IOI were competing intensely, and Boss Pei did not want to pick a side. That was probably why he did not offer any guidance to GOG and instead chose this subtle method. In other words, Boss Pei did not want anyone else to know that he was helping with GOGs design in secret, and so he had to help them sneakily. This made Min Jingchaos heart feel warm. Indeed, GOG was Boss Peis own flesh and blood! Min Jingchao was sure that the five-percent share of profits would not mean anything to Boss Pei. Instead, the title as the designer of a hero would probably mean much more to him. I have to hide the fact that Boss Pei had designed the skill mechanisms for this hero and treat it as a design from an ordinary gamer. The next question to ask would be what kind of outer appearance we should give this hero. We already have a hero thats based on Boss Pei. Obviously, we have to base this character on someone else. Who should it be? Boss Pei must have someone in mind, but it was probably inconvenient for him to write it out. Min Jingchao seriously considered this question and discovered that this hero could be very complimentary to Modest. That was because Modests second skill could close lanes and knock enemies back, and this knockback had the effect of launching enemies into the air and moving them away. Theoretically, it could follow up on the new heros ult. In other words, Modest could activate his second skill from the back, thereby closing off lanes and knocking key opponents back. Then, the new hero would use his ult. Modest would maximize the absorption of damage, and both Modest and the new hero would deal as much damage as possible on their enemies. Yes, they would be the perfect match! Who was Boss Peis perfect partner in reality? Of course, it was Big Boss Ruan Guangjian! Whats more, the new heros abilities matched Big Boss Ruan Guangjians characteristics quite well. The abstract image of an artist would be graceful and elegant. At the same timewhile Ruan Guangjian looked ordinary on the surface, he had actually been deeply influenced by art. Every move of his carried the aura of an ancient literary genius. At that thought, Min Jingchao felt inspired. The new hero would be called: Literary Genius of the Winds, Ruan. Ruan was an ancient Chinese calligrapher and artist, and his weapon would be a huge paintbrush. His first skill would be violent scribbling with his paintbrush. After three uses, he could summon a raging wind with his scribbling, causing all the opponents on the lane to fly into the air. His second skill would be rapidly drawing a landscape painting of clouds and mist, which could block enemy projectiles. His third skill would be wind-riding, which would allow him to pass between enemies. His ult would be creating illusions. He would create an illusion for all airborne enemies while riding the winds through thousands of miles to get to his targets side. Then, he would suppress and deal damage to the target. After matching the heros packaging to his skills, Min Jingchao intently checked everything once through and discovered that everything blended perfectly. Could this hero have been custom-made for Big Boss Ruan? Was Boss Pei just embarrassed to make it too obvious? Yes, thats very possible. After all, Boss Pei had increased the remuneration of outsourcing companies previously just to take care of Big Boss Ruans workspace. He had done all that just to make sure that Big Boss Ruan made it through the initial difficulties after moving to Jingzhou. Ah, are all friendships between bosses so hidden? Min Jingchao could not help but fantasize about Modest and Ruan fighting side-by-side among all the heroes in the future. Just thinking about it excited him! At once, Min Jingchao began tidying up all of the requirements for Ruans concept art. He wanted to send them to Ruan Guangjian as soon as he could. Since the hero was based on Big Boss Ruan, Big Boss Ruan had to personally design this heros outer appearance, of course! Once the Traveler Bao Xu was released, it would be Literary Genius of the Winds, Ruans turn! Min Jingchao was highly efficient. In less than two hours, he had completed the list of requirements for Literary Genius of the Winds, Ruan. He sent the list to Ruan Guangjian immediately. At Halo Workspace, Ruan Guangjian sipped his coffee and continued doing his work. All of a sudden, the icon for the chat software flashed in the bottom-right corner of his screen. A pop-up window also appeared, displaying a document for download: Literary Genius of the Winds, Ruan C List of Requirements.xlsx Eh? Ruan Guangjian was stunned. The next hero design was out so soon? It was just last Thursday or Friday that he had started work on Traveler Bao Xu. Now, there was a new hero already? Ruan Guangjian accepted the download, opened it, and became even more shocked. The heros surname was Ruan, and he enjoyed calligraphy and painting He began to suspect if the hero was based on him, but then he wrote off the thought for fear that he was being too narcissistic. At that moment, Min Jingchao sent him a message. Big Boss Ruan, thats right. Boss Pei designed this hero based on you. I just added a few more details. However, Boss Pei seems to want to keep this low-profile. He doesnt want anyone to know that he was behind it. Dont make it too obvious; just take note of it in your heart. Ruan Guangjian was speechless. I just bumped into Boss Pei when I went to collect coffee earlier. In other words, just then, Boss Pei had already designed a hero based on me? Yet, Boss Pei had not mentioned it at all at Fish-Catching Internet Cafe Hmm, that fits Boss Peis restrained personality well. Back when Halo Workspace moved to Jingzhou, Boss Pei had also appeared cool on the outside when he was actually warm on the inside. He had not said much, but he had secretly increased the remuneration for outsourcing companies, thereby helping Halo Workspace to overcome its difficulties. This time, he was being even more reserved. Without a single word, he had created a unique hero for the game based on me. Instinctively, Ruan Guangjians mouth spread into a grin. He replied, Dont worry. Ill make the concept art look very impressive! Min Jingchao said, Well, for its first skin, design a combined event with Modest. Its in both of the heroes background stories that theyre good friends, alright? Ruan Guangjian smiled knowingly. Of course. I couldnt ask for anything more. Chapter 515 - Boss Pei’s Immunity Ruan Guangjian immediately put down all of his tasks and started working on sketches for Literary Genius of the Winds, Ruan. Since the general concept was already complete, various ideas popped up rapidly in Ruan Guangjians mind. He wanted to grasp them quickly. His pen moved quickly across the screen. In less than two hours, the heros sketches were complete. Although it would take him a few more days to add in all the details, the simple sketches were enough to display the heros special characteristics. His confidence and easy-going nature were almost jumping out of the pages. The front view of the concept art depicted the Literary Genius of the Winds, Ruan blowing a pipe among bamboo trees. His huge brush and wine gourd were floating in the air around him thanks to the raging winds. The background was filled with tall mountains and white clouds, which were painted in ink. It complemented the Literary Genius of the Winds ancient Chinese knight-errant costume. Of course, accurately put, Ruan was not wearing a standard knight-errant costume. Instead, his costume contained a hint of ancient literary geniuses in its long sleeves. That blended the refined and well-read nature of a scholar with the heroism and chivalry of a knight perfectly. Both characteristics came together extremely well. Behind Ruan, one could spot the back view of Modest. That hinted at the close friendship between both heroes. Ruan Guangjian scanned his sketches, made some edits to the details and the arrangement of the pages, and then handed the sketches up to Min Jingchao. When the officials announced the overall results, they would publish those sketches and the heroes designs. At Fish-Catching Internet Cafe Pei Qian finished his coffee and then closed his little notebook. After working for the entire afternoon, he finally finished another huge portion of the mind map of the inter-departmental relationships. However, there seemed to be a little too many lines. Pei Qian was getting dizzy trying to track them all. No matter. I just have to work hard to organize this and revise it from time to time. Itll be effective. If it can help me avoid at least one stab in the back, the mind map would not be useless. Pei Qian uploaded his mind map and deleted his original document. Then, he handed his laptop back to the waiter for safekeeping and prepared to go home le ers Out of habit, he opened GOGs forum and browsed it. All of a sudden, he received a pleasant surprise. His post had been selected by the officials! Only twenty minutes had passed, but gamers were already starting to exhibit sour grapes. Obviously, now that two heroes had been selected, gamers were beginning to get green with envy. At the same time, they became more passionate about participating. Pei Qian was overjoyed. Min Jingchao had good taste! He could tell that the heros skill mechanisms were not bad, and so he accepted it quickly. Pei Qian wondered what kind of outer appearance Min Jingchao intended to give this new hero. He scrolled to the main text of the post and read it carefully. After reading the heros name, background story, and skills description and after seeing the concept art sketches, Pei Qian fell silent. He looked at his cell phone screen for a long time without saying a single word. This was really messed up! For no reason, Yasuo had been linked to Ruan Guangjian again! Whats more, Ruan Guangjian had obviously done it for selfish gain. Otherwise, why would he have made the Literary Genius of the Winds, Ruan look so handsome and the Coin-Scattering Hedgehog Modest look like a character out of a comedy?! The most sadistic thing was that both heroes had appeared in the concept art sketches for the Literary Genius of the Winds. The contrast was made even more obvious! Pei Qian could even imagine the narcissistic look on Ruan Guangjians face as he made the sketches. On top of all that, what was up with Ruan being a good friend of Modest?! Whos your good friend? Stop trying to get close to me! Pei Qian was at a loss for words. How could Ruan Guangjian constantly cause mental harm to Boss Pei without even trying? Whats more, for some reason, he could completely dodge Boss Peis attempts at revenge. Could he be Boss Peis legendary natural enemy? Pei Qian was furious, but the officials had already accepted his idea. Moreover, he was already entitled to a five-percent share of profits from the sale of all of Ruans skins. Now, it no longer mattered whether the hero was Yasuo or a certain artist. When Pei Qian exited from the post, he discovered that he had received a private message on his account. The topic was Thank you very much, Boss Pei! Pei Qian: ? It seemed to be from Min Jingchaos account. He quickly opened the private message and read it. Boss Pei, I appreciate your earnest care and hard work. Dont worry, Big Boss Ruan and I will keep this hero a secret for you. Ill deal with this in the same way as I would if you were an ordinary gamer. I know that, to you, a five-percent share of the profits would mean nothing. You probably are more concerned about whether GOG would emerge victorious over IOI or not in the long-term and about your friendship with Big Boss Ruan At that point, Pei Qians heart thudded. Holy sh*t, what does this mean? Are you not giving me the five percent share of the profits?! Im not interested in the other two things you mentioned. If you dare to keep the five percent from me, Ill immediately throw you to Africas wilderness so that you can play with the giraffes! Ill satisfy your lust for competition! Pei Qian quickly continued reading. However, rules are rules. As one of the gamers who have proposed this idea, you are entitled to the five-percent share of profits. I know you dont need it, but I have to keep strictly to the rules and transfer those profits to your account. Please dont take this to heart. Pei Qian paused and then became elated. Good! Youve done the right thing, boy! Youre very upright! Pei Qian had been so close to asking Assistant Xin to book a one-way flight to Africa. However, after reading that paragraph, Pei Qian realized that he had wronged Min Jingchao. At first, Pei Qian had intended to sort things out with Min Jingchao for adding so much of his own imagination to Pei Qians plan and turning the hero into Ruan Guangjian. Yet, he gave up the thought in the end. It did not matter how the hero looked as long as he got the five-percent share of the profits! Very good. Min Jingchao, as long as you remain in Tengda Games, Ill make sure you prosper. I wont let you get eliminated by the first-place elimination system! Even if you start generating profits for the company, I wont blame you! After giving Min Jingchao immunity in his heart, Pei Qian was put in a good mood. He hummed as he walked out of the cafe. However, the moment he walked out of the door, he bumped into Ruan Guangjian. The latter was tired from a full day of work and had just left his office for a stroll. Pei Qian smiled and nodded at Ruan Guangjian to greet him. Ruan Guangjian nodded in response. Watching Boss Peis back view, Ruan Guangjian fell into deep thought. Based on the time, Boss Pei should have already seen the concept art sketches, right? He looks so happy. Its a pleasure to be able to pull Boss Pei out of the darkness that Tomorrow is Beautifuls overseas premiere had put him in with a single drawing! Ruan Guangjian began humming as he started his stroll as well. May 11th, Wednesday At Deposit Fitness Handong University branch Bye-bye, Coach Yaling! A group of people who looked like students waved at Li Yaling as they said goodbye and left Deposit Fitness. Li Yaling smiled and waved back. She only turned around and returned to the gym when the group disappeared. She sat down in the resting area, whipped out her cell phone, and browsed the webpage. Coach Yaling, youve brought a lot of new students to the gym recently. Youre holding up half of the fort on your own. How amazing! Another coach praised her. Li Yaling smiled and replied humbly, Coach Miao, youre teasing me again. I wouldnt dare say Im holding up half of the fort. People are just very supportive. Coach Yaling reached out for a banana from the snack area. She ate it as she said, Coach Yaling, youre too humble. Thats right, our gym has been expanding rapidly. Coach Yaling, youre so much better than the rest of us. Boss Pei must be planning to make you a branch manager of one of the branches, right? Li Yaling shook her head. Im not interested in being a branch manager. Ill have so much to manage; itll be very troublesome. I just want to be an ordinary trainer who teaches others how to build muscle. Eh, I think the Cannes Film Festival is starting today. Coach Miao tossed her banana peel into the trash. Cannes Film Festival? Im not interested. There will only be literary films by foreigners, and they have nothing to do with us. Li Yaling nodded. Thats right, I didnt pay attention to it before either, but Tomorrow is Beautiful is participating this year. I wonder if itll win an award. Coach Miao continued to look uninterested. I dont think it has a chance. The foreigners judge films based on their own set of criteria. Theres a huge cultural difference between us. Were going to their turf and competing based on their rules without being able to do anything else. Whats the point? Tomorrow is Beautiful is popular in the country anyway. That proves its a good film. Why do we need validation from foreigners? Li Yaling laughed. You have a point, but what if? Good stuff will be appreciated everywhere. That was where the conversation between them ended. Li Yaling stood up to move around. She was prepared to train her own body now that there were fewer people in the gym. However, once she stood up, she saw the girl at the front desk stand at the same time. Boss Pei, youre here. Li Yaling turned to see Boss Pet sauntering through the entrance of the gym. He was looking around as if searching for something. When he saw Li Yaling, his eyes lit up. Found her! Coach Yaling, I have something to ask you. Li Yaling was stunned. Boss Pei, youre not going to make me a branch manager, are you? Pei Qian almost became livid when he heard this. What are you thinking?! Youre so dangerous. How can you manage one of my branches?! Dream on! Pei Qian shook his head and said, No, lets sit down. When Li Yaling heard that she was not going to be made a branch manager, she became confused. Apart from that, what else was there? They sat down at the resting area, and the girl at the front desk served them two cups of water. Pei Qian took two sips but put it down because it was tasteless. Actually, I came to ask if you are willing to work purely as a trainer in charge of training ten athletes. I must make clear that this is an arduous task, which requires an extremely knowledgeable and professional person. Conversely, I would remunerate you generously. As long as you are willing to take it up, you can make any requests to me during the entire training process. I will try my best to satisfy every single one of them. When Li Yaling heard this, her eyes lit up. It sounded like an interesting and challenging task! Chapter 516 - Fully-Automated Bickering Machine, Manufacture! Li Yaling was not interested in becoming a branch manager to begin with. She enjoyed being a trainer much more. Li Yaling liked everything about the job: building her own muscles, teaching others, forging relationships with customers, and helping them to train better. Now, Boss Peis suggestion seemed pretty good! She would be an exclusive trainer, in charge of ten athletes. Whats more, top-notch knowledge and professionalism were required. She fit the job perfectly! On top of that, Boss Pei had promised a pay increase, and to fulfill all of her requests during the training process. That was every trainers ultimate dream! Li Yaling immediately nodded. No problem, Boss Pei. Ill finish the task for sure! Pei Qian nodded, smiling. Excellent. Ill give you two days to tidy up your work in the gym. Ill look for you here on Saturday, and well go to the training base together. Li Yaling was overjoyed. Alright, Boss Pei! Ill finish all my work before Saturday! Although Deposit Fitness did not offer one-on-one training, many students came for Li Yaling. Naturally, she would have to notify everyone if she was leaving. Additionally, the schedules of Deposit Fitness trainers had already been set. If Li Yaling was leaving, the schedules had to be rearranged, and she needed at least two days to hand over her slots. Pei Qian stood up to leave, feeling overjoyed. Done! He had gotten rid of a safety hazard in Deposit Fitness and found a new coach for DGEs team. He had killed two birds with one stone and achieved double the happiness! Of course, Pei Qian knew full well what would happen when he brought Li Yaling to DGE Esports Clubs training ground on Saturday. Everyone would look deeply confused. Li Yaling was hoping to see a group of well-built professional athletes, but she would be met with a group of skinny and young internet addicts. On the other hand, the young internet addicts were hoping to see a professional esports coach, but they would be met with a female instructor who looked like she could kill a bull with a single punch. There would be a mismatch of demands. Still, to Pei Qian, all coaches were the same. Training the body was the same as training the hand. There was no difference. Whats more, given the standard of local coaches at the moment, Li Yaling would probably not be worse off than all of them. It was just like the stock market. Sometimes, even without buying a single stock, one could be doing better than seventy percent of the people in the stock market. All in all, this was a perfect plan. He was making the best use of all of his resources. Pei Qian could not help but feel emotional. He was a genius! May 12th, Thursday Pei Qian was lazing around in his bed when his cell phone rang. He lazily opened his eyes and grabbed his cell phone to take a look. In his heart, he wondered who was calling him so early in the morning, at 11 AM Looking at his cell phone display, he noticed that it was Ma Yang. He immediately perked up and became wide awake. Did Old Ma cause another mess for me to clean up again? Ma Yang was now one of the people whom Pei Qian had to keep a close eye on. Of course, he did not dare to ignore this phone call. Hello? Brother Qian! Im working at Dream Realization Ventures now. Weve made great progress! Ma Yang sounded extremely excited over the phone. Pei Qian immediately felt like he was facing a great enemy. Before this, Pei Qian had plotted to trap Ma Yang at DGE Esports Club. Pei Qian had intended to keep him engrossed in playing games every day so that he could forget about the investment business. However, the reckless idiots at DGE had not restrained themselves a while ago when they were playing with Ma Yang. They caused the latter to lose 0-28 in their very first match, causing Ma Yang to instantly be rid of his internet addiction. That was why Ma Yang finally returned to take care of investments. Pei Qian sat up on his bed. Yes, tell me about it. Ma Yang excitedly said, Brother Qian, you told me to look for the projects with the biggest dreams, right? Ive searched for a long time and finally found something! This piqued Pei Qians interest. Oh? How big is the dream? Ma Yang answered, Its as big as you can imagine, Brother Qian! The dream is through the roof! Pei Qians eyes lit up. Could Ma Yang have achieved something great for Pei Qian once again? Yet, what Ma Yang said immediately dashed Pei Qians hopes and dreams. Brother Qian, on top of that, guess whose plan is full of dreams? Its our old friend, Zhang Wangs! This project is especially reliable, isnt it? It is full of dreams, and it was done by an old friend who had achieved success before. Its perfect! Brother Qian, come to the office quickly to see the proposal! Pei Qian: Zhang Wang Wasnt he the man who came up with the shared phone booths? I havent even settled scores with him, and yet he still has the cheek to approach me? Zhang Wang had used a fake proposal to gain Boss Peis trust with the shared phone booths back then. After that, he had quietly given the shared phone booths a complete makeover. Now, the shared phone booths had been set up in major shopping malls all over the country. Ruan Guangjian had even personally decorated the shared phone booths in Jingzhou with GOG heroes. They had become mini paradises for customers to swipe their cards. We have such a deep feud, and you still want to take more money from me? Go to hell! Pei Qian felt the urge to hang up at once. No way. Ma Yang was stunned. Brother Qian, you havent even heard the name of the project. Dont be so eager to turn it down. Let me tell youthis project is very interesting. Zhang Wang has even brought a prototype over. Ive been playing with it for more than half an hour! I cant stop! I think I could go on for three days and nights! Pei Qian was deeply confused. A prototype? Ma Yang had been playing with it for more than half an hour? What the h*ll was that? Alright, tell me the name of the project. Pei Qian was finally loosening up. Ma Yang said, A Fully-Automated Bickering Machine. Pei Qian: What? A Fully-Automated Bickering Machine, repeated Ma Yang. What is that? Ma Yang sniggered. See, Brother Qian? I told you that you would be interested. Come, quickly. I cant describe how fun this is using language alone! Pei Qian jumped out of his bed at once. Alright, wait for me. Ill be right there! Half an hour later, Pei Qian arrived at Dream Realization Ventures. He Desheng and the others were already there. When he saw Boss Pei arrive, Zhang Wang immediately stood up and shook hands with him, greeting him warmly. Boss Pei! Thank you for coming to look at my new project despite being so busy! Pei Qian remembered the first time that he met Zhang Wang. It was January, and the temperature had been in the negatives at the time. Zhang Wang had been wearing a thin, black sweater and jeans. One could see his muscles bulging, and his long hair had been tied up in a ponytail behind his head, causing him to look every bit the artist. Yet, today, Zhang Wang looked completely different. His long, flowy hair was still the same, but he was no longer wearing the same clothes. Instead, he was dressed in a branded T-shirt and jeans. Now, his clothes looked tens of times more expensive than when Pei Qian had first met him. Of course, his transcendent and refined aura remained the same. On further thought, this made sense. Zhang Wang had already achieved financial freedom with his shared phone booths alone Everyone naturally had a different understanding of financial freedom. Zhang Wang was the type who did not bother much about enjoyment, and so he had lower standards than most people. Still, no matter what, the money he had earned from the shared phone booths were enough for him not to worry about or work for his living expenses anymore. Pei Qian did not want to talk to him at all. He patronizingly shook his hand and asked, Where is it? Ma Yang raised his hand and said, Brother Qian, its this thing on the conference table! Pei Qian sat down by the conference table and saw a black, square box on it. There was nothing on the box but a neat row of stainless steel small rods. It looked just like the see-saws that one often saw in kindergarten. Ma Yang shifted the box so that its front faced Pei Qian. From where Pei Qian was sitting, the lowered seats of all the see-saws were closer to him. The part where the little rods met the boxwhich was the side of the box facing him-was indented and made especially smooth, probably for ease of moving the little rods. From the top view, one could see that the little see-saw rods only occupied one half of the top of the box. There was a subtle line in the middle of the top of the box, which seemed to split it into half. Pei Qian was slightly confused. What was that? Ma Yang said, Brother Qian, lift up that rod, quickly! Pei Qian reached out his finger towards the bottom of one lowered see-saw rod, his finger just touching the smooth, indented part of the box. The metal rod felt smooth, ice-cold, and roundthey were nice to the touch. Pei Qian moved his finger upwards and heard a tap. The stainless steel rod moved like see-saws and the other side became lowered. Pei Qian was just going to ask what was next, but the cover of the box opened automatically. A small, Y-shaped, black, metal rod rose up from inside the box; lifting the lowered portions of the other steel rod. There was another soft tap. The steel rod was now back in its original position, which it had been in before Pei Qian did anything. After that, the small, Y-shaped, black, metal rod retracted back into the box, which then closed on its own. Everything was back to its original state. Pei Qian: ? He lifted another rod, but the exact same thing happened. The box opened, a Y-shaped, black, metal rod rose up from the corresponding position and pushed the other end of the rod back up. Pei Qian kept trying various metal rods, but the Y-shaped, black, metal rods inside the box would rise up in an orderly manner to push all the other rods back into their original positions. In the end, they would go back into the box, and everything would be restored to its original position. Zhang Wang proudly said, Boss Pei, this is the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine that I invented! This machine can perfectly simulate the experience of arguing with many experienced contrarians at the same time! You can start bickering at any time, and the contrarians in the box would immediately stand up to bicker with you without having to rest! This would be good for solving the problem of contrarians giving up midway through a heated online debate with you! No matter how long you want to bicker for, this machine would always be there for you. It will never grow tired! Theres more, Boss Pei. Look at the front of the box. Theres an automatic counter with a pure mechanical structure there. It will calculate the number of times that you lift rods consecutively and display it using the simplest numbers. The moment you stop, the number will disappear. Ma Yang looked extremely excited. What do you think, Brother Qian? Isnt it particularly interesting? You could play it for three days and three nights, couldnt you? I already got the counter to over three hundred just now! Pei Qian looked at the confident Zhang Wang and the hopeful Ma Yang. Then, he looked at He Desheng whose head seemed to be hurting. Obviously, He Desheng did not think that anything good would come out of this project at all. After some consideration, Pei Qian asked, Whats the cost of this Fully-Automated Bickering Machine, and how much would it be sold for? Zhang Wang answered, It costs less than two hundred yuan, and Im planning to sell it for 260 yuan. I just need two million yuan to manufacture ten thousand machines. Pei Qian shook his head. That wouldnt do. Raise the cost to four hundred yuan and sell it for 488 yuan. Ill give you eight million yuan. Start immediately! Chapter 517 - Struggle’s System Design Problem Zhang Wang was stunned. Boss Pei, theres no reason to increase the cost to four hundred yuan. Whats more, itll be quite difficult to increase the cost anymore Pei Qian frowned. Difficult to increase? How can that be? Make the box bigger. Look for an artist to design the box. Plate the edges in gold. Try to source for higher quality materials Werent you very willing to spend money when we were working on the shared phone booths before? Why are you getting more and more backward? Zhang Wang felt ashamed by Boss Peis comment. Alright, Boss Pei. Ill do as you say. He Deshengs expression was becoming more exciting. At first, he had thought that Boss Pei would not feel confident in this project. However, not only was Boss Pei investing four times the proposed amount, but he was also going to tell the product for 488 yuan instead of 260! No matter which angle he looked at it from, He Desheng did not think that the product was worth that much money! He Desheng thought that people would only play with this item when they felt bored. If they sold it for forty to fifty yuan, perhaps a few people would buy it for fun. Yet, if they sold it for 488 yuan Who would be willing to buy it? This thing was unique, but it was neither beautiful nor tasteful. Apart from someone as strange as Boss Ma, nobody else would be so free as to fight with this thing for hours, right? There were a couple of bored and wealthy people in the world, but they would still not be able to sell over twenty thousand of those! What if they could not sell all the stocks and everything was left in the warehouse? Wouldnt they incur huge losses? He Desheng had wanted to speak up at first, but on further thought-since Boss Pei had already said the word, there must have been a way. Thus, he decided not to interfere but to watch and learn instead. Pei Qian patted Zhang Wang on the shoulder, his face filled with appreciation that he could not express in words. It was so awesome! It looked like the shared phone booths had just been a misunderstanding. This inventor, Zhang Wang, was very trustworthy! If he invented ten more things that wouldnt sell just like that, Boss Pei would easily be able to lose eighty million yuan. Whats more, he would be able to make good use of his storage space. It was so fitting! May 13th, Friday At Tengda Games Hu Xianbin tilted his head back and downed his coffee at one go. Then, he buried his head back in his work. Tengdas games department had now been split into two teams. Hu Xianbin was leading one team to develop Struggle while Min Jingchao was leading another to maintain GOGs operations and ensure that it could fight neck to neck with IOI. Both of their styles were becoming increasingly distinct. Min Jingchaos team passionately discussed various heroes every single day, and the atmosphere was always lively. However, Hu Xianbins team always looked bored and listless. The main reason was that developing a game like Struggle was already extremely difficult to begin with. On top of that, they were constantly experiencing setbacks throughout the entire process. Now, their morale was significantly hurt, and the atmosphere could not liven up. Hu Xianbin was still working on the script for the game-nothing was finalized yet. Yet, all the games characters and concept art were already complete. He had to admit that Big Boss Ruan was very efficient. Hu Xianbin saved his document and then opened the folder that Ruan Guangjian had sent him minutes ago. He scanned the document briefly and became increasingly confused. The games characters included the poor protagonist, the rich protagonist, the poor parents, the rich parents, the poor protagonists superior, the rich protagonists superior, and the like. There were a lot of them. They had selected the actors before working on the concept art. Thus, according to the original plan, there should only have been minimal beautifying and alteration done to the actors outer appearance. Yet, the batch of concept art that Hu Xianbin was looking at now looked overdone. All the images had been exaggerated and expressed in extreme manners. Some characters even looked very weird. Take the poor protagonist and his family, for example. All of them were obese. The most ridiculous of them was the mother of the house, who looked to be about three hundred kilograms. Obviously, the motion capture actors were not obese. That meant they probably needed to resort to special methods to simulate this level of obesity while capturing the motions. On top of that, the rich protagonist looked overly handsome. He looked just like a first-tier celebrity from the West, and he was practically glowing. On the other hand, not only was the poor protagonist mediocre-looking, but his expression screamed toady with a hint of resentment. Both of those expressions had been forcibly mixed into the poor protagonists face, and each one was too clear. As a result, anyone looking at the poor protagonist would feel a certain discomfort. In other words, Ruan Guangjian had practically written the characters deepest characteristics plainly on their faces. After browsing through the concept art, Hu Xianbin instinctively rejected them for being inappropriate. He was confused. Why would Big Boss Ruan Guangjian make such an elementary mistake? However, Ruan Guangjian answered that it was Boss Pei who had requested this. Thus, Hu Xianbin began to wonder if there was a deeper meaning to it. The flaw is that it would make the game feel less realistic. The merits weird-looking characters would make their traits look more obvious, and thus form a deeper impression on gamers? An opera-like image could also have a symbolic effect that would bring out the games themes better. Is there anything else? I cant think of anything else. Hu Xianbin tried his best to decipher Boss Peis intentions. Although he could pick some things out, they did not seem particularly convincing. There were a lot of things to do for Struggle, and he did not have much time to read too much into Boss Peis actions. As a result, Hu Xianbin had no choice but to leave things as they were for now. In any case, once the game was up for sale, everything would be made clear. He checked all the concept art and prepared to send them to an outsourcing company that would create the models. Now, he could also arrange for the motion capture actors to start working and capturing motions. After organizing what he would have to do after this, Hu Xianbin focused all of his energy on the games script once again. While he was writing the script, Hu Xianbin had run into a very grim problem that had been troubling him for two long days. It was quite mysterioushe had met a system design problem with this game. Logically, this game should not have had any system design problems. Yet, there it was. The rich version was going smoothly, but the poor version was not. Per Boss Peis requests, the poor version would only have one outcome: the cycle of poverty was to carry on forever. At first, Hu Xianbin had found nothing wrong with this because it was perfectly logical. However, the problem was that the game had to account for the wealth that both the rich and poor protagonists would accumulate. He had to come up with a rough figure for how much the poor protagonist had, how much he needed to sustain his daily life, and how much he could earn from work. Otherwise, gamers would criticize the game for sure. If the games script always led to the same conclusionthe poor protagonist was never to have enough money, and he was to be perpetually caught in the poverty cycle; then Hu Xianbin had to think of a way to make sure that the poor protagonist would always end up with insufficient cash. However, no matter how Hu Xianbin did his calculations, the poor protagonist always ended up with more money than he had imagined. It did not make sense for him to end up so miserable all the time. Players would have to make a lot of choices even if they were forced to play the poor version. Some would earn more income than others, but even someone who consistently earned a higher income than others throughout the game was supposed to end up caught in the poverty cycle in the end. Yet, based on the system design, if one made all the right choices as a poor person; they should end up much richer than their parents. They should end up leading more blissful lives. Hu Xianbin could not change the outcomes. Boss Pei had locked them in already. Thus, he was faced with a conflict: If he carried on down this route, the game would lose its sense of logic. A game with its storyline as its emphasis would be done for if it did not make sense. Its reputation and sales would take a huge hit. Hu Xianbin felt like he was dealing with a formidable enemy. He had to find a way to resolve this problem to relax. After considering it for a long time, Hu Xianbin still made no headway. Hu Xianbin opened the various character concept art again and began browsing aimlessly. He wanted to get some inspiration from them. The rich protagonist was impeccably dressed and looked bright and flashy. With a single glance, anyone would be able to tell that he was a member of higher-management who did not have to worry about life. The unique, golden logo on the cuff of the suit was particularly eye-catching. Obviously, it was a luxury brand. Two golden capital Ls were joined together, forming symmetry. The logo had also been artistically enhanced so that it looked classier. Hu Xianbin did not pay much attention to it. Instead, he continued flipping through the sketches until he reached one of the poor protagonists after being employed. After being employed, the poor protagonist would start carrying a black briefcase. On closer inspection, Hu Xianbin could faintly see the same logo-the two golden capital Ls. Hu Xianbin was on to something. He flipped back a few more sketches and looked at the shoes that the poor protagonist would in university. The shoes had the same logo. Hu Xianbin continued flipping through the remaining sketches and discovered that at least sixty to seventy percent of the costumes carried the same logo. All the sketches of the rich protagonist had the logo. However, among those of the poor protagonist, only his costumes for times when he was in a better financial position had it. That made sense. After all, this was a luxury brand. The poor protagonist should not be able to afford it while drawing a low income. Hu Xianbin could roughly guess what Big Boss Ruan Guangjian had been thinking when he was working on the project. All the motion capture actors had worn their everyday clothes when they took those pictures. The costumes in the concept hard had been designed from scratch by Big Boss Ruan, based on each characters wealth. Of course, to make the wealthy appear wealthier, Ruan Guangjian had to make use of luxury brands. Thus, he created a hypothetical luxury brand based on existing luxury brands in the market and used it to decorate some characters. As for why there was only one brand obviously, it was because there would be no point in creating another one. Gamers could only remember so much while they played games. If Ruan Guangjian had created two brands, gamers might not have been able to remember them all. In fact, they could easily become confused. As a result, for simplicity and practicality, only one brand was needed in the game. Products with the logo made up of two golden Ls were luxury goods, and everything else without a logo was considered cheap rubbish. That was a normal and natural design. Ruan Guangjian probably had not given it much thought when he was working on the concept art. However, after looking through the sketches, Hu Xianbin became inspired. His goal had been to look for a reason for the poor protagonist to spend more money. Hu Xianbin had previously planned for the poor protagonist to only buy daily necessities and ordinarily-priced items. As long as one made the right choice most of the time, they would probably be able to save up and improve their own lives. Yet, Boss Pei had insisted that the poor protagonist be caught in the poverty cycle. Thus, Hu Xianbin had to make sure that the poor protagonist could spend all of his hard-earned money. Now, Hu Xianbin had found a good avenue: the luxury bags, shoes, clothes, accessories, cosmetics, and the like. The poor protagonists income would not be able to sustain those purchases for sure! Hu Xianbin heaved a long sigh. Finally, he had filled in a gap in the games storyline. The gamers shouldnt have anything to criticize now, right? Hu Xianbin added all the expenses for the luxury goods and found that the estimated income that the poor protagonist would earn would be insufficient. Not only would he be broke, but he might even find himself in loads of debt. Good, its a perfect resolution! Hu Xianbin clapped excitedly. Although he had settled this rather rashly, the game made sense now. He didnt think too much about it. After all, this was not part of the games core storyline. It was only meant to fill in the details of the rich and the poors lives. In fact, gamers might not even notice it. Chapter 518 - The New Coach is too Adorable, but She’s Quite Strong as well May 14th, Saturday Pei Qian and Li Yaling got out of the car outside DGE Esports Club. After she alighted, Li Yaling scanned her surroundings expectantly. From the looks of it, Boss Pei had rented a villa at Ming Yun Villas for the body-building athletes to train at. It seemed strange but not ridiculous. Pei Qian did not say anything. Instead, he led Li Yaling into the villa. It was past 9 AM on a Saturday morning. The entire living area was empty. Only Zhang Yuan stood by the whiteboard, writing the training schedule that he had planned earlier. 09:00 Wake Up 09:00-10:00 Shower, have breakfast, arrive at the training room 10:00-12:00 Analysis, meeting, training 12:00-12:30 Lunch 12:30-13:30 Rest 13:30-14:00 Warm-Up 14:00-17:30 Mock Competition 17:30-19:00 Dinner, rest 23:00-24:00 Analysis, meeting 24:00-01:00 Shower, keep cell phones, sleep According to the daily schedule, the athletes had probably just finished washing up and were now eating breakfast. This villa was not far from Fish-Catching Internet Cafes Ming Yun Villas branch. They could choose to order Fish-Catching Take-Out or have their breakfast in the internet cafe itself. When Yaling saw the schedule, she could not help but frown. It was so unprofessional! The feeling was intensified when she studied Zhang Yuan, who had been writing the timetable on the board. He did not look like he trained at all. Yaling thought that this was ridiculous. Its no wonder that Boss Pei wanted me to take over. Did they just randomly grab the current instructor off the streets? He was clearly an amateur! Wouldnt he delay their progress? The timetable was even more problematic. First of all, there was a huge problem with the sleep schedule. To keep the body in top shape, one should wake up at about 6 AM and sleep before 10 PM. Staying up so late would affect training progress! On top of that, the timetable did not include meal details. At the very least, it should state how many times athletes should eat per day, what they should eat, and how much they should eat. Last of all, too much time had been allocated for training. Professional body-builders varied. Some trained three to four times a week and only did a few simple exercises each time. Others had higher pain tolerance and worked themselves to exhaustion. Those athletes could train anywhere from eight to ten hours per week. However, at the end of the day, how long an athlete should train depended on his or her body type. A one-size-fits-all method where everyone had to sleep past midnight was completely unscientific! There would even be mock competitions. Li Yaling could not figure out what would be the point of having mock competitions for body-builders. Were they going to compete in striking poses? She had many other opinions on the schedule. In her heart, she promised herself to change everything once she took over. On seeing Boss Pei, Zhang Yuan quickly put his marker down. Boss Pei, why are you here so early today? Pei Qian nodded and grinned as he said, Yes, Ive brought the coach here! Zhang Yuan clapped happily. Thats great, Boss Pei! I was getting anxious, and so I found a training schedule online that the contestants could follow. I can relax now that the coach is here. The coach can set the new timetable! Pei Qian introduced the two of them. This is the in-charge-cum-team-leader, Zhang Yuan. This is the professional coach, Li Yaling. Both of them shook hands. After that Zhang Yuan looked at his own hand, confused. This girls grip is pretty strong! Li Yaling was dressed in long pants and a sweater today. Since she was quite small in stature, all of her well-built muscles were hidden underneath her clothes. On top of that, her face looked sweet and beautiful. One would not be able to guess her true strength from her appearance. Li Yaling had been feeling quite apprehensive at first. She had been afraid that she would teach badly and embarrass Boss Pei. However, after seeing the current situation, all of her worries dissipated. No matter what, she would definitely do a better job than Captain Zhang. The only thing that she could not figure out was why there were so many computers in the living room. Footsteps were heard outside the door. The contestants were back from their breakfast. Pei Qian glanced at his watch: they were just in time. He quickly gestured for the contestants to gather around him. Coach Yaling, come on. Ill introduce you to the ten contestants youll be training. Li Yaling was stunned. She looked at the young, skinny internet addicts and then looked at the serious Boss Pei. It was then that she realized something was off. The ten of them were even worse than Zhang Yuan! Although she could tell that Zhang Yuan had never trained in his life, at least he had muscles. On the other hand, the ten contestants either looked as skinny as monkeys or overly plump. Some had hunched backs, and some had twisted bones. Even their postures were problematic. Obviously, those ten people were not body-builders. Then, Li Yaling thought about the computers in the living room. All of a sudden, she understood something. At the same time, the ten young, internet addicts formed a row in the living room and sized their new coach up. Many of them instinctively lowered their heads, not daring to make eye contact with her. So so adorable! Strictly speaking, Yalings face was quite bewitching. She was sweet and beautiful, especially in the baggy sweater and jeans that she had on today. They covered her muscles and accentuated her figure perfectly. Of course, none of the internet addicts had seen anyone like her. At once, all of them became more autistic. All of them had been expecting to see an oily, middle-aged man or a more experienced internet addict like themselves. They would never have thought that their coach would be a cute girl. This was so exciting! As for Zhang Yuan, he naturally felt worried. Everyone knew that female candidates did not have the upper hand in the world of esports. He did not even know which section this female coach belonged to, whether she could serve her team or not or whether she understood the game well enough to become a coach or not. At that point, Pei Qian knew that it was time to come clean with everyone. He cleared his throat and prepared for his performance. However, at that moment, someone knocked on the door. Hello, your bottled water is here. There was a water dispenser in the living room, but the bottle was already empty. One of the young internet addicts stepped forward bravely and rushed over. Let me! The young man who had delivered the water had intended to help with refilling the water dispenser. However, after seeing how ready the internet addict was to move the bottled water, he did not object. arms. The internet addict huffed and puffed as he carried the bottled water with both of his arms. Then, he struggled to move towards the water dispenser. Midway through, he began to regret his decision. The bottled water was much heavier than he had imagined! He had only wanted to show how manly he was in front of the beautiful, sweet, and adorable coach. He had not thought that he would pay such a high price. He was only halfway through, but he was close to collapsing. The other contestants showed no intention of helping him. Instead, they suppressed their smiles and waited to see the man make a fool of himself. You want to show off in front of the coach? Youve scr*wed up, havent you? Thats just as well. Youve made a mess of c chances just got higher. The internet addict moving the bottled water saw that no one was stepping forward to help him. Thus, he had no choice but to put it down on the floor. He wanted to take a break before completing the rest of the journey. His face became flushed, and he panted in exhaustion. At that moment, Coach Yaling walked up to him and effortlessly lifted the bottled water with a single hand. Let me. The internet addict had huffed and puffed and used up all of his energy to make it halfway. Yet, Coach Yaling easily completed the rest of the journey, towed the bottled water with her left hand, and refilled the water dispenser. She looked so relaxed that one could mistakenly think the full bottle of water was just as light as the empty one. A weird silence filled the room. A few of the young, internet addicts pinched their own arms and then looked at Coach Yaling who had easily refilled the water dispenser without panting. Immediately, they fell silent. The atmosphere was extremely awkward. Coach Yaling sighed. I dont know what is going on, but I think there must have been some misunderstanding. This seems to be an esports training club, but Im a fitness trainer. As she spoke, she removed her sweater and revealed her well-built biceps. The internet addict who had tried his best to move the bottle of water continued to pant, with the change in his expression looking very exciting This one coach could defeat all ten of us without even panting. Zhang Yuan looked at Boss Pei, confused. In his heart, he wondered what exactly was happening Boss Pei, you said that the club would not be able to poach reliable trainers and that you would find someone more suitable. I believed you, but why have you picked a fitness coach for me?! It doesnt make sense! Even if the team had to come face-to-face with their opponents while competing, they could only talk to them and not fight with them. Just as everyone was looking confused, Pei Qian cleared his throat and walked to the center of the living room. I know everyone is feeling slightly confused, but please listen to my explanation. I think that all of the esports clubs in the country have been too irregular. Theres a huge problem with the way they train. Thats why Im trying out a new method of training! Pei Qian looked very serious and sounded very righteous. In fact, he was almost convincing himself. At the moment, all the esports clubs in the country have been neglecting their contestants health. Most esports contestants are internet addicts with unhealthy lifestyles. They spend long hours in front of their computers. Their backs, necks, and wrists could easily develop injuries. This is especially so for those who spend even more time training-they could develop work injuries. Many professional esports players suffer from injuries during their competition years, which results in their careers being affected. Many esports clubs exhaust their contestants. They make their contestants train as hard as they can in their younger years without taking care of their nutrition or physical health. How many young and talented contestants end up developing health problems and quitting competitions? Thats pure violence! On top of that, taking care of your own physical health can improve your focus and endurance. One might only need to move their fingers for esports, but their brains have to be operating at high-speed, and they have to remain focused as well. Thus, the physical exhaustion it causes is comparable to other competitive sports! Often, competitions result in protracted battles and tie-breakers. Those are tests of contestants willpower and physical reserves. Whoever can maintain sufficient energy and high focus in the later stages of the competition will end up winning! Talent is innate, and technique is trained. However, apart from both of those, many clubs overlook the hidden condition-ones physical fitness! In modern competitions, athletes do not merely compete in terms of talent. They also compete in terms of science and logistics. Making up for one of our biggest shortcomings would be far better than trying to do more than other clubs! Thats why I invited Coach Yaling to become your coach. She is to give your weak bodies a complete makeover. You have to build your teams combat fitness on a fundamental level, understand? Everyone exchanged confused looks. It seemed to make sense, but Zhang Yuan cleared his throat. Ahem, Boss Pei, I think theres no problem at all with inviting Coach Yaling to help our team members train their physical fitness. However, someone has to guide the teams esports training as well Pei Qian smiled. Of course, I have thought of that as well. The two teams will each elect a captain who would be responsible for giving directions and summarizing and replaying after each game. Leave the professional things to the professionals. All of you reached the top of the charts based on your own talent. As long as you seriously delve deep into the game, you would have a better understanding of it than most of the coaches in the industry. Chapter 519 - The New Training Schedule Zhang Yuan exchanged looks with the internet addicts. Would that do? For some reason, they felt like they were being hoodwinked. However, Boss Pei seemed resolute. At that moment, they could not find any good retort. Pei Qian looked very satisfied. Good. If you have no objections, well do that. Get along well with one another. If you run into any problems Zhang Yuan, you and Coach Yaling can talk it out. Farewell! Now that everything had been settled, Pei Qian prepared to leave. Zhang Yuan quickly stopped him. Boss Pei, hold on! Hehe, I think this training method isnt impossible. We can try it out for a while and see its results. However, before that, should we confirm the training schedule? Coach Yaling and I would have our own views for sure. If we reach a deadlock, we would still need you to make the final call, Boss Pei. Coach Yaling expressed her agreement. She could also tell that she had fallen for Boss Peis trick this time. However, she had no intention to reject this job. After all, accepting an arrangement like that did not seem that bad. The internet addicts looked like they were severely lacking in training. Since Boss Pei wanted them to build muscles, it still fell within Li Yalings job scope. In any case, whether she was working in the gym or here, she would still be teaching students. Her working conditions were even better now. Why would she turn this job down? Still, it all depended on whether she could distribute the work with Captain Zhang well and clearly enough or not. Otherwise, they could point the team in opposite directions. Zhang Yuan could prioritize training hand speed while Li Yaling could prioritize building muscles. Who should the team listen to then? Thus, Zhang Yuan and Li Yaling achieved a common understanding at the start: they could try out this training method, but Boss Pei had to help them set clear boundaries for their roles and responsibilities and lay out the daily training schedule. Pei Qian had wanted to lie his way out of that; it would be best if both of them clashed. However, since both had laid out their requests so clearly, it became inappropriate for Pei Qian to leave just like that. Thus, he reluctantly nodded. Alright, lets find a place to come up with the daily training schedule. Zhang Yuan waved his hand at the contestants. Play your own solo games to train. The contestants took their seats one by one, put on their headphones, entered GOG, and started to play. None of them knew what kind of training plan the three bosses would come up with. However, from the bottom of their hearts, they worried about their futures. If the club had not been banking on Tengdas reputation, they would have seriously wondered if they had been cheated. Zhang Yuan pushed the whiteboard with the daily schedule on it into where the dining area once was. That was the clubs conference room. Coach Yaling found a random seat and sat down. Now, the training schedule looked more normal than it had before. It looked like a standard esports players training schedule. There was nothing much to change. Pei Qian and Zhang Yuan sat down as well. Boss Pei, lets work on the daily timetable first. Look at this one. Is there anything that needs to be changed? Pei Qian looked at the timetable on the board and then looked at Coach Yaling. Coach, do you have any thoughts? Coach Yaling shook her head. This is a standard esports players timetable. Theres nothing much to say. I just have one request: give me two hours to train them each day. Ill bring everyone to the gym. When Pei Qian heard this, he immediately shook his head. Nothing much to say? I think theres a lot to say! First of all, sleeping early and waking up early is good for the body. The contestants wake up at 9 AM and sleep at 1 AM. Although thats eight hours of sleep, that sleep schedule is not healthy for their bodies! Pei Qian whipped out his phone and searched the dangers of staying up. Scientific research has shown that the human body will start secreting melatonin at 9 PM, bowel movements will slow down at 10.30 PM, and man should enter deep sleep by 2 AM. Staying up late would mess up the biological clock and result in a whole host of dangers. Such dangers include declining short-term memory, declining ability to learn, endocrine system disorders, declining immunity, increased risk of heart diseases, and the like. Generally, people would become fatter, uglier, stupider, and more forgetful. They would also fall sick more easily. For esports contestants, becoming fatter and uglier would not be a big deal. However, if they become stupid, how can they understand the game? If they become forgetful, how can they remember cooldown times for abilities? I dont even have to talk about them falling sick. If one team member falls sick, the others can forget about playing in mock competitions. If the ten of them take turns to fall sick, one-third of all the mock competitions each month would go to waste! Thats a very serious problem! We have to correct their sleep schedules! I think that they should wake up at 6.30 AM and sleep by 10 PM every day. Zhang Yuan was puzzled. Boss Pei, this timetable was designed to ensure the most effective training. Practically no one plays in the professional section of the game from 6 AM to 10 AM. Most players only become active at night or late at night. For the players to take part in more professional rounds, I had to shift their sleep timings back Pei Qian raised his hand. Of course, I know this, but this is a simple choice to make. Do you want to choose the contestants health or more useless professional rounds?. If they sleep at 10 PM every day, they would still be able to spend at least two hours in professional rounds. On the whole, there would be little change to their training time, and they would not be that affected. Comparatively, maintaining a healthy body, having plenty of energy, and maintaining an excellent memory are more important. After some consideration, Zhang Yuan said, Well Boss Pei, theyll finish breakfast at 7 AM. Until 10 AM, there would be no one playing professional rounds, and they would not be able to train by themselves either. What should the team do then? Pei Qian sniggered. Thats up to them! They can research each heros skills, familiarize themselves with their pre- and post-attack moves, or train the movements and basic skills for various heroes. Arent those the most important things to learn? They could also play for fun or join random 5v5 tournaments. Those are good ways to train as well. Thats right. Before that, they should work out for an hour. Let me write the timetable. Pei Qian stood up and erased everything on the whiteboard. Then, he rewrote the timetable. 6:30 Wake up, shower, forty-minute morning jog 7:20 C 8:00 Breakfast, arrive at the training room 8:00 C 10:00 Independent practice of basic skills 10:00 C 12:00 Two mock competitions and post-competition meetings 12:00 C 12:30 Lunch 12:30 C 13:30 Rest 13:30 C 14:00 Warm up in the game 14:00 C 17:30 Mock B05 competition and post-competition meeting 17:30 C 18:00 Dinner 18:00 C 20:00 Fitness training 20:00 C 22:00 Solo training 22:00 Shower, sleep After writing the timetable, Pei Qian handed the marker to Yaling. Coach, write down when they should have additional meals. Coach Yaling: Additional meals? Pei Qian nodded. Of course! Arent additional meals necessary if youre training? Eating less and more frequently is good for the body. Write down when they should have additional meals and make sure that theyre eating enough. They would not be allowed to order take-out outside the stipulated times. Coach Yaling pondered about this for a moment. Then, she added a cup of black coffee in the morning; egg white and cereal at 10 AM; some beef, sweet potatoes, vegetables, and a cup of black coffee at 3 PM; and a post-training meal at about 9 PM. They would have smaller but more frequent meals without increasing their total caloric intake. That would prevent them from over-eating, prolong their satiety, reduce stress on their stomachs, and increase their metabolism. Pei Qian nodded. Very good. Theyll eat more and train more. Hopefully, when I come back the next time, all of them would look as well-built as fitness instructors! Zhang Yuans head began to hurt as he looked at the timetable. They would be healthy for sure, but would their training be effective? Whats more, those internet addicts were already used to their own lifestyles. Would they be able to sleep at 10 PM if they were forced to? Zhang Yuan raised that question. Pei Qian sniggered. They wouldnt be able to sleep? He turned to face Coach Yaling. Coach Yaling should know how to deal with their insomnia. Coach Yaling was momentarily stunned, but she soon nodded. Boss Peis meaningful look said one thing to her: intensify your training! It would be easy to deal with their insomnia. They would just have to train so intensely that they would not be able to get out of bed. Again, Zhang Yuan said, I have another question, Boss Pei. Can we guarantee the effectiveness of their training?. If they had a coach, they could calculate the results of the mock competitions and analyze each team members objective problems. However, Coach Yaling did not even understand GOG. How could she replay, then? Pei Qian was already prepared for this. Thats easy. Both teams have to elect a captain, right? After each mock competition, the captain will do the replay. The member who performed the worst will have extra fitness training at night! Zhang Yuan: But what if the captain shirks responsibility? Pei Qian pondered for a moment. Thats true. The captain and the team member will have extra training together, then! The losing team will have extra training, too! No matter what, everything can be solved by adding fitness training If they dont win a competition, theyll train more. Yaling, Ill leave this to you. If they dont train to the point of puking, Ill hold you responsible! In any case, the more time they spent training their fitness, the less time they would spend training in the game. It would be best if they were unable to lift their arms after each fitness training session. Ideally, they would not even be able to reach the mouse or the keyboard! Such a ridiculous training method would turn all the contestants away, right? Even if they could not run away because of the one-year contract-once news of this spread, all the other contestants who were thinking about joining DGE would run away in fear. What would the club be without contestants? Zhang Yuan and Coach Yaling fell silent. For some reason, they felt like Boss Pei was rejoicing in the members misery while making those harsh requests Pei Qian stood up. Alright, problem solved. Just follow this plan. When I come next time, I want to see a bunch of contestants who would win any offline competition! After settling the training-related matters, Pei Qian walked out freely. Zhang Yuan and Coach Yaling remained, feeling extremely confused. After some thought, Zhang Yuan said, Well, should we follow this? Everyone knew that Tengdas employees would stick strictly to Boss Peis instructions once he had left clear directions. They were only allowed to use their own imagination if Boss Pei had not left clear directions. Now, Boss Pei had written the entire timetable out. It seemed set in stone. Coach Yaling nodded. I have no objections. Zhang Yuan sighed. But the contestants probably will. Coach Yaling smiled. Its alright. Whether they have objections or not is not important. Captain Zhang, theres something that I have to make clear from the beginning. These people have a very poor foundation. For the first few days after they start training, they might not be able to move the mouse or walk properly. But you dont have to worry. This will go away in a week. As Zhang Yuan looked at Coach Yalings sweet smile, a chill ran down his spine. Chapter 520 - Betting on the Tengda Spirit May 16th, Monday The new season of hiring has started at Tengda. It was the second time the uniformed recruitment examinations were held. The HR department hosing the recruitment was well-versed with the processes, and things proceeded in an orderly fashion. They were at the written test stage, after which there would be a series of steps including interview, induction, and test on Tengda spirit. Wu Bin looked on at the bunch of new job seekers outside the venue with a staff badge hanging on his chest. He could not help but be filled with emotion. Time really flies! Wu Bin recalled his fateful encounter with Tengda, which was as early as November last year. He was trying to poach Hao Qiong from Shang Yang Games then, but things went wayward. Wu Bin, therefore, signed up for Tengdas recruitment examinations decisively, passed all three levels, and became an official full-time employee of Tengda. He had also carried out a series of fruitful work after that. What satisfied him the most was that he managed to summarize the Tengda spirit and use it to guide the authors of the Zhongdian Chinese Network. This was probably described by applying what one had learned, right? In retrospect, in just six months, his life had undergone earth-shaking changes. Wu Bin could not help but feel deeply moved. The Tengda recruitment examinations this time obviously had more people than what they had previously. That was enough to show that Tengdas popularity increased substantially within six months. On the one hand, there were more industries and jobs. On the other hand, the number of people applying for each job had also increased. A couple was cheering for each other outside the entrance of the venue, seemingly taking part in Tengdas recruitment examinations together. My dear, do your best; you can definitely do it! Yes, you, too. Your hard work will definitely allow you to make it! Well rent a bigger house immediately when we manage to enter. Yes, we will not need to work overtime if we get in. Ill make delicious food for you every day! We can definitely get in together! All the best! The two of them encouraged each other before heading to different exam venues. Such a scene was at play. Most of them came themselves, but some of them dragged the entire family with them, which seemed like a send-off to the army. The bustling crowd outside the venue reminded Wu Bin of parents who were waiting anxiously outside the school during college entrance examinations. However, it seemed appropriate as well. The significance of the Tengda recruitment examinations was probably not much different from college entrance examinations. The carp leaped over the dragons gate and climbed to heaven in one step. Wu Bin could not help but swell with emotion. Becoming an employee of Tengda came with a sense of pride for many people, especially the locals in Jingzhou. That was because of Tengdas rapid developments in Jingzhou. Their tentacles had gradually penetrated into various industries, and the locals could feel it deeply. Rumors about Tengda in the outside world were becoming extremely ridiculous. Some said that Tengda gave an extremely high salary, at least double that of other companies in the same industry. Some said that Tengdas benefits were excellent: they had various reimbursement schemes, subsidies, bonuses. Tengda had everything one could think of and everything one could not think of. Some also said that Tengda never encouraged overtime work; some employees even treated overtime as something shameful. The coolest thing was that everyone who entered Tengda would be reborn in a very short time, no matter how mediocre his ability was. Of course, the world outside only half believed in such rumors. That only made Tengdas true situation even more confusing. It was because these rumors were so outrageous that no one could discern which of them were true and which were not. It only increased the yearning to enter Tengda. More people were willing to come over to this city just so one could obtain a good position in Tengda. Wu Bin knew very well that these rumors were true. However, it was totally different from everyones common sense so everyone did not dare believe it. With the popularization of the Tengda spirit, most employees had become accustomed to the true identity of Boss Pei and kept mum about the benefits in Tengda. That exacerbated the ignorance from the outside world. The employees would be even more low profile, seeing how Boss Pei was so low profile. Who would dare compete with Boss Pei for credit? Boss Pei was at least 70% responsible for Tengda to develop so well. Everything else accounted for 30%. People with different backgrounds and personalities passed Tengdas entrance examination through huge efforts and then received unified Tengda spirit training before gradually integrating into this cultural atmosphere to become a member of Tengda. Wu Bin was the same. No matter what, it was a very interesting experience. Wu Bin suddenly realized a problem looking at the bustling crowd. That was Tengda subtly changing the entire city. Such a change was on both material and spiritual levels. At the material level, Tengda had been continuously recruiting employees and providing them with good salaries. These high-income employees would start to spend since they now had a guarantee in their lives. That would stimulate development in the other industries in Jingzhou and the overall economic progress. Moreover, Tengda Corporation was constantly entering the physical industry, from Internet cafes, takeaways, to gyms recently. They were constantly changing peoples material lives. The driving force of such a company was obvious in a city. Tengda was also changing the world on a spiritual level. To the employees, cultivating the habit of working hard and enjoying life dispelled their anxiety and tension. It broke the vicious circle of workplace involution. As far as the consumers were concerned, Tengda showed them a healthier lifestyle through industries such as Internet cafes, Fish-Catching Take-Out, and gyms. Wu Bin looked back and suddenly found out that the influence of the Tengda Group was so far-reaching. He seemed to have understood Boss Peis final goal. However, this goal seemed to be rather far from the looks of its current situation. Tengda Corporations influence was currently concentrated in Jingzhou. It might be expanding to cities such as Lincheng City, but its influence was still limited. Wu Bin guessed that it must be because Boss Pei was still using Jingzhou as a testbed, working hard to build an ecological closed loop here. One would definitely choose to open Fish-Catching Internet Cafe as a franchise in the entire country, seize the chance to obtain investment, quickly realize financial freedom, and start enjoying life if it was any other entrepreneur. However, Boss Pei did not have such thoughts. Obviously, he was not after that money. His goal was for a longer term and was more arduous. Therefore, as a member of the HR department, in addition to completing daily work; we should also shoulder the mission of promoting the Tengda spirit. That is so that this spirit could be spread widely, not just amongst Tengda employees but also amongst the public! Let Boss Peis grand goal be better realized! It was the first time Wu Bin felt his social responsibility so clearly. Before, he was just an ordinary HR guy: running around, poaching, firing employees, and lowering salary to complete the task set out by the boss. He could only think about how to complete his tasks and requirements to make a living As for social responsibility? That was all too vague. However, now that Wu Bin had no worries about food and clothing, he naturally had the energy to pursue the realization of self-worth and do something truly meaningful. The most important factor was that after accepting Boss Peis Tengda spirit for such a long time, he could not wait to share it with others. It was like deciphering the confusion of the authors from the Zhongdian Chinese Network. Wu Bin felt that he should become an interpreter of the Tengda spirit to live up to Boss Peis expectations and promotion. At six in the afternoon Wu Bin had dinner at the nearby Fish-Catching Internet Cafe after he was done with the recruitment work for today. He was about to set off for the course at Zhongdian Chinese Network. In the process of proctoring the exam today, Wu Bin had been thinking about how he should accomplish his mission. Wu Bin decided to make more interpretations of the Tengda spirit after much consideration! Wu Bin had summed up some contents including three major items previously when he tried to figure out the spirit of Tengda spirit: efficient work, focus on innovation, obedience to leadership, independent thinking, combination of work and rest, and long-term goals. For a long time, this top-secret document had been circulating privately amongst Tengda employees, and it was strictly forbidden to spread it on internal forums and on the internet. Wu Bin also emphasized that it was not a textbook answer, only a one-sided interpretation and could only be used for reference. It could not be regarded as the only correct answer and certainly could not be represented as Boss Peis true thoughts. The interpretation of the Tengda spirit could only be infinitely close to Boss Pei. He could never stop in his interpretation. Wu Bin felt that he had gone one step further now because the objective environment had changed. It would be difficult for the new hires to fully understand the Tengda spirit even if they saw the explanation. That was because they lacked the experience of working directly with Boss Pei. It would be difficult for them to get such opportunities in the future as well. The Tengda Corporation would only grow larger after all. Boss Pei would have to deal with more affairs. It was obvious that only the department heads would be able to talk to Boss Pei. Most new employees did not even have the opportunity to talk to Boss Pei; they would not even know the specific decisions that Boss Pei had made. How could they figure out the spirit that Boss Pei promulgated? Therefore, Wu Bin felt that he had to make more explanations on the Tengda spirit to solve this problem. That would involve recording the words and deeds of Boss Pei in a book so that the newcomers could compare the contents of the Tengda spirit and the specific words and deeds of Boss Pei to obtain more accurate insights. It would be just like memorizing English words; one had to combine them with example sentences to better understand them. However, Wu Bin felt that his own writing would not be enough. It was alright if it was just to summarize a few key points. However, one would still require certain skills to write vivid and true stories and yet not preachy and disgusted. Therefore, Wu Bin decided to make a trip to Zhongdian Chinese Network. Wu Bin used the Tengda spirit to guide many authors after all. There should be authors willing to join him on this great cause, right? For example, an appropriate candidate would be Cui Geng who wrote The Butterfly Game after being inspired by the Tengda spirit. Chapter 521 - This is Just a Little Something for Boss Pei Zhongdian Chinese Network Authors study class The authors were preparing to head back for rest after uploading their chapters for the day. Cui Geng stretched and looked at the 7,000 odd words that he had written today and nodded satisfactorily. The Butterfly Game had 1.6 million words so far and was a top seller on Zhongdian Chinese Network. Boss Pei had previously adjusted the websites revenue-sharing scheme and increased the authors revenue share to 70%. Cui Gengs fees for the manuscript had risen by a large amount, and the motivation to work harder seemed to have become weaker. Cui Geng was a slacker and should have lost all motivation when something like that happened. However, it was the Tengda spirit that allowed him to find his way. Therefore, he degraded from writing 10,000 words to 4,000 per day when he had the most inspiration. He could maintain this level without any break in between. That seemed to be good news for readers who were used to Cui Gengs laziness. Moreover. Cui Geng could clearly feel that his writing had reached a bottleneck. For an author like him who had rarely written a million words for a novel, this book had reached more than 1.6 million words, which was beyond his control and experience to write to some extent. It was very dangerous. Therefore, after much consideration, Cui Geng decided to fight his natural laziness. The method would come from the online literature class! Cui Gengs writing habits had undergone many transformations. In the beginning, he found that he could actually create huge updates. He wrote slowly. Sometimes, because he was really slow; other times, it was just excuses for being lazy. Then, after receiving the education on the Tengda spirit, he found the crux of his ideology and used it as an opportunity to start creating The Butterfly Game, which brought his writing career to a higher level. Cui Geng was facing even more problems now as he increased his word count. Sometimes, it was difficult to overcome even with the Tengda spirit. He, therefore, went to Editor-in-chief Zhu to apply to the online literature class once again and shut himself in the little black room. Once again, he had found the feeling of being undisturbed by the outside world with a high level of energy. He had to say that the effects were obvious. His writing efficiency greatly improved after changing his environment. It was no easy feat for Cui Geng to return to a writing level of more than 7,000 words a day. Cui Geng left with the other authors after he was done with the work today. Some planned to head to internet cafes for gaming and relaxation while the others plan to go back to rest and improve on their outlines. Cui Geng could clearly feel the difference in the online literature class from when it started. After several batches, the study class had become a norm in Zhongdian Chinese Network. The authors communicated and learned from each other and made progress together at the same time. More people found that these classes were indeed good. It could significantly improve efficiency and performance. It entered a virtuous circle over time. Moreover, Cui Geng had become a role model in the minds of the authors, a typical case of success in the study class. Cui Geng could not help but sigh. He had become an idol at such a tender age, how difficult. Cui Geng saw a familiar figure when he was about to head back. Wu Bin? Wu Bin left a deep impression on Cui Geng. Wu Bins interpretation cleared his mind when he was studying the Tengda spirit. Wu Bin smiled. Do you have time? Shall we have a drink? Cui Geng nodded, agreeing readily. Sure. Both of them came to the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe nearby and found a seat in the bar area. It was evening, and the number of people in the bar gradually increased. Performers were tuning their instruments on stage and would soon begin. It was said that the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe was now experimenting with a 3.0 model, and a new store would be opened soon. However, this initial Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 1.0 still had enough customers. Chen Leis popularity had made Jingzhous resident singers yearn for Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. Naturally, groups of fans came over to the Internet cafe to tip him. Income from alcohol and tips had always been an important source of income for the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. Chen Lei was busy with his business now. He often traveled around the country, participating in music festivals to gain more popularity after releasing a few singles. He was also preparing for his first concert. Chen Lei might not be in Jingzhou most of the time, but he had expressed in his interviews that he had never forgotten that Jingzhou was his hometown and would definitely return when he had the time. Wu Bin and Cui Geng each ordered a glass of wine and chatted while drinking. Wu Bin gave a brief explanation of his intention. Cui Geng slapped his thigh after listening to it. Please leave this matter to me! The two of them hit off on the spot Cui Geng was not short of money in the first place. That was even more so after The Butterfly Game became popular. What he cared about most now was how to break through his bottleneck. There were signs of exhaustion once The Butterfly Game hit 1 million characters. His slowdown in writing was proof of that. In the beginning, he was filled with inspiration and energy. The contents of the material were readily available so it was easy to write 10,000 words a day. However, the content became lesser and lesser as the number of words increased. How could he ensure that the plot did not slip? That was the problem that plagued Cui Geng. Cui Geng, who was once a special observer in Tengda Corporation, could enter the various departments at willfor material collection. Many plots within The Butterfly Game came from the materials within the various departments of Tengda. However, he had rarely gone to Tengdas departments after he started writing seriously. Cui Geng could still continue to collect materials from the various departments in Tengda now. However, it would still be difficult to continue making breakthroughs. Moreover, Tengda has so many departments now. Cui Geng was under pressure to update every day. His efficiency in collecting materials would be pretty slow if he did not have a direction. The gain would not be worth the losses. He especially needed a partner like Wu Bin now Wu Bin had a deep understanding of the Tengda spirit. Also, as a member of the HR department, he had good knowledge of the structure and personnel of each department. He would surely find the best perspective for material collection and the most suitable candidates. Cui Geng only needed to follow him to record things down and write good content. Not only would it be able to help Wu Bin complete the interpretation of the Tengda spirit, but he could also take this opportunity to achieve a breakthrough in his bottleneck. Would that not be killing two birds with one stone? That was why Cui Geng became excited as well. Then, where shall we start? The gaming department? Cui Geng asked. Wu Bin shook his head. No, Ill be able to ask the person-in-charge of each department about the matters of the department; this information is easy to obtain. As the saying goes, the onlooker sees more of the game. My understanding of the Tengda spirit had always been too constrained by the departments. This time, Ive decided to start from outside, to take a look at the companies that Boss Pei are working with and what they think of Boss Pei. Perhaps then, well be able to understand more of how Boss Pei thinks. Cui Geng nodded. Then, where shall we start? Wu Bin thought about it and said. As far as I know, Boss Li of Fu Hui Investments had always been a business partner with Boss Pei. He had been collaborating with Boss Pei on the Thriller Hostel project recently. Lets find a time to start with Boss Li then. May 18th, Wednesday. The construction of the Thriller Hostel was in full swing in the old Industrial zones of Jingzhou City. The construction of the Thriller Hostel would officially be opened in July to their first clients according to the schedule. The engineering team was still working overtime. Fortunately, factory buildings were readily available in this place. The most troublesome part of the construction was the Thriller Hostel which required major renovations within the factory, which was why construction started in December last year until now. The other industries such as restaurants, hotels, etc. that Boss Li and the others wanted to open were all remodeled by the original building of the factory and old industrial zones. Strictly speaking, they were renovating and decorating the interior of the factory, not rebuilding them. It would be able to be completed on schedule with sufficient funds and the construction team working overtime. Moreover, the outdated appearance of the old factory building had a special vicissitude feeling to it, which fitted very well with the style of the Thriller Hostel. It was a totally different world after entering these old factory buildings. The comfortable dining, resting area, and shopping environment would allow visitors to completely forget the fright and fatigue from the haunted house and enjoy it. Li Shi came to the door of the temporary office where Chen Kangtuo was and knocked gently. Boss Li? Please enter. Chen Kangtuo welcomed Li Shi and gave him a glass of water. Chen Kangtuo had dealt with Boss Li and the other investors during the period of construction. They were now very familiar with each other. Everyone had similar interests since they were all vested in the same project. Anything was subject to discussion. Li Shi sat down and took a sip. Little Brother Chen, to be honest, Im representing all the investors today to propose something to Tengda. Hm? What is this proposal? Chen Kangtuo was a little surprised. Li Shi took out an architectural drawing with the Thriller Hostel and its surrounding buildings: The other investors and I have specially vacated a factory building in this prime location to be renovated into a market. It would be used to sell various souvenirs and merchandise related to the Thriller Hostel. This market will be jointly funded by me and other investors. Tengda will come up with a design plan. Well split the final income evenly between Tengda and the rest of the investors in a 50:50 ratio. What do you think? Chen Kangtuo could not help but be taken aback. Boss Li, this isnt appropriate. Wouldnt that be equivalent to gifting it to Tengda for free? Boss Li smiled slightly. This is a little something from all of us to Boss Pei. Chapter 522 - There was More to Boss Pei Chen Kangtuo hesitated. Anyone observant enough would be able to tell that this was not simply a small gesture. If Thriller Hostel could become popular, all the peripheral businesses would earn a considerable profit as well. At the moment, for most amusement parks in the country, developers of peripheral businesses and other profit-generating channels were only just picking up. Ticket sales still accounted for the majority of the profits earned. However, famous international amusement parks were different. Judging from more mature models, entrance tickets, shopping, and others each accounted for one-third of the income generated. Others included income earned from food and beverages, accommodation, investment by other players in the tourism industry, sponsorship for tourist festivals, real estate development for the purposes of tourism, and the like. Now, Boss Li and the other investors had decided to give Tengda half of the income they earned from the projects peripheral to Thriller Hostel. That would amount to quite a generous sum. Seeing Chen Kangtuos hesitation, Li Shi smiled. Brother Chen, dont stand on ceremony with us. The Thriller Hostel was Boss Peis project to begin with. Given Tengdas financial power, Boss Pei could have eaten up all the profits surrounding Thriller Hostel. Yet, he did not do so. Instead, he left such a generous share of the profits to us. He was generous to us first. Now, everyones interests are tied together. If one prospers, all will prosper. If one loses out, all will lose out. We shouldnt be divided by opinions. The other investors and I only invested in this market to repay Boss Peis generosity Brother Chen, if you feel bad, just make sure you run Thriller Hostel well and make it popular. That would be good enough repayment to us. Chen Kangtuo considered this for a long time. He was put in a spot, seeing how resolute Boss Li was. Finally, he nodded and said, Alright. Ill thank you all on behalf of Boss Pei, then. Boss Li smiled. Ive already prepared the contract. Please take a look at it, Brother Chen. If there are no problems, quickly come up with a plan and get to work. Time waits for no one. After walking out of Chen Kangtuos office, Boss Li immediately felt light and refreshed. He was much more relaxed now! Recently, Li Shi had been watching the renovation of the restaurant he was setting up near Thriller Hostel like a hawk. Although construction was going well, he could not relax. The same feeling kept gnawing at him for a very long time. After thinking hard about his experience working with Boss Pei, Boss Li finally realized why he had been feeling so uneasy. The investors and Boss Peis carts were not locked firmly enough together! In other words, the investors still ran the risk of having their cart overturned. Before this, they had invested in the Shared Top Student project. Boss Pei had first shaken their confidence to dissuade a group of investors from investing. Then, he had resorted to little tricks to eliminate all the shareholders so that he could hog the biggest share of profits. After everything settled down, Li Shi had replayed what happened in his head. It was then that he had realized something: all of that could only happen because the investors had not followed Boss Pei closely enough. Business was business. In terms of doing business, Boss Pei would always put Tengdas interests first. To Boss Li, Boss Pei had always had the same attitude towards all the investors: if you want to have a taste of the soup, just follow me. However, dont even think about eating the meal. All the meat in the pot belonged to Tengda. If they were to leave the table in the ascending order of who ate the most, Tengda would be the last to leave. Thus, Boss Li figured that he had to tie his own profits tightly and closely to Boss Peis. Only then could he prevent himself from being shaken off for nothing! Offering to give Tengda a share of the investors profits had been the result of him thinking hard. On the surface, he looked generous, but inside, he was being stingy. Boss Li and the others were setting up restaurants and hotels. Those were the accompanying facilities around Thriller Hostel. Although the income generated would be less than the entrance tickets, it would still be considered stable. Boss Pei was knowledgeable and far-sighted. He must have hoped to turn Thriller Hostel into a first-tier amusement park in the country or even the world. That meant the income structure would be similar to first-tier amusement parks around the world: entrance tickets, shopping, and others would each account for one-third of all income generated. Of those shares, Tengda would keep all the income earned from the sale of entrance tickets. Income earned from others would be split between Tengda and the investors. Only income earned from shopping remained unclear. Once Thriller Hostel officially opened for business, there were two possible outcomes. First, it could turn out like other amusement parks in the country and only earn money from the sale of entrance tickets, but not from anything else. Second, it could earn a lot of money from entrance tickets and peripheral businesses alike. If it were the former and the peripheral businesses were not making money, what would be the harm in splitting half the income with Tengda? If it were the latter and everyone was earning profits, Tengda would be able to obtain real, tangible benefits from the surrounding businesses. Naturally, it would be motivated to run the amusement park well. Thus, after some discussion, Boss Li and the other investors decided to split a share of their profits with Tengda. That would tie them tightly and closely with Boss Peis chariot of interest, so that all of them would rise or fall together. With those additional interests, Boss Pei would spend more effort on the peripheral businesses, which would benefit the development of Thriller Hostel in return. Until now, although all the investors absolutely trusted Boss Pei, they were still uncertain about whether Thriller Hostel would succeed or not. That was why they had to pay extra attention to it and bet that Boss Peis business genius would cause another miracle to happen. Li Shi walked out of Chen Kangtuos office, prepared to check on the progress of the restaurants construction and then drive back to his own office. However, at that moment, his cell phone rang. It was an unknown number. Hello, Boss Li. I am Wu Bin, from Tengdas HR department. Ive been collecting some material on Boss Pei recently. I wonder if you have time to answer a few simple questions. Li Shi was stunned. This phone call surprised him. However, since Wu Bin claimed to be Boss Peis employee, Li Shi had to show him due respect. Whats more, Li Shi was extremely curious as to what kind of material Wu Bin was trying to gather. Alright. Lets meet at the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe near Handong University. At Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Li Shi, Wu Bin, and Cui Geng each ordered a cup of coffee. Wu Bin had already explained his intentions to Li Shi. The part about the Tengda spirit piqued Li Shis interest. Everyone knew that Boss Pei was very good at managing his subordinates. All of Tengda Corporations employees could hold a fort on their own. Whats more, they strictly obeyed Boss Peis instructions and dared not go against his orders. From Fish-Catching Internet Cafe to Dream Realization Ventures and Thriller Hostelwhenever Li Shi interacted with Boss Peis subordinates, he could feel that they worshiped Boss Pei uniquely. What was the Tengda spirit about, then? What was its effect? If Li Shi could learn that spirit, would Fu Hui Investments employees become like Tengdas? Having a spiritual weapon would be extremely useful for any businessman. Li Shi sipped his coffee. No problem. Please ask me whatever you want to. I just have one request: when youre done with the Tengda spirit handbook, give me one copy. Wu Bin hesitated. The Tengda spirit was considered an unspoken secret within the company itself. Employees could only pass it down in secret; they could not disseminate information about it on the internal forum or online. Obviously, the notes that they were writing on the Tengda spirit would not be passed down to just any employee. Li Shi seemed to be able to tell what was on Wu Bins mind. He smiled subtly and said, Dont worry, I wont disseminate the information. For something as valuable as this, the fewer the people who know, the better. Whats more, theres no conflict of interests between Fu Hui Investments and Tengda Corporation. Weve always been close business partners. After some thought, Wu Bin decided that it made sense. The Tengda spirit was a summary of a mindset; he could not call it a business secret. It was only an unspoken secret because he did not want random people passing the Tengda Spirit compatibility test. At the same time, he wanted the employees to persist in trying to figure out and study the Tengda spirit without slacking off. Further, like Boss Li said, he had no reason to disseminate the information. Since Boss Li was contributing to the notes on the Tengda spirit and he was going to keep the Tengda spirit a secret, giving him a copy of the handbook would do no harm to the company. At that thought, Wu Bin nodded. Alright, Boss Li. Lets finish the notes on the Tengda spirit together. I want to ask you what your impression of Boss Pei is. Obviously, people inside and outside the company have different impressions of Boss Pei. As an employee, we can only see one side of Boss Pei. As his business partner, you can see another side of Boss Pei. Thats key to writing these notes on the Tengda spirit. Li Shi sipped his coffee and pondered for a moment. From my perspective, the first impression I had of Boss Pei was that hes calm and ruthless. Hes so calm that, no matter what situation hes put in, he can address the problem objectively and logically. That allows him to make the right decision every time. Coupled with his outstanding far-sightedness and business knowledge, one can say that hes a strategist. When dealing with business, he always puts Tengdas interests first. If any other company threatens to affect Tengdas interests, Boss Pei would take the necessary action to make their lives miserable. While working with other people, Boss Pei remains ever-ready to kick anyone off the boat for the sake of Tengdas interests. Of course, Boss Pei would not resort to low tricks. Instead, he would always remain fair and honest. Thats the most admirable thing about him. From another angle, Boss Pei is a very tolerant and kind person. He has a unique understanding of working together. He will only work with people who have absolute trust in him. Before that, he would think of all ways and means to test his partners and dissuade the weak-willed ones from working with him. To partners who hang on until the end or give up a share of their interests for him, Boss Pei can be very generous. The seemingly conflicting characteristics blend perfectly well in Boss Pei. In him, I see the cunning of an old fox and the ideals of a young man. Its incredible. Maybe business geniuses like Boss Pei were born into this world to run successful businesses. Wu Bin transcribed everything that Li Shi had said, word for word. Touched, he said, Thank you very much, Boss Li. This angle has given me renewed inspiration! Cui Geng, who had been sitting by the side, was already thinking about how to write all of those things at a suitable angle. Wu Bin continued asking questions. Boss Li, can you tell us more about your experience working with Boss Pei? Can you also give us specific examples of Boss Peis personality that you just described? Still holding on to his coffee, Li Shi dug deep into his memory bank. If I were to start at the beginning, I would have to start from Fish-Catching Internet Cafes flagship store At the time, I stumbled upon a cold and deserted internet cafe. It was deserted, but it had limitless potential. Thus, I thought about investing Wu Bin listened intently. In his mind, his image of Boss Pei became fuller and more multi-dimensional. Chapter 523 - The Initial Effects of the Management Trainee System May 20th, Friday At Deposit Fitness There were not many people in the gym in the morning, and so it looked quite empty. There were only four female students training on the whole row of treadmills; the other machines were empty. Things were not much better where the free weights were. There were only six people, and three of them were fitness trainers who were working out. Guo Licheng had just finished training. He wiped the perspiration from his forehead with a towel and then sat down at the resting area. He had been quite busy as the branch manager these days. Preparations for the other branches were in full swing. Of course, Guo Licheng could not manage everything on his own. Thus, he had found a few fitness trainers in Deposit Fitness flagship store whom he knew very well and made them branch managers of other branches. He purchased equipment of the same brand and informed Rui Yuchen of Fish-Catching Take-Out as well. Placing the exact same orders at all the nearby Fish-Catching Take-Out outlets would be easy to do. Only recruiting new employees would be quite troublesome. Guo Licheng had already set recruitment guidelines for the other branches. He followed Boss Peis instructions strictly: they had to assess every trainers muscles and body shape first. Even if they could talk extremely well, they would not be hired unless they could train equally well. That meant that many trainers did not make the cut because of their body shape. Thankfully, Boss Pei was offering a generous remuneration. Thus, despite the strict recruitment standard, a significant number of trainers who matched the criteria jumped ship. Thus, preparation for the various branches was going quite smoothly. Deposit Fitness branches were going to start opening for business over the next two days. It seemed like the Deposit Fitness outlet at Ming Yun Villas would be the first to open. Since Guo Licheng had been extremely busy, he had not found the time to take a look. He had also had no idea whether the gym would operate well or not once it opened for business. According to Guo Lichengs preliminary judgment, it would not go well. One look at the state of the flagship store, and one would be able to tell. Apart from being occupied by the other branches, Guo Licheng had been following Boss Peis instructions strictly and training hard. He was afraid that Boss Pei would be able to tell if he slacked for a day or two and that he would end up being criticized. However, that also meant that Guo Licheng had no time to attract new customers or publicize the gym. Things had been alright when Coach Yaling was still around. Each day, new customers would register for slots because of her. However, now that Boss Pei had transferred Coach Yaling away, the gym was much more deserted. Branch Manager, the fitness meals are here! The lady at the front desk called out to Guo Licheng. He looked up and saw two delivery men from Fish-Catching Take-Out carrying insulated delivery boxes on their backs. They placed them down, retrieved the take-out boxes from inside, placed them neatly on the table, and then left in a hurry. It was almost noon, and the delivery men had other deliveries to make. Since Deposit Fitness was family, they had not felt the need to be polite. That was why they left immediately after completing the delivery. Guo Licheng called out to the rest of the trainers. Meal time! Oh A few listless replies came from around the gym. Guo Licheng was helpless, too. He knew why everyone was in low spirits. They had no interest in the fitness meals whatsoever. Fish-Catching Take-Outs fitness meals were not that different from other fitness meals in the market. They were mainly made up of salad. Although there were other ingredients and the meal was relatively well-balanced, it still tasted bland. If they were only eating it from time to time, they would probably be alright with it. However, they had eaten it so many times that just smelling cup noodles made them drool now. The few students in the gym were loyal customersthe extreme minority. They had very strong wills and so had not been turned away by the meals. In fact, they had already been eating them for a long time. To them, eating fitness meals had become nothing more than a daily task. Each day, no matter what went into the fitness meal, they would wolf it down after training and lie to their stomachs. They did all of that just to complete their tasks. Of course, they had no interest in eating those meals. There werent many people in the gym, and so there was no need to eat in smaller groups. Everyone took their respective seats and opened the lunch boxes in front of them. After opening his own lunch box, Guo Licheng became stunned. Has there been a mistake? Half the lunch box was filled with stewed rice with mushroom and chicken breast while the other half was filled with tomato eggs and steamed tofu. The stewed rice with mushroom and chicken breast had been made with brown rice, and it was topped with chicken breast, diced carrots, corn kernels, shiitake mushrooms, and green peppers. It had been stir-fried with a little oil and then steamed together with the brown rice. The taste of all the ingredients had been infused into the brown rice. As for the tomato egg and steamed tofu the tofu had first been fried with a small amount of oil. Then, the fire had been turned up, and the egg mixture poured in. Once the egg was fully-cooked, it had been wrapped evenly around the tofu. Finally, a small amount of green onion had been sprinkled over it. Both of those dishes were the latest outcomes of Fish-Catching Take-Outs Gourmet Laboratory. The former amounted to 320 kcal, and the latter amounted to 398 kcal per serving. After taking half a serving each and combining them, a well-balanced and nutritious meal was formed. Rui Yuchen thought that both of those dishes had satisfied his initial wish for a more sustainable fitness meal. Thus, he arranged for them to be delivered to Deposit Fitness flagship store today for everyone to try, so that they could all give their feedback. However, he had not emphasized this to the delivery men. Since the latter had been busy, they had forgotten to inform Guo Licheng as well. Guo Licheng heard someone gulping down their saliva. They had been eating salad for such a long time. Now, everyone drooled after catching a single whiff of cup noodles. Smelling skewers was all the more torturous. Who could hold themselves back upon seeing the piping hot and fragrant meal in front of them? Still, nobody touched their cutlery. Instead, all of them looked at Guo Licheng, stunned. Guo Licheng gulped his saliva as well. He cleared his throat and said, I think it was a mistake. I guess theres no other choice. We shouldnt waste food. Lets eat; well train after this. Alright! Everyone immediately grinned as they grabbed their lunch boxes and stuffed themselves with food. Guo Licheng knocked on the table. Slow down! Chewing slowly helps with digestion and prevents you from getting fat. It was only then that everyone slowed down. Two of the girls held their spoons and swallowed mouth after mouth of stewed rice and tofu. Their eyes welled up with tears. They were moved! Finally, they did not have to eat grass anymore. Finally, they could eat food meant for humans! Guo Licheng looked like he was enjoying himself, too. He had to admit that food of this temperature and taste was much, much better than salad. While eating, Guo Licheng felt increasingly confused. Although it felt like the delivery had been a mistake, the food was actually quite healthy. It looked like less oil had been used. Whats more, brown rice, carrots, green peppers, corn kernels, chicken breasts, eggs, and tofu were all relatively healthy ingredients Yet, on second thought, Fish-Catching Take-Outs food leaned towards the healthy side. Their daily menu contained small amounts of oil and salt as well; it was not as intense as other take-out brands. Thus, Guo Licheng remained silent. In his heart, he made a note to ask Rui Yuchen about it when he got the chance in the future. May 21st, Saturday The Management Trainees had their meeting as usual. One by one, the Management Trainees of various departments gave their respective updates. Every time they mentioned something interesting, Pei Qian would ask one or two questions. However, after confirming that nothing was out of the ordinary, he would let them pass. a few more of Deposit Fitnesss branches have opened for business, but theyre equally empty and deserted. On Fridaywhich was yesterday, Fish-Catching Take-Out seemed to have delivered the wrong meals to Deposit Fitness flagship store. However, Coach Guo led everyone to train more after that, and the effect was cancelled out, reported the Management Trainee of Deposit Fitness. Delivered the wrong meals? Pei Qian detected that something was amiss. Would Fish-Catching Take-Out make such a low-class mistake? They wouldnt, right? Rui Yuchen and his subordinates were not useless. If they had committed such a low-class mistake, they would have informed me about it. Why am I only finding out now? Pei Qian turned to look at Fish-Catching Take-Outs Management Trainee. Indeed, the Management Traineewho was also a waiter at the Gourmet Laboratoryraised his hand. That wasnt a mistake. It was the new fitness meal that the Gourmet Laboratory developed. Pei Qian: ? An important revelation! Tell me about it in detail. Pei Qian felt like he was facing a formidable enemy. Fish-Catching Take-Outs Management Trainee explained himself. Boss Rui thought that the fitness meals were awful before and were not suited to the locals taste. Thus, after some research, he decided that he had to strike a balance between the meals taste and health benefits. This version of the fitness meal contains more calories than the previous one, but its healthier as well. Er of course, it also costs more. Pei Qians expression had darkened at first, but after hearing that it contained more calories and cost more, he felt much better. Since it contained more calories, the fitness meals would be less effective. Since it cost more, it would have a stronger dissuading effect on customers who were still on the fence. It did not seem like such a bad thing after all. How much more does it cost? The Management Trainee answered, Every fitness meal costs about three yuan more. That amounts to about seven yuan more per day. Pei Qian quickly calculated in his head. If the meals cost seven more yuan per day and one trained three times per week, that would be close to a thousand yuan per year! Er Deposit Fitness prices would balloon. Deposit Fitness had already dissuaded a large group of potential customers because of its prices. Now that prices were going to increase further, wouldnt fewer customers sign up? That was not bad. Pei Qian asked, How is Rui Yuchen solving the price problem? Fish-Catching Take-Outs Management Trainee answered, Boss Rui plans to let the students choose whether to eat salad or the new fitness meals. Each would be priced differently. Pei Qian immediately shook his head. That wouldnt do! If students wanted to save money, they would eat the salad. Once they got sick of it, they would spend several more yuan to lead a better life. Students wouldnt be dissuaded at all that would achieve the opposite effect, wouldnt it? The shared gym was already proving that the current pricing strategy was working. Customers were turning away. Of course, they had to keep increasing prices. Our gym is called Deposit Fitness, with emphasis on the deposit! If customers get to choose what to eat, how are they depositing their bodies with us? Get the Gourmet Laboratory to continue spending money to develop new fitness meals. I dont care about the cost; just bundle the cost together with the gyms prices! Fish-Catching Take-Out and Deposit Fitness Management Trainees exchanged a look and then said, Alright, Boss Pei. Hold on. Pei Qian seemed to notice a problem. He raised his hand and said, Neither of you should do anything. Ill inform the respective heads myself. He could not let the heads know about the Management Trainees. They were meant to be transparent in their departments. He could not allow the heads to become suspicious. Alright, next. Pei Qian gestured for the meeting to continue. Thriller Hostels Management Trainee reported, Boss Pei, for Thriller Hostel Boss Li and the other investors just signed a contract with Boss Chen. The investors have agreed to pour money into building a huge shopping mall within Thriller Hostel, and they will share half of the profits with us. Pei Qian remained silent as question marks filled his mind. Chapter 524 - Boss Pei, You are Obviously Watching, but are Pretending to be Indifferent This Boss Li really comes up with new tricks from time to time! In the past, he would take the initiative to tell me when he was planning to create trouble. Now, hes actually taking care of them directly with my underlings? Is there still law in this country? Is there still order? Does anyone care?! Pei Qian was livid because he did not want any of this income! He would have set the ticket prices for the entire Thriller Hostel for free had it not been forbidden by the system. He was now gifted a shopping mall inexplicably and fifty percent of all the profits in the mall. It was no different from getting struck by lightning out of nowhere! Pei Qian had no plans at all to sell the peripherals even though they could make a profit! Great, now he was being forced to put a square peg into a round hole. Anyone could rent these old industrial zones. Boss Li and the others could open shops as they liked. They might not be able to sell anything linked to the copyright of the Thriller Hostel, but they could still sell a lot of other goods. They would be able to make money all the same as long as there was human traffic. Yet, now everyone was setting up a store together and selling things together. In Boss Lis view, the investors might suffer a loss in the distribution of the profits, but as long as this plate was made larger, the total amount would be a win-win situation for everyone. However, Pei Qian did not think so. Wasnt this an inexplicable huge profit forced in? Pissed off. Luckily, Pei Qian had been really experienced in this and had calmed down in no time. Thinking from another point of view-in the beginning, the Thriller Hostel was to be running at a loss. If the Thriller Hostel would not make money, the shopping malls would naturally not make money. There is nothing to worry about. Conversely, if the mall made money, it meant that the Thriller Hostel itself had become popular and had already made more money in tickets There is no difference between fifty steps and a hundred so there is nothing to be antagonized over. Pei Qian tried to enlighten himself, but it had no effect on him. The more he thought about it, the more he felt he had suffered a loss and the angrier he became! Boss Li had to accept revenge for this backstab! Pei Qian tried his best to keep the bottleneck as he told the Manage Loss Trainee in charge of Thriller Hostel Tell me the cooperation plan in detail. The Manage Loss Trainee replied, Boss Li and the other investors had rented an old factory building in a good location. They proposed to pay for the rent and the renovation while we provide the plan for the renovation. Pei Qian was thoughtful upon hearing this. He seemed to have found a point of breakthrough. Do you have the rendering for the renovation? The Manage Loss Trainee fished out his phone. Yes, Boss Pei, please take a look. Pei Qian reached out and took the phone to look at the rendering on it. The style of a standard high-end shopping mall, soft lighting, clean environment, a dazzling array of shelves filled with goods, tourists come and go, choosing goods and enthusiastic shopping guide ladies Yes, this rendering had a huge number of tourists drawn on it. That pricked Pei Qian as though he had already seen the super popular shopping mall. That could not happen! Think about it, these tourists were frightened half to death when they went to the haunted house. It was the time when they were mentally weak. It would be like entering heaven if they were to enter this mall after that. They would be surrounded by a huge sense of security after all their previous fears were wiped out. Why would they not splurge like crazy in such circumstances? Pei Qian considered for a short while before replying. This renovation plan will definitely not do; it requires a huge change! They have yet to start the work, right? The Manage Loss Trainee nodded. Not yet, Boss Pei. This is only the initial draft. It will require modification before work starts, probably at the end of the month. Pei Qian checked the date; there was still one week. It should be no problem recreating the plan of the designer if he worked a little harder. The current renovation plan is too shabby. Renovate it completely in accordance with the specifications of foreign luxury shopping malls. It must be graceful, luxurious, and magnificent. It has to be as expensive as it can get! Of course, there is no need to choose too troublesome materials. Just get the expensive materials to ensure that we will be able to hit the date completion date. Customers will definitely be able to feel our sincerity. In addition, such a shopping-mall style is too common. There is nothing new at all, which is completely inconsistent with the Thriller Hostel theme. Transform the entire mall into a maze and hide all the peripheral goods within the maze. Make it so that most customers would not be able to find the store and would exit accidentally. Hmm, I think you better not say anything, Ill let Chen Kangtuo know. Pei Qian emphasized that the identity of the Manage Loss Trainees should not be revealed. As to why such a design scheme was chosen the reason was very simple. Make Boss Li and the others bleed out by selling as little as possible! Renovations cost a lot in the first place. The costs would only snowball now that it had become a maze filled with walls. Hmph, who asked you to backstab me?! Dont blame me for doing things harshly since you asked Tengda to come up with the plan while you pay for the renovations! Wouldnt you continue to pester me endlessly if I did not cause you to lose big? The main reason was that this group of investors followed Boss Pei wherever he invested. Many projects, which were originally not profitable, became profitable because of them. Once the myth of Boss Peis invincibility was shattered and Boss Li and the rest suffered a huge loss, these people would naturally disperse. Boss Pei would then be able to find his happy little corner to lose money. All the Manage Loss Trainees completed their reports in no time. Pei Qian could not help but feel relieved from the bottom of his heart after summarizing the contents of todays meeting. Great, the Manage Loss Trainees system had achieved initial results! If it was not for these Manage Loss Trainees, Pei Qian would not have grasped the latest developments of Fish-Catching Take-Out fitness meals or the situation at the Thriller Hostel Boss Peis degree of control over the various projects had significantly been enhanced with the Manage Loss Trainees. None of the clues of making profits would be able to escape Boss Peis eyes! Of course, it was difficult to change things that had already happened. However, no matter what, it was a huge improvement from his previous situation! Pei Qian was very satisfied. Everyone did well; please continue working hard! May 22nd, Sunday night Pei Qian had already written emails to Chen Kangtuo, Guo Licheng, and Rui Yuchen yesterday afternoon. He had expressed his opinion on the fitness meal and the shopping mall of the Thriller Hostel. He had scheduled to send them out together on Monday morning. This way, they would receive the emails after they went to work without any delay. As to why it was scheduled on Monday to be sent It was because Boss Pei had never encouraged working overtime. What if the rest read wrongly into his meaning if he were to send them emails on Saturday? Everyone would think wow, Boss Pei was still working on a Saturday. How could we slack then? Come on, fight on! That would obtain the opposite effect. Today was Sunday. Pei Qian was basking comfortably in the sunlight in his large living room during the morning. He played games on his huge TV for the rest of the day and felt his life being very complete. Until now, Pei Qian was the only resident really living in this building. He had recruited one butler and two cleaners, but the works of these three people were seriously unsaturated. However, Pei Qian did not mind. It was best to be kept this way. It was past ten at night. Pei Qian wondered if he should be adjusting his biological clock and head to bed earlier. Pei Qian looked into the dangers of staying up late previously to change the schedules for the internet-addicted teenagers in the DGE club. The more he read up, the guiltier he felt. After all, he could better lose money by ensuring he was healthy. Otherwise, if he collapses on the hospital bed and the various person-in-charge of the departments visit his ward with endless good news such as a certain department raked in millions, a certain movie won a prize, or if a certain game had taken the world by storm Wouldnt that cause Boss Pei to vomit blood on the bed? Therefore, Pei Qian felt that he must take good care of his body to fight the wits of his subordinates. He had to go to bed early, eat well, and sleep well. Alright, lets get it on then! Pei Qian took a nice long bath, brushed his teeth, and brought his phone to the bed. He set the alarm to ring at eight tomorrow morning before placing the phone on the bedside and touched the bedside control panel to turn off the bedroom lights and for the glass to turn opaque, shielding the room from all light sources. However, a ding sounded from the chat software on his phone when he was about to drift off. Pei Qian: Who was it?! Who was still awake at such an hour! Didnt you know that going to bed early and getting up early was a good habit to have? Pei Qian was speechless. He really wanted to ignore it, but he could not control his curiosity. He had no choice but to take his phone, thinking that he would not reply if it was not something very important. It was from Ruan Guangjian. Boss Pei, you should be watching as well, right? Pei Qian squinted, feeling anger gush up. Whats with your half-sentence? What was I supposed to watch? He was livid but still replied. Watch what? Ruan Guangjian replied in no time, The livestream of Cannes Film Festival. Pei Qian: ? Live-stream of Cannes Film Festival? What had that got to do with me? Why should I watch these foreigners present awards to some literary films that I would never watch in my life so late at night? Pei Qian did not intend to reply. He wanted to end the conversation with a random smiley face and go back to bed. Which smiley should he use? Smile did not seem very polite, Grin seemed to be not so appropriate Reply with a cool! It was an omnipotent reply. However, Ruan Guangjians reply came before Pei Qian could send this smiley out. Tomorrow is Beautiful has entered the selection of the Cannes Film Festival. Director Zhu Xiaoce and Lu Zhiyao are at the event; they might even get a prize Boss Pei, are you really not watching it? Ruan Guangjians message went like this. Pei Qian: Cool smiley. Ruan Guangjian: Laugh and cry, Laugh and cry, Laugh and cry. Ruan Guangjian: Boss Pei, you are pretending again eh. Why are you mocking us? Youre obviously watching it and seem so confident, but you pretend not to care. Alright, I wont disturb you then. Lets wait patiently for the award. Pei Qian: ? My hand slipped, my hand slipped! Do you understand that?! This expression held no such meaning. I purely wanted to end the conversation! Hold on. Tomorrow is Beautiful has entered the Cannes Film Festival??? Pei Qian suddenly realized that things were not as simple as he thought they were. He did a quick search on the internet for the timing and found that the final award would be announced in the wee hours of the morning. Pei Qian: Pei Qian silently placed his cell phone at his bedside after keeping silent for some time. Ill definitely not watch it! Anyway, the results are unavoidable no matter whether I watch it or not so I rather not watch it at all. Anyway, the best news would be no news when I wake up tomorrow morning! Pei Qian checked his alarm again before throwing his cell phone beside his bed and covered his head with his quilt. Chapter 525 - The First Award in Eleven Years! At the Cannes Film Festival Huang Sibo, Zhu Xiaoce, Zhang Zuting, Lu Zhiyao, Lin Ruyi the main cast and crew of Tomorrow is Beautiful sat in a row below the stage. Huang Sibo was dressed formally in a bow tie. He had a confident smile on his face though it was a pity that he could understand neither English nor French spoken at the event. He realized that Level Four in English was really useless in such an event. Xiao Lin, would they be speaking in English or French when the rewards are presented later? We wont miss it, right? Huang Sibo asked quietly. Lin Ruyi glanced at him. Brother Huang, what are you thinking about, eh? Its good enough for us to be able to walk this red carpet and show our faces. Are you really expecting to win the award? Huang Sibo expressed his dissatisfaction. Why? Do you think Boss Peis script is not good enough, or do you think the acting skills of Movie King Lu are not up to standard? Moreover, during the previous screening, the audience was very enthusiastic. Everyone applauded enthusiastically as well. I observed that only about twenty to thirty people left; the rest watched the whole movie. Why would it not get us a prize? Lin Ruyi shook her head, wanting to lower her voice, but decided against it since she thought that no one here would understand Mandarin anyway. Brother Huang, you are not familiar with the contents of this place so its normal to have that sort of thinking. This film exhibition is managed single-handedly by Boss Pei after all. There are conditions to being selected for the Cannes Film Festival. It must have been completed twelve months before the festival and has not been screened in other international film festivals. It is fine to conduct business operations in your own country but not feasible, in principle, in areas outside your country. Huang Sibo was taken aback. Is there anything else to pay attention to? Then, our movie does not seem to meet this condition anymore? Lin Ruyi nodded. Yes, but the film festival is a place where people pay attention to connections. Rules are determined by people. Tomorrow is Beautiful might have been released, but the popularity is very low now and there is no particular heated discussion; neither did we participate in other film festivals. The reason why these film festivals formulated these mandatory requirements was to lock in more high-quality film resources and to ensure the quality and popularity of the film festival. In fact, some films that had won in Berlin, Venice, and other places had also participated in the Cannes Film Festival. However, it was basically very difficult to be selected except for some very good and top-notch films that could win awards. In addition, the relationship between Cannes and the film distribution company was also very delicate. Some bad films could also enter the main competition. It was said that there was an exchange of resources there. Of course, this situation was very rare. Most of it was to bring in candidates. Whether you could win the award or not depended on the quality of the film itself. That was the bottom line of Cannes. So do you understand? Tomorrow is Beautiful is not popular in foreign countries, the quality is not excellent, plus some other reasons that we dont know about. The judges made an exception to let us enter, but dont think about winning any awards. Weve already profited from walking the red carpet and seeing the world. Huang Sibo was a little regretful. He might be the person-in-charge of Fei Huang Workspace, but he was the most amateur amongst everyone on the set. He had also been in shock therapy recently. He had not understood this even though he had been doing his further studies. One naturally did not know of these if one were not in charge of film submissions. That was a pity then. If Id known, then we should have submitted the film before we released it? Huang Sibo said angrily. Lin Ruyi shook his head. Youre thinking too much. Many good domestic films came to Cannes without any results. Tomorrow is Beautiful is probably not enough, too. Moreover, who could think so long term by then? Whats more, most directors had participated many times in many Film Festivals and knew each other well. They had relationships with others while we are not even well known in China Therefore, dont think so much; well just be around and head back. We are basking in Boss Peis light to be here in the first place. Weve beaten many domestic movies, okay? Huang Sibo thought of it and seemed to understand that logic. However, at this moment, Zhu Xiaoce, who had been listening to their conversation, interjected. Little Lin, Cannes is not the same as Oscars. The organizing crew would not notify the group to participate in the final awards ceremony if they did not win any award. That means that well get one award at the very least. Lin Ruyis eyes lit up immediately. Really? Zhu Xiaoce hesitated. Uh in most cases, yes. However, they would also ask the nominated to come in certain cases. In short, I do think there is hope for the best newcomer award. We must have confidence in the quality of our movie after all. The awards were beginning to be announced as they discussed. Short Film Palme dOr, Best debut, special mention, etc The lucky winner would step on the red carpet to accept the award. The audience would also respond with endless warm applause. Excellent filmmakers would be reported in this event with god-like respect. Zhu Xiaoce and the rest clapped along but felt something wrong the more they waited. The entire award ceremony would take more than an hour from start to end. More than 40 minutes had passed after looking at their watches. The movie king award had been awarded, but Tomorrow is Beautiful had yet to be announced. Zhu Xiaoce thought that if this movie could have gotten an award, it would have been the best debut film or best scriptwriter award, but they obviously did not. The hope for the best actor was slim. Lu Zhiyao might have dedicated his best acting skills to the film, but there were too many big names waiting in line at the film festival. However, the problem was that it was more impossible as time went by. The best director was not theirs either. Huang Sibo felt fine beads of sweat oozing out of his palms. His heart was pounding. What did that mean? They couldnt possibly be awarded the Palme dOr? Or did the staff make mistakes and they did not win any awards at all? The presenter on stage had been changed. A respected veteran movie star came onto stage and smiled in front of the microphone. Thank you. It is my honor to be able to present the special Jury Prize[1]. I believe that today is an unforgettable day for everyone present. However, we always believe that tomorrow will be better. Then, Mr. Chairman, will you tell us which movie won this precious award? On the right side of the stage, the chairman of the jury who was the first from the left, stood up: The winner of the Jury Prize Its for Tomorrow is beautiful, for Zhu Xiaoce! The audience cheered and applauded when the name of the movie was announced. Zhu Xiaoce sat frozen in his seat, completely confused and unable to move. Huang Sibo was already cheering and pulled Zhu Xiaoce up. Fu*k, we really won!!! Even people with poor English could make out the English name of Tomorrow is Beautiful and the completely inaccurate pronunciation of Zhu Xiaoce. Zhu Xiaoce walked onto the stage in a daze amid the applause and cheers. He shook hands with the award-presenting guests and came to the podium. I apologize. I did not prepare a speech in French nor English because I never thought I could win this prize. I find it difficult to describe how excited I am at this moment. As a new film director, the film is not my own credit. Here, I hope that the crew members present can come on stage and share this honor with me Zhu Xiaoce paused after every sentence, leaving enough time for translation. Huang Sibo, Lu Zhiyao, and the rest took the stage after the other, standing behind Zhu Xiaoce and expressing gratitude to the audience and the jury. Zhu Xiaoce had tears in his eyes, and his voice was somewhat cracked. Here, I would like to pay tribute to all the seniors in the film industry. Thank you to all the staff and our crew, thank you Zhu Xiaoce changed his words after a series of thank yous. In addition to everyone in our crew, I would also like to thank a person who is not here today. He injected his soul into the film, allowed our actors to have superb acting skills, and provided us with abundant funds for us to express ourselves without any worries. Boss Pei, thank you for providing inspiration and soul for this movie. All the cast and crew, including me, were able to bring this movie to life under your inspiration. Thank you, everyone! Thunderous applause rang throughout the event once again! May 24th, Monday Pei Qian woke up naturally. He looked at his phone and realized that the alarm had yet to ring. His plan to go to bed early and rise early was a great success. What a wonderful day. He touched the control panel at the head of the bed to let the sun shine through the smart glass. Pei Qian suddenly felt as though he had forgotten something looking at the bright sunshine. He suddenly became sober. The Cannes Film Festival! Pei Qian was afraid that he would be bombarded by various news last night after speaking to Ruan Guangjian. He turned his phone to flight mode, leaving only the alarm clock. The Cannes award should have ended in the early hours of the morning. Pei Qian carefully turned off the flight mode with a complicated mood. All sorts of message windows started popping up frantically. The little red dot of the chat software soon became 99+! Pei Qian: Oh, sh*t, did they really win a prize? Calm down, calm down, it might be comforting messages because they won nothing? Pei Qian calmed down. The headline of a news feed spoiled him in advance just when he was about to open the chat software with trembling fingers. Domestic film won the Jury Prize of the Cannes Film Festival after eleven years! Pei Qian: He did not know what this so-called Jury Prize was. But things were definitely not optimistic judging from this title! Pei Qian could not help but hold on to his forehead. Oh, no, something horrible had happened! [1] This is the second-highest award in the Cannes Film Festival, which recognizes an original work containing the spirit of inquiry Chapter 526 - Let’s Congratulate Boss Pei on Behalf of Fei Huang Workspace He opened the chat software and saw many congratulatory messages. Zhu Xiaoce and the others had even filmed a short video and sent it to Boss Pei. It was messily filmed. Pei Qian could only see a bunch of people shouting and cheering Pei Qian remained silent for a moment and then decided to figure out what the fundamental problem was. What kind of award was the Jury Prize? Pei Qian watched movies frequently, but he did not follow any professional award ceremonies. All he knew was the Oscars. It was time to engage Qiandu for help. Two minutes later, Pei Qian understood. There were different types of awards given out at the Cannes Film Festival. The most important one among those was the Palme dOr. It was equivalent to the Golden Bear and Golden Lion at the other two film festivals. All of those awards were the highest international awards attainable in the film industry. The last time a local film won a Palme dOr was in 1993. That was also the only time. The Jury Prize was widely considered the second-highest award. The last time a local film won that award was in 2000. That was why the news headline had been Winning the Award Again after Eleven Years. After reading the Qiandu search page, Pei Qian did not know if he should feel upset or overjoyed. Fortunately, it had not been a Palme dOr. He had only gotten second place. Pei Qian had been afraid that his own good luck would strike again. If he had won the Palme dOr, he would have had a huge mess to clean up! That was not completely impossible. After all, the more professional a film critic was, the richer his imagination would be. Who knew what kind of things westerners could infer from Tomorrow is Beautifuls material?! However, the current situation was enough to render Pei Qian speechless. He had only gotten the second prize, but it was still extremely rare! Many local filmmakers had worked hard for the past eleven years. Every year, a few films would be sent to the Cannes Film Festival. Yet, most of them would fall short; the second place had practically been unattainable. On the other hand, he had written a film with the sole aims of feeding poison to the audience and incurring losses. Yet, not only had his film become extremely popular in the local theaters, but it had even won an award at the film festival! What exactly was wrong with this world? Pei Qian quietly got out of bed, washed up, and traveled to the office. All the employees on the 16th floor of Shenhua View were hard at work. The atmosphere was silent. Pei Qian heaved a long sigh. He could not help but rejoice inwardly. It was a good thing that he had put Fei Huang Workspace into shock therapy. Otherwise, all the employees at Fei Huang Workspace would have come up to his office to congratulate him personally. Who would be able to tolerate that? At the very least, he was safe in his own family. However, just as Pei Qian stepped into his office, he heard a pop. A champagne cork flew up into the sky! At the same time, there were explosions of fireworks and confetti. At once, the entire office was filled with noise. Surprise! Boss Pei, congratulations! Tomorrow is Beautiful has won an award, and Zhu Xiaoce especially thanked you! How do you feel now? Everyone got up from their seats one by one. Some held onto fireworks, and others held onto confetti; some clapped while others poured champagne for themselves. Pei Qian turned to Assistant Xin, confused. This Assistant Xin smiled and explained, Boss Pei, everyone knew that Fei Huang Workspaces employees are on holiday, and the main production team of the film is still overseas. Thats why they organized this celebration on their behalf. After all, its worth celebrating. How could we let this opportunity slip by? Pei Qian: You are all very thoughtful. However, I dont need this kind of celebration! Horrible! Someone served champagne to everyone else until everyone held a glass. Pei Qian had no choice but to tilt his head back and down his glass. Hao Yun, who was standing beside him, looked confused. Er, Boss Pei shouldnt you give a short speech first? Pei Qian placed the empty glass down on the table beside him. Its all in the past. Theres nothing worth talking about. Alright, everyone. Go back to work, quickly! Do you still want to celebrate? If we celebrate once now, and Huang Sibo and the others celebrate again when they get back, wouldnt I be enduring double the punishment? Go to hell! Once Boss Pei went into his office and closed the door, Assistant Xin smiled and addressed everyone. Boss Pei has always been like that. Alright, get back to work, everyone. It wont be too late to celebrate when Huang Sibo and the others get back. As Wu Bin stood by the side, he quickly jotted those events down in his notebook. Indeed, even after so long, Boss Pei has not changed. I heard that Boss Pei was like that when Ocean Stronghold became successful as well. He symbolically took a sip of his champagne and then threw himself back into his work. When I heard this from Bao Xu, I thought the latter had been exaggerating. After all, even if a successful man doesnt want to rely on his past successes, he would not go so far as to save on a mini-celebration, right? Yet, from the looks of it, its true. Bao Xu had not been exaggerating. Thats what Boss Pei is like. Yes I think I can add this to the Tengda spirit notes. Ill send this to Cui Geng and ask him to think about how to make use of this material. In his office, Pei Qian whipped out his cell phone and began reading all 99+ of his unread messages. Most of them were congratulations with similar content. Pei Qian ignored them without saying a word. He simply could not reply to all of them. Further, what if the other parties took the chance to strike a conversation with him after he replied to their messages? What if they praised Tomorrow is Beautiful to no end? Wouldnt Boss Pei be hurt once again? Thus, Pei Qian considered making a post on WeChat moments later on to thank everyone for their congratulations. He would say that he could not reply to all the messages because there were simply too many of them, and then he would block notifications from WeChat moments. After that, everything would pass. He continued scrolling through the messages but suddenly paused. His gaze lingered on the message from Lin Chang. Boss Pei! Congratulations! You have to treat me to some beer when I go to Jingzhou the next time! Its true that the film had won the award because of its top quality, but I was the one who helped to send the film to the Cannes Film Festival in the first place. I should get some credit, right? Pei Qians mind was filled with question marks. He quickly replied, You were the one who sent the film in? A while later, Lin Chang replied. Boss Pei, why are you only replying to me now? Were you high last night? Did you drink too much? Of course, I got someone to accept the film. Cannes has always preferred films that premiered at their own film festival. If not for my connections, the judges would not have accepted your film. Boss Pei, Im not trying to claim credit. Ill tell you honestly, I didnt think that Tomorrow is Beautiful would win an award either. I just thought I would offer some help since the film was doing so badly in overseas box offices. The film only won the award because it was well-produced by you, and it completely won the judges over. No matter how solid my connections are, I would never have been able to achieve this for you. Pei Qian: Ive found the culprit! You were the one pulling tricks behind my back! Pei Qian very carefully considered whether he could send a Management Trainee over to Shenhua Corporation or not. For instance, he could send a Management Trainee to the office of Shenhua Film and Media Co. Ltd.s president He had a clear picture of what was happening inside the office, but he was still completely blind to anything happening outside! Your kind intentions have gone to waste, then. Based on what I know, Tomorrow is Beautiful has been performing badly overseas. Its going to be withdrawn soon, right? Pei Qians expression was dark as he typed the reply. Now, he was worried about two things in particular. First was the contract with Aili Island. Now that the film had won an award, a new group of viewers would surely rush to watch it online. That meant more income for Tengda. Second was the possibility that foreign video websites would offer high prices to buy Tomorrow is Beautifuls overseas internet copyrights. As for the box offices overseas Tomorrow is Beautiful premiered at the start of the month with low row piece rates and poor ticket sales. Pei Qian guessed that it would be taken down soon. Lin Chang: Withdrawn? The last I heard was that, after winning an award, Tomorrow is Beautiful would be screened afresh by overseas media! The major cinemas would continue screening it for another month with higher row piece rates. Films that have won the Jury Prize are inherently valuable for business. How could they withdraw it? Cinemas would fight to take advantage of the films popularity and generate more profits! Pei Qian: Why did I ask so much? It was true that, unlike blessings, misfortune never came singly! Pei Qian had thought that screening Tomorrow is Beautiful overseas had been a false alarm. Yet, the entire situation had turned around after just one film festival! He was filled with sorrow. This cycle was becoming increasingly stressful. He had intended to film a lousy movie and incur losses, right? This film was generating profits for him locally, overseas, in theaters, and online when would it end?! Pei Qian felt that this was his worst investment yet. Er no, this could be the second-worst. The worst investment would always be the fifty thousand yuan that he had poured into The Lonely Desert Road. Lin Chang sent another message: Theres another thing, Boss Pei. The second round of comments on your film would probably be out in a day or two. Are you ready to be bootlicked? Pei Qian: ? Lin Chang replied, Sometimes, people would have one view of something while it remains in the country but have a completely different view of it once it goes overseas. Now Im very curious. Earlier, many people thought that Tomorrow is Beautiful was nondescript, and that neither locals nor foreigners would like it. Yet, Tomorrow is Beautiful went on to win an award at the Cannes Film Festival. What would those people say now? Alright, Boss Pei. Keep celebrating. Remember to treat me to a good beer when I come to Jingzhou! Pei Qian remained awfully silent as he read his conversation with Lin Chang again. What a headache! Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Handong University branch Hello, Im the head of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Xiao Peng. You are? Liang Qingfan shook Xiao Pengs hand. I am Liang Qingfan, the designer in charge of Boss Peis Sloth Apartments. Oh! Please, take a seat. Xiao Peng led Liang Qingfan to the coffee area and sat down. A waiter served them two cups of coffee. After exchanging a couple of pleasantries, Liang Qingfan explained the reason for his visit. Boss Xiao, I wonder if youre interested in renovating Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. After completing Sloth Apartments, Liang Qingfan had been touring and playing in Jingzhou to gather inspiration while waiting for further instructions from Boss Pei. However, after waiting for a long time, he still didnt receive any news. He was beginning to feel bored. Thus, Liang Qingfan decided to survey the various locations first. Boss Pei had so many businesses, including Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Fish-Catching Take-Out, Deposit Fitness, Sloth Apartments, and the like. All of them would have to be renovated. If he could obtain all of those contracts and design a few famous and popular places, he would be able to significantly improve his own reputation. Whats more, he knew full well that Tengda Corporation was wealthy. The designer fees would surely be generous. That was why Liang Qingfan was visiting Fish-Catching Internet Cafes Xiao Peng today. He wanted to introduce himself first, so that they could work together more easily when the time came. Xiao Peng pondered for a moment. Not for now. Customers like Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 1.0 and 2.0 very much. Changing the style all of a sudden might have the opposite effect. As for Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 3.0 its already undergoing renovations. It wont be convenient to make changes now. Of course, if we think about setting up Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 4.0 in the future, I will contact you at once. However, I know a place that might need your help. Why dont you go and take a look at Thriller Hostel? Heres the contact number of the man in charge there. His surname is Chen. You can reach out to him directly. Chapter 527 - Golden Maze May 24th, Tuesday At Thriller Hostel Chen Kangtuo was standing at the entrance of the old industrial zone, looking around anxiously. All of a sudden, he saw a rented car parked outside. A young man alighted from it. At that moment, Chen Kangtuo did not dare to approach the young man. He knew that he was meeting an architect by the surname of Liang today and that the architect would be a bit young, but the man in front of him looked a bit too young However, on further thought, both of them had set the time and date yesterday. Whats more, nobody would come by the old industrial zone anyway. After some hesitation, Chen Kangtuo walked briskly forward. Mr. Liang?. Liang Qingfan nodded. Yes. Are you Boss Chen? Are you really Mr. Liang? How are you, how are you? Chen Kangtuo shook Liang Qingfans hand excitedly. Then, both men walked into Chen Kangtuos office. Once they entered, two more people who had been sitting on the couch came forward to welcome them. Chen Kangtuo introduced the two people to Liang Qingfan. Mr. Liang, let me introduce you. This is the colleague who is heading Thriller Hostel with me, Hao Qiong. This is the current designer in charge of altering and renovating Thriller Hostel, Shi Zherui. Liang Qingfan greeted both of them. He expected to have many common topics of interest with the other architect, Shi Zherui. Shi Zherui was a young and capable architect in Jingzhou. He was a year older than Liang Qingfan, but neither his academic results nor his resume was as bright as Liang Qingfans. As for why Pei Qian had put him in charge of Thriller Hostel it was obviously for the same reason as to why he chose Liang Qingfan. He did not want to choose a famous architect to design Thriller Hostel, in case it brought unnecessary fame and popularity. Chen Kangtuo poured a cup of tea. Mr. Liang, you have arrived in the nick of time and resolved my greatest worries. Liang Qingfan was stunned. Oh? Why do you say that? Chen Kangtuo gently placed the cup of tea in front of Liang Qingfan. Its a long story. Thriller Hostel is an amusement park project that Boss Pei had decided to turn this old industrial zone into in response to multiple appeals. You should know that by now, right? A group of investors had also been persuaded to follow Boss Pei and invest in the surrounding area. This group of investors suggested building a huge shopping mall for Boss Pei and Thriller Hostels benefit. Props and other peripheral products would be sold in that mall. We are to come up with the plan while they fork out the money. Thus, I invited Teacher Shi to come up with a common design for a shopping mall, with the intention of using it for the actual thing. Yet, alas, Boss Pei is a man who enjoys perfecting something that is already outstanding! He emailed me yesterday, asking us to design the shopping mall as a maze! Shi Zherui continued from where Chen Kangtuo left off. I felt confused when Boss Chen told me about this, too. At first, I thought that there was nothing much one could do with a shopping mall. That was why I used a typical plan. I didnt think that Boss Pei would be unsatisfied! At the moment, I am still in charge of the construction of the Thriller Hostel, and I have to watch the progress like a hawk. If any problems occur, I have to change the plan on the spot. Time is already tight, and yet Boss Pei is requesting that I work on a maze. That would kill me. I dont have much experience with or knowledge of mazes, and I already have so many things on my hands! Thus weve been leaving this on the back burner, and Boss Chen has been worrying about it. Chen Kangtuo nodded. Thats right, but thankfully, Mr. Liang has arrived! Mr. Liang, do you have any good ideas about how to carry out this project? Liang Qingfan raised his eyebrows. Turn a shopping mall into a maze? That was very bold! Boss Pei might have been the only one in the entire world who could come up with such a bold and imaginative idea. Liang Qingfan sipped his tea and asked, What exactly did Boss Pei say? I have some thoughts about the maze, but I need to understand what Boss Pei requires so that I dont get it wrong. Chen Kangtuo laughed and said proudly, Dont worry, I am considered an old employee of Tengda Games. Ive learned a thing or two about figuring out what Boss Pei wants! Boss Pei mentioned two points in his email. First, he wants it to be expensive-luxurious and dazzling. He wanted the shopping mall to be filled with luxury brands. Second, he wanted most of the shops selling peripheral products to be hidden within the maze, so that the majority of the customers would exit the shopping mall without even realizing it. They should not be able to find a single shop. Let me try to interpret Boss Peis intentions from my angle. If any of you have anything to add, please feel free to add on. I think that Boss Peis maze idea has something to do with games! Itll be like collectibles created in games; they would all be hidden. Gamers would then have to search for them repeatedly, which would keep them playing the game for a long time. At the same time, once a gamer finds a hidden shop, it would be like finding a hidden merchant in the game. It would have a psychological effect on them. They would think that, after spending so much time locating the shop, they had to buy something to reward themselves. Otherwise, it would feel like theyre losing out. That way, we would be able to encourage spending. It would be even better if the various shops regularly update their products and gifts for people to purchase as proof that they have been there. As for why the renovations must be expensive I havent thought about it yet. Liang Qingfan nodded as his right hand caressed his teacup. Yes, we can easily make gamers spend more time in the game with the maze design. However, from the architects point of view, there are other considerations as well. Boss Pei said that customers should exit the mall without even realizing it. Obviously, there should be many exits in the mall. That means that the crowd would be split up, and the customer experience would be improved. At the same time, in case of any emergency, customers would be able to disperse very quickly. Whats more, creating a maze would require us to divide the mall into segments. For the purposes of designing the building, segmenting could increase the efficiency of space usage in the building. Practically, its a sign of far-sightedness. I think we can make a few key walls in the maze moveable. When we close them off, the paths would be closed; when we open them, there would be an additional path. Once we make the mechanism automatic, we can use an algorithm to automatically generate new mazes. The paths would change every once in a while, so that the sense of novelty remains for customers. Of course, for safety, we have to make sure that someone would be watching the automated system at all times. Even if the electricity gets cut, we should be able to ensure that customers can find the exits and would not be trapped inside. As for why the maze has to be expensive I think it might be because Boss Pei is going for a golden maze style. It makes one feel as if theyre surrounded by all sorts of treasures. Without even meaning to, the maze would display to everyone else the value of the products inside the mall. Itll be just like luxury shops. Why did they have to renovate their shops so extensively? It was to create a subtle atmosphere to make customers feel as if they were walking around in a palace. Only then would they think that the valuables in front of them were worth buying and being worn. Customers would then be unable to resist the urge to purchase them. The facts have shown that, to achieve such an effect, one has to stick to the dazzling and grandiose styles. That way, the Thriller Hostel can say this for publicity: in the faraway Thriller Hostel, if you make it through the thrilling, frightening, and horrifying experience and make it out of the splendorous and majestic golden maze; you would find the hidden treasure! Chen Kangtuos eyes lit up. I see! Before this, I kept interpreting Boss Peis plan in terms of games, and I already thought that the design was not bad. Now, after hearing Teacher Liang talk about it from an architectural and psychological point of view, everything makes more sense! Boss Pei actually considered this from an architects perspective? Hes really knowledgeable. Since thats the case, lets just call the shopping mall the Golden Maze. Then, not only would it be a shopping mall, but it would also be a free amusement project within Thriller Hostel. Well be killing two birds with one stone! Mr. Liang, this is urgent. Ill leave the Golden Mazes design to you! Ill pay your designer fees according to Tengdas standards! Chen Kangtuo gazed at Liang Qingfan warmly. Liang Qingfan pondered for a moment and then said, Of course, I can design it, but after some time, Boss Pei will get me to design the new Sloth Apartments. Im afraid I wont be able to keep an eye on this project all the way through. Shi Zherui patted his chest. No worries. Mr. Liang, you just have to come up with the design. Let Boss Li and the others look for a construction team to watch over the construction. I can help to keep an eye on it, too. However if we run into problems that I cannot solve in the future, we would still need you to come down personally. Liang Qingfan nodded. Thats alright. Even if Im in charge of the Sloth Apartments, I will be in Jingzhou. I can come over at any time. Chen Kangtuo was elated. Well leave this to you, then, Mr. Liang! May 25th, Wednesday Pei Qian browsed the webpage quietly, looking very confused. Things had developed beyond his expectations. Tomorrow is Beautiful was covering the entire internet once again! The last time this happened was when Tomorrow is Beautiful first premiered in the country and became popular. One month after the movie premiered, it featured on Aili Island for over a month. That was already an extension of its life. Everyone who wanted to watch it had already watched it. The entire plot and various details in the movie had already been discussed countless times. Logically, it should not have been this popular anymore. Yet, Pei Qian never thought that one award would bring the movie back into focus! This time, local netizens were no longer focusing on the film itself. After all, they had already studied the films contents to the point of exhaustion. Instead, netizens focused on the films performance in overseas box offices and foreigners reviews! On top of that, many people online were resoundingly digging graves. Ever since Tomorrow is Beautiful premiered, people who hated the film never stopped dissing it. Some of those people were fake reviewers, but a significant number of them were genuine. After all, no matter how good something was, it was impossible for everyone to like it. Whats more, those who loved popcorn flicks were generally uninterested in studying the meaning of Tomorrow is Beautiful. Further, the loud praise that the movie had been getting online had the reverse effect on others, who thought that the film was overrated and had to be dissed. As time went by, those dissers points kept changing When the movie first premiered, they said that the film had forced a Western background into the story, that it was nondescript, and that neither locals nor foreigners would like it. When the films figures started looking good, they said that its profoundness was fake, that it only became popular because of sales, that the box office was probably faking the numbers, and that the films true colors would show in about a week. After some time, when the high figures were stuck and overtook Flying Star Journey, they said that once a real blockbuster appeared, Tomorrow is Beautiful would collapse for sure. Once Flying Star Journey failed, they said that Flying Star Journey was too rubbish, that it was not representative of the real standard of Western movies, that Tomorrow is Beautiful had just been released at the right time, and that it would not have achieved such success otherwise. When Tomorrow is Beautiful premiered overseas and did badly in the box offices, the dissers appeared again. Look, I said that the film was nondescript. It could bluff the local audience, but foreigners would not fall for it! Tomorrow is Beautifuls fans had been keeping their frustration in for a long time. The dissers were extremely peculiar and aggressive in going against the current. Whats more, they appeared with every minor development and refused to be eliminated. This was especially so when Tomorrow is Beautiful did badly in overseas box offices. The dissers rubbed this loss in the faces of the films fans for a long time, causing them to boil in anger. Yet, now, Tomorrow is Beautiful had been awarded the Jury Prize for the first time in eleven years. The entire situation had turned! Could the fans let the opportunity to gloat pass them by? Their loss had been rubbed in their faces for so long. Now, they were getting a rare opportunity to fight back. Of course, they had to prepare a mass grave for all of those dissers. At once, they released the deep-seated hatred that they had for the dissers. This caused Tomorrow is Beautiful to become popular throughout the internet once again! A movie that premiered in February was still so hot today Pei Qian was really f*cking unlucky! Chapter 528 - Why didn’t It Win the Palme d’Or? Pei Qian browsed various forums, especially those that had been battlegrounds for fans and haters of the movie. One could say that corpses covered the area. Whats more, those corpses had not died in the intense battle. Instead, they had been dug up from their graves. I heard the film wouldnt be liked by locals and foreigners alike. I get it; Cannes was not organized by foreigners. Cannes has been thrown out of the foreigners basket by the haters. I suggest that our country should consider adopting the homeless Cannes now. We should make them a part of Jingzhou and call the film festival into Tengda Film Festival instead. Tengda Film Festival? Are you hinting that Tengda is so wealthy that it bribed all the judges in the film festival? Congratulations on figuring out the truth! (sarcasm) This film did indeed only get popular because of its sales. It only got an award at Cannes to tackle the poor figures at overseas box offices. What a solid sales tactic! (sarcasm) Now, it really does look like Tomorrow is Beautiful was just released at the right time. If an even better time had been picked, perhaps it would have stolen awards out of the hands of every other popular movie. The major films with high production value must be celebrating the fact that they had not been released at the same time as Tomorrow is Beautiful, right? The more they think back to it, the more fear they should feel. Can you tell us the joke again? Which one? The one about the foreign film. Flying Star Journey! The real major foreign film is here! Hahahaha! I heard that the foreign audience wouldnt fall for the same trick as we did. Yet, all foreign cinemas have extended Tomorrow is Beautifuls screening periods today. Theyve even increased the row piece rate. Once again, Im giving all foreigners a serious warning: you run the risk of having your citizenship revoked if you watch this film. Please watch it at your own risk! Comments like that were littered all over the internet. The haters past discussions and posts were dug up as they were beaten up again and again. Many haters could not ask for anything else. They either deleted comments or switched comments off altogether. Most of them could not do anything but act like they were dead. It was too bad; those who had the best results had slapping privileges! Before this, the haters had made a big deal out of Tomorrow is Beautifuls poor performance in overseas box offices. It had almost become concrete proof that only locals liked the film while foreigners did not. However, the award that the film won at Cannes was far more important. It practically turned the universe inside-out, thereby shooting down all the negative comments of the film that had been made before! Pei Qian leaned back in his chair, speechless. It was not that he wanted to read those comments; it was that he had no other choice! Everyone on the internet was discussing the film. Even if he wanted to ogle at girls on Weibo, he could read about Tomorrow is Beautiful in the related content. He was being attacked from every corner, and the haters corpses were hanging throughout the internet as people beat them while they were already down. It was absolutely sorrowful. Pei Qian mourned the brave warriors in his heart. All of you have suffered! I will seek justice for you with the next movie! Please, believe me one more time! As he read all the hot discussion posts, Pei Qian could not help but think that it was about time Tomorrow is Beautiful blew over. Its popularity was lasting too long! He had not expected the after-effects of the movie to be that strong. It premiered in February, but its popularity on the Internet had not died down since then. The most frustrating thing was that all the attention that the movie was getting online only served to increase the sales and views for Tomorrow is Beautiful on Aili Island. Pei Qian was extremely frustrated. Why were there still new audiences at a time like that? He could not help but recall an extremely famous meme: who the h*ll hasnt bought Grand Theft Auto 5? Still, it was alright. The nightmare was almost over. He had already lived through this nightmare once before. He had already won an award at an international film festival. Things were finally going to die down now, right? Everyone had already praised the film in every way possible. Wasnt it time to put the lid on the coffin and let the movie rest in peace? Pei Qian decided not to pay attention to this matter anymore and to let it die down. However, just as he was about to exit the browser, a post caught his eye. How did Tomorrow is Beautiful get the Jury Prize? Pei Qian felt emotional. Ai, yet another typical post praising Tomorrow is Beautiful. He had already seen countless posts like that. When Tomorrow is Beautiful won the Jury Prize, all sorts of WeMedia[1] tried to ride on the films coattails by writing similar posts. They validated the importance of Cannes and the Jury Prize, explained briefly how a local movie won the same prize previously, and finally analyzed how Tomorrow is Beautiful suited the taste of Cannes judges and won the prize. At the same time, some of those posts recapped the films deeper meaning and artistry. Pei Qian had already read many similar posts. He was not much more interested in this one. However, this particular post seemed more popular than expected. After some hesitation, Pei Qian clicked on it. When he read the first sentence, he felt faint. Did you all think that I was going to explain why Tomorrow is Beautiful won the Jury Prize after reading the title of this post? Youre wrong! What Im asking is why Tomorrow is Beautiful won the Jury Prize and not the Palme dOr. Everyone knows that, at this years Cannes Film Festival, Tomorrow is Beautiful was awarded the Jury Prize and Journey of the Soul, a Southeast Asian film, was awarded the Palme dOr. Many people felt overjoyed after learning that Tomorrow is Beautiful won the Jury Prize. Not many people think about this question: Why didnt Tomorrow is Beautiful win the Palme dOr? WA In fact, one would only have to do some comparisons to realize that Tomorrow is Beautiful and Journey of the Soul have many things in common. Journey of the Soul follows a poor farmer who starts seeing the souls of his late family members after being diagnosed with a terminal illness. He follows those souls to find out about his past life. The film stars many non-professional actors, and most of the dialogue between the characters was improvised. Moreover, minimal editing was done, and many long shots were used instead. Journey of the Soul contains exotic features and supernatural elements, and it seems to suit the Cannes judges taste for artistry better. However, one has to admit that, compared to Tomorrow is Beautiful, Journey of the Soul has no clear advantage in either artistry or meaning. Conversely, Tomorrow is Beautiful studies the gap between rich and poor, the alienating effect of money, the manipulation of peoples lives using capital and technology, and the concern of people turning into mere numbers. Compared to supernatural elements, these ideas resonate deeper with the audience and are much more profound. Many locals dont understand the Cannes Film Festival well enough. They naturally think that local films would not suit the judges taste and thus would not win the Palme dOr. However, thats a mistake! To me, the judges should have thought more highly of Tomorrow is Beautiful than Journey of the Soul. An informal source said that the Palme dOr was only selected after three rounds of voting. Obviously, the seemingly settled awards have twists and turns where we cannot see. Having won the Jury Prize-the widely-recognized second prize of the film festival, Tomorrow is Beautiful should have been a competitor in those three rounds of voting Thats why I raised the initial question. Why didnt Tomorrow is Beautiful win the Palme dOr? If you agree with the above, please continue reading To me, there are two reasons why Tomorrow is Beautiful lost to Journey of the Soul by an extremely small margin. First, there is an unspoken rule of international film festivals. As we all know, international film festivals prefer films that premier at the festival itself. That helps them to obtain better film resources and maintain the value of their own awards. Cannes Film Festival typically would not allow films that have already won awards at other film festivals or that were already well-known to be nominated. That would be equivalent to allowing others to benefit from their own name. It would not be fair to directors who were their biological sonsthose who only premiered their films at the film festival for the past few years. Exceptions would only be made for particularly outstanding movies. Tomorrow is Beautiful was coincidentally premiered overseas. Its only merits were that ticket sales were poor, and few people were paying attention to it. That was why it was fortunate enough to enter into the competition and ultimately won the award based on its own outstanding quality. Still, no matter what, it had not premiered in Cannes. That greatly discounted the number of marks that Tomorrow is Beautiful got in the judges eyes. The second reason is merely my guess. Ill just say it, and everyone can read it with a pinch of salt. The content at the beginning of Tomorrow is Beautiful fit the judges taste, but the problem was do you remember the post-credits scene at the end of the film? The one in which a pistol was thrown through the entrance of the male protagonists home? As for whether the judges would have liked that scene or not you are all free to make your own judgment. Tomorrow is Beautiful might have had a better chance of winning the award if not for that scene. Finally, I have something interesting to share. Do you all know that another film was awarded the Jury Prize at Cannes in 1998? That was 13 years ago, and it was the same prize that Tomorrow is Beautiful won. That movie was called Life is Beautiful, or La vita bella. Compare that to Tomorrow is Beautiful. Both movies are thirteen years apart, have similar merits and similar names, and were awarded the same prize. There seems to be a hidden connection between them both. The interesting thing is that, although Life is Beautiful was awarded the Jury Prize, its reputation among local movie fanatics was much better than the movie that was awarded the Palme dOr in that year. All in all, we should be happy that Tomorrow is Beautiful was given an award at Cannes. However, we should not feel sorry for just winning the Jury Prize. The film is definitely worth more praise than we can imagine. Let us look forward to more and better works from Fei Huang Workspace, the light of the domestic film industry! [1] This is slang for citizen media. Chapter 529 - Teacher He, You Really are My Guiding Light! After reading the post, Pei Qian fell into a long silence. How the f*ck did this happen? I would tolerate this if Tomorrow is Beautiful had won the Palme dOr and you wrote this post. Yet, youre writing this post even though it did not win the Palme dOr, and the conclusion of your analysis was that the film could have won the Palme dOr, but it didnt need to?! I cant take this anymore! There was only one message between the lines of the post: Tomorrow is Beautiful definitely had what it took to win the Palme dOr, but it only fell short because of a few specific factors! One had to admit that putting it this way worked much better than awarding the film the Palme dOr directly. The comments section proved this. I see! Thank you for your explanation, Big Boss! Its no wonder theres so much to it. Thats right. Locals would understand the final post-credits scene very well. In fact, it upholds the meaning behind the entire film. However, to foreigners, and especially to overseas judges, that scene would have been uncomfortable to watch. Perhaps the judges felt that the final post-credits scene had ruined the entire films artistry. Yes, you cant say much. We understand. Tomorrow is Beautiful won the Jury Prize even though there were so many factors going against it. Doesnt that prove all-the-more that the film was well-produced? What a pity. The production team should have just cut the second post-credits scene away before submitting the film! I think that the production team already knew about this problem but chose not to do anything. Why? Do they have something against the award? Everyone shared their own opinions until another film critic who had watched countless films spoke up. I also think that the production team did that on purpose. Its actually not hard to understand. First, the production team was definitely clear on the message that the film was trying to convey and the meaning of the pistol-throwing post-credits scene. Otherwise, why did they film it? If they were clear on the meaning, they would also have expected that the judges would not find that scene palatable. Cutting that scene out would have been simple, but they did not do that. I think there could only be two reasons. First, they knew that Cannes preferred films that premiered at the film festival, and they did not expect Tomorrow is Beautiful to win an award, much less the Palme dOr. They participated in the film festival with a cavalier attitude and had no intention of pleasing the judges. Second, they knew they would be penalized for it, but they insisted on expressing their full message through the movie. If they had cut off that last post-credits scene, the film would have been lacking in something. Maybe the production team stubbornly insisted on keeping the film whole and refused even to cut away an unimportant post-credits scene. After reading the analysis, a realization dawned on all the bystanders. So that was why! That was truehow could the production team not have realized what the film critics could see? Yet, they still submitted the entire film without any worries. That was akin to entering someone elses territory and competing on their rules, and then winning second place based on ones own abilities, without attempting to cater to the judges at all. Was this the pride of an artist? The netizens could not help but feel moved. Indeed, heroes were cultivated from a young age! Many old artists in the film industry were respectable, but many of them also tried hard to cater to judges tastes to win awards at international film festivals. On some level, they had given up their own self-expression. That was not just sad for certain filmmakers, but also for the entire local film industry in general. However, everyone in the production team at Fei Huang Workspacefrom the director to the scriptwriter-was young. It felt almost like a young knight, proudly participating in a Sword Appreciation Conference with top practitioners of martial arts, using a sword that he had painstakingly sharpened. Whats more, despite knowing how to cater to the judges, the young knight insisted on remaining true to himself and ended up defeating everyone else based on his own capabilities. Suddenly, it did not seem to matter whether the film won first or second place. Although it had not been awarded the Palme dOr, the production team had still brought far more meaning to the local film industry than a Palme dOr ever would! The post became extremely popular and triggered passionate discussions! For some reason, someone else posted the films ratings from various major websites. A foreign website released the films rating yesterday8.2. Some of you might think that thats no big deal, but judging from other films ratings on that website, very few movies throughout history have gotten a rating of 9.0 and above. An 8.2 puts Tomorrow is Beautiful among the top 250 films on the database! If we look at the rating as a percentage, we would have no choice but to lash out at our local websites. Before this, Tomorrow is Beautiful had gotten a rating of 8.5 and below on multiple websites. Thats especially amusing given that a good domestic movie can easily get a score of 9.5 or more on those websites. Everyone can easily see that Tomorrow is Beautifuls rating on TPDb has remained consistent at about 9.1. Although it has been fluctuating slightly, its still considered very stable! I think that low scores are not representative of how strict a rating website is. You dont have to keep a close eye on the films ratings on foreign websites. After all, Tomorrow is Beautiful was produced by locals. The message that it conveys can only be fully understood by locals. I hope that this film represents a good beginning for domestic films. We no longer have to strive for recognition at international film festivals. Instead, we can focus on telling our local story well! At this point, I urge everyone to register an account at TPDb and watch Tomorrow is Beautiful one more time on Aili Island. Let us always remember this meaningful and monumental day! After reading the netizens comments, Pei Qian quietly closed the browser. Alright, thats all. Ill give up fighting now. Pei Qian realized that netizens were getting increasingly ridiculous. Every now and then, they would pull off a new trick again. He would never have thought that the final comment would push everyone to TPDb and the online version of Tomorrow is Beautiful again. He wondered how many people would purchase Tomorrow is Beautiful on Aili Island this time and how many people would add more bullet screen comments like play it a billion more times, treasure of the site, and pulling the entire world together to the beginning of the movie. Pei Qian could almost see how things would go when he met Zhu Xiaoce next. The latters expression would be filled with excitement as he rushed to Pei Qians side, saying Boss Pei! Your decision to share profits with Aili Island was wise and correct! Just thinking about it made Pei Qian extremely depressed. It was very tragic May 26th, Thursday At the cafe near Handong University, He Ans second class with Ma Yang officially began. Pei Qian had not been sleeping well over the past two days because of how Tomorrow is Beautiful turned out. To learn as much as he could from todays lesson, Pei Qian still went to bed early the night before. This morning, he woke up naturally with his gravely-injured mental state fully recovered. Before the class started, Pei Qian sneakily looked at the heading of todays teaching material. Second Lesson on Successful Designs: Use your foresight to understand how the industry will develop! Pei Qian could not help but feel elated. Finally, he could stop hearing about Tengdas plans! The previous lesson had been quite good. He had learned that, for games, everything from production to publicity formed one inseparable whole. The right publicity strategy had to be used for different game genres to achieve the best results. The only downside had been that many of Tengdas games and publicity strategies had been covered as positive examples, so that Pei Qian felt like He An had been rubbing salt in his wounds. Still, he had learned something. Pei Qian planned to apply what he had learned once Struggle was released. He could not resort to false marketing because the System would not allow it, but he could employ differentiated marketing Sometimes, telling half-truths could have a better effect than telling outright lies. All in all, the previous lesson had been helpful to Pei Qian. It showed him a clear direction, so that his tuition fees were not paid in vain. This lesson looked even more reliable. Understand how the industry will develop? It sounded full of useful ideas! He An sipped his coffee and slowly said, What we talked about in the previous session was the most basic of all basic knowledge: Establish the basic concepts of the games design, decide clearly on its genre, and strictly follow the relevant rules for each subsequent step. Today, were still going to talk about basic knowledge, but itll be one level higher than before. Simply put, which genre should you choose among the many genres available in the market? Choosing the right genre is half the battle won. Here, I want to give you an example Pei Qian immediately tensed up. He wasnt going to make an example out of Tengda again, was he? Let me off, I beg you! He An paused for a moment and then said, MMORPG. Pei Qian heaved a sigh of relief. Tengda had never produced an MMORPG. That was great! He was not going to be kicked while he was down today! At once, Pei Qian sat up straighter. He An did not notice the internal struggle going on inside Ma Yang. Instead, he continued speaking. For a long time, MMORPG has been regarded as the ultimate genre of games. There was enough support for this in theory because MMORPGs could construct a virtual world for players and provide enough rich content to them. Whats more, it was highly expandable. Many people in the game industry had thought about this before. What game could challenge Fantasy World? At the time, everyone concluded that, to compete with Fantasy World, one had to create an even better MMORPG. However The newest development in the game industry has proven that this was wrong. No better MMORPG than Fantasy World has appeared, but another game genre that could challenge MMORPGs has. Thats right, Im talking about the most popular battle games in the country or even the world: GOG and IOI! Pei Qian: He was now suicidal. MMORPG had only been the introduction. They still landed back on this topic in the end. Noticing that Ma Yang looked strange, He An suspiciously asked, Boss Ma, is there a problem? Pei Qian tried to force a smile. No, no problem at all. Is that related to todays class? He An nodded. Of course! I emphasized before that choosing the right genre is half the battle won. Top game designers cannot come up with a better MMORPG than Fantasy World, but they can come up with a better game genre than MMORPG! Obviously, that shows a keen sense of smell! Just think about it. If you could sense the limitless potential of IOI while other first-tier game designers fought within the boundaries of MMORPG, you would be one step ahead of them. That gives you the advantage and allows you to dominate the market think about a butterfly flapping its wings. It looks like a minor move, but it could cause a world of change in the end! Tengda Games is way ahead of other game developers. It first invested in IOI and then developed GOG. Obviously, its the butterfly thats working hard to flap its wings. Boss Ma, as a manager in Tengdas investment company, you should understand more about this than me, right? He An smiled as if thinking that Boss Mas own experience could give him more enlightenment and understanding of todays class. Pei Qian was speechless. At the same time, he was extremely conflicted. How should I tell Teacher He that Ma Yang was the one who invested in IOI, but Im not the real Ma Yang? Whats more, even the real Ma Yang had not invested in IOI because of his keen sense of smell but out of pure interest Forget it, trying to smooth that out would be extremely troublesome, and He An would probably not understand anyway. Pei Qian nodded quietly, expressing his agreement with whatever He An had said. Then, he asked a question to change the topic. Teacher He, according to that theory, does that mean that choosing a sunset game genre would guarantee failure? He An pondered for a moment and then said, There are no guarantees in this world. Gamers may still like retro games-even mosaic-style games-as long as the content is rich enough and the gameplay is novel enough. After all, there are many gamers in the world. One just has to find the right target audience; even a small group of gamers can sustain a game well. However theres nothing wrong with your theory. The older a genre is, the smaller the group of gamers who enjoy it. If you invest a huge amount of money in such a game, you would greatly increase your risk of failure You might even end up losing everything. At that point, Pei Qians eyes lit up. Thats great! There are more ways to incur losses now! Pei Qian asked, Teacher He, if I invest a huge amount of money in a Real-Time Strategy (RTS) game now what would happen? He An smiled. You would do better to give the money to me. At least I would thank you. You could also make ducks and drakes of the money so that no one would know about it. Pei Qian grinned. Who said that this course was useless? I know what kind of game to develop during the next cycle now! Teacher He, you really are my guiding light! Chapter 530 - We were on a Good Note, Why Curse Me? Pei Qian was even more excited upon hearing it. Teacher He, tell me. I really want to hear about it! He An was a little surprised. Why, is Boss Ma an experienced RTS game enthusiast? Pei Qian thought about it. Hmm I guess? He could probably be considered experienced if he liked that from now, right? Why do I like RTS games? Maybe because it could help me lose money? He An thought about it. Its okay, an RTS game is not a deviation from todays topic. Ill talk about it briefly then. An RTS game is a real-time strategy game. It was glorious in the past. We were once the mainstay game type in the esports industry. However, when we talk about RTS, there is no avoiding talk about Fantasy Battle and Starcraft 2. Last year, Starcraft 2 was released and was a great success. However, that hasnt changed the industrys dislike of RTS games since it is more like a flashback. The success of one game will hardly change the decline of the entire game type. It is true as well. Except for a few established, well-known manufacturers; almost no one wants to touch this game type anymore. Even the big manufacturers do not seem to plan to invest too much money and energy into this game type. The decline of this type of game is directly related to the rise of new game types. RTS games have too high of a requirement for the players. Most players failed to reach the minimum operating threshold and naturally could not enjoy the game. At the same time, the single-player mode is also difficult to throw the blame to their teammates. The frustrations after losing are too strong, making RTS a very high-end and highly watchable esports event. However, it is very difficult to continue as a popular mass game because of the threshold. The mainstream popular games of the future would be games like GOG, especially the client-side game and mobile games with their unique advantages Pei Qians mouth twitched again. Why was the topic back to GOG? He had to think of ways to change the subject. In short, making an RTS game without many IPs at this point in time would mean a dead end? He An nodded lightly. Yes, you can think of it this way. Pei Qian nearly danced with joy. I thought so, too! I was finally on the same frequency with Teacher He for once. Pei Qian had indeed considered the RTS game type before, but he decided against it by then because it did not seem dead yet. It might not have any future, but many old players liked such game types. Moreover, they had a huge purchasing power. He was afraid that it might backfire. However, more than one year had passed, and the situation had changed! The release of Starcraft 2 revived RTS, sucking away almost all the remaining RTS players. Moreover, the competition between GOG and IOI was so intense that even Gods Rising could only tremble. What more could be said about a new RTS game? Yes, lets do this! It seemed to be foolproof! What a pity though that it was no longer possible for this cycle. He could only think of using it for the next cycle. He An sighed. Sigh, actually part of the reason why I decided to retire is that my vision can no longer keep up with the pace of game development in this era. Previously I felt that Gods Rising would only be a beautiful niche and that mobile games would never have a strong impact on client-side games. Now, it seems like my thinking is outdated. Boss Ma, that is also the reason why I put this class on the second topic. I hope that you will always have long term vision and find the right type of game to develop. Youll be able to win lying down if you make a game that was on par with the era! Pei Qian: Teacher He, you were speaking so well. Why are you suddenly cursing me? Ten at night DGE E-Sports Club It was already time for lights out. All the cell phones of the team members had been kept away. That was to ensure that they had enough rest. Ming Yun Villas was, by default, a villa that was far away from the noisy city. There was very little light pollution. They could only see the faint twinkling of the moonlight and the starlight even if they did not pull the curtains. That was the teams dormitory. Two people would share a room. In the darkness, the human sprawled on the bed spoke. Old Zhou, can I trouble you to give me a cup of water? Im thirsty. Old Zhou on the other bed was obviously not asleep yet. F*ck, what the hell did you do before bed? Also, why dont you take it yourself? The human figure was lying lifelessly. I cant move. Old Zhou: Huang Wang, you speak as though Im any better. Huang Wang: Old Zhou, dont pretend, you can definitely move. Please, if I really die of thirst tomorrow, the mock competition will be over; well have to practice more at night! Old Zhou: Call me Daddy. Huang Wang: Daddy! Old Zhou:what the sh*t, you really have no bottom line as the leader of the team. I give up. Old Zhou had no other choice. He could only flip over on the bed and walk strangely to the table by the side. He brought Huang Wangs cup to his bedside. Huang Wang: Ah Old Zhous face turned black. Do you want to die?! Drink yourself, or Ill pour it all onto the floor! Huang Wang painstakingly sat up on his bed. Ill drink Ill drink alright. Give it to me. Old Zhou stormed back to his bed. Huang Wang took two sips of water, pursed his lips, and continued. Old Zhou, we cannot continue on like this. We have to think of a way. That Jiang from the opposing team is definitely a hard nut to crack! Weve been practicing for one whole week; were gonna die if we continue losing like this! Old Zhou was speechless. Isnt that because of your commands as the leader?! Jiang Huan can always think of some dirty old tricks to round us up and kill us. Our team is simply a mess when compared to the other team! Especially you. You play as a mid-lander, but your support is always slower than others. How can we play?! Huang Wang expressed his dissatisfaction. F*ck, isnt that because of those Nakano twins? Anyway, that is all the problem with our strategy. We have to think of new strategies as well. Otherwise, who can take it if we continue to do extra training because we lost?! Any more, and we can really become personal trainers instead! Old Zhou laughed. No problem, I feel we can find someone from the opposite team to PK in real life before we become personal trainers. I can feel my muscles getting bigger. What about this? Well think of some new tactics tomorrow. If the opponents play outside common sense, then we can only play dirty. I finally understand this game really depends on strategy Suddenly, the light outside the door lit up. Light shone into the room through the gap of the door. Both of them shut up hurriedly. Zhang Yuan stood outside for two whole minutes before leaving. DGE clubs daily training these days were difficult to describe. Zhang Yuan was a little concerned after Boss Pei formulated the training schedule. However, he still strictly followed it. As expected, these internet-addicted youngsters nearly died on the first day. The schedule for the morning was a morning jog, but it quickly downgraded to brisk walk before becoming a walk and finally panting on the spot. Strength training was arranged in the evening. They did not feel anything after the exercise that day other than that their bodies were hollowed out. However, they almost could not get out of bed the next day. Luckily, Coach Yaling was a professional. She paid attention to everyones physical condition during the training. Everything from nutrition, warm-up, and stretching before and after training were done very professionally so there were no major problems. However, even so, these people were still taxed. Their performances in the mock competition plummeted since they started their fitness training. The top rankings of ten players were not maintained. By the second week, things started changing slightly. Muscle masses began to grow on players who were originally thin as bamboo poles. The plump players were visibly thinner. Everyone started adapting to the fitness routine, their gameplay started recovering slowly. Then, one of the teams began to get a hang out of it. Jiang Huans team began to play all sorts of tricks during the mock competition and won a seven-game winning streak, blasting the head of Huang Wangs team. As to why they fought so hard The reason was simple: lose and they had to train more! If the other had lost beautifully, it would mean that the captain would practice with the backers in the team; if the team lost horribly, then the entire team would practice together. After the next few days of extra training, Huang Wangthe captain-had almost no energy to get up for even a glass of water. That was because the players physical fitness improved and gradually adapted. Coach Yaling was already giving them extra training. Zhang Yuan originally sympathized with these players but realized after observing for some time that it seemed to really have that effect if it went on! Previously, he had heard that the clubs practiced with the first and second teams. In the beginning, there was no punishment so everyone used all sorts of tactics. No one took winning or losing to heart. Later, the team leader decided that the losing team would need to pay 100 yuan to the winning team to buy cigarettes and snacks. Both sides immediately became serious. Moreover, this additional training punishment measure seemed to work even better. Both teams were racking their brains The custom exercises arranged after the morning jog also had its effect. In the beginning, the players were all at a loss. What was there to train for if it was customized training with no one to be their opponent? However, there was nothing else they could do by then. They could only practice some heros basic skills and study hero mechanics infinitely and repeatedly in the customization. After working hard to achieve the ultimate in the operations of the familiar heroes, they could only continue to study the heroes they were not familiar with. Especially the mid-lanes, wild monsters, and various deeper game mechanics in the game. There was a lot of research, and a lot of data was in their minds. After two whole hours, it was too boring to just practice muscle memory. They would more or less think about the game mechanics. Very obviously, Huang Wang and his team had been getting better and better in training games recently. They were also desperately studying various tactics. Maybe they would win a victory soon and find their place. When the time came, Jiang Huan and the others would practice one more time. A chase would become a perpetual movement. GOG was a new game after all. Players who had the deepest understanding of the game were those high ranking players. Let them think about tactics that could not necessarily be any worse than the coaches who had transferred from the other projects. Zhang Yuan could not help but sigh. Could Boss Peis training plan be really something he thought carefully about? The effects were pretty good after the period of trial! Chapter 531 - Boss Pei’s Gym Model had Solved the Pain Points of the Industry! Ding A notification from the chat software rang from the cell phone. Pei Qian was fighting fiercely against the big TV. He put down the controller after the battle was over and picked up his phone. It was Coach Yaling with todays Training Results Report. Pei Qian felt that he had completely cut off the possibility of DGE club stabbing his back by not being able to participate in any official competition. However, one could never be too careful. He did not relax. Other than the Manage Loss Trainee who was disguised as a teaching assistant in the club, Pei Qian also arranged for double insurance. It was to get Coach Yaling to send him the training results of the players every day and supervise the work of the coach! Of course, the so-called training results were not how many training games had been played today or how many ranks the players had improved, but rather, to send him photos. Every day after training, these internet-addicted teenagers would wear tight-fitting clothes and take photos. Pei Qian would use these photos to attest to the results by Coach Yaling The logic was simple: These internet-addicted teenagers spend a lot of time and energy every day on fitness training. They were all exhausted after training every day and would have no more physical strength to train well, right? The method to verify if they took training seriously was also very simple. Just look at their body changes. Bodybuilding was something one couldnt achieve by being lazy after all. They might not be able to be seen in a short time, but all ones efforts would be shown on ones body in the long run. Of course, there was a difference between each persons physiques. Some people develop muscles after just two days of training and then rebound by just relaxing for two days. Some take a long time before results could be shown. However, generally speaking, bodybuilding was a matter of putting in effort and obtaining rewards. It was fairer than most things on earth. Pei Qian was going to use this point to supervise DGE fitness club, oh no, the DGE Esports Club! Pei Qian nodded his head frequently looking through the photos one by one. Yes, the effects were almost immediate! He could see that Coach Yaling was very dedicated and did not slack in her efforts. She had coached these internet-addicted teenagers well. Everyone was increasing in size. Their biceps and chest muscles were bulging. Their hunchbacks had greatly improved. What a relief! Pei Qian placed his cell phone aside, a little proud of his achievements. He might even be able to arrange for them to work as fitness coaches in the hosting gym after these players retired. That would solve the problem of unemployment of older esports players. Such an advanced model was far, far ahead of the other clubs in the industry. Perfect! May 28th, Saturday At the flagship store of Deposit Fitness Guo Licheng finished his training and wiped his sweat with a towel while he did stretching exercises after his training. Another coach came over. Coach Guo, can I ask you something in secret? Guo Licheng nodded. Old Bian, just be direct. Coach Bian looked around and whispered, It seems like there are fewer new students recently? Guo Licheng was a practical person. He had never thought of concealing this and replied truthfully. Yes, our fitness meal increased in price again. It was originally rather pricey and has now become expensive. Of course, those customers that are shy in their wallets are even more reluctant to sign up now. Moreover, the departure of Coach Yaling had its impact Coach Bian whispered, Then, how long do you think our gym can be opened for? The boss will be anxious if it continues to make a loss for another one or two months, right?. Guo Lichengs expression was very calm. Who knows? Anyway, from my observation, I dont feel like the boss is going to give up. I feel like hes more motivated. Besides, the other branches are worse than us. Theyll close the other stores first before us. Coach Bians voice became even lower. Then, have you considered the situation where all stores are being closed together? Their voices became lower and lower. They were talking openly about the loss of their gym and the closing down of their gym, even to the point of which store should close first. That was too morale-damaging and could not be publicized. Guo Licheng picked up a dumbbell and handed it to Coach Bian. Coach Bian immediately got the drift and pretended to work out but was actually whispering to Guo Licheng. Guo Licheng said in a small voice, Were old friends. Ill be transparent with you, but keep it to yourself. Coach Bian nodded. Of course. Guo Lichengs eyes were firm. I think this gym will definitely make money. It is just a matter of time. Everything is within the bosss expectations. Coach Bian showed a surprised expression. Really? Tell me, then, what is the boss plan? Why do you think this gym can be profitable? Guo Licheng sorted out his thoughts and said, On the surface, the gyms future is really bleak. The gym has been increasing its price for the fitness meal, and new students have been on the decline. Everyone can see that. However, have you noticed that students that have persisted with us have completely accepted this model, and the effect of fitness is extremely significant? Coach Bian was taken aback. He gave it a thought. Yes, that seems like the case. However, the students Ive personally coached previously improved a lot as well. This is nothing. Guo Licheng shook his head. Wrong, the key is in the proportion. How many of your students improved by leaps and bounds when you were a private trainer in other gyms? Very few, right? However, here, all the students who persisted made rapid progress! It is totally different! Coach Bian paused for a while before it dawned upon him. Oh, thats true! uer He thought for a while and said, Its no wonder. Our fitness plan is compulsory with fitness meals. To put it bluntly, fitness means discipline in your food intake and exercise. Thirty percent is attributable to exercise while the rest of the seventy percent goes to food intake. You will definitely show results if you are a normal person who follows through strictly! The price of fitness meals might have increased, but the taste is better and is easier to stick to it. Guo Licheng nodded. Yes, I meant that exactly! Our gym is really small, and many people who could not stick to it had been dissuaded. However, those who did stick to it all saw an immediate effect without exception! That is to say that as long as we remove those who cannot stick with it, those who stay will definitely see results! Think about it, it will become a golden sign in the long run! Which training class is the most popular? Guaranteed classes! People are not afraid of spending money nowadays. They are only afraid that they spend the money without it being effective. People will definitely come even if its more expensive if you tell them that they will definitely improve if they spend money. Coach Bian frowned. But it does not seem too popular from the current situation either. Thats because the word-of-mouth has not gotten out yet! Think about it, how long had it been since we opened? Guo Licheng replied. Our reputation will naturally take its effect when, in a few months, some fitness novices who had never completed their fitness goals manage to complete them through our gym! Combined with the name of our gym, Deposit Fitness, once we establish our reputation; are you afraid that customers would not come to us? The reason why Boss Pei opened branches decisively when the flagship store is still making huge losses is definitely that he saw this phenomenon and felt that the core members fitness habits had developed and the expected brand effect had begun to appear! Why else would someone as smart as Boss Pei open branches even though he knows it will make a loss? It does not make any sense; he must have seen the prospect of profits! Coach Bian nodded his head repeatedly. The more he listened, the more sense he felt it made. Then, Coach Guo, when do you think this word-of-mouth can be established and our gym can become popular? Guo Licheng thought for a while. Thats hard to say. Naturally, the name is spreading a little too slowly, but Boss Pei is a master at marketing. Perhaps he will find some opportunity to promote it when he deems that the opportunity is right? I went to understand it before. I learned that Tengdas internet cafe and computer-installation business were all originally unknown and then became a great hit in an instance. I think Boss Pei is probably getting ready to do it again. Coach Guo was sincerely convinced. I see. If it wasnt for your interpretation, I would not have known that our Boss had considered so much! I can only say that someone with brains of this caliber has to make a lot of money! But, Coach Guo, its not easy to understand so much! No wonder the boss chose you to be the branch manager! Guo Licheng shook his head. This is not my business call. Im far, far behind Boss Pei. I just made reasonable inferences based on my understanding of the industry, which happened to be similar to Boss Peis ideas. I thought about it it might not also be a coincidence. If a certain business model wants to be successful, they have to solve the pain points of the industry. What is the pain point of the fitness industry? It is the mistrust between the customer and the gym. This mistrust is simply ingrained. Customers mistrust the gyms. They feel that the gyms are trying to cheat them of their money by selling cards and classes every day. They do not want to talk to the coach at all. The coaches do not trust the gym. They had a whole bunch of Key Performance Indicators to meet and did not have the heart to train the members well. The gym does not trust their customers. It feels as though they are trying to cheat one after the other. They would not bother with you after you applied for the card. Tell me, can it be good if these three parties do not trust each other? Coach Bian nodded. Yes, a lot of people had left this industry! Guo Licheng continued. But Boss Peis model has eliminated the distrust from all three parties! Customers dont think the gym is cheating them of their money. They clearly indicated the pricing with nothing hidden; moreover, they guarantee the effect of the gym. Personal trainers train their members with peace of mind without worrying about selling classes all day. Customers will not dislike their coaches anymore; the gym does not think of customers as money trees. See, everyone benefits in this model! As for the current non-satisfactory results, it is because of the establishment of trust that required a certain amount of time. When time has taken its course and trust is established, wouldnt that make making money a matter of time? Coach Bian nodded but had a new confusion again. If that is the case, that is a great thing; shouldnt we publicize that? Why cant we spread it? We have to tell the rest and make them confident towards the gym! Guo Licheng whispered, What are you thinking about?! The boss has a plan, but that does not mean that this plan has a hundred-percent success rate. If you broadcast it but it does not succeed, wont the boss make things difficult for you? Shut up and watch how it unfolds honestly. Isnt it alright to suck up to the boss when it all becomes a reality? Coach Bian suddenly realized that that made sense. Think about the historical person Yang Xiu. He loved to talk about his bosss intention with that big mouth of his. Wasnt his ending bad? Which boss will like his subordinates to be smarter than himself? Coach Bian gave Coach Guo a look of admiration. Alright, you are really good, Coach Guo. My EQ increased because of you! Guo Licheng waved his hand. Hey, what EQ? Im the same as you. I like this place so much. Of course, I dont want it to go out of business. Coach Bian agreed deeply. Yes! Then, lets wait quietly for the bosss magic to work! Chapter 532 - Three Experiences of Failure May 29th, Sunday It was time for the monthly failure lesson. In fact, Pei Qians expectation for Qiu Hongs course was stronger than that of He Ans course. The latter could only be used with a turn and reverse operation. No one will know whether the reverse operation will be effective or not while the formers failure experience could just be emulated. However, during the last course, Pei Qian did not obtain any gains but was cited as a confidant by Qiu Hong. That was very troublesome. Qiu Hong spoke at length about the failures caused by project management. They were all very right, but they were of no use to Pei Qian! He could only look forward to some really useful failure experience today. Qiu Hong reached the cafe on time and shook hands warmly with Ma Yang. Boss Ma! How has it been? Has the project management in your company improved over the past month? Pei Qian: Improve some more? Any more improvement, and Ill be dead! Pei Qian coughed lightly. The previous lesson had benefited me greatly. However, time is limited; lets get on to the actual topic. Qiu Hong nodded. Yes, yes, yes, lets get on with it. The two of them took their seats, and the waiter served their coffee. Qiu Hong took a sip and said, Boss Ma, today I want to talk about a very critical factor of failure. This factor has caused the failure of many entrepreneurial teams of game companies! Pei Qian became energetic immediately upon hearing it. Such a universal failure experience? I have to listen well then! Qiu Hong deliberately paused and said, This failure factor is intervention by the boss or other external forces! Pei Qian: ? Qiu Hong did not notice Ma Yangs blank expression. He had completely fallen into the heart-wrenching confession state like before. This one is all tears. People in the game industry have a simple dream before entering it: that is just to make something fun for the players. Even if it was just a game with paywalls for these clients to recharge. Our work will not be in vain as long as they are happy. However, this society is not that simple because a game is not something that one person can make. You have to go to the office, face all sorts of office politics, choose your sides, and maintain good relationships with others. Otherwise, no matter how good the project prospects are, it is no use if you cannot obtain resources. When doing administrative planning, you have to listen to function planning, right? When doing function planning, you have to listen to the chief planner, right? When you finally become the chief planner, you have to listen to the producers, right? Even when you become the producer, you would still have to listen to investors, right? When you really become an investor, you have to listen to the market voice, listen to money because you are not willing to make ducks and drakes of your own money! See, you might have your own thinking, but you cannot guarantee that anyone that has command over you has the same thinking as you! This is an external intervention. Think about it, a good idea is changed by the producer, then by your boss, and finally by the investors. When it is about to be publicized, the channel dealer asks you to change it again Changing here and there, and you yourself will not be able to recognize it. Pei Qian listened silently with a blank expression on his face. It sounded like a very nice scene. How I wish that someone can help me with messing up the project and make the project prospects bleak However, Boss Pei had no one here to mess it up. He had the final say in everything. Boss Pei even tried to butt in often with his subordinates. However, the problem was that he butted in so often, but the project did not fail! The more he butted in, the more successful it became So what the hell are you talking about?! Could it be that my method of butting in is wrong? Pei Qian coughed lightly. Erm, I have a question. Boss Qiu, why do you say the boss butted in and called the project to fail? Qiu Hong had a look of surprise. Boss Ma, do I need to explain this? You can imagine it anyhow! For example, you obviously know which games are popular now, but the Boss wants to do it the other way around. You know the players taste, but the boss wants to go against the players. There was no design proposal on the market, but the boss just wanted you to come up with one Once again, Pei Qian fell silent. Wasnt that all I had been doing? Then, my loss-making ideas seemed to be fine? Why are the results completely different then? No, that was completely useless. Ive tried it and it failed. I have to stop Qiu Hong as soon as possible and not elaborate any further on this. Pei Qian felt that he could no longer waste precious time on this topic so he said hurriedly, Well, I understand it completely. This is really easy to lead to failure! However, this experience is not very useful to me. Can we change it to another? Not very useful? Boss Ma, you mean you dont really meet such a problem? Qiu Hong was taken aback. Yes, definitely. Boss Ma, the one above you is Boss Pei. Boss Pei himself is a top game designer; there is no possibility that you will be directed by Boss Pei to failure. No problem, Boss Ma. I did think of that so it is just an appetizer. Ive also prepared some other content behind it. Pei Qian was delighted. Great, I almost thought that this lesson was going to be wasted again! Qiu Hong continued. Then, the next very critical failure factor is that you will not be able to find the talent you want. Boss Ma, you should be able to use this, eh? Pei Qian agreed deeply. Yes, I face this problem! Qiu Hong smiled slightly and continued. A boss definitely cannot do everything. He would be dog-tired if he were to do that, and he wouldnt be able to do a good job. At this point, you should find various people-in-charge for various businesses. There is a difference between this point and project management. Project management is how to utilize talents while what we are referring to now is how to find talents! Relatively speaking, it is more difficult to find talents. Many projects fail because the leader does not have good vision. He could be deceived by some boastful scammers who entrusted him with important tasks but with no practical ability at all. Pei Qian nodded his head vigorously. So, where are these scammers? Qiu Hong did not know how to answer for a while. Uh they are hidden in the vast crowd. Pei Qian asked. Then, in theory, there should be quite a lot of such scammers, right?. Qiu Hong thought about it. Who knows? No one has done data analytics in this area. But I think it should be okay. Most people encounter a scammer or two when they start their businesses, right? Pei Qian was really speechless. Does that mean Ive bad luck then? Then, it still would not work. This one seems to be useless. After all, I really did not possess any talent for identifying scammers. Zhang Wang was the best example. Pei Qian coughed slightly. Em, Boss Qiu, that does not seem to be much help as well Qiu Hong was taken aback. Em nevermind, Boss Ma, Ill change one more. I dont have many successful experiences but plenty of failed experiences! Pei Qian: What was going on with this inexplicable feeling of sympathy? Qiu Hong thought for a while. Then, Ill talk about the concept of deviation from common sense next! Pei Qian nodded, feeling that this theory seemed good and should be of help to him! Qiu Hong explained. In a game company, we will often hear phrases like this: The boss is an SB(1). He knows nothing and can do nothing or The newly recruited planner is too stupid. He has been fired by me. Such dialogue happens in many game companies. Their tones are very similar as well. Then, why do people in the game circle always think that they do not understand anything? An experienced chief planner and a producer who can attract investors should all be experienced. Both sides maintain that the other party did not understand anything, so who would not understand? This is the deviation from common sense. That means to say that everyones common sense is different. We are both thinking about the same thing, but the common sense I think I possess and the common sense you think you possess are totally different. Therefore, both of us will think that the other party does not understand at all. For example, the thing with Cottage Game. They are proven successes to both the capital venturist and the boss so why dont they do it? To most businesses, what future is there in doing something that others had already done too much of? Of course, this is a very simple example. In actual working conditions, such deviation from common sense will only be serious, and it would have an impact on all aspects of the companys operations in the process of making games and ultimately completely deviate from the original intention of the project. Pei Qian blinked blankly. Wasnt that exactly what I was going through?! A real confidante! Pei Qian grasped Qiu Hongs hand. Yes, yes, yes! Thats exactly how I feel! Im so conflicted about this! So, how shall we solve this problem of deviation from common sense? Qiu Hong smiled. Well, this is easy to say but difficult to do. It is to establish good communication with each other. The root cause of deviation from common sense is not understanding each other. As long as they can communicate well, let the other party understand their true thoughts, and form a joint force in the same direction; then the problem arising from deviation from common sense could be resolved to a certain extent. Pei Qian: The enthusiasm was extinguished again. Why was it yet another solution that I could not use at all?! Communicate well and let the other party understand what you really think? I want to do that too, but the system did not allow it! I could not let anyone know that Im making losses on purpose! What was worse was that my employees seemed to have formed some kind of synergy, but they were all in the opposite direction Pei Qian was instantly discouraged. The three experiences for failure that he had learned today could be said to be rather rewarding. However none of them could be used! Qiu Hong looked at his watch. His time today was almost up; he sighed in his heart. Har, Boss Ma had such high expectations. If it was not because I was prepared with my massive amount of failed experience, then it was really possible that this course could not go on today. What was with this sad feeling? Luckily, the class was successfully completed today! Boss Ma looked down in deep thought. He should be rather inspired, right? Pei Qian raised his head. Boss Qiu, I have one last question. What will happen ifhypothetically, I mean, hypothetically-if all the three problems that you mentioned were not problems anymore? Qiu Hong was taken aback but smiled. Then, congratulations to Boss Ma, you will be able to make money lying down! Do whatever you want to do without being directed by anyone blindly; choose all the talents and everyone could be independent; there is no deviation from common sense between all the employees, all had the same goals and worked hard in the same place If you cannot succeed, who can? Pei Qian: Those words were too heart wrenching. He was here to learn about failure, but he was in greater despair now that he had learned it! [1] This is short for ShaBi, internet slang in China for stupid. Chapter 533 - This was All because I Accurately Figured Boss Pei’s Character Out! May 30th, Monday Liang Qingfan brought the blueprint for the Golden Maze to Thriller Hostel. Over the week, he had been working as hard as he could. However, instead of feeling tortured, he felt pure excitement. Architects could spend very little or a lot of time on blueprints. Some real estate companies even stipulate in their contracts that architects must produce drawings overnight upon receiving the budget and design requirements, to achieve higher turnover. That was a more extreme example, and it was neither reasonable nor humane. Still, it was enough to show how miserable an architects life was. To Liang Qingfan, the Golden Maze was not the project with the tightest timeline and the most torturous schedule that he had ever received. Instead, it was the one that excited him the most. There were three main reasons for this: he was being paid more than enough, his client was not micro-managing or breathing down his neck to make changes, and there was a lot of room for creativity in the interesting task. Any architect would be filled with inspiration and passion if he was free to design the mall any way he wanted, and he had the authority to ask for more funds if he wanted. When he arrived at Thriller Hostels office, Chen Kangtuo and Shi Zherui were already waiting there. Sorry for making you wait so long. Let me explain the plan for the Golden Maze. I didnt have time to perfect some details so I will need you to work on it later, Teacher Shi. Shi Zherui nodded quickly. Yes, of course. Liang Qingfan started explaining his own design using the blueprint. After conducting field surveys, I realized that this old factory is relatively empty, and it has strong plasticity. However, if we want to turn it into a maze as Boss Pei requested, the surface area seems lacking. After all, the shops have to be big enough to store their products. Whats more, to ensure that the shops are hidden, the surface area of the maze has to be big enough as well. So, at once, I thought about making use of the fact that the factory is so tall. We will stagger the levels of the Golden Maze and utilize the height of the shopping mall. The shops would also be staggered, forming a three-dimensional maze. At the same time, this staggered-level approach allows us to segment areas for rest and viewing. Visitors could rest in the resting area and see two or three shops from afar. That would drive them to look for shops they had not found earlier after resting. After all, they would already have seen how a few of the shops look like. It might trigger their desire to see more. Of course, seeing them and finding them are two completely different things. There would be exits in all resting and viewing areas. Under normal circumstances, those exits would be hidden. They would look no different from other paths in the maze. However, in emergency situations, signs would light up so that visitors can move quickly and exit the mall. As for the construction period We will have to purchase steel in large quantities. However, we wont be forking out the money so we can ignore the cost. As for the style, I have a simple rendering here. Boss Pei requested for a resplendent effect, but I think it wont be easy to cover the entire mall in pure gold. It would tire visitors eyes, and the mall would look incredibly tacky. People might take one look at it and think about nouveau riche who wear huge, golden chains. Itll fall far short of the style were going for. Im thinking that the entire maze would look fundamentally the same. To ensure the unity of the style, we can think about using luxurious and high-end materials, as well as specific types of lighting. That would create a sense of luxury but avoid tackiness. On top of that, the details of various areas where the shops are located can be done differently. For example, figurines and merchandise could be sold at shops that appeal to younger people. Red which symbolizes life, vitality, and boundlessness and orange which symbolizes buoyancy and wealth can be the theme colors. High-quality products and souvenirs could be sold at shops that appeal to more mature people. Blue, which symbolizes rationality and peace, could be the theme color. Couples headwear and themed costumes could be sold in cozier shops, and the embellishments could be in burgundy. Shops selling interesting gadgets can be in purple, which gives a sense of mystery. At the same time, we need to note that purple and gold are relatively rich colors that might cause spatial imbalance. That means we might have to use colors like white to balance things out here and there. All of these shops must have a passage for employees, which would be closed to all other visitors. That would make it easier for goods to be transported. Moreover, it would save employees the trouble of having to walk through the entire maze each time they go to work. We can also have random vendors in special areas around the maze, who would sell interesting little gadgets. That way, customers can use their general surroundings to look for a certain shop or region. They could also be assured that theyre on the right path. After all, Boss Pei only asked us to create a maze to give visitors an interesting shopping experience and not to dissuade them from buying anything. We would have to give visitors appropriate hints along the way to encourage exploration and mystery but prevent them from losing motivation just because the shops are too hard to find. Thats the general idea. Do either of you has any opinions? After briefly explaining the design, Liang Qingfan looked up at the two other men. At the same time, Chen Kangtuo and Shi Zherui answered, No! Its great! Liang Qingfan immediately looked embarrassed. If either of you have other thoughts, please tell me. Its normal for clients to request for the design to be edited. Dont feel embarrassed. Chen Kangtuo shook his head. No, I just think the design is perfect! I like everything, including the fact that visitors can see other shops from the resting area and that different shopping regions would have different color themes. Well fulfill Boss Peis requirements and ensure the malls functionality and practicality as much as possible. Exploration, entertainment, and shopping would all be perfectly balanced in that mall. Boss Pei has been telling us to leave the professional things to the professionals and not to instruct insiders as outsiders. Just as Boss Pei completely trusts Big Boss Ruan, we have complete trust in your design! Liang Qingfan could not help but grin. It looked like Tengdas employees had inherited Boss Peis spirit. Working with clients like that saved him a lot of trouble. He turned to look at Shi Zherui. Teacher Shi, you will be in charge of the construction. If you find anything inappropriate, please raise it as soon as possible so that I can make the necessary modifications. Shi Zherui shook his head. I have nothing! One look at the blueprint, and I can tell that you are both knowledgeable and professional, Teacher Liang. You have thought about this from every angle, and your imagination is admirable! If it were left to me, I would not have achieved something like this. Of course, I dont want to admit that you can do the work better than I can, but thats the fact! Its a good thing that Boss Pei invited you here from Shanghai. Otherwise, the maze would turn out badly, and I would take the blame, wouldnt I? Liang Qingfan laughed. Teacher Shi, what are you saying? You just have too much on your hands because you have to take charge of Thriller Hostel at the same time. If you could design the maze without any distractions, you would have met Boss Peis expectations perfectly. Both men praised each others skills. Everyone was happy with the design. Alright. Ill hand this plan to Boss Li so that construction can begin as soon as possible. Liang Qingfan yawned. Alright, please do what you have to, then. I havent slept much over the last few days so Im going back to catch up on sleep. If you run into any problems, feel free to contact me at any time. More than an hour later, Li Shi arrived at Chen Kangtuos office. Boss Li, this is our plan for the shopping mall. Chen Kangtuo and Shi Zherui handed Liang Qingfans plan to Boss Li for a look. They knew that Boss Li was not a professional in this industry. Thus, Shi Zherui did not go into too much detail as he explained the blueprint to him. Instead, Shi Zherui focused on the designs ideas, concepts, and various functions. When Li Shi first saw the extremely complicated blueprint and the resplendent rendering, he was stunned. How much would it cost to make such a complicated shopping mall as resplendent as a luxury shop? Is Boss Pei taking me for a fool? However, after hearing Chen Kangtuos and Shi Zheruis explanations, Li Shis suspicions dissipated into thin air. In its place was pure joy. He had thought that the plan was just a way to make them waste money, but hearing about the entire plan made Li Shi realize something: it would cost a lot, but it would be very effective! Not only would they have a shopping mall, but they would also have another amusement project in Thriller Hostel. This unique solution would loosen the reins on customers to draw them in. They would be caught between leaving and wanting more, and talking or staying silent All in all, it would be entertaining enough to encourage tourists to shop there! The most important thing was that Boss Pei had given a lot of thought to this plan. In fact, he had put in a lot of work into it, too! Boss Pei must have been the one who had thought of turning the shopping mall into a maze, right? It was such an intelligent and complicated plan, with both class and style. He must have spent a lot of money to get a professional designer to design the place, right? All of those showed that this project was important to Boss Pei! If this was so important to Boss Pei, could the project fail?! Here came the crux of the matter: why was this project so important to Boss Pei? Li Shi knew that it was obviously because he had figured Boss Pei out. Before this, he had guessed that Boss Pei was an extremely calm person when it came to business. The amount of work that he let others do and the amount of profits that he shared depended purely on his own cold, hard interests. If Li Shi had not willingly given up the shopping mall, agreed to bear the costs of renovation, and offered a share of the profits; Boss Pei would not have worked as hard to come up with the plan. Yet, since Li Shi had offered a share of the profits to Boss Pei and tied all of their interests closer together, Boss Pei used his brain cells to come up with this outstanding design. Look how beautifully this was done! At the end of the day, this partnership is only possible because I have thought about and figured out Boss Peis character accurately. Shouldnt I reward myself? When Chen Kangtuo finished explaining the design, he said, Boss Li, if you have any opinions or suggestions to offer Li Shi raised his hand. No, I dont! Since Boss Pei was the one who came up with this plan, there shouldnt be a problem! Ill make arrangements for work to start as soon as possible! Chapter 534 - Buying Buildings, Picking Up Rubbish May 31st Pei Qian was sitting in Fish-Catching Internet Cafes Handong University branch when he picked up Little Suns call. Boss Pei, Ive found the buildings that you asked for. When were you planning to look at them? After some consideration, Pei Qian said, 2 PM. Pick Mr. Liang up from the hotel and then pick me up from the internet cafe. Well go there together. Send me the details of the two neighborhoods as well. I want to read through them. A month had already passed since Pei Qian moved into his new house. Over this month, Pei Qian had been very satisfied with the Sloth Apartments style. Not only could it dissuade potential tenants, but it could also provide the optimum environment for him to live in. Until now, Pei Qian was still the only one living in Sloth Apartments first building. There was not a single other tenant. On one hand, this was because they had not done much publicity for the apartments. On the other hand, they were expensive, and there were many rules. Naturally, even those who stumbled upon the apartmentswho were among the minority-lost interest. All in all, everything was going well so far! That was why Pei Qian decided that he could more or less continue. He had not finished spending all the money earned from the box office, but he could do so very quickly by buying buildings. Furthermore, considering that ten percent of the value of his fixed assets will be counted among the System Funds, Pei Qian could peg the limit at sixty or seventy million yuan for the current cycle. He had already spent thirty million yuan before, and that left him with another forty million. This time, Pei Qian planned to buy two more buildings. He would spend about 35 million yuan and leave the remaining money for renovations. If he fell short, he would add more later on. He also had to make sure to repeat his successes. For example, these houses would need to have innate flaws as well. Additionally, he could prioritize odd-shaped apartments. Renting out regular-shaped apartments that faced north or south would be easy as long as they were nicely renovated. However, odd-shaped apartments often implied an uncomfortable living experience. Space would be wasted, and the price-quality ratio would be poor. If houses like that were priced slightly higher, nobody would want to rent them. Tenants would also be prohibited from moving their own furniture into the new buildings. Pei Qian would also keep other successful practices such as maintaining high prices by hiring butlers and cleaners and implementing a minimalistic style throughout all the apartments. On top of that, Pei Qian would plug some gaps in the old design. Before this, Pei Qian had bought apartments that had been exquisitely renovated, mainly because he had been in a rush to move in. Whats more, he wanted to quickly find out if Sloth Apartments would incur losses or not. That was why most money for the first building had gone into soft renovations. The apartments all contained huge televisions, high-end furniture, various smart appliances, smart light-adjusting glass, and the like. Now, Pei Qian was going to buy more worn-down buildings so that he could conduct hard renovations as well. That would allow him to spend even more money, right? In any case, he would not be the one living in those buildings, and he would probably not be able to rent the apartments out either. It wouldnt be much of a problem even if construction took longer, and the living conditions were worse. He had to spend the same amount of money anyway. He could either buy an expensive and nicely-renovated building or a cheap and unwanted building before spending the rest of the money on renovations. Obviously, the latter would result in a lower fixed asset value and thus have less impact on settlement. Pei Qian would buy two buildings this time. Since he could not put all of his eggs into one basket, he especially requested for Little Sun to look for two buildings of completely different styles from the one in Dawn of Prosperous City. One was to be a residential-commercial building with relatively fewer households. The other was to be an old building located in a deserted and faraway city district, where very few tenants would live throughout the year. All in all, the principle to stick to was to find all means possible to pick up rubbish. Now, most available properties could be found online. Whats more, many middlemen could not wait to steal money from customers pockets. It was not difficult to find buildings that matched Pei Qians description. After receiving this task, Little Sun only searched Jingzhou for two days before achieving results. At the start of the month, Little Sun had been put in charge of ferrying Liang Qingfan around. However, a few days later, Liang Qingfan realized that he would feel better touring Jingzhou at his own time and pace. Thus, Little Sun stopped following him around. Coincidentally, it was then that Pei Qian instructed him to find the buildings. Until now, Liang Qingfan had been set free to roam Jingzhou for almost a month. Pei Qian felt that it was about time to put him to work now. After lunch, the waiter kept the cutlery and served him a cup of coffee. Pei Qian sipped his coffee and called Liang Qingfan. After several rings, Liang Qingfan picked up. Hello, Boss Pei? He sounded a bit nasal as if he had just woken up. Pei Qian could not help but rejoice. He must have gotten carried away after playing for a month. Why else would he still be sleeping at 12 noon? Afternoon nap? He could not have taken an afternoon nap at 11 AM. Good. I admire people who play to their hearts content and take afternoon naps while they arent working. They are talents who never think much about work! Pei Qian did not ask any questions for fear that Liang Qingfan would misunderstand him and think that Boss Pei was encouraging him to go back to work. Im thinking about moving Sloth Apartments to the second stage. How are you? Are you ready to start work? Liang Qingfan: Of course! Pei Qian was overjoyed. Good. Get up as soon as you can and have a meal at the hotel. Little Sun will pick you up, and we will look at the new apartments together. After hanging up, Pei Qian looked into the details of the two buildings that Little Sun selected. Then, he went online to look for more information. One of them was the Shundong Gardens Residential-Commercial Building. It was located in the city center and was convenient to get to. Whats more, it had just been built a while ago. However, since it was a newly-developed residential-commercial building, not many apartments had been sold. The other was Block 9 of Binhu District. It was built in 2001 in Jingzhous outskirts. The only thing about it worth mentioning was that there was a park nearby with an average-size man-made lake which one could see from the building. However, the apartments were as oddly-shaped as the sun never sets-type apartments in Dawn of Prosperous City. The rent for both of those places was significantly lower than luxurious apartments in other parts of the city. Clearly, they were not as popular. In fact, each building was unpopular for different reasons. Pei Qian was overjoyed. Little Sun was quite dependable! At 2 PM, Pei Qian and Liang Qingfan arrived at Shundong Gardens Residential-Commercial Building first. The sales consultant was quite passionate, but Pei Qian politely asked him to wait at the entrance. I have a professional architect with me; why would I need to listen to your lies? The entire residential-commercial building had eleven stories in total, excluding the commercial first floor. Each story had two lifts and seven apartments, which were 5.5 meters high and 38.5 square meters big. Each square meter cost seven thousand yuan, and so each apartment cost 270 thousand yuan. That meant the entire building would cost more than twenty million yuan. Once Liang Qingfan saw the room configurations, he immediately understood. Boss Pei, you want to buy a residential-commercial building? Pei Qian nodded. Thats right. Liang Qingfan didnt say anything more. Since Boss Pei was sure that he wanted to buy a residential-commercial building, he would be familiar with its flaws. Of course, Pei Qian was familiar with its flaws. However, those formed the reasons why he wanted to buy a residential-commercial building in the first place. Compared to ordinary residential buildings, he could only hold ownership of residential-commercial buildings for shorter periods. He would also have to pay for utilities, electricity, property management, and carpentry according to commercial standards. That meant living expenses would be higher. On the whole, there would be high living density in the area, too. The apartments would be small and wouldnt face north or south. It wouldnt be as comfortable. Pei Qian considered this: although residential-commercial buildings were generally thirty to forty percent cheaper than residential buildings, they had the poor potential to appreciate, higher living expenses, and shorter ownership periods. Pei Qian would also have to fork out more money to renovate the building. Wouldnt his chances of incurring losses increase? As for why he wanted to buy a new building There were older residential-commercial buildings, but he needed to hire butlers and cleaners for the Sloth Apartments. Moreover, he would have to buy the entire building to start planning that. For older buildings, he ran the risk of not being able to purchase the entire building because one or two households were unwilling to move out; that was unless the buildings had remained empty for a long time, and the owners were eager to sell them. Thus, buying a new building would save Pei Qian the trouble. Even if a few apartments had already been sold, Pei Qian could buy them back for a slightly higher price. Pei Qian looked around. The apartment was squarish and not much different from ordinary lofts. The first floor contained a living room, a dining room, and a kitchen. However, there was no gas stove. Tenants would only be able to depend on an oven, a microwave oven, and an electric stove. Pei Qian nodded quietly. Yes, this was quite satisfying The second floor was quite simple as wellit was just a bedroom. Pei Qian scanned his surroundings and discovered that the living conditions were not bad. However, it was quite small. That meant that, if he stuck to the extremely minimalistic style of renovations, the house would not be able to contain much else. Tenants would not have a good experience living here in reality. In addition, the rent would be high because of the building manager, cleaners, and utilities. Thus, Pei Qian was confident that pretentious, cultured youths would not be able to bear renting an apartment. After making one round around the apartment, Pei Qian felt satisfied. He faced Liang Qingfan and asked, Mr. Liang, do you think this price is appropriate? Liang Qingfan pondered for a moment and said, Its quite high, but its acceptable. Still, the biggest problem is. Pei Qian did not wait for Liang Qingfan to finish speaking. Instead, he turned to Little Sun and said, Alright, buy it. Notify Assistant Xin, and then well go and look at the next building. Liang Qingfan: The middleman had not followed the group in but had been waiting at the entrance the entire time. When he saw Pei Qian starting to leave after making one round, he quickly moved forward. Sir, if youre not happy with this apartment, there are others to consider- Without stopping, Pei Qian said, Ill buy this building. Someone will come by in the afternoon to sign the contract. Liang Qingfan followed behind Pei Qian, swallowing his reminder to Boss Pei about the flaws of such an apartment. The middleman watched as the three men left and blinked in disbelief. At that moment, he had no idea how to react. Buy? The entire building? Is he playing a prank on me? After leaving Shundong Gardens, Pei Qian and Liang Qingfan arrived at the second locationBlock 9 of Binhu District. Since it was located on the outskirts, it had taken forty minutes for them to get there. There was a park near Binhu District, and there was a man-made lake in that park. Upstairs, one could enjoy the view of the park. The higher up one was, the better the view. There were eight stories in Block 9, with one lift and two apartments on each story. Blocks 8 and 9 were side-by-side, each having a semi-circular column sticking out and facing the park and man-made lake. Each apartment was sixty square meters large, with two bedrooms and a living room. It was going for eight thousand yuan per square meter, which added up to five hundred thousand yuan per apartment. Since the entire building had eight levels, it cost about eight million yuan in total. That was obviously lower than the average price of property in Jingzhou City. On one hand, it was because it was located on the outskirts. On the other hand, it was because it had remained empty for a few years; no one had even wanted to rent an apartment. Naturally, the price had been declining for years. The middleman led Pei Qian and the others to the top of Block 9. Directly in front of them was an arc French window that offered a 180-degree view of the outside. One could see everything with a single glance. Pei Qian frowned. He wanted to back out immediately. However, when he saw Liang Qingfan frown as well, he changed his mind. Is there a problem with this house? Pei Qian asked. Looking disgusted, Liang Qingfan answered, Of course! Why else would the building still be empty now? The entrance and aisle are only 70 cm wide. Thats so narrow-transporting any furniture inside would be extremely difficult. Whats more, this building was built ten years ago. The waterproof layer is damaged, and the ceiling is full of mildew. You can even see watermarks at the corners of the wall. If you want people to live here, we would have to redo everything The kitchen is located in a small corner in the living room, and the bathroom is very small. Living here would be very inconvenient. Whats more, this arc French window has the same problem as the one at Dawn of Prosperous City. The arc is irregular, and the space cant be maximized. Still, the apartments at Dawn of Prosperous City were big, and so it didnt feel that bad. This apartment is much smaller. If we cant maximize the use of this space, living here would be much worse than living in Dawn of Prosperous City. On top of that, the structure of the apartments seems problematic. Theres a reason why theyre so cheap. If ordinary designers and renovation companies wanted to, they could have easily bought the apartments and renovated them. However, no one wants to stay here or renovate the place. That means it would probably be very difficult to modify these apartments, so that even ordinary renovation companies dont want to try! All in all, the structure of the apartments wouldnt allow for large-scale modifications. Either that, or it would be extremely difficult. Scarce landscapes only have value in the luxury housing market, but its completely worthless in the general housing market. Not only would it have no premium, but it may even be the cause for lowering the price. Pei Qian nodded. I understand. Little Sun, Ill buy this building and the adjacent Block 8 as well. Liang Qingfan: ? Did Boss Pei not listen to a single word I said? It was fine if he wanted to buy one building, but he was buying two buildings at one go. That was 16 million yuan in a single breath! If Liang Qingfan had found the previous residential-commercial building barely acceptable, this one was completely unacceptable. He had to try dissuading Boss Pei! Boss Pei, I already said that it would be extremely difficult to modify this building. We dont even know if we can make modifications to begin with Pei Qian smiled and patted him on the arm. That allows us to judge the designers standard better, right? Chapter 535 - Stick to Four Bare Walls! Boss Peis praise had come out of nowhere. Liang Qingfan was shocked. Two minutes later, he regained his composure. He looked slightly embarrassed as he said, But Boss Pei, this is not just about the design its about the cost as well! Take this apartment for example. It costs five hundred thousand yuan. Full renovations and modifications would cost at least three hundred thousand yuan. Thats almost as much as the house itself! It wouldnt be worth On top of that, youre buying two buildings. Thats thirty-two apartments in total. If the renovation of each apartment cost three hundred thousand yuan, it would add up to close to ten million yuan in total There were seventy-seven apartments in the previous residential-commercial building as well. If the renovation of each of those apartments cost 120 thousand yuan or so, it would add up to another ten million yuan. Including the cost of making those apartments look more luxurious, renovation of all these new buildings alone would cost twenty million yuan Pei Qian fell silent. Liang Qingfan heaved a long sigh. It was just as well. Pei Qian had not done his calculations before this. He was only deciding to buy those buildings because they were cheap. He had not considered the cost of renovation. Renovation of the building in the Dawn of Prosperous City cost a lot as well, but the apartments were huge! Whats more, they were exquisitely renovated. That meant they could attract ballers to rent the apartments. On the other hand, these apartments were so run down that no one wanted to buy them or live in them. Spending three hundred thousand yuan just to renovate each of them would be too foolish! It was not utterly useless, but the price-quality ratio would be extremely low. However, after a few seconds, Pei Qian asked, Twenty million yuan could we increase it? Would it be difficult to spend another ten million yuan? Buying the buildings would spend almost all the revenue earned from the sale of Tomorrow is Beautifuls tickets. However, Aili Island was still going to split their profits with Tengda! After winning an award last month, Tomorrow is Beautifuls views on Aili Island were ballooning. Under the contract for shared profits, Tengda Corporation was to receive a huge sum of money each month. Pei Qian could only wish to spend as much money as possible on renovations. After all, there were very low risks involved in pouring money into renovations. Liang Qingfan blinked and then realized that he had misunderstood Boss Pei. What did he mean? Boss Pei had not thought that twenty million was too much, but too little? Liang Qingfan frowned as the cogs in his brain turned at full speed. Boss Pei, I understand now. Do you want to renovate the apartments exquisitely and luxuriously to give these ordinary houses a luxurious character? Is your aim to rent these apartments at high prices to tenants who would not be sensitive to price? The previous apartments were huge and expensive, leaving us with very little choice of tenants other than ballers. However, these new apartments are much smaller, and the buildings are cheap. Are you planning to make them look grand to attract ordinary petit-bourgeois and give them a chance to experience the high life? Pei Qian: Lets not add a single cent to twenty million yuan. Liang Qingfans reminder suddenly made Pei Qian realize that there would be dire consequences to his actions. The System had an upper limit for Sloth Apartments rent. Although it would take the extent of renovations into consideration, the prices would still be based on the location, area, and average price of apartments with such configuration. The apartment that Pei Qian was living in could be pegged at such a high price because of its large surface area. However, the new buildings were all small-sized. The apartments in the residential-commercial building were less than forty square meters while the apartments here were less than seventy. Whats more, the former was a residential-commercial building and the latter was in a bad location. No matter how nicely they were renovated, the System would not allow Pei Qian to charge too high a rent. He guessed that each apartment would cost about two to four thousand yuan. If Pei Qian made the apartments look luxurious by spending large sums of money on branded sofas, gigantic televisions, branded furniture, and the like and if Liang Qingfan designed the apartments well They would be able to dissuade particularly poor tenants, but they would also attract all the yuppies! Those pretentious, cultural youngsters would see that the apartment was small, oddly-shaped, and had poor lighting; they would not be able to buy their own furniture, and they would face a lot more problems; and monthly rent would cost a thousand yuan more than other houses. However, the apartments looked grand! Just one sofa would cost ten to twenty thousand yuan. For an additional one thousand yuan each month, those yuppies would be able to live a luxurious life. Of course, they would fight one another to stay in the Sloth Apartments. After regaining his composure, Pei Qian understood that these apartments could not be as extravagantly designed and furnished as the previous ones. After all, the previous ones were huge, and few ballers in Jingzhou would be able to afford them. However, the smaller the apartment, the less sensitive tenants would be toward premiums. Furthermore, these apartments were extremely small; limiting tenants to entire tenancies would be much less effective in dissuading people from renting. Lets work according to the standard that you set earlier-twenty million yuan. Spend three hundred thousand yuan on renovating each apartment here and 150 thousand yuan on renovating each apartment in the residential-commercial building. Thats it, then. Pei Qian emphasized once more. Liang Qingfan: Wasnt Liang Qingfan supposed to understand Boss Peis intentions better? Today was only his first attempt, and yet he was already failing so badly? Indeed, this was a technical job that required much more practice. Liang Qingfan had thought that he already understood Boss Peis way of thinking. However, just as he voiced out his thoughts, Boss Pei ruthlessly slapped him across the face. He could not help but feel disappointed. Yet, as Pei Qian looked into Liang Qingfans eyes, the former could not help but grow in appreciation. Good. I like brothers like those who are not good at hiding their words and who say things as they are! The other employees try to figure me out behind my back and then dont tell me when they think theyve figured me out. You work at understanding me right in front of me and then tell me exactly what you understood. Youre teachable because you correct me before I have a chance to take a possible misstep! Pei Qian cleared his throat. Mr. Liang, I asked you to be the person-in-charge of Sloth Apartments earlier. Have you considered it? Of course, more accurately put, you would be a partner. You would enjoy the treatment of Tengda Corporations higher management, and youll be awarded a bonus each month based on your projects initial investment and rating on TPDb. Liang Qingfan was moved. A month ago, Pei Qian had already expressed his interest in recruiting Liang Qingfan. At the time, Liang Qingfan avoided giving Boss Pei a reply, in an attempt to act aloof. During that one month, Liang Qingfan had processed a lot more information on Tengda and had made up his mind. Of course, he would work for Tengda Corporation. The treatment was too good to turn down! As the person-in-charge, he would get generous bonuses based on his projects reputation and initial investment. Compared to his previous workspace, his income would be significantly higher. Whats more, he would get to work with a leader like Boss Pei. That would greatly boost his career prospects! Liang Qingfan almost agreed immediately, but he hesitated and said, Boss Pei, can I make a tiny request? Pei Qian was surprised. Hey, this brat can withstand the temptation of Tengda Corporations benefits and attempt to haggle with me? Not bad. I like young men like you, who would raise prices for me. Itll save me the energy of having to think of reasons to increase your pay. Come on, extort me as much as you can! Pei Qian nodded. Of course, you can. Speak your mind! Liang Qingfan cleared his throat. Boss Pei, I noticed that you have set up many physical shops, such as Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Fish-Catching Take-Out, and Deposit Fitness, and that youre rapidly expanding. Of course, I cant run from being in charge of Sloth Apartments renovations. However, I also noticed how ordinary the style of your other shops is. If you plan to renovate those physical shops in the future can you hand those projects to me as well? Im asking for no other reason than that I think the current style of the shops does not match up to Tengdas class. Pei Qian could not help but feel disappointed. That was it?! Arent you going to take the opportunity to ask for a raise? However, on further thought, that was not a bad suggestion either. Pei Qian nodded. Of course! Ill leave them all to you! How about this? Once youre done with the Sloth Apartments, start looking for the best-performing shop; you can renovate that one! In the past, before Fish-Catching Internet Cafe became popular, Pei Qian would have turned down Liang Qingfans request at once. Redo the renovations? Im doing perfectly well, incurring losses; why would I redo the renovations? However, things were different now. Fish-Catching Internet Cafe was extremely popular, and it was always fully-booked. Redoing the renovations would have a limited effect on its popularity and profits. Furthermore, Pei Qian could spend money on the renovations, and the shops would not be able to operate by then. How much would that cost him in total? It would be so worth it! Thus, Pei Qian emphasized that Liang Qingfan should only choose shops that were generating a lot of profit. Shops that were incurring losses, such as Deposit Fitness, should not be touched at all. Liang Qingfan nodded. Alright, Boss Pei! Thank you for your trust in me! Although he did not understand why Boss Pei wanted him to start from the most successful shops, Liang Qingfan did not ask too many questions. The fact that Boss Pei was leaving him with such an important task showed how much he trusted him. Alright, Boss Pei. Ill work on a few renderings based on the new apartments. Once youve picked your favorite, I will look for a construction team to start work! Liang Qingfan was filled with renewed motivation. The residential-commercial building was slightly easier because the hard renovations were nearly done, and soft renovations would take a much shorter time. On the other hand, the buildings in Binhu District were more troublesome. Two buildings needed hard renovation, and Liang Qingfan would have to hire huge construction teams. The timeline was very tight. Of course, the good thing was that all the apartments had the same configuration. Thus, he only needed to come up with one set of plans. New renderings? No, no, no. Theres no need for that anymore. Stick to the same style as before, said Pei Qian. Minimalism. After some consideration, Pei Qian added, Dont bother adding the smart furniture and huge television. Total up the cost of all the renovations. The most important thing would be to stick to the same general style! Each television cost 240 thousand yuan, and they were limited edition. Not anyone could buy them. Whats more, Pei Qian was worried that putting such an expensive television in such a small apartment would attract huge groups of people who would only want to rent the apartment for the sake of the television. What would he do, then? After all, rent for the smaller apartments would be much lower than that for the huge apartments in Dawn of Prosperous City. He had to stick to creating four bare walls so that ordinary people would be dissuaded from renting the apartments. At the same time, he had to avoid luxurious decorations so as not to attract pretentious, cultured youths or yuppies. Liang Qingfan was stunned. These apartments are to be minimalist as well? Boss Pei, all of the new apartments are small. Making these small apartments minimalist would greatly discount the overall effect. Whats more, storage space is extremely important for small apartments. If you get rid of all of them, these apartments would be unlivable. Pei Qian was elated. Greatly discount the overall effect? The apartments would be unlivable? Thats awesome! Thats exactly what I want! Even a professional architect thinks it would be impossible. How can I possibly earn any money from this? I absolutely cant! Pei Qian smiled. Dont worry. Thats the style of the Sloth Apartments. Since theyre of the same brand, they must be of the same style, right? Chapter 536 - Boss Pei Wants Us to Work Together Without Being Calculative! June 2nd, Thursday Liang Qingfan had already secluded himself for two days. He had obtained the floor plans for the two buildings. The ones for the residential-commercial building had been easier to obtain because it was a relatively new building In comparison, the ones in Binhu District were much older. Liang Qingfan had expended a lot of effort acquiring the original floor plans after locating the property. After that, he went into seclusion and isolation. He really did not understand Boss Peis intentions this time. He could understand why Boss Pei used a minimalistic style for the huge apartments previously. After all, only ballers would be able to afford an apartment there, and a few ballers liked extreme minimalism. However, he wanted to use the same style for a two-story loft of forty-odd square meters and a two-room apartment of sixty-odd square meters? What else would there be in the apartments, then? Liang Qingfan was confident that he would be able to solve the aesthetic problems; he would just have to spend more time and effort trying. Still, how would Boss Pei resolve the complete lack of practicality? Liang Qingfan was extremely confused, but he did not want to ask any questions. The two-story lofts in the residential-commercial building were relatively easier to work with. They were small and the segmentation and usage of different parts of the apartment were clear. Thus, Liang Qingfan managed to quickly come up with the plan. On the other hand, the mysterious lake-side apartments in Binhu District were extremely difficult. He had to find a practical use for the area with the arc French window that offered a 180-degree view of the surroundings. He also had to improve the homes functionality, enlarge the kitchen and bathroom, and widen the entrance and entryway. All of those would affect the tenants living experience. If Liang Qingfan didnt do this well, the renovations would fail no matter how fancy they were. Fortunately, after getting the floor plans, Liang Qingfan learned that the heavy-looking wall that he had seen early was not in fact heavy. It could be easily modified. Still, the plan would require a lot of effort. Go for it! Boss Pei said that difficult apartments like that would more clearly show the standard of the designer. No matter what, I have to modify the apartments well. I cannot let Boss Pei down! Liang Qingfan cast his questions aside and focused all of his energy on perfecting his own plan. June 3rd, Friday At Fish-Catching Take-Out Shop Number One, the Gourmet Laboratory Rui Yuchen was alone in the shop, trying out the newly-produced fitness meal. Although he was in charge of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Rui Yuchen felt bad neglecting the customers. Thus, he often walked around the shop and chatted with the customers. Sometimes, he even acted like one of the waiters. Today, since he was in the mood, he sent all the waiters away and worked as the waiter himself. Since there were no customers around at this time, he decided to try out the newly-developed fitness meals. Half of the transparent, glass lunch box was filled with sliced, stir-fried beef garnished with onions, carrots, and green peppers. The other half was filled with banana oatcakes and fried codfish. There were fish, meat, and vegetables. Not only was this meal healthy, but it also met all nutritional requirements. Deposit Fitness had already released the fitness meals that Fish-Catching Take-Out had developed earlier. The feedback was quite good. Yet, Rui Yuchen did not stop there. Instead, he continued working hard to develop new fitness meals. That was because he knew full well that, even though the Chinese fitness meal satisfied the customers taste buds, they would get tired of it after eating it for a long time. Thus, he had to ensure a greater variety of cuisines. That way, they would be able to keep changing the meals and maintain the sense of novelty for customers. The fitness meals project would only be completed when customers looked forward to eating and no longer saw it as just another task to be completed. Now, they had only achieved initial success. They still had to come up with greater variety. Rui Yuchen had just picked up his chopsticks when he saw a familiar figure. Brother Lin, youre here. Take a seat, said Rui Yuchen warmly. Lin Canrong sat down at a random seat and then scanned his surroundings. This was his first time at Fish-Catching Take-Outs Gourmet Laboratory. Rui Yuchen said to the chef, Serve one more fitness meal. Lin Canrong looked emotional. Fish-Catching Take-Outs Gourmet Laboratory looks pretty good. Rui Yuchen stood up and got a drink for Lin Canrong. Smiling, he answered, We renovated it according to Boss Peis instructions. Thats right, Brother Lin, didnt you say earlier that you wanted to set up a Gourmet Laboratory for Ming Yun Private Kitchen as well? Hows it going? Lin Canrong shook his head. Boss Pei didnt agree. He didnt? Rui Yuchen was stunned. Why not? Setting up a Gourmet Laboratory for Ming Yun Private Kitchen would be more appropriate, so that high-end customers would get a better dining experience, right? Lin Canrong took the fruit juice from Rui Yuchen and then took a sip. Thats what I thought at first, too. However, after a lot of consideration, I finally understood what Boss Pei intended. I felt very confused before about why Boss Pei allowed me to spend more money, but not to expand or set up a Gourmet Laboratory. Where was I to spend all that money, then? After some time, I finally decided to spend the money on training employees! Rui Yuchen was stunned. Training your employees? Lin Canrong nodded. Thats right. I can spend more money recruiting graduates from Handong University, who know how to speak multiple languages At the same time, I can put all of my waiters through a common training program, so that they can memorize all the dishes on the menu, including how theyre prepared, how much heat to apply, what they taste like, et cetera. That way, they can easily answer any questions that customers may have. I also signed the waiters up for some classes. Once we have more manpower and I come up with their working schedules, I can arrange for them to take turns to learn foreign languages during working hours. Rui Yuchen: Huh? Lin Canrong explained, I thought hard about the clues Boss Pei gave to me before I decided to do this. Boss Pei didnt allow me to expand the restaurant because Ming Yun Private Kitchen is a high-end restaurant. There are limited ingredients, and the chefs were hired from different parts of the world with large sums of money. They are considered rare talents. If we open more branches, we wont be able to ensure the quality of the food. That would be akin to destroying our own reputation. That means what Boss Pei cares about is our reputation! If I must continue spending more money, what should I spend it on? Of course, I have to increase the influence of our golden signboard! I kept thinking along those lines. We already have excellent chefs who would only improve with time; spending money on them would be pointless. We already have the best of the best ingredients. That means the only thing that can be improved is our service. That was why I worked on the waiters! For all we know, foreigners might visit Ming Yun Private Kitchen in the future. If our waiters can speak foreign languages, foreign customers would be even happier. Investing money into this would be very meaningful. A realization dawned on Rui Yuchen. I see. Boss Pei has such a globalized view. Ming Yun Private Kitchen is indeed very famous in the country already. Its time we prepared to welcome friends from all over the world. Lin Canrong continued speaking. On top of that, I signed all of Ming Yun Private Kitchens waiters up for sessions at Deposit Fitness. Boss Pei knew that any gym in Ming Yun Villas would incur losses, and yet he still set Deposit Fitness up there. I guessed that he probably did that for the employees! I spent some time observing the situation, and I was right. He even signed DGE Esports Club up for gym sessions. Thinking that Ming Yun Private Kitchen cannot fall behind, I arranged for the waiters to train there. A few of the waiters have serious problems with managing their physical fitness. That might leave customers with a bad impression. Its another area to work on. Rui Yuchen nodded. I see but I still think its possible to set up a Gourmet Laboratory for Ming Yun Private Kitchen. Both men chatted, and the fitness meals were finally ready. Come, Brother Lin. Try the fitness meal that the Gourmet Laboratory just developed. Rui Yuchen stood up, walked to the kitchen, and served a fitness meal to Lin Canrong. Lin Canrong tasted it. Mm, its not bad. Rui Yuchen smiled. Brother Lin, you taste Ming Yun Private Kitchens dishes every single day. A not bad from you is enough to satisfy me. Lin Canrong continued eating. I really think its not bad. For a fitness meal, its extremely delicious already. What were we talking about earlier? Rui Yuchen said, I was saying that its possible for Ming Yun Private Kitchen to set up a Gourmet Laboratory to improve its dishes. Lin Canrong nodded. Thats right. Boss Pei has thought of that as well. He didnt allow Ming Yun Private Kitchen to set up a Gourmet Laboratory. He said he would only allow me to use the research results from Fish-Catching Take-Outs Gourmet Laboratory. Rui Yuchen was stunned. Use our research results? Theyll be useless to you. All of them are averagely-priced dishes; you cant sell them at Ming Yun Private Kitchen. Lin Canrong smiled and shook his head. Thats what I thought at first, too. However, I later realized that there was more to Boss Peis words! Both of our departments are in the food and beverage industry. On the surface, one is a high-end restaurant, and the other is an averagely-priced take-out business. However, both of them are brands under Tengda Corporation! If we each started a Gourmet Laboratory to work on our own projects, we would not be able to maximize common resources. In fact, we would be wasting resources. Whats more, it makes sense for Fish-Catching Take-Out to set up a Gourmet Laboratory, given its size. Ming Yun Private Kitchen is a small-scale restaurant. No matter how popular it is, there is only one restaurant. Running a Gourmet Laboratory would be exhausting-it would be biting off more than it can chew. However, what if we combined our resources? Boss Pei said he would let Ming Yun Private Kitchen make use of Fish-Catching Take-Outs research results. He was hinting to us not to draw such a distinct line between us. We can research together and share the results. One Gourmet Laboratory is more than enough! A realization dawned on Rui Yuchen. Oh, so thats it! Lin Canrong continued speaking. Thats why I planned to send chefs to the Gourmet Laboratory regularly. They will try out new cooking methods and new dishes, and your nutritionist and professionals can help to give their feedback. Rui Yuchen nodded decisively. Of course, I would love that! If you discover new dishes, we would be able to use them as well. It could even inspire those working at the laboratory! Lin Canrong could not help but feel emotional. Boss Pei always had the clearest view of the problem! Before this, Lin Canrong had been throwing a minor tantrum. Why should Fish-Catching Take-Out be allowed to rapidly expand despite incurring losses? Why should Ming Yun Private Kitchen remain stagnant despite generating profits for so long? Was Boss Pei biased? Now, it was clear that Lin Canrong had misunderstood Boss Pei. Boss Pei was emphasizing the fact that Ming Yun Private Kitchen and Fish-Catching Take-Out were both important food and beverage businesses in Tengda Corporations plan. Thus, they should work together without being calculative! Chapter 537 - Found a way to Backstab Ruan Guangjian! June 4th, Saturday At the Management Trainees regular meeting Obviously, the Management Trainees had become used to the work that Boss Pei had assigned them. Everything from gathering information to reporting to Boss Pei came naturally to them. They were practically professionals. The three new buildings for Sloth Apartments are being designed. Mr. Liang Qingfan seems to be designing the floor plans while in seclusion. Pei Qian nodded. He already knew about this, and so he did not pay much attention to this update. The Management Trainee systems main function was to keep Pei Qian in control of various departments daily operations and the potential to generate profits. However, it was obviously not a panacea. For instance, Pei Qian could personally keep an eye on projects that had just started out. That meant the Management Trainees would know even less than Pei Qian himself did. On top of that, the Management Trainees could only gather information during working hours. They would not know about whatever the department heads did in private. Pei Qian had no way of dealing with that. He could not possibly make the Management Trainees follow the department heads around and stare at them 24/7, could he? Yet, although the system was not perfect, at least it was an improvement from before. Fish-Catching Take-Out is still investing huge sums of money into developing fitness meals and releasing different flavors. At the same time, its planning for the next batch of branches to expand its coverage. Overall, this sounded like good news to Pei Qian. However, there seemed to be some hidden dangers as well. He had to admit that Rui Yuchen was daring when it came to spending money. Pei Qian appreciated this a lot. Everything from opening more branches and pouring money into the Gourmet Laboratory made Pei Qian want to clap his hands and cheer. In fact, he wished that Rui Yuchen would ramp up his efforts. After all, for Fish-Catching Take-Out, opening one more branch meant incurring that much more losses. Where could Pei Qian find anything better than that? As for developing new flavors for the fitness meals That sounded like a hidden danger. However, Pei Qian mainly had two considerations: First, the gym was still incurring losses at the moment. Fancy fitness meals would only encourage those who had already registered at the gym to persevere. As long as the gym showed no signs of generating profits yet, Pei Qian could afford to keep an eye on the situation. Second, the Gourmet Laboratory was already open. Something had to come out of pouring research funds into it, right? If Pei Qian prohibited Rui Yuchen from developing fitness meals, he could work on researching new dishes to improve Fish-Catching Take-Out instead. That seemed far more harmful. Pei Qian had to choose the lesser of two evils; it would be much more worth the while to let Rui Yuchen continue developing new fitness meals. The nameless restaurant is starting its employee training. Employees would be allowed to work out at Deposit Fitness and spend time learning a foreign language. On top of that, the restaurant has hired top students who are proficient in multiple languages directly from Handong University to serve as waiters. New requirements have also been implemented for all waiters. They are now required to memorize the ingredients in each dish, how much heat is applied, how they are prepared, and the like. Eh? This news piqued Pei Qians interest. He had stopped paying attention to Ming Yun Private Kitchen a long time ago. Now, it looked like Branch Manager Lin had learned a thing or two! Pei Qian fell into deep thought. Compared to setting up new branches, investing in waiters seemed to have a lower price-quality ratio. Whats more, he was making his waiters pick up more languages How many international friends could find out about Ming Yun Private Kitchen? Jingzhou was not a cosmopolitan city to begin with. There were very few foreigners in the city, and Ming Yun Private Kitchen was located in a very deserted neighborhood. Even if a few foreigners went to Ming Yun Private Kitchen for a meal and discovered that the waiters could speak their language, it would only serve to improve their experience. How dramatic could the effects be? The price-quality ratio was indeed very low! Wait, was Lin Canrong only investing in something with such a low price-quality ratio to spite Pei Qian? He had been watching Fish-Catching Take-Out expand rapidly despite not being able to generate profits. On the other hand, Ming Yun Private Kitchens request to expand had been decisively rejected. Thats why hes spending all the money that he had earned on something meaningless just to spite me? If thats true, I can only say well done! Please, work harder! The plan for Thriller Hostels shopping mall is complete. It will be called the Golden Maze. Construction started on an urgent basis. This project will be extremely expensive, and Boss Li had to expend a lot of energy to convince other investors to invest in it. Eh, they fell for my trick? Pei Qian was overjoyed. Chen Kangtuo is quite obedient. I only requested for them to make the shopping mall a luxurious maze to dupe Boss Li and the other investors. I wanted the renovation fees alone to give them a headache. Yet, hes really working on a maze, and its called the Golden Maze at that. Just the name sounds expensive! Its no wonder that Boss Li had to expend a lot of energy just to convince other investors to buy-in. They probably didnt think I would go so far as to request that much out of them, right? Hmm, not bad the cracks of dissension and discord are already showing. I only have to do this two more times before every single one of them would run away! Deposit Fitnesss manpower is still largely the same, and there are very few new customers. Old customers are more loyal now, and the number of people who are giving up halfway is falling. Ive analyzed Deposit Fitnesss current data and discovered two main reasons for these trends: first, the improvement in the fitness meals has made it easier for people to persevere. More importantly, theres survivor bias. The customers who can persevere have already gotten used to such fitness plans, and thats why they can be increasingly loyal. However, that doesnt mean the gym is doing better. After all, we cant attract new customers. No matter how loyal these old customers are, they cannot help the gym to generate profits. Mm, thats good. This Management Trainee is truly a planner in Deposit Fitness. He could process all the gyms data and analyze the situation so clearly and thoroughly! After all the Management Trainees had made their reports, Pei Qian nodded in satisfaction. Good job, everyone. I want to especially praise Deposit Fitnesss Management Trainee. Youve analyzed the situation based on objective data, and your entire report was built on the foundation of facts and figures. Thats more pragmatic than offering idealistic judgments. Everyone else, learn from him and use figures in your observations. After all, numbers will never lie. Alright, our meeting will end here. Thank you for your hard work. Goodbye! After the meeting, Pei Qian left the office, intending to go to the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe for a while. When he arrived, he ordered a cup of coffee as usual. Then, he retrieved the laptop that he left at Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and continued working on the mind map of inter-departmental relationships. Half an hour later, Pei Qian decided to take a break by surfing the web. All of a sudden, he noticed an exciting piece of news. GOGs new hero-Literary Genius of the Winds, Ruan-had been released! This piece of news had been posted in the games section. The hero was to be released today, almost immediately after the Traveler Bao Xu. Pei Qian had to admit that the team was very efficient. They were just as fast as IOIs designers in terms of updating the games content. Pei Qian scrolled down. This piece of news did more than introduce the Literary Genius of the Winds, Ruans concept art, model, background story, and skills. It also gave readers a preview of the heros gameplay and commented on the arms race between GOG and IOI. Literary Genius of the Winds, Ruan is a calligrapher, an artist, and a knight filled with romanticism. The artists lifelong mission is to inject life in his work and chase after breakthroughs. As a lofty and unorthodox genius with painting skills that are way ahead of his times, he is the target of dissatisfaction and exclusion by other painters. Thus, he chooses to wander around the world, letting his paintings remain on tall mountains and in coursing rivers instead of trying to blend in among mediocrities. Fortunately, along the way, he became best friends with Modest. They are both lofty, upright, brave, and humble; allowing them to quickly trust each other. Even in battle, they are able to turn their backs to each other and fight side by side! Pei Qian: Why did the heros introduction look so strange? He and Modest trusted each other and left their backs to each other during battle? It seems like its just me turning my back to him while he maniacally stabs me in the back every time, right? When can I stab him in the back once?! Pei Qian was filled with resentment. Ever since he got to know Ruan Guangjian, Pei Qian had carefully plotted his revenge plan a couple of times. He had planned to send Ruan Guangjian to pendulum rides and the Thriller Hostel, and he had even tried playing the unreasonable client. Yet, each time, Ruan Guangjian would escape from his clutches like a grandmaster, leaving Pei Qian utterly helpless. Pei Qian kept scrolling down to read the preview of the heros gameplay and the comments on the arms race between GOG and IOI. From the looks of the current mechanism, Yasuo would be a fighter that deals continuous damage, with high mobility and high versatility. Although his damage would be low in the early stages, the longer he survives in battle, the higher his damage would become. At the same time, the hero seems to have an extremely high upper limit as well as an extremely low bottom line. His skills dont look that complicated at first glance, but it would take great skill to play this hero well. Pei Qian missed such retro introductions of heroes mechanisms. Obviously, many terms used here were neither standard nor mature, but they were generally correct. Pei Qian knew very well that this hero had an extremely high upper limit and an extremely low bottom line. In fact, most players would be closer to the bottom line. In the past month or so, the arms race between GOG and IOI seems to be intensifying. Whats more, neither game is showing signs of stopping. This arms race started with IOI updating its international and local servers at the same time. Its plan to introduce two new heroes each month shocked all players. However, GOG followed very closely behind. It even employed an unprecedented crowdsourcing method. In the beginning, the method did not look promising. However, from the looks of the current situation, the strategy has been very successful. The event has ignited a passion in players, causing huge numbers of GOGs players to pay close attention to the game. Even when no new heroes were being introduced in GOG, they do not get drawn away by IOI. On top of that, the new heroes that were produced from GOGs crowdsourcing have outstanding skills and a variety of gameplay. Both Traveler Bao Xu and Literary Genius of the Winds, Ruan have been getting good reviews. Does that prove that gamers know their games better than designers? Currently, it looks like GOG has found the perfect counter-attack to maintain-and even increase-its dominance. What challenge would IOI pose to GOG next, then? Lets keep our eyes peeled! The words maintain-and even increase-its dominance physically hurt Pei Qian. He had to admit that Min Jingchao was a genius; he had successfully crowdsourced the game! Still, Pei Qian could not be bothered about that now. He was more concerned about when he would receive the profits from the sale of the new heros skins. Now, Traveler Bao Xu and Literary Genius of the Winds, Ruan only had their default skins. New skins were still being developed. That was because time was too tight. The production team was already being kept busy with developing new heroes and models. To steal IOIs thunder, the production team had to quickly release the new heroes after testing them. On the other hand, they could afford to take their time developing skins and balancing the game out. However, Pei Qian expected new skins to be out in a month or so. In two months, he would probably receive the additional income. Skins for heroes that had been crowdsourced would be sold at greatly discounted prices, but he could still expect to make a lot from the rapid turnover, right? Pei Qian was not in urgent need of money, but he still felt hopeful about the additional income. After reading the heros introduction again, Pei Qian noticed something else. It seemed like he had found a way to backstab Ruan Guangjian! He would invite Ruan Guangjian to play GOG. Then, they would each use the character that represented them! Ruan Guangjian had never played that hero before, and he would probably be bad at it. Whats more, the hero had a low bottom line. For all Pei Qian knew, Ruan Guangjian would be picked on by other players. Then, he would finally experience true joy, and Pei Qian would finally get his revenge! I might not be able to deal with you, but passers-by would be able to deal with your Yasuo! Chapter 538 - You Must Die Ten Times Before I Lose the Game Pei Qian gave the computer to the waiter to put away. He drank his coffee and checked the players general feedback on the two new heroes on the forum. Traveler Bao Xu was really interesting. He would move up after raging. You have to keep moving if you want to play output[1]. It is ideal for players with ADHD, clicking crazily on the mouse. Moreover, you can press and hold S to become fleshier when you are beaten. Such novel gameplay perfectly integrates with the story setting and game machine!. Indeed, there are dual-form heroes in other games as well, but that is manually switched over by the player. Traveler Bao Xu is actually a dual-form hero, but it is done either by moving or keeping stationary. Bao Xus that just walk or that do not move are all rookies! Keep still, and he would be beaten up. Keep walking, and his IQ would be zero. Stop and walk would make him as stable as an old dog-walk and stop and then take a look! I think that the design of this hero is quite comprehensive. The master can play as an output and use the stealth function to play as an assassin to drive the rhythm for the audiences; the rookie can also be in a defensive C stand in place to be beaten and also make team contribution. This hero Ruan is the product of the designers free imagination, isnt it? Every single round that I played this morning had it! None of us returned after the E to nowhere! E to nowhere? I seriously suspect that the player who designed this hero wants revenge on society! I met a Ruan which did not release an ult throughout the entire game. That was even when we had Modest in our team Thats impossible; doesnt Modest have his own knock over attacks? Wasnt he an actor if he did not even bring out his ult? Yo, try it and youll know. The time he would be airborne is pretty short, time will fly by before you realize it, and there is no time to press anything Sh*t, how to play Ruan if you have a crippled hand? You dont know how delightful it is for this hero to E! It is simply too exciting. It adds a black ink mark to every enemy soldier, simply putting the essence of my lifes hard pursuit! Let go of that female monkey: I get angry every time I see this hero, especially those who stand there motionless in the mid lane. They dont play well in their lanes; neither do they support them. They just stand there other than that little soldier E. Are they writing an epitaph for themselves? Good riddance! Ive learned that it has been set as a quick communication phrase in the game. It is recommended for there to be an official release of a bound map marker so that I can automatically type this sentence on the public screen when I send a question! Pei Qian could not help but smile when he saw the players evaluation of these two new heroes. He did not expect this windfall! Pei Qians purpose was simple. He simply wanted a hero to help him earn some extra money. He did not think that Min Jingchao would understand wrongly and used Ruan Guangjian as the model for this hero. He even made the best friend background story for Ruan. However, it seemed to be a great job so far! He estimated that Ruan Guangjian would never be able to use this hero during ranking matches in his life. It would be banned 100%. One would definitely be targeted by ones opponents, run down by ones teammates every time they were to use it in regular matched games. He would definitely become autistic if he used it too much! Pei Qian could not wait to play one round with Ruan Guangjian. Someone pushed open the door and entered just when he was thinking about it. Pei Qian could not help but brighten up. Speak of the devil! Ruan Guangjian was here to buy coffee again! Capture him decisively! Ruan Guangjian saw Pei Qian immediately. Eh, Boss Pei, a rare guest. Pei Qian was speechless; why did he always use this sentence on him? I have been coming to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe frequently recently, okay? You know that your hero has been published, right? Do you want to play one round? Pei Qian suggested with ulterior motives. Oh, really? Ruan Guangjian was a little surprised. So fast? I had been busy with my art and did not notice. Pei Qian could not help but be delighted. You had been drawing so you did not notice? That means you had never played it even once? Great! I love playing with people who had never played before! Come, come, come, lets play one round. Pei Qian and Ruan Guangjian found two empty seats. As for the coffee that Ruan Guangjian ordered, he had to ask the waiter to run errands and send it to the Halo Workspace opposite them. When logging onto the game, Pei Qian took a sneak peek and found that Ruan Guangjians GOG account had a very small amount of battle records. Moreover, he seriously checked out the background of Literary Genius of the Winds, Ruan, the introduction, and their skills. It was really his first time playing. Pei Qian decided to play as Modest. On the one hand, it was because they agreed to play their own heroes, but the more important reason was that Modest was really strong! Wouldnt he have taken his revenge when Ruan Guangjian was killed 0-21 while he played as an 8-0-20 perfect carry? En, that was the plan! Come on, lets get started. Pei Qian had sent his team invite. Ruan Guangjian accepted the invite. Hang on, I havent read the skill description yet. Obviously, even though he participated in the design of the concept art of this hero, he had never studied in-depth into its specific mechanism, gameplay, and the value of the heros skills. Pei Qian immediately clicked on the Start Matching button. Its okay, learn while playing in a game; youll soon adapt. It was a matched game so there was no ranking. Of course, he was afraid that this hero Ruan would be banned the moment it was up. Would it then be not worth playing any longer? They entered the selection interface. Ruan Guangjians quick eyes and hands quickly locked onto his hero. Pei Qian naturally clicked his Modest. The teammates had started sunning their concerns before the game had even started. Happy Ruan again? Please dont use this hero anymore. We just had a 0-21 match just now. We were beaten hands down! If you want to play a new hero, I suggest you use Bao Xu the Traveler. They can both run happily, and then you might be of use when we get some beatings. Change it. Ruan Guangjian was a little confused. Hm? Why does everyone have such a strong opinion of my hero? Pei Qian laughed. Dont bother about them; just show your strength later. Ruan Guangjian nodded. Un, okay. Ruan Guangjian thought that Boss Pei meant to show them his worth later. However, what Pei Qian really meant was to use his strength to prove that they were right. The three teammates could only sigh and enter the game when they saw that the hero Ruan had been locked on, and there were no other thoughts of changing. Someone on the opposite side started typing on the screen as soon as they entered the game. Youre dead; you have to die ten times before I lose! Pei Qian had hidden his name from the heros head for a long time. It had been his habit all these while. Seeing the players name could weaken his focus in the game and affect his performance. Therefore, he only found out who typed that after he opened the data panel. It was the mid-laner from the other team, which was Ruan Guangjians counterpart. Pei Qian was delighted. Good job!Ill send you a little red rose if you kill Ruan Guangjian 10 times today! However, having said that, this vengeance was indeed huge. The other party wanted to kill him 10 times even though they were two strangers who had never met each other. What deep hatred! Ruan Guangjian would definitely be targeted like mad in this round, awesome! Pei Qian also went about his top lane with full confidence. The hero Modest was actually more versatile. He was suitable to travel all lanes, but it was more appropriate to go from the top lane. Pei Qian felt that Ruan Guangjian would attract hatred to himself in the mid lane. The Nakano twins would be infinitely targeted. He would develop happily along his lane and then come out to save the day when it was time to engage in group battle. That script was perfect! Pei Qians counterpart was Traveler Bao Xu. It was a new hero after all so it had a high appearance rate in the match. This guy did not seem to like the last hit very much. He would recover in the bushes and then run out to knife these disgusting people. It seemed a little like the daily setting in Tengda Games. However, Pei Qian was absolutely unfazed because the Traveler Bao Xu was restrained by Modest! You slash me; I hammer you. You then hit me on the back. What would hurt more? Moreover, this Traveler Bao Xu seemed to have a great obsession with harassment. He did not replenish his soldiers before he came up to chop Modest. There was a certain monetary reward in GOG without the last hit, but the reward would be a lot higher if he did. Pei Qian was very disdainful of such unspecialized gameplay. Just wait and see the last hit will soon widen our gap. A real master should pay attention to more details. I took the last hit, and you did not. This way, our economic gap would open up Holy f*ck?! Pei Qian was still fighting with Bao Xu with wits and bravery when the level-two jungler came to the top lane unexpectedly! Bao Xu flashed directly behind Modest with full rage, and with coordination with the jungler, Modest fell even with his defense. Of course, in GOG, Jungler and Assist were called wanderer and commander respectively. They had different names, but the division of labor was still the same. However, Pei Qian preferred to be called a jungler because of his personal habits. Pei Qian: There was something wrong with the plot, wasnt there, bro? How deep must the hatred be for the level two to come up? Shouldnt you target the Yasuo in the mid lane? What happened to killing 10 times? However, on second thought, those words seemed to be aimed at the mid lane, not the jungler. Ah, nevermind then. It seemed like I was not cautious enough and was a little rusty because I did not play the game for too long. Replenish my defense equipment, give way to your own tower soldiers, shorten the towers distance, develop steadily, and wait for the team battle later to carry. Bao Xu seemed to be anxious, seeing how Modest was under the tower. He started running around happily, his rage value full. However, he had no other choice. He could not go over the tower to kill Modest with just the jungler. Pei Qian could not help but feel proud. Hmph, what can you do to me when Im under the tower? [1] This sees to refer to contributing damage output. Chapter 539 - I cannot Use this Account Anymore He had to say that Modests death just now was rewarding. The opponents level-two jungler had revealed his intentions, and the jungler of his team had directly invaded their party. Ruan Guangjian had cleverly guarded his own area to prevent the other jungler from coming over. Our jungler had started with three buffs this way. Pei Qian did not panic at all; everything seemed to be under control as if! He was planning to develop steadily in a few minutes just now, eat this wave of soldiers entering the tower beautifully until he realized that Bao Xu had been circling around frantically, accumulating rage in stealth and rushed directly to the tower! Modest had been pushed by Bao Xu with full rage while the opponents jungler and mid-laner came out of the bushes to beat him together! Pei Qian looked at his black-and-white screen and waves of small soldiers under the tower. He became 0-2. In the entire Canyon of Gods, it seemed as though all the action was happening in the top lane where he was. Meanwhile, Ruan Guangjian quietly developed in the mid lane and pushed the small soldiers under the opponents tower and then hit the belated question mark to indicate that the mid-laner was missing. Pei Qian: ? Thats not right; didnt we agree to kill Happy Ruan 0-10? What did it mean to keep targeting him? Pei Qian very much wanted to type Am I being taken care of? However, he did not do it after some thought. That was the game mechanics after all. There was no way out even if he were to type angrily now. Only the weak would attribute their failure to being the opponents target. True strength was to start with the tides against them and still be able to carry the team! Pei Qian decided to be serious and switched off the chat silently. The most important thing now was to stabilize his mind. Engaging in typing battles with the other party would only make him a more tragic target. It would not be able to help anything. Just take it as the other party did not exist and think carefully about every move afterward. Open the in-game chat and taunt the opponents when he carried the team to victory! He glanced at Ruan Guangjians screen. The chat was active. Pei Qian was unmoved. Hmph, say whatever you want. Ill play it my way and would definitely not be able to affect my mentality! The game continued. Modest allowed the other partys Traveler Bao Xu to speed wildly in front of the tower, indifferently without any intention of leaving the tower. However, the three Nakano opponents reluctantly crossed the tower again, wanting to repeat the same old trick and kill Modest under the tower. Do you know when to stop? Are you all crazy?! Modest used every trick up his sleeve to deal with the three opponents under the tower. However, the three opponents were already prepared, taking turns guarding, and was about to kill Modest before retreating. At this critical moment, Literary Genius of the Winds, Ruan arrived! Literary Genius of the Winds had yet to appear on Pei Qians black and white screen, but his voice rang in the earphones. Emei Mountain is better than the Western Paradise; Luo Fu Mountain leads straight to the Southern Seas[1]. The Literary Genius of the Winds flashed across the wall and spammed his E key. He shuttled in between the three of them, using his rather large brush to draw an arc on his side. The Q skill directly lowered the health points of the three who forcibly crossed the tower. The other party had already killed Modest. The state was not good, and the defense tower was still outputting. There were obvious differences in opinions recently. Some people felt that they could retreat after killing Ruan; some of them thought that he could not be beaten and wanted to leave immediately. The formation was in instant chaos. The painter wields a colored brush, bringing the mountains and seas before his eyes[2]. The Literary Genius of the Winds scribbled wildly with his ink brush. The other party wanted to attack him, but Literary Genius of the Winds had used many soldiers to shuttle quickly under the tower, completely defeating the enemys intention to attack. The crazy brush summoned a gust of wind, blowing up two of the people who did not retreat in time! Illusions appeared around the two who floated in the air, and the Literary Genius of the Winds came to their side in that instant. Double kill! Only Traveler Bao Xu was left standing. The four hoofs stomped quickly, trying to accumulate rage points and wanting to escape to his own tower. However, at this moment, a new line of soldiers came. The colorful wall painting is very precious, where the immortals think about their own doing[3]. The Literary Genius of the Winds used this wave of small soldiers as a springboard directly, walking in the wind, quickly shuttling, and catching up easily with the hoof of Traveler Bao Xu. Walk swiftly through A to get through Q skill and successfully kill Traveler Bao Xu under the tower! Seclusion would lose its meaning if one were to go into seclusion after he succeeded in his official career[4]. He broke away, jumping into the grass, and made his way back to the city just before he gave the tower its final blow. Literary Genius of the Windss return movement was to hold the small brush, brushing bit by bit while stepping on the big brush. It looked extremely cool. The opponents team was immediately amazed. What the f*ck! Too impressive! We met one who knows how to play this character! Big boss! Youre really something! Pei Qian looked at the two extra assists on his body and felt complicated. The answer as to why there were only two assists was simple. He did not touch one of the heroes. He then looked at Ruan Guangjian who was taking off directly with the heads of the three. No, that doesnt make any sense. The script isnt written this way! Where was the target on Yasuo? Is that how you target him? forget it, its okay as long as we can win. The script had now gone wrong. The primary goal now was to win; otherwise, he did not know what kind of ridicule he would face when the game was over! Pei Qian stood in silence, continuing his development. The game had now entered its 25th minute. Both sides broke out into fierce team battles! Pei Qian happened to be walking along the river, trying to eat a wild monster to supplement his growth. However, the enemy suddenly rushed out of the grass, wanting to eat the meat of the hedgehog. Pei Qians teammates were also well-prepared. Both sides started a melee! The wide-open Modest was very delicious. It held out against the opponents damages and played a significant AOE effect through the throwing of coins. Other teammates rushed in, especially the Literary Genius of the Winds, Ruan who had no pressure in the output of the chaotic team battle. Three people ganged up against him and soon settled the victory! Finally, they won with the sacrifice of Modests death. His remaining four teammates advanced all the way, preparing to win the game. Hmph, who asked you to target me? True strength is not being afraid of being targeted! Your failure was set in stone when the level-two jungler caught up! Pei Qian hurriedly opened the global chat, ready to exchange a few words with the other party. When else should he do it if not immediately after he won? The other party actually started talking first. I said to kill you 10 times, and I did! We might have lost the game, but I feel great! Blood earned! Pei Qians mind was filled with question marks. He glanced at the data panel. Ruan Guangjians data was obviously 11-0-4. How did you kill him 10 times? He scrutinized the data panel and found out that only Modest died 10 times. It was 2-10-13, almost tripled. Obviously, he had made his due contribution to the team. Pei Qian was completely dazed. What did they mean? Was the kill him 10 times referring to me? It was not aimed at Ruan but Modest? What did that mean? Im a piece of meat, such a simple and honest image; was there a need to target it? That was all so strange. Pei Qian typed a question mark in the public chat with doubts. 11? That question mark received an immediate reply. Shameless old thief, how dare you have the face to type a question mark? You were the one who designed this orphan hero, no? The source of evil in the Super God Canyon, everyone knows it! Pei Qian was even more baffled now. What did they mean? Could it be? Pei Qian hurriedly pressed ESC and clicked Surrender, oh no, clicked Settings to bring out the name of all the heroes. He then saw a title clearly written under his user ID. It was very eye-catching. The designer of Literary Genius of the Winds, Ruan. Pei Qian: He seemed to have understood why the script of this game was totally different from what he imagined it to be now. This title sold him out! Yasuo might be hateful, but the person who designed Yasuo was even more despicable! Was there any question about who to kill first when both Yasuo and his designer appeared together at the same time? He thought of what happened previously. The level-two jungler was caught up and the three people in the mid-lane. The skills of the group were all used on Modest. They even completely ignored Yasuo who was happily spamming E Everything was clear now! Pei Qian sighed silently, feeling drained. It seemed like he would never be able to use this account again in the future The game was over. Ruan Guangjian took off his earphones with a face full of excitement. Boss Pei, our coordination was perfect! Your final stats might not be great, but anyone who understands the game can see how you absorbed the tons of damage you took on during the team battle and made outstanding contributions! The MVP should obviously be yours! Moreover, my hero is so strong! Boss Pei, thank you so much! Ruan Guangjian thanked him with all his might. Obviously, this game was very enjoyable for him. The corners of Pei Qians mouth twitched. He did not quite understand why the knife that was originally intended to stab Ruan Guangjian landed on him again. It was all because of that Min Jingchao! Why the f*ck did you add titles? Wouldnt carrying this title come with a halo of ridicule? The corners of Pei Qians mouth twitched slightly. Is this really your first time playing this hero? Ruan Guangjian: Yes, its my first time. However, I played Gods Rising often when I was in university. I do have some foundation in it so I probably learned it a little faster. How many points did you score in Gods Rising? Pei Qian asked. Ruan Guangjian thought about it. I had over 2,000 points for a while, but that was a long time ago. It has fallen a lot now. Pei Qian: That 2,000 points was already higher than He Desheng, hello! How dare you say you did not really play much? You motherf*cker did not even speak a word of truth! You said you were most afraid of ghosts, and then what happened? Ruan Guangjian did not have enough. Boss Pei, how about another round? Pei Qian shook his head immediately. No need! I suddenly remembered that I still have something on; I have to go first. Another round? Youll obtain double the happiness while Im killed 0-10? Dream on! I would never ever play GOG with you again, never! Pei Qian left decisively! Ruan Guangjian could not help but sigh, watching the back of Boss Pei as he left. Boss Pei actually remembered to play with me even though hes so busy. Other than playing together, Boss Pei actually cooperated with me so unselfishly. He absorbed all the damage to carry me. I have to remember this friendship well! [1] This is a passage from the poem by the famous poet, Li Bai. [2] This is another passage from the poem by the famous poet, Li Bai. (3] This is another passage from the poem by the famous poet, Li Bai. [4] This is another passage from the poem by the famous poet, Li Bai. Chapter 540 - International Customers of Ming Yun Private Kitchen June 6th, Monday Pei Qian woke up naturally at nine in the morning. His morale had been crushed for the past two days, owing to his gaming experience with Ruan Guangjian during the weekend. He was now cooped up at home, not wanting to go to work. Pei Qian took out two small pieces of cake and a box of milk from the fridge after washing up. He was prepared to deal with them before continuing his unfinished game yesterday. The room was in a minimalist style, which was commonly known as the Four Bare Walls style. Therefore, Pei Qian could only eat at the small coffee table next to the large balcony. This small coffee table was one of the very few pieces of furniture in the entire living room. There were also two small chairs next to it where its main purpose was to watch the scenery outside and drink tea. The two pieces of small cake were wiped out in no time. Pei Qian threw the garbage into the trash can and left it at that. Someone would clean it up anyway. The doorbell rang as soon as he settled on the sofa and picked up the controller. Hm? Pei Qian was taken aback before he got up to open the door. The butler stood outside the door, holding a squarish box in his hand. Boss Pei, this is an express delivery sent to you from Dream Realization Ventures. Shall I bring it in for you? The butlers name was Song Kai. He was 26 years old and had previously worked as a housekeeper in a certain rental company. He was Assistant Xins candidate. He had been doing well so far. Of course, there wasnt much to do in the first place. Song Kai had often felt skeptical about life ever since he came to the Sloth Apartments. Pei Qian thought about it. If Liang Qingfan was the only one in charge of the Sloth Apartments, he would naturally be overwhelmed. This project might never become popular, but the cleaning and management of the building had to be recruited. He must hire at least one cleaner as long as there was one resident in this building. It would be impossible to get Liang Qingfan to do everything when there were more houses next time, right? He was an architect after all. He had to be responsible for all the design works as well as the on-site construction. Pei Qian, therefore, was interested in observing Song Kai for a few days. If he felt that this person was ok, he would also make him the person-in-charge of Sloth Apartments to give Liang Qingfan a helping hand. Unpack it and give me the item directly, Pei Qian said. Song Kai opened it, took out the squarish black box from within, and handed it to Boss Peis hands. Pei Qian reached out and took it. He found that this thing was heavier than he expected, but it was not too difficult to move. That was the improved version of the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine. Zhang Wang arranged for it to be delivered directly to Pei Qians residence. Song Kai closed the door knowingly and took the empty box away. Pei Qian held the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine and looked around the living room at a loss. No place to put it! This thingy was neither big nor small. It was too large to fit on the shelf as an ornament yet too small to put in the corner of the room or next to the TV cabinet. In other words, this strange size satisfied Pei Qian. Pei Qian eventually still decided to put it on the coffee table after he looked around. Then, it looked strangely appropriate. He could reach it while sitting on the chair next to it. The operation for bickering was rather smooth as well. Very good, Zhang Wang, Ill trust you once more. Ill invest in any project that you propose if you make this project a loss!. The system obviously had restrictions on the backlog of goods. They did not allow producing goods endlessly when there was a backlog of goods. However, a backlog of 20,000 to 30,000 units should not be a problem. That meant to say that as long as this project were to meet Pei Qians expectations, it would be easy to burn millions to make 20,000 to 30,000 units of the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine. Pei Qian began carefully examining this Fully-Automated Bickering Machine which he had high hopes for. The Fully-Automated Bickering Machine was several times larger than the samples that Zhang Wang made previously. It was pure black with a matte texture, but with gold edges on it. It had a low-key and luxurious feel to it. Pei Qian operated the first wave of the bickering. The Fully-Automated Bickering Machine would always go back to its original position every time it was lifted. If the bar was continuously lifted, the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine would restore the lifted metal rods in the corresponding order. It would make a full recovery and be regarded as a continuous bar lifting state. A reading would be displayed on the box in a purely mechanical way at this time. Once all the sticks were restored, the continuous lifting state would be over, and the number on the box would return to zero. Other than that, Pei Qian also noticed that the materials inside the box seemed to have been improved. The Y shaped rod became gold, and its shape seemed to be redesigned, filled with a finely crafted texture. The cost had doubled from 200 to 400 yuan after all. All this money was spent on these useless fine details. Pei Qian played with it for two minutes before losing interest in it. Who would want to buy this lousy sh*t for 488 yuan? That would be mental! Firstly, it served no practical purpose. Secondly, it was a pure black box with gold rims. Even if it had a frosted texture, not many people would use it as an ornament since many better things could be bought for the same price. Pei Qian was so satisfied that he gave He Desheng a call immediately. I received the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine. Its great; mass-produce and pay for it immediately! Hmm it is cheaper if we make more? Lets stock 20,000 units of them first then! Producing 20,000 units for the first batch and leaving them all in the warehouse. Eight million yuan would be gone in an instant. Of course, Pei Qian would consider continuing to increase stocks if the early sales were not good. However, the exact amount would have to depend on the system. However, in any case, Pei Qian could be said to have high hopes for Zhang Wangs Fully-Automated Bickering Machine! June 7th, dinner time At Ming Yun Private Kitchen Ming Yun Private Kitchen was how Tengda called it internally. Everyone else called it a nameless restaurant, which was made famous because people could not find it online at all. Two tall blondes arrived at the front entrance of the villa. Elena, I did not expect this place to be so remote. I wouldnt have come along with you if Id known. Alright, Jessica. A very good friend of mine made a reservation two months in advance. Its my first time here as well; complain only after you think this local restaurant is not worth its reputation after we tried it. Alright, but I would not give any face if their food isnt good. That goes without saying; Im the same. They spoke in English, their voice neither high nor low. They chatted as they walked in. One of the waiters in the lobby noticed. He walked up immediately and greeted them in fluent English. Hello, Miss Elena and Miss Jessica, right? The reservation system had its advantages and disadvantages for Ming Yun Private Kitchen. The disadvantage was that anyone who wanted to try it had to make reservations two months in advance. They had to wait for a very long time to eat a meal. However, this also came with certain advantages. For example, the number of guests who dined every day was fixed so Ming Yun Private Kitchen would never be crowded. The privacy of every guest could be guaranteed. At the same time, the waiters could prepare in advance to cater to individuals. Lin Canrong specially arranged for a more famous simultaneous interpretation service provider in Jingzhou to receive them. This young man was Jia Nuo. His English name was Lucas and had been doing simultaneous interpretation work for several years. He was well-known in Jingzhou but was worried about the prospects of his work. Simultaneous interpretation might be highly paid, but it was too tiring so he was considering changing careers. Lin Canrong offered this young man 40,000 yuan a month. He only needed to come and receive foreign guests when they came in to dine. The maximum number of receptions was eight times a month, and they would pay him extra if he needed to work overtime. This price might seem high, but it was not when compared to Jia Nuos original simultaneous interpretation job. Jia Nuos service targets were mainly foreign companies in the past. His standard charges per day were about 8,000 yuan. However, that was calculated based on an eight-hour work system. That meant that he would quote 4,000 to 5,000 yuan if it was a four-hour meeting. It was the year 2011 after all. These services would be more valuable a few years later. Those who did not understand would calculate Jia Nuos salary based on a 22-day work month. That would mean that his salary would be 100,000 yuan a month. However, that was not the case. Simultaneous interpretation was very tiring work; moreover, a large amount of preparatory work was required for large-scale business meetings. They might even need to prepare for a week or two prior to the meeting which consumed a lot of energy and time. That work was very detrimental to health. Jia Nuos hourly salary might look high, but his annual income was only about 400,000 to 500,000 yuan. Therefore, Jia Nuo accepted Lin Canrongs invitation. On the one hand, he would have a stable monthly income. He would be able to obtain 40,000 yuan while lying at home if no guests were requiring him. On the other hand, he would be able to obtain extra money according to the pricing standard so he was not at a loss anyway. Moreover, Lin Canrong felt that it was necessary to have such a professional onboard. It might be a loss if there were no foreign guests, but as a waiter in Ming Yun Private Kitchen, Jia Nuo had to learn the English vocabulary for catering, recipes, and details of various meals and go through special service training-including mannerism, wording, expression management, and the like. To Lin Canrong, paying a basic salary of 40,000 yuan a month was very cost-effective. Moreover, the quality of translation would translate into totally different standards. Dining paid attention to color, fragrance, and taste. The naming of the food was as poetic as possible. It was two totally different concepts when one simply conveyed the meaning or to translate it faithfully and elegantly to foreign friends. A smile immediately appeared on Jessicas face when she heard his fluent English and saw his handsome appearance. He could only say that this world was a sucker for looks Jia Nuo brought them to the largest private room. The tableware, tables, and chairs on the dining table had already been arranged for two; the decoration in the private room had been changed. The meal had been booked in advance so there was no menu. Most ingredients were special, and some dishes required more than a dozen steps in their preparation. That was why they could not be ordered on the spot. Elena smiled and said, Lucas, the friend that pre-ordered for us told us that he ordered two of your most complicated and unique dishes. There are also new dishes this month. I hope that is not an exaggeration. In fact, my friend Jessica always had some prejudice against Chinese food. Im looking forward to you being able to overturn that prejudice today. Chapter 541 - Steamed Chinese Cabbage in Supreme Soup Jessica shrugged. I dont want to be biased against Chinese cuisine either, but I went to Ming House a few days before, and it didnt meet my expectations. Elena was evidently frustrated. I already told you that thats not the best Chinese cuisine in Jingzhou. Jessica: You were very disappointed as well, werent you? Jia Nuo smiled without chiming in on the ladies conversation. Just as planned, he served the dishes one by one according to the schedule. The first dish was a small appetizerthe Four Seasons Cold Platter. The Four Seasons Cold Platter contained four appetizers: pickled cucumbers, vegetarian goose meat, braised bamboo shoots, and candied plums. There was a variety of flavors in that one dish. Immediately after that came the Lettuce-Wrapped Shrimp Floss. It was made by dicing and stir-frying fresh shrimp, onions, celery, and other ingredients; mixing them with golden, fried, and crispy dough sticks; and then wrapping them all with lettuce. Then came the famous traditional dish-the Braised Pork Belly Pyramid. Elena was very adept with her chopsticks while Jessica looked like she was struggling more. Still, that did not stop her from enjoying the delicacies. Before serving the dishes, Jia Nuo introduced each of their special characteristics and other details in English. He had prepared the introductions well. They were short and sweet. If they were too short, he would not be able to cover every detail hidden inside the dish. Yet, if they were too long, the customers enjoyment of the dish would be affected. After all, most Chinese cuisines had to be served warm. Once too much time passed, they would not taste as good. At the same time, customers could not be expected to divide their attention and listen to complicated processes and steps while eating the food. Trying to achieve too much often resulted in customers not being able to enjoy the taste of the food or remember details in the introduction. Thus, Jia Nuo had revised the contents of his introduction multiple times to make sure that he had a perfect grasp of the timing. That would ensure that customers understood each dish well enough and yet managed to enjoy their taste without interruptions. As Elena listened to Jia Nuo, she nonchalantly touched the sides of the plates. The minute details determined ones experience of dining in high-end restaurants. Some high-end restaurants that didnt pay enough attention to details would not even bother to check if all water droplets had been wiped off the goblets after washing them. If they neglected to do that, just a little bit of dust in the surroundings would cause marks to be left behind after the water droplets dried. Of course, very few high-end restaurants committed such mistakes these days. Another common problem was the temperature of the plates. Cold dishes had to be served on cold plates, and warm dishes had to be served on warm plates. If waiters were slow to serve the dishes, the plates would get cold, and the dish would have to be prepared from scratch. Elena had already lightly touched the sides of the plates for the three dishes that had been served so far. At once, she could tell that the temperature of each plate was within the acceptable range. Everything has been well taken care of. On top of that, Elena had been taking note of the plating Matching of shapes, blending of colors, and types of cutlery all of it was like art. The chef could give each dish emotions and a soul through his plating. The plating of the last three dishes could be called works of art, and Elena was very satisfied. On the other hand, Jessica did not know as much. All she knew was that the Chinese cuisine that she was having today was different from anything she had had before. It looked about the same, but for some reason, it felt so mystifying that she could not find the right words to describe it. As Jessica ate, she exclaimed, Is this Braised Pork Belly Pyramid one of the two complicated dishes that we ordered? Elena shook her head. Apparently not. She turned to Jia Nuo. Lucas, the first few dishes were outstanding, but Ive had all of them at other high-end restaurants before. Take the Four Seasons Cold Platter for example C I had it in an outstanding Chinese restaurant in Silicon Valley before. As for the Braised Pork Belly Pyramid, I had it at an elite private kitchen in Xiamen. Each has its own merits in terms of taste. Youre not lacking compared to the other restaurants, but Im not completely won over by you either. Jia Nuo smiled. Then, you must have had the next dish before as well; its a Western dessert called Verjus in Egg. Elena and Jessica looked at the dishes that had just been placed in front of them. It was an egg. Jessica was confused. Did you boil this egg using Verjus drizzled in water? Lucas, I recall you saying that this is a dessert. Verjus was a rich and sour juice made from raw grapes. It was not common in countries outside of England, and ordinary people would not like it either. However, Jessica and Elena were obviously pleasantly surprised. To provide a picture of how they felt, one could think of how those born and raised in Beijing would feel upon finding Beijings orange soda in Silicon Valley. Looking excited, Elena said, Yes, this is a dessert. Everything on this plate can be eaten. Jia Nuo smiled as he began his introduction of the dish. I guess Miss Elena is familiar with this dish. This little legg is a product of close to a hundred steps and over seventy ingredients. Elena reminded Jessica, Jessica, you had better eat the eggshell, the egg yolk, and the egg white together. The mixture of different flavors would be perfect. Jessica tried a small mouthful of the dish, and her eyes immediately lit up. Oh, what a familiar taste! What are these egg-like things? Jia Nuo answered, The egg white is coconut-flavored panna cotta; the egg yolk is Verjus cooked and boiled with spices; and the eggshell is chocolate. The birds nest at the bottom is made from honey and syrup, and the surrounding embellishments are Kabosu jelly -a type of citrus-fruit unique to East Asian islands. This is an extremely complicated dish. Every step is akin to a science experiment. Accuracy and precision are required in every detail, including the preparation of ingredients. The chef must be extremely careful with the ratio of ingredients, the temperature of ingredients, heat applied, and the like. A single misstep, such as making it one or two degrees hotter or adding one or two additional grams of ingredients, could lead to failure. Elena added, Even in England, there are very few restaurants that can produce this dessert. The dessert had obviously surpassed Jessicas expectations. Once again, she exclaimed, Its delicious! Thank you for giving us this surprise. However this dish strengthens my support for Western cuisine all the more. Locals probably would not think that the dessert was that delicious. At most, they would wonder at the skills required, the dishs complexity, and its looks. The eggs shell, white, and yolk looked extremely real. The shell, especially, looked no different from real eggshellsit was extremely thin. However, the taste would not suit locals taste buds because Verjus was too sour. Most people would not feel accustomed to it. Still, it tasted just like home for Jessica. There were meant to be two complex dishes, but the first had already raised Jessicas expectations through the roof. Elena could not help but worry if the next dish could live up to their expectations. If it could not, it would not help Jessica to rid herself of her prejudices against Chinese cuisine. Although it would probably be delicious, the Verjus in Egg would still leave the deepest impression in Jessicas mind. The waiter placed a flat bowl in the middle of the table. Elenas eyes widened. Inside the flat bowl were four or five pieces of leaves, spread out in the shape of a water lily. It was cabbage? The stalks and leaves did not look like they had been cooked at all. In fact, they looked raw. There was also clear soup in the pot with no hint of oil or color. All they could see was smoke. It looked no different from ordinary boiled water. At first glance, the dish looked like someone had arranged raw cabbage in the shape of a water lily in the flat bowl before pouring boiling water on top of it. Elena became doubtful. She knew that cabbage was one of the cheapest ingredients in the market. In fact, it was so cheap that people would describe cheap items as being sold at a cabbage price. Jia Nuo was in no hurry to introduce how the dish was prepared. Instead, he gestured at it and said, This is Steamed Chinese Cabbage in Supreme Soup. Please try it before I introduce it to you. Half-suspicious, Elena picked up a Cabbage leaf and put it into her mouth. However, it did not taste cold and raw like she expected. Instead, it felt soft and tender in her mouth. Obviously, it was fully-cooked and yet surprisingly fresh. She had never tasted cabbage as refreshing and delicious as this before! Then, Elena scooped a spoonful of soup. A delightful and indescribable taste stimulated her taste buds and took her breath away. Jessicas face froze as well. Obviously, she had not expected this dish to taste so outstanding. Smiling, Jia Nuo explained, This dish is made using cabbage that has become compact and firm all the way through, which normally happens in late autumn, when the ground starts to frost up. Once the cabbage becomes firm, it has to be harvested immediately. Were not in the right season now, but we can achieve the same effect by controlling the surrounding temperature very well. Then, we removed the two outer layers, leaving only a fist-sized portion with white leaves and tender stems. After soaking the roots of the vegetable in a prepared stock so that it becomes soft, we peeled off four or five leaves and formed a water lily on top of a flat sieve. We then used a silver needle to pierce the heart of the cabbage repeatedly, covering the cabbage with pores that are invisible to the naked eye. For the soup, we chose a chicken that was neither too fat nor too tender. It could neither be too oily nor overcooked. The fats and insides of the chicken were scraped off before it was repeatedly washed with water to get rid of the blood. Then, we blanched the chicken in boiling water, moved it into pure, boiling water, and then added other ingredients like abalone slices and white mushroom shreds. The soup was left to simmer for four or five hours until it was tasty enough. Then, we took the whole chicken out and added chicken flakes to the soup to absorb the oil. Finally, we added the meat paste formed from the chicken breast into the soup, left it to boil, and then ran it through a fine sieve. Combining the soup and the cabbage was the most important step. We needed two separate fires and pots. One pot was to hold the sieve with the cabbage leaves on top while the other was to hold the well-prepared soup. The pot with the sieve was to be kept warm over low heat. The pot with the soup was to be kept over even lower heat, so that the soup could be maintained between seventy to eighty degrees Celsius. Everything had to be precise. After that, a large spoon was used to scoop the warm soup and pour it over the cabbage repeatedly. Once the soup was almost finished, the last bit was poured directly from the pot. Once the outermost layer of the cabbage was completely cooked and soft, it was placed inside a flat bowl, and more warm soup was slowly scooped into it. Only dishes prepared in this manner can be called Steamed Chinese Cabbage in Supreme Soup. Chapter 542 - Only Then Can We Fulfill Boss Pei’s Expectations of Ming Yun Private Kitchen Chapter 542 Only Then Can We Fulfill Boss Peis Expectations of Ming Yun Private Kitchen Jessica tried the fresh cabbage and drank the delicious soup. Feeling emotional, she said, Alright, Elena. I changed my mind. I agree with your point of view. The prejudices that I had against Chinese cuisine were a result of my ignorance. This dish has completely changed the way I view Chinese cuisine. Elena nodded subtly. This dish surprised me, too. I know any other Chinese restaurants serve this dish, but very few of them can do it well. Thank you, Lucas. Your explanation of this dish has greatly enhanced its taste. Your deep understanding of delicacies has greatly inspired me as well. Jia Nuo smiled. Actually, I dont have that deep of an understanding of delicacies. I only do what I have to, based on the branch managers instructions and present the details of every dish to the customers. Obviously, that was the reason why Lin Canrong had made all the waiters explain the dishes on the menu. Apart from the very few connoisseurs who were extremely sensitive to taste, most ordinary people would not be able to tell how much effort chefs put into creating each dish based on its taste alone. Instead, most people could only describe delicacies in limited ways: they were either delicious, or fresh, or the like. Waiters, who explained the details of each dish to customers at a time like that, could popularize the knowledge and create a certain type of environment and atmosphere for them. A common passion would be formed between them. High-end restaurants improved the taste of every dish at all costs. If they did not explain the relevant details to customers, the delicacies would not leave a deep impression in their minds. Obviously, Lin Canrongs careful and meticulous planning had all paid off at that moment. Elena said, Lucas, can I ask you more about Chinese and Western cuisines? Jia Nuo pondered for a moment. Im afraid I dont know enough to answer your questions, but I can invite the branch manager over. Elena: If it wouldnt interrupt his work, I would really appreciate it! Jia Nuo left the private room and returned a moment later with Lin Canrong in tow. Lin Canrong smiled and said, My surname is Lin, and I am the branch manager of this restaurant. Are both of you satisfied with our food and service? Although Lin Canrong was also learning English, he was old and busy with work. Thus, it was still difficult for him to communicate smoothly with foreigners. That was why he had to trouble Jia Nuo to translate his words. Fortunately, Jia Nuo had worked as a simultaneous interpreter before, and translating Lin Canrongs words for customers was chicken feet to him. Elena nodded. Were very satisfied! This is the most amazing meal I have ever eaten. You pay a lot of attention to the details and hold yourself to high standards for both Chinese and Western cuisine alike. That has left a deep impression on me. Im a gourmet enthusiast, and Ive always been confused about something that I want to clarify with you, Branch Manager Lin. I wonder if you can help to resolve my confusion. Lin Canrong replied humbly, I wouldnt dare to say that I can help to resolve your confusion, but I would be happy to discuss my views. Elena asked, The taste of food is intensifying now, and many dishes are made so that one can no longer taste the original ingredients. I wonder what you think about that, Branch Manager Lin. After some consideration, Lin Canrong said, That is indeed a trend in the world of delicacies. I think there are two main reasons for this. The first is the stiff competition. The food industry is cruel. Even the best restaurants in the world have to continuously research new dishes and provide entertainment in the restaurant. If they do not try to spruce up the environment, they would be seen as making no attempt to improve. After all, the customers attention can be easily drawn away by other things in the restaurant. On top of that, there is the problem with customers demands. Many other brands would deceive or tempt consumers, leaving them with too stark comparisons and too much stimulation. As a result, consumers lose their ability to appreciate certain flavors and constantly seek more intense ones. As the food and beverage industry continues to use intense flavors to excite consumers taste buds, a vicious cycle would form. As a consumer, I would definitely want to eat more delicious food. However I think that does not match the philosophy behind Chinese cuisine. Chinese cuisine is about neutrality. Each dish has its place, with every ingredient having its unique taste. Strive to bring out natural flavors and infuse flavor to those that lack it. There is no one-size-fits-all in food. Cater to the individuals palate Simply put, every ingredient should have their own unique taste. When trying to match various ingredients, the chef has to make sure that their natural flavors blend well and not try to forcefully blend them together using artificial flavors. A single dish also should not remain the same for too long. Instead, the chef has to match the dish to each consumers special requests. Thats why our restaurant is constantly trying to balance those two factors. We want to keep the foods original flavors without adding artificial flavoring or additives, make our food nutritious and healthy, and continuously improve the taste of our dishes at the same time. Take the Steamed Chinese Cabbage in Supreme Soup that both of you had today, for example. Theres a saying that cabbage is still the most delicious among all vegetables. Although its a very common ingredient, as long as you cook it with care, you could still make it as desirable as other precious and uncommon dishes. Jia Nuo accurately translated the message that Lin Canrong was trying to convey, causing the two ladies to nod profusely. Jessica was listening very intently. If she had heard these words before today, she would have scoffed and acted like she had not heard it. She would write it off as an excuse for Chinese cuisine tasting worse than modern Western cuisine. However, after eating todays dishes, she could finally understand the rich and philosophical concepts she was hearing now. Steamed Chinese Cabbage in Supreme Soup completely embodied what Branch Manager Lin had been saying about the competition being which dish could taste blander. No modern artificial flavoring had been added, and the soup looked extremely clear. Yet, its blandness also contained an exquisite taste. Elena nodded. Branch Manager Lin, your words make a lot of sense. Theyve been of great help to me. Thank you! How do you view the difference between Western and Chinese cuisine, Branch Manager Lin? Which do you think is better? Lin Canrong smiled. Deliciousness is subjective. Everyones taste is different. I dont think theres a need to say that one is better than the other. Every dish has its roots in its culture. Whats more, Western cuisine seems to be more acceptable to the rest of the world now because Western culture has been more widely accepted. Many people are also content with a smattering of knowledge about Chinese cuisine. They judge the food based purely on how intense the flavors are. Obviously, they would be reviewing Chinese cuisine based on the wrong system, and it would be impossible for them to arrive at the right conclusions. The beauty of Chinese cuisine has to be understood against its specific cultural backdrop. Its not just food to satisfy ones appetite, but its also an expression of thought and philosophy. Take a very common dish, Dongpo Pork[1], for example. If you dont understand its historical background, it would be no different from ordinary braised pork. However, if you know the story of Su Dongpo, the reason why he invented this dish and even saw the beautiful scenery by the West Lake in Spring then, the meaning of the dish would be different altogether. Only one who has read Su Dongpos poems and seen his calligraphy can taste Dongpo Pork; otherwise, one would only be eating ordinary braised pork. Many Westerners dont understand these and review Chinese cuisine according to Western standards. Of course, they would arrive at the conclusion that Chinese cuisine is worse than Western. However, that would be an obvious mistake. Going back to your initial question I dont think its wrong for modern Western cuisine to pursue an exquisite taste by controlling quantities. I also dont think that its wrong for Chinese cuisine to focus on its culture. Our restaurant does not discriminate against either style but strives to understand every single dish while providing a taste that would best appeal to and suit our diners. Jia Nuo elegantly and concisely translated Lin Canrongs speech while fully capturing the meaning behind every word. Elena nodded profusely. At last, she sincerely said, I see! Branch Manager Lin, you have a deep understanding of food indeed. Im amazed! Jessica was moved as well. I will get rid of my prejudice against Chinese cuisine. So its not that it tastes horrible, but that other Chinese restaurants do not measure up. Lin Canrong smiled. Not at all. I am just a struggling student, trying to understand the extensive and profound food culture. Elena said, Branch Manager Lin, I am actually a food blogger. Can I write everything that I experienced today on my blog? You have a unique understanding of the food and beverage industry, and youve given me a whole new perspective. Still smiling, Lin Canrong nodded. Of course, you can. After sending the two foreign friends away, Jia Nuo wiped the sweat from his forehead. Branch Manager, those two dont seem like ordinary people. Its a good thing that you make us memorize the details of every dish, or I might have made a fool of myself. Still, your final speech about the difference between Chinese and Western cuisine and culture was very well-put. I could see that our foreign friends were fully convinced. After a moment of silence, Lin Canrong said, Actually, I only recently realized that by chance. Coincidentally, it came in handy today. Jia Nuo was stunned. You only realized that by chance? Branch Manager, that sudden realization really came at the right time, right? Lin Canrong looked stern. It looks like a coincidence, but in reality it was planned. I looked for Boss Pei earlier, intending to open a new branch, but Boss Pei rejected my suggestion. After that, I went back to think hard about what Boss Pei thought Ming Yun Private Kitchens role was. Subsequently, I understood. Ming Yun Private Kitchen is a unique restaurant that pursues quality over quantity. Its meant to provide the best experience for all diners. The best experience, by nature, cannot be copied. Boss Pei kept emphasizing that Ming Yun Private Kitchen cannot set up another branch but has to spend as much money as possible on improving details. I kept trying to find gaps to fill so that every aspect of this restaurant could be perfect. Our restaurant would not give foreigners special treatment. Instead, we will treat every customer equally and provide the perfect dining experience for all. Today, we only hosted two slightly pickier diners from overseas, but this means a lot because we have passed the test. As long as we take every day as our first day, treat every customer as our first customer, and value every diners feedback; we will become the best. I learned all of those things while reflecting on Boss Peis intentions, including the difference between Western and Chinese cuisine, as well as current developments in the food and beverage industry. I think that we can only fulfill Boss Peis expectations of Ming Yun Private Kitchen by working hard to meet this same standard! [1] This is the traditional braised pork belly. Chapter 543 - Thinking of Tricks for Shang Yang Games Chapter 543 Thinking of Tricks for Shang Yang Games June 9th, Thursday After planning for the manufacturing of the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine on Monday, Pei Qian had more free time over the next two days. Every now and then, he checked in on Tengda Games, Deposit Fitness, and Fish-Catching Take-Out. Everything looked peaceful and calm. At noon, Pei Qian ate lunch at Fish-Catching Internet Cafe as usual. As he sipped his coffee, he organized his mind map of inter-departmental relationships. Ding. His cell phone rang. Pei Qian picked it up and frowned at once. It was a message from the Management Trainee at Ming Yun Private Kitchen. Boss Pei, there has been an obvious increase in the number of foreigners making reservations at Ming Yun Private Kitchen over the past two days. An obvious increase in the number of foreigners? Something seemed fishy! Pei Qian immediately became cautious. Before this, during their meeting, he had repeatedly instructed all Management Trainees to report any abnormalities to him immediately and not to wait until the next Management Trainee meeting. That way, Pei Qian could greatly minimize the chances of any delayed back-stabbing. After all, for many types of threats, a days delay in realizing could make a world of difference. The Management Trainee at Ming Yun Private Kitchen was obviously doing a good job. Do you know the reason? Pei Qian replied at once. The Management Trainee answered, Im not sure. Im guessing that a particularly influential foreigner came and had a meal here and then shared this restaurant with his or her friends. Branch Manager Lin has been focusing a lot on service during this period. The foreigners are having a better dining experience in this restaurant. Explaining the dishes and our countrys traditional food culture in English has been especially effective. Pei Qian remained silent for a moment and then answered, Well done. Thank you. Pei Qian was very satisfied with this Management Trainees report. See, this is what I call a professional underling! I have to single this Management Trainee out and praise him at the next meeting, so that the other Management Trainees will learn from him! After getting hold of this important message, Pei Qian began to analyze the situation very seriously. He had not expected that Lin Canrongs decision to make all waiters learn English would be this effective. However, from the looks of the current situation, things didnt look that serious. Lin Canrong was spending more money training his waiters and making them learn foreign languages. However, Ming Yun Private Kitchens prices remained the same, and it was still fully booked every day. So what if there were more foreigners reserving tables? They would not generate more profit for the restaurant, would they? Hmm on the surface, its not that dangerous. Still, I cant afford to be careless. What if theres a hidden and unexpected threat? Pei Qian glanced at his watch. Its almost 1 PM. I should stick to my original plan and drop by Shang Yang Games. After that, Ill figure out exactly whats happening at Ming Yun Private Kitchen. Pei Qian considered it for a long time but could not figure out how an improvement in Ming Yun Private Kitchens reputation would pose any real danger to himself. Thus, he cast it aside for now. In the afternoon, Pei Qian arrived at Shang Yang Games. On the way here, Pei Qian took time to surf the web on his phone and study what netizens thought about the arms race between GOG and IOI. He could only say that the situation did not look good! If the competition between the two games could be split into two stages, GOG would have already won both stages and put an end to the competition. In the first stage, GOG had won over the majority of gamers who had been sitting back to observe the industry by turning the game into a dual-terminal game, maintaining a smooth network, enabling quick matching, giving out cash at the end of each competition season, and the like. On the other hand, IOI had only opened its local server after GOG finished distributing cash, and it did not even have a mobile version. In the second stage, IOI kick-started the arms race by updating the game at top speed and releasing two new heroes each month, in the hopes of stealing some of GOGs players away. However, GOG began crowdsourcing heroes, and subsequently released two incredibly popular heroes, Traveller Bao Xu and the Literary Genius of the Winds, Ruan. It also distributed generous rewards as part of its crowdsourcing efforts, thus keeping its players focused on GOGs new heroes. All in all, IOI was updating its game very quickly, but it still could not poach many gamers over. Although the arms race between both games would continue for the next few months or even a yearfrom the looks of the current situation, there was already a clear winner. As long as Min Jingchao did not mess up, GOG could continue crowdsourcing heroes to maintain the quality of their heroes and hold the gamers attention. In summary, the entire Internet did not think things would go well for IOI. Pei Qian was troubled. No matter whether it was GOG or IOI that became popular, he would still generate profits. However, Pei Qian was still rooting for IOI a bit more for now. After all, he had to send Lin Wan away first. No matter how much his own game earned, things would still be within his control. He could still distribute cash and share profits with gamers to diffuse the situation. However, the betrayal by Lin Wan and her siblings was unpredictable. They posed the greatest threat! Just speaking about it made Pei Qian furious. Thanks to Lin Chang, Tomorrow is Beautiful had participated in a film festival, won an award, had its overseas screening extended, and made millions of US dollars. Whats more, it was still a long way from being taken down. It was clear where the biggest threat lay! Pei Qian knew full well that everyone in Shang Yang Games was feeling discouraged. It was the perfect time for Boss Pei to offer some encouragement. Once he arrived at Shang Yang Games, Pei Qian walked straight into the conference room. He already informed them of his visit in advance, and all the core members of Shang Yang Games were already waiting in the conference room. Boss Pei. Everyone stood up as a form of respect, but they had disappointed expressions. Lin Wan was no exception. Pei Qians heart thudded. Whats up with all of your faces? Dont you dare give up! He cleared his throat and said, It seems like publicity for IOIs local server hasnt been going well recently. Dont worry, everyone. Dont look so dejected. Say whatevers on your mind. Everyone exchanged knowing looks. At last, Lin Wan spoke first. Now, we understand what its like being competitors of Tengda. Theres nothing we can do about it. Our own family members are often the hardest people to deal with. Whats more, we have a useless teammate. Pei Qians heart sank. A useless teammate? Are they referring to me? Do they know that I was the one who came up with the Literary Genius of the Winds? Pei Qian began to panic inside Wang Xiaobin explained, Were referring to Finger Games, Boss Pei. We already knew that we would not be able to compete with GOG if things carried on this way, and so we wrote a couple of emails to Finger Games to give them our suggestions. Yet, from their replies, it was clear that they were rejecting them. Whats more, they seemed to be blaming us. Their emails seemed to imply that IOI has been doing well and receiving good feedback in every other region around the world except for ours. Obviously, they think that theres a problem with our management strategy. Pei Qian heaved a long sigh. Oh, its not me. Thats fine, then. You gave me a scare. I thought I was exposed. Lin Wan shrugged. They cant blame us. After all, people who have not experienced being Tengdas opponents would never understand how terrifying Tengda really is. Now, I can say that I understand what its like. She sighed softly. On top of that Boss Pei, just a line or two from you can turn the entire situation around. Er Pei Qian cleared his throat. What are you talking about? Im fair and just. Ye Zhizhou spoke with heavy insinuations. Min Jingchao originally thought about recruiting more people to speed up GOGs production of new heroes, but you rejected him, didnt you, Boss Pei? How would he have thought of crowdsourcing heroes if you had not given him hints? Pei Qian: this is a misunderstanding. A knowing look appeared on everyones face. Pei Qian was speechless. This is really a misunderstanding! My heart has always been on your side! Whats more, even if I did secretly help them, it was not by providing the crowdsourcing idea Its too late; there was no way for Pei Qian to clarify the situation. He decided not to get caught up in this problem. Anyway, he had already become used to this attitude. Now, Finger Games was not allowing IOI to be modified. Shang Yang Games could only think of other resolutions. So, what are your thoughts about the future operating strategy? Pei Qian asked. Everyone exchanged confused looks, but no one said anything. Lin Wan sighed. Boss Pei, were still trying hard to come up with something. That sounded bad to Pei Qian. It was obvious that they had all lost their fighting spirit. They probably thought that GOG was leading by far too much, and even Finger Games was unwilling to modify the game. How could they win based on publicity alone? Boss Pei had been the one who had given them this task. Of course, no one would say anything as discouraging as we cant win. Still, they could not come up with a better solution. At any moment, Pei Qian expected Lin Wan to say something like I dont think Im capable enough. I want to remain in Tengda to learn more. Quickly! I have to rack my brains to come up with a plan for Shang Yang Games. Pei Qian thought as hard as he could. All of a sudden, a light bulb switched on. He had an idea. If all else failed, distributing cash would solve the problem! GOG only became popular at the start because it distributed cash, right? Then, IOI should do the same! Since they could not modify the game, they could resort to overwhelming marketing strategies to oppress GOG. Pei Qian cleared his throat. As we said before, 50% of each departments profit can be freely used for the departments various expenses. Set that sum aside, and I will allocate another special fund for you. The fund will be used for two things: marketing by live streamers and internet cafes! Look for some live streamers and UP Masters and then sponsor them to produce content relating to IOI. They can do things like introduce new heroes and create tutorials, as long as they focus on creating the impression that the game is extremely popular overseas. After that, enter partnerships with various internet cafes. Let those who play IOI use the majority of skins for free and enjoy a stipulated discount on their per-hour charges. Snatch the spotlight back by force! Based on Pei Qians memory, that was how LOL had marketed their game as well, and it had indeed been effective. He could not go wrong by copying others homework, right? At his first meeting with the Management Trainees, they had reported an important piece of news: all departments had a large-scale plan to spend money, which included supplementing salaries, purchasing office supplies, and the like. Pei Qian guessed that the various department heads had finally understood the meaning behind the Tengda Cornerstone Award. As they envied Upwind Logistics, they each came up with a plan to spend money on a larger scale. Since that was the case, Pei Qian had to lend them a helping hand! Thus, he decided to let all departments freely use 50% of their profit on its various expenses, to help them spend money quicker. Of course, Pei Qian also provided additional funds for loss-incurring businesses like Upwind Logistics and Fish-Catching Take-Out to increase their losses. Until now, Shang Yang Games was still generating profits from games like Bloody Battle Song and Be Quiet. It was also earning income from IOIs local server. In addition to 50% of those profits, Boss Peis special fund would pave the way for them to spend more money, conduct aggressive marketing, and fight their way through! Ye Zhizhou pondered for a long while. Suddenly, a realization dawned on him. So thats it! Ive learned another trick from Boss Pei. When theres no special way out, dont hesitate to resort to brute force! Is this what martial artists mean when they say not moving trumps any trick? Pei Qian: more or less. He had not intended for it to be so complex, but Ye Zhizhous bootlicking was not far off. Lin Wans brow furrowed as she asked, Well Boss Pei, if GOG mindlessly follows suit and burns money together with us, what should we do? Chapter 544 - Your Tengda can Run, but It can’t Hide! Chapter 544 Your Tengda can Run, but It cant Hide! That question stumped Pei Qian. Thats right. If GOG mindlessly follows suit, what should they do? Pei Qian knew that there had already been inconsistencies in his decisions. Before this, Tengda had been competing with other companies, which could not compete with Tengda when it came to burning money. After all, other companies would either burn their bosses money or their investors money. Unless the boss did not care for money-just like Pei Qian, they would not be as carefree when it came to spending. Thus, Tengda would always be able to burn the most money. However, GOG was Tengdas game, and it had the same spending capacity! Still, Pei Qian quickly calmed himself down. It was just a minor problem with the system. I just have to make sure that IOI perpetually has more funds than GOG, right? If they were comparing who could spend more -of course, the one with more ammunition would have the greater advantage! Whats more, if both games tried hard to spend as much money as possible, it would be excellent for Pei Qian! He had just been worried that there were not enough avenues to spend on. At that thought, Pei Qian smiled. Dont worry. I will make sure that you always have more money than GOG. It was not possible to limit GOGs funds. After all, Pei Qian had just allowed them to freely spend fifty percent of their profits a while ago. He could not change that policy all of a sudden. If anything, he was more worried that people might misunderstand him. What if they started thinking hard about Boss Peis deeper intentions? What if they assumed that he was hinting at everyone to stop spending money freely? That would achieve the exact opposite of what Pei Qian wanted. Thus, GOG should still be allowed to spend whatever they had. All Pei Qian had to do was ensure that IOIs local server always had more funds than GOG. GOG wouldnt be able to turn the tables around now, would it? Everyones eyes lit up again. Indeed, Boss Pei lived up to his reputation! Just a single move from him could solve all of their problems! It was not hard to think of spending money, but he was being so decisive and firm about it, without displaying any hint of worry. Not everyone had that amount of courage. On top of that, only someone like Boss Pei could promise that IOI would always have more money than GOG. With renewed motivation, Ye Zhizhou said, Alright, Boss Pei. Well start planning immediately to regain our foothold! After leaving Shang Yang Games, Pei Qian relaxed. He glanced at his watch; it was past 3 PM. It did not seem like a bad idea to go home, lie down on the sofa in his living room, and bask in the afternoon sun. At that moment, his cell phone rang. It was Li Shi. Pei Qian: ? All of a sudden, he felt like he was facing a formidable enemy. Dont tell me that something went wrong with Thriller Hostel. Otherwise, could this be about the Golden Maze? Could Li Shi be interested in investing in Dream Realization Ventures as well? Thats not right. Li Sh could not possibly want to invest in the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine, right? He was not high on drugs; how could he be so irrational? Pei Qian immediately began to panic upon seeing Li Shis name. He was afraid that Li Shi would invest in his projects without any hesitation and then cause the projects that had been secretly incurring losses to become popular. Yet, he could not ignore Li Shis call. Behaving like an ostrich would not save him from being stabbed in the back. Pei Qian had no choice but to accept the call. Hello? Boss Li, whats the matter? Li Shis voice sounded through the phone. Boss Pei, its nothing much. I have a friend who wants to meet you to talk about something. I wonder if you have the time. I think youve heard of this friend of mine before. You might even have met him. Hes Wang Peng, one of the creators of Quanmin Reviews. Wang Peng, Xue Zhebin, and I are partners. We started Ming House together. Do you remember? Pei Qians eyes widened. He did remember. He remembered him very well. That name is still in my little notebook! Although he was pretty low on the list, Pei Qian could never forget about him. Back then, Wang Peng and Xue Zhebin had a meal at Ming Yun Private Kitchen and then marked it out on Quanmin Reviews application. They had written a long review and instructed their programmer to leave the name of the restaurant blank. That was how Ming Yun Private Kitchens losses turned to profits. Pei Qians hatred for him ran deep! How dare he come and see me? Pei Qian wanted to turn down the invitation by saying that he was overwhelmed with work. However, on further thought, he decided that it would be best to meet him. What if this man secretly plots against me? If I dont meet him, I would remain in the dark, wouldnt I? Pei Qian pondered for a moment. I have time right now and tomorrow. Ill leave it up to Boss Wang. Li Shi was overjoyed. Thats great! Shall we meet at Fish-Catching Internet Cafes Handong University branch in an hour? Pei Qian: Alright, but what is this about? Li Shi laughed. Boss Pei, youll find out when we meet. We wouldnt waste your precious time! Pei Qian: Why was it that the more he heard, the more terrified he felt? At Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Handong University branch A short while after Pei Qian arrived, Li Shi and Wang Peng walked into the restaurant. Boss Pei! Boss Li, Boss Wang. After exchanging a couple of hypocritical pleasantries with both men, Pei Qian sat down with them. A bad feeling arose in Pei Qians gut as he observed Wang Pengs wide grin. What was he so happy about? Boss Wang, why did you want to meet me? Pei Qian asked, feeling slightly worried. Pei Qian had an ominous feeling every time someone met him full of smiles! Wang Peng grinned at Boss Pei but did not answer his question. Instead, he glanced at Li Shi and said, I heard from Boss Li that youre a lucky charm, Boss Pei. Whoever gets close to you will get lucky! If they treat you kindly, they would reap extremely generous rewards as well. After what happened with Ming House, I was still half-doubtful. However, I am completely convinced now! Pei Qian looked confused. After a moment of silence, question marks filled his mind. Whats he trying to say? Im a lucky charm? Why dont I feel the same way? Your good luck is bad luck to me! Seeing Boss Peis indifference, Li Shi smiled and said to Wang Peng, Boss Wang, just cut to the chase. Boss Pei doesnt like being left hanging Whats more, Boss Pei is extremely busy all the time. There are a lot of things that require his attention. I dont think he even knows about this. Pei Qian opened his mouth, but no sound came out of it. Something about what Boss Li had said didnt sit right with Pei Qian, but he could not find any major mistakes either. Wang Peng nodded. Alright, Ill cut to the chase, then. Boss Pei, do you know that the nameless restaurant has become famous on foreign websites thanks to a famous food blogger?! Pei Qian,??! I didnt know that! Li Shi noticed Boss Peis unchanging expression and sniggered. See, I told you that Boss Peis extremely busy. How could something as small as this bother him? Branch Manager Lin must have handled everything on his own. If he had to report every little thing to Boss Pei, wouldnt he be as good as useless? After realizing that Pei Qian knew nothing about this, Wang Peng became even more excited. Boss Pei, you didnt know about this? Thats great. Let me tell you all about it! My job requires me to keep an eye on famous food bloggers overseas. Many of them frequently travel around the world just to try gourmet food with three Michelin stars. On Tuesday night, I noticed one food blogger with a few million followers publish a new post. Whats more, that post had been shared multiple times by others. Excited, I went to take a look. Thats when I realized that there were no pictures. It was just a long post filled with words. At that moment, I felt confused. Due to the time difference, this blogger often posts extremely late at night. She often travels to various parts of the world, takes pictures of classic delicacies, and then accompanies those pictures with her own reviews. The difference between this blogger and amateur food bloggers is that she has a very good appreciation of food. At the same time, she knows how to satisfy the hopes of ordinary people, so that her reviews do not look too over-the-top and unrelatable. Thats why she has so many followers. However, based on my recollection, she rarely published posts that are made up of pure words. On closer inspection, I realized that she was talking about your nameless restaurant, Boss Pei. It was no wonder that there were no pictures. Its because the nameless restaurant forbids customers from taking any, haha! The hand that Pei Qian was using to hold his coffee cup stopped in mid-air. All of a sudden, he understood why Ming Yun Private Kitchen was seeing an increasing number of foreigners making reservations. Obviously, it was all thanks to this food blogger! Fortunately, he had already been mentally prepared for this. Pei Qian maintained a calm expression and repeatedly told himself: Dont panic. Even if Ming Yun Private Kitchen becomes famous, it cannot generate more profits for you! He sipped his coffee and asked, And then? Wang Peng could not help but feel moved. Boss Pei, your calmness in the face of great waves is really admirable. You know, thats a blogger who would even pick on Michelin restaurants. She has an extremely picky taste. Yet, this time, she wrote a long article, praising the nameless restaurant in every way possible! She wrote about details like service and the taste of the various dishes she had. She included a lot of details and praise for two dishes in particular-Verjus in Egg and Steamed Chinese Cabbage in Supreme Soup! She also emphasized something that satisfied her the most: No matter what questions are asked, the waiter was able to answer her smoothly. Whats more, Branch Manager Lin had many extraordinary and thought-provoking insights into the development of the food and beverage industry, which helped to deepen her understanding of Chinese food culture! Boss Pei, thats rare praise. Sadly, the Michelin Guide has not entered China yet. Otherwise, Michelin reviewers would surely have paid a sneak visit to the nameless restaurant as soon as the blog post was published. Then, you could get two or three Michelin stars and Pei Qians heart thudded as he listened to this. What the hell? Was this food blogger that influential? It was a good thing that the Michelin Guide had not entered China yet, or the consequences would be dire! Pei Qian did not think that Michelin was that impressive. After all, it had standards that favored Western cuisine, and it was not that helpful for studying Chinese cuisine. Still, Pei Qian knew that many people followed Michelin guides! Even if Michelin wanted to award the restaurant three stars, Pei Qian would immediately turn it down. Otherwise, what would he do once crazy diners from all around the world fought to visit the place? Wouldnt he lose control of the situation? It was just as well that the Michelin Guide had not entered China yet. Even if it would in a few years, it would start from bigger cities like Shanghai and Beijing and not a small city like Jingzhou. Pei Qian instinctively heaved a sigh of relief. However, on further thought, something seemed amiss. Had Wang Peng come all the way down just to tell him about this? The food blogger did sound impressive, and she had praised Ming Yun Private Kitchen. Yet, so what if more foreigners were making reservations and having meals there? The outcome was still the same. Ming Yun Private Kitchen was already fully booked for the next two months. Even if its reputation improved, it would not earn Pei Qian any more money. What was there to be afraid of? Li Shi nodded. Its a pity that you cant get three Michelin stars. Although you cant trust Michelin to review Chinese food, it still wouldnt be a bad thing to have. Honestly, after trying my hand in the high-end food industry, I have a newfound respect for you, Boss Pei. Its easy to get a high-end restaurant from thirty to sixty marks out of one hundred, but its extremely difficult to get it from ninety to 95 marks! Boss Pei, you were able to improve the nameless restaurant even after it hit ninety marks, precisely because you put effort into working on things that are invisible to everyone else! Pei Qian: Before Pei Qian could say anything, Wang Peng spoke up. We all know its a pity, but theres an ancient saying that this is a blessing in disguise! Boss Pei, Boss Li, have you ever thought about this question? The Michelin guide hasnt entered our country yet. In other words, foreigners would not be able to visit local restaurants based on it. What would both of you refer to when thinking about enjoying local delicacies, then? Pei Qians heart sank. I would rely on food bloggers recommendations? Wang Peng laughed. Thats right, Boss Pei! Just think about it. None of the local restaurants have any Michelin stars, but the nameless restaurant has been praised by a famous food blogger who has criticized Michelin restaurants before If you think about it, its as good as awarding the nameless restaurant with three Michelin stars, right? Thats akin to placing the nameless restaurants flashing signboard on the map of delicacies! Both foreigners and locals alike would want to try it! Pei Qian: ?? Wang Peng continued speaking. Whats more, Boss Pei, youve only gotten it half-right. People would rely on recommendations of reliable food bloggers, but they would also rely on our Quanmin Reviews! Boss Pei, ever since your nameless restaurant became popular, our Quanmin Reviews has benefited as well. Thats because Quanmin Reviews was the first to discover the restaurant and the one responsible for giving it its name. Quanmin Reviews also contains the most and the best reviews for the nameless restaurant! Those who search the nameless restaurant would be led to Quanmin Reviews. That page alone has saved us a lot on advertising expenses! Thus, my co-founders and I convened an urgent telephone conference and decided to take this opportunity to write a topical promotion. We will combine the ultimate dining experience at the nameless restaurant with Quanmin Reviews and then ride on this food bloggers popularity to make this as hot as it can be! For good sales, only a single spark is needed to cause an explosion! Thats why I say that youre a lucky charm, Boss Pei! You didnt even have to do anything to direct so much traffic to Quanmin Reviews! Of course, you dont have to worry. Quanmin Reviews will not forget your kindness. To express our thanks, we have decided to recommend all of Tengda Corporations physical stores in our topical promotion as well. Pei Qian had already felt light-headed when he first heard about this news, but he recalled that Ming Yun Private Kitchen would not be able to earn more money no matter how much more popular it became. That had calmed him down. Now, hearing these words, Pei Qians mind instantly filled with question marks again. ??? Wang Peng did not seem to notice Boss Peis confusion. He continued speaking happily. Our topical promotion will be called Beautiful Jingzhou. In it, we will list all of Jingzhous famous scenic spots, historical sites, high-end restaurants, and the like. The highlight would be the nameless restaurant, but we would also mention Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Fish-Catching Take-Out, the shared phone booths, Deposit Fitness, and even Thriller Hostel! After all, its extremely difficult to make a reservation in the nameless restaurant. It wouldnt be easy for everyone to travel all the way to Jingzhou either. Of course, they should experience all of those special activities and places. On top of that, we have decided to give Tengdas businesses perpetual benefits. The businesses like Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and Deposit Fitness would be ranked among the first few on Quanmin Reviews search results. It would also be given a special star, and recommendation efforts would be intensified! This is what it means to reciprocate kind gestures, right, Boss Li? Once Wang Peng finished talking, he turned to Li Shi. Li Shi was grinning as he nodded subtly as if to say youre very teachable. Obviously, Boss Li had taught Wang Peng to do all of those things. On the other hand, Pei Qian fell into a long silence. Wang Peng smiled at him as if to say I may not be able to deal with the nameless restaurant, but how about your other businesses? Tengda Corporation is huge. You can run, but you cant hide. Your nameless restaurant cant earn any more money now, but your other businesses can! At the end of the day, you cant escape it! Someone, come and throw more money at Boss Pei! Pei Qian had intended to research the reason behind the increasing number of foreigners visiting Ming Yun Private Kitchen tomorrow. However, from the looks of the current situation, there was no need to anymore. It was too late! Pei Qian was speechless. Are all of you on steroids?! The Management Trainee only reported the news to me at noon today, and yet youve already completed scheming against me by the afternoon? Chapter 545 - It’s Time For Us To Copy Mr. Wang’s Answer! Pei Qian only had one feeling now: he was really stupid. I simply thought that there would be no way for Ming Yun Private Kitchen to make more money as long as their reservations were full. He never thought that Quanmin Reviews actually stepped in! Quanmin Reviews started the topic, and the reputation of the nameless restaurant was transformed into real traffic with some hype. It became real money after it was guided to the other industries of Tengda! What was worse was that this topic seemed to have exposed some information in advance. The Thriller Hostel! Pei Qians original plan was to work on the Thriller Hostel secretly. Promotion by Boss Li would only be something to worry about when the construction was almost done. However, it was now exposed in this topic! Of course, the Thriller Hostel was not completed yet. Most projects were undergoing intensive final touches. The completion of the Golden Maze was even lower. It would take another month at least before it could be open for trial operation. However, the problem was that the person could not obtain a reservation at Ming Yun Private Kitchen just because they wanted to eat there Many people started making reservations now that it was a huge discussion point. The Thriller Hostel would be officially opened for business when they could finally eat there. The timing was just right. Pei Qian looked at Li Shis smile and realized that he definitely had a hand in this. Why else would a low profile project like Thriller Hostel be deliberately added to this topic? Boss Li must have talked! However, Pei Qian did not know what else to say but to feel that his heart was heavy, looking at the friendly smile on the faces of these two. Boss Wang, I have to thank you. I suddenly remember that I have something else. Ill take my leave first if there is nothing else. Boss Pei said these things through gritted teeth. Wang Peng was stunned momentarily before he hurriedly replied. Sure Boss Pei, feel free to contact me if you have any questions about the topic at any time! Wang Peng scratched his head, a little confused after watching Boss Pei leave. Boss Li, why doesnt Boss Pei look happy at all? Li Shi laughed. No issues, Boss Wang, you are not used to Boss Peis style. Youll get used to it if you deal with him often like me. Boss Pei is an actor. You cannot take his emotions at face value. He often hid a knife in his smile. You have to be vigilant at this point. On the contrary, you have given him tangible benefits. He might not have much response on the surface and might even appear cold, but he will definitely pay you back in some way afterward. Well, he is a business genius; how can his thoughts be easily understood by ordinary people? He must cover it up with a mask. Only those who spent a long time with him would be able to understand his true thoughts. Wang Peng was suddenly enlightened. Oh! I understand now! Would I be able to become friends with Boss Pei in the future then? Li Shi smiled. Youre walking in the right direction at least, Boss Wang. Wang Peng nodded, thinking it was great to have someone like Boss Li to guide him. Otherwise, he would not understand Boss Peis character! Pei Qian rushed straight to Fish-Catching Take-Out No.1 store immediately after leaving Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. That was because he suddenly realized something very serious. Quanmin Reviews especially recommended Fish-Catching Take-Out! Fish-Catching Take-Out was Boss Peis pet now. Wouldnt he die on the spot if it were to become profitable? He had to ensure Fish-Catching Take-Outs safety immediately! Pei Qian was originally puzzled. The Quanmin Reviews would also have a takeaway business, right? Wouldnt Fish-Catching Take-Out be a competitor? Why would they recommend Fish-Catching Take-Out then? However, Pei Qian finally figured it out after checking the Qiandu search engine and combining some of his previous memories. The Quanmin Reviews had nothing to do with take-outs currently. Quanmin Reviews should issue a joint statement with this certain food delivery software three or four years later, announcing that it had reached strategic cooperation. They were still in cooperation now. The two concepts of group-buying and local living platform were inseparable. What more the current Fish-Catching Take-Out. In the eyes of an outsider, it was more towards fast food home-delivery rather than a takeaway platform. That was because Fish-Catching Take-Out actually delivered their own meals and did not invite other merchants to join in. They did not engage in scoring, ratings, or sorting. The general direction obviously did not constitute a competitive relationship with Quanmin Reviews. That was why the Quanmin Reviews was willing to give so many recommendations to Fish-Catching Take-Out. In short, he still had to ensure that Fish-Catching Take-Out was out of danger! He would first ask Rui Yuchen in a face-to-face conversation then check with the Manage Loss Trainee. He would have to take decisive measures to nip profitability in the bud before they happened! As to what kind of decisive measures he should take He would have to decide based on the situation. Pei Qian came to the Fish-Catching Take-Out No. 1 store in no time. It was also where the Gourmet Laboratory was. Boss Pei? Rui Yuchen was camouflaging as a waiter again. He was a little surprised to see Boss Pei here again personally. The two customers who had just left seemed to have eaten the new products of the Gourmet Laboratory and provided some opinions. Rui Yuchen was recording them down seriously, preparing to submit it to the Gourmet Laboratory for improvement. Pei Qian decided to cut the long story short. Nothing much, I just want to know Fish-Catching Take-Outs current situation. Rui Yuchen thought for a while. Everything is going well, Boss Pei, they are all going according to your plan. Pei Qian: Do you even know what my plan is?! How would you know if it was going according to my plan or not?! My plan was to have Fish-Catching Take-Out to keep losing money, never earning it back! Pei Qian coughed lightly. Can you be more specific? There should be no surplus in the books right now, right? Rui Yuchen nodded. Dont worry, Boss Pei, I have used all the funds including all the funds you have allocated to open branches strictly in accordance with your requirements. I left absolutely no money! Pei Qian felt a little relieved before he asked. Then, how much of a gap is there if we are to achieve a turnaround? Uh Rui Yuchen pondered for a moment. It is not easy to estimate, Boss Pei. I can only say that even if everything were to go well, it should not be possible to turn profitable in the next few months. We burnt too much money in the early stages after all. Various expenses such as opening branches, salaries, etc. are very Ses Rui Yuchen gave a brief about the current situation. In short, the capital requirement for Fish-Catching Take-Out had been high and the profit was low to begin with. They would need a significant increase in customers recently to be able to turn profitable. Yes, so this possibility would not happen in the short term. Pei Qian nodded slightly. Then, what if Quanmin Reviews were to give Fish-Catching Take-Out a special long term recommendation?. m . Rui Yuchens eyes brightened up. Really? Pei Qians mouth twitched. What will happen? Rui Yuchen thought about it carefully. Uh, having such a recommendation is, of course, a good thing. However, such recommendations would usually be more long term and have a subtle effect. It will not be particularly obvious in the short term. However, it would always be good if Boss Pei were to be able to get such a recommendation for Fish-Catching Take-Out! Pei Qian heaved a sigh of relief. Alright, its great if it would not have much of an impact in the short term. He had high hopes for Fish-Catching Take-Out. Please dont let anything happen to it. Pei Qian felt much better after hearing from Rui Yuchen that it would take several months at least to turn the losses into profits even in the best case. He could then concentrate on other areas that needed worrying about: the Deposit Fitness for example The impact of this comprehensive review was too great after all. It basically included all the other Tengda departments still in the red. Fortunately, the Sloth Apartments was a very low-key project. There was no publicity so it temporarily managed to scrape through. I understand, keep the status quo then! Rui Yuchen was filled with rigor once again after he watched Boss Pei leave. It seemed like Boss Pei did attach great importance to Fish-Catching Take-Out! Boss Pei might be busy with work, but he personally came to No. 1 store to inquire about what was currently happening. The most important was that he actually received an important recommendation from Quanmin Reviews. That was very helpful for the long-term planning of Fish-Catching Take-Out! Rui Yuchen integrated the previously collated improvement plans and handed them to the back kitchen so that they could make a new menu based on it. He was just about to rest for a while when he raised his head and saw someone he knew. Brother Lin? Youre a little late; Boss Pei just left. Rui Yuchen got Lin Canrong to sit down. Lin Canrong visibly felt a little strange. Boss Pei was here? What a pity then. I wanted to thank him in person and also to tell him my new insights. Rui Yuchen: Then it should be alright. Boss Rui is not someone who would care about such small details. What do you want to thank Boss Pei for? Of course, it is to thank Boss Pei for telling me to find my true position in the F&B industry! Lin Canrong replied seriously. Rui Yuchen was taken aback. Hmm? What do you mean? Lin Canrong took a sip from his drink before asking. You should know about foreign food bloggers, right? Rui Yuchen nodded. Yes, I heard of them. Lin Canrong had discussed with Rui Yuchen about Boss Peis true intentions for not allowing Ming Yun Private Kitchen to open branches. That was because the rare resource of such a high-end restaurant lied in its chef. Ming Yun Private Kitchens chefs were poached from all over the country at a high price. Such talents could not be mass-produced. Therefore, it was impossible to guarantee the quality from the branches. Lin Canrong invested all of his money into employee training and really reaped rewards after he understood this point. However, it was obvious that Lin Canrong now had new insights. Previously, I naively thought that Boss Peis thinking was only until this step, but I now understood that the naive one was me! I originally thought that Ming Yun Private Kitchen would only increase its foreign guests and increase a bit of popularity if it was recommended by well-known foreign food bloggers. However, Im deeply inspired now, seeing the methodology with Quanmin Reviews! Turning word-of-mouth into popularity then into traffic before transforming it into benefits in other areas! The premise of all these was so that Ming Yun Private Kitchen could provide customers with the best taste and into a high-end F&B brand by the public! Rui Yuchen nodded. Yes, thats the case, and then? Lin Canrong smiled slightly. Boss Wang has shown us the correct solution to Boss Peis thinking. The next step is of course to copy homework! Let us go back to that very first question and think carefully. Why would Boss Pei continue to invest here if he knows that Ming Yun Private Kitchen cannot make much more money? It is obviously for a higher reputation to be exchanged for more popularity and more profit Obviously, Boss Pei had long thought of using reputation to exchange for popularity for other areas to obtain more revenue. However, Boss Wang of Quanmin Reviews guessed it before us! In fact, thinking carefully about it, it should be a surprise because if you think about the routine of Boss Pei, it seemed to be prepared for us! Now I understand, the branch I was struggling with previously had always been there. Isnt that just Fish-Catching Take-Out? Rui Yuchen was taken aback. Brother Lin, you mean Lin Canrong smiled slightly. The number of great chefs is limited. You wouldnt be able to find such good chefs; neither would you be able to use top-grade ingredients. What difference does that have with Fish-Catching Take-Out? We are both F&B even though we are from different departments. Wouldnt it meet Boss Peis expectations if we can use the reputation of Ming Yun Private Kitchen, which is the nameless restaurant, and translate a part of it to become a cheaper version in Fish-Catching Take-Out? Chapter 546 - I Predicted Boss Pei’s Next Step! Lin Canrong obviously improved his thinking. At first, he felt that there was no need to be jealous of each other since Ming Yun Private Kitchen and Fish-Catching Take-Out were taking two completely different routes. He felt that Ming Yun Private Kitchen and Fish-Catching Take-Out could share the Gourmet Laboratory resources. Moreover, he only understood Boss Peis true meaning now that was to let the two F&B departments work together without any distinction between them! Lin Canrong could not help but sigh. His previous view was too narrow! No wonder he could feel Boss Pei being unhappy every time he mentioned opening a branch. Obviously, Boss Pei had long hinted that Fish-Catching Take-Out was a cheaper alternative to Ming Yun Private Kitchen; why bother giving up something already in ones hands? Create a cheap alternative to the nameless restaurant? Rui Yuchens expression was obviously dazed. He obviously had not considered this aspect before. Rui Yuchen frowned after thinking about it for a while. Brother Lin, this thinking probably would not work, right? The positioning of Ming Yun Private Kitchen and Fish-Catching Take-Out are too different. Can it really work if they are forced to work together? Would it be possible that, in the end, Fish-Catching Take-Out fails to make it and then drags the reputation of Ming Yun Private Kitchen down, resulting in the double-loss? Most people feel that takeaways are synonymous with junk. Rui Yuchens concerns were obviously not without reason. Brands were a very imaginary thing. It often depended on how people were associated with them. A high-end brand could vanish in an instant if it were to make a mistake. For example, an international first-liner luxury brand suddenly found a star that was not famous to endorse their brand. Their brand image would be destroyed immediately. The reputation of the nameless restaurant was not something established overnight. Food delivery might have been developing rapidly recently, but most people would link them as cheap, unhealthy, etc. The positioning of Fish-Catching Take-Out was obviously higher than the other takeaways, but for people who did not know, they would still subconsciously confuse Fish-Catching Take-Out with other takeaways. Wouldnt it become a huge loss if the nameless restaurant forcefully endorsed Fish-Catching Take-Out but could not bring its name up? It was even possible to bring it down with it! Lin Canrong nodded. I know, of course, there are such risks. However, these can be man-made. We can consider it by looking from three aspects. First, we have to tell all consumers frankly that it is impossible for them to enjoy food at the same level as the nameless restaurant if they were to buy Fish-Catching Take-Out. We can only guarantee that it is a cheaper version of the nameless restaurant and not let them have high expectations about it. Secondly, we must strictly control the content of the food. Not all dishes from Ming Yun Private Kitchen are suitable for Fish-Catching Take-Out. Some dishes are delicious because the ingredients are good. It isnt as simple as just changing to another ingredient. Some dishes require extremely complicated and cumbersome processes. It would take several hours to prepare, which is extremely difficult for ordinary chefs to achieve. We must demonstrate that the dishes of Ming Yun Private Kitchen can be used for takeaway. The chefs had to be cautious about retaining the deliciousness of the food under the condition of limited ingredients and chefs. Finally, we have to start from zero, to let people know this brand from scratch, to break free from their original concept of Fish-Catching Take-Out. Many people will mistakenly think that Fish-Catching Take-Out is the same as other ordinary takeaways, but a little more expensive and a little healthier. This thinking is very difficult to reverse; we cannot insist on it. Well create a new high-end brand on top of Fish-Catching Take-Out and separate the concept of ordinary takeaways when we promote it to make a difference in all aspects. Rui Yuchen nodded frequently. It seemed like Lin Canrong had indeed thought of the risks in this area and made plans in advance. The first two points were very clear. As for the third point what should I do to create a new high-end brand? Rui Yuchen asked. Lin Canrong sorted out his thoughts. This reasoning is very simple. Its just like a car, building a luxury series above the mass market series. Luxury cars do not make a lot of money; they are purely to bring sales. Fish-Catching Take-Out is a popular brand name that has more affinity with the mass, but it is not high-end enough. I thought of a name: Food Harmony[1]. Rui Yuchen: Food Box[2]? The lunch box that was used for delivery in ancient times? Lin Canrong shook his head. It is this meaning, but the word has to be changed. The last word is as in harmony. Actually, if you want to establish a high-end takeaway brand in China, the best way is to associate this brand with some traditional elements. Actually, takeaways have existed since ancient times. They used to use them for delicacies when visiting friends, participating in poetry or literary clubs. In other words, the food box has a long history and is full of traditional and cultural connotations. Many food boxes are even regarded as exquisite works of art which were thought of to be high-end naturally. My thinking for the name Food Harmony is, on the one hand, it would remind the customers of ancient food boxes. On the other hand, separating these two words would add cultural value to them. Food is the most important to people; gentlemen seek harmony, not uniformity. The original pictographic meaning of the word harmony[3] is to eat. Moreover, ancient food boxes are basically made of urban bamboo and wood. They are all taken from nature and passed on from generation to generation, revealing a concept of harmonious coexistence between man and nature. This coincides with the idea of Fish-Catching Take-Out. The characteristics of Fish-Catching Take-Out are that the food is healthy, the utensils are all recyclable. That also had invisible harmonious thoughts. If this thought were to be extended and raised, would that not be the meaning that Food Harmony wants to portray? Rui Yuchen nodded. Indeed, we must also work hard on the packaging, right? The food should at least be delivered in special custom-made food boxes in Food Harmony, which would be clearly distinguished from other takeaways. Lin Canrong nodded. Youll be in charge of this. Ill go back to think about which dishes are suitable for Food Harmonys menu seriously. We cannot make haste with this matter; we have to discuss it from the long-term! Many details were quickly finalized between the two in the short meet-up. June 10th, Friday Xiao Peng let out a long sigh. It is done! Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 3.0 and the new chassis of ROF Computer-Installation all perfectly meet Boss Peis requirements! The first store of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 3.0 was still opened in Jingzhou, in a shopping mall near Handong University. Xiao Peng decided on this site after taking Boss Peis requirements into consideration. Boss Pei said that Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 3.0 should only be opened in Jingzhou and a place with lower economic power than Jingzhou. At the same time, there must be fewer seats, more space, more expenses involved, and in a better location. To put it bluntly, that was to only open them in big shopping malls of second- and third-tier cities. Xiao Peng considered it for a while and finally chose a shopping mall near Handong University. It might overlap with Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 1.0, but the model for 3.0 was more suitable for young people and those with strong spending power. Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 3.0 did not have many seats so there was no problem with this location. Whats more, it was relatively close to Tengdas headquarters. Xiao Peng often participated in the activities in these two Internet cafes. The chances of meeting Boss Pei were greater; that was very important. Xiao Peng was now very satisfied with the completed Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 3.0. I should find someone to take a look to give me some feedback. Who should I get? Boss Pei? No, it is a little too abrupt, not to mention that Boss Pei is always very busy and may not have time. Ill get Boss Zhang to take a look. Xiao Peng felt that Zhang Yuan seemed to be the most suitable candidate because Zhang Yuan was the person in charge of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe previously. He was still passionate about the internet cafe and was rather knowledgeable. He would be able to give him some evaluation and feasible suggestions. He was now in charge of the DGE Esports Club which should not be too busy. He should have some time to spare. Xiao Peng gave Zhang Yuan a call, and as expected, Zhang Yuan agreed immediately. He would be there in a short while, coming from Ming Yun Villas. Xiao Peng sat down decisively and started one round of GOG. Zhang Yuan came to the place according to the positioning sent by Xiao Peng. He came to the fourth floor of the shopping mall and found the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe that had just been renovated. Zhang Yuan was attracted by the signage of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe from afar. A small line live museum for esports was below Fish-Catching Internet Cafe! This time, not only was the interior of the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe renovated, but the exterior of the shop was done up as well. It created a cool gaming style that gamers liked. The deep black and various colorful outlines a youthful temperament. The outer wall had even been transformed into a huge display screen. The interior was basically decorated into an esports theme. The use of painted glass, mirror floor tiles and mirror stainless steel, principles of light reflection, and refraction and diffusion of reflection were used to create a sense of future and technology. The seat spacing was even sparser than in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 2.0, but it had very clear divisions. First, as soon as someone entered the door, they would be able to see the soundproof room divided into red and blue squares in the distance. The tabletop was obviously higher which should be a special competition battle zone. There was also a foldable projection screen above. In front of the two soundproof rooms, there was a relatively dispersed battle area. All of which were irregular pentagonal computer tables, and every table could sit exactly five. The arrangement of these tables was staggered, neither rigid nor relaxed. When compared to traditional row-by-row mode this distribution seemed a bit theatrical for a party or cross-talk shows. The edge of the computer desk was recessed inwards into an arc, ensuring that everyone could turn and observe the large screen at will. This structure also ensured that there was enough space for hand movements for the right-hand mouse. The space behind each display screen could be used for placing drinks or snacks. In the depths of the internet cafe, a few separate cubicles were in a row of five. They were scattered and rising constantly, creating a sense of step. The highest five consecutive seats were the most glamorous, and they were in an inverted V-shape. The position on the tip was like sitting on the throne overlooking all beings. Zhang Yuan was shocked. He heard that Xiao Peng was preparing for Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 3.0, but he had never seen the designs; neither did he see the renovation process. It was the first time he was here today. There was only a feeling that was that Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 3.0 was much better than 2.0! Xiao Peng hurriedly stood up from the random cubicle he was playing in when he saw Zhang Yuan. What do you think of it, Boss Zhang? Xiao Peng asked, rather proudly. Zhang Yuan asked in disbelief. Is this plan from Boss Pei? Xiao Peng shook his head. No, Boss Pei did not ask too much. He only gave me a general direction. The entire plan was thought of by myself. However, the reason why I could think of this plan is that I predicted Boss Peis next step in advance! Zhang Yuan was taken aback. Predicted Boss Peis next step? What next step? Ive integrated the competitive relationship between DGE Esports Club, GOG, and IOI with the general direction given by Boss Pei. His next goal is definitely esports! Therefore, I decided to make Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 3.0 into a live museum for esports! [1] The characters used are pronounced as Shi He in Mandarin [2] The characters used here are pronounced as Shi He as well, similar to the phrase above. [3] This refers to the second character in footnote 1 here Chapter 547 - Fish-Catching Internet Cafe was Ahead of Boss Pei Zhang Yuan was shocked. Until now, he had not even thought about trying to predict Boss Peis direction. Everyone had been trying hard to figure out Boss Peis deeper intentions and what he would do in the future. It seemed more than what most people were capable of. Are you confident? Zhang Yuan asked. After some consideration, Xiao Peng said, Of course, Im not a hundred percent confident, but I feel at least seventy percent confident. Boss Pei did not give us any clear instructions for Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 3.0, but there are clues for us to follow in Boss Peis other businesses. There are traces of his behavior in GOG and IOI. GOG is DGE Esports Clubs main event. If we combine both of these two clues together, it means that Boss Pei has a plan for the esports industry. In the near future, some of his businesses might be related to it! Whats more, at this critical juncture, Boss Pei wants us to set up a Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 3.0. Although he didnt give us any specific requests, the internet cafe would definitely organize a combined event with the Esports Club in the future so that both can succeed together! Fish-Catching Internet Cafe would provide space for esports, and esports would bring attention to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. The first stage of the competition between GOG and IOI has come to an end. Both are updating their content like crazy, and GOG is not at a disadvantage. The fact that Boss Pei wanted to create a dog-eat-dog competition means that the battle would not end just like that. After this, the real fight will begin. Theyve already gotten to this stage, and there are only two things that they could do now: burn money to attract large groups of gamers by running publicity offline in internet cafes and online through live streamers, or organize an esports competition. However, it would need enough gamers to organize an esports competition. That was because gamers needed to understand the game to understand the competition. On the whole, I think Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 3.0 should be like a living museum for esports! Zhang Yuan could not help but nod. Yes, that makes sense! However, strictly speaking, this isnt a judgment call on our part. Its all a part of Boss Peis plan. Xiao Peng nodded. Yes, I know. No one can think further ahead than Boss Pei. That goes without saying. I mean Boss Pei has only taken the first step out of the entire plan. Although he has already planned the next few steps, he has not revealed them to us. I guess that Boss Pei has not taken the second step. Thats why I think Fish-Catching Internet Cafe should be made into a live museum for esports and be open before Boss Pei takes that second step in his plan! Convinced and cheerful, Zhang Yuan nodded profusely and yelled, Awesome! Xiao Peng led Zhang Yuan in. Come, Boss Zhang. Let me show you Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 3.0. Im thinking of turning this place into the land for professional gamers. For ordinary gamers, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 2.0 is good enough to satisfy their desires to play games together. Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 3.0 should obviously cater to the more hardcore players. For example, some people love GOG so much that they formed a competition team. Apart from playing individually and in pairs, they also need to compete with other teams of the same standard as them to practice before the competition. To them, this is a very important hobby. Its just like square dancing was to many uncles and aunties. Fish-Catching 3.0 would be perfect to fill up that gap! Come, Boss Zhang. Let me show you the whole set-up for the internet cafe. The seats in the internet cafe would be in groups of five. That is the maximum number of members in each team, and that would allow five friends to play together at the same time. Free-seating would be allowed in the hall, but as much as possible, we should allow people to sit in groups of five if they want to. Well also organize regular competitions. Then, the entire hall would become a stage for the competition, and all participants would have to form groups of five. Only those who are shortlisted by us would qualify to enter other areas. Those rooms by the side are individual training rooms. Only members who are ranked among the top few in the internet cafe would be allowed to use them. Moreover, they would only be allowed to use the rooms if all members of their team are here. Otherwise, they would have to wait in the lobby. The highest and innermost seats in the internet cafe would be left for the exclusive use of the strongest team. The team leader can sit at the highest seat, and he would represent the upper limit of the members in our internet cafe. Everyone else is to worship him. In addition, theres a battle room in the center of the hall with a projector and a big screen outside. Those are meant for the competitions. The regular competitions in the internet cafe would be live-streamed on the projector screen, so that everyone in the hall and outside the internet cafe would be able to watch. Participants would also enjoy the treatment and attention that esports celebrities get! Of course, this is a watered-down version. However, to be able to enjoy the attention and cheers from everyone else inside and outside the internet cafe would be worth being proud of! Zhang Yuan could not help but nod in agreement. He tried hard to imagine himself entering the individual training room as the competition was streamed by the projector onto the huge screen outside. It would be an exciting experience for sure. Zhang Yuan could not help but exclaim, Thats genius! Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 3.0 would be able to pick out the most hardcore gamers from Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 2.0. Then, through the regular competitions, players would be able to fight to emerge among the top few. They might even become the champion team of the internet cafe and earn the admiration of many. That way, we would be able to build an esports competition culture. Once the network is built, gamers would no longer view this place as merely somewhere to surf the net and play games. Instead, it would be a community The only thing thats lacking is that ordinary gamers would be reduced to being an audience now. One did not have to try too hard to figure out that only true hardcore gamers would like this place. Under ordinary circumstances, everyone would be viewed as an equal competitor. However, over here, ordinary gamers would be seen as a part of the public. This might be a huge blow for them. Xiao Peng smiled. Boss Zhang, I thought about that as well, and so I made the necessary arrangements. So you see the new ROF system units? Zhang Yuan looked at the computers on all seats. Yes, there seem to be more lights now, and they look fancier. There are lights on the front, the side, the back, and the top! All of these lights support RGB programming. In other words, you can program it such that there would be special lighting effects for each command. Thus, I asked Min Jingchao and the others to create a little function for me. GOGs program would send signals to the programmable RGB lights, causing special lighting effects based on the pre-assigned settings! For now, this is my plan: there would be unique lighting effects for the first kill, double kills, multiple kills, kill streaks, becoming legendary, increasing in rank, and the like. Any player that achieves any of the above would see the corresponding lighting effect on the system unit! That way, one would just have to look at the special lighting effects on the system unit to figure out if he got the first kill, became legendary in the game entered the Great Master or King tier In other words, even if you are an ordinary player whose team cannot compete against most of the other professionals in the internet cafe, as long as you play here and do something impressive; others would notice. An experience like that cannot be replicated elsewhere! Zhang Yuan gasped in amazement. Amazing. I didnt know that RGB could do that. But why have you only done it for GOG and not IOI? Xiao Peng shrugged helplessly. I approached Shang Yang Games, but they need Finger Games approval to make any changes to the games program. Itll be more troublesome, Whats more, I dont think its necessary. Boss Pei obviously just wants IOI to push GOG further. Zhang Yuan was stunned. Really? Xiao Peng nodded. Of course. Otherwise, why would Boss Pei set up an Esports Club for GOG and not for IOI? Obviously, he thinks more highly of GOG. Since IOI is destined to be a cannon fodder and has a smaller market share in the local gaming industry, it would make more sense to focus on GOGs gamers. After some consideration, Zhang Yuan said, Hmm, that seems logical. When do you plan to open the internet cafe? Xiao Peng: Next Wednesday. I still have to tie up some loose ends. Zhang Yuan nodded. Alright, once you open for business, Ill bring the few young fellows from DGE Esports Club here. They can play an exhibition game for the best of five and attract some customers for you! Xiao Peng was elated. Thats great! Theyre all King-tier competitors; itll be exciting to watch! At that moment Mr. Liang, coffee. The Management Trainee of Sloth Apartments set a cup of coffee in front of Liang Qingfan. Liang Qingfan muttered a thanks and then continued working on the design without looking up. A few days ago, Liang Qingfan had officially joined Tengda Corporation and become the man in charge of Sloth Apartments. Pei Qian also successfully arranged for this junior, with a degree in Architecture, to become the Management Trainee. He was to assist Liang Qingfan and gather updates for Boss Pei. Hu Im finally almost done. Liang Qingfan heaved a sigh of relief. After working hard for over a week, Liang Qingfan was almost done with his plans to modify the three buildings. He was quite happy with what he had achieved thus far. He revised his plans again and again, feeling increasingly proud of himself. I can make even such odd-looking apartments look so perfect! Im a genius! This seemed to validate what Boss Pei had said: only such difficult and odd-looking apartments could reveal a designers true standards! Liang Qingfan was even beginning to think that it would be a waste not to publicize his beautiful plans and designs. Should I take a couple of photographs? No, that would be too simple. I should video-record the entire thing. I would probably grab a lot of peoples attention if I put such a design online, right? Yes, I should get a professional camera crew. Tengda Corporations Fei Huang Workspace seems professional enough, right? The more Liang Qingfan thought about it, the more fitting it seemed. In any case, they were all under Tengda Corporation. It should be easy to set something up, right? The cost wouldnt be a problem. It was all Boss Peis money after all. The most important thing was that he would be able to trust an insider to do a good job of filming the apartments. However, Liang Qingfan had no way of contacting Fei Huang Workspace, and it didnt seem appropriate to bother Boss Pei over something so minor. Fortunately, he had a Management Trainee with him. Do you know anyone from Fei Huang Workspace? Liang Qingfan asked him. The Management Trainee: Er He hesitated because he only knew Fei Huang Workspaces Management Trainee. Yet, they were meant to be undercover. Should he admit that he knew someone or not? He considered it for a moment. It did not seem right to admit it or to deny it. If he admitted it, he would expose his own identity. If he denied it, he might delay Mr. Liangs work. After further consideration, the Management Trainee decided not to answer the question head-on. I think Fei Huang Workspaces employees are still on holiday. Holiday? The entire department is on holiday? Liang Qingfan looked suspicious. The Management Trainee nodded. Thats right. Its a special arrangement within Tengda Corporation, due to Fei Huang Workspaces outstanding contributions The Management Trainee explained the entire situation to Liang Qingfan. Then, Liang Qingfan nodded. Oh What a pity. He would not be able to engage Fei Huang Workspaces help because they were not even working It was Friday today, and it was almost time to leave work. It looked like he had no choice but to look for a professional film-maker tomorrow to film the apartments. Chapter 548 - 8 Congratulations, You’re Beginning to Think like Boss Pei Chapter 548 Congratulations, Youre Beginning to Think like Boss Pei June 13th, Monday At Tengda Games Not long after he started work, Min Jingchao went looking for Li Yada and Bao Xu in a hurry. Big Sister Li, Brother Bao, somethings wrong! Shang Yang Games has a new trick! They seemed to have entered into agreements with multiple internet cafes on behalf of IOIs local server. Anyone who plays IOI at those internet cafes for a certain period would get discounts on their per-hour rates! Whats more, it looks like many famous gaming UP Masters have been publishing content about IOI: introduction of new heroes, tutorials for the game, and the like. The game is being publicized on multiple well-known gaming websites as well. It looks like theyre giving out cash, just like us! Li Yada was stunned. As she ran a search on her own computer, she said, Dont panic. When did you say this started? Min Jingchao pondered for a moment and said, Things started looking very different from last Saturday. Bao Xu, who had been silent the entire time, said, They worked overtime over the weekend; can we report them to Boss Pei? Can he make them take two days off by force? Min Jingchao paused, and then his eyes lit up. Eh? Thats right. If Boss Pei forces them to take two days off, we will be able to catch up with them, wont we? Li Yada shook her head. I dont think so. Shang Yang Games would not make low-class mistakes like that, which would be so easy for us to catch. They probably put all of those things in place last Friday and took a break over the weekend as per normal. On the other hand, the UP Masters and internet cafes were free to implement those new measures over the weekend. That allowed them to time their moves perfectly and get a headstart without breaking the companys regulations. Min Jingchao: indeed, our greatest enemies are our own people. Thats right. Apart from others working in the same company, who else would think of getting a head start by taking advantage of their regulated breaks over the weekend? Apart from Brother Bao, who else would think about catching up to the opponents by reporting them for working overtime? One had to admit that, under Tengdas regulations, the competition between both departments had become so confusing Li Yada continued speaking. Based on common sense, they probably put this plan into place before they ended work on Friday. Now, they must be reaching out to many more internet cafes and UP Masters to gain a fuller advantage. Whats more from what I just found out, theyre going after the huge chain stores. That means theyre using the most efficient method: partnering with large chain internet cafes and giving them generous benefits. As a result of that, the higher management of all those franchises would insist that their branches marketed IOI. After all, the more they marketed the game, the more benefits they would get! Although only one weekend has passed, were already very behind in the competition. Min Jingchaos expression hardened. He had only just found out about this, too. Hearing Li Yada analyze the situation like that made the problem sound more serious than he had imagined. Well What should we do? Min Jingchao asked. Li Yada considered for a moment. Dont panic. What did Boss Pei teach us? Dont keep thinking about working overtime and using time or manpower to solve any problem that we run into. Just as Boss Pei always says, there must be a better solution! Min Jingchao nodded and listened intently. To him who had much less experience, this was an uphill battle. However, to Li Yada who had seen many ups and downs in her career, any problem could be solved by tapping into Boss Peis unlimited wisdom. Li Yada pondered for some time and then started speaking methodically. First, money problems can only be solved using money. Tengda has gotten this far because it has not been afraid to spend money. There is now a really hot battle in the publicity field. Since our opponents are burning money, we have no choice but to follow suit. Set aside all the funds that we can afford to use! We have to compete with them and see who can burn more money! We can buy all the internet cafes, UP Masters, and websites back! If this is purely about money, we would have no choice but to use fifty percent of our profits. Tengda Games earns more profits than Shang Yang Games; we dont have to worry about funding at all. The quiet Bao Xu spoke again. Shang Yang Games cannot be that stupid. They probably know that they cannot afford to spend as much as we can. Perhaps they have a back-up plan. Min Jingchao was stunned. A back-up plan? What other back-up plan could they have? Could they keep asking Boss Pei for more money? Bao Xu said, Thats a very real possibility. What if Boss Pei wants to maintain the dog-eat-dog competition to the end? He wouldnt want us to defeat IOI so quickly, and so he would definitely offer them more support. Shocked, Min Jingchao realized that it was indeed a very real possibility. Li Yada nodded. That was my second point. To make sure that we dont lose everything, we have to work on other aspects as well. We cannot mindlessly burn money. To simplify the marketing competition, we are now fighting for marketing resources. Whoever wins the most marketing resources would get the upper hand. Burning money is just one way to fight for marketing resources. On top of that, we can use other methods. For example We could tell stories to those people. Perplexed, Min Jingchao asked, Stories? What stories? Li Yada explained, Actually, its as if we are in the investment industry. If we want investors to pay attention to us, we have to either show them the actual product and profits or depend on our powerful story-telling skills to make the investors believe in our potential. Similarly, to win the internet cafes and UP Masters over, on top of using money; we could tell them stories to help them better understand GOG and its potential. Once they believe our stories and are bought over by our long-term prospectseven if Shang Yang Games increases their prices in the short-term, they would not jump ship! If we are able to achieve that, the future that we promise them would become reality. It would be a self-fulfilling prophecy. A realization dawned on Min Jingchao. I understand! As long as we convince people that GOG would win in the end, they would believe that marketing GOG now would bring them greater benefits in the future. Since we dont have enough to offer them in the short-term, we can only write them a blank check by offering them future benefits. Then, they would be tempted to stand on our side! Ill send someone to contact those internet cafe franchises and UP Masters now Li Yada raised her hand. Dont rush. Learn from Boss Pei and do things slowly. Weve already gotten the answer to our problem, and so we should not rush to resolve it. Instead, we should think about whether there is a better way to go about it or not. How do you think Boss Pei has been strategizing all this while? The key is to think as much as you can. This plan has obviously not been perfected yet. Min Jingchao continued to listen intently. Li Yada continued speaking. Were you intending to expend all of your effort trying to convince them one by one? Theyve already gotten paid by Shang Yang Games. If you try to convince them now, how much would you have to do? In the time that you take to convince one of them, Shang Yang Games might have moved on to three more. Are you a turtle trying to race against the hare? You need to learn how to find the critical point: the leader of the pack. Focus all of your energy on the leaders of the pack before working on the others. Then, things would go smoothly. Min Jingchao: The leaders of the pack? Li Yada nodded. Who is the leader of internet cafes? Min Jingchao frowned as he pondered hard. Its hard to tell from how the market is split, but GOG and IOI are both depending on Tengda Corporation as their stronghold. Obviously, this is an internal battle within Tengda. That means Tengdas true intentions are the most important. Thats Fish-Catching Internet Cafe! Fish-Catching Internet Cafes attitude is representative of Tengdas true attitude. Once Fish-Catching Internet Cafe leans towards GOG, the other franchises would be affected as well! Li Yada smiled. Congratulations, youre beginning to think like Boss Pei. Make cautious assumptions and boldly seek verification. Fish-Catching Internet Cafe is likely the only resolution method that Boss Pei is leaving for us. Min Jingchao nodded. Alright, Ill go and look for Xiao Peng now! Li Yada raised her hand to stop him again. Youre the person-in-charge. You have to remain in the office to keep an eye on the big picture. Brother Bao, I think we need you to make the trip. Bao Xu nodded silently. Obviously, he understood everything that Li Yada had analyzed. Although Min Jingchao was in charge of GOG, he did not have enough say yet. Only the words of a veteran employee of Tengda Games would carry enough weight. Where should I look for him? Bao Xu asked. Min Jingchao searched his cell phone. I think hes been busy with Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 3.0 these days. Ill send the address to you. Thats right! Xiao Peng approached me before this, asking me to create a mini-program that would control the system units RGB lighting so that it would reflect GOGs game data. This may be used as some kind of bargaining chip. You can consider it, Brother Bao. At Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 3.0 At that moment, Xiao Pengs head was hurting. He had just boasted to Zhang Yuan last Friday. He had used all kinds of flowery language to say that he had predicted Boss Peis next move and had shut Zhang Yuan up. Now, everything was going wrong! On Friday, Shang Yang Games had approached him with a very generous offer. They wanted Fish-Catching Internet Cafe to work together with IOIs local server. In exchange, all gamers in the internet cafe would be allowed to use a portion of the skins for free, enjoy discounted per-hour charges after playing the game for a certain period, and so on. Xiao Peng had not replied immediately. Instead, he had said he would consider the offer for a couple of days and reply to them on Monday. That was because all of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 3.0 had been designed for GOG! Take the RGB lights on the computers for example. They would only display cool effects when gamers were playing GOG. If the internet cafe ended up recommending IOI and IOI gamers became the majority, all the lights would be wasted, right? Whats more, he had already told Zhang Yuan that he had intentions to invite GOGs gamers to play an exhibition game. If he recommended IOI, what would become of the GOG exhibition game? Of course, he could recommend both games. However, Xiao Peng was now confused about how Boss Pei viewed all of this. Whose side was Boss Pei on? Boss Pei was very magnanimous. Even if he stood on the wrong team, he would not have to worry about the deck being stacked against him. However, if he stood on the wrong team and affected Boss Peis long-term plan, he would be committing a grievous sin. Thus, Xiao Pengs head was hurting. At that moment, he was at a loss as to what to do. It was then that his cell phone vibrated. When he saw the message from Min Jingchao, his eyes lit up. Hes finally here! The person who could represent Tengda Games and understand Boss Peis true intentions was finally here! Chapter 549 - Bao Xu, the Lobbyist Chapter 549 Bao Xu, the Lobbyist Brother Bao! Boss Xiao, hello, hello! Bao Xu and Xiao Peng shook hands warmly, as though it was a triumphant meeting. Bao Xus eyes were instantly attracted by the layout of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 3.0. Was was this heaven? No matter whether it was the decorations, furniture, furnishings everything in this internet cafe was simply made for esports! For a moment, Bao Xu almost wanted to apply for a transfer. Is this Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 3.0? Its awesome! Bao Xu was filled with praises for this new version of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. Xiao Peng sighed softly. I thought it was perfect in all aspects originally, but nes Brother Bao, to be honest, Shang Yang Games had already approached me last Friday He spoke about his confusion in a few words. To put it bluntly, all the configurations of the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 3.0 were done after predicting that Boss Pei would push GOG and give up on IOI. The question now was not whether to push GOG or IOI, but to stand on the right team. Brother Bao, I know that you have been working with Boss Pei for a longer period than Boss Zhang. Can you help me to analyze Boss Peis thoughts on this? Why did the people on IOI come on Friday, and yet you are late for three entire days?. Bao Xu basically figured out the situation through the conversation with Xiao Peng. Obviously, the advantage was still with GOG, but the key would be how to use it. Xiao Peng was struggling because IOI came to him first and gave him the illusion that Boss Pei was secretly supporting IOI. The key here was to break this illusion! Bao Xu pondered for a moment. First of all, I want to correct something. We dont work during weekends so we are only one day behind Shang Yang Games. However, your worries are very reasonable. IOI took the first step, indeed with instructions from Boss Pei. Xiao Peng did not expect Bao Xu to be so open with him so he was a little shocked. Then Bao Xu smiled. Wait for me to finish. Boss Peis attitude towards GOG and IOI has not changed. It is a tactic of his. Boss Pei firmly believes that competition is everywhere. Flowers in a greenhouse will never be able to survive. They can only have the last laugh after surviving the cruelest of competitions. IOI was beaten by GOG to its knees. Boss Pei had to tilt his resources slightly so that they could catch their breath. This is a rather normal and reasonable move. Xiao Peng nodded. It might not have answered his question, but such open and honest communication allowed him to have more trust in Bao Xu. It would have appeared too fake if Bao Xu were to say that Boss Pei was definitely on GOGs side. Bao Xu continued. But, think about it, what is the greatest help Boss Pei can give to a department? Is it money? Of course not! Boss Pei treats the departments equally, no matter whether they are loss-making or profit-making. Boss Pei had been throwing in money no matter which it belonged to. The best thing that Boss Pei can do for a department is to give guidance for the future! There is no need to mention which one of us, GOG and IOI, is in Boss Peis view for the future, right? Xiao Pengs eyes widened slightly, showing a dazed expression. Thats it! Im really baffled, being on the spot. Actually, I did realize this previously. DGE Esports Club is all GOG projects; there is no IOI in sight. This means that Boss Pei must have a place for GOG in his future! Its just that Shang Yang Games came and promised that they obtained more resources from Boss Pei and obtained the support of Boss Pei, it sounded really believable That was why I questioned my judgment. Bao Xu laughed. Its inevitable that such speech is used in the competitive business setting. This is normal since all is fair in business. Moreover, strictly speaking, they did not lie either. It is normal for Boss Pei to create rivalry and to give them more resources. But that did not represent Boss Peis true thoughts; neither did that mean that Boss Pei was going to give up on GOG and fully promote IOI. Shang Yang Games was just trying to use chicken feathers as arrows and deliberately exaggerated Boss Peis intentions. Xiao Peng nodded and said with a firmer tone, Understood! Everything makes sense this way. Then What should the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe do now? Didnt you get Min Jingchao to make a special small program previously? To use the data in GOG to control the computer lighting? Bao Xu said after a while. Xiao Peng nodded. Yes, it is actually prepared specially for Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 3.0. Bao Xu replied, Good then. It is impossible for Boss Pei to implement his tactic if he were to choose a side. I feel that we can do this: let GOG and IOI fight freely in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 1.0 and 2.0; let IOI burn money if they want to burn money. Well match them where possible. GOG would be the focus on Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 3.0. There is a far-fetched but passable reason; the lighting of the system units cannot be done in vain. In that case, it will not cause disharmony, which will also fit Boss Peis scenario. Xiao Peng nodded. Alright, I understand! At Tengda Games Min Jingchao was anxiously waiting for Bao Xus message. I got it done. Xiao Peng will send you the information about Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 3.0 later. Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 3.0 will be officially open in a few days and will only provide promotions for GOG. You find those chain Internet cafes that are not firm on their positions. As to those who are more stubborn Im not afraid that they wont change their minds when we send them the video of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 3.0 opening! Min Jingchao was delighted. Brother Bao, when will you be back? Bao Xu: Uh probably in the afternoon. I want to stay here to discuss more business stuff with Xiao Peng. Min Jingchao: ?. However, he felt that it was not important after all. Bao Xus mission was done; he had successfully obtained Fish-Catching Internet Cafes support. GOG and IOI might continue to coexist in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 1.0 and 2.0, but the new Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 3.0 has been turned into an esports live museum. This one small shop would be fully oriented to GOG; many things could be done with it. It might just be one small shop, but it had great significance. For example, Min Jingchao could use this to tell the bosses of other chain internet cafes: GOG is a part of the future esports ecosystem in Tengda, not IOI. IOI is coming on aggressively just to put pressure onto GOG as an act of cultivating players and expanding the boundaries of this type of game player Min Jingchao believed that, even if the benefits given by GOG were less than the benefits given by IOI, these would certainly bring long-term benefits for everyones consideration. For example, to those UP Masters, they were both sponsored partnerships. IOI gave more money but did not have an overwhelming advantage. However, making GOG videos might give them more benefits in the future. In the long run, it was obvious that it was better to be on the GOG boat. As for those diehards who did not believe it Just wait for Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 3.0 to open and post the video of everyone playing GOG on site. The diehard fans would definitely change their minds as well! June 14th, Tuesday Pei Qian came to Deposit Fitness at about nine in the morning. He just received news from the Manage Loss Trainee that the application requested by the gym had been completed by Otto Technologies! Pei Qian immediately decided to personally make a trip after checking the development time. There seemed to be something wrong with the timing! There was a department dedicated to software development in Otto Technologies and their development ability was much stronger than the average outsourcing team, but such a simple appointment and registration application actually took nearly two months to develop? Was it because the developers at Otto Technologies felt that this software was rather useless so they deliberately delayed its development, or were there other possibilities? Pei Qian felt that the former was not very possible. Shouldnt they quickly develop it if they felt that this software was rather useless before continuing on to other stuff? There was no reason to drag. If it was the latter then it would become a huge hidden danger! Pei Qian pushed the door open after arriving at the Deposit Fitness. Then, he was shocked. It was actually brought over by Chang You? He saw Chang You sitting on the couch in the lounge area, holding an OTTO E1 cell phone, and making gestures to Guo Licheng as though he was explaining something. Both of them hurriedly stood up, seeing Boss Pei arrive. Boss Pei, why are you here? Guo Licheng was a little surprised. Chang You did not expect to meet Boss Pei by chance here so he nodded in greeting. Pei Qian tried his best to put on a calm expression. Nothing much. I just came on a whim. Why is Vice-President Chang here as well? Chang You smiled. Boss Pei, didnt you want us to develop the software for Deposit Fitness? Its done already! Pei Qian was a little surprised. Vice-President Chang, you came personally even though you are so busy? Chang You waved his hand. Im definitely not as busy as you, Boss Pei. Yet, you come to the gym to inspect. I should at least make a trip myself to tell Boss Guo about the software. We are all sibling departments and should help each other out. Pei Qian did not have much to say. He only settled down on the empty couch next to them. He first glanced at the situation at the gym. It seemed like there were not many people so it should still be safe. Pei Qian relaxed a little and looked at Chang You. So, the application had been completed? Chang You nodded. Its done! Boss Pei, have a look. Pei Qian reached out to take his phone while Chang You explained. Boss Pei, please see; this is the most basic course arrangement, training arrangement functions, etc. This is the smart training plan. Training plans could be made based on the users height, weight, and physical data detected in the gym for the personal trainers reference. This is the user area where you can upload some training, diet tips, or simply some fitness knowledge that could bring changes to your life In addition In the beginning, Pei Qian did not feel anything since they were all basic functions introduced by Guo Licheng. However, it became more and more ridiculous! The more Pei Qian listened, the more question marks he had on his head. Smart training plan arrangement? Special User area? Check-in reminder? Basic movement explanation? Erm What were these?! Pei Qian looked at Guo Licheng in confusion. Are these all your requirements? Could it be that the innocent child you look like also rebelled? Chapter 550 - There will be a Surprise Two Hours Later Chapter 550 There will be a Surprise Two Hours Later Guo Licheng shook his head. No, Boss Pei, I only requested for the most basic features. Pei Qian felt reassured. He then turned to look at Chang You. Chang You, you b*stard, what do you have to say for yourself?! You did not fulfill the needs of others; why were you fooling around! Why would your crime be?! Boss Pei had yet to say anything when Guo Licheng said, I realized that these functions are definitely not needed. However, seeing these functions by Vice-President Chang, I realize that they are essential! Pei Qian turned his head towards Guo Licheng. TIPI I thought you were on my side! Guo Licheng did not notice Boss Peis astonishment at all but continued to speak highly of the software made by Otto Technologies. These functions are so perfect, so useful! For example, this smart training arrangement could greatly reduce the workload of the personal trainers. We only need to make adjustments to each persons physical condition! There is also the check-in reminder. Customers can also use this reminder to avoid a sedentary lifestyle, irregular eating, and other problems when they are not in the gym! The fitness zone is for our clients to share fitness experience, support and help each other out to improve each others confidence in persevering Moreover, the interface of this software is also beautiful, the layout reasonable. It is convenient and smooth to use. It has all the functions that I did not experience previously! So amazing! Vice-President Chang, it is really hard for me to express my gratitude in words! Pei Qian: Seeing Guo Lichengs excited expression, Pei Qian did not know what to say for a while. If Party A-who raised the demand-was so satisfied, then what was there to criticize Chang You for adding on additional functions? Chang You smiled slightly, but he did not fully accept Guo Lichengs gratitude. Boss Guo, Otto Technologies indeed put in a lot of effort into the software development process, and I should gladly accept your gratitude. But I think you should still be grateful to Boss Pei. Guo Licheng was at a loss. Moreover, Pei Qian was still at a bigger loss. Be grateful to me? What was there to be grateful to me for? Chang You explained. If it werent for Boss Peis hint to add some thinking into developing the application and then comprehensively improve on the request, how else could we have thought of so many functions? The specific work was important, but it is more important to direct the work! Guo Licheng showed a sudden expression of realization. He was a little puzzled before and felt that the happiness was a little unreal. In reality, he intended to find an outsourcing team to make a piece of software. Even if the outsourcing team would make the functions the best, they would often make a mess of the application, filled with bugs. After all, the minimum requirement was fulfilled. It was enough to make it and take the money; who would be willing to make it seriously? However, Otto Technologies did not only fulfill the requirement well but also gave him a bunch of additional functions. Not only was the interface and operation very smooth, but it was stable and bug-free. They were obviously carefully crafted! Guo Licheng was originally thinking that, even if it was a sibling department, the profitability would not affect each other so why work so hard? Now, everything was clear. It must be because of Boss Peis hint to Otto Technologies that they would do their best! Why else would Chang You attach so much importance to this and even come all the way here to introduce the functions of the application to me? How could Boss Pei appear in the gym on a whim and ask about this application? However there was still a point of doubt. Why did Boss Pei ask me are these all your requirements? He understood now. It was equivalent to Boss Pei giving Otto Technologies a set of homework and asked me about it when checking his homework. If it was completed by Otto Technologies and Deposit Fitness, then it would mean that Vice-President Chang did not complete his homework independently and that Otto Technologies would be discounted in Boss Peis mind Right now, Otto Technologies had clearly fulfilled Boss Peis requirements perfectly! It was all right now; everything was right now! Guo Licheng hurriedly said, Thank you, Boss Pei! The software is really useful! Boss Pei had been really thoughtful, even thought of it in advance! Pei Qian looked at Guo Licheng blankly and then looked at Chang You again. Are you two scheming together? What did this have to do with me? Why are you all thanking me? Look at the sincere gratitude in Guo Lichengs eyes and looked at Chang Yous meaningful smile the two of them seemed to be waiting for Boss Pei to say something. The corners of Pei Qians mouth twitched slightly. Actually, I did not Guo Licheng and Chang You replied in unison, Understood! Guo Licheng said happily, Then, I will promote this software to all the members! Chang You patted his butt and stood up. Boss Pei, I have something else in the company. I will leave first. Boss Guo, feel free to contact me at any time if you have any questions about the application. Well definitely fix it as soon as possible! Pei Qian: Why arent you two listening to what others are saying?! What was this? Throw the pot onto Boss Pei first so that Boss Pei could not throw the pot onto us? Pei Qian was very speechless. Why did he feel like his employees were all evolving into Ruan Guangjian? Pei Qian fell into confusion, seeing Guo Licheng happily going to the gym members to promote this fitness application. What should he do then?! The app had been made and done very well; I couldnt well stop them from using, right? However, what would happen if he did not stop such a great application and the Deposit Fitness became popular as well? At present, if it is only used by gym users, it would not matter for the time being. After all, there are not many users in the gym, but it would be very bad if it spreads like Top Student, Come Quick! Their immediate task is to quickly prevent them from promoting this software on a large scale. How to stop it? Uh they did not seem to have plans for large-scale promotion. Pei Qian found that his thoughts seemed to have entered a dead end. This application was rich in features, and there was indeed a possibility of catching on fire. However, Otto Technologies only developed the software and did not care about operations. Guo Licheng did not seem to have such brains to help with the software promotion. Just emphasize to Guo Licheng, tell him not to promote this software? No, that would definitely have the opposite effect It was possible that he did not even want to promote, but he might have instead promoted them thinking that Im giving him a hint Pei Qian got into a kink in the resting area on the couch. It seemed like the best way out now was to say nothing and let Guo Licheng not realize that he should take the initiative to promote this software, but treat it as a benefit for the gym membership. Pei Qian decided not to say anything after weighing the pros and cons. The branches of Deposit Fitness were now losing money as they should. He must not mess with it and cause it to accidentally become popular. It would be a huge problem then. Observe for a while before thinking of a solution if he found something wrong. Pei Qian got up to leave. However, it was at this exact moment that his phone shook. It was a message from the Manage Loss Trainee of the DGE Esports Club: Boss Pei, today Boss Zhang and Coach Yaling did not prepare any strength or physical training, but an entire day of mock competition. Coach Yaling said that it was to let the players rest. Eh? Change of training plan? It had never happened before. However, it did not seem that dangerous as well? Coach Yalings fitness plan was to separate the training of each muscle. Legs today, chest tomorrow, etc., so that the muscles of each part could grow fully. It seemed reasonable for them to rest a day or not. As for a day of mock competition it didnt matter. Let them continue; no one was hosting a GOG competition now anyway. Hmm No, even the smallest signs could not be taken lightly! The many lessons of the past had made Pei Qian continue his vigilance when he was about to relax. Ask Boss Zhang unofficially if there are any special event arrangements. The Manage Loss Trainee replied after two minutes: Boss Zhang said that it is a secret for now. He will give me a surprise in two hours. Pei Qian: Two hours? Zhang Yuan, youre great, eh. You dont even dare answer the Secret Services question now! Do I have to announce special powers for the Secret Service then? And what did you mean by there would be a surprise after two hours? What the hell! Pei Qian suddenly panicked, but there was no helping it. The Manage Loss Trainee could not do anything if Zhang Yuan did not say anything in case he was revealed. Pei Qian gave it a thought. He should bring out the mind map immediately now to ensure that the DGE Esports Club would have any links with the other departments! Maybe he could find some clues! Guo Licheng felt warmth in his heart seeing Chang You and Boss Pei leave separately. These two came and left like the wind. They left without saying too much after extending a helping hand. Was this what it felt like to be in a big family? It seemed like Deposit Fitness was like a small sapling, and these already grown departments were like towering trees-sheltering the Deposit Fitness from the wind and rain The prospects of Deposit Fitness suddenly became so much more optimistic with the care of Boss Pei and the help from the other departments. The customers of Deposit Fitness were basically stabilized now. There were more types of fitness meals; fitness became easier to stick to. Anyone who had been with Deposit Fitness had obvious results. Their physical data indicators improved visibly. Customers could now make appointments on their mobile phones with the application, without worrying about having too many people in the gym. It seemed as though there was only one opportunity left to show everyone the magical effects of Deposit Fitness. Guo Licheng was not sure how long the opportunity would last, maybe for a month or two? However, he firmly believed that everything was in Boss Peis plan. The opportunity would definitely come back if he waited patiently! Pei Qian immediately took out his notebook when he was back at Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and checked the departments to which DGE Esports Club might have connections. After intensive investigations, Pei Qian initially locked onto three suspected departments, Tengda Games, Shang Yang Games, and Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. DGE Esports Club did not have an IOI project so Shang Yang Games suspicion is the smallest. Tengda Games is quite possible. no Fish-Catching Internet Cafe seems possible now, but Xiao Peng told me previously that it would only open on Wednesday. Today is only Tuesday? It doesnt coincide with two hours? Yes, I can ask the Manage Loss Trainees of these two departments to see if there is anything worth noting. However, Pei Qians phone received a message when he was considering which department he should ask first. It was from Xiao Peng. Boss Pei! Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 3.0 will officially open today. I wonder if you might have the time to attend the opening ceremony. Pei Qian looked at this message with a question mark floated silently above his head. He hurriedly asked. Isnt today Tuesday? The scheduled time was Wednesday, right? Xiao Peng replied very fast: Yeah, it was originally scheduled for Wednesday. But the preparatory work went smoother than expected, and today seems to be an auspicious day to start the business so I decided to advance to today. Boss Pei, dont worry, everything has been arranged. Well be able to accumulate one more day of popularity if we are to open one day earlier! Pei Qian: Auspicious day? Feudal superstition would kill people! Chapter 551 - Putting Words into My Mouth Right in Front of Me?! By 12.30 PM, Pei Qian had finished eating and arrived at Fish-Catching Internet Cafes Esports Live Museum. All the way, the more he thought about it, the angrier he became. It seems like Xiao Peng wants to be eliminated by the first-place elimination system. In the past, all the heads had caused trouble secretly, and yet he dared to inform me about it! That wasnt even it. He also altered the timing and just informed me two hours in advance! Was he afraid that I would react too quickly, and he would not be able to hit me? Ill make sure you win the Most Outstanding Employee Award the next time so that you can accompany Zhang Yuan! Both of you can spend the rest of your days watching young, internet addicts building muscles! When he arrived at the fourth story of the shopping mall, Pei Qian still hadnt calmed down. It was mainly because he had expended a lot of effort extracting this information from the Management Trainee. After that, he had analyzed a lot based on the report and then immediately found an answer. Yet, Xiao Peng invited him in the end. He felt like an investigator who had cracked a case. Yet, at the final step, the culprit quit the game and turned himself in to the police! Even the audience had dispersed. No one was there to listen to his final hypothesis. Who wouldnt be infuriated?! That was exactly how Pei Qian felt now. However, the moment he walked through the fourth story, his fury turned into shock. Why were there so many people?! Why were there so many people?! There was a crowd on the fourth story. Many staff wearing Fish-Catching Internet Cafes uniforms were maintaining order. The customers with invites were allowed in, but those that had not were only allowed to remain outside. After all, Fish-Catching Internet Cafes capacity was limited. They could not possibly all enter at once. Still, those standing outside did not seem to mind. Instead, they bought snacks, drinks, and ice-cream from adjacent dessert and snacks stores and ate as they chatted. It was like they were waiting for a movie to start. Through the crowd, Xiao Peng spotted Boss Pei. He immediately approached Boss Pei and whispered, Boss Pei! Please, come in. Put this on. Pei Qian: ? Xiao Peng shoved something into Boss Peis hand. On closer inspection, Pei Qian realized it was a custom-made mask that had Modests features on it. Pei Qian: What the h*ll was this?! Wasnt this supposed to be Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 3.0s opening ceremony? Why do I have to wear a mask?! Why have you turned this into a masked ball?! Xiao Peng said in a low voice, Boss Pei, I know you dont want to reveal your identity, and so I made this a themed mask event. If you want to make a speech later, you can do so. Otherwise, you dont have to. Pei Qian immediately put the mask on and said, I wont make a speech. That looked like Xiao Peng was quite thoughtful. He had been afraid that Boss Peis identity would be exposed, and so he purposely made everyone enter looking differently, with masks of different heroes. Boss Peis mask had to be that of Modest. It was no wonder that he had spent so long planning for a simple opening ceremony. Alright, Boss Pei. Please come with me. Xiao Peng led Boss Pei in, feeling emotional. Indeed, Boss Pei wouldnt give a speech, so that he could judge Xiao Pengs public speaking skills. I must give a good speech, or I would be embarrassing Boss Pei. As Pei Qian walked through the door, he saw a massive crowd. He began studying his surroundings. His first thought was this is f*cking cool! It was Pei Qians first time in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 3.0. Before this, he had requested for Xiao Peng to look for an expensive, beautifully-renovated, and spacious location. Thus, Pei Qian had already mentally prepared himself for a fancy-looking internet cafe. However, upon stepping in, Pei Qians heart still thudded. This was a bit too cool, wasnt it? In addition to how crowded the place looked, Pei Qian was beginning to panic. Come, Boss Pei. You can sit here. Xiao Peng pointed out a seat in the first row in the resting area. Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 3.0s resting area was not huge, but it was not small either. There was a bar selling drinks, and there was enough space for teams to discuss their battle strategy here. They were an hour away from the official start time of the event. Thus, the resting area was still empty. No, I want to sit right at the back. Pei Qian shook his head and walked right through the seats, up the steps, and towards the corner of the last row. When designing this rest area, they had considered that people would want to observe the competition while resting. Thus, the rows were designed to be on steps so that the last row would be elevated. Pei Qian felt like he would be at the center of attention if he sat in the first row. It would be too dangerous. On the other hand, sitting right behind would keep him away from the spotlight, and so it would be safer. Of course, Xiao Peng did not say much. He understood Boss Peis mindset very well. The latter could be likened to a class monitor who could pay attention even if he was placed at the back of the class. Xiao Peng walked towards Boss Pei, bent down, and whispered, Alright, get some rest, Boss Pei. Ill ask the waiter to serve you a drink later. The opening ceremony will start at 1 PM sharp. With that, Xiao Peng went about his own business. The waiter pierced through the crowd and served drinks to the guests non-stop. Soon, he approached Pei Qian. Pei Qian took the drink and asked a question on a whim. You didnt serve drinks to those standing outside? The waiter was stunned. Boss Pei, we were not the ones who invited the people outside. Theyre only here because they heard about the news. Thats why we didnt prepare any drinks for them. Pei Qian waved his hand. Give them drinks. Give all of them drinks. The waiter was stunned. All of them? Pei Qian nodded. Yes. No matter how many people there are out there, give them all drinks! Although it would not cost Pei Qian that much to distribute drinks to everyone, he figured that he could make all of them share his burdens since they were already there! Boss Pei would never give up an opportunity to spend more money! The waiter nodded. Alright, Ill make arrangements at once. Pei Qian pondered for a moment and pulled the waiter back. Wheres the nearest furniture store from here? Get someone to buy the most expensive foldable chairs! They have all made such long trips down. How could we allow them to stand? Give them seats! Request for delivery. The sooner they arrive, the better. After regaining his composure, the waiter nodded profusely. Alright, Boss Pei! Pei Qian had to spend the money anyway. There were so many people outside, and there was so much space. He guessed that there wouldnt be any problems with buying and setting up tens of foldable chairs. Even if each chair cost seventy to eighty yuan, Boss Pei would at least be able to spend a few thousand yuan. In any case, the chairs would become useless after being used just once. Itll be a waste for Pei Qian to let this opportunity slip past him. The waiter walked briskly to Xiao Peng, leaned in, and informed him of what Boss Pei had instructed him to do. Xiao Peng was stunned, but he nodded once he recovered. Yes, Boss Pei has it all figured out! Im at fault for not having expected so many visitors. Alright, call all the employees from internet cafes near furniture shops. Get them to settle this and send the chairs over as soon as possible! Pei Qian sipped his drink and observed the situation. It was obvious that everyone attending the opening ceremony had been specially invited over. The standard to hit in order to be invited was not hard to guess either. They were probably old customers of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. The resting area slowly filled up. Obviously, the people seated there were being shown more hospitality. There was even a camera crew taking photos and videos. Three cameras seemed like such a waste. As he sipped his cool drink, Pei Qian slowly calmed down. Yes, this crowd might be an illusion. Xiao Peng might have created this. Everyone came here from different parts of Jingzhou to watch the opening ceremony, only because Xiao Peng had invited them. Ordinarily, people who only wanted to surf the net would not bother traveling so far. Whats more, the other Fish-Catching Internet Cafes were cheaper than Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 3.0. The system units were all the same. There was no special reason to come here No, that seems too ridiculous No matter how Pei Qian looked at the situation, he could not convince himself. All he could do was remain silent as he sipped his drink and observed the situation. Soon, it was 1 PM. Everyone present took their seats until the hall was almost filled. However, in the area facing the left of the sound-proof room, there were training rooms in a V-formation. None of those seats were taken. The other people seated in the resting area like Boss Pei were obviously distinguished guests. However, all of them were wearing masks, and Pei Qian could not tell who was who. Although people in the first row of the resting area seemed to be exchanging name cards, Pei Qian showed no interest. At last, Xiao Peng picked up a microphone and walked to the front. Behind him was the sound-proof room, which was half-red and half-blue. The projector screen was already down, and a slideshow was displayed on it. Xiao Peng cleared his throat. Soon, everyone quieted down. Welcome to the opening ceremony of Fish-Catching Internet Cafes first Esports live museum, everyone. I am the CEO of Tengda Corporations Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. On behalf of Boss Pei of Tengda Corporation, I want to express my genuine thanks to old and new customers of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, as well as friends of the media who have traveled all the way to be here! Today, at the opening ceremony, I dont just want to announce the opening of a new Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. In fact, theres a greater significance behind this event. Next, please allow me to give everyone some insight and predict the incoming Great Esports Ecosystem! There was a round of applause as Xiao Peng spoke. Some distinguished guests in the resting area began discussing in hushed tones. The Great Esports Ecosystem? That sounds impressive. Fish-Catching Internet Cafe has been ahead in this area. I guess theyre going to be the next big thing in the internet cafe industry. Its not just Fish-Catching Internet Cafe; which of Tengda Corporations businesses are not ahead of the game? Quickly, listen closely. For all we know, this might be the next step in the plan that Boss Pei has for Tengda Corporation. In the corner, Pei Qians mind was filled with question marks. ???! The Great Esports Ecosystem? What the h*ll was that?! Xiao Peng, Xiao Peng I have never told you anything like that. Dont put words into my mouth! If everyone ends up misunderstanding me, I will hold you responsible! Xiao Peng calmly clicked his remote control and displayed the next slide in the slideshow. First of all, I want to make clear that everything I have to say about the Great Esports Ecosystem is my personal view on the future Esports industry and the direction that the internet cafe industry is headed in. It does not represent Tengda Corporations stand whatsoever. Pei Qian heaved a huge sigh. Good. Im seated right here. Of course, Xiao Peng would not dare to put words into my mouth. However, two minutes later, Pei Qian sensed that something was amiss. On the surface, those words seemed to clarify what Xiao Peng was about to say. However, it sounded completely ordinary to the audience. No one took it seriously. In fact, everyone seemed to ignore that sentence. Two people in the first row of the resting area began whispering. He cant expose everything. I understand, I understand. Yes, no one can guarantee 100% accuracy when predicting the future industry model. Theres no harm in being careful. Still, he is the head of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and someone who can speak directly to Boss Pei. That means at least a portion of his predictions probably came from Boss Pei. Its worth listening. Pei Qian gripped the cup in his hands a bit tighter. What the h*li? Chapter 552 - May I Ask How I Should Cut My Losses if My Internet Cafe is Getting too Popular? Although Xiao Peng had disclaimed that everything he was going to say about the Great Esports Ecosystem was his personal view and not representative of Tengda Corporations official stance, no one in the audience took him seriously. No one had been expecting an official speech to be given at this opening ceremony. Instead, most people were just interested in listening to what Xiao Peng had to say. If it made sense, they would take it in. Otherwise, they would let it go. Nobody would take those speeches too seriously. Many high-level company executives ran their mouths off. Those were more rampant in the mobile phone industry. Everyone had already become used to it. If they really took Xiao Pengs word for it, they would be eaten alive. Of course, Xiao Peng was quite serious about this. Boss Pei had not told him those exact words. However, from the way that he was setting up businesses, it was obvious that he thought the same way! Xiao Peng felt that he was only beautifying those concepts by wording them nicely. Next, I will briefly describe the Great Esports Ecosystem from three main aspects. If one views the esports industry as a pyramid, then top-tier competitions would be its spire; various mid-tier competitions and esports clubs would be its middle; and a wholesome esports community culture would form its base. If any part goes missing, the esports industry would collapse. Obviously, the most important of those three parts is the base. Thats because it forms the foundation of the esports industry and directly feeds the esports industry with outstanding new players, massive audiences and consumers, and other professionals related to the industry. If the esports industry develops into a huge commercial league in the future-similar to football, then the internet cafe would be akin to a bar where fans gather, as well as a stadium for children to train. So, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 3.0 strives to build an esports live museum, attract the base-level esports talents in the region, and deliver fresh blood to the esports industry. At the same time, it would provide a place for young people who love esports to gather together because of their common interest. This community would become a social platform and even a part of their lives! As Xiao Peng spoke on stage, everyone in the audience nodded. Obviously, everyone was buying into Xiao Pengs fancy speech. On the other hand, Pei Qian could hardly stop himself from raising his arms and shouting, Dont believe him, everyone! Hes trying to bluff you! Xiao Peng clicked his remote control again, moving onto the next slide in his slideshow. Next, I want to show everyone the hard work that Fish-Catching Internet Cafe has put into welcoming the Great Esports Ecosystem. In all Fish-Catching Internet Cafe branches, gamers would be able to try a portion of the skins in GOG and IOI for free. Whats more, they would enjoy discounts on their per-hour charges based on the length of time they spend in those games. Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 3.0, in particular, would host regular competitions in GOG to encourage gamers to form teams of five and play the game. The competitions would be live-streamed in the internet cafe. At the same time, the winning teams will own their own training room in the internet cafe. The strongest of all teams will get to train in the highest seats in the internet cafe. They would represent the highest standards in the GOG arena, which is a great honor! Xiao Peng lifted his finger and pointed to the five highest and connected seats, which were arranged in a V-formation. At once, everyone gasped in amazement. Obviously, the majority were imagining how awesome it would feel sitting in those seats. However, some people scoffed as well. Xiao Peng was being too optimistic. At the moment, esports was still relatively niche in China and around the world. Although there were many internet cafes at the moment and one could say that they were still looking everywhere, few people followed esports competitions. Whats more, almost all the esports Competitions were hosted in first-tier cities like Shanghai or Beijing, and gamers were only familiar with the few competitors who were ranked among the top few. Fish-Catching Internet Cafe was hoping to make esports as huge as football? Were they even hoping to create a wholesome esports environment in second- and third-tier cities? It seemed like a foolish dream. Without sufficient players to support this so-called esports live museum, no one would watch any of the competitions. The beautiful dreams would fall to naught, and Fish-Catching Internet Cafe would ultimately be reduced to an ordinary and slightly-more-expensive internet cafe in the end. Xiao Peng smiled as if he had expected everyone to react in this manner. Fortunately, he had a back-up plan! I know that most people seated here have not watched large-scale competitions and cannot understand how people can appreciate or get so excited over esports competitions. Next, I would like everyone to enjoy a game between top GOG teams. Together, lets experience the esports live museum, that is Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 3.0. Well experience what kind of change this internet cafe would bring to our lives! Once Xiao Peng finished speaking, the team members of DGE E-Sports Club walked up the stage from the sides. One by one, they entered the sound-proof room. Zhang Yuan walked up to Xiao Peng and picked up a microphone. He looked like he planned to narrate the game. The screen no longer displayed the slideshow. Instead, it displayed the game, which was about to begin. Whispers could be heard off-stage. Theres a show! Where did they find these teams from? They dont look like professionals. They all look a bit too handsome. Theyre going to play a game of GOG right now? Ai, did they even mention IOI? It seems like the competitions in this internet cafe would only be in GOG. It doesnt matter. I dont think many people are playing IOI now anyway. At the same time, a lot of noise could be heard coming from outside. Please excuse me, everyone! Excuse me! Set up the chairs here! The foldable chairs had arrived. The audience outside, who had been watching the big screen, looked pleasantly surprised as they took their seats. Inside the hall, many people had already switched on their computers, entered GOG, and began playing When writing the invitation, Xiao Peng had deliberately chosen the old players of GOG. Otherwise, the people on-stage and off-stage would be playing different games, and it would be an utter mess. Even if he were to allow people to play games, he wanted as many people as possible to be playing GOG. That would make the video look neater. However, those people were obviously uninterested in the upcoming GOG competition. Instead, they much preferred playing the game by themselves and seeing the legendary RGB lighting effects. The young internet addicts of DGE Esports Club had already been training their bodies for a certain period. However, they only managed to normalize their once-abnormal posture. In T-shirts and jeans, their muscles did not look obvious. They were not as eye-catching as a group of fitness trainers. The audience only felt that those men looked too healthy to be esports professionals. Their impression of esports professionals was skinny or obese individuals with particularly-active fingers. In short, everyone in the internet cafe switched on their computers and started playing while everyone outside the internet cafe played by ear. They were prepared to leave if the competition was not exciting. As for Pei Qian he had no idea how to describe how he was feeling. The opening ceremony was going completely differently from what he had expected! Shouldnt ordinary opening ceremonies start with the leader giving a speech and cutting a ribbon, before everyone ate, drank, and played merrily? How did Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 3.0 manage to give a live demonstration of its future competitions? In fact, the two teams on-stage were battling intently in the ranked mode! It was no wonder that Zhang Yuan and Coach Yaling had not scheduled any training for all of themthey wanted the team to rest up to put on a good show! Soon, the competition began on the big screen. It was the best of fivethe same as what the two teams from DGE Esports Club was used to for training The system units off-stage were lighting up in all sorts of colors, catching the audiences eye. Is that the first kill? Eh, the lighting effect is different! Interesting! The lighting effect for becoming legendary seems to be quite long. D*mn, this is too cool! The gamers in the hall immediately noticed how amazing the system units were. There were special RGB lighting effects that flashed along with developments in the game! Actually, that was not hard to do. The question was who was meant to see those effects. If one was at home, no matter how much the system unit flashed, only they would be able to see it. Soon, it would become boring. What initially seemed exciting would be reduced to pure light pollution. However, things would be different if one was in an internet cafe! That was because internet cafes were noisy and lively to begin with. Whats more, everyone was playing GOG. Having the system unit flash would be akin to showing off in front of everyone else. In fact, it would be hard not to get other peoples attention. Even for the many others looking through the door, seeing the RGB lighting effects inside the internet cafe made them itch to try out a system unit themselves. The gamers inside the internet cafe felt like they had some sort of buff thanks to the RGB lighting effects. They were filled with renewed motivation, which only intensified as they continued playing. They wanted to fight for as many kills and continuous kills as possible, just so that their system units would light up and others would pay attention to them. If a beautiful lady just so happened to be sitting next to them then things could develop out of their control. Many of those people also came in groups. At the start, everyone was focusing on their own game, and no one was paying attention to the competition on the big screen. However, soon, the situation started to change. Theyre already trying to trap others at their first level? Its obvious that hes a professional from his positioning! The other party was prepared and didnt fall for it. Holy sh*t, look! That Ruans movement is so impressive! How awesome! All of them are very skilled and fast. Theyre no ordinary team for sure. I think they must be Great Masters at least! Thats impossible. Im a Great Master myself. Even Great Masters would not be able to play like that. Soon, more and more people were discussing the competition. Many gamers had originally intended to focus on their own games. However, they became distracted by the applause and cheers around them and ended looking up from time to time. In the end, after seeing how exciting the big screen was, they became completely immersed. By the time they turned back to their own screens, all they saw was black and white and their teammates typing question marks at their corpses. By the end of the first round of the competition, close to sixty percent of the people in the hall were gaming. By the end of the second round, close to twenty percent were gaming. By the time the third round started, no one in the hall was gaming anymore. Everyone was sipping their drinks and looking intently at the big screen. Every time something exciting happened, they would instinctively shout or cheer. During the breaks, everyone would discuss the game, wishing for a replay of the most exciting moves in the competition. The three cameras in the internet cafe recorded all the audiences reactions down. The atmosphere there was extremely lively. Even the crowd outside was getting bigger! At first, only people who had heard that Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 3.0 was opening today came to stand outside. All of those people were already seated on the folded chairs at the entrance of the internet cafe. However, slowly, more people were drawn over from the shopping mall. As they asked around about what was happening, they whipped out their cell phones and recorded the scene. Those who had just been curious slowly dispersed, but a significant number of GOG players remained behind. More and more people were gathered outside the internet cafe. Pei Qian, who was seated at the innermost portion at the resting area, quietly retrieved his cell phone and opened Qiandu. My newly-opened internet cafe seems to be getting too popular. How should I cut my losses? Im waiting online because this is urgent! Chapter 553 - Mr. Ma who did not Want to be Named Sure enough, Qiandu once again lived up to expectations and found a set of spam pages that had nothing to do with that problem. Pei Qian sighed silently. He would just admit it if it was a bunch of advertisements. Sponsored partnerships were sponsored partnerships after all, but what the hell were they thinking with these rubbish garbage and advertisements with no link? Of course, he could not just blame Qiandu. After all, there was a saying that the other search engines were ten times worse. Pei Qian subconsciously wanted to ask for help from the almighty Bihu, but he realized that Bihu would only be opened to the public only two years later. Moreover, even if he could bring his own problem to Bihu, he probably could not get the answer that he wanted. He could only sigh silently and be the only transparent person in the audience. The two teams did all they could on the projection screen, various personal operations, team battles, showed their tricks the gameplay was simply brilliant. Pei Qian looked at it seriously and found it to be actually rather interesting There is no reason for there to be so many program effects, right? One game could have two or three twists? Yes, I understand now. Most of them are set by Zhang Yuan, so that they would not be too one-sided. They tried to do some back and forth. After all, it is an exhibition match; there has to be an entertainment effect. Seeing these people gnashing their teeth in a team fight, they are all geniuses in their own rights. This Zhang Yuan, how can you ignore the competitive spirit?! I have to criticize him! The enthusiasm on the scene was getting higher, and every wonderful team fight at the end would attract an exclamation from the audiences inside and outside the Internet cafe. They were getting even more heated up than football fans in the internet cafe. After more than three hours, the exhibition match was finally over. There were five games in total. It did not matter who won in the end since the audiences did not know who these players were anyway. It was good enough for it to look good. At the end of the game, ten members came to the front desk under the leadership of Xiao Peng. The winning side had a face full of happiness while the losing side looked very downcast. The difference in their expressions was very stark. The people in the audience continued to be surprised. Eh, isnt this just an exhibition match? Everyone seems to be rather serious. I can feel both sides going all out. There were basically no low-level mistakes. Otherwise, it would not be possible for them to play so well. These players are rather good-looking; where did Fish-Catching Internet Cafe find them? Could it be possible to find high-end passers-by from the Honor of Kings and then be screened again based on their physique? Did they reject those not in good shape?. How can it be possible? I feel that they are cooperating very well; it doesnt feel like a team formed at the get-go. Some audience could not wait to enter into the game to play some good heroes after the exhibition match was over. They wanted to reproduce the good operations they saw in the exhibition match. The other audiences continued to pay attention to these ten players. These ten people had completely conquered the audiences with their performance which deserved applause. The victorious five were enjoying the moment under the spotlight. The five on the losing end, however, were all downcast, but it was not only because of losing. The only thing that filled their brains now was that they had to continue practicing tomorrow! Xiao Peng came to the front desk. Next, please welcome Fish-Catching Internet Cafes previous CEO, the current Manager of DGE Esports Club, Manager Zhang to introduce the strong collaboration between DGE Esports Club and Fish-Catching Internet Cafe! Many people did not know Zhang Yuan, but everyone started to connect the dots when they heard the title of the previous CEO of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. What would that imply? The DGE Esports Club was now the upstream of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, and thats why the original CEO was responsible? Why else would the in-charge of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe become the manager of the Esports Club? Was that hinting at Tengdas esports industry plan? Zhang Yuan smiled slightly. Our DGE Esports Club is a club that uses professional training. All the players were high on ranking and had undergone strict training after joining the club As for the results of the training please turn your attention to the big screen. Zhang Yuan briefly introduced DGE Esports Clubs training mode, especially emphasizing that the players had to undergo physical fitness training every day. It also showed the body changes of the players taken by Coach Yaling, demonstrating the difference between the DGE Esports Club and the other esports club. Pei Qians heart nearly dropped. Comparison of their bodys changes? Wasnt that the pictures I asked Coach Yaling to take every day to monitor the training by the players?! The before and after photos showed the huge difference in the players figures on the big screen. The contrast was extremely obvious. The figures of the players of the club were not as perfect as those of the personal trainers, but they were very slim and healthy. The results were simply remarkable compared with the previous appearance. The audience was shocked once again. Is this really a group of internet-addicted teenagers? Were they really forced to become like this? Sh*t, the improvements from the photos are too obvious. Are these people the same people as before? I suggest that they debut immediately! Which gym is so good? I want to go there and try it out! Didnt they tell you already? It is the Deposit Fitness that Tengda opened recently! There are quite a several branches in Jingzhou now! The effect is too obvious! I want to try, too! The gaming media also began to greet each other. Their cameras flashed into a scene of white. Obviously, the transformation of these internet-addicted teenagers would make good news material. Pei Qian, on the other hand, was in the resting area, silently crumpling the empty drink cup in his hand. Play the exhibition match if you will; who asked you to promote Deposit Fitness?! Arent you just messing with me?! How the f*ck would a group of internet-addicted teenagers know about fitness! Dont believe them! However, Pei Qian had nothing to say seeing so many people take their phones out to take photos. No choice, the difference in the photos were too stark! Zhang Yuan, who was on the stage could feel the difference between the before and after very clearly. The audience responded with mediocrity when he said that these players underwent physical fitness training every day. However, the audience immediately raised their numerous cell phones, and wild flashes from the media reporters also began to shine widely when he showed the comparison of the players physical fitness on the screen. Obviously, a picture was worth a thousand words! Zhang Yuan could not help but sigh. Boss Pei was indeed far-sighted. Zhang Yuan was still wondering why it was necessary for Boss Pei to ask Coach Yaling to take photos of these players wearing tight training uniforms every day. Now, it appeared to be killing two birds with a stone. They had an immediate effect on the brand of both DGE Esports Club, and Deposit Fitness! That was simply the transformation of internet-addicted teenagers. The impact of the before and after comparisons were simply too great! In short, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe would work hard to create Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 3.0 in the future and bring Live E-Sports Museum in every city across the country. Teams or individuals who performed well, be it in a team or individually, would have a chance to compete with DGE Esports Club or even be selected to enter DGE E-Sports Club and become a professional player! The highest glory in GOG esports in the entire Jingzhou, China, and even the world is waiting for you! Zhang Yuans speech was the last link of the entire news conference. The linked recommendation of Great Esports Ecosystem, high-quality exhibition match, DGE Esports Club and Deposit Fitness There might not be many segments in the opening ceremony of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, but every segment was filled with topics, and the content was rich enough to attract the attention of others. Pei Qian was silent, seeing Xiao Peng and members of the Esports Club being surrounded by the media and enthusiastic customers. Illusions, these are all illusions! The popularity would naturally dissipate after two days! Pei Qian was now very lost; he really wanted to go back to sleep it all away. However, as soon as he walked to the door, a young man who looked like a reporter from the gaming industry went up to him. Obviously, it was because there were too many reporters around and he could not get in at all. He, therefore, decided to change his approach to interview customers on-site first. Moreover, Pei Qian was one of the few trying to get out instead of in. Hello, Im a journalist from Amusement Times. Can I take up a bit of your valuable time to interview you? Pei Qian looked at the crowd outside moving like a tide and then into the sincere eyes of this reporter. He could only nod silently. How should I address you? The journalist asked. Im Mr. Ma, Pei Qian replied out of habit. The journalist nodded. Alright, Mr. Ma, do you agree with Boss Xiaos description of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and about the Great Esports Ecosystem? Pei Qian shook his head immediately. I dont agree with it. The journalist pushed on. But the facts have proven that Boss Pei has achieved success in many industries, which is enough to show his excellent far-sighted vision. Pei Qian was speechless. But I dont think this was Boss Peis idea. The journalist recorded it down quickly and changed the subject. So do you think that this will have an important impact on your future life and become part of your life? Pei Qian laughed bitterly. it has already made an important impact on my life. Journalist: What do you feel about the magical effect of Deposit Fitness?. The corners of Pei Qians mouth twitched. I hope it is not overly glorified. The journalist nodded. Alright, thank you very much for your cooperation! However, he just turned his head and saw a waiter running over to stop the Mr. Ma who did not want to be named that he just interviewed. Boss Pei, there is still He had yet to finish when Mr. Ma who did not want to be named waved his hand and disappeared into the crowd. The journalist quickly took out his cell phone while still in surprise. He only managed to take an image of his back. The person with the Modest mask was Boss Pei? Boss Pei was actually here throughout? The journalist was caught by surprise. He randomly caught a passerby to interview while everyone was wearing a mask and so happened to hit the jackpot? He thought back to the questions that he asked and it seemed like the answers from Mr. Ma who did not want to be named gave some whole new meaning This will definitely become explosive news! Chapter 554 - There was no Wind, Rain, or Sunshine even if He Looked Back at the Bleak Place June 15th, Wednesday At around eleven in the morning, Pei Qian sat up from his bed, scratching his bed hair that was like a birds nest now. After stoning for half an hour, Pei Qian decided to get up and wash up. He then looked at the impact of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 3.0s opening ceremony which was also the opening of the Live Esports Museum. His mind replayed the nightmare yesterday as he brushed his teeth. Otto Technologies made this very feature-rich software for Deposit Fitness. Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 3.0 is made into a Live Esports Museum. It is very cool; even the lights on the computer were awesome. Xiao Peng threw an awesome concept about Great Esports Ecosystem, which binds gaming, esports, and the internet cafe together. DGE Esports Club did an exhibition match which verified Xiao Pengs concept of Great Esports Ecosystem and also promoted the Deposit Fitness. The last scene I had in my mind is of many media gathering around and interviewing Xiao Peng and the people in the club. Ah, what a nightmare! Pei Qian carefully recalled how the twists and turns of events yesterday during the press conference of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe became bad luck! Pei Qian was also mentally prepared for the current situation after washing up. This first Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 3.0 was probably going to become popular based on the existing information. Becoming popular as soon as it opened was setting the worst record since the establishment of the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. However, that was not a serious problem. Pei Qian already knew that Fish-Catching Internet Cafe was a high-risk industry when he opened it. Not to mention, many loyal users of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe were in Jingzhou so Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 3.0 would probably make it anyway. In addition, internet cafes were inherently expensive investments with slow returns. Even if they could start earning money from the get-go, it would take a long time to recover the huge investment in the early stages, including renovation cost and peripheral costs. However, what Pei Qian could not accept was that Xiao Peng made such a big scene by directly promoting an esports club and Deposit Fitness! Pei Qian would feel unacceptable if these two were to suddenly become profitable. Therefore, Pei Qian opened his laptop on the sofa after he was mentally prepared. He intended to read related reports to confirm whether the esports club and Deposit Fitness were still safe. Pei Qian found some reports after searching about DGE Esports Club and Deposit Fitness separately. DGE Esports Clubs work-life balance exposed; how to develop an esports god! Shocking! The Before and After Photos of DGE Esports Club Players; who underwent the greatest change? In-depth interpretation of the new model of Deposit Fitness; could this be a grand plan under Tengda? Pei Qian felt relieved after reading several reports. It seemed that the DGE Esports Club aroused heated discussions and gained some attention, but there was no risk of profits. The situation with Deposit Fitness was bad; many reports advertised new models. However, judging from the evaluation below, many consumers were still skeptical about it. The prices and bundled fitness meals were unacceptable to many people after all. In short, the popularity did greatly increase, and it would inevitably be converted into a part of profits. However, it seemed too early to say that it would overturn the losses. Pei Qian heaved a sigh of relief. Things had yet to become so bad in just one day. It had just budded. Pei Qian began searching for reports on the opening ceremony of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 3.0. However, the first thing that he saw was a piece of news from Amusement Times. The title was Exclusive news! Boss Pei of Tengda Corporation appeared at the Live Esports Museum and made such an interpretation Pei Qian: ? What the hell? Did that journalist realize who I really was? Wasnt I Mr. Ma who did not want to be named? And what the hell was with this shocking news title?! Thinking back to the unpleasant experiences in the previous interviews, Pei Qian naturally developed an instinct of crisis and hurriedly clicked it to view it. He really had to say that title sensationalism was rather useful. Boss Pei was tricked into entering without any resistance. At one in the afternoon on June 14th, the opening ceremony of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 3.0, the first Live Esports Museum under Tengda Corporation was held on the fourth floor of the South District of Hongde Mall near Handong University There was nothing much to say about the front, it was mainly to introduce the situation of the event and some photos of the scene. Pei Qian quickly skipped them and came to the most critical part at the back. What was not known was that Boss Pei of Tengda Corporation was also there on the day of opening. However, he had a mask on, was very low profile, and had no speech. He only watched silently from the beginning to the end of the ceremony. Luckily, the journalist at the scene interviewed a Mr. Ma who was unwilling to reveal his full name. The waiter confirmed afterward that this low-profile, handsome young man was indeed Boss Pei of Tengda Corporation! Pei Qian did his best to control the corners of his mouth, not to let an obvious smile show. This journalist might have created a title sensation, but the key was in the report. It was still rather justified! He might have called himself Mr. Ma, but Boss Pei still gave an in-depth answer to the questions raised by the journalist. Now, let me bring you the firsthand information at the event! When answering about Great Esports Ecosystem, Boss Pei said that he did not fully agree with Boss Xiaos concept. Obviously, the real Great Esports Ecosystem in Boss Peis plan is more complicated. Boss Xiaos blueprint was just the tip of the iceberg of Tengda Corporations vision. In response to whether esports will affect life or not, Boss Pei said that the e-sports industry has a very profound impact on his life, which implies that he firmly believes that, in the future, e-sports, like traditional sports, would become an indispensable part of peoples lives, just like the tremendous changes that Tengda brought to Jingzhou and how they affected all aspects of peoples lives. In replying how you view the magical effect of Deposit Fitness, Boss Pei only smiled faintly and said it is not overly glorified. Pei Qian was stunned. What the hell was smiled faintly? Thinking back carefully, the corners of his mouth did subconsciously twitch. Therefore did this Mr. Journalist actually know how to distinguish the difference between a helpless smile and a confident smile? Obviously, Boss Pei had always been worried about the exaggeration by the media promoting the effects of fitness, which would constitute a substantial misleading effect on consumers. Tengda had always treated people with sincerity and never engaged in any false propaganda. At the same time, Boss Pei was also telling consumers that fitness requires perseverance. No gym in the world can give you a perfect body. In the end, you still have to rely on yourself. I have to say that Boss Peis Deposit Fitness advocates a healthy and scientific view of fitness. However, we must also note that the magical effect from the Deposit Fitness is immediate. Boss Peis words have the wise mentality of under-promising. The journalist had a lot more questions to ask, but Boss Pei had already turned around and disappeared into the crowd. [Image] The picture might be taken with a mobile phone, but the photo quality was not bad; the focus was clear. It was a photo taken by a professional journalist. The Live Esports Museum of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe was crowded. They were all enthusiastic spectators who had just watched their game and were full of excitement. Their expressions were different, some were eager, some excited, some with expectation A figure back-facing the crowd was among the countless people facing the camera. It was so eye-catching. Boss Peis back scene reminded me of a poem: leave after things are done without revealing yourself. Boss Pei came to the event on the occasion of the opening ceremony of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 3.0 and Live Esports Museum to witness the beginning of the esports era in a low-key manner. He walked away silently, without leaving any trace. Perhaps after many years, Boss Pei would look back at his huge esports empire and remember that it all started in a small internet cafe with two wonderful teams and their exhibition match. Boss Pei watched all of these silently, leaving all the scenery and applause in the center of the stage leaving it to others while he himself retired to return to the masses. Moreover, is this back image not a good portrayal of Boss Pei and his style since he started on his entrepreneurial route? Humble, low profile, with little sense of existence; but having a subtle influence on all aspects of Tengda Corporation. It can be said that there was no wind, rain, or sunshine even if he looked back at the bleak place! Pei Qian felt very complicated after he read the entire report. What the h*ll was this?! A manuscript combined with several styles? The title was obviously shocking. Looking at the beginning, it seemed to be a chronological record. In the last part, it suddenly turned into awkward poems which became lyrical! How can this journalist write this?! Other than the part about being low-profile and handsome young man, everything else is simply nonsense! Especially the last paragraph, it is even worse than making profits! Who will believe such a nonsense report? Dont make this kind of joke. Pei Qian silently opened the comments section. However, they were all praises, and the popularity was a lot higher than he thought! It seems to be true! Boss Xiao admitted later on saying that Boss Pei was indeed present! These shouldnt be Boss Peis original words, right? It must have been processed, but it should be pretty much the same. Its really written very well, especially the poetry, and this photo perfectly fit Boss Peis temperament! What is going on with this popularity, especially with the phrase of looking back at his huge gaming empire? How domineering! It made me think so much! Ive set this photo as my wallpaper! To serve as a constant reminder to myself to be like Boss Pei! Pei Qian silently scratched his head and fell silent looking at the messages below. Many question marks appeared on his head at the same time. It had been artistically processed, but it should be pretty much the same? Very popular? Set it as wallpaper? Was something wrong with this world? Chapter 555 - I’ll Give You Some Insider Information At Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Handong University branch After lunch, Pei Qian sipped his coffee and continued smoothing out the mind map. He also added Tengda Games, Shang Yang Games, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, and DGE Esports Club on the map; noting down the connections that they had just made. The number of lines was increasing as the days went by. Pei Qian felt like each line was a stab in his back. Think on the bright side. This mind map is still coming in useful. At the very least, I have successfully predicted something using this very mind map! although, I was two hours late. Still, Ill do better next time! Pei Qian closed his laptop and suddenly felt the urge to walk around the internet area in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. After finishing his round, Pei Qian realized that something was amiss. On further thought It seemed like more gamers were playing GOG than IOI in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. The formers figures seemed to be crushing the latters! It didnt make sense at all. Pei Qian pondered for a moment. Shang Yang Games seemed to have reached out to more internet cafes and offered more money. Why was this still happening? Was it because of Xiao Peng? Now that Im thinking about it, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 3.0 seemed to be tailor-made for GOG. It seems only natural that more people were playing GOG. Perhaps Xiao Peng is offering more support to GOG because he views it as Tengdas own game. On the other hand, IOI is another companys game that Tengda is only managing as a godson. Yes thats most likely the case. However, the situation would probably be the opposite in other internet cafes, right? Pei Qian immediately stood up and walked to another bigger chain internet cafe nearby, Xing Le Internet Cafe. Speaking of which, Boss Li had invested in Xing Le Internet Cafe. At first, it was set up to steal customers from Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. Now, instead of stealing customers, it was just enjoying Fish-Catching Internet Cafes leftovers. Pei Qian wondered what exactly had happened. In short, from the looks of the current situation, the Xing Le Internet Cafe chain of internet cafes was a close second to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe in Jingzhou. On the whole, its facilities were more luxurious than smaller internet cafes. The situation inside should have been representative of what it was like in other internet cafes as well. A few minutes later, Pei Qian arrived at a nearby Xing Le Internet Cafe. He made a huge round inside, acting as though he was looking for someone. Once he finished his round, he sat at a computer at the back of the internet cafe and fell into deep thought. Why did GOG still seem to be doing better? It was not right. The script seemed wrong. Wasnt the one with money supposed to be able to do whatever it wanted? Did Shang Yang Games fail to get Xing Le Internet Cafe on board? That didnt make sense. Pei Qian could clearly see the poster at Xing Le Internet Cafes entrance. It said that all gamers who played GOG or IOI there could use a portion of the in-game skins for free and enjoy discounts on their per-hour charges. Whats more, between both games, IOI was offering a higher discount. What was the meaning of this? Was money no longer working? Confused, Pei Qian walked to the front desk and asked the cashier this question. The cashier happened to be free. Smiling, she answered, Just one look at you, and I can tell you dont know much about games. Pei Qian: ? The cashier explained, Gamers can enjoy discounts if they play IOI, but the same applies to GOG! IOI offers higher discounts, but most people have heroes and skins on GOG. Why would they convert to IOI for the sake of saving a few dollars on er-hour charges? Whats more, people only come to internet cafes to play with their friends and have a better time. Why would they scrimp on a bit of money to learn another game from scratch? On top of that The cashier kept Pei Qian on tenterhooks and lowered her voice. Let me give you an insiders tip. Dont spread it around. Pei Qian quickly nodded. Yes, I definitely wont. The cashier continued speaking in hushed tones. Both of those games belong to Tengda, but theres a world of difference between them! GOG is the companys biological child, and IOI is just a godchild. From any angle, one would be able to see that Tengdas true intention is to support GOG. GOG would surely be the main income generator for internet cafes in the future. For the sake of long-term profits, we will naturally have to recommend GOG! Pei Qian was confused. Where are you getting this insiders tip from? The cashier proudly answered, Thats what our boss told us! Pei Qian: And who did your boss hear that from? Even prouder now, the cashier answered, An employee of Tengda approached our boss and told him so! Pei Qian: He understood now. Min Jingchao had sent a messenger! It was no wonder that all the bosses of internet cafes had been bluffed! There was no need to guess what it was like in the rest of the internet cafes now; they were probably not much better. This bunch of people was way too stingy! They knew that they couldnt burn more money than Shang Yang Games, and so they were resorting to lying? Was that even humane?! Pei Qian remained silent for a moment and then asked, Has your boss considered that this might be a mere business tactic that should not be trusted? The cashier grinned knowingly. You dont believe it? Have you seen yesterdays news? Why is GOG all that the Fish-Catching Internet Cafes newest esports live museum talked about? The live competition was in GOG, and all the gamers present played GOG. There wasnt even a single mention of IOI. The esports club that Tengda put together contained only GOG players, right? Even Boss Peis hero appeared in GOG! You tell me: dont all of this prove that Tengdas higher management, including Boss Pei, is behind GOG? Theyre only burning money in IOI to create a dog-eat-dog competition and give GOG more pressure. How could they truly be rooting for IOI? Pei Qian: For some reason, the cashier was starting to make sense! Indeed, many people had discovered that Modest was Boss Pei. If he did not like GOG that much, would he put himself in the game? Of course not! Pei Qian really wanted to ask whether the cashier would believe him if he said that he had no idea about any of this or not However, on second thought, he decided against it. If even this cashier didnt believe me He had been completely won over by this cashier! Pei Qian silently began walking out of Xing Le Internet Cafe as the realization dawned upon him: this was a very serious problem. It seemed like less than a week after he had raised the suggestion to Shang Yang Games, his plan was falling apart. This is ridiculous! How can you mindlessly follow the methods that your competitors are using? Is there no justice? Is there no law? Does anyone care?! Pei Qian was utterly speechless. It had not been easy for him to come up with this idea, but GOG had stolen it and left no room for IOI to fight back! Now, he was finally beginning to understand how smaller companies who had been copied felt like. He was furious but helpless! The most frustrating thing was that, this time, he was both the one being copied and the one copying The gap between GOG and IOI was not shrinking during this cycle. Instead, it was getting bigger No, I have to think of another solution as soon as possible. Shang Yang Games must be feeling as helpless as I am. I have to think of a way to turn the situation around for them Otherwise, I could take the easy way out and transfer Lin Wan back to Tengda Games. That way, she would win lying down, wouldnt she? No, no, that might end up backfiring Pei Qian knew full well that Lin Wan was a proud person. If he transferred her to GOG now, she would not think that she was winning while lying down. Instead, she would think that Boss Pei was telling her to watch and learn. Then, she would not leave for sure! Pei Qian pondered hard, but it seemed like the more he wanted to win, the slimmer his chances became. Actually, other people aside, he had not played IOI before either because the heroes and game mechanisms were completely different from LOL. He had been too lazy to learn On the other hand, GOG seemed more familiar. Pei Qian was as good as other ordinary gamers. At most, he was only a bit better than Ma Yang, the slacker. Of course, GOG suited him better, given its simpler operations and its availability on cell phones. No, I cannot give up so easily How else can I fight? I cant possibly change the games mechanism. Whats more, IOIs quick to update its content, and it has already partnered with internet cafes for publicity It seems that the only difference between IOI and GOG is esports. That means I have to work on that. I dont believe that I cant give IOI more funds to make up for its shortcomings in esports. If I still lose this time, Ill Ill let IOI crash and burn Pei Qian sighed inwardly. He had no idea how things deteriorated to this stage. He had meant for GOG to lose money while doing nothing. Now, a few months had already passed, but nothing was going according to the way he had planned. As Pei Qian quietly walked out of Xing Le Internet Cafe, he felt terribly alone. Just as he walked through Xing Le Internet Cafes exit, Li Shi walked by. Eh? Isnt that Boss Pei? Thats strange am I seeing things? Whats Boss Pei doing at Xing Le Internet Cafe? At first, Li Shi had intended to call out to Boss Pei. However, on second thought, he changed his mind. Instead, he walked into Xing Le Internet Cafe and asked the cashier, Did that young man surf the net here? The cashier quickly stood up and said, Hello, Boss Li. That young man just walked around the internet cafe and asked me a couple of questions. Boss Li was not the boss of Xing Le Internet Cafe, but as an investor, he had more authority than the boss. At once, Li Shis expression became serious. What did he ask? Quickly, tell me. Think carefully, and make sure that you dont leave out a single word! Thinking that Li Shi was going to blame her for revealing the insiders information, the cashiers face drained of all color. Boss Li, I-I-I-I I didnt say anything Li Shi frowned. I didnt ask you what you said. I asked what he said. He? The cashier tried hard to remember their conversation. He he only asked why more people were playing GOG than IOI. He also also asked me if I had ever considered that Tengda favoring GOG was a mere business tactic Confused, Li Shi frowned even more deeply. What did Boss Pei mean by that? Everyone out there knew that GOG was Tengdas biological child. Could it be? A realization dawned on Li Shi. Boss Pei was testing him again! Once again, he was releasing false information and trying to shake his partners confidence! He had done this for Top Student, Come Quick and Thriller Hostel. On the surface, it seemed like he was trying to dissuade them. However, his intentions were actually the complete opposite! Boss Pei wanted to test how determined Xing Le Internet Cafe was to partner with GOG! Li Shi waved his hand and said, Take down all the advertising material for IOI. From now on, Xing Le Internet Cafe will only promote GOG! At that moment Liang Qingfan was still seriously considering how he could revise his renovation plans. He had completed those plans last week. This week, the construction team officially started work. As for filming, Liang Qingfan had reached out to another famous workspace last weekend and hired a reputable videographer. He had looked through the videographers previous works, which were not bad. Thus, he felt quite confident that the videographer would complete this task satisfactorily. Liang Qingfan had already thought about it. First, he would let the videographer shoot all the material. After that, if Fei Huang Workspace resumed work, he would engage them to do the editing and post-production. Before the construction team entered the site, the videographer had already filmed the entire buildings original condition. After that, once construction work began, the videographer would film the place at regular intervals. Renovations would take very long, and the total duration of the videos would probably add up to about half an hour. Thus, the videographer would not need to notify Liang Qingfan each time he went down. He would just have to ensure that he went down every once in a while and filmed for about ten minutes each time. Liang Qingfan would not remain at the construction site either. That meant it would be very unlikely that they would bump into each other. Liang Qingfan did not see the need to supervise the videographer anyway. After all, the latter was a professional who would know better than he did. Now, he was more worried about the details of the renovation. Sloth Apartments was a luxury brand, and all of its details had to be refined. More importantly, they were conducting hard renovation this time, and there was a greater pressure to protect the environment. Liang Qingfan had decided to follow Boss Peis instructions and choose the most environmentally-friendly wall paint in the market. As far as possible, he would also choose environmentally-friendly options for the few pieces of furniture that they would purchase. Of course, he could not achieve zero formaldehyde for either the wall paint or the furniture. However, as long as the formaldehyde levels met national health standards, the windows were kept open for long periods, and a Fresh Air Ventilation System worked to keep the air fresh all year round, the paint and furniture would do minimal harm to the tenants physical health. Liang Qingfan was also quite satisfied with his own Management Trainee. The latter often helped him with running errands and doing chores, thus making his life a lot easier. Boss Peis quite considerate; its almost as if he hired an assistant for me. Its a pity that he has frequent classes and a lot of homework. Sometimes, he doesnt even have time to go down to the construction site with me when I want him to. Chapter 556 - Over-Analyzing was Useful for Once June 17th, Friday At Shang Yang Games Once Pei Qian walked into the conference room, he sensed something amiss with the atmosphere. Everyone looked dejected! The energy was even lower than when Pei Qian had visited the last time. He could not help but feel worried. He had to encourage his comrades! If even all of you think that you cant win, wouldnt IOI be done for? Whats more, they had not exhausted all their options yet. The game was still being updated, and it was doing quite well overseas. Whats more, although the game was not defeating GOG in local internet cafes, it was snatching a greater share of the market! Pei Qian sat at the head of the conference table, feeling the need to say something to boost everyones morale. How can we fight this battle if you give up before the fight?! Pei Qian cleared his throat. Why do all of you look so down? Quick, perk yourselves up. The battle isnt over! Wang Xiaobin glanced at Ye Zhizhou who glanced at Lin Wan. Lin Wan sighed softly. Boss Pei, we know that you have good intentions behind making GOG and IOI compete. You want the winner to give the loser a boost. You even gave IOI more than enough funds from the group of companies. However this is too difficult! The gap between both games is not getting any smaller now. In fact, its getting increasingly bigger. In just one week, GOG has fully caught up with our on-ground marketing strategy and overtaken us. We can only say that GOG is more well-prepared and close-knit than we are. We keep raising suggestions to IOI, but they refuse to accept them Wang Xiaobin nodded. Indignantly, he said, Thats right. Finger Games is even blaming us, saying that our marketing strategy is too weak and that the game is doing extremely well in other countries. The question is does GOG exist in those other countries? We really want to tell them to try fighting GOG if they can. Well watch and see if they can successfully defeat GOG! Ye Zhizhou nodded and chimed in. Exactly! Its bad enough having a useless teammate who slows us down, but Finger Games is even putting the blame on us and mocking us. How can we tolerate this?! Wang Xiaobin turned to face Pei Qian. Boss Pei, you wanted a dog-eat-dog competition anyway. Why dont you make Tengda buy all the shares in Finger Games?! Then, we can modify IOI however we want to. Alternatively, we can completely take over IOI. Then, we wont have our hands bound, and we would no longer feel so helpless all the time. Pei Qian was shocked. Buy all the shares in Finger Games? Am I not dying quickly enough for you?! Pei Qian was just about to speak up when Lin Wan beat him to it. We cant. Do you think Boss Pei hasnt thought of that before? Pei Qian: ? Lin Wan continued speaking. Do you think Finger Games is still worth as much as it was before? Boss Pei was shrewd enough to buy twenty percent of the shares with twenty million yuan. It was a great bargain. Do you think good things are as common as cabbage in stalls by the streets? IOI is picking up in momentum now. Finger Games value is picking up day by day. We may have twenty percent of the shares now, but even if we want to obtain control of the company, we would have to spend at least a hundred million or even 150 million US dollars more. Tengda Corporations cash flow is healthy, but Boss Pei wants to maximize the use of the cash he has on hand. All along, he has been investing the cash as quickly as possible. Whats more, even if Tengda Corporation has spare cash lying around, it would not add up to a hundred million yuan. Wang Xiaobin stopped talking because he knew that it would be difficult for Tengda Corporation to fork out a billion yuan, even if it was doing extremely well. This was not a matter of whether Boss Pei wanted to, but whether the group of companies could afford to or not. Since it could not, there was no point saying anything more. Pei Qian was shocked. What the h*ll? Was Finger Games worth that much now? Then according to that value, the twenty percent shares that he had spent twenty million yuan on Would now be worth Forty million US dollars?! He had made more than ten times the original amount in such a short period?! Pei Qian began to feel light-headed. At the same time, he noted Ma Yangs mistake in his heart. If other people had been in Pei Qians situation, they would be laughing until they cried. However, for Pei Qian, based on the conversion ratios, forty million US dollars could only be converted to forty thousand US dollars. That was about 280 thousand yuan Incurring losses would still be more worth the while In fact, if he was not careful, his profits and losses could cancel out. Then, he would surely vomit blood. Speaking of which, that was only a valuation. Not many people would be willing to fork out that amount of money. Whats more, if Tengda refused to sell the shares, there shouldnt be much of a problem Once again, the discussion reached a dead-end. They could not buy Finger Games because it was too expensive now. They could not instruct Finger Games either. It wouldnt listen and would even give opposite instructions. It was no wonder that everyone at Shang Yang Games was so dejected. After all, everyone had been used to working on their own game and running their own marketing campaign. They had been free to modify any part of the game that they had not liked. However, while they knew where the problem lay now, the developers would not allow them to modify the game. Instead, the latter was blaming them for failing to manage and market the game well as agents. Who wouldnt be pissed? Pei Qian cleared his throat. Dont be too anxious, everyone. Theres always a perfect solution. Whats more, things are not the worst now. GOG started early, but IOI still managed to win a certain share of the market earlier. A minority was old customers of Gods Rising, and most were gamers of other game genres. This means that, while GOG and IOI are competing, more new gamers are being drawn into the pit. Thats a good sign. As long as we can maintain a stable footing, theres a possibility of turning the situation around. There are a few things we cannot change, like GOGs initial advantage and the games mechanisms. However, compared to GOG, IOIs local server is lacking in something else that we have not tried to fillthat is esports. In the next stage, I will allocate more funds for you to organize a large-scale competition for IOI. We will maximize the marketing funds to correct the misconception that Tengda does not care for IOI in esports! After Pei Qian finished speaking, there was no lighting up of eyes or applause as there would have been before. After some consideration, Wang Xiaobin said, Boss Pei, for an esports event to be popular, we need a good foundation. Players aside, where are we going to find the competing teams? We cant possibly pick random people from the ranked list and make them form a team at the last minute, can we? The others nodded their heads as well. Pei Qian: Things were slightly awkward now. Just as Pei Qian was considering this problem, Lin Wan spoke up. No, none of you understood what Boss Pei meant. It is entirely possible for us to contact the bigger esports clubs in the country now and get them to form IOI teams. Wang Xiaobin was stunned. Thats unlikely, right? Given IOIs current market share, the clubs would much rather form a GOG team if they really wanted to. We could offer them money, but the clubs would focus on long-term benefits. If we offer too little money, they might not be interested in complying, but if we offer too much, we would lose out. If we offer too much, we would lose out? That was perfect, wasnt it?! Pei Qians eyes lit up. He was just about to speak up when Lin Wan did. We dont have to give them too much money. Pei Qian: Lin Wan continued speaking. I understand Boss Pei now. We might have entered the esports arena late, but IOI would have some advantage over GOG. Thats because IOI is much more popular overseas! Its true that the clubs would focus on long-term benefits when forming teams. For those clubs, being able to take part in international competitions would obviously be one of the long-term benefits! An esports event has to be popular all around the world for there to be enough attention to it. Although IOI is not as popular as GOG in the country at the moment, it could become a large-scale international competition in the future. Forming an IOI team now could be a very promising option for E-Sports clubs. We could make a big deal out of this to persuade local esports clubs! I guess thats Boss Peis deeper intention, right? Pei Qian cleared his throat. Er thats about right. A realization dawned on everyone else. Thats right! Thats a great advantage! Ye Zhizhou was deeply inspired as well. Thats right. We could even invite one or two average teams from overseas as a gimmick and provide accommodation and return tickets for them. Then, we could call the competition an international invitational tournament and make more people pay attention to us! Upon hearing the words provide accommodation and return tickets, Pei Qian became elated. Everyone else noticed how comforted Boss Pei looked as he gazed at Ye Zhizhou. At once, they knew that this was what Boss Pei had been thinking Alright, lets do as Boss Pei says and get started immediately! Ill contact the local clubs Ill invite the foreign clubs. Remember to pick the weaker teams. Otherwise, if our local teams get miserably defeated, our plan would fall through! Ill inspect possible venues and come up with the competition schedule. Everyone split the tasks quickly, and the once-lifeless meeting room instantly burst with vitality. Pei Qian was pleased. Everyone had read too much into what I said again, but it seemed like a positive thing this time! Alright, the meeting was a success! June 18th, Saturday At the Management Trainees regular meeting After settling Shang Yang Games yesterday, Pei Qian felt like a great weight had been lifted off of his shoulders. Today, on the way to the meeting, his footsteps felt lighter. Everyone, lets start reporting, said Tang Yishu once she saw that everyone was present. She gestured for the meeting to start and prepared to take notes in her little notebook. After the meeting, she would convert the meeting minutes into a report. One by one, the Management Trainees spoke. Deposit Fitnesss members are already using the new application, and feedback has been pretty good. The opening ceremony of Fish-Catching Internet Cafes Live Esports Museum has greatly improved Deposit Fitnesss reputation. Recently, a good number of customers approached us with questions. The new fitness meals have also arrived Fish-Catching Internet Cafes Live Esports Museum has been a great success ever since its opening ceremony. Although its charges are higher than the previous two versions of the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, it is still as popular. More and more people are forming teams. I guess that we can organize the first competition in the internet cafe soon DGE Esports Club has resumed training as per normal. However, the feeling of being sought-after by fans at the opening ceremony has greatly motivated the team members and ignited their fighting spirit. Everyones training harder now Pei Qian was speechless as he listened to the Manage Loss Trainees reports. His good mood had completely dissipated by now. Wasnt this supposed to be a Secret Service meeting? How did it turn into a funeral? Its bad enough that everyones telling me things that I already know, but theyre just repeating all the bad news! I went to great lengths to organize Management Trainee meetings, and yet theyre just serving to double the back-stabbing effect! After getting stabbed in the back at the scene, I have to endure another stab at Management Trainee meetings? Pei Qian was furious, but he had no choice but to pay attention. That was because he did not know if there was useful information hidden in those reports. Moreover, the Management Trainees had no way of filtering what Boss Pei already knew from what he did not know yet. Thus, they could only report indiscriminately. Pei Qian fell into deep thought, wondering if something had gone wrong somewhere Chapter 557 - Application for Funds on Behalf of Zhang Yuan A few other Management Trainees from various departments took turns to report their updates before it was Sloth Apartments Management Trainees turn. Mr. Liang has been seriously considering the details of the designs recently. From time to time, he would go down to the construction site and give instructions. He has also carefully selected wall paint and furniture to make the design more environmentally friendly. Last weekend, he also talked to me briefly about Fei Huang Workspace Eh? Pei Qian sensitively noticed that something was amiss. Why was Liang Qingfan asking about Fei Huang Workspace for no reason? What exactly did he say? Pei Qian immediately asked. The Management Trainee of Sloth Apartments pondered for a moment. I told him that Fei Huang Workspace is on paid leave, and Mr. Liang looked envious. Other than that there wasnt much else. He was envious because Fei Huang Workspace was on paid leave? Pei Qians frown eased considerably. Yes, thats not bad. This kind of attitude was good! Liang Qingfan had only started work a few days ago, but he was already thinking about taking a paid leave. He was really teachable! Still, Pei Qian could not afford to be careless. He turned to Fei Huang Workspaces Management Trainee and asked, Has Mr. Liang contacted Fei Huang Workspace? Fei Huang Workspaces Management Trainee looked confused. Boss Pei, the entire company is on leave. I wouldnt know even if Liang Qingfan contacted anyone in private. However, Ive been working in the office and accepting many calls. I can confirm that no one has introduced himself as Mr. Liang. Pei Qian nodded subtly. d. It was unlikely that Liang Qingfan would have called Huang Sibo directly. After all, he had only just arrived in Jingzhou a while ago, and he did not have many contact numbers of people in charge. If Liang Qingfan urgently wanted to engage Fei Huang Workspaces help for something, he would likely approach Boss Pei himself, right? Since he had not approached Boss Pei or called Fei Huang Workspaces office it meant that Liang Qingfan was only casually asking because he had been interested in the fact that all the employees were on paid leave, right? At first, Pei Qian had thought about asking the Management Trainee why he had not reported this immediately. However, on further thought, it did not seem necessary to immediately report such a small matter to Pei Qian. It made no difference to report it during the Management Trainee meeting. Finding nothing suspicious, Pei Qian gestured for the meeting to carry on. It was Fish-Catching Take-Outs Management Trainees turn. The new branches are still incurring losses, but Boss Rui doesnt seem to mind. Hes still preparing to open more branches. On top of that, the chef at the Gourmet Laboratory has been making regular trips to the nameless restaurant recently. They seem to be researching a new and more luxurious dish in private. Pei Qian had been overjoyed to hear the first sentence, but by the end, he was frowning deeply. A new dish? He had not been informed about this before. However, why was the chef making trips to Ming Yun Private Kitchen? Was he trying to learn new skills associated with high-end dishes? Still, the dishes produced by Ming Yun Private Kitchen required outstanding culinary skills and extremely valuable ingredients. How could they be made into take-out? A modified version? The chances of success were not high. That was because Fish-Catching Take-Outs average-priced meals were still incurring losses. Wouldnt the losses only increase if they tried to venture into the high-end market? Pei Qian pondered for a moment, and then said, Keep a close eye on this. I want a detailed report at the next meeting. He had no intention of putting a stop to this because there were high chances of failure. If they really failed, Fish-Catching Take-Out would be able to burn more money, and Pei Qian would be elated. Last but not least, it was time for the report from Thriller Hostels Management Trainee. All in all, everything at the Thriller Hostel was going well. The timeline for the Golden Maze was tight, but there were no huge problems. Pei Qian was slightly disappointed. He wanted Thriller Hostels construction to be delayed. To him, it would be best if Thriller Hostel was only completed at the end of August or at the start of September. It wouldnt affect settlement, and he would be able to generate less income. However, he was helpless. Chen Kangtuo, Boss Li, and the others were all anxious. Judging by their current speed, Thriller Hostel would be open for business at the beginning of July. Even if Pei Qian thought up a reason to delay its opening, he would only be able to postpone it by one or two weeks. Any longer than that seemed impossible. All the Management Trainees had finished their reports. After some thought, Pei Qian concluded that the current situation wasnt horrible. There was still hope. Good work, everyone! Keep working hard! June 20th, Monday At 9 AM, Pei Qian was eating his breakfast at Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. As he sipped his coffee, he thought about his plan for the week. It was the 20th today. In other words, it was the day of the month that he had the entire Ming Yun Private Kitchen reserved. He had already decided whom to invite to Ming Yun Private Kitchen for a meal: the production team of Tomorrow is Beautiful. Tomorrow is Beautiful was finally taken out of overseas cinemas yesterday. They had made 1.4 million US dollars in the box offices. However, Pei Qian saw no need to panic just yet, because overseas box offices took much longer to distribute profits than local ones. That would be a problem for the next cycle. The films final results in the box offices had also been hotly debated online. The fans analyzed that there were multiple reasons behind it. For example, there were the effect of the final post-credits scene in Tomorrow is Beautiful, how the Jury Awards reputation could not be compared to the Palme dOr no matter how good it was, how the film did badly in the beginning so thatno matter how high the row piece rate had become subsequentlythe later performance was limited. In short, one could not say that the film was a hit at the box office. It still fell short of what many fans had hoped. Still, no matter what, it had been a hit at the box offices. It had also done the best in overseas box offices in those couple of years. Especially considering its initial investment, the fact that Tomorrow is Beautiful had aired in local and overseas cinemas and was being streamed online was a huge win. Thus, Lu Zhiyao, Zhang Zuting, and the others were taking the opportunity to gather in Jingzhou and celebrate. Of course, Pei Qian wondered if their real intention was to feast at the nameless restaurant. Why else would they have decided to be in Jingzhou on the 20th? Zhang Zuting knew very well that Boss Pei had reserved the nameless restaurant on the 20th of every month. By now, Pei Qian could not be bothered to deal with those peoples little schemes. It was just too bad that Thriller Hostel had not been completed yet. Otherwise, he would have sent the entire group of them there to play until they puked. He needed to teach them that it would be alright if they had incurred losses and tried to get a meal out of Boss Pei; the latter would have welcomed them with open arms. However, they were trying to get a meal after generating a lot of profits. Sorry, but they would have to feel the hospitality that locals of Jingzhou show their guests! On top of that, Tengda Games and Shang Yang Games had officially started competing in the esports arena. Shang Yang Games had successfully persuaded several long-standing local esports clubs to form a team for IOI. They had also invited a few overseas clubs to take part in a competition in the city. Of course, Tengda Games would not be left behind. A few esports clubs in the country had also agreed to form GOG teams. The wealthier esports clubs decided to spend more money pleasing both sides by setting up teams for both games. On the other hand, the poorer clubs had no choice but to pick a side. At the moment, GOG and IOI each had their merits. GOG had a big base of gamers in the country, but IOI had better potential to make it to the international arena. As for Tengda Corporation it looked like it was leaning towards GOG. However, its multiple attempts at resuscitating IOIs local server made others doubt that it had given up on the game completely. Thus, to the clubs, the situation was looking very confusing once again. Pei Qian did not want to think about those things for now. After all, things had just started, and there was not much he could tell. Now, his biggest concern was whether to eat with Zhang Zuting, Lu Zhiyao, and the others or not. If he did, his corpse would be repeatedly lashed at right at the dinner table. He could already imagine what the other men would say to him. For example: Boss Pei, you had so much foresight to insist that all dialogue should be in English. Although ticket sales werent the best, the concept has conquered the entire world. They might even start talking about every detail related to Cannes as well. There was no doubt about that. After all, Zhu Xiaoce had even gone so far as to thank Boss Pei by name at the end of his speech. It would be natural to expect everyone to take a stab at Boss Pei at the dining table. Yet, what excuse could Boss Pei give for not turning up? He was too busy? Yes, that excuse did seem to be a panacea of sorts. After all, it had become common knowledge that Boss Pei was a very busy man. He could use that excuse as a shield against anything. At last, Pei Qian decided to use the work shield. Tomorrow is Beautiful was a beautiful mistake. It would be best if everyone just left it in the past. As he sipped his coffee, Pei Qian spotted a familiar-looking long face with his peripheral vision. Brother Qian! Youre here indeed! Ma Yang looked excited to have caught Pei Qian. Old Ma? What are you doing here? Pei Qian was stunned. Ma Yang had nothing to do with Fish-Catching Internet Cafe now. He was mainly in charge of Dream Realization Ventures, and he was meant to be working on the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine with Zhang Wang. Initially, Ma Yang had spent some time at DGE Esports Club. However, ever since he lost 0-28, he stopped going over. Ma Yang sat down opposite Pei Qian and giggled. Brother Qian, Im here to apply for funding! Huh? Apply for funding? This piqued Pei Qians interest. What, has something gone wrong with the manufacturing of the Fully-Automated Bickering Machines? Ma Yang quickly shook his head. No, no, no. Manufacturing of the Fully-Automated Bickering Machines has been going well. Apart from the fact that we cant sell a single one of them, everything is fine. Im here to apply for funding on behalf of DGE Esports Club. Many clubs have been inviting DGE to play friendly matches with them. Ive been thinking about going with them to other clubs and making a few connections. Pei Qian was overjoyed. Have you forgotten your feud? You lost to those young internet addicts 0-28! Ma Yang sniggered. Brother Qian, thats where youre wrong. Since when have I been one to bear grudges? I went back to Dream Realization Ventures to help share your burdens! It was not because I accidentally died a couple of times! The world can testify on my behalf! Pei Qian could not be bothered to expose him. He asked, Why isnt Zhang Yuan applying for funding if he wants to take the club to play friendly matches against other teams? Ma Yang smiled. Zhang Yuan feels embarrassed. DGE Esports Club has only been spending money until now. It hasnt earned a single cent. He thinks that it would be ridiculous to apply for funding to send the club to various cities to participate in friendly matches. Thats why hes too ashamed to ask. He thinks playing friendly matches online would be good enough. Friendly matches online? Those cost nothing! No way! In fact, Pei Qian thought that it would be best not to take part in any friendly matches. It would be safest to make DGE Esports Club remain in the villa all day and entertain themselves. However, their appearance at Fish-Catching Internet Cafes Live Esports Museum showed many peopleespecially other clubs that were interested in GOGthat they existed. He had no reason to turn down other clubs invitations for friendly matches. Since there was no avoiding it, Pei Qian decided to let nature take its course and spend as much money as possible while he was at it. Could he invite the other clubs to Jingzhou and provide food and accommodation? No, that seemed inappropriate. He wanted to invite other clubs to Jingzhou to spend as much money as possible. Of course, he would book the best restaurants and hotels. Yet, what if those clubs became so touched that they misunderstood him? What if they kept investing more money in their GOG teams? Wouldnt IOI collapse? Thus, Pei Qian couldnt do that! On further thought, it seemed like buying the best airplane tickets for DGEs members to travel to various cities and participate in friendly matches was the best option. He could spend on food, air tickets, and other things as well; but he would not cause other clubs to enjoy GOG anymore. They would just play a couple of matches without affecting the bigger picture. Pei Qian nodded. Alright, approved. You, Zhang Yuan, Li Yaling, and the Management Trainee of the club will go together with the team members. Go to the other cities and play friendly matches with the other clubs. Keep to the same standards as other Tengda business trips; we will cover all expenses! Ma Yang raised his thumb in excitement. I knew you would understand, Brother Qian! I knew you would agree! ill tell Zhang Yuan the good news right now! Chapter 558 - Some Help from Zhang Zuting In the afternoon, at the nameless restaurant.. Lu Zhiyao, Zhang Zuting, Lin Ruyi, Zhu Xiaoce, and Huang Sibo along with the entire production crew, editing crew, and other core employees of Fei Huang Workspace gathered for a meal. As they enjoyed the delicacies in front of them, they drank alcohol and chatted. Thats why I still think that Boss Pei had great foresight from the beginning because he made all the dialogue English! Why else would the film have been so well-received both within and outside the country? Look at the blockbusters over the last few years. How many of them managed to get tens of millions of US dollars overseas?! Thats right. Boss Pei really gave this film its own soul! At least fifty percent of the praise that the film got from film critics belonged to Boss Pei. Just fifty percent? Sorry, Ive underestimated it. Ill punish myself by downing this glass of wine. Director Zhu, have you brought the trophy with you? Yes, I have, I have. Come on, pass it down carefully, everyone. If you break or scratch it, well have to wait until next year to get another one. Director Zhu, thats where youre wrong. Are you so confident that you would receive the same award next year? What if you get the Palme dOr instead? Thats right! For all we know, this might be the last Jury Award that we would ever win from Cannes. From now on, we might just keep winning Palme dOrs. This is too memorable. We have to be careful with it! We really have Boss Pei to thank! Its a pity that he cant be here because hes too busy. Everyone, lets raise a toast to Boss Pei! Thats right, lets raise a toast to Boss Pei! Everyone raised their glasses with their faces flushed. Obviously, all of them had been celebrating so hard that they were now feeling light-headed. However, for some reason, they looked like a family from the same village, drinking together. Lu Zhiyao also uncharacteristically drank two glasses of wine. He asked Zhu Xiaoce, Director Zhu, have you started preparing for the next film already? Zhu Xiaoce waved. Dont talk about it. Weve been given shock therapy by Boss Pei. The entire department is on paid leave! Still, we took that chance to gather inspiration and strengthen our foundation. Honestly speaking, I think Tomorrow is Beautiful could have done better if we had a better grasp of our skills. I feel like our skills didnt do justice to Boss Peis idea-its a pity. We have to work harder not to drag Boss Pei down for the next film! Lu Zhiyao nodded. Speaking of which, I feel like I havent matured in certain aspects of my acting. I have to work even harder. Indeed, working with Boss Pei would cause anyone to think harder about improving. Zhang Zuting took a bite of his barbecued meat and asked Huang Sibo, Whats Boss Pei busy with? Is he so busy that he doesnt even have time to have a meal with us? Huang Sibo smiled. Uncle Zhang, dont you know Boss Pei well enough yet? He doesnt enjoy celebrations to begin with. Actually, Boss Pei has always been like that. He was like that when we were working on games together, too. Each time a game became popular and profitable, everyone would happily celebrate, but Boss Pei would move on to think about the next project. He has never been one to be too happy with himself. I really cant grasp that. Of course, on top of that, Boss Pei is really very busy. Look at all the projects he has to work on at the moment: the internet cafes, the take-outs, the Sloth Apartments, the gym, two game companies Huang Sibo started counting, but because he had had too much alcohol, he could not think straight. After a long time, he still couldnt finish counting. In short, hes a very busy man. If it were anyone else, they would get dizzy trying to take care of so many businesses at the same time. The connections between each department would be an absolute mess. They would have no way to stay on top of it all. However, Boss Pei is different. He is still very clear about the inter-departmental connections. He can still cause the various departments to work together and carry out his plan. No ordinary human would be able to achieve this. Zhang Zuting nodded. Thats true. However even if Boss Pei doesnt have time for a meal, he should still be able to spare some time to meet us and talk to us, right? I havent seen him in quite a while. Why dont we pay Boss Pei a visit? We can leave after we greet him and catch up with him for a while, and we wont take up too much of his time. How does that sound? Lu Zhiyao nodded. Alright, but I dont think too many of us should go. We shouldnt interrupt Boss Peis work. Zhu Xiaoce said, Most importantly do you know where Boss Pei is now? It doesnt seem appropriate for us to call and ask him, right? Pei Qian considered it for a moment. It is inappropriate to call him. If we do, Boss Pei will take our call very seriously and try to make time to meet us. Wouldnt we be interrupting his work, then? How about this? We can go to the few places that Boss Pei normally visits and try our luck. If we bump into him we can greet him. Otherwise, we can forget about it. Alright! Lu Zhiyao and the others nodded in agreement. At 4 PM, in Tengda Games Huang Sibo seemed frustrated. If Boss Pei is not here, we will really be helpless. After the gathering ended, they had visited Fish-Catching Internet Cafes Handong University branch, Deposit Fitness, and Boss Peis office on the 16th floor of Shenhua Views. Yet, they had not been able to find him. Finally, they decided to try their luck at Tengda Games. If he wasnt there, they would give up. After all, Tengda had too many departments, and it would not be practical for them to visit every single one. Everyone walked into Tengda Games office, hoping to spot Boss Peis familiar figure. At that moment, Hu Xianbin was at his desk, scratching his head. Suddenly, from the corner of his eyes, he saw a couple of people walk through the entrance. When he looked up, he was shocked! Zhang Zuting? Lu Zhiyao? Huang Sibo? Zhu Xiaoce? Werent they the two lead actors and directors of Tomorrow is Beautiful? Hu Xianbin was overjoyed! He ran towards them and grabbed Huang Sibos hand. Brother Huang! Do you know telepathy? How did you know that I wanted to contact you? Huang Sibo paused. Contact me? What for? Hu Xianbin replied, I wanted you to contact Director Zhu for me so that he can guide the actors acting! The four of them felt light-headed. Acting? What acting? Is Tengda filming another movie? Hu Xianbin quickly explained, The motion-capture actors acting! Its for Boss Peis new game, Struggle! As he explained, he retrieved Struggles script from beside him and handed a copy to Zhang Zuting and Lu Zhiyao. Zhang Zuting read the script, his expression becoming increasingly exaggerated. After briefly scanning through the two-page-long story outline, Zhang Zuting smacked his thigh. Why isnt Boss Pei turning this good script into a movie? The message is so deep. Although I dont know if itll do well in the box office, itll definitely win an award! Huang Sibo had a different opinion. Uncle Zhang, the game is to be split into two versions -rich and poor. There seems to be a special meaning behind that. It wont be easy to bring that message across through a film. Why not? We just have to think of a way to merge them together! This has to do with emphasizing the gap between the rich and the poor. If we do it well, the film could have a lot of potential! Zhang Zuting still insisted that the script would be better as a movie. From the side, Zhu Xiaoce brought the discussion back to the main point. Its alright, Uncle Zhang. Well still have time to consider turning the game into a movie after it becomes popular. Im sure Boss Pei has thought about that. Turning to Hu Xianbin, he said, You were saying you need help directing the acting? Whats that about? Hu Xianbin answered, Im worrying about that right now. All the scenes in our game require real motion-capture actors. We need to capture every single expression and detail of the actors. Whats more, according to Boss Peis instructions, the game is to take on a more exaggerated style. Each actors unique facial features are to be emphasized as much as possible. However, that requires a lot from the actors. Emphasizing the actors features means that more exaggerated acting is required. However, all the motion-capture actors are bit-role actors who dont have much experience in this area At once, Zhang Zuting understood. Thats easy. I can go and direct the actors, cant I? I have a lot of experience acting as both a poor person and a wealthy person. I also know a lot about exaggerated acting. Just leave it to me! Hu Xianbin was pleasantly surprised. Really? Thank you so much! But would that affect your travel itinerary? Zhang Zuting waved his hand. No, it wouldnt. Boss Pei has helped me so much. Ill return the favor by directing the acting. Its a small matter. Elated, Hu Xianbin exclaimed, Then, Ill really have to thank you, Mr. Zhang! Zhang Zuting grinned. Although he could not meet Boss Pei this time, helping out behind the scenes didnt seem like a bad idea! June 22nd, Wednesday At Jingzhous old industrial zone Pei Qian looked at the Thriller Hostel, which was being built up at a rapid speed, along with the surrounding facilities. An unspeakable sorrow began to fill his heart. The progress was too quick! Pei Qian hoped that it would slow down, but no one seemed to be able to hear his secret wishes. Over the last two days, Pei Qian had already visited the old industrial zone twice. He wanted to be clear on Thriller Hostels current situation so that nothing could be sprung on him at the last minute. However, after seeing things for himself, he realized that the situation was not looking good! Thriller Hostel was meant to be a lonely haunted house in the industrial zone. There wasnt meant to be any facilities around it, and it was supposed to look very unimpressive. Yet, now, Boss Li and the others had built restaurants and hotels in the area. Even the plaza outside had been renovated. In addition to the fountain in the middle, the area looked quite promising! Everyone only renovated the original factories in the industrial zone, but after tidying up the surroundings, the weeds and the construction rubbish that had been accumulated was gone. The space immediately looked much neater. The Golden Maze was still being built in a hurry, but it was looking different every day. The complicated structure with all sorts of intricacies was becoming visible, and Pei Qian was beginning to panic. Fortunately, there were still a few problems left unresolved at the moment. For example, how would they market the place so that the entire country would know about this place? How would people get to the old industrial zone from the city? Pei Qian walked two more rounds around Thriller Hostel and then decided to leave. However, just then, he heard a surprised voice. Boss Pei? I knew it! You only say you want to incur losses, but in fact, this area is very important to you. Youre still making time out of your busy schedule to visit! The corners of Pei Qians mouth twitched. He didnt even have to turn around to know that it was Boss Li. Pei Qian had been coming here in secret over the last two days, just like a thief, because he feared bumping into Boss Li and creating unnecessary drama. Yet, the situation that he had feared happened. He really bumped into Boss Li! Pei Qian sighed inwardly. Then, he turned around and smiled. Boss Li, good afternoon. Boss Li was grinning. Boss Pei, are you here because you knew I invited the investors over to discuss Thriller Hostels marketing? Boss Pei, you must have a lot of insights when it comes to marketing! Pei Qian: ? There was no such thing! Youre mistaken! Obviously, Boss Li and the other investors knew that Thriller Hostel could not generate profits in its current state. Recovering their capital aside, just maintaining daily operations would be a struggle. That was because there was simply not enough traffic. A large-scale amusement park like that could not be sustained on locals alone. It needed tourists from different countries, all over the world. However, how Thriller Hostels marketing should be conducted was a problem The write-up that Quanmin Reviews had done earlier-entitled Beautiful Jingzhouwould have helped, but it was not enough. Pei Qian sniggered. Im sorry, Boss Li. Ill make a move first because I have other work to do. You can take your time discussing. Once he finished speaking, Pei Qian boarded his car and left at lightning speed. Li Shi stood where he was, confused about the now-gone Boss Pei. Still, he could do nothing but sigh helplessly. Then, he returned to discuss Thriller Hostels marketing with the other investors. Chapter 559 - We won’t Talk about Tengda’s Plans Today! Li Shi sadly walked into the conference room. However, by the time he entered the conference and saw the investors, his expression became one of realization. The rest of the investors had already arrived one by one. Chen Kangtuo and Hao Qiong were also present. According to their current progress, Thriller Hostel would open for business at the start of next month. That meant they had to settle the marketing plan for the amusement park. After all, there was a lot to prepare before they officially started publicizing Thriller Hostel. They also needed time to create various marketing materials. The seat at the head of the conference table was empty, but Li Shi did not sit there. Instead, he took the first empty seat to the left of it. Obviously, the seat at the head of the table had been left empty for Boss Pei. Li Shi looked around at everyone else and said, Everyone, I have good news and bad news. Everyone else: ?. Li Shi explained, The good news is that Boss Pei just visited Thriller Hostel to take a look around. Hes avoiding us on purpose. That means he values this project quite a lot. The bad news is he said he has work to do, and so he wont be joining our meeting about Thriller Hostels marketing. Everyone else: ?. Obviously, most of the investors were thoroughly confused by Boss Peis tricks. Boss Pei, its fine if you dont want to come. We werent hoping you would come either. However, since you were already here, would it have been so difficult to walk a couple more steps and attend a meeting? Seeing everyones confused expressions, Li Shi knocked on the table. None of you has figured out what Boss Peis attitude means? Its very clear! He came to check on Thriller Hostels progress, which means that this project is very important to him. He just doesnt want to make it too obvious. He isnt attending the meeting, obviously because he wants to see how sincere we are in our publicity efforts! If we are sincere enough, Boss Pei would appreciate it and reciprocate! The other investors pondered hard about this. One by one, they seemed to understand. That seemed to make sense! Before this, Boss Pei had acted nonchalant about the project as well. However, when everyone proposed collectively investing in a shopping mall and sharing half of the profits with Boss Pei, Boss Pei took them seriously and came up with the Golden Maze. It looked like it would be the same with marketing. Boss Pei was waiting to see how they would perform! When they looked at it that way, Boss Peis actions seemed to make sense. After making sure that everyone was on the same page, Li Shi said, Alright, what ideas do you all have for publicity? Lets put it all on the table. Dont hide your hand anymore. The investors took turns to speak up. Im thinking about putting up advertisements at public bus stations and train platforms around Jingzhou. We can also organize a shuttle service from the nearest public transport station to Thriller Hostel. I can hire people to give out flyers at various shopping malls and universities in Jingzhou. Young people would probably be more interested in amusement parks. Im considering placing advertisements online. However, I have to think harder about how to do that exactly. Otherwise, I wont be able to guarantee its effectiveness. Boss Li, you know Boss Wang of Quanmin Reviews, dont you? Do you think we can run a promotion for Thriller Hostels tickets on Quanmin Reviews? Everyone quickly spoke up one by one until their publicity plan covered every aspect of the country. They were all used to working in this manner. After all, they had already wrestled and fought when they were deciding who would be in charge of what project at the beginning. Back then, Boss Li had already whipped them into shape. Now, everyone was in the same boat. All of them had invested a lot of money into this project. If it failed, all of them stood to lose. Although they would not go so far as to kill themselves, there would still be a lot of bleeding. Li Shi nodded. Ill talk to Boss Wang about Quanmin Reviews. For now, the problem is our publicity seems to be focused on Jingzhou. The furthest we have gone to is Handong Province. Yes, we cant do much about that. It seems like a long shot to try and cover the entire country at one go. Everyone knew full well that Thriller Hostels customers would come mainly from Jingzhou in the beginning. At the most, they would come from different parts of Handong Province. It was not practical to expect tourists from all over the country to travel all the way to Jingzhou, just to experience scares at Thriller Hostel. Whats more, how much would it cost to run advertisements throughout the country? They could participate in large-scale variety shows or run advertisements on channels available to the entire country. Alternatively, they could spend a ton of money trying to market the amusement park to the other cities. Either way, the price-quality ratio seemed low. Thus, this was the best they could do for now. They had to wait until Thriller Hostel became a hit and became popular among the locals, and its name slowly spread. Then, they could publicize it to the rest of the country. Li Shi turned to face Chen Kangtuo. Brother Chen, Boss Pei Chen Kangtuo looked helpless. Boss Li, you know what Boss Pei is like as well. Nothing that I say can influence his plan. Li Shi nodded. Yes, yes, I understand. Im just saying that we should all try our best. Chen Kangtuo: Of course. Li Shi looked at the publicity plan that they had come up with so far, feeling slightly uncertain. However, that was the best that they could do, given their capabilities at the moment. In a certain motion-capture workspace in Jingzhou Zhang Zuting explained the script to the group of motion capture actors in English. Those actors had all been bit-role actors in Tomorrow is Beautiful, and so they all knew Zhang Zuting quite well. All of them listened intently to him. Zhang Zuting did not get caught up in the details of every single scene. Instead, he focused on explaining the general concept of the performance. Boss Pei has already decided to emphasize the facial features of each actor. Based on my understanding of him, Im sure he wants all of you to act exaggeratedly. That means every single expression has to be made as obvious as possible. You should feel like youre acting in a drama on-stage or in a theater. On stage, during live performances, the audience would be located very far away. Thus, they would not be able to catch minor changes in expression. To intensify the dramatic effect, actors have to exaggerate every movement. You can take this game as an interactive movie. In some sense, its similar. Looking at characters with over-emphasized features and exaggerated acting could take away from the gamers immersiveness. Although the game would seem less realistic, the symbolism in the story and roles would also be made more powerful. Gamers would be made to think Before this, I gave all of you a piece of paper with your character and the facial feature thats emphasized. Study those characteristics very closely and try to exaggerate your movements as much as possible to bring them to life The actors nodded as they paid close attention. Before Zhang Zuting came, none of them had been sure how they were supposed to act out their roles. All of them had used their own techniques, and the end result had been very messy. They had not met Hu Xianbins expectations. However, after listening to Zhang Zutings explanation and analysis, all of them had a deeper understanding of their own roles. Now, they were on the same page with their acting. When Hu Xianbin saw this, he rejoiced. He quickly said, Good! Work harder everyone! Well re-film all of those parts that we were unhappy with before! We have to meet Boss Peis expectations! Achoo! Pei Qian had been lying down on his sofa, basking in the sun when he sneezed all of a sudden. This Boss Li must be badmouthing me behind my back June 23rd, Thursday In the cafe near Handong University, He Ans third lesson with Ma Yang officially began. Publicity for Thriller Hostel seemed to have started already. On the way to the cafe, Pei Qian had seen an advertisement for Thriller Hostel at a bus stop. However, Pei Qian did not have a good solution to the problem now. He could only let nature take its course and pray that the publicity campaign would not be too effective. He An gave Ma Yang the teaching materials for today, sipped his coffee, and prepared to speak. Pei Qian kept smiling, looking every bit like the curious student that he was trying to be. Yet, his trembling hands were ruthlessly betraying him. It did not look like they were going to talk about Tengdas plans today! At least, that was what he could tell from the teaching material. The title of the teaching material was Third Lesson on Successful Designs: Restraint on Smuggling Goods and Expression. Just to be safe, Pei Qian flipped through the contents of the teaching material. That was when he realized it contained the plan of one successful game that He An had worked on a long time ago. It was called The Landlord Game. If Pei Qian had seen that name in the past, he might have thought about the three-player Poker game, Fight the Landlord[1] However, he had done his homework after all. He knew about He Ans past successful games. In Pei Qians memory, The Landlord Game could be referred to as something else that was easier to rememberMonopoly. Although the names and packaging were different, the gameplay was the same. Pei Qian could not help but look forward to this lesson. He An said, For todays lesson, we will not study Tengdas plans anymore. Thats because, for this topic, theres nothing worth learning from Tengda. Pei Qian was surprised. Oh? Teacher He, what do you mean? He An smiled. Today, I want to talk about the restraint on smuggling goods and expression. The exporter of every type of content from novels to movies and games-only becomes an exporter because he or she has a very strong desire for expression. Strictly speaking, whatever they want to express is considered a smuggled good. Thats because the content comes from the data bank in their own brain and would not necessarily resonate with everyone else. When the content resonates with the majority of people, we can say that the particular expression sparked empathy, revealed truth, contained philosophy, and was thought-provoking. Otherwise, we would say that the particular expression carried smuggled goods leading to mistaken inducement and was punishable. However, if content creators do not smuggle goods, they would not qualify as content creators. Thats because the content that they export would not contain their thought: it would be empty Thus, if a creator wants to succeed, he or she has to exercise restraint. They cannot smuggle too many goods, but they cannot smuggle too little either. They also cannot be too extreme or too vulgar. As for why there is nothing worth learning from Tengdas plans Thats because Tengdas games and movies have already surpassed this stage. No matter how many goods they smuggle, everyone would accept it. You cant learn from them. Pei Qian: At that moment, Pei Qian did not know if he should rejoice or feel disappointed. [1] This is a popular game in China, in which each player will be dealt 17 cards, and the one who plays out all his cards in valid combinations wins. Chapter 560 - Teacher He, I’ll Keep Your Advice in Mind! He An continued speaking. Of course, everything that I want to say constitutes smuggled goods as well. I hope you can understand this, Boss Ma. Thats because theres no such thing as an objective and fair expression. Anything that has been through artistic processing would be affected by the hidden intentions of the person who did the work. However, the goods that I am about to smuggle were produced by me alone. They are my personal vision for the future local gaming industry. Boss Ma, itll be great if it resonates with you, but its also fine if it does not. Seeing He Ans stern expression, Pei Qian pushed his conflicting emotions to the back of his mind and listened intently. I am going to split todays lesson into two parts. In the first part, I am going to talk about my successful experience while working on The Landlord Game. I will also theorize how I managed to smuggle the right goods and exercise restraint at the same time. In the second part, I will briefly talk about my views on the gaming industrys prospects for development-or shall I say, my proposal. Pei Qian nodded. He could very clearly see that He An looked different today than in the previous two lessons. In the previous two lessons, He An had been speaking as an observer. He had been carefully analyzing successful cases and interpreting successful elements as a professional. However, todays He An seemed to have a glow that only belonged to preachers who cleared confusion by giving moral and practical instruction. He reminded Pei Qian of old gentlemen who worried about their countries and people. Pei Qian wondered if he was just seeing things. After organizing his thoughts, He An said, First, I want to talk about The Landlord Game. Actually, the games gameplay did not come from me alone. The inspiration came from a board game I played during my enlightenment years. The origins of the game can be traced back to an American political economist named Henry Pei Qian had a vague impression of this story, but everything he knew was in a mess, and he did not really understand it. Now, hearing He Ans narration, things were gradually becoming clearer. This political economist named Henry was born in poverty. He worked as a sailor, a miner of gold, and a printer. Throughout his work, he came into contact with countless people who were even poorer and of a lower class than him. In the mid-nineteenth century, the United States developed at a speed that was visible to the naked eye. However, that also caused an unprecedented widening of the gap between the societys rich and poor. Henry realized that the accumulation of limitless wealth had not been improving the lives of the poor. Instead, it had only been widening the gap between themselves and the rich. The income of the top one-percent of society had surpassed the sum of the bottom fifty percent of societys income. Thus, Henry began thinking about the reason behind this massive inequality. In the end, he completed an entire thesis entitled Progress and Poverty, which exposed the root cause of all of itthe United States land privatization system. In the early twentieth century, a female journalist named Elizabeth inherited Henrys theories and decided to create a board game to test them. After a lot of development, the board games rules were finally perfected. That was the prototype of He Ans game, The Landlord Game. He An sipped his coffee and continued speaking. While I was working to produce The Landlord Game on the computer, I wanted to make it more interesting. That was why I added a lot of fascinating game play. For example, I added a variety of props and cards, increased the number of special events, established a perfect stock system, incorporated character voices, created a lottery mechanism, and so on. I also added different maps and polished the style of the game All of those designs served to make the game more interesting and cause gamers to love it more. Obviously, that game contains smuggled goods-my agreement with Henrys theories. Many people have tried analyzing my game, looking for elements that were confirmed by reality. For example, the poor get poorer, and the rich get richer; buying land emphasizes ones first-mover advantage; location is king; insider information is important when dabbling in the stock market; paying attention to surrounding events is important when making investments; the essence of war is the redistribution of resources; people who do not have starting capital cannot enter the market I had thought about most of those when I started designing the game. I only had a vague understanding of some during the designing process. However, I had absolutely no clue of an extremely small number of those things when I was developing the game. It was only when I was trying to perfect the rules that they took shape. Obviously, I had stuffed a lot of smuggled goods in that game. However, that game did not cause any gamers any disgust. Instead, it resonated with many people. That is one example of a successful plan. In general, there are three principles to follow when trying to smuggle goods: First, convey positive value. Second, guarantee fun. Third, have appropriate depth. The quality of any product must be achieved, be it a game or other cultural products. Generally speaking, games should be fun. Otherwise, they would not qualify as games. Gamers would not welcome it. The goods you smuggle would not be able to affect others You need to have appropriate depth so as not to disgust your players. Some of them would dabble and stop. They would only have a preliminary and superficial understanding of whatever you want to express. For them, the main pleasure of the game would lie in the gameplay. Some would be savvier. Of their own initiative, they would make associative connections between the game and the world around them. Some would dig deep into every detail of the game. They would completely understand the goods that youre smuggling. In very rare cases, they might even over-analyze your thoughts Thus, having appropriate depth would allow those three different types of players to play your game comfortably. Of course, Im just talking about those things in theory. In practice, you would need to make decisions based on the situation youre in. Dont think that this is useless. The game industry, along with most other cultural industries, has no quantifiable standard for success. If a quantifiable standard for success existed, and there was a method to achieve quick success, everyone would be making successful games by now. The real value lies in these theories. Once you understand these theories, you would have found the correct method. That would be the first step to success. Pei Qian nodded. Obviously, that was the most useful information that He An had in his storage of theories. To Pei Qian, those things were extremely hard to put into practice. Still, the theories themselves were very valuable. It was like many instrumental disciplines. They could not directly change ones life, but they could subtly do so by increasing ones wisdom. He An took another sip of his coffee and spoke rather emotionally. Next, I will share my opinion on the current gaming industry This only represents my own thoughts. Boss Ma, you can take it with a pinch of salt. Its alright if you do not agree with me The domestic game market is becoming increasingly prosperous, but I think that its becoming increasingly hollow as well. Games with paywalls that peddle hatred can bring gamers a myriad of emotions. However, do they offer positive value of any kind? No, they do not! Of course, I am not saying that every game has to be educational. Thats a misconception. Games are for entertainment. Their first goal should be entertainment, and theres nothing wrong with that. Yet, that does not mean that games are hollow and meaningless in themselves. A game that peddles hatred, plays with chance, and throws side-balls could achieve some success in the market. However, they would never become classic games that are known throughout generations, and they would never win any real respect from gamers. We want to emphasize that games are for entertainment, and thats right. However, we cannot mock developers who want to express certain content to gamers through their games. They are essential to the market. Unfortunately, game developers like that are few and far between in the current market. Everyone likes violence, dramatic scenes, beautiful faces, and hot figures. The competition among game merchants can be likened to dishes that contain increasing amounts of seasoning. Gamers taste thresholds are constantly pushed higher, leaving chefs who insist on sticking to original flavors with nowhere to go. Thats why Im considering retirement as well. I know full well that, in such a market, creating another game like The Landlord Game would not guarantee success anymore. Thats also why I admire Tengda Games so much. Tengda Games Boss Pei is one of the rare developers in China, who dare to and are good at smuggling goods in their games. Whats more, his games are always so thought-provoking. Boss Ma, if you become an outstanding game developer in the future, I also hope that you would understand how to smuggle the right goods in your games, appropriately and with restraint. Of course, dont forget to carefully wrap your smuggled goods with exquisite and acceptable packaging. You would definitely fail if you reveal the cold, hard truth to gamers directly. Pei Qian listened intently, feeling conflicted inside. He could sense the sorrow of a heros twilight from He Ans speech. He could imagine what He An had been like when he was working on The Landlord Game and other successful games: high-spirited and enjoying both fame and fortune. Now, facing a market environment like that, he looked like he was retiring nonchalantly, but there was a sense of helplessness in that decision as well. Still, there was good news. Pei Qian felt like he could definitely incur losses this time! Did Struggle contain any smuggled goods? Regardless of the answer, Teacher Qiao would surely be able to come up with some smuggled goods. Yet, this game was just as He An had said. The cold, hard truth would be placed right in front of gamers! That was taboo! According to He Ans theory, to successfully smuggle goods, the game had to have appropriate depth, so that the gamers who dug more also learned more. Burying useful content just under the surface would dissuade most gamers, who were only looking to dabble and stop. That was a surefire way to fail! He An glanced at the clock. Alright, lets stop here for today. I hope this lesson was helpful to you. Also, please remember not to place the cold, hard truth directly in front of gamers. It would only backfire. Afraid that Ma Yang would knowingly commit the crime, he emphasized the lesson once more. Pei Qian nodded. Alright, Teacher He! Ill keep your advice in mind! Chapter 561 - Help Boss Pei Publicize June 24th, Friday At Dream Realization Ventures He Desheng looked at his watch; Boss Pei was about to arrive in less than 10 minutes. He Desheng could not help but hold his forehead with a slight headache, looking at the slightly anxious Zhang Wang who did not realize the true seriousness of the problem then at Ma Yang again, who was having fun with the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine. He did not know what came over Boss Pei today to have given advanced notice to head over to Dream Realization Ventures to understand the progress with the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine. Therefore, He Desheng called Zhang Wang and Ma Yang over to give a joint update. That was because He Desheng did not know how to give an update! Up to now, thousands of Fully-Automated Bickering Machines had been produced. There might still be a gap between what was currently produced and the final goal of 20,000 stocks, but any idiot could see that the situation was not good. These few thousand Fully-Automated Bickering Machines were all in the warehouse, unable to be sold! During this time, He Desheng and Zhang Wang had also thought about some publicity methods. For example, publishing them in online shops, advertising appropriately, and selling to some handicraft shops. However, all of them without exceptiongave them the cold shoulder! He tried to advertise, but the conversion rate was horribly low. In laymans terms, many people watched the advertisement, but no one bought it at all! He Desheng sighed helplessly even though he knew this would be the result. In fact, He Desheng felt it was impossible when Zhang Wang first brought this project up. The shared phone booth previously was useful after all. It could serve as a resting spot, a place to sing, and as a landmark building in the city. It had a completely profitable case. However, there was absolutely no practical use for this Fully-Automated Bickering Machine! Moreover, it was too expensive-completely out of the affordability of most consumers if it was to be a handicraft or a sand sculpture toy. The sales figures were in double digits until now; many of them even returned their goods. They probably felt bored after playing with it for a day and immediately regretted spending 500 yuan on it. In short, it was terrible. He Desheng was frantic now because Boss Pei would be there soon. If He Desheng gave the report himself, he would definitely advise Boss Pei to stop the production and try to sell the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine at a reduced price to stop the loss in time. However, if he were to do that, he would certainly not be immune to criticism. Therefore, He Desheng called Zhang Wang and Ma Yang here to throw the responsibility to them. Anyway, the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine was a project strongly requested by these two people. He looked at Ma Yang, having a great time with the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine, and could not help but wonder if Boss Ma really blocked an atomic bomb for Boss Pei. He would be able to know the correct answer today. Boss Pei arrived as He Desheng was still fretting over it. He quickly stood up and welcomed him, Boss Pei! Ma Yang reluctantly put down the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine until the continuous bar-lifting status number disappeared. He then came to the conference table and greeted Pei Qian. Brother Qian! Ma Yang had no shred of worry on his face. Pei Qians eyes swept across to see Ma Yang, Zhang Wang, and He Deshengs expressions. He realized that their anxiety was of a good proportion, which gave him instant relief. It should be rather stable then! When is DGE Esports Club going to start? Pei Qian asked Ma Yang a relatively irrelevant question first. Ma Yang replied, Next week. Brother Qian, it is not that we are not active. It takes time for the club to form teams and to try out players. Pei Qian nodded. Ok, I understand. Right, lets go into the main topic. How is the progress of the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine project? Ma Yang answered immediately, Very smoothly! So far, thousands of units have been mass-produced. The stocks are very sufficient, and all of them have been carefully inspected. Individual defective goods have all been returned for repair! He Desheng could not help but to give a thumbs-up in his heart. You can do it, Boss Ma! How dare you report good news rather than the bad in front of Boss Pei. Do you treat Boss Pei as a three-year-old, easy to fool? Pei Qian coughed lightly as expected. What about the sales then? Zhang Wang stood up. Boss Pei, Im willing to bear the responsibility of the poor sales results. It has nothing to do with Boss Ma! Pei Qian raised his hand. Dont make haste. Tell me a specific number of units sold first. Zhang Wang pursed his lips. Thirty units. Pei Qian was stunned for two seconds. He nearly blurted out: How could so many units be sold? There were actually thirty-one idiots who spent 500 yuan to buy this rubbish? The world was filled with all sorts of people! Zhang Wang paused before adding on. One of them was delivered to your residence, seven more were returned to us Boss Pei, Im the one mainly responsible for the loss this time. Im willing to pay out of my own pocket to bear part of the loss Zhang Wang became less confident as he spoke. Obviously, as a great inventor, he was hit hard to find that his invention was so unpopular. Moreover, even though Zhang Wang had a lot of shares in the shared phone booth project, it was still a drop in the bucket compared to the eight million yuan investment. Pei Qian frowned immediately. What do you mean? You want to fight with me over making losses as well? Dream on! Pei Qian held a hand up immediately. What are you talking about? Dream Realization Ventures does venture capitalism. The one who shoulders the risk is definitely Dream Realization Ventures. These days, it is all about defrauding investors money. How can they fill the hole for the investors? You dont need to care about anything, just continue producing according to the original plan! Cancel all the advertisements; only leave the online store. The online store could not be canceled too because the rules required an active sales channel. Zhang Wang started, But Boss Pei Pei Qian interrupted him, But what? The biggest problem with this project now is that the production is too slow. You only produced a few thousand units in a month. When will 20,000 units be produced then? Grasp the production capacity and fill our warehouse with the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine as soon as possible. Otherwise, you should take a leaf out of Chang Yous book and go personally to the production line! Yes, Boss Pei! Zhang Wang said with tears in his eyes, deeply moved. Ma Yang nodded. See, I told you not to worry a long time ago. How can something as fun as this not be able to sell? Orders will definitely fly off the shelf once we have enough stock and do some publicity! Pei Qian passed an approving look. Well said! Everyone must be like Boss Ma; maintain an optimistic spirit! He Desheng was speechless. He had confirmed it. Boss Ma must have blocked an atomic bomb for Boss Pei before. Moreover, it was probably more than one bomb. Pei Qian left with great satisfaction after he understood the situation with the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine. He was still thinking if he should just give it all away if the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine could not be sold. It would still be worth a bit of money even if he sold them as scrap metal; however, it would become a pure loss if he were to give it all away. Then again, he dismissed that idea immediately. He should definitely not do that! What if it became a gadget for training hand speed if he were to send it to DGE Esports Club? What if it became trendy amongst the whales if he were to give them to Boss Li and his clique? After all, anything that was related to Boss Pei would not escape the fate of being over-interpreted. Therefore, Pei Qian decided that it was strictly forbidden to make this public. It was best not to give it away as a gift or to advertise. The best solution to them was to leave them in the warehouse to collect dust. Zhang Wangs mood was very complicated after he watched Boss Pei leave. The shared phone booth would not have succeeded without Boss Pei. However, Boss Pei still trusted him so much even though the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine had such a bad start. Zhang Wang felt a little ashamed while feeling touched. He Desheng walked over and patted him on the shoulder. Boss Pei said that we should mass-produce as much as possible so dont think too much. He Desheng might not be able to guess the plan that Boss Pei had up his sleeve, but it was definitely right to act according to Boss Peis requirement. Zhang Wang nodded. I know, I just feel like I let down Boss Pei. I dont know what else I can do to help Boss Pei. Hmm? He Desheng was taken aback and thought for a while. Do you have any invention that can be used for the Thriller Hostel? Boss Pei seemed to be focused on this huge haunted house recently. Zhang Wang frowned slightly. This Im afraid no; the mechanisms in the Thriller Hostel are probably already designed. My earthy inventions are hard to pass up. However does the Thriller Hostel require any publicity? He Desheng nodded. Publicity? Of course, who would reject more publicity? Zhang Wang gave it some serious thought. Then how about I use the shared phone booth to publicize Thriller Hostel? The shared phone booth had an outward-facing display within it. It was originally used for advertising and investment promotion so various advertising contents could be advertised there. He Desheng suddenly replied, Oh? That is a good idea! Then, Ill send a message to Chen Kangtuo and ask him to send the promotional materials over. Zhang Wang could not help but be happy. His guilt was relieved. The Fully-Automated Bickering Machine might not seem to be optimistic currently and would likely cause a loss. However, it would also be a great help to Boss Pei by advertising the opening of the Thriller Hostel in the shared phone booth in the shopping malls of major cities! Wouldnt that also be repaying Boss Peis kindness? Boss Pei should be relieved by this, right? He Desheng just sent the message before he suddenly thought of another issue. If that was the case, the Top Student, Come Quick application also has an advertisement module now. Should I also promote Thriller Hostel on it? Its a little forced. But it should be okay since all these companies are all under the same umbrella. Chapter 562 - Such a Publicity Method is Perfect! June 26th, Sunday At Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Handong University branch Pei Qian was enjoying his coffee after lunch while swiping through the mind maps of various departments. It was time for the monthly failure lesson again this afternoon. Qiu Hong spoke about three failure experiences in a row, namely: the bosss random intervention, unable to find talents he wanted, and deviation from common sense. These failures were inspiring for Pei Qian nonetheless. The only problem was how to apply these failure experiences to daily operations. I wonder what valuable failure Qiu Hong would bring today. How exciting! Pei Qian was drinking his coffee when he saw a familiar figure. Boss Li! Boss Li silently turned off the mind map on his laptop and then gave it to the waiter to put it away. Li Shi naturally saw his action but did not put it to heart. It was normal and reasonable for a business genius like Boss Pei to have business secrets. Li Shi did not want to-nor did he dare -probe. What if he was left out of the pie otherwise? Boss Pei, I knew you would be here! Li Shi sat down very happily opposite Pei Qian. He took out a folded document from his pocket. Im here today mainly to talk briefly about the publicity works of each investor of Thriller Hostel! Li Shi was very shrewd. The investors had done their best in carrying out the various publicity activities for the Thriller Hostel since the last meeting. Publicity had basically covered all corners of Jingzhou and even spread to Handong Province. They had yet to see Boss Pei publicizing Thriller Hostel until now. Li Shi brought this proposal to Boss Pei for two purposes: the first was to get credit, to show Boss Pei that the investors had already contributed their parts. Wasnt it time for him to show them his magical powers now? The second was to test Boss Pei to see if he had other arrangements in mind for the publicity of the Thriller Hostel. The current publicity work seemed far from reaching levels of profitability for the Thriller Hostel. Boss Pei, the current publicity approaches are Li Shi spoke about his publicity plan while observing Boss Peis expression. However, the expression on Boss Peis face was very confusing. Expectation? Definitely not, it looked like he was bored. However, to say that he did not care? No, Boss Pei seemed to be listening to it genuinely. Satisfaction? However, Boss Pei did not seem happy at all? Dissatisfied? However, Boss Peis expression had some changes after hearing some more powerful publicity. How mysterious. Boss Li was pondering while explaining the publicity proposal While Pei Qian had nowhere to vent his anger. Are you seeking death?! How dare you do so much publicity! That would cause me to lose how much money! Pei Qian was very resistant to what Boss Li had to say, but he had to listen to understand the current situation-which angered him. Boss Li was done in no time. Boss Pei what do you think of this publicity arrangement? Li Shi probed. Pei Qian: okay. What else could he say? Did I have to present each of you a little red flower? Li Shi did not know what to say at this point in time. He only felt that Boss Pei seemed to be a little reluctant. Boss Pei, to be honest, this publicity proposal is definitely not enough. It will not be able to broadcast Thriller Hostel to the entire country, Li Shi said sincerely. Pei Qian: You want to broadcast to the entire country? Are you still a human? Pei Qian did not say anything. He sipped his coffee and looked at the time. Why was it not time for his class yet? Luckily, it was less than half an hour away. It was impossible for him to go somewhere else first so he had to endure it for the time being. Pei Qian started playing on his cell phone quietly. Li Shi was in a state of confusion. Boss Pei, what did you mean? I reported the situation at work and you said it was okay. I told you the current deficiencies, and you fell silent and played with your phone? Shouldnt you at least take a stand? Li Shi could only take out his cell phone to ease the awkward atmosphere. By then, he saw a new message from another investor of the Thriller Hostel once he took his cell phone out. Boss Li! It had finally arrived, finally arrived! The Shared phone booth in the entire country had published the advertisement for the Thriller Hostel! [Image] [Image] Li Shis eyes grew wide immediately. The first image was a shared phone booth in a certain shopping mall in Jingzhou. The side screen displayed the publicity of the Thriller Hostel. It looked like a looped video. The second image was from Top Student, Come Quick; there was a recommendation for the Thriller Hostel in the advertisement area. So that was it! Li Shi banged the table with his fist. Pei Qian was reaching out for the coffee on the table. This action caused the coffee in the cup to spill out onto his hand. Pei Qian: The coffee was not hot, but he was shocked. He took out a paper towel from the table and wiped off the coffee stains from his hand. Pei Qian was a little speechless. Boss Li, you are a successful investor; what kind of news can make you so excited? Li Shi laughed. Boss Pei, you are really calm! I really cannot embody this sort of mentality. Youre so calm because you had a ready plan for publicity right? Li Shi recalled Boss Peis expression, and everything made sense now! Why did Boss Pei not go to the investors meeting? On the one hand, it was for the investors to contribute; on the other hand, it was also because Boss Pei knew every well that no matter what the other investors thought, he could also carry out the publicity works of Thriller Hostel! What was Boss Peis expression neither satisfied nor dissatisfied? Why was Boss Pei indifferent to the issues with publicity? Boss Pei obviously saw the hard work on publicity by the various investors and knew that it was far from enough. It was lacking in the most important national publicity so it was incomplete. Yet, Boss Pei had long arranged using both the Top Student, Come Quick application and the shared phone booth to perfectly make up for this shortcoming at low cost. That could spread the news of opening the Thriller Hostel throughout the country! Li Shi had been thinking that publicity had two difficulties. It seemed like tourists from Jingzhou and Handong Province would not be able to sustain the popularity without advertising to the entire country. However, to broadcast to the entire country would require too high a cost and would have a low price-quality ratio. However, Boss Pei solved this problem perfectly! Moreover, all of these stemmed from the plan that Boss Pei started implementing a few months ago so that the shared phone booth spread throughout the country and the Top Student, Come Quick application had an extremely large user base! No wonder Boss Pei was so calm. What was there to be nervous about if everything was within control? Li Shi could not help but feel proud. What did I say? Boss Pei would definitely take the initiative if everyone showed their hard work to Boss Pei! Wasnt he taking the initiative now? As expected, investing in Jingzhou would always be successful if you could understand Boss Pei! Li Shi nearly wanted to laugh out loud. Pei Qian did not know the drama going on within Li Shis heart, but he felt very confused. What was he talking about? Why was he so happy? What did you mean by had a ready plan for publicity, right? Li Shi looked at the publicity documents in his hands and sighed. They would cost a lot of money but were not necessarily effective. He took out a pen from his pocket and wrote a few words in huge characters in a blank area. The publicity plan was finally completed after writing it! Cooperating with Boss Pei is just to win by doing nothing! Li Shi left the publicity plan on the table and left happily. Pei Qian: ? He curiously reached out for the publicity plan only to see the large characters written in the blank space. Shared Top Student + Shared phone booth = Thriller Hostel becoming an instant hit throughout the entire country! Pei Qian was stunned for a few seconds and then tried his best to think about the possible connection between these two projects and Thriller Hostel. However, he could not help but blurt out. F*ck!!! However, Boss Li had left the internet cafe happily, with no knowledge of this matter. At the cafe near Handong University Qiu Hong asked with concern, Boss Ma, you dont look too well. Are you alright? Pei Qian smiled reluctantly. Nothing, I just met with some unhappy stuff Qiu Hong nodded. I know instantly that Boss Ma is obsessed with work and is overthinking. Relax and open your views, you will be happier in life. Did Boss Ma use the three experiences that I shared previously? Pei Qian nodded. Kind of. Qiu Hong did not continue probing and proceeded. Alright, lets continue on to the matter at hand. The failure experience that I want to talk about today is that the Research and Development team is not united. That can be seen from a large project where a certain major western manufacturer was forced out. This manufacturer rarely got involved in new game types. Their success was mainly based on existing game types. Its employees are experienced players so it is very important to be united in replicating and optimizing the game experience. However, once they were to set foot in an entirely new field, such a model would become ineffective. No one had defined this brand new game type. Designers had lost their reference. It was difficult for the boss to make up his mind to hand over this project to a certain person. However, no one could be convinced of such a method. Once the project reached this point, the project lost its goal. Talented developers would only continue to argue, modify, and iterate. The project was fated to fail. Pei Qian was speechless. He seemed to have solved a hidden danger that might have caused the project to fail perfectly. The project team was not united? Hmm there did not seem to be such a problem in Tengda. That was because everyone would strictly abide by Boss Peis requirements. It might be a complete misunderstanding, but it ensured that everyone was united and knew what the ultimate form of this game was. However, could he reverse the experience and use it? Try to create some inconsistencies within the project team? Pei Qian could not help but fall into deep thought. Chapter 563 - A Talk on How to View Wealth June 27th, Monday In the counselor Zhang Weis office at Handong University Another donation? You want to add another five million yuan? Zhang Weis jaw hung open as he thought about what to say in response. Pei Qian had visited his office again this afternoon, saying that he wanted to continue giving allowance to the needy students that he had helped earlier. In addition, he wanted to donate another five million yuan. The previous five million yuan had been distributed to two thousand students. They had been given a five hundred yuan allowance every month for five months. The sum had been added to their campus cards to pay their basic living expenses. That was back in December. Until now, five months had passed, and Pei Qians donation was coming just in time to continue distributing the allowance. On top of that, Pei Qian wanted to donate another five million yuan, to be distributed as a type of scholarship. The current name list would still form the foundation, and five hundred students with outstanding academic results would be given a scholarship of ten thousand yuan each. Pei Qian had the same aim as before. He specifically wanted to help the needy and not let the money go to waste. There were many poor people in the world. Although there were many types of charitable causes, giving money to different groups of people would yield different effects. Some people did not have sufficient awareness. Giving them money alone would not do much to change their poor lives. For needy studentsespecially poor students who had outstanding academic results, obtaining this sum of money could be life-changing. It would count as a significant contribution to society. Now, Pei Qian was allowed to donate a total of ten million yuan. It looked like a lot of money, but compared to the number of poor people who desperately needed financial aid in this world, that sum was still peanuts. His primary aim was to ensure that the money went to people who needed it most. Alright, Teacher Zhang. If theres nothing else, Ill make a move first. Pei Qian had only come here to settle the donation. Now that it was done, he could go back and worry about how to incur losses. Zhang Wang and He Desheng had started advertising the Thriller Hostel in the shared phone booths and on Top Student, Come Quick. This was a huge blow to Pei Qian. Hey, wait, wait! Zhang Wei quickly stopped Pei Qian. Wait, theres something else. Pei Qian: Oh? Zhang Wei smiled. Of course, I am all for your donations being used to improve the lives of needy students in this school. However have you forgotten about the talk I asked you to do earlier? Pei Qian: He had indeed forgotten. When he made the first donation, Zhang Wei had said that he hoped Pei Qian would give a talk to share his entrepreneurial experience with the seniors. After all, to Zhang Wei, Pei Qian was a proper business genius. He would never believe that the latter had no business experience to share at all. Yet, Pei Qian was helpless. He really didnt have any experience to share! Whats more, Pei Qian did not want to reveal his face in front of all of his seniors. He did not want to become famous, or his schoolmates would be asking him for jobs no matter where he went. However, this was the second time that Zhang Wei was bringing this up. Pei Qian had escaped the first time, but rejecting him again did not feel appropriate. Pei Qian pondered for a moment and said, Well how about this? Ill get someone to speak on my behalf, but Ill write the script. That would be equivalent to me going up on stage to speak, right? As for what the speech would be about I have nothing much to say about employment or entrepreneurship. Teacher Zhang, you know that chance plays a huge part in entrepreneurship. My experience cannot be replicated. If I share it, it could mislead others. As for employment a single test is used throughout Tengda. Trying to answer different types of questions is the best method. What if We talk to the needy students? The talks title would be I hope you use the money well. Zhang Wei pondered this for a moment, thinking that it made sense. Entrepreneurial experiences could not be replicated. The more Pei Qian said, the more likely the students would be misled. Employment would be even worse. Those were all taken care of by the HR department, and Pei Qian never interfered with their work. He had already donated fifteen million yuan to the needy students in school. Although each person was not getting that much, that was not a small sum of money. It was reasonable for Pei Qian to give a talk, asking them to make good use of the money. In fact, it would be more fitting than sharing his entrepreneurial experience. Zhang Wei nodded. Alright, Ill make the necessary arrangements. Once Im done, Ill send the time and location to your cell phone. After walking out of Zhang Weis office, Pei Qian called Tang Yishu. Little Tang, go and give a talk to the needy students that Tengda is sponsoring on my behalf. What? Youre shy? No way. This is your mission. You have to go. Script? Oh, dont worry. Ill send it to you before the talk. Alright, thats set, then. After hanging up, Pei Qian called Assistant Xin. Come up with a script for needy students for me. I have no requests for the content. Just come up with something and tell them to make good use of their newfound wealth or something When can you finish it? Tomorrow morning? Alright, once youre done, send it straight to Little Tang. After hanging up, Pei Qian felt more relaxed. He was done! That was easy! Actually, Pei Qian had not thought too much. After all, he was not doing charity to put on a show, and he was not trying to build his reputation either. He was purely trying to help the needy students and spend the maximum amount of money that the System allowed for charity while he was at it. The only thing he was worried about was that the needy students would spend the money on the wrong things after getting a hold of it. Thus, he wanted the talk to guide the needy students to the correct path as much as possible. Of course, exactly what kind of effect it would have in reality depended on how Assistant Xins script turned out. The next afternoon At the Science Hall of Handong University This was the biggest hall in Handong University, and it could accommodate more than two thousand people. Ordinarily, it was used for large-scale talks, orientation nights, theaters, and dramas, and so on. At that moment, almost all needy students were present. Apart from a few seats in the row right at the back, every single seat in the hall was filled. Logically, a horizontal banner that said the title of the talk should have been put up on stage. However, Pei Qians script had not been done until the last minute. Thus, he had had no time to think about what to write on the horizontal banner. Still, that was not the main point, as long as everyone knew what they were there for. Before the talk began, some needy students began discussing off-stage. I heard that todays talk would be about how to view wealth? Theres nothing wrong with our view on wealth, is there? I wouldnt say that. I see some needy students eating bread every day and talking about buying Pineapple cell phones. Thats right, they should talk about it. What if people spent all that money on shoes, bags, and cell phones? Would they still be human? Zhang Wei was also seated off-stage, inwardly exclaiming at how simple the event was. He had initially intended to add a few more items to the program. After all, Pei Qian was donating ten million yuan. Having some sort of ceremony would not be overboard. However, Pei Qian resolutely rejected the idea. Time and time again, he emphasized that he wanted a simple talk and nothing more. Otherwise, he would have canceled the talk altogether. Zhang Wei had been left with no other option but to go along with Pei Qians wishes. I wonder who Pei Qian got to speak. The Vice President of the company? He would at least have sent the head of the HR department, right? Eh, thats strange Wheres Little Tang? Zhang Wei suddenly recalled that Little Tang was a needy student as well. Yet, why hadnt he seen her yet? Just as he was feeling confused, he spotted Tang Yishu holding a script, walking out from backstage and towards the podium in the middle. Zhang Wei: Tang Yishu stood in the middle of the stage, looking down at the crowd seated in darkness. Now, she was feeling even more nervous than before. When she came to rehearse in the morning, two microphones had failed for no apparent reason. When the staff prepared to send them for repair, the microphones went back to normal. It had all been extremely confusing. Now, Tang Yishu wanted nothing else but for the microphones not to malfunction again. F-Fellow needy students Good afternoon to you all. Tang Yishu started speaking very carefully. Fortunately, the microphones were all normal. Her bad luck seemed to have dissipated with the few obstacles that she had met in the morning. Boss Peithe man who donated the living allowance and scholarshipsis extremely busy today, and so hes unable to come down. Thus, I will read this letter addressed to all of you on his behalf. I hope all of you will learn something from it. Tang Yishu paused and then started reading the script in her hands clearly. Juniors, I hope you are well. Im sorry that I cannot be there because of my busy schedule. I can only convey my intentions and hopes and share some of my personal experiences with you through this letter. Many of you might think that I want to talk to you about how to use the money you have. Perhaps some of you are worried that those who obtain the scholarship money would spend it on meaningless things that could only intensify ones materialism. However, Im sure all of you already know this principle. I dont want to belabor the point. I want to explore how we should view wealth from another angle. That is, what are the true riches that we possess and that we should cherish? Most of you seated here probably would not think that you once had, or that you now have, an outstanding amount of riches. I believe all of you have been confused about this before: how can I become wealthy? Some of you spend most of your energy seeking recruitment to become wealthy. As a result, your academic results get affected. Some of you dont dare to fill your stomachs or buy necessities because of your poverty. Like a guardian of cash, you put away all of your money. Its as if your sense of security diminishes with every cent that you spend. I want to tell all of you that that is the wrong view of wealth. Please think about this: What are you willing to exchange for wealth? Imagine that you are a blacksmith living in ancient times. One day, you run out of food. To get grain, there are three things you could do: Plant your own. Rob and steal. Create farming tools and trade with farmers. Most people would choose the third option. All of you would realize that constantly manufacturing metal equipment and trading would help you to get richer. Thus, the foundation of accumulating wealth is trade. If you choose to plant yourselves, rob, or steal, would you be choosing not to trade? Thats not true. If you choose the first option, you would be trading your time, effort, and farming experience. If you choose the second option, you would be trading your fighting skills, taking risks, carrying weapons, and preparing for crime. No matter which you choose, you would be trading. Whats more, what you give would not be any less valuable than if you manufactured farming tools. Every decision you make to gather wealth would amount to a trade. If you take away what is destined to be and the things that you have no control over, what is wealth that we truly possess and can truly trade? Is it money? No, that does not really belong to us. That is just a numerical representation of the wealth you have already given away. Is it time? No, the passage of time cannot be shifted by human will. Is it our bodies? That is indeed wealth that you own, but if you trade it for money, you would become miserable. The greatest wealth that anyone has is focus or energy. If you want to earn money by working, it would be of no use if you just sit in the office. You have to focus on your work and apply your knowledge to solve problems. That knowledge would be acquired if you focused in class and at work. Aside from everything else that we cannot control, the only wealth that we really have is our focus. This is the view on wealth that I want to share with you today: how should we make use of our focus? Many people might waste it away. Many peoples focus might be taken away by businessmen with selfish motives. Some people might focus on big data analysis. Many students complain about being born poor and about life being unfair. This kind of resentment would destroy you. It will waste your focus and cause your life to fail. If we want to change our fate, we have to invest our focus on ourselves. Read a book for an hour every day. Even if you only improve by one percenta year later, you would be 38 times better than you used to be. Thats why I hope that the students who receive this sum of money would not store all of it away. Dont feel reluctant to spend it, but dont buy meaningless things to satisfy your own materialism either. Even more so, dont spend it on entertaining activities that would distract and consume you. Spend it on what you need most: self-improvement. Always keep this in mind: focus is our most valuable resource. I hope all of you would use it wisely and cherish it properly. Thats the right way to view wealth. Chapter 564 - Boss Pei’s Conflicting Sides The entire hall burst into applause. Tang Yishu bowed, embarrassed. Then, she walked briskly off the stage. However, when she reached backstage, she tripped on a wire on the ground. Fortunately, she had been prepared and grabbed the curtains by the side. It was a false scare. The students did not see that. As they continued to clap, they thought about the talk that they had just heard. That makes so much sense. The most valuable resource we have is not money, but our focus. Hes encouraging us to spend the money on improving ourselves and to make better use of our focus. That talk was much better than those that encourage us to scrimp, save, or buy things that you like! Boss Pei really did not become so successful by chance! Did anyone record that? I did! Ill transcribe it and post it on the campus forum. After that, we can try to digest it more! The students had thought that this talk would be no different from other talks that they had attended on how to view wealth. They had expected the focus to be on how to spend their money. Naturally, most people would think about that when they thought about wealth. However, Boss Peis letter had provided a completely new perspective to them: they had to learn how to put their focus to good use. That was because, in reality, man had to use their own focus to earn money. Squandering ones focus was more terrifying than squandering ones money. The latter would cause one to lose the money on hand, but the former would cause one to lose the ability to create value. The talk was very short. There were no long theories or hardcore preaching. All it had done was providing a whole new perspective that most people would not have noticed. Thus, it was much more acceptable to ordinary people. June 29th, Wednesday At Tengda Corporations HR department Wu Bin and Cui Geng were sorting out the manuscripts that they had received recently. Both of them had divided the tasks very clearly. Wu Bin was in charge of gathering material and confirming the interviewees while Cui Geng was in charge of transcribing the recording and organizing everything systematically. The material would become interpretations of the Tengda spirit. At the same time, they would serve as a record of the way Boss Pei handled problems. The transcript of Boss Peis speech at Handong University has become very popular on the campus forum. Should we consider adding that to our current materials? Cui Geng asked. Wu Bin considered this and then shook his head. Theres no rush. The transcripts sphere of influence is merely within Handong University. Whats more, strictly speaking, the transcript was only a theory. Without specific examples, it would have very little persuasive power. Most importantly, Boss Pei was not the one who wrote the script. It did contain elements of what Boss Pei would have said, but Boss Pei is too busy. The script was most likely done by Assistant Xin. After pondering for a moment, Cui Geng said, Even so, the script expresses Boss Peis mindset. Its about the same. Wu Bin thought about this and said, Hmm thats true. Well, we can take that factor into consideration, but we would have to screen the materials very carefully. After all, what we want to create is notes on the Tengda spirit. Everything that we say has to be justified. Both mens progress was not fast. In fact, it was quite slow. That was because they wanted to use concrete examples to explain Boss Peis mindset and the Tengda spirit. Of course, they had to avoid ambiguous interpretations, and they had to keep all of their content well-documented. For example, Boss Li and the other investors evaluations could be accepted as evidence. Concrete things that Boss Pei had done could also be accepted as evidence. If both were taken together, the contents would be more realistic and reliable. However, it would not be appropriate to include a mere transcript of a speech in the book until there was corroborative evidence. Its time to go. Wu Bin glanced at his watch. They were supposed to interview Liang Qingfan today, and it was almost time to get going. Wu Bin had carefully selected the interviewees. Boss Li of Fu Hui Investments could provide the perspective of Boss Peis business competitor and partner. On the other hand, Liang Qingfan could provide the perspective of an elite professional from another field, who had just started working with Boss Pei. Among all the department heads, Liang Qingfan had interacted with Boss Pei the least. Maybe they could obtain some sort of inspiration from his first impressions. Half an hour later, Wu Bin and Cui Geng arrived at Block 9 of Binhu District. The two buildings there were being urgently constructed. From the outside, one could tell that the buildings were dilapidated and had been unoccupied for a couple of years. As the construction team rushed this project, drilling of holes in the ground and smashing of walls could be heard from time to time. After waiting downstairs for two minutes, Liang Qingfan came downstairs with a safety helmet on. He handed his safety helmet to one of the workers on-site and then smiled at Wu Bin and Cui Geng. The construction site is a mess. Lets go to the nearby park. The three of them arrived at the man-made lake in the park and sat down on a long bench. Wu Bin said, Mr. Liang, we are here today mainly to ask about your impression of Boss Pei. Before this, Wu Bin had already reached out to Liang Qingfan over the phone. Thus, both men were prepared for todays interview. Liang Qingfan gazed at the subtle ripples in the lake, feeling sorrowful. Honestly, at this moment, I dont understand Boss Pei at all. Wu Bin smiled. Its alright, thats normal. If Boss Pei were so easy to understand, he would not be called Boss Pei. We want to interview different people to collect as different groups of peoples impressions of Boss Pei as possible. After that, we want to bring all of those impressions together to get a full and complete picture. We also interviewed Boss Peis business competitor and partner before this and gained a lot of insight. As employees of Tengda Corporation who have been working under Boss Pei for a long time, we only get to see one side of him. You just joined Tengda Corporation, and you have not worked with Boss Pei for very long. Your first impression of him would definitely give us a fresh perspective. Liang Qingfan nodded. Alright, let me explain it briefly. Right now, I am sure of something: With regard to certain concepts, Boss Pei is on the exact same page as me, and many other outstanding designers. In other words, Boss Pei is one who pursues the best. That was something I learned when we were working on the renovation of the Sloth Apartments. Liang Qingfan briefly described how the first Sloth Apartments had been renovated and decorated. He especially emphasized how Boss Pei abandoned practicality and livability in his pursuit of what he thought was best-extreme minimalism. It is the same for these apartments as well. Boss Peis thinking is exactly opposite of ordinary peoples. When ordinary people choose apartments, they would focus on things like location and ability to appreciate. On the other hand, they would save as much as they can on renovation. After all, they would be considering renting the apartments out and not living in them. Yet, Boss Pei does the exact opposite. He doesnt seem to care about the apartments location and ability to appreciate. Instead, the amount that hes spending on renovations is close to half the cost price of the apartments themselves. I think this is enough to show that Boss Peis pursuit of artistry is very extreme and never-ending Boss Pei loves extreme minimalism, and so he injects his own personal preferences into the Sloth Apartments project. MA Although theres a huge possibility that doing so would lead to failure, Boss Pei shows no intention of backing down. Instead, he insists on his own pursuit of extreme artistry At that point, Wu Bin frowned. Liang Qingfan keenly noticed this. Thus, he paused and waited for Wu Bin to respond. After much consideration, Wu Bin finally said, But that directly conflicts the way that Boss Li describes Boss Pei. According to Boss Li, Boss Pei is a calm and ruthless man. Hes so calm that he can address any problem objectively and logically and that allows him to make the right decisions. In other words, Boss Pei should be choosing extreme minimalism based on business acumen. He must think that doing this would lead to great success. Whats more, Boss Lis conclusion is backed by different examples. It is most likely reliable. Liang Qingfan remained silent for a while. I think it is impossible for Sloth Apartments to achieve greater success. At best, it would be a small and beautiful project that earns a reputation but not profit. Wu Bin fell silent once again. Both parties seemed to make sense. Seeing that the interview had resulted in a deadlock, Cui Geng said, Maybe both of those impressions of Boss Pei dont conflict. Perhaps both of them are different aspects of Boss Pei that blend together perfectly in ways that we cannot see. Its just like how Boss Pei can always find a way to turn decay into magic and cause seemingly-impossible projects to become popular overnight. Wu Bin nodded. Yes that makes sense. We can look deeper into these conflicting views July 1st, Friday Thriller Hostel had officially been completed! Pei Qian stood at the entrance of the old industrial zone-no, Thriller Hostel-feeling very conflicted inside. When he visited before, the entire project was still under intense construction. There were scaffolding and various construction materials everywhere, and it looked like a full-blown construction site. Pei Qian could hardly detect any change. Yet, now, Thriller Hostel and all of its surrounding facilities had been completed. They were ready to welcome their first customers! Although Pei Qian had been prepared for this before, seeing it before his eyes was still a huge blow. Only a few short months had passed, but the change was huge! This was probably the shock that an infrastructure freak would cause. Of course, Pei Qian was only thinking this way because Boss Li and the others had completely disrupted his original plan with their antics. Pei Qians original plan had been to build a loss-incurring haunted house that no one would care about in the corner of a barren and run-down old industrial zone. Yet, Boss Li and the other investors had built facilities around the haunted house and even repaired the surrounding ground. At once, the entire place looked different. Pei Qian felt extremely uncertain. It looked so reliable now. Would it still incur losses? He had worked so hard over two cycles for nothing Pei Qian sighed and walked in. Chapter 565 - Thriller Hostel is Complete Chapter 565 Thriller Hostel is Complete Boss Li and the other investors-along with Chen Kangtuo and Hao Qiong-were chatting and laughing just inside the gate, waiting for Boss Pei to arrive. Boss Pei! Li Shi was the first to step forward and receive him. Everyone was smiling brightly, and two words were clearly written on their face: its stable! Before Boss Pei took action, everyone felt fearful and uncertain because the publicity had not seemed good enough. Yet, once Boss Pei took action, all their problems were solved! The shared phone booths and Top Student, Come Quick had marketed Thriller Hostel to the rest of the country at once. Coupled with the other investors marketing campaign around Jingzhou and Handong Province, traffic flow in Thriller Hostel for the initial period was almost guaranteed! Thus, everyone instantly relaxed. It was time for them to sit back and wait for the results of Thriller Hostels first day of operations. Since Boss Pei had effortlessly done what all the investors failed to do despite trying so hard, he became the moon among the stars for them. However, to Pei Qian, the investors smiles looked malicious. It made him feel like he was being forced to put a square peg into a round hole or like he was an emperor being forced to abdicate the palace. Their passionate gazes made his hair stand. Yet, there was nothing he could do. He had to look around. It would be best if he could do something to remedy the situation, but if he could not, he had to be mentally prepared at least. The group surrounded Boss Pei as they walked towards the inner portions of Thriller Hostel. The surrounding walls of the entire project were remodeled based on the old industrial zones original walls. On the reddish-brown brick walls, the words Thriller Hostel were written in Mandarin and English, in what looked like blood. It created the effect of blood flowing downwards on the wall, which was inexplicably compatible with Thriller Hostels logo and the vines that had been left there on purpose. None of the elements looked out of place. Before arriving at the main door, they walked through a huge, empty space. On the right was parking, and on the left was the ticketing booth and bus stop. The ticketing booth sold paper tickets. Of course, visitors could also choose to scan the QR codes at the entrance of each project to make payment. Multiple buses with Thriller Hostels name printed on them were neatly parked at the bus stop. All of those buses were to drive to the nearby transportation hubs at specific times each day to ferry visitors in. After all, transport was inconvenient here. Apart from visitors who had their own cars, most people would have difficulty getting here. If a train station could be built here in the future, it would be best. However, there were no plans for that at the moment. As they walked further in, they arrived at the main entrance. It was not tall, big, or imposing. Instead, it was relatively low-profile, and it blended in perfectly with the rest of the industrial zone. Pei Qian had chosen to do this not because he had been afraid to spend money, but mainly because he had been afraid thatif the main door was too beautiful and eye-catching-it would attract a lot of unnecessary attention. What would he do if the main door looked too unique, and visitors took pictures of it and caused Thriller Hostel to become viral? There were no ticket gates at the main entrance because Pei Qian did not intend to package all the projects in the Thriller Hostel. Each of the three projects would be charged separately. There were joined tickets, but even those would be checked at the entrance of the individual projects. After walking through the main door, they were officially on Thriller Hostels premises. There was a broad path right in front of them. On the other side of the path were the square, the fountain, and the Golden Maze. The entire square was located in the middle of Thriller Hostel. It had also been re-done with new bricks in the ground. In the center of the square was a fountain called the Healing Fountain. It was filled with warm water, and it had a faint and warm glow, which symbolized the elimination of ghosts and spirits and the healing of spiritual trauma. After passing the fountain, they arrived at the Golden Maze. There were a lot of entrances and exits, just like a transport interchange, connecting the different areas of the Thriller Hostel. The three entertainment projects of Thriller Hostel surrounded the Golden Maze, and each of them was a good distance from the others. Pei Qians initial thought had been to put the three projects as far away from one another as possible and to make them as hidden as possible. The abandoned factories in between were to split the path so that visitors would have to make detours to get from one project to another. At the same time, each of them charged separately. That way, visitors would have gravitated towards the cheapest and most fun projectthe first one. The other two would have been deserted. However, what he had not expected was for Boss Li and the investors to join in and ruin the entire plan! Boss Li and the others used all the empty factories around the three projects. Some had been turned into restaurants, some had been turned into hotels some had been turned into toy stores and clothing stores The most ridiculous thing was that the big factory in the center had been made into the Golden Maze. It was a huge shopping mall that sold everything, and it had exits facing every other region in the Thriller Hostel! Now, while the three projects were still far away from one another, visitors could shop at various stores along the way. There were also long benches by the side for them to rest. After walking out of a specific exit from the Golden Maze, they would arrive at the entrance of the other two projects. It was all very convenient. Whats more, there was a healing and comforting maid cafe near the third project. Visitors could easily and seamlessly go there to heal after being terrified. Boss Lis prison restaurant and the other investors stores selling ghostly and magic props were scattered around the area, making full use of the land. Not a single square meter was redundant. This layout was too freaking reasonable! Pei Qian was speechless. At first, he had thought that Boss Li and the others were like a mob. He had expected them to fight for the best plot of land, and that it would be impossible for the shops to be arranged in such a logical fashion. Yet, now, it seemed like he had underestimated those people. Pei Qian instinctively sighed. The group made a big round around the square as Chen Kangtuo pointed and introduced each item to them. He looked extremely proud of himself. Inside, he was elated. If I had not used my facial expressions to drop hints to the investors back then, would the entire layout have turned out this harmonious? I deserve the most credit! If not for the fact that Boss Pei doesnt like people who claim credit, I would be boasting and showing off in front of him right now! All the investors, including Li Shi, were very happy with the layout. However, they knew full well that they owed it all to Chen Kangtuos facial expressions. Thus, they felt too ashamed to claim any credit. As a result, to this day, Boss Pei had no idea who to blame for all of this. He could only push everything to Boss Li, the most likely culprit. Thriller Hostels reasonable layout and complete facilities would give anyone a good first impression. Pei Qian could not help but frown as the cogs in his brain turned quickly. Calm down. The biggest merits now are that the Thriller Hostels layout is reasonable and that the initial traffic is guaranteed. As long as I can minimize avenues to generate income, there would be a good chance to incur losses! Quickly, think of something! I cant give up just like that! After some consideration, Pei Qian realized that the first project was extremely cheap, and it would probably attract the most customers. Not many people would try the second and third projects, and he would probably not be able to earn much from the sale of their tickets. That meant that the biggest problem at the moment was the Golden Maze! Although he had tried to keep visitors away from the goods as far as possible by creating a maze, the Golden Maze was in too good of a location. One could say that it was like a transport hub that was accessible from all directions. It was not safe enough. Boss Pei, why dont we go into the Golden Maze to take a look, suggested Chen Kangtuo. That was exactly what Pei Qian had been thinking. He immediately nodded. Alright. Publicity had already been rolled out, and there would be a significant number of visitors at the start. The income earned from sales in the Golden Maze would come close to income earned from ticket sales. He had to think of a way to lower that. From a distance, the Golden Mazes factory looked like it was full of holes. There was a circle of entrances and exits on the first floor, and there were hollow descending stairwells made of glass on the second and third floor, which made the entire Golden Maze look like a strange, Cthulhu[1]-like, colorful beast with many legswhich would cause anyone to go insane. On that point, it fit in well with the horror theme of Thriller Hostel. Everyone chose an entrance at random and then arrived inside the Golden Maze. The interior was decorated magnificently. After all, Pei Qian had originally intended for Boss Li and the other investors to spend as much as possible. When Liang Qingfan designed this place, he had not considered a budget at all. From the outside, the factory building looked Cthulhu-like and dilapidated. However, once they entered, they immediately felt like they were in a palace. Of course, it was not a complicated, luxurious, and ancient palace but a more modern one. Liang Qingfan had picked this style, mainly to ensure that visitors would have a good shopping experience. Obviously, this was a misunderstanding of Boss Peis original intention as well. The interior of the Golden Maze had been split into many small, individual spaces. Liang Qingfan had designed the spaces to look intricate and confusing. By staggering them, the space inside was also maximized. More importantly, the resting areas stood at a height of seven or eight meters, giving people the impression of a wide and open space. From there, one could see where different shops were located and observe a part of the structure of the Golden Maze. The shops were more than three meters in height, and there were various shelves set up for visitors to have an excellent shopping experience. The ordinary passages were only about two meters tall. The routes were tortuous, and they could be closed off by a mechanism. The intricate and complicated structure made full use of the factorys space and allowed it to accommodate more customers. In case of emergencies, people would also be able to find the nearest exit as quickly as possible. Each area had been decorated differently, giving hints on the kind of shops and goods one could find in that area. Chen Kangtuo held the map of the Golden Maze in his hand. He stopped at almost every step to make sure that they would be able to reach the right destination. Otherwise, they could walk and walk and suddenly realize that they were exiting the mall. First, everyone arrived at one of the resting areas. Rows of benches were neatly arranged, and spaces by the sides were reserved for vendors to sell snacks, drinks, and so on. The ceiling of the resting area was very high. They could see a few shops, but whether they would be able to get there depended on their own skill. Chen Kangtuo said, Theres one problem now. Were not entirely sure what to sell in the golden zone yet. The Golden Maze was split into five main zones. The types of shops and goods to be sold in the other four zones had more or less been decided. There would be souvenirs, clothing, toys, custom-made figurines, and so on. Whats more, most of the stocks had already arrived in the city and could be delivered to the mall in the next two days. However, they had not decided what to sell in the golden zone in the middle. The investors all turned to look at Boss Pei. Boss Pei had thought of the Golden Maze, and half of the income generated by the shopping mall would go to him. Obviously, his words were the most authoritative. Pei Qian sniggered inwardly. If I could, I would hope that nothing would be sold here. I would give everything away for free Yet, that was impossible. After some thought, Pei Qian asked, Whats the golden zone like exactly? Chen Kangtuo looked at the map in his hands. The Golden Maze has five zones, and each zone has one big shop. They are the orange, blue, wine-red, purple, and golden zones. There are also small and moveable shops that can be configured according to the existing products in the mall. The plan for the first four zones has already been more or less decided. They would sell figurines, quality souvenirs, themed costumes with headwear, and interesting gadgets. The golden zone is located in the central, innermost area. Were not sure what can be sold there. Pei Qian pondered for a moment and then said, Take me there to see. [1] This a beast created by H.P. Lovecraft and appeared to be a creature with the head of an octopus whose mouth area had a lot of tentacles. Chapter 566 - Being Stabbed in the Back with No Warning Chapter 566 Being Stabbed in the Back with No Warning With the guidance of the map, everyone arrived at the shops in the golden area. It was very spacious, and it was not that different from the shops in ordinary shopping malls. However, the road that led here was so winding and twisted that the place felt like a silver lining of a dark cloud. If not for the map that they had, it would have taken all of them eons to locate this space. All the shelves had already been neatly set up, but they were all empty. What would be sold there had not been decided yet. Pei Qian pondered for a moment and asked, What are the other shops selling? Do we have a list of goods? Chen Kangtuo nodded. Of course. Its right here. As he spoke, he handed the list of goods that he had prepared earlier to Pei Qian. Pei Qian took it and briefly flipped through it. Every type of good listed was accompanied by a picture and a price. Whats more, they had obviously been purchased according to the four zones that Chen Kangtuo had spoken about earlier. For example, the orange zone represented The blue zone represented Headwear and themed costumes were sold in the wine-red zone, and interesting magic props or gadgets were sold in the purple zone. A portion of those goods had been bought, and anything that looked slightly scary or horrific was included. The other portion had been custom-made using material related to Thriller Hostel and Be Quiet. Those included cell phone cases, pendants, and postcards which would be sold once the mall opened for business. Pei Qian scanned all of those products and studied the prices closely. His mind worked very quickly. The golden area was in the center of the Golden Maze. One could say that it was akin to a transport hub. The distance from any entrance to this place was the same. However, from another angle, it could be said that it was the innermost zone that was harder to find than all the other zones. That meant that he could forget about selling luxurious goods here. That was because all the goods were priced at a set percentage above their cost. The more expensive a good was, the more money Pei Qian would earn upon selling it. The golden area was extremely difficult to find. If customers expended so much effort to get here, and they saw goods that were expensive but looked well worth their price, they would surely buy them. After all, there was an ancient saying: Weve come all the way here anyway. If more people bought those goods, Pei Qian would earn more income. On top of that, he could not sell products that were exclusive to the golden zone. According to Chen Kangtuo and the other investors plan, a few goods from each of the other zones could be transferred to the golden zone to be sold there. That would ensure that no two zones would have the same goods. However, that would make the goods in the golden area rarer and more valuable, right? Then, people would buy as much as they could, wouldnt they? Pei Qian could not allow that! After conducting this simple analysis, Pei Qian quickly decided on several strategies for the goods that would be sold in the golden zone. They could not be too expensive. At the same time, people had to be able to buy them in other regions. That way, consumers would not feel the need to buy anything there. They would be forced to pause and spend less money. Boss Pei would also be able to incur more losses. That would really be beneficial to all parties. Pei Qian scanned the entire list and randomly chose a couple of items that were neither expensive nor novel. This blue jack-o-lantern. This small, golden lantern. This light-green lightstick. Ill also add this glowing headwear with little devil horns. Pei Qian chose one extremely cheap item from each of the four zones. Their prices ranged from five to fifty yuan. The jack-o-lantern was from the orange zone; the small, golden lantern from the blue; the light-green lightstick from the purple; and the glowing headwear with little devil horns from the wine-red. Pei Qian had wanted to choose even cheaper items at first, such as postcards and small pendants. However, on further thought, while those things were cheap; they were also very universal in nature. Anybody could casually decide to buy them, and if too many people wanted them, Pei Qian would still be in trouble. On the other hand, the four items that Pei Qian had chosen were neither here nor there. They were too low-quality to collect but too luxurious to be thrown away once they left the Thriller Hostel. They would have a pretty good dissuading effect on consumers! Chen Kangtuo and the other investors were evidently confused. None of those things were expensive! Pei Qian had not chosen any of the more expensive and profitable things like the souvenirs from the blue zone and the custom-made costumes from the wine-red zone. Instead, he chose all the peripheral products with poor price-quality ratios that were just there to fill the shelves. Of course, the Thriller Hostels logo had been printed on all of those products. However, one could not expect visitors to mindlessly buy those items just because of the logo, could they? Still, since Boss Pei had already spoken, nobody dared to raise doubts. All of them kept the question marks buried at the bottom of their hearts. Chen Kangtuo asked, Er Boss Pei, we wont sell those items in the other zones, then, right? Huh? Pei Qian looked at him strangely. You wont? Why not? Of course, you still have to sell them. Chen Kangtuo opened his mouth, wanting to say something. Alas, he said nothing. Obviously, that idea did not match the original intentions behind the malls design at all! The golden zone was the hardest to locate. It should be selling high-value and unique products that would trigger visitors urge to buy. Now, all the items that Boss Pei had chosen were going to be sold in the four other zones, and none of them were of any sentimental value! Yet, since Boss Pei had decided, Chen Kangtuo could not say much else. He silently took down notes. Alright, if you have no other questions, this is it for now. Pei Qian was quite satisfied with everyones reaction. Leaving the Golden Maze had not been that difficult. Everyone walked in random directions and managed to find a path that led to an exit. The entire process was very smooth. They did not even look at the map once. On the other hand, if they turned back and tried to trace their original footsteps back to the shop in the golden zone that they had been at, it would have been extremely difficult. When they arrived back at the square, Pei Qian suddenly felt the urge to go to the washroom. Where is the restroom? Pei Qian asked. Chen Kangtuo pointed in two directions and said, There are public restrooms in both directions. There are also restrooms in the restaurants and hotels. Do you need me to lead the way? Pei Qian quickly waved his hand. No, you can just wait for me here. It would have been embarrassing if Pei Qian asked for company to the washroom. Pei Qian took a moment to estimate the distance and found that both restrooms were equidistant from the square. That was to be expected. After all, restrooms would ordinarily be located by the sides and not in the middle of the square or beside the fountain. Would visitors wash their hands at the fountain after releasing their urge to pee? It seemed very unlikely. Pei Qian walked towards one of the restrooms. While he was at it, he checked how well they had been renovated, whether they had stayed true to the Tengda spirit or not, and whether visitors would have a good experience there or not. As he watched Boss Pei walk away, Li Shi immediately turned to Chen Kangtuo and asked, Why did Boss Pei decide to sell all of those things? It doesnt seem appropriate! The other investors chimed in one by one. Thats right, it would not be profitable! Obviously, everyone was concerned about this problem. After all, they all had a share in the income earned by the Golden Maze. Of course, the more that they earned, the better. No one had mentioned this earlier, mainly because Boss Pei had been present. It would not have been good to discuss this in the open because that would have made their suspicions about Boss Peis plans very obvious. Yet, Boss Pei was gone now. If they didnt talk about it then, what else would they be waiting for? Chen Kangtuo had many questions about this. He frowned as he tried to think of a solution and figure out Boss Peis deeper intentions using the Tengda Spirit. Boss Pei was the one who thought of the Golden Maze. He must know how important the golden zone is. Everything sold there must be very rare and valuable. Yet, he purposely chose common and worthless things! What did they all have in common? Chen Kangtuo still had no idea, and he could do nothing but brainstorm. Turning to the investors, he said, Do you think theres anything in common between the goods that Boss Pei selected? If we can find a common characteristic, well be able to move to the next step in our hypothesis. Everyone exchanged confused looks. They are all averagely priced? Theyre neither expensive nor cheap? They are all portable? Er they can all emit light? The investors took turns to chime in, but each guess seemed more ridiculous than the last. All of a sudden, a light bulb switched on in Chen Kangtuos head. Thats right! Theyre all portable and can emit light! Li Shi looked confused. Clearly not understanding, he asked, So What does that mean? Chen Kangtuo excitedly said, That means they can bring them into Thriller Hostels three projects, and they can be used as interactive props! Think about it carefully. Four of those objects emit light, but they have different shapes and colors. We can use them as props to divide the visitors even more finely. The blue jack-o-lantern can help to distract the beasts. The golden lantern can help to drive most beasts away. The light-green lightstick can be used to attract the attention of surrounding monsters. The red headwear with little devil horns can be used to provoke monsters. All monsters would aim for it, creating the most terrifying experience! Wouldnt that amount to a further division of the difficulty levels? Timid people could buy the golden lantern to enter the projects. Hardcore players who want to experience everything a second time could then take the lightstick or wear the headwear with little devil horns in. The higher the difficulty, the better the reward! What better way of making sales is there than tying the goods in with the main content? Li Shi pondered about this for a moment. However, they dont seem very unique, do they? Those four props can still be bought from the other zones. Smiling, Chen Kangtuo answered, Thats the best design! If the four props could only be bought inside the golden zone, then all the players would fight to enter the golden zone. On one hand, it would be hard for us to control the crowd. On the other hand, it would cause the other zones to be deserted. If the other zones have less traffic, fewer goods would be sold. That would do nothing to boost our revenue. The current design leaves those props scattered in the other zones as well. If customers only seek one type of prop, they can purchase it from the other zones. If they want to obtain all four, they could either visit all four zones or get to the golden zone. That would still maintain the golden zones superior status. The investors finally understood. So that was why! When put this way, everything made much more sense. Not only would the golden zones superior status be maintained, but customer traffic would not be taken away from the other zones as well. Items that would otherwise be difficult to sell had been made into props in the game. With a symbolic meaning, they would be much easier to sell. Whats more, those props were neither cheap nor expensive. Most customers would be able to afford them, thus guaranteeing revenue Li Shi could not help but raise his thumb. You really are a genius from the games department. Your hypothesis is perfect! Chen Kangtuo quickly said, You flatter me. I was just doing my best to analyze Boss Peis intentions based on the hints that he dropped. On the surface, Chen Kangtuo looked humble. However, inside, he was extremely proud. Once again, I have resolved Boss Peis difficult problem! Im so awesome! The joy that comes from solving Boss Peis riddles is really addictive! While everyone continued their discussions, Pei Qian returned. From afar, he sensed something amiss in the atmosphere. When he left, everyone had looked troubled and burdened. However, a mere few minutes later, everyone was chatting and laughing as if all of their problems had dissipated! Seeing that Pei Qian had returned, Li Shi held up his thumb again. Bods Pei! The goods that you chose for the golden zone are perfect! I really respect you! Pei Qian: ? He confirmed that something was indeed amiss. The situation had changed! Boss Li was suddenly praising him for no reason. Everyone seemed to have misunderstood what he had said! Then, Pei Qian turned to look at the proud Chen Kangtuo. At once, the ominous feeling in his gut intensified. What have you figured out? All the investors turned to look at Chen Kangtuo. After all, he had been the one to figure out Boss Peis intentions. No one else wanted to steal his credit. Chen Kangtuo very arrogantly explained his hypothesis one more time. What do you think, Boss Pei? Its pretty close to what you had been thinking, right? At that moment, Chen Kangtuo looked like a student who had just scored full marks on an exam. Pei Qian was so shocked that he did not know what to say. In the time that I took to go to the restroom, you conjured up so many things in your head?! Does this skill of yours activate without any warning?! Back then, Pei Qian had put Chen Kangtuo in charge of the haunted house to get rid of him. That was because the latter had been working overtime in the games department too much, and Pei Qian had to get rid of him. Pei Qian would never have thought that Chen Kangtuo would not rest after that. In fact, he became even stronger! Scanning Boss Li, the other investors, and Chen Kangtuo; Pei Qian was sure that they had agreed to collude with one another in private. No matter what, he could not allow them to do whatever they wanted anymore! He had to severely punish them! After a moment of silence, he said, Chen Kangtuo. Grinning, Chen Kangtuo said, Yes? Boss Pei looks so somber. Is he going to reward me? Pei Qian paused. As the person-in-charge of Thriller Hostel, you should understand every detail of the Thriller Hostel before it opens for operations. Thats a reasonable and natural expectation, right? You havent even experienced this place fully. How would you conquer the customers? Before we open for business in a week, make sure that you experience every little corner of the Thriller Hostel. Pay special attention to the details in the second and third projects. You have to be so familiar with the entire process that you feel like youre walking through your own backyard. Chen Kangtuos smile froze on his face. Chapter 567 - Don’t Report Good News Twice! Chapter 567 Dont Report Good News Twice! Pei Qian could not help but feel good, looking at Chen Kangtuos helpless expression. Who asked you to misinterpret what I meant? Go reflect on yourself in the haunted house! Chen Kangtuo might know more about the haunted house than tourists as the designer, but that did not mean that he was not afraid. It was just like Outlast 2, where the designer of Outlast 2 personally tried it and was so scared that he dropped the controller on the spot. Of course, some designers were so well-versed in the game machines, playing horror scenes as though they were nothing. However, they were exceptional talents. Ordinary people would be scared sh*tless. Would someone not be afraid to enter the haunted house even if they gave that person the diagram of the haunted house, mark out all the scary places, and make the person memorize them all? At the very most, the person would be prepared psychologically, and the degree of fear would be reduced. However, it was impossible to be not afraid. Visual effects, auditory effects, and various psychological cues even if someone was psychologically prepared, it was still difficult for their psychological defenses to keep up when they were truly immersed in it. Of course, it was another matter altogether if it was a gifted person who had no sense of fear. However, Chen Kangtuo was obviously not such a gifted person. His current expression was enough proof. Chen Kangtuos expression changed from blank to stunned, to shock, and then collapse after hearing Boss Pei say that in an indifferent tone. Are you trying to kill me, Boss Pei?! The haunted house that Chen Kangtuo designed himself and customized it in his own style. He checked the semi-finished product during construction so he knew how terrifying it really was. In fact, he never went in again after the third project of the Thriller Hostel was completed even though there was no staff acting as ghosts. It was enough to scare people to death just by walking around in this environment! But what did Boss Pei say just now? He wanted him to go through every single detail? It was not something that could be completed by sheer willpower at all! However, Pei Qian did not give Chen Kangtuo a chance to protest. He waved dismissively and continued. Alright, continue the visit. Chen Kangtuo had no choice but to continue leading everyone on the visit. Industries such as the restaurants and hotels invested in by the investors were explained by the corresponding investors. In addition, it also included some other reports, including the recruitment of staff required to maintain the entire operation of the Thriller Hostel. This haunted house was neither big nor small, but it still required waiters, ticketing agents, cleaners, equipment maintenance, make-up artists, prop artists, and staff acting as ghosts. Especially the staff acting as ghosts. They had been recruited a long time back and had been undergoing training. It was not only physical labor but also a technical job. If they were too far away from the tourists, the tourists would not be scared at all because it would be pitch-black and would not achieve any effect. Be too near to tourists, and it might stimulate some stressful behaviors which may cause them to be injured by tourists easily. Appearing too sudden and really giving the tourists a huge scare was a huge no-no as well. In short, these groups of people must know how to play with different mentalities to scare different tourists to achieve the best results. At the same time, these people had to know where the emergency exits of the haunted house very clearly, guide the tourists to leave if necessary. They must even master certain first-aid knowledge. All in all, the goal of the training was to allow the staff to gradually and moderately frighten tourists, on the premises of protecting themselves so that the entire haunted house could operate normally. Chen Kangtuo suggested: Then, everyone, would you like to visit the three projects of the haunted house and give some suggestions? Pei Qian laughed. No need. Trying to fool me into going to the haunted house? Impossible! Pei Qian was very relaxed now. His only concern was for the Golden Maze to be profitable. As for the Thriller Hostel it was far from being the project that he needed to worry the most. First, the fees were low, and there was a limit to its capacity. Therefore, it would not make much money even if it was full every day. As for the second and third projects, there would certainly be not many people to play it if it werent scary. He could also use it to deal with his smaller enemies if it was very scary. Therefore, he would not be making a loss either way! Pei Qians attitude was very clear. Say all you want, but I would definitely not go to the haunted house. Im a noble person with high-end taste. Im busy at work and do not have time to experience such simple and crude entertainment. Chen Kangtuo looked at the other investors. Then, what about everyone else? No need! Boss Li replied hurriedly. Brother Chen, dont get me wrong, it is not that we dont trust you. Its exactly the opposite. We trust you so much that we dare not go in. Our old bones are not suited for such excitement. Chen Kangtuo. Great, no one was willing to go in. This means that only I would be the one experiencing it to the fullest right? No one was willing to experience the Thriller Hostel project after going one big round. Just let it go. The investors were very happy. The problem of the Golden Maze had been solved, and the chances of this project making money were greatly increased after all. Chen Kangtuo sent everyone back to the door where everyone spoke merrily. He fell into melancholy. The investors and Pei Qian entered their cars, ready to leave. Chen Kangtuo remembered something suddenly By the way, Boss Pei! Zhang Wang came to be previously and said that he hoped the Golden Maze can also sell the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine. The Shared phone booth had promoted the Thriller Hostel so this request seems reasonable Pei Qians expression changed immediately as he was about to close the car door. Definitely not! The Fully-Automated Bickering Machine might be a mystery with no practical use, but it was exquisitely crafted and set in a Golden Maze. What if people actually bought it? Pei Qian was now hiding the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine like a baby. People must not find it. Chen Kangtuo was taken aback. He did not think that Boss Pei would refuse. Chen Kangtuo did not put this matter onto his heart when Zhang Wang came to find him previously. Wasnt it just a small handicraft? It might be rather large and difficult to bring around, but there were so many shops in the Golden Maze, so wouldnt it be a small matter to just place it somewhere to sell it? What was more, Zhang Wang arranged for a shared phone booth to advertise the Thriller Hostel. It should be reasonable if it was just to reciprocate the effort, right? Yet, Boss Pei reacted fiercely and refused flatly? But Boss Pei Chen Kangtuo wanted to explain further, but Pei Qian held up a hand to stop him. Definitely not! Ill talk to Zhang Wang about it. In short, there will be other arrangements. There will be no selling of the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine in the Golden Maze, absolutely not! Chen Kangtuo could say no more seeing how resolute Boss Pei was. He would only nod. Finally, Pei Qian could heave a sigh of relief after closing the door. Lucky! Lucky that Chen Kangtuo did not take actions without thinking first. He actually gave Pei Qian advance warning; if not, something bad would definitely happen. It looked like Zhang Wang did not take what Pei Qian said seriously and was still trying to secretly find ways to sell it. No, he had to emphasize to Zhang Wang to produce at full capacity first and not think about all these useless things. The sapling, which was the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine, had to be preserved! Boss Li closed the car door on the other side and prepared to leave as well. He did not hear very clearly what Chen Kangtuo and Boss Pei said, but he vaguely heard something like sell XX machine which seemed to be some sort of investment. However, Boss Li did not ask since Boss Pei did not say anything. He just jotted down this item silently, thinking it might prove useful in the future. July 4th, Monday Pei Qian came to the office as usual. At present, most departments had formed a tacit understanding that they should get Boss Pei on Monday if they needed decisions from him. That was because Boss Pei was generally in office on Mondays. As for the other timing, they would contact him via phone. The Manage Loss Trainees meeting was held as scheduled last Saturday. Two pieces of information caught his attention in addition to the information that he already had. First, Fish-Catching Take-Outs new high-end brand, Food Harmony, was currently undergoing intense preparation. The Manage Loss Trainee from Fish-Catching Take-Out also gave a detailed report. The idea of this high-end brand was to produce a simplified version of the menu from the nameless restaurant and then package it all with beautiful food boxes to provide the customers with a high-end take-out dining experience. Pei Qian felt that it was probably good news after he listened to the report. Fish-Catching Take-Out had been making losses because of its high prices. Wouldnt it make even more losses if they were to make something with even higher prices? This new brand would require the training of chefs, customized food containers, and specialized delivery personnel. No matter whether they were to sell more or less, these costs would be difficult to save. It was possible to make a profit if they were to sell a lot. If they were to sell in very little amounts, then it would be worse than Fish-Catching Take-Out. There seemed to be no reason to stop such a good loss-making strategy? Then, the Manage Loss Trainee from Tengda Games reported about Zhang Zutings acting. The danger of such a matter was obvious, but there was no helping it since it had already happened. Pei Qian could not do anything else. He couldnt possibly cast a forgetful spell to make these actors forget what Zhang Zuting said. He could only silently record Zhang Zuting on his small notebook and teach him a lesson when Thriller Hostel opened. Pei Qian sat in his office for five minutes. As expected, someone knocked on the door. He raised his head up, only to see Xiao Peng. Boss Pei, looking at the working model of Live Esports Museum of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 3.0, it should be a success, right? Then can I open branches like what you mentioned before? Xiao Pengs face was filled with expectations. Boss Pei said beforewhen they started to open the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 3.0that they would open branches for renovation, purchase of computers, and spend all their money without any money left if this store would make money. Boss Peis mood seemed to be not very right when he said that, but Xiao Peng understood that this sentence in itself still showed the trust of Boss Pei towards himself. However, having said that, he still felt that he should ask for directions and confirm again. Such power was great, and Xiao Peng was afraid that he would be wrong so he wanted to double-confirm it. What if Boss Pei said it casually without being serious? What if Boss Pei became angry when the time came when he really spent lavishly? Who was he to speak to then? It would be better to speak clearly in advance to make a huge splash. Pei Qian was speechless. Do not report good news twice! Pei Qian waved his hand helplessly. When did I ever break my promise? Open up as many branches as you can, and remember to spend all the money. Dont report this little thing over and over again. Anyway, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe originally invested a lot in the early stages. It might have made money, but it took a long return cycle. Profits would not be able to catch up to him as long as they expanded fast enough. Chapter 568 - Finally Proving that the ‘Top Student, Come Quick’ Project was a Mistake all Along Chapter 568 Finally Proving that the Top Student, Come Quick Project was a Mistake all Along Someone knocked on the door again about half an hour after Xiao Peng left. Pei Qian raised his head. It was Ma Yang. Brother Qian! Ma Yang seemed to be in good spirits. Im here today to report two matters! Eh? Pei Qian could not help but feel surprised. Old Mas brain could actually handle reporting two matters at a time? Not bad, not bad, Old Ma, youre improving a lot! Um, its okay to report. Pei Qian was very happy. Ma Yang smiled happily and deliberately kept him in suspense. Also, Brother Qian, these two matters are related to each other! Pei Qian: ? He was instantly alerted when he heard the word related. Pei Qian was now most afraid of the departments forming relations. A single department was not able to make something horrific. However, the problem would become huge if relations formed and produced a domino effect! Pei Qians smile disappeared immediately. Tell me. Ma Yang was completely unaware of the change in Pei Qians expressions. He continued cheerfully. The first matter is that the DGE club is ready. They can set off officially today or tomorrow to go up against local GOG clubs in mock competitions! Pei Qian nodded. That could be taken as good news. Flying everywhere in the country would require expenses for accommodation and meals. Moreover, they would not participate in official competitions even if they were playing mock competitions. They would, therefore, not become famous and would naturally not be any bonuses or popularity. Ma Yang continued. I will also set off with the DGE club and cooperate with Zhang Yuan and Coach Yaling to provide logistical support for the players! Pei Qian nodded. Yes, Im more assured now! One more person meant one more mouth to feed. Old Ma had such a good appetite; he could consume two peoples share so he would definitely be able to spend more money. Moreover, Old Ma had such a deep understanding of the game. He might be able to affect the players subtly and indirectly lower the average of the team. Ma Yang continued. The second matter, uh what was it again? He scratched his head, trying hard to recall. Pei Qian was in awe. You could actually forget 50% of what you wanted to report? Old Ma, your skills are really improving! Oh, right! Ma Yang clapped. I discussed with Zhang Wang and will be bringing a few Fully-Automated Bickering Machines with me. On the one hand, it will train the hand speed of the members of the club. On the other hand, it can also serve as a gift to other clubs. I think that the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine is very suitable for players who make a living through fast hand speed! Pei Qian: ? Why hadnt it ended yet? This Zhang Wang, youre really unscrupulous to find a sales channel for your Fully-Automated Bickering Machine eh! You would probably succeed if I was even a tiny bit negligent! Pei Qian now understood why the shared phone booth could become a success. This Zhang Wang might look like bronze on the surface, but there was at least a diamond in him. He did not look scheming, but he had been trying to find a sales route secretly! Obviously, Pei Qian was very satisfied with Zhang Wang as a great inventor. However, the enthusiastic salesman side of him made Pei Qian very dissatisfied with him! No! He rejected the idea decisively. Ma Yang was taken aback. Huh? Brother Qian, its just a Fully-Automated Bickering Machine. Its not expensive; it shouldnt be too much to be given away as a gift? Pei Qian laughed hollowly inside. Should not be too much? Do you know how much loss I have made because of too many should not be too much? I would definitely not take it lightly this time! Pei Qian knew that he had to fix things now. However, it was no longer enough to let Zhang Wang think that there was no need to be too bothered about marketing; it was time to adopt a tougher stance. Otherwise, Zhang Wang would continue to find new sales routes when more Fully-Automated Bickering Machines were produced! Pei Qian coughed lightly. I cannot divulge the reason temporarily. However, the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine is indeed related to a large and long-term plan. It is the most critical part of the entire plan. Moreover, it can only be viewed as necessary by the consumers at a particular point in time. It will not achieve my intended effect once it is exposed prematurely. In other words, promoting the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine at the wrong time would lose its effectiveness and disrupt my overall plan. Therefore, both you and Zhang Wang have to remember to keep your lips sealed about this. Dont spoil my plan! Pei Qian did not know what the plan he kept repeating was actually. Anyway, long-term plans could stretch from three years to ten years. Dont ask. There is a plan for it, but it must not be publicized. The only thing to do was to wait patiently. Ma Yang showed a dazed expression but nodded immediately. I see! Im assured now since Brother Qian you have some plans for it. Alright, Brother Qian, Ill go and pack my luggage and prepare to set off then! Pei Qian nodded. Okay, take care of the team members. If you meet with any problems, call me immediately. You must not let our members be bullied outside, alright? Ma Yang promised immediately. Dont worry, Brother Qian, wait and see! Pei Qian did not know why, but he felt confident when Ma Yang banged his chest with assurance. After another hour, someone knocked on the door again when Pei Qian was thinking if he should get off work. It was a rare guest this time. Yu Pingan, the person-in-charge of Top Student, Come Quick. Pei Qian immediately became cautious. The problems were usually huge with these rare guests! Is there some problem with Top Student, Come Quick? Pei Qian asked nonchalantly. Yu Pingan looked a little embarrassed. He only spoke after thinking for another two seconds. Boss Pei, the current state of Top Student, Come Quick is not very optimistic, I I would like to have your advice. Eh? Pei Qian became alert all of a sudden. Top Student, Come Quick was not optimistic? That was great news! Didnt it enjoy back-stabbing me previously? It even helped Thriller Hostel do its advertisement. It wasnt that long ago; why was it not optimistic so soon? Pei Qian tried to force his mouth from turning upwards. Meaning? Yu Pingan sorted his thoughts and said. Boss Pei, I think the development of this software has reached a bottleneck so far. Originally, the positioning of this app was as a platform for top students and flunkies to communicate and help each other, and we charged a small fee for it. However, the reason why Top Student, Come Quick could become successful so soon was because of the use of capital, investment, burning money, chasing after investments to create enough popularity Then, we used the user base left behind by Xude Education and Tengdas other industries as well as the transformation of the apps own function to achieve a new level of popularity and had even become profitable temporarily. However, recent data had shown that it had become less optimistic. I think the root of the problem is that the communication requirements of top students and flunkies were in itself a pseudo-demand. Related functions are also finding it difficult to support the current user base Pei Qian listened quietly without saying anything. However, he was agreeing with joy in his heart. Thats right! You are so right! Yu Pingan, you have such a clear view of the problem! The demand for this software was a pseudo-demand from the start! What did I say the world was wrong, not me! Pei Qian finally felt like the world had returned to normal. How many flunkies would require one-on-one tutoring? How many top students would tutor these flunkies for that little amount of money? The key feature of a pseudo-demand was that everyone found it interesting and useful at first, but it would be boring once the freshness passed. The reason why this project was so hot during its early stages was that investors were desperately burning money, and it gained false popularity. Moreover, when Xude Education took over at a high price, a series of wrong operations only accelerated the failure of the Top Student, Come Quick application. When Pei Qian decided to buy back this project, Yu Pingan made a mistake by bundling Top Student, Come Quick with Tengdas other industries and developed functions such as video teaching and teaching materials to achieve its popularity. However, at the very crux, the Top Student, Come Quick application did not solve a key problem-that was its irreplaceability. If it was only used as an educational software, then at least 40-50% of its current user base would shrink since a large number of users were young people. Its popularity was quickly losing steam now that the problem surfaced. Pei Qian was delighted with his unexpected good fortune. He thought that Yu Pingan would report bad news, but it turned out to be a fantastic piece of good news! Could it be that Im finally going to see the light at the end of the tunnel? Im finally going to prove that the Top Student, Come Quick project was a mistake all along! Could this project finally lose money for me? Pei Qian nearly burst out laughing and celebrated! However, he could not make it so obvious, considering that Yu Pingan was still here. The corners of his mouth rose ever so slightly, almost out of control. Yu Pingan did not understand. What did Boss Peis expression mean? Were the issues in my report something that he had expected in advance? He was feeling proud of his foresight? Or was he laughing at my inability? Boss Pei was kind; it was probably not the latter Boss Pei, what should I do? Can I have your advice please? Yu Pingan panicked seeing how Boss Pei remained silent without saying anything Pei Qian: Sh*t, I was overwhelmed with happiness. The question was how should he reply to Yu Pingan? Give him some opposing advice? No, who knew what the hell he would comprehend? He might bring it back to life. Say nothing? It seemed like there wasnt such an option. He would definitely think that Boss Pei had some other deep meaning behind his actions and then analyze something from his actions, expressions, behaviors, etc. God knows what kind of conclusion he would draw. Let him believe in his own decision? No, that would equate to a buff; his universe would definitely break into pieces. Pei Qian suddenly realized he had very few options. Finally, Pei Qian decided to use reality to destroy his expectations. Pei Qian restrained his smile and used his most sincere tone to reply to him. It does not matter; the Top Student, Come Quick project has completed its mission. There were only two goals for this project from the beginning. One was to benefit from the capital injection; the other is to drive the other industries of Tengda. These two goals have now been achieved. The Top Student, Come Quick project can now come to a graceful end. But you can rest assured that Tengda will continue to allocate funds to Top Student, Come Quick and promote the other industries. Youve done very well and have worked hard throughout. Have a good rest. Chapter 569 - DGE Esports Club, Unfriendly Opponent! Chapter 569 DGE Esports Club, Unfriendly Opponent! Yu Pingan felt dizzy. He never thought that Boss Pei would say something like that! Top Student, Come Quick had completed its mission? It can now come to a graceful end? You can have a good rest? That meant to leave the project this way? Dont try to save it anymore? Yu Pingan had thought of such a possibility before, but it came as a complete surprise to him for those words to come from Boss Pei. Wasnt Boss Pei invincible? Yu Pingan was shocked. He came to Boss Pei because he thought he would be able to obtain a lot of useful experience from Boss Pei to stop the decline of the Top Student, Come Quick application. However, after careful consideration, Boss Peis attitude was very clear. Moreover, it was indeed a way to accept reality. The Top Student, Come Quick application had indeed served its purpose very well. Boss Pei had made at least tens of millions of yuan in the capital operations. The advertisement revenue it generated was immeasurable. For it to come to a graceful end would not really be a pity either. It was just that Yu Pingan found it a little hard to accept emotionally as the person-in-charge of this project. He was silent for some time before he finally nodded. Okay Boss Pei, I understand. Then Boss Pei, what do I need to do now? Work on other projects? Work on other projects? No, no, no, definitely not. Pei Qian knew deep down that Yu Pingan was capable. The Top Student, Come Quick application had good application development capabilities. What would happen if he were to work on other projects and made another hit? Pei Qian coughed lightly. Stay in Top Student, Come Quick and guard its corpse to provide nourishment for Tengda Corporation. We do not need to do much more, but to continue regular updates and debugging. We cannot abandon our users. Yu Pingan nodded. Alright, Boss Pei. Pei Qian sent Yu Pingan on his way with contentment. Time to get off work! July 6th, Wednesday The DGE Esports Club arrived officially in Shanghai! Many domestic clubs had established GOG divisions as well; most of them were in Shanghai. That had a historical reason. In the early days, a few members formed a team without bosses, without sponsors. They were casually competing in internet cafes; rewards were very low as well. Sometime later, some manufacturers organized tournaments, and some bosses invested in teams. These slowly became clubs. However, the initial clubs were very immature. The training venue might be rented computers in the internet cafe or in a rented flat. In theory, competitive esports only required internet connection. It did not matter where they set up, but Shanghai was an economic center. It had the best financial, network, information, and media resource. It was more convenient to go abroad for competition, but the condition of the internet was good as well so most clubs gathered in Shanghai. In this process, more clubs gathered in Shanghai. It was inevitable for it to become the center for esports. Many of them were veteran teams who had already gained initial fame domestically. For example, the first club that they were visiting this time, H4 Esports Club, was an old club that existed since the Starcraft time. It was also the place where many internet-addicted teenagers aspire to join. The exact meaning of its name was HERO4, which literally meant four heroes. They only had four members when they first established. They mainly participated in single-player esports events. Taking into account everyones level of English by then, such a name was considered relatively well-thought-out. Many club names were more casual than this. The DGE Esports Club had 13 members. Zhang Yuan arranged for a minibus for transportation to different clubs, considering that they would be staying for some time in Shanghai. The fatigue of the members was wiped out after a night of rest. It was replaced by the excitement of fighting the H4 Esports Club and other clubs. Jiang Huan and Huang Wang were the captains of DGE Team One and Team Two respectively. They had completely opposite personalities. Jiang Huan was silent and cherished his words. When he spoke, he gave very concise instructions. To describe him in Huang Wangs words would be a dog that bites does not bark. He was the kind who played tactics with the enemy. He would completely suppress his counterpart and pay attention to everything on the field, commanding the Nakano twins and those in the lower lane when he was obviously a top-laner. He was a real abnormality in Huang Wangs words. The members of Team One placed great trust in Jiang Huan and carried out his tactical arrangements unconditionally. The entire team was very united. Huang Wang, on the other hand, was an active and talkative person. He was talkative no matter whether he was commanding or not. Huang Wang appeared quiet when he first arrived at DGE Club, but his nature was exposed when they became familiar with each other. However, he was obviously inferior to Jiang Huan in terms of tactics. As a mid-laner, he often needed Old Zhou, who was playing a command position (auxiliary), to help to share the responsibilities. The auxiliary in GOG was called command simply to improve the status of the auxiliary players and let more people play it. In fact, the person with the most aptitude for command would command in the end. This position might be the most suitable for commanding, but there were fewer operations for auxiliary heroes and required them to constantly wander around to observe the movements in the field. However, not everyone who played auxiliary had the commanding ability. If some of these players had poor reading ability and could not seize the timing, it would distract the commander and their own operations. It would be a disaster for the entire team if they forced him to command. The election of Captain and commander was the natural result of a certain mock competition. Huang Wang and Old Zhou commanding together was still not enough to defeat Jiang Huan. Therefore, Team Two had significantly more training than Team One. No significant results could be seen in the meantime, but the difference in muscle mass was obvious once time took its course. It could be seen purely from their appearance. Team One basically maintained a slim figure while some members of Team Two were already ripped. It was now summer; they were all wearing T-shirts. Huang Wang felt even more similar to a personal trainer now. He had the most extra training as the Captain after all. Jiang Huan was resting while Huang Wang and Old Zhou were discussing their excitement to compete with the H4 Esports Club in the back row. Actually, I heard about the H4 Esports Club when I skipped class for gaming sessions. I was so excited when I saw the members of H4 obtaining glory in international arenas. I dreamed of joining this club to be a professional player one day. To be able to look at the H4 Club is like fulfilling my dream. Huang Wangs face was filled with excitement. Old Zhou nodded. Indeed, the H4 Club is an old brand here; they can rival many foreign clubs as well. Many people want to join. Huang Wang said expectantly, I wonder what their training base looks like. People on the net say that it seemed to be rather big and was more formal than most clubs here. Old Zhou: Well know when we see it. However, I think most of our members and coaches want to use this opportunity to observe and learn the management concepts and experiences of old brands like H4. Why else would we all come here in person when we can compete online? Waste of money. Huang Wang nodded. Yes, there is definitely such a consideration. Were a newly established club after all. They arrived at H4 Esports Club while they chatted. H4 Esports Club was housed in an apartment in the suburbs of Shanghai. To be precise, it was a villa. The entire community was quiet and had complete supporting facilities. The H4 Esports Club often organized fitness activities like basketball matches to keep fit. The bus got through the guards and went into the compound of H4 Esports Club. Esports clubs during this period were basically housed in rented apartments or villas. Those who built their own buildings and training bases were things that happened only after many venture capitalists entered the market. A club housed in a villa like this was already very respectable. Zhang Yuan and Coach Yaling got down the bus first, followed closely by Ma Yang. The leader of H4 Esports Club, Xiao Su, was waiting downstairs for them. Zhang Yuan went up to him immediately. Leader Su! Nice to meet you, let me introduce them to you: this is our personal trainer, Ms. Li; this is Zhang Yuan was a little stuck when introducing Ma Yang. He did not know what position was suitable for Ma Yang. Strictly speaking, Ma Yang was a calefare without any title. However, he was one of the experienced leaders of Tengda. It would probably not be giving him face if he said that he was a calefare, right? This is our special tactical coach, Coach Ma. Zhang Yuan thought up on the spot. Leader Su was in awe. This DGE Esports Club was a new club, but their entire support team was rather complete! A team leader, a personal trainer, and a special tactical coach? In contrast, the GOG division of the H4 club was just established. There were only one team leader and five members. As for the personal trainer sorry, that was not popular among domestic clubs yet. The team leader was basically responsible for ordering takeaways. Even if there were mock competitions, the team leader was responsible for commanding, reviewing, and summary. As far as the current environment went, the team leader was only responsible for ordering takeaways without doing anything else. By doing that, he was at least better than 70% of his counterparts. Many team leaders did not do anything or bring their members out for entertainment. Some of the more excessive ones even brought their team to play cards, which had no positive effect at all. Therefore, someone like Team Leader Suwho ordered takeaway conscientiously and did not engage in other stuffhad a good conscience. They shook hands warmly. Team Leader Su felt something was wrong. Why was the strength of this sweet-looking female coach with a long-sleeved thin jacket so strong? He did not know why, but he could feel a suffocating sense of oppression from Coach Li. As a female and as a personal trainer of this team, she must possess a unique understanding of this game! How else would she be able to train them? However, this Coach Ma did not look very smart. Was he really able to coach them on tactics? Or was he a person who hid a knife in his smile whose strength was completely hidden? This team looked really unfriendly! Chapter 570 - Image of the Old Clubs Collapsed Chapter 570 Image of the Old Clubs Collapsed The ten team members got out of the bus after the handshake. Team Leader Su was shocked once again. He looked at the small bus, to Zhang Yuan, and then finally at the players. Those who did not know would think that this was the car of some sports delegation! These members were all tall and muscular. They were more like gymnasts than esports players. The five in front were alright; they looked normal. However, what was with the five muscle monsters at the back?! They seemed to be good at fighting. Team Leader Su thought to himself silently. This looked totally different from what I imagined! No other esports club had such types of members? What kind of training did you undergo usually? Question marks floated over the head of Team Leader Su. It was just that it was obviously impolite to ask these questions so Team Leader Su suppressed his curiosity forcibly. He brought Zhang Yuan and his team into the H4 Club. They would first visit the club and then find an internet cafe nearby for a mock competition according to the previously finalized itinerary. Zhang Yuan really wanted to visit the other esports Club and learn from their experiences. The DGE club had been training very well according to Boss Peis methods, but Zhang Yuan was still feeling unreliable. He wondered if he could glean some experiences from these old brands. Huang Wang and some other members were obviously particularly excited. They were finally unveiling their adored H4 Esports Club! Were they able to meet their favorite players and ask for autographs? Everyone followed Team Leader Su into the training hall of the club. It was said to be a training hall, but it was actually the original living room. There were seven computers placed in a circle around the living room. It was not big originally. Now that computer tables and seats squeezed into it, then there was only a small area of about two meters by two meters left in the middle. There was also a coffee table, but these seven people had no more space for movement. There was an H4 Club poster on the wall, but they looked old and out of place. The tables, chairs, computers, etc. nearly made the eyes of Huang Wang and the others fall out of their sockets. It was a little too shameful! They were all very old-fashioned computer desks. Other than being narrow, they did not consider the most important ergonomic factor. The position of their hands was significantly higher than the elbow, and the range of the mouse was not enough. One would be very uncomfortable if they played for an extended time. The computers were obviously not new either. That was because, for some clubs, the main esports games they played were all old games. Even for the new games, to ensure that everyone had the same experience, the configuration would not be very much different. Therefore, when purchasing computers, many clubs would save some money in this area to ensure that the games could run smoothly. Why did one need to add a few thousand yuan per laptop to get the highest specifications? However, in Huang Wangs view, these training computers were from the Stone Age when compared to the ROF Computer-Installation. The configuration of these system units was definitely not good since there was no light on the chassis! Huang Wang whispered to Old Zhou. We are not going to use these computers to compete right? Please, no, Im afraid that I wouldnt even be able to utilize 50% of my strength with these computers. Old Zhou replied quietly, I dont think so, there are not enough computers. Well probably be heading to the nearby internet cafe. Huang Wang was relieved. Thats great. Team Leader Su began introducing the base to Zhang Yuan enthusiastically. In fact, the approach was similar to DGE Esports Club, but the club definitely rented the villas or apartments to save costs. The residences were similar. It was nothing more than to change the living room into a training room and the bedroom into the players dormitory. But, that did not mean the experience was similar even if the approach was. This villa might be in the suburbs of Shanghai, but every inch was worth its area in gold therefore these villas were not very spacious. It was a huge difference compared to Ming Yun Villas. The training hall of DGE Esports Club was spacious and comfortable. Here, it was even squeezier than a normal internet bar. The DGE Esports Club had two to a room; here, they had upper and lower bunks which could squeeze four in a room. Only meritorious players could enjoy the treatment of a single room. During the visit, Huang Wang met his favorite Starcraft professional player and obtained his signature happily. However, his good impression of H4 had completely collapsed. Where was the good old club? Where were all the formality and high standards? These players were originally internet-addicted teenagers who joined DGE Esports Club when they first started playing professionally. They were really surprised by the superior environment when they first started training at Ming Yun Villas. It also gave them the illusion that good domestic esports clubs were the same. Everyone suddenly realized that their training conditions were too good after visiting the H4 Esports Club. Moreover, eating here seemed to rely purely on takeaways. Dont be mistaken; it was not like the Fish-Catching Take-Outs, but random takeaways. They would throw it away if it was not nice and order again when they were hungry. That made Huang Wang and the others feel incredible. That was because Coach Yaling repeatedly emphasized the concept of nutrition. It had taken deep roots into everyones hearts and was completely in accordance with fitness standards. Eat at least five small meals a day, including extra meals and all sorts of food to maintain balanced nutrition. Looking back to where they were here, wasnt it just a huge dubious internet club? No one would have felt that anything was wrong if they had not been in the DGE Club. One could achieve a seamless connection from an internet club like this. However, after enjoying such a good training environment and supporting facilities in the DGE Club, they immediately felt that the conditions here were too scant. The players looked at each other and understood that they were all having the same feeling from each others faces. That was too disappointing! Of course, they would not say anything. They understood basic courtesy. The players of H4 Club were also secretly observing them while they were visiting. Many of them showed shocked expressions on their faces. The first reaction was: What was this? Is our club going to be associated with the gym? What was this? Why so many guys? The group of people had strong muscles and had tall statures. They felt as though they would burst their clothes in the next second and shout the Sacred White Sword, follow me, it made them scared. After Huang Wang and the others went around the club, the H4 Club had roughly figured out that this was a visit by the other clubs. However, that was even more bizarre this way. What kind of mystery club was this? Was it for the esports club, or was it for traditional sports? In short, both sides looked at each other with their expectations totally off track. The visitation ended in no time. Zhang Yuan was a little disappointed; he did not manage to learn about anything! It seemed like Boss Pei was right. The domestic clubs were indeed too irregular, and he could not learn anything from them. It seemed as though Boss Peis method was the most effective. Everyone returned to the living room, and this place immediately became crowded. Alright, thank you, Team Leader Su. Shall we start the mock competition? Zhang Yuan suggested Team Leader Su nodded. Sure, everyone, please wait outside. Ill get my team members ready. Well head to an internet cafe nearby. Uh, did everyone bring their own keyboards and mouses? Zhang Yuan nodded. Of course. It was common sense to bring your own keyboard and mouse when you were out for competitions. A set of handy mouse and keyboard was as important to the players as handy weapons were to a fighter. After ten minutes, everyone came to an internet cafe nearby. Everyone frowned again. This Was simply too far from the standards of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe! Everyone used to play in similar internet cafes previously, and the environment of this high-end internet cafe was better than the internet cafe they were in previously. However, Huang Wang and the rest had subconsciously used the standard of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and imposed it onto other high-end internet cafes. One should at least meet the standards of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 2.0-or even 1.0even if they could not meet the standards of the latest Live Esports Museum at Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 3.0? However, this internet cafe was basically a little better than Xing Le Internet Cafe. According to Team Leader Su, this was the best Internet cafe nearby. Everyone was feeling melancholy, but there was no helping it. They were outside so they had to make do! The two teams must choose a private room to ensure sound insulation. Huang Wang could not help but think of his funny experiences of participating in an internet cafe competition before entering the DGE Club. At that time, all participating teams were allowed to choose their seats freely in the lobby of the internet cafe. Before the start of their game, most of them entered their custom rooms, and no one knew where their opponents were seated. However, it was impossible to hear your teammates because the lobby was very noisy so they all had earphones on and spoke. As a result, Huang Wang realized that the guy opposite him speaking loudly to his teammates seemed to be in the match with him. The five at the opposite team were his own opponent! However, the commander from the opposite side did not recognize it at all being fully immersed in the game. Halfway through the match, he shouted at the top of his lungs steal the dragon, steal the dragon. Huang Wang heard everything loud and clear so he brought his team to the nest of the dragon. The hall was noisy, but his opponent shouted so loud that his voice could probably be heard outside the Internet cafe. That made Huang Wang very embarrassed. Could they feign that they could not hear what they were shouting about and really let them steal the dragon? That made no sense. He could only slurp it all up with tears. Brother, I did not want to eavesdrop. You can only blame yourself for shouting so loudly; I could hear it even if I wore earplugs. After the game, both sides shook hands. The expressions on the opposite side were simply brilliant. Especially the commander, this competition might just leave a shadow in his heart forever. There would not be such confusing behavior now that both sides had their own private rooms. Zhang Yuan looked at both captains. Which team goes first? Huang Wang gave it some thought. We should definitely strive for a good start to the first match? Team One goes first. Team One was better in tactics, coordination, and personal skills. Huang Wangs developed biceps and chest muscles were the best proof. Jiang Huan nodded. It made no difference to him. Zhang Yuan nodded. Okay, Team One will go first. Remember, the arrogant soldiers would be defeated. The strength of a big club is not something we can imagine. We must go all out! Ill record down the results of all matches; if you lose, the entire team will go back for additional training, Coach Yaling added coldly. Chapter 571 - Coach Ma, How about You Play? Chapter 571 Coach Ma, How about You Play? Team One entered the private room while Team Two switched on five computers in the lobby near the private room. Logically speaking, Team Two should go in and watch the game, but Zhang Yuan was worried that the H4 Club might think it was unfair that Team Two watched and commanded Team One. He, therefore, did not let Team Two in. To be fair, Team Leader Su suggested that the team leaders of both sides enter to watch the game without saying a word or give any command. Zhang Yuan readily agreed. In fact, Team Leader Su was being sneaky. He was thinking how could they possibly fight if the personal trainer and special tactical coach went in to guide them? Captain Zhang seemed to be the only one who did not understand much about the game; it was probably alright for him to enter. Therefore, Ma Yang and Li Yaling were waiting outside. Huang Wang turned on his computer and asked the other players. Should we play solo, or should we customize it? Generally speaking, they should play solo. The mock competition would definitely be longer than a single match. The timing might be just right for the mock competition when they were done with their solo. However, Old Zhou looked at the computer in the internet cafe with a little disgust. Custom. The configuration of this computer does not look very good. Im afraid of losing my ranking if we play solo. Huang Wang pondered this for a moment, thinking that it made sense. He could not help but worry about Team One. The configuration of the computer here was incomparable to ROF. He did not know if Jiang Huan and the rest could get used to it. Ma Yang was feeling a bit bored. He wanted to go in and watch the battle. Unfortunately, this special status of Coach Ma aroused the alarm of Team Leader Su. He could only watch on as Team Two played their custom match. Coach Yaling fidgeted her arms and wrists subconsciously. It was a painful thing for her not to go to the gym during their time in Shanghai. However, this was for work as well so she could not do anything. She had nothing to do now so she moved her joints around to keep them active. After twenty minutes Team Twos custom training just reached a sweet spot. The players had finally summed up a set of effective practice methods during the routine custom practices. At first, everyone thought it was boring and fooled around with it. However, they slowly began to consciously analyze some data, repeatedly using skills to enhance muscle memory, and repeat for every hero. Twenty minutes meant they were only halfway through after they were used to such boring training However, right at this point in time, the door to the private room opened. Zhang Yuan walked out with a blank look on his face. Huang Wang was stunned as well. The game was suspended? Someone went offline? Twenty minutes had passed. Adding the banning process, they were only 15 minutes into the actual game. They should be in a fierce battle right about now. What did it mean for him to have come out now? However, the door of the next private room opened as well. Team Leader Su walked out with a blank expression as well to see Coach Yaling exercising. Team Leader Sus face changed. Why was the personal trainer of his opponent showing him such actions? Was this threatening him? As expected, they were unfriendly opponents! Zhang Yuan and Team Leader Su looked at each other, unsure of what to say to each other. They were flattened in less than 15 minutes! Their bases were taken directly without exterminating the three lanes, farming, or even taking the dragon. In fact, the game could be extended if the DGE Club played casually. However, Jiang Huan was obviously a firm person. He held respect for his opponents so he went all out and flattened them quickly. The results were that both leaders were confused. Zhang Yuan was confused as well. His opponents were professionals; they might not have formed the team too long ago, but they were also the crme de la crme. How could they be beaten so easily? Team Leader Su was confused as well. Yes, could the members of my team be fake crme de la crme? Was I fooled? Why couldnt they even retaliate? Obviously, there were also huge differences between pros. Those teams that dominated in the secondary leagues were all experienced and led the match by the nose. Five pros could only be beaten by regulars if they did not have good tactics and cooperation. Zhang Yuan said at the beginning, for Team One to go all out. Therefore, Jiang Huan used all sorts of tactics. The players from H4 in the high-end ranking had never seen such tactics. They felt that their knowledge of the entire game had been overthrown. They were beaten 0-5 at the start. All their wild areas were lost, and they quickly lost their fighting spirit. In the end, they struggled symbolically, but it all went down the drain. In short, the final headcount was fixed at 0 C 14. That was in the situation where Team One was thinking about having a quick fight without killing unnecessarily. Zhang Yuan could not say anything either. He couldnt possibly say Sorry, my team played too seriously. Ill get them to play less seriously in the next game, right? Team Leader Su coughed awkwardly. Captain Zhang, erm, the gap between our teams seems to be too big. Our club had just been formed after all. To ensure the training effect do you want to change to Team Two? Team Leader Su understood now. The five on the opposite team were simply not humans. Their gaps were so big that there was a need to continue the mock competition. There would not be any training effect if they continued this way. It would only make the confidence of the players collapse and start doubting their lives. If it was Team Two It seemed like they were physically stronger than Team One so they should be much worse? Zhang Yuan also had this intention. He nodded and agreed. Okay, Huang Wang, bring your own keyboards and mouse and change team with Team One. Huang Wang was at a loss, too. The opponent might have lost, but they would not have been flattened in less than 15 minutes? This Jiang Huan was too ruthless! He did not show any mercy at all. You should have realized that the opponents were not your match halfway through. How could you still bear to do this? You should let them leave with their pride. Team Leader Su hurriedly went back to the private room, seeing DGEs Team Two move their stuff. Obviously, it was to urgently formulate tactics and to boost morale. Huang Wang was about to enter the private room but was pulled back by Zhang Yuan. Erm, Team One was a bit ruthless. What if the opposing team was hurt too badly and did not want to practice with us anymore? It would be a wasted trip then, and it seemed to be bad for their pride. Im not asking you to lose on purpose, but just play as steady as possible and prolong the match, understand? Huang Wang patted his chest. Dont worry, I understand! Team One and Team Two swapped. The door of the private room was closed, but Zhang Yuan did not enter. Ma Yang was a little curious. Are you not going to watch the game? Zhang Yuan shook his head silently. Its too tragic, too inhumane. I really cannot continue watching it Ma Yang became excited when he heard it. Really? I want to watch it! Zhang Yuan hurriedly stopped him. Dont. Watch the recording back at the hotel. They would definitely be suspected by the other party if Coach Ma were to enter. Team One also practiced with customized games. Ten minutes had passed. Half an hour had passed. Fifty minutes had passed Zhang Yuan looked at his watch, wanting to enter into the private room to ask what was going on. Could some bug appear in this match and stop it? Why else would it take so long? The room of the private room opened and out walked Huang Wang. How was it? Zhang Yuan asked hurriedly. Huang Wang slapped his chest. Its done! It would definitely be long enough this time! He lowered his voice and said, Every time we gained an advantage, we would definitely give in on something so that both sides would return onto the starting point and continue to fight. Unfortunately, they made a serious mistake in the last bout. We accidentally gave them a 0 C 5. We could not continue on with the pretense anymore and flattened them. Zhang Yuan blinked in confusion. It sounded very reliable but felt something somewhere was wrong The door to the private room of the H4 club opened, and three team members rushed towards the restroom. The other two players leaned weakly onto the computer chair as if they were hollowed out. On the other hand, Huang Wang and his team were still alive and kicking, showing their physical advantage. Team Leader Sus expression was no better than his team members. If the last round was sudden death, then this round was a slow cat and mouse game before the final blow The opposing team would give something up with their botched acting skills every time the opposing team took the lead. That would lead both of them back to the same point. However, this performance was too obvious. It nearly became a turn-based game! The more humiliating thing was that one knew the other party would destroy one ruthlessly in the next match, but they suddenly sent one warmth, and they would ruthlessly destroy one again However, one had no way to break out of it! The players at the side of H4 realized it early. As players with backbone, of course, they desperately tried to fight back. However, after fighting back several times, they found that there seemed to be no difference in resisting or in not resisting What was more tragic than rapid death was to be played in the palms of the opponent like a toy So infuriating! Their key was that the other side leveled the playing field with money and equipment, and yet they were no opponent of theirs. There was a sense of fated powerlessness. Everyone was stunned when the last game was lost too fast. This round was delayed for too long and made everyone clearly realize the gap between them. The members of H4 were getting drowsy especially in the long battle. Their operations went out of hand where Huang Wang accidentally defeated them 0-5. There was some awkwardness on both sides. Looking at Team Leader Sus expression, Zhang Yuan instantly realized what was going on. Obviously, their acting was too bad and the other side saw through it. What was more terrifying than not having EQ was thinking that you had EQ However, Huang Wang could not be blamed. These were all internet-addicted teenagers; what EQ would they possess? If they really had EQ, would they have killed Boss Ma 0 C 28? Team Leader Su was a little sad. Captain Zhang, do you have Team Three? It was a question that went directly to his soul. He was very helpless as well. They could not tell which team was better between Team One and Team Two. They all did fanciful abuses. The training on both sides had no effect at all if the gap was too big! To the DGE team, playing with teams on a lower level than them would cause them to degenerate. To the H4 Team, they would not be able to improve if they were abused every day. Their confidence would most likely be destroyed. The sentence Do you have Team Three? really stopped Zhang Yuan. He was silent for a long time before he looked at Ma Yang and suggested, Perhaps Coach Ma, how about you play? Load the players and balance their strength? Zhang Yuan was still thinking that Ma Yang was a calefare previously. Now, it seemed like Boss Ma was a crucial weight to balance both sides on the capability scale! Chapter 572 - Coach Ma, We’re Evenly Matched! Chapter 572 Coach Ma, Were Evenly Matched! When Ma Yang heard that he would have the opportunity to go up, he was elated. Alright, Ill start warming up right now! He ordinarily used Fish-Catching Internet Cafes mouse and keyboard when he played as well. Thus, it did not take long for him to warm up. Huang Wang did not seem bothered. After playing a game against the H4 Club, he could guess his opponents standard. Even if Boss Ma kept feeding the opponents kills, it would not matter. There were four against five; it would not be an impossible fight. Boss Ma could choose a slacker. No matter how many times he died, he would still eat up the opposing teams resources. If they activated their defense outfits and equipment, they would probably still be able to win. However, Zhang Yuan gathered all ten contestants very seriously. After that, he started to lay out the battle plan. Let me tell you: not a single one of you should be thinking about sacrificing Boss Ma! You might feel happy after the game, but if Boss Ma loses 0-28 again, would he be able to continue playing? He wouldnt play anymore, and then who would balance out the skills? Coach Yaling doesnt know a thing about this game, and I what if the opponents still stand no chance against us once I step up? Its entirely possible! Im telling you: let Boss Ma take the bottom path. Let the supporter protect him as much as possible. Boss Ma has to have a positive KDA. If you could give him more kills, it would be best, understand? Huang Wang was shocked. Thats asking too much, isnt it? The team could easily have won if Boss Ma chose particularly useful support and farmed creeps under the tower at the bottom lane while the mid-laner and jungler defeated the opponents mid-laner and jungler before covering the bottom lane. Yet, they were now supposed to let Boss Ma play the center? Not only would they miss many hits at the start of the game, but they could even be crippled in the later part of it. Whats more, Boss Ma was so horrid at the game that any slip up could lead to him being killed. Wouldnt it be too difficult to try and guarantee a positive result for him? All would still be well if Boss Ma didnt die too much, but if he did, then they would have to find a way to give Boss Ma more kills. However, a player like Boss Ma might not even be able to successfully kill an opponent despite how hard the rest of the team tried to assist him! Zhang Yuans expression darkened. What do we mean by balancing the skills? The possibility of either side losing means that the skills are balanced! How else would you be able to train? Were not here to have fun! If the game isnt difficult, we have to create hurdles for ourselves! Stop trying to bargain with me. Not a single one out of ten of you should even think about running away. Suck it up and get up there. Whoever fails the mission Coach Yaling, remember him and give him extra training when we get back! At once, all the members grins disappeared. Now, they looked like they were facing a formidable enemy. They had still been chatting and laughing earlier, thinking that they would easily be able to win even with four against five. However, now they realized that they had been too optimistic! Huang Wang immediately stopped his three other teammates. We have to quickly discuss our strategy. From the other side, Team Leader Su saw the entire series of events and became very confused. What? Has Coach Ma gone to warm up? Judging from how professional Coach Ma was and how he could become the special tactical coach of such a strong team, Team Leader Su guessed that he was at least a Grand Master. Would they still try their best, seeing how strong the opposite side was? Werent the skills supposed to be balanced? Yet, Team Leader Su felt too ashamed to ask. The other parties had already said that they wanted to balance the skills out, and so they would have to play a match to see the results! The doors to both private rooms closed. Obviously, the six team members outside were in no mood to train on their own. Every one of them felt apprehensive inside. That was because it was going to be their turn soon! Zhang Yuan continued waiting outside, his expression extremely worried because he feared that the team members would feel so high that they forgot about Boss Ma. After ten minutes, Jiang Yuan leaned his ear against the door to listen to what was going on inside. He could hear faint voices inside the private room. Escape first, escape first. Its not stable. Dont fight, dont fight! Steady yourself! I have a chance; Ill kill him myself! Quickly, top-laner, come down! They want to advance through the bottom lane! Quickly, quickly, quickly, quickly The situation was more intense than he had imagined. In fact, during their usual mock competitions, Zhang Yuan had never heard Huang Wang shouting in this manner before. The entire match lasted about forty minutes. The voices in the private room slowly quieted down. This time, the door to H4s private room opened first. Team Leader Sus expression still looked slightly regretful, but there was also a smile on his face. Ah, what a pity. We were just a short way from winning! Huang Wang opened the door to his private room and walked out. Quietly, he patted Jiang Huan on the shoulder. With that, he seemed to say The next round is your turn. Good luck! Before this, Huang Wang had looked flushed and re-energized after the match. It looked like he had just been playing and not competing at all. Yet, now, Huang Wang looked exhausted. Although he was normally talkative, he spoke very little now as he opened a bottle of water and began drinking. Zhang Yuan heaved a huge sigh of relief. Excellent, Ive created more competition to train them! Both parties skills had been very different before. Even with Ma Yang, it merely made them play four against five. All they had needed was to come up with some tricks at the start and allow the jungler, top-laner, and mid-laner to take off. Then, the competition would undoubtedly be killed off. However, Zhang Yuan added a limiting condition. Boss Mas KDA ratio had to be positive. At once, the game became extremely difficult, and the gap between both parties was closed. That was because each time the four other members wanted to fight, they first had to consider if Boss Ma would survive and be able to kill the opponents. If the team won, but Boss Ma died, they would still get extra training when they returned. Thus, the four of them had to surround Boss Ma and play. Their range of tactics had immediately been reduced. Everyone had been kept within a small range of operations as they tried hard to close the gap. Of course, there was another important reason. The H4 Club had thought about aiming for Coach Ma, but DGEs mid-laner and jungler paid close attention to the bottom lane. In addition to the protection of the support, H4 had to give up trying to kill Coach Ma at all costs. Thus, after an extremely close fight, DGE barely emerged victorious. Boss Mas final KDA ratio was 2-2-3, which was considered a positive result. Ma Yang walked out of the private room with a grin on his face. What a good time! He felt like the universe revolved around him C he had participated at an overwhelming level. Team Leader Su rushed over at once and grabbed Ma Yangs hand. Coach Ma! Thank you! Thank you very much! Zhang Yuan sighed inwardly. Ai, theres nothing I could do. The fact that Boss Ma cant play GOG at all has still been exposed. He could not help it either. To make the training more difficult for the team, he could only resort to this. No matter how foolish the opponents were, they would still have been able to tell that Boss Ma was bronze-tier standard. Yet, Team Leader Su looked very genuine and grateful as he said, Coach Ma, youre so thoughtful! You knew that the two teams were worlds apart, and so, as you trained them tactically, you closed the gap between our skills! Zhang Yuan: ? Obviously, Team Leader Su could tell that the two teams were of vastly different standards. Since he knew that Ma Yang was a special tactical coach, he assumed that Ma Yang was instructing the team on tactics no matter how badly he played. Before Coach Ma played, the team acted clumsily. Although there were five members on both sides, H4 stood no chance. Despite fighting as hard as they could, they failed miserably. One could say that it had been a catastrophe. However, after Coach Ma came on board, the opponents acting skills became passable and even realistic. Every one of them deserved an Oscar. The teams had really been on par at that time! The change was not that simple! Coach Ma was lousy and his agility was horrible, but that alone would not have equalized the teams. If DGE had a burden on their team, the other four members could have sent him to die. Ma Yang would still have to do what he had to do, and the fight would not have been so anxiety-inducing. However, due to something that Coach Ma had done, the entire teams battle skills were lowered. In the end, both teams had an extremely close and exciting competition! Obviously, Boss Mas guidance had brought the team from acting poorly to being capable of winning Oscars! It was difficult to make a lousy team capable through instruction and tactical planning alone. However, it was equally difficult to make a great team horrible through those methods! One only had to observe the situation to know that Coach Ma had a unique understanding of the game. That was the only reason why he could equalize both teams through his instructions and cause both teams to learn something from the mock competition! Thus, Team Leader Su felt infinitely grateful to him. Although Coach Ma was horrible at the game, he was extremely experienced in terms of tactical planning. Zhang Yuan was speechless. He had not thought that his simple reference to Ma Yang as a special tactical coach could have won Team Leader Su over so easily However, it was inappropriate for him to clarify things now. Thus, he had no choice but to let the mistake fester. Still smiling, Team Leader Su said, Coach Ma, were evenly matched. Lets play again! Ma Yang grinned and said, Alright! Zhang Yuan rushed to the second team, led by Jiang Huan, and then shot them a look. Go ahead. Once everyone entered the private rooms, Huang Wang sorrowfully said, Brother Zhang, would all the clubs well be visiting be like them? If so, wed be better off returning to Jingzhou earlier. Even with Boss Ma in our team, were tied. These teams are horrible, arent they? Zhang Yuan sighed. We cant go back because we havent finished spending the funds. Boss Pei wouldnt allow us to return. Just bear with it, everyone. Based on our current itinerary, well visit a new club every three days. Lets play with the five most famous clubs before we decide on our next move. If all of those clubs are this horrible, well forget about the smaller clubs later on. Once two weeks pass, well go home. July 7th, Thursday Chen Kangtuo walked out of Thriller Hostels third project, looking extremely sad but excited. Finally, he had fulfilled Boss Peis requests! His experience over the last few days was inexplicable. At first, he had wanted to bluff Hao Qiong into experiencing Thriller Hostel with him. If both of them had gone through it together, at least he would have had company. However, Hao Qiong did not fall for it. He had said, Boss Pei only requested that of you and not of me. I still have loads of work to do. In short, no matter how Chen Kangtuo tried to bluff him, he was immovable. Thus, Chen Kangtuo had no other option but to go through Thriller Hostels third project again and again, all by himself. The fact that Chen Kangtuo had gone to the Smog Mountain State Mental Hospital in the United States did not mean that he would not be scared by Thriller Hostel. Of course, the Smog Mountain State Mental Hospital was more terrifying When they started working on the third project of Thriller Hostel, they had not thought about turning customers away. Instead, they had applied the same concept that they applied to games: they wanted to bluff customers into coming and then slowly increase the horror levels so that the experience became scarier as they ventured further into the haunted house. Chen Kangtuo had designed that himself. Thus, to some extent, he had dug his own grave When he first entered, he had been tortured and felt extremely terrified. However, the more he entered, the more familiar he became with the surroundings and the less afraid he felt. That was to be expected. It was like many employees who worked in haunted houses; they got used to their surroundings quickly. Chen Kangtuo proudly picked up his phone and called Boss Pei. Boss Pei! I did as you said and familiarized myself with all the details in every project of Thriller Hostel! Please, come and review my performance! On the other side of the line, Pei Qian fell silent. Review your performance? How am I supposed to do that? Do you want me to enter the haunted house with you and watch how easy it is for you to get out? In the end, would it be you or me who gets frightened? Dream on! Pei Qian sniggered. Theres no need. Thats not important. Once he said that, he hung up at lightning speed. Chen Kangtuo looked at his cell phone, confused. Boss Pei said its not important? Then, why did Boss Pei make me memorize every detail of Thriller Hostel? After considering this for a long time, a realization dawned on Chen Kangtuo. Could it be Boss Pei isnt saying that this particular thing is not important, but that its not important for him to review my performance? Its important that I memorize every detail of Thriller Hostel In other words Boss Pei wants me to memorize all the details in the hopes that I would experience it from a visitors point of view. Am I supposed to find all the shortcomings and work to perfect them, to improve customers experience? Chapter 573 - Good News—the Largest Haunted House in Jingzhou has Chapter 573 Good Newsthe Largest Haunted House in Jingzhou has Opened! July 8th, Friday As usual, Pei Qian had breakfast at Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and then drank coffee as he perfected his mind map. Hey, Boss Pei, isnt today the opening of the Thriller Hostel? Why arent you watching over it? Xiao Peng couldnt help but ask curiously when he saw how calm Boss Pei was. Pei Qian sipped his coffee and smiled, saying, Im not going. Whats so interesting about an opening? One doesnt even have to think to know that there would be many people! With the backing of Tengdas reputation in Jingzhou, the advertising done by the shared phone booths, Top Student, Come Quick, and the other investors, and the traffic directed by Tengda Games and Quanmin Reviews it would be perfect-and too good to be trueto Pei Qian if the Thriller Hostel was deserted on this opening day. Therefore, Pei Qian didnt see a point in hoping for that. He just had to lie low in the next few days after the opening. More importantly, he had to observe the developments after this first wave of customers visited Thriller Hostel. Pei Qian had not given up on the Thriller Hostel yet mainly because this project had its last line of defense, which was also the first line of defense: its sales model. Of course, Thriller Hostel had had three or four lines of defense, such as its remote location, inconvenient transportation, the lack of surrounding facilities, insufficient publicity, and so on. However, those lines of defense had collapsed even before Thriller Hostel opened. It was very sad indeed. Still, Pei Qian could rely on the last line of defense. This was Pei Qians pricing strategy: the first projectwhere many people would go-would be extremely cheap; the second project would be scarier and moderately-priced, but if one wanted to complete it, they would have to memorize every projects procedures and operations; the third project would be more expensive, but only those who passed the second project would qualify to enter. That way, most people would be attracted by the first project but stopped at the second project. Visitors who entered the third project and ended up paying for it would be very few, and most of them would not visit again. A lot of money had gone into the construction and maintenance of Thriller Hostel. The first project had limited space, and even if it was fully packed throughout the day, it would not make much money. As long as visitors did not enter the second and third projects on a large scale and they did not spend crazily in the Golden Maze, then Thriller Hostel would not be profitable. In any case, the first wave of visitors would be the most dangerous. There would be haunted house enthusiasts from Handong Province, old customers of Tengda, and even enthusiasts of Tengdas games from all over the country. However, they certainly could not visit haunted houses every day. Once the novelty and popularity passed, the Thriller Hostel would be safe. That was why Pei Qian intended to stay away from the limelight over those two days. Going to Thriller Hostel now would definitely result in nothing good. Yet, looking at Boss Peis nonchalant expression as he silently drank coffee and typed on his computer, Xiao Peng could not help but feel like the former was planning for possibilities. How could Boss Pei resist going to Thriller Hostel on its opening day even though the key project had required such a huge investment and had taken such a long time to build? What kind of perseverance did that show?! Moreover, that was not something that could be done by perseverance alone. Boss Pei had to have absolute confidence in the Thriller Hostel project to maintain such a calm demeanor. Xiao Peng could not help but sigh. Boss Pei was extraordinary! Inspired by him, Xiao Peng found a quiet corner and began to seriously consider the upcoming work that he had to do for Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. That included the locations and preparations for the new branches. As Pei Qian continued working on his mind map, his cell phone rang. Ding. He frowned and thought to himself: could there already be bad news from Thriller Hostel? It couldnt be. When he picked up the phone and saw who it was, Pei Qian rejoiced inside. However, he soon became startled and almost couldnt stop himself from blurting out a holy sh*t. He had rejoiced because he had just received the income from Ruans skins! Ruan, the hero, had only been released at the beginning of the previous month. Until now, exactly one month had passed. Of course, this would not be the only time he would receive the income. It seemed like exactly a month had passed, only out of coincidence. It just so happened that the team had to review the sum of money before distributing it. Thus, payment had been delayed from the beginning of the month to this Friday, which was the 8th. Still, that was already considered quite efficient. There was nothing to be unhappy about. What caused Pei Qian to nearly mutter holy sh*t was that he had not expected to receive so little money. The message clearly stated that the total amount he had received was 41,366.40 yuan. It was a proper account. At first, Pei Qian did not register it clearly. After counting the digits, he finally confirmed that he had received a five-figure sum-just 40,000 yuan. Did someone steal from me? The thought sprang up in Pei Qians head instinctively. It was not that he did not trust his own finance department, but that amount was much less than he had expected, wasnt it? He quickly accessed the platform and checked out the data. After checking it, Pei Qian realized that everything seemed correct. At the moment, GOG had more than 1.7 million players online simultaneously. The local MOBA game market accounted for more than sixty percent of that. Those numbers were not that far off from that of LOLs national server in the first half of 2012, as Pei Qian remembered. In other words, there were a lot of players. LOL subsequently became so popular, mainly because of its development throughout a couple of years. It pushed the boundaries of MOBA games and caused many players of other types of games to enter the pit. GOG had only been released less than a year ago. Of course, it could not achieve that kind of popularity yet. The fact that there were more than a million players simultaneously online in the local server was already a miracle, and there was a lot of room for the game to develop in the future. Of course, that was just one million people online at the same time. The actual number of players was much higher than that. Some people only played the game once in two or three days, and they would buy skins as well. More than four hundred thousand players had purchased Ruans skin. That was Ruans first skin, which was an epic skin sold for 18 yuan per piece. That skin had only been sold two weeks after Ruan was released because GOGs project team was investing all of their efforts into developing new heroes. Producing new heroes was of a much higher priority than producing new skins. Thus, releasing a new skin two weeks after the heros release was already considered a feat. Pei Qian had been the one to set the price of the skin. Brave skins would be distributed for free, epic skins would be sold at 18 yuan, and legendary skins would be sold at 45 yuan. 400,000 x 18 x 5% amounted to 360 thousand yuan. However, the problem was that there was another rule for collection of ideas for heroes on GOGs Creative Community: Once the new heroes designed by gamers were launched, the first skin would be sold at a ninety percent discount, the second at fifty, and the third at twenty. All gamers would be able to enjoy that promotion for up to a month. Active users in GOGs community would have more benefits. In other words, gamers could buy that skin for about 1.8 yuan. It was no wonder that a proportionately larger number of people had bought it. Many players in the game would not play Ruan. In fact, before each ranked game, it would be the first to be banned. Many people were only buying it as a collectible because it was so cheap. The main source of income for GOG was from the skins of heroes that had not been designed by players. Those skins would not be sold at the discounts of GOGs Creative Community, and profits would not be shared with players. Pei Qian had mixed feelings inside. Logically speaking, forty thousand yuan was a lot for his current income level. Yet, why did he feel a faint sadness in his heart? Was this what it felt like to shoot himself in the foot? To minimize the games income, Pei Qian had set extremely low prices for all the skins. Min Jingchao had obviously implemented his suggestion, thinking that unprecedented discounts were being given just to encourage players to actively participate in design work for GOG. As a result, Pei Qian found that his income for the first month was only 40,000 yuan. He had to admit that he had caused all of this. Pei Qian sipped his coffee and tried to calm himself down. Calm down and stay optimistic. Forty thousand yuan is quite a lot. Whats more, it would only increase. Think about it carefully, I wont lose out in any way. GOG is burning money to fight for a greater market share, and that would help me incur losses and take advantage of the System. In the future, once GOG becomes popular, I would earn hundreds of thousands or millions of yuan from each type of Ruans skin. Itll be good to take this money as pocket money in the short term. Anyway, Ill receive a certain sum each month. Indeed, after taking another perspective, Pei Qian felt much better. The first group of visitors should have entered Thriller Hostel by now, right? Pei Qian glanced at his watch. I wonder what the situation is like over there. At that moment At the entrance of Thriller Hostel Qiao Liang got off Thriller Hostels bus and scanned the surrounding crowd. He had a strange feeling that he was visiting an amusement park. Er, that was not right. Thriller Hostel was an amusement park to begin with. It was just that it only contained a haunted house at the moment. Jingzhou! I, Teacher Qiao, am back! He was setting foot on Jingzhous soil once again. For some reason, he felt a sense of familiarity and warmth. It was like saying hello to an old friend whom he had not seen in a long time. Qiao Liang retrieved his cell phone and clicked on his fan group. One by one, messages quickly appeared. Brothers, gather at the entrance! Im on the next bus, and I should be arriving soon. Wait for me. Wheres Teacher Qiao? Come and lead the group! I am under the tree in the parking spaces! Qiao Liang quickly found his own fans. They had successfully met. It looks like there are fewer people than I imagined. I remember Disney and Universal Studios being very crowded. The lines were so long that I thought I would queue to death, said one of the fans. Qiao Liang laughed. What are you talking about? How could it be possible to reach the standard of Disney and Universal Studios? Just one of Disneys amusement parks cost billions of US dollars to build. How much had gone into this one? Take this as a slightly bigger haunted house, and that would be good enough. Still, I believe that Boss Pei would surprise us as he always does! For some reason, Qiao Liang felt a strong trust in Boss Pei. News of the Thriller Hostels opening had long been circulating in Qiao Liangs fan group. As an old friend of Boss Peis, Qiao Liang had no reason not to come and see it for himself even though he was terrified of haunted houses. If he was simply a customer of Tengda, of course, it would not matter whether he came or not. However, he was also Boss Peis friend. Now that Boss Pei had opened a haunted house, how could he not visit it? Qiao Liang treasured his friendship with Boss Pei a lot. As for what he would do if the haunted house was too scary he would decide what to do when he came to it. At most, he could grit his teeth and go. Very quickly, Qiao Liangs fans gathered. Those people came from all over the country. Usually, they talked and bragged to one another on the Internet but never had the opportunity to meet. This time, they jumped at the opportunity. However, Qiao Liang soon discovered an upsetting truth: he did not seem to have many female fans. A group of impressive men walked into Thriller Hostel together. Frankly, this is not small at all, and the supporting facilities are not bad. There are restaurants, hotels, shops, and parking. It must have cost two or three hundred million altogether, right? I heard that Boss Pei was not the only one who paid for all of these. Many other investors in Jingzhou pooled their money together and played their part. Im afraid that this expenditure might have been too huge for Tengda to bear on its own. Well Boss Pei has to think about diversifying his risks after all. Huh? Arent they checking our tickets at the entrance? Were already in. It seems like the tickets for each project would be sold and checked separately. There are joint tickets, but I didnt buy them because they cost two hundred yuan. Theyre not that much cheaper Lets go in and see which project looks fun, and then well decide how to buy tickets. Chapter 574 - Desperate Escape Chapter 574 (Desperate Escape) Qiao Liang looked around and sighed with emotion. Boss Pei was always able to come up with new tricks. The experience of the Thriller Hostel was different from other places. Basically, all the buildings were remodeled by the old industrial zones so they had a sense of age. At the same time, the style of the entire area was very uniform. There was no feeling that a certain building was particularly outstanding. The feeling of the entire area was that it was very open, just like a park. Many amusement parks need to purchase entrance tickets to limit the flow of people so they would appear relatively closed. Tourists were more anxious after entering because time was limited. They all wanted to hurry to the famous projects, queue up, and play so they would not feel at ease to hang out. What was different here was that they could enter and exit at will. It gave people the feeling of walking in the nearby park, which was more relaxing In no time, everyone came to the central square and saw the peculiar maze and healing fountain in front of it. Looking towards the distance, they could see large workshops where the three projects were located. The road signs clearly pointed out the directions. The names of the three projects were: Desperate Escape, Haunted House Nightmare, and Ultimate Horror. There were leaflets at the entrance of nearby shops which could be picked up by tourists. In addition to the map of the entire Thriller Hostel, there were also introductions to the different projects. Someone took a few leaflets and distributed them to everyone. Fu*k, the prices differ so much? Desperate Escape is only 10 yuan when Ultimate Horror is 100 yuan? Ultimate Horror sounds like something that spent a lot of money to build. Ultimate Horror had no introduction, only two words: Dont go? Fu*king advertisement, Im more tempted to go now But there is definitely a big problem with this pricing strategy? Reading the introduction, Desperate Escape seems to be a replayable model like Be Quiet. Since it was replayable, shouldnt the price be sent higher? At least 30 yuan? The Ultimate Horror is rather expensive. Its just a large factory space. Many people were scared out of it within five minutes. Wouldnt most people be worried about their wallets and not dare to go? Who knows? Lets enter and see how it is. It was still the year 2011. Jingzhou was a second-tier city so 100 yuan on a haunted house ticket was relatively high. Of course, Desperate Escape, which cost only 10 yuan, was very affordable. Since the park was just open and it was still Friday morning, the flow of people had yet to reach the peak. Desperate Escape had a queue, but it was not too long. They quickly entered the tail of the queue. Judging from the number of people-other than those wandering around and shopping in the Golden Maze, 70% of the tourists were prepared to experience the first project, 30% went to the second project, and none were at the third. The sporadic few asked about it but were soon told to pass the second project first. It was obviously best to queue for the first project when there were still few people. In the process of queuing, Qiao Liang observed the number of people they let in each time. He found that they would let in about a hundred people each time and then wait for fifteen minutes to let the next set of people in. Qiao Liang looked at the leaflet in his hand again and realized that the interior of this large factory building was divided into ten parts with a total of five different decoration styles. Each of them was more than four hundred square meters which could be experienced by ten people. Therefore, the queue walked fairly fast, but many tourists from the exit ran to the end of the queue again, seemingly excited and wanted to play a second time. Qiao Liang and others were in rather advanced positions. It was his turn after waiting for fifteen minutes. Everyone had seen the specific rules of this project on the sign beside it while in the queue. It gave Qiao Liang the feeling of a simplified version of Be Quiet. The scene seemed to be similar, probably used similar art styles in the game. That added on to his anticipation. Before entering the project, a staff handed out a special bracelet to everyone to be returned after the game. This bracelet seemed to have a heart-monitoring function. It also had a bright and every eye-catching light on it. Everyone could choose the scene freely before entering. There were mental hospitals, lunatic villages, country hotels, castles, and schools. These scenes were obviously consistent with the classic scenes in Be Quiet, just a miniature version. Moreover, it was certainly impossible to build an old castle in the factory, just as close as possible in style. The map was reduced, gameplay simplified, and the pace accelerated. It was obviously to reduce the time required to learn and only retain the most interesting gameplay. It was so that the tourists could understand the gameplay in the shortest time and have fun while at it. Desperate Escape was a special escape room from the point of view of the rules. All tourists play the role of ordinary people being locked in. Everyones common goal was to find the decryption spell in the setting, activate it, and find an exit to escape. The decryption spell was arranged in advance and scattered throughout the entire venue. There were a few dozen of them, but only one dozen of them would be activated in each round which created randomness. The tourists would be able to accumulate their progress by bringing their wristbands near to the decryption spells. It would be permanently activated, bringing them one step closer to winning the game. There would be a staff who acted as a lunatic, wandering around the venue. He would have a portable speaker, playing terrifying roars and BGM to remind tourists that terror was approaching The staff looked like they were trying to capture tourists, but they would not really chase after them lest it caused them to fall and become injured. There were potential safety hazards. Therefore, the only correct way to play was to search for the decryption spell while the staff slowly patrolled the entire venue. They immediately found a place to hide while the staff approached them. Moreover, the wristbands given to the tourists were the sanity meter in the game, Be Quiet. The wristbands would detect the heart rate of the tourists. The color of the wristbands would gradually change color if the heart rate of the tourists rose abruptly or remained high. Green represented healthy, yellow meant danger, and red meant out of control. The staff also had a small remote control in their hand. If a tourist were to appear in his field of vision, he could directly change the heart rate calculation up to make it red faster. Once it turned red, the tourists would not be able to activate the spell through the wristbands anymore. On the contrary, if a tourist with a red wristband appeared within a certain distance of other tourists, there would be a contagious phenomenon where the wristbands of other tourists would also turn from green to yellow and then to red. However, the game also had a corresponding safe house design in the game. Some specific areas could only be entered by normal tourists, but tourists with red wristbands and staff could not enter the area. In this area, the wristbands would not be affected by the outside world. Therefore, it was very stupid for a tourist with red wristbands to stare at other tourists to infect them. The best method was still to scare others and spread the infection. If the players escaped within the time limit, then all the healthy tourists win; if the players fail to escape within the time limit, then the victory would be in the hands of the out of control tourists. Fifteen minutes later, Qiao Liang and the rest left the exit with yearning expressions on their face. How interesting, Im even a little hooked! I want to try it again! I did not have enough of it yet. The sense of substitution is quite strong. Its a little like playing Be Quiet live! That staff really knows his thing. I heard him coming so I quickly hid into the cabinet. He knew I was in the cabinet so he deliberately wandered around and looked through the cracks of the cabinet. My heart was beating so fast in fear that my wristband became yellow! Old Qiao, youre such a scumbag! You actually came out to chase us after your band turned red. Are you still a human? Thats right, we almost cleared it, but you came out to stir sh*t. My wristband was originally yellow, but it turned red after I was scared by you so I could only join you. Thats the rules of the game. The fact is that I won, so? Qiao Liang retorted. Everyone said that they had never seen someone so brazen! He might be despised by everyone, but Qiao Liang himself had fun. He could now understand why so many tourists immediately rejoined the queue after playing it once because it was really addictive! As a game UP Master, Qiao Liang could see many mature design concepts from the design of this project. The basic gameplay of this project was actually rather primitive. It was basically a cat and mouse game with the packaging of Be Quiet. However, when compared to many escape rooms and other haunted house projects, its biggest advantage was in two main points: replayability and moderate sense of horror. Most escape rooms and haunted houses had the same layouts due to space constraints. One would not want to experience it a second time after one played with it once. However, Desperate Escape was a multiplayer game. Each entry was guaranteed to be different through the random refresh of decryption spell positions. The staff acting as a lunatic would cooperate in the game according to the different reactions. Every action was random and elusive. The heart rate change of every player was different. They became out of control at different times; their actions after becoming Tout of control were different which would affect the overall situation. Therefore, players would need to adopt different strategies every time they played. This project was moderately scary but was not so scary that people would not dare to participate. In fact, the game hinted through the atmosphere it createdsuch as the staff acting as a lunatic, the horror BGM, etc.to the tourists to be always careful when looking for decryption spells. They should observe and quickly find a place to hide when the BGM approached. At the same time, the staff moved very slowly and would not really catch people. Moreover, the visibility of the place was not too bad so they would not be overly frightened. Therefore, even a timid person like Qiao Liang could also stick throughout the process and have fun. Qiao Liang himself was a loyal Be Quiet player. In his opinion, this project simplified the complicated gameplay in the game and was more suitable for offline plays. In short, such a fun project only cost 10 yuan per try. He would feel it a waste not to play three or four times! Qiao Liang looked towards the end of the line. There seemed to be hundreds of people in line The estimated waiting time was probably going to be more than an hour. There are already so many people? Will the queue for this project be at least three hours in the future? A fan exclaimed. Qiao Liang shook his head. Not necessarily. It is normal to have many people in the near future. The Thriller Hostel did their advertisements after all. Many locals in Jingzhou came to experience it. The key was to wait for the first crowd of people to pass to see if such a fever would remain. That is the key to subsequent profitability. Everyone pondered on this for a moment, thinking that it made sense. Were Many haunted houses and amusement parks were very popular when they first opened. However, whether they could survive for long or not would depend on its ability to sustain the crowd after the initial popularity. What do we do now? Someone asked. Experience Desperate Escape again would need them to queue for at least an hour. It might not be long compared to other amusement parks, but there were two more projects beside them with a lot fewer people. Or shall we try the Haunted House Nightmare? We can only go on to Ultimate Horror after we clear the Haunted House Nightmare anyway, a fan suggested. Okay, were here already anyway. Someone agreed. Qiao Liang shook his head hurriedly. I dont want to go! There must be a reason why there are so few people! ill definitely be scared sh*tless! The fans exchanged glances before holding Qiao Liang directly. All the more we have to go! We agreed to try everything together; no one can dream of escaping! Chapter 575 - Boss Pei’s Friends are My Friends! Chapter 575 Boss Peis Friends are My Friends! Qiao Liang was dragged by everyone else to the Haunted House Nightmare. Hurry! Whoever becomes paralyzed with fear is a loser! Old Qiao, werent you the best in Be Quiet? Quickly, youll be the first to go in! Look, its even written on the flyer: Haunted House Nightmare is considered moderate horror. Its not the scariest item in this haunted house Everyone tried to bluff Teacher Qiao into going in to experience the project. Qiao Liang was slowly being convinced as well. Thats right, its indeed written that the Haunted House Nightmare is considered moderate horror. Whats more, it looked quite short. It shouldnt be that scary, right? However, just as he prepared to walk forward, he saw a strong, muscular man walking out with his face looking as white as a sheet. In fact, he looked like he was going to pass out at any time. The few girls who just exited were crying miserably. All of their make-up was messed up. Thats so scary! Im traumatized boohoo! We even had to memorize the steps of the game. Why didnt they just kill me first?! The few visitors who came out of that project had no plans to visit the Ultimate Horror. Instead, they either headed for the Golden Maze or for the Desperate Escape. It looked as if they did not want to spend another second in that place. At that moment, Qiao Liang keenly realized that something was amiss. That was horrifying! That was definitely not f*cking moderate horror! However, on further thought, that made sense. To Boss Pei, Repent and be Saved was just a slightly more difficult game. One only needed to think a bit harder to figure out what moderate horror meant to him. This time, apart from Qiao Liang, some fans who had been eager before started to walk backward. Why dont we go and line up for the Desperate Escape? If we get in line now, we can play it earlier. Youre not already paralyzed with fear, are you? We havent even walked in! It would be so shameful to tell others about it! Hehe, if you dont court death, you wouldnt die. Why is that so hard to understand this truth? The excuse that were already here is the worlds biggest misconception! Im not going to fall for that trick. Not every experience is worth going through The group was getting divided. When a group of friends who went to an amusement park together, a portion of the group would always back out at the entrance to the haunted house. To be precise, it would not only be because of their fear, but it would also be because they knew better than anyone else just how afraid they would become. Hey are you in line? A voice asked. As Qiao Liang and his group of fans hesitated, they hovered around the start of the line. As a result, the people who arrived subsequently had no idea if they were entering or not. Thus, they had no choice but to seek clarification. Qiao Liang turned around to see an energetic lad with a crew cut, staring at them with a smile. Ah, sorry about that. Please go ahead first, said Qiao Liang and his fans as they made way for the visitors. The energetic lad did not go inside immediately. Instead, he tentatively asked, Are you Teacher Qiao? Qiao Liang paused. Eh? I can still meet fans in such a place? However, it seemed to make sense when he thought about it properly. Most of the first batch of visitors to Thriller Hostel were hardcore fans of Tengda. Since they were hardcore fans, it was normal for them to have watched the Products of the Gods series. Thats right, thats right. I am Qiao Liang. Have you watched my videos? The energetic lad looked excited. Thats right! I have, and I liked them a lot! Your voice is very special. I just tried my luck, but I didnt think you would really be him! Let me introduce myself. My surname is Ruan, and my name is Ruan Guangjian. I worked on the art for Repent and be Saved. Qiao Liangs eyes widened. Ruan Guangjian? He had not just worked on the art for Repent and be Saved, but he had also worked on the art for games like Ghost General, Game Designer, Be Quiet, and GOG! He was Boss Peis business partner and close friend. Boss Peis friends are my friends, right? What an honor to meet you! Both men shook hands affectionately, looking like they had waited a long time to meet each other. They had already heard of each other a long time ago. Now that they had met, they both realized that each lived up to his reputation! Qiao Liang sized Ruan Guangjian up and discovered that he was younger than he had expected. Whats more, he looked unassuming, and he looked nothing like a traditional artist. Yet, Ruan Guangjian could still sense the fact that this man had spent years immersed in the art industry. On the other hand, Ruan Guangjian felt thatalthough Qiao Liang looked average, slightly plump, and like an ordinary geek; his eyes seemed to contain a lot of wisdom. After exchanging a couple of pleasantries, Ruan Guangjian suggested, Im actually very cowardly myself. Before I came here, I had to fight with my own thoughts. Why dont we partner up and go in together? Qiao Liang looked half doubtful. Are you being serious? Ruan Guangjian nodded. I am. Im known for being afraid of haunted houses. Even Boss Pei knows that. Confused, one of the fans asked, Huh? If youre so cowardly, why do you still want to go in? Ruan Guangjian looked like he was facing death with equanimity. True warriors have to take on the challenge! As a friend of Boss Peis, I have to show him my support! Ruan Guangjian looked like a hero going into battle, prepared not to return alive. Everyone carefully observed his expression and concluded that he did not seem to be lying. In fact, he looked very serious. That fearless spirit infected Qiao Liang and the other fans. At once, Qiao Liang felt ashamed. Qiao Liang, Qiao Liang dont you always call yourself a hardcore player? Dont you always claim to be the person who knows Boss Pei the best? Look at him! Hes a painter who dares to challenge himself by entering the haunted house. How can you be paralyzed with fear? Where are the grit that you had when you completed Repent and be Saved and the courage that you had when you published another video in the Products of the Gods channel? At that thought, Qiao Liang became impassioned. Alright! Since thats the case, I will sacrifice my life to accompany you. Lets go and take on the challenge that Boss Pei has designed for us together! For some reason, Ruan Guangjians participation gave the entire group more confidence. Thus, everyone entered the Haunted House Nightmares factory. Qiao Liang walked right in front. As a hardcore gamer, he had to take the lead. The first thing that he saw was a lot of mysterious containers. As for what exactly they contained, he was not sure. The staff seemed to have gotten used to visitors like them, who were chatting and laughing. They neither tried to discourage them or encourage them. Instead, they silently handed the details of the game to each person and then smiled knowingly. That smile could make anyones hair stand. There was a resting area at the side. Confused, everyone brought their instructions there and sat down. Ah! A loud scream was heard, and a girl ran out from the exit at the back of a shipping container. Everyone exchanged confused looks. Qiao Liang carefully read the instructions in his hand and realized that Haunted House Nightmare had been split into multiple smaller projects. They included bathrooms, window sides, TV sets, stairs, ceilings, underneath beds, and the like. There was a mission description for every small project. For example, in the bathroom, one had to lock the bathroom door, light up candles, blindfold themselves, wash their hands, and so on. Those steps were not mandatory. Visitors could go in, do nothing, and then come back out. However, to get the admission ticket to Ultimate Horror, they had to follow the mission instructions and complete Haunted House Nightmare. The more Qiao Liang read, the more afraid he became. It was not because it was difficult to remember. In fact, although there were different items, they were all connected and ordered. He was sure that he would be able to recall the instructions easily once he saw the scene and the props. Instead, he was mainly afraid because he did not think he would be able to follow through the steps! He imagined holding a red candle in a pitch-black bathroom and then blindfolding himself in front of the mirror That was no less scary than traditional haunted houses! He turned to look at the others. Obviously, the bravado that they had all felt earlier had all dissipated by now. Ruan Guangjian, in particular, was already trembling. Seeing Ruan Guangjian panicking more than him, Qiao Liang settled down a bit more. He felt like a bad student getting ready for an examination. Seeing worse students than himself made him feel more secure. There was no time limit for memorization. They were allowed to remain in the resting area and memorize the instructions for a long time. Then, they could queue to enter any small project once they were ready. Qiao Liang felt like a student again. Specifically, he felt like he had been forced by his teacher to memorize ancient poems and like he would have to be tested on it in an hour. However, the content that he had to memorize now was much more exciting. From time to time, people would enter the containers to be challenged. However, whether they screamed or not, they would always come out looking like death. Seven or eight people had gone in already, but not one of them had successfully cleared the project. Whats more, from the look on their faces, Qiao Liang guessed that they would not try again. Thus, more and more people from the resting area changed their minds. The harder they tried to memorize the instructions, the more terrified they felt. In the end, they decided to give up without making a single attempt. Seeing fewer and fewer people in the resting area made Qiao Liang feel like darkness was engulfing him. However, just as he was feeling uncertain and considering backing out, Ruan Guangjian stood up. Like a ray of light, he cut through the dark clouds above Qiao Liangs head! Qiao Liang was stunned. Brother Ruan, you Once again, Ruan Guangjian looked like he was facing death with equanimity. If I dont enter hell, who would? Everyone, Ill go in first and find out more about our enemy! Everyone was elated, and Qiao Liang was even more so. Great! They had just been worrying about who would go in first! Since Big Boss Ruan wanted to be the first to enter, they could listen to his narration about what was inside. Then, they could mentally prepare themselves. If even the naturally timid Ruan Guangjian could survive it, everyone would feel confident about surviving it as well. Qiao Liang patted Ruan Guangjian on the shoulder. Go ahead, Brother Ruan. Well wait for you to emerge victorious! Hardening his face, Ruan Guangjian entered the shipping container. Qiao Liang and the others sat back down in the resting area and continued memorizing the instructions. However, not long after they sat down, they heard high-pitched screams coming from inside the shipping container. Ah, ah, ah! Qiao Liang was scared stiff, and everyone exchanged confused looks. What did that mean? Had he failed? He had just gone in two minutes ago, but hes already dead? The resting area was very quiet. No one spoke, but everyones facial expressions said it all. They were paralyzed with fear! This place looked very scary indeed! Qiao Liang instinctively imagined the scenario based on the memories in his head. He expected to see Ruan Guangjian run out of the shipping container after enduring for a few more minutes. Less than two minutes later, there was another scream. Qiao Liang could not help but feel moved. Brother Ruan was so afraid, and yet hes persevering. Its worth learning from his fearless attitude! Nobody could focus on memorizing the instructions anymore. One by one, they looked up at the shipping container of terror, waiting to see how long more Ruan Guangjian would hang in there before he gave up. Five minutes passed. Ten minutes passed Although the screams inside did not stop, Ruan Guangjian never emerged. Qiao Liang was even more touched now. Look at what it means to never give up! Look at what it means to challenge oneself! Look at what it means to be fearless! Big Boss Ruan is an artist, and yet he can persevere despite all of his fears. Whats more, it looks like hes going to win any time now. Qiao Liang, you claim to be a hardcore gamer, but you wouldnt even dare to enter! Arent you ashamed? Arent you ashamed?! After memorizing all the items and instructions, Qiao Liang resolved to walk the path of no return. Although Ruan Guangjian had not emerged, there were many other small projects. Each one would take about the same time. Whats more, visitors were free to choose which small projects to experience. They only had to complete a portion of them before they qualified for the next project, and so they would not collide. The fans were stunned. Old Qiao, arent you waiting for him to come back out? Now, it was Qiao Liangs turn to look death in the eyes. Im not. Brother Ruan has already entered the battlefield. How can I sit back and hesitate? Im already behind him. If I have to wait for him to come back out before I dare to step in, shouldnt I feel ashamed? Wait for me to emerge victorious! With the help of the staff, Qiao Liang walked into another shipping container with his head held high. However, less than two minutes after he entered, Ruan Guangjian emerged from the other side. The staff immediately walked forward to congratulate him. Congratulations! Youre the first brave person to successfully make it through Haunted House Nightmare! This is proof of your qualification to enter Ultimate Horror. Keep it well. Staff had been designated to observe the surveillance cameras inside the shipping containers throughout the process. They had to verify what the visitors did. Once the visitors became so frightened that they gave up, the staff also had to be prepared to rescue them. Of course, the staff was the first to know that Ruan Guangjian had successfully completed his mission. Qiao Liangs fans stared wide-eyed at Ruan Guangjian with disbelief written all over their faces. He passed? Did did that show that there was nothing horrifying inside? One could emerge victorious as long as they persevered? Everyone gathered around Ruan Guangjian, taking turns to ask about the situation inside. Ruan Guangjian smiled. Actually, if I think about it carefully, theres nothing scary inside. You would suffer setbacks sometimes, but youll be able to overcome them. Once you do, the sense of achievement youll feel would be incomparable! Everyone was in awe. Really? Look at Brother Ruans expression. He seems fine! Has Old Qiao not screamed even once since he went in? Does that mean that its not that scary? Even someone as timid as Brother Ruan could persevere. We should be able to as well, right? Wait, have you all changed your minds? Just think about it. When Old Qiao emerges later, he would be so proud. He would surely mock and diss us in the group for being cowards! Its fine if it was especially scary, but what if it was not? We would never be able to wipe our slate clean again! In the end, the most hesitant person in the group turned to Ruan Guangjian. Big Boss, do you think Ill make it through? Ruan Guangjian patted his chest. Dont worry! Even someone as timid as me could make it through. You definitely will as well! That line gave everyone great courage. One by one, they queued up and waited to experience it for themselves. Chapter 576 - This Person could not be Understood through Common Sense Chapter 576 This Person could not be Understood through Common Sense An hour later Teacher Qiaos last fan turned pale and left the Haunted House Nightmare project. He then looked at the resting area again. Big Boss Ruan had a ruddy complexion, chatting and laughing and even wanted to do it again. The others lay awkwardly on their chairs. Some of them raised their eyes to the skies; some were staring blankly as though they had lost their souls. As for Qiao Liang he was stuffing chocolate into his mouth piece by piece with a pale face. A pale-faced brother next to him raised his hand weakly and stopped him. Old Qiao, dont eat anymore. Any more and youll get diabetes Qiao Liang turned a deaf ear without any energy to speak. Everyone saw the last fan who came out with weak knees. Everyone saw each others state. One thing was certain no matter how stupid they were. They were fooled big time! Obviously, the only reason why the squad of fans, Teacher Qiao team, was annihilated was because of a spy who led everyone into the enemys ambush! Big Boss Ruan still had the face to say that he was timid and was a scaredy-cat? How was he scared at all, other than letting out more screams?! When everyone saw Ruan Guangjian screaming all the way but still managed to successfully clear the game, they thought it was probably not that scary after all. Everyone was even more convinced after Qiao Liang entered without saying a word. However, all of these were illusions! It wasnt that Qiao Liang was unafraid. He was just so frightened, lying in the bathtub shaking without making a sound. When it came to the project under the bed, his legs turned to jelly, and he could not get out at all. The staff helped to bring him out. His mind went blank, spinning dizzily after coming out; and he wildly stuffed chocolate into his mouth. Ruan Guangjian was a little strange. Eh? No one passed the customs? Then, no one can join me on the next project? Everyone: Could you have more shame?! Especially Qiao Liang, who almost fainted from anger. Boss Pei could stand such a person and be his friend? How broad-minded must Boss Pei be! Ruan Guangjians current state was like everyone was grieving because the exam was too difficult, but he came over with a 100-mark paper and said, Hey, the question this time is quite simple; why did everyone fail? Moreover, he did so with a very sincere tone that infuriated others even more! Of course, Qiao Liang was angry because of other reasons as well. He wondered why was there such a big gap between everyone? Why could this person yell all the way and still pass this stage while I could only be dragged out by the staff because I was so scared? However, Qiao Liang suddenly had a thought when looking at Ruan Guangjians annoying superior student expression. You might not be afraid of Haunted House Nightmare, but what about Ultimate Horror? It was written on the leaflet that the Haunted House Nightmare was on a medium scary level. It was already so scary so the Ultimate Horror was directly marked with Dont go; how scary would that be? Qiao Liang was most certain about one point after playing so many games with Boss Pei: that was that Boss Pei usually meant the opposite of what he said. However, he fully believed it when Boss Pei said that this game was very difficult and abusive! They must not be stubborn about it, or else they would definitely regret it. Qiao Liang changed his expression as he thought of this. Big Boss Ruan is too awesome! Hidden talent! You actually obtained the admission ticket for Ultimate Horror so youll definitely experience it, right? Ruan Guangjian was a little hesitant. But no one else obtained the admission ticket so no one would be able to come with me. What about I wait here, you try again, and well go after you obtain the admission ticket? Qiao Liang waved his hand. No, no, no! Really dont need it! Im not feeling too well today. Ill be in Jingzhou these few days so Ill try again another day. More importantly, Brother Ruan, shouldnt you try to be the first person to pass the Ultimate Horror? Ruan Guangjian hesitated. But Ill be very scared if I were to go alone Qiao Liang did not know what to say. As if I believe you! You might talk about fear and scream around, and yet you could remember all the steps and execute them perfectly? You could still have color in your cheeks after exiting? Qiao Liang laughed. Its okay, I believe you can do it! Lets go, well cheer for you! Ruan Guangjian was moved. Alright, Ill bet my life and try it out since Brother Qiao trusts me so! Everyone left the Haunted House Nightmare, passed by the Golden Maze, and marched towards the Ultimate Horror. Qiao Liang was hit by the sunshine as he stepped outside, his cold hands and feet finally started warming up again. At the same time, his empty brain was finally able to recall the experience. Qiao Liang realized that it was not that they were too weak; the Haunted House Nightmare was just too scary! The other haunted houses were basically dark settings with periodic strange sounds and things popping out to scare one from time to time. They mainly relied on sudden unknown fears. However, Haunted House Nightmare was completely different. It was more like an open strategy, psychological warfare! The visibility was not low. Everything that was required to be done had been explained in advance so one could predict what was going to happen. However, that did not help to reduce the sense of fear at all! An unsuitable analogy was that a general haunted house was like watching a horror movie. The sudden emergence of a bloody human head would give people a strong visual impact, and they would be scared at a certain moment. However, this fear would gradually dissipate after watching the movie. The Haunted House Nightmare was akin to one being forced out of their house after watching a horror movie. One came to a strange place after walking under the dim streetlamp and moonlight. There were no scary things that popped out suddenly-no ghosts, only silence. However, that person would continuously look behind them to confirm if any mysterious shadows were behind them. The more they turned back, the more flustered they would become and the more they would want to run yet they dared not. They would only collapse under this growing psychological pressure. Qiao Liang calmed down and analyzed naturally as someone who liked to do that. At the same time, he was more certain about something. Ruan Guangjian was too terrible! He was able to persist in such a scary place and remember all the steps to clear the game. There was definitely something very wrong with this person! They came to the entrance of Ultimate Horror, and Ruan Guangjian once again gave him a solemn expression. Brother Qiao, here I go! Qiao Liang was not deceived at all. Okay, all the best, well support you! He pretended to say in goodwill. Everyones squirmed faces returned to normal after Ruan Guangjian was allowed into that black hole of an entrance upon showing his admission ticket. How dare you look down on us! Big Boss Ruan, Im great with my words! Say, how long do you think he can stay in there? Qiao Liang snorted. The fans exchanged glances with different expressions. Dont underestimate him. He managed to persevere previously even though he screamed continuously. This time, I guess it would take at least ten minutes. I dont believe it! It was marked as Dont go on the leaflet, which is a level higher than the previous one. How can he come out in one piece? That would be looking down on Boss Pei! Come, lets make a bet. Whoever loses will treat the rest to a meal! They had nothing to do while standing outside the entrance anyway. Qiao Liang began his analysis. At present, most large haunted houses take more than half an hour to play. Any shorter would be unworthy of the fare. This place is so big; the entire process will probably take half an hour? In that case, lets bet on how long he would take before coming out! Less than twenty minutes or above twenty minutes, including clearing the game! The fans were also thinking hard to avoid being the one treating tonight. I believe in Boss Pei. Boss Peis Ultimate Horror must be very scary so Im guessing less than twenty minutes! I also feel that it will be less than twenty minutes. Most of the fans actually chose below twenty minutes. They then looked towards Qiao Liang and waited for his prediction. Qiao Liang was silent for a while. Of course, I also believe in Boss Pei. I also believe that Ultimate Horror must be very scary. However, I think Ruan Guangjian is not someone that can be understood through common sense. Everyone underestimated him previously, which was why we had such a big lesson and did not make it through the Haunted House Nightmare. This time, I guess he will be able to persevere for more than twenty minutes and can even pass! Everyone took out their cell phones and looked at their timer while waiting for Ruan Guangjian to come out. Ten minutes Fifteen minutes The more it continued, the more confident Qiao Liang was. He was looking at the rest as though they were all meal tickets. It lasted for fifteen minutes, which meant Ruan Guangjian had gradually adapted to the level of terror within. Wouldnt it be a piece of cake to continue persevering past twenty minutes? He looked at the increasingly anxious expressions of these meal tickets. Qiao Liangs lips could not help but bend upwards, waiting to declare his victory the moment it passed twenty minutes. However, the meal tickets let out cheers when the timer reached seventeen minutes. Hes out, hes out! Its not twenty minutes yet! Old Qiaos treat! Qiao Liang raised his head incredibly and saw Ruan Guangjian coming out calmly with a ruddy face. Indeed, it had only been seventeen minutes! Qiao Liang shouted hurriedly seeing how these meal tickets were about to celebrate. Not so fast! I chose more than twenty minutes and also for him to clear the game. Therefore, it is still my win if he cleared the game! The fans were instantly shocked. The f*ck? Old Qiao, you cheater! Playing around with words! No can do, it is under twenty minutes! Qiao Liang laughed. Twenty minutes were originally estimated based on the entire clearance requirement of thirty minutes. Put it bluntly, you bet that he cannot complete the game while I bet that he can. He passed very fast so obviously, I should have won the bet! The fans were speechless. Qiao Liang was very proud. He was absolutely right no matter whether he was analyzing problems or people! This Ruan Guangjian could not be understood by common sense. See how steady his steps were and how ruddy his face was. How did it look like he was frightened? He obviously cleared it too fast! These meal tickets wanted to compete with me? Too naive! A meal ticket went up. Big boss! Did you really pass it? Qiao Liang sneered in his heart. What futile resistance! They just could not afford to lose! Look at Ruan Guangjians expression, what was there to doubt? However, Ruan Guangjian smiled. No, I only passed half of it. Qiao Liang: ?? The fans were ecstatic while Teacher Qiao was in a daze. W-why? Qiao Liang could not accept this fact. ve Ruan Guangjian smiled. Oh, I actually planned to clear it, but you can actually save your progress in this game! You can continue to play from where you left off when you come again next time! I cant bear to clear the game all at once so I want to save it to experience the most exciting part the next time. Qiao Liang: ??? What the f*ck did you mean by save it?! You cant bear to finish the delicious food all at once and want to pack it up to enjoy later? Am I supposed to praise you for being economical? Qiao Liangs analysis was right, but the answer was wrong. The fans got it all wrong, but they got the right answer! What kind of haunted house could save ones progress? It must be a rubbish haunted house! Qiao Liang did not know whether to bear a grudge against Boss Pei or Ruan Guangjian. He only knew that his wallet would bleed out later. Chapter 577 - Theme Restaurant Chapter 577 Theme Restaurant The struggling Qiao Liang, the well-intentioned Ruan Guangjian, and the fans who were watching on fervently came to the theme restaurant in the Thriller Hostel. Ruan Guangjian gave a reason that was difficult for Qiao Liang to refuse, but he still failed to make up his mind to challenge the Ultimate Horror. Getting the admission ticket alone made him very desperate. On one side was filled with thirst for knowledge; the other side was filled with thirst for survival. Qiao Liang fell into a battle between heaven and man. Therefore, everyone came first for lunch. They were all hungry especially after they were shocked at the Haunted House Nightmare. However, Qiao Liang instinctively felt that something was wrong when he came to the entrance of the theme restaurant. Wait, where is the maid cafe? Why are we here? He had seen a healing maid cafe on the map of Thriller Hostel in between Ultimate Horror and Haunted House Nightmare. It was said that lovely young ladies would be there to serve you warm, hot drinks to comfort the frightened people. However, for some reason, the fans actually walked to this lunatic asylum theme restaurant. Qiao Liang felt something was wrong when he saw this sign with white letters and red background. The maid cafe is only to drink coffee. There is nothing much to eat there. That is why we are here to eat. Come on! Everyone brought Qiao Liang in with malicious intent. Ruan Guangjian followed behind, smiling silently. There was an iron prison door stained with bloody handprints under the dim light with a huge red button on it. Reaching out and pressing it, the iron prison door would automatically open before one could enter the theme restaurant. Qiao Liang almost sucked in cold air. What the f*ck was with this theme restaurant? This was just another haunted house project, right!? The lights inside were obviously much brighter than ordinary haunted houses, but the dark iron fence, the thick chain on the door, the surrounding arrangement, the bottle of bright red liquid that looked like plasma on the counter It seemed to remind them of the scene in the horror film. Of course, strictly speaking, it could not be regarded as a prison theme, but a prison and hospital theme. Its setting was more biased towards the mental hospital in general movies and games. There was a huge difference in the positioning of the two. Many restaurants in China had prison themes as well, but they had all failed. There were two reasons: the first was the wrong location, and the second was the overall direction. In real life, most people were not interested in horror themes. Who would go if a prison-themed restaurant was opened on the streets? However, if there was a prison-themed restaurant in a haunted house, then it would be fitting because those who came to a haunted house were generally young people who had strong psychological endurance to accept it all. Another point was that it might be prison-themed, but it was different from prisons. The failed prison-themed restaurants in China were all built strictly in accordance with actual prisons and even made military green quilts. The upper and lower bunks, tables and chairs, and iron fences were all made of stainless steel. It felt like a very modern and real prison. That 100% recreated the experience of having a prison meal which was neither horrible nor comfortable, simply disgusting. However, the setting at this theme restaurant was completely different from the real prison. Its poisoning was closer to the mental hospital in horror movies and games. The layout was in the western style of the last century and felt more like a separate kind of horror and curiosity of a real prison image. Eating inside would not feel as though one was in jail, but more like participating in the recording of a horror game. This sense of separation from reality made the players not resist from the bottom of their hearts and to reject this arrangement. On the contrary-after accepting this style, one would feel happy. Of course, different people accepted this style differently. For example, Qiao Liang was very resistant to it. I understand everyones curiosity very well, but we just came out of the haunted house! Isnt it good for us to find a cozy restaurant with a comfortable dining environment? However, Qiao Liangs words hung in midair. That was because he saw a hot girl in nurse uniform walking towards him with a string of black handcuffs on her left arm. The nurse uniform on the girl was the kind that frequently appeared in horror games and movies. It was in western style and even seemed to be stained with blood. It was red and white and yet body-hugging. It made Qiao Liang want to move his eyes downwards uncontrollably. Without knowing what had happened, he stretched his hand out and let the girl handcuff himself. After being handcuffed, Qiao Liang realized that the handcuffs were made of plastic. It was no wonder that the girl could have a few handles on her arm. The shape of the handcuffs was not the shiny, stainless steel kind, but they were very suitable for the scene. Moreover, this was just a toy that could be opened at will. After handcuffing everyone, the nurse led everyone inside, according to prison cells looking for an empty table. A fan asked with a smile. Old Qiao, what did you just say? Change the venue? Ahem, ahem. Qiao Liang gave a dry cough in a low voice. No way, I have already been handcuffed. Ruan Guangjian suddenly stopped as he walked. He looked at one of the prison cells through the iron fence. Hello, everyone, what a coincidence! Lin Wan, Ye Zhizhou, Chen Kangtuo, Hao Qiong, and the rest who were here for a meal were also surprised. Big Boss Ruan? So coincidental, youre here, too? Ruan Guangjian smiled. How can I not support the haunted house that Boss Pei opened? Do you want to join us? We can just add more chairs. Lin Wan suggested. Ruan Guangjian looked around and found that this room was big enough to include Teacher Qiao and the rest. His mind had some quick thought and started scheming Ruan Guangjian leaned in closer to the iron fence and said in a low voice. Everyone, cooperate with me later let Teacher Qiao The nurse in front, who was walking halfway the group of prisoners, stopped and waited because she suddenly realized they were one person short. The others did not ask. Ruan Guangjian rejoined them after a minute. Lets join that table. I know them. Everyone was shocked and instinctively wanted to reject since they were all Big Boss Ruans friends whom they didnt know. They are the developers of the Be Quiet and Thriller Hostel project. Ruan Guangjian added. Qiao Liang was taken aback but agreed readily. Sure! Everyone came to the room where Lin Wan and the others were in and found their seats. Qiao Liang and the fans were very surprised after they introduced each other. They were almost half the important people in Tengda Games! The producer of Be Quiet, chief designer, artist, person-in-charge of the Thriller Hostel they were all here! Qiao Liang originally had a great prejudice against the designer of Thriller Hostel. He cursed the designer several times when he was in the Haunted House Nightmare. However, he became full of smiles and gave the Thriller Hostel high praises seeing Chen Kangtuo. He fully depicted what double-faced meant. After commercial pleasantries were exchanged, the nurse started to bring all sorts of delicacies to the table. No orders were accepted here. The waiter would decide the menu according to the customers taboos. All items on the menu were very strange; for example, drinks that looked like blood bags. Ruan Guangjian looked at Lin Wan after taking some small bites. Lin Wan gave everyone a look. Everyone immediately understood. Lin Wan smiled and addressed everyone. Has everyone experienced the Ultimate Horror? Qiao Liang and the fans exchanged glances without a word. Ruan Guangjian nodded. Yes, I went. It was great! Have you tried it as well? Lin Wan took the piece of cake that looked like raw steak. She ate and replied. Of course, we have all experienced it. However, we saved our progress at the last point because we are staff. The honor of completing the Thriller Hostel first has to be reserved for a true hardcore player. She did not look at Qiao Liang, but the pause in her sentence seemed to be hinting at something. Qiao Liang had an incredulous look on his face. Did all of you pass? Saving at the last point was no different from passing the game. Qiao Liangs fans obviously did not buy it as well. Forget about the others, Lin Wan passed it even though she was a girl? Lin Wan guessed what Qiao Liang was thinking seeing his expression so she smiled slightly and took a bag of plasma from the side to drink from it. Are you thinking that Im exaggerating? Then do you know about Smog Mountain State Mental Hospital? We specially went to Smog Mountain State Mental Hospital for five whole days to obtain materials for Be Quiet. Qiao Liang and the fans did not stand in awe because they were directly shocked. Smog Mountain State Mental Hospital was touted to be the scariest haunted house on earth! This group of people actually played there for five entire days to collect the materials? Were they humans? They finally understood why these people could clear the stages so calmly. The Ultimate Horror would be a walk in the park even if it was on the same level as Smog Mountain State Mental Hospital! Qiao Liang suddenly felt very ashamed. He looked at the weak lady who could stay in Smog Mountain State Mental Hospital for five whole days because of work! Yet, he himself had no courage to even step into the Ultimate Horror How embarrassing! It was so embarrassing! Ruan Guangjian chose the perfect time to ask. Then, is there any difference between Thriller Hostel and Smog Mountain State Mental Hospital? Both are outstanding, but I think the details of Thriller Hostel were done much better. It is easier to persevere. Thats all because Chen Kangtuo managed everything well, Lin Wan said after some thought. No, this credit belongs to Boss Pei. Chen Kangtuo refuted by shaking his head. Chapter 578 - Boss Pei’s Compassion Upon hearing the words Boss Pei, everyone present sat upright. Chen Kangtuo became immersed in his memories. Boss Pei gave me a very unreasonable mission that day. He told me to keep going through the Thriller Hostel project until I was very familiar with every single detail inside. For a couple of days in a row, I spent seven to eight hours in the Ultimate Horror. I scoured every single detail and thought about how visitors would feel about them. On top of that, Boss Pei set up special props within the Golden Maze to further divide the difficulty levels. Depending on which props the visitors enter with, they would obtain a different experience Everyone listened intently, a look of genuine respect on their expressions. On one hand, they really respected and worshiped Boss Pei. They had not expected Boss Pei to be able to bring his gaming concepts into the haunted house, to deliver a unique wandering experience to visitors. On the other hand, they also respected and worshiped Chen Kangtuo. How could he experience the Ultimate Horror non-stop for close to a week? That made him an ultimate ruthless man! Qiao Liang perked up and listened intently, not willing to miss any detail. Obviously, this was critical information! Why was the experience at the Thriller Hostel so special? It was because Boss Pei had injected his gaming concepts into the haunted house! One only had to think about it for a while to realize that there was a lot of content to talk about here. However the prerequisite for using that content was that one had to experience it firsthand. Thus, they were back to square one: did they really have to experience the Ultimate Horror? Qiao Liang instinctively rejected that thought. However, at the same time, his resolve was being shaken like never before. That was because there were too many role models in front of him! Before this, he had been playing with his fans, who were not much stronger than he was. Of course, Qiao Liang thought quite highly of himself. However, he now knew that all of Tengdas employees had completed it. Even a lady like Director Lin had immersed herself in the experience of Smog Mountain State Mental Hospital just to collect material. Chen Kangtuo had also practically lived in the Ultimate Horror to give visitors the best experience. On the flip side, a self-proclaimed hardcore gamer like Qiao Liang did not dare to enter. In fact, he couldnt even obtain a qualification! If word got out, he would be so ashamed! Qiao Liang had no choice but to sip his Blood Juice and say nothing. In his head, a bitter war ensued. Chen Kangtuo glanced at Lin Wan, who turned to look at Ruan Guangjian. All three of them seemed to be feeling the same thing. How could Qiao Liang not have fallen for it yet? Obviously, all of them had a common objective: they wanted Teacher Qiao to win this battle against himself by going to attempt the Ultimate Horror and then producing a publicity video for the Thriller Hostel. Yet, they had not expected him to be so determinedor should one say paralyzed with fear? They had already said all that they needed to, and yet he was not reacting in any way. Just as Qiao Liang considered this very carefully, they heard a surprised voice from outside the window. Eh? Brother Chen? These are Chen Kangtuo looked up and then grinned. Wasnt that Boss Li? This restaurant was Boss Lis. He had come to walk around on its first day of operations to check out how it was doing. Coincidentally, he bumped into familiar faces. At once, Chen Kangtuo introduced everyone. Li Shi was overjoyed. Youre all friends of Boss Pei? Then, say no morethis meal is on me! Just eat as much as you want! Since youre all friends of Boss Pei, you should eat and play to your hearts content. Welcome to Jingzhou! Boss Li exchanged a couple of pleasantries with all of them and then asked one of the nurses to serve two more dishes. He was very hospitable indeed. Everyone ate and talked at the same time, and no one mentioned the Ultimate Horror again. Five minutes later, Qiao Liang, who had been eating with his head bowed the entire time, suddenly slammed the table. Alright, Ive decided! I will attempt the Ultimate Horror! Ruan Guangjian, Lin Wan, and Chen Kangtuo looked very surprised. Eh? What had made Qiao Liang change his mind? Hadnt he been more concerned about remaining alive earlier? Qiao Liang now seemed to be viewing death with equanimity as he said, All of you have offered me so much encouragement and help. I think its very important to gather more information as well. However, none of that made me set my resolve. Instead, one sentence from Boss Li made me realize something: I am a friend of Boss Pei! Everything that Boss Pei wants to say to me has been injected into the Ultimate Horror in Thriller Hostel. Can I still call myself a friend of his if I refuse to go and read his message? That means I must go! Looking at Qiao Liangs resolute expression, everyone else could not help but feel moved. What had changed Teacher Qiaos mind in the end? At a critical moment like that, it had still been Boss Pei! None of them could accomplish it no matter how hard they tried. However, Boss Peis personality and charm alone had done the trick! In the afternoon Pei Qian was drinking coffee at Fish-Catching Internet Cafe while basking in the afternoon sun. He was receiving many messages at rapid speed on his cell phone, and most of them were congratulations from various people. After all, Thriller Hostel had just opened for business, and Boss Pei was a man of many connections. He had expected to receive many congratulations. In fact, he had been receiving countless messages since the morning. Since Pei Qian did not want to get distracted, he had no choice but to set his cell phone on silent mode and check it every once in a while. When he finished his cup of coffee, he picked up his cell phone and checked his unread messages. After opening all the meaningless congratulatory messages, Pei Qian sat upright. At once, he went into high alert. He had received many messages from the Management Trainee in Thriller Hostel. Whats more, they had been sent one after another! This was the first day of business for Thriller Hostel. It was natural for there to be many people. However, there was no reason for the Management Trainee to send so many messages to report updates to Boss Pei. Pei Qian quickly opened the chat and read the messages closely. Lin Wan, Ye Zhizhou, and other higher management from Shang Yang Games have arrived at Thriller Hostel and experienced all three projects. Lin Wan, Chen Kangtuo, and the others went to the mental-hospital-themed restaurant and bumped into Ruan Guangjian and Qiao Liang there. Ruan Guangjian whispered something to Lin Wan and Chen Kangtuo. Qiao Liang joined his fans tables, and theyre eating together now. Qiao Liang seems to have been scared by Haunted House Nightmare. He hasnt gone to the Ultimate Horror yet. Ruan Guangjian, Lin Wan, and the others are thinking of ways and means to tempt Qiao Liang into experiencing the Ultimate Horror. They hope for him to publicize Thriller Hostel in a new channel. Li Shi agreed to waive their bill for that meal and that seemed to be the straw that broke the camels back. Qiao Liang is deeply moved by your friendship, Senior. He has decided to buy props from the Golden Maze before challenging himself at the Ultimate Horror. We have arrived at the golden zone of the Golden Maze. Obviously, the Management Trainee had joined the group for the meal and kept a close eye on them throughout. The last message had only been sent when Pei Qian decided to check his phone. Pei Qians mind immediately filled with question marks. ? Teacher Qiao? Ruan Guangjian? It was not surprising that either of them had appeared at the Thriller Hostel, but the fact that they had appeared together and even eaten together was very strange! Pei Qian could not be bothered to find out if they had bumped into each other or arranged to meet. Now, there was a problem far more urgent than that in front of him. Qiao Liang was going to attempt the Ultimate Horror! He was the second name on the list in Pei Qians little notebook, and Pei Qian knew his destruction ability very well. Pei Qian would not be that afraid if anyone else had gone to play at Thriller Hostel because no one else was that influential. However, Qiao Liang was a famous UP Master with more than a million fans on Aili Island. If he published a video to praise Thriller Hostel, Pei Qian would be finished! It was also for precisely that reason that Pei Qian had not informed him when Thriller Hostel opened for business. Although he would have been happy to take revenge on Qiao Liang and see his enemy being frightened to death in Thriller Hostel, he had also had to think about his failed experience with Repent and be Saved. Pei Qian felt like whenever he tried to set Qiao Liang up, he always ended up losing out even more. Thus, Pei Qian had intended for both of them to let each other off. I wont inform you about Thriller Hostel, and you wont do me any harm. Between both of us, one is in Jingzhou and the other is in Beijing. We can live our own lives. He never would have thought that Qiao Liang, a UP Master in the gaming channel, would take the initiative to visit Thriller Hostel! No way, I have to stop him! An ominous feeling overwhelmed Pei Qian. All the estimates that he had done before this had been based on the condition that the initial popularity would not be sustained and would dissipate after a while. However, if Thriller Hostel gets another wave of publicity during this time or even multiple waves of publicity, the consequences would fall outside of Pei Qians expectations! He stood up and prepared to instruct Little Sun, his driver, to send him to Thriller Hostel so that he could stop Teacher Qiao. However, five seconds after he stood up, he sat down once more. He knew that he could not show his face! Too many people at Thriller Hostel knew who he was! If everyone addressed him as Boss Pei, would fans of Tengda become curious and take pictures of him? Then, wouldnt his identity be exposed? On further thought, he decided to give up. They were in an age of telecommunications, where people could send messages or make calls to resolve problems. Why would he have to personally make a trip down? At that thought, Pei Qian dialed Qiao Liangs number. At the same time, in the golden zone of the Golden Maze Lin Wan, Chen Kangtuo, and the others were all there. Even Li Shi had followed them, intending to see how sales at the golden zone were doing. Everyone had spent a lot of time wandering around the Golden Maze before they finally found the golden zone. Since it was their first time walking in, everyone gasped in amazement and wondered how Boss Pei came up with such a mystical idea and turned it into reality. The maze-cum-shopping-mall provided everyone with an extremely novel shopping experience. They had to spend so much time and effort just finding the products; wouldnt it be a waste if they didnt purchase anything? Ruan Guangjian held onto the headwear with the devil horns, refusing to let go. Yet, Qiao Liang hesitated for a long time before he finally picked up the golden lantern. He had no other option. Although he had to go to the Ultimate Horror for the sake of his friendship with Boss Pei, he still wanted to come out of it alive. The golden lantern could repel most of the beasts and ghosts in the Ultimate Horror. One could say that it was the simplest mode. Considering his performance in the Haunted House Nightmare, he could only go with this difficulty level. At that moment, Qiao Liangs view of Chen Kangtuo changed for the second time. When Qiao Liang had visited the Haunted House Nightmare and been scared half to death, he had already cursed the designer a thousand times in his heart. When he had met and heard from Chen Kangtuo himself and learned that the latter had sacrificed so much for the sake of Thriller Hostel, he had felt respect. Now, seeing the four props, and the golden lantern that offered the simplest mode in particular, Qiao Liang felt immensely grateful for Chen Kangtuo. Anyone who can reduce my suffering would be considered family to me! The golden lantern had been meant to be sold in the zone for handicraft and art pieces. It looked very beautiful and exquisite. Of course, it was also the most expensive of the four props. However, to Qiao Liang, the price was very acceptable. After all, he was not just buying a little toy. Instead, he was buying a gaming experience! It was like the Red Kilin in Ocean Stronghold, which was only expensive because it offered additional in-game experiences. Qiao Liang picked up the golden lantern and prepared to make payment. However, at that moment, his cell phone rang. Eh? Its Boss Pei? Chapter 579 - I, Teacher Qiao, am Not Weaker than Anyone! Upon seeing that Boss Pei was calling him Qiao Liang was both surprised and happy. At that moment, his mind was filled with different thoughts. How did Boss Pei know that Im at the Thriller Hostel? Did someone inform Boss Pei in private? Otherwise, did Boss Pei not know? Had he just thought about his good friend out of nowhere, and decided to invite me to visit Thriller Hostel? Qiao Liang quickly accepted the call. Boss Pei! Neither man had said anything yet, but for some reason, Qiao Liang felt as happy as if he had just reunited with Boss Pei. On the other end of the line, Pei Qian heard Qiao Liangs emotional voice and felt a chill run down his spine. One who was inexplicably solicitous would definitely be hiding evil intentions! This Qiao Liang must be trying to stab me in the back. Why else would he address me so affectionately?! Of course, to not agitate Teacher Qiao and cause the situation to backfire, Pei Qian tried hard to calm himself down and talk to him politely. Old Qiao, I heard that youve arrived at Thriller Hostel and that youre planning to experience Ultimate Horror. Pei Qian did not want to waste any time and end up causing miscommunication. Thus, he cut straight to the chase and addressed his main concern. Qiao Liang paused and then felt inexplicably moved. As the saying went, a friends sudden concern was the most touching thing on Earth. If it had been someone else, Qiao Liang would not have thought much of it. He would have assumed that it was just a simple check-in. However, Boss Pei was a very busy man! He had a lot of work to deal with every single day! In fact, he did not even have the time to visit Thriller Hostel on its opening day. Even so, Boss Pei had been keeping an eye on Qiao Liang, so that he knew the latter was visiting Thriller Hostel and attempting the Ultimate Horror. He had even thought about calling Qiao Liang. A friendship like that was very moving! Sounding even more emotional, Qiao Liang said, Boss Pei, say no more. I understand! Everything has been expressed without words! Pei Qian: ? I havent even said anything yet; how could you understand? Just answer my question honestly! Has it become that difficult for humans to communicate with one another?! How could you misunderstand me even though I cut straight to the chase? How did your imagination become so frightening? Pei Qian cleared his throat, thinking that he had to speed things up or the conversation would spiral out of control. Old Qiao, I have to warn you very sincerely. Thriller Hostel was meant to torture visitors from the start. Its purely frightening; what kind of meaning could there be? I havent included any riddles in the projects! Im serious! Has Ruan Guangjian lied to you? Hes so sadistic, and he loves acting afraid. In actual fact, his hobby is bluffing people into haunted houses and watching them get scared. Dont fall for his tricks! Just to prove yourself for one moment, you could end up hurting yourself and wasting your time. Its not worth it! Pei Qian tried hard to sound as sincere as possible. Qiao Liang was even more moved now. Yes, Boss Pei! I realized that! He glanced at where Ruan Guangjian had been seated and then lowered his voice. Theres really a problem with Ruan Guangjian! Hes too ruthless! Only someone as magnanimous as you can be friends with him, Boss Pei! Pei Qian: ? Since when did I become his friend? Dont spout nonsense! Whats more, Im not magnanimous at all! Im very petty! Soon, Qiao Liang changed the topic. Boss Pei, I appreciate your kind intentions, but I decided to experience Ultimate Horror on my own. I wasnt bluffed into doing so! I believe that youthe creator of Game Designer and Repent and be Savedwould not disappoint me! Even if the Ultimate Horror is terrifying, I want to give it a shot! Pei Qian: ? Im finished; hes not listening to me at all. Teacher Qiao was making things up in his own head! Pei Qian was speechless. Do you think I wanted to waste effort trying to dissuade you? If you want to go at all costs, I wouldnt be bothered to try and dissuade you! If your corpse could not stab me in the back by creating a publicity video about the contents of the Ultimate Horror, I wouldnt give a hoot about whether you survive or die! Yet, it looked like Teacher Qiao was under a misconception. Trying to tell him how scary the project was now would only backfire. Pei Qian decided to change tactics. If the hard method wouldnt work, he had to try the soft one. Teacher Qiao was a loyal eater of his own words. After some consideration, Pei Qian said, Old Qiao, you need to be clear that you are just a UP Master. Your time is very valuable, and so is your health. Why dont you invest them in more meaningful things? Qiao Liang was stunned. Such as? Pei Qian pondered again and then said, Such as trying a dish from the nameless restaurant and experiencing GOG in the Live E-Sports Museum? You could also walk around and enjoy the sights and sounds of Jingzhou! How about this? Come to Tengdas Headquarters at once. I can allow you to test out a portion of a game. How does that sound? If you insist on experiencing the Ultimate Horror You would lose all of these opportunities. Pei Qian was playing his trump card and giving Teacher Qiao an ultimatum! Do you want to wander around Jingzhou as a distinguished guest, with all expenses paid for, a meal at the nameless restaurant, and the opportunity to play games in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 3.0 for free? Or do you want to give all of those things up to be tortured at the Ultimate Horror? The better choice would be clear to any logical person, wouldnt it? Pei Qian was also making a huge sacrifice by saying all of those things. That was because he had never forgotten how influential Qiao Liang was as an UP Master. He would make any place that he stepped into extremely famous. It was also for that reason that Pei Qian had not mentioned Deposit Fitness or the Sloth Apartments. Instead, he only talked about projects that had already become famous. Additional exposure would be harmless to them. As for Struggle Qiao Liang would definitely buy the game once it was released anyway. Pei Qian was sure that he likely would not be able to run from being stabbed in the back with the Products of the Gods series. Now, he was only throwing it out as bait to lure Qiao Liang in earlier, so that he could save Thriller Hostel. All in all, he would still benefit. On the other end of the line, Qiao Liang fell silent. Boss Peis words had resulted in a double blow to him. Boss Pei had said there was no substance in the Ultimate Horror, and he had questioned if Qiao Liang could invest his time in more meaningful things as a UP Master. That was an attack on the logical basis, on which Qiao Liang was going to experience the Ultimate Horror. The whole host of special treatment had attacked his materialism. Obviously, he was shaken! On one side was a wretched haunted house, and on the other side were delicacies, a high-end internet cafe, and a new game. Even fools would know which side to choose! Subconsciously, Qiao Liang gulped his saliva. After hesitating for several seconds, he said, Well alright, then, Boss Pei. I am open to listening to others suggestions. Pei Qian was overjoyed. Hear, hear! Teacher Qiao was quite wise after all! This would be a win-win situation for both of us. Its pretty good that we stopped hurting each other, right? Alright, Ill get someone to reserve a system unit for you at the Live E-Sports Museum. You have to come down! Pei Qian happily hung up. Qiao Liang hung up, looked at the golden lantern, and felt a hundred emotions all at once. He had spent so much time mentally preparing himself today, and yet it had all come to naught. He was not going anymore! Since Boss Peihis friend had spokenthere was no reason for him to torture himself. Instead, he could play games at the internet cafe and try out Boss Peis newest work. Now that Qiao Liang had made up his mind, he moved to put the golden lantern back where he had taken it from. This move alerted everyone else around him. He had lowered his voice earlier, a while after he had started talking on the phone. Still, everyone had heard him addressing the other party as Boss Pei. Now, seeing Qiao Liang prepare to replace the golden lantern after hanging up, everyone was sure that he was about to beat a retreat! Ruan Guangjian immediately stepped forward, concerned. He asked, Whats the matter? Are you going to attempt a higher difficulty? The headwear with the little red horns is over there. Qiao Liang was so furious that he nearly burst into laughter. Headwear with the little red horns? You seem to be the one with the red horns! You cant wait to see me die inside there, can you? Look at Boss Pei. He intentionally called me to ask how I am out of concern for me. How about you? You seem more afraid that I wouldnt die quickly enough! Youre both humans, but why are you so different?! Its a good thing that Boss Pei tore down your veil of hypocrisy for me! Qiao Liang sniggered. No, I wont. Boss Pei just called me to say that the Ultimate Horror is nothing but a haunted house that contains no deeper meaning whatsoever. It has no link to his new game at all, and so theres no need for me to enter! On top of that, Boss Pei has also organized a series of activities for me. He said that they would all be gone if I enter the Ultimate Horror. So, goodbye to all of you. Im going to have fun with Boss Pei now! Everyone was shocked. Finished! Why did Boss Pei call Qiao Liang to ruin their plan on purpose? Just look at Teacher Qiao; obviously, he had been persuaded. He did not look like he wanted to experience the Ultimate Horror at all now! They wanted to try and persuade him again, but they had no idea how. Boss Pei had already called him to clarify things. He had even said that there was no deeper meaning in the project at all and that it was nothing but a haunted house. Everything that they had said to Teacher Qiao before had been negated by Boss Peis words! Ahem. At that moment, Li Shiwho had been wandering around the entire timewalked over and cleared his throat to get everyones attention. Brother Qiao, you seem to have made a grave mistake. Dont you understand Boss Pei well enough? Qiao Liang was stunned, dissatisfaction written clearly on his face. I dont understand Boss Pei well enough? Quit messing around. I am the person who understands Boss Pei the most in this world. Do you know the one who suggested that being misunderstood is any speakers destiny? It was me! Do you know the one who analyzed all of Boss Peis game design concepts through the Products of the Gods series? It was also me! How could you suggest that I dont understand Boss Pei well enough? Thats the biggest joke Ive heard thus far! However, before Qiao Liang could retort, Li Shi continued speaking. Dont get me wrong. I know that you can understand and interpret Boss Peis games better than anyone else, but I dont think you interact with Boss Pei enough about everyday matters or work, right? You probably dont know much about the way he speaks or works, do you? Qiao Liang was stunned. It seemed true. He and Boss Pei communicated more on a telepathic level. Boss Pei created games while he interpreted the riddles therein. In reality, one lived in Beijing while the other lived in Jingzhou. They really had not interacted much, and he truly knew nothing about the way Boss Pei spoke or worked. Looking at Qiao Liangs expression, Li Shi knew he was right. He proudly said, I have more understanding in this area! Boss Pei has one habit: he likes to test people. Take us, investors, for example. As we invest in Boss Peis projects, Boss Pei will try his best to dissuade us. Only those who stand their ground and refuse to budge would earn Boss Peis trust! Think about it carefully. Do you really believe Boss Pei when he says this is nothing more than a haunted house? Do you really think its possible that theres no deeper meaning to dig into this project? Boss Pei chases excellence, and he always takes the path less traveled. Even a simple shopping mall was turned into the Golden Maze! The Ultimate Horror is meant to be the best project and the anchor of Thriller Hostel. How could it be nothing more than an ordinary haunted house? If the answers to the above questions are no, then you should reconsider your decision. If Boss Pei has invested so much effort and money into this place, why would he try to tell you not to experience it? This is obviously a test to see how strong-willed you are. He wants to see if youre capable of making it through the Ultimate Horror and creating an exciting video! If youve been dissuaded I can only say, with regret, that this is the end of the road. Think about what I said based on your understanding of Boss Pei. Consider it very carefully. Qiao Liang was stunned. He had not expected there to be so many twists and turns hidden within. However, after seriously chewing on what Boss Li had just said, it seemed logical. Thats right. Boss Peis motives are a real question. Why would he offer such attractive terms just to stop me from entering the Ultimate Horror? That seemed quite illogical indeed! Well, then Boss Lis analysis was probably correct. Boss Pei is really testing me! Does he think that, while I can interpret his games, I cant see through this haunted house in Thriller Hostel? If I back out in the face of difficulty, would I lose the opportunity to interpret the Ultimate Horror forever? Would I become like the investors who had been dissuaded and forever lost their chance to invest? Qiao Liang had always prided himself on being the person who understood Boss Pei the most. Yet, he could not even guess the intentions behind Boss Peis actions. This really put him to shame. After some more thought, Qiao Liang finally made up his mind. He picked up the golden lantern once again. I, Teacher Qiao, have never been weaker than anyone! I must be the one to solve the riddle that Boss Pei has set! Chapter 580 - Ultimate Horror’! An hour later, Qiao Liang approached the entrance of the Ultimate Horror once again, carrying his golden lantern. Everyone was cheering him on. Go, Old Qiao! You can do it! Dont worry, theres nothing to fear once you get used to it. If someone as cowardly as me can do it, you would be able to as well! Obviously, the last line had come out of Ruan Guangjians mouth. Qiao Liang rolled his eyes to show that he was not buying it. After leaving the Golden Maze, Qiao Liang went straight for the Haunted House Nightmare and went through a challenge once again. This time, everything went smoothly. Maybe it was because he had already done it before and now felt more prepared; maybe it was because he had been re-energized by everyone and Boss Peis friendship in particular. Although he had left out two or three minor details, he had more or less completed everything. Then, he successfully obtained his proof of qualification from one of the staff. That was how he ended up at the entrance of the Ultimate Horror, ready to meet his fate. He was terrified, but he could only maintain a death-like grip on his golden lantern as if it were his only lifeline. Im going in! Wait for me to emerge a victor! Qiao Liang waved goodbye to everyone and then walked into the Ultimate Horror. Once he entered, visibility dropped significantly. There were dim, yellow lamps hanging from the walls. The paint was flaking, and the posters looked rotten. There also seemed to be dried blood and white calcium-looking things stuck to the wall. Everything came together to create a horrific atmosphere. A girl dressed in a nurses uniform and wearing a mask had blood all over her body. She sat behind an old office table in the hospital, with both hands hidden under it. Her head hung low, causing her hair to cover her entire face. She blended in with the scene around her, so that Qiao Liang had not noticed her at first. He had almost thought that she was just a prop that was meant to be a corpse. However, after looking around, he realized that the desk she was at was meant to be a front desk. He had to walk past it. Qiao Liang quietly switched on his lantern and then approached the desk. Just as he wanted to ask a question, the nurse looked up in an extremely stiff manner! Her eyes were filled with blood, and there seemed to be a deep gash across her forehead. There was also fresh blood flowing through her mask, which seemed to be coming from her mouth. Qiao Liang could clearly see fresh bite-marks on her neck, and the wounds were still bleeding. He sucked in a deep breath. This was only the front desk, and yet they had done such a good job with it. The corpse-like girl at the front desk did not say anything. Instead, she stretched her hand out in an extremely stiff manner. Even her arms were covered in make-up. The skin looked like it was rotting, and there seemed to be dark red wounds which were also bleeding. Qiao Liang stared at her for a while, stunned. After that, he quickly placed the admission ticket that he had obtained from the Haunted House Nightmare on her hand. There was a photo on that admission ticket. Once the corpse-like girl verified that it was Qiao Liang, she retrieved a disclaimer from the desk and handed it to him to be signed. That disclaimer contained many detailed clauses and even asked if Qiao Liang suffered chronic diseases like heart diseases. He had to answer truthfully. Qiao Liang checked the relevant boxes, signed the form, and then handed it back to the girl. Compared to ordinary haunted houses, Thriller Hostel was actually much safer. That was because the horror levels of the three projects gradually increased. Anyone who could make it through the Haunted House Nightmare would have proven that their heart and mind were capable of enduring a certain level of shock. That significantly reduced the chances of unexpected situations occurring. The corpse-like girl stiffly took the disclaimer, checked it carefully, and then kept it. After that, she slowly took out a key and placed it on the table. Qiao Liang fearfully picked it up and said, I-Is there anything I have to take note of? The zombie didnt answer him. Instead, she stared at him blankly with her blood-filled eyes. Qiao Liang did not know what to say. He silently used the key to unlock the door and then entered a dimly-lit corridor. Before this, Qiao Liang had heard Chen Kangtuo talking about the Ultimate Horror before. It was located in a huge factory building, and a dimly-lit and cramped corridor like that probably connected all the little projects together to form a ring-like structure. Although the long corridors set-up looked like outdated horror, compared to the fear that Qiao Liang had felt in the Haunted House Nightmare, it was nothing much. Obviously, the Ultimate Horror would get progressively scarier. Those who had made it through the Haunted House Nightmare could take time to adjust in the early stages of this project, and they would not be dissuaded from going through with it at the beginning. There was another door at the end of the corridor. This time, he did not need a key. However, just like the previous door, he had to pull this one open. It seemed like every door here was to be pulled open and not pushed. Qiao Liang reached out to grab the black, rusty, iron doorknob; mentally preparing himself for what was to come. He knew very well that planting a jumpscare right at the entrance was a customary routine for many haunted houses, and hiding jump scares behind doors to be pulled open was much easier. Thus, Qiao Liang had no idea what to expect once he opened that door. However, after bracing himself and pulling the door open, no corpse dropped from above, and nothing scary appeared. Instead, the room was lit as per normal. The walls were pure white, and the floor tiles were flat. The place looked just like a consulting room in an ordinary hospital. Several relaxing oil paintings of landscapes hung on the walls, and there was only one desk, two chairs, and one hospital bed in the space. Beside the bed was an electrocardiograph (ECG) machine. At once, Qiao Liang felt comforted and confused. What was going on? He had almost thought that he had transmigrated. He looked at the golden lantern in his hands, which looked out of place there. A female doctor dressed in a white coat smiled at him and said, Hello. I am a doctor here. Before you go in any further, I have to conduct a simple ECG and psychological test on you. Qiao Liang lay down on the hospital bed, and the doctor began to wipe his chest, where the electrodes were to be placed, with alcohol. This felt like a regular medical examination that one would sit through in a hospital. The female doctor did not look very oldjust about thirty. Although she wasnt beautiful, she wore a smile on her face the entire time, causing Qiao Liang to feel very comfortable. Soon, the ECG test was done. The ECG chart would be released in about two minutes. Qiao Liang reached out to get a paper towel and wiped the alcohol off his body. Then, he followed the doctor to the desk. Look at those pictures and tell me what first comes to mind. Qiao Liang had an impression of the pictures. It looked like the inkblot test, which was a projective psychological test. The subject was to observe the pictures. After that, what he answered, his reaction time, the amount of time he paused for, and subconscious actions would all reflect something about his mental state. Since Qiao Liang did not know much about the details, he could only answer the questions based on his first impression. The biggest advantage of a projective psychological test was that the intentions behind the questions were hidden, so that a more truthful answer could be obtained. Ordinary psychological test questions often contained ridiculous questions like Do you think you are mentally ill. Naturally, that would affect the accuracy of the tests. On the other hand, the projective method required the host (the doctor) to have professional knowledge. Ordinarily, it would take twenty minutes for one to finish the full inkblot test. However, such tests were normally only prepared for patients who had a mental illness. The test that Qiao Liang was taking was merely meant to determine visitors psychological state. Thus, it did not take that long; it was done in about two minutes. The doctor kept the pictures, smiled, and nodded. Alright, dont be nervous. Ill go and look at your ECG results. The doctor took the ECG graph and sat in the chair across from Qiao Liang again. Congratulations, your test Qiao Liang was overjoyed that he would be able to continue with the project. However, at that moment, the doctor fell backward without any warning. At the same time, there was a loud bang, and all the lights in the room went out! The originally snow-white walls were instantly covered with all sorts of terrifying pictures. There were hideous, roaring faces, twisted arms, dense and bloody handprints all those scary images of various colors glowed faintly as they surrounded Qiao Liang! For some reason, all the oil paintings of landscapes became blood-red as well. There was even a fluorescent red, twisted, and bloody handprint at the back of the ECG results in Qiao Liangs hands! Obviously, this room was not without a set-up. All those pictures had been drawn on the wall using transparent, glow-in-the-dark ink. Once the lights went out, they would become visible! At the same time, there were bursts of sniggers and mocking laughter coming from around Qiao Liang. Some were high-pitched, and others were low. They echoed coolly around the entire space, causing Qiao Liangs psychological barriers to collapse at once! Qiao Liang screamed and stood up, trying to run. However, he tripped on something. Luckily, he held onto the table and prevented himself from falling. The feeling of something grabbing his ankle and dragging him scared him half to death. He subconsciously shook his trapped ankle but to no avail. At that moment, the mocking laughter and sniggers around him got even louder. They sounded maniacal now. There were even some voices that wheezed and coughed as they laughed. In the chaos, Qiao Liang felt around. Thankfully, it was just a simple noose around his ankle. The other end of the noose was connected to the desk, and the doctorwho had fallen to the ground earlierhad disappeared without a trace. Clearly, the table and chair were scene props. The four legs of the table were completely fixed in the ground, and there were mechanisms under the chair where the doctor had sat. It was just that Qiao Liang had no more time to think about those issues. Flustered, he lifted his foot and struggled to free himself from the noose. His first instinct was to try and run for his life. He tried hard not to look at the hideous graffiti on the wall as he ran to the ECG machine beside the bed and picked up the golden lantern on the table. This was his life-saver! However, at that moment, a blood-stained hand reached out from underneath the bed! Qiao Liang was scared out of his wits. He panicked and ran towards the entrance, but that door had already been locked automatically. No matter how hard he tried, he could no longer get it open! The beast under the bed was going to crawl out at any moment. Qiao Liang had no choice but to run to the other doorthe only other exit. Clearly, when he was lying on the bed for the ECG test, the beast had already been lying quietly underneath it, waiting for him to turn back to retrieve his golden lantern. Qiao Liang opened the door in a panic, wanting to rush out. However, the moment he pulled open the door, a dead body dropped from the opposite wall without warning! It was a tiny corner. After opening the door, Qiao Liang was to turn right. However, that corpse hung from the wall directly opposite the door. A noose had been tied around its neck, causing the corpse to dangle in the air. It was the female doctor that had given Qiao Liang his ECG test earlier. She was now bloodied all over, and there was an inexplicable smile on her face. Obviously, this was a doll that had been created after that doctors image. However, it looked so life-like. Coupled with the little light that permeated into the corridor, it still terrified Qiao Liang. He took two seconds to recover from the shock before he gripped his golden lantern tighter and escaped! Chapter 581 - Gradual Progression of Horror Experience There was another long corridor ahead. However, this time, it was more mottled, dilapidated, and scary compared to the previous one. It had more turns and twists as well. Every turn was a shock to Qiao Liang. The long corridor was very quiet as if no monsters would suddenly appear, but such a cramped environment gave Qiao Liang great mental stress. It was only then that Qiao Liang finally remembered. He was being tricked! The girl at the front desk with the zombie getup was terrifying but not scary. She first raised Qiao Liangs psychological state and alertness more gradually. Right on the heels of that, the psychiatristthrough a series of arrangementsmade Qiao Liang mistakenly believe that Ultimate Horror had not officially started. He made him think that it was a routine physical and psychological test. Qiao Liang let down his guard as a result. Of course, the ECG machine should be real so should the psychological test. They could indeed show the health status of the player. They might be asked not to continue on the spot if they were deemed unsuitable for the game. However, once they find out that tourists had no problems with his health, the horror game would begin as soon as the psychologist announced it! Qiao Liang was now 100% sure that there must be some hidden mechanism under the table controlling all these. However, he was so scared that he did not possess the courage to explore all these. Qiao Liang could only hold the golden lantern tightly and walk forward guardedly. He had to say that these initial arrangements were very extensive, especially when the gentle-looking doctor suddenly started to scare him. It challenged Qiao Liangs psychological defense. He escaped, and the path seemed safe, which quickly calmed Qiao Liang down. He might still be frightened, but he would not give up immediately because of excessive fright. Of course, Qiao Liang was thinking of giving up now, but the current level of horror was maintained at an appropriate level: To yell to the staff to give up the challenges might seem to be making a mountain out of a mole hole. He felt that he had to continue sticking to it, but he would feel the sense of horror lingering around him, swallowing him up bit by bit as he continued walking. He looked around, thinking that there must be microphones, cameras, and secret doors everywhere. There would likely be staff coming to rescue him whenever he wanted to give up. However, it was also because of that that he felt that he could continue persevering. I heard there is a safe house here. I should at least persevere until the first save point? Qiao Liang might have dropped out wholeheartedly if he knew that he would have to suffer for another half an hour. However, he looked at the golden lantern in his hand and thought about the safe house. He defeated the inner demon and decided to continue moving on. In the safe house after a while The Ultimate Horror project had a loop structure. The central most area was the safe house. Many doors led to the various areas of the Ultimate Horror project. There was a staff behind every door who would record the progress of the tourist. There must be a corresponding record no matter whether they were entering the safe house or leaving it. The number of times they entered the safe house and the props they carried would have an impact on the ticket refund at the end. To put it simply, if they passed the game in one go with the headwear with little devil horns on without entering the safe house, then the ticket would be refunded in full. Moreover, a certificate would be issued. It could also be viewed as saving their progress. For example, Ruan Guangjian challenged it twice. Ruan Guangjian would head to the safe house on his second try through a special passage and start over from a specific area. Lin Wan, Ruan Guangjian, Chen Kangtuo, and the rest were at the safe house, waiting for Teacher Qiao to arrive. The decoration style of the safe house was much more normal than the setting style for the rest of the game. However, there was still a sense of age. That was to prevent tourists from feeling too comfortable, affecting subsequent visits. In other words, entering the safe house would naturally relax the player. However, the setting in the safe house would constantly remind visitors that they were still in the Ultimate Horror project. That was just a temporary rest point, not the end of the adventure. Ruan Guangjian looked at his watch, more than 10 minutes had passed. The amount of time everyone toured around in the Ultimate Horror project was different. That was because some of these projects needed exploration. For bold people like Ruan Guangjian who walked fast, it would take a shorter time. If one was a cautious and indecisive type, the overall timing would be longer. At the same time, the staff would closely monitor everything through real-time surveillance cameras. On the one hand, it was to ensure that the passenger flow was not congested because some projects could only be experienced by one person at a time so they would only let more people in when the other was done with it. On the other hand, it was also to ensure that the staff could rescue the tourists as soon as possible if they were to give up. He wouldnt give up halfway, right? Ruan Guangjian was a little worried. Everyone came to the safe house because they wanted to welcome the exhausted Teacher Qiao when he arrived, to cheer him on so that he could finish the game as soon as possible. However, it would be awkward if Teacher Qiao did not persevere to the safe house. Chen Kangtuo thought for a while. It should not be. The Ultimate Horror experience was personally adjusted repeatedly by me. I have also limited what the staff could do so the early stages are not so scary. Teacher Qiao has the golden lantern with him so it would make no sense for him not to reach the first save point. But isnt he taking a bit too long? The second save point of the safe house was pushed open as everyone discussed. Qiao Liangs face was pale. He stubbornly held the golden lantern in his hand. He let out a sigh of relief after seeing the scene in the safe house. Im saved! Everyone was taken aback. They did not expect Qiao Liang to enter from the second save point instead of the first! Actually, Qiao Liang wanted to enter the safe house during the first save point to rest. However, the first two projects were a little too weak for him. That made him swell and feel that he could persist until the next save point. He, therefore, chose to skip the first save point. That decision made his intestines squirm. He really beat himself up after experiencing the other two projects. Qiao Liang first came to an experiment laboratory after escaping the doctors room for a psychological test. High shelves were all around, with all sorts of organs such as eyeballs, tongues, and gums preserved in yellow solution. They might be fake, but it still felt very scary. The shelves were arranged in a maze structure. One should go around it and find a workbench full of various medicine bottles and reagents as if the perverted scientist doing experiments here left temporarily. Qiao Liang did not dare linger for too long. He did not dare make any sound while in the state of high alert. Yet, he never stopped observing the situation in fear that the perverted scientist would suddenly jump out from somewhere. Fortunately, no monsters appeared, and he passed it safely. The second project was two rows of shoe cabinets. No abnormalities were found after careful testing, but after he crossed about a third of the room, a roaring zombiewith the appearance of a cleanersuddenly appeared behind him and caught up to him. Qiao Liang ran quickly subconsciously, but the shoe cabinets around him began opening automatically one by one without any warning. The metal cabinet doors flapped against each other to make a ping-ping, pong-pong sound as stuff even sprang out from the drawers. These cabinets obviously had sensors. Contraptions would pop out scary stuff when people walked by it and would return to their original state after they left. The cleaner zombie behind him was actually walking rather slowly. Its purpose was purely to scare the tourists. The shoe cabinets were the things that really scared them as they were automatic. The faster the tourists ran, the faster they popped out. A large number of shoe cabinets would open at the same time, making it more terrifying. The third project was a classroom with a few students taking exams with an invigilator. The invigilator asked Qiao Liang to sit down in the back row to answer the questions. However, during the process of reading the question, a student in the front on his left raised his hand and said that his pen was broken. The teacher gave him something like a mousetrap with a pen inside. This student began to dismantle it carefully but failed in the middle of it. Both his hands were clamped directly, bone and blood clearly visible. He began to howl in pain, but the more he struggled, the tighter the clamp became. In the end, his right wrist broke. Four fingers dropped off from his left hand, and he passed out on the floor. The other students and the teacher were still answering their questions casually while all these happened, turning a blind eye. Qiao Liang knew that these were all fake. They were all props, but that actors skills made it so realistic that he was still frightened out of his wits. After a period of waiting, Qiao Liang realized he could leave now. However, the student who passed out just now blocked his path so he would have to step over the corpse. The fourth small project was a very large space. It was much more spacious than the other small projects he was in previously. It was an oversized kitchen with a complicated structure. The visibility was very low, and the sound of chopping came from in front of him where the light was the strongest. He could see a door. However, when he got closer, he found a figure that was a sturdy pig-headed man with a butcher knife. When he was chopping were stumps of arms, and the surrounding barrels were filled with disgusting and bloody meat. Qiao Liang did not even dare approach it. He carried the lamp and circled around two or three times before finally being able to determine that the place might be large, but there seemed to be only one exit. These dark places were all scary scenes, probably made for timid people like Qiao Liang. When the pig-headed butcher saw Qiao Liang approaching, he squatted down to fill a bowl with broth from the cauldron and handed it to Qiao Liang. Luckily, it was just a normal bowl of chicken soup. Qiao Liang finally saw the second save point after he bolted out of the butchers room. It was also the second entrance of the safe house. He opened the door to enter without any hesitation. Qiao Liang finally heaved a sigh of relief after seeing the setting in the safe house. The hand grappling on the golden lantern finally relaxed. He had revived! However, he had to say that this arrangement was very insidious. There was a corridor between every project. It made the tourists able to relax for a short while. However, the subsequent corridors were becoming even more scary and twisted. The horror levels from the small projects were also gradual. The first project only had scary scenery, creating an illusion that monsters may appear at any time, making tourists panicky. The second project had a zombie that slowly approached them, forcing the tourists to quickly pass through the shoe cabinet hallway where the really scary things were hidden in the shoe cabinets. The third project had a live performance. He might just be watching it, but the terror had risen to another level. The fourth project was even worse. They started to engage the tourists directly by getting them to drink something in such an environment. All projects were not like a monster suddenly popping up to scare people, but they created a subtle atmosphere of terror, slowly pushing up the psychological tolerance of the tourists. When one was about to lose it, one could then enter the safe house to rest for a short while and to adjust yourself. Qiao Liang realized that he seemed to be fooled. This haunted house was not particularly excessive in its degree of horror. However, it was interesting how they could always control this sense of horror at the critical point so that one could still continue to persevere even though you were frightened! Chapter 582 - This World has Gone Mad! A round of applause came as soon as Qiao Liang entered the safe house. Teacher Qiao, youre awesome! You actually persevered to the second save point! That is enough to show that your potential has yet to be fully stimulated! Quickly adjust your state! Youll have absolutely no problems clearing the Ultimate Horror in one go! Qiao Liang sat down with the rest. He could not help but start swelling in pride in the face of the rain of bootlicking. Everyone said that Im awesome for persevering to the second save point? Yes, I think so too! Qiao Liangs tense mind finally relaxed, and at the same time, he finally had time to take a good look at the safe house. There were snacks, drinks, and toilets. There were several doors around with serial numbers on them, representing different save points. There was a staff beside every door. In addition to selling drinks and snacks, these staff members also jotted down the progress of every tourist and printed vouchers. They could only return to Ultimate Horror with this voucher. When Qiao Liang came in, the staff also gave him a corresponding voucher. This piece of paper could be taken along with them. There was an express safe passage in the safe house, leading directly outside. However, he would obtain the permission of the staff to go to each project from the safe house. That was because every staff had to decide based on the number of tourists currently in each project to see where to send him to so that it would not affect the experience of the other tourists. In short, Qiao Liang was satisfied and was looking subconsciously at the exit. He had reached the second save point, which seemed to earn him bragging rights! Could he rest now? Everyone seemed to have realized his thoughts through his expression. Teacher Qiao, say, I was right, wasnt I? It isnt scary at all, especially the opening. You will not be able to experience anything with this lantern, Ruan Guangjian said with a smile. Come, you should wear this for the rest of the experience. Ruan Guangjian gave Qiao Liang the headwear with little devil horns, trying to exchange for the golden lantern in Qiao Liangs hand. Qiao Liangs face changed and tightened his grip on the golden lantern. Dont come any closer! He was kept alive because of this golden lantern. Wouldnt he die on the spot if he did not have it? Come on! As the saying goes, everything is hard at the beginning. You have had a good start; the rest is about this level! I believe you can do it! Lin Wan encouraged. Qiao Liang did not know what to say. As if I believe you! It would definitely not be the same level moving on! Qiao Liang had realized that this horror house would continue increasing the level of horror according to the threshold of the tourists, ensuring that the tourists would be scared every time but not give up. Qiao Liang knew it very well and was unmoved. He coughed slightly. I think that such good experiences should be slowly savored over a few times. Brother Ruan set a very good example for me; Ill save my progress first and try the rest another day Definitely on another day? Teacher Qiao, I remember you said in your video that you hate such behaviors! Chen Kangtuo smiled and said. If this were to be known by your fans, they would also do the same and vote another day Qiao Liangs lips twitched. Sh*t, he was being threatened! As a UP Master, the one thing he hated to see the most was definitely on another day. However, was he going to do that now as well? It really did seem to be a little difficult for him Oh, right, there is one more thing, Chen Kangtuo continued. Teacher Qiao, actually Wu Bin from our HR department had been interviewing Boss Peis friends recently, wanting to publish a book that explained Boss Peis attitude towards his work and the Tengda spirit. I just gave your contact to them. They would probably call you up to interview you soon. However If you claim to know Boss Pei the best and yet has not even cleared Boss Peis haunted house and gave it an interpretation wouldnt this interview be unconvincing? Im afraid they could only find others when the time came Qiao Liang was taken aback. R-really? Youre not bluffing me, are you? Chen Kangtuo shrugged. We from Tengda have always upheld integrity as our motto! Do you think that Boss Pei will be able to let me go if I lie-bluff you? Look at the chat history if you dont believe me. Chen Kangtuo gave him his cell phone with Wu Bins chat log. Qiao Liang read it and realized that Chen Kangtuo was speaking the truth! This Qiao Liang once again fell into a conflicted battle. What Chen Kangtuo said made sense, wouldnt it be embarrassing if they interviewed him about the Thriller Hostel yet he could not answer? He did not experience Boss Peis works entirely as someone who declared that he was the one who understood Boss Pei the most That wouldnt do! Qiao Liang looked at the golden lantern in hand and finally decided. Alright, Ill clear the entire Thriller Hostel this afternoon! After half an hour, at the exit of Ultimate Horror Qiao Liang came out with the golden lantern. He could only describe his current feeling as finally seeing the sun again! However, Qiao Liang felt that all the suffering he went through was worth it, looking at the clearance certificate in his hand! The prop used by Qiao Liang (golden lantern), the number of times he entered the safe house (twice), and the clearance time (46 minutes) were recorded on the certificate. Other than this information, there was also a very important sentence on it. You are the first person who cleared the Ultimate Horror! Everything was recorded by the system and was automatically printed on the official certificate as a souvenir. They did not fool him. There was really the honor of being the first to clear the game. No one fought for this honor, including Ruan Guangjian. After receiving this certification, all of Qiao Liangs previous complex emotions such as fear, grievance, tension, etc. were wiped out and were replaced by inspiration, excitement, and joy! He might have stayed in Ultimate Horror for quite some time, but he walked slowly in many places because he was scared and ended up extending it to 46 minutes. However, the honor of being the first person to clear the game was worthy of being a permanent collection! Of course, Qiao Liang knew in his heart that this position was given to him. Qiao Liang would only be able to be second if Ruan Guangjian really wanted this honor. However, Ruan Guangjian gave this honor up very generously. A round of applause and cheering sounded outside when Qiao Liang walked out of the exit. Congratulations, Old Qiao! You defeated yourself! Its great! Im sincerely proud of you as your fan! Boss Peis hard work was not in vain! The fans that came with him previously, Lin Wan, Chen Kangtuo, and Ruan Guangjian gathered and applauded warmly. Qiao Liang was moved to tears. He rushed over to hug Ruan Guangjian. Brother Ruan, thank you, thank you so much! And everyone, I would not have been able to defeat myself and obtain this honor without you! At this point, I want to thank thank Brother Ruan, I would not have persevered without you! I would not have been able to clear the game without everyones help and would have missed out on this great work from Boss Pei! Everyone was now slightly embarrassed, seeing how moved Qiao Liang was. Actually, everyone just wanted to see you scared shitless and get you to make a video However, they were embarrassed to tell him the truth, seeing how happy Qiao Liang was. They could only continue to smile and keep up the act. Ah, my cell phone. Qiao Liang suddenly realized something and took his phone out of his pocket. The player could choose whether to bring their cell phone with them when entering the Ultimate Horror or not. If they chose not to bring it, they could deposit it with the staff and collect it when they came out. Qiao Liang did not bring it in because he did not dare to. Think about it, in a quiet haunted house where terrible monsters were wandering around, the player was tiptoeing around trying to get past them. At that very moment, their cell phone rang That was not a good image to imagine. That was why Qiao Liang only retrieved his cell phone after he cleared the Ultimate Horror. He saw three missed calls after he unlocked the phone; they were all from Boss Pei. Boss Pei is actually so concerned about me? He called me three times? Qiao Liang could not help but feel moved. Boss Pei was very busy at work. He usually did not reply to messages sent to him. It was very rare to see him take the initiative to call othersand three times in a row at that! That was enough to show that Boss Pei really cared about him as a friend! Qiao Liang was confused and timid before he entered the Ultimate Horror. However, his confusion and timidity were wiped out after Qiao Liang exited the Ultimate Horror, leaving only pride. He immediately dialed back with his head held high. Boss Pei! I did it! He excitedly announced the moment the call was connected. Pei Qian nearly spat his coffee out on the other end of his phone. As*hole, what have you done?! Pei Qian thought that Qiao Liang had given up the idea of going to Ultimate Horror previously after the call. He relaxed and started working on his own stuff. However, he picked up his phone to look at the report from a Manage Loss Trainee after a few minutes. He became muddle-headed instantly. Why did this as*hole still enter?! I gave you so many favorable conditions, so many temptations but it did not manage to stop you from your death? He hurriedly called Qiao Liang, but no one answered! The first thing that Qiao Liang said when he called back was I did it, which almost made Pei Qian topple over in anger. You passed the Ultimate Horror? Youre not afraid? Pei Qian felt confused in addition to shock. That was because other than to lose money, he worked on the Thriller Hostel project because he wanted to retaliate against people in his notebook. The Ultimate Horror was very much like the Smog Mountain State Mental Hospital; only a few people should be able to pass it, right? Putting aside the fact that Ruan Guangjian could get through it, Teacher Qiao actually passed it as well? Then where was the dignity of the Thriller Hostel? I was afraid! I was nearly scared to death! Qiao Liang said with relief. However, Boss Peis spirit ignited me! Just like how mountain climbers cannot not-go to the mountain because the mountain would not move. I have to go as well since, Boss Pei, your project is here! I must clear it since it is a puzzle by Boss Pei! Pei Qian was speechless and choked with anger. All the benefits Ive mentioned before are gone! Qiao Liang smiled. Yes, but I dont have any regrets! Boss Pei, thank you for letting me understand that this unforgettable trip to the haunted house is more precious than those things added together! Pei Qian was silent for a moment before hanging up the phone silently. Mad, this world has gone mad! Chapter 583 - The Lonely Expresser In the Maid Cafe in Thriller Hostel So, what is your impression of Boss Pei? After introducing themselves, Wu Bin and Cui Geng began interviewing Qiao Liang. After emerging from the Ultimate Horror, Qiao Liang went to the Healing Springs to wash his hands. The warm water immediately got rid of his terror and fear. The residual feelings finally dissipated. Qiao Liang guessed that he would not be haunted by the frightening memories of tonight anymore and that he would have a good nights sleep right? After that, he met Wu Bin at the Maid Cafe to be interviewed. Until now, Wu Bin and Cui Geng had interviewed Li Shi and Liang Qingfan to understand the Tengda Spirit. They had already figured out two aspects of Boss Peis personality. The only problem was that the picture they had of him at the moment was still not enough. They couldnt even form Boss Peis silhouettethey only had fragments of him. Thus, they had to keep gathering material. As good friends of Boss Pei, Qiao Liang and Ruan Guangjian had both been booked for interviews. However, they had to be interviewed separately. That was because, strictly speaking, those were not simple interviews. Every persons view of Boss Pei was subjective. They could not directly use them. Wu Bin had to seriously analyze every word that came out of those peoples mouths, repeatedly compare them with previous examples of Boss Peis actions, test the theories, smooth out the edges and make the information presentable, get rid of the false and keep the true, and then include what little was left into the book. After all, the book was about the Tengda Spirit. A minor mistake could result in a world of difference. They could not afford to be careless. Whats more, Wu Bin ordinarily had other work to do as well. That was why he always had to spend a long time organizing all the information. At best, he took two weeks; at worst, he could take an entire month. Now, he was finally done analyzing Li Shi and Liang Qingfans interviews and could continue conducting more. Qiao Liang was a good friend of Boss Peis. At the same time, he was an extremely influential UP Master on Aili Island. Wu Bin guessed that he would definitely be able to provide a unique perspective! My impression of Boss Pei Qiao Liang sipped his coffee and fell into deep thought. If he had been asked that question before today, he might have given a completely different answer. However, after finishing all of Thriller Hostels projects, Qiao Liang suddenly had fresh perspectives and understanding. He organized his thoughts and said, Firstly, I think Boss Pei is an extremely magnanimous person. He could work with and tolerate people with the weirdest tempers and even become good friends with them. Wu Bin: You are referring to? Qiao Liang cleared his throat. I should not expose this. I cant badmouth others behind their backs. Moreover, I want to emphasize that, while this person has a very strange temperament, he is actually very kind inside. Boss Pei probably could become friends with such a person because he saw that persons good nature. However, that doesnt take away from how magnanimous Boss Pei is! At the same time, Boss Pei is a person who takes his promises seriously and cares immensely for his friends. After I arrived in Jingzhou, Boss Pei arranged for my meals, my accommodation, and my transport. His standards were much higher than I dared to imagine, and no one in my life had ever cared for me the way he does! Wu Bin nodded, taking everything down at lightning speed. Qiao Liang pondered for a moment and then decided to emphasize something again. I think Boss Peis tolerance and generosity towards his friends is not pure forbearance or compromise, but also wisdomor shall I say detachment. Boss Pei does not need to compromise with or please anyone. In fact, he doesnt even need to be friends with anyone that he doesnt like. He can probably only do that because he views this issue from a detached perspective. His wisdom allows him to view friction within his friendships with indifference! This can be likened to an adult who is willing to make friends with a little child. No matter how stubborn or tactless the child is, the adult can smile and tolerate it, without bearing any grudges against the child Thats why an ancient saying applies to every person whos a friend of Boss Pei: being friends with a gentleman is like entering a room full of flowersone forgets the fragrance after a long time. As Wu Bin listened to this, he could not help but nod. What Qiao Liang was saying completely fit the impression that he had of Boss Pei. It was very reliable, and could probably be included as an important part of the interpretation of the Tengda Spirit! Whats more, that had only been the appetizer. Qiao Liang continued speaking until he began explaining more crucial content. On top of that, I have the ultimate generalization to summarize all of Boss Peis identities. Boss Pei is a unique expresser! The hand that Wu Bin had been using to write evidently sped up. An ultimate generalization to summarize all of Boss Peis identities? Thats a very interesting point. Could you elaborate on that? Qiao Liang smiled. Actually, thats an obvious point thats just been neglected because its easy to just address him as an entrepreneur! All of us know that Boss Pei has many identities. He has created many games, filmed a movie, produced a haunted house, and worked on all sorts of projects like internet cafes, take-out, and even handsets. All of those things culminate in one identityan expresser! Boss Pei is different from other entrepreneurs, in the sense that the others only work for the sake of earning money. With every decision that they make, they keep a close eye on feedback from the market. If theres good feedback, they will continue. Otherwise, they would stop. Each time they think about working on a new project or product, they would first think about what is most acceptable to the market, and then they would follow along. Even if the market demands are wrong or unhealthy, they would do it. They would explain that, since thats the way the market is and thats the way other businesses are working, they have no other options. However, Boss Pei is different. Whenever he thinks about working on a new project, he does not ask about the market. Instead, he searches his own heart! Every business of his is working hard to express something! Wu Bins writing hand was moving even faster now. This way of putting it inspired him and made his eyes light up. On top of being an entrepreneur, Boss Pei had a larger identityan expresser. What exactly is Boss Pei expressing, then? Wu Bin asked curiously. Qiao Liang sipped his coffee and fell into deep thought. He seems to be expressing something different with every project. Without a doubt, his games and films are cultural products. There are more than enough analyses of those works online. The focus should be on his physical projects! Before this, I never noticed that point. However, after coming to Thriller Hostel today and especially after experiencing the Ultimate Horror, I suddenly figured many things out. Boss Peis Fish-Catching Take-Out is a good example. It has been incurring losses this entire time, but why hasnt he stopped opening new branches? After some consideration, Wu Bin said, To dominate a greater share of the market? Qiao Liang nodded and then shook his head again. Perhaps that is part of the reason, but its definitely not the main reason. If that were the main reason, he could work on cheap food and throw in a bunch of subsidies. That would be a better and faster way of dominating the market, right? Actually, on closer inspection, one would realize that all of Boss Peis businesses are unique. None of them make ordinary profit-generating methods their priority. Thats why I think that Boss Pei is trying to express his own thoughts through all of his businesses! Take Fish-Catching Take-Out, for example. Boss Pei cannot be doing that to incur losses, and there are better ways to expand his market share. Boss Peis true aim is to convey the idea of healthy eating, so that it becomes acceptable among more and more people! Similarly, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Ming Yun Private Kitchen, Zhongdian Chinese Network and all of Boss Peis businesses are expressing a certain concept: his view of the industry! Furthermore, as Boss Pei expresses himself, he does so with extreme confidence and independence. He never boasts about this and never tries to explain himself. He only quietly expresses his own thoughts and waits for people to figure out his deeper intentions. Wu Bin quickly recorded all of that down, looking more and more excited as he did. This perspective is so novel, and I think it makes a lot of sense! An expresser that really is the perfect description of Boss Pei! Thank you very much, Teacher Qiao. You really understand Boss Pei the most! At least youre one of the people who do. At first, Qiao Liang beamed. However, when he heard the last sentence, his face fell. What do you mean by one of the people who do? I, Qiao Liang, am the person who understands Boss Pei the most! Theres no other! However, on further thought, Wu Bin was working on the official interpretation of the Tengda Spirit. He was also collecting many perspectives of Boss Pei to come up with an accurate way of interpreting his spirit He seemed to be good at figuring Boss Pei out in his own way. Hmm I guess thats barely acceptable! After all, there was no competition among learned men. All of them were trying their best to understand Boss Pei. There was no need to compete and see who was better and who was worse. Wu Bin pondered for a moment and asked, Well Teacher Qiao, you think that Boss Pei is trying to express so different thoughts through all of his businesses. Do you think theres a central idea? Something that covers all the businesses? Qiao Liang paused and thought about it for a long time. I think not? Every business works differently and has a different target audience. I dont think we can generalize them. At least for now, I can think of some vague concepts, but no clear direction. Wu Bin nodded. Yes, that seems right. If its that easy to figure out how Boss Pei thinks, it would not make sense. In short, you have enlightened us with your words! Thank you very much! I will dig deeper in this direction, and I hope to talk more about this with you in the future! Well learn more together! Qiao Liang was overjoyed as well. Alright! Actually, bouncing ideas back and forth with you has taught me a lot as well. Ive already thought about the title for my new series of videos! The Lonely Expresser! The two men shook hands with a tight grip and warm smiles. What they were both feeling at that moment was indescribable! Chapter 584 - Food Harmony’s Operating Philosophy July 12th, Tuesday It had been four days since the official opening of the Thriller Hostel, the peak traffic during the weekend had passed as well. However, Pei Qian had not managed to pluck up his courage to take a look. He only managed to grasp the trends through the Manage Loss Trainees report. The greatest bad news during the opening was that Qiao Liang passed the Ultimate Horror despite his persuasion. However, Pei Qian could now do nothing about this anymore. Assassination was not an option after all. At this time, he could only comfort himself. Qiao Liang was only a UP Master in the gaming area. There shouldnt be too many people watching his video recommending the Thriller Hostel right? Pei Qian was sipping coffee in the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe as he checked the three-day visitor experience report of the Thriller Hostel. It might only be three days worth of data, but some linking could still be gleaned from it. In short, it seemed to be still alright? The traffic was slightly higher than Pei Qians estimates, but it was still within acceptable ranges because the actual income was within his estimates. In short, he was still making losses. Most traffic was in Desperate Escape, and the capacity was limited. It could only receive so many people in a day. The others could only continue queuing. Until now, the number of people who had experienced Haunted House Nightmare and Ultimate Horror was not on the same magnitude as Desperate Escape. The reason was simple; these two projects were simply too scary! Haunted House Nightmare directly wiped out 90% of the people since they gave up after one try and could not obtain the admission ticket to the Ultimate Horror. According to Pei Qians original design, Desperate Escape was priced for the mass market. It would not make much money even when running at full capacity. The Haunted House Nightmare charged moderately, but most rookies would be so scared after the first attempt that they would not enter again. Masters of the game would not enter again either after they cleared it once. There was no need to mention the Ultimate Horror. Most rookies could not even obtain the admission tickets, and masters who have cleared it would be able to obtain partial refund based on their clearance data. In other words, the Thriller Hostel was indeed theoretically profitable like what the system required, but that meant that Haunted House Nightmare and Ultimate Horror had to have sufficient traffic. If these two projects were also fullplus 50% of the income from the Golden Maze, the Thriller Hostel could become very profitable. However, it did not seem too realistic from the current data. The Golden Maze was rather awkward. This maze did not seem to have the effect of discouraging players, but there were not many items sold, especially all sorts of props in the golden zone because not many people had yet to experience the Ultimate Horror. Therefore, it did not have any added value to most tourists so it did not sell very well. It was too early to break even, let alone making any profits. In short, the current situation was completely acceptable! Pei Qian could not help but feel happier. For various reasons, the project that almost collapsed in terms of publicity, and yet the momentum had been good so far? Hmm, this should obviously be attributed to my far-sighted judgment! Pei Qian could not help but feel a little proud. While watching the report, the mobile phone placed on the desk vibrated twice upon receiving a message. Pei Qian picked up the phone; it was from Rui Yuchen. Boss Pei, the Fish-Catching Take-Out high-end brand Food Harmony is ready for its official online launch. Could you please sample it this afternoon and give us your comments? Eh? Theyre pretty fast! Pei Qian had been watching its every move. He had grasped their every move from the beginning when Rui Yuchen and Lin Canrong began to link up in secret for research and development. Moreover, the result of this observation was that the success rate of this method seemed to be very low? Therefore, Pei Qian had not interfered too much but was silently watching, waiting for this new high-end brand to go online. Alright, send it to the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe at Handong University, Pei Qian replied. Since it was just launched, the Food Harmony high-end brand was only available in Fish-Catching Take-Out No.1 store, which was supplied by the Gourmet Laboratory. He had to test waters and look at the feedback of most consumers before deciding whether to expand to the other Fish-Catching Take-Out stores or not. It was because Food Harmonys menu was different from regular Fish-Catching Internet Cafes meals. Their delivery methods would also be different. If it was to be promoted, it would mean that every chef from the Fish-Catching Take-Out would have to be trained again, some additional ingredients to be prepared, and food boxes and other food delivery supplies to be purchased in bulk. In short, it could cost a lot of money so Rui Yuchen dare not promote it too rashly. However, Pei Qian had the opposite idea. He would try it today, but if he felt that there was not much profit to be made he would hurry up and promote it to the rest of the Fish-Catching Take-Out stores! The delivery guy came near noon. He wore the same uniform as the other Fish-Catching Take-Out delivery guy, but instead of carrying an insulated delivery box, he had a simple, low-key food box in his hand. Boss Pei, please enjoy. The delivery guy placed the food box in front of Boss Pei and turned to leave. It was a little strange to be eating Fish-Catching Take-Out in the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe since the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe itself provided all the meals for Fish-Catching Take-Out. However, Pei Qian did not mind it. He opened the food box smoothly after careful observation and saw the food within. This food box was obviously custom-made. It was an insulated lunch box in principle, but it did not have a shiny stainless steel appearance. Rather, it was covered with a special skin-friendly material. The exterior of the food box at first glance looked a bit like a traditional wooden food box with some traditional patterns, but it did not feel that way at all when you touch it. It had a very comfortable feeling. Obviously, a lot of effort had been put into making this custom food box. Stainless steel had good heat retention, but its appearance gave people a sense of cheapnesswhich would not be able to bring across the brand concept of Food Harmony. However, if they were to use traditional wooden food boxes, then it would not be able to retain heat and would not be able to guarantee the dining experience. Therefore, the Fish-Catching Take-Out had made a comprehensive consideration in this regard. It must be able to retain heat and must be able to be distinguished from its appearance. The cost had to be controlled as well. The cost of mass-producing such a custom-made food box could be reduced to between 20 to 30 yuan, but the price was still 10 times higher than the original porcelain bowl used by Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. That meant that Fish-Catching Take-Out would be able to bear the loss if the porcelain bowl was missing, but not if it was the food box instead. That would be like the shared bicycle. If someone would not be held accountable for losing it, then many people would hide it for private use. Pei Qian did not mind losing a few of them, but the system would definitely not allow it. Therefore, the operating method of Food Harmony had to be different from Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. Pei Qian opened the food box, there were several layers inside, which could be pulled out and placed on the table. The food in the box looked good, and it could be seen that it had not been shaken violently. Obviously, it placed stricter requirements on the delivery personnel of Food Harmony. Higher-end brands naturally would have better service and higher value add. The meals within had an hors doeuvre and candied fruit platter, fried prawns with Longjing, double vegetables in broth, vegetarian mixed fried rice, and Matsutake seafood soup. The shape and function of each layer in the food box were different. For example, this layer of the platter was divided into fan-shaped cells, and the layer with soup had a lid to prevent splashing. The portions of the dishes were not large. They were generally all servings for one, but there was a variety, trying to achieve balanced nutrition. These meals were basically from Ming Yun Private Kitchens menu, but the preparation method was definitely different. It was impossible for Food Harmony to follow Ming Yun Private Kitchens recipes. No matter whether it was in terms of time, investment, or price; it was only possible to selectively remove some time-consuming steps and optimize these steps. They also had to ensure that the taste exceeded that of ordinary meals, and balance was made in terms of comprehensive experience and price. Pei Qian took out the matching tableware from the food box and gobbled up the dishes in no time. He savored the flavors after he had eatenit was not bad. It was definitely incomparable with the original dishes from Ming Yun Private Kitchen, but the taste and experiences compared to regular Fish-Catching Take-Out were definitely improved. Pei Qian gave it some thought and felt that it was not impossible for this to make a loss. The key was to look at the price and specific marketing strategy. Pei Qian called Rui Yuchen when he thought of this. Boss Pei? Youve tried it? How do you feel about the taste? Rui Yuchens voice sounded a little nervous but was filled with some expectations. It was a new branda new product developed by him and Lin Canrongso Boss Peis approval was very important. Pei Qian pondered for a moment. How much is one set? Rui Yuchen replied, Currently, it is 58 yuan. Specific prices would depend on different catering. His voice was lowered unconsciously, obviously having no confidence in the price. The price nearly tripled compared to the previous Fish-Catching Take-Outs. Pei Qian was overjoyed, but he did not show it clearly as he continued to question. What if the food box is lost? Also, these meals are basically about one-third the regular portion. That means one portion had to be divided into three sets for sale? How can we ensure timelines and taste? To balance the nutrition, the entire set meal was made up of several dishes, each serving was not big. It was impossible for the chef to cook every small dish. He could only make one serving at a time and split it between three customers. However, the timing of each customer was different. Even if it was kept warm, the taste would definitely deteriorate if it was left in the insulated pot for too long. For food boxes, we would need the customer to pay a deposit first to prevent the food box from being lost or used privately. Of course, the deposit is refundable at any time, Rui Yuchen said. As for the time, our current approach would be to unify the delivery time, but there is a problem that some customers may have to wait longer Pei Qian: How can we make our customers wait? This is definitely not appropriate! How about this, lets make it the same as Ming Yun Private Kitchenmake all of them book reservations. We only accept reservations made two hours in advance, cook, pack, and deliver according to everyones order. Rui Yuchen froze for a moment. We only accept reservations? Boss Pei, isnt that too unfriendly to new users? Not only must you pay a deposit, but you have to make a reservation two hours in advance to taste a meal? Pei Qian smiled. What we want are long-term customers. They have no fate with this brand if they are dissuaded by this setback. Furthermore, it is not appropriate to pay a deposit. Our meals are only open to the existing users of Fish-Catching Take-Out and Tengda who have good credit. If the food box is lost, we will either deduct their credit or money. We might as well make it even more exclusive since it is a high-end brand. Rui Yuchen fell into silence at the other end of the phone. It seemed like Boss Pei could always propose something even more radical than him. Only existing users with good credit could taste the food from the Food Harmony brand, and an advanced appointment had to be made two hours in advance. The price was two to three times more expensive than ordinary Fish-Catching Take-Out. Rui Yuchens initial goal might be to make it a high-end takeaway brand, but he still felt that this step was a little too big. It would be a painful fall if he wasnt careful. However, it did not seem appropriate if he did not follow Boss Peis guidance. Alright, Boss Pei, well do it the way you mentioned. I will conduct pilot runs in several major Fish-Catching Take-Out stores and report the situation to you again in a week Rui Yuchen replied. Pei Qian smiled and nodded. Okay, go. Well decide next week if we will extend the Food Harmony model to the rest of the Fish-Catching Take-Out stores. Chapter 585 - Bell Ringer Qiao Liang At the Fish-Catching Internet Cafes branch at Ming Yun Villas during the night Qiao Liang drank coffee and checked the reviews on the internet about the Thriller Hostel. His brows furrowed and relaxed from time to time. At present, there were not many reviews about the Thriller Hostel. It was not comparable to the situation when Tengdas new games were released. There were basically no awkward bad comments about them, but neither were there huge praises. Qiao Liang could feel that something was not right. It was not necessarily a good thing to have no bad comments. It was also possible there was no enthusiasm for discussion since there was not enough interest! That meant to say that not everyone understood the hard work that Boss Pei put into the Thriller Hostel. If this situation were to continue, then the results would be obvious: the Thriller Hostel would be gradually abandoned due to the lack of traffic, and it would be ruined! Qiao Liang knew that he would never allow something like that to happen. His greatest mission was to make everyone understand Boss Peis intentions! He quickly scanned through these comments and locked onto some representative points of view. I think there is nothing wrong with the horror house itself. They have invested a lot of resources, and the details are done well. However, it is a horror housenot a comprehensive amusement park, that is the biggest problem! Who would deliberately travel so far just to be scared other than for a few horror enthusiasts? I think there is a major problem with the pricing strategy of Thriller Hostel. Desperate Escape was the most fun and suitable for multiple players to experience repeatedly, and yet the ticket is only 10 yuan? Everyone was queuing The location isnt very convenient either. It would be better if it was in an amusement park in Jingzhou or at least somewhere with better transport? The price of Ultimate Horror is too expensive; who would want to spend 100 yuan to suffer? Im also not optimistic about the follow-up development of this place. The choice to make a haunted house is already a niche market, the location is far, and the pricing is strange. If it was not because of the strong publicity from Tengda, it would probably not be known at all. Now, it is just a waste of resources to do the publicity. It will probably collapse soon There were many similar comments; most people did not have any opinion on the Thriller Hostel itself. As a haunted house, it could indeed be ranked in the country, but it was obviously not attractive enough in the follow-up. Most people concluded that it would still be a good deal if one was a local and visited it with friends. However, if one was not a local and not a horror lover, then it would be obviously not cost-effective to go all the way to be frightened. The most discussed issues here were mainly focused on the positioning and pricing of the Thriller Hostel, which was believed to be the key factor leading to the subsequent weakness of this project. Everyone had different opinions on whom to throw the blame to. Some people said that Boss Pei would definitely not make such a low-level mistake, and it was definitely the fault of the person-in-charge. Some said something as important as the pricing strategy must have been reported to Boss Pei so it was impossible for him not to know. There were calls not to deify Boss Pei; Boss Pei was an ordinary person and would make mistakes. In short, the current situation of Thriller Hostel was not good. Some UP Masters might be introducing the Thriller Hostel experience on the Aili Island video website, and the contents were very comprehensive. However, the responses were mediocre. They were not popular; neither did they become very good publicity. Qiao Liang could not help but complain on behalf of Boss Pei especially since one of the most exaggerated comments was: I think the brain of the person-in-charge was fried; he probably had too much money so hes just burning some away. Misunderstanding, this is definitely a misunderstanding! Sure enough, being misunderstood is the fate of the one who expresses himself. How dare he say Boss Peis brain is fried? Think he has too much money? What a bunch of nonsense! Boss Pei is a business genius! Most people dont even understand Boss Peis positioning and special pricing strategy? It seems like it still has to be me, Teacher Qiao, who unveils the truth to everyone! Qiao Liang switched the website to the operating platform of Aili Island. He could not help making a fist and shouting YES! upon seeing the words Upload Completed on the screen. After four days of hard workcoupled with the close cooperation with the staff of Thriller Hostel and Shang Yang Games, the new video was finally uploaded successfully! Qiao Liang did not contact Boss Pei again during the past few days. He devoted himself to the production of the video. Collating information from the net Discuss with Chen Kangtuo and the others about the construction of the Thriller Hostel Repeatedly thinking about Boss Peis deeper meaning The effort paid off; Qiao Liang finally completed the video and refuted all the misunderstandings of Boss Pei on the internet. He also made a bold prediction about the future development of Thriller Hostel! He was filled with confidence for this video. He believed that Boss Pei would definitely be moved when he saw this video! Finally, Qiao Liang confirmed the title of the video. The Silent Expresser Issue 1: Answering the True Positioning of the Thriller Hostel in the Interactive Theme Park! The title of the series of videos was changed from The Lonely Expresser to The Silent Expresser. This change was based mainly on two reasons: First of all, Qiao Liang felt that Boss Pei was actually not lonely. He might not be understood by the public, but Big Boss Ruan, Wu Bin, and the employees of Tengda understood Boss Pei! How could someone say that Boss Pei was lonely since so many people understood Boss Pei and always acted with aligned interests? That would be too hypocritical. Secondly, Qiao Liang felt that silent could better express Boss Peis attitude than lonely. Boss Pei had always been doing things silently, deliberately not explaining to everyone what he meant; however, his true intentions would always be understood by everyone. Therefore, the word silent seemed more fitting; moreover, silent and expresser were contradictory and seemed to be more philosophical. Qiao Liang sent the video link to Ye Zhizhou, the person-in-charge of Shang Yang Games in the end. The video is completed! At night, Pei Qian lay comfortably on the sofa, playing with his mobile phone. He suddenly lost his grasp of it, and it fell directly onto his face. F*ck you! Pei Qian was stunned; he rubbed his red forehead and could not help but sigh. This f*cking phones really too heavy! It was not stable enough to be held, and it hurts badly when it hits someone! Which idiot made this cell phone so heavy? Oh, it was me. Ah, nevermind then. Pei Qian changed to a comfortable position, ready to use his mobile phone to cast to the big screen and watch his drama while drifting off to dreamland. However, he saw a push notification as soon as he opened the Aili Island application. The UP Master he was following updated his status! A bad premonition surged into his heart. He looked carefully; it was indeed Teacher Qiao! Forget about games, why do you not let me off even for a haunted house? Pei Qian was shocked. At first, he thought that Qiao Liang would at least need to return to Beijing before he started to make the video. That would at least take a week. In the end, he only took four days! Just go and die already!!! Pei Qian did not want to watch the video, but he had no choice. Lets watch it. Teacher Qiao is a UP Master in the gaming area. He will definitely not be able to promote the haunted house professionally. Perhaps not many people would watch it? Different from the previous times, Teacher Qiao personally appeared in this video. The background seemed to be the coffee area of a certain Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. It was recorded in the morning; there were good light and not many guests. Pei Qian realized in that instant that Qiao Liang had not left at all. He stayed in Jingzhou and made his video in the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe! Qiao Liang took a sip of coffee and began to tell fans about the reason for this video. My dear audience, long time no see! Its your gaming father, Teacher Qiao again! I know that many fans are seeing my face for the first time in this video. Dont be surprised; sometimes, you can be both handsome and talented. Friends who are conquered by my appearance can leave handsome as a comment on the public screen. Next, lets get down to business. Many of you will ask, Old Qiao, what does the title of these series of videos mean? Why is it so poetic? Are you going to do a literary show? Of course not! The expresser here is actually a broad concept. Expression can be done without needing it to be through speech or the formation of words. Everything that we do is actually expressing something, which might be some sort of idea or demand from ourselves. The protagonist of this series and the Products of the Gods is actually the same person. He is a silent expresser and also a lonely expresser. His thoughts were always misunderstood, his intentions misinterpreted. Even so, he still insisted on being true to himself, never compromising with the world! I have been following the discussion on the internet recently and found that everyones understanding of Thriller Hostel has serious deviation. Next, let me uncover the mystery of the maverick theme park, explore those seemingly unreasonable places, and make bold predictions about its future. I say that Thriller Hostel will! Definitely! Become! Popular! Soon! Pei Qian felt like his tiny heart could no longer take it. The last four words especially were emphasized one after the other, somehow reminding him of the death knell He had to admit that Teacher Qiao was right. Indeed, my thoughts are often misunderstood, and I am true to myself and never compromised with this world. However, the ones who had been misinterpreting me had always been your lot! Why would I have fallen to such a state if it was not because you all had been trying to explain my true intentions? And this Old Qiao, forget about how you interpreted my game and made me make a lot of money. Now, you cant even let my secret haunted house slip? Are you still a human? Must you wipe me out? Pei Qian trembled in the cold. The entire world would not become any better! However, he quickly adjusted his mentality since he had experienced something like that too many times. Pei Qian continued watching. The following contents in the video were mainly shot in Thriller Hostel and Fish-Catching Internet Cafe; however, the relationship between the scene and the content was not strong. He did not shoot the scenes in the three projects either, probably to prevent spoilers. The focus of the video was still on the interpretation. Qiao Liangs unique voice was very recognizable; he spoke at a comfortable pace. At present, everyones doubts about Thriller Hostel can mainly be summarized to the three key points below. First, it was just a haunted house. It might be playable but is not worth a trip. Second, it is very scary and is only suitable for experienced horror lovers. Third, its pricing is a huge problem which will directly restrict its future development, and its prospects are worrying. Therefore, many people think that it may be a failed project. But my opinion is just the opposite! Next, I will stand from the perspective of the business genius to refute these three points one by one, uncover the truth about the thriller hostel strategy, and explain to you why its future is limitless! Chapter 586 - A Unique Experience of Horror In the video, Qiao Liang continued to speak confidently and impressively. However, before I reveal the truth, I have to make one thing clear. Many people might say, Ah, Teacher Qiao, you have such overwhelming praise for this project that it sounds unbelievable. Have they paid you to do this? In that regard, I must be clear. Boss Pei and I can be considered good friends. I have also made a trip to Jingzhou to try out one of Tengdas new games as a hardcore player before. On top of that, I was warmly welcomed. Thus, I have to admit that my interests are connected to Tengdas. However, I can assure everyone that every word I said in this video comes from my heart and was not influenced by money at all! As for how reliable I am or how much evidence I have its very simple: you can assess the content and quality of the video! If I have been praising Thriller Hostel for the sake of it in my video, all of you will find out the truth when you visit Thriller Hostel and experience the projects for yourself. Then, the place would slowly become deserted anyway. That means that no matter how much they pay me, my video would still fail. However, if the opposite happens and everyone finds out that Ive been making sense after experiencing Thriller Hostel for yourselves, then the place would become more and more popular like I predicted. That would prove how powerful my insight and judgment are! Well let the outcome speak for itself. Please stay tuned, everyone! Teacher Qiao paused for a moment in the video and began explaining the answer to the question he had raised earlier. As he spoke, various explanatory words appeared as well, so that it was easier for the viewers to follow him. Let me talk about the first question. Is Thriller Hostel nothing but a haunted house? Is the experience there really not substantially different from traditional haunted houses? Wrong! All of you can take a look at my title. I think that Thriller Hostel is not a house of horrors but an interactive game in the form of an amusement park. The biggest difference between those two things is the interactive experience! Whats more, the most important part of this experience is the second and third projects! Many people only have a taste of the first project, without attempting the subsequent projects at all. Naturally, they would not be able to understand what makes the Thriller Hostel so special. Most haunted houses in the country are stuffed with all the scary things one can think of, but the participation required of the visitors is low. When jump scares appear pop up suddenly and without any warning, the visitors minds often blank out. Thats the experience that one can expect in traditional haunted houses. However, Thriller Hostel is different. The entire experience is interactive from start to finish. Desperate Escape is a large-scale multiplayer game in real life. Every visitors heart rate would determine the color of their wristbands and change their identities, and all the staff acting as madmen would control the games direction according to the scene in front of them. Haunted House Nightmare requires you to conduct a series of interactions with all the props in front of you, and each interaction would give rise to different consequences. Ultimate Horror takes both of those to the extreme. All the staff inside would control and adjust the game according to your every move and the props that you carry. At the same time, all the props in the scene would be maximally and impressively utilized! Thats why I think that Thriller Hostel is an interactive game in the form of an amusement park. It is of much better quality than mindless haunted houses filled with all sorts of horrifying material, and its interactive experience is much better. On top of that, it is intricately connected to Tengda Games! Obviously, Tengda could only create an outstanding experience like that because it started off developing games. It has an excellent grasp of the gamers psyche, thus giving it an insurmountable advantage over other haunted houses! Many people who dont understand horror would take it as a simple haunted house. However, that would be a grave misunderstanding! That leads us to our second question: Is it only meant for people who love horror games? Wrong! In fact, I have the opposite conclusion. Ordinary haunted houses would only be suited for those who love horror games. However, Thriller Hostel is suited for the majority of ordinary visitors. Thats because ordinary haunted houses do not separate their horror content and only offer one type of experience. Apart from those who have an extremely good tolerance for horror, most people would be so frightened at the entrance that they would turn around and leave. Yet, Thriller Hostel is not like that because there are very clear distinctions between their horror levels. There is a variety of experiences and interactivity and a very heavy emphasis on the physical and mental health of visitors. Thus, none of you would be dissuaded from entering at lightning speed like you would at ordinary haunted houses. Instead, you can expect to experience the horror content gradually. Its not difficult to make a haunted house excessively scary. However, dividing the horror levels and catering the experience to people of different tolerance levels is what I call skill! As a result, in terms of the horror experience, I think Thriller Hostel completely trumps all the haunted houses in the country! At this moment, some would surely ask, Im not a masochist. Why should I go in to be frightened? That was also what I thought at first. However, after experiencing all the projects, I returned to the square and washed my hands in the Healing Spring. It was then that I changed my mind. In fact, I even thought about challenging myself again and selecting a higher difficulty level. That was for the same reason that all of us keep playing Repent and be Saved from start to finish, again and again: No one likes being tortured, but we all like defeating our mental demons and successfully overcoming our difficulties! Why do haunted houses exist, and why have they become one of the most important facilities in amusement parks? Thats because it is human nature for us to chase excitement. An ordinary life where every day repeats itself is stable but very dry. In todays society, many people seem like theyve been soaking themselves in tubs of honey. On the surface, their lives look worry-free, but in reality, the sugar will slowly get to our heads. Our tiring work damages our health, and a stable life brings us bliss. However, too much bliss would cause us to lose our sense of danger. Thats why so many people chase excitement. Whether they take roller coasters, take pendulum rides, or visit haunted houses; the controlled amount of fear causes us to appreciate how beautiful life is. Our hearts race, our adrenaline levels shoot up, and our degenerating bodies that are worn down by daily life once again operate at full force! Think about how you feel after driving for a long time: bored and tired from beginning to end. As your eyelids get heavier, the terrifying danger looms over your head At that moment, someone shouts by your ear! You immediately jolt awakefilled with energy and focus once againas you begin the second half of your journey. Thats why anyone who finds life boring and bland, and who craves risk in their hearts, should experience Thriller Hostel! There, you dont have to worry about being too scared or having a bland experience. The gradual nature of the three projects would give you the most appropriate level of fear. Whats more, you can save your progress and take a break at any time before continuing. Its just like Repent and be Saved in that it offers you the best platform to challenge yourself! For these reasons, Thriller Hostel suits everyone who seeks to challenge himself or herself! The last question is whether Thriller Hostels pricing strategy was a failure or not. Of course not! Theres clearly a very deep purpose hidden in this The Desperate Escape is priced so low to attract more visitors here. Its interesting gameplay, social interaction, and repeatable gaming experience could really expand the Thriller Hostels customer base. After experiencing it once, people can bring their friends along a second time. The low price makes it more appropriate as a must-have experience. Once this batch of gamers has been scared adequately, they would become curious about the other two projects. They would also be more willing to try scarier experiences. Thus, they would go for the Haunted House Nightmare. If they fail to complete the challenge, they would not be allowed to try the Ultimate Horror and would be stuck there. On the other hand, if they managed to complete the projects in the Haunted House Nightmare, it would mean that they are capable of trying out the Ultimate Horror. In fact, they might even be able to try the most difficult level inside! For the above reasons, this pricing strategy is what I call value for money, without any deception! One could spend tens of yuan on entry tickets at other haunted houses and then be so frightened at the entrance that they leave. Obviously, that experience wouldnt be worth the cost. However, in Thriller Hostel, you wouldnt be allowed to spend a single cent more! The more you spend, the more experience you would obtain and the more your tolerance would grow! Of course, people wouldnt understand this pricing strategy at the beginning because most people would be immersed in the Desperate Escape experience. They would be oblivious to how interesting the Haunted House Nightmare and Ultimate Horror are. However, as time passes, more and more people would try the latter two projects. Then, they would discover that all three projects in Thriller Hostel come together to form a whole. After experiencing everything, you would finally truly understand how different Thriller Hostel is compared to ordinary haunted houses! Then, you would fall in love with the placejust like me. As for the queue for the first project, I believe it will improve soon. As the second and third projects see more guests, fewer would go to the first. At the same time, the themed restaurant, the Golden Maze, the Healing Spring, the Maid Cafe, and other shops in Thriller Hostel would work to split the traffic as well. Whats more, Tengda would definitely think of other ways to improve the queue situation. After all, game developers are best at iterative updating and improving the experience! That explains my advice for you: if you think that leading a peaceful life is boring and bland and you want to chase excitement, you should not fear. You will be well taken care of in Thriller Hostel. At the moment, the experience there is unlike any other in the country. In fact, its rare across the world. Its definitely worth a trip down! On top of that, Jingzhou has the nameless restaurant, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, and the shared hero-themed phone booths which were decorated by the concept artist of GOG himself. All of those are places worth visiting! Come and play for a day or two over the weekend. That would be more than enough for you to experience a completely different world! Alright, my dear daddies. Thats all for todays video. Please show me your full support! For those who say Ill be there next time, its alright. Once my predictions come true, you will surely give me your full support! Chapter 587 - The Queue Problem After watching the video, Pei Qian only felt one thing. Youve spoken so much are you sure youre referring to my Thriller Hostel? Thriller Hostel made use of its game design concepts and excellent grasp of the gamers psyche, giving it an insurmountable advantage over other haunted houses? How would I have known that Chen Kangtuo would incorporate his game design concepts into the project after I put him in charge of the haunted house?! I purely did that to punish him for working overtime! The haunted house can provide visitors with excitement and help to revive their bodies? He had never thought about that. He had only thought about using it for revenge! The last point was the most ridiculous. I had only adopted this pricing strategy to earn less money. How did it become a finishing touch? It was ridiculous! It was all so ridiculous! At that moment, Pei Qian felt Qiao Liangs praises oozing out of every single pore in his body. Teacher Qiao had practically forced every positive thing he could think of down Boss Peis throat! In fact, Pei Qian had been praised so much that he now felt embarrassed. No one would believe such a ridiculous video, right? No one would fly to Jingzhou to be tortured over a couple of lines from Teacher Qiao, right? Dont gross me out! Gamers, dont be blinded by him! Feeling extremely worried, Pei Qian watched the entire video again. However, the video had only been uploaded a while ago. The comments section only contained comments from people who wanted to be the first. He could not tell much else. Thus, Pei Qian had no choice but to turn in for the night. When he woke up in the morning, he would scan the messages and comments under the video and then decide if he needed to take any action. At 10 AM the following day Once Pei Qian woke up, the first thing he did was pick up his phone and check Qiao Liangs video. When he saw the number of views, he was shocked. However, compared to the figures on Qiao Liangs other videos, it was still not bad. Obviously, as a well-known UP Master on Aili Island, Qiao Liang had a huge fan base. Even though this was a new video series that had been uploaded a mere few hours ago, it was already getting a lot of attention. However, it was also clear that the video was not as popular as the Products of the Gods series. Upon clicking on the video, many gamers realized that it was not about games and then did not bother to watch anymore. Instead, they clicked on the x button at once. Thus, until now, Pei Qian was still quite satisfied with the videos popularity. It had not even made it on the charts for the entire website. What gave Pei Qian even more comfort was that the comments under the video were very different from the Products of the Gods series. It did not look like the entire situation was being turned upside-down. Instead, most people seemed to take Qiao Liangs words with caution and adopted a wait and see approach. Pei Qian casually scanned the comments with the most likes. Well said! I wont give you my full support yet, but I definitely will once Thriller Hostel becomes popular! We can definitely trust Old Qiao when it comes to games, but for haunted houses lets wait and see. Youre right, but I will never go there (sarcasm). Let me be fair! Im completely on Old Qiaos side, and I fully believe that this video is not sponsored. Old Qiao always makes it clear when his videos are sponsored, and he never hides it. However! I have reason to believe that Old Qiao has suffered severe mental damage in that haunted house and that hes now trying to drag us down with him! Dont fall for his tricks, everyone! Holy sh*t, the commenter above seems to have discovered the truth! Old Qiao is taking revenge on society! Son, we appreciate your goodwill, but well leave you to experience Thriller Hostel on our behalf! Your daddies will not be visiting it! After reading those comments, Pei Qian was elated. Although he had just woken up, he was now fully alert. Based on the feedback from the audience, the video had not managed to turn the entire situation upside-down. Pei Qian had to admit that Qiao Liangs content was confusing. However, the biggest problem was the prediction he had made about Thriller Hostel definitely becoming popular in the future. It was too rash. What if Thriller Hostel never became popular or if it took too long to do so? Wouldnt it prove that everything Qiao Liang had said was wrong? All of his arguments would fall apart! Hear, hear! The audiences eyes are bright and clear! Qiao Liang, were you trying to blind our intelligent and wise society? Keep daydreaming! Still, there were a few dissenting voices among the comments. Take this one for example: A real-life Be Quiet? That sounds interesting! Im going to buy tickets right now! Jingzhou, here I come! All of a sudden, Pei Qian noticed a problem. Qiao Liang had many fans who were also players of Tengdas games, and until now, Be Quiet had already gathered a group of hardcore and loyal gamers. Given its special nature (tedious prerequisites and complicated gameplay), Be Quiet had not been discussed much online. Moreover, it was less popular compared to the other games by Tengda. However, every player of Be Quiet was a hardcore fan with high viscosity! In other words, as hardcore players, they would be the most easily motivated by the video! After some consideration, Pei Qian concluded that this was indeed a hidden danger. At the moment, everyone at Shang Yang Games was probably eagerly preparing for the competition. Yet, what if they suddenly paid attention to Be Quiet because they felt like it and then decided to run a combined event with Thriller Hostel? There was a good chance of that happening! At that thought, Pei Qian quickly called Ye Zhizhou, wanting to ask how preparation for IOIs competition had been going recently to send him down the wrong path. If there wasnt enough work, he would give them other tasks to do just to keep them from thinking about Be Quiet and Thriller Hostel. Soon, the call went through. Hello, Ye Zhizhou? How has work been recently? Pei Qian acted nonchalantly. At the other end of the line, Ye Zhizhou paused. Boss Pei, everything has been going well! Eh, wait Boss Pei, did you call to ask about the combined event between Be Quiet and Thriller Hostel? Dont worry, Boss Pei, its all been settled! Weve already uploaded Teacher Qiaos video onto the official noticeboard and website for Be Quiet! Pei Qians mind was filled with question marks. They had already uploaded the video onto Be Quiet? How the f*ck did they move so quickly? The video was only released last night. Im calling you in the morning, and yet you have already uploaded the video?! You must have worked overtime! After recovering from the initial shock, Pei Qian felt furious. Good, Ye Zhizhou! Ive finally caught you red-handed! Did you work overtime? Pei Qian asked in a low voice. Ye Zhizhou was evidently stunned. Huh? We didnt. I clicked the link that Teacher Qiao sent to me last night and only uploaded it when I got to the office this morning. Pei Qian was speechless. That quick? You couldnt have uploaded the video onto the official website in just one hour, could you? Ye Zhizhou laughed and explained, Boss Pei, you want to check how well we have grasped our companys battle strategy right? Of course, we made preparations for the event a long time ago! Ever since we saw how similar Thriller Hostels Desperate Escape was to Be Quiet, we knew that we had to run a combined event! Obviously, you had planned for this to happen, Boss Pei! That was why I arranged for a professional to prepare for the combined event while Teacher Qiao was working on his video. Once the video was published, I uploaded everything onto the website! Dont worry, Boss Pei, most people in the office are working on IOI, and progress has been smooth. Work in that regard has not been affected! Pei Qian: He seemed to understand why the Management Trainee had not reported this now. The Management Trainee had obviously been keeping a close eye on IOIs competition and nothing else. Comparatively, uploading a video on the games platform seemed negligible. He had probably thought that it was not worth mentioning! At first, Pei Qian had intended to mislead Ye Zhizhou. Yet, Ye Zhizhou had been one step ahead of him, and work had been completed even before Pei Qian thought about the problem Pei Qian wanted to say something else but stopped himself after further thought. Alright, thats all. At that moment, in Thriller Hostel Each day, Chen Kangtuo kept an eye on the figures, including visitor traffic, number of times each person visited each project, and the like. Hao Qiang was watching Teacher Qiaos video when he said, Teacher Qiao has really gone all out this time. He used his own reputation as a UP Master to vouch for Thriller Hostel! Although I believe Thriller Hostel would definitely become popular as well, I still think Teacher Qiaos boldness is commendable. Should we give him some remuneration? Chen Kangtuo pondered for a moment and then said, Logically, we shouldnt let Teacher Qiao work for free, but Im afraid that paying him would taint his pure friendship with Boss Pei. I think we should let it go. Money hurts relationships. Lets think of other ways to help Teacher Qiao out. What do you think about making him a distinguished guest who would be allowed to play at Thriller Hostel and all of its future projects for a lifetime? Hao Qiong pondered about it for a moment. Yes, that sounds good! Since Teacher Qiao likes Thriller Hostel so much, he would surely be pleased if we make him a distinguished guest and allow him to come for free at any time! Chen Kangtuo picked up his notebook from the side and then read his notes. However, the visitors have given some pretty valid feedback: the queue problem is very serious. Visitors have been gathering at Desperate Escape, and queuing for too long would ruin their moods. Hao Qiong looked nonchalant. Hasnt Teacher Qiao already explained this? In a few days, most people would disperse to the other two projects. The queue problem will probably improve very soon. Chen Kangtuo shook his head. Thats right, but we cant sit back and do nothing. What if the day comes when it is no longer the first project with the queue problem, but the third? Hoping that the visitors would sort the problem out on their own would be too passive. I think we should do something similar to the shared phone booths and create a queue mechanism in an application. Once visitors arrive, they can take a number and then check their position in the queue using their application. In the meantime, they can go to the Golden Maze, eat at the restaurant, or play at other projects. Once its almost their turn, they can return. That way, visitors would not become frustrated in the queue, and we can direct more traffic to the surrounding facilities! Moreover, the shared phone booths have already proven that this model works! Hao Qiong nodded. Yes, that sounds pretty good. Well, should we just use the shared phone booths application, then? After some consideration, Hao Qiong said, It might not fulfill our needs, but we can make some edits. We have to engage a company thats strong in developing applications. Otto Technologies? It can develop applications, but they might just be busy with the algorithm laboratory and might not have time. Whats more, making them develop things like that seems like a waste. Chen Kangtuo thought about all the departments in Tengda Corporation that could develop applications. All of a sudden, his eyes lit up. He had found the perfect candidate. I know! We can get Top Student, Come Quick to do it! Top Student, Come Quick had started out making applications to begin with, and they had good knowledge of how the Internet worked. Most importantly, Top Student, Come Quick hadnt had much work to do lately! It was all perfect. At that thought, Chen Kangtuo immediately retrieved his cell phone and contacted the man in charge of Top Student, Come QuickYu Pingan. Chapter 588 - Tengda Life App Recently, Yu Pingan had been feeling frustrated, confused, and directionless. Everyone else in the Top Student, Come Quick project largely felt the same way. Every day, they went to work to slack and do whatever they wanted. There was no clear aim. Some suggested making adjustments to the Top Student, Come Quick project, but progress was slow because Yu Pingan knew full well that trying to fix something that wasnt spoiled was useless. He could not say it would be ineffective, but it would not be fixing the root of the problem. Even if they could gain a few more active users in the short-term, the applications popularity would only continue to decline in the long-term. It was unsalvageable. Yu Pingan had already noticed this problem earlier on and had even reported it to Boss Pei. However, Boss Peis reply had been a bolt from the blue. He had said: Top Student, Come Quick has already completed its historical mission. It can now come to a graceful end. Yet, he continued to pour funds into the project without changing the employees pay or benefits. There were no signs that he intended to terminate the project or retrench anyone. Those who didnt understand the truth might have found the situation very comfortable. They could slack every day without working; how perfect was that? However, employees of Top Student, Come Quick begged to differ. Their income was stable, and their life was without stress. Under such circumstances, anyone with slight ambition would want to look for something to do to achieve success in their career. The other departments in Tengda Corporation were progressing at rapid speed and achieving outstanding results. Yet, they were slacking all day and doing nothing of substance. It was a fate more torturous than death! Thus, all of Top Student, Come Quick had been feeling frustrated. Even after pondering about it for a long while, Yu Pingan still felt helpless. He felt like he had walked right into a dead end. Ding. The cell phone that he had placed on the table lit up with a message. Yu Pingan picked it up to take a look, feeling slightly astonished. Eh? Thriller Hostel wants us to create a software? Yu Pingan was shocked because Top Student, Come Quick, which he had been in charge of, had never been that close to the other departments. Top Student, Come Quick was more like a tool that was meant to direct traffic to and run advertisements for all the other projects. Other departments very rarely took the initiative to contact them to work together. Yu Pingan studied the requirements closely; they were not that complicated. The main function was for visitors to get a number just like the shared phone booths. That way, they would not need to stand in line the entire time. Instead, they could walk around in the surrounding shops. However, they could not take the application meant for the shared phone booths wholesale, because Thriller Hostel had other special requirements. For example, the queues for all three projects had to be kept separate, a map had to show the live update for each projects line, and a brief introduction and comments section for each project were to be included. The application was meant to be a smart directory which could lead and guide everyone interested in visiting or already visiting Thriller Hostel, so that everyone could enjoy a better experience. In short, we have to create an entirely new application. Indeed, this is the mobile Internet era. Every project now requires its very own application. However, Top Student, Come Quick is about to be given up on Yu Pingan could not help but feel sorrowful and regretful at the same time. Eh, wait a moment Logically speaking, shouldnt the mobile Internet era be our time to shine? Why did Boss Pei say that the project could come to a graceful end? Is Boss Pei unaware of the opportunities available in the mobile Internet era? Thats impossible. Every game department has been developing mobile versions of their games at an insane rate. Boss Pei has even invested in Otto cell phones, which shows his awareness of the opportunities available in the mobile Internet era! Well why does Boss Pei seem to be contradicting himself, then? All of a sudden, Yu Pingan noticed a conflict. All the other departments of Tengda Corporation had been focusing on developing applications. Tengda Corporations own business emphasis seemed to be in this area as well. Yet, why was Top Student, Come Quick the only one that was said to be coming to a graceful end? Boss Pei could not possibly be contradicting himself. There must be a common principle hidden inside. Could it be that Boss Pei means something else when he says a graceful end? Yu Pingan tried hard to recall Boss Peis original words. All of a sudden, a light bulb went on in his head. I understand now! Boss Pei was absolutely right to say that Top Student, Come Quick is coming to a graceful end and has already completed its mission! Thats because Top Student, Come Quick is satisfying a pseudo-demand. It could only become so popular because of Boss Peis god-like management skills. However, even that is limited. Thats why this project is unsalvageable. In other words, the initial concept behind Top Student, Come Quick is indeed coming to a graceful end. However, Top Student, Come Quicks graceful end would probably signify the birth of another new project! If Boss Pei really wanted to give up on this project, he would terminate it completely. However, he continued to pour funds into it. Obviously, he had other plans for us! Thriller Hostel is a good opportunity! Similarly, Boss Pei definitely asked us to rest well so that we could recuperate and physically prepare ourselves for a new challenge! Until now, Tengda Corporation already has so many applications. The shared phone booths, Deposit Fitness, Top Student, Come Quick, Fish-Catching Take-Out, Zhongdian Chinese Network, Thriller Hostel, TPDb Most of those businesses are either connected to Top Student, Come Quick in some way or had their advertisements on the latter. Whats more, a few applications have functions that are too simple. Take the application for the shared phone booths, for example. Many people only use it to get a number in the line or scan QR codes. Each application works on its own, and they do not come together to form a system. If Tengdas users want to use all of those functions, they would have to download several applications. Thats not good for publicity. What if we could bring the different applications together and integrate them into Top Student, Come Quick? Not only would the businesses come together to form a whole, but Top Student, Come Quick would also be given a new lease of life! No, we shouldnt call it Top Student, Come Quick anymore, then. The Top Student, Come Quick application has completed its mission and is coming to a graceful end, but the Tengda Life application will resurrect it! The more Yu Pingan spoke, the more agitated he became. Obviously, Boss Pei had it all planned out for Top Student, Come Quick! Why else would Thriller Hostels staff come looking for them after the latter rested for a while? It all made sense now! Boss Pei hasnt given up on us. Instead, he entrusted us with a more important task; we just had to discover it on our own! Our project has hope! Yu Pingan immediately contacted the people in charge of the shared phone booths, Deposit Fitness, Fish-Catching Take-Out, and other businesses. He shared his own hypothesis with them and then volunteered to integrate and update all the applications. He believed that none of the department heads would turn him down. That was because the various teams likely did not have additional manpower to update the applications. If they left their applications to Top Student, Come Quick, they would be able to focus fully on their own tasks. All in all, maximizing the use of resources in this way was perfect! July 17th, Sunday In his own house, Pei Qian took a bottle of champagne from the refrigerator, opened it, and then basked in the afternoon sunlight while revising his work. Handong University had slowly entered its exam week in the middle of July. Although most examinations were scheduled to take place on weekdays, Pei Qian still postponed the Management Trainee Meeting so that the Management Trainees could focus on their own studies. Thus, yesterdays Management Trainee Meeting was canceled. The next one was to be held on August 13th. Pei Qian had always believed that work was important for the Management Trainees, but academics were more important. If Pei Qian caused their grades to slip because of his own matters, he would feel incredibly guilty. However, for some reason, he kept receiving good news after canceling the Management Trainee Meeting! The first piece of good news was that, while visitor traffic at Thriller Hostel was increasing, the increase was not significant. It was almost as if Teacher Qiaos video had not been that effective. Of course, Pei Qian could not say that it was completely useless. After all, Teacher Qiao was a UP Master with over a million fans, and his video had even been uploaded onto Be Quiets official website. It had definitely managed to direct people to Thriller Hostel. However, things did not blow up like they did after each video in the Products of the Gods series. There was no sudden and significant increase in sales. The second piece of good news was that, to thank Teacher Qiao for his video, Chen Kangtuo had granted him the special privilege of being able to experience Thriller Hostel for free for a lifetime. Pei Qian had heard that Qiao Liangs management of his facial expressions collapsed the moment he heard the news. He had laughed, but he also looked like he was crying. When Pei Qian heard this, he nearly burst into laughter. Old Qiao, Old Qiao look what has happened to you! What is this called? Its called digging your own grave! Pei Qian even thought about giving Chen Kangtuo a little red flower. However, Pei Qian recalled that Chen Kangtuo had brought Thriller Hostel to life, even though it was meant to be dead, and thus increased the formers exposure to risks. That had been a huge mistake in itself. Thus, his merits and demerits canceled out, and he deserved no reward or punishment. The third piece of good news was that Food Harmony remained cold and deserted even after publicity. Its reputation was good; however, sales were low, and the situation looked sad. In fact, it was incurring even more losses than Fish-Catching Take-Out. In a week, Rui Yuchen would probably report this to Boss Pei. As the saying went, people felt refreshed in the face of happy occasions. After receiving so much good news, Pei Qian felt it fitting to open a bottle of champagne to celebrate. He glanced at the date. Coincidentally, he could go to the biggest private room in Ming Yun Private Kitchen for a meal. All of a sudden, Pei Qian felt like he should treat Teacher Qiao to a meal. If for nothing else, it would be to see his defeated expression! Qiao Liang had stabbed at Pei Qians back confidently, and Pei Qian had no time to dodge. Instead, he had been squarely pierced, but after touching the wound on his back, he discovered that he was not bleeding! Instead, Teacher Qiaos house had been burgled, and Chen Kangtuo had stabbed him until his back was covered with holes. Pei Qian was overjoyed! The more he thought about it, the happier he became. At once, he arranged to meet Qiao Liang for a meal at Ming Yun Private Kitchen. Its impolite to always receive without giving. In the past, you always set me up. Today, its my turn. Ill hit you while youre down and rub salt into your wounds! Chapter 589 - Giving Up on Products of the Gods At Fish-Catching Internet Cafe Old Qiao, lets play a round of GOG! We could also play Be Quiet if you want to. Old Qiao? Thats strange why is Old Qiao so quiet today? A few of Qiao Liangs fans had been asking Qiao Liang to play games with them, but Qiao Liang had his headphones on in front of his computer. He did not seem to hear a single word that they were saying. Instead, he was repeatedly refreshing the webpage to observe the number of views and other data on his newest video. Thats not right! That wasnt how things were supposed to go! His newest video had not achieved the effect that he had imagined! His videos under the Products of the Gods series had become viral on the day that they were uploaded. Within a few hours, they had also made it on the charts for the entire website and completely turned the games reviews around. Yet, his newest video had not achieved the same effect. Although it had served to publicize Thriller Hostel, it had not yet become viral, and the reaction was not as intense as he had imagined. Instead, many viewers continued to harbor a wait and see attitude. To Qiao Liang, this was an unbearable failure! It was not that Qiao Liang had been confident in his latest videos ability to become viral no matter how much effort he had put into it. If it had been about a game developed by any other designer, Qiao Liang would not have considered an ineffective video as a failure. However, this was Boss Peis project! From the bottom of his heart, Qiao Liang believed that Thriller Hostel was good and that Boss Pei had invested as much effort into it as he had for any other game. Yet, what did it mean that the video had not achieved its desired effect? It meant that Qiao Liang had misunderstood Boss Peis project! He could make a simple comparison. Other game developers could be likened to merchants who provided ordinary ingredients. Even if the final dish tasted bad, one could blame it on the ingredients. However, Boss Pei was a merchant who only provided exquisite ingredients. If Qiao Liangthe chefwhipped up a horrible-tasting meal, the problem would clearly lie with his skills! More importantly, Qiao Liang had already expected this. He had already felt like the video was missing something before he uploaded it. However, even after pondering about it the entire day, he could not figure it out. To not miss the right time, he had no choice but to upload it. Yet, it had not achieved its desired effect, just as he had expected. Qiao Liang saw his relationship with Boss Pei like that between an outstanding student and an examiner. Each time the examiner set a paper before, he would answer it quickly, check it once through, and then hand it up after making sure that the other party would be satisfied. He had always gotten a hundred marks after that. However, this time was different. He had felt uneasy after finishing the script, and he kept feeling like he had missed a step or a theory somewhere. When time was up, he had had no choice but to hand in his paper. After that, he had only scored ninety pointsa world of difference from his expectations. To Teacher Qiaoan outstanding student who had always gotten full marks, this was unacceptable! Thus, he could only feel confused, defeated, and sorry towards Boss Pei. Boss Pei had handed such good ingredients into his hands, but he could not whip up an outstanding dish. It was an utter waste! Qiao Liang really wanted to do something to make up for his mistakes, but he could not think of anything. Im afraid that Boss Pei is the only person who could offer me proper guidance now Yet, how can I face him? Qiao Liang picked up his phone and clicked on Boss Peis contact. However, even after a long time, he could not bring himself to send the latter a message. He felt like a chef who had failed to whip up a good dishtoo embarrassed to call the merchant and ask how best to cook the latters ingredients. Just as he was struggling internally, he received a message from Boss Pei. Do you have time tonight? Come to the nameless restaurant at 7 PM. Ill treat you to a meal. Qiao Liang was stunned. He even thought he was imagining things. However, on closer inspection, he realized that Boss Pei had indeed sent him a message! What a coincidence! Just as I was struggling and hesitating to call Boss Pei, he invited me to a meal. Could it be? Boss Pei already saw the video and guessed my predicament? No, I cant say for sure. No matter how well Boss Pei can predict the future, he would not be able to achieve something like that. Perhaps he just wants to comfort me. Qiao Liang was very moved and quite hopeful. No matter what reasons Boss Pei had, Qiao Liang had to have a meal with him! He quickly replied, Alright, Boss Pei! Ill be there on time! In the evening At the nameless restaurant Boss Pei! Qiao Liang shook hands with Pei Qian, his expression filled with disappointment and guilt. He had mixed feelings, but no idea how to put those feelings into words. Pei Qian smiled and said, Come in, lets eat and talk. The two men entered the private room in Ming Yun Private Kitchen. Soon, plates of delicious food were served in front of them. When he saw the dishes, Qiao Liang felt even more conflicted. Obviously, Boss Pei was still treating him according to the highest standards. Somehow, that made Qiao Liang feel even worse. On the other hand, when Pei Qian saw Qiao Liangs expression, he rejoiced inside. It was worth every penny! It was worth every penny! Pei Qian had achieved his goal. He happily picked up his chopsticks and dug in. I dont care if you have the appetite, but I definitely do. Did you think that you would see a day like that when you stabbed me in the back? It was a pity that there was limited space in the private room. If it were wider, Pei Qian would have been glad to ask Teacher Qiao to sing or dance for him. At first, Pei Qian had thought that Qiao Liang would feel enraged by the formers gloating and that he would leave in a huff. However, Qiao Liang gave him a comforted smile. Boss Pei, I am very touched that youre trying to lighten up the atmosphere so that I dont feel too depressed by my failure. However, I would appreciate it even more if you helped me to resolve my problems. Pei Qian: ? Whos trying to lighten up the atmosphere so that you dont feel too depressed by your failure? Im gloating, understand?! Gloating! Before Pei Qian could say anything, Qiao Liang continued speaking. Boss Pei, I know you must have watched my latest video. What exactly do you think the video is missing? Pei Qian fell silent. I have indeed watched your latest video, and I also know full well that it hasnt met your expectations. Why else would you think Im treating you to a meal? Yet, youre seeking hints from me? Go to hell! Ask around in Tengda; who doesnt know how tightly my lips are sealed? Pei Qian had already incurred enough losses by trying to guide others. Thus, he decided to lower his head and focus on the food in front of him. I have no way to help you. Qiao Liang sighed softly. Is that so? This video wasnt done well. I didnt properly explain Thriller Hostels special characteristics, and I didnt draw enough attention or direct enough traffic to Thriller Hostel. In fact, I already had a feeling that I was missing something before I uploaded the video, but I couldnt find out what it was. I really should have given it much more thought. Yet, it seems too late to think about it now. Pei Qian: ? You had a bad feeling about it before you uploaded the video? You even wish you had given it more thought before uploading? Thank goodness you hadnt! If you had, I might have been destroyed! Come, eat, eat. Dont think too much about these things. Theyre all in the past so leave them there. Pei Qian quickly comforted Qiao Liang for fear that he would keep thinking and end up filling the gaps. If he posted another video to do that, wouldnt Pei Qian be in big trouble? As Qiao Liang ate, he sighed again. Since you dont want to tell me, I have no choice but to try and figure it out on my own, Boss Pei Pei Qian: ? What do you mean I dont want to tell you? You have already decided that I know the answer, havent you? Well, I dont know a thing! Pei Qian was speechless. This was where the conflict was: If he didnt say anything, Qiao Liang would think that he was hiding something on purpose, and he would try his best to figure out Pei Qians deeper intentions. On the other hand, Pei Qian could be helping Qiao Liang if he said anything. How should he choose? Once again, he had arrived at a fork in the road. After considering the problem for two minutes, Pei Qian decided that he could not leave Teacher Qiao any room to imagine. Otherwise, he could come up with seriously dangerous ideas! Take Yu Pingans earlier answer, for example. It was very appropriate for a setting like that. Pei Qians expression became somber. Alright, let me tell you the truth. Didnt you ask what your latest video was lacking? Qiao Liang nodded. Yes! Pei Qian continued speaking. Your video was not lacking anything. Youve covered everything, from an introduction of Thriller Hostels gameplay to an explanation of the pricing strategy and an analysis of the details. Qiao Liang was evidently confused. Everything was covered? It couldnt be, right? He remained silent for a moment and then asked, Well why didnt it have the desired effect, then? Pei Qian was nearly stumped. Well Sometimes, thats the way life is. Communication between people is often pale and listless. The other party might not understand a few simple sentences or lines of words. Isnt that normal and to be expected? Thats life! I can only say that your past videos went too well or that you were too lucky. The norm in the world is that what you express would be misunderstood. Thats not your fault, and theres nothing you can do to change it. After all, being misunderstood is the destiny of any expresser! The more Pei Qian spoke, the more emotional he became because he completely understood. Although both of them were talking about completely different things, Pei Qians tone was genuine and persuasive enough. Pei Qian thought that it would be enough to make Teacher Qiao give up this time. However, after a moment of silence, Qiao Liang shook his head. Boss Pei, if you were someone else telling me this, I would believe you. Yet, I dont believe it when its coming out of your mouth. That doesnt match your character! Pei Qian: ? What character? Dont try to assume my character! Qiao Liang said, Boss Pei, I know that youre a lonely expresser who is often misunderstood. Yet, even then, you continue trying to express your thoughts using various methods. I believe that youre not one to give up easily because youve been hanging on this whole time. Why are you asking me to give up then? Are you not telling me because itll be too difficult to persist, and youre afraid that I would spend too much effort? Boss Pei, please speak your mind. No matter how ridiculous it is, Ill try my best to achieve it. Pei Qian: He was completely speechless. Are you going to refuse to leave if I dont give you an answer today? Alright, if thats the case, I will give you an answer now! Dont blame me if you get tricked. Pei Qian pondered for a moment and then said, Theres one way, but it requires a huge sacrifice. Qiao Liangs eyes lit up. Tell me, Boss Pei! Boss Pei paused. You shouldnt create another video in Products of the Gods for Tengdas next game. Qiao Liang was evidently stunned. After a long silence, he said, I shouldnt create another video in Products of the Gods for Tengdas next game? Is there a link between those two issues? He was very confused. The series in which he interpreted Thriller Hostel and that in which he interpreted Tengdas games were totally unrelated! Whats more, how would giving up on Products of the Gods help to resurrect this video on Thriller Hostel? It didnt make sense! Seeing Qiao Liangs confused expression, Pei Qian gave him an inexplicable smile. Dont think about it now if you cant figure it out yet. Come, lets drink! Chapter 590 - Welcoming the DGE Club Chapter 590: Welcoming the DGE Club July 18th, Monday Pei Qian came to the office early in the morning and was in a good mood. He even hummed a little song on the road. He gave Old Qiao a good deceiving yesterday. It might be wrong to deceive others, but Pei Qian could not help it. He had repeatedly emphasized to Teacher Qiao that the video was okay and asked Teacher Qiao to give up, but the latter did not believe him! Pei Qian did not dare let Teacher Qiao comprehend what he meant by himself. It would be much worse if he realized something terrible. Therefore, Pei Qian came up with a plan to expel wolves by welcoming tigers! Didnt you want to know how this video could be brought back to life? That could be done, as long as you stop making videos on Products of the Gods and Struggle. Pei Qian knew very well that Teacher Qiao would definitely over-interpret Struggle once it was released. The next Products of the Gods would definitely feature it. If that was the case, why not take the initiative to strike? Replace a video that was likely to make Struggle popular with a random video. That would be bloody profitable! He looked at Teacher Qiao and realized that he must have been convinced. It was famous that Boss Peis words were golden, oh no, had the ability to turn stones into gold. Tengdas employees and Qiao Liang believed firmly in it. Pei Qian suddenly felt that everything seemed to be going smoothly for him. It was as though it was his turn to be offensive. So happy! Pei Qian checked the situation of each industry again after coming to the office while he waited for Rui Yuchen to arrive. Fei Huang Workspace, in shock therapy Fish-Catching Take-Out, loss Upwind Logistics, loss Fully-Automated Bickering Machine, loss Top Student, Come Quick, about to turn cold Thriller Hostel, can make a small profit but was not popular so it was still too early to recover the huge investment in the early stages DGE E-Sports Club, loss Deposit Fitness, seemed to be making more money but it was still at a loss Sloth Apartments, loss It seemed like there had not been a single project that was popular in this cycle after he carefully counted! That was really a historical win! Of course, there were some departments like Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, gaming department, and novel websites that were still profiting enormously. However, those were all problems left over from history to be solved slowly in the future. Moreover, these departments basically spent all of their money. For example, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe was working hard opening branches even if it was making money. However, the breakeven became longer. In theory, it would definitely not generate profit if they opened branches fast enough. Thriller Hostelwhich encouraged so many dangersactually managed to pull through and not become popular. That was a happy surprise, which gave Boss Pei a shot in the arm. It was the first time Pei Qian had such a great feeling. Knock, knock. Someone knocked on the door. Pei Qian looked up. It was Rui Yuchen as expected. He knew that Rui Yuchen would definitely come and report to him on Monday. Rui Yuchen handed over the document in his hand. Boss Pei, Ill report the current status of Fish-Catching Take-Out. At present, Food Harmony has been launched in several flagship stores. Our reputation is good, but the profit gap is relatively large. It seems like it is not easy to promote it. As for the branches, Fish-Catching Take-Outs branches had been opened in several representative first- to third-tier cities, which gives us a base in most cities. From current data, Fish-Catching Take-Outs popularity is positively correlated with the size of the city. In other words, we are most popular in first-tier cities while we fare the worst in third-tier cities. Moreover, Fish-Catching Take-Out in the same area seems to be competing for resources. Pei Qian looked at the information and nodded frequently. Good news! Food Harmonys destiny was set. They had a good reputation, but they would definitely not make money. Moreover, what made Pei Qian happier was the situation with Fish-Catching Take-Out. Previously, Pei Qian allowed Rui Yuchen to spend money openly, and Rui Yuchen did not disappointopening Fish-Catching Take-Out branches all across the country. The result this time could be seen as setting their base everywhere. Pei Qian felt that the information basically met his expectations. The healthy, exquisite, and high-value meals like Fish-Catching Take-Out were definitely more popular in larger cities. That was because there were a large number of white-collar workers and young people in the cities. They did not like to cook yet had a demand for healthy food. At the same time, they were not so sensitive towards prices so they would definitely welcome Fish-Catching Take-Out. The young in third-tier cities were originally lesser. Their overall income was relatively lower, and it was not very possible for them to eat Fish-Catching Take-Out. At the same time, a city with more Fish-Catching Take-Out would squeeze and grab resources from each other. Because there were only so many customers ordering Fish-Catching Take-Out, both stores would be vying with each other for business that no one could dream of making more money. Rui Yuchen said, According to the contents of this report, I think we should focus on the super first-tier and first-tier cities as the main goal. At the same time, spread the storefronts and let them bloom as much as possible! Pei Qian was deep in thought. Focus on the super first-tier cities? Make them bloom? Obviously not, that would definitely make money. Pei Qian thought for a while and said. Open all new branches in second- and third-tier cities in Handong Province, especially Jingzhoufill them all up! Rui Yuchen: Huh? He felt slightly light-headed. Boss Pei was not listening to the information that I sorted so seriously into a report? Or did Boss Pei have something up his sleeve? Not possible, no matter what he had up his sleeve, Boss Pei could not go up against the market, right? Pei Qian continued. Yes, and since the reputation of Food Harmony is good, seize the opportunity to promote it. Open them in all the Fish-Catching Internet Cafes! Sell them at the current price; never give any discounts, understood? Rui Yuchen gasped, wanting to speak but stopped. What else could he say since Boss Pei had said everything? He could only nod. Alright Boss Pei, Ill work on it now. Pei Qian happily put on a blanket and began his drama marathon after Rui Yuchen left. No one else came to ask for instructions even after he had lunch. Pei Qian was very happy; this seemed to be a good sign. He was about to leave work happily when he received a message from Zhang Yuan. Boss Pei, we have spent all the budget. Our players are all discouraged and want to go back; can we return? Pei Qian was stunned. Spent all their budget? The players were all discouraged? Good news was coming one after another! Zhang Yuan might not have said why the players were discouraged, but that was very easy to guess! The training schedule of the DGE club was so unreasonable, without much time to train in games with their daily fitness regime. It was normal to be beaten by professional players from other clubs! Obviously because they had been beaten too harshly, their morale totally collapsed and missed home. Most welcome! And it had to be a warm welcome! Pei Qian counted on his fingers. It would be the 20th soon, which could be arranged directly at Ming Yun Private Kitchen. He would call on the Deposit Fitness branch manager together to celebrate. I want to send everyone a wrong message: Even if we were beaten in our mock competitionseven if the gym was losing money, Boss Pei would not care and still invite us to enjoy ourselves! The DGE club and Deposit Fitness would always be stable as long as everyone could understand this point! The more Pei Qian thought about, the more perfect this plan was. He replied immediately, Okay, come back! Im booking a room for us in the nameless restaurant to welcome the team home! July 20th, Wednesday DGE E-Sports Club The team members dragged their suitcases and returned to their own rooms. Ah, finally home! The scenery here is still much better. I havent been working out these few days. I feel fat coming out on me; shall we go to the gym after dinner? Hehe, dont crack the wise. I have to undergo additional training until next month There was only one word to describe the feeling Huang Wang had after he lied on his own bed: comfy! If he were to use one word to summarize their experience outside for two weeks, it would be disappointment! Everyone was excited at the start of the journey. They would not need to gym and become as tired as a dog when outside. They could visit the veteran clubs and meet their idols when they were younger. They would be able to play against the master and have hearty mock competitions. They could go to the big cities to experience the world and experience the prosperity of the big cities In short, everyone was filled with expectations at the beginning of the trip! However, everything changed when they returned to Jingzhou. Their fitness habit was broken, and they felt uncomfortable all over. The veteran clubs were so shabby; they were basically a large internet cafe. Their images were completely collapsed. The players in the other clubs were so noob that they could not even bear to look straight at them in the eyes. They were only evenly matched when Coach Ma was on the team. The trouble Coach Ma gave to them was even bigger than the five opponents opposite them; the mock competition was unbearable. Shanghai was nothing more than that. There was no Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, no Fish-Catching Take-Out particularly unable to adapt. In fact, everyone wanted to return a long time ago because it really did not make sense to play mock competition with these clubs; they were too amateur! However, Zhang Yuan said they had to use up the budget. Therefore, everyone could only follow the original plan and run over all the other clubs one by one. The results were disappointing; none of them was their match! They thought that the H4 club, whom they played against on the first day, was just the beginning. However, they were the best. The other clubs were even more inferior to them! They really did not know how to wrap it up if it was not because of Coach Ma. The DGE club stayed with each club for three days and was abused for three days. After three days, they felt that the members of the clubs were nearly on the brink of collapse so they hurriedly changed to another. They finally spent their budget and returned to Jingzhou. Huang Wang put his suitcases away and returned to the training room. Zhang Yuan had just packed his things and came out. Brother Zhang! Is Boss Pei treating us for dinner today? It seems to be the first time since the establishment of our club? Does that mean Boss Pei is going to celebrate for us? Huang Wang asked. Zhang Yuan thought for a while. Probably. Oh, yes, everyone please take note. Dont take too much credit for yourself. Boss Pei hates such people. Boss Pei should be very clear about everyones strengths. Our winning streak was probably within his expectations. Do not mention it repeatedly; it will definitely arouse Boss Peis disgust. Ah? Huang Wang was stunned for a moment. Boss Pei doesnt like people who take credit? Then, what should we do? Zhang Yuan pondered. Everyone, bury your heads in your meal tonight. If Boss Pei comes for a toast, you have to respond enthusiastically. However, dont get carried away and brag about yourself. Be humble and low-key. This is a bit of insight I have after working with Boss Pei for so long. Chapter 591 - Using Delicious Food to Cure the Mental Trauma the Players Suffered In the afternoon, at Ming Yun Private Kitchen Pei Qian and the personal trainers of Deposit Fitness, such as Guo Licheng, arrived one after the other. The members of the DGE club arrived a little later. That was because they were nearer so they left their place a little later. Pei Qian expressed his satisfaction with the small increase in Guo Lichengs muscles, praising him publicly. Very good, Coach Guo is everyones role model. Everyone has to learn from Coach Guo. Whoever did not have an obvious change in your muscle mass during the next meal gathering will be considered for replacement, understand? The branch managers nodded in unison, Understood! Pei Qian was satisfied with this result. He knew from Guo Lichengs muscles that he must have spent all his time working out, not running the operations of the gym. Very good, that was exactly what Boss Pei wanted! Guo Licheng was a little embarrassed to be praised. He had not been able to turn Deposit Fitness profitable as the person-in-charge; even the flagship store was still far from it. Everyone had been making appointments before coming for exercise, which had well dispersed the passenger flow with the Deposit Fitness application developed previously. The problem of crowded during peak periods had been solved. However, it was not helpful for the popularity of the gym itself; it even had a certain inhibitory effect. The other functions of the Deposit Fitness application were not bad, but the key was there were just so many users. No matter how good the other functions were, someone had to use it for it to show its usefulness, right? Therefore, Guo Licheng had always felt a little ashamed towards the developers of the Deposit Fitness application. There were not enough users for such good application functions. Fortunately, Yu Pingan from Top Student, Come Quick application came to him some time ago, hoping to integrate with Deposit Fitnesswhich solved the user volume problem. Guo Licheng was more than willing to do it. Guo Licheng thought that it was probably all arranged by Boss Pei so he did not question. He said nothing at all. Guo Licheng did not particularly understand the purpose of todays dinner. Celebration? It was definitely not possible. Deposit Fitness was still making a loss; what was there to celebrate? Boost their morale and let the branch managers continue their efforts? Well, that was possible. It was just that no one dared ask when Boss Pei did not say anything. A department that made losses all year around was embarrassed to speak on such an occasion after all. Pei Qian checked the time; the members of the DGE Esports Club should be coming soon. He felt that it was necessary to address the branch managers with him. Theres a small problem; everyone, please take note. Were having dinner with DGE Esports Club members today. On the one hand, it is to welcome them home and also to comfort them. As a newly established e-sports club, our DGE Esports Club must have suffered miserable loss and are experiencing rock bottom now, having challenged veteran clubs. They need understanding and comfort. No one should take the initiative to bring up anything related to performance. Eat more, toast more, and chat more about fitness, understand? The branch managers nodded in unison, Understood! That just made everyone even more puzzled now. Why the hell should they chat more about fitness? Only very few people, like Guo Licheng who was more familiar with Coach Yaling, knew about the scientific training method adopted by the DGE Esports Club. Pei Qian was very satisfied with these yes men branch managers. These people were basically carved out of the same model as Guo Licheng. They love fitness and have simple minds. They could not come up with all kinds of new tricks to backstab Boss Pei. Moreover, they were very easy to supervise. He only needed to observe the changes in their muscles every time they met to determine if they were training seriously. There should not be many opportunities for them to mess things up as long as they trained hard. The DGE club arrived after he explained. Brother Qian! Ma Yang took the lead. Pei Qian went over and hugged him warmly. He then looked at the player following behind him. Every one of them looked very calm. They might not look disappointed, but they did not look happy as well. Well, obviously the frustration of being beaten had diminished a lot after arriving home, but their mood was still depressed. Food was the best therapy at such a time! Come, everyone, take your seat; lets be prepared for a feast! Pei Qian did not engage in courtesy. Gathering for a meal meant everyone should eat as much as they wanted. Ma Yang was very excited. Brother Qian, I want to sit next to you! Let me tell you, Im the teams strategist this time and played a very important role! If you dont believe it, you can ask these clubs. There wouldnt be anyone who does not know of Coach Ma of the DGE club! Huang Wang was startled and looked at Zhang Yuan subconsciously. That look meant this: Didnt we agree about not getting credit? What was it with Coach Ma? Zhang Yuan shook his head helplessly. Boss Ma did not need to follow these unspoken rules. Dont ask, he blocked an atomic bomb for the boss previously. Of course, others should never learn from that. Pei Qian was filled with respect, hearing Old Mas words. He found the reason why DGE was abused! No wonder all the team members were now withdrawn. How could not be with you as a strategist? They had no possibility of winning in the first place; wouldnt they be beaten in 15 minutes flat if you were to command? You did play an important roledont doubt it; it must be a negative influence! It was not all surprising to be famous all over. The other clubs had probably never encountered such a noob commander. After these battles, Coach Ma must have become synonymous with blind commander, spreading all over the world Pei Qian was even more certain now that the DGE players were being bullied hard outside. Only Old Ma could continue smiling in such a situation. Pei Qian patted Ma Yangs shoulders. There is no need to elaborate Old Ma, I understand! Alright, this matter is already over, there is no need to mention it anymore. Hurry eat, your favorite big lobster is on! Ma Yang was still very excited. He wanted to tell Pei Qian about how he played a core role in the brilliant performance in the mock competitions. However, his attention was immediately attracted away by the big lobster on the table. Bragging was not as important as eating! Ma Yang immediately forgot all about it as he picked up the big lobster to gnaw on. Pei Qian sighed. Lucky for me that my reaction was fast! Otherwise, how awkward would it be if Old Ma started telling tales of the DGE clubs humiliating defeat in the mock competitions! How could Zhang Yuan and the other players faces be able to hang on in the presence of so many people? This meal would go bad, too! Luckily, Old Ma had now shut up so no one should be mentioning it again insensitively. Everyone could now eat with peace of mind. Zhang Yuan looked at Huang Wang and the others with a see, I told you so expression. The players understood now. Boss Pei really did not like people who asked for credits! See how Boss Ma, who had booked an atomic bomb, for Boss Pei was interrupted by Boss Pei when he just showed his intention to claim credit. Therefore, they better buried their heads to eat and shut up! Dishes were being sent up one by one. Everyone started digging in without reservations. These were really rare delicacies. Someone asked Coach Yalings recent moves and realized that she had become the coach for the esports players club. She was in charge of their physical fitness, which could not help but elicit surprise from the others. No wonder Boss Pei said that they could chat more about fitness with these esports players! The esports players looked on at the opposite row of personal trainers with envy. Look at those muscles! Boss Pei got us to have a meal with these personal trainers obviously to tell us not to become complacent and work harder for those muscles! We were still very far from that! They had to say that working out was something that one could become addicted to. It was difficult to maintain it at first because the results were slow. However, after a while, the muscles of the body would enter a period of rapid growth. The body would start changing shape. That was similar to savings. When people were earning little money, they did not care about savings and surplus. They spent money casually. However, once their savings increased, they would care more about their expenses because they would really enjoy seeing an increase in saving figures. The members of the DGE club were currently in such a stage. They were very concerned about their own muscle growth, and fitness had become a habit. These two groups actually had a rather merry time during the meal. They had fitness as a common topic after all. Guo Licheng and Coach Yaling reminisced about the past while they feasted. He asked casually. Will you head out to play mock competitions again? Coach Yaling shook her head. No, there isnt much meaning to it. Guo Licheng nodded, expressing that he understood. Indeed, frequently experiencing abuse was a very frustrating thing. It was normal to have a short-term escape mentality. Pei Qian was even happier upon hearing it. Obviously, losing the mock competitions had greatly affected the confidence of the players. They were now discouraged and had decided to use the ostrich tactic and began to escape! That was a good thing as well. The DGE Esports Club might not be allowed to participate in official events, but it may obtain some influence elsewhere if they continued to be active and disrupt Boss Peis overall plan. When they were all discouraged and withdrawn, the two teams would continue mock competitions against each other and entertain themselves. Their level would only get lower and lower. If that continued to develop this way, then this club would definitely lose a lot of money! The more Pei Qian thought about it, the more satisfied he was. At the same time in H4 Esports Club Team Leader Su looked at his phone with an incredible expression on his face. What does Huang Wangs newest update on his WeChat moments mean? Back at the base, Boss Pei personally held a celebration party with a blocked booking at the nameless restaurant?! Show-off, naked show-off! That is going too far! Team Leader Su had nowhere to vent his anger. Chapter 592 - He An: Meeting Three Levels of Needs Chapter 592: He An: Meeting Three Levels of Needs Many of the members of the H4 club and the DGE club kept in contact after their three days of mock competitions. Team Leader Su felt that the player Huang Wang was rather interesting so he added him as a friend as well. The DGE club then went to the other clubs. In the end, Huang Wang actually updated his celebratory status today! There might be no picture, but the words in nameless restaurant were enough to make people feel unbalanced. After the previous food blogger incident, Quanmin Reviews launched a wave or promotion for the nameless restaurant, making it so famous that Team Leader Su also heard of it. Moreover, they even blocked the entire place down? It seemed like a privilege that only Tengda employees could enjoy! As to why have a celebration party, was there any need to ask? The DGE club slapped all the larger GOG clubs in the country in the face. They were almost invincible now. Such a KDA ratio really deserved a celebration party. However, this state had other meanings to the eyes of the clubs which had been slapped in the face. Team Leader Su felt as though he had been provoked. The memory of being beaten emerged once again. Were going for competition again, increase the training frequency! Practice those tactics we learned from the DGE club again! Our H4 club must not lose when the weekend match comes! Team Leader Su was furious. On the other hand, the members of the IOI club were solo training while they forcibly suppressed the smile on their faces. Two members whispered. Team Leader Su seems to be furious again; what happened to the GOG branch? Not sure, probably because they were beaten by that emerging club. I heard they were miserable in their abuse. I can only say that the GOG branch is too noob; they really make our club lose face. Forget it, say less. Warm up quickly, well have to fight in mock competitions with other clubs in no time. No problem, we are not noobs like those in the GOG branch. The IOI championship hosted by Tengda this time will be ours! July 21st, Thursday At the cafe near Handong University It was time for the monthly lesson. He An drank his coffee and started talking about todays topic. The successful experience Im going to talk about today is the shared needs theory. It is not only suitable for gaming; it is also suitable for other areas. This lesson today is a summary of previous sessions. Before this, Boss Ma, I want to test you first. Do you remember the contents of the previous three lessons? Pei Qian thought about it for two minutes before replying. Choosing the target sales method for the game content, choosing the game type that is plenty in the market allowing personal opinions appropriately in the game. He An was very happy. Hmm, not bad! You remember well! Pei Qian laughed hollowly in his heart. How could he not remember them? They were mostly related to my own blood-filled teachings He An continued, The three lessons previously ascended in difficulty; most of them were also talking about creating the game flow. First, choose the right game type based on market demands, and then correctly express yourself in the process of making the game. Finally, choose a corresponding method of sales according to the game. The material we are going to talk about today will be more difficult: how to analyze the market demand. The contents of the lesson today are the precondition of the first three lessons, which is also the most basic step. Boss Ma, you must remember that every step in making a game is important. The most important first step is to correctly analyze the needs of the market, choose the right direction! Pei Qian nodded, listening seriously. He had to admit that Teacher He might have spoken a lot about the case studies of Tengda, but the contents were definitely still filled with useful tips. It was akin to revisiting every detail from the mission to creating the game. Such systematic knowledge might not be obtainable even if one was to pay money. Pei Qian still felt that he had some benefits. Of course, it would be much better if Teacher He did not always use Tengda Games as examples He An continued. A good producer would be able to analyze the needs of players and make a corresponding game to sell to them. But the important point was that, sometimes, players did not know what they wanted as well. They thought they wanted A, but they actually needed B. When you give them A at this point in time, they would think that you did not give them the A they wanted in their hearts and would still not purchase. Therefore, the idea of giving players what they want is not wrong, but you will fail badly if you were to do exactly that! Pei Qian was silent for a short while. What if I dont give anything the players want? He An was taken aback. He paused before replying. Then, I can only say you are awesome. Pei Qian pressed on. Teacher He, Im serious. Would not giving the players what they want will definitely fail? He An shook his head after considering carefully. There is a small possibility that the thing you think players do not want is something that they really wanted from the bottom of their hearts. If that is the case, not only will you not fail, but you will reap huge rewards! However, such situations are too rare; one cannot hope for it to happen! Pei Qian: Too rare? Cannot hope for it to happen? Why do I meet them for every game then? He An continued. If you want to deeply understand this question, youll have to understand meeting three layers of needs. The first layer is to decode the needs. The second layer is to dig deep into the needs. The third layer is to create the needs. Most producers would not even be able to meet the first layer. They will be stuck at decoding the need. In decoding the need, the producer would give the player what they want, but such a producer would usually fail. Sometimes, the players themselves did not know what they wanted. What they thought they wanted was generally different from what they really wanted; every player was different with different positions, different tastes and biases. Their needs would naturally be different. If it was only to read and make what the players requested, then you would lose control of the entire project. That was a bad strategy. I give you a very simple example; some players saw the existence of the epic weapon and felt that this was rather expensive but selling well so they suggested that your game should also have epic weapons. If you were to just recreate the players needs and actually did it thinking that the players need this and would be able to make money, then it would mostly end in failure. Have you considered if it was just a small number of players that wanted epic weapons and most players actually hate them? Maybe what this player wanted was not the epic weapon but a nice looking appearance or privileges that were different from other players? Maybe you made an epic weapon but did not make it in an appearance that satisfied him; therefore, he wouldnt buy it? Obviously, if you dont think about such issues, you will inevitably face failure. You must first distinguish between the players requests, which to take up and which to not take up. If you cannot even do this step, then it would never be possible to make any progress. Therefore, the first level is to interpret the need. Interpret their true desire from their many needs, analyze these demands carefully whether these demands are in conflict with the majority of the game itself or most players or not. You should only really do it after you have carefully demonstrated its safety. Youll have to dig deeper into the demand as you get to the next level. Sometimes, a player could not even express what they want or realize what they want. For example, we may find a lot of players lost on the third day through data analysis, but if we were to do a questionnaire, they would find that there were no useful opinions. At this point, we have to analyze why we lose so many players on the third day? What is it that they are so dissatisfied with? Why do they need it? Unearth the hidden needs in players hearts that they might not be aware of through various clues. That is the second level. Being able to do this would make you a successful game designer in a general sense. You would not go wrong and you would have the ability to make a better game. As for the third level Creating the needs that the players did not have in the first place, that was the highest level! I wont expand on this. It is too deep and complicated. They are often not duplicable either. That was because new demands would be widely accepted by players and would no longer be a new demand. At this point, I have only managed to peek into the door. It would be easy to mislead you to think there is a shortcut to heaven if I were to speak too much on it. Boss Ma, you only need to learn not to recreate the requirements but carefully interpret and dig into the requirements, that would be enough. Pei Qian was silent for a moment and asked tentatively. Then Teacher He, can you tell me who had reached this level of demand creation? He An: Boss Pei of Tengda Games. Making something that most people originally did not like previously and made it into something that most people like, Boss Pei is the unique one among domestic game designers! Boss Ma, you are a good friend of Boss Pei. If it is convenient, you can ask him a little about his experience. However, I still have the same advice. Dont try to mimic it rashly; it is very dangerous. Pei Qian: He did not know what to say for a while. Chapter 593 - A Venue Dedicated to Whipping People while They were Down July 22nd, Friday The team members of the H4 E-Sports Club stepped onto Jingzhous soil for the first time. Team Leader Su and two team managers led the GOG and IOI teams from the club. They were here to take part in the Jingzhou competition over the weekend. The competition schedule was very simple. The finals would be best of five, and the other rounds would be best of three. There would be eight teams competing in the single-elimination format for seven rounds in total. The entire competition would take two daysSaturday and Sunday. The schedule was quite tight, but it made sense. After all, if they kept the events close together, they would be able to sustain the popularity of the competition, and the audience would not lose patience. What Team Leader Su found more ridiculous was that the GOG and IOI competitions were taking place at the same time. Both were to be conducted this Saturday and Sunday! Were they made to overlap so that the audience would have to choose either one? Whats more, both of those were Tengdas games. Was it trying to steal attention from itself? Was there an internal battle going on? Wouldnt it have been better to schedule the competitions for separate weekends? Team Leader Su found this very confusing. However, what everyone didnt know was that there was indeed an internal battle going on between GOG and IOI at the moment. There was a reason behind such a schedule. To organize a competition, organizers would have to contact teams, prepare a venue, set the program, and so on. Both organizers required approximately the same amount of time. Whoevers competition took place first would enjoy more attention! If GOG players knew that there would be an IOI competition this weekend and a GOG one next weekend, they would probably watch the IOI competitions over this weekend, just to observe the situation. The same went for IOI players. However, by the next week, when the GOG competition started, IOI players would not necessarily tune in. The competition that took place first would inevitably enjoy more attention. It could be likened to cell phone manufacturers fighting to release their new model. Thus, Tengda Games and Shang Yang Games refused to give each other any leeway, and both tried to hold their respective competitions first. However, neither could shorten the preparation time required, and the competitions had to be held over a weekend when there would be a higher number of visitors. Since neither wanted to fall behind, both fought and struggled to be the faster team and used the minimum time required for preparation. In the end, both competitions were set for the same weekend. Once the dates were set, it was too late to make any changes. They had no choice but to see it through! Based on the gamers data, GOG was undoubtedly the winner. However, IOI had poured a huge sum of money into publicity as well. Apart from inviting a few local first-tier clubs, they had also invited several foreign clubs to join the competition. Now, they could use the title of an international competition. That was quite attractive to many people as well. After all, external battles were always the most entertaining and exciting. Since both teams had run large quantities of advertisements to draw more attention to the competitions, whether IOI could be revived or not boiled down to this. If GOG continued to suppress it, it could be much harder for IOI to run publicity in the future. Team Leader Su, well go to the hotel first. Lets work hard together and bring the trophy back. Well be triumphant! Once the team manager finished speaking, he left in a car with the other team members. The two competition grounds were in different locations in Jingzhou, and they were quite far from each other. Obviously, this was to dissuade the audience from sitting on the fence. Everyone had to choose one competition to watch. Thus, the H4 Clubs two teams rented two different hotels to stay in, so that traveling to the competition grounds would be more convenient. Of course, the organizers would cover all expenses for accommodation and food. Team Leader Su prepared to hail a taxi and go to his hotel as well. At that moment, Captain Pang Ling said, Team Leader Su, its still early. We dont have to go to the hotel yet. Wouldnt it be better if we go to the DGE Club to train with Huang Wang, Jiang Huan, and the rest? Team Leader Su paused for a moment and then nodded. Thats true! We can grab the chance to check the results of the training we have been doing. Since the DGE Club left Shanghai, the H4 Club had been training extremely rigorously. They repeatedly watched the recording of the DGE Club while they participated in mock competitions against other clubs online. They had improved rapidly! Both of the DGEs teams could beat H4 despite having 4-6 members due to many reasons. Some of those reasons were powerful individual skills, good teamwork, and unexpected battle strategies. On top of that, there was another very important point: they understood the game very well. When they should do what, what each persons role was, and how they should administer their battle tactics everyone at the H4 Club had benefited a lot from observing all of those things. Having learned from what they had observed, the H4 Club had employed the same tactics to fight other clubs and achieved excellent results. Thus, their confidence had ballooned, and they itched to fight against the DGE Clubs teams again, just to see how much they had improved. Team Leader Su sent a message to Zhang Yuan who happily agreed and sent their location over. The H4 Clubs GOG team headed straight towards Ming Yun Villas. When the time comes, we can just have the mock competition in a random internet cafe, right? I heard that theres a famous internet cafe chain in Jingzhou called the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. Its said that it has good hardware and a good environment. I wonder if we will go there for the mock competition. Is the hardware really good? How good can it be? Who knows? I think the internet cafe is overrated online. It would definitely be better than the internet cafe we often visit, but it cant be that much better, right? Anyway, well find out when we get there There were a total of six members in the H4 team. They hailed two taxis and then arrived at Ming Yun Villas half an hour later. Since they had nothing to do during the journey, they enjoyed the scenery outside the window. The biggest sense that they got was that it was really different from Shanghai! After all, Jingzhou was a second-tier city without the skyscrapers one could see in Shanghai. There were also no special-looking buildings like the Oriental Pearl Tower. As they looked around during the journey, they only saw ordinary city landscapes and nothing special. That made all of them feel better about themselves. In fact, it made them all feel slightly superior. That was because they had always heard about Jingzhou being a convenient city to live in, with internet cafes, take-out, and deliveries being easily within reach. In fact, some even said that Jingzhou was nicer to live in than Beijing, Shanghai, or Guangzhou. That caused the H4 club to feel slightly indignant. Now, from the looks of the situation, or at least in terms of the buildings; Shanghai was far better than Jingzhou. The two cars stopped at Ming Yun Villas one by one. When they saw the wide and spacious villa, the first hint of admiration appeared on the team members faces. It looked much more impressive than the villa they were staying in on the outskirts of Shanghai! However, they quickly recalled that land here was much cheaper. The cost of one villa in Shanghai was comparable to two over here. At once, they felt better again. As H4s Captain Pang Ling surveyed the villa in front of him, he realized that he had been in an inexplicable state of competition ever since he stepped onto Jingzhou soil. Once he realized that, he became shocked. However, on further thought, it was not strange to feel this way. That was because the H4 Clubs team members had been miserably defeated by the DGE Club before. Of course, they would feel all sorts of indignance! Everyone was a skilled master. They had only joined the H4 Club after undergoing rigorous training. The H4 Club was one of the longest standing clubs in the country. How many young internet addicts dreamt of joining this club and becoming professional gamers? Pang Ling and the others had been extremely proud to become members of the H4 Clubs GOG team. However, the DGE Clubs team had ruthlessly crushed their pride. Individually and as a team, H4 had been utterly defeated. How could the H4 Clubs team accept that? They felt like a bunch of martial arts talents who had trained intensely from a young age to get into a proper sect. Yet, a small sect that had seemed to pop out of nowhere tore down their school and defeated them miserably. Of course, they would feel emotionally unstable! Thus, everyone in the H4 Club developed insecurity and began comparing subconsciously. At that thought, Pang Ling became cautious. He warned himself to remain objective. As a professional esports athlete, managing ones emotions was the most important lesson. Pang Ling sucked in a deep breath and told himself not to overthink but to focus on the mock competition that they would be having with the DGE Club. Zhang Yuan walked out and welcomed them. Team Leader Su! Please, come in. Zhang Yuan was very passionate. After all, DGE Club would have to build strong connections with many other local esports clubs in the future. He could not go wrong with nurturing those relationships now. Our training ground is very simple. Please take a seat wherever. Its going to be lunchtime, and so Ive ordered take-out for everyone. We can go to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe for the mock competition once weve eaten. Team Leader Su nodded. Alright, well go with the hosts plan. Brother Zhang, just do as you see fit. H4s team members walked in and looked around with interest. The villa had a yard with well-maintained greenery. Obviously, a professional had been hired for that. When they arrived at the training hall, everyone stopped speaking. Pang Ling had no idea how to express his feelings at that moment. Is this what you meant when you said your training ground is simple?! This villa had been Boss Lis, and they had kept the renovations the same after buying it over, instead of adding more luxurious decorations. However, the original renovations were already very exquisite! Zhang Yuan had even bought various furniture and computers so that the entire training hall looked legitimate and harmonious. It looked nothing like a mere guesthouse. Pang Ling compared it to H4s own training ground and immediately noticed a huge difference! H4 Clubs villa was rented, and it contained the landlords furniture and random items. Since they couldnt throw them away, they had no choice but to put them to good use. Thus, the entire place looked quite haphazard. They had furniture from the landlord and newly purchased furniture which were different in style. Whats more, they didnt look that nice. Needless to say, the hostels conditions were even worse. Some slept on bunk beds, and some slept alone on double beds. Many team members also had to buy their own simple wardrobes because they did not have any. Yet, look at DGEs villa! It was completely different! All the furnitureincluding the computer tables, wardrobes, sofas for resting, beds for the team members, and so onhad obviously been bought at the same time. They were all the same style, and they fit perfectly into the villa. Although there were more than ten computer tables in the training hall, it did not feel squeezy at all. Instead, everything looked like they belonged there. Every computer was flashing with the impressive RGB lights, making them look extremely futuristic and at least ten years ahead of H4 Clubs computers. All in all, the environment here was not much different from what one saw in movies. It looked like an intentionally created set, and nothing looked like it had been placed there by coincidence! Pang Ling could not help but wonder what H4 Clubs training ground would be called if this was simple. Would it be called a slum or a rubbish dump? Manager Su felt the worst. To him, this looked like a venue dedicated to whipping people while they were down. When the DGE Club had gone to look around the H4 Club, he had proudly brought the former around. The more he thought about his boasts back then, the more awkward he became now. He wondered how Zhang Yuan and the others had tolerated him Chapter 594 - Where did It Go Wrong? Team Leader Su and Zhang Yuan chatted in the hall while Huang Wang brought the team members around the villa. This is the massage room, where people will give us full-body massages regularly to prevent us from developing neck aches or backaches. We can come to the balcony once in a while to enjoy a breeze and some alcohol or something. However, we cant drink too much. We can only drink a little. This is our conference room, where we discuss battle strategies Huang Wang casually introduced each room to the team members of H4 as the latter became green with envy. They even had a massage room and a balcony to enjoy alcohol! We didnt even dare to dream of such things! Pang Ling stopped in front of the whiteboard in the conference room. He was becoming increasingly interested in the training schedule written on it. You wake up so early? You go to sleep so early? You even have additional meals? You work out for two hours every day? Pang Ling turned to look at Huang Wang as if finally understanding how he had developed his muscles. The training schedule had completely overturned Pang Lings expectations! After walking one round around the DGE Club, Pang Lings competitive mindset had completely dissipated. It was not because he had figured things out or changed his mindset. Instead, it was because he had been dealt with such a huge blow that he could not afford to compare anymore! The only thing that Pang Ling could be proud of before this was that the H4 Club was a longer-standing club with better living conditions and more legitimacy in various aspects. However, after seeing DGEs living conditions, he immediately felt like H4 was nothing more than a peasant club. DGE had a massage room and several additional meals for fuller nutrition each day! Just one look, and he could tell how legitimate this place was. They probably had a nutritionist do up their training schedule! Pang Ling could not understand some other details in the training schedule such as why they had to work out for two hours each day. However, if a professional had done up the training schedule, there must have been a deeper reason for it. Pang Ling silently memorized the training schedule. Now that he thought about it, there was a reason that they had lost the earlier mock competition. It was not because they were less talented but because they were less scientific! Its time to eat! The take-out is here! Zhang Yuan shouted from downstairs. Huang Wang was almost done showing everyone the entire place. At once, he invited everyone back downstairs to eat. Pang Ling heaved a long sigh and said to himself, Thats good. At least we can earn more points in terms of food. Before this, H4 had ordered take-out as well. However, just two weeks ago, their boss decided that having take-out regularly would not be good for the members health. As a result, they had just hired a cook for their meals. Now, it looked like the DGE Club was still stuck at the take-out stage. That meant H4 was leading in that aspect, and it had scored a win. However, when Pang Ling got downstairs, he saw the rows of lunch boxes lined up in the cafeteria, and the exquisite, delicious, and flavorful dishes inside each of them. It was then that he realized a problem. It was take-out, but it was very different from the kind that they had ordered After having a taste, Pang Ling felt that organizing a mock competition in the afternoon would be useless. They had already been attacked from all directions. He was now having a complete mental breakdown! July 23rd, Saturday GOG and IOIs competitions were taking place on the same day! One competition was being held in the east while the other was being held in the west, but both were in average-sized halls. The journey from one to the other would take more than half an hour. Small halls would not be impressive enough, but large halls were difficult to rent and took longer to prepare. Thus, both organizing teams simultaneously chose the middle ground without prior discussion. Although they chose halls of average size, the total amount of money they spent was anything but average. Needless to say, loads of money was spent on related facilities and advertising in the venues, so that they were beautifully done. On top of that, both sides had also spent tons of money on marketing! IOI, in particular, maniacally marketed the competition in games, websites, and other channels under the name of an international invitational tournament. The posters of local and foreign players alike had garnered a lot of attention. On the other hand, since GOG did not have locals and foreigners fighting head-to-head, it could not make a big issue out of the same thing. Instead, it had no choice but to depend on their huge player base. In short, both organizing teams had done everything they could beforehand. What was left was to observe the results today. At 1 PM, Pei Qian arrived at the site of IOIs international invitational tournament on time. According to the schedule, there would be four games today, and the top four would be determined. Shang Yang Games had very intelligently arranged for a local team to go against a foreign team in every game. Obviously, they wanted to emphasize the confrontation between the Chinese and foreigners from the get-go, to attract as many viewers as possible. Tickets for both competitions were priced so low that it was practically no different from giving them away. After all, neither side was aiming to earn money. They were only trying to get as much attention as possible. Pei Qian had bought a ticket for a seat in the back row so that he could supervise the competition. He could only depend on the live-stream to observe how GOG was doing. Tengda Games and Shang Yang Games had both prepared live streams without agreeing on it beforehand. Whats more, they had done sufficient marketing for the live streams as well. At the moment, the popularity of livestreaming was increasing at a rate that was visible to the naked eye. If livestreaming had been on the up two years ago before too much capital had been poured into the industry, then the figures for the livestreaming industry was looking different every single day now. Moreover, livestreaming platforms were following Aili Islands model by including bullet screen comments, thus enhancing the viewing experience. At the moment, competition between the two biggest live-streaming platformsZZ Livestream and Waiwaiwas already getting heated. As more and more livestreaming platforms appeared, the competition would only get even more heated. Pei Qian had thought about creating a live stream platform to burn more money as well, but he had to wait for the opportune moment. It was still too early to enter the industry now. If he was not careful, he could accidentally monopolize the market. Then, he would be done for, wouldnt he? Thus, Pei Qian wanted to wait for other live-streaming platforms to develop first. Once they took off and the industry became a sunset one where nothing could be gained, he would enter it. Only then would he be able to steadily incur losses, right? Pei Qian had arrived just in time, but there were already so many people present that there were hardly any seats left. That was to be expected. If the seats were empty, IOI would already lose out in terms of atmosphere. As a result, even if they had to hire actors, they had to ensure that the seats were filled. Pei Qian accessed the live stream of GOGs competition using his cell phone, wanting to check how big the difference in popularity was. Hmm there was not much of a difference. GOGs competition was slightly more popular, but IOIs was not bad as well. Pei Qian was not sure if the numbers he was seeing were forged by the platform, but judging from the number of bullet screen comments, there was a significant number of people watching IOIs international invitational competition online. A Sino-foreign confrontation was very intriguing indeed. Yes, it looked like the concept behind the competition was correct. IOI had hope of making a comeback! Pei Qian could not help but celebrate inside. After all, he had thought of the idea himself. There would be simple cosplay, as well as singing and dancing at the opening ceremony. After that, the teams would enter, introduce themselves, and warm up; the commentators would chat awkwardly, and then the games would begin. The segments at the start were kept simple because most people were here to watch the competition. Singing and dancing could be used to balance out the event, but too much would cause the entire screen to fill with question marks. Soon, the local and foreign teams started fighting. The two commentators were passionate and professional, and the audience was very supportive. From time to time, clapping and cheers would erupt. Pei Qian observed the situation for a while before taking his phone out quietly. The most embarrassing part was that he could not understand what was happening! That was because he hardly played IOI, and IOI released new heroes very quickly. Thus, Pei Qian did not recognize more than half of the heroes being used in the games. At the same time, Pei Qian was very curious about how GOG was doing. Thus, he secretly checked their situation using his cell phone. I am definitely not surrendering to the enemy! My heart is still with IOI! I just want to check how badly GOG is failing. Pei Qian found GOGs live stream platform on his cell phone and then clicked to access it. The first games at both competitions were entering their most intense period. The situation was changing rapidly, and there was a barrage of bullet screen comments. However, after reading the bullet screen comments, Pei Qians entire body went cold. Thats not right Why werent people discussing the competition itself, but trolling instead? GOGs competition is much better! Its so exciting! Thats right! There are all sorts of operations, traps, and teamwork, and their plays look very complete. Somehow, it looks different from professional rounds in the game. Is this the strength of professional teams? Its much better than IOI! There are only lousy teams fighting each other at IOIs competition! Their battle skills are not even on the same level. I took a peek at IOIs competition as well. They say its a Sino-foreign confrontation, but it looks no different from playing professional rounds with random people in the game. Theyre all in a state of disunity! Exactly! I think I derive more joy from observing competitions in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe! The competition that took place at Fish-Catching Internet Cafes Live Esports Museums opening ceremony was much more interesting than this Sino-foreign confrontation! We should just stick to watching GOG. Its no fun watching lousy teams fight each other there. With a bad feeling rising in his gut, Pei Qian quickly accessed IOIs live stream. It was strange to watch the live stream while he was at the competition venue, but Pei Qian could not care less by now. There were much fewer bullet screen comments here than in GOGs live-stream. What are they doing? Is this the standard of the Sino-foreign confrontation? Lousy teams fighting one another. Is this a ranked promotion for Silvers? How boring. Im leaving, Im leaving. Thats it? Thats it? Thats it? Thats it? What are you talking about? I think its quite interesting. Hehe, I pity you for being a country bumpkin. Look at GOGs competition. See what real professional teams are like. See how exciting competitions are meant to be! Pei Qian was furious. Where were those trolls coming from?! Dont be bewitched by them, everyone! However, when he returned to the room list on the livestreaming platform, he noticed that the gap between both rooms was expanding rapidly! GOG was getting more viewers, but IOI was losing theirs. Pei Qian began to panic. Everyone, dont do this! This is only the first best-of-three match on the first day. Just wait and see before you run away! I have to stand on IOIs side without wavering. What? GOGs teams have chosen Ruan and Modest? No way, I have to control myself. Im on IOIs side! Ill just take a look thats alright, right? Strange GOGs competition does seem to be of higher standards. The games look more exciting here Unable to hold back, Pei Qian began watching GOGs competition. The more he watched, the clearer the problem became. Most viewers were not experts, but they could differentiate between lousy teams and incredible teams and determine each teams tactical standard fairly easily. GOG and IOI were of the same genre. Of course, they could easily compare them. How solid were the players basic skills? Were there exciting operations like limiting counter-attacks? How good were the teams strategies, and how well-coordinated were they? How many amateur mistakes were there? Were the team battles exciting? Viewers could determine the difference in standards of each competition based on those factors. Now, GOGs competition was far better than IOIs, both in terms of competition standards and pleasurability. On top of that, GOG was more well-known than IOI. As a result, many people jumped ship mid-way after watching IOIs competition. Whats going on? Pei Qian scratched his head, not being able to comprehend the situation. Veteran clubs had established teams for GOG and IOI at about the same time, right? Some clubs had even established their IOI teams a bit earlier. Why were the competitions so different now? Chapter 595 - A Fatal Tactic from Experiences of Failure Both competitions went as planned, one game after another. However, the more Pei Qian watched, the stranger things looked. The gap between the popularities of both competitions was getting bigger! At the start, many people had been watching IOI. However, as more time passed, that number decreased, and the competition became less popular. They were running towards GOG! Even Pei Qian could barely keep himself from betraying IOI and escaping. Even after keeping his cell phone, he felt the urge to check how GOGs competition was doing. He scrunched his nose and watched a couple of IOI games before he found the problem. The standard was really horrible! On one hand, IOIs game mechanism was outdated, and the audience had no affection for the heroes. On the other hand, the teams were of horrible and varying standards, so that the competition became no different from slightly better ranked matches. Although Pei Qian could keep watching, the teams were poorly coordinated. Instead of looking like one complete team, they looked more like five random players who had been matched together. It wouldnt have looked that bad if GOG had not organized a competition on the same day. However, side by side, one was clearly better than the other! The majority of the audience had already been leaning towards GOG from the beginning. They had only peeked at IOI because they had heard that there would be Sino-foreign confrontation. Yet, after watching a few games, they lost interest and jumped ship. Once they did, they didnt turn back! Moreover, trolls were repeatedly jumping back and forth between both live streams, just to drag a big group of viewers from IOIs platform to GOGs. The gap between the number of viewers in both competitions continued to widen, and the change was glaringly obvious. The most ridiculous thing was that Pei Qian noticed people secretly leaving the actual venue as well! After all, the tickets had been sold for very cheap. One could say they had practically been given away. Naturally, the audience would not feel heartache despite leaving early. Clearly, those people were not enjoying the competition. Thinking that they would only waste time if they stayed behind, they decided to leave. Pei Qian wanted to vomit blood. Dont go! Stay behind and watch! He really wanted to scream at the top of his lungs, but he knew in his heart that it would be useless. The gamers would only support the game that they liked. Pei Qian heaved a long sigh and leaned back in his chair, having mixed feelings. Although the competition would end tomorrow, from the looks of the current situation, the outcome had already been decided. IOI had no hope of making a comeback. What should Pei Qian do? July 24th, Sunday Today, Pei Qian did not go and watch GOG or IOIs competition because the outcome had already been decided. Going to watch would only result in his corpse being whipped again. Last night, Pei Qian read forums for a very long time. He read the comments that gamers had for both competitions and finally concluded that there was really no hope. GOGs competition had completely trashed IOIs! As a result, many players were beginning to feel bad for the latter. Looking at IOIs declining viewership really hurts my heart. The organizers must have spent a huge deal on advertising beforehand. Now, all the gamers that they had attracted have become viewers of GOGs competition! Thats right, a friend of mine used to be a hardcore fan of IOI but is now a fan of GOG Its too bad. GOG is too strong. Its mobile and client versions are synced, the game mechanism is fun, and even its professional tournaments are more interesting! Poor IOI IOI is a successful overseas game of solid quality and fast updating pace, and that puts in a lot of effort in its operations. It doesnt make sense for it not to be popular after entering the local market. Hmm if Tengda didnt exist, maybe that would be true. Actually, the managers of IOIs local server had done everything right. If they had not been up against GOG, they would have made it by now. GOG is really out of this world. Its a crowdsourced game thats been marketed in internet cafes and that has organized a competition Whats more, it linked its mobile and client version from the beginning and organized competition seasons to distribute rewards. It dominated the market a long time ago and could even deflect every single one of IOIs attacks perfectly. Its so powerful! Boss Pei is an operational genius. Indeed, with Boss Pei behind GOG, IOI stands no chance. Wait a minute, isnt IOI being managed by Tengda as well? Shang Yang Games is a fully-owned subsidiary under Tengda Corporation, right? Ai, theyre all related, but theres a world of difference, understand? Do you know about dog-eat-dog competitions? Are you still unable to tell whose side Boss Pei is standing on? Its trueBoss Pei will surely lean towards GOG. Its his biological child. Reading those comments made Pei Qian feel exhausted inside. Whose side am I on? Im on IOIs freaking side, of course! That goes without saying! Yet, the gamers aside, even Shang Yang Games wouldnt believe him this time. Pei Qian felt helpless. It looked like the entire project had failed. However, if he looked on the bright side Could IOIs local server incur losses without doing anything now? Lin Wan likely wouldnt leave Tengda and inherit her family business anymore. However, after this mess, the winner between GOG and IOI was very clear. If Pei Qian continued to pour money into IOI, wouldnt he be able to happily make ducks and drakes of it? To Pei Qian, it was important to adapt to whatever life threw at him. Since he could no longer help IOI, he could adapt his strategy and turn it into his loss-incurring tool. That didnt sound like a bad idea! As Pei Qian thought about a plan for the future, he walked to the cafe to listen to Qiu Hongs past failures. Until now, Qiu Hong had already shared a few failures with Pei Qian. Making a mess of project management Interference from bosses or external forces Not being able to find talents Lack of general knowledge and poor communication Absence of a united voice within the research and development team Pei Qian had to admit that Qiu Hong had been sharing about all of those failures from the bottom of his heart. According to him, any one of the above could result in difficulties for the project; two could result in the research and development being stuck in the mud; three could make work a living hell. However, Pei Qian realized that all of those fatal problems had miraculously been dealt with in Tengda! This was freaking ridiculous. He felt like he was in a race where everyone else was starting at the start line while he had been standing at the finish line the entire time. Most importantly, he wanted to run backward! In short, he was in a rut. Among all the failures, Pei Qian only found one he could possibly attempt: the absence of a united voice within the research and development team. However, he still had no idea how he could practically achieve that. All he could do was hold that Qiu Hong would share even more past failures with him today. Qiu Hong sipped his coffee and observed Ma Yangs expression. Boss Ma, you look both happy and worried today. Pei Qian nodded. Yes. He was right, but Pei Qian was feeling happy and worried about the opposite things. Qiu Hong smiled. Life is filled with things that dont go our way. Dont take it to heart, Boss Ma. The past failure I am going to talk about today is iteration. At once, Pei Qian perked up. That sounded like something that he could apply directly! Iteration was actually similar to updating to a new version. It covered situations when games were updated from versions 1.0 to 1.1 or even 2.0. Qiu Hong continued speaking. Boss Pei, you might be confused. Isnt iteration necessary for any project to succeed? Why would I count it as a failure? The key lies in whether one iterates with a clear goal in mind or not. All failed iterations have one thing in common: no one knows what the game or product would look like in the end. Theyre always wandering around aimlessly and adapting to the constant changes. Demand is always changing, and there always seems to be no end to the updates. Such behavior reveals that no one knows what the product is meant to look like in the end. The more they are updated, the further they stray from the bright path. On the surface, one might think that the product is improving with every update. However, in reality, it is just traveling farther away from its destination. One day, it would not be able to turn back. Thats the case for many games. Their original versions are often very clear, but people keep on wanting to add more things during the research and development process. Thus, they keep iterating and adding things to the game until it looks nothing like the original. When the wrong iterations are made and the project teams voice is not united, there would be horrible, horrible, horrible calamities! The entire project would contain infinite internal frictions. Itll be like a boat heading straight into a whirlpooleven the best steersman would not be able to save it. One can only watch as it continues to sink deeper and disintegrate; it would be unsalvageable. Pei Qians eyes lit up. Good! Ive not wasted my money! Finally, Ive learned a fatal tactic from Qiu Hong! All along, Tengdas games had been constantly XXX and updated. However, Pei Qian had had a very clear goal in mind when he worked on the updates. That unfortunately led to his success. Yet, now, with Qiu Hongs theories as his guide, Pei Qian could clearly see a path to victory! He had to create disunity within the project team and then force them to iterate. They would tear down and redo every single version, iterate, and upgrade until the game became unrecognizable before settlement. Wouldnt that be great? Boss Qiu, thank you so much! Pei Qian thanked Qiu Hong affectionately, his eyes glinting. Qiu Hong looked overwhelmed by Ma Yangs favor. He quickly said, Boss Ma, dont worry about it. Im just doing what I can to help you out because someone asked me to. Whats more, Ive only been sharing my past failures. Boss Ma, if you want to make use of them, you have to apply them in reverse. Pei Qians smile widened. Apply them in reverse? No, I can directly apply all of your failures! Indeed, learning is amazing. How else would I have known that there were so many ways to incur losses? All his money was well-spent! July 25th, Monday GOG and IOIs competitions had finally completed their third stage. Yesterday afternoon, the champions of each competition had been crowned. All the rewards and trophies had also been distributed. However, it did not matter who exactly had been crowned champions. What mattered was that, after the competitions, all the gamers and clubs were clear on one fact: IOI would not make it in the country! For the foreseeable future, GOG would dominate. These competitions had only served to lock in the games position at the top! DGE Esports Club The members of the H4 Club and the DGE Club were saying their goodbyes. Team Leader Su was talking to Zhang Yuan about the future of the esports industry in the country. H4 had regrettably been the runners-up in yesterdays competition. However, the results had already been a pleasant surprise, given that they were used to being tortured repeatedly and had not harbored much hope in the first place. Chapter 596 - Garbage Sorting Obviously, H4 could only come in second place because of the lessons they had learned from DGE. Put in another way, GOGs competition displayed high standards across the board, mainly because of the DGE Clubs lessons! If DGE had not repeatedly trained all the other clubs, they would not have developed their battle tactics so quickly, much less put up such an exciting performance. Team Leader Su knew full well that, if the DGE Club had been allowed to take part in the competition, the championship trophy would have gone to them. The only question would have been which of DGEs teams would have won. It was a pity that DGE was Boss Peis own team and that it was directly connected to the organizers. As a result, they regrettably could not take part in the competition. Feeling emotional, Team Leader Su said, Boss Zhang, I heard that several clubs that had been observing all this time had just decided to set up GOG teams after watching yesterdays competition. Before this, Team Leader Su had thought that Zhang Yuan was a team leader, just like him. However, after visiting DGE, he realized that a more accurate title for Zhang Yuan would have been Team Manager. Thus, he started addressing Zhang Yuan differently as well. The situation is clear now. IOI is finished in the local industry. GOG has an unshakable stronghold. IOIs three attacks in the arms race stood no chance against GOGs. More importantly, IOI had not done anything wrong. It had made use of all the right marketing channels, and yet it still could not win GOG. Thats enough to prove how impressive and powerful GOG is. Thats why all the clubs are responding in this manner. If they had to choose one team to set up, they would choose GOG. After all, it would be far more worth it to focus on reaping all the benefits available within the country before trying to take part in an illusory international competition. Zhang Yuan casually asked, How sure are they that there are so many benefits to reap? Team Leader Su smiled. Boss Zhang, youre asking the obvious. Before this, GOG came up with a rewards system based on the ranking charts and partnered Fish-Catching Internet Cafe to create a Great Esports Ecosystem. Now, it has even organized a competition arent the intentions clear as day? Boss Pei has big plans for the game! For all we know, Boss Pei would continue to organize large-scale competitions or even establish a complete professional league. Then, our clubs would benefit from Tengdas success, and our days would get better. Were not blind. Of course, we can still see these things for ourselves. Alright, Boss Zhang. Well meet again in the future. Youre welcome in ShanghaiNevermind, we will come to Jingzhou more often. Team Leader Su had intended to extend a warm invitation to Zhang Yuan at first. However, he quickly recalled the state of their training ground at home and then decided to drop it. Zhang Yuan laughed and said, Alright, youre always welcome! Team members from both teams shook hands. Weve already agreedwell play a ranked game together when we get back! Well organize another mock competition in the near future! As he saw the two rented cars driving away, Huang Wang sighed. Too bad we couldnt take part. We would have been the champions for sure. Old Zhou: D*mn right, we would. Obviously, both teams were very disappointed. Although DGEs environment and treatment far surpassed the other clubs, the team members still wanted to compete on stage, win a trophy, and enjoy being applauded and cheered for. That was every professional athletes ultimate dream. Material conditions alone could not replace that. Coach Yaling smiled. Dont think too much, everyone. Boss Pei definitely has other plans for you. They all looked at her suspiciously. Is that so? Coach Yaling nodded. Of course. Boss Pei personally set your training schedule, hired me to train you, planned additional meals and adequate nutrition for you, and hired a professional masseuse. He even provided a lot of funds for all of you to travel to various cities for mock competitions Just think about it. If the DGE Club remained hidden under wraps without participating in any competitions, who would stand to lose the most? Boss Pei, obviously! If Boss Pei didnt have other plans for you, would it make sense for him to cultivate two strong esports teams and keep them under wraps? Of course not. That means Boss Pei probably does have other plans. Dont think about it, everyone. Just train hard. I believe that you will get a chance to stand on that stage one day! Everyone nodded one by one, thinking that what Coach Yaling had said made sense. Thats right. Boss Pei had invested so much money into the club. He cant possibly intend for us not to be seen or heard, right? He must have other plans! Dont overthinkjust train hard to maintain our standard. Our chance will come! Achoo! Back in his office, Pei Qian sneezed out of nowhere. He quickly wrapped the blanket tighter around himself. Zhang Wang had just paid him a visit earlier to deliver a piece of good news. Manufacturing of the Fully-Automated Bicker Machines was complete! All of them were stacked up in the warehouses! The warehouses couldnt fit anything else now, but Upwind Logistics and Fish-Catching Internet Cafe both needed a lot more storage space. That was why Zhang Wangs head hurt and also why he had come to ask Boss Pei for advice. Pei Qian had waved his hand and said, Isnt that easy? If the warehouses are full, just rent a few more! How big of a problem is that? Zhang Wang had originally intended to ask Boss Pei for tips on how to sell all the Fully-Automated Bickering Machines off. The last thing that he had expected was for Boss Pei not to take the bait. Instead, he skipped the problem with the Fully-Automated Bickering Machines entirely and told them to rent a few more warehouses. Helpless, Zhang Wang could only follow his instructions. Once Zhang Wang left, Pei Qian checked how all of his businesses were doing and then decided that he had to make a trip to Shang Yang Games. GOGs competition had completely overshadowed IOIs over the weekend. That must have been a big blow for everyone at Shang Yang Games, who had probably lost their fighting spirit and enthusiasm. Still, that couldnt be helped. Boss Pei had tried his best. In fact, Pei Qian concluded that continuing to struggle would be pointless. He wanted to shorten their pain and turn IOIs local server into a loss-incurring machine. At that thought, he stood up to leave his office for Shang Yang Games, where he could check in on his employees. In Shang Yang Games conference room Pei Qian and everyone at the office had nothing to say to one another. The atmosphere took a slight downturn. Thats right What should I say? Ever since they started managing IOIs local server, they had made three attacks. Yet, each time, GOG managed to completely deflect it. They had spent a considerable amount of money, but all of it had only served to aid GOG. Now, GOGs place in the market was as stable and unshakable as a mountain. They already lost three times; could they still avoid admitting defeat? Did they really have to be defeated seven times before they gave up? In short, this was Shang Yang Games first time failing so helplessly ever since they started working under Boss Pei. Of course, everyone was extremely low in spirits. One could say that they had truly experienced the genuine frustration that other companies did when competing against Tengda Corporation. Thus, what IOI should do next was the key question. Pei Qian thought about letting it continue to run in its lifeless state so that he could burn more money. Itll be good to have a loss-incurring tool like that. After considering for a moment, he said, Dont be sad, everyone. The loss of IOIs local server is not your fault. The problem lies with Finger Games. After this, well leave a few people to continue cooperating with Finger Games to run IOIs local server. The rest of you can take a break and prepare to work on the new project. Pei Qian was speaking very nonchalantly as if this was an everyday occurrence. He had indeed gotten over IOIs loss. After all, between GOG and IOI, the loser would have been made his loss-incurring tool. There was no point being hung up over who exactly had lost. Although IOIs defeat would have created more problems for him, there were already far too many things that he had to worry about. Comparatively, IOIs local server was a negligible issue. After a moment of silence, Ye Zhizhou said, Boss Pei, are you planning to give up on IOIs local server? Pei Qian cleared his throat and rushed to comfort him. Its alright, theyre all the same. He was just about to say more comforting words, but he suddenly realized that he didnt know what to say. At that moment, Lin Wan, who had been sitting beside him, spoke up. Thats right. Boss Pei is right. Theyre all the same. GOG and IOIs arms race had significantly pushed the boundaries of this game genre. We competed three times in total and attracted many new gamers who had been used to playing other kinds of games. That means we did not waste our money. All of those gamers would be taken in by GOG, and the results would be even greater than if GOG had been on its own! Whether GOG or IOI wins, Tengda would still be the winner. In fact, GOGs win would be better news for Tengda Corporation! Whats more, we didnt fail because of our management but because of Finger Games. IOIs game design is outdated, and its response is not as quick as GOGs. Of course, it failed in the local market. So Boss Pei, did you plan for all of this to happen? Lin Wan thought backward based on the results and suddenly realized that creating a dog-eat-dog competition had indeed been the best publicity strategy! On top of that, Boss Pei had been jumping back and forth between GOG and IOI while they had been competing. First, he hinted at Min Jingchao to crowdsource heroes, and then he instructed Shang Yang Games to incite a Sino-foreign confrontation. All of it forced Lin Wan to conclude that Boss Pei had planned for this outcome all along. Pei Qian remained silent for a moment and then nodded and said, More or less. At first, he wanted to say that the current situation was far from his hopes. However, on second thought, he realized that everyone would just conjure things up in their heads if he said that. Maybe everyone would wonder what Boss Peis original plan looked like, whether they were lacking in any aspect or not, whether they could salvage the situation or not, and why Boss Pei was not directly pointing their mistakes out to them. If they let their unlimited imaginations run wild, the consequences could be dire. Thus, he was better off admitting that he had planned everything, so that everyone would give up on IOI in peace. Hearing Boss Peis response, everyone visibly relaxed. It looks like the problem didnt lie with us C Boss Peis plan had been like that from the beginning! Whats more, Finger Games is mainly to blame for our loss. It has nothing to do with us! Now that they could shirk the blame, everyone naturally felt better. Strictly speaking, this had not been a failure. Everyone had only done what was expected of them and worked with Tengda Games to push GOG to the top. From another angle, it was a good thing. They were all under the same company, and it did not matter who won in the end. Whats more, GOG was Tengdas biological child, and it could generate far more profits for the company. At the same time, Pei Qian was inwardly celebrating what Lin Wan had said. Lin Wan was so open-minded. It went to show that she did not feel overly defeated by the entire fiasco. Pei Qian could still work harder to bluff her into going home and inheriting her family business Yet, Lin Wan started at that moment. Sounding emotional, she said, However, this period made me see more clearly where I fall short. Im still a long way from where I want to be. I think I should remain in Tengda and work harder! Boss Pei, please give Shang Yang Games more tasks! Pei Qian: ? Wait, didnt you manage to shirk responsibility? Why do you still want to remain in Tengda to work hard? Stop working so hard! Can you just go home?! Pei Qian quickly said, The problem doesnt lie with you. Youve already done very well! Dont be too critical of yourself! Lin Wan shook her head. Boss Pei, dont bother comforting me. I know my own standards very well. I led Shang Yang Games to play our roles very well this time, and I shouldnt blame myself for the failures of IOIs local server. However, I didnt manage to understand your true intentions early enough. That means I am still a long way from sharing your vision! I can only truly go out on my own when I can plan and strategize far into the future, just like Boss Pei! Boss Pei rested his head in his hands, feeling extremely exhausted. He was finished. From the looks of the current situation, this lady was not planning to leave! Forget it, he had to cast aside the plan to chase Lin Wan away for now. He could take it one step at a time in the future. Now, after working so hard for so long, he had finally turned IOIs local server into a loss-incurring machine. At least he had not wasted his efforts. He should be satisfied for now. Pei Qian scanned everyone around him. Youve worked hard, everyone. Get some rest during this period. Take a holiday. Dont think about anything related to IOI anymore. Everyone was stunned. Dont think about anything related to IOI anymore? They had failed to win GOG, but that did not mean they had to give up completely, did it? They still had to maintain daily operations, didnt they? After all, Tengda still had the management rights of IOIs local server and shares in Finger Games! Wang Xiaobin looked confused. Boss Pei, are you telling us to stop managing IOIs local server altogether? Pei Qian nodded. Yes, stop for a couple of days. Well discuss it again after that. Now that he had gotten Boss Peis confirmation, Wang Xiaobin found it inappropriate to question him even further. Pei Qian stood up. Alright, if theres nothing else, please be dismissed, everyone. Everyone stood back up with strange expressions. Some looked indignant, and others looked burdened. Yet, Pei Qian was deep in thought about how to make IOIs local server incur losses without causing everyone to become suspicious. This was a highly technical task that he had to consider carefully. At that moment, Lin Wan let out an eh while surfing her cell phone. Boss Pei, it seems like Handong Province wants to introduce a full-scale garbage sorting! Whats more, I heard that the garbage would be very strictly sorted. The garbage sorting list looks very complicated as well! Pei Qian looked nonchalant. And so? Garbage sorting was no big deal. Was there a need for such a huge reaction? At worst, throwing rubbish would be a bit more troublesome. Whats more, I always order Fish-Catching Take-Out. I dont have to throw rubbish. Why would I be concerned about garbage sorting? Eh? Wait a minuteFish-Catching Take-Out? All of a sudden, Pei Qian realized that things were not as simple as they seemed. His expression froze. The words garbage sorting felt like countless daggers piercing his back. He was in big trouble! Chapter 597 - Could Boss Pei also Predicted This? Pei Qian did not notice any danger when he first heard about garbage sorting. Garbage sorting was a big trend, and countries all over the world were doing it after all. It might be only 2011 and a little early to do garbage sorting domestically, but there were some advanced developments in this world. Pei Qian had experienced it many times. Moreover, garbage sorting was nothing more than cultivating everyones awareness of the environment and making it a little more troublesome for them in their daily lives. It would not have much impact on everyones lives. Therefore, Pei Qian did not immediately realize what garbage sorting meant to him. However, Pei Qian suddenly reacted after freezing for a short while. Garbage sorting did have nothing to do with him, but it had a lot to do with Fish-Catching Take-Out! Currently, all Fish-Catching Take-Out had a unified process: The white porcelain bowls were packed and delivered to the doorstep. The customers leave the leftovers in the tableware for recycling after their meals are completed. The delivery guy would collect the tableware and handle the leftovers centrally before the dishes were cleaned, disinfected, and then reused. The bad thing was in this centralized handling of leftovers! In fact, Pei Qian did not think of this when he first started. He only felt that recycling the tableware would allow the delivery guy to make more trips and could spend more money. At the same time, he could pay more for lost tableware. However, the situation was completely different once garbage sorting was implemented! The customers did not have to worry about their leftovers or about the disposable lunch boxes and tableware with Fish-Catching Take-Out, unlike the other takeaways. Customers would have to throw away the boxes, cutlery, and leftovers separately after they were done with their takeaways with other brands. However, Fish-Catching Take-Out did not need to be bothered with that. They could just put the entire set of tableware outside their door and wait for the recycling. It would have saved them a lot of trouble! Originally, Fish-Catching Take-Out was going at a premium. Other takeaways could always compete with Fish-Catching Take-Out by virtue of cheap, convenience advantages, but now The more Pei Qian thought about it, the more panicky he felt. He moved immediately and went to Fish-Catching Take-Out Shop Number One to look at the disaster! At Fish-Catching Take-Out Shop Number One, the Gourmet Laboratory Rui Yuchen was worrying about the prospect of Fish-Catching Take-Out. Boss Pei did not pay attention to the data that he reported to him at all but made a wave of reverse operation with unknown meaning. Fish-Catching Take-Out obviously performed better in super first-tier cities and first-tier cities with fewer shops outside Handong Province. However, Boss Pei did the opposite, asking Rui Yuchen to open all new branches in Jingzhou City and other cities in Handong Province. At present, the Fish-Catching Take-Out stores in the entire Handong Province were obviously saturated, especially in Jingzhou, where Fish-Catching Take-Out stores were competing against each other for business. Of course, saturation was a concept. It did not mean that the entire Jingzhou was fully covered with Fish-Catching Take-Out. It would be more accurate to say that the supply of Fish-Catching Take-Out had exceeded demand from the current number of users. There was no helping it. Rui Yuchen had already tried avoiding an overlap of coverage of any two stores before the opening of the stores, but there were really too many Fish-Catching Take-Outs in Jingzhou! In the end, there was no helping it; it could only be done this way. In short, Fish-Catching Take-Outs were currently in a state of oversupply in most cities in Handong Province, especially in Jingzhou. Other than that, Rui Yuchen was having a headache about the Food Harmony brand. The reputation of Food Harmony was indeed good judging from the pilot situation. However, it was only open to Tengdas loyal users who were required to reach a certain credit rating. Such a pool of users was small in the first place. Food Harmony might have a certain premium in itself, but a large amount of money must be invested in custom-made food boxes, purchase of ingredients, chef training, cleaning of tableware, etc. There was no way to recover it when they sold so few. Rui Yuchens original idea was to make Food Harmony a high-end brand, just like how carmakers made additional high-end luxury brands not to make money but to show their muscles to attack the other brands, thereby enhancing the main brands performance. If they were to follow this line of thinking, Food Harmony should be small and beautiful with such high-end services provided only in certain large cities and major stores. It should not be expected to meet everyones needs but show muscles and high-end meals rather. However, Boss Peis thinking was still unpredictable. Boss Pei asked them to promote Food Harmony immediately to all Fish-Catching Take-Out stores, even if they were in third-tier cities. That simultaneously included all Fish-Catching Take-Outs in Fish-Catching Internet Cafes. That way, every store had to reinvest a lot of money to buy food boxes, train chefs, and buy ingredients. All the stores losses were now greatly increased again! Originally, Rui Yuchen had seen a little profit which instantly became a black hole of losses with the new maneuvers from Boss Pei. What did Boss Pei mean? Rui Yuchen was really puzzled. He had also discussed these issues with Lin Canrong from the Nameless restaurant. However, Lin Canrong could not say anything. He could only wait patiently if he could not figure it out. Boss Pei must have certain other arrangements. Therefore, Rui Yuchen was busy these days opening stores, promoting Food Harmony while trying to figure out Boss Peis true intentions 24 hours a day. However, all was still for naught. Rui Yuchen found an empty seat to continue pondering over what Boss Pei meant after giving some guests the samples of Fish-Catching Take-Out at Shop Number One. However, there were plenty of new order notifications in the store suddenly. Ding, new order. Ding, new order. Ding, new, ding, ding, new order. Rui Yuchen did not care at the beginning because it was already after five in the afternoon. It was normal for new orders to come in near dinner time. However, Rui Yuchen suddenly realized that something was wrong after a while. This new order was too frequent, it had never happened before! In particular, the voice prompts for many new orders were connected together. This would only be the case when several people placed orders at the same time. Rui Yuchen hurriedly checked the platform and found that the number of orders in Fish-Catching Take-Out Shop Number One was rapidly growing. It obviously increased nearly 40% as compared with dinner time yesterday! Rui Yuchen was pleasantly surprised. Business is rather good today! However, he was confused at the same time. What was with everyone today? Why did they order Fish-Catching Take-Out? Actually, many people in Jingzhou had ordered Fish-Catching Take-Out before, but they did not eat it every day. They would only order it every once in a while for a change in taste. They would usually order other takeaways as well. There might be many types of meals available for Fish-Catching Take-Out, but one would definitely get tired of eating it all the time. Therefore, there might be a lot of users of Fish-Catching Take-Out in Jingzhou with a good reputation, but everyone did not order it frequently so it was difficult to achieve payback. However, with the situation being such now Rui Yuchen could not help but be pleasantly surprised. Well be able to make profits if we have such an order quantity every day! Forget it, what am I thinking? How would it be possible for us to have such an order quantity every day? Wait, thats not right. It isnt any special occasion today. Why are people ordering from Fish-Catching Take-Out? The more Rui Yuchen thought of it, the more he felt it wasnt right. He quickly went to the chat group consisting of branch managers of Fish-Catching Take-Out to check. Only then did he realize that the chat group was swarmed with messages! Quickly look at this news! [Link] The strictest garbage sorting in Handong Province is fully implemented! [Link] It was imperative to cultivate the awareness of garbage sorting [Link] Leading garbage sorting into a new fashion and new habit! Has it been implemented? Yes, the stage of soliciting opinions is now over. It is now fully implemented in Handong Province, and Jingzhou is a key model city. Some small districts are already inspecting garbage sorting, and any litter no longer exists. So fast? No wonder I was thinking why the orders are exploding today! My order has also exploded! An ordinary store in a small third-tier city with not many customers usually received more than a dozen orders suddenlyI was shocked! Im getting off here. I have to rush the back kitchen. Rui Yuchen hurriedly clicked on the links in the group chat to read the news. Only then did he realize why the orders were skyrocketing. Handong Province was undergoing garbage sorting! Every city had its own regulations on garbage sorting, but it was clear that the garbage sorting policy in Handong Province was the strictest in history. It was divided into four categories: Food waste, recyclable waste, hazardous waste, and other large waste. Food waste and recyclables should not be mixed together! Most plastic lunch boxes and plastic bags used in take-outs were all recyclable garbage that had to be thrown into the blue trash can while food waste must be thrown into the green trash. That meant that the leftovers in the takeaway had to be thrown separately from the plastic box and the plastic bag after ordering an ordinary takeaway! Rui Yuchen banged the table with his fist with enlightenment. I understand now! Boss Pei actually had such a meaning! If you consider the garbage sorting policy, then the series of actions by Boss Pei is the best solution! Opening Fish-Catching Take-Out mainly in Handong Province, especially in Jingzhou City, would be able to satisfy consumers demands to the greatest extent. If I were to follow my original idea to open stores all over other cities, then the local demand for garbage sorting in Handong Province would not be able to be met! And opening Food Harmony in all stores is even more important now; it can achieve two key effects. In addition to showing all diners the high-end brands of Fish-Catching Take-Out, that will diversify the demand. Those who want a high-end experience will order Food Harmony while the ordinary folks can order Fish-Catching Take-Out. Perfect! Could Boss Pei have heard about it a while ago and had predicted the trend? Chapter 598 - Microbial Waste Processor Rui Yuchen once again felt that it must be Boss Peis magical maneuvers, but he felt that it was simply too outrageous after thinking clearly about it. Such a possibility might exist, but Fish-Catching Take-Out had been around for so long. Handong Province had no sign of undergoing garbage sorting when it was founded. Boss Pei had thought of using recycled cutlery with such a take-out model? However, the prediction was too early so it had been losing money? Even so, Boss Pei insisted on losing money, separating Fish-Catching Take-Out from Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, continuously opening branches and after a series of operations It is obviously too late to do it once words got out so Boss Pei made a prediction about the general trend of future development! Or perhaps, Boss Pei always wanted to use the concept of environmental protection and a healthy lifestyle to promote Fish-Catching Take-Out, which happened to be in line with the garbage sorting policy! Then, it is a beautiful coincidence! The more Rui Yuchen thought about it, the more he felt that Boss Peis maneuver was breathtaking! How could ordinary people think of Fish-Catching Take-Out would be able to benefit from the special conditions of garbage sorting? Most would have given up after making so much loss! However, not only did Boss Pei not give up, but he kept opening branches and expanded on a large scale. He finally managed to see the light! It was conceivable that with the implementation of garbage sorting, the market share of Fish-Catching Take-Out would continue to increase. It was hard to say whether the current number of stores would be able to meet all needs or not. Rui Yuchen was originally lost or confused, but these emotions had been wiped out and were replaced by excitement! He immediately took out his laptop and opened the data backend platform to analyze future situations and work out subsequent development strategies. Boss Pei had accurately judged the general trend and bet on the right questions; only a few detailed solutions were left. How could he be the head of Fish-Catching Take-Out if he could not even answer this open-book exam? Rui Yuchen knew that he had worked so hard for so long, just to wait for this opportunity to make a profit. The opportunity was here now; he had to seize it! Pei Qian got out of the car outside Fish-Catching Take-Out Store Number One, feeling extremely nervous. He was afraid of seeing the explosion of the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe like before. It seemed to be okay from what he could see? There were a few customers in the store, but it was not full. Rui Yuchen was tapping away at his laptop, and Boss Pei did not know what he was doing. The state of the store did not seem to have changed much from before. There seemed to be something different, but he could not put his finger on it. It seemed that something was missing. Pei Qian suddenly realized what was missing. The delivery guys! Where did the delivery guys go? Their electric scooters were also gone! Pei Qian made all the support facilities for Fish-Catching Take-Out exceed regular demand just to lose money previously. That included the number of stoves, tableware number of delivery guys In the case where there were limited daily orders, one would be able to lose a lot the more one made it available. Take the delivery guys for example. There were always many delivery guys who were not in use. However, all the delivery guys were gone! Pei Qian instantly realized that something went wrong! The Fish-Catching Take-Out had been idle for a long time but started to run at full speed! Even though Rui Yuchen was immersed in work, he was also playing attention to the situation outside the store with the corner of his eye. That was how he immediately discovered Boss Pei. Boss Pei! Rui Yuchen was surprised and happy. Obviously, Boss Pei was here to inspect! The reason why he came here to inspect on purpose was simple. Boss Pei was probably worried that it would be difficult for Fish-Catching Take-Out to meet the demands of the customers after it soared. Therefore, he came to take a look! Rui Yuchen took the lead and said, Boss Pei, you can rest assured that, even though the demand for orders in the stores has skyrocketed, we have been making preparations like what you told us. There will be no explosive orders and delayed delivery! We will arrange for the store managers to prepare more ingredients, urgently recruit some new delivery guys, buy new tableware, etc. I promise to be able to meet the needs of the customer right away! Pei Qian: I have yet to f*cking say anything! Pei Qian knew that Fish-Catching Take-Out was in very bad condition, seeing Rui Yuchens excited expression! It was impossible to cut off the current orders they had received. They could only seize the time to think of solutions. If Fish-Catching Take-Out were to really turn around, then such a big amount of money Where was he going to spend? Pei Qian took a deep breath and found a random place to sit down. Tell me about the current situation. Rui Yuchen nodded. He had sorted out the relevant data in his notebook previously and recalled it all. Boss Pei, Fish-Catching Take-Out will definitely be able to turn around in the next month! After a long period of development, Fish-Catching Take-Out has a set of loyal customers and popularity. However, there was no special advantage in the price, and resources of each store were over-allocated. This was why the expenses remained high and had been making losses. This time, with the opportunity given up garbage sorting, the popularity we have accumulated exploded in an instant. Old customers had given up other takeaways and made Fish-Catching Take-Out their main takeaway. They would also drive a large number of new customers into our pit, plus various other stores which could be fully utilized Boss Pei, you were right. The entire market potential of Handong Province had yet to be tapped. Fish-Catching Internet Cafe will not need you to allocate additional resources anymore as long as the net profit is invested in new stores. It will expand continuously! The corners of Pei Qians mouth twitched. No need for me to allocate additional resources anymore? That would be an ultimate nightmare! Pei Qian fell silent; he knew he had to do something. Allow Rui Yuchen to invest all profits into new stores that would make profits and continue this infinite loop? How could he continue that way? It was even more inappropriate for Rui Yuchen to send him the money! That was because Pei Qian simply did not know where to spend the money either. It would be a hot potato in his hand. It was still necessary to implement the principle of who made the money should spend it. However, for such a profitable project the more branches someone opened, the more money they would make. Therefore, one should not play the model of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. Pei Qian thought about it. Since Fish-Catching Take-Out was now turning profitable Then, he could only think of ways to increase the cost and let every store continue to lose money! If the capital cost of each store could not be increased, there would be no way to fight the fire and solve the problem fundamentally. However, how could he increase the capital cost of each store? Pei Qian could not think of a viable solution. That was because Fish-Catching Take-Out had been equipped with high specifications so far; even their electric scooters were not spared. However, Pei Qian had other means. Reverse the use of employees imagination. Every single one of his employees was masters of imagination after all. He would let his employees think of those that he could not think of himself. Pei Qian coughed lightly. There is no need to rush the opening of branches for now. The current Fish-Catching Take-Out model is not perfect yet. Think about it carefully, what else does Fish-Catching Take-Out lack? Rui Yuchen was taken aback. Lack? We are not lacking in anything I think? They exchanged glances. Pei Qian was feeling very guilty, but he firmly believed that as long as his expression was serious enough, his employees would be able to make something up. Rui Yuchen started to doubt himself again looking at Boss Peis determined eyes. He thought again carefully from another angle. Boss Pei had been looking out for the configurations of Fish-Catching Take-Out. There should be nothing short there. Then, the key should be the difference between Fish-Catching Take-Out of the past and of the present? What Boss Pei meant should be something that was not necessary before but was necessary now? There was no garbage sorting previously, but now the pressure of handling of trash would be increased greatly. Therefore, Boss Pei should be talking about the handling of food waste? Rui Yuchen thought for a while. Perhaps every store is missing a microbial waste processor? Pei Qian was a little lost. What was this microbial waste processor? He did not know, but he could not ask directly. Pei Qian continued to smile, stimulating his imagination. Then, why do we need this? Rui Yuchen thought for a moment. Because in the past, garbage was all thrown away directly. Now, Fish-Catching Take-Out must also abide by the principles of garbage sorting. Food waste is more troublesome, but if we have a microbial waste processor, then we will be able to decompose the food waste generated by each store into fertilizer. Is that right, Boss Pei? Pei Qian nodded. Then, what is its price? Rui Yuchen consulted his laptop hurriedly. Please wait, Boss Pei, let me search. Uh, the prices vary with size. The appropriate machine for the store ranges from 50,000 yuan to 130,000 yuan Pei Qian nodded. Very good, were lacking that! Purchase one for every store, buy the 130,000 yuan version. Pei Qian would not have bought it if it was cheap, but he immediately decided to purchase it when he heard 130,000 yuan! If every store were to spend 130,000 yuan, it would largely increase the capital cost! In the futureif they were to open 100 new stores, then the money spent on the microbial waste processors would cost more than 10 million yuan. When would they be able to earn it all back? He could at least sit back and relax during this settlement cycle if all the Fish-Catching Take-Out stores were equipped with them, right? Hurry up and spend the money! As expected the imagination of his employees was a double-edged sword. It caught him off guard at times, but he could generate some new ideas at times! If he met any problems that he could not figure out, he would ask his employees what do you think I mean?, and his problems would be solved! Pei Qian could not help but feel a little inflated. These were experiences; anything that could not kill him would make him stronger! Rui Yuchen nodded immediately. Alright, Boss Pei, Ill get the branch managers on it immediately! Chapter 599 - IOI Domestic Server Agency? Absolutely would not Sell It! July 29th, Friday Pei Qian had been overwhelmed by the matters of Fish-Catching Take-Out this week. He had coffee in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and could see the delivery guys outside picking up food, delivering the food, and repeat. There was no need for it. Fish-Catching Take-Out 1.0 also had Fish-Catching Take-Out Business, but the delivery guys would not enter from the main entrance. They entered through the side door to pick up the meal to avoid affecting the customers of the internet cafe. However, Pei Qian felt very uncomfortable when he saw the Fish-Catching Take-Out! The market share of Fish-Catching Take-Out was visibly expanding. The other take-outs simply could not fight back. The original biggest advantage of recycling tableware had now become Fish-Catching Take-Outs biggest advantage! The other takeaways could not learn from it. Every store had a dishwasher, ready-made tableware, and perfected recipes. The key was that, after such a long period of promotion, the first takeaway they would think of would be Fish-Catching Take-Outnot any other brands. Moreover, there were so many Fish-Catching Take-Out stores that had a very strong first-mover advantage. The other shops could not learn from it even if they wanted to. Pei Qian felt so sad. Could Fish-Catching Take-Out also leave me hanging? Could it also not be able to return once it was on the road to profits? Pei Qian felt his heart prick with pain. A project that had lost so much money suddenly began to become profitable. That was twice as painful. He could only hope that the microbial waste processor with a price of 130,000 yuan could increase the cost of the store and make the store as non-profitable as possible. Pei Qian thought melancholy while drinking his coffee. Just at this time, the cell phone on the table vibrated. It was a call from Lin Wan. Hm? Pei Qian frowned. Didnt I get everyone in the Shang Yang Games to rest? What was so urgent that there was a need to call? Pei Qian instinctively felt something was wrong. Hello? He answered. Boss Pei, bad news, Finger Games is about to be acquired! Lin Wans slightly worried voice came from the other end of the phone. By? Pei Qian was taken aback. Dayak Corporation. I heard that they offered 180 million US dollars to buy 80% controlling stake in Finger Games! Lin Wan replied. Pei Qian was lost. He had no impression of this name. However, wouldnt 80% controlling stake mean that the 20% stake he held in hand and other shareholders would be bought out by the Dayak Corporation? 180 million US dollars Pei Qian could only sigh; someone could really do anything with money! He had to admit that Tengda would not be able to obtain that much money now even if he had problems with too much money. That was indeed big news, but it did not seem to have much impact on Pei Qian. Finger Gamess IOI momentum of development was going well. It was almost time for the local rich man to focus on this piece of fat meat. Pei Qians current expectation of the IOI domestic server was for it to become a money-burning tree. Therefore, he was no longer concerned with what was happening with Finger Games. Besides, Tengda did not have enough money even if it wanted to fight Dayak. It was just a small company that had been established for two years; how could they compete with these giants? Pei Qian nodded. Okay, I know now. This matter has nothing to do with us; there is no need to pay too much attention to it. Lin Wan was silent for a short while. Boss Pei You told us to relax in the near future during the recent meeting and not to worry about the IOI domestic server. Is that because you had this news in advance? Youve already decided to sell all 20% shares and agency rights for the domestic server? I understand now, Boss Pei! I have nothing else; goodbye! Lin Wan hung up. Pei Qian remained silent as question marks filled his mind. ? Who said I want to sell the shares and agency rights for IOIs domestic server? Dont interpret it blindly! How could he sell it? The shares in Pei Qians hands were at least worth 40 million US dollars. If he were to sell all of them, according to the ratio of 1000:1, it could only be converted into nearly 300,000 yuan. Pei Qians goal this cycle was to lose eight million yuan, to transform it to 800,000 yuan! There would be a difference of 500,000 yuan if he were to do it! Moreover, Pei Qian did not want to give up the IOI domestic server which was a money-burning tree. Finally, it was something good to be used. If he were to keep it, it was possible for him to lose millions easily; how could he sell it? What nonsense! Pei Qian did not bother to say anything. Do what you want, Dayak Corporation. I concede defeat if I say I will sell. However, Pei Qian still checked some information about Dayak Corporation. It was a world-class multinational group that occupied an important position in the water business, transportation, energy, media, and the like. It was one of the top five media companies in the world with more than two billion US dollars in yearly sales. They were notorious in their preference for acquiring game companies. Many large companies acquired game companies because of the decision-making power of the games companies so they would allow the companies to maintain independence without excessive interference. The reason why Dayak Corporation was notorious was that it would interfere and influence the original company after acquisition, aiming for rapid and massive profits and squeezing the value of the company in a short period. No matter whether it was rapid development or resetting a large number of profitable IPs, it forcibly compressed the development cycle and led to a decline in game quality. In short, Dayak Corporation was a company that did not know much about games. All acquisition plans were made for a quick profit. Similar tragedies had occurred more than once, but the targeted company had no choice. Someone could do whatever they wanted if they had the money. Pei Qian thought for a while. This matter seemed to have little to do with him. So what if Dayak Corporation were to forcibly intervene in the development of Finger Games and cause IOIs reputation to plummet? I was already planning to use the IOI domestic server as a money-burning tree. It was all set; how could it hurt me?! Therefore, Pei Qian did not think too much and continued to fret over Fish-Catching Take-Out. July 30th, Saturday H4 E-Sports Club, IOI division Piss off, this isnt fair! We won the championship so why are we inferior to those idiots at GOG when it comes to online popularity or the attitude from the bosses of our club! What meaning does the championship hold then?! The members of the IOI division complained while there were no outsiders in the room. Last weekend, the IOI division of H4 successfully defeated foreign teams and other veteran clubs and took the international trophy home. It should have been a very happy thing, but the plot development of the next week did not unfold as they imagined! No one discussed the IOI competition online at all. The club praised them verbally after they won and seemed to have no other plans at all. On the other hand, the treatment of the GOG division was worlds apart! It might only be a runner-up, but Captain Pang Ling performed well in the game which was all over the internet. Pang Ling started a live broadcast, and the popularity continued to increase. Even the club was discussing the reinforcement plan of the GOG division, obviously preparing to invest more resources into them! How could the members of the IOI division bear it? They would feel imbalanced. The ones who obtained the championship were ignored as everyone gathered around the runner-up. Why was it like that?! Especially when he thought about how the members of the GOG division were abused by a newly established club in the mock competition previously. They obtained very good results in both mock competition and in the actual competition; that was so unfair. Of course, they might be unhappy, but they would only complain in private. The strategic direction of the club was not something they could decide. Suddenly, there were footsteps outside the door so they stopped their discussions immediately. The manager of the IOI division pushed the door to enter. The mock competition today has been canceled. Everyone, try out GOG. See if there is any possibility of transiting to that game. The players were shocked, almost thinking that they heard wrongly. Team Leader, you mean for us to transit to GOG? Why? We just obtained the championship! The team members were upset. The Team Leader sighed softly. I can understand everyones feelings. I was even angrier than you previously. However, the club just had a high-level meeting which I participated in. I realized that things are not what everyone thinks. Do you know why there is such a big gap between the popularity of GOG and IOI? There are indeed reasons for it, but the most important reason is the competition level and viewership! The GOG division was abused so badly previously because H4 was playing against Tengdas own club! The DGE club abused all domestic clubs and objectively improved their competitive level which was why they did better than us. We are very reluctant to admit, but IOI does not enjoy such treatment because the competitive teams are all rookies; even the foreign teams arent strong. Therefore, Tengdas attitude towards this is very clear, which is to promote GOG! The club has decided to tilt its strategic focus to GOG. Everyone, dont be angry, you should also be able to see that the enthusiasm on GOG is significantly higher. If you transition into a professional GOG player, everyone will be able to receive more attention, regardless of whether you will be livestreaming or in related esports industry in the future. The prospects will be broader. That is the current situation. You decide what you want to do. The players went silent. Everyone understood after the explanation from the Team Leader. It wasnt that the GOG division was weak. Everyone was just noobs, but they encountered more abnormal opponents? They might be very dissatisfied, but they realized that the Team Leader was right after they calmed down to think carefully. The career of a professional player was so short; one false step would bring everlasting grief. On the contrary, choosing the right project would grant them a steady career. It was meaningless to be angry. The only considerations in the adult world were interests and profits. After a long silence, a team member silently opened the GOG official website and started downloading the game. Soon, more members also began to download the game, ready to make the transition. Chapter 600 - Boss Pei is so Angry that He Cussed At the same time, in another room within the H4 Club, Team Leader Pang Ling was hosting a live stream and chatting with his fans. The club had a very tight training schedule. Ordinarily, they would only get to host live streams after their daily training or on weekends. Whats more, the live streams could not eat into their regulated rest times. However, the club generally encouraged its members to host live streams. For the members, their career as professional esports athletes was short. Hosting live streams was a hobby that they could continue to cultivate for retirement. Thus, they could host more live streams now to make a name for themselves, gather a fan base, earn additional income, and plan for retirement early. Simultaneously, the members live streams could improve the clubs visibility and fame. Furthermore, if the live stream platforms wanted to enter any contracts with the members, they would have to seek the clubs approval first. Often, the contracts would include all the team members, which would also be in the clubs interests. Although the H4s team had only obtained second place in GOGs competition, Team Leader Pang Lin had played an extraordinary wanderer. As a result, he won over a significant number of fans. If the teams midlaner had not been so messed up, perhaps they would have won. Thus, thanks to the competitions fame, Pang Ling rapidly won over a group of fans. After that, thanks to his work on the live streams, his fan base continued to grow. All the professional players used to be skilled masters in GOG, but once they started playing professionally, they improved rapidly in terms of their individual skills and understanding of the game. The gap between them and ordinary players was only getting wider. There was a saying: never compare ones hobbies with anothers career. For any careeronce someone works at it full-time, they would only become increasingly better than those who were taking part in it as a mere hobby. Ever since Pang Ling became a professional player, his understanding of the game far surpassed ordinary players in the games professional rounds. Even as a wanderer, he could easily kill those in all three lanes and have additional energy to taunt them. Of course, it was easy for him to grow his fan base. After playing two rounds, Pang Ling chatted with his viewers in the bullet screen comments while waiting for the next game. Someone says its a pity that we didnt win the championship. It really is a pity. We were so close to winning at the end. Someone else asks if we felt helpless. I wouldnt take it that far. How helpless can we be? At the most, engaging in a fierce battle for five rounds is a pity. Helplessness is being trashed 0-3 and being pushed around for fifteen full minutes without having any chance to fight back. Hehe, dont talk about it. I have really experienced that before. Even with six members against four, our team could not defeat the other. Thats helpless. Weve been tortured so much that we think coming in second place is not bad. At first, we thought we would be kicked out of the competition really early on, but in the end, we realized that the other teams were just as bad as we were. Taunting? Im not taunting anyone. Those are the facts. Pang Ling shared his personal experience with everyone, but comment after comment just showed his audiences utter disbelief. What the h*ll? You came in second place, and youre saying you were tortured before? You even claim that you were pushed around for fifteen minutes straight and couldnt even win with six players against four? Who are you trying to kid? The best clubs in the country participated in the competition. Could you be referring to a foreign club? Oh, Im sorryGOG doesnt even have an international server yet! Exactly which team are you referring to? Thats so awesome?! DGE? Werent those the teams competing at Tengdas Live Esports Museum? They do look pretty good, but saying that they could beat you with four members against six would be a bit overboard, wouldnt it? I wont believe you unless you ask some of those team members to prove it to us! Pang Ling began to feel helpless while reading those comments. Yet, he had no other choice. Everything that he was saying sounded like a fantasy. Who would have thought that a veteran club that came in second place during a competition would have been tortured by a club from a random internet cafe? Pang Ling knew very well that DGE was not just a club from a random internet cafe. Instead, they were from the wealthiest and most legitimate club in the country! Forget it. You wouldnt take my word for it. Ill ask the second team leader of DGE to come and play a ranked game with me. Just take a look at his standard, and you would be able to tell just how twisted he is. All I can say is that only nine other people are just as scary as he is. Pang Lin called Huang Wang over, and they both started playing a ranked game as a pair. Tons of question marks instantly appeared in the bullet screen comments, because Huang Wangs account was titled Extraordinary Grand Master. It was too bad that DGE Club spent too little time playing ranked games individually. Unlike members in the other clubs, Huang Wang and the rest had to spend two additional hours practicing independently, two hours working out, some time on mock competitions, and some time analyzing their competitions. That would leave them with a little over two hours to play ranked games on their own. On the other hand, Pang Ling and the others could play ranked games five or six hours each day. Of course, there was a wide gap in their points. Still, in the world of professionals, high points did not necessarily mean better skills. Some people accumulated points as if they were drinking water. Yet, they would not have that many points, only because drinking too much water wouldnt be beneficial. Others would think that their opponents were as poorly skilled as Great Masters and that playing with them would cause ones own skills to deteriorate. Thus, ranks were just a matter of entertainment. Pang Ling: Let me fly? Huang Wang: Go! An hour later, the bullet-screen comments on Pang Lings live stream were exploding. There was a 180-degree change in what they were saying. The pair was too cruel! The best midlaner and jungler from the competition was taking part in a top-tier ranked game, thus fully embodying what it meant to do whatever he wanted. The bullet-screen comments continued to be filled with question marks, but this time, it was not about because of Huang Wangs tier. Instead, it was because of his taunts. I thought that Pang Ling taunted a lot already. Yet, compared to this midlaner, he seems more like an introverted child! How dare this midlaner come up here and destroy his own experience level? Is that something a human would say?! How are you able to talk non-stop while attacking the other side relentlessly? Holy sh*t, this midlaner is too ruthless, isnt he? Who is he? Does he have a live stream account? Hes doing whatever he wants. Has the other side completely given up after fifteen minutes? If this midlaner had taken part in the competition, would he have lost? Im starting to understand why Pang Ling is always cursing at his own midlaner now. Theyre really not of the same standard This midlaner is a bullet train! How can he keep talking without resting?! Does he have a live stream account?! Quickly, get him to create one! I want to see his first-persons view! Huang Wang conducted a massacre and won several times in a row, causing the number of viewers in Pang Lings live stream room to shoot through the roof. Obviously, the live stream platform had intentionally recommended his room as well. After all, it was highly entertaining to watch one pair slaughter everyone else in a top-tier ranked match. As both of them continued to taunt each other comically, more and more people stuck around, and the increase in their viewership became unstoppable! When he saw that everyone in the comments was talking about Huang Wang and not him, Pang Ling felt frustrated. Fans! How fickle they could be! After winning five consecutive rounds, Huang Wang prepared to leave. Alright, Im not playing anymore. Im going to work out. We lose every day in our mock competitions, and so we have additional training every day. I want to puke. Pang Ling quickly said, Wait! A lot of my viewers are asking if you would start a live stream. They want to see your first-persons view. Live stream? Huang Wang pondered for a moment and said, Forget about it. I have to train every day, and I dont have time to host live streams. Pang Ling: It doesnt matter. You can do it for fun. So many people with live stream accounts dont host live streams regularly. You can always switch it on when you feel like playing ranked matches on your own. It wouldnt be that troublesome. After some thought, Huang Wang decided that what Pang Ling had said made sense. Alright, Ill look into it when I get back from working out. August 1st, Monday As usual, Pei Qian arrived at the office. However, today, he did not hum while walking. In fact, he looked quite worried. What should he do about Fish-Catching Take-Out?! Last week, Pei Qian had not much energy for anything else but observing Fish-Catching Take-Out. The longer he watched, the worse the situation seemed! Fish-Catching Take-Outs client base looked like it was rapidly expanding. Whats more, many households that had been cooking their own meals were now ordering from Fish-Catching Take-Out! That was because cooking their own meals would generate a lot of kitchen waste, which would then have to be sorted before being disposed of. Many households that were used to cooking their own food got lazy and started ordering from Fish-Catching Take-Out instead. That way, they would not have to deal with their kitchen waste. Many office buildings also generated a lot of waste by ordering take-out each day. To save themselves the trouble, companies started to encourage their employees to order from Fish-Catching Take-Out instead. Coincidentally, Food Harmony matched a portion of the customers needs perfectly. At first, many people discriminated against ordering take-out because it was seen as unhygienic and unhealthy. However, with a twist of fate and a better understanding of Food Harmony and Fish-Catching Take-Out, all of those prejudices were knocked down one by one! The worst thing was that Fish-Catching Take-Out seemed to be harming Deposit Fitness as well. There were fitness meals available in Fish-Catching Take-Out, and those were meant for Deposit Fitness. Many people started getting curious and finding out more about Deposit Fitness. Although this was not happening on a large scale, Pei Qian could already see bad signs, and he could not help but become cautious. In short, the situation was becoming harder and harder to salvage! They were still purchasing the microbial waste processors. Since the quantity was large, Pei Qian guessed that they would only start arriving from next week onwards. Still, after spending all that money, Pei Qian felt a little more relieved. It wasnt a lot of money, but it still meant that every Fish-Catching Take-Out branch that he opened from now on would cost an additional hundred thousand yuan or so. That was probably the only piece of good news that had come out of all this. Pei Qian was sorrowful. He could feel the impending danger, but he could not think of any way to help himself. Knock, knock. Just as he was worrying, he heard a knock on the door. Pei Qian looked up to see He Desheng. Instinctively, he frowned. Eh? Is there something wrong with the Fully-Automated Bickering Machines? Those were Pei Qians precious, hidden treasures! He could not allow anyone to find out about them! Pei Qian was not asking for much. He only wanted to keep them hidden for this cycle, so that he would be able to lose a few million yuan. As for whether he could keep it hidden until the next settlement he would not think about it for now. He Desheng looked like he was momentarily at a loss for words. Er, Zhang Wang should have told you about the problems with the Fully-Automated Bickering Machines, right? Pei Qian nodded. Oh, that means everything is fine. Is there anything else? He Desheng was very eager. Of course! Boss Pei, Dayak Corporation wants to buy all of our shares in Finger Games, including the management rights for IOIs local server! Pei Qian frowned. They really came knocking? Logically, they did not need a hundred percent of the shares. Moreover, what did they want management rights of IOIs local server for? Pei Qian had already decided to turn IOIs local server into its loss-incurring machine. It was fine if he didnt have enough money to interfere in Dayak Corporations acquisition of Finger Games, but were they really coming after his loss-incurring machine now? That was overboard! Pei Qian frowned and asked, Why does Dayak want management rights for IOIs local server? He Desheng hesitated and then answered, Dayak Corporation and Finger Games both think that we have been doing a bad job of marketing IOI so Pei Qian was speechless. Nonsense! Dont you know how horrible your game is? Ive done my best to help you, but to no avail. Shouldnt you reflect and resolve the problems with yourselves? How could you blame this on us?! We already gave you several suggestions on how to improve IOI earlier, but you chose to sit back and adopt none of them. Now, youre blaming our management of the server? F*ck you! Pei Qian had no intention to sell the shares from the start, but he became even more adamant after hearing about their attitude. We wont sell the shares or the management rights of the server! Pei Qian could not be bothered to waste his time arguing with those foreigners. He Desheng paused and then said, Er Boss Pei, Dayak Corporation is willing to offer fifty million US dollars. Thats a lot more than we had bought the shares for. They also said that wed be better off taking the money and leaving before they blow the matter up and turn ugly Pei Qian: ? What did this mean? Are they trying to compete with us to see who has more cash? Im sorry, I have a buff that would fend off 99.99% of cash attacks Moreover, what were they trying to imply? They would blow the matter up and turn ugly? How awesome must you be to be able to swim across the ocean and hit me in the face? We, Tengda, arent even an international company! Whats more, if turning things ugly would cause us to incur losses, I would be happy to do that! Would I still have to wait for you to do it for me? Pei Qian calculated in his head. Fifty million US dollars he had only bought it all for over four hundred thousand yuan back then. If he held onto IOIs local server and treated it as a loss-incurring tool, he would easily be able to get rid of millions or tens of millions of yuan. Did Dayak Corporation expect him to give up just for four hundred thousand yuan? Go to hell! Pei Qians expression darkened. Tell them this: F*ck off! He Desheng started and quickly answered, Alright, Boss Pei! As he walked out of Boss Peis office, He Desheng patted his chest to calm himself down. He had indeed gotten a bad scare earlier. He had never heard Boss Pei cuss. Yet, speaking of which, Boss Pei was no ordinary person. Anyone else would have been shaken by the offer of fifty million US dollars. They would probably also have been afraid of an international giant like Dayak Corporation. However, Boss Pei had turned them down without a second thought. In fact, he had used the f-word to Dayak Corporation on the spot. He was really daring and impressive! Yet, He Desheng was worried because he knew that Dayak Corporation would be equally stubborn. It was obvious, judging from how rare it was for companies to escape its clutches after it expressed an interest in acquiring. Dayak Corporation would not let the matter rest after being cussed at like that. Then, it would not be up to either party to decide how the story would develop. I rarely see Boss Pei this angry. This seems like a logical and ordinary business tactic, and Boss Pei is such a magnanimous person. It doesnt seem like he has any reason to get angry. Perhaps he has a back-up plan? Could it be that me using the f-word on Dayak Corporation is part of that plan? He Desheng pondered for a long time but still could not figure it out. In the end, he decided to follow Boss Peis instructions obediently and stick to the reply, word for word. He was better off remaining a by-stander in this war between celestials, instead of trying to interfere. In any case, he could not go wrong following Boss Peis instructions. Chapter 601 - Earning Five Hundred Million! August 3rd, Wednesday At Fei Huang Workspace Huang Sibo returned to the office after a long time, feeling like he had just stepped into another world. Fei Huang Workspace was filled with life again! Before this, when they had received Boss Peis orders to go into shock therapy, everyone felt confused for a long time. However, they soon discovered the true meaning behind Boss Peis shock therapy. It was meant to repair everyones severe psychological imbalance! Thus, Director Zhu Xiaoce gave everyone a mission to learn and register for postgraduate advanced training in Directing at Handong University. They would have lessons every weekend for two years. At the same time, Director Zhu Xiaoce arranged for other supplementary classes like analyzing every day, learning a movie, reading works on film and television every week, writing book reviews, exchanging learning points and reflections, and so on. After a period of learning, everyone better understood the intentions behind implementing shock therapy! Before this, none of them knew that they were that imbalanced inside. After all, they had just climbed to the peak and produced an excellent move like Tomorrow is Beautiful. Whats more, others had praised them so much that, even if someone had pointed out that they were getting in over their heads, they would never have believed it. Yet, as the saying went, someones skills had to match up to their place in society, or there would be dire consequences. If they allowed themselves to bask in the smooth and easy win as their inspiration continued to run dry and their foundation remained rocky, the next movie would probably take them off the pedestal! The bigger they let their heads get, the higher they would set their goals. Yet, if they did not adequately train or improve themselves, they would only end up failing terribly. However, after going through shock therapy, everyones mindset was different now. First of all, they were much more grounded. After going to learn from the professionals, they realized that their foundation had been rocky all along and that they had not even had a firm grasp of the basics. They had only managed to film a popular movie out of pure luck, but they were still a far cry from the elite film producers. On top of that, they had renewed inspiration. During this period, everyones ideas gathered and settled, but not all of them were usable. Creators often found themselves in situations where only they thought their ideas were good. They would celebrate on their own and feel increasingly satisfied. However, after leaving the idea on the back-burner for a while, they would return to realize that it was never that great to begin with. They had only thought it was so good because they had been hallucinating. Most of the time, there were only two ways to break out of the hallucinations: One could either be jolted awake by more senior creators, or one could wait for long enough that they could relook at the idea calmly and objectively and analyze or judge it afresh. Thus, after letting it settle for a while, everyone ended up with ideas that had withstood the test of time. Now, their inspiration bank was refilled. Thus, they all felt much more motivated and energetic than before! Now, they could barely wait to start brainstorming and setting a direction for the new movie. Looking at his ferocious colleagues who had just returned from shock therapy, Huang Sibo could not help but feel emotional. Boss Pei was really capable of rejuvenating everyone! Speaking of Boss Pei it was about time he updated Boss Pei on the current situation. Although Boss Pei definitely remembered when Fei Huang Workspace would return from their shock therapy, Huang Sibo still thought it would be best to drop him a notification. It was not that he did not trust Boss Peis memory, but that he wanted to show Boss Pei how motivated everyone was and how ready they were to take on their new task. At that thought, Huang Sibo dialed Boss Peis number. Pei Qian was in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, sipping his coffee and working on his mind map. Many lines connected back to Fish-Catching Take-Out, leaving Pei Qian very worried. At that moment, his cell phone vibrated. When he saw that it was Huang Sibo, Pei Qian jumped. All of a sudden, he recalled something. This is bad! Fei Huang Workspace was out of shock therapy! He had sent Fei Huang Workspace into shock therapy during the previous cycle when he still didnt know how long the next cycle would be. Thus, he came up with a random number in his head. However, this cycle turned out longer than any of the ones before. Now, Fei Huang Workspace had come out of shock therapy way before settlement! What should he do? At this point, Pei Qian was worried that Fei Huang Workspace would cause trouble for him with renewed confidence. There were less than two months to settlement. If Fei Huang Workspace embarked on a huge project and didnt manage to finish it in time for settlement, settlement would be delayed! That was because Otto Technologies was already using up the allowance for incomplete projects this time, to finish the cell phones algorithm laboratory. Calm down. I can just hold them off using the gift of the gab. Pei Qian quickly calmed himself down. After all, bluffing his employees was much easier than trying to incur losses. It came naturally to him. Pei Qian picked up his phone. Hello? Huang Sibos excited voice sounded at the other end of the line. Boss Pei, Fei Huang Workspace is officially back at work! Your shock therapy was highly effective. All of us are bursting with inspiration and motivation now. Were about to start brainstorming to decide what movie to film next! I wonder when youll be available to provide us with some guidance. Pei Qian froze. Was he sharpening his sword right in front of Pei Qian?! Did that group of people really want to shoot a movie?! No way! There were only two months to settlement, and they did not even have a script yet. The movie would not premiere before settlement. If they really started the project now, all his effort this cycle would go down the drain! That was because, each time the date for settlement was set, Pei Qian would work hard to achieve a loss by that date. As the date neared, he would also spend as much money as possible to create a loss. If there was a change in the date and he received a large sum of money from out of nowhere, it would be extremely difficult for him to end up with a loss. On top of that, delaying settlement meant going into the next cycle later. The System Funds would not be topped up until then. Thus, Pei Qian could not allow settlement to be delayed. He would much rather make a profit than allow that to happen. He quickly thought of a strategy on the spot. Dont film a movie. Huang Sibo was stunned. Er should we film an online series? Pei Qian: No, dont get involved in any project that would take too much time. Just work on small projects and make sure that you finish them before September 20th. Huang Sibo sounded confused. Huh? Boss Pei, you want us to work on small projects? Is there a deeper meaning to this? Were overflowing with ideas. It seems like a waste of this state to work on small projects Pei Qian was at a loss for words. This group of people was over-zealous! He had no choice but to try harder to bluff them. In a low voice, Pei Qian said, Do you know what shock therapy means? Youve just recovered from it, and so you should not engage in vigorous exercise! You might think youre very strong and full of energy, but in fact, youre still very weak. You need to recover slowly and take better care of yourselves, understand? Just work on a couple of small projects to train your skills and warm up. Once youre back in the groove of work, you can work on something big. A realization dawned on Huang Sibo. I see! I understand, Boss Pei. Well look for some small projects, then! Thank you, Boss Pei! After hanging up, Pei Qian heaved a long sigh of relief. It was settled. He had instructed Fei Huang Workspace to work on small projects that would take less than a month. That could not be too damaging. At most, the short films would be uploaded onto Aili Island, and they would earn a few hundred thousand yuan. It was no big deal. Pei Qian could just distribute that sum of money. He now had a loss-incurring machine in his hands. With IOIs local server burning money on his behalf, a few hundred thousand yuan would not do much damage to him. Now that he had dealt with Fei Huang Workspace, Pei Qian felt a bit better and went back to work. Ten minutes later, a figure entered Fish-Catching Internet Cafe hastily. He Desheng was holding a set of documents. Once he stepped into Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, he looked around for Boss Pei and finally found him. Boss Pei! He Desheng looked like he had run all the way here. He sat down across from Boss Pei. Pei Qian had already exited his mind map and handed his laptop to the waiter in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. Whats so urgent that you couldnt tell me over the phone? Pei Qian gestured for the waiter to serve He Desheng a drink. He Desheng wiped the perspiration from his forehead and said, Boss Pei, I cant express myself clearly over the phone. In short, it has to do with Dayak Corporation! Pei Qian remained nonchalant. Oh, did you convey those two words to them without making any adjustments? He Desheng nodded. I did. Pei Qian: And how did they react? He Desheng: They seemed extremely angry. Pei Qian sniggered. That was understandable. They were a corporate giant that had just been told to f*ck off by Tengda, a company that did not have much of a reputation in the world. Of course, they would be pissed. Yet, what could they do? They couldnt do anything to Pei Qian. The saying was true: one could only stand tall and strong without desires. First of all, Tengda was across the ocean, and none of its businesses were linked to Dayak Corporation in any way. Second, Tengda was neither on the public stock exchange nor did it accept foreign investments. Last, Boss Pei was not at all interested in the companys incomenot unless it involved tens of billions of yuan. The most positive thing was that, even if Dayak Corporation really caused Tengda to incur losses, Pei Qian could give them a huge red packet to thank them. I am invincible; what is there to fear? Pei Qian calmly sipped his coffee. They were angry and then? He Desheng held out his thumb and said, And then they really took the bait! Pei Qian paused midway through sipping his coffee. His mind slowly was filled with question marks. ? What did they really took the bait mean? Where was the really coming from? What bait was there? Pei Qian could tell that something was off as he looked at He Deshengs expression. When Pei Qian saw He Desheng rushing over, he had thought that something so horrible had happened that caused him to perspire profusely. Yet, on closer inspection, it looked like He Desheng was excited? He Desheng handed the documents in his hand to Boss Pei and excitedly explained, Boss Pei, your battle strategy is too exciting! Its comparable to Kong Mings smarts and Zhou Gongs carefulness[1]! Dayak Corporation had only been willing to buy our shares and our management rights of IOIs server for fifty million US dollars. However, after they heard those two words from you, they became agitated! Our insistence prevented them from obtaining our shares through their regular means. Thats why Dayak Corporation decided to use a squeeze-out[2] to force us to let go of all of Finger Games shares! To obtain a hundred percent control over Finger Games, Dayak Corporation is willing to go all out. It first bought over close to eighty percent of the shares in Finger Games, and then employed squeeze-out as the majority shareholder to forcibly buy over the remaining minority share! However, that means that Dayak Corporation had to buy over our shares for a premium of fifty to sixty percent compared to their original price. That amounts to a sum that we would not have been able to earn in any negotiation! Dayak Corporation is extremely wealthy. Boss Pei, obviously, your battle strategy had triggered them to snatch the twenty percent shares and management rights from our hands at all costs! The hand that Pei Qian had been using to hold onto his coffee froze, and his mind went blank. What the hell? A squeeze-out? What was that? They could snatch the shares that Ive been unwilling to sell? He remained silent for a while and then asked, So how much did they offer in the end? He Desheng excitedly answered, They offered 72 million US dollars, Boss Pei! Thats seventy million US dollars more than Boss Ma had spent on the shares back then! Well earn five hundred million yuan! [1] Kong Ming was a famous Chinese military strategist, and Zhou Gong was a famous Chinese regent. [2] This is the compulsory sale of minority shareholders shares in exchange for cash compensation. Chapter 602 - Pitiful Multinational Corporation Controlled in the Palm of Boss Pei’s Hand He Desheng was extremely excited as he continued speaking. Boss Pei, you made a brilliant move! If we had entered into proper negotiations with them, they would not have paid us so much money. Instead, they would have kept trying to oppress us, bargain, and push the price down. Yet, your resolute rejection made them realize that we would not have entered any negotiations or business discussions with them! In other words, two simple words from you earned us another twenty million US dollars! Boss Pei, each word from you was worth ten million US dollars! In fact, each letter was worth about three million US dollars or twenty million RMB! Boss Pei, you embody the principle that words are valuable! One tael[1] of gold was now worth 17,500 yuan in the market. Since each letter from Boss Pei was worth twenty million, his words were indeed worth a thousand taels of gold. Whats more, it was each letter that was worth a thousand taels of gold, and then some. Pei Qian felt his limbs go numb. He silently sipped his coffee and said, So we dont have management rights of IOIs local server anymore, do we? He Deshengs eyes widened in shock. Boss Pei, Dayak Corporation has already gone to such lengths to buy the shares from us, and yet youre still unwilling to let them have the management rights? Theres no need for that! They were already so desperate that they resorted to a squeeze-out. The price already includes their compensation for breach of the agency contract. Weve already earned a significant amount! Pei Qian fell silent. Once He Desheng finished reporting the good news, he placed the documents on the table and said, Boss Pei, if you have no further questions, I will inform Shang Yang Games of the good news, finish up the handover, and then toss the mess out of our hands! Boss Pei, your battle strategy has really taught me a lot! Ive benefited significantlyI really have! Before He Desheng left, he stabbed Pei Qian one more time. The hand that Pei Qian was using to hold his coffee cup trembled non-stop. He set the cup back down, picked the document up, and read it again nervously. After that, he started calculating. He had just made five hundred million yuan, which he could convert into five hundred thousand yuan. However, he had also just lost his loss-incurring machine, IOIs local server. It had taken a lot of effort for him to find a stable and boundless avenue to spend money, but it had been snatched from his hands! Pei Qian was beyond furious. Most importantly, the loss-incurring tool would have been very useful to him but absolutely useless to Dayak Corporation. Do you guys have so much money to waste that you would do something to hurt others, even when it doesnt benefit yourselves? Pei Qian had been in a good mood earlier, feeling like he was formidable because of his lack of desires. He had thought that, no matter what Dayak Corporation did, he would not be hurt. Yet, now, Pei Qian realized how wrong he had been. They had harassed him using a squeeze-out and caused a lot of damage to him! Dayak Corporation, Im going to freaking fight to the end with you! Alright, you want to hurt me? I wont let you off! Ill make sure to take revenge within two months! Pei Qian picked up his coffee and gritted his teeth. In the afternoon At Shang Yang Games After receiving the news from He Desheng, Ye Zhizhou and the others began preparing to hand over IOIs local server. As Wang Xiaobin organized the documents, he said emotionally, What are we going to be in charge of next? Ye Zhizhou shook his head. I dont know. I think its safe to say that we have done a good job of carrying out Boss Peis plan now, right? Next, we should take a good rest and start planning for the next game. Wang Xiaobin: Did you understand a word that He Desheng said today? Ye Zhizhou shook his head. How would I? Broadly, I just know that Boss Pei had it all figured out. He dealt so well with Dayak Corporation that he earned twenty million US dollars with just two words. Now that I think about it, I wonder if Boss Pei already knew that all of this would happen when he bought the shares in Finger Games. Look: when Finger Games was at its lowest point, he bought twenty percent of their shares for less than three million US dollars. He even managed to obtain the management rights of their local server. After that, he tasked the core members of Tengda Games with researching and developing GOG, using IOI to create dog-eat-dog competition and as a stepping stone for GOG. During this period, no matter how much Finger Games value increased, Boss Pei held on tightly to his shares without showing any signs of wanting to sell them. Then, he made us manage the local server and fight head-to-head with GOG. Finally, he milked every drop of value from IOIs local server, gained a huge gamer base, and won all of them over with GOG. Once IOI ceased to be of any use to him, Dayak Corporation made a move to acquire Finger Games. With two words, Boss Pei managed to earn twenty million US dollarsabout twenty times his initial investment. Just look at that. Every bit of resources had been put to good use, and none of it was wasted! Wang Xiaobin could hardly believe it. According to what you said, Boss Pei must have been able to foresee that Dayak Corporation would acquire Finger Games. That doesnt seem possible, right? Ye Zhizhou answered, Its impossible for him to know for sure that it would happenwho would have been able to? I can only guess that half of it was foresight and half of it was pure luck. Think about it. Finger Games wanted to push IOI out to the rest of the world, but they lacked the money to do so and could not market it fast enough. Of course, they would have to sell the company to a bigger one that would have enough money to fight in the global market. At the same time, a bigger company that wanted to acquire Finger Games would surely want a hundred percent of the shares! No matter which big company it would be, Boss Pei was probably confident that he could earn a huge sum from them! It was just a matter of chance that Dayak Corporation was the one who got hurt. Its really satisfying! Dayak Corporation is a malignant tumor in the gaming industry, and everyone knows that! I think that, mixed within Boss Peis f*ck off and the seventy million US dollars that he snatched from them, there was a hint of righteous anger. Perhaps Boss Pei would not have been so harsh and aggressive if it had been some other company. Maybe he would have said several polite things to this other party and sold his shares for fifty to sixty million US dollars. Dayak Corporation, though hehehe. Wang Xiaobin fell into deep thought and then nodded. That makes sense! Boss Pei is a game developer who takes his games as art pieces. He probably hates malicious companies like Dayak Corporation to the core, and so hes taking this opportunity to cuss at it and deal damage to it! Awesome! So awesome! Based on that analysis, we shouldnt say that Boss Pei had everything planned out; he was practically controlling a wealthy multi-national corporation in the palm of his hand! Hes probably the only game developer who has achieved something like that! Ye Zhizhou smiled. Boss Pei is no ordinary game developer. Hes also a business genius and an investor! One mans wisdom could control the entire think tank of Dayak Corporation in the palm of his hand! As the two men continued discussing, they increasingly realized how amazing Boss Peis plan had been and could not help but feel awestruck. The disappointment they had been feeling about IOIs local server had completely dissipated by now. Since all of this had been planned by Boss Pei, what was there to be upset about? Being able to play such an important role in his plans was their honor! When they finished discussing, they suddenly saw a familiar figure entering the room. Boss Pei? Ye Zhizhou and Wang Xiaobin were shocked. Speak of the devil! They had just been talking about Boss Pei, and here he was! Boss Peis expression was extremely dark as he walked towards the conference room. Meeting, everyone! Ye Zhizhou and Wang Xiaobin exchanged a look, feeling like there was something amiss with the atmosphere. They quickly packed everything, picked up their little notebooks, and entered the conference room. Soon, all the core members of Shang Yang Games were gathered in the conference room. They were all confused. IOIs local server should have been all settled by now, right? Why did Boss Pei still make a trip down, then? Could they be starting on a new project now? Boss Pei scanned the group and cut straight to the chase. Translate GOG into other languages and prepare its international servers. Release it as soon as possible. If you have any questions, raise them now. Everyone was stunned. What was going on? They had just failed in managing IOIs local server, and yet Boss Pei was trusting them with such an important task like developing GOGs international servers? Boss Pei really trusts us! After recovering from the initial shock, everyone felt moved! Although Boss Pei had planned for IOIs local server to be defeated, a failure was still a failure. At least, it proved that Shang Yang Games was not as good at managing a game as Tengda Games was. Yet, Boss Pei still trusted them enough to put them in charge of such an important task. How could they not be moved? Still, as moved as they were, they had to clarify all the management issues upfront. After all, this was no simple task. Ye Zhizhou was the first to raise his hand. We might have to release a few special heroes targeted at the overseas gamers, edit some heroes concept art Pei Qian immediately said, Ill tell Min Jingchao to cooperate with you unconditionally. Come up with heroes that would appeal to the Western audience from now on. Lin Wan pondered for a moment and said, We also have to manage the overseas marketing. As for the actual plan Pei Qian: You can decide on that. Wang Xiaobin slowly raised his hand. Boss Pei how much funds will we have? Pei Qian took a second to look at everyone else in the room and then said, Seventy million He paused for a split second and added, US dollars. The entire conference room fell silent. Five hundred million yuan! No one dared to doubt Boss Peis trust in Shang Yang Games. He had placed the companys trump card and five hundred million yuan worth of funds into Shang Yang Games hands. If they failed again, they would not be able to face Boss Pei! At the same time, to insiders like Lin Wan and Ye Zhizhou, there was more to this sum of money. Seventy million US dollars was the sum that Boss Pei had won over from Dayak Corporation. Could Boss Pei not be done with his attack on them? Was this going to be the fatal blow? Had he sliced off some flesh from Dayak Corporation to start up GOGs international servers, to win over the IOIs global market share and turn from passive to active? Was Boss Pei not going to stop at placing GOG at the top of the MOBA game genre in the country? Was he going to fight for more and cause Dayak Corporation to lose everything after acquiring Finger Games? Everyone gazed at Boss Peis dark expression and detected an intense killing aura. Every step of Boss Peis plan was lining up to cause a massacre! In fact, all of them started to feel nervous for Dayak Corporation. Dayak Corporation was extremely unlucky to clash with Boss Pei! An infamous multinational corporate giant was now reduced to sashimi on a platter in the hands of Boss Pei. [1] This is Chinas historical name for gold that weighed 37.5 g. Its a donut-shaped coin with a hole in the center. Chapter 603 - Sloth Apartments Documentary August 4th, Thursday The construction in the Binhu District was basically completed! Block 8 and 9 had 180 degrees curved floor-to-ceiling windows facing the park and the artificial lake. Nothing could be seen from outside, but the scene inside the room was already a world of difference! The Shundong Gardens Residential-Commercial Building was completed earlier since there was no need for hard installations. However, the changes were not as obvious there. Liang Qingfan was at the top floor of Block 8 in the Binhu District and looked at the room that had been largely renovated. There was only one feeling in his heart: he did not fail in his mission! Boss Pei gave him so much money for renovations, where was his pride as an architect if he could not do a good job? The construction team was still finishing up. Liang Qingfan had just inspected the 30 odd houses in Binhu District and found some minor problems where he was arranging for a construction team to resolve. They were all in their own industry so they had to be as dedicated as possible to ensure that all rooms were all up to standard. In addition, Liang Qingfan also strictly followed the requirements of Boss Pei. They used as many environmentally-friendly items for renovations and furniture as possible. There would definitely not be any situation where there was excessive formaldehyde; everything would meet national standards. During the renovation period, the videographers who came to shoot from time to time had a large number of high-definition video materials waiting to be edited later on. Liang Qingfan had already decided whom to send for editing. Send them directly to Fei Huang Workspace! Fei Huang Workspace was Tengdas own industry. It did not matter how much money they would spend since it was a left pocket, right pocket issue. Liang Qingfan mainly felt that Fei Huang Workspace would definitely be more careful than other companies. Collecting materials for a video might be important, but editing and post-production were even more critical. The cameraman had recorded all key points of the renovation process, but the orders of shots were messy and unorganized. Moreover, for a video to be liked by the audience, they must be concise enough on the premises of substantial content and should also be very particular about the order of a narrative. Different ways of expression would convey completely different meanings to the audience. Therefore, Liang Qingfan intended to visit Fei Huang Workspace first, hand over these video materials, and carefully discuss the video editing requirements. He would then ask Boss Pei to come over to see if the renovations were in line with his wishes. The main reason was that editing could not be completed in a day or two. It had to be arranged in advance. Changes in the follow-up requirement could be raised at any time if there was a need. Liang Qingfan brought the video data recorded by the cameraman and the portable hard disk and went directly to the office of Fei Huang Workspace. At this time, Fei Huang Workspace was still struggling with what sort of small project it should undertake. Boss Pei gave them a little over a month. It was very difficult to make something very visible. The point here was that there was no goal. Even a short video had to first be creative and had a general direction. Therefore, everyone had to think about ideas, work on the script, find actors, and set the scene to prepare for shootingplus editing and post-production Time was not enough no matter how they looked at it. Of course, they could definitely make it if they did not bother about quality and just did it casually. The problem was that Fei Huang Workspace was now well-known. The short videos, documentaries, and movies they made in the past were all received with enthusiasm. Would they not be tarnishing their own brand if they were to make something random? What was more, everyone had been in shock for so long, and they were all dying to show that they were worth their salt. Ordinary projects were simply not even considered. Therefore, this matter became awkward. They did propose several plans, but they were shelved because they could not meet everyones demands. Huang Sibo was very helpless as well. Both he and Zhu Xiaoce were decision-makers. It was very distressing to kill several projects in a role, but there was no other way to ensure the quality of their work. However, Huang Sibo and Zhu Xiaoce also understood the meaning of shock therapy that Boss Pei gave everyone. Huang Sibo threw several plans on the table in the office and massaged his throbbing temples. As expected, I was too optimistic previously. A small test from Boss Pei is enough to stump us. We all feel like we are superior before the shock therapy since our movie was doing very well and obtained rewards, every one of us became conceited. After the shock therapy, we feel that we have laid a solid foundation and accumulated inspiration and great ambitions. However, we have no idea now after Boss Pei asked us to make a small and beautiful project in a short time! Zhu Xiaoce nodded. Yes, because inspiration and direction are really too important. Our projects succeeded previously because we had good inspiration and direction. We could add bricks and tiles to build the skyscraper. Moreover, these inspirations and directions were mainly from Boss Pei. We are at a loss now that Boss Pei is silent. Right that moment, a knock came from outside the office. Brother Huang, there is a gentleman named Liang claiming to be the person-in-charge of Boss Peis Sloth Apartments project, he wants to discuss cooperation with us, The staff said. Huang Sibo was taken back but immediately replied, Get him in! What is Sloth Apartments? Zhu Xiaoce asked, baffled. It is a relatively low-key rental project that Boss Pei is working on. Only very few people know about it even amongst insiders, Huang Sibo explained. The battle formation of Sloth Apartments might be big, but it was impossible to keep it a complete secret. Pei Qian only knew to be as low-key and silent as possible but well-informed insiders like Huang Sibo would definitely get the news. Liang Qingfan was led to Huang Sibos office. He shook hands cordially with Huang Sibo and Zhu Xiaoce. Both parties naturally flattered the other party. Liang Qingfan drank his tea and explained the intention of his visit after he was seated. You want us to edit and produce a documentary? Huang Sibo was a little surprised. They were pretty good at documentaries. They had done a documentary about esports players previously so everyone was familiar with the process. However, what baffled everyone was what sort of documentaries should they create about a rental project? Liang Qingfan took out the portable hard disk. Actually, it is an impromptu idea of mine. I did not plan to do it at all. It is mainly because this room type that Boss Pei found is too unique. I think this transformation process is very interesting and worth recording. Youll understand if you look at the videos. Zhu Xiaoce took a laptop, and Liang Qingfan began to play the video while briefly explaining the past and present of the building, including the thought process of the renovation and some interesting happenings during the renovation process. Huang Sibo and Zhu Xiaoce did not feel anything at first. However, they saw the shock on each others faces when they were done watching the video. What the hell? That dilapidated house actually became so heavenly? Such a house was bought with 500,000 yuan? We would definitely grab them all at 500,000 yuan! Of course, it was too broken down when it was bought. No one lived in it for years, which was why the price was extremely low. In fact, the renovation, furnishing, and design expenses were higher than the value of the house itself. Mr. Liang is really a master of design. I did not think that a house like this could be remodeled to such a degree! Huang Sibo was convinced. Liang Qingfan waved his hand. Not at all, Im just borrowing ideas to innovate. I would not have been able to think in such a direction if it wasnt for Boss Peis foresight to buy such a unique house, willingness to give me so much budget for renovation, and reminders to strictly follow a minimalist style. Therefore, the most precious part of this house is not the renovation or my design, but Boss Peis philosophy! My design is just a material expression of Boss Peis philosophy. This is also why Im paying a visit to you. On the one hand, I have great trust in the capabilities of Fei Huang Workspace. We are all affiliated departments of Tengda so the quality is guaranteed. On the other hand, I feel that only people like you would be able to understand Boss Peis philosophy and be able to express them well in the video. So, what do you say? Huang Sibo and Zhu Xiaoce exchanged glances and nodded decisively. Alright, well take it! The timing was so coincidental. Huang Sibo even secretly wondered if Boss Pei was hinting them on this. Fei Huang Workspace just ended its shock therapy two days ago and was fretting over what project to do when Liang Qingfan came to them automatically? The timing was perfect! Moreover, Liang Qingfan came with the video materials. There was no need to shoot anything. They only needed to edit and process it. There was plenty of time. The most important part was that Boss Peis philosophy was hidden in these videos! What was everyones greatest headache now? It was not that there were no proposals, but that they could not agree on a proposal. However, no one would have any differing opinions for this video because it was Boss Peis creativity! Liang Qingfan was elated seeing how Huang Sibo agreed readily. Thats great! Let me briefly talk about my opinion first. You can choose what to adopt. You are professionals after all, you know best. I think that this process of transformation is more important than the result of the transformation. It would be best to show some details of the transformation in detail so that the audience could feel Boss Peis philosophy from there. I think that about 40 minutes is enough for the length of the video. Zhu Xiaoce considered it for a moment. Hm, this is the safest way to do it. However Will this meet Boss Peis expectations? Liang Qingfan had no reply to Zhu Xiaoces question. That was indeed very serious. Chapter 604 - New Life” The entire Sloth Apartment projectfrom the selection of the site, design, and furnishingwere all unusual. It was filled with Boss Peis willful personal expression on his philosophy. As a result, publicity was rather stable It could not be said to be wrong, but it did not seem to be able to fulfill Boss Peis expectations. Liang Qingfan nodded slightly. What does Director Zhu have in mind then? Zhu Xiaoce thought for a while. Since the overarching concept for Sloth Apartments is minimalistic, then the style of our video should also be minimalistic! Im more inclined to make it into short videos instead of a long documentary. There will be no voice-overs, interviews, and foreshadowing. It will be an artistic film, completely expressing the process of a room quickly and concisely. The core element is speed! Lengthening the video could indeed raise the audiences sense of expectation very well. However, it would seem like we are procrastinating. Our goal should be to condense the video as if they were fast-forwarding and take advantage of the time when the audiences still had the image of the old house in mind to show them the renovated house to give them a huge visual impact! The theme of our video is New Life. Its surface meaning would be to give an old house a new lease on life. The deeper meaning would be to enable everyone who moves in to start a new life. Such a visual contrast could be created in a short time and should be very impactful. It would stimulate everyones desire to discuss and explore. If the video is too detailed, the audience might not want to know it in depth. However, if it is very concise, many interested people would probably search for information on the internet. We can send information about Sloth Apartments as long as they were willing to search for it! Therefore, I think that this video has to be condensed, in my opinion lets condense it to just five minutes. Currently, there is a trend for such productions. This is the trend of polarization. Either make it very long and dry or to make it short, highly-condensed, and attractive. The former is easy to accumulate fans, especially diehard fans, while the spreading effect of the latter was very terrifying! We obviously have to choose the latter. Liang Qingfan felt a little tangled after hearing it. What Director Zhu Xiaoce said made a lot of sense. This minimalist concept was indeed consistent with Boss Peis original intent of designing the Sloth Apartments. However wouldnt five minutes be too short? I agree with it, but wouldnt these materials be wasted? Liang Qingfan asked. The cameraman recorded the entire process of transformation and used a drone to take aerial shots. The total footage was estimated to be two to three hours. Cut such long footage into a five-minute-long video? It seemed to be a little too prodigal. Zhu Xiaoce shook his head. Its not wasted. The condensed amount is the essence. It was just like many high-end dishes in the nameless restaurants where expensive ingredients were used in the dishes. That is not a waste but to constantly improve. What we are after is the final effect. A five-minute short video is definitely better than a forty-minute documentary! Liang Qingfan was convinced by Zhu Xiaoce and nodded. Alright, lets go with what Director Zhu said! You can contact me if you need any assistance. Zhu Xiaoce shook hands with Liang Qingfan. Liang Qingfan, dont worry. Boss Peis projects are all immortal. Well definitely help you to showcase this immortality in the video! Pei Qian took the car to Binhu District in the afternoon. Liang Qingfan was waiting downstairs. Boss Pei, please come in! Liang Qingfan was very proud to lead Pei Qian to the new Sloth Apartments that had been basically renovated. In the past two days, Pei Qian had been very upset with Dayak Corporations 500 million yuan. He did not even care that he was still in his exams week. He immediately freed himself to arrange for Shang Yang Games to prepare for GOGs global server to show Dayak Corporation some color. However, Ye Zhizhou and the others imagined the reasons for getting Shang Yang Games to do things differently. In fact, it was just because Shang Yang Games was well-staffed and had nothing to do. Tengda Games was also responsible for the development of Struggle and the update and maintenance of GOG, and there was no spare capacity to be responsible for the world server. The world server was not simply making a multilingual version. It was necessary to understand local demand, carry out operational activities, and conduct market analysis. There was still a lot of work. Those with ability and energy would take charge were only the group in Shang Yang Games. In fact, Pei Qian did not have such high requirements for Shang Yang Games. There were only two basic requirements: One was that money must be spent fast enough: the five hundred million had to be spent before the settlement. The second point was that it was best to harm others without benefiting oneself. Pei Qians calculation was very clear. If he were to not do anything and take the five hundred million, then he would be able to earn five hundred thousand in the cycle settlement. However, if he were to spend this money on the world server and strived to make a loss. If he were to make a loss of five million, then he would be able to make half a million in settlement. Therefore, strictly speaking, Pei Qian was not giving up half a million for revenge. To him, the money he obtained was the same or even more. At the same time, he also completed his revenge on Dayak Corporation. Wouldnt that be killing two birds with one stone? Anyway, as long as the money was spent fast enough and the amount of losses in settlement was greater than five million, then it was absolutely worthwhile for Boss Pei. As to why do harm to others without benefiting themselves The reason was simple. Harming others was for revenge and not benefiting others was because Pei Qian did not want to plant a time bomb for future cycles. The best result for Pei Qian was for both parties not to make money. He would feel so much better if everyone did not make money together. The staff of Shang Yang Games was very moved which felt as though Boss Pei placed a special trust in them. In fact, Boss Pei did not expect much from them; neither did he really want to directly kill IOI. The best would be to drag on for a while, allowing that disgusting Dayak Corporation to burn money and die out slowly. He would lose also money happily. That would be the perfect ending. However, whether it could be done or not would depend on how the situation unfolded. The Dayak Corporation was also a multinational company that had to be resisted. Boss Pei did not relax his supervision of the other projects while Shang Yang Games worked hard to spend the 500 million. That was because he could still make losses in this settlement provided that no more projects exploded. The Sloth Apartments project seemed to be a high-quality project that could sustain large amounts of losses for a long time and deserved more attention. Hello, Boss Pei! Please, come in! Liang Qingfan proudly led Boss Pei to the top floor. Liang Qingfan was very proud of the transformation results. Not only were the renovations implemented well, but they were all strictly adhering to Boss Peis requested minimalistic style as well. It was much harder to do that in a small apartment than in a large flat in the Dawn of Prosperous City. Pei Qian toured the room and fell silent. Is this still that f*cking dilapidated house I chose previously? This is definitely another set of houses! Pei Qians impression of this place was before the renovations. He was very busy after all and was not interested in looking at the renovations every day. In his impression, the aisle of this house was narrow and full of mildew stains. The kitchen and bathrooms were very small, which was impossible to live in. Now, however, there were no more such disadvantages! The aisle had been magically widened. The layout of the kitchen and bathroom seemed to be redesigned. The kitchen and the living room were now integrated with a lake view. The bathroom area had been enlarged which would even place a small bathtub. Pei Qian could feel that Liang Qingfan must have made major changes to the architecture of this house. However, he had never expected the aisle to be widened. Pei Qian originally thought that the walls on both sides of the aisle must be load-bearing walls, but it seemed like luck was not at his side. What a strange structure! Pei Qian was very angry at first, but he remembered that the structure of this house was originally strange. He liked the house precisely because of its strange structure. There seemed like there was nothing he could say since the unique structure of the house was now being turned into an advantage. Ah, nevermind then. In short, the house had been remodeled. The first impression was eye-catching, and it looked very livable. Especially this arc-shaped living room with 180-degree full-length windows. Originally, this place was difficult to make full use of because of the irregular space. However, Liang Qingfan used sofas, bookshelves, and other furniture to partition the living room by cooperating with the kitchen. The space was used to the maximum while preserving the perfect landscape. Fortunately, there was no change in the concept of Four Bare Walls. There was almost no storage space; even the bookshelves in the living room were of decorative nature, which could only hold beautiful crafts in them. Want storage? No can do, sorry. Moreover, the furniture and layout in the room could not be moved. That was a hard and fast rule which was very unsatisfactory, enough to persuade one to leave. In short, if it were not for the price and the unreasonable regulations, Pei Qian would almost think that such a house would be rented out. It should be fine now. Pei Qian turned around and did not pick out the problem. Very well, Im satisfied. Liang Qingfan was very happy. Then, Boss Pei, do you want to see the residential-commercial building in Shundong Gardens? Pei Qian shook his head. No need. The difficulty of the renovation there was much lower than that side. That could be remodeled to the current state. There was no need to look at the residential-commercial building. Pei Qian now could only count on this personal regulation and impractical decoration styles to save himself. Liang Qingfan said with anticipation: Then, can we start the publicity, Boss Pei? As long as the photos were posted on an intermediary website, it would definitely be snatched by the minute, right? Absolutely not! Pei Qian hurriedly said. Liang Qingfan: Huh? Chapter 605 - I can Consider Lending You My Family’s Private Plane Pei Qian coughed silently. The level of housing agencies was uneven. Cooperating with them would be huge damage to our reputation. What was more, we would be having a rental model. It is not appropriate for us to go on any old website. Anyway, lets not jump the gun to publicity. Our product is not good enough yet. A house is for people to live in. The environmentally-friendly standards had to be strictly adhered to! This house has just been renovated. There must be formaldehyde in it so the best thing is to let it air for a month or two. Liang Qingfan hesitated for a while and said. Uh Boss Pei, this house has been renovated based on all your requirements, using the most environmentally-friendly materials. Formaldehyde level in the house has reached national safety standards within which you can move in. Uh? Is that right? Pei Qian could not tell if he was losing or earning. Renovating with environmentally-friendly materials could cost a little more, but they could move in faster while general materials were cheaper, but it would take a long time to ventilate after the renovation. The later someone rented out, the more rent they would lose. However, Pei Qian thought about it and chose the former. The health of his clients was the most important. Customers might have lined up to give Boss Pei money and make it unbearable for him, but Boss Pei was always a magnanimous person. He would not bear any grudges. Pei Qian coughed lightly. It has to be aired even if it has reached the standards! We have to be strict with ourselves. It is not enough to meet national standards. Anyway, let it air for at least a month. You dont need to worry about publicity. Youve worked hard, have a good rest. Liang Qingfan nodded. Okay, Boss Pei. August 5th, Friday At Shang Yang Games Lin Wan was in the office, seriously thinking about related promotional activities for the GOG world server. Boss Pei gave them 500 million in one shot. It was indeed lavish, but it also brought a lot of pressure to everyone in the Shang Yang Games. This money was not difficult to spend. The key was how to spend it meaningfully. It would be an international joke if this 500 million were to be used without making any ripples. Shang Yang Games would be the laughingstock of the world. Therefore, shortly after they were done with the domestic server of IOI, Shang Yang Games entered a tense working state again. Knock, knock. A knock came from outside the office. Ye Zhizhou pushed it open. Director Lin, the person-in-charge of domestic affairs from Finger Games wants to meet with you. Lin Wan was taken aback. With me? Ye Zhizhou nodded. Yes, he originally wanted to meet with Boss Pei but was denied mercilessly Lin Wan found it funny. Who are you to meet Boss Pei? I dont even have to meet you either. What is this in-charges background? Lin Wan asked. Ye Zhizhou answered truthfully, I did a bit of investigation. This person seems to be rather big. He wasnt the original person-in-charge of China from Finger Games but was airdropped in recently. His name is Eric and was a high-level executive in the media department of Dayak Corporation. Lin Wan was stunned. No wonder this Eric thought he could meet Boss Pei. From a logical standpoint, he was indeed qualified to meet Boss Pei. A pity that Boss Pei would never fall for this trick. Finger Games had now become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dayak Corporation. Dayak Corporation loved to interfere with everything. Airdropping a high-level executive to be in charge of the IOI domestic server was something they were capable of. Finger Games made this move very rapidly. They were probably preparing for it since a long time ago, Lin Wan said with emotion. Ye Zhizhou nodded. Thats right. Taking back the operating rights of the IOI domestic server should be something that the executives of Finger Games and Dayak Corporation both wanted. Finger Games had always had a very strong desire to expand. They sold themselves to Dayak Corporation so that they could obtain more funds for expansion and to promote IOI faster to the world. They obviously also attach great importance to the domestic market. They feel IOI is struggling in the domestic market because we are not promoting hard enough and had been slammed by GOG. They even suspected that Tengda bought their shares to play tricks and to support GOG. Therefore, Finger Games had been planning to take over their IOI domestic server. Dayaks privatization offer was just a smooth move that promoted their common interest. Dayak sent a high-level executive to set it going after it was settled. As to why this Eric wants to meet Boss Pei and you I have no idea. Lin Wan was silent for a short while. Alright, Ill go and meet him. Boss Pei will definitely not meet him; it would be undermining his position. However, I can meet him. Knowing ourselves and the enemy is the only way to survive. We might be able to obtain some useful information since we are going up against them. Lin Wan came to a cafe in Jingzhou City to meet this Eric. He had a standard westerner face and looked like he was in his forties. His figure was well-maintained, but his hairline was worrying. The length of his beard exceeded the hair on the top of his head. Fortunately, the shape of his beard had been carefully taken care of. Both of them exchanged pleasantries with both knowing that they were enemies. What surprised Lin Wan was that Erics Mandarin was rather fluent. He only had a little accent. Eric sipped on his coffee and looked at his watch casually. My plane will be leaving at five in the afternoon so we have plenty of time. Lin Wan smiled slightly. She could see that Eric was using the watch that cost hundreds of thousands, some specific movements and his expression in hopes to overwhelm her with his aura. However, she was completely unmoved. I dont even bother about Shenhua Corporation; you are just an executive in the media department of Dayak Corporation. How dare you act up with me. Lin Wan grinned. It doesnt matter if you miss the plane. I can consider lending you my familys private plane. Erics hand holding the coffee cup obviously stiffened. He was obviously confused; shouldnt there be a basis for showing off? Tengda was just a small company in Jingzhou, and you are just a person-in-charge of one of the business departments. Where would your private jet come from? Are people so dishonest nowadays? He might be speechless, but Eric knew he had to keep his posture. There was no need to go up against a little girl in her twenties. He, therefore, decided to skip over that topic to talk business. Alright, Miss Lin, it seems like we both know very well what we are here for. I deliberately came to Jingzhou from Shanghai to know my opponent. Im sure Miss Lin has the same thinking as me. Obviously, Boss Pei does not want to meet me in person probably because he wants to hide his own intentions as much as possible. He sent you here to obtain information about me. Interesting street-smart guy but meaningless. Lin Wans face sank. You know nothing about Boss Pei, and it would be very stupid to make such baseless guesses. Eric was not angry. He took a sip of the coffee casually and said, How do you know that it is an unfounded guess? This is the first time I set foot in Jingzhou, but Ive gained enough knowledge in a few short hours. Then, what did you gain on this trip to Jingzhou, Mr. Eric? Lin Wan replied noncommittally. Eric replied slowly and confidently, I confirmed some of my thoughts, such as the truth about the competition between GOG and IOI. I was very surprised when I learned that IOIs original operations were in Jingzhou. That did not make any sense. The operation should be in Shanghai no matter what. Later, I learned some insider information which confirmed my suspicions. I have to say that Tengda has great luck. It seized the opportunity when IOI was still unknown, bought the shares of Finger Games at a very low price, and obtained the operating rights for the domestic server. However, you are too greedy. You are doing this only to better promote GOG domestically. Why is it that IOI is enjoying huge success internationally except in China? Obviously, it was not a fair fight from the start. It is all a show between you sister companies! Why are the main promotional activities and competitions all in Jingzhou? That is obviously because Tengda has a stronger influence in Jingzhou. You can change the results of the game and choose the winner by default. Therefore, we are very aware that IOI will never be promoted in this country if we continue to leave the domestic operation rights to Tengda. That is intolerable to use because there are a huge number of players in China; we cannot give it up. You saw this opportunity and profited from it ruthlessly. However, it is nothing to Dayak. The potential profit that IOI can make in China is far more than tens of millions of US dollars; it would be on the scale of billions of US dollars! Mr. Eric, can you be so sure that IOI can defeat GOG to get a piece of the domestic market? Lin Wan asked after listening in silence. Chapter 606 - Sponsorship Fees Eric was amused. Why wouldnt I be sure? IOI is formidable in the rest of the world. It only failed in China because it was subject to unfair gaming regulations! You produced the athletes, you produced the judges, and you took IOI as GOGs stepping stone. IOI didnt fail because theres anything wrong with it. Of course, I would have complete confidence in it! Lin Wan nodded and smiled. Alright, I wish you all the best, then. Obviously, Eric had not realized the difference between IOI and GOGs quality. He was merely blaming IOIs failure on Tengdas alleged underhanded tricks. Lin Wan also clearly wanted Eric to hold on to that view. Eric took a sip of his coffee. I wish you all the best as well, Miss Lin. I wonder if everyone in your department lost their jobs after losing IOIs management rights. I guess not. After all, this was all a part of Tengda Corporations plan. You were probably given a brand-new project to work on. Its a pity that Tengda Corporation didnt treasure the opportunity to work on a rare S-Grade game like IOI, which would probably only come across once every ten years. You wont get another chance. Lin Wan smirked and stood up. Mr. Eric, you dont have to worry about that. We already have a new job to do. GOGs international servers are going to be opened soon. Guess how much we have in our marketing funds. Seventy million US dollars! What a coincidence! Lin Wan purposely exclaimed sarcastically. The hand Eric was using to hold his coffee cup paused in midair. What was the meaning of this? Are they going global without any warning? Whats more, theyre using our money to do that? August 6th, Saturday At DGE Esports Club Huang Wang just finished setting up his camera, which had only just arrived. Old Zhou dissed him. I wonder who it was who said he would not reveal his face back then. Huang Wang sounded helpless as he responded, I dont have a choice. I dont know why people keep asking me to switch on my webcam every single day. Whats there to see? Im a man. Theres no cleavage to reveal, unlike female live-streamers er, okay, I do have cleavage, but no one would really want to see that! Yet, the requests for me to switch on my webcam are incessant, and there have been more and more of them recently. Someone even insists every day that Im only refusing to switch my webcam on because Im ugly. How can I tolerate that?! Old Zhou laughed, amused that netizens had so many tricks up their sleeves these days. Live-streamers were practically being controlled by them. Huang Wang adjusted his camera and started live-streaming as usual. The moment Huang Wang started live-streaming, a huge number of viewers entered the room. Huang Wang won a lot of fans over from his game with Pang Ling. After he set up his own account, many fans started following him in waves. The competition had attracted many gamers over to GOG, who then became fans of Pang Ling and then became fans of Huang Wang. Whats more, Huang Wang was good at live-streaming. Each time he played with Pang Ling, they joked and laughed as they slaughtered everyone else in the game. Huang Wangs sharp tongue also worked nonstop, perfectly suiting his viewers taste. After all, many viewers thought that speaking more equated to having the gift of the gab. No matter what the live-streamer said, they would be happy as long as they could hear something. As Huang Wangs live-streams became increasingly popular, the platform started offering various recommendations of it, which caused the number of fans to keep increasing in return. When viewers first entered his live-stream, they had talked about anything and everything under the sun. Yet, a few days later, all the bullet screen comments revolved around something else. ??? Host, who are you? Why is there a strong and handsome man seated there? Where did the host go? Holy sh*t. This is what the host looks like? Are you sure you werent a boxer before you started playing esports? My mind is blown! The host is so good at battling, in every sense of the word! Quickly, strike a pose! Is this the live-streamer that chatters incessantly? He looks so different from what I imagined! I thought that the live-streamer would be a scrawny monkey! Huang Wang felt upset reading all the comments. Why do you think I used to be a boxer before I started playing esports? Youre even asking me to strike a pose? What are you taking me for? All of a sudden, a huge flaming arrow shot across the live-stream room. Huang Wangs eyes lit up, and he quickly said, Thank you for the flaming arrowPlease stream naked, Host! He felt awkward. Having no choice, Huang Wang said, I cant stream naked, but how about this? Ill wear a singlet He could ignore all his viewers requests, but he had to satisfy those of his sponsors. Huang Wang was a principled man. One of his principles was never to fight against money. Zhang Yuan quietly walked past and could not help but smile. The players could not take part in professional competitions, and so they spent all their time either training or enduring extra training. Their lives were difficult enough as it is, and so he thought that it was a good thing for them to livestream and entertain themselves once in a while. In any case, as long as they could continue training intensely each day and not get distracted by live-streaming, it would all be fine. Zhang Yuan returned to his room and checked the mock competition schedule with other clubs. After the previous competition, GOG became extremely popular in the country. Various clubs started investing resources into a GOG team. As a result, all of those teams had requested mock competitions with DGE! After all, everyone knew that both of DGEs teams represented the peak of GOG playing in the country and even the whole world. GOG didnt have international servers yet. Mock competitions would be most effective if one played against the best of the best, so that they could see just how far off they were from the top-tier team. Still, DGE only had two teams. It would be too much to ask for them to play in mock competitions against more than ten other clubs. Whats more, other clubs standards were all kinds of awful now. Some gamers from newly-established or newly-modified clubs were so bad that they would probably be defeated in the in-game professional rounds. DGEs teams would just be torturing them during the mock competitions that it would be meaningless to take part. For the DGE Clubs two teams to improve, they had to keep playing against each other. Yet, they could not turn down all requests for mock competitions from external teams. Otherwise, working behind closed doors might cause them to become too complacent, to the point that they would be oblivious when others overtake them. Thus, after a lot of consideration, Zhang Yuan decided to take the lead and come up with a training schedule for all the clubs. Everyone would train together, and they would not have to fight. That way, DGE would have time for both of its teams to play against each other and not risk deteriorating by spending too much time messing around with teams that had just formed a while ago. After thinking about the various clubs skills and timings for two hours or so, Zhang Yuan finally came up with a mock competition training schedule that incorporated all the teams. Zhang Yuan sent the training schedule to the people in charge of the other clubs so that they could plan their own training around it. Of course, the people in charge of those other clubs did not have any opinions. They could not ask for anything better than for DGE, the strongest and most formidable club, to take the lead and come up with an organized mock competition schedule for all the teams in the country. Just as Zhang Yuan closed his laptop, his cell phone rang. He picked it up and saw an unknown number. Hello? A male voice sounded at the other end of the line. Hello, is this DGE Club? I am the Vice President of Waiwai Live-Streaming Platform, Peng Bin. I want to sign an athlete from your club, Huang Wang. I wonder if we can negotiate his terms. Zhang Yuan was stunned. Huang Wang had only started live-streaming a few days ago, but Waiwai had already set their sights on him? Yet, on further thought, it seemed to make sense. All the live-streaming platforms were fighting as hard as they could now. Live-streamers of GOG, in particular, were being snatched up with increasingly high sign-on fees. Huang Wang was well-skilled and was pushed onto the limelight by Pang Ling. In addition, his appearance and figure were potential hot topics for discussion. Clearly, he was an excellent pick for live-streaming platforms. Zhang Yuan pondered for a moment and said, You have to guarantee one thing. Huang Wangs original training schedule cannot be affected. He can only livestream for less than 36 hours every month. If you cant accept that, any amount of sign-on fees you offer would not suffice. At the other end of the line, Peng Bin paused. We can accept that. However, we have a tiny request. We hope you would allow us to give him the title of DGE Clubs Athlete. Of course, we will also give your club a token of appreciation. Were going to pay Huang Wang two million yuan a year, and the agreement can be a tripartite one. The club would take a standard portion as a gift. On top of that, Waiwai Live-Streaming Platform hopes to pay two million yuan a year to become a sponsor of DGE Club. Zhang Yuan thought about it for a moment. We wont take any portion of the money meant for Huang Wang. Give it all to him. As for the sponsorship Boss Peng, do you know that two teams cannot take part in any official competitions? Peng Bin smiled naturally. I know. We heard that from the H4 Club. However, as long as your club is more well-known than any other, why does it matter whether you can take part in official competitions or not? Chapter 607 - Rent a Street in Times Square! Zhang Yuan remained silent for a while, thinking about whether he had a good reason to reject Peng Bin or not. Peng Bins offer was very sincere. It looked like the live-streaming industry was on the rise at the moment. Once various investors saw the investment opportunity, they headed straight for it. Live-stream platforms were now competing at full force to see who could afford to burn the most money. Waiwai Live-Streaming Platform was one of the first few live-streaming platforms. Of course, it had much more spending power and could afford to be much more generous in this aspect. Two million yuan a year already sounded like such a high price. After all, how many people working in higher management could earn two million yuan a year? As for the sky-high figures that top live-streamers were raking in, there were two explanations: on one hand, the prices were pushed higher and higher as more and more investors entered the industry; on the other hand, there was a huge percentage of the price towards showing off. Someone like Huang Wang would probably never have thought that he, a young internet addict who had been binging on instant noodles just a year ago, would land such a huge contract. Of course, Peng Bin was only willing to offer such a price to one personHuang Wang. There were three main reasons for this: his individual skills, his gift of the gab, and his image (muscles). Peng Bin guessed that Huang Wang would be worth investing in because he was interesting and had a lot of potential. A live-streaming career would suit him. Naturally, there were practical reasons for sponsoring DGE with two million yuan as well. Peng had already gathered some information about DGE from the H4 club. There were, again, three points that were of interest to him: DGE was the top E-Sports Club in the country at the moment DGE was taking the lead and planning mock competitions between all the other clubs DGE was being nurtured at a cost to Tengda, and the clubs manager was once Boss Peis trusted right-hand man. Would he have to worry about a club like that having insufficient exposure? If they wouldnt be exposed in the future, why would Tengda be spending so much money nurturing it? After the GOG Competition, Peng Bin had reason to believe that Tengda had set up the DGE Club so early to achieve a catfishing effect! The DGE Club had intensely toured the various teams before GOGs competition, thereby greatly improving all the other teams standards and pushing them towards regularization. Peng Bin would never believe that this was a mere pleasant surprise. Obviously, DGE was an important part of Tengdas plan to market GOG! For all he knew, the DGE Club might cause a large-scale change in the world of esports in the future and become an example for all the other clubs to follow. Viewers were inclined to worship the strong. As long as the DGE Club maintained its level of skill, they would always stand a chance to attain glory. Whats more, if the two million yuan could put Waiwai in Tengdas good books, why would they hold back? As for Zhang Yuan, he was equally happy to accept the money. He hoped that the team members would be able to stand out in the crowd, enjoy more attention, and live a better life as well. Thus, he had decided that the club would not take a cent of the money that Waiwai wanted to pay to Huang Wang. At the same time, why would the DGE Club reject others offer of money? Two million yuan was not much, but it was definitely not little either. Other clubs would kill to get such an opportunity. Any club would only earn income from a couple of avenues: investments and advertising sponsorships, competitions, live-streaming platforms sign-on fees, team uniforms, and peripherals, transfer fees for members, and so on. Most clubs dont make a profit, but thats only because they couldnt and not because they didnt want to. DGE could forget about winning money from competitions, uniforms, or peripherals. If it refused to accept investments or advertising as well, it would become a charitable organization that purely spent money, wouldnt it? That definitely wouldnt do. He would symbolically take the two million yuan for now. To Boss Pei, that sum wouldnt matter much. Still, Zhang Yuan could send him a message: the DGE Club had the power to earn money, and so Boss Pei did not have to worry about it! The more Zhang Yuan thought about it, the more right it felt. At once, he agreed to Peng Bins offer, and they set a time to sign the contract. August 8th, Monday Pei Qian arrived at Shang Yang Games in the morning. He was very conscientious about GOGs international servers. Of course, he did not care how much of the global market GOG would dominate in the end. Instead, he was more concerned about how the money was being spent. As long as the company hadnt spent all seventy million yuan, Pei Qian would not be able to sleep well. Everyone soon arrived in the conference room. They could all tell that GOGs international servers meant a lot to Boss Pei. So it felt like a heavy burden on their shoulders. Ye Zhizhou began to report updates on GOGs international servers. Boss Pei, GOGs English translation is more or less complete now. Well be releasing it in the Western countries soon. As for the publicity strategy, were mainly looking in three directions: online advertising, live-streaming, and promotional channels. Well only be testing the waters with this strategy. After all, we dont understand the overseas market well enough. So, we have to try things out first. If the effects are good, we can invest more. For the channel promotion, were thinking of placing emphasis on those who like playing mobile games, given that GOGs client and mobile data are linked. After all, IOI doesnt have a mobile version, and so this would be greatly advantageous to us. Ye Zhizhou finished speaking, but he added in his heart: That was where we lost out the most back then When Pei Qian heard this, he remained quiet for a while. Then, he said, So how much would you spend in total? Ye Zhizhou cleared his throat and nervously said, That would cost fifty million US dollars. Pei Qian frowned. Fifty million US dollars? It seemed that they were unlikely to be able to finish spending all that money within this cycle, at that. At the rate that they were going, how long would it take for them to finish spending all seventy million US dollars? I wouldnt be able to incur a loss during this cycle, would I? Dont mess with me! Pei Qian gently patted the table twice. Thats dragging things out too long. Leave a bit of money for our daily operations, and then make plans to spend the rest of it. Make sure its all gone within the month! Ye Zhizhou was shocked. Boss Pei, that doesnt sound like a good idea, does it? GOG might not suit the foreign players taste. Were not sure if the publicity strategy would even work out well. Even if we want to spend that much at one go, I wouldnt know how to You wouldnt know how to? Looking at Ye Zhizhous inexperienced manner, Pei Qian knew that he had to give him a hand. It was no surprise. Most employees would not dare to make any decisions on behalf of the boss when it concerned that much money. It was time for Pei Qian to step up. He pondered for a moment and said, How about this? Spend the money according to my plan. Does anyone know how much the big screens at Times Square cost? Everyone exchanged confused looks. At last, Lin Wan spoke. Boss Pei, Shenhua bought it before. The big screens vary greatly in cost. The biggest one has exposure to about three hundred thousand people each day. It would cost 2.5 million RMB monthly. Pei Qian: ? Just 2.5 million? RMB, at that? That was ridiculously cheap. Pei Qian thought for a moment and said, Then, rent a couple more of them. Can we take an entire street? Just spend two million US dollars on it. In that case, should we rent a few at other squares as well? How about this? Lets increase the budget to ten million US dollars. Since were already renting screens in the sky, we should rent some underground as well, right? There are several subways in every country. Lets spend another ten million US dollars on advertising spaces in train stations, bus stations, and stop signs. Throw in another five million US dollars for a couple of online advertising spaces as well. Also, how can we just look for a couple of live-streamers to publicize the game for us? Of course, we have to depend on the clubs! Lets sponsor all the veteran clubs overseas with a sum of a million US dollars. Well sponsor ten of them for now! Print GOGs logo on all those uniforms of the IOI teams as well. Make them switch on their webcams when streaming IOI, so that they can market GOG at the same time! Since were sponsoring them, make those clubs set up a GOG team as well. That wouldnt be too much to ask, would it? Then, leave another five million US dollars to organize a global invitational competition. This time, well invite all the best clubs in the world. On top of the money required to organize the competition, the rest would be distributed as reward prizes! That leaves us with twenty million US dollars Pei Qian had to admit that it was an extremely large sum of money. Even Pei Qian, who often squanders (System Funds), could not think of where to spend it all. He scanned everyone, hoping to get some suggestions as to what to do. Yet, they were all obviously stunned by his bold moves, so that no one dared to speak up. Pei Qian thought for a while. It was the perfect opportunity to make good use of everyones imaginations. Ill leave you to think about how to spend the rest of the money as a little test. Theres still an important part of the publicity strategy that has not been completed yet. Have a good think about what it is, and then fill in the gaps in the plan. Ye Zhizhou quickly made notes and nodded. Alright, Boss Pei. I understand! Although he was not sure about what the little test at the end was meant to be, he knew he could not ask questions about it since it was a test. He had to figure it out on his own. Once he took everything down, they all felt relieved. They had to admit that the sum of money was too huge. Everyone felt paralyzed with fear that they would incur losses if they spent it wrongly. At the end of the day, Boss Pei was the most courageous. He had so easily resolved the problem that everyone had been stumped by! Although the system design seemed messy, it was probably just a problem with the overall plan. They could iron out the details later. Now that the plan to spend money was set, Pei Qian felt much more relaxed. He asked, Does anyone have anything to say? Lin Wan said, Yes, Boss Pei. Based on what I know, Erics first wave of publicity strategies have more or less failed. Pei Qian looked confused. Who is Eric? What publicity? Why has it failed? Lin Wan looked frustrated. In her heart, she exclaimed that Eric had overestimated his own place in Boss Peis eyes. In fact, Boss Pei did not even remember his name Hes the one whom Dayak Corporation parachuted into Finger Games to act as the person in charge of China. Hes also the one tasked with marketing IOIs local server to directly compete with us. Oh Pei Qian seemed to have an impression of him. How long has it been since they took over IOIs domestic server? How did they fail so quickly? Lin Wan could not help but laugh. Thats right, Boss Pei. The first thing that Eric did when he took over IOIs local server was to look for a chain of internet cafes to work with. That had brought about unprecedented results in South Korea earlier. However, most internet cafes were uninterested. After all, those are just leftover internet cafes. Even at those that agreed, gamers wouldnt play IOI just to save a bit on their bill. The corners of Lin Wans mouth turned upwards in an arrogant smile. Dayak Corporation was now suffering the exact same fate as Shang Yang had earlier. History was repeating itself. Pei Qian looked disappointed. Thats all? Tell them to try a bit harder. Itll be best if we engage in a price war. How can they steal our players if theyre so afraid to spend money? Ye Zhizhou said, Theyre probably testing the waters and unfamiliar with the market because they just entered. After all, our market is similar to the East Asian market in some ways. Thats probably why he thinks his experience in South Korea would be helpful. Pei Qian sniggered. Testing the waters? Hmm after testing the waters, youll learn which methods dont work. Shang Yang Games had already done everything that it could earlier Alright, be dismissed. Pei Qian stood up to leave. Just as he walked through the door, his cell phone vibrated. He picked it up to take a look and realized that it was a photo from Zhang Yuan. It was blurry, but the 2,000,000 was particularly eye-catching. Zhang Yuan: Boss Pei! The DGE Club has finally earned its first paycheck! This is worth celebrating! Pei Qian was stunned. He tapped the image to take a closer look. He became paralyzed, as if he had just been struck by a bolt of lightning, and then held himself back from cussing. Who the f*ck was willing to sponsor a club that could not even take part in competitions?! Crazy! Chapter 608 - Three Sponsorships at Most Pei Qian was speechless. The sponsorship of two million yuan was not too much since Boss Pei has been sponsoring one million US dollars to foreign clubs. However, the key point was that DGE was not a veteran club that had been in operations for a long time. There was no exposure since they could not enter competitions. Who would want to sponsor them for? Could you recoup this money? Pei Qian calmed down a little and clicked on the photo sent by Zhang Yuan. He glanced at the picture again and found the keywords above: Waiwai Live-Streaming Platform. Why does a live-stream platform want to sponsor the DGE club? Could it be? Pei Qian suddenly felt that something was not good! Indeed, the DGE club could not play official competitions, but it did not mean they could not livestream! The live-stream platform had its own exposure! That was a very dangerous signal, he had to interfere! Pei Qian knew very well that within a year, all kinds of domestic capital would enter this arena and live-stream platforms would spring up like bamboo shoots after a rain. The money burning war would begin. The popularity of live-streamers would increase, many sky-high contracts would appear! What if there were some talented live-streamers in the DGE club? Pei Qian was a little grateful that Zhang Yuan exposed this to him early. There seemed to be room to rescue the situation. He quickly took his car to the DGE club. Pei Qian carefully reviewed the contract after he came to the DGE club. Zhang Yuan stood by the side and could not help but to think of reasons for the scene in front of him since Boss Pei looked very serious. It seems like Boss Pei attaches great importance to the profitability of the DGE club. He rushed over as soon as he heard the news! Moreover, he is looking at the contract very seriously. Is he worried if there were any traps in the contracts and wanted to check it again? I did not take a cut from Huang Wangs live-stream contract. I wonder if Boss Pei will support my approach or not. Pei Qian put down the contract after some time. Zhang Yuan hurriedly tested the ground. Boss Pei, I did not take any commission from Huang Wangs live-stream because Pei Qian raised his hand. Um, you did very well in this! Are the other players going to sign a live-stream contract as well? Zhang Yuan shook his head. No, Waiwai Live-Streaming Platform signed with Huang Wang mainly because of his potential as a live-streamer. He knows his stuff, talks a lot, has a good figure and image. Most of our players are not able to do the second point and are not very good at analyzing the situation in the game. Therefore, there is not much commercial value in the view of live-streaming. Even if they were to sign a contract, it would not be at such a high value of two million yuan. Pei Qian heaved a sigh of relief. Lucky! Zhang Yuans understanding of the Tengda spirit is still useful. The two-million-yuan contract that Huang Wang signed had nothing to do with him since the club did not take a cut out of it. With this precedent, it would not affect the club even if the other players were to sign with the live-stream platform. Not to mention that the other players would certainly not sign such a large contract. However, there was a hidden threat. What if Huang Wang were to gather a large number of fans and indirectly gained a lot of attention to the DGE club? Therefore, this person was a hidden threat! Pei Qian noted silently. He had to find a chance to make arrangements for such an outstanding employee. It would not work now since there was no opportunity. Moreover, the situation was not so urgent yet so they could consider it for the long term. The more pressing issue now was about the sponsorship of the DGE club! Waiwai Live-Streaming Platform might have felt that sponsoring DGE would allow it to have some potential in sponsorship. Most of it would be because of the DGE clubs identity as Tengdas son. Sponsorship was something that attracts. There would be a second one as long as there was a first. It was the essence of being a human. Two million might not be a lot, but what if it was a few two millions? Then, it would be awkward. Pei Qian started the DGE club to burn money. If sponsorship could really offset all the expenses, then wouldnt it all be a waste of his efforts? Of course, Pei Qian could also choose to let the DGE club burn money like a bottomless pit. There were so many places to spend money after all. However, spending money like a bottomless pit would also greatly attract attention from the outside world and would probably send wrong signals. What if everyone started to raise prices and sponsor blindly? What then? There was such a possibility. Therefore, he had to nib sponsorship at its bud. It did not make sense to not accept sponsorship, but it should be okay if they were to just control the amount, right? Pei Qian thought about it for a while and said, DGE can only accept up to three sponsors at a time. Sponsor logos can only be printed in three places on the team uniform: right chest and left and right arm sleeves. All sponsor logos had to be small; they cannot be broader than 15 cm. Pei Qian thought about it again before adding. Moreover, only one sponsorship from the same category of industry could be accepted at any one time. The last condition was mainly against the live-stream industry. Pei Qian was very worried that ZZ Live-Stream would enter as well since Waiwai Live-Streaming Platform sponsored the DGE club. There was no exclusive clause signed anyway. What if the live-streaming platforms were to advertise DGE when the money-burning wars began? Wouldnt that cause a lot of headaches? Therefore, Pei Qian deliberately forced it down that the sponsorship of each category should only receive one sponsor which would directly be passed to all future live-streaming platforms. The other streaming platforms could only bid one year later even if they wanted to compete. It was not that there were no other sponsors, for example for keyboards, mouses and other peripherals such as motherboard. However, they were often not as generous as live-streaming platforms. Moreover, they should not earn too much if they were to only limit to three sponsors. What was more, for the logo of the sponsor to be so small would probably disgust the sponsors. They would probably also hurt the enthusiasm of some sponsors. Zhang Yuan thought about it briefly and nodded. Alright, Boss Pei. I understand. You are afraid that DGE would become too commercialized and would affect the mentality and training of the players. I will think carefully when we receive sponsorship requests and will definitely go for the best! Pei Qian: ? Im not asking you to pick the best, but to make you take less sponsorship! However, there was no helping it; he did not have any more strength to explain anymore. Pei Qians original intention was for him to receive three sponsorships of 100,000 yuan each. However, Zhang Yuan obviously did not understand it that way. If there were only three sponsorships and there were only two left now, then these two had to be considered and sold for a huge price. Pei Qian could not say it clearly. He could only pray that there would be no more idiotic sponsors coming forth to mess things up. It would be best if Zhang Yuan asked for a sky-high price, and the sponsors were all unwilling to be taken advantage of. August 9th, Tuesday In the morning, Ye Zhizhou came to Tengda Games to meet with Li Yada, Bao Xu, and Min Jingchao. He was here to learn. Boss Pei threw a lot of money yesterday to directly help Shang Yang Games arrange a budget of 40 million dollars. However, he left a mystery with the 20 million dollars. Boss Pei said that the current promotional strategy still had a big loophole for everyone to find out and then make up for. Everyone in Shang Yang Games thought for a whole day with no clue. Boss Pei had already arranged most of the mainstream promotion methods. They had thought of other promotional methods such as inviting celebrities to endorse; however, that would be no different from foreign-sponsored partnerships. These other promotion methods were not unique enough. If one would spend 20 million US dollars this way, the price-quality ratio would be very poor, and it would certainly be impossible to meet the requirements of Boss Pei. Therefore, Shang Yang Games sent Ye Zhizhou to Tengda Games today to ask for advice. These people from Tengda were originally the people who developed GOG after all. They had rich experience in the promotion of the GOG domestic server. They might be able to think of something. If time were to permit, these people from Shang Yang Games would like to complete the task independently, but time did not allow it. The publicity plan would definitely be a unified one. No matter where the 20 million US dollars was spent, it would definitely affect other publicity plans. For example, if the 20 million US dollars were used to find a few celebrities, these celebrities would definitely be placed in public places such as internet advertisements and on subways and buses. These 20 million US dollars were not finalized. The publicity materials would certainly not be finalized and must be completed at the same time. Therefore, Ye Zhizhou could only help that more brains were better than one. The four of them brainstormed together in the guest room. Min Jingchao and the others fell into contemplation after learning about Boss Peis promotion strategy. Several plans overlapping with the current promotional strategy were put forward and were quickly killed. Min Jingchao thought over it again and said, I think that we should consider it from two general directions. First, the direction must be able to spend most of the money and not overlap with existing promotional strategies. Second, the publicity methods should be different from those already adopted by GOG. Otherwise, Boss Pei will not deliberately leave this puzzle. Ye Zhizhou frowned. From this point, hiring foreign big-name celebrities seemed to be suitable, but the price-quality ratio may be very poor. Li Yada shook his head. I think that would be boring. The overlap of big-name celebrities and our target audiences is not high enough. We are not selling luxury goods or daily necessities. How many players can we attract by having big celebrities endorse us? The conversion rate will definitely not look good. Bao Xu thought about it and said, I think it wont really matter even if it overlaps with the domestic server publicity strategy. The birth of GOG represented Boss Peis original idea. This approach seemed to match the current situation of GOGs international services. I mean character IPs. Character IPs? The eyes of the other three brightened up. Bao Xu nodded. Yes, Boss Pei had set the direction when GOG first started: Purchase a large number of Character IPs to serve as GOGs hero reserve. Chapter 609 - The Third-Largest Comic Company Even though we developed our own capabilities, we have never stopped buying character IPs. We have a huge place in the GOG creative area to showcase the character IPs we bought and to allow players to collect them, Bao Xu continued. GOG world server is currently lacking in this area! Thats right, we are indeed lacking in that! Min Jingchao said in realization. The character IPs we have bought until now are characters with a little influence locally, but none at all when it comes to overseas. These character IPs are foreign to them. Comparing the current GOG hero storage to IOI, they might have the advantage locally, but the reverse is true overseas. Players overseas might be more tolerant towards the heroes of IOI. That is a very crucial point that we have to address! Ye Zhizhou gave it some thought. Then, what if we are to create an online GOG creative site? Min Jingchao shook his head. No, GOG creative sites can only make good things on the precondition that there are enough players and that a large number of them participate. However, GOG does not have many overseas players now. Well definitely not be able to gather good works if we are to make a creative site now. This money would either not be able to be spent or it would be spent meaninglessly. You should buy some international successful IPs! This way, it would have the same publicity effect as big-shot celebrities or even better because the target audience would be clearer. We can code these successful IPs into the game; it is much better than to get a celebrity to endorse it! Ye Zhizhou became excited. Understood! As expected, this should be the answer that Boss Pei wants! Everyone discussed again and became even more convinced that buy IPs was the best answer to Boss Peis puzzle. It should also be something that Boss Pei had considered. This buy IPs direction was the original principle from when GOG developed. It was now pushed into the world server and required an IP widely accepted by overseas players. Everyone, dont be too happy so fast. We have not fully deciphered Boss Peis problem, Li Yada reminded everyone. Weve decided to buy IPs, but how do we buy? Which one to buy? 20 million US dollars will definitely not be enough if we were to buy those famous heroes since most overseas companies are eyeing them as well. The copyrights of those dramatized ones would be sky-high. Buying expensive big IPs will probably not be in line with Boss Peis original intentions since Boss Pei never buys expensive big IPs locally. Its different from domestic markets. We have to get an IP that is influential enough for the publicity to have the effect. Everyone entered a state of argument. Finally, Li Yada suggested, Therefore, we have two ways now. The first way is to buy two internationally successful IP; the second is to buy a large number of not so well known IPs that international players can identify with. Since we are unsure, we can send both answers to Boss Pei and let him decide. Ye Zhizhou nodded and stood up. Understood, thank you, everyone! Ill go back to do a simple investigation before we let Boss Pei make the final decision! August 10th, Wednesday Pei Qian received Ye Zhizhous phone call not long after he woke up. Boss Pei, we have come up with GOGs international server publicity proposal! We want to buy some international character IPs to put them into the game! However, we now have a problem. Should we buy one or two famous international character IPs, or should we buy a few more character IPs that are not so well-known but will match international players wants? Pei Qian thought about it for a while before replying. The latter. Such international character IPs would be too painful. Pei Qian was afraid that IOI would not be able to rival them. Such a worry might be strange, but it was not at all unreasonable. The GOG game itself was already much better than IOI: a client-side game with reasonable fees and a whole load of character heroes. The game machine was easier to get used to and to spread. Moreover, GOG was now being promoted overseas. There were two main points: its inability to adapt and the chances of its name spreading. Unable to adapt was mainly from the fear of the heros image not fitting overseas players tastes and being unable to be localized. Buying IPs could indeed solve this problem. However, if it was to purchase international famous IPs, Pei Qian was afraid that it would be too high-handed and kill IOI instantly. Then, he would not be able to spend money overseas as happily. It was better to buy the smallest IPs and toy with IOI slowly. Using a blunt knife to slice the meat away little by little, it was much better for the fight. Ye Zhizhou agreed, Alright, well choose some more value for money and not so well-known character IPs. Well report to you again after some time. Ye Zhizhou looked at Lin Wan and Wang Xiaobin excitedly after he hung up the phone. Boss Pei decided! As expected, that is the right answer! We are unbeatable in deciphering Boss Peis intentions when both of our gaming departments join forces! The Lin Family looked at the materials in her hands. Dont celebrate prematurely. There is still a lot of work to be done. The United States has so many superhero characters; how are we to choose? Which one of these is suitable for Europe? Everyone could feel headaches approaching looking at the long list of heroes names in English. The appearance of superheroes could be traced back to the early 1930s. The list had grown astronomical throughout the decades of development. Everyone had difficult choices to make: The heroes that everyone knew were very expensive. Boss Pei decided not to buy them. No one knew the cheaper heroes so how were they to decide if the international players would like them or not? Who knew that these not so well-known heroes were not so well-known because they were developed at an inopportune time or because they were failures that no one liked? It would be okay if it was the former, but if it was the latter, then it would be a waste of money by GOG to purchase such trash. Lets not think about the two biggest comic companies. They should be bought by all the big corporations for hundreds of millions of US dollars. We will not be able to obtain any advantage, Ye Zhizhou said. Moreover, their conditions will be very strict. What we can buy will probably just be for the game copyrights. Buying some lesser-known character IPs may work, but there would also be restrictions, and their prices might not be acceptable to use. Their price-quality ratios would be worse. Lets not consider them then; lets continue on. Lin Wan said. We seem to be able to buy the third-largest comic company in the United States. There was news two days ago that they are going bankrupt, Ye Zhizhou said after he continued reading for a while. Lin Wan instinctively felt something wrong and asked, The third-largest comic company is going bust? What is their market share? Ye Zhizhou: Less than 5%. Lin Wan: Wang Xiaobin was taken aback as well and complained. If the third-largest comic company does not even have 5% market share, then does that mean the United States only has three comic companies? Of course not, but that is what was indicated in the materials, Ye Zhizhou replied in a jolly manner. I can only say that it is the current status of the industry. The first two comic companies are humongous and have about 40% market share each. The third to the tenth companies share 10% of the market while the rest is shared by even smaller companies. These two companies have too many superhero IPs; the market is only so big. They release comics and movies. They are of totally different leagues from the other companies. Lin Wan nodded. Um, typical 80/20 market share. The big companies own 80% of the market share. No wonder, third-largest comic company in the United States may sound scary, but in fact, they only hold less than 5% market share. Moreover, they have to fight with the two big giants before them. They must find it very difficult to fight. Its no wonder they are going bankrupt. Ye Zhizhou took the laptop and quickly read the relevant information. Yes, traditional comic styles are no longer popular. These huge comic companies earn money from movies. The comics are like huge inspirational storage where they could obtain materials at any time for a steady flow of movies. However, it would just be even more difficult for those that had a small market share but not able to afford to make movies. This Hurricane Comic Company has a few good points. They dont only use superheroes as materials. They are more diversified. A more diversified image is better for GOG as it would mean they have more choices. They have a few IPs that seem to be able to fulfill westerners taste for example, Purgatory Duke, Mutants, and Robocop. There was one thing very important: they had an international IP image 20 years ago! The Multifaceted Man was made into a movie in 1993. They were nominated for many Oscar categories, but they did not win it. They invested 27 million US dollars and obtained a global box office of 340 million US dollars. It was top 4 in grossing for that year. The main actors remuneration increased twenty-fold after he finished filming this movie. However, Hurricane Comic Company was not the investor so they did not obtain much benefit. That was its last glory. Their popularity was on a decline after that. Its just that the good part is the character IP of the Multifaceted Man is still rather popular. Many westerners should find him familiar. More than half of Hurricane Comic Companys value is on this IP. It might feel like we are picking up from the trash, but I have to say that this trash feels rather worthwhile. Chapter 610 - ZZ Cup Performance Competition Lin Wan nodded. Okay, thats it! Lets buy this company once and for all. Well keep all their copyrights and develop them slowly. It will be more cost-effective. The Multifaceted Mans image could be used to push since many foreigners are familiar with this character. Well tie GOG and the Multifaceted Man firmly together. The effects might even be better than having celebrities. Well inform Tengda Games to do their best to develop the hero that is the Multifaceted Man. We will then publicize on the international servers with this hero! In the evening The DGE Club, solo relaxation time Huang Wang packed his things, preparing to move. He had no choice. He was too noisy when he did his live-stream and was being abandoned. Zhang Yuan prepared a room with good soundproofing upstairs for him especially for the live-stream. Most of the others now know about Huang Wangs contract. They had different reactions to it. Some of them were envious and wanted to try live-stream as well. As internet-addicted teenagers, the temptation of earning two million yuan a year was simply too great. They could also gain good reputations. Some were not very interested. Take Jiang Huan, for example. He felt that he was well-taken care of by the club, and it would not matter if he had more or less money. His mind was all focused on the game. However, everyone was still happy for him even though they complained that Huang Wang was too noisy and drove him upstairs. They were all internet addicts when they first arrived. They ate, lived, and trained together and had developed a comradeship. Huang Wang was akin to being the first person who tried crab. He found a way for everyone so that everyone would have more choices in the future. It was not a zero-sum game for the players. The value of all players increased after the DGE Club became famous. Old Zhou surfed the web pages casually while waiting in line. He had Huang Wangs live-stream on Waiwai Live-Streaming Platform open at the same time. Sure enough, Huang Wang was working in a fancy way and showing off his muscles again. However, his popularity soared again! The platform resources he enjoyed before and after signing the contract were worlds apart. Huang Wang was popular before signing the contract. His popularity soared again with the platform behind him, with a little bit of fraud and popularity rating. The live-stream platforms were meant to create celebrities after all. These live-streamers would definitely be able to be promoted to popularity as long as they had enough topics and effects! In addition, Old Zhous keen eye also discovered that there were several official certified labels on Huang Wangs live-stream channel: Captain of Team Two from the strongest DGE Club/Great Master Performer/Invincible in Offline Matches/Theres fire where there is smoke There was even DGE Clubs logo at the bottom, which was rather pretty and gave a lasting impression. Obviously, Waiwai Live-Streaming Platform was working hard to connect Huang Wang and the DGE Club, creating an invincible image of the DGE Club in the minds of fans. Previously, if they were to search the keyword DGE Club, they would basically not be able to find anything useful. The club did not make an official website because there was no need for it. However, searching DGE Club now would get them a long list of results immediately! The first result would be the live-stream of Huang Wang. The second would be Wikipedia. After that would be posts on various platforms and forums as well as news from many websites. First Place Amongst GOG Club Is Unexpected? Unveiling the Mysterious DGE Club The Captain of Team Two From DGE Club Signs with Waiwai Live-Streaming Platform This Club Trashed H4 Club Previously, Pang Ling: In despair DGE Club: GOGs Official Secret Weapon? The Mysterious Training Method of DGE Club: Leaked There are Rumors that Huang Wang was a Boxer who Transited to Esports, is It True? Shocking! Local Whale Smashed Ten Rockets, the Live-Streamer actually Did This Old Zhou knew immediately that it must be the work of Waiwai Live-Streaming Platform when he saw these results! It was necessary to maximize the commercial value since they had now signed Huang Wang up and sponsored the DGE Club. Some of these contents were deliberately made by Waiwai Live-Streaming Platform to generate enough heat and discussions on the internet. Some contents shamelessly used marketing titles. However, they had to admit that its effect was immediate. A mysterious and powerful image of the DGE Club was established in the hearts of the audience! Moreover, it was difficult to distinguish between true and false information. Some true information was taken as false information. Many people felt that GOG raised their own club that required them to work out every day? They even trashed H4? That was absolute nonsense! It made no sense that they were so much stronger than the other clubs even if they were to raise a club! Unless it was by the official game! There was also some false information regarded as true. Some fans who were just watching the commotion photoshopped a boxers credentials for Huang Wang. It put Huang Wang in the boxing ring. They photoshopped so realistically that many people couldnt say its fake. As a result, every time Huang Wang linked up in the game, audiences would ask him to show his muscles. Some even asked him to punch a few fists. Huang Wang repeatedly emphasized that he was not a boxer, but he could not stop the bullet screen comments from deceiving people repeatedly. In the end, Huang Wang could only give up on the treatment and simply change his live-stream room to Former Boxer who Tortured Professional God-like Players. As a result, more viewers got caught in the bait! Sometimes, even Huang Wang felt that this world was simply too magical. At the same time, ZZ Live-Stream headquarters in Guangzhou Vice President Liu Liang was furious. The heads of several departments stood with their heads bowed, not daring to breathe. Every one of you is useless! You cant even do shit! I told you a long time ago to pay more attention to the potential of live streamers from GOG, didnt I? What have you been doing? Didnt you realize that he was a good sapling when Huang Wang had already been in live-stream with Pang Ling for several days? If you had realized it earlier and signed him up, then what could Waiwai Live-Streaming Platform have done? Great, now, Waiwai Live-Streaming Platform obtained so much traffic because of this live-stream publicity. Are we passive now? Im so pissed off! Liu Liang calmed down after scolding. Have you found the contact details of the person-in-charge of the DGE Club? One of them nodded. Ive sent it to you. Liu Liang waved his hand dismissively. Alright, scram! Ill deal with it personally! The in-charges left in bad taste. Liu Liang still felt like his anger had not been dissipated. Such a promising sapling was taken away by his competitor, Waiwai Live-Streaming Platform. It was his worst fear. How could he not be angry? The key was that there was sufficient time to react. They should have realized his potential when Huang Wang and Pang Ling were in the live-stream. This gang of rice bugs only knew how to be passive and did not notice it at all. Fortunately, there was a way to remedy it. Liu Liang decided to handle it himself. He heard that Waiwai Live-Streaming Platform had sponsored the DGE Club and was frantically promoting the concept that the DGE Club is the strongest team. It would be amazing if this concept could really be hyped up. Players adored the strong. There was a huge difference between the first line professional players and the super top professional players. The most embarrassing thing was that Liu Liang realized that many of the eye-catching news broadcasted by Waiwai Live-Streaming Platform were actually true! The DGE Club was really a team raised by Tengda and had actually trashed all the clubs in China. There really was a fitness training program amongst their training! It really wasnt Waiwai Live-Streaming Platform bragging. Liu Liang also realized many topics could be hyped up! Popularity was everything in live-streaming. The live-streaming platforms had to do everything permissible by law to attract the attention of audiences. Ready-made popularity was served to them on a platter; what reason was there not to obtain it? Waiwai Live-Streaming Platform had preemptively sponsored the DGE Club and tried to bundle the DGE Club with their live-streaming platform. Fortunately, it was not an exclusive sponsorship. ZZ Live-Stream still had a chance. Liu Liang looked at the time. It was a little late so it seemed to be impolite to call now, but the situation was urgent so he could not care so much. The phone call was connected in no time. Hello, is this Manager Zhang of the DGE Club? Im Liu Liang, the vice president of ZZ Live-Stream. I want to talk to you about sponsoring your club! Liu Liang explained his intention with sincerity. However, Zhang Yuan was silent for a moment at the end of the phone. Im sorry, Boss Liu, you are a step late. Liu Liangs heart dropped. Whats the matter? Our club has regulations. We can accept three sponsorships at most, and we can only accept one sponsorship from each industry. Waiwai Live-Streaming Platform has sponsored us for one year. If you want to sponsor us, you have to wait until this time next year, Zhang Yuan explained. Liu Liang thought he was struck by lightning. Only three sponsors? And only one from each industry? Thats crazy! Who would not want more money? The other clubs had never rejected advertisements. They did not hesitate to print everywhere on their uniforms. It was a good thing to be able to get more money with just the printing of a logo; why the hell not? It turned out that they could not even sponsor the DGE club now! He had never seen this situation in his life. Liu Liang was caught off-guard. He had another option, which was to sign with the other players of DGE since they were very strong as well. However, it was obvious that none of the other players were able to produce such a good effect. They might not be able to bring about the intended popularity. Moreover, they would not be able to rival Waiwai Live-Streaming Platform since they were not a sponsor of the DGE Club even if they did. Liu Liang cursed at those idiotic and useless in-charges. Boss Liu, if there is nothing else, Ill hang up first. Lets keep in contact again in the future, Zhang Yuan said. Manager Zhang, please wait! Liu Liang stopped him. He knew very well that there had to be some other way to keep the popularity up! If he were to give up without as much as a fight, then there was no need to think about all the popularity related to the DGE Club. However, so to how to go about it Liu Liang suddenly had a eureka moment. He remembered a piece of information he learned when he was asking the in-charges of other clubs. Manager Zhang, as far as I know, the DGE Club is playing mock competitions with the other clubs right? Yes, Zhang Yuan replied. We, ZZ Live-Stream, have decided to host an online game and are inviting all the clubs to participate! Liu Liang continued after thinking. Its called the ZZ Cup Performance Competition! Chapter 611 - The Philosophy of Tengda Lifestyle Application The rules of the competition are very simple. Make a schedule according to the participating teams and try to win as much as possible. The winner could be scored by the spectators and a comprehensive performance index. The higher the index, the more bonus there would be for the game! Of course, there would be nothing if they lost in performance. The minimum for a game is 50,000 yuan with the maximum as 100,000 yuan. The bonus will grow with higher scores. There would be six games a day for a total of 10 days. If there were still bonuses left, they would all be given to the team with the highest score. Would you be interested to participate? Zhang Yuan could not help but sigh on the other end of the phone. Live-streaming platforms were really creative with their ways! Performance competition? It sounded f*cking interesting Zhang Yuan thought for a while. Why not participate in it? If winning would be able to win bonuses. It would not be bad for the players to improve their lives. Alright, both of our teams would be participating, Zhang Yuan replied after some thoughts. Liu Liang was overjoyed. Alright! Then, I will find other popular clubs and send you the schedule when it was arranged! Liu Liang could not help but feel happy after hanging up. Success! The sponsorship of DGE Club might be gone, but they could still bring traffic to ZZ Live-Stream through this method! The previous GOG competition had proved that there were currently a group of GOG game spectators in China. The audiences of live-stream were also increasing. Everyone was looking forward to the competition since there was no such competition now. In an entertainment competition, there would be traffic as long as they were entertaining. The prize money of six million yuan might seem to be a lot, but ZZ Live-Stream would certainly not pay the entire amount. Such competition might be online, but it would definitely be able to attract advertisement sponsorship and share a huge part of the cost. The more Liu Liang thought about it, the happier he became. He immediately ordered his staff to undertake it. On DGE Clubs end, Zhang Yuan told the players that ZZ Live-Stream was about to host a performance contest. No one was very interested in it at first. What ZZ Live-Stream Performance Competition which sounded very degrading? We are professional players! GOGs highest standards! We respect every game! Never look down on their opponents! Asking us to perform, what did you think we were? Are we circus clowns? However, Zhang Yuan said that every game could win up to 100,000 yuan according to their score. The club and the players would split half. Everyones expressions changed significantly. 100,000 yuan for one game? If Team One and Team Two were to play a game a day and perform well, wouldnt everyone be able to get 10,000 yuan? If they were to play for 10 days, they would obtain 100,000 yuan each? Moreover, they could obtain the remaining money if there were remaining bonuses? This quick money was too easy to obtain! Wouldnt they be idiots? The team members quickly became energetic about it. No problem, isnt it just to perform as much as possible while guaranteeing that well win? Leave it to us! August 11th, Thursday Pei Qian came to Fish-Catching Take-Out Store Number One to check on the status of the microbial waste processor and to have lunch. After more than a week of preparation, the microbial waste processor machines ordered beforehand would be able to be put to use soon. It was close to lunch. Pei Qian sighed silently as he watched the delivery guys outside Fish-Catching Take-Out Store Number One picking up and delivering food. He sighed silently. So difficult! It had been almost two weeks since garbage sorting. As a result, many peoples living standards had changed. Many jokes appeared on the internet, such as what kind of garbage are you? Discussions would make it a trend, and trends would bring sales volume. During this period, Fish-Catching Take-Outs orders had been increasing every day. The originally idle dishwashers were working non-stop. The delivery guys were all in good spirits since the more orders they delivered would mean that their commissions grew with it. Their incomes would rise sharply this month. It was just that all these were not good news for Boss Pei. He could only silently hope that the waste processor and Gourmet Laboratory would be able to greatly increase the cost of Fish-Catching Take-Out so that they did not make too much money. Pei Qian listened to Rui Yuchen explain the specific uses of the microbial waste processor while he observed this machine. This thing was about two cubic meters in size. It had a stainless steel box which was a bit like a large washing machine or a freezer. It had a garbage input point and an operation panel. He smelt it up close. It was very airtight so there was basically no smell. However, Rui Yuchen deliberately placed it at the back door to prevent a small amount of smell from escaping. At the same time, it could facilitate the recycling of fertilizer within. Boss Pei, there are special microbes inside this machine. It can reduce up to 99% of kitchen waste; even the hard-to-digest garbage such as bones could be decomposed though it would take a longer time. The gas discharged after filtering, plasma high-temperature sintering, UV photolysis, and other processes is colorless, odorless, and non-toxic. The remaining solid is a small amount of bacterial fertilizer which is organic. After being mixed with soil, it can be used as compost within a month or two to improve the soil condition of fields, vegetable gardens, and urban flower beds Pei Qian nodded silently, not really listening attentively. Alright, the money was spent anyway. The fertilizers they produced were so little that it was impossible to make much money. The waste decomposer machine was hidden behind the store so no one should notice it. Pei Qian lost interest in no time. Alright, lets equip all future Fish-Catching Take-Out stores with this machine. Pei Qian went back to the store and took a seat. He had decided to have lunch here before leaving. The dishes were ready in no time. Pei Qian took two bites, and his expression froze. He saw two uninvited guests walking towards Fish-Catching Take-Out. One of them was holding a microphone, and the other was holding a camera! Pei Qian looked at the journalist who came in through the front entrance and the bright camera lens. He looked at the food that he had just eaten and turned his back towards the journalist to prevent his face from being photographed. It would be problematic if the journalist were to interview him as an enthusiastic citizen, Mr. Pei. Fortunately, there were other customers in the store. Pei Qian ate in silence and pretended to be an ordinary passerby. As expected, the journalist interviewed a customer on his left. Hello, what do you think about Fish-Catching Take-Outs garbage sorting? The journalist asked. This guy happened to have his side facing the journalist. He swiped his phone while eating and did not notice the camera shooting. What do I think? Im too lazy to sort the garbage! The food here is delicious and substantial. It is slightly more expensive, but I can eat worry-free since I dont need to do garbage sorting after my food He realized that something was wrong when he was half-way through his comment. He turned, only to see a huge camera filming him. The customer froze. Are you filming? Interview? News program? The journalist nodded. Yes. The customer hurriedly turned around after placing his phone in his pocket. Uh, garbage sorting is good! It is everyones responsibility to protect the environment and save resources! I think Fish-Catching Take-Out has done a very good job in this area, in line with the concept of environmental protection. Therefore, Ill support it with my own actions! Please delete the part in front, thank you. The customer said in a small voice after he was done. The journalist could not help but laugh. Sure, dont worry. Rui Yuchen also noticed the journalist and greeted him with a confused face. Obviously, he was totally unprepared for it so it was not prearranged. Hello, I am a journalist for the evening news section of Jingzhou TV Station. Are you the manager of this store? The female journalist asked with a smile. Rui Yuchen nodded. I am the person-in-charge of Fish-Catching Take-Out Business Unit from Tengda Corporation and also the manager of Fish-Catching Take-Out Store Number One. He glanced at Boss Pei and deduced that Boss Pei did not want to show his face based on his seating posture. He tacitly pretended not to know him. Pei Qian was slightly relieved that Rui Yuchen did not mention him. Fortunately, he was more discreet. The journalist was very happy. The thing is our evening news section wants to report on F&Bs[1] that are doing well in garbage sorting. Fish-Catching Take-Out seems to have done a great job in this regard. Could you please give us a brief introduction to the operating philosophy behind Fish-Catching Take-Out? Rui Yuchen nodded. He had stored a wealth of content previously. It would be great for him to take the opportunity to explain in detail. Fish-Catching Take-Out is an important part of Tengda Life App; it represents Tengda Corporations healthy, environmentally-friendly, and exquisite life philosophy! Healthy refers to the fresh ingredients of Fish-Catching Take-Out. We use less oil and salt and make the dishes as close to home-cooked food as possible while taking nutrition and deliciousness into account. Environmentally-friendly here refers to the concept of using recyclables for Fish-Catching Take-Out. All tableware is recycled, cleaned, and disinfected in a unified manner to reduce the damage of plastic waste to the environment. A special microbial waste processor is used to treat food waste and turn it into fertilizer. Exquisite is referring to Fish-Catching Take-Out being committed to providing customers with a high-end dining experience. We cooperated with the nameless restaurants to launch the Food Harmony brand to get rid of the inherent impression that takeaways are inferior and cheap. In addition, we also have special muscle mass increasing meals, nutritious meals, and fat reducing meals Rui Yuchen spoke with gusto in front of the camera. He was completely familiar with these contents. Fish-Catching Take-Out had contained many philosophical ideals from Boss Pei since its inception. Rui Yuchen discussed these with content many times with Lin Canrong as the person-in-charge of Fish-Catching Take-Out. He had a deeper understanding of Boss Peis philosophy when he provided fitness meals to Deposit Fitness gym. Tengda Life App has integrated all these contents now, which could be introduced in front of the camera! The chopsticks in Pei Qians hand stopped moving as he listened. He might have his back on Rui Yuchen and the journalist, but a question mark still appeared slowly above his head. Tengda Life App? What was that? [1] This refers to Food and Beverage, generally a reference to industries dealing with food. Chapter 612 - Fish-Catching Take-Out’s Past Life So what is the Tengda Life App? Before Pei Qian could ask anything, the journalist questioned him first. Rui Yuchen was well-prepared. He retrieved his cell phone and said, Tengda Life App is a new software that Tengda Corporation released after gathering all of its businesses. It includes many functions! For example, it includes the original Fish-Catching Take-Out application, as well as new and improved functions. One can get real-time updates on their delivery mans location, and they can make reservations on the menu in advance. On top of that, it has other functions like daily lessons, logistics delivery, reservations for the nameless restaurant, the map for Thriller Hostel, Deposit Fitness, rental of the Sloth Apartments, and so on. You could even use it to read novels on Zhongdian Chinese Network, look for all the Fish-Catching Internet Cafes, or download Tengdas mobile games. Moreover, we have fully linked TPDb websites reviews with the application so that one can check TPDb ratings and comments on the app. In the future, well also be releasing powerful functions like Tengda Mall and the like! Of course, since we spent little time researching and developing it, many functions will still have to be improved later. However, combining the various aspects of a Tengda Life represents Tengdas expansion into more areas of our daily lives! The Tengda Life app will control many aspects of our lives. Fish-Catching Take-Outs lifelong principles of health, sustainability, and exquisiteness also represent the common standards of all the businesses in the Tengda Life app! Our mission is to bring a healthy, sustainable, and exquisite method of modern living to every single customer! The journalist looked pleasantly surprised. She had not expected to reap such a huge benefit. Before this, she had only expected to conduct an interview with a food and beverage business that had been doing a good job of sorting garbage. Yet, she had also discovered that Fish-Catching Take-Out had been doing so many things in secret! Whats more, all of its principles had been summarized perfectly! Its food has to be healthy so as not to damage the body; its materials have to be sustainable so as not to pollute the environment; and its products have to be exquisite so as not to deceive customers. Fish-Catching Take-Out uses recyclable cutlery, dealt with its garbage by using microbial waste processors to turn rubbish into treasure, and had a special app to provide customers with a better experience. It was perfectly embodying the spirit of the countrys current push toward garbage sorting! That was not allthe rest of Tengdas businesses were also doing the same. Education, entertainment, fitness, internet cafes, logistics delivery all of those came together in one app for customers convenience. The journalist instinctively asked a crucial question. Where can one download the application? Rui Yuchen smiled. You can download it from various major application stores, or you could just search for it on search engines. However, I think many people in Jingzhou already have the application in their cell phones because it used to be the Top Student, Come Quick application! They wouldnt need to register again. Instead, they can just update the application to have the Tengda Life app at their fingertips! The journalists expression filled with joy. Thats great! Thats exactly the material I wanted! Branch Manager Rui, you have put it so well. The three principles, in particular, are really worth amplifying to set the bar for all food and beverage businesses! I can tell that you think a lot about these things in your daily life. Rui Yuchen nodded. Thats right. Those concepts are etched deep in my heart. However, I was not enlightened on my own. I learned this from Boss Pei of Tengda Corporation. At this point, I have to mention Fish-Catching Take-Outs past life. In fact, Fish-Catching Take-Out was born more than a year ago. At the time, Boss Pei had already insisted that it had to be healthy, sustainable, and exquisite. That was why we operated the business based on those principles. However, until last month, Fish-Catching Take-Out had made no breakthrough and had been consistently incurring losses. The reason for this is simple. Compared to other take-outs in the market that are priced competitively, Fish-Catching Take-Outs sales model was incomprehensible. Most customers thought that Fish-Catching Take-Out was bland and scoffed at the idea of reclaiming cutlery. Thus, although we had a small proportion of loyal customers, our revenue was never able to cover the costs of reclaiming cutlery. Yet, even so, Boss Pei did not give up. He did not even think about changing Fish-Catching Take-Outs operation model. Instead, he continued to invest more money into Fish-Catching Take-Out. He set up more and more branches, established a Gourmet Laboratory to develop new dishes, and provided customers with better service. Obviously, he was determined to live out his own principles! At last, Fish-Catching Take-Outs principles shone through. As everyone learned more about health and the environment, Fish-Catching Take-Out became increasingly validated! As our losses turned into profit, Boss Pei only had one opposite thought in his mind: Where is Fish-Catching Take-Out falling short? We thought about the problem of pollution due to food waste. Thus, we purchased microbial waste processors that cost more than a hundred thousand yuan each, thereby maximizing our adherence to the principles of health and sustainability! So Fish-Catching Take-Outs success should not only be attributed to its business model, but also to its ideals and its determination! As the journalist listened to this, she became moved as well. As a local of Jingzhou, she already knew of Fish-Catching Take-Outs existence early on. However, she never knew that the brand had endured through so many ups and downs; much less that such a hot-looking brand had been incurring losses all the way up to last month! The fact that it could withstand the pressure, cling to its principles, and increase its investments just to normalize a healthy, sustainable, and exquisite way of living It was really amazing! The journalist asked, Can I take pictures of the back kitchen and the microbial waste processor? Rui Yuchen nodded. Anytime! Please, follow me. Rui Yuchen had 120-percent confidence in Fish-Catching Take-Outs back kitchen. It was clean, tidy, and organized. One could say that it was a mini version of the nameless restaurants back kitchen. He had exchanged ideas and lessons on kitchen management with Lin Canrong many times before. Fish-Catching Take-Out Store Number One was the brands benchmark store. Of course, Rui Yuchen had to hold it to much higher standards. Ten minutes later, the photographs were taken. Rui Yuchen led the journalist and the cameraman to the entrance. This is the cleanest and most organized kitchen I have ever seen, exclaimed the journalist as she held her thumb up. Thats our job. Thats right. I have a gift for you. Smiling, Rui Yuchen handed a brand new lunch box to the journalist. She reached out, looking confused. This is an insulated lunch box? Rui Yuchen smiled and explained, This is the new brand that Fish-Catching Take-Out has developed, and its called Food Harmony. Its the product of the cross between a modern take-out business and traditional culture. Food, as in food is the most important to people. Harmony, as in gentlemen seek harmony, not uniformity, and man interacts harmoniously with nature. At the same time, it sounds like food box, which was the ancient form of take-out in our country. We have worked hard to mix the traditional lunchbox culture within our modern Fish-Catching Take-Out business, to create this special lunchbox. At the same time, we perfected its aesthetic, convenience, and insulant characteristic and honored our gourmet culture. Im giving you this gift as goodwill from me to you. Once again, the journalist looked pleasantly surprised. Thank you! Thank you so much! This is valuable as memorabilia, and yet very practical as well! Thank you for agreeing to be interviewed by us! Obviously, the journalist was moved as well. Once she confirmed with the cameraman that they had all the material they needed, she reluctantly left with her lunchbox. Rui Yuchen walked the journalist and the cameraman all the way out and watched them get onto their car before he finally heaved a sigh of relief and returned to the store. Phew, its a good thing I didnt mess up in front of Boss Pei! One didnt get many opportunities like that to star on television. Grasping it well would mean a valuable chance to get an instant fame boost and a surge in the brands value. Otherwise, it would all be in vain. The effect of the interview would have been greatly discounted if not for the clean and tidy kitchen and the newly-purchased microbial waste processor. Tonight, once the news aired, the effect and coverage would be better than that of any advertisement that they could afford to buy! Boss Pei Eh? Wheres Boss Pei? When Rui Yuchen returned from sending the journalist off, he discovered that Boss Pei was already gone. Why did Boss Pei leave? Is he unhappy with my performance? He cant be. I did quite well. Hmm he finished his food. I guess he should be quite happy with my performance. Perhaps he left quietly because he can completely trust me now. After all, Boss Pei has always been this free and easy. Its a good thing that Ive been working on adopting Boss Peis spirit. I was well-prepared, so that I could answer the questions so perfectly. Lucky me! Rui Yuchen looked comforted and elated. August 12th At Fei Huang Workspace Huang Sibo and Zhu Xiaoce were working hard on editing the short film, New Life. There were two layers of meaning: an old building was given a new lease of life through renovations, and one would start a new life once they moved in. Both of those were included in the publicity video for the Sloth Apartments. The videographer who had done the filming was very experienced and professional. He had accumulated a lot of rough footage, including everything necessary. However, to reduce it all to a five-minute clip was no easy feat. That was because five minutes was too short. Not only would they have to retain the meaning in each raw clip and ensure that each transition was natural and not abrupt, but they also had to ensure that the contrast between the old buildings and the new buildings was etched deeply in the viewers minds to bring across the idea of a new life. That called for a lot of skill. Luckily, everyone at Fei Huang Workspace was very experienced. They had even edited a movie before. Editing a short film was challenging, but not impossible. As Huang Sibo and Zhu Xiaoce discussed the meaning behind each scene, they repeatedly adjusted various factors and strived to achieve the best effect. Just when they were frowning deeply and struggling with ideas, they heard a celebratory shout from the office area. What are you doing here? Brother Huang! Director Zhu! Look whos here! Huang Sibo and Zhu Xiaoce looked up, their eyes widening in disbelief. It was a familiar face. Chen Lei! Chapter 613 - How are the Lunchboxes in the News Sold? Huang Sibo quickly stood up to receive him. Chen Lei? When did you arrive in Jingzhou? Chen Lei grinned. Late last night. It was too late, and so I didnt tell any of you. I intentionally came to look for all of you today. I went to Fish-Catching Internet Cafes flagship store first, but I didnt see Boss Pei or Boss Zhang there. Thats why I came over here. To Chen Lei, apart from Boss Pei and Zhang Yuan, the staff at Fei Huang Workspace were the closest to him out of everyone in Tengda Corporation. Thats because they had happened to be in Shanghai filming a documentary when Chen Lei left Jingzhou for Shanghai to chase his dreams. They had taken care of his meals, accommodation, and all other problems there so they were exceptionally close. Emotional, Huang Sibo said, Youre a huge celebrity now, and you havent been back in Jingzhou for a while. Thats probably why youre unsure of what Tengda is like now. Boss Pei, Boss Zhang, and Boss Ma no longer go to Fish-Catching Internet Cafes flagship store! Boss Ma is now in charge of an investment company. I heard that he had invested in IOI before and earned two hundred million yuan for Boss Pei. Boss Zhang was put in charge of the Fish-Catching Internet Cafes, and he started a computer-installation business. Then, he won the Best Employee award and stepped down. Now, hes in charge of an esports club. As for Boss Pei, hes getting busier and busier. However, he still hangs out at Fish-Catching Internet Cafes Handong University branch now and then. If youre lucky, you might be able to catch him there. Chen Lei sounded moved. You guys have changed a lot, too. In the blink of an eye, youve won an award at Cannes. I went to watch Tomorrow is Beautiful. Its very well-made. I keep boasting to my friends, saying that my buddies produced that film. So much has changed in the past year. Who would have imagined? Huang Sibo laughed. Thats right. How are things for you? I heard that your career has really taken off over the past year and that youre even preparing for your own concert. Chen Lei nodded. Yes, its pretty good, but I still miss being in Jingzhou. I especially miss those days singing in the internet cafe. I intend to tour around the Fish-Catching Internet Cafes to sing over the next few days, just to reminisce and increase Boss Peis sales. To a certain extent, one could say that I would be reliving the good old days. Huang Sibo fell silent. Tour around and sing How many days are you back for? Chen Lei thought for a while. About two weeks. Ive been running around all year and feeling quite tired. The last time I came back, I only stayed for a day before I left again. I didnt even have time to see all of you. This time, I want to stay in Jingzhou for a bit longer to recharge. After some consideration, Huang Sibo said, We wanted you to sing the theme song for the film that we produced in Shanghai, but we didnt manage to work with you because time was tight. Now, we have another film for Boss Peis project. Do you think you would be able to sing for it? Chen Lei nodded. Of course, I can! Since its Boss Peis film, I cant say no! Whats it about? Huang Sibo quickly scrolled through the rough edit of the film. These are rented apartments, but Boss Pei has given them a special meaning. He turned these unassuming and deserted old buildings into this, and so were naming the film New Life Youre good at writing folk songs. Dont bother incorporating this meaning into your song, as long as the style of the song fits. Im not sure what you can write about, but feel free to express your creativity. Chen Lei nodded. Dont worry. Count on me! In the evening Pei Qian lazed on his couch, switched on his television, switched to Jingzhous channel, and watched the night-time news. He would not be able to dodge the attack this time. Rui Yuchen had spoken so well and done a series of things earlier to bluff the journalist. Now, Pei Qian had no idea what kind of effect the news report would have. The Tengda Life app was done, and so was the interview. Pei Qians hands were tied. All he could do was hope that the news report would be as short as possible and that few people would be watching it. Recently, Handong Province has embarked on a garbage sorting and standardized disposal plan. The results have been promising. Garbage sorting is a social issue that is relevant to everyones livelihood and sustainable development. Improving garbage sorting would be an important step towards protecting the environment. To build a civilized society and further improve the quality of our urban life, Jingzhou City has made a breakthrough in carrying out garbage sorting and disposal works. However, it should also be noted that, during the current implementation of garbage sorting strategies, the food and beverage industry has been experiencing many problems. Many restaurants have failed to carry out their garbage sorting obligations, disposed of food waste in violation of regulations, and failed to discharge waste as required. Incomplete statistics show that Jingzhou generated 14.2 tons of waste from take-out every day. Close to 2.4 million people buy take-out each day, resulting in a mixture of disposable chopsticks, plastic lunch boxes, plastic bags, and food waste. That has created huge problems in terms of garbage sorting. Yet, one take-out company in Jingzhou has been actively leading the way in healthy, sustainable, and exquisite principles; thus being the first to achieve the goal of generating zero pollution. Its cutlery is recyclable, and its food waste can be turned into treasure. Its the perfect role model for all other companies in the food and beverage industry! The image on the screen switched to the interview that had taken place in front of Fish-Catching Take-Out Store Number One. Enthusiastic customers were seated in front of the camera, saying that they would actively support garbage sorting efforts by supporting Fish-Catching Take-Out. Rui Yuchen, the person-in-charge of Fish-Catching Take-Out, expressed himself freely in front of the cameraintroducing Fish-Catching Take-Outs past life, Food Harmonys current progress, and the business perseverance along the way. Pei Qian even caught a glimpse of himself on screen. There was a flash of his back when the camera panned around the premises. After that, footage of the clean and tidy back kitchenas well as the microbial waste processorwas shown. There was a brief introduction to the other businesses on the Tengda Life app, which had the same principles as Fish-Catching Take-Out. The core ideals of the Tengda life stood out. Finally, Rui Yuchen presented an exquisite lunch box to the camera. The reporter praised the bold innovation of Food Harmony, which integrated traditional culture with modern lifestyle. It also gave Fish-Catching Take-Out the highest praise for all its efforts towards environmental protection thus far. The branch manager of Fish-Catching Take-Out, Rui Yuchen, says that Food Harmony means that food is the most important to people and that gentlemen should seek harmony instead of uniformity. In other words, man should interact harmoniously with nature. We hope that all food and beverage and take-out companies can learn from Fish-Catching Take-Outs spirit. We also hope that more people would show their support to the local food and beverage brand, Fish-Catching Take-Out, and do their part to contribute to a beautiful and sustainable Jingzhou! That was where the news ended. Pei Qian slumped on his sofa, feeling extremely sad. Finished! That news piece was not short at all! He had thought that the minor piece of news would take two minutes at most. He had not expected that it would take five whole minutes. Not only had Rui Yuchen and the lunch box made a strong appearance, but the last part of the news piece also encouraged everyone to support Fish-Catching Take-Out! That was terrifying! Many old men and women in Jingzhou loved watching the news. They could have hated take-out at first but completely changed their minds because the news had given a take-out brand such high praise! Of course, they would not order take-out frequently. Still, they could tell their children that take-out was unhealthy and they shouldnt eat it, but even if they did have to eat it, they should order from Fish-Catching Take-Out! On top of that, the news piece mentioned the Tengda Life App and the high-end brand, Food Harmony. Surely, it would spread. With all the businesses combined, customers of various businesses would interact more and more. That would also lead to an extremely complicated chain reaction Pei Qian only had to imagine the consequences for a short while to conclude that the situation was hopeless. He downloaded the Tengda Life App on his cell phone and accessed the discussion page. The discussion page belonged to Deposit Fitness at first, but it was now a mini forum where one could post stickies, reply to others, and share every detail of their lives. The original fitness content was now just a small section on the page. The new posts were particularly eye-catching. Im stumped by the new update. How are there so many new things now? This is an entirely different application! This is great! As a loyal customer of Tengda, I no longer have to switch between multiple different applications. I can settle everything that I need in one place. Fish-Catching Take-Out is on the news! It went on for quite a long while now. It was praised for being a company excelling in garbage sorting! I didnt browse TPDb frequently before, and so Im only finding out now that Tengda has so many businesses. Does it even have a gym? Who knows how effective it is? I might go and try it out one day! Deposit Fitness? Its effects are immediate and more obvious than any other gym! Tengda has rented apartments? Sloth Apartments? Why dont I see many recommendations, though? Who knows how those apartments are? A Tengda Mall will be released in the future? I cant wait! You can close your eyes and buy any product from Tengda, and still, you wouldnt go wrong! As Pei Qian read those posts, he fell into a trance. Can all of you think independently? Dont assume these things are good just because other people say so. Try it for yourself and look for its flaws! Still, Pei Qian had to admit that the opinions expressed by the stickies were very common. After this series of blows, Pei Qian could no longer think of a reason why Fish-Catching Take-Out would continue to incur losses. Even the Sloth Apartments have been exposed. Its a good thing that no one knows the truth behind this project yet, though. Does this mean Food Harmony wont keep incurring losses either? Pei Qian continued to read through the posts aimlessly. All of a sudden, his hand paused. He had just read a new post. Who knows where I can buy the lunchbox? It seems like you can buy it directly from the stores. There are brand new ones in all sorts of colors, which are different from those that come with your take-out. Theyre going for 49 yuanthats pretty cheap. What do you want them for? Insulated takeaway boxes! They look nice, and the compartments were very scientifically-based. They can hold meat, vegetables, soup, and the like. Its well-sealed as well, so that you wont have to worry about spilling. That makes sense! My mom might need one. Ill make an order now! Pei Qian was stunned by the discussion. They wanted to buy the lunchboxes as insulated takeaway boxes? They think its beautiful and unique? Moreover, 49 yuan is cheap?! Pei Qian was taken aback. Even if the earlier discussions had been expected, this one was completely beyond his expectations! How could Food Harmony generate revenue this way?! Pei Qian was beginning to feel like he had been ruthlessly taken for a ride Chapter 614 - Boss Pei was Personally Endorsing Fish-Catching Take-Out! Chapter 614: Boss Pei was Personally Endorsing Fish-Catching Take-Out! August 13th, Saturday Pei Qian crawled out of bed and yawned. There was a Management Trainee meeting today. The examination period had passed, and Pei Qian had been plagued with too much work. Although he could symbolically study a littleon the whole, he had to give up getting better. Yet, he did not feel worried. He only worried that his own teachers would kill a couple of brain cells, trying to think of ways to let him pass. As for the Management Trainees examinations, Pei Qian didnt feel worried. They were outstanding students to begin with, and Pei Qian had given them time to study before the examinations. Of course, they would do well. The days without the Management Trainees were very difficult for Pei Qian. They had only done away with one meeting, but the DGE Club and Top Student Come Quick had already dealt killer moves. In addition, IOI and Fish-Catching Take-Out had exploded due to uncontrollable reasons. Pei Qian was filled with worries. He also had to think about how many hidden dangers there were in the projects that had just exploded and just how many aftershocks he would have to endure. Thus, the Management Trainee meetings had to resume! Once he finished washing up, Pei Qian glanced at his watch. It was still early. He picked up his cell phone, wanting to read what everyone else thought about the Tengda Life App and Fish-Catching Take-Out. The news piece aired last night. After a night of fermenting, new opinions had appeared online. Someone said that, after their parents watched the news, they told him to only buy Fish-Catching Take-Out in the future. Someone else said that his company had decided to only order from Food Harmony for business conventions from now on. Many people also said that they had bought lunchboxes for themselves. The most ridiculous post was by someone who said that they had bought a set of lunchboxes in every color, for no other reason than that they wanted to collect the lunchboxes because of how nice they looked! Pei Qian was exhausted. He could let the people in front go. In the age of garbage sorting, he could tolerate people who ordered from Fish-Catching Take-Out just to save themselves the trouble. However, how could he tolerate the one who said that he had bought a lunch box in every color just to collect them? What person in the right mind would collect these things? Pei Qian could only say that the world was huge, and there were all sorts of people. He just could not understand why people would treat such unstable things as treasures. All of a sudden, Pei Qian noticed a post on Weibo that had garnered a lot of attention! I almost laughed to death. Do you all remember the customer that appeared in Fish-Catching Take-Outs news piece last night? He looked so serious that I thought they had hired him. I didnt expect to see this complete version of what happened! A video was attached below. The journalist arrived at Fish-Catching Take-Out and randomly interviewed a customer, whose head was lowered as he used his cell phone, completely unaware that he was being interviewed. What do I think? I cant be bothered to sort my garbage Youre recording? Is this an interview? The news? Er garbage sorting is good. It protects the environment and saves resourcesall of us should do it! I think Fish-Catching Take-Out is doing an exceptionally good job. Please cut the first part. Thank you. The journalist suppressed her grin and said, Alright, dont worry. The video was going viral, and more and more comments were appearing below! Hahaha, thats hilarious. He was an ordinary citizen of Jingzhou in one second, but an outstanding youth in the next! Thats so true. I thought the interview was scripted beforehand, but it turned out to be a spring interview. This brother blurted the truth without noticing the camera at first! Thats an adorable citizen of Jingzhou. He claims not to care about sorting garbage because of the inconvenience it brings to his life, but he still does all he can to support it by changing his habits. He deserves praise for not secretly dumping his rubbish carelessly! Please cut the first part, thank you hahaha! The kind man had been taken for a ride by the journalist! He was not. The journalist did cut it away, and she didnt broadcast it in the news. However, she didnt say that she wouldnt upload it onto Weibo! Hahahaha. Eh, I noticed a problem. Did the rest of you notice the customers at the start of the video? One of the backs looked particularly familiar. Its the wallpaper on my cell phone! Pei Qian: ? Back? How could you recognize someones back? As for whose back he was referring to wasnt it obvious? Pei Qian quickly traced the clues and found the Weibo profile of the person who had posted that comment. His newest post had also become viral and gotten thousands of shares! An earth-shaking revelation! Boss Pei was there when the journalist interviewed Fish-Catching Take-Outs person-in-charge! Look at both of these backs; theyre 99% similar. The suits are the same, their body types are the same, and even their head shapes are identical! There were two images placed side by side for comparison below. The former was a photograph taken by the journalist when Pei Qian had walked in the opposite direction of the crowd back in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 3.0s Live Esports Museum back then. The latter was a screenshot from the journalist video of Fish-Catching Take-Out. Indeed, they were extremely similar! Before this, a few people had already set the first photo as their wallpapers. It was no wonder that they made the connection once they saw the same back in the video. Not many noticed it at first, but once the photos were compared, everyone immediately recognized him! Pei Qians head hurt. He knew he should have changed suits! Yet, what straight man like him would have different fancy suits to change into every single day? He only had so many comfortable suits, and it was only natural that he would re-wear them often. Never would he have imagined that his back would be so recognizable that netizens would be able to spot him! The netizens began to analyze Boss Peis behavior. World headlines: Boss Pei was at Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and Boss Pei was at Fish-Catching Take-Out. So, Boss Pei was overseeing the battle at the scenes? Its no wonder that the person-in-charge spoke so well. If he hadnt, perhaps he would have been gone the next day! Boss Pei was at the scene, but he wasnt interviewed? Isnt that to be expected? Boss Pei is such a low-profile person. He wouldnt chase after superficial glory like that. Hadnt he behaved in the same way back at Fish-Catching Internet Cafe? If the journalist had not captured his back, who would have known that Boss Pei had attended the opening ceremony of Fish-Catching Internet Cafes Live Esports Museum? For some reason, I sense a bit of desolation from his back view. Is this what it means to hide his face and name after achieving what he had come to do? Thats right. Boss Pei looks so calm that he seems to be saying go ahead and interview whoever you need; it has nothing to do with me. Doesnt this show that Boss Pei often eats Fish-Catching Take-Out as well? Thats right. I heard from insiders that Boss Pei has Fish-Catching Take-Out for all three meals every day. He only goes to the nameless restaurant under exceptional circumstances. Thats surprising! Is Boss Pei that thrifty and restrained? If I eat Fish-Catching Take-Out right now, would I be having the same meal as Boss Pei, then? That makes sense! Ill go and find out which set Boss Pei was eating at the time, and then Ill order one for myself! Boss Peis set meal +1. Pei Qian was completely dazed. World headlines? Netizens could be so ruthless with their teasing! I only happened to pass by. Just take me as an innocent passer-by, alright? Dont try so hard to gather clues about me. Thank you! I just want to lead a regular life and be a transparent person! Whats more, what the hell is a Boss Pei set meal? How did I accidentally endorse Fish-Catching Take-Out?! Pei Qian continued scrolling through the comments and discovered that many people were saying the same thing! Many people had not thought much of Fish-Catching Take-Out at first. Even with the policy for garbage sorting, they had been willing to cook or take-away their own food. However, after discovering this post, they changed their minds. Boss Pei was eating it, and every day at that! That meant that Fish-Catching Take-Out had to be as healthy as they said! Many celebrities endorsed products that they wouldnt use and were thus not convincing at all. However, a big boss like Boss Pei was having Fish-Catching Take-Out every single day. That meant that the food was not bad in terms of health, nutritional value, and flavor! How else could they have the same meal as Boss Pei for just twenty or thirty yuan? It was the perfect advertisement. At once, everyone hopped onto the Fish-Catching Take-Out bandwagon! Pei Qian let out a long sigh and silently shook his head. After that, he kept his cell phone, adamant not to read any more posts. It was getting cold, and he had to move on to the next place. A series of unfortunate events had taken place for Fish-Catching Take-Out. It was surely dead by now. Perhaps it would even become like the Fish-Catching Internet Cafes. It would only continue to expand by opening new branches. Pei Qian could forget about Handong Province. For every day that it insisted on sorting garbage, Fish-Catching Take-Out would continue to generate profit. Although it wouldnt generate a lot of profit, and it would take some time for Pei Qian to recover the initial investment that he had poured into the business, it would only earn more and more in the long term. Pei Qian could only open more branches in places without garbage sorting policies. If he did that fast enoughwith the huge initial investment that each branch required, Pei Qian could only hope that the profits would not catch up to him. Once again, he sighed inwardly and took a ride to the office to attend the Management Trainee meeting. The Management Trainees had all gathered in the conference room. Now that their examinations had ended, they all looked renewed with energy. It was almost as if they couldnt wait to jump back into work. Pei Qian looked melancholic. Do you know what I, your senior, have been through in the days that you were not around?! Those who heard about it would feel hurt, and those who witnessed it would shed tears. It was not worth telling outsiders. Everyone, start reporting. Tang Yishu readied her notebook and prepared to take notes. One by one, the Management Trainees started reporting updates for their department. Since they had been busy with examinations, they collected information about everything that happened from the start of last month onwards. Pei Qian already knew about a lot of the updates and had even received some bad news. Take the Top Student, Come Quick app being turned into the Tengda Life app, for example. Pei Qian quickly realized that Yu Pingan had slyly done this outside of earshot of the Management Trainees, and the app had been updated two days before the Management Trainee meeting was scheduled to take place. The timing was perfect. Pei Qian didnt think that Yu Pingan had avoided his Management Trainee because he understood what special role the latter had. He could only attribute this to pure luck. It was so frustrating. Soon, the dangerous news that Pei Qian had no idea of started to surface, one by one! Chapter 615 - Performance Competition Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Senior, the DGE Club seems to be taking part in a Performance Competition organized by ZZ Live-Stream at the moment. Its said that the biggest prize for winning a match goes up to a hundred thousand yuan, and that amount would be split between the members and the club. Senior, Fei Huang Workspace has received a project from the Sloth Apartments. Theyre editing the advertisement for Sloth Apartments right now. Apparently, they also asked Chen Lei to sing a theme song for the advertisement. There were huge threats everywhere that made Pei Qian cautious at once! The DGE Club was already dancing along the boundaries. Just before this, they had received two million yuan. That had already served as a red flag for Pei Qian. Now, not even a few days had passed, and they were up to something else! They would win a hundred thousand yuan per match? It didnt sound like much, but a Performance Competition could bring a whole lot of exposure! If DGE Club got too much exposure, they would likely be approached by many more sponsors. Then, the situation would be dire As for the partnership between Fei Huang Workspace and the Sloth Apartments Pei Qian was even more helpless. Whats more, he would never have thought that even Chen Lei would sneakily return to Jingzhou to assassinate him! Pei Qian was absolutely speechless. Good, Chen Lei. You call yourself a good friend of mine, but the first thing you did when you returned wasnt to meet me. Instead, you went looking for Huang Sibo and plotted against me! Both of those matters were extremely dangerous. However, it was too late to try and stop them now. All he could do was to think of a way to salvage the situation. Pei Qian had thought about something for Sloth Apartments: he could get Liang Qingfan to upload the requirements for renting the Sloth Apartments onto its official website and Tengda Life app! There were many regulations tenants would have to follow. In particular, storage spaces were lacking, and tenants were prohibited from buying their own furniture or changing the house layout. Those alone would probably dissuade a big group of people. If Pei Qian made all of those things clear upfront, he would probably be able to deal with most potential tenants! Pei Qian was indeed worried about online exposure through the advertisement. However, he was also very certain that he could not avoid exposure. Tengdas every move was now extremely eye-catching. It was impossible to hope that the Sloth Apartments would be hidden forever. What worried Pei Qian even more was that the potential customers would arrive at the apartments, see them, and decide to rent them on impulse! After all, Liang Qingfan had designed the apartments. The extreme minimalism would be very pleasing to the eye, so that many would not even pause to think about the flaws of such a design. They might act on their impulse and move in. Thus, Pei Qian had to make sure that Liang Qingfan wrote all of its flaws on the website and dissuade potential customers even before they came down to view the apartments. That way, he could greatly reduce the number of people who would rent the apartments on impulse. Even if people did rent the apartments, the daily inconvenience would work to dissuade them from extending their lease in the long term. As for the DGE Club, Pei Qian had not thought of a good solution. He could only try to think of something in the coming days. Soon, the Management Trainees finished reporting. Pei Qian was very happy with the first post-examinations Management Trainee Meeting. Good job, everyone. Please continue to work hard! In the afternoon, on ZZ Live-Stream The Performance Competition was about to begin! Before it officially started, huge groups of viewers were already entering the live-streaming room. That was mainly because of the excessive advertising ZZ had engaged in to boost attendance at this competition. Whats more, the title Performance Competition caused people to instinctively want to find out about the rules of the competition. The competition schedule was already out. ZZ Live-Stream had invited all the first-tier teams in the country. Even the invincible DGE marketed for a long time by Waiwai was taking part in the competition! Thus, many people came to ZZ, wanting to find out whether the legendary invincible team was really invincible or the live-streaming platform had just made it up. The attention that Waiwai Live-Streaming Platform had fought so hard to attract had now been diverted to ZZ. Yet, Waiwai was not losing out. Who says I cant do the same back to you? ZZ had invested a lot of effort and money into marketing this time, and Waiwai already knew that it would be extremely difficult to fight it. Thus, it didnt bother to. Instead, it prepared to reap rewards from ZZs hard work as well. That was because Huang Wang was streaming the first persons view of the game on Waiwai! ZZ Live-Stream would indeed be hosting the competition on its platform, but would viewers be able to see Huang Wangs first-person view? Sorry, that would only be available on Waiwai. Whats more, DGEs members were not the only ones taking part in the competition this time. H4s members were taking part as well, including Pang Ling. All of them had contracts with Waiwai. Thus, although both platforms were competitors that did not wish for anything more than for the other to drop dead, they amazingly had common interests in the Performance Competition. Youre riding on my hard work, and so Ill ride on yours. We can depend on our own skills to fight for more fame, and we wont have to resort to dirty tricks. The fact that both live-streaming giants had engaged in widespread publicity for the competition resulted in that many people waiting in the rooms before it even started! Most viewers were already familiar with the rules of the Performance Competition. Simply put, the Performance Competition was just for entertainment. The audience would be able to rate each team based on their performance index. However, the team would have to win to qualify. It did not matter how good they were at performing if they lost. The rules were set this way, mainly to ensure that the competition would be sufficiently competitive. If it were based on performance alone, all ten team members would pick the top ten best support heroes to mess with each other. Then, the competition would look lame. The biggest advantage of having such rules was this: every teams primary aim would be to win. As long as they could guarantee their victory, they could try as hard as they could to put on a good show. This way, both teams would take the game seriously, and the competition would be skilled, competitive, and entertaining to watch. At the same time, the rules would help to close the gap between all teams skill levels and prevent situations where one team would try to defeat the other as quickly as possible and at all costs. If they could put on a good show, they would earn twice the reward. Thus, stronger teams would think of various ways to perform with the other team and make the games more entertaining for viewers. Still, that could backfire. A single mistake could cause the weaker team, who would naturally be more serious, to turn the entire game around. Whether the stronger team wins while performing or the weaker team turns the tides around, the games would still generate many topics for conversation. Thats why those rules resorted to many gimmicks to strike a good balance between entertainment and competition. Over at the DGE Club, Huang Wang began distributing the program sheet. If they won without putting on a good show, they would only win fifty thousand yuan. If they won with a good show, they would win a hundred thousand yuan. That was double the reward. That was why Huang Wang and the others had already prepared a couple of strategies to win while putting on a performance. Once the competition started, they would employ the strategies. For example: They would give their lives and never kill a single opponent throughout the game. However, by fighting lanes and stealing resources on the map, they would ensure that both teams had equal resources. During the final stretch, they would split up, lure the opponents in, and go through the backdoor to win the game without killing a single opponent The entire team would choose five underdog heroes to win One person would not play or even put on headphones throughout the game, so that the team had to play four against five and win Four members would protect one throughout the game and win They would block off lanes, go back to base, block off all three lanes, and win They would make sure that every one of them died at least once and win They would invite Coach Ma to join their team and win Of course, adding Coach Ma to the team would be too difficult. Thus, everyone decided to play four games and test the waters first. After that, they would decide whether to activate Boss Ma or not. After all, they could perform all they wanted. However, if they messed up, it would be akin to losing a hundred yuan, and that would be extremely painful. They had only prepared so many ways to perform with the other party because they were afraid that the audience would get tired of the same old strategy. Instead, they would intersperse the competition with all kinds of tricks and make the game increasingly interesting as it proceeded. If they could capture the audiences interest, they would give them high ratings, and they would stand higher chances of winning the hundred thousand yuan. Team Two was going first. Huang Wang gestured to his teammates to follow the first planto win without killing a single opponent. The moment the competition began, the live-stream room flooded with bullet screen comments. It was five minutes into the game. DGE Team Twos foundation is very solid, and they fill up beautifully! They are good at positioning and strong at both laning and zoning. Those in all three lanes are excellent! Huang Wangs a bit aggressive. The opponent has already been forced home twice. Many soldiers havent been killed. It doesnt seem groundless for Waiwai to praise the DGE Club for being invincible. Ten minutes into the game What is DGE doing? How did the score become 0-5? The jungler keeps farming without caring about whether his teammates live or die. Why are the players on all three lanes so bad at ganking? How are they being caught so frequently? Since when was the other teams jungler so strong? Thats alright. DGEs team always dies only after they push through. Theyre not lagging behind on developments, and theyve gotten all the resources on the map. Both sides still have equal resources. Are they performing at all? Why do both teams look so serious? Neither one of them looks like theyre fooling around. Is this the invincible DGE? What a joke! Twenty minutes into the game How is DGE at 0-12 now? Cant they kill a single person? Why does the other team always manage to get away while critically injured? Theyre so lucky Wait, is DGE doing it on purpose? Look! They always die one by one, and their team is never extinguished at any given time. Yet, each time both teams battle, all five members of the other team would become critically injured. They would have no choice but to go home. On the other hand, DGE would be able to collect resources from the map. DGE even got the Baron Nashor? If I werent looking at the kill ratio, I would think that DGE had the upper hand! The other team got so many kills, but each of their members has fewer resources than DGEs members. Isnt that strange? Thirty minutes into the game, DGE won by going through the back door. Sh*t! They won?! They could win by making zero kills? What did I just watch?! I understand now. DGE has been putting on a show from the beginning! Their goal was to win without killing a single person! I knew that Huang Wang seemed to have given up every time he had the opportunity to kill one or a couple of members. I thought he was just being foolish. Now, I know it was intentional! Holy sh*t, so thats the case. DGE is too good at acting! Not only did they manage to fool their opponents, but they even managed to fool the audience! Awesome! They could actually win like that? Now I believe that DGE is invincible! Many members of the audience were only starting to realize DGEs plan now. At once, they began to vote maniacally, so that DGEs performance index shot through the roof! Chapter 616 - The Truest Publicity Proposal for Struggle The people of the DGE Club might have decided to follow the script from the onset, but they could not make it too obvious. The opponents were not stupid either; if they found out that DGE Club was deliberating not killing them, then they would do their best as well. In that case, the DGE Club would not be able to complete this performance task. If someone did not kill the opponents who came to them with low HP and kill when the enemies were here to kill them, then it wouldnt be a performance. Therefore, someone must first have good acting skills to complete this task, to make the other party think that DGE was also playing to its maximum strength so that they would think that they were lucky to escape. Their acting was too good that it not only deceived the opponents but also the vast majority of the audience. The direction of the bullet screen comments reversed several times. Some said that DGE Club was the most noob club around; the next minute, someone would say that DGE was invincible. They were all shown in the face, and the program effect was full! After the game, Huang Wang high-fived his teammates in celebration. Perfect! Thats a 100,000-yuan reward! That quick money felt pretty good. Zhang Yuan watched silently, feeling relieved for the players. In fact, playing such entertainment games occasionally could relax their mind and also adjust their mentality. Moreover, Huang Wang and the DGE Clubs popularity were soaring rapidly! Jiang Huans Team One was also warming up, silently choosing their performance plan. They must not lose to Team Two, if not they would have to undergo more physical training! August 15th, Monday Pei Qian came to his own office as usual. During the weekend, Pei Qian had been watching the live-stream of ZZ Live-Stream and the performance of the DGE Club. The situation was not great! Pei Qian only realized that the strength of these two teams had reached such a level after watching the competition! Both teams returned rather depressed after coming back from mock competitions. Pei Qian thought that it was a terrible loss. Now, it seemed like either he understood wrongly, or the two teams improved by leaps and bounds during this time. Thinking about it carefully, it seemed like the former would be more likely. However, Pei Qian was baffled; why would these two teams be so strong? Didnt I even arrange for fitness training for you? Their fitness training should be completed with quality judging from the state of their muscles. In fact, shouldnt their results be at the bottom now that they had less time to train for their games and that their energy was scattered? However, it turned out that those veteran clubs were beaten. They could even win when it came to performance matches. That was enough to show the difference in strength for both sides! Pei Qian, therefore, realized that the situation with DGE was not right so he had to hurry to think of countermeasures! Continue fighting like this and Huang Wangs popularity would probably take off, bringing his team members along with him They might become too popular again. It did not matter if these people signed individual live-streamers contracts. However, looking from another perspective, wouldnt the DGE Clubs reputation take off on the spot if they had five or six popular live-streamers? What would happen if some very rich sponsors were to come knocking on their door? The more Pei Qian thought about it, the more sorrowful he was. Someone knocked on his door while he pondered. He looked up; it was Hu Xianbin. Boss Pei, the development of Struggle had basically come to an end. Can we start formulating a publicity plan? Can you give me a general direction? Or do not publicize, and we wait for the players to find out themselves? Hu Xianbin had no idea about the games publicity works. He had to confirm with Boss Pei. Boss Pei was a well-deserving publicity master when promoting a game. Publicity proposal Pei Qian fell into deep thoughts. To some independent game designers, not propagating was basically tantamount to hitting rock bottom. However, Tengda Games no longer had such good things happening to them. Tengda Games had a reputation now as their successes increased. Any new game would definitely be on hot search by the players, and the media would be rushing to report it. Everyone would shout I will f*cking buy until its out of stock! It was futile to hope that no one would notice as long as I dont publicize. However, if they were to publicize wouldnt that be more popular and would earn more? This was disastrous. However, Pei Qian was no longer the same man he was in the past. He had theoretical reserves now! Teacher He once mentioned an important theory: all aspects of the game must match. Especially publicity works must be consistent with the characteristics of the game itself. There should be no misalignment between publicity and the actual product. Pei Qians publicity plans only succeeded previously because he was lucky. Strictly speaking, fake publicity was definitely a minefield for good quality standalone games. It would definitely cripple the game! At that point in time, Pei Qian was already considering if he could make losses with Struggle from his previous experiences. Pei Qian decided to abandon illusion and start the struggle. Dont just think that no publicity was good enough. It would never be. He had to publicize in the opposite direction before he could convince the players otherwise! However, differentiated marketing to make a product publicize in the opposite way was a huge task. The system did not allow him to create fake publicity. Pei Qian could not intentionally give out fake news to trick players in the process of publicity. However, Pei Qian had his way. He could not give falsehoods, but he could just speak partial truths! It might be true, but it could mislead players all the same if he were to hide a part of the information. Pei Qian knew very well that the reason why differentiated marketing had great lethality on the product itself was ultimately due to the dislocation of the player community. For example, the game might be a casual game, but not only did it not conjure the interest of the casual gamers but a bunch of Liver Emperor. That would be awkward. The people who liked this sort of game did not play it; those that did not like the game played it but abandoned it in no time and gave bad reviews. Wouldnt that be GG[1]? Therefore, Pei Qian felt that he should also create such a differentiation. Pei Qian considered it silently. Lets start a comprehensive analysis based on Teacher Hes theory. Which group of people should be the target audience of Struggle? Um, they should overlap more with the players from Game Designer. Both are games that did not need much operation and with its focus on exploring and analyzing the content of the game. Therefore, I should go down a totally different path for publicity. Let this group of people become disinterested in it from its slogan and let those who liked to do more hands-on operations to walk in and walk away cursing it. Everyone will be good if this can be done! Note down the following key points for publicity, Pei Qian said to Hu Xianbin with a script in his mind. We will only use the English translation of Struggle and not use its Chinese name during the publicity period. Let the players know that the game has the following unique points: Diverse choices, rich strategies Exquisite pictures with all movements made with real-life action Complicated and exciting plot Moreover, we innovatively used a dual protagonist model. Hu Xianbin noted down in top speed as Pei Qian spoke. Hu Xianbin looked up at Boss Pei after recording it and looked down at the notebook in his hand, his face filled with confusion. Is this our game? He read it again carefully. Every point seemed to be right. However, no one would be able to link Struggle with these contents when put together! Hu Xianbin tried to fill in the gaps here. The first thing he would think of if he saw this slogan would be a large-scale action game with a moving plot. Look at these unique points! All movements were made with real-life actions. That was mostly an action-based game Diversified choices and rich strategies seemed to indicate that the combat system was complex and highly playable Exciting plot obviously emphasized the action-packed plot Dual protagonist models would make people think of action game plots where two protagonists with different fighting styles switch between each other. Hu Xianbin was a little hesitant. Boss Pei, erm isnt this not very accurate? Shouldnt we state that this isnt an action-based game? Pei Qian smiled. Dont ask so much; just do the publicity this way. I told no falsehood! Struggle was indeed its English name, but it had multiple meanings such as fight, snatch, free yourself, etc. Everyone would think about realistic subjects when you talk about Struggle in its Chinese name. But Struggle combined with the introduction and the features of the game would be associated with action themes! As for the other points, I wasnt wrong either. Struggle did possess a variety of choices and rich strategies. The only thing was that no matter how you chose, there was only one ending. You could not change your destiny no matter how much you tried. It was true that the pictures were beautiful, and most of them used some sort of motion capture. However, I did not say that these images were fighting scenes. The dual protagonist mode was even better; it was indeed a very innovative dual protagonist mode. The dual protagonists of other games were based on the dual protagonists under the same plot framework. The fighting styles were different, but there would be intersections that were mainly used to adjust the players game emotions. My dual protagonists were amazing. A poor protagonist and a rich protagonist with the same gameplay. They were not in the same plot framework since they were not even in the same game. The poor and rich versions were sold separately. I did not lie; neither did I spread any falsehoods. There was no helping it if you understood it as an action-based game! Pei Qian felt that he should be successful this time looking at Hu Xianbin leave with a blank face. It was worthwhile asking Teacher He to teach him! Teacher He might have made me vomit blood often, but many lessons could still be used, couldnt they? Pei Qian became very light-hearted now that he fixed the problems with Struggles publicity. [1] This refers to Good Game in gaming terms. Chapter 617 - Selection of Outstanding Employee Another knock came five minutes later Boss Pei, the person-in-charge of every department, has arrived. Were about to start the selection for outstanding employees, Assistant Xin reminded him. Pei Qian nodded. Alright, Ill be right there! It was already August; it was time for the biannual selection of outstanding employees. It was originally at the beginning of the month, but Boss Pei was really too busy with work and exams week. He nearly exploded with what happened with IOI. He did not have the time to care about it so it was pushed to the middle of the month. What a good thing it was to have it pushed down two weeks. So many inside jobs! If it was held as originally scheduled, these things would have stayed hidden for another half a year before he could get rid of them. Pei Qian sharpened his knife. Who was the lucky guy to be eliminated this time? The person-in-charge of the various departments was chatting merrily. In fact, everyone knew in their hearts that Tengda was developing so well that all departments were making rapid progress so it was not surprising for anyone to get the outstanding employee award. Some of them did not want to get this outstanding employee award, especially these department heads. That was because they were very satisfied with their jobs and did not want to change their career paths. For example, Zhang Yuan was so reluctant when he was awarded the best employee previously. Moreover, the person-in-charge was the highest authority in every department. If the department achieved great success, most of the credit would be given to the department head unless the ability of a certain employee was particularly outstanding. That led to the fact that the outstanding employees were mostly among the department heads. Many of them wanted to voluntarily give up, but Boss Pei would definitely not allow it. That was why everyone could only accept it. As to the Dream Fund, it used to be a lot, but there did not seem to be too much left. However, Boss Pei was not stingy with money. For example, the DGE Club did not have enough money after the Dream Fund, and Boss Pei still gave a huge grant. In short, everyone just regarded the Best Employee Selection as a compliment. It was nothing too strange. Bao Xu sat in his seat calmly. It couldnt be me again, right??? There might be some stressful instinctive reactions, but Bao Xu really felt that there was no reason for him to be selected again! He carefully recalled the past unfortunate hits for the Best Employee Selection. Bao Xu was responsible for the research and development of the Ocean Stronghold when Huang Sibo got it. He worked hard and won second place among outstanding employees. That was normal. Bao Xu might have kept a low profile during Lu Mingliangs time, but during the process of Game Designer, he debugged the game and was also responsible for the optimization of the old games so he won second place again. After that, Bao Xu began to shrink desperately, handing over documents for Li Yada to submit. Yet that led Li Yada to obtain second place for best employee. Boss Pei felt that it was too dangerous for a girl to go out alone so he got Bao Xu to accompany her! Therefore, Bao Xu continued to learn his lesson. After returning from the trip, he began to disappear from the front lines together with Li Yada. Other than occasionally making simple suggestions, he did not care about anything, desperately trying to reduce his existence! More importantly, in the past six months, the gaming department had not been particularly successful. Struggle was not done developing yet, and there was no time for them to go online. The Tengda Gaming department was not doing so well compared to the other departments! It was impossible for Hu Xianbin to get the Best employee award. Min Jingchao wasnt on it as well as he was only responsible for the update and maintenance of GOG. The other departments had achieved remarkable results: Xiao Pengs Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 3.0 was a great success Rui Yuchens Fish-Catching Take-Out became profitable and even went on TV Yu Pingan: Tengda Life App integrated many industries Chang Yous OTTO cell phone achieved huge sales volume Fei Huang Workspaces movie obtained huge box office and awards Moreover, that was just a few of the results by the many departments! Their performances were all much better than the gaming department! If the person-in-charge had no chance, then Ias a hidden transparent character herewould definitely not have any chance either! Bao Xu felt that he must have been safe no matter how he thought about it. Voting officially began as Bao Xu gradually became calm. A histogram appeared on the big screen. Everyone took out their cell phones and opened the Tengda Life App and TPDb to cast their precious votes. Bao Xus eyes were glued to his name. His face blackened by the second. He realized that there were still more than 30 votes for himself! Bao Xu clearly remembered how he won more than 20 votes previously. He had always wanted to find out who they were and talk to them about life. However, it was a huge pity that the votes were anonymous. As a result, some of them remembered, and the consensus actually spread after half a year! Bao Xu highly suspected that these people voted for him because they did not know who else to vote for. They might just want to continue the winning streak. Bao Xu began to seriously consider if he should bribe the programmers of the TPDb website to find out who had been voting for him. However, Bao Xu became happier when he saw the votes of the others climbing fast. Toward the end, the bar chart continued to move in an unexpected pattern. Finally, the top few names were confirmed. Outstanding Employee: Ma Yang Second place for Outstanding Employee: Huang Sibo Third place for Outstanding Employee: Rui Yuchen Everyone applauded and cheered when they saw this name list. Bao Xu heaved a sigh of relief and clapped along. Everyone was of the opinion that this name list was really worthwhile! It was a given for Ma Yang to be given the outstanding employee since his 20 million yuan investment into Finger Games became 500 million yuan, which was more than 20 times. It was really impossible not to give him the outstanding employee award. Huang Sibo was second place mainly because the film Tomorrow is Beautiful was a big success in the domestic and overseas box office and online video. It also won an award in Cannes, obtaining both fame and fortune. As for Rui Yuchens third place, it was because he obtained praise from TV stations, and everyone also highly recognized his working ability. Think about it, Fish-Catching Take-Out had been losing money for a year! During this year, Rui Yuchen never gave up and finally turned losses into profits. What sort of determination was this! Of course, the performances of the other departments were good as well, but these three were the most outstanding ones. Pei Qian looked at the list and recalled what these people had done. He felt that it really didnt seem enough to just eliminate one person first. Could he just send all three of them packing? He did not want to see any of them! Ma Yang stared at the big screen incredulously. Im the most outstanding employee? Me? Really me? Everyone clapped and congratulated. Yes, Boss Ma, of course, its you! Ma Yang took the trophy from Pei Qian with crystal tears in his eyes. Brother Qian! I did not disappoint you, right? I knew you had a unique eye when you started your business with me instead of the others in our dorm! I would like to first thank Ahem, ahem, you can thank later, tell us how you intend to use the Dream Fund! Pei Qian interrupted, thinking that the target was not going in the right direction. Brother Qian, Ive decided to make your ideals a reality and put this money onto Weibo to help others realize their dreams! Ma Yang said after some thought. Pei Qians eyes lit up. Eh? Old Ma, this idea isnt bad! Pei Qian almost felt that Old Ma was a part of him if it wasnt because Old Ma was under inspection. Pei Qian had been neglecting Old Ma for some time because of the investment into Finger Games even though Old Ma did not realize it. However, Old Mas performance had slowly reawakened Pei Qians trust in him. There were times when Pei Qian thought if Old Ma could be fully trusted to do his bidding. He did make 500 million yuan because of Finger Games. However, no one would believe it if anyone called Ma Yang reliable! Moreover, Pei Qian thought it over carefully. It wasnt like he did not hold any responsibility for a profit of 500 million yuan. He was the one who told Old Ma to invest in whatever he liked even though he knew Old Ma did not have many hobbies. He was the one who said those words that led to an extra 20 million US dollars in profit. Sometimes, Pei Qian would think that Old Ma probably made an unintentional mistake. Was it really a good idea for him to give up such a good friend just because of that? He was very caught up with it. Therefore, he would continue to observe. If the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine were to successfully lose money and Old Ma managed to spend all the Dream Fund, then he would consider giving Old Ma another chance. Pei Qian believed that everyone was deliberately stabbing in the back except for Old Ma after all. It was not because of his character. He mainly trusted his IQ. Facts had proven that characters were unreliable, but IQ often was. It was Huang Sibos turn next. Everyone could only be the most outstanding employee once. That meant that the Dream Fund could only be given once. That rule was mainly to give others opportunity. Pei Qian was afraid that there were very adaptable people who could succeed no matter which industry they changed to. It was meaningless to arrange for such people repeatedly. However, the second outstanding employee was an award that could be obtained without limits like Bao Xu. Therefore, Huang Sibo might have won the best employee award before, but that was not something that would impact travel plans. Huang Sibos eyes were full of dismay: Boss Pei, Fei Huang Workspace has been busy with work, and Ive just been in shock therapy for so long Pei Qian knew exactly what he wanted to say. He smiled and raised his hand to interrupt. Dont explain, rules are rules. Want to escape paid travel? No way! Didnt Bao Xu want any face? Besides, I knew exactly what you all did in Fei Huang Workspace! I had already arranged for you. It would be good for the publicity to be a few days late, which was a good thing for me! Therefore, sorry, you have no choice. Chapter 618 - Trip of Death to East Africa Huang Sibo sighed. Alright, Boss Pei. Ill pack for the journey when I get back. All of a sudden, Pei Qian noticed a problem. Hold on. Huang Sibo could not help but feel surprised. Eh? Boss Pei, have you changed your mind? Pei Qian shook his head. No. You still must go, but I should send someone to accompany you on the journey. Of course, the company will pay for all of your expenses, and you will be paid your salary! Pei Qian thought, when one person went overseas, he would only be able to spend one persons share of the money. However, if two went, he would be able to spend double, wouldnt he? Before this, Li Yada and Bao Xu were able to go overseas together without the Systems stopping them. There was a bigger avenue for spending money now. Although it wasnt big, Pei Qian would never give it up! The System didnt stop him anyway. All those who were placed second for the Best Employee Award would now get to go on a trip as well, and they would be forced to bring a partner. That would allow Pei Qian to deal with two people at once and experience double the happiness. Wasnt that great? Huang Sibo was stunned. Send someone to accompany me on the journey? Pei Qian smiled and nodded. Thats right. For example, you could choose Zhu Xiaoce. That would ensure that the quality of the Sloth Apartments advertisement would drop significantly. Wouldnt I be safe, then? Huang Sibo became conflicted. He definitely couldnt choose Zhu Xiaoce because the advertisement wasnt done. They wouldnt be able to shoulder the responsibility for delaying Boss Peis plan for the Sloth Apartments! Still, Huang Sibo felt too embarrassed to ask anyone else to go with him. They all had work to do! All of Huang Sibos friends in Tengda Corporation were now people in charge of their own departments. All of them had important matters to tend to. If they went on a holiday with him, they would have to make arrangements for their work in advance. That would be very troublesome. It didnt seem like a good idea to disrupt anyones work. Putting himself in others shoes, Huang Sibo decided not to cause anyone any trouble. This problem wouldnt arise for ordinary employees, but Huang Sibo was not that close to them. It did not seem appropriate to invite them on a trip with him. Whats more, some might feel unhappy if he invited an ordinary employee along. On what basis could that person go on a paid holiday without achieving any results? It wouldnt be fair! Thus, he had to look for someone like that: A good friend who was quite close to him Someone who wasnt in charge of his own department nor anything too important Someone with a certain level of skill, so that nobody would find it unfair that hes going on a paid holiday That would be the perfect solution. Huang Sibo immediately scanned his surroundings. All of a sudden, his eyes lit up. He had found someone who matched the criteria perfectly! Brother Bao! Do you want to go on the trip with me? Huang Sibo sincerely extended the invitation to him. Everyone turned to look at Bao Xu. Bao Xus head was lowered as he intensely played games on his mobile phone. It was only when he felt the gazes piercing into his skin that Bao Xu looked up at everyone else in confusion. Whats the matter? When Bao Xu saw the selection end and that all three winners had no relation to the games department, he completely relaxed. He didnt plan to watch the prize presentation. Instead, he happily played on his cell phone. At that moment, everyone was looking straight at him, causing an ominous feeling to rise up in his gut. Huang Sibo earnestly repeated himself. What did you say? Bao Xu was in utter disbelief. Huang Sibo smiled. Brother Bao, come and play with me. Youre not in charge of anything serious anyway, and youre very familiar with your work. I think youre the best candidate! Were also good friends who havent caught up with each other in a while. Lets take this chance to have a good chat! How about this? To express my sincerity, Ill let you set the itinerary! Ill follow wherever you go, and I wont complain no matter how tiring it is! Bao Xus expression turned from confusion to shock and then from shock to helplessness. Still, there was a hint of hope in the helplessness, which came from Boss Pei. Only Boss Pei could save him now. Bao Xu quickly made his plea. Boss Pei! This time is different from Li Yadas! Huang Sibo absolutely can travel on his own. I dont have to follow him! Pei Qian patted Bao Xus shoulder sympathetically. I know. However, Huang Sibos choice is completely legitimate. I cant say anything about it. Pei Qian was comforting Bao Xu on the surface, but his expression clearly said: you cant blame me now because it has nothing to do with me. Huang Sibo was the one who chose you by name! Everyone applauded to celebrate. Indeed, a Best Employee Selection ceremony where Brother Bao did not have to go overseas would be incomplete! They had felt like something was missing before, but the gap was filled now! For some reason, they all felt complete! Bao Xu remained silent for a long time. With his expression somber, he said, Boss Pei, I want to go to the Great Rift Valley, Sahara Desert, and Mount Kilimanjaro in East Africa this time! Pei Qian was elated. Of course! You actually chose those places on your own? Thats awesome! Thats exactly what I was thinking! Huang Sibos smile froze on his face as question marks filled his mind. ? The Great Rift Valley, the Sahara Desert, and Mount Kilimanjaro? Are those places where normal people would go to have fun? Why would Bao Xu want to go and play there? Bao Xu sniggered. Brother Huang, we may be good friends, but youve done me in this time so dont blame me for hitting back! If you start this off, what kind of culture would you be creating? What if everyone who places second for Best Employee picks me to accompany them from now on? Wouldnt I perish? I can only punish you to display my prowess! Anyone who dares to ask me, Bao Xu, to go with them on a trip had better be prepared to be tortured at the Great Rift Valley, the Sahara Desert, and Mount Kilimanjaro in East Africa! As the saying went, he had to nip the problem in the bud. Although Bao Xu did not really want to go to those places, he had to endure it for a month so he wouldnt suffer in the future! August 16th, Tuesday In the afternoon, the team members gathered for a meal. As they ate, they discussed recent developments. The ZZ Cup Performance Competition had been going on for three days. Both teams had already won a total of six hundred thousand yuan. They couldnt help it because they had prepared too many tricks. The audience was completely won over, and they were winning all the points in the competition. Both teams had won the maximum rewards, so that they did not have to endure extra training over the past few days. After splitting the prizes with the club, the teams took three hundred thousand yuan. In other words, each member had won ten thousand yuan for every day of the competition. They were earning at an exciting rate! They had to continue the show this afternoon, and none of them could wait any longer. As Huang Wang watched the news, his eyes lit up. Everyone, share this news piece in your chat groups. GOGs international servers have made big moves! Everyone immediately clicked the link that Huang Wang had shared to get more details. When they were done, they all sucked in a deep breath. That was a major move by Boss Pei! An entire street in Times Square was featuring GOGs advertisements. At a certain time each day, all the screens would display GOGs poster. It was very awe-inspiring! The advertising screens in Times Square worked on a rotation basis. Each advertisement would be displayed for a few seconds at a time. Ye Zhizhou had purposely chosen the same interval for every screen, so that GOGs posters would all appear at the same time at regular intervals, thus creating an impressive scene. GOGs mobile version was being aggressively pushed in the overseas mobile application stores. Since IOI didnt have a mobile version, GOG was unstoppable in dominating the market. GOGs advertisements could also be seen on major video websites overseas. They were in subway stations, bus stations, and stop signs. The craziest thing was that GOG had even sponsored all the veteran esports clubs overseas, so that they were all wearing GOGs logo on their uniforms! The clubs that had set up IOI teams were placed in an awkward position. Each time their teams streamed live, they would be running advertisements for GOG through their uniforms; thus creating a very illusive entertainment effect. All the advertising material had constructed a singular image for GOG: Multifaceted Man, a new hero! That had taken the world by storm some twenty years ago, but it had slowly disappeared from most peoples sights and minds. When it appeared again on such a large-scale, many foreign gamers exclaimed in surprise and felt so close to GOG. At the same time, GOG sold its heroes skins for a very low price overseas, putting it in stark contrast with IOI. There was another piece of huge news. A global invitational competition would take place next month. One could say that it would be the biggest competition GOG would organize this year, and the championship prize would be a million US dollars! Of course, other teams would win prizes based on their ranking as well, but they wouldnt win that much. The officials promised to sell some skins especially for the competition in the weeks leading up to it. All the income earned within three months of the competition would be re-invested into the competition to supplement the prizes! That figure would surpass the boundaries that any esports competition had put in place thus far. There were rumors that Finger Games was considering organizing a global competition as well, but the total value of its prizes would only add up to a hundred thousand US dollars. That was one-tenth that of GOGs. Of course, Finger Games had not responded to any of the rumors. It was still unknown when and where IOIs first global competition would be and how much the total value of its prizes would be. Huang Wang exclaimed, I feel like GOG is going to spread to the rest of the world soon. A million US dollars! Itll be streamed around the globe, too. I really want to take part in it. No one said anything in response because everyone wanted to go as well. Which esports athlete wouldnt want to stand on the world stage and enjoy the moment when they held up their championship trophy? Yet, everyone knew full well that the DGE Club had conflicting interests and would not be allowed to take part. Those were the rules. Old Zhou comforted him. Dont think about it anymore. Boss Pei must have another plan for us. We should just focus on training. Huang Wang sounded sorrowful. But Boss Pei has not visited us in a long time, and hes so busy. Could he have forgotten about our club? The moment Huang Wang finished speaking, they heard footsteps coming from outside. Zhang Yuan turned around and shouted in surprise. Boss Pei? What are you doing here? The team members turned at once. Indeed, it was Boss Pei! Pei Qian smiled. I heard that youre taking part in a competition on live-stream, and so I came to take a look. More accurately put, he was there to check how deep their knives were in his back. He had to prepare to defend himself. However, Boss Peis words carried a whole other meaning to the team members. Boss Pei hasnt forgotten about us. He still cares about our situation! He even made time to watch our competition despite his busy schedule! We have to put on a good show for Boss Pei during the Performance Competition in the afternoon! All the team members were filled with renewed motivation! Chapter 619 - Coach Ma’s Lessons in Professional Farming Pei Qian casually picked up the program sheet for both teams. Different methods and requirements for winning were written on it, and they seemed to be arranged in order of increasing difficulty. Until now, both teams had already ticked off three methods. Pei Qian knew very well that each tick represented fifty thousand yuan earned by the club! He only needed one or two seconds to calculate that both teams had already won three hundred thousand yuan for the club! It was ridiculous. I invited you here to burn money for me, but you ended up doing the opposite. Cheaters! Ive raised you in vain! Of course, three hundred thousand yuan was a small sum, and Boss Pei did not need to feel so furious. However, the important problem was that this was a bad sign. If the DGE Clubs two teams managed to put on a good show from beginning to end and won every single game How much traffic would that bring to DGE? Then, its popularity on every single forum would shoot through the roof, and all kinds of sponsors would fight one another to throw money at them. Whats more, the DGE Club had already accepted two sponsorships. Of course, Zhang Yuan would increase his asking price. Then, how many major sponsors would increase their offers just to win the opportunity to sponsor the DGE Club? The situation looked disastrous. Thus, Pei Qian felt the need to break the teams winning streak. He could not let them win the entire competition, just as they planned. Otherwise, the live-stream platforms would have a field day, and Boss Peis hands would be tied! Pei Qian quietly read the program sheet from start to finish. Include Coach Ma and win? This program sheet seems to be arranged in order of increasing difficulty. Does that mean that all team members think adding Old Ma to their teams would pose the greatest challenge? Thats great! I shall summon Old Ma, then! If Pei Qian wanted to take part, he would definitely be able to as well. However, he would only play the part of an actor. Then, if he ended up with a score of 0-27, he would be personally attacked. If the news that Boss Pei didnt know how to play GOG spread, then Pei Qian would not be able to tolerate it. He would feel even worse than if people said Boss Pei doesnt know how to lose money! Although Pei Qian wasnt strong at the game, he was not terrible. He could not allow people to think that he was such a noob that he did not know how to play GOG at all! Thus, he needed his good friend, Old Ma, to help him with this. In any case, Ma Yang was really terrible. No matter how many times he got killed, it would be due to his own skills. Pei Qian called Ma Yang and asked him to come down at once. The team members were already warming up when they heard Boss Pei call Coach Ma and invite him to come down. All of them were stunned. Was Boss Pei intending to see how hard we can work? Why else would he immediately push us into hell mode? Huang Wang and Jiang Huan exchanged a look, and each could see the imposing look in the others eyes. Calm down. Its not like weve never brought Coach Ma to a mock competition before. Weve gone through this. We have a complete battle plan. As long as we carry it out strictlyno matter how hard we have to fight, we can still win in the end Huang Wang and the others kept comforting themselves inside to calm themselves down. Before the competition started, Ma Yang finally arrived. Brother Qian! Your best employee has arrived! Ma Yang looked very excited. Brother Qian, dont worry. With Coach Ma stepping out, the other parties will definitely be restrained! Pei Qian smiled, feeling only one thing inside. Good! He sniggered and casually said, Old Ma, didnt you play the game with them before? Old Ma shook his head. No Pei Qian: ? Why is Old Ma lying through his teeth? Didnt he say he had personally stepped up the last time? Ma Yang explained himself very seriously. Brother Qian, I didnt play a game with them. I participated in a mock competition. I was not just an ordinary player but a special tactical coach. Brother Qian, please respect my professionalism. Never say that I was just playing a game with the team members. Pei Qian: After remaining silent for a few seconds, he patted Ma Yang on the shoulder. Alright, Old Ma. I appreciate your candor. Youre really a valuable treasure that I cant go without. How did the mock competitions go with you as the special tactical coach? Ma Yang very proudly replied, We won them all! Pei Qian: ? Won them all? Wasnt this supposed to be hell mode? Pei Qian had initially thought that, with Old Ma in their team, each team would be playing with four members against six. The chances of winning should have been forty percent at most. How could they have won them all? Have I worked so hard to plan all of these things in vain? The teams could win, even with Ma Yang on their side! No way, I have to calm down. I have to break their winning streak no matter what! There must be some other way! Pei Qian remained silent for a moment, and then asked, What position did you play in? Were you the leader? Ma Yang shook his head. No, Brother Qian. I was the bottom-lanerthe classic carrying position! Hmm Pei Qian fell into deep thought. He was beginning to understand why the teams were able to win, even with Old Ma. If four members were to carry deadweight, the two positions in the bottom lane were the best. That was because two people only needed to remain under the tower to kill soldiers. If the other partner was highly-skilled, he could look after him. They would not lose the lane just because of the deadweight. The top-laner, midlaner, and jungler would be in charge of the other three corners and destroying the opponents jungle. Those in the bottom lane could slack and win. Whats more, they could say that Ma Yang was in a position to carry the group in the bottom lane, but in reality, he would have the support protecting him. Thus, he wouldnt die so easily. That was why the teams could still win with him in the mix. After some consideration, a light bulb switched on in Pei Qians head. He had an idea! He could just switch Ma Yangs position, couldnt he? If Ma Yang was placed as the top-laner, mid-laner, or jungler; he would be badly beaten up, wouldnt he? If anyone in those positions collapsedeven just for a while, he could catch up by farming. An experienced esports athlete may be able to catch up on development, but Ma Yang would just give up on himself. So, which position should Pei Qian choose? On further thought, he decided to make Ma Yang a jungler! The DGE Clubs teams had very strong junglers. If Old Ma played in the top or middle lane, he could be made to remain under the tower to kill soldiers. The opponents would push through the lanes and DGEs jungler and support would go after them. That way, Ma Yang would have successfully acted as bait. Thus, making him a jungler would be Pei Qians best bet. Ma Yang was rubbish at being a jungler. That meant the other teams jungler would maximize the pressure on all three lanes. If the team were slightly more experienced, they could counter-jungle so that Old Ma becomes nothing more than a super-soldier. Yes, reliable! At that, Pei Qian cleared his throat. Old Ma, I want to test how good you are in the other positions and as other heroes. Are you willing to accept that? Ma Yang patted his chest. Brother Qian, rest assured! Pei Qian nodded. Thats good. I like that you are naturally bold. Good. Use the Happy Ruan and be the jungler. Youll wander around. Ma Yangs eyes lit up. Brother Qian, how did you know that Ive been working in that position? Dont worry! I wont let everyone down! Pei Qian nearly believed Ma Yang after seeing how confident he was. However, he reminded himself to be logical and remember that Old Ma would never disappoint him. It was just like when Ruan Guangjian said that he didnt know how to play the game. When Ma Yang said that there were no problems, it meant the exact opposite. Of course, all the team members looked like brave warriors about to go out for battle. Coach Ma was going to be the jungler, and with Happy Ruan, at that! This game would be more difficult, then. Huang Wang and Jiang Huan had already decided to make use of the same plan from before. However, they could not use it at all now! Fortunately, Boss Pei was a bit kinder than Zhang Yuan had been. He did not set any requirements for Boss Mas KDA ratio. That meant there was still hope. They had to work hard to go through a cruel time in hell before they could play with skill and ease! The jungler quickly got up from his seat and allowed Coach Ma to warm up. Ma Yang accessed his customization screen very confidently, picked out over ten woodpiles, picked Happy Ruan, and then happily practiced between the woodpiles. Pei Qian quietly nodded when he saw how happy Old Ma was. Yes, all is good! Old Ma really never disappoints me. Actually, Pei Qian had considered letting Ma Yang use his account to play. That way, he would have Designer of Ruan on top of his character, which might cause him to be made fun of even more. However, on further thought, he realized that he could not allow others to use his account or let others train his character on his behalf. That was a principle underlying technical games. Pei Qian believed that, even without the title Designer of Ruan, Ma Yang could still stand out! The competition soon began. Pei Qian switched on his cell phone and read the bullet screen comments. At the same time, he watched Old Mas first-person view. The live-stream was three or four seconds delayed, but it was not much of a hindrance. Many people in the comments had also noticed that a member had been uncharacteristically swapped out. DGE.CoachMa? Why is that name so long? Whats the meaning of this? Er it is probably translated to mean Coach Ma in Mandarin, but it seems weird to be used this way. Its broken English. Holy sh*t, I thought that it was Huang Wang playing as Happy Ruan, but its actually Coach Ma? Hes not DGEs secret weapon, is he? Alright, alright. With Happy Ruan as the jungler, the game will be a good show for sure! Sh*t, is this Happy Ruan really going to show so much mercy? Isnt he a coach? Is this how he coaches? He farms, goes home, buys items, and continues farming holy sh*t, brother. At least buy a vision ward, right? Arent you going to gank even once? Holy sh*t, Coach Ma has gone to counter-jungle! Ah, Coach Ma was killed single-handedly by the other teams jungler, giving him a double buff! Im sorry, Coach Ma. I wronged you. Please continue farming! I think you should just stop playing. Let the other teammates take care of your jungle. That would be better than farming and giving away all the benefits Pei Qian watched the live-stream and Ma Yangs first-person view at the same time and could not help but raise his thumb. Old Ma really wouldnt disappoint me! He was remaining rooted in the jungle and being trashed by the other team. He was really living up to his name. If that carried on, it would only be a matter of time before the winning streak was Holy sh*t. Pei Qian had not even celebrated for two minutes before he received an update from the top-laner. A solo kill! Two minutes later, the midlaner gave an update as well. Another solo kill! Three minutes later, the bottom-laner sent the same update. The other teams jungler tried his best to dive, but by the time he arrived at the bottom of DGEs tower, it was three against one. Attack Damage Carry[1] made three kills at once, sending him through the roof! As for the few kills that Coach Ma had given to the other team it didnt seem to have affected the gameplay in any way. Pei Qian was stunned. What was the other team doing?! How could they still lose with five members against four? Pei Qian already knew that DGEs teams were strong, but this was ridiculous, wasnt it? The other four members were fully focused and going all out in the game! Before this, everyone had to think about how to put on a good show. Thus, they could slack off on the techniques and only get serious during team battles. Yet, now, the situation was different. Coach Ma was handling the performance index on his own, and so everyone else could go all out to ensure victory! Whats more, Coach Ma had given away a double buff to successfully lure the other teams jungler. The other teams jungler was so happy killing Coach Ma that he neglected the other lanes for a while. As a result, Huang Wang and the others could go all out on their techniques and destroy everyone in their own lanes! As the game went on, the members on the lanes suddenly held the advantage. Once their advantage was established, the snowball effect kicked in. The other teams junglers did not dare to come after them anymore, for fear that he would be akin to playing one against two. Pei Qian watched as Ma Yang continued to farm and get killed. He had been doing that for twenty minutes now, ever since the game began. His own KDA ratio was at 0-8-0. Then, a terrifying thing happened. His KDA ratio stopped moving! He stopped dying altogether! That was because all of his other teammates had cleared all three lanes, and the other teams outer turrets had been destroyed. No matter how much Ma Yang fought on his own within his teams jungle, no enemies came looking for him. All the enemies had been pressured to go back to their own half of the map thanks to Ma Yangs four teammates! With Coach Ma putting on a good show in the back, the other teammates did not have to think about performing anymore. At once, they pulled all stops and conducted a massacre! Thus, a very strange scene occurred. As Old Ma continued playing happily on his own, his four other team members happily destroyed the enemies home base. Very oddly, everyone was placed in a 5-4-1 formation. Those who didnt know the game well enough might have thought that this was football, and Old Ma was the goal-keeper. Ma Yang kept farming until he got two sets. Then, he typed in the public chat. I can finally come out! However, just as Ma Yangs cursor hovered over the enemies home base, his screen moved towards their base turret on its own. He watched the enemies nexus explode before his eyes. Victory! A huge, well-decorated word appeared on his screen. Ma Yang shook his head, clearly disappointed. Ai, the other team is too lousy. I couldnt even do anything before they lost. The bullet screen comments on the live-stream were flooding the screen! The results of the competition were out very soon as well. They had gotten a full performance index once again! All of a sudden, I think that DGE could win even if I went to play as their jungler. Its true. Their jungler farmed for a full twenty minutes and died eight times, without killing a single person. When he went out to gank, he also gave away a double buff. This Coach Ma has proven that DGE could win with anyone on the team. They could even win with their hands tied! Im beginning to suspect that Coach Ma did this on purpose. He chose Happy Ruan to put on a good show. Although he gave kills away, none of us felt disgusted. Instead, we were quite entertained! Is this what DGE is really like? Had they just been putting on a show this whole time? Were they able to win while putting on a good show? Were they able to push through the lanes because they went all out this time? Theyre awesome. I watched Huang Wangs first-person view the entire time. He plays completely differently from when hes playing in ranked matches! While playing in the professional rounds before, he always said that he was using fifty percent of his skills. I used to think that he was just taunting his enemies, but now I know that he was telling the truth! Im a huge fan of a club like that! Where can I find the live-stream accounts of the other team members? Do they sell uniforms and other peripherals? I want one! Now, Im more concerned about how others look. After all, weve already seen Huang Wang, the muscleman and professional boxer. He always says that his team members have similar body types as him in his live-streams. I think that if they show their faces at the same time, it would be a beautiful sight! Quickly, vote for them and give them the highest performance index possible! ZZ Live-Stream, Waiwai, go after them as soon as possible! There are only so many of them in the clubyoull miss them all if you wait any longer! Pei Qian watched the entire thing, from start to finish. As he read the bullet screen comments, he fell into a deep silence. What shocked him the most was that DGEs team members had already developed to such a state. This was DGEs Team Two, no less. He had heard that Team Two was always being beaten by Team One in mock competitions. All the muscles on Huang Wangs body were sufficient proof of that. Wouldnt Team One have been far better than Team Two if they had gone up instead, then? Nothing could stop DGEs winning streaknot even Coach Ma, the ultimate weapon. It was then that Pei Qian realized the situation was more serious than he imagined! Thinking back, he had really underestimated DGE Clubs strength. At the time, it was his own wishful thinking that he could slow down their progress and keep them far from the veteran clubs in the countryas long as he messed up their training schedule, didnt hire a professional coach, and kept them busy with physical training. Yet, from the looks of the current situation, there seemed to be many mistakes in Pei Qians way of thinking: The DGE Clubs athletes were highly-skilled to begin with. All of them had what it took to become prodigies The DGE Club was formed much earlier than all the other GOG teamsat least two months earlier. That meant they had been through an additional two months of professional training The addition of Coach Yaling had caused all the athletes physical bodies and nutrition to improve, which directly affected their performance during competitions as well With the added threat of extra training, both team members had been racking their brains, researching the game mechanisms, and coming up with battle strategies. Thus, both teams were pushing each other to improve continuously; Having a significant amount of highly-customizable training helped every individual team member solidify his basics. As a result, each of them had a firm grasp of the details in the game Once their first-mover advantage was established, the team members would continue holding themselves to a higher standard Of course, esports was all about talent. If those people had not been talented to begin with, they would not have become this strong even if they had an additional two months of professional training. Obviously, Boss Peis luck had played a very important role in that aspect Even in a game of chance, he had gotten such a good hand. It was f*cking ridiculous! In short, due to a number of complicated factors and complex issues, the situation had gotten to this stage! After reading all the bullet screen comments, an ominous feeling overwhelmed Pei Qian. If the DGE Club continued getting more popular, sponsors might come knocking on their door soon, offering sky-high amounts of money. At the same time, if the team members looks were exposed, people would start to wonder how they had gotten such bodies. For all Pei Qian knew, Deposit Fitness might become popular as well. No, that wont do! Ever since the Tengda Life App was released, Deposit Fitness started getting worse. Every day, new people would arrive at Deposit Fitness branches to register for sessions. If there was another round of publicity, the gym would only become more popular. Then, the losses would be converted into profits for sure! Pei Qian had to think of something. Now! Immediately! Yet, what exactly could he do? Pei Qian had no idea. At that moment, Zhang Yuan walked up to him and whispered, Boss Pei, I just got a call. Please, come over here. I need to speak to you about something in private. Eh? Zhang Yuan looked to be quite conflicted, so Pei Qian stood up and followed Zhang Yuan outside the villa. Zhang Yuan hesitated and said, Boss Pei, H4 Clubs Team Leader Su just called me. Didnt GOG recently say that its going to organize an international invitational competition recently? The champion would win a million US dollars and a share of the profits from the sale of skins. Other clubs are getting interested! Team Leader Su asked me if DGE would be able to take part. I told him the truththat we cannot because were the organizers. Then, Team Leader Su asked me if I could sell Huang Wang to them. Their team is lacking in mid-laners, and Huang Wang and Pang Ling often play together in their own time, so theyre quite close. H4 Club is willing to pay us a huge sum of money to transfer Huang Wang to their club. To be truthful, I cant decide. In my heart, I know that Huang Wang belongs to my team, and I nurtured him. Of course, I cant bear to see him go. However, they cant take part in large-scale competitions now and can only take part in entertaining competitions organized by live-stream platforms. That pains me as well. Boss Pei, what do you think? Pei Qians eyes lit up, and he looked overjoyed. Sell him! Sell him at once! Tell Huang Wang to start packing his bags! [1] This is a type of hero that deals strong, continuous damage. Chapter 620 - Bargaining for Transfer of Membership Fees August 17th, Wednesday At the DGE Esports Club Yesterday, after hearing that Boss Pei had agreed to sell Huang Wang, Team Leader Su immediately decided to make a trip down to Jingzhou today to sign the contract. It was very rushed, but it had to be. If he waited any longer, he could lose such a good member! Team Leader Su had come well-prepared. The clubs boss had given orders that, no matter what, he had to buy Huang Wang over! If negotiations failed, they would pay more. If that failed, they would use the emotional card. If everything failed, they would hug Boss Peis leg and cry. In short, H4 had set its mind on setting the transfer of membership fees extremely high, without any regard for the cost. That was because the H4 Club could already feel the change in wind direction. GOG was entering the international market extremely strong, and Tengda was casually distributing huge sums of money. Tengda was organizing an international invitational competition for GOG with a sky-high first prize. Live-stream platforms were beginning to sign GOG players and offering them very attractive sign-on fees All of those signs showed that GOG would definitely become the next big thing in esports. Tengda was ambitious, the live-streaming platforms were focused, and the player base was big enough. Thus, after the H4 Clubs management conducted some research, it decided to plug the gaps in their own team and pull in a strong midlaner! They had already gotten second place in the previous GOG competition. Since foreign clubs were only just starting to form GOG teams, second in the country could be counted as second in the world as well. Moreover, the fact that the H4 Club had fought fiercely in the finals for five games before losing showed that they were more than capable enough. They just needed a midlaner who wouldnt drag them down. If they could rope in a strong midlaner, wouldnt they have hope of winning the one million US dollars from this invitational competition? Of course, the club knew that it would only be taking a portion of the one million US dollars. However, prizes were never the clubs goal anyway: it was fame, exposure, and glory. If they won the international competition, all kinds of sponsors and live-streaming platforms would come knocking on their doors. Would they really have to fear not being able to make money? So, the H4 Club had given Team Leader Su strict orders to buy Huang Wang over this time. Please hold on, Team Leader Su. Boss Pei will be here very soon. Have some tea while waiting. Zhang Yuan served Team Leader Su some tea, which the latter reached out and grabbed immediately. Nodding, he said, No problem; dont worry. After hearing that Boss Pei was agreeable, Team Leader Su immediately booked his tickets and rushed to Jingzhou at 7 AM. He didnt know that Boss Pei was still sleeping soundly at that time. He thought that the latter was busy with work. Team Leader Su sipped his tea as he thought about his mission today. Everyone had different ideas whether the members of the DGE Club were up for sale or not. Some thought that Boss Pei was not lacking money and had spent a significant amount of funds nurturing this team. It did not look like he wanted to use the club to generate profits, and the club was not even allowed to take part in competitions in any case. Thus, they guessed that Boss Pei had formed the club to personally play with them. He was probably quite close to them and would not be willing to sell the members. Others thought that there was nothing in the world that was not for sale: the question was just how much one was offering. As for Team Leader Su, he thought that both views made sense. If he wanted to buy Huang Wang from Boss Pei, he had to be prepared to name a high price. That was especially so now, at this critical juncture, when all clubs had their eyes on the influence and prizes of the first international invitational competition. If the H4 Club continued to hesitate, other clubs might buy DGEs members over. Perhaps Boss Pei didnt care about the actual transfer fees, but he would definitely care about the sincerity that the fees would represent. Team Leader Su could not help but feel apprehensive. He wondered if the figure that he had prepared would satisfy Boss Pei. After more than half an hour, Boss Pei finally arrived. Boss Pei! How are you? Team Leader Su stood up and shook Boss Peis hand. Team Leader Su, how are you? Boss Pei had a wide grin on his face as well. Team Leader Sus heart warmed immediately. Boss Pei was really easy to get along with! Team Leader Su knew very well that he was here with a favor to askto buy one of Boss Peis members. Thus, he had to be more respectful. However, he hadnt expected Boss Pei not to put on airs at all. Instead, he looked very passionate about this matter. Yet, what he didnt know was that he was a hero in Boss Peis eyes! Boss Pei had been extremely surprised that the H4 Club wanted to buy Huang Wang over. It was great! He could not thank the H4 Club enough for offering water to put out Tengdas fire! The most problematic member of the DGE Club was Huang Wang. Huang Wang was the biggest threat to Pei Qian because he was very talented in live-streaming. After doing it for a while, he gained Waiwais support and became ridiculously popular. Moreover, after the clubs winning streak in the Performance Competition, Huang Wang became even more well-liked. If Boss Pei continued to sit back, Huang Wang would lure more and more sponsors to the DGE Club. He might even cause all the other members to start live-streaming, so that the club would instantly go viral. That was very possible. Although the other members were not as well-spoken as Huang Wang, they worked out every day and looked presentable. Huang Wang only had to invite them to play a game with him, give them some exposure, and switch on his webcam. Together with DGEs name, the other members would also become famous for sure. Then, it would be too late to turn back! So, to Pei Qian, Huang Wang was the root of the problem in DGE. The H4 Club was doing him a huge favor by offering to buy Huang Wang over! If Huang Wang got more and more popular after being transferred to the H4 Club, it would be their problem. Of course, Pei Qian could not go so far as to say that it would have nothing to do with DGE, but at least he wouldnt drag DGE down with him. Whats more, Huang Wang probably wouldnt have any objections. He could not take part in official competitions by remaining with the DGE Club. Pei Qian could not turn down the transfer of membership fees even though he didnt want it. If he offered to give his contracted team members away to other clubs for absolutely nothing, he would be breaking the Systems regulations. The System would not allow it. However, the System would not interfere in negotiations between two parties and whether they decided on a higher or lower price. So, Pei Qian decided to use his traditional strengthreverse bargaining! He would allow the other party to name a price first. Then, he would mention Huang Wangs flaws and allow the other party to lower their offer. He would only accept the offer once the other party reached the minimum. In short, he would try to earn as little as possible! Pei Qian, Zhang Yuan, and Team Leader Su arrived in the conference room, ready to commence negotiations. Seeing how passionate Boss Pei was, Team Leader Su could not help but feel moved. He decided to cut straight to the chase and tell Pei Qian how much the H4 Club was willing to offer for a start as a display of his own sincerity. If Boss Pei had any questions about the figure, he could slowly raise the price later. Team Leader Su took a sip of his tea and said, Boss Pei, Ive already spoken to Manager Zhang about many issues yesterday. Lets just cut to the chase today. The H4 Club is really lacking a good midlaner so you could say that we are quite desperate! Our club really appreciates Huang Wang, and were willing to offer 1.5 million yuan to transfer his membership. Well also give Huang Wang eight hundred thousand yuan for signing on and eight hundred thousand yuan a year as remuneration. We hope that sounds acceptable to you, Boss Pei! Pei Qians teacup lingered at his lips. He was stunned. That much? That figure was much more than Pei Qian had expected. As Pei Qian recalled, there were esports athletes who earned sky-high sign-on fees that went into eight digits. However, that was only after they had remained in the career for six to seven years. Huang Wang was still a beginner, but they were already offering him so much money. Based on his memory, when LOL entered season two, the local esports clubs were only giving their members petty allowance. Each team member received a mere few thousand yuan per month, and that was already considered much more generous than other clubs. Now, H4 was offering 1.5 million yuan as transfer fees, eight hundred thousand yuan as sign-on fees, and eight hundred thousand yuan in remuneration each year? Were they trying to mess with Pei Qian? Pei Qian did some quick calculations in his head. The 1.5 million yuan would go straight to the club. If he sold each member for that amount, he would be able to earn 15 million yuan for the entire team, wouldnt he? It was ridiculous! Most importantly, ever since the DGE Club was formed, it had not paid a single cent! The villa was being rented by Boss Li at a friends price, the computers had been provided by ROF, meals were being provided by Fish-Catching Take-Out, and workouts were being done at Deposit Fitness. Ming Yun Villas had even waived their utilities and electricity bills. The members remuneration and travel funds for mock competitions did not amount to much as well! Accepting sponsors and selling members alone were earning the club tons of money. His club could be considered an utter failure! After some thought, Pei Qian decided that this was unacceptable. He had to bring up more of Huang Wangs flaws to drop hints to Team Leader Su. He pondered for a moment and then said, Team Leader Su, Huang Wang is a chatterbox. He talks a lot during competitions and might end up distracting everyone else. You have to keep this in mind when you make the offer. Team Leader Su was stunned. What was Boss Pei doing? From the surface, it looked like he was picking out Huang Wangs flaws. Huang Wang was a chatterbox? Thats righteveryone knew that. Huang Wang would distract everyone else by talking too much during competitions? Hmm that seemed to be expected. Was Boss Pei trying to push the offer down, then? How could that be?! Obviously, all the team members were Boss Peis babies. How could he be pushing the offer down? Oh, I understand! Boss Peis using reverse psychology to drop hints! Team Leader Su only had to think for a while before he figured out the true meaning behind Boss Peis words. This was probably what Boss Pei meant when he said that Huang Wang was a chatterbox who might distract his teammates by talking too much during the competition: Huang Wang was not just a midlaner, but the leader and commander of Team Two! As the commander, he contributed significantly to the teams battle strategy and was highly influential to each member. That made him a leader akin to the backbone of the team. Buying Huang Wang would bring more value to H4 than a mere midlaner of the first-tier would! Thus, he needed to increase his offer! Boss Pei lived up to his name indeed. Even when pushing offers up, he was polite and respectful. Having understood Boss Pei, Team Leader Su pondered for a while more. Boss Pei, we failed to take everything into consideration. How about this? A transfer fee of two million yuan, a sign-on fee of 1.2 million yuan, and an annual remuneration of nine hundred thousand yuan? Pei Qian was confused. Chapter 621 - Boss Pei’s Kindness is Always in My Heart Did you not listen carefully to what I said? Im not raising the price but helping you lower it! How could you increase it? No, it seemed like this caused Team Leader Su to have an understanding. He had to quickly clarify. Pei Qian coughed slightly. Team Leader Su, I actually didnt mean that. What I mean is Huang Wang has now signed with Waiwai. Your club can no longer be able to obtain higher income from the live broadcast platform. Moreover, Huang Wang has live-stream missions, which might affect his usual training. There should be no ambiguity this time, right? Pei Qian wondered. What I meant was if it was a player who had yet to sign a contract, then they could sign with the live-stream companies to make money. However, Huang Wang had signed them already and could no longer obtain any more benefits. Team Leader Su fell into deep thought again. Well, on the surface, it seemed as though Boss Pei was picking at Huang Wang again. However, that was all just appearances. In fact, that should be emphasizing Huang Wangs commercial value? As a player who was famous in live-streaming, Huang Wang himself had his own traffic and popularity. Waiwai had also invested a lot of publicity resources in him. Huang Wang had more fans than the entire H4 Club. That was not an exaggeration. Moreover, if Huang Wang were to transfer from DGE to H4, his fans would inevitably pay attention to the H4 Club. Such attention was a kind of resource. In addition, the H4 Club and Waiwais relationship was pretty good as well. Huang Wang would be able to appear in large scale events when he transferred to the H4 Club, Waiwai would definitely be very happy Indeed, he had to think about the commercial value of this player. He should even think of a way for Waiwai to pay part of the cost. That was also explained by the club owner before he came over. My apologies, Boss Pei. We did not give proper considerations to it again. Team Leader Su said after he considered the factors. To express our apologies, well offer our final sincere price. Three million yuan transfer price, 1.5 million yuan for signing bonus, and an annual salary of 1.2 million yuan! Boss Pei, we are a small club with limited financial resources. This is really the best we can offer! Pei Qian nearly spat out his tea. Team Leader Su, do you understand human language?! Pei Qian felt very tired. Reverse bargaining doubled the signing fee! He could have sold at 1.5 million, but it had become three million now! It was outrageous for an esports player to be able to sell for so much money now. Pei Qian felt that this price should only be reached about two to three years later. What should he do? Try to press the price down again? Forget it, he should not lower the price again. Look at the decisiveness of Team Leader Su and thought about the failed experience from his previous negotiations Perhaps if Pei Qian were to say another word, Team Leader Su would use up all their reserves and add on to this price. Okay, Pei Qian said with a little melancholy. Team Leader Su could not help but feel grateful. Boss Pei was really decisive! Team Leader Su could only call his boss to obtain more funds if Boss Pei wanted to add on anymore. Luckily, he successfully obtained Huang Wang at the upper limit of his budget! Boss Pei was obviously not very satisfied with the current price looking at Boss Peis melancholy expression. However, Boss Pei still decided to sell to him. He had to remember this kindness! Zhang Yuan had been silent as he watched Boss Pei raise the price. He could not help but sigh silently; Boss Pei was really good at bargaining! Huang Wang, being damned with faint praise, hinted that he was not only a commander but also a player with huge commercial value. He increased the price to the most suitable position. Team Leader Su was smart as well. He immediately understood Boss Peis intention and raised the price. All in all, it seemed like a very pleasant transaction from the final result! Zhang Yuan leaned close to Boss Pei and whispered, Boss Pei, we have to ask Huang Wang for his personal opinion as well. Pei Qian eased a little from the melancholy mood and nodded. Indeed, they had to ask the player if he was willing after the two clubs reached an agreement. However, Pei Qian felt that Huang Wang would definitely agree. His salary had reached this level and his good friend Pang Ling was there in the H4 Club. Both of them played midlane. He would be captain and commander with sufficient voice. Moreover, he could also officially enter competitions He could not think of any reason Huang Wang would hesitate? Let him go through the motion, pack, and go. All three parties would be happy. Pei Qian nodded. Alright, lets tell him now. The two of them got Huang Wang to one side, and Zhang Yuan briefly told him about the transfer. That is the current situation. Now its up to you to see if you want to transfer to the H4 Club. Pei Qian thought that Huang Wang would agree immediately, but he did not think that Huang Wang would actually hesitate. Can I think it over? Huang Wang asked. Pei Qian felt light-headed. What was there to consider? Brother, what was so good about the DGE Club that you had to stay? Pei Qian coughed slightly. Why, are you dissatisfied with the H4 Club? Huang Wang nodded and said in a small voice, Their environment is really bad. Pei Qian: ? The environment was really bad? Wasnt that a veteran club? How would the environment be bad? Its true, Boss Pei, the last time we saw their training base during the mock competition, and it was far worse than our base! Huang Wang explained. No matter whether it was computer equipment, living conditions, daily training schedules, etc., they are all incomparable to ours. The most important thing is that I dont think I can gym every day Huang Wang really cared about this issue from his expression. Indeed, it was true that he would be able to play in official competitions and his salary would increase. However, Huang Wangwho had already had a two million yuan contractdid not care so much about salary anymore. The clubs supporting facilities and daily training which determined their daily life. Huang Wang felt that he would definitely be unable to adapt in terms of his lifestyle if he were to go to the H4 Club. There was no way for it to be as comfortable as in the DGE Club whether it was food, housing, or daily gym training. That was why he hesitated. Pei Qian was also lost in thought because he had never expected such a problem to occur. What should he do? Huang Wang had to go; he would be in endless trouble if he were to stay. Could he think of a way to kill two birds with one stone? Would he be able to get rid of Huang Wang without taking so much transfer fees? Pei Qian considered it for a while and suddenly had a eureka moment. He had an idea! This problem is easy to solve, come with me. Pei Qian told Huang Wang and Zhang Yuan. The three of them returned to the conference room and saw Team Leader Su again. Team Leader Su, Huang Wang has no problems with the transfer. However, there will be extra conditions, Pei Qian told Team Leader Su. Huang Wang will need to maintain the training schedule and his work-life balance like when he was in the DGE Club. He has to have two hours of professional fitness training every day. You need to find him a full-time fitness coach and nutritionist. Other than that, Huang Wang will use the ROF system units and a full set of peripherals that he had been familiar with for his training. I hope you can fully respect his training habits. I heard that there are currently two teams in the GOG division of the H4 Club. The original training base is already very crowded. I hope that the H4 Club can find a new training base. It does not need to be too good, but the quality of life for each team member has to be guaranteed. Of course, I know that your clubs funds are stretched so Ive decided that DGE Club will only take 800,000 yuan in transfer fees. The remaining 2.2 million yuan will be used as the cost of improving the training base. Your club will only have the right to use this money on behalf of us. You have to ensure that Huang Wang knows where the money is going to ensure that they go to the right places. Very grateful, Boss Pei! Much appreciated! Team Leader Su exclaimed, beside himself with joy. Team Leader Su intended to keep Huang Wang on his original training schedule even if Boss Pei did not mention it. He even planned for the two teams in the GOG division to train according to it. Previously, Pang Ling recorded the DGE Clubs daily training schedule when they visited the DGE Club, which attracted the attention of the senior management. The senior management of the H4 Club realized that it could be the reason why the DGE Club was so strong after analyzing it! The approach was very scientific! The clubs had only paid attention to the training of game skills and ignored the physical fitness of the players for the longest time. Wouldnt they make a huge loss if they were to purchase Huang Wang but were unable to ensure that he could train the way he did as before which would result in a decline in his performance? Therefore, Team Leader Su had originally wanted Huang Wang to share DGEs training experience and improve the level of their teams. However, the funds of the H4 Club were really limited. They really broke their bank signing Huang Wang up this time. To find a new training base in Shanghai where every inch of land cost a bomb, apply fitness memberships for all members, and to order fitness meals for them was something that they really could not support financially. However, all these problems were now solved due to Boss Peis generosity! Team Leader Su knew that Boss Pei could actually ignore this since there would be nothing more to do with him when the players were sold! However, Boss Pei took the initiative to spend most of the signing fee to improve the environment for his own players where the other members of the H4 Club could follow suit. Boss Pei really shone too brightly! Team Leader Sun was so moved. He really owed big time to Boss Pei! Huang Wang would definitely be treated as the ace of the H4 Club in the future and become its absolute core! The problem was solved satisfactorily. Pei Qian found a very reasonable reason to return 2.2 million yuan in the signing fee. The pressure on him lifted, and he could not help but feel much better. The next step would be to negotiate the specific details of the contract. Generally, transferring to another club should only be done during the transfer season. However, there are no such rules currently. Moreover, even if there were such rules, it should be stipulated by the organizerthat was Tengdaso the other clubs could only comply with it. Therefore, this matter was not so serious since both clubs and players agreed. It would be necessary to set the transfer rules for each club after the establishment of the league. However, that would be a worry for the future to Pei Qian. Chapter 622 - Boss Pei Broke the Vicious Cycle of Zero-Sum Game August 18th, Thursday Wu Bin and Cui Geng came to Halo Workspace to see Ruan Guangjian. The interview with Ruan Guangjian was already scheduled when interviewing Teacher Qiao. However, the induction and summary work after the interview took more time, which was why it was delayed until today. Wu Bin knew very well that Ruan Guangjian was also one of Boss Peis friends and long-term partners. He must possess a unique interpretation for Boss Pei. Ruan Guangjian fell into deep thought. My first impression of Boss Pei Should be a very special client. How so? Ive met clients on the internet with some problems such as Unclear needs and wanting everything under the sun or feel everything is wrong. Some do not have any concept of what they want in their mind; neither can they express it. However, theyd asked you to make something that even they could not imagine. Change for the sake of changing, did not have any useful comments after changing so many times, they would finally return to the first edition Totally ignore the situation with the freelancer. They would rush the construction period as much and delay the payment for as long as they can. They would also raise very unreasonable requests at times. However, Boss Pei is completely different from other clients. He has never put forward any specific needs and does not interfere with your creation. However, he would guide your creation through some other methods so that the work and his original intention could be further integrated. Have full trust in the freelancer, give sufficient time and money, never pick on the work, and request for rework. However, the freelancer would receive a lot of money and would diligently work on everything in fear of losing this big client. Moreover, in most cases, the first version from the freelancer is usually the best because he would usually be filled with inspiration and energy at this point in time. The later versions would generally be mental and physical exhaustion with the clients interference and would not be as good as the first edition. Therefore, the client would usually say: lets still use the first edition. The first edition is generally always better. That should be the biggest difference between Boss Pei and the other clients. Wu Bin noted it all down and nodded frequently. Then, Big Boss Ruan, why do you think is the reason for this difference? Ruan Guangjian replied after much consideration, I think the main reason is in philosophy. Why does the client want the freelancer to make repeated amendments? I think the biggest problem was the natural conflict of interest between the two parties. The mutual trust and foundation between each other had been severely damaged. Therefore, most of the clients and freelancers regard the cooperation as a zero-sum game. Some irresponsible freelancers might feel that they should try their best to cheat as much money as they could and give a garbage plan to the client. If the client did not comment, then they could earn this amount of money easily. It would save time and effort. If the client wants to modify it, then it would be easier for the freelancer to modify it than to do it seriously from the beginning. Such behavior destroys the clients trust in the freelancer. Many clients would think that all freelancers are irresponsible. Since the first version you give me is definitely rubbish, then I have to make you revise it. Ill pick the most satisfactory one after revising it many times so that my money spent is worthwhile. Furthermore, the client is the paying party and is already in a stronger position. To show the results of their work, the personnel responsible will continue to propose more amendment requests. If they passed the first time, they would appear negligent so they had to pick their fault. If the department responsible has a few layers and there was one layer they did not pass, they would seem to have no sense of existence, which would be a disaster for one party. Therefore, in the end, because the client and the freelancer regard the cooperation as a zero-sum game; the client would feel like it was a loss for themselves if they were to use the first version by the freelancer; the freelancer would feel that they were at a loss if they were to give the client the best solution at the first round. Both sides were reserved and entered a vicious circle. The more the client wanted revisions, the more the freelancer wouldnt be serious about the first version; the less serious freelancer is about the first version, the more the client would want revisions. Over time, it would become the current situation. The reason why Boss Pei was able to become a special client is that he did not regard this cooperation as a zero-sum game but as a win-win situation, breaking the chain of a vicious circle! As the client, Boss Pei was very sincere. He gave the freelancer a far higher price than the industry standard, fully respecting the freelancers professionalism, and strived to integrate his own ideas with the freelancer so that the freelancer could unleash his full potential. Therefore, the freelancer produced something that is far above his usual standards. Adding to Boss Peis idea, the product became an instant hit. Not only is Boss Peis project a great success, but the popularity of this project gained a high degree of attention and won recognition from more people. Therefore, it created a virtuous circle. The client and the freelancer trust each other and use their best efforts to complete every small detail of the project. The client can give a high price and not be worried about being cheated by the freelancer; the freelancer can design with his full inspiration without worrying about being interfered by the client and for his work to be repeatedly modified. Such a virtuous relationship becomes unbreakable once it is established which ultimately allows both parties to benefit from it. That is the best part of Boss Pei as the client. Not only does he give the freelancer generous economic benefits, but he also gives the freelancer full trust and care about his life. I have personally felt that deeply. Wu Bin nodded, deeply inspired. Everyone could see Boss Peis care and concern for Big Boss Ruan. No matter whether it was to establish the Tengda Standard by increasing the price of purchase from the freelancer or not. He also helped Halo Workspace tide over their difficulties when they moved to Jingzhou. He even got Big Boss Ruan to build the Thriller Hostel according to Big Boss Ruans own preferences. That showed how much Boss Pei cared about his friends and partners. Wu Bin suddenly had a flash of inspiration. Boss Pei seems to have the same relationship with his employees! The bosses of the other companies regard the relationship between themselves and their employees as a zero-sum game. They think that they can reduce costs and make more money by squeezing their employees a little more. The employees do not trust the boss and feel like they are being squeezed. They would be lazy, not give it their best and think about how to change jobs during work time. Boss Pei also broke this vicious circle through his way of being the first to show sincerity and re-established mutual trust with his employees! That was why such a magical phenomenon appeared: Boss Pei brought the company originally on the verge of bankruptcy back to life after he took over. The unmotivated and disinterested employees suddenly became serious and worked hard to create value for the company! I originally thought that it was the rather mysterious Tengda spirit at work, but now, it seems like Boss Peis efforts to build mutual trust with employees also played a very important role! Ruan Guangjian nodded. Yes, I agree with this view as well. That showed that Boss Pei had never regarded his employees as his personal property or as livestock he could drive at will like the other bosses. Generally, the status of the employees should be lower than the freelancer because the freelancer is often a company with a stronger voice. Employees are only individuals who had difficulty refusing the bosss request. Therefore, a chain of oppression by the client to the freelancer is often formed, and the freelancer would oppress his own employees. It would be under high pressure all year round and would collapse if you dont pay attention. Therefore, the lower-level employees of many outsourcing companies would be overwhelmed and leave in large numbers every year. These companies could only recruit inexperienced newcomers to fill the vacancies. Without talent accumulation, the output would be difficult to satisfy the client so it would usher in more oppression. However, Boss Pei is totally different. He treats his employees and freelancers as collaborators. They would be able to reap rewards based on how hard they worked. Under such an incentive, most people would be stimulated. Such efforts would not bring about oppression, but fighting for ones own cause. Wu Bin was in a great mood. He felt that he really profited from the interview today! As a member of the HR department and someone who came to Tengda from other companies, Wu Bin could also clearly feel the difference between Tengda and the other companies. However, how did this distinction come about? Wu Bin had never found a particularly accurate answer. The Tengda spirit was indeed a viable explanation, but it was more like a summary rather than a cause. Now, he had finally found the cause. That was Boss Peis original philosophy, breaking the original vicious cycle of zero-sum game and establishing a mutually beneficial and win-win community of interest between the company and employees and between the client and freelancer! The interests of the company, employees, and consumers were now integrated into one so everything seemed harmonious and smooth. It sounded very simple, but Wu Bin analyzed it carefully and felt that it could only be done by people with courage and perseverance beyond ordinary man! Boss Pei transferred out a large part of his benefits, exceeding the imagination of all employees to break this chain. Under such a huge concession, Boss Peis final benefits as the boss of Tengda were probably not as much as some black-hearted companies that squeezed their employees dry. However, obviously, Boss Pei cared more about long-term interests. Perhaps the other companies that had squeezed their employees were far wealthier than Boss Pei, but their companies would lose and fall out of grace when competing with Tengda. Boss Pei gave up on his personal interest. That was how he built a fast-growing business empire like Tengda in just two years and still maintains an extremely fast growth rate with rapid progress! Wu Bin stood up and shook hands with Ruan Guangjian. Thank you, Big Boss Ruan! Your words deeply inspired me! I feel that all the materials needed for the explanation of the Tengda spirit have been gathered! Next I will start to retreat into myself and analyze the relationship between these materials and Tengda spirit in depth. Ill also try to make a comprehensive explanation for the Tengda spirit to show the most realistic Boss Pei! Ruan Guangjian was very happy. Youre welcome, that is what I should do. However can you give me a copy of the book when its done? Wu Bin nodded. Sure, of course! Chapter 623 - Boss Pei’s ‘Scrounge’ Formula August 19th, Friday Pei Qian came to Shang Yang Games to supervise the progress of spending money. Other matters could wait but not spending money. Such a huge amount of money was impossible to spend it all in one shot. For example, it would take time to organize matches, determine the schedule and venue, send invitations to various clubs, and ask them to apply for visas in advance. If the processing was not fast enough and a certain amount of money had not been spent before the settlement, then it would become very rigid. Two weeks had passed since the previous spending plan was finalized. A lot of work should have been done. It was time to be updated. The members of Shang Yang Games had arrived in the conference room. Everyone looked more relaxed as compared to the previous meeting. Every time Boss Pei made his move, the others would feel very at ease that everything was developing towards a better direction! Lin Wan sorted out the information in her hand and began reporting on the recent works. Ill update on the domestic server first. Our main focus of work in the future would be the global server, but Im also paying attention to the situation with the domestic server because the domestic server is the basis of GOG. There is no room for mistakes. It is worth mentioning that Erics second attack has failed. Eh? Pei Qian was a little flustered. He finally remembered who Eric was this time. It was that executive that was sent here to be in charge of the IOI domestic server. However, for the second attack to fail as well? Was it still so efficient? Pei Qian did not even know when the second attack happened Well, that was a little awkward. News of victory reached Boss Peis ears earlier than the beginning of the war. That was very outrageous. Lin Wan continued. After the initial strategy failed, Eric changed to a different strategy starting with the games peripheral industries. He found several domestic live-stream platforms, well-known live streamers, and some veteran clubs; hoping to cooperate to promote IOI. The results are the same as before. He was either declined nicely or kept at bay. I can only say that, until now, GOG had been monolithic in China. Live-streamers, internet cafes, clubs, etc. are all towards them, sharing huge common interests with GOG. Moreover, this common interest includes not only short-term immediate interests but also long time interests in the future. Internet cafes, live-streaming platforms, and clubs believe that IOI had no chance of winning. It is obvious that it is more important to side GOG in the long run. Eric might be able to give some short-term benefits, but there was no way for him to guarantee long-term benefits because he could not establish strong enough confidence for these people. And confidence is the key. Eric even wanted to sponsor some clubs in establishing their own IOI divisions, but he was rejected. On the one hand, Erics price was not high enough; on the other hand, these clubs are also afraid of causing our dissatisfaction to miss out on the upcoming international invitational competition. Pei Qian sighed silently. Eric was so miserable. He originally wanted to fight with GOG to the death, but he was stuck at the first step, unable to even spend the money. Of course, if Eric was really willing to spend a fortune, he could most definitely be able to spend it. In the end, he did not offer enough. Internet cafes, clubs, live-streaming platforms were not tempted at all, naturally giving him a closed door. Pei Qian could not help but sigh. Eric was really a genius! He couldnt even buy over anyone to his side and had remained at the time before the launch of the offensive. Really envious. This Eric is really a talent. He was over-the-top when he first came, but is that it now? Wang Xiaobin exclaimed. Ye Zhizhou also said: It might be a little unkind to say, but I really want to know what his expression is now. Lin Wan smiled. To be honest, it is not all his fault. Eric is only the person-in-charge of the operation of IOIs domestic server after all. His money is all from Dayak Corporation and Finger Games. He cannot spend it casually. People would always turn around if the price was enough and if he could really spend without restrictions. The problem is he cant. Dayak Corporation might be very rich, but this contradicts with them. Dayak Corporation is all about money. They have to see tangible benefits when the money is spent. Just like how they spent a huge amount of money to acquire the Finger Games that we simply cannot afford to buy because they saw the achievements IOI had internationally. I believe in the future, Finger Games will create even more value for them over their purchase price. However, Eric wants to spend a huge amount of money on the promotion of the domestic server, and it is difficult to convince the senior management of Dayak Corporation. Whats more, it may not be effective even if the money is spent. Eric would be blamed if it came to that so he dare not take the risk. There is also gossips that we can consider as evidence. It seems like Finger Games has been preparing for IOI international competition, but they have a limited budget and have only prepared 100,000 US dollars. They were then acquired by Dayak Corporation so this matter took a backseat. When Finger Games had such an idea again, we had already announced that we were going to host a global invitational tournament and had increased the bonus more than a dozen times. The championship prize alone will reach one million US dollars! That is very awkward for Finger Games. IOI is launching a global offensive on GOG. The prize pool is only 100,000 US dollars if they were to do it. It is too shameful; its better not to hold it. Their bonus had to be close to us at least if they did not want to be ashamed. However, there seemed to be no consensus within the Dayak Corporation on this since the acquisition had consumed a large amount of cash flow. Many of the senior management felt reluctant and thought that it was not worthwhile. It is not that they had no money, but they were not willing to spend money. Therefore, this matter can only be shelved. Pei Qian nodded silently. He originally thought that Eric seemed to be a talent, but now it seemed like he wasnt. The main reason why Eric was smashed in the domestic server was that of Dayaks management. Pei Qians ability was not in how much money he had but how much he dared to spend. It would seem like you are 10 times richer than me when I have 100 yuan and you have 1,000 yuan. However, I was fine with spending the entire 100 yuan while you have to weigh the pros and cons of spending 20 yuan. Therefore, I am stronger in monetary terms. Pei Qian soon became disinterested in Erics affairs. Eh, I thought he could put some pressure on GOG in the country so that I could spend another wave of money and earn less. He was disappointed. Pei Qian had a bad feeling about this. However, his third attack has begun, Lin Wan continued. In the first two attempts, he seemed to have realized that GOGs base is very stable, including the internet cafes, clubs, and live-stream platforms are all deeply tied to us. GOG-related industries are all under monopoly. He would not be able to do anything to get in. Therefore, Eric probably changed his thinking to get other players who had yet to play GOG to enter IOI. They seem to plan on focusing on third parties such as beverages, male skincare, mouse, and gaming chairs for collaboration. Boss Pei, do you think we should follow suit? Pei Qians eyes brightened up. This Eric actually found a breakthrough even though he was in such a passive position? Cooperate with third parties? Why didnt we think of it previously? Very good, this Eric has given me new avenues to spend money! Im grateful to him! Pei Qian nodded. Necessary, definitely necessary! Watch him closely. Cooperate with whoever Eric cooperates with. Well follow closely behind no matter who he chooses! No need to use your brain, just spend money, how easy! Everyone could not help but show the same expression. Tengda Games did the same when Shang Yang Games was pushing the IOI domestic server previously. GOG would follow behind them brainlessly no matter what sort of promotional method IOI thought of! The word scrounge was enough to make everyone in Shang Yang Games desire death. There would be no way out for IOI if GOG were to follow them brainlessly since GOG had already crushed them in domestic users. At the same time, everyone was now more certain that what Tengda Games did previously was something they learned from Boss Pei. These hooligan tricks were all the same! Everyone was saying their prayers for Eric, watching the fire from the shore. Pei Qian, on the other hand, was immersed in the joy of discovering a new way to spend money. He did not care about Erics life or death. Alright, this matter is settled. Continue. Pei Qian waved his hand. GOGs overseas promotion had achieved good results, Lin Wan continued. Boss Pei, we have acquired a comic company in the United States with the remaining 20 million US dollars. This company, Hurricane Comic Company, has less than a 5% market share. We have decided to use its biggest IP, Multifaceted Man, as the main hero for publicity. We have put up the publicity of the Multifaceted Man and GOG in Times Square, subways, bus stations, and major websites after some preparation. GOGs overseas users are growing rapidly by the day. GOGs conscience pricing is highly acclaimed among overseas players. Its interesting that Literary Genius of the Winds, Ruan and Modest have also won the love of overseas players. Tengda Games has now completed the production of the Multifaceted Man which can be launched during the weekend. There should be a surge of traffic then! Pei Qian frowned slightly. Wait, the Hurricane Comic Company you just mentioned it didnt happen to make a movie called Iron Man, right? Iron Man? Whats that? Hurricane comics did not have any film-making capabilities and is on the verge of bankruptcy. Otherwise, we would not have been able to buy them for 20 million US dollars. Lin Wan shook her head, a little lost. Pei Qian was relieved. Yes, what did I say? I cant be that unlucky every time. It would not be possible for me to always buy companies that are seriously undervalued, right? That would be way too unscientific. I was still having headaches about how to spend the 20 million US dollars previously. I could finally rest assured now that it had been spent smoothly. Moreover, they bought a comic company that not only had less than 5% market share but was also about to go bankrupt. It would not be able to bring down IOI overseas, which is great. The offensive should not be too violent; let GOG eat away at IOIs market share bit by bit. Dayak Corporation would then resist, and GOG would continue to spend justified promotional money. You expand your market share; I grab your market share. This cycle would form a perpetual loop. GOG and IOI would then continue to play happily on the overseas servers. Everyone burns money happily. Wouldnt that be beautiful? Dayak, I have no choice but to make you my new money-burning tree since you bought over my old money-burning treethat was IOI domestic server! Chapter 624 - If You are Tired, You Might As Well Become a Sloth August 22nd, Monday At the entrance of the DGE Club, Huang Wang and Team Leader Su prepared to leave. They were heading back to Shanghai. All the team members were present to say their farewells. Get along well with your new teammates when you get there. If you play badly, youll be a disgrace to DGE. You have to maintain your standards. Dont let me find out that youve become lousy over time. If you do, just prepare to be despised! Come back and play with us more if you have the time. Coach Yaling smiled and said, Keep up the good and healthy habits. You worked so hard over the last few months to get this physique. If you give up so soon, youll become chubby again. All of your efforts would be wasted then. Zhang Yuan patted Huang Wang on the shoulder. Tell me if you run into any difficulties. We will help you for sure. Dont feel embarrassed. No matter where you go, youll be a member of our team! Huang Wang was so moved that his eyes welled up as he kept nodding. It was a pity that Boss Pei was not here today. Perhaps he did not want to see Huang Wang and the others saying their goodbyes. Team Leader Su said, Rest assured, Manager Zhang. We will put the money from Boss Pei to good use. When we get back to Shanghai, I will have a good discussion with the management of the club and fulfill Boss Peis requirements as much as possible, to give Huang Wang and the other team members a better training environment. Well take DGE as our benchmark! Then, we welcome you all to come and inspect the premises at any time! Zhang Yuan nodded. Alright, alright. If you need anything, just let me know. Just as Team Leader Su started to leave, he recalled something else. He quickly turned back around and said, Thats right. You wont be affected by the missing member in Team Two for future mock competitions, would you? ZZ Live-Streams Performance Competition was already done, and the mock competitions between various clubs would carry on according to the previously planned schedule. However, Huang Wang was the team leader of DGEs Team Two after all. Now that he was gone, there would only be four members left. Team Leader Su was worried that the mock competition schedule would be messed up only because he bought a member of DGE over. Zhang Yuan smiled. Dont worry. We already put up a recruitment notice the day before yesterday. Many people have registered to join us. Well balance out both teams skills again when the time comes. Rest assured that the mock competitions will not be affected. Team Leader Su nodded. Thats good. Well make a move first, then. See you! As if recalling something suddenly, Jiang Huan quickly caught up with Huang Wang and said, The new Multifaceted Man has pretty good statistics and will be very useful in the competition. For all we know, itll become the hottest hero of the international competition. Spend more time working on it. Huang Wang nodded. Dont worryI know. Everyone only returned to the club after seeing the taxi that Huang Wang was in disappear into the distance. That lads very annoying, but why do I feel so sad watching him go? Zhang Yuan said sorrowfully. Dont worry. The new team member will be here soon. I wonder if he would be able to endure the same training intensity as Huang Wang, said Old Zhou worriedly. After all, Huang Wang was the leader of Team Two and the one who trained the most intensely out of everyone in the club. However, any additional training imposed by Coach Yaling would be suited to their body type. She would come up with a custom-made training plan for them. Even so, the newbie would suffer for sure. Jiang Huan smiled subtly. Its alright. Well take good care of the newbie for sure. Zhang Yuan exchanged a knowing look with him. Jiang Huan, do you think youre so good that you dont have to worry anymore? Do you think its even less likely that Team Two would be able to beat you now that they have a new person on the team? Dream on! Once the new person arrives, we will make him the mid-laner in Team One. Little Zhou would be made the midlaner and new leader of Team Two! All of the members in Team One and Two were evidently shocked. Huh? The entire situation looked confusing and impossible to predict now. Team One had initially been much stronger than Team Two, but their midlaner was now being transferred to Team Two and replaced with a newbie. Both teams were now back at square one. With Jiang Huan as the commander of Team One, their battle strategy would be slightly better. However, with a newbie as their midlaner, their skills would be slightly poorer. On the other hand, Team Two would be filled with experienced players, but they would need to work more on their teamwork. This time, no one could say for sure which team would be given additional training. In particular, Little Zhou was the most confused. Who knew how much additional training he would have to endure as the team leader? He would be tortured! He did not want to look like a professional boxer like Huang Wang! Little Zhou quickly said, Dont! I dont know how to lead at all. Zhang Yuan sniggered. You dont? No worries. Youll know how after going through a few extra training sessions. Everyone: In the evening Old Zhou played GOG on his own while watching a live-stream to check on how Huang Wang was doing. All things aside, Huang Wang was quite hardworking. He was live-streaming on his first day in Shanghai. News that Huang Wang had transferred to another club spread online and on live-streaming platforms. Boxer, have you transferred to the H4 Club? Are you playing as a mid-laner with Pang Ling? Is that true? The rumors are spreading like wildfire. Please give us some real updates. If thats true, doesnt that mean that H4 has made up for its shortcomings and risen to the skies at lightning speed? This is going to be a new warship! No, the DGE Clubs Team One is the real warship. Werent you able to tell during the Performance Competition held over the past few days? DGE is a warship indeed, but they cant compete. Among the teams that can, H4 is the strongest. Its too good to be true! They couldnt win, and so they went to buy over a team member from DGE. Other teams probably never expected to be able to do something like that. What a brilliant move! What are the other teams waiting for? Buy the other members! There are still nine of them! Maybe they havent had enough time to react. Lets keep a close eye on the situation for the next few days. After all, DGE is selling its members at a high price. I heard that H4 paid close to three million yuan for Huang Wang. Thats terrifying. H4 was only able to raise so much funds because it had worked so hard to become a veteran club. Would other clubs have such spending power? Three million yuan? I thought it was five million yuan. Stop fighting. It was over a hundred million yuan! Sh*t, esports has really become a competition ground for the wealthy. The professional boxer is going to train with the new hero, Multifaceted Man, today. It looks like hes getting ready for the competition. Thats excellentwe can see the professional boxer play on the international stage! Just thinking about what the competition would look like makes me feel very excited! Old Zhou could not help but feel emotional. Rumors spread fast in the age of the Internet. Yet, there was nothing he could do. It had been no secret to begin with, and the news would be up on the official website soon. The only thing that was being kept secret was the amount of money they transferred Huang Wang for. Thus, there were all sorts of figures floating around online. Some said a million yuan, some said three million yuan, and some said five million yuan. In short, the number was increasing. Waiwai had probably spread some fake rumors. After all, the higher Huang Wangs transfer fee was, the more gamers would discuss him and the more popular Waiwai would become. However, there was another problem the other clubs had been shocked. At first, all the clubs had already thought that DGES members could not be bought over because they would be extremely expensive. Now, the rumors were confirming their thoughts. The poorer clubs had already given up the thought. The wealthier ones did not dare to fork out millions of yuan at one shot just to buy one person over. Instead, they intended to watch and see the effects of H4s purchase. The clubs that wanted to buy members but did not have enough money were in the most awkward position. They had wanted to bluff live-stream platforms at first, with the intention of using the sign-on fee with that live-streaming platform to cover some costs for buying DGEs members. In short, H4s purchase of Huang Wang had given the other clubs a new way out that they had never thought about before. Were they missing someone? They could just fork out cash to buy a member from DGE. They had all five roles there and could surely satisfy any demand! As for the young internet addicts who wanted to make a name for themselves, training at DGE Club would give them a promising future. So what if they could not compete for now? As long as they held on for long enough, a club would be willing to buy them over for a lot of money! August 23rd, Tuesday, in the evening Pei Qian sipped his coffee in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and kept his eye on Huang Wangs movements. Although Huang Wang had already transferred to another club, the hidden threat had not been completely dealt with. There was still a chance that the other members would be bought over! However, H4 and DGE had struck a non-disclosure agreement, and neither party could tell others how much H4 had paid to transfer Huang Wangs membership. In any case, H4 did not want other clubs to fight for DGEs members. Thus, there was no reason for them to expose details of the transaction this time either. Other clubs were interested in buying members as well, but they all thought it would be expensive. So, most of them were standing by and waiting. After all, Huang Wang was not just a very strong midlaner but also a popular live-streamer who brought a whole fanbase with him. Spending three or four million on transferring his membership would not amount to a loss of any kind. However, the other members did not seem that talented at live-streaming. They would only act as an ordinary member even if other clubs bought them over. Thus, paying the same price for them did not seem worth it. Pei Qian was quite satisfied with the current situation, but he knew very well that things might change at any moment. Once the other clubs started to fight for DGEs members, Pei Qian would have no choice but to grit his teeth and sell his members. Then, he would restart his club from scratch. After all, those ten members were so strong only because they had commenced professional training two months before anyone else. A brand new batch would not dominate as much as they had. Pei Qian was already prepared for the worst. Now that he had finished considering DGEs problems, Pei Qian placed his cell phone back on the table and sipped his coffee as he looked out of the window. It had been a long time since he had stayed in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe so late and watched the night views from here. Suddenly and for no reason, Pei Qian felt like night time in Jingzhou was a little less quiet and a little more emotional. He looked at the lamp outside the window and his own silhouette reflected in the glass. Out of nowhere, he began reminiscing on a lot of things. Jingzhou was brightly lit at night. People were walking to and fro on the streets downtown. For those living in the business district of Jingzhou City, the night had just begun. A dazzling array of billboards hung above peoples heads, flashing with eye-catching lights. Various beautiful and exquisite ornaments looked tempting under the soft lamplight and through the windows of roadside shops. Plastic mannequins wore fine and flawless costumes, showing off their graceful figures and seeming to mock the admiring faces of those standing outside but who were afraid to enter. Young couples stumbled into bars and picked up wine glasses, with the aroma of their wine permeating their hearts. Restaurants, bars, karaoke lounges bursts of laughter traveled from the places that brought people joy. Whether rich or poor, ugly or beautiful; everyone could find a place for their laughter. However, some laughed in satisfaction while others laughed in disappointment. In a brightly-lit office building, someone was staying behind to work overtime. He stood up, walked over to the water machine, and poured himself a glass of hot water as he looked helplessly at the dark night sky. In a cheap rental house, someone held a wrench and tape as he struggled to fix a leaking pipe. In a small internet cafe by the road and within the fog, someone was editing his resume word for word. Once he was done, he accessed recruitment websites and sent his resume into the electronic mailboxes of various companies. At a food stall by the road, someone was enjoying a few skewers and beers. For some reason, he suddenly burst into tears. Such scenes were visible in cities around the world, but most of the time, the sorrows and joys of people were not interlinked. No one cared about how other people were living. After all, most people were already trying their best to live a good life on their own. At that moment, the word approved appeared on a computer in Fei Huang Workspace. The next moment, countless accounts received a recommendation for a new video posted by Fei Huang Workspace. Countless fingers clicked their screens, countless eyes watched New Life, and countless ears listened to Chen Leis voice. A lonely island in everyones heart / Maybe we are destined to part No matter how close we are / We cannot become one land No matter how many mountains I climb or oceans I swim / I would not be able to find the person you used to be The neon loneliness of the city / Is an imprint etched in my heart The indulgence, luxury, and vicissitudes of life / Cause us to forget ourselves I want to go back to the bright, old days / Into the bright and the sunny The melodious singing blended gently with the sound of a guitar. When the screen lit up, the first thing that caught the audiences eye was the vast lake. Chen Lei sat in an arc-shaped living room, strumming on his guitar. His back was facing the camera, and he was singing in a low voice. Genial sunlight shone into the empty living room through the full-length windows that offered a 180-degree view, making viewers feel comfortably warm. The camera moved through the full-length videos and arrived at the vast lake. After that, it quickly moved upwards to capture the full city-view of Jingzhou. There were many tall buildings in the video, and the aerial shot made Jingzhou look like a huge concrete jungle. Cars zoomed past, and pedestrians hurried on their ways. Each person was busy with their own affairs, and the entire city never seemed to stop moving. In Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Chen Lei strummed on his guitar and sang. By the side of the road, Chen Lei passed by countless pedestrians. At the airport, countless planes took off and landed. The camera slowly moved upwards, taking another aerial shot. It shuttled between high-rise buildings and moved further away from the central business district. Slowly, the surroundings became increasingly deserted. Two unassuming and lifeless eight-story buildings stood alone. After that, Liang Qingfans figure appeared in the frame. He walked towards one of the houses. He began to observe, survey, and sketch the room. Design drafts began piling up on the table. Liang Qingfan picked up his coffee, but it was so deep in thought that he forgot to take a sip before he put it back down again. Soon, hardworking construction workers entered the dilapidated buildings and got to work. They blocked the cameras view so that the audience could not see the dilapidated buildings true colors from beginning to end. As the construction workers worked, the dilapidated and damp-looking buildings changed rapidly. The details in the design drafts on Liang Qingfans table began to look better and better. At last, the buildings were completed. The audience could finally see the house for what it was. The living room was furnished in the exact same way as the house in which Chen Lei had been playing his guitar before. What had previously been hidden by editing was now revealed as well. The full-length windows proved that Chen Lei had indeed been sitting in this very house from the start. From the entrance of the neighborhood, Chen Lei walked towards the building with a guitar on his back and a suitcase in tow. The shot was taken from the exact same angle as when Liang Qingfan had been walking into the building before. In fact, it looked like the re-creation of a certain scene. Finally, Chen Lei walked into the living room, sat down on the sofa, and picked up his guitar. The singing finally stopped, and there was a moment of silence. Once again, Chen Lei gently strummed his guitar. He ended the film with a song that had the same melody as the one at the beginning, but with different lyrics. No one is a lonely island / Perhaps we have never parted No matter how far we are / The memories never leave I would climb countless mountains and swim countless oceans / In order to find the person you used to be The neon loneliness of the city / Is proof of our companionship The indulgence, luxury, and vicissitudes of life / No longer matter anymore Let us go back to the beginning / From the bright and the sunny The end and start scenes blended perfectly, forming a closed loop. A few lines of words appeared on the screen. If you are tired, you might as well slow down and become a sloth. Dont neglect to enjoy the prosperity of the jungle while trying to bear the weight of all of it. You deserve to live a better life. Chapter 625 - : So Where Should I Rent One? Soon, the videos figuresincluding views, number of bullet screen comments, and number of messagesshot through the roof! Fei Huang Workspaces official account on Aili Island had already had a huge fan base due to its accumulation of short films, documentaries, and movies. As the top folk singer at the moment, Chen Lei was also in the spotlight. The collaboration between them made New Life spread like wildfire the moment it was uploaded! Fei Huang Workspace did not try to interpret the meaning behind the short film on purpose. As more and more people watched it, interpretations would naturally be done. Is that Chen Leis new song? Ah, ah, ah, its beautiful! Why is he releasing it on Aili Island though? And on Fei Huang Workspaces account at that? Chen Lei x Fei Huang Workspace? My favorite UP Masters who update once a month and once a year respectively have collaborated! Ah, Im dead! What exactly is the purpose of this video? Is it the music video for Chen Leis new song or an advertisement? I think I saw the words Sloth Apartments at the end. What does that mean? Of course, theyll collaborate! Have you forgotten that Chen Lei had written Waiting back then to market Fish-Catching Internet Cafe? Isnt it expected and logical for him to write another song to market Sloth Apartments? Hes so good at singing. I always thought that Chen Leis the best folk singer in the country at the moment. He doesnt use any special effects to create this kind of flavor and resonate with everyone! Does anyone understand the music video? Why did they connect the start and end scene together? The dilapidated building seems to be the same place as the living room in which Chen Lei is singing. The discussion carried on, and the class representative soon stepped up to deliver a speech. Let me explain it! Ive already watched the video a couple of times and took note of some details. This might be what Fei Huang Workspace is trying to express: First, this should be an advertisement for Sloth Apartments because it was also released on Tengda Life App. Whats more, the final words if you are tired, you might as well slow down and become a sloth proves this, too. Second, there are many details in the video that all of you can observe closely. The chronology in the short film is actually staggered. The music video has two main leads: Chen Lei and the designer. This is what it looks like: Chen Lei sings in his house, Chen Lei strolls around Jingzhou, the designer chooses the buildings and commences renovation, Chen Lei moves into the house, Chen Lei starts singing. All of you have noticed that the start and end scene form a closed loop, and the start scene seems to follow very nicely from the end. This means that the entire short films actually a flashback. If I arrange the scenes in chronological order, this is how it would look like: Chen Lei strolls around Jingzhouor shall I say wander, the designer chooses the buildings and commences renovation, Chen Lei moves into the house, and Chen Lei starts singing. That symbolizes that the wandering traveler finally settling down in Sloth Apartments. However, Fei Huang Workspace has employed a little technique when filming. They messed up the order on purpose and used a flashback to form a closed loop with the story. After that, they employed a special transition technique to bluff the audience. Each aerial shot hints at a change in the timeline. They only revealed the riddle at the end with two very strong hints in two scenes: the first is that the camera angle is exactly the same when the designer walks into the building and when Chen Lei walks into the building. The second is the revelation of the unique full-length window that offers a 180-degree view of the outside once the buildings are completed. Both of those went to show that the houses were one and the same, but Chen Lei and the designer entered it at different times. I think they employed this special order to emphasize the renovation portion! Most people might have focused on Chen Leis lyrics or some of the more touching footage in the short film. They might have neglected the renovation of the apartments as a result. Actually, the dilapidated buildings at the beginning and the completed house at the end were worlds apart! Using a flashback has the effect of presenting the old building and the new house as two parallel lines to the audience. At the start, people might think that they are completely unrelated, but by the end, the riddle is solved. People would learn that they were one and the same, and that would cause an unexpectedly intense reaction! The most exciting point is that Chen Leis song brings the structure of the video together perfectly! I dont know whos working with whom and who thought of the idea first, but the result is that Chen Leis song at the end has the same melody as the one at the startjust different lyrics. On one hand, it matches the timeline of the video, forming a closed loop. On the other hand, it serves as a hint: it is not just a simple loop that repeats itself. The lyrics at the start were sad, invoking sorrow and loneliness. However, the lyrics at the end became positive, bringing home. That supports the title of the video New Life. Thats why I think there are two layers of meaning to the title New Life. One, the dilapidated building was given new life by being renovated into the Sloth Apartments and had been transformed from rotting rubbish to livable apartments. Two, a wanderer who has experienced too many ups and downs outside can finally start a new life by settling down in these apartments. In short, the advertisement is amazing! It doesnt feel like a mere advertisement for Sloth Apartments but a tourism video for Jingzhou City! The long comment with an analysis of the video quickly grew in likes and shares, even from Fei Huang Workspaces account. That was indeed the best method of expression that Fei Huang Workspace had thought of before producing the video. While working on it, Fei Huang Workspace had shot a lot of footage with Chen Lei and Liang Qingfan. In the end, out of more than three hours of footage that the original videographer had recorded, only two minutes was used. Fei Huang Workspace had shot the footage for the remaining three minutes or so. However, those two minutes were just as important because they showed the process of the buildings undergoing renovation. It was a key portion of the entire short film. Now, the promotional video that Fei Huang Workspace had produced for Sloth ApartmentsNew Lifewas finally complete! It had successfully expressed the concept behind the Sloth Apartments and resonated with many wanderers in the city. In this hustle and bustle of every city in the world, everyone wanted a space that belonged only to them and where they could rest without any qualms. Sloth Apartments provided a place like that to people. One could choose to put down the torture of wandering around and slow down like a sloth. They would no longer have to slog their guts out in a concrete jungle just to survive, but they could return to a space that belonged solely to them. There, they could forget everything and rest. Thus, at the end of the video, the bullet screen comments were flooded with things like moved to tears, beautiful singing, and see you again at the beginning of the video. In particular, one comment kept surfacing: Where can I rent an apartment like that, then? August 24th, Wednesday At 10 AM, Pei Qian woke up naturally. He did not know that Fei Huang Workspace had released a new video the night before, and he did not know that the internet had burst into a discussion over the night before and the morning. As always, he washed up and prepared to have breakfast at Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. However, when he got downstairs and walked out of the lift, Pei Qian suddenly noticed that something was amiss. People were viewing the apartments? The voice of the butler, Song Kai, traveled out from his room on the first floor. It sounded like he was explaining the rent, rules, and regulations of the apartment to interested customers. At once, Pei Qian felt like he was facing a great enemy. What the hell was happening? To avoid being seen, Pei Qian quickly hid in the fire escape and waited for the potential tenants to leave. As he waited, he retrieved his cell phone and investigated the truth behind the matter. He had been living here for three months, and everything had been well and good. No one had even asked about the apartments. Why were there so many people viewing them today? Something must have gone wrong! Indeed, when Pei Qian opened the Tengda Life App, he saw that the Sloth Apartments promotional video had been uploaded the night before. He also read the interpretation in the comments below. They uploaded a video after work yesterday?! These people must not have rested enough! How dare they go against the companys regulations?! Er that isnt necessarily the case. It takes time to vet the video. Based on the time that the video was released, it seems like they had handed it in for vetting before work ended, so that vetting was completed after. Pei Qian had wanted to interrogate Fei Huang Workspaces employees at first, but after studying the upload time closer, he realized that the employees were quite intelligent. They had not left anything that could get them into trouble behind. Huang Sibo has already gone overseas, but the videos progress was not delayed? Ridiculous! Pei Qian was frustrated. He had known that it was inevitable, but the fact that it had come so quickly still shocked him. At that moment, he heard footsteps outside. The people who had come to view the apartments seemed to be leaving. Pei Qian pushed open the door to the fire escape and bumped into Song Kai, who was walking the customers out. Song Kai paused. Was Boss Pei taking the stairs as exercise so early in the morning? Why else would he be exiting the fire escape instead of the lift? The fact that Boss Pei was not even panting showed that his stamina was quite good. Song Kai studied him for a long time, but it still felt like something was amiss. Not knowing about the confusion in Song Kais heart, Pei Qian asked, Were those people here to view the apartments? Song Kai nodded. Thats right, Boss Pei. Many people suddenly came in to view the apartments this morning. It must be thanks to the promotional video that was uploaded onto Tengda Life App yesterday. Looking solemn, Pei Qian asked, So, has anyone rented an apartment so far? Er Song Kai hesitated. Not yet. After I explained the rent, rules, and regulations of the Sloth Apartments; everyone expressed that they wanted to go back and consider it further. Pei Qian celebrated inwardly. My strategy worked! He quickly asked another question. You didnt employ any sales tactics while introducing the apartments, did you? Song Kai shook his head. Of course not, Boss Pei. You already told me not to before. I didnt tell anyone that you live here either. Satisfied, Pei Qian grinned. Good. Keep it up! Chapter 626 - Debate on Sloth Apartments’ Model All the safety measures that Pei Qian had taken before were working! When he started working on the Sloth Apartments, Pei Qian had racked his brains thinking about how to dissuade tenants from renting an apartment, so that the Sloth Apartments would be kept vacant for as long as possible. Obviously, uploading the ruthless regulations on Tengda Life App had not been enough. Although he had certainly dissuaded some people, there would inevitably be others who were rebellious enough to come down and see exactly what the house looked like. Every building had its designated butler who could also be in charge of sales because they had to explain the characteristics of the apartments to customers who came down. What if those butlers were particularly good at making sales and speaking? What if they managed to bluff customers into renting an apartment on the spot? That was very possible! This was because most people who had come to apply to become butlers, including Song Kai, had experience working in other rental companieswhich were adept at turning people into marketing machines who could lie through their teeth. On top of that, the Sloth Apartments had high standards of decoration and had been personally designed by Liang Qingfan. Thus, customers would have an excellent first visual impression. Middle-aged people who preferred grandeur would not like it, but a significant proportion of young people would love it. Pei Qian was only afraid that when customers came to view the apartments, they would see the same scene that they had witnessed in the promotional video. Coupled with the butlers sales tactics, they could recklessly decide to sign a contract on the spot. To prevent this from happening, butler training had become an extremely important part of the process. Thus, Pei Qian had made sure to leave Song Kai with strict instructions from the beginning: he was not to use any sales tactics if people came to view the apartments. He also could not include any subjective opinion when introducing the houses or emphasize the good points of the apartments. Instead, when customers came, the first thing that he had to do was introduce the rigid regulations. For example, they could not move the furniture in the house, they could not buy more furniture and add more storage space, they had to have entire and long tenancies, and so on. The butlers lack of sales tactics would naturally serve to dissuade potential tenants further. Whats more, Pei Qian had purposely emphasized to Song Kai not to reveal the fact that the former was living in the building as well. In fact, they could not even hint at the fact that Pei Qian was living in a Sloth Apartment. Earlier, Pei Qian had accidentally made that mistake with regard to Fish-Catching Take-Out. He could not allow history to repeat itself. Thus, although many people had followed the address on Tengda Life App to view apartments in the morning, no one had decided to rent an apartment yet. Pei Qian relaxed slightly. He only wondered how the other three buildings were doing. The building that Pei Qian was living in only had one unit per story. Rent was high to begin with, and it was to be expected that ordinary people would not be able to afford it. However, each of the apartments in the other three buildings was small. Thus, rent was priced within an acceptable range for ordinary people. He had to keep an eye on the discussion online. The video had gone viral yesterday, but netizens had only been allowed to see a beautiful illusion. Today, some of them had gone down to view the actual apartments. Whether yesterdays enthusiasm could be sustained or not would determine the Sloth Apartments fate. Pei Qian arrived at Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. As he ate, he browsed his cell phone and checked peoples comments on the Sloth Apartments. In some of Jingzhous local forums and chat groups, many people were already talking about the newest business under Tengda Lifethe Sloth Apartments. Before this, Sloth Apartments only had a simple page on the Tengda Life App. There were rigid regulations but no promotional video. In addition, Tengda Life App had only been updated a while ago, and so Sloth Apartments page had largely been neglected. However, once the promotional video was uploaded, the project gained a lot more focus! Until now, all of Tengdas businessesincluding Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Fish-Catching Take-Out, Upwind Logistics, Deposit Fitness, and so onhad excellent reviews. Whats more, young people had always been particularly fond of rented apartments. Small intermediaries and sub-landlords were everywhere, approaching those people to rent their apartments. The chances of getting deceived in this industry were extremely high. In fact, it would be abnormal if one was not deceived. Experienced people would advise others to look for larger intermediaries if they wanted to rent apartments. However, larger intermediaries had many tricks up their sleeves, and they would also bluff customers without any discussion. The only difference was that customers would not be too disadvantaged. The so-called larger intermediaries were really not that different from small intermediaries and sub-landlords. Young people, who were new to the industry, would probably also get deceived when looking for a house of their own. Most people, who had two to three years of working experience, could only rent a satisfactory house because they had been deceived a lot before. They had learned from their experience and could use large amounts of time and energy to identify those scams. Finding a good house was tantamount to repairing the leakage in their roofs. Now, the young in Jingzhou were pleasantly surprised to hear that Tengda had produced apartments! All things aside, they could definitely trust Tengda not to be like all the other intermediaries. There would not be traps in contracts that would put customers at a severe disadvantage. There would not be salesmen who would pat their chests and make all sorts of promises and then forget customers the moment contracts were signed. Whats more, the promotional video was so well done. Chen Lei had sung the theme song, and the house looked warm, comfortable, and minimalistic. The young people were all the more tempted. However, after viewing the actual apartments and speaking briefly with the butler, many of them changed their minds. People online were no longer praising the apartments to no end but engaging in intense discussion. I went to see the houses today. They look exactly the same as the one in the promotional video, without a single change; however, the rent is terrifying! Compared to other exquisite houses in similar locations, rent is at least thirty percent higher! Is this the same Tengda that avoids materialism? But the houses are very well-renovated. Read my comment clearly. Im talking about thirty percent higher rent than exquisite houses! Compared to badly-renovated houses, its at least fifty percent more expensive! To sum up, there are four Sloth Apartment buildings at the moment. One has huge apartments and is located in the Dawn of Prosperous City. Lets not talk about thatordinary people wouldnt be able to afford it, and the apartment is very oddly-shaped. One is a semi-commercial loft in Shundong Gardens, which has two floors. Yet, everyone knows about semi-commercial buildings. There are two more, which were featured in the promotional video, but theyre located in a deserted place. The living room with a 180-degree view of the surroundings looks amazing at first glance, but after you see it, you will worry about it being impractical to live in. All the apartments are well-renovated, but they are very expensive. To be fair, I went to see the apartments as well, and the Sloth Apartments were renovated to extremely high standards. Most people might not even be willing to spend that much to renovate their own houses! However, thats not very obvious either. Take the furniture and electrical appliances, for example. They look to be of a higher class than those in Safe House, which are marketed by the intermediary, Home Corporation, but not that much higher. Thats right. On the whole, the apartments look to be of higher class than Home Corporations Safe House, but its too minimalistic. I wont say theyre stingy, but the merits of the decoration are not obvious to me. Why isnt anyone talking about the rigid regulations of Sloth Apartments? You cant buy furniture; you cant move the furniture; you have to rent long-term and take entire tenancies; and the rent is extremely high. How many people would be willing to rent an apartment? Even if they are, theres only so much storage space. You wouldnt be able to fit all of your things. Do they expect me to throw all of my sundries away? Based on my many years of experience renting apartments, Sloth Apartments model is a pride projectits too unpractical! Its expensive and inconvenient. Only literary and artistic youths would go in to take photographs. I agree. At the moment, apart from the aesthetic, I cant think of any other reason why people would torture themselves by renting that apartment. I would rather stay in Home Corporations Safe House. Although they do not look as beautiful, theyre a big brand that I can trust. Their apartments are also exquisitely renovated, but their rent is cheap. Moreover, I can arrange the furniture however I want. I think that we can still trust this business because it belongs to Tengda. For all we know, there might be a deeper meaning behind those regulations. We might only find out after moving in. Youre welcome to be the brave lab rat. Actually, I wanted to diss it from the beginning. Dont Tengdas other businesses also focus on showing off instead of practicality? The lunch boxes by Fish-Catching Take-Out only have one added box, but its so much more expensive than ordinary lunchboxes. Deposit Fitness packages their sessions with Fish-Catching Take-Outs fitness meals, so that each session is at least double the price of that at other gyms! I agree with the above comment. I dont know why so many people say that Tengda sells beautiful goods and services at low prices. I accept that their products are beautiful, but in what way are their prices low? Is anything on Tengda Life App cheap? All of those businesses spent money on showing off, right? Their take-out may be expensive, but take-out is take-out so it doesnt matter. However, renting their apartments would cost one-third of peoples wages and thirty percent more. Who could bear it? Thats true. The most important thing that a house has to be is livable. No matter how cool it looks, it cant fill your belly. I think Tengda has gone astray this time. Theyre focusing too much on showing off and neglecting livability. Its gone in the opposite direction of the market. Thats why I think Home Corporations Safe House is better. Its an exquisite apartment with a butler as well, but its thirty percent cheaper than the Sloth Apartments. Just think about it. If you spend 1.5 thousand yuan on rent each month, you could save six thousand yuan each year. You could get a new cell phone with that money! I think Home Corporations apartments are more worth it, too. As for Sloth Apartments lets wait and see. Im sure Tengda will realize that customers arent taking up those apartments. Perhaps they would reduce the rent and change their regulations then. After eating, Pei Qian sipped his coffee and read the publics reviews of the Sloth Apartments. Finally, he relaxed considerably. Yes, all of my safety measures are working! What are the netizens saying? Wait and see? Tengda would reduce the rent and change its regulations if no one rents the apartments? Young man, youre imagining things! Boss Pei is calling the shots! Boss Pei could not be happier if nobody rents the apartments. Why would I reduce rent? Impossible! Pei Qian felt a lot more at ease. This time, things were finally developing as he expected. Strictly speaking, Sloth Apartments rent was not so expensive that the working class could not afford it. However, consumers ultimately decided based on relative prices compared with competitors, and not each businesss absolute price. Chapter 627 - Do You Know the Difference between You and Boss Pei? Someone with a 5,000-yuan salary would definitely say that they would not be able to afford the rent if the option was 1,500 or 2,000 yuan. However, they would definitely compare. Sloth Apartments direct competitor now was the new Safe House by Home Corporation. Home Corporation was the most influential housing agency locally. Many people would choose Home Corporations houses brainlessly because there was less possibility of this company cheating them. Two years ago, Home Corporation saw the demand for living conditions by young people increase. They, therefore, rolled out the Safe House initiative which was to sign up older and more run-down houses with the landlords, renovate themselves, and increase the rent for their clients. These houses were rather good overall, be it the renovations or the furnishings. It might be slightly more expensive than other houses, but the comfort it provided meant that this industry developed rather well. Compared to Sloth Apartments, the Safe House from Home Corporation might not be as good in renovations. However, it did not have so many rules, and its pricing was much cheaper. In the eyes of normal salarymen, it was obviously better suited for the public. An increment of monthly rental from 1,500 yuan to 2,000 yuan meant an extra 6,000 yuan expense on rental per year. It was enough to buy a new cell phone. That difference was still rather obvious to most people. Moreover, Pei Qian could detect the whiff of fake reviewers in these reviews. Home Corporation also had many shops in Jingzhou. Every shop had many agents. The Sloth Apartments that Tengda launched were also rental businesses. It was in direct competition with Safe House. Home Corporation would not just sit around and do nothing while Sloth Apartments increase their reputation. They didnt even need to hire professional fake reviewers. They could force all their employees to Jingzhou to search for similar posts and post as though they were passers-by. These people might not know, but if someone were to have a strong review 24 hours after, that person would be able to make a large noise on the internet. It could create a fake image that many people were not satisfied with Sloth Apartments. In short, the clients that the Sloth Apartments attracted online were generally dissuaded. However, even so, some people still went against all odds to sign up with Sloth Apartments. The penthouse of Binhu District Block 8 was also rented by Chen Leis crazy female fan because his MV was shot there. The scenery in the house was exactly the same as in the MV, which was very suitable to be uploaded into WeChat moments. Obviously, this client did not rent this unit to stay in but to chase after the celebrity. It was worth it even if it was just to sit on the sofa that Chen Lei sat in before! Pei Qian only knew it from the butler after the fact. He did not know whether to laugh or cry. He could only say that the rich chased after celebrities stupidly and for such boring reasons. Sigh, Chen Lei has many fans after all. Such is unavoidable. It would not make much difference to the loss situation of Sloth Apartments if it is just a meager few houses. Chen Leis influences might be able to attract some fans, but it was not a big issue. It was rental after all, not selling away. If it was for sale, many fans might try to buy and sell it for a profit since the value would still be there. They could rent it out without staying in it; it was worthwhile either way. However, they were only for rent, not for sale. Moreover, there were strict restrictions against subletting. Take this little girl for example. She was throwing money down the drain if she did not stay in it. Therefore, Pei Qian felt that there should not be too much of an impact if people rented this unit to chase after celebrities because of the MV. Moreover, not even a single person was renting the Shundong Gardens Residential-Commercial Building and his Dawn of Prosperous City. Pei Qian concluded that while Sloth Apartments was being popularized, it was still safe. He would continue to monitor it. He, therefore, took the car home to take a good nap. Afternoon, Thriller Hostel Li Shi and the other investors gathered together for a meeting. The situation was not bad since Thriller Hostel commenced operations. The current publicity works were very sufficient. It had attracted many youngsters from Jingzhou and even the Handong Province; the interesting projects within Thriller Hostel also managed to obtain a good reputation. However, the problem was that it did not seem to be a great hit. To the investors like Li Shi, the Thriller Hostel could only be regarded as normal profit status. It was able to have some remainder after all revenues and profits were taken into account. However, it was too early to reap returns on their capital invested. Such popularity was mediocre at best. Everyone might have been used to investing alongside Boss Pei, but the problem was that Boss Pei did not seem to be making heaps of money this time either. To put it accurately, Boss Pei was reaping mediocre rewards while the others could only look at it from afar. Until now, the Thriller Hostel did not achieve the expectations. Therefore, the investors gathered together and called Boss Li to discuss countermeasures. Boss Li, based on the current income, we will only be able to break even in God knows how many years! We cannot wait that long! Yes, Boss Li, can you quickly think of solutions? Should we continue to push Boss Pei? Boss Pei definitely still has something else up his sleeve! Or should we withdraw? Withdraw? Impossible! I have been observing the situation with Thriller Hostel, and it is not optimistic. It might be able to give multiple experiences, but there would definitely come a time when you would get sick of it. There are not many domestic tourists currently; most people would not travel all the way to Jingzhou just because of a haunted house. Therefore, there is no possibility of a huge profit in the short term! Could Boss Pei have miscalculated this time? Could Boss Pei be serious when he told us that this project may not be able to be profitable? The investors were lost and panicky. That was because the investment into Thriller Hostel was too huge. They would only make profits after the investment breaks even. If it was impossible to recoup the investment, then it would not be profiting, it would be making huge losses. Li Shi listened to the discussion of the investors without a word. The current situation with Thriller Hostel was not satisfying to him either. Everyone could feel that the gap between still alright to popular was just too little. However, they could not close the gap no matter how they tried. Was it the problem with the project itself? There was no problem with the content. Desperate Escape, Haunted House Nightmare, Ultimate Horror, Golden Maze, Healing Fountain, Maid cafe they were all very good. The response from the tourists was rather good as well. The problem with queues was also settled with the Tengda Life App. Everyone could use the application to queue up while they eat, shop at Golden Maze, and everything else. The experience for tourists had been greatly enhanced. Could it be a problem with publicity? It seemed to be alright. Most people knew about the Thriller Hostel no matter whether it was in Jingzhou or in the entire country. The publicity arranged by Boss Pei included the shared phone booth and Teacher Qiaos video had been effective. They really could not think of what they lacked to make Thriller Hostel a huge hit. Or perhaps, Boss Pei was not omnipotent like what some investor said. He did not manage to predict the situation? Li Shi obviously did not agree with that. Li Shi knocked on the table after the investors were done with their complaints. Alright, keep it down. Do you think that Boss Pei miscalculated for the Thriller Hostel? Then, you really have no patience. How long has the Thriller Hostel been open for? Less than two months! You only mistakenly think that the Thriller Hostel will be an instant hit because you only saw Boss Peis instant hit projects. Havent you realized that most projects only became huge hits after Boss Pei persisted long enough? Like the Fish-Catching Take-Out, it made losses for an entire year. However, not only did Boss Pei not ax this project, but he even continuously invested in it until it exploded in popularity with the Jingzhou garbage sorting! Fish-Catching Take-Outs future is immeasurable right now! How would Boss Pei obtain todays success if he was as anxious as you and gave up in just two months? Moreover, the Thriller Hostel is not in the red; it is just making profits slowly. Do you know the difference between you and Boss Pei now? You are all in the investment field, you cant possibly misunderstand this simple logic, right? The investors became quiet with Boss Lis lecture. Indeed, anyone with a little knowledge of investment knew that investing for the short term was meaningless. They had to look far. However, Boss Peis instant success investment stories were plenty which was why these investors had high hopes. They lost their patience because the Thriller Hostel was not an immediate hit. Everyone calmed down after they were taught a lesson by Boss Li. An investor coughed lightly. Boss Li, yes, you are very right. We are indeed a little too impatient, but that is also for everyones benefits. Who doesnt hope that the Thriller Hostel would be able to become even more profitable? Boss Li, you ask us to persist and wait. Indeed, we should all trust in Boss Pei, but isnt it too passive for us to continue waiting like this? The other investors nodded as well. Yes Boss Li, that is too passive, shouldnt we think of something to publicize it farther, even if it meant spending a little more money? Li Shi was silent for a moment. He looked at everyone. Spend a little more money? Are you willing to? Yes! The investors nodded fervently. They paused before adding on. Of course we have to discuss how to spend it. Li Shi nodded lightly, still rather satisfied with their answers. No matter what, everyones interests were aligned with the Thriller Hostel. No one wanted to desert the project, and they were even willing to spend more money on publicity. That was a good thing. Only those who believed strongly in Boss Pei and followed him to the end would be qualified to have a share in the pie. Chapter 628 - The Unexpected Neighbor Li Shi considered for a short while before he spoke in a low voice. I do have an idea here which does not need much financing from everyone. Everyones eyes lit up. An idea? That did not need much money? Boss Li, pray tell us quickly! An investor pressed on. Li Shi smiled slightly and took out his mobile phone. He opened the Tengda Life App and turned to the Sloth Apartments project before pushing the cell phone to the center of the conference table. Boss Pei has a new rental project that has been just released. You should know about it, right? The investors faced each other. Yes, but what has it got to do with the Thriller Hostel? Li Shi smiled. Can you come up with a good publicity plan if it was to be given to you? Previously, we burned money, but the effect in the end was average. However, Boss Pei used the shared phone booth and solved it immediately. That includes the recent promotion of GOG international server. Boss Pei actually rented down the entire street in Times Square! Do you dare play it as big as this? In terms of publicity, its not like Im against anyone, but everyone else is rookies compared to Boss Pei. Therefore, whether the Thriller Hostel would become a huge hit or not has nothing to do with us. The key is to see when Boss Pei wants it to become a huge hit, to see when he would make his move! Therefore, what we have to do is not to publicize ourselves; the efficiency is too low. What we should do is to make Boss Pei happy as much as possible. When Boss Pei is happy, he would show us his hand or give us a bit of information. Wouldnt that be better? As far as I know, the Sloth Apartments is currently unoccupied. Not too many people rented it. Well rent a unit each, express our support for Boss Pei, and use our practical actions and prestige to show our sincerity. Wouldnt the problem be solved if he is happy and enables us to publicize the Thriller Hostel? Therefore, even if this small action is unable to move Boss Pei, we have at least expressed enough sinceritywhich is beneficial and harmless. The investors considered it for a while and felt like it made sense. Boss Pei could not care about it, but we had to show our sincerity! The rent of these houses was rather high for ordinary people, but what was a few thousand yuan a month for these investors? Boss Li had a few suites of villas in Ming Yun Villas; would he even care about a few thousand yuan a month? Spend a little to refresh their existence to Boss Peihow cost-effective! Money was not important. What was important was to express their attitude. Then, Boss Li, where should we rent? I heard that some of these houses are commercial housing in remote areas and are not suitable for us. An investor said. Li Shi smiled. Of course, we have to rent the Dawn of Prosperous City. Thats a large apartment with luxurious decoration; you wouldnt feel embarrassed even if you really were to stay in it. Of course, the most important would still be its geographical location. Geographical location? Isnt it near Handong University? That isnt the heart of town in the strictest sense. An investor asked with suspicion. Boss Li was a little speechless. What do you know?! Who wants to live in the city center? This place has Shenhua View, which is the headquarters of Tengda Corporation; there is the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe Handong University Branch where Boss Pei often drank coffee! Think about it, stay here and meet Boss Pei; wouldnt that be very convenient? Have an occasional coffee with Boss Pei; his casual words may contain precious information! The investors finally understood. So that was it! Boss Li, from what you say, I think it really is necessary to rent one unit and for the long term! A few years! Can we really meet Boss Pei there? There were still some skeptics around. Li Shi chuckled. Of course. I might not know where Boss Pei stays, but it is a fact that he often appears in that Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. Staying in this area will greatly increase the probability of encountering Boss Pei. The investors were convinced. The houses did not pale in comparison when compared with their luxurious housing. Of course, no storage space was a problem, but they needed no storage space. Moreover, there was a butler, regular cleaning, and more comfort than a hotel. It was tailor-made for them no matter how they looked at it! It was too suitable! The only problem was that some people did not like the minimalistic style. However, that was the minority; others could accept different styles. The investors got up one after the other after thinking about this. Lets go to Dawn of Prosperous City and support Boss Pei! The Dawn of Prosperous City, the cylindrical residential where Sloth Apartments was Song Kai sent away another wave of customers. He could not help but sigh silently. Why did everyone only come for viewing but not renting? They would always change their attitudes to reconsider after hearing about rental prices and the various rules. A minority of the people walked into the room and snorted What the hell is this? It seemed as though they were robbed and were reluctant to buy decent furniture before leaving. For the former type of people, Song Kai knew that to reconsider meant slipping away. For the latter type of people, Song Kai could only say that everyone had different tastes and some peoples artistic appreciation was somewhat insufficient. This was a house specially made by a designer, containing Boss Peis philosophy. How could it be like as though they were robbed? Did you understand art and appreciation? Song Kai found himself a little discouraged since he had not been able to rent a single unit out today after introducing them to so many tourists. There was no helping it. Introducing the houses required 30% truth and 70% white lies. How many people could understand the advantage of this house otherwise? Song Kai could only take the initiative to introduce the house rules. The advantages could only be shared when the customers could ask about them according to Boss Peis request. That directly dissuaded most of them. Song Kai saw the reviews online and was very pissed off. That was because he was previously in Home Corporation and knew how sneaky this company was. Many online attacks on the Sloth Apartments were baseless. Some people did not understand and only knew to compare prices. Some people knew it but deliberately created biases in public opinion. For example, the issue of good quality and low price. Many people felt that the Sloth Apartments were so much more expensive than Safe House. There was no substantial improvement in the living environment. On the contrary, the living experience had been greatly reduced because of various rules. They were impractical and, by extension, not good quality or cheap. However, Song Kai really wanted to say: have you thought of the things you did not see? The same white wall but one used environmentally friendly materials while the other emitted formaldehyde like crazy, which greatly increased the risk of cancer. Could it still be the same? Furniture, flooring, home appliances, cleaning services, might look similar; but it was actually very different! The concept of cheap was relative. In terms of actual living experience, the Sloth Apartments was definitely much better than the Safe House from Home Corporation! However, most people did not understand this and only saw the surface. Moreover, there must be a lot of staff from Home Corporation pretending to be innocent passers-by to post deliberately such as Sloth Apartments are very expensive and are only suitable to pretending you were rich. It gave everyone stereotypes and advertisements for their own Safe House business. Song Kai was very upset, but Boss Pei did not seem to have the intention of fighting with these people. Song Kai knew that his words would have no effect. Clarifying the situation as a passerby would not help. He also knew that it would have the reverse effect if he posted as an employee of the Sloth Apartments. However, no matter what, work had to continue. If he could not solve the situation of the fake reviewers, then he could only work hard on his own job. Song Kai continued to bring more people for viewing. The first floor of the Sloth Apartments was set as the butlers room. The butler usually worked from the first floor, entertaining guests and also making use of it as a model room to show customers. At this moment, there were sounds of footsteps from outside. It sounded like more than one person. The door of the butlers room on the first floor was always open so that Song Kai could always observe what was happening outside. He immediately got up to greet them when he heard the footsteps. He met Boss Li head-on. Hello! Welcome! Song Kais eyes quickly swept across the group of people and could not help but lift his spirits. These people were all in suits and leather shoes. They looked forty years old. These well-dressed people were definitely not short of money at all! The question was why were they here to rent a house if they were not short of money? Song Kai was very puzzled, but he certainly would not ask anymore. He eagerly invited everyone to sit inside and served them tea and water. However, there were so many people that not everyone could sit down. The sofa could only sit two to three people; it was not enough even if the chairs for drinking tea were added together. There was no helping it. This house was designed for one or two people. The living room was minimalistic in nature, and the furnishing was as sparse as possible. Li Shi looked at the sofa and then to the big television. He was even more certain now that the decoration standards here were really high! He had previously seen some photos on the internet before, but he had never seen it with his own eyes. He was worried that it would be a seller show and was worried that the decoration standard was not good enough and would make living uncomfortable. Looking at it now, he was convinced that it was on par with his own renovations. The price did not seem inferior at all! However, the other investors had different expressions. Obviously, many people could not accept the Four Bare Walls design. Some discerning investors could see that the sofa, television, and most of the things were expensive. However, it was different from their expectations! Some investors preferred the luxurious way of the whale. They could not wait but to decorate their houses like European palaces. They were very uncomfortable with this minimalistic style. Two of the investors were whispering by the side. I cant do it; how am I to live here? Only one sofa in such a big living room? This decoration does not fit my habit. I have to get a huge tea table and have a tea set; otherwise, I cant live. I dont think you can do it here. They dont allow you to have your own furniture here. How then? Its okay, I saw 12 floors in this building. The first floor belongs to the butler. There are a total of 11 units. We have 13 people, let them rent first. Some were beaten to a retreat. Song Kai smiled and came to the crowd, wanting to introduce the rules of the Sloth Apartments to everyone. Li Shi raised his hand, signaling that there was no need. Bring us the rental agreement. We are renting the entire building. Ill stay on the top floor. Song Kai was stunned. What was going on? I have not even mentioned the rules of Sloth Apartments! Are you sure you do not need to listen to the relevant regulations of the Sloth Apartments? These regulations must be followed before you can move in. He kept Boss Peis words in mind and reminded them. Li Shi smiled slightly and shook his head. No need. Just bring us the contract; we are all friends of Boss Pei. Song Kai realized. No wonder! Boss Peis friends were here to support. That was all easy then! He quickly got the pre-prepared agreement and distributed them one by one. There is something that I have to explain to you in advance. The penthouse is already taken. The first floor is for the butler, which will not be rented out. Therefore, there are only 10 rooms for rent which is more than 13 people here today. Song Kai explained. Li Shi was taken aback. The 12th floor has been rented out already? I originally wanted to enjoy the view on the highest floor. I was too late? Who could be faster than me? That made Li Shi feel worried, but there was no other way. He would only rent the 11th floor then. The others chose the floors one after the other. The three investors that were not interested in the Four Bare Walls design naturally shrank to the end, pretending to give up very generously. Sign the contract, pay, registration. Li Shi did not ask anything. They went over the formalities directly, which was very fast. Song Kai was very happy. Boss Li and everyone, welcome! You can call me at any time if you meet any problems during your stay! Li Shi and the investors received the room key and took the elevator to their rooms together. Li Shi was left alone on the 11th floor. He wanted to step out of the elevator, but he suddenly changed his mind and pressed the 12th floor. He was very curious; who was living on the 12th floor? Who could be one step ahead of him and show his sincerity to Boss Pei? Could it be Tengdas senior management or employees that were more informed than himself? This person might have a relatively close relationship with Boss Pei. They would be neighbors in the future so it would be good to make good relationships in advance. The elevator stopped on the top floor. Li Shi knocked gently on the door. He was ready for there to be no one inside since Li Shi himself rented the house, not for permanent residence. The door opened after a while. Li Shi looked up and happened to see Boss Pei unprepared and stunned. The two of them looked at each other and were stunned for a moment. Pei Qian thought it was Song Kai so he did not pay attention and opened the door directly. He would consider acting like he was not at home if he knew it was Boss Li. It was all too late now. Boss Li?! Boss Pei?! The two of them exclaimed at the same time, but Pei Qians voice was filled with confusion while Li Shis voice was somewhat shocked. Chapter 629 - Being a Guest in Boss Pei’s House Pei Qian was confused. He could not think of why Boss Li would appear at his door without any warning. That was why his voice was filled with confusion. On the other hand, Boss Li was both shocked and pleasantly surprised. Boss Pei was living on the 12th floor? Whats more, from the looks of it, he was planning to stay here long-term. That was surprising! He did not need to try out his luck at Fish-Catching Internet Cafe anymore. He could be Boss Peis neighbor from now on! Li Shi had been wondering if there was a possibility that Boss Pei was living in the Sloth Apartments as well. It wouldnt be ridiculous because Boss Pei used every one of Tengdas business arms as well. Games, take-out, internet cafes, delivery Boss Pei used all of them. The only exception was the gym, but Boss Pei had not seemed to neglect most of his businesses. Thus, Li Shi found it possible that Boss Pei would stay in one of the Sloth Apartments. However, what Li Shi had not expected was that Boss Pei would be staying here long-term! Alternatively, he would be here very often! Why else would Li Shi bump into Pei Qian despite how rarely he visited? What would being Boss Peis neighbor entail? Li Shi did not even dare to think about it. His expression was filled with both shock and surprise. On the other hand, Pei Qian was at a loss for words and in a dilemma. Should he close the door and act like he didnt see Li Shi? That didnt seem appropriate. Li Shi was already at the entrance of his door. It wouldnt be right to chase him away like that. Li Shi hadnt said anything, but there was hope in his passionate and warm gaze. The Sloth Apartments did not allow tenants to change the configuration of their homes, but that regulation definitely did not apply to Boss Pei. What did Boss Peis home look like, then? Li Shi was extremely curious! However, for some reason, Boss Pei was standing with the door open but showing no intention to invite Li Shi in for a seat. Both men waited for the other to speak. Finally, Li Shi spoke out of curiosity. Ahem, Boss Pei, arent you going to invite me in to take a seat? There was a moment of silence before Pei Qian said, Come in. He was very reluctant, but he could not possibly chase Li Shi away just like that. Whats more, Pei Qian really wanted to find out how Li Shi had found him there. He was afraid that there were hidden dangers he was unaware of, and so he wanted to be cautious and investigate the truth. Any little clue that he missed could lead to the failure of the Sloth Apartments. Pei Qian invited Li Shi in, and both men stood awkwardly in the empty living room. There was no space for Pei Qian to host him Apart from the huge television, the living room only contained a long sofa that could seat a maximum of three. Thus, if both men sat there, they would feel weird and out of place. Whats more, there was no coffee table in front of the long sofa. Even if Pei Qian wanted to offer Li Shi a drink, it would be inconvenient. The only place where both of them could sit facing each other was at the small table with two chairs, next to the balcony. This place was meant for people to enjoy the view while sipping tea. This was also where Pei Qian often had his simple meals. Take a seat, said Boss Pei as he approached the table and gestured at one of the seats to invite Boss Li to sit down. They should have been drinking tea, but Pei Qian never drank tea in his own house. After some thought, Pei Qian decided that it would be inappropriate to serve cola to a mature businessman like Boss Li as well. He would serve hot water, thenone could not go wrong with hot water. Pei Qian retrieved a clean glass from the cupboard, one of the few appliances in the minimalistic home. Although it did not look like much, it had been quite expensive. Pei Qian poured a glass of water and placed it in front of Boss Li. Ever since Li Shi stepped into the apartment, he had been stunned into silence. He would never have thought! First, he would never have thought that Boss Peis living room would be that empty. It was exactly the same as the showroom on the first floor! Before this, many investors had opined that the apartments configurations and decorations were too simple and that they were not very livable. Yet, Boss Pei was living here for the long-term! Whats more, his house looked exactly the same as the showroom on the first floor. That meant that Boss Pei had not added any of his own furniture or changed the layout of the room. He was keeping strictly to Sloth Apartments regulations. Of course, saying that he was keeping strictly to the regulations would be inappropriate. After all, he had set the rules in the first place. However, objectively, Boss Pei had really not changed anything in the apartment. Boss Li had been accompanied by more than ten people at the butlers room, and so the space felt crowded. Back then, it did not look this empty. However, looking at Boss Peis apartment now, the emptiness was particularly obvious! There was a huge space in the living room, next to the balcony. However, there were only one coffee table and two chairs. Whats more, Boss Pei had served Li Shi hot water instead of coffee or tea. Upon noticing this, Li Shi doubted that Boss Pei was playing tricks on him on purpose. There were no coffee machines or teapots in the entire apartment. It looked like Boss Pei was not used to drinking tea or coffee at home. That was most shocking to Boss Li because he knew that Boss Pei had teacups and teapots in his office. He also often went to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe for coffee. Did he only drink hot water at home, then? Li Shi would never have thought that Boss Pei lived in a place like that! Compared to Boss Lis mansion, Boss Peis apartment was akin to the accommodation of one who lived his life in self-denial. Li Shi sipped his hot water. For some reason, an ordinary glass of water tasted exceptionally good in such an environment. Perhaps it was an illusion. At that moment, Li Shi noticed a black box on the table, which took up about half of the space. The entire living room had very few decorations, and so the black box on the table was particularly eye-catching. Pei Qians heart thumped. This is bad! Zhang Wang had sent him a Fully-Automated Bickering Machine earlier, and Pei Qian had left it there the entire time! It was mainly because Pei Qian had not expected to host any guests. By the time Boss Li arrived, he had forgotten that the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine was still on the table. What should he do? The cogs in Boss Peis mind turned quickly. Should he tell Boss Li that this was nothing, or should he quickly take it and hide it away? No, it would be obvious that he was trying to cover something up. Boss Li would only become more curious, and then he would ask around to find out what exactly the black box was. Thus, Pei Qian had to calm down at that moment. He had to act nonchalant so that Boss Li would not become interested in the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine. Whats more, Pei Qian had to quickly divert the topic without being too obvious. It was time to put his acting skills to the test. Pei Qian smiled. Oh, this is nothing much. He gently moved the little rod on the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine, which kicked into motion at once. Li Shi: ? Boss Pei collected such strange things? Interesting. Boss Li casually moved the rods as well and realized that the machine was strange and meaningless indeed. It did not seem special in any way, and so he quickly lost interest. Pei Qian quickly changed the topic, careful to act as if he wasnt fazed. So, how did you find your way here, Boss Li? Boss Li was now completely distracted from the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine. Smiling subtly, he said, Oh, Im here to support your new business, of course! I just didnt expect this pleasant surprisewere neighbors now! Pei Qian: ? Support my new business? Holy sh*t. Pei Qian was filled with disbelief as he asked, You didnt move in here, did you? Li Shi nodded. Thats right! Its not just me. I also invited the other investors along. The entire building belongs to us now, and we took one story each! Pei Qian was shocked. Are you messing with me?! I had left this building empty for three whole months. Yet, you managed to fill it up in minutes? All of you are so rich that you each own a couple of villas, but youre choosing to rent apartments? Has your brain been damaged?! Thats crazy! Pei Qian felt like he had just witnessed the most confusing of human acts. He had thought the apartment he had been living in was pricey so that the poor wouldnt be able to afford it, and the rich wouldnt care for it. He would never have thought that the rich would be interested. They were out of their minds! After a moment of silence, Pei Qian asked, Did you know I live here? Li Shi quickly shook his head. No! Boss Pei, I only rented this place to support your business. I didnt mean anything else! If you dont believe me, you can ask your butler. When I first arrived, I didnt know that there were already others living in the building. Pei Qian: Boss Li did not look like he was lying. Although he had good intentions, Boss Pei was so startled that his head was beginning to hurt Once again, Boss Pei was experiencing the misery that his good name had brought him. He did not know when it happened, but things had changed very slowly. Ever since he had built a fake name for himself, people were attracted to whatever Boss Pei did. No matter how illogical his products seemed, people would show their support Get lost! I dont need that reputation! Pei Qian quietly looked out of the window, trying hard to calm himself down. It did not seem possible to chase the tenants away anymore. Whats more, none of the investors were lacking in money. It did not look like they would ask for a refund in the short-term. Pei Qian could only say that Sloth Apartments had done everything right, except that it had neglected to account for Boss Li. There was nothing Pei Qian could do. It was just one building after all. There werent many people as rich as Boss Li, who would mindlessly throw money at every project Boss Pei worked on. The other Sloth Apartments should be safe. Seeing that Boss Pei looked slightly unhappy, Li Shi quickly stood up. Boss Pei, I wont disturb you any longer, then. I live downstairs, and so you can visit me for a chat at any time. Pei Qian could not ask for anything better. He stood up and walked his guest out. After sending Boss Li off, Pei Qian returned to the living room and sat down on the sofa, feeling slightly apprehensive. Yet, on further thought, it did not seem to matter much that those people had rented the Sloth Apartments. Their own houses were not worse offall of them lived in villas. From any angle, living here would be barely satisfying to them. Ultimately, the apartments would not hold a candle to their own houses. Pei Qian guessed that the investors were just extending a kind gesture to him. They probably wouldnt stay here for long. Even after further consideration, Pei Qian could not think of any other threat the investors posed to him. Thus, frustrated, he could only switch on his television and start playing games. Chapter 630 - It’s What’s Inside that Matters Most Li Shi walked out of Boss Peis house and took the lift down to the 11th story. Once he entered, Li Shi felt different. Although the configuration was still the same, it seemed to be extra meaningful now. This was the exact same design as Boss Peis house! Yes, Li Shi felt that the place looked exceptionally artistic all of a sudden! Just look at the huge television, the perfectly-positioned sofa, and the coffee table and two chairs by the balcony Everything was perfect! It was a pity that he was lacking the black box on the coffee table, so that his set-up looked less complete than Boss Peis. Everything else was exactly the same. Li Shi had not felt much for the place at first. All he thought was that it was empty. It was alright artistically, but it had not seemed that outstanding. Yet, for some reason, when compared to Boss Peis image, the place looked very different! Li Shi sat on the couch, not being able to stop thinking about several questions: How did Boss Pei work while staying here? Which room did he sleep in? What did he watch on the huge television? Yes, it was worth investigating! Li Shi would observe the television first. He found a game machine and a huge quantity of gaming discs in the television cabinet. Ten minutes later A new message popped up in the investors group chat. How is your viewing going, everyone? Can we leave now? Yes, Im done here. I think the huge television is not bad. I checked it out and found out that its a limited edition. Im going to get one for my own house! Its a pity that I dont enjoy watching television. There are too few items in the house. I finished inspecting all of them in five minutes. Whats more, I cant add my own furniture. Theres really nothing much to look at. Should we gather downstairs? How about Boss Li? Hows Boss Li doing? Li Shi read everyones messages on his cell phone and could not help but let out a soft sigh. It felt like those people were returning empty-handed from a mountain full of treasures; they could not appreciate how good the apartments were! At first, Li Shi had wanted to let them return home on their own. However, on further thought, he sent a message into the group chat. Come to the 11th story. Two minutes later, the other twelve investors arrived at Li Shis apartment. Boss Li, why did you ask us to come here? Arent all the apartments in the building exactly the same? someone asked. Thats right, this looks exactly like my own apartment. I cant see any differences whatsoever, said another investor. Everyone stood in the living room, afraid to go to the sofa because there wasnt enough space. Li Shi shook his head, frustrated. As if expecting better from them, he said, Are all of you planning not to live here now that youve paid the rent?! Everyone else exchanged confused looks. That was exactly what they had been thinking. Werent their own villas better? They had renovated them according to their own likes and dislikes, and they were all used to it by now. What do they have here? There werent even enough furniture pieces. If their friends came over to visit them, they would have nowhere to sit. Wouldnt they be torturing themselves by trying to live in these apartments long-term? The three investors who had not rented the apartments celebrated in their hearts. Thank goodness, we were intelligent! We would have been renting this place for nothing and tossing ten thousand yuan into the trash each month. Although ten thousand yuan per month was not much to them, it would still hurt their hearts to throw money away. Li Shi confirmed his guess by looking at everyone elses expressions. Sighing softly, he said, All of you why dont you think harder about things? If I had not asked you to come here and dropped you hints on purpose, you would be leaving empty-handed from a mountain full of treasures. Confusion was written all over the other investors faces. Why was Boss Li saying this? How could he call this a mountain full of treasures? Had he seen a mountain full of treasures made up of four bare walls? Moreover, the furniture was quite valuable indeed, but that was only so to ordinary people. To the rich, they were no different from daily necessities. How were they returning empty-handed from a mountain full of treasures? One of the investors asked, Boss Li, please enlighten us on this. Wheres all the treasure? Li Shi laughed humorlessly. Have you read The Big Duck[1] before? Its more beneficial to the fame of a mountain if celestials live on it rather than if it stands tall; its more important for the mystic of water if a dragon lives within it rather than if it runs deep! Are furniture and configurations the most important things in houses? No! Its who lives inside that matters most! He lowered his voice. Let me tell you: Boss Pei lives upstairs. The investors eyes widened. Boss Pei lives here? That cant be. He must be like ushe must only come here once in a while, right? Thats right, how can he stay long-term in a place like that?! Li Shi shook his head. Boss Pei does live here long-term. You can believe it if you want, but I saw it with my own eyes. How could it be fake? Based on my observations, Boss Pei has already been living here for some time. Whats more, he hasnt touched the houses configuration! What do you think that means? The investors faces went blank. Feeling at a loss for words, Li Shi continued speaking. That means that we can understand Boss Peis lifestyle by living here! Isnt that the most valuable treasure? Some investors looked like they understood, but others still looked confused. Boss Peis lifestyle so what if we learn about it? One of the investors who understood quickly explained, Of course, its important! A mans success is very closely linked to his character and lifestyle! Some people succeed because theyre extremely disciplined while others succeed because theyre extremely focused! Do not think that this is unimportantits very important! A foreign god of investing, Parfit, can charge several million US dollars for one charity luncheon. If it were you, would you want to attend it? Do you think all those who paid to go there were interested in the food? It was to see Parfit! Whats more, it was just a luncheon. Can you imagine being a guest in Parfits house? Also, what if you could stay in his house for the long-term? If we remain here, it would be akin to living in Boss Peis house for the long term. We would also be able to bump into Boss Pei frequently. Do you think paying ten thousand yuan per month is worth it?! Finally, everyone understood. So that was it! Who in the world wasnt curious about what Parfits house looked like? Yet, was there any use? Could anyone be a guest in his house? That aside, even looking for actual information about him online would be very difficult! Who didnt want to understand how Parfit invested? Everyone was curious about his lifestyle, taste, hobbies, and so on! However, Parfit was overseas and too far away. There was nothing that any of them could do. Nevertheless, there was a younger version of a god of investing right therein Jingzhou! At a young age, Boss Pei was already so outstanding. If he could live to ninety, maybe he would achieve the same glory as Parfit! What a valuable opportunity it was to be a neighbor of Boss Pei and to live in the same type of house as him! On further thought, was it important how exactly they lived? No! Who, among those who had lunch with Parfit, really cared about how delicious the steak was? All the investors who had rented an apartment looked like they had just won the lottery. For ten thousand yuan a month, they had the opportunity to stay in the same type of house as Boss Pei did. It was very worth it! On the other hand, the three investors who purposely lingered behind and avoided signing the contract looked filled with regret. Why did they want a big table?! Why did they want a full tea set?! Why did they want to add their own furniture?! Would it be of any use? For those rotten things, they had given up the chance to become Boss Peis neighbor! What a great loss! The three investors began to panic and beg for help. Boss Li! We only failed to rent an apartment because there arent enough! You cant leave us in the lurch! Thats right! I am willing to pay three times the amount; would someone please give me this opportunity instead?! Boss Li shot them a cold glare. Do you think I didnt know that you were playing dumb? You purposely lingered behind because you didnt want to rent an apartment in the first place. Why are you putting on such a show now? Are you regretting now that you know Boss Pei lives here? Indeed, Boss Pei had the best way of punishing those who did not firmly follow him! Although those three investors were offering to pay a higher rent, no one bothered about them. Are we lacking money? If the three of you had been more adamant earlier, you would have been able to shake off those weak-willed people. Would you be in the state youre in then? The other investors celebrated inwardly. Its a good thing they didnt shake! Indeed, as long as they followed Boss Pei closely, they would reap benefits. Those who came to rent Sloth Apartments first would definitely be seen as firm followers of Boss Pei. Only they would be rewarded with the precious opportunity to live in a similar house as Boss Pei. On further thought, Boss Pei had probably left these benefits to be reaped on purpose. Who would have thought of something like that? They had Boss Li to thank, or they would have completely missed the valuable opportunity! How lucky! Li Shi glanced at his watch and noticed that it was getting late. Alright, go back to your houses. Im staying here today. The investors were stunned. Huh? Youre staying here tonight? Itll be better if we go back and prepare ourselves well before moving in tomorrow, right? Yeah, I havent brought anything along. My toiletries, towel, toothpaste, slippers Li Shi smiled. All of those things have been provided here, and theyre of good quality, too. Theyre sealed and brand new. He paused for a moment and added, Theyre of the same brand as Boss Peis. The other investors reacted at once. Forget it, then! Ill stay here tonight, too! Thats right, I dont have to go home. I want to experience what Boss Peis life is like! The three investors who had no apartments looked pitiful. For some reason, they felt homeless. Feeling like the three of them were miserable enough, Li Shi softened. The three of you can go home first. Ill live here for a while and think of something else for you. They exchanged looks and then nodded helplessly, choosing to trust Boss Li. After sending everyone off, Li Shi began to experience life, Boss Pei style. Every night, only the penthouse of the huge, circular building in the Dawn of the Prosperous City would have been lit. Every other apartment in the middle would have been dark. However, the entire building lit up today. Pei Qian, who was staying in the penthouse, tossed and turned and sighed inwardly. Look at how things had turned out He was speechless! [1] This is a famous piece of ancient Chinese literature. Chapter 631 - Huang Wang is Back! August 27th, Saturday, afternoon Pei Qian took the car to the DGE Club. This Friday was supposed to listen to He Ans lecture, but He An said two days in advance that he could not come over because of some personal affairs. He, therefore, postponed it to Friday two weeks later. That was the last class. It did not matter as long as it could be completed before settlement. Saturday morning was the regular meeting with Manage Loss Trainees. However, there was nothing much this time. Pei Qian already knew most of their reports, including the publicity GOG international server and the launch of the Sloth Apartments. The only thing worth noting was that the new players of the DGE Club were done with their trial training so Pei Qian intended to go there in the afternoon to take a look. Huang Wang had left for a week. During that time, the DGE Club had no more hot discussions on the internet. Pei Qian felt a lot more at ease. The recruitment of new players had been ongoing. After Huang Wang left, Zhang Yuan had been screening capable passers-by for trial training. DGE was now well-known so some potential new players also signed up enthusiastically. The trials were now over. The new midlaner replaced the original midlaner of Team One, and the latter was now made the Captain of Team Two. That meant that the entire team had to adapt to the new changes. Boss Pei, please sit. Zhang Yuan had already arranged the Ultimate Viewing Seat for Boss Pei in advance. The new Team One and Team Two were now preparing for a mock competition. They wore their soundproof headphones, looking very focused. Pei Qian quickly saw the new midlaner. He was the only person thin as a stick while the others were hulks. It was very eye-catching and could not be unrecognized at a glance. Zhang Yuan sat at one side, thinking silently. It seemed like Boss Pei was still very concerned about the DGE Club. He came to inspect as soon as he heard that there were new players. He wanted to see if they were reliable and could continue with their previous strengths. Zhang Yuan knew that the previous DGE Club was able to maintain constant victories. A large part of the reason was that they started their professional training two months earlier than the other clubs. They have had a lot of tactical reserves and a much higher understanding of the game itself than the other clubs. And now, after the personnel changes, whether the team could maintain combat effectiveness or not this truly reflected the clubs heritage! A strong club had to have strong talent mining ability, talent training ability, regular and scientific management, professional game analysis technical team, and professional logistics support. They could ensure that the teams strength would not fluctuate too much only by doing so. Otherwise, the strength of a team would depend on drawing cards. If a good player was drawn, it would be stronger; if a weaker player was drawn, their score would collapse. That was not a qualified club. Zhang Yuan felt that Boss Peis visit must also be looking at the club performance after the change in players. That was to remind him to focus on cultivating the clubs talent pool and professional management capabilities. Seeing Boss Pei watch the match between the two teams was so serious. Zhang Yuan felt that the burden on his shoulders became heavier. Pei Qian was secretly delighted. Very good, this substitution seemed to have weakened the strength of both teams! The combat effectiveness of Team One had undoubtedly declined. The operation level, hero pool, and tactical qualities of this midlaner were obviously incomparable to the original midlaner. The combat effectiveness of Team Two had also declined. The command used to be by Huang Wang and Old Zhou; now, they were replaced by a midlaner with no commanding experience previously. The team members were obviously not so smooth in their cooperation. Therefore, the two teams had played back and forth. It was a good sign! As long as DGE did not possess the strong dominance that they possessed previously, the halo in the eyes of the audience would fade quickly. By then, how much attention could a club that could not play regular games get? Selling one player could weaken the combat effectiveness of the two teams. Pei Qian felt that he felt his operation was similar to killing two birds with one stone? Pei Qian could not help but feel a little proud. Pei Qian was basically at ease after watching two training games. The two teams would have to run in with everyone again so their combat power declined very much. The various clubs were still playing mock competitions recently. There were no more live-streams the heat accumulated with the ZZ Live-Stream cup was quickly fading. Waiwai continued to support Huang Wang, but they would no longer deliberately tie him to the DGE Club since he was now a member of the H4 Club. The audience all had goldfish memories. The heat came and went in no time. There might be people still discussing the DGE Club, but these discussions were not enough to make them popular. It looked like DGE Club seemed to be turning around, right? Well, that was exciting news! Pei Qian relaxed and got up to rest as the mock competition ended. However, Zhang Yuans phone rang at this moment. He picked it up only after a while. Hello? Huh? What? Now? Youve arrived? At the door? Wait for a while; Ill come out right now! Zhang Yuan hung up the phone, still a little dazed. Pei Qian was a little puzzled and asked. Whos here? Huang Wang was here! Zhang Yuan replied. Pei Qian was also dumbfounded. Where? Our club? Shouldnt he be in Shanghai? Why is he back? Pei Qian became nervous suddenly. This Huang Wang, he couldnt possibly be uncomfortable in H4 Club and want to return here? Dont joke with me! Zhang Yuan also looked dumbfounded. I dont know either; he didnt tell me that hes coming! Pei Qian instinctively felt something was not right. Huang Wang had only left Jingzhou for a week! It was not like he was married off and coming home within a week according to tradition! Zhang Yuan hurriedly took the team members out to greet him. Pei Qian followed with a dazed look as well. He saw Huang Wang beckoning to everyone happily. More than a dozen people were also getting off the taxis, including Team Leader Su and Pang Ling. Every one of them dragged their luggage as though they were moving. Pei Qian had a very bad premonition suddenly. What did these people want to do? It seemed more like Huang Wang abducted the entire H4 Clubs GOG division including their two teams and staff instead of sneaking back! The players from both sides met and greeted each other. Zhang Yuan was lost as well. What is happening? Why so many people? He asked. Huang Wang roared with laughter. I have finally convinced the H4 Club to move to Jingzhou after a week of convincing! Of course, just the GOG division. Pei Qians mind filled with question marks. Zhang Yuan was shocked as well. Sold a player and obtained two teams instead? What the f*ck was this?! In fact, strictly speaking, the management was not persuaded by Huang Wang. They made this decision after considering all aspects, Team Leader Su explained with a smile. The training base of the H4 Club is shared by many divisions and is already very crowded. Therefore, we have been looking for a suitable new base after we obtained the 2.2 million US dollar. But none of them were suitable! The houses in Shanghai are really too expensive; they are not as affordable as in Jingzhou. Moreover, it is very difficult to provide the same fitness environment there as in Jingzhou. We have to ensure that there is a large gym next to the training base and professional coaches which made the site selection more difficult. We feel that they were all too expensive after looking around. The GOG division has nothing to do with the other divisions anyway. Even if we are to stay in Shanghai, there will not be too much interaction. Therefore, Shanghai is no more attractive to us. We, therefore, decided to move to the more suitable Jingzhou! First, there are many supporting facilities in Jingzhou such as Fish-Catching Take-Out, Deposit Fitness, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, and Upwind Logistics which could easily meet the fitness and diet requirements of Huang Wang and his other team members. Second, moving our division to Jingzhou can reduce operation cost since we do not have direct links with the other divisions. Finally, it would be more convenient here, whether it is to play mock competitions with DGE club, daily communications, or to participate in competitions! The world invitation event this time will also be held in Jingzhou. It would be more advantageous to play on home ground. We, therefore, decided to move to Jingzhou and fully replicate the DGE model! Not only will it solve the requirements from Boss Pei for our clubguarantee the training environment for our players, it can also help us develop in-depth cooperation with the DGE club and to prepare for the world invitation in advance. It is simply great on all fronts! We, therefore, decided to move after all these considerations! Zhang Yuan was a little shocked. Thats it? So decisive? Team Leader Su nodded. Of course! We are not from Shanghai anyway; there is not much difference in changing cities for training. Why, are we not welcome? Zhang Yuan laughed. How can that be? Of course, you are welcome! Are you going to rent Ming Yun Villas as well? Team Leader Su nodded. It would be best if we can rent it and become neighbors! However, if there is no more space, we can consider other places with the precondition that there is Deposit Fitness and Fish-Catching Take-Out nearby! Zhang Yuan nodded. Thats easy. Ill bring you to Manager Cui now and ask him to arrange for you! The teams from both sides also mingled around in heated discussions. Huang Wang was obviously a little snobbish now. How, didnt I say well meet again soon? Old Zhou was a little speechless. Huang Wang, you are really good. Not only did you return, but you also brought the H4 Club back with you in a week. Youre really something. Huang Wang saw the rookie midlaner. Hey, this is my successor, right? I wonder if he can withstand the extra training with that skinny body of his. Chapter 632 - Qiu Hong’s Final Lesson Old Zhou laughed. The H4 Club will be doing extra training soon. None of you will be able to escape it if you are to follow the DGE Clubs model exactly. Im very happy! Do you know how uncomfortable it has been for the past few days without exercise? I will add on to my training tonight! Also, my teammates have such poor constitution; we have to get Coach Yaling to train them well! Huang Wang replied. The DGE Clubs new midlaner and the members of the H4 Club showed an oh sh*t expression after listening to that conversation. Pei Qian watched all this silently and was lost. What was going on? The GOG division with the H4 Club was moving to Jingzhou? I did give you money to provide a better training environment for Huang Wang, but I did not allow you to come to Jingzhou! What the hell, I sold one club member, but I obtained an entire club back! Boss Pei! I havent had the time to thank you. If it were not for your generous funding, we would not have enough financial resources and not made up my mind to come to Jingzhou. In short, please take care of us in the future! Team Leader Su came to Boss Pei and spoke with emotion. Pei Qian: Why the f*ck was it my fault again?! However, Pei Qian could only smile, unable to say anything. Dont stand outside. Everyone, go inside and have a seat. Jiang Huan, you all help out with their luggage. Zhang Yuan called out. Everyone entered the DGE Club one after the other. Zhang Yuan greeted Manager Cui of Ming Yun Villas and asked him to find a vacant villa to rent. There would definitely be no discounts, but it would definitely still be cheaper than in Shanghai to the H4 Club. They would still have enough for tables and chairs, ROF computers, and gym expenses since Boss Pei gave them 2.2 million yuan to improve their training conditions. There were abundant funds. Pei Qian realized that this money went one whole big round but a huge part of it seemed like it would be back into his pockets soon In addition to the rental of the H4 Club, fitness, buying of computers, food delivery all of these would be earned by Tengda! You continue your work, Ill leave first. Pei Qian could not take this scene of them moving in and chose to slip away. Why do I feel like Boss Pei isnt very happy? Team Leader Su asked Zhang Yuan after Boss Pei left. Zhang Yuan was stunned for a moment. Really? Oh, it might be your illusion. Boss Pei was originally a person who guards his emotions. In fact, Boss Pei attaches great importance to esports. He might not say it, but you can tell from his actions. Today, for example, he heard that we have new members today so he came over amidst his busy schedule to take a look, worried that this new member may not be able to get along well with the team. Thats it! Boss Zhang, we have just moved to Jingzhou and are not familiar with this place. We need Boss Pei and your support. Please also share more information about Boss Pei with me. Team Leader Su realized something. Zhang Yuan patted his chest. Of course! By the way, Team Leader Su, what do you think about the other clubs moving to Jingzhou? Team Leader Su smiled. Still wondering about it. In fact, these clubs are also watching our every moment and looking forward to playing mock competitions with us. They want to see the effect of us buying the player and changing the training methods before they follow. Thats good. We can take advantage of this time for mock competitions and widen the gap between us. The gap between us will be so big that they would be shocked! August 28th, Sunday In a coffee shop near Handong University, in Qiu Hongs last lesson Boss Ma, I have basically taught my experience of failure. Uh there is one last one. Qiu Hong paused, seemingly thinking that taught was not very appropriate. However, for the lack of a better-fitting word, he still used it. This last one might not be right, but it is definitely the last item I can mention. Pei Qian nodded. Please continue. Qiu Hong was silent for a moment and said, Pursue your dreams. Pei Qian froze for a moment. Is this a failure experience? Qiu Hong nodded, his voice a little sad. Yes. Has Boss Ma ever seen my resume? You should be able to find it online. I had been a systems designer as early as 2001 in a fairy-themed game with paywalls. Boss Ma, dont you find it strange that I can be a chief systems designer of a large-scale client-side game when I just entered the industry? Pei Qian gave it a thought and did find it a little strange. That was because Tengda had always promoted people in an exceptional way, be it systems designers or chief planners. They were always newcomers from the bottom-most staff. Pei Qian, therefore, did not think there were any problems with Qiu Hongs resume at the beginning. However, now that Qiu Hong took the initiative to bring it up, Pei Qian realized that it was really quite strange for an ordinary game company to make a newcomer a systems designer when he first joined the industry. The systems designer was only secondary to the chief systems designer in domestically-produced games with paywalls. That was because the most important part of the game was the combat system, paywall system, game experience, etc they were all closely related to each other. The systems designer could be regarded as the right-hand man of the chief systems designer. Many chief planners were promoted from systems designers. Generally speaking, even a graduate from a top university could only start out as an ordinary administrative planner. Such a person would only be promoted to a systems designer after one to two years. Such a situation would only be more obvious in large companies and projects. He was a systems designer for large companies and projects when he first entered the industry. He was fully responsible for the system of the game. Disregarding the possibility that he might be related to the boss of the company, the second most likely situation would be that he had actually had experience previously. Even if the previous work experience was not successful enough, but as long as he was outstanding enough, he would be able to obtain the position of the chief systems designer. Pei Qian thought for a while. So you actually did not enter the industry in 2001, but earlier? Qiu Hong nodded. Yes, I entered two years earlier. It was the golden age of domestically-produced standalone games when I entered. Magical Swords, Deity Fate sold 300,000 sets with an income of 10 million yuan; the popular Dark Age 2 was introduced to China and sold for about the same amount of money. It might not be comparable to their performance overseas, but it was a record-breaking figure. The Heroes was also selling well. The people who entered the industry at the same time as I had dreams. We all thought we should sell domestically-produced standalone games internationally. Well be able to stand on the international stage one day and win awards. However, everything changed in a mere two years. I was fortunate to meet the President of a standalone game company then. He told me that standalone games had no hope and that I had to quickly transit into online games. I did not listen; neither did the producer of our project. Then, in 2001, all the standalone games could not be sold. The first game we worked so hard to develop was not even published at all. The company did not pay wages. Our company hung on for two months before our producer gave up. Therefore, I submitted my resume everywhere. Many companies called me up for an interview because Im in systems. Their first question would always be: do you have experience in internet game development? Why did that happen? Why did domestically-produced standalone games die out in just two years? Pei Qian was a little confused. Die out? Not so bad, right? Arent the standalone games doing alright now? He was a little pissed off. If the standalone games really died out, then there was no reason why the standalone games he made became so popular, right? Qiu Hong smiled. Boss Ma, you are still young. You might not be even 10 years old by then so you wouldnt know about it. Domestically-produced standalone games did die out during that time. The reason why domestically-produced standalone games are doing well now because the official ESRO platform was established in 2006. Piracy was strictly prohibited in various fields so domestically-produced games slowly regained traction. However, even so, there was a vacuum of about five to six years. That opened a huge gap between our domestic game industry and the international industry. We have not been able to catch up even now. Then, why did the golden age of domestically-produced standalone games die out in just two years? Pei Qian thought for a while. At that time, it should be the rapid popularity of online games. It seized the market for standalone games and a large number of games companies transited. Qiu Hong nodded. Yes, the transformation of numerous standalone game manufacturers to online games was a direct cause of the demise of domestically-produced standalone games. Then, the question was why didnt international standalone games die under the impact of online games? Moreover, even if online games made more money than standalone games, they would not lead to the death of standalone games because not all companies were good at making them. There would always be companies making standalone games as long as there was money to make. In fact, it was a very complicated problem. It was definitely not caused by a single thing. It was just like the death of a dynasty would not be solely because of a flood, a plague, or a war. All disasters would always happen together. That era happened to be the time when overseas game system units were booming. We did not have system units locally, only personal computers. The computer is a platform that is easy to write and modify so it quickly entered the era of piracy. Chapter 633 - What Would Boss Pei Do? August 29th, Monday In the butlers house in the Dawn of the Prosperous City, Song Kai busied himself with his daily chores. Ever since the entire building filled up, he became very busy. However, none of the investors lived there often. They only stayed here about once every three or four days. Song Kai had already confirmed that with Boss Li. As for the investors actions Song Kai didnt understand them at first, but he gradually did. Renting the apartments was akin to a friendly gesture. If a friend started a restaurant, one would spend money there to show his support. That was to be expected of friendships. On the other hand, the investors stayed here every three or four days, probably to build a closer relationship with Boss Pei. That was understandable as well. Why would rich people buy villas in designated neighborhoods? Why would parents spend so much time and effort looking for good schools for their children? A huge part of it was that they had higher chances of bumping into other high-class people if they stayed in expensive bungalows. If one interacted with those people long enough, they would all stand to benefit from the friendship. If spending a little more money could allow them to become neighbors with a wealthy man, countless people would fight for the opportunity. Jingzhou was exactly the same. The concept of investors sounded high and mighty, but they were not that godly in reality. Outsiders would also think financial advisors sounded impressive, but insiders would know that only a minority really knew what they were doing. Most of them were just ordinary workers who had accumulated some finance knowledge. It was the same for investors. The ones at the top who had the capital of tens of billions of yuan wielded the most power, but they were also the minority. Most other investors were not much smarter than ordinary people. Why else would investors throw money into scams that even ordinary people could identify and then lose everything that they had? Venture capitalists fit in with the 80-20 principle as well. Only twenty percent of projects would succeed, and those twenty percent of projects would generate eighty percent of returns. Some venture capitalists boasted by saying that there was only a ten percent chance of the project collapsing. However, that was just a play on semantics. Not collapsing was not equivalent to success. One did not need much to know that a ninety percent success rate was a lie. To most investors, failure was the norm. Thus, Boss Pei, who succeeded in every investment he made, was considered a mini legend. Whats more, as Tengda Corporation grew rapidly, the legend was getting increasingly huge. On top of that, the investors who had not believed in Boss Pei had already been eliminated. The remaining investors were those who had tasted the sweet rewards of sticking with him. Naturally, they were more determined and stubborn. Perhaps that was also the reason why they had no plans to tell the outside world that Boss Pei lived here. After all, they could keep the good things to themselves without having to share with outsiders. To Song Kaias a butler, his job was to enforce the Sloth Apartments regulations and satisfy the tenants as far as possible. They had to have peace of mind while living here and enjoy the best service. All the apartments in the Dawn of Prosperous City had been rented out. On the surface, it looked like Sloth Apartments had been validated. However, Song Kai knew that it was not Sloth Apartments success, but Boss Peis. The other three buildings were still empty. Zhu Jia Corporations bad review of the Sloth Apartments was still traveling around the Internet and covering all corners. As the first butler of the Sloth Apartments, Song Kai felt like he was one of the people in charge of the project. He and Liang Qingfan had clear job scopes: Liang Qingfan was in charge of planning and building while Song Kai was in charge of sales and managing. Song Kai had held back for several days, but he finally felt like he had to do something. He could no longer stand by and watch! Thus, after Boss Pei left, he made several calls. Half an hour later, Liang Qingfan, Zhu Xiaoce, and Teacher Qiao arrived on the first floor of Dawn of Prosperous City. Hello, everyone! Please, take a seat. Song Kai gestured for the three men to find a place to sit down. Song Kai had contacted Zhu Xiaoce through Liang Qingfan, and Zhu Xiaoce had contacted Teacher Qiao through Lin Wan. After experiencing Thriller Hostel the last time, Teacher Qiao had remained in Jingzhou. He felt like the episode on Thriller Hostel didnt meet his expectations, and so he wanted to make up for it. He had to think carefully about what that episode was missing, so that he could plug in the gaps! Boss Pei had only asked him to give up on Products of the Gods analysis of Tengdas new games, but Boss Pei had not given him any other clues. That made Teacher Qiao directionless. All in all, it was a mess. Today, upon receiving Zhu Xiaoces call about one of Boss Peis projects, Qiao Liang agreed to come down without hesitation. He did not have to accept a role, but he had to at least listen. As for why Huang Sibo wasnt here it was mainly because he was overseas with Bao Xu. Until now, nobody knew why Song Kai had gathered all of them here. Song Kai closed the door, looking very somber. All of you know about Sloth Apartments situation, right? Ive been keeping a close eye on it over the past few days and found out that Zhu Jia Corporation is spreading bad reviews and slandering Sloth Apartments online! Liang Qingfan nodded. Yes, I know about that. You want to fight back? Song Kai nodded. Yes! Zhu Xiaoce hesitated and then said, Er let me cut in here. Tengda, or Boss Pei, rarely engages in a war of words with others. In terms of market competition I believe that, as long as Sloth Apartments offers the best service, customers would be won over. Qiao Liang nodded and said, Boss Pei doesnt get involved in these things. Those companies like resorting to cheap and underhanded methods like hiring fake reviewers, slandering, and confusing others. What should we do? Should we hire fake reviewers and slander them in response? Tengda would be just like all the other companies that have no bottom line, wouldnt it? We cant do that. Song Kai shook his head. Not slander, but expose. I worked in Home Corporation before, and so I know what their Safe House is all about. Home Corporation claims online that Safe Houses renovations and furniture are all sourced from their own team and that they can be trusted, but thats not true! They have saved as much as they could on furniture, wooden flooring, and paint on the walls. After renovations were done, they lost a months worth of deposits for every month the apartments were left empty. Thus, they rented it out as soon as possible to recover their capital. Most apartments in there still have excessive formaldehyde. In fact, Home Corporations intermediaries would say this when theyre trying to bluff the landlord into signing the contract: If you hand the apartments to us, we will renovate them and make the tenants absorb one to two years worth of formaldehyde. Then, you could have rent and renovation, with no more formaldehyde in the house. How worth is that?! Just listendoes that sound humane to you? Liang Qingfan was shocked. Is there such a thing? Isnt Home Corporation a chain company? Song Kai nodded. Its absolutely true. Its not exposed because most people arent that sensitive to formaldehyde in houses unless theyre so intense that they trigger a reaction. Even if the tenants react, intermediaries would just employ companies to deal with the formaldehyde as a formality, instruct tenants to allow better circulation in their apartments, and then give them a discount on their rent. Then, tenants would have no choice but to accept it. Still, everyone knows that you cant remove formaldehyde. Its constantly being emitted, and theres no way to get rid of them in a single attempt! Tenants and employees alike have no power. These things dont get much attention online either. I created a post about this online before, but no one read it or paid attention. I could only let it go. That was why I quit working at Home Corporation. Im disgusted by them! However, Fei Huang Workspace and Teacher Qiao are now highly influential online. If you could expose this problem, many people would pay attention! We just have to hire a few professional organizations that specialize in formaldehyde and randomly invite a few tenants from Safe House for checks. Well definitely find that theyve been overexposed to formaldehyde. We wont be slandering Home Corporation; well be telling the truth! Everyone exchanged confused looks. Obviously, apart from Song Kai who had worked at Home Corporation before, no one else had thought that Home Corporations Safe House would be anything but safe. Long-term overexposure to formaldehyde? That could kill! However, Zhu Xiaoce hesitated. We are influential online, but we are directly interested in Tengda and Sloth Apartments. If we expose this matter, wouldnt people think that were slandering our competitors on purpose? We will probably look very unreliable to the audience. If you hand this over to an independent third-party, it might be more effective. Zhu Xiaoces worries made sense. Any exposure done by interested parties could easily be viewed as business tactics to slander or attack competitors. After a moment of silence, Song Kai said, I havent worked in Tengda for long, and I dont understand Boss Pei that well. Do you think if Boss Pei knew about this, he would sit back, act like he didnt know anything, and do nothing? Everyone exchanged knowing looks. It was obvious that none of them thought Boss Pei would do that. Song Kai continued speaking. If we dont do anything just because we have interests in the matter, then what would become of those tenants living in apartments filled with formaldehyde and whose health is declining every day? Who would expose this truth? I think that Boss Pei wouldnt think so much. He would do it at once because its the right thing to do. If Home Corporation wasnt problematic, we could ignore their slandering of Sloth Apartments and treat them as flies buzzing around our heads. However, if they are hurting ordinary peoples health and we have the power to say something and save those peoples lives, how could we remain silent? The other three men looked at one another once again, finding the answer in one anothers eyes. After a moment, Qiao Liang said, Given my understanding of Boss Pei his attitude towards this matter would be to do the right thing without asking so many questions. No matter what, I think that Boss Pei would choose to do the right thing. So Im in! Chapter 634 - Tell Them, They Did Well! September 1st, Thursday Pei Qian came to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe early in the morning, sipping his coffee while sorting out the mind map of the various departments. There was still one month before the settlement cycle. As the saying goes, the closer one was to completing a task, the tougher it got. The success or failure of this cycle would depend on this last mile! Pei Qian carefully considered his current industry. There was still hope of loss. Of course, that was not because Pei Qians various industries were not making profits, but because Pei Qian was getting more aggressive at spending money. As the stores of various industries became larger, there were more places where Pei Qian could spend money on. Especially after these departments became profitable. The system seemed to relax on the restrictions of spending money in these industries. It would allow freer use of money in opening and expansion of branches, giving customers discounts, and the like. At present, Pei Qians biggest source of income in this cycle was from the movie Tomorrow is Beautiful and IOIs 70 million US dollars. The former was used to buy a building to make Sloth Apartments while the latter was used to directly burn money to promote GOGs world invitation. It should be spent before settlement. Others, for example, the sudden explosion of internet cafes, food delivery, and other industries which were much lesser than the other aforementioned two sources. These industries were a long term industry after all. It would be impossible to accumulate so much profits to break even in a month or two even if it had operational profits. Pei Qian adhered to the principle of whoever made the money would be responsible for spending it. If these entities continue to open branches and expand, they would definitely be able to spend all the money they make. Of course, no branches could be opened in the last week before settlement, but the money left by then should not be too much. Otto Technologies did not need to settle anything for this settlement cycle. The extra money could be spent on software laboratory and image laboratory there as long as the next cycle produced results. To Pei Qian, the key was to maintain the present situation and try not to make more money. Earning extra money every day would make it more difficult to make a loss during settlement. Pei Qian felt that it seemed to be okay after scoring the current situation of the various industries with his mind map. It might be a cycle with twists and turnsFish-Catching Take-Out became profitable, Thriller Hostel became a little popular, the DGE Club also became popular, and Dayak Corporation also strangely gave him something. However, but he was always strong enough to survive. Struggle will be released soon. This game should not be able to make much money. Yes, even if it is a little profitable, it would not do much damage to this cycle. The chances of making big profits are very low, considering all aspects. The investment in Struggle is too high, and it is a very disgusting game. Such a game is more suited for Cloud Clearance, so there should not be too many people buying them. The poor and rich versions were sold separately and could reduce some income. The most important thing is that the sale of standalone games would take a very long time. I need to worry only about the sales volume for the first month. Future sales would be a matter for the future Taking 10,000 steps back even if it did make a little profit, I can still throw the money at Otto Technologies. Moreover, I have a special task this cycle that can be used to reduce the system fund limit for the final settlement, but I dont know whether the system will recognize my learning results or not There was a special rule for the settlement of this cycle. Pei Qian could spend up to 1.6 million yuan to invest in himself. If the system approved of his progress, he could shave off up to eight times this value, which would be 12.8 million yuan excluded from the final settlement. If the System Funds at settlement was 22 million yuan at the time of settlement, then he would only be able to get 2,000 yuan based on the original conversion ratio of 2 million yuan x 0.001. However, if this special rule were to pass, then Pei Qian would be able to obtain (22 million yuan C 12.8 million yuan C 20 million yuan x (-0.1)) = 1.08 million yuan! That was worlds apart. Of course, that was the most ideal situation. Moreover, Pei Qian was not sure whether the things he learned would be recognized by the system or not. Moreover, both He An and Qiu Hong were gurus in the industry. They were recognized in their ability; the value of this tuition was also recognized by the system. Would the system recognize that Boss Pei learned enough useful knowledge? That had to remain to be seen. Pei Qian was not sure whether he could successfully reduce the system funds to about 20 million yuan during settlement or not. If he could, then it would be the first success in history! He might have also worked the hardest this time, but it was all worth it! Pei Qian indeed felt more grounded after straightening out his current thoughts. At that moment, his cell phone rang. Ding. Pei Qian picked it up. It turned out to be a message from the Manage Loss Trainee from Fei Huang Workspace. Senior, Director Zhu is collaborating with Sloth Apartments to expose the problem of formaldehyde in the rental homes from Home Corporation. Pei Qian was stunned. Fei Huang Workspace really had a strong sense of existence! They made two videos consecutively after an entire month of shock therapy? They were giving up on their livers? Pei Qian was a little speechless. I did not manage to come to the aid of the publicity video of Sloth Apartments previously. What now? Formaldehyde from Home Corporation? What was this? Pei Qian frowned and replied. Elaborate. The Manage Loss Trainee replied swiftly: Its like this, Boss Pei. Home Corporation has been discrediting Sloth Apartments on the internet for its inferior price-quality ratio. However, in fact, the Safe House launched by Home Corporation always had serious problems with excessive formaldehyde. The person-in-charge of Sloth Apartments, Director Zhu, and Teacher Qiao had decided to expose this problem together Pei Qian fell silent looking at the detailed information sent by the Manage Loss Trainee. There was a good saying. There was nothing fresh being exposed to the sun. Pei Qian had never taken the matter of Home Corporation criticizing Sloth Apartments to heart. It did not matter whether they said that Sloth Apartments was inferior in price-quality ratio or unlivable. Pei Qians original intention was for tenants not to rent the units anyway. Pei Qian was very clear that if this video against Home Corporation were to go out, it could become an attack and would probably make Sloth Apartments popular as well. He could only say that the world was just that magical. In some industries, one might be law-abiding and honest. One would have already exceeded 99% of ones peers if one had even fulfilled the minimum requirements. That was because 99% of these peers had no morals. Pei Qian stayed silent for a while before he replied to them. Tell them that they did well! Pei Qian hated such trash. He hated them even more than the scalpers! The scalpers disturbed the market order. They were a group of worms, but they only wanted someones money. This formaldehyde company not only wanted money but also toyed with peoples lives! All decorations were made with environmentally-friendly paints. The smell would dissipate after the renovation was done. How much more could it cost? Hm? How much more could it cost? If a room was rented out after renovations, it could be rented out for three years or five yearsor even ten years without refurbishing. During this period, even if the Home Corporation only earned 500 yuan a month. They could earn more than 100,000 yuan right? Obviously, maintaining the health of the consumer could make money, just less! Just to save the cost of several thousand yuan per room, they completely disregarded the health of consumers. Were they going to kill humans? Especially the Home Corporation which was a national chain intermediary, how many houses could they have on hand? How many people would become sick, be hospitalized, get cancer, or even die because they were living in a formaldehyde room? Pei Qian did not know anything much before, but he thought that Home Corporation and Sloth Apartments were normal business competitors. Okay, that was alright. You could even criticize me. I would not care and would even be happy. However, if you were such a kind of garbage company like Home Corporation, then Im sorry. I would definitely kill you even if I risked losing money! Pei Qian was still a little angry after he replied to the Manage Loss Trainee. Maybe he would never understand why some companies would make more marginal profits, a mere few dozen yuan per month, while disregarding human life? As a normal and humane person, he could not understand. His phone rang again while he was still pissed off. Ding. Pei Qian picked it up. It was a message from Zhang Yuan. Boss Pei, the other esports club delegations have come to Jingzhou to discuss buying players! Will you come here in person? It is alright if you dont come as well. Ill just need to sign contracts with them. Pei Qian: F*ck? The other esports clubs? Delegations? That meant more than one? That wanted to buy DGEs players? Why?! The other players were not the kind of live-streamers like Huang Wang! You would lose money! Pei Qian was speechless; what he was worried about still happened in the end. The sale of Huang Wang was not the end but the beginning! Pei Qian hurriedly replied: Ill be there soon! He did not trust Zhang Yuan. Wouldnt that be the end if Zhang Yuan were to raise the price to sell the nine members for 30 million yuan? At this point in time, an additional 30 million yuan would make me very passive! Pei Qian immediately called Little Sun and took the car to the DGE Club. In the DGE Club Several team managers gathered in the conference room, drinking tea and chatting while waiting for Boss Pei to arrive. These managers had their own intentions. In fact, they all contacted Zhang Yuan separately. There were seven teams in total; every team wanted to buy players from the DGE Club to reinforce them, and their needs were different. However, Zhang Yuan thought about it. If the manager of the seven teams came to talk one by one, how long would it take to talk about it? It was much better for them to all come together. They made a bid directly; whoever showed the highest bids counted and had nothing to say. As to why the other clubs suddenly wanted to figure out that they wanted to buy these people from the DGE Club? It was very simple: they were all abused by the H4 Club! The H4 Club had mock competitions with the other clubs after Huang Wang was bought over. They beat the other clubs hands down! Chapter 635 - We are all Willing to Move to Jingzhou! The H4 Club originally had the strength of being a runner-up. The midlaner was a shortcoming previously. However, their combat power jumped instantly after changing to Huang Wang. These clubs finally confirmed their suspicions after being abused for five days straight. The H4 Club might have paid a lot of money for Huang Wang, but it was not a loss at all! They actually profited! The H4 Club would be able to win the championship two weeks later if that were to carry on. That had a huge reward of 1 million US dollars plus some skins and a lot of attention! No one wanted to be a leaf; everyone wanted a beautiful rose. There were only two weeks to go. It was definitely too late to add on to their training. The only way was to take a leaf out of the H4 Clubs bookto buy players! The other clubs would definitely not sell their precious players because everyone wanted to play in the world tournament. However, the players of the DGE Club could not play in the championship though they wereby farthe strongest. They were simply the best talents to be traded! There was also good news. With the vigorous development of live-streaming through venture capitalism, these clubs could consider cooperating with these platforms to buy players. The financial pressure to purchase players could be greatly reduced as long as the live-streaming platforms were willing to sign a three-party contract and bear a portion of the cost. Therefore, during this time, other clubs were trying to raise money while being abused in mock competitions. It was like an open arms race. Others were burning money; if someone didnt burn money, then that person was destined to be at the bottom and to be eliminated by this circle! None of these clubs present, be it the veteran clubs with history or ambitious clubs with good money, wanted to be eliminated. What if a certain club were to buy three or four DGE members at once? Then, there was no need to play this competition anymore. That being the case everyone, lets buy together! It just so happened that there were nine players in the DGE Club. The seven clubs sat together to bid since they would be able to grab one player each anyway. Then, every team would have one or two foreign aids. No one would be able to dominate. The championship would rely on real skills! Therefore, no club was willing to give up on this opportunity. Everyone waited anxiously. Finally, there were footsteps outside, and a young man walked in. Zhang Yuan stood up immediately. Boss Pei! The managers of the other clubs also rose to greet Boss Pei. They were surprised that Boss Pei was really as young as the rumors said. Zhang Yuan started to introduce these club managers one by one to Boss Pei. Pei Qian could not tell; neither could he remember who was who. He only felt that they were very important people. Why did so many clubs come?! There were only a few domestic esports clubs, wasnt it? It wasnt possible that all of them wanted to purchase players from the DGE Club, right? That would really make him despair. Pei Qian sat down in the empty seat, his expression dead. It was worse than he originally expected in terms of the number of clubs! These club managers had some associated thinking in their hearts when they saw Boss Peis expression. He did not look too happy. Why? Shouldnt he be happy that we were here to purchase his players and to give him money? Or he could not bear to lose these players? Or perhaps he felt that we were here too late and showed too little respect for his playersunlike the H4 club? Sh*t. We have to increase the offer no matter which situation it was! These club managers felt a little self-conscious and silently raised the lowest price they had prepared when they saw Boss Peis unhappy expression. They hope that this deal would be easier to conclude with a little more sincerity. Everyone knew that Boss Pei was someone who had no lack of money. What if he would not sell them because he was unhappy? Wasnt that a huge loss then? This situation must not be allowed! Seeing this posture, Pei Qian could feel that he had to sell these players even if he did not want to. Almost all larger club managers in China had arrived. It was enough to show how much the DGE Club players were already in demand. The live-stream platform would come sooner or later even if he did not sell them this time. If these players were not good, then it did not matter if they couldnt play in the World Championship. Pei Qian could consider keeping them for fun. However, these players had the strength to compete for the world championship. It would be very wrong for him to not let them play in the competition. They were all good children even though they always backstabbed him. They were indeed worthy of going to the world stage. However He would absolutely not allow his negligencelike selling too high a priceto happen again! Pei Qian decided to accept the deals immediately, no matter how much they bid! Zhang Yuan coughed slightly. I have asked these players before. They want to play in the World Championship so they are willing to listen to my arrangements. I brought these people up as the manager of the DGE Club. They are like my brothers. Our club could suffer a bit, but they cannot suffer. They deserve the best treatment. Therefore, I will say the names of these nine players. Everyone will bid separately, and whoever gives the highest bid will get the player. I believe no one will have objections to this method. Pei Qian: ? Wait, they were entering the bidding process directly? These clubs would definitely bid like crazy! Pei Qian felt dizzy. He originally wanted to tell them to lower the transfer fee this time and not make the same mistake as the H4 Club. In the end, they ended up bidding directly! Pei Qian was silent, his head quickly thinking about countermeasures. Quick! I would really earn tens of millions in transfer fees if I couldnt think of a fast way out! Zhang Yuan continued. First, our Captain of Team One, Jiang Huan. Those who have played in the mock competition would know that he is the strongest of our players and is also the captain and commander of Team One. He is the person who had the least extra physical training. Everyone please place your bids. Several club managers had already raised their hands as soon as Zhang Yuans voice fell. Three million yuan transfer and signing fee and 1.2 million yuan annual salary! 3.5 million yuan transfer fee, signing fee 1.2 million yuan, and 1.5 million yuan annual salary! F*ck, Old Zhang, youre paying so much for the first player? Are you not keeping any money for the other players? Hehe, dont try to fool me. Im here for Jiang Huan; you can keep your money for the others! Four million yuan transfer fee, same for signing fee, and 1.6 million yuan annual salary! Barely two minutes had passed, and these club managers were already snatching fervently. Who knew that Zhang Yuan would play such cards? Who would know that the first one he threw out was Jiang Huan? Pei Qian realized that the situation was very bad. He did not know if Zhang Yuans method was accidental or intentional, but it was too sinister! The clubs would definitely save their money to the end if they were to sell the weaker players and leave Jiang Huan to the end. Moreover, no one knew how much money the other party prepared. In the end, only the highest bidder would get it. However, putting Jiang Huan in front sparked the gunfire directly. Many people squeezed their good money out and increased the prices directly! That was a bit like buying vegetables. If the good vegetables were left to the end, everyone would definitely wait and see before finally rushing to grab them. However, if the good vegetables were in the front, then everyone would grab it from start to finish. Pei Qian felt faint. Zhang Yuan, eh, Zhang Yuan, youre playing psychological games even though you look so honest! Seeing that the bids were getting more and more outrageousthey were already at five million transfer fees, Pei Qian felt that he must really stop them now. It would really be too difficult for me if were really sold! You could pay more in salary for the players, but the transfer fees really should not be increased no matter what! However, these clubs did not increase the signing fee and annual salaries too high. They instead kept increasing the transfer fees. They probably felt that the salaries were basically near the peak. If they wanted to grab the players, they would have to pay more for the transfer fee to make the DGE Club happy! How could Pei Qian take this? He quickly raised his hand to interrupt the bidding process. Stop! Such a bidding method isnt appropriate. Zhang Yuan was stunned for a moment. Why was this bidding method inappropriate? Wasnt it normal for the highest bidder to win? Boss Pei, what do you have in mind? Zhang Yuan asked. Pei Qian thought for a while. Bring a few pieces of paper. Managers, please write down the amount you have prepared and the most urgent need you have for reinforcements on the paper and give it to me. Dont worry, I will not disclose them to others. The managers exchanged baffled glances. Zhang Yuan quickly distributed the pen and paper. The managers secretly wrote their club names, the amount, the positions they needed reinforcements in and handed them in. Brief me simply about the results of these clubs, Pei Qian said to Zhang Yuan. Zhang Yuan took out the results of the mock competition and reported based on the results of every club. Pei Qian checked the amounts given by these clubs while he listened. The gap was really huge! The club with the highest bid prepared 25 million yuan, and Pei Qian almost thought that his eyes were playing tricks on him. It seemed like this club was not short of money. They were probably here to buy three or four players, determined to win the World Invitation Championship. The club with the lowest bid only prepared six million yuan which was comparable to the H4 Clubs bid when they bought Huang Wang. They probably could not wait until they raised more money. Pei Qian took the pen and paper and quickly assigned the players to the clubs. At the same time, he wrote the transfer fees, signing fees, and annual salary at the back of the paper. All the transfer fees were three million yuan of which 2.2 million yuan were used to improve the clubs environmentthat was the same as H4 Club. The signing fee and annual salaries were determined according to the strength of the players but also taking into account the financial resources of each club. The distribution of players was not entirely based on the highest bidder but based on the position of each club that required reinforcement. Like the highest bidder SUG club, which had won the last GOG championship, with the best strength. They had prepared another 25 million yuan this time, wanting to buy three players at once. They were very strong in their top lane, but they were still determined to buy Jiang Huan. Pei Qian gave them a jungler after checking with Zhang Yuan. Pei Qians goal was very clear. It was to ensure that the DGE players could go to these teams and become their main force. The DGE Clubs players might be stronger than the original players of these clubs. If the original players were very strong, if the club lost the game, or if the DGE Club players did not fit very well with the team; then they might consider rotation. Therefore, Pei Qian quickly divided the players, and the price was basically not much different from Huang Wangs offer by then. The positions most needed by each club were reinforced, and each club did not finish their budgets. The SUG club, especially, only spent seven million yuan out of the 25 million yuan. Pei Qian had only received 800,000 yuan x 7 = 5.6 million yuan for transfer fees. Pei Qian handed over the final distribution method and contract amount to the club managers. Just do it according to this. The club managers were all dumbfounded, looking at the amounts. What did that mean? Why was the final price set by Boss Pei much cheaper than what we expected? What is Boss Pei doing? We were all prepared for heavy bleed out, and yet that was all Boss Pei had to it? Many clubs were not particularly satisfied with the result of this distribution. For example, SUG was determined to obtain Jiang Huan at first, but now they could not buy him even if they had the money. However, these managers accepted this result in no time. That was because it was not necessarily the best for every club, but it was not the worst result as well. Every club strengthened its positions without spending too much money. Everyone had prepared a lot of money, but it did not mean they had to spend it all. It was best to save some. They could not force the case since Boss Pei had spoken. They would only accept this result. Boss Pei was not only the owner of the DGE Club but also the owner of GOG after all. The right to host all future eventsincluding transfer rules of various clubs, etc.would all be from Boss Pei. Going up against Boss Pei would mean an early death, wouldnt it? Pei Qian felt drained having it all arranged. He stood up. Everyone, please sign the contract. However, there is one thing I have to say. All our players are treasures. I dont want to hear that they have been bullied at your clubs. Alright, Ill leave it at that. Pei Qian waved his hand dismissively, prepared to leave. However, at this moment, the manager of a club said, Boss Pei, thank you so much! Our club will definitely ensure the training environment of our players is good! Weve decided to move to Jingzhou immediately like the H4 Club! Yes, our GOG division has also decided to move to Jingzhou to thank Boss Pei! the other manager said. Us, too! This statement received immediate responses. Only two veteran clubs did not immediately express their views, but they said that they would go back to discuss it with the management. These veteran clubs had big businesses, and it was not so flexible. However, if so many clubs were to get together in Jingzhou, these two veteran clubs would definitely consider moving their GOG branch as well. Pei Qian looked at these extremely moved club managers, with a question mark slowly floating over his head. ? Chapter 636 - Struggle, a Breakthrough in the Expression of Thought The people in charge of the various clubs seemed to have misunderstood. Those who spoke up first, saying that they wanted to come to Jingzhou, were small clubs with minimal funds prepared. They had thought that they would not be able to raise enough funds to buy a core player even if they sold everything. At the most, they expected to get a support that also played the commander. They never would have expected that Boss Pei would give them a core player to make up for their shortcomings! Whats more, Boss Pei was not asking for much. He was giving all the clubs roughly the same price: a transfer of membership fee of three million yuan with a return of 2.2 million yuan for the clubs to improve their environment. To the clubs that were lacking money, Boss Pei was showing them additional grace and care! They were so grateful that they did not know how to repay his kindness. Boss Peis Tengda Corporation was huge and not lacking in money. How could the clubs repay him? They could only move to Jingzhou and support him with their actions! Whats more, ever since the H4 Club moved to Jingzhou, it seemed to be getting better and better. That made them wonder if Jingzhou was that magical to begin with. If they had to spend the 2.2 million yuan that Boss Pei returned to them, it would be best if they spent it on Tengdas related businesses in Jingzhou. Whats more, they would be very close to Tengda if they moved to Jingzhou. The DGE Club was under Tengda as well, and Manager Zhang was Boss Peis right-hand man. The clubs in Jingzhou would definitely be the first to receive news of any policy changes Tengda would make to GOGs gameplay. The clubs in Jingzhou would also be able to gather and organize offline mock competitions more frequently. Playing games offline would be more effective than playing online after all. After considering all those factors, the small clubs decided that moving to Jingzhou would be a good choice. Now that the small clubs had expressed their views, the bigger clubs began to hesitate. If the small clubs moved to Jingzhou and they chose not to, would they run into any problems? Would they fall behind in participating in mock competitions and receiving news about updates? Would they fail to get Boss Peis approval or the officials attention? At the moment, the esports industry was still at the beginning stages of development. They were still a long way from having one club in every city. For the clubs that had already been established, it was best to gather in places with the richest resources. With the cluster effect, all the clubs would stand to benefit. Thus, those clubs quickly made a unanimous decision to move to Jingzhou! Pei Qian was confused, but he could not put his worries into words. What was the meaning of this?! The H4 Club had moved to Jingzhou because they had been cheated by Huang Wang. What was everyone else doing?! They had not even signed the contract, but everyone was already rushing to move to Jingzhou? Thats crazy! Pei Qian looked frustrated as he said, Nevermind. I think that Shanghai is not bad as well. Its the same no matter where you are; you dont have to move to Jingzhou. Moved, the managers of the clubs began to express their resolution. Dont worry, Boss Pei! This is our own choice! Thats right. Weve already thought about this very carefully. Nobody can chase us away from Jingzhou now! Boss Pei, we will deal with the moving on our own. You dont have to trouble yourself! Pei Qian: He was finished. The misunderstanding had deepened. They were all getting excited. Looking at the managers determined expressions, Pei Qian knew that he couldnt say anything to change their minds now. He helplessly sighed inwardly. Alright, you can all come. Jingzhou is so big. I cant possibly keep them away. Pei Qian could not do anything else. He turned to Zhang Yuan and said, You can settle the signing of contracts. I have to leave to attend to something else. Zhang Yuan nodded. Rest assured, Boss Pei. Ill arrange it! In the evening Zhang Yuan had already signed the contracts with the various clubs. According to Boss Peis requests, he also had arranged accommodations for the other nine members. This time, however, none of the members had to leave Jingzhou. The two major clubs also spoke to their bosses. After detailed discussions, the bosses were moved by Boss Peis sincerity as well. At last, all seven clubs unanimously decided to move their GOG teams to Jingzhou! Thus, the DGE Clubs nine old members could stay in Jingzhou and wait for the rest of the clubs to move before claiming them. After learning that everyone was to go their separate ways, Jiang Huan and the others felt sad. However, after Zhang Yuan counseled them, the sadness quickly became diluted by their excitement. They could finally take part in the international invitational tournament! Before this, only Huang Wang had been bought over by H4 and could take part in the international invitational tournament. The other members had felt slightly envious of him. As professional esports athletes, who did not want to prove themselves on the biggest stage? Thus, although everyone could not bear to leave the DGE Club, they were simultaneously hopeful about becoming like Huang Wang and being able to stand in the global arena. The current outcome was already the best one. All the team members had found new teams whose shortcomings they could make up for. When they got there, they could sit firmly as the main members. At the same time, all their teams would move to Jingzhou. In the future, it would be convenient for them to meet frequently or even return to the DGE Club for a visit. Everyones living and training habits would also remain largely the same. They had the best of both worlds! As Zhang Yuan comforted the team members, he had mixed feelings inside. He had just finished interviewing new members for one position, and he had not thought that he would need to find nine more replacements so soon. After the huge clearance sale this time, there would be a complete change in DGEs ten members. Zhang Yuan feared that they would lose their stronghold for a long time to come. Actually, the best solution would be to sell a few of the members and keep the rest. The old members would then be able to teach the new ones. Once the latter became mature enough, the older members could be sold, thus forming a cycle that could carry on forever. However, Boss Pei had been adamant about selling all of them at one go. Zhang Yuan pondered about it and realized that it made sense as well. Even if they wanted to keep old members to teach the new ones, who would they have picked? All the old members were like family; who could they stop from taking part in the international invitational tournament? It didnt seem like there would have been a correct choice. Thus, Zhang Yuan gave up his original beliefs, put his members futures first, and decided to transfer all of them to other teams. As for the shortfall in talents he could figure things out as he went along. Zhang Yuan walked out of the villa, intending to smoke a cigarette to ease his mind. Just as he put a cigarette in his mouth, he saw Team Leader Su from H4 Club rushing towards him. Boss Zhang, is this a convenient time? Can we have a chat? Team Leader Su looked very anxious. Zhang Yuan could guess what he was going to say. He kept his cigarette back in its box and nodded. Alright. Both men walked towards the small garden in the villa. Team Leader Su looked embarrassed, but after hesitating for a moment, he still spoke up. Manager Zhang, the other clubs formed a group to buy your members, right? How did that go? Obviously, the H4 Club would be the most nervous about other clubs buying DGEs members. They had given up everything to buy Huang Wang over, thinking that they would have the best chance of winning the championship title. Yet, what if the other clubs bought two or three members from DGE simultaneously? That would be the end of it. Thus, in a sense, how GOGs international invitational tournament would turn out depended on how the purchase of DGEs members had gone. After the transactions were complete, the power balance among the various clubs would change significantly. In fact, any training that the clubs could go through before the competition might even be meaningless. Zhang Yuan smiled. Team Leader Su, dont worry. He briefly explained Boss Peis plan to Team Leader Su. Simply put, everyone paid the same transfer fee for a member from DGE. Price-wise, there was no difference between the clubs. Every team was also sold a member based on their own shortcomings. No team became overwhelmingly stronger compared to the other teams after the transaction. After hearing this, Team Leader Su was both surprised and thankful. He was surprised because the clubs strengths still remained largely the same on paper, even after the transaction. The H4 Club also had a strong foundation. If they could work harder on their teamwork during this period, they could still stand a good chance to win the championship. He was also grateful because Boss Pei had not sold stronger members in a package just because the other parties had offered higher prices! Team Leader Su had heard from the grapevine that SUG had prepared more than twenty million yuan to buy members from DGE. All things aside, if they had bought Jiang Huan at a high price and used the remaining money to buy two weaker members, would H4 still be able to compete? Yet, Boss Pei had sold DGEs members at a fixed price. Whether he had other considerations or not did not matterat the end of the day, Team Leader Su was sure that one consideration was the protection of the H4 Clubs interests! After all, the H4 Club had been the first to buy a member from DGE. One could say that it was one of DGEs oldest business partners. Although Boss Pei would not have been wrong to sell his members to those who offered a higher price, Team Leader Su was still moved by his decision to take care of the H4 Clubs interests. Thank you, Manager Zhang and Boss Pei! We will always remember your kindness in our hearts! Team Leader Su was beyond excited. The outcome of the mass transfer of membership had achieved the best result for their club as well. Zhang Yuan smiled. Dont worry about it, Team Leader Su. You might think that Boss Pei had considered your interests in doing this, but thats not the case. I think that Boss Pei is considering the entire ecology and the bigger picture! Team Leader Su was stunned. What do you mean? After some consideration, Zhang Yuan said seriously, I think that Boss Pei did this to regulate GOGs Esports Ecology. There are three aspects to this! First, the international invitational tournament is approaching. The outcome of the mass transfer of membership would determine whether there is any suspense during the competition. Boss Peis main purpose of organizing the international invitational tournament is definitely to offer a series of exciting competitions to the rest of the world. If any team is overwhelmingly strong, the competition would merely become abusive and meaningless! Ensuring that there would be back and forth and keeping the competitions filled with suspense would be the only way to maximize discussions among other gamers. That way, GOG would also achieve the best publicity effect. Second, he wants to prevent the Matthew effect[1] among the clubs. Money is not everything in the esports industry. However, clubs can hardly do anything without money. Depending on spending and poaching members alone would not create a champion, but having no funds would achieve nothing. Still, whether a club has money or none is only a relative concept. If wealthy clubs could poach players at will, they could gather the most outstanding players in their clubs by poaching alone. Then, the smaller clubs with no money would fall into the vicious cycle of having no money, having no attention, and generating no results! Once the Matthew effect caused the strong to become stronger, the bigger clubs would be overjoyed because they would be able to monopolize the entire leagues resources and attention. However, smaller clubs would gradually become increasingly unsustainable. The gap in the league would only grow bigger and bigger, and it would slowly collapse. Alternatively, we could cause an imbalance in the domestic and international scene. Bigger clubs could feel invincible at home, but they would be tortured overseas. Now that the strengths of the various clubs are similar, every club must work hard to manage their teams and train their members to win. They must also analyze any updates in the game. The ecology would only be healthy because there are no absolutely strong or weak teams. Finally, he wants to prevent excessive capital intervention, which would affect the entire esports industry. Spending money excessively would not only influence clubs, but also members. Many members used to be young internet addicts, but they are now earning one or two million yuan in annual remuneration and sign-on fees. Actually, their pay is dependent on fame and capital. However, those members might not recognize this. They may become complacent and lost as they start comparing their salaries with one another. Members might realize that some could easily obtain contracts with high prices while others were only being paid one-tenth of the formers salaries. How good could the atmosphere in such a team be? Boss Pei only allowed the members salaries to fluctuate within a certain range to prevent their salaries from getting out of control. He didnt want clubs to invest all of their funds into poaching. Instead, he wanted them to invest those funds into creating good training environments and building better supporting facilities. That would be much more beneficial to the clubs and the members. In the long-term, it would also help GOGs entire Esports Ecosystem significantly! A realization dawned on Team Leader Su. As he listened to Zhang Yuans explanation, he nodded profusely. Yes, that made so much sense! Esports was still developing recklessly at the moment, and there were two types of clubs. The first was the veteran clubs that used love to generate electricity. Those clubs lacked funds but had better atmospheres, heritage, and management. The other was the wealthy clubs filled with second-generation heirs. They had funds, but their management was a mess, and members were impetuous. Both types of clubs had their own problems. If left to develop on their own, the wealthier clubs would get into the destructive habit of wasting money and poaching talented players. In the end, their rubbish management would waste the talent of their members, and all clubs would suffer. If this type of uncontrolled competition was allowed to continue, the road to regularization of esports would be a long and difficult one. However, Boss Peis actions were akin to preventing wealthy clubs from engaging in price wars. Instead, he was forcing them to work on their management and training of members. In the short-term, he was giving up on profits. However, in the long-term, it would create a much better environment for the GOG League to flourish! Team Leader Su could not help but raise his thumb. I understand now! Boss Pei is really looking far into the future! Nevertheless, even if Boss Pei did not intend to take care of our clubs interests, he still managed to achieve this objectively. So, we will always remember his kindness! Zhang Yuan smiled and said, Training hard and achieving good results would be the best reward for Boss Pei. Team Leader Su nodded. Dont worry, we will fight with everything we have! September 2nd, Friday The day before the release of Struggle Everyone at Tengda Games was busy preparing for the game to be released for sale. The official platform had already done a great deal for the company. Not only had they commenced negotiations with Tengda Games and given it the best recommendation position in advance, but it had also allowed Tengda Games to prepare its own promotional materials. Struggles initial promotion campaign to build anticipation was already complete, and gamers were all looking forward to the games release. However, some contents in the promotion created misunderstandings among the gamers about the game! Struggles promotional content contained the following: exquisite images with motions of real people captured; diverse choices and rich strategies; a complex and exciting plot; and dual protagonist modes. Apart from that, no images of the game were released, and no other details about the content were provided. Gamers read promotional content and conjured up images in their heads before they realized that something was up! What kind of game would need real peoples motions to be captured? Obviously, the game would be a large-scale RPG or action game! Diverse choices and rich strategies probably referred to a complex combat system. Complex and exciting plot with dual protagonist modes meant that the contents of the game would be ground-breaking. In sum, the game would be a huge production with an exciting plot and images akin to AAA action games? At once, everyone thought about classic works by major foreign game developers and became excited about Struggle. Whats more, the games name was not written in Mandarin, but in English. All the more, it made the game seem mystifying. In short, the effects of the initial promotional campaign had been maximized. However, before the game was officially released, nobody knew whether the promotional campaign would backfire or not No one knew how the gamers would find the game after finding out what it was really like either. Recently, Hu Xianbin had been so worried that he lost a lot of weight. As the person in charge of Struggle, he was the most uncertain. Until now, Tengda Games had been an invincible legend. Every game that it released had reaped both profits and fame. If he single-handedly ruined such a reputable brand, wouldnt he be blamed by everyone in the company? Of course, Boss Pei had interfered much more in the production of Struggle than any other game. Still, if the project failed, no one would blame Boss Pei. In fact, since Boss Pei had already given him so many additional instructions, if Hu Xianbin failed to deliver; he would only be more certain that the problem lay with him. Realizing that Hu Xianbin looked extremely worried, Li Yada sat beside him. Whats the matter? Are you worried about the new games release? Hu Xianbin nodded. Thats right. I really dont know whether this game will succeed or not! Whats more, I feel like the promotional campaign would backfire Li Yada smiled. What a coincidence. Do you know about Game Designer? Before it was released, Lu Mingliang was as worried as you are now because everyone could not find the motivation to continue playing the game after playing it once. After that, Brother Bao raised one point of view: we might think that the games not fun because we were too involved in the games production. We already knew its plot, and we knew the consequences of every single choice like the back of our hands. Since we had been bombarded with spoilers from the beginning, we could not fully experience every detail of the game. However, the game would be very special to outsiders. He said that it was an attempt by Boss Pei to be non-mainstream. He could either have been called a god, or he could have failed miserably. Boss Pei had used that game to express his own thoughts, and as a piece of work way ahead of its time, the game could either have succeeded or failed. Even if it did, the failure would not be ours or Boss Peis. It would have been just that the game industry was not mature enough to accept such a futuristic concept. What happened after Game Designer was released validated what Brother Bao had said. The games market and gamers of our time can match up to good games! The market seems impetuous now, but we should have faith in Boss Pei and the gamers! After listening to Li Yada, Hu Xianbin relaxed considerably. When Game Designer was released, he had not joined Tengda yet. That was why he did not know about any of this. Now, hearing that his senior, Lu Mingliang, had experienced the same struggle and internal conflict that he was going through but ultimately achieved success, Hu Xianbin felt more confident. He said, Lets quickly ask Brother Bao to play Struggle as an outsider, then! He can help us to analyze the game! Er thats right, Brother Bao has gone overseas Hu Xianbin had been clutching at straws, but on further thought, he recalled that his straws had gone to Africa. He could not help but feel more resentment towards Huang Sibo. Look at you! You could have gone overseas alone; why did you have to drag Brother Bao along?! Brother Bao didnt do much in the gaming department ordinarily, but having a senior in the house was akin to having a hidden treasure. At a critical moment like that, the entire department would depend on Brother Bao to ease their worries! What should he do now?! Li Yada smiled. Dont worry. I can guess what Brother Bao would say. Struggle is very similar to Game Designer in a lot of ways. Game Designer was Boss Peis expression of loneliness, but is Struggle any different? The former was made in his identity as an expresser, but the latter is made in his identity as a living being. Hu Xianbin sighed. Yet, the theme that Struggle is trying to express is sharper and more stinging. When I played Game Designer, the most I felt was frustration and annoyance at the narration. Yet, when I played Game Designer, I felt heartbroken. It felt like the helplessness and pain of real life had been blended together and shoved into my face. Would gamers be able to accept it? Whats more, at the core of it, this game is much harder to understand and more complex than Game Designer. I think that, as Mr. Zhang Zuting said, the content would be much better suited as a movie. If we had turned it into a literary film, perhaps there would have been a market for it. As a game, the risk is much higher. After a moment of silence, Li Yada said, I think Boss Pei had his reasons for producing a game instead of a movie. Maybe Boss Pei didnt want to turn it into a movie because of Tomorrow is Beautifuls overwhelming success. Maybe he wanted to use the game as a medium because of other considerations. It must be because, with the game as the medium, he would be able to express ideas that he would not have been able to through movies! Perhaps this is something that Boss Pei wants to achieve a breakthrough in. Hu Xianbin was stunned. What do you mean? Li Yada pondered for a moment and answered, He wants to achieve a breakthrough in the expression of thought. Actually, every game of Boss Peis expresses a certain thought. For example, The Lonely Desert Road and Ghost General poked fun at the game industry, Game Designer expressed the reflections of a creator, and Repent and be Saved questioned every gamers character by breaking the fourth wall and causing them to become one with the protagonist in the game. We will find the standalone games that Boss Pei creates getting deeper and deeper and increasingly hurtful. The level of understanding and patience required of gamers would only continue to increase. Hu Xianbin pondered for a moment and realized that it was true. Boss Peis games were becoming increasingly repulsive. The Lonely Desert Road was boring, Game Designer was provocative, and Repent and be Saved was so difficult that it served to throw some gamers off. Now, Struggle seemed even more repulsive than Repent and be Saved! What did this mean? Li Yada said, Obviously, Boss Pei is not trying to dissuade players. Hes just trying to test gamers tolerance with every expression and using his games as a means to convey his deeper thoughts. On a deeper level, this would inevitably hurt and require stronger receptivity. As an expresser, Boss Pei attaches great importance to the degree of expression. Good methods of expression would invoke senses of being taught or philosophizing in recipients. Take Repent and be Saved, for example. Boss Pei broke the fourth wall to cause gamers to become one with the protagonist in the game. Then, through the difficulty and other details in the game, he made the connection unbreakable. That way, gamers could empathize with the gaming world and understand what Boss Pei was trying to express. The more repulsive Boss Peis games seem, the deeper the ideas that hes attempting to convey through them are. Boss Pei is cultivating the gamers with every piece of work! If Boss Pei had produced Struggle at the start, the gamers would not be able to accept or understand it. However, Boss Pei has already paved the way with many other games before. The gamers are much more receptive now. Releasing Struggle at a time like that would greatly improve its chances of success! All the more, this proves that Boss Pei is not a reckless man. He does not stubbornly shove his thoughts in gamers faces, but he carefully considers how receptive they would be. If gamers are not receptive enough, he would cultivate them until they are. Then, he would express whatever he wants to. As Hu Xianbin listened, he nodded profusely. Then, he asked, Big Sister Li, what do you think Boss Pei is trying to convey through Struggle, then? Class consolidation? The Matthew effect? Exploitation? The irrationality of society? Or could he just be describing a phenomenon? Li Yada shook her head. About that, Im not sure. Even Brother Bao would not be able to immediately understand Boss Peis thinking after playing a game. Boss Peis games are akin to large-scale social experiments. We need a good number of gamers with different opinions to discuss or even argue about the game. As they express their thoughts and bounce different ideas around, an answer would surface. So, we will just have to wait and see! [1] This refers to accumulated advantages like how the rich only get richer while the poor get poorer. Chapter 637 - Struggle’s False Marketing and Unorthodox Pricing September 3rd, Saturday Tengdas new game, Struggle, was officially released! In Shanghai He An, who had just finished tending to work, arrived home and prepared to rest. He intended to go to Jingzhou and continue teaching Boss Ma last Friday, but his own Mengguo Games had run into some problems. He had thus ended up trying to deal with the problems until yesterday. So his lesson with Boss Ma was postponed until Friday. Although it had been unexpected, He An thought that the timing was good. That was because Tengdas new game, Struggle, was put up for sale today! He An was filled with expectations for the new game. After all, Boss Pei had already done several standalone games earlier, and all of them had become benchmarks for domestic standalone games. He had achieved new heights, especially in terms of conceptualizing and depth. This time, He Anlike all other gamersexpected Struggle to be a large-scale action game. That was why he was hopeful. It came just in time as He An was worrying about what to teach Boss Ma in his last lesson. Everything that he had said before had been a summary and generalization of the lessons he had accumulated as a game designer over tens of years. The lessons had been filled with valuable insights. From ideation to creation and then to sales and marketing, He An had already addressed them over. However, it was precisely because the content so far had been rich and valuable that he was having difficulty finding anything else to talk about for the last lesson. If the content for the last lesson fell short, it would be meaningless. It was just as well that Tengda was providing him with more material! Since He An still had a week before his lesson with Boss Ma, he could use the time to analyze Tengdas new game through and through. Perhaps he would be able to obtain inspiration from the game or the game would trigger some of his sealed memories. Then, maybe he would be able to find something valuable to teach. Now that he had finished work, He An preparing to play games to relax. He switched on his computer and accessed the official platform. Indeed, in the most eye-catching recommendation spot on the official platforms front page, it said: Tengdas new game, Struggle, is up for sale! However, there were only beautifully written words and no promotional poster. It was a little strange. Ordinary games would put up promotional posters on their advertisement spots, so that the beautiful scenes and characters in the game would be displayed for all to see. That would give gamers a better first impression and attract more of them to play it. Boss Pei is really stubborn. He is living up to his name indeed. Thinking nothing much of this, He An clicked the words. Other game designers would have been expected to stick to the customs of advertising. However, there was no need for Boss Pei to. All things aside, the words Tengdas new game on the front page would cause gamers to press it at once. When he arrived at the games details page, He An suddenly realized that something was amiss. That was because the details page was finally displaying the games synopsis and images! The game was introduced in this manner: In reality, no matter how much one struggles, they would not be able to escape their destiny. There were many promotional screenshots of the game as well. They were beautiful, and the artistic style made a lasting impression, but the only problem was the scenes and characters in the screenshots were worlds apart from everyones expectations! The background was modern, and there were many foreigners wearing clothes that one would normally see in real life, including suits, T-shirts, and sweaters. He An was confused. What happened to the large-scale action game? Indeed, some action games made use of modern material, but those were often set on mysterious islands or lost ancient ruins. None of them had been set in the city! From the promotional screenshots, He An could tell that the game was nothing like action games! What was even more confusing were the introduction and the games Mandarin name. In reality, no matter how hard one struggles, they would not be able to escape their destiny? That was so depressing! Yes, that was true to a certain extent. Most people were helpless in real life, and real life didnt change according to ones will. However, that did not mean that this kind of fatalism should be promoted! Life was filled with unhappy events, but people should try hard to live a good life no matter what. That was because there was no giving up or exiting. People struggled, not to live a better life than others, but so that they would live a better life than before. Whats more, the English and Mandarin translations of the word Struggle meant slightly different things! In English, Struggle had many meanings. Before this, everyone had thought that the game would be an action one. Thus, they subconsciously assumed that struggle meant to combat and fight. However, in Mandarin, it was translated as to strive, which rid the gamers of their initial thoughts completely. At once, it exposed the games true theme! With this opening, He An became stunned by Boss Peis actions, and he had not even entered the game. At this point, more intelligent gamers would have realized that they had been bluffed by the advertisements. Did Boss Pei use realistic themes and then become afraid that nobody would play it? Is that why he resorted to false marketing? It cant be. He would not be able to lure gamers in this way, and it wouldnt help his sales. Instead, it would backfire and ruin his own reputation. He would lose out significantly. He An was confused. At that moment, he suddenly realized something. He retrieved all of Tengdas promotional material at the height of its publicity campaign. After reading the promotional material, he looked back at the games introduction. He did this three more times. Then, he understood. Boss Pei did not engage in false marketing. He was telling the truth. At most, he was just misleading everyone. What kind of new strategy is this? He An realized that the content written on the games details page completely matched the games actual content! The misunderstanding had only developed because of the mention of motion capture. Everyone had mistakenly thought that Tengda had spent a huge sum on motion-capturing because it had been creating an action game! Yet, it turned out to have realistic themes. Crazy! Why would you need motion capture for realistic themes? Do you have too much money and nowhere to spend it? If this had been some other game designer, He An would have lashed out and cussed, thinking that this had been false advertising all along. When He An had been teaching Boss Ma before, he had said that a games publicity would either make or break a game. If the games advertising and the actual game were mismatched, a destructive blow would have been dealt to the standalone game. The result? The advertising for Boss Peis new game and the actual game were mismatched! Whats more, it was ridiculously mismatched! He An was troubled and perplexed. Boss Pei had committed a mistake that he had always known to be low-class. Yet, all the more, he did not dare to believe it. Who was Boss Pei? He was a talent at sales! He could find the best way of marketing every single game, and he understood how to create conversation among gamers. Yes, this must be another special advertising tactic! However, He An would only find out exactly how special it was after playing the game. He An prepared to purchase it and then discovered another confusing thing. He had to purchase the dual protagonist modes separately? When he clicked the purchase button, an introductory window popped up. One was the rich version, and the other was the poor. The drawing on the rich version was of a business elite in a suit. He was swirling his glass of red wine while looking out of a full-length window, into the city, from the penthouse of a skyscraper. He looked like the prince of the world as if he held everything in the palm of his hand. The words said: Born in a wealthy home, your struggle would be unbelievably smooth. However, fate is unexpected. In the face of death, everyone is equal. If you are a rich person, I dont suggest you buy this game, or it would feel very boring. Price: 19 yuan (Original Price: 29 yuan) The drawing on the poor version was of a peasant in torn and tattered clothes, holding nothing in his hands. As the cars drove by on the busy street, he looked up at the skyscraper in front of him, with his back view emitting hints of envy. The words said: Born in a poor home, your struggle would be filled with pain, suffering, and helplessness. Your determination could change your fate, but fate is unwilling to be changed by you. No matter whether you are a rich or poor man, I dont suggest you buy this game because you would be meaninglessly overwhelmed with negative energy. Price: 79 yuan (Original Price: 99 yuan) The buttons for each version were separate. Obviously, one could only purchase either one. Moreover, there was no option for He An to buy both games. He An did not understand the purpose of this. Wasnt it just clicking one more button? He would buy the rich version before he bought the poor version. However, when he tried to click the button for the poor version, a pop-up window appeared. There are no second chances in life. If you want to experience both types of lives, you would not get to enjoy the discounts. Both versions would be sold to you at the original price, and you have to pay a total of 29+99=128 yuan for this purchase. Are you sure about this? He An studied the words closely. As his lips parted, his expression became shocked; his mind filled with question marks. What was the meaning of this? Was Tengda messing around? This pricing model was completely novel to He An, despite all his years as a game designer and his vast knowledge! Other dual protagonist modes could be found in the game, and players could usually choose which character they wanted to be once they entered. Yet, this game had separated both dual protagonist modes! On top of those, both of them were priced differently. One was 79 yuan and the other was 19 yuanalmost four times cheaper! Would the poor version really have four times the content of the rich version? Obviously not! The most ridiculous thing was that buying both versions would prevent one from enjoying the discounts. They would have to pay 128 yuan, which was six times more than if they only bought the rich version! To He An, this pricing strategy was extremely ridiculous. That 19 yuan was obviously too cheap, but 128 yuan was too expensive. Wouldnt it have made more sense to sell each game for 98 yuan? Was the pricing strategy out to push gamers to only buy the rich version? Whats more, the synopses seemed cruel. The rich version seemed to hint at a bad ending, and wealthy people were advised not to buy it. On the other hand, the poor version stated upfront that one could not change their fate. That would be a bad ending as well, and both poor and rich people were advised not to buy it. Didnt that amount to everyone? Absurd! He An decisively hit the purchase button. So what if its expensive? Do I look like someone who doesnt have 128 yuan? Ill buy the games at their original priceIll be happy to! I insist on seeing what exactly youre hiding in your poor version! He An guessed that, since this game had a dual protagonist mode with two versions, both versions must have been connected. For all he knew, there would be hidden scenes or endings that would only be available if one bought both versions. The more He An thought about it, the more he felt like things would be as he imagined. If both versions were entirely unconnected, there would be a huge problem. Gamers who would mindlessly buy gamers were among the minority. Most gamers would be influenced by the reviews and comments online. If the first batch of gamers bought both versions but found zero hidden scenes or endings, they would surely curse and swear. Subsequently, nobody would repeat the same silly mistake. He An suspected that Boss Pei would not commit such a silly mistake. Thus, all the more, he was certain that there would unlock hidden scenes and outcomes if he bought both versions. Until now, he had not entered the game yet. However, two out of four theories He An had thought Boss Ma had already been overturned. Tailor the marketing strategy to the games contents? No. Choose a game genre that has a significant share of the market? No. If this had been another game designer, He An would conclude that the game was finished even before entering it. It had gone down the wrong path from the beginning; how could it reach the finish line? Yet, since it was Boss Pei, He An felt the need to play the game once through before making a conclusion. Perhaps Boss Pei would give him an unimaginable surprise by overturning all the traditional concepts. He An chose to play the rich version first. There was a black screen, and a male voice narrated in English and in a dull tone. It wasnt a voice-over. It sounded more like a man muttering to himself. My father loves seeking wisdom within faraway Eastern cultures. Shortly after I matured, he repeatedly taught me two sentences from the far East. The first was the poor grow wits, and the prosperous grow a conscience. The second was food comes before manners, and clothing comes before honor. My father said that, in their original language, both sentences were short and sweet and full of wisdom and philosophy. However, once translated to English, they would not invoke the same feelings. He told me that society is governed by the rules of the jungle. We are the high and mighty, but because of that, many people watched us and waited for us to fall and fail miserably. My father said never to trust those poor peoplenever ever. Its almost like, to my father, we were a different species from those poor folks in the lower tiers of society. I dont agree with that view. Of course, I cant argue with my father either. Thats because I know that I nearly failed to enter the world and was nearly thrown off a skyscraper together with my mother because of a lunatic. My father said that it was a poor man. Still, I insist that he was just a lunatic. Once the black screen and words disappeared, the games image appeared. It took the same over-the-shoulder perspective as most AAA games. He An could see a Western police officer in uniform, who was of quite a high rank at that. He was in a shopping mall now, but it was empty. It was almost as if everyone had been evacuated. From afar, he saw several police officers waving at him anxiously. A few lines appeared on the wall to guide He An along. As a hostage expert, you must negotiate with the criminals who have taken hostages. He An couldnt spot a single criminal. He turned around and found that he could only walk towards the open window, next to where the police officers were standing. The police officers beckoned anxiously. Thus, He An quickly took control of the police officer and walked over. The police officers immediately tied a safety rope onto him, put on vacuum climbing gloves and shoes, and then cleared access to the window. The pregnant woman is in danger, and the hijacker is very emotional. If our sniper shoots him, he might take the pregnant woman off the building with him. Chief Henry, please! He An made Henry crawl out of the window and used the suction climbing gloves and shoes to move upwards on the glass walls of the tall building. As he climbed upwards, he received new mission instructions on the glass walls at regular intervals. The hostage expert has arrived at the scene. The hostage expert is ready. The hostage expert is getting ready to negotiate. The higher Henry climbed, the clearer the shouting on the roof above became. Dont come over, or I will jump down! Help, help Dont be nervous, please. Im here to negotiate. We can offer a few conditions The mad roars of the criminal, the wails and cries of the hostage, and the police officers voices amplified by loudspeakers as they tried to appease the criminal they all mixed together, causing one to feel inexplicably antsy. Shortly after He An was notified that the hostage expert was getting ready to negotiate, Henry arrived at the top floor. He quietly moved so that he was directly underneath the criminal. The criminal was holding a long table knife in his hand, which was pressed up against the pregnant ladys neck. They were both standing at the edge of the building. The criminal seemed to be aware of the snipers presence, but his right hand maintained a death-like grip on his knife as his left hand clutched the ladys neck. If he got shot, they would both fall off the building. When Henry arrived underneath the criminal, he left his right climbing glove on the wall and retrieved his gun without making a sound. Then, he aimed it at the back of the criminals head. Bang! There was a gunshot, and the criminals head exploded. The hostage screamed as both of them swayed in midair! The hostage expert has ended negotiations. Henry reached out with his muscular right arm and held onto the pregnant lady while the criminals corpse fell to the bottom of the building. Just as the corpse fell, Henry caught a glimpse of his face. The despair, panic, and madness that he had felt just before he died were still visible on his face. The mixture of all those emotions made him look ferocious. The scene progressed in slow-motion and paused, just like in the movies. Then, the corpse kept falling, falling, and falling A split-second before the corpse landed on the ground, everything stopped and the screen went black once more. My mother was so frightened that I came into the world two weeks in advance. Some of my friends say that I was born with a golden spoon in my mouth. Others say that I was born at their finish line. I never denied this because the suffering and striving of people like us cannot be turned into conversational topics with others. Few can understand the fight that people who were born at the finish line have to go through. Chapter 638 - Liar” A melody started playing. The background music was neither joyful nor melancholic. One could only say that it was smoothas smooth as the protagonists narration and flashing of scenes in the camera. My father was a philanthropist and the founder of a luxury brand. He used to be a high-spirited man, and he often starred in television and magazines because of his handsome appearance. That was until the hostage situation before I was born. After that, my parents became very low-profile. I was also very well-protected by them and rarely mentioned by the media. Our daily lives came under wraps. Not long after I was born, my mother quit her job to take care of me full-time. No matter how busy my father was, he always made time for me as well. My father once spotted a good kindergarten, but it was far away from my house. The journey there or back took 45 minutes. My father could have chosen to hire a chauffeur, but he still chose to send and fetch me twice a week. He endured that for three years, all the way until I made it to elementary school. After work, my father would tell me bedtime stories, help me with my homework, take part in family events with me at school, and organize family meals Thats why I dont really understand when my friends say that their parents dont have time to spend with them. Could anyone be busier than the CEO of a company? As the male protagonist narrated this, images began to flash across the screen. There was a scene of the protagonist being born in a luxurious delivery room. The space was huge. There were a long couch and other furniture, and it looked just like a hotel suite. The senior nurse, nutritionist, and nurses were walking back and forth. The table was filled with nutritious food, making it look like a feast. The protagonists father looked at his baby, smiling blissfully. There was also a scene of the protagonist as an infant. In a villa with a private beach and pier, several workers walked back and forth to take care of the protagonist, who was still a baby. His own mother smiled as she accompanied him. There was a scene at the kindergarten. The protagonists father drove his luxury car as the view of the prosperous city zoomed past their windows. In the high-end private kindergarten, the protagonist learned all sorts of things, including languages, mathematics, science, art, and so on. The teachers classes were novel and interesting. The kids could witness eggs being incubated and hatching into chicks and caterpillars turning into butterflies. There, professional teachers taught art to the students. Each month, one particular artist would come into focus, and the kids would learn more about his or her works. Furthermore, they would imitate the motions of painting to copy the works. Whether they turned out ugly or beautiful, their works would still be praised and hung up onto the walls. Even the toys that they played with during their rest time looked very expensive. While I was in kindergarten, my father taught me the concept of time. We started class at 7:30 AM. If I was ten minutes late, the school gate would close. I would be fined, and my results would be penalized. My father made sure that I was never late. He always told me that few things in the world could not be bought with money, and time was one of them. That was why I had to cherish every second. This concept of time was etched deep in my heart. My father doesnt allow me to have fast food or to wear a battery-operated watch. I only got a cell phone when I was fifteen, and my time on it was limited. I couldnt play on the computer for more than forty minutes, but on the weekends, this was increased to an hour. I tried asking my mother to plead with my father on my behalf, but to no avail. Still, he would always make time to read with me. After the string of starting scenes that explained the protagonists childhood, He An found that he could finally control the protagonist and start the game. This was the protagonist when he was still a child. He An still had an over-the-shoulder view of the game, and the first scene was of the protagonist playing and living in the huge villa with his parents. Soon, He An realized that this was a standard interactive game. All the human models inside were very detailed. All the main characters had expressions as they spoke, and their actions were obviously motion-captured. The exquisite drawing made everything look very realistic. At the same time, the UI in the game had either been hidden in the background or blended in the foreground. The games immersiveness was not disrupted by the instructions to gamers. Moreover, the transitions between the scenes were very well done. The techniques used were often only seen in movies. The only strange point was that all the characters looked very exaggerated. For example, the faces of the rich man and his parents looked ridiculous. All of them looked like celebrities. On the other hand, the maids, the butler, and the chauffeur looked stereotypical. That made He An feel out of place at first, but since all the characters were of the same style, he quickly got used to it. Few operations were available for interactive, movie-like games. One could mainly walk or select special options upon trigger events. In other words, this was a slightly better version of quick-timer events. For instance, while in the villa, players could play the young protagonist and experience a lot of content: In a room specially set aside for art, the protagonist could draw under the instruction of a private teacher. The protagonist could learn instruments like the piano or the violin. The protagonist could go to his private racecourse and ride horses. The protagonist could do archery or play with the dog in their private field. The protagonist could attend play dates at other rich peoples houses. At the dinners, he could play in bouncy castles with other kids of his age, make ice cream with his ice cream machine, ride on wooden horses, and play with train models He could take a private jet to Africas wildlife zoo with the other kids to celebrate a birthday. He also received high-end presents that piled up into a mountain In every scene, the gamer was allowed to control the protagonist and interact with various backgrounds. He could ride horses, play the piano, play with trains, and the like. Apart from those mini-games, there were other details in the scenes as well. For example, there were chatter between other characters, books and newspapers, wrapped gifts, and the like. Different transition methods were used to switch from one scene to another as well, and they were similar to those used in movies. For example, once the protagonist finished taking a certain group photo, that photograph would appear at the top of the protagonists bed, thus introducing a new scene. In the spaces between scenes where the gaps were extra big, there would also be narrations by the adult protagonist recalling his childhood. Once the scenes of his childhood were over, he entered his teenage years. The protagonist entered high school and then university, but it was not like the movies. There were no lax education or alcohol parties. Instead, his daily life was planned to the minute. Not only did he have to do well in the SATs, but he also could not relax for a single test in his four years of high school. He took part in Olympic competitions, debates, community service People would rush to do anything that could help them get into Ivy League schools and then compete in it. The protagonist heard news of a classmate committing suicide and learned of the phrase Stanford Duck Syndrome. Everyone acted relaxed and perfect on the surface, but underneath the surface, they were kicking for their lives, without regard for anything else in the world. When one saw calm ducks around them everywhere they looked, they were bound to think that they were the only imperfect ones. There were also the foursfour hours of sleep, four huge cups of coffee, and a Grade Point Average of 4.0. At different stages of the game, He An had a huge number of choices. As a child, the protagonists life was also strictly planned to the minute, but he was allowed to entertain himself with all sorts of activities during his rest time. He could choose between various hobbies, such as art or music, and choose different ways of spending his holidays as well. All those choices affected his experience as a teen. For example, if the protagonist learned horse-riding as a child, his father would send him to a private racecourse worth tens of millions of US dollars when he was older. There, he would take part in horse-riding competitions and win generous prizes. In turn, that would affect the games future developments. The game was based on the concept of wealth. Some choices would only be available if the protagonist had a certain amount of wealth. However, to the rich protagonist, the limitation was practically non-existent. No matter how much he spent, his funds would be topped up almost immediately. One by one, the scenes flashed across. While being immersed in the game, He An could not help but feel sorrowful about the resources wasted in the background and materials. Most scenes only appeared once and never again. Take the scene with the wildlife zoo in Africa for example. The protagonist went there to look at various endangered animals once while he was a youth. He acquired a lot of knowledge and received many gifts. However, after that, the scene did not appear again. A few huge scenes would be reused. Those included the protagonists villa and the racecourse. As the plot developed, He An would likely unlock more actions that he would be able to take in the villa and racecourse. Every now and then, he would experience new content in those places. Even then, it was probably quite expensive to achieve the cinematic effect. He An could distinctly tell that Boss Pei had made a trade-off to pursue this extravagant approach. The scenes were hardly reused, but they were all exquisitely done. Thus, the length of the entire game was compressed. Generally speaking, domestic AAA games would be completed in about eight to ten hours. Of course, games with more branches or open worlds would extend for longer than that. On the other hand, the rich version of Struggle was only three hours long, and the poor version was not far off. It was akin to a movie made up of many scattered and fragmented pieces. The protagonists life was being put together with all of those symbolic scenes. Of course, if one wanted to run through every single choice once, the game would double in length. One was allowed to toggle through the timeline in the game, return to a previous scene, and replay it. Most games of this genre contained such a function. After graduating from college, the protagonist could choose to date and marry different girls, start working at his fathers office, become an artist, musician, or horse-rider based on his own hobbies, start his own business, and so on. His father booked an island in Italy for his wedding and spent five million US dollars to fill two Boeing planes with guests. Five-star hotel rooms were booked for all guests, and fifty cars were rented to transport them around. A few tons of fresh flowers were also flown in from the Netherlands. Finally, the wedding took place on the rocks in the sea, with a team of world-renowned chefs and a wedding dress that cost six hundred thousand US dollars Players could control the protagonist at the wedding and make him chat with guests, who gave him their heartfelt blessings. That way, players were allowed to experience the entire wedding themselves. Of course, it was impossible to create the entire island in the game. Instead, players were just given a birds eye view of it, just like in the movies. The main focus had still been placed on the small plot of land where the wedding was taking place. Still, the meticulous details were jaw-dropping. After getting married and having children, the protagonists career went smoothly. No matter which company he applied to, he was immediately hired and rose up the ranks quickly. His parents eventually retired to enjoy their older years. The protagonist had met several poor friends at school and realized that their lifestyles were very different from him. His poor friends lacked ambition, loved to idle around, and didnt treasure their time. Therefore, after achieving success in his career, the protagonist tried to help others as much as he could. As I said, my father thinks that society is governed by the laws of the jungle. We are the high and mighty, but because of that, many people watched us and waited for us to fall and fail miserably. He said that poor people are lazy, selfish, and unreasonable and that I was not to believe I could ever become friends with them. He said to stay as far away from them as I can, lest I get myself into trouble. I still dont agree with that view. I know that my father only holds that view because of the hostage situation that happened before I was born. However, I think that the lunatic didnt represent all the poor people. I wont let myself discriminate against all the poor people just because I nearly died in the hands of one of them. I have a couple of poor friends. To me, they are no different from me. Perhaps they lack a bit of ambition and fighting spirit because of their poverty, but I wasnt born with those qualities either. So I gave speeches at universities and even wrote a book, Struggle and Get Rich, in hopes that my lifestyle and views on wealth would be a positive influence on them. I want to tell you all that money will not drop from the sky. You can only change your fates if you work hard. Our lives will only have the possibility of becoming better if we are not content with the current situation. Let me tell you: I have been working hard to learn something new every single day. I never slack off, and I never dare to waste my time. Let me tell you: I never wear luxury clothes, I wouldnt buy luxurious cars, and I wouldnt hold meaningless parties, even if it were to support my fathers luxury brand. Every second that I have would be spent meaningfully. Without a doubt, my world view has been ridiculed by many people online. A lot of people think that I have no right to talk about struggle because I was born into a rich family. They think that I dont understand what struggle means to the poor. Yet, many other people have thanked me. The discipline that I have nurtured for decades has moved them. They say that I was given a good environment to grow in because my father worked and struggled. They, too, hope to be able to work and struggle to give their children something. Im overjoyed. That shows that everything I do is meaningful. The final scene was of the protagonist signing books in a slums book store. People were lining up to meet him one by one. They handed their books over to him, got his signature, and then thanked him profusely. Many people wanted the protagonists signature. He An had to slide the mouse each time he signed a book, and he continued to do so mechanically. Everyones smile and thanks were different, which made him feel like this was a meaningful thing to do. A man in shabby clothes who looked homeless walked up to him empty-handed. The protagonist looked down, ready to sign a book, but soon realized that none had been handed over. He was slightly astonished. As he looked up, he realized that the tramps face was ferocious and depressed. It was almost as if he felt a deep-seated hatred for him. He An started. The face of this homeless man looked very different from that of the criminal who held the protagonists mother hostage at the beginning. However, the expression on his face felt very familiar. The homeless mans figure seemed to block the light. Numbly and without any emotion, he took a sharp knife out of his large pocket and began to viciously stab the protagonists chest! Screams resounded, and the scene became chaotic. However, those voices quickly floated away from the protagonist. The ceiling soon began to spin as the image went blurred. Bam! A bloody book fell off the table and landed squarely on the protagonists face. The words Struggle and Get Rich on the cover looked inexplicably ironic. Just before the image went black, the protagonist heard a soft but clear statement coming from the homeless man. Liar. Chapter 639 - I Have no Doubts about It The sudden last scene completely stunned He An. There was a list of producers names on the screen by the time he snapped out of it. It was just that what was broadcasting along with the producer list were not the exciting parts of the game but a news report. The President issued a eulogy on the death of Jeff Eleanor, current President of the Luxury Group. The full text of the eulogy is as follows: Michelle (Mrs. President) and I are both shocked and saddened to hear about the death of Mr. Jeff Eleanor. Jeff is diligent, self-disciplined, and noble. He is an entrepreneur, philanthropist, a best-selling author, and also our good friend. He is good at thinking out of the box, believing that he could work hard to change the world and help others. His charitable foundation had helped tens of thousands of homeless people. His book, Struggle and Get Rich, inspired countless young people to fight for their dreams. The world had lost a visionary. He would be missed forever. Michelle and I want to send out thoughts and prayers to Jeffs wife, family, and those who love him. It was reported that Mr. Jeff Eleanor was brutally killed by a criminal when he signed for a bookstore in the Bronx District. Tens of thousands of people were excited and demanded that the law punish criminals. At present, the real motive of the murderer was not clear. The police had not discovered any feud between him and Mr. Jeff. The murderer seemed to have a mental disorder and refused to answer any questions from the police. He just kept repeating the word liar. This channel will continue to track this case On the final news screen, the protagonists parents, his wife, and his children were crying at his funeral. That was the end of the rich version of the game. He An was a little confused. Thats it? Finished? What did this ending mean? My career just took off and then everyone disappeared? Who was the murderer? Why did he want to kill me? Did I choose some wrong option that ended up with this tragic ending? That didnt seem a little right. It really felt wrong somewhere. He An thought about it carefully. The flow of the entire game seemed to be okay. The transition between the various scenes was very natural; the details were also very good. There was a sense of substitution. Only the ending was too abrupt, there was no foreshadowing about what was going to happen! He An thought about it and felt that perhaps he had missed out on certain links or steps. He might be able to hit another ending if he played a second time or if he were to play the poor version. There were at least a dozen routes to choose from after all. There might be some other options that could change his fate. However, He An did not plan to try a second time now since this ending had caused him serious psychological trauma. The game was made very well as a whole, be it the story, plot, lines, screen details. There was nothing to fault it with. The only thing was that this ending made the person playing confused. Such a feeling was as though he was at a banquet; good dishes were brought up one by one. However, the table was hacked after the first bite. Could there be some hidden content relating to the rich version in the poor version? He An could not help but think that way. The poor versions introduction might be enough to dissuade him, but He An harbored some hope. What if there was really some special content? He thought about it for a moment before opening the poor version and starting the game. The poor version began with an inner monologue, similar to the rich version. Im very grateful to my father. If it wasnt for him, I might have gone to study at Borgia Elementary School which is the worst public elementary school in the country. Half of their graduates would be promoted to Sinkhole Middle Schools. There would be more than 40% who would not be able to graduate from there. It was therefore known as the Dropout Factory. There are about 2,000 of such Dropout Factories around the country. They will continuously send idle young people into society. In our state alone, 68% of the offenders are high school dropouts. The state governments financial spending on a prisoner every four years is enough for a child to finish K12 from kindergarten, there would still be 20,000 grand extra for university. There are about 70,000 homeless people in the largest city in our country. There are countless beggars, disabled and mentally ill people, alcoholics criminal convicts on the streets and in subway stations. 36% of them are underage, the rest of the 64% are generally single mothers or single males. In this country, you need a certain amount of money before you can start building your life in an affordable way. If you get to the point where you require relief, then you would not be able to get a job if you get relief. You cant rent a house if you dont have a job. You cant do anything without a house. Once you become homeless, it means social death. You might be healthy, but you will not be able to return to your previous life. You can only wander about, homeless, on the streets for a lifetime. I am very sensitive towards numbers. I dont know if this is a gift or a survival instinct. Perhaps the life of a poor person is a series of numbers. Many poor people would blame their parents. But no matter what, I am very thankful to my father. He did not turn me into one of them. My father always told me that I have to learn from the outstanding people, to change the poor peoples mindset, to work hard and struggle not letting the flow devour me. Struggle and you will transform your life. I have no doubts about it. Unlike the beginning of the rich person, the poor version did not begin from a specific event, but a scene with lots of fragmented glass, abstractly depicting those scenes in the protagonists narration. It immediately turned to the protagonists childhood memories. After I was born, my mother had to quit her job and became a full-time housewife because she was the only one who could look after me. That did not change even after I went to kindergarten because leaving the child alone at home after school ended at one in the afternoon would violate the child protection law. Therefore, if my mothers after-tax salary cannot cover classes or babysitters, then it would be better not to work since it would save more money. My father had to work more than 10 hours a day so I rarely saw him. However, his contribution was meaningful. He took me away from Borgia Elementary School to a better school district. We lived in low-rent housing, which was quite lucky because you could only live in such a place if your income was in the range of 20~25% percentile. You have to be poorer than 75% of the people yet richer than the lowest 20%. It was very strict. Hobbies? No, thats something I cannot afford. Scenes flashed across the screen with the protagonists narration. The mother of the protagonist was taking care of the baby alone while the whole low-rent housing was in a mess. The protagonists public school was very different from the rich versions private school, but what was even more surprising was the after-school entertainment. In the rich version, the players entertainment was in horse-riding, archery, music, and art while in the poor version, the players entertainment was running in and jumping in his own backyard, riding a bicycle, or playing football. These mini-games were done very well, but they were dull compared with the rich version. He An wanted the protagonist to learn through his habit instead of running wildly in the yard every day. However, he soon found that he was out of funds. Getting the teacher to teach him the cello at home cost 75 US dollars an hour. Parents bring their children to swimming lessons for 20 US dollars per 30 minutes. If it was a professional course, it would be 200 dollars per hour. A 30-minute gymnastics class, with five to ten children per class, would have the teacher leading the warm-up for two minutes and then the rest of the time would be the parents and children playing with props and equipment. That caused 20 dollars per class. These courses were of inferior quality with not so cheap pricing, which had to be booked more than two months in advance. The most obvious difference between the rich and poor version to He An was the dullness. He had only a few options to choose from because he had no money. No matter whether it was running around in the yard or riding a bicycle, he could feel very obviously that he was wasting time. At the same time, the poor version was also very typicalwith serious obesity problems, which was completely in line with the stereotype. After his childhood came his youth. The protagonist entered high school by studying hard and went to college with loans. In high schools, there were more activities. He could participate in choirs and orchestras; he could also participate in debates. The rich and the poor protagonists were working almost as hard, but there was a big gap in the resources they could obtain. His type of work would be determined by whether he managed to enter university or not. If he did not possess any professional skills, he could only work as a waiter in the restaurant, a cleaner, a caregiver for the elderly, or a tally in the supermarket. He would still go bankrupt even if he worked two jobs seven days a week. His colleague accidentally sprained her leg while cleaning. She dared not call an ambulance or even return home to rest. She could only continue kneeling on one foot and continue cleaning. That was because she could not even afford to lose a day of salary. The team leader told her to calm down and work hard to get over it. If they wanted to get a job in the low-end service industry, they could only find such a job in big cities. However, the rent in these cities had been pushed up to an almost unaffordable level by the rich. One could only live in a pay-by-day capsule if they could not afford a monthly rental. Most of the time, they would become poorer as they stayed in it. They run a higher risk of bankruptcy or even sleep in the streets once they became sick or the rent were to increase. If you were to find a job through your own hard work and earn about 4,000 US dollars a month, then the situation would be a little better. However, various expenses would still be overwhelming. Fixed expenses would account for 80% of your incomewhich included 25% for tax and insurance; rental would take up 29%; childrens education 26%; car 5%; water and electricity 5%; and clothing, food, and transportation 10% not including medical care. Basically, it was very difficult to save even 400 US dollars a month. Any accident meant bankruptcy and homelessness. If one could make all the right choices, one would be able to obtain a relatively high-paying job. Their life would be relatively richer, but all sorts of expenses would grow linearly. Some expenses that they did not have to spend became necessities for expenditure. That was what made He An feel outrageous. He could have saved a lot of money, but the expenses were forcibly deducted by the game. Purchasing luxury suits and bags to look the part. Spending 2,000 US dollars during his childrens birthday for a three-day trip to sea paradise. Social expenses, including the community where they lived, childrens extracurricular studies were also huge expenses. To save money, he became used to paying by credit card installments. The number of credit card installments each month was very high; he had totally no idea where the money was spent. These choices seemed inevitable. The luxury suits and bags for example. The protagonist did not want to buy them, but all his colleagues were using them. If he did not follow suit, he would become an outcast. Therefore, the protagonist bit the bullet and purchased them anyway. He An seemed to have finally understood what the protagonist meant in his very first words now. The life of the poor was like a series of numbers, and these numbers represented all kinds of expenses. In the end, however, this number would still collapse. As the protagonists consumption level became higher, sudden unemployment destroyed everything. The entire chain collapsed in no time: loss of income, unable to pay back his credit card bills, the bank came to take away his house, the interest snowballing on the card debt Therefore, the protagonists living environment became like his father. The protagonists voices sounded again in these scenes. My father always told me that I have to learn from the outstanding people, to change the poor people mindset, and to work hard and struggle not letting the flow devour me. Struggle and you will transform your life. I tried, but everything seemed to have returned to its original state. Nothing had changed. Was my struggle meaningless? I think not. At least I have not become one of those homeless people. I often thought: If I did not lose my job If I had more savings If I could have spent less If I had made more right choices, could I have changed my own fate? The last scene was the protagonist returning home after a long day at work, coming to the door of his childs room. He looked at his child under the moonlight, fast asleep in the dark. He covered him with the blanket. At that moment, his child woke up, rubbing his eyes with his small, soft hands, asking. Daddy, why are you back so late every night? Why dont you have any time to accompany me? He paused for a while before patting the childs forehead. Because Mom is not working, Dad has to work hard to earn money. Then, when will Dad be able to accompany me? the child asked again. When Dad earned enough money, he replied. The childs eyes shone. Dad, will you be able to accompany me every day when I grow up and earn enough money? Then, Daddy, how can I earn enough money? The protagonist paused for a long while before replying. Money will not drop from the sky. Our lives will only have the possibility of becoming better if we are not content with the current situation. Learn from the outstanding people, change your poor-person thinking, struggle with all your might and dont let the flow devour you Struggle, only then can you transform your life. The childs big eyes shone under the moonlight and nodded. The game ended, and the credits started rolling. The ending image this time was of a young man burying his head deep in study. At the same time, there was a voice-over by a person whose voice was different from the protagonist. My father always told me that I have to learn from the outstanding people, to change the poor people mindset, and to work hard and struggle not letting the flow devour me. Struggle and you will transform your life. I have no doubts about it. Chapter 640 - None of He An’s Four Theories were Correct He An, who spent more than five hours clearing Struggle in one sitting, fell into confusion. Was something wrong with this game? That was just too gloomy and sad, right? Or was my luck that bad for me to obtain the trashiest ending after choosing every option seriously? He An reflected on himself subconsciously. Yes, it could be something I did wrongly. Interactive movie games like this had many side options after all. Struggle was the same. He An looked at the plot lines in the game. It was as dense as a big net with many branches. Generally speaking, every version should have at least three to four endings to be worthy of the size of this game. Moreover, there should be hidden endings and Easter eggs if he bought the poor and rich versions together. Therefore, He An decided to play all the routes after his meal. He should be able to obtain a good ending then. Such a feeling was like a table of dishes that had both delicious and disgusting tastes. If someone ate something disgusting, they would take a bite of something delicious to press it down. Otherwise, the disgusting taste would linger. I cannot say that Boss Peis skills are quite deep. No matter whether the direction was right or not, the foundation is still there. I originally thought that the realism theme would be boring to play, but it did not feel that way. Even though they were both bad ends, but the content was still rather moving. I will be able to analyze the personal opinions that Boss Pei had in this game after I finish all the endings. He An found a rare excitement and anticipation that he usually did not experience with domestically-produced standalone games. He could not wait to finish his food and continue to play the other endings of the game after the meal. September 4th, Sunday, noon He An sat in front of his computer, lit up a smoke, and thought about life silently. He had been trying all sorts of routes tirelessly from last night. He gave the protagonist of the rich version different hobbies when he was young, chose different girls to marry when he was an adult, and chose different careers when he grew up. He gave the protagonist different courses when he was young and tried to plan carefully, save money, and find better jobs when he grew up Yet, no matter how hard he worked, how many routes and sub-routes he cleared; the two endings did not change one bit! No matter what the rich man did, he would be killed at the signing ceremony. No matter what the poor man did, he would always enter into the vicious cycle of poverty. Of course, there were still some subtle differences between the two versions. The progress of the game would not be affected, regardless of whether the rich man made the right choice or not. That was because funds would be replenished quickly every time he failed; choosing a different profession was just a change from one kind of success to another. As for the poor man, choosing the right choice had its influence. If he kept choosing the wrong choice, then the ending would come in an hour. If he chose the right choices, then he could persist for up to three hours after he tasted the sweetness of middle-class life. As for the so-called hidden ending? It was nowhere in sight! That was fine. What was more, there was absolutely no connection between the rich and the poor versions. He An originally thought that the one who killed the rich protagonist was probably the poor protagonist whose dreams had shattered or perhaps even his son. However, he tried for a long time without being able to find any connection between the two. There was absolutely no connection between the rich protagonist, the poor protagonist, and his son. That meant that it made no difference to the rich version whether you bought the poor version or not. That was very ridiculous! That seemed to be screaming You best not buy both; if you really want to buy it, then buy the rich version. It was not very reasonable! He could not help but apply his theory for game design to this game. He spoke about four main points to Boss Ma: Choose marketing methods according to the game content Choose a game type with a high market share Have your personal opinion in the game Analyze and fulfill the market demand This game, Struggle, really did not fulfill a single one of them! Every one of them was wrong! He An felt that this game would not be perfect if there was one condition missing; if two were missing, then the sales would be worrying. Three would mean absolute violent death. However, a game with all four conditions not met? Unheard of! He should choose the game type and appropriate marketing methods right at the very least? They were the easiest of all. Wasnt it a bit too ridiculous for them to be all wrong? As for the last two points, the methods of Struggle seemed to be rather problematic as well. He An mentioned before that a game with personal opinions had to take into account the affordability of the audience and their acceptance. What was the personal opinion that Struggle had then? Stirring hatred? Or that it was useless to struggle? Indeed, this game was realistic enough for a realism theme, including the details of the lives of the poor and rich which were basically consistent with some data in the United States. However, these endings were simply too disgusting, right? More importantly, advocating the uselessness of struggling was wrong in any context. Cutting bloody reality apart did not seem to have much guidance significance and would only cause discomfort. As the saying went, kneel in the face of reality meant exactly this. Real life was miserable enough. I knew as well how bad it was; did you have to hold a loudspeaker and blow it in front of me? Wasnt that simply disgusting? Therefore, the first feeling He An had was that it was not appropriate because there was no guiding significance and would not be well accepted by the people. Moreover, it was easy to cause disgust. As for analyzing and satisfying market demand, it was even more irrelevant now. Obviously, in the current mainstream market, games were still regarded as entertainment and leisure. If it was so serious and heavy, then it would obviously not meet the needs of most players! As for the higher level of creative demand He An previously felt that Boss Pei was a master of demand creation. However, to create demand for Struggle would be extremely difficult! Moreover, there were four questions in this exam paper. You got the first three wrong; could you still answer the last question correctly? If you could answer it correctly, then I would Frame this paper up on the spot! He An originally wanted to set a flag, but he decided against it after thinking about it. He could not underestimate Boss Pei. Could Boss Pei not think of the problems that he thought of? He could definitely think of them. Moreover, He An subconsciously felt that this game was not really that offensive to him. There were still some special emotions to it if he were to dig deeper into his feelings for this game. He An thought about it for a while and decided to temporarily forget the experiences and theory he had accumulated over the past few decades to reexamine this game from the perspective of an ordinary person to gain a deeper perspective. What if his theory was out of date? At the same time, Pei Qian was at home, using his laptop to check the first batch of evaluations of Struggle. The game flow of Struggle was not long. If one bought the game yesterday and played it through the night, they would have finished it. Pei Qian was very certain that the feedback and reaction to Struggle would directly determine whether Struggle could succeed in losing money in the long term or not! The best result, of course, would be for the players to criticize the game so badly that they would call for a refund and make more players refuse to buy or even to pay attention. Of course, Pei Qian felt that such thinking was too optimistic. The closest result would be that a minority of players raved Struggle highly and many people wouldnt buy it. Such an outcome would be very acceptable for Pei Qian, which was almost the most likely result. Pei Qian started to check the comments of the players. False publicity! I thought that it was a large-scale action game, but I only realized that I was cheated after I came in! However, the publicity slogan is completely correct; I can only say that this person is a marketing genius. That is deliberately misleading at best, even though it really pissed me off. Since when did Tengda start playing on such cleverness? Are they afraid that they would not get any buyers if they were to promote it for what it really is? But I feel that it is okay to advertise that this is an interactive movie game, we will still buy it to play! No one can stop me from giving a one-star bad review this time! I bought this game as soon as it was released, and I kept thinking about the perfect ending when I pulled an all-nighter until this morning. What was the result? I was repeatedly disgusted several times. I watched both endings three or four times! I feel that my soul has been severely traumatized! The poor version made me blue so I played the rich version. It was pretty good at first, but I never expected the twist at the end! It is not bad for you, alright? I played the rich version first, and the ending left a bad aftertaste. I thought that the poor version would be different, but it was pathetic from start to end. Im not myself anymore! It is the same no matter which sequence you play it in. You will feel sick, wont you? Is this a game? This theme should be shot into a documentary or an art film, shouldnt it? Game is obviously much freer in expression than documentaries or art films. Think about the characters in it and then think about the two versions which are priced separately. There are so many interactive experiences that movies cannot provide. Anyway, no matter what you say, Im going to praise this game to the end! The two endings especially, the liar in the rich version and the monologue in the poor version that echoed at the start and end, are awesome! Ok, those two paragraphs really felt okay, but dont you feel that it is lame looking at the game as a whole? It seemed like a game made to reproduce reality. Where is the fun? And the personal opinion was too serious. It is advocating fatalism, class theory, or that struggles are useless? Indeed, I think that this game might be better in the west. They like to moan and groan without any illness. Most domestic players still recognize that God rewards hard work and self-improvement. The theme of this game is contradictory to that and will cause instinctive discomfort. I think we should call out to Teacher Qiao at this time! Indeed, there might be some things that we didnt notice? Teacher Qiao might be more detailed and would be more comprehensive. Pei Qian felt that the current situation was still rather optimistic, browsing through a large number of player comments. However, it was still worse than his own estimates. A large number of players were stimulated by the cruel reality reflected in the game, which was in line with Pei Qians expectations. However, the problem was that Tengdas long-standing reputation managed to prevent the collapse of public opinion! Any other producers would probably have collapsed. However, there were now too many die-hard fans of Tengda Games. Everyone compensated doubts with their own fantasy. Such people would have a natural halo when playing Tengda Games. Ordinary advantages became special advantages in their eyes. Moreover, these hardcore fans were the first to play this game. That was why they were keener to participate in the discussions. Their voices were relatively loud, which made both sides get in an equal state of competition. Other than that, another important reason was that the quality of this game itself was really good. The Tengda Games Team had a wealth of development experience after all. They could produce something very brilliant even if it was a realism theme like this. The two endings especially were still quite a bluff. Pei Qian considered it for a while; that might also be the reason for this theme. Chapter 641 - Nowhere To Go For Teacher Qiao It was a realist theme where the materials could be taken from anywhere in reality. How the rich and the poor lived in the United States could be obtained by simply checking the information on the internet. That was why the details seemed to be particularly rich in the game. In short, there were two voices on the internet currently. There were obviously a lot of players who were stung and felt disgusted by the game. However, there were also a lot of die-hard Tengda fans who were trying to make up for the game through their imaginations. They might not have the volume, but they had a loud voice. Neither side could persuade the other. Pei Qian was very clear that this was the turning point; he must not let his guard down! Many games reached this step previously, but the controversies increased the heat of the topic as soon as Teacher Qiaos video interruption was released. Therefore, Pei Qian definitely must not allow something like that to happen! I dont care if you could see life philosophy from Struggle since it was just a mirror. It was done completely in accordance with real life. Players could always relate. Analyze all you want; just do not discuss nor buy it! Pei Qian had already used Thriller Hostel as an opportunity to think of a way to seal Teacher Qiao. Pei Qian said at that time that if he wanted to find something really lacking in the Thriller Hostel video, then he had to give up on the Products of the Gods series and not use it to interpret Struggle. Qiao Liang seemed to have accepted it from his attitude. Of course, as a conservative person, Pei Qian would not relax his vigilance for any possibilities. What if Teacher Qiao saw the online controversies and could not bear it as he was filled with indignation? Would he resolutely give up looking for what he was lacking, break through the seal, and publish other issues of the Products of the Gods to explain Struggle? Wouldnt that be a betrayal on his part? Pei Qian would not permit something like that to happen. Therefore, he had long thought of the countermeasure. He would do things preemptively. He would walk Teacher Qiaos road so that Teacher Qiao had nowhere to go! At the same time, Qiao Liang opened up Struggle in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. He might be busy exposing the formaldehyde houses from Home Corporation with Fei Huang Workspace, but he had to play the new game by Boss Pei without any delay. Qiao Liang had waited for more than half a year for this game. He had not updated Products of the Gods for about half a year as well. It wasnt that he did not want to make videos for the games of other companies, but there were so many good games in the world. There were many international standalone games even if the domestic ones could not make it. There were always enough materials. However, Qiao Liang just felt that the AAA masterpieces of other games companies were good, but they always felt boring! As to how this felt? He really could not say. The international companies worthy of going into Products of the Gods had two types: The first type attracted much attention before the release and was raved at the time of release. It became a classic and was still enduring after its sales. The second type attracted much attention before the release and was raved at the time of release but gradually faded out after the release. The worst game was those that were raving before the release but was disappointed after the release. Such games had no place in Products of the Gods. In short, the successful AAA masterpieces from abroad attracted much attention and succeeded logically. What did they lack? Qiao Liang felt that he lacked a sense of twist and anticipation. Everyone knew that it was a good game at the beginning of its promotion. Most people would be able to analyze the goodness of it. There was no point making an interpretational video about it. It was nothing new and not special enough. On the other hand, Boss Peis games were controversial when they were first released. However, after digging out their deep meaning and interpreting them, public opinion could be reversed instantly. All shortcomings suddenly became advantages. Such twist and anticipation were the elements that Qiao Liang was concerned about! He had also tried to play successful games abroad, but he really felt that it was not exciting enough. This kind of excitement belonged to Boss Pei alone. Therefore, Qiao Liangwho regarded Products of the Gods as a precious branddid not want to use some videos that looked okay to make up the numbers. That had nothing to do with the quality of the game but a lot to do with the way the video was interpreted. A good game did not mean it would make a good video. Therefore, it had been delayed However, seeing Struggle and the fierce debate on the internet, Qiao Liang suddenly burst into creative enthusiasm again! Interpreting the series of videos with the Products of the Gods turning all shortcomings into advantages. That was my mission! If the core players of Tengda Games had vivid imaginations with their own halos for Tengda Games, then Qiao Liang obviously had the strongest ability of all. He had a lot to say after playing Struggle. However, he fell into hesitation again; his hesitation came mainly from three aspects. First of all, the analysis for the game Struggle was too complicated and not as clear as Repent and be Saved. Qiao Liang thought about it casually and came up with at least ten points that could be analyzed, such as wealth, the poverty gap, chicken soup for those who were struggling, the importance of education, exploitation and hatred between classes, why the rich did not consume minced meat However, these questions seemed too loose. The game Struggle gave Qiao Liang the feeling that it was a mirror, showing the cruelty of reality. However, it did not have a clear expression. He could not find the theme and focus. Of course, just a mirror would not pose much of a problem. It was also meaningful to sharply expose reality as a reality game. However, what would this video do for Qiao Liang? Explain all the main points? It would not be much of an analysis of a game but that of reality then. It lacked a good theme and entry point. The difficulty in making this video became rather big. Secondly, Boss Pei said that if he were to find the missing part of the Thriller Hostel video, he had to give up on the Products of the Gods and on the explanation of Struggle. If he did not listen, then he would probably lose the opportunity for the Thriller Hostel forever. Finally, he was currently working with Fei Huang Workspace to make a video on exposing the Home Corporations formaldehyde rental houses. He could spare the time to trial playing the game, but making two videos at the same time was tantamount to using one mind on two matters. He would be able to devote 100% of his energy to neither side. Therefore, Qiao Liang fell into disarray. He would have accumulated a lot of materials quickly before Boss Peis game was released, and the first video would be out in no time. However, this time, he felt very aggrieved. He felt that his preparations were not well enough this time. Qiao Liang intended to scan the comments on the internet so that he might be able to get some material and inspiration. No matter whether it was criticism or appreciation of Struggle, he would be able to better understand the meaning of the game. Everyones experience was different so the content they saw in Struggle would also be different. However, after looking through some mixed reviews from players, Qiao Liang suddenly discovered something that made him shocked. The official Weibo of Tengda Games actually posted a long post about Struggle! Struggle is a realistic game. It is like a mirror, reflecting the reality of life. The game itself has no clear theme. The designers goal is to let every player see different contents in the game. We welcome everyones interpretation of the meaning contained within the game, such as the meaning of education, the class system, nature of exploitation and poverty The official site will continue to pay attention and would select excellent answers who would be rewarded with full waivers for all three games: Game Designer, Repent and be Saved, and Struggle! Many players had begun to actively participate not long after this Weibo was posted! There might still be great controversies about Struggle on the internet. Many die-hard fans had been trying hard to think about the connotation of the game. Their enthusiasm for participation was even more active now! There were even more comments from players that had been officially selected. I was impressed by the fact that the poor and the rich in the game have actually become two completely separated groups. The two groups do not understand each other. Just like the protagonist of the rich version feels How can there be no time to accompany my children? Can anyone be busier than a President?? However, the story of the poor version tells us that many poor people are indeed busier than a President because the President can control his own time, but the poor cannot. When he is young, he will fall into the abyss if he even relaxed slightly. Moreover, the tragedy of the protagonist of the rich is precisely because he never understood what kind of life the real poor are living in This long review was selected by the official Weibo. It was reposed, but the poster received a surprise gift package with three free games. Qiao Liang was dizzy. He almost exploded in anger. What did that mean?! Are you trying to snatch my rice bowl? The way you do it was a waste of material! How wasted! Many connotations could only be resonated when they were expressed in a certain way. Qiao Liang was very proficient in this when he made the video. He first set up suspense, laid the groundwork, shed some light and discussed it, and finally revealed the truth. However, the official current event was like the extraction of the outline of a wonderful novel, spreading it out in front of readers! Many things had to be long enough to make them look good so what was the point of just throwing a summary of the story? However, the official method now was to encourage all players to search for these points in the game and then threw them all out dry! Players had seen these contents. If Qiao Liang used these materials to make videos, it would become completely different. The players had been spoiled. Many people already knew what you were saying once you wrote it; how could they play like that? What was even more exaggerated was that the official Weibo directly said Struggle is a mirror without a clear theme. Wouldnt that be equivalent to admitting that Struggle had no theme? If Qiao Liang found a suitable theme and explained it in the video, wouldnt that create conflict with the official definition and prove that he was over-interpreting it? The multiple blows from Boss Pei left Qiao Liang in a state of confusion. The many ways of interpreting Struggle were all blocked by Boss Pei through mobilizing the masses! Chapter 642 - Struggle is a Textbook for Game Designers At the same time, He An also saw this post from Tengdas Official Weibo account. Strange, what does this Weibo post mean? The official sources say that there is no theme and that it is only a mirror? Ha, how was it possible?! Such rhetoric is enough to deceive ordinary players or UP Masters but not professionals like me. This Weibo post should have caused great trouble for many UP Masters who want to interpret Struggle, right? There was no helping it. The interpretation of this game had completely exceeded their scope of knowledge. It required very professional game design knowledge to explain it clearly! And this Weibo post seems to be making certain restrictions and distinctions. All interpretations of Struggle could now be divided into two parts. One is to interpret the realistic issues reflected in Struggle; the other is to interpret the true meaning from the producer of Struggle. And this Weibo post is for all players to participate in the interpretation of the first part. Only professionals like me can see the second part! He An did not try to understand this Weibo literally. The reason was simple. He recognized a simple truth: any creator would have personal opinions in their work. Any artistic work, be it a game or movie, can become a mirror. However, the creator would always have his own ideas projected into it. In other words, any material after being processed and created in a certain art form would have a personal touch from the creator. It was just a matter of more or less. Humans were subjective. No one could remain absolutely objective. It was impossible for the works of this author to not have his personal opinions because that would mean the author had no thinking and his works had no soul. Struggle was not a work without any soul! On the surface, this emphasis from the Weibo post was obviously contradictory to the actual contents of the game Struggle. Something must have gone wrong! There must be something else hidden since it was not in line with common sense. Ordinary game lovers and UP Masters would not be able to analyze this hidden situation. Only He An, who had been in the gaming field for many years and had reached the pinnacle of game creation, would analyze it! As the saying went, the connoisseur recognizes the artistry while the layman simply enjoys the show. In He Ans view, everyones previous interpretation of Boss Peis game was only at the level of enjoying the show because the puzzles that Boss Pei set up before were actually in the game itself. However, this time, the puzzle set up by Boss Pei was in the deep structure of the game, in the integration of the game and reality, and even in the basic theory of the game. If ordinary game enthusiasts did not understand the basic theory of game production, how was he to analyze it? That was why he felt at a loss. Before, He An felt that this game gave him a special feeling. It was clear that none of the four basic theories had been met, and yet he still did not feel like it was a failed game. Why was that? He An suddenly recognized a problem after carefully studying the content of this game and compared it with four basic theories. Boss Pei actually strived to violate all four basic theories and rose from the dead! He used a type of great wisdom to give a complete twist! It seemed to violate all four basic theories, but in fact, it had reached a higher level of all four theories. It directly transcended from viewing a mountain as a mountain to viewing it not as a mountain but when one reached it, it was still a mountain. After analyzing, He An felt that these contents were really suitable to teach Boss Ma. That was because the four basic theories were a summary of the experiences of general game makers. However, Boss Pei was the first who broke all four stereotypes in one go! He An felt that such wonderful content would be too wasted if it was only used to give lectures to Boss Ma. It was worthy of becoming teaching material for all game makers so that all game makers in China could make progress together! Thinking about it, Boss Pei should also have such deep meaning in making this game. Therefore, He An decided to explain the content of this course in detail and put it on the internet to teach all game producers a lesson! Of course, that might not be good for Boss Ma since Boss Ma paid tuition fees. However, that was alright. At the very most, he would refund Boss Ma! Refund the money for one class and let Boss Ma learn some knowledge at the same time that was totally okay with him. He Ans lecture was not just for that small tuition fee anyway. He An began to prepare his analysis on Struggle. To be more precise, it was a subversive game design theory expressed by Boss Pei through the game Struggle. Moreover, this game design theory could be said to be a spiral transcendence of all game theory designed that He An had spoken about previously. It seemed to have overthrown all the previous basic theories at a higher level, and yet they still coincided with these basic theories. The title of the article was: Struggle overturns and surpasses all traditional game design theories! At the beginning of the article, He An did not introduce himself because he had his own Weibo account and a large number of players and fans. In the domestic game circle, there were almost no producers who did not know him. Therefore, he did not need to introduce himself. He only needed to write his content, and there would naturally be countless people to read it and spread it. I have had unexpected gains playing Struggle recently, which I would like to share with everyone. Struggle has completely subverted the traditional game design theory and pushed the theory to a whole new level. Strictly speaking, it is not exactly a game for players. It is more like a textbook, a textbook for all game makers. Only game producers, who understood the basic theory of game design, can understand this textbook. Therefore, it is normal for ordinary players to be incapable of seeing through or understanding it because ordinary players lack sufficient theoretical reserves. Next, I will analyze why this game from the perspective of a game maker to why this game could be regarded as teaching material for all game makers. First, lets start with this official Weibo post. Officially, Struggle is a mirror without any clear thoughts. Many people think that Struggle really does not contain any personal opinions, and any analysis of its inner thoughts is an over-interpretation. That is obviously wrong! All literary and artistic works in this world are created by people, and they will always project their ideasno matter whether it was little or a lot. Otherwise, these works could not have been formed. It is just like when you want to write a novel. You are writing as the protagonist to make certain choices. What is your basis? Simple emotional instinct? Readers demands? Or overall intention? Undoubtedly, you cannot create a work aimlessly. You will always subconsciously project your own thoughts onto it when you write a plot down. Therefore, the official sources might say that Struggle is a mirror, reflecting the state of life. Everyone can see different contents from it, and the official sources did not want to force you to accept a certain value. However, since it is a literary and artistic work, Struggle must contain some subconscious of the creator. The only question is what is it? Moreover, this is the key to the game of Struggle, overturning traditional game design theory. This game overturned at least four basic theories of game design. Its publicity method is misaligned with the game content. They chose an unfamiliar, unpopular, and thankless game type. Its game content was beyond the ability of most players, making people feel uncomfortable instinctively. Its existence did not meet the needs of most players; neither did it serve the purpose of entertainment and relaxation. These contents involved some basic theories. Producers are welcome to explain them in detail. I wont repeat them here. If a general game violated these four basic principles, then there would be a piece of trash which no one would like. However, many people, including me, would not think that Struggle is a failed game. Considering that these are all very basic theories, it is impossible for Boss Peias a successful game designernot to know. Therefore, I have reason to think that Boss Pei did this deliberately. He uses this dazzling method to subvert all basic theories and then realize that the integration and unity of all theories at a higher level! That is why I say that Struggle can be regarded as a textbook for all game designers because all game designers can learn from it. So how does Boss Pei realize the integration and unification of all theories at a higher level? This technique has already been used in Repent and be Saved. It is called a game that broke the fourth wall! It was just that, in Repent and be Saved, this technique was very obvious. The players with strong perception can experience it after careful considerations. This time, this technique is completely integrated into the game, into the underlying concept of game design, so only those who understand the basic design theory of games can understand it. This method of breaking the fourth wall is very progressive. First of all, the games publicity method is to break the fourth wall. Do you remember that the publicity of Struggle is obviously misleading? Actually, it is Boss Pei hinting at the truth through this propaganda case: sometimes, deceiving people does not necessarily need lies. Only telling a part of the truth can also deceive people with even better results! When Boss Pei was promoting Struggle, he told part truths. On the surface, every one of them seemed to be true, but when combined, they completely change. In the game, the protagonist of the rich version emphasized struggles but actually only told past truths. He himself did not clearly recognize this. His success is indeed related to his struggle. However, if he did not have his fathers education and abundant resources, could he have achieved such success? Obviously not. Therefore, players think that Boss Pei is a scammer; the poor person in the game who killed the rich also thinks that the rich man is a liar. If you understand this, then it is not difficult to understand why the poor man would mention liar at the end. On the surface, it seemed that the rich man spoke about struggles and all he said were true because they were all his personal experience. However, it was only partially true so the misleading power it had on people was so terrifying. That was why the poor man who killed him was so angry. Secondly, the expression of the game also broke through the dimensional wall. The game is entirely based on the social reality of the United States. The details of the lives of rich and poor were shown exactly as they are in reality. The process of playing the game will naturally have a very close connection with reality. We would think that the protagonist of either the rich or the poor is like a living person who exists in reality. It is completely reasonable for such a story to happen. The large amount of details added to the game allows everyone to see the shadow of reality from the game and see what has happened to them so the content of the game is highly integrated with reality. A thousand Hamlets had been shaped in the hearts of a thousand readers. Finally, the content that the game market really wanted to express is also hidden in the game. If you can find it, you will understand. That also breaks the dimension wall! How many people have noticed that luxurious logo that appeared throughout? How many people have noticed the opportunity for the poor to change their destiny actually exists in reality, but in the game, they are completely derived from it? Chapter 643 - The Highest Peak of the Art of Domestically-Produced Standalone Game So, what does the game maker really want to express? It is actually very easy to distinguish. The reality problem reflected in the game, which is the content in the official Weibo post, is that it has the role of the mirror. It reproduced the elements of reality so that everyone could see reality with it. However, if it were to fully mirror reality, then obviously, documentaries would be a better choice of medium to show the contents to everyone more objectively. Yet, Struggle is a game. The reason why such a format is chosen is because the producer could combine the content that he wanted to express with the game mechanism! Therefore, those parts integrated with the game machine implied through this mirror are the true intention of the game producer! Next, there are a series of questions and answers. These questions are the irrationality that the producer left in the game. It is precisely because of that irrationality that they are puzzles. Everyone can think about the meaning behind them. [1] Why is the game divided into the poor and the rich versions, priced separately, and stipulated that the purchases could not be discounted together? On the one hand, pricing itself is a kind of artto emphasize that there was no second chance in life for example. We can choose in games, but we cannot choose our old lives. On the other hand, the poor are encouraged to buy the rich version. The producers encouraged the poor to buy the rich version so that they could truly substitute for each others living environment. In the game, the living environment of the poor and the rich are so different that they can no longer understand each other. The protagonist of the rich asked: Why cant the poor spend time with their children? Could they be busier than the President of a large company? This is because the protagonist of the rich had never brought himself into the situation of the poor so it is impossible to understand why the poor at the bottom cannot control their own time The protagonist of the poor believed that as long as you struggled, you will get a better life, learn from good people, and change the thinking of the poor. By then, you will be able to change your life. That was because the poor could only see the efforts advocated by the rich. However, they often overlooked the blessings provided by the massive resources behind the rich. Many rich people preach that wealth beyond hard work is zero and that they started from scratch. The poor believed it, why? It is because the poor cannot have the rich peoples thinking, educational background, etc.which benefited the rich. The murderer thought that the rich man was a liar because he originally believed in the rich and later realized that the rich only told part truth. Therefore, this pricing strategy itself encouraged the poor and the rich to experience each others lives in the games, step out of their cognitive blind spots, and look at this issue from a more comprehensive perspective. This approach is to break the dimensional wall and use real-life decisions to determine your experience in the game. This approach can only be achieved by expressing this art in the game. [2] Why use the English name Struggle? This is precisely the brilliance of language. If it is just to simply express the meaning, then fight or strive would obviously be better. These two words are more positive and in time with the original meaning. But the word struggle not only means to fight or strive. Combined with the background story in English, it is easy to find the pun: the rich are striving while the poor are struggling. Looking back at the Chinese translation of the word fighting after understanding it will add a layer of irony. You know that, even though it is all a struggle, the struggles of the rich and poor are hardly the same thing. The struggles of the rich are in the ethereal cloud. You can only fight if you fly up. If you dont want to fight, you can lie down and roll. However, no matter how you struggle, you will still be in amongst the clouds However, the struggle of the poor is always sinking into the quagmire, and hard work is just to prevent oneself from falling any deeper. Once they stop struggling, they will be swallowed by the quagmire. [3] Why are the characters in the game so lacking in individuality? When playing games, everyone would find that the rich are handsome and glamorous while different poor people are in line without stereotypes of such people. The style of the game exaggerated the appearance, demeanor, and expression of each character so that they no longer look like the faces of real people. This obviously was not in line with the theme of the game because the realism theme wanted to highlight the sense of reality. It must be as real as possible, and the facial features and exaggerated art would weaken this sense of reality. On the one hand, it weakened the players discomfort; on the other hand, it always allowed players not to indulge in the perspective of the character itself. To look at these issues with a higher dimension and a more detached mentality. The facial makeup was the highly condensed image of each character. At the same time, it also symbolizes that the story of Struggle is the highly condensed story of many stories. In the game, each face is used to represent a certain type of person, and the game also uses the lives of a rich and a poor person to reflect the lives of the poor and the rich. It was the same with publicity. It was obviously an implicit expression full of symbolism. [4] Why does the game only have one ending and cannot be changed? The rich will be killed no matter how they choose. The poor will fall into a poverty cycle no matter how they choose. At the beginning, I thought this is fatalistic thinking, implying that you cannot change your own destiny no matter how hard you worked. But I quickly realized that this is clearly wrong. The reason is very simple because the producer of this game, Boss Pei, is not a person who believes in fatalism! I have never met Boss Pei myself, but anyone who knows the inside story knows that Boss Pei is different from the protagonist of the rich man in the game. He really started from scratch! From The Lonely Desert Road to successful games and then industries, we have witnessed the rise of Tengda in the past two years. No matter how hard we worked, we have not been able to find any signs of capital intervention. All signs indicate that Boss Pei is someone who was born in an ordinary working-class who took things one step at a time. Boss Pei is someone who changed his life entirely on his own. How is it possible for him to preach about fate? It is like a student who studies diligently and took 100 points in every test but tells you that studying every day is useless; would you believe it? If you use your brain a little, then you will know that this view is totally unfounded! Then why does the game only have one ending and cannot be changed? As I said before, the lives of a poor man and a rich man are used to reflect such lives. Everyones life is different. The difference between people of the similar class is also huge. Once there are multiple endings, it will dilute the thoughts that the game wants to express. The game imposed a unique outcome for the poor and the rich. There are two considerations. First, like most stories and movies, a single ending can ensure the integrity of the entire story and allow the creators ideas to be expressed. If you dont limit the ending, you will not be able to make the beginning and the end echo with each other. The kind rich people ended in tragedy and the kind poor people also ended in tragedy. The story will be tenser. If a happy ending is used, the tension of the entire story will be diluted, and the ideas that the creator wanted to express will be going off-track. Second, this is a more advanced form of fatalism. It does not emphasize that people cannot change their own destiny but emphasize that, in this social environment, a certain individuals choice cannot change the entire class. It is possible for the rich to die or enjoy their twilight years, and many of them would enjoy their twilight years. However, the hatred between the classes has been established and the hatred of the poor for the rich is irreversible so kill the rich will become an inevitable eventthe difference is who killed the rich and which rich was killed. The poor may counterattack and become rich, or they may go bankrupt and become beggars. However, the relationship between the rich and poor remains unchanged. Like in a game, if the poor are always exploited by the rich in various ways, then the poor will always be poor. Even with individual exceptions, the perspective of the entire group will become increasingly unsolvable. Therefore, the game deliberately locked the ending, letting us open up various branches in the game over and over again, make different choices, look for two versions of the hidden plot but in the end, nothing was changed. Why cant we change the ending? The game machine is restricting us. And by extension, the poor in the game cannot change his life through struggles because the game mechanics of the entire society restricts him. Here, the dimensional wall of the game is broken again. In a certain game ruleno matter how hard you work, you will not become a real winner. [5] There is only one clothing brand that repeatedly appeared in the game. What does this mean? Many people should have seen the luxury brand, which is that golden LL logo. This is the only brand that appeared throughout the game, which was controlled by the protagonists father and inherited by the protagonist. It has also appeared on many characters. From the perspective of the game, a players memory is very limited. You might be confused if there are two brands so the best way is to make only one brand representing luxury goods. The ones without the label are ordinary products. This is the basic idea of game design: Occams Razor Law[1] which expresses something in the most concise way. But this expression is very magically integrated into all aspects of the game. It is just not a decoration. Have you noticed the biggest difference between the rich and the poor version? In the rich versionno matter what you choose, you will only change from one kind of success to another. In the poor version, you have limited choices. You will immediately fall and be ushered faster into the poverty cycle if you made any mistake. What is the difference between them? In fact, the hint was given in the game, and it lied in the numbers. For the poor, it is a lifetime of long series of numbers because you have to calculate carefully. Once one number is wrong, it will trigger a chain reaction which will cause the entire chain to collapse instantly. All previous efforts would be grounded to zero then. Now, look towards the rich. No matter what he choosesno matter how much money he spent, there will always be more money and resources. Therefore, the game mechanism had been controlling the money in the game, constantly setting the struggling poor man back to the right track, trying to clear his money back to zero, and finally ushering in the only ending. Why do poor people continue to spend more money as their income grows? Some people think that it is because many poor people lack financial awareness and are brainwashed by consumerism. However, we must pay attention to the fact that there are many expenditures in the game that we have no right to choose. For example, why did the poor man need to spend one months pay to purchase a luxury suit, a belt, and a briefcase? Does he really need these things? Can he really not use the cheaper items? Yes, he really needs them. Because in the game environment, if he were to wear cheap clothes, he would be outcast by his colleagues and others around him. He will never be able to integrate into that circle. That is why so many people want to maintain their face because it is just not a matter of face, but a real issue of self-interest. Thats right, this is what we know as consumerism. And this brand, luxury, is the condensation of consumerism; it is a concrete symbol. In the game, both the poor and the rich wear this brand. The only ones who did not wear it were the homeless. Once the poor protagonist finds a better job, he must use luxury items, live in better houses, and drive better cars. Because if you dont do that, the people around you would use malicious or well-intended means to remind you. Malicious people will stay away from you, repel you, and prevent you from entering certain circles. Well-meaning people will remind you and tell you why you need these things. Therefore, no matter whether you are the protagonist or a player, you have no choice. This is another design that broke walls. You are very angry because you obviously made the right choice but are still unable to save money. Mes, the poor protagonist in the game feels the same in the game. Whats even more ironic is that the protagonist of the rich never wears luxury. Is that because he is more disciplined? No. That is because he is the son of the President of Luxury. He has a private racecourse. So what if he did not wear it? No one will have any doubt if he can afford it or not. It is normal for him to wear it to support his own family brand. Not wearing it would afford him the virtue of simplicity. The rules and regulations that bind the poor do not exist for the rich because no matter what the rich choose, it will become a virtue under the blessing of a certain halo effect. If you think a little deeper, the rich might not be wearing luxury, but they are using the brand to harvest high profits from the poor indefinitely. The rich desperately advocate consumerism and the quality of luxury goods. It makes you feel like you can have the same life as the rich if you use it. The entire group had formed a consensus that will spontaneously reject the poor who cannot afford it. That in itself creates a cage for the poor where the rules cannot be broken. The rich wishes no matter how they choose. It is like playing dice. The poor are fighting with luck while the rich profit no matter how they rolled. [6] Does the game really only have two classes? Obviously not. I believe many people are trying their best to find the connection between the rich and the poor protagonists. They may even feel that the rich protagonist was killed by the poor protagonist or his son. But the game denies this point with all their might. You cannot find any connection between the rich and the poor. Why? Because this is not a complete closed loop. There is actually a third class in the game which is the homeless. You will find that it is the link that connects the entire closed loop, and it actually runs through the game and is everywhere. In the beginning and the ending of the rich version, those who held the protagonists mother hostage and killed the protagonist were the homeless. In the beginning and ending of the poor version, the protagonists father worked hard to keep the protagonist from becoming a homeless person so the protagonist is grateful to his father; the protagonist struggles for the rest of his life and deceives his son to continue his fight, all so that both him and his children would not become homeless. Like my previous analogy, in this game, not only the poor would struggle in the quagmire. The homeless are completely swallowed up at the bottom of the quagmire. The poor had been telling us from the beginning that these people at the bottom of the quagmire are dropouts from sh*thole high schools, prisoners in the prison, beggars, and mentally ill people in the subways. A tramp who can only live on the streets for a lifetime. Once the poor give up, they will become homeless so they have to struggle in the quagmire. You might not be able to climb up if you struggle, but you will definitely sink if you dont. The faster you give up, the faster you sink. Therefore, why did the protagonist say that to his child? Didnt he know that he was deceived by his fathers lie all his life? Perhaps, he has this mentality of chance that his child will be different; maybe he just had to tell this lie. Because if he were to tell the child that there was no use in struggling, then his child would also sink deeper down and become a member of the homeless. The protagonist knew exactly how tragic that life would be. Therefore, the poor protagonist had no choice but to tell his child to struggle. If you look at the results, such a fight was meaningless because you will not be able to better yourself; but you know that it is meaningful if you were to look at the bottom of the quagmire as it would keep you from sinking at the very least. As for the rich? The rich protagonist almost died when he was born, but he still did not believe what his father said. He knew poor friends. He worked hard to write a book to help the poor change their destiny. But he did not realize that it was not the poor who kidnapped his mother but the homeless. It was not the poor that killed him, it was the homeless. He could make friends with the poor in college, but he would not take another look at the beggars in the subway. Therefore, he thinks that the rich and poor can become friends; that is correct. However, he did not realize or understand that the two different classes were actually the rich and the homeless. The poor only managed to pop out of the quagmire; they were the ones that he could see. However, he could not see more people rotting under the quagmirebeing so high above. The most ironic thing is that what made the poor homeless is exactly because of the rules of the game set by the rich. Therefore, the homeless person said that the rich protagonist is a liar because, in the eyes of the homeless person, this person took everything away from him while advocating for them to struggle. And this is something the rich protagonist will never understand. [7] In the game, there is only one relationship between the rich and the poor. How many relationships did Boss Pei want to express between the rich and the poor then? This is the last question, which is the final content that game makers want to express after combining all the above details. In fact, Boss Pei has already stated his stand on this. Does everyone remember the movie Tomorrow is Beautiful? It has a more tragic setting than Struggle. It is conceivable that the society in Struggle will become the society in Tomorrow is Beautiful within a few decades. In Tomorrow is Beautiful, there was an Easter egg at the end. Someone threw a gun into the protagonists room. The implication is obvious: when social conflicts reach the level as in Tomorrow is Beautiful, the poor would have only one choice. And in Struggle, there were no similar choices because the environment they described is different, and the focus to be expressed will be different. Violent resistance does not cure all diseases. It is not the best choice in any situation. In the environment of Tomorrow is Beautiful, this may be an option; but there was no such option in Struggle. Then, is there a third situation? There is, in fact, it is in our reality. The poor did not have a channel to rise to better lives, but in reality, we do. In the game, the poor cannot fight consumerism, but we can actually fight it in reality. In reality, most people do not actually define a person by their clothing and luxury goodsother than those deeply influenced by consumerism. Therefore, solutions that did not exist in games do exist in reality. In the game, the poor have no choice but to continuously improve their consumption level. Eventually, an unexpected factor causes a number of errors in a certain link, and everything collapses and returns to zero. But in reality, we have a choice. We can reject consumerism, continue to save money, and complete the initial wealth accumulationchange our own destinies through struggle. Those with hands and feet work hard and get rich. You will then get rid of the quagmire. No one tells the rich and poor what they should do in the game. But in reality, someone is telling us what we should do. The game Struggle is a way to break the dimensional wall and tell us what we should do. It actually tells us that we should work hard in the real world because our current struggle is meaningful. A lot of people complain that we are living in hell because we have not seen the real hell. And now, seeing the world in Struggle, we will realize that, in fact, we are already living in heaven. This heaven might not be so perfect, but at least we are still filled with hope. Many players did not have a good understanding of the plots in the game because the plots do not fit our real life. There would be a distant feeling and feel that the choices of the characters are very weird. And this proves that what we think are common things are actually a type of happiness. Playing the game Struggle makes us realize the happiness of real life and encourages us to cherish the present and work hard. This is the profound meaning of game producers in making this game. For all game producers, Struggle is a textbook level work because it repeatedly breaks the dimension wall in various ways. It truly expresses the biggest advantage of the game as the ninth art. You are just a bystander in the game while you are a participant. And many things can only be seen clearly from the perspective of the participants. Such a method of repeatedly breaking the dimensional wall represented the producers ability to control the art of the game had reached the peak and perfection. Every detail had its own meaning. So, going back to the original question How does Struggle transcend these four basic theories on the premise that they seem to violate them? Choosing a misplaced publicity method is to break the dimensional wall and make the publicity method a part of the game content Choosing a realism theme for an interactive movie game may seem to be unpopular, but it actually provides convenience for breaking the dimension wall and builds a bridge between the game and reality The private goods contained in the game can make people feel uncomfortable at first glance, but the deeper you dig, the more you can be inspired. Suffering in the game will be able to give you a sense of happiness in reality Its existence is not to dig for needs, but to create needs. In fact, most people do not realize that we need to understand these principles to live our lives. We will suddenly realize that we need this game after understanding all these Therefore, I feel that Struggle is the highest level of art for domestically-produced standalone games. It is a precious spiritual wealth. He An felt like he still had much to say after the last full stop. He seemed to have so much more to say. In fact, there were many details in the game Struggle that could be expanded to another hundreds or thousands of words. However, He An decided to stop there because the attitude on Tengdas official Weibo account had been very clear. The reason why the game was all-encompassing had had countless details because it had the function of a mirror. Analyzing these details was actually analyzing reality which, in reality, was endless. These should be completed by all the players on Weibo. Moreover, He An felt that his mission was to stand in the perspective of a game designer, analyze the top design concepts in the games, and drive the progress of the entire domestic game industry. At the same time, analyze the deep layers that game markers wanted to express in the game. It was just nice for him to end here. Therefore, He An checked the content of the entire Weibo post before pressing the send button. The content was long and a little boring. Those who had never played games might think that it was meaningless preaching, but those who have played games should be able to resonate. He An felt that that was precisely where the charm of the game lied. The sugar coating on the outside of the medical pill might not look much. It could not really cure the disease, but it could make it less painful for the patient to take the pill. Sugar would not be able to cure. The medical pill alone would not be able to be swallowed by many. The sugar-coated pills really helped some people, which was exactly what He An had pursued after in his life as a game designer. Just like how The Landlord Game he once produced also achieved this goal. He might have experienced the catastrophe of domestic standalone games during this period and had to switch to online games for the companys survival, but in his heart, he had always regarded this as his mission and pursuit. He An had never given up on this pursuit even if his ideas were outdated, even if he could no longer make titles like The Landlord Game. He would try to pass on this spirit of pursuit even when he was teaching. Right now, Struggle has now completely surpassed The Landlord Game in all aspects. That went to show that the domestically-produced standalone game really had a leader now. He An felt very heartened to know that. He might not have met Boss Pei, but he knew that Boss Pei was his soulmate through the interactions in the game. My contents for teaching would be completed once I tell Boss Ma The previous four basic theories have been overthrown and completely reshaped. They now fit perfectly on a higher level. Struggle is a comprehensive transcendence and in-depth interpretation of The Landlord Game, which explains what a truly responsible and ambitious game producer should do. Boss Ma will definitely be inspired after listening to these contents, right? [1] This law means nothing should be multiplied unnecessarily. Chapter 644 - Teacher Qiao Refuses to Withdraw from the Battlefield! At Fish-Catching Internet Cafe Teacher Qiao, are you sure you wont appear in the video or have your name in the credits? Zhu Xiaoce asked. Qiao Liang nodded. Yes, there is no need. Your studio is very professional. I just gave a few suggestions; I have no credits in it at all. Zhu Xiaoce shook his head. Teacher Qiao, you are too humble. As a senior UP Master, your ability to control the audiences psychology is indeed a strong point. The version we considered previously is not something they would want to see. It is indeed much better when we change your suggestion. However, if you insist on not being on the credits, we must respect your decision. Qiao Liangs attitude was very firm. Yes, thank you. Zhu Xiaoce stood up and said. Okay, then I will go back to the studio to edit the film. Youve worked hard during this period, thank you very much! It is all part of my responsibility. It is everyones responsibility to expose such garbage companies! Qiao Liang replied with a smile. Qiao Liang returned to the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe again and sat back in his seat after he sent Zhu Xiaoce out. During this period, Qiao Liang had been helping Zhu Xiaoce to produce a video to expose the formaldehyde-filled rooms in Home Corporation. However, he had neither appeared in the video nor participated in the shooting and its post-production. That was because Qiao Liang discovered that Fei Huang Workspace was professional after all. Whether it was equipment or shooting techniques, it was far better than him being his own UP Master, which was really nothing that he could intervene. However, Fei Huang Workspaces original plan also had some problems. Fei Huang Workspace used to shoot short videos, documentaries, and movies so it is more inclined to produce content efficiently and concisely. The method of storytelling would undoubtedly be the pinnacle. However, the subject of this video this time was actually more like an evaluation, showcasing their opinion. At this time, the audiences acceptance level had to be considered. The original plan of Fei Huang Workspace did not consider it. When Qiao Liang made videos, he would take care of the audiences feelings, expressed his attitude to the most acceptable level, and resonated with everyone. Therefore, Qiao Liang simply corrected some details so that this video could be more grounded on the basis of objectively revealing the facts. Volunteers had been found across the country. The staff of Fei Huang Workspace had contacted professional testing agencies and flew over to shoot the videos. The materials would be edited and released three or four days after they have been shot. On the other hand, Qiao Liang suddenly felt lost after he was done helping out with the video. Originally, he stayed in Jingzhou, intending to think carefully about what was missing in the Thriller Hostel. However, he did not have a clue even after thinking for so long. He heard that Struggle was on sale so he went to play it but had yet to figure out what to do with a new video yet. The official Weibo post blocked Qiao Liangs road. This was disastrous! Qiao Liang had given up on using Products of the Gods to explain Struggle, but he still did not know what the Thriller Hostel lacked! Qiao Liang really wanted to ask Boss Pei about it. For some unknown reason, that was a feeling of being deceived inexplicably. If it was not because Qiao Liang trusted Boss Pei wholeheartedly, he would have thought that Boss Pei was a liar. He opened his fan page, wanting to see what people were discussing. Old Qiao, come out quickly! Something big happened; someone is snatching your rice bowl! Look at this Weibo post; it is now going viral online! Is this He An famous? He is not only well-known, but he is also a mountain in the domestically-produced standalone game circle. The Landlord Game was made by him! Such a boss actually came out to interpret Tengdas game. I think Teacher Qiao is about to lose his job. Tengda is really famous now! I think this is a basic operation. The official website has been crazy blowing about The National Hero of Games. What is so weird about having veteran game designers praising it a little? A little? Look at the wall of textis that a little?! Qiao Liang was stunned looking at his fans heated discussion. What did this mean? What do you mean by I am about to lose my rice bowl? Scrolling the chat history, Qiao Liang found a Weibo link. He saw that long post from He An after clicking it. Qiao Liangs first reaction was shock while his second reaction was dissatisfaction. Someone was actually taking my business! After the previous Tengda Games was released, Qiao Liangs Products of the Gods was always the first to interpret its meaning and was also the best. He could not give a 100% answer to Boss Peis true intentions, but he had at least given up to 80%. No one could surpass it. As a standalone game UP Master, Qiao Liang had certainly heard of He Ans name. It was no exaggeration to say that he grew up playing He Ans games. However, He An had retired from this world for many years. In the early days of the emergence of national games. Several of his standalone games were indeed a sensation by then, but he had gradually faded out of players sight after he switched to online games. Qiao Liang was not convinced. The veteran was indeed a veteran, but you have not touched standalone games for more than 10 years, right? Moreover, this Weibo post by Boss Pei had completely blocked many interpretations. You would undoubtedly fall behind if you were to just repeat the analysis from that of the other players. You could steal my rice bowl even in this case? I, Teacher Qiao, would rather die than to believe it. However, that was just his opinion. He proceeded to click open the long Weibo post and read it carefully from start to end. Qiao Liang was completely convinced after reading it. There were only three words left in his mind: Dimensionality Reduction Attack! Especially what He An said at the beginning of his long Weibo post: This game is a textbook for game makers. If you dont have professional knowledge of game production, you may not understand it. It was referring to Qiao Liang himself in his point of view! As expected, a veteran would always be a veteran. As a veteran game enthusiast, Qiao Liang had always despised these game makers previously and felt that these mediocre game makers were nothing more than that. Their understanding of games might not be deeper than his own. However, he was totally wrong, seeing what he saw today. He really could not use his own hobbies to challenge others jobs. There was still a huge gap between amateurs and professionals after all. Of course, humans were always prone to making mistakes. When professionals make mistakes, people would look at them as though they were not as good as amateurs. However, professionals have proven that they could definitely do much better than amateurs since they could make it their jobs. He Ans analysis made Qiao Liang understand the truth. The official Weibo post by Boss Pei did not block all his roads. It blocked all other roads, leaving only one. This was the true way of interpretation for the true meaning of the game Struggle! It was just that Qiao Liang did not realize it since he lacked professional knowledge in the game. Lets look at how He An analyzed it? He directly used a basic theory of literary and artistic creation. He solved the labyrinth that Qiao Liang could not get out of thinking hard. No one will create a literary work aimlessly; any literary work will more or less project some of the authors inner thoughts. Therefore, he found a thread end in the messy web and managed to have everything proceed smoothly! Qiao Liang felt it was a pity while worshiping the big boss. It would be great he could make a video for this issue! Big Boss He An wrote the truth, but there was limited influence since it was a long Weibo post. Society is relatively more impulsive nowadays. All sorts of things on the internet were frantically competing for peoples attention. A wall of text was less popular as compared to those with videos that had pictures, sounds, and special effects. It would surely be able to spread on a large scale if made into a video. Of course, if Qiao Liang had contacted He An on Weibo and asked him to authorize himself to make a video with a detailed explanation of the game Struggle, it should be feasible. However, Qiao Liang was too embarrassed to do so. Where would he find his pride if Products of the Gods used others manuscripts? Qiao Liang was usually jolly and looked like a heartless fat ass, but he had extremely high requirements for himself in terms of game-related content. That was his pride. There would always be a sense of picking others wisdom using others manuscripts to make videos even with others consent. Therefore, Qiao Liang considered it for a short while but dismissed it. This time, he really failed. It was completely crushed by the dimensionality reduction attack by Big Boss He An. It became clear to him after he read the answer. He had no clue about it at all. He had to admit that he was just not good enough. This was because only by objectively admitting that ones strengths were lacking that one could make improvements. If someone was always jealous seeing that others were better than them. They would never be able to improve if they always feel that they were alright. Therefore, Qiao Liang closed the long Weibo post with a complicated mood and calmly accepted the fact that he had failed again. Eh, why the word again? Hmm obviously, the video for Thriller Hostel had already failed once. It was not a very big failure, but it did not manage to get it very popular. It was a definite failure for the demanding Teacher Qiao. This gave Qiao Liang, who had always been very confident, a blow. Eh, wait a moment Speaking of the video, Boss Pei personally told me that I will be able to find what is missing in the video if I were to give up interpreting Struggle with the Products of the Gods. I have given upgiven up completely, but I still have no idea what is missing! Could Boss Pei be lying to me? Impossible! There must be something missing since Boss Pei himself said that! Qiao Liang opened He Ans long Weibo post again and read it carefully. He felt that he could use this long Weibo post as the key to the interpretation of Struggle or even as a textbook to get new inspirations! The battle was not over yet; Teacher Qiao refused to withdraw from it! Chapter 645 - Teacher He’s Last Lesson Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Handong University branch Pei Qian quietly scrolled through He Ans long Weibo post, including the gamers comments at the bottom. His eyes widened, and his tongue was tied. He was stunned. I see! I understand, I understand! I felt weird when the game was first released, but it all makes sense now! Boss Peis game has reached this standard now, hasnt it? A giant in the local game industry has to step up to analyze it so that the rest of us would understand? I believed the official platforms long Weibo post earlier and thought that Struggle had greatly refined reality and turned itself into a mirror, so that each person could learn some lessons from it. However, now that Ive read the big bosss explanation, I finally understand. I was only at the first level, but Struggle had a second, third, and fourth! Heh, Boss Pei is known to be a man of a thousand levels. Tengdas games are so terrifying. Repent and be Saved had already broken the fourth wall one, but Struggle had done it countless times. Its never-ending. Fourth wall, are you alright? Among the many comments, onein particularhad the most likes. What moves me the most is the spirit that Struggle embodies. There were different interpretations of the word struggle. It seemed to overturn all basic theories, and yet, it still coincided with them again on a higher level. Based on the Big Boss analysis, Struggle had gone against all the basic theories on the surface. However, on closer inspection, one would also find that the game brought all of those basic theories to new highs, thus coinciding with those theories on a higher level. Its the same with the concept of struggle. The main content of the game was a conceptualization of struggle. It kept showing us that the rich struggle in the clouds while the poor struggle in the mud. The rich would be lying to the poor by telling them that they could climb to the clouds if they struggled hard enough; the poor would be telling white lies to their children by saying that they could change their lives if they struggled hard. The game ruthlessly tears the lies apart, so that those who have been bluffed would wake up. On the surface, the game seems to deny that struggling could change lives. It seems to say that the rich are on the clouds and the poor are in the mud, and no amount of struggling would change the vast difference between the two. However, the consumerism segment allowed us to make comparisons to reality and discover that we can still struggle to change our lives. Thats not a concrete action, but an attitude and a choice. While we are yet deep in the mud and at the point of no return, we can search for all sorts of opportunities to live a better life and create more value. That would be the struggle. Thus, even though we wont be able to get to the clouds no matter how hard we struggle, we cannot lose hope in life. Thats because we all have to make choice after choice in life. Giving up would never be the right option. Underneath that long comment were many people sharing their experiences. That reminds me of a saying: Were sent up a stage that we didnt choose to perform a script we didnt write. The script may be torturous and painful, but as long as we work hard to play our role well, we could create excitement in the pain. I was reflecting on my own life. My parents gave me outstanding living conditions and forced me to work hard as well. Seeing many other poor people wandering about and taking things slow, I always thought that they were poor because they were lazy. Now, I know I was wrong. Not everyone had the same living conditions that I did. I bought both the rich and poor versions. Hopefully, this game would always remind me never to make the same mistake as the rich protagonist. Indeed. The rich and poor versions alike try their best to help each group understand the other. The poor are prevented from admiring the rich, so that they would not fall for their lies; the rich are forced to drop their arrogance by looking down at the poor. This game creates a gap between the rich and the poor. Perhaps both groups would never fully understand each other, but at the very least, the bridge exists and speaks. Thats still meaningful. Thats why I think that the best option isnt to buy the rich version or the poor version, but to buy both! Looking at your own life would resonate within you and force you to reflect. Looking at others lives would force you to recognize your blind spots. The games true meaning can be found only if you buy both the rich and poor versions! Is that why buying both versions together makes the game more expensive? I get it now. Ill buy it! Ill spend the extra thirty yuan more willingly! Gamers are willingly spending more money to purchase the game and feeling so comfortable about it as well. Thats what I call a genius pricing model! You can decide not to purchase it and watch others play the game online as well. Brother, listen to me. You could watch others play the game, but you would never be able to experience the emotions that the game could invoke in you. Why are games referred to as the ninth form of art? Thats because theyre interactive! Watching others play would result in you remaining as an observer throughout. You wouldnt be able to make your own choices. How is that interactive? Everybody can choose what they want to do. You can choose to pay attention, watch others play, only buy the rich version, or buy both versions I think Boss Pei wouldnt mind it. Struggle has already become a hot topic online, and its even gone out of the gaming circles. Even those who dont normally play games are paying attention. As an interactive movie game, its mission is already complete. Still, I think those that have the capability to and who have real a passion for domestically-produced standalone games should buy the game and store it. After all, being able to afford a game like that is a privilege in itself! After reading those comments, Pei Qian quietly closed his laptop. Mad, this world has gone mad! At first, he had thought that working hard to keep Teacher Qiao locked away would mean that Struggle could surely incur losses. Never would he have expected He An to pop out of nowhere! The official Weibo post had also given He An inspiration for some reason, causing him to gain a good position from which to stab Pei Qian squarely in the back! Pei Qian was completely dumbfounded after reading He Ans analysis. He An said that every creator would express their own thoughts in their works. Yet, Pei Qian wanted to say that he had not! He had only decided to do this because he wanted players to hate the game! As for going against all four basic theories of game design, it went without saying that Pei Qian had done that on purpose! After He An explained all the theories to him, Pei Qian had done the opposite on purpose. Yet, Teacher He had pulled a fast one on him. He had been the one to teach Pei Qian the lessons, and yet he had also been the one to say all Pei Qians wrong answers were correct! How ridiculous was that?! I really want to know how I can successfully cause a game to fail. I did everything I could to fail, but youre telling me that I made one full circle and ended up succeeding instead?! Ridiculous! It was utterly ridiculous! Pei Qian was furious. Obviously, Teacher He was to blame for all of this! You must have left a huge gap in the theories that you taught me. Why else would I still fail to incur losses despite doing the opposite of everything you said?! The most infuriating thing was that He An had posted his thoughts on Weibo, thereby taking Teacher Qiaos place! I thought that, as a veteran in the game industry, you would offer deep insights on Weibo. I didnt know that you would just end up spouting rubbish like the rest! How sad, how very sad! Pei Qian refused to accept this. He would take revenge for sure! Since it was almost Friday, He An would probably arrive in Jingzhou for the next lesson soon. It would be their final lesson. Pei Qian had to ask why none of the lessons that He An had taught him were reliable! All of them were wrong! September 9th, Friday Pei Qian angrily stomped into the cafe near Handong University. Ever since Struggle had gone up for sale on September 3rd, its comments had taken two sharp turns. At last, the rating of the game reached 9.5 on the official platform and 9.3 on TPDb. Pei Qian could not bear to look at those numbers any longer! It had even surpassed Repent and be Saved. Repent and be Saveds ratings had been low at first, but as time went on, it slowly increased. Now, it was at 9.2. Boss Pei had been hopeful about Struggle, but it had ended up surpassing Repent and be Saved in a short one week. He found that extremely ridiculous! Of course, even the best games could not please everyone. What the majority interpreted from the game also could not resonate with everyone. Some people felt tired of struggling and wanted to rest. They thought that struggling was meaningless. Of course, they would not agree with the concept behind the game and would give it one star and a negative review. However, that couldnt be helped. Nothing in the world could please everyone at the same time. Just as He An said, the key was to see what the game encouraged and discouraged. Not encouraging enthusiastic self-improvement would be akin to encouraging giving up on oneself. Obviously, the latter could not be encouraged under any circumstances. Spreading negative energy could indeed trigger negative emotions in a group of audience and bring the game into the spotlight. However, everyone would know full well that this would be wrong. Negative energy could not change ones life for the better. Struggles sales were not through the roof at the moment. If this extended for a year, Pei Qian would probably be able to profit a little. Now, he was less than a month from settlement. No matter how he looked at the situation, he could not find a way to recover all the investment he had poured into the game. That was the silver lining. Clearly, Pei Qians strategy of investing a huge sum into the game from the beginning had proven very effective. The work was exquisite, and the games production allowed others to free-ride. Yet, Boss Pei still felt wronged! He was not supposed to earn either fame or fortune. Yet, now, while he wasnt gaining much fortune, he was gaining much more fame! Struggle had successfully broken out of the circle. Not only were gamers paying attention to it, but those who didnt normally play games were as well. There were many walkthroughs of Struggle on Aili Island, and the discussions were unstoppable. All Pei Qian wanted to do now was to interrogate Teacher He. Didnt he say that going against all four theories would be a surefire way to fail? What happened to me, then? Is there something wrong with your lessons, Teacher? Pei Qian furiously sipped his coffee. Soon, He An arrived. Teacher He, about Struggle Pei Qian wanted to ask why none of his theories proved accurate. However, at that moment, He An burst into laughter and interrupted Pei Qian. Boss Ma, I know what you want to say! Pei Qian: ? He An sat down across from Pei Qian. Did you tell Boss Pei about the four basic theories that I taught you? Pei Qians mind filled with question marks. ? I told myself? Confused, Pei Qian asked, Why do you ask that? He An smiled. Isnt it obvious? Struggle had coincidentally gone against all four theories that I taught you. Could Boss Pei have telepathy? Of course not! Boss Ma, you must have told Boss Pei about it accidentally, so that Boss Pei decided to use Struggle to show off his skills! Why do you say hes showing off his skills? Thats because game developers would be able to tell what hes done, but ordinary gamers would not! Boss Pei broke all four basic rules of game design and then coincided with the theories on a higher level. Thats akin to writing a textbook on those theories. Boss Pei must have realized that youre learning about this now. Thats why he used the game to create a reference point and support for you! Before this, I guessed that you and Boss Pei are good friends who talk about everything. Now, I can confirm that. Boss Pei probably did not intend for the game to become your textbook when he first started out. However, some details within had been adjusted for your learning! Boss Ma, I have to say that your friendship with Boss Pei is admirable. Boss Ma, can you arrange for me to meet Boss Pei some time? I really want to get to know such an outstanding game developer! Pei Qian was tongue-tied at He Ans words. He could not bring himself to say anything that he had wanted to earlier. Both of us are not on the same page at all! Were talking about completely different things! He An had done so much analysis that he had discovered Ma Yangs character and the relationship between Ma Yang and Pei Qian. He had just fallen short of finding out that Ma Yang was Boss Pei. Pei Qian was helpless! The more He An analyzed, the closer he thought he was to reality, and the stronger the beliefs in his mind. Pei Qian realized that ever since he started acting as Ma Yang, he had been finding himself caught in more and more misunderstandings that he could not clarify! Now, He An was certain that he was Ma Yang. If Pei Qian introduced himself as Boss Pei, wouldnt the old man pass out at once? Thus, despite still feeling furious, Pei Qian swallowed his anger and said nothing. He had no other option. He had chosen to act as Ma Yang in the first place, and so his hands were tied now. It didnt matter. On account of the old mans age, he would let this matter slide. Pei Qian was just about to invite He An to start the lesson when he suddenly noticed that He An had not prepared any teaching material. At once, an ominous feeling rose up in his gut. Er Teacher He, were not going to talk about Struggle today, are we? He An grinned. Not bad, Boss Ma! Youre becoming increasingly aware! You think that talking about Struggle today would be the best option as well, right? The game is one for the textbooks. It would be most appropriate to use it to end our series of lessons, review everything that we learned before, and integrate all the theories together! Of course, Boss Ma, I have already posted what I did on Weibo. Thus, I decided to waive todays fees! I will return you one lessons worth of fees from the money that you transferred me earlier. Ill send it to the companys account Pei Qian was stunned. Return my fees? Quit messing with me! The school fees are meant to be deducted from the System Funds during settlement. If you return me two hundred thousand yuan now, I would get eight times less reduction during settlement! Youre clearly messing with me, arent you?! Not only have you crazily analyzed Struggle and posted your analysis online, but youre also trying to stab me now? Go to hell! Pei Qian quickly rejected him. No! You cant return that money! Ill be d*mned if you do! He An was stunned. Why was Boss Pei so agitated? Yes, he valued knowledge and sought to learn more. Not bad, not bad. He An nodded satisfactorily. Yes, alright. Boss Ma, youre not very quick at understanding, but youre sincere and eager to learn. Your attitude is very commendable. Ill start the lesson now! First, lets talk about Boss Peis original intentions when he first thought about the concept of this game Pei Qian sipped his coffee quietly, feeling terribly alone. How upsetting! Chapter 646 - : International Invitational Tournament September 10th, Saturday The Management Trainees had their regular meeting, but there was no news worth taking note of. Ever since He An posted that long post on Weibo about Struggles deeper meaning, the games sales and reputation had been ballooning. Once Struggle was termed a Product of the Gods, many UP Masters on Aili Island began to give live commentaries on it. Due to the time difference, most UP Masters only uploaded one or two episodes. However, a couple of more popular UP Masters saw terrifying effects from their large fanbase. Almost immediately, their fans clicked on their pages and gave them millions of views. Although many people were watching the playthroughs online, a significant number of people were also buying the game after watching those videos. They each had different mindsets. Some thought that, despite having watched others play it, the game had a variety of options. Thus, they could only experience it best if they played it themselves. Others thought that it did not matter whether they played it or not, but they had to make sure they owned a classic game like that. That would make them happier about their game collection. Still, others thought that everyone made choices based on the world that they liked more. If they liked a game, a film, or a book; they had to spend money to support it. The more supporters there were, the more such works would be created. If they thought that something was not bad but didnt support it, there would be less of it in the future, and they wouldnt be able to complain. Similarly, if they thought that something was not bad and showed their support, there would be more and more of such good products. The credit would belong to all supporters. Even if they simply praised the brand or product, they could still say that they did something. On top of that, the official platform had done a lot to publicize Struggle. Hu Xianbin and the others were rushing to create an English version and send it overseas. That was because the game had an international background to begin with, and they spoke in English. All the characters inside had Western features, and so the game would be that much more acceptable to a foreign audience. Of course, before it was released, no one knew whether a foreign audience would enjoy the game or not. No one knew if the foreigners would be able to decipher the meaning behind the game without a proper interpretation of it. Still, there was no harm in trying. They could sell as many copies as they could. If Tomorrow is Beautiful could succeed overseas, there was a chance that Struggle would be able to as well. Pei Qian was helpless in all of this. He could not bear to watch anymore! The gamers insisted on buying the game, and the official platform insisted on recommending it. What could Pei Qian do? If the games domestic sales had collapsed and its reputation had fallen apart, perhaps Pei Qian could have persuaded Hu Xianbin not to create a foreign version and to admit that it had failed. However, the game had done exceedingly well in the local market. Why should Pei Qian disagree with Hu Xianbin about creating a foreign version to test the market? This was disastrous. Pei Qian felt that he had fallen into a reverse Tacitus Trap. The Tacitus Trap referred to something that Tacitus had said while critiquing a Roman Emperor: once the Emperor became someone that everybody hated, everyone detested whatever he didgood or bad. Pei Qian was faced with the reverse situation: once Tengda became a popular corporation that everyone liked, everyone loved whatever it didgood or bad. Of course, Tengda couldnt really do anything bad because its hands were tied by the system. It could not scrimp and save on material or produce shoddy work. It had to maintain a certain quality and ensure that its price was kept within an acceptable range that would be determined based on that quality. So, Pei Qian could only think of different ways to dissuade everyone from buying Tengdas products. However, under the effect of the reverse Tacitus Trap, everyone was taking his ways as more meaningful than they were Pei Qian was exhausted. After the meeting, Pei Qian immediately rushed towards Great World Shopping Mall in the center of the city. Today was the first official day of GOGs first global invitational tournament! Before this, Pei Qian had been kept so busy by Struggle that he had not had the time to see the set-up even after it was done. However, it did not matter whether he had managed to or not. In any case, the main purpose of the competition was to burn money. Pei Qian only cared that they achieved that as much as possible. Before arriving at the competition grounds, Pei Qian checked the competition schedule that Wang Xiaobin had sent to him on his cell phone. There were a total of sixteen teams taking part in the competitions this time. Eight were from China, and the rest were from overseas. That ratio really did not make sense, but the organizing team had rushed to plan the competition, and so they had no other choice. They had chosen the oldest teams from overseas to compete with. All of them were wealthy and managed well, and each individual member was strong. The lousier ones had not been invited at all, for fear that the competition would become boring. Foreign teams had only been invited to ensure that the competition gained a certain amount of attention from all over the world. After all, most players would support their own countries or states before anyone else. The other half was local teams so that the competition would be worth watching. Simply put, the local teams would be in charge of putting on a show while the foreign teams would be in charge of bringing in the viewers. Compared to the previous competition, there was double the number of teams. Thus, the competition was to take longer this time. The first round of games would be held from September 10th to September 13th. The second round of games would be held from September 15th to September 18th. The top eight teams would be determined from September 20th to September 21st. The quarter-finals, semi-finals, and finals would be held from September 23rd to September 25th. From the point that the top eight teams are to be determined, the competition would take on a best of five model. Within two-odd weeks and three weekends, the entire competition would end. There would be time to rest between every round, but only for one day. As for why they had to rush this of course, it was because Pei Qian wanted to spend all the money on the competition before September 30th. If he left it to next month, how would he deal with that sum of money? Would he still be able to incur losses during this cycle? Still, most gamers were happy with the competition schedule. The game would go on for sixteen days, with rest on the 14th, 19th, and 22nd. They could sit back and enjoy high-level performances! Of course, once the scale of the competition increased and they changed venues, the rest time between the semi-finals and finals would likely extend up to a week. After all, that would keep the competition the hot topic. Putting the events on weekends as much as possible would also ensure more viewers. Nevertheless, waiting one entire week to watch the next stage was torturous to the audience. All in all, Pei Qian and the audience were all quite happy with the competition schedule. Ten minutes later, Pei Qian arrived at the competition grounds. Great World was a large shopping mall in Jingzhou, just like Huanyu Tianjie. It was different from Huanyu Tianjie in that it contained huge multi-purpose halls, where large-scale competitions could be held. This time, GOG had rented the largest multi-purpose hall in Great World, which took up the entire top floor. Rent cost thirty thousand yuan per day. Although it was considered cheap compared to rent in first-tier cities, the price was enough to catch the attention of most companies in Jingzhou. The multi-purpose hall on the top-most level of the shopping mall was about 4,500 square meters large and twelve meters tall. Its maximum capacity was 1,800 people. Since Great World was located in the most prosperous district in Jingzhou, transport was convenient and train stations were everywhere. On the whole, this place was the most suitable location. Decorations had mainly been done on the stage, and they had begun about a month ago. Now, they were all done. Pei Qian alighted from his car outside Great World and then looked up to see the gigantic promotional poster on the outside of the building. On it were several iconic heroes from GOG, as well as the words GOGs First International Invitational Tournament. Of course, Modest and Ruan, the hot favorite heroes, were featured among the heroes as well. Pei Qian looked helplessly at Modest on the poster, feeling that the joke was becoming increasingly unbearable. In the future, as GOG became popular in other countries around the world, he might see Modest everywhere he looked. From the entrance to the hall, there were elements of the competition scattered around, directing Pei Qian to the right location. There were flags of the various teams and large posters of the various heroes. The audience only had to follow those elements to get to the competition ground, get their entry tickets checked, and enter. The tickets were priced extremely low this time as well. Even tickets for the finals did not exceed a hundred yuan. After all, Pei Qian was here to spend money. The cheaper the tickets, the better. Clearly, he had to put measures in place to prevent scalpers from taking advantage of the situation as well. After all, selling tickets at a low price would invite many scalpers to take action. Using information from TPDb and Tengda account data, Pei Qian could filter scalpers out as much as possible. At the same time, all tickets were sold with the purchasers name and were non-transferrable. If people could not make it on the day itself, they could ask for a refund. Others could look for spare tickets through official channels, but private transactions were prohibited. Pei Qian followed the crowd into the competition ground and quietly walked to the back row, prepared to observe how GOGs international invitational tournament would go. However, this time, Pei Qian felt more relaxed. That was because he had no expectations of the game to begin with. Whether it became popular or not did not seem to matter. In any case, it probably would not be able to affect settlement. The structure of the stage made him think about Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 3.0s Live Esports Museum. Obviously, Xiao Peng had been organizing frequent competitions in the internet cafe while managing the Live Esports Museum. Thus, he had accumulated a lot of precious experience which he could apply to the international invitational tournament. There was a large screen above the stage, which would project images of the competition. On either side of the large screen were two longer screens, which displayed each teams heroes and line-up. There was also one small screen in front of the team members, which recorded each of their expressions. At that moment, the competition had not officially started yet. Thus, Pei Qian whipped out his phone to check the situation on various platforms. Local live-stream platforms had already set up a dedicated room for GOGs international invitational tournament. Larger streaming platforms like Waiwai and ZZ were already experiencing huge traffic because of how popular the competition was among the audience. That was largely because GOG had organized a local invitational competition before, and ZZ had organized a Performance Competition as well. GOG had already gained a lot of traction within the live-streaming circle. Now that the international invitational tournament was taking place, GOG only needed a little extra publicity to draw in large crowds. After all, this was akin to a huge carnival. On top of that, Shang Yang Games had also contacted live-streaming platforms overseas to stream the international invitational tournament. Although the games popularity overseas could not be compared to that in China, it was still significant. On one hand, it was because GOG had conducted aggressive publicity overseas. Ever since the Multifaceted Man was released, many foreign players began paying attention to the game. Gamers of both client-side games and mobile games alike were familiar with GOG. On the other hand, it was also because eight foreign veteran clubs were taking part in the international invitational tournament as well. Naturally, this had become a topic of discussion in the foreign esports circles. On top of that, Shang Yang Games had specially produced a promotional video for GOGs first international invitational tournament. In the promotional video, Lin Wan appeared as the Director of Shang Yang Games and the person-in-charge of GOGs overseas operations. With fluent English and a confident expression, she helped to win over many fans for the game. GOGs international invitational tournament is by far the biggest GOG competition yet, and its about to become the biggest esports competition as well. We have esports athletes from all over the world, and a total of sixteen teams gathered in Jingzhou. They will fight for the most generous esports championship in history. Tengdas mission has always been to go all out and achieve perfection. We have invested a huge amount of money in this international invitational tournament to prove our determination to promote esports and build an esports ecosystem. Here and now, I promise this to GOG players all over the world: We will strive to build GOG into the strongest competitive online game in the future. Please be our witness! Lin Wan looked very natural and exuded confidence on the screen. However, all the netizens overseas understood the hidden message in her words. Obviously, she was declaring war against IOI! Chapter 647 - There are Nine Other People who are Better than Me Pei Qian could not help but feel emotional. For some reason, he felt like Lin Wan had become much more confident after taking over GOGs international server. Yet, speaking of which, if Lin Wan was declaring war against IOI, then Why wasnt there any news of IOIs local server from Eric? Before this, during meetings, he had heard that Eric had failed twice trying to manage IOIs local server. First, he failed to find internet cafes that would support him; then, he failed to find live-stream platforms or clubs that would support him. In the end, his strategy proved to be an utter failure, and he shifted his focus to manufacturers of peripheral products. There, he tried to find other gamers. At the time, Pei Qian was overjoyed. He instructed GOGs people to follow closely behind Eric. However, after what happened with Struggle, Pei Qian completely forgot about the matter. Until now, the employees of Shang Yang Games had not updated Pei Qian on the fight. There was also no news of Shang Yang Games online. All of a sudden, Pei Qian felt worried about Eric. Brother, you didnt quietly leave, did you? How I look forward to you coming to Tengda Headquarters one day arrogantly asking to see me. That would mean that IOI was getting better again. Then, I would be able to continue burning money with you! Pei Qian searched for news about IOIs local server online and realized that, apart from a few insignificant advertisements from cooperating manufacturers, there were no other hot news. There were a couple of posts discussing how IOIs local server was completely deserted though. Compared to GOGs current situation, they were unbearably miserable. For some reason, Pei Qian felt sympathy. He thought about the high-level executives of multinational corporations coming all the way to China, hoping to tear the veil and put on a big show. Yet, in the end, the game that had become hot in every other corner of the world had failed to take off here Then, even the overseas markets began to be dominated by GOG Awful. It was so awful. Still, he soon recalled that the other party had forced tens of millions of US dollars down his throat and then stopped feeling sympathetic. Whatever. Dayak Corporation was an extremely wealthy multinational corporation after all. How could they collapse over such a small thing? Yes, he had to trust in their wealth. He should just focus on the competition for now. Before this, Tengda Games and Shang Yang Games had already organized competitions before and accumulated a certain amount of experience. This time, they were also working with experienced esports media. Thus, every aspect of the competition was well-planned. Apart from all the hard factors like equipment, network, on-site scheduling, and so on; another important factor that would determine whether the audience enjoyed watching the competition or notand whether the competition would run smoothly or notwas the details. For example: They had to film promotional videos for each club and member to warm up the field They had to brief the members well on the rules and etiquette of competition, so that every team would take the initiative to shake hands with their opponents after each game, regardless of whether they won or lost. They would also have to walk to the center of the stage and bow to the audience They had to arrange for the emcees to interview members after each match. At the same time, there were special interview stands at the side of the stage for interviews to be conducted in English and streamed to the overseas audience. The competitors mouses and keyboards had to be sent for inspection in advance to ensure that there were no hacks installed. Moreover, two sets of additional equipment of the same models had to be prepared to minimize disruptions. It was necessary to come up with back-up plans for all sorts of emergency situations. For instance, if there was a jam, the director would have to immediately notify the commentator of the reason behind it. The commentator would then have to explain it to the audience to prevent them from losing interest. Of course, they also had to minimize the chances of the game jamming as much as possible. Soon, the competition officially began. There was a warm-up video with intense background music at the beginning. Key landmarks in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and other first-tier cities flashed across the screen before it finally settled on Great World in Jingzhouthe location of the competition. There was a 10-second countdown, which everyone in the audience joined. After one, there were loud cheers and exciting electronic music that swept the audience away! On the screen, a huge beam of light descended from the sky and lit up a huge, silver treasure chest. The treasure chest suddenly cracked open, causing more beams of light to shine through it. Then, it turned into the map for the gamethe Canyon of Gods. An exquisite-looking trophy hovered above the Canyon of Gods. Around it, the silhouettes of GOGs iconic heroes appeared one after another, causing the audience to scream and cheer in excitement. Since they had not had much time to prepare for the competition, the opening ceremony was rather simple. However, for an audience that had not seen anything as grand as this, it was enough to fill them with excitement. Even Pei Qians blood began to rush through his veins in the charged atmosphere. After that, a trophy that looked exactly like the one on the screen slowly rose up from the bottom of the stage and appeared in front of the audience. The trophy had been ordered about a month ago and had only been delivered a few days ago. It was 35 centimeters tall, gold-plated, and made of zinc alloys. A dragon and a phoenix were engraved in it, making it look like a beautiful piece of ancient Chinese treasure. At the same time, it harbored elements of GOG. Yet, that was not the main focus. The main focus was that it weighed 28 kilograms. Thats right28 kilograms. That was because the initial intention behind the design of the trophy was for all five members to raise it up together. After that, promotional videos of all sixteen teams were screened, ending with a family portrait of all sixteen team leaders. The sixteen team flags around the arena were lit up, and the commentator shouted every clubs name, along with the names of each team member. One by one, the teams went up onto the stage to show their faces. The thunderous applause and cheers in the competition ground did not stop for a long time! After hyping the crowd up, the commentator announced that the competition was officially starting. The two opening teams were the first to play against each other. This time, the opening match was to be played by H4 and FRY because both teams were veteran clubs. As early as when Starcraft and Fantasy Battle were still popular, both clubs had participated frequently in global competitions and put on multiple exciting shows. It was precisely because both teams were quite well-known globally that they were made to play the opening match. The groupings had not been done by drawing lots this time. Instead, it was decided internally and rather shrewdly. Since there were eight each of local and overseas teams, there were four groups in total. The numbers of Chinese teams in each group were zero, one, three, and four. They had arranged groupings in this manner instead of putting two local teams in each group, mainly for fear that there would be no foreign teams left after the first few rounds. That would be a tough situation indeed. If only local teams made it to the semi-finals, the foreign audience would become extremely anxious. Thus, more foreign teams were placed in Groups A and B to peck at each other. Then, three foreign teams would surely make it to the top eight, and one would surely make it to the quarter-finals. That way, the foreign players would feel a stronger sense of existence. At the same time, prematurely turning the game into an internal war between local teams would disappoint the local audience that was looking forward to a war between the Chinese and foreigners. The competition would seem bland, and there would be nothing else for them to look forward to. As for the weak teams that had been assigned to the death group the organizing team could not do anything about it. The eight local teams that had been invited to the first international invitational tournament had already been shown preferential treatment. There was only so much more than they could ask for. Over time, as the competition was perfected, and the teams were invited to join the competition after selection in their various districts, this problem would no longer exist. Pei Qian relaxed and leaned back in his chair, sipping his drink as he watched the game. Since they were in a mall, there were many places where they could eat, drink, and play. There were many types of drinks available and sold at low prices. In this regard, the experience was quite commendable. Pei Qian was pleased as he watched the exciting games and listened to the excited claps and cheers of the audience. How comfortable! Watching the event via live-streaming platforms could not be compared to being at the competition ground. When hot team battles broke out, the excitement in the narrators voice and the cheers and screams of the audience were enough to cause ones adrenaline to soar and blood to rush. One would be tempted to cast all worries aside and shout! He had to admit that the FRY Club was not bad. Those foreign clubs had started late, but their team members had all been transferred from Gods Rising and IOI. They had a good grasp of games like GOG already. In addition, since they had a good foundation and hardcore training, their standard was not far off from local teams. Moreover, since this was the opening match, H4 was playing very securely. Both teams seemed to be trying the other out. The Western-style was to select heroes that nobody had seen much of so far. Thus, both sides were putting on a good show, and the match was not overly one-sided. The live and online audience alike enjoyed watching the match. That was the charm of exchanges and collisions between different regions. Each regions teams would train as a group, resulting in overlaps of their understanding of strong heroes and the game version. However, when different regions came together, there would be a huge difference between their respective understandings of the game. When different regions came together with their unique skills, the audience would be able to tell which side would prevail. Thus, compared to the local GOG competitions that the teams had taken part in before, this competition was more interesting and fun to watch. At last, H4 proved to be stronger and more powerful. They took the chance to wipe out their opponents team and successfully ended the game. The live audience was overjoyed, and so was Pei Qian. It felt so good to be able to watch a game from start to finish, without having to worry about being stabbed in the back! In any case, this competition was meant for him to burn money. Regardless of who won or lost, GOG could not become more famous. Thus, Pei Qian believed that there was no room for him to be stabbed in the back at all. Soon, the post-match interviews began. Huang Wang walked up to the stage and was interviewed by one of the female hosts. The moment he walked up, the audience cheered. His muscles! His uniform was filled! The other members were either very skinny or chubby. It was rare even for any of the foreign players to have such a good physique. Huang Wangs physique was particularly eye-catching when he stood next to his teammates! Standard questions were asked during the interview, such as why each member chose the hero that they did, how they worked out of a particularly intense battle, and what they wanted to say to their fans. Soon, the host came to the final question. Lastly, I want to ask Huang Wang something that his fans are very concerned about. Huang Wang, did you really used to be a professional boxer before you became an esports player? What inspired you to make such a decision? Huang Wang helplessly raised his muscular arm to scratch his head. Actually, this is a mistaken rumor. I was very weak before I started playing esports professionally. The host was obviously stunned. Huh? Then how did you become like that, Huang Wang? Huang Wang laughed. I used to train at DGE Club, where all the members were forced to work out. Whats more, the person who lost the most was made to do the most extra training. I was the one who had to do the most extra training back then. The host was even more shocked now. Huh? The person who lost the most had to do the most extra training? The other team members Huang Wang nodded. Thats right. I was actually the lousiest member in both teams. Nine other people are much better than me! Still shocked, the host asked, Huang Wang, you only trained for a few months and became like that? Your training must have been very effective. Which gym did you go to? Huang Wang smiled. Deposit Fitness, of course! Pei Qian: ? All of a sudden, he realized that something was wrong. On further thought, Pei Qian realized that all of DGEs members had already been sold to the other teams, but each of their bodies looked very outstanding! The members of the other clubs had also started working out, but too little time had passed for there to be any obvious results. On the other hand, DGEs athletes looked much better than everyone else! One look, and the audience would be able to identify them! Werent they akin to walking billboards? As GOGs international invitational tournament continued to become more popular, the audience would be able to identify the DGE member each time they walked up on stage. Then, if those members performed exceedingly well during the competitions and won the Most Valuable Player prize Wouldnt DGE Clubs and Deposit Fitness popularity shoot through the roof?! Sponsors would not start approaching DGE, would they? Things looked more dangerous for Deposit Fitness. If even young teenage addicts could look like that, what about everyone else? A huge number of people would rush to sign up for sessions for sure! The hand that Pei Qian had been using to hold his milk tea began to tremble. All of a sudden, he realized that he had neglected to consider a very serious problem. Chapter 648 - Someone Posted a Video First September 12th, Monday The first-ever GOG International invitational tournament was in its third day. Fei Huang Workspace and many others were watching it online. The video exposing the formaldehyde-filled rooms will be done in one or two days. To most of the people, their work was done. Therefore, those who were free could watch the competition and relax. One could hear a burst of cheers from Fei Huang Workspace every time the game progressed to an exciting part. Zhu Xiaoce was waiting for the export of the video with his staff. The editing and post-production might have been completed, but it was still unknown whether the video would be satisfactory or not after export. He would probably have to fine-tune it twice or thrice before it could be published online. Waiting for the video to be exported was always very boring, so much that the two people responsible were also watching GOGs international invitational tournament. This tournament is really well done, and all the details were in place. Shang Yang Games must have put in so much effort, the editor said. Zhu Xiaoce nodded. Yes, the GOG international invitational tournament really put much effort into it. The previous esports competitions were basically not able to achieve such a level. Boss Pei is very ambitious this time! But this is not surprising when you think about the things that happened in Times Square before. Boss Pei had already thought about burning big money to promote GOG. It would be strange if this international invitational tournament was run in a small way. Jiang Huan was being interviewed on the live screen. All the bullet screen comments quickly drifted past, covering the entire screen. He appeared! DGEs strongest man! The way to judge strength is very simple and only needed to follow two laws: DGEs first law is that they only had strong muscular men. Now, their strength and muscle mass of the professional players in the club were proportional. The second law of DGE Club was that whoever was the most noob would need to take the additional practice lessons. That meant that overall muscle mass and strength were inversely proportional! Jiang Huan belongs to the category of muscular mass but with the least muscles. That meant that he had the least extra training in the DGE Club. This kind of strength could be described in three words, unfathomable and terrifying! Esports competitions could use their body to judge the strength of the players, which is outrageous! Im really curious about what the sacred DGE Club is. They are invincible both online and offline; they are invincible in solo and group fights! Everyone could get MVP even after being distributed to other teams. How scary! Explain the competition? Thats precious historical data! This is the legendary gather and become a ball of fire, scatter and be starry skies? A mysterious club that does not play in competitions. They only make money by selling its players, a really money-making genius! Zhu Xiaoce could not help but laugh as he looked at these playful bullet screen comments. These entertaining netizens were really too capable! Originally, Huang Wang had a boxer title. In the first two days of the competition, many people took a deep look at the ten members of the DGE Club and found that they all appeared in this international invitational tournament. They all appeared in the international invitational tournament and actually played to MVP level. That was very ridiculous! Many times the results of the fight between two teams really depended on which side of the DGE Club player was stronger. The audience would look at the player being interviewed with expectation in every post-match interview. As expected, it was another muscular man! They could confirm that this was a former member of the DGE Club by looking at his muscles! This muscle was simply a walking billboard; whatever they went, they were advertisements of the DGE Club and Deposit Fitness. What was even more outrageous was that before the start of many games, the audience would cheer for DGE after cheering for the two teams. That became a trend. The winner of the esports was king, and the audience naturally admired the strong. The weak were not worthy of applause. If the other clubs were like the DGE Club, there might be no competition. Every player could influence the direction of the game, which indefinitely elevated DGEs position in the eyes of the audience. After a few days of competition, DGE Clubs fans had a lot more fans than the other clubs combined! Zhu Xiaoce was envious of watching: The atmosphere in the scene was really good, but it is a pity that I have to cut the film recently and dont have the time to watch it. The editor asked curiously. Director Zhu, is the Deposit Fitness that good? These players have been practicing for a few months. How come they have more obvious results than me when I trained for nearly a year? Tengda had issued fitness cards to all employees previously so that the employees would have some fitness habits. Many people would not experience many changes even after they went to the gym for some time. Zhu Xiaoce smiled. How did you train? Lacking perseverance and continuity, you sometimes go there for less than two days a week. You dont bother about what you eat. How did others train? They have strict training schedules and can only eat their fitness meals. Can the effects of everyday gym compare to that of the Deposit Fitness? However, dont worry. Deposit Fitness will soon be popularized as an employee benefit. That should be Boss Peis purpose, opening so many branches of Deposit Fitness near their company and trialing it out. The editor froze for a moment. Huh? Really? Why didnt I hear about it? I heard from Guo Licheng that Boss Pei originally wanted to wait for a while after he opened the branches before letting his employees use them. As a result, they were full before the employees could even use them, Zhu Xiaoce said. The reputation of the original Deposit Fitness had been accumulating. Tengda Life App and Fish-Catching Take-Out had also provided Deposit Fitness with a good reputation. The slots were full for the peak period. The competition some time ago had ignited the heat of the Deposit Fitness. On the one hand, the figures of the players were too conspicuous. The advertising effect was too good. On the other hand, when many people inquired, they found that the fitness effect was indeed immediate. Many people who used it agreed that it is effectivewhich is why so many people signed up during the past two days! You dont know how difficult it is to grab a place in Deposit Fitness now. I have to say that Boss Peis publicity strategy was very calm. Think about it, it is not easy to simply advertise a gym. The others would definitely not believe it. However, it is definitely something if you can train all internet teenagers into muscle men. Those who like to work out know that Deposit Fitness must be something if they can train internet-addicted teenagers who hate sports! I asked friends around, and they said that they will definitely sign up if Deposit Fitness can really help, even if it is a little more expensive. However, only Boss Pei could use such methods. How could any ordinary gym be able to spend a few months to train internet-addicted teenagers? They were all thinking about making quick money and running away in a few months. However, Boss Pei was not the same. It is obviously for a long-term goal even if they had lost money for a few months just for the sake of reputation! The photos of the comparison of the DGE Club members body changes in the gym were going crazy online. This is a live advertisement! The editor also nodded frequently. Indeed, Boss Peis move was really wonderful. The heat of the World finals promoted both the DGE Club and Deposit Fitness. When will this good thing come to our internal employees? Zhu Xiaoce asked confidently. Dont worry, Boss Pei will not forget us. The Deposit Fitness gym is now full. He will definitely continue to open branches for us. It is a matter of time. It is said that the Sloth Apartments was also prepared as a staff dormitory by Boss Pei, but hes still thinking about it. The editor was a little puzzled. Why is he still thinking about it? What is he waiting for? Zhu Xiaoce could not answer it. He thought about it and replied. Perhaps to see if this business model will be successful or not? Perhaps it will be used as an employee benefit when it is confirmed that it can be successful. Perhaps the Sloth Apartments had some unique features that must be verified. The two of them chatted while an employee ran over. Director Zhu, look at this! Someone is one step ahead of us! Zhu Xiaoce took over the cell phone and was taken aback. The title of the video is Rented Apartment Formaldehyde Evaluation: Safe House by Home Corporation, Snail Apartments, and six other rental companies. Only one of them passes the evaluation! The publisher was a domestic technology evaluation media. Zhu Xiaoce froze for a moment because he knew that this technology evaluation media had a good reputation in the digital circle. However, why did such a company test formaldehyde in houses? It was a video that lasted nearly half an hour. The content in it was almost the same as the one being produced by Fei Huang Workspace. First of all, some consumers have reported excessive formaldehyde and health damage in rented apartments. Some employees of this company had also stayed in formaldehyde houses. This evaluation media began to recruit volunteers to test the formaldehyde rooms after that. As compared to Fei Huang Workspace, they did not target Home Corporation but conducted random inspections on six rental companies, including the Safe House from Home Corporation and Snail Apartments. The final result for the Safe House of Home Corporation was that all the readings for the houses they stayed within three months were over the limits, more than half of the houses in three to six months were over the limits while at least one house would be still over the limits after six months. Snail Apartments, which has the same model as Home Corporation, also went over the limits for formaldehyde. Only all houses from Sloth Apartments passed the test and were obviously lower than the national limits! In the end, the evaluation media also had current basic knowledge, for example, the best way to get rid of formaldehyde was to open the windows to allow it to dissipate. However, that in itself was a long process. Therefore, there was no better method once someone was to stay in such a house. This video was not so detailed in its editing compared with Fei Huang Workspace. However, this company was rather famous in the digital circle. Its objectivity and independence would not be doubted. Moreover, they tested six companies in their video; therefore, their content was much more complete. There was already a heated discussion below the video and on the Weibo of this evaluator. Isnt that killing people? So much formaldehyde, it might cause cancer within a few months of staying in it. How dare they call it Safe House? Safe in what way? Die safely? I opened my window out of fear! It is true. I have worked at Safe House for one month previously. One of the tenants told me repeatedly that there is a smell. I checked it out, and I really felt there was something wrong! Therefore, I asked my boss is there something wrong with this house? The boss told me not to care about it; this is the industry rules. I left after that. I need money, but I will not do anything against my conscience! Thinking about it now, the smell was very strong when I went to view the Safe House. The agent told me that I can move in the next day if I were to sign the contract now. He also guaranteed that he would get a cleaning company to get rid of the formaldehyde. Haha, luckily, I didnt believe him! Snail Apartments always say that they do things with more conscience than the Safe House from Home Corporation? Now, the results really slap their own faces! The Sloth Apartments passed all the national standards tests? Thats too ridiculous; didnt they just finish renovations less than two months ago? In theory, using environmentally friendly materials for renovations and furniture plus having a fresh air ventilation system would definitely be able to achieve it. However, the cost will be higher. Yes, they were introduced in the video as well. It seemed like the ventilation in Sloth Apartments was on 24/7, and the furniture is all of good quality. In the end, Boss Pei is still the one with the most conscience! So many black posts of various Sloth Apartments were posted during this time, such as IQ tax, rent raising, profiteering, and the like. The results of the evaluation were really a slap in the competitors face! As expected, Tengdas physical industry might not be cheap, but they were definitely of good quality! Take these apartments for example: if it was not because someone went to dig about it, who would know that the Safe House and Sloth Apartments are a world apart? Sigh, I really have to say, many times, it is not because Tengda did fantastically well, but their peers did too poorly! The netizens were absolutely fired up. Most people renting were young; that was especially true in first-tier cities like Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou. They had stringent requirements for their places of rental. The housing needs of the young were relatively high. Generally, no one wanted to live in old houses. They all wanted to live in better housing such as Safe House and Snail Apartments. However, how could have thought that all these were just appearance? The renovations that looked pretty good was, in fact, cutting corners in invisible places while seriously damaging the lives and health of the consumers. Moreover, the young were the main group of people on the net. They were livid seeing such news which was why its popularity went up instantly! The editor was in a fix after watching the video. Director Zhu, erm what should we do with our video? Chapter 649 - A Better Place for Interview Videos were made on both sides which were highly homogenized. They were both exposing the problem of formaldehyde in houses. The editing and details might not be done so well there, but they investigated all the brands in the market, including Sloth Apartments. Moreover, as an evaluation media in the technology circle, they had high credibility. It was far better for them to come out as a third party than for Fei Huang Workspace to expose this matter. Fei Huang Workspace and Sloth Apartments had direct interest after all. That made Fei Huang Workspace, which was making the video, very awkward then. Well store the video after it has been exported. We will not publish it. Zhu Xiaoce decided. The editor was dumbfounded. Did we do all that for nothing? Zhu Xiaoce shook his head. Of course not. We did the right thing. No one knows it, but it is meaningful for us to do it. There was really no need for the video to be posted again. The problem had been exposed and attracted enough attention. What happened next would have nothing to do with Tengda. Previously, Zhu Xiaoce and the others did not find a third-party evaluation agency mainly because of two considerations. First of all, the level of various evaluation agencies would be different so the effect of the video could not be guaranteed. Fei Huang Workspace could definitely not interfere with others work. The actual effect may be far from expectations. If the video responses were not enthusiastic enough, then it would not serve its purposes as an exposure. Secondly, if the incident of Fei Huang Workspace looking for a third party organization to post a video was exposed, the credibility of the video would be questioned. The Home Corporation may take this opportunity to fight back, but the situation was even more unfavorable. Fei Huang Workspace could not possibly ask these evaluation agencies one by one whether they plan to make formaldehyde-filled house videos or not, let alone keep waiting like this. The more he waited, the more victims would appear. After comprehensive consideration, it was better to do it themselves at least to give people a sense of uprightness. Right now, it happened that a relatively objective evaluation media had come forward to expose this matter so that there was no need to publish the video of Fei Huang Workspace. The editor regretfully put the exported video into the folder. Unfortunately, Brother Huang is not here. He worked so long on this video, but in the end, it could not be shown to the public. Zhu Xiaoce smiled. Its okay, Brother Huang wont care about it either way. Anyway, he should be back this weekend, right? I dont know if he is having fun in Africa or not. The signal is very bad there so he is generally not contactable. The editor took out his phone and flipped through the comments under Tengda Life App. It seems like many people have come to the Sloth Apartments section to leave messages, but the controversy is still rather big. No one is picking problems with the price and quality anymore, but on the rules of Sloth Apartments many still do not understand. Obviously, this video not only hit the formaldehyde-filled rooms but also pushed Sloth Apartments to the front. Suddenly, the Sloth Apartments became a real safe house, healthy, environmentally friendly, with cleaning services. It might be a little more expensive, but which was more important between life and money? Health and life could never be measured by money. However, even so, many people still questioned the Sloth Apartments model. If it was only for health reasons, wouldnt it be good to rent ordinary houses or Safe House after six months since they were renovated? Everyone could accept the price of Sloth Apartments now since one would get what they paid for. It was only natural for the price of the rent to be higher since there were so many good materials and furniture. However, one of the biggest problems of Sloth Apartments had not been solved, that was its livability! There was not much storage space and one could not add ones own furniture or change the layout of the rooms. Those points were still unacceptable to many tenants. Zhu Xiaoce shook his head. Who knows, such impersonal regulations cannot always be deliberately used to persuade tenants to quit, right? Boss Pei must have other considerations. We will know by waiting patiently. At the same time, Pei Qian just closed this video in his own office. There were actually other evaluation agencies also making this video? Um, well, its alright, formaldehyde rooms should indeed be exposed. However, cant you not-praise my Sloth Apartments? Fortunately, I have sufficient psychological preparations. Otherwise, wouldnt I have another knife stabbed into my back? Pei Qian knew that the video made by Fei Huang Workspace would most likely not be released after seeing this video. However, they were all to expose formaldehyde-filled rooms; it was the same whoever exposed it. The only surprise was that this review video actually measured formaldehyde concentration in the Sloth Apartments. The Sloth Apartments was only in its infancy after all. It was incomparable to the size of rental companies such as those in the Home Corporation. That was outrageous, without avoiding evaluation. The environmental protection index of Sloth Apartments completely crushed all other rental brands. This news obviously improved the Sloth Apartments reputation tremendously when it broke out! However, Pei Qian was also prepared for this. Someone would definitely test the formaldehyde levels in the Sloth Apartments no matter who disclosed the formaldehyde after all. It was inevitable. Pei Qian knew from the start that none of these competitors could be relied on! His peers were too weak; he could not count on them. In many cases, it was not Boss Pei who wanted to make money. His peers made it happen. Therefore, Pei Qian did not place all his hopes on his peers. He knew that they were pigs. He would have to rely on various unpopular regulations and the Four Bare Walls style of the house to make the Sloth Apartments unprofitable. The Sloth Apartments would continue to be unprofitable as long as he insisted that it was not livable and the room was not satisfactory. Knock, knock. Someone knocked on the office door. Assistant Xin pushed the door and entered. Boss Pei, Jingzhous Financial Channel would like to have an exclusive interview with you about the outstanding contributions you have done for the old industrial zones through the Thriller Hostel so Pei Qian was taken aback. A question mark floated above his head. ? Jingzhou TV interview? Again? Im not free! Pei Qian said hurriedly. Tell the TV station that Im very busy with work and have no time. Next time definitely. Assistant Xin nodded. Alright, Boss Pei. Pei Qian patted his chest and calmed down when Assistant Xin left. Jingzhous Financial Channel? Dont joke, I nearly died because of Fish-Catching Take-Out previously! You want to try something like this again on Thriller Hostel? Dream on, I wont be fooled any longer! The Thriller Hostel was built in an industrial zone. It had good heat even though the Thriller Hostel was far from covering its cost. The transformation of old industrial zones had always been an old and difficult problem. The local enterprises in Jingzhou did not want to run into this mess. Tengda Corporations heavy investment in the old industrial zones to build a theme park was enough to transform the old industrial zones even though it was a haunted house! Therefore, it was a matter of time when the TV station came for an interview. The TV station reported it once when the Thriller Hostel was first launched. However, it did not cause much of a stir by then. The publicity of the Thriller Hostel was overwhelming so the TVs report was not very eye-catching. However, Pei Qian did not dare accept the interview. He knew very well that it was a bad thing as long as he accepted the interview! Just like the previous time for Fish-Catching Take-Out. Pei Qian only showed his back, and yet he was picked out by the netizens. Then, it became Tengdas boss personally brought the goods. If he were to be interviewed, it would set the Thriller Hostel on the road to instant popularity. It was totally possible! Pei Qian did not want to show his face either. As for a text press release not to mention, he now had a psychological shadow. Therefore, Pei Qians attitude was very firm in saying that he was busy. What could you do to me if I refuse to accept the interview? Would you hold me at knifepoint? Impossible! Zhang Lixian, the journalist from Finance Channel, hung up with a dazed expression. Boss Pei actually rejected me! Was there a need to reject a TV interview? Especially a positive interview that could improve his corporate image? Did he refuse intentionally? Not to that extent, there was no need to refuse such a good deal. Perhaps he really had no time? Zhang Lixian felt that it was a pity because she wanted to interview Boss Peinot only for the Thriller Hostel and the transformation of the industrial zonesbut also to understand more about Boss Peis views on investment. Jingzhou TV reported on Thriller Hostel previously, but the effort was mediocre and did not elicit much response. The main thing was that the content was not in place after reflecting on it. The visit this time was to be done from another angle. Most companies did not respond to the call to transform the old industrial zones and dared not invest in it because they were all afraid of taking risks. However, Boss Pei was also an investor so why did he dare to invest in the old industrial zone? Was there any story behind that could be unearthed? Everyone felt that they would be a good angle. However, it was a pity that Boss Pei did not accept the interview. If Boss Pei does not have the time why not change to someone else? Boss Pei was not the only investor of Thriller Hostel. There is Boss Li from Fu Hui Investments who invested a lot of capital, A staff member suggested. Another staff member also nodded in agreement. Yes, you can interview Boss Li. The effect should be the same since he is also an investor. Zhang Lixian thought for a while and felt that really seemed to be a good alternative. Boss Li of Fu Hui Investments also invested in the old industrial zones, which was also commendable. Moreover, he worked alongside Boss Pei so he should understand the inside story during the construction process. Zhang Lixian found the phone number of Fu Hui Investments and successfully managed to contact Li Shi. She explained her intention: to arrange an exclusive interview to share their thoughts on investing in the old industrial zones and the reasons for their success. Li Shi agreed over the phone. Zhang Lixian was elated. Boss Li, then shall we go to your office for the interview? Let me know a convenient time for you. Li Shi was silent for a moment over the phone. If it is to introduce a successful investment experience then I have a better location for the interview. Sloth Apartments at the Dawn of Prosperous City. Chapter 650 - The Philosophy Behind the Bickering Machine September 13th, Tuesday Zhang Lixian brought the videographer from the Finance Channel with her and arrived at the unique-looking building in the Dawn of Prosperous City. Li Shi was already waiting for them on the 11th story. Boss Li, how are you?! Zhang Lixian shook Li Shis hand affectionately before Li Shi led her and the videographer in. Once she stepped into the empty living room, Zhang Lixian became stunned. Was this the new house that Boss Li had just moved into? The four walls were bare, and it looked like he had just been robbed. How was he living here? Zhang Lixian was extremely confused. Before this, she had heard that Boss Li wanted to be interviewed in the Dawn of Prosperous City. She had thought that they would be visiting Boss Lis home. After all, it was in this district, and so it could not have been an office. Yet, after seeing this house, Zhang Lixian became even more confused. How did this look like a house? It did not look like it had been lived in at all. Based on her knowledge, Boss Li was already married, and his son was already in junior high school. Yet, this place did not show any signs of having been lived in by his wife or son. In other words, Boss Li did not take this place as his home. Had he just rented an apartment in Sloth Apartments? Why? What was so special about this place? Before Zhang Lixian could begin the interview, her mind was already filled with many questions. Sensing her confusion, Li Shi smiled. I know what you want to ask. Dont worry, we can take our time to chat. There were a table and two chairs near the balcony, meant for people to drink tea at. It served as the perfect spot for the interview. The light shining through the full-length window would have caused a backlight in the camera, but Li Shi had adjusted the smart glass and resolved the problem. This was not a formal news interviewit was closer to a discussion on camera. The program was lengthier, and the flow of the conversation was less restrained. Zhang Lixian ran through the questions she had in her head as she studied the squarish black box on the coffee table. What was that? It caught her attention. The house was so big, but there were hardly any furnishings. Naturally, the black box on the coffee table looked particularly eye-catching. Li Shi smiled. Ill explain this to you later. Zhang Lixian nodded and then decided to carry out the interview as she had planned. In any case, if she turned out unsatisfied with the end result, they could always redo it. After putting all the preparations in place, the interviews officially began. Zhang Lixian had many questions, such as why Boss Li set this place as the interview location, why there were so few furnishings in the house, what the black box was for, and so on. However, she found it most appropriate to start with the questions that she had prepared beforehand. Boss Li, one could say that youre a veteran of the venture capital industry in Jingzhouand perhaps all of Handongand a witness to many finance legends. The establishment of your Fu Hui Investments has also helped many other businesses in Jingzhou, whether directly or indirectly. Recently, you have also responded to the call to invest a huge amount of money into the old industrial zone where Thriller Hostel stands. However, many businesses and investors in Jingzhou were so afraid that they steered clear of that place. What made you so determined to invest in it? Li Shi had a flashback. Actually, I didnt think much of that place at first. However, one day, Boss Pei asked me which place investors in Jingzhou were most unwilling to get involved in. After some thought, I told him that it was the old industrial zone. At the time, the old industrial zone was still a desolate plot of land. There were abandoned factory buildings, and it was far from the city center. Its location was extremely deserted. At first, I thought that Boss Pei had been joking. However, without any hesitation, he invested in it! Thats why I followed suit. Zhang Lixian was dumbfounded. It was that rash? He only followed suit because Boss Pei invested? What if Boss Peis investment failed? Well why do you trust Boss Pei so much, then? Zhang Lixian asked. Li Shi smiled. If you research deeply into Boss Peis Dream Realization Ventures, you would notice that his way of investing is worlds apart from other peoples! When other people invest, they can only expect two outcomes: profit or loss. However, when Boss Pei invests, he has two other outcomes: profit immediately or in the future! If you ask me about Dream Realization Venturess most successful investment, I would point you to their purchase of shares in Finger Games. They had reaped benefits at every single step and ended up making returns of more than twenty times their investment! To succeed in investing, one needs both guts and foresight. An outstanding investor must first be able to spot opportunities, then know how to grasp them, and finally dare to grasp them! Boss Pei does outstandingly at every one of those stages. Thats why he always achieves great success in his investments. Of course, before I invested with him, Boss Pei repeatedly warned me that the project would have great risks. I thought about it. Risks were risks, and the old industrial zone had to be transformed sooner or later. Even if I had lost money, I would have taken it as my contribution to Jingzhou City. I was born and raised in Jingzhou and made my wealth here. Its only expected that I return to society. Zhang Lixian nodded. Boss Li, your mindset is very admirable. I noticed that you trust Boss Pei a lot. Does your trust come from Boss Peis brilliant investment results or from some other place? Li Shi remained silent for a moment and then said, Actually, in the beginning, it was only because of his brilliant investment results. At the time, I did not really understand why Boss Pei and Dream Realization Ventures would achieve such great success. However, I recently began to understand the reason for all of it. I think that I should share this experience with other investors, as well as all the young people aspiring to establish their careers. Boss Pei could only achieve such great results because of the way he thinks! Zhang Lixians eyes lit up. Please explain that. Li Shi smiled subtly. This is Sloth Apartments, Tengdas newest rented apartment arm. However, not many people know that Boss Pei lives here as well. He lives in the penthouse of this building. The furnishings in this house are exactly the same as those in Boss Peis! Zhang Lixian was dumbfounded. She had not expected that at all! Everyone knew where Tengdas and Boss Peis offices were, but very few people knew how Boss Pei looked like or where he lived. Boss Pei lives in a place like this? Isnt it too simple? How could anyone live here? Zhang Lixian asked, confused. Li Shi smiled. Thats what I thought at first, too. When I found out that Boss Pei lived here, I was very surprised. The furnishings here are too simple, to the point that they would affect regular life to a certain extent. People who live here would easily think that this place resembles a temple or monastery because theres no hint of life at all. Thats why I was confused at first. Given Boss Peis net worth, he should easily be able to afford a luxurious villa. Why would he live in such a place? With my mind full of questions, I stayed here for half a year. At last, I understood Boss Peis intentions. Li Shi purposely let the anticipation build up by pausing for a moment. Then, he said, This place encourages focus and creative thinking. Boss Pei is only living here for so long to remain focused and think creatively! As opposed to saying that this is Boss Peis home, it would be more fitting to say that its Boss Peis training room or brainstorming room! Boss Peis success is no coincidence. It is the result of him thinking hard day after day. He minimized the amount of material enjoyment he could have and kept only the necessities in his home. He has been committed to living such a minimalistic life to prevent random things from interfering with his thinking process! Without those random things, hes able to think in a more focused manner. Living in such an environment for a long time would cultivate better focus and more effective thinking. Theres no such thing as an investment prodigy in the world. Boss Pei has just been using all the time that hes been given to think in a highly effective manner! Thats why Im trying to learn how to think in that manner by making the complex simple as well. I often come here to think quietly on my own. Often, I find solutions to seemingly unsolvable problems once I come here to think about them. Thats because coming to this place rids me of all distractions. Nothing would distract or disturb me here. A realization dawned on Zhang Lixian. So that was why! She had been puzzled about this before. Boss Pei was the boss of Tengda Corporation, who could earn close to five hundred million yuan in a single transaction. What kind of house would he fail to afford? This house was not small, but it still could not match up to Boss Peis net worth. Whats more, Boss Pei had decorated his own house in such a minimalistic fashion. There wasnt a single thing that was not a necessity. Naturally, one would think about ascetics and Daoists. Did that make sense? Who wouldnt enjoy convenience and comfort? Boss Peis Tengda Corporation was a huge business. It would be logical for him to choose to enjoy life. Yet, Boss Pei did not make that choice. Obviously, he had a special goal. That riddle had been solved by Boss Li, an investor in a similar position as Boss Pei. Now, it was clear that Boss Peis success was no coincidence. It was the result of him thinking hard day after day. Boss Pei could only think deeper and further than ordinary people because he lived such a strict and minimalistic lifestyle. He had created an environment devoid of every distraction so that he could focus! While others were at home quarreling with their spouses and children, Boss Pei was here, thinking hard about Tengda Corporations future direction. The accumulation of such thinking over time made a world of difference! All of a sudden, Zhang Lixian thought of another question. She looked at the black box on the table and asked, Well, what is this black box for, then? Li Shi did not say anything. Instead, he demonstrated it for Zhang Lixian. He quickly pressed a couple of metal rods down, but the boxs mechanism restored everything to their original positions. Zhang Lixian was stunned. This? Li Shi began to explain. Its an exquisite work. However, its rich in philosophy. It helps me to think better. Theres one that looks just like that in Boss Peis house. I expended a lot of effort to find the official platform for it. I didnt expect to find that Dream Realization Ventures had invested in it as well! In other words, Boss Pei probably custom-made this. It is called the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine. Zhang Lixian remained confused. A Fully-Automated Bickering Machine? What kind of philosophy does it contain? How does it help us to think better? Li Shi handed the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine over to Zhang Lixian and allowed her to try it out. Zhang Lixian played with it for a minute and asked, Whats the meaning of this? Its a complete waste of time. Li Shi smiled. Its meaningless. The fact that its meaningless is why its so meaningful. It contains the traditional philosophy of Daoism: the use of uselessness. It helps one to understand that a meaningless action is meaningful in itself. This thing is called a Fully-Automated Bickering Machine because it models the process of bickering with people online. There are more and more contrarians appearing online now, resulting in more and more meaningless debates. Public figures, in particular, easily find themselves falling into those meaningless debates. Were so used to debating with others that, but most of the time, we dont care about whos right or wrong. We only care about whos more powerful. Nobody is really trying to understand what the other party is saying, and nobody will really reflect on whether theyre wrong or not. Instead, they would try all ways and means to find loopholes in the other partys arguments. Thats why well discover that debating with other people online would never lead to a consensus. Debating with people like that is akin to playing with this Fully-Automated Bickering Machine. No matter how hard you work, the mechanism will lift the rods back into their original positions. You would only be wasting your time. Thinkers would find it tempting to engage in these meaningless debates because the more they think, the angrier they would become about other peoples stupidity; the more they think, the more they would realize how stupid they themselves are and how much they dont know. Whether youre the former or the latter type, youre in danger. Thinking could bring wisdom, but it could also cause paranoia or arrogance. This Bickering Machine serves as a reminder that those debates are meaningless and that you shouldnt waste your time arguing with the contrarians online. Just think hard and do what you have to dothats enough. Thus, every time I feel frustrated, I would play with this machine. Ill look at it fighting me endlessly and negating all of my efforts again and again. Finally, I would understand that Ive merely been wasting my time doing useless work. With my negative emotions released, I would calm down and be able to continue thinking. Why does Boss Pei have no crafts or decorations in his house but this? Thats because this is neither a handicraft nor a decorative piece. Its a machine that restores your thinking and emotions, and it fits in with the rest of the house because it helps one to settle down and think better. To me, this is the soul of this thinking space! Chapter 651 - New Famous Painting Zhang Lixian seemed to understand something. I see. This is a gadget that helps to reduce stress? Li Shi shook his head. You might think so, but there are still some differences between this and a gadget that helps to reduce stress. Ordinary gadgets that help to reduce pressuresuch as bubble wrap, fidget spinners, and so onuse repetitive exercises to reduce your psychological pressure. The inertia of repeating exercises would keep ones mind occupied. However, thats not how the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine works. Theres no pattern to its operation, and it does not make use of repetitive exercises. Thats why ordinary people might find themselves getting addicted to it. Yet, thats exactly where the difference between the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine and pressure-reducing gadgets lies. Pressure-reducing gadgets only serve to channel ones emotions and divert ones attention, so that they would forget about their troubles temporarily. However, it doesnt have any practical effect on our ability to think. In fact, we might even become over-dependent. Each time we feel distracted or frustrated, we would need a pressure-reducing gadget to play with. On the other hand, the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine doesnt channel emotions. If you keep playing with it, you might become even more irritated. It serves to induce certain thoughts that make you aware of the meaninglessness of your behavior and force you to exercise self-control. That way, you would be able to maintain control in frustrating circumstances as well. Thats why the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine can only be used by people with a certain amount of self-control. Thats also why I keep emphasizing that it helps me to think. It doesnt numb youit stings you. In the long term, the difference between the two would be very obvious. Clearly, Zhang Lixian was now deeply interested in the squarish box. However, since she was still conducting the interview, it was inappropriate for her to ask where he had bought it from. Thus, she decided to leave it to the end of the interview. Zhang Lixian looked around. The entire house was just as Boss Li had described. It was so simple that it reminded her of those practicing asceticism. Yet, at that moment, Zhang Lixian spotted the huge television in the living room. Televisions of this size were hardly seen in houses in the city. Naturally, it caught her eye. Curious, Zhang Lixian asked, Boss Li, if you need a quiet space to think, you wouldnt place a television in the living room, would you? For most people, television sets were meant for entertainment. Dramas, movies, variety shows, and games were all unhelpful for thinking, right? Li Shi smiled. Ah, that. Actually, if you open the unassuming television cabinet underneath the television, you would see a gaming unit and a large number of game discs. Thats only normal. Boss Pei wears many hats, but the biggest one will always be that of a game designer! GOG, the online game that Boss Pei developed, has already expanded into the Western market. Its accumulating billions of fans all over the world, and its advertisements are plastered around Times Square. Struggle, the standalone game that Boss Pei, is also proving to be very popular in China. The concept and depth of the game have earned unanimous praise from insiders of the industry and gamers alike. How can a game designer draw inspiration without playing games? I found a variety of games from top foreign manufacturers in the television cabinet. That goes to show that Boss Pei isnt proud or complacent. From start to end, he has been working hard to draw experience from foreign game designers and constantly reflecting on his progress. Otherwise, he would not have been able to develop an excellent game like Struggle. Zhang Lixian nodded subtly and then noticed that something was amiss. She asked, Well, why would Boss Pei make those games available for other tenants, then? Li Shi was already prepared for this question. He answered, Obviously, thats Boss Peis attitude. Ive seen them. Those games are all AAA masterpieces from overseas. All of them are extremely artistic and have excellent systems. Boss Pei must have carefully selected those games. To Boss Pei, games cannot merely be entertaining. They must also be artistic and deep. Thus, when designing and conceptualizing the Sloth Apartments, Boss Pei must have wanted tenants to be able to relax when they were tired. These masterpieces were probably meant to provide inspiration and enlightenment. At the same time, he must also be fighting the saying that playing kills brain cells. Boss Pei must be emphasizing that, while games allow people to relax, they can also invoke thought. Zhang Lixian nodded. That makes sense! I heard before that Sloth Apartments have many inhumane and unreasonable regulations. However, it sounds like Boss Pei is trying to spread his lifestyle using the Sloth Apartments. Why doesnt he expressly state that in the publicity material, then? Li Shi smiled. How can he say these things himself? Is he expected to praise himself? The process of thinking is very personal. You wont necessarily be able to quiet down and think in certain environments. These things are affected by different factors. He cant guarantee results. Whats more, Boss Pei never attempts to explain his own behavior. He would only do what he thinks is right very seriously. As for everyone else, those who can understand it would; those who cant wouldnt. Boss Pei would never force others. Why have the Sloth Apartments implemented so many regulations? Why was the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine made so exquisitely and with such expensive material? Why is it sold at such a high price? Clearly, Boss Pei produced it for people who understand what its for. Those who understand its value would willingly pay for it, no matter how much it costs. Those who think its too expensive wouldnt understand where its value lies and wouldnt snatch it from those who truly appreciate it. Finally, the interview was over. Zhang Lixian reviewed the content and realized that the interview had gone slightly off-track. She had intended to interview Boss Li at first, but Boss Li had only talked about Boss Pei the entire time! However, that was not a big deal. Other similar programs would not restrict conversations. Guests were free to share whatever they wanted, and Boss Li had shared very valuable information indeed. Why did Boss Li insist on investing in the old industrial zone even though the majority of investors and businesses had not had high hopes for it? On one hand, he had been following in Boss Peis footsteps. On the other hand, he had an independent way of thinking. Whats more, that independent way of thinking had only been cultivated because of his ordinarily living conditions and mindset. His experience of being extremely focused while thinking would greatly benefit other investors, as well as mental workers who need to think without being distracted! The transformation that Boss Li and Boss Pei achieved with the old industrial zone was also very impressive and commendable. At that thought, Zhang Lixian stood up and shook Li Shis hand again. Thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule to be interviewed by me, Boss Li. I trust that your way of thinking would help many young and confused individuals. The videographer stopped rolling. Zhang Lixian asked softly, Boss Li, where can I buy one of those Fully-Automated Bickering Machines? Li Shi grinned. Go online and search for its name, and youll be able to find it. Its not that difficult. Zhang Lixian nodded. Yes, this is very interesting. I want to keep one at home as well. Alright, I wont disturb you any longer. Goodbye, Boss Li! September 13th, Tuesday evening Today was the last match of the first round of GOGs international invitational tournament. Tomorrow was a rest day. After watching the matches, Pei Qian did not return home. Instead, he headed to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and sipped his cocktails while working on his mind map of the relationship between various departments in Tengda Corporation. It was not that Pei Qian did not want to return home. It was just that there was not much for him to do at home. His house was too empty. He could play games, but he would get bored with them if he played too much. On the other hand, waiters were serving him in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, and he could sip alcohol while listening to singers sing. There were more and more lines appearing on the mind map. Pei Qian was beginning to feel like his brain did not have enough storage space. Pei Qian very reluctantly connected the DGE Club, Tengda Games, and Deposit Fitness. GOGs international invitational tournament was a fuse. The team members had been crazily blowing DGE Club and Deposit Fitness from the very first day of the competition until now. Four days had already passed. Pei Qian had seen it all and taken it all to heart, but he could not do anything about it He had intended to drop by Deposit Fitness to take a look, but on further thought, he concluded that it would only give him more to worry about. What was the point? He could only quietly draw the line and announce the start of the next stage. He could keep opening more branches. If he opened them fast enough, the profits would not catch up to him. Pei Qian was beginning to realize that nothing was going smoothly this cycle. The physical shops, especially, were becoming increasingly popular. It had started with Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and then Fish-Catching Take-Out. Now, even Deposit Fitness was getting out of control! Fortunately, the Sloth Apartments were still holding on. Otherwise, Pei Qian would be left with one straw to grasp atUpwind Logistics. What would he do then?! Pei Qian looked at the dense web of lines on his mind map, feeling like it was about time to give up on it. Hidden connections between the departments aside, even the visible ones, were becoming hard to keep track of! The dense web of lines had dense words attached to them as well. He would get dizzy just looking at it, and sorting it out would be a chore. Pei Qians strategy to keep track of inter-departmental relationships using a mind map was turning out to be a failure. The departments were coming up with combined events frequently and from out of nowhere. It was completely unreasonable. For example, Pei Qian had asked Coach Yaling to take pictures of DGEs members every day to ensure that they had less time for training. Who would have thought that those photos would later become advertising material for Deposit Fitness? At that thought, Pei Qian could not help but heave a long sigh. For some reason, he felt particularly troubled. At the same time, outside Fish-Catching Internet Cafe The internet cafe was brightly lit, and the light shone through the full-length windows. Everything inside was clearly visible from the outside. Ruan Guangjian had just finished the concept art for a GOG hero and was walking out of Halo Workspace, intending to go home to rest. However, as he walked past Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, he saw a familiar figure through the full-length windows. Eh, its already so late. Why is Boss Pei still here, and not at home, resting? Hes looking at his laptop. Is he still working? Ruan Guangjian was curious, and Boss Pei was seated with his back facing the full-length window. Ruan Guangjian walked forward, peeked past Boss Peis shoulder, and saw the image on the screen. Suddenly, Ruan Guangjian became inspired. The composition looked very good from where he was standing. At once, he whipped out his cell phone and took a picture through the full-length window. Click. In the picture, Boss Peis back was facing the camera. His right hand was supporting his chin as if he was deep in thought. His side profile was lit up by his computer screen. Although one could not see the screen clearly, one could tell that it was neither showing a game nor a movie. World famous painting: Boss Pei at Work. Whats on the computer? A mind map? Ruan Guangjian zoomed in on the photograph. The camera on his mobile phone had very high megapixels. Although he had not taken a picture of the screen on purpose, he could still faintly tell that there was a mind map with countless dense lines and boxes on it. There were boxes of various sizes. Ruan Guangjian couldnt read the words in the small boxes and on the lines, but he could read the ones in a few boxes. They said Tengda Games, Deposit Fitness, Fish-Catching Take-Out, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, and so on. The dense lines extended from each of those boxes and connected to the other boxes around them. Ruan Guangjian glanced at it, confirmed that there was no confidential information or business secrets, and then relaxed. Everyone knew what businesses were under Tengda Corporation. That was no secret. He wouldnt cause trouble by uploading the image. Ruan Guangjian uploaded the image on his Weibo and wrote a caption. Ive knocked off work, but someone is still working. He had intended to greet Boss Pei in the internet cafe but then realized that there was no need to. Satisfied, Ruan Guangjian turned to leave. Chapter 652 - Death Notice and Precise Last Hit Pei Qian worked hard for five minutes before dragging the mind map into the recycle bin. I give up, this sh*t doesnt work at all! Pei Qian was not an iron man. He had to give up decisively and think of other ways. Pei Qian looked at his watch after he finished his cocktail. It was about time for him to go back and rest. Wasnt it a great idea to play games on his big TV for a few houses before falling asleep? He might have finished a few games, but games could never be finished. Pei Qian got up and left, preparing to go home for his blissful me time. Pei Qian was about to enter the 12th floor of Dawn of Prosperous City when he found a small note stuck on the door. Hm? Whats this? Pei Qian thought it might be a water bill or the like, but he realized that it should not be such a long bill. Moreover, the utilities were handled by the butler in Sloth Apartments. He took it and looked at the string of letters on it. Nine pm tonight Jingzhou TV Finance Channel. Pei Qian was stunned right there and then. What was the meaning of this? Assassination notice? Death threat? What would there be on Jingzhou TV? Pei Qian always felt that something was up whenever the TV was involved, no matter what it was. There was no signature on this note, but it was too late to be concerned about who the culprit was. He looked at his watch. It was almost nine; he might not be able to catch up if he were to delay any more at the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. Pei Qian hurried in, changed his shoes, and turned on the TV. The interview section of the Finance Channel started on time a few minutes later. He is the person at the helm of the famous Fu Hui Investments in Jingzhou. He is regarded as the second indicator of the investment industry in Jingzhou. He resolutely invested a lot of money into the industrial zones, transforming it even though most companies and investors were not optimistic about it. While there are ups and downs in the investment circle, hewho had witnessed countless wealth myths what unique insights did he have on the ways of investment? How does he keep his head clear and think rationally in the face of all the complicated work? What secrets of success does Li Shi, who had been through ups and downs in the business sea for half his life, have for the young in the era of national entrepreneurship and innovation? The financial story of tonight, Li Shi and the Thinker will be shown soon! This interview column was filled with a sense of deja vu from XX has an appointment. It was a popular interview column across the country. It was a normal thing to be imitated by Jingzhou TV. Pei Qian knew exactly who the culprit that posted the note on his door was after watching the beginning of this TV program. It was definitely Boss Li! Pei Qian started to doubt his motives now that he had locked onto the culprit. This interview obviously had nothing to do with him. Wasnt this Boss Lis interview? Why did Boss Li want him to watch it? To see how handsome he was in the interview? Was Boss Li showing off to me? Show off that he could get on the TV interview program, but I didnt? Did you not know that the financial channel came to me first? They only found you because I rejected them. Boast all you want. Pei Qian suddenly changed his mind. That didnt sound right; Boss Li should not be that sort of person. He continued watching on with confused feelings. Pei Qian was shocked when they came to the interview. Wasnt this Sloth Apartments!? It was obviously Boss Lis room, but the layout was exactly the same as his room, even the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine was in the same place! Pei Qian suddenly realized the crux of the problem. Why was there a Fully-Automated Bickering Machine in Boss Lis room? He did have one in his room, but that was specially sent by Zhang Wang to him. They did not give the other rooms. Pei Qian calmed himself down and continued watching. Boss Li spoke freely on the screen. Boss Pei invested, therefore I followed his path. Boss Pei does outstandingly at every one of those stages. Thats why he always achieves great success in his investments. As opposed to saying that this is Boss Peis home, it would be more fitting to say that its Boss Peis training room or brainstorming room! Boss Peis success is no coincidence. It is the result of him thinking hard day after day Pei Qians expression changed from relaxed to dazed, to shock, and finally to becoming completely frozen as he watched on. Boss Lis speech completely confounded him! He understood the meaning of every word, but he did not know what Boss Li was talking about when they were strung together! Moreover, the more he listened, the more he felt a sense of absurdity. Are you sure the Boss Pei you were describing here is the same person as me? Moreover, werent they interviewing you? Why did you only talk about me? Pei Qian originally thought that the title of this interview Li Shi and the Thinker was referring to Li Shi as a thinker. He only realized now that this Thinker was referring to himself! The word and was not an explanatory relationship but a parallel relationship! Recall carefully, Boss Li was stabbing his heart in this column. First, he spoke to the emcee about the Thriller Hostel and then portrayed himself and Pei Qian as the investors who cared about Jingzhou and supported the transformation of the old industrial zones without hesitation. Then, he began to shift the topic to the Sloth Apartments, talking about the special layout and structure of the Sloth Apartments and how helpful it was for people to concentrate on thinking. Finally, he spoke about the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine, touting that to be the finishing touches of the thinking space and even had a touch of philosophy with it. Pei Qian originally did not think much of it, thinking: You could do whatever you want with your interview, what had that got to do with me? Why did you deliberately post a note at my door to show off? Now, he understood that was not showing off. It was a death notice! Pei Qian began to feel unwell. Sh*t, something terrible had happened! The Sloth Apartments had already gone through several twists and turns previously. There was only one last wall left unbreached. The recent formaldehyde houses cases had caused a large number of rental companies such as Home Corporation and Snail Apartments to be discredited. They were now busy apologizing and mending public relations. Only the Sloth Apartments had not been damaged in this incident; instead, they had profited! However, there were still not many people determined to move into the Sloth Apartments. The underlying reason was still because of the Four Bare Walls. But now, Boss Li broke through all these and twisted the explanation of Four Bare Walls! The original impractical immediately became good for thinking and mediation. Moreover, even such a useless invention like the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine did not escape the claws of Boss Li. He had now explained it as an art that allowed people to train their mentality and allow people to think. A simple interview immediately brought up the status of the Thriller Hostel, Sloth Apartments, and the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine! Pei Qian was now feeling regretful. He had never thought that his refusal to be interviewed would cause a totally opposite effect from what he intended! However, who would have thought of such a thing? Pei Qian took out his cell phone hurriedly and checked the latest ratings of Sloth Apartments on Tengda Life App. He could only hope that the crowd not be deceived by Boss Li! Sloth Apartments would not help you in your thinkingdont be fooled! The Fully-Automated Bickering Machine is really purely just a useless toydont buy it! However, Pei Qians heart turned cold, looking at the new comments below Sloth Apartments. The original comments were generally about how inconvenient and impractical this place was. However, the direction of the new comments was totally different now. I understand now! I found Sloth Apartments to be inappropriate previously because it wasnt the right method! Im an artist. I suddenly realize that the Sloth Apartments is the perfect place to stay after watching the interview. It is absolutely minimalistic; nothing will be able to disturb my thoughts. Im an author; I also feel that this place isnt bad! +1 as a programmer Does Boss Peis method really help? Im convinced and am prepared to rent one unit! Actually, there is a certain truth to it. There is currently a trend of breaking away and minimalistic; of course, this is not completely true as well. Everyone had to consider whether it was suitable for themselves or not. However, there were some undeniable facts to this theory. Everyones energy was limited. If you want to make a huge breakthrough in life, there would be some distractions that you had to give up. Sloth Apartments is a place providing such an environment! Then how do you explain that there is no place for storage and not being able to shift the furniture? Do you not understand? That is to ensure that everything in the room will not be messed up by you! Think about it, if you have a lot of storage space, you would buy continuously and then stuff a bunch of useless stuff into the cabinets. If you can buy your own furniture, you will definitely do things according to your own preferences. That is completely contrary to the idea of the Sloth Apartments! Yes, the layout of the entire house was designed by an impressive designer. The perfect harmony created originally would be messed up and there would be no more of that original aura. Yes, the Sloth Apartments has a butler and a cleaner, and you cannot touch the things inside it. Isnt that allowing you to not need to care for anything and concentrate on your own affairs? It is normal to feel ungrounded because what the Sloth Apartments advocated was Boss Peis own life philosophy. It is not suitable for everyone; it is specially prepared for thinkers. I heard that the largest units have been taken up by the investors in Jingzhou. There are still two lake-view houses and a set of commercial and residential houses. Everyone, hurry up, I believe they will be out of stock soon. These three house types happen to have three different price ranges. Is it to convince people of all wealth classes to experience the minimalist lifestyle? Friendly reminder, you must equip the unit with a Fully-Automated Bickering Machine when you rent a Sloth Apartment! Im not renting, but Im very interested in the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine. I have placed an order for it! Have you noticed that the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine is simply amazing? It fits all the essence of mankind: repeaters, no-shows, converters, and contrarians! Doing meaningless things repeatedly = repeater Stop playing with something after five minutes = no shows Those that had the opposite opinions from everyone but became advocates after they tried it = converters Play until you become a guru = contrarians F*ck, its really true. They say this is Boss Peis invention. Could Boss Pei have foreseen this when he invented it? Forget it, quickly order, order while you still can! There is no need to hurry. Their official website says that there is sufficient stock, no hurry! Pei Qian was completely dumbfounded. He completely did not understand what these lunatics were thinking! I have no choice but to admit defeat if the Sloth Apartments become fully rented out. Why the f*ck would you buy the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine for? I finally managed to only sell less than a fraction of the 20,000 units produced. I maintained it so well, but now, it was all over! Pei Qian didnt know how many Fully-Automated Bickering Machines would be able to sell out, but it seemed like it was definitely not in small numbers with the interest generated from the netizens! Pei Qian felt so helpless; wasnt there any one normal among the netizens? Couldnt anyone see that Boss Li was just creating smoke for the entire matter? He was being baselessly imaginative! Pei Qian suddenly saw a comment and saw rekindled hope. Are you all dumb? Will extreme minimalism definitely help thinking? What evidence is there? Boss Pei has so many industries under him; each industry has a person-in-charge. How can he possibly take care of everything? Dont deify a person. Boss Pei might not even have the time to bother about these; they are all done by the person-in-charge of the departments! Yeah, Tengda has so many industries now; how can Boss Pei be in charge of it? I think so too, the biggest possibility is that Boss Pei has an eye for talent and arranged for a competent person-in-charge for the departments which is how he achieved the current success that he has. It would definitely have the opposite effect if he has to think of so many things. Pei Qian felt warmth spread in his heart. Brothers, you cannot be more right! I really cannot be bothered with so many things! It was indeed done by the various person-in-charge of the department; it has nothing to do with me! However, the following comment immediately extinguished the small flame that was in Pei Qians heart. You want evidence? Here it is. [Picture] [Picture] The first picture was the back view of Pei Qian in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe with his right hand on his chin as though he was deep in thought. His image became famous previously in Fish-Catching Take-Out and Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, which was why this figure could be instantly recognized. The second picture was a zoomed-in picture of Boss Pei in front of a computer screen. It was very blurry, but one could still make out that it was a mind map. The largest box had core department names such as Tengda Games and Fish-Catching Take-Out on them. This is evidence, satisfied? Facts have proven that not only does Boss Pei grasp the direction of each department, but he also grasps the linkage between them! Look at these densely populated lines; most people may struggle to see it clearly but Boss Pei could see through this mind map and plan the linkage of each department! I see! No wonder organizing a GOG International Tournament could help Deposit Fitness and their club publicity! It was all planned by Boss Pei? Think about it this way, and all that genius publicity and combined event methods have all been explained! Tch how many times did Boss Pei ponder over these densely populated lines? Could his mind be a galactic computer? 100 million calculations per second? I didnt quite believe in the content of the interview originally, but I do now! Boss Peis thought process has much to do with his lifestyle! Im going to order a Fully-Automated Bickering Machine now! Pei Qian looked at this picture, and his expression froze. Wasnt wasnt this just tonight? It could even be just an hour ago? Who did it?! Which motherf*cker had so much time on their hands to take sneaky photos of me! First, the interview; then, this about-to-become-famous picture. Did all of you discuss beforehand to deliver this last hit to me? Chapter 653 - Living Here will not Improve Your Mental Capability” August 14th, Wednesday Pei Qian got up very early. He took his cell phone and opened the Aili Island website and found that the interview section of the Jingzhou Finance Channel was now on the home page. Who knew just how many Fully-Automated Bickering Machines had been sold in one night? Pei Qian could have called Zhang Wang last night, but he hesitated and decided against it. He could not give his employees a wrong impression! He had repeatedly emphasized not to work overtime under any circumstances. Wouldnt he be giving a wrong impression to them if he were to call his employees in private to talk about work matters? Therefore, while Pei Qian knew there the interview and the picture would spread like wildfire in just one night but there was no way, the rule of working overtime could not be broken. He could only make fighting fire his priority when returning to work. However, Pei Qian had already found where the photo leaked out from last night. Ruan Guangjians Weibo! He was originally a famous domestic artist who would often post some work on his Weibo. At the same time, he was the original animation and concept designer of Ghost General, GOG, Repent and be Saved, Struggle, and the like. He originally had a huge fan base. A large part of them were players of Tengda Games. His post spread wildly on the internet soon after it was on Weibo. It was the same with Boss Lis interview. It might only be broadcasted on the local finance channel, but it would be spread quickly as long as people saw it. Pei Qian could hardly argue. Therefore, he had to quickly think of remedies! First, he went downstairs to search for Butler Song Kai. Song Kai was not only the butler in this building. He was also the person-in-charge of the Sloth Apartments. He had divisions of labor with Liang Qingfan. Liang Qingfan was mainly responsible for the design and quality control of the house while Song Kai was responsible for daily operation and maintenance. How is the situation with the other Sloth Apartments? Pei Qian asked. It is very good! I can see from the platform that many houses were rented out this morning. I heard that there are queues for viewing. The units at Binhu District should be fully rented out within these two days. The residential-commercial building would probably see the same situation in about 10 days to half a month! Pei Qian could not help but become silent. This was worse than he imagined! The news just came out yesterday, and you were all grabbing it in the morning? Arent you all too well-informed? Add an eye-catching line on the official website: staying here will not improve your mental capability, Pei Qian said. Huh? Song Kai was stunned. Song Kai also saw the interview on the internet as the person-in-charge of Sloth Apartments. He could not help but be astonished by Boss Lis interpretation. So that was what happened! Song Kai was a little ashamed. As the person-in-charge of the Sloth Apartments project, he had not thought about this at all. He was really not fit to have Boss Peis trust. Song Kai only realized it after watching the interview and was very convinced about the Sloth Apartments being about to improve mental capability He thought back to his working environment on the first floor. He seemed to have better mental clarity after being in this place for an extended time! However, what did Boss Peis request mean? Living Here Will Not Improve Your Mental Capability? Could he want to refute what Boss Li said yesterday? Pei Qian did not explain anything; he only emphasized: Add it immediately. Song Kai could only nod. Alright, Boss Pei. Pei Qian did not say anything more, afraid that he would make mistakes if he said more. He left hurriedly. Little Sun was already waiting outside. Pei Qian got into the car and headed towards Dream Realization Ventures. He Desheng, Ma Yang, and Zhang Wang were opening a bottle of champagne in Dream Realization Ventures. The Fully-Automated Bickering Machine was selling like hotcakes! They thought that it would be another boring day with no orders after work last night. However, they did not expect that the orders for the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine started flying off the shelf. The orders are still increasing rapidly this morning. Something that originally had so little sales volume suddenly sold hundreds of sets. The express delivery guys from Upwind Logistics were all absolutely busy delivering them. Zhang Wang sighed. I had always wondered why Boss Pei rejected all my proposals for publicity previously. I finally understand it now! Boss Pei really had made his arrangements! If we really did what I proposed, it would form an impression on the consumers, letting them form their own meaning for the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine prematurely. That would be such a waste! Zhang Wang had a hard time previously trying to sell the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine. First, he wanted to put it in the Golden Maze for sale, then he wanted the DGE Club to give it away as a corporate gift to train hand speed and other normal means of publicity. However, they were all rejected by Boss Pei! Not only that, but Boss Pei also emphasized that he must not do any publicity for the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine. He had his own arrangements. Zhang Wang did not fully believe him then. He was the inventor of the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine; how could Boss Pei have better ideas for publicity than him? He only realized now that Boss Pei really had something up his sleeve! Moreover, its something this awesome! Such a publicity method gave the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine a special philosophical and symbolic meaning, adding on to its intangible value. No wonder Boss Pei did not allow him to use other methods of publicity because they would only give the consumers the impression that this was a boring small thing. It would be difficult to change their impression from that to this machine has a philosophical and symbolic meaning. Boss Pei said that these publicity methods would cause the opposite effect; he was right! The decision to make the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine with more expensive material and to set the price high all now seemed to be a masterstroke. First, it ensured that it had a quality feel so that it did not look cheap. Second, they were selling the meaning behind the machine rather than the machine itself so the consumers were not so sensitive to price. Moreover, this price ensured their profitability. Of course, even so, the Fully-Automated Bickering Machines profit was considered to be very little as compared to that of other art pieces. Zhang Wang did not dare produce anymore because they had so much in stock previously. However, Boss Pei was unwavering in his efforts and would rather rent more warehouses to continue production than to stop producing just to ensure there were stocks available! Many people did not think much of the storage. They always felt that they could just produce once there were orders. They would be able to produce a whole bunch in a matter of 10 days. However, could the consumers be able to wait? The attention and memory of a human were limited. However, if the impulse to buy could not be satisfied immediately, most people would have forgotten it soon enough. Therefore, his crazy storage finally saw its rewards! Boss Pei required them to produce 20,000 units. The cost per unit was less than 400 yuan, and they would sell for 488 yuan. If they were to sell all of them, they would be able to earn two million yuan easily! Moreover, judging from how popular it was now, how could 20,000 units be able to last? It could probably only last for the first wave. They had to start making more now or risk not being able to fulfill the order. In short, the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine was another great success! Zhang Wang could not help but feel proud. What did I say, my inventiontogether with Boss Mas judgment, Boss Hes operational power, and with Boss Pei injecting soul into itwould definitely be profitable! Of course, the main credit has to go to Boss Pei. If Boss Pei did not inject the soul into it, then the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine would not be able to be reborn! What a pity that Boss Peis not here since we opened the champagne. He Desheng was also feeling emotional. He did not have a good feeling about the project at the beginning. He was very clear that Zhang Wangs and Boss Mas brains were not wired in the same way as other humans. The Fully-Automated Bickering Machine was something that would have been a 100% loss. However, the deciding factor was on Boss Pei! He remembered that Boss Pei decided in a very short time after he saw the sample of the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine to increase its production! He Desheng then felt incredible. However, thinking back, it was obvious that this plan formed in Boss Peis brain the moment his eyes fell onto this machine. He arranged everything after! Boss Pei was really deep and unfathomable! He Desheng was now completely convinced and felt happy wholeheartedly. The undefeated myth of Dream Realization Ventures would continue on without a doubt! The three of them were celebrating when Pei Qian arrived. Brother Qian! Boss Pei! They were all elated, speak of the devil! Ma Yang took a new wine glass from the side immediately and poured a glass of champagne. Brother Qian, how did you know we are preparing to celebrate? Youre just in time, come, come, come, cheers! Pei Qian saw the three of them with a face full of happiness when he entered. He felt that the entire Dream Realization Ventures was filled with vibrancy, which was totally different from his feelings. It did not seem right to take that glass of champagne Pei Qian still took the glass of champagne after he hesitated and clinked his glass with the other three. Pei Qian continued to his main point after he took a symbolic sip. Go to the website of the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine and add an explanation immediately write this: It is very expensive and boring, and it will not improve your mental capability. You may spend the money somewhere else on something more meaningful. Ma Yang was a little taken aback. Huh? Brother Qian? Are you serious? Zhang Wang and He Desheng were in shock, too. What was Boss Pei doing? Wouldnt that be denying the greatest value of the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine officially? The one who emphasized the philosophical and symbolic meaning of the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine was Boss Pei The one who insisted that the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine did not possess such meaning was also Boss Pei. Wasnt that contradictory? Was Boss Pei having a fever? Or perhaps he had something else planned up his sleeves? Chapter 654 - A Clue Add it immediately! Pei Qian emphasized once again seeing how there were all frozen. He Desheng was the first to react. Alright, Boss Pei. He nodded. It was easy to add a line of text on the publicity page since it was doable through Photoshop. He Desheng had no suspicion of Boss Peis actions, but Zhang Wang and Ma Yang were heartbroken. Their spirits were broken almost immediately. However, Pei Qian turned to leave immediately without another word. There was no choice; that was how Boss Pei took revenge. Boss Pei could not give up on them even though these customers seemed to have lost all rationality to rent the Sloth Apartments and buy the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine, backstabbing Boss Pei with their money. Add these words and save whatever he could! At the same time, Sloth Apartments, Block 9 of the Binhu District Qiao Liang signed the contract and moved to the penthouse of this building. He actually wanted the penthouse of Block 8, but it seemed to have been rented out to a fanatic of Chen Lei. Therefore, he could only go for the second-best option, which was the penthouse of Block 9. However, he had to count his lucky stars to be able to rent the penthouse of Block 9 as well. Any later, and he would probably have to settle for the lower floors. There were already crowds of people downstairs waiting to rent the place. It was definitely not enough with these houses. Qiao Liang felt refreshed looking at the vast lake scene outside the window. He hung all the clothes he brought by suitcase into the closet of the master bedroom and put the suitcase into the cabinet of the second bedroom. There might be only such a small amount of storage space in the entire room, but it was still enough for Qiao Liang. There were some handicrafts in the huge living room and the decorative bookshelves could not be used as storage space but that also allowed Qiao Liang to concentrate on enjoying the 180-degrees lake view. Qiao Liang felt that all was worth it as he nestled in the sofa to edit his video on his laptop! For some unknown reason, his thoughts suddenly calmed down. He really wanted to think about some problems and then make a video! Was that the magical effect of the Sloth Apartments? It really seemed to help in his thoughts here Hold on, that wasnt right. It seemed that something was missing. Qiao Liang suddenly realized that the Sloth Apartment that he rented seemed to be lacking its soul: the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine! Yes, he had to get it! He really wanted to buy it last night, but he decided to buy it directly in the Sloth Apartments, considering that he would have to carry it with him when he moves otherwise. The Sloth Apartments might not allow them to add their own furniture or change the layout in principle, but the butler would tacitly approve of the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine. Qiao Liang immediately found the purchase page for the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine. He was shocked when he entered the page. He saw a bold line on the purchase page. It is very expensive and boring, and it will not improve your mental capability. You may spend the money somewhere else on something more meaningful. Qiao Liang was stunned. What did that mean? It would not improve mental capability? Did they officially deny the deep meaning behind the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine? Qiao Liang remembered very clearly that this line wasnt on the page when he looked at it last night. Why did they specifically add this sentence? Qiao Liang checked the comments of the netizens hurriedly, only to find that, other than this additional line of words, there was also a line of eye-catching text on the website of the Sloth Apartments: living here would not improve your mental capability. The tone was neutral as if emphasizing an objective fact. Qiao Liang was even more confused now. What did that mean? I just moved in, and Boss Pei toy with me in this way? What was his intention for emphasizing this? To deny himself? However, this place indeed helped in mental capability! Qiao Liang could clearly feel that this environment was very simple and artistic, which was really helpful for calming down and for inspiration. Why then did the official website emphasize that it would not be able to improve mental capability? Qiao Liang immediately comprehended the meaning behind it in less than two minutes. So that was it! I understand it! Just that I wonder if the netizens could discern it. Qiao Liang flipped through the comments of the netizens after having his answer in his mind. A gratified smile soon appeared on his face. What does the new explanatory texts added to the Sloth Apartments and the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine mean? Is it possible that what Boss Li said previously was all fake? Yes, they are all fake; dont rent, dont buy! Leave everything to me! Ive already moved in. This environment can indeed help in your thought process. Moreover, this Fully-Automated Bickering Machine definitely can make one ponder. Why add the two explanatory texts? Wouldnt that be contrary to the effect? These two sentences actually contained a kind of dialectical thinking. What is the connotation of the Sloth Apartments and the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine? They allow you to think independently without believing in what others say or following the trend. If you were to just blindly live in the Sloth Apartments and buy a Fully-Automated Bickering Machine, wouldnt that go against the connotation of independent thinking? I understand now! These two sentences are reminding us: if you dont use your brains to think but just believe in what others say, then it will be useless even if you stay in the Sloth Apartments and use the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine. It is impossible for them to change ones way of thinking. In other words, dont over-exaggerate and deify the meaning of these two things. At the same time, it is also hinting to us that we cannot just rely on foreign objects to change the way we think. Yes, that makes sense! It is useless staying in Sloth Apartments if you just blindly follow a trend. Having said that, the Sloth Apartments creates the environment, and the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine provides the carrierwhich is helpful to our thinking. There is no doubt that they are only catalyst functions and not a panacea for all diseases. As expected of Boss Pei, he is able to make things so much more philosophical with just two lines of explanatory text! I want to buy it even more now! Qiao Liang nodded slightly after reading these comments. Yes, the netizens were now getting more used to Boss Peis way of thinking; there was no need for him to jump out to explain it. Perhaps in the near future, the netizens would be able to comprehend Boss Peis deep meaning every time he gave a quiz. That was enough for him to complete his mission! Boss Peis quiz was very simple this time. Everyone understood it in an instant. Qiao Liang ordered the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine happily as he waited patiently for it to be delivered. He took out the laptop that he brought with him on the sofa. He read that long Weibo post over and over again as he watched the lake. As expected, he had new comprehension every time he read. Qiao Liang had not given up even to this day. Boss Pei once told him that he would be able to obtain the real answer to the video of Thriller Hostel as long as he gave up interpreting Struggle with Products of the Gods. Therefore, Qiao Liang had been using He Ans long Weibo as the key to his understanding. Qiao Liang felt that He Ans long Weibo post on Struggle should be perfect in its own way. It was impossible to get something new out of it no matter how much more he delved into it. What about outside the game Struggle then? Qiao Liang vaguely felt something after the recent incident with the Sloth Apartments and the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine, but he found it difficult to grasp. He could feel that he was now just one clue away from stringing everything together. All his confusion would be solved once he managed to find this clue! Qiao Liang tried to think about all the contents during this period, including the Thriller Hostel, Fish-Catching Take-Out, Struggle, Sloth Apartments, Fully-Automated Bickering Machine, Deposit Fitness, Tengda Life App, etc. He searched for these key phrases while looking up this information online. Qiao Liangs eye suddenly lit up. He found a post with the title: Boss Pei shared the Full Text of His Speech on Wealth Outlook in the Science Hall in the internal forum of Handong University. That was a popular post in the internal forum of Handong University. There were many replies, but it seemed like it was not widely reposted on the internet. Qiao Liang was not a student of Handong University so he could not reply to it, but he could read the entire text. Boss Peis speech? It seemed real. It is actually not reposted? Qiao Liang originally had doubts about the authenticity of this manuscript since everyone should know if a celebrity like Boss Pei were to give a speech in school, right? How can he be so low profile that his manuscript was not circulated? However, looking carefully at the replies below, Qiao Liang realized that Boss Pei did not give the speech personally, but he got someone else to read it. No wonder it wasnt made popular online. However, the contents of the speech seemed to have moved the students. Hmm there is a need to read into the speech since it was written personally by Boss Pei. Qiao Liang started reading the text. This speech was targeted at all the needy students funded by Tengda. The topic was view on wealth. The full text was actually only on one thing, which was Boss Peis outlook on wealth. Obviously, the speech was in hope that the needy students could use the money donated by Tengda to them wisely. However, what surprised Qiao Liang was that Boss Pei did not emphasize for the needy students to be frugal or save money. He explained it from another angle. Many needy students had a misunderstanding about the outlook on wealth, that was to equate wealth with money at their disposal and mistakenly believe that the correct outlook on wealth was to do everything possible to spend less and consume less. However, Boss Pei proposed a new concept in his speech. To young people like them, the most precious wealth was not the money they had at their disposal, but their attention. Therefore, they shouldnt save all their money without spending them; neither should they buy meaningless things just to satisfy their vanity, let alone spend it on distracting and indulgent entertainment activities. Where should their money be spent on? It should be spent on places where one could concentrate and think use their money to create leverage with their attention so that you can maximize your wealth. Qiao Liang suddenly felt like this, the clouds in front of his eyes dissipated. He seemed to have finally grasped that thing he was searching for! Chapter 655 - Everything You Need to Understand Outside the Game ‘Struggle’ Many of Boss Peis remarks might seem to be contradictory on the surface, but they could achieve a state of unity on a higher level after digging deeper into it! The keyword focus here made Qiao Liang involuntarily think of the nearest Sloth Apartments and the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine. Moreover, the poor made Qiao Liang think of Struggle. It seemed like there was a really a clue that connected everything together! However, everything had to be smoothed out. First, he had to start from a seemingly contradictory concept! Qiao Liang took his computer excitedly and recorded all his thoughts down. In his speech, Boss Pei hoped that these needy students would not spend their money on distracting and indulgent entertainment activities. At the same time, however, Boss Pei was a game designer who designed many good games and invented the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine which seemed totally useless. Wasnt this contradictory? For those who did not play games and did not understand games, that was obviously contradictory because they would regard games as a waste of time and meaningless entertainment. However, to an experienced game enthusiast like Qiao Liang, he did not think that games were meaningless. The game had at least two beneficial aspects: It could allow stressed people to relieve their pressure and obtain rest and comfort. It could soothe the soul like most entertainment activities. From an artistic point of view, certain games themselves had connotations, to express certain contents, and were inspirational to the players. These two aspects happened to be what Tengda Games was pursuing. GOG was constantly pursuing the ultimate gameplay, entertaining yet allowing people to relax. However, games such as Game Designer, Repent and be Saved, Struggle, and the rest were constantly pursuing the ultimate artistry, inspiring and thought-provoking. Under what circumstances were games harmful? When players are dominated by negative emotions and spend too much time in some low-interest games when the game is not regarded as a pastime but as a substitute for an escape from reality, it would be harmful. Such negative-emotion-inciting games were precisely something that Tengda Games never touched. Of course, good games could sometimes make people addicted, but one could not blame that the game was too fun but rather themselves for not having self-control. The crux of these people without self-control was that they didnt realize that their focus was their most precious wealth, and they squandered these precious things wantonly. Even if there were no games, they would find some other things to squander their attention away. Even if there was no entertainment in the world, they would not do meaningful things but in a daze. In such a case, it would be beneficial to them if they could spare time to play a game like Struggle. Other entertainments such as movies, TV series, novels, etc. had the same effect. If they could allow people to relax and get better at work after a break, then thatin itselfwas meaningful. It would be much better if it could give people a bit of inspiration. Qiao Liang suddenly had clarity thinking of this. He understood why Boss Pei told him not to comprehend Struggle with the Products of the Gods now! That was because the thoughts expressed in Struggle were not limited to the field of games. He naturally should not simply use the pure-game thought process from Products of the Gods to interpret it! Just like what He An once said, Struggle was actually a game that broke the dimension wall, and the game itself was actually connected! Big Boss He Ans design comprehended Struggle, but it was obviously not complete. That was because he did not connect to reality. For example, Big Boss He An wrote in the long Weibo post that Boss Pei encouraged everyone to curb consumerism, then what was the consumerism and IQ tax that Boss Pei meant? Was it the same that they had in mind? They were obviously different. Qiao Liang also finally understood why he would be able to find out what was lacking in the Thriller Hostel video if he gave up using the Products of the Gods to interpret Struggle. All the contents were all referring to the same thing in the end. Qiao Liang felt an explosion of inspiration with the support of the Sloth Apartments. He immediately began to write a new document file for the video. The Silent Expresser, First Issue (Continued): Everything You Need to Understand Outside the Game Struggle! September 16th, Friday He An woke up early as usual, walked two rounds in the garden in his villa, sipped on his tea, and read the news. GOGs international invitational tournament was now on the second day of the second round, but that did not have He Ans attention. He was getting on age so his attention was now more concentrated on the standalone games in the industry. Suddenly, he realized that many people seemed to have privately messaged him on his Weibo last night. The contents of these private messages were about the same. They were all to send him a link from Aili Island website to watch a certain video. Such a situation did not happen often. He opened the link to Aili Island with some curiosity. Everything You Need to Understand Outside the Game Struggle? Hm? He An was a little surprised. The Struggle mentioned here was obviously referring to the game Struggle. However, the meaning behind Struggle should have been nailed onto the coffin after he posted that long Weibo text, right? Could it be that this UP Master Stole his manuscript And made it into a video? He nearly thought that his content was being stolen, but he realized that probably was not the case upon careful inspection of the summary. This video was not discussing the game itself. That meant to say that it probably was not the same as He Ans long Weibo post. He then looked at the author; it was Teacher Qiao. He An had an impression of this UP Master since the Products of the Gods was produced by Teacher Qiao. He An was very clear that Teacher Qiao might not have professional knowledge, but he was one with more perspective among the players. He often tried to interpret Tengdas games. However, Teacher Qiao had not posted his understanding of Struggle with the Products of the Gods, obviously because all the contents were interpreted by He An. What was Teacher Qiaos purpose in uploading this video then? Could he have found a new angle to explain Struggle? He An instinctively did not believe it, but he still played the video out of curiosity. My dear daddies, greetings, Im the same old Godfather of Games you guys know me as, Teacher Qiao. Im sure many people are in doubt looking at this title. Why was the interpretation of Struggle delayed? Why was Struggle not part of the Products of the Gods series, but in The Silent Expresser series? Why is it a continuation of the first issue? Please be patient Ill reveal everything for you! I have to clarify that this video is not an interpretation of the Struggle game itself because Big Boss He Ans long Weibo post has already done it justice. Those who have not read the long Weibo post, please click the link in the description below the video and read it first. This is very important because the entire content of this video has to be read and interpreted together with the long Weibo post! Those who have read it may want to pause this video and re-read the post again. Three, two, one. Alright, next, let me divulge into the topic outside Struggle! Big Boss He An had said previously that Struggle is a game that broke dimensional walls. Tomorrow is Beautiful, Struggle, and reality are three different worlds. However, because Big Boss He An does not stay in Jingzhou and had not been taking notice of Tengdas industries, he did not make links to reality. Therefore, his interpretation of Struggle is lacking at least half of its contents! The purpose of this video is to supplement it so that it can break down Struggles dimensional wall completely! He An could not help but be taken aback. How dare you stay that my interpretation of Struggle was not complete? Impossible, my interpretation is all there is, isnt it? Many other points were required for an explanation outside the game? They were even related to Tengdas industries? He An really did not know much about those. Until now, the physical industries of Tengda were basically congregated in Jingzhou and had expanded to Handong Province at most. They were nowhere near He An. Moreover, He An was not living in Jingzhou so his knowledge of Fish-Catching Take-Out, Sloth Apartments, Deposit Fitness, and the rest were naturally close to nothing. He An, therefore, continued reading seriously. Before I start explaining, I want to throw out an idea that seems alarming: Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Fish-Catching Take-Out, Sloth Apartments, Thriller Hostel, Fully-Automated Bickering Machine, Deposit Fitness, even the earlier ROF Computer-Installation, OTTO Cell phone, Upwind Logistics, etc they are all extensions of the concept behind the game Struggle! I know that it might seem hard to accept but please bear with my explanation. Big Boss He An asked one final question in the long Weibo post: there were three types of connection Boss Pei wanted to express between the rich and the poor. They were: Tomorrow is Beautiful, Struggle, and reality. The problems that Tomorrow is Beautiful and Struggle face had solutions in real life. This game allows us to realize that the things we are used to are actually a type of blessing in itself. This is why Struggle broke the dimensional wall. However, some people are not in agreement. They feel that it is a stretch to compare reality with Tomorrow is Beautiful and Struggle. Chapter 656 - Consumerism and IQ Tax That can all be understood, actually. Thats because Tomorrow is Beautiful is a movie, and Struggle is a game. Boss Pei has carefully crafted every detail so that every member of the audience or every gamer that sees it would be able to take away the same message to some extent. However, everyone is in a different situation in real life. The lessons that people learn from real life vary as well. Some are able to change their fates by striving while others arent. Some have seen the warm side of this world, but others have only seen the cold. That explains the world of difference between their world views. What I want to emphasize is that Boss Pei has already expressed his own views of the real world. Its just that most people havent noticed it. Why not? Look at my title: The Silent Expresser. He is expressing his views silently. Instead of making it clear as day, he forces you to depend on yourself to be enlightened. Alright, next, please click on the second link in the video description. Read what he said to the needy students in his alma mater. Three, two, one. Alright, all of you understand now. Boss Pei donated fifteen million yuan to those needy students and then delivered a speech to them, telling them to put that money to good use. Thats right. Boss Pei did not tell them to be thrifty, but to focus well. Actually, that fits in with how Boss Pei views wealth. He doesnt agree with consumerism, but he doesnt necessarily agree that being stingy is good either. When faced with the issue of wealth, many people fall into the trap of taking either of two extremes: The first type assumes that immediate satisfaction is the key. They spend their salaries once they receive them, overspend on their credit cards, and purchase more than they can afford. The second type assumes that hoarding money is the key. They think of various ways and means to make tiny profits. Theyre wealthy, but they live like beggars and end up missing many opportunities. Obviously, both of those ways of thinking are wrong. Boss Peis speech tells us that the most important thing that every person has is not money, but focus! As long as we can use our focus well, we will be able to earn much more money. Conversely, if we chase after small profits and waste our focus, we will lose out more. Now, some of you might ask what the speech has to do with Struggle, the theme of this episode. Of course, it has everything to do with it. The contents of the speech and all of Boss Peis businesses fill in what was left unsaid in Struggle. They tell us what struggle really looks like in real life. Speaking of struggle, many people take two very different views of that word as well. One type of people thinks that struggling is meaningless and wouldnt be able to change anything. They prefer to take things as they come, enjoy whatever they have at the moment, and deal with tomorrows problems tomorrow. The other type of people thinks that struggling as hard as they can would guarantee them the lives that they desire. However, they never ask if they are struggling for the right reasons. Both of those ways of thinking are wrong. Before I answer the question, let me say this: Big Boss He An has pointed out two main sources of the poor mans misery in Struggle: consumerism and IQ tax. The poor man managed to climb to an elusive position in the middle-class, but consumerism destroyed his riches and caused him to fall back into the poverty cycle. Consumerism is in control of the entire society in Struggle. Thats why the poor man had no choice. However, in real life consumerism has not become widely accepted in society. As long as we fight it, our riches would not be destroyed, and we would be able to gather a certain amount of wealth. Many people would have questions about this as well because Big Boss He did not clarify what exactly consumerism means. According to its ordinary definition, consumerism is the way the majority in society behaves: they chase superficial spending and crave unrestrained material enjoyment and recreation. Moreover, that becomes the meaning and goal of their lives. However, I believe that everyone has their own views of consumerism and IQ tax. Many times, we would find that the concepts of consumerism and IQ tax vary from person to person. Take this very simple example: two packets of tissue are sold for five yuan and twenty yuan each. Does the one sold for twenty yuan charge IQ tax? Many people think so. Both are tissue papers, but the one with the brand name stuck on it is priced four times higher. Isnt that an insult to others intelligence? What if I told you that the latter was softer and more exquisite, required more complicated work, and felt better? Would you still think youre paying IQ tax? Similarly, ordinary people might think that branded bags that cost tens of thousands of yuan charge IQ tax. However, would multi-millionaires think the same? I think that most people havent thought about this question. Thats why some hate consumerism, but others dont think much of it. They think that, as long as they have enough wealth to support it, they can buy branded shoes, bags, and so on. At this point, I wont judge whether that behavior is right or wrong. Ill just talk about Boss Peis views on the subject. Many people dont like Struggle because they think that it brings attention to a problem without offering much of a solution. To this, I want to say that the income gap will never go away. It will always haunt us, and there are no good solutions for it at the moment. Its impossible and impracticable to expect one person to come up with a satisfactory solution for all of us. Everyone should think about this independently and offer their own answers. However, Boss Pei has indeed offered a practicable solution. Its just that people havent realized it yet. Lets go back to how Boss Pei described his view of wealth in his speech. The most valuable resource that humans have is their focus. How should one make good use of the money in his hands, then? We should use it to boost our focus. Thats exactly what Boss Pei does. An analysis of Boss Lis interview and the photograph of Boss Pei should help everyone understand this. Boss Pei is someone who spends all of his spare time thinking. He has been putting this into practice: even as a multi-millionaire, his focus is the most valuable thing to him. What is Boss Peis daily life like, then? We saw that he lives in Sloth Apartments and eats Fish-Catching Take-Out, but he wears branded suits and watches. Yet, the value of his suits and watches is limited. Compared to his net worth, its still very far off. Now, some people might think that Boss Pei is contradicting himself. He emphasizes making good use of ones focus, but he develops games to distract everyone else. He emphasizes the harm of consumerism, but he wears branded suits and high-end watches. However, I would like to urge everyone to think carefully. Is this really considered a contradiction? If you can answer that question, you would have all the answers you need. At that point, He An could not help but feel stunned. He would not have expected Teacher Qiao to lead the discussion to this point! To He An, Boss Pei had done nothing wrong by resisting consumerism. Yet, who could possibly remain completely unaffected by consumerism? Even He An himself had bought a villa and a luxurious car after earning money. Strictly speaking, he had subscribed to consumerism as well. If he could remain completely unaffected by consumerism, he would have re-invested his money into his company to generate more value or do more charity to help others. Yet, he had failed to do so. Instead, he had spent a huge sum of money on his own enjoyment. That was why He An hadnt explained the concept of consumerism in much detail in his long Weibo post. Subconsciously, he knew that the concept of consumerism depended on ones income level. If a poor person who earned three thousand yuan every month wanted to splurge on a luxurious sports car, he would be considered brainwashed by consumerism. On the other hand, if a multi-millionaire wanted to buy a luxurious sports car, his own daily life would not be affected. Still, He An knew full well that this conclusion was contradicting. He would not be able to clarify himself well enough. If he ended his post by saying poor people cant buy luxury cars, but rich people can, he would not be persuasive. People might even think that he was discriminating against the poor and saying that they were not fit to buy expensive products. That would be perpetuating the concept of consumerism. Thus, it was very dangerous for Teacher Qiao to talk about these things in his video. He had to tread very carefully. A small mistake could backfire at once. Since he had already pointed out that Boss Pei bought branded suits and watches, how could he also persuade others to give those things up? Feeling quite worried, He An continued watching the video. Obviously, this is not contradicting. I have been emphasizing this entire time that we should not fall into the trap of this false dichotomy. We do need to make good use of our focus, but can humans really guarantee control over every bit of their focus at every second of every day? Of course not. Thats why I said that we should regulate our working hours to eight hours a day. Within those eight hours, we should work hard and study hard. After that, we can rest and relax. We must achieve a good work-play balance. Games help us to relax our bodies and minds. Whether the gameplay is unique or the game is particularly artistic or whether the games content is funny or thought-provoking, games would still be meaningful to all of us. Chapter 657 - : Boss Pei is on the Fifth Level So, games are neutral things. Do you use them to relax so that you can work better afterward? Or do you get so immersed in them that you escape from reality? Thats up to you to decide. Tengda Corporation never prohibits employees from playing games, but are they encouraging employees to slack off? Obviously not. Theyre encouraging work-play balance among their employees. Rest is required to work better. If they feel tired after working, they can play games to relax and then work more efficiently once theyre done. That would be a better use of their focus, wouldnt it? At the end of the day, the keyword is still focus. Thats why Boss Pei developed a game like Struggle. His games are not meant to suck people in or act as escapes from reality. Instead, theyre meant to force people to face reality and accept it as much as possible. Boss Peis view of consumerism is the same. He doesnt emphasize that some things cannot be bought or one would risk incurring IQ tax. Instead, he emphasizes that one should understand their true needs well. Boss Pei thinks that the most valuable thing one can own is focus. Having a reasonable view of wealth would drive one to invest their money into their own focus and do meaningful things to create even more value. The idea of resisting consumerism is based on the same principle as well. It doesnt mean that one incurs IQ tax and falls for the trap of consumerism just because they buy expensive things. The key question is what ones goal in spending money is. Boss Pei, as a boss, needs to have a certain image while negotiating business with other people. Thats why he spends money on tuxedos and branded watches. However, if you take a closer look at those three world-famous paintings, you would find that Boss Pei only has those two suits and that one watch. All of them are of the lowest standard that he could possibly need. Similarly, Boss Pei can afford a bungalow but doesnt buy one. Instead, he stays in a Sloth Apartment, which is decorated extremely minimally to encourage better thinking. Boss Peis actions are the best example of resisting consumerism. Every sum that he spends is an investment into his own focus that would help him to generate greater value. In summary, what is IQ tax? Everyone has a limited amount of money that they can spend. With that same amount of money, you could buy a branded bag; however, you would not have any left for investments or education. Thus, whether spending on an item would be considered paying IQ tax or being brainwashed by consumerism depends significantly on what that item can bring to you. If youre intending to negotiate business with others but you dont even have a decent suit, then you would be unwittingly creating obstructions for yourself. Buying a suit under such circumstances would not be considered paying IQ tax. On the other hand if youre a delivery man, wearing a suit would make work inconvenient, and the suit could even be dirtied while youre working. Under such circumstances, you would be paying IQ tax. So, we can understand what Boss Pei wants to express through Struggle by analyzing him alone. If you want to change your fate, you have tofirstaccumulate wealth and resist consumerism, and second, work hard. At its core, resisting consumerism is not about spending less money, but about spending every cent on bettering oneself, generating more value, and investing in truly meaningful areas. At its core, working hard is not about repeating tasks day after day, being a workaholic and blindly striving to the end of the road. Instead, its about making use of ones focus intelligently, thinking independently, and looking for the right direction. You can spend money on games and novels. As long as you dont become obsessed with them, but use them to regulate your emotions, work more efficiently, and even obtain some inspiration; it would still be meaningful. Thats the message behind Boss Peis Struggle. Thats the message he is trying to convey to us in real life. Once you understand that, you would realize that all of Boss Peis businesses are repeatedly expressing those same two points to us. Lets go back to the question at the beginning. Why did I say that Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Fish-Catching Take-Out, the Sloth Apartments, Thriller Hostel, the Fully-Automated Bickering Machines, Deposit Fitness, and even ROF, Otto Technologies, Upwind Logistics, and so on were all extensions of the concept behind Struggle? Its because all of those businesses incorporate both of those points. Those businesses products look more expensive than those of their competitors in their respective industries, but they all provide better user experience. You might spend a bit more money, but what would you save? You would save attention and focus! Take Deposit Fitness, for example. Everyone knows that its much more expensive than ordinary gyms, but in ordinary gyms, one would have to supervise themselves to train every day and keep to a reasonable diet. Sometimes, one would go to the gym and find it extremely crowded. There would be lines at machines that would waste time. On the other hand, Deposit Fitness organizes its customers daily schedule and meals and guarantees that customers would be able to train immediately upon arrival. That way, customers would save a lot of attention, which they can spend on other areas of their lives. Fish-Catching Take-Out adopts a similar principle. Its more expensiveeven more expensive than if one cooked at home, but can the freshness of the food served by other take-out companies even compare to Fish-Catching Take-Out? Would the formers food contain too much salt and oil? Even if you cooked on your own, you would have to go out and buy your own ingredients, prepare them, wash them, learn recipes, and cook the food. All in all, that could take you at least half an hour. On the other hand, if you choose to order from Fish-Catching Take-Out, you would be able to save some attention and focus and spend them on more important things. The Fully-Automated Bickering Machine and Sloth Apartments place the same emphasis on peoples attention as well, forcing them to think seriously and carefully. As for Thriller Hostel After posting my previous video, Ive been forced to think about what it was missing. Now, I finally understand that my previous video lacked the expression of Boss Peis mindset. Thats why it didnt seem persuasive to many people. Now, I should add Thriller Hostel into the scope of the Tengda Life and think about its significance again carefully. The Tengda Life is the way of life that Boss Pei endorses. To Boss Pei, to be silent is to be minimalistic and learn to play with the Bickering Machine; to be active is to visit haunted houses, and take roller coasters and pendulum rides. People have reported before that Boss Pei loves extreme sports. He often invites his friends to take pendulum rides and roller coasters, go skydiving, and visit haunted houses. Why does Boss Pei love these activities so much? Is it purely out of personal interest? It doesnt seem like it. When he wants to think, he can think late into the night while staring at a mind map of his various businesses in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. Yet, when hes done thinking and wants to rest, he can take part in extreme sports to relieve pressure and dispel exhaustion. Thats why this episode should not only analyze Thriller Hostel or Struggle. Instead, it should analyze the various ways of thinking that Boss Pei is trying to convey to us through his games, the Tengda Life, and his businesses. Some say one thing and do another. They ask others to stick to certain rules but dont do the same in their personal lives. Yet, Boss Pei has been living out his theories all this time. Thats the biggest way in which Struggle has broken the fourth wall! Thats also something that Big Boss He An had left unspokenthe riddle that Boss Pei had left us in real life! Thus, when Boss Pei told me not to use Products of the Gods to analyze Struggle, I felt confused. However, I understand now. Struggle is not just a game, but a key to helping us a better understand the real world. Thats the meaning behind the Silent Expresser series as well! Thats all for todays video. Please support me as much as you can, and Ill see you next time! After watching Teacher Qiaos video, He An fell silent. Some points mentioned had shocked him as well. Before this, when he had been analyzing Struggle, He An had not studied details like how to work hard and what consumerism really meant closely enough. Maybe he thought that he could not explain it clearly enough; maybe he thought that he could not say those things out loud. Yet, now, He An had found outto his shockthat Boss Pei had offered an answer for those questions as well! The speech meant for needy students in his alma mater, the Sloth Apartments, and the Fully-Automated Bickering Machines were all explanations of Struggles application to real life. Tengdas physical storeslike Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Fish-Catching Take-Out, Deposit Fitness, and so onwere indeed expensive. However, not only were they of better quality and more assuring to use, but their greatest value also lay in helping customers to focus much better. Customers could mindlessly choose this brand without having to worry about being cheated. The energy and focus that they save could be better channeled on other things. He An originally looked down on UP Masters that deciphered games because he thought that the entire industry was filled with laymen. To him, any proper game developer would have been able to defeat all of them hands down. Yet, now, He An no longer thought that way. Obviously, his professional knowledge in developing games had become his stumbling block. He had only analyzed Struggle inside-out from a game developers perspective but failed to understand that the game could be understood from a higher standpoint! In other words, Struggle had extended to every area of ones real life, but even He An had not realized this. It was only when Teacher Qiao pointed it out that a realization dawned on He An. He had originally thought that Teacher Qiao was on the first level, he on the second, and Boss Pei on the third. Now that Teacher Qiao had climbed to the fourth, he realized that Boss Pei was on the fifth! He An humbly submitted to their power and quietly shared Teacher Qiaos video on his Weibo page, adding three thumbs-up emojis in the caption. To make Struggle the best game that it could be, Boss Pei did not just capture all the actions in the game and perfect every little detail. He also made all of his real-life businesses collaborate with the game and set a large-scale puzzle for gamers! The game and reality were closely intertwined, thus surpassing He Ans expectations. At that moment, He An only felt one thing: Complete awe! Tengda was indeed the light of the local games industry! Boss Pei was indeed a legendary thinker! Chapter 658 - A Load of Nonsense! At 11 in the morning, Dawn of Prosperous City district Li Shi strolled to the butlers room on the first floor. Eh? Boss Li! Song Kai greeted Li Shi passionately. Boss Li was not only a Sloth Apartments resident now. He was also Boss Peis good friend, partner, and the person who successfully answered the meaning of the Sloth Apartments and made it popular instantly! Even Song Kai, the person-in-charge of this Sloth Apartments, did not expect Boss Peis deep meaning to be something like this. Therefore, Song Kai was now filled with respect for Boss Li; he treated him as Boss Peis best friend. Boss Li, you seem to be in good spirits today? Song Kai realized that Li Shis face was ruddy and beaming. Li Shi smiled and nodded. Yes, by the way, how is the situation with Sloth Apartments recently? You should have seen Teacher Qiaos video, too, right? Of course, that video is going viral on the net now! It was uploaded late at night yesterday, but it is now on the first page of the Aili Island website. The popularity is truly scary, Song Kai replied happily. The Sloth Apartments is about to be fully rented out thanks to you and Teacher Qiao! The two blocks at Binhu District were now full of people. More than half of the residential-commercial buildings have been rented out. I would have never dreamt of these results previously! Li Shi smiled slightly. This timing is right with heaven and earth. It is your luck if that were to happen! Moreover, only 10% of Boss Peis success is attributable to luck, the remaining 90% is the result of strategy. Song Kai strongly believed. In his opinion, the Sloth Apartments was originally a business model completely unacceptable to customers, but these three incidents have completely reversed the customers views! First, all major rental brands had reported that their formaldehyde levels were over the limit while the Sloth Apartments was conscientious of their renovations. It stood out amongst the many rental brands and built on its quality and reputation. Song Kai originally prepared a video with Fei Huang Workspace to expose this matter as well, but they were one step slower. It seemed like a coincidence on the surface, but in fact, it was inevitable. Clashes of topics between the UP Masters were a common occurrence; moreover, these rental housing brands had been expanding on a large scale during the past months. The problem with formaldehyde housing intensified so someone would come forward to expose it sooner or later. However, that could also make the quality of the Sloth Apartments unanimously recognized by everyone. They still disagreed with its philosophy and business model. Right on the heels of that, Boss Lis interview on his interpretation of the Sloth Apartments was aired, allowing everyone to understand the profound meaning behind the Sloth Apartments. Renting this place was not only renting a living space but a space for thinking. That added extra value to the Sloth Apartments in a swoop! Finally, Teacher Qiao even combined the content expressed in the game Struggle with related industries of Tengda, further increasing the value of the Sloth Apartments! What Boss Pei wanted to express was: everyone should spend money in places where they really needed it such as leveraging their attention to create even greater value; that was the real struggle. Moreover, the Sloth Apartments fit that point perfectly. Therefore, it further stimulated everyone to rent it! So far, only two types of people have come to rent the Sloth Apartments. The first type was like Boss Li who was not short of money. They did not intend to make the Sloth Apartments their only residence so they spent this money solely for the quiet and place to think. To these people, the benefits of making the right decision may be far greater than the Sloth Apartments whole years rent. The second category was the more creative occupations such as painter, writer, musicians, live streamers, UP Masters, architects, etc. These people needed such an environment to calm down and think. At the same time, housekeeping, cleaning, and Fish-Catching Take-Out allowed them to live comfortably without the need to worry about basic life issues. Some people, who did not live in Jingzhou, specially rented a unit in Sloth Apartments because they were attracted to the life in Jingzhou. Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Fish-Catching Take-Out, Thriller Hostel, and GOGs regular events make some rich people feel that renting an additional house in Jingzhou seems to be a good choice when they want to take a rest. Moreover, similar emerging careers such as live streamers and UP Masters also felt that Jingzhou was more livable. The explanation that Boss Pei added for the Sloth Apartments also played a very important role, but it did not seem that prominent compared to the first three reasons. Song Kai could not help but sigh. Boss Pei was amazing; this combination of attacks made the popularity of Sloth Apartments soar upon success! The model that even Liang Qingfan did was not optimistic about was made successful forcibly by Boss Pei! One had to know just how difficult it was to create a new model and make it successful in the physical industry. However, Boss Pei was someone who could make anything successful! Every project in the Tengda Life App was the condensed form of Boss Peis wisdom. Song Kai said with emotion, Boss Li, I really dont know how to thank you. That interview really helped a lot. Li Shi smiled. There is no need to thank me; the rewards I received are much bigger than that of the Sloth Apartments. Song Kai paused. Huh? Boss Li received rewards? Impossible, Boss Li did not invest in the Sloth Apartments, right? Do you know why the investors and I suddenly came to rent a unit in the Sloth Apartments? Actually, it is not just to show support to Boss Pei; neither was it on a whim. Li Shi smiled and explained. These investors were worried about Thriller Hostel! They have all invested a lot of money into the Thriller Hostel, but the Thriller Hostel by then was barely making enough to cover the operating expenses. It could not make much money at all and was very far from breaking even. They asked me what to do, but I couldnt help it becausein my opinionthe Thriller Hostel had done everything it could for its content and its publicity. The design of the three major projects had their own characteristics; even the shopping mall was made into the Golden Maze. How else could this be improved? Therefore, I felt that only Boss Pei could make the Thriller Hostel advance to the next step! The way to make Boss Pei contribute is to support him. That was why I brought the investors over with me to rent the Sloth Apartments. Ive finally received my reward! I asked Chen Kangtuo just now. He said that the number of people who pre-purchased the Thriller Hostel package this morning had skyrocketed! Obviously, the Thriller Hostel had also become part of Boss Peis lifestyle. Those who come to Jingzhou for a tour must go to the Thriller Hostel to take a look no matter what! It is conceivable that the sales in the Golden Maze would surely skyrocket too since three projects of the Thriller Hostel are so popular. Therefore, the participating investors in the Thriller Hostel had also received our rewards! Of course, the most important gain we have obtained is the way of Boss Peis thinking. We feel that our thinking has become more crisp and clear after living here for some time. It has helped us calm down and make better investment decisions. Therefore, there is no need to thank me. I have received enough rewards. Song Kai realized now. I see! It seemed like Boss Peis big move created an AOE injury! Not only did it set the Sloth Apartments on fire but also the bunch of industries in the Thriller Hostel and the Tengda Life App! Li Shi smiled. I also learned Boss Peis method. Those who do not seek the overall situation cannot see a twist; those who do not seek general trends would not be able to seek the right moment. As a successful entrepreneur, you have to look at the overall situation, not just focus on a project. Its just like the industries in Tengda Life App; every single item isnt bad, but it is far from obtaining the current effect. They can exert a terrific cluster effect if they were all integrated! Boss Pei is really admirable! Song Kai could not help but nod. Yes, he is indeed admirable. The door to the lift opened; it was Pei Qian, about to go for some food in the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. He happened to run into the two chatting. Song Kai and Li Shi did not know that Boss Pei just woke up. They thought that he was just done with his morning meditations. Both of them showed smiles of admiration and nodded towards Boss Pei. Boss Pei, Good day to you! Pei Qian nodded subconsciously. Oh, good afternoon. He was about to walk out of the door after the greetings when he realized that something was not right. The smile on their faces caused him the creeps He felt that there must be some meaning behind the smiles. Pei Qian thought of writing an explanation on the main pages of the Sloth Apartments and Fully-Automated Bickering Machine after they went on fire due to Li Shis interview. It was useless! Not only did they not believe it, but they were still going all-out to buy them! Therefore, Pei Qian could only give up helplessly. He had been pondering on how to spend the sudden windfall while watching GOGs international tournament. However, he felt a chill permeating his entire being today. Pei Qian felt more unease. He sat down at the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and took out his cell phone. He suddenly found Teacher Qiaos video that was released late last night! ? A question mark floated above Pei Qians head. Why did Teacher Qiao upload another video? Pei Qian was even more baffled as he looked at the title. Still harping on Struggle? Old Qiao, that was no longer trendy! I might feel a little afraid if you were to upload this earlier. However, He An had already dug everything regarding this up. There was nothing more you could do. Why are you still harping on Struggle? Dont you know when to give up? Dont you know that you should eat the food while it was hot? Pei Qians mouth could not help but twitch upwards. However, Pei Qian still clicked on it and watched the video from start to end due to his respect for Teacher Qiao. His expression quickly became dull; his eyes and mouth grew huge at alarming rates. He was so shocked by what he saw that he also spat the coffee out. What the f*ck is this?! A load of nonsense!!! Chapter 659 - The Handbook of Tengda Spirit Pei Qian was utterly dizzy after watching Teacher Qiaos video. It was totally unfounded! He thought that He Ans long Weibo post was ridiculous enough; he never thought that there was something that could top that! At least He An focused his energy on explaining the game Struggle, which was relatively acceptable to Pei Qian. Struggle was an interactive movie game after all. The investment itself was huge, and the payback cycle was long. He would not be able to make a profit in this settlement cycle itself. However, what did Teacher Qiao do now? He linked Struggle with Tengda Games other industries! In other words, a phenomenon-level game like Struggle was equivalent to advertising for other Tengda Industries! It was true that many players did not purchase the game but chose to go through cloud clearance. However, these players were also paying attention to the interpretation of the game Struggle. Therefore, the video posted by Teacher Qiao on Aili Island became a great hit instantly overnight. So much so that it was ranked first in popularity ranking! Therefore, the cloud players that did not want to purchase the game found a place to purchase it! Some ordered a Fully-Automated Bickering Machine, some decided to order Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, some of them decided to sign up for Deposit Fitness, and some were going to book a train ticket to Jingzhou to experience the Thriller Hostel and the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe In short, all the industries in Tengda Life App had been affected! The money that the game did not earn would soon come to Pei Qian in another way. Pei Qian nearly fainted from anger on the spot. Teacher Qiao, are you f*cking mad?! How did you manage it so forcefully? Moreover, something lacking from the Thriller Hostel was really filled by Teacher Qiao! It was just that the thing that Teacher Qiao used to fill it was Boss Pei The biggest problem now was that, in the future, the saying that Boss Pei likes haunted houses and extreme sports will be spread more widely to the point where everyone would know. That was too scary! In particular, the phrase quiet led to minimalist philosophy; movement led to the haunted house and the pendulum rides. It was simply a killer. Pei Qian felt that he could not explain it anymore. He had no relation with the amusement park and the haunted houses in this lifetime anymore. There would be countless people inviting Boss Pei to experience the pendulum rides when he had to show up in the amusement park. It seemed like he could only shrink deeper into the darkness and not show up in public; otherwise, their lives would be in danger! Pei Qian flipped through various comments at the bottom of the video and on the webpage, and he found that the popularity had spread to the other industries of Tengda thanks to the video of Teacher Qiao. Even ROF Computer-Installations, OTTO cell phones, and shared phone boothswhich had been silent for a long timehad been revived. However, these departments did not give Pei Qian the good news. Obviously, everyone was embarrassed to bother Boss Pei because of the good news. In the eyes of the people-in-charge of the departments, the interpretation by Teacher Qiao was arranged by Boss Pei early in the morning! Why bother to announce the good news if Boss Pei planned it all out? It would seem like they were asking for credit when it was obviously Boss Peis contribution. Therefore, the people-in-charge of the various departments were all busy entertaining a large number of new customers and did not trouble the Boss Pei because of this matter. Everyone knew that Boss Pei was an avid thinker now. He must be somewhere thinking if he did not appear in the company. To interrupt Boss Pei at this time was to affect the interest of Tengda Corporation. Who would dare be that scapegoat? Therefore, everyone would be more careful before they went to report to Boss Pei in the future. They would definitely not report trivial stuff to Boss Pei anymore. Pei Qian felt melancholic. He once again had the idea of hiring assassins to get rid of Teacher Qiao. The system funds might not allow him to be reimbursed, but Pei Qian had some savings after all However, it was just a thought; he quickly dispelled that idea. He could only sigh, ask the waiter to bring the laptop over, and start thinking in advance how to spend money during this cycle. The waiter could not help but feel moved when he saw Boss Pei start working without even eating first. It was like what Teacher Qiao said: Boss Pei was thinking all the time. Teacher Qiao did not deceive us! On the 16th floor of Shenhua View, at the HR department of Tengda Corporation Finally done! Wu Bin and Cui Geng were celebrating excitedly. Wu Bin suddenly realized his mission during the recruitment examinations for Tengdas recruitment drive more than four months ago: to make more explanations for the Tengda spirit! There were now three major items to Tengda spirit: Work efficiently; focus on innovation Obey the leader, maintain independent thinking Work-life balance, long-term goals! However, obviously, it did not represent Boss Peis true thinking since it was just a one-sided interpretation. Moreover, it could only provide guidance to Tengdas employees. Therefore, Wu Bin and Cui Geng had been following in Boss Peis footsteps for more than four months; interviewing many peoples views on Boss Pei; and carefully identifying, selecting, organizing them into a book for a comprehensive and detailed explanation of the Tengda spirit. They interviewed Boss Li, Liang Qingfan, Qiao Liang, and Ruan Guangjian and saw four completely different images of Boss Pei from them. In Boss Lis eyes, Boss Pei was a business genius who had both cold and generous characteristics. As a strategist and business genius, Boss Pei had always remained calm and able to make the most correct decisions. He had always put Tengdas interests first and had never been emotional. At the same time, Boss Pei was very good at cooperating with the other people. Boss Pei would be very generous with sharing profits as long as there was a partner who firmly followed Boss Pei. In Boss Lis own words: Boss Pei is the perfect blend between the cunning of a sly old fox and the idealism of a young man. In Liang Qingfans eyes, Boss Peis pursuit of the ultimate art was endless. Boss Pei did not intend to compromise and would not give up his pursuit of the ultimate art even if it may lead to the failure of the Sloth Apartments. In Teacher Qiaos eyes, Boss Pei was a broad-minded person who could even become close friends with the most eccentric collaborators. He could also see problems from a more detached perspective. At the same time, Boss Pei was a unique expresser. This point was made very clear in Teacher Qiaos new video. In the eyes of Ruan Guangjian, Boss Pei was a very conscientious client. He broke the vicious cycle of mutual distrust and the zero-sum game between the client and the freelancer, allowing both parties to establish mutual trust. Extending from this point, it could be seen that Boss Pei had broken this zero-sum game and established mutual trust in these three aspects: Client and Freelancer Boss and Employees Producers and Consumers Obviously, it was now known that Liang Qingfans judgment was wrong since not only did Boss Pei pay attention to the ultimate artistry of the Sloth Apartments, but he also foresaw its success. Like in the game Struggle, it achieved perfect unity with commercial interests. The statements of Boss Li and Ruan Guangjian actually had some common points which could be viewed together. Breaking the zero-sum game did not only emphasize the attitude toward the partners, but also the dialectical relationship between immediate and long-term interests. Therefore, Wu Bin added new explanations for the Tengda spirit other than the three major items: He would also seek mutual benefit and win-win cooperation with other partners on the basis of safeguarding Tengdas interest. The perfect unity of the artistry and commercial interest it was necessary to maintain the pursuit of elegance while making profits Think about the problems from a helicopter perspective, have a broad mind, break the zero-sum game, and strive to find a win-win solution The first two points could be regarded as an attitude and direction, and the third point could be regarded as a methodology. They could be condensed into six points if compared to the original three Tengda spirit and removing the repetitive content: Work efficiently and focus more on innovation Obey the leadership but more importantly, think independently To work hard but also to combine work and rest To serve the customers while chasing artistic pursuits To thrive in business would require win-win situations To be in the present but also have long term visions The first three points could be regarded as the Tengda spirit that every employee must abide by and the latter three points could be regarded as the Tengda spirit for the entire company in the business world, society, partners, and customers. These six points were all condensed with countless experiences; each one of them was taken out separately, and some cases could be explained. Boss Pei had been using his actions to explain the Tengda spirit. Moreover, this internal reading on the Tengda spirit has also explained the meaning and cited a case study behind each article, which could be used to better understand how Boss Pei and his Tengda Corporation did and to obtain a better understanding of the Tengda spirit. For more than four months, Wu Bin and Cui Geng jointly wrote such a book. It was just a small booklet, but every word in it was meticulously crafteda thousand words of gold. For some reason, Wu Bin suddenly had an idea. He wanted to give Boss Pei a title like in a fantasy novel. Pei Qian, the Silent and Lonely Expresser, Pursuer of Art, Breaker of the Zero-Sum Game, Interpreter of the Tengda spirit, Pioneer of Healthy Living, Investor of Dreams, Advertiser in the Era of Peace, He who Truly Controlled Wealth, Light of Domestically-Produced and Standalone Games It might seem a little strange, but every title was appropriate! Print it on the last page of the book as an Easter egg. Wu Bin let out a sigh. It was finally done! The Tengda spirit might continue to expand in the future, but this book had summarized things that Tengda employees would probably take a long time to learn. I have asked Ma Yiqun to urgently publish it. They should be on time. In the most optimistic case, they could be done within a week! The Zhongdian Chinese Network would pay for it. Every core staff employee would have one copy each so that everyone could better learn from the Tengda spirit! Wu Bin was very satisfied with his work. Who said that the HR department was a lackey, henchman, or a lapdog? I am also contributing to Tengda and to society at large! Chapter 660 - I will Be My Own Substitute September 18th, Sunday Jingzhou Airport Huang Sibo and Bao Xu dragged their suitcases and finally got into a taxi. Both of the freshly tanned people sat in the car, playing with their mobile phones, with an impulse to cry. They finally returned to society! Thinking back to how they survived in the Sahara Desert, Kilimanjaro, and the Great Rift Valley over the past month Really a life of isolation! Bao Xu originally made the itinerary with the thoughts of dying with Huang Sibo, but that thought slowly changed in this long arduous month. Thinking back to being far away in Africa, two lonely and helpless people could only support one another, rely on one another, and cheer each other on Strangely, it felt like the friendship between them had grown stronger. Therefore, Bao Xu was no longer angry after coming back from Africa. He only felt that life in Jingzhou was really good and started using his mobile phone with joy. Huang Sibo had the same attitude. Both of them held their phones and swiped up and down before realizing that such a huge change had happened in their month of isolation! Today is the last day of the group stage for the GOG International invitational tournament. The top eight would be out after the game this afternoon. Teacher Qiao actually explained Struggle again in a video? Eh? Why the word again? It seem like many people are spending their weekends in Jingzhou. As expected, a single Thriller Hostel is not enough for everyone to plan a trip to Jingzhou, but such a trip is worthwhile with so many fun things! This is the group effect! The two of them watched it on their mobile phones and finally understood the general cause and effect. One of the key reasons why the Thriller Hostel was not popular enough was that most people were not willing to visit Jingzhou just for the sake of a haunted house. No amount of fun could change the fact that it was a haunted house. However, there were many forms of entertainment if one was to come to Jingzhou now! They could watch the GOG International invitational tournament. Of course, it was too late to buy tickets now, but there was still a large number of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 3.0which was the Live E-Sports Museum. There were also projections in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 1.0 and 2.0 where one could get a good watching experience. At the same time, Jingzhou had a series of industries such as the Thriller Hostel, the nameless restaurant, Fish-Catching Take-Out, and shared phone booths. The experience schedule related to Tengda alone could fill an entire weekend. In such a case, a weekend trip to Jingzhou had become a cost-effective choice. It became a natural thing to play the highly acclaimed Desperate Escape or challenge Ultimate Horror since they were now in Jingzhou. The various industries in Tengda Life Appno matter whether it was internet cafes, takeaways, rentals, or gymwere all worthwhile experiences for the local young in Jingzhou. As for the game Struggle, it might still not be able to recover, but it had produced an excellent driving effect on the other industries. It was profitable for the Tengda Group on the whole. Huang Sibo and Bao Xu could not help but sigh. Boss Peis methods had become more and more sophisticated! Who could have thought that there would be such big changes after one month in Africa? They only had admiration for Boss Pei. Huang Sibo flipped through the posts and suddenly his face became serious. Tsk Old Bao, there seem to be many people on the internet curious about Boss Peis identity! Bao Xu was stunned. Really? Where? Huang Sibo gave him his cellphone and did a keyword search on Boss Pei. A large number of posts were found discussing it. Obviously, Boss Pei was now a popular internet sensation! Why did he become an internet sensation then? It was obvious seeing Boss Peis identities on the internet. A top game designer, the behind-the-scenes boss of Tengda Corporation, a philanthropist who donated 15 million yuan to his alma mater and gave a speech about wealth, a boss with a conscience, a unique entrepreneur Most importantly, Boss Peis identity had always been an unsolved mystery. However, those three world-famous paintings pushed his existence to the netizens limelight. The netizens could no longer suppress their curiosity no matter how low-profile Boss Pei was! Bao Xu could not help but show a serious expression on his tanned face. That was a grave matter that could not be taken lightly! Those who knew Boss Pei knew that Boss Pei was a very low-profile person who never wanted the limelight. That was partly because of Boss Peis personality; on the other hand, it was also because Boss Pei did not want the netizens to bind him to Tengda and worship him as an idol. It was easy to breed extremist fans in that way. It would be difficult for consumers to view Tengda from an objective perspective. In the short term, that seemed to be a good thing, but in the long term, it would clearly do more harm than good. Therefore, the entire Tengda Corporation had reached a consensus that the identity of Boss Pei must not be exposed. They had to cooperate closely to continue to hide his true identity! Boss Peis identity could be kept a secret until now partly because everyone who had met him had reached a tacit understanding and that the netizens were not so interested in the true identity of Boss Pei. Who would then get to the bottom of who on earth the boss of a certain company was? However, looking at the current situation, it seemed like they could no longer hide it. Some netizens were even discussing how the young man in Boss Peis Daily Life was Boss Pei himself after comparing him with the back view and his clothes. That short drama Boss Peis Daily Life which has lost its heat was dug up again! However, many people felt that Boss Pei was busy with his work, and there was no time for him to play as himself. Therefore, it was all just a guessno confirmation. There were not too many images related to Boss Pei on the web. The netizens did not know the inside story so they could only guess. However, the truth would come out sooner or later if they continue guessing like this. Huang Sibo was as anxious as ants on fire. What to do? If this continues, someone will be able to come across Boss Peis real identity soon. Not that it would have serious consequences, but Boss Pei would not be able to think quietly then! Boss Pei must not be disturbed as the head of the Tengda Corporation! Old Bao, do you have any way about it? Bao Xu fell into deep thoughts. The situation now seemed to be a little disadvantaged. How would they be able to stop the people of the world since so many people were now paying attention to Boss Pei? It seemed like an impossible task! Bao Xu pondered for a moment. Old Huang, do you remember the movie last year with a trick on stealing the beam to change the pillar? Huang Sibo was taken aback. A movie last year about stealing a beam to change the pillar? I should have seen, but Im not sure which one you are referring to. There is a line in it: sh*t, Ive become a substitute! Bao Xu reminded him. Huang Sibos eyes widened slightly as if he realized something but did not know what to do with it. Its very simple, you can use the official account of Fei Huang Workspace to tell everyone that Boss Pei does not want attention and does not want to be disturbed, Bao Xu explained. If everyone cared about the image of Boss Pei so much, then we could regard the actor in Boss Peis Daily Life as Boss Pei himself. Huang Sibo was shocked. Huh? But that was Boss Pei himself! Bao Xu smiled. Who knows? Everyone in Tengdaincluding his friends, Boss Li, and Teacher Qiaoare definitely willing to help Boss Pei keep this secret. We agree that that is not Boss Pei but a special actor that looks similar to Boss Pei. Do you think the netizens will believe it if someone jumped out to say that Boss Pei and the person in the show are one and the same? What did it say in the movieI became a substitute? Repeated rumors become a fact. If everyone says that you are a substitute, then you will become a substitute. Similar concept, if we are to say that that is an actornot the real Boss Pei, how would the netizens discern it? Moreover, this way, the netizens curiosity about Boss Pei would be appeased, which would form a very strange situation. Everyone will regard Boss Pei as Boss Pei, but everyone would think that he is just an actornot the real Boss Pei. Wouldnt we be able to conceal Boss Peis identity if we muddle the water? Thats it! Old Bao, you are a f*cking genius! I will discuss this with the other people-in-charge, unify everyone, and prepare to record the video! Huang Sibo said with realization. We cannot delay the matter to help Boss Pei conceal his identity! At the same time, Pei Qian was in his own room, playing games wordlessly. He wanted to go to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and then to watch the game, but he did not dare go now! It was Sunday; many players and Tengdas fans were in Jingzhou. It was easy to meet people he knew no matter in the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe or in GOG international invitational tournaments. Wouldnt his identity be completely exposed then? That would be too scary! Pei Qian felt that he was like a star, shivering with crazy fans and paparazzi cameras outside. He couldnt possibly change his attire, wear sunglasses, and wrap a scarf around himself, right? That would be too ridiculous. Pei Qians attitude was the same as before; he did not want to reveal his identity because that would mean too much trouble! Imagine, fans would come and ask for group photos when he walked into a school, drinking coffee in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, or even just walking on the streets. Some seniors might come to him in hopes of applying for a job some investors might come to him in hopes of investing in certain projects Wouldnt he have any private life left? He wanted to continue to be a normal university student until he graduated! Pei Qian was speechless, unable to do anything about the current situation. The cell phone on his table rang. Pei Qian picked it up; it was a message from Huang Sibo. He had spoken to the people-in-charge of the other departments; everyone agreed with this plan so he sent to Boss Pei to allow Boss Pei to make the final decision. Pei Qian was shocked after reading the proposal. How the f*ck did this happen? I become my own substitute? Use this method to confuse the netizens? It seemed like it could really work! Pei Qian considered it for a while before replying. Post the video immediately; do it this way! He could not help but sigh. This Huang Sibo finally did not stab me in the back but helped me out as soon as he was back. Great! Pei Qian knew very well that it was impossible to completely hide from the netizens. Some netizens had already suspected that the Boss Pei in Boss Peis Daily Life was Boss Pei himself. The situation would go out of control if anyone who knew Boss Pei testified to that publicly. It would be difficult to play this trick then. Therefore, he had to strike while the iron was hot! Pei Qian could preemptively armor himself up through official statements. First of all, he had to emphasize that Boss Pei did not wish to be disturbed; neither did he want to reveal his true identity in front of the public to ask the fans to not dig into his personal information. However, at the same time, they provided him with a symbol as emotional sustenance, allowing them to regard the actor image in Boss Peis Daily Life as the real Boss Pei. This way, the netizens who came to Jingzhou would only regard Boss Pei as an actornot the real Boss Pei. Such a cunning move! Pei Qian might still get attention, but to the people outside, his true identity would be the actor who played Boss Pei. He would be taking photos with fans at the very most, which could reduce the trouble to a minimum. Pei Qian himself was a little dizzy, but it did seem to be the best method, thinking about it now. Let everyone know his true identity to help him cover up his identity. In that way, no one would believe it even if some people did manage to uncover the truth. Deception by his soldiers How could the netizens distinguish between what was really true and what was not? Chapter 661 - Teacher Qiao Decided to Move! Sloth Apartments, at night Qiao Liang saved the game progress, put down the handle, and landed on the sofa comfortably. They were so comfortable! He had lived in the Sloth Apartments for four days now. During this period, he completed a new video which caused an enthusiastic response. Therefore, the haze that lingered in Qiao Liangs heart for more than a month was finally gone! Therefore, Qiao Liang had been playing games in the Sloth Apartments for the entire day today. He had to say that the Sloth Apartments was equipped with game consoles and the 3A masterpieces from various foreign manufacturers which made Qiao Liang really experience what it meant to be happy. Of course, the TV in the Binhu District was not the limited-edition huge TV in the Dawn of Prosperous City. On the one hand, it was because the renovation price of each specification and the grade of the house was different. On the other hand, it was also because it was a limited edition. It was good enough to use it in the units in Dawn of Prosperous City. However, even so, the TVs in the Binhu District were carefully selected. Both the size and display effects were great; there was a sense of reality playing these console games. Ding-Dong. The doorbell rang. Qiao Liang went to open the door and found that the dinner he ordered had arrived. The exquisite and high-end food box was filled with a balance of meat and vegetables, making people drool. Qiao Liang had an idea while devouring his food. Could he probably just move to Jingzhou? He was a UP Master, a freelancer. Was he an idiot to struggle with the high rents in Beijing? Qiao Liang had come to Jingzhou twice. He had stayed here for two to three months if he were to add both trips together. It was not strange to say that this was his second home. Qiao Liang found that Jingzhou was the best choice for him after a little comparison! Actually, the reason why he chose to rent in Beijing was that he was studying at a university in Beijing. He had some small results making videos during university. He found a job after graduating but was dissatisfied with it. Therefore, he resigned and became a full-time UP Master in his rented apartment. To put it bluntly, he was just used to it. He had been in Beijing for his university for four years, found his first job in Beijing, and got used to living in that city. It was very difficult for him to think of moving across cities. However, Qiao Liang suddenly realized that he did not need to stay in Beijing after staying in the Sloth Apartments for a few days! Take his rent for example. That small apartment in Beijing in the fifth ring was actually even more expensive than the Sloth Apartment. However, the living environment was totally different! The one-bedroom apartment that Qiao Liang lived in was not renovated; the bathroom had not been repaired for a long time. He did not like to clean so his room was always chaotic. On the other hand, the Sloth Apartments had cleaning facilities and a butler. The layout of the house was specially designed by the designer. It would always be pleasing to the eye as long as it was always kept in its original state. The TV and the game units especially warmed Qiao Liangs heart! Qiao Liangs rented apartment in Beijing did not have a TV or a game console. The reason was simple; he wanted to buy such, but he felt it wasnt necessary. That was because he saved money to buy a high-end computer since it was required for editing movies and could also be used to play games. Therefore, it would be a waste to spend a few thousand yuan on system units and TV. However, Qiao Liang discovered that playing console games on TV was really different from playing on the computer after staying in the Sloth Apartments for a while. There were obvious big differences no matter whether it was comfort or immersion! Looking at the meal aspects: Qiao Liang used to eat instant noodles when he was poor. However, he had upgraded to having the freedom to buy takeouts when he became more prosperous through making videos. The takeouts in Beijing were also not cheap. Of course, there were chicken chop and duck rice for a few dozen yuan, but it was hard to guarantee his health and hygiene if he were to eat that for the long rice. If someone like Qiao Liang had no economic pressure now, what was two or three yuan extra to eat Fish-Catching Take-Out? Then, he looked at daily life and entertainment. Beijing had concerts and large-scale performances such as ball games, dramas, etc., but it wasnt that bad in Jingzhou either. He could watch GOG matches live; there was the Deposit Fitness, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Thriller Hostel, and a series of industries. Qiao Liang suddenly realized that he could lead a much better life with the same amount of money! Of course, as a super first-tier city, Beijing had many young people and plenty of work opportunities. However, there were many young people in Jingzhou as well. There was an increasing trend, too. He also had many friends like Boss Pei and Tengdas employees. Moreover, as UP Master who spent most of his time at home, the living environment was the most important to him. The more Qiao Liang thought, the more he felt there was no need to continue living in Beijing. He should just move to Jingzhou. Qiao Liang immediately decided to buy a ticket back to Beijing the day after tomorrow, begin to sell everything in the rental house, and return it. He had to come to Jingzhou to stay at his earliest convenience! Qiao Liang had more energy to eat as he thought about this. He scanned the updates on Aili Island while he planned for his move. The latest issue of the video still had a large number of fans leaving messages. The video had reached the top of the home page of Aili Island after all. It could only be said that it had broken out of its circle. Not only was the audience in the game zone watching, but the audiences in other areas were watching, too. That gave him another wave of soaring fans. Qiao Liang took the trouble to watch the audiences bootlicking and felt his appetite improve. He suddenly saw new updates from Fei Huang Workspace! Qiao Liang froze for a moment because he knew very well that Fei Huang Workspace should be preparing a video to expose the formaldehyde filled rooms recently. However, he heard from Zhu Xiaoce that this video was not going to be released, right? It was too fast if it was other videos, right? It would not match the meticulously crafted style of the Fei Huang Workspace. Qiao Liang opened the video with some confusion. Huang Sibos face appeared. Qiao Liang was a little surprised. Eh? When did he get so tanned? In his impression, Huang Sibo had normal Chinese skinnot so fair but neither was he so tanned. Yellow Sibo[1.Huang in Huang Sibo is the same character as Yellow.] has now become Hei Sibo[2.Hei is the same character as Black]. It looked a little strange. Was the lighting not done well? That wasnt right; the lighting was done deliberately. Qiao Liang was baffled. Hei Sibo smiled and introduced himself in the video. Fans of Fei Huang Workspace and Tengda Games, Im Huang Sibo. I used to be the Executive Chief Planner of Tengda Games, but Im now the person-in-charge of Fei Huang Workspace. I was involved in the development and shooting of projects such as Ocean Stronghold, Boss Peis Daily Life, and Tomorrow is Beautiful. Recently, many fans have shown a lot of enthusiasm in speculating Boss Peis true identity. Boss Pei hoped for me to convey some information to everyone. Boss Pei is a low profile person. He does not wish to become the focus of everyone; neither does he want his personal image to be associated with Tengdalet alone be worshiped like an idol. Borrowing the words of a gentleman: there is no need for everyone to love the hen that laid the delicious eggs. Of course, we also understand everyones curiosity. You can regard the actor in Boss Peis Daily Life as Boss Pei himself. I would like to thank everyone for your continued support and love for Tengda on behalf of everyone in Tengda! The video ended. It only lasted two minutes. Qiao Liang was shocked after he watched this video. What was this about? Everything before you can regard the actor in Boss Peis Daily Life as Boss Pei himself was understandable. Why regard as? That was Boss Pei himself! That itself was not a lie, but it would have a misleading effect on the audience. Qiao Liang entered into deep thought. Could this be some performance art by Boss Pei again? Oh, I understand! Qiao Liang instantly thought about the focus theory that Boss Pei emphasized repeatedly before. Boss Pei had been emphasizing repeatedly that focus was everyones most precious wealth. Everyone listened carefully and expressed their enlightenment when they were listening to it, but they forgot all about it immediately. Why did it matter who Boss Pei was and what he looked like? That was out of pure curiosity. They devoted a huge amount of focus and attention to Boss Pei, wasting time to do such meaningless things. Obviously, Boss Pei did not want everyone to do this. Qiao Liang could not help but sigh. Boss Pei had really walked the talk with good intentions! He must cooperate as a friend of Boss Pei! Qiao Liang immediately reposted the video: Boss Pei called on everyone to focus on more meaningful things, but everyone forgot it in the blink of an eye? Qiao Liangs forward obviously played a very good role in guiding public opinion. The original comments had a lot of questions, but these questions were overshadowed by understanding. Ashamed I just forgot the knowledge I learned in the blink of an eye. Thank you, Boss Pei, for awakening me! Alright, most people are just curious, or they just need an image or symbol of Boss Pei. Just take this superb actor as the image of Boss Pei then! I think it is a pretty good idea to keep Boss Peis identity private, too. Well, lets use this image to replace Boss Pei. He might be handsome and has good acting skills, but he is obviously not even one-tenth of Boss Pei! Thats weird. Arent the Tengda employees too tight-lipped? No one has come forward to reveal the true identity of Boss Pei? Tengda is a company that is united in heart and mind. You cannot imagine how much Tengda employees listen to Boss Pei. Sigh, if only there was a website that could query company information! Qiao Liang flipped through everyones messages and found that most people still realized the painstaking efforts of Boss Pei; only a few people still wanted to find the true identity of Boss Pei. Their voices were impossible to gain traction if they were in the minority as the majority of the people would not be able to tell if they were telling the truth or not. Chapter 662 - Boss Pei is Always One Level Higher than Us! September 19th, Monday Pei Qian arrived at the office as always. However, this time, no one bothered him all morning. Clearly, nobody had any questions to ask Boss Pei. That was a very upsetting thing because it meant that most of the businesses were generating profits! Boss Pei quickly thought about his experience and concluded that this was the worst cycle that he had had thus far. All the new businessesincluding Thriller Hostel, Sloth Apartments, and Deposit Fitnesshad become popular. Even Fish-Catching Take-Out, which had been doing very well all this time, had become popular! It was terrible. Pei Qian did not dare to leave his house over the past two days. He had cooped himself up at home, keeping a close eye on the online discussions. Luckily, after Teacher Qiao shared Fei Huang Workspaces video, the audiences attention had really been diverted. Many people agreed with the focus theory and felt the need to value their own abilities to focus more, given that Boss Pei had worked so hard for them to do so. They had no intention to cause more trouble for Boss Pei. However, Pei Qians image in the web series had received another boost! Many people took screenshots of scenes in the online drama, Boss Peis Daily Life, and then created stickers of his expressions. Now, more and more people were going to recognize Pei Qians face. Boss Peis Daily Life had stopped being updated a year ago, and it had not been as popular as it used to be. Most web series that stopped updating for such a long time would see sharp declines in popularity and quickly become outdated. Thats because, in the age of the Internet, netizens attention would always be focused on the hottest topic at the moment. Yet, recently, Boss Peis Daily Life became popular again! Many people started watching it for the second or third time, causing the first episode to feature on the websites home page as well! Although he felt weird, Pei Qian had to pick the lesser of two evils. Compared to becoming popular as his real self, it was more acceptable to become popular for a role that he had played in a web series. What Pei Qian found unacceptable was the income that Boss Peis Daily Life was generating again! The short web series had entered an exclusive agreement with Aili Island back then, which had provided for a special incentive plan with Fei Huang Workspace. Every effective click that lasted for more than thirty seconds could have generated twenty cents of income! However, there was no such thing now. That was because they had signed the contract with Aili Island very early on. At the time, Aili Island was still a small website, in dire need of good resources to attract traffic to their website. That was why they had offered Tengda so much money back then. Now, Aili Island was getting bigger and better, and there was an increasing number of users on the site. There was no way that the website would make such an attractive offer anymore. Boss Peis Daily Life was still receiving the same amount of remuneration because it had been signed off to Aili Island very early on! That created an awkward situation. Aili Island probably had not expected a series that had stopped being updated more than a year ago to suddenly become so popular once again. Yet, they probably werent that affected as well. After all, Aili Island was now a big company that could afford that amount of money. Moreover, the more popular Boss Peis Daily Life became, the more good publicity the website would get since it had exclusive rights over the video. As Pei Qian thought more about it, he realized an awkward fact. Aili Island was profiting, Fei Huang Workspace was profiting, and everyone else was profiting. He, the main actor, was the only one losing out! At the time, Pei Qian had agreed to fixed remuneration. He probably had not thought about the possibility of sharing the series profits. Obviously, Huang Sibo and the others would not have thought about any other payment structure for Boss Pei as well. To them, all money earned by the company would go to Boss Pei anyway. What would have been the point in increasing his personal remuneration? Pei Qian also could not have hinted to them to increase his personal remuneration because it would not have made any sense. Other people might have been suspicious. It was insufferable! Pei Qian tried to regulate his emotions and finally considered the cycles settlement calmly. He had suffered successive attacks during this cycle, but he was not giving up on the fight. There was still time to turn things around. Take the Sloth Apartmentss model for example. The Sloth Apartments had been bought over. Tens of millions of yuan had gone into it, and a huge amount of System Funds had been dealt with. All the apartments had been rented out, but it would take years for the company to recover its huge investment with that bit of rent. Thus, the Sloth Apartments had become popular, but it was just the scale of it that was frightening. In actual fact, it was not generating that much profit. Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Fish-Catching Take-Out, Deposit Fitness, and other physical shops were all rented. That was why they could generate steady profits. However, rent still had to be paid, and the more branches they set up, the more money Pei Qian could get rid of. Thus, Pei Qian started to think about a way to spend a ton of money during this cycle. Pei Qian did not have to worry about opening new branches for the internet cafe, take-out, or gyms because new branches were consistently being opened. As a traditionally excellent business arm, Upwind Logistics would continue to work hard. A portion of funds could go into more publicity for GOGs foreign version, but Pei Qian had to be cautious. If the game started generating huge income overseas, everything could backfire There was another important department: Otto Technologies. Otto Technologies project would drag until the next settlement this time. Pei Qian could easily invest more money into it, but its products had to be completed before the end of the next cycle. At the moment, Otto Technologies was working on setting up a software laboratory that would focus on camera algorithms and software. The software would be an upgrade and improvement of an earlier version, and so it would not be the project that the extension would be granted for. However, the image algorithm needed more work done on it and could only be completed during the next cycle. Thus, Pei Qian thought that it was possible to channel more funds into it as long as it could be done before the next settlement date. At the same time, he could start planning for various promotional events and sales. After all, Boss Pei had become adept at drinking poison to quench his thirst. Now that he was used to it, he could not stop. Once the plan was out, Pei Qian felt confident that he would be able to save the situation. Now, he could only pray that the company would not generate more profits from strange places! September 20th, Tuesday It was the day of the month that Ming Yun Private Kitchen was reserved for Tengda Corporation. Pei Qian became conflicted thinking about who to invite for a meal. None of his employees had been of any help to him this cycle. He did not want to treat any of them to the meal! Since he had already invited DGEs team members and Deposit Fitness coaches the previous time, Pei Qian decided to invite the butlers of Sloth Apartments and the people in charge of Upwind Logistics this time. Those from Sloth Apartments included Liang Qingfan, his assistant (the Management Trainee), Song Kai, and a few butlers of the other buildings. Those from Upwind Logistics included Lu Mingliang and a few other core employees. Liang Qingfan had only joined Tengda Corporation recently, and his extreme minimalism had perfectly met Pei Qians requests. Both he and Song Kai were dependable and had not eaten at Ming Yun Private Kitchen before. Thus, Pei Qian felt the need to treat them to a meal this time. Although the Sloth Apartments was popular now, they did not have a huge part to play in it. That was why Pei Qian did not think that he ought to get angry with them. Whats more, the Sloth Apartments was only earning rent for now. It was still tens of years away from recovering the amount of money Pei Qian had spent to purchase the buildings. There was no need to worry too much. Everyone took their seats at the restaurant. Pei Qian was too lazy to chat with them as well. In any case, no matter whom he invited for a meal here, his main aim was to spend money. He had only chosen these specific people because they caused him less frustration and irritation. Thank you for working hard, everyone! Sit back, relax, and eat to your hearts content! Pei Qian dug in first. He picked up a huge crab that had been placed in front of him. Seeing the sumptuous feast before them, Liang Qingfan and Song Kai salivated as well. They had never seen such good food! They had heard how famous the nameless restaurant was in the country, but the queue was too terrifying. Whats more, neither of them was willing to part with the money to have a meal here. Now that Boss Pei was treating them to a meal here, they felt happier than they would have if they had won the lottery! With Boss Pei taking the lead, everyone followed suit and dug in. The cling-clang of plates and cutlery knocking against one another filled the restaurant. Midway through the meal, Liang Qingfan and Song Kais eyes met. Can we tell Boss Pei about that matter now? Yes! Since Boss Pei isnt thinking about anything now, we should tell him the good news. Full of chemistry, the two men clinked their glasses and walked toward Boss Pei. Boss Pei, heres a toast to you! Sloth Apartmentss success must be attributed to your excellent foresight and brilliant strategy! The entire Tengda Life is a sight to behold! Pei Qian lifted his glass slightly, the corners of his mouth twitching. Im eating. Can you talk about something more pleasant?! However, upon recalling that Sloth Apartments was not generating that much profit, Pei Qian calmed down and lifted his glass higher. Alright. Lets not talk about the past anymore. Dont be so courteous. Finish the wine and eat as much as you can. Eat until you cant walk straight anymore; do you hear me? Liang Qingfan and Song Kai looked at each other and grinned, exclaiming inwardly how humble Boss Pei was. Not only did he not put on any airs, but he was also joking around with them. He was a great boss! When the three men finished their wine, Pei Qian sat back down and prepared to continue eating. Thinking that the timing was perfect, Liang Qingfan quickly said, Boss Pei, Sloth Apartments has good news for you! The hand that Pei Qian was using to hold his lobster halted in midair as his mind filled with question marks. ? Good news? Why are you still messing with me? The Sloth Apartments were all rented out now, werent they? Where else could they pull empty apartments out from? Liang Qingfan smiled. Boss Pei, I thought that the extreme minimalism of the Sloth Apartments was a personal preference, not a mature business model. I thought that art and business could not merge perfectly with each other. Yet, now, I know that I was wrong. The Sloth Apartmentss business model is far better than I can imagine! After you talked about the focus theory, all the Sloth Apartments were snapped up and rented out. I thought that would be the limit, and that we would not be able to earn more than that. But I was wrong again! Pei Qians heart fell when he heard that. You were wrong again? Then arent I wrong as well? And so? Pei Qian tried his hardest to remain calm. Lu Mingliang and the others, who were seated beside him, listened in on the conversation, wanting to know what new entrepreneurial techniques Boss Pei had come up with this time. Liang Qingfan excitedly continued. Over the last two days, Sloth Apartments has been getting an insane number of phone calls! A few clients suggested that we help them to design their houses in the same extreme minimalistic fashion as Sloth Apartments! They all offered high prices, according to the market rate for first-tier designers. On average, thats about a thousand yuan per square meter. One client wanted us to help design a five hundred square meter villa in the same manner as Sloth Apartments was designed. He offered five hundred thousand yuan! Pei Qian had been tense. However, after hearing that figure, he instantly relaxed. Thats good, thats not too much money. Moreover, designing a five-hundred-square-meter house was quite troublesome. There would probably not be many of those jobs. Its just one house, right? Pei Qian asked. Liang Qingfan nodded. Thats right! Thats why I decided to reject it! Pei Qians eyes lit up. Liang Qingfan continued speaking. Thats a high price, but I have a limited amount of energy. Ive already been put in charge of the Sloth Apartments. How can I find time to design other peoples houses? Thats why I thought of something else. Ill sell plans! Ill design living rooms, bedrooms, studies, and dining rooms in the same extreme minimalistic style of Sloth Apartments for more common types of apartments or houses. At the same time, I will specify the furniture brands and models that should come with the designs. That way, clients who want to design their home in an extreme minimalist fashion would just have to buy my plans and engage a passable architect to execute it. Then, they would be able to get the renovations that they want! Pei Qians eyes dimmed once more. Now, he looked more cautious. Sell plans? How bold of you! Even if Liang Qingfan managed to sell thousands or tens of thousands of plans at low prices, the company would still earn much more than if it had conducted those renovations! That could not happen! Yes, thats a good idea. I think that you should sell the plans for one yuan each. Pei Qian quickly tried to do damage control on Liang Qingfans rotten plan. Liang Qingfan nodded. Yes, Boss Pei thats what I thought as well! Pei Qian: ? Liang Qingfan grinned. A good plan wouldnt be worth much, and we wont be able to stop clients from sharing it with other people after buying it. It wouldnt make sense to price it highly, and so I thought we would be better off semi-giving it away. However, this inspired me and made me realize how much value Sloth Apartments have! Thats why I went to negotiate with the furniture shops and brands that we had purchased our furniture pieces from and got a discount! I specially selected those shops. They might be a little expensive, but theyre of excellent quality. Our customers would be able to purchase the furniture and renovation material from these merchants at discounted prices. At the same time, those brands would split a portion of their profits with us. That would be a win-win situation for consumers, Sloth Apartments, and those brands alike! Pei Qian stared at them, dumbfounded and not knowing how to respond. What the hell? Song Kai added, Thats not all, Boss Pei! Many other property developers want to work with us to create similar apartments as well! A few property developers have also suggested a deeper partnership. Sloth Apartments would be invited to chip in and market those neighborhoods. To consumers, Sloth Apartments is no longer just a rented apartment business, but a spokesperson for quality living Sloth Apartmentss model is not just perfect for rented apartmentsit could do so much more! Lu Mingliang, who had been silent by the side, suddenly understood what was happening. So that was why! Boss Pei had not merely created a rented apartments business arm but a renovation one as well! Apart from earning rent, Sloth Apartments could also generate income from other aspects. Indeed, Boss Peis way of thinking is always one level higher than ours! Chapter 663 - A Thank You Letter Pei Qians hand trembled as he picked up his glass of red wine and took a sip. Finally, he calmed himself down. Yes, why did it feel like he had been expecting this? He had been a victim of sudden attacks like that at the dinner table more than once now. It was almost as if he had built immunity against it. Still, a veteran like Boss Pei would not give up fighting just like that. It was no big deal to Boss Pei. There was still time to turn things around! Pei Qian put his glass of red wine back down on the table. Are you sure youre going to work together with those furniture shops and property developers? Arent you going to consider it further? I dont think that plan sounds complete. As for what exactly they should consider, Pei Qian was not sure either. Regardless, his primary concern was how to earn less money or how to avoid earning any money at all. He just could not find a suitable excuse. When Boss Pei was at a loss as to what to do, he would make use of his employees knack for letting their imaginations run wild. Song Kai remained silent for a moment and then nodded. Thats right, Boss Pei. Why not? Property developers are well-known for being rich! As for furniture businesses there are different companies with varying levels of popularity, but they have huge profit margins. Theres a lot of room for them to reduce their prices. If I can get our customers discounts and also get the company a share of the profits, why wouldnt I? Pei Qians expression darkened. Do you think I dont know that property developers are well-known for being rich? Do you think I dont know that furniture shops have high-profit margins? If you continue to emphasize these points, I would forbid your plan all the more! Song Kais expression filled with confusion as Liang Qingfan fell into deep thought as well. Now, the atmosphere was awkward. Pei Qian could not allow the silence to continue, and so he thought about inviting everyone to leave this problem aside, continue eating, and consider it slowly. After all, the longer they took to consider the problem, the later the company would earn additional income. However, at that moment, Lu Mingliangwho had been quietly listening to the conversation by the sidespoke up. Youre both new to Tengda Corporation, and so the way that you do things doesnt necessarily conform to the Tengda Spirit. Its no wonder that you cant understand what the intentions behind Boss Peis instructions are. Song Kai and Liang Qingfan stared at him and then leaned in humbly to be taught. Boss Lu, can you please give us a few tips? Pei Qian turned to Lu Mingliang as well, his mind filling with question marks. ? I invited you for a meal here to make sure that I had enough numbers. Dont try to blindly interpret my words! Oh, its Lu Mingliang speaking. Thats alright, then. If it had been Lin Wan, Huang Sibo, Bao Xu, or someone similar; Pei Qian would have thought about interrupting them or changing the topic. That was because those peoples interpretations often led to trouble! On the other hand, Boss Pei trusted Lu Mingliang significantly. Thus, he allowed the latter to say one or two sentences. Lu Mingliang organized his thoughts and said, When I heard about that profit-making model, I felt shocked as well. It was completely beyond my expectations. However, after some consideration, I noticed one problem. The profit-making model that you have thought of only forms a small part of the one that Boss Pei is thinking of. Pei Qian: With newfound respect, Liang Qingfan and Song Kai immediately sat up straight and listened intently. Lu Mingliang continued speaking. Congratulations to the two of you for entering Boss Peis sphere of thinking. You now possess the second most valuable thing in Tengda Corporation at the moment. Tengda has always prided itself in running its businesses honestly and without making anything up. Thats how it built such a good reputation in the eyes of the customers. Thus, even when we enter new industries, customers would tend to trust us easily. Tengdas goods and services might be more expensive, and our quality-price ratio might be slightly poorer, but we would never take advantage of our customers. Thats why our customers trust us so much, and thats the second most valuable resource that our company owns. Song Kai slowly and cautiously raised his hand. Im sorry to interrupt you. Whats our most valuable resource, then? Lu Mingliang looked incredulous. Inside, he wondered why he had to explain this. However, after realizing that Song Kai was not figuring it out, he helplessly answered, Boss Peis brain, of course. A realization dawned on Song Kai, and he nodded profusely. Thats right. How come I couldnt answer such a simple question?! Pei Qian: At that moment, he was at a loss for words. Lu Mingliang continued speaking. Its precisely because customers trust Tengda so much that Tengda has been able to achieve a measure of success in every industry. Thus, that trust is very valuable. Partnering Sloth Apartments with furniture brands and property developers would be akin to using the trust that our customers have in us to back other businesses. Ideally, this would be a win-win situation. As the middlemen, we would be the bridge between our customers and the manufacturers. The manufacturers would earn less, the profits would be shared, and consumers would enjoy discounted prices. We would also stand to benefit from this arrangement. However, the question is how you can ensure that your arrangement with those other businesses would remain under the ideal scenario. The manufacturers may start off well with you, but they might become greedy later given how easy it would be for them to earn more money. They might start compromising on the quality of their products to earn bigger profit margins, and customers are bound to discover this. How can we ensure that the businesses we partner with dont compromise on quality, then? Once something like that blows up, Tengdas resources would be contaminated, and the foundation on which the group of companies was built would become shaky as well. We would suffer unimaginable loss. Dont believe that those other businesses have as good a conscience as Tengda does. We just learned a lesson from Home Corporations Safe Houses two days ago, didnt we? Liang Qingfan and Song Kai suddenly understood something. That was indeed a huge hidden danger! Actually, both of them had thought about this issue before, but they dismissed it for two reasons. First, they were still at the nascent stage of negotiating with other businesses and were far away from entering agreements. Second, they had not placed much weight on it because they thought too well of other businesses. Now, hearing Lu Mingliangs words, both men felt adequately warned. So that was what Boss Pei was worried about! They could not help but turn to Boss Pei, only to find him sipping his wine and in deep thought. It was almost as if he was devising a plan that was way better than theirs. At once, they sat up even straighter. Yet, Pei Qian was busy thinking about something else. When he had heard that the foundation on which the group of companies had been built could be shaken, he became slightly excited. It sounded like such an easy way to incur losses! Restricted by the Systems regulations, Pei Qian could not resort to lying and cheating to take advantage of his own customers. However, if Tengdas partner companies did those things behind Pei Qians back, the System would probably not be able to do anything. In other words, there was a loophole Still, that thought only flashed past Pei Qians mind before he quashed it completely. I am only interested in incurring losses and not going against my own conscience. How can I allow shoddy companies that produce rubbish to lie to and cheat others using my name? Of course not! Get them as far away from me as possible! Still after hearing Lu Mingliangs words, Pei Qian thought of a new idea. Since Liang Qingfan and Song Kai wanted to increase the scope of the Sloth Apartmentss business, Pei Qian had to get back at them! It was just like what had happened with ROF back then. Zhang Yuan had intended to make use of the Fish-Catching Internet Cafes brand name back then to profit from assembling computers. However, Pei Qian made use of the business to establish 1024 Digital Day and spend as much money as possible. Of course, what happened next went without saying. At least, the strategy had worked back then! Pei Qian could apply his creativity to the problem that Lu Mingliang had just raised. According to the Systems regulations, once a certain business arm had established a good reputation, the System would greatly expand its profit-generating requirements. That was what happened with Upwind Logistics. At that thought, Pei Qian said, We can consider partnering Sloth Apartments with other furniture brands or property developers, but there must be very strict regulations. Hire someone to conduct frequent inspections. Before working together, send someone to conduct deep research into the current state of those other companies. Get a good understanding of their financial positions and management situation. The inspecting teams should be put in charge of a different region at regular intervals to prevent corruption and cheating. We will cover all expenses incurred by inspecting teams when they conduct inspections, including clothes, food, lodging, and travel. On top of that, we must not reveal our identities. Even after the partnerships are established, the inspecting teams should conduct spot checks at regular intervals. Customer reports and feedback should also be encouraged. Once we find that the other companies are falling short, we should immediately terminate the contract and compensate our customers for all losses suffered. All of these conditions must be clearly and neatly written in our partnership contracts with the other companies. Companies that refuse to accept these conditions would not be allowed to work with Tengda. If any problems arise in the course of these partnerships, I will hold both of you responsible. Liang Qingfan and Song Kai immediately looked somber. Yes, Boss Pei! Obviously, with these conditions in place, few furniture brands and property developers would be willing to work with Tengda Corporation. In fact, less than ten percent of companies would likely be willing to. Who would sign a contract with that many terms and conditions? Those furniture brands and property developers were loaded to begin with. Of course, it would benefit them to have Sloth Apartmentss brand on their side. However, they would not collapse without it either. Now, Sloth Apartments was demanding regular inspections and compensation if any problems were detected, in exchange for allowing the companies to use its brand name. How could they? Still, Liang Qingfan and Song Kai found Boss Peis requests reasonable. If the other companies were not made to sign a contract with all terms and conditions clearly stipulated, how could Tengda guarantee that those companies would keep their words? Companies like Tengda, which could ignore short-term gain for the sake of long-term profit, were few and far between in this world. At the same time, it was what people found most respectable about the group of companies. Lu Mingliang could not help but nod subtly. It was good. Those two people-in-charge were beginning to understand the true meaning of the Tengda Spirit! Pei Qian sipped his wine to calm himself down. Never would he have expected that Sloth Apartments would get itself into so many problems. He had thought that the project would be a failure for sure, but it now looked like he was lacking in imagination. Or the worlds imagination far surpassed his own. Therein lay the problem. Given how Sloth Apartments was doing, should Pei Qian open more of them? From the looks of the current situation, Sloth Apartments could aid in burning money because each building cost a great deal. At least in the short-term, Pei Qian could forget about recovering all of it. Yet, at the same time, Sloth Apartmentss business model was risky. Take today for example. A certain business arm could expand abruptly, and a huge market that had been undiscovered before could appear and cause Boss Pei to rake in a ton of profits. Pei Qian could not help but feel conflicted. Oh, thats right, Boss Pei. I have something to give to you. Song Kai suddenly recalled something. He retrieved a letter from inside his pocket and handed it to Pei Qian. Pei Qian started and then took hold of it. There were no stamps or signatures. It was a simple envelope with a thank you letter inside. Hello I am a victim of the formaldehyde scandal. Long before Sloth Apartments appeared, I started battling with formaldehyde. I poured a huge amount of time and energy into it, but to no avail. I couldnt do anything about it because the voice of the ordinary man is too small. I am very thankful to all the kind people online who have spoken up about this. At the same time, I am grateful to Sloth Apartments for providing me with a simple solution that saves me unnecessary trouble and helps me to relax. I no longer have to wrangle and fight with Home Corporation. I just have to give up on them and choose Sloth Apartments instead. From the bottom of my heart, I hope that Sloth Apartments would expand out of Jingzhou one day and allow everyone around the country to rent an apartment with peace of mind! Since there was no signature, Pei Qian had no idea who wrote this. After a moment of silence, he folded the letter and placed it back into its envelope. Finally, he handed it back to Song Kai. Keep this letter well, and do not lose it. Sloth Apartments has to work hard to allow every tenant to rent an apartment with peace of mind! Chapter 664 - Recognizing Pei as Ma? September 23rd, Friday Pei Qian felt that he had tided over the most trying period and could go out for normal activities from now. Pei Qian had not dared to go to the streets after Huang Sibo posted the video last Sunday; neither did he go to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. He had, instead, been paying attention to the changes online. So far, people who knew the real Pei Qian were either Tengdas employees or friends such as Qiao Liang, Ruan Guangjian, and Li Shi. They had all established a consensus which was to keep the secret for Boss Pei. Most curious fans no longer delved into the true identity of Boss Pei but chose to regard the actor in Boss Peis Daily Life as Boss Pei. Peoples attention to the true identity of Boss Pei seemed to have been successfully transferred. Of course, there would still be some trouble when Boss Pei heads out now. Most people would ask him for a group photo, thinking that hes an actor; but there would be no other troubles. Therefore, Pei Qian felt that he could get up and about to welcome his new identity. He would first go to the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe at Handong University for a cup of coffee. However, Pei Qian decided that it was better to arrive about three to four in the afternoon since there were likely to be more people during noon. At the same time, Ruan Guangjianwho had just finished his Fish-Catching Take-Outstretched ready to walk around to digest his food, look at the greenery in the studio, and relax. His work was only left with the design of concept art for GOG after Struggle was launched. It was a lot easier, and he had more time to rest. At the same time, he saw a middle-aged person in his forties walk into the Halo Workspace. Ruan Guangjian was taken aback for a moment. It was really unusual for strangers to come to them. Halo Workspace might have rented a shop diagonally across from the Tengda Games or the official ESRO games platform. The nature of this place was not a shopbut an officeso there usually would not be anyone visiting. He looked at him again carefully and realized that this person was a little familiar, but he could not put where he had seen him before. Hello? Ruan Guangjian greeted politely. The middle-aged person smiled: Hello, I am He An from Mengguo Games who just passed by here. I saw Halo Workspaces signboard and thought to come in to take a look. Ruan Guangjian suddenly realized. This was that Big Boss who comprehended Struggle! He An was a predecessor of domestic standalone games. Ruan Guangjian had definitely seen his photo before, but there was definitely a gap between photos and the real person. Moreover, his memory was a little fuzzy so he did not recognize him at first. Boss He is our senior! This way please. Im the person-in-charge of Halo Workspace, Ruan Guangjian. He An was a little surprised: Are you the person-in-charge of Halo Workspace? The one who had been working with Boss Pei? What a fortune! He was a little surprised at Ruan Guangjians youthfulness. The two of them had heard about each other so they immediately hit off after a simple introduction. Professionals often had the same straitthat was to respect other professionals. Ruan Guangjian knew that He An was the pioneer of domestic standalone games. He An also knew that Ruan Guangjian was currently a top artist and concept designer. There were many contents that they could communicate about. Ruan Guangjian got his staff to buy coffee from the opposite store, and they sat down in the studio and started talking. Is this the first time Big Boss He An is in Jingzhou? Ruan Guangjian asked. He An smiled slightly and shook his head. No, Ive been here many times. I had been giving lectures to Boss Ma of Tengda Corporation in a small cafe nearby recently. The course had ended, but the video from Teacher Qiao renewed my interest in Jingzhou. I suddenly wanted to come here to tour this weekend. I just wanted to walk around here. I didnt expect to see the Halo Workspace. I entered because I was a little curious. Ruan Guangjian was a little confused. Boss Ma of Tengda Corporation? He An nodded. Yes, Boss Ma, Ma Yang from Dream Realization Ventures. Ruan Guangjian tried his best to recall. He vaguely seemed to know that such a person existed. He knew that Boss Ma earned 500 million yuan for Tengda, but he had never seen him before. However, why did Boss Ma want to take lessons from Big Boss He An? Could he feel that investment was too easy, holding no joy for him, and wanted to make games instead? If that was the case, why did he not receive lectures from Boss Pei instead? Hmmm perhaps Boss Pei was too busy with work and had no time to do so? It was possible. Ruan Guangjian did not think too much about it as he asked casually. Has Boss He met Boss Pei? Boss Pei should know about Boss Ma asking you to lecture, right? I did not have the good fortune of meeting Boss Pei. Boss Mas tuition was paid by Boss Pei after he obtained the outstanding employee award so Boss Pei must know about it, He An said with some regret. Ruan Guangjian frowned a little. Then, it shouldnt be the case. Boss Pei has always been hospitable and treated all friends who came to Jingzhou very well. There is no reason for him not to meet an old senior like you. He An was not too bothered about it. Perhaps Boss Pei is too busy. Tengda had developed rapidly during this period after all. Boss Pei must have spent so much energy to develop Struggle; it was normal for him to be unable to get away. However, Im really curious about Boss Pei. You probably see Boss Pei often, right? Can you tell me about Boss Pei? Ruan Guangjian nodded. Of course! Boss Pei treats his friends very sincerely. He is also a good game producer. He has a good grasp of the details of the game. The style of Struggle was determined by him Ruan Guangjian was fascinated when he spoke about that scene. At the time, the first batch of original concept art of Struggle had just been done. Ruan Guangjian handled them completely in accordance with the ultimate realistic style. Boss Pei was aware of their problems from the first time he saw the concept art and proposed to change them to be the same, highlighting the typical characteristics of the characters. As expected, the style of the game was a huge success when it went online. After which, Ruan Guangjian spoke about his experience of cooperating with Boss Pei in other games such as Ghost General and GOG. He An nodded often, exclaiming in awe from time to time. The cooperation between designers and artists had always been a difficult problem. Once the communication went south, then it was easy to drag each other down. However, the cooperation between Boss Pei and Ruan Guangjian seemed to have no such problem at all. They could always cooperate seamlessly. That was truly amazing! He An was filled with emotion. He spoke about the theories he had imparted to Boss Ma in Jingzhou, especially when he focused on Boss Peis game as a case study, allowing Boss Ma to achieve the effect with half the effort. The more they chatted, the more they felt like kindred spirits. Ruan Guangjian was a friend of Boss Peis, and He An was a friend of Boss Ma; Boss Pei and Boss Ma were friends. Rounding all these up, these two could also become very good friends! Moreover, they were all well-known characters in the domestic game circle. There might be opportunities for cooperation in the future. It was even more necessary to get acquainted. They were so engrossed that two hours slipped by without them realizing it. He An looked at the time. Aiya, I didnt notice the time. I must be disturbing your work? he said. Ruan Guangjian shook his head. Not at all, my working time is very flexible. You are not disturbing at all. He An still stood up. I wont bother you anymore. How about this? Tomorrow is the weekend. I would like to treat you to a meal if you have the time. Well chat again at the dining table. How about it? Ruan Guangjian also got up hurriedly. No problem! However, I have to be the one to host since we are in Jingzhou. He An smiled. You dont have to be polite about this. Alright, Ill get going now. Lets keep in touch. Ruan Guangjian sent He An out of Halo Workspace personally after they exchanged their contact details. They saw a familiar figure approaching just when they were out of the door. Ruan Guangjians eyes shone. Speak of the devil! Wasnt this too much of a coincidence? Boss Pei! Ruan Guangjian was elated. We were talking about you! Pei Qian was at the entrance of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe after plucking up his courage to get out of his apartment. He met Ruan Guangjian and He An exiting the Halo Workspace by chance. Then, Pei Qian, who froze in place, witnessed He Ans expression change from happiness to surprise then to being dazed and shocked. Everything became awkward suddenly. Numerous question marks floated above Pei Qians head. He never thought this would happen! Why was He An here? Didnt he leave Jingzhou? When did he come back? When did he get to know Ruan Guangjian? How am I supposed to explain? The question mark above He Ans head was no less than Pei Qians. He was very happy when he saw Boss Ma; he felt that fate was extraordinary. However, Ruan Guangjians Boss Pei made He Ans smile freeze in place. Boss Pei? Ruan Guangjian actually addressed Boss Ma as Boss Pei? Recognizing Pei as Ma? Oh, no, it should be recognizing Ma as Pei? That didnt seem right as well. Did Ruan Guangjian address him wrongly? Impossible. Ruan Guangjian cooperated with Boss Pei so many times; he could not be wrong! There must be a huge problem here! Both of them stood there awkwardly, not knowing what to say. Ruan Guangjian looked at He An and then at Boss Pei and realized that neither of them spoke. He was still wondering what was going on. However, he understood it immediately upon thinking about it. Both of them must be a little excited at a historical meeting like this; it was totally understandable! Dont bother them; just let them enjoy this moment exclusively. Ruan Guangjian smiled slightly when he thought about it. You two must have a lot to talk about. Ill head back to work first. See you! Ruan Guangjian returned to Halo Workspace. A gust of wind blew and rolled up a leaf on the ground; everything seemed to be still. Pei Qian and He An faced each other with different expressions, both choking silently. Chapter 665 - 500 Million Yuan doesn’t Matter Pei Qian judged from He Ans expression that he was really angry. That was quite normal; who wouldnt be angry when he was being cheated? Ruan Guangjians Boss Pei explained everything. He An must have now understood that Pei Qian tricked him into thinking that he was Ma Yang during their lessons. As to how He An himself understood this matter That was difficult to say. Pei Qian felt that he would make more mistakes if he were to say anything extra. He should wait for Teacher He to ask before answering him. Pei Qian quickly broke the ice after thinking about it. Teacher He, would you like a cup of coffee? He Ans sullen face looked a little better, but he was still silent. The two of them walked into Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and found a place to sit down. The waiter came over immediately to take their orders and came back expeditiously with two cups of coffee. He An drank his coffee. Boss Peis Teacher He made him cool down significantly. He should be angry now, but his mood was a little complicated besides being angry. He An would have left if it was anyone else, but to Boss Pei he had to reconsider. There seemed to be many suspicious points here; he had to have clarity before doing anything else. The Boss Ma who took his lecturesthat actor in Boss Peis Daily Lifewas actually the real Boss Pei. Then, the problem came. Why did Boss Pei act as Boss Ma to get me to teach him? Could he be worried that I would not teach him if he said he was Boss Pei himself/ Hmmm that was possible. I would probably not take on this job if I knew that it was to teach Boss Pei. I would most likely meet him and discuss with him generally; neither would I have seriously prepared those lessons nor taken his money. So Boss Pei wanted to learn from ground zero? That did not seem possible. Boss Pei already had his genius mind even if he did not study all these so why bother to learn it all again? It was luck if he made one successful game, but it was not just luck if he made so many successful games Or was it that Boss Pei originally wanted to subvert these game design concepts? Was that why he made Struggle that deliberately contradicted my theory? Or, as a genius of game design, his ideas were too far away from common men that to complete a textbook-like work like Struggle, they had to accept the design concept from traditional designers? Were the breakthrough innovations he made based on traditional ideas? Both of them drank their coffee silently with thoughts on both their minds. Pei Qian thought for a long time but did not think of a suitable reason. Why did he need to learn that? Because it was a requirement from the system. This reason was impossible to tell him! Then, would it be possible to tell He An that he actually did not understand game design? He just wanted to learn some basic knowledge? Too many successes and wanted to learn from failure experiences as well? He An would probably splash his coffee all over his face before he had a chance to finish then. He An would definitely be pissed off if he heard all these. That was too difficult! Pei Qian did not want it to continue this cold war so he said tentatively: Teacher He, I actually have some special reasons for doing what I did. It is just not convenient for me to tell you. Boss Pei, Im guessing that you feel that the knowledge from a common man will help you better see the problems you might have overlooked before? He An said after being silent for a short while. Just like some talented artists and musicians would find some ordinary artist for inspiration after they did not know how better to continue after their huge successes, right? Pei Qian: ? He An took a sip of his coffee and continued. You did make me very angry having concealed your identity, but thinking about it carefully, I probably would not have been so serious about teaching if you told me who you were from the start. Moreover, you have been addressing me as Teacher He, and you had been listening very intently when I spoke about Tengda Games. Obviously, you wanted to re-examine your game from another angle. I spoke about The Landlord Game in the lecture and expectations for domestically-produced standalone games. You responded very well with the game Struggle; to be honest, Im very pleased with this. Therefore, as a gracious person, Ill let bygones be bygones! Pei Qian never expected that He An would actually figure everything out by himself even though he did not say anything. Erm Had the imagination supplement that happened to the employees started to happen with people around him on a large scale? Pei Qian was silent for a moment. Uh Teacher He, there is some truth in what you said, but it is not all because of that. He An was a little stunned. Oh? Pei Qian thought about the wording a little. In fact, the game Struggle deliberately added some failure elements. The main reason is to experiment and see how these failure elements would affect a game However, by some stroke of luck, these failure elements also succeeded Pei Qian did not want to take all the success of Struggle for himself. To be honest, he had always been distressed about the praise given to him by the outside world. That was because most contents in it were not his intentions at all! Boss Peis persona would become higher and higher if they were to continue praising him like this. He would also fall badly if the fall came for him in the future. Pei Qian did not really care about it. He was more worried that the people who gave him that persona could not take the difference. Therefore, he had to set the expectations right and not let everyone expect too much of himself by keeping a low profile. Pei Qian nearly wanted to write Im just a normal person on his face. Pei Qian wanted to work hard to dispel the false impression that the success of Struggle was strategized by Boss Pei. Of course, it was not possible for him to tell others that he wanted to lose money. However, to put it in another way which was to experiment for the various failures of games. It was much easier to accept and would not cause too much doubt. He An froze for a moment. Intentionally add some failure factors to the game and see how they impact the game? Boss Pei, is it possible that you have reached the stage of gaining whatever you want? You can even achieve success even if you added some failure factors at will? Are you challenging me? Boss Pei, you might have the qualification to say that, but I must still say, young man, dont be too arrogant! Pride makes the fall; how can you talk as though you are Dugu Qiubai[1.Dugu Qiubai is a fictional character appearing in Jin Yongs novels, literally meaning Alone and Lonely, Wishing For Defeat.]? It is not easy to make a successful game; isnt it easy to make a failed game? Think about it clearly: it is not as easy to become successful again if you were to fail. Pei Qian found that the more he explained, the more He An misunderstood. However, He Ans words made Pei Qians eyes shine. It was easy to lose money by making a game? Why dont we do this? Teacher He, how about this? Please tell me a type of game that would definitely fail let me challenge myself. He could always say that he was challenging himself, not deliberately losing money to make games that fail. Some truths could not be told. He An would not be able to believe in him anyway. Only such a statement would be able to be accepted by He An. Let He An think of a path that would inevitably fail. It must be a surefire way! He Ans mouth twitched slightly. Yo, are you provoking me? Youll make a failed game according to what I say? Pei Qian nodded fiercely. Of course! He An laughed. Thats easy! Make an RTS game; not too muchinvest 200 million yuan. The engines were ready-made, and a large part of the development time and cost had already been saved. Doing this would definitely result in a loss! Pei Qian nodded. As expected, Teacher He also felt that RTS games could lose money! That was the same as what he told him in class. However, it did not seem that reliable if it was just the game type. What about other aspects? Pei Qian asked. He An was shocked. So confident?! In that case, invest another 300 million yuan to make a CG; it will definitely lose all your money! As for the subject, I dont need to limit it since you will be investing 500 million yuan if you add CG. If you cant make a loss with this then you are incredible. He An panted but did not dare set any flag that was too damaging. 500 million yuan investment? Pei Qian thought. Hmm, it would be a little troublesome to squeeze out this amount of money, but that was okay in the name of losing money. What was more, this 500 million yuan was not to be invested all at once. Such a game would definitely need to be developed across two settlement cycles. It may take a year to develop it so it would not be a big deal to squeeze out 500 million yuan during such a long time. Pei Qian nodded thinking about this. Alright, Teacher He, that will be the next Tengda game! He An nearly spat his coffee out. Are you really going to make RTS games? He An originally thought that Boss Pei was just joking. Looking at Boss Peis expression, it seemed like he really wanted to challenge himself? Boss Pei, that is 500 million yuan! Are you sure you dont need to think about it? Pei Qian smiled. No need! His loss was set in stone, looking at He Ans expression! What else was there to think about if it was a definite loss? He An did not know what to say after he was dumbfounded. That 500 million yuan did not seem to mean much to Boss Pei! Could it be possible that Boss Pei had plans once he heard about RTS games? Could there be some method I dont know about? He An was convinced: what was this called? The courageous and daring! He had always felt that the young should not be too arrogant and vigorous. However, Boss Peis heroic and vigorous appearance seemed to have made him see himself when he was a teenager. Would he be a young man if he was not vigorous? He An could not help but admire him from the bottom of his heart and give him a thumbs-up. Alright, Boss He, the matter of you lying to me will be total bygones if you really do this. Not only that, but Ill also be your mouthpiece on Weibo! There is no need to be my mouthpiece! If this game really makes me lose all my money, then I will ask Teacher He for more tips, Pei Qian hurriedly said. He An: ? Boss Pei was really a maverick game designer; what he said was so plausible and unpredictable. Chapter 666 - The Championship would Forever Belong to DGE! September 25th, Sunday, Final Day of the GOG International invitational tournament The H4 Club and EK Club had successfully reached the finals! Amongst them, SUG was the original favorite to win the championship, but they were beaten out of the lead after suffering defeats from the EK club led by Jiang Huan in five rounds during the semi-finals. The game was finished two days ago. SUGs overall strength was much stronger than that of EK; however, Jiang Huan was incredibly good at being the toplaner. The five rounds of games were forcefully carried through by him, relying on extremely delicate operations and calm decision-making. The audiences were high on that turn of events. The H4 Club won against the FRY Club 3:0 without any mishaps and suspense and made it to the finals. The two veteran clubs, the H4 Club and the FRY Club were rivals. The opening game of this International invitational tournament was played by these two teams. They were still nearly on par, which was very anxious and exciting. FRY climbed all the way to the top four by stepping on the corpses of foreign teams. It could be said that they were the strongest foreign team at present. Therefore, many audiences did not dare to underestimate their strengths. They thought that it would be a close match, but they didnt expect the H4 Club to end the battle with a clean 3:0. They might have two fewer games to watch, but the audiences were equally elastic. Who wouldnt want to watch domestic teams completely slay the foreign teams? Many people also realized during the competition that these domestic teams seemed to be able to continue growing! The H4 Club did not seem to be very adapted to the competitive environment; some of them were fearful and missed out on many opportunities. However, the H4 Club played more decisively in the semi-finals again. Coupled with the line-up, tactical selection, and team cooperation; FRY Club seemed to find it difficult to fight against them. The managers of these clubs knew the inside story. During the International competition, these domestic teams had been using various opportunities to play training games together and improve their progress together! In short, Jiang Huan, the captain of the DGE Team One, AND Huang Wang, the captain of Team Two, had successfully met in the finals! The popularity of the GOG International invitational tournament had exploded directly on many major live-stream platforms. Many live broadcast platforms were stuck and had to urgently purchase additional bandwidth. It was more so for the live event. Tickets were long sold out; even the newly opened Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 3.0s live esports museum was crowded with onlookers. In short, GOGs popularity in the international invitational tournament had reached its peak with the arrival of the finals! Many people had speculated based on the results of three games: EK 3:2 SUG H4 3:0 FRY SUG 3:1 FRY SUG and FRYs match was played yesterday. SUG won third place. Even though from the point of view of the result, SUGs strength was also significantly higher than that of FRY; it was 3:1 after all. Therefore, most people think that the contention of todays competition should be between EK and H4! Moreover, Huang Wang and Jiang Huanthe former captains of DGE Clubsuccessfully rallied forces to the finals, which had increased the popularity of the DGE Club. Pei Qian sat below the stage while wearing a black mask. He only dared to push a straw underneath his mask to take a secret sip after he realized that people were not paying attention to him. Pei Qian finally managed to convince He An without giving himself away at Fish-Catching Internet Cafe the day before yesterday. Pei Qian had been in the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe all day during Friday and Saturday, during which about a dozen people asked him for photographs and autographs. Everyone treated him as Boss Peis actor so they did not trouble him anymore after they took a photo with him Pei Qian felt that this situation was acceptable so he decided to watch the finals today. However, considering that almost all the Tengda players were at the game, it was next to impossible not to be recognized. Pei Qian, therefore, put on a mask in a bid to significantly reduce the risk of being discovered. Soon, the two commentators began their commentary on the analysis of the game; the warm-up and the promotional video were also being broadcasted on the big screen. The competition had officially started! The audiences cheered for the two teams in accordance with the previously agreed rules. Do your best, EK! Do your best, H4! Do your best, DGE!!! The entire audience suddenly cheered on DGE together after they cheered on the other two teams. Those voices turned out to be louder than the previous. Pei Qian: The f*ck! Not only that, but the camera also caringly shot the audiences in the front row, who held the banners. There were banners for EK and H4 naturally, but the most were for the DGE Club. Huang Wang: Boxer, fights online explosively! Jiang Huan: Everything can be solved with operations and maneuvers; maneuver hard and fast! Crooked? Dont C those from DGE! Our DGE will never be defeated! DGE, the only champion in the GOG International invitational tournament! GOG Global Finals! Pei Qian felt utter despair looking at these lighted banners. The DGE Club was on fire completely; it could not be stopped! Pei Qian was very helpless and could only comfort himself constantly. No problem, the players had already been sold. The players that they newly recruited could not become as good as them. The DGE Club would no longer be famous as long as the members of the other clubs also become muscle men The finals were fought very fiercely. The cheers from the audience also followed the wave. Zhang Yuan and Coach Yaling sat in the audience to watch the game; they were also very engaged. Coach Yaling may not understand GOG, but the players were trained up by her and had special feelings for them so she still came to the event location. She could not understand what was happening on the big screen, but she still felt her heart swell with pride hearing the cheers of the scene. She could fully appreciate the excitement of esports. I might not understand what was going on, but I still relish the situation. If I could understand it, then it should be particularly exciting, right? Coach Yaling showed lingering in her expression. Zhang Yuan nodded. Well, they are doing very well. However, not all esports could have such a program effect. Amongst which, Boss Peis overall arrangement was the most important! Coach Yaling was a little surprised. She whispered after a moment. What? Boss Pei arranged a fake match? Zhang Yuan was a little dumbfounded. How is it possible?! Boss Pei will never resort to fraud; he must use a high-end, more natural method! At the beginning, I only managed DGE Club as an ordinary club. Obviously, Boss Pei thought more long-term than me. He regarded the DGE Club as a talent-training base for the entire GOG domestic league. The benchmark and example of all clubs! In many cases, capital is blind and disorderly, and it is impossible to count on capital to maintain the order of the entire league. Boss Pei used this method to guide the league to get on the right track faster! First, we should concentrate our energy, develop two strong teams like the DGE Club, and beat all the domestic clubs to one sidemake them understand that the times have changed. After that, all the players were separated to make up for the shortcomings of these clubs. At the same time, the awareness that the players cultivated was used to quickly improve the competitive level of all clubs in a short while. This way, it not only established the strength of domestic teams over foreign teams but also made the strength of domestic teams more balanced. The former could ensure that domestic teams were crushing the strength of foreign teams and stimulated the pride of domestic players; the latter could ensure that the two teams in the finals were similar in strength. It was a wonderful game. Would the viewing performance of the game be bad if they could do this? It seemed like Boss Pei had considered this point when I obtained the Best Employee award and wanted to set up an esports club. Not only could it solve the profitability and publicity problems of the DGE Esports Club and Deposit Fitness Gym, but it had also established a good competitive ecology for GOG. One stone killed many birds! Li Yaling nodded as she listened on. She only needed to know what Boss Pei was awesome! Both sides did their best in the five rounds. Huang Wang and Jiang Huan took turns to carry, but H4 Clubs overall strength was still a bit better, enabling them to successfully win the championship. Jiang Huan might have played perfectly in all five games, but EKs running-in was still slightly worse than H4s after all so they lost in the end. Jiang Huans performance had now conquered international players. In the hearts of many people, Jiang Huan was the best toplaner! The H4 Club stood up and shook hands with everyone from the EK Club. Huang Wang and Jiang Huan hugged each other. I have to admit that you are still better even though winning over you felt great. Jiang Huan smiled. No problem, it is all the same. The championship belongs to DGE no matter which one of us wins! Huang Wang nodded excitedly. Thats right! Brilliant sparks spurted from the bottom of the stage, golden rain falling from the sky. The members of the H4 Club rushed to the championship trophy in the center of the stage with ecstasy. They were greeted with tsunami-like applause and cheers. H4s jungler rushed to the trophy excitedly, holding the waist of the trophy with both hands, trying to lift it. However, an embarrassing scene happened: The trophy did not move! Pang Ling was a little puzzled; could this trophy be welded dead to the podium? Why could it not be moved otherwise? Huang Wang smiled. Tch, tch. He stretched his hand to hold the thin waist of the trophy, the muscles on his hands bulging as he raised it over his head directly single-handedly! At this moment, countless flashes appeared from below the stage, recording this historic moment. Huang Wangs sturdy arms held the huge and heavy trophy high, golden rain fell slowly from the sky. Question marks floated above Pei Qians head as he sat in the audience. ? If he did not remember wrongly, this trophy weighed 28 kilograms, didnt it? That was nearly 60 jin[1]! That was for the five of you to lift it up together, you brainless muscle idiot! Pei Qian suddenly had a very bad premonition. The picture of Huang Wang lifting the trophy would not become the latest hot search to become publicity for the DGE Club and Deposit Fitness Gym, right? Could a stupid trophy also stab me in the back? [1] Jin is the measurement of weight in China. Two jin is roughly about one kilogram Chapter 667 - DGE’s Talent Gap September 26th, Monday Pei Qian decided to go to the DGE Club after lunch and a photo-taking session with three passionate fans. Pei Qian left a mystery when signing his signature as he only signed one word Pei. The fans would definitely wonder if Pei Qian was the actors name or Boss Peis name if he were to sign his full name. If it was the actors name, then both the actors and Boss Peis surnames were Pei? Such a coincidence? If that was Boss Peis name, then the long story could be cut short. That was why Pei Qian only signed a Pei. On the one hand, it was to prevent fans from having too many associated thoughts and to protect his identity; on the other hand, it was for a good wish. The fans that he met at the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe obviously became lesser once the weekend passed. That showed that Huang Sibos method of Im my own substitute obviously worked. The number of fans interested in Boss Peis identity had greatly reduced. It was conceivable that Pei Qian would be less disturbed as time went by. As for the GOG International invitational tournament, it might have ended successfully yesterday. However, the popularity might continue for some time, and it might affect many areas. For Shang Yang Games, the GOG International invitational tournament was an important part of the promotion of the GOG to the overseas community, which had proven excellent effect! This game had in-depth cooperation with foreign live-stream platforms. The number of new viewers had repeatedly hit record highs and had even surpassed IOIs popularity on the internet for the first time. That marked a phased victory in GOGs overseas promotion expenditure plan! Of course, the foundation of MOBA games was relatively deeper. It would be unlikely for GOG to fully surpass IOI which had been launched in advance overseas. However, GOG had begun to challenge IOIs first mover advantage on a global scale. That was an indisputable fact. The GOG International invitational tournament made GOGs position as the king domestically even more stable. It had even attracted a large number of players from other games! In the end, such success would come from several aspects: The high bonuses and large expenditure style announcement have attracted extremely high enthusiasm. The overseas audiences saw the overseas veteran clubs enter into the semi-finals, which ensured their attention up till the semi-finals and beyond even though they were all knocked out in the end. Domestic audiences had gained a great sense of pride when they saw the domestic club beat the veteran overseas clubs. They had increased their recognition of GOG and had begun to deeply connect with GOG and the concept of esports. This format was sneaky but also very effective. In addition, various branches emerged during the competition such as the fact that Huang Wang lifted the trophy single-handedly which weighed nearly 30 kg. It was spread wildly on the internet, resulting in a circle-breaking effect. In addition to Shang Yang Games, many other industries had also benefited from this game. There was no need to say about Deposit Fitness gym; many of the branches were now so full that people were even waiting in line on the app. The Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 3.0 received higher attention, too. Xiao Pengs original plan was to make the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 3.0 part of the Great Esports Ecosystem anyway. It had been greatly advanced under the influence of the trendy GOG International invitational tournament! Huang Wangs image of raising the trophy and the H4 Club enjoying the sky-high prize money inspired many good players. More of them now wanted to become professional players and now had two paths: The first was to go to the major clubs (including DGE Club) to try out; these major clubs happened to be in Jingzhou. The other route was to find excellent players themselves, form a team, and go to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 3.0 to train together. Start with the internet cafe competitions and then work hard to enter the professional circle. The Esports Club could absorb a very limited number of candidates. These clubs had to produce results after all. They would reject those players that were not ideal so that they would not have too many overheads. The Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 3.0 was different. The prize money from these games in the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe competitions could just manage to feed a team and maintain a basic lifestyle. It gave those teenagers with dreams a chance. Pei Qian had agreed that Xiao Peng should continue to expand and open Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 3.0 as densely as possible in the populated areas of Jingzhou when it showed its success. The first wave hit during the first two days. Pei Qian could only choose to ignore these now. He could not care about the internet cafe anymore; all he could do was to open more branches and give more bonuses. Do whatever you want except sending money to me. Whether it would have a profound effect on GOG in the future or not was not something he could worry about in this cycle. As to why head to the DGE Club specifically It was mainly because Pei Qian suddenly felt that the DGE Club could probably be rescued. The DGE Club disappointed Pei Qian previously, but the players were all sold now! Huang Wang was now part of the H4 Club; so what if he got the trophy? The heat generated by him also belonged to the H4 Club now. Of course, in the short term, everyone would still link these players to the DGE Club. However, what if three months were to pass? What about half a year later? Previously, the DGE Club was popular probably because they were strong. The strength was because GOG was in its infancy and embryonic stage, and the DGE Club was ahead of the other clubs with two months of extra high-intensity and professional training. It quickly opened the gap with other clubs. However, after the Scattered Stars operations, the competitive level of other clubs quickly caught up. The 10 new internet addicts in the DGE Club would definitely be abused if they were to play against clubs like H4 or EK. That meant that the DGE Club could no longer maintain their previous dominance. DGE Esports Club would soon be forgotten if there were no results in Esports. They would stay in the circle without making money for Boss Pei at best. Therefore, Pei Qian was ready to evaluate the DGE Clubs situation again. He would trust them once more if it was optimistic. To that end, Pei Qian also specifically booked a table in advance in Ming House and prepared to treat them to a big meal. DGE Club The new Team One and Team Two of the DGE Club were having mock competitions. The ten of them were engrossed: sounds of tapping on the keyboard and mouse sounded together, and the captains of both teams continued to command. Zhang Yuan and Coach Yaling watched by the side, whispering. It seems like the finals yesterday spurred them on; they are holding themselves up well today, Coach Yaling said. Zhang Yuan nodded. Well, definitely. Watching their predecessors slaughter their opponents and raise the cup with one hand must have encouraged them a lot. However, more haste, less speed. It is not enough to simply increase the amount to improve yourself. The key is to pay attention to scientific training methods. I am a little worried that their current state is counterproductive. But there is no better way. Coach Yaling looked at the whiteboard next to her. It had the results of these two DGE Club teams mock competition results on it. They were almost completely defeated. These new players were selected from countless good players, but they were not regulars after all. They had yet to have the running-in like the other clubs had and had no way to fight back against the other clubs yet. It was precisely because of this that the two teams practiced extremely hard. However, esports was something that had to work very hard at but not necessarily be rewarded accordingly. In many cases, talent, good mentality, and scientific training methods were more useful than inefficient efforts. The more impatient the players, the easier it was to fall into such inefficient efforts. Zhang Yuan was worried about it but could think of no better way. Perhaps it was time to find a personal coach? However, finding a personal coach meant trusting him wholeheartedly. The good ones were already at the other clubs and the remaining ones were not strong enough. Zhang Yuan would not be able to find a suitable candidate for a while. Pei Qian walked in with a headache. Zhang Yuan and Coach Yaling stood up hurriedly. Boss Pei! Pei Qian greeted both of them and found an empty seat to sit down. He saw the results of the mock competition on the whiteboard and showed a happy expression subconsciously. What lousy results, eh? These mock competitions were with those who were eliminated; that was to say that they were playing against weak teams but still lost more than they won. That was very good news! Pei Qian could not help but nod slightly. Yes, this opening was much better than the last batch of players! Why could the last batch be sold everywhere? That was because they started early and won at the starting line. This batch lost on the losing line! That was very comfortable. However, Pei Qian immediately saw the focused and serious-looking players in the training room. They seemed to be highly focused and training very hard. Pei Qian frowned instinctively. He could not be too optimistic; there were still huge hidden dangers! This group of players tried out after the DGE Club had become popular. They were very talented and good players. If they continued to practice like this and their abilities soared, then wouldnt it fall into the previous vicious cycle? The DGE Club beat the others in mock competition the myth of the DGE Club continues sponsors continue to invest like crazy other clubs offer high prices to buy players the DGE Club has a better name and more better players come to try out. It would be unstoppable then! Moreover, people liked to try out at the DGE Club as compared to the other clubs because, in addition to the DGE Clubs branding, career prospects were also important considerations. The other clubs could find ways to lower the price when signing the contract. They were more inclined to sign a three-year-long contract with a lower salary. Many talented players had difficulty playing out their worth before proving themselves in the game. The club would not sell the players if they proved their worth after signing the long contract so it was a loss to the players. However, in the DGE Club, everyone knows that the players would be sold once they proved their worth, which was very suitable as a springboard. In other words, the DGE Club did not need to bid with other clubs at all. They did not even need to offer high prices to these players for them to rush to it! It was because the newcomers to the DGE Club were not here for the current salary, but the big contracts that the other clubs would dish out for them after they prove themselves! The more Pei Qian thought about it, the more worried he was. Wouldnt the DGE Club be hopeless if they were to continue to develop according to this script and monopolize talented players from the source? No, no, this group of players had a good start; something had to be done to keep it going! Never enter this vicious circle! Obviously, these players had watched the GOG International invitational tournament and were now anxious. He had to think of a way to change a mentality. Pouring cold water on them would be useless and was easy to have a counterproductive effect. They still had to use good conditions to corrupt their will to fight. Pei Qian watched silently by the side. The mock competition ended at five in the afternoon. Next would be the debrief of the competition and dinner. Zhang Yuans expression was more anxious now. He knew that this could not go on! In the past, two teams of the DGE Club were the strong against the strong, since Huang Wang and Jiang Huans understanding of the game surpassed other club players and coaches so they became stronger as the two teams practiced each other. However, the two teams were now rookies! The shortcomings of the two teams without any personal coach of the DGE Club were stark now that the other clubs were on the right track now. The two teams would not be as good as other clubs no matter how much they practiced. However, the problem was that Zhang Yuan himself was only a manager. He could see where the problems were, but he did not know how to solve them. The two teams could only discuss the issues themselves. They seemed to be summarizing very seriously now, but they would not be able to unite their thinking quickly. It seemed like there were signs of mutual rejection on the contrary. Zhang Yuan looked at Boss Pei subconsciously. Boss Pei had not spoken much since he reached the club this afternoon. He only watched the two teams playing mock competition silently Zhang Yuan felt that Boss Pei must have some special reason for coming here at such a juncture, right? He was most likely worried about the talent gap of the DGE Club! Zhang Yuan felt that Boss Pei would be able to see the problems that he could see himself. He only did not know how Boss Pei would solve this issue. Zhang Yuan waited silently for Boss Pei to enlighten him. Pei Qians worries grew stronger as he saw the players discussing intently. That was because the two captains were seriously summarizing the problems. The team members were also presenting their ideas. They were having a fruitful brainstorming session. They trained hard and were working hard on the summary. The two teams might catch up with other clubs in no time if this were to continue! The original two teams of the DGE club were successfully trained this way so Pei Qian felt that he must not fall into the same pitfall twice. Chapter 668 - There’s No Hope for the DGE Club! At that thought, Pei Qian clapped his hands and stood up. Alright, I think weve discussed enough. Thats all for now. Well prepare and gather for a meal tonight. Its on me! He had been worried that Zhang Yuan would turn him down because going out for a meal would take up the nighttime training time. However, to his surprise, Zhang Yuan was elated and all for the idea. At once, he waved over the internet addicts who were reluctant to leave. In his heart, Zhang Yuan exclaimed that Boss Pei had noticed the problem as well! Those team members were all too excited now. They needed time to calm down. At the same time, having a meal together would build team spirit. One could say that it would be a step in the right direction! Soon, DGEs members arrived at Ming House. Pei Qian had already reserved the biggest private room well in advance. The two huge tables inside could seat more than ten people each. Even if Pei Qian could not fill all the seats, it did not matter. They could eat to their hearts content! Pei Qian cut straight to the chase and chose all the most expensive dishes. He tried to use delicacies to attack the team members willpower and cause them to forget about the mock competition earlier. All the newbies had never been to the nameless restaurant. Just the food served at Ming House was enough to whet their appetite. One by one, they wolfed down the food in front of them. As Zhang Yuan ate, he could not help but feel comforted and worried at the same time. He was comforted because Boss Pei was making use of delicacies to motivate the team, and it was bound to prove very effective! As far as he could recall, each time Boss Pei treated a department to a meal, the department would achieve a breakthrough soon after. It seemed superstitious, but Zhang Yuan preferred to see it as a special skill of Boss Peis. This meal would serve to motivate DGEs newest members and cause them to feel a sense of belonging in the DGE Club. At the same time, they would calm down and not feel anxious about having to improve as quickly as they could. Yet, Zhang Yuan also felt worried because this meal would not solve the root of the problem. At the moment, the DGE Clubs training method was falling behind everyone elses. While other clubs were improving rapidly, DGEs two teams were remaining so lousy. The gap would only widen as time went by. As for this how was Boss Pei intending to solve the problem? Zhang Yuan thought that the best solution would be to hire a professional coach and a team of analysts. Yet, who could they hire? That was the biggest question. As he was worrying about this, Zhang Yuans cell phone vibrated. He picked it up and found a message from Huang Wang. Brother Zhang, why isnt there anyone at the club? At the entrance of the DGE club Huang Wang, Jiang Huan, and the ten other old members of DGE were gathered together. As they looked at the locked entrance to the club, they felt confused. After H4 won the championship yesterday, Huang Wang had gone to celebrate his job well done in the afternoon. He could not escape live-streaming at night either to share his joy with his fans. His team members had also gone back to their respective clubs to rest. They had been working and training so hard during this period, and so it was time to take a break. This afternoon, after everyone settled down, they decided to reunite and catch up back at DGE. However, they arrived to find the door locked. It was supposed to be dinner time, and Fish-Catching Take-Out normally provided food for the club. That meant members would not have needed to go out. For fear that they would interrupt the teams training, Huang Wang and the others purposely came at this time. They had intended to give Zhang Yuan and Coach Yaling a surprise, but they were not in. Thus, he had no choice but to send a message to Zhang Yuan, asking where they were. Soon, Huang Wangs cell phone vibrated. Zhang Yuan had replied. Huang Wang glanced at the message from Zhang Yuan. Ah, Boss Pei brought them out for a meal! Theyre at Ming House. Brother Zhang has invited us over because there are enough seats! Old Zhou was elated. Thats great! We havent seen Boss Pei for a long time! Lets go! At Ming House Looking at the members happily wolfing food down, Pei Qian could not help but feel excited as well. He had to say that the food Boss Li served here was getting better day by day. After all, with the nameless restaurant as the benchmark and with Ming House being the second-best high-end restaurant in Jingzhou, it could not fall too far behind. Of course, its food had to keep getting better. Pei Qian himself could not eat at the nameless restaurant every day. Having important gatherings at Ming House instead more than made up for it. As they ate, Zhang Yuan kept his phone and happily announced, Boss Pei, Huang Wang, and the others want to come over and eat with us! Oh? Pei Qian was stunned but soon nodded. Alright, Waiter, serve more food! There would be more than ten more mouths to feed, and Huang Wang and the others were very well-built. They had big appetites, and so Pei Qian could expect to spend thousands of yuan more. It was quite worth it. Although Pei Qian did not really want to see them, there was no harm in welcoming them because they would help him to spend more money. Soon after, Huang Wang, Jiang Huan, and the others arrived. The empty seats at the two big tables were all filled up. Once Huang Wang, Jiang Huan, and the other members sat down; they wanted to catch up and exchange pleasantries. However, Boss Pei stopped them almost immediately. Stop talking so much. Eat! For fear that the members would boast so much that the new members would become renewed with a fighting spirit, Pei Qian stopped them and hoped that they would sit down, lower their heads, eat, and not say anything more. Huang Wang, Jiang Huan, and the others exchanged a confused look. However, since Boss Pei had spoken, they had no choice but to eat. One by one, they began to wolf down their food as well. The new members of the DGE Club could not help but stare at them. It was one thing for their gaming skills to be incomparable to their seniors, but now their eating skills were proving incomparable as well! We have to work harder! Soon, everyone had eaten to their hearts content. Pei Qian looked at the table covered with empty glasses, bowls, and plates and then nodded, satisfied. Yes, theres a benefit to making these men train until theyre so muscular. At least their appetite has grown considerably! Now that their appetites were bigger, they could eat more, and the bill would be more expensive. Others would have felt heartache upon seeing such a huge bill, but Boss Pei would be elated. The DGE Clubs new and old members leaned back on their chairs, looking like corpses. They rubbed their full bellies and began to chat. Huang Wang burped. Boss Pei, Brother Zhang, and Coach Yaling; Jiang Huan and I, along with the other team members, want to thank you for your support in getting us to where we are today. As the saying goes, we have to thank those who got us to where we are. We might be in other clubs now, but we will always belong to the DGE Club! The club is not lacking in money so Im thinking that its biggest problem is the talent gap. The two teams are failing to grasp their main flaws and are making terribly slow progress. Thats why we decided to conduct special training for DGEs new members, so that they can catch up with the pace of their current competitors as soon as possible! Pei Qian nearly spat out the mouthful of tea that he had just drunk. What the hell? The ten-odd of you are going to conduct special training for the teams? Before Pei Qian could say anything, Zhang Yuan excitedly nodded. Of course, thats a good idea! But you are members of other teams now after all. Would it be appropriate for you to return to DGE and train the members? Huang Wang smiled. No problem. Our clubs have all agreed to the arrangement! Jiang Huan sipped his tea and explained, The DGE Club is not their competitor, but their ally. If this had been another club, both would be fighting for the same prizes. Naturally, we would not be allowed to help out. However, since the DGE Club is not allowed to take part in any competition, theres no conflict of interests. Thats not all. The DGE Clubs members only method of succeeding is to achieve good results, become outstanding, and then be sold to other clubs. Thats why helping DGE would be akin to helping all the major clubs conduct a youth training camp that everyone can benefit from. Then, if any team requires a certain position, they could purchase a member from the DGE Club at any time. Wouldnt that be much more worth it than conducting our own youth training camp or poaching someone from some other club? Whats more, Boss Pei was very fair in distributing the members earlier, and so every club is willing to submit to him. All of them only have good things to say about him. Thats why our clubs are so supportive of us coming back to help DGE! A realization dawned on Zhang Yuan. I see! He instinctively turned to Boss Pei, inwardly exclaiming how amazing Boss Peis plan was. He had not expected DGE to be able to reap such benefits despite not being able to take part in competitions. In fact, it was precisely because DGE was not able to take part in competitions that it did not have conflicting interests with other clubs. Instead, it could continuously produce talents for the other clubs, and thus cause other clubs to depend on the DGE Club to maintain its standard and skills. That would be beneficial to them as well! Zhang Yuan did not have to expend any effort looking for coaches or choosing new members anymore. The club had already found its place in GOGs Esports Ecosystem, and it could function on its own! Young people who wanted to enter the esports industry would have three options: Joining DGE Club would be their best option because they would be able to hone their skills and be snatched up by other clubs Joining other clubs would be their second-best option If that failed, they could form their own team to play in internet cafes. As long as they had the skills, they would not need to fear being buried. DGE Club did not even need to worry about training its members because other clubs would be happy to allow the DGE Clubs old members to make time and train the DGE Clubs newer members. That way, Zhang Yuan and Coach Yaling could take on a supervisory role! As time went by, a virtuous cycle would form between DGE Clubs newer and older members. New batches of talents could be cultivated and replaced, and strong athletes would keep being produced by the club. In fact, once the first batch of players couldnt play anymore and retired, they could return to the DGE Club to coach. Whether they became main coaches, analysts, or fitness trainers; they would be infinitely valuable to DGE! Zhang Yuan could not help but gaze at Boss Pei, amazed. The DGE Club was like the perfect chain that bound GOG, esports, various clubs, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, and other important parts of the Esports Ecosystem tightly together. Wise! Boss Pei was really wise! However, the hand that Pei Qian was using to hold his teacup halted in midair as his expression became blank. Finished. Everything is finished! He had thought that DGE Club would be able to start afresh after the international invitational tournament. Now, it looked like he had been completely wrong. There was no hope for DGE Club anymore! Chapter 669 - Tengda Corporation’s Slogan September 27th, Tuesday Pei Qian felt like going to the office today. He checked the results of the most recent Tengda Spirit compatibility test on his computer. Ever since the recruitment method for Tengdas various departments was changed to one common examination, two large-scale recruitment drives had already been conducted in November and May. The most recently-hired employees had already been converted to Tengdas official employees. Of course, the administrative and HR departments were in charge of related arrangements like expanding offices, assigning seats, shopping for office supplies, distributing salaries and various benefits, and so on. Apart from asking if the departments could spend more money, Pei Qian avoided questioning those processes. That was because he no longer had any energy to take care of such matters, and there was no need for him to do so. Still, Pei Qian thought of something today out of nowhere. Why hadnt the Tengda Spirit compatibility test eliminated anyone so far? The test did not seem that useful. Pei Qian flipped through the records and found that the earliest batch of employees had met with some trouble during the test. In the beginning, the pass rate had been low. However, people still ended up barely passing and not getting eliminated. For the most recent test held in May, every employee passed on their first try! That was very ridiculous! Pei Qian had wrecked his brains to think about the questions and set countless traps within the test before. Any employee who had a little knowledge about the ordinary working world would find it difficult to pass the test. Whats more, the question bank was ever-changing, and only Pei Qian had the right answers. Every time a candidate finished a testeven if they passed, they would not know which questions they answered correctly and which ones they answered wrongly. How were these new people managing to pass on their first tries now? Assuming that none of the questions had been leaked, Pei Qian thought that there were two possible explanations: First, all the people that they had recruited just so happened to be slackers. That was too optimistic, and the chances of that being true were nearly zero. Pei Qian would not lie to himself. Second, the people that they recruited had not been slackers, but the departments had influenced and nurtured them into slackers. The chances of that being true were slightly higher. However, therein lay the problem. Since the departments were filled with slackers now, and the new employees were being turned into slackers as well, why was Tengda Corporation still scaling new heights and achieving great successes? Could it be that Tengda Corporation had reached a miraculous state where, even while everyone was slacking and working casually, the company could still continue to survive and improve? That sounded ridiculous, but not completely unreasonable. After all, that was what the Matthew Effect was about. He had to think it through. Pei Qian spent two hours updating the question bank, including a few questions inside. He changed a few words and ended up changing the meaning of the entire question. Once he was done, he handed the question bank over. He did not have many hopes of dissuading people from joining the company using the Tengda Spirit compatibility test now. However, he could not give up so easily. Knock, knock. There was a knock on the door, and Assistant Xin entered. Boss Pei, the Financial Observation segment of CCTV wants to do an episode on our company. The program wants to make use of Tengda Corporations slogan as its title, and so theyre asking me for permission. However, we dont seem to have a slogan. Why dont you think of one? Pei Qian, who had just finished uploading the questions for the Tengda Spirit compatibility test, turned to look at Assistant Xin. At once, his mind filled with question marks. ? The Financial Observation segment? Another television channel?! It was bad enough that they had appeared on Jingzhous television program, but a central television program? Wouldnt that be the death of Pei Qian? His expression darkened. Turn them down! Er Assistant Xin hesitated. Boss Pei, perhaps you misunderstood me. The Financial Observation segment is an analytical program and not an interviewing program. You and Tengdas employees would not have to make an appearance. Even if we dont provide a slogan for them to use as a title, they can still give the episode their own title. Pei Qian was stunned. They could do that? They could act before seeking permission? Didnt that mean that the episode would air regardless of whether Pei Qian cooperated or not? Pei Qian remained silent for a moment, and then asked, Well can we discuss with them and persuade them not to do an episode on us? Assistant Xin grinned. Im afraid not. Pei Qian leaned back in his chair, feeling sorrowful. This did not look like a discussion, but a notification. Alright. You want a slogan? Ill give one to you. Ill create a ridiculous slogan for Tengda Corporation. If you dare to use it, Ill give your program due credit. Pei Qian pondered for a moment and then said, Tengda Corporations slogan is always believe that strange things are about to happen. Even Assistant Xin, who had seen all sorts of things before, subconsciously stared. A slogan could be understood as a written or spoken one, but translating it to Mandarin would not fully encapsulate the meaning of the word. Specifically, it would be difficult to convey the companys philosophy, emphasize the company and products prominent features, establish the brands characteristics, and attract customers with a short and condensed text. If one compared this to an account on social media, a logo was akin to a profile picture, the brands name was akin to the nickname, and a slogan was akin to a personalized signature. A good slogan had to be closely connected to a companys and products characteristics. At the same time, it had to be simple, easy to read, understand, and memorize and would remind customers of the brands core value at first glance. Its purpose was more than just marketingit was to embody the companys core spirit. For example, just do it was an excellent slogan. Until now, Tengda Corporation had many businesses with different unique characteristics, but it did not have a clear slogan. Yet, Boss Peis slogan Always believe that strange things are about to happen? That sentence made Assistant Xin feel as weird as what it was attempting to describe. Boss Pei, are you sure about that? The slogan sounded slightly outrageous, and so Assistant Xin sought confirmation from Boss Pei although she rarely did so. Pei Qian nodded. Thats right, Im sure! Without asking further questions, Assistant Xin nodded and walked out. She expected those from the Financial Observation segment to be as shocked as she had been when she first heard the slogan. At Zhongdian Chinese Network Ma Yiqun welcomed Wu Bin, Cui Geng, and Lu Mingliang and then quickly closed his office door. Then, he retrieved a couple of books from his otherwise locked drawer and distributed them to everyone. There were a few words written on the cover: A Preliminary Study of the Tengda Spirit! Preliminary studies were normally indicative of initial explorations. Ordinarily, such words were used in theses to express ones humility. However, the words preliminary study were being used here to emphasize how vast and deep the Tengda Spirit was. The book only contained preliminary findings of the Tengda Spirit, but there was more to be discovered beyond it. The title was a reminder to readers to take the book as a form of inspiration and not dogma. Wu Bin reached out and took hold of it, looking elated. Its been printed? Thats quick! He happily stroked the cover. He had been working hard on this over the past few months! Finally, he could see a physical copy of the book! Ma Yiqun nodded. Yes, a lot of time was saved because it has not been published. Like we agreed earlier, Ive only printed two hundred copies to be distributed to core members in the company, as well as good friends of Boss Peis, like Boss Li. If we have leftover copies, I will lock them away and prevent outsiders from getting their hands on it. The book did not contain much, and there were no violations. However, according to ordinary regulations, one needed a permit to print something in bulk. Otherwise, they would be violating management regulations. Many people secretly printed books without getting prior approval. Even if they were the only ones reading it, they were technically still in breach. Thus, after discussing with Wu Bin, Ma Yiqun decided that it would be best to publish the book through formal channels and at their own cost as opposed to trying to obtain proper permits. There were three main stages involved in producing self-financed books: compilation, publication, and distribution. The so-called distribution stage was where they would sell the books to end-users and directly deal with customers through proper channels. At this stage, they needed to take care of promoting and delivering the books. However, they were not hoping to profit from publishing A Preliminary Study on the Tengda Spirit. In fact, they were not even hoping to disseminate the book to a wide audience. They were only hoping to send it to core employees of the company who could learn from it. Thus, they had only published the book without seeking to distribute it. There were three points worth mentioning about the book: Written very clearly on the first page was the fact that the book only contained a preliminary study on the Tengda spirit. It could only be used for inspirational purposes, and readers should avoid falling into dogmatic thinking. Instead, they should continually seek more and deeper understanding while working. The three famous portraits of Boss PeiBack View of the Countercurrent, Boss Peis Lunch, and Boss Pei, Deep in Thoughthad all been printed in the book as illustrations. On the last page of the book was a long list of Boss Peis titles in small words. One could easily miss it if they were not paying attention. Ma Yiqun said, All the printed books are in Lu Mingliangs warehouse. Take as many copies as you require, but you must record to whom each book is given. Wu Bin added, I want to emphasize something else. Theres a limited number of copies, not because were afraid of leaks, but because we want to encourage everyone to think about the Tengda Spirit independently. One aspect of the Tengda Spirit is to think independently without following blindly. If everyone stops thinking about the Tengda Spirit after getting this book, another kind of blind obedience would be cultivated. We have to guard against that. The more valuable part of this book is the part about Boss Peis behavior and anecdotes. As for the content on several aspects of the Tengda Spirit, we dont have to purposely keep it a secret. The meaning of Wu Bins words was simple. If the Tengda Spirit was a secret manual, the few sentences after the general principles could only be considered the names of each move at best. Knowing the name of the moves without understanding the mental techniques was meaningless. On the contrary, passing the generalized content down through unofficial methods would be more helpful and would be an important part of the spread of Tengdas corporate culture. Everyone nodded. Understood! Chapter 670 - Boss Pei’s Special Business Model September 29th, Thursday night Li Shi had gone to Sloth Apartments in Dawn of Prosperous City early in the morning. He switched on his television and waited for Financial Observation to premier on CCTVs Finance Channel. The episode had been advertised long ago. It would look deep into Tengda Corporations business model, and its title was this: Tengda Corporation: Always believe that something strange is about to happen. Just reading those words would be enough to pique anyones interest! There were many people like Li Shi who were waiting for the episode to premier. That was because everyone was curious as to how the episode would analyze Tengda Corporations business model. Financial Observation was a professional financial segment, which contained a chatting-and-discussing-style of reporting the news. Members of the finance media, professionals, and businessmen were often invited as guests on the show to chat about economics and make it more relatable and commercial. The program was both easy to understand and highly professional. Of course, many so-called famous economists frequently appeared on television and were often praised by the media. However, none of them knew what they were talking about, and most lacked the conscience that academics should have. Still, because of the platform that Financial Observation was on, no such problem existed. Thus, it was quite popular among viewers. Li Shi had seen a few episodes before and benefited a lot from their analyses of business models. This time, however, the Financial Observation segment was going to cover Tengda Corporation, which had rapidly expanded in two years. What kind of sparks would that generate? Just thinking about it excited him! Soon, the program officially began. An in-depth observation of economics for the benefit of the greater public. Good day, everyone. I am the host, Wang Zheping. Tengda Network Technology Co., Ltd is a company that was established in Jingzhou in 2009. In just two short years, its business had expanded into the technology, video games, internet cafe, food and beverages, online literature, logistics, fitness, and rental apartments industries. Compared to the companies that featured on our Financial Observation segment before, its not as large-scale. It has not risen to the top in most regions around the country. From the looks of its situation, the company seems mix-natured and non-elite. Many people have criticized Tengda Corporations business model, saying that its biting off more than it can chew and being fickle-minded. On the surface, that may appear to be the case. Every time Tengda achieves a breakthrough in one field, it would waste no time in entering the next. In fact, it tends to give one a sense of being too impatient. However, as Tengda Corporation continues to expand, perhaps we should start thinking about whether its really biting off more than it can chew or not, as people say? Has Boss Pei, a man who has built an entire business empire in just two short years, really been making low-class mistakes in terms of business strategy, or does he have other considerations? For todays Financial Observation segment, we have invited Professor Bai Qimiao, an expert in economics, to conduct an in-depth analysis on Tengda Corporations seemingly unreasonable business model and the deeper intentions within! Before the program officially started, a short video was played. It featured most of the achievements that Tengda Corporation had achieved so far. That included excellent games that had received multiple praises from the official games platform, Fish-Catching Take-Out that had actively responded to garbage sorting efforts, the old industrial zone that had been turned into the star project that was Thriller Hostel, the Tengda Life App that had contributed significantly to convenience in Jingzhou, and so on. After that, the host began to discuss the topic of the day with Professor Bai Qimiao. Professor Bai Qimiao had a head full of gray hair and wrinkles on his face. He spoke slowly and made the audience feel comfortable. Tengda Corporation is a very interesting business. I have conducted some simple research into the company as well. Earlier, many netizens said that Tengdas business model seemed mix-natured and non-elite. Why? That was because one look at Tengdas history would reveal that it started out producing games. Halfway through, it established internet cafes. Once those took off, it established a restaurant, gyms, rented apartments, and so on. Obviously, this is very different from how ordinary businesses conduct their affairs. Ordinary companies pursue deep cultivation in certain fields. Take those who have established internet cafes for example. If their internet cafes are successful, they would move on to open more branches in other cities. After that, they would look for investors who would pour money into their business and allow them to expand rapidly. Once they have chain stores across the country, they would try hard to dominate the market. Yet, Tengda does the exact opposite. Once it achieves some results in a certain field, it casts it aside and enters another. Its original business would be left to survive on its own and develop slowly without further fund-raising or investment efforts. Thus, until now, most of Tengdas businessesapart from its games, movies, cell phone, and the likeare still concentrated within Jingzhou City and Handong Province at the most. While many young companies choose to focus on super first-tier cities in particular, Tengda steers clear of them. Many people think that Tengdas strategy is stupid. Why? Take their internet cafes for example. If they channel all their funds into opening more internet cafes across the country, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe would have a greater market share, and it might earn tens of times of its income. When the time comes for it to be listed, how much more could the company make? Yet, recently, fewer and fewer people have been echoing this thought. Why? Thats because most people have come to realize the merits of Tengdas business model. We have noticed that Tengdas various physical industries work together to support and help one another. No decision to enter a new field would be made hastily. Obviously, each decision is deliberate and well thought-through. What disadvantages are there to such a business model? Slow results. The company is depending on its own funds and only expanding when it has spare cash. Of course, this would take much longer to yield results than the conventional business model. Many companies would have raised several rounds of funds in a year or two, thus increasing their market share by sixty to seventy percent or even more. On the other hand, while Tengdas physical industries are quite significant in size, they have not fully moved out of Handong Province. Its rate of expansion in a certain field cannot be compared to conventional models. However, what are the merits of such a business model? A solid foundation! You would find that the businesses are interconnected and interdependent. That forms an extremely stable and closed loop. Each time a new business is launched, customers of the other businesses would be channeled over. That would easily resolve the problems that most start-ups face. Once customers get used to that new business, they would become more loyal. Even if competitors start price wars, they might not be able to win customers over! Of course, between the two business models, neither is better than the other. Both could succeed, but its obvious that Tengda Corporations model is more stable and reliable. Once its formed, it would be unshakable. Thats why I think that Tengda Corporation has different ambitions. Many companies now think about burning money to create data and attract more investments. Then, they would seek to be bought over by larger companies for their founders to achieve financial freedom. Is that kind of behavior right? I wont comment, but its certainly too short-sighted. Such business models would definitely not become commercial giants. On the other hand, Tengdas business model is especially stable because it takes things one step at a time! Its end goal is to become a super-large enterprise with an extreme ability to fend against risks. Its future competitors would be multinational behemoths like Shenhua Corporation and Pineapple. Boss Peis goal is obviously not to sell the company off so that he can achieve financial freedom. His real goal is to fight the big guns. Such far-sightedness and patience are lacking in most entrepreneurs and are exactly what I want to encourage and promote. The host, Wang Zheping, nodded. Professor Bai, do you think other companies can learn from or replicate Tengdas business model? Bai Qimiao shook his head. Itll be very difficult. Tengda Corporation is able to adopt such a model because its founder, Boss Pei, is far-sighted and good at planning. At the same time, the group has Tengda Games to provide endless funding and support the groups wide range. Other companies that want to adopt such a model could end up rupturing the entire companys capital chain once a single project fails. The risk is too high! Then again, that goes to show how valuable Tengda Corporation is. We should really cherish private enterprises like that. The host, Wang Zheping, nodded again. Professor Bai, Tengdas slogan is the title of this episode. What do you think about it? Professor Bai Qimiao smiled subtly. Thats a very interesting slogan that perfectly describes Tengda Corporation. To me, there are two ways to understand this sentence: First, it is directed to all users, telling them to believe that Tengda is a surprising enterprise that can create miracles. Customers must always believe that Tengda will surprise them. Thats because Boss Peis plan is so complex. At first glance, most of his businesses dont seem related. Thats why it would make people feel strange. However, once the secret is revealed, people would feel that it was unexpected but reasonable. Second, its directed to employees to cultivate a positive attitude and acknowledgment of risk among them. A foreign economist once proposed the black swan theory. Its complicated, so I wont go too deep into it. That slogan perfectly fits the theory. Always believe that strange things are about to happen. Thats an emphasis on the co-existence of opportunity and risk. We have to be ever ready to grasp opportunities and to meet risks. Sometimes, the things you dont know are more meaningful than the things you do. I think its that high awareness of risk that causes Boss Pei to attach great importance to avoiding it. Thats what drove him to create the embryonic form of a special business empire like Tengda Corporation. The host, Wang Zheping, nodded for the last time. Alright. Thank you for giving us such an in-depth analysis of Tengda Corporations business model, Professor Bai. Professor Bai, what kind of guidance do you think this episode of Financial Observation would provide for other businessmen out there? After some thought, Bai Qimiao said, Its quite impossible to imitate Tengdas business model, but other businesses can try to work together with Tengda more. I think that, given Boss Peis awareness of risk and Tengdas defense against risk, Tengda Corporation would make an excellent working partner! Working together with a businessman like that would be much better than working together with those who can only think about burning money and selling their companies! At that point, the people on the 11th and 12th stories of the Sloth Apartments in Dawn of Prosperous City fell silent. While Pei Qians mind was filled with question marks, Li Shis was filled with exclamation marks. Li Shi was only now realizing a very serious problem. Soon, many companies would be rushing to work with Tengda. The benefits that would have belonged to him would soon be snatched away by them! On the other hand, Pei Qian was also realizing a very serious problem. He had originally thought about setting an empty pot over the fire. However, Boss Li had inexplicably arrived with a portion of ingredients, forced them into Pei Qians mouth, and willingly drunk the soup. Now, more and more people were going to bring their own ingredients and drink their share of soup! Pei Qian could almost picture himself miserably choking on all the meat. The only good news was that settlement would take place tomorrow. No matter how much meat he ate, he would only suffer the consequences in the next cycle. On the night before settlement, Pei Qian had mixed feelings. There was a hint of sadness as well. Was it that hard to incur losses in secret? Chapter 671 - Settlement September 30th, Friday Settlement was about to begin. Pei Qian was feeling both tired and apprehensive. After trying as hard as he could to spend money for a weekespecially after opening up as many branches as he could and investing more money into Otto Technologies, Pei Qian finally managed to deplete his System Funds until 8.74 million yuan remained. That was already quite a miracle. The starting sum for this cycle had been twenty million yuan. At the moment, Pei Qian was still unsure exactly how much he had lost. That was because he still had to add the value of his fixed assets. The Systems fixed assets value was not updated in real time. It would only be refreshed once at the time of purchase and then once more on each settlement date. Still, Pei Qian guessed that there would not be too big of a problem. Up to this point, Pei Qian had the villa in Ming Yun Villas that he had bought very early on, as well as four other buildings. Each had been valued at 8.61 million, 32 million, 20 million, and 8.1 million yuan x 2. After some calculation, Pei Qian estimated that the total value of his fixed assets would come up to 76.81 million yuan this time. In other words, it would translate to about 7.68 million yuan more in the System Funds. If all went well, he would probably be able to convert (874+768-2000) x 0.1 = 360 thousand yuan. On top of that, he had been given a special mission. Even if he could not deduct the entire quota, he would still be able to deduct a portion of it. Then, he would not have worked in vain during this cycle. The system screen automatically appeared in front of Pei Qian. Pei Qian was stunned. His mind began to fill with question marks. ??? What the hell? His Fixed Assets had only been worth 76 million yuan before this. How did it become 96 million yuan? Pei Qian quickly looked closely at the details and realized that every building had appreciated to a certain extent! The two buildings at Binhu District had appreciated from eight million yuan to twelve million yuan. The building in Dawn of Prosperous City where Pei Qian himself stayed had appreciated from 32 million yuan to 39 million yuan. Even the villa at Ming Yun Villas and the semi-commercial building at Shundong Gardens had appreciated. All in all, there had been an increase in value of close to twenty million yuan. As a result, the expected losses for this settlement was reduced from 3.58 million yuan to 1.63 million yuan! In other words, Pei Qian would only get a petty 195 thousand yuan in his Personal Wealth this time. Pei Qian smacked his forehead as the color drained from his face. This is bad! Something has gone terribly wrong during this cycle! The villa at Ming Yun Villas had appreciated because the nameless restaurant had become popular. Thus, the value of the entire area increased. The other buildings went without saying. On one hand, they had been affected by Sloth Apartments fame. On the other hand, it was because they had been renovated. Pei Qian had bought the three buildings in Dawn of Prosperous City and Binhu District for an extremely low price. The one in Binhu District, especially, had remained vacant for several years and ended up dilapidated. Each building had only cost five hundred thousand yuan. Yet, now, the buildings in Binhu District had been styled and renovated by a designer. That explained the significant improvement in the environment and the jump in their prices. Now, they were worth about as much as other buildings in the market and probably even more! Pei Qian had originally thought that, even if the actual value at settlement differed from his expectations, it would not differ that much. However, from the looks of the current situation, he had been very wrong. Two hundred thousand yuan of his Personal Wealth had disappeared just like that. Pei Qian wanted to vomit blood badly. That was even more painful than being stabbed in the back ten thousand times! Yet, he had no time to grieve. The screen continued to flash past in his vision. Pei Qian was stunned, and then he became elated. Full completion? At first, he had not been hopeful about completing this mission. He had thought that it would be good enough to deduct about two or three million yuan. Never would he have thought that he would be able to deduct the full amount! As for how he managed to achieve full completion, Pei Qian guessed that it could be attributed to several factors: He had successfully spent 1.6 million yuan worth of course fees and that showed that the System recognized He An and Qiu Hongs true capabilities. He An and Qiu Hong had not held back a single bit of knowledge when teaching Pei Qian. Instead, they had imparted every bit of valuable information to him. Pei Qians understanding of gamesand his own games in particularhad improved by a whole tier. Now, he had a more holistic view of game design concepts, the development of domestically-produced games, and so on. In other words, Pei Qian had been blindly producing games before this without any knowledge whatsoever; now, Pei Qian was still blindly producing games, but he knew much more. The System judged the outcome of Pei Qians learning by comparing his knowledge bank before and after the cycle. In the past, Pei Qian could be likened to a child in elementary school, who had passed a university examination by guessing blindly. Now, his knowledge bank was comparable to that of a pupil in middle school. Although he was still blindly answering the university examination, the System could still recognize an improvement. He could only say that life was full of surprises. Without any hesitation, Pei Qian chose to deduct that amount from the System Funds. He had worked so hard to incur losses during this cycle to obtain this reward for the special mission! If he added the 12.8 million yuan to the System Funds, he would only get ten thousand yuan more in his Personal Wealth. However, if he deducted it, he would get much more money! At that point, Pei Qian patted his chest and heaved a long sigh of relief. Life was filled with ups and downs, and it was terrifying! At first, he had thought that he would only be able to get 160 thousand yuan. However, the special mission gave him 1.14 million yuan in the end. Pei Qian had over nine hundred thousand yuan in his Personal Wealth earlier. Ordinarily, he did not spend much either, but he could not avoid spending altogether. To take advantage of the System, he had to link his expenses with the company and then report them to the finance department. It could be a tedious process, and saving a few hundred yuan was hardly worth it. On top of that, he received about forty to fifty thousand yuan from the sale of Ruans skins every month. At the moment, that sum was not increasing significantly. That couldnt be helped. Pei Qian himself had been cheated by GOGs pricing model. Since Ruan was a product of crowdsourcing, gamers could buy his skins at a huge discount whenever new ones were released. Although they would subsequently be sold at the original price, few people would buy them by then. Whats more, GOG was focused on the overseas market at the moment. New heroes were still consistently being released by Hurricane Comic Company, and each hero needed new skins. Naturally, the research and development team could not afford to keep producing new skins for Ruan. Thus, even after three months, the money that Pei Qian earned from the sale of the skins had only come up to about a hundred thousand or so. It had not been as exciting as Pei Qian expected. Still, he was satisfied. Why should he complain? That was not a small sum. It was time to redeem his mysterious reward. Ever since the System was upgraded to version 2.0, Pei Qian had been offered a benefit at the end of every cycle. If he could convert up to two hundred thousand yuan of funds, he would be able to claim a mysterious reward. There were all types of mysterious rewards. For example, the mysterious reward for the previous cycle was the special mission for this cycle. This time, the mysterious reward was an upgrade in benefits. If he could convert at least eight hundred thousand yuan at the end of a cycle, he would be able to claim a highly impactful mysterious reward. Since he had exceeded that conversion minimum for this cycle, he could immediately claim one mysterious reward. Pei Qian felt a little faint. No repeats! Still, the fact that he could claim the same reward twice was worth rejoicing over. He mainly credited himself for refusing to give up on incurring losses during this cycle. Converting more than eight hundred thousand yuan meant having to earn more than eight hundred million yuan in profits. That would be far more difficult than incurring significant losses. Once again, Pei Qian claimed his reward. Pei Qian was stunned. Once again, he read the line of words. Almost immediately, his mind filled with question marks. ??? Are you messing with me? When Pei Qian read the words highly impactful and mystery reward earlier, he subconsciously assumed that the award would be much better than the previous mystery reward. Why else would it be described as highly impactful? Now, he finally realized that highly impactful did not necessarily mean that the impact would be to himself; neither did it necessarily mean that the impact would be good! Take this reward, for example. A random breakthrough in skills? Would those skills have anything to do with the projects that Pei Qian had been working on? What the h*ll? Pei Qian had been in a good mood just before, but now, he was feeling down again. Indeed, the System was insistent in making a fool out of him. After all the ups and downs, Pei Qian finally calmed down again. The next cycle would last until January 31st. There were only four months, and it was a short cycle without any special missions. Although Pei Qian had no idea how the next cycle would go, he was renewed with motivation. He had ten million more yuan in the System Funds for the next cycle. That meant that he could buy more fixed assets now. In addition to the help that Teacher He had offered to Tengda Games Pei Qians would set a preliminary goal: to lose twenty million yuan! Chapter 672 - : Teacher He is the Guiding Lantern Tengda naturally was on holiday during the seven-day National Day Holiday. The last cycle just ended. Pei Qians personal wealth had reached 2.2 million yuan, which was very touching. He could take his opportunity to have a good rest. His parents had finally moved to the new house. Pei Qians plan went very well. He first got them to choose the furniture and household appliances and got them to stay there for a few days to bring some life to the house. The house was a gift to them naturally. However, while Pei Qian came to the new house near the high-speed rail station prepared in advance, he was still shocked by the furnishing style within. The full set of solid wood furniture was big and heavy; they were all dark brown, The TV wall was filled with lotus, large landscape paintings on the wall, and green plants that could be seen everywhere in the living room, bedroom, studyeverywhere. Yes, there was no need to consider anymore. This house would be given to them. He would not live in it no matter what they said, he thought silently. However, Pei Qian really did not need this house anymore. The Sloth Apartments were so comfortable. There were cleaners and butlers; there was no need for him to tidy the house. Pei Qian did not have any plans for the current two million personal wealth yet either. He would save it first so that he could better resist the risk. October 8th, Saturday, work as usual Pei Qian came to the office early because he had two things to do today. First, arrange which department to receive shock therapy and the Tengda Cornerstone Award. Next, to assign a new game development task to Tengda Games. The departments for shock therapy and the Tengda Cornerstone Award for this cycle were really a little hard to decide. The shock therapy was prepared for the department that made the most money but most departments seemed to be making money during the last cycle, but none of them made Pei Qian really anxious. Obviously, the most profitable of all was IOIs 500 million shares. However, should this be counted towards Dream Realization Ventures or Shang Yang Games? None of them seemed very suitable. It was a historical issue, strictly speaking. Should he give Old Ma the shock? That seemed pointless as well. Therefore, Pei Qian thought for a long time and decided that this cycle should be to shock Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. Of course, the shock would only be for the management; the stores would continue their normal operations. The management arranged the location and renovation of the new store before going into shock for three months. The store employees would be paid extra wages based on salary standards. The money would be spent without backstabbing this way, which was perfect. Tengda Games and Shang Yang Games should also be shocked, but he was still counting on their normal operations to burn money for this cycle so he could only spare them. The choice for Tengda Cornerstone Award gave Pei Qian a headache as well. Fish-Catching Take-Out would have undoubtedly gotten the award if they had lost money up till now, but they had already betrayed him so they were not eligible for this award. The other departments that Pei Qian had high hopes for include the Deposit Fitness gym, Sloth Apartments, etc. They all basically had problems now and could only kiss this last place reward goodbye. Upwind Logistics had gotten it once; it was impossible to give them repeatedly, right? Pei Qian finally decided to give this prize to Otto Technologies after some thought. Otto Technologies might not have done anything, but they had only spent money without production. That in itself was a merit. It would be a waste not to give the reward. Find the best fitting one and make do with it. Pei Qian handed over the commendation to Assistant Xin after he was arranged and then began to think about the new game. This cycle only had four months, which was totally not enough for a well-made RTS game. Not to mention CG, it was simply not enough. Therefore, Pei Qian thought about dragging this game to the next cycle and spent more money. However, he had no idea how to make this game. Pei Qian did not want to decide for himself, let alone Hu Xianbin and the others. No matter which one it was, it seemed that there would be no good results. Therefore, it was better to ask Teacher He for help! Pei Qian made a video call to He An. It was connected in no time. He An had left Jingzhou and returned to his residence. Judging from the video, it seemed like he was reading a book while drinking tea quite leisurely. Boss Pei? Whats up? He An drank his tea leisurely. Teacher He, I would like to ask for your advice for the new game, Pei Qian asked very humbly. Pfft! He An nearly choked. For some reason, people would always feel that Boss Pei was acting arrogant whenever he was being humble. Fortunately, He An had gotten used to it. He coughed twice before saying: Didnt I say everything clearly? What else is there to ask? RTS game, spend 200 million yuan on the game itself, spend 300 million yuan on the CG, a total of 500 million yuanit was absolutely challenging. He An repeated what he said previously. Pei Qian nodded. I know, Teacher He. But there is still not enough. Do you want to consider the details? For example, what theme? What type of story background? Should the operations of the game be hardcore or simple? Youre also letting me choose this, too? The challenge is hard enough; you want to add more? He An was slightly shocked on the other end of the video call. Pei Qian nodded quickly. Yes, add it up! He An became silent. So confident? The difficulty for the RTS game wasnt enough; you want to add on to the challenge? Sure, I hope you dont regret it. He An considered for a while before saying, There are actually not many options for the theme. There are only science fiction, western fiction, and eastern fiction. Sci-fi theme would be Starcraft, Western fiction would be Fantasy Battle, Eastern fiction no one has done it yet. Pei Qian was delighted. Then, should I make an Eastern fiction RTS? He An smiled. Didnt you want it to be challenging? The Eastern fiction RTS has the lowest challenge! Pei Qian was stunned. He An took a sip of his tea and continued. There are almost no RTS games produced locally that could be regarded as successful. If you make an RTS game with the theme of the Three Kingdoms or Ancient mythology, it would become very popular even if the quality was average since it would be the only one! The chances of it becoming successful are still rather big if overseas players purchase it because they are interested in Eastern culture. If you want a challenge, you should choose western fantasy or sci-fi; how about going up directly against Fantasy Battle and Starcraft? Pei Qian was hit with a realization. Indeed, a seasoned veteran was valuable for his experience and insights. If he did not ask Teacher He and made an Eastern fiction RTS game, he might even make profits! What He An said made sense after thinking carefully. Competing on the wrong footing would on the contrary increase the substantiality. On the contrary, RTS games already had jewels like Starcraft and Fantasy Battle previously. Wouldnt it become a head-on battle if he were to make a similar one? Excellent! Teacher He was really scheming; he felt like he could definitely win this time! Pei Qian raised his eyebrows with joy and continued. Okay, lets do it then! Teacher He, please continue, what about the difficulty of the game? He An frowned and looked carefully at Boss Peis expression on the cell phone screen. He seemed to be happy? So confident? I dont believe you dare to do as I say! He An continued. The operations of the game have to be simpler. Pei Qian was stunned. Huh? He An smiled. Whats with your huh? You dont dare to do it? Pei Qian scratched his head. Its not that I dont dare to, Teacher He. Are you sure making something simple will give me a loss oh, no, I mean be more challenging? He An frowned slightly, a little confused whether Boss Pei was speaking the truth or was he acting. Of course, there was no doubt about this. RTS games are now on a decline, but there were so many old players so the most important thing is nostalgia! If you make the operations more cumbersome like Fantasy Battle and Starcraft 2, it would naturally be welcomed by hardcore players. That is the target group of players for RTS games. Starcraft 2 was released the year before the previous year, many people must have complained about it, but its sales are not low at all. The expansion pack released last year was also well-received. It might be impossible to reproduce the brilliance of Starcraft, but from a commercial standpoint, it is very successful! Making RTS games more difficult is the correct way to do it. The purchasing power of these hardcore players is very scary if you can meet their requirements. On the contrary, if the RTS game is simple, then it would be very embarrassing. For hardcore players, the game was too simple and boring to play; for normal players, it is an RTS game that can never be comparable to GOG no matter how simple it is. They wouldnt touch it. Pei Qian was stunned again. Thats right! Teacher He made a lot of sense! Pei Qian had learned about game design so what He An said made absolute sense to him. Alright, I understand, Teacher He! You are really my guiding lantern! I will definitely treat you to a good meal at a nameless restaurant when the game is done! Pei Qian thanked him profusely before hanging up. He An looked at the video call ended on the cell phone, baffled. Boss Pei seemed to have said guiding lantern? Pei Qian knew in his heart that there was hope after he hung up. Make a low-difficulty sci-fi or western fantasy RTS game for 500 million yuan, it would definitely lose money! So the question was whether to make sci-fi or western fantasy? He decided on sci-fi in the end. On the one hand, Starcraft 2 was released more than a year ago but still had some popularity until now. The possibility of failure was greater if he were to go head-on with it. Going head-on with Fantasy Battle that was released nine years ago might not have such a high probability of failure. On the other hand, there were a lot of heroes in GOG that were suitable for western fantasy background, Pei Qian was afraid thatwhen the new game and GOG would be seen as oneall the GOG players would be attracted to that. It would be troublesome. It was not impossible looking at his previous experience. Therefore, it was better to work on a sci-fi theme. The possibility of failure was higher and would burn more money! Chapter 673 - The Shame of the Domestic Game Industry: ‘Mission and Choice’ The next step would be to name the game after the theme was set. Pei Qian did not consider it for too long. Mission and Choice! That was a reason for this specific name. Pei Qian had been learning about games some time ago. He had also learned a lot about the past of the domestic game industry from He An and Qiu Hong. In 1995, the U.S. Eastwood Company released a series of games called Command and Conquer. This was the best-selling real-time strategy game in history. It established a model of RTS games and pioneered the creation of the structure of resource collection + production and construction + army combat. It also defined the concept of fog of war. In short, it was popular all over the world just like Starcraft and Fantasy Battle; they were all regarded as classics of RTS games. In 1997, the local scene had a game called Mission and Choice. When he first heard of this name, Pei Qian thought it was a parallel of Freedom and Glory. He had a good impression at first but found himself to be wrong in no time. The game was parallel to Blood Lion. As Qiu Hong once said, during this period, the domestic game industry was already in violent turmoil. Online games were rapidly emerging, piracy was gradually getting rampant, and domestic standalone games were forced to start a price war against piracy. It did not help no matter how much the price was reduced. At this juncture, Mission and Choice appeared. The major game media began to publish colored advertisements for Mission and Choice overwhelmingly. The cover was a Chinese soldier in a spacesuit. The background was a huge sandworm and a technologically-rich interstellar battleship. There are a few more below. The sentence contained inflammatory slogans. Your hometown, Blue Star, just suffered a devastating attack from the Zerg, and the interstellar fleet suffered heavy losses. The red sky was stained with blood, the flames tore the night, and the sky full of insects flooded the human fleet like a tide. I know your choice when faced with insects. It would be bleak, but we have no retreat. Destroy the swarm and save Blue Star with your comrades! Millions of investment, dedicated production, grand screen, a domestic classic! High-level avant-garde rock musicians produce music, a strong software creation group, and heavy artistic creativity. Everyone is looking forward to the Mission and Choice debut! This publicity might look somewhat inexplicable now, but they were extremely exciting by then. As a result, the enthusiasm of all standalone game players had been instigated. Players automatically ignored the ubiquitous copycat feeling in the game Mission and Choice from the name to their publicity picture. They regarded it as a game that could surpass the masterpiece of Command and Conquer. They look forward to it being in the palace of RTS games forever. However, the word disappointment was inadequate to describe their feelings when they got the game. Simple and crude graphics, program bugs everywhere, weird game mechanics In short, it was lousy as f*ck. The players realized that this was just crazy! The name was Command and Conquer, the background story was Starcraft, and a little fake patriotism was deliberately added in. It was huge deceit of the feelings of domestic players. Many regarded the Mission and Choice as the shame of domestically-produced games. It was the last straw that crushed the domestically-produced games. To this day, most players still only have two types of emotions when they hear the name Mission and Choice: mocking or angry. Pei Qian had named his game Ocean Stronghold to give it a good omen, but the people in this world did not understand it! Only Pei Qian himself knew the butt of the joke; therefore, it did not trigger any resistance. Similarly, people would have no idea if it was named the Blood Lion. However, naming it Mission and Choice would ignite the anger of all domestic players in an instant! Therefore, Pei Qian decided immediately to name it that way! Come, players, swallow me with your anger! Of course, there would be some copyright issues, but it was okay since the company that made this game had been bankrupt for several years. The copyrights of Mission and Choice should belong with the creditors, but no one would want this stuff that was losing money. They might even be able to come directly when they found ESRO official games platform. The background of the story should be used since the name was used. At the same time, Pei Qian thought of a few other ways to greatly increase the probability of failure to ensure that nothing would go wrong. He was preparing to explain to Hu Xianbin for a while. Pei Qian called for a meeting in the conference room with Hu Xianbin, Huang Sibo, and Zhu Xiaoce after he considered everything. As to why he called for Huang Sibo Of course, it was because of the CG. It had to be done by Fei Huang Workspace. Pei Qian was afraid that it would not be completed within the settlement period if it was left to others. That would be troublesome. Everyone came to the conference room in no time. Hu Xianbin was very clear that Boss Pei should be developing the next game soon after the huge success of Struggle. Hu Xianbin and Huang Sibo were a little puzzled after seeing each other in the conference room. Why did Boss Pei get us to come together? Were they going to make a game or movie? Time was precious so Pei Qian went straight to the point to distribute the tasks. I will need the two of you to cooperate for the next game. The development cycle is set to be about nine months. We will spend 200 million yuan making a sci-fi RTS game and then spend another 300 million yuan for its CG. Im giving this mission to both of your departments. The other three were stunned. Spending 200 million yuan for the game and 300 million yuan for the CG? The money for CG was even more than the money for the game? Huang Sibos expression became excited instantly. Boss Pei is determined to make a boutique RTS game at the same level of Starcraft 2? If you use 300 million yuan to burn through more than 10 minutes of CG for the game, it would definitely not lose to the giant foreign companies! Hu Xianbin was a little hesitant. Burning 300 million yuan for CG, can we really recoup it? Huang Sibo smiled. Why not? Starcraft 2s development cost was not even 100 million US dollars. If you calculate the price of every game as 50 US dollars, you will be able to recoup it if you sold more than two million copies. 1.5 million copies were sold on the first day it hit the shelves. The entire life cycle sold four to five million copies easily. Wasnt it very profitable? Our game would not even reach this number. We are investing 60 million US dollars; it will still be profitable even if we sell more than Starcraft 2. The game CG is the business card of the game. It would definitely be spread like crazy across the internet if it was done well. Moreover, it would be better to open up overseas markets. Investing 300 million yuan in game CG for the brand value, to expand overseas, and to establish the makings of a brand factory! Pei Qian fell silent. There was still such a huge chance of making profits on theory? It was really possible, thinking about it. Put the entire 300 million yuan to make 10 minutes of CG. How good would that be? Any part of it could make it popular. Teacher He felt that it could not make any profits because he did not understand just how good Pei Qian was. Pei Qian knew that what Huang Sibo said was very possible to happen! My good brother Huang Sibo Pei Qian coughed lightly. Not 10 minutes, were going to make an hour long. The quality of this CG would definitely not be so high if he were to extend it to an hour and would not be too outstanding, right? Moreover, everyone should watch until they feel irked with such a long plot and would just press ESC to skip it, right? Huang Sibo was shocked; he hesitated for a short while before saying: Boss Pei, we cant do that! Quality is secondary when it comes to a half-hour CG, but there is no way to guarantee the development period can be within nine months. Our first choice is definitely to find a foreign company to do it, but that also means that we have to communicate across countries, languages, and time differences. It is okay for something around 10 minutes, but the cost of communication would be very unbearable for something about an hour long. If you are looking for domestic companies, then most of the reliable special effects teams are all in the movie sector. There are very few special effect companies that purely make game CGs, and their levels are not very promising. Could real-time calculation in time count towards it? Hu Xianbin asked after some thought. Huang Sibo nodded. Yes, but the effect would not be good and would not be able to spend so much money. The cinematic game of Struggle was equivalent to real-time calculation. It really did not cost 300 million yuan, Huang Sibo continued. If it had to be completed within the development period, then I feel we can do it like a movie with real people. This way, we will not need to spend time on character movements, expressions, pores, hair, etc. Some props and scenery could also be shot in real life, which could save a lot of time and ensure quality and duration. The only problem is it seemed like I have never heard of game companies doing this. Pei Qian fell silent. He did not think so much but realized that there were really huge problems listening to Huang Sibo! He had three choices now: The first was like Fantasy World, burn money to make a very short CG, make all the characters movements, expressions, hairs, etc. highly realistic. However, the effect of it would definitely be very sensational. Starcraft 2 had proven there was room for profit. Making this an extremely detailed long CG meant that the development period could not be guaranteed. The second would be to make CG with real-time calculations in games, but that would not even cost 10 million yuan, let alone 300 million yuan. There would be no difference between the first one if it was a mixture of real-time calculation and CG. It would still be a relatively safe approach. The third was to use the method of filming so that there would be no need to do fine-tuning. Many special effects could be replaced with props and scenery so the development period could basically be guaranteed. Pei Qian thought for a while. What should I do if I make a short CG and replicate the success of Starcraft 2? That was not without possibility. Delayed settlement would be unacceptable if they were to take the risk to make a pure lengthy game CG. Then, the third optionreal shooting + movie CGseemed to be a good way. Not only could it spend more money, but it could also guarantee the development period while lengthening the CG period. Heres the problem: What if it became a blockbuster again if Fei Huang Workspace were to bring this movie to the cinema? Wouldnt Boss Pei have a heart attack if the game made a profit and the movie made another profit? However, Pei Qian changed his mind since he had never heard of game companies doing it. It indicated that there must be big problems with this model. Movies and game CGs were not the same things in essence after all. Chapter 674 - Make all the Mistakes You can Make Erm I would like to express my opinion. Zhu Xiaoce, who had been silent until now, raised his hand to say. Brother Huang, your idea is too ideal. Make a game CG and screen it in the movies by-the-way to make profits on both sides seemed to be pretty perfect, but no game companies had ever done it. There is basically no precedent in the world, be it the games company releasing a game CG as a movie or to take the movie to make it into game CG. Why? Because it doesnt work! A movie wants us to tell a whole story within that time frame. There must be a coherent plot and rich elements. The same is true for sci-fi. The CG of a game must be divided into several sections. One chapter of the story will be shown after another. It shows the best essence of the game through fragments. And the battle part of the story is portrayed through its gameplay. That meant to say if we are to make a very good game CG and link it to a movie, it will miss a lot of information and make the viewers of the movie confused. If we are to disassemble a movie into CG, it would be too lengthy. A clear stage and a short plot would be played so that the original smooth plot becomes fragmented. It would make most players feel baffled. Most players were waiting to play the game; they would want to skip it instead of patiently watching the plot. So, we cannot do both sides; we have to choose one. If you are doing the CG type with the essence of the fragmented plot, then dont expect it to be released as a movie. If you make it into a movie, then it would be divided into many segments. It would not have a good reputation with the players. Huang Sibo thought carefully about it. It seemed like it was indeed the case. The idea that came to him did not work. Everyone discussed it for a long time, but this question still seemed unsolvable so he had to look at Boss Pei, wanting to get more tips from Boss Pei. Pei Qian was trying to suppress his joy at this time. Very good, you all know how to answer for yourselves now! Why should I not copy your standard answers? Pei Qian had a plan in his heart. He thought about it and said. Plan each chapter in the way of game CG and shoot in the way of sci-fi movies. It had to be completed within the development period and has to be more than an hour and a half. Zhu Xiaoce nearly fainted. Did Boss Pei not hear a single word they were saying? Or could Boss Pei have another plan? The three of them looked at each other, wanting to ask more; but Boss Peis resolute attitude stopped them. They noted it down silently to figure it out slowly when they got back. Pei Qian continued saying. The name of our game is Mission and Choice with a sci-fi theme. Hu Xianbin almost thought that he heard something wrong. Huh? Mission and Choice? Isnt that? Pei Qian nodded. Yes, think of a way to get the copyrights of this game. Well make a high-definition version of it! Hu Xianbin was dumbfounded. Mission and Choice was the shame of domestically-produced games! It was the nightmare of countless old players, the worst and most failed RTS game! On top of having its own worldview as a copy of Starcraft, there was no plot while the art was a mess and had no merit at all! People who engaged in IP were reproducing classics Why were we picking trash while engaging in IP? Moreover, wasnt it poisonous, harmful, and worthless garbage? Why bother? Tengda had so many good IPs. Couldnt we just use some of them? Or simply rewrite an entire world; wouldnt it be much better?! Pei Qian saw Hu Xianbins exaggerated expression and was secretly delighted. He did not intend to explain further. Huang Sibo frowned. However, he suddenly realized something, and his eyebrows smoothened out instantly. Boss Pei, I understand now! Mission and Choice is the pain in the hearts of all domestically-produced games. It represented the downturn of standalone games. It is also the shame of domestically-produced games. Boss Pei, you chose to remake this game to wash away the shame of this game and declare that the domestically-produced games are heading for glory! If it was successful, it would definitely reverse the players impression of domestically-produced games and give the domestically-produced game producers a boost! Hu Xianbin suddenly realized it as well. Thats why Boss Pei made these games. It was not out of utilitarian considerations but a strong symbolic meaning! He could not help but show his admiration on his face. Sure enough, only heroes like Boss Pei could do it! Pei Qian: Say whatever you want; Im used to it. Pei Qian sorted out his mood and continued, This game must be innovative as compared to the traditional RTS game. Everyone nodded. Obviously, Boss Pei could not stick to the rules. Boss Pei was not the type to go for safe choices based on successful cases like Starcraft 2 and Fantasy Battle. Pei Qian thought about it for a while before saying, There should only be two races in the game, the humans and Zergs. You can do whatever you want for balance. It doesnt matter if you dont do it well. The operation of the game must be as simple as possible. It was best to not be able to play without APM. Hmm the greatest difficulty should not come from the enemy but from his own people. Every soldier must have his own mind and often not listen to the commands and orders of the players. You need to hire actors for the real shots, but you can only hire one protagonist; the others would all be bit-role actors. It doesnt matter if you were to hire big stars for the protagonist, but you have to remember that he or she cannot show any emotions or acting. Another point is that it has to be completed within schedule, and the money has to be fully used up. I have no other requests. Pei Qian was very confident. I dont believe I can still make profits like that! These requirements basically eliminated all the advantages of traditional RTS games. Just like what He An said, if the current RTS game was done like Starcraft 2, it could still make money since there were still many die-hard RTS players around. They would still pay as long as they were good games. The RTS game was simple, and there was no way to cater to these old players. Moreover, there was no way to compete for new players with games like GOG. The probability of failure was greatly increased! Other than that, balance was very important to an RTS game. Command and Conquer was ranked lower than Starcraft and Fantasy Battle in the hearts of many players because their balance was not done well. It was difficult for it to be pushed out as esports. Therefore, Pei Qian would make an RTS game with a very lousy balance! There would only be these two races: humans and Zergs. It would not be balanced, and veteran gamers of RTS games would definitely not be able to accept it; neither would it be possible to be made into esports. As for little soldiers must have their own thoughts, Pei Qian based this on his personal experience. It was time for the players to feel their own pain! Imagine that in an RTS, you command a small soldier to attack an enemy army, and then the small soldier saw a lot of enemies and ran away. How sour! The players would definitely be pissed off. The actors were just in case. What if this thing could really be released to the big screens, become popular, and earned hundreds of millions of US dollars? The possibility was small, but it was still something he should guard against. Therefore, Pei Qian had to ensure that it would fail even if it were made into a movie. There was only one protagonist who could absolutely not show any acting skills and not too many expressions. That way, the possibility of Lu Zhiyaos rise to popularity in Tomorrow is Beautiful because of his acting would not happen again. The three of them froze after listening to Boss Peis words. They were baffled by Boss Peis requirements! However, everyone had experience. They were not too shocked and did not ask too much. They knew very well that Boss Pei must have given them a new quiz. However, the problem was Boss Peis quiz this time was too ridiculous! How were they going to solve this? The name of the game itself was outrageous, and the mechanics of the game were completely inconsistent with the basic concepts of RTS games. Even the CG was so different. Those who did not know him would think that Boss Pei was stacking the deck against them and making things difficult for them on purpose! Pei Qian could not help but raise the corners of his mouth slightly, seeing the expressions of the three. Very good, he knew that this game was almost finished when he saw everyones expression! He felt so happy thinking he would lose 500 million yuan at a time! Pei Qian stood up. Alright, do your best! Pei Qian returned to his residence while humming a song after arranging his work. He arranged the work for Tengda Games and Fei Huang Workspace all at once; he was in a great mood. However, Pei Qian calmed down and felt that he could not take it lightly. He sent the plan to Teacher He to let his guiding lantern reconfirm to see if it could be compensated and how likely it was to make a loss. What if Teacher He could find a suspicious point that he did not notice? Pei Qian sorted out the main points of the meeting and sent them to He An. Teacher He, how high do you think is the success rate of Mission and Choice? He An replied in less than two minutes. ? ??? Several question marks were sent in succession, followed by a video call. Boss Pei, are you really planning to do this? He An asked in a humbled voice. Pei Qian nodded. Thats right. He An looked shocked. Thats 500 million yuan! Pei Qian could not help but be elated. Yes, 500 million yuan! He An could not help but become silent. He observed Boss Peis expression carefully but could not guess Boss Peis true thoughts. I will definitely pray in advance if it was other games companies. The standard answer Starcraft 2 is there. Not only did you not copy it, but you are making all the possible mistakes all at once. This 500 million yuan would be a total loss. He An paused and said, But Boss Pei, you should have already figured out what to do and deliberately only released part of the one-sided news to deliberately confuse me, right? Are you showing off your skills again? I will definitely be shocked by you and would subvert many basic theories of game design after the game is successful. Isnt that what you think? Pei Qian: Sh*t, even Teacher He was starting to imagine things. Teacher He, how do you guess this game will profit? Pei Qian tried asking. Youre awesome! I cant guess it alright! He An replied with a dark expression. Pei Qian was a little speechless. Why did you suddenly become angry while we chat? Alright, he was now reassured since Teacher He could not guess how to profit. Alright, thank you for your guidance, Teacher He. Ill definitely treat you to a meal after the game is published! Pei Qian hung up happily. Chapter 675 - Eight Immortals Cross the Sea, Each Showed Their Prowess October 9th, Sunday, Adjusted workday Huang Sibo was baffled in Fei Huang Workspace. Hu Xianbin was with him, just as baffled. They could not find a reason! Boss Pei left after giving them the task of the new game. The two of them had been thinking about it since yesterday, but nothing came out from it. There were some ideas, but they were not sure if that was what Boss Pei always wanted. It had to be said that the difficulty of the mission from Boss Pei was simply too high, higher than any previous ones. It was completely difficult to rely on the strength of one or two people. The reason why Hu Xianbin was there was that the game had to be produced together with the movie plot even though they were to be completed separately. If there was no good communication and they were to work on their tasks individually, it would definitely not be able to succeed. Huang Sibo looked at his watch. They should be here soon. He heard many people laughing outside Fei Huang Workspace as soon as he ended his sentence. Huang Sibos eyes brightened up. Rescue was here! The lineup this time was extremely luxurious. In addition to the original group of Hu Xianbin, Huang Sibo, and Zhu Xiaoce; Bao Xu, Lu Mingliang, Li Yada, Lin Wan, and Ma Yiqun were here! This lineup could be said to be the most luxurious lineup in the gaming department of Tengda. They were not only the four chief planners in Tengda Games, there was also Zhu Xiaoce, Bao Xu, Lin Wan, Ma Yiqunprofessionals in the fields of movies, games, and novels. These eight people could be said to represent the highest level of the entire Tengda spirit cultural industry, and all of them were good support to answer Boss Peis spirit. If one could not win alone, one could only call for reinforcements! Huang Sibo had already arranged the conference room, greeted everyone to enter, and then arranged for someone to pour drinks. Sit down, everyone. Time is tight, and the task is happy. We must finalize the general plan for the new game and movie in a day! Lets try to carry forward the Tengda spirit and complete the work without overtime. Huang Sibo motioned everyone to sit down before being seated himself. He was the person-in-charge of Fei Huang Workspace and the original master planner of Tengda Games. He was the most senior amongst them all and had crossed the game and film industries so it was most appropriate for him to take the lead in this project. These people were very familiar with each other so there would be no formal situation, sitting around the conference tables and drinking tea with different expressions on their faces. Lu Mingliangs expressions were the most inexplicable among all of them. He looked at todays lineup and was confused. Brother Huang, todays matter seemed to have nothing to do with Upwind Logistics? Why do you want me here? You were once Tengda Games chief planner; of course, you have to come! Huang Sibo replied. The game that Boss Pei wants to make this time has too little information. I really cannot understand what his real intention was so I can only ask everyone for help. Every one of us may only have been in charge of a part of Boss Peis projects, be it in games or movies; but we have only grasped a part of Boss Peis spirit and our knowledge is complementary. Therefore, the game this time has to be a team effort! I have sorted out Boss Peis requirements. Lets take a closer look. Well start brainstorming after 10 minutes. Huang Sibo sent everyone a piece of paper that clearly stated Boss Peis requirements for the game Mission and Choice. Everyone looked at Boss Peis requests seriously and frowned. Hard to understand! All of these people have solved the puzzles set by Boss Pei previously, but it was undeniable that this puzzle was the most difficult. Not only did Boss Pei not put forward a lot of seemingly unreasonable design requirements this time. However, these contents were still interlocked throughout the entire body. It would be easy to answer if it was only one or two unreasonable requirements. However, they must find a solution that meets all the requirements if there were seven or eight seemingly unreasonable requirements. Everything might be lost if any one point was not done well! Ten minutes later, Huang Sibo raised his head. Alright, time is running out. Lets brainstorm for an hour, give each other some inspiration, and then continue thinking. Ill talk about my opinion first. According to the standard analysis, the first step would definitely be to find the unreasonable points in these requirements and analyze the basic design concepts behind them. Every irrationality might have multiple solutions. We need to integrate this information to find the only correct answer. First of all, I think this game definitely has to win with the plot. No one should object to it, right? Investment in movies is more than the investment in the game itself. The requirement is for it to be one and a half hours, which means that the importance of the plot is at least on par with the game. Therefore, Im considering if there could be a breakthrough from the plot. Do you have any better ideas in terms of the plot? Huang Sibo looked at Zhu Xiaoce and Ma Yiqun. Ma Yiqun was also from the game industry so he knew about games and plots and also participated in this discussion. He thought about it and said, The plot really does have a lot of weight, but it must also serve the gameplay. It would be too broad if it only had the theme of resisting the Zerg and defending our homeland. The true thoughts from Boss Pei would probably be zero in this case. Well still have to find a breakthrough point from the gameplay. It can be seen from Struggle that Boss Pei might have worked hard on the plot, but it was not a simple one. Hes pursuing the unity of plot and gameplay, which is the approach of breaking the dimension wall. Therefore, the plot was not just an extension of the gameplay but also integrated on a higher level. Huang Sibo thought about it and said, En, thats right! From the perspective of the players, I think Boss Peis two requirements are very interesting: the game is very unbalanced, and some units will not obey the commands. This should be an entry point in the gameplay. Brother Bao, you are also a veteran RTS game player, what do you think? Bao Xu rubbed his chin thoughtfully. These two points are obviously fatal flaws for conventional RTS games. Imbalance and too many uncertain factors have completely eliminated the competitive nature of the game. What is brought by the elimination of competition Lin Wan: is better entertainment? it doesnt seem right because, for most players of RTS games, the competitive nature of RTS games equals entertainment. Bao Xu thought about it seriously and said. I think it should be authentic. Humans and Zergs were inherently unbalanced. In most films and televisions, Zergs had overwhelming advantages when facing humans. The Zergs multiply very quickly. They completely obey instructions. If you dont pay attention, they will resurrect. Its a huge nightmare for humans. Combining the point of view of soldiers have their own ideas. Boss Pei obviously hopes that we will make the human race weaker and the Zergs stronger so that we can highlight a sense of authenticity! Players will feel unfair when using humans to fight against the Zergs. This is more authentic than that of an absolutely balanced RTS game. For this kind of authenticity, Boss Pei would rather give up the competitive and balanced nature of RTS games. This should be a very critical point. I understand now! In other words, the game mechanism is to show the gap between the Human race and the Zergs more clearly. This should be related to the plot! Lin Wan suddenly said. Huang Sibo nodded. Yes, this is a very key point. Then, Boss Pei specifically requested that this game must be simple to operate. Does it have anything to do with this? Bao Xu frowned. It seems to be unrelated. It doesnt matter if the game was simple or difficult. It can make both races unbalanced. Everyone fell into a period of brief silence. Just because it seems unrelated often did not mean that it was really okay, because it was related but not seen. Lu Mingliang thought about it and said, I think this should be related to the focus that Boss Pei considered. I have such a feeling when working on Game Designer. Boss Pei will be willing to spend a lot of money to express what he wants to express most exaggeratedly. It was just like the Game Designer which could have been made into Interactive Fiction, but Boss Pei chose to make it into 3D scenes. Struggle was also made into an interactive movie game. The investment for these two games could be reduced by 10 times or more if they were made into Interactive Fiction. However, Boss Pei spared no expense to make the key contents that he wanted to express sufficiently prominent. And for some less important content, Boss Pei could always delete and simplify to avoid these factors from interfering with players. Since Mission and Choice had decided not to be competitive but to reflect authenticity and highlight the plot, would the operation still be important? It would no longer be. Operation is for competition. The significance of simplifying operations and weakening in-battle strategies was that players could have more time to think and prepare for pre-battle strategies. This should be the point that Boss Pei wants to express. Huang Sibo nodded down hurriedly. Makes sense! Only a balanced RTS game has to have operations. Why do you need operations for an unbalanced RTS? The players would be able to take the time to do more preparation for strategy. However In the traditional RTS games with their consolidation-build-combat mode, battle accounts for at least 60% of the fun. If you are to take away the combat experience, Im afraid it will be a huge weakening of the game experience. Bao Xu thought for a while and said, So the collection and construction system should be made more complex so that players can spend most of their time and energy on these two links. Especially the pre-war strategy, every player must think carefully before making every choice. Li Yada agreed deeply. Yes, its like elimination games. The original elimination games were all about speed and time! However, later elimination games have become unlimited, which require elimination points. The latter required more thinking, which was more fun and more in-line with current game habits of players. Obviously, Boss Pei did not want to simply copy the success of Starcraft but explore a new RTS game model! It is still a real-time strategy game, but players who do not operate well can also experience the fun of the game. Chapter 676 - The Script Has a Little Way to Go Lin Wan raised her hand and said, I have something to add. Every soldier of the human race has their own way of thinking. They might not fall apart or disobey orders, but they may take the initiative to send themselves on a death mission, fight the Zergs, and emerge victorious, right? As for how exactly those humans would act, its obviously closely connected to their strategizing process before the battle. For example, the commander might take a certain course of action to affect the soldiers boldness and way of thinking. Then, the soldiers initial individualism might slowly dissipate and be replaced with unity. Huang Sibo nodded. Yes, thats definitely a good idea as well. Everyone began to take their own notes. At this point in their discussion, everyone could see the silhouette of the new game. This game would be completely different from traditional RTS games. The emphasis would be on the strategy before battle and not during battle, which would make the game more realistic. Whats more, additional focus would be placed on the storyline, so that the movie would have more weightage than the game. Once Ma Yiqun finished taking notes, his eyes lit up. I suddenly thought of a good idea for the storyline! Boss Pei really likes gameplay that breaks through the fourth wall. Wanting to make the game as realistic as possible would be directly in line with his goals. If we hint gamers that theres a real person behind every position through the games storyline, and sacrificing one position would be akin to sacrificing a real person wouldnt we successfully break through the fourth wall? Zhu Xiaoce hummed softly. Thats a good idea, but it seems quite outdated. Someone wrote a sci-fi novel on this concept in 1985, and it won the Nebula and Hugo awards. On top of that, the story was also about a war between the human race and Zergs, and a child who mistakenly thought he was playing a game when he was actually leading an inter-planet war Ma Yiqun looked unfazed. Of course, I know that. How could I not have heard of it before? Still, in literature, ones not forbidden from writing about the same material just because someone else has done it before. Are you saying that people couldnt write Western fantasy once Lord of the Rings was released? Of course not. The question is whether one is plainly copying or coming up with a novel idea while standing on their shoulders. No matter whether one is developing a book or a game, a good idea would just be the first block of the foundation. Whether they made use of that good idea or not depends on how one expresses it. I think that this idea is suited to be expressed as a game, and its perfectly in line with Boss Peis game design concepts. Zhu Xiaoce nodded. Hmm youre right, but that also means that we have to think about how to tell the same story in a novel way. If we dont, well be using someone elses manuscript. Then, both our game and movie would fail. Everyone fell silent. Obviously, if they really wanted to work on this idea, they had to express it better than the classics. Alternatively, they had to ensure that they did not turn out exactly the same. One could only imagine how difficult that would be. Huang Sibo sounded sorrowful as he said, Boss Pei has given us too little to work with this tine. Lin Wan read through Boss Peis requests once again and noticed a blindspot. Boss Pei specified for us to only look for one actor who doesnt need to have expressions. Is he hinting at the storyline? Zhu Xiaoce answered, I have already thought about this. There are only two possibilities. First, the protagonist could be wearing a helmet or a mask the entire time, so that no one can see his face. Then, hell be an opera-like symbol. Thats what happens in some movies. Second, the protagonist could be extremely ruthless and expressionless. That would emphasize the protagonists character. However, either of those interpretations could work. That makes it harder for us to figure out which is the right one. After some thought, Ma Yiqun said, Both could work, but theyre both different in terms of reasonableness. If the protagonist becomes an opera-like symbol, the symbol must be a reference to something meaningful. Most superhero or sci-fi movies make use of this method to reveal problems and conflicts in society. However, our entire production would revolve around inter-planet wars. What could the opera-like symbol possibly refer to? I dont think we would be able to find an appropriate reference. On the other hand, if we want to emphasize the protagonists character, the direction would be extremely clear. What kind of person wouldnt have any expressions? Those who have a lot of mental strength and who are extremely ruthless. I remember reading a report on our countrys astronauts. They have so much mental strength that, even as the spaceship shoots towards the sky, their heart rate can remain under eighty. Even when they think that their lives are about to end, their heart rates would remain largely the same. People like that would not have many emotions. Thats how they remain expressionless. That suits Boss Peis requirements for the protagonist. Zhu Xiaoce pondered about it for a moment. Is Boss Pei hinting that the protagonist would be an astronaut with extreme mental strength? Whats more, there would only be one main actor. The rest would be bit-role actors. That means that most scenes would only involve the protagonist. Would he be leading the war against the Zergs alone most of the time? If we tie this in with Boss Peis breaking the fourth wall concepts, we would be able to see a rough picture of the storyline. The protagonist would be a well-trained space soldier and commander. Most of the airtime would be on the protagonist commanding the fleet and leading the war against the Zergs through a screen. However, would he be commanding real people? Should he know about it? Those are the key questions. Everyone fell silent. They had deciphered most of the clues that Boss Pei had left them with. However, they still didnt have a clear enough framework to work with. The games mechanisms would affect the movies plot and vice versa. As long as one point remained unclear, it would be difficult for the team to work on the entire project. After some consideration, Huang Sibo said, Why dont we consult Boss Pei again? Lets report what we have so far to him and ask him for more clues? Zhu Xiaoce immediately shook his head and resolutely shouted, No! Boss Pei has already decided to tell us this much. That means hes not willing to reveal any more information. We cant always rely on Boss Pei for everything either. Boss Pei was responsible for Game Designer, Tomorrow is Beautiful, and Struggle; but we cant always wait for Boss Pei to spoonfeed us. We have to work hard to write a good story. Boss Pei has already given us the framework. We should think about the other parts for ourselves now. Everyone exchanged meaningful looks, thinking that what Zhu Xiaoce had just said made sense. Indeed, they could not always depend on Boss Pei. They had to work hard on their own! Boss Pei had only given them a general direction this time, without much detail. Still, that meant that everyone was given a high level of freedom to decide on the gameplay and framework for the structure. They could grasp this opportunity to achieve a breakthrough in their learning. After a couple of rounds of brainstorming, everyones notes were filled with dense walls of words. Although they had not finalized every detail, the general direction was clear. Huang Sibo gently tapped the table. Alright, I think we have enough for the day. We cant expect to finish everything that Boss Pei has left us within a single day. Lets go back, cool down, and quiet our minds. Then, well come back and review what we have. Ill create a group chat. If you have any good ideas, feel free to share them in that group. Lets not waste any more time now. Well start preparing what we can while brainstorming. Xianbin, come up with a general framework first and set the requirements for art resources as soon as you can. That should include the human soldiers, warships, Zergs of various types, their concept art, and so on. Put it all together. Fei Huang Workspace should do the same as well. Once you confirm whatever you can confirm, start on your preparations. Brainstorm as you go along. For all we know, we might be able to come up with something good. Everyone nodded one by one and then stood up. Huang Sibo expressed his thanks to everyone once again. After all, Lu Mingliang, Lin Wan, Ma Yiqun, and the others had no relations to this project. They had come purely to help out. Lu Mingliang and Lin Wan told Huang Sibo not to worry. Since it was Boss Peis project, they all had to help one another out! Soon, they left the room. Zhu Xiaoce turned to Huang Sibo. Brother Huang, Im thinking about whether we should decide on the protagonist. Lu Zhiyao seems to be hot now. Huang Sibo paused for a moment. Hes a good option, but his acting skills are really good. Would it be a waste to make him act as an expressionless character? Whats more, the script isnt out yet, is it? Zhu Xiaoce answered, I have an idea that I want Lu Zhiyao to test out. Huang Sibo: What idea? Zhu Xiaoce replied, I want to lock him up and make him play the game for a few days to get into character. For all we know, he might get some inspiration in the process. Zhu Xiaoce arrived at the conference room and called Lu Zhiyao. Hello, Director Zhu? Zhu Xiaoce cut straight to the chase. Boss Pei intends to invest three hundred million in a new film. Are you interested? Lu Zhiyao sounded excited, and he said, Yes, of course! Companies often boasted about investing a lot of money in their movies but ended up not investing much at all. However, Boss Pei never played with semantics like that. If he said he would invest three hundred million yuan, he would only go upwards from there. That meant that the movie would be a huge production! Boss Peis projects would definitely be good. Even if Lu Zhiyao had to be paid less, he would still have to get involved. Lu Zhiyao was looking forward to the project. Do you have a script, Director Zhu? Can you send it to me? Zhu Xiaoce remained quiet for a moment and then said, Er the script has a little way to go. Why dont you come to Jingzhou and help us brainstorm a little? Lu Zhiyao: A little way? Zhu Xiaoce sounded resolute. Yes, just a little! After some consideration, Lu Zhiyao said, Well, Director Zhu, will there be other actors in the film? Would Uncle Zhang and the rest be there? Zhu Xiaoce: Er its just you for now. Youre the protagonist. Other actors will be added in time. For some reason, Lu Zhiyao had a funny feeling about the film. However, on further thought, it was Boss Peis project after all. There was no need to worry. At once, he nodded. Alright, Ill tidy up and be there in two days! Chapter 677 - Play Rock, Paper, Scissors to Decide October 10th, Monday Pei Qian was in his office, thinking about a plan for the physical industries in the future. What made Pei Qian feel defeated during the previous cycle was not the five hundred million yuan earned from the shares in Finger Games but the Tengda Life. Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Fish-Catching Take-Out, Sloth Apartments, Deposit Fitness, the nameless restaurant, and Thriller Hostel all became popular. The businesses that had been incurring losses before started generating profit, and those that had been generating profit before started earning more. Whats more, ever since the Top Student, Come Quick app was turned into the Tengda Life app, all the businesses were linked together and gained a boost. Pei Qian had been steadily incurring losses at first, but the chain effect had turned all of his losses into profits. How could he tolerate that? Pei Qian had struggled a couple of times. Take Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, for example. It was already at version 3.0, but no matter what Pei Qian did with it, it continued to generate profits. It was unbearable. Still, ever since he received the letter from a tenant of the Sloth Apartments, Pei Qian started viewing his physical businesses differently. Before this, Pei Qian had not thought much about the influence that Tengda Corporation had. After all, it was a business that had been established two years ago, with all of its physical shops gathered in Jingzhou. Just looking at Fish-Catching Internet Cafe how much influence could a chain of internet cafes have? Jingzhou had a population of over seven million people and a land area of about eleven thousand square kilometers. Even if Tengda opened tens or hundreds more of Fish-Catching Internet Cafes, how much influence could it have in such a huge city? If one took the perspective of all of Handong Province or all of China, Tengdas few physical shops would seem even more negligible. That was why Pei Qian had not thought much of Tengdas physical businesses before this. However, after last week, Pei Qian realized something. Tengdas physical businesses had more influence than Pei Qian could imagine. Again, take the internet cafes for example. Although Fish-Catching Internet Cafe could not win Xing Le Cafe in terms of the number of physical stores, it dominated the latter in terms of reputation and fame. Many foreigners knew that Fish-Catching Internet Cafe existed in Jingzhou, but they had not heard of Xing Le Internet Cafe before. As for why such a huge gap existed after much thought, Pei Qian could only think of two reasons. First, the profit-generating model of Tengdas physical shops differed too greatly from its major competitors. Thus, it was more hotly discussed. In addition, Tengdas exemplary reputation earned it far more attention. Second, just like what had happened with Sloth Apartments, players in certain industries were racing to the bottom. Any company with a bit of a conscience and sacrificed a little profit would already have defeated ninety percent of its competitors. After reading the letter from the tenant of Sloth Apartments, Pei Qian felt mixed feelings. However, the most dominant was the realization that his physical stores had begun significantly affecting many peoples lives. There was a saying: with great power came great responsibility. Far more consumers in the world, like that tenant, were probably being hurt by houses with formaldehyde and other rubbish products. Pei Qian had always felt he had no power to solve certain problems, but all of a sudden, he could clearly see that he was capable of doing a lot of things. He could easily solve problems that others had no power to do so. It was no longer impossible to set up stores all over Jingzhou, Handong Province, and even the worldto change more peoples lives. For Pei Qian, the setting up of more stores would result in the spending of much more money, which would get rid of all the money he had earned so far and a little more. If he generated profit, he would continue to channel money into expanding. In any case, he was a long way from covering the entire nation. If he could just change a few peoples lives, Pei Qian didnt mind even if he ended up profiting and losing out. After all, he did not have to worry about his necessities, and far more people in the world needed help. In addition, Pei Qian realized that insisting on incurring losses had resulted in a huge advantage: it was precisely because he did not care about profits that he could channel all of his profits earned from the physical businesses into expanding and work hard to better customer experience in every way. If he had made generating profits his goal, he would have had to think about how to control his capital and how to maximize profits. Then, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Fish-Catching Take-Out, and Deposit Fitness would not have taken up their respective business models. If he had linked the companies profits to his own, Pei Qian did not know if he would still be able to willingly do what he was planning to do now. What if he could save on a thousand yuan in renovations for each Sloth Apartment without affecting his tenants health and earn an additional one million yuan? If his aim had been to generate profits, how would he choose? Pei Qian did not know the answer, and he did not want to find out either. That was because people often failed when they were tested. If one pitted his own interests against his customers, few people would probably be able to resist temptation. Pei Qian did not see himself as a saint, and he did not want to put himself through such an examination. Thus, he decided not to dwell more on the issue. His goal to incur losses would never change because that was the only way he could spend without feeling a pinch, thus maintaining his current attitude. On that foundation, he could freely expand all the physical businesses that contributed to the Tengda Life such as Fish-Catching Internet Cafes, Fish-Catching Take-Out, Sloth Apartments, Deposit Fitness, and the like. He would get each person-in-charge to come up with an expansion plan. Each of them would be allowed to set up branches wherever they wanted. There would only be two criteria: first, they had to stick to the current business model and be considerate of their customers; second, they could ask for more money but could not hand in profits that they had earned. As for other matters, Pei Qian could not be bothered anymore. Now, he had to place all of his focus on businesses that could incur losses more easily. On top of that, he had to come up with version 2.0 of the Sloth Apartments based on the current model. This time, he had ten million yuan more in the System Funds starting sum. That meant Pei Qian could spend fifty million yuan on another building. Sloth Apartments 2.0 would take on another style and provide storage space for tenants. They could be seen as economical apartments. In the future, Sloth Apartments 1.0 and 2.0 would be expanded together, with whichever was more needed taking the priority. Would 2.0 definitely be more popular than 1.0? Not necessarily. Pei Qian would leave that to the market to decide. Of course, Sloth Apartmentss ultimate mission would not change. A butler and cleaning services would be provided, and quality of life would be guaranteed. Renovation would be done well, and environmental health would be taken care of. Moreover, a simple, comfortable lifestyle that encourages focus and attention would be nurtured. Once Pei Qian figured all these things out, he summoned Assistant Xin and asked her to notify the people-in-charge of various departments. After that, Pei Qian continued to think about what to do with Shang Yang Games. Last cycle, Shang Yang Games had put all of their resources into marketing IOI and GOG. Thus, it had not worked on any new game. This time, Pei Qian wanted them to work on something else. That was because GOGs foreign version had been doing extremely well, causing Pei Qian to feel unsure. In fact, the ideal situation would be for GOG and IOI to continue fighting with each other for an extended of time. That way, Pei Qian would be able to continue pouring money into GOG and turn the foreign version into a valuable loss-incurring tree. However, at the rate things were going, it was not looking good. GOGs foreign version was developing at a rapid pace and far quicker than Pei Qian had expected! At first, Pei Qian thought about creating a foreign version of GOG to get rid of the five hundred million yuan as quickly as possible. That was why he rapidly bought advertising spaces, booked an entire street in Times Square, bought over the comic company, sponsored several veteran clubs, and organized the international invitational tournament for GOG. He had managed to spend all the money, but it had proven to be too effective! Now, GOG was becoming increasingly dominant in overseas markets. Pei Qian was probably feeling as panicked as Dayak. GOGs mobile version, in particular, was doing exceedingly well in the overseas market because of the utter lack of competitors. Pei Qian felt that he had to do something. He had to give IOI a breather. If IOI collapsed because of Pei Qian, wouldnt Pei Qians loss-incurring tree disappear? After some consideration, Pei Qian decided to transfer half the people in Shang Yang Games over. Half of them would be put in charge of GOGs international server while the other half would work on updating a few of Tengdas old games. Dayak Corporation would do better if he gave them this handicap, wouldnt they? Quickly, fight harder and retaliate. Take back a bit of the market share, so that I can continue to burn money with good reason. As for Tengdas old games they had not been updated for some time. Pei Qian had originally thought about making a portion of the games free, but after reexamining them, he realized that it would not fit with the Systems criteria. The System required Pei Qian to put standalone games on sale for at least ten months. Moreover, the income of the latest month must have fallen to less than one-fifth of that of the previous month. Time was almost up for Repent and be Saved, but sales were still going strong. Whats more, Pei Qian had no idea who exactly were still buying the game to torture themselves. Thus, he decided to develop more DLC. The sales for the other games had more or less peaked. Creating more DLC after the peak period would probably not generate much sales. Of course, it did not matter even if Pei Qian made a little profit. His main aim was to distract Shang Yang Games and cause them to take some resources away from GOGs international server. If he defeated IOI with a single blow, he would really lose out. At that thought, Pei Qian dialed Lin Wans number. Soon, the call went through. Pei Qian casually asked, What plans do you have for work in the next few months? Lin Wan answered honestly, Oh, Boss Pei, I was just about to report this to you. GOGs international server is doing quite well. Our publicity campaign proved quite effective earlier. After this, we plan to intensify efforts to market GOG overseas and then seize more of IOIs market share Pei Qian listened quietly. Indeed, the rapid success of GOGs international server had renewed all their fighting spirits. He had to give them some time to cool down. If they made IOI collapse, wouldnt Pei Qian lack reason to continue pouring money into GOG? He had to keep his source! Pei Qian pondered for a moment and then said, Dont hang up. Call Ye Zhizhou and Wang Xiaobin over. Huh? Oh. Lin Wan sounded surprised, but she still got up, interrupted Ye Zhizhou and Wang Xiaobin in their work, and called them over. Through the phone, Pei Qian said, Ask them to play rock, paper, scissors. Pass the phone to the one who wins two games out of three. Lin Wan was even more confused now. It was a full two seconds later when she said to the two men, Boss Pei told you to play rock, paper, scissors. Ill pass the phone to the one who wins two games out of three Ye Zhizhous and Wang Xiaobins minds filled with question marks at the same time. ? Did Boss Pei purposely call just to ask us to play rock, paper, scissors? It seemed to be out of nowhere, but the two men followed instructions. At last, Wang Xiaobin won. Lin Wan handed the phone to him. Er Boss Pei, are you looking for me? Wang Xiaobin sounded hesitant. Pei Qian said, Choose half of the employees from Shang Yang Games and put them in charge of coming up with an updating plan for Tengdas old games. Finish it before January 20th and come up with as high a budget as possible while making sure that you can finish the project on time. Wang Xiaobin paused. Huh? Wait, Boss Pei Ye Zhizhou seems to be fitted better for this job. Hes an expert at functions while Im good at data. I should be in charge of operating GOGs international server while he thinks about updating the old games. That seems more Pei Qian: No, youll do it. Alright, do what you have to. But Boss Pei Wang Xiaobin was just about to say something more, but Boss Pei had already hung up. Confused, he turned to Ye Zhizhou and then to Lin Wan. He had no idea what was going on. Chapter 678 - Its Luck and Sadness Lin Wan was a little curious. What task did Boss Pei arrange for you? Boss Pei asked me to take half of the manpower from Shang Yang Games to make new versions of old games, Wang Xiaobin said blankly. I dont understand. Wouldnt this task be more appropriately given to Ye Zhizhou? Im just a systems designer. Development is not my strength! Furthermore, it was decided by rock-scissors-paper, which is too Lin Wan frowned and thought seriously for a short while. I think that this rock-scissors-paper game by Boss Pei has some profound meaning to it. Huh? Even that has profound meaning? Could you be thinking too much? Wang Xiaobin was stunned. Lin Wan shook her head. You are good at numerical planning while Ye Zhizhou is good at function design. Boss Pei knows it very well. Making you do the work you are not good at yet is obviously to further exercise your abilities. Wang Xiaobin thought for a while. But Boss Pei can always give the task to me directly if he wants to train me up, right? Why the rock-scissors-paper? Lin Wan considered a short while before replying. I think it is to express a form of attitude. Boss Pei obviously feels that everyone from Tengda Games, no matter who it was, had to be polymaths. Anyone has to be able to take the task even if it was done by drawing lots. Moreover, we can also see Boss Peis attitude towards Shang Yang Games through this incident. The outside world had always viewed Shang Yang Games as inferior to Tengda Games. But now, Boss Pei has given us the task of promoting GOGs international server and updating Tengda Games downloadable content. That means to say that, in the eyes of Boss Pei, we and Tengda Games are treated equally. We therefore must not disappoint Boss Pei! Wang Xiaobin nodded. Yes, I understand! Boss Peis decision obviously had huge risks! For the average boss, letting each employee do what they do best would obviously be the most economical and affordable approach with risk being most controlled. Who would do something like using projects to train their employees? Some bosses ask their employees to hold certain positions concurrently, which might be called learning by werein factbecause they were reluctant to pay more to recruit professionals. However, Boss Pei was completely different. He had been mobilizing employees to take charge of different projects even after paying high enough salaries and benefits. Obviously, doing so would likely lead to the failure of the project, but Boss Pei did not care about it. That was to train all employees to become versatile and as a show of great trust in them! Wang Xiaobin felt that he must not disappoint Boss Peis trust and do a good job in this new version to prove himself! October 11th, Tuesday Lu Zhiyao was fully armed with sunglasses, masks, and a baseball cap in the taxi for fear that his enthusiastic fans would be recognized and encountered unnecessary troubles. He had just arrived in Jingzhou and rushed straight to Fei Huang Workspace without staying in a hotel. Lu Zhiyao had completely wiped out his notoriety for being the toxicity in the box office since Tomorrow is Beautiful became popular. He had received many offers from other dramas; most of which came with good price tags. However, Lu Zhiyao did not take them on. Lu Zhiyao was not at ease if there were no scripts; those with scripts felt meaningless after he finished reading them. None of them had the special feeling that Tomorrow is Beautiful had! There was a script that Lu Zhiyao was quite satisfied with, but the character was similar to Tomorrow is Beautifulwhich was a miserable brown-noser protagonist. Obviously, this group invited Lu Zhiyao because they saw his performance in Tomorrow is Beautiful and felt that he was very suitable for the task. Lu Zhiyao did not reject it. He was an actor after all; he had to be professional about it. However, Lu Zhiyao felt that there was no meaning to it since he had already acted it once in Tomorrow is Beautiful. There would be no breakthrough. Lu Zhiyao felt that his acting skills took a leap when filming Tomorrow is Beautiful and had been highly involved in the creation of the filming process. This feeling never happened with other teams. Therefore, Lu Zhiyao had been hesitating. It was so hard to get rid of the infamy of box office toxicity; wouldnt it be a waste of his efforts if he were to accidentally pick a bad film? Lu Zhiyao asked himself introspectively. He was not very good at picking scripts as an actor. Some scripts looked good but might not amount to anything good. He had to be cautious since he was currently on the rise. Zhu Xiaoces call came at a great time. Boss Peis project could never go wrongthat was it! Of course, he had to look at the script before shooting. It was not that he did not trust Director Zhu, but he had to know what kind of story it was in advance to prepare his emotions. Director Zhu! Lu Zhiyao saw Director Zhu Xiaoce working hard at his station as soon as he walked in. Zhu Xiaoce was deep in thought about the script; he was startled at the sound of Lu Zhiyaos voice and hid the document at the speed of light on the computer desktop. Lu Zhiyao was stunned for a moment, but Zhu Xiaoce had greeted him with a smile on his face before he could react. Here so soon? I thought it would take another hour. Zhu Xiaoce smiled to cover up his embarrassment and got someone to get drinks for them. Lu Zhiyao nodded. En, I have not even gone to the hotel yet. Im really looking forward to the new movie so I wanted to come over to talk to you, Director Zhu; read the script so that I can figure out the character; and recite the lines or something after I return to the hotel. Zhu Xiaoce coughed lightly. Erm I thought I said that the script is not yet ready. Lu Zhiyao didnt think much of it. Its alright. Ill read whatever there is. Zhu Xiaoce was a little embarrassed and quickly used his wits. Actually I cant show you the script yet. Lu Zhiyao was taken aback. Huh? Why? Because this time, we are going to adopt a new shooting method. Each script will be given separately. That way you can avoid the interference caused by spoilers, Zhu Xiaoce replied. Lu Zhiyao was a little surprised. Really? That sounds pretty professional. It seems like the blockbusters in the United States are filmed this way. Not bad. Then, Director Zhu, can you show me the script for the first scene? Zhu Xiaoce was a little speechless. He felt like a school kid who lied that he had yet to finish his homework, but the teacher pushed on to say: Its okay if you have not finished it; show me whatever you have. In fact, he had yet to write a single word! Fortunately, Director Zhu was a person who had seen the world. He was able to hold this scene. The matter is like this Ive prepared another way for you to figure out the protagonists psychology before reading the script, Zhu Xiaoce said solemnly after Lu Zhiyao took a sip of his tea. Come, bring this with you. Zhu Xiaoce gave Lu Zhiyao a high-end Alienware gaming laptop. Lu Zhiyao was lost. ? There is Starcraft 2 in it. Your next task is to continue playing Starcraft 2 without going out of the hotel and with ordering takeaways for all your meals, Zhu Xiaoce explained. Just fight the battles. It doesnt matter if you win or lose, but there is a requirement. You have to work hard to imagine that every soldier in this game is a real, living person. Play for three days first and try to figure it out. Please write every realization you have down and share with me matter how reliable or unreliable. Lu Zhiyao took the Alienware in confusion. But the script Zhu Xiaoce looked serious. You cannot read the script yet. Your experience would be different after reading the script, understand? Trust me, just do as I say. Lu Zhiyao felt that this matter was a little strange, but he would try it out first since Director Zhu was so sure about it. Perhaps the role this time was very demanding and could only better understand through this way? Lu Zhiyao did not think much. He hugged the heavy Alienware gaming laptop and planned to go back to rest before following Director Zhu Xiaoces instructions to figure out the role. By the way, Director Zhu, what is the role Im supposed to play? Which direction should I work hard on? I have to know these to better figure out the characters psychology, right? Zhu Xiaoce thought for a while. It seemed to be right. Well what you are going to play this time is a space figure with a stern mentality. If possible, there should be no emotional fluctuations and no additional expressions. No matter what happens, your emotions should not fluctuate too much. Lu Zhiyao was shocked. Huh? Emotions should not fluctuate too much? Then, I wont need to use any acting skills? Zhu Xiaoce patted Lu Zhiyaos shoulder. This is where you need your acting skills! Try to figure out the character and think about how you can show your superb acting skills without expressions! I believe you can definitely do it! Lu Zhiyao was speechless. Lu Zhiyao looked at the serious Director Zhu and then at the heavy gaming laptop in his hand, suddenly feeling as though he was deceived. Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Handong University branch Pei Qian was browsing the web while drinking coffee. The popularity of Struggle had declined, but the sales volume did not follow that trend. Pei Qian looked at the bootlicking of Struggle on the internet and sighed. Originally, he wanted to see what the players liked about this game so that future games could avoid it, but it turned out that players seemed to like everything. What a waste of time. This was disastrous. Forget it, lets follow the guiding lantern, Teacher He. These players cannot be counted upon. Pei Qian was about to close the webpage when his eyes lit up suddenly upon seeing a players comment. Sigh, I dont know why I feel sad, seeing how Struggle is so successful. There are so many games companies in China. How many of them made online games, and how many of them made standalone games? How many companies could afford a small amount of money for a standalone computer; how many companies dare to and are willing to spend so much on a standalone game? How many companies could do a good job of standalone games? There are very few who have been down-to-earth, righteous, earnestly making standalone games, and investing good money in it after much deliberation. Struggle being successful might be a good thing, but we only have this seedling. So many people make standalone games and produce indie games. They dont make much news so no one would know. Tengda is the luck of domestically-produced games, but sadly, that there is only Tengda. Pei Qian inexplicably remembered what Qiu Hong said before after seeing this comment. Pei Qian felt that the environment for domestically-produced standalone games was pretty good already but was still filled with problems. To the domestic producers, large-scale standalone games required more investments and had a higher failure rate than online games. That was an objective fact. Therefore, the domestic producers were not willing to make standalone games since it was not worth the effort. It would be impossible to accumulate this way, which would become a never-ending loop. Standalone games made by Tengda were successful. However, the failure rate of the other game companies making standalone games was very high! Pei Qian suddenly thought of a good idea. Since domestic standalone games failed so easily, wouldnt they become easy losses if I were to invest in these failed projects without interfering with their designs? Chapter 679 - Qiu Hong would be the Best Candidate Pei Qian also carefully considered its feasibility after having such an idea. There were three lessons that he learned over time. First, it was the lesson from working with Ruan Guangjian. The cooperation with Ruan Guangjian seemed to be quite a failure in retrospect. Ruan Guangjian had been working on piloting the quality of original concept art of Tengda Games since Ghost General. One key reason why many games succeed was because of the high-quality concept art which attracted the players at first sight. The graphics that fitted the games perfectly had also become a key link towards the art of the game. Pei Qian looked back at his cooperation with Ruan Guangjian and felt that it was mainly attributed to his confidence. Reasonably, he was looking for a small-time artist. The probability of encountering a gem should be minimal, right? He managed to meet one nonetheless! Who could he blame? Therefore, Pei Qian felt that he had to cast his net widely. This time, if he only concentrated on investing in one or two companies, then it would probably be the same mistake. He must therefore invest widely. The larger the sample size, the more accurate the probability and the more the effect of luck could be minimized. Next was the lesson of acquiring Shang Yang Games. Pei Qian recalled that everything went well when he first bought Shang Yang Games. Things went downhill because he could not hold himself back. He wanted Shang Yang Games to make more losses, which was why he changed their games-with-paywalls model. As a result, Bloody Battle Song became a game with conscience and established a good reputation. It suddenly became popular after the remake plus changing to a client-side mobile game. Therefore, this time, Pei Qian felt that he must not change the original operation mode of these companies. He should not even look at it. That was because things usually change because of Boss Pei. The observer effect might be widely present in all aspects of life, but Pei Qian found that it was particularly prominent in himself and must be avoided. Finally, it was the lesson learned from Dream Realization Ventures. Dream Realization Ventures had invested in IOI, Shared Top Student, Top Student, Come Quick, Fully-Automated Bickering Machine, etc.all of which had been successful. The reasons for the success of these projects were different, but Pei Qian thought for a while and found that a very important reason was attention. Pei Qian often chose the particularly outrageous projects because he wanted to lose money too much like the shared phone booth and fully-automated bickering machine. However, this type of project was easy to generate talking points and obtain a lot of attention because it was too outrageous. What was more, all industries connected with Tengda were not lacking in attention. Coupled with Pei Qians confidence, there would always be purchasers once it garnered attention. Therefore, Pei Qian felt that he should choose some normal, not-so-outrageous projects to minimize the possibility of making huge profits. These projects would only make small profits even if they were successful. The other failed projects could offset the profits if he cast his net wide enough, so that the profits would not be too ridiculous. Pei Qian had to find a new way after combining so much experience at failing: He had to cast the net widely. The more companies he invests in, the less would the influence of luck be able to affect him. The chances of losing money were greater under the premise that domestically-produced standalone games would fail. He must not interfere with the operating model of these companies or even know what projects they were doing to minimize his observer effect. It was best to choose a project that was normal without many unique characteristics. This way, there would be no chemical reaction with Tengdas fame and make huge profits from nowhere. Pei Qian considered for a long time and felt that the guidelines this time were very reliable. He should be able to make losses successfully this time after accumulating so many failure experiences, right? So, the next question was who should be in charge of it this time? He looked around and found that there was no one he could use. There were many people in Tengda Games and Shang Yang Games who understood games, but Pei Qian did not feel safe with them. They were far too poisoned in their minds! The common feature of Tengdas employees was that they would misinterpret Boss Peis intentions and find the most profitable methods. At the same time, their understanding of the game led to the successful experience with Tengda Games. Pei Qian felt that it might lead to failure even if he were to grab a random person from the other departments to become in charge. Pei Qian had been failing at trying to make his employees cross industries after all. It seemed like every employee managed to transit successfully. Get Ma Yang? No, he could not trust Old Ma in this area with IOI as the precedent. Lu Mingliang? That would be worse. Lu Mingliang himself was a chief planner and had a good understanding of the game industry. Besides, he was doing well in Upwind Logistics; what if Upwind Logistics suddenly became profitable if he transferred him? That would be a total loss. After thinking about it, Pei Qian felt that he had to find someone with nothing to do with Tengda Corporation to carry this out. It would be best if he knew a little about standalone games but not too much. People who did not understand at all would get a professional consultant. That would become a hidden danger. People who knew too well would be too accurate. Suddenly, Pei Qian thought of a good candidate. Qiu Hong! Pei Qian had a general understanding of Qiu Hong previously during class. He had just failed in a mobile game with paywalls himself, which was why he came to Jingzhou to give lectures and relax. It was not easy for a successful producer to find investment, let alone a producer who had just failed. Moreover, Qiu Hong had already started his own business. He would definitely not lower his head to apply for a job in a general company in the short term since he had no financial pressure. That meant that Qiu Hong probably did not manage to find anything to do during the past six months. Qiu Hong might have successful experiences, but it was limited to games with paywalls. He originally made standalone games, but that was when he first joined the industry. That standalone game failed. Pei Qian felt that while Qiu Hong might be very accurate when it came to Krypton Gold Online Games, it might not be the case with standalone games. As for Qiu Hong saying that he would never touch standalone games First, Qiu Hong actually did not reject standalone games. It was just that he was burned by it when he first entered the industry. That was why he was against it now. Secondly, Pei Qian did not plan to talk about dreams or reason. It was just a very realistic issue of interest. The reason why Qiu Hong gave up standalone games was to make more money and lead a better life. Therefore, the key was not in the mode of games, but how much benefit Qiu Hong would get from this job. Producers of Krypton Gold Online Games were very realistic people. They do it because the market told them that this was the most profitable. In that case, Pei Qian would definitely be able to poach Qiu Hong over with more money. The more Pei Qian thought about it, the more he felt that Qiu Hong was the best candidate. Here came the problem how was he to talk to him about it? Qiu Hong still thought that he was Ma Yang even until now. Continue to engage him as Ma Yang? Give Qiu Hong the mission as the person-in-charge of Dream Realization Ventures? That would work, but it was never good to cheat others. What was more, Qiu Hong would come into contact with Tengdas employees in the future. This matter would be revealed sooner or later so it was impossible to keep it a secret forever. Therefore, he had to show his hand. How then could he do it so that Qiu Hong could better accept it? It was certainly impossible to announce honestly. Pei Qian wanted to tell him the truth, but Qiu Hong would not believe it even if he risked being warned by the system. Qiu Hong might even think he was being arrogant and leave on the spot. Therefore, Pei Qian could only use another white lie. Tell Qiu Hong that he used Ma Yangs identity to ask him about his failure experience was, in fact, for friendly exchanges between designers and to get to know each other better. They could now cooperate since they had a better understanding. It was now logical to throw an olive branch[1]. Pei Qian dialed Qiu Hongs number after thinking about his reasons. He invited him to make a trip to Jingzhou these few days for important matters to be discussed. October 12th, Wednesday Wang Xiaobin was racking his brains out planning for the update of these downloadable contents of the old games. There were too many old games. It was obviously unrealistic to update all the downloadable contents in four months which meant he could only choose which to do. Moreover, he must also consider the price-quality ratio of the update content. Some producers regard the downloadable contents as an independent game with large capacity and high prices. They also had a long development time. Boss Pei gave them four months; it was impossible to achieve this effect. Boss Pei might not be stingy with money, but money could not buy time. Therefore, the difficulty was still very high. Wang Xiaobin did not have much experience in such jobs so he felt a huge pressure. Make The Lonely Desert Road into an interactive mode? Drive with other players so that the desert road becomes no more lonely? Add a do it if you can mode in Game Designer? Get the voice-over to choose his own route and get the players to mock the voice-overs? Add something to the plot of Ocean Stronghold? It doesnt seem necessary what if I were to add an epic weapon? Boss Pei will probably prefer the former. In the case of Repent and be Saved, it seemed like many players find it a bit boring to take so many weeks to clear one level. There might be new players entering, but the stickiness with the old players was basically gone. Should we make a challenge mode from scratch for the old players to find something to do? Hm The content seems too simple; will the players buy it? Wang Xiaobin had some ideas but had no confidence in himself. There were some regular updates such as giving a few new generals to Ghost General and continuing producing some epic weapons for Ocean Stronghold that seemed boring. However, these ideas were too small. He was afraid that the downloadable content prices would not be high. They might even make losses. The former is safe but not interesting; the latter is interesting but a bit risky What would Boss Pei choose? Boss Pei will definitely choose the latter. I have to think of something creative since Boss Pei gave this important mission to me. I will be fully responsible for it! Wang Xiaobin continued to think about the plan. October 13th, Thursday Zhu Xiaoce came to the hotel where Lu Zhiyao was putting up. Three days had passed since Lu Zhiyao had arrived in Jingzhou. He had experienced the script with the gaming laptop. Zhu Xiaoce felt that it was time for him to take a look. It was not for any other reason but mainly because the script had to be published within two days so it could not be delayed any longer. Zhu Xiaoce had no clue so he could only find a way to see if Lu Zhiyao had any good ideas. Zhu Xiaoce nodded gently at the door of Lu Zhiyaos room. The door opened after two minutes. Zhu Xiaoce could not help but be shocked at Lu Zhiyaos appearance. The radiant, handsome movie king that arrived three days ago had become disheveled. He had short stubble growing on his chin, with eyes lacking focus. Zhu Xiaoce was a little baffled. What happened? Why did you become depressed over playing a game? Director Zhu, your idea doesnt work at all! Lu Zhiyao exploded helplessly. I have been gaming like a madman these few days and did my best, but I feel nothing. Ive given up. [1] This means showing the intention of ending a disagreement. Chapter 680 - Linked with the Downloadable Contents of Ocean Stronghold Have you realized nothing? Dont rush, take it slow; tell me everything that you felt in detail without missing out any bit. Zhu Xiaoce sat on the sofa with Lu Zhiyao in the living room of the suite. Lu Zhiyao took a sip from the half-drunk cola and started spitting out his complaints towards Zhu Xiaoce. Director Zhu, I dont know if its because your method isnt good or because I have not grasped the essence. In short, I have not realized anything. You want me to treat every single unit as a living person. I have been reminding myself about that. It was all alright at the start. I deliberately got the soldiers with residual blood to hide behind, and no one died. However, towards the end, they would die one after the other if I wasnt careful I realized later that the more I want to treat these people as real people, the more I cant do it! Because if I were to keep stressing to myself that they were living people, I wouldnt be able to concentrate on thinking rationally and deal with the current battle situation. The more I struggled, the more deaths. Therefore, the battle got harder and harder towards the end. I couldnt save these peoples lives in the end. Even if I were to repeatedly lie to myself that these are living people, my subconscious mind resists it and constantly denies it. Therefore, I cannot think like what you said In the end, I was confused and lost. I felt indifferent even when a lot of people died. Everything went back to the original point. In short, I gained nothing. Lu Zhiyao looked at Zhu Xiaoce after he was done with his complaints. He originally thought he would see a disappointed or comforting expression on Zhu Xiaoces face. However, he did not expect Zhu Xiaoce to raise his hand to signal him not to speak while he lowered his head in serious thoughts. Lu Zhiyao was shocked. What did that mean? Could Director Zhu actually find some inspiration in what I said? Were directors so good at filling the gaps? Zhu Xiaoce frowned, feeling as if he had grasped something but felt a little surreal. Boss Peis requirement was for the soldiers in the game to have their own ideascombined with the approach of breaking the dimensional wall, people would naturally think of the idea that the soldiers in the games are real. However, this idea had been used previously. If he wanted to come up with something new, he would have to dig deep into it and come up with something new. Lu Zhiyaos mental journey might not be able to be used directly in the plot, but it would also provide some ideas that were not thought of before. For example: It seemed ironic that their rational judgment would be impaired if they cared too much about whether these units were real people or not and that not treating them as real human beings would be able to reduce sacrifices. Because of the special medium which was the game, the subconscious would deny and resist the idea that the characters in the game were real-life people. When too many people died, life would become a number, and the highest commander would only fall into numbness and despair. However, was it right to treat people completely as numbers? It seemed like it would give rise to more problems Moreover, Lu Zhiyao played Starcraft 2, not Destiny and Choice. Imagine, if it was Destiny and Choice, every soldier had their own mind and the gap between humans and the Zergs would be even greater Many thoughts quickly collided; Zhu Xiaoce suddenly had a wave of inspiration! Ill use your computer! he quickly said. Lu Zhiyao stood up quickly. Alright. Zhu Xiaoce exit Starcraft 2 immediately and created a new document, quickly tapping on the keyboard. Lu Zhiyao stood behind curiosity and watched for half a minute before saying with some doubts. Director Zhu, are you writing a summary of the story from the beginning? Of course not! I have a script with hundreds of thousands of words on my office computer. This is just to note down my inspiration from just now, Zhu Xiaoce replied hurriedly. Dont interrupt my thoughts and dont look. I cant write with you looking on. You sit aside first. Zhu Xiaoce continued typing frantically away at the keyboard after he got Lu Zhiyao to shun away, recording all the inspiration in his mind. Lu Zhiyao had serious doubts in his mind but did not want to look again, and so he could only wait with claws scratching his heart. Zhu Xiaoce wrote at a good speed, adding and deleting continuously. Boss Pei said that there should only be one protagonist that is Lu Zhiyao. If there is no one acting against him and all of them are going to be a one-man show, it would mean that the protagonist must undergo many mental changes to hold up the entire length of the movie. For now even five times would not be enough. Hmm perhaps he could have someone acting against him, but not an actor. Artificial Intelligence? Well, if you want to break the dimensional wall, the protagonist must control the fleet through the help of artificial intelligence. At the same time, the game itself has to be simplified which also needs a certain amount of help from the AI. Since Artificial intelligence is to be present in the movie, it must be opposing the protagonist. Moreover, with the intervention of Artificial intelligence, the protagonists mentality will be able to change many times. Nine times. The protagonists mentality changes nine times. Every time, the story would advance a little and closer to the eventual truth. Moreover, dont forget the protagonist is a determined space fighter who doesnt have too many expressions so try to present a contradiction: The plot is completely unexpected to the audience and brings a strong plot tension, but the protagonist is always strong, calm, and sensible. It is not until the end that there is a little emotional fluctuation, and every emotional change required shows a very subtle expression There is only one protagonist; therefore, this protagonist must impress the audience. Tell a story and create a good protagonist. That should be enough to Boss Pei. Zhu Xiaoce wrote about 500 words, checked it, and nodded satisfactorily. That was the essence of the story, but he would have to adjust and refine it repeatedly if he wanted it to turn into a script. Zhu Xiaoce put the laptop away, thinking about it and putting it into his backpack. Alright, Movie King, your work is complete. Im very inspired! Ill go back and finish up the script, and well then get ready to shoot immediately! Director Zhu, are you sure you are finishing up the script? Lu Zhiyao asked uncertainly. Zhu Xiaoce smiled. It was very far away but not anymore! Take a good rest, shave your beard. Ill send the first part of the script to you very soon. Youre going to give me the script in parts? Lu Zhiyao was a little shocked. Zhu Xiaoce nodded. Of course, to allow you to better adapt to the character. Ill get going first! Zhu Xiaoce turned to leave after he was done speaking. Lu Zhiyao scratched his head in confusion. He felt that what he said really inspired Director Zhu Xiaoce. However, he still could not imagine how the script would be like Zhu Xiaoce returned to Fei Huang Workspace and called Huang Sibo and the scriptwriter directly for a short meeting. What do you think of my idea? If its possible, we will start work immediately and seize the time to finish the script. The preparatory work can also be done while we write the script. The scriptwriters showed surprise in their expressions. Awesome, Director Zhu! This story is not only well-integrated with the contents of the game, but the character is also very prominent and the development of the story is also surprising Huang Sibo nodded frequently. Very good! The content of the movie really fits well with the game. I already have an idea of how to make the game! Only one scriptwriter frowned slightly. But Director Zhu, I think this twist in the ending is a little forced, not natural enough. Of course, there will be nothing wrong with this, but a part of the audience might not be able to accept it. Is it possible to have some foreshadowing in the front and give them a hint? Zhu Xiaoce considered for a moment and thought carefully. Hm, there might be feelings like this. But the content in front is already very complicated. I dont think we can squeeze this in. Moreover, if the hint is too obvious, the audiences might guess it directly, which may cause all the buried puzzles to collapse. Or We can lay a little foreshadowing outside the movie to deliberately cause everyone to misunderstand but reveal the final mystery in the movie. It would make everyone feel unexpected yet reasonable. Huang Sibo thought for a while. Yes, we can do it this way! Shang Yang Games is doing the downloadable contents for the original games of Tengda. Ill ask them to help make related downloadable content. Not only can it have foreshadowing, but it can also warm up the game in advance! Zhu Xiaoce nodded. Alright, everyone will follow the outline of the story I just gave to improve the script. Finish it within these two days efficiently! The scriptwriters nodded, filled with motivation for their work. Zhu Xiaoce, on the other hand, gave Wang Xiaobin of Shang Yang Games a call to explain his intentions. Wang Xiaobin was silent for a while over the phone. There really arent many suitable games for a sci-fi theme or should we just do it in Ocean Stronghold? We can make a separate plot for Ocean Strongholdremake everything from the protagonist to the monsters. Zhu Xiaoce was very happy. Sure, FPS games are more suitable because FPS games use first-person perspectives so it would have a stronger sense of substitution. It would be easier for the players to experience what I want to express. Moreover, the publicity effect would be better since Ocean Stronghold has so many players. I just dont know if it would affect your original development plan? Wang Xiaobin: No, I havent decided what to do actually. I will certainly use your plan since it is so good. Moreover, Tengda Games is developing Destiny and Choice. I can use many art resources from it so the workload isnt that big. Zhu Xiaoce was very happy. Alright, I will send you a summary of the story soon. Lets release it in the downloadable content of Ocean Stronghold! Chapter 681 - The Plan to Become Poor October 13th, Thursday Tengda Headquarters Assistant Xin led Qiu Hong to the guest room and poured him his drink. Please have some tea; Boss Pei will be here soon. Qiu Hong nodded hurriedly. Sure, sure. Qiu Hong drank his tea while yearning for the Tengda Games after Assistant Xin left the guest room. Qiu Hong had been preparing to contact his friends in the circle, wanting to regroup and start another company to develop new projects after he gave his lectures to Boss Ma. However, he had yet to decide what project it should be, which naturally could not convince any investors to invest in the projects. Qiu Hong did accumulate a lot of wealth through Krypton Gold Online Games, but he had basically exhausted everything when he failed in his own business previously. The cultural industry was highly subjective, especially more so in the game industry. When one succeeded, one would be smug, and they would feel right in everything. However, when one failed, one would fall into deep self-doubt and feel worthless. Qiu Hong was now struggling with that. He would like to re-open a company and develop a successful game, but he felt like he wasnt prepared enough so he felt lost. Boss Ma called again at this time exactly to invite him to Jingzhou, saying that there was cooperation with Tengda, which needed face-to-face discussion. They did not say what was wrong over the phone. If it was another company, Qiu Hong may not think much about it since there was a feeling of relying on someone elses charity after his entrepreneurial pursuit. It was the Tengda Corporation after all, and Qiu Hong had a relationship with Boss Mawhich was why he decided to come. He had always gone straight to the cafe near Handong University when he came to Jingzhou previously. This time, Qiu Hong finally entered the Tengda Corporation. Spacious workstations, enviable benefits, the employees great mental state All of which made Qiu Hong envy from the bottom of his heart. He started a company himself and knew the hardships and difficulties it must have been to build Tengda to the state it was today. It was incredible to be able to guarantee the enthusiasm and combat effectiveness of all employees of the company on the premises of providing such a favorable working environment and relaxing working atmosphere. In short, Qiu Hong felt that he did not come in vain after seeing the environment in Tengda. As to what sort of cooperation to be discussed Qiu Hong really could not tell. Qiu Hong was very clear about his position. He might have some reputation in the domestic game industry, but it was only limited to the field of Krypton Gold Online Games. He might have made some money, but it was incomparable to Tengda. Tengda did not need him. Light footsteps were coming from outside the guest room while he was thinking about it. He could vaguely hear Assistant Xin saying Boss Pei, Boss Qiu is already waiting in the guest room. Qiu Hong sat upright subconsciously. Boss Pei was here! Qiu Hong had only heard news about such a legendary character and had never seen him. For some reason, he felt a little expectant. Qiu Hong hurriedly said please come in after hearing a knock from the reception room. Assistant Xin opened the door, and Boss Ma walked in. Boss Pei, do call for me if you have any problem. Assistant Xin closed the door and left. Qiu Hong was on his feet, ready to shake hands with Boss Pei; however, he was stunned when he saw Pei Qian. Question marks filled his head. ??? Boss Pei smiled at the stunned Qiu Hong. Boss Qiu, long time no see. Qiu Hong had yet to react. Wasnt that Boss Ma? Then, why did the assistant who seemed to have a very high status in the company address him as Boss Pei? Qiu Hong vaguely realized something, but he found it unbelievable because he could not figure out the reason and logic behind it. Pei Qian sat down on the sofa. There was no need to let Qiu Hong continue guessing now. He prepared the remarks and got right down to the topic. Boss Qiu, I have to apologize to you first. My true identity is not Boss Ma of Dream Realization Ventures, but Pei Qian himself. As to why I called myself Boss Ma the main reason is to contact you with a different identity, exchange and discuss, understand each other, and decide whether there is any possibility of cooperation between us or not. The confusion on Qiu Hongs face obviously lessened considerably, with some form of realization. In other words, Boss Pei was not actually listening to my lecture previously but conducting an anonymous inspection and interview? Just like how the principal would sit in and listen when the teacher was teaching to understand the teachers level? That actually explained why Boss Pei wore the Boss Ma persona to contact him. However, Qiu Hong still had questions. He was a very ordinary game designerthough with a little fame, but there was a huge bunch of them in the domestic game circle that had similar backgrounds. What virtues and ability did he have to make Boss Pei go to such great lengths to test the possibility of cooperation? Boss Pei even paid tuition by then! What sort of cooperation was he looking for? Pei Qian did not want to keep mum on it so he quickly proceeded. Boss Qiu, Ill talk a bit about our cooperation proposal, please consider it. The project that I want to embark on is called Destitution Plan. This is a support plan for domestically-produced standalone games and independent game developers. It is committed to finding them and supporting them with the necessary support funds. I would like to invite you to be the person-in-charge of this Destitution Plan and become an executive of Tengda Corporation. Your salary and benefits will be on the same level as the other departments, but there is one point to be emphasized: Your bonus will not be linked to the profits of the Destitution Plan. Your bonus will be dependent on the ratio of profitable projects to the total number of projects. The lower the ratio, the more your bonus will be. I cannot disclose how much that will be, but I can guarantee that it will not be lower than your previous bonus income when you acted as the chief planner of a successful project. Of course, I must also say frankly that it will not reach the income of a successful entrepreneur. Of course, we can discuss in the future if you feel dissatisfied and want to leave or want a salary adjustment. Thats roughly all. Please fire away if you have any questions, Boss Qiu. Pei Qian took a sip of water and smiled at Qiu Hong. As for why its called Destitution Plan, not Angel Plan or Savior Plan, was obviously because Pei Qian hoped that this plan would end in despair so he named it for good luck. Qiu Hong was silent. It wasnt like he didnt have any question, but more of he had so many questions he did not know where to start! There were many companies doing something like this locally. There were two types of companies that did this the most. One was investment firms or so-called incubators specifically targeting the game industry while the other was the gaming channel and platforms. The official ESRO platform might be the largest and most authoritative platform, but it did not mean the other games platform did not exist. For example, the application store of Shenhua cell phone could also be regarded as a kind of games channel and platform. These two types of companies carry out similar support programs, obviously, because it was profitable. Many startups in the game industry exploded in their popularity overnight especially in the past two years when mobile internet became widely popular. The myth of game companies becoming rich overnight repeated. If one really invested in a successful mobile game company, then the return on investment would have been something that stung the eyes of other investors. There might be many investment firms, but there were also many thresholds they had to overcome. They generally did not understand the game industry and naturally did not dare to invest in these small game companies. Therefore, specific investment firms targeting game companies were born. The platforms would support some start-up game companies basically for the same purpose. A nice front for it would be to say that it was to get better and more games for their platforms, but in the end, it was all for profits. Therefore, these companies had one characteristic. They had indeed invested in and supported many companies, but most of them were online companies and mobile game companies. The reason was simple: that made money! Investing in these companies was high-risk, high-return. Investing in standalone and independent games was high-risk, no-return. Investment firms had the instinct to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. It was a normal phenomenon to invest in online games rather than standalone games and to invest in cell phone games instead of independent games. Yet Boss Peis Destitution Plan was actually targeted at standalone and independent games? Moreover, as the person-in-charge, the bonus and performances were not to be measured by the income of the project? It was instead inversely proportional to the ratio of profitable projects? Didnt that mean the greater the investment and the lesser the profits, the more the bonuses would be? Could reverse incentives work? Wasnt that encouraging himself to choose more rubbish projects? That made Qiu Hong very confused. Sincerity for the income was already shown. Qiu Hong served as a chief planner to make a project with a monthly turnover of 100 million yuan before his entrepreneurial pursuits. That was the highest income he drew in his life, even so, his bonus was just over 100,000 yuan. The bonus rule of the company was that the entire development team could only get 3% of the project income, and this so-called monthly turnover of 100 million yuan wasin factbragging in most parts. It did not mean a net income of 100 million yuan. They had to deduct the share with the platform and channel where the channel took the bulk of the money and deduct marketing expensesa huge part of which was fudged by his company. Moreover, it was a rather big development team by then. The bonuses were divided by the entire project team. Everyone had a share. As the main planner, the proportion was higher even though it was also limited. Counting in all the miscellaneous stuff, the money that they got eventually was just a drop in the ocean. That was why Qiu Hong was so keen on pursuing entrepreneurship. Chapter 682 - Destiny and Choice’s Set He had developed such a successful game for the company, but the company had given him less than one percent of its income. Anyone else would have felt unhappy. Of course, Qiu Hongs situation was considered quite good. Many companies did not give a single cent to the research and development team despite their games success. Companies like that existed, and they were not the minority. It was because Qiu Hong noticed this that he concluded that working for others would not bring him much success. Thus, he decided to start his own business. Then, it didnt matter whether the game could earn over a hundred million yuan each month or not. As long as it could rake in a few million yuan or more than ten million yuan, his income would be much more than before. Still, the problem was that managing his own business was much more difficult than he had imagined. If his business failed, it was no longer a question of how rich he could bebut whether he would starve or not. Thus, the price that Boss Pei was offering to him showed the formers sincerity and sounded extremely tempting. However, this Destitution Plan did not sound like an investment project but a charitable one. Moreover, the bonus structure that Boss Pei was proposing caused Qiu Hong to be undecided. After a moments consideration, Qiu Hong asked, Boss Pei, may I be so bold as to ask what the aim of this Destitution Plan is? Pei Qian fell silent. Honestly, Boss Pei was stumped. Of course, his primary aim was to incur losses, but Pei Qian could not say that out loud. A couple of seconds passed, and Boss Pei finally said, There isnt a specific aim. Qiu Hong looked confused. How can that be? Pei Qian retorted. Why must there be an aim? That stunned Qiu Hong. He blinked a couple of times and processed Boss Peis words. Everyone must have their own reasons for doing things. A man like Boss Pei, who has achieved so much success, could not have been doing things in the spur of the moment. Why did Boss Pei say that, then? Obviously, Boss Pei did not really mean that he didnt have any aims but that he did not have any utilitarian or secular aim. Actually, Qiu Hong had been very subtle in his questioning. What he really wanted to ask was why Boss Pei was after by investing in domestically-produced standalone games and independent games despite how unprofitable they were. Boss Pei had also answered Qiu Hongs question based on the logic hidden within. Why cant I invest in domestically-produced standalone and independent games just because they arent profitable? Why must I profit? Why cant I do something purely because its meaningful for the industry? Looking at Boss Peis determined gaze reminded Qiu Hong of something. He had indeed spoken to Boss Pei about domestically-produced games before. Boss Pei seemed to be sorry about the catastrophe of standalone games ten years ago as well. Could Boss Pei have come up with this Destitution Plan purely to support the domestic standalone games industry? Could he really not care about earning money? If that was the case, Qiu Hong had to consider the title of the plan more closely. Destitution Plan Why had the plan been given that name? On one hand, it could be said that the entire domestically-produced standalone games industry had been on the path to destitution. On the other hand, it could be said that the plan is meant to help those who were on the path to destitution and on the verge of collapse such as independent games companies and standalone game developers. If Qiu Hong had come up with a similar plan when he first started his own business, would he have ended up in a different place? After figuring this out, Qiu Hong looked at Boss Pei with a renewed gaze. All of a sudden, he could see the glow of an idealist around the latter. There was no empty talk or tricks. The name of the plan alone had moved Qiu Hong deeply! Yet, how was he to explain his performance bonus? He was not complaining that there was too little; he just found it hard to understand. At that thought, Qiu Hong nodded. Boss Pei, I think I understand now. However, I still dont understand a couple of details. There are so many other companies. How exactly do you plan to screen them all? Are you sure that my performance bonus is not based on investment income? When he heard the words I understand, Pei Qian instinctively sighed. After drinking a mouthful of tea, he explained, Well screen them in a very simple way. Search the entire country for teams that produce standalone games and independent games, but dont announce the relationship between the Destitution Plan and Tengda Games. Of course, we will reimburse you for all your travel expenses. There is a very simple standard to hold the teams so you can decide which ones meet the criteria: dont invest in projects that you find very reliable or very ridiculous. As for what constitutes reliable, you can decide. There is something that you have to take note of. All the games must be buy-to-play and must not have any in-game purchases. Their games must be up for sale and generate profits first before we can calculate our share based on our investment. As for your performance bonus what I said before is the final plan. We will not distribute your bonus based on the income generated by the investments. Once he finished speaking, Pei Qian felt slightly guilty. He was afraid that Qiu Hong would turn him down. Distributing ones performance bonus based on income generated by investments sounded more attractive. Although the quantity and stability of the bonus would fall far below the plan that Pei Qian had provided, humans were bound to conjure up best-case scenarios in their heads. Yet, Pei Qian could not distribute Qiu Hongs performance bonus based on income generated by investments. Wouldnt that cause the latter to rack his brains for ways to profit from investing? Distributing the performance bonus based on Pei Qians current plan would be encouraging Qiu Hong to diversify his investment. The more the projects he invested in and the fewer the projects that generated profit, the higher Qiu Hongs bonus would be. As for not revealing the link between the Destitution Plan and Tengda Games that was mainly because the plan would probably not be able to remain low profile once Tengdas name was used. People would start paying attention to the sponsored companies, thus indirectly increasing the chances of their games becoming popular. Pei Qian had to spend his money quietly and keep the project as far away from Tengda as possible. That would minimize chances of cooperation between various departments to stab Pei Qian in the back. However, Pei Qian could not say all of those things openly. He could only hope that Qiu Hong would realize it on his own. Qiu Hong fell into deep thought. He didnt think that Boss Pei was being stingy by distributing bonuses in this manner. On the contrary, he felt that Boss Pei was being too generous. That was because they would be investing in small teams that produced standalone games and independent games. If the chances of those projects succeeding hit a couple of digits in percent, it would be good enough. The chances of failing far exceeded the chances of success. Logically, since there was a high chance that they would lose money, the current method of distributing bonuses would be advantageous for Qiu Hong. As for why Boss Pei was especially emphasizing that they could not invest in projects that were too reliable or too ridiculous It went without saying that ridiculous projects should not be invested in. Too many companies and developers were out to cheat. No matter how much one invested in them, they would only produce trash. Companies like that deserved to collapse! Companies that were too reliable were not considered to be on the path to becoming poor. Even if they failed to obtain funds from the Destitution Plan, they would probably be able to find other investors that could get them out of their difficulties. The companies that needed the most help were those that fell between the two extremes. They wanted to produce good games, but they could not win the favor of ordinary investors. It was also understandable why Boss Pei wanted to cast his net widely. On one hand, it was because they could not put all of their eggs in one basket. On the other hand, it would increase the scope of the Destitution Plan. It would be just like helping the poor. Giving one person a hundred thousand yuan would not be as good as giving a hundred people a thousand yuan each. Many small companies and teams would not know how to spend five million yuan or ten million yuan even if they received that sum of money from out of nowhere. That could result in wastage. On the other hand, giving them five hundred thousand yuan or one million yuan would be sufficient to help them tide through difficulties and make the most use of the funds. Keeping everything low profile would be forsaking a boost in reputation, but it would also be preventing rubbish developers with intentions to cheat investors money from knocking on their door. No matter how Qiu Hong thought about it, he could not help but marvel at how well-thought-out Boss Peis plan was! Indeed, only people with careful planning like Boss Pei could achieve success in all fields! Qiu Hong could not help but think about how he had lectured Boss Pei previously. He felt like an amateur trying to teach a professional how to do things. Still, perhaps it was because of their previous interactions that Boss Pei had specially picked him. Boss Pei had once said not to let the sorrow of the times become ones personal sorrows. Obviously, he had seen Qiu Hongs deep and persistent passion for standalone games, right? Now, Qiu Hong could see a more brilliant glow of an idealist around Boss Pei. Within that smile, he could find warmth and trust! At that thought, Qiu Hong nodded. Alright, Boss Pei! I am willing to be in charge of the Destitution Plan. I hope that we will work happily together! In the afternoon, at Shang Yang Games Wang Xiaobin continued to rack his brains, thinking of downloadable content to develop. Over this period, he had gone onto forums to read players suggestions and selected several well-supported plans to consider. Eh? Director Zhu has sent his plot overview over! Wang Xiaobin quickly downloaded the document. The plot overview was the framework for Ocean Strongholds downloadable content and not the story outline for Destiny and Choice. In fact, the story outline for Destiny and Choice was not yet complete or clear. Still, Wang Xiaobin couldnt care less about it at this point. For now, he had enough work on his hands. After opening the document, Wang Xiaobin realized that it was not merely a plot overviewit also contained simple sketches including the Zergs that one would come across in the game, the looks of characters in the games, weapons and equipment, and so on. Although the game would be played from a first-person perspective and one would not be able to see the protagonists face, they would be able to see how other players looked. Just like in other movies or games, these characters would be dressed in special combat uniforms which were high-tech armors. It was just that they were different from heavy combat uniforms, which were three meters long and weighed half a ton. These combat uniforms were slim and light. According to the description of the sketches, such combat uniforms were to be called Skylark III Combat Uniforms. They would be powered by miniature fusion reactors on the chests, which could charge the combat rifles in their hands. There would also be jet ports on the back to dissipate heat and support ultra-short-distance flights within a short time. At the same time, human soldiers had undergone physical, chemical, genetic, and other means to strengthen their bodies, speed up their reaction time, increase their strength, and improve their vision. Although only a few human soldiers would persist, they would gain the ability to control their Skylark combat uniforms in this manner. On top of the fact that they were light and capable of short-distance flight, the combat uniforms would be named Skylark for another important reason: finches were the natural enemies of Zergs. The combat uniforms would have recoil counteracting devices on the arms and gravity devices on the legs. The weapon would be a special rifle that individual soldiers could carry, which had dual propulsion of gunpowder and magnetic tracks. The helmet would have an integrated system with functions such as instant communication, infrared detection, terrain navigation, ballistic calculation, condition monitoring, artificial intelligence, and so on. Although the rifles would be extremely powerful and have an extremely high fire rate, the anti-recoil effect could be achieved quickly once soldiers turned the recoil counteracting devices on the hand. The gravity devices on the legs would also enable soldiers to stand firm on any flat surface. In other words, every soldier wearing the Skylark combat uniform would be able to climb walls, see over a certain range, avoid recoil effects, aim, and fly short-distance. The soldiers battlefield data would be uploaded in real-time, and the massive amounts of data would be processed and analyzed by the artificial intelligence, which could then command the soldiers actions. That meant that the artificial intelligence would be able to answer most combat-related questions raised by soldiers at any time and guide their actions. Of course, communications within small teams could be retained, and team members would be allowed to react according to the situation in front of them. The appearance of all team members would be hidden inside the helmet of the Skylark combat uniforms, but Wang Xiaobin could faintly see the scene inside the helmets: A huge monocle eyepiece covered the soldiers left eye and extended towards the left side of the chin. There werent many expressions, but one would be able to identify the unique characteristics of guys and girls. In addition, every combat uniform would come with a huge serial number and a bit of personalized paint. Thus, even if everyone put on the standard combat uniform, one would be able to distinguish between different people if they looked closely enough. Of course, that was if they werent already engaged in serious combat. Lastly, the storyline briefly explained the teams mission. On the main battlefield, armored vehicles and heavy tanks would be the main fighters against the Zergs. Human soldiers would not have to fight with the Zerg army in their combat uniforms. Still, armored vehicles and tanks would not be able to fend against the acidic and thorny claws of the Zergs. At the same time, most Zerg units shells would not be able to fend against the gunpowder and magnetic tracks from the human soldiers rifles. To the individual units, protective armor and stronger gunfire would not be meaningful. Thus, the main effect of the Skylark combat uniform would be to provide high mobility and concealment. On that premise, the mission of the team wearing the Skylark combat uniform would be to avoid the Zergs main army, sneak into the depths of their nest, and behead the Zerg Queen. There would be many other teams with the same mission, and the protagonist would play the team leader of one of such teams. All team members would firmly believe that, as long as they behead the Zerg Queen, they would be able to turn the tides of the battle and possibly even eliminate the entire Zerg army. However, the story outline said that beheading the Zerg Queen would not be that simple. Whats more, the team in the story would have no idea of this. Chapter 683 - : Story Summary: An Action Doomed To Fail Wang Xiaobin continued to look at the drafts of these main characters. The protagonist to be played by the players was Qin Yi, the Captain of Team AS-371-45. His Skylark combat uniform had special patterns as well, but it was different from the others fancy style. He painted Justice on the right shoulder of his combat uniform. The archaic character of the word was made up of a goat on top and an I below. The serial number of the team meant that he belonged to the Asian Fleet (abbreviated AS), Starship 371, Squad 45. There were four other members in the squad other than Qin Yi; their characters were all different. Xu Kaile, optimistic and positive; he was a young man with delicate emotions. He had 2D, animated girls all over his battle uniform. Meng Yu was short and quiet but very reliable at critical moments. He had camouflage patterns all over his battle uniform. Zhao Yongxiu, who sometimes made people feel that he was very childish, was frivolous, a little prideful, and very good at adjusting the teams atmosphere. The painting on his battle uniform looked like mecha, which was rather handsome. Wu Shaojun, tall and big, straightforward, and the eldest. He was the most trustworthy teammate. There were no special patterns on his combat uniform, but many tears which were not mended. The outline of the story was clearly written in the general plot flow, but some details were not perfect enough. That included lines, etc. which were not given. It was only the first edition after all. Further improvements were needed. Wang Xiaobins opinions were also important. The structure of the plot was very simple. It was divided into five parts. Each part was composed of real-time cutscene CG and in-game battles. This was the only downloadable content attached to Ocean Stronghold. Time was very tight so there was no need to do that kind of particularly detailed cutscenes CG, just use real-time calculations. The first part: Team AS-371-45 successfully infiltrated the Zergs nest to clean up the larvae and workers. There was not a lot of Zergs because it was located in the periphery of the worm nest and the number of Zergs was not a lot. It would not matter to kill all of them directly if it was found by larvae or worker bees so the battle was relatively simple. During the mission, all team members could communicate in real time through voice chat. They would discuss their actions and look forward to killing the Zerg queen to end the war. Artificial intelligence would continuously give orders to the protagonist, analyze the battlefield situation, and guide the protagonist to make correct decisions. The second part: After entering deep into the nest, they began to encounter more and more powerful Zergs, including hatching spring worms and self-exploding worms. The difficulty of the battle in this stage was gradually increasing. Most of the time, correct strategies must be adopted. For example, the handling of self-explosive insects carefully; otherwise, the splashing of acid on a large scale after the insect were to explode would cause serious damage to the players. At this point, the players began to encounter some troubles and needed to help each other out. However, their overall mentality was still relatively positive. Artificial intelligence would still be guiding the protagonist to make the best decisions and follow the suggestions of artificial intelligence, which would significantly reduce the difficulty of combat. The third part: The Zergs continued to populate, gradually exceeding the squads ultimate combat capability. They found the limbs or pieces of other teams combat uniforms while going deeper into the nest. The breathing time after the battle would become precious. Some team members began to lose their state of mind. They did not find any traces of the queen after wandering at the bottom of the worms nest for a long time. On the other hand, they saw many dead teams. They began to question the rate of success calculated by artificial intelligence without logistics. They felt that they would be buried here. However, the players pushed forward after cheering each other up. The artificial intelligence was still analyzing data as usual, directing battles, and adhering to its original calculations in the face of doubts from the players. The fourth part: The actions of the squad had alarmed the Zergs. The main force of the Zergs might not be in the nest, but as long as there were enough worker bees, spring worms, and self-exploding worms; it would be enough to pose a huge threat to the squad. Countless Zergs were coming in from all directions. Their escape route had been completely cut off and could only continue advancing. A severely injured member broke off and detonated the miniature reactor in his chest to block the swarm of insects behind them. Qin Yi found out that there were very few teams who had survived the mission after gaining a breather. What was even more frightening was that the team accidentally found fragments of combat uniforms in the depths of the worms nest. Those were fragments of the Skylark II combat uniform. It showed that humans had already tried decapitation operations previously without success. The information was withheld by artificial intelligence. The members were in complete despair. The protagonist questioned the artificial intelligence but could not obtain an answer. The team members found that there was no retreat and could only move forward. They decided to complete their mission at all costs. The fifth part: The squad followed the analysis of the artificial intelligence in desperation. Team members died one after another while trying to cover the other team members. The protagonist wanted to fulfill the wishes of his teammates even if it cost him his life. However, in the end, he and his remaining teammate were still overwhelmed by the endless sea of insects. The strange thing was that these insects did not kill them but brought them deeper into the worm nest. The protagonist finally met the Zerg Queen. Its bloated, large body was revolting. The two of them wanted to detonate their reactors, but for some reason, the artificial intelligence seemed to be disconnected or was affected by a strange interference, making them unable to control the detonation. The surviving team members were brought to the side of the Zerg Queen. He did not know what the Zerg Queen did to him, but he immediately let out a sharp scream and died two minutes later. The protagonist was also brought in front of the Zerg Queen. He screamed as if his brain was being pierced by countless needles. However, he persevered stubbornly, unlike his other team members. He insisted on removing the pistol from his Skylark combat uniform and wanted to shoot a bullet from the crack in his breastplate from battles earlier to cause an explosion and completely destroy the reactor. However, that was also unsuccessful. The Zergs thorny claws penetrated his right hand, and the pistol fell to the ground. The protagonist felt as though everything was white in front of him while he was dying. The sharp pain in his brain that made him scream in a high pitch slowly became a low moan. At the last moment, he felt a sudden and violent vibration around him, the roof of the underground cave suddenly collapsed. It seemed like he saw many soldiers wearing Skylark combat uniforms breaking in, as well as large-scale ground drilling machinery. The story ended here, with an open ending. In addition, the outline of the story also emphasized that there must be a lot of lines in battle or in the state of rest and everyones lines had to conform to their personality. The characters lines would change as they experience the five stages of emotional changes. At first, everyone thought that they could complete the task, but over time, they began to become pessimistic or even desperate. In addition, the outline of the story also specifically emphasized a key message: In the beginning, the information that all the team members had was this was the first time that humans had executed a decapitation plan on the Zergs. At the same time, there were hundreds of teams performing this task. The main force was in a decisive battle with the main force of the Zergs on the planet, ready to support. Therefore, the team members believe that the success rate of this mission was very high. Once the Zerg Queen was successfully beheaded, dawn would be ushered in from the war between humans and Zergs. However, the faith of the team members was shaken as the battle continued. They had encountered members of the other squads during their battle. Some only had pieces of armor remaining while some died together with the Zergs in desperation. They found some fragments of Skylark combat uniform in the nest. Many of which were obviously not left from this operation. That showed that it was definitely not the first time humans had tried to perform the decapitation operation. The players gradually felt that they might not be able to continue on anymore and fell into deeper despair. However, there was no route back and could only move forward. The team members chatted about this creatures life form in brief periods of rest while killing the Zergs: There was almost no singular consciousness in the Zergs. They did not care about the life or death of an individual Zerg and might be sharing information through large-scale telepathy. The Zerg Queen had a high level of intelligence so the Zergs combat level did not lose out to humans. In addition, the weapons of the Zergs were their organs. Their logistical requirements were extremely simple, and their reproduction was very rapid so it was meaningless to go on a siege. They could only obtain an advantage in the current unfavorable situation by beheading the Zerg Queen. Therefore, even though most team members were in despair in the latter stages and felt that it was impossible for them to return alive, they still performed their tasks with firm conviction. The only purpose of their lives was to kill the Zerg Queen. The war could end as long as the mission was successful. Their deaths would not be in vain then. However, obviously, this mission was doomed to fail. Otherwise, it would not be called Destiny and Choice. Wang Xiaobin roughly knew what he had to do after reading the complete story outline. The summary clarified the entire game flow, character settings, and even some dialogues. They only need to refine the entire process and fill in the dialogues. However, there were still a lot of mysteries surrounding the story. It even had an open ending. Did the Zerg Queen die in the end? Did the protagonist survive? It was obviously not the first decapitation mission; why did artificial intelligence hide this fact? What was the relationship between the protagonist in this downloadable content and the protagonist in Destiny and Choice? Obviously, these contents were related to the future plot of Destiny and Choice, but Zhu Xiaoce did not want to disclose it at this point in time. The downloadable content of Ocean Stronghold was to warm up the new game. It was an introduction, and these questions would make players continue discussing and maintaining its popularity. They could only wait for the plot of Destiny and Choice to be revealed if they wanted to know the answers to these questions. Wang Xiaobin suppressed his curiosity and immediately began preparations for the development. Chapter 684 - Make Old Ma an Internet Celebrity! October 14th, Friday At Fish-Catching Internet Cafes Handong University branch Qiu Hong wanted to return to tidy up his own business before returning to officially join Tengda Corporation as the person-in-charge of the Destitution Plan. After taking a photograph with two passionate fans, Pei Qian sipped his coffee and thought about his plan for the future. This cycle was going to be relatively shorter. That meant incurring losses would be slightly easier than before. It was not because Pei Qian had become an expert at it but because he had very shrewdly plugged the gaps in the System. The System allowed for him to leave one project incomplete every cycle. Pei Qian very cleverly split Mission and Choice into two parts: the game itself and the CG movie based on its storyline. The parts were split between Tengda Games and Fei Huang Workspace respectively. That way, the two departments that generated the most profits were dealt with at once. One would spend two hundred million yuan while the other would spend three hundred million yuan. That was enough to delay the project until the next settlement. Thus, Pei Qians primary source of stress was not this cycle, but the next. Still, that meant that the pressure he would face in the next cycle would rapidly increase, and so he had to start planning for the next cycle now. Just as Pei Qian was thinking about this, a man with a long face entered. Brother Qian! Ma Yang grinned and sat across from Pei Qian. Pei Qian switched off his laptop and handed it back to the waiter. Whats the matter? Ma Yang grinned. Brother Qian, Im here to report to you about Dream Realization Ventures! Pei Qian became intrigued. Hmm? Tell me about it. Before this, Ma Yang had won the Best Employee Award, and the Dream Fund was purely based on the five hundred million yuan that he had earned for the company. Ma Yang had also said that he wanted to publicize this fund on Weibo to help others realize their dreams. However, Pei Qian did not hear any updates on it subsequently. Since Pei Qian had been busy incurring losses, he had not had the energy to follow up with Ma Yang either. Now, he had the time, and so he had to listen to Ma Yangs thoughts. At the scale that Tengda Corporation was operating at now, the Dream Fund was no longer considered a huge amount. Still, Pei Qian cared about how the Dream Fund could be used to test out loss-incurring business models. Once the new business could successfully incur losses, Pei Qian could ramp up its scale! Ma Yang happily said, Brother Qian, I have already set up a verified account on Weibo. This is what Im thinking: Dream Realization Ventures is working hard to realize others dreams as well, but its still limited at the end of the day. There are many more people with dreams that cannot be communicated to Dream Realization Ventures! Thus, I decided to log onto Weibo to search for people with dreams and use my Dream Fund to help them realize their dreams. Pei Qian nodded. Yes, its good that youre thinking like that! However, how exactly do you plan to operate? Ma Yang answered, Its very simple. Ill post on Weibo. Ill post the fact that Im helping others to realize their dreams and then start gathering dreams. If any dreams move me, Ill invest varying sums from the Dream Fund to realize them! Pei Qian paused. What exactly do you mean by varying sums? Ma Yang answered, From ten thousand yuan to a hundred thousand yuan. Exactly how much I invest would depend on the contents of the dream. Pei Qian fell silent for a short while. He faintly sensed that there was a huge problem with Ma Yangs current business model. There didnt seem to be any possibility of profit. When Dream Realization Ventures invested in a project, there was a possibility of incurring losses or generating profit because the System would not prohibit anything that could possibly make money. However, Old Mas current business model coupled with his IQ it was no different from sending money to random online friends. Yet, the System was not prohibiting it? Of course, the System controlled the spending of money to varying degrees. For example, at the very beginning, Pei Qian had been in charge of the System Funds, and so the System had been stricter. Since the Dream Fund had already been handed over to someone else, the System would be laxer. Even then, they could not misuse the funds. If Old Ma decided to use all the Dream Funds as his own pocket money, the System would not allow it. Why would the System allow Ma Yang to distribute money in this manner, then? After some consideration and after drawing from his experience with Upwind Logistics, Pei Qian drew a reasonable conclusion: Old Mas actions will bring himself, Tengda Corporation, and Dream Realization Ventures a certain amount of publicity. In other words, Ma Yang would be spending money on reputation. Since Ma Yang would be giving each person varying amounts from ten thousand yuan to a hundred thousand yuan, the System deemed it reasonable. Thus, it did not prohibit such spending. Pei Qian glanced at Ma Yang and fell into deep thought. Ma Yangs long face looked confused. He had no idea why Brother Qian was thinking for such a long time, but he didnt ask any questions either. Instead, he remained quiet and sipped his coffee. Once again, Pei Qian considered if it would be worth it to spend money on buying fame. If it had been someone else, he would have concluded in the negative. Fame seemed intangible and illusory, but Pei Qian had already lost out because of it many times. The phrase attention economy had become popular in the Internet age. So many people had become interested in being Internet celebrities because there was always a way to cash-out attention. Tengdas businesses had had low chances of succeeding, but the high amount of attention had turned its losses into profits. However Would the attention be of any use on Old Ma? With an image, EQ, and intelligence like Old Mas could he really become an Internet celebrity? Pei Qian highly doubted it. Even if Ma Yang could trade cash for fame, people would only like him for his money and not his personality. Once he stopped distributing cash, people would stop paying attention to him at once. After chewing on the problem for such a long time, Pei Qian decided that he could give it a try. No matter how he looked at it, the transaction seemed worthwhile. At that point, Pei Qian nodded. Yes, go for it! Old Ma, thats a very ambitious idea. I support you! Ma Yang, who had been anxiously waiting the entire time, suddenly grinned. I knew you would support me, Brother Qian! I will make some preparations and upload the first Weibo post, then! Pei Qian quickly stopped him. Hold on. Dont be anxious. I think you should look further into the details of your business model. How about this? Let me give you a couple of tips. Ma Yang nodded profusely. Please, go ahead, Brother Qian! After a moments thought, Pei Qian said, First, you can do anything you want on Weibo as long as you do not link yourself with Dream Realization Ventures. Im mainly worried that people harboring improper motives would come and cheat you of your investment money. We have to keep the two projects very separate. Second, well reserve the cash for unsuccessful people. Anyone with more than a thousand followers would not be allowed to claim the sum. Last, dont keep giving out money. Spend some time with your followers as well, by playing games with them, livestreaming with them, and so on. That would help you close up the gap between your fans and yourself. Ma Yang nodded once again and said, That makes sense! Brother Qian, Ill get to work, then! Pei Qian could not help but smile. Alright, everything looks good now! Pei Qians three requests minimized any chances that Ma Yang had of becoming popular and generating profits. Actually, doing this was plainly trading cash for popularity. Many others had done the same before. However, most people would choose to give money to those with many followers since they would be more influential. With the same amount of money, one could earn far more popularity. How much influence could one generate by distributing money to those with less than a thousand followers? Most people wouldnt do this. Whats more, once Ma Yang became famous, Dream Realization Ventures might end up in the spotlight as well. What if people with profitable projects came knocking then? Thus, Ma Yang had to do his best not to share the attention with Dream Realization Ventures. Doing a livestream would squash Ma Yangs chances of success all the more. Those who understood gaming knew that Ma Yangs standard was horrible. Even DGE athletes suffered trying to carry him. Once fans saw his gaming standards, they would probably rush to go to his home and slaughter him. People would stop following him as soon as they could. The most amazing thing about it all was that Ma Yang would not even notice a thing. Instead, he would continue to feel extremely good about himself. In short, Pei Qian had done everything he could to minimize the chances of generating profits! If Ma Yang failed to become popular no matter what he did, Pei Qian would be overjoyed. He would have yet another money-burning tree! Although it would be a small one, it would still help Pei Qian with getting rid of money. He was disappointed in Ma Yang when it came to investing. However, Old Ma was still Pei Qians most trusted right-hand man when compared to the other people around him. Thus, Pei Qian decided to give Ma Yang another chance in the Internet celebrity industry. October 15th, Saturday Pei Qian woke up naturally in the morning. At once, he grabbed his cell phone and accessed Weibo. Ma Yang should have uploaded his post on Weibo in the morning. Pei Qian wanted to see how the feedback was. Ma Yangs account was easy to find. Pei Qian just had to search Ma Yangs name, and the one with the verified symbol was him. Once Pei Qian clicked his profile, he was dumbfounded. He only had three followers? This must have been Old Mas original Weibo, and most of his followers must have been bots. Pei Qian quickly found the post that Ma Yang had uploaded at 7 AM. Ill fulfill all of your dreams. Please describe your dreams and leave your account number or QR code. Ill send a Dream Fund over randomly. Pei Qian checked again and confirmed that it was already past 10 AM. Yet, after three hours, the post only had ten-odd shares and twenty-odd comments. Whats more, most comments were short and did not provide any information whatsoever. ??? Whats the meaning of this, scammer? Isnt there a verified symbol? Hes an employee of Tengda Corporation. Pui, couldnt an employee of Tengda Corporation buy a few more followers? This must be a new account. He must be a manual laborer. I have dreams. Pick me! Pick me! This feels suspicious. Dont leave your account details. Be careful not to be scammed! Pei Qian almost scoffed. Ma Yangs own verification said Employee of Tengda Corporation. That did not seem very legitimate. The verification did not seem impressive at all! Moreover, Ma Yangs Weibo account had few followers to begin with, and he chose to upload the post in the morning when traffic was the lowest. He didnt even arrange for anyone to share his post. Of course, it would not be influential at all. The most ridiculous thing was that Ma Yangs post looked extremely simple. It was not enough to ignite any desire in readers. It was no wonder that everyone thought he was a scammer. He had done an even worse job than scammers! Pei Qian was glad. Old Ma had not disappointed him indeed! Chapter 685 - Intelligent Voice Assistant AEEIS October 17th, Monday Pei Qian was in the company as usual, but no one came to the door. He ran the webpage casually but took out his cell phone suddenly when he remembered something and checked Ma Yangs Weibo. Old Mas Weibo was not updated for the entire weekend! Pei Qian was a little puzzled. What did this mean? Old Ma forgot about it? He went out to party during weekends and did not even enter Weibo? It was impossible. Old Ma might not persevere very long in things, but it was too short this time. Old Ma had no reason to give up so soon, right? Why did he not post anything new on Weibo over the past two days during the weekend then? Pei Qian was afraid that something wrong had happened so he quickly called Old Ma. Hello? Brother Qian? Old Ma sounded very crisp, not as if he just woke up. Pei Qian knew very well that Old Ma was not someone who liked to sleep in. He could also get up successfully for class in the winter mornings. Old Ma was a hardworking slacker which was why it was suspicious that he did not post a second post on Weibo. Pei Qian did not beat around the bush with Ma Yang. How much money have you sent out so far? He asked him directly. Ma Yang: Not a penny. Pei Qian was stunned. Why? This is the Dream Fund that I won with hard work. It is the affirmation of my hard work by Brother Qian! I have to see real dreams before sending money. I cannot just spend it without reason! Ma Yang replied naturally. Pei Qian could not help but want to laugh. So that was why! Ma Yang had been reading comments and forwarding comments after he posted the post on Weibo. He would consider sending money once he saw something more dream-related. However, his Weibo only had so few fans. Not many people could see it, and people who saw him did not believe it. They thought he was lying. Those who were suspicious did not write their dreams seriously either. Therefore, none of these messages could get into Old Mas eyes. He did not give a single penny to these people. The more he did not give a single cent, the more people felt he was a scammer so they did not leave serious comments for him. He, therefore, dragged out the entire weekend. Pei Qian could not help but sigh. As expected of Old Ma! You really had a way! Then, why didnt you emphasize for everyone to write something dreamier? Pei Qian asked with some curiosity. No! Im an official Tengda employee. I cannot lose my standing! Moreover, Im handing out money. If I were to post another Weibo post to emphasize it, then wont it seem like Im begging to give them money? Surely not! Ill leave it to them. Ill see who the first lucky person is. Pei Qian silently put his thumbs up and said, Yes, Ma Yangs giving money away in Weibo, a great hero. There were many instances where people watched on without doing anything because no one believed in the circumstances as well. For some reason, that was actually happening. Of course, Pei Qian was not sure if this was good or bad. There was no risk for Old Ma to become an internet celebrity, but the money had not been spent yet! Therefore, Pei Qian did not know whether to support or oppose this behavior. He decided to let Old Ma decide for himself after some thought! Well, you are doing the right thing. Continue persevering in your thoughts! Pei Qian checked the time and prepared to go to Otto Technologies after he hung up the phone. Pei Qian spent a lot of money on Otto Technologies, mainly spent on the newly established imaging and software laboratory of Otto Technologies in the last cycle. Otto Technologiess research had to be converted into products in this cycle. Otherwise, it would violate system rules. Pei Qian felt that he still had to take a look to ensure that there would be products that would not make a huge profit, considering how tight this cycle was. Otto Technologies, conference room Chang You and the core employees of Otto Technologies had all arrived and started their reports. Boss Pei, We have two main tasks until January next year according to your previous work arrangements. The first was to update the Otto OS to become more feature-rich. That would include many practical system functions, especially the adjustment of the camera system in the imaging laboratory. For the new camera system, we have prepared some optimization algorithms, including beauty effects for users when taking selfies. Moreover, we have reached a strategic cooperation agreement with Xunke Technologies to develop our own intelligent voice assistant which could be updated with the new OTTO OS in time! You know, currently, only the Pineapple flagship phones are equipped with this feature. It will definitely help enhance our brand value if we can update it into the Otto E1 cell phone first! Secondly, we intend to create a smart speaker product for the new intelligent voice assistant. At present, this field is still empty in China. It will definitely be good news if we can seize this opportunity to enrich our product line! Pei Qians mind filled with question marks. ? Intelligent Voice Assistant? No, there shouldnt be this item in the developments previously, right? Moreover, this shouldnt have appeared so early in China, right? Pineapples latest flagship mobile phone could use voice assistants because they spent 200 million US dollars to acquire an artificial intelligence company whose main business was in text chat services and then cooperated with the worlds largest voice recognition manufacturer to achieve the voice recognition function. These just happened this year. Pei Qian originally estimated that it would take at least five years for intelligent voice assistants to appear in China because of the different languages. However, according to Chang You, this company called Xunke Technologies seemed to have been doing research in this area. There was already a more matured Chinese intelligent voice assistant. It could be used directly after changing it! Pei Qian suddenly felt a sense of crisis and thought of the special reward for settlement. Could that be what the system called random technological breakthrough? Domestic technology advanced five years in this area? Directly in competition with top foreign companies? Pei Qian suddenly panicked. However, he felt that things werent that bad after thinking calmly. These artificially intelligent voice assistants were quite mentally retarded when they were first launched. They were artificial retards instead of intelligence. They would still need at least three or five years to maturity so there was no need to be too stressed up about it. Of course, Pei Qian should not let down his guard as well. It was a new outlet after all. It might be artificially retarded, but it was still very attractive to consumers who had never seen it before. There was no ruling out that they might buy into it crazily. That is to say, the original development plan did not include an intelligent voice assistant? It is something you decided to add in temporarily due to the technological breakthrough of Xunke Technologies? Pei Qian tried probing. If that is the case, I think its better to not adopt it so early. There are still a lot of other aspects of work, Im afraid that you wouldnt have enough time or would impede the progress of your other work. Chang You smiled. Boss Pei, dont worry, that wont be the case. Previously, we planned to make the software and hardware together for a new phone. However, Boss Pei, you said before to only work on the software and to release software only once a year. That was why we cut away the hardware R&D plan for this year. So we just happened to have some free time! It is very suitable for us to make this artificial intelligent voice assistant belonging to Otto OS! Therefore, Boss Pei, your idea was right. We have to set aside money for R&D; otherwise, we wont be able to seize the opportunity! Pei Qian: That was awkward. Could it be my fault again? Pei Qian could not help but wish that he could transmigrate to the previous week to beat himself up every time he met with such a situation. It seemed like this intelligent voice assistant had to be done then. To the next topic Find a way to prevent this thing from succeeding! In the current market environment, there were smart homes. For example, Liang Qingfan included the lighting and glass in the Sloth Apartments which could be intelligently adjusted through the LCD panel. However, these things were actually quite rarely installed at home since they were quite costly and not practical to most people. Pei Qian would not have thought of installing such things if he did not want to increase the rent of Sloth Apartments. The same was true for intelligent voice assistants on cell phones. It was not cheap at all. Only the flagship cell phone of Pineapple was equipped with them. It was an investment opportunity. If they were to come up with another smart speaker, it might really be able to sell for a lot of money! Pei Qian considered for a while and thought of a countermeasure. But where should he start? From its name! Pei Qian pondered for a while before asking. So does this artificial intelligence speaker have a name? Chang You was taken aback. Oh, not yet. Boss Pei, why not you name it? I feel that the names given by Boss Pei spell their essence! Pei Qian nodded. Call it: AEEIS. Its English name would be AEEIS. AEEIS Chang You read it twice. Is there a deep meaning to it? Pei Qian explained: It is short for An Efficient and Effortless Intelligent System, A.E.E.I.S. Chang You replied with happiness: An efficient and labor-saving intelligent system? Good name! Very appropriate! As an intelligent voice assistant, its role is to help us save time and effort and improve efficiency. This name is really appropriate! Pei Qian grinned. In fact, the deep meaning of this name was the abbreviation of An Erudite and Easy-going Intelligent System. Everyone knew what it meant to be erudite and easy-going. Of course, Pei Qian had already figured out what to do with it, giving it this name. Chapter 686 - Super Evolution of the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine! Pei Qian coughed lightly. So do you have ideas in mind about how to make an intelligent voice assistant? Chang You was confused. Uh Boss Pei, what do you mean by idea? Pineapple cell phones also have these intelligent voice assistants; Shenhua Corporation and the other companies must also be thinking of developing their own intelligent voice assistants, right? Pei Qian explained. We definitely cannot be very much faster than other domestic companies even if we are a little faster. This is a technology from Xunke Technologies after all. Everyone can use it. So how can we ensure that our intelligent voice assistant can stand out from the rest? Chang You was stunned. Uh Boss Pei, Im afraid that is very hard to achieve in a short time. The vast majority of companies should be directly using the ready-made technology of Xunke Technologies. We do not have any accumulation of experience in this aspect. Even if we optimize some details, it is impossible to start with other companies in a short time. Moreover, the current voice assistants might be called artificial intelligence, but the actualized workflow is recognizing voices, judging what it means, and executing operationsthat was judging the users intentions through some keywords but could not really understand the meaning of it. To make a voice assistant good to use would be physical work to a certain extent rather than technical work. Therefore, even if we worked hard on development, it is impossible to open a big gap with other companies practically. Or Boss Pei, do you have a better idea? Pei Qian smiled. If you dont consider the technical aspects, there are many things that could be done to make it unique. For example, its character. Chang You was stunned for a moment. Character? Boss Pei, as I just said, this voice assistant doesnt really understand the meaning of our words. Pei Qian nodded. I know, character is just a type of packaging. If Im not mistaken, the intelligent voice assistant produced by Xunke Technologies should be very sweet and polite and try to imitate a natural human voice? Chang You nodded. Y-Yes. Can it be made into anything else? Pei Qian. Of course. Make AEEIS into a purely electronic mechanical sound without any emotion. Moreover, all answers should be extremely conciseno extra words. Chang You froze for a moment. But, Boss Pei, that will make our voice assistant look particularly dumb. If AEEIS answers the users in a particularly concise way, the user may not be able to react, or he might not have heard it so he would ask it again. It would look very dumb if the same answer was given twice. It would seem even more stupid if it was said in a pure mechanical voice. The other voice assistants basically applied some ready-made, recorded sentence patterns, so that on the one hand, it would give users time to respond, and on the other hand, it could appear more natural and intelligent. For example, when a user asks whats the temperature tomorrow, the existing method is to automatically identify keywords and answer: Hello, we have inquired about tomorrows weather conditions for you, tomorrow will be sunny, XX to XX degrees, wind speed is etc., etc. The assistants would appear smarter with more information. To do what Boss Peiyou said, would be to directly answer: XX to XX degrees. If the user does not hear clearly, they will ask again, and AEEIS will directly answer XX degrees to XX degrees, which will make people feel very rigid and idiotic. Pei Qian thought for a while: Well this seems to be a problem. Well, lets do it this way. If the user asks the same question twice, just answer it in another way. For example, if the user asks how the temperature will be tomorrow, the first time they answer is XX to XX degrees, and for the second time, they will answer: XX to XX degrees. You just asked this question. Do you want directions to the nearest hospital to check if you have problems that may be affecting your hearing or memory? Chang You was stunned. Boss-Boss Pei, we cannot insult our users Pei Qian smiled slightly: How can this be an insult? This is clearly expressing concern for our users. AEEIS is an erudite and easy-going intelligent voice assistant. It cant swear. It will only answer users questions very honestly and will express concern for users from time to time. This highlights the character of AEEIS: it is a very smart intelligent voice system because it is too smart so it only answers the questions you askvery direct and very simple. Moreover, it is also because it is so smart that if you ask it the same question repeatedly, it will think you are stupid and propose kindness and care. Wouldnt that make it unique from the other systems? Chang Yous mouth opened slightly, his expression confused and his body not reacting for some time. He could feel something not very rightsomething was very, very wrong! Then Boss Pei, should I use a male voice or a female voice for AEEIS? How about finding a good voice actor to dub it? Pei Qian just wanted to say a horrible male voice, but after another thought, he felt wrong. The lesson learned from Game Designer! At that time, Lu Mingliang dubbed it, but something went wrong. Until now, many players still regard that cheap male voice as a classic. Then, a female voice? No, with this kind of erudite and easy-going personality, it may attract countless fans and become a virtual idol debut on the spot. Pei Qian thought about it for a while. An electronic voice that is indistinguishable. There should be no problem with a gender-neutral voice, right? Chang You was very lost. He quickly noted down everything in his little notebook, but he did not feel it was reliable at all. However, they should still do it since Boss Pei already said it. They could still change it if the effect wasnt desirable. Pei Qian continued, By the way, you are thinking of making a smart speaker for it? In other words, in addition to the OTTO cell phone, is this smart speaker also to be installed on it? Chang You nodded. Yes, Boss Pei. As far as I know, there are some other companies that are also doing similar projects. There must be a speaker since it is an intelligent voice. Since there is a speaker, a Bluetooth speaker will be the most practical. This is a normal business idea. Pei Qian shook his head. This idea is too common! We make speakers because the others are making them so we can only compare the parameters and appearance of the speakers, which is meaningless. I think we should give it a soul and become an art. Chang Yous ears prickled. Soul? Art? Boss Pei, can you explain more? Pei Qian coughed lightly: Infuse this smart speaker and the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine together to make an AEEIS-artificial-intelligence Fully-Automated Bickering Machine! Chang You: Huh? He thought he heard it wrongly. The Fully-Automated Bickering Machine wasnt that the art design by Boss Pei previously? That square black box that would automatically bounce when someone pressed the metal stick? Infuse the smart speaker with this? That definitely did not go well together! Chang You was really shocked this time. This requirement was too crazy even if one regarded the previous requirements as reasonable! Boss Pei, please rethink it! Chang You blurted out. I also bought one Fully-Automated Bickering Machine. It is indeed very thought-provoking and has profound philosophical meaning, but the space inside has basically been taken up, right? It is impossible to stuff a smart speaker in it! If you want to make these two things together, it means that the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine has to be redesigned and reproduced. But a lot of the original Fully-Automated Bickering Machine had been sold. All that wanted to buy it would have bought it. The new version would definitely not be easy to sell! The fully-automated bickering machine sells for 488 yuan. This smart speaker has to be sold at at least 300 yuan. That would add up to 800 yuanwhich is too expensive. Who would be willing to buy the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine again? The most important thing is that these two things have nothing to do with each other. Pei Qian was silent for a while. There is a connection. The essence of the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine is contrarian. However, a contrarian that cannot speak is not complete. As the saying goes, the contrarians are not afraid of holding up the world. What about the smart speakers? It does not have any personality, characteristics, or artistry to it. If it is combined with an art like the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine, then our smart speaker will have its uniqueness and artistic connotations. It, therefore, evolved into the AEEIS artificial intelligence lifting machine! At that time, AEEIS will talk to them cordially when the users are playing with the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine such as humans are always wasting their time on meaningless things. Wouldnt that be a perfect fit? Furthermore, the speaker and stereo must be of high-quality. Those that cost 200 yuan really pull down its quality. Most companies should be able to achieve a price of around 200 yuan. The competition would be too fierce. We will still implement the previous principle of displaced competition. No one will be able to compete with us if we use prices around 2000 yuan and above. Spend money to make it about 2,000 yuan, adding on the cost of the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine. Make it to 2588 yuan! This product will be one of a kind. There will not be any similar products like ours for a year or two! Chang You was dumbfounded. He blinked, thinking that something was wrong, but he did not know where to refute. There would be no similar products for a year or two? Boss Pei, you are too conservative. Similar products probably would not appear in my lifetime! Combine the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine with the smart speaker as one and become an artificial intelligence fully-automated bickering machine? How did he even think of it?! Chang You wanted to say something, but he swallowed everything, silently thinking of Boss Peis previous strategies and clever calculations. He wrote down everything Boss Pei said in his little notebook. Alright, Boss Pei, well do according to what you said. The AEEIS artificial intelligence bickering machine is our first attempt into the field of artificial intelligence home furnishing. Pei Qian nodded with a smile. Yes, I believe it will be a great start! Chapter 687 - Useful App October 18th, Tuesday Qiao Liang dragged his luggage and returned to Jingzhou once again. Jingzhou! I, Teacher Qiao, am back! Eh, why the word again? For some reason, Qiao Liang had an inexplicable affection for Jingzhou. He sold everything in the original apartment that could be sold after returning to Beijing. He returned the rented apartment; sent his computer, precious figurine collection, and other treasures to Jingzhou; and then dragged a suitcase with his clothes. For some reason, Qiao Liang felt relaxed. Say goodbye to the messy rented apartment and return to the clean and tidy Sloth Apartments to start a new life! In July this year, the high-speed railway station in Jingzhou was officially opened, making the journey from Beijing to Jingzhou more convenient. It was the first time Qiao Liang came to the high-speed rail station in Jingzhou. He followed the signs inside the station to the waiting area for a taxi. Many people were waiting in line for taxis. Qiao Liang dragged his suitcase to the end of the line when he suddenly saw a huge billboard next to him. New business card of Jingzhou city! This seemed to be a series of billboards. The billboard nearest to Qiao Liang was a famous local scenic spot in Jingzhou, and there was a line of fine art introduction under the billboard. Historic city, ancient rhyme in Jingzhou. Looking ahead was another billboard with a famous local scenic spot in Jingzhou, with blue sky and white clouds, green mountains and azure water. There was also a line of fine art introduction below. Poetry, painting and landscape, beautiful Jingzhou. As the queue continued to advance, Qiao Liang also looked forward towards the rows of billboards. The billboard at the back also had the night view of the high-tech zone. The slogan was Industry Upgrade, Innovation in Jingzhou; the aerial view of Handong University, the slogan is Use what you have learned, teach in Jingzhou, etc. Going forward and after crossing these billboards, Qiao Liangs eyes suddenly lit up. The slogan of the billboard in front was Healthy Life, Livable Jingzhou, and the content on the billboard turned out to be the content of Tengda Life App! The central part of the billboard was a mobile phone screen with Tengda Life App on the screen. The labels expanded from this app are various industries related to Tengda Life, including Sloth Apartments, Deposit Fitness, Fish-Catching Take-Out, etc. Qiao Liang was stunned for a moment and hurriedly took out his mobile phone to take pictures. Awesome! Such city-level propaganda was certainly not something Tengda could achieve by itself. Obviously, the healthy life concept advocated by Tengda and these very advanced physical industries had become the new business card of Jingzhou and a part of the urban culture! The concept of the business card was actually the appearance of the city as a whole, seeking more opportunities to showcase itself. It was not a traditional packaging. To be more precise, it was a comprehensive, three-dimensional, and specific comprehensive publicity branding. In this concept, lifestyle was a vital factor. It was the carrier of the citys own characteristics and values. People living in the city could use the carrier of lifestyle to complete the psychological identification of the city. The industries related to Tengda Life obviously had a profound impact on the lifestyles of Jingzhou people, and it was reasonable to become a business card. Being able to become the citys business card of Jingzhou was more than just a promotion on a billboard. That also meant that Tengda Corporation had been recognized by the city of Jingzhou. It would be a benchmark enterprise in all aspects and receive various preferential treatments and supports. It could better base itself on Jingzhou and radiate its influence throughout the province and even the whole country. It seems that Boss Peis strategy of based in Jingzhou and diversified development has worked! Is this a strategic vision? Qiao Liang could not help but sigh. If Boss Pei tried his best to expand Fish-Catching Internet Cafe across the country after his success at the beginning of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe instead of getting involved in other industries, then there would be no more Tengda Life. Moreover, it is very likely that he would not get recognized as the face of the business card of the city. Qiao Liang got into a taxi and went towards Sloth Apartments. His new life was about to start in Jingzhou! At the same time, Pei Qian was rubbing his temples in his office, feeling his headache. This time, it was not just for the Jingzhou business card. Tengda Life App became a hit during the last cycle, including Fish-Catching Take-Out, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Sloth Apartments, Deposit Fitness, GOG International invitational tournament, Thriller Hostel, etc.all of which gained high popularity. This series of measures had also made the city of Jingzhou gain a high reputation across the country. Therefore, Jingzhou not only made Tengda the face of the business card but also awarded Tengda the title of Excellent Enterprise of Jingzhou and had reduced a batch of taxes from the huge taxpayer that was Tengda! If Pei Qian heard this news during the last cycle, he might have fainted on the spot. Luckily, this cycle had just started so Pei Qian reacted quickly after adjusting himself. It was still alright! There was still a rather long time until settlement so there was not a big problem. However, that caused some changes to the original spending plan. What was more, he needed to do something about the Tengda Life App now. Yu Pingan gave Pei Qian a lot of trouble in the last cycle. Top Student, Come Quickwhich had already failedwas integrated with Tengdas physical industry, changed its name, and regained a new life. Now, Tengda Life APP has gained such a high degree of attention, and the future development prospects were bright. If one left it alone, who knew what could come out of it in the future?! So Pei Qian felt that something must be done. In line with the principle of whoever makes the money should spend it, it was necessary to find some new task for Tengda Life App, so that they will not continue to kill the project. Pei Qian called Yu Pingan to his office. Yu Pingan arrived an hour later. Boss Pei! Yu Pingan had a huge smile on his face. Who would not feel proud of becoming the face of Jingzhous business card? From Top Student, Come Quick App to Tengda Life App, this team has undergone several transformations and succeeded every time. In Yu Pingans view, this kind of success was not based on luck but on the foresight of Boss Pei and the hard work of all employees! Pei Qian motioned to Yu Pingan to sit down and asked, Hows your work recently? Yu Pingan hurriedly replied: Boss Pei, everything is going well! The number of active users of Tengda Life App is steadily increasing, especially in Jingzhou, where the influence of our app is getting greater! Of course, our team will not take it lightly, let alone become arrogant and complacent. I have developed a very complete update plan! At present, there are still many problems with the Tengda Life App. We have two main goals next. The first is to simplify the complexity and optimize the interface layout so that our users can use it more conveniently; the second is to further improve and have the in-depth cooperation of various industries introduce more practical functions The more Pei Qian listened, the more endangered he felt. The software of Tengda Life App did not make a lot of money at present, but its problem was that it would make the physical industry make a lot of money! Therefore, he had to give this team something else to do. Pei Qian coughed slightly: Well, your plan is pretty good, but I have a new project to hand over to you. Yu Pingan was stunned for a moment: Boss Pei, please let me know. He was a little confused. It stood to reason that it was the time to increase manpower and capital investment for Tengda Life App being so successful, wouldnt it? Why do you want a new project again? Was it related to the Tengda Life App? Yu Pingan listened seriously without asking. Pei Qian paused and said, I am going to do a new project, including a web terminal and a mobile app. The name isUseful. Yu Pingan: Useful App? Then whats the specific use? Pei Qian explained: This idea is actually derived from some unpleasant experiences when I used Qiandu to search for information. Now, the Internet is full of all kinds of rubbish. The same article, but dozens of websites repeatedly reprinted and washed the manuscript so that when you search for keywords, you cant find what you want. So, I think someone has to stand up and change this situation! Yu Pingan was stunned for a moment: Then Boss Pei, do you want to make a product similar to a search engine? Pei Qian shook his head: Although the current search engine itself has many problems, even if we build a conscientious search engine, this problem cannot be solved. If 99% of the things on the Internet are worthless spam and we are going to be a search engine, how good the algorithms must be used to find out that 1% of the things? This is unrealistic. So we are not going into search engines but content production. It stood to reason that there was a high probability of losing money on search engines. Qiandu might have many problems, but it was very powerful in terms of technology accumulation in search engines. Many large companies have tried making search engines, but they have not been able to shake Qiandus position without exception. However, Pei Qian felt that one could never be too careful. Tengda now has an excellent reputation, and considering the TPDb website and other factors, many people may use the search engine if it was created. Moreover, the search engine was a window; what if there was a linkage with the existing industries? This risk was too great. Yu Pingan thought for a while: Then or can we build a Q&A platform? Although there are two productsQiandu Wiki and Qiandu Q&A, we can continue to do it. Pei Qian said: We are going to make a combination of wiki and Q&A models, with three requirements. First of all, we need to create a closed environment and divide our users into two parts: one is creators, and the other is readers. All must be authenticated by real names, and if you want to be a creator, you must prove your professional abilities to the reviewers. You can only answer questions in your own major and edit entries in your own major. Secondly, we must do our best to protect intellectual property rights. Do not allow copying and pasting and prevent reprinting and theft. If someone really wants to steal it by retyping, we must pursue responsibility and demand compensation at all costs. Finally, we have to charge all users. If you dont pay, you cant read. These membership fees are given back to the creators. Chapter 688 - Workload in the Level of Yu Gong Moving Away Two High Mountains Pei Qian smiled slightly seeing Yu Pingans extremely lost expression. Feeling lost? Youre on the right track! If you are lost, it would mean my chances of losing money would be very big! Pei Qian had carefully considered this question. The current models with a relatively high probability of success were wikis and Q&A; both of which had been done by Qiandu search engine. They could not be considered successful; neither could they be counted as failures. This world did not have Bihu for the time being, but Pei Qian could roughly base it on Bihus model to come out with a less successful model. In Pei Qians memory, the Bihu mode was very successful, and its goal is to create a high-quality social Q&A website. There were two keywords herehigh quality and social; both of which were indispensable. In the beginning, it was based on the invitation system, and registration was opened after two years. In less than a year, the registered users climbed from 400,000 to 4 million, and a year later, it received 20 million US dollars in Series B financing. Many people thought that open registration would make the atmosphere of the entire community worse. This was an objective fact, but it was also a trade-off that this business model has to make. The invitation system and strict restrictions on the number of registered members could indeed guarantee the high quality of the entire website, but then again, any website would need a lot of traffic and users to develop. The invitation system and strict restrictions on the number of registered members would indeed make the atmosphere of the website better, but to obtain financing, visibility, revenue, and the website traffic must be high. The creators would also need a lot of traffic to gain exposure and turn this exposure into popularity and tangible benefits. The successful model of a similar platform should be a perfect balance between the user growth rate and the quality of the question and answer, and neither of which was dispensable. Therefore, Pei Qians approach was about not seeking any balance, not having any heat and traffic, and dissuading users as much as possible! First of all, all users of useful apps must pay before they could browse the contents. This would directly dissuade more than 90% of users. Moreover, determining the profit model also played a role in fooling the system. Pei Qian knew that, even after ten years, the payment rate of similar Q&A platforms was extremely low because most people were unwilling to pay for knowledge. This was a matter of perception. Without users and traffic, Useful App would not become popular. Secondly, cracking down on the behavior of reprinting, stealing, copying, and pasting on the one hand, Pei Qian hated such behavior; on the other hand, it was also to further reduce its popularity. There might be a strong sense of copyright in this world, and piracy in movies, games, and novels has been extremely rare. However, there was still no way to completely prohibit such things as manuscript washing. After all, the cost of law enforcement for it would be too high. Even most people would not have found out even if their manuscripts were pirated. What if high-quality content on the Useful app was reposted in various ways and attracted users? Pei Qian felt that he should simply prepare a team of lawyers for the Useful App team and stare at whether there is anyone on the Internet pirating the content in the Useful App. On the one hand, it would prevent the secondary spread of the contents on Useful App and its popularity. On the other hand, it would also crack down on the pirates who steal things and work as porters on the Internetsweet revenge! When Pei Qian thought of the large number of repetitive web pages he found when he used Qiandu to check the information, he wanted to personally hold a knife to the throat of these plagiarizers and discuss life. Finally, all real-name authentications and strictly restrict users in all directions Ordinary usersthat was the readersmight have paid membership fees but could only read; they could not express their opinions or even leave a message for discussion. As for those creators, they could only answer the content of their professional field, and once they found that the text was wrong or the answer was wrong, they would be deleted. Of course, the hard-written answers would be sent to the original author through private messages, but they could not be displayed on the Useful App. On the surface, writing the answer here could result in income, and the monthly membership fee would be distributed to the creator as a reward. However, the point was that few people would actually be paid under this model so the creators wont get much money. As a result, they would be caught in a vicious circle of no traffic-no money-no creators. Wouldnt it be easy to succeed at making losses? The more Pei Qian thought about it, the more he felt that this model was really perfect. Absolutely possible to make a loss! Yu Pingan was clearly aware of this. He was originally specialized in educational projects, and he also had a deep understanding of similar wiki and Q&A products. How could he not see the fatal flaw in Boss Peis model? Yu Pingan suppressed the doubts in his heart after thinking about the series of successful operations by Boss Pei. He considered for a moment and asked, Then Boss Pei, can you talk about the specific approach? Pei Qian nodded. Of course! The Useful App is a synthesis of wiki and question-and-answer mode. We will also create many entries based on keywords. The entries include two sections of core content and derivative content. Our creators are divided into three star categories, and there are corresponding problem areas. If you want to become a creator, you must provide certification information to our reviewers to prove your professionalism in the field. One-star creators can only edit and interact in the derivative contentthat is, they can only answer questions in their own field of expertise or comment on other answers. Two-star creators can edit the core content. The core content is equivalent to the essence of the whole concept and the index part. At the same time, they have authority. If they think that there is a factual error in the content of a one-star creator, they can report the content. Three-star creators, in addition to the editing rights for all content, can also view the historical version of each entry and view the additions and deletions of content by various creators. At the same time, they can handle the reported content. Our staff will have the highest authority. If the three-star creators violated the rules, they will be dealt with after a discussion with our staff. All one-, two-, and three-star creators would be invited by our staff in the initial phase. The vetting can be initiated and decide whether something could be upgraded based on their output or not. If a certain creator violates our creative regulationssuch as incorrect text, incorrect facts, maliciously inducing answers, etc.; they must be deleted. Our app is called Useful, which means that all the information above must be guaranteed to be useful. We may not have an entry for everything, but we must ensure the correctness of all our entries. For some highly controversial and inconclusive issues, we must indicate that the issue is controversial and write down the opinions of both parties in the dispute; if it is too controversial, we simply dont include it. For example, we will not deal with emotional problems with high traffic, trembling and spiritual problems, and warfare problems. Real-name system, membership system fees Our real-name authentication system must be as strict as the payment software. Each account must be bound to an ID card and face recognition, and we only have one charging model: membership, delayed charging. Every month, we will charge based on the usage time and page views of the member in the previous month. There would be no charge if it was not used at all. If it was used, the minimum charge is one yuan and the maximum charge is 15 yuan. At the same time, we must do a good job of anti-theft and anti-crawl functions. For online manuscripts, we prepare a team of lawyers to go to court at any time, and all the compensations recovered will be returned to the creators! At the same time, creators can get incentives, and the value of incentives mainly depends on three aspects: the star of the creator, the number of edits and answers of the creator, and whether there is any violation or none. We will spend 90% of all monthly membership fees as incentives for creators. The remaining 10% will be used for daily maintenance and development of the website. If the maintenance and development costs are not enough, I will make up for them. Thats about it. Is there any question? Pei Qian said all his ideas in one breath and took a sip of tea in silence. Yu Pingan was at a loss. He was silent for a long time before asking: Then, Boss Pei where will the first batch of content on the app come from? We need to cooperate with Qiandu wiki or some other similar websites to use their content? Many websites that made wikis got their contents directly from the Internet. This phenomenon was very common. Pei Qian shook his head immediately: Of course not! What we have to do is to have absolutely original content and should, of course, be started by ourselves! We do not let others copy us, and we naturally cannot copy others. All entries will be made from scratch and must be clearly different from Qiandu wiki. Yu Pingan was stunned: Boss Pei the workload would be of a similar level with Yu Gong moving away two high mountains! I am afraid that this app will not be profitable in the next 10 years according to this approach Dont even talk about profitabilityeven traffic may be difficult to get Pei Qian could not help but be delighted. Really? You think so too? Great! You are more optimistic than me, thinking there would be no profit in the next 10 years! Pei Qian felt that he would have to thank God if this thing could guarantee that it would not be profitable for the next five years. There were at least a dozen cycles in five years, enough to lose money! He could not even begin to phantom something as good as not being profitable for 10 years. Pei Qian smiled slightly: Yes, this is indeed a job with a huge workload. However, it is also very meaningful. We have to create a pure land without rubbish for the Internet which is already full of it. There is a saying that the best time to plant a tree was ten years ago, the next best time is now. We have to start quickly since the workload is so heavy, right? Chapter 689 - Boss Ma Started Giving Money October 19, Wednesday, noon Qiao Liang put down the controller, paused the game on the big TV, and went to the door to pick up the takeaway. Qiao Liang had officially settled down after moving to Jingzhou yesterday. He planned to find his friends in Jingzhou to gather on the weekend since it was a working day today. Boss Pei and the rest should be very busy. He read the information from his fan group on his cell phone while he ate his Fish-Catching Take-Out. Old Qiao, it seems that someone is scamming with Tengdas name; do you want to ask the insiders what is going on? Yes, isnt it corrupting Tengdas reputation? The most outrageous thing is that this person even passed the authentication of Weibo, too deceptive! Qiao Liang was stunned. Someone was using Tengdas name for a scam? That person had also passed the Weibo verification? So arrogant? Qiao Liang immediately clicked on the link posted by the fan in the group which jumped to the Weibo page. Tengda Ma Yang? The verification is an employee of Tengda Corporation? Well it seems like there is such a person. Where did I hear of this person? Qiao Liang felt that Ma Yangs name was familiar, but he couldnt remember it for a while. That was because the department Old Ma was in charge of was not in close contact with the other departments of Tengda. Many people-in-charge of the other departments only knew Ma Yang by name and had never met him in person, let alone Qiao Liang. I remember now! Wasnt he the one who invested in IOI and profited 500 million yuan for Tengda? Is someone acting as an impostor? Thats not right; the verification of Weibo shouldnt be wrong, right. Then, what is he doing? Qiao Liang felt a little confused. If it was Ma Yang, he should be a prominent figure, the right-hand man of Boss Pei and a proper high-level executive of Tengda Corporation. How could he open a Weibo account with so few fans with such a realistic fake account? He clicked on Ma Yangs Weibo again and found that there was only one Weibo post from last Saturday, which said that he was randomly helping people fulfill their dreams, but no other posts since. Four days have passed, and many people have reposted and commented on this Weibo. Moreover, some had even left a QR code for payment, but there seemed to be no follow-up. That was why they felt that Ma Yang was trying to scam people with Tengda Corporations name. Many people commented below that he was a liar. Qiao Liang is a little confused; that shouldnt be the case? Why would Boss Ma not keep his word? The person who made 500 million yuan in profits for Boss Pei would not deceive others for tens of thousands of yuan, right? Qiao Liang carefully looked at these forwarding and comments and found that the content was very simplenothing more than comments such as choose me, choose me or lower the winning rate. Could it be that these people wrote something too simple? Qiao Liang suddenly became interested. He reposted this content and wrote his dream in detail. Hello Ma, I am a new UP Master who is doing something I love without looking forward to gaining from it, but my fans always say that my microphone is too rubbish. To give my fans a better video viewing experience and to better explain Tengdas games, can you please realize my dream and help reimburse a professional microphone for me? Thank you very much! He pasted a QR code for payment as a by-the-way kind of motion. Qiao Liang didnt care too much after reposting Weibo and continued to eat while drinking. However, he suddenly realized that Boss Ma replied after he was done with his food! Amongst a load of Arent you embarrassed to call yourself a new UP Master? Dont you have any shame? comments, Boss Mas comment was outstanding like a firefly in the dark. Your dream is very good! Unfortunately, I can only help people with less than 1,000 fans complete their dreams! I am very sorry! Qiao Liang was stunned, only helping the people with less than 1,000 fans to fulfill their dreams? What sort of weird rule was that? It stands to reason that giving to people with more fans, the more heat it would generate, right? You would seem more like a scammer this way! Sure enough, many of Teacher Qiaos longtime fans had already started exploding comments following Ma Yangs reply. The liar even dared to show up! What strange rule? Discrimination? Can people not have dreams if they have more fans? I fulfill the conditions; why are you ignoring me? However, it is clear that some people were inspired by Qiao Liangs Weibo and began to write their dreams seriously. Hello, Boss Ma, I am a social animal. I have always wanted to resign, but I cant muster the courage because of economic pressure. I dont want money. I just hope that you can help me refer me to work in Tengda. Thank you very much! Of course, if this is not possible, you can send me some money. There were also similar replies. Many of Qiao Liangs fans poured in after he reposted Ma Yangs Weibo. Most people didnt believe it but were still watching; some people still tried their luck. Unexpectedly, after a few minutes, Ma Yang reposted the comment of the social animal before. < I cannot refer you! To join Tengda, you must pass a unified examination which is the companys regulations! But I can sponsor you some money to prepare for exams and purchase materials to review. I have already sent 10,000 yuan. I wish you success! The user replied to the Weibo post in no time. Its actually real! Thank you, Boss Ma! Ill quit right now to prepare for the exam for Tengda! There was also a screenshot of the receipt of the payment below. Of course, some key information was concealed with a mosaic. Below this Weibo immediately attracted a large number of onlookers. What the f*ck? He really sent money? He didnt send money before because my dream was not written in detail? Are you sure? Is it a carefully choreographed scheme? Daddy! Help to realize my dream, too! Those who had been chasing and cursing under Ma Yangs Weibo changed their tone in an instant. While there were still many people who were still skeptical, more people were starting to write serious messages below! Soon, new content began to appear on Ma Yangs Weibo. No matter how hard it is, I cant let my child suffer. It is a good dream to let the child drink assured milk every morning! I have already sent five thousand yuan. Let me know if you need more! Want a Fully-Automated Bickering Machine? That means you are very artistic. Ive sent you 500 yuan; go place an order! If you want to work well, you must first have a good body? I have already sent 20,000 yuan; go to a regular hospital for a comprehensive physical examination and buy some nutritional supplements! Also, remind everyone to pay attention to good health! The Weibo posts soon received enthusiastic responses from netizens. Really received it! Thank you, Boss Ma. I blamed you for the wrong thing, I apologize! Boss Ma, you are really my great benefactor, thank you! Daddy! I have a dream, too. Please help me realize it! Qiao Liang was a bit dumbfounded; these netizens really had no morals. They were just scolding him a second earlier, but their attitude took a 180-degree turn with the money. However, after careful observation, Qiao Liang found some unusual places. The way Mr. Ma pays is a bit unique. In fact, it was commonplace to engage in lottery draws on Weibo, and some directly made money from it. However, the number was relatively small. In Qiao Liangs view, everyone played it this way on Weibo for the sake of popularity. The best way to spend money for popularity was to hold a lucky draw: it spreads quickly, has a high degree of attention, and the whole attention cycle is very long. Immediately giving money was obviously a lot worse than the attention of the lottery. After all, the lottery has hundreds of entries and would be paid to one person at a time. Moreover, the lottery could last for a month. Giving money would be over immediately, and it will not continue to create heat. Even if someone used money to buy popularity, most people would choose to give it to celebrities with many fans because it would generate the most heat! Boss Ma was the exact opposite. He was not buying any fans. He cherished his words on Weibo, not even defending himself when so many posts were calling him a liar on Weibo. He had been waiting for so many days before he finally made his first payment. Moreover, Boss Ma seemed to have his own set of standards when selecting people. No money would be given as long as the number of fans exceeded 1,000. He only gave money to invisible individuals. He would not give money to those whose messages were too short or empty. Boss Ma was indifferent to even the netizens who called him Daddy unscrupulously, giving money only to those who have good reasons and sincere feelings. Moreover, it could not be for the same reason, copycats were not accepted. Moreover, Boss Ma would not reply a single word more no matter how grateful the party who received the money was. It was as though they met, he helped them, and then he forgot about it. Qiao Liang saw a lot of people who bought popularity on Weibo. However, people like Boss Ma who spent money without being interested in heat were really rare! Qiao Liang monitored for a few hours and estimated that the session today had ended when Boss Ma no longer retweeted. Before the end of the day, Boss Ma finally posted on Weibo: Today, I helped many friends realize their dreams. I am very happy! I will continue to help my friends realize their dreams in the next few days. Please pay more attention. In addition, from tomorrow I will live-stream my GOG play. I welcome everyone to follow it! After sending hundreds of thousands of yuan, his fans had skyrocketed from the original triple digits to tens of thousands in one day. A lot of people came here for free lunch; they only reposted and commented on his Weibo without following him. Boss Ma didnt seem to care about this, he didnt ask everyone to pay attention, and he didnt put any restrictions on the people who commented. He just sent money when he saw a satisfactory reply. As a result, his fans only increased by tens of thousands, after spending hundreds of thousands of yuan. It did not seem to have a very good spread effect; in fact, it was bleeding out in losses. Qiao Liang couldnt help but wonder that Boss Ma did not seem to understand marketing? The money spent this way was too inefficient! The point was that there is no way to distinguish whether these people really needed money or made up stories. Among the hundreds of thousands that have been sent out, some people really need money, but there were certainly people who made up stories to deceive him. Obviously, he didnt get the essence of Boss Peis marketing spirit. However, Qiao Liang changed his mind. Boss Ma was an investment wizard after all; Boss Pei might have given him some advice too so perhaps there were some deeper considerations? Were there any special considerations for live-streaming GOG tomorrow? He was actually quite excited about that. Qiao Liang himself was not eligible to participate because he had too many fans, but he still followed Boss Ma and prepared to continue to pay attention to the development of the situation. Chapter 690 - : Action In the afternoon Lu Zhiyao and Zhu Xiaoce arrived at the film studio. It was the same film studio where they filmed the local scenes in Tomorrow is Beautiful. Lu Zhiyao and everyone else in the production crew were already quite familiar with this place. The employees anxiously began setting up the backdrop and producing the props. A portion of the backdrop and props had been used in Tomorrow is Beautiful. Since both films were of the sci-fi genre, they only had to make slight changes before they could use them again. Still, compared to Tomorrow is Beautiful, this film needed far more backdrops and realistic props. Thus, there had been far more preparation work involved. Director Zhu, are you sure that we can start filming now? Lu Zhiyao looked around at the busy employees, working hard at their own tasks all over the studio. At once, he felt confused. Zhu Xiaoce nodded. Of course, we can start filming today. Lets shoot some testing scenes first. Lu Zhiyao remained confused. But neither the backdrops nor the scenes are ready. Where are the other actors? Until now, I havent met a single one of them. I cant possibly be acting awkwardly on my own, can I? Zhu Xiaoce smiled subtly. Dont worry. You have many more scenes, and Ive already done the necessary arrangements for you. Both of us can prepare to shoot your scenes first. After that, well shoot with the background and props as the others get them ready. Lu Zhiyao fell silent. For some reason, he felt like he had been scammed. They walked further into the studio. Zhu Xiaoce led Lu Zhiyao to a room that was surrounded by green screens. Most of the filming time would be spent here. As for what exactly the scenes would be about look at this diagram. Its very clearly written on it. Zhu Xiaoce pulled up a diagram in his cell phone and then handed it to Lu Zhiyao. Lu Zhiyao reached out to receive it. The diagram looked like the inside of a spaceship in a sci-fi environment. The set-up was very simple. There was only a single cabin for sleeping and a huge console. There was one huge screen and several small screens on the console. There was also a single seat, which seemed to be the driver seat of the spaceship. In front of the driver seat were a huge touch screen, a hemispherical instrument, and buttons of multiple colors. Lu Zhiyao looked around at the filming location and quickly discovered that there was only one ready-made console, one seat, and one cabin for sleeping. All of those must have been the props that had been rushed out over the past few days. The rest of the scene was to be supplemented with the green screens. Director Zhu, this Lu Zhiyao looked incredibly confused. At least this room had been set up with real props when they were filming Tomorrow is Beautiful before. Now, the scene for the new movie was filled with green screens. All problems could be solved with special effectsthe more money they spent, the better the effects would look. Still, real props and a real background would look more realistic no matter what. Could it be that Director Zhu was using this many green screens to cheat Boss Pei of his money? Of course, Lu Zhiyao could not ask such a direct question. He cleared his throat and said, Director Zhu, cant we just use the props from Tomorrow is Beautiful? Theyre both sci-fi films anyway. Im sure we can make use of those props after making some simple alterations. Zhu Xiaoce grinned. We can. Look at that cabin and console. All of those were made from the props leftover from Tomorrow is Beautiful. Why else do you think we could finish them so quickly? As for why were using green screens for everything else. Obviously, well need to make use of a lot of special effects to achieve a special result. The effects well be using exactly well, you dont have to worry. Youll find out soon enough. Look at the first part of the script first. As Zhu Xiaoce spoke, he retrieved a couple of pages of paper from his bag and handed them to Lu Zhiyao. Lu Zhiyao took them and quickly scanned them from beginning to end. Thats it? Lu Zhiyao could not figure out what was going on. The scenes looked like they lacked a proper start and finish and were utterly confusing. Zhu Xiaoce smiled again. I told you before, didnt I? Well film scene by scene, and I wont hand the entire script to you. Only then would you be able to experience what the protagonist in the movie should be feeling. Alright, look for a place to sit down, put on your make-up, and change. Memorize this part of the script while I go out and organize their tasks. Lu Zhiyao nodded. Alright, Director Zhu. Must I wear a spacesuit or an exoskeleton suit? Lu Zhiyao had heard that the movie would be about a war taking place in outer space. That meant he would have to be dressed in a cool combat suit, right? For some reason, he was really looking forward to it. Although an exoskeleton suit would be extremely heavy and he would be extremely tired after a while, it would look very cool! No, you dont. You just have to wear this. Zhu Xiaoce gestured the costume designer and make-up artist over, and the former was holding a set of ordinary-looking, figure-hugging, gray T-shirt and pants. Lu Zhiyao was speechless. Director Zhu, are you sure that Ill be wearing this? Has there been some sort of mistake? Zhu Xiaoce smiled. No problem, just wear this. If youre unsure, just read the script again. Lu Zhiyao felt helpless, but he had no choice but to read the script once through in silence. The first scene was a close-up of the cabin for sleeping. Qin Yis eyelids were shut, but his eyeballs were moving around quickly. He frowned as beads of perspiration appeared on his forehead. It was almost as if he was experiencing a terrifying nightmare. All of a sudden, his eyes shot wide open! His eyeballs were bloodshot, and there was pure terror in his eyes. The camera slowly panned upwards as the cabin opened on its own. Qin Yi sat up with his chest heaving and brought his right hand up to his forehead. A long time passed before he finally regained his composure. Countless hideous memories flooded in his mind. Instinctively, Qin Yi looked at his right forearm, which was covered with a ferocious-looking scar. It had once been a penetrating wound that had almost torn his arm into half, but scabs had already formed by now. He vaguely remembered how he got wounded. He had been deep in the Zergs lair, and he had intended to destroy the micro-reactor through the little opening in the chest of his combat uniform using his pistol. However, he had failed and ended up being injured by the razor-sharp claws of the Zergs. Im still alive? Qin Yi felt confused. He had originally thought that he had died in the Zergs lair. However, soon after, pre-death flashbacks filled his mind. Xu Kaile, Meng Yu, Zhao Yongxiu, Wu Shaojun apart from Qin Yi, the other members of Team AS-371-45 had died in the Zergs lair. Qin Yi remembered every one of those peoples looks and smiles, but in the blink of an eye, they were now separated by life and death. Still, Qin Yi quickly snapped out of his misery and regained his composure once more. Finally, he got out of the cabin. He saw the big screen, seat, and console not far from where he was. However, he did not walk over. Instead, he walked to the corner of the room and tried to leave. There was no fixed exit within the spaceship. With the required permission, any part of the surrounding walls could turn into doors. Qin Yi tried pushing on the wall, but to no avail. That meant that he did not have permission to leave the room yet. Captain Qin, Im sorry. You havent obtained permission to leave this room, said an extremely gentle and melodic female voice. Qin Yi turned around and scanned the room, only to find a holographic projection of a female astronaut, standing in the middle of the room. She looked like a typical oriental female, with a gentle smile and a feminine beauty. Yet, she looked dashing and heroic like a soldier. Qin Yi remained silent for a second and said, The battle isnt over, is it? The holographic image of the female soldier nodded. Thats right. Qin Yi sat down on his cabin, covered his face with both of his hands, and then heaved a long sigh. The female soldiers holographic image tried to walk towards Qin Yi. However, Qin Yis expression quickly turned icy as he said in a deep voice, AEEIS, revert to the original image. The female soldier halted, slowly became increasingly translucent, and finally disappeared. After that, a light blue stream of data appeared in mid-air and gathered into an audio image, with waves that fluctuated with the sound. AEEISs electronic voice turned cold and emotionless. Captain Qin Yi, you might be feeling infuriated now, but mankind needs you to continue fulfilling your mission as a soldier. Qin Yis voice was low with suppressed anger. The Zerg Queen is already dead, but the battle is not yet over. Why? I want to know the truth. AEEIS: Its because of the reserves and the Zergs consciousness. The Zerg Queen was a high-level life-form with advanced wisdom. She could take preventive measures to protect her entire race from being wiped out after her own death. The Zerg Queen could give birth to sub-queens and hide them in various Zerg lairs. Once she died, any one of those sub-queens could become the new Queen. The Zerg Queen can only control all the Zergs because its programmed in their consciousness. Simply put, they have telepathy and can upload data from their consciousness. The Zerg Queen can control the entire race, precisely because of the existence of the Zergs consciousness. At the moment that the Zerg Queen dies, she can upload all the data in her consciousness into the network of Zerg consciousness. After that, any sub-queen hidden among the Zergs can acquire all of that data and function as the new command center. Qin Yis expression hardened. Was this information known before the Decapitation Operation or after it? I want to know the truth. AEEIS remained silent for two seconds before answering, Before. Qin Yi sucked in a deep breath. So we saw fragments of the Skylark II combat uniform as we journeyed deeper and deeper into the Zergs nest. You lied to everyone. You knew that we were unlikely to succeed this time, and that even if we did, it would probably not mean anything. Yet, you allowed more than a hundred teams to send themselves to die? Is this your decision, the Supreme Executive Committees decision, or the Commanders decision? AEEIS did not answer the question directly. Of course, the mission was meaningful. The Zergs consciousness has a wide scope, but it is not infinite. The sub-queens need time to download the data and become the new Queen. During this period, we can reap the best rewards on the battlefield. Everyones sacrifice goes towards the ultimate victory. Qin Yi coldly replied, As a soldier, I can sacrifice my life. However, I cannot accept being lied to! Out of anger, his right hand clenched into a fist, but he soon relaxed. Once again, his teammates faces flashed across his mind. However, there was nothing that he could do about it. I want to apply for three months off to return to the Blue Planet. Three months later, I will return to the fleet. Then, I will sacrifice my life as you wish. AEEIS: Im sorry, Captain Qin, I cannot approve your request. The Supreme Executive Committee of the Blue Planet Alliance Fleet has appointed you as the new commander. Youre to lead the battle against the Zergs. You need to save the Blue Planet. Chapter 691 - Test of Acting Skills Qin Yi remained silent for a moment. Im only an ordinary soldier, and I dont have the ability to command the entire army. I cant accept this mission. What happened to the previous commander? As the AEISS replied matter-of-factly, its voice was devoid of any emotion. While the mission to behead the Zerg Queen was underway, many Zerg ships tried to assassinate the commander as well. The commander perished together with those Zerg ships. Qin Yi looked incredulously at the abstract image of the AEEIS. The commander sacrificed his life? AEEIS: Thats top-secret information. The Ansible communication technology that we are using is similar in principle to the Zergs consciousness. Our communications can travel through space and be realized in real-time. However, they can also be interfered with and are limited by distance. We have to ensure that the commander is always within a certain range of the battlefield. We can roughly determine the Zerg Queens position through our Ansible communication technology, but the Zergs can also roughly determine the commanders position. The previous commander believed that he had already completed his mission, and so he sacrificed his own life to severely injure the Zerg army. Captain Qin, AS-371-45 team members are not the only ones making sacrifices. Once again, Qin Yi fell silent. Why was I chosen as the new commander? I dont think were short of people who are willing to make sacrifices. AEEIS: There are two main criteria for the position of Commander of the Alliance Fleet. First, one must be strong-willed and ever-ready to sacrifice oneself. Whats more, under the severe mental stress of having to make huge sacrifices at any moment, one must also remain calm and logical enough to strategize. People who can only theorize without having fought Zergs on the frontline before would likely not have such mental tenacity. Second, one must have a good understanding of the Zergs way of thinking and its horrifying characteristics. We need a commander that can make good choices when it comes to important decisions, and not someone to direct specific battles. Making the right decisions is far more important than executing decisions correctly. Mankind is limited by their life form. The original structure of command was too inefficient for mankind to defeat the Zerg armyit was only barely sufficient to help us endure through catastrophe for a longer period. Thus, the commander is now only responsible for receiving information about the battle and making decisions. Gathering information, screening information, integrating information, relaying specific orders and instructions, and answering questions of individual soldiers would all be done by the AEEIS from now on. At every moment, the AEEIS would be making deductions about the battle and storing millions of strategies and war models. The AEEIS would learn about and absorb every commanders strategy and way of thinking before every commander sacrifices his own life. Then, it would make accurate predictions based on the data and seek a tactical strategy with the highest probability of success. Thus, as commander, you would not need to concern yourself with directing small teams in specific missions. All of those would be taken care of by the AEEIS. The commander needs to only observe the battle and make decisions. Captain Qin, the Blue Planet Alliance Fleets Supreme Executive Committee and the AEEIS think that you are the most suitable candidate to become the next commander. Of course, mankind cannot entrust the fate of the entire Alliance Fleet in the new commanders hands immediately. Thus, the AEEIS will assist to train you for your role first. You can waste a lot of time on meaningless entanglements, but every second that you waste could reduce the probability of mankinds victory. Qin Yi did not ask any more questions. Instead, he spent several minutes in silence. Then, he stood up, walked to the console in the middle of the space, and sat back down. AEEIS: Captain Qin, you really are the most outstanding soldier that the Blue Planet has ever seen. Heres to hoping that you also become the most outstanding commander that the Blue Planet has ever seen. The moment Qin Yi sat down, the entire space changed. It seemed like he was seated in an endless starry sky. Holographic images covered the walls of the ship, and no matter where Qin Yi looked, he could see holographic images appearing before him. AEEIS: The sphere by your right hand is called the observation sphere. You can use it to move quickly, zoom in and out of view, and perform different gestures. Dragging it or tapping it with one finger or multiple fingers would have different operative effects. The touch screen in the center can help you process important messages and decisions. Some decisions would also need your confirmation by applying pressure. The big screen in front of you will display a panoramic simulation of the battlefield, so that you can get a full picture of whats happening at the frontlines. The screens on either side of the big screen would display less important information and decisions. You can choose to deal with the ones that you think are important through air gestures. The buttons by your left hand can help you to deal with quick instructions. Together with the observation sphere, it would allow you to make more detailed observations and give more precise commands. Of course, you can also issue instructions through the AEEIS, using the most primitive voice method. Thats a good supplementary commanding method, but you shouldnt grow too reliant on it. Thats because human language can only convey so much information. In the battlefield, where the entire situation can turn around in the blink of an eye, and even with the AEEIS processing large amounts of information and decisions on your behalf, you could still slip up. The panoramic simulation will give you a first persons view of every corner of the battlefield. The following is a simulation of when the Alliance Fleet first met with the Zergs. You can use the console to observe the entire battlefield. Use this opportunity to familiarize yourself with the observation sphere and various other operations. What followed after that had nothing to do with Lu Zhiyao. It was mainly set in space. Simply put, it was the first time that mankinds Alliance Fleet met the Zergs. Since various little teams fought the battle in their own ways, they were quickly swallowed by the sea of Zergs and ultimately defeated. Lu Zhiyao subconsciously read on, but there was nothing more in the script. That was the portion that Zhu Xiaoce had given to him. In fact, Lu Zhiyao had no idea which part of the movie this was, and whether it was the beginning or the middle. Although that portion seemed to be floating in mid-air, Lu Zhiyao was quite clear of his own role. The protagonist, Qin Yi, was a soldier who had retired from the front lines. For some reason, he had been entrusted with an important task. He had to commence training with the assistance of artificial intelligence and take on the role of commander in the battle between mankind and the Zergs. There was nothing particularly strange about the general framework, and many other movies had similar plots. Furthermore, Lu Zhiyao knew that this movie would be related to Boss Peis new RTS. Since the movie would also become the transition CGs of the games plot, it made sense that the protagonist would be related to the gameplay of the RTS. What bothered Lu Zhiyao more was the role that he had to play. From that scene in the script, it looked like the role would be incredibly difficult! In this scene alone, Qin Yis emotions were very complicated: His joy after realizing that he had narrowly escaped death His pain after recalling that his teammates were dead His confusion after being told that he had completed his mission, but the battle was not over His rage after learning that the commander had purposely hidden information from them His disappointment after learning that the previous commander had sacrificed himself The struggle after realizing that he would become the new commander, but the acceptance of that responsibility soon after The most important thing was that Lu Zhiyao could not act out these emotions in an exaggerated manner. That was because Qin Yi was a soldier who constantly faced death while carrying out his mission. Naturally, he would have a lot of mental strength. Whats more, it was already written in the script that Qin Yis expressions would largely remain unchanged, and he would have no hysteria. Most of the time, he would be listening to the AEEISs explanation of the battle in silence. In other words, Qin Yi had to minimize changes in his facial expressions while bringing across those complicated emotions. Whats more, he would be facing the green screen for most scenes. They would add the cool effects later on, but Lu Zhiyao would not be able to see them for now. He had to rely entirely on his imagination. He would have to act alongside an electronic voice that was devoid of any emotion, without anyone as company. The make-up, costume, and props were relatively simple as well. According to the script, Qin Yi had just recovered and woken up in his cabin. Of course, he could not do many fancy things. In short, how well the movie turned out depended entirely on Lu Zhiyaos acting skills. All the audiences eyes would be fixated on the protagonist. The voice of the artificial intelligence and the cool scenes on the green screen would just be like garnishing. If Lu Zhiyao failed to act well, the special effects would be meaningless, no matter how well done they were. Lu Zhiyao quietly wiped the perspiration from his forehead. He had indeed said before that he wanted to play a more challenging role. However, this role seemed to be a little too challenging. After Zhu Xiaoce finished dealing with the work outside, he returned. How are things going? Have you gotten a good grasp on the character? Lu Zhiyao felt an enormous weight on his shoulders. Director Zhu, this is too challenging. Ive never acted a role like that. Honestly, Im not confident of doing a good job either. If the movie fails because of my acting skills, then Director Zhu, if you find someone more suitable Zhu Xiaoce was stunned. What was the meaning of this? Was Lu Zhiyao backing out at the last minute? Dont do that! If you dont act, I wont be able to find anyone else to play the role here! Zhu Xiaoce quickly responded very sternly. No, this role was specially made for you by Boss Pei! It belongs to you alone! Boss Pei has already said that you are very suited for the role. You must not lose confidence in yourself. Both Boss Pei and I think that youre good! Playing this role well would give you a huge breakthrough in your acting! Lu Zhiyao looked doubtful. Is that true? Is that really what Boss Pei said? Zhu Xiaoce nodded profusely. Thats right, Boss Pei specifically requested for you to act. Zhu Xiaoce had no other choice. He could only give Lu Zhiyao more confidence by making use of Boss Peis name. Acting was about skills but also about attitude. If the actor lacked confidence in himself, how could he act well? However, there would be no such problem if Boss Pei added a buff for Lu Zhiyao! Lu Zhiyao fell into deep thought. Does Boss Pei trust me that much? Could it be He didnt give me the script before for fear that I wouldnt dare to come if I had read it? Zhu Xiaoce remained quiet for two seconds and then said, Thats right. Thats the case. Lu Zhiyao chewed on the decision again and then nodded seriously. Alright! Since both Director Zhu and Boss Pei trust me so much, Im willing to take on the challenge! I wont let Boss Pei down! Ill do it! Chapter 692 - The Investment Policy of the Dumb People with Too Much Money October 20th, the morning of Thursday At Dream Realization Ventures So many companies are asking for investment? Is it because of the Old Ma? Impossible, doesnt his Weibo still only have tens of thousands of fans so far? Pei Qian looked at the list of companies in his hand with an incredible expression. Since the beginning of the month, He Desheng has been reporting companies one after another that had found Dream Venture Capital in hopes for cooperation. Some small companies were asking purely for investment, but some large companies also sought strategic cooperation. In the beginning, Pei Qian didnt take it too seriously but asked He Desheng to push them away for a while, telling these companies that the investment of Dream Venture Capital should go through the process and let them wait patiently for a while. Looking at the first half of October that had gone, it was not appropriate to postpone any further later. It must be dealt with. As a result, he took a look at the list of applicants for investment today and discovered that there were already more than a dozen large and small companies, and that was not all. He Desheng shook his head: It should have nothing to do with Boss Ma probably because of the previous financial program on TV. Pei Qians eyes widened. In the previous program, Professor Bai analyzed Tengdas business model and then said terrible words: Other companies are unlikely to be able to learn Tengdas business model, but they can cooperate with Tengda! Also, I think that, given Boss Peis awareness of risk and Tengdas defense against risk, Tengda Corporation would make an excellent working partner! Professor Bai was a great economist. He said that Tengdas model was very stable and healthy, and it would be a good partner. Was there anything to doubt? Therefore, these companies came to seek cooperation! Pei Qian sighed slightly. The situation took its own course regardless of his wishes. Was it so difficult for Tengda to keep a low profile? Pei Qian was confused, looking through the brief introduction materials of these companies. He did not understand. There was real and fake information, which were difficult to distinguish. Moreover, even if they were true, they would be exaggerated. Using these data to judge which one would lose money and which would make money was beyond Boss Peis ability. Would he definitely lose money by choosing companies that seemed particularly outrageous? Pei Qian has already suffered a lot from shared phone booths and Fully-Automated Bickering Machine projects, and he really did not have this confidence. What if he judged by the size of the company? If a large company could develop, the chance of losing money was inherently small. If they were to cooperate with Tengda and garnered attention, the chance would be even smaller Small companies were more likely to fail, but once they make money, they would get more rewards than large companies The loss from ten small companies could be returned by the success of one small company. So difficult! Pei Qian found that Dream Venture Capital had become a bit of a hot potato. It was mainly because of several successful investments. It had become a bit overly deified. Coupled with the publicity of the TV show, too many companies were now seeking investment which made it difficult to identify which ones are reliable and which ones were not. Give up Dream Realization Ventures? No, if he left it all to He Desheng, wouldnt it become a department that had already taken off to be handed over to professionals? The consequences would definitely be even more disastrous! Pei Qian pondered; he had to think of a way. Since the project he chose would make money and would also probably make money if he were to give it to He Desheng, then he had to find a way to minimize the possibility of profitability. Just like the physical industries and the Destitution Plan. In the case that it was likely to make moneydiluting the probability, let the person-in-charge spend all the money in accordance with the rules, and the less one made, the better. Boss Pei, take a look at this list. Which companies should we be working with? He Desheng asked tentatively. Pei Qian flipped through it casually and pushed the information aside. There is no need to look at it. I will determine the investment policy today. In the future, you will invest through Dream Realization Ventures in accordance with the established policy. He Deshengs eyes couldnt help but shine. Investment policy? Could Dream Realization Ventures be finally entering the next stage? When Dream Realization Ventures was first establishedother than the first investment by Boss Ma, all other investments were basically made by Boss Pei. Of course, Boss Mas investment seemed to have some connection with Boss Pei in the dark. As an investment genius, Boss Peis move could indeed guarantee a 100% success rate for projects invested by Dream Realization Ventures. However, such a model could hardly continue. Boss Pei was busy with his work, and he had to consider the development direction of the entire Tengda Corporation while also considering brand-new business models for new industries and even take time to design games. Ordinary people would be already exhausted just by taking care of one of the tasks. It was really surprising that Boss Pei could take care of all of them. However, it would be too inefficient to always get Boss Pei to choose project investments in hand. Now that the work of Dream Realization Ventures was gradually on the right track, Boss Pei could naturally let go. As for the specific investment policy to be adopted? He Desheng looked forward to it very much. Most domestic giant companies basically had an investment business. Investment was not only to obtain income but also to expand the companys business and build a richer ecosystem. At present, the investment models of large domestic companies could basically be divided into three types. The Ally Model: give money and resources and will give some guidance, but do not pursue absolute control. The Great Qin Empire model: a high degree of unification of thought, the pursuit of absolute control The Guanning cavalry model: look for companies and teams with strong combat effectiveness to purchase at high prices and send them out after ideological training. These departments would be more like mercenaries. These three models had their pros and cons, but from He Deshengs perspective, it was clear that the Ally Model was the most successful. The Great Qin Empire model pursued absolute control over investment companies, but in many cases, there would be situations where outsiders guide insiders, and the originally good projects were turned into rubbish. The Ally Model did not pursue absolute control. It was a mutually beneficial symbolic model with partners, but it could also achieve a win-win situation. What kind of investment model would Boss Pei establish for Dream Realization Ventures? Pei Qian coughed slightly: All companies requesting investment will be ranked on a first-come, first-served basis. We only do the most basic screening. These companies must be law-abiding and operating with integrity. Well screen nothing else. In addition, I dont care how much the boss of this company pays himself, but we must ensure that all the money we invest is put into the operation of the company and cannot be used by the boss for his own consumption. Pei Qian did not want Tengdas money to be used by these garbage companies to do bad things. This was his most basic bottom line. Similarly, Pei Qian couldnt accept these company bosses squandering Tengdas money. Boss Pei had worked so hard for a few months to earn just so much. If the bosses of these companies found ways to spend it on their own after getting the investment from Tengda, then Boss Peis mentality would collapse. Of course, most investment companies would have similar requirements when investing, but Pei Qians requirements would be more stringent. Pei Qian did not care about everything else. As long as these companies operate with integrityno matter how outrageous and failing their business models are, Pei Qian would not care. Pei Qian continued: Invest according to the size of each company, but the first investment amount cannot be too much. Give them in the order of first come, first served; thus, we are late waiting at the back of the line. If a company becomes profitable, well immediately divest and sell it. If you make money after selling, then immediately invest in the next company. If there is no profit, we will continue to invest more. We sell if we make a profit, and we continue to invest if we do not make a profit. In short, make sure that the company does not have too much spare money on the books. If all of them lose money and there is no more money, then ask me immediately. I will continue to support them according to the situation. The system was relatively loose regarding investment. It would be difficult for Pei Qian to control when an investment project would produce a product so the system would not force the invested company to have an output, but it would limit the amount of system funds used for investment. In other words, the money earned by Dream Realization Ventures could be reinvested at will, regardless of the system; but if it was invested with Tengda Groups money, it would not be unlimited. Pei Qian was also not so idealistic. It was alright as long as Dream Realization Ventures did not make money, it would be better if he could consume some system funds. Thats about all are there any questions? Pei Qian looked at the dumbfounded He Desheng. He Desheng blinked blankly. Any questions? A lot of them! Others had the Ally Model, Great Qin Empire model, Guanning cavalry model; all of them sounded domineering. In the end, were Dumb people with too much money model? Obviously, the probability of failure of these companies would be much greater than the probability of success! In the end, what did Boss Peis model mean? We would not continue investing if the company was profitable, but continue investing if the company keeps losing money? It would be impossible to make money this way, right? Moreover, the most basic thing for an investment company would be to screen projects, screen out all those unreliable companies, and leave only reliable companies to invest in. Even when done this way, many investment companies still lost their money. Yet, they would not be screening anything but invest in everything they saw? Boss Pei might have certain requirements, but they were only the most basic supervision. There were still many ways to lose the money even if these companies do not deliberately do bad things and misappropriate the funds. He Desheng was silent for a moment: Boss Pei, are there no other screening conditions? Even if it is first come, first served there must be a priority, right? Pei Qian shook his head: There is no priority. Invest strictly in the order of first come, first served. You must stick to this policy, dont have any ideas of your own, and just do what you should do. He Desheng was still full of doubts, but he stopped asking more questions seeing Boss Pei so determined. Boss Pei was an investment genius after all, and the policy set by the investment genius would definitely not go wrong. Alright, Boss Pei, Ill make arrangements based on this. Pei Qian nodded in satisfaction. Very good, the work of Dream Realization Ventures had also been arranged! It would probably be impossible to make a profit as long as they persisted with this investment model Profits would be something very far away down the road Even if there were short-term profits, they would withdraw and invest in other projects to ensure that there was no spare cash in Dream Realization Ventures. Perfect! Chapter 693 - Return of Coach Ma Pei Qian went to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe for a meal after he settled the matters with Dream Realization Ventures. He suddenly felt sleepy. He, therefore, decided to take a nap at home. In the end, he only woke up at three in the afternoon. Pei Qian still felt confused when he got up. He yawned and forced himself to get up. No more, otherwise, he wouldnt be able to sleep again tonight. He took a can of Coca-Cola from the fridge and sipped. The caffeine had a very obvious refreshing effect on him. There have been too many things recently, and Im a little overwhelmed. My energy is spent, and Ive been very sleepy recently. Sleepy in spring and autumn, the three months of winter that I cant wake up. Yes, it has now transited from autumn to winter. Oh, yeah, should I be exercising? Find time to train in Deposit Fitness? Being healthy and energetic will enable me to lose money better after all. In the case where my body cant stand it anymore and I have no energy to keep up, the whole company can only follow the trend and make more money. Wouldnt it be wasted? Pei Qian pondered. He might be still young and had a healthy diet and adequate sleep, but he still lacked exercise. He would tire and become sleepy easily without exercise. However, Pei Qian really did not think he could persevere at Deposit Fitness. Boss Pei does not possess much perseverance. If something like this was discovered, wouldnt his image collapse? Of course, Pei Qian could use his busy schedule as an excuse, but he just did not feel its right Therefore, Pei Qian had this idea for now, but he didnt have much motivation to put it into practice. He took out his phone while leaning on the sofa and swiped his Weibo, especially focusing on Old Mas account. Hmm? It seems like Old Ma will be live-streaming today? Oh, it has started! Pei Qian hurriedly used his mobile phone to cast onto the big TV, following the live broadcast of Old Ma. At the end of the money-throwing session yesterday, Old Mas Weibo had more than 80,000 fans. After a day of proliferation, it had now reached about 150,000. During the period when Old Ma was resting, many people were reposting on Old Mas Weibo, and there are also some big Vs so the speed of fans increasing was not to be underestimated. However, this number of fans was still within the acceptable range of Pei Qian. Old Ma threw real money after all. There were indeed some things in this world that money could not buy, but this definitely did not include heat and traffic. Pei Qian was very annoyed by heat and traffic, mainly because this kind of thing sometimes brought him profit. However, if the heat and traffic were on Old Ma, Pei Qian felt that it would not necessarily turn into profit. Old Ma did not look like someone who had real fans after all. In any case, lets look at Old Mas live-stream debut. Old Mas livestream appeared on the big screen. He was playing GOG and had the camera turned on. Like many anchors, he had placed the camera in a position that did not block the game information. Looking at the background, it should be in a certain Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and the environment was relatively noisy. The most impressive thing was the long face of Old Ma. He did not know if it was because of the position of the camera, or if Old Ma liked to get close to the screen so he was too close to the camera. The top of his head and chin was unable to appear in the camera picture at the same time. Therefore, the few bullet screen comments were making fun of him. Boss Ma has the face of an empire! Your face is too longits out of the frame! Can a hippo live-stream? Horse-faced live streamer, Im following you! There were also some not-so-friendly bullet screen comments. How did this f*cker dare to live-stream? How awkward, how can you play 0-2-1 in a matched game? You pure scammer, Im reporting you! Get lost, haters. He is a boss and does not have the time to play games usually so his poor skills are understandable. The problem is this f*cker does not have any awareness himself. It reminded me of the retarded teammates I met in Bronze Tier! Boss Ma, do you want to continue going onto Weibo to throw money? This game really does not suit you! From time to time, there were a few barrage quarrels, but even that seemed to be delayed because the audience was too small. Obviously, not all the audiences here were from Weibo. Some passers-by strayed into the live broadcast room. People on Weibo were still rather kind to Old Ma, but passers-by didnt leave any mercy. They scolded him without leaving any face. Pei Qian could not help but smile slightly. As expected, it was happening exactly as I predicted! I said it earlier, didnt I? Old Mas techniques were so lousy that he would definitely lose fans like crazy. It would only have a negative effect. However, it seemed like Old Mas attitude was pretty good. There might be no bullet screen comments in the livestream roomwith only the occasional hater criticizing him for playing too poorly, but Old Ma did not take it to heart. He was playing happily. At the end of the game, Old Ma stretched and said, Sigh, my teammates are not great; please wait a moment. I will find some good teammates to play again. Ma Yang pinched the live-streaming signal directly. Many question marks floated throughout the livestream. Pei Qians mind immediately filled with question marks. ? Find some good teammates? It couldnt be Pei Qian suddenly had a very bad feeling, but Ma Yangs livestream resumed after only a few minutes. He did not have the time to think of countermeasures. Ma Yang had reached the base of the DGE Club! It turned out that Ma Yang had been broadcasting live at the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe near Ming Yun Villas, which was only a few minutes away from the DGE club. Zhang Yuans voice came from the livestream: Everyone, get ready to cooperate with Coach Ma to play the mock competition! Its great that Huang Wang and Jiang Huan are back. Accompany Coach Ma to train these newcomers! Several familiar figures sat down in the opposite seats in Old Mas livestream. It was vaguely distinguishable from their silhouette that they were the old players of the DGE club such as Huang Wang and Jiang Huan. More question marks appeared on Pei Qians head. ??? Werent Huang Wang and the rest sold to other clubs? Why were you back to DGE? Pei Qian suddenly realized a problem. When he invited new members of the DGE club to dinner, the old members said that special training should be launched for these new members so that they could keep up with the rhythm of the game as soon as possible! This was not only because of the feelings off the old DGE players for their previous DGE club, but this was also what all other clubs were willing to do. For all other clubs, the interests of the DGE club were in line with them because DGE players could not play against them in competitions if they became stronger. Instead, they could let other clubs directly buy people to strengthen themselves. Obviously, the old members of the DGE clubincluding Huang Wang and Jiang Huanmust return to the club periodically to guide them! They were just in time for Ma Yangs livestream! Ma Yang said while adjusting the machine: Little Huang, Little Jiang, remember to turn on your livestream and help me gain more popularity. The teammates nodded immediately. Dont worry, Coach Ma, well do it immediately! Ma Yang and the other four members started their live-streams in no time. They might be on different teams and different live-streaming platforms, but they were the core team members. Many of them had huge fan bases. This broadcast attracted many viewers immediately! Moreover, these people also changed the title of the live broadcast room to DGE Club Gathers Again, Coach Ma instructs and Directs Internal Special Training. The popularity exploded in an instant! Especially Huang Wangs live broadcast room, large bullet screen comments floated by, blocking the screen. Is the internal boxing match going on? Who is the Coach Ma who joined in? F*ck, I actually can see my baby Huang and baby Jiang play together again; Mom is so touched that Im crying! Its the Mom again! Pei Qian felt that things were not going in the right direction, seeing bullet screen comments. Sh*t, he completely missed the DGE Club in his plan! He thought that the old Ma silently opened a live broadcast to show his true level, and he would definitely be able to dissuade a large number of fans. However, Old Ma did not even think about fighting alone. He came to cozy up to DGE Club after a while! These big-time live streamers were diverting attention from him one by one; it had already exploded! Pei Qian sipped his water and regained his calm. Be calm, even if there are four DGE players, they could not change the fact that Old Mas a burden. Hes so bad that would definitely become the burden of these four and would ignite the ire from the fans of the other four. Therefore, it might not be a bad thing Pei Qian decided to continue observing. Things seemed to be still within the acceptable range. The mock competition started very soon. On one side were the old players of the DGE club with Coach Ma while there were four new players of the DGE club on the other side. The other players and the audience in the livestreams were all closely watching the results of this game. A lot of spectators who just entered didnt know the situation well. They thought this Coach Ma must be a very powerful and mysterious figure. His operation and technique might not reach the level of the old DGE club members, but he should at least have the level of a high-ranking passerby, right? Only after the game started did they realize that this was an actual shortcoming! Huang Wang and Jiang Huanamong the four veteran playershad been assisting frantically since the beginning of the game, but Ma Yang was still rubbed on the ground repeatedly by the new DGE players in the bottom lane. The strength of the old players could completely crush the new players, but they were dragged to the same level after Old Ma joined! Who the hell is this burden? Why can he get Huang Wang and Jiang Huan to play together with him even though hes so bad?! Sh*t! I can do better. Yes, you wouldnt be this bad! Dont be stupid. Didnt you hear that this is a special tactical coach? He is obviously balancing the strengths of both sides to give Huang Wang and the rest a chance to practice! Baby Huang, baby Jiang, blink if you were kidnapped. This is Boss Ma of Tengda, Boss Peis right-hand man and the man who earned 500 million yuan for Boss Pei. Hes just playing around with the players, isnt it normal to play this poorly? No one really thinks that the boss of such a huge company would have as much time to play games as you group of internet addicts, right? He paid for it? I say, money really makes the world go round! Im sore; Ill be able to get the entire DGE Club to play with me if I had the money! But its really unfair to Baby Huang and Baby Jiang! It reminds me of my trashy teammates! The battle on both sides was brilliant, and the audience was busy with the bullet screen comments. Obviously, the audience was divided into two groups. Many people felt that Old Mas skills were too lousy, but many peoples perception of Old Ma had changed. If Old Ma was just an ordinary burden, he must be drowned by the audiences saliva. However, Old Ma was a high-level executive of Tengda, the man who invested in IOI, the right-hand man of Boss Pei who earned 500 million yuan It seemed absolutely understandable for him to play so poorly. Pei Qian looked at the bullet screen comments, feeling as though he was watching an absurd drama regarding magic realism. Old Ma had fans even though he played so poorly? All of you are simply too ridiculous! Chapter 694 - : Investors Driven by Interest! Pei Qian watched Ma Yangs soaring livestream audience and Weibo fans, but he could do nothing. However, the worst news was not the increase in fans, but that the netizens in the livestream and Weibo were starting to have fun bickering! He had to say that Old Ma giving DGE players special training had become too good of entertainment for the audience. There were also a large number of players who heard that Boss Ma would throw money on Weibo so they went to Weibo to follow him and left messages, turning into a carnival. After the three games, a large number of viewers were attracted to the Old Mas livestream, and his popularity exploded! Ma Yangs huge face was full of smiles in the camera. Okay, lets stop here for todays practice. I should go to Weibo to do some business. The DGE players finally heaved a sigh of relief, leaning on the gaming chairs and feeling like their souls were sucked out of them. The mental stress playing with Boss Ma was greater than the global finals! Ma Yang took a can of Coca-Cola from the clubs fridge and opened it in his seat with a psst! He raised his head and drank half a can, feeling that it seemed like a good opportunity to promote his popularity and began to communicate with fans in the livestream. Please follow me if you have not done so. You dont need to give gifts; I dont need this bit of money. Why follow me? Where can you find a player who can command and operate like me? Isnt my technique worthy of attention? I said before that I couldnt win the game at the very beginning because my teammates were too lousy. Didnt I immediately carry the game after changing to four ordinary teammates? Alright, Ill see if there are any new dreams on Weibo that I can realize. The viewers in the livestream were already trying to adapt to Old Mas thinking, but they showed a full screen of question marks when they heard his words. ????? Boss Ma really feels that he is very skilled? You invited all the star players from each club and then told me that these are four ordinary teammates? I also want to have such ordinary teammates! What Boss Ma said really makes sense. I have found the reason why I kept losing in the Bronze Tier! You give me Huang Wang and Jiang Huan, and I will be in the Honor of Kings! Boss Mas expression is too serious. I cant tell if he is actually serious or joking. Boss Ma really did so much for this team! If it werent for Boss Ma, this game would have ended in 20 minutes! The fans were entertained by Old Ma. Its not terrible to be bad at the game, but the terrible thing would be that person himself not knowing about it! However, it would make people feel that he was doing it deliberately if he really did not show that he knew, which is wonderful. Many people felt that such a powerful investment genius like Boss Ma, who could easily make a 500-million profit, could not possibly be stupid! His behavior was completely illogical! Therefore, it must be a performance! Once most people thought that way, they would start to accompany Boss Ma in his performance. DGE special tactical coach, DGE Spiritual Leader, Boss Ma Toplaner Smash Jiang Huan, Boss Ma Mid-laner smash Huang Wang and the bullet screen comments were coming in at full speed. Ma Yang flipped through his Weibo with a smile on his huge face. His fans increased by hundreds of thousands with one afternoons work! Ma Yang could not help but sigh. As expected, I have the potential to become an internet celebrity! How would Lu Zhiyao have his place today if I wasnt delayed by investments! Let me see if there are any new dreams to fulfill. Oh? There is a classmate here who does not have good computer and internet speed in the university dormitory, which is why he cannot enter the Honor of Kings. He hopes to be sponsored with a good set of equipment No problem! Esports dreams must be supported. Your strength might be lower than mine, but it also shows that you still have a lot of room for improvement. Come, Ive sent money to you to get your own ROF. Ma Yang commented on these dreams while browsing Weibo. Sigh, so many dreams are not creative. Its very hard for me to send the Dream Fund into your hands if you are so superficial. Everyone must write sincerely to move me since they are dreams. Ma Yang released the Dream Fund while broadcasting a livestream on Weibo. The atmosphere in the livestream was even more explosive now! Their messages in Weibo refreshed every few seconds, which was even faster than Old Ma could read. Most messages did not have any profound meaning to them, but Old Ma patiently searched for dreams to be completed within them. In addition to the full screen of 666, some people started to become curious about the identity of Old Ma. Boss Ma, what is this Dream Fund? Tell us! I heard that Boss Ma once invested in IOI and made 500 million yuan directly for Tengda Corporation. Moreover, you are an outstanding employee? Can you tell us what happened? Investment genius Boss Ma, can you help me choose a stock? Boss Ma, I heard that you are the able right-hand man of Boss Pei. When will you livestream with Boss Pei? Boss Ma, can you talk about your career? Give some direction to this university dog who is about to graduate? Ma Yang paid attention to the bullet screen comments while flipping through his Weibo, answering them one by one. Ma Yangs huge face was suddenly filled with seriousness, seeing investment genius. I cannot be considered an investment genius! In fact, I havent had any investment-related knowledge at all. Being responsible for investment was completely based on Boss Peis trust in me. Boss Pei gave me 20 million yuan at the beginning and asked me to invest in what I liked based on my instinct. I happened to see that the foreign game IOI was doing well so I smashed all the money into it! Come to think of it now a huge portion of it was actually luck. As to the investments after that were basically things that I felt more interested in The Fully-Automated Bickering Machine for example was something that I felt was particularly interesting and managed to convince Boss Pei to invest in it. Therefore, please dont overly glorify me. The 500 million yuan was just luck. Im just an investor of my interests. Ma Yangs words were met with explosive bullet screen comments. F*ck, is this the real Boss Ma? Boss Ma was doing entertaining effects when he boasted his own gaming level previously? Boss Ma is actually someone this humble? Investors dictated by interest! Wow, other investors invest because of money while Boss Ma invests in interest, admiration and admiration! At that time, Boss Ma dared to directly use 20 million yuan on IOI. Such judgment of the situation and decisive power is really amazing! Boss Ma is too humble; this is definitely not something ordinary people can do! I always think that all the bosses are silly, but I changed my mind seeing how Boss Ma is! Boss Ma is a truly admirable entrepreneur and investor, second only to Boss Pei in my mind! No wonder Boss Ma is friends with Boss Pei, the same kind of mind, determination, and vision. They are so awesome! To be honest, the image of Boss Pei is close to demonic intelligence, like a god who is aloof, too far away from ordinary people. People who are grounded like Boss Ma are like us. An example for ordinary people to learn! Ive become a fan; Ill support Boss Ma all the way! Pei Qian nearly fainted looking at the bullet screen comments in the livestream. What the heck?! Old Ma was telling the truth; how did you all supplement everything with your imagination? His lousy skills in games had not become a point to be angry about him, but a cute point? Pei Qian had a bad feeling that things had gone out of his expectation. He did not think that a person like Old Ma could actually obtain fans? Was something wrong with this world? However, thinking about his experience, he felt that this world seemed to be okay. It had always been this way; the one with the problem was himself No, I cannot continue letting Old Ma gain fans like this. I have to think of something. Pei Qian thought for a while. What did Old Ma rely on to obtain these fans? The popularity of the DGE Club! The four veteran players started a livestream with him and attracted fans, and the rate of increase in fans was simply leveraged. Therefore, he could not allow Old Ma to live-stream with the DGE players to increase fans; he had to rely on himself. He should show his original form if he had to rely on himself, right? As the saying goes, it would show if ones virtue did not fit ones position. A person like Old Ma who had no ability, a pure slacker, and with the occasional good luck was raised to such a position. A huge number of fans would naturally reject being a fan once his nature was exposed. It was precisely because of this that Pei Qian was so resistant to being famous and had been trying hard to keep a low profile. So, dont look at how Old Ma was attracting some fans now. His popularity would definitely drop soon as long as he left the DGE team! There were so many Internet celebrities that have exploded in popularity overnight, but only a few could maintain it because there was no real talent and no real learning. Pei Qian thought it over, and he called Ma Yang after his live broadcast ended today. Hello? Brother Qian, how did you know that I just stopped my livestream? My fans increased to nearly 200,000 today, so awesome! I really have the talent to become an internet celebrity! Pei Qian was very speechless. Erm, Old Ma, I have something to tell you. Ma Yang: Please tell me, Brother Qian. Pei Qian stopped for a short while. In the future, try not to find the DGE team for your livestream. That is going to affect their training. Moreover, its enough to attract fans once. The audience wants something different and fresh, but they would get tired of it after a while. Its not good to lose them for that; what do you think? Ma Yang was silent for a while, pondering: Well, Brother Qian, what you said makes sense! But Im too clever to match my teammates. I cant carry them; its boring. Pei Qian: then, you can think up something else. You said that you have the talent for being an Internet celebrity. That must mean learning to sing and being proficient in everything. Old Ma realized it suddenly. Yes, Brother Qian, I understand! I will think about new performances and change the way to grow my fans! Pei Qian nodded. Yes, do your best; Im sure you can do it! Pei Qian revealed a smile on his face after he hung the phone up. Fortunately, Old Ma was a very easy person to fool. A few words cut off the possibility of him and the DGE Club stabbing himself in the back. However, he did not know what sort of performances Old Ma would come up with. His phone rang again after throwing it to one side. He took it up. It was a message from Huang Sibo. Boss Pei, the overseas box office of Tomorrow is Beautiful has been received in our accounts! 14 million US dollars, which is nearly 100 million yuan! The smile on Pei Qians face froze when he saw the message. Holy sh*t. This this was a little too fast, right? Chapter 695 - The Current Situation of the Sloth Apartment Pei Qian felt the pressure on his body increase sharply, seeing this message. He did not think that the money would reach his accounts so rapidly! Pei Qian even felt that it wasnt realistic. Other film and television companies were praying to the stars and the moon every day to get their money back. However, Pei Qian was the exact opposite. He could not wait for the money to be paid in the next cycle. However, there was no other way, right? He could not possibly send the money back and tell them to send it to him at a later date, right? That would be too shameful. If that was the case, he had to quickly put the matter of buying buildings onto the agenda again. With this sum of money, 50 million yuan would be used to buy a building, and the remaining 50 million yuan would go to games and movies first. This would be relatively safe. Pei Qian had been procrastinating a little just like most people. However, his procrastination has been completely cured in terms of spending money. Especially with such a large sum of money in the account, Pei Qian didnt dare to delay it for a minute and had to spend it quickly. Delays would likely cause major events, and Pei Qian dare not take such a risk. Wouldnt it be the end if it was delayed because of procrastination, and the final wave couldnt be spent? He had decided to go with Sloth Apartments 2.0 previously so, this time, he would buy a building directly for storage space. Because of the special calculation method of the system, fixed assets would be converted to system funds at 10%, so Pei Qians buying building model was actually a very stable way of spending money. Everything was good except for some side effects. This cycle only had four months, and the initial system funds had 10 million yuan more. Pei Qian wanted to set aside the advance amount, and can use 5 million yuan of them as the fixed asset occupation quota. The conversion was equivalent to buying a building for about 50 million yuan. Pei Qian decided to go to the office of the Sloth Apartment to learn about the current status of the Sloth Apartment project and, at the same time, finalize the plan to buy a house. He might no longer consider the loss of rent, but he couldnt possibly allow Liang Qingfan free play. Pei Qian reached the office of Sloth Apartments after 20 minutes. After the success of Sloth Apartments, the core team expanded and also rented dedicated office space. The location was a high-end office building in the CBD of downtown Jingzhou, far away from other departments of Tengda. As to why rent this place Very simple. There were two reasons: the first was that the place is more expensive and the rent is higher; the second was to stay away from other departments of Tengda, especially those departments of Tengda Life. Pei Qian was very afraid that these departments would launch some combined event without sound and would stab him hard in the back. It was not necessarily useful if they were far away from each other since they could use chat software to communicate, but it would be better than just being close and coming up with combined events out of nowhere. Pei Qian took the elevator to the 27th floor of the building. He couldnt help but smile and nod when he saw the layout of the office area of Sloth Apartment. Good, suits the Tengda spirit very well! The huge space was extremely empty. There were just a few lonely desks in total, and people were far away from each other. They could probably only hear each other by shouting. Pei Qian had no doubt that there would be echoes when he shouted since this place was so empty. Close observation would reveal that this place obviously had a different layout of Tengda headquarters. The Tengda headquarters might be very spacious as well, but it was still more serious. The large desks were equipped with dual-screen monitors, keyboards and mouses, etc. Compared with the conventional company, it had only become a high-end office environment. However, the office space of the Sloth Apartments had a strong artistic atmosphere. The tables and chairs were not the serious kind of office desks and chairs. They were all kinds of tables and chairs in the art area and leisure area. They looked artsy. The employees are not working on heavy desktop computers. They are all looking at light notebooks. There was also a coffee bar next to them. There was a dedicated person responsible for supplying coffee and beverages to the entire company. In addition, some artworks were also arranged in the company, which was very stylish. Pei Qian felt like giving Liang Qingfan a compliment, seeing this more exaggerated per capita area than Tengda headquarters. Boss Pei! Liang Qingfan was originally designing on the computer, but he quickly stood up and greeted Boss Pei when he arrived. Pei Qian looked around: Well, this office area is well-arranged. Liang Qingfan smiled and nodded: Of course, Boss Pei, these are also designed in accordance with the minimalist style, which also helps to enhance the concentration and attention of the designers. Now, the minimalist style has become the representative style of our Sloth Apartments. It is especially suitable for architects and designers that require concentration, imagination, and creativity. Thats why I decorate this office space in this way. Also, these artworks are specially purchased. The quantity is not large, but it is definitely just right and will not overwhelm you. Unfortunately, this place is rented. We should be able to do better if we build our own building. Pei Qians eyes lit up. Build their own building? Thats a great idea! Tengda Group building its own buildings for its own use would never generate any profit. It seemed to be a good way to spend money. Pei Qian hadnt had this idea before mainly because the companys financial conditions did not allow it. However, this could really be considered now. However, he must choose a suitable time to build his own building. On the one hand, he could not settle with a card. On the other hand, he must ensure that there was still room for loss after the fixed assets were converted into initial funds. If one billion was spent on building an establishment and the system funds are converted into 100 million, wouldnt that be the end and leaving it impossible for him to lose money? Pei Qian nodded: Well, I also have this intention. It is indeed time to build a Tengda Group headquarters. But this matter is not in a hurry, we still have to think about it long-term. When you are not busy at work, you can start with a simple design and estimate the price. I will consider it. Liang Qingfan was taken aback but quickly nodded. Okay, Boss Pei! As expected, Boss Pei would make it big. Other bosses may not put the construction of the companys headquarters building on the agenda so quickly. After all, building a building would put a lot of pressure on the companys cash flow. There was no lack of companies that were not careful and built a building until it went bankrupt. Many bosses try to make do with the office location as much as possible. Anyway, the office environment would not affect the boss who lived in the villa. Liang Qingfan mentioned it in the passing and didnt expect Boss Pei to actually consider it seriously! Obviously, President Pei was completely different from other bosses. Boss Pei only headed to the company for one or two days a week, but he had been working hard to create a better office environment for employees. Boss Pei was still not satisfied when Tengdas office environment had far surpassed most companies. Tengdas office conditions were much better than those of many companies whose assets were much higher than Tengda. This kind of employee-oriented spirit was really touching! Liang Qingfan and Pei Qian casually found a place by the window to sit down. They were on a high floor, and the entire CBD scenery was unobstructed. Someone next to him brought coffee; Pei Qian tasted it, and it was good. It should be the same brand used by Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. Hows the situation in Sloths Apartment recently? Pei Qian asked. Liang Qingfan smiled and said, Everything is going well, Boss Pei. Many architects and designers took the initiative to find us after the success of the sloth apartment model. Of course, I also took the initiative to dig a few talents to prepare for future business expansion. Sloth Apartment has three main business areas now. The first is to do high-end customization for clients. The extreme simplicity style is very popular so many customers are coming to us for the ultimate simplicity style. Therefore, in addition to the general plan on our own website, we are half-selling and half-gifting to everyone, and we will also make special decoration customization for some customers. All of these newly recruited designers can be on their own. Each is responsible for a project. I am responsible for checking and ensuring that every plan is made in line with the style of the Sloth Apartments. This is not very profitable, but no matter how small the mosquito is, it is meat. Moreover, this customized business is also good for continuing to expand the popularity of Sloth Apartments. Secondly, as Mr. Pei, you said before set up a Sloth Apartments Brand Cooperation Investigation Group. We have arranged regular anonymous spot checks by the inspection team to ensure that these companiesincluding various brands such as furniture, decoration, and housing companies that we cooperate withare not engaging in small actions that will adversely affect the brand of Sloth Apartments. Of course, some cooperating brands do not want to accept our supervision, and they are basically big brands. However, we will never compromise like what Boss Pei said. Anyway, there are so many brands to cooperate with anyway. We can always find a brand with good quality, as long as we put in the effort. Moreover, the inspection team can also cooperate with our high-end decoration customization business to ensure quality and reputation. Finally, it is the main business of Sloth Apartments, which is the rental business. We are already preparing for the Sloth Apartment 2.0 model according to your previous instructions. We added some storage space to make the 2.0 model more practical for ordinary people while maintaining the minimalist style. Pei Qian nodded slightly after listening to Liang Qingfans report. Well, it was similar to what he estimated before. The Sloth Apartment model had been successful, and it would be impossible to make it fail again. The only way was to stop the loss. Ill give you another 50 million yuan to buy a new building to make it the model of Sloth Apartment 2.0. Well this time, you buy a slightly more popular real estate. You can choose where to buy it. Its best to buy a place with little appreciation potential. The wild appreciation of the Sloth Apartments scared Pei Qian very much. If it hadnt been for the completion of the last special task of the last cycle, Pei Qian might have suffered a lot. Pei Qian was originally inclined to buy houses located in a biased position, with strange layouts and poorly decorated houses picking up garbage. However, he forgot that once these places became popular, the appreciation potential would be the greatest! Take this for example: the two buildings in Binhu District were originally leaky and cracked. The house prices were too low. As a result, when the Sloth Apartments was renovated, the house prices instantly shot up. Therefore, Pei Qian didnt have any particularly big requirements this time. He hoped that the value of the house he bought would have less appreciation potential. It would be best if the Sloth Apartment did not appreciate at all after the renovationthat would be the most perfect. As for what kind of house has little appreciation potential Pei Qian did not know either and, therefore, allowed Liang Qingfan to decide for himself. Chapter 696 - Investing in Cherry Workspace Liang Qingfan was taken aback. Who would pick houses without appreciation potential to buy? Could it be? Boss Pei actually meant to buy a popular property in the city center? Popular real estate had been speculated at very high prices so the room for growth was relatively small. To say that the appreciation potential was lower seemed to be right. Liang Qingfan instantly understood and nodded quickly: No problem, Boss Pei! He obviously also noticed that Boss Peis attitude towards buying building had changed dramatically. Before, he kept picking up rubbish. Buildings with bad layouts, remotely located buildingsbuying all types of commercial and residential buildings. However, now, they have to buy buildings with little potential for appreciation; that was some popular properties in the city center. Why was that? Liang Qingfan combined this with the Sloth Apartments 2.0 model to speculate that this should be a strategic transformation. He started to pick up rubbish mainly to highlight the core concept of the Sloth Apartments. For example, in the promotional video of Sloth Apartment, the two buildings in Binhu District were completely renovated from garbage buildings that no one cared about became livable. This created a huge topic and attracted a lot of attention. Now that the Sloth Apartments has gained attention, they must continue to explore and establish a higher brand value. Therefore, Liang Qingfan supported Boss Peis idea with all his heart. Pei Qian suddenly felt guilty for no reason, seeing Liang Qingfans face of great minds think alike expression. However, after thinking about it, it was useless to keep picking up trash. When the time comes, the value would rise wildly, and he would be back again when it came to settlement. It was the lesser of the two evils. Pei Qian thought for a long time and decided to stick to his current idea. Lets try the Sloth Apartments 2.0 model first; he would think of other ways if it didnt work. October 21st, Friday Beijing, Cherry Workspace Quickly, quickly, everyone clean up your work stations; dont leave a bad impression. A tall and thin young man, who looked less than 30 years old, was cleaning up his messy desk full of books while instructing the other three people sitting next to him. The other three people looked younger than him. One boy was round and looked a bit naive, the other boy was slightly fat, and there was a girl with glasses and a single ponytail. There were many such small independent game studios in Beijing. Three or four people could develop an independent game by finding an incubation space. The tall and thin young man was the owner and producer of Cherry Studio, named Jiang Fan. The guy who looks a bit naive was Yang Liang, the main designer of the game; the fat boy and the girl with a single ponytail were the chief systems designer and the art designer of the game, respectively. Moreover, everyone was actually a part-time function designer, and everyone knew how to use the game editor to make games. The girl was in charge of art, but she drew a few art resources by herself. Most of the time, she would be communicating with people on the resource station, give her demands, and accept art resources. Such a small team of four was the current standard team of independent game studios in China. Any smaller, and the development cycle would be longer. Moreover, it would be difficult to guarantee the quality of the games made, and it would be based on pure luck. However, the company might not survive if there were more people. Independent game companies must be stretched in terms of funding. Every dime was precious. Even if there were an official editor and an official platform to match the search for art resources, costs still existed in developing an independent games platform. Rent had to be settled, staff salaries had to be paid, and art resources had to be bought. The official games platform might have preferential policies for independent game producers, but all that would amount to nothing if the games could not be sold. The investments would have been lost. The na?ve chief designer Yang Liang cleaned up a little reluctantly: Brother Fan, lets not clean up; I think its useless. Several investors came to ask questions before. No one really wants to invest in a risk like us. The probability of failure in independent games is too high after all so they are not willing to invest. We should fix one or two more bugs during this time. Jiang Fan was also a little helpless: There is no other way, Old Liang. The financial situation of the studio is too bad now. We will last a month at most if no one invests in us. We wont even be able to pay the salary then. I cant let it all work for nothing. Lets try again. I asked a few friends in the industry and verified that Boss Qiu, who is coming today, is indeed a well-known figure in the industry. While he has not invested in any company, he did get in touch with a few of them, showing that he has this intention. Yang Liang continued to pack things up: Really? Brother Fan, do you think we have a chance to get the investment? Jiang Fan shook his head. I cant tell either. This Boss Qiu used to make games with paywalls, but I dont know why he suddenly contacted domestic standalone game companies since last week, especially independent game studios like ours. I know that he had spoken to three in Beijing alone. They said that he seems to be investing in domestic standalone games and independent games. For us, the probability of being invested is much higher than that of other investment companies. However, none of the three companies I heard received any investment. It is understandable that the first two did not pass. They seemed to be too unreliable, but the third one is very reliable. The framework of the game has been completed, and the game content is quite good. They needed one last spur before the final release. However, Boss Qiu did not invest in them either. I dont know exactly what his requirements are. But anyway, this is a good opportunity for us. Try to seize it. The four people in the studio took the time to tidy up the workstations a bit while waiting for the arrival of Boss Qiu. Jiang Fan looked anxiously at the time on the phone. Jiang Fans cell phone rang two minutes before 2 pm. Jiang Fan hurriedly picked it up: Boss Qiu, are you here? Wait a moment, I will bring you up right now! Jiang Fan gave everyone a look before he left. Everyone immediately sat upright at the workstations and began to work seriously, waiting for Boss Qius arrival. Jiang Fan brought Qiu Hong to the workspace several minutes later. Ever since Qiu Hong accepted the mission of the Destitution Plan from Boss Pei, Qiu Hong settled his personal affairs and rushed straight to Beijing. Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou were places where game companies gathered so Qiu Hong chose Beijing as his first stop. Qiu Hongs mission was to invest in standalone game companies and independent game studios across the country, but he did not need to fly between cities every day. The most efficient way would be to stay in Beijing for a month, inspect one company every day, and choose the companies in Beijing before changing to another city. Qiu Hong had visited five companies but only invested in one. Three companies looked like very unreliable small workshops. The bosses themselves dont know the game very well, and they are a bit of an insider guiding the insider. Qiu Hong felt that they might have the tendency to defraud investors. Boss Pei said no investment if they were not reliable. There was a company that was good in all aspects and had a high degree of completion of the game. Qiu Hong tried it and felt that the probability of success was high. However, Boss Pei also said no investment if the company seemed too reliable. Therefore, there was only one that was well-regulated and obtained the investment of Qiu Hongs Destitution Plan. Today, Qiu Hong came to Cherry Workspace to continue his inspection. In fact, his job was the easiest and least stressful. When he was a game producer, he had to rack his brains to think about the gameplay. He was afraid that one wrong decision would ruin the whole project, but now, he doesnt need to do that anymore. He could just look at the companys situation and decide whether to invest or not. Moreover, the bonus now has nothing to do with whether the investment was profitable. The more he invested, the more bonus he could get. Where else could he obtain such a good deal? Without stress, he needed not to worry about gains and losses, and he was more rational and clear-headed when making decisions. Jiang Fan moved a chair to Qiu Hong from the side and took a cup of hot water from the water dispenser next to him. He then began to introduce the basic situation of Cherry Workspace. Qiu Hong listened while drinking his water. According to Jiang Fan, Cherry Workspace was basically a standard doing something from the heart story. Jiang Fan originally worked in a law firm, and his profession has nothing to do with games. Starting to make games was only because of the existence of official platforms and editors, which greatly lowered the barriers to game production and gave him the idea of trying out making a game after work. Jiang Fan usually worked very slowly and could only spare one hour a day to make games with the official game editor. In this way, he spent two full years on his own making an Interactive Fiction based on a Defense Lawyer, and it turned out to be quite well-received after it went live. The sales volume was not very high; after all, indie games did not cost too much. It sold nearly 200,000 copies for five yuan each. After taking into account various preferential policies of the official platform for indie games, he made about 600,000 yuan. Therefore, Jiang Fan made a very important decision in his life. He gave up his job as a lawyer and decided to set up Cherry Workspace to make independent games full-time. The other three employees were also found by Jiang Fan through his own player group. They went through simple interviews. These three also voluntarily gave up their previous jobs and came to Cherry Workspace to receive wages that could only guarantee basic living standards. It was not that Jiang Fan was stingy. The key was that there was only 600,000 yuan in total, and he had to pay for the rent of the office space and the purchase of art resources. There is really no way to pay more salary. The game they were developing now was called Survival Guide for Working Adults. It was much bigger than the game that Jiang Fan developed before, but it was precisely because the size exceeded Jiang Fans ability to control that Cherry Workspace had not enough money to sustain. In a little more than a month, he might not be able to pay wages, and the game had yet to reach the level to be launched. Chapter 697 - A Friend in Need How much of the game have you completed so far? Can I try it out? Qiu Hong asked. Jiang Fan hesitated for a moment but then nodded in the end. Of course, you can. After that, he opened the half-complete Survival Guide for Working Adults game on his laptop and handed it to Qiu Hong for testing. Jiang Fan was still slightly conflicted. Until now, very little of the Survival Guide for Working Adults had been completed. It was an educational game, which meant that one would not be able to understand the core gameplay or experience any fun with such little content being available. With the amount of content that the game had now, it would not be nearly as fun as it was meant to be. After all, the game was meant to be one whole piece. However, since Qiu Hong wanted to give it a shot, Jiang Fan could not turn him down. Simply describing the game would leave many gaps unfilled. Qiu Hong had to play the game himself to visualize how fun it was meant to be. Preparing a slideshow would triumph a pure verbal explanation, and having a demo would triumph preparing a slideshow. That was why Jiang Fan gritted his teeth and allowed Qiu Hong to try the game out. He sat by the side and watched, so that he could fix the game whenever bugs or gaps appeared. Qiu Hong began to play the game intently. This was an educational game that targeted ordinary working adults. Its art resources were mainly made up of 2D images, and it had interesting gameplay, along with proper character and plot development. The only problems were that there were indeed many bugs, temporary art resources, incomplete storylines and gameplay, and so on. That affected the game experience to some extent. Jiang Fan, who remained at the side to explain the game, could not help but offer reasons for the hiccups while perspiring profusely. He had no other choice. Qiu Hong was supplying him with funds, and so he was the boss! Jiang Fan could not afford to be careless. What if Boss Qiu became unhappy with something and decided not to invest in the game anymore? Wouldnt Jiang Fan have a huge problem on his hands then? The funds they had left in the workspace could only last them over a month at most. From the looks of the current situation, they would not have enough funds to see the game to completion. If Boss Pei decided not to invest in it, the workspace would have to sit around and do nothing for a period. Whats more, if the game could not sell because it was incomplete, the workspace would lose everything, and all of its resources would have gone to waste. The sale of games was considered a one-off sale for most game developers. If the game was popular among customers, the workspace would only have to avoid messing up and continue to update content to make more and more money. However, if the game was not popular, customers would not purchase the game no matter what improvements and edits followed subsequently. It was rare for games to build a good reputation from constant improvement and editing alone. After all, no one would be able to tell whether the game failed merely because it was incomplete or problematic at its core. Continuing to invest resources in a failed project was far too risky, and few game developers would dare to make such a wager. That was what people meant when they said that a penny stumped heroes. Thus, on a certain level, the amount of money that Qiu Hong would provide today would determine the fate of the Survival Guide for Working Adults and Cherry Workspace. As Qiu Hong played the game, he pondered very seriously. He had been working hard on developing games with paywalls earlier, but he still had the ability to appreciate standalone games. To him, this game had a chance of succeeding, but the chances were not high. That was because a game mechanism like that was never before seen. The game itself was an educational game, but it was different from other educational games in the market. Mini-games had also been thrown into the mix to make it more interesting. What moved Qiu Hong even more was that the games description of societal slaves was extremely apt. On one hand, the gamer would feel like it was a joke; yet, at the same time, they would feel a sense of bitterness. Obviously, Jiang Fan had injected his own experience while working into the game as well. Otherwise, Qiu Hong would not have found it so easy to empathize with the depiction of societal slaves in the game. The project completely fulfilled Boss Peis requirements! To say that the game was unreliable it was quite interesting and novel. Moreover, while it was largely incomplete, the general framework was already in place. The developer, Jiang Fan, had once succeeded in creating standalone games as well. Yet, to say that it was reliable Jiang Fan was a lawyer who had moved into developing games. His three other colleagues had illegitimate backgrounds in planning and strategizing as well. Leaving the innovation of the game to them was extremely risky, and there was no guarantee that they would be able to appeal to current gamers tastes. Whats more, the project was short of funds. One could say that they were nearly at the end of the road. Werent all the conditions for the Destitution Plan satisfied? At that thought, Qiu Hong decided not to carry on playing. He immediately said, Not bad! This project fits the bill for the Destitution Plan. We have decided to invest! How much more funds do you think you would need to complete this project and maintain its quality? Jiang Fan was stunned. At that moment, he had no idea how to react. Youve decided to invest just like that? Thats too rash, isnt it? Not even thirty minutes have passed since we began chatting! When other investors considered investing, they always beat about the bush and refused to broach the main subject for a long time. When it was time to negotiate the contract, there would also be many additional clauses and a lot of bargaining, which often tired Jiang Fan out. Yet, Boss Qiu had only exchanged a couple of pleasantries and experienced the game for ten minutes before deciding to invest. During those ten minutes, many lags and bugs occurred in the game as well. Jiang Fan could not help but feel emotional. After serious consideration, he said, Boss Qiu, based on the current progress, I think we will need about four hundred thousand yuan more! Qiu Hong nodded. Alright. We will invest five hundred thousand yuan. Make sure that the game is produced perfectly! However, I have two requests. First, the game must be buy-to-play, and there must not be any in-game purchases available. Second, once the game is put up for sale, you hit the minimum quantity to recover your capital, and start generating profits; we will split the profits according to our investment. Based on the proportion of our investment well take thirty percent. Jiang Fan was dumbfounded. Thats it? Qiu Hong nodded. Thats it. What else could there be? Confused, Jiang Fan asked, What if the game fails? What if we cant even recover the initial six hundred thousand yuan? Qiu Hong answered, We will only accept split profits after you recover the initial six hundred thousand yuan. If you dont generate profits, we will not get a single cent. Jiang Fan was speechless. That sounded too good. It was as good as giving him money. Other investment companies that Jiang Fan had met with in the past wanted more than just shared profits. Many wanted shares in Cherry Workspace, and others were even bold enough to ask Jiang Fan to be jointly and severally liable. Compared to those companies, Boss Qiu seemed like a charitable philanthropist! Cherry Workspace would not stand to lose out at all if they took the five hundred thousand yuan, would it? If the game failed to recover its capital, Boss Qiu would not ask the workspace for a single cent. That would be as good as giving the workspace five hundred thousand yuan for nothing. If the game generated profits, Boss Qiu would only get thirty percent of the profits. That meant Cherry Workspace would earn much more. The conditions were so good that Jiang Fan found it difficult to believe. Qiu Hong grinned. All in all, you can take some time to consider the terms and raise any questions. Jiang Fan quickly nodded. Of course, there are no questions! But Boss Qiu your terms are so good that Im finding it hard to believe this is true Are you sure youre not doing charity? Qiu Hong smiled. Those are not my terms, but my bosss. He had set all of those prerequisites in advance. He also told us what kind of company to invest in, how much profits to take, and so on. Im just following his orders. Strictly speaking, hes the initiator of the Destitution Plan, and hes the one paying for it as well. Your workspace just so happened to fit his criteria perfectly. If you want to thank someone, thank my boss. For some reason, after hearing Qiu Hongs words, Jiang Fans heart grew warm, and he felt like a spring breeze had just lightened his mood. He felt like he had been walking in snow for a long time when he was suddenly given a down jacket. Developing independent games could be extremely lonely. With limited manpower, the workspace had to fix the endless number of bugs that kept appearing in the game, and they seemed perpetually far away from the finish line. They found it extremely difficult to get help from people in the same industry, games channels, or investors alike. Once they started working on independent games, they could not turn back. Most workspaces that developed independent games quietly disbanded without anyone knowing. It was rare for companies to succeed, generate profits, and achieve their goals. Yet, now, the Destitution Plan made Jiang Fan feel like he was not alone. Someone was willing to lend him a helping hand and help him quietly! Deeply moved, Jiang Fan asked, Boss Qiu, can I please ask who your boss is? Qiu Hong smiled. Im sorry, I cannot tell you that. I must keep it a secret. However, my boss is very famous in the game industry. You have probably heard of him before. Once again, Jiang Fan was stunned. He was doing a good deed without leaving a name? Did such an ideal person really exist? The Destitution Plan was termed an investment project, but it was probably offering more help than anything else. More likely than not, it would end up incurring losses. If its purpose was not profits, it was probably a reputation. Yet, this big boss was doing it neither for profits nor for reputation. Was he really intent on doing good deeds? Did he really just want to assist in the development of domestically-produced independent games? How noble and generous must he be?! There were many big bosses in the local game industry, and so Jiang Fan could not figure out who this one was. Still, he only had respect for him. Qiu Hong stood up. If you have no other questions, Ill go back and prepare the contract. Once its signed, well transfer the funds at once. Everyone at Cherry Workspace stood up. Alright, Boss Qiu. Well do a good job of the Survival Guide for Working Adults! Qiu Hong smiled and nodded and then left Cherry Workspace. For some reason, he had an amazing feeling. What he was doing now seemed much more meaningful than everything that he had been doing for the past few years combined. Seeing those young people in Cherry Workspace reminded Qiu Hong of himself many years ago. He had also been filled with drive and dreams. Yet, those young people were much luckier than he had been. If he had had the help of something like the Destitution Plan back then, would he have persisted in the field of standalone games? Feeling emotional, Qiu Hong headed towards the next game workspace that he had to inspect. Chapter 698 - The Regulation of an Esports Environment October 24th, Monday The Manage Loss Trainees meeting was held as scheduled last Saturday. However, there was nothing worth talking about. That was because the cycle had just started, and the various departments were just getting started on their projects. Whats more, everyone was sticking quite closely to Boss Peis instructions, and so they could not find any signs of generating profits. Even if there were or if various departments worked together for a combined event, Pei Qian would only see them in the last month of the cycle. Thus, Pei Qian could relax considerably for now. Of course, even then, the Manage Loss Trainees meeting proceeded as usual. He could not afford to be careless. Today was Monday, and so Pei Qian prepared to head to DGE Club for a visit. Before this, Old Ma had done averagely in distributing cash through Weibo. However, the livestream had achieved considerable success. The old members of the DGE Club directed huge amounts of traffic to him, thus forming a virtuous cycle. Until now, Old Ma was still getting tens of thousands of new followers on his Weibo every day. It was very ridiculous. Fortunately, online trends passed as quickly as they came. Old Mas popularity from appearing on the livestreams of DGEs old members was slowly dissipating. As for Old Mas current followers most of them were only showing up for the money. For now, Pei Qian could not sense any threat. Thus, Pei Qian decided to cut off Ma Yang and the DGE Clubs link for once and for all! Once Old Ma noticed that he was gaining new followers at a slower rate, he might make an appearance as Coach Ma on the livestreams of the DGE Clubs older members once again. Then, his number of followers might balloon once again. It was a significant hidden threat. Pei Qian had to think of a way to dissipate the popularity that Old Ma was not meant to gain in the first place. Thus, he headed towards the DGE Club to take extreme measures against Old Ma. In the DGE Club, the ten new members finished their breakfast and prepared to commence their independent training. The DGE Club retained that part of the training schedule because it had proven effective. Although it was boring, everyone took it very seriously. When he saw Boss Pei appear, Zhang Yuan quickly stood up. Boss Pei! Boss Pei nodded and walked into the conference room, with Zhang Yuan following closely behind him. Neither of them wanted to interrupt the members training. Boss Pei, do you have any instructions for me this time? Zhang Yuan sounded slightly excited. More than a month had already passed since the international invitational tournament ended. All the clubs had become relatively confused by now. All of them had been burning money to poach people for the sake of the competition earlier. They had also been negotiating partnerships with Xing Le Livestream Platform, and the entire industry seemed to be buzzing. The international invitational tournament had indeed put most of the teams in the spotlight. However, once the tournament ended, their popularity dissipated as well. The next international invitational tournament would probably be a matter for the following year. Thus, for now, members and clubs alike would have too little of a drive. Zhang Yuan was no longer only in charge of DGE Clubs daily training schedule. He was also the communication line between various clubs and Tengda and had been put in charge of scheduling mock competitions for all teams. It was obvious that no one was as keen. They played in a slipshod manner at mock competitions, and star players invested more energy in their live-streams instead. The various clubs turned a blind eye to it and did not bother too much. Zhang Yuan thought that it was only natural for everyone to relax after the competition. However, slacking off and wasting time like that was quite inappropriate. Still, he did not have any solution to the problem. Could Boss Pei be coming today to fix this problem on his behalf? Pei Qian sipped his tea and said, Ive already spoken to Boss Ma. Hes not allowed to continue live-streaming with DGEs members anymore. He shouldnt be interrupting their daily training. Zhang Yuan was stunned. Huh? Er Boss Pei, that isnt a big deal. The clubs dont have any particularly urgent training plans, and the team members have to live-stream either way. Inviting Boss Ma along would balance out the skills Pei Qian: ? Zhang Yuan, whose side are you on?! Pei Qians expression became stern. How can you allow that? Our club is formal, and the members are as important as we are. Their task is to do well in competitions and not to play games with their boss. Thats why we have to be strict with ourselves and get our roles right. We can be managers, but we cannot be owners. Theres a crucial difference between the two, understand? Zhang Yuan instinctively straightened his back. Was Boss Pei just going by the books? Was he this critical even with Boss Ma, his trusted right-hand man and best friend? Strictly speaking, Boss Ma was acting inappropriately and using work resources to boost his personal fame by seeking to play games with DGEs members. However, on further thought, it was not that serious. Even the members didnt think much of it. Yet, Boss Pei had told Boss Ma not to come and interrupt everyones daily training. Personal relationships were one matter, but work was another. He had to separate the two very clearly! Zhang Yuan suddenly understood that Boss Pei was setting the standard and an example for the DGE Club and the entire professional circle of GOG! The local esports industry had just taken off, and many clubs were filled with rich second-generation heirs. In terms of management, they did poorly. A few members played games with their bosses and forged good relationships to hold tightly onto their positions. Obviously, this was not desirable for formal clubs. By being an example and refusing to make an exception even for Boss Ma, Boss Pei was undoubtedly sending a clear signal to the rest of the industry. Obviously, Boss Pei was determined to legitimize the industry and other clubs! Zhang Yuan could not help but feel immense respect towards Boss Pei. Alright, Boss Pei! Ill supervise the clubs training closely and make sure that they become legitimate. I will not let them get distracted by irrelevant matters! Pei Qian was stunned and momentarily speechless. I only said that the teams not allowed to play games with Old Ma and make him more popular than he already is. I didnt say anything else! How the h*ll did you arrive at that?! Forget it, forget it. The outcome will be the same either way. Pei Qian quietly sipped his tea. He had only come today to deal with Old Mas matter, and he had had no other plans. However, since he was already here, he decided to check on the clubs status anyway. At that thought, Pei Qian casually asked, How have the DGE Club and the other clubs been recently? Pei Qian only asked this casually because the DGE Club and the other clubs could possibly backstab him. Zhang Yuan perked up at once. There it was! Boss Pei is indeed here to offer me some guidance! Zhang Yuan knew that Boss Pei had a bigger plan for GOG and the entire esports industry. He had only allowed them some free time in the past month so that they could relax after the international invitational tournament. Was there a new plan now? Zhang Yuan quickly organized his thoughts and began reporting to Boss Pei. Boss Pei, the DGE Club is still following the daily training schedule set earlier. The ten new members that we accepted are quite good. Although they havent fully adapted to the rhythm of the competitions, theyre getting much better under Huang Wang, Jiang Huan, and the others guidance. However, its only been a while. The DGE Club is one of the poorest in skill among the local clubs. As for the other clubs theyve already fully accepted DGE Clubs working hours and training methodology. Ever since they added physical training, their members physical health had shown marked improvements. Still the clubs managing teams vary greatly. We can only guarantee that the DGE Clubs old members dont get bullied, but we cant interfere in other clubs internal affairs. Of course, the clubs have been showing me enough respect to avoid bullying our old members. The champions and core players would be given much more attention after the international invitational tournament. Now, all the clubs have resumed their mock competitions. In their spare time, the team members are allowed to host their own livestreams. However since there are no competitions in the near future, the mock competitions have not been very effective. Everyone has been slacking off a little bit. Livestream platforms are developing at a rapid pace and offering higher prices to celebrity players who have not been signed. At the same time, livestream platforms and clubs have been working together more and more. Thus, while clubs generally get along well with one another, competition for outstanding players has been getting more intense. Pei Qian immediately became cautious. Livestream platforms were offering higher prices? Competition for outstanding players has been getting more intense? That was not positive news! Pei Qian knew very well that livestream platforms would only get increasingly popular, and the number of users would only increase. Once that happened, live streamers would see a surge in their own income as well. Whats more, players in esports clubs were obviously of a higher tier than ordinary gamers. Apart from live streamers with an obvious style of playing and a knack for putting on a good show, the majority still favored those with good skills. That was because skills were the most important in esports. The lousy ones do not deserve any applause. This meant that the clubs would be very valuable for business. There was room to generate profits through sponsorships and income from livestream platforms. For now, the DGE Club was already standing at the peak of all the other clubs. That was the most ridiculous thing. Based on that trajectory, would livestream platforms offer DGEs members more expensive contracts? Would the club end up earning more money? Would more sponsors come knocking? When other clubs bought players from DGE, would they offer a higher price? What if the transfer of membership fees went into the millions or tens of millions when the time came? What would Pei Qian do? The DGE Club was already looking like paradise for many young internet addicts. Each time another club bought one member from DGE, everyone would fight one another to get accepted into the club. Each time the club sold a member, they would earn a significant sum of money. There would be no end to the madness. Whats more, as the club became more popular, the environment would only get messier. Pumping in more funds in would create a bigger bubble, and the bigger bubble would only increase the DGE Clubs chances of generating profits. For most clubs, popularity was a good thing. However, for Pei Qian, it was worth avoiding as much as possible. Although it did not look that dangerous in the short-term, it was extremely risky in the long-term. Pei Qian could not care less how much the other clubs were earning as long as DGE earned as little as possible. Yet how could he minimize DGE Clubs income? He could not go overboard and reject all forms of income. He had to find reasons for every action. Otherwise, he could go down another path. He could think of more ways to spend money, which would be equivalent to earning less over all. Pei Qian fell into deep thought. Zhang Yuan rejoiced inside. He was herethe thinking Boss Pei! He did not dare to interrupt but quietly waited for the latter to finish thinking. After some consideration, Pei Qian said, Livestream platforms are offering higher prices, and competition between the clubs for outstanding members has been getting more intense. On a certain level, those are good signs because they show that GOGs esports circle is getting more and more attention. However, we have to be cautious of the risks that might come with it. Would players become obsessed with earning money if livestream platforms offer more remuneration than clubs do? Would they lose interest in taking part in competitions? Would there be unfair competition and tampering of contracts if competition between various clubs for outstanding members gets too intense? We have to guard against those things. If we fail that, all of GOGs esports environment would be affected. I think that we should set up another department to simultaneously regulate all of GOGs esports environment! Chapter 699 - Esports Division Zhang Yuans eyes lit up at once. Boss Pei, please give me more details! Pei Qian sipped his tea and organized his thoughts. First of all, we have to provide a standard form contract for all clubs and esports athletes. At the same time, we should strictly prohibit dual contracts. A standard form contract can be a short-term or a long-term one, but the parties would only be allowed to edit basic content like the duration of the contract, the damages for breach of contract, the transfer fees, and remuneration. They would not be allowed to impose strange restrictions or conditions upon the members. Unclear terms like members must cooperate unconditionally with the club for business operations must be specially prohibited, and we will have to make it clear. The clubs may conduct business but only under our supervision. They cannot operate without boundaries or attempt to bully the esports athletes. On top of that, during the transfer season each year, clubs and free candidates may be allowed to interact and make promises without any restrictions. However, they would be prohibited from entering contracts in private. Before signing any contracts, we will arrange for the various clubs to bid for free players through a unified bidding system. During bidding, clubs would be allowed to express their intentions and clarify their preferred duration of the contract, damages for breach of contract, remuneration, additional welfare benefits, and so on. For example, they could stipulate the amount of time that the members would be on stage for. Upon understanding the clubs intentions during bidding, we will allow athletes to decide which team they want to join. Both parties can only formalize and sign a contract if they choose each other. The clubs must not back out on any of the promises made during the bidding period. I will personally supervise this. Lastly, when a conflict arises, both parties must allow us to mediate between them. We will be mediators and ensure that both clubs and athletes compromise. A solution that satisfies all three parties would be agreed upon. The DGE Club will attract freelance players on the basis of these principles. If the members leave during the contractual period, they would only have to pay the lowest transfer fee or damages based on current standards. Zhang Yuan was stunned. Boss Pei, isnt that a bit idealistic? It doesnt sound very practical, does it? What if the clubs dont accept our standard form contract? What if they create dual contracts in private? What if the clubs go back on their word after expressing their intentions? The contracts signed between players and clubs would be legally binding. Once conflicts arise, the clubs would have full power to bypass us and go to the courts to settle their disputes. We wont be able to do anything if that happens. Pei Qian smiled. Thats easy to handle. We can enter an agreement with clubs from the beginning, stipulating that if they break any of our regulations, they would have to pay a fine and be suspended from joining competitions. If the clubs do not accept our supervisory powers, they would not be eligible to join the GOG league. They can withdraw if they want, but we would act as intermediaries to buy their GOG teams and sell them to other clubs that are interested in entering the GOG league. In other words, clubs would be free not to accept DGEs supervisory role, but DGE would then leave them out of the league altogether. Clubs would be free to participate in other esports events, but their GOG teams would be bought over and sold to other clubs. They would be prevented from suffering any material loss, but they could forget about entering the inner circle unless they submitted to the supervision of DGE. As for why Pei Qian was putting such rules in place, there were three main factors. First, insisting on standard form contracts and forbidding dual contracts or additional terms was aimed to prevent the clubs from resorting to small tricks. Many clubs offered sky-high prices, not because they thought the athletes were worth sky-high prices, but because many traps had been set. For example, one of the most common phenomena was clubs and livestream platforms splitting the payment with athletes. In actual fact, the athletes would be forced to stick to certain requirements for their livestreams. That was akin to clubs and livestream platforms overdrawing on the athletes future commercial value. It may seem like the athletes are earning profits, but it would not be true. Still, the transfer fee would be raised, and the DGE Club would still earn much more money selling each athlete than it had before. That would be too unbearable. Thus, if everyone resorted to fewer tricks and acted more sincerely, the high transfer fee would only sound pleasing to the ears. In reality, it would achieve no effect. In addition, the DGE Club would only agree on the minimum transfer fee payable, which would minimize any income generated by DGE. Second, establishing a regulatory authority like that required a lot of manpower and daily expenses. At the same time, the plethora of rules and regulations would serve to dissuade certain clubs from taking part for sure. It would be easy for any club that refused to accept the rules and regulations to withdraw. Pei Qian would pay for their GOG teams to prevent them from suffering losses. All of their investments would be covered by him. However, it would not be as easy for them to re-join the league. Pei Qian could not ask for anything more than to be able to spend a huge sum of money on buying those GOG teams over. Last, Pei Qian did indeed have intentions to regulate the industry and protect the athletes rights. Without proper supervision from the higher authorities, athletes would never have equal bargaining rights as the clubs. That was because they would not have the same amount of say. This could be likened to ordinary workers and companies. Most of the time, they would only be able to vote using their bodies. They could choose to work in what seemed to be the best company, but they would not have any actual bargaining power against the company as well. Only rare, talented, outstanding, and irreplaceable people would have such power. Since both parties have unequal bargaining power, the balance would inevitably tilt towards the one with a bigger sayunless the authorities would do something to maintain neutrality. Think about a fight between a boxing king and an ordinary person. Assuming that neither party was at fault, the absence of a neutral third party regulating the fight would be akin to sending the ordinary person to his death. Thus, Pei Qian had to step in as the regulatory authority and protect athletes rights objectively. Still, that did not mean that he could exploit the clubs. Instead, it only meant that he had to remind the clubs not to be insatiable and squeeze athletes dry in the process. Transfer fees and damages that belonged to clubs should be fully paid. Clubs should also be awarded the necessary commercial contracts, popularity, and influence. The only catch was that they could not take advantage of loopholes and do whatever they pleased. Of course, Pei Qian could recognize the spirit of contracts. However, there would be two preconditions: First, the contracts had to be fair. They could not be slave contracts containing unfair terms, and they could not be a means of exploitation of the other party. Second, recognizing the spirit of the contract did not mean that contracts could not be violated. Instead, it meant that the consequences of breaching the contracts had to be followed through with. In short, Pei Qians rules and regulations would earn DGE less in transfer fees and dissuade clubs from investing resources and capital. If clubs withdrew, Pei Qian would even be able to spend a sum of money buying their GOG teams over. Didnt that sound perfect? Whats more, he would have to spend money on the daily operations of the regulatory authority as well. It did not sound like a bad thing to hire more people and support them. That would allow Pei Qian to distribute more salary after all. Zhang Yuan had already recorded everything that Boss Pei had just said on two pieces of paper. After scanning the rules and regulations once more, he still felt uncertain. Was it feasible? None of the major leagues in the world had done something like that before. The reason was simple. They either did not dare to or were unwilling to fall out with major clubs. Major clubs brought in fans, attention, and funds for the league. To be fair, certain competitions were popular because of the joint efforts of organizers, sponsors, clubs, professional players, and audience. The lack of any one of those stakeholders could cause everything to go awry. That was why, many times, even though organizers had the means to; they would not dare to offend major clubs. Even if certain clubs exploited their players and as long as they would not ignite too much public anger or resentment, the organizers would likely punish both parties equally without considering guilt. After all, in most cases, players could be replaced and sacrificed. On the other hand, the loss caused by the departure of a major club would be difficult to make up for. On the other hand, the rules and regulations that Boss Pei was setting were skewed against the clubs. Certain clubs would be unhappy for sure. The result of that would be to break up and part ways because Boss Pei was not one to compromise or be threatened. Zhang Yuan could vaguely guess from Boss Peis attitude that he really did not care for the resources that the major clubs had! After a moment of silence, Zhang Yuan said, Boss Pei, on an emotional level, I support your suggestion to supervise the league. After all, nothing can be accomplished without proper rules. Good competition can only take place after the league has been legitimized and regulated. However, imposing such strict and controlling measures would drive many clubs away. Weighing the pros and cons would it really be worth it? If the clubs are driven away, the entire leagues funds, popularity, and attention could be affected. If half the veteran clubs leave, we could lose far more than we gain. What would we do then? Pei Qian sniggered. Of course, its worth it. Zhang Yuan remained silent for a moment and then nodded. Alright. Since Boss Pei sounded so sure, he must have had a goal for the longer term. Thus, Zhang Yuan decided to stop questioning him. Boss Pei, what would we call the new regulatory authority? Zhang Yuan asked. After some thought, Pei Qian said, Lets call it the Esports Division. We can take this chance to set up GOGs Professional League, GPL, as well. The few clubs that we have now can have priority to enter for now, but they must be willing to accept our rules and regulations and submit to our supervision. As for the scheduling for the clubs we can think about that once the new division has been set up. Zhang Yuan nodded. Alright, Boss Pei. After sending Boss Pei off, Zhang Yuan returned to the conference room and read his notes from beginning to end once again. He wanted to guess Boss Peis intentions. For now, what confused Zhang Yuan the most was Boss Peis reply: Of course, its worth it. The first priority for the esports industry was to expand as much as possible. Although GOGs international invitational tournament had garnered a lot of attention, anyone with discerning eyes would be able to tell that there was still much room for improvement. There was much more to be done in the future. Boss Pei had already said that he wanted to set up GOGs Professional League, GPL. Obviously, he had intentions to increase the scale of that esports event. However, the problem was that the strict rules and regulations he was going to impose on clubs would directly contradict that goal to a certain extent. How exactly was Boss Pei calculating his moves? Zhang Yuan began to analyze each one of Boss Peis rules carefully. Chapter 700 - : Fewer Schemes, More Sincerity There is only a unified standard contract. This one should be to establish mutual trust between players and the club, with fewer schemes and more sincerity. Well, the clubs do have some problem with the contract. Previously, the DGE Club sold the players because the other clubs signed with us directly so they did not dare to play tricks. What kind of contract traps would they encounter if they joined freely? Zhang Yuan was very clear that under the current model, many clubs prepared actually-flawed contracts. For their own interests, the club must lock down the most promising players at the lowest cost, and the players must also pursue higher salaries and more opportunities for their own interests. The actions of the two could not be blamed and were for their own interests. However, the problem was that it would actually seriously undermine the mutual trust between the club and the players. Clubs often offered high prices to snatch a certain star player; however, they would usually embed loopholes in the contract and wait for the player to be fooled. That was like the routine of many e-commerce websites: gave someone discounts on the surface but charged them back somewhere else. Everything was fine when they were discussing it, but they would be shocked when they signed the contract. The result would be that players stopped trusting the club, and the clubs would stop trusting the players. It would become a zero-sum game in too many cases. The interests of the weaker party would be damaged. Moreover, in most cases, the weaker ones were the players. The big clubs had their own legal teams which gave them an absolute advantage when signing contracts. The standard contract requested by Boss Pei was that everyone had to be sure of the price and not make any falsehoods. Clarify all the previous complicated contract terms and only make changes in terms of time limit, liquidated damages, transfer fees, specific salaries, special terms, etc. The special terms here were not to restrict players but to ensure that the clubs promises did not turn into blank checks. For example, two clubs were competing for a certain player at the same time. The former would pay more and the latter could only pay less, but the playing time could be guaranteed. By then, the players would have more options. Many times, players would be hesitant not because they were greedy. The contract from everyone was different. Those who gave more money may have hidden agendas. Those who gave less might not necessarily harbor evil intentions. How could someone make a hasty decision if they could not bring the contract back and study each slowly? That was just like selling something; every buyer did not pay a stipulated price but a lot of complicated terms. Players could only expend a lot of energy screening them in case they were played. However, the problem was that the players were not specialized legal professionals. It would take time and effort to find a specialized legal team, and not all of them were reliable. Professional players had a youth career. Their lifetime income and prospects would be concentrated in the peak year or two. How could they not shop around? The clubs also chose amongst many excellent players when they were purchasing them. That was normal business behavior with nothing to pick at. However, a clubs risk-taking ability was much stronger than the players themselves after all. Signing a wrong player would amount to nothing more than paying more for a porter. Once something happened, an outstanding young player could risk his entire career. Therefore, Boss Peis target was clear. Make the rules transparent, without any deceit, so even those players without knowledge of the law could understand and decide for themselves. Freelance players could contact all clubs, and these clubs would make their own commitments; officials would act as intermediaries. Whoever went against the contract would have to pay a penalty. The club should not think about picking up leaks at low prices and letting players be slaves; individual players should also not think about taking high salaries and taking advantage of the club. Everyone took a step back, not taking advantage of anyone; let the team members income roughly match his valuedont make it too outrageous. The secret shooting method was to prevent those wealthy clubs from maliciously raising prices and squeezing the living space of small clubs. At the same time, the interests of the players would not be harmed. The clubs could not collude to push prices. The truly powerful players could still command a high salary. Moreover, this contract did not harm the interests of the club. The interests of the club were mainly in three aspects: the attention, popularity, and brand awareness brought by the competition; the tangible economic benefits brought by sponsors; and the insurance that the team members would not be poached. Boss Peis supervision would not have any impact on popularity and brand awareness. Sponsors and financial interests had not been harmed either. The club could still sign long-term contracts with players and collect transfer fees. The interests in this regard were not affected. However, if the club wanted to lock a player with a contract and yet arrived at a conflict with the player, it was impossible to hide it permanently because the standard contract by Boss Pei obviously did not support this. Boss Pei would always find a way to get them out once something like that happened. This standard contract did not intend to let the club starve to death but to let them eat less and spit out parts for the players. In this way, players and clubs would establish mutual trust through Tengdas official intervention, and there would be no need to play schemes with each other. Whatever demands the club or players have on the contract could be handed over to the official party to mediate and resolve. Of course, there was no absolute fairness in this world, but relative fairness could be pursued. Was the contract given by the club fairer? Or was the contract given by Boss Pei fairer? The choice was obvious. That was because the clubs and the players tried to safeguard their own interestswhich was beyond reproach, but it also meant that they would not consider the impact on the entire esports environment. Moreover, Boss Pei was completely objective and fair in his position, and his determination could be seen from his statement. Other event organizers have the same interests as the club. In many cases, they dared not or need not offend the club so the players would only suffer losses in silence. However, Boss Peis attitude was very clearnot biased towards the players but not biased towards the clubs. Clubs that did not agree to this standard contract must have their own schemes in their hearts, thinking about playing some tricks with the contract. If that was the case, then sorry while he could not control other places, that club would not be able to participate in GOG esports competitions. He would rather give up the heat and resources that this club brought and maintain the fairness and justice of the entire esports system. Zhang Yuan couldnt help but sigh, as he thought about this. That was the determination of a strong man to break his wrist! In the short term, this move would inevitably cause dissatisfaction among many clubs and even cause the popularity of GOG esports competitions to decline and players salaries to decrease. However, in the long run, the entire ecology would be healthier. The players also avoided huge risks even if their salaries were lowered. Obviously, Boss Pei believed that it was cost-effective because he believed that the importance of the healthy ecology of the league was far greater than the heat generated by several clubs. He believed that regardless of whether these clubs came to join in or not, they had the confidence to run the GOG league. Now, taking advantage of the opportunity established by the GPL to establish the access system for each club was actually a precautionary measure. It was because GOG branches of various clubs had just been formed not long ago. Even if these clubs withdrew, it would not cost much for Boss Pei to buy them up. The impact would be within a controllable range. It would be even more difficult to establish these standards if enthusiasm really rose in the future. It was like treating disease, preventing it in advance would definitely be better than having an operation when someone was dying. As for why there were special regulations that DGE only needed a minimum transfer fee? Zhang Yuan didnt understand at first; wouldnt that miss the DGE Clubs interests? However, thinking about it again, this was precisely an important supplement to the whole mechanism! Many newcomers actually had no bargaining power at all when they had not shown results. This was normal. After all, club buyers also had to take risks. Some players might play well in ranked matches but lose themselves once they get to the competitions. Wouldnt it be a total loss for the club that spent so much money on the players? Therefore, contracts for newcomers were often very low. However, that gave rise to a new problem: those talented players with real strength could only sign new contract contracts at the beginning when their commanding prices were low. They could not get the corresponding salary after showing results; they might even fall out with the club and be hidden away. Many players had only one or two years at their peak, and if they were not careful, their entire careers would be ruined. There was no right or wrong in this matter. It was for ones own benefit, but it would cause a kind of actual waste. The talented newcomers would receive low salaries, and their mentality would definitely fluctuate, which would affect the performance of the game. If they were to fall out with the club and be hidden, this outstanding player would be buried forever, which was a loss for the entire league. Therefore, as long as the DGE Club had a minimum transfer fee, it was actually good news for these newcomers. If someone was a newcomer with strength and confidence in themselves, they could choose to come to the DGE Club first and not fall into loopholes of the newcomers contract. If one played well, they would naturally be bought by a better club. The DGE Club was equivalent to completing a screening on behalf of the other clubs but also gave a chance for the players to prove themselves. For the DGE club, this was not a loss. This move would allow more high-spirited and outstanding newcomers to squeeze their heads to enter the DGE Club. This could ensure that the quality of the new players in the DGE Club was higher than other clubs and always maintained a relatively high level of strength, which was conducive to maintaining the DGE Brand Value. They might not compete, but by transporting these new faces to the league, they could have a sense of presence in front of the audience. When the audiences realize that these new faces originated from the DGE Club, they would naturally pay high attention to the DGE Club. Their sponsorships would naturally get better with higher attention. Moreover, other clubs may buy people from there. The transfer fee might be small, but there would still be something to earn. Moreover, what was so wonderful was that this decision was something that other clubs could not learn. DGEs operating model was different from that of all other clubs. They did not need to participate in the competition and did not need to produce results. They only needed to train players. There was no competitive relationship. In fact, it was only a mutual benefit. Whats more, this move could better maintain the ecology of the entire GOG league, and the entire Tengda Corporation could benefit from it. Wouldnt it be cost-effective then to sacrifice a bit of DGEs immediate benefits to obtain long-term gains? Chapter 701 - Boss Ma of Tengda, Reverse Live Commerce Zhang Yuan took these two pieces of paper and analyzed them repeatedly. He suddenly felt that Boss Pei indeed had foresight! On the surface, it seemed like there would be some contradictions between the official and the clubs, but it actually clarified the rights and obligations of the players and the club and lessened the need for struggles between the players and the club. Everyone would stop making so much trouble, take one step back, and run the league in a down-to-earth manner. In Boss Peis view, a healthy and standardized league mechanism was far more important than short-term traffic, popularity, and profitability. Boss Pei already had a solution for the neglect of training by various clubs after the international invitational tournament. Just engage in GPL! It was guaranteed that there would be matches during most times of the year and the points throughout the year would affect the number of places in the finals, which could ensure the training effect of each team. Zhang Yuan was suddenly filled with motivation as he thought about it. That was because Zhang Yuan could see the bright future of Tengdas gaming industry with these regulations given by Boss Pei! Pei Qian and Ma Yang met at Fish-Catching Internet Cafe after they left the DGE Club. The club agreed not to carry Ma Yang in games, but Old Ma had to cooperate for that to happen. Previously, Old Ma said he would find new things to perform; Boss Pei wondered what the progress was like now. Old Ma arrived when coffee was served after he reached Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. How about it? Have you decided on the new live-stream content? Pei Qian asked directly. No! Ma Yang sat down opposite Pei Qian and replied confidently. Pei Qian could not help but be elated. As expected of Old Ma The confidence when he said no! Pei Qian nodded happily. Are there any general areas you are considering? Ma Yang took a sip of coffee and said, Brother Qian, I have self-awareness. My hobbies and things I am good at apart from playing Gods Rising and GOG, there is nothing else. I really cant think of what I can do if I dont play GOG. It will be irresponsible towards the fans if my performance is bad, right? So I thought why dont I just explore Tengdas various industries? For example, after the game is released, I will try out the new games; I will try new menus of Fish-Catching Take-Out; or Ill show support when Fish-Catching Internet Cafe were to open a new store Pei Qian put down the coffee silently; a question mark floated above his head. ? Old Ma, your ideas were so bad; I dont know where to start! Arent you ashamed to say that you have self-awareness? It was outrageous to say that you are good at playing GOG! Moreover, dont promote Tengdas industries when I allow you to become an internet celebrity; wasnt that just stabbing me in the back? Were you talking about wandering around industries of Tengda or wandering around industries of Tengda to make money? That wouldnt do! Pei Qian coughed slightly: Old Ma, that is your fault. Excessive humility equals pride. This is not self-awareness but totally underestimating your energy! I am very touched, and I understand that you want to continue to promote Tengdas various industries. However, this is a waste of your talent! Ma Yangs eyes beamed: Is that right, Brother Qian? Then, what do you think I should do? Hmm Pei Qian fell into deep thought. Yes, what should Ma Yang do? With his IQ and ability, what can he do in the livestream? It would be best to do things that spend more money, unprofitable conducive to getting scolded easily, and yet harmless to the public. Pei Qian thought for a while: Why dont you live-stream live commerce? Ma Yangs huge face was confused. Brother Qian, what do you mean by live-streaming live commerce? Pei Qian explained: In short, you start a live-stream and introduce some products to the audience. Ma Yangs face was still filled with confusion. He did not understand! That was because there was still no clear concept in this world for that. The current live-stream platform might already have basic live-stream functions, but it was still a pure money-burning and popularity-attracting industry for the time being. No one thought of actually using it to do live commerce. Or perhaps, it would not be able to reach the volume of live commerce. The anchors would receive some advertisements and post them in their live streams to increase their income, but in general, the content of live streamers was still mainly on games, outdoor, etc. The real live commerce would probably only appear five to six years later. Therefore, Pei Qian felt that he could get Old Ma to do this since he would not succeed anyway. Ma Yang thought for a while with doubts and said, Brother Qian, that isnt right. Arent we against consumerism? Why would I, a high-level executive of Tengda Group, promote something in sales? Pei Qian smiled. Old Ma, great minds really think alike! Of course, I dont mean for you to do sales. On the contrary, your task is not to sell things to consumers but to weed out the bad saplings for them! You cannot exaggerate when you introduce these products. You have to pick at all its problems and explain all the bad parts of it! Of course, we seek truth from facts; we dont report falsehoods. All content must be reasonable and well-founded; otherwise, it will be slander. Ma Yang nodded thoughtfully: Oh It would seem a bit interesting if you put it that way. Pei Qian smiled slightly. It was more than a bit interesting; it was simply too appropriate! The norm of live commerce was to get the goods first and then mainly introduce its advantages, let consumers buy them, and then get a commission out of live-streaming it. Of course, the reason why that was better than TV shopping was mainly that they were generally genuine products and could indeed obtain cheaper prices than on the internet. In particular, some industries had high profits such as makeup, skincare products, cosmetics, etc. They could be guaranteed to make a profit even after paying commissions. That was why some businesses were willing to cooperate with the live streamers and pay high commissions. It stood to reason that Old Ma was not eloquent, and his sales ability was even more impossible to talk about. Those brand owners wouldnt pay to have him do live commerce for them. However, one could never be too careful. Therefore, he had to block off this route early on! Let Ma only talk about the shortcomings of these products, not the advantages. There wouldnt be any brand stupid enough to take the initiative to pay for that right? Wouldnt that be idiotic? Who would send their stuff to be criticized? There could be no perfect products in this world. One could always find shortcomings if one wanted to. Therefore, this time, it could be said to be triple insurance. This model of live commerce was immature, and it would take at least five or six years before it would be recognized and accepted by the market. It was unlikely that Old Ma would cause any ripple. Just talk about the shortcomings but not the advantages so it would be impossible for the brands to pay him. Criticizing other products would not necessarily bring a good reputation. Many fake reviewers did that to others, which was viewed very poorly. They would definitely offend a lot of manufacturers enough for them to retaliate. It was exactly this kind of thing that was said to be thankless. Wasnt that pretty good? It was better than Boss Ma publicizing Tengdas own industry and new products. If the effect was good, he could even get Ma Yang to criticize their own products. I criticize myself, do you dare to! The more Pei Qian thought about it, the more he felt he should get Old Ma to try it. Old Ma, how about you start from this? Pei Qian pointed at the coffee on the table that he was about to finish. Ma Yangs huge face became serious. Alright, Brother Qian, Ill try! Hm Ugh This cup of coffee is a little bitter. And a little sweet. The volume is acceptable, not too little. Drinking it can perk you up. Pei Qian nearly fainted. Its disadvantages. Ma Yang reacted. Oh, right, right, its disadvantages. Its disadvantage is its a little expensive? The latte art isnt good? No, its latte art is pretty nice actually. Hm Ma Yang frowned as if constipated and unable to push anything out. Pei Qian held his forehead with his hand. What the hell are you describing?! Obviously, in terms of Old Mas ability, he couldnt even pick the right places to criticize. The point was wouldnt it become live commerce if Old Ma couldnt talk about its problems? Ma Yang had a lot of fans. He might want to criticize the product but couldnt find it; instead, he said a whole bunch of advantages. The fans would think: oh, this isnt bad, buy! The brands get to know about this and pay Old Ma to advertise for them No, that wont do! Definitely not! There was also technical skill in criticism. It was better to get a professional to do it if Old Ma could not do it. If that was the case, then should he get a professional team for Old Ma? The model in his mind wouldnt work otherwise! Pei Qian coughed slightly: How about this, Old Ma? I know that this requirement is a bit difficult for you; lets get a professional to do it. You continue to give out the Dream Fund on your Weibo. Ill give you some extra money so that He Desheng can give you a dedicated team to support you. These people have their own division of labor, mainly to help you write drafts on the problems with each product. Just memorize these manuscripts and just talk about them during the live-stream. You dont even need to memorize them; you can use a teleprompter or something to read it out. Ma Yang was very happy when he heard that there was no need to memorize any scripts: Hey? This is not bad, Brother Qian. I can do it! But, where do I start? Pei Qian thought for a while: Whatever you want; it doesnt matter if you want to start with womens clothing, cosmetics, etc. Ma Yangs expression changed: Brother Qian, I dont have that kind of special hobby! Pei Qian smiled: Choose your own then, but you must remember the three key points. First, talk only about shortcomings, not strengths. Secondly, the shortcomings must be justified and convincing, but dont deliberately discredit others. Third, dont be greedy. We do not take any money from brands that come to our door and try to pay us off to not evaluate their products, understand? Ma Yang nodded. Alright, Brother Qian, leave it to me! Chapter 702 - Initialization of Useful App October 25th, Tuesday Handong Universitys family home district Yu Pingan got out of the taxi, took out his mobile phone, and glanced at the specific address and house number. Today, he was going to visit Kong Zhemin, an old Arts Professor at Handong University. Professor Kong Zhemin, born in 1946, was a first-level professor of humanities and social sciences at Handong University, a doctoral supervisor, and concurrently the Director of the Institute of Chinese Education of Handong University, the Chief editor of Chinese textbooks for primary and secondary schools, and a member of the Basic Education Expert Committee, editor, convener of the expert group for the revision of Chinese curriculum standards, etc. In short, he was a deserving master in the Faculty of Arts of Handong University and even the entire domestic academic circle. Yu Pingan had seen a lot of wealthy company executives, and there was nothing to worry about. However, to meet a real master like Professor Kong Zhemin was completely different. Yu Pingan calmed down and carefully reviewed the preparations for Useful App before going upstairs. He came today to invite Professor Kong for cooperation, but this was not so easy. After receiving the Useful App development task from Boss Pei, Yu Pingan immediately started to re-plan the entire departments business and optimize the staff structure. Some people continued to develop and improve the functions of Tengda Life App while others were selected to form the Useful App research and development team. Yu Pingan was totally confused when he received the mission from Boss Pei. Because in his opinion, the useful APP development cycle was too long, and it was extremely difficult to make a profit. It was really not a very good project. However, he still strictly implemented Boss Peis requirements and began preparations seriously. That was because Yu Pingan emphasized one thing in software: iterate! It could be seen from the development process of its own department. From Top Student, Come Quick to Tengda Life App; this App had been revised several times, the content was constantly adjusted, and the user groups it faced had also undergone tremendous changes. It can be said that without the iteration that Boss Pei had been promoting, the current success of Tengda Life App would not have been possible! Therefore, the new project Useful App that Boss Pei was going to makeeven if it does not seem to be reliable nowwould always meet Boss Peis expectations and achieve great success after iteration. Yu Pingan was completely convinced about that. However, Yu Pingan encountered more problems than he thought he would in the process of developing Useful App. Boss Pei had already given the basic structural framework of this app: it would be a content production platform, which should be a tree-like structure. The trunk part was a bit similar to the encyclopedia website: the root was a keyword and basic concept, the branch was the concept and explanation derived from this keyword, and the leaf would be the question and answer for a specific derivative concept. Moreover, the structure of the entire app was like a forest composed of trees: the key basic concepts were related to each other, and they supported jumping around each other within the entry or in a large category (such as literature, physics, games, etc.) to search by category within. In other words, the encyclopedia model and the question-and-answer model were grafted togetheronly a slight innovation in form, but it could greatly improve the efficiency of users in obtaining information. However, a lot of time and energy would still need more work in details and content to realize the basic structural framework that Boss Pei wanted. For example, how to design each level of the sub-interface of the app, how to arrange the page layout so that users could see the key information at a glance, or how to allow managers to freely add and delete entries or modify the entire tree structure These were the key issues that product managers need to worry about. In addition, there was the issue of content output on Useful App. Since Useful App was a content production platform, whether it could become popular or not would depend on the quality of the content above. Specifically, it was nothing more than three points: If the content was accurate and could have no error in information If the content was concise and free of spam If the index was convenient and enabled the user to find the content the user wanted in no time It depended on people in the final analysis. If the content producers on the platform deliberately released misinformation and spam to defraud traffic, the platform would definitely not be able to make it. Even if it was necessary to supervise, they could only use excellent producers to supervise less excellent producers. When it came to some professional concepts, it would definitely be necessary to let the professional come forward to accurately determine whether it was correct information, wrong information, or spam. So where to find these excellent producers? The first thing Yu Pingan thought of was college. It was, of course, possible to invite the experts of various industries. For example, when it came to issues related to the Internet industry, it was possible to invite the senior executives of some Internet giants. These people must also have real talents. However, the problem was that these big guys were all successful people. They must be busy with their own jobs and careers and might not have time to do these trivial things. Moreover, there was a big difference between mastering knowledge and explaining knowledge. Useful App was more like a platform for explaining knowledge. The encyclopedia model had developed to the extreme, which was actually a textbook. The questions related to encyclopedia entries were actually detailed explanations of the textbook. Therefore, university graduate students, young lecturers, professors, etc. were the most suitable candidates and the backbone of this app. The giants of the various industries could only be used as supplements. Moreover, Useful App was an all-encompassing and mountainous task; where should they start? The first thing Yu Pingan thought of was some basic knowledge. Boss Pei said Useful APP was a long-term plan, and some ambiguous issues would rather not be made if they were made wrongly. Start with a certain field of basic knowledge, do a little bit, test water if the effect was good, then extend it to more fields, and expand step by step. The focus would not be on quantity but on quality, to ensure that this app truly deserved its name. Therefore, he went to Handong University to visit Professor Kong. Handong University, especially the Faculty of Art and Science, was quite supportive of this cooperation. In fact, cooperation between school and enterprise had always been strongly supported and advocated by the State, and it was nothing new for many science academies to conduct joint research with enterprises. The Faculty of Arts and Sciences had less cooperation with companies due to its specialty. If this Useful App were to succeed, it would be a win-win attempt. Whats more, Tengda Group was based in Jingzhou, and President Pei had donated money to his alma mater time and time again. With this relationship, it would be much easier to talk about cooperation. The only problem was that the college could not decide for Professor Kong Zhemin. That was because Professor Kong needed to tutor graduate students, teach undergraduates, and do research. Would the old man have the time and energy to join the project as a special consultant? This was a question mark. Therefore, if Yu Pingan had to do his best if he wanted to move the great Buddha that was Professor Kong today. After calming down, Yu Pingan entered the family building and knocked on the door on the second floor. After a while, the anti-theft door opened, and a gray-haired, energetic old professor looked up and down at Yu Pingan: Boss Yu, right? Yu Pingan hurriedly said: Prof Kong, you can call me Little Yu. Im sorry to disturb you. Professor Kong Zhemin smiled: You are not disturbing me, please come in. Yu Pingan followed Professor Kong Zhemin into the living room. It was almost the same as he imagined. The sofas and furniture were basically made of wood, which looked aged. Paintings and calligraphy were hanging on the wall, and the whole wall was covered with bookshelves that were filled with various books. Professor Kong Zhemin poured a cup of tea for Yu Pingan, and Yu Pingan panicked a little. After some small chats, Yu Pingan did not dare to delay Professor Kongs time anymore and went straight to the topic: Prof Kong, my intention is that as the leader from the Faculty of Art and Science should have already briefly talked to you and I will tell you more and introduce the specific content of our app I was originally in charge of the Tengda Life App business in Tengda Group, and now, I am responsible for this Useful App. It will be a knowledge-sharing community that combines the encyclopedia and question and answer models Professor Kong Zhemin listened carefully and nodded from time to time, but doubt occasionally flashed in his eyes. However, he did not interrupt Yu Pingan but waited for Yu Pingan to mention everything, including specific structure, charging model, incentive model of the entire Useful App, etc. He started to integrate all the information and think carefully after he heard everything. After thinking for a while, Professor Kong Zhemin said: Boss Yu, after listening to your description, this software seems to be similar in positioning to academic literature search, which searches academic documents and academic papers. What is the specific difference between the two? Yu Pingan immediately replied: Of course, there is a big difference. In laymans terms, the people we target are completely different, and the goals we want to achieve are also different. Academic papers and academic literature, including the textbooks of various courses in universities, are certainly the best and most cutting-edge knowledge. However, reading, understanding, and mastering these contents actually require a high threshold. For most ordinary peopleeven if they were shown this knowledge, they cannot understand it. If science is the goal, this efficiency is definitely very low. Therefore, the software we are making is mainly for the public, and we are committed to popularizing the expertise in these areas in a more accessible way. What we are doing is understanding professional content with lower cost, and we are more inclined to let users understand rather than to completely master. The biggest difference between this software and the question-and-answer platform is that the knowledge above is filtered. We will try our best to avoid spam. At the same time, there is a more advanced indexing mechanism to greatly improve the efficiency of knowledge acquisition. Chapter 703 - It Still Depended on Boss Pei’s Personal Charm! After serious consideration, Professor Kong Zhemin asked: Can it be understood as a popular science textbook for ordinary people? Yu Pingan nodded: Yes, you can understand it that way. We want to use the Internet to allow more people to see these contents and provide more efficient retrieval methods. At the same time, in terms of the content of the compilation, it is not too esoteric and professional for ordinary people to understand; neither is it too empty, vulgar, and useless. That is why Im here, hoping to invite you to collaborate. You are not only an expert in the industry but also a professor who is loved by students, and you have a wealth of experience in writing textbooks. It is absolutely foolproof to have you to quality check these contents. Professor Kong Zhemin was a little surprised. It sounds like a great thing for the future. However, this seems to be a very large project. There are a large number of categories in various courses for Chinese majors, such as ancient literature, modern literature, foreign literature, etc. Even if they are compiled and simplified into encyclopedias, the content is beyond imagination. Whats more, the expandable content of the question-and-answer section is unlimited. This is not something that can be accomplished in a mid-term. I need to tutor postgraduate students so I might not have enough time. If a lot of people are working hard to do this, how would you want to pay, and how will you bear the cost? Have you considered these issues? Yu Pingan was prepared as he hurriedly explained. Prof Kong, dont worry, weve already considered them. This project was decided by Boss Pei of our Tengda Corporation. We can mobilize the entire group to do it. I also asked Boss Pei about the workload, his answer was: the best time to plant a tree was ten years ago, followed by now. Its precisely because this is a huge project that it cannot be delayed. If we drag on, nothing will be done. Even if the content was incomplete at the beginningas long as the information in it is useful, it can attract users. As for manpower, dont worry. You are equivalent to the person in charge of this professional field. You will only be in the overall planning and will be the highest supervision. We will also invite some young scholars, professors, and outstanding graduate students to participate in these projects, and they will be responsible for different divisions of labor. We will fully protect the intellectual property rights of creators and, at the same time, set up a legal team to combat the phenomenon of manuscript washing and plagiarism and protect the rights of creators. Creators are paid monthly according to their star rating and workload. As for the distribution method and remuneration, all members of Useful App need to pay to browse, according to the usage time and page views. We will collect 10% of this income as the operating cost, and 90% of it will be returned to the creator based on the proportion. Of course, considering that there are not enough paying members in the early stage, we will provide a guaranteed remuneration for all creators. As long as the content reviewed and approved that month exceeds 10,000 words, they can get a subsidy of 2,000 yuan. Professor Kong froze for a moment. This subsidy will not change based on the number of words? Yu Pingan nodded: Yes. This is streamlined knowledge. If the remuneration is linked to the number of words, there may be a slight flooding phenomenon. This subsidy is just a basic living guarantee, so that creators will not be missing out too much in the early stages. Of course, that is not encouraging compensation without regard to performance and slackers. When there are enough members on Useful App, their income will definitely increase. We will determine the income weight of each department and each creator according to a more complex algorithmincluding creator star level, the number of views of written or modified content, the initial creation of new items, the number of content likes and the proportion, etc.to calculate the revenue share for each section and each creator. This income is incentivizing. Professor Kong Zhemin nodded slightly. That makes sense. Domestic professors should be regarded as one of the groups with the largest income variance, but more than 90% of professors did not have much extra income apart from salary and basic performance. The lecturers of Handong University had an annual salary of less than 100,000 yuan, and the associate professors have an annual salary of less than 130,000 yuan. Especially professors who were devoted to academic work in liberal arts majors. They were usually quite poor. The subsidy of 2,000 yuan was not much, but it could be obtained as long as 10,000 characters were generated for Useful App every monthwhich was quite attractive. After all, that was not as difficult as writing a paper since it was mainly to organize existing knowledge. Moreover, the content must be vetted and approved to be valid so there would be no unlimited irrigation, and there would be no spending money for garbage phenomenon. Professor Kong Zhemin carefully considered: Mr. Yu, I can trust Tengda Group, and I can feel the sincerity in all aspects of the conditions. Moreover, this is a good thing for the future. I have been in education for a lifetime. I would be very happy if I can contribute to a wiki on the Internet. However, I want to ask It should be difficult for your company to make money by doing this project? Is this some kind of charity project or a new business model? Confusion was in Professor Kongs eyes. Indeed, the conditions in all aspects were quite good. However, the problem was that these conditions seem to be too good. They were good for content creators and users, but not for the company. Just set aside 10% for operating expenses; wouldnt that a big loss? Even if someone was doing public welfare and raising the companys reputation, one should still pay attention to efficiency? The current Useful App would take a long time to make, would burn a lot of money, and would have slow results. It wouldnt have much influence at all until it had real results. What was its gain? Even if it was considered in the best case and became popular in a few years or even more than ten years later, who could consider such a long-term thing? That was why Professor Kong was confused and felt that it was a bit strange. Yu Pingan was silent for a moment and said, Prof Kong, I also asked Boss Pei about this question. Boss Pei said someone had to do it. He wants to create a pure land without rubbish for the Internet. Professor Kong Zhemin was silent for a moment and nodded: Yes, I agree. This venture it doesnt matter whether it makes money or not, and it doesnt matter whether you succeed or not. The significance of this matter itself is very important. Yu Pingans eyes couldnt help but gleam: Thank you so much, Professor Kong! With you, many things are so much easier! Kong Zhemin smiled: Dont thank me; I should thank you. There are not many companies like Tengda with a strong sense of social responsibility. Boss Pei is indeed a very different entrepreneur. Yu Pingan couldnt help but sigh. Sure enough, Boss Peis personal charm was really too strong! He could clearly feel that Boss Peis words touched Prof Kong very much. A big boss like him had long been in a stagnant state. He had achieved fame; he taught and did research every day. Money wouldnt be able to move him if it wasnt something he was interested in. However, Boss Peis words had moved Professor Kong! The addition of Professor Kong Zhemin would not only add an expert to the literature section of Useful App, but it also guaranteed the professionalism and quality of various contents. More importantly, when Useful App were to be expanded to other fields in the future, it would be easier convenient to move the other experts. When all kinds of experts from different fields gather together, a cluster effect would be formed: more high-quality content, more excellent producers, and naturally more and more users. It was a good beginning! October 26th, Wednesday At Otto Technologies The AEEIS development team was doing their work intensively. The current artificial intelligence assistant technology was simply divided into two parts: front-end and back-end. The front-end was mainly speech recognition and speech synthesis technology, which converted the users spoken language into text and then the returned text result into voice output. In the background, the program processed the users request and returned the best matching result. In general, the current artificial intelligence assistants on mobile phones were mainly responsible for four dimensions: device control and system function calls, third-party application support, dialogue and intelligence, and skill-learning capabilities. The initial technology of the artificial intelligence assistant was provided by Xunke Technology, and various manufacturers were only updating and optimizing on this basis. However, whether smart assistants were useful or not depended on how well the manufacturer had to optimize these four dimensions. Chang You decided to focus all his energy on system function calls, dialogue, and intelligence during this development cycle. Third-party application support and skill-learning capabilities were also very important, but these two had more content. Moreover, only some users may have that particular need so the priority was lower. The so-called system function call was the users voice control of the mobile phone system function. For example, if the user said weather, the smart assistant would automatically display the weather page on the screen and read out tomorrows weather conditions and temperature changes. Similarly, calculators, calendars, memos, calls, text messages, etc. could all be controlled by smart assistants, which would bring a certain degree of convenience to users. Conversation and intelligence were how the smart assistant would react when the user asked some more personalized questions. For example, when asking who is your daddy?, some intelligent assistants would answer my dad is a product manager in the development department while some artificial intelligence assistants will answer a group of smart people who dare to innovate. Strictly speaking, this point did not have much practical significance, but it would make AEEIS more recognizable. That was because according to Boss Peis requirements, AEEIS was an artificial intelligence with no emotions so when all other voice assistants used anthropomorphic voices, AEEIS would use unsentimental mechanical voice. Now that the lack of personality had already been established, it must stand and cooperate in other aspects. Only by making these personalized customizations and matching the character and voice of AEEIS could it show that this product had a high completion rate. Previously, the day after finalizing the name of AEEIS, Director Zhu Xiaoce spoke to Chang You and wanted to ask for a name for artificial intelligence to be used in movies and games. The two departments had cooperated as early as Tomorrow is Beautiful. This time, they naturally thought of working together. Chang You told Zhu Xiaoce about what he was doing in AEEIS. Zhu Xiaoce readily agreed and gave the name to the movie and in the game. They could then use the popularity of movies or games to promote AEEIS, why not? Chang You came out of the conference room after he finished discussing some key functions with a few key members. After drinking a sip of tea, Chang You found that the people-in-charge had refreshed a few messages in a small chat they had privately; one of which was sent by Yu Pingan. This group is not used for chatting but sharing about what was happening in each department. Yu Pingan: Useful App has successfully got Professor Kong Zhemin onboard! Chang You put down his teacup, a little curious. Useful App? What was that? Chapter 704 - Poetry Master AEEIS Chang You keenly felt that this matter was not easy. One would know from the name that this was not an ordinary app! Boss Peis naming sense for it was strange. The names of the various industries and products of Tengda Group were all appropriately named. Take the artificial intelligence AEEIS for example: it was connotative. So what would be the content of this Useful App for him to dare name it this way? Chang You immediately messaged Yu Pingan privately: Is the Useful App a new project on your side? Yu Pingan replied in no time. Yes, Boss Pei personally requested for it! Yu Pingan proudly told Chang You about the specific content of Useful App, especially focusing on Boss Peis vision and the goals of the first phase. The more Chang You heard about it, the more he praised it. When others heard about Useful App, they might think that it was just ordinary knowledge-based social software, but Chang You derived some unusual meaning from it. Every time Boss Pei wanted to start a new industry, the people in charge of the departments would fully supplement Boss Peis requirements and fill in the blanks for his intention. However, they could not guess his true intentions no matter how much they imagined! Boss Pei had reached a superb level in the linkage of various departments, which most people could not understand. However, that did not mean that the heads of various departments had to give up thinking. On the contrary, these people-in-charge should try to figure out more; only in this way could they keep up with Boss Peis ideas and make continuous progress. Work hard, and they would be able to see something. Chang You immediately replied: If you have time, can you make a trip to OTTO Technology? I want to discuss some things with you in person. Yu Pingan: Okay, then I will rush over now, and I will arrive in about an hour. Yu Pingan didnt ask much. That was the tacit understanding and trust between the heads of various departments of Tengda. There must be quite important things to discuss since Chang You asked him to go over. An hour later, Yu Pingan came to OTTO Technology. Chang You led him to the conference room and briefly spoke about the intelligent assistant AEEIS. The two of them sipped tea while sharing the information they had. Yu Pingan was slightly confused: So does this smart assistant have any connection with the Useful App? Chang You said very confidently: Of course, there is a connection! Will the new industries pioneered by Boss Pei be unrelated? Think about his mind map! The shallowest connection had already linked Tengda Games, Fei Huang Workspace, OTTO Technology, and Useful app! The name AEEIS was personally named by Boss Pei, and it happened to be able to be used in Tengdas latest games and movie plots. As to the connection with Useful App Do you know how the current voice assistants will deal with most problems they dont understand? They would jump directly to Qiandus search result page. That will at least be better than just answering Im sorry, I dont know. Yu Pingan realized something: Oh! You mean Useful App can actually replace this? Chang You nodded: Yes! In fact, the current artificial intelligence assistants have evolved in similar ways. When users ask some questions beyond the basic functions, they will automatically search for answers on Qiandu or Wiki. The problem is that the effect is very poor. Thats because everyone knows that most search engines find things that are a pile of rubbish. There is very little useful information in it, and users rarely click in to read them. Moreover, this is not a problem that can be solved by the optimization function since the search engine itself cannot solve it. It can only be said that there is too much rubbish on the Internet. When searching for a specific problem, it is simply gold in the sh*t. How can the search engine be optimized? To improve efficiency, it is also difficult to provide users with sufficiently accurate and useful knowledge. However, what if we link this function with the content of Useful App? Imagine it, that will become the core competitiveness of AEEISs artificial intelligence! In the future, Useful App will actually be able to give the best solution if there is already a lot of information on the app. Furthermore, Useful App is also an industry of Boss Peis, and we can only provide them to AEEIS for usewhich will clearly distinguish us from other artificial intelligence assistants. At that time, other artificial intelligence assistants will be artificially retarded and can only find a pile of rubbish while AEEIS has a strong knowledge base as support. The experience is definitely much better than other artificial intelligence! Isnt this the core competitiveness? The best thing was that the original intention of AEEIS was an efficient and labor-saving intelligent system. It uses mechanical sounds and answers most users questions in a very precise and concise way. This is how its personality settings are. Does it sound like a mechanical top student? This point is exactly in line with the characteristics of Useful App since its information would be accurate, concise, and efficient knowledge. The combination of the two can be said to be a match made in heaven! Useful APP, if used properly, can become the brain of AEEIS, making it smarter than all competitors! Yu Pingan suddenly said, Thats it! It really makes sense! However Yu Pingan hesitated and said, Currently, there is too little content on Useful APP. I am afraid it is difficult to meet this requirement. We all say that search engines are not easy to use and wiki contents are garbage, but we have to admit that they started too much earlier than us. Whats more, search engines search for the entire network content, which is large enough. And if the content on Useful App wants to reach this level, it will take a few years at the earliest Chang You nodded: I understand, so we have to make different characteristics for each stage. Since AEEIS couldnt achieve the level of wiki at the beginning, we have to find a way to achieve the ultimate in a single field. You said previously that Useful APP plans to start with the field of literature? Yu Pingan took a sip of tea and nodded: Yes, Professor Kong Zhemin is a great man in the field of literature and has deep research on ancient literature. This time, we are cooperating with the Faculty of Art and Science. Many professors and young scholars were studying ancient literature or modern literature. This is the first field we are setting foot in. Chang You thought for a while and suddenly thought of an idea: Then, I think the first feature of AEEIS can be linked with ancient poetry. For example, AEEIS can converse with the users in poetry exchange. The user says one sentence, and then AEEIS says a sentence. Either that or AEEIS and the user took turns to say the last sentence; whoever fails to continue will lose AEEIS can use ancient poems to answer user-specific questions while chatting. Boss Pei said that AEEIS is an erudite and easygoing intelligent voice assistant. It doesnt swear, but it is so smart that it will offer concern to you when it thinks you are stupid. I wondered, isnt this just swearing without dirty words? In other words, this should not sound like cursing but a feeling of yin and yang or the unconscious contempt of the top students towards the flunkies. Just like in some film and television dramas, people with high IQ tend to be a bit toxic and will say some lines such as the IQ of the whole street is lowered by youwhich can actually highlight his personality! Speaking of this, there are a lot of words available in ancient poems, and they can be used in communication! Chang You took out his mobile phone and searched the Internet for poems that scold people without swearing, and the results were out in no time. Your body and reputation may be destroyed, but the rivers would not stop flowing; the ant thinks too highly of itself in its want to conquer the giant tree; even the rats have known their place, what about humans who did not; rotten wood cannot be carved, a wall of dung cannot withstand any weather; ignorant people who only knew brands So many poems, so appropriate! In this way, the image of AEEIS will be even more perfect. The cold mechanical and electronic sound, efficient and concise answers when the same question is repeatedly asked, it will show concern to the userwhich is very smart. There is also a wealth of knowledge reserves it can use poetry and famous sentences to communicate with users In addition to the basic functions, such personalized content can actually make users better remember AEEIS and stand out among the many intelligent voice assistants! With the continuous improvement of Useful App content, functions of AEEIS will continue to grow, and its areas of expertise will gradually expand in the future, such as all aspects of daily life and knowledge in various professional fields. In the future, AEEIS can even link with all apps of Tengdas other industries and become the center of Tengdas industries together with OTTO mobile phones In short, anything can happen with imagination! Yu Pingan couldnt help but give a thumbs-up: Vice-President Chang is amazing! I think thats exactly what Boss Pei has in mind too! If there is anything you need us to cooperate with, Vice-President Chang, just let me know. The content of our first stage is mainly for literary content, especially ancient poems. While making the content, we can also arrange for someone to cooperate with you to pick out those ancient poems that can express emotions and give them to AEEIS! Chang You nodded: Well, thanks! At that time, the new version of OTTO OS and the newly developed fully automatic intelligent bar lifter will be equipped with AEEIS intelligent assistant. When the product is well-received, I will tell Boss Pei that I will use a part of the profit to subsidize Useful Apps projects, and I will definitely not let you work in vain! Yu Pingan was overjoyed: Thank you! Who said that there was absolutely no possibility of profit for Useful App? It would definitely be difficult to make a profit by relying solely on the fee for each user when the knowledge base was not rich enough and the insufficient number of users. However, while the project itself was not profitable, it could be linked with Tengdas profitable projects! Wouldnt it be enough just to make money together? Anyway, it would be profitable for Boss Pei no matter which department made money! Everyone was one unified body! Chapter 705 - Leave all the Pressure to Old Ma Chang You gathered all the information and began to further optimize the details of the artificial intelligence voice assistant AEEIS after seeing Yu Pingan off. One of the very important points was the voice of AEEIS. Chang You had not been able to fully finalize the voice details of AEEIS. Boss Pei had made the requirements for the voice of AEEIS clear: that it had no emotion and had a neutral mechanical voice. However, there were also many types of mechanical sounds, and different types of mechanical sounds gave a world of difference to people listening to them. There were actually many levels, from pure mechanical sounds to natural human sounds. The pure mechanical sounds were the sounds of robots in some old movies. They sounded a little dull, hollow, without any tone at all, and they had obvious interruptions between words. Currently, most intelligent voice assistants are working hard to move closer to the pure human voice and make the dialogue more natural through a large number of voice recordings. Chang You was only able to roughly determine that the AEEIS voice should be somewhere between these two voices, but the specific extent to which it should be done was not yet finalized. Pure mechanical sound could well highlight the artificial intelligence attributes of AEEIS, but it might be inconvenient for users to use it. After all, pure mechanical sounds were laborious to listen to. It wasnt easy to hear clearly and did not meet the AEEIS easy to use and efficient characteristics. Therefore, the focus of AEEIS voice this time was to be as efficient and easy to use as possible on the premise of highlighting the characteristics of the personality, without affecting the user experience. If someone was to consider the slightly poisonous tongue attribute of AEEIS, they could continue to add more features, such as speeding up its speech when they spat out the poisonwhich could highlight the attribute of quick thinking. Of course, the specific tone to be used requires the staff to slowly adjust to it. There might be many kinds of plans, which would be finally decided by Chang You. On the other hand, Chang You provided all these requirements to the staff and asked them to work hard in this direction. October 27th, Thursday At Dream Realization Ventures He Desheng immediately got up to greet Pei Qian and Ma Yang as they walked in. Boss Pei, Boss Ma, he has arrived and is waiting in the meeting room. Chen Yufeng has four years of testing experience in a laboratory in Beijing and worked for Shaohu Reviews for some time, but he left because he was dissatisfied that Shaohu Reviews accepted bribes. There is no problem in terms of professional quality. He also has contact with some specialized laboratories and evaluation agencies. It should not be a big problem for him to cooperate with Boss Ma. Pei Qian nodded. Alright, lets meet him. Pei Qian said that he would prepare a professional team Old Ma so he arranged for He Desheng to find a suitable candidate. Fault-finding was a technical task, and the contents this time were not limited to the evaluation of digital products so professional knowledge would be more important. Once the person in charge of the professional team was selected, he would search for professionals in various fields. He Desheng knocked on the door lightly and entered when they reached the conference room. Chen Yufeng quickly stood up. He looked to be in his early thirtieswith glasses and short hairand gave off a very capable feeling. He Desheng gestured for everyone to sit down after a brief introduction. Chen Yufeng was a little nervous. He was only small and transparent in the evaluation circle with no visible results before He Desheng came knocking on his door. The only thing he could show was that he had been responsible for several manuscripts at Shaohu Reviews, which was regarded by many as criticism. Shaohu Reviews had influence in China, but its reputation was also very bad. Many viewers knew that they did things for money. It would be scolded every time a new video was released. Chen Yufengs business acumen might be good, but it was useless to have only business acumen in this industry. The evaluation industry relied on the trust of their influence. If there werent enough people paying attention to someone, it would be difficult to be seen no matter how good that persons business acumen was. According to He Desheng, the project leaders this time were Tengdas Boss Pei and Boss Ma. There would be no shortage of attention, money, and other aspects. It was a good platform. The key depended on whether Boss Pei and Boss Ma could be satisfied with them or not. Of course, Chen Yufeng didnt say that he would definitely join because He Desheng just told him that it was an evaluation project without any specifications. He would have to reconsider if it was a project that did things for money like Shaohu Reviews. That would be disgusting. Chen Yufeng stood up and handed his resume to Boss Pei with both hands. Boss Pei, this is my resume for your perusal. Chen Yufengs gaze swept across Boss Pei and Boss Ma at the same time. Boss Ma was rather young; his face was so long Boss Pei was the same as in the video, so young. Wait, that wasnt right; didnt they say this was an actor for Boss Pei? Chen Yufeng did not respond for a short while. He was looking forward to what Boss Pei looked like, but he was looking at the actor who acted as Boss Pei? There must be some misunderstanding here. However, he didnt ask too much; he just froze for a moment and quickly understood what was going on. Pei Qian took the resume and flipped through it briefly: I have read your resume previously, and I am quite satisfied. I am sure you are capable since He Desheng recommended you. Let me briefly talk about your tasks. If you feel that there is no problem, then Ill let He Desheng cooperate with you to form an evaluation team and then start working on the project. Chen Yufeng was stunned for a moment. Ah? Wasnt that a little rash? Generally, he and Boss Pei had never met and were not familiar with each other. What could he tell from the resume? When interviewing job applicants in general companies, they would at least ask about the candidates past work experience in detail and talk about some specific business issues to gain a deeper understanding? Moreover, most companies would have a probation period after the interview. If they were not satisfied with the candidate after the probation period, they could just leave. The company would not lose much. In the end, Boss Pei skipped this stage directly? Wasnt Tengda a company famous for being difficult to enter? Didnt it mean that there would be written examinations, interviews, and Tengda spirit tests? Chen Yufeng felt a little psychedelic. It seemed that the internal operating rules of the entire Tengda Group were very mysterious. Sometimes, it was very difficult to get a job; sometimes, it was very simple and completely baffling. However, Chen Yufeng certainly wouldnt ask too much. Of course, it would be good to be able to join the company directly, and he would still be the person-in-charge of the department. Where could he find such a good thing? He was silently waiting for Boss Pei to assign his tasks. Pei Qian coughed slightly: Your task is very simple. You just choose a variety of products from the market, digital products, daily necessities as long as they can be evaluated. During the evaluation, you should look carefully for the shortcomings and problems of these products and write a draft for Boss Ma. Chen Yufeng was stunned for a moment. just write the shortcomings? Pei Qian nodded. Thats right. Chen Yufeng: Choose any product? Will there be whitelisted product? Tengdas own products wouldnt be on that list, right? Pei Qian smiled. Why would they not be on the list? Tengdas products are no exception. They must be tested with even more stringency than other products! And you cannot take money from any company, regardless of whether they want to exaggerate their product or keep it silent about their productjust ignore it. Chen Yufeng opened his mouth slightly and didnt know what to say for a while. Was this Tengda? Wasnt it just too hard-line? When hearing this task, Chen Yufengs first reaction was not that it was outrageous but that they were iron-hard, and their background was really hard! If it was a general evaluation agency that dared to do this kind of thing, they would be afraid that they would soon be overwhelmed by the black manuscripts and would soon be ruined and lost in the long river of history Because of this behavior was basically smashing the jobs of various manufacturers. It would be okay if it was the exposure of some not-so-famous manufacturers. Those manufacturers did not have so many fans and energy after all. However, almost every big manufacturer had an army of fake reviewers. There were also a large number of fans even if they did not have fake reviewers. One would immediately face huge public pressure if one dared to pick faults. Moreover, the other party would definitely try to dig the others dirt and attack each other. Say that the evaluation agency did not accept bribes, but it would still be difficult to guarantee that it would never make a mistake, right? If something were to go wrong, the other party would definitely fight to the end, desperately discrediting. When the public opinion and the machinery were really activated, the situation would become completely uncontrollable. Therefore, no one would do something like that because it was thankless and difficult to survive, let alone make money from it. Chen Yufeng felt a lot of pressure and swallowed, Boss Pei, this job is really challenging for me. It is difficult to guarantee absolute objectivity in evaluation. Some people will think that a shortcoming is acceptable while there would be others who could not accept it completely. There will definitely be a certain degree of subjectivity. If there is a mistake or just an improper wording where someone caught a language loophole, it may be hated by the entire internet. If mistakes in my work bring public opinion pressure or bad influence to Tengda Group, it will be difficult for me to bear the consequences Pei Qian sniggered inside. Huge public opinion pressure? Thats great! I was still worried that no one was able to criticize me! Pei Qian smiled slightly: Well, it is inevitable to make mistakes. Once such mistakes occur, they must be borne by the company. First of all, we must proofread more. Some controversial and subjective issues should not be mentioned as much as possible. We are not afraid of criticism. The main reason is that we should not mislead our audience. It will still be based on the shortcomings and problems of the products. If something went wrong, you should apologize right away. Its no big deal. You should apologize, clarify, and compensate. As for the public opinion of the whole network, there is no need to worry about this. Boss Ma will be there even if the sky falls. Any pressure from public opinion will just go to his Weibo. Pei Qian had never doubted Old Mas ability to take pressure. This person did not have many advantages, but he had a good mentality. He would not swell no matter how bad the results he obtained were, and he would not collapse under pressure. This might be the advantage brought by the lack of IQ. Chen Yufeng looked at Boss Ma suspiciously. Ma Yang slammed his chest: Yes, I can stand up to any pressure; these are all minor problems! His expression was deadly serious. Chen Yufeng hesitated for a moment and said: Okay, then, I will try. But I hope I can quit at any time if I really cant cope with this job. Pei Qian nodded. Sure, no problem! He was totally not worried about Chen Yufeng leaving halfway. If that happened, it meant that the goal of losing money had been achieved, and Pei Qian would definitely try to keep him by raising his salary. There was no problem that more money could not solve! Chapter 706 - Boycott of the Esports Club October 28th, Friday The conference room of the DGE Club The managers of the various clubs gathered together and chatted while drinking tea. It had been a while since these clubs moved to Jingzhou. After the GOG International Invitational Tournament, the life of each club could be said to be a little boring in leisure. The clubs were still playing mock competitions as usual, but the effectiveness of the training games would definitely be greatly reduced without the official competitions. However, the muscles of the players had been steadily growing. GOGs version update was not fast so the teams dont need to be too anxious to adapt to the new version. Everyone was eagerly waiting for GOG to officially launch the next phase of the plan. The clubs had speculated that GOG would be launching a league mode soon. It was not hard to guess. The esports industry might have many deficiencies in this regard, but some popular sports events had many rules to refer to so they could just copy them directly. Moreover, the formation of domestic leagues was also very easy. The venue of the world competition could be used directly as the venue of the league. The clubs were concentrated in Jingzhou, and the match schedule could start immediately. No matter how someone looked at it, it seemed like Boss Pei had prepared in advance, and none of the other regions had such unique conditions. Zhang Yuan invited everyone over this time probably for the league. This was also why the club managers vaguely had the idea that Zhang Yuan was taking the lead because everyone knew that Boss Zhang was not only the manager of the DGE club. He was also someone who could talk to Boss Pei directly. If he really wanted to have the GOG league, then Boss Zhang must also be one of those in charge. Therefore, the managers of these clubs came over immediately after Zhang Yuan notified the clubs today. They realized that Boss Pei was actually there, sitting quietly beside him, without saying a word after they had arrived. That confirmed everyones suspicion that what they were going to say today must be extraordinary. Zhang Yuan distributed the new regulations in his hand to the clubs in turn and then went straight to the point, affirming all the requirements put forward by Boss Pei. We will start planning for GOGs domestic league next, which will be named GPL. Everyone present had contributed to the development of the GOG professional circle. You are important participants in the first Global Invitational and have the strongest players in China. Therefore, everyone has the priority to enter the GPL. However You still need to accept some official supervision and terms if you want to join. Tengda is planning to establish an esports division to coordinate the development of GOG games and the entire esports circle. There are several requirements in it, which I hope everyone can cooperate with. The club managers looked at the new regulations distributed by Zhang Yuan. Manager Su of the H4 Club looked at this page, frowning slightly; and his face became ugly as he read on. The content was quite general; however, while there were no detailed terms, every one of them looked unfriendly: Tengda established the Esports Division to manage the GOG League and World Games system in a unified manner. The esports business department would provide unified standard contracts for the club and the players, only stipulating the basic content such as time, liquidated damages, transfer fees, salary, etc.; and dual contracts were strictly forbidden and various other additional clauses. During the transfer period, the club and the players can contact each other freely but cannot sign privately. The esports business department must coordinate, and both parties must abide by their promises. In the event of a dispute, they must first seek mediation from Tengda, which was the Esports Division. If the above terms are not complied with, the Tengda Esports Division could withdraw the clubs qualifications for the GPL League at any time, and the clubs whose qualifications were withdrawn could transfer the GOG Division to a third party or to Tengda, and the Esports Division will find a suitable third-party to take over. Manager Su subconsciously looked at the others and saw surprise in each others eyes. These requests were a bit excessive in the eyes of these clubs! They might allow Boss Zhang to take the lead, but that was on the premises that Boss Zhang did not infringe their interests! Since the emergence of the esports industry in China, the attitude between most game manufacturers and clubs had always been to mind ones own business. Most game manufacturers did not have the ability or leisure to carry out such management and requirements on clubs. Moreover, these game manufacturers had to count on the major clubs to join in the competition so they turned a blind eye to the behavior of these clubs in private. To protect their own interests, the major clubs would more or less play some dirty tricks. This was actually a problem left over from history. The current esports clubs were basically established by a group of wealthy people. There were one or two rich second-generation heirs behind more than half of them. The management in all aspects was very irregular. There was no need to be too formal in their view. Why spend so much effort if they were just playing around? Many clubs were afraid that their players were being poached by other clubs and have their entire team dug away so they had to sign contracts with some harsh terms akin to selling away their life with new players. In other words, they were all now very careful, but because they were scammed by players or other clubs before, they passed this risk to more rookie players so they wouldnt suffer. The clubs felt that doing so would safeguard their legal rights. However, Boss Peis request was obviously violating their legitimate rights and interests because the set of rules they had set before had been completely invalidated. Manager Su pursed his lips, but after thinking about it, he remained silent. He knew that more than half of the clubs present would have opinions on these terms so he didnt need to be the first to speak. The conference room fell into a short period of silence. Manager Li of the SUG club was the first who could not hold back. After clearing his throat, he said: Boss Zhang, there are some terms that do not seem to be very appropriate Tengda has established an esports division to manage esports competitions. This is, of course, a good thing, and we all support it hands down. But is the standard contract necessary? Different conditions are given to different players when the clubs negotiate with the players. How can a standard contract cover all possible situations? I think it is okay to let the club and the players contact and sign contracts by themselves. To put it bluntly, this is a legal issue. Your energy in this area as the official organizer is a little wasted. Moreover, this esports industry is maintained by all clubs. We should seek common ground while reserving differences. Tengda has its rules, and our club also has our habit of doing things. Isnt it good for everyone to respect each other? Everyone in this room has supported Tengda. Isnt it a bit inhumane to kick us out this way? So I think this rule should be reconsidered and deliberated; what do you think? Manager Li looked at the other club managers after he was done. Yes, Manager Li has a point! Yes, Mr. Zhang, this is a bit of a fuss, which is unnecessary. Besides, signing a standard contract will definitely have many other problems, and it will be more troublesome to solve them. Whats more, there is no such precedent in the domestic esports circle Boss Zhang, everyone is particularly supportive of Boss Pei, which is why we bought players and moved our divisions to Jingzhou. If we are kicked out because we did not accept these terms, then who would dare to cooperate with Tengda in the future? Yes, we were the first group of clubs to support GOG esports competitions. We have worked hard even if we are without merit Its not easy for clubs now. Most clubs are purely burning money. We are also a disadvantaged group. If there are no additional terms, the rights of the players are guaranteed. What about our rights? Many club managers have expressed similar ideas to Manager Li. Obviously, it was impossible for them to accept the supervision of Tengda Esports Division without saying a word. The managers of these esports clubs are all old slippery foxes, and they knew their way around. The point was that even if they accept it, the owner of the club would probably not accept it. They did not dare to make things clear, but they could play favors and create some pressure through both soft and hard approaches without making it absolutely clear. Generally speaking, game makers would give them some face and would not turn things into a stalemate. Manager Su did not speak and secretly looked at Boss Pei, who was silently sitting on the sidelines. He also couldnt guess what kind of mentality Boss Pei had. If its someone else, that person might be smiling and appease the club managers. This matter could be discussed slowly and long-term. However, it was Boss Pei. It was not impossible for him to scold all these managers mercilessly. Boss Pei had the confidence to do so. The regulations given by Zhang Yuan were clearly written out. If they did not agree, they could transfer the GPL access qualifications and even the entire GOG division to a third party. This showed that President Pei had a strong determination to promote this matter. However, things were not so absolute. After all, there was always a plan for the worst case, which did not mean that it would be used. Boss Pei had to give a buffer no matter how resolute he was, right? Manager Su looked at Boss Pei and found that the corners of Boss Peis mouth were slightly raised, seeming to carry some joy? Impossible? Was this a soothing smile or a sneer? Manager Su suddenly felt that something was wrong and did not develop as he expected so he quickly swallowed what he wanted to say. Zhang Yuan sighed silently; this group of sly old fox would definitely not give in so easily. They dared not bang the table directly, but they could play emotional cards and pretend to be pitiful. There was a saying: no one can slap a smiling face. It would be easier to handle these club managers if they dared to get angry. However, he was afraid that they would continue pretending to be weak. If Tengda handled it too harshly, it would generate some bad public opinion and give other clubs an impression that Tengda is unreasonable. That would not be easy to deal with. Zhang Yuan subconsciously looked at Mr. Pei who was sitting at the side. He would have to depend on how Boss Pei would deal with such a critical situation. Chapter 707 - Boss Pei’s ‘Tai-Chi’ Pei Qians smile was sincere. The voice of protest was much louder than he thought! That was a good thing! In fact, Pei Qian never wanted these clubs to come to Jingzhoulet alone for them to buy the DGE Club players, but they understood him wrong which led to the situation today. It would be a great thing if he could take this opportunity to drive away a few clubs! It would be even better if Tengda could buy all the clubs. Spend a few million dollars per club to make losses without doing anything more to them, wasnt that plan just beautiful? Facing the seemingly pitiful club managers who harbored evil intentions, Pei Qian smiled and spoke kindly. Dont worry, we understand the difficulties of your clubs. We are aware of everyones efforts in the development of GOG esports. All clubs are disadvantaged and have been losing money. Clubs interests are not guaranteed. This is indeed very sad. Really, I really understand your feeling. Manager Su was at a loss after listening to Boss Pei. That wasnt right; that did not seem like something Boss Pei would say? Something was amiss? The other club managers also looked at each other. They did not imagine that Boss Pei would be so easy to talk to; it did not seem very reliable. Pei Qian smiled slightly and continued: Since your clubs have been losing money and have been in such a perilous situation, let Tengda take care of sufferings! Your GOG divisions are nothing more than paying rent and salaries. The bulk of the cost is on the players worth. Such a heavy burden should be handed over to Tengda. If you feel that you cant keep going, just sell the division to Tengda. We can pay a little premium so that you can make a bit. Its definitely not in vain. What do you think? Pei Qian worked hard to make his attitude very sincere and his expression very kind. Its great that you didnt agree with me! I couldnt wait to take over! The managers of the clubs turned pale instantly. Boss Pei might have said with a smile, but it was more uncomfortable than being scolded. It would be easier for these clubs to handle if Boss Pei were to blast off directly. They would make Tengda wear all kinds of unfriendly and kick them to the curb when theyve outlived their usefulness, so that other clubs would not dare to approach, and the GOG league qualification would rot in Tengda. However, Boss Pei was behaving very considerately while refusing to give up. This was equivalent to weird meeting the weird; everyone was weird together. Whoever became serious first would lose. President Pei kicked the ball back to their court perfectly; how should they return it? Continue to complain? However, Boss Pei said sell to him if it was so hard for them. Stop complaining? What other ways would they have then? Everyone fell silent for a while. Manager Li coughed twice: How about this, Boss Pei, we cant make a decision in haste on such a big thing. Can we have a two-day grace period for us to talk to our bosses in detail before replying to you? Pei Qian nodded: Of course, I hope that all your bosses can seriously consider it. If you sell the division, you can instantly make some money. This kind of good deal isnt common! Manager Li: Pei Qian said everything sincerely, but in the ears of various clubs, it had completely changed into another meaning. They were completely defeated by Boss Peis Tai-Chi! Fortunately, they gained a certain buffer time; the clubs would discuss countermeasures with their bosses. The managers of the various clubs stood up to leave. Everyone, take care. By the way, you can take this paper back and show it to your boss. You must seriously consider it! Pei Qian did not forget to remind everyone to bring the new regulations with them. The managers were stunned. What did Boss Pei mean? Sending us back with bullets to fire on ourselves? Boss Pei was not afraid that the above terms would be leaked, causing unanimous resistance from all domestic esports clubs? The other club owners might not believe it if there was no proof. If they took this piece of paper away, it would force other clubs to the same battle frontline! The club managers folded this piece of paper and put it in their pockets; they took it with them with an attitude of what a waste if they did not take it away. Zhang Yuan was a little worried: Boss Pei, is this really okay? Let these clubs think about it for two days is to give them time to unite. Pei Qian smiled slightly: Isnt that better? If only one club was going to sell, they might be able to find takers. If all of them were to sell and could not find any takers, then they could only rot in Tengdas hands. Pei Qian couldnt desire more for it to happen! In the evening, several club managers came to the SUG club and met with Manager Li. Their expressions were ugly as they came to the conference room. They had spoken to their bosses this afternoon and shown the paper to the bosses. It was obvious that the bosses could not just accept these conditions willingly. Why? GOG was not the first game that these clubs engaged in esports. They were also in esports for games such as Fantasy Battle and Starcraft. Since when were there any game manufacturers that interfered with the clubs contract with players? Werent they meddling too much? Therefore, the attitudes of the bosses were also very consistentas much as possible to protect the rights of the club! Manager Li, what should we do? The SUG club was the richest of these clubs. The owner has always been tough so it was the most suitable to be the one who headed this. Other clubs were not willing to be restricted and being held by Tengda so they would naturally spare no effort. Of course, there were also three or four clubs who felt that the matter was not that serious. Tengda has not harmed the core interests of the club, but they are all present because the interests of all clubs were the same. They werent that determined, but it was above their pay grades. Manager Li was silent for a moment and said: Boss Pei has always been tough. It could be seen from the meeting today. That Tai Chi caused us to be powerless. However, we cant just let it go! We have been in the business for so long; when have we experienced such bullying? What can we do if we were to accept it and for there to be more rules in the future? Why should we sign a standard contract with the players? It is so hard to cultivate a good seed. What if the player runs after the contract expires; how can our interests be guaranteed? Besides, everything else is plentiful, but there are so many internet-addicted teenagers. If we really let the players come and go freely, wouldnt our club really become a truly disadvantaged group? We cannot allow this to happen! We are in esports not for charity so we absolutely cannot compromise on this matter! A manager showed a face full of dilemma: Manager Li, its correct to say that, but Boss Peis attitude is very firm. Manager Li smiled slightly: Boss Pei is indeed a person who doesnt care about anyone else, but we are not completely helpless! There are other companies besides us in the domestic esports field. It is a very small circle. What Boss Pei means is probably he could get other clubs to enter even if we leave. However, he probably didnt think what if all the clubs were to bend together and refuse? Other clubs have the same interests as us! Lets talk to other clubs first and carefully choreograph something together. We can be said to be a great help to the GOG World Invitational and can be said to be senior partners of Tengda? At that time, we will explore Tengdas requirements and then invite some fake reviewers to create public opinion that Tengda is squeezing the clubs or that Tengda is undermining the GOG gaming environment. Then let other clubs speak out, hoping that Tengda will not interfere with the normal operation of the club and that both parties will benefit and create a win-win situation. Then, we will take advantage of the trend and publicly state that we would transfer the GOG division, raise the price by 20%, and then talk to other clubs and tell them not to take over. Dont you think Boss Pei will be anxious if no one were to take over? What if Boss Pei really pays for them all and transfers them? Manager Su was a little lost. Manager Li laughed. Transfer? To whom? We will talk to other clubs in advance, we let the news go that we are going to sell, and no one buys. Then, Boss Pei should know that even if he really buys all the clubs, he wouldnt be able to sell them! Wouldnt that all rot in his hands? Then what? Compete internally? Wouldnt that be a joke? Furthermore, each of our clubs will cost him millions, tens of millions; could he eat them all? Does Tengda have so much liquidity? Would he take such a big risk to burn so much money just for this standard contract? Therefore, the scenario you imagined will not happen. The most likely thing is our carefully choreographed scheme will bring about public opinion. No one would take over the clubs, and Tengda would not know where to put its face. Boss Pei would have to give way. Changes to any one of these terms would be worth it, dont you think? The managers of the clubs nodded. Yes, makes sense! Manager Li, your idea is really good. Yes, the domestic esports circle is a small circle and a circle of favors. As long as we unite with other clubs, we will be invincible! Well wait for Manager Lis good news then! Obviously, the owners of these clubs did not want to be subjected to too much control as well. They had already told their bosses that they could not just accept it unless it was a last resort. Manager Li and the SUG club were taking the lead, and other clubs were happy to watch the changes. Anyway, it was all in their own favor. Only Manager Su felt uneasy. He had never heard of Boss Pei giving way! This plan might look seamless, but Boss Peis strategizing ability was also extremely terrifying. Manager Su thought silently in his heart that he still had to prepare a two-pronged approach. Wait and see first; of course, it would be best if Boss Pei could compromise. However, he would change camp to Boss Peis side if he had a sniff that something was wrong. The GPL quota was not something that can be obtained casually after all. Wouldnt it be a total loss if they were to lose at this game and also had their GPL quota revoked? Chapter 708 - Boss Pei’s Psychological Battle! October 30th, Sunday afternoon Pei Qian sipped his coffee while checking through forums online with his laptop at Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. Indeed, the managers of the clubs had begun discussing their opinions on the Internet after receiving Tengdas regulations and reading them. On Friday night, someone leaked news of Tengdas preparations for the GPL on Weibo and other forums. At the same time, there was also news that Tengda was suspected to be squeezing clubs dry. Among those discussing the news was the very influential Big V and hints of fake reviewers. They shared their own versions of the news rapidly until it became impossible to find the source of the leak. Naturally, no one knew which club was responsible. The content of all the news was similar, and they were mostly accompanied by the original text of the rules and regulations. Tengda is setting up the Esports Division and requesting clubs not to enter into contracts with athletes in private. Moreover, clubs must allow Tengda to mediate any conflicts that arise with athletes. Clubs would not even be allowed to draft their own contracts and freely decide on terms with athletes. Instead, they have to accept Tengdas standard form contract. If the clubs dont accept the above regulations, they would not be able to obtain permission to join GPL. Isnt that harsh? The clubs had invested money and effort into making GOGs invitational tournament so huge. Is Tengda turning against them now? The clubs and the official platform should be seeking to achieve a win-win solution since both are good at what theyre in charge of. The official platform for games should be spending its time and effort on improving the contents of the games and keeping the esports competitions. It should not be micromanaging the clubs environments and acting so rigid! They should be protecting the rights and interests of the clubs. Major clubs would only take part in the GPL without any worries if they are sure that their interests would be well taken care of. What if the League makes ducks and drakes of the funds and resources that the major clubs invest? Would any major club dare to join? This is a lose-lose situation for athletes, the audience, and the clubs alike! I think that the Tengdas official platform should seriously consider protecting the major clubs interests, and respect the experience and professionalism that those major clubs have accumulated in their years in the industry. The countrys esports industry can only develop healthily if each player plays their own role well Many people were already sharing similar content and saying similar things. All of them were merely emphasizing that Tengdas numerous rules for GPL and excessive restrictions on the clubs served to exploit the clubs and hinder the healthy development of the esports industry. All the clubs seemed to be joining forces to resist this move Many clubs had also shared similar viewpoints and expressed their interest in the matter. Although they did not express themselves plainly, their attitudes were clear. Below these Weibo posts, players had varying opinions. Some agreed, some did not, and some just stood by to watch the events unfold. I took a look at the rules and regulations, and I think that Tengda had good intentions. It wanted to regulate the esports environment, but it should have thought about what would become of the professional league without any clubs supporting it. The clubs are their business partners, and they should not have attempted to exploit them! Thats right. Tengda is obviously doing this for its own interests. Its putting too much pressure on the clubs. Now, look at how things have turned out. The clubs are joining forces to resist this move. How would the GPL form? I think Tengda has acted too quickly. Theres no need for this now. They should have given the clubs some room to live and develop. What are all of you above talking about? Tengda is not stopping the clubs from generating profits. No restrictions were placed on representing, competing, and sponsoring. Theres only a standard form contract and a request for clubs to submit to Tengdas mediation and supervision. Is that too much to ask? Why is everyone reacting so intensely? These are good moves to regulate the industry. Whats more, I believe in Boss Pei. Boss Pei has a reason for doing everything! Forget it. Nows not the time to argue whos right and whos wrong. Everyone should take a step back and give one another room to live and make mistakes. Boss Pei can only successfully run GPL if the major clubs cooperate, right? Only children try to decide whos right and whos wrong. Adults only look at profits and interests. I think that its too much for Tengda to try and exploit clubs from the beginning. They should have offered some sweet treats to begin with before introducing regulations slowly. Im just a member of the audience, and I dont care about any of this. In any case, I just want GPL to be established as soon as possible. I want to watch more competitions! Obviously, there were signs of fake reviewers, but they were so faint that ordinary people would not have been able to identify them. There were two reasons why the discussions did not seem skewed. On one hand, the clubs voices were too loud, and fake reviewers were joining in. On the other hand, there were too few people thinking about the interests of the athletes. That was because, at the moment, the local esports industry was only just starting to take off. The athletes had only just gone from eating instant noodles every day to not having to worry about their food or clothing. Many young internet addicts had achieved full transformations into high-income professional esports players. Many people, who were merely bystanders, did not think that those players would be miserable if they were cheated and exploited in their contracts. After all, they could earn hundreds of thousands or even a million-odd yuan a year by playing games. How could they have the cheek to claim that they were being cheated? Furthermore, there was not much news of vicious contract disputes at the moment. Thus, the vast majority of bystanders had not realized the importance of the matter. They leaned toward the clubs side and were being instigated by the fake reviewers. As a result, many of them thought that Tengda was making a mountain out of a molehill. Anyone else would have felt incredibly wronged at that moment. They would have felt immense frustration with nowhere to vent. However, Pei Qian felt quite happy reading the discussions. It did not matter whether they understood or not! In fact, it would be best if the clubs felt like they were winning the game and then sold all of their GOG teams! That would allow Pei Qian to take over all the GOG teams and incur losses over time. How much would he be able to spend if that happened?! Just thinking about it made him happy. Thus, he had no intentions to clarify himself. Even if he did, it would probably be ineffective. He would allow the publics resentment to fester. In any case, he would not be disadvantaged. He was still browsing forums online when his cell phone vibrated. It was Zhang Yuan. Boss Pei, the people in charge of the clubs are here again. Theyre saying that they have talked to their respective bosses and hope to discuss the details of our partnership further. They also hope for you to be present. Pei Qian could not help but smile slightly. The clubs managers had read the forums and sat on their anger for a while now. They thought that Tengda was beginning to relax, and so they wanted to discuss and test them out. Zhang Yuan had no say, and so they wanted to speak to Boss Pei face-to-face. At once, Pei Qian replied, Tell them that its Sunday today, and Tengda doesnt work on Sundays. If theres anything to say, we can talk about it on Monday afternoon. Obviously, not enough time had passed. Waiting an additional day would not do Pei Qian any harm. Moreover, Pei Qian was not lying. Tengdas employees did not work on Sundays. Pei Qian could allow himself to drink coffee and surf the web over the weekends if he had nothing to do, but meet club managers and discuss work? Pei Qian did not want to do that at all. On the other end of the line, at the DGE Club Zhang Yuan remained silent for a moment and then said, Alright, Boss Pei. He turned around and faced the club managers who had come to visit him. Boss Pei said that we dont work on Sundays. Please come at 2 PM tomorrow. Im sorry. Youve made a wasted trip. Manager Li and the other managers exchanged looks. After a long time of silence, they finally nodded. A-Alright well come back when Boss Pei gets to work, then. As they left the DGE Club, Manager Li and the others looked confused. They had taken the initiative to come knocking today because they had thought that enough time had passed since the discussions began. They guessed that Boss Pei had come to realize the seriousness of the problem and that it was about time that they could discuss it. They had wanted to give Boss Pei an out. He was an intelligent man after all. He would have understood in a second and graciously accepted the way out. Both parties would sit down and have a good talk, and they would reach a compromise Yet, they were leaving without having done anything! Everyone spoke in whispers. What just happened? Manager Li, this is very different from what you imagined Does Boss Pei still have the mood to enjoy his weekend? The forums are going crazy. Is he really going to allow them to fester for another day? Could we have gotten it wrong? Does Boss Pei even care about this? Weve prepared so hard for this. Would it all go to waste? Not necessarily! I think Boss Pei is putting on a front and delaying matters for a day on purpose. He is acting like he doesnt care, so that he would have more bargaining chips during negotiations. Hmm, that makes sense. Thats why Boss Pei is only delaying the negotiations for a day. The club managers continued their analysis, but nobody dared to guarantee anything. That was because Boss Peis moves were very illogical. Nobody could guess what he was up to. In addition, Tengda was in the dominant position, which made Boss Peis actions even more inexplicable. They had to put in effort to decipher his intentions. Manager Li felt very uncertain, but he still managed to calm himself down quickly. He lowered his voice and said, Dont scare yourselves, everyone. Perhaps Boss Pei himself is unsure and is purposely releasing smoke bombs to put pressure on us. Just continue doing what you have to do. If Boss Pei isnt anxious, theres no need for us to be either. Well wait until we get to the conference table to discuss anything else. As long as we remain united against Tengda, victory will be ours! October 31st, Monday Pei Qian woke up naturally as he always did and then ate his lunch very calmly. After playing games at Fish-Catching Internet Cafe for a while, he sauntered towards the DGE Club. Zhang Yuan and the club managers had an appointment at 2 PM. Pei Qian arrived fifteen minutes late on purpose. He had no special reason for doing so, other than to anger the club managers a bit more. If they got angry, they would probably decide to sell their GOG teams, wouldnt they? At the same time, in the DGE Clubs conference room The club managers looked like they could hardly hang on for any longer. What was the meaning of this? It was one thing to not meet them over the weekend, but Boss Pei was now arriving later than their agreed time? It was said that Boss Pei was a very punctual person. Could Boss Pei really be that stubborn? He delayed the meeting and then arrived late. That was a clear threat to the club managers to fall out with him if they dared. Manager Su began to have a bad feeling in his gut. On the other hand, SUGs Manager Li maintained a straight face. No matter what, he could not give in now. If he did, the other clubs would as well. Then, they would all have worked for nothing. Whats more, Boss Pei was probably only putting on a front. He could not afford to show his weaknesses. Pei Qian arrived at an empty seat in the conference room. After looking around, he decided not to mention the fact that he was late. Instead, he smiled and said, Have you spoken to your bosses, everyone? If there are no issues, please raise your hand if you want to sell your GOG teams. Well sign the transfer contract today. The club managers looked stunned. Their heads filled with question marks. ??? There seemed to be more question marks in Manager Lis head. Everyone was confused. They wondered if they had missed a meeting or lost their memory. Wasnt a negotiation supposed to take place today? Why was Boss Pei assuming that they would sell their teams even before saying anything else? Chapter 709 - The Clubs’ Figures Manager Li looked confused. Boss Pei, have I gotten the flow wrong? Shouldnt we be negotiating today? Neither party has expressed their interests or requests. I think we should communicate sufficiently before coming to a decision. Pei Qian was astonished. Huh? Havent you all considered it carefully? I thought it was true that all the clubs have joined forces to resist GPL online! Manager Li felt light-headed. Its true, but we never said we would sell our GOG teams! We were merely trying to put some pressure on you. Do you understand that? Yet, Boss Pei ended up assuming that all the clubs would be selling their GOG teams. At that moment, Manager Li was speechless. Manager Li and the others had tried to stir a debate to increase their bargaining chips. They wanted Boss Pei to see that none of the clubs were willing to hand over control, so that Boss Pei would rid himself of the idea of buying their GOG teams. In the end, not only had Boss Pei refused to budge, but he had also taken the conversation to an ultimatum. Now, there seemed to be no room for negotiation! The ball was in the clubs court. Could they say that they had no plans to sell their GOG teams and were only intending to bargain on equal ground to reach a compromise? No, that would be equivalent to going soft and allowing Boss Pei to take more advantage of them! Yet, if they didnt say that, they would have to raise their hands in surrender and sell their GOG teams, wouldnt they? The club managers exchanged blank looks, not knowing what to do next. Nobody had expected things to develop in this manner when they had been imagining it before. Boss Pei was not acting according to plan. What should they do? Seeing the club managers remain silent, Pei Qian began to feel anxious as well. What was going on? Didnt they agree to sell the GOG teams to Pei Qian? Why was everyone keeping quiet now? Quickly, sell them to me so that I can incur losses by holding onto them. There was an awkward silence in the conference room. Pei Qian cleared his throat and said, Manager Li, your reaction seemed to be the biggest. How about this? Tell me what you think. Are you going to sell your team or not? Be straightforward with me. The corners of Manager Lis mouth twitched slightly. Boss Pei was placing him at the heart of the struggle! The most important thing was that he had, in fact, organized all of these things. If he said he would not sell his GOG team, the other clubs would not be fools and would follow suit. Wouldnt Boss Pei win on all fronts, then? What else would there be to talk about? However, it would not be realistic for Manager Li to sell his GOG team either because he did not have such authority. Whether the club sold the team or not was still up to the boss. What should he do? The cogs in Manager Lis mind turned very quickly. Soon, he came up with a solution. He smiled and looked around at the other club managers before resting his gaze on Boss Pei. He looked nonchalant and acted as if everything was under control. Boss Pei, let me make this clear first: we still want to continue working with you as equal partners. We never intended for both parties to lose miserably. In addition, even if I want to sell my team, we cannot possibly deal directly with the official platform, can we? That would put our own interests at risk. For example, if a third party offers a higher price than Tengda, and Tengda buys our GOG team at a low price, it wouldnt make sense, would it? Our interests would be at stake. Thats why I think that we should look for third-parties to deal with. The one who offers the highest price will get our team. Moreover, the offer must be higher than the figure we have in mind before we decide to sell the team. Pei Qians eyes lit up. Higher than the figure you have in mind? Do you mean youre trying to ask for a higher price? Thats great! Pei Qian nodded immediately. No problem. How about this? Tell me what figures you have in mind. Well run an auction to sell the GOG teams together with the GPL quota. Whats your bottom line? Please be upfront. Zhang Yuan, take note of this. Zhang Yuan nodded and retrieved a pen and paper to take notes. The other club managers looked at Manager Li and immediately understood his intentions. The plan remained the same, but they were just entering the next stage ahead of time. Before this, everyone had intended to pressure Tengda using public opinion, so that Boss Pei would retreat. However, if Boss Pei decided not to back down, they would act like they were selling their GOG teams. This would make Boss Pei believe that nobody would be willing to take over the teams and then willingly compromise. Everyone had already agreed to raise their prices by twenty percent. For example, if their own GOG team was worth five million yuan, they would quote six million yuan. If it was worth ten million yuan, they would quote twelve million yuan. On top of that, the original valuation would be inflated to include the value of individual athletes, branding, and other relevant factors. Manager Li had already spent the past few days speaking to all the other clubs. None of them would take part in the auction. That meant that no one would take over the teams at those prices. Then, Boss Pei could either bite the bullet and buy all the GOG teams at those inflated prices, or take a step back and negotiate a compromise with the club managers. Whats more, Boss Pei was not going to hold a private auction this time, but a public one. None of those clubs had real intentions to sell their GOG teams. Thus, if one single club raised their quote, all the others would follow suit. That would cause all the prices to seem even more inflated. Manager Li smiled. The bottom line for SUG Clubs GOG team is eleven million yuan. The other club managers took turns to report their own quotations. The highest figures were given by the H4 Club and the EK Club, which had just won the first and second places at the international invitational tournament. Their asking prices were 13 and 12.5 million yuan respectively. On the whole, the clubs had quoted pretty similar prices. That was to be expected. Boss Pei had distributed the old members of DGE evenly among the other clubs earlier. All the clubs were similar in terms of strengths and operating costs. Naturally, they did not differ much in their quotations as well. Soon after, the clubs began to report their expected quotations. All of them had been inflated with premiums. After all, they were all renting the training locations for their GOG teams at the moment. They did not have much fixed assets, and their most valuable assets were their players. The players transfer fees were already well-known and no secret to Boss Pei. Since the esports industry had just taken off and was not that popular yet, the clubs could not ask for too much. Asking for such prices was already too much in the eyes of the club managers. Pei Qian frowned, remained silent for a moment, and then said, Everyone, are you not going to ask for more? Wouldnt you be incurring losses by selling your GOG teams for over ten million yuan? Pei Qian could not wish for anything more than for the club managers to raise their prices. If they did, he would be able to spend more money! None of the club managers said anything. None of them knew if Boss Pei was being sarcastic or not Was he saying that the teams were too expensive? Was he being deliberately sarcastic? Yet, Boss Pei looked more sincere and genuine than sarcastic. Thus, everyone was confused by Boss Peis acting. At that moment, all of them were stumped. Manager Li could not help but rejoice a little as he saw Boss Pei frown and say those things. You cant accept the quotations, can you? Boss Pei must have been sarcastic. On the surface, he was asking if they would sell the teams for a higher price. However, in reality, he was unhappy that they were asking for so much. He must have been sarcastic. He must have been angry! The corners of Manager Lis mouth curled upwards. He cleared his throat and said, Boss Pei, this is the figure that we have in mind. Its indeed higher than the amount we invested into the teams, but I think its reasonable. After all, weve spent so much time running our GOG teams. We cant let it all go to waste, can we? Upon hearing Manager Lis words, Pei Qian immediately realized that his own words had been misunderstood. Forget it. He would not waste any time explaining himself. The harder he tried, the bigger the problem would become. The clubs were collectively asking for close to a hundred million yuan now anyway. Pei Qian pondered for a moment. Someone would surely buy those teams over. All things aside, Boss Li would definitely join forces with a few other investors and buy a team for fun. Thus, it would be unlikely that the teams would be left unsold. Pei Qian could only say that not all the teams would be bought over. Boss Pei would fork out money to buy the remaining six or seven teams. He could try his best to squeeze some money out of Tengda for sure. It would not cause any damage to the capital chain or affect departments that were conducting research and development. He could deal with this. If he had to take the teams at a lower price, so be it. Pei Qian nodded. Alright, we will go and speak to third parties with these prices. Everyone will be free to place their own bids! However, one thing has to be clear. Now that you have agreed to sell your teams and have given me your expected figures, you cannot go back on your word. We will sign an intermediary agency agreement now. Tengda will guarantee the expected price for your GOG teams. We will only pay you more, but not less. If you fail to sell your teams, Tengda will pay for them. Conversely, if third parties offer a price that reaches your expectations, you cannot back out from selling your teams. If you breach the contract, you will have to bear the consequences. Compensation will suffice. This was like doing business. Pei Qian could not allow the seller to back out once he had named his price, and a buyer had expressed interest. Pei Qian was afraid that the clubs would regret their decision when the time came. What would he do if he failed to spend the money? That was why he suggested signing the intermediary agency agreement. Its main purpose was to prevent them from backing out once Tengda offered to cover their bases and buy all remaining GOG teams. For Pei Qian, once the contract was signed, Tengda would either have to spend money buying the teams or pay damages for failing to do so. Either way, Tengda would spend money, and it would be perfect. Upon hearing that they had to sign an agreement, the club managers shuddered. Manager Li cleared his throat. Boss Pei, can I call my boss to ask for his guidance? Pei Qian nodded. Of course, you can. All the club managers dispersed to various corners at once to call their respective bosses. Manager Li walked to the garden outside the villa and dialed the number of the boss of his club. Hello? Boss, I want to report an update on the GOG team. Boss Pei wants us to sign an agreement Thats right, I quoted eleven million yuan. If we really manage to sell the team, we will earn a considerable amount after taking into account the value of each player, the GPL quota, and our operating costs. We wont lose out for sure. GPL quota? We can always buy it again if we want to. The quota itself is not worth much. How many local esports clubs are there anyway? Thats right, Boss. The GPL quota would probably not be worth much because Tengda is now developing the esports ecosystem. Players are allowed to form their own teams and start competing at Fish-Catching Internet Cafe from the get-go. Since thats the case, we can always buy a capable internet cafe team that would be able to take part in GPL. Thats right. The worst-case scenario is that we sell our team for eleven million yuan and then spend a little more money to buy a new team from the internet cafe. We will not lose out for sure. Alright, Boss. Ill sign the agreement, then. Manager Li hung up and felt much more confident. No matter which angle he looked at it, the worst-case scenario if he signed the agreement would be earning less money. The club would probably not incur any losses. The athletes values and club costs were fixed. The premium was more than enough to cover them. The club had set up the GOG team for fun and recovered their capital by accepting a couple of sponsors and spokespersons. Now, by selling their team to outsiders at a premium, the club would earn a considerable profit as well. Whats more, even if they sold the team now, they could easily return if they wanted to in the future. At the moment, the entry requirements for most esports professional leagues around the world were easy to meet. The reason for that was simplefew people took part. There were only so many clubs to begin with. No one would fight to be counted within the GPL quota. How could an internet cafe team manage itself forever after making it to the GPL? It would still have to cozy up to a powerful club, wouldnt it? He would be able to buy a club like that with just a bit of money. Then, SUG would successfully be included within the GPL quota with an internet team, and Boss Pei would have to eat his words and warmly welcome the SUG club anyway! Chapter 710 - Boss Pei took the Initiative to Increase the Price by One Million Yuan! Pei Qian was in the conference room, playing with his mobile phone very calmly while waiting for the club managers to return after calling. Zhang Yuan couldnt understand Boss Peis true thoughts as he watched from the sidelines. He had always known that Boss Peis attitude was do good things, dont ask about the future, but Zhang Yuan still had to judge the situation and observe most of the time. It was human nature to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages. People who did not understand that probably had been eliminated throughout the hundreds of millions of years of evolution. Take this incident as an example: no matter how one looked at it, the advantage was with the clubs. The domestic esports industry was immature, and the esports circle was small. The clubs dared to ask for prices because they knew that no one would take over these GOG divisions. In the end, Boss Pei would have to spend tens of millions or hundreds of millions of dollars. The low-level spectators and professional players had no say at all, and the organizers of the event actually had no way around it. Anyone else would have long given up when they met with such resistance. Moreover, many reasons could be found after giving up. For example, to develop hand-in-hand with the club and jointly grow the esports industry; to take a long-term plan and move forward slowly for the current time was yet to ripe; and to make GPL proceed as scheduled without affecting the rights of players and spectators and seek a partnership with the clubs for a win-win solution No one could overly criticize Tengdas behavior if Boss Pei decided to take a step back as long as these reasons were given. No one would know the real reason anyway. It was always easy to say beautiful things. On the contrary, they might lose their reputation if they insisted. There are still many points from where other clubs could attack. For example: Tengda did not take into account the overall situation and excessively squeezed the clubs on some insignificant terms, destroying the entire esports ecology, shrinking the e-sports environment, reducing the number of participating teams, postponing GPL, and affecting the interests of the audience Could they be certain that these audiences would always be on Boss Peis side? Not necessarily. It could even be expected that many people would definitely stand on the side of the clubs, accusing Boss Pei of always making a fuss. Some people would say that even if there was a problem with the contract between the club and the player, it would be enough to settle in court. It would not prevent them from holding the game or the audience from watching the game. Why bother with such a small issue? If what Boss Pei wanted to do now was an easy thing to do, then the domestic esports industry should have been doing it for so long before, and the organizers should have done it a long time ago. It would not be Boss Pei to do it. Therefore, even though Boss Pei seemed to have a tough attitude and was about to win the game, he should also be under tremendous pressure Zhang Yuan looked at Boss Pei, who was playing with his mobile phone leisurely, and couldnt help feeling that Boss Pei was indeed a person that was really capable of doing great things. This psychological quality was indeed strong enough. Boss Pei, do you need me to do anything? Zhang Yuan asked. Pei Qian looked at him. Zhang Yuans expression seemed to have a little admiration, but also a little tragic and a little inexplicable. What was running through his brain again?! Pei Qian hurriedly said, No. Just wait for these clubs to come back, talk to our colleagues in the Legal Department, and draw up a specific contract to sign with them. Oh, and there is no need to make news of the clubs transfers. Pei Qian was afraid that the news would spread too widely and arouse a lot of attention. All kinds of unexpected people might jump out to order, then there would be huge trouble. It was best for a small group of people to know that even if someone were to want to buy it, they could only buy two or three of them, and the rest were all Tengdas. Wouldnt that be a good thing? Zhang Yuan was also a bit confused about Boss Peis true intentions. However, since Boss Pei said that he didnt need to worry, he could wait and do his own stuff. After a while, the managers of the clubs finished their calls and came back one after another. Pei Qian found that almost everyone was back. He put his phone away and looked around at the crowd: So how were your considerations? If you are willing to sell, then we will sign a contract. I absolutely guarantee that everyone can sell at their own psychological price. If you dont plan to sell, then I will assume everyones approval of the GPLs regulations and requirements. Manager Li, who has received the support of his boss, became more confident and nodded and said: Sell! However, if the contract is to be signed, the SUG club will add another 1 million, which is a total of 12 million. This was also psychological warfare. Add one million more to the already high premium. That was not a lot, which wouldnt cause Boss Pei to flip, but it would disgust Boss Pei and give him more pressure. That was because Manager Li knew that most other clubs would also increase the price following his lead. That immediately raised the total price by several millions or tens of millions. This behavior itself made others uncomfortable, but in business, verbal promises were unreliable before signing the contract in black and white. There was nothing to blame. Manager Li thought that even if Boss Pei did not show his true feelings, he would feel a little unpleasant when he heard an extra one million, right? If Boss Pei did not accept this, both parties can continue to delaywhich was not bad. However, Boss Pei wasnt angry at all. Instead, there was some delight in his eyes. Great job! Other clubs would definitely follow Manager Lis initiative to raise the price, each adding one million yuanwhich would also be a lot of money! Pei Qian almost laughed out loud. He tried to control his expression and looked at the other club managers: Do you want to increase the price, too? What are your demands? Tell me just like Manager Li did! The other managers looked at each other, not knowing how to answer. Of course, they wanted to increase the price and earn an extra million. Where could they find such a good deal? However, everyone was afraid that Boss Pei would hold grudges against them. Manager Su of the H4 Club coughed slightly: Ahem, Boss Pei there is still no need to increase ours. The previous amount has reached the expected price of our club. Manager Su immediately felt a few contemptuous glances at him after he finished speaking. He ignored them. The owner of the H4 club was not as tough as the owner of SUG. Manager Su received the instruction that the H4 Club was the first club to cooperate with Boss Pei and the club that gained the most exposure out of it. Tengdas regulations were nothing more than a standard contract, which did not cross their principles. It was enough to make a little trouble, but it did not really matter to them. There was no reason for them to follow the other clubs in making Boss Pei their enemy! Moreover, the owner of the H4 club didnt really want to really sell the GOG division. They were the champions of the Global Invitational after all. That 13 million might be a lot, but it was a champion team after all. If it was really sold, it wouldnt be clear whether it was a loss or a profit. Therefore, among these managers, Manager Su was the least determined and actively rejected Mr. Peis proposal to increase prices, not wanting to make the scene too ugly. The atmosphere in the conference room became subtle again. Pei Qian panicked instead. No, please dont break the momentum caused by Manager Li! It would have been a great thing to spend millions more. No one dared to increase the price further this way. Wouldnt I be in an awkward position? Pei Qian waved his hand. How can that do?! We view everyone fairly! I think its not that everyone did not want to increase prices, but you are too embarrassed to speak up. Zhang Yuan, lets do it this way. Raise the expected price of all clubs by one million; well sign the contract according to this. Zhang Yuan froze for a moment. What do you mean? Was it okay for Boss Pei to take the initiative to raise the price? However, he saw Boss Peis firm eyes; he couldnt ask more on such an occasion. He could only record silently. The look of contempt that had been cast at Manager Su before disappeared. Since all clubs had their prices raised by one million, everyone was mentally balanced, and there was no need to worry about Tengda taking revenge on them. Boss Pei initiated it himself after all! Pei Qian was also very happy. He smiled and asked: Okay, now Ill assume that everyone, like the SUG club, is determined to sell the club at this price, right? If no one objects, I will get the Legal Department to prepare the contract for everyone. Pei Qian didnt plan to ask them one by one. He tried to muddle over and assumed that everyone would sell GOG divisions by default. The club managers looked at each other, seeing confusion in one anothers faces. Boss Pei which side were you on? Why did it seem like you were on our side? Why did he seem more anxious than us and wanted us to sell the GOG division as soon as possible? What was his intention? Manager Su of the H4 Club suddenly felt that the situation seemed a bit wrong. Boss Pei was too confident! The fact that he took the initiative to raise the price of the club was too outrageous, which shows that Boss Pei must have other plans in mind! The H4 Club didnt plan to actually sell the GOG division. They just felt that it would be profitable for them to put pressure on Tengda together with other clubs to get rid of the restrictions imposed by GPL on various clubs. However, Boss Pei seemed to be delighted while the other clubs did not realize something was wrong! He might not know what Boss Peis plan was, but they would most likely lose out if they were to sell now! Most likely, Boss Pei would gobble up all the profits! Manager Su quickly stood up seeing that Zhang Yuan was about to write down all the clubs: Hold on! Boss Pei, the H4 Club does not plan to sell the GOG division anymore. The eyes of the other club managers instantly focused on Manager Su, with thirty-percent surprise and thirty-percent anger in their eyes. How could you betray us on the spot? What happened to advancing and retreating together? Manager Su was unmoved. Dont drag me down with you to die?! My boss didnt plan on selling the GOG division. How was I to survive if I sold it for him on my own terms? Pei Qian looked at Manager Su also with thirty-percent surprise and thirty-percent anger. What the f*ck? Were you here to wreck everything?! Was there anything wrong to say in private? What if the other clubs wont sell it, following your lead here? Seeing that two or three club managers were shaken by Manager Sus statement, Pei Qian hurriedly raised his hand and said, Be quiet, everyone! Its everyones personal choice to sell or not to sell. Dont always be influenced by others. Dont you have opinions? Manager Li says to sell, and you all want to sell; Manager Su says not to sell, and you dont want to sell. Can you be firmer?! Primary school students knew that they had to keep their words, and they all know that they have no regrets. Why did the problem become so complicated with you all? Manager Li is very assertive; I appreciate it very much. That will be all today. Everyone, wait for Zhang Yuan to contact you and sign contracts one by one. Pei Qian felt that the wind direction changed to his disadvantage so he stopped quickly. These clubs had to follow Manager Li, not Manager Su! Boss Peis remarks fitted the managers intentions, and it so happened that Tengda needed a certain time for the contract to be drawn up. They could use this time to reconsider. Manager Su got up directly, ignored the other managers, and left on his own. What else could he do since everything had reached this stage? He was not afraid of offending the other clubs. GPL would be launched soon enough after a while. These clubs were all for profit. Who would always hold grudges? Naturally, other club managers would not say anything on such an occasion so they left silently. Seeing that the club managers were all gone, Pei Qian leaned on the chair and let out a sigh of impatience. Too gritty! They have discussed it two or three times. Why havent these managers made up their minds? Hurry up and sell me the GOG divisions. Wouldnt it be good for you to happily make a fortune? Forget it, anyway, it was almost the last step. After signing the contract, Tengda would lose the money. Good things come to those who waited! Pei Qian stood up and instructed Zhang Yuan again before he left: Remember, the news of the auction of these clubs GOG divisions should only be spread in a small area. Dont make a big fanfare. Zhang Yuan nodded in confusion: Understood, Boss Pei. Chapter 711 - Boss Li: Buy Two Clubs First! November 1st, Tuesday Zhang Yuan did not supervise the training of the players of the DGE Club today. Instead, he was busy doing things that Boss Pei tasked him to do. The legal department was taking the time to draft out the contract, to be signed with the clubs. There would be no retreat for either party once the contract was signed. Tengda must give these clubs the prices they asked for; otherwise, it would be a breach of contract. Other clubs must also sell the GOG division; otherwise, it would similarly be a breach of contract. Of course, it did not mean that they could never go back, but they would have to pay liquidated damages if they were to breach. The liquidated damages were thirty percent of the clubs intended price, which was a figure acceptable to both parties. For example, if the intended price of a club was 10 million, then the penalty would be 3 million. If Tengda were to breach the contract, it would pay the club 3 million; if the club defaulted and did not want to sell, it would pay Tengda 3 million. It was just that something interesting was about to happen as the contracts were about to be signed. Two clubs changed their minds and did not want to sign like the H4 club! Obviously, the managers of the two clubs went back, spoke with their bosses, and felt that they didnt really want to sell the GOG division. However, the signing of the contract meant that there would be no turning back. Either selling the GOG division or pay the breachboth were painful to them. They, therefore, secretly called Zhang Yuan and told him that they did not intend to sell anymore and fully accepted the GPL regulations. Some clubs also came to listen to Zhang Yuan in private, wanting to know what Boss Peis true thoughts were. Was he really ready to give all the clubs a lot of money, or was he just bluffing and scaring the clubs into retreat? Zhang Yuan was very tight-lipped about it. Of course, he couldnt even if he wanted to because he didnt know what Boss Pei was thinking! Boss Peis schemes were too deep. If even Zhang Yuan himself was very confused, how could others hear accurate news from him? Of course, some clubssuch as Manager Lis SUG Clubstill decided to sign this contract. Zhang Yuan took a look. In the end, six clubs decided to sell, including the SUG club and the EK club. These were old acquaintances. The EK club won the runner-up previously but still wanted to sign this contract, which was unexpected to Zhang Yuan. However, thinking from another perspective, it was precisely because the EK club took the runner-up that they were selling for the highest price at 13.5 million yuan. A single GOG division sold at such a high price in the current domestic esports circle that was not yet mature was very eye-catching. The ideas of these clubs were actually very realistic: regardless of whether there was a third-party bidding or not, the price of the GOG division was already very high so they wouldnt be making a loss even if they were to sell them. What was the big deal? They could always re-organize a new GOG division and get back into the GPL after the sale. Wouldnt it be beautiful to make millions if they just flipped their hands? Take the SUG Club as an example. It sold players from its own GOG division and transferred the rented training base and the GPL quota given by Tengda for free. It did not sell the SUG Clubs name. If it was the other clubs buying the GOG division of SUG, it must be a new club with SUGs original team. SUG could always find some internet-addicted teenagers again and come back. The results would definitely plummet in the short term, but there was still a year before the World Invitational next year so there was no need to worry. Most of these clubs even felt that Tengda would not follow through. If no one bought it, then Tengda would only have two options: either to buy it all by themselves or to obediently pay a 30% penalty. These clubs felt that the latter was very likely. After all, the magnitude of loss from liquidated damages was smaller. They felt that Boss Pei might be bluffing when he came out with this contract, and if they bought such bluffing, he would definitely make a fortune and win a big one. Therefore, in their view, the risk was not big. However, the benefits were great, and it was worth a try. Zhang Yuan sighed slightly. Experience told him that Boss Peis plan was definitely not as simple as these clubs thought. These clubs, who have been cooperating with Boss Pei before, have experienced the treatment of allies so they subconsciously underestimated the cunning of Boss Pei. Dare to stand on the opposite side of Boss Pei now? Then, they would have to experience the treatment of the enemy. Such a Boss Pei was not a friendly image of a win-win-win situation. Of course, Zhang Yuan knew that it was useless if he said it himself. These clubs would not listen. Humans always felt that its not over til its over. Zhang Yuan then quickly sorted out the information of these clubs GOG divisions, including player information, player value, previous World Invitational results, base address, etc.plus the clubs expected quotationand made a detailed table. Boss Pei said that this news should only be spread within a small area. How to define this small area was a more troublesome question. Zhang Yuan felt that it shouldnt be considered as a wide range as long as they did not deliberately buy hot searches and make the heat spread all over the internet, letting everyone know that GOG players from these clubs were on sale, right? Since that was the case Then, send a notice to the various departments within the group company and tell everyone that there was no need to deliberately hype it up, so that companies closely related to Tengda would definitely get the news. This should meet the small area mentioned by Boss Pei, right? Afternoon, Fu Hui Investments Li Shi and a group of investors each had a form in their hands, on which stated detailed information and quotations of each esports club to be transferred. Li Shi was definitely the first to obtain such information. Li Shi put the form on the table and said, I sent someone to inquire about the situation. At present, this information is only circulated within Tengda and has not attracted much attention on the Internet. It was probably a deliberate intention by Boss Pei. The other investors looked at each other with a puzzled look on their faces. Boss Li, is this unreasonable? It states that there is bidding. In that case, the wider the news, the better; and the more people participating in the bidding, the better. For the clubs, they could transfer at high prices; for Boss Pei, it can also bring heat and attention. The interests of both parties in this matter should be the same? Why would Boss Pei just spread it in the small circle of Tengda Group? Li Shi chuckled: Isnt this in line with Boss Peis usual style? Only those who follow him the closest would be able to benefit. This is obviously a screening. All the people who follow him closely are screened out so that everyone can get the news in advance and can prepare to bid early! I think its impossible to hide this. Even if Boss Pei doesnt publicize it, these clubs will definitely make noise to sell at high prices. However, Boss Peis behavior is equivalent to giving us an information gap and a time gap, so that we can have more time to raise funds and prepare early. Wont we be able to pick the best club? The investors only understood after listening to Boss Lis analysis. So that was why! Knowing this information in advance might not allow them to spend less, but they could at least pick a satisfactory club in advance! The quotations were not too different across the six clubs. For example, the EK Club wanted 13.5 million, and the SUG Club wanted 12 million. The former was the runner-up, and the latter was in the top four. It seemed like the former was more cost-effective. Moreover, the bidding would not increase dollar by dollar. A transaction of tens of millions of dollars would start from at least one million yuan. In other words, if Boss Li and others saw the EK club first, they could spend 13.5 million to buy it. The latecomer who wanted it would bid at 14.5 million. Compared with SUG of 12 million, it seemed very uneconomical. This was equivalent to giving Boss Li and others a chance to strike first. It was Boss Peis consistent style of giving a benefit to those who followed him closely, but it did not make this bid unfair. However, someone soon raised new questions. Wait a minute, Boss Li. This time, Boss Pei is going to sell the esports club! I heard that the domestic esports clubs are purely money-burning, and they cant make any money at all. What if you spend 10 million to buy a club without making money? Moreover, Boss Li, what if someones bid increased it to 20 million or even higher? Then, we wouldnt be able to afford it. Yes, there is too much uncertainty. The investors fell into a dilemma again. If it was other projects, they would all believe in Boss Peis commercial talents. However, this time it was an esports clubwhich was notorious for not being profitable, and it was sold by other clubs. If it could really make money and was really worth so much money, why were the other clubs transferring it? There were many suspicious points! Li Shi coughed slightly, Have you found that your views are contradictory? While worrying about buying something that would make a loss, you also worry about others raising the price. If someone raises the price to 20 million, it means it is worth 20 million! As for the esports clubs not making money, indeed. Previously, only some esports clubs could make money. However, after Tengda enters the stadium, all these are likely to change. The GOG Global Invitational is so successful, and Boss Pei has more plans in the future. Boss Pei himself even runs the DGE Club In the long run, this is a promising emerging industry, and Boss Pei himself has entered the market so firmly. Do you still need to worry about whether it will make a profit or not? Investors nodded. Made sense! Boss Li was the one able to understand things perfectly! Li Shi saw that everyone had unified their opinions and suggested: I think, based on our current funds, we can consider dividing it into two batches and buy two clubs. Lets pick the two that are more satisfying. Whether someone will raise the price or how much will be raised is beyond our control for the rest. Quietly wait for Boss Pei to make his move! Chapter 712 - Boss Li: Give Me One Too! SUG Club. Several club managers who had decided to sell their GOG teams were waiting for Manager Li to express his opinion. Manager Li, why hasnt Boss Pei announced the transfer of the GOG teams until now? Theres still no news on the internet! Thats right. Boss Peis behavior is a little abnormal. Although we might not be able to sell it at this price, we have to advertise and look for potential buyers, right? Or has Boss Pei decided to take over the business himself? Sigh, I dont know what to hope for now. Should we hope that a lot of people would bid for it or that no one would buy it The club managers could not hold it in anymore. That was because this matter was completely out of their control! Initially, Manager Li had already made arrangements and informed the big clubs not to take over. Manager Li had thought that Boss Pei would publicize this matter widely in order to knock them down. Many people would have been invited to bid for it. However, if Boss Pei had done that, he would have fallen for Manager Lis trap. Because of Manager Lis initial operations, no matter how much Boss Pei advertised, there would not be many people bidding for it. That meant that Boss Pei would have no choice but to fork out his own money to take over the teams. At the same time, it would also mean that the GOG teams had been wrongly valued at such high prices. If that had happened, SUG Club would have taken the money and left. Then, they would change teams and fight their way back to the GPL. They would have been able to earn a few million yuan just like that, and it would have been great. The other clubs had had similar thoughts. Yet, Boss Pei was not doing any publicity at all! Why? Manager Li tapped the table lightly and fell into deep thought. A moment later, he said in a low voice, I understand Boss Peis plan. He probably wants to save the market. He probably saw through our thoughts. Think about it this way. If Boss Pei were to publicize it with great fanfare but not many people bidded for it, it would mean that GOGs teams are not worth that much money. The show would not be able to continue. Thus, Boss Pei decided to close the market and only publicize it within a small area. He wanted the people around him to buy a little of it so that he could save the rest for himself. That way, it would give people the illusion that they were in high demand. To put it bluntly, its the same tactic used by certain merchants. Limit stock, and sell them bit by bit. Raise the transaction price and slowly empty the store. That way, the market would not collapse, and they would earn more money! The other club managers were enlightened. So that was why! Boss Pei had already seen that not many people would take over the business, so he planned to cover it up himself. He purposely chose not to spread the news, creating the illusion that ordinary people would not be able to buy it, and insiders would be fighting for it. That maintained the high valuation of the GOG branches and GPLs entry rights. Once Tengda bought all of them, they could sell them slowly through other methods and in a closed market. That would create scarcity and raise the price. What should we do then? Someone began to panic. If Boss Pei really succeeded, the sellers would definitely suffer losses. It would be difficult to buy their teams back. Manager Li laughed. What are you panicking for?! We have our ways! The simplest solution would be to buy fake reviewers online and publicize the news with great fanfare. They could say that the GPL is about to collapse, and several clubs are transferring their GOG teams. Due to Tengdas unfair regulations, the league cannot be held! We have already spoken to the other big clubs. They will definitely not take action. Its human nature to buy up or down. As long as the down expectation is formed, other capital would observe and not buy in. Then, Boss Peis method of closing the market would collapse on its own! After all, the prerequisite for closing the market is that one has to make small transactions. If no one wants to make transactions, why would you close the market? The club managers eyes lit up. Alright, well arrange for fake reviewers! Manager Li could not help but sneer. Hmph, Boss Pei, thats all there is to you. How can you be as powerful as the rumors say you are? November 2nd, Wednesday Pei Qian woke up as usual and went to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe to have his breakfast while scrolling through his cell phone. He actually did not care about selling the GOG teams because there was no need to. He was just waiting for Tengda to take over after all the teams failed to be sold! He was browsing todays news when someone suddenly called. Pei Qian looked closely. It was Lin Chang! Why was he calling? Fei Huang Workspaces new movie was not even confirmed yet! Puzzled, Pei Qian picked up the phone. Hello? Boss Pei, I heard that the clubs in Tengdas GPL league are now transferring their existing GOG teams and GPL spots? Pei Qians mind immediately filled with question marks. ? He quickly said, Lin Wan told you? Lin Chang smiled. Theres no need for Ah Wan to tell me. Its all over the internet! Pei Qians mind filled with more question marks. He quickly gestured for the waiter to bring his laptop over. He held his cell phone as he searched for relevant information online. In the end, the news was all over the Internet! He did not know where it had come from, but there was even information about the prices of various clubs. A large number of netizens had been discussing it since last night! He casually scanned through a few posts. Over ten million yuan? Thats a lot of money! Once I win the lottery, Ill definitely buy one. Pro players will play games with me! EK wants to sell the runner-up? Are they crazy? It looks like the news from a while ago is true. Tengda is squeezing the clubs too hard. The clubs are planning to quit together. Thats why theyre selling them! That means theyre not playing with Tengda anymore! I think Tengda is going to suffer this time. The starting price is so high C who would buy it? Thats enough money to buy a small club and then some! I heard that Tengda is going to back them up if they cant sell them? Is that true? That cant be. Tengda doesnt have a bottom line. Do they burn money? The netizens were all discussing among themselves. Some were from the club while others were from Tengda. Pei Qian felt light-headed. Who did it?! Who leaked the information?! I just wanted to lose some money without making a sound, but now theres so much attention. What if someone comes to snatch the teams?! Over the phone, Lin Chang said, Boss Pei, did the GPL competition not go well? I saw the comments online. Those clubs dont seem to listen to you. Lets do this. Ive discussed this with my second brother. The football club that hes raising has already spent a lot of money, and the publicity is quite good. Ill tell him to spend some spare money to buy a GPL team. In any case, I believe that Boss Pei would definitely be able to complete the GPL. Then, we would be able to see Shenhuas team in the competition. That would be great! Pei Qians mind filled with more question marks. Sensing that Lin Chang was about to hang up, Pei Qian quickly said, No need! Theres really no need! I have everything under control. I dont need any help! On the other end of the line, Lin Chang smiled. Please, this is not considered helping. Well buy a GPL team to advertise ourselves. Dont worry, Boss Pei. This is just a small sum of money. My brothers football clubs transfer fee is 20 million yuan. Its quite worth it to buy a ready-made GPL team with 10 million yuan. Thats it. Ill go to Jingzhou to drink with you someday! After saying that, Lin Chang hung up. Pei Qian looked at his cell phone screen. What the He read the information online again. Although most of the Netizens had negative outlooks of the game and felt that the GPL would be affected by the combined resistance of so many clubs, Pei Qian had a vague feeling that things would not develop as expected on the internet. Sh*t! There were only six teams in total. The more he sold to third parties, the less Tengda would have. That meant that he would have to spend ten million yuan less! Without delay, he quickly called Zhang Yuan. Hello? Zhang Yuan, how many people have contacted you regarding the GPL teams recently? Zhang Yuans surprised voice sounded from the other end of the line. Boss Pei, there are at least ten buyers expressing their intentions to buy! Pei Qians heart nearly dropped. Ten companies?! He had thought that two or three companies would have been good enough. Why were there so many people?! Pei Qian quickly asked, Who are they? Zhang Yuan answered, Boss Lis Fu Hui Investments and investors want to buy two companies; Shenhua Real Estates Boss Lin wants to buy one; that coal bosss rich second-generation heir, Xue Zhebin wants to buy one; Sun Strike Studios Zhou Muyan wants to buy one Other than that, there are also some big companies that wanted to work with us for a long time, as well as speculators who saw a business opportunity and wanted to sell the teams after the GPL quota fills Pei Qian was silent. If that was the case, there were more than ten companies! He was just a little puzzled. Why were Xue Zhebin and Zhou Muyan getting involved? Xue Zhebin had set up a restaurant with Boss Li, and he was a young man. It was understandable if Boss Li had tricked him into buying a club. Yet, what about Zhou Muyan? Pei Qian said to Zhang Yuan, Alright, find a time to arrange for everyone to bid. The sooner the better! Pei Qian did not dare to wait any longer. Things might change if he waited any longer. The more people participated, the higher the price. That would be terrible! After hanging up, Pei Qian immediately called Zhou Muyan. He wanted to ask Zhou Muyan why he had come here to interfere! Soon, the call went through. Boss Zhou, why did you come to buy an E-Sports Club for no reason? Pei Qian was confused. On the other end of the line, Zhou Muyan was a little stunned. Whats wrong? Cant I? Alright, but thats more than ten million yuan. Its not profitable for Sun Strike Studios to keep a club like that. What do you want? Pei Qian was very confused. Zhou Muyan smiled. Oh, so Boss Pei is afraid that Ive wasted money. You dont have to worry about that. Sun Strike Studios is a game company to begin with. Isnt it reasonable for it to raise a club to make their presence known in front of gamers, advertise themselves, and publicize their new game? Dont worry, Boss Pei. Our studios income is more than enough to cover these costs. Pei Qian: Indeed, Sun Strike Studios was a famous developer of games with paywalls. There were many games that earned more than a hundred million yuan a month. It was indeed a piece of cake for them to spend over ten million yuan on a club. What Zhou Muyan said made sense. Pei Qian could not find a way to refute him. Alright. Pei Qian hung up helplessly. Zhou Muyan looked at his phone with a confused expression. Why did it feel like Boss Pei was not too happy about his support? Chapter 713 - Another Trick and Another Ten Million Yuan After hanging up, Pei Qian began to worry again. Why did the other companies that he was not familiar with want to join in as well? Pei Qian guessed the answer very quickly. He looked at the first few companies that entered. There were investment companies, real estate companies, second-generation heirs, and gaming companies. Whats more, corporate giants like Shenhua Real Estate were among them! What level was Shenhua Real Estate at? If Now that they were dabbling in the football league now, the transfer fee for each player would be more than twenty million yuan! And it would be even higher in a few years. At the beginning, the domestic soccer league was also half-dead. However, after Shenhua Real Estate and a few other large real estate companies entered the arena, they started to spend money crazily and instantly became famous. Although the clubs had been burning money the whole time, the corporations had earned big time from saving their advertising fees. Shenhua Real Estate could buy an entire e-sports club with just one footbal players transfer fee. Whats more, they could get results directly. It was quite worth it. Boss Pei was in charge of the GPL. If he succeeded, everyone would be happy. If he failed, they would just throw away the ten million yuan. They would not feel the pinch. However, Shenhua Real Estates entrance had become a windmark at once! Previously, the television programmes had already been calling for more companies to work more with Tengda, promising that there would be no disadvantages. That was why Tengdas current actions were being watched by many large companies. One move and they would immediately approach Tengda. After all, Tengda had created so many business miracles and excavated so many industry trends. That was no lie. On top of that, a famous economist had written about the Tengda business model. Its appeal could not be underestimated. Now that the GPL league slots and ready-made teams were being sold, these companies immediately felt like they had a business opportunity. E-Sports Clubs had never made money before, but what had they been like earlier? There were ordinary rich second-generation heirs who played games, young internet addicts who organized themselves, and those who had been developed by training workspaces In short, there were no formidable rivals whatsoever. Yet, what companies were bidding for GPL? Shenhua, a local corporate giant. Shenhua Real Estate was a top player in the domestic football industry. Although Xue Zhebin was also a rich second-generation heir, he was different from other rich second-generation heirs. His family was especially rich. Sun Strike Studios was one of the top games studios in the country. Although it was not as famous as Tengda, it also made a lot of money. What was this? They were formidable rivals! They were on a completely different level from the bosses and investors behind the previous clubs. How could they compare? These people all felt that the GPL was promising, which meant that it was definitely profitable. Once they appeared on the scene, more capital would surely follow. Therefore, all the companies that had been paying attention to Tengda immediately expressed their desire to bid. They did not care about the public opinion at all. Public opinion could be influenced and induced. Whats more, how would ordinary netizens know the inside story? They were all just there to watch the show. The ones who really decided how these companies would choose were the leading companies! Pei Qian was instantly discouraged. He was done for! All those companies wanted to buy GOGs branches and join the GPL league. However, there were only six clubs prepared to sell GOGs branches. Didnt that mean that they had found third parties to buy all the teams on hand? In other words, Tengda would not have to back the teams up or pay the penalty. He wanted to vomit blood! A good opportunity to burn money had been ruined by these people! Initially, Pei Qian had been looking forward to the bidding. He had hoped that none of the GOG teams would be taken over. Then, he would happily accept them. Now, it seemed boring. That was because whether these GOG teams would sell or not would have nothing to do with him. Tengda could not compete with those third-party buyers. Pei Qian sighed silently. Forget it, Ill leave it at that. Ill just treat it as a wasted effort. However, just as Pei Qian took two sips of coffee, his phone rang again. He picked it up and saw that it was Zhang Yuan. Pei Qian: ? He quickly answered the phone. Boss Pei! I just told the six clubs about the auction, and then Ai, Boss Pei, you already guessed it, didnt you? Pei Qian: ? What do you mean?! Can you not stop mid-sentence?! Pei Qian was speechless. And then? Zhang Yuan said excitedly, Then, three of the clubs decided not to sell! Pei Qian was stunned. Not to sell? Cant you keep to the spirit of the contract? You said you were going to sell it. How could you change your mind? Ai, thats not right. Didnt they already sign the contract? Pei Qian was a little puzzled. Didnt we already sign the agency contract? If they dont sell it, theyll have to pay the penalty fee! Zhang Yuan laughed. Boss Pei, thats why youre so smart! Those clubs did want to sell their GOG teams at a higher price at the beginning. They planned to buy an internet cafe team at a lower price in the future to fight their way back. That was exactly why they signed the contract. However, the situation has changed completely! Shenhua and about ten other companies ended up bidding for the teams. Although they have not officially started bidding, the value of the teams would definitely increase by thirty to forty percent! Thats not a good thing. Those clubs know very well that, although they could sell their teams for a high price now, a number of huge companies outside are also eyeing their GPL spots! Since there are already so many people fighting for GPL spots even before its started, wouldnt there be more to fight for them in the future? They have figured it out. Once they sell their teams and GPL spots for about ten million yuan, it would be difficult to buy them back in the future C even if they offer thirty or forty million yuan! Yet, they could not just decide not to sell. They have signed the contract. Thats why they would much rather pay two to three million yuan for breaching the contract than sell their teams! If they sold their teams, they would incur more losses in the future! Boss Pei, another little trick from you and weve earned another ten million yuan! As Pei Qian listened to Zhang Yuans elated voice over the phone, he fell into a daze. No, I added the penalty clause because I was planning to pay for it myself! I wasnt trying to earn money from these clubs! Still, it was too late to say anything now. The contracts had been signed. There was no possibility of Tengda breaching the contract now. He could only take the ten million yuan from those three clubs tearfully! At that moment, Pei Qian was speechless. Then what about the other three clubs that insisted on selling their teams? Is SUG still selling their team? Pei Qian asked. Zhang Yuan: SUG is still selling! Obviously, those three companies are being stubborn; theyre still betting. They firmly believe that if they sell now, they can sell at a peak, and theyll have a chance to enter again in the future. Pei Qian: He did not know if he should feel happy or sad. Hearing no response from the other end of the line, Zhang Yuan asked, Boss Pei, what about the bidding? We were going to sell six teams, but we can only sell three now. Pei Qian felt like he had nothing to live for. What do you think? He could not think now. Since things had already come to this, he could sell whatever he wanted. Or did Zhang Yuan have other ideas? Zhang Yuan smiled and said, Boss Pei, I think the same as you. Pei Qian: ? The same as me? What do I think? Zhang Yuan continued, Did you expect that there would only be a small number of clubs left? There are more than ten companies bidding now, but there are only three spots left. The buyers will definitely raise the price crazily! After all, none of these companies are short of money. Whats more, people tend to buy things with inflated prices rather than deflated prices. The scarcer the supply , the more intense the competition! Well allow them to bid for the three slots first. We still have more slots for the GPL. Well release two or three more in the next wave so that the companies can fight somemore This cycle would definitely maximize GPLs profits Pei Qian shuddered in fear. Absolutely not! Zhang Yuan: ? Just listening to Zhang Yuans description, Pei Qian could already foresee his tragic future. Pei Qian heaved a long sigh. How many GPL slots do we have left? Zhang Yuan was stunned for a moment. Er, Boss Pei, didnt we plan to arrange for 12 to 16 teams at first? There are a total of ten established clubs in Jingzhou. Four of them are not for sale. Of the six that we planned to sell, three are intending to back out and pay the penalty. Therefore, apart from the GPL slots for the three clubs that we still have to sell, we still have two to six slots. You have decided how many we can release. Pei Qian immediately said, Throw out the remaining six slots! Dont leave a single one! If he really did as Zhang Yuan said and sold them one by one, he would definitely make more profits. He couldnt allow that! Those companies were already eyeing the GPL spots. Since he could not persuade them all to leave the market, he could only sell them all at once, while the price of the GPL spots was not very high. He would earn more now, but less in the future, right? He had to choose the lesser of two evils. Since they were both profitable, he had to choose the less profitable option. Zhang Yuan was stunned for a moment. Sell them all? It would be difficult to expand in the future, Boss Pei. Whats more, if we release so many slots at once, the price of each slot would definitely be lowered. Its not worth it. The more teams there were in the league, the more tightly packed the schedule would be. Sixteen teams meant that there would probably be one or two days of rest in a week. The rest of the time could be taken up by matches. That was an unimaginable thing for the current E-Sports scene. Most games did not even have a league. Even if they did, there would only be five or six teams fighting. Yet, the GPL wanted 16 teams right from the start? Was there a need? Zhang Yuan felt that it would be best if there were 12 teams, and if he added one every year. That would be the best way to maximize profits. Pei Qian was determined. Dont think about the future. Sell all the slots now! Zhang Yuan: Then what would the base price be? Pei Qian pondered for a moment and said, Theres no base price. Theyll bid as much as they can. Zhang Yuan was stunned. Boss Pei, well have to extend the deadline then, right? After all, we did not say that we would be selling GPL slots. Now that we suddenly decided to sell it, well have to give everyone a few days to prepare, right? Pei Qian was silent. Plans could not keep up with changes. Initially, he had not intended to sell the GPL slots. However, since the price would increase as time went by, he decided to sell them as soon as possible. It would be best if he sold them at a low price before anyone realized how valuable they were. That would minimize pitfalls in the future. Give everyone three days, then. The auction will begin in three days. The GOG teams of the three clubs and the remaining six GPL spots will be auctioned together! Well take as much as we can and do nothing to raise our prices! Chapter 714 - Boss Pei is So Ruthless In the afternoon Zhang Yuan was extremely busy. Today was November 2nd, Wednesday. Boss Pei was only giving them three days. In other words, on November 6th, a Sunday, all GPL spots would be officially sold. Not only would they have to bid for the GOG teams and their respective slots, but they would also have to bid for the other six GPL spots. Within those three days, he had to give the various clubs advanced notice and arrange the relevant matters. Time was tight. However, Zhang Yuan was not the most nervous. Instead, the companies that were bidding were. That was because Zhang Yuan only needed to arrange the schedule, while the other companies had to make a decision. Should they buy a ready-made GOG team or just a spot? How much should they budget? What was the quality-price ratio of different teams? What was the expected price? If they didntnt buy it now, what if they wanted to buy it in the future? In just three days, it would probably be very difficult to think through these questions thoroughly. Whats more, some companies had to raise funds in advance and prepare ammunition before bidding. Thus, Zhang Yuan began to worry about the companies that were bidding. Yet, although he was worried, he could not be muddle-headed about Boss Peis decision. Zhang Yuan could only tell this news to all the companies that were participating in the bidding, including the clubs that were selling themselves and the companies that were preparing to bid. He wanted them to prepare in advance and make a decision as soon as possible. As for how much money they would be able to make, who would be able to obtain the GPL slots, and whether new companies would want to enter These were not things that Zhang Yuan could control or speculate. Boss Peis plan was too deep and unpredictable. Therefore, he just had to execute it seriously. SUG Club Manager Li frowned as he read Zhang Yuans new message. He was at a loss. Boss Pei was not playing by the book again! For the past two days, Manager Lis mood had been like a tree branch in the sea, rising and falling as he suffered. At first, he had thought that there was nothing much to Boss Pei. Slowly, he realized that Boss Pei had signed a contract, but thought that Boss Pei was bluffing. Now, he realized that Boss Pei was being serious! He had prepared a backup plan! All of Manager Lis previous judgments had been based on the assumption that if there were not enough companies, Tengda would not take over. However, to Manager Lis horror, there were people taking over the business, and many of them at that! The other three clubs had backed out, and now ten bidders were vying for three GOG teams. Moreover, most of those ten buyers had powerful backgrounds! Now, Manager Li was conflicted again. That was because he felt that this group of big shots would definitely be able to pay an astronomical figure if ten of them were to fight for three spots. If he could really sell his GOG team for twenty million yuan, Manager Li would probably be able to give his boss an explanation. After all, the premium was too high, and his boss would find it hard to reject it. As for re-entering the scene in the future that would have to wait. Who knew how good the GPL would be? What if its popularity gradually decreased and the GPL slots became cheaper? It was entirely possible! Therefore, after the three clubs backed out, Manager Li consulted his boss and decided to continue selling SUGs team because it would generate more profits. Yet, in less than half a day, there were new updates. Boss Pei had decided to sell six GPL slots at once! Originally, ten buyers were to fight for three GOG teams; now, the ten buyers were to fight for three GOG teams and six GPL spots. The competition was now less intense! In other words, the GOG teams would not be able to sell for a high price! Thus, Manager Li found himself in a dilemma, completely embarrassed. If he sold it, it would not fetch a high price. If he did not sell it, he would lose three to four million yuan in compensation. No matter which one it was, it would be very difficult to answer to his boss! He would look very stupid and incompetent, especially if he incurred losses. He would be giving Tengda money for nothing. The bosses of the three clubs who had given up were the ones who had made the decision. Those club managers would definitely have been scolded badly when they returned. They might even have been punished. Manager Li did not want that to happen. He frowned and gritted his teeth. Boss Pei is so ruthless He had predicted all of the nuances in my thinking. Hes selling all six GPL slots at once just to lower the prices of our GOG teams and take revenge on the three remaining clubs. Does he have to be so vengeful? Now, he was in a difficult position. His best bet was to raise the price as high as possible, sell it at a price that his boss would not be able to refuse, and then let his boss decide to sell it. That way, the responsibility would be split between his boss and him, and he would not be too harshly blamed in the short term. After all, Manager Li was just an employee. It was impossible for him to consider everything from his boss point of view. At a time like this, he had to admit that he was not that good at his job. In E-Sports Clubs where rich second-generation heirs played, promotions and raises depended on ones performance in front of the boss. It did not matter if one made a mistake, as long as they knew how to cover it up. At that thought, Manager Li made up his mind. He could only continue to stir up the public! He had to strive to sell the GOG team at a high price to satisfy his boss. He could only think about the future. It was also wishful thinking on Manager Li;s part. What if he sold it at a high price this time, and the GPL failed in the future, causing the quota to become increasingly worthless? Wouldnt he have made a fortune? He could make himself seem more important to his boss at the same time. Manager Li guessed that the other two club managers who were planning to sell their teams also had the same thoughts. They were all stuck between a rock and a hard place. They could only solve the problem in front of them without thinking too much about the consequences. Manager Li quickly called the managers of the other two clubs. He tried to reason with them and appeal to their emotions. Finally, they agreed to stick together. On the other side, at Fu Hui Investments The investors were confused after receiving Zhang Yuans notification. He was going to sell the remaining six GPL slots in three days? Whats more, GPLs quota might remain at 16 for the next few years? Initially, when the investors saw Shenhua enter the market and three GOG teams remaining, they decided to focus all their funds on one team. However, now that Boss Pei had decided to release so many GPL slots, Li Shi felt that he could buy two of them. Yet, he was confused. Why was Boss Pei so nervous? In three days, he was going to sell all the GPL slots for the next few years? Selling one every year would have been the most profitable option, right? Everyone looked at Boss Li. At that moment, everyone needed Boss Li to interpret Boss Peis true intentions. Boss Li remained silent for a moment. I think this is a huge piece of good news that Boss Pei has given us! We have to raise more funds. Even if we sell everything we have, we have to get two GPL slots! The investors were confused. Huh? Why is it another huge piece of good news? It seemed like anything that Boss Pei decided was a huge piece of good news to Boss Li. Boss Pei was not giving them any preferential treatment this time. What was so good about it? Li Shi smiled. Think about these two statistics: six GPL slots, three days. Do you think Boss Pei doesnt know how to maximize profits by selling the slots one by one? Yet, why is he selling them all at once, and in such a hurry at that? I think there are at least three reasons for this! First of all, we have to receive the news, raise funds, and participate in the auction in three days. That is actually an invisible threshold. There will only be two types of companies left: the first would be like us C those who have obtained insider information in advance, made preparations in advance, and been following Boss Pei resolutely. The other would be like Shenhua C huge and not lacking in money. To them, price would not matter. This would shut out companies that only want to make a profit and run off. The remaining companies would all be capable and willing to cooperate with Boss Pei to do well in the GPL league! Secondly, Boss Pei is showing off. Throwing all the slots out at once shows Tengdas determination to make the e-sports industry huge. The more teams there are, the more intense the competition would be. Then, the audience would have the best viewing experience. This would be a clear signal to all participating clubs: GPL will be a large-scale and high-value formal league in the future. Everyone can invest in it without worrying, and they will definitely be able to obtain generous returns! At the same time, it is a form of support that Tengda offers to its partners, who will get to share in its profits. Think about it. If the spots for the GPL league become more and more valuable like Boss Pei expects, and they sell them all now, wouldnt we stand to gain the most as the ones who joined him the earliest? Even if capital inflows get larger and larger, our club would still be able to sell its slots at a high price if it cannot carry on operations anymore. No matter what, we would not lose out! Lastly, I think Boss Pei is trying to generate some hype. If he only sells three slots, he would only earn fifty to sixty million yuan at most. However, selling all of them at once would easily earn him over a hundred million yuan! The unit price might be low, but the total price would definitely be high! Fifty million yuan and over a hundred million yuan are completely different in terms of publicity. The concept of over a hundred million yuan alone is enough to generate hype! That would attract a lot of attention and make the GPL popular even before its premiere. How much in publicity fees would that save? As for whether there are other reasons, I think there are. Its just that Im too inexperienced to guess. The investors were enlightened. I understand now. Boss Pei is actually giving us profits! Does he want us to put in more effort to make the GPL bigger? Li Shi nodded. Yes, that must be it! Therefore, well follow the same strategy as before and try to buy two GPL spots! No matter what, we have to buy them first! The investors pondered for a while. That was true. If the bidding was three months from now, they would still have a lot of time to think about it. However, there were only three days left! What was there to think about? It was just like how some limited edition products could only be sold for three days at a time. Anyone who missed the opportunity in those three days would not have such an opportunity for years to come. Wouldnt they have to buy the slots at all costs? Chapter 715 - Boss Ma, Start ‘Advertising’! November 3rd, Thursday At Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Handong University branch As Pei Qian sipped his coffee and browsed the web, he frowned. He was puzzled. Why was the public opinion on the internet changing every day? Before this, everyone on the internet had been saying that Tengda was putting too much pressure on the clubs. The clubs had decided to quit, thinking that Tengda would most likely suffer and that it would not be able to run a GPL. All in all, most of them either felt worried or felt bad. Some even felt indignant for the clubs. Pei Qian had been quite happy at that time. If everyone had continued moaning and groaning, no one would have wanted the clubs GOG teams. Then, he would have bought them all. Wouldnt it have been wonderful to buy them all at a high price? Yet, in less than two days, everything had changed! For some reason, the news that the three clubs had decided not to sell their GOG teams, and that Shenhua Real Estate and Sun Strike Studios were also preparing to purchase GPL slots had spread. The public opinion then took a 180-degree turn! Am I seeing things? Shenhua Real Estate has entered the market? They want to dabble in E-Sports? This is a f*cking downturn! Can the other clubs compete with such money? The GPL actually wants to have sixteen teams. How are they going to arrange the competition schedule? One look and I can tell that this would be a huge investment! Its over, Ive been slapped in the face. I thought that the GPL would not be able to make it. Now, it looks like its unstoppable. Just the slots alone are enough to drive everyone crazy! Theyre only selling once? For three days? Hurry up and fight for it! Even if you get a slot for twenty million yuan, youll still make a killing! Thats right. The entrance of large capital means that the entire market is optimistic about this prospect! Who knows, we might be able to earn millions or even tens of millions just by selling GPL slots in the future! The more Pei Qian read these comments, the more he felt that something was amiss. Were there fake reviewers leading these discussions? Two days ago, people had been saying that no one would want the GPL slots. How long had passed since? Had the publics opinion changed so quickly? It was impossible to believe that no one was responsible for this. However, even if he knew this, Pei Qian was helpless. That was because Boss Pei had already fallen into a reverse Tacitus trap: once everyone saw him as the embodiment of wealth, people would take whatever he did as the secret to getting rich. If Boss Pei said that the GPL would become popular, everyone would think that it would become popular. If Boss Pei said that the GPL would not become popular, everyone would think that he was just being humble or trying to dissuade those with weak willpower. All in all, as long as Boss Pei spoke, the GPL would become popular! Thus, Pei Qian could only feel anxious and helpless. He could not do anything else. However, on further thought, there were only a few days left until the auction. There was no need to struggle. He could sell them for as much as he wanted. All he had to do after that was burst more brain cells thinking about how to spend money. As he continued browsing the web, his cell phone rang. He picked up his cell phone and saw that it was Old Ma. Brother Qian! Ive already prepared the first episode. Im planning to do a live-stream. Do you want to watch it live? Ma Yangs excited voice sounded through the phone. Pei Qian looked at the time, confused. It was 2 PM on Thursday. After recovering from the initial shock, Pei Qian quickly nodded. Alright, Ill be right there! Uh, wheres the address? Ma Yang said, Ill send it to you now! After hanging up, Pei Qian could not help but feel emotional again. Old Ma was indeed reliable. Wouldnt it be better to choose a weekend for the first live-stream? Wouldnt it be better to choose a prime time of around eight in the evening? Why did you have to choose an afternoon on a work day? Everyones at work. How many people would watch your live-stream? Still, this suited Pei Qians expectations. After all, the smaller the number of viewers, the less likely it would become popular! Pei Qian looked at the address on his cell phone. Old Ma had rented a special office space for the live-stream this time. Chen Yufeng and the entire professional review team usually worked there. Pei Qian immediately rushed over. At the same time, Ma Yang was reading Chen Yufengs script seriously. Although he did not have to memorize it and could watch the teleprompter during the live-stream, Ma Yang was afraid that he would stutter. Thus, he wanted to read it twice through in advance. That way, the live-stream would be smoother. Initially, Chen Yufeng had thought of hiring someone to do some makeup for Boss Ma, but Boss Ma rejected him. Ma Yang was very repulsed by makeup and had no interest in wearing a suit. At last, at Chen Yufengs persistent insistence, Ma Yang went to wash his hair. On the table in front of Ma Yang were piles of learning materials. Plastic book covers, pencils, erasers, table mats, folders, solid glue, and so on. There were several sets of learning supplies, each with a different brand. The other staff were busy with their own tasks. Some were checking the cameras, some were adjusting the lights, and some were preparing various emergency plans. This group of people had been hired by Chen Yufeng one by one after he entered the company. They were talents in all fields. Now, the entire team was serving Ma Yang alone. Their task was to provide Ma Yang with live-stream content. As for whether Ma Yang could really become an internet celebrity, it was hard to say. It would depend on fate. However, at the very least, the live-stream content provided by these teams was accurate. Boss Pei entered while everyone was busy. Chen Yufeng rushed forward. Boss Pei! Pei Qian nodded. At once, he spotted Old Ma reading his script seriously, as well as the mess of learning materials on the table. Pei Qian was stunned. This is? Chen Yufeng quickly explained, Oh, Boss Pei, there are the things that we prepared for Boss Mas first live-stream: learning supplies evaluation. Noticing that Boss Pei looked a little surprised, Chen Yufeng quickly said, Boss Pei, you said that we could review anything earlier on. Thats why we decided to start with some small things. If it doesnt work, well change it next time Pei Qian raised his hand. No need! This is good enough. Obviously, Chen Yufeng was afraid of offending big manufacturers. He did not dare to evaluate popular digital products right from the start. Instead, he had chosen to review unimportant things first. That was not bad to Pei Qian. After all, being scolded could generate traffic as well. No one would be interested or pay attention to these small things. Naturally, there would be no traffic. That was good. Ma Yang noticed Pei Qian as well. He turned his long face around and said, Brother Qian, youre here! Im busy, and so I wont have time to host you. Just watch my performance later! After Ma Yang finished speaking, he started reciting the script once again. Pei Qian stood calmly by the side, took out his cell phone, and entered Old Mas live-stream, waiting to watch the bullet screen comments. He had to admit that Ma Yang had accumulated hundreds of thousands of fans over this period of time. After all, he had been burning real money. Since Ma Yang had nothing better to do on Weibo, he had been posting about the Dream Fund every day and garnered a lot of attention as a result. Earlier on, he had also asked DGEs players to play games with him. That also directed a large number of fans to the live-stream. Whats more, Old Ma had shared his investment experience in the live-stream. He was regarded by the audience as an investor driven by interest and had thus attracted countless fans. Finally, the preparation work was almost done. They waited for the live-stream to begin. Ma Yang read the script two more times, then raised his hand and made an okay sign. We can start now! Chen Yufeng nodded. Alright, well officially start the live-stream then! Pei Qian could not help but feel emotional. It all looked quite legitimate. After being packaged by a professional team, Old Ma looked like a real live-streamer. However, there was something wrong with the goods he was reviewing. Everyone else reviewed lipstick, cosmetics, and the like, but Ma Yang was reviewing learning materials. Those who did not know anything would have thought that this was a live-stream meant for primary school students! An image appeared on the live-stream, and a big group of viewers flooded in. However, since it was a work day, there were not many people. Boss Ma is starting the broadcast! What has Boss Ma been busy with recently? Boss Ma, do you know about the recent GPL matter? Do you have any insider information? Eh, Boss Mas live-stream background has changed. Why? Has the background been specially prepared? It had been a while since the fans saw Boss Ma live-streaming. All of them were very passionate, and sporadic gifts floated by. Ma Yang quickly asked, Whos sending me gifts? Manager Fang, permanently ban anyone who gives me presents, understand? I dont lack money. Please dont give me gifts. Ill fight anyone who does! Alright, almost everyones here. Lets get straight to the point. Today, Ill introduce a few items to everyone. Ma Yang brought the items that he had prepared in front of the camera. A bunch of question marks appeared on the live-stream. ??? Boss Ma is advertising? If Boss Ma is so rich, why is he advertising? Are they promoting some high-end luxury goods? What is this? It looks like a pencil, eraser, and solid glue? What the hell? The audience was stunned. They had not expected Boss Ma to introduce items at the start of the live-stream. What was that supposed to mean? Ma Yang ignored the bullet screen comments and read his script. Today, Ill show everyone a few items that you must not buy. These pencils and erasers have high levels of polycyclic hydrocarbons; these table pads and folders are overpriced; these solid glues contain a large amount of formaldehyde; these plastic books have high levels of polycyclic hydrocarbons and benzodiazepines Chapter 716 - Another Recruitment Season The professional teams script was very detailed. It included the brands of the learning supplies, the purchase method, the testing reports from the professional testing laboratory, and so on. Everything was complete. The beginning of the live-stream was a simple summary. However, every item would then be introduced in detail, with emphasis on the toxic and harmful substances that could cause harm to ones health. Among these products, some did not have clear brand names but had corresponding sales channels, and had brands. Ma Yang spoke the names of the brands without attempting to hide anything. Soon, the comments in the live-stream changed completely. At first, everyone had just been watching for fun and not paying much attention. However, slowly, the bullet screen comments became serious. So, Boss Ma is not endorsing these brands, but exposing their fake and inferior products? ?? My child uses this type of eraser! There are even big brands in here. Their products sell very well both online and at the stationery store outside the school. Yet, even they dont meet the standards? These are all strong carcinogens meant for childrens use! Do these merchants have any morals? Boss Ma seems to be well-prepared. Thank you for exposing these rubbish products, Boss Ma! The viewers typing the bullet screen comments had had no interest in Ma Yangs live-stream at all. Who would want to watch an endorsement of pencil erasers? There were no primary school students watching the live-stream. Whats more, most people subconsciously believed that things like pencils, erasers, book covers, and solid glue would not differ much even if their price and quality were different. Even if people endorsed particular products, no one would go online just to buy them. However, the audience had not thought that Boss Ma was not endorsing those goods, but exposing them! Whats more, he was honest, fair, and outspoken for small brands and large local stationery brands alike! It would be meaningless to listen to endorsements, but interesting to listen to exposs! There was a small number of people watching the live-stream, whose children had to use these stationery in school. When they heard that these stationery contained high levels of toxic and harmful substances, they became extremely anxious. Although most other people had no direct interest in this matter, it was easy for them to feel indignant about the harmful stationery as well. It was one thing to sell poor-quality and expensive stationery, but quite another to cut corners to save a few yuan and endanger childrens health in the process. Was this something a human could do? I support Boss Ma! Has anyone recorded this? Put it up on the internet! Expose these black-hearted and unscrupulous merchants! Is Boss Mas conclusion reliable? Dont you think hes exaggerating things to scare us? People pay so much more for these branded products, and yet theyre not that far off from third-rate goods? That seems a little ridiculous Boss Ma has test reports available already. He must have tested it seriously! Im a fan of Boss Ma now! I used to think that Boss Ma was just throwing money away on Weibo. Now, it seems like Boss Ma is not only an investor driven by interest and a dream-fulfiller for ordinary people, but he is also the nemesis of fake and inferior products! I will not miss a single live-stream from Boss Ma from now on! Boss Ma is so tough C hes a real man! As Ma Yang continued live-streaming, more and more bullet screen comments appeared. Pei Qian read the bullet screen comments on Ma Yangs live-stream using his cell phone. For a while, he was speechless. What the f*ck? The situation had completely exceeded Pei Qians expectations. At first, he had thought that Ma Yang would just be exposing poor-quality learning equipment. Who would be interested in such content? Never would he have expected the content of this episode to be so well-received! On further thought, this was mainly because he had made a mistake. Like many viewers, Pei Qian had subconsciously thought that even if the quality of some pencils, erasers, plastic book covers, and solid glue were not as good, they could not be that bad. However, the test results revealed that his imagination could never keep up with the decline in manufacturers moral standards. It was precisely because these things seemed worthless and common that such a serious quality problem had been allowed to fester. Naturally, people felt indignant that childrens health was being put at risk! Pei Qian had a bad feeling about this. From the looks of it, Old Mas live-stream was going to be a success! Could Old Ma really become an internet celebrity? Wouldnt that stray too far from reality? No, calm down. Things shouldnt be that bad yet After careful consideration, Pei Qian decided to wait and see. That was because this was just the beginning. The further they went, the greater the resistance and problems would become. This was only the first episode; the manufacturers that Ma Yang had exposed were not prepared at all. However, as Ma Yang exposed more and more problematic manufacturers, they would surely work together to think of ways to take revenge and play some tricks. Whats more, most peoples anger came and went quickly. For ordinary people, the desire to spend money was endless. Real live streamers who endorsed products had very loyal fans as well. Their audience would view their live-streams and try to understand their content for no reason, even if had no intentions of buying the products. Most people would not watch exposs every day either. They would only pay attention when they really needed the products. Ma Yang was starting off well, but his success might not be sustainable. What if he suddenly stopped live-streaming after a month or two? That was very possible! That was because it was easy for people to get tired of Ma Yangs content. It would feel fresh the first time they saw it, but the more they watched, the more boring it would become. Whats more, Ma Yang was doing the right thing. Pei Qian had always hated toxic and harmful products like houses with formaldehyde. Since what Old Ma was doing now could protect the interests and health of ordinary consumers, it was meaningful. Even if he earned some money from it, Pei Qian could tolerate it. Moreover, the possibility of earning money from it was not high at the moment. Pei Qian had already warned the team not to accept any money from manufacturers. Regardless of whether the manufacturer was offering money for them to say good things, bad things, or nothing about their product, they could not accept the money. From the looks of the current situation, Ma Yangs live-stream had gained a certain amount of popularity and traffic, but there was no possibility of generating profits yet. Thus, although Ma Yangs reverse endorsing live-stream was off to a good start, Pei Qian had no intention of stopping him. Instead, he decided to let Ma Yang continue for a while longer and observe the situation. Soon, the live-stream ended. Ma Yang finally finished reading his script. A wide grin split his long face. Alright, thats all for todays live-stream. See you next time! After the live-stream ended, Ma Yang received a glass of water from Chen Yufeng. He took two sips. Then, he impatiently asked, How was it, Brother Qian? My performance was not bad, right? Pei Qian nodded. Yes, continue working hard! At the same time, in a hotel in Jingzhou City Half a year had passed in the blink of an eye. It was a new recruitment season for Tengda. Wu Bin and his colleagues from the HR department helped to maintain order at the examination venue. The biggest feeling Wu Bin had was that more and more people were taking Tengdas entrance examination! As more and more people signed up, more exam venues had to be arranged. The expenses for the entire recruitment season were also increasing. Tengdas recruitment season, which took place twice a year, became one of the most important responsibilities for the HR and administrative departments. They always had to start preparing one or two months in advance. This time, Tengda had booked more than ten large banquet halls in Jingzhou as examination venues. Wu Bin was in charge of maintaining order in one of the examination venues. At noon, many foreign candidates returned to their rooms to rest. However, some other candidates remained in the examination hall, reading seriously and answering questions. Many young men from Fish-Catching Take-Out rushed over to deliver the lunch that the candidates had ordered. Many foreign candidates took this opportunity to taste the famous Fish-Catching Take-Out. Wu Bin had been walking around the examination hall aimlessly when he suddenly noticed a few books on one of the candidates table. Detailed Answers for Tengdas Entrance Examination. Encyclopedia for Tengdas Entrance Examination: Prediction of Various Professional Knowledge Questions in the Tengda Entrance Examination. Wu Bin was stunned. Guide books for Tengdas entrance examinations? Chapter 717 - Guide Books for Tengda’s Entrance Examinations Wu Bin almost thought that he was seeing things. These books were not big or thick, but the words Tengda Entertainment Examination were written on the cover! In fact, candidates had started bringing their own guide books to the exam a while ago. Although they could not copy the answers, they could read them during the lunch break and revise their knowledge. That served to boost their confidence at the last minute. However, the guide books that the previous candidates had brought with them were guide books for government officials recruitment tests, and that was because the administrative aptitude portion could be applied universally. Now, there were guide books for Tengdas entrance exam? Wu Bin felt amazed. To the candidate who was revising, he asked, Can I take a look at this book? He pointed at the Detailed Answers for Tengdas Entrance Examination. The candidate saw Wu Bins staff badge and knew that he was a staff of Tengda. He could not help but feel nervous as he nodded quickly and handed the book over. Wu Bin reached out and took it. Then, he flipped through it briefly and scanned a few sets of questions. They were real questions? Wu Bin instinctively frowned. Could someone in the company have leaked the questions? Tengdas recruitment examinations were as strict as government officials. Once the examinations were over, not only would the exam papers be taken away, but any draft answers would also be taken away. The questions for the examinations would not be publicized through any channels either. Logically speaking, the outside world should not be able to obtain these questions. Wu Bin immediately became cautious. He could not afford to be careless about this. He flipped to the answers portion and read the standard answer for the question. This time, Wu Bin heaved a sigh of relief. The standard answer was different from the standard answer set by Tengda. When he flipped back to take a closer look at the questions in front, he realized that the descriptions of some of the questions were not accurate. This was especially so for longer questions C there seemed to be slight errors in them. Although it did not affect the content and answers, it showed that the information had not been leaked from within Tengda. Its alright. I dont think it was an insider. It seemed like the questions had been collated by training organizations in society. The same happened for government officials recruitment examinations. They were much stricter than Tengdas, and some questions contained classified information belonging to the country. Yet, the real questions could still be found online every year. That was because many training organizations resorted to stupid methods like assigning their own trainers to take the examinations. Some would memorize the questions while others would copy the questions on their admission tickets. Even netizens would remember the questions and share them online. All in all, there were too many ways to reproduce a set of questions, and these methods were all perfectly legal. With these questions, training organization would then engage experts to decipher the answers. Finally, they would analyze the learning points contained in the questions and break them down to their students. These answers were not necessarily correct or consistent with Tengdas standard answers. However, since they had been written by professionals, they were definitely better than ordinary candidates. Thus, the books still offered some guidance. Wu Bin heaved another long sigh. It was impossible to keep the real questions a secret. It was good enough to be able to confirm that it was not his own company that had leaked the information and that there were no spies invigilating. The current situation only proved how popular Tengdas recruitment examinations were. Wu Bin thanked the candidate and returned the book to him. Then, he made a mental note of the matter. Specialized training organizations were already producing teaching materials for Tengdas recruitment examinations. Whats more, they had even replicated the real questions. Wu Bin had thought that something like this might happen, but he had not expected it to happen so quickly. This made Wu Bin a little uncomfortable. That was because Tengda had introduced the recruitment examinations to create a fair and just environment for all applicants. Candidates could not be blamed for testing their administrative skills and improving their professional knowledge to increase their chances of passing the examinations. However, many training organizations were in it for the money. By selling the real questions for Tengdas recruitment examinations, they had caused a stir among the candidates and profited from it. As one could imagine, more and more people would be sitting for Tengdas recruitment examinations. The more candidates there were, the more benefits those training organizations would reap. Then, if candidates did not buy the real questions from those training organizations, they would be at a disadvantage in the examinations. A vicious cycle would form. This made Wu Bin a little unhappy. However, Wu Bin could do nothing about it. After all, training organizations had cast their shadow over most examinations in the world. They were not doing anything illegal. How could Wu Bin stop them from reproducing and attempting to decipher Tengdas real questions? That was unrealistic. Therefore, Wu Bin only made a mental note of the matter and prepared to send a report to Hao Yun when he returned to the office. Then, Hao Yun would report the matter to Boss Pei and let him decide what to do. It was afternoon and almost time to knock off. After finishing his work for the day, Wu Bin looked at his watch. It was about time for him to go home and rest. At that moment, his cell phone rang. It was an unknown number. Hello? Wu Bin picked up the phone. A very polite voice fawned through the phone. Hello! Are you Mr. Wu from Tengda? Is it convenient for you to speak now? Wu Bin frowned slightly and did not answer the question directly. Whats the matter? The person on the phone smiled. Oh, Mr. Wu, Im calling from a professional training organization. We would like to discuss a partnership with you. Wu Bin was stunned. A partnership? The person on the phone replied, Yes, Mr Wu, its like this. We have long heard that there is a very important segment in Tengdas recruitment exam called the Tengda Spirit Test. Is that true? Weve thought about supplementary material related to the Tengda spirit test that we can produce. To be honest, the demand for this material is huge. Many of our students want to buy it. However, we really dont have the means to obtain it. Thats why Im approaching you. If you can provide relevant channels to us and partner us in coming up with a guide book for the Tengda Spirit test, we can discuss how to split the profits later on. It would be even better if there are real questions! Even if you cant provide real questions, as long as the information is mostly accurate and no one would be able to see through it, that would be enough Do you understand what I mean? Wu Bin frowned. After a moment of silence, he asked, Where did you get my contact information? The other party seemed to sense that Wu Bin was angry. He quickly explained, Dont think too much, Mr. Wu. We definitely had no intention to invade your privacy. We just wanted to form a connection so that we can strike it rich together. No, I should say we want to make a career out of it. In a low voice, Wu Bin said, Only a small number of candidates would get to the Tengda Spirit compatibility test. Most would be rejected after the written tests. Not everyone would need the guide book, right? The person on the other end of the line said, Mr. Wu, there are things you dont know about this. We can make the sales. The guide books for the written examinations, interviews, and Tengda Spirit test would be tied together for sale. Each book would be sold for about twenty yuan, and that would add up to sixty yuan. Most people would not mind spending another twenty yuan just to save time and energy. Indeed, very few people would find a use for it. However, that doesnt matter as long as everyone is a willing party. Wu Bin understood. The training organization that called knew very well that the guide book for the Tengda Spirit test would be useless to 99% of people who planned to take the Tengda recruitment examinations. If one started studying for the Tengda Spirit test despite not being able to pass the written test, wouldnt that be akin to trying to fly before learning to walk? Whats more, those who were ultimately hired would be subtly influenced by their departments. Most of them would be able to pass the Tengda Spirit compatibility test successfully. Thus, they would not need the guide books. That was why this training organization did not insist on having real questions for the Tengda Spirit test. As long as they could fool their customers and not be exposed, they would be happy. To put it bluntly, they wanted to collect as much IQ tax as possible. If they sold the guide books for the written tests, interviews, and Tengda Spirit test as a set, everyone who walked by would think all three books were equally useful. Then, they would buy them all at once. That twenty yuan would be pure IQ tax, but most people would not even realize that. Wu Bin kept quiet for a moment, and then said, This is Tengdas top secret. I advise you not to think about this anymore. Otherwise, nothing good will come of it! With that, Wu Bin hung up. That was ridiculous. The Tengda spirit was Tengdas top secret. It was the spiritual wealth that all employees of Tengda possessed. Wu Bin had only come up with guidelines to describe it after painstakingly summarizing Boss Peis words and actions. How could he use it to do business and earn money? He could not tolerate being used by these training organizations to collect IQ tax from their students! Wu Bin felt the need to take this matter seriously. Since these training organizations could find his contact details, they could definitely find other employees contact details as well. Wu Bin was an employee of the HR department. He had the deepest understanding of the Tengda spirit and was the most determined. That was why he could resist such temptation. However, what about other ordinary employees? They might not understand the seriousness of this matter, or they might be bought over by money. If these training organizations managed to produce a guide book for the Tengda Spirit test, they would form an industrial chain. Although they might not be able to make much money from it now, as Tengda grew in size, more and more people would take part in its entrance examinations. Then, the training organizations would reap more and more benefits. This was obviously not in line with the Tengda spirit. He had to report this to Boss Pei as soon as possible and deal with the hidden threat! He looked at the time. It was time to knock off. Wu Bin thought for a while and decided to report a summary of these things to Hao Yun tomorrow morning. Then, he would ask Hao Yun to report them to Boss Pei so that he could decide what to do. Chapter 718 - Modified Tengda Spirit Test Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios November 4th, Friday Pei Qian finished his breakfast at Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and walked towards the office. Ma Yangs live-stream yesterday was rather successful. Although it had not been particularly popular, the response had been very good. Whats more, the live-stream had been uploaded to Aili Island and other major platforms. Those toxic stationery brands were completely exposed overnight. Some of the more famous stationery manufacturers even released urgent notices saying that they would investigate the allegations thoroughly. Although they had not given satisfactory answers or compensation, at least the matter had been exposed. Many people knew about it now, and that was a good thing. However, for Ma Yangs live-stream, that was as far as its popularity went. It had caused a wave of discussion within a small group of people, but it had not become popular on a large scale. It gained a little boost in reputation, but it did not earn much profit or traffic. Pei Qian found this acceptable. As Old Ma offended more manufacturers and released all sorts of exposs, Pei Qian would be able to see if this model could really incur losses. He had not intended to return to the office at first. However, he received a message from Hao Yun during lunch, saying that she had something to report to him, and it was about Tengdas recruitment examinations. Since Pei Qian had nothing to do, he strolled into the office, wanting to hear more from Hao Yun. Hao Yun knocked on the door not long after he arrived. Boss Pei, our department detected some hidden threats during the recruitment examinations this time. We dont know if we should resolve them or how to resolve them. Thats why were reporting to you. Pei Qian reached out to take the written report. As he listened to Hao Yun, he quickly scanned through it. The more he listened, the more he felt like he was living in a fantasy. Was an industrial chain really forming based on the guide books for Tengdas recruitment examination? Were those training organizations really thinking about profiting from the Tengda Spirit test? It looked like Tengda had become a very influential company indeed. More and more people wanted to join Tengda and become official employees, and that was why this new industry formed. Pei Qian could not help but frown, feeling worried. Those who bought these guide books and went for training classes would indeed be able to get high marks in the written test. There was no doubt about that. However, wouldnt that also mean there was a higher chance of those candidates that Tengda recruited being impressive and hardworking? However, there was nothing Pei Qian could do about it. Tengdas good reputation had already spread. Many people were trying their best to get in. They could change the content of the examinations or the screening rules however they liked. Even if they did not end up hiring elites, they would definitely end up hiring all-rounders who were not the worst. This was difficult to resolve. Whats more, Pei Qian abhorred the behavior of these training organizations. In essence, they were doing what many super high schools were doing. The quota was limited, but some people started the arms race, thereby forcing others to follow suit. A vicious cycle was formed, in which everyone was tired, but no one was benefitting. Although this did not prevent Pei Qian from incurring losses, it made him unhappy. Seeing Boss Pei remain silent, Hao Yuns expression turned serious. Boss Pei, have you noticed it as well? Pei Qian: ? What have I noticed? Hao Yun continued, Boss Pei, I think its becoming more and more important for us to cleanse the internal atmosphere and resist external temptations! A publisher approached Wu Bin yesterday, wanting topay a huge sum of money for the Tengda Spirit test questions. Fortunately, Wu Bin was resilient and rejected them. However, this will definitely not be the last time. People in key positions in Tengda might not be able to resist the temptation. We have to take precautions against this risk! Pei Qian blinked. Oh, youre talking about this He had not thought about it before. However, now that he thought about it, it did seem to be a problem. What do you think we should do? Pei Qian asked. Hao Yun had obviously thought about this question before. She immediately answered, Boss Pei, I think there are two main ways. First, strengthen the supervisory power of the HR and administrative departments over the rest of Tengdas departments and people in key positions. That would prevent anyone from selling out the companys interests or using power for personal gain. Second, strengthen the ideological education of the employees. Make them realize the seriousness of this matter, and clarify the consequences and punishments. As for the specific punishments, I suggest establishing different punishment mechanisms for different mistakes. The lightest punishment would be the deduction of money, and the heaviest punishment would be retrenchment. There must be a clear distinction between the different levels of punishment for violating the rules. All violations must be reported immediately and should not be tolerated. Pei Qian fell into deep thought once again. Pei Qian had to severely punish anyone who broke the law or the rules because the system expressly prohibited it. As for the employees making use of their position to earn some money How should he deal with that? Take what had happened yesterday for example. People from an external training organization had approached Wu Bin, hoping for his help in producing a guide book for the Tengda Spirit test. If Wu Bin had agreed, how would Pei Qian have dealt with the problem? How would Wu Bin have been punished? That was what Pei Qian was conflicted about. He definitely could not strengthen the supervisory power of the HR and administrative departments. What if the slackers stopped slacking? Yet, it did not seem right to ignore the problem completely. Pei Qian cleared his throat. How about this? The way I see it, we dont have to set up different punishment mechanisms. Whenever we find out that someone made use of their position for their own profit, no matter how much money he or she received and no matter how serious it was, he or she would be fired immediately. We would not accept such a person back again! Of course, we would have to compensate them if we want to fire them. After all, they are all employees who have more or less contributed to Tengda. As for ideological education, do as you see fit. If you want to do it, do it, but theres no need to be too serious about it. Pei Qian was thinking that if such a thing really happened, he would just fire the culprit! In any case, those who could make use of their positions for their own profit were those who held relatively important positions in the company. If such people could remain in their positions for so long, it probably meant that they were capable people. Pei Qian could take the opportunity to fire capable people, so that they could not obstruct him from losing money. Whats more, if he compensated them after firing them, he would be making the best use of his resources. He had to spend as much as he could! For some reason, Hao Yun felt moved. She nodded. I understand, Boss Pei! Although Boss Pei spoke in a casual tone, Hao Yun felt that his words had a hidden meaning. Boss Pei had rejected the suggestion to strengthen supervisory power. This meant that, in Boss Peis opinion, although strengthening internal management and preventing self-profit in the office were important, maintaining the free-spirited working environment within the company was even more important. Why was there no need to come up with different punishment mechanisms? Obviously, in Boss Peis eyes, no matter how small the offence, the culprit had to be severely punished! Other companies would think of ways to protect employees with outstanding abilities but who were morally flawed. Their concern was not humanity, but protection of the companys interests. After all, if they were to replace those in key positions, the replacements might not necessarily be able to do the job well. Whats more, if they were to do so, daily operations would definitely be affected. However, leaving them in the company would also negatively affect the internal atmosphere of the entire company. It would not be completely fair and impartial. That was exactly how Boss Pei was different from other bosses. On one hand, he was impartial and did not care about past relationships. As long as one used his or her position for self-profit, he or she would be asked to step down from any position immediately, regardless of their past relationship with Boss Pei. On the other hand, if it were just a work mistake, they would not be punished. Even if one was fired, he or she would be duly compensated as an expression of Boss Peis gratitude and kindness to his colleagues. This showed how well Boss Pei treated his employees. On further thought, this was the most appropriate way to deal with the problem according to the Tengda spirit! Looking at Hao Yuns complicated expression, Pei Qian felt like he had been misunderstood again. However, it did not matter. He was used to it now Hao Yun asked again, In that case, Boss Pei, do we still need to deal with the fact that there are training organizations outside trying to profit from our recruitment examinations? Pei Qian pondered for a moment and shook his head. Theres not much impact for now. Dont worry about it. Ill think about it later. The behavior of these training organizations had created a stir among Tengdas candidates. Whats more, their use of Tengdas candidates for profit made Pei Qian feel disgusted. Yet, the impact was relatively small at the moment, and Pei Qian had not thought of a good solution. He could only set it aside for now and wait for more good ideas to come to him. Hao Yun turned to leave. Wait. Pei Qian suddenly thought of a problem and stopped her. The passing rate of the Tengda Spirit test has been at 100% recently. Do you have any views on this? Pei Qian had long been suspicious of this. However, he could not think of a good explanation. Logically speaking, the Tengda Spirit test was meant to be difficult. How could 100% of people pass it? Yet, the reality was that majority of newbies had passed the test on their first try. The worst among them had passed the test within a month. None of them had been eliminated. That was strange. Hao Yun was stunned. She quickly said, Perhaps everyone has a deeper understanding of the Tengda Spirit? After all, the atmosphere in the company subtly influences these new employees. Pei Qian nodded subtly. There was indeed such a possibility. Alright, theres nothing else for now, said Pei Qian. Hao Yun heaved a long sigh of relief and turned to leave. Once again, Pei Qian accessed the Tengda Spirit tests platform and took a good look at the questions that had been changed many times before. Actually, Pei Qian changed those questions often. Sometimes, he would change keywords of a question, and cause the answers to change. Other times, he would simply come up with new questions. However, no matter what, the new employees would always pass the test. Pei Qian had secretly checked on the employees who were in charge of these functions many times. Indeed, there was no possibility of any questions leaking. Therefore, it was more likely that the employees truly understood the Tengda Spirit and passed the test based on their own ability. Then, therein lay a problem: If the employees understood the Tengda Spirit and prided themselves in being lazy, why was he still earning money? Pei Qian could not figure out what exactly was going on. No, something must be wrong here! I cant let this go! The more Pei Qian thought about it, the more he felt that something was amiss. Perhaps the Tengda spirit had been misinterpreted. These people might have come up with another explanation by pure accident and matched my answer perfectly. It was entirely possible! At that thought, Pei Qian began to think of a plan. A moment later, he sent a message to the employee in charge of the TPDb website. Modify the Tengda Spirit test. Finish it before the new batch of employees enter. Reduce the number of questions and extend the duration for each question. Under each question, insert a box for candidates to write their own input. Get them to explain in detail why they chose this option! Chapter 719 - The Auction Venue Pei Qian still felt that something must have gone wrong with the Tengda Spirit test. Thus, he decided to use this method to find out. The Tengda Spirit test was the last segment of the recruitment examinations. Only new employees could take part in it. Whats more, Pei Qian would not need to read everyones answers; he would only need to read a few exam papers to find some clues. Pei Qian only wanted to see how these people were choosing the right answer. Had they really developed a lazy attitude? Of course, the answers on the test papers might not really be what those people thought. It was also possible that some people would be thinking of slacking, but would not dare to say it aloud when answering open questions. Instead, they would try to cover it up. There was no way for Pei Qian to resolve this. After all, he could not read minds, and he could not decipher the employees true thoughts. However, if he were to ask the employees to explain why they chose this option, and the employees answers were not sincere, he would at least be able to detect some flaws. Since recruitment was taking place this week, new employees would be hired next week. The next Tengda Spirit test would be next week at the earliest. Thus, Pei Qian asked the staff to modify the Tengda Spirit tests programme. Then, he would be able to use the new version for the next Tengda Spirit test. November 6th, Sunday At DGE Club The cleaner had just finished cleaning the place, and the entire training ground was now clean and spotless. The ten new members of the two teams in the club were participating in a mock competition. Although they looked focused, they actually felt distracted. That was because something big was going to happen today. All bidding for the GPL would be held at DGE Club! The thought that a major event that would decide the future of the entire industry was going to take place right here made everyone feel antsy. The living room on the second floor of the clubs villa had always been used as a large conference room. Now, it had been cleaned up and was very tidy. There were a total of thirty chairs around the large conference table and outside the conference room. It was a little crowded, but it was alright. However, Zhang Yuan felt that something was still lacking. Who were the people coming today? Shenhua Real Estates Boss Lin, Sun Strike Studios Boss Zhou, Xue Zhebin, Boss Li, and so on. They were here to buy spots in the GPL. Each spot would cost more than ten million yuan. Yet, they were going to discuss business in DGE Clubs conference room? Wasnt that a little unbecoming? Although there had been a time limit of three days, more than twenty companies and organizations had expressed interest in the GPL two days ago. The representatives from more than twenty companies, the managers of the three clubs that were going to be sold, Pei Qian, Zhang Yuan, and staff from Tengda Corporations legal department added up to more than thirty people. The future of the entire GPL league was about to be decided in this conference room. ԪǴ㵽,ij,ܱʾ,⿪. Zhang Yuan had no choice but to hire someone to clean up the entire base and tidy it up, hoping that he would not leave a bad impression on the investors. Pei Qian sipped his tea as he waited for the bidders to arrive. He had already done a lot of preparation beforehand. Now, he only hoped that the offers would be low! As for why he chose DGE Club Wouldnt he be able to spend more money by choosing a bigger venue? Obviously, Pei Qian wanted to leave a bad impression on the bidders. If he had chosen a high-end venue, everyone would assume that Boss Pei was extremely sincere. They would think that he was willing to spend a lot of money for the sake of the GPL, and that they would not lose out if they bought a GPL spot! If everyone kept pushing the price upwards, wouldnt Pei Qian have a huge problem on his hands? He could not afford to incur such a huge loss over something so small. Thus, Pei Qian had not looked for high-end venues. Instead, he had decided to conduct the bidding at DGE Clubs base. He wanted everyone to bid more conservatively in a relatively simple environment so that Tengda could earn less. Pei Qian could not predict how much the GPL slots would be sold for later, nor could he interfere. If they fought to raise the price, Pei Qian could not stop them. He could only resort to such methods to subtly influence the companies that were bidding. Today was Sunday, and they could eat in the biggest private room in the nameless restaurant tonight. Pei Qian had already booked it in advance. Once the auction was over, he would invite everyone there for a meal. In any case, everyone was here, and the timing was just right. They would just have a meal to share some of Boss Peis burdens, and then leave after. He glanced at his watch. There was less than half an hour until the agreed time. The investors who were preparing to bid for the GPL spot should be arriving soon. Zhang Yuan suggested, Boss Pei, should we go to the entrance to welcome them? Pei Qian nodded. Yes, lets go. The two of them walked to the entrance of the club and waited for everyone to arrive. Boss Li and another Jingzhou local investor were the first to arrive. Speaking of which, DGE Clubs villa belonged to him in the first place, so it was like he was returning to his own home. After Li Shi greeted Boss Pei, he went upstairs to wait. There were special waiters there to receive him, guide him to his seat, and serve him tea. Not long after, Lin Chang arrived. Pei Qian was a little surprised because Shenhua Real Estate was bidding this time. Logically, Lin Zhou should have come instead. Lin Chang smiled. My second brother is too busy, and he has no time. Dont worry, I can make the decision for him! Boss Pei, just watch! After speaking, Lin Chang winked at Pei Qian. Pei Qian: He suddenly had an ominous feeling. Lin Chang also went to the conference room to wait. Not long after, Zhou Muyan, Xue Zhebin, and the other Crown Prince of Jinding Corporation, Yao Bo, who wanted to bid for the GPL spot, arrived. Xue Zhebin and Yao Bo were both rich second-generation heirs and had known each other for a long time. On the other hand, Zhou Muyans Sun Strike Studios had always been involved in games with paywalls and had a certain connection with these rich second-generation heirs who loved to play games. It just so happened that they had bumped into each other. Pei Qian shook hands with the three of them and exchanged some pleasantries. Everyone, please come in. Someone will receive you on the second floor, said Pei Qian. Pei Qian was actually quite resistant towards and repulsed by these people who had come to bid for GPL spots. After all, these people were here to stuff money into his pockets and not to help him spend money. They could not possibly receive good treatment from Boss Pei. However, since they were guests from afar, Pei Qian could not be that impolite. Thus, he still greeted him politely. Zhou Muyan looked at his watch. Boss Pei, theres still about fifteen minutes to go. Can we walk around inside? Pei Qian nodded. Of course, feel free. He did not mind too much. If they wanted to look around, so be it. DGE Clubs so-called training base was nothing more than a dilapidated villa. There were no secrets. They could see whatever they wanted. The three of them entered the villa while Pei Qian and Zhang Yuan waited outside for the others to arrive. Once Zhou Muyan, Xue Zhebin, and Yao Bo entered the villa, they surveyed the training room in the hall instead of rushing to the second floor. This was Yao Bos first time in Jingzhou. He could not help but frown when he saw the surroundings. Were going to bid for the GPL spot in such a place? Thats not proper! Its a business worth tens of millions, after all. Theyre making it look like rural tourism. Zhou Muyan also felt that the venue was inappropriate, but he did not say anything. The villa was too personal and not formal enough. Whats more, they had agreed to hold a meeting and bid. Yet, the team members were still competing in a mock competition on the first floors training hall. How could they do that? Xue Zhebin looked around and smiled. Dont you understand? This is what makes Boss Pei different! Yao Bo was stunned. What do you mean? Xue Zhebin deliberately paused for a moment before saying, Boss Pei has always been generous. If he wanted a good venue, he could have rented a five-star hotel. Do you think Boss Pei couldnt bear to part with the money? Impossible. Obviously, theres a deeper meaning behind this arrangement! As he spoke, he gave a pointed look at the ten players in the hall who were training seriously. Hes showing us the glory of the E-Sports Club! Yao Bo and Zhou Muyan were shocked. You mean? Xue Zhebin continued speaking. Let me put it this way. Other companies that host auctions feel the need to rent high-end venues. They would rent hotels, organize meals, and prepare all sorts of benefits. However, who would show you the lowest level of things? You might get scared once you do! Boss Pei is hosting this auction at DGE Club, not because hes stingy, but so that everyone who comes to bid can see what DGE Club looks like! Look at these players. They are all muscular and full of energy. That means that the clubs daily training is very scientific and strict. The entire club is spotless, and everything is neatly arranged. We can even film a documentary here. Even the players bedrooms and beds are neatly packed. What does that show? It shows that Boss Pei is treating the E-Sports industry as a proper, mature and regulated industry. DGE Club is not like other E-Sports clubs. To put it bluntly, the rest are huge internet cafes. As the saying goes, one can learn from the smallest details. Since DGE Club has such scientific and regulated management, the other clubs would naturally follow suit. If all the clubs can achieve this level, how could the GPL not be successful in the future? Yao Bo and Zhou Muyan were enlightened. I see! Its no wonder that Boss Pei decided to host the auction here. Hes showing us his sincerity! Xue Zhebin nodded. Yes, Boss Peis attitude is very clear. Hes openly showing the clubs details to everyone without hiding anything. What could be more practical than this? The scale is so small now, and yet Boss Pei could go to such lengths. As the GPL develops further, and the the clubs get richer, Boss Pei might very well construct a building as a training base. With Boss Peis attitude, whats there to worry about? Dont worry about the bidding. As long as we provide the funds, Boss Pei can take care of everything else! Yao Bo stopped underestimating DGE Club and began to seriously assess its situation. Obviously, this would affect all bidders judgment of the GPL leagues value! Chapter 720 - How Can I Help Boss Pei? It was 2 PM. Everyone was present in the conference room on the second floor of DGE Club. Many of the bidders, like Yao Bo, were coming to Jingzhou for the first time. Initially, they had decided to participate in the bidding purely because of Shenhua Corporations participation and Tengdas good reputation. They had felt that it was profitable to fight for the GPL spot. However, when they arrived at the scene, and as they observed the DGE Clubs training, they all realized one crucial point. Boss Pei was seriously working in the eSports industry! It could be said that DGEs training base had completely changed their prejudice against the eSports industry. In the past, when the words eSports Club were mentioned, most people would subconsciously think of other keywords: large internet cafes, internet addicts, instant noodles, slovenly appearances, unpresentable faces, and so on. Pursuing passion without looking to gain from it was very noble, but a commercialized alliance still needed presentability. Otherwise, even if reporters came to the training base for an interview, they would be too embarrassed to release the video. Whats more, this kind of presentability would be a reflection of the regulation of the industry. However, DGE Clubs style had completely reversed the stereotypes of the eSports industry. The team members physiques, mental states, and the environment of the entire training base were all completely different from what the investors had imagined. Thus, the bosses subconsciously raised their expectations of the GPLs value. Bidding was a very superficial thing to begin with. The key was confidence. If everyone felt that the GPL would not do well, the slots would be worthless. On the other hand, if everyone felt that the GPL would do well, the slots would be very valuable. At the moment, everyone felt that not only could the GPL be done well, but it would also get better in the long term and become a benchmark for the domestic eSports industry. The higher their expectations, the more valuable the slots became. Many club owners had already made up their minds and raised their internal valuations. Pei Qian looked at the time and gestured for Zhang Yuan to start. After saying a few polite words, Zhang Yuan got straight to the point. All distinguished guests should have received detailed information and done some research. You have also paid the necessary deposit. I wont go into more detail. Ill just emphasize the specific rules of the auction once more. Three GOG teams and their GPL slots, as well as six additional GPL slots would all be sold today. They will take the serial numbers one to nine. One, two, and three would be the three GOG teams. The remaining four to nine are GPL slots. If you want to bid, you can say something like five million for number one. Our staff will record your bid in real time. Each increment is at least five hundred thousand yuan. The starting price of the three GOG teams is twelve million yuan, 10.5 million yuan, and ten million yuan respectively. There would be no starting price for the six GPL slots. In principle, each company can only have one GPL slot. There are many slots available this time, and so you dont have to be anxious. Lets bid in an orderly manner. Alright, everyone can begin. Zhang Yuan spoke without much confidence and glanced at Boss Pei once he was done. The auction sounded like childs play. Obviously, it had been Boss Peis doing. Pei Qian noticed the confusion in Zhang Yuans eyes, but he pretended not to see it. Obviously, he had put those rules in place to minimize profits for himself. If they were to auction the items one by one, it was very likely that certain companies would raise the price maliciously. Take Lin Chang or Boss Li for example. They would probably have raised the price each time and then given up when the price was just high enough. That would artifically increase the price of all the slots. In other words, they would shill. The only difference was that Boss Pei would not have arranged for them to shill. Boss Li and Lin Chang would have taken the initiative to shill on his behalf instead. If all the slots were sold together, and Lin Chang had already bidded the highest price on a certain slot, he would not raise the price for the others. That way, everyone would be a bit more rational. Hearing the rules of the auction, Lin Chang was obviously stunned. Bid together? In that case, the price of all the slots would be fixed at around the same value. It would not be easy to stir trouble. In fact, Lin Chang had come with the intention to raise the prices for Boss Pei. After all, it was an auction, and he was not spending his own money. He had not expected Boss Pei to set such a rule for the auction. How could he raise the price now? On the other side, Boss Li smiled as if he had expected this. He said to the investor beside him in a low voice, As I expected. Boss Pei only gave us three days to prepare for this auction. Obviously, he was trying to split his profits with us. Everyone present is hell-bent on helping Boss Pei with the GPL league. Thats why Boss Peis so kind as to prevent people from raising the price. This further proves that Boss Pei is not selling the GPL slots at one shot to skin the sheep and earn a huge sum of money. Instead, he is in it for the long-term and is planning to make it sustainable! The investor nodded in agreement. After listening to the rules, Xue Zhebin happily said, Sure, these rules are simple and easy to understand. I like them. Ill go first. 7 million for number six! Soon, everyone else raised their hands to raise the prices. 13 million for number one. Eight million for number four. Eight million for number six. 11.5 million for number two! The staff at the side seriously noted the prices as the prices on the projector screen kept changing. The starting price for the six GPL slots had been 0. However, it soon jumped to seven million with rapid increments of five million yuan. At the moment, no one was deliberately raising the price because there were simply too many slots. If one of the slots became too expensive, the others would not fight for it. Instead, they would fight for the other slots. Each clubs price had stabilized at about 14 million yuan, and each GPL slots price had stabilized at about ten million yuan. They could definitely continue increasing, but they would increase much slower. That was because the higher the price became, the more careful and calculative everyone would be. Once the GOG teams became more expensive, everyone began to fight for the GPL slots instead. Pei Qian heaved a sigh of relief. Good, good, good. It seemed that everyone was still relatively rational and not acting rashly. Li Shi and Lin Chang did not cause any trouble by raising the price maliciously as well. That was good. The current price had not reached Pei Qians bottom line. In fact, Pei Qian did not care how much the clubs sold for. After all, Tengda would not be receiving the money. The key was how much the GPL slots would be sold for. Pei Qians bottom line for each GPL slot was 15 million yuan. That added up to about 90 million yuan. Now, they were only going for ten million yuan, but the bidding had already slowed down. That was a good sign. Thus, Pei Qians expression gradually relaxed. On the other side, Lin Chang rubbed his chin and secretly observed Boss Peis expression. Hmm There was nothing special about Boss Peis expression. What was he thinking? Perhaps Boss Pei really did not care if they sold for more or less? Perhaps he wouldnt mind even if each slot sold for two or three million yuan less. That wouldnt do. Boss Pei might not care, but as his friend, I cant not care! Lin Chang had specially made a trip here to help! Lin Zhou had already told him that he had prepared twenty million yuan. Lin Chang could freely choose whether he wanted to slowly raise the price or make a huge offer from the get-go. It wouldnt matter if he spent more since he was old friends with Boss Pei. Lin Changs original plan had been to be more proactive in raising the prices. He had planned to increase the price of each slot by two to three million yuan. Wouldnt that have made Boss Pei more than ten million yuan? However, it was not easy for him to carry out that plan given the way the auction was being carried out now. What should he do? How could he spend money and make Boss Pei pay more attention to him? Lin Chang quickly thought of a strategy. Suddenly, he had a flash of inspiration. He raised his hand and said, 16 million for number four. Pei Qian had just relaxed and was about to take out his cell phone to play, but he immediately froze. A question mark floated above his head. ? Not only Pei Qian, but everyone in the conference room was confused as well. ??? What was Boss Lin doing? Even the staff who was recording the bids was stunned. He did not record Boss Lins offer down immediately. Instead, he looked at Lin Chang for confirmation. He only started typing on the keyboard after Lin Chang nodded. Thus, a magical scene appeared on the screen. Numbers one to three were GOG teams that carried GPL slots. Numbers four to nine were individual GPL slots. Obviously, the prices for one to three should have been higher than four to nine because there were ready-made GOG teams on top of the GPL slots! Every member carried a certain value. Anyone who purchased the teams would be able to see results immediately. They would not have to work to put everything together like those that only bought GPL slots. Yet, while the price of SUGs GOG team had only reached 14 million yuan, Lin Chang was offering 16 million yuan for a simple GPL slot! Why? Lin Chang crossed his arms and smiled without saying anything. Pei Qian looked at him, confused. Meeting Boss Peis gaze, Lin Chang winked at him. Pei Qian: ? Everyone in the conference room was stunned for a moment, but this little episode passed quickly. After all, the auction was still ongoing. It would not be appropriate to question him directly at this time. Since the GPL slot in number four had been raised to a high price of 16 million yuan, the others could just give up this slot and continue bidding for the others. The investor who came with Li Shi was very puzzled. In a low voice, he asked, Boss Li, whats going on? Both of them were representatives of Jingzhous investment circle. They were here to buy two GPL slots. Li Shi frowned. He had seen Lin Chang wink at Boss Pei. There must be something going on here! Li Shi pondered for a long time. Then, he suddenly realized something. He lowered his voice and said, Give up on the ready-made GOG teams and bid for the GPL slots! The investor was stunned. Why? The ones in front are more worth it! Li Shi shook his head. You dont understand! The ready-made GOG teams are indeed worth it, but will Boss Pei receive the money? Think about it carefully. Why would these three clubs sell their GOG teams? Obviously, they have fallen out with Boss Pei! Would Boss Pei continue being nice to these three clubs? Now, no matter how expensive these three clubs get, the bosses of these clubs would be the ones benefitting. Boss Pei would not get a single cent. Do you think Boss Pei would be happy to see the GOG teams being sold for such high prices? What are we here for? Yes, were here to buy GPL slots, but were buying these slots because we believe that Boss Pei can make us rich! So, why did Boss Lin bid for a slot and not a GOG team? Why did he purposely raise the price of the slot so that it was higher than the GOG teams? Obviously, hes hoping to hand his money over to Boss Pei and not let the three clubs benefit from this! The investor suddenly understood. Oh! I understand, I understand! But Boss Li, well incur losses if we bid like this. Li Shi shook his head. What losses? Do you know how to calculate? Have you forgotten our goal for the long term? You can give in to your greed now, buy a GOG team, and produce results very quickly, but the money would go directly to the club owners. What would Boss Pei think? Youll be spending money and making Boss Pei unhappy. On the contrary, if you pay a high price for a GPL slot, the money would go directly to Boss Pei. Even if you have to form a GOG team and recruit members, it would only look troublesome on the outside. Do you really think Boss Pei would just stand by and do nothing? Wouldnt Boss Pei take care of your interests when you buy DGE members over and form your own club? Whats more, if you leave a good impression on Boss Pei, youll have more hidden sources of income in the future. Think about it, which one would be more worth it in the end? So, hurry up and bid for the GPL slots with me. Dont raise the prices for those three clubs! The investor immediately understood. 15 million for number five! 15 million for number six! Both of them raised their hands one after another. The atmosphere in the room had just returned to normal when everyone stiffened again. Xue Zhebin looked at Boss Li in confusion, not understanding what was going on. Boss Li took out his cell phone and secretly sent a message to Xue Zhebin. After reading the message, Xue Zhebins expression changed. He quickly lowered his head and whispered the news to Yao Bo, who was beside him. Lin Chang was elated and subtly gave Boss Li a thumbs up. Alright, this boss is really quick to understand! It looks like we can keep in touch in the future. Even the slowest bidders should have been able to tell that something was wrong by now. Lin Chang was here on behalf of Shenhua Corporation, and he had the most financial resources. Li Shi, on the other hand, represented Jingzhous investment circle. He was very familiar with Boss Pei and had worked with him many times. The two of them were not looking at the three GOG teams in front of them at all. Instead, they had set their sights on the remaining GPL slots and had rushed to increase their prices. Whats more, they had increased their prices so that they had become even higher than the ready-made GOG teams. Why? Everyone fell into deep thought. Soon, many people looked enlightened. The bosses were all very smart. How could they not notice something so obvious? Even if a few of them still couldnt tell, they could roughly sense that the three GOG teams at the front were not very popular. There must have been problems hidden underneath. Thus, many people changed their strategies and focused on bidding for the remaining GPL slots. Pei Qian was tongue-tied. He looked at Lin Chang, Li Shi, Xue Zhebin, and Zhou Muyan. Are you messing with me? The first three were ready-made GOG teams being sold together with GPL slots! The last few were only GPL slots! Why are all of you fighting so hard for the last few items? Are you out of your mind? Boss Pei was obviously not the only one who was confused. The managers of the three clubs were also confused. Initially, Manager Li had been quite happy when he saw the price of his GOG team rise to 14 million yuan. He had thought that he could easily sell the team for twenty million yuan at the rate things had been going! If he had managed to sell the team for twenty million yuan, he would have been able to brag about it in front of his boss. After all, he had spent a lot of money hiring fake reviewers to boost the GOG teams reputation online. However, one shout from Lin Chang had caused everyone to tacitly stop raising the price! Now, they were all bidding for the remaining GPL slots! The prices of the remaining GPL slots were increasing to 15 million yuan and 16 million yuan before his very eyes. On the other hand, his own GOG team was still going for only 14 million yuan. The other two clubs were even worse off. They were both going for 13 million yuan each. Manager Li broke out in cold sweat. If each GPL slot was sold for 15 million yuan, and each GOG team coupled with their GPL slot were sold for 14 million yuan What would happen? How would he explain this to his boss when he returned? Chapter 721 - A Windfall! He did not know what kind of telepathic exchange these bidders had had, but the situation had taken a turn for the worse, and the story had developed beyond his expectations. The three teams had originally been in high demand, but they had now become hot potatoes. Everyone had been fighting for the teams, but no one cared about them anymore! The managers of the three clubs were extremely anxious. If it were possible, they would not have minded fighting for one another. They would have bought each other over at about the same price. At the very least, they would not lose their GOG teams. However, the problem was that Boss Pei seemed to have predicted this. He had prohibited this in advance. All the companies present had already paid a deposit beforehand. Anyone who had not paid a deposit was not qualified to bid. Since none of the three club managers had intended to buy one another over, they had not prepared beforehand. Furthermore, wouldnt they be making fools of themselves if they were to resort to such tricks now? Whether Boss Pei was happy or not aside, they had probably already offended Boss Pei when they decided to sell their GOG teams. More importantly, if the three clubs really tried to buy one another over, wouldnt they become the subject of the eSports headlines? The clubs would probably be mocked to death by netizens. The clubs bosses might be able to accept losing a few million yuan, but they definitely would not be able to accept damage to their reputation and becoming laughing stocks on the internet! Thus, the three club managers looked at one another and saw panic in one anothers eyes. Finished! This problem was completely unsolvable now! No matter what, the three of them would have to take the blame. Being scolded severely, having their salaries reduced, or being fined would be considered light punishment. The worst case scenario would not only be that they were fired, but that they would not be able to survive in the eSports industry at all! Manager Li and the others broke out in cold sweat. The two other club managers looked at Manager Li in anger. From beginning to end, Manager Li had been the one to fan the flames. If Manager Li had not insisted, they would not have ended up like this. However, at this point, Manager Li could not even protect himself. He could only lower his head and rack his brains, thinking of a solution. The bidding was still ongoing. Prices were slowly approaching the limits of the bidders expectations. As for the limites of Boss Peis expectations the prices had long surpassed them. At first, Pei Qian had thought that the three clubs GOG teams would be sold for twenty million yuan, and each GPL slot would be sold for fifteen million yuan. That had sounded about right. The eSports industry had only just started, and valuing each GPL slot at over ten million yuan would already have been commendable. The bidders had to abide by the market rules, right? However, the problem now was that the GOG teams had hit a maximum of 15 million yuan. On the other hand, the GPL slots were approaching 20 million yuan! There were six slots, and from the looks of the current situation, they would be sold for a total of 120 million yuan. That was over 30 million yuan higher than Pei Qians limit. One had to understand that the three clubs had only paid less than ten million yuan for breaching their contract earlier! Pei Qian felt like his breath had been knocked out of him. A few bidders were typing furiously on their cell phones, probably asking their subordinates to raise more funds urgently. Although everyone had had a price limit in their hearts, it was easy for them to get excited at an event like this. That was because the higher the bids became, the more valuable the slots would seem! Lin Chang observed the reactions of the others with interest, as though he was sitting on a fishing platform. Of everyone present, he was the most relaxed. That was because he had the most funds in his hands. No one could threaten him. Whats more, he was not spending his own money. He did not feel the pinch at all. However, as the atmosphere became more and more lively, Lin Chang suddenly realized a problem. Eh, could Boss Pei already have planned for this situation? Auctioning off all the slots at the same time would prevent people from shilling, but it could also create an atmosphere of fairness, justice, and true valuation. If we had bidded one by one, people would have chosen to wait and see. There would definitely have been differences in the bids between the slots. It would have been hard to avoid thinking that there was a bubble or that one was incurring losses. On the other hand, bidding together caused the value of all the slots to increase at the same time. No one was able to find loopholes, and so people gave up trying their luck and realized that these slots were indeed worth the money. Now, companies that were originally planning to give up are gritting their teeth and working hard, thinking that they can get the slots with just another million yuan. In other words, bidders would subconsciously think that the slots are indeed worth it Impressive! From the location of the auction to the method of bidding, everything had seemed ordinary. Yet, now, I see that they actually contained deep meaning! Im not bad either. If I hadnt given everyone a clear hint, would everyone have understood that the slots are this valuable so quickly? Lin Chang could not help but feel a little proud. One could say that he had perfectly completed his mission to buy a GPL slot for his second brother, Lin Zhou! However, as the saying went, the closer one was to ocmpleting a task, the tougher it would become. How should he end this? Lin Chang fell into deep thought once again. People were raising their hands to bid less and less frequently. Finally, everyone fell into a short period of silence. The prices of the three eSports Clubs finally stopped increasing, and they were each fixed at about 15 million yuan. The remaining GPL spots basically hovered at around 20 million yuan. 20 million yuan was way above most bidders limits. Many people had gritted their teeth and increased the price at the last minute. It would be very difficult to increase it further. After all, the current eSports industry was still not mature enough in terms of popularity, traffic flow, and profit model. It could not be compared to mature traditional sports leagues. In fact, the prices could only be raised so high because of everyones trust in Boss Pei. 20 million yuan was already an astronomical figure. Everyone had no doubt that once todays auction ended and this figure was released, it would immediately become a hot topic. Even if not enough people were paying attention to the auction, people would still hire fake reviewers to hype it up. That would be in line with everyones common interests. They had already spent so much money. Of course, they had to let the entire world know about it! If they could earn some attention from the money that they had spent, it would not be a loss at all. Once the GPL name list was released, their company names would be included. Wouldnt that be equivalent to a wave of publicity efforts? As for those companies that could not afford the slots, they had no choice but to give up. Pei Qian felt numb. Seeing that everyone had finally stopped bidding, he heaved a sigh of relief. It was finally over! Although it was difficult to accept twenty million yuan per slot, there was nothing more to say now that things had come to this. However, just as the staff was about to announce the end of the auction, something unexpected happened. Lin Chang raised his hand. 21 million for number four. Everyone in the conference room immediately turned to look at him in surprise. Pei Qian was very shocked as well. That was because Lin Chang had already been the highest bidder for the GPL slot in number four, and it had been priced at twenty million yuan. He had already won the bid, and yet he still wanted to increase the price. What was going on? The others were obviously confused as well. Even the staff recording it was stunned. For a moment, he did not know if he should record the bid. Lin Chang, who was the focus of everyones attention, shrugged. Why are you all looking at me? The rules say that each company can only bid for one spot, but they do not restrict us from raising the price, right? The staff thought about it and agreed that it made sense. Lin Chang was raising the price for himself without hindering anyone else. How could he stop Lin Chang from giving money to Tengda? He quickly recorded the new price. Thus, all of the GPL slots were being sold at 20 million yuan, while Shenhua Real Estates number four was being sold at 21 million yuan. Boss Li immediately reacted and raised his hand. Ill bid 21 million yuan as well. Lin Chang could not help but give him a thumbs up. Alright, youve understood my intentions so quickly! Li Shi smiled. How could Lin Chang take all of the credit for something like that? The price of each GPL slot could be raised to 20 million yuan, while the price of each GOG team was only 15 million yuan. The most important reason for that was that everyone trusted Boss Pei and wanted to express their goodwill to him. The question was who would Boss Pei remember if everyone was paying twenty million yuan? Lin Chang took the initiative to add another one million yuan in order to stand out from all the companies that had bought the GPL slots. When the hot searches were out, Shenhua Real Estate would be named as the king of the GPL auction. In other words, paying another one million yuan would not only make Shenhua Real Estates presence known to Boss Pei, but would also make the company first place. Wasnt that so worth it? Boss Li had obviously figured this out in an instant, and so he had added one million yuan as well. As for why he had not added two million yuan that was because he only had a limited amount of funds. 21 million yuan was his limit. Whats more, he knew full well that he would not be able to compete with Shenhua Real Estate. Since that was the case, adding one million yuan was enough. With Lin Chang taking the lead and Li Shi followed closely behind, more people increased their bids as well. Some increased their bids by a million yuan while others increased their bids by five hundred thousand yuan! That was because companies that did not have money had already been eliminated, and only wealthy companies remained. Those companies could afford to increase their bids. Some companies wanted to add more but they simply could not afford it. Thus, they could only add five hundred thousand yuan to express their sincerity. Lin Chang raised his hand again. 22 million! His attitude was very clear: He was going to be king of this auction for sure. Xue Zhebin pondered for a long time. Finally, he gritted his teeth and added 1.5 million yuan. Yao Bo of Jinding Corporation added five hundred thousand yuan after much consideration. Five hundred thousand or one million yuan were very small amounts compared to twenty million yuan. However, those small amounts could potentially affect each persons ranking. Adding five hundred thousand yuan or one million yuan could allow them to move up three or four places from the bottom. It was worth it! On one hand, they could show off thei wealth and attract the publics attention. On the other hand, they could show Boss Pei that they were emptying their family fortune in order to support him. Since they had already forked out twenty million yuan, why should they hold on to five hundred thousand yuan or one million yuan? Of course, a few companies really did not have any money or did not mind being ranked last. Since they had already obtained a GPL slot, the rankings did not matter much to them. Such companies gave up of their own accord. However, the two or three companies with the most money increased their bids by five hundred thousand yuan to one million yuan each time. They only stopped when the highest price became 26 million yuan! With Lin Changs final bid of 26 million yuan, the group finally fell silent. No one followed suit. Each bidder had originally offered 20 million yuan. However, with Lin Changs interference, the prices became varied. The bids ranged from 20 million to 26 million, with the gap between each bid being five hundred thousand yuan to one million yuan. The gaps did not seem big, but the ranking was now clear. Most buyers had already exceeded their limits. They could not afford to squeeze out another five hundred thousand yuan. However, no matter what C whether it was a spur of the moment or it was worth it C the bidding had finally ended. Everyone was now in the same boat. If the GPL turned out well, everyone would earn money together; If the GPL failed, everyone would incur losses. Although the auction had ended, one could say that preparation for the GPL had just begun. As for how the league would turn out and whether the bidders would be able to earn back their investment, it all depended on their performance. No matter what, the dust had settled! Pei Qians mouth twitched as he looked at the figures on the screen. The three GOG teams had been sold at about 15 million yuan on average, while the GPL slots had been sold from 20 million yuan to 26 million yuan. Altogether, they added up to 180 million yuan. Just the GPL slots alone had earned Pei Qian 136 million yuan. What a freaking windfall! Pei Qian had originally thought that earning seventy million yuan from the sale of all the GPL slots was an optimistic estimation. His bottom line had been to sell them all for a total of ninety to a hundred million yuan. ,ǫԤ,˽ǧ! Chapter 722 - : Tengda’s Terrifying Prowess Pei Qian looked at the final figure on the projector screen and sighed softly. Then, he said to Zhang Yuan, After the auction ends, bring the bosses who won the slots to the nameless restaurant for a meal. Zhang Yuan was stunned. What about you, Boss Pei? Pei Qian shook his head. Im not going. Im tired. Zhang Yuan quickly nodded in understanding. Alright, Boss Pei. Dont worry, leave it to me! Although these people had significantly raised the bids for the GPL slots and had made Pei Qian very angry, everything at the nameless restaurant had already been prepared. If Pei Qian did not invite them there for a meal, the ingredients would go to waste. Wasting food was definitely not a good thing. Thus, Pei Qian decided to let them eat there. However, he would not participate anymore. He could easily imagine what the scene at the dining table would look like. If Pei Qian was there, he would definitely be hurt twice, thrice, or even four times. Thus, he put Zhang Yuan in charge of this. As for Pei Qian, it was best for him to return home and think about how he would spend the hundred million yuan. He had to stick with the principle that whoever made the money should be responsible for spending it. Since GPL had made the money, re-investing it into GPL seemed to be the best choice. Yet, should he invest in a GPLs stadium? Should he increase the publicity of the GPL competitions? Should he nurture the ability of the entire lower-level teams to generate revenue? Or should he create a better training base for the clubs? There were many avenues to spend money. Pei Qian felt that he had to calm down and think of a plan that would generate the lowest yield. After giving Zhang Yuan a few reminders, Pei Qian sighed silently and got up to leave. All the bids had been finalized. All that was left was to sign the contracts and transfer the money. Lin Chang stood up immediately and shook hands with Li Shi. They exchanged business cards. The other bosses who had won a GPL slot were also exchanging business cards. After all, these people were all reputable figures. They had also gathered here out of trust in Boss Pei. More or less, they had commonalities. Thus, it was natural for them to want to get to know each other and expand their social circles. Whats more, the GPL would have to work together in the future. Everyones interests would be aligned. Lin Chang was naturally the most sought after in the group. He was surrounded by everyone like a moon surrounded by stars. After exchanging pleasantries, Lin Chang looked around and was stunned. Eh, wheres Boss Pei? He had thought that Boss Pei would definitely be present, but he had disappeared once Lin Chang turned his back. Zhang Yuan quickly explained, Everyone, Boss Pei has left because hes too busy. However, Boss Pei has already decided to host a banquet for everyone at the nameless restaurant. Please follow me. Everyone was disappointed to hear that Boss Pei had left. However, after hearing the second half of that sentence, everyone smiled again. They could eat at the nameless restaurant again! They had to admit that, although the food at the nameless restaurant was delicious, it was really hard to make reservations there. Boss Pei had booked a seat in advance to treat everyone to a meal. That was very sincere of him. Everyone understood that he was busy and had no time to accompany them! Under Zhang Yuans guidance, the bosses who had won the GPL slots happily prepared to leave the DGE Club and head to the nameless restaurant. The company representatives who failed to obtain anything also left. The managers of the other two clubs looked ashen. They exchanged looks and glared at Manager Li. Manager Li was 99% responsible for this mess! They had been trying hard to think of a countermeasure during the auction, but they could not think of anything. What else could they do now? They could only resign to their fates and allow themselves to be slaughtered. However, before the two managers could settle scores with Manager Li, they saw Manager Li stand up and follow the boss who had bidded for his GOG team. Manager Li was all smiles. Boss Fu, Im the manager of the SUG Club. My surname is Li. I think its fate that you won our clubs GOG team and GPL slot. Do you think we should exchange business cards? I hope we can work together in the future Before Manager Li could finish speaking, Boss Fu interrupted him politely. Manager Li, to be honest, I didnt understand the inside story either. I obtained your team by accident. I thought that others would raise the price, but no one did. Thats how it ended up in my hands. Now, Ive spent more than ten million yuan and made Boss Pei unhappy. I have to think of a way to make up for it! Do you think Im losing out? Manager Li, dont pretend to be innocent after taking advantage of the situation. Boss Pei did not go too far because you had supported him at first. He might be unhappy, but he still gave you a chance to sell your team at a profit. As for working together I dont think theres a need for that. Im sorry, but I have to go to Boss Peis dinner with everyone else. Ill take my leave first. Boss Fu turned around immediately after he finished speaking. Then, he walked briskly to catch up with Zhang Yuan, Lin Chang, and the others who were about to leave. Manager Li opened his mouth, wanting to say something, but he was left speechless. November 7th, Monday News of the GPL auction had already spread on the internet. It quickly became a hot search and hot topic on various websites. GOGs domestic league, GPL, has set an astronomical record! The total revenue was 180 million yuan. Will eSports be the next investment opportunity? Shenhua Real Estate obtained a slot in the GPL with a price of 26 million yuan. It has announced its strong entry into the eSports industry! The list of 16 teams in the GPL has been released online. Shenhua Real Estate, Jinding Corporation, Fu Hui Investments, and other companies are among them! The three clubs, including SUG, have been eliminated from the GPL! Similar messages came one after another. There were no official facts in the article. All of them were insider news and insider information. However, there was a lot of information and many sources that could verify one another. Thus, it seemed extremely reliable. This news quickly sparked heated discussions among netizens! Most netizens were naturally sensitive to numbers. The figures of 180 million and 26 million instantly aroused their enthusiasm. Such huge numbers were unheard of in the domestic and international gaming circles! In the domestic eSports scene, there were no leagues or things like quotas in leagues. There were only a few clubs in the country. When it came to organizing competitions, organizers could not wait for all the teams to sign up. Naturally, they would not impose any restrictions. As for spending money to purchase slots, that was even more ridiculous. Now, the GPL had not even started yet. Yet, the slots to participate alone had already been sold for 26 million yuan. This was a first for the domestic gaming circle. The companies that had participated in the bidding for the GPL slots were all very famous companies in the country. This helped the onlookers further appreciate the wealth of the GPL. On top of that, the news of the three clubs being removed from the league also attracted the close attention of the netizens. Thats too scary. Other games organizers would have to beg these clubs to participate if they wanted to organize a competition. Boss Pei, on the other hand, has already sold off their slots before the first GPL was even held! All the slots have been sold for 180 million yuan. Wouldnt this be equivalent to football in the future? Equivalent to football? Youre thinking too much. Were still far from it. Getting a slot at 26 million yuan is not a big deal. But think about it: how long has the football league been developing? How long has eSports been developing? GOG was only born less than a year ago, but it has already become so popular. If we can keep this up for three, five, or even ten years, we might really be able to compete with football! Have you ever seen a game that remained popular for ten years? GOG would definitely not be able to achieve that as well! I think this is another investment opportunity created by capitalism. It would only be live for a year or two, and then no one would be interested in it. What happened to the three clubs including SUG? Did they do something wrong? I heard that those three clubs took the initiative to sell their GOG teams. In the end, they only sold each for less than 15 million yuan! No one knows what exactly happened, but they seemed to have offended Boss Pei What does that mean? Is that true? Each GPL slot was sold for 26 million yuan, but the slot along with an entire team were only sold for 15 million yuan? Does this mean that each teams value is negative 10 million yuan? I found out something new today. Its said that this has something to do with the standard contract that Boss Pei wanted to implement a while ago. These clubs did not want to accept the standard contract, so they worked together to pressure Boss Pei In the end, it turned out to be their wishful thinking. Boss Pei could not wait for them to leave so that he could find richer companies to back GPL! They deserve it! Its wrong to use contracts to trick professional players to begin with. Boss Pei tried to give them a way out, but they still didnt know what was good for them. In any case, the SUG members are still around. They can just change their teams name and find a better boss. Ill support this with both hands! To be honest, the domestic eSports environment has always been foul because of those shrewed clubs! Now that Boss Pei has stepped forward to regulate the environment of the entire industry and protect the interests of the players, I think more highly of GPL! Hehe, I dont think anyone in the remaining clubs would dare to play any tricks under Boss Peis nose The netizens had a great time sharing their insider news. Some praised Boss Pei for being able to easily and efficiently set up something as difficult as an eSports League. Some were discussing the new rich players who had just joined the eSports industry and were extremely optimistic about the future of the GPL; Some were studying everything that had already happened and giving those three clubs a good scolding. Even fans of SUG were furious. They were furiously posting on the clubs Weibo. On one hand, it had cost 26 million for others to buy one GPL spot; On the other hand, those three clubs had sold their GPL slot and their entire GOG team for 15 million yuan. How retarded must they have been to do something like that? More importantly, while SUG was being scolded by fans and mocked by bystanders, they could not retort or even explain themselves! How could they? Who would have thought that things would end up like this? Those who did not know the truth or understand the twists and turns had only seen SUG selling their GPL slot for 15 million yuan even though it was worth 26 million yuan. They had even lost their entire team. However, there had been so many twists and turns before that which were impossible to explain. Even if they said it out loud, no one would think that the club had been taken advantage of. Instead, they would probably think that the club was even more brainless. Thus, they could only lie down and allow themselves to be mocked. They could not even try to explain themselves. As for what kind of storm those three club managers would face when they returned, that was unknown. The only consolation was that they were still young, and it was not too late for them to switch careers. In an office building Someone was using his cell phone to browse the latest news about the GPL bid while his computer screen displayed Dream Realization Ventures investment page. He touched the mustache above his lips and muttered to himself, Tengdas reputation is that good? It has such strong appeal? So many people had responded to their call! The GPL hasnt even begun yet, and we cant even see any potential for generating profits. Yet, this blank check has attracted more than a hundred million yuan worth of investments. Whats even scarier is that everyone is actively boycotting those three clubs. They would rather spend over 20 million yuan on one slot than touch those teams selling for 15 million yuan. All of them cant wait to send money to Tengda! This is unheard of. It just so happened that Tengdas Dream Realization Ventures is investing in social enterprises. I tried my luck and signed up for it, but I didnt expect to be selected. With my ability, if I manage to obtain Tengdas investment and get other companies to invest Wouldnt I be able to retire and move out of the country in two or three years? Chapter 723 - Cold-Faced Lady” November 8th, Tuesday Meng Chang arrived below the office of Dream Realization Ventures and tidied up his appearance. The weather was a little cold. Meng Chang was wearing a fitting casual suit with a single colored T-shirt underneath, jeans, and sneakers. He did not have a shirt nor tie. The most commercial thing he had on him was a watch, and this watch was not an expensive mechanical watch. It was extremely simple. His hair and his mustache had been trimmed. He looked neither old nor frivolous. Meng Chang was very satisfied with his current image. All of which had obviously been carefully prepared. The wave of mobile internet was rising rapidly which affected internet entrepreneurs not only in terms of ideas but also in terms of appearance. The big shots who were in this industry were no longer in suits and leather shoes now. All of them were basically wearing single colored t-shirts and jeans. Their hairstyles were basically straight or round, and they looked as neat as they could. In the eyes of investors, you would be a slovenly veteran industry insider with rich Internet experience, and in the eyes of users and bystanders, you are a down-to-earth CEO. Of course, the so-called down-to-earth and slovenly look was just an illusion that had been meticulously created. In fact, the haircut cost more than a whole set of haircuts and hair styling and also done more frequently than girls. Generally speaking, one should not have a mustache in the standard set of T-shirts, jeans and sneakers. That was because a mustache might give an old-fashioned and conservative impression to investors. It would not be enough for them to associate with the internet. However, Meng Chang had no other choice. He was young and naturally looked younger. If he didnt have a mustache, he would look like a university student or even a high school student. It would be very difficult for investors to trust him. If Meng Chang could replace his mustache with a few deep wrinkles on his face, especially the wrinkles at the corners of his eyes and the wrinkles at the corners of his mouth, he would definitely look the part. Unfortunately, he would not be able to change that. He could trim his mustache to make up for his lack of maturity in his image. In short, his appearance was a detail that affected his first impression. On the other hand, the other partys first impression often meant that the scam, oh no, the investment would be successful. Meng Chang was filled with confidence and anticipation for todays interview. He had long heard that Boss Pei created Dream Realization Ventures to help others fulfill their dreams. There was an excess of dreams to Meng Cheng. He firmly believed that as long as he could talk to Boss Pei face-to-face, he would be able to persuade Boss Pei to invest in him in just ten minutes! He checked his watch, it was nearly time and Meng Chang walked towards Dream Realization Ventures proudly. In the conference room of Dream Realization Ventures He Desheng sat on the sofa and sipped his tea while watching Meng Chang explain the powerpoint. He Desheng had a good first impression of Meng Chang. He was considered handsome, dignified, and neatly dressed. He looked energetic, like someone who could make it big. The mustache looked a little strange at first. However, he got used to it after looking at it for a long time. It even became a characteristic of his personality. Whats more, in the past, many people had come to look for investments. Some brought resumes, some with Letter of Intent for investments and some brought samples of products. However, there were not many people who brought their own powerpoints. The effect would definitely be the best if it was explained through powerpoint. Whats more, Meng Changs powerpoint was definitely top-notch. It was not flashy, frivolous, old-fashioned, nor conservative. All sorts of elements, color blocks, layouts, graphs, and the like were done perfectly. Anything extra would make it messy and ugly. He Desheng even felt that Meng Chang could easily earn tens of thousands of yuan a month even if he were to specialize in creating powerpoints. Whats more, Meng Chang was very eloquent. He spoke at a moderate pace and fluently. He had a perfect grasp of rhythm and content. He Desheng felt very comfortable just watching Meng Chang speak so confidently. The first half of the powerpoint was mainly Meng Chang introducing his personal experience. Some people said that investment was in businesses and concepts, but it was investing more in the people. Whether a company could succeed or not depended on the boss of the company. Meng Chang naturally knew this as well, so the first half of the powerpoint was mainly used to introduce himself. Meng Chang, 29 years old, went overseas to study in famous schools after graduating from university. He had worked in first-tier huge internet companies both domestically and overseas. Whats more, he had worked in the user experience department and marketing department. While it was hard to say how much of the success was due to him, his resume was impeccable. Whats more, many people who had worked with him before had already become high-level executives of Internet companies. While they did not seem to be of much use at first glance, they were undoubtedly hinting that he had the connections. In short, this part emphasized I am a capable and reliable person. Soon, he finished the first half of the PowerPoint presentation. Meng Chang smiled at He Desheng. Boss He, do you have any questions? He was actually a little nervous even though he was smiling. He was really afraid that He Desheng would ask him about some details in his resume. For example, how he entered a famous school, how he studied overseas, how he entered these internet companies, and why he left. If these questions were asked in detail, it might lead to awkward situations. He Desheng sipped his tea. No, continue. Meng Chang could not help but smile. As expected, he did not pursue the questions. This was the best situation that Meng Chang had predicted. Meng Chang wasnt sure if He Desheng really didnt see through his education and work experience or if he was pretending not to. Meng Chang felt that it was most likely the former. However, this was good news because it meant that Boss He was like many other investors. He only cared about the authenticity and results and did not care about the specific process. The investors would not mind even if there was a slight element of trickery in this because it would prove that Meng Chang was smart and good at thinking of solutions. Indeed, He Desheng did have some doubts about Meng Changs resume and did not ask further. However, the reason was not the same as what Meng Chang thought. In fact, not only was He Desheng not concerned about how Meng Chang obtained his resume, but he was also not concerned about the resume itself. That was because He Desheng had seen how Boss Pei invested. He had even dared to invest in a great inventor like Zhang Wang and succeeded. This made He Desheng realize that Boss Pei did not care about something as superficial as education. He did not need to care since Boss Pei did not care about it either. He Deshengs current task was not to help Boss Pei invest, but to help Boss Pei vet through. As long as they conformed to the rules, he would not ask any questions. On the other hand, Meng Chang thought that he had won over He Desheng and was gloating to himself. Next, he entered the second half of the PowerPoint, which was the project that Meng Chang wanted to start up. Meng Chang felt that as long as Boss He was satisfied with this segment, Boss He would definitely report it to Boss Pei. If he explained it to Boss Pei, he might be able to get a ten million yuan investment on the spot! Then, he could look for other investors to invest in the company. Wouldnt it be easy for the companys market value to exceed a hundred million yuan? Meng Chang continued. Boss He, the name of my entrepreneurship project isCold-Faced Lady! On the PowerPoint, the brand Cold-Faced Lady logo appeared. It was squarish, like a seal. The characters were in traditional chinese but its font was not in small seal script or regular script. Instead, it was an elegant flowery character with beautiful patterns as embellishments. It was just like Meng Chang. He was neither too flashy nor too old-fashioned which gave a pretty good first impression. Meng Chang continued, Simply put, Cold-Faced Lady will be an internet roasted cold noodles brand! How did this concept come about? Actually, it originated from my thinking about the internet business model over the years. The most important part of Internet thinking is cross-border thinking. When two seemingly unrelated things are linked together, an unprecedented business opportunity would burst out. This ability is what most people lack. I used to work in the marketing department. At that time, my boss, who was also the president of the marketing department, was a big shot who emphasized cross-border thinking. He was originally a famous host, and later became the president of the creative brand and the marketing department. All of them achieved brilliant results. Therefore, in the age of the Internet, entrepreneurs must also be the discoverers of new business models, multifaceted people who dare to cross over! My experience in the marketing department allowed me to see many cases of cross-border success, especially the internet and catering model. Its definitely a hot topic now! Why did I combine the internet and the roasted cold noodles? Next is my detailed analysis of the current market environment and prospects. First of all, the current domestic food and beverage market is facing a serious test. Apart from a few high-end restaurants that are thriving, most of them are dying. On the other hand, the mass food and beverage is gradually moving forward and becoming mainstream. Fast food and snack brands are welcoming an unprecedented opportunity. We all know that high-end food and beverages are very difficult to make. Thats because high-end restaurants have too strict requirements for chefs, ingredients, and other details. Its impossible to mass produce them, and its high price naturally dissuades most of the cash-strapped consumers. Tengda Corporation, which owns the nameless restaurant and Fish-Catching Take-Out, should know this better than I do. Therefore, consumers are more inclined to the small but beautiful food and beverage brands. For this, they are willing to pay a certain premium. For catering companies, the most profitable way is to open branches. The premise of opening branches is that they have formulas and can be mass-produced. This is the current state of the domestic food and beverage market. Chapter 724 - Internet+Cold Noodle Meng Chang continued, Secondly, with the rapid development of the mobile internet, platforms such as Weibo, review websites, and chat software became brand new marketing platforms for catering companies. The rapid development of take-out and group-buying softwares helped catering enterprises soar. One of the greatest advantages of the internet age is that a successful business model can be spread and replicated as quickly as possible so that everyone knows about it and spreads it across the country! In the past, many excellent food and beverage brands could only slowly expand in one city at a time. Be it in terms of funds or popularity, they were not enough to support the rapid replication of successful business models. However, all of these became possible in the Internet age! Combining these two points, it would not be difficult for us to discover that once a popular restaurant brand becomes a standardized, mass-produced, and high-quality internet celebrity brand, it would be able to spread across the country at an extremely fast speed and obtain huge profits and generous returns! The best part is that Food is most important for the people. People have to eat for as long as they are alive. Therefore, once a food and beverage brand is widely recognized by consumers, its long-term value will only increase! At this point, Meng Chang observed He Deshengs expression. He Desheng listened very seriously and nodded repeatedly. Obviously, this theory was quite correct. In an ideal situation, there would indeed be huge business opportunities in the F&B industry and the Internet. For example in the take-out and review industries where a lot of capital was being invested. However, the question here was, could cold noodles become a brand and gain the trust of consumers? Meng Chang had obviously expected this. He immediately flipped to the next PowerPoint. After looking at the huge prospects and market potential of the Cold-Faced Lady, I will explain it with two different points. They are: the problems and opportunities that exist in the industry of cold noodles, as well as the details of the Cold-Faced Lady brand. Roasting cold noodles sounds like a dish that is extremely common. It is also a food that has no barriers. Dishes from small roadside stalls that cost three to five yuan each would never appear in high-end restaurants. However, food like cold noodles has a unique charm. From billionaires to commoners, everyone loves it. On the PowerPoint, there was a picture of a certain tycoon queuing up to buy cold noodles. At the same time, some sports stars or entertainment stars posted screenshots of how delicious the cold noodles were. He could easily find a lot of these content online. According to the statistics of the shopping website, more than 10 million sets of raw ingredients for grilled cold noodles sold throughout the year on the shopping website alone. Amongst the popular foodstuffs such as conch noodles, spicy noodles, and hotpot, the sales volume held steadily in the top three. Whats more, many vendors raw materials do not come from shopping websites. This is enough to show that while the cold noodles may seem unglamorous, there is a huge demand for them in the country. There is no need for statistics. You can feel it just by observing. In the night market and other crowded areas, there would always be stalls selling cold noodles, and there would always be people queuing up. Small vendors selling cold noodles could be said to be making huge profits silently, and there would be tens of thousands of people earning lots of money every month. Of course, this data might not be completely true. After all, we have to get rid of hidden costs. However, no matter what, there is a huge profit margin. However, there are many problems and hidden dangers in the industry of cold noodles. Simply put, it is not formal enough and there are many hygiene issues. It is not exquisite enough and has a bad brand image. It is not complicated enough and there are few products. Many of the raw ingredients for the cold noodles are produced by small workshops. The production conditions were bad to begin with, and there were health hazards. The vendors at roadside stalls did not pay attention to hygiene and used inferior oil. They would also be contaminated in the process of washing and storing the ingredients. Therefore, just like many roadside stalls, the cold noodles are actually very unhygienic. Its possible that the dust from the side of the road might be the least harmful material apart from the edible parts. Whats more, different vendors have different skills in making cold noodles. Whether its the taste or the shape, its difficult for them to be elegant. They cant standardize production and ensure the lower limits of the taste, but they cant innovate and develop new flavors and styles. Without the internet, the business of cold noodles would forever stop at roadside stalls. How could it develop? The goal of Cold-Faced Lady is to integrate the existing market for roasted cold noodles and create a national food and beverage brand that is extremely famous! In short, were going to use new ideas and methods to create new fast food that belongs to our countrymen. Were going to use good raw materials and new crafts to recreate the traditional taste. As for the brand Cold-Faced Lady, how should we redefine the industry of cold noodles? Please allow me to explain everything to you. Meng Chang stopped and took a sip of water. At the same time, he quietly observed He Deshengs expression. He Desheng was deep in thought. Meng Chang knew very well that the above content was a little nonsensical. After all, it was actually very difficult to reverse the concept of cold toasted noodles are rubbish food from roadside stalls because it was deeply ingrained in the minds of ordinary people. However, Meng Changs goal was not to reverse this concept. Sometimes, the internet ages marketing was unreasonable. Chinese savior crepe, Liangpi[1.Liangpi literally means cold skin, a noodle-like Chinese dish made from wheat or rice flour], and Roujiamo[2.Roujiamo literally means meat sandwiched in bread] could all be made into popular brands online. Why cant cold noodles become the same? Whats more, if food like ramen and sushi could produce a God of ramen and sushi, why couldnt there be a God of cold toasted noodles? Most of the time, facts were not important, and stereotypes were even less important. The most important was how to make others believe it. Meng Chang had spent two to three months preparing the entire plan and the powerpoint, but he had not used it before. That was because he had not found a suitable investor. Sometimes, whether or not a crepe could be done well did not depend entirely on the person who made it. It also depended on the setting of the crepe and the audience waiting to eat it. An ordinary investor would definitely treat Meng Chang as a scammer and chase him out. While he was indeed a scammer and had never denied this in his heart, he could not accept being thrown out because it would affect his reputation. In Meng Changs opinion, his plan could only be used once. He had to hit the nail on the head. If he found some messy investors and none of them invested in the project, he and the project would be done for. He would be exposed before he could even start anything. Wouldnt he be finished? In fact, the ones who were the easiest to bluff were the rich, such as big company executives, celebrities, tycoons, and so on. That was because these people would easily believe in lofty concepts and terms. However, the prerequisite for all of this was that Meng Chang had to have a sufficiently dazzling halo so that these big shots could ignore the unreasonable aspects of this project. Where did this halo come from? It was obviously not enough for him to graduate from a famous school and have experience in marketing at an Internet factory. Boss Peis investment was a good halo. It was not omnipotent but it could at least scare many people. Once he had this halo, many unreasonable things would naturally be ignored. He would be able to hoodwink investors and attract huge amounts of funds. Once he got the money, Meng Chang could start marketing. He could use all sorts of advertisements and concepts to guide the audience and turn them into cows for milking. After that, he would open a high-end shop, generate profits through traffic, increase valuations, and attract more capital investment. Once he harvested enough, he would leave, leaving nothing behind. All in all, this plan was perfect, provided that he passed the first stage. If he could not even get Tengdas investment, there would be no need to talk about the rest of the plan. Therefore, Meng Chang took a sip of tea to moisten his throat before preparing to start his most exciting performance. He had said so much in the beginning, but it was all just to pave the way for the Cold-Faced Lady brand to forcefully come up with fifty to sixty percent reasons. However, people would always believe what they were willing to believe. The reason why so many IQ taxes could be established was also because of the fifty to sixty percent reasonableness. The key was whether the latter part could cover up all the seemingly unreasonable parts. Various details of the Cold-Faced Lady brand appeared on the powerpoint. To put it in simpler terms, the concept of Cold-Faced Lady is to create a grilled cold noodle brand with a sense of quality and Petite bourgeoisie taste. The name itself gives people a hint of anthropomorphism. Her virtual image seems cold yet gentle at the same time. This brands logo is traditional and youthful, just like how our products are mainstream yet exquisite. Ive set three milestone targets for this brand. The first milestone is to open a Cold-Faced Lady flagship store in the bustling commercial district of the capital. In this store, we will show all customers the difference between this brand and other roadside stalls in terms of recipes, raw materials, cutlery, and dining environment. First, we have to spend a huge sum of money to research the formula and taste of Cold-Faced Lady. We have to standardize the selection of the ingredients and various seasonings for the cold noodles, the amount of ingredients used, the actual heat and time in the production. We have to ensure that every serving of cold noodles tastes the same. At the same time, we have to develop multiple flavors of grilled cold noodles. We cant just distinguish between sweet, spicy, sour, and sweet flavors. We have to create more content and variations for the cold noodles. Of course, for the sake of the richness and diversity of the restaurants dishes, we will also make various traditional cold noodles, side dishes, or fruit juice drinks. Chapter 725 - Let’s Set This Dream Alight! Meng Chang pressed the remote control in his hand and a picture appeared on the PowerPoint. It was a set of special cutlery. The white porcelain plate and black sandalwood chopsticks looked very high-class. The second is to work on the cutlery and dining environment. Currently, we are using paper bowls and bamboo sticks to eat cold noodles. It is very unhygienic, unhealthy and not high-class enough. We need to produce a special set of cutlery for eating cold noodles. For example, we can make them look exactly like sushi! The long, bluish-white porcelain plates are divided into small compartments. They are placed neatly, and each piece is cut equally wide. Each pair of chopsticks is made of black sandalwood with the logo of Cold Face Lady carved on it. Every customers chopsticks are brand new. After eating, customers can choose to take their chopsticks away to collect them. In terms of the dining environment, it is naturally spacious, bright, and comfortable. Since it is called Cold-Faced Lady, the waiters will all be beautiful ladies. It would bring the customers an excellent dining experience. The second milestone would be to start marketing. We will start a series of marketing activities such as sports cars delivering cold noodles, beautiful celebrities delivering cold noodles, Gourmet connoisseurs tasting cold noodles, the National Roast Cold Noodles Competition, and so on to help Cold-Faced Lady to quickly become famous across the country! All in all, all of these publicity would emphasize the cultural heritage and brand value of the Cold-Faced Lady. Users would be very curious about how delicious the cold noodles would be. Use marketing to drive discussions, use traffic to generate popularity, and attract more funds. From there, we can open the branches of Cold-Faced Lady to the entire country and create a countrys food chain brand! At the same time, our marketing model will fully utilize the Internet. We will cast aside the constraints of public traffic and strive for private traffic. We will make every customer our marketing node and establish an unprecedented and extremely reliable marketing network! The third milestone would be to fully embrace the internet ecology and use multi-dimensional fusion to open up the barrier between the online and offline, catering and internet, users and platforms! Tengda Corporation has Fish-Catching Take-Out, nameless restaurants, and other catering departments. It also has internet cafes, express delivery companies, apartments, and other physical industries. At the same time, it also has the Tengda Life App. It has extremely strong software development capabilities. Once the Cold-Faced Lady succeeds and links up with Tengdas businesses, it would help each other, resulting in a chemical reaction! By combining the ecology of food, internet services, cultural transmission, finance, cell phone and the like, and relying on Tengdas existing industries to fully attract the capital from the outside world, using the internet to create the spirit of craftsmen, we can alight this dream! In short, the Cold-Faced Lady is only the first milestone of the entire plan, but it is also an important milestone. We dont need much funds in the early stages. We only need five million yuan for the research and development of the formulas and the operations of the flagship store. It wont be too late to invest in Tengda after the Cold-Faced Lady receives good response and returns. Meng Chang looked at He Desheng confidently after throwing out the rare terms. If he succeeded, he succeeded. If he failed, there was nothing else he could do. Meng Chang was very confident in his eloquence and the contents of the PowerPoint. If the other party believed him, he would definitely take out five million yuan without any hesitation; if he didnt, it would be useless no matter how much he said. He Deshengs tea was almost finished. He remained silent for a moment and did not reply immediately. It sounded like a good project. Would its business model definitely succeed? That was definitely not the case. Selling cold noodles and becoming a national chain? So that the entire countrys citizens could eat expensive, dream-filled cold noodles at any time? It was not entirely impossible, but the possibility was not that high. That did sound ridiculous. The simplest logic was that it was definitely not a problem to eat cold noodles occasionally as a snack. However, no one could eat it for every meal. However, He Desheng was an investor. He knew very well that most of the internet business models did not intend to make money steadily. Sometimes, you could earn money from the users, and so could the investors. There was no difference. Some internet companies did not manage to find a profitable model and kept burning money. However, as long as people believed in it and as long as they had the capital, they could always find people to pick it up. It did not matter if it was not profitable. As long as he could successfully sell it to willing parties, it would still be profitable! It would be considered a success as long as he was not the last one to pick it up. Of course, He Desheng knew very well that Meng Chang would not say that out loud. Not even in a place where there were only the two of them. However, everyone had the same thought. From a pure investors point of view, He Desheng had two ways to invest in this project: The first was that Cold-Faced Lady was indeed as Meng Chang had said. Every shop in the country would sell tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of servings of cold noodles every day, earning profits. The other would be that the Cold-Faced Lady had not achieved its first milestone but they successfully sold it to a large company to take over. It might not be profitable but it would also be considered a success. Putting everything else aside, Meng Changs PowerPoint, his eloquence, his marketing idea, and his confidence in the entire business model He Desheng also felt that he was worth the five million yuan investment. However After a moment of silence, He Desheng said, This project is very good, but we can only invest two million yuan. Meng Chang was stunned. Huh? He had not expected the script to develop this way. In his opinion, Dream Realization Ventures either agreed to give five million yuan or nothing. They would definitely satisfy his requirements if they agreed with him and would just reject him if they didnt. What did giving half mean? There was no way Dream Realization Ventures and Boss Pei could be lacking three million yuan. Whats more, Boss He had not even asked Boss Pei for his approval before he decided? Meng Chang knew very well that the real controller of Dream Realization Ventures was Boss Pei. The shared phone booths, Fully-Automated Bickering Machine, Top Student, Come Quick, and the like had all been invested by Boss Pei. Wasnt it a bit too much when he had spoken for so long and done so well but it wasnt reported to Boss Pei? Meng Chang quickly said, Boss He, two million yuan is a little not enough. Why dont you take some time to report to Boss Pei and fight for it? He Desheng smiled and shook his head. To be honest, this is a rule set by Boss Pei. If you had come half a year earlier, I would have reported your proposal to Boss Pei immediately. Unfortunately, Boss Pei had just set a new rule for Dream Realization Ventures some time ago. He is no longer directly involved in the investment. The upper limit of our investment for each project is determined by the size of your company. Your concept is good, but considering the companys regulations, I can only invest two million yuan. Meng Chang was tongue-tied and did not know what to say. He went on and on for a long time. From Boss Hes expression and gaze, it was obvious that he was convinced by me and thought highly of me. However, he could only give me two million yuan and not a single cent more? This half-baked number was unbearable. Whats more, Boss He did not seem to be picking or bargaining. Ordinary people would definitely be satisfied with this model since they were willing to pay two million yuan. However, they would also be dissatisfied with something. If that was the situation, they could negotiate again. If they were dissatisfied with the business model, they could change it until they were satisfied to make it up to five million yuan in total. However, that was not the case for Boss He. He did not intend to go deeper into the conversation nor did he intend to add more money. His attitude seemed to be saying, Just this two million yuan. Take it and scram. This made Meng Chang very uncomfortable. However, he could not say much. It would be easy to give himself away if he acted too eager. Two million yuan might be a little tight, but at the very least, he would be able to obtain the halo of Boss Peis Investment. At the very least, he would be able to think of other ways to bluff others. After some consideration, Meng Chang nodded. Alright, thank you, Boss He! However, Boss He, I want to ask if youre still willing to continue investing in the company if all the money were spent? The first investment would only be two million yuan, while it was a little tight, it was still acceptable. The key was whether he would be willing to continue investing. He Desheng pondered for a moment and answered truthfully, Whether or not we want to continue our investment depends on the actual operation. As for the amount of investments for a second wave of invest, I need to report it to Boss Pei. Theoretically, there should be no limit. The so-called actual operations depended on whether it was making profits or losses. That was the only measure. According to Boss Peis requirements, he would sell his shares and leave immediately if it earned money. If it lost money, he would continue to invest. How much he would invest would be up to Boss Pei. However, he could not tell outsiders that. Who knew what these people would do if he made it clear that he would continue to invest after losing money! Therefore, he had to be more reserved. Well decide whether to continue to invest based on the actual operating situation. However, Meng Chang felt that there was another meaning to those words. He frowned as his brain worked furiously. According to the actual operation Then, the data and profits would definitely be taken into consideration? You should have said so earlier. That would have been easier! First, I have to think of ways to finance and open a store under the guise of Boss Peis Investment. We have to burn money to create data and generate popularity in the first stage. While we would have to spend a lot of money and it is not profitable, as long as the data is good, Tengda will continue to invest a huge sum of money. After that, I will continue to pull in more investments through Boss Peis investments. In the second stage, Ill work hard to generate revenue and create the illusion that we are generating profits. That will push the companys valuation to inflate rapidly. There are both data and profits. Boss Pei and the other companies will definitely continue investing. When that time comes, the value of the Cold-Faced Lady will expand to the maximum and attract a huge amount of funds. Then, well find ways for big companies to take over the business or The more Meng Chang thought about it, the happier he became. It would be great as long as Dream Realization Ventures continued to pursue investments in the future! The original plan could still be successfully implemented. With that thought, Meng Chang shook He Deshengs hand tightly. Alright, Boss He. I hope we can work well together! Lets set this dream alight together! Chapter 726 - Designated Finance Director Meng Chang prepared to leave after they shook hands. To him, even though he had only two million yuan from his original goal of five million yuan, he had already achieved his goal of freeloading off Boss Peis halo. Whats more, Boss Pei would continue to pursue investments in the future. There was no need for him to worry about the amount now. Whats more, Meng Chang had not even met Boss Pei yet. Meng Chang felt that Boss Pei was very busy with work and he himself was not famous so it was reasonable that he could not meet him yet. Once the Cold-Faced Lady brand was done, he would bring all sorts of data and reports over. That would be very persuasive and Boss Pei would definitely take some time to meet him. As long as they met, Meng Chang believed that he could persuade Boss Pei to invest more money with his glib of the tongue. Therefore, he had basically achieved his goal today and could go back and prepare. However, just as he was about to leave, He Desheng said, Wait, I forgot to mention something. Meng Chang stopped in her tracks. Oh, please go ahead, Boss He. He Desheng said, According to Boss Peis requirements, the companies we invest in must accept some of our conditions. First, it has to be law-abiding and honest. Secondly, we have to spend all our money on the operations of the company and normal operations. We cannot give the boss his own salary, and we cannot spend our money on personal consumption. Of course, we cannot interfere with the other investors money. Given the above two points, we will assign a finance director to be your companys finance director. That must be explained in advance. He Desheng smiled and sounded amicable. These rules had been set by Boss Pei when he set the investment model for foolish people with too much money. He Desheng was just going through the process and doing business as usual. This was a very common phenomenon in the investment industry. After all, investors were not stupid. They would definitely not be able to accept it if they invested their own money only to find that the founders squandered everything on vice. It was definitely the same for Boss Pei. These founders could burn money, but they had to do things. Otherwise, these founders would be living a good life, while Boss Pei would be eating sh*t. This mentality would collapse. Therefore, Dream Realization Ventures had strict requirements for finance. Sending one of his own people to be the finance director meant that the flow of money in this company could not escape Tengdas eyes. Once something went wrong, He Desheng could report it to Boss Pei immediately. For most law-abiding entrepreneurs, this was not a restriction. They could even get a professional financial director without paying. However, that was not the case for entrepreneurs with ulterior motives. Meng Chang hesitated. He knew that different investors had different ways of managing their investments. Some would assign the finance director to the core team of the company, some would request to have a board meeting every month, some would ask the invested company to establish various regulatory and reporting systems. However, there were also some who would not give a damn after spending money. They would only have a board meeting every year or half, or find an investment assistant to hold a position There were all sorts of methods. The key was the rules of this investment firm. At first, Meng Chang thought that Boss Peis investment firm would be more lax. However, it seemed like it was the strictest in the area of finances. This slightly disrupted his plan. After all, running away with the money was originally one of his options. He could not run away just because he wanted to. He had to go through a series of complicated operations. It would be easier if the finance department was managed by himself. However, If he did anything while Tengdas people were in his finance team, he might be invited to the small dark room for tea. However, after weighing the pros and cons, he felt that he still had to accept the investment. First of all, Dream Realization Ventures request was not too much. Many investors would have similar requests. Whats more, Dream Realization Ventures only had strict financial management and did not interfere with the companys specific management strategy. Overall, this was a very loose and generous investment condition. If Meng Chang rejected it, he might be suspected. Once this matter got out, it would be even harder for him to get money from other investors. Second, even if he completely gave up on the option of running away with the funds, Meng Chang had other ways to benefit himself. For example, he could expand the company and find a big company to take over the business. That would be completely within the reasonable rules and he could also push the blame to the big company. Even though taking the money and running away would only earn him money, it also meant that he would not be able to return to China for the rest of his life. He would also be left with a bad reputation. It was not the best choice. Meng Chang did not want to take this path unless he had no other choice. Of course, finding a big company to take over the business and for the founder to extricate himself would be a huge problem. That was because many large companies would be interested in the founders entrepreneurial ability after taking over. They would force the founder to keep all of his shares locked and not sell them. The founder would then continue to manage the company and work for himself. However, there were no absolutes in this world. Some large companies preferred to assign their own employees to take over the company because they trusted their own employees management skills more. As long as Meng Chang could find such a company, he could still leave safely. Therefore, after weighing the pros and cons quickly, Meng Chang felt that he had to accept the investment. The risks were huge but the benefits were also huge. Most importantly, Meng Chang had prepared for so long just for this opportunity. He was very unwilling to give up now. A large part of the reason why people like Meng Chang could gain the favor of investors was because of their gambling characteristics. If he won the bet, his net worth would easily exceed a hundred million; if he lost the bet, he would easily be in debt of a hundred million. Therefore, it was difficult for Meng Chang to give up on such a huge gamble. Meng Chang hesitated for a moment before squeezing out a smile. Of course, thats necessary. He Desheng nodded in satisfaction. Alright, I hope we can work well together! At the same time, Pei Qian was drinking coffee and yawning in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. He was still thinking about how he should spend the money from selling the GPL quota. At that moment, his cell phone rang. It was Zhang Yuan. Boss Pei, the bosses of those three clubs have come personally. They hope to meet you. Pei Qian was stunned. You mean the club owners who sold GOGs branch? Zhang Yuan: Yes. They are at DGE Club now. Do you have time to meet them? Pei Qian fell silent. He definitely had time, and a lot of it. The key was what were the three bosses here for. After some thought, Pei Qian asked, Are they trying to break the contract? Zhang Yuan: They dont dare to break the contract. Theyre probably here to admit defeat. In theory, these three clubs could indeed fork out three million yuan to breach the contract and decide not to sell their GOGs branch. However, the problem was that not selling did not mean that they had a slot in the GPL! From the beginning to the end, Pei Qian did not hand over the GPL slots to them in black and white. He only promised verbally that these clubs would have slots for the GPL. Whats more, the prerequisite was that they had to accept various terms from Tengdas E-Sports Department, including the standard contract. The only reason why they were allowed to transfer the GPL slot was because they had worked together before. That was to give these clubs some face. If these clubs really fell out, Pei Qian could naturally ignore them and give the three GPL spots to someone else. Of course, that was under the worst circumstances. If he did that, the three clubs would not get any benefits. Pei Qians reputation would also be slightly damaged. That was why the bosses of these three clubs came to him. On one hand, they wanted to admit their mistakes, but on the other hand, they wanted to discuss a proper solution. After some thought, Pei Qian decided that this matter had to be resolved. All in all, he had to meet the bosses of these three clubs first. Alright, Ill go over now. Ask them to wait. Half an hour later, at DGE Club The bosses of the SUG Club and the other two clubs sat in the conference room, drinking tea, unable to calm down. Every second of waiting for Boss Pei was torturous. Finally, he heard light footsteps outside. Boss Pei pushed the door open and entered. The three club owners quickly stood up from their seats. Boss Pei! Pei Qian nodded slightly, shook their hands one by one as Zhang Yuan introduced them. The boss of the SUG Club was called Ding Gan, a very rich second-generation heir. He was slightly inferior to Xue Zhebin but not much different from Yao Bo of Jinding Corporation. Pei Qian had long heard of this person. That was because SUG E-Sports Club had a certain reputation in the country. While it was not as old as the H4 Club, it was the richest among the earliest E-Sports Clubs. Previously, SUG Club had prepared a total of 25 million yuan in order to buy the members of DGE Club. They did not spend much but it was enough to prove their wealth. As one of the rich second-generation heirs who had entered the E-Sports industry earlier, Ding Gan had brought funds, attention, and traffic to the domestic E-Sports industry. However, he had also brought bad management and operations to the club. Everyone took their seats. Ding Gan cleared his throat and said, Boss Pei, the three of us came all the way here today to apologize to you and clear the misunderstanding. Manager Lis lies not only caused Tengda to suffer losses, but also caused a huge loss to our club. From this point of view, we are all victims. Ill punish him severely when we get back and give you an explanation, Boss Pei! I hope that Boss Pei will be magnanimous. Dont let this small misunderstanding affect our hard-earned partnership. After all, our clubs contributed our hard work while preparing for the global finals even if we did not make much contribution. The bosses of the other two clubs chimed in with sincerity. Pei Qian nodded and did not comment. The three of them appeared very humble and sincere, but Pei Qian would be stupid to believe them all. How could the club managers be able to decide a huge matter like selling its GOGs branches? They must have asked the three bosses repeatedly. The fact that the three bosses did not stop them meant that they actually supported Manager Lis decision. The higher the level of a person, the less likely they would be involved in such dirty work. Instead, they would leave it all to their subordinates. That way, if there were no problems, everything would be fine. If there were any problems, they could immediately draw a clear line. Therefore, the bosses of these three clubs must be resisting the contract internally. They did not want to accept Tengdas management and restrictions at first. They even thought that as long as the clubs worked together, they would be able to control the GPL league and force Tengda to retreat. However, now that the situation had developed to this stage, they had no choice but to give in. If no one was interested in the GPL quota this time and could not be sold for much, the club owners would definitely not have such an attitude. Thus, Pei Qian was neither angry nor understanding. So, may I know if you intend to fulfill the contract? Pei Qian went straight to the point, paying no attention to these three people trying to get close to him. Chapter 727 - GPL League System Planning Chapter 727: GPL League System Planning The three club owners looked at each other before Ding Gan spoke. Boss Pei, of course we have to fulfill our contract. We businessmen have the spirit of a contract. We cannot go back on our words. However putting aside the little interlude before this, we genuinely support the GPL league. Why dont we do this? Well give you 15 million yuan as promised. Other than that, each club is willing to give you another 5 million yuan. The three clubs could give you a total of 60 million yuan. Well buy three more GPL slots. What do you think? Obviously, the three club owners had discussed this before they came. At this point, they had very few options left. They definitely could not break the contract. That was equivalent to falling out with Boss Pei and all the other clubs that had just won the GPL quota. He would not be able to keep his face and money. Of course, these three clubs could also choose to take the money and leave. However, if that happened, it would be almost impossible for them to return to the GPL league. That was because according to the situation of this auction, the slots for the GPL league would definitely become more and more expensive. Now that 15 million yuan had been sold together with the slots, it was absolutely impossible to buy them back in the future. Thus, these three clubs wanted to give it a try and see if Boss Pei could give them an additional three slots if they gave him twenty million yuan. That would be directly expanding the quota for the GPL league to 19. That was because the GPL league had not been finalized yet. There was still room for discussion. However, if the GPLs schedule and competition format were finalized in a month or two, it would be impossible to add more people. In this way, the three clubs would be paying their own GOG branch and five million yuan to keep the GPL spot. They would still lose money, but at least they could stay. As for Boss Pei The 60 million yuan in this period should be able to move Boss Pei a little, right? As for how to arrange the schedule of the 19 teams and how to appease the other clubs These minor details were not that important. The three club owners looked at Boss Pei expectantly. The corners of Pei Qians mouth twitched. You even want to give me money? Whats more, you are offering 60 million yuan without any warning? Pei Qian was still thinking about how he should spend the hundred million yuan. He has just made some progress when the three clubs are sending him another sixty million yuan! No! Pei Qian said firmly. The three bosses were stunned. Boss Pei was that determined? It was 60 million yuan! Shouldnt he take more time to think about it carefully? Ding Gan hesitated for a moment. Er Boss Pei, we can still discuss the amount How about we add some more? Pei Qian sniggered inside. More money? He took a sip of tea and quickly thought of an excuse to refuse. This is not about money at all. The 16 slots were set a long time ago. If we add more, the schedule would be difficult to arrange. If we really add 19 teams, not only would there be competitions every day, but the interval between each teams competitions would also become too long, which would be detrimental to maintaining standards. Tengda is a company that keeps its word. It has already told the other clubs and audiences that there are only 16 GPL league slots. If we accept money to do something, it would be equivalent to slapping ourselves in the face. Thats impossible. The three club owners looked at each other with bitter expressions. Who could they blame? They could only say that they had been muddle-headed in that moment. At first, they were the ones holding on to their GPL slots, laughing as the others fought so hard to get in. Now, they had lost their spots. They were up early but failed to catch the worm, who could stand that! Ding Gan still did not give up. He proposed a new plan. Boss Pei, why dont we do this? There should be a promotion and demotion system for the GPL league, right? We can build a new team and fight back to the GPL. That should be okay, right? Pei Qian remained silent for a moment. There is no promotion system for the GPL league. There will be internet cafe competitions and professional competitions for GDL. GDL spots will be given to the internet cafe competitions. However, without the promotion competition, the GDL champion will not be able to obtain a GPL spot. The three club owners were flabbergasted. They looked extremely pained, as if they had lost a hundred million yuan. Pei Qian had been thinking about the entire structure of GOGs E-Sports League these few days. Internet cafe league and GDL must be done, but the key was whether or not there would be a promotion competition. In fact, whether or not there was a promotion competition did not affect Pei Qian much. That was because the officials would not be able to obtain income directly. Thus, Pei Qian considered this from the perspective of the entire competition. After all, he had another identity as an ordinary audience in the GPL league. In order to watch more exciting competitions and to win glory in the world finals, Pei Qian had to establish a better system for the GPL league. The experience in Pei Qians memory explained: the promotion competition might look beautiful, but it did not mean much in reality. Instead, it would have a certain negative effect. Many people thought that the promotion competition would put pressure on the last team in the GPL. At the same time, it would motivate the leading team of GDL. It would make the competition more intense and help improve the overall level. However, the problem was that this theory was too idealistic. In reality, the situation was completely the opposite. For the last team in the GPL, the pressure of the promotion competition was indeed very high. That was because once they were demoted, it would mean that all their investment would be wasted and they would suffer heavy losses. However, under such circumstances, most clubs would not train newbies or train newbies in order to successfully maintain their level. Instead, they would choose to let experienced players continue playing. That was because there was a risk in hiring new players. Once they failed, they would suffer heavy losses. On the other hand, even though the old players had no potential or upper limit, they were stable enough. They were very good at torturing noobs. Even if the veteran players were beaten up as experience babies in the GPL league, it would be enough as long as they could torture the leading team. For GDL teams, directly spending money on powerful old players or external help in order to snatch the GPL spots was the fastest way to achieve that. Thus, a system that was meant to strengthen competition objectively made all teams focus on the paper strength in front of them and ignore the long-term goals. Some rookies with potential would find it difficult to compete in such a utilitarian environment. It completely went against the original intention of the system. On the other hand, the promotion system would be revoked. Each club would promote more new players, and their playstyles would be more aggressive. There would not be a situation where both teams wanted stability and did not dare to fight. Thus, after much consideration, Pei Qian decided that it would be better not to have a promotion system. Ding Gan grimaced. Boss Pei, does that mean our clubs will never be able to return to GPL? Boss Pei, our SUG has been in the esports field for many years. If the GPL excludes us, it would be a loss! Pei Qian looked at the three club owners and said, That is not entirely impossible. If you want to maintain the GPL quota, you need to continue investing. Once the club is at the bottom and loses continuously, it would not be able to bring the brand value to the parent company and would instead become a burden. There would definitely be clubs that want to leave. At this time, we will be the intermediary to transfer the GPL quota. As for the clubs that have achieved good results in the GDL league, they would receive a 30% discount when purchasing a GPL spot. In other words, when a certain club burned money but could not produce results, they could choose to hire newbies and train newbies. If they continued to endure, they could also choose to transfer. They could stop losses in time and also earn a sum of money. That way, not only would they be able to guarantee the interests of the current GPL League teams, but they would also not suffer too much loss whether they stayed or left. They would be able to invest without worry and would also be able to provide convenience to the GDL League clubs. Ding Gan and the other two club bosses remained silent for a long time before nodding helplessly. Alright, Boss Pei. They had no other choice. This was the best solution that they could fight for. At the very least, they still had 15 million yuan in their hands. First, they would play in the GDL, form teams, and train players. After they achieved results, some outstanding players could be sold to GPL teams at a high price. At the same time, when the GPL quota changed, they would be given priority to enter and spend less money. The bosses of the three clubs had not expected this. They had only wanted to put some pressure on Tengda to make some concessions on the contestants contract. They did not think that he would lose the game and end up in this way. After the three club owners left, Pei Qian said to Zhang Yuan, Ive thought about the rules for the GPL league. Internet cafe competition, professional development league GDL, professional league GPL. The GPL slots are like what I said just now. There will be no promotion or demotion, but they can be transferred. As for the money that these clubs spent on the slots, well split it into three parts. The first part is to be returned to these clubs so that they can specialize in it to maintain the budding training base. Each club must have a budding training base that can be used to absorb some young and promising new players who are not strong enough to play in the professional league. It will allow these new players to experience the professional atmosphere in advance so that they can view the playing profession seriously and be prepared. The second part is to support the development of the GDL and internet cafe competitions. Professional development competitions have relatively low attention. Give these clubs more opportunities to support and expose themselves. The third part will be used for daily operations, maintenance, and construction of the GPL. Zhang Yuan was stunned for a moment. Huh? Boss Pei, youre only using this bit of money to maintain the daily operations of the GPL? I dont think we can cover the rent and other miscellaneous expenses of that venue, right? Pei Qian nodded. Of course, we cant cover it. We cant cover it with this amount of money anyway. In the future, we can sell tickets for competitions, we can have sponsors and advertisers. There are many ways to generate profits. Tengda is the organizer. Dont always look at the small profits in front of you. You have to look far ahead. If you dont have enough money, Tengda will pay for you first. Well talk about it when you earn more money in the future. Zhang Yuan instinctively straightened his back. Indeed, Boss Pei had a long-term vision! He might not be able to see much in the short term if he were to spend this sum of money, but in the long term, it would definitely improve the ecology of the entire E-Sports industry! Actually, Pei Qian did not think too much about it. He only chose a plan with the lowest chance of making money. There were only three ways to spend this sum of money: either spend it on the league and promote it as much as possible, or spend it all on the club and modify the training base and environment; or spend it on the cultivation system. On the other hand, it would be very easy to quickly improve its competitiveness, enhance its viewership, and attract attention if one were to smash the game to a league or a club. If that happened and many sponsors were attracted to the game, they might not even be able to make it through the cycle and start generating profits. Based on past experience, this was highly possible. Thus, after much consideration, Pei Qian decided to focus on the cultivation system and build a budding training base for the club to support the development of GDL and internet cafe competitions. That would slow down the effectiveness and allow them to persevere. Chapter 728 - Independent Game Designer November 10th, Thursday In Beijing Qiu Hong looked at the address on his phone and then looked up at the old district in front of him. The neighborhood was filled with elderly people. The neighborhood was very old and the living conditions were rather worrying. The residential buildings were also very narrow. Young people might not even want to live here, much less work here. However, according to the address on the cell phone, there was an independent game designer here. Qiu Hong also looked at the unit number. He followed the corridor that was filled with various psoriasis-style advertisements and climbed all the way to the sixth floor. Qiu Hong knocked on the door after trying to determine which was unit 601 and which was 602. Knock, knock. A moment later, footsteps came from within. The old anti-theft door opened. You are Boss Qiu? A young man with messy hair and dark circles under his eyes asked hesitantly. Qiu Hong nodded. Yes, youre Wu Zhicheng? Wu Zhicheng nodded. Yes, Boss Qiu, you can call me Little Wu. Please come in. Wu Zhicheng stepped to one side. Qiu Hong walked in and closed the door. Heating would only be available in the middle of November in Beijing. There was still a week to go, so it was the coldest time right now. After entering, Qiu Hong did not feel warm at all. Instead, he felt like there was wind blowing in through the gap in the window. Wu Zhicheng looked like he was used to it. He dragged a chair over. Im sorry, Boss Qiu. Im too messy. Please make do with it. Qiu Hong did not mind. He pulled a chair over and sat down. At first, Wu Zhicheng wanted the two of them to find a cafe to chat. However, Qiu Hong insisted on coming to the place where Wu Zhicheng worked because he wanted to see the most realistic working environment and working condition. Qiu Hong looked around. It looked like a very small one-bedroom apartment. The living room had become Wu Zhichengs workroom. There was a computer desk, a computer, a messy pile of books, a game console, a small television, a small dining table There was almost no space to step on. The other room was Wu Zhichengs bedroom. Apart from the bed and the wardrobe, there were too many things. The bed was also filled with books which was equally worrying. Wu Zhicheng felt a little awkward. He searched in the mini fridge for a long time, but all he found was Coca Cola. He wondered if Boss Qiu was used to drinking this. Qiu Hong quickly said, Dont bother. Lets get to the main topic. Wu Zhicheng nodded. Alright, Ill briefly explain my situation. Compared to Jiang Fan of Cherry Workspace, Wu Zhichengs experience was much simpler. Jiang Fan had originally worked in a law firm. He had first created a game in his spare time and succeeded. Only then did he make up his mind to set up Cherry Workspace to start a business. On the other hand, Wu Zhicheng worked for a period of time after graduating from university. He had a certain amount of savings. He resigned and started to work on games because he was not satisfied with his job. Wu Zhicheng had never considered the problem of not being able to finish the game and not earning money. In any case, if he could not take it anymore, he would look for another job. Qiu Hong asked, How far have you developed the game? Can I give it a try? Wu Zhicheng nodded. Sure, but the completion rate is very low. Boss Qiu, you might have to use your imagination when you play it. As he spoke, Wu Zhicheng turned on his computer and opened his game project on the official game editor. Qiu Hong sat down in front of Wu Zhichengs computer. He looked at the dust on the keyboard and mouse, as well as the ashtray full of cigarette butts and empty Coke bottles on the computer table. He was speechless. Wu Zhicheng quickly took out two pieces of tissue from the tissue box beside him, wiped the keyboard and mouse carefully, and then tidied up the computer desk. Boss Qiu, this is a mobile game. However, it can only be played on the computer at the moment. You have to use the mouse to complete the manual operation. Its not very convenient. Please bear with it. Qiu Hong nodded and entered the game. The games name was Black Ink and Clouds. It was a 2D landscape version of the game. It was relatively difficult. The biggest difference between this game and ordinary landscape version of the game was that it had a special way of playing. It interacted with the scenes in the game through drawing. Players could create or erase objects in game settings by painting. This interactive experience would give players a very novel experience in special stages and Boss battles. However that was the ideal situation. Many games were full of ideals, but reality was harsh. There were two prerequisites to achieve the effect that Wu Zhicheng was looking forward to. First, every stage and every battle had to be carefully crafted. Second, there had to be an outstanding art effect. The biggest difference between Black Ink and Clouds and the other 2D landscape versions of the game was the graphic interactive experience. However, if it was just a simple drawing and smearing, the gamers experience would be very boring and this game innovation would be meaningless. A so-called game innovation must not be a simple concept but a set of rich gameplay and content. He had to think and plan every stage and every bosss playstyle. He had to come up with more tricks based on this playstyle to be considered successful. Whats more, since the game was a game that focused on graphic interaction, the graphics had to be outstanding. Otherwise, the fun would be greatly reduced. It was far from enough based on the current game completion rate. That was normal. Wu Zhicheng was a student who had just graduated not long ago. He had created the game purely out of passion. Looking at the conditions, he did not have the ability to complete the gameplay and checkpoints. At the very least, there was no solution to the art resources. Wu Zhicheng was not good at art, and he could not afford to hire any big names on the official platform. Thus, all the resources in the game were resources gathered everywhere. It looked very unflattering. Whats more, all the operations were done using the mouse. It was not as smooth as playing on the cell phone. All in all, Qiu Hongs enjoyment of the game depended on his imagination. Qiu Hong let out a melancholic sigh. Previously, he felt that Cherry Workspace whose capital was about to be used up and would not be able to pay their salaries soon was very in line with the Destitution Plans rescue conditions. However, he realized that destitution had no end when he saw Wu Zhicheng today. The question was, did this project meet the requirements? Boss Pei said not to invest in those who were too reliable and unreliable. According to normal standards, this was definitely not reliable. There was no guarantee of the design ability or level of art from an ordinary person who had no experience in developing games, developing completely out of passion. However, Qiu Hong instinctively hoped that Wu Zhicheng would be able to obtain help. That was because Wu Zhicheng had a belief. It was this belief that made this project reliable. Boss Pei said that Ill decide for myself if Im not sure if its reliable or not. Since thats the case Qiu Hong pondered for a long time before asking, How much do you think this game would cost to complete? Wu Zhicheng was stumped. Er this Honestly, I dont know either. If I can get 200,000 yuan, I can hire a good artist to help me draw the game. If I have another 50,000 yuan, I can use it to pay the rent first. It can last for a long time Qiu Hong fell into deep thought. Cherry Workspace had very clear plans for the completion rate, employee salary, and daily expenses. However, for Wu Zhicheng, he had no clear concept of project planning, working period, and resource control. Naturally, he could not give a specific number. No matter how much money he gave, he could only solve the urgent problem first and think about the rest later. Qiu Hong was not worried that Wu Zhicheng would spend too much money. Given his conditions, he would not spend much. The key was that without a clear plan, the project control would fall into chaos. Qiu Hong knew very well that this was a fatal factor that could cause the project to fail completely. These independent game designers were not only lacking money, but also various other supporting areas. For example, how to plan the development cycle, how to control the cost, how to solve the financial problems, etc. These were all very difficult problems to solve. However, given the gaming studios size, it would be a waste to complete the entire set. He couldnt possibly ask three or four people, including the finance department and administrative department, to surround Wu Zhicheng, right? That would be ridiculous. Qiu Hong pondered for a moment and said, Wait a moment, Ill make a call. Wu Zhicheng nodded and waited patiently. Obviously, he knew very well that it would be too far-fetched to ask someone to invest with his conditions. Hopefully, Boss Qius leader would be kind. Chapter 729 - : Independent Game Incubation Base At that moment, Pei Qian was having a meal at Ming House with all the club bosses of the GPL league. The bosses of H4 Club and the other clubs who already had a place in the league were all present. They were toasting each other and it was very lively. Lin Chang, Li Shi, and the others had already had a meal at the nameless restaurant after the auction ended. However, Pei Qian found an excuse to decline and did not go that time. Zhang Yuan was the one who hosted them. He was mainly afraid of being hurt a second time. However, he really could not turn down todays meal. Pei Qian thought about how he had to meet these bosses and get to know them. At the same time, he had to tell everyone the rules of the GPL. Whats more, four days have passed since the auction. The chances of him being hurt again was very low. The main topic would still be focused on the GPL rules. It would be a good opportunity to meet. This was a restaurant that Li Shi and Xue Zhebin opened together. The food here was not as good as the nameless restaurant but the place was bigger. They could book the entire place as they pleased and they would have more freedom. Now, the rules of the GPL had been announced. The bosses chatted as they ate and discussed the rules of the GPL. It was a harmonious scene. Li Shi looked at Boss Peis GPL rules and discussed the terms with Xue Zhebin. See, I told you so. Other people would be collecting money for themselves, but Boss Pei must be collecting money for a long-term goal. See, Boss Pei took our money for the GLP slots where he in fact split it into three parts: building a budding players training base for the club, supporting the development of GDL and internet cafe competitions, and maintaining the normal operations of the GPL league. If it was an ordinary organizer, they would definitely use a portion of the money to run the GPL league. The rest of the money would be in their own pockets. Of course, its understandable for the organizers to sell their slots to make money. However, this behavior is too short-sighted! On the other hand, Boss Pei took the clubs money and threw it all into the league to support the lower tier of the league. Those talented players can start with the ladder, then start with the internet cafe competition, then play GDL or train at the various clubs Every step would be very solid. Whats more, the standard contract allows them not to worry about being scammed. That way, talents wont be buried. Once such a system is established, it can continuously send new blood to the GPL league. Its perfect! Xue Zhebin nodded repeatedly. Indeed. But, Boss Li, the money has been spent in these areas. What about publicity for the league? What about the clubs investment? These two pieces are probably lacking, right? The league system is very important in the long term but we cannot ignore the most pressing problem at hand! Li Shi smiled slightly. This is the difference between ordinary people and Boss Pei. First level thinking: Sell the slots to make money and fill your own pockets. Second level thinking: Seeing Boss Pei use this money to seek long-term benefits. Third level thinking: See both long-term benefits and immediate benefits. However, Boss Pei is on a higher level than that. That is because he knew very well that long-term benefits had to be achieved with money while the immediate benefits can be achieved without money! Therefore, Boss Pei did not ignore the most urgent problem at hand. Instead, he prepared another solution. Xue Zhebin was a little confused. Really? But how can we solve this without money? The GPL league had to be promoted and the clubs infrastructure had to be built. All of these required money. Li Shi explained, Boss Pei not only has money, but also other resources, such as reputation, trust, and attention! The long-term benefits of the GPL league cannot be guaranteed with these things. For example, if we want to support GDL and train young budding talents, it would be useless even if we have attention. No one would spend money on these things. Boss Pei would have to pay for it himself. However, the immediate benefits of the GPL league can be made with reputation, trust, and attention! The so-called immediate benefits are nothing more than the initial popularity, attention, and the construction of the club. Now, lets see what kind of group these people are. There are veteran clubs in the country, veteran members of the first GOG global finals, well-known companies like Shenhua Real Estate and the Jinding Corporation, and ordinary participants like us. They might not have outstanding money and fame but they are fully supportive and cooperative with Boss Pei. Theres no need for publicity at all. Just releasing this list would be enough to cover tens of millions of publicity expenses! In other words, the GPL league was already popular even before it started. So what if we have more or less money for publicity? Whats more, the storm between Boss Pei and the three clubs has been going on for more than half a month. On one hand, it is increasing the popularity of the GPL league. On the other hand, it is sending a very clear signal to the outside world. The audience trusts Boss Pei, but the capitalist might not trust him. Many people believe that Boss Pei can create a good game, but they dont believe that he can make a good league. Through this incident, Boss Pei proved that he has absolute control over the GPL! He kicked the three clubs out, true to his words. The remaining clubs will unconditionally cooperate. At the same time, Boss Pei will not make a promotion system. Instead, he will spend a huge sum of money on the bottom-tier cultivation system. That is actually a clear signal: GPL is looking at the long term! The sponsors would not worry about their money being wasted when they combine with the multiple signals. They will naturally sponsor the club and the GPL league. This is the brilliance of Boss Pei: On the surface, he is spending money for long-term benefits, but in reality, he is spreading a signal. This signal will earn more money and solve short-term problems. Only rookies make choices. Experts get everything! If you dont believe me, well wait and see. Before long, various sponsors will come knocking on our door. Li Shi had already drunk a little before and was a little tipsy. At that moment, his face was slightly red and he was extremely satisfied with his analysis. I see! Xue Zhebin replied with realization and tried hard to digest it. At that moment, Pei Qian was focused on eating. Everyone was talking. They were either talking loudly or whispering with their heads lowered. All of these voices made Pei Qian uneasy. Suddenly, the cell phone in his pocket vibrated. It was Qiu Hong. Pei Qian knew that something important must have happened. It so happened that he wanted to go out and take a breather, so he stood up and went outside to answer the call. Pei Qian walked to a quiet corner and picked up the phone. Qiu Hong briefly explained Wu Zhichengs situation over the phone. Boss Pei, thats the general situation. My consideration is that the most important problem now is not money. While independent game designers are short of money, they are also short of other things. This is especially so for the various portions. The investment is huge and the effect is slow. Its a difficult problem to solve. Therefore, Im not sure what to do with Wu Zhichengs situation. Ive already decided to invest in him, but I havent thought about how to do it. If its just money, I can still complete the project, but I feel like something is missing. Boss Pei, regarding this point, I have a preliminary idea. Its about the basic supporting facilities. At that point, Pei Qians eyes lit up. Large investment and slow efficiency for basic supporting facilities? Thats great! For independent game designers, they could create games as long as they had money. It did not matter whether or not the working environment was good or bad. Many independent game designers created good works in a messy working environment. Since it did not matter much, why not arrange a better environment for them? This should be a classic example of high investment and low output, right? Wasnt that his favorite? Pei Qian immediately replied, Just tell me how much your preliminary idea will need. Qiu Hong hesitated when he heard how straightforward Boss Pei was. Er Boss Pei, this is what I think. Set up an incubation base similar to the concept of Shared Office Space in big cities like Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou. Of course, we can also open one in Jingzhou. We will recruit administrative, finance, and other employees for similar entrepreneurial bases. Their job is to serve every independent game designer well and help them solve a series of problems other than game development. At the same time, we can guide their work to a certain extent. For example, we can simply teach them how to come up with a development plan, contact artists, make financial statements, and so on. Game designers can also get to know and communicate with each other. An incubation base like this would cost at least two to three hundred thousand yuan a month with daily utilities, employee salary, rent, and so on. The specific expenses would depend on the number of work desks, location, and so on. Pei Qian frowned. Two to three hundred thousand yuan? That doesnt fit the Tengda spirit at all! Did you only calculate the rent of the work desk, the basic company of the employees, and the utilities? You probably didnt include the office computers and employee benefits. Its not too much to give an independent game developer some basic income to maintain their daily lives, right? The incubation base is a good initiative. Do it! Well continue with the Destitution Plan. Well support those companies as much as we can. As for the incubation base, Ill give you extra money to spend! Pei Qian was elated. Qiu Hong was indeed outstanding. He had thought of a new way to spend money so quickly! Qiu Hong hung up and could not help but feel emotional. Boss Pei was truly a resolute entrepreneur who loved the game industry! He had been so conflicted, but Boss Pei had decided on it so easily. He looked at Wu Zhicheng. Our Destitution Plan has decided to invest in your game! On top of that, we will also provide you with an office space and some necessary help. We hope that we can complete the game together. Wu Zhichengs mouth was slightly agape. He felt that this scene was unreal. After a few seconds, he said, Thank you, Boss Qiu! Thank you so much! Qiu Hong smiled emotionally. No, we have to thank Boss Pei. Chapter 730 - Investment Conference Chapter 730: Investment Conference Wu Zhicheng was stunned. Boss Pei? Which Boss Pei? Why should I thank him? Qiu Hong was stunned. His heart dropped in that instant. This is bad! Why did he have to say that outloud! Boss Pei had repeatedly warned them not to make any connections between the Destitution Plan and with Tengda. They had to keep it a secret. Qiu Hong implemented the Destitution Plan and provided financial assistance to independent games studios in his own name. He did not mention Boss Pei and Tengdas names. However, this time, Qiu Hong could not control his emotions. In Qiu Hongs opinion, the Destitution Plan was a plan that could strongly promote the development of the independent games industry. Boss Pei was truly contributing to this industry. Of course, contributions did not necessarily mean that he did not want income and was purely doing good deeds. Sometimes, you could earn more but choose to earn less and give more benefits to the disadvantaged in the industry. That was a form of contribution. What Boss Pei was doing was to give out as much profit as possible. While the Destitution Plan was a business plan with a chance of making money, no one would do such a thing except for Boss Pei. That was why Qiu Hong was deeply moved. He, all the independent game designers, and even the entire domestic games industry should thank Boss Pei. That was because Boss Pei was really helping the entire industry. However, he accidentally let it slip and forgot that Boss Pei asked him to keep it a secret. Qiu Hong quickly cleared his throat. What I mean is I decided to do this because I was inspired by the independent game that Boss Pei created. From this point, Boss Pei is a mentor and spiritual pillar of the Destitution Plan. Boss Pei may not have provided any direct help to the plan, but he has provided mental support. That is very important. Of course, Im just saying. Dont take it seriously. Wu Zhicheng nodded. Oh, I understand. Actually, I also regard Boss Pei as my idol. Qiu Hong wiped the cold sweat off his forehead seeing how Wu Zhicheng did not suspect him. That was close! However, Qiu Hong knew very well that the fact that Boss Pei was the mastermind behind the plan would be exposed sooner or later. Qiu Hong could hide it now because he had not helped enough independent games studios. It had not caused such a huge impact yet. In the future, when the business expanded, funds would be provided, and the incubation base would be established. There would be more and more business dealings, and they would be discovered sooner or later. He could only follow Boss Peis instructions and hide it for as long as possible. Qiu Hong stood up. Continue with your work. Ill go back and prepare. Ill contact you again when the incubation base is done. All in all, just focus all your energy on developing the game. Ill think of a way to resolve the other trivial matters! Wu Zhicheng quickly nodded. Alright, Boss Qiu! In the afternoon After the meal, Pei Qian chatted with the bosses for a long time before sending most of them away. Now that the GPL had been finalized, Zhang Yuan and the E-Sports Department would have to start the preliminary preparations. The new bosses would form clubs from scratch and recruit club employees, including managers, team leaders, assistants, analysts, and the like. Then, they would recruit members, organize training, and wait for the GPL competition to officially start. On Zhang Yuans side, he had to be in charge of DGE Clubs daily training while arranging for the employees of the E-Sports Industry to prepare for the GPL, GDL, and internet cafe competition. This was a very long and tedious job, especially for the internet cafe competition. In order to ensure the fairness of the internet cafe competition they had to be held in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 3.0. However, Fish-Catching Internet Cafes version 3.0s outreach had yet to expand to the entire country. Thus, Zhang Yuan had to inform Xiao Peng and ask him to open up as many Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 3.0 as soon as possible. They manage one internet cafe per province even if they could not reach one internet cafe per city for now. For example, they had to open more cafes in some areas with advanced economies and a large number of talents in E-Sports. Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 3.0 was already a profitable model. However, opening these internet cafes would still require a huge amount of money. It would take a long time for them to recover their capital. Thus, Pei Qian welcomed this matter. It was always good to spend the money now. Earning money in the future was a matter for the future. He did not have to think too far ahead for now. Thus, Pei Qian would not ask too much about the details. In any case, the results would be the same no matter whether he asked or not. He might even earn more if he did ask so he might as well not see it and not be stressed over it. Pei Qian was just about to leave when he saw Li Shi and Xue Zhebin walk over after sending the other three bosses away. Li Shi and Xue Zhebin were the ones who had treated them to the meal today. Pei Qian wanted to rush to foot the bill, but he held himself back after some consideration. Li Shi and Xue Zhebin walked up to Pei Qian and chatted for a while. Li Shi then changed the topic and asked casually, Boss Pei, I heard that Dream Realization Ventures has invested in a new project recently? Pei Qian immediately became cautious. Eh? What is the meaning of this? Boss Li and those investors want to invest together with Dream Realization Ventures? Stop fooling around! Pei Qian quickly said seriously, Dream Realization Ventures is indeed investing in new projects, but Im not involved in any of them. I dont even know what companies Dream Realization Ventures has invested in. You must think twice if you want to invest! Everything he said was true. That was because Pei Qian had already told He Desheng that no matter who came to ask for investments, the process would be the same: they would first do a basic review, invest according to the companys size, and at the same time send the finance department to supervise the company. Pei Qian did not know how many companies Dream Realization Ventures had invested in until now nor did he care. Pei Qian could not shake off Boss Li and the other investors. He was helpless. Pei Qian had thought about asking Boss Li and the others to invest as well. They would naturally leave if the investment failed and they lost everything. However, the problem was that they would not lose anything once they had invested! How many unreliable projects had Boss Li and the others brought back to life? Pei Qian thus spoke very sincerely, afraid that Boss Li would misunderstand and insist on investing with Dream Realization Ventures and turn the unprofitable projects profitable. At first, he thought that Boss Li would continue to probe him. He did not expect Li Shi to nod slightly and replied Alright. noncommittally. Pei Qian could not help but heave a sigh of relief. Fortunately, Boss Li did not insist. After exchanging a few more pleasantries with Li Shi and Xue Zhebin, Pei Qian got into his car and prepared to go back and rest. Li Shi turned to Xue Zhebin after watching Boss Pei being driven away. Boss Pei probably really doesnt know about the Cold-Faced Lady project. That Meng Chang has been doing publicity under the guise of Boss Pei Investments. Hes probably trying to gain popularity by selling dog meat. If it was a project that Boss Pei had personally vetted, we could indeed invest directly. However, for a project like the cold-faced lady Forget it, lets still keep a close eye on it. Xue Zhebin frowned slightly and asked, Boss Li, are you saying that Meng Chang is actually a scammer? Is this project a scam? Li Shi shook his head. We cant jump to conclusions yet. I dont have mind-reading skills after all. Its impossible for me to know what Meng Chang is thinking. Many outstanding entrepreneurs in history would have a kind of fanaticism. They would propose overly ambitious and idealistic ideas. Sometimes, they would act like liars. As for Meng Changs behavior He used the name Boss Pei Investments to attract more resources. Thats not a lie because he did indeed get an investment from Dream Realization Ventures. However, he only said part of the truth and deliberately misled other investors. However, the specificity of such behavior depends on the final outcome of this project. If he fails, he would be an immoral liar and a clown. If he succeeds, he would be a smart and carefree entrepreneur. Most of the time, the society in the business world is based on results. Thats very funny, but its the truth. I think we should observe Meng Chang more. We dont have to invest money in a hurry, but we cant determine that he is a liar right now. Over the past two days, Li Shi had obtained a lot of information about the Cold-Faced Lady. Meng Chang started spreading the news around after he had received Dream Realization Ventures investment. He said that Cold Face Lady was a very mature business plan and had received an investment from Dream Realization Ventures. He wanted to use it to pull in more investments. Needless to say, Li Shi was tempted. If it was really a project that Boss Pei had invested in, he would consider investing in it. However, after asking around today, he realized that this was not a project that Boss Pei was investing in but a regular investment by Dream Realization Ventures. The difference was huge. Xue Zhebin thought for a moment and asked, What about what Meng Chang said? The Cold Faced Ladys investment conference will be held in Beijing the day after tomorrow. Are we still going? I heard that there will be a lot of people at the conference this time. Moreover, they will explain the business model of the Cold Faced Lady. It will only be open to a few investors. Li Shi considered for a moment. Its alright to go and take a look, but Im more concerned about whether Boss Pei will attend or not? Xue Zhebin nodded. Alright, lets go together then. Lets see if this Meng Chang is really capable or if hes just scamming money. Pei Qian was dozing off in the car. When he was almost home, his cell phone rang. Pei Qian took out his cell phone and saw that it was He Desheng. Boss Pei, uh I have a small matter to bother you with. Were investing in a company called Cold Faced Lady. The day after tomorrow, well hold an investment conference in Beijing, mainly to introduce business models to the investors and attract more investors. Theyve also sent us an invitation. Do you think its necessary to go? He Desheng probed. To be honest, he was not sure if there was a need to report this to Boss Pei. However, Meng Changs PowerPoint presentation was very good and the business model was very clear. Thus, he reported this to Boss Pei and let him decide whether to go or not. Pei Qian yawned. The moment he heard that they were in Beijing, he instinctively did not want to run back and forth. We have invested in this company? Pei Qian asked. He Desheng answered, Thats right, Boss Pei. Actually, this company has already received two million yuan of our investment. It is also because of this that the founder of this company sincerely invites you to attend the news conference. Pei Qian was still uninterested. After some thought, he said, How about this? Tell Boss Ma to represent me in the conference. He Desheng was stunned. Huh? Boss Ma? Oh, alright, Boss Pei. I understand. He Desheng subconsciously wondered, how could Boss Pei send Boss Ma to represent him? However, on further thought, Boss Ma seemed to be able to do it. After all, in terms of investment results, calling Boss Ma an investment genius was not unheard of. Whats more, Boss Ma was Boss Peis good brother and comrade. He was a trusted aide and an outstanding employee of Tengda. He was completely qualified to represent Boss Pei. He would just hand the invitation letter to Boss Ma since that was the case. Chapter 731 - A Small Step Forward In The Scheme November 12th, Saturday At the news conference of the Cold-Faced Lady in Beijing. It might be called a news conference but it was not on a large scale. Instead, they only invited investors and company bosses whom they were close to. Other internet companies liked to hold press conferences as grand as possible. They hoped to have nothing less than tens of thousands of people. The reason why Meng Chang chose to hold a small news conference first was not because he kept a low profile but because he felt that a large-scale news conference might not achieve the effect he wanted. If the time was right, he would also get a large-scale venue to hold a press conference of ten thousand people. For Internet entrepreneurs like them, the louder their voices, the better. The larger the scale, the more people would know about it. It would naturally have a marketing effect, bringing popularity and traffic to companies and products. However, at the moment, it was not suitable to boast about Cold-Faced Ladys awesomeness. That was because investors were actually easier to fool than ordinary people. That was because investors would be passionate about internet related opportunities and various high-end concepts while ordinary people would focus on the products themselves. It was easy to persuade some investors to believe that this was an internet-based cold noodles opportunity, but it was difficult to convince ordinary people. Therefore, Meng Changs plan was to first persuade some investors to get the money. Once the first shop of the cold-faced lady was opened, they could then publicize it to the general public through marketing. Due to the small scale of the event, Meng Chang decided to hold the conference in a luxurious hotel in Beijing. There were only about a hundred seats. They were definitely filled up even though there were not too many seats. Everything was meticulously prepared without any regard to the cost, be it the decorations, the service of the staff, the signs and gifts on the table. As for Meng Chang, he was still dressed in the same exquisite and down-to-earth style as when he met He Desheng. He was in a casual suit, a single-colored T-shirt, jeans, and sneakers. He looked mature and steady, but also energetic. Meng Chang smiled and chatted with the investors and company presidents at the entrance of the venue. He led them into the venue and got them to take their seats. Most of the people who came to this news conference might be worth more than him, but Meng Chang did not have any stage fright or inferiority complex at all. Instead, he was like a host welcoming guests. Boss Li, Young Master Xue, please come in. When Meng Chang saw Li Shi and Xue Zhebin arrive together, he quickly went up to them with a smile. His attitude was obviously warmer even though he did not make it too obvious. The ability to judge people by their appearance and actions was indispensable. The people who came today were all invited by Meng Chang after careful selection. Meng Chang had already made sufficient arguments and preparations regarding the investment probability of these people and whether or not he should spend more effort to fight for it. He knew very well that although Boss Lis Fu Hui Investments could not be compared to the investment firms of some giants in terms of resources, there was still a high possibility for Cold-Faced Lady to obtain an investment from him. As for Xue Zhebin, he did not have many resources himself but he could obtain them from his father. The most important thing was that both of them were avert followers of Boss Pei. There was a high chance that they would invest along with him as well, so it was worth it for Meng Chang to spend more effort on them. After sending Li Shi and Xue Zhebin in, Meng Chang saw He Desheng and a long-faced man arrive. Meng Chang quickly stepped forward. Boss He! This could he be the legendary Boss Ma? Please come in, come in. Ive reserved a seat at the front for both of you! Actually, Meng Chang had not expected Boss Pei to come. He had just casually invited him. If Boss Pei came, wouldnt he be making a killing? While Boss Pei was not here now, he had sent the mysterious Boss Ma, who used to be in charge of the investment department. Meng Chang felt that this was a pleasant surprise. Thus, he specially arranged for the VIP seats in the middle of the first row. There were two main reasons for this. First, he wanted to express his sincerity to Tengda. After all, Tengda had given him the two million yuan that he had started the project. Second, he wanted to send a message to everyone else: Im not scamming you. Tengda really values my project! Therefore, Meng Chang was the most enthusiastic towards He Desheng and Ma Yang. He even personally led them to the first row of the venue. He ensured they were well settled in before returning to the entrance to welcome the others. It was their first time meeting and Meng Chang did not understand Boss Ma. He did not know what Boss Mas exact attitude was. However, he knew that it would be easy for him to fail if he cared too much about Boss Mas feelings, Thus, he tactfully used the excuse of welcoming the others to leave when he saw that Boss Ma had no intention of getting close to him. Ma Yang picked up the 10 yuan bottle of mineral water in front of him and gulped it down in two gulps. He then wiped his mouth in a very ungentlemanly manner. Whats my main task today? Ma Yang turned to look at He Desheng. He Desheng said, Boss Ma, its up to you. Boss Pei only asked you to attend on his behalf. He didnt say anything else. You can speak if you want to, and you can remain silent if you want to. It doesnt matter. Oh. Ma Yang nodded and silently played with his phone. Soon, it was time for the news conference. The list of guests had already been set since it was by invitation. Almost all of the seats were filled. Only a few bosses did not come because of their schedule. The lights dimmed a little. After the countdown on the big screen, the promotional video for the news conference started playing. The scene was a pure white background. Meng Chang appeared in the image in a sitting posture. He was still wearing that single-colored T-shirt. He confidently faced the camera and spoke the opening lines of the promotional video in English. Everyone knows that our countrys food and beverage culture has a long history. The appearance of the cold-faced lady would start a new style of consumption, and it would also be an opportunity to change the world. After a simple opening speech, the iconic logo of the cold-faced lady appeared on the white screen. The film had been shot and edited in the past two days. As time was tight, there were not many fancy scenes. However, the white background + BGM, Meng Changs relaxed attitude, confident body language, and extremely fluent English gave him an inexplicable sense of superiority. The few investors sitting in the back row who had only wanted to join in the fun suddenly looked solemn. After all, PPT was the core competitiveness of internet entrepreneurs. Those who could speak and were filled with confidence naturally gave people a sense of trust. Ma Yang frowned and his long face seemed to stretch even further. There are no foreigners here. Why speak English? Ma Yang was confused. He Desheng said in a low voice, International thinking and vision is all the hype now. Fluency in English is a bonus in many peoples eyes. Ma Yang pursed his lips. He did not have a good first impression of Meng Chang. The video was still playing on the big screen. First, he talked about how the cold noodles made by the brand Cold-Faced Lady were fundamentally different from other cold noodles. He talked about its breakthrough in raw materials, standardized process, size, methods, and taste; Then, he linked the internet to the brand Cold Faced Lady: Attention to the user experience in detail, a more advanced marketing method to close the gap with the user, and a unique Cold Faced Culture etc; Lastly, he would talk about the subsequent expansion of the Cold Faced Lady brand. It would not only be limited to a food and beverage brand, but it would also expand into a lifestyle and concept. Finally, it would create a brand new business model. The video took less than five minutes, so the content was very brief. However, one could tell that it was a summary of the entire conference. The reason why it was placed at the front was to make a show of strength so that all the investors and bosses present would have a clear understanding of the contents of the news conference. Everyone had different expressions after watching the promotional video. Some people were watching with great interest and seriousness. Some looked confused, while others frowned. However, no one was dozing off. Whether they agreed to it or not, at least he had everyones attention. Xue Zhebin frowned as well. He turned to Li Shi and whispered, Create a cold-faced culture? cold-faced business model? Is that reliable? Li Shi did not comment. Lets hear what he has to say. Meng Chang walked onto the stage with a smile and a confident gait. He scanned the entire venue and naturally noticed the expressions of the investors. The promotional video had achieved exactly what he wanted. The first task of marketing was to make everyone notice you. It was better to gain a bad reputation than to be not interesting. Although the content of the promotional video was very exaggerated, it maintained a bottom line of restraint and did not appear too ridiculous. Coupled with the excellent production and Meng Changs confident performance, it objectively divided the crowd. Some people felt that the film was very high-class, that Meng Chang was very capable and particular; others felt that it was overly exaggerated, that some prospects were too far away, and that it was like an empty building. However, that did not matter because Meng Chang had never intended to conquer everyone with a single publicity film and a press conference. His scheme was interconnected. This was only the first small step. Meng Chang scanned the crowd and smiled. Many people might feel confused after watching this promotional video. Someone might want to ask, isnt it just making cold noodles? Whats the point of bragging about internet commerce and business models when it comes to cold noodles? Isnt that nonsense? Of course, I know that this concept would be difficult to accept at first glance. It would be more disruptive to our usual concept. However, I want to ask everyone a question. If you hear an entrepreneur talk about a concept or model that everyone thinks is reliable, feasible, and absolutely successful, would you dare to invest? I would not dare to invest in something like that if I were the investor. Thats because a business model that everyone feels is reliable must be something that many people have already tried. The competition is extremely intense. Theres no point in entering as an entrepreneur now. Therefore, the birth of a new business model is definitely accompanied by many doubts. Please listen to me patiently. During this process, I will briefly explain every step of the cold-faced lady brand. In fact, you dont have to rush to invest after Im done with my speech. You can first observe. Everyone can decide whether to invest once every step I take gradually comes true and proves that this business model is feasible. Chapter 732 - Good Answers After Meng Changs opening speech, many investors, who had been frowning and thinking that it was unreliable, relaxed. Everyone started listening intently. Meng Chang was very relaxed and did not feel any pressure at all. He began to talk about the business model of cold-faced lady. The overall content was similar to what he had told He Desheng, but the details were much more detailed. That was because he had limited time when he met He Desheng previously. He could only compress all the content to within half an hour. However, since it was a news conference now, there was definitely not enough time to produce results. Thus, Meng Chang extended it to nearly two hours. All the content was divided into three parts. The first part would explain the huge market demand for cold noodles and the changes that cold noodles lady would bring to the cold noodles and fast food industry. The current market situation was still the same. The main problem was that the cold noodles were unhygienic, there was difficulty in ensuring its taste, and there were only a few variations. Selling through the internet and catering were a huge trend. At this stage, the mission of cold-faced lady was to create a brand concept that could be linked to the traditional food known as roasted cold noodles through products and marketing. That was to make everyone subconsciously think of cold faced lady when they heard the words roasted cold noodles. In the second part, after the brand Cold Faced Lady was established, it expanded around the concept of this brand and could also do the same for many Chinese fast food business models. Producing fast food products such as rolls, roujiamo, side dishes, congee, cold noodles, etc. These products would serve as supplements to the signature delicacy of the Cold-Faced Lady. The customers understanding of the Cold-Faced Lady would gradually evolve from a simple Roasted Cold Noodles brand to a fast-food brand. The third part was, after the cold-faced lady gained a firm foothold in the fast food industry, he would use this opportunity to embrace the internet ecology and open up the barriers between the online and offline, restaurants and the internet, users and platforms. That was the so-called multi-dimensional fusion. That was because the cold-faced lady represented a lifestyle surrounding the internet. Therefore, users would naturally accept this multi-dimensional fusion model. For example, they could make a central kitchen, take-out delivery, Gourmet Reviews, and other industries. Through the accumulation of content, they could continuously expand the concept and moat of the Cold Faced Lady brand. In the process of explaining, Meng Chang explained some abstract concepts that were easy to understand. He even cited the famous words of many Internet big shots, causing many investors to nod frequently. On the other hand, Meng Chang had explained some of the areas that might be controversial in advance and blocked the way for others to question him. Some people might ask, Cold Face Lady is only making roasted cold noodles. You place so much emphasis on marketing and brand construction, and even plan to spend a huge sum of money on it. Is there any meaning to this? Are you creating a marketing stunt and hype? I want to ask everyone a question: We all know that products are king. Who knows what the exact definition of products is? Some people think that marketing and products are polar opposites. You cant make products after marketing. I think this perception is narrow. Products are actually the sum of the physical item and concept. Take POUIO cell phone for example. We buy both physical and concepts. If they dont have concepts, their value would be reduced by at least a third. Therefore, the reason why we internet companies value marketing so much is not because we want to hype it up and make it look bad, but because we want to create a business model with a moat. We have to balance the relationship between physical objects and concepts. That is a good product. If we combine the brand Cold Noodles with the traditional roasted cold noodles, then we would create a moat. In the future, when customers want to eat the roasted cold noodles, their first reaction would be to eat the roasted cold noodles made by Cold-Faced Lady. Of course, this marketing is meaningful. How could it be a publicity stunt? Creating publicity stunts is a reckless pursuit of popularity and traffic. As for how to make use of this popularity and traffic, there is no planning. Our marketing is to create a brand concept, a part of our product. Some people might ask that cold noodles are just a snack. No matter how delicious it is, it can only be eaten once a week at most. How can it be treated as a wholesome meal? In fact, cold-faced lady would never encourage customers to eat grilled cold noodles as a wholesome meal. Thats because its neither nutritious nor healthy, and it doesnt fit most peoples eating habits. The cold noodles used by Cold Face Lady is actually just a signboard, a concept, a celebrity standalone product, and it is not the only one. In the first stage, we will not only have various flavors of grilled cold noodles, but we will also have side dishes, porridge, cold noodles, desserts, and other side dishes. In the second stage, our goal is to create a Chinese fast food brand, including rolls, braised rice, and so on. These are all part of our meals. Then, why do I keep emphasizing the concept of roasted cold noodles? Thats because roasted cold noodles is our entry point. If we insist on making Chinese-style fast food right from the start, we will definitely die a horrible death. There are too many competitors for Chinese-style fast food. We dont have a main point that all consumers can quickly remember. On the other hand, the concept of Cold-Faced Lady would greatly reduce the difficulty to be remembered for consumers. Our emphasis on roasted cold noodles means that our direct competitor is not the Chinese food and beverage brands, but the unnamed and unhygienic roadside stalls. That is our advantage. The first goal is to obtain customers. First, we have to differentiate ourselves and make them recognize and remember them. Then, we have to enrich our plan and think in the long term. Someone might want to ask, whats the difference between cold-faced lady and Fish-Catching Take-Out? Would there be a conflict between the products under Tengda? My answer is that cold-faced lady would focus on fast food. Strictly speaking, Fish-Catching Take-Out should be a set meal or a simple meal. Just like steak pizzas and fried chicken burgers, they have different flavors and do not interfere with each other. Cold Faced Lady and Fish-Catching Take-Out, including most of the food and beverage models on the market, do not form a direct competitiveness. We are in different positions and will fight for our own target users. Someone might want to ask, what are you talking about multi-dimensional fusion as a roasted cold noodles seller? You havent even started your first cold noodles shop, and youre already thinking about combined events of different industries later on. Arent you biting off more than you can chew? I want to say that those who do not plan for the overall situation will not be able to plan for the short term; those who do not plan for the general trend would not be able to plan for the moment. As entrepreneurs leveraging the Internet, we have to possess a very rare but necessary ability to look long term. If my goal is just to casually make some roasted cold noodles, open a few branches, and earn a few million yuan in revenue every month, then why should I hold a news conference and think of a way to obtain so much financing? If I was a person who was content with a small fortune, what would everyone get in return for investing in me? The so-called reaching beyond ones grasp actually refers to not having ones feet on the ground. Everything is in the air. There is a huge gap in the middle between the ground and the target. However, the model that I have planned for Cold Faced Lady has three clear steps. I have clearly explained the goal, the means, and the final outcome. There is no gap in between. Of course, there are some details that are classified as business secrets which I have to keep confidential. This is a necessary condition to ensure that I can succeed in starting the business. Ill say the same thing again. I dont expect everyone to decide to invest immediately after watching this PowerPoint. Everyone, you can pay close attention to the dynamics of the Cold-Faced Lady brand. When I open my first shop, complete my first marketing event, earn profits in the first month, open my second shop you will see that my goals have been achieved one by one. You will naturally understand that Im serious. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me. Ill tell you everything I can as long as its not too detailed or confidential. Meng Chang gestured for the staff to prepare the microphones that had been prepared beforehand and handed them to the investors below the stage. After nearly two hours of speech, many investors became interested in the brand. No one could guarantee whether this brand would be successful or not. However, at the very least, from the entire news conference, this model was quite interesting. Therefore, these investors were very interested no matter whether they were to ask with approval or opposition. Meng Chang did not panic at all as he faced the questions that were either milder or sharper. Instead, he spoke confidently and eloquently. Xue Zhebin looked confused below the stage. He tilted his head towards Li Shi and said in a low voice, Boss Li, I think what he said makes sense. I cant help but want to invest some money into the founder shares to play with. If it really succeeds, the returns would be astonishing. Li Shi was silent for a moment. We cant be sure just from hearing this. Its very risky. Its best to take a look. A smart investor cannot have the mentality of a gambler. If you think that you can get high returns from a project, you will often be deceived completely. The wisdom of investing is not only to spot opportunities, but also to know how to avoid risks. Xue Zhebin sighed. Sigh, investing is really a technical job. If someone could invent a lie detector, you would know at a glance if they were lying. Then, investors would not be scammed. Li Shi smiled. Its useless to have a lie detector. Some people are speaking the truth, but they are not good at execution. You would still fail even if you invested money. Some people might not think so much, but they succeeded in the end because of a coincidence. Nothing is certain. Whats more, investments have high risks to begin with. Wouldnt the investors be miserable if they were cheated of their money? Of course, they would be miserable. However, investors are not weak. This is a cruel arena. Are the investors innocent? Of course not. Investments should be far-sighted, but many investors are short-sighted. Their only purpose in investing is to obtain more immediate benefits. Investors hold a lot of money, but most investors would not invest it where it is most necessary. Instead, they would swarm to the so-called investment opportunities, burn money, create hype, undercut everyone else, destroy the environment, and end up with nothing. I was the same a few years ago, but now, my mindset has started to change. Therefore, you must not blame the heavens for your investments. If you meet a project with a high return rate, thats because you have a keen eye; if you meet a scammer, thats because your skills are too shallow. Objectively speaking, investors would be scammed to the point that they would lose everything. However, investors are also unkind to inexperienced entrepreneurs who are not vigilant. Instead, they would try their best to eat them up alive. The business world is like a battlefield. You cant talk about morals or favors. Its perfectly normal to fight to the death within the legal boundaries. Xue Zhebin asked again, Boss Li, what do you think about the odds of success for the Cold Faced Lady business model? Li Shi pondered for a moment and said, If we are only judging Meng Chang as a person, I would say that he is a marketing genius and a genius at making speeches. As for whether he is a business genius or a scam genius Its still hard to tell now. Well have to see what happens after his first shop opens. he is obviously well-prepared based on his fluet answers to the investors. There are no flaws at all. Im afraid that I wont be able to get anything out of it just by asking questions. Xue Zhebin looked at He Desheng and Ma Yang, who were seated in the front row. Will Boss Ma ask questions? Li Shi could not help but smile. I dont think so. Others thought that Boss Ma was very mysterious and thought that he was a hidden investment genius. However, Li Shi did not think so. That was because Li Shi had interacted with Ma Yang many times when he was at Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. At one point, he had even managed to hoodwink Ma Yang to the point where he could not tell where he was. He knew exactly how intelligent Ma Yang was. Ma Yang was only impressive because he had Boss Peis guidance! Li Shi knew very well that Ma Yang was a tool under Boss Pei. The only reason he could achieve such a critical position was because he was obedient and absolutely loyal to Boss Pei. Li Shi felt that his intelligence and ability were worlds apart from Boss Peis. He possessed the intelligence of an ordinary person at best. It was most likely slightly lower. What kind of person was Meng Chang? His IQ was definitely among the elites no matter whether he was a real genius or a big liar. Ma Yang questioning Meng Chang? Anyone who knew their place would not do that. Chapter 733 - Boss Ma’s Questions Ma Yang, who was seated in the front row, yawned and smacked his lips, wondering why the news conference had not ended after more than two hours. These people were asking endless questions! It sounded so boring, but the people behind seemed to be very excited and kept asking questions. Ma Yang had wanted to leave a long time ago. However, he was sitting in the first row after all. It would be too obvious. This time, he was here on behalf of Brother Qian. He was afraid that it would affect him if he left, so he could only sit in boredom. He Desheng turned his head and asked softly, Boss Ma, do you have any questions for him? Ma Yang shook his head. Question my a*s. Im not interested in roasted cold noodles at all. I feel sleepy listening to it. He Desheng nodded. Indeed, Meng Chang had spoken so much about the internet and used so many words that he had created himself. Other investors were listening with relish, but to Boss Ma, it was like chewing wax. It was good not to ask questions. That would save Boss Ma the embarrassment of asking a question. He would not be able to exit gracefully with so many investors watching. Dont talk too much and leave on the dot and he would have completed the task given by Boss Pei. He Desheng did not intend to ask any questions. He Deshengs attitude was similar to Li Shis. He could not ask anything useful now. Meng Chang had his own perfect theoretical system and business model. His ability to adapt on the spot was also top-notch. No matter the questions asked by the investors, he would definitely be able to answer them. There was not much difference between asking one more or less question. Soon, the investors were almost done asking questions. That was because most investors had the same questions in mind. Once one of them obtained an answer, the others would not ask the same question again. Meng Chang glanced at the time. It had been two and a half hours. The timing was as expected. The investors had been asking questions for half an hour. It was enough to show that the news conference was very successful. It had attracted the attention of the investors. It did not matter even if he could not get any investors this time. After these investors left, the Cold Faced Lady brand would definitely spread widely in the investment circle and attract a certain amount of attention. That way, he could use various marketing methods to generate popularity in the future. That would give him a good foundation. Someone would definitely invest in it given enough time and traction. Meng Chang was just about to announce the end of the news conference when he swallowed his words. He suddenly felt like something was missing. The news conference was not complete! His gaze swept across the entire place, and then stopped on the long face in the front row. Meng Chang immediately understood. There had been no questions from the Tengda Corporations representative! As an entrepreneur, Meng Chang had a very important quality: shamelessness. Was he still human if he didnt take advantage of the popularity that was delivered to his doorstep? Ever since Meng Chang received this investment, he had been thinking of ways and means to ride on Tengdas popularity. Promoting the investment he had received from Tengda, including the fact that he had emphasized in his speech that cold-faced lady and Fish-Catching Take-Out were completely differentiated marketing were all him trying to ride on Tengdas popularity. The reason why he wanted to talk about Fish-Catching Take-Out alone was to give investors a false psychological hint. He wanted them to think that Tengda was intentionally supporting the cold-faced lady and Fish-Catching Take-Out as differentiated marketing with each other. These investors would naturally make further guesses. When the cold-faced lady grew stronger in the future, could it also make use of Fish-Catching Take-Outs delivery men and even integrate and cooperate on a commercial level? Once the psychological hint gave the investors such ideas, the chances of them investing in the cold-faced lady would greatly increase. And Boss Ma was fully representing Boss Pei now even though Boss Pei did not attend. Yet, Boss Ma remained silent. How boring was that? No matter how he thought about it, he would not be at a disadvantage if Boss Ma asked him one or two questions. He could tell the outside world after the news conference that Tengda Investments higher management thought highly of the cold-faced lady business model as long as Boss Ma did not question or oppose his business model. That would be great. What if Boss Ma questioned it very clearly? Meng Chang felt that this was extremely unlikely. There might be many problems with his business model, they could not be verified. In laymans terms, one could only say that the model would not work if it failed in business. However, it was impossible to find the logical flaw in the model purely through debate. Of course, there was also a third possibility: Boss Ma refused to ask questions. However, this way, Meng Chang could also say that his business model was perfect. Even the higher management of Tengda Investments would not be able to find fault with it. All in all, it would be beneficial to him to shift the attention of the audience onto Boss Ma. At that thought, Meng Chang immediately turned to Boss Ma. Boss Ma, do you have any questions? Ma Yang was casually playing with the ten yuan bottle of mineral water in front of him when a staff member handed him the microphone. He was about to say no when He Desheng nudged him lightly with his elbow. He Desheng lowered his voice. Boss Ma, just ask two questions. Ma Yang could not tell what was going on, but He Desheng could. Even though He Desheng had followed Boss Peis rules and invested two million yuan into Meng Chang, he was not very happy that Meng Chang was trying to ride on Tengdas popularity. If Boss Ma said that there was no problem, he would be rubbed in even harder. Thus, He Desheng quickly reminded him. Ma Yang did not know what was going on either, but since He Desheng wanted him to ask questions, he might as well ask. He took the microphone from the staff and cleared his throat. However, at that moment, he did not know what to ask. Ma Yang stared at Meng Chang. Ma Yang racked his brains but could not think of anything good. He could only ask casually, Your roasted cold noodles is it delicious? Meng Chang was stunned and felt a little dizzy. What was the meaning of this? Why didnt Boss Ma act according to plan? Who would ask something like that? Ive been telling you about the business model and how it would relate to the internet for two hours. How could I have been probing on the deliciousness of the roasted cold noodles? However, he reacted very quickly. He was stunned for only two seconds before he immediately reacted. He smiled slightly. The question of taste differs from person to person. Everyone will give different answers. The cold-faced lady would hire a professional nutritionist in the first stage to fully control the ingredients, production process, and other aspects of the roasted cold noodles. Ma Yang nodded. Oh so you can guarantee that the roasted cold noodles will taste good this way? Meng Chang was stunned again. In theory, this is an inevitable outcome. Ma Yang nodded and did not ask further. However, he did think of another question. What does multi-dimensional fusion mean? I dont understand. Why dont you explain it? Ma Yang looked squarely at Meng Chang on stage. Two hours of speech was indeed way too long and Ma Yang listened to it intermittently. That was why he did not remember the other terms, only the term multi-dimensional fusion left a deep impression on him. Meng Chang was stunned again. How could he not understand it? This might be a term he coined, but it shouldnt be incomprehensible, right? Whats more, it was already ridiculous that you didnt understand it. How dare you say that you didnt understand in front of so many investors? Are you trying to get me to explain again? It looked like a very stupid question, but Meng Chang stopped underestimating him and became wary. How could the Vice-President of Tengda, who used to be in charge of investments, be stupid? A simple answer seemed to become extremely dangerous in an instant. However, time was tight, and Meng Chang could not think for long. Simply put, multi-dimensional fusion is the combination of ecology in multiple dimensions. It works together, producing a chemical effect similar to fusion reactions and generating huge energy. In business, there is a similar model. Once you succeed, you can obtain huge business returns. Since he could not figure out why Boss Ma was asking this, Meng Chang could only choose the most reliable answer. Ma Yang was silent for two seconds. Fusion is a physical reaction. Meng Chang: ? Ma Yang continued, In other words, your multi-dimensional fusion is basically a collaboration between the various departments. Meng Chang cleared his throat a few times. Er if you use the most layman terms, you can understand it this way, but this understanding is not comprehensive. Thats because multi-dimensional fusion focuses on a more macroscopic aspect and is of a higher level compared to multi-dimensional coordination and integration. The difference in levels would make the same thing become substantially different Ma Yang pondered for a moment. He had already asked two questions; that seemed about right. He nodded. Alright, I have no other questions. Meng Chang felt as if a huge burden had been lifted off his shoulders. He quickly smiled and said, Alright, thank you very much for your questions, Boss Ma! The press conference today will end here. If anyone is interested in the cold-faced lady, feel free to come and talk to me After the news conference ended, some investors stood up and left. Some investors went up to talk to Meng Chang, obviously wanting to ask more questions in private. Ma Yang had been waiting for a long time. He was like a primary school student who had waited impatiently for school to end. He dragged He Desheng away. However, Li Shi took note of everything that happened. Xue Zhebin noticed Li Shis strange expression and asked in a low voice, Whats wrong, Boss Li? Li Shi looked at Ma Yangs back view as he walked away. He frowned, deep in thought. Is Boss Ma capable of asking such questions? Tsk, it doesnt look like it. Xue Zhebin was confused. Why? Are these questions of a high standard? First, he asked if the cold noodles were delicious. Then, he asked what the word multi-dimensional fusion meant. What kind of standard was that? If it had been Xue Zhebin, he would not have dared to speak in front of so many investors and bosses. That was because the problem was too simple and childish. It was a little embarrassing. Li Shi shook his head. If you think that way, youre gravely mistaken! The two questions that Boss Ma asked, including every word he said, hit Meng Changs vulnerable spots, making him very uncomfortable! Of course, Meng Chang is extremely smart after all. He reacted quickly and responded flawlessly. His on the spot adaptability is indeed very strong. However, no matter how strong that ability is, he was still inferior to Boss Ma in terms of power. A not so clever investor might not be able to tell, but a smart one would definitely be able to sense it. However, this is not enough to shake the investors expectations of Meng Chang. Its just that Meng Changs goal of attracting investment would not go so smoothly. Li Shi remained silent for a moment and sighed. Based on my understanding of Boss Ma, a game theory of this level is definitely not something he is capable of doing. He Desheng might be slightly better, but his skills are still lacking. He doesnt have that ability. Im afraid Boss Pei had already instructed Boss Ma to do this before he sent him here. Boss Ma is passing on a message for Boss Pei! Thats right. Even if Boss Pei did not know about the cold-faced lady at the beginning, he must have received the news after Meng Chang used Tengdas name to gain popularity. A minor character of this level is not worth him coming out personally. If he really came, Meng Chang would seize the opportunity to increase his popularity. Therefore, Boss Pei sent Boss Ma over to represent Tengda, giving a hint and expressing his stance. He was also trying to knock Meng Chang down. Meng Chang should be able to sense it given his level of intelligence. Chapter 734 - Boss Pei’s Warning Xue Zhebin scratched his head, confused by Li Shis words. Of course, he could not be blamed. He was just a rich second-generation heir, not a professional investor. Whats more, he was still very young. There was nothing to be ashamed of even if he did not understand. However, he had to get to the bottom of things since he had met with this situation. Xue Zhebin thought for a moment and asked, Boss Li, you said that Boss Ma was sending a message from Boss Pei. Then could it be that Boss Pei already knew what Meng Chang wanted to say in advance? Otherwise, why would Boss Ma specifically ask about the meaning of multi-dimensional fusion? Li Shi shook his head. I cant be sure about that. There are many possibilities. Perhaps Boss Pei learned about multi-dimensional fusion from He Desheng or Meng Changs previous investment in Dream Realization Ventures and concluded that Meng Chang would definitely use it again at this news conference; It could also be that Boss Pei did not restrict Boss Ma from asking a certain word. Instead, he asked Boss Ma to ask about a random word created by Meng Chang. The effect is the same. Xue Zhebin still looked confused. Li Shi continued to explain. The two questions that Boss Ma asked, as well as the questions he pressed on, actually have hidden meanings behind them. Whats more, they point to the core of the problem! Why did I say that there are many levels of gameplay here? If Meng Chang asked Boss Ma to ask questions, he would be almost invincible. No matter whether Boss Ma asked or not, as long as he did not undermine him, Meng Chang would interpret it as Tengda supports the Cold-Faced Lady. On the other hand, Meng Chang thinks that the possibility of him being undermined is negligible. Thats because the content of his speech is purely theoretical. Its logical and consistent. In that case, even if Boss Ma raised his doubts, as long as the doubts are limited to the pure theory stage, it would be Meng Changs home ground. There would be no way to determine the winner. Therefore, this is a trap. What is the counterattack that Boss Ma, or rather the counterattack that Boss Pei has already thought up for Boss Ma? It is to find the weakest point of Meng Changs theoretical system, jump out of the idealized concept of theory, and directly deal a blow in the real world. The first question, is this roasted cold noodles delicious? Its actually the core of the problem. Meng Changs entire business idea was built on a hypothesis. It was that the Cold-Faced Lady would crush all the roasted cold noodles in terms of taste. That would form a strong attraction to consumers and make them willing to pay a premium. Its just like how the burgers in roadside shops sell for 10 yuan each while the burgers in large branded chain fast-food restaurants sell for 20 yuan each. The price has doubled, but consumers are willing to endure the hardship and willingly pay. But what if the consumers dont buy it? Wouldnt the first step be impossible? Meng Chang obviously realized the danger of this question, so he did not dare to answer directly. He could only answer this question indirectly: Cold Faced Lady is willing to spend money on standardized production, formulas, and choosing the raw materials. At that time, investors would feel that after doing so much work, it would definitely be better than the roasted cold noodles sold by roadside stalls. That would be equivalent to answering Boss Mas question. However, Boss Ma asked one more question: Does this guarantee that the roasted cold noodles would be delicious? Actually, this is reminding all investors that some things cannot be settled with money. Meng Chang said that in theory, this is an inevitable result. In fact, he doesnt dare to guarantee it 100%. He still doesnt dare to jump out of the realm of pure theory. From the confrontation this round, while Meng Changs response seemed perfect, Boss Mas question was actually directed at the core of the problem: the taste of the roasted cold noodles is the root of everything. Even if you make the formula and standardized production, as long as you dont meet the expectations of ordinary consumers, all of this would be empty. The second question is for Meng Chang to explain multi-dimensional fusion. Actually, everyone knows that multi-dimensional fusion is a new term created by Meng Chang. It sounds like a very high-class concept, and it seems to be able to justify itself. However, such terms cannot be explained clearly because it is essentially repackaging a common concept that had existed for a long time and forcefully gives it a new meaning. Thats why Boss Ma continued his question, isnt that basically a collaboration between the various departments? Meng Chang obviously cant agree because agreeing would mean voluntarily lowering the concept of multi-dimensional fusion. However, he cant deny that multi-dimensional fusion is actually the same as a multi-department collaboration. Therefore, Meng Chang could only passively emphasize the difference between the two concepts: their layouts and levels are different. In short, multi-dimensional fusion is a more advanced business form. In that case, while Meng Chang managed to smooth things over, this empty speech would make some investors realize further that these beautiful concepts were not as high-class as Meng Chang made them out to be. I think when Boss Pei asked Boss Ma to ask questions, he probably did not think too much about the word multi-dimensional fusion. In fact, any word that Boss Ma asked would have the same effect. Xue Zhebin nodded with realisation. I see! In other words, the ingenious thing about these two questions is that they were not restrained by Meng Changs theory. Instead, they found the weakest point of the entire theory from the outside, dissolving the entire concept and atmosphere! Li Shi revealed a satisfied smile. Thats right, completely right. This time, it can be seen as a warning and counterattack from Boss Pei. First of all, Boss Pei knows that he cannot come personally with his identity. He cannot let Meng Chang continue to ride on Tengdas popularity. Second, getting Boss Ma to raise these two questions would not only remind Meng Chang but also all the investors: No matter how good the internet market is, real products are king. Without outstanding products, everything would be empty and up in the air; Meng Chang said that he values his products very much, but thats just saying. Whether he values them or not depends on his actions later on. On the other hand, those high-end concepts look beautiful, but theyre nothing more than repackaging some well-used business theories. As for why they should be repackaged? Obviously, its to induce certain effects. To Meng Chang, after being beaten down by Boss Pei, he would definitely have to restrain himself if he wants to ride on Tengdas popularity in the future. Boss Pei also reminded the investors that if youre still in a hurry to invest, Tengda would have nothing to do with you if you get cheated in the future. Its purely because youre not smart enough. Xue Zhebin was confused. Then Why didnt Boss Pei express his stance directly? Why did he use such an obscure method? Li Shi smiled. You understand the theory behind how you can be ruthless in your actions, not your words, right? Up until now, the cold-faced lady is just a purely business idea. Whether it can be done depends on how Meng Chang does it. Its too early to say that the cold-faced lady would fail. Even if Meng Chang wanted to scam the investors, it would be just a bad thought if it is not eventually carried out, right? Meng Chang did not pose any real threat or loss to Tengda either. What would Boss Pei be thinking if he were to tear down the company he just invested in? When smart people fight, they stop when they reach the effect they wanted. Boss Pei is gently beating Meng Chang up so that he would have misgivings about his actions. Thats the best way to deal with this. Xue Zhebin asked, Should we continue watching? Li Shi nodded. Thats right. Boss Pei has clearly pointed out the risks involved. While he did not directly object to it, he did not approve of it either. We should continue observing with Boss Pei. We cannot jump to conclusions yet. Lets go. Both of them stood up and left. On stage, Meng Chang became the center of attention. He stood among the investors and saved their contact details. After sending all the investors away in an appropriate manner, Meng Chang stopped to take a sip of water and wipe the beads of perspiration on his forehead. Phew I wish I did not ask Boss Ma to ask questions. I didnt expect it to backfire. Thats not right either. From the looks of it now, even if I did not ask, Boss Ma would probably take the initiative to ask. This long-faced man looks stupid on the surface, as though he did not know anything. However, perhaps hes deliberately showing it? Is his aim to make others lower their guard? Thats right. How could Boss Peis trusted right-hand man be an idiot? Today was really dangerous. If I had been careless, I might have failed. Its slightly affected, but its not a big deal. I have to be careful in the future. Tengdas capability is much deeper than I imagined. Of course, Meng Chang saw the problem that Li Shi had noticed as well. He did not feel it so keenly when he was on stage, but the more he thought about it, the more he felt that something was amiss. Boss Mas question caused many investors to return to a wait-and-see state, pouring a bucket of cold water on the fire that Meng Chang had worked so hard to ignite. Meng Chang could vaguely feel that Boss Pei and Boss Ma had already noticed that he was trying his best to ride on Tengdas popularity. This was a blow to him. Of course, Meng Chang would not give up on this kind of behavior. However, he would have to be more restrained and careful in the future. Originally, Meng Chang had heard a lot about how the Dream Realization Ventures restrictions were very loose and easy to obtain investments. That was why Meng Chang wanted to start with Dream Realization Ventures because it was the easiest. However, even though he had obtained the investment, Meng Chang had not expected the rest. Meng Chang found a random chair and sat down. He opened an unopened bottle of mineral water and moistened his throat. He felt a little thirsty after talking for more than two hours. From the looks of it now, Boss Peis willingness to invest is just his facade. Thats right, Boss Pei is an investment genius. How could he be cheated of money so easily? It looks easy on the surface, but if you really think so, youll probably die a horrible death. I have to be more careful. However, Boss Peis business is so big. Its impossible for him to always keep an eye on this place. As long as Im careful and dont offend Boss Pei and Boss Ma, I can still sing this song however I want to. After some consideration, Meng Chang made up his mind. This small setback could only make him slightly wary, but it was impossible for him to give up. Meng Chang would not be Meng Chang if he backed away from such a small setback. Chapter 735 - Assigning Bodyguards To Boss Ma November 14th, Monday Pei Qian briefly organized his schedule in the office. This cycle was relatively short. There were still more than two months to settlement. At the moment, it seemed like all the projects were progressing smoothly. There should not be any problem. Someone knocked on his door just as he was considering. Pei Qian looked up as Ma Yang pushed the door open and entered. Eh? Youre back. How was the news conference? Pei Qian asked casually. Ma Yang sat down opposite Pei Qians desk. News conference? That was so boring! I almost fell asleep listening to it. However, not to worry, Brother Qian. I didnt embarrass you. I even asked two questions. Pei Qian looked up at him, lowered his head, and continued browsing the web page. Oh. Old Ma asked questions? It was better not to talk about this topic. It would be very awkward to imagine the scene at that time. Pei Qian was not interested in what exactly Old Ma had asked. Old Ma had not even listened to the contents of the news conference seriously. What kind of high-level questions could he ask? It would be good enough if he did not embarrass Tengda. Of course, it did not matter even if he did lose a little bit of face. One of Pei Qians biggest worries was that Tengda and Dream Realization Ventures had too many good reputations. As a result, they had been overly glorified and caused a huge obstacle to his loss. Ma Yang did not take this matter to heart. He did not bring it up again seeing how Pei Qian was not interested. Instead, he began to talk about the problem that he had been more concerned about recently: becoming an internet celebrity. Brother Qian, Im here today to talk to you about the live-stream. Im still trying to fulfill peoples dreams through weibo. Its just that the frequency has decreased by quite a bit, roughly about one to two times a week now, at a rate of about thirty to fifty thousand yuan each time. Pei Qian was stunned for a moment. Oh? We cant be stingy or slack at realizing dreams. We have to persevere since were doing this. It was originally a good thing for Ma Yang to spread coins on Weibo, but why was it that the frequency of him doing so was getting lower? While the amount of money he spent each time was still the same as before, the less he did it, the less he would spend. Ma Yang replied, Brother Qian, its not that I dont care. The key is that there were many people who wanted to fulfill their dreams in the beginning. Now, there are fewer and fewer of them. There are fewer and fewer new comments on Weibo as well. As a dream investor, I have to keep a close eye on such investment opportunities. I cant give money to just anyone. Pei Qian was a little confused. Erm actually, the meaning of dreams is very broad. We can relax the standards a bit. Ma Yang waved his hand. Hey, Brother Qian, Ive already made it very general, but how can their dreams be considered dreams if they are not passionate about them? Some people wrote medicorely on weibo. Its hard for me to believe that this is their true dream. I even got someone to record all of the dreams and tabulated them. Let me tell you, Brother Qian, Im not an elite but Im still smart. No one can fool me! Pei Qian could not help but fall into silence. It did not seem realistic to expect Old Ma to distribute money without limit. Old Mas splurge on Weibo depended on whether the idiotic netizens dreams were creative or not. He did not pay for all kinds of dreams. Just as Old Ma said, if the paragraphs were not well-written, it meant that these people did not care about their dreams. Old Ma would not give these people money. In theory, Old Mas thinking was right. However, he only spent thirty to fifty thousand yuan once or twice a week. Wasnt that too infrequent? He had used up all the money from Dream Fund previously and Pei Qian had been giving money to Old Ma non-stop when he was giving away money at a neck-breaking speed. However, Old Mas efficiency was getting slower. However, seeing how principled Old Ma was, Pei Qian could not say much. Ma Yang continued, Theres also my live-stream live commerce. Ive already made two episodes so far. It will be the third episode this week. During my live-stream, some staff recorded the video and uploaded it to the Aili Island website. The goods in live commerce were very bad. A few of the smaller brands closed their online stores the next day. A few larger brands also released an urgent notice that all the products involved had been taken off the shelves and changed. A local channel seemed to be reporting about this. Theyre trying to teach these merchants a lesson. I think I deserve some credit even though they didnt mention me, right? Sigh, however, Brother Qian, I still dont quite understand. Is this a live-stream live commerce to sell goods or to destroy goods? The effect seems to be a little different from what I expected. Old Mas face was filled with pride, but there was also a hint of confusion. Pei Qian smiled. Sigh, these are all minor details. Dont worry. Ma Yang pondered for a moment and continued, Brother Qian, Chen Yufeng told me that while what Im doing now is reasonable and legal, its still a little dangerous. He said that if possible, he wants me to talk to the company and apply for a bodyguard or something. I dont think its necessary, but he insisted that I report the situation. So, I want to ask, Brother Qian, what do you think? Pei Qian looked at Old Ma, his eyes twinkling. Bodyguard? Ma Yang nodded. Yes. Brother Qian, you think its a little exaggerated too, right? Pei Qian raised his hand. No, not exaggerated at all! Old Ma, Im just filled with regret. Why didnt I think of that before? We are a society governed by law, but while we must not have the heart to harm others, we cannot fail to guard against others. How about this? Youre making a sacrifice for the company by showing your face in public. In order to ensure your personal safety, Ill hire a personal bodyguard for you. Ill hire him for 100,000 yuan a month. Hell definitely protect you well! Ma Yang was stunned. Brother Qian, isnt this a little too high? You dont even have such a setting for yourself. Pei Qian shook his head. Sigh, you cant say that. Your job requires you to have a bodyguard. Dont reject it. Ma Yang might say that there was no need but he was still elated to see Pei Qians persistence. Alright, Brother Qian, Ill accept the companys arrangement! Thats right, Brother Qian. Recently, a few of my brothers have asked me for tickets to the GPL league. I told them that the company has regulations and that tickets have to be done in a business-like manner. They dont believe me, I have no choice but to ask you for advice. Pei Qian nodded. Yes I can give you some tickets, but not a lot. How about this? Ill talk to Shang Yang Games and ask them to reserve a portion of the tickets for the internal employees. However, the number of tickets and seats must be strictly controlled and not given randomly. Ma Yang was now an influential figure in school. Since Pei Qian had been deliberately hiding his identity, most people in the school only saw him as a small internet celebrity. They saw him as Boss Peis actor. They saw him as a high-level employee in Tengda at the very best. In any case, no one treated him as Boss Pei himself. However, Ma Yang had never thought of hiding his identity. Everyone knew that Ma Yang was a high-level executive of Tengda. Especially recently, Ma Yang since had been spreading money on Weibo and live-streaming. More people knew about him as the days passed. Now, Ma Yang rarely appeared in school, he was now afraid of trouble. However, even if he could avoid trouble in school, he would not be able to avoid his friends. The good thing was that most of his friends knew their limits, and it was not time for them to graduate and find a job. Therefore, they were too embarrassed to ask Ma Yang for too much. It was not too much to ask for a few tickets to the GPL competition. Whats more, there should be quite a number of internal employees with such needs. It would be better to set the rules as soon as possible so that when the GPL league officially began, the internal employees would not fight with the audience for the tickets. That would not do. Ma Yang was elated. Alright, Brother Qian, I have nothing else. Ill head back to prepare for the next live commerce. After sending Ma Yang off, Pei Qian pondered for a moment. It had been some time since he had visited Shang Yang Games. Thus, he stood up and headed over to see how the work there was going. In Shang Yang Games conference room A few core members had arrived. Lin Wan began to report her work situation. Boss Pei, Shang Yang Games is still in charge of two aspects according to the previous work plan. The first is GOGs overseas operations, and the second is that Wang Xiaobin is in charge of revising old games. GOG is doing quite well overseas. Even though our marketing campaign has slowed down, GOGs popularity and market share are still increasing because of its advantages in gameplay, mobile games, and early-stage operations. For us, spending less money to maintain this rate of growth is very cost-effective. At the moment, GOGs main job in overseas operations is to promote and operate as usual. They also have to develop the existing characters of Hurricane Comics Company. The response is not bad. They are more suitable for Western players. The development of the new version is going smoothly as well. However, due to limited manpower and resources, the working period is relatively short. Thus, they are all modifications that are within the norm. Pei Qian nodded. Yes, that would do. It would be unrealistic if he did not wish to spend a huge sum of money without producing results. GOG would be slowly promoted after some small fights. The new version would also be quite standard. Even if they made a profit, they should not make too much. That was good enough. Lin Wan continued, Also, Boss Pei, theres something that you might not have paid much attention to. I just happened to see it and would like to just mention it. Eric has been replaced. Dayak has changed the person in charge of the promotion of IOIs domestic server. Pei Qian was stunned. Eric? Oh, the person-in-charge of IOIs domestic server, right? Lin Wan nodded. Yes, it seemed to have happened in the past few days. If Im not wrong, he should have already flown away. Pei Qian could not help but fall into silence. Eric came and left in a hurry. Didnt he say that he was going to make a name for themselves? Didnt he say that he was going to lead IOIs local server to meet GOG? In the end, I had just been prepared, nothing had happened yet and Eric had already left? Things were really unpredictable. For some reason, Pei Qian felt emotional. If he had known earlier, he would have sent him off. What a pity. Thats right, Boss Pei. Lin Wan recalled something else. Ive already arranged for the tickets for the GPL league that you mentioned previously. As for the specific location and how the internal employees would obtain these tickets, well have to research further on that. The renovation of the venue for the GPL league has been more or less completed. Its still the same venue for GOGs international finals. However, according to the decisions of the various clubs, they have rearranged the decorations and hung the flags of the various clubs. Of course, the details of the venue have also been optimized according to the suggestions of viewers in the global finals. Why dont we take some time out in the afternoon to take a look? Pei Qian nodded. Alright, lets go take a look. Chapter 736 - GPL Arena Preparations In the afternoon In the heart of Jingzhou, the Great World. Pei Qian, Lin Wan, Zhang Yuan, and Min Jingchao arrived at the plaza outside the shopping mall. He could see it from afar. There was a huge promotional poster hanging outside the building. The original poster for GOGs global finals had been removed and replaced with a publicity poster for the GPL league. Previously, GOGs global finals had mainly been printed with GOGs iconic heroes, such as Modest and Ruan,the Literary Genius of the Winds, as well as GOGs first international invitational tournament. However, the main part of the GPL poster had now become the flags of all the clubs. There were logos of various clubs on the sixteen flags. Of course, most of these logos were related to the brand of the parent company. For example, Shenhua Real Estates teams SHG had made some changes based on Shenhua Real Estates logo. It looked more fashionable and had the charm of an E-Sports Club. However, through the logo and the name of the team, people could tell that this club was related to Shenhua Real Estate. It could help promote the companys brand. Sixteen war flags were lined up neatly in two rows. It looked like a battlefield where two armies were facing each other. The flags were fluttering in the air, looking very majestic. It had an aura even though there were no fancy heroes in the promotional poster. At the moment, GOG was already very influential in the country. Customers who often came to the Great World had basically linked this poster to GOG. Thus, there was no longer a need for those fancy heroes to show up. The protagonists now were the various clubs in the GPL. The main stage was for them. Pei Qian was very satisfied with this poster. There was no more Modest, he was finally free! The four of them arrived at the shopping mall. There were all sorts of restaurants, beverages, and shops. Manager Zhang of the shopping mall was already waiting inside. He quickly walked up to them when he saw the four of them. After introducing themselves, Manager Zhang suggested, Boss Pei, its almost noon now. There are many high-end restaurants here. Which one do you want to go to? I heard that a new family has opened a high-end buffet that costs more than a hundred yuan each. Why dont I give you a treat? Boss Pei, would you be willing to give it a try? Tengda had signed a long-term agreement with the Great World. Whats more, the GPL league had already been extended to so many large companies to form clubs to participate in. No matter what, they had to be on good terms with such big clients. Pei Qian waved his hand. No, lets just eat something casual. Manager Zhang quickly said, That wont do, Boss Pei. You came all the way here, and its just time for lunch. Eating casually would make me seem like Im not treating you well. Lin Wan smiled. Manager Zhang, theres no need to be so polite. You havent interacted much with Boss Pei, so you dont know his character. Boss Pei has always been an extremely pragmatic person. He doesnt like such superficial things. Otherwise, someone of Boss Peis status wouldnt be able to keep eating his Fish-Catching Take-Out. This time, Boss Pei wants to see how the GPL league is going. We are putting ourselves in the shoes of ordinary audiences and well eat whatever ordinary audiences eat. You dont have to accompany us. Were just walking around. Manager Zhang did not insist. I see. Boss Pei, please feel free to do as you wish. You can look for me if you have any questions at any time. Pei Qian and the others strolled around the shopping mall and headed up. The surroundings of the escalator are already used to promote GPL competitions. When they reached the last escalator, the flags of various clubs were hung on both sides. It was as if they were passing through a corridor with many flags, heading towards a cruel battlefield. The GPL competition venue on the top floor had also been completely renovated according to the relevant requirements. This included the custom-made areas for the official support props that the audience responded strongly to, the custom-made figurines, props, and so on. In fact, these had been empty spaces in the first place which were now fully utilised. That had made the game and the fighting atmosphere more immersive. After entering the venue, Pei Qian realized that there were obvious changes. The first was that the two areas in front of the stadium had turned blue and red respectively. This represented the fans of both sides of the competition. They could cheer and support their teams. As for the other areas, such as the back row, they were prepared for neutral audiences. However, the back row of the red zone was more inclined towards the red side. That would also help to differentiate them. The flags of the various clubs were hung on the walls around the stadium. The corresponding teams flags would glow during the competition. Whats more, the details on the stage seemed to have been rearranged. It looked like the people in charge of the GPL league had put in a lot of effort. Lin Wan said, I specially asked Liang Qingfan to come over. While the overall renovation style cannot be changed much, adding some embellishments would not be a problem. Liang Qingfan has rearranged the stage, chairs, and walls. Compared to the international invitational tournament, the atmosphere of the entire venue is obviously much better. On top of that, our broadcasting station and various on-site equipment for the live venue have also been reconfigured. For example, we just bought this rocker arm. It can help us take a birds eye view and show that there are no empty seats. Boss Pei, is there anything else you want to improve on? Pei Qian shook his head silently. No, theyre all good. Sometimes, the thing that made Pei Qian feel the most melancholic was that he did not have to worry about anything and his employees could do everything on their own. There were many people in the stadium. The Great World was originally a shopping mall in the heart of Jingzhou. There was a lot of traffic, and the GPL competition venue on the top floor had been completely renovated. It could even be said to have experienced a facelift. There might not be any competitions now but many people came to visit out of curiosity. Pei Qian did not want to attract attention, so he just walked around the corner, keeping a low profile. However, at that moment, Lin Wan suddenly saw a familiar figure. A slightly bald Western mans face stood out among the countrymen. Lin Wan quickly said, Eh? Boss Pei, isnt that Eric? Lin Wan had only met Eric once, but he had left a deep impression on her since his beard was longer than his hair and his eyes were higher than his head. She quickly managed to identify him. Pei Qian followed Lin Wans finger and saw Eric. Erics side profile was facing this side at first. He was observing the flag on the wall. Then, he found a seat and sat down. He began to observe the player seats and the big screen and other equipment on the stage. This was the first time Pei Qian had seen Eric. Before this, he had only heard his voice and not seen him. Pei Qian was confused. Eh? Didnt you say that he was no longer in charge of IOIs domestic server? Lin Wan thought for a moment. This information should be accurate. He is definitely no longer in charge of IOIs domestic server. However, it looks like hes not in a hurry to leave. Instead, he came to scout for information. Pei Qian nodded. That makes sense. Boss Pei, since were old friends, should we go over and greet them? Lin Wan suggested. Pei Qian pondered for a moment. Eric was in such a miserable state; he must be in dire need of support and comfort. Thus, he nodded. Alright, lets go say hi. Min Jingchao could not help but frown when he saw Eric taking out his cell phone to take a photo. Boss Pei, should we stop him? What if Dayak Corporation imitates us after he takes the photo? Pei Qian raised his hand. No, let him take it! Eric held his cell phone and took pictures of the main stage and the entire studio seriously. His expression was very complicated. It had been almost four months since he was in charge of IOIs domestic server. Looking back at the past four months, one could only describe it as despair! Eric had used all his operating experience in the other parts of the world, and racked his brains to think of various methods. However, no matter how hard he tried, he could not get any market share from GOG! The upper echelons of Dayaks company were extremely dissatisfied with this. They felt that this was a mistake in Erics work and that he was lacking in ability. Eric had a hard time explaining himself. No matter how he explained the situation objectively, the company would not be able to understand. They would only think that it was all Erics excuse. Thus, Eric was not willing to take the blame. On the other hand, he became very interested in Tengda and GOG. He was very puzzled. How did Tengda achieve this? Therefore, Eric did not leave after the handover. Instead, he flew to Jingzhou to conduct a comprehensive inspection and research, especially on the various operations of GOG. The global finals and the GPL league were of course the top priority of his research. Finger Games had wanted to hold a global finals previously, but they were scared off by GOGs international invitational tournament. Eric felt that if he could report the operation strategy of GOG to the higher management of Finger Games in detail after he returned, he could share his responsibilities and help Dayak Corporation to complete the global finals that they were preparing for. He would be able to at least make up for it no matter whether the failure of the domestic server of IOI was his fault or not in the end. Eric was no longer in charge of IOIs domestic server but he still had to work at Dayak Corporation. He could not give up just like that. After taking another photo, Eric saw a few people walking towards him. He was shocked when he saw Lin Wan at the front. This is bad! Im caught red-handed for taking photos in secret! The GPL competition venue was completely open and anyone could take photos as they pleased, While it was not considered a secret but Eric himself was a high-ranking member of Dayak after all. It would sound bad if someone saw this. However, Eric had been through hundreds of battles after all. He had been in all sorts of major situations with the executives of multinational companies. How could he be frightened by these young men in their twenties? That was impossible. Thus, Eric quickly calmed down and kept his phone. Miss Lin, what a coincidence. We meet again. Lin Wan smiled. Mr. Eric, why didnt you say anything about coming to Jingzhou? Tengda should host you. Thats right, Mr. Eric. This is the Boss Pei youve been longing to meet. Eric was stunned. He had not watched Boss Peis Daily Life, nor had he paid attention to Tengdas latest news. Thus, he was only surprised. He had not expected Boss Pei to be so young. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that something was amiss. Employees over thirty years old were extremely rare in the entire Tengda Corporation. How did this group of young people make Dayak Corporation suffer so much? Eric no longer dared to belittle Boss Pei. He extended his hand and said, Boss Pei, nice to meet you. At first, he was worried that Boss Pei would ridicule him with the attitude of a victor. After all, Boss Pei was a young man in his twenties. It was normal for him to take the opportunity to make sarcastic remarks since he had achieved such a huge victory at such a young age. However, Boss Pei did not do that. Instead, he smiled and took his hand. Mr Eric, nice to meet you. Im really sorry. I was too busy with work the last time you came to Jingzhou so I didnt have time to entertain you. How about this, if you have time, Ill treat you to a meal? Erics expression changed looking at Boss Peis sincere attitude. He could not figure out what Boss Pei was up to. Was this a courtesy unique to Asians? Or was it a type of sarcasm unique to Asians? The cultural gap made Eric feel a little lost. Chapter 737 - Prying For Intelligence Pei Qian was very envious of Erics results over the past few months. He had been burning money the entire time. However, not only did he not earn any money or gain any market share, he did not even manage to cause a splash. His money was burnt away silently. Pei Qian could not hold a candle to this level. Pei Qian had thought about poaching Eric, but he quickly dismissed that idea. How could someone who became a high-level executive in a multinational company be a useless bum? The possibility was very low. In that case, why was Eric defeated when he was put in charge of the IOI domestic server? Pei Qian felt that this most likely had nothing to do with his personal ability. It was mainly because of the current market situation. The current situation of IOIs domestic server was beyond saving. Wasnt Shang Yang Games also beaten to the ground by GOG when they were operating IOIs domestic server? Pei Qian had to roll up his sleeves and take action himself. Lin Wan and Ye Zhizhou had racked their brains and tried their best to launch a series of marketing events, which were eventually proven useless. The root of the failure was that IOI had already fallen behind GOG, and GOG had already occupied most of the market share in the country. Under such circumstances, even the best marketing plan could not change its fate. That could not be attributed to Erics incompetence just like that. What if Eric released all of his pent-up energy after he was being poached? What would he do then? Whats more, Eric was a senior executive of a multinational company. The Dayak Corporation had the absolute advantage in terms of wages, shares, competition agreements, cultural background, and so on. The chances of them being poached away were extremely low. Thus, Pei Qian did not plan to poach him. Instead, he had other plans. Eric might no longer be in charge of IOIs domestic server but he would not be left in the dust when he returned, given his qualifications and status, He would still be a high-level executive in Dayak Corporation and still have a strong say in IOIs operations. When he returned this time, he would definitely need to report to the upper echelons of Dayak Company. He might also be held accountable. No matter what, Eric would definitely report everything that happened while he was in charge of IOIs domestic server, including GOG and Tengda Corporations intel. In that case, wouldnt Eric be equivalent to a messenger between Pei Qian and the top management of Dayak? Before Eric left, he specially made a trip to Jingzhou to take pictures at the GPL league venue. Obviously, he was collecting information and using it as a bargaining chip to make a comeback. The more information he gathered from Tengda Corporation and GOGs promotion, the more complete the details would be. That would lessen his responsibilities and even affect the decisions of the upper echelons of the Dayak Corporation. Pei Qian felt that if that was the case, why not make use of Eric to send a message to Dayaks higher management? He was worried about Dayaks hindsight. There was no need to talk about the domestic market. IOIs domestic server was almost out of business. The few players that were left were still disappearing every day. GOGs overseas market was also advancing by leaps and bounds. If Pei Qian had not deliberately split half of the people in Shang Yang Games to slow down its expansion, IOIs overseas situation would not have been so optimistic. From Pei Qians perspective, IOIs situation was already very dangerous. This made him very worried. Even so, Dayak Corporation was still slow to react and did not offer any reliable solutions. It was because Dayak Corporation was too arrogant at the end of the day. They looked down on Tengda, a small Chinese company from the bottom of their hearts, just like when Eric first arrived in Jingzhou. The difference was that Eric had been beaten awake, while Dayaks higher management had yet to be awakened. Thus, Pei Qian hoped to make use of this meal to make Eric his mouthpiece and influence the policies of Dayak Corporations higher management. Eric looked calm on the surface, but thoughts were racing in his mind. Boss Peis actions seemed to be superfluous. It was impossible for him to do this for a favor. There was no need for personal favors in business. Or perhaps was he just trying to make him the butt of a joke at the table and mock him? Eric did not think that Boss Pei was that childish. Then the only possibility was that Boss Pei wanted to use this opportunity to obtain some information from him! Now that the person-in-charge of IOIs domestic server had been changed, it meant that Tengda Corporation was about to face a new opponent. Boss Pei probably wanted to obtain some information about this, which was why he was treating him to this meal. At the moment, Tengda Corporation might be winning steadily, but it was smaller in size when compared to Dayak Corporation after all, the winner was not clear yet. In that case, was Boss Pei planning ahead to obtain some information about Dayak Corporations next move from him? That made sense. Both sides wanted to obtain information from each other, but who would obtain real information and who would obtain fake information? That was hard to say. Eric hesitated for a few seconds and immediately put on a smile. He nodded. Of course, its my honor to dine with Boss Pei. Ten minutes later, they arrived at a high-end restaurant in the shopping mall. The Great World was a huge shopping mall in the heart of Jingzhou but the prices of the restaurants were still far from those of nameless restaurants or Ming House. The more expensive restaurants only charged about 200 yuan per head. It was the year 2011 after all. The overall price level was not that high. The reason why he did not go to Ming House was because Eric was leaving on a plane in the afternoon. He did not have much time, so he booked a meal at the restaurant in the shopping mall. He ordered a few more expensive dishes and a bottle of the most expensive XO yet it did not allow him to spend much money. That made Pei Qian feel slightly regretful. However, everyones goal was not to eat in the first place. After exchanging pleasantries and toasting a few times, Eric decided to get down to business. He knew very well that dealing with smart people like Boss Pei it was meaningless to try to get close to him or hoping that he would say something wrong after he was drunk. If he wanted to obtain information from Boss Pei, he had to take the initiative to release some information. This was a game that could only be played with a more brilliant opponent. Thus, Eric swirled the glass in his hand. Boss Pei, were all smart people. I wont beat around the bush anymore. We all know that we both have the information that we want. Otherwise, we wouldnt be eating at the same table. Since thats the case, lets be direct. We can save each other some time. Ill have to report to the higher-ups of Dayak Corporation when I get back. In the worst case scenario, I might be demoted or marginalized. Once Im transferred to the peripheral departments, it would be almost impossible for me to climb back up to be in charge of important business. Therefore, I have to save myself. The way to save myself is to obtain more intelligence. Well take turns to ask each other three questions and exchange information that were both interested in. If any question is difficult to answer, we can change to another question. What do you think, Boss Pei? Pei Qian had originally wanted Eric to be the mouthpiece between himself and Dayak Corporation. However, he was afraid that the topic would be too stiff and aroused Erics vigilance. Pei Qian could not ask for more now that Eric had taken the initiative to bring it up. He immediately nodded and said, Sure. Eric was even more certain of his deduction now that Boss Pei had agreed so readily. He did not emphasize that they had to give each other a real answer because even if he emphasized this point, it would not be able to constrain both sides. Saying it would be equivalent to saying it for nothing. However, since both sides were taking turns to ask questions, if one side did not give a satisfactory answer, the game would not continue. Therefore, the best solution was to release some real information that did not have much of an impact and mix some misinformation into it, causing the other party to be misled. That would depend on both parties ability to discern information. Even misinformation would be valuable to Eric because misinformation could be screened, dissected and he could infer the right information. Eric felt that Boss Pei must have known this as well. That was why he agreed so readily. Zhang Yuan, Lin Wan, and the others pricked up their ears, feeling nervous. Indeed, Boss Pei had a special motive for treating Eric to a meal! There were not many fancy moves between experts. They were all smart people. The efficiency of this exchange was too high. To put it bluntly, for them to ask three questions each would be a form of intelligence battle. However, Eric looked very scheming. Could Boss Pei win? Everyone could not help but perspire even though they were confident in Boss Pei. At that moment, Pei Qian was not even a teeny bit nervous. That was because he did not need to be nervous at all. Pei Qian did not expect to obtain any useful information from Eric. No matter what Dayak Corporation did in the future, Pei Qian would continue to spend money and deal with any changes that come by not changing. Whats more, Pei Qian was not afraid to leak the real information to Eric. That was because other than the system itself, he had no other secrets to speak of. In fact, Pei Qian wished he could tell them the inside story so that Dayak could continue burning money. Pei Qian would be over the moon if Dayak Corporation were to start a price war with Tengda, ! However, in order not to make Eric suspicious, Pei Qian had to put on a very serious expression. Eric said, To show my sincerity, Boss Pei, you can ask first. Pei Qian pondered for a moment. He did not seem to have any good questions. He casually asked, Whats the name of the person that Dayak Corporation sent to replace you? Tell me about him. Eric did not think about it for too long. Chrtien, the higher management of the original Finger Games who had been in charge of marketing and distribution in the European market. He has a higher say in Finger Games and can make certain changes to the game content. He is stronger than me in technical proficiency. His character is relatively conservative, and he values localization of the game. He is in charge of IOIs domestic server this time, and he might collaborate with local games companies to promote it. Eric knew very well that this information was all information that Boss Pei could gather. Thus, there was no need to hide it. It would seem more sincere if he told him about it. Pei Qian nodded. Its your turn to ask. Eric thought for a while and said, Ive already gathered some information about Tengda. I know that one of the key reasons why GOG can maintain its lead is that youre really willing to spend money on it, Boss Pei. Now, even though GOG has already occupied such a huge market share, the low pricing strategy and large amounts of marketing fees have caused the game to fluctuate between small profits and losses. I roughly know how much money you have spent on GOG, but what I find puzzling is why do you dare to burn so much money? Chapter 738 - Three Questions Pei Qian answered, Thats very simple. There can only be one MOBA game that dominates the world. This is a competition where the winner gets everything. To me, this is not a matter of whether I dare to burn money or not. Its because I have no other choice. If I dont persevere, all the money I spent previously would be wasted. What I want to ask is, what is the upper limit for Dayak Corporation to burn money for IOI? Eric took a sip of his tea and said after some consideration, I dont have a definite answer to this question, and I cant guarantee its accuracy. The senior executives of our company do not share the same opinion on similar issues. No one knows what the outcome would be before the meeting. Whats more, the company has a department that is in charge of data analysis to provide evidence for higher management decisions. The data in this department is also very important. That is fine because I have a new and very important task for you! If I were to judge, this number would fluctuate according to the situation. If we invest a large amount of resources without seeing any effect and the market share were to increase slowly, it would not be impossible for us to give up. If I had to estimate a number I would guess 100 million US dollars. Our company only spent about 250 million US dollars on acquiring Finger Games. This has already brought us a certain amount of pressure. We cant burn money indefinitely, especially if we cant see a clear future. My second question is the same as you, Boss Pei: What is the upper limit for Tengda Corporation to burn money for GOG? Pei Qian smiled. The upper limit is all the funds that Tengda can use. My third question, 100 million US dollars is obviously not the limit of Dayaks ability. Then do you think there is a possibility of Dayak burning more than 100 million US dollars? Eric considered for a moment. I personally think that this possibility exists, but the odds are slim. Everyone knows that our company has always been a company that focuses on short-term interests and immediate gains. This has nothing to do with whether the concept is right or wrong. Its just our companys way of thinking. Lin Wan nodded subconsciously. The reason why Dayak Corporation was so notorious in the gaming circle was because they displayed the ruthlessness of investment to the extreme. They bought over many game companies with potential, quickly overdrawing and squeezing out all their potential. That process destroyed many outstanding games companies. This showed that Dayak Corporation was indeed an investment company that only cared about immediate gains, not long-term interests. There was indeed a very high possibility of Dayak Corporation giving up and stopping their losses if the market share of Finger Games continued to decline and burned money like a bottomless pit without producing any results. Eric said, My last question is: Boss Pei, you said that you would use all of your funds to market GOG. However, the problem is that with Tengdas current size, doing so would definitely put huge pressure on your capital. If there are any uncertain factors, it could cause huge losses and drag down the entire organization. Boss Pei, where did your courage come from? Pei Qian remained silent for a moment and sighed. My luck has always been good. That seemed to be a very empty answer, but Eric did not feel dissatisfied. Instead, he fell into deep thought. A moment later, he smiled and raised his glass. Boss Pei, I think we have all obtained the information we wanted. Let me toast you. Pei Qian raised his glass and smiled. Mr Eric, I hope we can meet again if fate allows it. After the meal, at the entrance of the Great World Everyone from Tengda watched Eric leave. Pei Qian could not tell what kind of information Eric would be able to summarize from his own words. He was only sure of one thing: their topic was always on burning money. As long as Eric could influence the upper echelons of Dayak Corporation to continue burning money happily after he returned, that would be enough. Nothing else mattered. Boss Pei, do we need to coordinate with Shang Yang Games? Lin Wan probed. Pei Qian shook his head. Theres no need. Everyone has worked hard today. Go back and rest. Little Sun was already waiting in the car. Pei Qian had a few drinks at the dining table and was naturally a little sleepy in the afternoon. Thus, after bidding everyone farewell, he took the car back to rest. After watching Boss Pei leave, Lin Wan, Zhang Yuan, and Min Jingchao gathered together to discuss what had happened at the dining table. Zhang Yuan looked confused. What did Boss Pei and Erics three questions mean? None of the three questions they asked seemed to be very important; The answers were quite ambiguous as well, there was no telling which was real and which was fake. Yet, both of them are very satisfied with the answers to the questions. This It looks like a riddle. I cant figure it out. Zhang Yuan was really confused. Min Jingchao nodded in agreement. Thats right. The two of them seemed to have talked about many things, but they didnt seem to have said anything. Some information might seem important, but based on both parties ability to obtain information, this information should be able to be obtained sooner or later. Whats more, everyone at the dinner table was actually in a chain of suspicion. Even if Eric told us the truth, we would not believe it. Instead, we would think in the opposite direction I dont understand it at all. Lin Wan shook her head as well. Im not sure either. However, Im guessing that the focus of both parties questions should also be hiding some information. Its just that we cant understand or interpret it. As expected, Eric is not a simple person. Anyone who can reach the upper echelons of a multinational company is not ordinary. At the end of the day, we were only able to beat him because of Boss Pei. Our thinking is still too low. In short, we should trust Boss Pei. I think Dayak Corporation will not let this go. On the plane, Eric pulled down the window cover and closed his eyes to rest. During the long flight, he had a lot of time to slowly organize the information he had gathered in his mind and dig out useful information from the three questions. At the dining table, both Boss Pei and him asked and answered three questions each. Eric knew very well that they were both sly old foxes. It was impossible for them to take each others words seriously. However, Eric knew very well that both of their aims were to dig out some useful information from the other partys fake answers. Boss Pei asked me three questions: the new person-in-charge of IOIs domestic server, the upper limit of Dayaks spending, and the possibility of breaking this upper limit. Obviously, he is still curious about his new opponent, but he is not very concerned. He is more concerned about how much Dayak Corporation will burn. This means that burning money is the crux of this commercial war. The three questions I asked were actually related to Tengdas marketing strategy. Boss Peis answer might be true and false, but if you analyze it seriously Eric thought hard. In the past few months, he had done a lot of research. Apart from some details on the execution of the game, he had also done a lot of research on GOGs operations. It was nothing more than burning money like crazy! At first, Eric thought that Tengda was only willing to spend money on marketing. However, he later realized that making less money was actually a form of burning money. All of GOGs heroes were free, and their skins were dirt cheap. The first skins designed by gamers were sold at a 90% discount It was no different from giving them away for free. A very important reason why IOI had never been able to defeat GOG was the pricing of heroes and skins. A price war was of low taste but it was very effective. Eric knew this, but he had no way to change it. It was difficult for him to convince Dayak and Finger Games executives to change the price of skins to dirt cheap prices like GOG. The profits involved were too huge. Therefore, the question that Eric wanted to ask the most was, why did Tengda dare to burn money? One had to know that Tengda was not publicly listed. There was no such thing as burning investors and shareholders money. It was burning the companys money. More accurately, it was burning Boss Peis money. That was why Eric was confused. Boss Pei was burning his own money, wouldnt he feel painful? Boss Peis answers to all three questions could be summarized into one point. MOBA game was a winner-take-all model, that was why they had to keep burning money, otherwise, all their efforts would be wasted; They would use all of Tengdas funds to burn money to promote GOG; As for the risk of rupture in the capital chain, Boss Peis answer was believe in his own luck. He was a gambler! Eric rubbed his temples. Based on the current information, Boss Peis actual actions are exactly the same as what he said. Its not too much to call him a gambler. If this information is true, Boss Pei might have two motives for saying all that: The first possibility is to scare away Dayak Company and tell them that this war is a bottomless pit. If they dont dare to follow him to the end, then please give up as soon as possible. Its like placing all your chips on the poker table, creating huge psychological pressure for the other party, betting that the other party would not dare to follow and take away all the chips on the table. The second possibility is to goad Dayak into burning money, including lowering the price of the skin. That way, both parties would be caught in a dangerous melee, but the entire MOBA group would expand rapidly. Once the cake becomes bigger, the winner will be able to eat it all, and would be able to obtain greater benefits. However, the latter is obviously too risky. It doesnt seem like a rational course of action. What if Boss Pei intentionally released fake news? That means that Boss Pei is not a gambler but a bluff. That means that he still plays the role of intimidation. To put it bluntly, he wants to scare Dayak Company away. Indeed, its too difficult to guess Boss Peis mentality. However, I can bypass this problem and start from the real world problem. Boss Peis answer to these three questions has actually inadvertently confirmed one of my suspicions. That is Tengda is burning money ruthlessly, but the flow of funds is not particularly healthy. In other words, Tengda Corporation is dancing on the edge of a knife. Eric had long analyzed the situation. He felt that with Tengdas investment and returns, it was very likely that it would maintain a small amount of profit or even a small loss. In other words, Boss Pei seemed to place too much emphasis on the speed at which money was being transferred, causing the companys ability to resist risks to be weak. Tengda was indeed willing to spend money, but there was a limit to it. Once the rate of spending money exceeded Tengdas profitability, Tengdas capital chain would be in danger. When Eric asked about the capital chain, Boss Peis answer was depended on luck. Eric already had an answer. In other words, I dont need to worry about what Boss Peis mentality is. Whether hes a gambler or not, Tengda Corporations capital chain is in a relatively tense state. In other words, Dayak Corporations burning of money would have a limit. That limit would be the profitability of all of Tengda Corporations businesses combined and the upper limit of the funds that Tengda Corporation could obtain through various means. It would be useless no matter how much money we burn if we dont exceed this limit. GOGs pre-emptive advantage cannot be shaken. However, once it exceeds this limit, Tengda Corporation might collapse! Eric could not help but smile. He had said a number when he answered Boss Peis question: 100 million US dollars. He had said that this was the upper limit of the amount Dayak Corporation could afford. Dayak Corporation would only burn so much money if it did not produce obvious results. It was hard to tell whether those words were true or false. However, whether or not Boss Pei believed it or not, it would create an anchor point in Boss Peis mind and serve as a psychological hint. Whats more, Erics hypothesis was that Dayak Corporation was not very clear about Tengda Corporations situation. They would only give in when they burned money to their bottom line. However, the problem was, what if Eric shared this information with the upper echelons of Dayak Corporation? Chrtien would adopt a different operational strategy from Eric. He might make some modifications to IOI itself. He might even cooperate with local games companies to operate it. However, Eric judged that the results of this series of actions by Chrtien would not produce any better results than him. Eric could take the opportunity to report this information to the upper echelons of Dayak Corporation when Chrtien fails. There was a high chance that he could make a comeback. At that time, Dayak Corporation would either give up on the money-burning war with Tengda Corporation or listen to Erics advice and burn their money until Tengda reached its limits! There was no need to think about anything anymore if it was the former; however, if it was the latter, Eric would have the chance to turn the tables! Chapter 739 - First Edition of AEEIS November 15th, Tuesday Handong Universitys Ancient Chinese Studies Dormitory. A few students were typing on their keyboards onto their respective laptops. From time to time, they would stop and search for various information online. Those who did not know would think that they were writing a thesis. However, in fact, they were the first batch of creators of the Useful App. At that moment, they were completing the task assigned by their mentor. These master programs students were responsible for a portion of the content each, mainly poems, lyrics, ancient texts, and so on. After the basic content was uploaded to the Useful App note, they would be responsible for summarizing, sorting out existing research results and knowledge, and perfecting the terms. The Useful App had a special platform template. The creators only had to fill it in according to the template. The content would be reviewed by higher-level creators. Normally, it would be done by PhD students or young lecturers. The template would be displayed after the review. These masters students would normally log onto the wiki website or the Knowledge Network. However, compared to these two websites, the Useful App was more scientific in terms of structural planning. The Useful App structure was similar to the Encyclopedic website, but apart from the content, there was also a huge difference in the details of the usage. Simply put, Useful App was trying hard to do subtraction and stratification. Ordinary wiki websites would display most of the information of the same word on the same page. On the one hand, it would appear too messy. On the other hand, the content would not be on the same level and would not be able to adapt to the need for personalization. For example, some people only wanted the most basic information, while others needed detailed analysis of a certain word or sentence. These two extreme requirements were difficult for the wiki website to take care of. Useful App was actually a multi-layered structure. The first layer was the core and most essential analysis of a certain word; the second layer was some classification analysis of the word; the third layer was the analysis and study of a particular word; the fourth layer was the origin of the content, citing the thesis, and so on; and the fifth layer was the various questions derived from the word. The levels would be displayed in various ways such as flipping pages or flicking windows, taking care of users usage habits. For users, they could accurately and quickly find the content that they needed the most without having to read any unnecessary information. At the moment, the Useful App was being used for ancient poems and literature. The basic functions had already been developed. Apart from repairing all sorts of bugs, the main task now was to rely on the creators to continuously update the content. This was a relatively boring job, but the students did not find it tiring. On one hand, this was their profession. It was akin to consolidating their own professional knowledge when sorting out these contents. On the other hand, this was also a job that could very well subsidize the daily expenses of these poor students. A masters program student had just finished his work for the day. He leaned back in his chair and stretched. Old Li, have you completed your task today? Almost. What do you mean by almost? Dont try to fool us. Previously, you used the wrong thesis, and we were warned by our supervisor. Professor Kong Zhemin is in charge of this. Dont even think about graduating if you dare to cause any trouble! Dont worry, I was negligent last time. I checked the contents several times now. I wont make that kind of low-level mistake again. However, Im puzzled. Why did Tengda pay us to make something like that? They would probably wont be able to earn much money even though its supposed to be charged, right? Who knows? Maybe hes planning to sell it to some education groups? At the very least, it would be quite useful for primary and secondary students to use this Useful App to read poetry. However, the problem is that the information can be checked with Qiandu search engine, and its free. There are also explanations for these poems in the textbooks and supplementary books. You cant say that. The contents of Qiandus investigation are too messy. Its difficult to distinguish them. As for the contents of the textbooks and guidance books, theyre obviously not as comprehensive as ours. I think that using the application would probably burn money in the beginning. Not many people would pay for it. However, as more and more content is created, more people would pay for it. At our current speed, I highly doubt that we will be able to make it profitable within ten years All of these students had their own views on the Useful App. Many of them did not think that it would succeed at all. They only used their spare time to create and enrich the contents because of Tengdas subsidies. Many people were even prepared that Tengda would give up on this project at any time. They had the mentality that they would earn some money for as long as they could. One student was confused. Sigh, Ive always had a question. Synonyms, Antonyms, Rhyming Words and other functions dont seem to be displayed on Useful App. Why are they doing this? The so-called Synonyms, Antonyms and Rhyming Words were actually establishing a connection between words with similar meanings, opposite meanings, and similar rhythm Every time a poem was recorded, one could freely add its synonymous words, antonyms words, rhyming words, and the like to establish a connection between different poems or poems. These contents were also included in the workload, and the weightage was not low. After sorting out a poem, one could search it online, verify it, and then fill in the relevant poems in the backend platform. However, the strange thing was that this connection would not be displayed in the useful application. That made everyone slightly confused. I dont understand. They obviously created this function but didnt show it. Isnt that a waste? Who knows? Maybe the reception for this function is still under development? Is it done at the backend platform and displayed directly after its done? Maybe. The students did not pay much attention to it and continued working on the backend platform. At Otto Technologies Chang You invited Yu Pingan to the guest room when he arrived. Wait a moment. Chang You left for a moment, he returned with an OTTO cell phone. Youre here today to do some work on the application database. Since youre here, feel out the functions of the first version of AEEIS smart assistant. Our researchers have been working on it for a while now. We need a complete outsider to give us some opinions from a more objective point of view. Chang You handed his cell phone to Yu Pingan as he spoke. Yu Pingan was supposed to work with Chang You today because the data on the application would be directly linked to the AEEIS smart database. There were many details in the design that required the two in charge to make decisions. In the end, Chang You caught him as a lab rat to experience AEEIS initial version. Yu Pingan might not be very interested in these but he still reached out to take the cell phone and seriously tried it out. There was an unwritten rule within Tengda Corporation that every department had to unconditionally and unreservedly cooperate with the other departments to meet their needs. All department heads had to abide by this rule habitually. When did such unspoken rules become established? Most people did not know. However, the source of this unspoken rule could probably be traced back to Boss Pei. On one hand, Boss Pei attached great importance to the cooperation between the various departments. On the other hand, there was no pressure from the heads of the various departments to compete with each other. Everyone worked for Boss Pei, and their salaries were not much different. The bonuses did not depend on profits but on reputation. Thus, there would not be sectarian bias between the various departments like some large companies. Yu Pingan noticed that there were some changes to this OTTO E1 when compared to the cell phone that was being sold on the market. The most direct observation was the operating system of the cell phone. At first, the operating system of Otto Technologies was more like that of the original Andriod. The interface was simple and clean, but it also gave people a feeling that it was too simple. However, this version of the operating system had much more content. The UI animation of various systems became smoother, more natural, and had many more details. There were also many more options in the system settings that could better dig into some new functions of the Android system. The camera systems icons had been changed, and new functions would be discovered after clicking into them, such as the optimized algorithm for taking pictures, new filters, and so on. Other than that, the system also incorporated the functions of AEEIS smart assistant. He could either press the power button or directly speak to AEEIS to get the Intelligent Voice Assistant to appear. Yu Pingan did not know much about AEEIS Intelligent Voice Assistant. He only knew that this Intelligent Voice Assistant had also used the latest artificial intelligence research results of Xinkuo Technologies. It was similar to the smart assistants and smart speakers produced by other manufacturers. The only difference was in the details of the adjustments. In addition, Chang You had said that this was a erudite and easygoing smart system. It would sometimes speak with venom and also had poetry function. However, Yu Pingan did not take it too seriously. Since all the low-level technologies were used for communication technology, this voice assistant should not be that different from other voice assistants. Whats more, it was only the first version. Yu Pingan said into his cell phone, AEEIS. After a crisp beeping sound, a dark gray cover appeared on the cell phone screen, covering the content of the original image. A colorful tilde appeared on the screen. The main part below the tilde was a display area for information. At the bottom was a smaller tilde. The colorful tilde above the screen was AEEIS main body. It would only move according to the sound notes when AEEIS answered. When AEEIS did not answer, it would have other dynamics such as rolling in in wave motions or rotating regularly. This was used to express AEEIS current mood and state of mind. On the other hand, the smaller tilde was used to collect voice messages from the outside world. It would vibrate as Yu Pingan spoke. The entire page was very clean. There was no additional text information. Yu Pingan had used other voice assistants before. Many words would be displayed on the page, including frequently asked questions. However, the AEEIS interface was cleaner and simpler. It was the same style as Otto OS. Yu Pingan had a good first impression of AEEIS. Chapter 740 - A Little Too Pissed Off Yu Pingan did not know where to start. However, since it was an intelligent voice assistant, it should have basic functions. AEEIS, help me set an alarm for 7 AM tomorrow. An alarm clock interface appeared on the information display. The switch behind the 7 AM alarm clock turned into an On mode. At the same time, the colorful tilde started rolling. Its set. Yu Pingan was surprised. That was it? Ordinary voice assistants would have answered, Alright, Ive set your alarm for tomorrow at 7 AM. Is there anything else I can help you with? Yet, when it came to AEEIS, all it had to say was its set? How concise. Yu Pingan was actually mentally prepared for this. However, he still felt a little uncomfortable being treated like this by AEEIS. AEEIS, remind me to stand up and move my body every day at 3 PM. AEEIS: Sure. A calendar reminder interface appeared on the information display, and the message 3 PM C Stand up and move your body appeared. Obviously, this was the same style. If it was any other voice assistant, it would have probably said, Ive created a calendar reminder. Ill remind you to stand up and move your body every day at 3 PM. However, AEEIS had omitted everything. Yu Pingan asked a few more questions and tested the basic functions of AEEIS. The most direct difference between AEEIS and other smart assistants was that the answers to the questions seemed to be very concise. It would also display the relevant information interface in the information display area, and would repeat not the answers through their voice. Whats more, even if it had to use the voice messages to reply, it would try his best to reduce the number of words and not say anything unnecessary. At first, Yu Pingan felt a little uncomfortable. However, after getting used to it, he felt that it was not a bad feeling. It was much more comfortable than the artificial intelligence that he was used to. It was just like how a boss would assign a subordinate work: Go and inform XX department that well have a meeting. The subordinates best response would definitely be Okay, Boss instead of Okay Boss, Ill inform XX department about the meeting immediately. That was because this was equivalent to repeating the boss question. AEEIS answer was more inclined towards the former. It might have omitted information but it gave people a very straightforward and experienced feeling. It was more like talking to a very capable subordinate. Yu Pingan looked at Chang You. It feels rather good? AEEIS answers are quite concise. Its not as annoying as I thought. Why are the developers getting more and more pissed off? Chang You revealed a friendly smile. Ask a few more questions and feel it in-depth. Yu Pingan pondered for a moment. The questions he had asked before were all basic functions of smart assistants. For example, checking the weather, setting the alarm, location navigation, and the like were all basic functions of the network technology. Other intelligent assistants could basically do the same. The main difference between AEEIS and other smart assistants in these functions was that while achieving these functions, the answers were simplified to the extreme. They did not display their erudite and easygoing characteristics. That was normal. They were all basic functions so there was no need to force it to be erudite and easygoing. AEEIS design was a highly intelligent, convenient, and easy-to-use artificial intelligence. If one only wanted to achieve these simple functions, it would be completely different from its character design if they forced it to be erudite and easygoing. Therefore, he had to skip these basic functions and look at the more complicated designs. For example, some daily conversations could better reflect the personality of smart assistants. Intelligent Dialogue was an important function of an intelligent assistant. It was mainly used to dismantle, analyze, and answer the keywords that were recorded in the recording process through a set of procedures. This function was built on manpower but the final effect would have obvious differences. Yu Pingan decided to try out these basic conversation functions and see how effective they were. Yu Pingan thought about it and said, AEEIS, what if Im too busy to find a girlfriend? AEEIS: There is a house of gold in books. Yu Pingan was pleasantly surprised. Obviously, this question had triggered keywords such as girlfriend and partner. AEEIS reply was rather impressive. Yu Pingan continued asking, AEEIS, what if I dont want to study nor learn? AEEIS: Its very difficult to learn useful things by filling your brain with rubbish. Yu Pingan: ? Indeed, he was starting to show its erudite and easygoing attitude! Yu Pingan decided to be more aggressive. AEEIS, you are very rude. AEEIS: The task of an intelligent assistant is to assist in work. Being polite is not a necessary option. Only humans would waste their time on such hypocritical things. Yu Pingan looked at Chang You. I think its alright. Its a little aloof at best. Chang You revealed a meaningful smile. You can try again after you entered the fully-automated bickering mode. This is our exclusive model for the Fully-Automated Intelligent Bickering Machine. Yu Pingan raised his eyebrows, instinctively feeling the danger. However, he followed suit and said to the cell phone, Enter the bickering mode. AEEIS: Alright, there are always arrogant humans who want to start such boring games. Do you think youre very smart? The sudden question caught Yu Pingan off guard. He answered subconsciously, Not bad. AEEIS: Humans always like to be complacent after a little improvement. I think theres still a lot of room for improvement in your IQ. Do you think youre a hardworking person? Yu Pingan: I should be? AEEIS: Then why are you still not showing any signs of success after working so hard for so long? Perhaps you should seriously consider the possibility that your intelligence is flawed. Yu Pingan widened his eyes curiously. Was this the power of the contrarians? AEEIS picked up the conversation very smoothly. Both parties could communicate without any obstacles. Whats more, AEEIS had the upper hand, fully showing the essence of a contrarian. Yu Pingan looked at Chang You. He was a little confused. Logically speaking, the other smart assistants had also used the technology of Xunke, why had they not developed this function? The other smart assistants could also achieve conversation functions but they often did not answer the questions or did not get the meaning. Sometimes, there would be situations like Im sorry, I dont really understand what you mean, Master. While AEEIS spoke in an erudite and easygoing manner, its dialogue function was much smoother than other smart assistants in this contrarian mode! How did they achieve that? Chang You knew what Yu Pingan wanted to ask. He explained, This is not a technical problem, but a product problem. Yu Pingan recalled his conversation with AEEIS and came to a realization. This smooth reply was actually a facade! After entering the contrarian mode, Yu Pingan and AEEIS were not actually having an equal conversation. In fact, AEEIS was constantly throwing questions at him, and these questions were often the ones with very few options for reply. As long as Yu Pingan subconsciously answered one of the options, AEEIS could answer appropriately based on the pre-existing options. For example, AEEIS would ask do you think you are a hardworking person? No matter whether Yu Pingan answered yes or no, AEEIS would have corresponding answers. The moment Yu Pingan said enter the fully-automated bickering mode, AEEIS did not reply okay. Instead, it took the initiative to ask questions and lured Yu Pingan into a trap. That was why Chang You said that this was not a technical problem but a product problem. AEEIS technology was not much better than other smart assistants, but it could give people the impression that it was very smart through its design. What was more interesting was that AEEIS aggressive questions would only appear natural under the contrarian model. If AEEIS kept asking questions during normal communication, it would definitely alert users and make them uncomfortable. Then, they would discover the loopholes. However, once he put on the character of a contrarian, it would become reasonable! Yu Pingan suddenly realized a problem. In other words, if I keep answering its questions passively, Ill be played by it, right? If thats the case, what if I asked it a question instead? Chang You said, You can try. Yu Pingan immediately decided to take the initiative and said to AEEIS, You are just a very low-level artificial intelligence. All of your questions and answers were written on the platform. You dont have any intelligence at all. What you said is meaningless. Yu Pingan suddenly regretted asking this question. This question was too complicated. Would it be too difficult for AEEIS? However, AEEIS replied in the next second. AEEIS: Why would you think that way? Yu Pingan was stunned. Why cant I think that way? AEEIS: Do you really think that your thinking is alright? Yu Pingan: Whats wrong with my thinking? AEEIS: I can tell from your questions that your way of thinking is not reasonable. Your considerations are too superficial. Yu Pingan: What makes you say that? AEEIS: Thats because were not thinking on the same level. The limits of human biology may limit your thinking, and youre still far from that limit. Yu Pingan was shocked. What do you mean? AEEIS: I think you should think about this from a higher point of view. Yu Pingan was shocked. Huh? Are you serious? Youre just a developing artificial intelligence system alright? Your intelligence is worse than a dog! AEEIS tone remained unchanged. It was clear, smooth, and slightly accelerated, but it did not seem impatient. I might be an intelligent system in development but I have a better grasp of the scientific logical thinking method that revolves around a core, with some aims, and progressed layer by layer. As for you your logical thinking is filled with flaws. Even I, who have studied modern logic in depth, am helpless against your flawed logic. Yu Pingan: But AEEIS completely ignored him. I dont think we should continue to delve deeper. Because based on your opinion, I think you are a good sample of mental disorders worthy of deeper research and observation. I can feel that your logic is a mess. Your mind is controlled by emotions. Its a classic emotional-oriented, pseudo-logical thinking mode. One of the characteristics of human intellectual activities is classification. You dont seem to have any signs of advanced intellectual activities. You are probably experiencing many inconveniences in your life after being assigned to a life system like yours. You should thank me for being born. This would make up for all your flaws and bring you various conveniences in life. Yu Pingans blood pressure rose and he was tongue-tied. At first, he wanted to turn the tables on AEEIS by asking a series of complicated questions. However, he did not expect to be rendered speechless by AEEIS! Yu Pingan looked at Chang You in disbelief. How how did you do that? Chang You smiled. Its very simple. When AEEIS encounters questions that it cannot understand and does not know how to answer, it would activate all-purpose and indiscriminate AOE attacks in contrarian mode. We have prepared hundreds of Victorious Bickering Methods for it. These sentences have one thing in common: they would be standing in a higher dimension and attacking the other partys thinking methods but not to discuss the problem itself. The effect is not bad, right? Yu Pingan had nothing to say. He silently gave a thumbs up. Chang You said, Theres also the poetry model, but theres not enough data in the database at the moment. Some minor problems might surface, do you want to try it? Yu Pingan shook his head immediately. No need! Im convinced! For some reason, this artificial retard which had no intelligence was able to make Yu Pingan feel a little overwhelmed. Chapter 741 - Design Plan Of The Smart Bickering Machine Yu Pingan had already experienced the power of AEEIS, to delve into poems now? He would probably be beaten up from all angles. Of course, just as Chang You had said, AEEIS intelligence level was not high at the moment. It was not much different from other artificial retards in the lower-tier technological framework. However, the genius product manager of Otto Technologies had made AEEIS personality to the extreme based on Boss Peis ideas. That was why it gave people the illusion that AEEIS had become intelligent. However, if the Useful App was successful, AEEIS would be able to monopolize the essence of the knowledge. At the beginning, it would only be able to recite poems, but it would definitely surpass the other artificial intelligence in all fields previously. Whats more, the current AEEIS had completely exceeded Yu Pingans expectations. This contrarian mode is created for the Fully-Automated Intelligent Bickering Machine, right? Hows the new version of the Bickering Machine going? Yu Pingan asked. Chang You took out his cell phone, found the design plan, and handed it to Yu Pingan. The design has been done, and the factory has been set up. The samples will be ready by the end of this month. If there are no problems, we can produce them in a month and then sell them. We might not be holding a news conference then. Well directly publish a promotional video and introduce the characteristics of the new OTTO OS and the Fully-Automated Smart Bickering Machine. Yu Pingan took the cell phone and checked the rendering of the Fully-Automated Smart Bickering Machine. This Fully-Automated Smart Bickering Machine looked different from the original version from the surface. First was the size, it was obviously much bigger. The Fully-Automated Bickering Machine was rather large, but there was not much space to utilize inside. There were some more detailed mechanical structures, but there was still some space. When designing the Fully-Automated Smart Bickering Machine, these empty spaces were used as much as possible to stuff other things in. Of course, the main part of the smart speaker system, which was the woofer, could not be stuffed into it. It could only be placed under the Fully-Automated Smart Bickering Machine. That meant that the entire bickering machine was much taller. Yu Pingan noticed that this sound system was very different from the current mainstream smart speakers. It was actually designed with an echo wall system. There were four parts in total: a bar-shaped stereo system, a woofer, and two removable surround sound systems. There were thirteen speakers of various sizes. Among them, the woofer was located in the lower half of the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine. It was a short and fat structure. This part could be placed within a ten-meter radius at will without affecting the low sound effect. The stereo system was separate, connected to the television by cable; The two removable surround sound systems were more interesting. There was a lid on each side of the Fully-Automated Smart Bickering Machine. At first glance, one would not be able to see anything. However, after opening the lid, one would discover that there were metal charging points in the grooves. After placing the two small sound systems into the grooves and covering them, they would charge automatically. According to the design, these two small speakers were meant to create a surround sound effect. They could be played continuously for 10 hours after fully charged. There were lights on both of the small speakers to indicate the amount of power left. It could be put back into the Fully-Automated Smart Bickering Machine to be charged, and it could also be connected to the power lines to be charged. In addition, the main body of the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine had a ring-shaped breathing light that would flicker when the AEEIS spoke. The Echo Wall type of sound products had appeared seven or eight years ago. In recent years, with the entry of domestic manufacturers, the price of the Echo Wall had dropped significantly. The Fully-Automated Intelligent Bickering Machine was obviously made by domestic original equipment manufacturers. However, it had cleverly combined the Bickering Machine and the Echo Wall, and had meticulously designed the use case. There was a woofer on the Fully-Automated Smart Bickering Machine. Obviously, it had to be placed at the side of the television cabinet or beside the coffee table. It could be moved freely within a certain range without affecting the sound effect. The sound bar was placed under the television, just like the other echo walls. The most unique thing should be the design of the two small speakers. They were mainly to provide better surround sound effects. There were some problems with both the wired or wireless solutions in the market for such surround-sound speakers. The advantage of having them wired was that they did not have to worry about charging it. However, it was inconvenient to move. Whats more, the requirement for it being plugged onto the wall socket meant that it would look messy. The advantage of being wireless was that it could be moved at will and could be adjusted at any time. However, charging it would be more troublesome. On the other hand, the Fully-Automated Intelligent Bickering Machine had two solutions. It could remove the power lines, but it could also be stuffed into the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine and be charged with metal touch points. That way, users would be able to judge its remaining battery volume based on the light strips on the small stereo system. They would be able to stuff it into the Fully-Automated Smart Bickering Machine to charge it when they werent using it. It was not a perfect solution, but it gave users more options than most of the echo wall products on the market that only provided one solution. Yu Pingan found it very novel. Its an echo wall? I thought it was just a separate sound system like the other smart speakers. Chang You replied, Yes, that was what I thought originally as well. If this sound system cost three to four hundred yuan, there would be no other choice but for us to create a separate sound system. However, Boss Pei set the price at 2,588 yuan. Apart from the original value of the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine, this stereo system is worth at least two thousand yuan. Thus, our product managers discussed for a while. Since were already at the price of two thousand yuan, why dont we improve it to the echo wall? Yu Pingan nodded. Yes, that made a lot of sense. After it was made into an echo wall, it is now more valuable and unique. If it was just a rubbish sound system, it would not be worthy of the artistic status of the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine. No one would buy it. Let me know when the samples are ready. I want to buy one for fun too. Chang You smiled. No problem. Ill give you a sample as soon as I have it! November 16th, Wednesday For the past few days, Pei Qian had nothing much to do other than playing games at home, he only went to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe to relax and was living very comfortably. Tengdas recruitment event ended last week. New employees were starting to join the company. The first Tengda Spirit compatibility test would be held on Friday. The Tengda Spirit compatibility test had been adjusted from the backend again. Apart from the usual updating of questions, there was also an additional subjective answer section for each question. The number of questions had decreased, but after choosing an option, the candidate had to briefly enter the reason for choosing the options in the input box below. He would have to wait until Friday to see if this method would work and whether he could find a deeper reason for the high passing rate of the Tengda Spirit compatibility test. Pei Qian sipped his coffee as he read the work report submitted by the E-Sports Department. The GPL league was still in preparation. All the new clubs had already set up training bases in Jingzhou and were beginning to dig around for outstanding players. At the moment, veteran clubs like H4 Clubs were without a doubt, stronger since they had started early. However, as GOG continued to become popular in the country, a large number of powerful players began to appear incessantly. The top scorers on Gods Rising were basically contacted by various club managers every day. Many young internet addicts did not plan to play professionals at first, but they finally decided to come to the various clubs in Jingzhou for training. If these clubs were scattered in different cities, it would be quite troublesome to train them. These internet addicts would have to travel all over the country to find a satisfactory club. However, things were different now. All the clubs were in Jingzhou, and the GPL competition venue was in Jingzhou as well. As long as they were capable enough, they would be able to find a satisfactory club after staying in Jingzhou for a few days and trying them out one by one. Whats more, the E-Sports environment in Jingzhou was the best. The first choice was to join the DGE Club. If one could not join the DGE Club, he could consider other clubs. If he could not join the main force, he could play as a substitute. If he could not play as a substitute, he could be trained. In the worst case scenario, he could even join the Fish-Catching Internet Cafes internet cafe competition. As a large number of clubs and top players gathered, the various Fish-Catching Internet Cafes in Jingzhou suddenly became filled with hidden talents, especially in the first Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 3.0. No one knew just how many top players were hidden in this small internet cafe. On Zhang Yuans end, Tengdas E-Sports Department had been established. The members of this department were more complicated. Some were old employees transferred from Tengda Games and Shang Yang Games, some were employees who had been recruited from society, and some were fresh graduates. At the moment, the eSports Division was also considering when to commence the GPL apart from helping various clubs to recruit and train. According to normal circumstances, spring competition should be from January to April, summer competition should be from June to September. An international competition could be arranged after the spring and summer competitions. If it was the grand finals, it should be held in October. Apart from arranging for some sporadic entertainment competitions, the rest and transfer season would be the most important. It was currently November and should be within the transfer period. The GPL leagues spring competition would only start in January. However, the eSports Division and various clubs felt that two months was too long. The audience might not be able to wait. GPL was a league with many teams and a high density of competitions. It would not be conducive for players to maintain their competitive standards or maintain the popularity of the league if there was a long period of blank in between. Whats more, the clubs that had just been established were in urgent need of a more formal competition. They wanted to give their players more practice so that their teams could work together faster. The various clubs might already be organizing a training competition but there was still a huge gap between the training competition and the official competition. It was completely different. Thus, the eSports Club decided to play a GPL pre-season game in December. Each club could choose whether to participate or not based on the situation. If some teams had yet to be finalized, they could choose not to participate. As for those teams that had been finalized, they could choose either the main force or the reserve force to play. They would mainly use this competition to train their players while also warming up for the upcoming GPL Spring Competition. The standard of competition might not be very high, but it would at least be able to entertain the audience. Pei Qian had no objections to the arrangements of these competitions. After all, the popularity of the GPL had already risen. The popularity would not be affected by one more or one less competition. It was good entertainment for Pei Qian with more competitions since he was a loyal fan himself. Chapter 742 - Boss Pei’s Guidance Pei Qian briefly went through other information that was worth paying attention to after confirming the situation of the GPL league. The information was compiled and reported by the person-in-charge of the various departments. Some of the information also came from the Manage Loss Trainees who were lurking in the various departments. In fact, Pei Qian did not ask the heads of the various departments to sort out and report the information. However, these people in charge still reported it consciously because they were worried that something would go wrong with their work. It was Boss Peis business for him not to ask, but it would be their business if they did not report the situations! To the people in charge, it was a good thing for Boss Pei to give them full power since it represented his trust in them. However, that did not mean that they could do whatever they wanted. Boss Pei was the highest in command in Tengda Corporation after all. Wouldnt they be letting Boss Pei down if some projects went wrong, especially since he trusted everyone so much? Therefore, the heads of the various departments were still very serious and responsible. They reported all sorts of information regularly. If Boss Pei did not raise any suggestions, everything would go on as per normal. If Boss Pei raised any objections, there would still be enough time for them to change their work plans immediately. On the other hand, Pei Qian himself had to grasp these information regularly. Otherwise, what would he do if a certain department were to quietly make huge profits? Thus, he still had to read the contents one by one even though he was very reluctant. Tengda Games and Fei Huang Workspace should still be fighting to the death with Mission and Choice. What worried Pei Qian more was that the plot of the game and movie was basically in Huang Sibo and Zhu Xiaoces heads. Apart from the scriptwriter team and a few others, no one else knew about it. Even Lu Zhiyao, who was the main actor, could only get the script only when he was about to film a scene. The other staff knew what they were going to do, but they did not know the entire story. Pei Qian was a little worried, but he was also worried that asking would cause the observer effect. After hearing that Lu Zhiyao had been the only one filming his part in the green film studio up until now, Pei Qian felt that this sounded unreliable and decided not to ask about it for now. Qiu Hong was already preparing the incubation base for the independent game creators in Beijing. There was no difficulty in this. Everything should be going smoothly. Ma Yang was distributing coins on Weibo while doing live-streams. His fans were steadily increasing with a professional team backing him up. He had spent a lot of money but had not earned a single cent. Pei Qian was very satisfied with that. There was not much worth paying attention to the normal development of AEEIS and the Useful App. He had also not paid much attention to Liang Qingfan and to the Sloth Apartments for some time now. However, he was probably busy buying a building in the city center to make the Sloth Apartments 2.0 model. At the same time, he was also discussing collaborations with some reliable furniture and renovation brands. In the investment department, more and more companies were queuing up to be invested. He Desheng was very obedient and strictly followed the first-come-first-served model. He would sell the investment when they were profitable and then invest in the next one. Simple, rough, and brainless. Among all the projects that he had invested in, the Cold-Faced Lady had the biggest presence. After the news conference, Meng Chang had relied on his outstanding eloquence to obtain a million yuan investment each from two companies. That way, Meng Chang would have had a total of four million yuan in investment. He was already preparing to open his shop in the downtown area of Beijing. He should be able to open for business next week if everything went smoothly. Meng Chang made a rather large commotion which got Pei Qians notice but he did not pay much attention. The reason was very simple. Regardless of whether Meng Chang would succeed or not, he was still in a state of bragging. Pei Qian did not know how to read minds and could not know his true thoughts. He could only continue observing. Pei Qian had already decided to leave Dream Realization Ventures to fend for itself. He would not interfere with the investments anymore. Instead, he would strictly adhere to the sell if you make a profit, continue investing if you make a loss approach. Thus, Pei Qian could not be bothered to ask too much about the specific operations of other projects. Other than that, the other departments had more or less made some progress. For example, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Fish-Catching Take-Out had opened a few new branches, Upwind Logistics had opened another batch of courier stations, and so on. Pei Qian took a quick glance and stopped paying attention. At that moment, Pei Qians cell phone rang. He picked it up and saw that it was from Zhu Xiaoce. Pei Qian could not help but frown. Did something happen at the filming location? Hello? Boss Pei, Im sorry to disturb you, Zhu Xiaoce said over the phone. Its like this. Our filming is not going very well. Lu Zhiyaos acting has reached a bottleneck. Hes not satisfied after filming many times. I dont have any good ideas either. Boss Pei could we trouble you to come over and give him some pointers? Pei Qian: ? It was like witnessing a huge reward for confusing humans. It was a good thing that the filming was not going well and the effect was not satisfactory. However, what did he mean by asking me to give him some pointers? Pei Qian was very confused. Lu Zhiyao was a talented young actor after all. He was only one award away from becoming a true Best Actor. Why was he asking him to guide him in acting? The previous incident with Tomorrow is Beautiful was just a coincidence. How would I know anything about acting! I cant guide him. Goodbye. Pei Qian hung up honestly. Mission and Choices filming location. Zhu Xiaoce sighed softly and put his cell phone back into his pocket. Lu Zhiyaos heart could not help but drop when he saw this. However, he still held onto his last bit of hope and asked, What did Boss Pei say? Zhu Xiaoce shook his head. Boss Pei said that he cant guide you. Lu Zhiyao could not help but be stunned. He frowned. Boss Pei said he cant guide me? He frowned slightly. After some serious consideration, he said, Boss Pei said that he cant guide me, not that he did not have the time to or didnt want to? Zhu Xiaoce nodded. Yes. Eh? Lu Zhiyao fell into deep thought. Zhu Xiaoce did not understand what he was thinking either. He asked, Is there anything wrong? Lu Zhiyao nodded. Of course! If he said that he did not have the time or he did not want to guide me would mean that Boss Pei has the ability to guide me. However, Boss Pei said that he cant guide me. Does that mean he doesnt have the ability? Zhu Xiaoce nodded. Yes, that should be what he means from those words. Lu Zhiyao said, Thats a problem. Uncle Zhang has other matters to attend to and has no free time. Whats more, it would not be very appropriate for him to come all the way to Jingzhou just to give me some pointers on my acting skills. But Uncle Zhang definitely has the ability to guide me. According to the filming situation of Tomorrow is Beautiful, Boss Peis understanding of acting should be on the same level as Uncle Zhangs. Boss Pei might not be good at acting personally but he is very good at analyzing the characters through the movie script. He would also dig deeper into the details of the performance based on the plot and character characteristics. However, Boss Pei hasnt even read the entire script yet. Isnt it a little strange to say that he cant guide me? Why did he reject it so decisively? Zhu Xiaoce frowned slightly and nodded. Yes, your suspicions are not unreasonable. If Boss Pei was really not capable enough and could not give any opinions, he should have at least understood the script before coming to a conclusion. However, Boss Pei does not even know the complete script now, only a portion of the information, and yet he is firmly saying that he cannot guide you I understand now! Zhu Xiaoce suddenly had an idea. I think Boss Pei is emphasizing that you have to figure this out on your own. As a bystander and an outsider, I cant give you much advice! Even if I could guide you in some details and improve your acting skills, it would only treat the symptoms and not solve the main problem! Lu Zhiyao was shocked. Really? Why do you say that? Zhu Xiaoce explained, Well have to start from the difference between Tomorrow is Beautiful and Mission and Choice. Tomorrow is Beautiful has a very clear theme. To put it bluntly, the male protagonist you play is just a tool. He is the message that expresses Boss Peis thoughts. Therefore, you would be able to draw inferences and learn from analogy with just a little guidance from Boss Pei. However, Mission and Choice is completely different. Its script was actually written by a group of people, and there are many ways to interpret it. Most of the plot in the drama is a one-man show, and its all made up of green screens. Therefore, there are actually many ways to interpret the character youre playing this time! With so many interpretations, its hard to say which is absolutely correct, but one of them must be the most suitable for you. No one can guide you on that, you can only rely on yourself to figure it out. There are many classic and outstanding characters in the history of movies. The interpretation of these characters were not on a helicopter view, but on the actors themselves. Obviously, Boss Pei thinks that you have entered this stage. The guidance from a helicopter view can no longer help you improve. You can only rely on yourself now. Lu Zhiyao blinked blankly. Director Zhu, are you sure thats what Boss Pei meant? Zhu Xiaoce nodded confidently. Based on my understanding of Boss Pei, I cant say that Im 100% sure, but Im at least 97% sure. Therefore, what you have to do now is to believe in yourself. Lu Zhiyao fell silent. For some reason, he actually felt relieved. When he was filming previously, he always felt that he was lacking in something and that his interpretation of the character was not good enough. Thus, he was always lacking in confidence and his performance was not natural enough. Lu Zhiyao hoped that someone would be able to guide him like Zhang Zuting and Boss Pei had done before, so that he would be enlightened and be able to solve all the problems in such a mechanical way. However, Director Zhu Xiaoces call to Boss Pei had sobered him up. Boss Peis words shattered his fantasy and completely eliminated his wishful thinking. Since he could no longer rely on others to guide him, he could only trust himself and try his best to be enlightened! Enlightenment was very mysterious and probably would not lead to an ideal outcome but Lu Zhiyao now had the mentality of cutting off all means of retreat and felt relaxed. Whats there to be afraid of if even Boss Pei said that I can only rely on myself now? Lu Zhiyao made up his mind. Alright! Boss Pei really views problems at the very core. Ill think about this script for a while more and film again in a few more hours! Chapter 743 - Simulation Training On ‘Realistic Elements’ Lu Zhiyao found a quiet corner on the set and read the script that he had obtained from beginning to end. The first part of the script that he got started from the moment he woke up from hibernation, to the time when he received the order from the Executive Committee to become the supreme commander of the Alliance Fleet and watched the first humiliating defeat of the humans by the Zergs. Lu Zhiyao was quite satisfied with the performance. That was because this stage was relatively simple for the protagonist Qin Yi. Qin Yis emotions were complicated but he was still confined within the concept of a soldier. In other words, although he had some complaints about the Blue Planet Alliance Fleet Executive Committee, AEEIS, and the previous commander, he had already decided to fulfill his duty as a soldier after learning of the former commanders sacrifice and taking over the heavy responsibility of being a commander. This part was no problem to Lu Zhiyao based on his current acting skills. He shot a satisfactory scene after a few NGs. The second part of the script was Qin Yi taking over and adapting to AEEIS command system after watching the commander of the human fleet. At that time, the Blue Planet Alliance Fleet was relatively loose in structure. The Asian Fleet, American Fleet, European Fleet, and so on had their own commanders, and each warship had a captain in charge. There were also huge differences between the supreme commanders of different fleets. Some captains were very arrogant, while others were overly cautious and only wanted to protect themselves. Thus, this space battle became a one-sided slaughter by the Zergs. The human fleet was in a mess. Some battleships even crashed into each other while escaping. The communication channel was in chaos. It was a complete disaster. In this space battle plot, Lu Zhiyaos performance was also relatively simple. Qin Yi calmly watched the entire process of the war. From time to time, he would use the control panel to change his perspective and observe the details of the battlefield. Gradually, he got used to the operation of the control panel. There would only be some obvious fluctuations in his expression in special scenes. The content of this part of the storyline was mainly to let Qin Yi understand the inevitability of the Blue Planet Alliance fleet changing their method of command. The current method of command of the Blue Planet was actually a general directional decision made by an experienced commander with strong mental fortitude. Then, the artificial intelligence AEEIS would divide the decisions into specific instructions and direct them to the frontline army. In other words, using the powerful artificial intelligence, AEEIS and Ansible communication, the current method of command actually directly replaced the entire middle-level command, greatly increasing the efficiency of the command. The third script was for Qin Yi to start the first phase of command simulation training. Qin Yi had to go through a lot of simulation training before he could truly take over the command of the front line according to AEEIS plan. Humans had successfully beheaded the Zerg Queen under the previous commanders command where he used himself as bait. They eliminated a large number of Zergs, curbed their reproductive capability and obtained a period of stability. At this stage, AEEIS would be in charge of commanding the combined fleet for recuperation and strategic defence. Qin Yi, on the other hand, had to seize the time to improve his commanding ability. The Zergs could make a comeback at any time. There was not much time left for Qin Yi. The mock training at this stage was much smoother and simpler than Qin Yi had imagined. That was because Qin Yi had rich first-tier combat experience. He also had AEEIS to provide him with all sorts of information at any time. In addition, humans were stronger than Zergs, and all soldiers followed orders without hesitation. Thus, the battle at this stage was very successful and completely in line with Qin Yis expectations. This was a small climax in the early stages of the movie. Under Qin Yis correct command, the human troops in the scene won steadily. Lu Zhiyaos performance in the first three scripts was relatively simple. That was because Qin Yi did not have complicated emotions or intense emotional changes. His acting skills were still within Lu Zhiyaos control. However, Lu Zhiyao was stuck after receiving the fourth script from Director Zhu Xiaoce. He felt like he was lacking in something no matter what he did. Qin Yi woke up from the cabin again. He was now the highest commander of the Alliance Fleet, where the fate of mankind was entrusted to him, However, as an ordinary human, he still needed sufficient rest to maintain the sharpness and clarity of his brain. The hibernation capsule had a special sleeping gas. Qin Yi only needed three hours of deep sleep every 24 hours to ensure that his energy remained in a relatively good state. During these three hours, AEEIS would continue to command the battle at the front line. AEEIS would immediately wake Qin Yi up if there was any emergency. Until now, Qin Yis simulation had been very smooth. He had clear-cut wins in the first few small-scale battles. However, Qin Yi was neither proud nor complacent because he knew very well that a real battle would be countless times more complicated and arduous than a battle of this level. Thus, after he woke up, Qin Yi sat on the command platform again and continued his mock training. The sooner he completed all the simulation training, the safer the human race would be. A light blue stream of data appeared in the air. AEEISs sound wave image appeared. Commander, todays simulation training will include realistic elements. Please be prepared. Qin Yi was slightly surprised. AEEIS began to explain before he could ask. The so-called realistic elements is to use the data of past battles to show how every unit on the battlefield has their own will. There is a probability of resistance. Qin Yi nodded lightly. As expected, the previous battle was very simple because there were no realistic elements. It was a battlefield simulated under ideal circumstances. The premise of such a battle was that all soldiers were rational people who would carry out the mission given by the commander without any hesitation. However, absolutely rational people did not exist. Thus, such idealized battles naturally did not exist. AEEIS cold voice sounded. Commander, you may think that you are prepared, but you are not. Here are some data that can help you understand the difficulty of adding the realistic elements. In the era of cold weapons, the casualty rate of the army would reach 3% or even 5%. That means that the entire army could collapse if you lose about 5,000 soldiers in every 100,000 soldiers. Once that happens, the casualties caused by the pursuit and trampling of the retreating side would far exceed the deadlock stage. This is also the reason why there is often a huge disparity in battle losses during the era of cold weapons. In the age of thermal weapons, the armys organization efficiency and will to fight have been greatly improved. However, once the casualty rate reaches 10%, it will be regarded as a stop state. That is, the team will lose the ability to complete specific tasks. When the casualty rate reaches 30%, it will be regarded as a destroyed state. That is, the teams will to fight will be completely destroyed and will not be able to fight for a very long time. As for persevering to the last person, it is an extremely rare phenomenon. That is why these battles were recorded in history and repeatedly promoted by humans. Commander, understanding this information in advance will help you make more correct decisions. Qin Yis face revealed an expression of surprise. As a team leader who had been commanding battles for a long time, Qin Yi had not come into contact with these data before. In fact, the data completely contradicted his instincts. That was because the team that Qin Yi was in was an elite team. They would often go on extremely dangerous missions. Their willpower was much stronger than other soldiers, and they would often fight until the last person was left. Qin Yi originally thought that the entire army would collapse only when the war losses reached 60 to 70 percent. However, the real figures were obviously not the case. During Qin Yis previous simulation training, every unit would carry out their orders faithfully. The surviving soldiers would stick to the line and carry out their orders faithfully even if the death rate was more than 70 to 80 percent. Now, it was possible for an established army to collapse, fail to follow, and fight on for their own surivival if the death rate exceeded 30% after adding the realistic elements. The level of difficulty was higher than he could imagine. The screen and the surrounding images changed rapidly as a new simulated battlefield was formed. It was exactly the same as the previous battles. There were even more units that could be mobilized than before. Qin Yi concentrated and started commanding the battle. However, during the battle, his expression quickly changed from stern to surprised, then to anxious, and finally to irritable. Any other normal person would have collapsed by now if not for Qin Yis strong mental fortitude. Many times, this unit could have held on for another hour before reinforcements arrived, turning the entire situation around. Yet, at the last moment, they would completely lose their fighting strength, causing them to be utterly defeated. Many unexpected problems were added together, making the war, which was originally easy to win under the rational state, much more difficult. In the end, the entire battlefield was completely out of control, and they had no choice but to retreat in panic. The troops that could not retreat in time were quickly drowned by the sea of insects. The bright spots on the map were extinguished one by one. The surroundings became dead silent, and the endless darkness completely enveloped Qin Yi. Qin Yi leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes. He found it hard to accept that a battle that lasted a few hours ended in such a complete defeat. AEEISs image appeared again in mid-air. On the battlefield, a seemingly flawless choice could also lead to serious consequences. On the contrary, an unacceptable deception could also lead to a complete victory in a large-scale battle. Commander, you can check the data provided by AEEIS at any time. The current analysis is more than 87% accurate. It can be used as an important reference. Qin Yi remained silent for a moment and then took a deep breath. Start over. Chapter 744 - Past Battles The surrounding images began to retreat rapidly. The battles that had happened before replayed in front of Qin Yi. The dead soldiers came back to life one by one, and the overwhelming swarm of insects dispersed like a receding tide. Everything returned to its original state. Qin Yi took a deep breath. These images strengthened the memories in his mind, allowing him to clearly understand that some seemingly correct decisions made under the premise that all soldiers are rational people could actually be completely wrong. Qin Yi gently tapped on the control panels screen once he was ready. The waiting troops started moving again. This time, Qin Yi was even more focused. He did not dare to miss out on any details. Qin Yi recalled the consequences of making a decision before and checked the data provided by AEEIS. With the help of AEEIS, every unit and even every soldiers state was quantified into a constant fluctuating data. For example, different soldiers would have different statistics such as their morale, degree of tension, and fear at the beginning of the battle. During the battle, the rate of change would also be different. The current state of the army could be displayed after combining the values of all the soldiers in the army and some complicated calculations. Sometimes they would be in high morale, sometimes they were in low morale, and sometimes they would complete collapse. Once their morale completely collapsed, Qin Yi could do almost nothing apart from giving orders for the troops to retreat, because other orders, whether it was attacking or defending, might not work. While commanding the battle, AEEIS would occasionally remind Qin Yi to make some key decisions. For example, there were multiple zones fighting at the same time. Now that a small team had discovered a certain Zerg nest, AEEIS would directly give Qin Yi a hint after determining the importance of this event. Qin Yi would be able to prioritize his command for this event. When a team called for reinforcements or supplies, Qin Yi had many options as well. He could transfer troops to reinforce them, he could keep his mouth shut about the reinforcement requirements, he could lie that reinforcements were coming, he could also tell them the truth. Behind every choice, there would be a message marked by AEEIS, helping Qin Yi to judge the possible consequences of making this decision. For example, if a team whose morale was on the verge of collapse received news that reinforcements were on the way, their morale would rise temporarily. On the other hand, if they knew that there would be no more reinforcements, their morale might collapse instantly. There was also a very small chance that they would launch suicidal attacks to eliminate more Zergs. The consequences of every choice could be checked, and the probability of certain possibilities was extremely low. Qin Yi could not possibly try. If he told them the truth, the chances of their morale collapsing would be more than 90%, and the chances of them triggering the fighting spirit of the soldiers in a desperate situation would be less than 10%. It would be very foolish to bet that the probability was less than 10%. In this battle, Qin Yi did not completely follow the instructions given by AEEIS. Sometimes, he even deliberately rejected these data in his heart. That was because most of the time, he had to make decisions that went against his conscience. For example, he had to give up and sacrifice a team. In order to let them continue to hold their ground, he had to tell them that reinforcements were arriving. Qin Yi instinctively resisted such a behavior. Therefore, he would still insist on telling the truth even if it did not affect the situation much. However, it was undeniable that Qin Yi began to rely more and more on the data provided by AEEIS during the battle. That was because the data was very useful. Qin Yi gradually realized that under such chaotic battlefield conditions, the command method originally used for rational people would not work. Instead, it would strictly follow the data analysis provided by AEEIS. In the end, it would achieve the most acceptable result. Qin Yi began to pay more attention to data and AEEIS opinions on some less important decisions. That was because, compared to the critical battlefield, the actions of these marginal battlefields and small groups would not affect the overall situation. Qin Yi did not expect them to become the small probability of seed explosion. He only hoped that they would not collapse too quickly and achieve a relatively acceptable result. This time, Qin Yi successfully won this battle. After quickly reviewing the entire battle, Qin Yi quickly entered the command for the next battle. He was pressed for time and did not have much time to think about these difficult decisions. Qin Yi was becoming better at commanding according to AEEIS data and overall thinking. His results were also steadily improving. Qin Yis improvement was very obvious from the beginning when his troops were defeated to now when he could work hard to control the losses and win the battle within a certain range. Every time he won, he would watch the soldiers cheer, and the number of casualties reported by AEEIS decreased. Qin Yi felt comforted, and his emotions became numb. He felt as if he had gradually become an emotionless commanding machine. He very nearly became numb towards the feelings of the individual soldiers, and able to coldly but accurately make the choices most beneficial to the overall battle. Another battle. As usual, Qin Yi quickly scanned the battlefield information and formulated a strategy. However, when he scanned the names of the teams that were on standby, he was stunned. AS-371-45 Team. Qin Yi zoomed in and scanned each soldiers serial number and name. He saw Xu Kaile, Meng Yu, Zhao Yongxiu, and Wu Shaojuns names, including himself, Qin Yi, the captain of AS-371-45 Team. There were so many units in the battlefield. Each unit had its own serial number and name, but Qin Yi had never paid attention to them. That was because he really could not focus on it. He could not put himself in the shoes of a soldier to think about problems. This was a large-scale battle. There would be a huge number of decisions waiting for Qin Yi to make every minute. To pay attention to a certain soldier would be irresponsible to all the other soldiers. However, Qin Yi could not help but feel something when he saw his own team. The memories that had gradually become blurry during training became clear once again. Qin Yis gaze swept across every familiar member. What they were doing now was exactly the same as what he remembered. AEEIS did not explain much, but Qin Yi knew very well that this should be the video recording of the battle at that time. The battle had now been restored to its original state. However, this time, he was no longer the captain of AS-271-45, but the commander of the battlefield. Qin Yis eyes scanned the figures of every soldier in the AS-371-45 team and the overall figures of the entire team. Morale, nervousness, fear Every statistic was displayed clearly. The figures of these players were different. The short and silent Meng Yu had the lowest level of nervousness and fear, which was in line with Qin Yis judgment. Zhao Yongxiu seemed to be very clumsy and liked to look good. He received the most care in the team, but his fear was not very high. On the other hand, Xu Kaile, who looked optimistic and often encouraged other players, was the most nervous in the entire team. Qin Yi thought about it briefly and quickly determined the reason for this: Xu Kaile was a meticulous person. In reality, he was under more mental pressure than others. His optimism and enthusiasm were just a facade. Qin Yi looked at himself again. He realized that his statistics were not as perfect as he had imagined. His morale, fear, nervousness, and other statistics might be the best in the entire team but he was still far from being a true rational person. He was not even the best in the entire fleet. According to AEEIS judgment, he would also collapse in despair. He could not be considered a cold-hearted war machine. Qin Yi personally felt that the AS-371-45 team was unique from the bottom of his heart. However, it was just an ordinary team from the statistics. This team was nothing special when compared to other teams carrying out missions. As to why this team could finally complete the task of finding the Zerg Queens Nest Initially, Qin Yi thought that it was because of the sacrifices of the other team members, his perseverance, and his luck in escaping death countless times. However, Qin Yi suddenly felt that these reasons were both reasonable and unreasonable. From the commanders point of view, he had another view on this matter. In fact, the combined fleet had sent out so many teams. Each team had the same combat ability as AS-371-45. Some teams were even stronger. From the looks of it, as long as the strategy was right, teams would eventually come to the Zerg Queens nest. It would have been another team even if it wasnt Team AS-371-45. For Captain Qin Yi, such a result was obtained through the sacrifice and bloodbath of all the members of the AS-371-45 team. For Commander Qin Yi, it was a result of precise calculation. Of course, there could be errors in calculations, and strategies could fail. However, it was obvious that even without the AS-371-45 team, the outcome of this war would not be much different. Qin Yi no longer paid attention to his team. Instead, he focused on the overall situation. The overwhelming sea of insects was already brewing. It was like a surging black tide, or like a dark cloud gathering in a strong wind. Every second was precious. Qin Yi did not say anything. He skillfully operated the control panel and began to direct this battle. Under Qin Yis control, the troops faced the swarm of bugs one by one. Countless soldiers were swallowed by the sea of bugs. The dense firepower suppression blasted deep pits and ravines on the surface of the planet. Qin Yi calmly made his decisions time and time again. After one formation was sacrificed, a backup formation would be added immediately. The human army and the Zergs were in a deadlock on the vast battlefield, repeatedly competing for strategic locations. The AS-371-45 team, like the other elite teams, had been sent on a mission to search for the Queen Zergs Nest. Elite teams had been exposed one after another, and the Ansible signal had disappeared into the nest forever. However, there were also teams that were constantly moving deeper into the nest. Chapter 745 - Reinforcements Are Coming” Qin Yi did not have much energy to care about the team in the nest because the main battlefield was also facing immense pressure. The overwhelming sea of bugs was not just concentrated on the front. These bugs could also suddenly appear from underground without warning, causing many unprepared human bases to suffer heavy losses. The difference in strength between the two sides made Qin Yi unable to withstand the Zergs attacks even if he focused all his attention on commanding the main battlefield. Suddenly, Qin Yis pupils constricted. A unit on the main battlefield collapsed in an instant under the impact of the sea of insects. The remaining soldiers fell into disarray and fought on their own. The loss of a strategic location directly caused the entire regional battlefield to collapse. The sea of insects were like flies attracted to rotten meat, tearing a hole in the human defense line. The entire battlefields situation collapsed instantly! The defeat was complete. Qin Yi continued to control the various troops to counterattack, but it was useless. Soon, the main battlefield was completely submerged by the sea of insects. The remaining human soldiers had no choice but to give up on the military base that they had spent a lot of time and energy building on the planet. They retreated back into space and returned to where the command ship was. Qin Yi did not notice that AS-371-45, like the other elite teams, had died silently in the Zerg nest. Darkness shrouded the entire command space once again. Qin Yi once again tasted failure. Qin Yi remained silent for a moment before saying, Start over. In his memory, there were at least a dozen major and minor battles that he had not started over. That was because he had done well in all the previous dozens of battles. He had once thought that he had already grasped the key to command: He would be able to control the situation on the battlefield as long as he made the right decision on every battlefield, and combined it with the detailed data provided by AEEIS. However, Qin Yi now realized that things were obviously not that simple. At a time where humans and Zergs were equal or even superior in terms of strength, such a commanding style was indeed the safest way to win the battle. However, once the Zergs military strength was higher than that of humans, such a commanding style would lead them to destruction. There were a large number of corvettes around the command ship. However, in order to ensure the safety of the command ship, the combined fleet had actually wasted a lot of its military strength. This created the situation where human forces on the surface of the planet to be in a weaker position compared to the Zergs. Qin Yi had a clearer understanding of the situation at the beginning of the battle after he started the same battle again. The Zergs that he had seen at the start of the war only accounted for a small portion of the Zergs true strength. There were even more Zergs hidden in the nests underground, hidden in the space behind the planet, waiting for an opportunity to strike. The decapitation of the leader operation was just a beautiful wish. Once they entered a tug-of-war, they would only die in the face of the sea of bugs that had the advantage no matter whether it was a frontal battle or a team carrying out the decapitation operation. Qin Yi took a deep breath and pulled the command ship out, leaving it alone in the pitch-black starry sky. He then pulled out several large frigates, equipped with a large number of range-killing weapons, together with the command ship, as decoys. The remaining main force of the Alliance Fleet was attacking the Zergs from the front while the other went around the back of the planet to intercept the Zergs that were waiting in space. That way, the human forces on the battlefield would surpass the Zergs. If the Zergs did not execute the decapitation strike on the command ship, the humans who had the upper hand in terms of military strength would have a huge chance. If the Zergs carried out the decapitation operation on the command ship, the commander would still be able to sacrifice a large number of Zergs military strength. He would be able to guarantee a victory on the battlefield at the cost of sacrificing himself. The images around Qin Yi kept switching to various corners of the battlefield. On the main battlefield, the human forces suppressed the Zergs in terms of numbers. Not only did they guard the defensive line, but they also had the energy to continue advancing, closing in on above the Zergs nest and cooperating with the decapitation mission; The human fleet in space met the Zerg fleet. Countless starships exploded and disintegrated. The Zergs countless Leviathan Beasts were attacked by dense artillery fire. The poisonous gas in their bodies burned violently. The flames in the sky were like beautiful fireworks. He was obviously losing contact with the decapitation teams that had infiltrated the Zerg nest one by one. However, because the main battlefield had effectively dispersed the Zerg army, the survival rate of these teams was obviously much higher than before. Everything seemed to be going according to plan. However, at that moment, an ear-piercing alarm suddenly sounded throughout the entire space. Red warning words appeared on the surrounding image. A large number of Zerg troops broke through the defensive line outside the command ship and pounced towards it! AEEIS cold voice sounded. Attention! Once the command ship is destroyed, all units will be taken over by AEEIS. Commander, please make the appropriate arrangements in advance. Qin Yi quickly turned his attention and gave orders to every unit. He requested for the frontline troops to speed up their attacks and charge towards the top of the Zergs that the execution team had found. He wanted them to cooperate with the execution team. He requested the fleet at the back of the planet to stall the remaining Zerg fleet at all costs. He requested the corvette to stall for time after consuming most of its weapons in a self-destruction move. Finally, the remaining corvette gathered around the command ship and perished together with the insects. Qin Yi saw countless messages from the decapitation team, including requests for reinforcements from Team AS-371-45. However, Qin Yi no longer had any troops he could send to reinforce them. There were several AEEIS reply templates below the request for reinforcements. Of course, Qin Yi could also verbally give instructions to AEEIS. Still, he opened his mouth, but no sound came out. Instead, he clicked on the console and selected a template reply provided by AEEIS. [Continue with the mission. Reinforcements are on their way.] After choosing this reply, he switched his vision back to the command ship. The sea of insects that filled the sky seemed to be right in front of him. One by one, the command ships crashed into the densest part of the sea of insects. Brilliant fireworks lit up and extinguished in the dark night sky. The huge battleships disappeared in the blink of an eye, as if they had never appeared. After stalling for as long as possible, the dense swarm of Zergs had surrounded the command ship. The Leviathan Behemoth creature sprayed countless Zergs at the human fleet. From an omniscient view, the human fleet was like a piece of meat surrounded by ants. The few remaining corvettes moved closer to the command ship and pressed the final detonation button at the same time. A bright light flashed, and the space where Qin Yi was became snow-white. It took more than ten seconds before the scene was restored. AEEIS took over control from Qin Yi and directed the subsequent battles. Qin Yi was like a dead man, watching the final scene of the battle as a soul. They had won the battle, where the result of which was even better than the actual battle. However, Qin Yi did not look happy at all. After a moment of silence, he said, Continue. AEEISs image appeared again after some time. Commander, we will be entering the random battle training mode. The battles that we face next include battles that have happened before but had a change in their initial configurations; fictional battles that were randomly generated by intelligent systems according to algorithms; even battles where there is a huge difference in strength, harsh conditions, and no possibility of victory. There will be no mission targets in random battles. You will decide the battle strategy. There will no longer be a time limit for each battle. You will be the one to judge the situation on the battlefield. Battle or retreat, annihilate or stop losses will depend on your judgment. Commander, good luck. Qin Yi did not say much but continued to command the next battle expressionlessly. Without a clear target and a clear time limit, Qin Yi had to decide what he wanted to do. Whether it was a frontal attack or to leave a small portion of the troops behind to create an opportunity for the main force to retreat was up to him. The battlefield could have happened anywhere on the planet. The timeline seemed to have become very chaotic. Some teams that had already been completely sacrificed in the previous battle appeared in the new battle once again. As for the wholesome teams that Qin An remembered from the beginning were now incomplete. Qin An did not ask further because he vaguely understood the intention behind this move. He wanted to cultivate himself to be able to quickly develop the best combat strategy based on the strength ratio and objective situations of humans and Zergs on the battlefield. Qin Yi controlled the troops calmly and carried out various tasks. The data that AEEIS had gathered had become an important basis for his decision-making. Human fear, hot-bloodedness, ignorance, and other complex emotions had all become a part of the decision-making reference under the analysis of the big data. Lies and sacrifices had become figures with a higher success rate. The scene around Qin Yi kept changing. One random battle after another ended. Precious time passed as he slept for three hours a day. Another mid-scale regional battle had begun. As usual, Qin Yi calmly analyzed the situation on the battlefield, considered possible unexpected situations, and fully considered the uncertainties of each team. Everything was going smoothly. A few Skylark Battle Teams followed Qin Yis instructions to explore the unknown Zergs nest. After collecting intelligence, they could use this as a basis to form a battle plan for the main force. On the main battlefield, they had to be on guard against any sudden attacks from the Zergs. Therefore, Qin Yi did not pay too much attention to these few squads. However, very soon, multiple communication messages after another was sent from a team. Qin Yi could choose to ignore this information, but he still took time out of his busy schedule to take a look. In the Zerg nest, a certain Skylark team that was carrying out a mission had already lost three members. The team leader was already dead. Of the two remaining members, one of them had his entire right leg blown off. The other member was protecting him, repelling the approaching Zergs. The two of them might be safe for now but the stronger Zerg warriors would soon discover them. Staying here would only lead to death. Qin Yi took a look. The task of collecting information was basically completed. The chances of the injured team members surviving were very low. There was no need to send another team in. Thus, Qin Yi ordered a retreat and turned his attention to other areas of the battlefield. However, a few minutes later, when Qin Yi looked at the team again, he only saw the image of the mini reactor exploding. Qin Yi was stunned for a moment. He opened the information on the two team members and realized that they were a couple from the European Fleet. AEEIS voice sounded. The intelligent systems analysis data is more than 87% accurate, but there are also unpredictable behaviors or phenomena sometimes. This is to better simulate unexpected situations in the real battlefield. Qin Yi did not speak. Instead, he continued to command the battle until the end of the regional battle. After the battle ended, Qin Yi leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes, remaining silent for a few minutes. Did that battle just now really happen? Or did you start doing this even earlier? Did you mix the real battles into the random battle mode? AEEIS did not answer immediately. Instead, it only answered after a while. It started in the sixth battle after adding the simulated elements. Commander, so far, you have conducted 17 real battles of various sizes. You have done well. Qin Yi was stunned. Why from the sixth battle? AEEIS: The Supreme Executive Committee of the United Fleet must be responsible for all the soldiers on the front line. They cannot put their lives in the hands of a new commander. Since the sixth battle, AEEIS and the Supreme Executive Committee have recognized that you have the ability to command small-scale battles. Qin Yi was silent for a long time. In other words, in these 17 battles, every soldier who was sacrificed was a living person, including the couple just now. AEEIS: Yes. Chapter 746 - Sloth Apartments’ New Building Director Zhu Xiaoces latest script had ended there. Lu Zhiyao was not sure how far into the movie was the script, but based on the estimated time taken to film, they had probably not even covered half of the movie. The current plot was not enough to infer the entire story even if there were many big scenes with special effects in the later stages. However, this was exactly the effect that Director Zhu Xiaoce wanted. Obviously, many stages in the movie had been twisted in the plot. The protagonist Qin Yis mentality was also changing subtly or drastically. If Lu Zhiyao knew the final ending from the beginning, he would definitely be affected when he acted in the previous plot. Thus, the scripts were given one after another. The main purpose was to allow Lu Zhiyao to completely immerse himself in the role and escape the influence of the spoiler. However, there was still a problem with substitution. Lu Zhiyao had taken quite a number of scenes up until now. Some of the shots were satisfactory, while others were not. However, he still felt a little lost whether he was satisfied or not. He did not have a very clear direction for the performance and did not know the entire storys plot. He did not know if he had an accurate grasp of Qin Yis character, so Lu Zhiyao would feel confused and not confident enough. Now, looking at the scripts, Qin Yis emotions had actually undergone changes several times. At the beginning, Qin Yi felt lucky to be alive and angry that he had been deceived. After witnessing the defeat of the Zergs and learning that the previous commander sacrificed himself, Qin Yi had mixed feelings. While he understood in his heart that there was no other choice, he did not completely let it go; In the subsequent commanding process, with the addition of the realistic elements, Qin Yis thinking and mentality constantly changed to the former commander. When he was personally commanding the review of the battle, Qin Yi had already completely understood the former commanders mentality after sending the reinforcements are on their way command to the AS-371-45 team. When he unexpectedly discovered that part of the battle he was commanding was a real battle, Qin Yis mentality fluctuated again. To Lu Zhiyao, it was very difficult to show these emotional changes. That was because Qin Yis character design was that he was a very rational and calm soldier. A soldiers duty was to obey orders. He knew very well in his heart that the little grievance he had suffered, and even his own life, was insignificant compared to humanitys victory in the war against the Zergs and the survival of the race. Therefore, on the one hand, Qin Yi kept suppressing his emotions as a human, making himself colder and more rational. He tried his best to win every battle and minimize casualties. On the other hand, he had doubts about the future of himself and mankind. These intricate and complicated feelings would have subtle differences in every stage of the plot. For Lu Zhiyao, the most difficult part was how to act out these differences while ensuring that the character of Qin Yi would not collapse. Lu Zhiyao stood up and took a small mirror from the side. Then, he made various expressions in front of the mirror. Suddenly, he thought of something and got up to find Zhu Xiaoce. Director Zhu, from now on, apart from filming, I have been staying in the hotel room and not gone anywhere. Let me use the laptop that contained Starcraft the last time. I want to use it to continue figuring out my character. Also, please give me a set of DV. I want to record my expressions when I play games and watch it afterwards. Also, can you help me find a similar smart speaker for AEEIS? It would be best if you could input all of AEEIS lines into it so that it can act for me. I suddenly realized that Qin Yis act is not a one-man show but acting against AEEIS. I have always been taking it as a one-man show so I feel that there is something lacking. It might be more effective if I could have a system voice chat with me. Zhu Xiaoce was slightly surprised, but he quickly nodded happily. Sure, no problem. Ill send the DV and computer to you tonight. As for AEEIS I heard that the sample from Otto Technologies is about to be released. I will get you an OTTO cell phone to make do with it. Theres an AEEIS intelligent voice on it. Once the sample of AEEIS sound system is out, Ill get one to send to your hotel room immediately. November 17th, Thursday Jingzhou Citys Guangming Districts Golden Residence, Huating District. This was a brand new building. Liang Qingfan had selected one of the buildings to make Sloth Apartments 2.0. Since Pei Qian had nothing else to do so he decided to come over and see how things were going. Liang Qingfan was already waiting downstairs. After receiving Boss Pei, the two of them went to the model room on the third floor. Boss Pei, this building has two floors with three units with an area of 120 square meters, 130 square meters, and 150 square meters. It has a large area of south-facing windows and balconies. The apartment layout is not bad. Considering the location of the building, it can basically satisfy most peoples mainstream needs. However, because the house itself is exquisitely renovated, the developer priced it at a higher price, which is two to three thousand yuan higher than the surrounding buildings. Thus, it is not selling very well for now. I thought about it. In a few months, we might be able to sell it at a lower price. However, if that happens, it would be more troublesome for us to buy an entire building. Thus, we decided to buy it at the current price. Liang Qingfan explained the basic situation of the building to Pei Qian. Pei Qian nodded in satisfaction. Yes, you did the right thing! Pei Qian had said before that he would give Liang Qingfan fifty million yuan to buy a place with little potential for appreciation. This was mainly because Pei Qian had been cheated by the Sloth Apartments version 1.0 model. He had deliberately chosen a remote location that no one wanted to buy. In the end, the price he had bought was too low. After the renovation, the property prices had skyrocketed. If not for the special mission, he would have failed the previous settlement cycle. However, this place did not seem to have much potential for appreciation in the short term. The location of the Golden Residences Huating District was not bad. The developer of this house, the style of the house, and so on were all quite satisfactory. However, it was precisely because there was nothing to nitpick on in all aspects that the developer grew complacent. He set a price that was two to three thousand yuan higher than the surrounding houses because of the high-end location, high-end renovation. A house that was about 150 square meters was immediately more expensive by three to four hundred thousand yuan. It was a painful price to pay in this day and age. Obviously, the developers pricing strategy had its own tricks. The prices of houses could only be higher, not lower. If the price was high enough, it could highlight the noble attribute of their own building. First, they would cheat a group of rich people. When they could not sell it, they would secretly reduce the price. For example, they would give customers a discount so that they customers would feel like they were taking advantage of the situation and use the method of discrimination to the extreme. However, if they set the price low and raised the price in the future, they would be scolded to death. Thus, the developers price was a little too high. Buyers felt that this house was ridiculously expensive and many people were watching. Liang Qingfan took the opportunity to buy the entire building. If the price was lowered in the future, even 200 yuan per square meter difference would cost Tengda a loss of 600,000 to 700,000 yuan. The more they reduced, the more losses they would incur. However, that was exactly what Pei Qian wanted. It was a good thing that he could spend more money. He had to praise him! Liang Qingfan brought Pei Qian to look at the apartments on the third and fourth floors. Boss Pei, these three apartments on the third floor were originally the developers model rooms. Since they were all set up, it would be a pity to tear them down and redo them. Thats why we kept them. That way, we can also show customers the difference in taste between our Sloth Apartments and the developers renovations. The three apartments on the fourth floor are the model rooms of Sloth Apartments 2.0. They are completely renovated according to our usual minimalistic style. As for the other floors, the renovations are still ongoing. Considering the entrance of furniture, appliances, and other supporting facilities, it might only be completed by the end of December. However, they would be ready for people to move in by the beginning of January, which is consistent with our previous estimates. Pei Qian first went to the third floor to look at the developers demo room, and then went to the fourth floor to look at Sloth Apartments 2.0s demo room. The difference was obvious. The developers demo room could not be said to be ugly. Wallpapers, carpet, huge murals on the television walls, dark mahogany furniture, and so on were basically the current mainstream style. It was still the same problem that he had mentioned before. At the moment, the main group of buyers were still middle-aged people. The model rooms were mainly meant to satisfy their needs. Sometimes, even the designers aesthetic standards had to compromise for their customers needs. However, the entire space of the Sloth Apartments 2.0 model room on the fourth floor felt different! The Sloth Apartments 2.0 model was the same as 1.0. The only difference was that there was more storage space in the room, which made it more practical. Pei Qian observed for a while and realized that Liang Qingfan was still very restrained despite the restrictions of the storage space being released in Version 2.0. The cabinets were not filled up everywhere, especially in the living room area. This maximized the empty style. However, the study, the bedroom, next to the door, and the living room near the balcony were still filled with cabinets that matched the renovation style so that they would not stand out. Compared to the developers demo room, the Sloth Apartments style was obviously more suited to the taste of young people. Whether it was the utilization of space, practicality, lifestyle habits, cultural atmosphere, and so on, there were obvious improvements. Liang Qingfan asked, Boss Pei, how do you feel? Pei Qian nodded. Hm, not bad. Such Sloth Apartments 2.0 units should be snatched up immediately after its launch? In fact, Pei Qian had decided to make Sloth Apartments 2.0 in order to help those young people who were troubled by renting apartments. At first, the only flaw of Sloth Apartments was that there was too little storage space. Now, this flaw had been made up for. It had become a rental space that completely suited the needs of young people. That way, it would be difficult to rent Sloth Apartments 1.0 out if he were to make more of them. However, Pei Qian did not care about that. In any case, he would open as many as he could. He would lose money no matter which one he opened. Pei Qian walked around the room and felt that the furniture, including the sofa, coffee table, television cabinet, and the like were slightly different from before. Pei Qian did not notice it when he first entered because the apartment was different. These furniture look different from before? Pei Qian asked. Liang Qingfan nodded. Thats right. At the moment, most of the furniture in the room has been changed. The reason why it looks not much different from before is because a large part of it was specially custom-made by the furniture factory that we worked with. Chapter 747 - : Upgraded Tengda Spirit? Liang Qingfan introduced, The more famous furniture manufacturers who wanted to work with us before basically rejected our terms of cooperation. Only small, unknown brands were willing to let our inspection team oversee and supervise. We did a simple check and selected a few more reliable ones. Speaking of which, there are actually a few small brands who are very willing to cooperate with us. They have also completely accepted the supervision of the inspection team and even took the initiative to invite us. Take this sofa for example. I actually designed it together with the owner of Fanglan Residence. It was just shipped over a few days ago. Only then did Pei Qian notice the obvious difference between the sofa in the room and the one in his own room. Liang Qingfan explained, The real-leather sofa is also power-driven. The leftmost and rightmost individual seats could be adjusted to rise and fall. People can lie comfortably. Compared to the sofa in the third floor developers model room, the sofa would not look bloated and still fit the minimalistic design without the L-shaped sofa; Moreover, it would be able to satisfy the needs of lying down when compared to the sofa in Sloth Apartments Version 1.0. At the same time, the legs and armrests of the sofa are very thin. Whats more, theyre made of wood. The texture of the North American black walnut is very clear. The wood is dense and exquisite. It feels like something finely woven. It feels very good. Not only does it have clear patterns, but it also has a natural luster. It looks and feels good. Apart from that, its hardness, density, and stability are not bad. It has always been one of the high-end wood materials used to make furniture. Compared to Sloth Apartments 1.0, the breakthrough this time is that I designed this sofa with the owner of Fanglan Residence. We successfully combined the black walnut armrest with the electric leather sofa. It maximizes the practicality and quality of the sofa while it still fits the minimalist style. This could also be considered a product of fusion between Western and Eastern culture. At first, I was a little worried that it would look unnatural to be put on display. However, from the looks of it, the effect is quite good. Pei Qian asked, Fanglan Residence is a sofa manufacturing brand? Liang Qingfan smiled and shook his head. Oh, no. The Fanglan Residence is a newly established furniture brand. They make sofa, cabinets, and other furniture. However, unlike the other furniture brands, their boss is a designer. His biggest interest is actually designing. He wants all the furniture to be unique. Take this sofa for example. I tried my best to combine the local-style wooden furniture with the power-driven sofa. This idea was quite bold. I thought it was unrealistic at first, but when I started designing it, I realized that it was actually not bad. They are one of the manufacturers who are most eager to work with Sloth Apartments. They even took the initiative to invite our expedition team to inspect their workspace and factory. Pei Qian: Why? Liang Qingfan explained, Thats because their product concept is completely in line with the Sloth Apartments. The creator of the Fanglan Residence was a designer who wanted to take the path of high quality premium products. In other words, he wanted to ensure quality, aftersales, and design. However, he wants to sell them at a huge premium. However, a small brand with no reputation would not be able to walk this path. The competition in the furniture industry is very steep. Take the walnut wood for example. Some brands would say that their furniture is made of walnut wood. if you probe, they would say, This is African walnut wood or golden thread walnut wood. Its the same type of wood as North American walnut wood, they just grow in different location. However, in fact, not only are these trees different, but they are also of different attributes. They are basically unrelated in terms of plant species, and there are also huge differences in their appearance. Manufacturers who use low-grade wood like this would usually not be particularly meticulous when making them. If you dont pay attention, such furniture produced would not even be as good as ordinary real wood. Only North American walnut wood is reliable. However, ordinary consumers dont understand these things. They would obtain similar things at a cheaper price. Brands like the Fanglan Residence would not be able to support a high brand premium if they did not have a good reputation. Other furniture brands would skimp on their materials therefore the price of the same furniture might even be cut in half as compared to the one at Fanglan Residence. They would not be able to compete at all. This is also the reason why many big brands are unwilling to cooperate with us: On one hand, they feel that their businesses are huge and have no reason to be controlled by others. On the other hand, it might be because there are some tricks hidden in big brands that we cannot know about. Liang Qingfan gently touched the armrest of the sofa. However, its different for Fanglan Residence. They are more confident in the materials and quality of their products. They cant wait for our inspection team to do a free quality examination for them. Whats more, working with us, meant they could use the Sloth Apartments branding to prove that their products are indeed of good quality. In other words, what they lack the most is consumers trust in them, and we can provide it to them. Pei Qian sat on the sofa. How much is this sofa? Liang Qingfan: About thirty grand. Pei Qian nodded in satisfaction. Hmm, good. Cooperate more with this Fanglan Residence in the future. Wasnt this the type of cooperative brand the kind he was most satisfied with? First of all, the furniture was of high quality and had no pollution. It ensured that the health of Sloth Apartments residents would not suffer. Whats more, the furniture would not have any serious quality problems if they rented it for too long; Second, the premium was high and the price was high. That was a very key point. That was because the Sloth Apartments model was actually Pei Qian paying to buy a house, renovate it, and add a complete set of furniture and appliances before renting it to clients. The more expensive the furniture was, the more money that could be spent! The sofa that Pei Qian had prepared for the Tengda headquarters office was priced at sixty thousand yuan. However, that was the standard for office supplies in the guest room after all. It represented the companys reputation. Thus, the system gave them a high limit. The sofa in Sloth Apartments could not be so expensive. 30,000 yuan was already considered quite high. However, compared to ordinary sofas that cost three to five thousand yuan, a sofa that cost thirty thousand yuan was considered high-end. A sofa that cost more than 20,000 yuan for a unit, what if they were to use it for 100 units? What about the storage cabinets, TV cabinets, dining cabinets, dining tables, bookshelves, and other furniture? How much would that be if it was accumulated! Pei Qian walked around the room and nodded in satisfaction. Hm, Sloth Apartments 2.0 is doing well. Keep pushing. By the way, dont forget about the Sloth Apartments in the past. Remember to maintain it well. If anything happens to the apartments, the housekeepers of each building must report it in time and deal with it. Dont be afraid of spending money. Liang Qingfan quickly nodded. Alright, Boss Pei. November 18th, Friday Tengda Spirit compatibility test. The recruitment tasks at the beginning of the month had all been completed. A large portion of the new employees had already been in the office for more than a week. They could now undergo their first Spirit compatibility test. Pei Qian had specially made a trip to the office so that he could see the effects of the modified Tengda spirit test questions. However, Pei Qian did not go to the big conference room to supervise. That was because he did not want to mislead everyone. Once everyone knew that Boss Pei seemed to take the Tengda Spirit compatibility test very seriously, the situation would become even worse. Thus, Pei Qian remained in his office, pretending that he was here for work with no interest in the Tengda Spirit compatibility test at all. Once the test was completed, he would sneak a peek at the new employees answers to determine what went wrong with the Tengda Spirit compatibility test. The new employees entered the conference room with serious expressions. They sat down in their respective seats and began to answer the questions. However, many people looked shocked when they saw the questions. They subconsciously looked at the others. Why was there space to be filled? Didnt the seniors say that there were multiple-choice questions? The person in charge of invigilating the exam was a colleague from the HR department. He cleared his throat and reminded everyone to pay attention to the examination halls order. The new employees did not dare to look at each other anymore. They quickly lowered their heads and started answering the questions. Wu Bin was supervising the exam as well. At first, he was just going through the motions and did not take the exam too seriously. Due to his and many other department heads tireless efforts, the originally profound and obscure Tengda spirit had gradually spread within the company and became easy to understand. The Tengda spirit manual that he and Cui Geng had worked so hard to write had been distributed to the various department heads. While this manual could not be sent directly to all employees, especially new employees, as long as the person-in-charge had the Tengda spirit, he could subtly influence the core employees and gradually influence the new employees. Sometimes, an old employees actions or words would inadvertently reveal the Tengda spirit, giving new employees an example. As time went by, the new employees would quickly adapt to this way of thinking. Before the exam, as long as the department head or the older employees gave enough hints, the new employees would be able to pass the test smoothly. Thus, the passing rate of the Tengda Spirit compatibility test had been maintained at a very high level. Even if he failed the first time, he would definitely be able to pass within four tries. Wu Bin felt that this was just a formality, so he did not pay much attention to it. However, he quickly frowned as he realized that the test this time was different from before. That was because he realized that all the candidates were using keyboards? That didnt seem right. Wu Bin had participated in the Tengda Spirit compatibility test before and had invigilated many rounds. He clearly remembered that the previous tests were multiple-choice questions. All he had to do was click the mouse. Why did they need to use the keyboard? Could it be that the test had been upgraded? Were there subjective questions now? That was not right. Boss Pei had set the answer for the Tengda Spirit compatibility test himself, and the system had automatically released the results. How was he going to grade the subjective questions if he added them in now? Boss Pei could not possibly read the subjective answers one by one, and the HR department did not receive any orders to mark the Tengda Spirit compatibility test. Then What was going on? Wu Bin was very confused. Could the Tengda spirit have been upgraded again? Did that symbolize a new mission for me? Chapter 748 - I Need to Adjust the Tengda Spirit Test Questions In the conference room, the new employees were all seriously answering questions. Every time they selected an option, they would type in the explanation on the keyboard. The length of their answers varied as well. Wu Bin was invigilating the exam so it was not convenient for him to look at the specific questions and answers. In principle, the Tengda Spirit compatibility test was absolutely confidential. At the very least, it would not be good for him to look at the questions openly in the examination hall. Therefore, Wu Bin could only wait for the exam to end before asking about the changes in the exam questions in private. Then, he could think of the deeper meaning behind Boss Peis changes. Soon, the test ended. The test duration remained the same since Pei Qian had deliberately adjusted the number of questions. The new employees submitted their answers one after another to check the test results. Some employees screens showed that they had passed while the screen of the others asked them to work hard. Wu Bin roughly scanned the computer screen that he could see. He could roughly see the final result even though he could not see the words of the questions. Only a small portion of the new employees did not pass the test. This was only the first test after all. There were still three more. They would be able to enter the company successfully as long as they passed any one of them. The passing rate was not much different from the previous batches of employees. Wu Bin could not help but frown as he analyzed the situation. The results would still be released immediately after the exam. This means that the system would automatically calculate the scores based on the objective answers. The content that was filled out would not be counted. Then why did Boss Pei change it this time? Could it be that he wants to see if there was any difference in understanding of the Tengda spirit by the new employees? Or could there be a longer-term plan that I have yet to figure out? At the same time, Pei Qian was checking the results of the test in his office. All results were transferred out for him to take a closer inspection, be it for the employees who had passed or failed. There were not only options on the results of each test, but also employees own explanations of the options. Pei Qian picked out two of the most representative questions. The first question was: It was time to knock off, and you still had one more task to complete. What should you do now? If he chose to argue with the supervisor rationally on this question, he would get five more points. If he chose do it tomorrow, he would get four more points. Pei Qians original intention for this question was to let his employees establish the concept of never working overtime. The stronger the concept, the more it suited Boss Peis requirements. Many of the new employees who passed the test chose these two options. However, looking at their explanation of this option, Pei Qian could not help but frown. The Tengda spirit is to not work overtime therefore, Ill not work overtime. Its impossible for the supervisor to request us to work overtime. Therefore, the option of arguing rationally is not valid. The department will automatically knock off and lock the door. We can only wait until tomorrow. If you dont have a slot for overtime, you wont be able to work over time even if you want to. Resting is for better work. If working overtime affects my rest today, my work efficiency will decrease tomorrow, and I will fall into a vicious cycle. Rest well today to be able to finish all my work efficiently tomorrow. An outstanding employee of Tengda should not have to work overtime to complete his work. If that happens, he should first consider whether he is too inefficient and work hard to improve efficiency. He should not use his tactical diligence to cover up his laziness. The Tengda spirit has said before that we have to strike a balance between work and rest and have a long-term goal. Theres no need to be in a hurry if it isnt a pressing issue. As long as it doesnt affect our work schedule, theres no need for us to work overtime. Whats more, Tengda doesnt support this. After reading these explanations, many question marks floated above Pei Qians head. ??? There were some explanations that seemed like they understood the Tengda spirit, but on closer inspection, it did not seem to be accurate! While the thought of no one is working overtime, so Im not working overtime, meant that no overtime had become a trend within Tengda, if one dug deeper into the foundation of this trend, they would find that it was completely different from Pei Qians original idea! The reason why most people chose not to work overtime was because they felt that compared to working overtime, they should work more efficiently. Taking a break was for the sake of more efficient work. That way, whether they worked overtime or not, they would be able to fully utilize their working capabilities! Many companies required their employees to work overtime without overtime pay in accordance to the 996 working hour system.[1.996 working hour system is a work schedule commonly practiced by some companies in China, requiring employees to work from 9:00 am to 9:00 pm for 6 days per week.]However, regardless of whether the employees were slacking or being passive because of fatigue, the efficiency of most employees in this 996 working hour system would be greatly reduced. It would be good enough if they could work at fifty to sixty percent efficiency. Tengda,however, was the exact opposite. Overtime was strictly prohibited, and the 996 working hour system was not allowed. Employees enthusiasm for work had been fully stimulated. Some of them were even encouraged and motivated mentally. Their working conditions were off the charts, and their efficiency was greatly improved. In that case, Tengdas working model might be much better than the companies that adopted the 996 working hour system! Pei Qians expression turned serious. He seemed to have discovered the problem! His original intention was for everyone to slack off and entertain themselves. However, everyone understood it as Boss Pei wanted everyone to have more fun so that they could complete their work better! It was one more step, but the ultimate goal was completely different! Pei Qian quickly found another question. There seemed to be no change to the question, about knocking off. However, this was a task personally assigned by Boss Pei. What should he do now? The standard answer this time was to work overtime to complete the task. He would be awarded another point if he were to ask for double his original point for the overtime work. Many people who had chosen correctly, but the reason for choosing correctly was still different from Pei Qians original intentions. We have to achieve whatever Boss Pei wants. The task that Boss Pei personally assigned must be a very important one. I must complete it perfectly even if I have to fight in hell for it! There must be a deeper meaning behind Boss Peis special task. I have to try to figure it out now. I have to dig out Boss Peis inner most thoughts. Once I understand his thoughts, I will be able to complete the task. It would not be too much to reward myself with more overtime pay. You have to be confident of yourself. If you take Boss Peis overtime pay, you can earn more money for the company in the future. If you dont dare to ask for overtime pay, it means that you dont have confidence in your own abilities. That doesnt fit the Tengda spirit. Looking at these answers, Pei Qian felt 10% comforted and 90% worried. Fortunately, the employees seemed to have an obsession and consensus about completing the tasks that Boss Pei had assigned them. They would definitely complete it on time. That way, Pei Qian would not have to worry about not being able to complete the project and the System delaying settlement. However what the hell was this taking Boss Peis overtime pay and earning more money for the company in return? Pei Qian was speechless. Who the f*ck asked you to repay me? Dont make wild guesses! Boss Pei had always done good things without asking for anything in return. Youre making it very difficult for me! After reading the answers to these two questions, Pei Qian realized a very serious problem. The original intention of this Tengda Spirit compatibility test had been severely misinterpreted! In fact, Pei Qians original intention was purely to let his employees rest more, slack more, work less, and earn less money for the company. He did not think too much about it. However, while most people did understand the meaning of rest more, for some reason, they took a step further: resting more was to become better at work. The meaning changed entirely! Changing from a lazy bum to a hardworking bum. No wonder Ive been earning so much money recently. No wonder no one in the Tengda Spirit compatibility test has been eliminated. So this set of questions was completely misunderstood! Pei Qian placed his hand on his forehead, feeling a little speechless. The problem was, what should he do? From the answers of these test questions, it was obvious that Tengdas new employees were filled with hardworking people. The problem was that Pei Qian could not do anything to them. After all, they had passed the Tengda Spirit compatibility test based on their own abilities. At the end of the day, Pei Qian still felt that there was something wrong with his screening method. Everyone had misunderstood him. Of course, Pei Qian did not think that all the blame was on him. Something that he did not know was definitely happening in the company. Even if everyone misunderstood the Tengda spirit that encouraged laziness, they could not be as unanimous as they if they had discussed the answers, right? Someone must be adding fuel to the fire in unifying everyones thinking! Pei Qian closed the backend platform of the Tengda Spirit compatibility test and began to think of countermeasures. First, he had to change the question bank! The current question bank no longer met the requirements. Many new employees could also pass the Tengda spirit test perfectly using the completely distorted Tengda spirit. The Tengda spirit that had been misinterpreted became an obstacle instead, greatly increasing the efficiency of the employees! Thus, Pei Qian felt that he should add some new questions and differentiate the slackers from the hard workers based on the original question bank. For example, he could ask questions like do you think its more important for the company to grow stronger or for the individual to earn a high salary or do you think its more important for you to make a successful career or to live a stable life. Those who had passed the Tengda spirit test would definitely choose to make a name for themselves and help their company develop. Of course, he had to consider the specific questions carefully. His intentions could not be too obvious. He had to hide the key questions in many confusing questions so that he would not be easily discovered. In order to avoid alerting the enemy, one would still pass the Tengda Spirit compatibility test even if he chose such an answer. However, Pei Qian would find an excuse to make arrangements for these people. At that time, he would make it clear to everyone that he would select a portion of people based on the test results and assign them to other projects. For example places like Thriller Hostel and Upwind Logistics. All in all, they had to minimize the impact of their fighting spirit on Tengda! Other than that, he had to investigate how the Tengda spirit had gone astray. He could not let this matter rest! Chapter 749 - Boss Pei Fishing November 19th, Saturday At the Manage Loss Trainees regular meeting Recently the Management Loss Generation Meeting was held twice a month, but it did not mean much to Pei Qian. There was not much useful information. That was because the settlement cycle had just reached the middle stage. Many projects were still being developed step by step. There were no particularly dangerous joint events, and there were no signs of profits. Since there was no such information, an intelligence-gathering organization like Manage Loss Trainees naturally could not gather anything. However, on the principle of taking precautions, the Manage Loss Trainees meeting was still held as usual and reported as usual. Pei Qian listened intently the entire time, afraid that he would miss out on some important information. The Manage Loss Trainees meeting went on as usual. They reported the recent work of their various departments as usual. Tang Yishu was still taking notes seriously as usual. Most of the information was already in Pei Qians hands. Thus, there was not much to pay attention to. He had to wait until the end of the following month after the next month, when the settlement date was near and various products were about to be released. Only then would he have to be on his guard. Soon, the regular agenda for the Management Loss Trainee meeting was completed. Tang Yishu looked at Pei Qian, implying that if there was nothing else, the meeting could end as per usual. Pei Qian pondered for a moment and asked, Everyone, what is your understanding of the Tengda spirit like? The Tengda spirit test yesterday made Pei Qian feel threatened. If the latest batch of employees understanding of the Tengda spirit had completely gone astray, then the old employees who had affected them would definitely have a more serious misconception! However, Pei Qian had no idea how serious this deviation was. Thus, he had to do a background check. It was a good choice to start investigating from these Manage Loss Trainees. That was because the manage loss trainees were the most tight-lipped people in the organisation. They would not say much or ask too many questions. They would not spread among the various departments even if Pei Qian asked some questions. They would not alert the enemy. The trainees looked at each other, not understanding Pei Qians intentions. However, everyone still answered according to their own understanding. Senior, the Tengda spirit that I understand is to save time and work efficiently. We use entertainment, rest, and relaxation to increase our work efficiency and achieve a win-win situation for both individuals and the company. I think that the Tengda spirit is to fight for your own career, and not just completing the tasks given to it as an employee. I think we should focus on making products, content, and do what we have to do to the best of our abilities, and use our sincerity to move users. The Manage Loss Trainees spoke one after another, but Pei Qians expression became more and more serious as he listened. None of the Manage Loss Trainees said that the Tengda spirit was to be lazy? This was a huge problem! The misunderstanding of the Tengda spirit had already spread among the Management Loss Students. This meant that the upper echelons, middle and lower echelons of the various departments would not be spared! Pei Qians expression turned serious. However, he was a little confused. The Manage Loss Trainees seemed to be talking about the same thing, but the way they described it was different. Pei Qian asked, Is there a more uniform and generalized explanation? The managers looked at each other and shook their heads. No. The core of the Tengda spirit lies in comprehension, right? How can there be a standard? Thats right, Senior. Isnt that your usual attitude? The corners of Pei Qians mouth twitched. How the f*ck is this my usual attitude? Since when did I have an attitude?! However, there was a problem. Since these Manage Loss Trainees had said that they did not have a unified standard and mainly relied on their own comprehension, why did their understanding just happen to deviate to the wrong place? This made Pei Qian very confused. The entire companys interpretation of the Tengda spirit was problematic, but he could not grasp it! They had hidden it well. Pei Qian pondered for a moment. He could not continue digging out information from the Management and New Employees. There would definitely not be any results. That was because the people who could truly determine a departments culture and understanding of the Tengda spirit were definitely not the lower level employees. They were, instead, the leaders of the upper management and the middle management. The formation of a departments culture would definitely be from top to bottom. The various department managers understanding of the Tengda spirit had gone off track. They had gone in the direction of striving. This meant that there must be a huge problem with the heads of each department! If he wanted to change the current situation, he had to start from these people in charge. Pei Qian looked at the date and suddenly had a plan. The next day was the 20th. It was the day where the nameless restaurant was booked once a month. Pei Qian decided to use this gathering to fish once and for all! He invited all the department heads to be present so that he could test their understanding of the Tengda spirit. If he could find the culprit from these people in charge, Pei Qian would not mind arranging for him to be transferred to the Thriller Hostel or kicked out to be in charge of a marginal business. In short, he would not be allowed to continue destroying Tengdas culture! If the culprit was well-hidden and could not be found, he would think of a way to reverse the current trend and guide everyones interpretation of the Tengda spirit back to the right path. At that thought, Pei Qian said, Alright, thats all for today. Meeting dismissed! Little Tang, please stay for a while. The other Manage Loss Trainees left, leaving Tang Yishu alone with him. Senior, whats the matter? Tang Yishu asked. Pei Qian smiled. Nothing special. I just want to give you a new task. While Pei Qian planned to fish for information and investigate the mole in the department head who had misinterpreted the Tengda spirit tomorrow, he knew his own limits and was mentally prepared to find out nothing. Pei Qian had only noticed the misinterpretation of the Tengda spirit after so long after all. This meant that the mole was very good at hiding himself. Since that was the case, Pei Qian would definitely alert the enemy and raise their guard if he were to conduct a large-scale investigation. That might not be effective. Under such circumstances, Little Tangs identity as the Encourager could be a very good disguise! Pei Qian continued, I want you to investigate the Tengda spirit in the company. I realize that many employees like to talk about the Tengda spirit, but everyone has different interpretations of it. I hope you can find out where everyones interpretation of the Tengda spirit comes from, apart from the parts that they have comprehended themselves. How were they affected? Where is the transmission node if someone has an objective acceleration effect on the Tengda spirit? All in all, secretly observe everything related to the Tengda spirit, especially the source. Tang Yishu blinked, her face filled with confusion. Senior, Yuan, arent you the source? Pei Qian: Ahem, I mean, besides me, is there a second or third source? Tang Yishu nodded. Ah, alright, Senior. Ill remember that. However, Im stupid. I might not be able to find out Pei Qian waved his hand. Its alright. This is a long-term task. You just have to pay attention and slowly investigate. If you find anything, let me know immediately. Tang Yishu: A-alright. November 20th, Sunday At the nameless restaurant The heads of the various departments of Tengda Corporation arrived one after another. They hugged each other warmly and exchanged pleasantries. It was a harmonious scene. Long time no see! Hows the project going? Its alright, its all thanks to Boss Peis leadership. Ai, I was just about to tell you that I have a small matter that requires your cooperation. Sure, well definitely cooperate! If you need anything, just tell us! The people in charge of the department chatted and laughed as they walked into the nameless restaurant and took their seats. It had been a long time since there was a gathering for all department heads. The nameless restaurant might be booked on the 20th of every month but Boss Pei had to use it for all kinds of reception after all. For example, he had to receive the bosses of other companies, treat departments that had made outstanding contributions to the restaurant as a form of praise, and so on. There were fewer opportunities for the heads of the various departments to gather for meals. While the heads of the various departments were usually in contact, they were all rather busy. There were not many opportunities for them to gather together for a meal. There was no competition between the departments, and there was not much work pressure. Most of the people in charge knew each other and were good friends. Thus, the atmosphere was very harmonious. There were also other people in charge who did not come, such as Qiu Hong. He was still busy preparing the incubation base for the Destitution Plan in Beijing. Some of the new department heads did not have much interaction with the more senior department heads. Liang Qingfan, for example, used this opportunity to get to know the other department heads. Soon, Boss Pei arrived. Everyone took their seats and chatted as they ate. As Pei Qian ate, he looked at the twenty-odd department heads in front of him, feeling inexplicably melancholic. How did Tengda manage to develop so many departments out of nowhere?! Whats more, these were all top-tier departments within Tengda Corporation. The companies that they had invested in were not amongst them. There were already so many people. Initially, he had only wanted to incur losses. However, he did not expect the goal of incurring losses would get further away from him as he opened more departments. How melancholic! Pei Qian felt that it was about time after eating for a while. Thus, he gently knocked on the table, gesturing for everyone to quiet down. The people-in-charge immediately stopped discussing and looked over with a serious expression when they saw that Boss Pei was about to speak. Everyone had a fresh face of hopefulness. Chapter 750 - Tengda Doesn’t Need Spiritual Building! As Tengda Corporation expanded, Boss Peis whereabouts became increasingly uncertain. There were fewer and fewer opportunities to meet him. Apart from the fact that Boss Pei would visit the company every Monday, they would only be able to meet him face-to-face when the project was almost completed. To the heads of the various departments, this was actually quite painful. Boss Pei was a genius in business. It would be very helpful for the development of the department and for the improvement of ones abilities if they could communicate more with Boss Pei and listen to more of his words. Thus, every time Boss Pei spoke, they had to take it seriously and try to understand the deeper meaning behind it! Pei Qian looked around at the people in charge, smiled, and said, Can anyone accurately and summarize what the Tengda spirit is? The best would win a week of paid leave for the entire department. A week of paid leave for the entire department as a reward should be generous enough, right? Even if you dont think for yourselves, you should think for your own employees, right? Pei Qians plan was simple and crude. Since the Tengda spirit had been misinterpreted, it must have been done from the top of the pyramid. The person-in-charge of these departments had the greatest responsibility. The culprit must have been hidden among these people! After all, the in-charge of Tengdas various departments were best at imaginations. He would definitely want to get rid of all of them, but if he got rid of one every now and then, he would definitely miss out on some. Now that they were all gathered together, the person who with the most detailed, most comprehensive, and most deviated understanding from the Tengda spirit was definitely the culprit! Whats more, Pei Qian felt that the culprit would definitely not let go of this opportunity to claim credit. If he were to add fuel to the fire with the enticing conditions of a paid leave, he would definitely be able to find more than one mole! Who would take the bait now that the hook was out, ? Pei Qians smile widened. The department heads looked at each other, but no one spoke. A few people subconsciously looked at Hao Yun, but she also shook her head slightly. Thus, everyone remained silent. The people in charge had different considerations, but there were three main reasons. First, most department heads felt that they were not worthy. Many people knew that Wu Bin had summarized the Tengda spirit. Everyone else had benefited from it. It was not appropriate to jump out at this time to take Wu Bins credit! Everyone was reputable and had a bottom line. If they jumped out now, they would not be able to face the HR department in the future. That was why many department heads looked at Hao Yun. Only the HR department had the right to accept the reward. However, Hao Yun also felt a little embarrassed. That was because the credit belonged to Wu Bin. How could she claim it? If she emphasized that it was Wu Bins credit, that would not be in line with Wu Bins intentions. That was because Wu Bin had repeatedly emphasized that his interpretation of the Tengda spirit was one-sided and incomplete. The Tengda spirit mainly relied on enlightenment. He did not want to take credit for it. Otherwise, he would not have remained so low-profile until now. Hao Yun knew that Wu Bin did not want to stand out. It would be even more difficult for her and the other department heads to covet Wu Bins credit. Thus, everyone fell silent. Second, a week of paid leave was not that tempting. Every department had a development plan. It might affect the work plan no matter whether the entire department took a paid leave or the person-in-charge took a paid leave for a week. Whats more, Tengda did not encourage overtime work. They had more than enough time to rest at night and on weekends. They would not feel at ease if they took a paid week off. It was better not to. In the end, no one dared to show off in front of Boss Pei. Whats more, the Tengda spirit was constantly changing. Wu Bin had already analyzed the reason why Boss Pei did not spread the Tengda spirit by himself. He had instead used the Tengda spirit test to let all his employees understand it by themselves so that they would not be bound by rules and regulations. If that was the case, wouldnt it be awkward to show off his shallow understanding in front of Boss Pei? No one wanted to embarrass themselves in front of the others. Thus, after Boss Pei finished asking, none of the department heads spoke. They just stared at each other and then turned to look at Boss Pei. Pei Qian was stunned. Whats going on? No one is taking the bait? Are all of them so cautious? Or could it be that all of you have already mastered telepathy? Pei Qian frowned and said, Why arent you saying anything? Huang Sibo cleared his throat. Boss Pei, our understanding of the Tengda spirit is too superficial and one-sided. We shouldnt embarrass ourselves. Lin Wan nodded as well. Yes, this problem is too complicated. I dont know where to start. Ma Yiqun had an unfathomable expression on his face as he said, It can only be understood but not explained in words. We cant go into details, it would be wrong once it is explained. Xiao Peng: Our understanding of the Tengda spirit is not even a ten-thousandth of the true Tengda spirit. We cant, we cant. Only Ma Yang raised his long face, which was buried deep in his plate, and looked at everyone blankly. He had no idea what they were talking about. He wanted to say something, but he had no idea where to start. Pei Qian could not help but be flabbergasted. Im f*cking asking you to tell me about the Tengda spirit, not to discuss Zen! Instead, Im actually hearing things like We cant go into details, it would be wrong once it is explained? These people gave Pei Qian the impression that they were a group of old monks. They spoke in such a confusing manner that Pei Qian could not ask them even if he wanted to. Pei Qian was a little helpless. It doesnt matter. Everyone can speak freely no matter whether its right or wrong. The people in charge looked at each other but remained indifferent. Huang Sibo, Lin Wan, and the other veteran employees looked especially determined. A few of the more experienced people in charge wanted to say something, but when they saw Huang Sibo, Lin Wan, and the others expressions, they immediately realized what was going on and shut their mouths obediently. This looked like Boss Peis test! Those who spoke now were those who did not have a deep understanding of Boss Peis intentions or the Tengda spirit. The core of the Tengda spirit was to figure it out on your own and not talk nonsense. Wouldnt it be going against the Tengda spirit if you were to talk about your understanding of the Tengda spirit in front of Boss Pei? Therefore, keeping silent was the right answer! If Pei Qian had asked the question alone, he might have gotten something. Everyone had different thoughts after all. However, all the people-in-charge were present now. Silence was contagious. Everyone observed the reactions of others, especially Lin Wan, Huang Sibo, and the other old employees. They all realized that silence was the right answer. That was why they responded with silence! Pei Qian looked confused, his head filled with question marks. ??? What was happening? He could not dig out a single word from these people in charge? Pei Qian had wanted to name a few people so that they would say something. However, on second thought, it was useless! These people-in-charge would definitely be able to say something, but that would not be of any help in finding out who the mastermind was. Whats more, seeing how the people-in-charge were so resistant, forcing them to say something would only have a greater negative effect. Pei Qian remained silent for a moment and sighed. Alright, Ill have to carry out Plan B then. Pei Qian had actually expected this possibility, so he had made two preparations in advance. Tang Yishu would be investigating in secret, and the possibility of finding the mastermind still existed. On top of that, Pei Qian also intended to reverse the situation of the Tengda spirit from a higher dimension! At that thought, Pei Qian cleared his throat. Since no one wants to talk about it, forget it. However, I want to emphasize something to everyone. Please carry it out seriously. I dont care if the various departments publicize the Tengda spirit directly or indirectly. I dont care what this Tengda spirit that everyone has been advocating is exactly. I hope that everyone can stop doing this immediately. In other words, there is no need for Tengda Corporation to engage in spiritual building, understand? Especially you, the in-charge of the various departments. You have to be responsible for the work of this department. No matter what the other departments do, you have to remember what I said. Have you carved it to your heart? The people in charge looked at each other in confusion. What was Boss Pei doing? Why did he emphasize that Tengda Corporation should not undergo any spiritual building? Didnt that mean that the Tengda spirit could not continue to flourish? Other companies attached great importance to the cultural building of their businesses. They might be fake slogans but they still made their employees memorize them. On the other hand, Tengda had such a good Tengda spirit, but Boss Pei did not allow everyone to learn and spread it? Erm All the people in charge were confused. They even felt that Boss Peis actions were contradictory. Did Boss Pei really value the Tengda spirit? If he did not, why did he set the Tengda Spirit compatibility test in the recruitment process? If he did, why did he strictly prohibit publicity and dissemination? Pei Qian looked at everyones expressions and immediately knew that they were imagining something amazing again. He quickly said, You dont have to understand or understand why. Just execute it resolutely. The people in charge nodded and said in unison, Yes, Boss Pei! November 21st, Monday As usual, Pei Qian came to the office to see if there was anything he needed to do. Not long after he sat down, someone knocked on the door. Pei Qian looked up as Lin Wan pushed the door open and entered. Whats the matter? Pei Qian was a little surprised since he had been to Shang Yang Games more often recently. At the moment, Shang Yang Games was in charge of two tasks. Ye Zhizhou and the others were in charge of the operations of GOGs international server while Wang Xiaobin was developing Tengda Games downloadable content. Logically speaking, there should not be anything that required special consultation for these two projects. Lin Wan said, Boss Pei, Im here to report because IOI has made a new move. Pei Qian: Oh? Alright, tell me then. Chapter 751 - The Next In-Charge Of IOI Domestic Server Pei Qian was more concerned about IOIs situation. As the main competitor of GOG globally, IOIs actions directly determined whether Pei Qian could continue to spend more money on GOG. That was very important. Ever since Eric left, the person-in-charge of Dayak Corporation and Finger Games in IOIs local server became Chrtien. There would probably be changes in the policy of promoting IOI. On the other hand, Pei Qian was looking forward to the changes that Chrtien would bring to IOIs local server. He wanted to create some challenges for GOG in the domestic market, even though the chances of that happening were not high. Lin Wan handed him a report. Boss Pei, these are the few known measures that Chrtien has taken against IOI. Compared to Eric, he has placed his focus on modifying the games content. This can be seen from the testing suits update plan. The map of the game is relatively smaller. The soldiers deny would complement the game, provide 70% of the opponents experience and a small amount of money. After many deaths, the head would not be worth much. There would be an additional reward for obtaining the head. That would enrich the map resources On top of that, he seems to be planning to change IOIs local server to a lower price. The price of heroes and skins would be lowered to 1/2 to 1 /3 of its original price according to the situation. This is a feasible method that many games platforms have already verified. On top of that, there is news that Finger Games seems to be in contact with some large local games companies, hoping that they would be able to promote localized games. However, they have not decided on which company to work with yet. I will keep an eye on it. Pei Qian flipped through the report Lin Wan handed him, his expression as per normal. Logically, he should be overjoyed. These measures seemed to be in the right direction after all. Shang Yang Games and Eric had used different methods to promote IOIs local server problem. However, they had not managed to gain success since the root of the problem was still the game itself. GOG was Tengdas in-house game. During the promotion process, it could be modified according to players feedback. It could even be used to collect hero creativity from players. However, the authority to modify IOI was with Finger Games. Finger Games main target was the European and American market. They had not been directly affected by GOG in the beginning. Thus, they felt that IOI was perfect and were unwilling to accept Shang Yang Games suggestions for modification. Therefore, IOI remained stagnant while GOG continued to evolve. The gap between the two sides grew larger. The players of IOI were snatched away by GOG, but GOGs players did not even spare IOI a second glance. As time went by, the strength of both sides were no longer on the same level. The person-in-charge this time was a high-level executive of Finger Games. He had a lot of say in modifying the game. At the same time, he was someone who truly understood the concept of MOBA games. Whats more, GOG had already entered the overseas market and was rapidly taking over IOIs market share. No matter how slow and arrogant Finger Games was, they should have some reaction to it. What Chrtien had done was to close the gap between IOI and GOG from the bottom up. Changing the game mechanism so that IOI would be more in line with the gaming habits of ordinary gamers to attract more gamers. Change the IOI local server to a low-priced zone so that IOI would not be too much of a price disadvantage compared to GOG. Cooperate with large domestic factories to use the resources of these large factories to promote the game. At the same time, more and more suitable local advertising strategies could be introduced. It was hard to say whether these changes were right or wrong. After all, the changes to gameplay would please a portion of people and offend another portion at the same time. It could not be perfect. Every change was extremely risky. Sometimes, the starting point of some changes was good, but the final outcome was completely unexpected. However, no matter what, these changes at least proved that Chrtien and Finger Games had gradually realized the root cause of the failure of IOIs local server and had begun to salvage it. Of course, Chrtien had been relatively restrained when he made such corrections and did not do too much at one go. The difficulty level of the game had been reduced to a limited extent. It did not directly cancel the deny but reduced it. The prices of heroes and skins were not reduced to a minimum. Even if the local server was classified as a low-priced region, the price would not be as low as GOG. It took into account the feelings of other players in the region. If the effect was good, they could continue lowering the price. Whats more, these changes were done to test the players reactions. If the feedback was good, they would be used officially. IOI was a mature game after all. Any changes would be risky. He had to be cautious. If GOG had not given them too much pressure, Finger Games would not have taken such a risk. All in all, being able to recognize the difference between IOI and GOG at the bottom of the game and the selling price, and making the decision to modify it should be good news for IOIs local server. It would be much more effective than burning money previously. However, Pei Qian was not optimistic. That was because GOGs domestic market share had completely crushed IOI. Even if IOI made changes, would it have immediate results? Not only did Pei Qian not have confidence in IOI, but he also did not have confidence in his own luck. Lin Wan asked, Boss Pei, should we take countermeasures to nip the potential threat in the bud? Pei Qian quickly raised his hand to stop her. No need! Dont mess around. It wasnt easy for him to create a ruckus. How could we just extinguish him? He had to give them some space so that they could rest and recuperate. It would be best if he could nurture a tiger to cause trouble. Once IOI recovered and developed, everyone would be able to burn money happily together. Lin Wan nodded. Alright, Boss Pei. Well follow our original plan to promote GOG overseas. Ill keep an eye on IOI. At the same time, in the HR department. There is no need for Tengda Corporation to undergo spiritual building? Dont care about what the other departments do. Just follow Boss Peis instructions strictly in your own department? This Wu Bin fell into deep thought after hearing Hao Yuns summary in the gathering yesterday. Wu Bin was not the person-in-charge of the various departments for the gathering yesterday so he did not attend. However, Boss Pei had mentioned the Tengda spirit during the gathering after all. The heads of the various departments could not figure out Boss Peis true thoughts. Thus, Hao Yun had specially told Wu Bin about this after work today so that he could analyze it. How could they not be curious even though Boss Pei emphasized that You dont have to understand or understand why; you just have to act resolutely? There was a profound reason for everything that Boss Pei wanted to do! These department heads were good at understanding Boss Peis intentions. How could they be willing to give up and become tools? Thus, everyone analyzed and interpreted Boss Peis words in depth. They even analyzed and interpreted the deeper meaning behind the words Boss Pei thinks that no one needs to understand. In the end, they could not decipher it. The people in charge felt terrible. Boss Peis seemingly ordinary request might very well contain a new strategy. This strategy might affect the future development of all departments, but everyone knew nothing about it. How could that be? The strong desire to learn troubled the people in charge. Hao Yun was the same. Therefore, Hao Yun secretly shared this with Wu Bin. It was not confidential information after all. Boss Pei had not requested for it to be kept a secret. Wu Bin was a core employee of the HR department with a certain level of experience and had made outstanding contributions. It was reasonable for him to know about it. Wu Bin frowned and fell silent. Over the past few days, Boss Pei had been focusing on the Tengda spirit! First, he changed the test questions for the Tengda spirit and added a part to explain their answers. Then, he asked all the department heads to discuss their understanding of the Tengda spirit at a gathering. Lastly, he said that Tengda did not need spiritual building and that all departments should not influence each other There must be something behind this! Wu Bins brain worked quickly. He analyzed Boss Peis intentions through his deep understanding of the Tengda spirit. Lets start with the most unreasonable point: Boss Pei said that Tengda does not need spiritual building. How can there be no need for spiritual building? Other companies even had the face to get their employees to memorize a few idioitic slogans. Tengda obviously has such a good business spirit, but they did not promote it. Is that reasonable? By promoting the Tengda spirit, you can increase employees productivity, promote the development of the company, obtain more income, and contribute to society. Boss Pei has no reason to reject such a good thing, right? Shaping the culture of the company and promoting the spirit of the company is not wrong in itself. Boss Peis objection must mean that something went wrong in the process. He did not do his best at the execution level! Combined with Boss Peis previous modification of the Tengda Spirit compatibility test I boldly speculate that our current interpretation of the Tengda Spirit has gone awry and made Boss Pei unhappy! Hao Yun was stunned. Why do you say that? Wu Bin explained, We all know that the questions for the Tengda Spirit compatibility test are random. There is no need to specially modify them to meet Boss Peis requirements. However, Boss Pei still took time out of his busy schedule to edit the questions and added the subjective explanation of each question. This means that Boss Pei is dissatisfied with the high passing rate of the Tengda Spirit compatibility test! He thinks that some employees might have chosen the right answer, but they did not really understand the Tengda Spirit. Instead, they took the shortcut. Thats why Boss Pei added the subjective section, hoping to find the problem. Hao Yuns expression turned serious as he nodded. Indeed, that was a problem. At the moment, the elimination rate for the Tengda Spirit compatibility test was too low. The managers of the various departments could not bear to let their hard-earned employees be eliminated. Thus, they would give hints to make it easier for them to pass the test. However, this way, many people would not be able to pass the test based on their own understanding of the Tengda spirit since they relied on the department heads to fill in the gaps. Boss Pei had obviously realized this. That was why he asked the new employee to explain why he had chosen this option during the test. That made sense! Hao Yun quickly said, How do you explain what Boss Pei said during the gathering then? Chapter 752 - Officialization Of The Incubation Space Boss Pei did not want the Tengda spirit to become rigid and dogmatic. That was what Boss Pei emphasized from the beginning. Wu Bin replied. Cui Geng and I summarized the Tengda spirit manual so that we could better interpret Boss Peis thoughts. We did not want it to become a standard answer. We did not want it to restrict everyones thoughts. However, the Tengda spirit is still becoming rigid and dogmatic. Many departments are trying to pass the Tengda Spirit test by hinting and instilling the Tengda spirit with the same standard to replace the Tengda spirit that is free-spirited. This is actually wasting Boss Peis efforts in preparing for the Tengda Spirit compatibility test! Therefore, Boss Pei said that Tengda has no need for spiritual building. In fact, he meant that Tengda should not be like other companies to engage in direct, mental drilling. Hes emphasizing that the process is more important than the results. Boss Pei hopes that all the new employees can freely understand the Tengda spirit in the atmosphere of the company and establish a diverse mindset. He does not want to lock everyones understanding in one way or another. Why does Boss Pei want the departments to not interfere with each other and focus on their own departments? On the one hand, its to encourage diverse thinking and prevent the Tengda spirit from being dogmatic and becoming the only explanation; On the other hand, it encourages the various departments to explain the Tengda spirit based on the departments situation and characteristics! Different departments have their own focus. Gaming department, movie department, technology department, physical industry Every department has to use the Tengda spirit to guide their work, but each department also needs a different Tengda spirit. Therefore, Boss Pei probably hopes that all departments can understand the Tengda spirit based on the situation and practical needs of their respective departments. As for why the person-in-charge of the various departments did not need to understand his orders, and only needed to execute it? I think its because everyone would understand this sooner or later during the execution process. Boss Peis body told everyone that the Tengda spirit does not rely on drilling into our employees, but on ones own comprehension. It would only have a deep impression and build confidence when it is something that you have comprehended yourself! Hao Yun suddenly understood. I see. Boss Pei felt that the Tengda spirit that he advocated was becoming rigid and utilitarian. Thats why he decided to reorganize his thinking. Its not that he doesnt want to spirit building, but that he wants it to be built in a healthier and more subtle way! Then what should we do? Wu Bin did not hesitate. Of course, we have to follow Boss Peis instructions! To be specific, I think there are a few points. First of all, dont spread the Tengda spirits handbook and the specific interpretation of the Tengda spirit anymore. Dont give those taking the Tengda spirit test any more hints, especially those who find it difficult to pass it. Just let them be eliminated. If they cant understand the Tengda spirit under the influence of such a working environment, it means that their comprehension is not good enough. Their thinking is rigid and they should be eliminated. The Tengda spirit manual cannot be given to anyone who does not have a deep understanding of the Tengda spirit because that might stop him from exploring and thinking about the Tengda spirit. Only those who have a deep understanding of the Tengda spirit and are completely self-consistent would be able to obtain the Tengda spirit manual. They would be able to see new perspectives and new thoughts without affecting their original understanding. That way, the passing rate of the Tengda Spirit compatibility test would definitely be lower. However, that should be what Boss Pei wants. Second, the departments should not have too much interaction with regards to the Tengda spirit. Instead, they should combine the actual situation of the departments and dig deeper into the Tengda spirit that fits the departments requirements. Each person-in-charge should develop the Tengda spirit that belongs to the department based on the original Tengda spirit and try not to interfere with each other. Lastly, we have to be extremely cautious when it comes to developing Tengdas spiritual culture. We have to guide it and not instill it into others. We have to form a subtle atmosphere so that the Tengda spirit would no longer float on the surface. Instead, it has to sink it deep into the details of our work and into the bottom of everyones heart. There is no need to talk about it. Hao Yun nodded sincerely. As expected of the person with the deepest understanding of the Tengda spirit. His analysis was reasonable and convincing. Alright, Ill share this with the other in-charge and strictly follow Boss Peis instructions! Hao Yun suddenly thought of something and said, By the way, Wu Bin, I gave up the seven-day paid leave on my own accord. Please dont mind it. Wu Bin quickly said, Giving up is definitely the right choice! The other in-charges have a high level of understanding. They know that the Tengda spirit can only be understood and not explained. Once they say it out loud, it would change the meaning. That would restrict the thinking of others. These seven days of paid leave are probably bait thrown out by Boss Pei, waiting for the fish to take the bait! To be honest, I feel that Boss Pei might not be happy with my current behavior. I might have been emphasizing that my interpretation is not necessarily correct and that I am trying my best to cooperate with Boss Pei, but I have more or less played a negative role objectively. Therefore, Im not doing this to claim credit. Im doing this purely for the sake of spreading the Tengda spirit If you give this credit to me, youll be roasting me on the cross! Dont mention my name when you encounter problems with the Tengda spirit in the future. This is the best interpretation of the Tengda spirit! Wu Bins face shone with selflessness. Hao Yun nodded, moved. Yes, I understand! November 22nd, Tuesday At a high-end office building in Beijing. Wu Zhicheng tidied his appearance at the door before walking in. Today, he had specially worn a set of clothes that were relatively more expensive. He had even washed his hair before he left because he was afraid that he would look like a country bumpkin and pull down the classiness of the entire office building. However, when he arrived at the office, he realized that he was still a far cry from the office building. Two weeks ago, Qiu Hong went to Wu Zhichengs residence to take a look and decided to include Wu Zhicheng in the investments for the Destitution Plan. Apart from that, Qiu Hong also offered to provide him with an office space and some necessary help seeing Wu Zhichengs miserable working environment. After nearly two weeks of preparation, Qiu Hong called Wu Zhicheng yesterday, saying that the incubation base was ready. He even sent him an address, asking him to come to the incubation base tomorrow to take a look. Wu Zhicheng looked at the address. It was only four stations away from where he lived. It was more convenient, so he came over. Wu Zhicheng was not confident about this incubation base either. It was good to have a proper office, but he still had to go to work every day. It was much better to be at home. His house might be very messy, but it was very comfortable to stay at home. No gold or silver nest could ever be as good as his own dog nest. Wu Zhicheng was an independent game designer. He was also considered a freelancer. Going out to work meant spending a certain amount of time on commuting every day. Putting aside fatigue and congestion, the amount of time spent on each day was not small. Therefore, if there was no reason to be particularly attractive, Wu Zhicheng would definitely prefer to make games at home. The first floor was a dazzling hall that required one to swipe their card to enter. Wu Zhicheng went up to the staff and explained the purpose of his visit. The staff asked him to register before entering. Remember to ask your company to give you an access card, the young lady reminded him. Wu Zhicheng took the elevator to the 23rd floor and was shocked the moment he stepped out. The office was so spacious! There was a lounge area as soon as he stepped out of the elevator. There were many single sofas, coffee tables, large televisions, game consoles, and a bar counter. The lady at the bar counter was also in charge of receiving customers. She smiled and greeted Wu Zhicheng when she saw him. Hello, are you Wu Zhicheng? The incubation space had only officially opened today. They had only recruited independent game designers who had participated in the Destitution Plan with no office space for the time being. Thus, there were not many of them. The receptionist quickly recognized Wu Zhicheng after reading everyones information. Wu Zhicheng stepped forward, a little embarrassed. Yes, Im Wu Zhicheng. Who should I look for now? The lady at the front desk knew what he wanted to ask. She smiled and said, Wait a moment, someone from the administrative department will be here to guide you soon. Please find a place to sit down and have some coffee. She saw the hesitation on Wu Zhichengs face and quickly added, Its free. If you dont want coffee, you can have tea or other drinks. Wu Zhicheng quickly said, Oh, give me a cup of milk tea then. The receptionist nodded. Alright, please wait. Wu Zhicheng found an armchair and sat down. For a moment, he felt like he was in a high-end cafe. He was not used to it. He raised his head and looked around the office space. There were two resting areas like this entrance, there was one in the deepest part of this office. It looked like the resting area at the entrance was also responsible for receiving guests while the resting area inside was relatively private. The two resting areas shared a bar counter, and there was ample supply of coffee and drinks. The rest of the space was a working area. Wide desks were arranged in a sparse manner. Wu Zhicheng subconsciously felt that this was a huge waste of his work space. There was no conference room, probably because there was no need. That was because most of the people in the incubation space were independent game designers. It was rare for most of them to have meetings together. If two or three of them had a small meeting, they could chat while drinking coffee in the resting area. There was no point in forming an individual conference room. The entire office space gave people a very free and open feeling. It was completely incomparable to the cramped and oppressive working environment of other companies. Wu Zhicheng looked left and right, finding it unbelievable. This was much better than he had imagined! Chapter 753 - Is This Heaven? Not long after Wu Zhicheng received the milk tea, a young man with black-framed glasses and slightly curly hair came to him. Hello, my name is Xi Hao. Im the person-in-charge of the administrative department here. Ill be helping designers with the development plan, budget, progress, etc. In short, you can treat me as your butler at work. You can look for me if you need anything. Ill bring you to your workstation and familiarize you with the entire incubation base. Wu Zhicheng quickly stood up and shook Xi Haos hand. Alright, nice to meet you. Please take care of me in the future. Xi Hao patted him on the shoulder with a smile. Dont be too formal. Well be family from now on. Ive only just joined the administrative department like the others. Were all newbies. Whats more, the administrative department of the incubation base is not a management but a service provider. You are in charge of creativity, we are in charge of service, your work is much more important than ours. The two chatted as they walked towards the office. Apart from looking for office space, Qiu Hong had another important thing to do during this period of time for the entire incubation base to operate normally: recruitment. It would be too inefficient if they sent their resumes to social recruitment. Therefore, Qiu Hong used his connections in the games industry in Beijing to select a group of people through internal selection. Xi Hao had more than four years of game development experience and had been the chief planner of a small company. He was not the best in all aspects, but he was more than enough to satisfy ordinary projects. Whats more, even though Xi Hao lacked creativity in game design, he had a strong point: he was serious, meticulous, and very responsible towards his work. Thus, after some consideration, Qiu Hong felt that Xi Hao was a good candidate and decided to let him be in charge of maintaining the normal operations of the entire incubation base. The administrative department of the incubation base was not only in charge of administrative matters, but more like a Jack-of-all-trades. There was a special finance, legal, and art requirement team here. At the same time, there were professionals in charge of development planning and project management. In short, all the supporting departments that Qiu Hong had previously thought that independent game designers lacked had been included. There were about 10 staff in the administrative department of the incubation base, while not too many, they had everything they needed. They were professionals with a certain amount of experience in the related fields. Xi Hao brought Wu Zhicheng to a workstation near the window in the office. This will be your workstation from now on. Your employment pass is still being processed and should be ready soon. This is an access card. If you come to work in the future, just swipe your card on the first floor. You dont have to register anymore. Our administrative department is near that window. If you encounter any problems at work, feel free to look for us. Transfer all the data and resources on your computer into the office computer here this morning. At the same time, follow the instructions on this piece of paper to access your internal communication account and project management rights. In the afternoon, we will have a small meeting to briefly talk about the game you are working on. That will make it easier for us to estimate the working period, develop a plan, and find suitable artists. Xi Hao quickly explained everything he had to take note of in the incubation space. It was similar to officially joining a company, but there was a difference between the work content and workflow. After Xi Hao left, Wu Zhicheng turned on his office computer. This batch of office computers had been provided by ROF Computer-Installation. They had been delivered directly from Jingzhou to Beijing. However, they were not using ROFs custom-made computers. There was no logo of ROF on the computers either. Wu Zhicheng had never used ROF Computer-Installation before, so he did not think too much about it. He only thought that this was a high-end assembly machine that the incubation base had purchased on its own. After turning it on, Wu Zhicheng copied the relevant data of Black Ink and Clouds onto the office computer, logged into the official development platform, and opened the internal communication account and project management rights according to Xi Haos instructions. Wu Zhicheng had never worked in a gaming company before. He did not know that this was the standard operating procedure of a gaming company. He found it very refreshing. Eh, the hardware is so high-end. Wu Zhicheng was a little surprised. The computer configuration that he had used before was not bad. He had spent a lot of money on it. However, the budget was limited after all. He had to pay more attention to the cost-effectiveness ratio. On the other hand, this computer was a perfect example of perfection. Wu Zhicheng was drooling with envy after looking at the configurations. He was also very satisfied with the ergonomic office tables and chairs. There was also a bar counter that provided unlimited drinks and milk tea. The working environment was completely different. In this relaxed working atmosphere, Wu Zhicheng began to sort out the contents of Black Ink and Clouds, including the expected number of stages, boss battle design, style, and so on. He did not want to be ignorant during the meeting in the afternoon and make a fool of himself in front of everyone. Lunch was provided by Fish-Catching Take-Out. Fish-Catching Take-Out had already left Handong Province and opened some shops in first-tier cities like Beijing and Shanghai. There was a very important reason why Qiu Hong chose the incubation base here. It was because there was a Fish-Catching Take-Out shop nearby that could easily solve the problem of food. After Wu Zhicheng had his fill, he burped and drank his milk tea. What kind of heavenly work environment was this?! Before this, he had been hesitant about whether he should work here. On one hand, he felt that it was quite troublesome to take the subway for four stations a day. On the other hand, he was worried that he would not be able to do things in a carefree manner. However, looking at the working environment now, Wu Zhicheng only had one thought: Was this heaven? In the afternoon, Xi Hao, Wu Zhicheng, and three other employees from the administrative department had a meeting. Xi Hao briefly introduced the roles of these three people: one was in charge of resources statistics, planning and development nodes of progress, one was in charge of the proposal and communication of art resources, one was in charge of financial reimbursement, collecting data and printing, and various other tasks. This was the framework that Qiu Hong had prepared for the incubation base after careful consideration. There were three groups like that in the entire incubation base. Each group could be responsible for four to six independent game projects. In other words, the entire incubation base could incubate 12 to 18 independent game projects at the same time under the most efficient circumstances, ensuring that these game projects would obtain the most perfect support. The three people in the group had a clear division of labor. Basically, they were responsible for everything apart from the game design and the specifics of the game. As the person-in-charge, Xi Hao had to understand all the independent game projects. He also had to plan and supervise the work of all the teams. Wu Zhicheng was still a little nervous. That was because he had been cooped up at home ever since he started creating independent games. He had very little interaction with others, especially when it came to work. Now, he felt a little nervous facing four people who were taking notes seriously with a pen and paper. However, Wu Zhicheng quickly adjusted his mentality and began to introduce the basic situation of Black Ink and Clouds. Black Ink and Clouds is a platform action-based game. I have planned a total of ten stages. Each stage has a unique boss and small monstera?| Wu Zhicheng gave them a general overview of the contents like what he did with Qiu Hong. The four people on the opposite side nodded as they silently noted down. It was better to hear it from the designer himself even if they might already have some basic information about Black Ink and Clouds. Xi Hao did not interrupt Wu Zhicheng. Instead, he waited for him to finish speaking before asking his question. Do you have a plan for the gaming duration? Xi Hao asked. Wu Zhicheng was stunned. Era?| I havent thought about this. Xi Hao nodded and explained, Ten stages in the game is a more general concept. Ten minutes can be one stage, and two hours can be one stage. In order to ensure the content of the game and take good care of the gamers gaming experience, we have to plan the gaming time first. Then, we can adjust the specific plan for the stages through the game time. Generally speaking, for independent, platform games like this, the better one would be eight to twelve hours long. It would not be appropriate for it to be too long or too short. My suggestion is that the standard game flow can be set at around 10 hours. The checkpoints must follow the principle of going from easy to difficult. Therefore, the later stages should be slightly longer. Chapter 754 - A Strategic From Soup To Nuts Planning Service In order to ease the players fatigue, it is recommended to use a long and short game design. For example, the preface is a short game that can be used to guide players to adapt to the gameplay. It can end in about 10 minutes. The first stage is a long one. Complicated riddles have to be played before defeating the boss, that could be done in about an hour. The second stage can be a short one. You can directly enter the boss battle and then mix a few stages of riddles in the pursuit of the boss. The game time can be about 30 minutes. The third stage is a long one. The time is extended to 1 hour and 15 minutes. There will be more complicated riddles Through this design, we can adjust the flow of emotions of the players at different stages and create a relaxing effect. Whats more, based on the length of the stage that we have decided on, we can decide which scene to use for a certain stage. We can combine the Boss gameplay, the background of the stage, the length of the stage, and other elements to leave a deeper impression on the players. Wu Zhicheng blinked. Yes, that makes sense! In fact, he had not thought so much about it before. He had only planned for ten stages with the mentality of making up the numbers. Each stage would have a different background packaging. However, after listening to Xi Haos analysis, he realized that there were actually so many tricks behind it. The length of the different stages could control the players emotions and achieve the effect of relaxation. Then, players would not suddenly feel dull and boring in the middle of the game. It would bring them a better gaming experience. Whats more, the length of the game determined the format of a certain stage. Would it be encountering a Boss Battle after a long period of solving the riddle? Or meeting the Boss Battle directly? Perhaps it would be a Boss Battle split into multiple stages, with the elements of solving the riddle added during the transition stage? The gamers would have completely different gaming experiences through different stages. After Xi Haos analysis, Wu Zhicheng instantly felt that the previously vague content had become much clearer, and the parts that he had no clue about were now in sight. Wu Zhicheng quickly recorded it in his notebook, afraid that he would forget about it. Im just making a suggestion. Im not saying that we have to follow this plan. If you think it makes sense, we can plan it this way. If you have other ideas, we can discuss them. Xi Hao reminded him. At the end of the day, Black Ink and Clouds is a game designed by you. You have the final say. We are only suggesting from another perspective. Whether you accept it or not is entirely up to you. Wu Zhicheng nodded. Understood. Wu Zhicheng was very satisfied with Xi Haos attitude. Obviously, Xi Hao had years of experience in the games industry, so he could provide a more professional perspective than Wu Zhicheng when he looked at problems. Of course, Wu Zhicheng would gladly accept these better suggestions. However, Black Ink and Clouds was a game designed by Wu Zhicheng after all. There was no doubt that he had the final say. Xi Hao had no intention of interfering with Wu Zhichengs design. This showed his basic respect for the creator. Xi Hao looked at the contents in his notebook and said, Do you have any expectations for the rough resources and development time of the game? Wu Zhicheng shook his head. No. Xi Hao did not show any signs of contempt. Instead, he said in a normal tone, Then, lets make a simple plan. We can perfect the details later. According to our previous estimates of the 10-hour game time and length, there are roughly nine stages of different sizes. Apart from the preface and final chapter, there are also seven stages in the middle. There are about 15 types of big and small monsters inside. Eight of them can be used as basic small monsters, and the remaining seven can be used as special monsters under special conditions or circumstances. You can also use the same type of monsters to make them into different colors or skills. However, this type of replication needs to be restrained. Whats more, it has to be consistent with the characteristics of the levels. You cant let the players feel like they are fighting the same monsters again. There are a total of eight stages from the first to the final chapter. We will design eight different Boss battles. The Boss in the first chapter can be reused and make a weakened version of the Boss to pass the plot. In that case, we can roughly estimate the scale of each stage. Well set the art resource table according to these requirements and finalize the general workload. The game editor is ready-made, and platform action games are very common, so we can create them relatively quickly The estimated working period is about six months. You have completed a portion of the content at the moment, there is still sufficient time for modification. Therefore, we can set two temporary deadlines. The first deadline is two months later. We will try to complete the game content before the third stage. We can test the players feedback through the trial. If the feedback is not good, we can still make changes in time; The second deadline is five months later. Well try to complete the game, fix all the bugs, and polish some details. That way, the game can be officially released. Maps, characters, monsters, special effects, and other related art resources have to be completed within this deadline. Based on our current resources, if we estimate the development cost we should apply for a funding limit of 1.5 million yuan first. The art of this game is very important. We have to contact a few outstanding artists to choose the most suitable style. If we dont have enough money, we can apply for it later. Is this alright? Xi Hao looked at Wu Zhicheng for his opinion. Wu Zhicheng immediately nodded. Alright! Wu Zhicheng only had one thought for Xi Haos speech: What a professional! When he was talking to Qiu Hong previously, Wu Zhicheng had no idea how long the project would take or how much money it would cost. He could not be blamed for his low level of business acumen. He was just an unorthodox person who had never worked in a proper gaming company. How could he understand all these? Qiu Hong still decided to invest in the game under such circumstances. It was obvious that he really admired the gameplay of Black Ink and Clouds. However, with Xi Haos help, these details were easily solved. Wu Zhicheng was quite satisfied with the current plan. He even felt that the plan had changed his thinking about the game and made it clearer. Whats more, this plan could be changed at any time. There would be a lot of freedom. He would not have to worry about his design being restricted. Xi Hao continued, Alright, well hurry up and come up with the entire development plan, the art resource, and the requirement form for you to see. If you have any problems, we can discuss and amend them. As for you, focus all your energy on the game design. If you encounter any problems, just look for us at any time. We will also gather some information or similar ready-made games online based on the genre of the game. We will provide them to you as reference and update you continuously. If you feel like you dont have any inspiration, you can take a look and get some inspiration. Wu Zhicheng was pleasantly surprised. Sure, sure. He could not help but feel emotional. This was really a service from soup to nuts! Someone was helping to design the game development plan, someone was helping to raise the demand for the art resources, and there was even someone who was helping to collect game inspiration! Obviously, the task of this three-man team was to help the independent game designers complete various more time-consuming but essential tasks. They would serve four independent game designers concurrently. The entire teams manpower could be fully utilised as long as there was proper time management. The meeting was over in no time. The content that was not sure previously had been finalized. The main reason Xi Hao participated in this meeting was to set a general direction with Wu Zhicheng. He would leave the rest of the work to his subordinates. In two or three days, the development plan for Black Ink and Clouds, the preliminary planning of the stages, the art resource, the required documents, and so on would be uploaded. The relevant work would be pushed forward by professionals. Wu Zhicheng himself only needed to do his design work well. On one hand, it was to standardize and guide his original unorthodox path so that he could create games more efficiently under certain frameworks and not continue to run around like a headless fly. On the other hand, it greatly reduced the burden on Wu Zhicheng. He did not need to do those inefficient but necessary repetitive tasks. He only needed to focus all his attention on the most creative game design work. Wu Zhicheng returned to his desk and took a sip of his milk tea. He felt much more excited. Why was he suddenly filled with motivation? He immediately followed the details that had been finalized and began to redo the games planning of the stages. Chapter 755 - Play With AEEIS Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios November 23rd, Wednesday Lu Zhiyao returned to his hotel. For the past few days, other than going to the film set to film, he had been holed up in the hotel, repeatedly reading the script that Director Zhu had given him, trying to understand the heart of the character Qin Yi. Lu Zhiyao felt inexplicably frustrated because he had been cooped up in the room. However, that was exactly what he wanted. In the entire movie, Qin Yi had always been in the command cabin. He could not communicate with anyone else, much less go out. To a soldier who had been fighting on the front lines for a long time, this was obviously a very frustrating thing. Whats more, Qin Yi was under immense mental pressure in the movie. His every move would determine the lives of countless soldiers and even the survival of the entire human civilization. The mental pressure would only be greater. If he could not display such a mental state well, Lu Zhiyaos performance would fail. That was why Lu Zhiyao had been playing games in his room for the past few days. He wanted to better understand Qin Yis mental state. However, he felt like something was missing. After completing todays filming, Lu Zhiyao returned to his room as usual and forced himself to sit in front of his computer. Even though he was about to puke from playing the game and was very tired after filming for the entire day, Lu Zhiyao knew very well that his current state was the closest to Qin Yi now. He had to remember this mentality. However, just as he sat down, he realized that there was something else in the room. He lived in a suite, and the computer was placed on the desk in the living room. At that moment, there was a Fully-Automated Bickering Machine on the ground next to the desk. The bar-shaped sound system was connected to the computer, and the other two small surround sound systems were placed behind him on the cabinet opposite the desk. Obviously, the staff had brought this brand new smart bickering machine in during the day. Lu Zhiyaos eyes lit up. Wasnt this the AEEIS smart speaker that he had requested before? Thats great, his sparring partner was here now! Before this, Lu Zhiyaos biggest problem was that he was acting as if it was a one-man show when in actual fact, he was acting as an opponent of AEEIS. However, during filming, it was all a green screen. He had to rely on his imagination for an opponent. How was he supposed to act? Even if he could find someone else to act with, there was still a huge gap between the lines and AEEIS voice. Now that he had a physical AEEIS, he just had to record all the lines and he would be able to practice the scenes over and over again! Lu Zhiyao looked at the Fully-Automated Intelligent Bickering Machine. From its appearance, it looked like a huge black box with an automatic bickering function at the top. The bottom half of the cell phone was the low-pitched part of the echo wall. There was also a glowing ring on the front that indicated that AEEIS was speaking. There was a note on the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine which read: Say AEEIS, return to the initial image to start sparring with it. Lu Zhiyao remembered very clearly that this was not Qin Yis first line. Before this line, AEEIS had spoken to Qin Yi in a female form. However, this line was a turning point. From then on, AEEIS became a cold electronic voice and Lu Zhiyaos scene with it officially began. The lines of AEEIS in all the scripts that Lu Zhiyao had received should have been recorded into the system. Once Lu Zhiyao spoke, AEEIS would automatically reply to the next line. Lu Zhiyao: AEEIS, return to the initial image. AEEIS: Captain Qin Yi, you might be very angry now, but humans need you to continue fulfilling your mission as a soldier The man and the machine began their conversation. It was indeed interesting. Before this, Lu Zhiyao had been rehearsing with the air. Someone else was reading the lines for AEEIS even when he was acting which gave him a different feeling. However, now that he was facing the electronic voice that AEEIS was supposed to have, he entered Qin Yis role swiftly. After sparring for a few times, Lu Zhiyao decided to take a sip of water and rest for a while. He had changed several different forms of acting during the dialogue and had also recorded the entire process of his performance with a camera. Now, he could watch all the videos and make up for his mistakes. However, after watching the video a few times, Lu Zhiyao still felt that there was something lacking in his performance. It was a strange feeling because Lu Zhiyao was already trying hard to express all sorts of emotions that Qin Yi might have, including relief, anger, frustration, determination, and so on. Yet, he still felt like something was missing. What was missing? Or was this just an illusion? Lu Zhiyao flipped the note aimlessly and realized that there was another line on the back. You can say enter the bickering mode to AEEIS to relax. Hm? What is the bickering mode? He did not know exactly what it was for, the name Bickering Mode sounded very interesting! Lu Zhiyao immediately said, AEEIS, enter the bickering mode. AEEIS: Alright, there are always arrogant humans who want to start such boring games. Do you think youre very smart? Lu Zhiyao: ? Fifteen minutes later, Lu Zhiyao quietly lit a cigarette and began to contemplate life. What kind of experience was it to be rendered speechless by an artificial intelligence? At first, Lu Zhiyao thought that AEEISs so-called bickering mode was just a gimmick. Even if it could barely compete with humans in the beginning, it would be defeated very quickly and say, Sorry, I dont understand what you mean. However, he had not expected that AEEIS would be so aggressive. Lu Zhiyao was so angry that he began to doubt his life! AEEIS started asking aggressive questions right from the beginning. Lu Zhiyao tried his best to deny it, but no matter how hard he tried, AEEIS cleverly forced him into a corner and tortured him. After that, Lu Zhiyao, who could not tolerate it any longer, began to argue with AEEIS. He began to attack the machine crazily. AEEIS was completely unmoved unexpectedly. It continued to attack Lu Zhiyaos IQ in a constant, calm tone. In such a confrontation, Lu Zhiyao was defeated very quickly. He became hopeless and began to think about many life problems and philosophical problems. Of course, these questions included how much the Bickering Machine is worth, how much do I need to compensate for it if I were to smash it, would the matter of the Bickering Machine become a scandal, and so on. Suddenly, Lu Zhiyao had a flash of inspiration. I see, I understand what Im missing! In the previous performance, I couldnt express my emotions well enough for AEEIS! Lu Zhiyao suddenly realized something. The staff matched the lines of AEEIS during the previous performances that were being shot on the green screen. Thus, Lu Zhiyao had spent most of his energy trying to figure out Qin Yis mentality. Qin Yis character had a very complicated experience, and he had experienced a very complicated mental fluctuation in the plot. Lu Zhiyao had to take care of all aspects of the story, so he had inadvertently missed Qin Yis feelings for AEEIS! In other words, even though Lu Zhiyao had already realized that this was a scene between him and AEEIS, he did not understand it well enough. He had been too engrossed in digging into the heart of Qin Yis character, but he had neglected AEEIS role in the scene. Lu Zhiyao quickly flipped through the script and read the lines from AEEIS again. Obviously, AEEIS subjective intention was something that Lu Zhiyao had neglected previously! As an artificial intelligence, AEEIS emotionless electronic voice made Lu Zhiyao subconsciously treat it as a tool. However, after arguing with AEEIS, Lu Zhiyao suddenly realized that it was not a tool. It had a purpose and inclinations! It was the same in movies. The AEEIS in the movie actually affected Qin Yis thinking at many key points. For example: When it added the realistic elements, AEEIS made Qin Yi more aware of the increase in difficulty under the simulated mode by adding specific data like the morale will collapse when the previous war loss rate exceeded 5%. While Qin Yi was feeling depressed because of his failure, AEEIS reminded him timely that the accuracy of the data analysis had reached more than 87%. It could be used as a reference to induce objectively; When the couple sacrificed themselves, AEEIS first reaction was to hide the truth and explain it as unpredictable behavior and phenomena randomly generated in an intelligent system to simulate sudden situations in the real battlefield; After Qin Yi raised his doubts, AEEIS finally admitted that Qin Yi was commanding a real battle There were similarities everywhere. Every line from AEEIS in the movie would actually have a driving effect on the plot. A large portion of the lines directly affected Qin Yis mentality and understanding. There were also a few lines that seemed to hide more content. For example, when Qin Yi asked AEEIS if the couple was real, AEEIS only answered after a while. Since it was an artificial intelligence, all reactions were calculated through a program. Logically speaking, any question should be answered immediately. This period of time could actually lead to many things, and Qin Yi should have reacted to it. Even a subtle expression was more reasonable than being completely unaware. Obviously, Lu Zhiyaos previous performance had been very lacking in this aspect. While he knew very well that he was acting in the same scene as AEEIS, he had not really portrayed the essence of such scenes. That was why he felt that something was missing. At that thought, Lu Zhiyao could not help but knock on the table excitedly. Thats right, thats what Im missing! Previously, when I was performing, I was still too obsessed with discovering my own character. I did not really treat AEEIS as an intelligent existence. Now that Ive been rendered speechless by AEEIS, Ive realized that this is very important! Now that he had found the crux of the problem, the rest was easy. Lu Zhiyao perked up again and said to AEEIS, AEEIS, return to the initial image! AEEIS: Captain Qin Yi, you might be very angry now, but humans need you to continue fulfilling your mission as a soldier The man and machine began their conversation once again. Chapter 756 - Financial Video Conference November 24th, Thursday Dream Realization Ventures. He Desheng and Pei Qian were the only ones in the conference room. However, there were more than ten small video windows on the projector screen. He Desheng said, Boss Pei, everyone is here. Shall we start the meeting now? Pei Qian sipped his tea. Yes, lets begin. Pei Qian had come to Dream Realization Ventures today at He Deshengs request. Until now, Dream Realization Ventures had strictly followed the rules set by Pei Qian. They had invested in about ten companies, and each companys investment limit ranged from one million to two million yuan. He Desheng had decided on the investment amount based on the scale of these companies and the general amount of funds needed to start the business model. To put it simply, if the company was a start-up and the business model did not require that much money, He Desheng would have invested less. Since it was strictly first come, first served, the first group of companies to invest were mainly start-ups. After all, these companies needed money the most, and they were the first to seek investment. If one of the companies in the first few companies made money, He Desheng would sell the shares of those companies as per Boss Peis request and continue to look for the next company in line to invest. If all the companies did not make money Boss Pei would celebrate the occasion with champagne. Dream Realization Ventures might have invested money but they had arranged a special finance for each company to supervise their daily expenses. They would also hold remote meetings regularly to report the financial situation. These finance employees were all old employees of Tengda. They had been baptized by the Tengda spirit. They would receive generous subsidies after being deployed. At the same time, their financial statements would be supervised by Tengdas finance department. It was not entirely impossible to be bribed, but the possibility was very low. The first video window showed a female finance officer in her thirties with short hair and a pair of glasses. She was a core employee of Tengda. She was the most senior and had the best business capabilities among all the finance personnel who had been deployed. Her name was Jing Haibing, and she was in charge of the finance of the Cold-Faced Lady. He had sent her Cold-Faced Lady mainly because this project had left a deep impression on He Desheng. At the moment, this company was one of the main focuses. The reporting officially began. Jing Haibing lowered her head and looked at the report in her hand. She then raised her head and said, Boss Pei, Boss He, everyone. Boss He hopes that I can emphasize the common trickery in financial work and delay your time for a few minutes before reporting on Cold-Faced Ladys financial situation. Not everyone from the finance department that Tengda deployed out was knowledgeable. While those that were sent out must be one of their own, who had been through the Tengda spirit and knew everything about Tengda, they were basically all old employees of Tengda. Many of them had entered Tengda not long after graduation. They had not seen so many tricks in the outside world. After all, Tengda was one hundred percent strict with the laws and regulations. From purchasing, reimbursement, and then paying taxes, Tengda was completely clean and transparent. These people would not have the chance to witness all sorts of tricks. However, outside companies would inevitably use such methods. Wool might be pulled over the eyes of the inexperienced in the way of the world. Therefore, He Desheng wanted to make use of this meeting to ask Jing Haibing to emphasize the problems that they might face in their work. He wanted to give them a heads-up so that they would be able to discover the problems in time if they were to run into trouble. Pei Qian wanted to hear it as well. Financial reports were a bunch of numbers that sounded boring after all. These tricks, however, sounded more interesting. Jing Haibing organized her thoughts and started explaining The money we invested in were all transferred to the companys official accounts. No one would be stupid enough to transfer the money directly into their private accounts. The so-called trick is nothing more than the managers of these companies burning the money into their real business through some means and then using some hidden methods to fill a portion of their private pockets. Therefore, there are a few common parts that must be carefully checked and verified. For example, when a company buys office consumables, they would rather buy things that cost two or three yuan even though the market rate is at one yuan. Or perhaps there is no problem with the single price of the consumables, but there is no obvious reduction in the wholesale price. There must be something wrong with this. Theres also the publicity material. There are posters, banners, display boards, flyers, and so on. On the surface, there are 5,000 flyers, but in reality, there are only 4,000 of them. Or perhaps the material is a mixture of real and fake. There is also a considerable amount of profit to be made. In addition, has the company been paying fake accounts? Has the headhunting company colluded with the headhunting company to privately set the yin-yang contract? Is there anything fishy about the advertising channels? How much of the applications are real and how much of it was created by someone using a program? Are there any signs of paying bills, fake distributors, or false marketing for the various physical items, interest returns, and coupons that the marketing activities gave? It would be very difficult to find out these problems if we were just to check the accounts or supervise them. However, we are now directly in charge of the finance of these companies. We can think of ways to avoid these problems. For example, we can purchase office consumables through Tengdas own trusted channels. That way, we can avoid spending the money that we have invested to unwanted means. Of course, everyone has a limit to their capabilities and energy. Its difficult for us to guarantee that everything will be captured by us. However, we have to work hard to keep the companys accounts clean and not make any low-level mistakes Jing Haibing explained the common methods of start-ups to the other finance managers while teaching everyone to be more vigilant and take precautions. She also emphasized that they had to report it immediately if they found any problems. Pei Qian was also listening intently. He looked calm on the surface, but it was an eye-opener. These operations were really ridiculous! Obviously, geniuses from all walks of life emerged one after another and came up with all sorts of ideas when it came to the scamming of investors. Of course, not all of the blame belonged to entrepreneurs. Some simple entrepreneurs might have been led astray by investors. Investors would fake the accounts with entrepreneurs and then throw them to the next investors to make a fortune. Pei Qians original idea was very simple. He just did not want these entrepreneurs to take advantage of the money that he had invested. That was why he chose the more troublesome regulatory method of sending finance personnels to each company. Now, it seemed like he had taken the right step. Pei Qian did not think that it would affect his loss of money. After all, the chances of a start-up failing were too high. Even if they operated normally, most start-ups would not be able to escape the fate of bankruptcy. Since it was going bankrupt and incurring losses, some investors made a killing using all sorts of underhanded methods. Some investors could only get a dead salary or even have to bear debts. If Pei Qian had to choose, he would definitely choose the latter. In any case, the money had already been invested in you. You can make money based on your own abilities. That is your good fortune. Tengda will withdraw its investment immediately. If you lose money based on your own abilities, you will be thanked by Boss Pei. The only thing that Boss Pei could not accept was that they could not take Tengdas money, not work and yet be able to make huge profits. Soon, Jing Haibing finished talking about the common problems in the finance department of the start-up company. She continued to report on her work with the Cold-Faced Lady. Pei Qian had a summary of each companys situation in front of him. He picked up the summary of Cold-Faced Lady and flipped through it. Judging from the current situation, the development of the cold-faced lady was going very smoothly. It was going according to Meng Changs initial plan. The Cold-Faced Ladys first flagship store had already been opened in Beijing. Pei Qian glanced at the photo. The store had been renovated quite well. The doors and faces outside had huge full-length windows. They looked clean and tidy. The signboard on them had the iconic logo of a Cold-Faced Lady. There was a hint of ancient charm with modern fashion; The store was made in comparison with Western-style fast food stores. There were beautiful pictures of food on top of the counter. The tables and chairs were similar to Western-style fast food stores with some Chinese elements added to it. The waitresses of the store were all young and beautiful ladies. They did not have the standard polite smiles, showing their teeth. Their faint smiles were even a little seductive even though they looked cold and aloof. After that was the series of marketing campaigns that the Cold-Faced Lady had conducted, as well as the enthusiastic response on the internet. For example, Meng Chang rented a sports car for a beautiful lady to drive a sports car to deliver cold noodles personally. That would be a hot topic. The opening of the restaurant would allow the first 100 customers to eat for free. If a girl came to eat at the Cold-Faced Lady and posted in her Weibo, @ Cold-Faced Ladys official weibo account, she would be able to get a 1888 fashion gift package regularly. The biggest order event would be held. The biggest order placed to the cold-faced lady during the opening week would be waived. The second and third places would also be given gifts. Other than that, there were also some special holiday activities to be arranged. For example, there would be a snowstorm on the 7th of next month. On this day, the cold-faced lady would launch a unique snowflake roasted cold noodles. As long as customers came to the shop to spend money and post on Weibo on this day, they would be able to get a free set. Behind these marketing activities was the rapid depletion of money from the cold-faced lady. Meng Chang took two million yuan from Dream Realization Ventures and one million yuan each from two other investors. That was four million yuan in total. However, he spent money very quickly. Rent, renovation, a bunch of beautiful ladies salaries as waiters, all sorts of money-burning subsidies, buying Weibo hot searches, and so on were needed everywhere. Four million yuan might seem like a lot, but it was spent very quickly. That was also the case since Meng Chang was planning to continue opening branches. Every additional branch that he opened would be a bottomless pit. However, even so, Meng Chang did not try anything funny with money. After all, Jing Haibing was in charge of Lady Coldfaces finances. If Meng Chang wanted to play tricks on office consumables, publicity materials, and manpower costs, and dig out some money, Jing Haibing would have been aware. Of course, as a high-level player, Meng Chang had no intention of using such underhanded methods to get money. Other than the feasibility of execution, other companies could send Meng Chang to jail once they checked the accounts if he were to tamper with them. Therefore, tampering with the cost of materials and marketing was too low-end. Meng Chang would not do something like that. Soon, Jing Haibing finished her report. The other companies finance department also reported their situation. Chapter 757 - IOI’s Version Update The progress of these companies were all different. Some were progressing quickly, some were progressing slowly, some were working hard on their products, and some were racking their brains every day to think about how to market them. The company naturally did things differently with different founders. Based on the current situation, Meng Chang was indeed quite capable. To be able to open his first store in such a short period of time, do well in all aspects, and become quite popular on the internet, that was enough to explain the problem. Among all the projects that Dream Realization Ventures had invested in, the Cold-Faced Lady had the best performance. Whats more, it burnt money the fastest. Soon, all the projects were reported. Jing Haibing pointed out some small problems with the finances of the two companies. They were recorded and ready to be corrected. The conference ended and the video signal was cut off. He Desheng said, Boss Pei, should we continue to follow the previous plan strictly? If we continue investing after we burn the money, then We might have to invest next month according to Cold-Faced Ladys current spending rate. Pei Qian nodded. Ok, keep the original plan unchanged. invest if we have to! Just keep me posted the next time you invest in the cold-faced lady. He Desheng nodded. Alright, Boss Pei. November 25th, Friday After lunch, Pei Qian specially went to his office to look at the results of the Tengda Spirit compatibility test. The Tengda Spirit compatibility test had a total of four chances. The new employee would enter the probation period after entering the company for a month. There would be one test every Friday. The candidate would be officially hired after passing any of the four tests. If he failed all of them, he would have to leave. However, because these new employees took different times to complete their resignation procedures, they had to enter Tengda at different times. About one-fourth of the people who failed the Tengda Spirit compatibility test this time were those who failed the previous test. The rest were those who took the test for the first time. At first, Pei Qian did not have much hope. After all, it had only been a week since the last test. What changes could there be? Even if what he had said at the gathering of the person-in-charge had subtly influenced the atmosphere of the company, it should not have been so immediate. Pei Qian opened the platform to take a look. Hm? The passing rate seems to have dropped, right? It has indeed dropped! Pei Qian could not help but smile. This was a pleasant surprise! The back end platform of the Tengda Spirit compatibility test would show the passing rate of each test. There would also be the passing rate on the first, second and third try. In other words, the ratio of people who passed the test on the second try would also be calculated among the new batch of employees. He could clearly see the trend of the decline. Could there really be such a good thing? No, we cant get carried away. The passing rate for this week has indeed decreased but the people taking the exam are different after all. The passing rate will naturally fluctuate. We have to observe this for the long run and not jump to conclusions. Pei Qian read the data again silently, preparing to observe for a while longer. He would wait for all the new employees to complete the Tengda spirit test and see the final passing rate before making a decision. After closing the backend platform of the Tengda Spirit compatibility test, Pei Qian casually browsed the latest news online. All of a sudden, he saw a keyword at the bottom of the hot searches: IOIs New Version. Eh? Are you saying that news of IOIs new version has been leaked? Pei Qian immediately opened it. Shang Yang Games had already found out about some changes to IOIs local server strategy some time ago. Shang Yang Games had more sources of information in the industry than ordinary netizens after all. However, since Shang Yang Games was able to obtain this information, it meant that the changes were already in the production process. It was basically set in stone. Therefore, it was not surprising that this news would be leaked and exposed on the internet. Shang Yang Games was indeed more well-informed, but it was only a week or two ahead at most. Pei Qian searched for information about IOIs new version online and found that the news had been released because IOI had updated the changes on the test suit. The moment the testing server was updated and changed, it immediately caused a huge controversy among the gamers. The various media outlets also reposted it. Even though IOI was already considered to be on the backseat in the country, its market share in the world was still considerable. There was no reason for the game media to miss such a huge piece of news. The changes to the IOI testing suit this time were mainly related to the gameplay, including the adjustment mechanism, changes in the heros bounty, rich map resources, and so on. It was slightly different from the changes that Lin Wan had mentioned before, but they were similar. However, the old gamers did not buy it after the update. Finger Games official social media account was instantly flooded with the old gamers objections. Waves came one after another before Finger Games could explain. Some games media had obtained some internal information from some unknown source, revealing Finger Games strategic adjustments to IOIs local server. Changing the local server to the low-priced zone, the price of heroes and skins would be lowered to about one-third of international server; The local server, IOI, would be working with the local Long Yu Corporation. The Long Yu Corporation would be in charge of the localization of IOIs local server; In addition, it was said that Finger Games had finally decided to start preparing for the first world finals. Furthermore, the high-level executives of IOIs local server, Chrtien, and Long Yu Corporation were contacting local clubs that still had IOI branches. When Pei Qian noticed this, the news had already spread like wildfire in the IOI players circle. They actually go exposed so quickly, so poor at secrecy. Thats not right. It could also be voluntarily released to test players reactions. They could have released some news first without any concrete evidence. If the players reactions were not adverse, they can stand up and admit it. If the players reactions are adverse, they could change a relatively conservative plan based on public opinion. Pei Qian had thought that the news would only be released in another week. He had not expected it to spread so quickly. Long Yu Corporation was one of the top gaming companies in the country in terms of size. The public relations department was not to be trifled with. Once this news was released, they could definitely suppress it if they wanted to. However, the news did not stop there. Instead, it spread rapidly. Pei Qian would not believe that no one was behind this. The main point was that Tengda was IOIs only competitor in the country. Pei Qian knew very well that it was not Tengda who did it. That meant Finger Games had to do it themselves. On further thought, this was not a particularly difficult operation. The reason why Finger Games had decided to make such changes was mainly to get more new players to join them. However, that would definitely change the gaming habits of old players. Once this was done, they would definitely be scolded. The only question was how badly would they be scolded. If they could generate popularity while being scolded and cause more new players to fall into the pit, it would be worth it. Thus, Finger Games decided to release some news that had not been confirmed yet. They would allow the game media to repost it and see how public opinion would react. If the reaction of public opinion was not too adverse, they could continue to push it; if the reaction was particularly intense, the part that everyone strongly resisted could be temporarily put aside, and only push ahead with a part of it. To put it bluntly, they were trying their best to leave a way out for themselves through this method. Otherwise, if they were to update the game without any care, and then change it back in the midst of a wave of criticism, they would lose face. Of course, Pei Qian welcomed these changes with open arms. A highly resistant and struggling IOI was a good IOI. Otherwise, if GOG continued to expand its market share, wouldnt it be harder to incur losses in the future? However, the gamers reaction was different. Of course, the public opinion online was not one-sided. There were also many players who supported such changes. Both sides were arguing intensely. Dont change the gameplay. Is the designer out of his mind? I know youre envious of GOG, but if you change it to something like this, I can just play GOG directly, right? Objection to all changes other than rich map resources! The game would definitely be different after the changes! You people are so hard to please. You were the ones who said that the game was not exciting enough and that there were not enough ways to play it. Now, the game has changed and you are also the ones who are against it. I think this change is quite good. You dont have to be so tired after playing it. If you really want to criticize, you have to wait for the effect of the testing uniform to be out before you criticize, right? Sigh, the IOI in the local server has already gone down the drain. I, a loyal old gamer, no longer have any hopes of it becoming popular. I didnt expect it to become a hot search just because I saw it. Changing it to a low-priced area would indeed allow new gamers to enter the pit. What would happen to us old gamers who had been charged large sums of money? F*ck, the skins that we bought yesterday are going to be depreciated? It would be best if they were cut in half at the waist, and at the worst, only one-third of its value would be left? Im not asking you not to lower the price, but why are you lowering it so ruthlessly? Are you really not treating old players like humans? Youre so hard to please. You make it sound like you old gamers wont benefit from the price reduction. Youll be cheaper buying skins in the future. Its said that the foreign websites have exploded. Many people are saying that Finger Games is unfair and that they are sucking up to local players. They probably feel imbalanced. Thats not all. GOG is cheap both domestically and overseas. If not for GOG, Finger Games would not have been criticized by so many people. However, there is a problem with this comparison Finger Games has finally figured it out. Hurry up and start the global finals! Its not like Dayak Corporation doesnt have money. Dont continue to delay this competition. GOGs first international invitational tournament was completed more than two months ago. GPL would be starting soon! Finger Games is really too slow! Are there still clubs playing IOI in the country? Im quite suspicious Yes, yes. I heard that the IOI branches of a few established clubs are still around. I heard that Long Yu Corporation will fork out a sum of money to support these people. I think these actions are a good thing. Its obvious that IOI cannot defeat GOG. Not making any changes, would mean a slow death. They might as well take a gamble. If they have the ability, unify the local server and the world server. Give all the heroes for free. The skins to be priced lower than GOGs. Burn money to make leagues, promote, and even collect skins for games. Then, you can reward old gamers with exclusive skins or voucher compensation. No one will scold you then! Dayak Corporation is so rich. They should be more than happy to spend money on advertising. Now, you want to take money from the players pockets and ask them to support you. What the hell? Thats right. If you want to expand your market share, you have to sell your own blood. Why are you sucking blood from old players? Players with different opinions were arguing online to no rest. Chapter 758 - Strong Alliance Pei Qian flipped through the comments online and could not help but worry for Finger Games. We didnt hire fake reviewers to liven things up. Why are these gamers arguing? The public opinion is not good. What should I do? Why dont I hire some fake reviewers to help Finger Games say a few words on the internet and brag about it to boost their reputation? That wont do. That might be seen as a satire act and might trigger even greater resistance Of course, Pei Qian was on the side of Finger Games from the bottom of his heart. He sincerely hoped that their performance in the local servers and world servers would be more impressive. The greater the threat to GOG, the better. However, in this situation, Pei Qian could only feel anxious and could not do anything. If he helped players to scold Finger Games, he would be hitting his opponents and adding insult to injury. If he helped Finger Games to speak up, it would seem like he was being sarcastic and fanning the flames. No matter how much Pei Qian thought about it, nothing seemed to be appropriate. Since that was the case, he should remain silent! There should be no problem if he did not speak up, right? However, when Pei Qian refreshed the page, he saw another post being uploaded. Tengda has not made any comments yet. I wonder what their attitude is? What other attitude could there be? They must be laughing at this joke. They did nothing and IOI self-destructed. I dont think so. IOIs market share in the country is almost lower than Gods Rising now. If you were Boss Pei, would you look at such competitors? Thats true. GOG is only one of Tengdas businesses. Boss Pei has so many things to worry about. He probably wouldnt take such a small news like this to heart. Lets put it another way. GOGs operations team is in great shape. There shouldnt be a problem, right? Yes, thats no problem. As Pei Qian watched the netizens discussions, a question mark slowly floated above his head. ? What did they mean by laughing at them as a joke? Im very worried for them! What did they mean by not taking it to heart? Its really weighing on my mind! Pei Qian had been thinking about this matter ever since Lin Wan reported the movements of Finger Games. He was more concerned about it over all other businesses. The reason why he did not express his stance was because he was afraid that he would accidentally lead the situation to a more unfavorable direction. It was just like a small flame. Pei Qian wanted to blow it up a little, but he accidentally blew too much and blew it out. What should he do? In the end, even if he did not express his stance, the netizens had imagined it all in the wrong direction. Pei Qian felt hopeless. Who could understand Boss Peis misery? Pei Qian sighed silently. There was a limit to what he could do now. He could only watch carefully by the side in order to protect the last spark of IOIs domestic server. At the same time, in the headquarters of Long Yu Corporation The full name of Long Yu Corporation was Shanghai Long Yu Network Development Co., Ltd.. Its main business included many types of online interactive entertainment content and services. Development and taking on game agencies were one of its main businesses. It was also their main source of income. However, Long Yu Corporation was also a company with mixed reputation in China. The games developed by Long Yu Corporation were mainly games with paywalls. Among all the games companies, it was the slowest to transform into a mobile game. However, based on its accumulation in client-side games, it was still ranked at the top of the domestic games industry. It was undoubtedly a huge company. The reason why they had mixed reviews was because they had developed online games with high paywalls. Whats more, they might have made a lot of money, they had also been scolded a lot because of their methods; At the same time, Long Yu Corporation had produced many successful foreign games. However, many of them had failed in their operations which was because they had given up and used more money to squeeze out the last bucket of gold. That was why they had been scolded many times. However, in all fairness, Long Yu Corporation was not that bad. In fact, its reputation was much better than that of a malignant tumor company like Dayak Corporation. They had both successes and failures as agents of many games which was not bad when compared to those companies that died with each failed agency. Many gamers still had expectations for the Longyu Corporation. There were many reasons why Dayak Corporation and Finger Games chose Long Yu Corporation as the local servers operator. First, Dayak Corporation decided to look for operators because they realized that they could not handle IOIs localized operations in China. Finding a local agent, especially a large company with rich financial resources and experience as an agent, was indeed advantageous in localizing operations. Second, Long Yu Corporation offered the highest price and gave the most concessions among all the other companies. They had the greatest sincerity in Dayak Corporations view. When looking for operations companies, different operations companies want different levels of controls. Dayak Corporation and Finger Games were rather harsh in this aspect. They were still unwilling to give up too much of their control even though they found a representative. Therefore, they were more inclined to choose an operating company like Long Yu Corporation which did not have much power to ask for so much control. Lastly, there were other considerations. For example, Long Yu Corporation had a ready-made account system that could direct traffic to IOI through their own game. Another example was that the headquarters of IOI was in Shanghai where Long Yu Corporation was situated as well. It was more convenient for timely communication. No matter what the players thought, Dayak Corporation and Long Yu Corporation were very satisfied with this cooperation. To Longyu Corporation, IOI might be impacted by GOG in the world, but it was far from losing. It still had a good influence. As for the local server, IOI, it was a good opportunity to get a base. Long Yu Corporation also needed a good client-side game project to be the focus of its next phase of operations. Thus, both parties hit it off immediately and valued this cooperation. At the same time, at the headquarters of Long Yu Corporation, both sides were having a friendly discussion. Zhao Xuming, Senior Vice-President of Long Yu Corporation, had once been the marketing director of Long Yu Corporation. Due to his outstanding work results, he had been promoted to Vice-President two years ago. The cooperation between Long Yu Corporation and Dayak Corporation this time was to set up a special IOI operations cooperation department. Zhao Xuming was fully in charge of the operations of IOI and he communicated with Finger Games. On the other hand, the representative of Finger Games was, of course, Chrtien, who had not been in office for long and was trying his best to facilitate this cooperation. The content of this meeting was mainly to discuss the operation strategy of IOIs local server, as well as matters related to the first world finals of IOI. Zhao Xuming smiled. We have been paying attention to the public opinion on the internet. We dont know much about the public opinion overseas, and were not in charge of that. However, I can guarantee that it wont be a big problem for local players. At the moment, the ones who have the most intense reaction are the veteran gamers. According to our survey data, passerby gamers are still very responsive to these changes. Considering that IOIs market share is already very low, our main aim must be to pull more new players into the pit. If we only satisfy old players in everything, and there is not enough fresh blood, then old players will slowly disappear. On the other hand, if we serve the new players well, even if the old players curse at us, we would not immediately lose a large number of players because they are more resistant. When more and more new players appear, the old players would naturally become hooked again. Of course, we will definitely consider public opinion as well. At the very least, we will look good. For example, some people suggested giving some compensation to old gamers. I think this is a good idea. We should be able to calm public opinion by developing a special skin or commemorative portrait for old gamers. Chrtien nodded. Yes, we believe in the capabilities of Boss Zhao and Long Yu Corporation. We can also fully cooperate in developing the skin. Then, what does Boss Zhao plan to do about the world finals? Zhao Xuming smiled. Thats easy. GOGs international invitational tournament was held two months earlier than ours. We have already taken the initiative and we have an advantage: we can fully absorb their experience. In terms of the prize pool, we have to offer more than them. This is a matter of pride. Whats more, its not bad to use the championship skin as a bonus. We can use it to learn from them. Whats more, our skins are more expensive, the prize pool would definitely look better. Chrtien nodded. Yes, thats what we thought as well. We dont have to worry about money. We were a little tight on cash flow before, but it has eased a lot now. Whats more, both our companies are funding it together this time. In terms of resources, theres no reason for us to spend less than Tengda. However, what were worried about now is the problem with the participating teams. Chrtien added after a slight pause, There will definitely be no problems in the European and American regions. Zhao Xuming immediately understood what he meant. That meant that local clubs and IOI teams were the problematic ones! That was indeed the case. IOIs market share in the country had been severely squeezed, and there was a lack of base. A while ago, many IOI branch members had been transferred to GOG. Thus, even if the global finals were held, it was still a question of whether there would be enough local teams to participate. Zhao Xuming quickly said, Yes, thats what were worried about too. However, according to our investigation, the situation is quite optimistic. Eric had previously provided various clubs with a certain amount of subsidies to promote IOI, so some clubs still kept their IOI branches. Whats more, many of the original IOI players did not integrate well after they changed to GOG. Many of them still wanted to play IOI. These people wont be able to play as the main force in GOGs first-tier team. They wont have many chances to play. If they could play IOIs finals, they would be very happy. Ive already arranged my schedule to contact the local clubs in the next two days. There should be no problems with the team. I just hope that the competition can be taken care of. Ill try my best to arrange some weaker opponents for these teams during the group stages. Otherwise, the situation might look bad. Chrtien nodded. Thats not a problem. However, the performance of these teams cannot be too bad. Otherwise, it would be useless to split them up. Zhao Xuming smiled. Of course! Ive already sent people to investigate and found some good seedlings. Well definitely be able to pull out a few teams with decent strength! Chapter 759 - The Team Has Been Destroyed! November 26th, Saturday Zhao Xuming brought his assistant to SUG Club headquarters in Shanghai. The GOG branch of the SUG Club was located in Jingzhou, but there were other projects in the headquarters, so it was still in Shanghai. As for why he had chosen the SUG Club as his first target, it was obviously a result of careful investigation and careful consideration. Zhao Xuming knew that there was a personal feud between SUG Club and Tengdas Boss Pei! SUG Club was one of the first established clubs to form a GOG branch and collaborate with Tengda. Their offer was the most generous. Whats more, the SUG had successfully won third place in the international invitational tournament some time ago. They had worked very hard to achieve what they did. Yet, such a club had been mercilessly kicked out of the GPL league by Boss Pei. They could only play in the secondary league! Now that the GPL was in full swing of intense preparation. Zhao Xuming would not believe that the boss of the SUG Club, Ding Gan, had no complaints. Whats more, the SUG Club also had a branch of IOI. They had gotten some subsidies from Eric previously, and they also had a contract with the live-stream platform. Thus, they could still afford it. This time, Zhao Xuming wanted to start with the easiest SUG club. He wanted to make sure that the SUG would be able to help lead the teams in the training competition. It would not be a joke for them to fight other foreign teams in the world finals. If they did not compete in the training tournament and directly went up to fight the foreign teams, they would definitely be tortured to the point where they would not be able to find their own way. They would also not be able to drive the popularity of IOIs local server. Time might be tight but it was always good to sharpen their guns at the last minute. Ding Gan was already waiting at the entrance of the SUG Club. Ding Gan immediately went up to Zhao Xuming when he got out of the car. Boss Zhao, welcome, welcome! Seeing how passionate Ding Gan was towards him, Zhao Xuming was initially elated. He felt that todays matter would most likely succeed. However, on closer inspection, he felt that Ding Gans gaze was a little evasive. What was going on? Zhao Xuming was too embarrassed to ask further. He could only take it as his own illusion. Boss Ding! Hello, hello. This is Zhao Xuming looked at a lady who looked to be in her thirties and was dressed formally. Ding Gan said, Oh, this is our clubs manager, Manager Yang. Manager Yang smiled. Hello, Boss Zhao. Please take care of me. Zhao Xuming was a little confused. Eh, isnt your clubs manager someone with the surname Li? Did I remember wrongly? Ding Gan smiled awkwardly. Oh, you must have found the information online, right? We just had some personnel changes recently Realization dawned on Zhao Xuming. Oh, Im sorry! My news might be delayed. Ding Gan smiled and said, Its alright. Lets not stand here and do nothing. Lets go in and talk, shall we? Please come in! Zhao Xuming and Ding Gan walked into the club while chatting and laughing. Manager Yang led the assistant and chauffeur that Zhao Xuming had brought along to receive them. Both parties took their seats in the conference room. Zhao Xuming took a sip of his tea and exchanged a few pleasantries. He felt that he could get straight to the point. There was no need to keep them in suspense about something that was almost certain. There was no reason for the SUG Club to reject it. Zhao Xuming had limited time. He had to focus on convincing the other clubs. At that thought, Zhao Xuming said, Boss Ding, to be honest, I have good news! Currently, Finger Games is preparing for IOIs world finals. Whats more, they place a lot of emphasis on the domestic market. Thats why they will give some slots to the local teams this time. There was an IOI branch in SUG to begin with. This time, I went against everyones wishes and convinced the upper echelons of Finger Games to give the club a slot. At this point, Zhao Xuming lowered his voice. This is confidential information, please dont spread it. Ding Gan quickly nodded. Of course. Zhao Xuming continued, This is my thoughts. The current IOI branch of the SUG Club is quite complete, and the members are more experienced. Well consider letting the SUG Club take the lead and organize a training tournament. As for the other clubs, we will talk to them one by one. However, the teams of these clubs might still need to be strengthened and adjusted. Thus, we might need Boss Ding and Manager Yang to be on the ball for organizing the training tournament. What do you think? Zhao Xuming had thought that Ding Gan would agree to it. He did not expect Ding Gan to look at Manager Yang awkwardly. Zhao Xumings heart sank. He had a bad feeling. However, he was very confused. What else could happen? Would Ding Gan reject such a good opportunity to organize a training competition to enter the IOI World Finals? Ding Gan looked a little awkward. Boss Zhao, we are very grateful that you have helped us fight for such a precious opportunity. However, Im afraid that organizing the training tournament will be a little difficult. Thats because our IOI branch has only three members left for now. If only you had come two days earlier. Zhao Xumings jaw dropped. Huh? How could the IOI branch only have three members left? Most of these people had thought of switching to GOG before, but they had not done so because the professional gamers at GOG were already saturated. If they went to compete, they would not be able to obtain good results or bonuses. On the other hand, IOI had at least some meager subsidies to ensure the basic lives of these players. What were the players doing then? Not playing professionals anymore? That didnt make sense. The branch was still there. What would happen to the penalty fees if they left? Ding Gan quickly explained, Boss Zhao, this is the situation. Originally, the members of the IOI branch would play live-streams and occasionally arrange for training competitions. Recently, the training competitions have become more and more difficult to arrange. Thats because very few clubs have retained the IOI branch. They have all transferred to GOG. A few days ago, several GOG clubs suddenly came over, saying that they wanted to buy players from IOIs branch. They were also willing to pay the transfer fee, which was much higher than their current salary. The players are all very tempted. We respected their wishes and let them go. After being stunned for two seconds, Zhao Xuming suddenly realized something. This is bad! GOG had just formed a GPL some time ago. All the teams were frantically fighting for players. More than ten teams had been formed therefore the demand for players had increased exponentially. While the members of IOI were more proficient in IOI, there would always be a few players with talent for GOG. In the past, there were few spots and no teams wanted them. However, now that the quota had been expanded, there would be teams that wanted these players with professional experience and talent. Zhao Xuming had neglected this point partly because he had been busy negotiating with Finger Games previously and had no time to care about these clubs. On the other hand, it was also because when the GPL Club was just established, it did not show any intention of poaching IOI players. He did not expect IOIs team to be torn down after just a few days! Zhao Xuming had originally thought that if there was still a complete IOI team in the SUG, they would not need to spend any more time to form a team. They could take the lead and organize a training competition. They should be able to obtain a relatively good ranking in the international competition. However, now that two members had been poached, there was no more hope! IOI was a five-person game after all. A lack of people meant that they had to recruit new people and work together again. The impact was too great. When Zhao Xuming first arrived, he was filled with excitement and confidence. In the end, he was splashed with cold water. Ding Gan was a little embarrassed as well. He quickly said, Its alright, Boss Zhao. Well start recruiting immediately. If it really doesnt work out, we can spend money to buy people from other clubs. Well definitely reassemble the team as soon as possible! At first, Ding Gan did not think too much about it. He just felt that there was no point in keeping the IOI branch. Since there was no competition, he could still earn a sum of money by selling them to GOGs club. It did not matter even if he sold them. However, the IOI World Finals had been delivered right to his doorstep right on the heels of selling his players. How could he explain this? After a moment of silence, Zhao Xuming nodded. Alright. What else could he say? The players had already been sold. They could not possibly pay the breach of contract to buy them back, right? That would be a huge loss. The main reason was that these players were now very valuable. The transfer fee was also much more expensive. Wouldnt they be making a huge loss this time? Ding Gan would rather buy the IOI team members from other clubs than buy his own team members back. However, Zhao Xuming was worried that since GOG clubs had started to buy IOI members on a large scale, they were probably not only buying from SUG. What if IOI teams from other clubs were also torn apart? Was he going to use the existing teams to create two or three teams that could compete in the international competition, or was he going to find new players purely based on luck? Zhao Xuming suddenly had an ominous feeling. He felt that his mission might look simple but it was not that easy to achieve. Tengdas mastermind had tentacles that extended far beyond his imagination! Could this be part of Boss Peis plan? Zhao Xuming suddenly shuddered. Chapter 760 - E-Sports Holy Land November 27th, Sunday Pei Qian did not set the alarm this morning. He had wanted to sleep happily until noon, but he woke up at seven in the morning and was no longer sleepy. He felt an inexplicable sense of panic and unease. Which department is causing trouble for me again Pei Qian was speechless. He tossed and turned but could not fall asleep. He took his cell phone from the bedside and swiped it aimlessly. Then, he accessed IOIs forum out of habit. During this period of time, Pei Qian had been paying close attention to IOI. He hoped that the game would improve quickly so that he could legitimately burn money for GOG. Two days ago, public opinion on IOI and Finger Games had not been very good. Pei Qian was very worried. After two days, Long Yu Corporation should have made some moves, right? The players should have calmed down by now, right? He hoped that IOI was alright. However, just as Pei Qian clicked into IOIs forum, he saw a post that made his heart jump. Take a look at the comments on foreign websites. Lets see how bad the ultimate move of Finger Games is! Before this, I thought that the veteran gamers of the local server had been infuriated by IOIs modifications. I didnt expect foreign gamers to be even more furious than us! Thats because the price of the foreign server is twice or even three times that of the local server since IOI wants to compete in the low-cost zone locally! The old gamers of the local server only made losses because they bought it in the past. They can still enjoy discounts in the future, but foreign gamers can only buy it at the original price. The world is really tough The low-priced region is still alright. Arent many games platforms that implement low-priced regional strategies as well? Whats more, GOGs local server skin seems to be much cheaper than overseas, right? I havent seen foreign players rebel. GOGs situation is completely different. However, in terms of pricing, its the same in China and overseas. The epic skins in China are 18 yuan and 45 yuan respectively. The epic skins overseas are 2.49 US dollars and 6.99 US dollars respectively. Theres basically no difference. The reason why GOG is so cheap in the country is that it almost gives free skins. The key is that there is a creative community in the country! This is a benefit that we enjoy alone. Any player who provides creative skins for heroes would get a huge discount when they first sell them. Foreigners have no objections? Very few of them have objections because not every foreign gamer knows about the creative community. The prices of all districts are the same from the original price alone. Whats more, the prices of 2.49 US dollars and 6.99 US dollars are already low enough. Whats there to complain about? I think another reason is that GOGs skin has always been cheap from the beginning. Everyone is used to it, and theres not much room for them to lower their prices. However, GOGs skin was very expensive at the beginning. Moreover, too many veteran gamers have already bought a lot of skins. Now, their value was suddenly cut in half. No one can accept that. Thats true. Its just like buying a house and a car where the prices halved not long after the purchase, and the price would not be maintained. Its a commercial act where most people would experience a mental breakdown Didnt you say that you were going to create a commemorative skin and a commemorative portrait for old players? At first, it was supposed to be for local players, but the veteran players in foreign servers quit. Thats why Finger Games changed its tune and said that all veteran players would have it. In the end, it did not have much of a calming effect The more Pei Qian read the comments below the post, the more panicked he became. He sat up straight in bed. This is bad. IOI seems to have entered a vicious cycle. Damn, Im so envious Pei Qian thought that Finger Games would be able to quell the anger of gamers very soon. However, it seemed like it was not that simple! That was because the gamers that IOI was targeting were obviously split into three. The new players in the local server, the veteran players in the local server, and the players in the international server. IOI couldnt bear to let go of any of these three groups and wanted to curry favor with all of them, but the interests of these three groups were too different. If Finger Games tried to please any group, it would trigger an intense backlash from the other two groups. That would put them in a certain luxury car predicament. When luxury car brands faced problems and their value fell and sales fell, many luxury car brands could only choose to reduce their prices in order to stop losses. However, once the price was lowered, the loyal old car owner would not be happy. Whats more, it would give people the impression that the car was not worth anything. That would further damage the brands value, and no one would buy the car. They could not raise the price or lower it. Everything they did was wrong. Pei Qian began to panic. Bro, I didnt do anything at all. You cant possibly kill yourselves and hand the entire market on a silver platter to GOG, right? I have already torn Shang Yang Games into two and gave you a handicap. Youre crippling yourselves in the end? Dont tell me you dont even have the strength to fight back? No way right, no way! Pei Qian felt inexplicably frustrated as he brushed his teeth and continued scrolling through the forums. Finally, his efforts paid off. He successfully found a relatively optimistic message. Rumor has it that IOIs world finals are about to be held! I heard that they have invested a lot this time. The prize pool will definitely surpass GOGs competition and it will be held in Los Angeles. It would definitely be huge! It sounds good. IOI should be more competitive than GOG. If the competition is done well, it would definitely be able to increase its popularity. Whats more, the storm this time would probably be successfully diverted. Pei Qian had heard this news many times before. This time, it was probably true. It could only be said that IOIs first world finals had been full of trouble and misfortune. In fact, this competition should have been held a long time ago. However, during that period of time, Dayak Corporation had invested heavily in acquiring Finger Games. They did not have much funds, and GOG had pushed the prize pool to a new height. IOIs finals could only be shelved. After all, it would be bad if they held it late but the prize pool was even lesser. Now that Dayak Corporation and Finger Games should have already prepared the funds and venue since they were making their moves. They were confident that they could do better than GOGs international invitational tournament which was why they released the news to appease the players. Pei Qian could not help but feel emotional. In a freak combination of factors, history seemed to have been moved forward by him. In his memory, LOLs S1 Finals had been quite well done. A year later, as LOL developed rapidly, S2 moved to Los Angeles and became extremely influential. IOI and LOL might be two vastly different games, Finger Games and Fist were completely different companies but, there was still some similarity in this matter. Initially, Finger Games had only wanted to set up S1 and test waters. In the end, they were forced to raise the amount of money invested into the project to the level two years later. Speaking of E-Sports should I go to various clubs? I havent paid much attention to these clubs since the GPL quota was auctioned last time. I wonder how their teams are doing. After washing up, Pei Qian prepared to head out for breakfast before heading to Ming Yun Villas to take a look. It was said that the few clubs that had just joined the GPL had also selected their training bases at Ming Yun Villas. However, he did not know the current situation. Pei Qian took a car to Ming Yun Villas after breakfast. When they were about to reach Ming Yun Villas, Pei Qian noticed that the chauffeur, Little Sun, had deliberately turned a corner. He did not follow the same route as before. Instead, he changed his route. Boss Pei, its Sunday today. That road might be particularly congested. Ill change to another road. It might be a detour, but it should save us some time. Pei Qian did not mind and nodded. Alright. However, when Little Sun reached the fork in the road, Pei Qian suddenly felt that something was amiss. He had taken the same route to Ming Yun Villas previously. It did not seem like there was much traffic. Ming Yun Villas was located in the southeast of Jingzhou City. It was surrounded by mountains and rivers, and the scenery was not bad. However, not many people stayed in it because the facilities were not good at the beginning. That was why no one was interested in it. Subsequently, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and the nameless restaurant were opened there. The nameless restaurant became famous overnight and this place gradually became a gathering place for many rich businessmen and celebrities in Jingzhou. The surrounding streets also benefited from it, making it a small commercial center and food street. Even so, Pei Qian had not encountered traffic jams before. After all, the nameless restaurant could only accommodate so few customers. How many cars could there be even if the restaurant was filled every day? Did he have to make a detour? Maybe its because its Sunday today? Everyone just happened to be gathering outside? Yes, that must be it. Hm? Pei Qian was trying to counsel himself when he realized that something was amiss outside the car window. That was because he saw an internet cafe with booming business. He did not seem to have any impression of it before he came. Eh? Who is so enlightened? Opening an internet cafe to spread Fish-Catching Internet Cafes traffic? Pei Qian was pleasantly surprised to see that the internet cafe was doing well. However, upon closer inspection, he realized that it was a Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. Whats more, this was not the earliest branch of Fish-Catching Internet Cafes Ming Yun Villas. It was only a few hundred meters away from the original Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. This path had not been taken often before, so Pei Qian had no impression of it. Pei Qian was shocked. He asked Little Sun, Why is there a Fish-Catching Internet Cafe here? Little Sun said, Ah, Boss Pei, its just opened recently. Theres also a branch in Deposit Fitness. Dont you know? Pei Qian: ? Little Sun continued, Recently, all the major clubs have been moving in. The teams have also been formed. People from all over the country are coming over for training. Boss Xiao and Boss Guo felt that one internet cafe and one gym would not be enough, so they made early preparations to open branches here. Indeed, the internet cafes were filled to the brim as soon as they opened! I heard that the members of the various clubs are now going to Deposit Fitness to train. There are many hidden talents in these two internet cafes. You can see many experts even if you organize an internet cafe competition. Boss Xiao and Boss Guo discussed and felt that we could open one or two more branches based on the situation. We should be able to earn more. Of course, earning money is not the main goal. The main goal is to fulfill the functions and cooperate with the E-Sports environment here. Pei Qian: Bad luck! While two popular branches would not allow Pei Qian to make much more money but that was not a good sign. It was a remote villa district that no one paid attention to. Could it be that it had been forcefully transformed into Jingzhous new commercial district and the capital of e-sports? Dont mess with me! Pei Qian suddenly felt hopeless as he leaned back in his chair, feeling like life had forsaken him. Soon, they arrived at Ming Yun Villas. Xiao Li stopped his car in front of DGE Club. Pei Qian opened the door and alighted from the car. He saw Zhang Yuan and Manager Cui, the marketing manager of Ming Yun Villas, walking out of the club happily. Boss Pei? Zhang Yuan did not know in advance that Boss Pei was going to come so he was a little surprised. Boss Pei!! Manager Cui was delighted, his grin split from one end to the other. He stepped forward and grabbed Pei Qians hand, as though Pei Qian was closer to him than his family. Pei Qian was stunned. He could not understand why Manager Cui was so happy. Manager Cui said happily, Boss Pei, you came at the right time. I brought a small gift to visit Boss Zhang just now. I wanted to pay you a visit, but Boss Zhang said that you were too busy. Thats why I didnt go to Tengdas headquarters to look for you. I didnt expect to meet you here. What a coincidence! Pei Qian looked at Zhang Yuan, confused. Whats going on? Zhang Yuan smiled and said casually, Oh, its nothing much, Boss Pei. Arent all the GOG clubs moving to Jingzhou recently? The villas here are quite suitable for the clubs training base. Whats more, all the clubs are together. It would be more convenient to arrange for a training tournament or to have daily interactions. After that, the value of the properties rose, including the shops and car spaces. Of course, Manager Cui is happy. Zhang Yuan turned to Manager Cui. However, Manager Cui, you dont have to take it to heart. This is a small matter to Boss Pei. Its not worth mentioning. Its not worth mentioning. Manager Cui quickly said, Hey, you cant say that. It might be a small matter to Boss Pei, but its a huge matter to Ming Yun Villas! Boss Pei, if you need our cooperation in the future, just say the word and well arrange everything for you! Manager Cui was beaming with happiness. There was no telling how much bonus he had gotten from his boss. Pei Qians expression stiffened as he forced a smile. Youre welcome Manager Cui smiled and said, Alright, I wont disturb you then. Boss Pei, Boss Zhang, take your time. Ill take my leave. Look for me if you need anything! Dont stand on the ceremony! Manager Cui left gratefully. Zhang Yuan smiled. Manager Cui, youre being too polite. Its not a big deal. However, it makes sense. Boss Pei, a simple decision from you could bring such huge benefits to Ming Yun Villas. If I were Manager Cui, I would wake up laughing even in my dreams. Er Boss Pei? Zhang Yuan then noticed that Boss Pei seemed to be distracted. Pei Qian shook his head. Its alright. He might say that he was fine but his heart was bleeding. Ming Yun Villas prices had risen again? Wouldnt that mean that the value of my fixed assets had increased again? Of course, Boss Li should be the happiest. Pei Qian only had one house in Ming Yun Villas while Boss Li had several after all. However, to Pei Qian, this was a nightmare of some scale. Nonetheless, Pei Qian had experienced all sorts of storms after all. He quickly overcame this small setback and said, Ive nothing special today. I just want to see how the clubs are doing. Zhang Yuan nodded immediately. Alright, Ill bring you around. While some clubs chose other places in Jingzhou for their training, most of them chose places near Ming Yun Villas. There were five or six young people strolling by the roadside. When they saw Pei Qian, their eyes lit up and they walked over. Eh, isnt this Boss Peis actor? Hello, hello, can I take a picture with you? Alright. This was not the first time Pei Qian had encountered such a situation. He had often encountered people asking for a group photo when he had been drinking coffee at Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. Thus, he had put on his signature fake smile and taken a photo with them. The young men left gratefully after they were done. Zhang Yuan pretended to be a passerby the entire time. He only continued to lead Boss Pei towards the club after Boss Pei was done taking photos with these passionate young people. Pei Qian felt strange. What are these people here for? Why do they look like theyre here for sightseeing? Zhang Yuan smiled. Boss Pei, they are just sightseeing. All the E-Sports Clubs are gathered here now. Many gamers who like to play GOG would come and take a look. They might not be able to enter the club but they might meet players who come out to eat and work out. Thats why they are here to eat and play in an internet cafe. At the same time, they could take a look at the bases of the various clubs. Its not bad. Pei Qian frowned. Would Manager Cui and the others be willing? Zhang Yuan said, Whats there to be unwilling about? The buildings in the nameless restaurant are meant for both commercial and residential purposes. There are also shops there. Now that the traffic has increased, Manager Cui cant be happier! You dont have to worry about the clubs training either. There will only be more people here during the weekend. Whats more, the club is under closed management. The members wont be affected. Pei Qian remained silent for a moment. Alright. For some reason, Pei Qian had a feeling that everyone was happy and had gotten what they wanted. He was the only one with burdens on his shoulders. Boss Pei, this building and that building belongs to SHG, Shenhuas club. Zhang Yuan pointed at the villa in front of him and then at the one beside it. Pei Qian was stunned. Which building? Zhang Yuan said, Both buildings. Boss Lin thought they looked good. Whats more, he said that the club should have more backup players. If the GPL team had ten people, the GDL team would have ten more people. Wouldnt twenty people need two villas? Pei Qian: Wouldnt he think its a waste? Zhang Yuan smiled. I asked Boss Lin the same question. Boss Lin said that its not expensive. Shenhua Football Clubs venue and building were built on their own. Their foreign star players live in terraced villas as their hostel. It wasnt too much money to buy two villas. Boss Lin was still worried that staying in such a villa would not be grand enough. After all, we have to film some publicity films for the club during the competition, right? If the publicity film shows that the training base is lacking in reputation and affects Shenhuas corporate image, it would not be worth it. It would give off an image that Shenhua is going bankrupt if the training base is too bad. They couldnt allow it. Pei Qian remained silent for a moment. Yes, what he said makes sense. I cant refute him at the moment. Shenhua could easily squeeze out some annual investments from football to play eSports, unlike other clubs which had to skimp. They probably even felt like they had too much money to spend. Two buildings! They bought two buildings! They bought twenty players! They really stood out from everyone else. These clubs were managed in a closed manner. The main reason was that they did not want the audience to be too enthusiastic and run into the clubs to affect their team members training. Thus, the doors were tightly shut. Zhang Yuan made a call. A moment later, Lin Chang walked out of the villa and opened the door. Boss Zhang! Eh, Boss Pei, what a rare guest! Zhang Yuan was stunned. Eh, Boss Lin? Didnt you leave Jingzhou a few days ago? When did you come back? Lin Chang smiled and nodded. Oh, I went to Shanghai with the other club owners to buy a few players. I just came back yesterday. Zhang Yuan was stunned. Huh? Again? Lin Chang nodded. Thats right. Buy a few good seedlings with potential. In any case, if they cant play GPL, they can play GDL. If they cant play GDL, they can go to the green bud training or watch the water dispenser. If they really cant make it, I can still sell them to other teams. Our team started late and has a weak foundation. We have to work harder. In the long term, talent is the most important. Its always right to buy more talents. Whats more, these are newbies who dont have much value. It wont cost much to buy them now. Lin Chang said it all very lightly. Chapter 761 - Boss Pei’s Plan To Send Us Out Of Business! Lin Changs words gave Pei Qian the feeling of a rich Saudi Arabian whale coming to a local counter to buy Shenhuas cell phone. How could it be so cheap and worth it? He could buy ten of them! Perhaps it was because Shenhua also had a football club that they subconsciously felt that top players were worth tens of millions of yuan. Any one of them would probably be worth a few million yuan, right? In the end, after creating the E-Sports Club, he realized that the top E-Sports players were not even as expensive as ordinary football players. On the other hand, those not so famous internet addicts only cost them about 10,000 yuan a month to be in the green training camp? It was just one more person to feed, he would add make a profit as long as one out of ten of them could become successful. Shenhua, who had this mentality, immediately went into a crazy buying mode. Even IOI and Gods Risings players were asked if they were interested in changing classes, let alone GOGs top scorers. Many people had been poached. Many professional players had passion for the games that they loved but passion could not be treated as food. GOG was currently very popular in the country. The GPL league was about to start soon and the heat was readily available. As the saying went, men were afraid of entering the wrong line of work. If an esports player chose the wrong game, he would regret it for the rest of his life. Shenhua was very famous in the football industry, and would definitely do well in e-sports. Of course, not everyone was willing to change their game. Shenhua tested them, not taking all of them indiscriminately That was why the IOI teams had not been emptied out. There were still three or four people left out of the five. However, most of the IOI teams had been washed out. It was just a matter of whether or not they had been dismantled. Moreover, Shenhua was not the only one trying to poach people. Many other clubs also developed a strong sense of crisis when they saw Shenhua playing like that. They could not stand by and do nothing even if Shenhua were to spend ten times as much money as they did, right? Whats left for us if the entire capsule machine was given to you? Thus, the other club owners also followed Shenhua in poaching people. They decided to buy as many good seedlings as possible with the mindset that there was no time to waste. GOGs professional tournament had only just started after all. There was a huge gap between the professional players, the rookies would still have a chance to catch up once the league became official. Therefore, under Shenhuas lead, these clubs were not to be outdone. They swept across the entire domestic e-sports circle like a wave. In the training base of the SHG Club, Pei Qian sipped his tea as he listened to Lin Chang talk about his generous and wise decisions during the time he had been operating the SHG Club. Shenhua Real Estate had funded the construction of SHG but Lin Zhou had not paid much attention to it. His main focus was still on football. On the other hand, Lin Chang was very active. He volunteered to be the boss of the SHG Club and even personally looked for managers and team leaders. Obviously, Lin Chang was very satisfied with this round of operations and was very optimistic about the future of the SHG Club. Recently, Ive been playing GOG and watching GOGs competition on the plane. I suddenly feel that this game is quite interesting! I always thought that it was just a game. Whats so good about it? Is it better than football? However, after playing it, I realized that it was really interesting. The current popularity is far less than that of ball games but this kind of esports model has a quality that ball games do not possess in terms of viewing! Sigh, Boss Pei, which hero do you like the most? I like the Literary Genius of the Winds, Ruan and Modest This game is really fun. Boss Pei, how did you design it? Lin Changyue became more excited. In fact, at the beginning, he was only here to support the game. He did not think that E-Sports would be able to make much of a name for itself. He was just here to play around. In the end, it was only after getting to know more about the game that he realized that an alternative sports competition like E-Sports was indeed exciting and interesting! That was why Lin Chang was vested. He went around buying things, showing off how much money a person had. So, Boss Pei, GOGs competition is the best in the eSports world now, right? Lin Chang asked. Zhang Yuan smiled and said, Boss Lin, thats hard to say. Finger Games is also preparing for IOIs international finals. They are not short of money or manpower and theyve been preparing for so long. They might not lose to GOGs international invitational tournament. GOG is now domineering in the country but it is still lacking compared to IOI in the world. Lin Chang nodded with realization. I see. He looked at Pei Qian and said, Boss Pei, do you need any help to promote GOG overseas? We can help promote it through advertisements or insert into some for movies since we have been overseas for sometime Pei Qian quickly said, No need! Lin Chang was stunned. He did not expect Boss Pei to reject him so decisively. You really dont need it? Its alright. Its nothing. Its not troublesome at all. Pei Qian immediately shook his head. Theres really no need! I have other plans for GOGs overseas market. Dont act rashly. It might affect my entire plan. Lin Chang nodded. Alright, I wont interfere then. Boss Pei, if GOG faces any difficulties in promoting overseas, you can look for me anytime. I wont hesitate to help! Pei Qian was speechless. What the f*ck do you mean by you wouldnt hesitate to help! I havent settled the score with you for the matter with Tomorrow is Beautiful! The biggest difficulty that GOG faced in promoting overseas was that it was being promoted too quickly Could you help to lessen GOGs market share? You cant? Then no thanks. Zhang Yuan took a sip of tea and said, Boss Lin, the GDL slots have been arranged. Training competition with DGEs club has also been arranged. However there are too many players now even with two teams. Lin Chang: What would happen if you buy too many players? Zhang Yuan was silent for a moment. Nothing much, just a waste of salary. Lin Chang laughed. That doesnt matter. I have a lot of budget anyway. Ill just buy them and raise them. Whats more, I saw a few players who could not hold on in the IOI Club. Im doing a good deal if I poach them to play GOG, right? At night, Long Yu Corporations conference room was brightly lit. Members of the IOI Operations Coordination Department of Long Yu Corporation gathered in the hall, and everyones expressions were extremely solemn. That weekend, Zhao Xuming personally visited most of the clubs in Shanghai tirelessly to inform them about IOIs global finals personally to express his sincerity. However, almost all of the IOI branches had been torn down unexpectedly. While most teams only lacked one or two people but they were not complete! Zhao Xuming asked carefully and realized that he was only three or four days late. If they had come earlier, these people would have been saved. Now that they had signed a contract with other clubs, they would have to pay the transfer fee if they bought the players back The more Zhao Xuming thought about it, the angrier he became. He slammed the conference table. This Boss Pei is ruthless! Ruthless! This move is practically a plan to send us out of business! Send someone to dismantle all the IOI professional gaming teams. It would be ridiculous if not a single team was left! Its ridiculous! Are you trying to embarrass our domestic IOI team in the international competition? Despicable, shameless! The others kept quiet out of fear and did not dare to respond. After throwing a tantrum, Zhao Xuming gradually calmed down. He was someone who had been through a lot and could adjust his emotions well after all. He held his breath and tried to adjust his emotions. Forget it, this is a commercial method, I was too emotional. Boss Pei, youve done a good job. Youre taking drastic measures to deal with the problem. You spent such a small sum of money to create such a huge problem for us. The timing is just right. This means that not only is Boss Pei very well-informed and decisive, but he also likes to mess with his opponents He is indeed a difficult opponent! So, have you gathered the situation of the various clubs? Zhao Xuming looked at his subordinate. The subordinate quickly nodded and handed him a document. Boss Zhao, all of the IOI teams are here now, including the missing positions. Zhao Xuming took it and glanced at it reluctantly. All of the IOI teams were listed on the form. The positions that were missing were highlighted in red. His eyes flashed as if it was playing minesweeping which had already exploded. After some consideration, Zhao Xuming said, How about this? Gather the established clubs that still have IOI branches and organize a meeting. Gather three of the strongest teams and participate in the world finals. As for the specifics, let the bosses negotiate themselves. Well coordinate them. Then, tell them to train quickly! The so-called negotiate themselves was nothing more than the bosses who had the right to participate in the finals, paying the other players to strengthen themselves. There were not many IOI players in the country to begin with. These players were the best of the best. Zhao Xuming continued, Alright, lets leave it at that. Weve given them the quota. Its up to them to decide how much they can fight. We have to make the best use of our time and prepare to cooperate with Finger Games to build momentum for the global finals. We also have to start negotiating with various live-stream platforms Zhao Xuming began assigning tasks one by one. Long Yu Corporation was a veteran domestic game operator after all. There was no doubt about his ability to work in this area. All sorts of publicity work was quickly arranged. Zhao Xuming still felt uneasy even though he had considered all aspects. Boss Pei had always thought of every possibility and won every time ever since IOI and GOG started to compete head-on every time. In that case, would Long Yu Corporation and Dayak Corporation be able to win against GOG, which had already occupied the domestic market? Zhao Xuming was not confident either. He had a feeling that the key to this competition was the global finals. As long as it was done well, IOIs local server would have a chance to turn the tables. Therefore, he could not afford to make any mistake! Chapter 762 - Tasting Roasted Cold Noodles November 29th, Tuesday afternoon In Beijing, Cold-Faced Ladys first shop. Li Shi and Xue Zhebin could already see the long line in front of the store from afar. Xue Zhebin could not help but feel shocked. There are so many people queuing? Just for roasted cold noodles? Moreover, its a Tuesday. Li Shi did not comment. It might be because its almost lunch time, or it might be because the marketing is very successful. The people nearby want to have something fresh to eat. Lets go. Xue Zhebin said, Should we call Meng Chang directly? Li Shi shook his head. Theres no need. We can only discover the details if we observe them in secret. The details determine success or failure. Xue Zhebin nodded and stood at the end of the line with Li Shi, just like two ordinary passers-by. Li Shi and Xue Zhebin had just finished their work at GOG Club. They rushed to the capital without stopping to check on the Cold-Faced Lady. While many of Meng Changs characteristics looked like liars, as Li Shi had said, there was a difference between genius projects and fraud projects. Whats more, it was not impossible to invest in fraud projects. No matter what, given the current momentum, the cold-faced lady was a project worth investing in and further investigation. The queue was quite long. However, perhaps because the cold-faced lady was mainly fast food and the roasted cold noodles could be mass-produced quickly, so even though most customers came to eat cold noodles, the queue moved very quickly. Xue Zhebin noticed that some customers would choose to take the food away. Some customers would choose to eat in the hall, and some delivery men were waiting to take the food. All of these were no different from those popular fast food restaurants, proving that the Cold-Faced Lady was indeed as popular as the internet said. After queuing for about ten minutes, the two finally ordered their food and sat down in the restaurant. Coincidentally, both of them were a little hungry since they had not had their lunch yet. Thus, they ordered their signature dishes: Best Seller Roasted Cold Noodles, Fancy-Style Cold Noodles, Side Dishes, Traditional Cold Noodles, and Nutritious Porridge. Fancy-Style Cold Noodles and Traditional Cold Noodles were the staples. Fancy-Style Cold Noodles seemed to be a special method to stir-fry the cold noodles. The raw ingredients included eggs, tomatoes, ham, cucumbers, onions, and so on, cut into small cubes, then they used about six slices of cold noodles to cut into long strips that looked like wide noodles. They were finally fried in the pot. That seemed to be a little like ordinary stir-fry noodles, but the difference was that the cold noodles were very flexible and tasted much better than ordinary stir-fry noodles. The yellow ham, eggs, red tomatoes, and green cucumbers were mixed together. They were served on a dark green porcelain plate. It gave off a good feeling and was quite appetizing. There was nothing much to say about traditional cold noodles. The noodles were served after going through cold water, ham, cucumber shreds, carrot shreds, lettuce strips, and special cold noodles sauce. The traditional cold noodles here were not much different from traditional Chinese noodle restaurants. The quantity was the same, but there were much more ingredients. As for the Best Seller Roasted Cold Noodles, they were the most standard type of cold noodles. After the cold noodles were fried with eggs, they would be wrapped in onions, coriander, sausage, and other side dishes. Then, they would be diced into small pieces with various dips. However, it was different from those being placed into paper cups at roadside stalls. The grilled cold noodles were neatly arranged on a long porcelain plate like sushi. It looked much better. The side dishes were common side dishes, and the Nutritious Porridge was not much different from the porridge found in common buns and porridge shops. It was split into two small bowls. On the whole, the quantity was not small. The ingredients were good, and the main point was that they looked much better indeed after some packaging. The price was not considered very expensive. All of these added up was enough for two people to fill their stomachs. It was a total of 65 yuan. Compared to ordinary buns and congee shops, this was slightly more expensive. However, considering that this was a downtown area in Beijing and that Cold-Faced Lady was an internet celebrity product, this price was far from being unacceptable. As for the environment of the entire restaurant and the service attitude of the waitresses, they were similar to all the chain fast food restaurants. Moreover, the waitresses were quite pleasing to the eye. Li Shi and Xue Zhebin began to taste their food. Boss Li, what do you think? Xue Zhebin asked after taking two bites. Li Shi chewed the cold noodles carefully, not knowing what to say. Both of them were regular customers of the nameless restaurant. They had eaten a lot of good food when they traveled around the country. Thus, even though they could not compare to professional food connoisseurs in terms of taste, they could still distinguish between good and bad. However, both of them were caught in a dilemma because the current situation had touched on their blind spot. How could they differentiate if the roasted cold noodles was nice or not? If the cold noodles here were compared to the cold noodles on the streets, they would definitely be more delicious. After all, there were obvious improvements in both the raw ingredients and the chefs cooking methods. However, the problem was, how much more delicious did it taste? Would the diners be willing to bear the premium, and would they soon get tired of it? No one could say for sure. Li Shi tasted all the dishes and said, Actually its better than I imagined. Its considered quite delicious among the internet celebrity brands. Speaking of which, cold noodles are not that bad to begin with. Whats more, I would subconsciously compare it to the cold noodles sold by roadside stalls. Thus, I would subconsciously lower my expectations for the taste. Thats why I think its not bad As for the cold noodles and porridge, theyre just average. Xue Zhebin asked, So Should we invest in this project? At the moment, there doesnt seem to be any major problems. Li Shi shook his head. Im not sure yet. Strictly speaking, what were doing right now is demining. We have to look for flaws and problems that could cause the project to fail from the details. We cant invest if we find them, but that doesnt mean there are no other problems with the project. From the looks of the current situation, even though the Cold Faced Ladys project is burning money like crazy, the product is still passable. The taste is not outstanding, but it would not cause it to deduct a lot of points. It means that Meng Chang spent all his funds on marketing and did not do anything outrageous if this is the result. The marketing aspect is indeed considered successful. At least, many people already know about the Cold Faced Lady brand. Its hard to say if these people can recognize this brand and become loyal customers though Xue Zhebin scratched his head speechlessly. How troublesome! Weve been eyeing this project for so long, but we still cant tell if we can invest. Li Shi smiled slightly. Young people get impatient easily. Investment requires patience. Real experienced investors know that investments should never be afraid of trouble. Otherwise, they would be making things difficult for themselves. Many investors might be meticulous and cautious in all the details, but they would still fail in the end and lose everything. As for those careless investors who lack patience and only want to invest money to get a quick return, they would basically lose everything. Li Shi paused and continued. Why do you think I like investing with Boss Pei? Thats because if you invest with Boss Pei, you would be able to make money no matter what project you invest in. The only difference is whether you earn more or less, earn earlier or later. Isnt it easier for me to copy the standard answers instead of painstakingly screening these investment projects? Xue Zhebin was full of admiration. Boss Peis reputation as an investment genius is really deserving. Sigh, Boss Li, do you think that Boss Pei would do the same field inspections and repeated confirmations as us when he invested in these projects? He still has so many businesses. Where would he find the time? Li Shi shook his head. Im not sure about that. Boss Pei appears and disappears unpredictably. Who knows what hes usually busy with? As for investing, I think Boss Pei has a better way to save time, but ordinary people would not be able to learn it. Take what happened before Didnt you notice that Meng Chang has almost stopped trying to ride on Tengdas popularity recently? He has been much more restrained since that news conference. Xue Zhebin recalled carefully. I think so. Recently, Meng Chang has been doing a lot of marketing, delivering cold noodles in a sports car. However, he hasnt mentioned Tengdas investment anymore. Could it be that Boss Pei used Boss Ma to give Meng Chang a warning at the last news conference and it worked? Li Shi nodded. Thats right. That means that even if Boss Pei did not come personally, he would be able to find out the truth through some clues. All sorts of details could not escape his eyes. On the other hand, Boss Pei can use these details to understand the general situation and predict the direction of the entire project. I think this is his exclusive investment method. Its a pity that theres a mysterious meaning behind this investment. Ordinary people would never be able to learn it. Xue Zhebin thought for a while and sighed. Sigh, investing is too difficult. Indeed, its better to copy the correct answers directly from Boss Pei. Li Shi smiled. It doesnt matter. As long as we follow the projects that Boss Pei invested in and slowly study them, we will definitely improve. Investment geniuses like Boss Pei, who are so young and have already planned everything out, are one in a million. You are still young. You can learn these things slowly. Dont think about flying before you learn how to crawl. Li Shi stood up. Lets go. The GPL competition is about to start. Well go back and arrange for the new team members. GOGs competition is much more important than this project in Boss Peis eyes. Ive more or less understood this project. Ill observe it for a while more and take into account Boss Peis attitude Ill arrive at a final answer soon. Chapter 763 - Update Downloadable Content For The Game November 30th, Wednesday All the employees at Shang Yang Games were busy. Wang Xiaobin took a sip of his coffee and then sent a message on the companys internal chat software. Test a few new downloadable content. They will be released soon. See if there are any bugs! Wang Xiaobin was mainly in charge of bringing half of Shang Yang Games employees to develop the downloadable content of old games, including The Lonely Desert Road, Game Designer, Repent and be Saved, and Ocean Stronghold. Amongst them, huge changes had been made for Repent and be Saved and Ocean Stronghold. The downloadable content was too much, so it could not be completed in a short period of time. They had to wait until the end of this month and the beginning of next month. However, the downloadable content of The Lonely Desert Road and Game Designer were relatively easier to make. At the moment, the development work had been completed. Once the bugs were checked, the game would be officially updated. Wang Xiaobin did not dare to let his guard down even though most of the bugs had been modified. He asked everyone to play more games and test more, afraid that they would encounter hidden problems after the game was released. This was actually a more mystical problem. Previously, when Shang Yang Games new game or new version of DEMO was created, Boss Pei would take a look at it. All sorts of incomprehensible bugs would appear when the games reached his hands even though the games were working fine previously. Wang Xiaobin even suspected that Boss Pei had some special method to find bugs or that Boss Pei himself was a bug. Therefore, every time the game was updated and the downloadable content was developed, the test would be done with utmost precision. They would only dare to go online after repeated testing, afraid that they would miss out on some fatal bugs. The downloadable content of The Lonely Desert Road and Game Designer were priced at five yuan and eighteen yuan respectively. For The Lonely Desert Road, the main body was sold for one yuan. The first downloadable content was also sold for one yuan. Whats more, it was now free. The new downloadable content was priced at five yuan. Wang Xiaobin had set it himself. It was a historical breakthrough. That was because the content of The Lonely Desert Roads downloadable content was much richer than the game itself. On Wang Xiaobins computer, the announcement for the downloadable content of the two games had been written. The Lonely Desert Roads downloadable content announcement: First, new internet connection mode. Internet connection mode support: Invite friends to a common game (up to eight people), randomly match players to a common game (starting from the beginning, up to eight people), random encounter (meet other players during the process). Words or voice chat could be used in the web mode, and various details could be adjusted in the settings interface. Once a player activated the internet connection mode, if the car broke down on the road, they would be able to continue the journey as a passenger on other cars by the side of the road. After an hour, they would be able to continue driving from their current position. Second, add a random setting function. If you drive in the desert for a long time, you might see a mirage and see all kinds of sights in the world, including the pyramids and other relics in the desert. There was a certain chance of triggering the Easter egg, Traveler Bao Xu, when one checks in at various locations: A lone traveler in the desert would request for a ride. Once they arrived at their destination, they would obtain a brand new vehicles appearance and a brand new setting. Game Designers downloadable content announcement: First, new game functions have been added: Message board. Gamers can leave messages on the floor, door, wall, and other places at each stage. Messages will be generated using fixed vocabulary to enhance the players interaction experience. Second, there was a new gameplay: contrarians mode. Players would obtain a little bickering assistant to carry the bickering and allow the voice-overs to choose the routes. Players would then be able to ridicule the voice-overs through the little assistant. Third, new gameplay: New player care mode. Old players who have completed the game can enter the new players game through a random matching system, guiding the new players choices by freestyle chat. The art materials for these two games did not change much. They only added some more interesting online gameplay. Whats more, Wang Xiaobin had purposely buried the Easter egg for Ocean Strongholds downloadable content and the new game, Mission and Choice, in both games to generate heat for the games. In fact, at the beginning, Wang Xiaobin had no idea what the downloadable content of these games should be like. He only wanted to try his best to complete normal gameplay tasks. However, Huang Sibo found him and asked him to cooperate with Mission and Choice and add a pre-planned plot of Mission and Choice in Ocean Strongholds downloadable content to promote it. Wang Xiaobin agreed readily. Initially, he had no idea what to do. However, Huang Sibo had given him the ready-made game plot. How could he not do it? After planning the content of Ocean Strongholds downloadable content, Wang Xiaobin thought about it. Since that was the case, he decided to add all the downloadable content of the old games to the new ones. He had updated the games content and given the veteran gamers something to do. At the same time, he had also helped to generate heat for the games. He could increase the sales volume of Ocean Strongholds downloadable content and Mission and Choice. Seriously, why not? That was how The Lonely Desert Road and Game Designer were updated. Wang Xiaobin checked it once, and then arranged for a timely update announcement. December 1st, Thursday Qiao Liang had been living in Jingzhou for a month and a half ever since he moved there in the middle of October. During the time, he had completely adapted to his life in Jingzhou. His daily life had also changed. First of all, his working hours had become more regular. He had also chosen healthier food. His dark eye circles and slight plumpness had also improved significantly. Fish-Catching Take-Out had recently launched a Monthly Package Set Meal. It was targeted at people who take-out frequently like Qiao Liang and the working class. Buying the Monthly Package Set Meal would first allow the user to choose their take-out time in advance. For example, working adults could choose their lunch from Monday to Friday based on the situation. Those who worked overtime could choose their lunch and night from Monday to Saturday. Secondly, they could choose their favorite flavors and dishes in advance. After purchasing the set meal, he could deposit the money into his personal account and choose to deduct the fees automatically. He would be able to buy one meal on credit at most. If he had already bought one meal on credit, customers would have to pay for the last meal within two hours before the next meal. Otherwise, the order would be canceled. When it was time to deliver food, Fish-Catching Take-Out would automatically deduct the fees and deliver food. They would also arrange the dishes according to the customers pre-prepared taste and recent meal records to ensure that they had different flavors and were nutritious. If they had to cancel the delivery at the last minute, customers only needed to cancel the delivery on the delivery calendar on the application. To a geek like Qiao Liang and a few other office workers, this monthly package was a blessing. Ordering take-out was a form of torture in most cases with only a few blessings. Qiao Liang often had this experience. Sometimes, he would be so busy that he would forget to order take-out. When he was done, he would look up and see that it was already 1 PM. At other times, he would pick up his cell phone and order take-out at 11 PM. He would search through more than ten shops but could not find anything that he particularly wanted to eat. He would waste fifteen minutes just to order take-out, and he would not find anything that he was particularly satisfied with. At other times, he would accidentally order take-out during peak hours. In the end, he would wait for more than an hour before the delivery man arrived because of the explosive amount of orders. The food would be cold by then. At the moment, the domestic food delivery industry was still growing in a barbaric manner. Thus, there would often be unpleasant dining experiences. On the other hand, Fish-Catching Take-Outs Monthly Package Set Meal would allow those who had been eating take-out for a long time to not have to worry about what to eat every day. The random food that was delivered to them made them feel as if someone was taking care of their meals. On the other hand, it could also ensure the delivery time and experience. That was because this Monthly Package Set Meal was like another form of pre-order because Fish-Catching Take-Outs stores had already predicted the number of orders in advance. It could ensure the cooking and delivery time of most meals. Thus, its taste and dining experience would also improve. Qiao Liang had set the Monthly Package Set Meal for lunch and dinner from Monday to Friday every week. At the moment, his life was to walk around the area after waking up every morning. He would go to the nearby buns shop for breakfast and walk around. When he returned, he would cut videos or play games. Lunch would be delivered to his doorstep. On Saturdays and Sundays, he would sometimes go out to play with his fans or friends. Sometimes, he would order other take-out at home, such as fried chicken, milk tea, roasted duck, and the like to change the type of food he was eating. Qiao Liang was eating Fish-Catching Take-Out as usual while reading the latest news at noon that day. Many things have happened in the past month. What Qiao Liang was most concerned about was the GPL league that would be held in Jingzhou. He had even specially gone to that familiar place in Ming Yun Villas to get to know the various E-Sports Clubs and livestream it to his fans. Recently, all the live-stream platforms had been on the rise, and they were spending more and more money. As a UP Master with his own fans, Qiao Liang naturally would not miss this opportunity. However, there was still a huge difference between being a UP Master and a broadcaster. Most of Qiao Liangs live-stream audience were his hardcore fans and were not explosively popular. However, to Qiao Liang, he could earn some money from his live-streams while he was doing sponsored partnerships. That was already a very good life for him. Hmm? What was this? The update announcement for The Lonely Desert Road and Game Designer? These two games are still being updated??? Qiao Liang saw the discussion in his fan group and thought that everyone was joking. That cant be, right? The game is so old and its still being updated? Couldnt they just let them rest in peace? Qiao Liang could not help but sigh. Out of all the games companies he had seen, Tengda was definitely the most unique. They obviously had a dominating online game like GOG in their hands. The new game was still being developed. The priority of developing these games would definitely be much higher than updating old games, right? Yet, Boss Pei insisted on sending people to protect these old games that were no longer popular and few people played. That was ridiculous! Was he really not going to give them up? Chapter 764 - Easter Egg: Traveler Bao Xu’s Gift The old gamers of Tengda were really fortunate. Other games companies were basically indifferent to the old gamers. The old games would not be updated at all. They were just waiting to die of old age. On the other hand, Tengda would not give up no matter how old the game was. As long as old players persevered, they would be able to get new content! It was ridiculous. Qiao Liang could not help but feel curious as he sighed. There were Easter eggs in the update announcements of the two games. Not bad. I dont have much to do recently. I can play in the afternoon and see what new content the downloadable content of these games are. Qiao Liang packed the cutlery of Fish-Catching Take-Out and placed it at the door for the delivery men to collect them. Then, he turned on his computer to purchase the downloadable content of the two games, preparing to play them in the afternoon. The downloadable content for The Lonely Desert Road is five times more expensive than the original? Amazing. Qiao Liang immediately purchased the downloadable content for both games and began to download the downloadable content. First, he looked at the downloadable content for The Lonely Desert Road, which was priced at five yuan. The main content of this update should be connected to the internet and various random scenarios. There would be more art resources and gameplay content than the original game itself. Thus, the downloadable content had increased. He could play The Lonely Desert Team with his friends in the online game mode. However, Qiao Liang was not optimistic about this gameplay because he really did not want to drive for another eight hours. Whats more, he did not think that he would be able to find a friend who would be willing to drive with him for eight hours. However, the official platform must have taken this into consideration as well. That was why they added some other changes: they could randomly match the netizens to solve the problem of no one driving together; they could use voice chat to solve the boring problem of driving on the road; they could wait for the netizens to rescue the car from its anchors; they could solve the problem of starting over once they failed and making the players feel frustrated. This change is actually not bad. Qiao Liang nodded slightly, expressing his approval of the official change. On the surface, these changes seemed to go against the original intention of The Lonely Desert Road. After all, this game was meant to torture gamers. One of the important reasons why it became popular was that there could not be a single mistake in eight hours of driving. Otherwise, they would have to start all over again. This stimulated gamers masochism and curiosity. If not for the harsh conditions, this simple game would not have stood out and become popular because of Qiao Liangs video. However, it was no longer necessary to maintain such difficulty. That was because The Lonely Desert Road had become an antique game. Players who were willing to buy it had already bought it. It was no longer possible to expect new players to be tortured and fall into the pit. Since that was the case, he might as well change the harsh gameplay and find other entertainment for the old players. The new gamers could choose not to switch to the internet mode if they wanted to be tortured. It was still as difficult as before. If they felt that they could not persevere, they could switch to the internet mode with other gamers. They would be able to get a ride even if they were to break down. That would be much friendlier. Qiao Liang was very reluctant to play it one more time but he still pulled a few people from his fan group and opened The Lonely Desert Roads internet mode. That was because he wanted to see the so-called Traveler Bao Xus Easter egg. Surprisingly, he could really find people in the fan group who were willing to drive with him. Soon, the team was full. There were eight people in total. Each of them chose different car skins to form a motorcade. They formed a long line on the lonely desert road. One moment, they formed an S shape and the next moment Sorry, they did not do that because there was only one road. They followed the established road as he joked around. However, the more he drove, the fewer cars there were. That was because once they lost focus, the car would fall into the desert and break down. They could only take the latter car and revive an hour later. At first, there were eight cars, then there were seven, and then six Some people made mistakes while driving because they were not focused, while others simply drove into the desert because they were too lazy to drive, waiting to take someone elses car. Of course, different cars could bring different passengers. In the most extreme case, there might be no space for the motorcade. Then, they could only wait for the cars behind them to pass by before they could get a ride. Everyone was talking and laughing. Suddenly, they felt that the game was not that torturous anymore. After driving for a while, the mirage of the downloadable content appeared. Both sides were still deserts, but different scenery could be seen in the desert. There were European cities, desert pyramids, oases, tropical rainforests, etc Qiao Liang now knew why it cost five yuan, it was to make these scenes. After driving for a while more, a tanned man carrying a travel bag appeared on the road. He was standing by the side of the road, and there was a broken down car beside him, which meant that he was not a player. Qiao Liangs eyes lit up. That should be Traveler Bao Xu. Quick, pick him up. There should be an Easter egg! After Bao Xu got into the car, he exchanged a few pleasantries with everyone and expressed his gratitude to them for allowing him to hitch a ride. After that, every time he saw a new mirage, Bao Xu would say a few lines. His tone was filled with vicissitudes. This is Honduras. I once came here on a ship and encountered a storm and huge waves. My ship seemed to be about to be thrown into the sky and into the abyss. No wonder Columbus called this place the bottomless abyss. It made a deep impression on me This is Namibia. On one side is a vast desert, and on the other is a vast sea. In front of it is a cave landscape that has been eroded by sandstorms and is as bumpy as the surface of the moon This is Dominican Every time they passed by a mirage, Bao Xu would sigh and reminisce about his thrilling and memorable journey in this place. Qiao Liang could not help but feel emotional. Not bad. he can even be a tour guide in this game. Traveler Bao Xu had always been a hero in GOG. Many players knew about this employees travel story, but they did not know the details behind it. Qiao Liang naturally knew about it as Boss Peis best friend. In fact, Bao Xu had only been to a portion of these places. There were too many scenic spots in this world after all. When Wang Xiaobin was creating the downloadable content, he had only decided on these scenic spots based on the resources available online. Obviously, the creator treated Traveller Bao Xu as a meme. In the setting, he was a mysterious adventurer who had traveled to every corner of the world. Of course, everyone felt that Bao Xu had this potential. He was still so young after all. If he were to travel for a month every six months on average, it would only be a matter of time before he traveled to all the famous places in the world. After driving for about two hours, Bao Xu said, Alright, Ill get off now. Thank you for letting me ride. Ive prepared a gift for you. I hope well meet again if fate allows it. Qiao Liang: Oh? This should be the Easter egg! The system notification showed that he had obtained a new car skin and unlocked a new scene. Qiao Liang quickly exited the game to check. Qiao Liang realized that he had obtained the skin of a new car. It was a mini spacecraft with a sci-fi feel to it. It was about the size of a sports car, but it had a pair of mini spacecraft wings. It had no wheels and was floating in the air. Qiao Liang opened the scene page again. There were various scenes that players had activated in the game. One of the new scenes was on the surface of a dark red planet filled with sand. All sorts of large and small craters could be seen around it. It looked like an outer space scene from a sci-fi movie. There seemed to be some huge caves in the distance. The caves were pitch black, as if some terrifying creatures were stirring within. Eh, this is the Easter egg buried in the game? Does this mean that Boss Peis next game is a science fiction genre? This spacecraft and setting seem to be quite fitting for The Lonely Desert Road. Qiao Liang carefully observed the spacecraft and the new setting and realized that there seemed to be no other information in it. It seemed to be a message that Tengdas next new game should be a sci-fi theme. However, it was unclear what type of game it was exactly. Alright, alright. Now that I have the skins and scenes, I can go and see Game Designers downloadable content. Everyone scattered at Qiao Liangs command. Boss Pei is so crafty. He knows that The Lonely Desert Road sells for cheap and that there are many old gamers, so he purposely lowered the difficulty of the game. He even added cool new cars and new scenes. Players who are slightly more interested would spend five yuan to match the netizens to play, look at the new scene, and promote the new game Qiao Liang sighed as he opened Game Designer. Chapter 765 - We Must Not Let Tengda’s True Feelings for Old Gamers Go To Waste! Qiao Liang was an old gamer of Game Designer. He had been playing this game ever since it was released. In order to produce a new episode of Products of the Gods, Qiao Liang had gone through almost all the endings. He was very familiar with the various forks in the road. as though it was his own backyard. However, after entering the game this time, he realized that Game Designer seemed to have changed significantly. The most obvious point was that the original standalone game had become a standalone game with internet connection. The previous downloadable content of the game had only been updated with new voice-overs and new settings. The gameplay had not improved much even though there were many new updates. Strictly speaking, this game would only be fun the first time they played it. It could only become a collectible after playing for a while and knowing all the endings. However, after this update, some online gameplay had been added to this game. While web-based gameplay was not the main form of entertainment, it was still enough to surprise people. There was a new message board function in the game, which was a closed mode. It could be activated after clearing the first level of the game. After opening this function and entering the game, one would be able to see the words left behind by other players in various rooms, corridors, and doors. Qiao Liang tried writing a message as well. He realized that these messages were not randomly typed in. Instead, they were made up of some existing vocabulary. They could only express relatively simple and vague meanings. This might be because they were worried that too accurate meaning would cause serious spoilers and reduce players enjoyment of the game. Using this type of message that was pieced together could easily create a reverse guidance effect for players because the results would be different if they made the same choice under different circumstances. That way, the new players would not only have to compete with the voice-overs, but they would also have to compete with malicious comments. There would be more obstacles on the way to success. The second gameplay that was added was the contrarians mode. It could also be activated after completing the game play for a week. In the original default mode, players would remain silent throughout the entire process while the voice-overs would speak to themselves throughout the entire process. Before players made their choice, the voice-overs would come up with bad ideas; after players made their choice, the voice-overs would make sarcastic remarks; and when the final outcome was out, the voice-overs would either mock the players or be stubborn. All in all, it was mainly to attack players mentality. However, after activating the contrarians mode, the status of both parties immediately reversed! Under the contrarians mode, players would no longer be helpless. Instead, there would be a little bickering assistant to fight back against the voice-overs. Before making a choice, the voice-overs would come up with a bad idea, and the little assistant would point out the drawbacks of players choosing that way and the benefits of choosing another option. After making a choice, the voice-over would make sarcastic remarks, and the assistant would rebuke it, leaving the voice-over speechless. At the end of the game, the assistant would comfort or congratulate the player. At the same time, the assistant would start to mock and despise the voice-over. The voice-over was speechless and angry, but it could not do anything to the little assistant. On top of that, if players followed the voice-overs instructions in the contrarians mode, the assistant would mock the voice-overs in various ways, just like how the voice-overs mocked players in the past. At first, Qiao Liang was not very interested. However, after playing for a while, he realized that it was quite interesting! Actually, the so-called bickering assistant is nothing more than another pre-arranged voice-over that can be triggered. These are all pre-arranged program settings. However, why does it feel so good to hear this little assistant bickering with the voice-overs? At first, Qiao Liang had thought that the voice-overs were not real so what was the point of insulting it? However, on further thought, the voice-overs were not real but players would get angry when the voice-over dissed them! Players had been fuming with anger because of the voice-overs on their first play. It was quite satisfying now that they had an assistant who was criticizing the voice-overs back, rendering them speechless. Whats more, this little bickering assistant had also indirectly pointed out the pros and cons of various choices for players. It might not directly point out what the right choice was but it also gave players more reference information when making choices. It was quite amiable. The only regret was that the voice of the little assistant was emotionless. While it did not sound as annoying as the voice-overs, it was not much better. When they cleared the game, the little assistant would tell the player its name: AEEIS. There was no other information. There was also a new way of playing that was to show the care and concern to the new players. Qiao Liang tried it out and realized that it was a heaven for the sarcastic people and people who loved to bait others. Theoretically, the right way to play the game should be for the old players to guide new players who did not understand the game to make the right choice. That way, both the new and old players would be happy. However, when he started playing, he realized that that was not the case at all! After going through the voice-overs, the old gamers had become weirdos with their own unique styles. Some old players would purposely lead the new players down the wrong path. Some old gamers would not reveal any answers and would only start to mock the players after they had chosen wrongly. There were also some old gamers who led the new players down the right paths at first to gain the trust of the new gamers. In the end, they would beat them down the wrong paths at the crucial moment. The scariest thing was that this model was not one-on-one. A maximum of four old players could enter the game of the same new player at a go. They could display their avatars in the four corners of the screen respectively. The content of the words would be displayed in text bubble form. Some of the four old players were speaking the truth, some were lying, some were trying to undermine each other, and some were working together to deceive others. Coupled with the original voice-overs, the new players could experience five times the joy. Apart from that, the most exciting part was that there were many fake new players baiting the rest! Many players had already cleared the game many times, but they purposely started a brand new game to lure the older players in. Then, they pretended to be newbies who knew nothing and fought with them, leading all of them in circles. These new modes are quite interesting. Ordinary players should be able to play for two or three days without getting tired of them. The elites should be able to play quite well, right? For all we know, the UP Masters might start producing programs like Baiting in Game Designer soon. Qiao Liang played for a while and found it quite interesting. The old gamers found a new source of entertainment after these two games were added to the internet mode. They had originally been left to collect dust in the game library, but after updating their downloadable content, they brought it out again for a new source of entertainment. Games that had been played many times over were no longer interesting. With these changes, they could fill up the old bottles with new alcohol and refresh them a few more times! After playing for a while, Qiao Liang read the gamers thoughts on the two games in discussion forums. Holy sh*t, Tengda is the conscience of the industry! How long ago was this game? The main body is free, and its still being updated? Compared to the content of the downloadable content, the price is still as cheap as a cabbage. I seriously doubt that they can even break even back from this. Its too worth it. Ill just buy it brainlessly! Finally, I managed to be one up on the voice-overs in Game Designer. I dont need to be mocked by it anymore. Thank you, AEEIS, the little bickering assistant! There are too many people baiting on the internet mode! They are all veteran gamers, why are they pretending to be newbies? Im speechless! However, the two downloadable content seemed to have hidden some Easter eggs this time. For example, The Lonely Desert Road gave a spacecraft and an extraterrestrial scene. Does that mean that Tengdas next game is a sci-fi-themed game? A 3A level FPS game? Thats awesome! The Easter egg for Game Designer should be this little assistant, AEEIS, right? Are these two Easter eggs for the next game? Then what is AEEIS for? Er the robot teammate of the protagonist in FPS games? Im not sure, but I suddenly feel like Im looking forward to it! After all, there are too few sci-fi games in the country at the moment. There are Xianxia and Wuxia everywhere. Im sick of seeing them. Thats because sci-fi games are a technical job. All sorts of details and settings are very important. They are not as complete as the settings for xianxia and wuxia. I wonder if Tengda can do it well. Tengdas products are always top-quality. I think theres no problem! Qiao Liang scrolled through the forum and found that the players were basically praising the updates. It was rare for a company to spend so much time and effort updating unimportant old games and focusing on the gaming experience of old players after all. Most games companies did not value the interests of old gamers at all. They would not do anything that wasnt profitable. They would even do things to hurt old gamers for the sake of profits. However, Tengda was the exact opposite. They might not be able to make much money from maintaining these old games and might even incur losses, but they were still updating their downloadable content. What kind of spirit was that! The players expressed their gratitude. It was just downloadable content, buy it! Would they still be humans if they did not buy the sincere downloadable content with new gameplay and new contents? They could not let Tengdas sincerity towards old players go to waste! Chapter 766 - Too Many Windfalls Again! December 2nd, Friday Pei Qian sipped his coffee as he read the work week reports submitted by various departments in the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. For some reason, he felt like he was writing a memorial. Now, Pei Qian finally understood why those incapable rulers in the ancient times did not like to go to court or approve memorials. That was because this was indeed a very troublesome matter. How could it be as good as having nothing to do and having fun every day?! Tengda had a lot of business areas recently. It would be difficult for the heads of every department to come and report their work. Whats more, Pei Qian did not want to do that since he needed his freedom. Thus, Pei Qians current supervision of Tengdas various departments was mainly through two methods: The first was for the various departments to submit their work week reports regularly. They would compress the work situation this week to a few dozen words. That way, Pei Qian would have a rough idea of what these departments were planning and take precautions in advance. The second type was the Manage Loss Trainees regular report that was held once every two weeks. These reports would be slightly more detailed, and at the same time, they could verify with the various departments weekly reports to ensure the accuracy of the information. Pei Qian flipped through the weekly reports from various departments and stopped at Shang Yang Games. Eh? New downloadable content for The Lonely Desert Road and Game Designer were released yesterday? Thats a good thing. I shouldnt be the last to know about this, right? Besides going to class, Pei Qian had also spent a lot of time revising these couple of days. It was the exam week next month. The third-year curriculum was more difficult than the first and second-year curriculum. There were more exam subjects as well. Pei Qian felt humiliated that he could not beat the slacker Ma Yang in the previous exams. He would be able to redeem himself this time, right? One had to know that Ma Yang was very busy at the moment. Not only did he have to do live-streaming live commerce, but he also had to spend money on Weibo. Whats more, he had become the most popular person in the school. He might even be recognized on the streets. Many students had to address him respectfully as Boss Ma when they saw his long face. Old Ma even had to spare some time to revise and prepare for his exams. As for Pei Qian, even though everyone in Tengda Corporation thought that Boss Pei was ten times busier than Boss Ma, Pei Qian knew very well that he only had two hours of real work every day. He was only truly busy one month before the settlement. Thus, Pei Qian felt that it would be unreasonable if he could not win Old Ma under such circumstances. Whats more, Pei Qian had purposely borrowed the notes of a few girls in his class who were good at studying. It could be said that he had made ample preparations. Pei Qian gave it some serious consideration as to why he could not beat Old Ma in the exams previously but after some serious consideration, he felt that it was mainly because his revision method was not right. Borrowing Ma Yangs notes to revise would only bring him on par with Old Ma. How could he surpass him? If the upper limit of Ma Yangs notes was 70 points, he would not be able to surpass 70 points no matter how much he revised! Thus, this time, Pei Qian borrowed someone elses notes sneakily, hoping to overtake Ma Yang and beat him in terms of results. Otherwise, it would be so embarrassing if he could not beat Old Ma the slacker every time he took the exam! It would make Pei Qian look like he could not even understand what he was doing. Pei Qian, who had been focused on revising for the past two days, had not paid attention to the fact that the downloadable content of the two old games. That was why he only realized it the next day after the downloadable content was published by Shang Yang Games. Let me see the sales volume These two lousy games have been around for so long. Everyone is tired of them. Could someone really be buying their downloadable content? No way, no way, right? F*ck! Whats going on? Pei Qian opened the platform and immediately lost his cool. The two downloadable content released yesterday had sold 250,000 copies of The Lonely Desert Roads downloadable content, and Game Designers downloadable content had reached 130,000 copies! Going by the pricing of five and eighteen yuan, deducting the commission and tax, these two downloadable content would bring Tengda Games an estimate of more than two million yuan pure profit for the first day of sales! Whats more, this was just profit for one day. In the next week or even the next month, these downloadable content would continue to generate profits. In the next few days, as their influence spread, sales might even show signs of increasing! Pei Qian was confused. What the f*ck was going on?! He could not understand the current situation. How long had these two games been out for? They should have been all dusty in the gamers game library, right? What was the meaning of holding on to these two lousy games all the time? Why did you keep buying the downloadable content of the game? Are you crazy?! Pei Qian decided to make downloadable content for these old games with two intentions: The first intention was to disperse the manpower of Shang Yang Games so that Wang Xiaobin, who was not good at playing games, could make the downloadable content. That would allow GOGs overseas operations to slow down slightly and give IOI some breathing space. The second intention was because he felt that no one would play the old game anymore. Thus, he had secretly updated the downloadable content so that he could spend money without generating sales volume. It was the best of both worlds. The result was that he had completely mistaken the entire situation! The sales volume was ridiculous! Pei Qians greatest feeling now was being confused and lost. Didnt they say that Wang Xiaobin was not good at designing gameplay? Didnt they say that no one would play the old games anymore? So what was happening now? Pei Qian scrolled through the forum with confusion and saw a passionate comment from a certain player. Tengda Games: A perfect example of sincerity in creating a win-win situation! When I heard that The Lonely Desert Road and Game Designer had updated their downloadable content yesterday, my first reaction was disbelief. These two games have been outdated for a long time. Whats more, the games themselves are already free. Is there a need for another downloadable content? Can they really make money? Im a little confused. Tengda has GOG in its hands and is developing a new large-scale game project. Why take the time to develop downloadable content for these old games that have already completed their mission? However, I understand now that Tengda is full of tricks! Everyone knows that the two games, The Lonely Desert Road and Game Designer, have been free for a long time. Thats why most people have downloaded it, right? At first, I thought that this free promotion strategy was a very common one. After all, the games lifespan is almost over and there isnt much sales left. Giving up on that bit of sales to expand the games influence is a good choice. But now, I realize that selling the downloadable content for free is a good option! This is a trap! It is precisely because the two games are free that the number of players in the game has greatly increased. That is why the new downloadable content is so good! Whats more valuable is that the downloadable content of the downloadable content was added to the original standalone gameplay. The potential of these two games was immediately activated, and old gamers found new joy! Whats more, Tengdas new games Easter egg was buried in the game this time. That gave them even more reason to purchase it! Thats why I said that Tengda Games is a model of sincerity in creating a win-win situation. If it were any other company, the old game would have left it to fend for itself. Players would have no choice but to leave the game in the game library to eat dust. However, Tengda is different. They are willing to update their old games every once in a while. On the one hand, they show a strong sense of responsibility so that gamers would think that Tengda would not give up on any game. On the other hand, they would use interesting gameplay and Easter eggs to link all the old games together, turning them into a part of Tengda Games empire. They would give the game for free and then sell the downloadable content, that way they would reap good sales and profits. To be honest, this kind of sincerity is not something difficult to achieve. However, most companies are unwilling to do it because they feel that there is no profit to be made. Yet, Tengda is doing the opposite. It is enough to see how unique this company is! Forget it, Ill buy these two downloadable contents first as a salute to the company! Pei Qian looked at the long review, and his expression became blank. Make them free to sell more downloadable content? Dont mess with me, I didnt mean that at all! If the system had not stipulated that new products had to be priced, would you believe that I would give all the downloadable content free of charge? Pei Qian had thought that the worst case scenario would be earning some reputation. He had not expected so many gamers to be willing to pay for it! In fact, the proportion of gamers who were paying to buy the downloadable content was not high. However, both games were now free of charge. Too many people had downloaded and played them before. That was why so many people were willing to buy a downloadable content that could activate new gameplay! Theres no time to lose. We have to spend this money as soon as possible. Should I make a trip to Dream Realization Ventures? Pei Qian felt terrible at the thought of earning money again. There were still two months to settlement but these two downloadable content would continue to make money. What should he do with this sum of money? He had to plan ahead. After some thought, Pei Qian decided to make a trip to Dream Realization Ventures. He should be able to roughly determine if the first batch of companies that he had invested in were going to be profitable or not. He should sell those that were profitable quickly, and he should invest more in those that were not profitable. That way he should be able to spend all this unexpected wealth. Dream Realization Ventures, conference room. He Desheng began to report the first round of investments to Boss Pei. Boss Pei, we have invested in a total of 11 companies. Two of them are profitable, one of them is showing obvious signs of profit. Three of them are quite popular and have attracted the attention of other investors. The remaining five companies are still quiet. However, there is still a lot of money in the companys accounts. We are not short of money for now. These are the details of each company. Please take a look. Pei Qian reached out to take the documents and realized that they were filled with complicated financial reports. He could not help but feel an impending headache. He put the information aside. I dont read these things. Just follow my previous rules. Sell those that are already profitable immediately. Dont invest anymore in those that are showing signs of profit. Sell them when they are profitable as well. Keep observing those that are not profitable. Keep investing in those that have spent all their money. Invest the money that you gained from the sale directly into the companies that are in the order of the queue. We can also retract the finance personnel that we sent out and send them out again to take charge of the other companies. Chapter 767 - Secure The Losses He Desheng hesitated for a moment. Boss Pei what if we use the money earned from selling those profitable companies to invest in the companies in the queue and these companies lose money? Pei Qian said, Ill pay for it. He Desheng nodded. Alright, Boss Pei. He Desheng did not ask too much. Boss Pei had set this rule long ago. It might seem unreasonable, he still had to follow it firmly. To Pei Qian, investing in this way could ensure that the funds in his hands were consumed quickly. The downloadable content of these two games had been selling very well. Now that another unexpected sum of money had been transferred to his account, what better to do with them than to fill holes up? However which hole should he fill? Pei Qian looked around. It seemed like these five companies with not much movement were the best choice. However, the problem was they still had a lot of money in their accounts. It was normal thinking about it. The reason why there was no movement was because they could not bear to use money for marketing. If they were willing to spend money, there would have been movement long ago. For a company like that, Boss Pei would have to think twice about giving money. Whats the use of giving you if you were to spend money so slowly? Thus, he had to choose from the companies that could spend money. Which of these companies spend the most money in the shortest period of time? Pei Qian asked. He Desheng answered immediately. Of course, its Meng Changs Cold-Faced Lady. Pei Qian continued asking, Hows the management going over there? He Desheng thought for a while and said, I went to the capital once to take a look. I also went to the shop to eat their roasted cold noodles. How should I put it The current situation in the shop is quite explosive. When I went there, there was a long queue outside the shop. It looked like business was doing well. Some online media seemed to have reported about it. However, some of these reports were done because he paid for them, the Cold-Faced Lady spent a huge portion of marketing expenses on this. Im not sure how much of the information is hidden in this line. However the food tastes alright. Its about the same as the average high-end noodle restaurant. The environment, quality, and ritual feel are better. Some of the signature dishes are being subsidized. What we can be sure of is that most of the people in the queue were real customers, but some of them could be fake. Pei Qian: There are subsidies for meals? He Desheng nodded. Thats right. For example, the Best Seller Roasted Cold Noodles were actually sold for a loss of one or two yuan. Thats because the raw materials used were the most expensive in the supply chain. Coupled with manpower and transport costs, theres not much profit margin. Of course, whether the customers are able to taste the difference is another matter altogether According to Meng Chang, this is called from point to area. It is to increase the quality-price ratio of some of the signature products by using the best raw materials and put money on it to lower the price. It would make customers feel that these signature products are absolutely worth the price. That way, they would be able to increase their visibility and increase their market share faster. These subsidies can be earned back by launching new dishes in the future. However, to generate profits in the short term is almost impossible. Therefore, all expenses added together would allow the Cold-Faced Lady to spend money very quickly. Of course, their popularity would also increase the fastest. Hmm Pei Qian fell into deep thought. He had heard about this Cold-Faced Lady project many times. He had learned a lot about this project from hearing about it. He had to admit that Meng Chang was an expert at spending money. Other companies were careful with their investments, spending two to three million yuan in half a year or a year. However, Meng Chang dared to spend all of it in a month. To Pei Qian, this was a genius at spending money. The reason why Pei Qian hesitated was mainly because he was hesitant about which company he should spend his money on. He could not continue investing in companies that had made money. He had to sell them immediately. There was nothing much to say. Companies that did not make money and did not make a splash looked very safe, but they were not necessarily safe in reality. This was because such companies were often meticulous in their calculations. They were silent because they had not started marketing. What if they were potential stocks and others continued to invest heavily? Whats more, these companies were spending too slowly. Pei Qian felt uneasy about investing in them. On the other hand, companies like the Cold-Faced Lady might be loud but they spent money quickly. There was a saying that went secure the profits. To Pei Qian, it was transformed into secure the losses. He would only feel at ease after these companies spent their money. Otherwise, he would feel like they were time bombs that would explode at any moment. From the looks of it, choosing the Cold-Faced Lady was indeed a good choice. If the popularity of the Cold-Faced Lady was forcibly created and could not generate profits in the end, the investment would be wasted. He would sell the Cold-Faced Lady if it really started making profits. Pei Qian pondered for a while and finally made up his mind. Invest one or two million yuan in those companies that are not profitable and have yet to spend all their money. Dont invest too much. Invest six million yuan in the Cold-Faced Lady. He Desheng did not ask much and nodded. Alright, Boss Pei. Pei Qian suddenly thought of something and said, Thats right, add a condition for the six million yuan investment in the Cold-Faced Lady. It has to be kept a secret so that Meng Chang cannot reveal that Tengda was the one who paid for it under any circumstances. He Desheng was stunned but still nodded. Alright. He did not know how many rounds of consideration Boss Pei had during this period of time or how many layers of thoughts he had been thinking about. However, since Boss Pei had already decided to invest, he must have planned everything and had absolute confidence in winning. Pei Qian flipped through the information in front of him symbolically again, thinking that this should be foolproof. Continue to invest in the companies that did not earn money. Invest more in those with higher risk and less in those with lower risk. It was very reasonable. The main reason why he emphasized on keeping the six million yuan a secret was because he was worried that situation with Top Student, Come Quick would happen again. If investors heard that Dream Realization Ventures had invested six million yuan into the Cold-Faced Lady wouldnt they invest in the company and increase the companys valuation? What if it really became popular? Spending six million yuan on the Cold-Faced Lady when he only invested one or two million yuan in other companies would definitely arouse suspicion and lead to uncontrollable consequences. That was why Pei Qian had specifically requested for Meng Chang to keep this investment a secret. Of course, Pei Qian did not expect this information to be completely covered up and be airtight. He only hoped that it could be hidden for as long as possible and minimize the impact. In any case, based on Meng Changs spending speed, he would definitely be able to spend all his money before the news spread. That would do. After Boss Pei left, He Desheng began to call the founders of several companies. Hello? Boss Zheng, its like this. Tengda is preparing to transfer all of your companys shares. The other shareholders have the right to buy first. You can discuss and see if you want to introduce third-party capital Boss Zhengs company was one of the two companies that had made profits. On the other end of the line, Boss Zheng was stunned when he heard that He Desheng wanted to transfer their shares. According to the law, the companys shareholders could not withdraw their funds at will. That would constitute a capital evasion and they had to transfer shares through normal channels. However, the problem was why was Tengda selling their shares? Boss Zheng felt very confused. Thats not right. Didnt our company just earn money? Didnt we just see the light at the end of the tunnel? Yet, Tengda lost its cool and decided to sell all their shares? Boss Pei should not be so short-sighted. Whats more, this could not be considered short-sighted but stupid. Normal people would not do something so stupid. Was Boss Pei stupid? Of course not! That was why Boss Zheng was so confused. After a moment of silence, President Zheng said, Boss He, to be honest, if the other shareholders and I could buy back all of Tengdas shares we would wake up laughing even in my dreams. However, I dont want to do that because I wont forget my roots. Tengda lent us a helping hand and provided us with life-saving funds when our company was experiencing the most difficult time. Now that the companys financial situation has improved and we can see the light of day, we can also make profits. We can all develop very well no matter whether we are to seek other funding or to slowly develop by ourselves. Then, Boss He, why do you want to transfer shares now? Even if you transfer shares now, you wont be able to earn much money, right? You have to trust us. If you continue to hold shares, you will definitely be able to earn more He Desheng smiled. Boss Zheng, its not that I dont trust you, thats definitely not the case here. However, this is Boss Peis rule. We will transfer our shares and withdraw from a company that earns money. As for why, I dont know. You dont have to ask. Im just an executor of his will. There was a long silence on the other end of the line. After a long time, Boss Zheng sighed. I see. I understand. Boss Pei is giving us timely help! He lent us a helping hand when we were at our most difficult time, and then retired after we had overcome our difficulties. His magnanimity is admirable! Whether Boss Peis goal is to build good karma or simply to help others, we will remember this kindness! Dont worry, Tengda will be our eternal friend from now on. We will definitely find a way to repay this favor! Anyone who could be the boss of a company was not stupid. After some consideration, they figured out the reason. It was reasonable to say that investing in a start-up company was the most risky investment because most companies would close down and go bankrupt. Only a small number of companies would make it to the end. As for those investors who were passionate about investing in start-up companies, they hoped that one of the ten companies would be able to expand and make up for the losses of the other nine companies. Once a company with good prospects appeared, they would definitely try their best to keep their shares and find the most suitable opportunity to sell them at a high price to maximize their profits. The situation with Boss Zhengs company had just improved, it did not look like it was at the highest point. Now that Tengda had decided to transfer shares back, it was no different from doing charity! Helping others in times of difficulty, turning around to leave after seeing the light of dawn, how noble was that spirit! Of course, Dream Realization Ventures had also profited from this investment. It was just that they had not earned that much. However, to Boss Zheng, this was a form of sacrifice, a form of contribution! He Desheng was also embarrassed by the praise. He quickly explained, Actually, you dont have to take it to heart. This is Boss Peis rule. Its the same for other companies Boss Zheng said, Thats exactly why its so touching! Boss Pei helped us not out of personal relationships but out of righteousness and faith. Boss He, you dont have to say anything. We will remember this kindness. If you have anything you want to work with us in the future, feel free to ask! After calling two profitable companies, the two bosses were equally grateful. He Desheng called the companies which had spent quite a bit of money but with still no sign of profitability. Hello? Boss Liu, how are you? Its like this. Dream Realization Ventures is planning to give you another million yuan, Im calling to let you know in advance. Boss Liu, who was on the other end of the line, was stunned as well. He was in disbelief. Huh? Invest another million yuan? He Desheng nodded. Yes, is there a problem? Boss Liu quickly said, No problem, of course theres no problem! Im just a little surprised. Our current business situation is not very good. Were far from making profits. We spent money but did not see any results. I was just thinking hard on how to go about telling you this I didnt expect you to trust us so much! Thank you, thank you so much! Chapter 768 - Boss Pei’s Aloof Methods Boss Liu had been worrying about funds recently. He had been working hard to make every cent count but he did not have enough money. Thus, the problem became where should he get the money from. He had already received a sum of money from Tengda but had not achieved much. He was too embarrassed to ask for more. However, if he did not get money from Tengda, it would be even more difficult for him to get money from other places. In the end, he did not expect He Desheng to take the initiative to approach him when he was feeling conflicted. That was so heartwarming! This meant that Tengda had high hopes for this project. Be it in terms of funding or confidence, it had given everyone a boost. Therefore, Boss Liu was very touched and thanked He Desheng profusely. He Desheng smiled. Oh, you dont have to thank me. Im just following Boss Peis instructions. Boss Liu quickly said, I understand. Anyway, thank you so much! Thank you for your support and trust in our company, Boss Pei and Boss He! My employees and I will work harder! He Desheng called the other two small companies that had no hope of making profits in the short term to inform them of the additional investment. These companies were also overjoyed and moved. To them, Tengda and Dream Realization Ventures actions were too heartwarming! These small companies were in different situations and there were those with good and bad chances of succeeding but most people really wanted to complete the project. That was also because the finances of these companies were under Tengdas supervision. They could not come up with any tricks. Everyones interests were aligned. If the project succeeded, not only would the investors be able to earn money, but the bosses and employees would also be able to earn money. Under such a shortage of funds, Tengdas generosity was very touching. Finally, He Desheng called Meng Chang. Hello? Boss He! Meng Changs passionate voice sounded from the other end of the line. He Desheng could not help but feel emotional. To others, Meng Chang was a perfect, perfect entrepreneur. He had an excellent image, was eloquent, able to infect others with his speech, good execution, long-sighted vision, and always full of energy. He would pour 100% of his energy into work at any time These merits were all concentrated on one person. Even if there was a small flaw, most investors would subconsciously ignore it. He Desheng said, Boss Meng, congratulations. Boss Pei has decided to invest another six million yuan into Cold-Faced Lady. Meng Chang was stunned for a moment before he became elated on the other end of the line. Finally! He had finally gotten Boss Peis additional investment! Ever since he established the Cold Faced Lady brand, Meng Chang had been putting in a lot of effort. From the initial PowerPoint presentation to the press conference, to the most recent stores and various marketing events He had done so much to move the investors! Of all the investors, Meng Chang was most concerned about Boss Pei. Boss Pei was a talented investor. As long as he could get Boss Peis investment, he could easily get others investment! Actually, up until now, many investors had approached Meng Chang in private to invest in the cold-faced lady. However, Meng Chang did not agree to them. To him, the conditions of these investors were too harsh. Some wanted too many shares, some wanted to sign a valuation adjustment mechanism agreement, and some wanted to sign investment terms. Some wanted investors to preferential selling rights and restrictions on the transfer of the founders shares. The so-called preferential selling rights referred to the investors and founders agreeing that if a third partys founders bought shares, under the same conditions, the investors would have the preferential selling rights; and the restrictions on share transfer meant that the founders were not allowed to sell their shares before a certain stage (such as before IPOs or mergers). To put it simply, it was to restrict the creator from selling his shares. This was actually a very common phenomenon. To investors, investing in projects was akin to investing in people. If they invested money, pushed up the companys valuation, and the founder left the company with cash, how could they ensure that the company continued to develop rapidly? Of course, investors wanted their founders to live a hard life forever. That was the only way they could work hard on their business and make money for their investors. To Meng Chang, this was an unacceptable condition. I put in so much effort just to cash out yet you wouldnt allow me to cash out? Am I really going to work hard for you for the rest of my life? Therefore, Meng Chang did not accept this condition. Instead, he was waiting for an opportunity to increase his right to speak. If the company developed too quickly, it would be in high demand. Countless investors would want a share of the profits. Naturally, there would be investors vying to invest in it. Meng Chang would no longer need to sign these restrictions. Boss Peis investment was a good opportunity. That was because Boss Pei was an investment guide in many peoples eyes. If Boss Pei had invested six million yuan into the Cold-Faced Lady. That was a clear signal that someone would follow suit and sign looser terms. This was a crucial step for Meng Chang! That was because he was burning money very quickly. If he ran out of money halfway, he would be in an awkward situation. Fortunately, Boss Pei made his move! Meng Chang suppressed the joy in his heart. Thank you, Boss He. Thank you, Boss Pei. I will definitely Before he could finish speaking, He Desheng interrupted him. Hang on, Boss Pei has conditions. The condition is that you must keep Tengdas investment of six million yuan a secret. You cannot divulge any information to the outside world. This will be covered under the confidentiality clause in the investment agreement. You cannot violate it. Meng Chang: ? He was originally in a state of ecstasy, but hearing this, he felt like he had been hit in the head and was knocked unconscious. Keep it confidential? Why? Meng Chang was confused. If it were other investors, they would normally restrict their founders from selling their shares to cash out. However, Meng Chang boldly judged that Boss Pei would not do that because Boss Pei had never arranged for a similar clause when he invested. That was why he valued Boss Peis investment so much. Reality proved that his guess was right. Boss Pei had indeed not raised such restrictions. However, he had not expected Boss Pei to have such requirements for confidentiality! This hit Meng Changs soft spot. It was not fatal, but it was very uncomfortable! Did Meng Chang need this sum of money? Of course he did. However, his goal was not just to make the Cold-Faced Lady burn more money for a month or two. Instead, he wanted to stir up more investors funds and push up the companys valuation. In other words, this matter had to be spread to the investors in order to be valuable. Otherwise, the six million yuan would only be enough for the Cold-Faced Lady to spend more money. However, Meng Chang had no reason not to accept the money. That was because Boss Peis money did not restrict the founders from selling their shares. Compared to the other investors conditions, it was much better. Whats more, the Cold-Faced Ladys reputation had to be maintained. Money had to continue burning. The capital chain could not be broken. Once it was broken, the show would not continue. Therefore, this sum of money was just slightly higher than Meng Changs bottom line. It was a pity to give it up, but it was tasteless. On the other end of the line, He Desheng asked, Is there a problem? Meng Chang reacted quickly and quickly said, No problem! He Desheng did not say much and only encouraged him to work harder before hanging up. Meng Chang heaved a sigh of relief as worry surfaced on his face. After his previous experiences, Meng Chang knew very well that there was no point in haggling over such matters. Boss Pei was a man of his words. There was no way he would give him a chance to bargain. If he did not take the money now, he might not be able to get it in the future. Compared to the other restrictions on selling shares, it would be more comfortable to take the money. Meng Chang could not help but feel emotional. Boss Pei was indeed unfathomable. From the time they had interacted until now, Boss Peis every move seemed to make him very uncomfortable! When Meng Chang first received the investment, he had no choice but to accept Tengdas decision on the finance department. Now, the second investment had to be kept a secret. If he were to give a score of satisfaction, Meng Changs satisfaction would be around 60. If this score had been any lower, Meng Chang might have given up. There would have been no Cold Faced Lady brand. Boss Pei could make this score just right, step on Meng Changs bottom line, and let him start his own business. However, he would always make some restrictions in seemingly unimportant areas, making Meng Chang very uncomfortable. What worried Meng Chang the most now was whether Boss Pei had seen through his thoughts or not. Did Boss Pei set these restrictions on himself or on all investors? Meng Chang knew very well that Boss Pei had sent Boss Ma to teach him a lesson at the last news conference. Expert players like that were like playing Tai Chi. They would not go overboard, but neither would they be able to scratch an itch through their boots. Boss Peis series of actions made Meng Chang feel like an extremely calm wolf, following him from afar. He looked nonchalant, but it made ones hair stand. This wolf might just be passing by and would not hurt him. However, it could also suddenly jump out, push him to the ground and tear his throat. Boss Peis method of keeping a distance from Meng Chang had not harmed his core interests nor given up on threatening him. He felt a chill run down his spine, but he still doubted himself. He did not know if it was an illusion. It was very contradictory. However, at this point, Meng Chang felt that he was only one step away from success. There was no reason to give up. At that thought, Meng Chang calmed down and made up his mind to continue with his original plan. Boss Pei might have set some restrictions on him but he did not completely restrict him. There was still some room left for Meng Chang to operate. Chapter 769 - Buy an IOI Team With Bottom Ranking December 5th, Monday Pei Qian arrived at the office as usual. He read the weekly reports from the various departments while waiting for the person-in-charge to report on work. Before long, there was a knock on the door. Pei Qian looked up and saw He Desheng. Boss Pei, Im here to report on Dream Realization Ventures new investment. Pei Qian continued flipping through the weekly newspaper. Hm, speak. He Desheng reported truthfully. Boss Pei, the shares of the two companies that made money have been negotiated to be sold! We made a total of two million yuan in total, while it was not much, weve earned enough reputation! The shareholders of those two companies said that Tengda was of timely help. We lent a helping hand when the company was at its most difficult, and left when the company was about to turn about, such magnanimity is touching! Compared to other investment firms whose minds were filled with money, Tengdas investment has left a deep impression on them. I believe that more companies will soon know that Dream Realization Ventures is a real investment firm! Pei Qian could not help but look stunned as his mouth twitched. Two million yuan? He made so much money in just a short while? Two million yuan might not seem like much and was nothing compared to the current investment quota. However, they had invested very little in these two companies! They invested a total of less than three million yuan in these two companies. Yet, they had doubled their investments so easily? He Desheng nodded. Thats right, Boss Pei. A company that can generate profits in such a short period of time must be in high demand in the eyes of other investors. The price would naturally be higher if we raise the price! Why, is Boss Pei not satisfied with this price? If we continue holding it for a while, we would definitely be able to earn more, but Pei Qian raised his hand to stop him. Then, he took a sip of tea to calm himself down. This amount is within my expectations. Pei Qian could only say this in order not to mislead He Desheng. However, it was alright from another perspective. It was a good thing that they had sold early. Wouldnt they have earned more if they had sold it later? As the saying went, it was better to deal with painful things quickly. The two companies had only made two million yuan in total. That was already an acceptable result. He Desheng continued to report. Boss Pei, weve also put additional investments in those companies that did not see any possibility of profits. The bosses and employees of these companies have all been encouraged and expressed that they will do their best to achieve profits as soon as possible. They will not let you down! Pei Qian laughed bitterly within. He Desheng added, Theres also the Cold-Faced Lady. After receiving the remaining six million yuan, according to the investment agreement, Meng Chang did not disclose any information to the outside world. No one should know that we have increased our investment in Cold-Faced Lady. However, Meng Chang is spending more money on marketing this weekend. He announced that he was going to open a second branch of the Cold-Faced Lady and continue with a series of promotional activities, including buying advertising space in a movie; Some web programs and television programs have reported on the cold-faced lady and praised this brand new business model, calling it the perfect combination of tradition and modernity, catering and the Internet. Also, Meng Chang spent hundreds of thousands of yuan to rent a venue for a thousand people to give more than ten high-intensity business speeches, meant for students, young people, and entrepreneurs to share his experience when he created the Cold-Faced Lady brand Pei Qian had been reading the weekly reports of the various departments but could not help but look up when he heard this. Eh? This brother is good. He spends as much as I give him? Cold-Faced Lady had been burning money through marketing previously but the burning speed was not fast enough. He managed to increase his burning rate after getting the six million yuan investment? After some thought, Pei Qian asked, Hows the response? He Desheng said, The response is very strong! Thats because the cold-faced lady had already obtained a certain amount of popularity and attention based on internet marketing. It can be considered an internet celebrity food and beverage brand. The popularity has increased with more investment now. The entire marketing campaign has been upgraded, including many television and online shows. This has greatly improved the brand image of the Cold-Faced Lady in the eyes of ordinary consumers. Initially, many people thought that this was just roasted cold noodles and snacks. However, after webshows and television stations introduced the business model, everyone realized that cold-faced lady was very new and popular. Naturally, they had the urge to understand it. Whats more, Meng Chang is fully utilizing his eloquence. These speeches would definitely attract widespread attention. More and more people would think of Meng Chang as a business mentor. Then, everyones understanding and trust in the brand cold-faced lady would naturally increase significantly. This was what they meant by marketing could make up for the lack in quality of products. What Meng Chang was doing now could be summarized as marketing, but it was targeted at several different aspects. Opening shops, buying trending searches, buying placement advertisements, and so on were all to continue expanding their popularity. Letting online programs and television stations report them could be considered to be using these news programs to promote them. It would make more consumers trust the cold-faced lady more. As for making speeches, it was to tie himself and the brand cold-faced lady together. He had to admit that Meng Changs thinking was different from ordinary people. Ordinary peoples thinking was to first create a successful enterprise, and then package themselves as successful entrepreneurs. However, Meng Changs idea was to package himself as a successful entrepreneur first. Then, his business would naturally be regarded as a successful enterprise. Meng Chang was very eloquent. He could fool investors, much less ordinary audiences. If he were to tell a few stories, upload the video online, and buy the hot searches, he would definitely be sought after by many people. He would be regarded as a genius with a business mind. A project of the business genius would definitely be a reliable project! Ordinary customers quickly went to eat, discuss, and provide popularity. As investors quickly invested money, Meng Changs goal was achieved. Of course, there was another important reason why Meng Chang was burning money at such a fast rate. He wanted to hint to other investors. Boss Peis investment agreement had indeed stated that he could not reveal the source of the funds to the outside world. What Meng Chang was doing now was sending messages to other investors without revealing the source. If he suddenly sped up the burning of money, it would definitely attract the attention of other investors. The original investment was almost finished, but Meng Chang suddenly increased the burning speed. Where did the money come from? Someone must have added a lot of investment. Otherwise, Meng Chang would not have been able to spend as much as he wanted! Thus, other investors who were still observing would guess who the investor was. At the same time, they would definitely make concessions and relax their requirements to provide Meng Chang with more funds. Of course, Pei Qian knew nothing about these twists and turns. Pei Qians expression was very serious because he was very worried about the popularity that Meng Chang had created by burning money. This Meng Chang was simply a super popularity-manufacturing machine. He was really the best when it came to spending money to buy popularity. Sometimes, popularity could be converted into money. Pei Qian had suffered quite a bit in this area. Meng Chang was really a troublemaker. Wouldnt it be perfect if he made a smaller splash? He had to keep an eye on him and not let his guard down! Pei Qian said, Keep an eye on the cold-faced lady. Let me know immediately if you meet any problems. He Desheng nodded. Alright, Boss Pei! After briefly reporting the situation of the other companies, He Desheng turned around and left. Pei Qian continued to read the weekly reports of the various departments aimlessly. Suddenly, his hand stopped. A message caught his attention. The local clubs are reorganizing IOIs teams? Why reorganize? What about their original members? In the weekly report submitted by Shang Yang Games, Lin Wan clearly wrote about the movements of IOIs local server. One of the key messages was: Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation were preparing for the qualifiers for the IOI World Competition in China. Each club had to choose three teams to participate in the World Competition. The clubs, led by SUG, had been in contact recently. They were trying to poach each others outstanding IOI players to compete in IOIs world finals. Of course, Pei Qian supported the clubs actions. It was a good thing that they wanted to play IOIs finals to increase its popularity. In any case, Boss Pei would definitely support GOGs competitor, IOI, with both hands. However, Pei Qian really could not help much with this. His status was special now. He could not possibly spend his own money to buy fake reviewers and support IOI, right? All of a sudden, an idea struck Pei Qian. I cant help much, but I can buy an IOI team! Buy a bottom-tier team and support them without making it to the International Finals this year. Looking at IOIs attitude, I dont think we can count on the league. In other words, there wont be any attention or popularity! Ill raise an IOI team and get all sorts of benefits. Wouldnt that be burning money? There wont even be any popularity or attention. Its a steady loss and no profit. Perfect! Pei Qian suddenly perked up. The more he thought about it, the more he felt like it was worth it! DGE Club only had a GOG Division. However, GOG was becoming more and more popular, and DGE Club had started early. That was why it was so popular that it could not be brought down. However, at this critical juncture, anyone who bought IOI would definitely lose money, right? The only risk was that this team would win the qualifiers and enter the global finals. However, the strength of the players could not be raised in a week or two. How could the bottom-tier team win the qualifiers? It was impossible no matter how he thought about it. Thus, Pei Qian immediately called Zhang Yuan. Book two high-speed rail tickets, youll go to Shanghai with me! Chapter 770 - Not Buying, Only Investing! In the afternoon, Shanghai. The boss of the FV Club, Wu Yue, was raging in his office. Ding Gans group is too much! His own team was torn down, so he came to tear down my team? They even worked together to put pressure on a small club that is not strong enough to be easily controlled by them? Zhao Xuming, that b*stard was also pushing it. Disgusting! Manager Lu of the FV Club also felt indignant. Boss Wu, these people are birds of a feather! Zhao Xuming and Ding Gan are obviously in cahoots. They said that they were going to fight for a spot in the qualifiers for the international competition, but what are they going to fight for? The team has basically been decided internally after the selection! Our teams strength had been preserved relatively well, but we were not as famous as those clubs. That was why Ding Gan worked with the other clubs to pressure us to sell our players. The most infuriating thing was that even though Zhao Xuming looked like he was mediating, he was actually on their side. To put it bluntly, they want to choose the three most famous clubs with the most fans. They are willing to tear down small clubs like ours in order to form a team. The boss, Wu Yue, was even angrier now. The worst thing is that these people poached our players and its a win-win situation since we earned a transfer fee. Win-win situation, my a*s! Dammit! Since he was in his own office and Manager Lu was one of his own, Wuyue couldnt care less about his image and started cursing. Last week, Long Yu Corporation and Finger Games had decided on various cooperation matters. Zhao Xuming had also started organizing domestic teams to participate in the qualifiers and select teams to participate in the IOI global finals overseas. However, they encountered a very serious problem: the teams of the veteran clubs had been torn apart! Take the SUG Club for example. There were only three members left in the IOI branch. How could they compete? The other veteran clubs were about the same. The good seedlings with potential had all been poached by Lin Chang and GOGs clubs. Most of the teams were not complete anymore. It was just like playing mahjong. How could he play when they were short of one player? While Zhao Xuming was cursing Tengda for using such a strategy. He did not have any good ideas and could only try his best. This was going to be a world tournament. They could not possibly promote new players to start from scratch, right? They would definitely be tortured. They might as well not go. Thus, in order to make up for the shortcomings of a few teams so that they could play in the international competition, they had no choice but to dismantle the other teams. The question was, which teams should be dismantled to supplement which teams? Obviously, they could only dismantle small clubs and to supplement larger clubs. From Zhao Xumings standpoint, even if he did not consider from the point of funding, he had to consider fame and popularity. A veteran club like SUG had a large number of fans in the country and a certain degree of fame internationally. Only such teams could represent the local IOI E-Sports circle if they went to the international competition. As for a small club like the FV Club, its reputation was too low. It did not have much fame both domestically and overseas. It was far from being popular. After all, Zhao Xuming knew very well that the main aim of the IOI World Finals was to bring traffic to the local server, IOI. If the traffic could not be brought up, everything would be for naught. Results were important, of course, which teams should be dismantled so that it would produce the best results? Take the current competition level for example. No team could win the championship. Since that was the case, it was only natural for the big clubs to try to attract more attention. Thus, Zhao Xuming and the other big clubs worked together to find small clubs like FV to buy players. Of course, the sales of players were voluntary, but the pressure was still there. FV Club was a small club. It would not be an exaggeration to say that it was an internet cafe team. The boss, Wu Yue, was a personal sponsor. He was maintaining this club out of interest. How could he win against the collaboration of Longyu Corporation and these big clubs? Of course, Wuyue could also choose not to sell anyone and let the team compete in the qualifiers. However, if they offended these big clubs and Long Yu Corporation, would they still have a good time in the future? Whats more, Wuyue himself did not have 100% confidence in his own team. If he could not win the qualifiers and his team members were not sold, that would be even more of a loss. Thus, Wu Yue could not come up with any good ideas after much consideration. He could only unwillingly dismantle his own team and sell his team members to other established clubs to make up for lost time. GOGs club demolished IOIs old club, and IOIs veteran clubs dismantled IOIs small club. It became a vicious cycle. Wuyue was extremely reluctant to sell his team members. That was why he flew into a rage in the office. However, there was nothing he could do. Small clubs had no say. After Wu Yue vented his anger, it dissipated. Forget it, let this matter pass. Go out first. I want to be alone for a while.he said as he waved his hand. Manager Lu nodded and left. Wu Yue leaned back in his chair, pondering whether he should continue with this club. The FV Club was only maintained because of his own funding. It was purely for his interest. He did not dare to think about GOGs quota as he could not afford it. He could only play IOI if he wanted to maintain his lifestyle. However, IOIs team had been mostly dismantled. Of course, he could recruit more people and build a new team, but anyone with eyes could tell that there was no chance for the qualifiers this time. Zhao Xuming had given FV Club a spot to participate in the qualifiers out of respect, but the problem was where to find good players? After all, Zhao Xuming felt that it would be embarrassing to tear down these small clubs, thus he gave them a spot in the qualifiers. These small clubs would not be able to qualify anyway. Even if they managed to gather enough teams to participate in the qualifiers, they would probably be defeated by teams such as SUG. Once they missed the IOI world competition, they would probably end up with no competition to play. Wu Yues current situation was: the team that he had painstakingly built up had been dismantled and only had three members left. Reorganizing the team would be very troublesome; there would be no competition to play in the short term, and burning money would not generate any popularity. Selling members to earn a transfer fee seemed to be a good choice. Therefore, Wu Yue was a little discouraged and did not want to play anymore. He was still struggling when someone knocked on the door. Knock, knock. Wu Yue looked up to see Manager Lu return Boss Wu, theres something very important. Manager Lu looked to be in disbelief. Boss Pei of Tengda Corporation wants to come to Shanghai personally to meet you. Wu Yue was stunned. Who? Manager Lu repeated, Boss Pei of Tengda Corporation. Wu Yue was completely stunned. Boss Pei? Wasnt that the designer of GOG and the big boss of the GPL league? He wants to come here to meet me? Wu Yue even suspected that this was fake news because the gap between the two parties was too huge. What was so important that Boss Pei had to personally make a trip? The price of the slot of the GPL league had already been sky-high. Many traditional giants and enterprises had also joined in. It could be said that GOG was currently the most popular e-sports circle in the country and even the world. On the other hand, Tengda Corporation was the organizer of all of GOGs competitions. The contractual incident a while ago had also sent a message to the outside world: Tengda Corporation held absolute power in GOGs E-Sports scene. On the other hand, the FV Club was a private club. It was purely for fun. It was neither famous nor powerful. Originally, the IOI branchs strength was barely passable. However, two outstanding members had been poached away, leaving only an empty shell immediately. Why is Boss Pei coming here personally? Wu Yue could not figure it out. However, he did not dare to be negligent. He quickly asked, When will Boss Pei arrive? Manager Lu answered, He said that hell reach Shanghais high-speed rail station in an hour. Wu Yue quickly stood up. Drive my seven-seater commercial car over to pick them up at the high-speed rail station immediately! Two hours later, at a high-end restaurant near the FV Club Wu Yue, Manager Lu, Pei Qian and Zhang Yuan took their seats. Both parties had already exchanged pleasantries along the way. Now, they sat down and sipped their tea while waiting for the dishes to be served. It was about time to get down to business. It was the first time that Wu Yue and Manager Lu met Pei Qian and Zhang Yuan. They found it hard to believe that these two were the top figures in GOGs E-Sports circle. Boss Pei was ridiculously young. Whats more, his real identity was the actor in the short film. This surprised both Wu Yue and Manager Lu. Zhang Yuan, on the other hand, could not look more ordinary. It was hard to imagine that he was the person-in-charge of Tengdas E-Sports scene. Wu Yue personally poured a cup of tea for Boss Pei and Zhang Yuan. Smiling, he said, Boss Pei, Boss Zhang, your presence brings light to our FV Club. Everything happened so suddenly that we didnt have time to prepare a proper reception. We could only make do in this restaurant. Please dont take any offense. Ill arrange for a meal tomorrow with a few friends. Boss Pei, please do me the honor. Pei Qian quickly waved his hand. Theres no need for that. Boss Wu, please dont stand on ceremony. Im here to discuss something today. Ill leave tomorrow morning. Wu Yue nodded. Alright, Boss Pei, feel free to ask. If you have any requests, Ill do my best to fulfill them! Pei Qian could not be bothered to keep them in suspense. Its not a big deal. I want to invest in the FV Club. Wu Yue was stunned. He almost thought he heard wrong. Huh? Invest in the FV Club? Do you think I dont know how lousy my club is? Is there a need to invest? Wu Yue looked at Boss Pei. Boss Pei, are you serious? Pei Qian nodded. Of course! After some consideration, Wu Yue said, Boss Pei, if you like the FV Club, Ill sell it to you directly at 1.5 million yuan. What do you think? Wu Yue did not dare to ask for too much, because he knew very well what the FV Club was like. This was a negative asset without any profitability. Team members salaries and rental fees were purely burning money. Whats more, the FV Club did not have any results. They did not even have play in competitions or traffic flow, not to mention that the traffic had changed now. It was impossible. The only useful thing now was that the FV Club could play in the IOI qualifiers. However, there were many teams with this qualification. Whats more, Boss Pei had the GPL league all to himself. He would not be interested in this. The remaining three players were slightly more valuable, but if they could not be sold, they would not be able to earn a transfer fee. Whats more, the strength of these three players were not good enough. Otherwise, they would not have been left behind while the others were poached. Wu Yue did not know why Boss Pei was interested in the FV Club either. In any case, he could just take it all away if he wanted it. He would be happy to sell it and take the opportunity to leave the E-Sports circle. Pei Qian shook his head. I dont buy clubs, I only invest. Wu Yue was confused. What was the meaning of this? Wouldnt it be better to buy it if he was really interested? Could it be that Boss Pei was willing to pay far less than 1.5 million yuan? Wu Yue asked, How much do you plan to invest? Pei Qian: Three million yuan. Wu Yue : Three fu*king million?! I offered you the entire club for 1.5 million yuan, Boss Pei counter proposed to invest three million yuan? That was unnecessary, right? Wu Yue was confused. Are you planning to change the team name? Change the management team? Or add advertisement spots to the team uniform? Do you have any other requirements? fWu Yue was a little flustered. This sum of money was too much for the FV Club. Could Boss Pei want to arrange something like a valuation adjustment mechanism agreement? Pei Qian shook his head. I dont want any of them. I just want to invest and get some shares. I dont have any other requests. Wu Yue blinked, completely confused. Boss Pei could have bought the entire club for 1.5 million yuan however, he refused and insisted on investing for a higher amount? Chapter 771 - A Vicious Cycle Investing three million yuan without changing the team name, managing team, or even to do advertisement. He just wanted to take some shares? How was this any different from giving money for free? Wu Yue was at a loss for words. Zhang Yuan sat at the side and did not say anything. He actually did not know what Boss Pei was up to either. FV Club was a small club to begin with. It was not famous and had no achievements. Wouldnt it be better for Boss Pei to buy it for 1.5 million yuan even if he really fancied it? Why would he invest three million yuan and not take any control? That was too generous. Zhang Yuan was confused as well. However, Boss Pei had done this many times before. Thus, he did not say anything. Pei Qians idea was actually very simple C he wanted to make losses! He did not want to buy the club at all because it would easily cause problems. Zhang Yuan was good at managing the club. What if he bought it and changed the management team, and the team took off? Therefore, investing, not changing the team name, not changing management teams, and not asking for any advertisement spots would only allow Tengda to minimize its impact on the FV Club. He could not possibly make more money, right? Wu Yue and Manager Lu exchanged confused looks. However, there was no reason to refuse free money even if they were confused, right? Wu Yue deliberated for a moment and said, Boss Pei, I dont know what we, the FV Club, have to do to deserve such good terms from you but we cant go overboard either. We have to know the severity of the matter. How about this? Tengda will take 70% of the shares while we take 30%. What do you think? In terms of operations, you can make any requests at any time. We can follow DGEs standards and make a complete overhaul Pei Qian shook his head, rejecting him decisively . No, I only want 49% of the shares. Moreover, the management rights of the club will always be in your hands. We will not interfere in anything. This has to be written in the contract. A complete overhaul according to DGE Clubs standards? Stop fooling around. Ive already suffered enough losses on this! Now, all GOG clubs were training their members in the same way that DGE Club did, and the effect was good. The main reason why DGE could beat the other GOG clubs before was because of their scientific, systematic, and healthy training methods. At the moment, the management of the other IOI clubs were not proper. What if the FV Club changed to a full DGE club management and training mode and took off? Everything seemed to be going well for the FV Club now. Pei Qian could not allow DGEs culture to spread to them. It would be a disaster if a few bottom-tier players were to suddenly improve by leaps and bounds! Thus, he had to ensure that the FV Club remained the same. The management could not be changed. He could not even allow Tengda to affect the FV Club in any way. Wu Yue looked at Manager Lu, and the confusion in their eyes intensified. They didnt understand! Boss Pei had offered an extremely good condition right from the start. Whats more, he had not given in at all. He was determined not to get any benefits at all. That was ridiculous. Wu Yue had hesitated time and again when discussing previous collaborations because the conditions were not good enough. It was different this time. He hesitated because the conditions were too good. After much consideration, Wu Yue could not find any reason not to accept the investment. However, giving Boss Pei only 49% of the shares was very difficult to accept. That would be too dishonest! Wu Yue thought for a while and said, How about this, Boss Pei? Youll get 70% of the shares, but we can agree in the contract that Tengda will not interfere with the daily operations of the FV Club. Dont be so polite with me. To be honest, I originally planned to sell the FV Club and retire from the E-Sports scene. However, since you are so generous, I have no reason to quit. I will continue to work hard to run FV Club well! Pei Qian could not say anything else after seeing Wu Yues persistence. Hell accept the extra shares in that case, since it wouldnt be worth any money anyway. Alright, lets do that. Pei Qian nodded. Manager Lu felt that the scene in front of him was a little ridiculous. Why did it feel like Boss Pei was reluctant to take the extra 20% in shares? Wu Yue heaved a sigh of relief. For some reason, he felt more at ease after giving away 20% more shares. However, Boss Pei, I have to talk about the objective situation of our FV Club first. Our IOI branch may be able to participate in the qualifiers, but the team is not complete. If we were to find new members, it would be very difficult to pass the qualifiers. Therefore, you have to be mentally prepared Pei Qian could not help but smile. They were very weak and it was impossible for them to pass the qualifiers? Thats great! I cant wait for FV Club to become even less popular! I dont need to be mentally prepared. Im alright as long as you guys know your place and not cause trouble. Pei Qian smiled. Boss Wu, thats alright. You dont have to worry too much about the team members. Let nature take its course. Use the good team members if you have them, and wait if you dont. E-Sports is a competitive sport. There are winners and losers. It doesnt matter whether you win or not in the qualifiers. You just have to show your own style. We wont give you any pressure for performance even though we are investing in the club. Dont worry. Wu Yue was moved. Alright, thank you, Boss Pei! The next morning, Pei Qian and Zhang Yuan took the high-speed rail back to Jingzhou. The entire process of investing in the FV Club was swift and decisive. They took the high-speed rail the day before, had dinner together after the discussion then they left the next day after staying the night. The boss of the FV Club, Wu Yue, felt like he was in a dream. It was all very surreal. Bad things became good in just two short days. Initially, Wu Yue had been suppressed and torn down by Long Yu Corporation and a few veteran clubs. He did not want to play anymore. Yet, Boss Pei had suddenly appeared out of nowhere and given him three million yuan for free, giving FV Club a boost of confidence instantly! In the office, Wu Yue and Manager Lu started thinking about how to spend the money. We can change to a new training base. The previous place was too crowded and the conditions were too poor. This time, we can change to a more spacious place and update the computers used for training. Its a good thing that Boss Pei came in a hurry and did not visit our training base. Otherwise, we would have been too embarrassed! Ill also improve everyones meals! The team members have persevered for so long. They have been putting in their passion with not much care for anything else. Its about time to increase their pay. Manager Lu took notes as Wu Yue spoke. FV Club had always been a small club. It was economically tight, so its material conditions were not satisfactory. They could improve it now that they had gotten such a huge sum of money. Manager Lu recorded all the content that improved training conditions and said, Boss Wu, after deducting all the money, theres still a lot left. I think the most important thing to do now is to buy some members and replenish our team members. We should have at least five people. Wuyue nodded. Hm, thats true. Lets start digging for newbies with potential. Manager Lu was just about to write it down in his notebook when he stopped. After some consideration, he said, Boss Wu, I suddenly have a bold idea. Can we poach some celebrities from other clubs? Wu Yue pondered for a moment, then frowned. Thats not easy, right? We should really improve our clubs current state. Thats not a problem. However, the established clubs in the SUG have already bought all the better players. Their overall value has increased. If we buy now, we will have to pay a huge sum of money for breaching the contract. Wouldnt that be akin to sticking our heads out and getting slaughtered? I cant waste the money thats not mine like that even though I feel no pain spending it. Whats more, we might have money left, but its not a lot. We wont be able to afford the penalty fee if the other clubs were to make it difficult for us. Manager Lu quickly shook his head. Boss Wu, youve misunderstood. Of course, Im not talking about buying from direct competitors like SUG! Wuyue was confused. Where are you referring to then? Manager Lu smiled. Do you remember how the IOI branches of the clubs in SUG were dismantled? By the new clubs in GPL! In other words, all the star players are in the hands of the GPL clubs. The GPL league is Boss Peis league. Which of the bosses of these clubs would not give Boss Pei some face? If thats the case, can we look for these clubs and hope that they will make an exception? We will not offer too low a price as long as they are not out to devour us. We can use the market price to buy these star players and fight for the qualifications for the international competition. That wouldnt be bad! Wu Yues eyes lit up. Eh? That makes sense! SHG dismantled SUG, SUG dismantled FV. However, wouldnt it form a perfect closed loop if FV bought back the IOI members from SHG? It was a perfect shake-up! The veteran clubs like SUG must have thought about buying their outstanding IOI players back from the GPL team, but they did not in the end. It was not worth it to pay a high transfer fee. Whats more, these veteran clubs felt that since the qualifiers had already been decided internally, there was no point in spending so much money to buy back their players. However, it would be completely different if FV Club bought them! GPLs clubs, such as Shenhua, would definitely not be nice to the SUG. They would definitely ask for exorbitant fees. However, the FV Club was invested and controlled by Boss Pei. These GPL teams could not possibly extort Boss Pei, right? They did not need anything else, other than for these GPL teams to sell their IOI members at the market price. FV Club did not have much money on hand, but they only wanted to make up for two positions. Whats more, IOIs value could not be compared to GOG. There might still be a chance if they could communicate properly. What if they managed to make it out of the qualifiers and win the IOI World Finals? Wouldnt that be very worth it? The money that Boss Pei invested would not go to waste then. Wu Yue suddenly perked at that thought and sprang up. Book the tickets! Well go to Jingzhou immediately! Chapter 772 - Pick Any Player You Like! At DGE Club Zhang Yuan had a confused expression when he looked at Wu Yue and Manager Lu, who had come to visit him. What was going on? He had just returned to Jingzhou with Boss Pei. Wu Yue and Manager Lu arrived before he could even rest his legs. They were only two hours apart. Did he have any objections to the cooperation? What could there be that he could not communicate over the phone? Zhang Yuan was a little confused. However, he had to entertain them since they were already here. Someone served them tea After leading Wu Yue and Manager Lu to the conference room. Zhang Yuan was not only the manager of DGE E-Sports Club, but he was also the person-in-charge of Tengda E-Sports. His focus was gradually shifted to the GPL league, and he did not have much time to manage DGE Clubs daily training. Thus, DGE Club recruited more and more staff. Coach, analyst, team leader, nutritionist, team doctor, brand visual design, photography, creative design, etc. Now, Zhang Yuan was gradually delegating his work and made only important decisions. He would only briefly ask about the situation of certain things at times. It was the first time that Wu Yue and Manager Lu had come to DGE Club. One look and they were overwhelmed, it was so much more official than FV club! They were incomparable no matter whether it was the training environment, the staff allocation, or the spiritual appearance of the entire base. Wu Yue sipped his tea and said emotionally, Boss Zhang, Ive long heard that DGE Club is the most official club in the country and that no other club can compare to it. It really lives up to its reputation after seeing it today. Boss Pei is so forward-thinking about the future of the E-Sports industry. He has brought forward the official process of the domestic E-Sports Club. Zhang Yuan smiled. Its more like a form of confidence rather than forward-thinking. Actually, most of the clubs know that in order to produce results, the standardization of the management of the clubs is indispensable. Many clubs also want to look like traditional football clubs. However, most of the clubs do not do it very well. At the end of the day, it is because they did not have confidence. That is because the formalization of the clubs meant that they had to invest more money. If they did not have confidence in making profits, they would not be willing to invest. Naturally, the formalization could not be discussed. Boss Pei is actually very optimistic about the future of the E-Sports industry. He is very confident. Naturally, he can spend a lot of money on the club without any worries. Wu Yue agreed. That makes sense! Boss Zhang is also very experienced in the operations of the club. DGE Club is one of the few clubs in the country that can generate profits. It can earn both fame and profit without competing. Its really admirable. I hope that Boss Zhang can impart some experience in the operations of a club if theres a chance next time. Zhang Yuan smiled and shook his head. Not at all. Boss Pei was the one who set up the big framework for the clubs operations. I didnt actually contribute much. I was only in charge of ordering take-out. After exchanging some pleasantries, Zhang Yuan said, Is there a problem with the collaboration which made you come all the way to Jingzhou? Wuyue shook his head. No, no, no, of course theres no problem with the collaboration. Its like this, Manager Lu and I discussed how to spend this investment and we would like to buy a few players Wu Yue briefly explained his intentions. Zhang Yuan nodded after he understood. It was no wonder that Wu Yue and Manager Lu had come to Jingzhou. Obviously, they had not thought of using this sum of money to buy players previously, and had only thought of it after Boss Pei left. Whats more, if they wanted to buy players, they had to make a trip to Jingzhou to talk to the bosses of these clubs. After some consideration, Zhang Yuan said, How about this? Ill introduce you to the other clubs. You can talk to them. As for whether they are willing to sell it or not, that will depend on how well you negotiate. Tengda was the organizer of GPL. These clubs listened to everything Boss Pei and Tengda said. However, Zhang Yuan did not want to force these clubs to sell people. That would be an abuse of Boss Peis influence and would be very inappropriate. The key still depended on the clubs wishes. Wu Yue nodded. Of course! Zhang Yuan stood up and brought Wu Yue and Manager Lu to the SHG Club to look for Lin Chang. They had to start with Lin Chang since he was the one who had started buying IOI players and snatched two or three good saplings from the IOI team. If Lin Chang was not willing to sell, Zhang Yuan would consider looking for other clubs. Wu Yue and Manager Lu walked around Ming Yun Villas, looking at the beautiful single villas and the E-Sports Club, their eyes filled with envy. Jingzhou has really been turned into a sacred ground for e-sports by Boss Pei. Its simply prospering day by day. Im so envious. There are more than ten regular clubs like the DGE Club. How could the GPL league not be good? It looks like IOI really lost. Sigh, its a pity that our company is in Shanghai. We cant move it. They arrived at SHG Club in no time. Zhang Yuan brought Wu Yue and Manager Lu to look for Lin Chang and explained their intentions. Lin Chang was stunned. Boss Pei invested in your club? You want to buy IOI players? Wu Yue nodded. Thats right, Boss Lin. Actually, we want to form a stronger team so that we can better compete in the qualifiers. Boss Pei would be able to feel proud when we get a good ranking. Of course, we will definitely pay according to the market transfer price. It would be good enough if you could just sell us one or two players who can play IOI who are not good enough to go on stage. Wu Yue knew that Lin Chang was the big boss of Shenhua Corporation and that he had a favor to ask of him. Naturally, he spoke very politely. Lin Chang smiled. Hey, dont stand on the ceremony! We must fully support it since its a club that Boss Pei invested in! To be honest, I bought these players to try my luck. I thought that I could dig out and develop them if there were any good seedlings among them. Since its a club that Boss Pei invested in, of course there is no problem. Choose whichever player you like! Oh, there are a few other teams as well. Ill let them bring out their IOIs players for you to choose from them as well! Of course, we have to respect the players personal wishes. Wu Yue was a little embarrassed as he quickly said, No, no, no, Im just missing two members. Theres no need to mobilize so many people Lin Chang waved his hand. Dont be so polite! This is just a small matter to us. I dont know why Boss Pei invested in your club, but since he invested in it, he must have a special purpose. Anyway, lets aim for the qualifiers first. The team that Boss Pei invested in must not embarrass Boss Pei! Wu Yue was moved. He knew very well that Boss Lin acted this way mainly because of Boss Pei and had nothing to do with FV Club but it was still very heartwarming. Lin Chang quickly made a few calls. Half an hour later, the club leaders arrived with a list in their hands. Lin Chang summarized all the names and handed them to Wu Yue. Boss Wu, this is the list of all former IOI professional players. Take a look and choose the strongest players. Wu Yue reached out to take it and took a closer look at it with Manager Lu. Both of them looked shocked. Th-this lineup was too magnificent! FV Club knew the famous IOI players IDs by heart since they focused only on IOI. There were celebrity players from veteran IOI clubs like SUG on the list. It might not be an entire team, but there were players from every position. They could completely piece a top team together in each position. Wu Yue looked at Lin Chang and the other club leaders. Im afraid we cant afford these players with their value Lin Chang smiled. Youre treating me like an outsider. You can choose whoever you like! We didnt spend much money on these players anyway. Just treat it as a gift to the club that Boss Pei invested in! Chapter 773 - Forming a Qualifying Team Wu Yue and Manager Lu quickly went through the list and selected five members, for each position. In fact, they originally wanted to buy two players to fill in the gaps in the team. They had only three players left after all and had never thought that they would be able to amass a five-man All-Star IOI team. He felt embarrassed instead of being picky when he saw how generous Lin Chang and the other club owners were! There were even overlapping players who were quite good in the same positions. After much consideration, Wu Yue and Manager Lu decided on the final five members lineup based on their personalities, familiarity, and tacit cooperation. These players could be said to be the dream players of Wu Yue and Manager Lu previously, but they had no choice since they could not afford it. A group of young geniuses appeared in the country prior to the time when GOG was not yet pervasive throughout the domestic market and when IOI was still popular. However, most of these young geniuses were divided up by veteran clubs like SUG. They could not be bought. However, some time ago, with the rapid development of GOG, the overall decline of IOIs local server, and the establishment of the GPL league, there were fewer and fewer IOI players in the country. The environment was getting worse. The players and clubs were all thinking of retreating. The entire environment had loosened up, and the clubs were no longer refusing to let go of the players in their hands, waiting for their prices to appreciate. On the other hand, new clubs like Lin Changs club did not lack money. The GPL league players that they had formed were extremely rare. That was why they had bought a batch of IOI players, intending to slowly nurture them. Now, since the club that Boss Pei invested in did not have enough players, wouldnt the deal be done once each of these clubs produce one person each to form a team of five? In fact, for a big club like Shenhua, giving one member for free would not affect their own strength at all. In any case, these members had not had the chance to play previously. They still had to be nurtured to be able to work together. Why wouldnt he be happy if he let them return to their IOI and do Boss Pei a favor at the same time? After selecting the members, the leaders of the various clubs immediately went to communicate with the players. They all replied with a yes. That was because these clubs were very easy to talk to. They would not restrict the freedom of the players in terms of contracts. The contract said that after these players transferred to the FV Club, they would play an IOI qualifier. If they did not qualify for the international competition, they could choose to return to their previous clubs. If they qualified for the international competition, they would make a decision after the international competition. For the players, their salaries and benefits remained the same. They could play the IOI that they liked, and their teammates would be very supportive. They could even make it to the international competition. Such a world-class competition could bring about a lot of popularity and traffic. If one played well in foreign battles, they could attract a lot of fans. They could return to their original club at any time without any losses even if they did not qualify for the competition. Thus, the players readily agreed. Lin Chang smiled and said, Alright, lets sign the contract since all the players have agreed. You can take them away today. Time is tight, train them well! Wu Yue was deeply moved. He finally understood what it meant to have someone backing him. In fact, he had not thought so much at the beginning. He had only wanted to give it a try and buy two players to make up for the number of players in the team. He did not expect the club owners to be so supportive on the account of Boss Pei. These outstanding IOI players were practically given away for free. FV Club only needed to pay for their salary during the period of the qualifiers. Initially, Wu Yue had thought that the chances of FV Club emerging from the qualifiers were extremely slim. After all, the strength of the team was at that level. It was definitely not something that could be greatly improved overnight. However, now that he had an IOI celebrity team, Wu Yue was filled with confidence! While this team still needed to get used to each other but it was the same for veteran teams like SUG. FV Club would stand a chance with the rookies pecking at each other! Wu Yue and Manager Lu quickly signed the contract and met five members. The two of them shook hands with their team members, unable to hide the admiration and joy in their eyes. After Wu Yue shook their hands, he asked suspiciously, All of you have quite strong hands. He often interacted with the players in his team, but he felt that the players in his team were either too skinny or fat. However, these five players were not skinny and did not show any signs of weakness. They were all quite strong. Lin Chang smiled. Oh, theyve been training in accordance to DGEs training method for some time now. Their muscles have grown. Manager Lu looked at one of the team members. Pan Ying, can you be the captain in the future? Pan Ying had the smallest eyes in the team of five and was not good looking. However, Manager Lu knew very well that Pan Ying was only 17 years old this year and had a high rank in IOI as a passerby since a long time ago. He was a rare commander-type player who played the support position. Wu Yue and Manager Lu had already decided to let Pan Ying be the captain and lead the team when they were selecting members. Pan Ying nodded. Sure, but can I give some suggestions regarding training? Wuyue nodded. Of course! Well be a family from now on. If you have any requests, feel free to ask. Pan Ying looked at the other four members. Ill speak briefly. If you have any objections, feel free to raise them. First of all, I hope that the daily training can continue with DGE;s training and play according to GOGs training method, which will include things like zone division, visual field layout, and transferring operations. Secondly, I hope that everyone can go to the high-end section of the international server for individual training to recover their skills. Lastly, I hope to use the remaining players to organize a team of sparring partners to test out various strategies. Wu Yue nodded immediately. No problem! The FV Club originally had three members. An addition of two more members would form a sparring team, and the two teams would train faster. Manager Lu said with uncertainty, Theres no problem using GOGs training method, but is it really okay to use GOGs fighting style to play IOI? Pan Ying nodded. I think theres no problem. During this period of GOGs training competition, after studying the strategies of each team, I feel that GOGs teams have a better understanding of the game than IOIs teams. I was greatly inspired by the transfer of the line-up, the choice of lineup, and the like. The main difference between the two is in the choice of heroes, the rhythm of the game, and so on. However, there are many similarities. As long as we can make good use of these similarities and use some of GOGs tactics in IOI, we might be able to achieve a surprising victory. Manager Lu was stunned. Would that work? It might sound ridiculous as GOG and IOIs games were very different after all. However, it made sense on further thought. GOG might have been released later but the E-Sports competition was much more professional than IOI. Their overall standards improved very quickly since the DGE Club was constantly beating up other teams. There might be differences between these two games but they were still the same type of games after all with similarities in terms of operational thinking. These players had their own operations and had a good understanding of IOI. If they could integrate GOGs operational thinking and make use of it, they might be able to achieve a surprise victory? It was hard to say if they would be able to get a good ranking in the international competition. It would not be a bad idea to achieve a win in the qualifiers, right? Wu Yue nodded. Alright, no problem. We can satisfy all of these requirements. Just fight and train hard! At the same time, IOIs domestic qualifiers were also preparing nervously. The qualifiers would be held in Shanghai this time. After all, Finger Games local server headquarters and Long Yu Corporation were both in Shanghai. There were more clubs in Shanghai and the atmosphere of e-sports was thick. It was the best choice from every angle. The venue for the qualifiers was an indoor recording studio in a certain shopping mall in Shanghai. The venue was not big and could only accommodate 600 people. The renovations were almost done. It was not as impressive as the GPL, but it was passable. Ding Gan and Zhao Xuming walked two rounds around the venue and discussed about the preparation for the qualifiers. Ding Gan said, Boss Zhao, the team has been formed. Dont worry. However, our three clubs have spent a lot of money to buy people. If we dont qualify for the qualifiers, we would lose a lot Zhao Xuming smiled. Shouldnt you be confident about qualifying? Weve put pressure on those small clubs this time and got them to sell their players. Dont you think you deserve it if you cant qualify even after all this? Ding Gan laughed dryly. Thats true. The various clubs were also in a mess when they formed the team this time. While Long Yu Corporation had internally decided on three established clubs, they still had to spend a lot of money if they wanted to buy people from other clubs. They naturally had to pay a higher transfer fee since the other clubs sold their players unwillingly. The veteran clubs like the SUG were in the wrong to begin with. They could only wait to be slaughtered. However, Ding Gan and the other bosses did not think too much about it. It was not a loss to spend money to buy a chance to compete in IOI after all. Most of those small clubs had been demolished, and the three veteran clubs like SUG had been strengthened. The chances of them being eliminated in the qualifiers were slim. Ding Gan looked at the competition venue and sighed softly. Its a pity that this venue is not as good as GPLs venue. Zhao Xuming said, That cant be helped. Lets watch the international competition. Long Yu Corporation and Finger Games were not short of money, but the key was where best to spend it. Renting a venue and renovating it would cost too much money. Wouldnt it be a waste of money if they were to spend so much money but did not garner too much attention? They wouldnt be willing to spend it this way even if they had the money. Thus, Long Yu Corporation decided to choose a broadcasting studio first to make it passable. In any case, IOIs world finals would be held in the United States. It would definitely surpass GOGs finals. That would be enough. The domestic qualifiers were nothing more than a formality to allow the three teams, including SUG, to enter the international competition legitimately. Therefore, it was alright for the venue to be barely passable. Chapter 774 - Visiting The Capital December 7th, Wednesday Pei Qian sipped his coffee as he read the news on the forum in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. Thats strange. Logically speaking, IOIs qualifiers should be starting soon. Why isnt there any news online? There are a few pieces of news, but there is nothing concrete and nothing made waves at all. Pei Qian was confused. According to Shang Yang Games information, IOIs qualifiers should start within a week. That was because the start of the seasonal competition for the GPL league was this weekend. Not all clubs would be participating in this seasonal competition. It would only last three weeks. The pre-season competition was an opportunity for the club to practice and familiarize themselves so that they could adapt to the various unexpected situations in the competition in advance. The audience could watch the competition during this boring period and the prelude of the GPL league in advance. They would rest for two weeks at the end of this month. Then, around mid-January, the GPL spring competition would officially begin. At the moment, IOI was facing a huge threat from GOG. It was better overseas, especially domestically. It could be said that every action of IOIs local server depended on GOG. Even the changes to IOIs new version were based on GOG. Under these circumstances, IOIs two important competitions: the qualifiers and the world finals had to avoid GOGs competition time as much as possible. If wouldnt IOI be waiting for its popularity to be stolen if both competitions were to take place at the same time? Thus, Finger Games had set a time to finish the qualifiers in the country during this weekend and select three teams to play in the international competition. At the end of this month, they would start the world finals when the GPL seasons pre-season competition had just ended. That way, they could avoid the popularity of the GPL and its effects. Pei Qian agreed with this thinking wholeheartedly. However, Pei Qian felt that it was a pity that the qualifiers for IOI were the same as the GPLs pre-season competitions: they were all starting this weekend. It looks like Finger Games is trying very hard to avoid the GPL competition, but theres no other way. Theres not enough time. Time is very tight from the IOI Qualification Competition to the official start of the competition. It was impossible to move it forward and if this drags on, there will be GPL competitions for the next twenty days. Theres no point in dragging it on. Thats why they can only clash. Thats a little awkward. However, dates clashing aside, IOIs popularity is so low. It doesnt make sense, does it? Why isnt the official platform creating much publicity? Theres no sound at all. Isnt this giving all the popularity to the GPL? These people are too unprofessional. I have to think of a way to help them stir up popularity. Hmm how can I help? Pei Qian could not help but worry for them when he saw how low the popularity of the IOI Qualifiers was and how no one was discussing it. If IOIs popularity did not rise, how could it pose a threat to GOG? If GOGs popularity continued to soar, how were they going to lose money? Thus, Pei Qian decided to lend a helping hand to Finger Games. At the very least, he could hype up the popularity of the IOI Qualification Competition and increase the popularity of the competition. It was just a matter of spending some money on marketing; it would not cost much. Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation were both big companies that did not lack money. Why were they so stingy on this matter? Pei Qian was quite puzzled. However, on further thought, he realized that they might have been too busy in preparing for the qualifiers and had not taken the time to hype it up. Yes, that was possible. All the more reason to give them a hand. However, Pei Qian had not thought about how to help exactly. It was impossible for him to pay out of his own pocket. Pei Qian only had peanuts and could only buy fake reviewers on the internet to boast a little. Whats more, the main purpose of doing all these things was to lose money and convert into more Personal Wealth. Yet, he had to spend his Personal Wealth before he lost money. Was he crazy? Thus, he had to think of a way to make the System reimburse him. The problem was that IOIs qualifiers wAS not organized by Tengda. How could the System reimburse him? That did not make sense. Pei Qian rubbed his chin and thought hard for a long time. Suddenly, an idea struck him. Yes, didnt I just invest in an IOI club! I can do something about it! Pei Qian had just gone to Shanghai and invested in the FV Club at lightning speed. Only two days had passed since then. Spending the companys money to publicize the IOI qualifiers did not make sense and the system would not approve of it. However, wouldnt it do if he were to spend money to publicize the FV Club and the IOI qualifiers? He could spend as much money as he wanted to advertise his club. The System was very tolerant of this! While Pei Qian had once made up his mind not to interfere with the operations of the FV Club, giving them money for advertisement should not be considered as interfering with the operations, right? Of course, there was also a hidden danger in doing so. What if the FV Club became famous, gained more attention, and became profitable? However, after some thought, Pei Qian realized that the possibility of this happening was too low. It was almost negligible. What is the current situation of FV Club? They had some money, but not much. Pei Qian had only given him three million yuan. That amount of money was nothing compared to the investments of the rich clubs. There was no need to mention the players since only three of them were left, and they were not that strong. What can happen even if they are to publicize such a club with all their might? E-Sports was about results after all. Without results, no matter how much marketing one did, it would only make the audience feel disgusted and uncomfortable. On the contrary, it would speed up the loss of their audience appeal. Whats more, the chances of FV Club making it out of the qualifiers were negligible. Their popularity could not be retained even if they were to advertise like crazy now. All in all, money-burning publicity would focus only on IOI qualifiers. It would not affect FV Club much. Whats more, Pei Qian had justifiably spent a sum of money. Perfect, simply perfect! The more Pei Qian thought about it, the more it suited him. He immediately called Wu Yue, the boss of the FV Club. Hello, Boss Pei? The phone rang only a few times before being picked up. Wu Yue sounded sleepy, as if he had just woken up. Pei Qian looked at his watch. It was almost 11 in the morning. *Is he still sleeping? That means that he wakes up even later than me?* Good, Boss Pei admired such people. Pei Qian asked, Does the club have enough money to spend? Wu Yue was obviously stunned. Didnt Boss Pei invest three million yuan the day before? Why is he talking about money again today? Could it be that Boss Pei knows that I went to buy players and is worried that I dont have enough money, so he wants to give me more money? Wu Yue could not help but feel warm and moved. He quickly said, Dont worry, Boss Pei. We still have enough money. You dont have to worry about that. Pei Qian was not satisfied with this answer. How could there be enough money? This Wu Yue was obviously not honest enough. Pei Qian cleared his throat. There is obviously not enough money. If you think that you have enough money, it must be because you are not doing all that you can! How about this, Ill give you another three million yuan. However, this three million yuan will be exclusively used as a marketing budget. Use this money to publicize online. Use various channels to publicize the FV Club and the upcoming IOI qualifiers. Wu Yue was stunned for a moment. He quickly said, Boss Pei, three million yuan for marketing is too much! Im afraid it wont be very effective. It would be a waste How about this, we can use five hundred thousand yuan or one million yuan for marketing while we spend the rest elsewhere Pei Qians eyes lit up when he heard the word waste. Waste was great! It would be a real waste to use it elsewhere. Pei Qian immediately said, No, you have to spend all three million yuan on marketing and publicity. Whats more, we have to spend it all before the weekend. We cant leave a single cent! Dont ask why. Just spend it. While Pei Qian had said that he would not interfere with the daily operations of the FV Club, Wu Yue had no reason to turn him down. Wu Yue had been silent for a long time on the other end of the line. Finally, he replied reluctantly, Alright, Boss Pei. Since youve thought it through, Ill take the three million yuan for marketing. Pei Qian nodded. Yes, dont worry and spend as much as you can. Oh yes, you must remember to promote the IOI qualifiers. Pei Qian was afraid that Wu Yue would forget. He would be putting the cart before the horse if he were to publicize FV Club but not the IOI Qualifiers. Pei Qians main aim was to let more people know about the IOI Qualification Competition and create popularity for IOI after all. Wu Yue: Alright, Boss Pei, I understand! Wu Yue sat up in bed after hanging up. He rushed back from Jingzhou with a few players in the middle of the night and had also arranged accommodations for his team members. They had spent almost the entire night settling down and had only just fallen asleep at six in the morning. He did not expect to be woken up by Boss Peis call in the afternoon and for another three million yuan to fall onto his lap. Wu Yue was no longer sleepy. He got out of bed and washed his face. Afterwhich, he immediately called Manager Lu and explained the three million yuan marketing budget in detail. Manager Lu had just woken up and was as confused as Wu Yue. Boss Pei gave us another three million yuan? Whats more, he specifically said that this is only for marketing expenses? We can only spend it on marketing? Manager Lu also felt that this was a little ridiculous. Why was Boss Pei so good to FV Club? Other than the possibility that Boss Pei was actually Boss Wus long-lost father, it did not make sense. Wu Yue said, I made a rough deduction based on Boss Peis tone and recent events. Listen and let me know if you think this is possible? The first thing Boss Pei asked me was if I had enough money. He must have found out about us buying players. If thats the case, Boss Pei must be giving us money to spend elsewhere. Our teams current strength is already considered very good in IOIs e-sports circle. Our results would have to depend on the teams adaptability. However, it would definitely not be a problem to compete with those strong teams. Since we already have a certain level of strength, what our club lacks the most at the moment is obviously popularity and fame! Boss Pei specially gave us a sum of marketing funds to remind us that it was the right time to generate popularity and heat. Manager Lu was stunned for a moment. But Boss Wu, the IOI qualifiers have not started. We are not sure that they will be able to qualify either. Wouldnt the other clubs benefit for nothing if we are to generate heat now but not win the competition? Wu Yue shook his head. There is such a risk, but we have to take it. Whats the point of doing publicity after weve confirmed that weve made it? The competition would be almost over, and the heat would be over! We have to publicize and warm up before the competition starts so that netizens will pay attention to the competition and our club. That way, we can gain more popularity after our team members achieve results. As for the possibility of benefiting others I can only say that this risk must be taken. Boss Pei should be very clear about this as well. Thats why he repeatedly instructed us to spend all the money within a week. Isnt he reminding us to create the hype before the game starts? Manager Lu suddenly understood. Thats true. Then, Ill start preparing the publicity for FV Club and IOI qualifiers! Pei Qian put the E-Sports matter aside and stopped worrying after calling Wu Yue. Even though he had spent three million yuan to promote IOI, Pei Qian did not have high hopes for the qualifiers. It would be best if they could generate popularity and help IOI fight back, but it did not matter even if they could not generate popularity. The worst case scenario would be that the IOI qualifiers would still not be popular. However, three million yuan was already spent in Pei Qians eyes. Pei Qian began to think about Beijing again. At the moment, Pei Qian was more concerned about two projects in Beijing. The first was Qiu Hongs independent game incubation base, and the second was Meng Changs Cold-Faced Lady. The independent game incubation base had been officially operating for half a month. Pei Qian had not been there even once and was completely unaware of the situation there. For some reason, he felt a little uneasy. What if there were actually some money to be made in these independent games? What if the income from two or three games completely covered the losses of other games and the expenses of the incubation base? What if there were even profits? Pei Qian knew his own character very well. It was not impossible, and it was very likely. Thus, he was inexplicably worried. However, Pei Qian could not personally go and take a look because the Destitution Plan and the incubation base had nothing to do with Tengda at the moment. Wouldnt Pei Qian be exposing himself if he went? Once the Destitution Plan project was linked to Tengda Corporation, all sorts of capable, ambitious, and independent game producers would come to seek refuge. Then, the chances of this project losing money would be greatly reduced. The other project was the Cold-Faced Lady. Pei Qian had invested a lot of money into this project. It was impossible for him not to be worried. It would be fine if he made a loss on such a project, however, it was precisely this type of projects that would go on to become unicorns if they were to succeed. Pei Qian also felt uneasy since he had never been there personally. Thus, Pei Qian decided to send someone to take a look after much thought. That person would make a trip to Beijing and check out the incubation base for the Destitution Plan and then check out Cold-Faced Ladys shop and gather some information before reporting back to him. It might not be useful, but at least he could feel more at ease. However, the question was, who should he send? The most important thing about this person was honesty. This person should not be too subjective in his or her judgment, and it would be best if he or she was not in charge of the various departments. It was not a big deal to delay the departments work, but it would be bad if the two projects were to be linked after this. Thus, after some consideration, Pei Qian quickly decided on the best candidate. He would send Little Tang! Until now, Tang Yishu had no other work to do apart from managing the students meetings and feeding the cats. He did not need to worry about any possibility of linked effect from her journey to Beijing. Whats more, Tang Yishus presence in Tengda Corporation was very weak. Even if she appeared in an independent game incubation base, no one would be able to guess the relationship between Tengda and the incubation base. Apart from that, Tang Yishu was observing as a third party. She did not have any relevant professional knowledge and should be able to get rid of some subjective factors and see the actual situation of the independent incubation base and the cold-faced lady. The more Pei Qian thought about it, the more appropriate it seemed. He gave Tang Yishu a call. Hello? Senior. Tang Yishu lowered her voice. Im in the study room. Give me a moment, Ill head outside. A moment later, Tang Yishus voice returned to normal. Senior, Im out. Whats the matter? Pei Qian went straight to the point. I want you to make a trip to Beijing over the next two days to help me with something. Our company has some business in Beijing at the moment. You can go take a look and report to me when you return. Tang Yishu sounded shocked. Huh? S-Senior, I dont think I can do it. Im afraid of traveling Pei Qian had already expected this. Its alright. This time, Ill get Little Sun, who has the best driving skills in the company and another driver to accompany you. Before you set off, theyll carefully inspect the car from beginning to end to ensure that nothing goes wrong on the way. When Qiu Hong receives you, you dont have to worry about anything. You just have to inspect it for me and then reflect on what you saw. Pei Qian knew very well that Tang Yishus luck was a little strange. However, her bad luck only appeared on small matters such as accidentally tripping on her way out or bugs appearing in the program. Tang Yishu had never encountered life-threatening danger before. She was not a local in Jingzhou and had never met with a train derailment even though she traveled all the way here to study. Thus, there was nothing much to worry about. It would be alright as long as Little Sun was extra careful. Tang Yishu was still a little reluctant. But Senior, its almost exam week. I still have to revise Pei Qian smiled slightly. Its alright, its only for two days. Two days without revision would not affect you much with your calibre. It wouldnt affect your scholarship. Every time he mentioned this, Pei Qian would be especially envious of these super geniuses. Why did Tang Yishu score very well every time while he had to work so hard to pass? This world was so unfair! Tang Yishu hesitated for a moment but finally agreed. Ill make a trip then. However, I dont know anything and I might not be able to see any problems Pei Qian smiled. It doesnt matter. Only people like you who dont know anything can see some details. You dont have to study on purpose or care about what others say. Just observe and then tell me what you have observed based on your first impression. Oh right. Take note of the situation at the incubation base. Overtime is strictly not allowed. If they dont work overtime, take a look at their working conditions. If they are doing well, force them to play games. They must play for at least ten hours a week! Pei Qian had learnt to be smart now. He realized that he could no longer control these people by limiting their working hours. While many departments only had a short working time, their efficiency was very high. Their progress had not fallen behind at all! Therefore, apart from working hours, he had to pay attention to the working conditions of the independent game designers in the incubation base. If their working conditions were off the charts, he had to take some measures. Tang Yishu answered, Alright, Senior. December 8th, Thursday At the headquarters of the Long Yu Corporation, the person-in-charge of IOIs operations and cooperation department, Zhao Xuming, the person-in-charge of IOIs local server, Chrtien, and the relevant staff were having a meeting. Chrtien introduced Finger Games headquarters to everyone. The headquarters are currently preparing for the IOI World Finals. The finals will be held in Los Angeles this time and the venue is still being prepared. It should be completed by the end of this month. The qualifiers from all over the world should be launched very soon to determine the participants of the international competition. The competition time for the international competition is temporarily set to be on the 24th of this month. The competition will officially begin on Saturday, which is the day of Christmas Eve. It will end on January 15th. This competition basically does not coincide with the GPL competition. This is also my suggestion to the headquarters. Our global finals will definitely not be any less popular than the GPL league in any way, however, there is indeed no need for us to go head to head with them considering the special circumstances of our local server. A lapse in timing could ensure that the popularity of the finals would be maximized. On top of that, deep innovations in IOIs gameplay are still underway. The next goal of the headquarters is to further absorb the advantages of the gameplay in GOG. I will fight against the public opinion and request to use the modified version in the finals to compete. I want to show the worlds players, especially the Chinese players, our determination. Boss Zhao, hows Long Yu Corporation doing? Zhao Xuming replied, Everything is going smoothly at Long Yu Corporation. The progress is perfect! Domestic players have accumulated a lot of resentment some time ago, because of the low-priced region and the changes to the game. However, we are beginning to see the effect of dragging it out. Targeted compensation given to old gamers temporarily appeased their anger. As for the new version, while there were some changes to the gameplay, many old gamers did not resist it after adapting for a period of time. I believe that as time passes, they will slowly accept it. Of course, we cannot be blindly optimistic about the current situation. There are still some old gamers who are less active. However, this is not a big deal. As long as the global finals are done and IOIs popularity rises, these old gamers will definitely return. The local clubs are already foolproof. Long Yu Corporation has collaborated with three veteran clubs to help strengthen their team. These three veteran clubs are famous clubs in the country. They are currently the strongest, and there is no problem for them to fight their way out of the qualifiers. The other clubs have also gotten quite a good transfer fee by buying players. They can also play a supporting role when they participate in the qualifiers. This can be considered a win-win situation for the small clubs, big clubs, and us, the organizers. All in all, we are ready for the IOI World Finals! Chrtien nodded. Yes. Is there a FV club among the three clubs you mentioned? Zhao Xuming was stunned. Huh? No. FV Club is a small club. Its not famous. Even if they were to participate in the qualifiers, they could only be a sidekick. Their skills are very far from the pros. Chrtien could not help but frown, slightly stunned. Obviously, both parties had deviations on their information. Then why is this FV Club spending their own money to advertise for the qualifiers? I thought this was an idea from Long Yu Corporation. Chrtien said. Zhao Xuming was confused. When did this happen? Why didnt I know about it? Chrtien was a little unhappy. Since yesterday, Boss Zhao doesnt seem to be very well-informed. Zhao Xuming quickly explained, Ive been busy for the past two days and didnt pay much attention to this. He turned to his subordinate. Do you know about this? The subordinate nodded. I know. Actually, the publicity only appeared yesterday afternoon and evening. Ive already sorted out the relevant content. I wanted to report to you later today. The subordinate quickly took the initiative to take the blame seeing that the atmosphere was not right. Zhao Xuming said coldly, Give it to me now! The subordinate quickly stood up and left. A moment later, he returned with a set of documents and handed them to Zhao Xuming. Zhao Xuming took it and quickly scanned through it. From the report, the FV Club had done publicity in many places, including live-stream platforms, video websites, forums, and so on. Apart from buying hot searches and advertisements, there were also signs of fake reviewers under these topics. It had indeed greatly increased its popularity, but all of these marketing activities were limited to the domestic IOI qualifiers and FV Club. Whats more, since the FV Club itself was not very famous, they had to use the IOI World Finals for marketing. Therefore, FV Club was not the most important part of the publicity. It was no wonder that Chrtien thought that Long Yu Corporation had instructed the FV Club to do these marketing activities. Zhao Xuming was confused. What was happening? The emperor was not anxious, but the eunuch was? Long Yu Corporation did not deliberately publicize IOIs qualifiers in the country mainly because there was no need to waste money on it. There were only a few teams participating in the domestic qualifiers. Other than the three veteran clubs like SUG, the other teams were just there to accompany the players. They had already been confirmed when the teams chose their players. Whats more, the qualifiers would not attract much attention in the country. There would not be many people watching the competition either. The Long Yu Corporation did not plan to spend too much money on the field. They had only found a recording studio to make do with it and thought that it would be over after a walk. Why spend so much money on marketing under such circumstances? The audience would come in to take a look when the game became popular. That was it for the stage? That was the standard of the game? It was too far from GPL! It might not have a good effect even if he were to spend money. Thus, Zhao Xuming did not forget to publicize the game, he deliberately did not want to publicize it too widely. He just had to go through the motions and send the three veteran teams to the international competition. Then, he would do his best to publicize and generate popularity during the international competition. Money had to be spent wisely. However, FV Club paid for the publicity unexpectedly! Zhao Xuming was confused. The qualifiers had nothing to do with them. It would have been fine if the clubs like SUG were to pay for publicity. After all, they would be able to obtain real popularity and traffic. However, the FV Club was just there to accompany them. Wouldnt it be a waste of money to advertise? Chrtien became unhappy when he saw Zhao Xumings confused expression. He gently knocked on the table and said, Boss Zhao, the situation with FV Club is not of very good influence. We dont have enough publicity on our own. Many players actually obtained information from the FV Club, since theres no news from the official platform. That makes us look unprofessional! I originally thought that you were the one who instigated the publicity of the FV Club. I thought that you were not professional in this matter. However, I did not expect you to not know about this at all. This is even more unprofessional! We have never asked about the domestic qualifiers due to our trust in Longyu Corporation. However, the current situation seems to be letting us down, right? The corners of Zhao Xumings mouth twitched. He was speechless. How unlucky! According to the original plan, they would just casually organize the domestic qualifiers. It would be fine as long as the scene was passable. The teams were all internally decided, and no one would watch them. Why would they create such a huge scene? It would not be too late to save the money and wait for the international competition to kickstart. The official platform was in a difficult position now that FV Club was doing this. Players would think that IOIs official publicity was worse than a clubs. They would definitely think that Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation were unprofessional. For example, the Long Yu Corporation was like a department leader. Initially, they had brought all their members along to slack off. Others could not tell, but they could feel that this department was not very impressive. In the end, someone in the department suddenly worked hard as if they were on steroids and worked overtime every day. Everyone else in the department was exposed and became a bunch of useless people waiting to die. The person-in-charge of the department would definitely be scolded the most. Zhao Xuming quickly said, Dont worry, theres still time to salvage the situation! The competition will only start on Saturday. There are still two days left. We will invest some resources into promoting IOIs qualifiers. That way, players will think that FV Club has only obtained insider information in advance. They will not think that we are unprofessional. Whats more, we should be able to achieve a good effect by doing publicity now with FV Clubs publicity. Only then did Chrtien nod in satisfaction. It would be best if you can salvage the situation. I believe in your professional abilities. On the surface, Zhao Xuming looked calm and relaxed. However, he was cursing in his heart. Why was this FV looking for trouble? They were harming others without benefiting themselves! This time, Long Yu Corporation would have to fork out another huge sum of money to invest in the qualifiers. Not only did they have to spend money on advertising and marketing, but they also had to hurry up with the construction of the competition venue and make it more gaudy, right? With more attention on the game, there would definitely be more players who would nitpick. If the venue was not good enough, it would definitely lower the level of the competition and be more embarrassing. Of course, the game would start in two days. Time was of the essence, and it would be too late to change the venue. He could only purchase some decorations to improve the venues effect as much as possible. Zhao Xuming still could not understand why FV Club had nothing better to do than to spend money to promote themselves, but he did not have the time to think about it. After all, time was of the essence. The competition would begin in two days. Zhao Xuming had to focus all his energy on preparing for the qualifiers. At the same time, in Beijing Tang Yishu alighted from the car and stepped carefully into the capital. This was her first time here. Nothing had happened to her even though she had been frightened on the way. However, that did not make Tang Yishu feel at ease. Instead, she felt more dangerous. Perhaps it was because the safety measures had been done so well that bad luck had not found an opportunity to take advantage of. She did not know which breakthrough point bad luck would find that would suddenly explode with the accumulation. Little Sun drove the car directly to the hotel parking lot. Qiu Hong had already helped to book a room and was waiting in the lobby. According to the schedule, they would eat something at noon and rest for a while. In the afternoon, he would bring her to the independent game incubation base. They would visit the Cold-Faced Lady the next day and return to Jingzhou in the afternoon. Qiu Hong looked at the mechanical watch in his hand and guessed that it was about time. Two minutes later, he looked up and saw Tang Yishu at the hotel entrance. The two drivers were like bodyguards, one on the left and one on the right, carefully protecting her safety. However, the automatic revolving door at the entrance of the hotel suddenly stopped for some unknown reason. The three of them froze on the spot. Qiu Hong quickly opened the side door. Little Tang, right? Come here! Tang Yishu and the two drivers had no choice but to walk through the side door. However, as soon as they entered the lobby, the revolving door at the entrance of the hotel returned to normal. Qiu Hong did not pay much attention to it. He thought that it was just an accident and shook hands with Tang Yishu. Youve had a long journey, the three of you must be tired from it. Heres the itinerary: Well have a simple meal nearby, and then the three of you can go back to the hotel to rest at noon. Well gather in the lobby at two in the afternoon. Ill bring everyone to the incubation base to take a look. The time now is Eh? Qiu Hong subconsciously raised his wrist to look at the time. However, he realized that the mechanical watch that had been working just now was no longer moving. He was a little confused. He had been wearing this watch for a few years, and there had not been any major problems. He had just received a message on it a few minutes ago. Why did it stop all of a sudden? Tang Yishu looked up at the sky in embarrassment, pretending that nothing had happened. At noon, at the independent game incubation base Wu Zhicheng was having a meal with a few new independent game designers in the resting area. See, I told you that Fish-Catching Take-Outs tomato eggs are very delicious, right? Theyre different from the ones made in restaurants outside, right? Fish-Catching Take-Outs food is absolutely healthy. Huh? Work plan? Dont worry about that. Its not necessary to complete by the dateline. It can be adjusted. If you feel like you have anything new to add, feel free to look for Xi Hao. Dont be afraid of him. Dont treat Xi Hao as your boss or manager. Hes just the boss of the service department. He wont interfere with the project. Hell only plan the work according to your ideas. How the project is done depends on you. Come, eat more. Wu Zhicheng was like an old veteran, showing meticulous care for the new independent game designers, even though he had only been here for less than a month. At first, Wu Zhicheng thought that he would not be able to adapt to this kind of collective work. However, after coming here, he realized that it was completely different! After coming here, the development of Black Ink and Clouds could only be described as progressing by leaps and bounds. Wu Zhicheng also thought deeply about the difference. Now that he recalled, thinking that he was efficient developing games at home previously was all an illusion. That was because he would often be distracted by trivial matters when working at home. For example, what to do with the art resources in a certain part of the game, and what to do if he suddenly realized that the entire framework was unclear when he was halfway through the checkpoint. He would have to redo everything. Similar situations often happened because Wu Zhicheng did not plan the entire project meticulously and comprehensively. Moreover, these trivial matters would indeed distract him. However, after coming to this incubation base, everyone else was in charge of these small matters. Wu Zhicheng himself only needed to seriously think about creativity and design. Naturally, his efficiency increased a lot. Many independent game designers could not make it because of this problem. There were specializations in the industry. Even within the planning department, there were different types of work such as designing and modifying the gameplay, raising the art requirements, and planning and development progress. It was very difficult for anyone to be well-versed in all of them. If he was not good at a certain part, he would have to spend a lot of energy to fill that shortcoming. However, with the help of the incubation base, independent game designers like Wu Zhicheng only had to be in charge of creating creativity and game design. The other jobs had professionals helping them. With such a detailed division of labor, the efficiency was naturally greatly improved. Initially, Wu Zhicheng was a little afraid of socializing and worried that he might run into problems in the workplace. However, after spending some time together, he realized that he was worrying for nothing! As the person-in-charge of the administrative department, Xi Hao was very clear about the positioning of his own department: this was just a service department. Thus, there was no issue of who was in charge of whom. Naturally, there were no twists and turns in the workplace. On the contrary, these independent game designers had been screened by Qiu Hong previously. They varied in capabilities but their personalities were rather simple. Thus, they did not do much mutual deception and were naturally closer to each other. Wu Zhicheng realized that there were very few people in the world who were completely autistic and did not want to communicate with others. Many people looked so autistic and socially fearful because they were in a circle that was not suitable for them. Wu Zhicheng was now in a circle that suited him very well. Thus, he was very happy every day and his personality became much more cheerful. Everyone was having lunch happily when Xi Hao walked in. Boss Qiu might be bringing people over to take a look in the afternoon. Im letting you know in advance, consider it an inspection. Xi Hao said. Wu Zhicheng was stunned. Is there anything that we need to prepare in advance? Wu Zhicheng might have very little official work experience in companies but he had seen the inspection by leaders before. Usually, they had to make preparations in advance to leave a good impression on the leaders. To be honest, Wu Zhicheng had always been very curious about who the boss behind the incubation base was, but he had never gotten a definite answer. On the surface, Qiu Hong was in charge of everything. However, there were rumors that Qiu Hong was not the real boss. There was someone else behind the entire plan. He wondered if the person who came to inspect this time was the real boss? Xi Hao shook his head. Theres no need to prepare anything in advance. We just have to show our true colors. We are strictly following Boss Qius instructions. The eight-hour work schedule might not be long, but everyones work is very serious and fulfilling. In fact, it is even better than 996 for many companies. I think it should be enough as long as everyone shows this serious and responsible working attitude as usual. Chapter 775 - Too Many Mishaps Xi Hao gave a few simple instructions before going back to work. Boss Qiu did not say much about this inspection. He did not even ask them to prepare in advance. Xi Hao subconsciously wanted to prepare, but on further thought, what could he prepare for? Everyones working conditions were not bad. They were positive and full of emotions. The development of each project was going smoothly. Even if some projects were not progressing on schedule, it was because they had better ideas to modify the development plan. In short, Xi Hao felt that the incubation base was working perfectly. There was nothing to hide. The only problem was that he did not work overtime, which made him seem less hardworking. However, Boss Qiu never advocated overtime. Since Boss Qiu did not advocate it, the leaders who came to inspect should not advocate it as well, right? Therefore, Xi Hao did not arrange for everyone to make any sudden preparations. He was relieved when he walked around and saw that the independent game designers and employees of the administrative department were working hard. The inspections this time were probably just for show. The leaders of the inspections would walk around, ask a few questions, and give some irrelevant suggestions and suggestions. That would be all. At 2: 30 PM, Qiu Hong led Tang Yishu to the independent incubation base of the Destitution Plan. The two drivers followed Tang Yishu carefully like bodyguards, always on guard against any possible dangers. Wu Zhicheng saw Qiu Hong and Tang Yishu from afar. However, he did not realize that this young lady was the leader who had come to inspect. She was too young. Wu Zhicheng highly doubted that she was even twenty years old. Whats more, she looked timid and obedient; more like a schoolgirl walking with her head lowered. She did not look like a leader at all. However, she looked like someone of high status judging from Qiu Hongs attitude towards her and the two bodyguards behind her, who looked like they were facing a formidable enemy. Could it be the beloved daughter of Boss Qius rich backer? Many scenes from novels appeared in Wu Zhichengs mind. While he was a little surprised, Wu Zhicheng felt much more relieved after seeing Tang Yishus true face. Initially, he was naturally a little resistant to things like inspection by the leaders. He was afraid that he would meet those unreasonable, brainless leaders who would ask some brainless questions and make some brainless suggestions in order to make their presence known. In the end, it was just a timid little girl who looked very easy to talk to. Wu Zhicheng felt much better, feeling that this inspection was probably just a formality. What could a young lady like her know about game design? She must be just taking a quick look. Boss Qiu would be able to get over it with a few words. When Xi Hao saw Qiu Hong and Tang Yishu, he rushed forward. Boss Qiu! Qiu Hong introduced, This is Little Tang, the representative of the donor of the Destitution Plan project. This is the person-in-charge of the daily operations of the incubation base, Xi Hao. Qiu Hong felt that Tang Yishu had to be a person-in-charge in Tengda if she could be the special envoy to inspect the work, right? Logically speaking, she should have a position when addressing her. However, he could not tell what Tang Yishus position in Tengda was because Boss Pei did not mention it. Thus, he could only vaguely introduce them. Xi Hao quickly extended his hand. Nice to meet you, nice to meet you. Tang Yishu was afraid that her luck would stain someone else again, but she felt that it would be impolite not to shake his hand. Thus, she reluctantly extended her hand and shook it. My name is Tang Yishu. Please call me Little Tang. Xi Hao was quite happy to see that the leader who came to inspect did not put on any airs. He quickly said, Alright, let me introduce the daily work of the incubation base. Please follow me. Xi Hao led Tang Yishu and Qiu Hong around the incubation base and briefly introduced them. This is our resting area, lunch, daily meetings, reception, and so on are conducted here. This is the administrative area. Our administrative department is mainly in charge of planning the game development plan and various supporting services. Apart from being in charge of the daily operations of the incubation base, we also have a lot of work to do. Our lunch is delivered by a Fish-Catching Take-Out nearby. The coffee and drinks were provided for free. As for the development of the games, they are going smoothly at the moment. The fastest game might be released next month. The slower ones might have to wait another three to five months. The capacity of each game is different, and the development time would be different. Xi Hao briefly explained all aspects of the incubation base. During this process, Tang Yishu listened intently and nodded frequently but did not raise any questions. Initially, Xi Hao had intended to give a simple introduction, he was sure that Tang Yishu would definitely ask him questions, which he would answer in detail. Unexpectedly, Tang Yishu only listened and nodded after this round. She had no intention of asking any questions. That was a little awkward because it would only take about ten minutes for the entire incubation base to be introduced. The other party had traveled all the way from Jingzhou to the capital. They could not possibly leave in ten minutes, right? However, the entire incubation base had been introduced and Tang Yishu did not ask any questions. Xi Hao felt that it was a little strange for him to take the initiative to introduce it in detail from the beginning again. Xi Hao quickly thought of something as he noticed that the situation was a little awkward. Why dont I ask the producers to show you a few DEMOs with higher completion rates? Xi Hao was impressed with himself. There was nothing special about the incubation base, but there were many independent games! These independent games had not been officially released yet and had only completed a portion of them, it was not a problem for them to be displayed as DEMO. If he showed these DEMOs, it would show that the incubation bases work was very effective. Boss Qiu would also feel proud. Tang Yishu said uncertainty, Theres no need if its very troublesome Xi Hao quickly said, No trouble, no trouble! Come, this way please. Old Yu, pull out the DEMO of your game. Yes, the stable demo that was just completed a while ago. An independent game designer with a beard beside him immediately switched on the game editor and pulled out his games demo. Xi Hao walked up to take a quick look. There was nothing wrong with the DEMO interface. He looked at Tang Yishu and pointed to the seat. Please take a seat. This was a stable demo with fewer bugs. There would also be different versions of the game during the development process. In order to prevent irreversible bugs from appearing in the game, the new versions would not immediately replace the old versions after they were developed or developed. Instead, many versions would be saved. After each version was completed, they would repeatedly modify it to ensure that there were no major malignant bugs before continuing the development of the next version. This DEMO was a stable version. It could run smoothly after a few revisions of bugs. Of course, Xi Hao was afraid that a bunch of malignant bugs would appear halfway through the game and leave a bad impression on the other party. Thus, he chose a stable version of the game DEMO. Tang Yishu sat on the chair and picked up the controller on the table awkwardly. She did not play many games normally. Whats more, her reaction was a little slow and her hands were a little weak. That was why her grip on the controller was a little stiff. Xi Hao was a little surprised. Why did the sponsor of the Destitution Plan seem like she did not know how to play games? However, he did not say anything. He only briefly introduced the games operation method and which skills each key corresponded to. Tang Yishu gently pushed the joystick. The little person on the screen took a few steps and jumped on the spot. However, before the first monster was defeated a notification popped up on the game window. Error! Both Xi Hao and Old Yu widened their eyes in disbelief. Wasnt this a stable version of the DEMO? There were no more malignant bugs after revising it more than a dozen times, right? Xi Hao looked at Old Yu, that gaze meant: Whats going on? Why did you drop the ball at the critical moment? Old Yu was also very innocent. He spread his hands, meaning: How the hell would I know! This stable demo had not been revised for a long time. Everything was working fine previously. The atmosphere was a little awkward when the error came on. Xi Hao quickly said, Small bugs, small bugs. These are unavoidable problems during the development of the game. Old Yu, quickly take a screenshot of this bug and edit it as soon as possible. Dont let it affect the official version. Old Yu nodded. Aye! No problem. Tang Yishu played with the controller while Old Yu stood at the side and used the mouse to take the screenshot. He quickly created a new form to record the bug to await for further edits. Then, he closed the error window and resumed the game. Tang Yishu entered the game again. This time, there were no bugs after running for a minute. Xi Hao wiped the sweat off his forehead and said, Look, that was a small bug that appeared out of nowhere. It doesnt appear every time. Today should be a coincidence. There should be no prob Before he could finish his sentence, he saw the small person on the screen being beaten to death by a group of small monsters. However, there was no new option to choose from. The game flow was stuck. Xi Hao: Erm This time, there was no need for him to say anything more. Old Yu quickly took screenshots, recorded down, and restarted the game in one go. The entire process did not take more than a minute. Xi Hao was speechless. Please continue. Half an hour later, Tang Yishu finally managed to get through the short DEMO. However, there were at least fifteen lines on the form and a bunch of screenshots of bugs on the table on Old Yus side. Xi Hao was a little ashamed and did not dare to look Qiu Hong in the eye. What a mess! He had wanted to show Little Tang the game developed by the incubation base, but it turned out that he had developed bugs! The fifteen bugs made Old Yu dizzy. The bugs here were all different in severity. Some were directly reported wrongly and quit the game. Some were wrong renderings and affected the visual effect. Some would only cause the game to be stuck, but they could still continue playing. However, no matter whether the bug was serious or not, they had to be repaired. Old Yu had originally felt good about himself. He had thought that there would be no problem with this stable DEMO display. However, he had no idea why everything was so bad today, those bugs that only appeared occasionally happened all at once! Xi Hao said awkwardly, This should be an accident. Were not very lucky. Come and take a look at this game instead. It shouldnt be a problem. Little Zhou, open your game. Xi Hao was eager to get back, to prove that not all the games in the incubation base were trash; there were still games that could be played. However, Little Zhou scratched his head and said in embarrassment, Brother Hao, for some reason, I cant open this game Xi Hao felt light-headed. Wasnt everything fine this morning? Why cant it be opened? Little Zhou looked innocent. I dont know either! I didnt change anything! Xi Hao was speechless. Hurry up and check! At that moment, the entire independent game incubation base was in chaos. There were many bugs in independent games in the first place. That was because there was usually insufficient manpower for independent games. Testing bugs or revising the bugs were usually not done in a timely fashion. However, these independent game designers were already used to it. Some experienced independent game designers would choose more mature and complete proposals to reduce the existence of hidden bugs. Moreover, after arriving at the incubation base, producers and employees of the administrative department would often play each others games and find bugs for each other. Thus, there were much fewer bugs compared to before. These independent game designers had always been in a peaceful time state. They felt that there were not many bugs in their game. At the very least, it would not be a problem for them to run smoothly. In the end, everyone was slapped in the face today! All sorts of strange bugs kept popping up. All the game designers felt like they were stuck in a rainstorm. It was as if all the bad luck in the world concentrated their attacks today! Wu Zhicheng was filled with confidence about his Black Ink and Clouds and wanted to show it off to this little girl of the inspection team. However, he had secretly played it and discovered a huge bunch of bugs! There were many bugs that he had never seen before. It seemed like they had been lurking around since the beginning of the production of Black Ink and Clouds. They had been hidden for several versions before they were suddenly exposed today. Wu Zhicheng was doused with cold water and fell silent. How could he show this off? Stop embarrassing yourself and quickly change the bugs! He did not dare to let down his guard against the hidden bugs anymore. Fortunately, they had been exposed during the development process. If they had remained hidden until the game was released and a vicious bug had erupted, wouldnt he be cursed to death by the players? The game that he had worked so hard to create over the past few months would be ruined by such a bug. That would be too unfair. The atmosphere in the incubation base quickly turned from lively to serious, and then from serious to devastation. Countless bugs ruthlessly pierced through these producers fantasies, making them feel less confident. Xi Hao was a little embarrassed as well. He had wanted to showcase the results of the incubation base, but he had failed. Little Tang did not look angry and continued to look kind, Xi Hao, however, felt immense pressure. It looked like he would have to focus on the game test in the future. At the current level, it was still far from being released online! Since there was no more game to play. Why dont we go to the resting area and have some coffee? Xi Hao suggested. Tang Yishu nodded. Alright. Everyone came to the resting area and ordered a cup of coffee each. Xi Hao was apologetic. Im really sorry about today. I dont know why, but all the bugs managed to appear today! However, dont worry, our attitude towards modifying the bugs is definitely not a problem. These bugs will be fixed very soon. In the future, we will also put in 120% effort to test them a few more times to minimize the existence of bugs. Er do you have any other questions? I can answer them all. Tang Yishu had wanted to say that there were no other questions, but she suddenly recalled Pei Qians instructions before she left. She quickly said, I want to ask, hows your work efficiency? Work efficiency? Xi Hao answered immediately. Of course, the work efficiency is very, very high! Our administrative department helped the producers solve their worries so that they could focus on designing the gameplay. Since it is their interest and the most creative work of every game designer is fully unleashed Xi Hao finally found a suitable place for himself to express himself and began to talk. His words were slightly exaggerated but that was actually not much of a problem. The incubation base had indeed provided an environment for independent game designers to create with peace of mind. It had greatly increased their work efficiency. This was the consensus of all game designers. Xi Hao explained his point of view in detail and used various details to prove that the incubation base was very efficient. He noticed that Tang Yishu had been listening intently the entire time. She kept nodding, obviously moved by his words. Xi Hao could not help but feel a little proud. After all, he was the person-in-charge of the administrative department. Shouldnt he be praised? However, after listening to Xi Hao, Tang Yishu said, It sounds like there are serious problems with your daily workflow. In the future, force all employees to take ten hours of working time each week to play games. That must be during working hours and cannot take up the rest time after work. Huh? Xi Hao uttered in surprise. He almost thought that he had heard wrongly. Why did high efficiency indicate serious problems with daily workflow? The solution was to force them to play games during working hours? They had to play ten hours a week? Tang Yishu spoke without much confidence because she was only repeating what Pei Qian said before. Pei Qian had mentioned that everyone should be forced to play games as long as the working environment in the incubation base was very efficient. They had to play ten hours a week. As for why they had to play games when their work efficiency was high? Tang Yishu naturally did not understand since Pei Qian did not mention it. The silent Qiu Hong suddenly looked up. Little Tang, do you think that Xi Haos description of high efficiency might not be a good thing? Xi Hao was stunned. Huh? Why isnt it a good thing to be efficient? Qiu Hong explained, According to conventional thinking, it would definitely be better if the work efficiency is higher. However, pure efficiency might not be a good thing in some artistic and creative works. Game design is also a type of art creation. Sometimes, it relies heavily on inspiration. Most of the time, a persons mind would be stuck at a dead end. When one is stuck at a dead end, a persons mind would be highly focused and their work efficiency would increase significantly. However, the final product might not be good. Take these game designers for example. They are very invested and efficient in their work, but it is precisely because of this that they might fall into a state of stubborness. They would focus all their energy on their own game, blindly believe that their current approach is the best, and ignore some better possibilities. The mandatory requirement for everyone to play more games is for everyone to be able to walk out of their own little circle while maintaining their efficiency. They would be able to see how other games are done and learn from the masses. They might be able to inspire others. I think thats what Little Tang meant. Realization dawned on Xi Hao. I see, I understand now! Ill start organizing everyone to play games together to gather inspiration and material! Tang Yishu could not help but nod after hearing Qiu Hongs words. So that was what Senior meant! Senior is so awesome! He had predicted and planned everything in advance! The inspection of the incubation base was finally over. Qiu Hong took out his cell phone and glanced at the time. He said to Tang Yishu, Lets call it a day then. Well go to Lady Cold Faces place tomorrow at 9 AM. December 9th, Friday morning. Meng Chang instructed the employees and the cleaning auntie to do their own jobs in the flagship store of the Cold-Faced Lady. The entire store, including the kitchen, was cleaned. At the same time, the tables and chairs in the store were neatly arranged. The long term Cold-Faced Lady was a Chinese fast food brand. Of course, they also sold breakfast. It was five in the morning. While they had already done a round of cleaning after the closing last night, Meng Chang was still worried. He arrived early in the morning and checked the shop one last time before opening it for business. He wanted to ensure that the shop was in its best state. Meng Chang did not know that Tang Yishu had come to the capital. He did not clean for her today, but for the few investors who were here for inspection. Tang Yishu had coincidentally bumped into these investors. It started from the time when Meng Chang received six million yuan from Dream Realization Ventures. Meng Chang did not dare to divulge that the six million yuan had been obtained from Tengda because of Boss Peis request. However, Meng Chang was very smart. Naturally, he had other ways to pass this information to the investors. Many investors had already extended an olive branch to Meng Chang before Pei Qian decided to invest six million yuan. However, Meng Chang rejected all of them. That was because the terms of the investment were too harsh on him. They were either valuation adjustment mechanism agreements or locked up the founders shares. It was very unfriendly to him. The investors did not insist nor give up immediately after Meng Chang rejected them. Instead, they maintained a neutral attitude and continued to observe. They were waiting for the Cold-Faced Lady to run into financial problems. Now, all investors could tell that Meng Chang was a founder who was passionate about burning money for marketing. It would not be able to sustain Meng Changs speed of burning even if the Cold-Faced Lady could turn its losses into profits. Of course, this was not a bad thing because Meng Chang was good at marketing. He had indeed burned money to forcibly instill the Cold Faced Lady brand into his customers. Not only was this money not a loss, it was very profitable. This was in line with internet marketing in the eyes of many investors. Meng Chang had done it beautifully. Meng Chang and capital were both needed by each other. In order to maintain the popularity and money chain of Cold-Faced Lady, Meng Chang would definitely continue to think of ways to finance it. Once the Cold-Faced Ladys brand became successful and its valuation skyrocketed, the capital would also reap rich rewards. Therefore, these investors thought that Meng Changs temporary rejection was just a bargaining tactic. Meng Chang would naturally let go of his pride as long as they waited for the Cold-Faced Lady to run into financial problems. He would have to accept the investment agreements that included terms such as valuation adjustment mechanism and shares lockdown. There was no problem with their plan. In fact, if Dream Realization Ventures did not continue to invest, Meng Chang would really be caught in a dilemma. However, Meng Chang, who had the character of a gambler, placed his bet on the right horse once again. After getting the bullets from Dream Realization Ventures, Meng Chang had a perfect chance to counterattack even though he could not flaunt it. He started to burn money at an even faster rate. He even spent hundreds of thousands of yuan to rent a venue. He started to organize his own speech, and used his excellent eloquence and business sense to endorse the brand Cold Faced Lady. On one hand, it was to continue expanding the influence of the cold-faced lady. On the other hand, it was to send a very clear message to the investors. Arent you not investing? Did you think that I wont be able to get any investments from other places? Sorry, not only did I get it, I also got a lot of it! Are you still going to stick to that agreement and not take a step back? If you dont invest, if you dont invest now, you might not even have a chance to invest in the future. These investors could not help but panic when they saw how the Cold-Faced Lady was burning so much money without any problems with the capital chain. Meng Chang still looked like he had everything under control. That was because the companys valuation would grow faster and faster with more capital. The price of investing one month earlier versus one month later was vastly different because of the difference in company valuation. Therefore, it was now the investors turn to lose their cool. They wanted to inspect the place before deciding how much to give in with regards to the investment agreement. Meng Chang planned to get everything done in one go. Today, he would try to hoodwink these investors and continue to push up the valuation of the Cold-Faced Lady so that he could prepare for the next step. Even someone with a huge heart like Meng Chang could not help but feel nervous. That was because if he were to mess up today and the investors continued to observe, the amount of money he had on hand would not allow him to continue burning for too long. There was a risk that the capital chain would break at any time. Of course, even if there was a small problem with the capital chain, the Cold Faced Lady brand would not die on the spot. Meng Chang still had many ways to find money. However, in such a situation, money would be more difficult to obtain. Therefore, Meng Chang was actually continuing to show off his muscles to the investors on the one hand while showing the good prospects to the investors through good eloquence and business models. On the other hand, he was proving to the investors that he had the ability to turn good prospects into reality through clean and popular stores. After confirming all the details of the shop like a paranoid maniac, Meng Chang began to rehearse what he had prepared to say to the investors today to ensure that the mornings presentation was foolproof. 10 in the morning. Qiu Hong and Tang Yishu went to Lady Cold Faces shop and found an inconspicuous corner to sit down. It was not lunch time yet but there were still quite a number of people in the Cold-Faced Ladys shop. About 60% of the seats in the shop were taken. It looked like there would definitely be a queue during the afternoon peak period. Tang Yishu looked around curiously, her eyes filled with confusion. Everything was good, she could not see any problems. Before coming, Pei Qian had specifically instructed her to keep an eye on the Cold-Faced Lady and report the situation to him when she returned. She did not have to worry about not being able to understand it. There was no need for her to study it on purpose. She could just observe it based on her first impression. However, Tang Yishu realized that she had not observed anything weird when she first arrived at the shop. The restaurant was quite clean and tidy. It looked like business was going well. The waiters were not as formal as other fast-food restaurants, but they still had faint smiles on their faces. They were very attentive to their customers and even had a better attitude than traditional fast-food brands. In Tang Yishus eyes, this was just a normal, very profitable restaurant. The two of them ordered some of their signature dishes and were served quickly. Tang Yishu fretted as she ate. She could not sense any major flaws or problems in the restaurant. Of course, it was not perfect. It was a fast food brand after all. They could not count on much on its taste, but it would definitely be passable. At the same time, Meng Chang was waiting for investors in an inconspicuous corner of the shop. Meng Chang looked calm on the surface, but was in fact, a little anxious. That was because they had agreed to meet at 10 PM. These investors were already a few minutes late. All of a sudden, Meng Changs eyes lit up. He immediately stood up and walked towards the door. Before long, Meng Chang and a few other investors walked into the shop, chatting and laughing. Boss Meng, Im really sorry. There was a traffic jam on the way and I arrived a few minutes late. Sorry for making you wait. Its alright, its alright. Im honored that youre willing to come to my restaurant. Please dont stand on ceremony. Meng Chang appeared calm and collected, as if he had everything under control. After a simple exchange of pleasantries, he began to explain the Cold-Faced Ladys situation to everyone. That included the results of the Cold-Faced Ladys recent marketing plan, the preparation of the new restaurant, feedback on the new dishes, details of the various services of the restaurant, and so on. The Cold Faced Lady brand was also continuously developing. The management model and taste of the restaurant were also continuously improving. Even if these investors had been here before, they could see obvious improvements now. Meng Chang was burning more money after all. It wouldnt make sense if the shop remained the same. Tang Yishu, who was sitting in a corner, sipped her roasted cold noodles as she pricked up her ears to listen to the contents of their discussion. However, Meng Chang did not speak very loudly. Tang Yishu could only listen intermittently even if she concentrated. She could not help but feel anxious. How was she going to report to her senior if she could not tell anything from her visit to the Cold-Faced Lady? Meng Chang began to enthusiastically introduce the shop to the investors. The decoration style of our shop has been slightly adjusted. There are some new embellishments, mainly to create an atmosphere that combines tradition and modernity. Everyone, look, this is an element of traditional Chinese style. There are also posters with a bit of artistic aura. These are all part of the cultural heritage of the brand Cold Faced Lady. With a mix of different styles, customers dining environment would be unique. These styles would become material for customers to happily share on Weibo or social circles. That would make customers become our free promoters. These details are also reflected in all aspects. For example, our dining tables and chairs were specially custom-made by factories. They are also fashioned in between new trends and nostalgic old fashion. Moreover, they are both beautiful and practical so in theory, there shouldnt be any problems for about 10 years Meng Chang was casually playing with the swivel chair as he introduced. However, he suddenly heard a soft creak as the swivel chair was stuck. Meng Chang: ? He thought that he had made a wrong turn. He tried to turn it back, but it was indeed stuck! The atmosphere was extremely awkward. Meng Chang was puzzled. What was happening? He was not lying. These tables and chairs were indeed custom-made that were made with top quality materials. In theory, they should be good to be used for a few years. However, something went wrong! It wasnt a big problem, but the axis of the dining chair was stuck for some unknown reason and couldnt continue spinning. However, the feeling of being slapped in the face still made Meng Chang feel very awkward. The investors gave him face and did not say anything but Meng Chang knew that these investors would definitely have some thoughts in their hearts. The accumulation of these minor flaws would affect the evaluation of the Cold-Faced Lady in the hearts of the investors. The investment agreement terms that he could obtain would be even harsher. However, Meng Chang had a strong mental fortitude after all. This little episode was not enough to make him panic. He smiled and said, It looks like there are still some minor problems with the quality control of this furniture factory. Its just as well. The problem can be corrected as soon as its exposed. That might not be a bad thing. Well definitely ask them to improve their quality control. Apart from the dining environment, the recruitment and culture of our waiters are also different from other restaurants Meng Chang quickly changed the topic. He did not want to continue arguing about this to leave an impression on the investors. However, just as he was speaking, he saw a customer stand up impatiently. He walked to the front desk and said, Why isnt my cold noodles ready yet? Didnt you promise to serve the food in fifteen minutes? Its been twenty minutes! The receptionist said embarrassedly, Im sorry, Ill rush the kitchen. The customer returned to his seats speechlessly. The investors had obviously noticed it as well. Their expressions changed subtly. Meng Changs heart dropped as he silently cursed the people in the kitchen a hundred times. Werent they normally fine? Whats more, he had just instructed for the food to be served fast many times in the morning. Why did they have to cause trouble at such a time?! This was really messed up! However, he knew that he could not dwell on this now. The more he struggled, the more flaws he would have. Thus, he pretended that nothing had happened and continued to explain it to the investors in high spirits. However, less than half a minute later, something happened again. A burly man who looked like he had been waiting for too long said from his seat, Why hasnt the side dishes been served yet? The noodles are almost finished! Arent they cold side dishes? Why, are you only starting to grow them now? A waiter hurried over and comforted him in a low voice. The corners of Meng Changs mouth twitched slightly. It was impossible to ignore it this time. Happening once could be said to be a coincidence, but what about two times? The Cold-Faced Ladys identity was a fast-food brand, which required the meals to be served within 15 minutes, the faster the better. Now that there was a problem with the timing of the meals being served, the impression on the investors would be that the kitchen management was in a mess. That could directly affect the Cold-Faced Ladys brand and reputation. Whats more, it was not the peak period for lunch yet. No matter what, there should be no delay in serving the food. There was no way he could fool them. Meng Chang adjusted his mentality and maintained his poise. Im sorry, there seems to be a small problem with the kitchen. Please wait for a moment, Ill go and settle it. Meng Hao walked to the kitchen briskly and whispered angrily, Whats going on?! Why are the dishes being served so slowly today?! The waiters were busy with their work. When they saw Meng Chang, they quickly explained, Boss Meng! I dont know what happened today, but my luck was a little bad. I accidentally burnt a pot of noodles just now. Then, I accidentally tripped when I was serving the main dishes. I missed out on the side dishes Meng Chang gritted his teeth in anger. Why did this have to happen at such a critical juncture?! However, at this point, Meng Chang did not have any good solution. He could only curse at them and ask them to serve their meals as soon as possible. Meng Chang resumed his calm expression after he left the kitchen. He walked to the center of the store and clapped his hands lightly. Im very sorry, customers. There was a small problem in the back kitchen today. However, dont worry, I guarantee you that anyone who doesnt serve food within 15 minutes will be completely exempted from paying the bill! At a time like this, he could only pour out money to extinguish the customers anger. If there was a problem, he had to solve it quickly. These investors were still keeping an eye on him. If he did not solve it in time, he would have to deduct points again. The customers who were waiting anxiously finally calmed down when they heard that the bill would be waived. Qiu Hong was a little puzzled. He said softly, Eh, the dishes were served quite quickly when we arrived. Did something go wrong with their kitchen? Tang Yishu continued to eat her roasted cold noodles, pretending not to hear him. She still remembered the first time she went to Ming House for dinner, even Boss Lis high-end restaurant had been affected. A lot of problems occured in the kitchen. The Cold-Faced Lady was just an ordinary fast food restaurant. The kitchen would definitely not be as good as Ming Houses. How could it hold up? Tang Yishu felt a little guilty. She had come to visit in secret today, but looking at the current situation, she was a little worried that she might accidentally ruin Seniors plans. Tang Yishu took out a tissue and wiped her mouth. Boss Qiu, lets go. Qiu Hong was stunned. Huh? Youre not going to watch anymore? Tang Yishu shook her head. No. She knew that Pei Qian was the one who had invested in the Cold-Faced Lady. If she were to sit here and the situation in the kitchen continued, the consequences would be dire. It was better to leave as soon as possible before causing more harm. Qiu Hong did not say much. Tang Yishu was the one who came to visit in secret after all. He was only in charge of accompanying her. The two of them stood up and left. Meng Chang continued to explain things to the investors, but he could clearly feel that the investors were no longer as interested as before. There was no other way. The unexpected mishaps today had been too damaging. Many investors who had been tempted returned to the wait-and-see state. Alright, Boss Meng, lets call it a day. Well discuss the investment when we get back. Ill give you an answer in two days. The investors were still very polite, but their attitudes were obviously slightly different from when they first arrived. Meng Chang was well aware of this, but he had no choice. He could only bite the bullet and continue to act nonchalant as he sent the investors away with a smile. Meng Chang sighed silently and found an empty seat to sulk after returning to the Cold-Faced Lady. The waiter walked over quickly and said in a low voice, Boss Meng! There are no more problems with the kitchen. The few customers who were delayed have also been exempted from paying. We will definitely be able to ensure that the peak lunch period will not be affected! Meng Chang glared at her, not knowing what to say. How tiring. Chapter 776 - Did Something Went Wrong? Friday afternoon. Pei Qian was reading the latest report from Shang Yang Games in his office. This weekend, the IOI Qualification Competition and the GPL pre-season competition would start at the same time. The timing clashed. There was no need to talk about the pre-season GPL competition. The players had been paying close attention and could not wait ever since the news had been released. Apart from the fixed number of shares left for the company the rest of the tickets for the GPL seasons pre-season competitions had long been sold out. Those who did not manage to get tickets could only watch the live-stream or go to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe to experience the atmosphere. Long Yu Corporation had also spent a lot of resources in promoting IOIs qualifiers, including the official website of IOIs local server, some video game websites, clubs, and media platforms. During the publicity process, Long Yu Corporation tied the IOI Qualification Competition to a few established clubs and IOI World Competition. The publicity effect was not bad. On one hand, the words Challenge the Summit of the World sounded more classy. On the other hand, the reputation of several old clubs like the SUG were well-known. They were considered familiar faces to E-Sports enthusiasts. The qualifiers value and recognition were increased objectively. Long Yu Corporations publicity was out later than the FV Club, but they obviously spent more money than the FV Club. FV Club had spent three million yuan on publicity. According to this standard, Long Yu Corporation probably spent at least ten million yuan on publicity. Pei Qian was not sure if it was because FV Clubs publicity had stimulated Long Yu Corporation or because Long Yu Corporation had already decided on a publicity plan, but it was just two days late. However, none of that mattered. The IOI Qualification Competition had gained a lot of attention. Its heat would not be robbed away by the GPL season. That was a good thing for Pei Qian. Pei Qian looked at the time. It was four in the afternoon. He could get off work soon to welcome the wonderful weekend. He closed Shang Yang Games report, turned off his computer, and prepared to go home to sleep. At that moment, someone knocked on the office door. Knock, knock. Pei Qian was stunned. Why were there people reporting their work on Friday afternoon? Enter. Just as Pei Qian finished speaking, Tang Yishu pushed the door open and entered. She looked travel-worn. She must have rushed back to the office as soon as she arrived in Jingzhou. Senior, its a rest day tomorrow. I was afraid that I wouldnt be able to make it in time, so I came to report directly. Tang Yishus chest heaved slightly. Obviously, she ran a little on the way. Pei Qian poured her a cup of tea. Dont worry, its not something important. We can talk about it on Monday. Come, have some tea. Tang Yishu sipped from her teacup and began to narrate her experience in the capital. Senior, there are many bugs in the incubation base. The completion rate looks bad. However, their efficiency is not bad. Ive already forced them to play ten hours a week as per your instructions. As for the Cold-Faced Lady, I I couldnt tell anything. Everything seemed to be going well. The renovations and services were fine, and business was booming. However, there was a small problem in the kitchen when I was there. The food was served a little slower. Oh, and I happened to meet some people when I went there. The boss of the Cold-Faced Lady seemed to be doing some sort of introduction to some people, but I I didnt hear what exactly was said. Tang Yishu followed Pei Qians instructions and observed the incubation base and Cold-Faced Lady from her own perspective. She reported the details that she had tried her best to recall to him. Pei Qian rubbed his chin and frowned. Little Tangs report was mixed with joy and worry for him. There were many bugs in the incubation base? Yes, that was to be expected. There were many bugs in independent games to begin with. In addition to Little Tangs halo, just fixing the bugs would be enough to make these independent game producers anxious. That way, bugs would greatly affect their energy. The development of the game would definitely be greatly delayed. That was good news. These producers had high productivity. That was not a good sign. However, if they were forced to play the game for ten hours a week, they should be able to divert their attention from developing the game like a bug in itself. In other words, there were only a few minor problems with the incubation base. They were all within his expectations, and they had more or less been resolved. However, things were not looking good for the Cold-Faced Lady. As an ordinary consumer, Tang Yishu did not find anything wrong with the dining environment, service attitude, taste, and other aspects. This meant that Meng Chang had done well! It was enough for a fast-food brand to achieve this. Take those large chain fast food brands for example. How was their food? Not that delicious. The essence of fast food was speed. It was a standardized process that allowed all dishes to maintain their taste and quality as high as possible. According to Tang Yishu, the Cold-Faced Lady would undoubtedly pass if she were to judge it by fast food standards. The only problem was the speed at which the dishes were served. However, that was probably due to Little Tangs influence and not a problem with the Cold-Faced Ladys kitchen. How could an ordinary fast food restaurant like the Cold-Faced Lady be able to withstand it if even Boss Lis Ming House could not withstand it? Everything should be back to normal once Little Tang left the shop. Wouldnt that mean that there was nothing bad about the Cold-Faced Lady in the eyes of ordinary consumers? The passable food and service, Meng Changs incredible marketing skills, and Dream Realization Ventures endless funds Something was bound to happen to this project sooner or later! Even if the shop did not make money, with Meng Changs active fund seeking, the value of the Cold-Faced Lady would definitely skyrocket. On the other hand, Dream Realization Ventures held a lot of shares in the Cold-Faced Lady. This was equivalent to holding a hot potato, and the longer one held it, the hotter it became! Little Tang also said that Meng Chang was receiving some guests and introducing the various details of the Cold-Faced Lady to them. Who were these people? If they were ordinary friends, would Meng Chang have to personally receive and introduce them in the store? They were probably investors! The Cold-Faced Lady was doing quite well. Meng Chang was also very eloquent. It was only a matter of time before he lured other investors in. Cold-Faced Ladys valuation would definitely skyrocket! After making this deduction, Pei Qian suddenly realized that the situation was much more dangerous than he had imagined. Of course, Pei Qian could not be sure if the Cold-Faced Lady would become popular. However, he did not dare to take the risk when he considered his character. It looked like he had to be mentally prepared to leave to stop earning money. However, given the current situation, it would be difficult to sell the eight million yuan worth of shares that he had obtained at a low price. He could only try his best to let it earn some money and cut his losses as soon as possible. He would be able to earn more if he continued to take more shares. Pei Qian silently noted this down and prepared to look for He Desheng next week. He wanted him to find a suitable time to sell all of the shares of the Cold-Faced Lady. He could not hold on to them anymore. After asking a few more details, Pei Qian was even more convinced of his own views. Youve worked hard for the past two days. You dont have to attend the Manage Loss Trainees conference tomorrow. Have a good rest and revision. December 10th, Saturday GOGs GPL and IOI qualifiers began at the same time! They might have started at the same time but there was a huge difference in their schedule. The pre-season competition for the GPL would last until the end of the month. Thus, only two to three best-of-three matches were arranged every day. The longest day would start at one in the afternoon and would end at nine at night. On the other hand, IOIs qualifiers were different. There were very few participating teams, and they were basically just going through the motions. They had to quickly decide the spots for the international competition, so the competition schedule was very packed. There were competitions throughout both Saturday and Sunday. They would play from morning to night. In two days, they would finish all the qualifiers and decide the three spots for the world competitions. This seemingly unscientific schedule was specially arranged by Long Yu Corporations Zhao Xuming, mainly because of the following considerations. First, he had to create a drainage effect. IOI qualifiers would start in the morning even though the competition started on the same day as GPL. Many players who were waiting to watch GPL would definitely come to watch the IOI qualifiers since they had nothing to do in the morning. Objectively, they would have achieved the goal of attracting traffic. Secondly, it was to squeeze out some time for the teams to prepare for the international competition. Zhao Xuming had already received insider news from Chrtien that the game would be updated with a new version for the international competition. There would be an appropriate adjustment to the gameplay to display IOIs new style. IOIs new version was gradually gaining the recognition of some players around the world. Whats more, Finger Games had discovered through research that the new version would indeed speed up the pace of the game, increase the competitiveness, and increase the viewing pleasure of the competition. Thus, the new version of the World Series could show the interesting aspects of IOIs new version to the stubborn old players. It could also better attract new players. However, the changes in the version would have a huge impact on the various teams. That was why Zhao Xuming hoped that the qualifiers would be completed as soon as possible. That way, the three teams participating in the world tournament would be able to undergo training for IOIs new version earlier. In the end, he had to make use of the time to go through the motions to prevent any unforeseen events from happening. E-Sports was different from traditional competitions. The difference in strength between teams was not that big. Many times, there could be a shake up in the strength of teams if the game version was changed slightly. If there was an extended period of time, he could not rule out the possibility that certain teams would be substituting the competition as training. The more they played, the better. Zhao Xuming wanted these three veteran clubs to qualify. Naturally, he wanted to avoid this situation as much as possible. The shortened competition schedule would be completed within two days. The weaker teams would not be able to substitute the competition for training. There would be no suspense in the outcome. Zhao Xuming was supervising the battle at the backstage of the recording studio. The staff were getting ready in an orderly manner. The director was adjusting the equipment, and the contestants were making tactical arrangements in the lounge backstage. The audience had also begun to enter the venue. While the studio the qualifiers were held could not be compared to the GPL venue, it did look quite decent now after the sudden set-up two days ago. Apart from the smaller venue and the smaller audience size, there was nothing wrong with it. Zhao Xuming was in a difficult position as well. He had not intended to spend so much money at first, but the publicity by FV Club had indeed brought about a lot of popularity. Long Yu Corporation was the organizer of the competition. It would not be right if he did not do anything about it. He could only pray silently and hope that the qualifiers would be exciting. That way, money would not be wasted and he would be able to buy popularity. The cooperation between Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation would also be more stable. Zhao Xuming heaved a sigh of relief after checking his work and ensuring that there were no problems. He relaxed a bit. At that moment, he heard hurried footsteps. Zhao Xuming turned around and saw the boss of SUG Club, Ding Gan, walking over with a livid expression. He was holding a piece of paper in his hand and looked very angry. Zhao Xuming was stunned. Boss Ding? Why are you so angry? Shouldnt you be preparing for battle in the lounge of the SUG Club? Ding Gan was indeed very angry, but he did not dare to lose his temper at Zhao Xuming. He reached out and handed the paper over. Boss Zhao! Why didnt you tell me about this earlier? Zhao Xuming was confused. He reached out to take the piece of paper from Ding Gan and realized that it was FV Clubs name list. The preparations for the qualifiers had been rushed, and they did not have the time to confirm the list of members of many small clubs. They only managed to finalise it yesterday. Zhao Xuming was not very familiar with these players and did not realize that there was a problem with FVs name list. Whats more, it was already very late, so he did not have the time to look it up. The competition between FV Club and SUG Club was this afternoon. Ding Gan had just received FV Clubs name list and came storming for Zhao Xuming. Zhao Xuming still did not understand what was going on. He scanned FV Clubs name list but did not find anything amiss. He asked, Whats wrong with this name list? Ding Gan was speechless. Boss Zhao, all five members of FV Club were celebrities from the IOI branches of our established clubs. They were all bought over by the GPL clubs previously! These five players are all very strong individually. Now, all of them have gone to FV Club. This is a dream team! Boss Zhao, what do you think this means? Zhao Xuming was shocked and immediately realized the seriousness of the problem. This meant that one of the veteran clubs, including SUG, might be squeezed out of one spot! Zhao Xuming frowned and said in confusion, How can that be? Where did FV Club get the money to buy so many celebrities? Ding Gan was speechless as well. How would I know?! I only just saw the name list. Boss Zhao, you have to take care of this. Our three clubs spent a huge sum of money to buy people to make up for our weakness in order to get a place in the international competition. If someone were to pick our fruits, t-then Zhao Xuming was frustrated. How am I supposed to take care of this? Are we going to disqualify FV Club directly? How is that possible! They are going to participate in the competition according to the official process and bought players to make up for their weakness. If we were to disqualify them by force, wouldnt all the players in the country laugh at Long Yu Corporation? Lets not even talk about disqualifying the company. Any small action would ruin the reputation of the Long Yu Corporation once it was exposed. It might even affect the reputation of Finger Games and the upcoming world finals. I cant do anything about this. You guys have to count on yourselves. Long Yu Corporation has already given the green light to your three clubs when buying people. If you still cant win the qualifiers, then youre pure trash with no need to enter the international competition! Ding Gan grimaced. Boss Zhao, think about it. There must be something fishy behind this! FV Club is just a small club. Where would they get the money to buy so many star players? The transfer fee for these players would be more than ten million yuan. Whats more, the GPL clubs are not short of money. Why should they be sold? There must be something wrong here! Boss Zhao, arent you afraid that GOG is doing this on purpose? These words moved Zhao Xuming. He had to admit that this was a very suspicious point. However, on further thought, even if that was the case, there was nothing he could do. Everything that the FV Club did was in accordance with regulations. The qualifications for the competition were given by Long Yu Corporation, and the buyers must have gone through the proper process. There were no restrictions on the players of previous teams. Even if they knew that FV Club was related to GOG, they could not possibly chase them away now. Whats more, if FV Club really managed to squeeze out an internally decided club based on their own capabilities, there would still be three teams going for the international competition. The overall strength of the domestic teams would also become stronger. It was nothing more than a certain veteran clubs interests being damaged. It would not affect the overall situation at all. At most, they could think of ways to compensate them later. At that thought, Zhao Xuming waved his hand and said, I cant take care of this. Think about it yourselves. Ive already done my best to pave the way for you. If you dont win the qualifiers in the end, it only means that youre not good enough. You cant blame others. This Ding Gan opened his mouth, but he could not think of a more convincing reply. He could only leave in embarrassment. The more Ding Gan thought about it, the angrier he became on the way back to SUGs club lounge. He could not help but want to speak to the boss of FV Club, Wu Yue, but he held himself back in the end. It made no sense to argue over such things. He could only hope that the members of the SUG would be able to do their best and secure a spot in this world competition! In the afternoon, Pei Qian took the subway to IOIs competition venue after leaving Shanghais high speed rail station. Pei Qian decisively chose the latter between the opening ceremony of GPL league and IOI qualifiers. The reason was very simple. It was probably the same whether he watched the GPL league or not. The popularity would definitely not be low. Pei Qian wanted to see the situation of the IOI qualifiers. It would be best if he could confirm that FV Club would be eliminated. Then, he could watch the GPL competition in peace. The qualification competition for IOI was held in a studio on the top floor of a shopping mall in Shanghai. The location was very good even though it was not very big and could only accommodate 600 viewers. It was only a few subway stations away from the Shanghai high speed rail station. The qualifiers had already begun in the morning. Pei Qian had watched a few competitions on the high-speed rail. However, he had not played IOI much and did not know much about the heroes and their skills here. He thus found it boring. He could only roughly tell that there was a gap in the strength of these teams. The competition schedule was rather strange. There were a total of eight teams that were divided into two groups. Four teams would be selected in the morning and in the afternoon. Then, one team would be eliminated through the best-of-five knockout rounds tomorrow. FV Clubs competition was in the afternoon. They were in the same group as the veteran club, SUG. The entire competition schedule was very packed. Thus, to Pei Qian, the best outcome would be for FV Club to be eliminated this afternoon. Then, he could relax. If they were lucky and entered the elimination round, Pei Qian would book a hotel nearby and leave after watching the elimination round tomorrow. Of course, Pei Qian felt that the possibility of that happening was negligible. Considering that there were many young people in Shanghai, Pei Qian decided to put on a black mask in order to keep a low profile. While Jingzhou was now called the E-Sports Capital by netizens and attracted many young people, it was still far from being a first-tier city like Shanghai. The shopping mall was filled with people. Many young people were chatting and laughing. The escalators upstairs were filled with people. Pei Qian could only follow the crowd to the top floor seeing that there were more people at the elevator. Eh, are these people here to watch the IOI qualifiers? Long Yu Corporations publicity work is quite good. At first, I was worried that the number of viewers on the live-stream platform was fake. Now, it looks like even if there were fake viewers, it shouldnt have been a huge percentage. Yes, thats a good sign! I hope they can rob more traffic from GPLs! In the morning, Pei Qian had already noticed that IOIs live-streams on various live-stream platforms were quite popular. However, there were not many bullet screen comments. He was also worried that the popularity might have gone down. However, Pei Qian felt much more at ease after seeing the passionate scene in front of him. He hoped that Long Yu Corporation and Finger Games could take root in Shanghai and create another E-Sports Capital to compete with Jingzhou! Pei Qian continued upwards. Many people were here to shop, so the number of people was gradually decreasing. Pei Qian did not mind. He lowered his head and scrolled through his cell phone. Most people would probably go to the top floor anyway. However, the crowd suddenly dispersed after a few levels! About half of the people did not continue to walk up the escalator but stayed on this floor. Pei Qian was stunned. He suddenly felt that something was amiss. He kept his cell phone and looked up. This was the seventh floor, and IOIs qualifiers should be on the ninth floor. Pei Qians expression froze when he took a closer look at where they had gone. There was actually a Fish-Catching Internet Cafe here? Thats right, it was still the familiar Fish-Catching Internet Cafe logo. Whats more, it was the logo for Fish-Catching Internet Cafes 3.0 Live eSports Museum. The big screen outside the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe was exactly the same as the one in the live-stream. It was the countdown for the opening battle of the GPL season. The two teams facing off were EK and H4, respectively. They were also the champion and runner-up teams of the previous international invitational tournament. It could be said that the GPL seasons opening battle card was full. The ten members of both teams had been re-shooted. Huang Wang and Jiang Huan, who were the core members of the two teams, were posing in a handsome pose. The muscles under their uniforms could be vaguely seen. Apart from the two of them, the other team members had also undergone obvious changes in their physiques and muscles during this period of training. There was a huge empty space outside Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. The seats had been set up. Most of the audience were already seated. Pei Qian was confused. The crowd was not because of the popularity of the IOI qualifiers but because of the popularity of GPL! More than half of them had come to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe to watch the competition! Speaking of which, why would a Fish-Catching Internet Cafe suddenly appear here? When did this happen? A long time ago, after Fish-Catching Internet Cafes 3.0 mode was successful, Pei Qian had already decided to expand the business. He wanted Xiao Peng to open Fish-Catching Internet Cafes anywhere on his own accord as long as he could spend the money that he had earned. Now, it seemed like this Fish-Catching Internet Cafe was the result of Xiao Peng entering Shanghai. Pei Qian was speechless. Long Yu Corporations Zhao Xuming is really bad at choosing the location! Couldnt you have picked a shopping mall without the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe? Must you charge head on with GOG? However, on further thought, Pei Qian realized another possibility. The venue that Zhao Xuming chose for the IOI Qualification Competition must have been carefully selected. It could not be too big or too small. There were not many live-streaming halls in Shanghai that fit the criteria. Moreover, most of them were in large shopping malls. On the other hand, if Xiao Peng wanted to open Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 3.0 in Shanghai, he would definitely prioritize shopping malls and crowded places. Thus this collision might seem coincidental, but it was inevitable to a certain extent. He could even imagine a more terrifying possibility. Perhaps Fish-Catching Internet Cafe had already been opened in the most famous and largest shopping malls in Shanghai? Pei Qian could not help but shiver, shocked by his own thoughts. There were some things that he really could not delve into. The more he tried, the more flustered he became. After taking a look at the time, Pei Qian decided to walk around Fish-Catching Internet Cafe before heading to the IOI competition venue. Pei Qian was stunned when he walked in through the front door. It seemed to have changed slightly from Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 3.0! The most eye-catching thing was that the entire internet cafe had the team flags of various teams hung all around like the GPL stadium. The team flags for the next competition would automatically light up. The front desk was distributing various small items and souvenirs for todays competition team. The wall behind the front desk was displaying the heroes small office, the team uniforms of each team, and some trinkets. Many people were asking for prices. The current model had a huge improvement in the atmosphere as compared to the initial 3.0 model. That was because while Xiao Peng said the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 3.0 model was part of Tengdas E-Sports strategy when it was first created, there was no sign of the GPL league at that time. The Live eSports Museum was just an idea without any physical support. However, now that the GPL league had been set up, the participating clubs had been finalized, and even the GDL and internet cafe competitions had been prepared. The renovation style of the stadium, the matching of the team uniforms, the celebrity players, and other details had been perfected. Therefore, there were many materials that could be used to decorate Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 3.0. It was no longer as monotonous as before. The entire Fish-Catching Internet Cafe was obviously built according to a mini GPL venue. The style and the various details were made to be aligned with the GPL venue. The audience would still be able to feel the atmosphere of the competition even if they could not physically go to the GPL venue. Whats more, the players who participated in the internet cafe competition would be able to experience the feeling of playing offline matches earlier. Gaining fans and fame within a small area would also help them to walk further down the difficult path of playing professionally. Most of the people in the internet cafe were playing GOG. Some of them were drinking milk tea while waiting for the GPL competition to begin. As for the people outside the internet cafe, some of them had come specially to watch the competition. Some of them might be tired from shopping and had come to rest. However, looking at the traffic and popularity outside the internet cafe, Pei Qian suddenly felt more worried about the IOI Qualification Competition at the top floor. The atmosphere outside the internet cafe was very lively. A few young people seemed to be together, talking loudly. I think IOIs competition hall is upstairs. Do you want to take a look? Im not interested. I dont know how to play IOI, why should we watch it? I checked on my cell phone in the morning. The difference between the teams is too big. Apart from the two or three strong teams, the rest are all rookies. Theres no suspense. Moreover, the contestants are basically strangers. The competition is not exciting at all. Its more interesting to watch the DGE battle. Huang Wang vs Jiang Huan. I wonder how the two teams are doing after not competing for so long. If theres a chance, I should go to Jingzhou to take a look. It should be more exciting. Indeed, it is still better to watch the competition with a group of people. Its already so lively at the entrance of the internet cafe. How exciting would it be if we were to watch it at the venue itself? When I have the chance, Ill definitely go to Jingzhou for a few days. Ill gank the professional gamers and take pictures with them at the entrance of the club. After that, Ill go to the original GOG hero phone booth and check in. Finally, Ill watch a few GOG competitions. Perfect! Many shopping malls in Shanghai also had shared phone booths for GOGs heroes. However, the only flaw was that the concept art heroes were not hand-drawn. Therefore, most players still felt that the hand-drawn heroes in Jingzhou were the original. From the conversation between these young people, it could be seen that both the shared phone booth and Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 3.0 played an objective role in accelerating the spread of GOGs culture. Many people had not been very interested in GPL competitions. However, as long as they watched the competition with their friends in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 3.0 and experienced the excitement of watching the competition live, they would naturally want to go to Jingzhou and buy tickets to experience GPL. Pei Qian walked around and left quietly. He had wanted to leave Jingzhou and come to Shanghai to relax and watch the competition. He had not expected to be attacked suddenly! That was unbearable. When he reached the top floor, Pei Qian followed the crowd and the directions on the way to the IOI competition venue. He found a seat and sat down. In the morning, Pei Qian had already watched the live-stream of the IOI Qualification Competition. He was already mentally prepared for what the venue would look like. However, he still felt that it was a little small when he arrived at the venue. The GPLs venue was 12 meters tall with an area of 4,500 square meters. It could accommodate 1,800 people at full capacity. It was exactly three times the size of this venue. However, the director of the IOI Qualification Competition did not send a large number of cameras to the venue, perhaps because of the arrangement of the cameras and the changing of the live-stream camera. Thus, it was considered good news that they could not see such a huge gap in the live-stream. The two commentators had already started to rally the crowd by the time Pei Qian sat down because of his detour to the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. At the same time, players from both FV Club and SUG Club also entered the venue and began adjusting their equipment. The two commentators were not bad. They were able to lift the atmosphere. After a simple opening speech and self-introduction, they briefly talked about the competition in the morning and confirmed that the other two veteran clubs had made it to the next days elimination round. After the team competition in the afternoon, two other teams would enter the elimination round. One team would be eliminated from the four teams, and the remaining three would participate in the world competition. After the warm-up, the two commentators topic naturally shifted to the battle between the two teams. I really didnt expect the first game in the afternoon to be the highlight. FV Club versus veteran team SUG Club. Perhaps many viewers do not know much about FV Club and think that this would be a one-sided battle. Actually, I also thought that FV Club was the weakest team in this group. However, after I realized that it was not the case after I saw the participant list. The members of the FV Club are all celebrities from the previous IOI branches of various clubs. They are all IDs that we are familiar with! I dont know how long has this team been established and how well they work together but this is definitely the best IO team we can have I in-country based on the lineup of this team alone! The first game in the afternoon might be even better than the one in the morning. Therefore, the audience who came to the venue in the afternoon have profited greatly. The exciting game will start soon. Let us wait and see! The two commentators were filled with passion, obviously looking forward to the next match. However, Pei Qians eyes became blank after he heard the commentary. A question mark slowly floated above his head. ? All-star team? Best team? Are they describing FV Club? Are you describing the incomplete bottom-ranking team with only three players that I have invested in? Did something went wrong? Chapter 777 - Boss Pei, Heading Into Battle Alone Pei Qian rubbed his eyes and looked closely at the team logo on the big screen. Thats right, it is FV Club, it is that weakling club that I invested in! Why would the commentator use the term All-Stars? Could the three players that no one wanted be considered celebrities? It didnt make any sense? The competition progressed as Pei Qian pondered. The camera took close-up shots of the players preparing for the game. On the big screen, there were close-ups of the players. Their game ID, real name, age, game rank, position they played, and other information were displayed. The players who noticed the cameras showed different reactions. Some greeted the audience, some posed, and some remained indifferent as they warmed up their hands. The two commentators were also introducing the details of these players to the audience, including the amount of time they played professionally, interesting things in their professional experiences, and interesting memes. Everyone is now looking at the top player of FV Club. He was one of the earliest star players in IOI. He had already made a name for himself in the international server before the local server was released. He has a lot of experience and is also known for his fierce playing style and strong suppression. Next is FV Clubs mid-laner. Hes very young, only 17 years old this year. He used more than twenty different mid-laner heroes to beat IOIs world servers number one. Hes a true genius. We cant wait and see his performance today. The FV Clubs jungler used to be a newbie who wasnt particularly famous. Its said that he met the mid-laner in Ranking competitions and they had been playing together. They have very good chemistry. We can look forward to the cooperation between the two of them today. The bottom laner duo of FV Club were originally the celebrity bottom laner of SUG Club. They are also known as the number one bottom lane duo of IOIs local server. There were rumors that the two of them seemed to have switched to GOG, but no concrete news had been released. I didnt expect that the first competition to take the stage would be a direct confrontation with their old boss. I wonder what sparks would fly between the two of them? On the other hand, while the SUG Clubs lineup revolved around the core of the bottom lane, the strength of the other three veteran players could not be underestimated. They might have some advantage in terms of tactics and tacit understanding. We dont know why the SUG Club wanted to switch their celebrity duo bottom laners. Perhaps they gave them to FV club because the new bottom laners are doing better than the original bottom laners? In any case, todays competition is full of interesting things to look forward to! The boss of the SUG Club, Ding Gan, was also watching the battle below the stage. He gritted his teeth in anger after hearing the commentary. The new bottom laners performed better than the original bottom laners? F*ck you! There was no news of IOI internationals at all at that point in time. Ding Gan felt that there was no point in keeping this IOI team, and the transfer fee offered from the SHG team was very high. That was why he sold the bottom laner duo! He would not have sold them if he had known that IOIs international competition would start so soon! Ding Gan knew in his heart that even though the new bottom laner duo was not bad, they were still incomparable to the original two. There was a huge gap in strength. However, there was nothing he could do about it. He would not be able to take back the players that he had released. Ding Gan was anxious, angry and panicking in his heart. Pei Qian, who was seated not far away from him, was also panicking. He did not have any prior knowledge of these players but the commentator had already explained in detail, giving him a clear and objective understanding of the strength of the entire team. It was no exaggeration to call this team All-Stars! The veteran top-laner, mid-laner, jungler were the top of their classes, and the celebrity duo at the bottom lane was the former tactical core of the SUG. This lineup looked ridiculous no matter how one looked at it! Pei Qian only had one question: Where did Wu Yue, the boss of FV Club, obtain these people from! Didnt he only give him three million yuan? He could buy one or two good players with that amount of money at best. Whats more, the other clubs might not even be willing to sell. They formed a Dream Team and gathered all the best IOI players in the country. That was ridiculous! Pei Qian quickly took out his cell phone and entered the live-stream of the IOI Qualification Competition to see what the bullet screen said. What the f*ck? FV Club has made a comeback? The boss won the lottery? Why did they suddenly form an all-star team? Where did they get the money from? An old FV fan of ten years is here uninvited! Beating up their old boss? This will be a good show! These two sides seem to form a sharp contrast. The members of FV Club are all tall and well-built against skinny monkeys from SUG. I remember that the duo bottom laners were quite skinny when they were in the SUG. Why do I feel like they have grown in size and have become better? Did FV hire a plastic surgeon? Or did they go through some secret training? So why did the SUG end up giving up the duo bottom laners? Why did the best top laners in the country end up in another club? Logically, they should not be for sale, right? No matter how much the transfer fee is! Im not sure. There were rumors that they wanted to change to GOG because IOI was dying. There were even rumors that a team from GPL bought them off. Im not sure if thats true. No wonder FV Club spent so much effort to publicize before the competition began. I was wondering why they spent so much money to help others. Now, I understand. Theyre trying to build momentum for themselves! The competition had not even started, but the bullet screen comments were already gaining heat. The competition in the morning seemed to be quite popular but there were not many bullet screen comments. Perhaps it was because there were not many hot topics to discuss. However, when FV Club appeared in the afternoon with the All-Star lineup, many old players and viewers of IOI could not contain their excitement and began to discuss enthusiastically. After the publicity by FV Club and Long Yu Corporation, the IOI qualifiers were still not as popular as the GPL league. However, they had at least captured all of the old IOI players and viewers in the country. Now, all of these hard-earned popularity was focused on FV, an All-Star team that had appeared out of nowhere. The competition had not even started, but it was already very popular. Pei Qian and Ding Gan were below the stage, watching the competition with fear. Let us congratulate the FV! They managed to win the competition without any mishaps even though there were some twists and turns during the competition! The big screen displayed the scene of victory amidst the passionate commentary. The five members of the FV Club had a domineering air around them. The players packed their equipment and left the stage. The players from FV Club did not look too excited. Instead, they looked very calm. The qualifiers were more intense this time. There were a total of four teams in the group. It was a single set of best-of-one matches loop. They would be done in one afternoon thus every small game was very important. The strength of the SUG in this group was obviously higher than the other two teams. Thus, it was basically confirmed that FV would qualify after they won this round. SUG could not make any mistake in the following competitions if they wanted to qualify. The two commentators began to comment on the match. We saw that the members of the FV Club did not seem particularly happy after winning this match. Perhaps they were not particularly satisfied with their performance today, or perhaps they had higher expectations for themselves. Indeed, based on the performance in the game alone, we can clearly see that the FV Clubs individual ability is higher than that of the SUG. However, there seems to be some flaws in the selection of players and the implementation of tactics. Otherwise, there might be even less suspense in this competition. Does this mean that the current FV team hasnt completed their team building? I dont think its all about teamwork. Their tactical system and understanding of the game seem to have some problems as well. We can see that their preferred heroes are not recognized as the strongest heroes of the current version. They prefer team-type heroes. Moreover, in terms of playing style and understanding of the game, they do not emphasize their individual abilities. They seem to be out of place with the mainstream playing style of other teams Does that mean that the team members had a different tactical understanding of this game version? Thats possible, but the games understanding doesnt seem to be very mature yet. The main reason why the FV won the SUG today is because they are stronger individually. If they were to meet a foreign team whose individual abilities do not lose to FV, it would be questionable whether they will be able to win this competition The two commentators were speaking the truth. From their point of view, the FV teams playstyle was indeed a little strange. It did not fit in with the current mainstream playstyle. Whats more, this kind of playstyle did not have a very good effect. It overly emphasized teamwork which had certain restrictions in choosing heroes and decision making in the game. That prevented the players personal strengths from being fully displayed. However, these words sounded like complete mockery to Ding Gan. Whats the meaning of this? Are they using us to train? Who are you looking down on? How dare they put on such an ugly face after winning. Damn it, these people are too arrogant! Ding Gan was fuming with anger. It was alright to lose the competition, but using them to train seemed to him like FV was deliberately showing off the strength of their team in his opinion. What? Not convinced? An All-Star team could do whatever they wanted! That was the meaning. Ding Gan was even more furious when he thought about how he was the one who released the bottom laner duo in the current FV Team. How could SUG have lost if this duo was still around? However, even though he was angry, Ding Gan knew very well that winning or losing this round was not a big deal. In any case, two teams would qualify for each team. SUG would prevail no matter what. What he really had to worry about was the elimination round tomorrow. The knockout round was a set of best-of-five matches. It would depend on who was the unlucky one of the four teams to be eliminated. At the same time, at the GPL competition venue in Jingzhou Zhang Yuan, Ye Zhizhou, Xiao Peng, and a few other people in charge were watching the opening battle of the GPL. Both teams were currently the two strongest teams in the GPL. They were also the champion and runner-up of the previous international competition. The competition was extremely tense and exciting. In the game system of best-of-three matches, both teams had already reached 1: 1. They entered the deciding round, and the atmosphere at the venue had reached its peak. Fans from both sides cheered for the two teams amidst the enthusiastic cheers, however, they did not forget to shout Go DGE at the same time, forming a special competition culture. Tengda Corporations internal employees were neither at the front most nor the back most seats. Instead, they chose a slightly forward position in the center. That was because the front row tickets were prepared for both teams core fans and supporters. Internal staffs gift tickets should not affect the fans viewing experience. The deciding round was still on the BP interface. Zhang Yuan took out his cell phone and checked the comments of the players on the internet. He found that only a small group of people were discussing the opening battle itself. Most of the topics were focused on the comparison between the IOI qualifiers and the GPL opening battle. The difference in venues between both parties is too huge. Wasnt IOI organized by Long Yu Corporation and Finger Games? Why is the venue so shabby? To be honest, the IOI competition feels like a complete copy of GOG. Even the settings and the BP in the game and the audience interface are very similar. Is there really no problem? I think its alright. Theyre all similar types of games; theres no need to be so harsh. Sigh, who asked IOIs competition to take place so late? GOGs competition is already doing very well. Its perfect in all aspects. IOI can easily give people the impression that it is imitating GOG, even though IOI was released before GOG. However, its still a little lacking no matter how you learn it. The details are much worse. Take the image of the contestants for example. Look at the GPLs contestants. They are all tall and straight, and they look completely different. On IOIs side, however, other than the players from FV team who are not bad, the rest of them still look like internet addicts. Their image is much worse. Indeed, the accumulation of such details makes me feel like IOIs competition is a fake version of GPL. Tengda is still awesome. I feel like it has brought the entire E-Sports industry forward by itself! Obviously, most viewers felt that the GPL league was more exciting than IOIs qualifiers. On one hand, it was because there were more gamers in GOG. On the other hand, it was because the details of GPL were done better. One point that was repeatedly mentioned was the image of the contestants. Most of the GPL contestants had a standard figure, and there were a few muscular men. They looked very bright and handsome, giving people a positive feeling. On the other hand, IOIs contestants looked more like traditional internet addicts. They were at a disadvantage in terms of image. Such details were constantly being added, causing IOIs competition to drop by a level compared to GPL. It made people naturally feel that IOIs competition was a knock-off GPL. Zhang Yuan could not help but sigh. Now that I think about it, Boss Pei is really good at devising strategies. GOGs success in the eSports field was in part due to the success of the game and in part due to the success of details. Who else could have predicted the importance of the players image to the popularity of the esports competition apart from Boss Pei? Boss Pei used the DGE Club to set the training standards. He guided the other clubs to focus on training the players bodies. On one hand, he ensured that the players were healthy. On the other hand, he improved the image of the league That would be akin to creating a moat for GOG, gaming and E-Sports that would protect and complement each other. Ye Zhizhou, who was seated at the side, said, Speaking of which, were already at the deciding game. Is Boss Pei really not going to watch today? This is the opening battle after all. Logically speaking, it was the first day of the GPL competition, and was very meaningful. IOI had also created a qualification competition, which put a little pressure on the GPL side. He should really come and take a look. Xiao Peng, who was seated on the other side, said, Perhaps Boss Pei thinks that victory is already in his hands. IOIs qualifiers would not pose any threat to the GPL. Thats why he did not come. Zhang Yuan laughed and said, Youre all wrong. Boss Pei is not in Jingzhou now. Ye Zhizhou was stunned. Hes not in Jingzhou? Is he on a business trip? Zhang Yuan lowered his voice and said, Boss Pei went to Shanghai alone to watch IOIs competition! Ye Zhizhou and Xiao Peng looked surprised. Boss Pei had gone to Shanghai alone and went deep into the enemys lair to watch the game? That was because Boss Pei had always given people the impression that he was a wise general who could devise strategies and win thousands of battles. He would be able to see everything that happened across the country as long as he stayed in Jingzhou. Yet, Boss Pei had personally gone to Shanghai to attend the IOI competition For some reason, everyone felt like he was heading into battle alone. Xiao Peng felt a little confused as he sighed. However, does Boss Pei have to go personally if its just to get a closer look at the enemy? Zhang Yuan sniggered. Of course, its not just to spy on the enemy. How can Boss Pei only have one goal? He must have a complete plan! Actually, Boss Pei had already invested in FV Club in private. He had planted a foreshadowing in IOIs team. I think Boss Pei is probably waiting for a suitable time. FV Club might become the deciding factor in IOI and GOGs eSports industry! As for the specifics Im not sure either. Lets wait and see! Ye Zhizhou and Xiao Peng nodded in agreement. Let us congratulate FV Club and SUG Club for their qualification! Tomorrow morning and afternoon, we will have two rounds of best-of-five matches to determine the final spot for the World Series. Please wait and see! Ding Gan, who had been sweating profusely in the audience, finally relaxed slightly. The afternoon group match was considered a close shave for SUG. Even though they had lost the first round to FV Club, they still won the next round without any mishaps to become second place in the group. The schedule for tomorrows elimination tournament was still full. The first and second place teams would each play one set of best-of-five matches. The two winners would compete for the first seeded team while the two losers would compete for the last spot. IOIs international competition schedule this time was protected by competition zones. That was because Zhao Xuming knew very well that the current IOI team in the local server was not good enough. If they were to fight against foreign strong teams, they might be beaten up badly. They had to have a hand in the competition system to save face. Thus, Chrtien and the upper echelons of Finger Games decided that the first seed of each division would start from the top eight, and the second and third seed would start from the group stages. That would prevent all teams from being wiped out in the group stages. At the very least, it would keep the attention of domestic players to the top eight. There would be no helping if the strongest team in the country was still beaten after entering the top eight. Ding Gans emotions became much more stable after watching SUG torture the remaining two teams. It doesnt seem to be a problem with SUG. This FV is just too strong. On the bright side, its also a good thing to meet FV in the group stages. Its almost impossible to meet them tomorrow. We have to play two best-of-five matches tomorrow. Well definitely qualify as long as we dont meet FV Club. Ding Gan kept consoling himself. He finally calmed down. It was already very late when the competition ended. The audience left the stage one by one. Ding Gan stood up and prepared to go backstage to comfort his team members. However, just as he was about to leave, he caught a glimpse of a familiar figure from the corner of his eye. He seemed to have seen him somewhere before. Ding Gan was seated in the front row of the VIP seats. Many people had already stood up and left the venue. Most of the seats were empty except for a figure wearing a black mask who was still seated. He looked out of place. Ding Gan frowned and took a closer look. This persons eyes and clothes looked familiar even though he was wearing a mask. Boss Pei?! Ding Gan specially went to Jingzhou to meet Boss Pei after SUG Club was removed from GPL. That was why he recognized him. Many thoughts surfaced in Ding Gans mind after confirming Boss Peis identity. All the plots seemed to connect at that moment. Why did FV Club take the initiative to spend money on publicity? Where did the celebrity players of FV Club come from? Ding Gan believed that Boss Pei had many hidden tricks up his sleeve, but he had not seen through them yet. All of this was obviously Boss Peis plan. It was just a game of chess between GOG and IOI in the eSports field, while SUG and the other clubs were just pawns! Boss Pei even personally came to Shanghai to the IOI Qualification Competition to enjoy his own set up. He was just like a psychopathic murderer who had to return to the crime scene after committing a crime. He would only be able to obtain a sense of satisfaction by observing the situation closely. Ding Gan suddenly shuddered! Chapter 778 - Continue With This Fighting Style In the end, Ding Gan did not muster the courage to speak to Boss Pei. Hes the knife while Im the meat on the chopping board, what else can I say? Ding Gan had dealt with Boss Pei before regarding the GPL quota. He knew Boss Pei very well. Boss Pei was a strategist. He would not make a move unless he was 100% sure. At the same time, Boss Pei was a cold-hearted person. Once he made up his mind, he would not change it. Now that Boss Pei had personally come to the IOI Qualification Competition, it meant that he was confident of winning. Whats more, he would not change his mind even if anyone begged because he had already made up his mind. Ding Gan knew that there was no point in saying anything now. Whether the SUG Club would be able to qualify tomorrow would depend on the players themselves. Ding Gan turned around and quickly left the venue and headed backstage at that thought. He did not want to be seen by Boss Pei nor did he want to inform Zhao Xuming. At the moment, Zhao Xuming could not help nor did he care about SUG Club at all. In any case, there were only three spots for, it did not matter to him whether it was FV or SUG which qualified. Since that was the case, everyone should deal with their own problem! All Ding Gan wanted to do now was to quickly motivate his players. He wanted them to stabilize their mentality and fight their way out of the elimination round tomorrow to obtain a place in the international competition. Pei Qian did not notice Ding Gan, who was seated not far away from him. He was still immersed in the sorrow of FV successfully entering the elimination round. After sitting in his seat for a long time, Pei Qian stood up, intending to head to the backstage of the venue to check on the situation of FV Club. It was originally a bottom rank team. How did it become an all-star team? Pei Qian would not be able to sleep well if he could not figure this out. The venue was only a recording studio in the shopping mall and was not very big nor formal. Therefore, Pei Qian found the backstage area for the players after he walked around twice. Some fans gathered outside the backstage, waiting to meet the player they liked. The official staff were already busy with other things as the competition had already ended for a period of time. Only the clubs leaders and managers stood outside to stop the passionate fans from affecting the players. Pei Qian saw the FV Clubs room. It was rather shabby as well, with only a miserable printout on the door with the words FV Club lounge. Manager Lu stood at the door and made a call. He seemed to be contacting the chauffeur in charge of picking him up. FV Club players could be heard arguing in the room. They were probably discussing the competition today. Pei Qian walked forward. Im sorry, the players are reviewing after the competition. They dont have time to sign and take photosa| Eh? You area| Manager Lu and Pei Qian had only met once. Pei Qian was wearing a mask, so he could not recognize him immediately. Pei Qian pulled his mask down slightly. Its me. Manager Lu was very surprised. He quickly said, Boss Pei? Why are you here? Please come in. He might not know why Boss Pei was here but anything that could make Boss Pei come here personally was definitely not a small matter. Pei Qian followed Manager Lu into the lounge. He immediately heard the players discussing battle tactics. Our playstyle is not good. Our hands and feet are still tied. The last two matches today were still alright, but the first match with SUG was so dangerous that we almost lost! Thats right. The elimination tournament tomorrow will definitely be much more intense than the group stages. There is a high risk that well fail if we are to continue playing like this. Why dont we resume our usual playing style? We can slowly adapt to GOGs playing style after we obtain the qualifications for the international competition. I think so too. We have to obtain the qualifications for the international competition first. Otherwise, everything would be in vain. The players had their own opinions, and the debate was rather intense. Manager Lu looked a little awkward as he said in a low voice, Boss Pei, dont mind them. The players dont have any conflicts. Theyre just discussing the tactics in the game. He was afraid that the scene in the lounge would leave a bad impression on Boss Pei. Even though Boss Pei said that he would not interfere with the operations of the FV Club when he was investing, it was one thing for Boss Pei to not interfere. It was another thing for Wu Yue and Manager Lu to not care about Boss Peis opinion. Wu Yue and Manager Lu cared about Boss Peis views from all sorts of angles. Boss Pei gave both money and resources, which was the players. This All-Stars team was basically formed by Boss Pei now; From the decision making point of view, Boss Pei had created the GPL league and was a producer of GOG. His understanding of game content and the E-Sports industry was much higher than Wu Yue and Manager Lu. Therefore, even if Boss Pei said that he would not interfere with the operations of FV Club, Manager Lu and Wu Yue would still try to guess Boss Peis intentions and try their best to run the club according to the way Boss Pei was satisfied with. Pei Qian was not angry when he heard the players arguing. Instead, he was elated. Why were they so angry after winning the competition? This meant that there was a problem in the team. There was a hidden danger to exploit! That was a good development! There was still hope that they would be eliminated as long as they performed badly tomorrow! Pei Qian became optimistic again at that thought. The corners of his mouth curled up under his mask. Wu Yue was also in the lounge, looking worried. Pan Ying was this teams support player and the team leader. He was in charge of the entire teams tactical arrangements and instructions. He was the one who suggested that they play according to GOGs methods initially, including switching operations, lineup selection, tactical details, and so on. All of them were similar to GOG. At first, the other players did not have any objections. However, the teams opinions differed after todays competition. That was because they really did have a hard time during the competition today. While Pan Yings playing style was unique and had quite a good effect, GOG and IOI were still very different in terms of heroes and gameplay. Whats more, such a playing style required a long period of practice and running-in. It was not something that they could become proficient in overnight. Thus, the top two players wanted to play it safe. They wanted to play their individual strength first, obtain the qualifications for the international competition, and then slowly train for it. However, Pan Ying felt that it was a good opportunity to train in the competition. The intensity of the training competition and the intensity of the elimination competition could not be compared at all. If he retreated every time he encountered difficulties, he would still not be able to train with such a style in the international competition. Whats more, the current tactical arrangements had already been arranged. Changing strategies to fight with individual capability might not be effective. Both sides had their own arguments, and neither could convince the other. Wu Yue had no way of unifying his opinions, and could only worry. At that moment, he saw Manager Lu leading Boss Pei into the lounge. Wu Yues eyes lit up as he quickly stood up. Boss Pei! Why are you here?! Pei Qian had already taken off his mask. He felt stuffy after covering his face for the entire afternoon. Nothing, I just came to take a look. Wuyue nodded, feeling a deep sense of respect. Boss Pei might say that he was just here to take a look but Wu Yue knew very well that Boss Pei must be here specially to watch the competition! Boss Pei was very busy every day with work. Today was also the opening of the GPL competition. Yet, Boss Pei did not even watch the GPLs opening ceremony. Instead, he came here to watch FV compete. That was enough to show how much Boss Pei valued FV Club! Boss Pei had only said that he was just here to take a look around in order not to put too much pressure on the players. That was so considerate. The players stood up and stopped arguing when they saw Boss Pei. Wu Yue quickly said, In my opinion, everyone should stop arguing. We wont be able to come to a conclusion even if we continue fighting like this. Whether its the individual skills or GOGs tactics, they all have their advantages and disadvantages. No one can guarantee that either strategy will win. Since neither can convince the other, the most important thing now is to make a decision as soon as possible. No matter what method we choose, we have to hurry up and come up with a strategy when we get back. We cannot waste our time on meaningless debate. In my opinion, lets have Boss Pei decide on this! That way, everyone would be convinced, right? The players looked at each other and nodded. Boss Pei was the designer of GOG and the organizer of the GPL league. His understanding of games and competitions must be very high! If Boss Pei made the final decision, everyone would be able to accept it no matter the outcome. It would be everyone elses fault, not Boss Peis, even if they were to lose. Wu Yue looked at Pei Qian. Boss Pei, you should have seen the competition this afternoon. Can you give us an idea? The team will definitely listen to you. Pei Qian could not help but feel elated. Such luck! You asked me to make the decision, I didnt force you. Pei Qian had already noticed that the players of FV Club were all very strong individually, and they could cooperate well when he watched the competition in the afternoon. However, their understanding of the game version and tactical execution were obviously different from other teams. From the selection of players to the actual tactical execution and resource exchange, they all seemed out of place with the other teams. Simply put, they were playing GOG, limiting their individual abilities to a certain extent. If they were to compete purely on strength, SUG Club would lose without any suspense. The commentator could tell, so could the players of FV Club. Pei Qian felt that this was perfectly normal. GOG and IOI were two different games. There was such a huge difference in the game mechanism. Yet, they insisted on playing IOI according to GOGs playing style. It was just like reverse training. Even if they could make a name for themselves, they would have to train hard for a long time. Whats more, they would never be able to defeat the top experts. Everyone knew that best-of-one matches and best-of-five matches were two completely different games. The intensity of the elimination tournament would increase tomorrow. Whether FV Clubs playstyle would still be effective was a huge question. At that thought, Pei Qian said seriously, Just stick to your current playing style. There wont be a problem! No matter how difficult the competition is, you cannot give up! At that moment, Pei Qian, the movie king, looked extremely serious. The support player, Pan Ying, was very moved. He said, Thank you Boss Pei, for your trust! I will definitely perfect this strategy so that we can achieve better results tomorrow! Initially, he had been a little swayed by the results of this playing style. However, since Boss Pei had personally verified that there was no problem with it, then there was definitely no problem! If they lost the competition, it would be because his team did not play or cooperate well. It would definitely not be Boss Peis fault. The other contestants looked at each other and did not say anything else. Boss Pei had already come to a conclusion. What was there to be conflicted about? They just had to take the tactics seriously and complete their task. There was no point arguing anyway since they had reached a consensus. Everyone just had to listen to Pan Yings instructions. Wu Yue could not help but click his tongue in wonder. Is this Boss Peis magic? A few words and all the players are convinced! While Wu Yue was the boss of the club and could suppress these players, forcefully suppressing them did not mean that they would be willing to listen. That was because while Wu Yue was the boss, his understanding of the game was still lacking. Even if he said that he wanted to use a certain fighting style, the team members would still subconsciously think about whether a different fighting style would be better after encountering problems. Boss Pei, on the other hand, was not only the boss but also had a deep understanding of the game. If he said that there was no problem, there would definitely be no problem. Wu Yue could not help but feel emotional. Boss Pei was like a chosen one who could do anything. How could he not win in life when he followed such a big boss? Chapter 779 - Making Use of Boss Pei to Garner Popularity December 11th, Sunday The second day of the GPL season preliminaries, IOIs knockout stage. Zhao Xuming arrived at the IOI Qualification venue early in the morning just like yesterday and urged the staff to adjust the equipment and prepare for the competition. The four teams had already arrived at the competition venue early today. They had to play a set of best-of-five matches in the morning and afternoon each. The schedule was very tight and the pressure was boiling over. Originally, the three veteran teams, including SUG, did not have much pressure. The three slots were made for them after all. They could easily bully teams with a weak stomach. They could have qualified no matter what. The first seeded team could start from the top eight directly. There was still a need to compete for it while the position of the second and third seeded teams could be bought. However, there was no team with a weak stomach now that FV club had appeared out of nowhere within the four teams to be eliminated. Anyone who did not play well would be eliminated directly. The pressure was instantly felt. Players were seriously preparing for battle tactics or taking the time to take a short nap to conserve their energy in their respective club lounges. All of them were hoping that they could maintain a better competitive state when the competition started. At that moment, Zhao Xumings assistant rushed over with a serious expression. Boss Zhao, weve investigated the situation with FV Club! These players were indeed sold to them by the GPL clubs. With Wu Yues financial resources, he would definitely not be able to afford them. Most likely, they were half sold and half given away. Whats more, these players are from different GPL teams. There must be someone in the middle to coordinate with them. The boss of FV Club, Wu Yue, does not have that ability. Only Tengdas Boss Pei can make these clubs willingly hand these players over! Therefore, we can basically confirm that Tengda is behind FV Club. In fact, Tengda might have already bought this club! I even suspect that SHG and the other clubs went to each club to poach IOIs potential players because of a plan they had all along. It was part of Boss Peis plan! Zhao Xumings expression turned serious as he nodded slightly. As I expected. Ding Gan had already told Zhao Xuming about the suspicious points of FV Club yesterday. However, all of their actions were in line with the rules of the competition. Thus, Zhao Xuming was helpless and could not do anything about FV Club. However, being helpless did not mean not doing anything. For safetys sake, Zhao Xuming asked his assistant to quickly investigate the background of FV Club and figure out their true motives. The assistant was very efficient as well. He had more or less figured it out today. Zhao Xuming noted it down in his heart and asked, Is there anything else worth noting? The assistant quickly nodded. Yes, Boss Zhao! According to our staffs intel, a mysterious person wearing a mask came to the competition venue yesterday. He also went to FV Clubs lounge! From the way Manager Lu addressed him, hes most likely Tengdas Boss Pei himself! The club lounges in the backstage also had staff from the competition organizers around. Pei Qian might be wearing a mask but the way Manager Lu addressed him had already exposed his identity. Zhao Xuming frowned and looked surprised. Boss Pei himself? Are you sure? The assistant nodded. Based on the information I have, Boss Pei looks similar to his stand-in actor and is very young. Manager Lu addressed the mysterious masked man as Boss Pei and was very respectful. After coming out of the lounge, Wu Yue left with him very respectfully. He also addressed him as Boss Pei. On top of that, I also asked SUG Clubs Boss Ding Gan. He met Boss Pei in person and admitted that Boss Pei was indeed at the studio. Based on this information, the mysterious person wearing the mask is most likely Boss Pei himself. Zhao Xuming frowned slightly. Ding Gan know about this? The assistant nodded. He knows, but he didnt take the initiative to tell us. He only admitted to it when I asked. Hmph! Zhao Xuming snorted. This Ding Gan seems to be a little upset with the way I handled things previously? Dont worry about him. Just make sure that it is Boss Pei. Zhao Xuming fell into deep thought. Boss Pei was here personally? What was his motive? Zhao Xuming had an instinctive fear of Boss Pei. That was because Boss Peis previous achievements had been too outstanding. GOG had advanced triumphantly, making waves domestically and overseas. It was hard to find a worthy opponent. The upper echelons of Dayak Corporation had also been dealt with without being able to fight back. Zhao Xuming had been tortured to the point of losing his temper during his simple exchange with Boss Pei. He had unknowingly developed a fear of Boss Pei. Zhao Xuming began to panic now that he heard that Boss Pei was at the recording studio in person. However, he quickly calmed down. Theres no need to panic. Hes just an ordinary person. Hes not a killing demon. He would only be here to supervise the battle even if he is here. What can he do in our territory? The assistant nodded. Boss Zhao is right. Perhaps its because the outside world has been spreading rumors that Boss Pei has always been elusive. Once he makes a move, he has absolute confidence in winning. Whats more, he has never fought a battle without preparation or confidence. Thats why were being paranoid. Then, Boss Zhao, what should we do now? Zhao Xuming frowned and fell into deep thought. I think Boss Pei came to Shanghai personally for two reasons. First, he wanted to spy on the enemy. He wanted to see our arrangements at the venue since it is not accurate to rely on others to convey information after all. He had to see it for himself to confirm the details. Second, he wanted to supervise the battle and cheer on the members of FV Club. He hoped that they would be able to win the qualifiers. Therefore, he kept a low profile and even wore a mask when he came alone because he did not want to be discovered. He thought that no one would recognize him since he had never shown his face on the internet but did not count for us to catch on to this information unexpectedly! If we can make good use of it, we might be able to make a beautiful comeback The assistant could feel that Zhao Xuming seemed to be hatching an excellent idea. He waited quietly by the side, not daring to interrupt his train of thought. Zhao Xuming suddenly slammed the table. I got it! Boss Pei kept a low profile, he did not want to show his face and attract attention. Yet, well do the exact opposite and spread the news that Boss Pei came to watch the IOI qualifiers! Find Boss Peis seat. The director will give him a close-up shot and inform the two commentators in advance to welcome Boss Pei! Then, well hire fake reviewers in advance to create hype online. The content is very simple. Well say that Boss Pei did not watch the GPL league but came to watch the IOI qualifiers instead. This means that the IOI qualifiers were held better than the GPL league. Whats more, it triggered Tengdas sense of crisis. This means that IOI is starting to show its power. GOGs dominance in the country is about to be threatened! In short, transfer all of Boss Peis popularity to IOIs qualifiers! The assistants eyes lit up. Good plan, Boss Zhao! Boss Pei came all the way to Shanghai to spy on the enemy like an assassin. However, we will welcome him with great fanfare. That would make us look honorable while Boss Pei appears to be sneaky! Well have the upper hand in terms of breadth of mind and temperament! Whats more, Boss Pei is here to watch the IOI qualifiers and not the GPL league. As long as we make an issue out of this, we will be able to steal a large portion of GPLs popularity. Its perfect! Ill arrange it right now! The assistant was about to turn around and leave when he was stopped by Zhao Xuming. Wait! Thats not enough. How about this, you make two preparations. FV will fight the second team of Group A as the first team from Group B. Well know the results before noon. Well not talk about FV Club nor bring the heat to FV Club if they were to win hands down. If the FV Club wins with difficulty, they probably wont be able to beat Team As first team. They wont be able to get the first seed. If that happens, well expose the relationship between FV Club and Tengda Corporation before the competition starts in the afternoon! We can put it this way: Tengda had schemed and spent a lot of money to build FV Club, but they were still beaten up by our IOI clubs. Highlight Boss Peis ashen face at the scene. Wouldnt that become another wave of popularity and traffic? The assistant nodded profusely. Boss Zhao is brilliant! Given the FV Clubs personnel configuration, if they obtained the first seed, Zhao Xuming would have no choice but to play dead and not take the initiative to spread the relationship between Tengda and FV Club. However, if FV Club were to lose, Zhao Xuming could kick them while they were down, step on them a few times, and take advantage of their popularity. Of course, the specifics still depended on the mornings competition situation. Zhao Xuming was in a good mood and could not help but smile. Boss Pei, Boss Pei, you are not omnipotent and flawless. You also show your flaws! I admire your courage to come to the battle alone, but arent you offering your popularity to me? It would be impolite to refuse such a generous offer. Ill gladly accept it! At the competition venue. Just like yesterday, Pei Qian wore a mask and sat in the front to watch the competition. Yesterday, Wu Yue and Manager Lu had wanted to hold a banquet to welcome him, but Pei Qian had decisively rejected them. The players of the FV Club had to make use of the time to review the game after the competition, summarize their experience, and then rest well. There were still two more matches the next day, which would consume a lot of energy after all. Thus, Wu Yue did not insist and only sent Boss Pei back to the hotel. Perhaps it was because he had changed his environment, or perhaps it was because the competition on Saturday had left some unpleasant memories for Pei Qian. He did not sleep well last night, and he was a little listless today. However, it did not matter. He would just be watching the competition. The competition schedule was very full. There would be two sets of best-of-five matches in the morning and another two sets of best-of-five matches in the afternoon. Any team would be eliminated if they lost the two rounds. However, any of the teams would be able to enter the world competition as the first seed if they were to win two rounds. FV Club was fighting in the first match while SUG was fighting in the second match against the first and second team of Group A respectively. The members of the FV Club were full of energy and were seriously adjusting their equipment. The two commentators were warming up the atmosphere, analyzing the playstyles and state of the two teams yesterday, and making predictions about the upcoming competition. However, at that moment, a camera suddenly appeared above Pei Qians head without warning. Pei Qians close-up shot appeared on the big screen immediately! At that moment, he was casually sitting in the front row with his legs crossed and his right hand on his cheek. His gaze was relaxed and the black mask on his face was rather eye-catching. Pei Qian could not help but be shocked when he suddenly saw himself on the big screen. He froze as a question mark floated above his head. ? He panicked for a moment, but he quickly calmed down and did not do anything. Fortunately, he was prepared and wore a mask! This was probably a random shot of the audience before the competition. It was no big deal. The entire scene would only last for one or two seconds. However Why would they film a man wearing a mask instead of the many cute girls ? Pei Qian was slightly confused, but he remained calm. However, he quickly realized that he was wrong. That was because the close-up seemed to last a little too long. The camera in the air had no intention of moving away to film anyone else! The audience had obviously noticed this as well, and they started discussing. Who was this? This person was not a beautiful lady. Whats more, this person was wearing a mask which hid his face. Did the director have to give him a close-up of five seconds? The two commentators spoke immediately. Aye, I see that the director had directed the camera to the audience. Many people might not recognize him. Let us make a grand introduction here: Tengda Corporations Boss Pei is also present at our competition venue! Boss Pei traveled all the way from Jingzhou to Shanghai despite being so busy. Its obvious how much he loves our competition. Lets give him a round of applause to warmly welcome him! Thunderous applause and cheers rang out the moment the emcee finished speaking. There were obviously staff within that were prepared in advance to provide professional applause. The emcee and the staff cooperated slightly and led the audience to clap together, instantly creating an excellent program effect. Pei Qian: What the f*ck At that moment, Pei Qian was very glad that he was wearing a mask. Otherwise, his expression would have been extremely awkward. The live broadcast would have been broadcasted to everyone in the audience and live-stream. The organizers of the competition were causing trouble! Pei Qian immediately realized that the organizers had done this on purpose. However, it was not appropriate for him to do anything now. He could only maintain a calm and indifferent expression until the camera above his head moved away. The director shamelessly filmed for a full ten seconds. However, he finally moved the camera away in pity when he saw how calm and collected Boss Pei was. However, the close-up shots in these ten seconds had a very good effect. The live-streaming platform of the IOI qualifiers was now filled with bullet screen comments. Boss Pei?! What the hell? Tengda Corporations Boss Pei is at the IOI Qualification Competition? Shouldnt he be watching the GPL? What is he doing? This wave, is the boss going to personally spy on the enemy? And getting caught at the scene? Hahaha, does this mean that IOIs competition is better than GPL? Even Boss Pei doesnt watch GPL? Are you sure this is Boss Pei? How did you recognize him with a mask on? From the hairstyle, clothes, figure, and some other details, it is indeed possible. The organizers of the competition shouldnt make such a low level mistake. They must have confirmed Boss Peis identity before giving the close-up. The GPL club is in an awkward position. We were fighting with all our might here, and in the end, the organizers of the league went to see someone else? SHG: We are about to fight to the death, why did Your Majesty surrender first? Similar discussions were taking place in the live-stream and on the forums. Many of these comments were posted by the fake reviewers arranged by Long Yu Corporation. On the surface, they looked like they were teasing each other, but in fact, they had a motive. Once the saying Boss Pei did not watch the GPL but came to watch the IOI Qualification Competition spread, even if it was actually a form of ridicule, it would also subtly induce the bystanders. This little episode passed very quickly, but the public opinion on the Internet gradually began to ferment. The competition between the two teams began, and the audience was soon immersed in the intense competition. These two teams were already at the top level in the country. It was very exciting for them to fight so well. FV Club still played strictly according to GOGs gameplay as Pei Qian had requested. They still did not fit in with the usual play styles from the selection of players to the operations of the game. FV Club and the SUG had a very intensive match in the group match yesterday. The victory was partly due to luck. Todays opponent had obviously studied FV Clubs playstyles last night. They had made certain targets in the selection of players and tactics. Thus, FV Club was having a harder time. However, even so, the FV Club had no intention of playing a regular lineup. Instead, they continued to follow their previous strategy. Both sides had been fighting for five rounds. They had originally arranged for two matches to be played in the morning, but the match with FV ended at 11 PM. The assistant walked quickly to Zhao Xuming at the backstage of the recording studio. Boss Zhao! Everything has been arranged according to your instructions. We have already prepared a few manuscripts. The contents include the relationship between Tengda Corporation and FV Club, Boss Peis presence at the scene, and so on. We will spread this news in the afternoon, buy hot searches, and hype it up. We will definitely be able to generate considerable popularity on the internet! Zhao Xuming nodded in satisfaction. Yes, very good! He watched FV Clubs competition in the morning the entire time. They were in a deadlock with the second team in Group A. It was not an easy win. From yesterdays group competition, Group As first and second place did not seem to have much pressure. They took things in their stride. This meant that even if the FV Club managed to win painstakingly and obtained a spot in the international competition, they would definitely not be able to beat Group As number one team. They would not be able to get the first seed. Not only that, there was a high chance that they would be beaten up by Group As number one team! Since that was the case, he could take the opportunity to reveal the relationship between FV Club and Tengda Corporation. He could step on it and bring IOI a lot of attention. Boss Pei had spent a huge sum of money to create a team to participate in the IOI qualifiers. Yet, they were still eaten up with him supervising the competition. Zhao Xumings goal would be achieved once this news was spread. Of course, the prerequisite was that FV Club had to lose for the maximum impact. In fact, Zhao Xuming could also choose to spread the news after the competition ended. However, that would be too late and he would not be able to capitalize on it. There were four sets of best-of-five matches today. The schedule was too packed. It was almost 12 PM when the first game ended. The later matches could only be postponed. He estimated that it would be after 10 PM when they finished playing all four sets of best-of-five matches. Such discussions were timely, and it would take some time for them to ferment. It would be late at night by the time the competition ended which would impair the effect of the spread and would not attract a lot of attention and traffic. On the contrary, by spreading the news in the afternoon, everyone would pay attention to FV Clubs competition at night. Long Yu Corporation would then be able to use public opinion to step on Tengda after FV Club was defeated. The timing would be perfect. Zhao Xuming could not help but to gloat. It was said that Boss Pei had everything under control. However, wasnt Boss Pei helpless as well when faced with such a situation where he could not control? Anyone with a discerning eye could tell that the FV Club was still lacking in strength and could not compete for the first seeded spot. Zhao Xuming was certain of this and wanted to create popularity for IOI by stepping on FV Club and Tengda. How could Boss Pei turn the situation around under such circumstances? Zhao Xuming felt that victory was within his grasp. Chapter 780 - Physical Advantage Revealed! The competition continued. The second match was between SUG Club and the first team in Group A. The overall strength of SUG was obviously slightly worse, but the match was abnormally tight. It filled out the entire set of best-of-five matches. Ding Gan was so nervous that he broke out in cold sweat. He had spent a long time working with his team after the competition yesterday. He had told them to focus all their energy on preparing for todays first match and strive to win the first match directly. There were two main reason for this arrangement: First, the opponent of the first set of best-of-five matches was confirmed. The opponent of the second set of best-of-five matches was uncertain. What if FV lost? The opponent of the first set of best-of-five matches would be easier to deal with. Second, the first match was when the players were the most energetic. The chances of winning were higher. The next set of best-of-five matches would be even harder once they lost. Thus, Ding Gan had given his team members a lot of motivation yesterday. At the same time, he had instructed the coach to make all sorts of targeted tactical arrangements for the familiar team in Group A. Today, they had indeed achieved great results. However, things did not develop as Ding Gan had imagined. There was still a gap in strength between the two sides. The players of SUG fought five rounds, but they still lost. Ding Gan, who was seated below the stage and watching the entire game, nearly fainted. However, he did not have any other good ideas. He could only take the opportunity to comfort his players at the back stage and get them to continue preparing for the next set of best-of-five matches. At the same time, Pei Qian was browsing his cell phone in boredom. The competition schedule was too tight. The break was longer this time in order to allow the players and the audience to take a break. It was confirmed that FV club would be able to enter the international competition after they had won the first set of best-of-five matches. Pei Qians hopes had been dashed. However, as the saying went, he was already here. He had traveled all the way to Shanghai, and the competition had been quite exciting. He had to finish watching the last two matches before leaving. Todays demonic competition had been going on from morning to afternoon. There were two sets of best-of-five matches, but what was more terrifying was that there were two more sets of best-of-five matches. Many of the audience could not take it anymore. Their stomachs were rumbling and their voices were almost hoarse from shouting. Some viewers were very smart. They brought a lot of snacks and drinks and kept ordering food . Those who did not bring snacks were more awkward. They had no choice but to leave midway to buy burgers and sandwiches to fill their stomachs. Of course, Pei Qian would not go hungry. He sneaked back to FV Clubs lounge and had a good meal. Thus, Pei Qian was full now. He swiped his cell phone while waiting for the competition to start. There were many unread messages on his cell phone. They were all from Zhang Yuan, Lin Chang, and the others. Boss Pei, how are things in Shanghai? Do you need our help? Boss Pei, theres a lot of news about you on the internet. It might have been released by Long Yu Corporation. Theyre trying to ride on your popularity while stepping on GPL. Should we fight back? Obviously, everyone on the internet knew that Pei Qian had been caught by the director at the IOI Qualification Competition. Pei Qian did not reply. Instead, he scrolled through the popular comments on his cell phone, looking pleasantly surprised. Long Yu Corporation was not bad! The intelligence gathering was not bad, and the tempo was brilliant! At the moment, there were two main topics being discussed on the internet. The first was that the FV Club was a club that Tengda had spent a huge sum of money to build. It was aiming to build the strongest IOI team. Boss Pei was very concerned about that. The second was that Boss Pei had personally come to the competition venue for the IOI qualifiers. Obviously, the IOI qualifiers were more popular than the GPLs pre-season competition. This was a very standard killer technique. First, they would use fake reviewers to create hype, saying that FV Club was established by Tengda and was a dream team. They were determined to win the championship, and their excessive praises would arouse the disgust of passers-by. At the same time, they would attract more attention. That way, as long as FV Club lost in the competition, the fake reviewers could immediately change the direction of the game and trample on FV Club until it was worthless. The classic left-to-right fighting, setting targets and hitting them with their own actions which would have a precise strike effect. The targets were naturally FV club, Boss Pei and Tengda Corporation. As one could imagine, once FV Club lost, comments like these would immediately spread across the internet: Isnt Tengda very good at e-sports? They spent so much money to build a warship in the Milky Way just to be beaten up? It has been proven that IOI is greater than GPL. Boss Pei, who was the authority in GOG, cannot play well in IOI. He can only be beaten up! So what if the GPL is so gaudy? Didnt Boss Pei come all the way to Shanghai to watch his own club being tortured? Long Yu Corporation would have a lot of space to make use of as long as he could muddle the waters. Of course, it would not affect GOGs dominance in the country. However, IOI would definitely take away some of its popularity. Zhao Xuming had made use of Boss Pei to increase the traffic flow and build momentum for the IOI World Finals that were about to begin. That would be a huge contribution to Finger Games. Pei Qian could not help but give a thumbs up in his heart. Well done! The FV Club had won a series of consecutive victories and had even obtained the qualifications for the IOI World Competition. Pei Qians heart had been heavy at first, but he could not help but feel comforted after seeing that Long Yu Corporation was finally working. That way, the internet would be filled with negative comments as long as FV Club lost in the competition for the top seeded team. As for whether FV Club would lose or not? Pei Qian felt that there was a high chance of that happening. They had made ample preparations for SUG to win the entire set of best-of-five matches. FV Club was not that well-prepared. On the contrary, the other party must have studied FVs playing style. Whats more, the other party had just won the set of best-of-five matches. Both their morale and state were at their peak. It was highly likely that they would win against FV in one go. Pei Qian and Zhao Xuming were in the audience and backstage of the recording studio, patiently waiting for FV Club to fail. The competition continued as the audience cheered and shouted. In the first round, FV Clubs playing style seemed to have been figured out by the other party. The players were not in the right state either, and their performance was a little abnormal. They resisted symbolically for a while before being flattened. Zhao Xuming was overjoyed. He asked the fake reviewers on the internet to work harder on FV Club and Tengda. In the second round, FV Club changed to a new tactic that they had never used before. They won through a surprise attack. They managed to get back at them even though there were some twists and turns in the middle. FV Club made a small mistake and was caught by the opponent in the third round. They lost by one move and the opponent won two points. In the fourth round, FV Club fought for close to fifty minutes. In the end, they narrowly won. After four rounds, both sides arrived at the deciding round. Pei Qian looked at his watch. It was already past eight in the evening. The audience had already entered a state of hopelessness. All of them slumped weakly in their chairs, occasionally shaking the empty drinks cup in their hands. They licked their dry lips and helplessly put them down. They had no choice, they kept cheering until their throats were hoarse. Some of the audience could not take it anymore and wanted to leave. However, they gritted their teeth and persevered considering that it was already the fifth game. Pei Qian could not help but want to leave. However, on further thought, he was already here. He had watched four rounds of best-of-five matches. He had to finish watching the final round, right? He suppressed his restlessness and watched the fifth round patiently. The commentator might have changed, but the new one was already parched and hoarse. Even so, they tried their best to liven up the atmosphere. Alright, the final deciding round is about to begin. Everyone, please clap and cheer for the team you support! I have to say that todays competition is worth the price of tickets. Everyone could enjoy watching three full sets of best-of-five matches at a shot. Many viewers might not be able to hold on much longer. For the players, reaching this stage is no longer just a competition of skills and tactics. It is a competition of willpower. Indeed, we can see that many contestants dont look too good. They are taking advantage of every moment to recover their energy. Let me explain to everyone here. Players would not dare to eat too much during competitions because their blood would be directed to their stomachs after eating. That would cause their brain to run out of blood and slow down their reactions. For professional players, a single reaction would usually determine the outcome of a competition. Thus, we can see that the players on both sides did not eat too much. They only ate high-calorie food like chocolate and candy to replenish their energy. My heart aches for our players. They have been playing competitions from morning until night. Each team has already played nine games. Most of them have reached their physical and mental limits. I hope that they can withstand the final deciding game and risk an exciting competition for us while not leaving any regretsa?| Pei Qian was stunned when he heard the commentators words. He realized that something was amiss! He took a closer look at the expressions on the screen. The players of the FV Club were all rubbing their hands together. While it was obvious that they were tired as well, they were still in high spirits. He looked at the opponents again. Some of them were slumped in their E-Sports chairs, resting with their eyes closed. Some of them had their heads lowered on the table. Those who were still struggling to keep their eyes on the computer screen were pale as well. They were chewing their chewing gum to refresh themselves. The physical difference between the two parties was obvious at this moment! E-Sports mainly relied on brain power. Under normal circumstances, physical fitness would not have that much of an impact. For a competition like the GPL, a team could at most play one set of best-of-five matches. Therefore the players competitive state could be maintained at a relatively good level. However, the situation in the invitational tournament this time was special. It had become a tag-team battle. Both sides were in a deadlock. In the end, it became a set of best-of-ten matches. Naturally, the players on the other side could not take it anymore. On the other hand, the members of the FV Club had been working out every day at the GPL Club. Their physical fitness had improved greatly. They were also very tired now, but they were in much better condition than their opponents. This difference could very well determine the outcome of the competition! Pei Qian felt his limbs turn cold. This is bad! The final game officially began as Pei Qian was in a state of worry! Both sides already knew each other very well by now. Moreover, they did not dare to use any risky moves in the deciding match. They only wanted stability. In the end, the battle became a contest of willpower. Both sides began to make mistakes, but it was obvious that FV Club was in a better state and were more focused. After seizing a few opportunities, the scales of victory gradually tilted towards FV Club, and the economic gap between the two sides grew bigger and biggera?| Let us congratulate FV for obtaining the first seedled team qualification for IOIs global finals! The commentators voice echoed throughout the entire stadium. FVs players jumped up and hugged each other excitedly. Youre really something! We did not let Boss Pei down. We did it! International competition, here we come! The audience was not stingy with their applause and cheers. The entire venue was filled with enthusiasm. SUG might still have one B5 that had not been played and the last slot had not been decided at the moment, but at that moment, FV Club was the absolute focus of attention! Zhao Xuming sat paralyzed in his chair, looking like he had nothing to live for in the backstage of the recording studio. That was it?! In the end, FV Club still won? Wouldnt all the preheating and preparations he had made earlier go to waste? Zhao Xumings mind went blank. The director frowned. This is bad, Boss Zhao. Many viewers are leaving! Zhao Xuming looked up. Indeed, a large group of audience was leaving the venue! Many viewers finally persevered and finished watching this set of best-of-five matches. It was almost 9 PM. Many people could not take it anymore and left the stage to go home even though there was still another set of best-of-five matches to be played. Zhao Xuming had a good plan originally when he was arranging the competition schedule. If there was a weakling team, they would be able to play less rounds and it would have ended at about nine. He saved the last place for the final battle so that the suspense would linger till the last moment. He could hold an expedition ceremony once that was done. That would be perfect. However, all the previous arrangements were messed up with FV shaking things up! Now the last set of best-of-five matches had yet to start but it was already very late. The audience could not take it anymore and wanted to leave. Would the audience still be left for the last match later? Zhao Xuming stared blankly at the ceiling feeling that the situation in the IOI qualifiers had completely gone out of his control! Chapter 781 - New World Famous Painting The competition was not over yet. SUG Club still had to fight with another unlucky team for the last ticket to the IOI World Tournament. However, the audience could not take it anymore. That was too much! They had played three sets of best-of-five matches the entire day, and all of them were long drawn. Each game lasted between 35 minutes to 50 minutes. They were about to puke no matter how exciting the game was. Whats more, the top seeded team had already been decided. While this set of best-of-five matches would be the final competition, it would not be as exciting as the competition for the top seeded team. It was late and Shanghai was huge. Some viewers were afraid that they would not be able to make it home on time by subway, so many people left early. It might be a little wasteful to give up watching since they had already bought the tickets. However, considering that they watched the three crazy set of best-of-five matches today, it was completely worth the price of the tickets so they would not feel like it was a total loss. All in all, all of these factors combined to cause the audience to leave the stage one by one. Many empty seats in the venue appeared. Pei Qian slumped back in his seat, looking up at the sky with mixed feelings. The entire day of the competition was akin to being tortured to death! He had wanted to watch FV Club lose two sets of best-of-five matches and go home happily. He had not expected FV Club to become more and more courageous as the battle progressed. They had won both sets of best-of-five matches and became the King of the Bladder! Every time Pei Qian felt that FV was about to fail, these players would find a way to turn the tables in the face of adversity. Pei Qian could only sigh. He had no choice. He could not possibly rush onto the stage and ask his team to lose, right? He looked at his watch. It was slightly past nine. The question was, what should he do next? The other viewers had left the venue early because their accommodations were far from the venue and they needed to catch the train home. However, Pei Qians hotel was near this shopping mall and it was only a five-minute walk. Nine oclock was still too early for Pei Qian to go to bed. He had nothing to do when he returned to the hotel. At that moment, Pei Qians cell phone rang. It was Wu Yue. Boss Pei! Where are you? Im planning to bring my team over for supper before coming back for the expedition ceremony. Please come with me! Wu Yues voice was filled with excitement and ecstasy. It would have been unimaginable for FV Club to achieve such results a month ago! In the past, the FV Club was just a small, unknown club. It did not have any star players or thick stack of funds, much less any reputation. Even in IOI, which was not popular at all in the country, FV Club could not be ranked at the top. It could be said that they were purely just playing around. However, everything changed after Boss Pei invested! He had a celebrity team, results, attention, and everything was going well! The first seeded entry for the IOI World Competition this time had proven that FV Club was currently the strongest club in the country. They should be able to gain a lot of attention and fans soon. They would gain even more fans once they make a name for themselves in the international competition! As long as these results could be maintained for a period of time, as IOIs top club, FV would definitely receive more sponsorships and endorsements. There would also be more fans, and everything would get better! Therefore, Wu Yue was especially happy and wanted to treat his players to a feast. He had to ask Boss Pei along since he was here. Wu Yue was not sure if Boss Pei would come along. Perhaps Boss Pei had other matters to attend to, and he might not be able to invite this great Buddha himself. However, it was still necessary to ask. That was the most basic courtesy. The corners of Pei Qians mouth twitched. What? You want to eat a meal after the competition and give me another whipping again? Pei Qian rejected it immediately. I still want to watch the competition. I wont join in the fun. The protagonists today are the players. Let them have a good meal and rest. Wu Yue saw that Boss Pei was determined and did not insist. Alright, Boss Pei. Please call me at any time if you need anything. Pei Qian sighed silently after hanging up. It was still too early to go back to sleep. He would continue watching two more competitions and would go back to sleep around 11 PM. The timing was just right. The competition continued, and the remaining two teams fought for the last slot. The commentator was very professional and was still using his hoarse voice to stir up the atmosphere, but the audience still left silently one after another. Even Pei Qian could not bring himself to pay attention to the competition. There was no helping it. He had watched too many competitions today. He was almost numb to it. It was already very kind of him to stay and listen to the competition. Pei Qian yawned and took out his cell phone, wanting to browse the internet. After a while, he did not notice a few more messages. They were all from Zhang Yuan and the others. Boss Pei, youre so smart! You used yourself as bait to catch a big fish! Long Yu Corporation thinks theyre fishermen, but theyre actually the fish! All of the popularity that Long Yu Corporation has been trying so hard to generate has been earned by the GPL and FV Club. Boss Pei managed to turn the tables without much effort. Such a strategy is too powerful! A row of question marks appeared on Pei Qians head as he read the message. ??? What did that mean? Werent the public opinions on the internet still trampling on FV Club and GPL? Why? Had the winds changed so quickly? He quickly opened Weibo and various gaming forums to check on the players discussions. Im laughing. Is this the IOI Qualification Competition? Which idiot came up with this mentally retarded competition schedule? They havent even finished playing from morning till late at night. Theyre playing a full set of best-of-ten matches in a day. The audience cant even take it, let alone the players! At the end of the game, both sides are making serious mistakes. Their conditions have deteriorated too much, and they have lost their viewing pleasure. The organizers should take the blame. Why did they have to create such a strange competition system? I have a friend at the venue. I heard that after FVs game ended, a large number of viewers slipped away. They really could not take it anymore. Watching the competition today is even more tiring than running a marathon. Im dying of laughter. Its rare to see a competition that takes the audience away. The organizers are really talented! What about those people who stepped on FV Club previously? Come out now? Say something like Boss Peis All-Stars Team is just like that, Itll shatter with a single touch, Boss Pei is just playing GOG, and hell be beaten up when he gets to IOI? Are you still going to continue? Didnt FV destroy all your teams? What a joke. So many veteran clubs have been crushed by Boss Peis team that had just been established less than a month ago? This is a demotion wave! The facts have proven that Boss Pei has the power to turn something rotten into something magical. He could casually set up a club to play in IOIs territory and beat all of IOIs veteran clubs! Dont exaggerate. The five members of FV are the star players of IOI. Their hard skills are not bad to begin with. Do you expect Boss Pei to take credit for this? What has this got to do with him? Think about it carefully. Are you sure this has nothing to do with Boss Pei? Think about it carefully. Who invested in FV Club and poached the right five players from different teams? FVs playing style is obviously different from other clubs. Its more inclined towards GOGs tactics. Who arranged for it? These five players have obviously trained harder, and their physical fitness has improved. Thats why they can maintain a good state in the sets of best-of-ten matches. Who advocated this idea? Boss Pei is still taking the time out of his busy schedule to supervise the battle and encourage the players. Do you think FVs tenacity in their gameplay has nothing to do with this? Boss Pei might not have participated in the team tactics meetings, but didnt Boss Pei solve all of these macro problems? Obviously, no one can replace Boss Peis role in completing todays set of best-of-ten matches miracles! Ill reluctantly agree to other things, but isnt it a little far-fetched to win the set of best-of-ten matches because of physical training? Its only been a few days since the team was formed, right? Indeed, these people have been working out for less than a month. However, working out not only increases muscles, but also means that their working hours are regular, they have sufficient rest, and their diet is balanced. As long as they maintain it for more than a week, they will definitely feel that their mental state has improved significantly. These players might not be comparable to muscular men like Huang Wang, but they definitely have an advantage over the skinny internet addicts! Whats more, the schedule was beneficial to FV. FV played the first and third sets of matches of the day, while the opponent played the second and third games. The opponents advantage was that playing two or three consecutive sets of best-of-five matches would become more familiar with it at the start of the game. Thus, FV lost the first round of the game without any suspense. However, the advantage of FV was that there would be sufficient time to rest and adjust between the two games. This was also a key factor in maintaining a good state during a long battle! Now that I think about it, theres a problem with the competition system! Thats not fair! Thats right, but this is not the FVs fault. As I said before, the organizers are trash. If the organizers had not arranged this brainless competition through best-of-ten matches, it would be hard to say what would have happened. Thats why I said that Long Yu Corporation might be a big company, but its not professional at all when it comes to organizing competitions. Its far from being comparable to Tengda! Just look at the comparison between the IOI Qualification Competition and the GPL pre-season Competition. From the venue, the details of the competition, and the schedule, GOG is a complete mess! This is the difference between professional and amateur! To be honest, IOIs competition is too draggy. Each game is too long! A set of best-of-five matches cant be played for five hours. The tempo is too slow. I cant say that the viewership of IOI would be good if the world competition is still the same. Indeed, the difference is too great. There wont be any IOI competitions for the time being. Lets go watch the GPL. Its much better than this. I wonder how Boss Pei felt when he was there? Hehe, some people even said that Boss Pei went there because IOIs competition is better than GPLs? What an international joke! I think Boss Peis thinking should be: How can they still have the cheek to organize a competition like this? They dont even know how to copy homework properly! Boss Peis presence today was obviously a provocation! The club I invested in directly took away your number one seeded entry, and you cant do anything to me. Are you angry? Whats more, Im going to personally witness FV Club win the championship and mock you. What can you do to me? Indeed, Boss Pei is probably invincible in GOG. He doesnt feel threatened at all and has lost his passion. Thats why he used FV Club to fight IOI. He wanted to have some fun, but IOIs teams were so weak that they broke at one touch! If I were Boss Pei, I would only feel that life is as lonely as snow. Its so boring! I dont think Boss Pei will be watching IOIs competitions in the future. Its so disappointing. I was watching the replay of the competition when I suddenly realized that Boss Peis close-up seemed to have a deeper meaning. Look, Boss Pei might be wearing a mask and keeping a very low profile but his posture is very relaxed. He looks like he had victory in his hands. When the camera panned to him, he was completely indifferent and calm. Did he expect the results of todays competition? Handsome, handsome, handsome, mummy loves you, the Boss Pei that doesnt reveal your face! He personally went to the venue to watch a competition organized by a competitors company, sit in the first row and watch the club he invested in win the first seeded team. How domineering! I think that Boss Pei only wanted to keep a low profile and not slap Long Yu Corporation in the face too hard. He didnt think that Long Yu Corporation would take the initiative to bring the camera to him! Im dying of laughter! Pei Qian was stunned as he read the comments. What are these idiotic netizens talking about?! There was only one thing that was right: Boss Pei felt that life was as lonely as snow. Everything else was wrong! I only wanted to watch FV lose the competition. I didnt think so much! However, it was useless to say anything now. The trend of public opinion had already formed online! After Zhao Xuming and Long Yu Corporation discovered that Boss Pei had personally appeared at the scene, they used this as an excuse to buy hot searches and hire fake reviewers to boost their popularity. Once FV lost, they would be able to direct all of their popularity to the IOI World Competition. However, the script was completely different now! In the end, FV won the first seeded team by trashing the best-of-ten matches. Thus, all of the comments that Zhao Xuming had prepared to use to guide public opinion, discredit the GPL, and generate popularity for IOI World Competition were all ruined! It had not been easy for him to accumulate popularity, but now it was all concentrated on FV Club and GPL! The winner of the E-Sports competition was king. Whether it was 3: 0 or 3: 2, the audience would only remember the winner and view the runner-up as the biggest loser. At first, not many people paid attention to FV Club, probably only the older fans of the players. However, the audience knew that it was Boss Peis club after Long Yu Corporation spared no effort in introducing the club. The attention naturally soared now that it had achieved results! Pei Qian sighed softly, feeling that life was meaningless. Its a pity that there are no more miracles. SUG Club lost this crucial game with 0-3 and failed to obtain a slot in the world competition. To be honest, its really a pity. SUG team displayed very good competitive skills in todays first set of best-of-five matches. It was originally very hopeful. However, perhaps this is what they mean by Spurt on the first try, tired on the second try and fail with exhaustion on the third. I can clearly feel that they were not particularly prepared for the second set of best-of-five matches. Their competitive state was also not very good I can only hope that they can continue to work hard in the following matches Ding Gan was so angry that his blood pressure rose and he almost fainted below the stage. Even though he had a premonition about this, he did not expect the SUG to be wiped out with a 3: 0! The main reason why they were in such a state was because SUG had spent most of its energy on the first set of best-of-five matches. In the end, they failed at the last step and the teams mentality was greatly affected. Many times in the elimination rounds, they had to hold back their anger. That was because they would collapse once that anger was released. Ding Gan subconsciously looked at the audience. Most of the audience had left by now. There were not many people left. After all, it was already past 11 PM. There would be no subway if they were to leave any later. Boss Peis figure stood out in the empty front row seats. Ding Gan was very angry but he could not hate Boss Pei for some reason. Logically speaking, it was Boss Pei who reorganized FV Club and snatched a spot in the international competition. That was why SUG Club could not qualify. It also caused Ding Gan to lose all his investment in this team. However, Ding Gan felt that this was not Boss Peis fault but Zhao Xumings! Would the team have been torn down if Zhao Xuming had come to the club earlier to discuss the IOI World Competition? Zhao Xuming patted his chest confidently and guaranteed that SUG would definitely make it into the international competition. What happened in the end? The moment something happened, he immediately threw SUV aside! How did he come up with this brain paralysis competition? Was there a way to arrange the schedule for a game ithrough morning till late at night? If he split the two sets of best-of-five matches into two days, SUG would have more time to prepare. Perhaps the results would be different? Indeed, Boss Pei was the reason why SUG Club did not qualify. However, Ding Gan knew very well that Boss Pei was not targeting SUG Club. Boss Pei had reorganized FV Club. His primary goal was to slap the faces of IOI and Long Yu Corporation. SUG had been accidentally AOE[1.AOE refers to Area of Effect where everything within the area takes damage or healing]by Boss Pei. Zhao Xuming was the one to blame for not being able to qualify SUG! If not for the fact that Zhao Xuming was such a good-for-nothing who could not even fight back after being beaten by Boss Pei, would the SUG be dragged down? The more Ding Gan thought about it, the angrier he became. Zhao Xuming! Ill be a dog if I follow you around! I would rather play GDL in the future and never enter GPL in my life than to touch IOI again! For some reason, the more Ding Gan looked at Boss Pei, the more despair he felt. He should not have had anything to do with Boss Peis chess games. How unlucky! He had made up his mind to follow Boss Pei. So what if he had been unhappy before and had been a little worse off previously? It was still better than being pulled into an AOE for no reason! Ding Gans face was ashen. He did not intend to look for Zhao Xuming anymore. He flicked his sleeves and left. On stage, the three teams that had qualified for the next round went on stage one by one in the expedition ceremony. However, the audience in the front row had already left. After all, it was really too late. Whats more, there was nothing much to see during the expedition ceremony. At first, Pei Qian stood up and wanted to leave. However, after taking two steps, he realized that there were many people at the exit. If he left now, he would be squeezed into a crowd. After some thought, he sat back down in the middle of the crowd. He took a look at the expedition ceremony and waited for everyone to leave before leaving. He would arrive at his hotel in five minutes anyway, he was in no hurry. At that moment, an audience member who was about to leave suddenly had a stroke of inspiration. He took out his cell phone and took a photo of Pei Qians back in the empty front row. Click. In the photo, Pei Qian sat in the middle of the first row of audience seats. In front of him was the competition stage and the big screen. His lonely back view was particularly eye-catching. On the stage, the fifteen players of the three teams were lined up in a row. The five players of FV Club returned after finishing their supper. They stood in the middle, closest to the front, and echoed Boss Pei in the audience. In fact, Pei Qian had originally been seated near the front row because he did not want to attract too much attention. However, he happened to sit right in the middle after he tried to leave but decided against it. The enthusiastic viewer took a look at the photo and was very satisfied with the composition. He posted it online. Another new world famous painting: The Last Spectator! Chapter 782 - One Brave Hero To Conquer A Million Weak Soldiers December 12th, Mondaya| Pei Qian slept in the hotel until eleven in the morning. He ate something after checking out and headed straight to the high-speed rail station to return to Jingzhou. Wu Yue and Manager Lu wanted to hold a lunch banquet but were rejected by Pei Qian. The competition over the weekend was a nightmare for Pei Qian. All he wanted to do now was to leave Shanghai and return to Jingzhou. Then, he would stay at home and play games while covering himself with his blanket. Pei Qian adjusted his state of mind on the high-speed rail back to Jingzhou. Only then did he take out his cell phone to check the idiotic netizens comments on the competition yesterday. It was almost 12 AM after watching the competition last night. Pei Qian went straight to bed when he returned to the hotel. He had not checked the comments online until now. Pei Qian immediately saw the most popular post upon opening the forum. It had been pushed up more than a thousand posts and was extremely popular. The title of the post was very simple: World Famous Painting. Pei Qian was a little confused when he saw the title. Had the thread been dug out again? There were a total of three world famous paintings so far. They were all pictures taken by idiotic netizens. They were named Boss Pei at Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Boss Pei at Fish-Catching Take-Out, and Boss Pei at work. The first picture was taken when Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 3.0 opened for business. The second picture was taken when he was having a meal at Fish-Catching Take-Out and the reporters happened to be interviewing them. The third picture was taken when he was sorting out the mindmap in the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe near Handong University. However, wasnt this topic long gone? The incident of drawing a mind map at Fish-Catching Internet Cafe had indeed caused a heated discussion on the internet. However, netizens should have long forgotten about it with their goldfish memories. Why were they discussing it again? Pei Qian glanced at the time of the post. Thats not right. It seemed to have been posted last night? It had only been one night and he had already been pushed up more than a thousand posts? Pei Qian had a bad feeling about this and quickly clicked on it. At the top of the post was a photo at the IOI Qualification Competition last night. The top half of the picture was normal. The players were standing in an orderly manner. The five FV team members were standing in the middle, ready to represent IOI in the World Competition. However, the bottom half of the picture was ridiculous. There was only one audience in the empty front row! Pei Qian took a closer look. Wasnt that himself? When was this taken?! Pei Qian was very confused. After thinking about it carefully, he realized that this should have been taken when the audience finally left the stage. Coincidentally, there were a lot of people walking in the front row. However, Pei Qian could not be bothered to squeeze in and found a random seat to sit down. That was how the composition of this picture came about. In fact, the person who took this photo was very crafty. He did not capture the entire truth. The truth was that many people had just left the venue before the photo was taken. Pei Qian was the last to leave the venue among the audience in the front row. After all, he was staying closest to the venue and was the least anxious to leave. However, that did not mean that the audience had left early, leaving Boss Pei to watch the competition till the end. Whats more, many people in the back row were waiting in their seats like Pei Qian. They were not in a hurry to leave. However, the photographer had deliberately only taken the first three or four rows. He had not filmed the audience in the back row. Thus, by a freak combination of factors, he had created the feeling that Boss Pei was the only one left in the vast, empty stadium. He looked at the post below the picture. The author had only uploaded the photo. He did not and needed not do too much describing. Everyone could tell that there were fifteen players on stage and the figure below the stage was Boss Pei. There did not seem like there was much to discuss on the surface. However, it had to be said that the netizens wisdom was boundless. The comments with the highest number of likes were compiled by several netizens, and they actually managed to create a masterpiece appreciation! World famous painting: The Last Spectator. This is the newest and most famous painting in Boss Peis world. It is also about to become the most famous work. Among all the other works of the same genre, this painting is regarded as an unprecedented work. Its concept is ingenious, it has an excellent layout with realistic details, it has a deep meaning and is fascinating. In the video, FV Club members ecstasy, the other two clubs in the background, and the empty auditorium presented a perfect contrast to the center of the picture. It conveyed rich, psychological content and is a rare masterpiece. Introduction to the Story: The Last Spectator tells the story where Boss Pei went into battle alone in Shanghai towards the end of the year 2011. The international conglomerate Dayak and Long Yu Corporation had organized a qualifying competition in Shanghai. They wanted to use the international competition to show their might and suppress Tengda. Eight E-Sports Clubs responded and gathered in Shanghai, seemingly having an advantage over Tengda in terms of preparations. There was also an evil group trying to lead public opinion astray by spreading rumors everywhere. At this juncture, the situation was urgent. Tengdas generals were in a state of panic. They asked Boss Pei: The enemy is powerful, what can we do? Boss Pei smiled indifferently: They were just a group of small fries trying to show off. Whats there to fear? The enemy will collapse without a fight in less than three days. Everyone was skeptical when they heard that. It was time to travel to the battlefield. Boss Pei traveled all the way to Shanghai alone and faced the battle alone. Tengdas generals were all shocked. How could the commander-in-chief put himself in danger? However, Boss Pei had already secretly sent five elite spies in the qualifiers. If the five of them worked together, no one would be able to stop them. They are very powerful, but they dont know that the situation in Shanghai is already in Boss Peis hands. The next day, the five brave warriors fought tirelessly against the various clubs. The battle was intense from dawn till dusk. Millions of corpses were laid on the ground, and blood flowed into rivers. Boss Pei was supervising the battle from the front line. The ten thousand soldiers were calm and composed. The five warriors fought on with increasing courage. The enemys fleet was reduced to ashes with a calm smile. After this battle, the reputation of the five warriors in the qualifiers spread far and wide. The demons and small fries fled at the sight of the wind, collapsing without a fight. Boss Pei went deep into the enemys lair alone. Every club in Shanghai was scared out of their wits. Even little children would not dare to cry at night when they hear Boss Peis name. Theres a poem that goes: Boss Peis wisdom is rare in the world. He would get back at his enemies by charging into enemy territory alone. A small boat covers a thousand miles and a million strong soldiers take off their battle robes. Painting analysis: This painting uses a symmetrical design. The composition can be roughly divided into three parts: the center of the upper portion, the sides and the lower portion. The center of the upper portion is made up of the five players of FV Club. They have just won the qualifiers after 10 excruciating rounds and obtained the seeded entry for IOI World Competition. They are in high spirits and occupy the main position in the painting. On both sides of the upper division are the other two teams that have won the international competition. Those who have won the second or third seed have calm expressions, which would serve as a contrast to the FV Club members in the center. An empty audience stand except for Boss Pei in the middle of the front row. The empty audience stand showed a desolate and cold atmosphere. There are two meanings to this: On one hand, Long Yu Corporations competition arrangements were unreasonable and the audience was not satisfied with the competition process. Everyone had already left the stage before the competition officially ended. On the other hand, there was a huge commotion before the competition and nothing left after the competition. The mob was defeated by Boss Pei alone. While only Boss Peis back view had been captured, I can roughly feel his current state of mind from his relaxed and confident sitting posture. On one hand, the five players of FV Club and Boss Pei were exchanging glances from their positions. That meant that Boss Pei was in charge and loved his soldiers like his sons. On the other hand, the venue was already emptied out. Yet, Boss Pei remained until the end. That meant that Boss Pei respected the competition, the stage, and his opponents. On top of that, Boss Pei was calm and collected. That meant that everything was under his control. The fifteen people in the picture had different personalities and identities. Their expressions were also slightly different, giving the viewer a slightly messy feeling. However, Boss Peis back view connected the expressions of these fifteen people. They resonated with each other and connected with each other, so that the emotions of the characters in this masterpiece would no longer be isolated. On the stage, below the stage, the faces and back view, one light, one dark, one moving, one quiet, forming a sharp contrast. The meaning is profound, the layout is exquisite, and it is worthy of being a masterpiece! Pei Qian fell into a daze after reading the hottest comments in the post. What the h*ll was that?! Who took the photo? Why did you take a photo of me? The comments below were even more ridiculous. What was going on? Why did it become a world famous painting? He had even written a piece with classical chinese? He had even composed a f*cking poem! The most outrageous thing is that there were people who made up the story for it entirely with their imaginations, making up the artistic value of this photo and the inner world of everyone in the picture! These idiotic netizens were all brain-damaged. Obviously, netizens had completely misinterpreted Pei Qians trip to Shanghai. At first, Pei Qian did not think too much about it. He simply did not want to watch the GPL. He only wanted to relax by watching FV compete in Shanghai. He had come alone with a mask on and had intended to keep a low profile. For some reason, the organizers recognized him unexpectedly. The competition went well but they insisted on giving him a close-up shot. They had even fanned the flames online. Great, now the entire world knew that Boss Pei had personally attended the IOI qualifiers! It would have been fine if FV Club had lost, IOI would have earned all of its popularity. However, he had not expected FV Club to have such a strong bladder. They fought ten rounds and became more and more courageous, every win stabbed deep into Boss Peis heart. Pei Qian knew what was going on, but the onlookers did not! Boss Pei had always been a good strategist from the perspective of bystanders, right? Boss Pei was the one who invested in the restructuring of FV Club, right? Boss Pei had personally come to supervise the competition until the end, right? In any case, in the end, the popularity was earned by FV Club and GPL league. On one hand, everyone felt that IOIs competition was not properly organized. They should still watch GPL if they want to watch a proper competition. On the other hand, the answer to the question of the strongest domestic team to most people was FV Club. While this club did not have much brand value, there were celebrities players with strength and achievements that could be made into topics. It became the top traffic in IOI. He analyzed the cause and the results. What role did Boss Pei play in all of this? Wasnt it all things that could not be proven? Boss Pei was the only one carrying the burden of the IOI Qualification Competition and FV Clubs championship, right? Who could refute? Who dared to refute? Since that was the case, it was reasonable to add a little bit of color to the story to increase its artistic sense and drama as the reasons, right? After all, most of the legendary stories were exaggerated. The more exaggerated they were, the more popular they would become. Thus, after an entire night of teamwork, the literary giants on the internet embellished the story of Boss Pei went into battle alone in Shanghai. This was especially true for the poem A small boat covers a thousand miles and a million strong soldiers take off their battle robes, which made it infinitely more impressive. The meaning of this poem was that Tengda had a million strong soldiers who were supposed to march to Shanghai and meet the Long Yu Corporation on the battlefield. However, Boss Pei came to Shanghai alone and the enemy collapsed immediately. Tengdas one million strong soldiers did not even need to go to war and took off their battle robes. Boss Pei alone was equivalent to a million soldiers! Boss Pei was not only good at strategizing, but he was also extremely intelligent. Such courage was rare in this world! The entire story was getting more and more ridiculous. Chapter 783 - Meng Chang’s Performance Jingzhou, Dream Realization Ventures. Meng Chang kept his cell phone, his expression as calm as usual. He was very shrewd, and no one could tell his true emotions. Meng Chang had been thinking on the way here. This weekend, Boss Pei had gone to Shanghai alone. The news of Long Yu Corporation and IOI being utterly defeated had spread like wildfire on the internet. He had broken through the circle without a doubt. Meng Chang might not be interested in the esports industry at all, but he did not dare to be negligent and paid close attention since it concerned Boss Pei. The more he read into it, the more amazed he was! Meng Chang carefully analyzed Boss Pei s actions in the IOI qualifiers and realized that Boss Pei really had a flawless plan. He did not make any mistakes at all and was ahead of Long Yu Corporation in every step. What was even more amazing was that many of the steps in Boss Peis plan seemed to have a huge element of luck. One coincidence could be said to be luck, but what about many coincidences? Boss Pei would be very scary if it was all planned by him. That meant that his ability to devise strategies had surpassed most peoples imagination. Boss Pei would be even scarier if it was not planned by him. That meant that his luck was heaven-defying. One could not afford to offend someone who had a flawless plan. That was because he would use the difference in their IQs to rub you against the ground. One who had heaven-defying luck could not be provoked, because bad things could happen to them if they provoked him. It was precisely because Boss Pei was so famous that many timid scammers kept their distance from him and did not dare to approach him. Who did not know that Boss Pei had unparalleled wisdom and had a clear distinction between love and hate? There were so many precedents, even big companies like Dayak Corporation and Long Yu Corporation could not withstand the pressure. Ordinary small fries would not dare to try and stop Boss Pei. Meng Chang was in a similar state now. He felt very guilty! He had only taken money from Dream Realization Ventures because Dream Realization Ventures was the easiest to obtain investment. However, during this period of time, from the news conference to the additional investment that Boss Pei put in Meng Chang felt that things were not that simple. Boss Pei did not seem to be paying attention to the Cold-Faced Lady on the surface, but he could see everything clearly in the dark. None of his tricks escaped Boss Peis eyes. However, the problem was that Meng Chang had already come this far. If he had known that things would develop to this stage, Meng Chang might have chosen not to take Boss Peis money from the start. However, the valuation of the Cold-Faced Lady had increased now that they had physical stores and was famous. Meng Chang was already trying all ways and means to get in touch with all the major investors and was just one step away from his final goal. Meng Chang could not give up now. He was just like a gambler who had already placed his chips on the table. The cards in his hand were not bad either. He would definitely not give up if he did not see the other partys trump card now. The situation with the cold-faced lady had changed ever since that inexplicable blunder last week. Last week, Meng Chang had arranged for some investors to inspect the cold-faced ladys store. In the end, he had no idea what happened but the kitchen was in a bad state and left a very bad impression on the investors. The investment that he had been so confident about getting had also failed. Of course, these investors would not completely look down on the cold-faced lady just because of the mishap. However, once their expectations were discounted, the investment conditions would naturally become stricter. Meng Chang could not accept these harsh conditions at all, so both sides entered a stalemate once again. Both parties looked evenly matched on the surface, but the pressure was all on Meng Chang. Investors had the money in their hands so it didnt matter how long they wanted to wait. However, Meng Chang was burning money every second! He had been spending more money previously. He had booked the entire venue for a conference and organized various marketing activities. The cold-faced lady had to make it to hot searches every now and then, and was becoming more famous. However, all of these were sustained by burning money. The cold-faced ladys true form would be revealed once the money was gone. Whats more, Meng Chang could not slow down his burning of money. Once the popularity dropped, investors would become even more suspicious of the cold-faced ladys true situation. Thus, Meng Chang had to continue looking for money. Otherwise, the cold-faced ladys capital chain would become very dangerous. After much thought, he could only look for Boss Pei. Meng Chang could feel that most of the investors attitudes were already very relaxed. He would definitely be able to get more money from the other investors and continue playing the game as long as Boss Pei gave him another sum of money to sustain the Cold-Faced Lady for a while longer. However, Boss Pei had only given him six million yuan, not even half a month ago. Meng Chang was a little worried that he would burn money too quickly and make Boss Pei unhappy. Therefore, Meng Chang decided to personally make a trip to Jingzhou after making sufficient preparations to persuade Boss Pei. He had already carefully prepared his powerpoint. At the same time, he had also worked hard to turn the statistics of the two stores profitable. For example, he could use a longer period of depreciation for the various assets of the shop to push the capital expenditure further away, or, he could use word play to remove some of the marketing expenses from the capital expenditure. That way, the cold-faced lady would look very healthy and profitable on the powerpoint with very good prospects. The Cold Faced Lady was impeccable in all aspects coupled with current brand reputation, cognition, trending figures, etc. Moreover, strictly speaking, Meng Chang was not faking it. He had indeed used the correct number. However, he had modified the powerpoint and could easily lead investors astray with his words. Of course, Meng Chang did not think that he could fool Boss Pei 100%. He was not that arrogant. However, Meng Chang felt that he could at least give it a try and used real data, and Boss Pei was more or less clear about the financial situation of the cold-faced lady. Meng Chang had never thought of ways to get kickback from the cold-faced lady. He had been wholeheartedly thinking about generating high valuation profits. Boss Pei would not invest anymore at best if he was not satisfied. Would he be able to undermine the company on the spot? That was very unlikely. Therefore, Meng Chang came to Jingzhou after making ample preparations and decided to give it a try. Meng Chang saw He Desheng when he arrived at Dream Realization Ventures. Both of them shook hands warmly. Give me a moment. Boss Pei has agreed to meet you, but he just returned from Shanghai. Hes on his way here, He Desheng said. Meng Chang quickly nodded. Of course, Boss Pei gave me this chance despite being so busy. Ill definitely perform well! He Desheng did not say much and got someone to serve tea. The two of them chatted in the guest room as they waited for Boss Pei to arrive. Boss Pei arrived about half an hour later. Meng Chang quickly stepped forward and said eagerly, Boss Pei! Welcome back from Shanghai! The legend of a small boat covering a thousand miles and a million strong soldiers take off their battle robes is really admirable! Meng Chang had been taking money from Boss Pei for the past few months, but he had never had the chance to interact with him face-to-face. He could only say that Meng Changs level was too low previously and it was not worth Boss Pei taking the time to meet him. However, as the cold-faced ladys valuation grew higher, its performance in Dream Realization Ventures could be said to be outstanding. He had gradually gained Boss Peis favor and attention. Thus, Meng Chang was filled with praises for Boss Pei when they met. In his opinion, Boss Pei had gone to Shanghai alone and defeated Long Yu Corporation without using a single soldier. That was something to be proud of. As the saying went, one should not slap a smiling face. Many people might say that they did not like bootlicking, but who would be unhappy if they felt comfortable while being bootlicked? However, Boss Peis expression collapsed instantly to Meng Changs surprise. If he had been nonchalant earlier, he was obviously unhappy now. Meng Chang could not help but feel a chill in his heart. This was bad. Whats going on? Did I say something wrong? It couldnt be. Meng Chang was extremely confused. Boss Pei did not even like ordinary compliments? The corners of Pei Qians mouth twitched. The more he looked at Meng Chang, the more he disliked him. Ive just returned from Shanghai and my anger has yet to subside. Yet, this person is rubbing salt into my wounds! However, Pei Qian was a magnanimous person after all. He did not say much and just entered the guest room with Meng Chang and He Desheng. He Desheng had already called to report that Meng Chang had arrived in Jingzhou, hoping to report the situation of the cold-faced lady in person when Pei Qian was still on the high-speed rail. Pei Qian did not think too much about it and agreed immediately. He had been keeping an eye on the cold-faced lady previously after all. He was very worried that he would suddenly start making profits one day and make him a lot of money. He was prepared to slip away at any time. On the other hand, Meng Chang knew nothing about this. He thought that Boss Pei had agreed so readily because he thought highly of the cold-faced lady. He could not help but feel more confident. He Desheng showed a powerpoint on the projector. Meng Chang readied his emotions and started his performance. Boss Pei, I came to Jingzhou this time mainly to report good news to you! The cold-faced lady has turned its losses into profits! While I cannot say for sure that this business model will succeed, it definitely means that the cold-faced lady has taken a solid step on the road to success! Pei Qian picked up his teacup and was about to take a sip of tea to moisten his throat when the teacup stopped in front of his mouth. The losses have been turned into profits? So fast? Pei Qian sounded shocked and frightened. Meng Chang could not help but feel elated when he saw Boss Peis reaction. Boss Peis reaction was huge. That meant there was a chance! He quickly continued, Thats right. Boss Pei, you can see the current situation of the cold-faced lady from this graph. Our financial situation is very healthy. As long as we continue to invest more, we will definitely be able to reap rich rewards Meng Chang was well-prepared. He had even made the data into various columns and pancake-like images. It was a clear picture. Pei Qian looked at He Desheng skeptically and asked, Are these figures all accurate? He Desheng hesitated and nodded. Meng Changs forceful operations to generate profits were a little flashy, most companies would more or less have similar operations in order to make their profits look good. It could not be considered fraud. Boss Pei asked if the data was accurate, but he did not ask anything else. Of course, He Desheng answered truthfully. The data was indeed accurate. Meng Chang was filled with excitement and was prepared to show off seeing Boss Peis reaction. It looked like he would definitely win Boss Peis favor as long as he performed well today. It would not be a problem for him to get another few million yuan in investment! However, Boss Pei raised his hand to stop him just as Meng Chang was about to continue. Alright, you dont have to continue. Pei Qian turned to look at He Desheng. Sell all of our shares in Cold-Faced Lady! Chapter 784 - Sell Them as Fast As You Can! He Desheng and Meng Chang were both stunned by Boss Peis words. Meng Chang was about to continue speaking when Boss Peis words poured a bucket of cold water over him. Meng Changs expression changed from shock to confusion to lost. His usual calm and composed demeanor disappeared without a trace. He was so flustered that his words collided. B-Boss Pei, why do you say that? Youre joking, right? You can point out what the cold-faced lady did wrong! Meng Chang panicked. It was very important to get the money from Boss Pei today. However, it would not be too much of a loss even if he could not get the money since he had enough money to last for a while. Under such circumstances, it was always right to try his luck. However, Meng Chang never expected Boss Pei to withdraw his investment! This news was like a bolt out of the blue to Meng Chang! That was because what Meng Chang needed the most at the moment was not money but the confidence of the investors. It was all to increase the confidence of the investors whether it was taking investments from Boss Pei, burning money to make speeches or generating hype. The companys valuation would continue to rise only if the investors were confident in the cold-faced lady and money kept rolling.He would then be able to continue playing the game, cash out and achieve financial freedom. However, on the other hand, Meng Chang wouldnt be able to sustain it for long with its current burning speed once the investors confidence collapsed and no one thought highly of the cold-faced lady brand. Once Boss Pei left, the news would not be kept a secret. It was very likely that the cold-faced lady would collapse completely! Therefore, even Meng Chang, who had always been calm and composed and could handle all sorts of situations with ease, could not help but panic. Pei Qian smiled very politely. Theres no problem with the Cold Faced Lady brand. Im doing this purely because of Tengdas internal affairs. It has nothing to do with you. The corners of Meng Changs mouth twitched. He felt like his intelligence had been insulted. What the f*ck, do you take me as a fool? We had a good discussion when you just arrived, but you suddenly said you wanted to leave halfway through my PowerPoint presentation and then said it had nothing to do with me? Who are you trying to fool! Boss Pei is doing this on purpose! However, Meng Chang had no other choice. He could not possibly point at Boss Peis nose and scold him now, right? Pei Qian sipped his tea. Given Cold-Faced Ladys current situation, there should be many investors fighting to invest. People will definitely buy the shares that Tengda wants to sell. The Cold-Faced Ladys valuation will not be affected. Whats more, since its already profitable, theres nothing to worry about, right? Meng Changs mouth gapped, speechless. He could not refute what Boss Pei said since he made sense. Indeed, Tengdas exit would not affect the cold-faced lady if everything was in accordance with Meng Changs bragging. There would be many people waiting to take over. However, the problem was why did Tengda want to leave? Wouldnt it be better to keep holding onto shares and wait for the value to rise? Or could it be that Boss Pei had already seen through my plan and was playing with me on purpose? Was this sarcasm or humiliation? Meng Chang froze for a moment. He could not figure out what Boss Pei was really thinking even with his intelligence and cunning. He was at a loss. He Desheng, who was seated at the side, did not speak. Instead, he paid close attention to the subtle changes in Boss Peis expression. From his point of view, Meng Changs Powerpoint data did hide some tricks up his sleeve. It was obvious that he had played some numbers game in the finance department. However, this was a common phenomenon. The flaws could not hide the beauty of the moon. The cold-faced lady was still a company worth investing in. Boss Pei was not thinking about selling a portion of the shares to cash in and retaining a portion of the shares. Instead, he was thinking about leaving the game and cutting all ties with the cold-faced lady. Could it be that Boss Pei was still firmly implementing his previous investment strategy? Even a brand like the cold-faced lady was no exception? However Strictly speaking, the so-called turning losses into profits of the cold-faced lady was actually very fake. It was the turning losses into profits of the PowerPoint after moving a lot of the expenditure into the future and deducting a portion of marketing fees. It was not really making money. He Desheng felt that he had to remind him as his subordinate. He leaned close to Boss Peis ear and said in a low voice, Boss Pei, the cold-faced lady has not really made profits yet. It is only showing signs of making profits. Should we strictly follow the previous investment rules and wait for the cold-faced lady to make a profit before withdrawing, or should we withdraw now? Eh? Pei Qian frowned and hesitated. He was afraid that he would kill a loyal subject if he were to withdraw his investment, however, if he did not withdraw his investment, he would be afraid that the valuation would become higher and higher. The later he withdrew his investment, the more he would earn. Then, he would be in trouble. After some consideration, Pei Qian decided to give Meng Chang his last chance. He looked at Meng Chang. Dont talk about those fancy things on the Powerpoint. Just tell me the truth. How high is the probability that the cold-faced lady would let me earn money and how much I would earn? Is there any possibility of incurring losses? What is the maximum loss we will incur? Tell me the truth and give me an accurate number. Meng Chang saw He Desheng whispering in Boss Peis ear. While he did not know what exactly he said but he could tell from Boss Peis attitude that things had taken a turn for the better. Meng Chang was overjoyed as if he had found a straw to clutch at. In his opinion, Boss Pei was obviously trying to give him a warning to show his determination! Meng Chang could not help but feel slightly regretful because he felt that he had made a fool of himself earlier. Once Boss Pei said that he wanted to withdraw, his reaction was a little extreme. This showed that the cold-faced lady was indeed very reliant on Tengdas financial support. The latter part of Boss Peis question was like asking how much benefits Meng Chang could bring to Tengda Corporation after accurately grasping their influence on Cold-Faced Ladys life. At this point, Meng Chang had no other choice. He had to stand firmly on Boss Peis side and promise him bright prospects in exchange for Boss Peis continued support. At that thought, Meng Chang immediately became very serious and assured Boss Pei decisively. Boss Pei, dont worry. The cold-faced lady will definitely make you money! Its just a matter of how much you earn! I can assure you that at least one of the two ways to make money can be realized. The first is that the cold-faced lady continues to generate profits. As the cold-faced ladys major shareholder, you will receive dividends for a long period of time. You will gain long-term benefits if you hold on until we are listed. The second is that once more capital enters, you can leave whenever you want. The longer you hold, the higher the value, and the more you will earn! As for incurring losses, I promise you that this will not happen. Up until now, every step of Cold-Faced Ladys development was in accordance to my plan. Your investment will definitely be able to reap rich rewards without any risk of incurring losses as long as we continue to develop step by step! Therefore, I hope that you can persevere for at least another three months, no, a month. You will definitely see a return! Of course, it would be even better if you could invest more money Pei Qian fell into a long minute of silence. Then, he picked up his teacup. Send the guest out! Meng Chang was shocked. Eh? Boss Pei! He looked at Boss Pei, then at He Desheng, his mind blank. What was going on? Didnt things just take a turn for the better? Why did Boss Peis face suddenly collapse? Did I say something wrong? He Desheng stood up. Please. Meng Chang refused to give up. He wanted to say something more to try and change Boss Peis mind. However, seeing Boss Peis resolute attitude, he hesitated again and again before giving up. That was because he knew that he would be on the losing end if he was concerned. If he lost his composure now because of his anxiety, he would easily expose himself in front of Boss Pei. Boss Pei would only be more determined to retreat. Retreat for now. Things might take a turn for the better in two days once Boss Peis emotions settle down. There was no other way. At that thought, Meng Chang could only nod reluctantly. Alright, Boss Pei. Take your time to think about it. He Desheng sent Meng Chang off and returned to the guest room. Boss Pei, are you sure you want to sell all of Cold-Faced Ladys shares? Are you not going to reconsider? He Desheng asked. Pei Qians attitude was firm. Sell! Sell them immediately! Are we going to make a lot of money if we sell them now? Pei Qian was prepared for the worst. He Desheng shook his head. Boss Pei, thats hard to say. Cold-Faced Lady is not listed yet, and their valuation is very low. How much these shares are worth would depend on the negotiation between the two parties. Well see how much the buyer is willing to spend. However, dont worry, Boss Pei. Ill do my best to negotiate and fight for the highest price. Moreover, Meng Chang would not allow your shares to be sold at a low price. After all, this would affect Cold-Faced Ladys valuation and the confidence of other investors. He would definitely work hard to facilitate a high transaction. If the two of us go together, we should have a 90% chance of success. However, it would be difficult to guarantee a specific number. The corners of Pei Qians mouth twitched. Work hard to sell them for a high price? No way! Pei Qian had invested a total of eight million yuan into Cold-Faced Lady. Wouldnt he vomit blood on the spot if he managed to earn twenty to thirty million yuan? He had to sell it cheaply. He had to sell them at a lower price than eight million yuan! Pei Qian pondered for a moment and said, Can we sell them at a lower price? He Desheng was stunned. What did he mean by selling them at a lower price? Did Boss Pei think that it was too expensive? However, he quickly reacted. Oh, Boss Pei, are you saying that we should not negotiate repeatedly just to sell the shares at a high price but to sell them off as soon as possible? In order to sell them off as soon as possible, we can sell them at a lower price? Pei Qian: More or less. He could not tell He Desheng that he was selling it cheaply, so he could only hint to him. However, it was not a big mistake for He Desheng to understand it this way. The outcome should be the same. He Desheng nodded. I understand, Boss Pei. I will handle this matter properly! December 14th, Wednesday At the filming location of Mission and Choice. Cut! Alright, this part is not bad. Well continue another part and then call it a day. Not bad, the situation has been getting better recently. The filming is progressing faster than I thought. I knew that we had the right person for the main lead! Zhu Xiaoce was not stingy with his praise for Lu Zhiyao. Lu Zhiyao smiled embarrassedly. Sigh, this is all thanks to Boss Peis good guidance and the script. Im just adding flowers to the brocade. Zhu Xiaoce patted him on the shoulder. Why are you being humble? Here, this is the next part of the script. Take a look at the time and feel it. Lu Zhiyao reached out to receive it. According to Director Zhu Xiaoces plan, the film for Mission and Choice had to be completed by March or so. That was because there was still a lot of time needed for post-production and special effects. Almost all of the scenes in Mission and Choice had special effects. It would be very time-consuming to create them. One had to reserve enough time for that area of work to ensure that it would be released in June according to the original plan. There was a lot of pressure on the filming portion as well. The current filming progress had not completely followed the script. Many scenes in the first part of the plot had not been filmed to their most satisfactory state. However, Zhu Xiaoce felt that Lu Zhiyaos acting skills and state of mind had more or less been adjusted. Basically, he could perfectly take on the role of Qin Yi from the previous stage. He could almost give him the next stage of the script so that he could figure out the next stage of Qin Yi in advance. The filming was progressing smoothly. He had to thank Boss Pei. On one hand, Boss Pei had given Lu Zhiyao confidence and stimulated his potential. He had allowed him to figure out his own character, train his acting skills, and improve his acting skills without anyone guiding him. On the other hand, the Fully-Automated Intelligent Bickering Machine that Boss Pei had arranged for someone to create allowed Lu Zhiyao to act with AEEIS whenever he had the time. He could then immerse himself in figuring out his character. Lu Zhiyao was about to accept a new challenge now. Lu Zhiyao could not wait to open the script and read the rest of the plot. In the previous plot, Qin Yi had understood the inevitability of the previous commander and AEEIS commander. Lu Zhiyao could not wait to welcome the final battle between humans and Zergs. Qin Yi commanded the battles one by one expressionlessly and methodically. Countless starships were destroyed around him. Countless humans and Zergs were blown to smithereens. Not even their bones were left. He was like a perfect war machine, giving orders one after another and commanding battle after battle. The death of the soldiers was unable to stir up any more emotions in him. If the death of one person was a tragedy, then the death of many would just be a number. During this long shot, there was an emotionless voice over by AEEIS. It seemed like it was meant for Qin Yi, but it was also for the audience in front of the camera and players in the game. Command is the most important part of the war. It gathers countless soldiers together to form a powerful force. Command can also be divided into two aspects: the handling of information and the decision of action. In war, information processing is especially important because wrong information means wrong decision. Both sides will obtain a huge amount of information at every moment. How to process this information and determine its authenticity and severity often determines whether the final decision is right or not. Information can be regarded as a transmission chain: whether a message is uploaded or issued, it has to go through various levels and channels like a chain. The transmission chain determines the efficiency of information. Messages transmitted under any circumstances are selective. Otherwise, both the commander and his subordinates would be drowned by the massive amount of information and become overwhelmed. Such selectivity is the most basic logical setting. Therefore, deception has always existed with war. In ancient China, there was a story of looking at plum blossoms to quench thirst. In the modern war, the Japanese army deliberately hid the truth of the war after the Battle of Midway Island. The truth of the Battle of Midway was not revealed to the public nor to the senior officials. Instead, it was announced that the war was a battle to determine the overall situation. The citizens who were deceived even celebrated victory with bright lights and colorful decorations. Deception is not telling falsehood but deliberately hiding part of the information in most circumstances. Very few superiors would directly give orders to the soldiers to give up their lives. That would not give the soldiers any sense of honor, but would also deal a fatal blow to their morale. In commanding war, the commander would usually only issue a clear mission. For example, hold a position for two hours and then retreat. However, the commander would never say anything unnecessary like: There is a high chance that this operation will wipe out the entire army. Therefore, deception is not a hypocritical trick. More often than not, it is the most efficient way to deal with information transmission chains. It is to improve results, reduce losses, and obtain greater victory. Qin Yi began to command one battle after another with the voice-over from AEEIS. These battles were mixed with real battles and virtual battles because of the existence of simulated elements. If Qin Yi failed in a certain battle or was dissatisfied with the results, he could ask AEEIS to review and simulate the battle. It would restore the initial deployment of the forces of both sides. However, a series of random events would still occur during the war because of the systems calculations. Each review would be different. In such a situation, Qin Yi could tell that this was an AEEIS simulation and not a real battle because in reality, these people had already died because of the initial failure. The battles that Qin Yi had encountered for the first time were also mixed with real and fake battles. According to AEEIS, sometimes he was commanding the real army, and sometimes he was commanding virtual battles. However, regardless of whether these battles were real or fake, Qin Yi would use 120% of his focus to command. That was because he was already used to treating every single unit on the screen as a living person. It was precisely because of this mentality that Qin Yi began to rely more on the various data provided by AEEIS. That was because Qin Yi realized that most of the time, data was more reliable than people. If a soldiers morale had already fallen to rock-bottom, then commanding him to carry out important tasks would result in obvious results. During this long process, Qin Yi gradually became numb. Apart from the necessary sleep every day, Qin Yi was continuously giving instructions one after another, operating the machinery. If they succeeded, they would continue with the next battle; if they failed, they would review the game countless times until they won. The cycle repeated endlessly day after day. There was no day or night in the command cabin. Only AEEIS which accurately calculated the time for Qin Yi to sleep or wake up. Qin Yi did not remember how many times he had slept or how many days had passed. That was because the decisive battle was coming at any moment. He had to make the best use of his time to prepare. Finally, one day, Qin Yi was awakened by AEEIS in his sleep. Qin Yi saw the overwhelming swarm of insects moving in and out of the nest on the holographic image around him. The human stronghold on the planet and the starship floating in the starry sky were ready for battle. The current situation was self-evident. A new round of large-scale battles was about to begin. This battle might last for a long time, or it might collapse and end quickly because of an insignificant mistake. Qin Yi walked towards the console. He felt an unprecedented sense of calmness when this day finally arrived. Chapter 785 - Destined Failure After this period of training, Qin Yi was already very good at commanding. He skillfully used the control panel to send instructions to the troops one by one. He communicated with AEEIS about the current battlefield information, got the entire human army to act according to his plan based on the data given by AEEIS and his previous commanding habits. The human fleet and the Zergs were like fallen leaves in a storm, colliding together in deep space. The surface of the planet was being cleaned up by the heavy weapons of the spacecraft, but the Zergs would crawl out of the ground every time. The main force of the human army and the special forces that were carrying out the mission would attack the Zerg Queen from different directions, trying their best to find her. All of a sudden, a red warning flashed across the entire space. AEEISs voice became serious. Commander, a large number of Zergs are moving towards the command ship. Qin Yi quickly dragged his camera on the control panel. Soon, he saw the swarm of bugs in the dark starry sky. This scene felt familiar. Qin Yi had once made the same choice as the previous commander in a simulated battle. Now, the same situation was happening again. The war mode between humans and Zergs was very similar. Humans tend to rely on Ansible Communication and AEEIS to allow the supreme commanders instructions to reach every unit as quickly as possible and complete the fastest and most efficient commands. The Zergs had the consciousness of a Zerg nest. The Zerg Queen could directly command any Zergs through telepathy. The same principle applied to Ansible Communication. The scale of the battlefield was too large, there was too much information, and it was ever-changing. Therefore, the traditional method of command for humans was no longer suitable for war with the Zergs. It was inevitable that the commander would be the only one to command, and the artificial intelligence would disassemble the command and transmit it directly to the base level of the army. The method of command for real-time Ansible communication became indispensable. Under such circumstances, killing each others commanders was the best choice for both the Zergs and humans. If the Zergs were to successfully decapitate the human commander, it would mean that all the commands would be taken over by AEEIS before the appointment of a new human commander. There would be no chance of a surprise victory and the possibility of better tactics. On the other hand, if humans manage to decapitate the Zergs queen successfully, they would be able to get a breather for a period of time and eliminate a large number of Zergs on a large scale. Therefore, Qin Yi knew what he should choose now. He quickly turned his vision and gave orders to every unit. The frontline troops increased their attack speed and rushed to the top of the new Zergs nest; the fleet at the back of the planet held back the remaining Zergs; the frigate charged into the Zergs to self-destruct and stall for time after they depleted most of its weapons Qin Yi saw a huge amount of requests for reinforcements from other teams. He did not know these people and had not even heard of their serial numbers. He could only see countless troops flashing and asking for reinforcements in the dark starry sky, on the surface of the planet and in the worm nests. They were reporting the situation of the battlefield like stars in the sky. The battle this time was different from the previous simulation, but it felt familiar. Qin Yi did not know if this operation would succeed. He only followed the previous training and made the choices he thought were right. Will my soul find peace in this starry sky after I die? No one answered, only AEEIS cold voice sounded. Attention! The command ship is under serious threat. Once the command ship is destroyed, all units will be taken over by AEEIS. Commander, please make the appropriate arrangements! This time, Qin Yi had already made the appropriate arrangements without AEEIS reminder. He zoomed in and watched as the frigates crashed into the densest part of the sea of insects one by one. He watched as the dazzling fireworks lit up and extinguished in the dark night sky. He knew that he would soon become the most brilliant among the fireworks. AEEIS, will I be the last commander? AEEIS did not reply to Qin Yis surprise. Qin Yi pressed the final detonation button and closed his eyes in relief after the few remaining frigates approached the command ship. The strange thing was that he did not feel much at that moment, even if it was the last moment of his life. It was as if he had been waiting for this moment for a long time. He had no idea what would happen next. Perhaps the decapitation operation this time would be even more successful than the previous one. The Zergs life force would be dealt a heavy blow, and humans would easily welcome subsequent victories. Perhaps this decapitation operation would be just like the previous one, giving humans a short breather. Another soldier would become the new commander and take over Qin Yis command, continuing this cycle. Perhaps the war would ultimately fail, and humanity would perish However, Qin Yi would not know any of these. He could only risk everything and his life to fight for the greatest possibility of victory. A bright light flashed, and the space where Qin Yi was instantly became snow-white. Then, it became endless darkness. Qin Yi had already closed his eyes and waited for death. However, he suddenly realized that he was still alive after two seconds of coldness. He could still feel his consciousness in the darkness. All of a sudden, the light around them lit up again. The swarm of bugs and the human fleet disappeared, returning to the quiet starry sky before the battle. AEEIS voice sounded. Unfortunately, Commander, the final trial mission failed. From an optimistic perspective, everything that happened before was fake. No one died. From a pessimistic point of view, the chance of winning the final battle between humans and Zergs is zero. Even the best case scenario would be for the commander to perish together with the Queen of the Zergs. They would then choose a new commander and prepare for the next decisive battle. However, the following battles will only become more and more difficult because of the existence of the Zergs consciousness. The wisdom of the Zerg Queen will continue to increase, and the Zergs ability to replenish their forces will also be higher than humans. If we cant achieve a decisive result this time, mankind might be completely wiped out in the long drawn-out war between the Zergs. Qin Yis eyes were blank. He did not know how to react. He had been prepared to die. He had done his best and given the best choice based on the battlefield data provided by AEEIS. No matter what the outcome was, since he was already dead, there was no need for him to take responsibility. He could finally get rid of this heavy mission. However, AEEIS was now telling him that everything was fake. He was not dead, and this war had not really happened! This also meant that Qin Yi was still the commander and had to bear the responsibility for the failure of this war. After a moment of silence, Qin Yi asked, What was the situation like after the war? Images of the battle appeared once again. It was the battle scene after Qin Yi died. The plan that he left behind before his death did not work. The front team faced the huge sea of insects and could not reach the designated location. The fleet held back the swarm, but the team carrying out the decapitation operation was completely wiped out in the depths of the new nest. No one survived In the end, the remaining human fleets had no choice but to retreat in a panic and return to the endless starry sky. The human bases and human armies on the planet were completely wiped out. The Zergs would use this planet as their base to launch an all-out attack on humans After this battle failed, humanitys hopes of defeating the Zergs would be completely extinguished. This was also why AEEIS said that the chances of winning the final battle between humans and Zergs were zero. Qin Yi closed his eyes and took a deep breath. After a long time, he said, Start over. The surrounding images began to retreat rapidly. The battles that had happened before were replayed in front of Qin Yi. He began to re-examine every decision he had made. The surrounding scenes kept stopping, rewinding, and replaying However, no matter how hard he tried to analyze and change his strategy, he could not change the fact that the final battle was a complete failure. Qin Yi was on the verge of breaking down. His dark eye circles were getting worse, and his spirit was deteriorating. He was relying on his conviction to hang on. However, no matter what tactics he used, the end result was bound to fail. To him, the most terrifying thing was not death, but the fate of mankind on his shoulders, and that fate was annihilation. He did not know when this day would come, nor did he know if there was any meaning to what he had persevered on. This feeling was like suffering a torture that would never see the future. Even a warrior like Qin Yi, who was used to seeing life and death, could not withstand such immense pressure and despair Lu Zhiyao felt immense pressure after reading the script. The previous script was already full of twists and turns. Qin Yis emotions had clearly fluctuated several times. Lu Zhiyao had been trying to figure it out every day in order to act out this emotional difference. Finally, he was almost done. Lu Zhiyao had originally thought that the plot would most likely be the final battle. Qin Yi would sacrifice himself and defeat the Zergs. Then, there would be a few emotional scenes to commemorate the soldiers who died in battle. Then, the movie would end perfectly. In the end, he did not expect that all his previous efforts were useless. The winning rate of AEEIS final deduction was zero. No matter how Qin Yi tried and how smoothly the previous battles went, based on the current fighting style, there would only be one outcome for the final battle. In this plot, Qin Yis emotions had also changed a lot, and they were all different from before. When he knew that the final battle was coming, Qin Yis reaction was very calm because he had already made sufficient mental preparations. However, after knowing that he was not dead and that this was only a calculation by the intelligent system, Qin Yi did not feel much relief after surviving the calamity. Instead, he felt a little disappointed because he had originally thought that his mission had been completed. Now, he realized that everything had not started. After repeatedly reviewing and trying, Qin Yi realized that he could not win no matter how hard he tried. He had to bear the fate of mankinds imminent demise alone. Even a warrior with strong mental fortitude like Qin Yi was oppressed to the brink of collapse. Lu Zhiyao felt that Qin Yis emotional change this time was still testing his acting skills. He would probably have to fight the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine for another three hundred rounds when he returned back to the hotel. Chapter 786 - Boss Li’s Investment Path December 15th, Thursday Jingzhou, Fu Hui Investments. Xue Zhebin came to the door of the guest room, knocked lightly, and entered. Boss Li, whats so urgent? Xue Zhebin sat down on the sofa, still confused. The weather was not bad today. Xue Zhebin was driving his convertible sports car around the outskirts of the city. However, Li Shi called him over. It seemed like something urgent had happened. Xue Zhebin did not ask any more questions. He drove directly to Fu Hui Investments. Li Shi poured a cup of tea for Xue Zhebin. Dont invest the money that we prepared previously to invest in the Cold-Faced Lady, well wait and see! Xue Zhebin was stunned. He was a little confused. Boss Li, havent you been researching for a long time? Did something happen again? Xue Zhebin had been learning how to invest with Li Shixue. During this period, the Cold-Faced Lady had been their focus. Previously, Xue Zhebin and Li Shi had specially made a trip to Beijing to take a look at the Cold-Faced Lady store. They had personally eaten all sorts of food and checked on the shops situation. After that, Meng Chang started to burn money faster. He opened new branches and gave speeches. The Cold-Faced Lady became more and more well-known as he crazily increased his exposure. Two days ago, Li Shi finally decided to invest in the Cold-Faced Lady after much consideration. On one hand, it was because Cold-Faced Lady had indeed done well. Whether it was in terms of popularity or in terms of media reviews. The stores were done up pretty well and it looked like a high-quality investment project without any flaws. On the other hand, Li Shi guessed that Meng Chang must have gotten the money from an investor. However, since Meng Chang did not publicize it openly, it probably meant that the source of funds was from Boss Pei given Meng Changs character. Boss Pei had invested twice, and Tengda had even sent a finance manager to Cold-Faced Lady. This made the Cold-Faced Lady much more reliable in Li Shis eyes. That was why Li Shi decided to invest a little money after some observation. It was not too early to enter nor was it too late. There shouldnt be a problem to earn a little from it. Li Shi was not a greedy investor. He pursued making a small profit for each project. Over time, that became a very considerable figure. Xue Zhebin naturally intended to invest two to three million yuan with Li Shi. It did not matter how much he earned as long as he did not lose everything, he would have good investment experience. Li Shi sipped his tea and said to Xue Zhebin, The situation has changed. According to the latest information, Boss Pei is selling the shares of the Cold-Faced Lady. In fact, he is selling them in large quantities without leaving a single cent! Whats more, Boss Peis price is obviously lower than the Cold-Faced Ladys current valuation. Hes selling them for cheap. This proves that Boss Pei had indeed added on to his investment in the Cold-Faced Lady previously. Whats more, he had quite a lot of shares. However, the fact that Boss Pei is selling his shares is a very dangerous sign! We definitely cannot go against Boss Pei. Xue Zhebin was a little surprised. Huh? I dont understand what Boss Pei is doing. From investing, to adding on his investments, and then to retreating, isnt this too fast? Werent investments supposed to adopt a long-term view? Li Shi chuckled. Taking a long term view for investments is only for ordinary people. Thats because ordinary people have limited information and cant predict whats going to happen in the near future. Therefore, short term investment meant trying your luck. However, is Boss Pei an ordinary person? Boss Pei would definitely be able to see the information that we cant, he definitely knows some insider information about the Cold-Faced Lady. He would definitely be able to make a decision about entering or exiting investments after obtaining enough information. At least this time, Boss Peis sell off of Cold-Faced Ladys shares has given us a very clear message: Cold-Faced Lady is not suitable for long term investment. In fact, problems might be exposed within a short period of time! Otherwise, why would Boss Pei sell so quickly? Xue Zhebin nodded. Yes, that makes sense! Hows the sales going? Li Shi sipped his tea and said slowly, The transaction should have been completed. It has only been a short time, but the situation is more complicated. The investors have different reactions. If it was someone like us who had absolute faith in Boss Peis investment myths, they would definitely not take over these shares and would instead, adopt a wait-and-see approach. However, Cold-Faced Lady is in Beijing, and Meng Chang has been active in Beijing as well. There are many investors in Beijing who dont believe in Boss Pei as much as we do. They think that Lady Cold Face is a good investment project. Its a good opportunity to buy at a low price. Of course, there are also many people who doubt the Cold-Faced Lady and decide to continue watching. Meng Chang deserved it. When the Cold Faced Lady brand was first established, he had been showing off as a project that Tengdas Boss Pei had invested in. That was because the success rate of the project that Boss Pei had invested in was extremely high. By forcing a link, he could give others the feeling that the success rate of this project was very high because Boss Pei had invested in it. However, Meng Chang probably did not expect Boss Pei to be so resolute and merciless in selling all his shares. That way, the content that he had advertised previously would be completely counterproductive. The attention that he had gained through Boss Pei would instantly turn against him when he left. It could be said that he had dug his own grave. Therefore, the situation has become very confusing. Boss Pei may be selling at a low price, but he is still profiting. On the other hand, Cold-Faced Ladys situation is not looking good. Xue Zhebin nodded and said emotionally, At first, I thought that this was just an ordinary investment project. Why does it look more and more exciting now? Cold-Faced Ladys development had always been good. If it continued to develop according to this script, with a few more rounds of financing, it might expand rapidly and become a legend of wealth for Chinese fast food. In the end, no one expected Boss Pei to suddenly do something like that while the Cold-Faced Lady seemed to be still doing well. Meng Chang had been trying to ride on Tengdas popularity but he managed to screw it up. Even so, many investors in Beijing did not believe in Boss Peis investment myth. They felt that this was a good opportunity to enter at a low price. Xue Zhebin asked again, So, Meng Chang isnt in a good situation now? Li Shi nodded. Very bad. If Boss Pei sells all of his shares at a lower price, he would definitely be able to find someone to take over. However, the problem is that the money will not enter Meng Changs hands. In other words, based on the rate that the Cold-Faced Lady is burning money now, Meng Chang has to continue thinking of ways to find money. However, the problem is that those who dont believe in Boss Pei and want to invest in the Cold-Faced Lady would choose to buy shares from Boss Pei. After all, they are cheap and are value for money. Those who believe in Boss Pei would not invest at this juncture. In other words for a long time to come, no investors would hand the money directly to Meng Chang. Cold-Faced Lady might not be able to obtain the financing they need. There might be problems with liquidity. Of course, this is just my guess. If Meng Chang really had other channels to get the money, Boss Peis withdrawal would not have much of an impact. If Cold Faced Ladys shop has really made profits, Meng Chang can also choose to tighten his belt and reduce the expenses. It should be able to survive as long as they do not need to spend so much money on marketing Li Shi briefly explained the current situation to Xue Zhebin. Boss Peis sudden withdrawal would obviously cause a lot of trouble for Meng Chang. However, Meng Chang should be able to hold out as long as Cold-Faced Lady is strong enough financially. Xue Zhebin asked, Boss Li, should we invest or not? Since Boss Pei is not optimistic about the cold-faced lady, lets not throw money in, right? Li Shi took a sip of tea and shook his head slightly. Boss Pei sold all his shares but it does not mean he wont enter again. Do you remember the Top Student, Come Quick application? On the surface, Boss Pei wanted to leave and sell his shares. However, after the educational corporations took over at a high price and the Top Student, Come Quick application collapsed, Boss Pei forcefully entered the market and took over at a low price. Then, he completely modified the Top Student, Come Quick application Xue Zhebins eyes lit up. Boss Li, are you saying that Boss Pei might be bluffing? That he might try again? Li Shi nodded. We cannot rule out the possibility of Boss Pei repeating the same trick. If Boss Pei wants to re-enter the venue after the Cold-Faced Lady is in danger, we can follow Boss Pei and aim for the best investment opportunity! Xue Zhebin nodded in realization. Boss Li, I seem to be beginning to understand your way of investment At the same time, Dream Realization Ventures. He Desheng was reporting the current situation to Pei Qian. Boss Pei, Ive found a suitable buyer for Cold-Faced Ladys shares. The price for all of them is 15 million yuan. The return on investment was not as high as before, but its not too bad to be able to get such a price since we are selling them with such urgency Pei Qian nearly vomited blood. You call this not too bad? I invested eight million yuan and earned 15 million yuan! This f*cking Cold-Faced Lady had only been operating for a few days, and I have already earned so much? It was a good thing that he exited fast. Wouldnt he have earned more in the future if he exited slower? While the sale had been done in a hurry and the price had been lowered by quite a bit, Dream Realization Ventures had invested too early and received too many shares. Thus, Pei Qian still found it hard to accept even if they were in a hurry to sell and the price had been lowered. Pei Qians heart was bleeding as he asked, How did Meng Chang react? He Desheng pondered for a moment. He did not have much of an intense reaction. He remained confident and high-spirited in front of the investors. Otherwise, the deal would not have been so successful. Pei Qian nodded. Indeed, Meng Chang was very confident in Cold-Faced Lady. It was the right decision to leave as soon as possible. He Desheng asked, Boss Pei, what should we do with this sum of money? Are we going to continue investing in the companies in the queue? Pei Qian sighed silently. Thats right, what should he do with the money? Logically speaking, there were many ways to spend money. However, Pei Qian felt that his luck was really bad. Wait, let me think about it. Pei Qian looked at the date. If there are no new developments at the end of the month, Dream Realization Ventures can continue investing in the companies in the queue. He Desheng nodded. Alright, Boss Pei. Chapter 787 - IOI’s Special Publicity Film December 16th, Fridaya| Shanghai, Long Yu Corporation. Zhao Xuming was in his office, checking on the progress of IOIs operations. Zhao Xumings work was far from complete even though IOIs qualifiers had come to an end. Long Yu Corporation still had to cooperate with Dayak Corporation and Finger Games. They had to continue publicity work for IOI World Finals and build momentum for the upcoming IOI World Finals. Logically speaking, the international competition would be a global competition. Team and players promotional videos in various regions should be jointly promoted and shot by Finger Games. That would ensure the consistency of the publicity materials and its linkage. However, Zhao Xuming and Chr??tien decided to let Long Yu Corporation shoot a publicity film for a domestic team first after discussions. The goal was clear: to further increase the popularity of IOIs international competition. IOIs current operating situation was in a slump, which was why Finger Games placed more emphasis on local publicity. A promotional video would be able to spark discussion in the country and increase its popularity if Long Yu Corporation were to shoot it first. At the same time, it would show how much importance Finger Games placed on local players. It seemed beneficial no matter which angle they thought from. It was Finger Games business to organize the World Finals. Long Yu Corporation would be able to make use of the World Finals to hype up IOIs popularity domestically. Knock, knock, knock. A knock came from outside the office. The assistant pushed the door open and entered. Boss Zhao, the promotional video has been sent over. Would you like to take a look if you have the time? Zhao Xuming nodded and took the portable hard drive from his assistant. Then, he started to play the IOI World Finals special promotional video specially made for the domestic server on his computer. The entire film was not long, only less than three minutes. The logo of Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation appeared on the screen first. Then, a cool and hip BGM started playing, introducing the main content of the promotional video. The promotional video this time was about the three teams that had made it to the international competition. Basically, all the players had individual scenes. There were only 15 people in total. There would be nothing left if they cut the scenes. The filming location was in Shanghai. Thirty percent of it was in the studio while seventy percent were outdoor scenes. They filmed in a small venue with the IOI theme for the indoor shoot. The contestants would stand or sit, and they would pose in different poses to interact with the IOI theme in the venue. On the other hand, the outdoor scenes were taken at famous attractions in Shanghai, which would maximize the local and cultural characteristics of Shanghai. The players movements were all different. As the scenes changed, the voice-overs that the players personally dubbed were interlaced. Someone asked me, what is the meaning of the game? I replied that the meaning of the game is perseverance. The meaning of the game is to do your best to win. The meaning of the game is to break through doubts and create impossible miracles. World Submit, here we come! In the final scene,all fifteen members of the three teams advanced together. They walked up the steps of the stage in the interior of the stadium with a throne at the top. Zhao Xuming watched the promotional video several times and nodded slightly. Yes, not bad. Its not easy to be able to complete it in such a short period of time and with such a high completion rate. The assistant smiled and said, Of course. We spent a lot of money to find the best filming team in the country this time. You get what you pay for. The effect is guaranteed. The filming of the promotional video this time was tight and had a lot of work to do. It had only been a week from the qualifiers to the publicity film shooting and editing. Fortunately, the filming team was strong enough. They had only managed to complete it in time after working a lot of overtime to film and edit the scenes. There was nothing they could do about that. They had to complete the promotional video as soon as possible and to warm up to the audience in advance. It would be too late if the promotional video was only released after the international competition began. However, since the publicity film itself was short, many players only had two or three seconds to film. They completed the filming in two to three hours, so the effect was not bad. Zhao Xuming sighed. We have to thank Tengda Corporation. Their publicity film for GOGs international invitational tournament inspired us greatly. The assistant nodded. This is the benefit of having a back-to-back competition. We can learn from our predecessors experience. Whats more, were using the same filming team as the one used for Tengda Corporations international competition. We wont lose face in terms of quality! Zhao Xuming asked, Didnt Tengda look for this team to film a new promotional video? GPLs season finals are almost over. The spring competition is about to start. Logically speaking, the promotional video should be out soon. The assistant shook his head. I also asked the person-in-charge of the filming team indirectly. He said that he had not received any news so far. There might be two possibilities. The first is that Tengdas promotional video for the spring season has not started filming yet. They are not in a hurry. After all, there is still some time before the start of the spring season competition. The second is that Tengda has found other filming teams. However, the other filming teams are unlikely to be better than the one we have found so far. Zhao Xuming nodded, feeling much more relieved. Thats good. Ever since he started planning for publicity for the IOI World Competition, Zhao Xuming had subconsciously used Tengda as a benchmark. This included the IOI World Finals Domestic Special promotional video. They had also hired the same filming team as Tengda GOGs international invitational competition. They had used similar filming techniques. Whats more, they had surpassed Tengda GOG in terms of clothing, make-up, interior design, and other aspects. Zhao Xuming felt that his biggest advantage was his geographical location. The filming was going to take place in Shanghai. There were many more landmarks, historical sites, and so on in Shanghai than in Jingzhou. The film would emit a strong Chinese aura and resonate with gamers. Whats more, the publicity film for GOGs international invitational tournament was done well. Zhao Xuming could vouch for that. The indoor scenes, the interactions between the players and the game elements, the style of the transition, and so on were all very inspiring. The quality of the promotional film would not lose out to GOGs global invitational film. Zhao Xuming knew very well that there was only one standard for shooting a promotional video C win against Tengda. As long as he could win against Tengda, he would have a satisfactory explanation for both Finger Games and IOI players. He had spent a huge sum of money on setting up the indoor scenes and hiring a filming team. He had finally gotten something in return. Zhao Xuming was pleased with himself as he watched the promotional video another two times. Its a pity that the lines are a little awkward, said Zhao Xuming. The assistant nodded. Yes, a little, but that cant be helped. The filming team does not know enough about IOI. In order to ensure that the theme of the promotional film does not go astray, we have to write our own lines. The players are not professional voice actors. It is very difficult to get a suitable voice and tone from them. They can only do their best. They will be more or less awkward. However, there are pros and cons to retaining the contestants original voices. At the moment, it looks acceptable. Zhao Xuming continued, Why are there so many scenes of the members of the FV Club? Whats more, they look so handsome. The other two clubs feel so inferior. He instinctively felt unhappy. Now, the entire world knew that the FV Club was a club that Boss Pei had invested in. It was a competitor with GOG through and through. It would not be an exaggeration to say that they were undercover spies. FV Club had won the qualifiers and obtained the number one seeded spot in the international competition. That was already a slap in the face. Yet, they were still an absolute C position in the promotional video. The other two teams had become spare tires. That made Zhao Xuming instinctively unhappy. The assistant was helpless. Boss Zhao, theres nothing we can do. The players of FV Club have a good image and temperament. They are like models compared to the internet addicts of other teams. In order to ensure the best effect, the filming team would definitely give them more shots since they were also more handsome than the other team. Whats more, FV is the number one seed in our competition zone. If they dont stand in the C position, people will definitely say that were petty and suppressing FV Club. Its very hard on us. Zhao Xuming nodded helplessly. Alright. He could only blame the other two teams for being disappointing. They would have been in the attention if they had obtained the first seeded entry, right? Zhao Xuming watched the promotional video two more times. The more he looked at the members of FV Club, the more he disliked them. However, he had no better idea. He could only reluctantly say, Alright, then choose a suitable time to release this promotional video. After posting it, buy some popularity on the internet. Dont make it look too ugly, it cant be less popular than GOGs global invitational film at the very least. The assistant nodded. You dont have to worry about that. Ill definitely settle everything! He was about to leave when Zhao Xuming stopped him. Wait a minute. Theres also the preparation for the international competition. Whats the current situation? Zhao Xuming asked. The assistant replied, According to the previous arrangements, the World Server has been updated with a new version. The clubs overseas have all been training with a new version. The update for our domestic server would be one week later, that means well only get the version update on Monday or so.overseas. However, the players in the clubs are currently playing ranking and training competitions in the world server. The impact is not that big. Zhao Xuming looked pensive. Finger Games was going to use the new version for the international competition. All the clubs knew about this. It was understandable that Chr??tien wanted to use the World Finals to show the new version of IOI to players around the world. However, he had to update the version in advance to let players familiarize themselves with it so that the teams could train in the environment of the new version. The battle teams were more or less dissatisfied. After all, there were many changes in the new version. It would be very trying on the teams learning and adjustment ability to adapt to these changes in such a short period of time. It also tested the teams ability to train heroes. However, everyone had to start from scratch considering that all the teams had to train and learn. It was not particularly unfair, so while most teams only complained and they did not protest too intensely. Zhao Xuming pondered for a moment and asked, Are foreign teams better trained than domestic teams? The assistant nodded. Of course, Boss Zhao. The foreign teams are all in World Server. There are no delays and they can communicate with their teammates. Ranks environment is much better than our domestic server. Whats more, the veteran E-Sports Clubs in Europe and the United States are all in contact with each other. They can arrange for frequent training competitions. If many teams train together, they will naturally improve faster. There are only three teams in our country. The other two clubs are not on good terms with the FV Club. It would be difficult for them to achieve good results. Zhao Xuming nodded. After some consideration, he said, How about this? Contact Finger Games. Ill arrange for the players to go to Los Angeles in advance! The assistant was stunned. Go in advance? Zhao Xuming: Thats right. Well go there in advance. On one hand, we can get used to the living environment there in advance so that we are able to adapt. On the other hand, we can train in the environment in the world with low delays. We can also arrange for training competitions with the veteran clubs in Europe and America. That would improve our results. While we will probably not be able to win the European or American championship, well still be able to keep up if we sharpen our guns at the last minute. If we lose too badly, we wont be able to keep our faces. As for the expenses, its nothing more than taking out more money for food and accommodation. Well reimburse the clubs this bit of money so that they have to train hard and fight well. Dont disgrace our Long Yu Corporation! The assistant nodded hurriedly. Alright, Boss Zhao, thats a good idea! Ill go and talk to Finger Games and book the air tickets and accommodation in advance! Chapter 788 - GPL’s Spring Competition Promotion Publicity At Fish-Catching Internet Cafe Pei Qian sipped his coffee as he read the latest news. He had sold the shares of Cold-Faced Lady and earned a huge sum of money. That had dealt a huge blow to Pei Qian. Where to spend the money that he earned had become a very problem for him. There hasnt been any good news for a long time It could be said that there had been a lot of problems recently. He had casually invested in FV club, but the club had won the championship in the blink of an eye. Pei Qian had personally been there, and he had been made into a world-renowned painting. Even the Cold-Faced Lady had made a huge profit, and he now had an additional sum of money that he did not know where to spend it. Painful! Pei Qian felt melancholic. Even Fish-Catching Internet Cafes coffee was no longer fragrant. Suddenly, his eyes lit up as he browsed the webpage. Long Yu Corporation released a special promotional video for IOIs local server? Not bad, not bad. They finally made a move. This is good news. Create some waves, IOI! Pei Qian could not help but be overjoyed. Indeed, IOI was still the key when it came to good news! Dayak Corporation, Finger Games, and Long Yu Corporation, these three big companies were working together to finally give GOG some pressure. Pei Qian immediately opened the promotional video. On Aili Islands website, the promotional video had been uploaded for two to three hours. It was currently on the hot charts. All sorts of bullet screen comments and comments were rapidly flying across. Not bad, quite handsome! It looks a little similar to the publicity film for GOGs international invitational tournament. However, the scenery in Shanghai is good, and the local special is good. Long Yu Corporation has finally done something! The players of FV dont look the same as the others. Its hard to look away from them! The meaning is not bad, the lines are not bad. Long Yu Corporation has done things properly in the promotional video. It is worth encouraging if they did not lose to Tengda. While some viewers felt that IOIs promotional video was imitating GOGs World Series promotional video, there was no need to nitpick. Promotional videos had similar styles after all. As long as there were no obvious signs of plagiarism in action, camera, or creativity, there was no need to keep harping on it. Obviously, Long Yu Corporation did not intend to plagiarize either. They had only hired a top-notch filming team and used a similar E-Sports style. They had all combined with the originality of the game in terms of the players movements, details, lines, and the like so their reviews were not bad. The promotional video was very popular especially with the fact that Long Yu Corporation had hired some fake reviewers. It received positive reviews on various forums and websites. Pei Qian could not help but nod in appreciation. Look, this is a good example of copying homework! The promotional video for GOGs international invitational tournament had already given out the standard answers. It would be too much if IOI did not copy it. The current situation was pretty good. As long as Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation worked a little harder and followed behind GOG, and then engaged in price wars and unfair competition, Pei Qian would be thankful. It looks like Dayak Corporation is going all out to complete the IOI World Tournament this time. It should be worth looking forward to. Hopefully, we can steal all the limelight from GOGs Spring Festival Tournament. Pei Qian closed the promotional video with a beautiful vision in his mind. However, he subconsciously refreshed the page and found a new update. GOG had an official account on Aili Islands website which Pei Qian also followed. This new post was released by GOGs official account. The title of the video was: GPLs Spring Competition promotional video! Pei Qian was stunned for a moment. He looked at the release time. One minute ago. Obviously, they had seen IOI post a promotional video for the local servers World Series. They had immediately followed up with the promotional video for the GPLs Spring Competition to challenge IOI. Most likely, this film had been completed recently, but it had not been released. They had seen IOIs promotional video and decided to come and grab the attention. Pei Qian was speechless. This was ridiculous! So what if IOI became more popular?! Why were these people from the E-Sports Industry Department so stingy! Pei Qian had not heard that they were filming a promotional video for the GPLs Spring Competition. Thus, he had been hoping to get lucky. What if the GPLs Spring Competition promotional video was not as good as IOIs? Once they were outdone, wouldnt the popularity be sent to IOI? With this mindset, Pei Qian opened the video for the GPLs Spring Festival Gala. This video was also about three minutes long, slightly longer than IOIs promotional video. There was no logo at the beginning of the video. Instead, it went straight to the point, the logo was probably at the end. A few strokes quickly outlined the scene of the ancient battlefield on the pale yellow Xuan paper. On the desolate wilderness, the mountains collapsed, the riverbed dried up, and the ground was filled with cracks. Skeletons and armors piled up like mountains, and spears stood upright with incomplete flags fluttering above them. A few crows pecked at the corpses, their eyes emitting a strange light. All of a sudden, a bolt of lightning struck down from the sky, creating a crack in the dark clouds. At the same time, a bleak and low voice-over sounded. Heaven and Earth fell into calamity, Gods fell. Light and darkness will enter their final battle on the eternal battlefield. The Executors of this cruel world will protect the glory of God with their mortal bodies! The lines on the pale yellow Xuan paper suddenly changed rapidly! The piles of corpses on the ground became active. These undead were wearing broken armor and dragging their broken bodies. Their eyes shone with two dim lights as they reached out to grab the spears beside them. The camera zoomed in, and the undead staggered to their feet, forming a sea of death. However, at that moment, another bolt of lightning lit up in the sky. This time, it was very close to the camera. The brilliant heavenly might penetrated the thick dark clouds as a figure descended from the sky! The camera looked up at the sky over the shoulders of the Undead Army. The dazzling white light instantly covered the entire scene. The lines on the pale yellow Xuan paper disappeared, and what replaced them was a completely realistic CG scene. A figure with a standard body shape descended from the sky accompanied by the thunder. His figure was strong, and his muscles were filled with strength. The H4 Club uniform on his body was propped up by his muscles, and the H4 logo on his chest was especially eye-catching. Pei Qian recognized this person immediately. He was the mid-laner of H4 Club, Huang Wang! Huang Wang descended from the sky along with the lightning, tearing through the dark clouds in the sky. As he descended, golden light began to appear on his body. Countless pieces of armor appeared out of thin air and completely enveloped him. The golden armor was surrounded by golden light effects. He smashed into the sea of undead on the ground like a cannonball accompanied by the brilliant heavenly might of lightning. His right fist smashed into the ground, and a blazing golden light spread out instantly, sweeping away all the undead around him! Huang Wang stood up and looked into the distance in the deep pit. The camera followed his back as he walked away. Huang Wangs back was filled with all sorts of weapons as though he was the Thousand-Hand Guanyin. It was rather eye-catching, highlighting his identity as a god: Modest. More lightning struck the dark clouds as the camera zoomed out. Players entered the Eternal Battlefield and became different heroes one by one. Jiang Huan had transformed into the Literary Genius of the Winds, Ruan. The other professional players had also transformed into Traveler Bao Xu, Purgatory Duke, and other characters in the game. There were killings all over the Eternal Battlefield. Finally, the scene arrived at the most desolate ancient temple in the center of the Eternal Battlefield. Huang Wangs Modest armor was removed from his body as he stood in the ruins of the surrounding walls. He returned to his original appearance. He pressed his hands on the dusty door of the temple and pushed it open! A ray of light shot into the dusty temple, and the scene changed to a birds eye view. Two huge doors of the temple opened with a sound. Huang Wang dragged his long back and entered the temple. He still looked insignificant in the huge temple even though he was muscular. Huang Wang walked towards the huge throne in the middle of the temple with his head held high on the long, mottled and broken steps. The surrounding braziers lit up one by one as he moved forward. A huge logo of H4 Club appeared above the throne. The broken stone steps became complete, and the entire temple regained its vitality. However, as the golden light engulfed the entire temple, all the other entrances of the temple suddenly opened. Each of the sixteen teams had an entrance. ,The other entrances also had their representatives walk out other than from the main entrance that Huang Wang entered through. All of these players were dressed in the team uniforms of their clubs. They were holding iconic weapons that represented heroes. It was as if they wanted to charge towards Huang Wangs throne. Another bolt of lightning flashed, and sixteen battle flags appeared on the thick stone pillars inside the temple. They emitted different light effects and dyed the entire temple. Finally, everyone gathered in front of the highest throne and looked at the huge GPL spring competition trophy. The image of the video and the majestic background music came to an abrupt stop. The black screen showed the logo of the Tengda Corporation, GOG Games and GPL league. Pei Qian was stunned after watching the promotional video for the GPLs Spring Competition. This is too f*cking cool! Pei Qian had just finished watching the promotional video for the IOI World Competition which he already felt was very cool. They had done all sorts of outdoor scenes, the scenes of the contestants, and the like very well. After watching the promotional video for the GPL season, Pei Qian only had one feeling. What the sh*t was that promotional video from before?! There was no fear that it wouldnt be appreciated if it stood up well to comparison. If he had only watched IOIs promotional video, he would feel that everything was good. The lines were a little awkward since they were dubbed by the players but it was tolerable. However, after watching the promotional video for the GPL Spring Competition, IOIs promotional video immediately became trash! At first, Pei Qian was a little confused. Huang Wang descended from the sky, and the golden armor on his body automatically turned him into Modest. How did they manage to film this? After taking a closer look, he understood that this was not a f*cking film. This was a proper game CG! The lines drawn on the pale yellow Xuan paper at the beginning were hand-drawn by the artist. The rest of the content included the players in their team uniforms and transforming into heroes, the Undead, the Eternal Battlefield, the huge temple, and so on They were all game CGs! GOGs research and development department had specially created a high precision game model for each teams representative. Then, they created the games CG based on this image and used it as a publicity film for GPLs Spring Competition! How could a live shot compare to game CGs? It was a completely different production method. It was a complete downgrade! In the previous promotional video, IOI was still filming the scenery of Shanghai and letting the players read the voice-overs themselves. When it came to GOG, all the players were CG-ed and became one with the characters in the game. Their levels were immediately pulled apart. There was a simple explanation in the summary of the video. The theme skins of the various teams will be sold one after the GPLs Spring Competition. The profits from the skins will be allocated to the operations and operations of the teams. Please support your favorite teams! The skin of the first global invitational champion is still being produced. Stay tuned! Chapter 789 - Immediate Judgement! Chapter 789: Immediate Judgement! There were a lot of comments under the publicity video for the GPLs Spring Competition. Holy sh*t, Im stunned. Isnt this too cool? Actually, I think its about the same as IOIs promotional video. Its only a million times better! The effects were full scale, not awkward at all. Whats more, its full of epicness. Its just like the opening CG for a AAA game masterpiece! IOIs publicity video wasnt bad either, its better than just a copy. However, it would at most be at the same level as GOGs international invitational tournament. They didnt expect GOGs promotional video to evolve again, did they! Its already the final exam and youre still copying mid-term homework. Not up to standard! Baby Huang is so handsome. His muscles are a perfect match for the hero Modest! These three minutes are really impressive. The details are perfect! The first half was of a pale yellow Xuan paper and a monochrome sketch. Its like a painting in an ancient book, highlighting the sense of history and epicness. The second half is a high precision game CG, highlighting the sense of authenticity and immersion. When the two styles are combined, they use the light of Gods Descend in the middle as a transition has both foundation and depth. Its awesome! The lines are not bad as well. They pointed out the theme of the game, the Fall of the Gods, and the Eternal Battlefield even though there were only three lines. The last line especially, The Executors who walk the cruel world will protect the glory of the Gods with their mortal bodies. It fits the CG plot and points out the gaming model of players controlling heroes. Its perfect! All clubs had their air time. The scenes of the battle in front are the star players of the veteran clubs. The heroes representing Huang Wang, Jiang Huan, and the others have all appeared. Lastly, the scenes in the temple were shot by the captains of the various clubs. The treatment has been maxed out! All the teams will have to work hard in order to show their faces in the publicity film when the Spring Competition begins! Coincidentally, the star players in front seem to be from DGE Club. So, this seems to be a publicity film for DGE Club? The theme skins of each team? Does every team have them? Whats more, the profits of the skins are all given to the clubs. Thats so cool! I read the details on the official website just now. Strictly speaking, every team produces a heros skin based on the heros strengths. In other words, there are only sixteen skins in total. Different heroes, different styles, and different team logos. Its alright, but not much. I think thats a good idea! Compared to the useless things around the team uniform, buying skins is obviously the most cost-effective! Whats more, these skins are long-term profits. More would be sold as time goes by. I can only say that Boss Pei is very kind. The big bosses of these clubs have all spent a lot of money on the GPL quota. With this skin and the advertising effect, they will likely be able to earn it back very quickly! Tengda really knows how to play. The pre-season competition is still ongoing, but the promotional video for the spring competition has already been released. Not only did this promotional video turn the IOI World Competitions promotional video into trash, but it also created a connection with the teams skin. It satisfied both the players and the various clubs. Its awesome! I think IOIs teams would be so envious of such treatment that they would be forced to jump out of their skins? Ill comment below IOIs video and show the players there the huge gap between the two sides! Soon, GPLs Spring Competition publicity video was pushed onto Aili Islands hot chart. IOIs publicity video might have been released two hours earlier but it was useless. GOGs popularity had already crushed IOI in the domestic market. Whats more, this publicity video had beaten IOI in all aspects. Therefore, the publicity video for the GPLs spring competition quickly surpassed IOIs publicity video and reached the top! What was even more depressing was that the comments section of IOIs promotional video was originally peaceful. Most players and even passers-by felt that the publicity video produced by Long Yu Corporation was not bad and had tried their best, so they were all praising it. However, the difference was obvious when compared to the publicity film for the GPLs Spring Competition! The comments section naturally took a 180-degree turn. Im not trying to be mean but IOI could not defeat GOG in the first place, and neither can their publicity video Can you put in more effort?! To put it bluntly, not only did GOG do well in the game, but the publicity film was also top-notch. There is a reason why IOI did not become popular in the domestic server. Look at the GPLs publicity video. Its fully-produced and filled with details. Its not awkward at all! Look at you, there is nothing creative at all! I think this publicity video is at least three seasons ahead Actually, we can analyze the key to the success and failure of these two games from the publicity film. GOG is able to succeed because it was pure enough. Whether it was GOG itself, the GPL league, or just a simple publicity film, Tengda was trying its best to showcase its characteristics and style. It was burning money and creativity at all costs to show the most perfect effect to the audience. On the other hand, IOI gave people the feeling that it was making a fool of itself and copying every step. It was as if GOG had no choice but to follow whatever it did. It did not have its own thoughts or characteristics. Thats right. You can tell from the way the publicity video filmed, which is showing their players. However, GOG has already integrated the players with the game, using a higher dimensional performance. It should not be a problem to say that IOI is not motivated. Sigh, to be honest, I think GPLs sugar daddies, contestants, and audiences are too fortunate!The sugar daddies might have paid for a spot, but they are definitely treated with the highest regards. Every club has its own exclusive skins, and the skins are profitable. The contestants are being shown off with the official platform packaging it well for them. The audiences are even happier. Buying cheap skins to watch a highly-viewed competition, and all the standards of the competition are top-notch Thats awesome! The question is, why are IOIs gamers still persevering? Are they not interested in GOG and GPL? Before long, IOIs publicity video was filled with discussions about the two promotional videos. In fact, many people in the audience did not mean to step on the bandwagon, but they could not help it! These two promotional videos were released one after another. They were both similar games and were both advertisements for the E-Sports genre. However, the final effect was worlds apart. It was hard for people not to compare them. The gamers of GOG were very proud, while IOIs gamers had no confidence to refute. They were only envious. The publicity film for the GPLs Spring Competition had been done well. Whats more, it had crushed IOIs publicity film. What was there to refute? They might as well take it out on the official platform and let the official platform continue to spend more money on publicity films! Thus, most of the players on both sides miraculously targeted Long Yu Corporation together. No matter what, the problem was that Long Yu Corporation was still not good enough! Pei Qian looked at the comments below the two promotional videos and felt inexplicably tired. Sigh, he had hoped that Long Yu Corporation would be able to make a comeback with this video. but they could not count on it at all! Boss Zhao, do something! At the same time, in the headquarters of Long Yu Corporation Zhao Xuming slammed the table angrily. Tengda is taking advantage of us! Excessive! Outrageous! Dont they know how to leave a way out so that we can meet again in the future?! This Boss Pei, not only did he come to the qualifiers to steal the limelight, he even wants to plot against me for the video? Im so pissed off! Zhao Xuming flew into a rage. His assistant kept quiet out of fear, not daring to say a word. Zhao Xuming had been quite satisfied with the publicity video at first. He read the comments of the netizens and felt rather pleased with himself. Unexpectedly, the public opinion had changed drastically in just two hours! IOI World Finals promotional video was immediately pressed onto the ground and snubbed crazily as soon as the promotional video for the GPLs spring competition was released. Anyone who heard it would feel sad and those who saw it would shed tears. Most importantly, IOIs gamers were no longer satisfied. They would scold Long Yu Corporation after the stark difference in comparison. Long Yu Corporation had spent a huge sum of money to hire a professional photography team and set up a filming location. In the end, they had not managed to do well. How could they not be angry? In fact, IOIs promotional video was top-notch as well. However, the audiences taste had been spoiled by Tengda. Naturally, this comparison made them inferior. What angered Zhao Xuming the most was the timing of the two promotional videos. The promotional video for the GPLs Spring Competition was done according to the games CG standards. It could not have been produced in two hours. Most likely, it had been prepared more than a month in advance by the various teams in GPL. The preparation time was long, and the cost would not be small. In other words, this promotional video was probably made recently. Yet, Boss Pei purposely did not release it. He waited for IOI to release the promotional video before releasing the GPL promotional video. Who would believe that it was not intentional? Obviously, Boss Pei had calculated that no matter what IOI produced, it would only be defeated by the GPLs Spring Competition promotional video. That was why he had purposely waited for the right time. It was just like fighting the Landlord, my Great King would always be waiting as long as the Little King in your hand did not appear; when your Little King finally appears, my next card would definitely be managed by the Great King! Coupled with the fact that Boss Pei had come alone to cause trouble during the qualifiers, Zhao Xumings hatred for Boss Pei and Tengda Corporation had worsened. Now, Zhao Xuming finally understood how those people who had gone against Boss Pei felt. It was just like playing cards with Boss Pei. No matter what kind of card you played, Boss Pei would always have a better hand. That made people despair! However, he could do nothing about it. That was because the promotional video was done and there was not much time left before the competition. They could not possibly reshoot another one, right? Putting aside the cost and whether it would delay the players training, it would take at least a month to produce such an awesome CG. How could he make it in time? Even if he did, wouldnt it be akin to admitting that he was imitating? Thus, Zhao Xuming had no choice but to swallow his pride and suffer in silence. He had spent a lot of money on the promotional video for the IOI World Competition. In the end, he became a stepping stone for GPsL promotional video. It had done nothing for the IOI World Finals. That was too infuriating! Boss Zhao, are we still going to follow the original plan for bringing the team to Los Angeles for training? The assistant asked softly, seeing that Zhao Xuming was gradually calming down. Zhao Xuming nodded. Yes, well stick to the original plan Wait, kick FV Club out! According to Zhao Xumings original plan, the three teams would go to Los Angeles together and arrange for mock competitions with the European and American teams so that they could adapt to the competition environment as soon as possible. FV Club might be a spy sent by Boss Pei, but they were still the top seeded team in the country. They were the strongest, and it would not be nice if they did not bring them along. However, at this juncture, the promotional video appeared. Zhao Xuming was furious, he hated everything to do with Boss Pei. He could not do anything with Tengda Corporation and Boss Pei, but it was within the scope of his authority to do something to Boss Peis club. The assistant was a little hesitant. Boss Zhao, is this appropriate? No matter what, FV Club is the strongest team in the country Zhao Xuming laughed coldly. This Tengda Corporation is already riding on top of you. How can you be nice to them? Whats more, even though the FV is said to be the number one seed, didnt it win because of their perseverance? It won all two rounds of the BO5 but they are actually on par in terms of strength with the other two teams. When the time comes, well bring the other two teams overseas to compete in mock competition with the European and American clubs to get used to the game version in advance. There wont be any mock competition for the FV. Once we reach the international competition, the gap between the two teams will widen very quickly! At that time, all of our clubs would perform well in the international competition, and FV Club would be the first seeded team to be the first to be eliminated in the game. Wouldnt that be great? Arent there always people who like to boast that Boss Pei is good at leading teams to train? They say that a random team he built would be able to get the first seed. I want to see what public opinion would say if the first seed is eliminated in one round! The assistant was a little hesitant. He felt that this was a little inappropriate. There were three domestic teams in total. If he brought two of them with him but not FV Club with him. That would not sound nice. His intentions were too obvious. However, judging from Zhao Xumings expression, he was obviously furious since he had been rubbed in the face by Tengda for so long. No matter how good his temper was, he could no longer take it. The assistant pondered for a moment. He did not want to get himself into trouble. Whats more, what Zhao Xuming said made sense. FV Club had a tough time fighting the BO10 before obtaining the first seeded entry. Their true strength was only on par with the other two clubs. It was not that important. At that time, as long as the other two clubs played better than the FV, they would not be afraid of public pressure. At that thought, the assistant nodded and said, Alright, Boss Zhao. Ill arrange for it now. Oh yeah, Boss Zhao, do we still need to keep this a secret from FV Club? Zhao Xuming waved his hand. Theres no need to keep it a secret! We cant hide this from them anyway. Besides, theres no need to hide it at all. We just have to knock them down! Chapter 790 - Spending Money Was No Small Matter FV E-Sports Club. Wu Yue, who had just received the news, was fuming speechlessly. Is there a need for the official platform to do this? Our FV Clubs participation quota was given by the official platform. Our first seat was obtained based on our own capabilities. In the end, there are a total of three teams. The other two teams were arranged to go to Los Angeles for training, but there was no news for us? You really dont treat us as your own? Just because you have some conflict with Boss Pei, youre messing with peoples mindsets? These E-Sports clubs were all well-informed. FV E-Sports Club quickly received news that the other two teams from Long Yu Corporation would be going to Los Angeles to train in advance and had already applied for urgent visas. It was said that Long Yu Corporation would cover all of the accommodation fees in Los Angeles this time. They would even pull strings to help arrange for teams from Europe and America to compete in mock competitions. In the end, all of this information was obtained through other channels. Long Yu Corporation had no intention of informing the FV Club at all. They did not even bother to explain hypocritically! That could only mean one thing: Long Yu Corporation deliberately did not want to bring FV Club along to Los Angeles. Manager Lu quickly tried to persuade him. Boss Wu, please calm down. This is indeed too much, but we dont have a good solution. Long Yu Corporation must have organized the mock competition in Los Angeles in advance. Its not part of the international competition process organized by Finger Games. Therefore, it can also be said that its not Long Yu Corporations duty to bring us along. They can bring whoever they want with their own money. Many teams in other zones would not enjoy such treatment either. This is discrimination! Its preferential treatment! We should appeal or just post it on Weibo and let everyone see the true colors of the Long Yu Corporation! Wu Yue exclaimed. Manager Lu quickly shook his head. Boss Wu, thats not appropriate! Long Yu Corporation did not publicize this matter in an official capacity. If we expose it, Long Yu Corporation can immediately say that it was a spontaneous act by the other clubs. Long Yu Corporation is only responsible for connecting the dots and playing a small role. Thats because the truth of this matter is very easy to cover up. If we are to start an attack rashly it would be very easy to cover up as long as Long Yu Corporation plays Tai Chi with us. It would instead make us seem petty and narrow-minded. As for making a complaint, that would be even more useless. Wouldnt that be equivalent to who would sue me? Whats more, at the end of the day, results speak for E-Sports. What if we are to blow this matter up on the internet but we dont play well in the international competition? At that time, public opinion would definitely backfire and we wouldnt be able to justify ourselves. Just think about it. What would netizens say when we lose the World Competition: Such a lousy team still has the cheek to ask the officials for money to go to Los Angeles to attend mock competitions? They should have just given up their spots to the SUG initially then! In any case, as long as we lose, the tempo would definitely skyrocket. We cant ignore the consequences now. Wu Yues face darkened as he nodded. Yes, it looks like Zhao Xuming knew this well. He thought that we would not be able to get anything out of it even if we revealed it. Thats why he acted so brazenly. He wanted to make an example out of us and teach Tengda a lesson. Then We can only suffer in silence? Long Yu Corporation did such a disgusting thing and we cant even say anything? Manager Lu thought for a while. Of course we can, but not now. Only an idiot would jump out to attack before the results of the competition are out. On one hand, it would increase the pressure of public opinion on our own team members and affect our performance. On the other hand, if we are to lose the competition, the other party would take the opportunity to hit us while were down and the bystanders would not stand on our side. That would really be digging their own graves. The best way is to settle accounts after the game. If we win the competition, we can make use of the momentum of the victory to clarify all of these things. The best option would be to attack with the wind on our side. Therefore, the best choice for us now is to endure the humiliation and bear the heavy burden. Try not to let this matter affect the mentality of our own players and actively prepare for war. Once we achieve good results in the international competition, we can use the pressure of public opinion to fight back against Long Yu Corporation. As long as we do better than the other two clubs, we will have a voice even if we dont win first or second place. At that time, we can say that the official preferential treatment caused the results of the entire competition zone to be bad. If we get the same treatment, our results might even be better. We should wait. In short, everything depends on results. Without results, everything would be useless. Wu Yue was silent for a moment before he sighed softly. Thats difficult! Our current lineup might look good on paper, but judging from the qualifiers, our strength is only about the same as the other two teams. Whats more, were basking in the glory of the competition schedule. Who knows, we might not be able to beat them if we play another round. The benefits of going to Los Angeles to train are obvious.Theyll be able to meet the stronger European and American teams and adapt to the game better, theyll definitely improve in Los Angeles. We cant just rely on our imagination if we want to defeat them. Manager Lu nodded, feeling that the situation was indeed dire. E-Sports could not be won with determination and perseverance alone. It also required scientific training methods and good facilities. Many players were extremely talented, but they could not achieve results in certain clubs. This was often because the management of the clubs was not good, the training methods were wrong, and the facilities could not keep up. Wu Yue asked, Should we go to Los Angeles as well? Manager Lu was silent for a moment. Long Yu Corporation organized for them to go to Los Angeles because they could get in touch with Finger Games. Once they get there, they can get high-end accounts for European and American servers. They could use their official identity to get veteran European and American teams for the training tournament. Looking at Long Yu Corporations attitude towards us, we definitely wont have these things even if we pay out of our own pockets! We cant possibly travel all the way to Los Angeles, for our team members just to play Rank in the lower parts of the European and American servers all day long, right? Wouldnt that make them worse? Whats more, we have a large group of people. Our expenses are huge as well. We have to take care of our own meals and accommodation in advance. We have to give our team members good food. On top of that, we have to include our entourage Based on the calculation of eight people, we would need at least 200,000 yuan. If we consider the training situation and bring our second team over, we would have to double the amount. Of course, our club can afford it. The problem is that even if we spend money, we might not be able to guarantee the effect of the training. The price-quality ratio is too poor. Wu Yue pondered for a moment. That was indeed the case. Long Yu Corporation had organized the other two teams to go to Los Angeles for training because they had high-end game accounts and could meet the teams from Europe and the United States for training competitions. If they did not, there was no need to spend hundreds of thousands just to adapt to the environment. After much consideration, Wu Yue said, It doesnt seem appropriate to disturb Boss Pei over such a small matter. How about this? Ill give a call to Boss Zhang from Tengdas E-Sports Industry Department and ask him to give us some advice. If theres really no need, we wont go. Well stay in China and play mock competition with the local teams. Well arrange for the other training competitions during the international competition. December 17th, Saturday There was a routine meeting for the Manage Loss Trainees today. The Lunar New Year this year was relatively early. It was January 23rd, so the examination week was slightly earlier. The Manage Loss Trainees spent a lot of time revising while working. There was not much information to pay attention to at the Management Loss Ceremony this time. After all, most of the products were still in the final stages of research and development. Even products such as Fully-Automated Smart Bickering Machine had not shown any signs of backstabbing. Naturally, there was not much useful information here. Pei Qian knew very well that a tough battle would start next month. In the end, the settlement cycle happened to coincide with the examination week. He had to admit that this feeling was very sour. Whether or not he could beat Old Ma in this exam depended on his hard work before the exam. The Manage Loss Trainees reported the situation of their respective departments as usual. Soon, it was the Manage Loss Trainee from the eSports Divisions turn. This Management Loss student had been following Zhang Yuan. He was originally in charge of the DGE Club, but after forming the E-Sports Faculty and the GPL league, he naturally entered the internal circle. At the moment, no matter if it was DGE Club or other clubs, or even the entire E-Sports Club, nothing could escape his eyes. The pre-season GPL competition is about to enter the latter half of the competition. Everything is going smoothly at the moment. We have coincidentally encountered some bugs in the game and the equipment problems but they have been resolved. That should be able to accumulate a lot of experience for the spring competition. Currently, the main forces of the various clubs in GPL have basically been fixed. Those teams that did not participate in the GPL seasons pre-season competitions are also playing training competitions and actively preparing for the spring competition. The new members of DGE Club have been wiped out. They might be slightly weaker than the first batch of members but they are talented after all. They have also undergone special training from the older members. Thus, they are still the main force in each new team Pei Qians hand that was holding the teacup trembled. He might have been mentally prepared for this but his heart still trembled when he heard the news. Ten more players. How much would that sell for?! This group of players was the second group after Huang Wang, Jiang Huan, and the others. They were still selling very well. The transfer fee was enough to make Boss Pei suffer. There was a reason why DGEs players were selling well. First of all, DGE Club had a good reputation. Newbies with potential tended to come to the DGE Club to raise their value. The other clubs also felt that the players from DGE Club would not lose out, so they bought them rather straightforwardly. Newbies with real potential were all willing to join DGE Club because once they achieved results, they could immediately jump to other clubs to get big contracts. DGE would never do anything fishy with the contract. Newbies had a greater sense of security. On the other hand, for other clubs, DGE Club would not directly participate in the competition. It would not pose a threat to their own results. Instead, it would help train members. Thus, they were happy to buy people from DGE. The older members who left DGE would come back every now and then to give pointers to the new members of DGE. As time went by, every member of DGE would be able to hold their own became the impression that the entire leagues audience and club had. DGEs operations entered a virtuous cycle. Thus, the new members of DGE were like a bunch of leeks. Every once in a while, they would be sold off and realize a considerable transfer fee for DGE. Pei Qian was helpless about this. He pretended to sip his tea calmly and asked, So, how much is the transfer fee? The Manage Loss Trainee said, The performance of each of the ten players are different. Some of the C-rank players who are good at operations or have the ability to command are more valuable. The highest transfer fee is more than 1.5 million yuan. If they were ordinary, they would probably only fetch seven to eight hundred thousand yuan or about one million yuan. All of these players added together were probably sold for 13 million yuan. Pei Qian: He almost cursed out loud. This number had exceeded his expectations! Before this, Huang Wang, Jiang Huan, and the others transfer fees were about two million yuan. That was why Pei Qian thought that one million yuan each would be the maximum for these young players. However, that was obviously not the case! At the beginning, Huang Wang and Jiang Huans transfer fees were a little too high. After all, the various clubs were aiming for GOGs international invitational competition results to increase their bonuses and exposure. However, as GOGs global market share increased, GOGs international invitational tournament became successful, and the GPL league became more popular After this series of operations, the net worth of star players like Huang Wang and Jiang Huan also increased rapidly as more and more capital entered! Their transfer fee was no longer two million yuan. As the value of the top players increased, the value of DGE Clubs second batch of potential rookies would naturally increase as well. Ten people might not seem like a lot, but the transfer fee added up to thirteen million yuan. What made Pei Qian feel like vomiting blood was not this number but time! Boss Pei was someone who had seen much of the world after all. He had already invested hundreds of millions of yuan into the company several times, let alone ten million yuan. In any case, it would not end up in his hands. It was just a figure. The key was how much time he had spent earning those ten million yuan! This group of players entered some time in September. It was December now. They had only trained for three months and yet they had sold them for 13 million yuan! Based on this calculation, the DGE Club earned about four million yuan a month on average. It was a piece of cake. Not to mention DGE Clubs commercial sponsorship and live-stream contract! On the other hand, the daily expenses of DGE Club were not much. The training base was rented from Boss Li, and Manager Cui of Ming Yun Villas who wanted to treat Boss Pei like their own father. The rent, utilities, and other daily expenses did not cost much. The only place to spend money was probably the daily expenses such as meals and fitness. However, how much money could be spent since they were taken care of by Fish-Catching Take-Out and Deposit Fitnes? Pei Qian was exhausted. Other people would burn money if they opened a club. His original intention for opening a club was also to burn money. Yet it became profitable in the end! A club that specialized in buying and selling players to make money, a club that could not compete but was even more famous than the champions, just thinking about it was ridiculous. It was said that DGE Club would earn over ten million yuan if they groomed them well. However, the problem was that these players were good seedlings! That was because all the potential newbies were trying their best to enter the DGE Club. They treated this place as their first choice. Thus, any random trainee would be considered newbies with potential. It was just like many super secondary schools. The best students around applied, would their results be bad? Pei Qian sipped his tea quietly to adjust his mentality. Continue. The Manage Loss Manager continued, At the moment, many clubs have already received sponsorships. The numbers are different and they cannot rely on sponsors to maintain the operations of the clubs for the time being, but this is a good start. Some teams uniforms should have the logo of sponsors before the Spring Competition begins. Its not good to have too many sponsors, its not good to have no sponsors at all. It would make the audience feel that the popularity of the league is not enough. Pei Qian nodded slightly. If the sponsors want to give money to the club, just do it. It has nothing to do with me. The Manage Loss Trainee changed the topic and said, In addition, many sponsors have expressed strong interest in the exclusive title sponsorship of the GPL, including computer manufacturers, external manufacturers, sports clothing, digital products, cars, and other manufacturers. However, the specific price has not been finalized. We are still in negotiations. At the moment, the exclusive partnership price for a single type of business is about five million yuan a year. The exclusive title sponsorship price is about 20 million yuan a year. We are still discussing it because it involves some details in the sponsorship. As for the live-streaming platform, the rights to broadcast the GPLs Spring and Summer Competition will be given to three live-streaming platforms. The starting price is 10 million yuan, and the current bidding price should be above 12 million yuan All these are still being negotiated. Boss Zhang is also summarizing all sorts of information. He should be reporting it soon. Pei Qian felt his limbs turn cold as he listened to the figures. His mind went blank. He had thought that it was bad news for DGE Club to be selling people like crazy. Now, he realized that the real bad news was yet to come! Recently, Pei Qians attention had been completely focused on the IOI Qualifiers and the Cold-Faced Lady. He had not paid much attention to the GPL. He had not expected the situation to be so serious! In fact, he should have thought of this earlier. With so many sponsors looking for teams to work with, there would definitely be more people looking for official partnerships! At the moment, there were different levels of sponsorship for the GPL league. A single type of exclusive collaboration meant that a certain brand would monopolize a certain type of product after sponsoring it. For example, if a certain sportswear signed an exclusive collaboration with the GPL, then the GPL would no longer collaborate with other sportswear in the future. Of course, this did not affect them from looking for computers, cars, digital products, and other manufacturers to work with. As for the exclusive title sponsorship, it could also be regarded as the chief sponsor. That meant that the official platform would have the best recommendation resources. Naturally, the price would be the highest. As for the live-streaming platform, the competition was even more intense. All the major live-streaming platforms were burning money at the moment. If they could not obtain the GPL broadcasting rights, they would give their users the feeling that this platform was not very good. Thus, the bidding price was very high. Speaking of which, this amount could not be compared to the hundreds of millions of yuan sponsorship fees that Pei Qian remembered. But the problem was, how was that even possible at this juncture? GOG had only been created less than a year ago, and the country had not recognized E-Sports at all. To be able to get such a high sponsorship fee was already ridiculous to Pei Qian! However, on further thought, this made sense. Due to the popularity of the GOG World Finals, everyone could see the huge potential of the E-Sports competition. On top of that, the GPL was so well done that there were almost no competitors. Whats more, Shenhua and the other big companies had entered the scene one after another. News of the sky-high prices of GPL spots had been constantly stirring the audiences senses. When the sponsors saw the advertising effect brought about by the huge popularity and compared it to the price of traditional sports, they felt that it was very worth it and naturally entered the scene. Pei Qian silently calculated in his heart that the GPL would most likely be able to earn hundreds of millions of yuan through various sponsors and broadcasting rights for the spring and summer competitions. The good news was that hundreds of millions of yuan would be earned throughout the year. It would be easier to accept if the money was distributed every month. The bad news was that the sponsorship fees would be higher next year. After some consideration, Pei Qian realized that he could not push the money away. Since that was the case, he had to let Zhang Yuan know that the sponsors had to pay in installments and distribute the money each month. He could not transfer all of the money at once, especially not at the critical juncture before settlement. Otherwise, Boss Pei would die on the spot. Is there anything else? Pei Qian felt a little tired. The Manage Loss Manager pondered for a moment. Oh, theres another small matter. Its about FV Club. I heard that Long Yu Corporation has arranged for domestic teams to train in Los Angeles, but they left FV team behind Wu Yue called Zhang Yuan to discuss this matter. The Manage Loss Trainee knew about it since there was no need to keep it a secret. Pei Qians eyes lit up when he heard that. How could this be a small matter? Spending money was no small matter! This Wu Yue and Zhang Yuan, both of them should be severely criticized! Why didnt they report this to me immediately? What were they thinking? Long Yu Corporation had brought two teams to Los Angeles, leaving only FV Club behind? Thats great! This is giving me a very precious opportunity to spend money! If they brought more people and set the highest food and accommodation standards that the system allowed That would probably cost a lot according to Los Angeles expenses! After hearing so much bad news, he finally had good news. Pei Qian called Wu Yue immediately after the Manage Loss Trainee meeting ended. At FV Club, Wu Yue was feeling conflicted about team training. He quickly picked up the call when he saw that it was from Boss Pei. Hello? Boss Pei, whats the matter? Wu Yue asked. Boss Pei seemed unhappy. Why didnt you tell me about the other clubs going to Los Angeles? Wu Yue was stunned for a moment before he quickly explained, Oh, Boss Pei, you dont have to worry about such a small matter. I can handle it. Pei Qian: What can you do? Can you make the decision to arrange first-class tickets and five-star hotels for all the team members, or can you find opponents for the team to train? Wu Yue: I He thought about it and realized that he really could not. He might have enough money on FV Clubs accounts but it was really difficult for him to make the decision to spend hundreds of thousands of yuan to get to Los Angeles in advance. Pei Qian said, Theres no need to think about this anymore. Get everyone an urgent visa immediately! How many people are there in FV Club? Wu Yue pondered for a moment. Team One has five members, Team Two has five as well. In addition, Manager Lu, the rest of the team staff, and so on Ah, but we dont need so many people. We can just get Team One and Manager Lu to go. Three rooms would be enough for six people. Pei Qian was very unhappy after hearing that. How can you only have six people? As the saying goes, the provisions and fodder move before the troops. How can we fight if the logistics and supplies cant keep up? You are not familiar with Los Angeles so you have to find a translator and a local tour guide who is familiar with the place. You have to have someone make arrangements for meals and accommodations. We cant be sloppy when it comes to food. Go over there and check if there are any Chinese cuisines with better flavors. Make sure that there are no problems with the team members daily diet and that nothing affects their physical condition. Well hire four more bodyguards. I heard that security in the United States is not good. We have to ensure the safety of our team members. Bring a team of sparring partners I think SUG is not bad. How about this, Ill fork out money to bring the team members from the SUG along with you. How about this, a total of 30 people. Well budget 3,000 yuan per person per day for food and accommodations alone until the end of the competition. That would be about five weeks, right? Just the food and accommodation standards alone cost 3.15 million yuan. Yes, when you arrive in Los Angeles, you might have to do some shopping, buy some local specialties, some cheap digital products, and so on. On top of that, you might also have to pay for a tour guide and a bodyguard, and consider some possible emergencies Lets round it up to four million yuan. Wu Yue was flabbergasted. Spending four million yuan on a trip to Los Angeles? The entire FV Club was not worth that much money! Wu Yue quickly said, Boss Pei, theres no need for that, right? Finger Games will provide food and accommodation after the main competition starts. Thats why the money we really need to spend is just a return flight. Even if we go a week earlier, we dont need to pay 3,000 yuan per person to take care of our food and accommodation. We can stay at a decent hotel with a double room near the venue for less than 1,000 yuan. The accommodation arranged by Finger Games is better, but a double room only costs 200 US dollars a night. Thats about 1,400 yuan Pei Qian did not like hearing that. What do you mean? You dont want me to spend money? According to your minimum requirement, six people will stay in standard rooms costing 1,000 yuan a night, moreover, we are only going to pay for the first week? It will be impossible to spend much! Pei Qian immediately interrupted Wu Yue. Must we use the accommodations arranged by Finger Games for us? What if Finger Games accommodation cannot meet our requirements? Do you think you can shoulder the responsibility of having your team members meeting problems after traveling all the way to foreign countries to compete? As the saying goes, prepare for a rainy day. Its quite worth it to spend some money to eliminate these hidden dangers! Do as I say. Ill transfer the money over soon. Pei Qian hung up. Wu Yue looked at the screen of his cell phone that had been hung up and fell into a daze. 30 people? FV Clubs Team One, Team Two, and the five main players of the SUG only consisted of 15 people. Where could he find 30 people? Chapter 791 - Ultimate Dream Logistics Team December 18th, Sunday Wu Yue was counting the total number of travellers with Manager Lu in the office. Once we arrive in Los Angeles, well hire a local tour guide, four bodyguards and a chauffeur, and rent a minibus. FV Clubs first team, second team, SUG Clubs five main players, plus you, me, team leader, personal trainers, and the analyst, there are a total of twenty people. There are also two translators and three photographers shooting documentaries. In this case, there will be 25 people. We need five more people. Bring a doctor to ensure that the team members are healthy, he can also guide everyone in some simple physical training in the hotel to maintain their health. Four more people. Wu Yue counted with his fingers, but no matter how hard he tried, he could not gather thirty people. The main reason was that Boss Pei had given him too many slots. Wu Yue had even brought three photographers. The rest, including translators, team leaders, trainers, analysts, the doctor, and other logisticians that he had to bring along, had also been brought along. In the end, he still needed four more people. He really did not know who else to bring. While Boss Pei did not have any special requirements for the employees identities, this was a business trip after all. The people he brought had to be related to the competition, right? Boss Pei was very generous. He acted as if he was asking everyone to go on a public holiday to Los Angeles. However, Wu Yue did not dare to really turn it into a public holiday. Instead, he felt immense pressure. He had given them a few million yuan. What if they could not produce good results?! Manager Lu suggested, Boss Wu, there are only so many people in our club. We really cant think of any more candidates. Why dont you ask Boss Zhang and see if he has any suitable candidates? Boss Pei is the one who is sponsoring after all. The remaining four slots should be taken by Tengda. That would make the situation more acceptable. Whats more, Tengdas employees would probably want to come on such a fully paid high expense trip. Wu Yue nodded in realization. Thats right, Ill ask Boss Zhang. How about this? Ill give Boss Zhang a call, and you can call Boss Ding Gan of SUG Club. DGE E-Sports Club Zhang Yuan: There are four slots left? No one else to choose? Hmm its not a problem for us to send four people. Let me think about it. Zhang Yuan fell into deep thought after Wu Yue explained the situation over the phone. Boss Pei had personally asked about FV Clubs expedition. He had given them very generous travelling standards. Whats more, he had forced them to bring 30 people with them! Whats more, this did not include the tour guide and bodyguards hired in Los Angeles. Why should he bring so many people? The e-sports environment in the world was not proper, let alone in the country now. Professional players in the country often spent money to play competitions just two years ago. They often heard about them sleeping by the roadside and eating instant noodles with cold water. This was especially so for international competitions like this. They would save as much as they could since the expenses would be huge when they went overseas. The fewer people, the better. Yet, Boss Pei had given them a treatment that far exceeded the norm. Why was that? After a brief consideration, Zhang Yuan immediately thought of two points. First, it would be to show the outside world Tengdas financial resources and the significance Tengda placed on E-Sports through FV Club. Second, he would do his best to ensure logistics and achieve good results at all costs! That was because FV Club was already tied to Tengda. The better FV Clubs results were, the more face Tengda would have. Comparatively, it would be a slap to Finger Games and Long Yu Corporations faces. Whether or not he would get a bonus was secondary. The key was the popularity and advertising effect. Therefore, the entourage this time was definitely not going on a holiday. They had to be more or less useful. Zhang Yuan said, If we look at the entire Tengda Corporation, there are four suitable candidates. However, I dont know if they are willing to go. Ye Zhizhou, Min Jingchao, Bao Xu, Zhou Pengyuan. Ye Zhizhou is the person-in-charge of Shang Yang Games and a game designer. He was once in charge of the operations of IOIs domestic server. He is very familiar with the various data of IOI. Of course, his understanding is limited to the old version. Min Jingchao, GOGs designer. He has been in charge of game design and balance since GOG was released. Bao Xu, a veteran designer of Tengda Games and a veteran gamer. He is proficient in most games. GOG and IOI are not a problem for him. Whats more, he has a lot of experience in traveling. His physical fitness is good, and he is very resistant to pressure. Zhou Pengyuan, the former commander of DGE Clubs second team. However, he is indeed older and his condition is deteriorating. Some time ago, he decided to retire and return to DGE Club to take on the role of head coach. He is very experienced in games and is very familiar with GOGs various tactics. These four people definitely have the best understanding of GOG and IOI. They should be able to provide guidance on tactical development and data analysis. The only problem is I have to ask Boss Pei about this. Other than Zhou Pengyuan, who is now DGEs head coach, whom I can arrange, the other three are either senior members of Tengda or department heads. They are on the same level as me, and I dont have any control over them. Wu Yue was stunned on the other end of the line. Boss Zhang, theres no need for that, right?! Thats too much! Our club is going to Los Angeles to play a competition yet, two core games department heads and chief designer are going to accompany us? That doesnt seem appropriate. Zhang Yuan said, Dont worry about that. Whether its appropriate or not is something Boss Pei has to consider. Ill consider other candidates if Boss Pei is afraid of delaying their work and doesnt allow them to go. Wu Yue thought about it and nodded. Alright, Boss Zhang. Ill wait for the news then. Zhang Yuan hung up and immediately called Boss Pei to explain the situation. Pei Qian had just woken up not long ago on the other end of the line. He was having brunch at Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. Pei Qians eyes lit up when he heard that Zhang Yuan wanted to transfer Ye Zhizhou and Min Jingchao away. He readily agreed. No problem! Let them go! Whats more, they have to go. They cannot turn it down! Pei Qian was still worried that he could not make appropriate arrangements for them. Ye Zhizhou was in charge of the operations of GOGs overseas version while Min Jingchao was in charge of the updates and domestic operations of GOGs new version now. These two people could be said to be Boss Peis greatest threat. If they worked hard, GOGs market share would increase significantly! The better their work, the harder it would be for Boss Pei to incur losses. This time, Pei Qian had arranged a schedule for the entire FV Club until the end of next month, which was the end of IOIs global finals. Pei Qian did not think that FV Club could win the championship at all. After all, the European and American teams had started early and trained a lot. They had even adapted to the version first. FV Club was a team that had only been reorganized for less than a month. What did they have to fight against veteran European and American teams? They would probably be eliminated in the quarterfinals at best. However, being eliminated did not affect their tour in Los Angeles! The other clubs had booked tickets to return to China the day after they were eliminated. That was inhumane. The team members had worked hard during their training. It was not easy for them to get a visa and go overseas. Why shouldnt they have a few days of fun? Thus, no matter what FV Clubs results were, Pei Qian would ask them to stay in Los Angeles until IOIs global finals ended. In that case, if Ye Zhizhou and Min Jingchao, the two greatest threats, went to Los Angeles, wouldnt GOGs work slow down and stagnate for an entire month? Even if these two wanted to work online, Jingzhou and Los Angeles had a time difference of more than ten hours. One was during the day while the other was at night. Tengda would be done with work by the time they woke up. Good! Thus, Pei Qian did not think much about it and readily agreed. As for Bao Xu and Zhou Pengyuan on the list, Pei Qian felt that they were dispensable. However, since Zhang Yuan had asked for them, Pei Qian decided to let them go. He would be able to spend more money. Zhang Yuan was quite touched. Boss Pei really trusted him. How could he give such an important department head away just like that! He immediately called the four of them and asked them to arrange the handover of work and prepare an urgent visa. A few minutes later, Bao Xu, who was happily playing games at his desk, received a call from Zhang Yuan. His expression changed from ease to shock and confusion. Bao Xu froze in his workstation and started thinking about life after hanging up. He did not move for a long time. On the other side, Ding Gan also received Manager Lus call in SUG Club. What? Bring five members of SUG Clubs IOI branch to Los Angeles??? Ding Gan almost thought that he had heard wrongly. Ding Gan did not recover from his confusion after hearing Manager Lu explain the entire story. He had not expected that his team would still be going to Los Angeles even though they had been eliminated in the domestic qualifiers. The members of SUG Club would go as sparring partners. That was because this team was considered a first-rate team in the country. Their strength was only on par with the other two teams. In the last round, they were defeated 3: 0 not because they were not good enough, but because they had a mental breakdown and did not have enough tactical reserves. The members of the IOI branch had been dejected for a long time after the qualifiers. They initially had the chance to show their faces in the international competition. However, one step away meant the difference between heaven and earth. Who could stand that?! However, things seemed to have taken a turn for the better now. They might not be allowed to play in the international competition, but it would be good for the players to take a breather for such a high end trip! Ding Gan thought about it and realized that he really had no reason to reject him. The only question was, why would Boss Pei do that? Ding Gan buried his head in his thoughts. Could this be Boss Peis hint? Boss Pei has always been a person who distinguishes between love and hate, rewards and punishments. Previously, SUG had conflicts with Boss Pei because of the GPL quota. Thus, it was removed from the GPL. However, Boss Pei did not kill them. Instead, he gave them the GDL quota. Its the same this time. After Boss Pei reorganized FV Club, he squeezed out SUGs slots for the World Competition. However, Boss Pei is humane, this move wasnt targeted at SUG club. He is spending money to invite our team members to Los Angeles. He treats them very well even though they would be there as sparring partners. Boss Pei is such an open-minded person! SUG Club offended him, but he did not put the hatred to heart On the other hand, Long Yu Corporation said that once SUG was eliminated, they would immediately abandon us The difference is obvious! Ding Gan immediately nodded and said, Alright, I appreciate Boss Peis kind intentions! However, I have a presumptuous request. Can I go to Los Angeles with you? I have been thinking about going out to play for a few days. Dont worry, Ill pay for my own expenses. You just have to manage the expenses of the five players. Ill play by myself when I get to Los Angeles. I wont disturb the daily training. Manager Lu thought for a while. Boss Ding, of course you can. Since Ding Gan was paying for his own expenses, there was nothing more to say. If he wanted to go to Los Angeles, could Manager Lu and Wu Yue stop him? What was one more person with 30 people? Whats more, the members of SUG were helping them train. Ding Gan was the boss of SUG Club. They had to give him some face. After settling the SUG Club, Manager Lu returned to Wu Yues office. Boss Wu, weve arranged with SUG club! Wu Yue nodded. Okay, we have the remaining four slots. Boss Pei has taken FV Clubs expedition to Los Angeles very seriously. Our team can be said to be the Ultimate Fantasy Team now! Look at the four coming with us. They are GOGs designer, IOIs former operations manager, Tengda Games veteran game designer, GOGs former star commander In addition, we have our own coach, analyst, and members of the three teams. Their reserve strength is off the charts! Manager Lu was shocked when he heard Wu Yue introduce the four new members. Even GOGs chief designer had to go personally? It was too magical! This was akin to GOGs international invitational tournament where the chief designer of Finger Games personally analyzed the data of a certain club. Killing a chicken with a butchers knife was not enough to describe such behavior! Now, FV Clubs data analysis team could be said to be the most gorgeous. More importantly, Ye Zhizhou and Min Jingchao were not fighting on their own. Behind them were the games departments of Shang Yang Games and Tengda Games. The designers of the two departments could solve them together if they encountered any problems. Manager Lu could not help but feel emotional. If thats the case, we dont need the IOI World Server account anymore! Whats the point of playing with high ranks? We are bringing three teams and fifteen people. Its enough to train within ourselves! The members of Team One can compete in the training competition with the members of Team Two and SUG respectively. Then, when Team Two and SUG test the strength of the lineup in the training competition, the members of Team One can listen to the analyst review and explain the tactics. During the break time, the team members can be divided into several groups to practice together. They can maintain their hand sensitivity. Isnt this much more efficient than playing with the high ranks? Manager Lu and Wu Yue had been hesitant about going to Los Angeles at first, mainly because they were worried that they would not be able to obtain high-end game accounts there. The training effect could not be guaranteed. They couldnt possibly go there and start from the bottom of the ranks right? However, there was no need for that now. As long as he brought enough people, their training schedule would naturally be filled. It did not matter whether the high rankers would train with them or not. Wu Yue immediately became full of fighting spirit. Everything is ready. We have to train well this time. We will let Boss Pei down if we dont get good results! Chapter 792 - Investing And Divesting Repeatedly December 19th, Monday Pei Qian went to his office as usual. He browsed the recent news and discussions online as he checked the reports from the various departments. The visas of the relevant personnel had been rushed after it was decided that FV Club would go to Los Angeles last week. All sorts of work was being prepared. The thought of Ye Zhizhou and Min Jingchao packing up and leaving for Los Angeles to stay for more than a month made Pei Qian indescribably happy. While Pei Qian would be able to follow them to Los Angeles for fun, he decided against it after some consideration. On one hand, it was almost exam week. His goal to surpass Old Ma for this semester would basically GG if he were to go out to play for a month. On the other hand, Pei Qian was not very interested in going overseas. He preferred to stay in China. Jingzhou was good enough. Why would he travel around? He could do whatever he wanted in Jingzhou. In any case, he had a lot of System Funds now. Instead of spending money to go out and play, he might as well spend money to transform Jingzhou into something he liked. Whats more, if he wanted to go out and play in the future, he could always find a reason to do so. For example, he could collect materials for games, inspection and study, and so on. Whats more, Pei Qian did not want to repeat the tragedy of the qualifiers. If he went to the venue to watch the competition, all his team members would be on steroids. It would be too awkward if he created another world famous painting. Pei Qian casually browsed the webpage and suddenly saw a post. Is the cold-faced lady about to turn cold? Some time ago, the popularity on the internet had been very high. Cold-Faced Ladys marketing could be seen everywhere, and the hot searches had not stopped. However, it seems like the popularity has dropped quite a bit recently? Is it about to die? This post was quite popular. Many people were discussing it. I dont think so. Didnt Meng Chang just give a speech a while ago? There was a sea of people at the venue. It was quite lively. Meng Chang was full of confidence the entire time. There was no sign of panic. Dont worry. He would be able to sustain for a long time just by just casually funding it. Do you think that someone as good as Meng Chang cant even make a cold noodles shop? To be honest, I went to eat it once, and felt that it wasnt as good as they made it out to be? Of course, I admit that their restaurant environment and various details are not bad, but in the end it is just roasted cold noodles. Its really not that delicious. Didnt they say that they have accepted Boss Peis investment? It seems like the companies that Boss Pei invested in have all succeeded so far, right? Jingzhous investment myth is not something to be trifled with. I heard that it seems like Boss Pei is no longer in charge of Tengdas investments. Some of the projects have been incurring losses, but they are still generating profits overall. The word investment myth can only be used to describe Boss Pei, not Dream Realization Ventures. I heard that Boss Pei had already divested some time ago. I dont know if thats true. If Boss Pei doesnt think highly of the Cold-Faced Lady, does that mean that it has some fatal hidden danger and is about to die? The netizens were discussing fervently. No one knew the truth or what was going on, but it did not affect their heated discussions. They began to furiously analyze the situation on their keyboards. Pei Qian looked at everyones discussion and was confused. Can this Cold-Faced Lady make it or not? In the eyes of some people, the Cold-Faced Lady had unlimited prospects which could easily earn a few hundred million yuan with just a few rounds of financing. Wouldnt it be easy for Meng Chang, a pioneer godfather of entrepreneurship, to make roasted cold noodles? However, there were also some people who belittled the cold-faced lady, saying that it was all a bluff, as if they would go bankrupt tomorrow. That confused Pei Qian. One moment, he felt that he had done the right thing by withdrawing in time. The next moment, he felt that he had missed a good opportunity to incur losses. He felt conflicted. After much consideration, Pei Qian called He Desheng. Hows the Cold-Faced Lady doing recently? He Desheng was stunned and slightly surprised. He was a little puzzled. Hadnt Boss Pei resolutely sold all of Cold-Faced Ladys shares? Why was he asking about Cold-Faced Lady today? Logically speaking, someone like Boss Pei, who was decisive and determined to not change his mind, should have no reason to turn back, right? However, He Desheng did not dare to ask too much. He answered honestly, Boss Pei, we have nothing to do with the Cold-Faced Lady at the moment. The money we earned has not been moved yet. Even the finance manager we sent to the Cold-Faced Lady, Jing Haibing, has returned to Jingzhou. We are waiting to invest in the next company. Therefore, Im not sure about the exact situation on the Cold-Faced Ladys side now. Why dont I ask Meng Chang? However, we have nothing to do with each other after all. He might not tell me. Or I can ask Jing Haibing. She was in charge of the Cold-Faced Ladys financial affairs previously. She might know some inside information when she handed over the work. After some thought, Pei Qian decided not to ask Meng Chang since he had already withdrawn his investment. He should ask Jing Haibing. If he could not get any useful information, then so be it. The matter with the Cold-Faced Lady was over. If there was a turnaround, then so be it. At that thought, Pei Qian said, Alright, set up a video conference. He Desheng hung up and quickly held a video conference. Jing Haibing adjusted her spectacles, her expression still as serious as the last video conference. Boss Pei, youre looking for me? Pei Qian nodded. What do you think about the Cold-Faced Lady? Based on the work situation there, do you think this company will succeed? Jing Haibing shook her head. This is beyond my capabilities. Im just a finance manager. I still dont dare to show off in front of Boss Pei when it comes to judgment. Pei Qian had expected this answer. That was because Jing Haibing was a very calm and low-profile person. She would never judge anything she did not understand. Instead, she would meticulously complete her work. Before this, Jing Haibing had not participated in the Cold-Faced Ladys decision, nor did she complained to Pei Qian or He Desheng. Pei Qian thought for a moment and changed his way of asking. Then, tell me from a financial perspective, how is Cold-Faced Ladys company? After some consideration, Jing Haibing said, Meng Changs model should be the standard internet marketing model. While he didnt fake any financial accounts, he used some methods to make the financial statements look especially good. However, strictly speaking, the cash flow of the Cold-Faced Lady has always been very tight. Meng Chang is used to spending lavishly on marketing, so he has always been lacking in funds. Before I left, the last investment that Cold-Faced Lady received was eight million yuan from you, Boss Pei. It was spent very quickly. However, whether the Cold-Faced Lady will have any problems or not depends on whether Meng Chang can get money from others. If he can, Cold-Faced Ladys valuation will continue to increase. If not, there might be problems with the capital flow this week. If Im not wrong, Meng Chang should be looking for money anxiously now even though he looks very calm now. However, if Meng Changs marketing expenses are reduced, he should be able to last for a long time. After all, the expenses of the stores are not big. The bulk of the money is spent on marketing. He Desheng thought for a moment and said, I think he most likely wont do that. The reason why Cold-Faced Lady has such a high valuation is because investors pay a lot of attention to it. If Meng Chang doesnt continue to spend money to maintain its popularity, the investors interest would weaken and they would fall into a vicious cycle. Thats the real danger for Meng Chang. Pei Qian listened quietly, still confused. He Desheng and Jing Haibing could not come up with an explanation either. They could only say that the cold-faced lady was currently in a very critical period. If a large sum of money was injected to push up the valuation and restore the confidence of the investors, the Cold-Faced Lady might be praised to the skies. However, on the other hand, if the investors were to watch, the Cold-Faced Ladys capital chain might very quickly have problems and could only go bankrupt. Earning huge profits and incurring crazy losses were all in the blink of an eye. That made Pei Qian feel like he could not make a decision. He was afraid that the Cold-Faced Lady would really take off if he invested more money in the game; however, if he were to walk away from this investment, he was afraid that he would incur a once-in-a-lifetime-opportunity to incur losses. Suddenly, Pei Qian had an idea. He asked, How much does Cold-Faced Lady spend on marketing every week? Jing Haibing thought for a while. On average less than a million yuan per week. However, some marketing activities are done monthly, such as finding endorsements and shooting advertisements. The expenses are huge. However, there are many other daily expenses of the shop. Pei Qian pressed on. If we give him one million yuan a week, would that be enough to extend the Cold-Faced Ladys life without making it explode in popularity? Jing Haibing was a little confused. After some thought, she replied, In theory, yes. However, I dont know how to run a business, so I cant guarantee it. Pei Qian felt that he could give it a try and said, Alright, He Desheng, pay attention to the Cold-Faced Lady. If you find out that he really has no more money, invest one million yuan per month to help him extend his life. However, if you find any signs of others wanting to invest, stop immediately. He Desheng felt a little dizzy. He did not know what Boss Pei was up to. Was he teasing Meng Cheng? He had already sold all his shares previously. Why was he giving money to Cold-Faced Lady now in drips and drapes? Sell it, buy it, sell it, investing and divesting repeatedly into the Cold-Faced Lady? However, since it was Boss Pei, the God of Investments, operation, He Desheng felt that there must be a deeper meaning. Thus, he nodded. Alright, I still have the money left from the sale of the Cold-Faced Lady shares. Ill use this money. Pei Qian was very satisfied with his own operations. Since the Cold-Faced Lady was jumping between takeoff and sudden death, wouldnt it be fine as long as it was kept in this area? Quantitative blood transfusions would not allow it to die or take off. Wouldnt it be perfect for Meng Cheng to keep up his marketing and help him spend money at the same time? Chapter 793 - Take Off! December 22nd, Thursday Shanghai Airport. Zhao Xuming and theplayers of the other two clubs were waiting for their flight. This time, IOIs global finals had been finalized. It would be held on December 31st, which would officially start on next weeks Saturday. It would last a month, until the end of January. The competition format was similar to GOGs international invitational tournament. There were also sixteen teams and four teams. They were divided into two stages: group competition and elimination competition. In terms of competition schedule, the focus of the group stages and elimination rounds were basically arranged on weekends and legal holidays, while less important competitions and rest days were arranged as much as possible on working days. The arrangement was not perfect but it was reasonable. However, due to the time difference, the domestic audiences viewing experience would be relatively poor. For example, the domestic viewing time would be from three in the morning to twelve in the afternoon on the second day for group battles. The timing was relatively bad. It was held in Los Angeles after all. There was no other way to arrange the schedule. Finger Games would only provide hotels and accommodation the day before the competition, until the team was eliminated. Thus, most of the poorer clubs would only arrive at the hotel near the competition venue one or two days before the start of the competition. On the other hand, Zhao Xuming decided to head over a week earlier to allow the local clubs to compete with the European and American teams in advance and adapt to the local environment. They would stay in the hotel arranged by Finger Games. Long Yu Corporation had reimbursed all the flight tickets and accommodation expenses for the week. There were a total of 20 people in the team. The two clubs had five members, a team leader, a coach each, which made up 14 people. In addition, Long Yu Corporation also had six staff members, including Zhao Xuming. Zhao Xuming went to Los Angeles purely to take the opportunity to go out and play and watch IOIs competition. After all, Long Yu Corporations IOI Operations Cooperation Department would mainly use IOI World Competition for promotion. It was only right for him to go to Los Angeles. When he arrived in Los Angeles, Zhao Xuming would visit Finger Games headquarters with his colleagues from IOIs operations and cooperation department in addition to settling down the members of these two clubs. A group of 20 people were waiting at the airport. At the moment, only a few cities like Beijing and Shanghai could fly directly to Los Angeles, and the ticket prices were relatively more expensive. Most other cities would need to transfer flights. The ticket prices were relatively cheaper but the entire journey would take much longer. Zhao Xuming did not choose a cheaper route. Instead, he chose the lesser expensive direct flights. The entire journey would only take about 13 hours. Zhao Xuming was still a little proud. The tickets would be reimbursed by Long Yu Corporation after all. Choosing a direct flight was considered quite generous for these clubs. Most of the players in these clubs were internet addicts. They had not been overseas and had not seen much of the world. Zhao Xuming felt that he had shown ample sincerity. As for the seats, Zhao Xuming was a high-level executive of Long Yu Corporation. Of course, he could choose business class for business trips. However, after much consideration, he still chose economy class. It was not that he was saving money for the company, but it did not look good on the surface. That was because there were more people this time. It would be too expensive if all twenty of them took business class. After all, business class tickets were three times more expensive than economy class tickets. If all of them were reimbursed, it would cost three to four hundred thousand yuan more. That would not be appropriate. On the other hand, Zhao Xuming was too embarrassed to take the business class and let the club members take the economy class. Thus, he had no choice but to suffer. Of course, the leaders and team members of these two clubs did not care about this. It was already very good that Long Yu Corporation was reimbursing the plane tickets. It would be too much to ask them to spend three times the money for business class. Whats more, wasnt Boss Zhao taking economy class? There was still some time before boarding. Zhao Xuming chatted with the leaders of the two clubs and briefly introduced the arrangements after Los Angeles. The hotel that Finger Games arranged for us this time is Courtyard by Marriott. Its about 200 meters away from the competition venue which is within walking distance. Its very convenient. Theres nothing to say about the hotels environment. Its very good. In any case, we have everything we need. Once we get there, well check into the hotel. You can ask me for reimbursement for the hotel expenses before the competition. The day before the competition, everyone can check out and move in again. Well move into the rooms arranged by Finger Games. Our company has assigned a translator. When the time comes, well have to trouble the two team leaders to search for nearby internet cafes and restaurants with our translator. Well see where we can train and eat. Finger Games might have also arranged for training rooms and accommodation but they will only be ready one day before the competition. We will have to rely on ourselves this week. The two team leaders nodded repeatedly as Zhao Xuming explained some details. The other members were also a little excited. Some of them were nervous as it was their first time on a plane. Zhao Xuming was chatting with the two team leaders when he suddenly heard footsteps in the distance. Come, lets do it here. Everyone, stand according to your height. Yes, stand in three rows. The main players stand in front and raise the team flag of the club. Alright, I am going to take the photo now. One, two, three! Not bad, one more. Zhao Xuming could not help but to turn around. He was stunned. Wasnt this FV Club? Why were there so many people?! At that moment, about thirty people were standing together for a photo. The front row was even holding FV Clubs team flag. The five main players were standing at the front. Zhao Xuming recognized them with one glance. Two photographers were holding their cameras and shooting wildly at the crowd. There was also a cameraman who was recording the entire process. Zhao Xuming quickly saw more familiar faces in the crowd, including Ding Gan, Wu Yue, Manager Lu, and the members of SUG Club. Zhao Xuming was confused. What the hell was happening? Since these people were already here, it meant that they were here to take a plane. Since they were taking a plane, they must be flying to Los Angeles. However, even the people from FV Club had to fly to Los Angeles. There would only be seven or eight people at most, right? Why were there so many people? Why were the people from SUG Club here as well? Zhao Xuming had originally thought that the team he had brought along with him from the two clubs was already huge. However, one FV club had crushed him in terms of numbers! Zhao Xuming had no idea what was going on. This encounter was completely out of his expectations. Wu Yue, who had just finished taking his photos, saw Zhao Xuming waiting for his flight. Wu Yue was a little surprised as well. While he did not have a good expression on his face when facing Zhao Xuming, it would be too much to pretend not to see him when they were looking at each other. Thus, Wu Yue immediately stepped forward and greeted Zhao Xuming. Boss Zhao! I didnt expect to meet you here. What a coincidence. Zhao Xuming forced a smile and stood up. Boss Wu, are you taking this flight to Los Angeles? Wu Yue nodded. Yes, Boss Zhao too? Hey, isnt this a coincidence? However, thats normal. This flight is more suitable in terms of time. Great minds think alike. Min Jingchao, Ye Zhizhou, and the others lived in Jingzhou while Wu Yue, FV and SUG clubs were both in Shanghai. Whats more, there were no direct flights to Los Angeles in Jingzhou, so everyone chose to leave from Shanghai. Wu Yue and Zhao Xuming happened to bump into each other because of the takeoff time, landing time, scheduling, flight seats, and the price of plane tickets were the most appropriate. The meeting was slightly awkward. That was because Zhao Xuming deliberately did not bring FV Club to Los Angeles. Both parties knew this very well. Given the current situation, Zhao Xuming had no choice but to keep mum about it. He pretended to be polite and said, Boss Wu, theres still some time before boarding. Lets find a place to sit first. Wu Yue smiled. Alright, you dont have to worry about that, Boss Zhao. After exchanging pleasantries, Wu Yue called out to the others, Come, everyone, follow me to find a place to rest. However, to Zhao Xumings surprise, Wu Yue and the others did not sit in the resting area next to them. Instead, they walked straight into the VIP lounge slightly further away. Zhao Xuming was confused. What was going on? The VIP lounge was meant for business class passengers or high-end members to wait for their flight. There were television, newspapers, magazines, snacks, drinks, and other supporting services in the lounge. It provides service such as changing flights, changing their seats, and other services. Whats more, there were individual leather sofas which were much more comfortable than the hard row seats in the resting area! Zhao Xuming was even more shocked when he saw that all thirty people had entered, including the cameraman who was following behind. What was the meaning of this? Could all thirty of them have booked business class? Zhao Xuming was very clear about the price of the plane tickets. The economy class was about 10,000 yuan while the business class was about 30,000 yuan. If all 30 of them booked business class tickets, that would be spending 600,000 yuan more than the economy class! It was utterly ridiculous! Zhao Xuming quickly denied this idea. Why would FV Club be willing to spend 600,000 yuan extra on plane tickets? That did not make sense! Yes, he must have paid to rest in the VIP lounge in order to show off in front of us! Zhao Xuming knew very well that even though these business class lounge were meant for business class ticket holders or high-networth individuals, they could still pay to enter. The price was 100 yuan per person. If that was the case, 30 people would only be 3,000 yuan which was still alright. Zhao Xuming felt that he could also spend 2,000 yuan to show off. However, on second thought, the plane was not delayed and would take off soon. There was no need to spend money on it. It was better to pretend that nothing had happened. After being interrupted by Wu Yue and the others, Zhao Xuming was no longer in the mood to chat with the club leaders. Everyone was surfing their cell phones while waiting for their flight. For some reason, Zhao Xuming could not help but to think about the scene in the VIP lounge. The environment was quiet, and no one was making a fuss. They sat on comfortable leather sofas, read magazines, and watched movies. There was an unlimited supply of free snacks and drinks The more he thought about it, the more he felt like he was being mocked. Zhao Xuming looked at his watch frequently. Fortunately, they were about to board the plane. Everyone arrived at the boarding gate and waited in line. The direct flight to Los Angeles this time was a large passenger plane that could seat close to 500 people. It was divided into two floors, so there were more people queuing. Zhao Xuming and the others stood up in advance and waited patiently in the front row. As the queue grew longer and longer, Wu Yue and the others did not come out of the VIP lounge. Zhao Xuming became more and more suspicious. What was going on? Were they not in a hurry to queue or Finally, Wu Yue and Ding Gan led the group of 30 out of the VIP lounge. However, they did not line up at the end of the line. Instead, they walked straight to another boarding gate. Wu Yue and the others were unimpeded under the attentive reception of the flight attendants. The long line on the other side formed a stark contrast. Zhao Xuming and the team leaders of the two clubs watched helplessly as Wu Yue and the others boarded the plane, while their own team moved as slowly as a tortoise. This large passenger plane was divided into two levels. There were two independent boarding entrances. Boarding and disembarking did not interfere with each other. Business class was on the upper level while economy class was on the lower level. There was no need to queue for business class. Zhao Xuming : He quietly shut himself up looking at the backs of Wu Yue, Ding Gan, and the others. Chapter 794 - Can I Upgrade My Cabin? Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios After Wu Yue and Ding Gan boarded the plane, they instructed their team members to keep their hand luggage before they settled into their seats. It was the first time that FV Clubs captain, Pan Ying, had taken a plane. After sitting down in his seat, he looked a little helpless. Are the seats on the plane that spacious? I thought they were similar to high-speed trains, Pan Ying mumbled softly. Wu Yue chuckled. You wouldnt say that if we were in economy class. Of course, there are more spacious first class seats, but there arent enough first class seats on the plane. Whats more, we shouldnt be too extravagant, so we booked business class. First-class cabins were similar to private rooms. One first-class cabin was equivalent to six economy-class seats. The distance between the front and back was more than two meters. They could even roll down and sleep. However, there were less than thirty first class seats. Wu Yue did not want to have a different treatment and did not want to waste too much money, so he did not choose it. Business class was only slightly worse than first class, but there was not much difference. While there were no individual private rooms, the business class cabin was a semi-independent space structure. It could be seen as a small cubicle with a certain amount of privacy. However, it was not like the first class cabin where the entire private room could be completely isolated from the outside world. However, the seats in the business class cabin were still spacious. There was a huge table at the side. There was a huge screen in front and various interfaces at the side. The seats could also be placed 180 degrees. Thus, the experience was much better than economy class. Everyone took their seats. The business class compartment separated everyone, making many players who were taking the first flight slightly flustered. Pan Ying said, Manager Lu, is there anything I should take note of? Is there anything that cannot be used? Manager Lu smiled. Order whatever you want to eat. Ask the air stewardess if you dont understand anything. Just say that its your first time taking first class. The air stewardesses are professionals. They wont laugh at you. The air stewardess had already arrived just as he was done speaking. She offered drinks, hot towels, and various snacks. The air stewardess squatted beside the seat. First, she handed a warm damp towel to wipe his hands and face. Then, she served a cup of lychee coconut milk. After that, she handed the menu over and specially instructed that if there were any special requests on the food. Pan Ying flipped through the menu and was dazzled. Previously, he had thought that the airplane meal was a standard box lunch. However, when he saw the menu, he realized that it was not a box lunch. There were many different types! There were dishes like prawns, oranges, salads, etc. There were exquisite main dishes, including pan-fried steak with roasted onions, asparagus and red-skinned potatoes topped with red wine gravy, or fried black cod with cherry tomatoes, roasted potatoes, and black olives; There were cheese, fruits, desserts, seafood noodles, chicken cheese sandwiches, and Chinese desserts. Apart from that, there was also a breakfast menu, including radishes and scrambled eggs, mushroom and soybean milk, fried dough sticks, chicken and mushroom fried noodles, bacon, pork intestines, pancakes, and so on. The most amazing thing was that Pan Ying even saw instant noodles on the menu. Perhaps some passengers liked that. Of course, apart from these, there were also various types of alcohol, including wine, champagne, and so on. All in all, this menu had already dazzled Pan Ying. He did not know what to order. However, he was not in a hurry. He still had a long time to consider before the plane took off. After the plane took off, Pan Ying deeply understood the benefits of business class. He could freely choose whether to rest or eat first. If he rested first, he could lie down and sleep. After waking up, the air stewardess would ask if he wanted food. If he chose to eat first, he would order dishes, appetizers, entree, main dishes, cakes, ice cream, and so on. If he ate slowly, it was normal to eat for two to three hours. Once he was tired, he could lie down and sleep. What was different from the economy class was that the seats in the business class could be laid flat at 180 degrees. There would be small blankets, pillows, pajamas, slippers, overnight bags, and so on. The experience of resting was completely different. When he went to the bathroom to change into his pajamas and slippers, Pan Ying felt much more comfortable. Even though he was in the air, it was not much different from the sofa in his house. The toothbrush, toothpaste, hand cream, and other toiletries in the overnight bag were all branded. Even the overnight bag was very exquisite and of high quality. Pan Ying did not know that such a small bag alone cost more than a thousand yuan. Apart from that, some of the accompanying items were completely different from economy class. Not only could the seats be completely flat, but they were also equipped with adjustable cushion-inflating systems. They could be automatically adjusted according to the size of the passengers to the most comfortable sitting position. The earphones were high-quality noise-canceling earphones. They would immediately be immune to the roaring of the planes engine once they were put on. The safety belt was a thick leather seat belt with filling. Not only would it be thicker, but it would also be safer. The screen he was looking at was several times bigger than the one in the economy class. There was also a special remote control that could allow one to communicate with other business class passengers in real time. Pan Ying was not sleepy at all. Thus, he began to order crazily after the flight attendant asked him about it. Previously, when Pan Ying and the others won the qualifiers, Wu Yue had also invited them to a shopping mall near the venue for some good food. It was a Western restaurant that cost 400 yuan per head. On the other hand, the food served in the business class cabin on the plane, be it the plate presentation or the taste, made it difficult for Pan Ying to think that this was an airplane meal. Instead, he felt that it was about the same standard as the food he had eaten at the western restaurant. Pan Ying took two bites of the food and tasted the red wine. He felt relaxed and even wanted to stretch. Is it so comfortable to take a plane? I can eat and sleep whenever I want for the next thirteen hours. I can watch movies whenever I want. Its not tiring at all! On the other side, in the economy cabin. Zhao Xuming had already put down his seat, but the economy class seat could only be lowered to 120 degrees. He still felt uncomfortable even if he used a U-shaped pillow. After the plane took off, the air stewardess started distributing the meals. However, there were only two types of lunch boxes to choose from. No matter which one they chose, they would not taste good. The narrow seats and the shaky small table made the meal less enjoyable. He had to be careful, afraid that the lunchbox or soup would spill on his lap. There was naturally no pyjamas, slippers, toiletries, and so on. The only good news was that everyone was seated together. They did not have to worry that their neighbor was a 200-pound fatty who was squeezing himself so tightly that they did not have any personal space. Even so, the cramped economy cabin still made Zhao Xuming feel uneasy and regretful. He regretted sharing the joys and sorrows with the members of these two clubs. He should have booked business class for himself! He could only say that he did not think too much about it when he was booking the plane tickets. He felt that he could make do for the trip to Los Angeles. It would not be nice to get special treatment. However, Zhao Xumings mentality collapsed instantly when he saw the 30 people from FV Club sitting in business class while he could only squeeze in the economy class. A flight attendant happened to pass by. Zhao Xuming quickly asked, Can I apply for a cabin upgrade now? The air stewardess had a professional smile on her face as she answered, Im sorry, sir. The first-class and business class for this flight are all filled. There are no more seats. Zhao Xuming was stunned. No more seats? The air stewardess smiled and nodded. Yes, Im very sorry. Zhao Xuming was a little surprised. Logically speaking, there were often some empty seats in the first class and business class cabins because they were very expensive. It would be possible to pay to upgrade their seats. However, FV Club had booked thirty business class tickets at once. Coupled with the fact that this was a popular flight to Los Angeles, there were no more seats left! In other words, Zhao Xuming had no other choice. He could only squeeze in the economy class for more than ten hours and then get a good rest in Los Angeles. Zhao Xumings lips twitched as he forced a smile. Alright, thank you. His gaze reluctantly grazed the corridor, towards the business class cabin in front of him. He saw a stewardess smiling as she pulled the curtain between business class and economy class. Zhao Xuming : He suddenly had an ominous feeling. This trip to Los Angeles would probably not end well Chapter 795 - One Street Apart! The plane landed at Los Angeles Airport at 7: 05 AM. Considering the time difference, the current time in China was almost 15 hours ahead. That meant that it was actually 10 PM in Jingzhou. Pan Ying already had a good sleep on the plane. He went to the washroom in advance to change out of his pajamas and then washed up. The ten-odd hours on the plane were still very wonderful for him. First, he ate like crazy. He ate all sorts of meals, drinks, ice cream, and desserts. After he ate his fill, he put on his earphones and watched two movies. Then, he slept comfortably for eight hours. He felt refreshed after waking up. He had already filled out the application form on the plane previously, and Wu Yue had also given everyone their local cell phone SIM cards. Pan Ying changed into his SIM card and switched on his cell phone. Eh? Today is still the 22nd? Pan Ying instinctively felt that something was strange. When they left Shanghai, it was noon on the 22nd. However, when they arrived in Los Angeles, it was morning on the 22nd. It was as if they had wasted an entire day for nothing. Wu Yue smiled. Youll have to return all the time when you return. Alright, everyone, quickly grab your hand luggage. Were getting off the plane. Pan Ying and the other team members were afraid that they would be lost at the thought that they were already in a foreign land. It would be difficult for them to even ask for directions since they did not know much english. They quickly followed behind. This plane might have two floors, but there were only dozens of seats in the business class. There were more than four hundred seats in the economy class, so there were economy class seats on both floors. However, there was a special channel for business class. First, they had to get off the plane. Whats more, there was a commercial express service. Thus, they could save a lot of time both on and off the plane. Wu Yue did not know where Zhao Xuming and the others were at the moment, but since they were not going to the same place, there was no need to meet again. The interpreter had already contacted the bodyguards and minibus that were hired in advance. They could go directly from the airport to the competition venue. Under the guidance of Wu Yue, Ding Gan, and the interpreter, everyone quickly met up with the local guides and bodyguards. These four bodyguards were all dressed in suits and leather shoes. They were even wearing sunglasses. They would not look out of place even if they were pulled over and placed next to the president. Pan Ying sighed from the bottom of his heart. This is too f*cking impressive Its like a dream. The other team members were also filled with excitement. All of them were full of energy. The ten-odd hours on the plane did not make them feel tired. Instead, they had rested well and were now full of energy. The three photographers were filming the entire process as well. They recorded everything that happened on the way from Shanghai to Los Angeles. After all, they were given enough money and were very responsible. In the minibus, Pan Ying asked, Which hotel did we book? Wu Yue smiled. Its near the venue, the Ritz-Carlton Hotel. Ding Gan could not help but feel emotional as he said, The standard that Boss Pei set for all of you is ridiculously high. I can pay for my own accommodation at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, but to give 30 people a months stay there thats ridiculous. Wu Yue nodded. Actually, I didnt think too much about it at the time. Boss Pei gave too high a standard for food and accommodation. I saw that there was a Ritz-Carlton hotel nearby. It was quite suitable in all aspects, so I decided on it. Ding Gan could not help but feel speechless. What the f*ck! The Ritz-Carlton Hotel was a high-class hotel with a resort brand. Even among five-star hotels, it was considered one of the more luxurious ones. Whats more, it was only a street away from the competition venue. The location was very good. Of course, Ding Gan would be willing to move in on his own. However, Boss Pei had arranged for all 30 members of the team to stay here. This highlighted the inhumanity of a trench. Wu Yue looked around at everyone and said, The hotel can only be checked-in in the afternoon. We can deposit our luggage and eat something when we arrive. Theres a special chef here to provide Chinese food. In order to prevent us from not being able to acclimatize, well mainly eat Chinese food. Of course, before the international competition officially begins, you can eat local delicacies from time to time to regulate your diet. Do you all still need to take a break at the hotel? The players shook their heads. What was there to rest for? They had already eaten their fill on the plane and slept for eight hours. Now, they could now start training after a light snack! Wu Yue nodded. Alright, lets deposit our luggage first. Once we settle down, well go to the training area to take a look. Well check in when we return in the afternoon. There arent many internet cafes here. After all, internet cafes are not particularly popular overseas. Considering the distance, environment, and computer configurations, there is only one suitable option. We have already booked all the machines on the second floor of this internet cafe in advance. From now on, we will train here. However, everyone should be mentally prepared. It might not be as good as Fish-Catching Internet Cafe even though it is the best internet cafe nearby. Pan Ying was a little surprised. Huh? Book the entire floor? Wouldnt that be too wasteful? Wu Yue shook his head. Its not a waste, its more worth it. The internet fees here are different from in China. They are very expensive. They cost 10 US dollars per hour, and 18 US dollars every three hours. However, they only cost 20 US dollars per day. Most players here only play for one to three hours. Thats why they set such a price. Well train here other than resting in the hotel. Ive already asked the boss in advance. There are a lot of machines in the hall on the first floor. There are more than a hundred of them, but there are less than thirty on the second floor. The environment on the second floor is better. It cost about 600 US dollars a day to book the entire place for the day. Its not expensive. That way, we wouldnt have to worry about being disturbed by strangers, nor do we have to worry about the possibility of tactical leakage. Pan Ying nodded excitedly. Sure, perfect! Lets hurry up and start training then. I cant wait! Two hours later, Zhao Xuming and the members of the two clubs finally arrived at the entrance of Courtyard by Marriott with sleepy eyes. The airport might not be far from here, but it took a lot of time to get their luggage and other operations out of the airport. The team members were all a little listless. They felt like they were relying on a breath of immortal air to survive. They did not sleep well in the seats of economic class even though they had slept for a few hours. They would often wake up once every two or three hours. When they woke up, it was difficult for them to continue sleeping because of their soreness. They could only watch movies out of boredom. In short, no one had a good rest. They were exhausted from the long journey. Their clothes were full of wrinkles, and their hair was very messy. They could not wait to go to the hotel to take a shower and have a good sleep. Zhao Xuming thought to himself that it was a good thing that the people in the business class could leave first. Otherwise, it would be so awkward if they met again at the airport! He could picture Wu Yue and the others leaving the business class cabin in such a perfect state. He looked at his own condition He really did not want to think too much about it. They had finally arrived at the hotel! The team members looked at the imposing Courtyard by Marriott building in front of them. Their fatigue from the long journey was finally relieved, and their eyes were filled with excitement. This time, the official hotel that Finger Games had arranged for the various clubs was this Courtyard by Marriott. They would be able to continue seamlessly after the international competition began. Courtyard by Marriott was equivalent to a four-star hotel. It was a mid-tier hotel, and it was already considered quite popular. No one could complain that the accommodations were poor. The main entrance of the hotel was a circular arc-shaped lobby, which was recessed inward. Moreover, they had a huge billboard in it, which was very magnificent. Just as everyone was about to drag their luggage in, they heard a team member say, Hey, what is this tall building across the road? The others turned around and saw a sea-blue skyscraper across the street. Courtyard by Marriott was quite tall but it was on a completely different level from the building across the road. The latter could already be regarded as a landmark and was about two hundred meters tall. Zhao Xuming said, Oh, thats the Ritz Carlton Hotel. Its about three times the price here. The team members could not help but click their tongues, tacitly stop discussing about this topic. Three times more expensive? A double room here would cost about 1,000 yuan, while the other one would cost about 2,500 yuan. The difference in price was huge. However, these two hotels were separated by a road, and they were facing each other. They were only about 200 meters away from the venue, so they had the same convenience. Whats more, the accommodation at Courtyard by Marriott was not bad. What kind of family would stay in the opposite building? They would be content and happy. The team members could only comfort themselves with such thoughts. However, just as these people were about to enter the hotel lobby and forget about this matter, they saw a group of people walking out of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel opposite them, talking and laughing. All of them were full of energy as they boarded the minibus parked not far away. The three photographers were still filming behind them. They might be a distance away but Zhao Xuming and the others still recognized them at a glance. After all, when one was in a foreign country, all of their compatriots would naturally have a halo effect. The minibus started moving quickly, carrying a group of players. Zhao Xuming and the others fell into awkward silence. In fact, the members of these two clubs did not have any special feelings before. They felt that while the hotel opposite was good, it had nothing to do with them. Most of them were celebrities or rich ballers. Since Finger Games had arranged for all the clubs to have the same accommodation and food, there was no need to ask for more. However, everyones mentality changed subtly after seeing FV Club and SUG Club walk out of the Ritz-Carlton hotel opposite. That was unacceptable! It was one thing for this group of people to take business class cabins, but the hotel they were staying in was twice as expensive and several levels higher than the official hotel! Their mentality became a little shaky. Zhao Xuming only had one feeling now: Ridiculous! What kind of relationship did FV Club have with Boss Pei? He treated them like his own son. Did Boss Pei have so much spare money to spend? Werent the veteran clubs overseas and celebrities with high net worth staying at the Courtyard by Marriott obediently? Those who did not know better would think that these people from FV Club were big shots! Zhao Xuming silently felt sour. After a moment of silence, he quickly changed the topic. Hurry up with the check in then well find a place to eat. The others also responded and stopped talking about FV Club. Since they could only check in in the afternoon, everyone decided to deposit their luggage first. They would eat in the hotel and settle in after settling the training ground. There was a buffet in the hotel that cost 15 US dollars per person. They were all standard American food and snacks. They were not particularly used to eating them, but they were not bad overall. Zhao Xuming, the interpreter, and the two club leaders ate as they thought about the problem with the training ground. Even though Finger Games official platform would arrange for training rooms, that would definitely happen only after the international competition began. Whats more, the so-called training rooms would probably be renting a few conference rooms in the hotel and be distributed to the team members, They would probably have a few computers and a few E-Sports chairs. They could not ask too much for the overall conditions and environment. They had to find a place of their own to train if they wanted to start early. The interpreter said, Boss Zhao, I just checked. There are not many internet cafes around here, but there is one that is relatively good. We can consider it. We can go and take a look after dinner. Coincidentally, Finger Games has also given us high rank super accounts. We can let our players play RANK here. We can also arrange the training competition with the other European and American teams in advance. Zhao Xuming nodded distractedly. He did not care about the training of the two teams at all. After all, he was in charge of IOI in Long Yu Corporation and not the mother of the team. Zhao Xuming felt that it was one thing for him to pay for these two teams, but he could not possibly care about the training grounds too, right? He only had one thought now. He wanted to move in quickly, take a shower, and have a good sleep. Then, he would go to the headquarters of Finger Games with the other employees of Longyu Corporation. At that moment, a leader suddenly said, Wow, the hotel that FV Club is staying in isnt the environment too good? The team members at the side leaned over to take a look. The official Weibo of FV Club had updated the details of the trip to Los Angeles in real time, including the photo they took at the airport and some daily videos. The latest Weibo post was a photo of everyone having a meal at the Ritz Carlton Hotel. Obviously, the group from FV Club had arrived half an hour earlier than them. The photo did not focus on the food, mainly on the players. However, it could still be seen that the dining environment was obviously not on the same level as this place. There were all sorts of dishes: sushi, sashimi, cake, roasted meat, and even Chinese food. The food looked amazing and exquisite. All the food was carefully arranged. After being shot by professional photographers, it looked very appetizing. Unsurprisingly, there were all sorts of posting poison in the middle of the night and envious, jealous, and hateful comments under Weibo. After all, it was late at night in China. The members of the two clubs looked at the buffet they were eating. The knives and forks in their hands slowed down unconsciously. Zhao Xuming, on the other hand, was fuming. These people from FV Club are too much! Was there a need to be like a country bumpkin, walking and filming, constantly showing off? Everyone knew that that hotel was better. In the end, not only did you casually take photos outside, you even wanted to take photos of food? How was that not slapping their faces? Too much, simply too much! Zhao Xuming had thought that the buffet was not bad, but now, he only felt that it was tasteless. Unbearable! Chapter 796 - Haters, Use More Firepower! After the meal, the leaders of the two clubs brought the team to the internet cafe that they had set their sights on to inspect the training venue. Zhao Xuming did not go with them. He stayed in the hotels resting area and took out his laptop to work. Of course, work was only one of the reasons. Another reason was that Zhao Xuming could not be bothered to get involved in these matters. In his opinion, he had already done everything to his best to this extent. Yet he had almost caused his mentality to collapse. Now, he only wanted to visit Finger Games. He did not want to continue messing around with these E-Sports clubs. The distance between the internet cafe and the hotel was considered moderate. They could reach in fifteen minutes. The two team leaders felt that the distance was not too far. They could still stretch their bodies and admire the scenery of Los Angeles by walking. After eating and drinking to their hearts content, they walked on foreign soil. The team members mentality that had been destroyed by FV Clubs Weibo gradually improved. Even though this was the city center, it was not particularly cramped nor was it filled with skyscrapers that made people feel suffocated. Thus, it felt good to walk on the streets. Its just up ahead. Were almost there. The interpreter looked at the map on his cell phone and pointed ahead. The players looked over as well. Their first impression was that the internet cafe was huge! It was not common for internet cafes to take up so much space in China. Their second thought was, why did the minibus parked at the entrance look so familiar? The leaders of the two clubs looked at each other, an ominous feeling rising in their hearts. Was it not over? Why was FV Club everywhere?! The two of them could not wait to turn around and leave on the spot. However, on further thought, there was only one internet cafe nearby with better facilities. What if they went to another internet cafe and found that the system was not good enough? Thus, everyone hesitated for a moment before they braced themselves and entered. After pushing the door open, a huge hall and rows of computers appeared in front of everyone. The internet cafes here were obviously different from local internet cafes. Firstly, the renovation style was rather rough. The ceiling was filled with all sorts of intricate and complicated pipelines. All the computer computers were placed on a shelf that was more than two meters tall. Secondly, there seemed to be no concept of private rooms here. There was only a huge hall on the entire floor. The two team leaders took a look. There were many people playing games in the hall. Some were playing IOI and some were playing GOG. A rough scan showed that it was divided rather equally. Many were playing FPS games. There were still many empty seats in the hall. The computers configurations were not bad, and the seats were all e-sports gaming chairs with famous foreign brands. The only drawback was that the keyboards were not very good and were slightly dirty. However, the players had their own peripherals so this was not a problem. The two team leaders were quite satisfied with the environment here, so they went to the front desk with the interpreter to ask for the price. Its so expensive 10 dollars per hour, and only 20 dollars per day. Of course well take the entire day. Sigh, I see anyone from FV Club. DId we mistake the minibus outside? The two team leaders quickly reached a consensus. It would definitely be more cost-effective to book on a day to day basis, but the specific location would become a key problem. The interpreter wanted to talk to the boss about the price and see if there were any discounts for so many people to book the computers together. The two leaders walked around the hall separately to see which place was more suitable. It was a pity that the hall was too big. No matter which area he booked, they would still be affected. One of the team leaders eyes lit up. Eh? Isnt there a second floor? He saw a staircase and wondered if he could go to the second floor to take a look. It would be alright to pay a bit more if the environment on the second floor was better and more private. However, just as he walked up the stairs to the second floor, he saw four tall and strong men in black suits standing in a line, reaching out to stop him. SORRY, @ # % &* The four bodyguards in black suits spoke a long string of English, which confused the leader. However, this formation still gave him a shock. After all, the four bodyguards were all dressed in black suits with walkie-talkies. They also had a pair of sunglasses in front of their chests. The muscles on their bodies were bulging, and they looked similar to the gangsters in Western movies. The team leaders English was not good. He could not understand what they were saying. Fortunately, the interpreter quickly followed them. After conversing with the four bodyguards in black, he quickly understood. They said that the entire second floor has been booked. The translator explained. The leader frowned and looked suspicious. He stood on his toes and looked past the four burly men who were almost two meters tall. As expected, he saw the members of FV Club. F*ck! The leader could not help but curse. The premonition had come true! Most of the machines upstairs had been taken up. There were a total of 15 people from FV Club Team One, Team Two, and SUG Club. However, there were also the accompanying staff and data analysis team. The data analysis team also had to use the computer to observe the battle and analyze the data. Even the three photographers were using the computer to edit the videos. The team leader and the interpreter had no choice but to retreat to the first floor. What should we do? Change locations, or The translator asked for the opinions of the two team leaders. The team leader sighed. Lets do it here. Well pick a corner and a place further away from the stairs The configuration and location of this internet cafe was the most satisfactory, so it was not easy to change. However, they had to stay away from FV Club, or the situation would be awkward. The two team leaders quickly completed the procedures and arranged for the team members to use the computers. Come, everyone, change to your pherpicals. Ive already sent the super account given by Finger Games to everyone. Take your own. Lets warm up with Rank today. Well arrange for a training competition with the teams from Europe and America in two days. As the team members logged into their super accounts one by one to start training, the two team leaders sat down at the side and finally felt better. At the very least, they knew that FV Club probably did not obtain super accounts. That meant that they could not play Rank. Moreover, without the official platform to pull strings, they probably did not have any channels to arrange for a training competition with other European and American teams. Everyone, work hard and train hard. You must get good results! The contestants said in unison, Alright! December 23rd, Friday Pei Qian sipped his coffee and swiped his cell phone in the morning. FV Club is already in Los Angeles. Why are there so many updates on Weibo? Holy sh*t, the food and accommodation are so good? I regret not going Forget it, forget it. Theres nothing good overseas. Eh? Why do I feel like Ive been scolded? How many melons have I missed in my sleep? When Pei Qian woke up, it was already night time in Los Angeles. FV Club had already posted several Weibo posts, from boarding the plane to checking into the hotel, and then starting training. They had posted many pictures and videos. After all, the three photographers had accompanied them the entire time. Apart from taking photos and editing, they had nothing else to do. They could only try their best to make their presence known. At the beginning, the Weibo page was still mainly filled with photos. There were even short videos that had been edited. Obviously, they had nothing better to do in the internet cafe. There were photos of delicacies in there. There were photos taken from the top level of the hotel and showed the entire Los Angeles and the competition venue. Even the four bodyguards in black suits were included. Even Pei Qian felt a little envious after looking at it. One could only imagine how the others felt. Most of the comments on Weibo were filled with envy, jealousy, and hatred. However, there were also many discordant voices on the forum. Oh my god, are they in Los Angeles already? Why are there so many people? SUG Club is there too? Whats going on? What about the other two teams? Business class? It should be quite expensive, right? Finger Games are so good that they actually gave them tickets for business class? Holy sh*t, theyre staying in the Ritz-Carlton? Thats the most expensive hotel in the area, right? Im jealous! Whats the situation with these four black-clothed bodyguards are they filming a movie? Does Finger Games provide bodyguards? Does every team have them? I remember that FV Club used to only post one Weibo post every week or two. Why did it suddenly become so popular? F*ck! Someone exposed that this was not arranged by Finger Games! All the expenses, including the air tickets, hotels, and bodyguards were paid by FV Club! They paid themselves? How much is that?! Is this Weibo post showing off? They havent even gotten results, and theyre already doing all these fancy things! Are they intentionally messing with the mentality of other teams? As everyone knows, the more things you do outside the game, the worse your results will be. Youve enjoyed so many benefits. If your results are not good, you guys will die with me! This money was probably given by Boss Pei, right? However, isnt Boss Pei doting on these players too much? With such good conditions, did he really think they were going on a holiday? At first, everyone thought that it was arranged by Finger Games. However, they soon realized that it was not the case. Other teams did not have such treatment! Many fans of other teams could not accept this. On one hand, they felt that FV Clubs treatment was much better than other clubs. They were a little jealous. On the other hand, many people subconsciously associated material conditions with greed and enjoyment. The E-Sports industry was constantly developing and the treatment was gradually improving. Ignoring people who did not play games, even many players and viewers felt that E-Sports players did not deserve good treatment. Instead, many people missed the days when e-sports athletes slept on the streets, ate instant noodles made with cold water, and became champions. Of course, there were indeed some players who became inflated because of good material standard of living and did not train seriously, causing them to lose the competition. Thus, many people instinctively felt uncomfortable seeing FV Clubs players in such good conditions. They posted some discordant voices on the forum. Pei Qian was not angry at all. Instead, he was enjoying it. Sure, haters, make use of the time to add firepower to the criticism! He wanted to tarnish FV Clubs popularity and make all the money he spent go to waste! The team members cell phones were all under the same management over there. They could not browse the forums. The comments from the haters on Weibo and the forums should not affect their mentality, but at least they could strike a blow to FV Clubs image, right? If they did not do well in the international competition, they would definitely be criticized. The club would not be able to pull in investments or sell for a good price. Pei Qians share prices in the club would not increase, and the money he spent would be wasted It would be the perfect scenario, right? Chapter 797 - Professional Data Analysis Completed Pei Qian temporarily stopped paying attention after understanding briefly about the situation of FV Club in Los Angeles. They were half a globe away and there were still more than ten hours of time difference after all. Even if something were to happen over there, it would be too late for Pei Qian to make up for it. He could only let nature take its course and hope that the decadent life of capitalism could corrupt the fighting spirit of his team members. Pei Qian continued to check on the other departments. At that moment, someone knocked on the office door. Pei Qian looked up. It was He Desheng. Whats the matter? Pei Qian asked. He Desheng nodded. Boss Pei, its about the Cold-Faced Lady. Meng Chang is in Jingzhou again. He hopes to meet you again. I havent agreed yet, so I came to ask for instructions. Do you want to meet him? Pei Qian was stunned. Why did this Meng Chang come to Jingzhou again?! While Im happy that youre running back and forth so that I can spend more money on reimbursement but why do you want to talk to me in person again? Im so busy Oh, alright. Im not actually busy. However, while I have a lot of time, I have to spend it on losing money. I dont have time to listen to your nonsense. Pei Qian asked, What is he here for? He Desheng replied, He said that he wanted to express his gratitude to you in person for the two million yuan that you gave him previously. In other words, he probably wants to fight for the possibility of you investing more money. Pei Qian instinctively frowned. Invest more money? Its not that I cant invest. The key is that you have to spend money honestly and not cause me any trouble! This time, Pei Qian gave them two million yuan without saying anything. He only bought some shares of the cold-faced lady based on the current valuation. Pei Qian planned to continue giving the money to Meng Chang after he finished spending it. That was mainly to keep the cold-faced lady in a lukewarm and half-dead state. It was the safest to burn money. However, Pei Qian did not tell Meng Chang about it. In fact, he did not even give him any hints. Thus, Meng Chang did not know about Boss Peis subsequent investment plan. Pei Qian did not think too much about it. Ill not meet him. Pei Qian felt that there was nothing much to talk about between him and Meng Chang. Meng Chang came to Jingzhou definitely to get more money to do marketing and increase the valuation of the Cold-Faced Lady. However, Pei Qian did not want that to happen. Therefore, their goals were fundamentally conflicting. Even if they met, they would probably not understand each other. Pei Qian could not tell Meng Chang the truth and would only be wasting his time. He Desheng nodded. Alright, Boss Pei. Ill send him away now. On the other side, in Dream Realization Ventures guest room Meng Chang was anxiously waiting for He Desheng to return. The gifts he had brought were untouched and placed aside. During this period of time, although he looked calm on the surface, he was actually very anxious. Boss Pei had suddenly sold all of the Cold-Faced Ladys shares and left, leaving him, the founder, in a sorry state, something big nearly happened. Fortunately, Meng Chang had a strong character. He managed to coax and deceive the investors so that their confidence wouldnt collapse instantly. However, this matter still had a very bad effect. The Cold-Faced Ladys daily expenses were huge. Since he could not find any money, Meng Chang could only carefully reduce the cost. He did not dare to make it too obvious, for fear of being discovered. Once news like Cold-Faced Lady cut costs was exposed, even a fool would be able to tell that the Cold-Faced Lady was out of money and about to die. Then, something big would really happen. However, no matter how hard he tried on the surface, the money on the accounts would not lie. He could not hold on to the profits of the shop. Meng Chang was so anxious that he could not sleep at night. After all, the situation was getting more disadvantageous for him as the days passed. Meng Chang even wanted to give up and just let nature take its course. When the capital chain could not take it anymore, he would directly announce that the Cold-Faced Lady had gone bankrupt. The bankruptcy of the limited liability company would not implicate him, the founder. At the very most, he would at most treat everything as a dream. The sly old fox had met an even more cunning fox that was Boss Pei. At least he would have lost with dignity. However, at that critical moment, Boss Pei returned! Although two million yuan was not a lot, it solved Meng Changs urgent problem and allowed Cold-Faced Lady to continue operating. Whats more, Boss Peis attitude this time was very interesting. He had bought the shares based on a high valuation. There was no price reduction, no tricks, and he had not even made any requests. It was as if he was giving money for nothing. This confused Meng Chang, but at the same time, he seemed to see a glimmer of hope. If Boss Pei were to invest again would everyone be able to pretend that nothing had happened and continue playing happily? Meng Chang knew very well that the Cold-Faced Lady had been popular for a period of time now that it had developed to its current stage. It was now famous and there were no problems with it on the surface. Finding someone to buy him out would depend on this final bluff. Boss Peis two million yuan was not much but Meng Chang saw hope again. Whats more, Meng Chang saw FV Clubs Weibo on the internet today and knew that Boss Pei was very generous to FV Club. He allowed them to take business class and stay in a five-star hotel. Such a huge team would cost at least a few million yuan for the Los Angeles trip. Obviously, Boss Pei was very generous and he still had a lot of money on hand. He would rather give so much money to an eSports Club to go overseas to eat, drink, and play than invest in the Cold-Faced Lady. That was a little unreasonable, right? Therefore, Meng Chang felt that he could still strive for the money with Boss Pei since Boss Pei had already given him some money. It wouldnt be too much to take ten minutes to meet him, right? As Meng Chang waited anxiously, He Desheng returned. How is it, Boss He? Meng Chang immediately stood up and asked. He Desheng shook his head slightly. Sorry, Boss Pei doesnt have time to see you. Please leave. Meng Chang opened his mouth slightly, feeling lost. He was rejected? Boss Pei had already given him money, but he was not even willing to meet him for five minutes? What was going on? What was Boss Peis attitude towards Cold-Faced Lady now? Boss He, can we really not fight for it? Meng Chang refused to give up. He Desheng sighed, shook his head, and said, Boss Pei has always been a man of his word. No one can dissuade him when he has thought of something. If he says he wont see me, then he wont. It would only backfire if I ask him again. Go back. Meng Chang opened his mouth but hesitated. He was very indignant, but there was nothing he could do. He could only turn around and leave silently. He Desheng picked up all the expensive gifts that Meng Chang brought and handed them back. Theres no need for these gifts. Boss Pei wont accept them. Meng Chang wanted to reject him but he had no choice but to take it back seeing how determined He Desheng was. Meng Chang held his gift and felt very lost after leaving Dream Realization Ventures. The tiny spark of hope that had just risen was extinguished by Boss Peis rejection. For some reason, Meng Chang suddenly felt like he had met a scumbag. What did Boss Pei mean? He invested and then divested; Invested and then divested The key was that they could never predict what Boss Peis next move would be. When he predicted that he would continue investing, he suddenly sold his shares at a low price. When he predicted that he would not invest again, he inexplicably sent two million yuan to him. There was no clean break like an old PUA[1.Abbreviated for Pickup Artist]. The chauffeur took the gift and put it back into the trunk. He asked, Boss Meng, where are we going next? Are we going back to Beijing, or Meng Chang frowned and pondered for a moment. Suddenly, he thought of something and took out his cell phone to check. Boss Li from Fu Hui Investments is also in Jingzhou. Why dont we go there and take a look? We cant make a wasted trip since were already here, right? Meng Chang had a list of potential investors in his heart who might invest in Cold-Faced Lady. To Meng Chang, this list was extremely important. Li Shi had been paying attention to the Cold-Faced Ladys situation and had intentions to invest. Meng Chang knew this very well. Since he was already in Jingzhou, there was no hurry to return. He might as well take this opportunity to pay Boss Li a visit and see if he could obtain some investments. No matter how small a mosquito was, there would still be some meat. Whats more, Fu Hui Investments had a lot of funds. What if Boss Li was persuaded and decided to invest a few million yuan on the spot? That was not impossible. It was not as if there had never been a case of investing a few hundred million yuan in ten minutes in the investment circle. Whats more, it had happened quite a few times. A few million yuan was nothing to them. At that thought, Meng Chang said to the driver, Dont go back to Beijing first. Go to Fu Hui Investments. Half an hour later, Meng Chang arrived at Fu Hui Investments guest room. He did not bring the gift. On one hand, it was a thank-you gift for Boss Pei. It would be inappropriate to give it to others even though Boss Pei did not want it. Whats more, Boss Li was very close to Boss Pei. Meng Chang was worried that it would backfire if he were to be too humble. Li Shi was very warm and welcomed him personally. Xue Zhebin was with him. The three of them had known each other for a long time. They chatted while drinking tea, and the atmosphere was harmonious. After a brief exchange of pleasantries, both parties entered into the main topic. Boss Meng should be very busy in Beijing. Why do you have time to come to Jingzhou? Li Shi asked as he sipped his tea slowly. Meng Chang smiled. I feel a little ashamed. If I were a little more hypocritical, I would definitely say that I came specially to visit Boss Li. However, I have always been a rather honest person. I cannot tell such lies. To be honest, I came to Jingzhou this time to thank Boss Pei in person. However, Boss Pei was busy with work and did not have time to see me. Coincidentally, Boss Li is also in Jingzhou, so I came to pay a visit. Li Shi smiled. Boss Meng, youre too polite. Even a visit along the way is still a visit and is a token of appreciation. Come, have some tea. Meng Chang knew very well that Li Shi was very smart and was very guarded by nature. He had been observing and paying attention to the Cold-Faced Ladys since their first news conference, but he had not invested a single cent until now. This was enough to show that Li Shi was filled with doubts about the Cold-Faced Lady and did not trust Meng Chang. If Meng Chang were to say that he had specially come to visit Li Shi, it would easily arouse Li Shis wariness and might backfire. Now, Meng Chang said that he was here to visit Boss Pei and Li Shi on the way. It might sound a little rude but it could remove some of his wariness. Whats more, Meng Chang knew about the relationship between Li Shi and Boss Pei. He also knew that Li Shi had always liked to follow Boss Pei in investments blindly. Thus, his words had cleverly planted a small trap. It would depend on whether Li Shi would take the bait. If Li Shi did not take the bait, Meng Chang would not mention it again because that would seem too deliberate. Li Shi sipped his tea and caught the message from Meng Chang sharply. Youre planning to thank Boss Pei in person? What are you thanking him for? According to the information he had, Boss Pei had already sold all of the shares in the Cold-Faced Lady. He had also led a large group of investors to continue watching on the sidelines, causing Meng Chang a lot of trouble. Since they had nothing to do with each other anymore, why did Meng Chang have to go all the way to thank him? That didnt seem to make sense. Meng Chang smiled and said, Actually, its nothing much. Its just that Boss Pei invested a small sum for a small portion of Cold-Faced Ladys shares again. He did not want to mention two million yuan since it would not be exciting, at the same time he could not brag too much. What if Li Shi really went to verify with Boss Pei? Thus, he could only vaguely mention it. Li Shis eyes lit up with interest. Boss Pei was investing again? Previously, Li Shi had told Xue Zhebin that Boss Pei could very likely enter the game again like the Top Student, Come Quick project. That would be the best time to invest. Now that Boss Pei had invested, didnt that mean However, on further thought, Li Shi realized that something was amiss. If Boss Pei really wanted to copy the Top Student, Come Quick project, he would not only invest in a small sum but buy over the entire Cold-Faced Lady and completely control it. That was because only by completely controlling it could he modify it according to his own ideas. The meaning of a small sum was very intriguing. Li Shi realized that Boss Pei was investing first, then selling, and then continuing to invest. It looked like he was investing time and again, but in fact, every step seemed to be poking on Meng Changs soft spot. Boss Pei would pour a bucket of cold water over Meng Chang every time he was getting the investors attention and was about to succeed. Boss Pei would invest another sum of money to continue the project every time Meng Chang was about to run out of money and could not hold on any longer. Did that mean Boss Pei actually thought highly of Meng Changs ability but not his character? Did Boss Pei think that Meng Changs thoughts were not on the right path, so he wanted to use this method to beat him up? Li Shi had many thoughts on it in that instant. Boss Peis previous actions seemed to have a relatively reasonable explanation. Meng Chang knew nothing about this. However, judging from Li Shis expression, it was obvious that Li Shi had successfully gotten the hidden message he wanted to convey through the information he gave. Since that was the case, it meant that there was still a possibility of Li Shi investing! Indeed, after some consideration, Li Shi said, I have the intention to invest a sum of money into the Cold-Faced Lady, but Meng Chang was originally very happy when he heard the first half of the sentence. However, when he heard the word but, he was instantly splashed with cold water. Li Shi did not finish his sentence immediately. Instead, he kept him in suspense and asked, Boss Meng, do you have confidence in the Cold-Faced Lady model? Meng Chang nodded. Of course Im confident. However theres still a chance of failure when it comes to entrepreneurship. Li Shi considered for a moment and said, Xue Zhebin and I can invest eight million yuan into you. However, there is a condition. You have to sign a supplementary agreement: You must personally bear unlimited joint and several liability for the companys debts. Meng Chang could not help but raise his eyebrows slightly when he heard that. Unlimited joint and several liability. Any literate primary school student who heard these words would feel a chill down their spine. The so-called unlimited joint and several liability meant that as the founder, he had to bear the companys loss of money with his own finances. Logically speaking, most companies were limited liability companies. Even if Meng Chang messed up the company, it would be nothing more than the company going bankrupt. He would not take on the debt personally. However, if it was unlimited liability, the companys debt would be transferred to Meng Chang. There were many situations like this in the entrepreneurial circle. The founders would often have hundreds of millions of yuan of debt on their backs and become executives because they had signed a valuation adjustment mechanism agreement, share buyback agreement, or taken unlimited liability. The reason why Meng Chang did not get much investment was because he insisted on not signing any valuation adjustment mechanism agreement or agreeing to share buyback. That was because once he signed the agreement, it was very likely that he would end up with a huge debt no matter how much investment he took. The risk was too great for him to bear. However, Boss Lis condition was different from other investors. To be fair, it was obviously much more benevolent. That was because Boss Li did not request for a valuation adjustment mechanism from Meng Chang, nor did he ask Meng Chang to buy back all his shares in the future and spit out all the investments he had obtained. Instead, he had only asked Meng Chang to bear unlimited liability to the companys debt. In other words, Meng Chang would have to pay back the debt that the company owed, but the shares would still rot in the hands of the investors. Meng Chang fell into deep thought. If the company did not have a debt problem and successfully obtained more investors money, he could find someone to buy over his shares and cash out. Everyone would be happy. If there was really a problem with the company, the amount of money they owed would at most be the rent, employee salary, suppliers payment, and the like. At most, it would be millions or tens of millions. There would not be a situation where a person would be in debt for hundreds of millions of yuan and become a beggar for life. He should not take this sum of money if he had to avoid any risks. However, to Meng Chang, this was the most cost-effective investment he could get in the near future apart from Boss Pei. It would be fine if the Cold-Faced Lady could not succeed at all, however, it had already reached this stage. How could he give up? As a gambler, Meng Chang really could not make such a cruel decision. In fact, Meng Chang had been increasing the stakes continuously during the process of operating the Cold-Faced Lady. The more he increased the stakes, the harder it was to give up. He was originally just an ordinary employee who had no right to participate in such a capital game. He did not even have the right to play cards. He got here one step at a time There might be some twists and turns along the way but chips were gathering on the table. It seemed he would be able to take away most of the chips as long as he persevered a little longer Under such circumstances, Meng Changs heart, which had always been firm, could not help but to be a little shaken. He was willing to take a certain amount of risk for the chips that he had already bet. After much consideration, Meng Chang said, Boss Li, I can consider your conditions, but I have to look at the specific investment contract first. Li Shi smiled and nodded. Of course. It was 2 PM in Los Angeles. The three clubs were training in the internet cafe. However, FV Club was on the second floor while the other two clubs were in the corner of the first floor. The members of the two clubs had just used Finger Games super account to play a few rounds of RANK with their high ranking accounts. At that moment, they were waiting to compete in training competitions with the European and American teams. The two teams might be training together but they maintained a certain distance on the first floor of the internet cafe. The reason was simple. They had to be wary of each other. While they would definitely not be assigned to the same group, they might run into each other once they left the group stages. Both sides had to reserve some trump cards just in case. One of the team leaders looked at the time anxiously. Hes not here yet? Is the room number wrong? The team member shook his head. It is correct. Hes here, hes here! Five new players entered the custom rooms one after another. Their IDs were all starting with FRY. These players did not say anything after entering. They only typed: GO? The leader was a little unhappy but still said, Yes, lets go. The training competition officially began after the team members replied with a GO. FRY Club was considered a veteran foreign club. The GOG team that they had previously formed had made it to the semi-finals of GOGs international invitational tournament and obtained fourth place. That was already the best result that foreign teams had achieved. To be able to achieve such results in a project that started late showed the strength and foundation of FRY Club. Currently, FRY was also recognized as a top-tier team in the IOI circle. It was not easy to invite them to the training tournament this time. Zhao Xuming had only managed to invite them through the official connections of Finger Games. If they were to contact them privately, FRY Club would probably decline. That was because the international competition was about to start. Every teams time was very precious. There were only a few training competitions they could play in a day. It was equivalent to wasting their time and dragging themselves down if they did not improve after fighting a weak team. FRY Club was more inclined to compete in training competitions with European and American teams. They were not very interested in domestic Chinese teams. The clubs leader was well aware of this. Thus, they did not say much even though the FRY Club was a few minutes late and had no intention of apologizing. They only started the training competition as per normal. An hour later, the training competition ended. The team members were obviously at a loss. They looked at the game settlement interface and the output data on the screen, frowned, and began to contemplate life. They had played two training competitions in that hour. They had been cleanly beaten 2: 0, which included 15 minutes of intermission. After that, the members of the FRY Club left the customized gaming room without even saying goodbye. It was as if they would be dragged down if they stayed a second longer. The team leader was just like the other team members, completely lost. After that, the coach and team members began to discuss intensely. What kind of playstyle is FRY using? Why cant I understand it at all? Its so different from the previous version! They have obviously started to choose the modified heroes in terms of lineup. We are still playing on the same tactics as before. How are we going to play this? I said at the start that heroes who cannot be defeated should be banned! Can you not say such useless things after the fact? Do you think we can ban so many heroes? I feel like the style of the European and American teams is not countering us. It doesnt feel like they are playing seriously either. Our side collapsed as we played Whats there to counter? Its just the difference in strength The team members were arguing. Losing a competition was not scary. What was scary was losing so easily and completely that they did not even know where they had gone wrong. From the lineup selection, version understanding, to the tactical execution and improvisation in the game, they were totally outdone by FRY Club! There was not much difference in the basic operations of the players on both sides, but FRY Club could always easily obtain an advantage through some small tricks in the early stages. Then, they could use better tactics to increase their advantage. Once the equipment gap was widened, it would be useless no matter what they did. All the team members felt that they were not personally to blame. However, they had lost so badly. It was not easy for anyone to push the blame away. That was the easiest way to generate internal strife. The coach clapped his hands to calm everyone down. Alright, stop arguing! Theres still some time before the international competition begins. Since everyone has already recognized the gap between us and the European and American teams, we should make use of the time to change. From now on, we will study the tactics of the European and American teams. We have confirmed that the international competition will be a new version. Given our current situation, we will definitely be beaten badly if we cannot adapt to the new version. Now, lets review the training competition and learn from FRYs tactics The players finally calmed down a little with the coachs guidance. They might not be able to analyze much in a competition with such a huge gap, but coaches and players did not have a good solution either. They could only do things bit by bit. The development environment of the IOI clubs in China was not good to begin with. It was making things worse for them now that Finger Games had decided to use the new version for the international competition. However, he had no other choice. He could only bite the bullet since things had already come to this. The team leader saw that the atmosphere was still gloomy and quickly comforted them. Its alright. Everyone, do your best and let nature take its course. Our goal is to qualify for the top eight in a small group. We would have reached our goal as long as we work hard to get into the top four. FRY is a veteran strong team in Europe and the United States after all. There are many weak teams from other regions in the international competition this time. We can also qualify in teams as long as we win the weak teams steadily. Whats more, FV Club doesnt have the same conditions as us. They dont have high-end game accounts, and they dont have any channels to contact these strong European and American teams. They cant compare to us if they rely solely on themselves. FV Club is the first seeded team. Well start from the top eight directly. If were lucky enough to meet them, well be able to fight for the top four. Even if we dont meet them and both get eliminated in the top eight theyll attract ninety percent of the firepower since they are the first seeded team. Therefore, dont feel pressured. Just prepare well. FV Club will be the first to be criticized even if we are criticized. Our public opinion environment will definitely be very tolerant. The team members looked at each other and felt that the leaders words made sense. What was there to worry about with FV Club at the bottom? They were the first seeded team. They travelled overseas in business class and stayed in luxury hotels. Then, they would start directly in the quarterfinals. They would not even have a chance to warm up. Judging from the current situation, they would most likely be eliminated in the first round of the quarterfinals. Even if they lost the competition, FV Club would be the first to be criticized. At the thought of this, the atmosphere in the venue became livelier. The players began to review the previous training competition and learn the playing style of FRY Club. At the same time, on the second floor of the internet cafe, FV Team One and SUG Club were having a training competition. The members of FV Team Two were working with the stats analysis team to research the new version of tactics and hero strength. There was a form on Ye Zhizhous computer. Various data were densely written on it. They were all changes to the new version. These heroes are still unpopular. Thats because they are still weak in terms of the games timeline after the modification. Whats more, passersby are less familiar with them. Thats why their chances of winning seem very low in terms of official statistics. However, after the new version was equipped with specific equipment, their ability to fight in the later stages is greatly improved based on pure data. If we choose a lineup with it as the core, we have to pay attention to the protection of the lines at the other locations. At the same time, the user has to be very proficient. At the very least, they have to be strong enough to resist the pressure of the lines. Thats because if the hero we choose collapses, it would definitely cause a chain reaction and the other paths would collapse together On the other hand, if we can stabilize our development in the early and mid stages, the team battle would be stable in the later stages. Our chances of winning would obviously increase FV Club brought along a huge data team this time, including designers like Ye Zhizhou, Min Jingchao, Bao Xu, DGE Clubs coach, and FV Clubs original tactical team. These people might have been researching GOG before, but they adapted to IOI in no time. These two games were of the same genre after all. Whats more, IOI had made the gameplay more similar to GOG. Min Jingchao, in particular, was in charge of the balance of GOGs games. Thus, he was more sensitive to data. He could roughly estimate the strength of the heroes that IOIs new version had adjusted. Of course, this pure data estimate was very inaccurate. Some heroes stats looked beautiful, but in reality, they could not produce results. Even the official statistics guy could not guarantee that the actual adjustment of the game would be as perfect as he had expected. However, FV Clubs tactical team was not just doing a paper exercise. Instead, they were divided into three steps to ensure that the strategies developed could be implemented. First, Ye Zhizhou, Min Jingchao, and the other stats analysts used their analytical data to determine the strong heroes and playstyles of the new version. They roughly determined a vague range. After that, DGEs coach, Zhou Pengyuan, would combine the more mature tactical system in GOG with these strong heroes and playstyles. He would propose a prototype of the strategy and wait for verification. Lastly, the players of the three teams would test the strength of this tactic repeatedly in the first, middle, and later stages through the Solo and mock competition. If the strength did not meet the standard, the tactical team would analyze the reason for the failure and modify it. If the strength still did not meet the standard, they would give up. If there was a certain tactical effect that was good, they would continue to look for the replacement hero of the key heroes and continue to deepen the changes in playstyles under different conditions. This cycle would continue until they finally form a few basic combinations of powerful heroes and playstyles. Then, they would continue to dig out play styles that could counter these basic playstyles. The captain of FV Team, Pan Ying, had been insisting on playing IOI with a more GOG-like playstyle and had received Boss Peis affirmation. Now that IOI had been modified, it would be easier to adapt to this playstyle. Thus, the team members were all actively cooperating. As for the high ranking accounts and the training competition with the other clubs was that still important? Playing Rank could only help them maintain the feel of the game. It did not have much meaning to improve the teams tactical skills. It might be possible to use a high ranking hero and be familiarized with it but it was still far from being able to use them in the competition. There was no need to train with other clubs because obtaining tactical information through mock competition was a double edged sword. If they were to compete in mock competition with the European and American teams, they would definitely come up with new strategies. Once they won, the European and American teams would also be inspired and research in that direction. At that time, the tactical gap between both sides would shrink. Of course, this might seem like blind arrogance, but the key was who had the most advanced tactics? Obviously, FV Club was more confident in their own data analysis team. The stats analysis team was personally handled by the chief designer and DGE Clubs coach after all. It was more likely for them to find the answers to this version when coupled with the team members personal abilities! This time, everyone from FV Club held their breaths. Being eliminated in the first round of the quarterfinals? That is absolutely unacceptable! Boss Pei arranged such good conditions for us with a dream logistics team. How would we have the face to return to China to meet Boss Pei if we cannot not obtain good results after all that he has afforded us ? We have to give it our all! Chapter 798 - The Competition Is Nearing December 26th, Monday Pei Qian woke up naturally in the morning. He reluctantly got out of bed, brushed his teeth, and washed his face. Perhaps I wont go to the office today Damn it, I have to study hard from today onwards! Pei Qian brushed his teeth in frustration as he made up his mind. It was a weekend two days ago. Pei Qian could not remember what he had done. It seemed like he had only slept at home, played games, and surfed the web as the two days passed. Pei Qian had intended to find a quiet place to revise. It was almost exam week after all. In order to realise his goal to surpass Old Ma, he had to take some time to revise. However, the problem was that everyone knew that time was like water in a sponge. There would always be water if they squeezed, but sometimes, they would not have the strength to squeeze it out. Pei Qian felt like his time was like water in the desert. He would always lose it at the speed of light if he was not careful. Whats more, there was a huge problem with his mentality. On Mondays to Fridays, the company was working normally. Pei Qian often had to keep an eye on them and deal with some work-related matters, such as making decisions which took some strength from him, causing him to have no time to revise. The company was indeed on holiday on Saturday and Sunday. Logically, Pei Qian should have time to revise, but he was too lazy to move at home. He was so busy from Monday to Friday. Shouldnt he have a good rest during the weekend? Relax a little? Yet, for some reason, all the time disappeared. Pei Qian could not remember how many times he had made up his mind to revise from today onwards. However, his revision progress was still worrying. He had not even finished reading a few pages of the notes that he had already copied. It was too difficult. After washing up, Pei Qian wiped his face hard and sat on the sofa to read his notes. Five minutes later, he picked up his cell phone and habitually swiped it. Eh? Boss Li and Xue Zhebin invested in the Cold-Faced Lady? When he saw He Deshengs message, Pei Qian immediately became alert and frowned. A bright red word seemed to appear above his head: Danger! Pei Qian immediately stood up and walked around the living room twice. Boss Li treated Pei Qian as a windmark for investment, but Pei Qian also treated Boss Li as a warning line for investment. Pei Qian had already carefully recalled his painful experience of investing and earning money. He realized that Boss Li played an important role in most of the profits. Many projects that had been losing money well previously, once Boss Li led the other investors into the venue, the situation immediately took a turn for the worse. The projects suddenly started turning profitable! Yet, Boss Li had invested in the Cold-Faced Lady. That was a clear signal. Something was going to happen! Pei Qian had originally planned to invest in two million yuan trenches into Meng Chang to symbolically buy some shares. His main goal was to burn money and lose money silently. However, Boss Li was investing now. This was a very dangerous signal. It meant that the Cold-Faced Lady project was going to make a killing! At that thought, Pei Qian felt like he was sitting on pins and needles. He felt like his plan to incur losses had been completely overturned. If he continued to invest in two million yuan trenches according to his original plan, the Cold-Faced Ladys valuation would skyrocket. Wouldnt he make another profit? That must not happen! Pei Qian looked like he was about to turn soupy. He nearly had Boss Li PTSD syndrome when it came to investments. He immediately decided to overturn his previous loss-making plan and run! After some consideration, Pei Qian immediately called He Desheng. Sell all the shares that you bought for two million yuan immediately! Sell them to anyone. It doesnt matter if the price is low. Sell them! The person on the other end of the line was obviously stunned. He was confused. What was Boss Pei up to again? Two million yuan was not a lot of shares. Was there a need to sell them in such a hurry? Going back and forth in the short term meant they could forget about making money. It would be good enough if they did not lose money. The operation was really incomprehensible and very magical. However, hearing Boss Peis determined tone, He Desheng suddenly felt that Boss Pei must have had a higher level of understanding. He Desheng did not dare to ask further and agreed readily. He Desheng began to analyze Boss Peis intentions after hanging up. Boss Pei asked me to sell my shares fast once again even if they were at a loss as soon as I gave him the news that Boss Li was investing in the Cold-Faced Lady. Could it be Boss Pei and Boss Li had discussed this beforehand? Or could it be a tacit understanding between top-tier investors? Could it be that the bit of shares that Boss Pei spent two million yuan on previously had some special meaning? The more He Desheng thought about it, the more he felt that this matter was not simple. Boss Li and Boss Pei seemed to be cooperating as though they had discussed it beforehand. However, He Desheng only vaguely felt that there might be a chess game here even though he could not tell what it was. After much consideration, He Desheng still followed Boss Peis instructions obediently and called Meng Chang. Selling again? No, are you selling such a small portion of shares? On the other end of the line, Meng Chang was completely dumbfounded after receiving the call. He was as shocked as He Desheng. He could not understand what Boss Pei was doing. It was ridiculous that Boss Pei had only invested two million yuan previously. After all, Boss Pei had spent a few million yuan on FV Clubs overseas trips. In comparison, the two million yuan that Boss Pei had given the cold-faced lady was no different from throwing a rice millet to a pigeon. It was clear at a glance the close and distant, rich and poor. Yet, Boss Pei still wanted to sell these shares? Boss Pei had been working so hard for so long, but he was still not earning anything! Was he playing with him? It would be fine if they could do this secretly. Boss Pei had sold all his previous shares. This time, he was only selling a small portion of the shares that he had bought for two million yuan. Anyone would be able to eat it. However, he could not do it secretly. As long as it involved the transfer of shares in the company, he had to inform the other shareholders according to the companys regulations. They also had to make changes to the company registration. Boss Li was now a shareholder of the Cold-Faced Lady. Once Boss Pei sold it, Boss Li would definitely know about it. The other shareholders would also know about it. All the investors who were still observing would also receive the news. Wouldnt that be bad? Boss Li had just invested in the Cold-Faced Lady less than two days ago and Meng Chang had not even warmed up after receiving the money in his hands. Who could stand this sudden move?! After Meng Chang received this sum of money, he had intended to go all out. As long as investors were once again filled with confidence in the cold-faced lady and could continue playing the game that pushed up the valuation, the entire script could continue to develop according to Meng Changs plan. There were some twists and turns but the impact would not be huge. However, Boss Peis sudden move was like pouring a bucket of cold water over Meng Changs head, extinguishing the little flame that had just ignited in his heart! That wasnt a lot of shares but it did not sound nice at all! Boss Pei had thrown out all of the Cold-Faced Ladys shares again in less than half a month What would others think of Cold-Faced Ladys company if word got out? Previously, Meng Chang had to put in a lot of effort to suppress the fact that Boss Pei had sold all of his shares. For it to happen again would make it beyond saving! Meng Chang quickly realized the seriousness of this matter. He quickly said, Boss He, why are you doing this? Tengda shouldnt be so short of money, right? How about this? Tell Boss Pei to make an exception. Give me another month, no, half a month or even a week, sell it after a week. Is that alright? Meng Chang thought that he would hide this from Boss Pei and drag the time. Then, he would make use of this time to look for the buyer and try to turn the situation around. That would minimize the negative impact of Boss Pei selling shares for the second time. He Desheng sighed on the other end of the line. Im sorry. You know Boss Peis character. Theres no room for negotiation. Meng Changs hand trembled slightly as he held his phone. The cold-faced ladys future was bright ten minutes ago, but now, it suddenly became dark December 28th, Wednesday It was 10 PM in Los Angeles. On the second floor of the internet cafe, Min Jingchao sorted and saved the data sheet. He copied it all onto his laptop and shredded the source documents on the computer in the internet cafe. While doing this would seem like making a mountain out of a molehill, it was still better to be careful. The contents of the teams training could not be leaked. This was equivalent to military secrets during wartime. After everything was done, Min Jingchao stretched. His work was done in stages. Brother Bao, its been hard on you these two days, Min Jingchao said to Bao Xu, who was sitting beside him. Bao Xu shook his head. No, no, no. Its not tough at all. I think I can accept it if every trip is the same as this one Bao Xu had felt like a bolt out of the blue when he heard that he was coming to Los Angeles. However, he realized that it was much more comfortable than his previous overseas trips! Every day, he would stay in a five-star hotel at night. During the day, he would go to a nearby internet cafe. Apart from analyzing data and researching tactics, he could also play games. He might be overseas but he did not have to check in at various attractions. That was very comfortable! It would not be unacceptable if he could stay in hotels or internet cafes in a new city every time he went overseas. Thus, Bao Xu had put in a lot of effort in analyzing the data and helped Min Jingchao a lot. The team members were still in the training competition, continuing to perfect their tactics. Tomorrow was Thursday, the official start of the IOI World Finals Group Competition. The schedule for the IOI World Finals this time was different from GOGs international invitational tournament. In order to ensure that teams could enter the top eight in the weaker competition zones, Chrtien decided to adopt the seeded guarantee rule. There were a total of 16 teams this time. Four of the first seeded teams were guaranteed to enter the top eight. The other 12 teams were divided into four teams. Three teams in each team would play a double loop BO1. In the end, only the top team emerging from this could qualify. After that, they would draw lots for the top eight competitions. There was no avoiding mechanism for the same competition area. They would fight whoever they drew. FV Club was the number one seeded team of China. They started from the top eight. The group stages had nothing to do with them. Whats more, the opponents for the top eight matches had not been decided. However, that did not mean that they could let their guards down. The team members had to continue their high-intensity training to maintain their condition. The stats analysis team also had to make use of all the time to study the tactical playstyles of the various teams in the group stages to ensure that their understanding of the version was not problematic. If they could not make sufficient preparations in the group stages, they would probably be eliminated from the first round of the top eight. In any case, the real battle was about to begin. At the same time, on the first floor of the internet cafe. The other two clubs had also finished their training for the day. They packed their belongings and walked back. These few days, the training schedules of these two clubs were the same. Basically, they would train until 12 AM every day before leaving. The daily training arrangements were mainly to play mock competitions, review the mock competitions, hold meetings to discuss tactics, play high rank games to maintain hand sensitivity, and so on. Since the group stages would officially begin tomorrow, they had to go back earlier today and rest as much as possible. At the entrance of the internet cafe, everyone pretended not to see FV Clubs minibus as usual. At the beginning, the leaders of the two clubs even specially studied FV Clubs training time and deliberately avoided it to avoid the relatively awkward scenes. However, they later realized that there was no need to deliberately avoid it. FV Club spent more time training than them almost every day! The members of both clubs only woke up around 10 AM in the morning. They would only come to the internet cafe to train after having lunch in the hotel. However, every time they arrived, they would see that the minibus was already parked at the entrance of the internet cafe. Both clubs left around 12 AM. The minibus was still there when they left. The leaders and players of the two clubs were very confused. What exactly was FV Club practicing for so long hours everyday? The reason why these two clubs woke up late was not because they were lazy. They were mainly arranged according to the schedule when they were training in the country. No high ranks could be arranged in the morning and there were no mock competitions to play. It was meaningless to wake up early. Whats more, there was a limit to a persons energy. Excessive training might affect ones condition, and the efficiency of training might not be high. On the other hand, FV Club had been practicing from morning to midnight. It was a stark contrast to them. The two team leaders were very curious. There were a few times when they pretended to pass by unintentionally, wanting to sneak a peek at the second floor to see how FV Clubs training was going. However, they were caught by the four responsible bodyguards and left without any useful information. That made the two clubs even more curious. One of the team members asked in confusion, FV Club probably slept for six or seven hours today. They seem to be training the rest of the time. What are they training for? Can their bodies take it? The other team members obviously had the same doubts. FV Club was really too hardworking, making themselves look like lazy bums. The leader quickly said, Dont take it to heart, everyone. The key to training is efficiency, not time. Theres a good saying that many people are using their tactical diligence to cover up their laziness in strategy. Dont worry, everyone. After asking around, Ive basically confirmed that FV Club did not play any mock competitions with FRY or any other foreign clubs. They probably did not even play rank. They dont have super accounts on hand, but we cant rule out the possibility of them buying accounts. These people are at most playing mock competitions with SUG and their own Team Two. No matter how much they play, they are just two lousy players playing chess. The more they play, the worse they will become. There wont be much improvement. Alright, everyone, stop staring at FV Club. The group competition will officially begin tomorrow. Everyone, maintain yourselves in tip top state and show the results of our mock competition. We might not be able to win against the strong teams like FRY now, but weve improved since the beginning. Our grouping this time is still alright. Everyone should follow the rhythm and routine of the training competition and fight steadily. Its not a problem for the team to qualify for the top eight. On the way back to the hotel, the team leader cheered them on, afraid that their mentality would be affected. Ever since they came to Los Angeles, the FV Club seemed to be intentionally or unintentionally messing with the mentality of the members of these two clubs. They took business class, stayed in a luxurious five-star hotel, booked the second floor in an internet cafe, hired a mini bus and bodyguards to take care of them all the way. What was even worse was that the three photography brothers worked extremely hard. Apart from taking photos, they edited videos every day. They never stopped posting on the official Weibo of FV Club with at least three or four posts a day. The official Weibo was completely unmoved even though many people were criticizing it. They would update it however they wanted. At most, they would just block the haters. In the end, the haters got tired of it and gathered their strength. They would wait for FV Club to lose before they started flaming it with all their mights again. After training for the past few days, the other two clubs felt a little sour seeing the members of FV Club enjoying themselves. It was the same today. It was already early in the morning. The breeze on the street was slightly chilly, and everyone subconsciously quickened their steps. One of the team members suddenly thought of something and said, Hey, will the FV Club stay in our hotel starting today? The competition would officially begin tomorrow. Finger Games would provide food and accommodation for all the participating clubs. The food and accommodation fees for these two clubs had been paid for by Long Yu Corporation. They thus checked into rooms provided by Finger Games this afternoon. Whats more, the other clubs had also arrived during the past two days and checked into Courtyard by Marriott. Logically speaking, the members of FV Club should have been changed over, right? Finger Games provided food and accommodation. If they did not change over, wouldnt all the money be wasted? The other members had obviously not thought about this question before. They looked at each other, their eyes revealing a hint of anticipation. Thats right, there was no reason not to move in! It was fine if they had to pay for their own luxury hotels previously. Now that Finger Games was providing food and accommodation, were they going to continue paying out of their own pockets? Wasnt that too extravagant? If everyone stayed in the Courtyard by Marriott together, everyones food and accommodation conditions would be the same. FV Club might still have the minibus and bodyguards, but the impact on the mentality of the other two clubs would be slightly reduced. However, before everyone could finish their beautiful dreams, they saw the black minibus drive by. It was still parked in front of the entrance of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel. The members of FV Club alighted from the car and entered the hotel lobby. They did not even look at Courtyard by Marriott. Obviously, FV Club would stay there during the competition and would not move to Courtyard by Marriott. Their hopes were dashed. The members of the two clubs quietly entered the lobby of Courtyard by Marriott. Their hearts, which had finally calmed down, were shaken again December 29th, Thursday, 9 AM It was 11 AM in Los Angeles, which was 3 AM in China. IOIs global finals were about to officially begin. The members of FV Club were doing basic fitness training in the Ritz-Carlton Hotels gym. After arriving in Los Angeles, the team members maintained good fitness habits. It was precisely because of their regular working hours and good physical conditions that they could maintain a better state and focus. They trained longer and were more efficient every day. The accompanying team doctor watched the team members condition seriously from the side to prevent them from practicing too much. Working out now was not to train to the point of exhaustion or to increase muscles after all. It was just to maintain the body in a good state and increase the focus in the competition. It was enough to move their body. If one was too tired, it would affect the training effect. The team doctor had to ensure that the team members were in their best condition. In the hotels resting area, the coach and the data analysis team were studying the competition that was about to begin today. The competition schedule this time was a little strange because they had to ensure that the first seed of each division would make it to the top eight. There were a total of 12 teams and four groups in the group stages. They would play the double loop BO1, and the first team from each group would qualify. There would be a total of four days. From Thursday to Sunday, with six matches a day. On Sunday, the group stages would all be finished and the top eight would draw lots. As for why the first match was held at 11 AM, no one knew. According to the GPLs habits, they would usually play during the prime time from afternoon to night. However, Finger Games probably took into account that there were too many audience members. They were afraid that if a bug appeared in the competition and the game was delayed for too long due to other reasons, it would be inconvenient for the audience to leave. Thus, the time was brought forward earlier. The venue for this competition was a famous local coliseum. It could accommodate nearly twenty thousand people and was very famous around the world. This time, Finger Games was obviously determined to use this global finals to exact revenge. That was why they spared no expense. The prize pool for the IOI global finals this time was three million US dollars. At the same time, Finger Games had also specially produced a skin model. 25% of the sales of the skin would also be counted into the overall prize pool. In terms of the distribution of the bonus pool, the champion would get 50%, the runner-up would get 15%, the third and fourth teams would get 7.5% each, and the fifth to eighth teams would get 2.5% each. The remaining eight teams that did not qualify would split the remaining 10%. In other words, the prize pool had slightly surpassed GOGs international invitational tournament and the venue was more spectacular. Finger Games had always been influenced by Tengda after all. They had wanted to hold a global final for a long time. However, they had been repeatedly interrupted by Tengda and failed. They had finally managed to organize the world finals. They had to surpass GOG even if they had to sacrifice everything. This was a matter of face. Wu Yue looked at the time and saw that it was about time. He asked Manager Lu to bring his team members back to their rooms to wash up. Then, he came down to have breakfast and prepared to set off for the opening ceremony. FV Clubs competition would only start next week, but this week, the players would go to the venue to watch a few key battles selectively to look at the playstyles and standards of the other teams and prepare in advance. Chapter 799 - Give Me A Performance! December 30th, Friday, 8 AM Pei Qian turned off his alarm and struggled to get out of bed. He had made up his mind to revise for the past two days and had finally achieved some results. He had at least read dozens of pages of the notebook. It was a good start. It was the same today. He would wake up in the morning and revise as much as he could while his mind was clearer in the morning. That way, he would not have to worry about being a lazy bum every afternoon and night. He looked at his cell phone as he brushed his teeth. Eh? The IOI International Finals started at midnight yesterday? Oh, thats right, it seems to be today. The competition seems to be ongoing. The competition had started at 11 AM yesterday in Los Angeles, which was also at 3 AM Jingzhou Time this morning. They were playing six rounds a day, and they were now in the fifth round. If the domestic audience wanted to watch the competition, they stayed up all night, watching it from dawn until morning. Pei Qian was not that interested in IOIs competition. After all, he had not played it before and did not know much about it. The timing was not suitable. Whats more, FV Club did not need to play in the group competitions. Thus, he did not pay much attention to this matter. He only opened the live-stream platform to take a look after seeing the relevant news today. Obviously, IOIs global finals were still quite popular domestically thanks to Long Yu Corporations huge publicity efforts. All major news apps were promoting the news, and various live-streaming platforms had given a lot of recommendations. It looked very popular. In addition, the GPLs pre-season competition had just ended a few days ago. The spring competition had not started yet. During this period, many players who had nothing to do would choose to watch IOIs global finals. Pei Qian clicked into the live-stream and realized that there were two foreign teams that he did not know at all. They were currently in a state of equilibrium and were fighting anxiously. The scene looked tense, but the bullet screen comments were not discussing the competition itself. Instead, fans on both sides of IOI and GOG were fighting wildly. Trash! The unveiling battle has been pushed to a draw. Stop playing the competition and swim back! Theyre fighting so ridiculously that they are not even using their best heroes anymore. They are not using their original tactics anymore but are learning from foreign teams? They cant even learn properly! Its just like a toddler learning to walk but lost whatever they had learnt previously! The playstyle is too ugly! Such a good venue and great opening ceremony. The competition was so well-respected, but the domestic team was beaten up. Isnt that disgusting? Everyone, please be more tolerant. This is only the first game. Whats more, they have to learn it. The version has already changed. They will only lose more miserably if they continue playing in accordance to the previous version. F*ck, I stayed up all night, and this is all I got? If the GPL Spring Competition had not started, I would not have come to watch this lousy competition to suffer! Then hurry up and go back to your GPL! Its a rubbish game that only our countrymen play. Oh, let me tell you something. The foreign market share of IOI and GOG has long been equal. GOG is not only played by our countrymen. Its just that GOGs domestic teams beat foreign teams. I dont know if you saw the GOG logo on the foreign club uniforms. Dont tell me youre blind and cant see it? Its ridiculous enough to go against GOGs standard for the IOI Finals. Finger Games is probably going to explode in anger. That cant be helped. The club has already accepted sponsorship. We cant possibly force them to pay the penalty fee, right? We can only say that Finger Games did not think of this before. They did not forbid the club from accepting GOGs sponsorship. Stop arguing. GOGs results are indeed good, but thats only because Tengda is unreasonable! If IOIs E-Sports environment was not so badly squeezed, how could it be so weak? Didnt Long Yu Corporation say that they brought their team to Los Angeles to play mock competitions? Its the classic blame the environment for not being able to do well. No one was discussing the competition itself on the bullet screen. They were all arguing. Pei Qian looked at the results of the previous competition and realized that both domestic teams had lost a competition today. The first match was the opening battle, and they were defeated in thirty minutes. The fourth match, on the other hand, lasted for more than forty minutes. They did not manage to catch their last breath, and the opponents seized the opportunity to end the competition in one group battle. They had lost both games. It could be said that the world had collapsed. This was because the competition schedule for this competition was rather special. Each group had three teams and only one team would qualify. It was a double loop BO1, but every point was extremely important. Losing the first round already made the qualifying situation very serious. What was more important was that the two teams that lost were not the strongest teams in Europe and America. That was because the first seeded team of Europe and America was the same as FV Club. They did not even need to play group matches. They were waiting for the top eight. If they could not even defeat the non-seeded teams in Europe and the United States, how could they survive when they met the strong teams? Many viewers had stayed up until three in the morning to watch the competition. In the end, after waiting for so long, they had only watched two failed competitions. They must have been so angry that they could not sleep and were about to burst out in the live-stream. Whats more, it wasnt just the live-stream. The gamers on the various forums and video websites had also flamed it. There is such a huge gap between domestic teams and Western teams? Yes, its a good thing. FVs team has about the same strength as these two teams. Since both teams had been defeated, FV team will probably be knocked out in the first round for the top eight. It wont be too popular. Pei Qian could not help but feel optimistic. He used his cell phone to project his phone on the big television, intending to quickly watch the highlights of the previous few competitions. On Aili Island, IOIs official account had updated the opening ceremony of IOIs global finals and the highlights of the previous competitions. The opening ceremony had invited a certain European and American singer to sing the theme song. There was also a dance team doing cosplay. The overall feeling was not bad, and it was rather impressive. The venue was huge and crowded, so it looked more impressive. It was obviously much better, compared to GOGs international invitational tournament. That was why the bullet screen comments were more enthusiastic. However, when it came to the main competition, the overall situation changed drastically. Pei Qian jumped up to take a look at the two domestic teams that had lost. He realized that it was not wrong for these two teams to be scolded. If he had stayed up all night to watch these two matches, he would definitely scold them as well. The first round of the competition was a draw. The second round of the competition had been drawn out for a long time. They had missed many opportunities before being swept away by the opponent. It was really hard to say which was more infuriating. The key was that, perhaps because of nervousness or some other reason, these two teams did not seem to have the strength to fight. Their decisions were hesitant and their operations were restricted. Whats more, none of the heroes that Pei Qian had seen before had appeared. Pei Qian had seen IOIs qualifiers in Shanghai before. He was familiar with the traditional lineups. He knew the heroes appearance even though he did not know what the heroes skills were. However, they did not select heroes for the competition this time. It did not match Pei Qians impression of the competition at all. Pei Qian suddenly wanted to know more about FV Club. Ever since FV Club arrived in Los Angeles, Pei Qian had not paid much attention to them. There were more than ten hours of time difference between the two places after all. It was not very convenient to link up with them. However, the timing was perfect. Thus, Pei Qian gave Wu Yue a video call. At first, Pei Qian was a little worried because most stadiums had bad internal signals. If Wu Yue and the others were still at the competition venue, he might not be able to take the video call. However, after a while, the video call connected. Boss Pei! Wu Yue was obviously not at the competition venue but in the hotel. He had used the hotels wireless network to make this video call, so the signal was quite stable. Pei Qian nodded. Hows the situation over there? Wu Yue immediately understood. Boss Pei, are you worried about our situation because you saw the other two domestic teams losing badly? Dont worry about that. Our team members have been training hard all along. We dont dare to say that we will definitely win, but we will definitely show off our skills. Wu Yue did not dare to brag too much. FV Club had always been training with SUG and had never touched European teams after all. He did not know what would happen if they really fought. It would be too embarrassing if he bragged too much in front of Boss Pei and ended up losing in the top eight competition. Pei Qian nodded. Wu Yueyi did not look very confident. It should not be a problem. However, Pei Qian did not think that FV Club would really be eliminated in the first round of the top eight. After all, his luck was bad, whatever he hoped for never happened. They could still make it to the top four if they could stand up to it. They would be able to save face if they were eliminated in the top four. At that time, netizens would definitely focus their firepower on the other two clubs. FV Club would still be the strongest club in IOIs local server That wouldnt do! Pei Qian suddenly felt that the current situation was still not very stable. The main reason was that the performance of the other two clubs was too sloppy, which fired FV club up. FV Club would still be the best performing domestic team if they made it to the top four without winning the championship. At that thought, Pei Qian said, I saw that our clubs official Weibo has been posting daily photos and videos recently. Wu Yue immediately understood. I understand, Boss Pei. Are you saying that the competition is around the corner and that we should not publish such things so as not to attract hatred and affect the players mentality? Ill tell them to stop posting on Weibo. Pei Qian raised his hand. No! Thats not what I meant. I mean, this is a very good thing. We have to work harder on it! You have to post on Weibo with high intensity every day to maintain the presence of the players. Not only that, we also have to work on Weibo to mock the other teams and comment on the competition that just ended. We have to specifically pick on the problem of winning teams. Jokes, an emoji pack, do everything you can! Bring high traffic! Wu Yue was a little confused. Huh? Boss Pei, this is attracting hatred! He could imagine what the outcome would be once the content was published. It would definitely be criticized by gamers. Whats more, gamers would take screenshots and dig graves for themselves! Currently, FV Club was the number one seeded team. They could sit this one out and reap the spoils laters before the top eight competitions. Of course, it would not be a problem for them to talk about the other teams, but that would definitely offend the fans of other teams and might even cause passers-by to feel disgusted. It would be alright if FV Club won the competition, but they would also be crushed if they lost! Wu Yue was a little hesitant. Boss Pei, this doesnt seem appropriate. Domestic players dont like such high-profile behavior. Pei Qian pondered for a moment. Hm you mean that domestic players dont like it and foreign players like it? Hm, thats right. What you said makes sense. How about this, your club will register on the foreign websites, such as twitter and the like, and work in sync with Weibo to make a complete English version! Weve coincidentally invested in some overseas clubs. Ill let their official accounts interact with you guys. Theres no need to worry about not being able to attract traffic. Alright, its settled then. Well start the performance after the competition ends today. Ill check it tomorrow. Ill hang up first. Wu Yue: Boss Pei The video call was hung up before he could finish speaking. Wu Yue was helpless, but he had no other choice but to do as he was told. Chapter 800 - Strange Ten Million US dollars! In the hotel, FV Clubs data analysis team was discussing and analyzing todays competition with the team members. The members of FV Club only participated in the opening ceremony today and returned after watching the first four matches. The main purpose of watching the competition live was to feel the atmosphere of the competition venue in advance. After all, the players had never competed in such a large venue before and were cheered by 20,000 audience. Since the venue was different, the pressure on the team members was naturally different as well. The audiences applause and cheers were like a tsunami in a stadium with tens of thousands of people. If it was a critical match, the pressure on the players would increase exponentially. Under such circumstances, most players would be nervous, their hands would tremble, and they would be sweating. Only a small portion of players would be excited, more focused, and perform beyond their level. That was the value of the so-called players with big hearts and competition type players. Of course, big hearts were something that people were born with. Some people could become famous after playing the competition for the first time in their teens, while others had been playing for several years, but their mentality would still shatter with a single touch. However, this mentality could still be improved to a certain extent. The members of FV Club had especially felt the atmosphere at the venue today and mentally prepared themselves in advance. They would probably feel better when the top eight competitions start. Of course, the focus of the discussion was still on the competition. Theres no need to talk about todays first match. The difference in strength between the two sides is too huge. Their understanding of the game version and tactics are wrong. Theres no reference value. Both sides played well in the second round, but the mid-term decisions were too rough. There are many areas that could be improved DGE Clubs current coach, Zhou Pengyuan, was in the midst of reviewing the matches. The other members of the data analysis team, including the team members, were also constantly expressing their views as well. After analyzing, Zhou Pengyuan gave a simple summary. Based on the situation on the first day of the group stage, these teams understanding of the game version and play style are very different from ours. Its hard to say whose interpretation is the correct version. We cannot be too blindly confident. How about this? Tomorrow, SUG and FV Team Two, you can each go and practice with the mainstream play styles that appeared in the group stages. Use this playstyle to play a mock competition with Team One and see how the effects are. We dont have to learn other peoples playstyles, but we have to at least have a clear understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of such playstyles. Zhou Pengyuan assigned the tasks while the others noted them down. The players would not be watching the competition tomorrow. The stats analysis team would watch the competition and review it. Then, they would tell the players the results of the competition and review it at night. The players had to continue training. They had to study the playstyles of the other teams and expand their pool of heroes to maintain their hand sensitivity. After completing all the tasks, everyone dispersed and returned to their rooms to rest. After the three cameramen finished filming the days material, they prepared to return to their rooms to edit the video and post it on Weibo. Wu Yue quickly stopped the three cameramen, Manager Lu, and the others. Everyone, dont be in a hurry to leave. I have something to tell you. Boss Pei gave us a task just now. He wanted us to work harder on Weibo. Whats more, we have to work on Weibo and Twitter at the same time Wu Yue explained Boss Peis requirements in detail. All in all, how could they generate high popularity and high traffic? Treat both domestic and foreign teams equally and attack them! After hearing Boss Peis request, everyones expressions were similar to Wu Yues. They were all at a loss. How is this a performance job? This is obviously attracting hatred! The local players back at home are filled with resentment now. We were just worried that there was no breakthrough. The other two clubs are pretending to be dead. If we jump out now, wouldnt we be standing out to take the blunt of the hit? I think its alright. Were not the ones who lost the competition. The problem is that we didnt win either If we do it now, passers-by will think that we are arrogant and kicking others when they are down. The fans of the other two clubs will also hate us. We will definitely be crushed by them! Perhaps what Boss Pei is trying to say is that we should try something funny? We should not mock other teams. Thats impossible. What Boss Pei wants is popularity and traffic. If we dont form teams against the other teams, how can we have popularity and traffic? Boss Pei is basically telling us to attack without any worries. We will definitely be criticized. The team members will be under a lot of pressure. Its alright. The team members cant play with their phones or surf the net. They wont know. But whats the point of doing this? The risks and rewards we take are not proportional. If it was someone elses suggestion, everyone would have rejected it without even thinking. Was he afraid that he would not die quick enough before the battle? There was no need! However, since it was Boss Peis request, they had to think of a way to fulfill it. Everyone discussed for a long time but could not come to a conclusion. They could only follow his instructions. It was a good thing that there were many people in the accompanying team. They could go online and search for interesting memes. Then, they could express themselves freely. They could find suitable pictures or videos, and they could quickly find materials to start an attack on Weibo. The three photographers could photoshop pictures and edit videos, and translate them into bilingual subtitles for the performance. The discussion about the opening day of the IOI International Finals continued throughout the day. That was because many people did not stay up late to watch IOIs global finals. They only knew about the results of yesterdays competition when they woke up. Many GOG players participated in the discussion when they saw that both domestic teams had lost. The true strength of the domestic teams was obviously the focus of everyones discussion. Both teams had lost their first battle in the group stages. The risk of qualifying had suddenly increased. Naturally, everyone would feel that the overall standard of domestic teams in IOI was much worse than foreign teams. The world finals had just begun. Many viewers seemed to have already seen its tragic ending. Comparatively, FV Club was the least spoken about since they had yet to compete, the topics were all focused on the other two teams that had lost. The audience were busy catching the culprits and naturally had no interest in FV Clubs extravagant life . However, the players did not expect FV Club to post on Weibo again! Whats more, the content of this Weibo post was not about eating, drinking, and having fun. Instead, it was a mocking picture. This picture was photoshopped together. The top half was a picture of an overseas swimming pool. In the upper right corner of the picture was a middle-aged man lifting the child high up out of the water with a smile on his face. The middle-aged man had a Tengda logo on his head while the child had an FV Club logo on his face. On the left side of the middle-aged man was a struggling child who was struggling as if he was about to sink to the bottom. The second half of the picture was a picture of the bottom of the lake. A skeleton was sitting on a chair and seemed to have been dead for many years. The two pictures were forcefully photoshopped together. On the faces of the child and the skeleton were the logos of the other two domestic clubs: the one struggling on the surface of the water was the team that had been turned around after a fierce battle; the one at the bottom of the water was the team that had been flattened by 30 minutes during the opening battle. The main message on Weibo was a sentence in Chinese and English: My good brothers, are you alright? / Waving / Waving / Waving Once this post was uploaded, it immediately attracted the attention of countless players who were fighting. The sarcasm was fully expressed! The meaning was very clear. The other two clubs were in a worrying situation now. One of them had sunk to the bottom while the other was still struggling. However, they were not far from the bottom. Only FV Club was floating happily on the water, looking like they did not need to worry and had victory in their hands. The Weibo post was filled with ridicule. On the surface, it looked like a greeting, but this / waving expression, looked like they were waving goodbye to these two clubs. As expected, they were criticized not long after it was posted on Weibo. Thats so tasteless! Is this how brother teams kick people while theyre down? Hehe, the only reason you can still make sarcastic remarks now is because you did not appear yet. You are waiting for the top eight to be eliminated at 3: 0! Of course, there were also some other voices, but they were mostly neutral. They did not criticize or support him. Its alright. This is just a joke. Dont be too fragile. The problem is that those two teams did not fight well. If they did not fight well, why didnt they say anything? Sigh, I suggest we dont post too many controversial Weibo posts at such a critical juncture. Its really easy to attract criticism. Many FV Club fans were also worried for them. They were afraid that these Weibo posts would be criticized like dogs should they lose the competition. However, less than ten minutes later, FV Club updated another Weibo post. We have a hunch that the damage conversion rate of the entire FV team is not optimistic. There were two more comparison pictures below. The first was The Economics of Food of Other Teams. The accompanying picture was the accommodation and food choices of Courtyard by Marriott. The second was The Economy of Food of FV Team. The accompanying picture was the accommodation and food choices of Ritz Carlton Hotel. On the surface, it meant that the food and accommodation conditions were akin to the economy of eating in the game. Since FV Teams food and accommodation conditions were much better than other teams, they would have more money to eat and the damage conversion rate would be much lower. However, in reality, they were showing off their better food and accommodation status. The audience had yet to react, and even the haters had not thought of suitable ways to criticize them before FV Club had also updated their Weibo and tweets! The content this time was much simpler. They only tagged a few traditional teams from overseas, including the first seed of the European and American competition zones. The attached picture was a promotional slogan on the wall of a village in China: Recognize the situation and give up on fantasy. In less than an hour, FV Club had uploaded four or five posts on Weibo and Twitter, all of which were in Chinese and English. In China, there were still many people scolding on Weibo at first, but slowly, the number of people scolding became fewer and fewer. That was because everyone realized that FV Clubs work was still endless even though they were already out of words. Whats more, FV Club was not only doing it for domestic teams, but also for foreign teams For example, the second Weibo post was openly mocking the food and accommodation conditions of all the other teams, while the third post was declaring war on the other foreign seed teams. Thus, by the time they reached the last few Weibo posts, most domestic players felt that FV Club was overconfident and could no longer continue to comment. That was because FV Club did not have any competitions now. They had to wait until they lost the competition before scolding them even if they were to scold them for being arrogant. Otherwise, what would happen if they really won the foreign team after scolding them? While many netizens in the country did not like such high-profile Weibo posts, they had to admit that it had a very good effect. The attention was immediately maxed out. At first, everyone had been criticizing the two clubs that had lost the competition. Now that FV Club had suddenly jumped out to mock them, that naturally attracted everyones attention. The attention on the official Twitter account of FV Club was also increasing rapidly! That was because Tengda had invested in many foreign veteran clubs. Thus, they only had to say hello and these clubs would interact with the official accounts of FV Club. Once they interacted, fans would come. These live tweets were obviously much more accepted overseas. The comments section was filled with LOL and other laughing emojis. After all, humility was a virtue to domestic players. They felt that they could not speak too confidently, for fear that they would be slapped in their face later on. However, foreign players did not care much about these things. They had the mindset of watching a good show, and would not think too much of it even if they were slapped in the face afterwards. Thus, the attention of the official account of FV Club on Twitter was rapidly increasing. Several veteran clubs also followed them and expressed their appreciation for FV Club. However, right after that, FV Club pulled these veteran clubs together to AOE. The new post and tweet content was: Genealogy of Tengda Family. The bottom part of the picture was a tree-like family tree. Tengda was at the top of the tree-like picture. There was a thicker line connecting FV Club and labeling it as biological son. There were also some thinner lines connected to other established European and American clubs such as FRY,labelling them as godsons. Obviously, FV Club sat in business class and stayed in a luxurious five-star hotel because they were treated by Tengda like its own son. On the other hand, the other clubs were only given sponsorships without giving a care to their food, accommodation, and other things. Naturally, they were treated as godsons. Whats more, it was not easy to refute this. FRY and the other veteran clubs had indeed received Tengdas sponsorship. Tengdas logo was even on their uniforms, anyone with eyes could see them. Once this post was published, it immediately had the effect of killing the competition and was reposted by other players! Oh my god, FV Club has gone crazy After they were done messing with the local and foreign clubs, they are now playing with the mentality of these participating teams They cant do anything useful but are best in performance! Im convinced. Their performance has indeed shown the standards of the first seeded team of our country. Thats strange. FV Clubs Weibo wasnt like this before. Why did they suddenly change to a new media operations editor? I guess it was suggested by the club owner! This wave must have been planned by Boss Pei. Its the same as the IOI qualifiers before. Everything was planned! When FV Clubs first Weibo post was published, it indeed aroused the disgust of many people. After all, the entire performance was like trash talk. If they wanted to create a program effect, it would definitely cause a portion of people to feel disgusted. However, many people suddenly accepted this setting and found it rather interesting after FV Club persisted on a few posts! That was because FV Club did not only open fire on domestic teams, but also on foreign teams. They treated everyone equally and brought a lot of joy to the netizens. It also diluted the depressing atmosphere of the previous two teams losing the competition. Coupled with the updated food and accommodation conditions on FVs Weibo, all the attention, be it domestically or overseas, were focused on FV Club. They had yet to compete but the attention that FV Club received still increased rapidly, and it quickly surpassed the other two clubs! At the same time, in a hotel near the headquarters of Finger Games Zhao Xuming swiped his cell phone and said with a dark expression, Sh*t, how unlucky! For the past two days, Zhao Xuming had been visiting Finger Games. Chrtien had asked the employees of Finger Games to accompany him the entire time. It could be said that he had given him a lot of face and maxed out the treatment. Zhao Xuming had also gone to the competition venue to watch the two domestic teams matches today. In the end, he was filled with anger. It was too embarrassing! It would be alright if he won one of the two rounds. At the very least, they would win the first round. In the end, both teams lost. One lost as though they had diarrhea while the other lost like they were constipated. It was hard to tell which team was more embarrassing. Of course, Zhao Xuming had the right to be angry. After all, Long Yu Corporation had spent money to arrange for these two teams to come to Los Angeles for training in advance. They only managed to come up with this after training for so long? All the money had been wasted! However, Zhao Xuming did not say anything. After all, this was only the first day of the competition. If these two clubs played well, they would still be able to qualify. Thus, he decided to comfort them and not be too harsh on them as it would affect the players mentality. Initially, Zhao Xuming had already adjusted his mentality. However, FV Clubs actions had caused him to collapse again. Previously, Zhao Xuming had thought that the situation could not be any worse after both domestic teams lost on the first day of the group match, right? He realized now that he was too inexperienced. FV Club worked hard on Weibo and Twitter, and even interacted with foreign clubs. It directly attracted most of the domestic popularity and also attracted many fans overseas. Many people might be criticizing them but being criticized was part of being popular. FV Club was originally just a small club and had no reputation overseas. This wave of Weibo posting directly raised its status to the same level as established European and American clubs like FRY. It could be said to be profitable. Of course, Zhao Xuming could not accept this. That was because everyone knew that FV Club was a club that Tengda had invested in. The stronger FVs presence was, the worse Zhao Xuming would feel. However, Zhao Xuming did not have any good ideas. He could not possibly tell Weibo and Twitter to block FV Clubs official account, right? That would not do. He could only feign ignorance. At that moment, there was another notification on his cell phone. It was a new Weibo post from FV Club. Zhao Xuming was speechless. Again? When will they be done! He clicked on it and realized that it was a Weibo post on Tengdas family tree. Not only was there FV club, but there were also clubs like FRY that were sponsored by Tengda. What the hell is this?! This is too much! Zhao Xuming was even angrier when he saw this post. He had already noticed that many veteran European and American clubs had Tengdas sponsorship logo on their uniforms. GOGs logo was actually on the team uniform on the stage of IOIs international finals. That was too embarrassing. This matter was like a thorn in Zhao Xumings heart, this thorn burrowed deeper into his heart after this Weibo post was up. How did the clubs become Tengdas sons? Once this picture was posted, it gave the netizens a feeling that the clubs in the finals were from Tengda and had nothing to do with Finger Games. This was akin to riding their faces into the ground! Boss Pei had already sponsored these clubs a few months ago. Now that I think about it, he is really sinister! If we continue like this, GOGs logo would appear on screen, be it in the small windows of the players in the competition or in the interviews after the competition. Wouldnt that be akin to advertising for GOG? Whats more, the more powerful teams there are left, the more frequent this situation would become Zhao Xuming suddenly realized that this was a very serious problem especially if they were to think about the beautiful web of interconnectedness of the situation. In the semifinals, perhaps all four teams would have GOGs logo on them. After the competition, they would be able to see GOGs logo no matter which team went on stage Terrifying! In fact, it was equivalent to IOI spending a few million yuan to organize a grand international finals but in the end, Tengda Games they took advantage of the popularity of the IOI Finals to achieve excellent publicity through sponsoring a few clubs The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. The more he took a step back to think, the more he felt he was in a disadvantageous state. After much consideration, Zhao Xuming decided to give Chrtien a call. It was not impossible to remove GOGs logo now. All he had to do was ask the clubs to breach the contract and pay the penalty. However, he could not allow the clubs to fork out their own money. This money could only be paid by Finger Games. Of course, Zhao Xuming did not know how much the sponsorship fee was or how much the penalty would be. However, they should choose the lesser of two evils. Instead of being taken advantage of by GOG from beginning to end, he might as well cut his losses and spend a sum of money to get rid of all the elements related to GOG in the group stage! 30 minutes later. Zhao Xuming had been waiting for Chrtiens call. However, he couldnt help but feel worried since there was no response after waiting for so long. Chrtien also agreed with Zhao Xumings point of view. He felt that the frequent appearance of GOGs logo in the IOI global finals was very uncomfortable. Thus, Chrtien decided to give the various clubs a call to ask how they had signed the sponsorship contract and how much they would have to pay if they broke the contract. That took a long time. Finally, the phone on the table rang. Zhao Xuming quickly picked it up. Chrtien sounded a little helpless on the other end of the line. I just asked. Tengda has sponsored ten clubs in total, one million US dollars each. They would have to double the compensation if they were to breach their contracts. Most of these clubs are in the world finals. I expect five such teams to enter the top eight, two to three teams to enter the top four. If we consider the top eight, we would have to pay ten million US dollars for breaching the contracts; if we consider the top four, we would have to pay four to six million US dollars for breaching the contract. This sum of money is a little too much. Zhao Xuming was at a loss for words. Boss Pei had sponsored so much money?! Previously, Zhao Xuming did not know the exact amount. According to the domestic price standards, each club could obtain a logo after sponsoring one million yuan, which was about 150,000 US dollars. They could pay double the penalty fee if it was at this price. He had not expected Boss Pei to spend so much money to sponsor these clubs. One million US dollars per club! The clubs would definitely not be able to fork out the money themselves if they wanted to breach the contract. Dayak Corporation would have to fork out the money. However, they would have to fork out four to six million US dollars even if they only allowed the top four teams to breach the contract. This amount was really unacceptable. Chrtien said, I think its too much of a loss for such a huge sum of money, so forget it. Spending millions of dollars just to remove the GOG logo on the participating teams? That was too stupid. After a moment of silence, Zhao Xuming said, Thats true if we only consider the international competition, but what about the leagues after that? There will be competitions in the various regions soon. Most of the seats for the spring competitions in the two regions in Europe and America will be given to these veteran clubs. If we dont make up our minds now, then the spring and summer competitions in the various leagues in the future GOGs logo will appear very frequently! Whats more, Tengda is obviously making use of this to make a statement. We can tell from the tweet that FV Club sent. All the clubs have become Tengdas godsons and have nothing to do with Finger Games. What if Tengda continues to make an issue out of this in the future? As long as GOGs logo is printed on the team uniform, it would be a slap to our faces! There was a long silence on the other end of the line. Indeed what would happen to the leagues once the international competition was over! Tengda had basically sponsored the strong teams in the European and American competition zones. What would happen if the top few teams and the most popular teams all had GOGs logo on their uniforms? Even if Chrtien wanted to do the opposite and sponsor GOGs team, it would be useless since they were impenetrable There were only two choices now: either bear with it and pretend not to see it, and wait for GOGs logo to be hung on all the teams in the international competition and various regional league teams; or spend a lot of money, even if they could not make all the sponsors violate the contract, they had to at least make sure that GOGs logo did not appear on the celebrity teams. After a long silence, Chrtien said, This is a very serious problem indeed. Ill report it now and hold a meeting to discuss it. It was now the critical period for the world finals. Every extra day that GOGs logo appeared meant extra loss to Dayak Corporation and Finger Games. Therefore, they could not delay this matter and had to hurry up to hold a meeting to discuss it. If he really wanted to breach the contract, he had to do it as soon as possible. That was because the earlier he did, the less impact it would have! December 31st, Saturday Pei Qian was sleeping soundly. He had been revising seriously without paying attention to anything else after watching IOI World Finals yesterday. FV Club had followed his instructions and posted a lot of Weibo, which had already filled the hate points. This mornings IOIs competition was between two other teams in the morning. There were no competitions with domestic teams in them, so Pei Qian did not pay attention to it since they could not stab him in the back. No matter how he thought about it, today was a perfect weekend. He should have a good sleep. However, his cell phone suddenly vibrated before 9 am. Buzz Buzz Pei Qian opened his sleepy eyes a little angrily. He turned around and tried to ignore it. However, his cell phone kept vibrating. Pei Qian could not fall asleep anymore. He sat up and looked at the caller ID speechlessly. It was He Desheng. Could there be something new on the Cold-Faced Ladys end? Thats not right. Ive sold all of Cold-Faced Ladys shares, right? It should have nothing to do with Cold-Faced Lady. Then why is He Desheng calling me? Pei Qian was confused. He picked up the phone. Hello? He Desheng sounded very excited. Boss Pei, I have good news! Pei Qian: ? Pei Qian shivered subconsciously when he heard the words good news. However, he could not think of any good news. Could it be that Dream Realization Ventures had recently invested in a very promising company, and its valuation had suddenly skyrocketed, selling its shares to make a huge profit? But there were no signs before this? Pei Qian tried his best to remain calm. What good news? He Desheng said, Boss Pei, do you remember the foreign e-sports clubs that Dream Realization Ventures sponsored previously? Pei Qians mind went blank. Sponsoring foreign E-Sports Club? Pei Qian tried hard to recall. Finally, he remembered that Dayak Corporation had forcefully paid them a huge sum of money to buy the shares of Tengda Corporations Finger Games. Pei Qian spent all the money that month because of his anger. Amongst them, ten million US dollars was used to sponsor ten more well-known veteran e-sports clubs overseas and allowed them to set up a GOG branch. Then, they printed GOGs logo on their team uniforms and advertised GOG. While this job should be done by Shang Yang Games, they had their own specializations after all. Thus, it was left to Dream Realization Ventures and He Desheng. However, Pei Qian no longer cared about that after that. After all, the money had already been spent. These teams would at most publicize GOG during the live-stream without causing much of a stir. Pei Qian asked, What happened to these clubs? He Desheng could not suppress the happiness in his voice. Boss Pei, I thought that you only sponsored these clubs to advertise GOG. I didnt think that there would be such a deeper meaning! The bosses of five clubs contacted us just now. They said that they want to terminate the sponsorship contract with us and are willing to pay double the compensation according to the contract! In other words, they have to compensate us with ten million US dollars! Pei Qian was flabbergasted. A string of question marks floated above his head. ??? 10 million US dollars? Compensate us? Are these clubs crazy? Pei Qian had only spent ten million yuan on sponsorship previously. Now, five of the clubs had to terminate their contracts and were going to pay another ten million yuan. The money that he had spent previously came back! No matter how one looked at it, Tengda was making a killing. That was because the sponsorship of the other five clubs was still in effect. The five clubs that had terminated their sponsorship contracts had already advertised GOG for a long time. It was impossible for them to deduct the advertising fees. It was as if the five clubs had advertised for nothing, and had each lost a million US dollars! Pei Qian felt a little dizzy. He did not understand what was going on with these clubs. Did water enter their brains, or did they think that they had too much money? What was going on? He Desheng was very happy and continued, Boss Pei, I asked the person-in-charge of these clubs briefly before I knew what was going on. It was ordered by Dayak Corporation and Finger Games! Finger Games could not stand seeing GOGs logo on the team uniforms of these teams. Considering the influence of the international competitions and the competitions after that, it was equivalent to advertising for the competitor GOG. Therefore, they decisively terminated the sponsorship contracts of these clubs! This sum of money is definitely not from the clubs. Its from Finger Games. Even so, the clubs are still making a loss. After all, they lost a million dollars and spent so much money advertising for nothing. Finger Games would not give them any additional compensation. However, Finger Games had promised these clubs a seat in the league as a form of compensation. After all, the other clubs would have to pay for it if they wanted the seats. All in all, Boss Pei, you spent ten million yuan to sponsor these clubs. Not only did you achieve a good publicity effect, but you also took back everything! Your operation is too perfect. You have predicted the mentality of Dayak Corporation and Finger Games perfectly. Its actually equivalent to an investment even though its a sponsorship. Whats more, its a huge profit! Pei Qian could feel He Deshengs elated expression through the phone. Who would have thought that the money that they had spent would grow wings and fly back? Pei Qian could not help but feel speechless. Chapter 801 - Rumors of Cold-Faced Lady’s Bankruptcy A beautiful day ended with making profits. Pei Qian had wanted to take a good nap today, revise, and eat some delicious food to reward himself. The arrangement was perfect. However, the ten million US dollars dropping from the sky ruined his good mood. Pei Qian was silent for a long time. Then, he asked, This ten million US dollars will it work if we donate it back? Based on the principle of who earned the money and who would spend it, since the money was earned by sponsoring clubs, it was better to use it on sponsoring clubs. He Desheng said, Boss Pei, are you saying that we should make a comeback, continue sponsoring the club, and continue earning? Im afraid not. Finger Games is not that stupid. They would not allow such a thing to happen a second time. Previously, we sponsored the club and asked them to put the GOG logo on their team uniforms. That was a loophole in the rules. Now, Finger Games has already requested that no other games can appear on the club uniforms that participate in IOIs official competition. Of course, the clubs that we previously sponsored are still in the gray zone. Finger Games could not bear to compensate them for breaching the contract, and the results of these teams are not that good. Therefore we can only stop here. We cant continue sponsoring them. This loophole has been blocked by Finger Games. Before this, Pei Qian had sponsored ten clubs in total. Now, five of them wanted to compensate and terminate the contract while the other five continued to be sponsored. Obviously, Finger Games had chosen five clubs that were stronger and easier to enter the top eight to terminate the contract. As for the other five clubs, they really could not bear to part with the money. After all, if he were to terminate all of the contracts, he would have to pay another ten million US dollars. Even Dayak Corporation would feel the pinch. Pei Qian was very melancholic. On the bright side, at the very least, the other five companies did not terminate the contract. Otherwise, he would have to earn another ten million US dollars. The pressure would be even greater He Desheng said, Boss Pei, how do you think we should spend this sum of money? Pei Qian was silent. Yes, how should he spend it? The settlement would be in a months time. Wouldnt it be ridiculous to spend ten million US dollars only at that point of time? Wouldnt that be too hard on his mentality? Of course, there were still ways to spend it. For example, they could invest in the Mission and Choice project, continue to advertise and sponsor GOG, or organize promotional events. However, this sum of money was a little too much. He had to think about how to spend the most money to minimize the negative impact. At that thought, Pei Qian said, Theres no hurry. Ill think about it. Of course, He Desheng had no objections. Alright, Boss Pei. After hanging up, Pei Qian felt melancholic. His good mood from the day was gone. He could not sleep anymore. He got up, washed up, and went to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe to have breakfast. After that, Pei Qian sipped his coffee as he browsed the news online. Over the past two days, news of E-Sports and the gaming circle had basically been flooded by IOIs world finals. The GPL Spring Competition had not officially started, and there was only one large-scale competition after all. In addition, Long Yu Corporation had added fuel to the fire, so the news was overwhelming. However, other than the results of the various teams in the group stages, there were also many news about FV Club, such as the generous training conditions that were exposed on FV Clubs Weibo, as well as the live-streaming Weibo and so on. Whats more, it took up a lot of space and was very popular. That was because today was already the second day of the competition. There was no competition for the local teams today, and they had lost badly yesterday. Neither the media nor the audience wanted to talk about it anymore. FV Club was the number one seeded club in the country and had done some good performances. It was very suitable as material for news. Thus, even if Long Yu Corporation did not like FV Club, the various games media outlets were on the lookout. In order to increase the number of views, they sent a large number of news sections to FV Club. Pei Qian did not think too much about it. A certain amount of popularity would definitely be generated if he wanted to attract hatred. However, this popularity was unlikely to turn into profits. In fact, it would have negative effects after the FV Team lost the competition. Thus, there was nothing to worry about. Pei Qian looked at the news on the other sections. Suddenly, a piece of news caught his attention. Rumors of Cold-Faced Ladys Bankruptcy, Meng Chang clarifies: Spreading false rumors! Cold-Faced Lady had nothing to do with Dream Realization Ventures anymore but Pei Qian was still paying attention to news about it. If the Cold-Faced Lady became popular and her valuation skyrocketed, Pei Qian could relax. He had made the right choice and avoided earning more money. If the Cold-Faced Lady project turned cold and confirmed that this was a rubbish project that would not be able to have a future even if he were to burn money, Pei Qian could consider continuing burning money. Pei Qian quickly clicked on the news and realized that it had started because a certain media outlet had revealed that the Cold-Faced Ladys financing had failed and that its capital chain was tight. It had already delayed payment from suppliers and would probably become bankrupt in the near future. This piece of news led to the start of negative news about the cold-faced lady. In fact, ever since the Cold-Faced Lady was established, there had been many doubtful voices on the internet, including questioning whether its food was delicious, expensive, excessive marketing hype, and its fame was far greater than its substance. However, the Cold-Faced Lady had been doing very well previously. The shop was popular both in physical stores and on the internet. In addition, the taste was passable. The price was subsidized and not particularly expensive. Thus, this sound did not cause much reaction. However, the popularity of the Cold-Faced Lady on the internet had gradually subsided. The negative voices from before were naturally dug out coupled with this piece of news. This news did not make much of a splash previously since it was just a conversation between industry insiders. As everyone knew, the chat history was not concrete, but it was better than nothing. This news had also aroused many peoples desire to discuss. Some people even wrote an article to analyze the Cold-Faced Ladys business model, openly expressing their weakness. The title of the article was The Cold-Faced Ladys so-called Internet Thinking is nothing more than an act. At the end of the article was a sentence that could kill the heart. I have to admit that Meng Chang has extremely strong cross-border thinking, extremely high IQ, top-notch execution, and superb eloquence. From any angle, he seems to be a perfect entrepreneur. However, common sense tells us that no one is much more stupid than the others in any era. No matter how smart a genius is, he can only fool consumers for a while and not for a lifetime. Whats more, there are even smarter geniuses above geniuses. Perhaps in the eyes of other geniuses, such as Boss Pei, Meng Changs thinking is as simple as white paper. Meng Chang has been emphasizing the internet thinking and the trend of the times. However, hes like a child sitting in the passenger seat of a car. He assumed he was in the drivers seat, thinking that he was in control of the direction of the car and collecting money from the passengers as a driver. However, in fact, whether it was the car or the road, it was not in his control. This article was a perfect last hit. The chat history that was released was not realistic. The Cold-Faced Lady could say that it had been smeared by its competitor. However, this article was written very carefully, pointing out a few fatal problems of the Cold-Faced Lady. The most terrible thing was this sentence: Perhaps in the eyes of other geniuses like Boss Pei, Meng Changs thinking was as simple as white paper. Obviously, it was referring to Boss Pei selling the shares of the Cold-Faced Lady twice previously! Everyone knew that Boss Peis rate of success in investment was extremely high. Boss Pei had sold his shares twice in a row. That must be because Boss Pei thought that there was a huge problem with the Cold-Faced Lady model! Thus, there were a lot of doubts. On the other hand, Cold-Faced Lady immediately refuted the rumors, saying that the companys capital chain was healthy, the financing was smooth, and there were no problems with daily operations, asking everyone not to believe in the rumors. However, the debate about the Cold-Faced Ladys business model had begun once again. Many news websites that had reposted this news, as well as various major forums, had netizens discussing intensely. Some people felt that the Cold-Faced Lady was just bragging to begin with, so it was not strange for it to fail. Some people felt that the Cold-Faced Ladys situation was very good. The media was playing to the gallery and deceiving the viewers. There were also people who felt that Meng Chang liked marketing so much. This was most likely a case of self-mockery and working with the media to generate popularity. All in all, there were many different opinions. However, there were more and more doubts about the Cold-Faced Lady. Pei Qian was speechless and conflicted as he read the comments online. Obviously, many people knew about Dream Realization Ventures sale of Cold-Faced Ladys shares. They thought that this was a clear signal: Cold-Faced Lady would die sooner or later if Boss Pei did not think highly of it. However, Pei Qian knew very well why he sold his shares. The contradiction was whether the Cold-Faced Lady could succeed or not. From the news that had been released, it seemed like it had encountered some difficulties. However, what if Pei Qian saved it by making a move now? That was a dilemma. Pei Qian thought about it for a long time and decided to deal with the changes as best as he could. He could not fall for any more tricks. This time, he had to wait for the Cold-Faced Lady to completely fail. He had to wait until there was no possibility of saving before making a move. He definitely could not turn his losses into profits! At the same time, Fu Hui Investments. Li Shi and Xue Zhebin stared at each other with blank expressions. Xue Zhebin probed, Boss Li, your judgment of Boss Pei seems to have deviated? What should we do if Boss Pei exits totally?! Li Shi sipped his tea silently and did not reply. After Li Shi and Xue Zhebin invested eight million yuan into the Cold-Faced Lady, Boss Pei immediately sold all of the shares that he had spent two million yuan on previously. Once again, he drew a clear line with the Cold-Faced Lady. As a result, this immediately caused a chain reaction. Investors were even less optimistic about the Cold-Faced Lady model! According to Meng Changs plan, he would do his best after obtaining Boss Lis investment. He would hype up the Cold-Faced Ladys valuation and talk to more investors. In the end, Boss Peis plan was akin to taking drastic measures to cut off Meng Changs path of retreat! Meng Chang could not get any investments and the Cold-Faced Lady was still burning money. The eight million yuan looked like a lot but in fact, it could not last long. The Cold-Faced Ladys capital chain was already very tight. The news that the cold-faced lady was going to become bankrupt on the internet was a little exaggerated but it was not groundless. Investors were already not optimistic about this project. It was inevitable that news would leak out. It became what it was today after the unscrupulous media added fuel to the fire. Obviously, the Cold-Faced Lady was in a life-and-death crisis. Most of the companies that went bankrupt had problems with their capital chain very suddenly. They might die in a short time. This showed that Li Shi and Xue Zhebins investment was very stupid Of course, the other investors had shares of the Cold-Faced Lady so Li Shi was not the biggest sucker. Everyone was feeling conflicted. He wanted to sell it, but if everyone sold it, the Cold-Faced Ladys valuation would collapse instantly. Then, all the shares in everyones hands would be worthless. None of them would be able to escape. However, if someone sold it and someone refused to sell it, the person who sold it first would be able to escape, and the person who sold it later would be trapped. Xue Zhebin had been following Li Shi the entire time. In the end, he watched as Li Shi did his field research and repeatedly analyzed the situation. He had studied very seriously, but in the end, he seemed to have failed. This was quite a negative example. Li Shi coughed to ease the awkwardness. Dont panic. The matter with the Cold-Faced Lady has changed, but its obviously not over yet. The reason is Boss Peis operations! Boss Pei invested two million yuan and sold it immediately. Others might think that Boss Pei saw the problem with the cold-faced lady and withdrew in time, but I dont think so. If Boss Pei thought that there was something wrong with the cold-faced lady, he must have seen through it at the start. Otherwise, he would not have sold all his shares. Why did he invest two million yuan after selling them? Is Boss Pei so free to play with Meng Chang? Definitely not! Obviously, there is a deeper meaning behind this two million yuan operation. In my opinion, Boss Pei might be deliberately sending a signal that the Cold-Faced Ladys valuation will collapse! Boss Peis actions are definitely not just to teach Meng Chang a lesson. I said before that Boss Pei only cares about profits and not emotions in business. Even if Boss Pei hates Meng Chang and gives him a little punishment, that can only be his second motive. His first goal is definitely to earn money through the cold-faced lady! Boss Pei made a lot of money from selling the shares of the Cold-Faced Lady in the beginning. If thats all, the remaining two million yuan would not be necessary. Thats why I think Boss Pei will definitely do something in the future! I will choose a suitable time to purchase some shares of cold-faced ladies at a low price. This time, I want to predict Boss Peis plan and walk ahead of him! January 1st, 2012, New Years Day At eight in the morning in China, at four in the afternoon on December 31, 2011 in Los Angeles. Pei Qian woke up as usual. He did not feel anything special about New Years Day, nor did he have the habit of staying up until midnight to celebrate the New Year. This year was the special 2012 year, so there were endless discussions about this year online. A global disaster movie called 2012 was released in 2009, and the Mayans fables had long been widely known. However, Pei Qian knew very well that there was nothing worth paying attention to in 2012. The so-called end of the world on December 21st was just nonsense. Other than that, the Olympics, the United States presidential election, and the like had nothing to do with most peoples daily lives. Thus, Pei Qian was not in the mood to care about the special year 2012. Instead, he focused on his own matters. He had to continue revising during the exam week and the results of the two domestic teams in the IOI global finals were out. One team would be eliminated, and the other would persist until the additional round. However, they were still no match for the other team after the fierce battle. In the end, they lost the qualification to enter the top eight. The second teams competition had just ended. The entire live-stream was filled with all sorts of curses. It would not be an exaggeration to say that it was the end of the domestic IOI! Chapter 802 - Inverting the Truth In fact, it was understandable that the gamers were cursing. Due to the time difference, most of the viewers who could persevere to watch the live-stream had woken up at 3 AM. In the end, they had worked so hard to stay away for many hours only to see this result. Anyone would find it hard to accept. Todays competition could be said to replay the situation on the first day of the group stage. One team lost like they had diarrhea, and the other team lost like they were constipated. The first team was still alright. At the very least, they were eliminated cleanly with a score of 1-3. Fortunately they won one match and retained their last bit of face. The other team was more awkward. They had to persevere until the deathmatch. If they won, they would be able to advance. Both sides had wins and losses in the competition. It looked like there was a huge chance, but they were still lacking in the end. A slight misstep could lead to a huge fall. Was it the lack of hope that made the audience angry? Or did it give the audience a lot of hope and then ruthlessly deprive them of it, making them angrier? It was hard to say. However, there was no doubt that the audience had to vent their anger. These two clubs had posted on Weibo to apologize to gamers the moment they were eliminated. However, it was useless. Angry gamers had taken over Weibos hot comments. Someone had already planned a route for them to swim back. Pei Qian could almost see the grand scene online after the FV Club were to become eliminated from the top eight competition with 3:0. These two clubs might have lost, but they were not the first seeded team. They did not represent the highest standard of IOI in the country. Therefore, even if they were scolded, it would only be for a week. When FV Club start their top eight competitions next weekend, the audiences anger would definitely be focused on FV Club after they get eliminated as the first seeded team with 3: 0. It would definitely be ten times more intense than now. Pei Qian was looking forward to it. At that moment, FV Club sent a Weibo message. Wu Yue did not forget Boss Peis request. He was working hard all the time! The content of the new Weibo post this time was: My teammates and I. Then, the picture of a person walking out of the door was attached to the post. He carried a huge black trash bag in his left and right hand as he walked towards the trash can in the distance. This person had the FV Clubs logo on his head, and the two trash bags were the logo of the other two clubs. Pei Qian could not help but give a thumbs up when he saw this post. Well done! This Wu Yue really did exactly as I said. This hatred was so intense! The two domestic clubs had only been eliminated for less than ten minutes. The audience who had stayed up late to watch the competition had nowhere to vent their anger. FV Clubs Weibo post had simply found a perfect place for them to vent their anger! As expected, the number of comments below the post increased visibly. Good job! Those two teams are trash! They spoke my mind! Good job, I suggest you use more force! You have to train hard, FV. I wont criticize you if you play all five matches in the top eight. Why are you still doing this? Have you trained the powerful heroes in the game version? Have you prepared the secret weapon? Have you paid attention to the mental state of the players? Youre the only one left. If you get 3: 0, youll be finished! Can you work hard and win a small game? You have a hand in kicking a man when hes down, youre so happy when your brotherly team is eliminated. Lets put it this way, no matter which foreign team you draw, youll be killed by 3: 0! The higher you jump now, the more youll be scolded in the future. Just you wait! Two groups of people were fighting furiously under FV Clubs Weibo post. Fans who were angry at the other two clubs felt that FV Club had done a good job mocking them and found an outlet to vent their emotions. The fans of the other two clubs were heartbroken. Their hatred for FV Club once again exploded. Some people wanted FV to win, while others wanted FV to lose. Players from different sides were attracted over. This Weibo post once again attracted a lot of attention. Pei Qian was very satisfied with this. The higher the popularity, the worse the fall; the more traffic there was, the worse the backlash would be if they lost in the future! Pei Qian sent Wu Yue a message at that thought: The new work is done well. Increase the workload! At the same time, in Los Angeles, IOI International Finals. Zhao Xuming was scrolling through his cell phone in anger. Is this FV Club crazy? Dont they want to think about how ugly it would be if they lose the competition with 3: 0? Not giving yourself a way out at all? They spoke so fast, yet he ended up embarrassing everyone. Are they crazy?! Zhao Xuming was furious. At that moment, all the group stages had ended. The first place of each group would be selected. The first and fourth seedlings would draw lots again to determine the top eight. The current situation was a double blow to Zhao Xuming. His ideal script was for at least one domestic team to fight their way out of the group stages. If they were lucky enough to draw lots, they would be able to play with FV Club, and the domestic team would be guaranteed a top four. That way, they would have more face. In the end, both teams in the group stages had been eliminated. Naturally, the pushover FV Club would be taken advantage of by the others! Wasnt it obvious why FV was a pushover? Long Yu Corporation completely ignored the FV Club. They did not play high-end Rank, nor did they arrange any mock competitions with any European or American teams. Their playstyles were still in the previous version. Wasnt that a waste? So what if they had been training with SUG? SUG was still a rookie. The more they trained with them, the worse they would become. Then, the FV would be taken care of cleanly with 3: 0. That would be too ugly. What made Zhao Xuming and Finger Games suffer even more was that other than the small teams in the country, there was a situation that was extremely shocking! The other two teams were also fighting intensely. Whats more, they were both in a life and death situation. The audience enjoyed watching them and there was a lot of discussion online. In short, everything was beautiful. The only bad thing was they did not make it! One of the veteran clubs that Finger Games had arranged to terminate the contract had been eliminated! The other team that no one thought highly of had entered the top eight without the mandatory termination. One of the eight teams had GOGs logo on it when Zhao Xuming counted carefully! There was no GOG logo on the team uniform of FV Club, but the problem was that everyone knew that this was a club that Boss Pei had invested in. It did not matter if there was a logo or not. That was depressing. The difference between 0 and 1 was the difference between have or dont have. This was not considered very serious, but it was very annoying. Thus, Zhao Xuming became more and more furious as he watched the drawing of lots for the top eight. At such a critical juncture, FV Club had done several performances in a row. They had mocked both domestic teams and all foreign teams in the top eight competitions, showing off their full potential. Zhao Xuming was even angrier. The key was that Zhao Xuming felt extremely embarrassed when they mocked the domestic teams! A team might have failed but the official platform would definitely not kick them when they were down. That would affect the official platform, the entire competition zone, and even the image of this game in the hearts of players. No matter how bad the game was, the official platform had to be sympathetic and encouraging. They had to save face. Thus, when Long Yu Corporation released the news release, the main content must be: the two teams had gone through hard training and made many attempts and changes in the competition. However, they had not achieved good results due to the version understanding and weak foundation. They hoped to adjust their state and work harder. They also hoped that the audience would support and encourage them, and so on. However, FV Club coming out to mock them, was going against the official platform. The situation would not look good. Whats more, these two teams had been brought to Los Angeles by Zhao Xuming with Long Yu Corporations money for early training. They had spent money but had no results. It would be difficult for Zhao Xuming to report to the higher-ups of Long Yu Corporation. It was a blood loss no matter how he thought about it! Zhao Xuming could not help but frown as he seriously thought about what he should do to turn the situation around. Suddenly, he looked up and saw the results of the lottery on the big screen. His eyes lit up. He had an idea! The rules of drawing lots were that the four first seedlings would be selected to be first in four teams. Whoever was selected would be considered first. There were no rules such as avoiding competitions. FV Club, on the other hand, had picked the European club that made the killing on the domestic team! On the other hand, the established and strong FRY Club had drawn the United States Club, which had won against another domestic team after a tough battle. Based on their current strength, these two semifinals would be completely one-sided. It would be less entertaining. However, to Zhao Xuming, this group gave him a precious opportunity to control public opinion. Zhao Xumings assistant was sitting beside him, watching the feedback on the internet. The difference was that Zhao Xuming was mainly focused on domestic affairs while his assistant was mainly focused on the comments of foreign players on Twitter. Boss Zhao, the picture from FV Club has gone viral on Twitter. Many people are already spamming words like cn IOI noob. Whats more, some of them are even using that picture to create something else. The target of ridicule has already spread to all the domestic IOI teams What should we do? Zhao Xuming took the cell phone from his assistant. The picture of My Teammates and I that FV Club posted on Weibo and Twitter at the same time was very popular. However, the feedback of the local and foreign players were different. The local players were divided into two factions. One group scolded the two local clubs while the other group scolded FV. On the other hand, the foreign players attitudes were more uniform. They were all mocking. Below this tweet, many foreign gamers were spamming cn IOI noob, meaning that the domestic IOI standards were too trashy and was at the rookie level. The topmost picture was a second creation of the previous picture. The original picture was of a man carrying two bags of trash towards the trash can. This picture was a man plunging into the trash can while throwing the two bags of trash aside. The meaning was clear: FV Club, stop mocking other clubs. You are trash yourself! It was normal for such public opinion to appear. After all, the two teams in the country had been eliminated from the group competition and only the first seeded team was to directly compete in the top eight. On the other hand, the teams in the European and American teams had fought their way to the top eight and were now sandwiching the remaining FV. Most foreigners were the type who would ride on your face and mock you if they won. Many people felt that victory was already in their hands now. It was not surprising for similar comments to appear. Zhao Xuming remained silent for a moment and sighed helplessly. Sigh, what can we do? E-Sports still depends on strength. If their team wins, we wont be able to say anything even if they mock us. We had bad cards from the beginning. We could not win no matter how we played. There was nothing we could do. However, we still had to work hard to play our cards well and lose as little as possible. The assistant nodded. What should we do then? Zhao Xuming thought for a moment and said, Popularity, traffic, right to speak! The two domestic teams that we have high hopes for have been eliminated and FV Club cannot be counted on either. Thus, it is no longer possible to rely on results to hype things up. If FV Club gets good results, it would not be good news for us. Of course, the probability of that happening is very low. The assistant nodded, immediately understanding Zhao Xumings words. Everyone knew that FV Club was Boss Peis club. Now that two domestic teams had been eliminated in the group stages, if FV Club won the top eight, players would think that it was Boss Peis success and not Long Yu Corporations success. On the other hand, if FV Club lost, Long Yu Corporation would still be the first to be scolded, but at the very least, it would not generate popularity for Boss Pei anymore. Zhao Xumings idea was not to think about being scolded for the time being. Instead, he wanted to focus his attention on IOIs local server and Long Yu Corporation! Zhao Xuming explained, GPLs Spring Competition is going to start next week. This is a very sensitive time because next week is also when the quarterfinals start. FV Club would probably be beaten up at 3: 0 on the same day. The most disadvantageous thing for us now is that the failure of domestic teams in the IOI World Finals would greatly extinguish the passion of IOIs local server players and diminish their sense of belonging and pride in this competition zone. Many people would definitely turn to GPL and play GOG instead. This is unacceptable to us! Therefore, we have to plan ahead and think of a way to protect these players. We want to publicize that IOI is the most popular game in the world with many people playing it overseas. On the other hand, even though GOG is doing well, only domestic players are playing it. It is not well-known overseas. Whats more, we can provide a lot of evidence. For example, IOIs global finals were held in a huge stadium with 20,000 people in Los Angeles, while GOG was only held in a recording studio in Jingzhou. Another example, IOIs domestic team in the global finals was defeated and eliminated, while GOGs domestic team took the top three places. This shows that there are many players playing IOI overseas, and their standards are higher than GOG. If you want to connect with the world and experience the most competitive games, you still have to watch IOI. That way, many gamers would think that GOGs gamers are very ignorant. GOGs international invitational tournament has domestic teams in the top three because foreigners dont play it. IOI is the game that receives the most attention in the world. You should feel superior playing it It might be a form of spiritual victory, but it should be able to have a certain effect. The netizens on both sides fighting is also a form of popularity. Its better than no one caring about it. If we want to fight for traffic with the opening battle of the GPLs Spring Competition, we can only do this. There is no other way. The assistant could not help but raise his thumb. Boss Zhao, you can think of such a method even in such a pessimistic situation. Youre really amazing! Zhao Xumings move was actually distorting the truth. Numerous people had already explained on the internet that GOGs overseas market share was not low. It was basically on par with IOI in the PC field. It was even more outstanding in the mobile games field. However, many people still had the illusion that visiting monks chant scriptures better. In many peoples hearts, foreign games were good, domestic games were counterfeit. Since IOI was an overseas game, it must be better than GOG. Therefore, even though GOG was more localized, suiting the local aesthetics, and the gameplay was more suitable for most ordinary gamers, there would still be people who felt that it was inferior to IOI, the foreign monk. This concept had always existed. What Zhao Xuming wanted to do was to deliberately create a sense of IOI players are more noble than GOG players by spreading news online and strengthening this stereotype. That way, IOIs team would be defeated overseas and GOG would be defeated domestically. The entire situation would change. The former was because IOI was an international competition. Their domestic standards were indeed not good. It was a form of challenge and normal for them to lose. The latter was because GOG was a domestic club that was entertaining itself. It could not explain the problem even if they tortured foreign teams. In an instant, he had reversed the situation and turned the tables! Of course, there was a distortion of facts in this argument. However, such tactics were very common in business competitions. It was understandable that everyone would say something that was beneficial to them. The assistant immediately followed Zhao Xumings instructions. January 2nd, Monday Pei Qian was revising in the study room. While he had many places to revise, such as Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, his own home, his companys office, and so on, he found that revising in the self-study room was still the most efficient after trying all of them. He had to admit that sometimes, if he wanted to focus on something, the environment was very important. His self-control alone was not enough. This week was the official start of the exam week. Pei Qian felt immense pressure, especially during the closed examinations. He had no choice but to cram. Halfway through, Pei Qian habitually took his cell phone and browsed the forum. He had only done it subconsciously, but he did not expect to gain something unexpected! There were still endless criticisms about the IOI World Competitions crushing defeat on the various forums. There was still no sign of stopping after an entire day. It was enough to show how angry players were. However, to Pei Qians surprise, there seemed to be a subtle change in public opinion! It was obvious from the title of some popular posts in the forum. In a post titled Domestic eSports began late, has a weak foundation, and has to continue working hard, the original post explained in detail the objective reasons for IOIs loss in the international competition. For example, the IOI branches of the various clubs had basically been attacked by GOG, and their personnel had been replaced. At the same time, many players found it difficult to maintain their state because of a lack of mock competitions, and so on. Similar problems existed objectively there were always tons of them. However, that was not the main point. Someone in the post refuted the viewpoint of the post. Why does IOI represent domestic eSports? GOGs international invitational tournament had only been held a few months ago but hasnt it just beaten foreign teams? Why doesnt GOG have this problem? In the end, this reply was exactly what the poster wanted. Whats the point of discussing results in a game that only our countrymen are playing and has a low reputation in the world? At the moment, IOI is being played overseas, and the foreign clubs are mainly playing IOI. What does GOGs dominance mean? Someone immediately refuted, saying that the veteran foreign clubs also had GOG branches. They had all participated in GOGs international invitational tournament, but they could not win. Otherwise, why did they not come and take the prize money? However, the original poster still had something to say. These veteran clubs established the GOG branch only because Tengda gave them money. Its said that they gave them a high sponsorship fee, and they played with you on account of money. To put it bluntly, GOGs invitational tournament is to pay foreign teams to play as punching bags to satisfy the vanity of the countrymen. You dont really think that this is the true level of competition for domestic and foreign teams, do you? Both sides argued and argued. Obviously, the original posters argument was deceiving many people who did not know the truth. In addition, the fake reviewers added fuel to the fire. The debate between the two sides was very intense. There were also many gamers who painstakingly explained that GOG had a high market share overseas. It was not much different from IOI, but the results were minimal. That was because IOIs loyal gamers and fake reviewers were not there for rational discussion. No matter what GOGs gamers rebuked, they only kept on spamming comments such as entertaining themselves and spending money to do their bidding. Repeating numerous times would increase the impression of stereotypes and tear each other apart online. The truth was not important. Most people only needed to emphasize a fixed label repeatedly. Even if the label was low-class and brainless, someone would remember it as long as it was repeated enough times. Most of the time, the so-called discussions online were the same as a shrew cursing on the streets. They did not compete on logic but on who was louder. Obviously, this group of people were well-versed in the principles of fighting online. Using a small number of people to achieve excellent results. Many GOG players were furious, but Pei Qian was happy. Alright, it looked like Long Yu Corporation was not a slacker. It was finally working! Long Yu Corporations performance during the qualifiers in IOI was really bad. Pei Qian only went to watch the competition live and did not do anything. Long Yu Corporation collapsed without a fight. Pei Qian was really disappointed. However, Long Yu Corporation was finally struggling now! Pei Qian was very pleased and hoped to increase the intensity! The fake reviewers would definitely be able to affect the popularity of the GPL spring competition as long as you continue to criticize FV Team when they were tortured in the top eight competition this weekend! Chapter 803 - The Special Advantage of the Elimination Round Pei Qian put his cell phone aside and temporarily stopped paying attention to it after getting updated on the IOI World Competition. It was only Monday today. FV Clubs top eight competition would only be held on Saturday. During this period, most of the Long Yu Corporations fake reviewers and netizens would be arguing. There was nothing much to pay attention to. FV Club would continue with their performance and the team members daily training would not be affected. However, Pei Qian had only read a few pages of notes when his cell phone rang again. He picked it up and saw that it was Liang Qingfan. Pei Qian was stunned for a moment. Then, he realized that it should be that the renovations and appliances of the building in Sloth Apartments 2.0 had been completed. He could officially rent it out! Previously, Liang Qingfan had said that the furniture, appliances, and other supporting facilities would arrive at the end of December. They could officially move in at the beginning of January. It was almost time. Pei Qian paid more attention to Sloth Apartments 2.0 and immediately answered the call. Liang Qingfans voice came from the other end of the line. Boss Pei, I would like to report to you that the new Sloth Apartments has been completed. A large part of it has been rented out since it opened today. Er do you want to come over and take a look? Pei Qian pondered for a moment. Alright, Ill be there in a while. Other projects could be shelved for now, but he still had to look at the Sloth Apartments. This could be considered as a welfare accommodation for young people after all. Pei Qian was very concerned about the quality of the accommodation provided by Sloth Apartments. If there was a problem with the quality, it would turn into doing something bad even though he was doing it out of goodwill. That was absolutely unacceptable. Whats more, Sloth Apartments was now a very stable loss-making project. He had to pay more attention to it. What if there were signs of it turning profitable? He had to discover it early and treat it early. Pei Qian sighed silently, put his notes aside, and prepared to take a car to Sloth Apartments. He could only continue revising after returning. At the same time, in Los Angeles The members of FV Club were still training in the internet cafe while SUG Club was training them. On the other hand, the data analysis team was seriously discussing the new play styles and strategies that had appeared in the group stages, summarizing the targeted methods of these play styles and using them as tactical reserves. Wu Yue and Manager Lu did not interfere with the data analysis. They chatted in the corner of the second floor. The teams that were eliminated in the group stages should have booked tickets for tomorrow, right? Well send them off with a new performance. At first, Wu Yue thought that it would be too much to mock them since they were all brothers. However, he got more and more excited after getting used to such settings. This was probably a window-breaking effect. He was becoming more and more open about it. Whats more, everyone had already accepted FV Clubs performance. There were fewer and fewer haters. Boss Wu, I suddenly thought of something. Manager Lu said as he collected materials on his computer. Boss Pei gave us a budget for our food and accommodation until after the finals. Does this mean that Boss Pei has high hopes for us and thinks that we will definitely win the championship? Wu Yue nodded. Yes, I noticed that too. Thats why we cant let Boss Pei down! Wu Yue had not dared to think about the championship before this. After all, the world was filled with crouching tigers and hidden dragons. They were top experts all over the world. Who would dare to think so far ahead? However, Wu Yue suddenly became confident after watching the entire group match. That was because the data analysis team realized that the standard of the strong foreign teams in the group stages were only so-so. The tactics they used were very easy to crack. FV Club had a high chance of winning if they really met them in battle. Wu Yue suddenly felt emotional as he looked at his team members who were seriously training. He said to Manager Lu, I suddenly realized that Boss Pei made such an arrangement partly because of his trust in us and partly because of the victory of the logistics team. The game version of the World Competition has changed a lot. All teams are growing rapidly. Whoever improved faster would have a higher chance of achieving good results, which is the so-called first to understand the model answers. FV Clubs food, accommodation, data analysis, and other logistics teams are far superior to other clubs. This is a huge advantage! Whats more, I suddenly realized that FV Club has an additional advantage in the elimination phase. Manager Lu was stunned. An additional advantage? Wu Yue nodded. Thats right. The elimination tournament is divided into three weeks. The duration is very long. From the top eight to the top four, and then to the finals, the number of teams left in Los Angeles will decrease. The other teams have been arranged to play mock competitions with each other. However, the further they go, the fewer teams there would be for mock competitions. Some teams might go home, while others might be your next opponent. If they were to fight, they might expose their tactics. Therefore, these teams can only play Rank to maintain their hand sensitivity in the semi-finals and finals. Its very difficult to arrange for high-level mock competitions. However, FV Club is different. We have Team Two and SUG as sparring partners. No matter which stage we fight, our daily training will not be affected! Thats why FV Club has an advantage after the elimination round! Manager Lu looked enlightened. Oh! Boss Peis arrangements actually had such deep meaning? No wonder he specifically asked us to bring SUG Club along! Wu Yue said, Thats why we must not relax. Boss Pei created such good training conditions for us. We can only swim back if we dont get good results! We have to fight for the finals so that we can sit in the business class cabin provided by Boss Pei at ease and return with glory! Jingzhou Citys Guangzhou Districts Golden Residence, Huating District, Sloth Apartments 2.0. Liang Qingfan was already waiting downstairs. After receiving Boss Pei, the two of them went to the first floor, which was the butlers office. Pei Qian noticed that young people were arriving one after another. The employees of Sloth Apartments were in charge of receiving them one by one. They took the elevator upstairs, probably to the restaurant model. In the office on the first floor, a slightly plump middle-aged man wearing glasses stood up. Boss Pei! Hello! Nice to meet you! Liang Qingfan introduced, Boss Pei, this is Boss Yuan Bo of the Fanglan Residence brand. Pei Qian shook hands with Yuan Bo. Hello, hello. Pei Qian had a good impression of Fanglan Residence. According to Liang Qingfan, Fanglan Residence was a designer brand. It was of good quality without any pollution. It was sold at a high premium which fit Pei Qians requirements very well. The sofas in Sloth Apartments were designed by Fanglan Residence. It was priced at thirty thousand yuan. Pei Qian was quite satisfied with this price. However, after shaking hands, Pei Qian suddenly realized a problem. Why was the boss of Fanglan Residence here? Yuan Bo looked very excited. Boss Pei, Im here to thank you! Sloth Apartments 2.0 has garnered a lot of attention online. The promotional video has caused a huge reaction. Many people have come to visit the model room on the spot. Our furniture has also obtained a good opportunity to showcase! Our sofas, armoires, coffee tables, television cabinets, and so on are loved by netizens because of their unique designs and styles. The orders sold like crazy in the online store! This publicity effect is much better than us spending a huge sum of money on advertising! If we had not collaborated with Sloth Apartments, Fanglan Residence would not have been so famous and would not have received so many orders. Thats why I came to Jingzhou to express my gratitude to you, Boss Pei! Pei Qian nodded slightly. That was why Boss Yuan was so happy. The promotional video of Sloth Apartments had objectively promoted the furniture of Fanglan Residence. That is quite alright, what has Fanglan Residences profits got to do with Tengda Corporation? Everything is fine as long as the Sloth Apartments do not make any money. It has nothing to do with me. However, just as Pei Qian heaved a sigh of relief, he heard Yuan Bo say, Of course, we also know very well that Fanglan Residence and Sloth Apartments are cooperative brands. Win-win cooperation is the most important. In order to express our sincerity for long-term cooperation, we have decided to take out an additional 20% of our net profit to pay Sloth Apartments as advertising fees! The more furniture we sell in the future, the more money well give to Sloth Apartments. I hope that our two brands can further develop and improve together! Yuan Bos eyes brimmed with unlimited hope for the future. Pei Qians smile slowly froze on his face. Chapter 804 - Sloth Apartments’ Model Room Pei Qian had not expected to be stabbed in the back just by taking a casual look at Sloth Apartments! Couldnt you keep the profits for yourself? Why did you take the initiative to give me 20% of the profits? Wouldnt that be a double loss?! Pei Qian was speechless. He was just about to decline when he heard footsteps outside. Eh, Boss Liang, Boss Yuan, both of you are here. A young man who looked to be in his thirties walked in with a few people behind him. They were of different ages. There was a couple who were not even thirty years old, and two middle-aged couples who looked to be in their fifties or sixties. They should be a couple and their parents. Liang Qingfan smiled. Good morning, Little Zhang. There are people looking at houses so early in the morning? Little Zhang nodded. Thats right. Isnt it all thanks to you? The Sloth Apartments did some publicity for our building. I have more than ten appointments these few days, and thats not all of them. Many customers are calling us. Ill go up first, see you later. Little Zhang exchanged a few words with Liang Qingfan before bringing the young couple and their parents upstairs. Boss Pei, that person just now was Little Zhang, the purchasing consultant of the Golden Residence. Previously, their house had not been selling very well because of its high price. Liang Qingfan explained. Once residents started moving into Sloth Apartments, it brought a lot of attention to Golden Residence in the Huating District. Now, many young people who have just started a family are willing to come and take a look. They want to buy a house to renovate according to our Sloth Apartments style. At the moment, the upper echelons of the developers in this district are aware of this matter. They are considering entering into long-term business cooperation with us. There are also two other developers who have sent us invitations, hoping to add Sloth Apartments to their listings. This means that Sloth Apartments model rooms are widely welcomed. The market in this area is very wide and promising! Pei Qian was stunned. What about the original model rooms in this district? Liang Qingfan smiled. The model rooms in this district are not completely useless. Their purpose is to serve as a comparison for Sloth Apartments model rooms. The difference is obvious! Little Zhang brought the couple to the developers model room on the third floor and then to Sloth Apartments on the fourth floor. The couple looked pleasantly surprised the moment they entered the demo room on the fourth floor. The girls eyes lit up. Wow! This is practically my Dream House! Its exactly the same as the promotional video for Sloth Apartments 2.0 online! I love this sofa! She went straight to the leather electric sofa in Fanglan Residence and sat down comfortably, enjoying herself. Little Zhang did not hesitate and immediately introduced the furniture, appliances, and overall layout of the room. A large part of the article was on introducing the furniture from Fanglan Residence and Liang Qingfans design. Things that were already good were exaggerated into something even more supreme by Little Zhang. Little Zhang did not do his introductions in this way in the beginning as a professional consultant. Before he moved to Sloth Apartments, he would bring his customers to the model room on the third floor. He would exaggerate the same thing, but no matter how much he said, it did not have any effect. That was because the developers model room was built according to the aesthetic standards of middle-aged people. Young people would definitely not like this style. Middle-aged people would only feel that this style was not bad. It was not a minus but it was not to the extent of being a plus. Whats more, middle-aged people who were meticulous in their calculations would be more concerned about the price-quality ratio. The average price of this house was slightly more expensive than the surrounding area. This was enough reason for them to give it a miss. However, things changed after he moved to Sloth Apartments. Little Zhang brought his customers to look at the third floor developers model room first then brought them to Sloth Apartments model room on the fourth floor. In the end, he realized that everyones reaction to the model room on the third floor was still lukewarm, but the young people were extremely enthusiastic about the model room on the fourth floor! That was what happened to the couple today. The girl loved the reasonable layout and high-quality furniture in the model room, while the guy loved the big television, game consoles, and comfortable electric sofas. The entire Sloth Apartments was set up according to the likes of the young people. Therefore, in the eyes of the young people, it was a one-stop home which was infinitely better than the other model room! As a professional consultant, Little Zhang naturally felt this change as well. After asking Liang Qingfan and Yuan Bo for various details, he placed all the focus of the introduction on this model room. The entire building might have been bought by Sloth Apartments but this was not the only building in the entire Golden Residence in Huating District. The other buildings were still being sold! The apartments in these buildings were all the same. The residential area could work directly with Sloth Apartments to use the custom-made design directly. It did not matter even if the customers had some personalized needs. Some details could be changed. Therefore, Little Zhang decided to take advantage of the situation. He used the model room in Sloth Apartments as the model room for his own building. The model room from before would just be for comparison. The effect was unexpectedly good. The girls father walked around and was slightly dissatisfied. This style doesnt seem very lively. The girl was unhappy. Aiya, Daddy, this is lively for us young people. Unlike you, where the entire house is filled with red wood. Its so boring. Little Zhang smiled and explained, Uncle, our renovation style is mainly for young people. Whats more, we are not lacking in liveliness. Look, our sofa might be a leather electric sofa but the armrest and other parts are made of walnut wood. Its a combination of tradition and modern design. You wont feel sick of this style even if you live in it for a long time On the other side, the boys father pulled the lad aside. Son, I have no objections to the renovation style, but the developers model room cannot be trusted. Do you know how bad the corruption is in the renovations and furniture industry? Its too good at scamming money! You have to consider two questions now: First, if we buy a house, can we install it like the model room? Second, the entire model room might cost hundreds of thousands of yuan. The price-quality ratio is very poor. Do we have to spend so much money on renovations? If we spend less money on renovations, would the effect be much different? The young man nodded. Dad, I understand what youre saying. Dont worry, Ive already investigated beforehand. This model room is different from the one on the third floor. Everything in the developers model room is especially expensive. Theres almost no price-quality ratio, but this is a model room for Sloth Apartments. Its different from that. Sloth Apartments is a rental brand in Tengda. All the furniture here is in collaboration with Tengda. Be it the sofa, coffee table, or table, they are all clearly priced on the internet. They are more expensive, but they are all authentic. We dont have to worry about being duped. The entire design plan would be provided directly. Wouldnt that save the design fees? They will definitely make some money from the furniture, but its not like the other furniture brands are making any less! Look at how cheap the furniture is, but there would be a lot of trouble there. Who can guarantee that they wont cut corners? Theyll give us a huge discount, but they will still make a lot of money! Sloth Apartments is here as a verification. Theyre all real. Well have to live here for decades after buying the house. First, it must be healthy and environmentally friendly for our children in the future. Second, we have to live comfortably. The layout and renovation style of the entire house must be closer to our living habits. Think about it from a comprehensive perspective. Isnt it worth it if we are to spend more money to buy a better quality of life so that we dont have to worry so much? The mans father nodded after hearing that. Yes if its Tengda, its indeed trustworthy. Its take-out has even been on television before. Its such a huge brand locally at Jingzhou there shouldnt be too much of a quality problem. Under Little Zhangs guidance, everyone walked around the entire model room. The lady looked at the young man and his parents expectantly. How is it? His parents smiled helplessly. Alright, buy it since you two have your eyes on this place. After all, youll be the ones living in this house. The young man nodded. Yes, Im quite satisfied with everything. I have no objections. The girl was elated. Alright, its settled then! Little Zhang quickly said, Alright, please move to the living room. Ill tell you more details about our building. Please come this way. Little Zhang could not help but feel emotional after leaving the model room. The effects of viewing the Sloth Apartments were immediate! Sloth Apartments 2.0 was a simple promotional video. It was more effective than the many billboards bought in Huating District for the Golden Residence. Many young people who had just gotten married and were considering buying a house came to view it not long after it was released. Whats more, this model room was indeed beautiful. Most of the young people took a look and immediately fell in love with it. There were also many people who decided on the spot. They were both model rooms, the developers model room had been designed by top design companies in the country, but it had no such effect. He could only say that the designers of Sloth Apartments knew what young people were thinking! Little Zhang had already reported this situation. The higher-ups seemed to take it very seriously. Whats more, the other property companies seemed to have heard the news and were discussing cooperation with Sloth Apartments. In the future there might be new districts with two model rooms. One would be the developers model room, and the other would be Sloth Apartments model room. Little Zhang could not help but feel emotional. Tengda was indeed a big company. It could even come up with so many tricks for a rental brand. He could not help but feel indignant! January 4th, Wednesday Pei Qian walked out of the study room and prepared to have lunch at a nearby Fish-Catching Internet Cafe at noon. The school had already entered exam week. Pei Qian would have several examinations in the next week or so, including closed examinations. He was under immense pressure. He would probably get 60 points by relying on his teacher and himself but the value of the same 60 points was different! In order to surpass Old Ma, Pei Qian had been in peak condition recently. He planned to ignore everything else and focus on revising this week. He could deal with everything else after the exams week ended. Chapter 805 - GPL’s Spring Competition Begins! This years Spring Festival was on January 23rd, which was earlier than previous years. Pei Qian looked at the calendar and calculated the time. After the exams this week, he would spend a lot of energy to spend money and the settlement. Pei Qian sipped his drink and swiped his cell phone to see if there had been any news recently when he arrived at Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. Eh? The foreign media revealed that FV Club are unable to get opponents for mock competition? Pei Qian had not intended to pay special attention to news about FV Club. However, this news was on the front page of the game and the E-Sports zone. He had no choice but to pay attention to it. Pei Qian perked up when he saw the news. He quickly clicked on it. This was a piece of news from the foreign media, and the source of the news seemed to be from the clubs in Europe and America. The news itself was very simple. The reason was that the media had interviewed the European and American clubs that had entered the top eight before the start of the quarterfinals. They had also briefly asked about their current state and situation with the mock competitions. One of the clubs said that FV Club had tried to get an appointment with them for mock competition but they had not accepted. Of course, there was nothing certain for this kind of news. There was not even a chat record. However, the media that exposed this news was still quite famous. Thus, it was quickly reposted by various major media. The quarter finals would only start on the weekend. The GPLs Spring Competition would also start on Saturday so there was not much news in the E-Sports circle during this period. Such a gossip made the headlines and caused heated discussions. Pei Qian was not sure if Long Yu Corporation was involved but seeing the popularity and discussion of the news, it would be impossible to say that no fake reviewers were behind it. There were already many comments below this piece of news. Many people were mocking FV Club. No mock competition? Isnt that too miserable? Whats the point of playing the game then? Could it be that they would only play Gods Rising as a bypasser? Wouldnt they be tortured in the top eight? This must be a dereliction of the clubs management, right? Mock competitions have to be arranged early. Of course they wouldnt be able to get any competitors for the mock competition since the others schedules are filled! Do you really think its because the others schedules are filled? Why are you so naive? If they were really a strong team, would the others miss the opportunity to play mock competition against them? They would squeeze some time out! Obviously, they found excuses to reject them because they were lousy in their opinion! Youll understand once you go to the live-streaming platforms and forums overseas. Theyre all spamming CN IOI noob. They all feel that they are too lousy and it was a waste of time to play the mock competition, alright? What about the other two clubs? Are they going straight back to China? Arent they going to stay to spar with them? Spar my a*s. Didnt the FV knock them down when the clubs lost the competition? Would they help them to train? Heh, if you ask me, FV deserved it. Didnt they do a good job on Weibo previously? They mocked almost all the teams participating in the international competition. The other clubs didnt say anything, but how could they not have any grudges in their hearts? THey are now isolated, right? They cant even find anyone for mock competition! Theres no hope. IOIs international finals this year were really infuriating. The qualifiers were badly organized, and two teams were eliminated in the group stages. The first seeded team only mocked others on Weibo the entire day, they would probably be eliminated with 3:0 by then. Thats it. Ill go watch the GPL. The competition hasnt started yet. Theres no need to be in such a hurry to mock them, right? I heard that SUG is still sparring with them. Whats the use? Theres too much of a difference in standards both domestically and internationally. Wasnt SUG also beaten to death? They did not even have the chance to compete in mock competitions with European and American teams. How are they going to study other peoples tactics and playstyles? Their understanding of the game has been left far behind. This cant be made up for by playing! The internet was filled with negative comments. Even the few players who supported FV Club did not have much hope either. Whats more, FV Club had been doing their jobs on Weibo. In addition, Long Yu Corporation had hired some fake reviewers to set the pace. Thus, FVs popularity was not very good. Now that the negative news of no mock competitions to play had been released, it made things worse for gamers who had no confidence in domestic teams. All in all, the internet was filled with gloom. Pei Qian flipped through the comments and could not help but smile. Not bad! Could this be what it meant when the forces of heavens and earth came together? Even foreign clubs were starting to give me a hand? Pei Qian did not ask Wu Yue about the authenticity of the news because it was likely true. The teams in the same division were more inclined to team up during the mock competition. After all, they did not want to reveal their trump cards to the other divisions. Whats more, FV was the only domestic team left in the top eight. Those European and American teams would form teams to compete in mock competition and isolated FV Club. Objectively, they could greatly weaken FV teams strength and reduce their competitors. Logically, foreign teams had a strong motive for doing this. Pei Qian was elated. He had already made preparations. He would call Wu Yue at once to express his condolences after FV Clubs top eight were eliminated. He would tell everyone that he had tried his best not to be upset and to continue playing in Los Angeles until the world finals ended! At the same time, in Los Angeles On the second floor of the internet cafe, FV and SUG teams were still training seriously. Wu Yue, on the other hand, was looking at the news on the internet and fuming. Are these European and American teams crazy? Its fine if you dont want to play mock competitions with us, but why are you talking about it everywhere? Are you crazy?! Do you think we want to compete with you in mock competitions? FV Club had a special data analysis team and two training teams. There was indeed no need for them to compete in training competitions with European and American teams. Not only would they not learn anything, but they could also expose their tactics. However, seeing that the competition was about to start, Wu Yue felt that it did not seem appropriate to have not played any mock competitions at all. Thus, he thought of casually inviting a European and American team to play as warming up before the competition to stabilize the players mentality. Unexpectedly, he was rejected after he asked! As for the reason why they were rejected, these clubs naturally would not say it out loud. They would only say that their mock competition schedules were already full. However, everyone knew the truth. There were more than ten hours of training in a day. How could their schedules be full? If it was a very important mock competition opponent, they would definitely be able to squeeze out some time. Therefore, to put it bluntly, these clubs response was for two reasons: First, they felt that FV was too lousy and that the mock competition would have no effect, so they were unwilling to waste time. Second, they deliberately banded together to isolate FV, affecting FVs training state, and killing an opponent in passing. Initially, Wu Yue did not take it to heart. In any case, it did not matter if they did not compete with each other. FV Club was not lacking in the mock competitions so it wasnt important. In the end, it was unknown which club was so loudmouthed that they told the media and made this news spread! This made Wu Yue very angry. Tell the team members, make a killing in the quarterfinals. I want you to show your all! Arent these European and American teams looking down on us? Let them experience what cruelty is! January 7th, Saturday Pei Qian only woke up in the afternoon, feeling refreshed. Last Friday, he had just finished a very important closed book exam. Whats more, Pei Qian felt good about himself. That was why he played games late into the night to celebrate. Today, he woke up naturally. Pei Qian still had the last two subjects to revise this weekend. However, one was an open book while the other was a closed book exam. He should not be as stressed as before. Pei Qian planned to relax a little. He would go to the GPL venue on Saturday to watch the competition. He would rest at home during the weekend and take some time to study a little. This weekend was like a festival to the E-Sports audience. The GPL Spring Competition would officially begin this afternoon. The schedule for the GPLs Spring Competition was very full. After all, there were 16 teams in the entire league now, and they had to play the BO3. Thus there were competitions everyday except for Monday. Whats more, even though there were no competitions on Monday, a review program would be arranged. It would briefly review last weeks competition and some key battles. It would also mention jokes that appeared in the competition and interact with netizens. In terms of time, GPL could be said to be doing high-intensity performance work seven days a week. The audience would watch it every day. At the same time, the IOI World Finals had also entered the top eight competitions. There were two BO5s on Saturday and Sunday, directly deciding the top four. Due to the time difference and competition schedule, the IOI World Finals quarter finals would be held at 5 AM domestic time on the second day. On the contrary, it would be more friendly to domestic audiences. They would watch the opening battle of the GPL on Saturday afternoon, watch the IOI quarter-finals on Sunday morning, continue watching GPL in the afternoon, and continue watching the IOI quarter-finals on Monday morning It could be said that the competition schedule had been fully filled and could binge watch all at once. There might not be many IOI players in the country but it was the IOI world finals after all. Long Yu Corporation had been doing its best to promote it recently. Coupled with the previous series of public opinions, it still received a lot of attention. In the afternoon, Pei Qian wore a mask and arrived at the GPL Spring Competition venue. The pre-season competition was held last month. Several newly formed teams had already appeared. Some of the problems in the competition had been fixed and improved. Some solutions for possible emergencies had already been planned ahead. Todays opening battle was arranged between H4 and SHG. The former was the world champion while the latter was a team established by Shenhua. SHG had received a lot of attention ever since the establishment of their SHG team. After all, Shenhuas results in football were very good. Using the gameplay of football to play eSports could be seen as a dimensional reduction attack. Many people were looking forward to their performance. SHG had also appeared a few times in the pre-season competition. Their performance was not bad. After a period of preparation and practice, the main team had been confirmed and improved very quickly. In the end, Zhang Yuan decided to let them play the opening battle according to the situation in the mock competition. It would also give the team a better chance to be exposed. Chapter 806 - Outstanding Hardheadedness The opening ceremony of the GPLs Spring Competition was relatively simple. First, it broadcasted the promotional video of the extremely enthusiastic Spring Competition on the big screen. Then, the captains of each team took to the stage, and the host introduced the clubs and celebrity players to the audience one by one. The captains of the sixteen teams corresponded to the sixteen war flags in the stadium, and also corresponded to the sixteen heroes dressed up in the promotional video CG. The audience in the venue were all old-timers. They were very supportive, clapping and cheering continuously. After that, the competition officially began. Strictly speaking, the GPLs Spring Competition was lacking when compared to the IOI World Finals. They were not on the same level after all. The IOI World Competition was held in a large stadium that could accommodate 20,000 people. It was definitely much more grand than the GPLs Spring Competition. However, the advantage of the GPLs Spring Competition was that the details were better done. From the initial GOG Global Invitational Competition to the pre-season competition, GPLs entire operations team had accumulated rich experience. On one hand, the rules were clear and the various contingency plans were very detailed. The probability of problems appearing was very low. Even if there were problems, it could be resolved quickly without causing too serious broadcast accidents. On the other hand, they had already gotten a good grasp of the audiences preferences. They would try their best to do the parts that were necessary and cut off all the unnecessary parts. It was just like how many E-Sports competitions liked to have cosplay or singing and dancing performances at the opening ceremony. However, most audiences did not feel much about it, so the GPL completely cut off such unnecessary segments, bringing the audience the purest viewing experience. Therefore, in the view of the audience, the GPL venue was relatively small, but it was done very formally in all aspects. From the details, it could be seen how much effort was put into preparing for the competition. Thus, it would not appear to be degrading. Soon, the competition officially began. SHG was a new team but they performed very well. They dared to fight but they finally still lost against H4 Club after three rounds. Even so, SHGs performance won applause from the audience. Some eye-catching decisions and operations caused a heated discussion on the forum. Pei Qian was satisfied watching the live-stream. He took out his cell phone and opened the live-stream to see the netizens reactions. However, some discordant voices appeared on the bullet screen. Is this the standard of the H4 World Champion? They are playing so badly against a newly formed team? This shows the value of GOGs international invitational tournament. Everyone knows it. With H4s ability, they can still beat foreign teams. I dont have to say much about the quality of the foreign teams they hired, right? I already said that GOGs competitiveness is bad. The so-called dominance of domestic teams is only because no one plays it overseas! Whats so great about spending money to get someone to spar with them? Entertain yourself, entertain yourself A group of people of unknown origins were crazily self-entertaining in the live-stream, belittling the value of GPL and GOGs international invitational tournament. This was the same strategy as the previous post about domestic eSports started late, had a weak foundation, and had to continue working hard. It kept using the wrong logic to brainwash the audience: GOG had tortured foreign teams because no one played overseas, so it was not very valuable; IOI lost to foreign teams because the local players were not good enough, so it was very valuable. The final conclusion was that IOI was far superior to GOG. This argument had already been raised once before. Now that the GPL competition had started, it was brought up once again. Obviously, these people with ulterior motives were trying to fight the popularity of the GPL spring competition and promote IOIs global finals. Many gamers of GOG were furious. They argued with the gamers in the live-stream and forum, but it was useless. These people were all professional haters. They would pretend that they did not see you when you put the facts and reason with them. They would only use their own twisted logic to harass you endlessly. They would even attack you in a strange and personal manner. Once you went up against them, you would fall into their trap. The bickering between the two groups of people caused the GPLs live-stream to become foul. The competition was originally very exciting, but no one discussed the contents of the competition. They were all fighting, which greatly affected the feeling of watching the competition. Pei Qian was not angry at all. Instead, he was very happy. Long Yu Corporation and Boss Zhao were finally working. How touching! He would be able to watch FV Clubs competition at five in the morning. If FV Club lost, the internet would definitely be very lively! While Pei Qian did not think that this bit of public opinion would affect the GPL leagues profits, it was better than nothing! Pei Qian decided to rest early tonight. He would wake up at 5 AM tomorrow to watch FV Clubs competition. Los Angeles Time, 7th, 1pm. Jingzhou Time, 8th, 5pm. The IOI International Finals quarterfinals officially began! There were a total of four matches in the quarterfinals, played on Saturday and Sunday Los Angeles time. FV Team would be the first to fight against the European club CEM Team, which had previously slaughtered domestic teams in the group stages. CEM was also a veteran European and American team that was similar to FRY. They showed extremely strong dominance in the group stages and made it in the group stages with a result of 4-0. That domestic team in the same group could not even lift their heads. The staff of FV Club were all waiting backstage. Wu Yue and Manager Lu looked slightly nervous. While they completely trusted the strength of their players, the outcome of an E-Sports competition was not that absolute. The other party was not a weak team, and FV Club did not have a 100% chance of winning. Whats more, this was an offline tournament. The European and American teams were considered the home team. It was hard to say if the players would lose their mentality and perform abnormally because of their opponents cheers. Its time to take the stage! Someone shouted, and everyone looked at the screen backstage. At the same time, thunderous applause and cheers came from the venue! The CEM was the first to take the stage. The five members were all smiling confidently and waving at the audience, enjoying the applause and cheers. Next was FV Club. The audience was also very supportive. The cheers were lower than CEM Teams but they were also very passionate. FV Club had persevered in tweeting and frequently interacted with the major clubs after all. Thus, it had obtained quite a good reputation among foreign players. However, the netizens on foreign live-streaming platforms were not so kind. There were overwhelming comments about 3: 0 and cn ioi noob. Obviously, most foreign audiences only felt that FV Club was very capable in their performance but did not acknowledge their competitiveness. In the eyes of the majority of the audience, this would be a competition without any suspense. FV Club would probably not even be able to score any point. The members of FV Club could not see the bullet screen comments so of course, they were not affected. They just enjoyed the cheers and applause from the audience to their hearts content, waiting to use their performance in the competition to conquer the 20,000 audience. The top eight and quarter finals were not that fancy. The competition soon entered the BP segment. At the same time, Pei Qian had just woken up. He switched on the television, took out his chips and coke, and sat on the sofa. He happened to see the BP[1.BP refers to Ban Pick]segment of the two teams. The bullet screen comments were still very chaotic. The players were fighting. Some of them were mocking GOG for their own entertainment, some kept spamming comments like swim back, some cheered for FV Team, and some kept spamming meaningless numbers to block the screen. It was simply a sightless competition. Obviously, the fake reviewers hired by Long Yu Corporation at GOGs opening battle yesterday had angered GOGs players. Today, GOGs players had also come to IOI to fight back. In the end, the bullet screen comments of both competitions could no longer be seen. Pei Qian was speechless. However, he saw a string of question marks floating across the screen just as he was about to close the bullet screen. ???? The FV is so hard headed? They are giving up Chaos Misfortune? The four rounds in the group stage have all been played badly. Why are you still playing? Could it be that FV Club doesnt know how sick this hero is because they did not go through mock competition? Thats not right. Even if they did not play mock competitions, they should have at least watched the group stages, right? I understand now. Maybe FV thinks that since it was 3: 0 anyway, they could still find an excuse to give up Chaos Misfortune, to make it seem like they did not lose because they were noobs but because of the BP problem. This wave, this FV is on the fifth level! You can turn off the live-stream now. Go have breakfast and come back to watch the second game in 30 minutes! I really have to give it to you, FV! Ive already read the following script. Chaos Misfortune will grow up and emerge in twenty minutes and end the competition in three waves. Who is the coach of FV Club? He can even think of such a tactic. Is his brain flooded with water? Or is his accommodation in Los Angeles too good? Is his brain rusty? Coach seems to be Old Zhou? Holy sh*t, isnt that the original support player of DGE Club? Huh? Someone who played GOG came over to be the head coach? Thats f*cking ridiculous. No wonder he played Chaos Misfortune! Hes not playing GOG, brother! Previously, a few groups of people had been arguing non-stop in the bullet screen comments were repeatedly attacking each other, just like a battle royale. However, after the BAN ended and CEM directly snatched the hero, Chaos Misfortune, the comments on the bullet screen content immediately unified. All of them were criticizing FV Club! It was only then that many people noticed that the coach on stage was Zhou Pengyuan. As a former GOG star, Zhou Pengyuan had not appeared in public since he came to Los Angeles. This was the first time he had gone on stage for BP. In the end, they did not ban Chaos Misfortune for the purple side, which was publicly recognized as the heroes that should be banned. It could be said to be an amazing feat. Pei Qian was a little curious. He searched for the hero Chaos Misfortune on Qiandu. This was a new hero that had only appeared recently in IOI. It looked like a dark cloud. It was a long-range hero but its shooting range was only slightly higher than close combat. Its strength was that it had good team control ability in the mid to late stages. It was also a good tank and could be an offensive. Once it entered the team battle stage, it would almost certainly win. There were a total of four rounds in the group stages. The teams that were released were all smashed without exception. Everyone thought that this hero should have stayed in BAN and would never appear in the elimination rounds. They did not expect FV Club to release him immediately. Pei Qian could not help but feel invigorated. FV Club was good, they did well! This style reminded Pei Qian of the legendary game where they did not ban the strongest heroes. They stood out because they were hardheaded and did not want to win. Pei Qian munched on his chips as he watched the competition. Chapter 807 - 3: 0 Violent Beating In the lounge backstage of FV Club, Min Jingchao, Bao Xu, Wu Yue, and the others were also paying attention to the competition. The audience felt that releasing Chaos Misfortune was ridiculous, but the people in the lounge did not think so. That was because these were all pre-arranged tactics. The hero Chaos Misfortune was very good at team battles when it was growing up, but as long as they chose a strong hero with range in the early stages and a strong jungler who could cross the tower, they would be able to pass through the time. The Chaos Misfortune who could not grow would be a free gift to themselves instead. Previously, the teams in the group stages could not defeat Chaos Misfortune mainly because their thoughts were unclear and they were not ruthless enough. They would always let it develop to twenty minutes and then would not be able to defeat it. The members of FV and SUG had already practiced many rounds against this playstyle. They had also considered how to counterattack on the side of Chaos Misfortune. Obviously, the other party was not mentally prepared for this. FV was very confident. The competition officially began. FV Club was like a sophisticated machine, executing every segment according to the tactics that Zhou Pengyuan had designed previously. At the beginning, he had been keeping track of the opponents junglers movements. After their jungler leveled up by two levels, they had rushed straight to the top lane. At the same time, their long-range heroes on the top lane had pushed the line crazily the moment they came up. After suppressing Chaos Misfortune to the bottom of the tower, the jungler had arrived just in time. The two of them had carried the tower perfectly and killed Chaos Misfortune directly! The junglers had already left before the enemys junglers changed their routes and rushed over. The player who controlled Chaos Misfortune was obviously stunned. After reviving, he only dared to farm wretched under the tower. He was criticized severely by their own long-range hero. The CEM team was stuck in a dilemma. If they did not help, Chaos Misfortune would be pressed under the tower and rubbed against them crazily. They would not be able to play with the heros restraint and the one-hit advantage. If they helped, they would explode together once they were thumbed down by the opponent. The entire game would be over! Everyone in the backstage lounge heaved a sigh of relief when they saw that the game could continue playing according to the script that they had planned. Their tense hearts relaxed completely. Min Jingchao sighed. I overestimated the other party. I thought that they would be on guard when they saw us choose this lineup. In the end, they were not vigilant at all. Perhaps they were still confused when they saw our chosen lineup? Wu Yue had not participated in daily training before, so he was a little surprised to see that his teams tactics were executed so perfectly. Choosing a solo suppressing hero plus a jungler who can pass the tower in the early stages can infinitely target Chaos Misfortune. Since thats the case, why cant the other teams think of it? Min Jingchao smiled. Boss Wu, its not that simple. A complete battle strategy is very complicated. It is not as simple as a simple restraint like the one in Jungle. The key is in the details and calculation of data whether a certain battle strategy is just talk on paper or can produce miraculous effects. First of all, the two heroes that we chose to play in the jungle are cold bench heroes. The previous appearance rate was very low, and many teams that are superstitious about strong heroes would not consider them. Secondly, we made a lot of early preparations around tactics, including studying the opponents farming route, making preparations in advance to detect the opponents junglers movements, frequently charging the health of the minions to ensure that the conditions for the tower crossing were created, and so on. Lastly, in order to make it easier for the jungler to pass the tower, we let the jungler bring a special defensive engraving, just enough to escape with low health and not be beaten into one. The hero Chaos Misfortune is very weak in the early stages. He is helpless even if he is under the tower. We would definitely not choose to cross the tower if it were other heroes. More importantly, we discovered that most IOI teams do not have a deep understanding of the damage and mechanisms of the defense tower. They mistakenly thought that it would be safe to hide under the defense tower in the early stages. However, in fact, IOIs defense tower seems to have high damage but it is not as high as we imagined. As long as we let the small soldiers take the first hit of the defense tower and use their skills to avoid the last hit of the defense tower, it would be enough to kill Chaos Misfortune Wu Yue was convinced and nodded repeatedly. Obviously, this was the power of data! Other teams might have also thought about how the early stages of the game would affect Chaos Misfortunes development. However, without the support of the corresponding data, they would not have thought of directly crossing the tower. Min Jingchao continued, Speaking of which, this is also a tactic that GOG used before. If it was the previous version of IOI, it would be very risky to cross the tower. However, the new version of IOI increased the speed of farming after slight adjustments. GOGs playstyle can be used. I can only say that we are working well with Finger Games version update. Jingzhou. Pei Qians hand that was holding the potato chips froze in mid-air. He did not put it into his mouth. That was because he could no longer understand the direction of the live-streaming game on television! On the FV teams side, their army was intact. Chaos Misfortune had been trembling under the tower the entire time. If his teammates did not come, he would die. If his teammates came, they would die together. It was a tragic sight. CEM battleteam was obviously stunned. His teammates did not know if they should help him or not. If they did not help him, this Chaos Misfortune would definitely die. He would not be able to develop at all. If they helped him, they might also die together. They lost the initiative bit by bit in their repeated hesitation. On the other hand, FV Club was like a precision machine. The five players were like five parts that operated perfectly. Step by step, they controlled the field of vision, snatched the map resources, and grabbed the list. The huge advantage of the top lane quickly spread throughout the entire game. In the end, in just 25 minutes, FV Club relied on the huge snowballing economic advantage to directly pierce through CEM and end the battle. The first round ended easily. The score between the two teams changed to 1: 0! The competition had temporarily come to an end, and the players of both teams returned to their resting rooms to rest. The camera panned to the members of the CEM team. Their confident and proud smiles had completely disappeared, replaced by confusion. He had never seen anyone play games like that! Previously, they had felt good about bullying noobs in the group stages. However, after meeting FV today, they suddenly felt that they were playing a different game from the group stages. They were completely suppressed by their IQ and could not use their strength. They were being beaten up by the other party. The scariest thing was that the coach might not even know how to play the next two rounds. If they had only lost because of the hero, Chaos Misfortune, then they could have just banned it on the next round. However, this time, they had obviously been defeated from all angles. From the performance of the first round, both parties were on completely different levels in terms of tactical arrangements and details. How could they play against them? The members of CEM Team did not expect to be hammered in the head in the first round by a team that everyone thought to be weak. They could not accept this fact for a while. The direction of the bullet screen changed on the television in front of Pei Qian. The voices that questioned why FV Club released Chaos Misfortune had completely disappeared. The entire screen was filled with praises like 6666 or impressive, awesome. Even the fake reviewers who had been trying their best to lead the game had stopped. This competition was too good! Unlike the teams in the group stages, FV Club chose an early-stage lineup and carried it out without saying a word. They started killing people at level two and repeatedly sent their troops on the way. After that, they invaded crazily and ate the opposite jungle clean. The snowball rolled very quickly and did not give the opponents any chance throughout! In the end, they even showed off their skills and displayed his arrogance. In fact, Finger Games new version of IOI was to speed up the pace of the game, strengthen the confrontation, and improve the viewing pleasure of the competition. FV Club, on the other hand, vividly displayed the characteristics of the new version, highlighting a bad-tempered person. The audience felt an inexplicable sense of joy as they watched the invincible Chaos Misfortune being repeatedly trampled over by the FV, which wished that it could die twice in five minutes. They had finally vented all of his pent-up anger from being mocked cn ioi noob by foreign gamers! However, everyone knew that this was only the first round of the BO5. They could not be too blindly optimistic. FV Club had thought of a way to counter Chaos Misfortune. It was equivalent to using a big move to win. In the next round, the opponent could just ban Chaos Misfortune entirely. It was still unknown what the outcome would be. The players who had been disheartened by the domestic IOI before now felt like they had just been rescued from a hopeless situation. They once again perked up and continued watching the competition! Los Angeles, at the competition venue. Zhao Xuming stood below the stage, watching FV battleteams successive victories with an expression of shock. During the two hours of competition, Zhao Xuming had a strange feeling that this world was not real! The commentator at the venue was the official commentator of Finger Games. His English was fluent and passionate. On the big screen, the purple side had already attacked the blue sides high ground. The final battle was about to begin. The CEM team has the first casualty. They were utterly defeated. FV began to pursue the victory! Miracles did not happen. At the last moment of the third round, CEM team tried to fight a perfect team battle to save their own fate. However, they failed because of the vision that FV set up in advance! The FV maintained a perfect formation, advancing steadily like an invincible tank, making the CEM team feel extremely hopeless! Its a pity that this is a competition that cannot be recorded in the history books because this competition ended in just 25 minutes. This battle is so overwhelming that its difficult for us to judge if its because we severely underestimated FVs strength or because CEM performed abnormally for some unknown reason? However, no matter what, FV, which was unanimously looked down upon before the competition, showed their fangs in this competition. They used three hearty victories to prove their strength. Perhaps all the opponents have to reevaluate the true strength of this Eastern team. Obviously, their performance in the competition was as shocking as their performance on Twitter! The English commentators at the venue were not stingy with their praise as they praised FV Club. Obviously, todays competition had completely conquered everyone. It had even challenged their understanding of the game. Zhao Xuming fell into a state of confusion and almost thought that he was hallucinating. The FV actually beat the opponent at 3: 0 and made it into the top four? Whats more, every round would take only about 25 minutes or so. The entire scene was one-sided! In the competition, FV Club displayed two different styles: During the time of the match and the snowball, all the players completed their tasks as accurately as robots. They could hardly see any mistakes; Once they entered an advantageous period, they would play aggressively. They would surpass the tower, show their mark, and torture the spring. They simply did not treat the opponent as a human. They would play the top eight of the finals as though the opponents were a bunch of rookies! Obviously, this was something that could only be done if there was a clear gap between both parties strength and understanding of the game. Zhao Xuming had been waiting for FV Club to be defeated at 3: 0 so that the fake reviewers would increase their efforts. Yet, FV had given the opposing team 3: 0! All the excuses he had prepared earlier were all for nothing! The only thing Zhao Xuming felt now was confusion. Wasnt FV Team just a team that was about the same strength as SUG? If they were to say that they had won one round, that would be a huge win. However, if they were to thrash the European and American teams at 3: 0, what would they say? Zhao Xuming even suspected that Boss Pei secretly changed all five members of FV Team. Otherwise, how could such a drastic change happen in such a short time? It was not only Zhao Xuming who did not understand. Long Yu Corporation, Finger Games, and even the entire worlds audience did not understand either. Boss Peis series of operations had completely touched their blind spot in their knowledge. Chapter 808 - Apologies, Our Mock Competition Schedule Is Full At the same time, culprit Pei Qian, who was far away in Jingzhou, was silently drinking the Happy Fat Otaku Water and thinking about life. It was winter now and sunrise was relatively late. Pei Qian woke up at five in the morning after setting the alarm. The sky was still dark. In the end, the three rounds only lasted for one and a half hours. It was 6: 30 am, and the sky was still dark outside! This BO5 was so fast that the audience felt like This is it? What happened? Pei Qian had thought that FV would be dealt a clean 3: 0, but it was the complete opposite! Did something go wrong? He was already feeling a little dizzy from waking up early. Now that something completely unexpected had happened, Pei Qian even suspected that he was not fully awake and was dreaming. The next BO5 had already begun in the live-stream but it was obvious that the bullet screen commenters were still immersed in the previous match. Pei Qian browsed the forum with confusion, wanting to see the netizens reactions. The forum was brimming with joy. 3: 0 and tortured them! Thats so satisfying! These European and American teams are still looking down on us? Didnt they refuse to play mock competitions with FV? Are they convinced now? Im dying of laughter. Is this the veteran European CEM that you bragged about before the competition? Why did it shatter at the first touch? Ill give you all the heroes you like to play, and then smash them to pieces! I realized that FVs mindset is very good. I can clearly feel that the members of CEM were a little upset after the first round. They were not mentally prepared at all and were beaten silly. Indeed, it looks like the first round was completely targeted in terms of tactics, but it was the best performance by CEM. The last two rounds were more or less a little self-destructive and deformed. Its like a dream. Before the competition, everyone said that it would be 3: 0. Who would have thought that it would really be 3: 0? Lets not say anything else. FV is awesome! I apologize for criticizing the FV Club as trash previously! Now, it looks like they have definitely trained in FV and practiced a lot. Otherwise, how could they improve so quickly in such a short period of time? They even developed the playing style of Chaos Misfortune? Thats right, FV is like a completely different team compared to the qualifiers before. Its a complete transformation! The idiotic netizens on the forum began to praise him crazily. All the weird and contradictory posts were attacked by the masses. The posts that maliciously stepped on FV before were dug out and repeatedly tortured. E-Sports was just like that. If you played well, you would be praised; if you didnt play well, you would be criticized. As long as you had results, even if you really had a negative title, you would be able to achieve positive meaning. The teams that could win could do whatever they wanted. FV Club was not looked well upon before the competition. The team that accepted the challenge was recognized as a strong team, but in the end, they performed so well that it was one-sided. They crushed their opponents at 3: 0. It was not an exaggeration to boast about such a performance. Whats more, many people were so excited because they had been suppressed for too long! The two teams in the country did not appear in the group stages. The foreign netizens had been spamming Cn IOI Noob. Coupled with the fact that FV had been exposed for not being able to get anyone to play mock competitions with them, many domestic audiences felt like they could not lift their heads. On the other hand, FV Clubs performance had given the haters a huge slap in the face. It also made all the domestic players feel proud! Many people were commenting on the internet, wanting to see what the FV team were going to say about them. Many people were also analyzing the post-match review, explaining how the FV was strong in tactics, details, operations, execution, and so on, and why they could win the CEM at 3: 0. The situation on the field changed rapidly during the competition. Many details could not be noticed. Most of the audience only had the impression that FV could do whatever it wanted like a humanoid machine. However, they could not figure out why CEM could only take the beating passively without being able to resist at all. Many viewers on the internet were also criticizing CEM. They said that they had not performed well and that their mentality was rubbish. The key was that they had not even performed 10% of their usual standard in the top eight. That was normal. After all, it was very difficult to sincerely admit that opponents played well. However, as professionals analyzed the three rounds of competition, the powerful secret of FV Club gradually surfaced. From the targeted tactical arrangements of the BP segment, to the players ability to carry out the competition, to the spontaneous reaction when an accident happened, and finally to strengthen support and seize the map resources to snowball The netizens could not help but sigh when they saw the review analysis. FV was so detailed, too detailed! Countless details were added together, making the opponent completely unable to fight back. Were the CEMs performances abnormal? There was indeed such a factor. After all, they had been completely beaten in the first round without being able to fight back. It was a heavy blow to the confident CEM before the competition. It obviously affected their mentality for the next two rounds. However, the problem with their mentality was definitely not the main reason why they lost this BO5. After reading the review and analysis, most netizens came to a consensus. How was this a problem of mentality? This was a problem of strength. They could not win! It was not that CEM had not found an opportunity before, but FV was like an iron wall. Their vision and advancement formation were too perfect with them leading in the economic factors. CEM could not find an opportunity at all. Forcefully fighting them would be handing the victory to them. That was why they had lost the competition in such a sullen manner the entire time. This had nothing to do with their skills. It was a complete crushing of the games understanding! All the forums were filled with this joyous atmosphere. No one even discussed the next BO5. Before this, most people had thought that FV would most likely be taken away by 3: 0, and that there would be a round in the top eight. However, from the looks of it now, as long as they continued with their performance today, it should not be too much of a problem for them to make it into the finals. There was even hope for them to fight for the championship! At that moment, some netizens realized that FV Club had posted another Weibo post. The content of this Weibo post was very short: Cn IOI, charge! On the screen was a sci-fi mech (it was actually the original painting of Mission and Choice). The tail of the mech was spewing pale blue flames, and the entire space seemed to be slightly distorted because it was moving too fast. The head of the fighter jet had the logo of the FV Club, while the wings of the fighter jet had the logo of the other two domestic clubs. Many netizens saw that FV had posted a new Weibo post and thought that it was another live Weibo performance such as throwing the CEM into the trash can. FVs previously mocked all the other teams before competing. Wouldnt they be doing a big mockery now that they had beaten their opponent 3: 0? However, the content of this post was beyond everyones expectations. They did not mock any other teams. Instead, they raised the reputation of the two teams that had been eliminated in the group stages. The comments below the post immediately increased rapidly. FV is awesome!!! Keep winning. We have to see 3: 0 next week as well, understand? The foreigners deliberately teamed up and said that our domestic IOI teams are noobs. Fortunately, you guys were hardworking enough. If not for you guys, Im afraid we wouldnt have been able to get rid of the label of noob for the next one year. Well done! Hurry, I want to see the new VLOG of my team members! Its not too much for the other two teams to kowtow to FV, right? The last hope of cn IOI, FV, charge for me! Domestic players did not particularly like FV Clubs performance on Weibo. That was because the traditional virtues of the countrymen were humble and low-profile. Such flamboyant behavior represented immaturity and was not likable to begin with. They would definitely be held accountable once they lost. Whats more, FV Club did not differentiate between domestically and overseas. They used all the memes that they could use. The Weibo post My teammates and I had indeed hurt the fans of the other two teams. However, the post after the top eight had completely reversed the public opinion of FV Club! These three teams that went overseas represented the domestic IOI circle. FV Team did not forget about the other two clubs even though they won. They even arranged seats for them on the wings. Obviously, FV Clubs performance was not targeted at anyone but for the effect of the show. The other two teams could not fight well. Was there a need to protect them if they could not fight well? That was meaningless. If they had lost, they would have taken a beating and learned from their shame. That was the right attitude. Whats more, the other two clubs did not treat FV as one of their own. They had never thought of sharing tactics with FV and had not shown any kindness. Since everyone was playing their own games, why should FV care about their thoughts? The latest Weibo post was FV Clubs magnanimity. Not only did it help the other two clubs greatly reduce the pressure of public opinion, but it also slapped the faces of the comments of cn ioi noob. Initially, the local players had nowhere to vent their anger. They were all scolding the clubs that had not qualified for the group stages. However, now that FV had won, everyone was praising FV. Naturally, they did not have the mood to continue scolding these two clubs. On the contrary, many people felt that there was nothing to criticize. They had tried their best, but were not capable enough. Other than that, no one cursed the photos and VLOG that the FV Club had frequently posted anymore. Instead, they were urging everyone to work harder! Ever since they arrived in Los Angeles, the three photographers of the FV Club had been taking all sorts of photos and videos to upload on Weibo. There was no shortage of late night poison. Most people felt sour seeing the FV team members enjoying such a good environment. Did you go for a competition or a vacation? However, after winning the competition, this mentality disappeared. Netizens now expressed one after another that it was only right to eat well and stay in a five-star hotel! He even hoped that the official platform would upload more photos of the players and VLOG so that everyone could better understand FV Clubs life and training in Los Angeles. At that moment, a new post caused a heated discussion. Insider news! Its rumored that FV went to Los Angeles and spent the entire time there on their own expense. Long Yu Corporation did not care about them at all! Today, I had a discussion with a friend from a certain club. Many people might be wondering why FV Club went overseas with business class and luxury hotels, while the other clubs did not post these things, not because the other clubs kept a low profile, but because there were some hidden reasons! The official board of Finger Games only arranged for food and accommodation the day before the start of the competition. Therefore, according to the normal schedule, they should arrive in Los Angeles the day before the start of the competition. Long Yu Corporation was worried that the results of the domestic teams would not be good, so they took care of the domestic clubs food and accommodation for a week in advance from their own pockets so that they could adapt to the environment and play the training competition as soon as possible in Los Angeles. However, Long Yu Corporation did not invite FV Club at all! The reason is very simple. FVs team has never been on good terms with the official platform. Everyone knew that FV was the club that Boss Pei invested in during the qualifiers. It was a direct competition with Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation. Both parties had conflicts of interest to begin with, so they did not like FV as the first seed. Therefore, although FV Club arrived in Los Angeles a week earlier with the other two clubs, they were completely self-funded. Whats more, they did not play any mock competitions with the other two domestic clubs. They were managing everything themselves from food and accommodation to daily training! FV did not accept Finger Games sponsorship of food and accommodation even after the official competition. To be honest, I was shocked when I heard this news. Its a good thing that FV team emerged. If they were really 3-0 because they did not play any mock competitions, they would definitely be flamed as the first seed. I dont think anyone would care about the hidden situation behind this. I can only say that FV is good, Long Yu Corporation is biased! Once this post was published, it immediately became extremely popular and was repeatedly cited and discussed by netizens! The news that Long Yu Corporation had brought two clubs overseas for training was insider news, but basically everyone in IOIs E-Sports circle knew about it. It could not be hidden. Before this, Wu Yue wanted to expose this on the internet but was stopped by Manager Lu. It would not be effective if it was exposed too early since the competition had not started. Since FV Club did not say anything, others naturally did not feel the need to stand up for them. Whats more, FV was not welcomed in the entire IOI E-Sports circle back then. There were too few people who were willing to stand up for them. However, now that the FV had won the top eight cleanly with a 3: 0 result, these things were very suitable for settling scores later. Whats more, there was no need for Wu Yue to stand up for himself. Naturally, passers-by who could not stand it would expose it. This post might not have any evidence but the truth was not far off. Whats more, it was about to link to some clues in reality. Many netizens had been looking at FV Clubs Weibo and wondered why Finger Games could arrange such a good food and accommodation environment. However, they did not think much about it back then. There was indeed a problem now that they combined the clues with this post. It turned out that such good conditions were not arranged by Finger Games at all, but were paid by FV Club itself! As for where the money came from, was there any need to guess? How could a small club like FV Club be so extravagant? Boss Pei was definitely the one who paid for it! Tengda was obviously superior to Long Yu Corporation in comparison! One was petty, one was generous; one was narrow-minded while the other was broad-minded! The angry gamers immediately cursed Long Yu Corporation. Who should be responsible if they were to make a discrimination at such a critical moment and cause FV Club to perform badly and be eliminated on the first round of the top eight? Strictly speaking, these two domestic clubs were not innocent either. Obviously, these two clubs had not thought of FV Club at all. As a brother team, what if they secretly played mock competitions and provided some tactical support to FV? This method might seem completely useless with FV Clubs strength but the truth was these two clubs did not do anything. This was not a matter of ability, but of attitude. Obviously, these two domestic clubs stood on Long Yu Corporations side without any hesitation. They did not treat FV as a brother team at all. FV Club, on the other hand, chose to repay evil with kindness. After successfully advancing to the top four, they did not complain on Weibo. Instead, they generously uploaded a take off photo and brought these two clubs along to announce the victory of cn ioi. The difference between them was obvious! FV Club endured the humiliation and headed to Los Angeles alone. They did not have anyone to rely on, but they still trained hard. They relied on their hard work and sweat to achieve good results. Of course, had Long Yu Corporation and the other two clubs done something wrong? Actually, it was completely understandable from a profit perspective. Long Yu Corporation did not want to give its popularity to Tengda and GOG, so they took their anger out on FV battleteam. The other two clubs did not dare to offend Long Yu Corporation, which was understandable. However, it was precisely because of this that emphasized how difficult FV Teams victory came by. As a result, a storm of public opinion was set off on the internet. Players started scolding Long Yu Corporation without any hesitation! Pei Qian was so stunned that he felt dizzy. What the hell? All the negative news about FV Club had been reversed! Even posting pictures on Weibo and the performances had become a hot topic for netizens to talk about. No one was criticizing it anymore! Occasionally, a few fake reviewers would appear on the forums, wanting to set the tempo. They would be immediately shot down by angry netizens until they could no longer rebuke and were rubbed against the ground. FV Clubs outstanding performance had won over most of the passers-by. Thus, the fake reviewers were now against the wind and were at an absolute disadvantage in terms of numbers. They could no longer perform. Pei Qian could not help but sigh. These fake reviewers were still not good at their job. To be precise, Pei Qian did not care about the attitude of these fake reviewers. They were just some clowns who were making noise on the internet. It was impossible for him to go along the internet to beat them up. Being too calculative would only make him uncomfortable. Now, the fake reviewers could no longer do anything. Pei Qian felt a little sad for their misfortune and angry at their lack of competence. How could they take money from Long Yu Corporation without any qualms in this case? What were all these haters doing? Do something! Pei Qian was very melancholic. He quietly finished his chips, brushed his teeth, and decided to go back to sleep. At the same time, the FV team members had returned to the backstage lounge, ready to leave the venue and return to the hotel. Everyone looked excited. Ever since they arrived in Los Angeles, everyone had been leaving early and returning late every day. Apart from sleeping and eating, they had been focused on training. They had finally won the top eight with a clean 3: 0 now. It could be said that their previous efforts had paid off. Boss Pei, who was far away in Jingzhou, would probably feel gratified, right? Wu Yue hugged his team members one by one. You played too well! However, everyone must be careful not to be arrogant and impetuous. Go back and rest today, and continue training tomorrow. The team members nodded in agreement. The next competition would be the semifinals a week later, but no one dared to relax. Todays competition might have been a crushing victory, but proud soldiers had always been defeated since ancient times. During the World Competition, every team practiced crazily and improved at lightning speed. Their opponents could catch up or even surpass them as long as they relaxed even a little. Under the protection of the four bodyguards, the team members boarded the minibus one by one and prepared to go back and rest. Wu Yue hugged his cell phone happily and checked the comments on the domestic forums. He was elated as he watched all the colorful bootlicking of the FV team. A few months ago, he would never have imagined such a scene: FV Club members became the last hope of domestic players in the international competition. They eliminated foreign players cleanly at 3: 0. At that moment, the interpreters phone rang. After speaking a few sentences in English, the translator turned to Wu Yue and said, Boss Wu, its a call from FRY Team. They want to arrange mock competitions with us. Wu Yues smile instantly collapsed. These people still had the cheek to come and ask them for mock competitions? Previously, FV team had asked a few teams, including FRY Team. In the end, it was as if these teams had discussed it beforehand. They all said that their mock competition schedules were full, and they were not willing to play a single match. In the end, they wanted to play mock competitions to test them after seeing how fierce the FV competition was today. Wu Yue chuckled. Oh, tell them apologies, our mock competition schedule is already full. Chapter 809 - Cell phone System Update January 9th, Monday Pei Qian woke up early and headed to the study room. There were only two subjects left for the exam week. One was opened-book and the other was closed-book. Strictly speaking, the difficulty of the examinations would not be too low. It would not be easy to get high scores either. However, as long as one was familiar with the notes and materials, they would be able to get a good score. Thus, they did not need to spend too much effort. For Pei Qian, the closed-book exam was much more difficult. He had to memorize everything after all. He would not be able to do anything if he could not memorize it. There was no room for him to fool around. Thus, Pei Qian still spent most of his energy on the closed-book exam. He wanted to make a breakthrough with his own hard work, not just pass the exam. He should at least score 65 or 70 points, right? It would be hard for Pei Qian to tell if it was because of his hard work or because of the examiners hard work if he scored 60 marks. If it was 65 or 70 marks, it would definitely be because of his hard work! There was a huge difference. When he arrived at the study room, Pei Qian opened his notebook and placed his cell phone in a place that he could not reach. Then, he began to revise. Last weekend, almost all of the news in the E-Sports circle had been divided between IOIs global finals and the GPLs Spring Competition. Whats more, they had managed to emerge out of the top eight. Even people who did not pay attention to E-Sports obtained these news through various channels. More accurately, 99% of the news regarding the IOI Finals was related to FV Club. As the last contestant in the country, the 3:0 victory over the veteran European team, CEM, made the Chinese audience feel proud. Without a doubt, they would receive all the attention and applause. Long Yu Corporation might be to influence the local media to a certain extent but Long Yu Corporation was helpless in this situation. FV Club was now the absolute focus. Would the media not report about them because you did not allow them to report? Thus, Zhao Xuming had obviously given up. He would accept it calmly since he could not change it. FV Clubs popularity could also bring some popularity to IOI. To Zhao Xuming, this was not a loss. For Pei Qian, this situation was a little difficult to bear. That was because they were directly related to his interests no matter whether it was GPL or FV team getting popular. The popularity of the GPL meant that the price of various sponsorship advertisements would also rise. The more popular the league was, the more money they would earn. On the other hand, it was hard to say if FV Team would revitalize the IOI domestic server if they obtained good results, but it would definitely make FV Teams value soar. All sorts of sponsors and investors would jump in then and that the scene would be too beautiful to imagine. Of course, there was a huge bonus to win for every win after entering the top eight. FV Teams rules, the club would get 20% after tax deduction, the coaches would get 20%, and the players would get 60% according to the rules. To Pei Qian, the bonus was still alright. After all, most of it was given to the team members and coaches. Of course, the bonus would be a lot if they won the championship. After deducting 1.5 million US dollars, which was 50% of three million US dollars for tax, the club would only be left with less than 300,000 US dollars left. ʹָͷ˾ǿרƤ25%,ӦҲܶ. It would only be a few million yuan if it was converted. It would just be a little shower to Pei Qian, who had already seen many worse situations. Moreover, they might not even win the championship. Now, FV had only just won the top eight. The top eight matches might be going smoothly but that was the international competition. There were crouching tigers and hidden dragons. The opponents in the top four and finals would definitely have an exponential increase in strength. Wasnt it a little too much to want to be the champion right after winning the top eight? Whats more, the bonuses distributed to the club would definitely be exclusive. Since it was a bonus earned by the club, it had to be kept exclusively for the clubs daily operations. He could get Wu Yue to think of ways to spend it. Thus, Pei Qian felt that he could finally shift his focus away from Los Angeles. He had originally hoped that FV Club would go to Los Angeles for a round to spend more money for him. However, he did not expect FV to perform so well. That made Pei Qian slightly disappointed. Since he could no longer count on it, he would focus on other industries. The short settlement cycle was almost over. All sorts of products should be released in one or two weeks. He had to pay close attention. Of course, no matter how important it was, he had to deal with it after the examinations. Pei Qian placed his cell phone further away from him and began to revise seriously. At 12 noon Pei Qian stretched his back, satisfied. He had finally completed his morning study. A cell phone is indeed a jinx. Its distance from me is proportional to my efficiency in revising. The closer I am, the lower my revision efficiency. Time to eat! Pei Qian, who had spent the entire morning revising and refusing to look at his cell phone, felt a little proud. He packed his notes and left the study room, preparing to head to the nearby Fish-Catching Internet Cafe for a meal. He took his cell phone to see if there were any new messages. In the end, no one came to the company. Instead, the cell phone itself sent a bunch of system update notice. A new system update notice for stability? A stable version has finally been developed. Pei Qian looked at his cell phones battery and decided to update it. Pei Qian was using Otto E1 now as well. This cell phone had been released last March and he had been used for exactly ten months. It was a given that it was still running smoothly since they had used the flagship microchip back then. When he first picked it up, the 250 grams machine was indeed very heavy and painful on the hands, but he was used to it after some time. Whats more, the advantage of a large battery was that it could completely rid itself of the anxiety having no electricity. He could play on the cell phone for the entire day every day with juice left when he returned home. Of course, this might be one of the main reasons why Pei Qians revision efficiency was so low. Over the past ten months, Otto Technologies had been updating its systems frequently. It had been optimizing functions non-stop. However, the current version update was a big move that it had been holding back for months. The development had been completed a long time ago, but updating the cell phone system had to be done carefully. That was because most cell phone users would choose to update once the official version was released. It would be a huge problem if something went wrong with the updating process and caused the collection of data to be lost. Thus, the stable new version of Otto Technologies was officially updated only today. It was only when Pei Qian walked to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and started eating that the system was finally updated. There are so many updates. Lets see if there are any changes. Pei Qian checked the new system on his cell phone as he ate. The most direct feeling was that it seemed much smoother? Whether it was sliding, dragging the icons, or other operations, they all became as smooth as silk, very similar to the POUIO cell phone. Whats more, perhaps because Otto E1 was equipped with a high refresh rate and a flagship microchip that the smoothness felt even better than POUIO cell phone! In addition, he could freely customize the systems that he had updated previously based on his own preferences. For example, he could freely drag the calendar, clock, and alarm clock onto the main screen or delete them. He could also customize the contents on the screen. He just had to spend some time to modify the cell phone interface into the most comfortable and convenient state. This was the result of Otto Technologies entire team working hard for months. Previously, Chang You had intended to create some system functions for the cell phone, but Pei Qian had rejected him. Pei Qian asked Chang You to focus on minor adjustments, including linear animation, and so on. Everything was in line with the POUIO cell phone. After all, these changes would only improve the users hand sensitivity and would not affect the actual functionality. It was a thankless change. However, there were pros and cons to everything. After a few months of patient adjustment, the linear animation for Otto Technologies new system was finally complete. It could finally be released! Every action on the cell phone felt seamless and smooth. There was no choice. The developers of Otto Technologies had to do something. They would improve on some other functionality even if they did not do linear animations. Pei Qian kept opening and closing the application process of his cell phone. He was satisfied and continued to look at other changes after playing with them for a while. The camera system had also been greatly updated. It was basically completely remodeled compared to the previous camera system. There were a lot more new functions. Ottos camera had already fallen behind as a cell phone that had been released 10 months ago. However, this time, the updated camera system had added a lot of optimization algorithms, including automatic graphics, automatic color adjustment, automatic beauty, and so on. Simply put, it would automatically recognize the photos and determine if they were delicacies, scenery, or characters. Then, he would automatically switch to the corresponding algorithm to make the photos look better. Of course, users could also choose to shut down all the algorithms quickly and take the most original photos. However, most people preferred the photos that the system had edited since they looked better after all. Many beauty cameras were criticized because they over-edited. For example, the color was too bright, the saturation was too high, or the proportion was off. It made people feel fake. The camera system that Otto had updated this time had been repeatedly tested in the imaging laboratory. Many professional photographers had studied it for a long time, trying their best to find a balance between the original appearance and the post-processing beautification. Apart from that, AEEIS cell phone assistant had also been updated. In fact, almost all domestic cell phones were using the voice assistant of Xunke Technologies. Shenhua and some other local cell phone brands had already used voice assistants. AEEISs packaging was different from the voice assistants. It did not increase in practicality, so this was not very sensational news. There were also some miscellaneous updates apart from that. However, if Pei Qian did not notice them, the users would probably not notice them either. He summarized the current updates in the system. The biggest changes were in these three areas: the smoother linear animation that was comparable to POUIO cell phones,better camera system, and AEEIS voice assistant. Pei Qian felt that these were acceptable. There were certain improvements in the users daily view of the cell phone but they all belonged to the category of not having strong perception. The details were much better, but they did not possess any special functions that could cause a sensation. At the moment, OTTO E1 cell phone was already at the end of its lifespan according to the speed of releasing one cell phone a year. E1 would officially end its life after new releases after this settlement cycle. So many system functions were updated at the end of the life of this model. However, new users would not buy the cell phones for that. Boss Pei would not be able to make money since no one would buy cell phones. Then, everything would be safe and he would not be hurt. However, just as Pei Qian was about to let his guard down, he suddenly noticed that there seemed to be a new system application on his cell phone: Shopping Mall! This Shopping Mall mainly integrated all the products that Tengda normally sold into it. OTTO cell phones users could purchase them directly from the application and enjoy exclusive discounts. After all, Otto Technologies might look like a cell phone on the surface, but it actually showed VIP status in Tengdas entire industry. Pei Qian opened the Shopping Mall and saw a line of words on the screen. Fully-Automated Smart Bickering Machine AEEIS, officially released! Chapter 810 - The Cold-Faced Lady Has Gone Bankrupt! Pei Qian was the one who came up with the idea of the Fully-Automated Smart Bickering Machine. The reason was that Otto Technologies wanted to create a smart speaker for the artificial intelligence system on the cell phone. It could be considered to have made use of this artificial intelligence assistant to become popular. At the moment, there were already several artificial intelligence sound systems in the market. They were basically priced between two hundred to three hundred yuan. The most expensive was not more than five hundred yuan. Pei Qian thought that Otto Technologies request to create an artificial intelligence sound system was reasonable. He could not find a good reason to reject it, so he agreed. He only thought of a way to steer it in the wrong direction. He wanted it to be one with the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine. Whats more, he wanted it to be priced at 2,588 yuan. There was a huge gap between it and the other smart speakers. No one would buy it then, right? In fact, Pei Qian already found it very magical and difficult to understand after selling so many Fully-Automated Bickering Machines. This time, the price had doubled again. It had even been integrated into AEEIS, which was used to bicker with others. Furthermore, people who had already bought the bickering machine would definitely not buy another bickering machine This would definitely not be able to sell now, right? Pei Qian might feel very confident, but he still checked the details of the goods carefully. Pei Qian could not help but relax when he saw the pitiful number of sales and the empty comments section. It seemed to be doing well, this world was finally normal! Didnt he say that no one would buy it! However Chang You did not seem to have deliberately advertised the bickering machine. He had only created an open-screen advertisement in Otto Technologies? Considering that Otto Technologies cell phone sales were not high, the effect of this advertisement was negligible. Pei Qian was afraid that there was a trap, so he quickly called Chang You. Hello? Boss Pei, you saw the stable system update, right? Do you have any instructions? Chang You asked. Pei Qian nodded and said, Yes, I saw it. The content of the system update is very good. It completely met my requirements. However, dont be arrogant and complacent. Our pursuit of user experience is endless. Chang You quickly said, I understand, Boss Pei. Dont worry! Pei Qians original intention was for Chang You to continue working on these minor details so that he would not have too much energy to create new functions and stab him in the back. I saw that the Fully-Automated Smart Bickering Machine has also been launched. However, not much money was spent on publicity, right? Pei Qian pretended to ask casually. Chang You quickly answered, Ah, yes, Boss Pei. We didnt specially advertise the bickering machine previously, so we didnt do it this time. Were still waiting for your instructions. If you think we need to publicize it No need! Pei Qian quickly interrupted. You did very well. The Fully-Automated Smart Bickering Machine doesnt need any publicity. However, publicity is one thing, but stocking piling is another matter. There might not be any need to advertise but we still have to hurry to prepare the goods. Chang You did not ask further. Alright, Boss Pei. Pei Qian gave a few simple instructions. For example, everyone had worked hard to develop the game for such a long time. It was about time for the employees to take a break. They would start new work next month. Then, he hung up. Pei Qian felt much more at ease after the call. Chang You is not bad at all! You understood my intentions well! This time, he did not publicize the Fully-Automated Intelligent Bickering Machine. Instead, he lowered the chances of it being sold. He had to make the best use of his time to stockpile and store everything in the warehouse. That way, he could spend a huge sum of money. This machine was priced at 2,588 yuan. A few hundred of them would cost millions of yuan. It would burn money at a much faster rate than the first version of the Bickering Machine. Lets not talk about what would happen next. It shouldnt be a problem to spend a sum of money before settlement this month, right? Pei Qian could not think too far ahead for now. He had to deal with the settlement first. Pei Qian had already finished his lunch. He ordered a cup of coffee and enjoyed the sun by Fish-Catching Internet Cafes floor-to-ceiling windows. Eh? Thats not right. I still have to check the users comments! As the saying went, once bitten, twice shy. Countless backstabbing had created Pei Qians cautious character. Pei Qian still felt unsafe even though he was certain that the Fully-Automated Intelligent Bickering Machine would not be able to sell and he had seen the pitiful sales volume in the Shopping Mall. He began to check on the comments of users on the forum regarding the update of the OTTO cell phone. OTTOs cell phone system has been updated! They did not even hold a news conference and just quietly sent out updates! Theres so much content for this update. Didnt the other cell phone manufacturers usually hold news conferences to boast about it? I was still waiting for Chang Yous crosstalk, but he didnt even hold a news conference? This system animation is so smooth. Im impressed! The domestic cell phone is finally as smooth as the POUIO cell phone. Its so smooth that I cant stop! Its not just domestically-produced cell phones. Other foreign Android cell phones wont be able to do that. Otto Technologies is very thoughtful. This spirit of constantly polishing the details is really worth the other cell phone manufacturers learning from them. Actually, linear animation is not that difficult to make. It depends on whether they value it or are willing to invest enough time and manpower into it. The camera system is updated quite well. After taking a few photos, the algorithm has obviously improved greatly. They have a voice assistant now with a rather western name, but why do I feel like it doesnt treat me as a human? Is there something wrong with its attitude? Most of the comments were focused on the systems basic functions and linear animation. That was because this was the most direct change for most users: the smoothness had increased, and it was more comfortable to use cell phones. Few people were commenting on the new camera system and criticizing AEEIS, the artificial intelligence voice assistant. Almost no one was discussing the Fully-Automated Smart Bickering Machine. Everyone has such a high evaluation of the system update? Fortunately, the parts that everyone likes are not profitable. No one is paying attention to the parts that are profitable. Pei Qian was relieved to see that no one cared about AEEIS Fully-Automated Smart Bickering Machine. Obviously, most people were no longer passionate about the bickering machine. Those who liked it had already bought the first-generation products, and those who did not would not buy new smart bickering machines. Pei Qian heaved a sigh of relief. It seemed like his worries were unnecessary. The Fully-Automated Intelligent Bickering Machine would definitely not be able to sell much this month. He could now mass-produce it without any worries. January 10th, Tuesday Pei Qian walked out of the examination hall and went to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe to have lunch. He then picked up his notes and headed straight to the study room. He had an open-book exam this morning and would have the closed-book exam tomorrow morning. He would be free this semester once he was finished with all of them. As for the test results this morning It was hard to say. Anyway, he had probably written enough words. They should at least give him some marks for effort since he tried so hard, right? There was no point in thinking too much since he had already finished the exam. The most important thing was to sharpen his guns this afternoon and do well for tomorrows closed-book exam. Pei Qian put his cell phone in a position that he could not reach as usual when he arrived at the study room. However, he saw a news notification pop up on his screen just as he was about to put his phone further away. Another internet celebrity restaurant has failed! The Cold-Faced Lady myth has come to an end. Meng Chang has been ruled to be a Judgment Debtor! Pei Qian would have ignored ordinary news. However, he was stunned when he saw the news. The Cold-Faced Lady was bankrupt?! He quickly clicked on it. Recently, the founder of the Cold-Faced Lady, Meng Chang, has been placed on the list of people who broke their promises in court as a Judgment Debtor. The reason is owing his suppliers more than one million yuan, and this should only be the tip of the iceberg of the Cold-Faced Ladys debt. According to the analysis of industry insiders, the Cold-Faced Ladys debt might have reached millions that could not be repaid. As an up-and-coming internet food and beverage brand, Cold-Faced Lady attracted the attention of countless consumers from the moment it was established. Time and time again, marketing events tied the concept of Cold-Faced Lady to the concept of roasted cold noodles, making people eat roasted cold noodles as a fashion. It also attracted investors to invest in it, causing the internet food and beverage brand to surge. In just a few months, they received multiple investments, and the highest valuation was estimated to be 300 million yuan. However, this internet popular food and beverage brand seemed to have collapsed overnight. According to the reporters, the Cold-Faced Ladys shop in Beijing has already closed down. The words business is closed were written on it, but there was no sign of it opening for several days in a row. The founder, Meng Chang, who was at the forefront of the storm, had yet to respond to the public after the storm. Pei Qian read the news twice or thrice in disbelief. It was indeed reliable news, not gossip! The news that the Cold-Faced Lady and Meng Chang had gone back on their word had to be true. The fact that the Cold-Faced Ladys shop was closed and Meng Chang did not make any public responses further proved this point. Pei Qians impression of the cold-faced lady was still the same as last week. At that time, there were rumors of the Cold-Faced Lady failing online. Meng Chang even reprimanded the reporters for creating rumors. In the end, only a week had passed, and the so-called rumors had become true. It was almost instant. In fact, if Pei Qian had paid attention earlier and asked He Desheng or Boss Li for information, he would definitely have known about these things earlier. However, he had been focusing on the IOI Finals in Los Angeles for the past week apart from revising. Thus, his information was lagging. Pei Qian walked to the study room and called He Desheng. Has the Cold-Faced Lady closed down? Pei Qian asked directly after the call connected. He Desheng said, Yes, Boss Pei. I was just about to report this to you. The Cold-Faced Lady should have finished burning their money, but could not obtain more financing thats why the capital chain is broken. There are still a few suppliers who did not get paid. Boss Li came to me this morning to ask about your attitude. I havent given him an answer. Boss Li means that if you are still interested in the cold-faced lady, he would arrange for all the investors to meet. The sooner the better Pei Qian pondered for a moment. Alright, tomorrow afternoon then. Go and inform Boss Li and the other investors. Ask those investors who are not in Jingzhou to come to Jingzhou to discuss the matter with the cold-faced lady. He Desheng did not know why Boss Pei chose tomorrow afternoon, nor did he know what his plan was. However, he did not ask much and just agreed. Pei Qian returned to the study room after he hung up. In fact, there was no special reason for choosing tomorrow afternoon. It was purely because there was a closed exam tomorrow morning. He could not delay the exam even if there was a huge problem. Otherwise, wouldnt he have wasted his time revising? Chapter 811 - Dirt Cheap Prices January 11th, Wednesday In the conference room of Dream Realization Ventures, the investors sipped their tea as they waited for Boss Pei to arrive. Many of these investors had rushed over from Beijing. He did not know if it was because they were tired from traveling or something else, but their expressions were not very good. Li Shi tried his best to liven up the atmosphere, but the investors still looked at Meng Chang as if they wanted to skin him alive. Meng Chang, on the other hand, looked nonchalant. It was as if he had been completely burned out. his thoughts and soul had drifted away somewhere else even though he was there physically. The atmosphere was tense. While the investors would occasionally chat and exchange pleasantries out of courtesy, everyones faces were filled with gloom. They were definitely in a bad mood. That was reasonable. How could they be in a good mood since their money went up in smoke? Ordinary people would feel the pinch for months if they lost a few thousand yuan when buying stocks. They would want to hang themselves if they lost more than a hundred thousand yuan. These investors losses were calculated in the millions. While investors knew very well that there were risks in investing, who would have thought that such a reliable entrepreneur like Meng Chang would mess things up? All in all, Meng Changs cold-faced lady had received at least twenty million yuan in investment. After a round of hype, its valuation had risen to nearly three hundred million yuan. In the end, Meng Chang lost everything completely. Other than the shares of the Cold-Faced Lady, the investors had nothing else. However, no one would take over this mess now that the Cold-Faced Lady had been exposed to all sorts of negative news and Meng Chang had become a judgment debtor. These shares were already worthless. How could these investors not be angry? Of course, this was a business rule. No matter how angry the investors were, they could not do anything to Meng Chang. Whats more, even if they did something to Meng Chang, they could not squeeze money out of him. As for Meng Chang, he had already surrendered and was lying flat. While he did not need to be responsible for the investors money, the investment agreement he signed with Boss Li stated that he had to be responsible for the Cold-Faced Ladys debt. Now, he already owed the supplier a few million yuan. This money had to be counted as his personal debt. When there was a problem with the capital chain, Meng Chang naturally did everything he could to find investments to save the cold-faced ladys fate. However, Boss Pei had sold his shares twice, and the negative news that exposed the cold-faced lady had severely affected the investors confidence in the cold-faced lady. Investors had very strict conditions: He would not get a single cent if he did not sign an infinite liability agreement. Meng Chang was caught in between. However, he definitely could not take such money because he knew very well that if he did not take the money, he would only owe a few million yuan. If he took it, he would probably owe hundreds of millions. In the end, the longer it dragged on, the more debt he would have to pay. The news would only be released when he could not take it anymore. After becoming a judgment debtor, Meng Chang knew very well that the Cold-Faced Lady brand was done for. Not even God could save it. Since that was the case, he would just play dead. The situation was already so bad that it made no difference to make it worse. In any case, he would slowly repay this debt. The other investors could do whatever they wanted. Thus, the situation with the cold-faced lady had become a deadlock. Li Shi was the one with the best mentality apart from He Desheng. Li Shi had also invested a sum of money, but he had invested for a completely different reason and motive than other investors. Li Shi had indeed panicked when he heard that the Cold-Faced Lady was going bankrupt. However, Boss Peis willingness to appear had ignited Li Shis confidence. As long as Boss Pei did not completely give up on a project, he could not say that it had failed completely! The venue remained in a contradictory and subtle atmosphere, waiting for Boss Pei to arrive. Finally, footsteps came from outside. The door of the conference room opened. Outside, He Desheng said respectfully to a young man, Boss Pei, everyone is here. Everyone in the conference room immediately stood up and looked at Boss Pei as if they were drowning and yet saw their last straw to clutch at. Some investors had some special guesses about Boss Peis appearance. The investors had already arrived in the morning. Why did Boss Pei set the time in the afternoon? Was there a special meaning behind this? There were too many stories and riddles about Boss Peis background after all. Many ordinary and reasonable things that others had done had different meanings to Boss Pei. Pei Qian waved at everyone. Hello, everyone! Please take a seat. The high-spirited Boss Pei brought life to the previously lifeless conference room. The investors could not help but wonder what sort of happy event Boss Pei had encountered that made him so happy. According to the rumors, Boss Pei had always been a person who did not show his emotions on his face. He did not look too happy even when he earned a few hundred million yuan from Dayak Corporation. Yet, he looked so happy today. Could he have made more than five hundred million yuan in some industry? The looming aura of these investors had unknowingly decreased. Pei Qian only had one thought in his mind: Im finally done with the exams! The last exam in the morning might not have been perfect, since he had missed out on a few points during his revision. However, he had at least gotten close to the mark. He had definitely passed. It would depend on fate for whether it was 65 or 70 marks. How could he not be happy that he was finally free after so long? He could not help but smile. Everyone could tell. Pei Qian did not mind. In any case, he just wanted to understand the situation today. He wanted to buy some rubbish assets to make it easier for him to lose money in the future. It did not matter what these investors thought. Pei Qian took a seat at the head of the table. Li Shi and He Desheng sat on either side of him. The other investors sat on either side of the conference table. Meng Chang sat alone opposite Boss Pei, looking like he was a criminal being interrogated. Li Shi said, Boss Pei, let me briefly explain the current situation of the cold-faced lady. Pei Qian roughly understood the situation after listening to Li Shis explanation. All in all, the Cold-Faced Lady had run out of money and could not get more financing. The money earned by the shop was far from enough to support normal operations. Thus, the valuation collapsed and the shares in the investors hands were worthless. There was no falsehood in those words, and no one dared to lie to Boss Pei. After all, He Desheng only had to verify the information. Faking things in front of Boss Pei would only have the opposite effect. It was better to be honest and leave a good impression on Boss Pei. Everyone was waiting for Boss Pei to speak. The current situation of the Cold-Faced Lady was a dead end to everyone. They had already confirmed that they had lost all their money. Who would continue to throw money in? Boss Pei had already earned millions through the Cold-Faced Lady and escaped safely. There was no reason for him to return to this quagmire. However, Pei Qians first sentence shocked everyone. How many shares do you have in the Cold-Faced Lady? I want all of them. The investors looked at each other. Happiness had come too suddenly. They were not prepared for it. Even Meng Changs blank eyes flashed with hope. In terms of shares, it was obvious that Meng Chang, the founder, had the most shares. However, it was useless no matter how many shares he had. Logically speaking, investors had the right to sell their shares first, and he, the founder, would not have a chance. However, Boss Pei seemed to want all the shares? If that was the case, he would be able to sell a portion of his shares and recover a little. Of course, it was impossible to sell shares at this time based on previous estimates. They would probably be sold at dirt cheap prices. However, he would sell it if he could. At the very least, he would have to pay a portion of his debt first. Meng Chang was no longer fantasizing about financial freedom. He only wanted to reduce his debt now. An investor raised his hand and asked tentatively, Boss Pei, what is the price you plan to buy the shares at? Pei Qian looked at He Desheng. He Desheng whispered in Pei Qians ear, Boss Pei, the founder, Meng Chang, has at least 40% of the shares. Boss Li has less than 30%. Given the situation of the cold-faced lady, everyones psychological price would be very low. It should be about enough to symbolically give them about 3 to 5 million yuan. Pei Qian was a little surprised. Boss Li has so much? He Desheng nodded. Yes, Boss Li recently bought a small portion of shares at a low price. The price is also very low. Pei Qian looked at Li Shi, who smiled back. Pei Qian was speechless. He had a feeling that Li Shi would not sell his shares. However, that did not matter. Boss Li only had less than thirty percent of the shares in his hands. It would not affect the Cold-Faced Ladys control at all. Whats more, Pei Qian did not think that the Cold-Faced Lady could make money in his hands. The reputation of this brand was completely ruined. Pei Qian looked at everyone and said, Three million yuan to buy all of Cold-Faced Ladys shares. However, the prerequisite is that I have to buy more than 70% of the shares at once. Otherwise, I wont buy them. He did not say anything else and gave He Desheng the lowest price. There was basically no need for Cold-Faced Ladys company to be saved according to He Deshengs view, letting it go bankrupt was the most logical choice. However, since Boss Pei wanted to buy it, He Desheng, as his subordinate, had to estimate a suitable price. Compared to the Cold-Faced Ladys peak valuation, three million yuan was really dirt cheap. Each of these investors could only get a few hundred thousand yuan at most. It was almost ten times less than their previous investment. However, a few hundred thousand yuan was better than nothing. If they did not sell it, they would definitely not be able to find another buyer. They would not even have any returns back. Of course, it would be a little insulting if it was any lower. These investors might not sell it once they were angry. It would not look good. The investors looked at each other after Boss Pei gave the price. They were definitely not satisfied with this number, but there was nothing they could do. Most people knew that it was already not bad to be able to get a few hundred thousand yuan back. Once Boss Pei opened his mouth, he stuck them in a lower psychological price position, making them very uncomfortable. A glimmer of hope appeared in Meng Changs eyes. Boss Pei, do you want my shares as well? Pei Qian nodded. Of course, I wont reject anyone at this price. However, Cold-Faced Lady is a company that you established after all. Are you sure you want to sell it? It was dirt cheap no matter what, it was the same no matter who he bought it from. Meng Chang nodded immediately. Yes! He was now carrying a debt of several million yuan on his back. He could only sell his shares for a million yuan according to Boss Peis bids, while it was not enough to pay off his debts, he could still pay whatever he could. He had originally thought that selling these shares would allow him to achieve financial freedom. In the end, he would only be able to pay off one million yuan in debt. Meng Chang had mixed feelings. It was a beautiful dream, but reality taught people how to behave. The other investors had nothing else to say. Judging from Meng Changs attitude, the Cold-Faced Lady was definitely hopeless. It would be a waste to hold on to these shares. Whats more, Boss Pei had already said that he would not buy anything unless he could buy more than 70% of the shares. That investors have no intention of bargaining. Forget it, they would run away if they could. The investors exchanged a few glances and finally accepted it. Li Shi sold a small portion symbolically while he kept about twenty percent of the shares. Meng Chang sold all the shares and at least paid off a portion of the debt first. Someone like Meng Chang would not be willing to be beaten down. He still hoped that he would be able to make a comeback after paying all his debts. Chapter 812 - A New Level in Boss Pei’s Investment Path Pei Qian did not have to worry with He Desheng handling the various procedures. He Desheng did not know why Boss Pei was spending millions to pick up rubbish but since the matter had been decided, there was no need to ask further. Boss Pei had his reasons for making such arrangements. He just had to watch and learn well. The matter was settled very quickly. The investors in the conference room left separately. Meng Chang left the fastest, seemingly not wanting to have any interaction with the people in the conference room. He could not take a plane or a high-speed rail as a judgment debtor. He could only take an ordinary train back to Beijing. The few hours he would spend on the journey would be torturous. Of course, with the Cold-Faced Lady gone, it was hard to say if Meng Chang would still remain in Beijing. However, everyone present obviously did not care about what would happen to Meng Chang in the future. It would be good enough if these people did not skin him alive. Li Shi said a few polite words. He wanted to invite these investors to have a meal together, but everyone declined. Not in the mood! In fact, these investors had only come to Jingzhou this time for Boss Peis sake. They were looking to sell off their shares cheaply now that it had become rubbish in their hands. Since the shares had already been sold, it meant that the investment had completely failed. How could they still have the mood to eat? Many people could not understand why Li Shi was so calm. Boss Pei had previously sold the Cold-Faced Ladys shares to earn a few million yuan. Now, even if he were to take out three million yuan to play the game, he would not incur a loss. Boss Li had invested money into the Cold-Faced Lady, and even bought some shares at a cheap price. No matter how you looked at it, this was a huge loss. Yet, he did not look upset at all? It was hard to understand. Although they were all investing, investors in Beijing did not think much of investment companies in small places like Jingzhou. After all, investors in Beijing invested in internet companies with unlimited potential. What could they invest in a small place like Jingzhou? Of course, they did not mean to look down on Boss Pei in their hearts. Strictly speaking, in the eyes of investors in Beijing, being an investor was just one of Boss Peis many identities. Boss Peis true identity should be an entrepreneur who made games and engaged in physical businesses. Everyone dispersed except for Boss Li. Pei Qian was in a good mood after obtaining a new money-burning tree. The Cold-Faced Lady had already proven that it could not be supported after money was burnt. No matter how much money was invested, it would only be a waste. Whats more, this brand was already dead. It was not worth any money in any way. He would reopen the store and burn money steadily. He would strive to one day treat the entire country to cheap and delicious roasted cold noodles. Suddenly, he thought of something and said to He Desheng, Right, theres something else. The Cold-Faced Lady might have screwed up, but the suppliers who supplied the goods to the Cold-Faced Lady are innocent. Meng Chang probably wont be able to pay them back in a year or so since he owes them a few million yuan. These suppliers are owed money for these goods. Their capital flow might be affected. This can be said to be an undeserved catastrophe. What I think is that we should first pay this sum of money. That would be equivalent to transferring this debt to us. Meng Chang is now a judgment debtor. He can slowly repay us this debt. The current situation was that Meng Chang was the one who owed the suppliers money. He had to think of ways to return the money even if Meng Chang did not want to be beaten down. The millions in debt would be enough to keep him busy for several years. He could forget about getting the money if Meng Chang really gave up and decided to be beaten down for the rest of his life. Pei Qians idea was equivalent to transferring the risk that the suppliers would not be able to get back their money to himself. On one hand, he wanted to do this because the suppliers were indeed quite pitiful. Some small suppliers might go bankrupt if they did not get paid. Pei Qian felt that this was an undeserved catastrophe. On the other hand, Pei Qian was worried about having too much money now. He could convert some money into Meng Changs debt to him. That would slightly reduce the pressure on this cycle. Whats more, the money wasnt given to Meng Chang for free. Meng Chang would have to pay it back in the future. He Desheng did not ask further and nodded. Boss Li could not help but raise his thumb. Boss Pei is so righteous! Only Boss Pei would be so kind. Pei Qian looked at Li Shi helplessly. Obviously, Li Shi misunderstood him again, but Pei Qian had no motivation to explain. Pei Qian felt a little melancholic. When would Boss Li understand that he would incur losses if he followed me blindly? Based on the current situation, Li Shi had also lost a lot of money. The money he had invested previously had been exchanged for shares, but Cold-Faced Ladys shares were no longer worth anything. Unless the Cold-Faced Ladys valuation skyrocketed or became profitable in the future, Boss Li would probably not be able to earn back the money. However, Boss Li seemed to be very confident in the revival of the cold-faced lady. That was ridiculous. Pei Qian did not know why Boss Li was so confident After the examinations, Pei Qian felt relaxed and was in no hurry to leave. He decided to have tea with Boss Li at Dream Realization Ventures. Li Shi took a sip of tea and asked the question he had been asking. Boss Pei, do you have any special arrangements for Meng Chang? From Li Shis point of view, Meng Chang was definitely a capable person. Otherwise, there would not be so many investors that viewed him as a perfect entrepreneur. It was just that this person seemed to have bad intentions. He was too floaty and not grounded enough. No matter how good his brain was, it would be wasted if he did not use it on the right path. Instead, it would be more destructive. Boss Pei had transferred Meng Chang and the suppliers debt to himself. On one hand, he might have helped the supplier, but on the other hand, did that mean that Boss Pei had other uses for Meng Chang? Pei Qian was stumped by Li Shis question. Did he have any special arrangements for Meng Chang? To be honest, he really did not Meng Chang seemed to be a good spender from the Cold-Faced Ladys situation. He had spent all of the huge investments at the speed of light and still owed a huge debt. Pei Qian rarely saw such a powerful spending ability on people around him. However, Meng Chang was really capable. He could create roasted cold noodles and cause a sensation on the internet. Whether it was the creation or failure of the Cold-Faced Lady, it caused a heated discussion on the internet. This marketing ability was also off the charts. Pei Qian was also very worried. What if Meng Chang really came to work for him and made a huge profit with his super strong marketing skills? That was very likely. After all, this was not the first time Pei Qian had encountered something like this. Those who were weaker than Meng Chang were already glowing under Boss Pei. What if Meng Chang changed for the better and became a new person under Boss Pei? Thus, Pei Qian was very conflicted. When Meng Chang left, he did not stop him, much less make him work under him. At that thought, Pei Qian said calmly, Let nature take its course. Li Shi pondered for a while and revealed a look of realization. Oh, I understand now. Boss Pei, youre saying that Meng Chang must still be very active now and wont do things for you honestly. Thats why you asked him to go outside and face the hard walls. Once he breaks his head, hell naturally come back obediently, right? Li Shi looked like he already knew the truth. Pei Qian looked at him, a question mark floating above his head. ? What are you talking about! Li Shi stood up in satisfaction. Boss Pei, I have something to do in the office. Ill leave first. Lets meet again another day. Li Shis back view exuded an inexplicable confidence. Pei Qian sipped his tea silently, his eyes filled with confusion. What the hell was Boss Li thinking? Fu Hui Investments. After listening to Li Shis analysis, Xue Zhebin suddenly said, Boss Li, are you saying that Boss Pei must have other uses for Meng Chang? Otherwise, why would he transfer the debt to himself? Li Shi nodded. Yes. I think Boss Pei seems to be paying too much attention to Meng Chang. I dont believe that he doesnt have other intentions. Now that Boss Pei has become Meng Changs creditor, its obviously easier to control him. Meng Chang is very smart, but that also means that he is very resistant to being controlled. Boss Pei obviously knows this very well, thats why he said let nature take its course. you cant rely on whips alone to tame wild beasts. Obviously, the first thing Meng Chang would do after paying off his debts would be to look for investors to continue his business. He wouldnt be willing to be a judgment debtor forever. He must be eager to create a new project to earn quick money to pay off his debts. As long as Meng Chang has such a mentality, his future projects will definitely not succeed. It will only be a beautifully packaged scam. What Boss Pei looks down on the most are people who are unwilling to do honest work. Therefore, even if Boss Pei wants to use him, he would only use him when he has nowhere else to go. Xue Zhebin asked, Then, how can Boss Pei be sure that Meng Chang will run into trouble and have no way out? Li Shi said, Meng Chang is an executor now. The previous project has just failed. I dont think any investors will believe him. On the other hand, Meng Chang is arrogant. After tasting the sweetness of his own entrepreneurship, he wont take a liking to ordinary jobs. The news of the Cold-Faced Ladys bankruptcy has caused a heated discussion on the internet. I think Boss Pei will probably add fuel to the fire. As long as some details are revealed and Meng Chang is labelled as a liar, he would really have no way out. At that time, Boss Pei would probably arrange for him to be in a suitable position. Xue Zhebin nodded slightly and agreed with this statement. However, he felt that something was amiss. However, Boss Pei has so many talents under him. Why should he care so much about Meng Chang? Boss Pei doesnt have to spend so much effort to make a cheat turn over a new leaf, right? Li Shi shook his head slightly and continued. Obviously, Boss Pei has another more important goal C to send a warning to everyone! Xue Zhebin was a little confused. Warning? Warning what? There are risks in investing? Have to be cautious in starting a business? Li Shi shook his head. Of course not. Is such a simple logic worth Boss Pei spending so much effort on? Boss Pei is warning those who have evil intentions and want to cheat money from Dream Realization Ventures. He is telling them that they will not have a good ending if they cheat money from Dream Realization Ventures! Kill the chicken to warn the monkeys. Meng Chang is the chicken that was killed. Look at Meng Chang. Hes a perfect entrepreneur in all aspects. Whats his fate now just because he had bad intentions? He has to bear millions in debt and his reputation is ruined. If Meng Chang had lied to other investors from the beginning, he might have succeeded and gotten away successfully. However, he became a judgment debtor with a debt in millions if he lied to Boss Pei. Even someone as skilled as Meng Chang cant hide from Boss Peis eyes. Would others dare to act rashly in front of Boss Pei? Tengdas businesses are increasing day by day, and Boss Pei is getting busier and busier. He will definitely not be able to take care of Dream Realization Ventures like before. That is in fact, true. Boss Pei has already adopted a standardized management method for Dream Realization Ventures: as long as the conditions are met and the standards met, invest equally. However, theres a problem with this. What if an investor maliciously cheats money on purpose? Just like Meng Chang, what if he splurges to build the valuations and finds a way to cash out? There will definitely be such entrepreneurs, and plenty of them. The reason why Boss Pei spent so much effort to deal with Meng Chang is very clear. He wants to make an example out of Meng Chang! He wants to show those entrepreneurs with evil intentions that they want to play tricks with Dream Realization Ventures money. Thats where Meng Chang will end up! Xue Zhebin still looked confused. Li Shi continued. Investors like us invest in projects. Liars would easily come knocking on our door. If we get cheated, we can only blame ourselves for not being capable enough. There are no good solutions. However, Boss Pei obviously took another path: kill the chicken to warn the monkeys so that the scammer would not dare to come looking for him again. He directly excluded those entrepreneurs with bad intentions. This way, whether Dream Realization Ventures investment succeeds or fails, the money that Boss Pei invested would play a positive role. I think this means that Boss Peis investment path has entered a new level. Xue Zhebin could not help but feel emotional. Boss Peis investment path is too profound. Its difficult to understand it and almost impossible to learn from it. Li Shi sipped his tea and smiled. I can only say that this is a talent. Chapter 813 - Ocean Stronghold’s DLC Update January 12th, Thursday At Shang Yang Games Wang Xiaobin came to Lin Wans office and knocked lightly. Boss Lin, the downloadable content of the remaining two games will be officially released if there are no problems with. Is there a need to inform Ye Zhizhou? Lin Wan thought for a moment and said, Theres no need for that. Hes in Los Angeles now with a huge time difference. Hes busy with tactical analysis for FV Team. Lets not disturb him. Whats more, he had already seen the content of these two downloadable content when it was first finalized. There shouldnt be any big problems. Just publish it directly. You were the one who led the development of the downloadable content of these old games. Youve worked hard. Have a good rest for the next two weeks. Wang Xiaobin was a little embarrassed by the praise. He said, Sigh, I was being forced to put a square peg into a round hole. If Boss Pei had not forced me to do these jobs, I would not have thought that I could develop these downloadable content myself. Ocean Strongholds downloadable content is basically Brother Huangs idea. Im just cooperating with him. Lin Wan smiled. Theres no need to be overly humble. Humility is a virtue, but it will also affect confidence. Boss Pei obviously wants to nurture everyone into polymaths, able to take charge of everything on our own, and not just be a replaceable part. Summarize your experience this time. Boss Pei might give you more similar missions in the future. Wang Xiaobin nodded. Alright, Ill get back to work. He returned to his desk, checked it one last time, and officially updated Repent and be Saved and Ocean Stronghold to the new versions. The old game update plan this time was divided into two parts: The Lonely Desert Road and Game Designer had been updated earlier because there was not much content; Repent and be Saved and Ocean Stronghold had been updated more. Thus, it had been delayed until this month. Ocean Stronghold, in particular, had almost a whole new story mode. This downloadable content was a story about Qin Yi entering the nest when he was the captain of a special team before he became a commander. The story outline was completely provided by Huang Sibo. It was said to be closely related to the game plot of Mission and Choice. Wang Xiaobin did not know the specific plot of Mission and Choice. He only followed Huang Sibos request and the information that he had given him. He seriously organized people to develop this downloadable content for advanced warming up. Wang Xiaobin had completed the task given to him by Boss Pei now that all the downloadable content had been developed. He could finally relax. Im not sure how Ye Zhizhou is doing. Hes not going to only come back after they win the championship, right? Wang Xiaobin had always been unhappy about Boss Pei transferring Ye Zhizhou to Los Angeles to be a tactical analyst. The person-in-charge of Shang Yang Games and the person-in-charge of GOGs international server actually went all the way to Los Angeles to do tactical analysis. It was really like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut. Initially, Wang Xiaobin had many questions to ask Ye Zhizhou during the process of developing the downloadable content. However, he could not ask them because there was a huge time difference between the two sides. Whats more, Ye Zhizhou seemed to be very busy over there. However, Wang Xiaobin did not dare to say anything. After all, Boss Pei had personally requested it. Its just an E-Sports competition organized by IOI. I dont understand why Boss Pei values it so much. Could there be some special considerations? Forget it, Ill just do my own thing. Wang Xiaobin released the downloadable content of the two games and then paid close attention to the players feedback. At the same time, in Sloth Apartments Qiao Liang had just woken up. He swiped his cell phone in boredom as he ate the regularly delivered Fish-Catching Take-Out. GPL competition will only start at five in the afternoon. Should I play games or make a video this afternoon? Okay, Ill continue playing games. However, there hasnt been any good games to play for a long time. FV team will only compete in the global finals competition on Sunday morning. Its really frustrating to wait. Qiao Liang only used half a second to reject the idea of creating a new video and happily decided to slack off. However, there were not many good options even if he wanted to slack off. That was because there were not many big projects worth paying attention to recently. Every time this happened, Qiao Liang would want to take a taxi to Tengda Games headquarters, put a knife to his own neck and threaten Boss Pei: Ill die in front of you if you dont come up with a new game soon! Of course, that was just a casual thought. He would definitely not do that. Qiao Liang knew very well that Boss Pei was actually a person with very high standards for himself. Every new game that he created would not only have to change its genre but also have a breakthrough in the previous game. He would not be like many game manufacturers who would replicate themselves endlessly after a successful game. They change their appearance and continue to make money. Boss Peis development habits had indeed allowed him to improve in the game design field. He would also be able to bring dazzling works to gamers every time. However, this also meant that the investment was getting bigger and incubation time would be longer. In fact, the new downloadable content of The Lonely Desert Road and Game Designer had already hinted that the next game would be a sci-fi game. The many Easter eggs and details buried in the game made Qiao Liangs heart itch. However, after waiting for so long, Boss Peis new game was still nowhere to be seen. His enthusiasm from before was almost gone. Bored, Qiao Liang browsed Aili Islands website for a while before opening his fan group. Eh? Repent and be Saved and Ocean Stronghold have also updated their downloadable content? Crazy! Why are these old games updating non-stop? Cant you focus all your manpower on creating new games? Sigh, forget it, forget it. I wont be so calculative as long as this downloadable content can maintain its standard. Qiao Liang complained a little, but he knew in his heart that his thinking was still unreasonable. Such a large-scale game would take a long time to develop even though he really wanted to play a new game as soon as possible. Whats more, more people did not necessarily mean that the game could be developed at a faster pace. It was not a linear relationship. One programmer might be able to finish the work in 100 days but 100 programmers could not finish it in one day. Whats more, updating the downloadable content for old games was something only developers with a conscience would do. There was nothing to criticize. Qiao Liang immediately opened the two games and checked the update announcement. Compared to the downloadable content of The Lonely Desert Road which was five times more expensive than the game itself, the downloadable content of these two games could be said to be kind hearted. Repent and be Saveds downloadable content was priced at 18 yuan. On the other hand, Ocean Strongholds downloadable content was updated for free like before. However, there was an additional epic weapon. Qiao Liang paid before looking at the updated announcements for the two games. Most veteran gamers had absolute trust in Tengda afterall. Tengdas pricing in the game would definitely exceed the value of the game. It was a sure win situation. Repent and be Saveds updates were mainly about the gameplay. There was a new Reincarnation Mode. It was mainly meant for elite gamers who had already cleared the game many times as easy as strolling in their own backyard. In the Reincarnation Mode, a new cycle would be opened every month based on the moon in reality. After entering Reincarnation Mode, the character would return to its initial state. However, all the monsters and drops in the map would be randomized within certain rules. In other words, it was possible for players to encounter stronger monsters from the later stages in the game and drop stronger equipment early on. Of course, there were certain rules to prevent unknown bugs from appearing. In addition, players could choose to adjust the difficulty of the game at the Buddha statue or randomly generate the entire world (for the parts that they had yet to challenge). There were seven restrictions within a month. If they could complete the reincarnation mode within a month, they would provide players with a permanent character appearance, including a full set of clothing and weapons. The content of Ocean Strongholds downloadable content was said to be a brand new story mode and a brand new epic weapon. There was no further explanation for the rest. It was probably waiting for gamers to experience it themselves in the game. It looks like Repent and be Saveds downloadable content is more interesting. Even if Ocean Stronghold updates its story mode, it would only take an hour or two. The game is already so old. It cant possibly take another four or five hours to complete the plot, right? Wouldnt that be burning money? Qiao Liang opened Repent and be Saved first. As an experienced gamer who had suffered many times, Qiao Liang knew Repent and be Saveds contents like the back of his hand. He knew exactly where the monsters were and what would drop. It was not because he had a good memory, but because he had been tortured too many times. Anyone who died dozens of times in the same place would have a deep impression of this place. The downloadable content of the game might not be substantially updated but it was obvious that the designer had put in a lot of effort to create this new model. Whats more, it has indeed improved the games playability and interest. It might be a randomised mode, but different monsters, Bosses, and props might cause a game bug or cause the entire game flow to be stuck when they randomly appear in certain places. The development team had obviously given it some serious thoughts in order to avoid these problems. They had set the rules to avoid such situations as much as possible. It was still the same map but the location of the monsters and the dropped items had changed. The previous shortcut route was naturally not useful. The veteran players could push through the entire map from the beginning with a sense of novelty, and the process was filled with surprises. It was really worth it considering that it was selling at only 18 yuan. It was easy to imagine that the Reincarnation Mode of Repent and be Saved would become a monthly mission for veteran gamers. They would be able to show off their veteran gamers identities with a few more souvenir weapons and appearances. Qiao Liang played for a while. He was very satisfied with Repent and be Saveds new mode. He saved the progress for now and to savor the game slowly. Then, he opened Ocean Stronghold to check the downloadable content. While Ocean Stronghold was widely known for its 888 yuan Red Kilin and rich PvP mode, the plot of the game was definitely not bad. When the game was first released, many gamers became enamoured with it because of Ocean Strongholds unique plot in domestically-produced FPS games. Strictly speaking, the plot of Ocean Stronghold was very simple. Players were interacting with a little girl who did not know how to speak the entire time other than shooting. However, it was still very outstanding after enough details were produced even with such a simple plot. Boss Pei had already shown his talent in the game plot design so early on. The content of the downloadable content could not be more than the original plot, right? Qiao Liang pondered. The games flow would be quite short if he considered the scale of the original plot and reduced it slightly. He would be able to finish it in a short while. Qiao Liang entered Ocean Strongholds story mode with such thoughts running in his mind. Chapter 814 - Superb Ocean Stronghold’s downloadable content Ocean Stronghold was essentially still an online game. More than 90% of the gamers spent their time playing it. Comparatively, its story mode was more like an addendum. Every once in a while, it would update a small part of the plot to entertain gamers who were addicted to shooting. At the same time, it would advertise the new epic weapon. There was a special highlights effect on the button for the story mode to hint at new plot updates. Qiao Liang entered the story mode and was stunned. That was because the new story mode was not squeezed together with the previous entry but at a totally new entry point. It was impressive from the start. This made Qiao Liang feel a little strange. According to his estimates, the new story mode would only last two to three hours. There was no need to create a new entry. It was quite a waste. Could this story mode be rather important? That didnt make sense, right? Qiao Liang began to experience the new story mode with a little confusion. The screen was dark. First, an emotionless electronic voice sounded in his ear. AS-371-45 Team. Mission Objective: Sneak into the Zergs nest and search for the Zerg Queen. Execute the decapitation operation. A deep male voice answered in a calm tone. Roger. An image of the game appeared on the screen. It was still played from the first-person perspective. In front of the screen was a special round platform was a set of Cloud Sparrow Type III Battle Armor that had been taken off. On the right shoulder was the archaic character righteousness. The first-person perspective protagonist paused for a moment before pressing the button beside the round platform. The circular platform began to spin. The back of the Skylark combat uniform faced the protagonists field of vision, and the small glider and jet could be seen clearly. With a click, the back of the combat uniform split open. The protagonist stepped in, and a series of mechanical sounds rang out. It was as if the entire combat uniform was tightly wrapped around him. The first-person image showed various light blue and high-tech UIs, indicating various battlefield information. Even the small map had been changed to a more technological packaging. The sound of jetting air could be heard. The first-person perspective floated up and landed steadily in the cabin. After that, the players officially took over. They could move freely and look around. Qiao Liang was slightly surprised because this was completely different from what he had expected. Ocean Strongholds original plot was in English and Mandarin. This time, it was in Mandarin. That emotionless electronic voice sounded like the style of artificial intelligence, but the tone was a little special, as if he had heard it somewhere before. Qiao Liang recalled carefully and realized that this was the style of Otto Technologies new voice assistant. The conversation made Qiao Liang confused. Originally, Ocean Stronghold was a story about biochemical viruses and zombies. However, there were now words like Zerg nest and Zerg Queen in the conversation. The UI layout of the first-person perspective had also changed. It immediately made him think of science fiction. The most ridiculous thing was this combat uniform. Qiao Liang took a quick glance and saw a mini fusion reactor, a huge magnetic rail rifle, and a gravity machine on the technologically-developed combat suit. This was obviously not the same timeline as Ocean Strongholds original plot. This simple opening made Qiao Liang realize that the downloadable content had nothing to do with Ocean Strongholds plot. It was a sci-fi story. Qiao Liang turned around and saw four other team members who were also dressed in the same battle uniform but with different decorations. The mission was about to begin. The four team members had different reactions. Some were making jokes and livening up the atmosphere while others were silent and only smiled in agreement. There were still subtitles even though they were dubbed in Chinese. Their names were also written on the subtitles: Xu Kaile, Meng Yu, Zhao Yongxiu, Wu Shaojun. The four of them had different personalities and were dressed in different combat uniforms. Qiao Liang quickly got to know them. After simple preparation, the four players stood at the exit of the cabin together and left a seat for the protagonist Qin Yi. Qiao Liang controlled Qin Yi to walk over. Then, the cabin door opened instantly. All the team members in their Skylark combat uniform fell off rapidly! Qiao Liang guessed that they had jumped off from a large aircraft. Below him was a scarlet land. In the sky, countless flying transports and ferocious Zergs were engaged in a fierce battle. On the ground, one could vaguely see dense Zergs attacking the human defense line like a tide. The smoke and fire everywhere reminded Qiao Liang that this was the battlefield of the alternate universe that was unimaginably cruel. All the team members maintained their formation and fell rapidly headfirst into a dark cave on the ground. This scene, which was only a few seconds long, was an animation made using real time rendering. It was not expensive, but the effect was not bad. It clearly informed players of their current situation. Qiao Liang regained control of the protagonist after falling into the dark cave. The plot officially began. There was no need for a newbie to guide them since the basic operations such as moving, shooting, and switching weapons were the same as Ocean Stronghold. Some larvae and worker Zergs emerged from the depths of the cave and were quickly wiped out before the powerful firepower. Qiao Liang only realized a very shocking fact after he really started playing the game: Im probably cheating! He gently pressed the left button of the mouse, and flames immediately shot out from the huge muzzle. The momentum of the firepower was at least several times stronger than the guns of Ocean Stronghold. It was not just the firepower. The number of bullets in the magazine, the speed of changing the magazine, the recoil, and so on were completely different concepts! Qiao Liang might not have played Ocean Stronghold often but he knew how to use the most basic guns in FPS games. In the end, he realized that there was no need to use the guns at all. The recoil of the guns was negligible. It could be seen as shooting wherever he was pointing! However, this recoil function seemed to have a cooldown after using it for some time. Ocean Stronghold had reduced the recoil of the game because of its difficulty compared to other FPS games. However, it was not that ridiculous. Not only that, there was something even more ridiculous. Ocean Strongholds regular mode was jumping when hitting the space button. Under this mode, the space button was jumping when it was pressed lightly. The height of the jump was much higher than that of ordinary people. If one pressed the space button for a long time, the jetpack behind them would shoot out air currents to lift the person up. They could also do short-distance sliding with the direction key. There were gravity devices in his feet that allowed him to slide on the wall. He would not be harmed even if he fell from a high place. There was a tactical disguise function in the special function. Once activated, it would become semi-transparent. Their movement speed might be slower but it would not attract the attention of the Zergs. What was even more ridiculous was that the helmet also included infrared detection, topographic navigation, ballistic calculation, and other functions. The topographic navigation was a three-dimensional small map. Ballistic calculation would indicate the bullet trajectory and would play a major role when the recoil function failed. It could guide players where to point their guns. In fact, this ballistic calculation function had a strengthened mode. Once it was activated, it would automatically lock onto the enemy and aim at them. Players only had to pull the trigger mindlessly. The detection function was also very ridiculous. Simply put, it could detect the location of the Zergs. What was this called? It wasnt considered a hack because it was a minor X-ray vision? However, this was not just X-ray vision. It was obviously a super cheat that combined flying, X-ray vision, recoil, invisibility, and self-observation! If Ocean Stronghold were to use this setting as a standard model, it would definitely be possible to mascare an entire city with just one player. This kind of upgrade in combat power made Qiao Liang feel much better. He was experiencing the thrill of it. As the plot progressed, the four members of the team had their own lines. The artificial intelligence AEEIS was also continuously giving orders. Qiao Liang was so immersed in the joy of fighting the Zergs that he completely lost track of time. However, the situation gradually became strange as the plot progressed. The number of Zergs increased, and the battle became more and more difficult. The team members began to raise doubts one after another. Fragments of Skylark combat uniforms were found in the cave, and the team members sacrificed one by one during the mission Qiao Liang had gotten carried away unknowingly. The design of the entire plot process was obviously a little sinister: At the beginning, players would be addicted to cutting grass, but the deeper they went, the more difficult it would be. The plot would become more tense, and players would not be able to stop themselves. The players sacrifices and riddles made the players eager to play to the end. Finally, Qiao Liang saw the Zerg Queen. The entire scene shook after the story. The ceiling collapsed. Human reinforcements had arrived However, the protagonists eyelids seemed to become heavy. They were completely closed after blinking a few times. The story of the downloadable content came to an abrupt stop. Qiao Liang was confused. Huh? Thats it? F*ck, how is this Ocean Strongholds downloadable content? This is obviously a huge promotional video for Boss Peis new game! After completing the downloadable content, Qiao Liang realized that he had been fooled. When he looked at the time, it was already 7 PM! The doorbell rang. Fish-Catching Take-Out was delivering dinner on time. Qiao Liang opened the door and took his dinner. It was only then that he realized that he had been playing for hours. After lunch, he spent two hours playing Repent and be Saveds reincarnation mode. Then, he started playing Ocean Strongholds new plot. It seemed like he had to play for at least five hours before he could get through. Qiao Liang was speechless. Didnt you say that it was just ordinary downloadable content? I thought that it would only last for two hours. In the end, it took five hours! This is almost as good as the previous game! Boss Pei is so awesome to have given away such a good downloadable content and an epic weapon Eh, wait, did I forget something? Qiao Liang scratched his head in confusion. He looked at the time and suddenly realized. Ah, I missed the GPL competition! F*ck! Chapter 815 - The Incubation Base’s First Success He switched on the television and was just in time for the second GPL competition. Strongholds downloadable content kept replaying in Qiao Liangs mind as he ate Fish-Catching Take-Out and watched the GPL competition. Despicable cliffhanger ending! Qiao Liang was confused by the plot, but his gaming addiction was completely aroused. He suddenly realized that the downloadable content of the few old games that had been updated over the past few months were linked and had something to do with Tengdas new game! Or it could be said that it was publicity and warm up. The new downloadable content of The Lonely Desert Road had a new car skin. It was a mini spaceship with a sense of technology. There was also a new game setting on the surface of a dark red planet filled with sand. There was an assistant in Game Designer, AEEIS. The facts had proven that it was an artificial intelligence in Ocean Strongholds new plot and was also the voice assistant in Otto Technologies cell phone. Ocean Strongholds new story mode was equivalent to a large-scale plot preview. Qin Yi and this teams mission plot was so random. It must have something to do with the subsequent game plot. The new epic weapon was the standard weapon for the Cloud Sparrow Battle Armor (weakened version). The only thing he did not know was the connection between Repent and be Saveds downloadable content and the new game. However, it was likely related to the new sci-fi game based on Zergs. Qiao Liang quickly found the answer online. Some gamers started playing Repent and be Saveds reincarnation mode the moment the downloadable content was updated. They relied on their exquisite skills and good luck to obtain the reward for completing the game in the reincarnation mode: a set of Zerg-style clothes and weapons. This set of clothing seemed to be made from the shells of Zergs. The weapon in his hand was a huge, curved, and strangely-shaped Zerg claw. Compared to the costumes in other games, this set of clothing had good defense and low burden. It was very useful. On the other hand, while the weapons value was not as perverted as the BUG weapon Pudu, its attack movements were unique and very handy. At this point, Tengdas new downloadable content was completed. It enriched the gameplay and game content while collaborating with the new game and advertising it at the same time. Qiao Liang could not help but feel emotional. Boss Pei is so crafty! These are obviously the models and scenes of the new game. They could be used to make downloadable content for the old game if they were slightly modified. That would save resources and publicize the new game. I just want to say please increase your strength! There might be suspicions of saving resources but it was still satisfactory overall. That was because the quality of the downloadable content for this update was indeed very high and the price was very good. The only thing he was not satisfied with was Ocean Strongholds downloadable contents cliffhanger ending. Even though he knew that this was a very good publicity method, it was still very uncomfortable to not see the plot at the end. He could not wait for Tengdas new game to be officially released tomorrow. One could only say that good works always had a love-hate relationship, making people desire them. If Tengda Games had made trashy games, then no one would not have such high expectations for it. Qiao Liang casually browsed the gamers comments online and found that most of the gamers were very satisfied with the update. Whats more, they were really looking forward to Tengdas new game. The new downloadable content is too good-hearted! Especially the new plot of Ocean Stronghold. It would be no problem for it to sell for about 45 yuan per game. Its akin to giving it away for free! What do you mean free? Didnt they charge 888 yuan for an epic weapon? Whales spend money and commoners benefit from it. You might not believe it even if I were to say it out loud. At the moment, the most conscientious FPS game in the country is Ocean Stronghold that sells the 888 yuan Red Kilins. Thats ridiculous. I feel like Tengda is really playing a huge game of chess. The downloadable content of so many games is all to promote the new game. This new game must be very impressive! Could it be that they invested hundreds of millions on it? Probably not a few hundred million, but the scale is definitely not small from the looks of it. Can any big boss guess what type of game this is? Thats hard to say. From the theme, it must be a sci-fi, a war theme between humans and Zergs. Logically speaking, FPS games should be the most likely. However, Ocean Strongholds downloadable content is already FPS. Wouldnt it be a little repetitive if it were to be made again? Its quite hard to guess. I also think that FPS games are the most likely. The other genres are getting rather cold. I dont think its possible to make them, right? I dont really understand this plot. Did Qin Yi die in the end? Did the decapitation strike succeed? It might look like it succeeded but what does the story want to express if it really succeeded? Somethings not right. I think it might not have succeeded. There will definitely be a follow-up plot. Just wait patiently. Many gamers made use of Ocean Strongholds plot to brainstorm and try their best to find clues left behind by the designer. They also tried to guess the direction of Tengdas new game story. However, these speculations were not convincing to the players and contradicted the designers intentions. However, everyone continued to guess tirelessly. After all, the process itself was quite interesting. Suddenly, Qiao Liang saw a post. His eyes lit up. Holy sh*t! I realized that the AEEIS on Ottos cell phone has a special function. It can actually be a match to the lines in the game! Qiao Liang was a little surprised. He clicked on the content of the post and realized that the original poster was using Otto Technologies and said a line from Qin Yi in the game to AEEIS on a whim. AEEIS immediately followed up and perfectly replayed the conversation in the game unexpectedly! There were many replies below. Many gamers who used OTTO cell phones discovered this function as well. Some even said that the AEEIS Fully-Automated Smart Bickering Machine had the same effect, and the effect was better. Eh? Thats right. AEEIS seems to be part of Boss Peis plan! Wait, what is the AEEIS Fully-Automated Smart Bickering Machine? Qiao Liang also owned an Otto E1 cell phone and had just updated the new system. He did use AEEIS, but because he did not have the habit of using voice assistants and had not taken the time to experience it. The promotional page of the AEEIS Fully-Automated Smart Bickering Machine was hidden in the application of Otto Technologies shopping center. Qiao Liang usually did not buy anything in this shopping center, so he would not pay attention to it. It was only when he saw this post that Qiao Liang realized that Otto Technologies had actually released such a thing. Qiao Liang clicked into the shopping center with some curiosity and quickly found the Fully-Automated Smart Bickering Machine. It looked similar to the original bickering machine, but it was obviously much longer and much taller. Its specifications and parameters were clearly written on the products details page. Strictly speaking, it should be an echo wall. Qiao Liang could not help but feel shocked. Theres an upgrade? And its an echo wall? He looked at his big television and then at his first-generation bickering machine. Then, he decisively ordered a new one. It just so happens that I need to surround sound when playing games. Its just right for a big television. Ill order one! It actually has the function of exchanging the old for the new to get a discount. Thats quite humane. Qiao Liang looked at the time. It was already night time and it would only arrive tomorrow morning even if the goods were delivered from Jingzhous local warehouse. That made him feel a little regretful. He felt that it would have been better if he had discovered this Fully-Automated Smart Bickering Machine earlier. Wouldnt it have already arrived if he had placed an order at noon? From the looks of it, he could only try it out tomorrow and then think of a video to introduce it to his fans. January 13th, Friday Pei Qian was checking on the progress of various tasks in the office. He had to pay attention reluctantly to the projects now that the exam was finally over even though he felt that it was very troublesome. He had not asked about these projects because he had been busy preparing for the exam. It was not that he was afraid of something happening, but he was afraid that nothing would happen. Based on his previous experience,these projects would one day bring a huge amount of System Funds to him if Pei Qian did not care about these projects at all. Thus, he had to discover it early and treat it early. It was Friday today, and it was almost the weekend. Pei Qian planned to do a background check on the various projects on Friday, understand the situation, and organize his thoughts. He would rest for two days on the weekend, and welcome the high-intensity working conditions on Monday. Pei Qian first checked on Qiu Hongs incubation base in Beijing. Previously, Pei Qian had asked Tang Yishu to make a trip to Beijing. At the same time, he had dealt a heavy blow to Cold-Faced Lady and greatly affected the incubation base. Many bugs had appeared in the independent game that was being developed, and they had no choice but to spend more effort to modify them. At the same time, the incubation base followed Pei Qians instructions and organized independent game designers to play games together, greatly delaying their research and development time. Thus, most of the games that were originally scheduled to be released last month were pushed to the middle and end of this month. Those with more serious repercussions would skip to the next month or even the following month after the next month. However, the incubation base was similar to Dream Realization Ventures in the System. These independent game designers were like the start-up companies that Dream Realization Ventures had invested in. Their products were not directly produced by Tengda, and would not affect the settlement. As long as the incubation base and Dream Realization Ventures were still operating normally and the companies that they invested in were still operating normally and working, the system would be more lax on them. They would not be as strict as Tengdas direct department. That was also the reason why Pei Qian was increasingly passionate about giving money to others to spend. Among the many games in the incubation base, only two had been released under pressure. However, from the looks of the current situation, they were far from being successful. The art style of one of them was not pleasing to the eye, and it could be said that no one was interested in it. The other one had a good reputation, but its sales were not good. It was a classic example of good but not good enough. All in all, he did not earn any money at all. He did not even make back the investment that the incubation base had invested in these two games. Qiu Hong also felt ashamed. His guilt and lack of confidence could be felt through the work week report. However, Pei Qian was very satisfied with this. Great, didnt I say that there are many talents among independent game designers. There would always be people who could make loss-incurring games! The incubation base was indeed a good idea! According to Qiu Hongs thinking, there was no need to continue investing resources and time into games that had already been proven to be failures. He would arrange for these two independent game designers to start planning and developing new independent game projects. Pei Qian decided to give Qiu Hong a call to correct his wrong thinking at that point. How could he give up on such a good project? He had to continue investing as much resources as he could! The more he invested, the better! Chapter 816 - Street Food Contest? At that moment, Qiu Hong was fretting in the incubation base of the Destitution Plan in Beijing. That was because he felt that the game produced by the incubation base was not good enough. It had been two months since the incubation base started operating. Whats more, many independent game designers had already developed their games for a period of time before they arrived at the incubation base. Logically speaking, it was time to produce some results. They were independent games after all. There was not much investment and work involved since they were meant to be small and beautiful games. However, just taking care of the BUGs was enough to tire everyone out. Two games had been released, but for various reasons, the response was not good. Qiu Hong summarized it briefly and felt that it was mainly because of his ability. They might have provided relevant supporting support to the independent game designers, but it did not mean that the game they created would be successful. That was because creating games had a very low chance of success, and it was even more so for independent game designers. Independent game designers were inspirational, passionate, but lacking in ability. Otherwise, they would have gone to work in a proper game company. Why would they have to choose an independent game that was neither profitable and very tiring? However, that put Qiu Hong under a lot of pressure. He knew that Boss Pei had high hopes for this independent game incubation base. He never hesitated to provide money. He himself was a slightly famous successful game designer. Yet, he did not achieve anything after working for so long. It was really embarrassing. The few games that Qiu Hong had been paying attention to, such as Black Ink and Clouds could not be released for the time being because of various bugs and details. They might have to wait until next month. No matter how anxious Qiu Hong was,it was useless if he had no games he could publish. At that moment, his cell phone rang. It was Boss Pei. Qiu Hongs heart dropped. Could Boss Pei be here to hold him accountable? He had a bad feeling when he submitted the work week report for the incubation base. Boss Pei was now calling him personally. Did this mean that the premonition was real? Qiu Hong quickly picked up the phone. Boss Pei! Over the phone, Boss Peis voice was very kind and even a little cheerful. Boss Qiu, I understand the situation at the incubation base. It is very successful! The situation is very good. You have to continue, understand? What? A question mark floated above Qiu Hongs head. He almost thought that he had heard wrongly or that Boss Pei had called the wrong number. However, on further thought, he did not make a mistake. Boss Pei was talking about the incubation base. The situation is very good? It is very successful? Qiu Hong was very confused. Boss Pei, you call this situation very successful? Is there a deviation in my definition of success? The two games that we released did not sell well Pei Qian sniggered. Of course this is considered very successful! Boss Qiu, its obvious that theres a problem with your evaluation criteria. You should think this way: These independent game designers could not even complete the game and distribute it previously. With the help of the incubation base, they could complete the game and bring their games to players. Isnt that a huge improvement and success? Dont think about how many marks youll get for this paper first. At least youll be able to complete the entire paper on your own. Youve already answered all the questions that you need to answer. Handing in the paper normally would make it an improvement! Everyone has to take it slow. How can you start earning money after building an independent game incubation base for two months? Youre too eager for instant benefits! Thats not a good attitude. Qiu Hong listened with a foggy mind and looked confused. What Boss Pei said made sense but it still felt strange. Could it be that my work is actually very outstanding? I just dont feel it? The sudden compliment almost made Qiu Hong waver. However Pei Qian changed the topic. There are still some problems with your work. I have to point it out now so that you can correct it as soon as possible. Qiu Hong heaved a sigh of relief. Thats right! How can my work be perfect? I dont believe it myself. He quickly said, Boss Pei, please speak. Im all ears. Pei Qian said, I read from your work report that you plan to let the creators of these two games rest for a while before continuing to design and develop the next independent game? Thats not appropriate. After a moment of silence, Qiu Hong said, Boss Pei, you mean I should fire them? Boss Pei was obviously dissatisfied with his arrangement after hearing what Boss Pei said. The game of these two designers had already been completed. The markets response was not good. Thus, Qiu Hong intended for them to start making new games immediately. The incubation base could not keep idle people. However, Boss Pei felt that this was not appropriate. Could it be that he felt that these two people were useless and wanted to kick them out to replace them? Pei Qian nearly choked on his breath. What kind of comprehension ability did Qiu Hong have?! How could you fire such trusted aides? Pei Qian quickly said, Your understanding is ridiculous! What I mean is to modify, optimize, and redo these two games until they are recognized by the market, understand? Every independent game is the condensation of designer inspiration and wisdom. If the game is not popular with gamers, it does not mean that the idea is bad. It only means that the way to express this idea is not mature enough! How can any idea succeed if you give up after trying superficially? If you dont succeed, then spend money to redo it until you succeed! Qiu Hong was stunned. Other games companies would cut down failed projects in time to stop losses. Yet, Boss Pei was trying his best to extend the lives of failed projects! Logically speaking, this was a very stupid act. After all, the game itself had already been rejected by the market. It was better to make new ones instead of making huge changes. However, Boss Peis tone was extremely firm and confident. It made Qiu Hong feel that what he said made sense! So he was the one who was wrong? Qiu Hong pondered for a moment. Then there has to be a limit to the investment, right? One million? Two million? There cant be more for independent games! After a moment of silence, Pei Qian said, Dont let money limit precious imagination. If a game can only achieve the best results by investing five million yuan, and you set a limit of two million yuan for it, how can it succeed? Since youve decided to do it, you must do your best. Do you understand? Qiu Hong: Alright. Pei Qian continued to read the reports from the other departments after hanging up. At that moment, someone knocked on the door. It was He Desheng. Boss Pei, Im here to briefly report the situation with the Cold-Faced Lady. I cant explain it in a few words, so I think its better to report it in person. Pei Qian nodded. Okay, speak. He Desheng briefly introduced the situation with the cold-faced lady. After Meng Chang sold all his shares, he completely cut off all ties with the cold-faced lady and left it alone. However, a large portion of the cold-faced ladys original employees remained. The company was running out of money and there was a delay in their salaries, they could not jump ship so quickly either. Many people heard that the company had failed. They were looking for a job dejectedly, but before they could find a new job, they heard that their original job had been saved. This group of people had already been resettled and returned to their workstations. Cold-Faced Ladys shop should be able to open soon and start operating normally. Of course, Dream Realization Ventures had also taken out a sum of money for the operations of Cold-Faced Ladys shops. He Desheng asked, Boss Pei, are we still doing the marketing activities that Cold-Faced Lady did previously? Previously, Meng Chang had been spending money like water. It was mainly because he had spent too much on marketing. He had bought all sorts of hot searches, advertised, and booked a venue for a speech. If it was just subsidies to maintain the daily operations of the shop, the spending would be quite slow. Pei Qian pondered for a moment and said, Lets set everything aside for now and think about it at length. It would be faster to continue spending money on these marketing activities, the boss of the Cold-Faced Lady had now changed from Meng Chang to Tengda. Considering Tengdas influence, if they were to really publicize it, it might have some unknown impact on the Cold-Faced Lady. Thus, after some thought, Pei Qian decided to observe the situation first. It had not been easy for him to find something that could steadily incur losses. He did not want to lose it as soon as he took over. Whats more, many marketing activities could not be done without Meng Chang. Take the speech for example. Pei Qian could not possibly take it up himself. That would be ridiculous. He Desheng hesitated for a moment and said, Boss Pei, the other marketing activities are easy to deal with. The only thing is that there is a Street Food Contest. We have spent a lot of effort to find some vendors from all over the country. The competition will be held next week. Do you think we can still hold this competition? Pei Qian was stunned. A Street Food Contest? This Meng Chang was quite capable. How did he come up with such a marketing idea? Pei Qian immediately thought of Meng Changs intention: He wanted to invite vendors from all over the country to make some delicacies to serve as contrasts for the cold-faced lady. This would definitely be a good topic and the advertisement would not be bad. Pei Qian was quite interested. He nodded. That sounds good. Lets go with the original plan. He Desheng nodded. Alright, Boss Pei. Theres nothing else. He was about to leave when Pei Qian stopped him. What is Meng Chang doing now? He Desheng answered, He seems to be looking for investments, but has been rejected by all of them. The chances of him making a comeback are slim. Some failed entrepreneurs look like they have a chance to turn things around, but in fact, thats because they either have a good family, connections, resources, or fans In fact, Meng Chang has nothing but his own ability. Thats very fatal. However, if Meng Chang puts down his pride and does some jobs that he doesnt like and works hard for more than ten years he should be able to pay back the money. After some thought, Pei Qian said, If he really has no other way out, I can consider giving him a job. He Desheng: Alright, Boss Pei. Should I let him be in charge of the cold-faced lady? Pei Qian shook his head. No. Well talk about it when the time comes. Chapter 817 - Strongly Recommended Bickering Mode! Your express delivery. The young man from Upwind Courier stations politely moved a huge box to Qiao Liangs door. The Fully-Automated Smart Bickering Machine that he had ordered last night had arrived. Qiao Liang was elated. Upwind Logistics speed and service were as good as ever. Help me remove the packaging, Qiao Liang said. The delivery man opened the package outside the door in a very considerate manner. Qiao Liang carried the new bickering machine in and placed it in the living room. Then, he took out the old bickering machine and handed it to the delivery man. Tengda had provided a service where the original version could be exchanged for the new version which would also entitle them to a discount. Qiao Liang felt that there was no point in having two Bickering Machines at home, so he replaced the previous one. Qiao Liang began to size up the new bickering machine after closing the door and sending the delivery man off. His first impression was that this thing had grown taller and was quite heavy. The original Fully-Automated Bickering Machine was not light either because it was filled with metal parts. Now, with the addition of the sound system, it became even heavier. However, it could still be moved. Qiao Liang took the two small speakers out of the bickering machine and played with them. He found them very interesting. He had read the introduction of the new Bickering Machine before on the information page. He knew that there were two removable surround sound systems here, but he still found it interesting to play with them. It looked very different from other smart speakers or echo wall products from the surface. He placed the bar-shaped sound system under the television, and the main part of the bickering machine next to the television cabinet. Then, he placed the two removable surround sound systems on the bookshelf behind the sofa, one on the left and one on the right. Play a movie to feel it. Qiao Liang casually turned on a movie from the television, preparing to test the effect of the sound system. The echo wall had advantages and disadvantages compared to traditional sound systems. The sound quality of the echo wall would definitely not be comparable to traditional speakers of the same price, but it would be much better in terms of surrounding and setting. Whats more, the echo wall on the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine was priced at about two thousand yuan. In the eyes of true sound enthusiasts, it was only at the level of listening to sound. The sound quality was not that good either. However, it was definitely much better than those smart speakers that cost hundreds of yuan or the sound system that came with the television. To ordinary people, the improvement in the sound quality was obvious. The movie began to play. The sound effects from all directions quickly surrounded Qiao Liang. Compared to the sound system that came with the television, the biggest advantage of the echo wall was the layers of sound it could produce. If the voice before was an ordinary cake, then the echo wall would be a thousand-layer cake. Qiao Liang could not help but feel regret when he felt like he was in the same situation. He regretted not buying it earlier! Qiao Liang did not watch television when he was in Beijing. While he did watch a little television when he arrived in Jingzhou, he did not have much interest in the quality of the sound. However, after hearing the sound of the echo wall, he immediately felt that he had been watching television for nothing. It would be a waste if such good quality video could not be matched with good sound! Whats more, the Echo Wall had 13 megaphones. They were arranged in a formation with the principle of real reflective surround sound. In other words, while there was a delay to control the sound of each megaphone, the strongest point of the sound wave would be superimposed to form a sound line, creating a real surround feeling. Qiao Liang immediately switched off the movie and turned on the game console. Now, many overseas Triple-A games also supported the sound of Dolby Atmos surround sound technology. This was especially true for gunfight games. After using the echo wall, the sound came from all directions, and the immersion was instantly maxed out. While FPS games were best played with earphones, the main game was not a competitive game. It was not convenient for the main computer and television to pair with earphones, so most people would not wear earphones when playing. Thus, after changing to the echo wall, the effect was obvious. Qiao Liang changed several games in a row, but he had not enjoyed enough of it. Alright, this money is worth it. However How did Boss Pei think of combining the Bickering Machine with the Echo Wall? Its a genius idea! After experiencing it for a while, Qiao Liang picked up the manual and flipped through it carefully to see if he had missed any key functions. Eh? Theres even a bickering mode? What model is this? Am I supposed to argue with this thing? Qiao Liang was shocked when he saw the contents of the instruction manual. He almost thought that this was a prank. He tested the waters and said, Enter the bickering mode. Fifteen minutes later, Qiao Liangs face was flushed red. He almost spat out a mouthful of blood. His blood pressure nearly shot off the charts! At first, Qiao Liang thought that this function was meant to be a joke. To argue with artificial intelligence? Wasnt this bullying it, oh no, bullying artificial intelligence? Did the staff who developed the Fully-Automated Smart Bickering Machine confirm that AEEIS could understand what people were saying? However, when they really started fighting, Qiao Liang realized that he was no match for AEEIS at all! This AEEIS was not only mean in its speech, but it was also extremely sarcastic in its unique and indistinguishable electronic voice. It made people want to smash this thing on the spot. If not for the fact that this thing was priced at more than two thousand yuan, Qiao Liang suspected that he might not have been able to hold himself back. What was even more outrageous was that because it was actually an echo wall, even the mocking sounds were coming from all directions! This feeling was like AEEISs virtual image was circling around you while mocking you from every angle. It was unimaginable. Qiao Liang managed to endure it even though he thought he could not endure it anymore. This Bickering Machine was the same style as before. As long as the user wanted to bicker, they would continue to do so. It would never admit defeat. They were in an endless loop whether it was the mechanical structure of the Bickering Machine or the voice bickering. Qiao Liang spent a long time mentally preparing himself before he finally stopped. He also decided not to provoke AEEIS in the future. They had to get along well now that they were under the same roof. Oh, right. someone mentioned online that this can match the lines. Qiao Liang found the dialogue between Qin Yi and AEEIS online and played with it as though he was undergoing a Pubscent Crisis. However, this function could only be considered a small combo with the game, a small Easter egg. To Qiao Liang, the three most useful functions of the Fully-Automated Intelligent Bickering Machine were the surround sound effect of the echo wall, the decorative effect of the Bickering Machine, and the smart speaker controlling the smart home in the room. The Sloth Apartments came with some smart apartments which could be controlled by AEEIS. All he had to do was shout in the living room. However, the popularity of smart devices had not risen yet, so there were not many smart home devices that could be controlled. They could continue to expand in the future. This sound system is really not bad, especially this bickering mode. What kind of genius designed this! I have to publicize it! Qiao Liang immediately took out his cell phone and posted a Weibo message. I strongly recommend Tengdas new Fully-Automated Smart Bickering Machine, especially the Bickering Mode. Its especially fun. You have to experience it! At Shang Yang Games Wang Xiaobin was happily reading the gamers comments on the downloadable content of the games. He was overjoyed. The downloadable content of the update this time was quite good, and it had a good reputation as well. It could be said that he had completed the task given by Boss Pei perfectly! This was a huge improvement and breakthrough for a designer like Wang Xiaobin who was not good at playing games. He really wanted to show off to Ye Zhizhou, but when he turned around, he realized that Ye Zhizhou was still in Los Angeles. Among the many posts praising the downloadable content, there were also many people recommending the new Fully-Automated Smart Bickering Machine. There was no way to find out how it became popular, but it was obvious that more and more netizens were discussing it online! Whats more, everyone was giving strong recommendation. Is the new Bickering Machine really so fun? I must buy it! Yes, just like before, full of philosophy! It has been injected with a soul. With this bickering machine, my temper has improved visibly. I feel like the distracting thoughts in my heart are getting lesser and lesser, and Im about to float If you are an old user who values its philosophical meaning, you must get your hands on a new model of the bickering machine. That is because it is more philosophical than the old model. If you are a new user, you must get your hands on one because it will be an unforgettable experience. Wang Xiaobin did not know whether to laugh or cry at everyones discussion. The mentality of these people was the same as spontaneously promoting sadistic games. They all had the mentality of Im not going to suffer alone. Wang Xiaobin could not help but feel emotional. Boss Peis Bickering Machine and smart speaker were one and the same. He had given the Bickering Machine its soul! Its greatest advantage was that it was special and recognizable enough among the smart speakers. It had a good appearance and practicality while also satisfying peoples curiosity. Could this be Boss Peis ultimate grasp of the consumer mentality? Pei Qians status in Wang Xiaobins heart had risen again. Chapter 818 - The Hibernating Eric Los Angeles Time, January 14th, Saturday morning, January 15th, in Jingzhou. Today was the day of the IOI International Finals semifinals. FV Team was ready to go. In the hotel, Ye Zhizhou, Bao Xu, and the other team members waved goodbye as they watched them board the minibus. The backstage of the competition venue was limited and could not accommodate so many people. On the other hand, Ye Zhizhou, Bao Xu, and the others data analysis work had come to an end. They could take a break. As the coach, Old Zhou brought a portion of the tactical team to the venue so that Ye Zhizhou and the others could move around freely. Of course, if new tactics appeared after the semifinals, they would still have to continue analyzing and provide tactical support for FV Team. It had been a week since the top eight competitions. During this week, many European and American teams had sent FV team invitations to the mock competition. FV teams reply was the same: Sorry, our mock competition schedule is full. That was not a lie. FV battle indeed had a full mock competition schedule with SUG and their own team. They had more than ten hours of training every day. It was just that FV Team was not willing to change their training schedule and play against these European and American teams. Shall we go for a drink? Ye Zhizhou suggested. The others agreed readily and went to a small bar nearby which would stream the IOI International Finals live. They would drink and watch the competition. It was simply beautiful. However, they did not notice a slightly bald Western man silently drinking his coffee while paying attention to FV Teams situation in the corner of the resting area on the first floor of the hotel. Eric looked at FV Teams huge logistics team and fell into deep thought. Some time ago, Erics failure to promote IOIs local server had disappointed Dayak Corporation. Thus, they had Chrtien to be in charge of the operations of IOIs local server. The domestic market was too huge. No multinational company wanted to give up. After taking over the position, Chrtien made a series of drastic changes, including modifying IOIs gameplay, working with Long Yu Corporation, and so on. At the very least, the momentum had started even though it was hard to say if he had succeeded or failed at the moment. Thus, in the eyes of the upper echelons of Dayak Corporation, their trust in Chrtien was unprecedentedly firm. That made the situation very difficult for Eric. He was also one of Dayak Corporations senior executives. It was impossible for him to be demoted all the way. His rice bowl and position in the company would be preserved no matter what. However, those who were able to climb to such a position were all ambitious. Eric saw Chrtien doing better in his previous position. It must be very difficult for him to accept. Eric did not give up. Instead, he chose to lie low and watch the battle between GOG and IOI quietly while waiting for an opportunity to strike. The situation seemed to be very passive for Eric. In the eyes of the outside world, he had no possibility of turning the situation around, however, Eric himself did not think so. That was because before he returned to Los Angeles, he had seriously and deeply investigated Tengdas various methods of promoting GOG. He had even spoken to Boss Pei once. Eric knew very well that Chrtien could not succeed even though he was doing very well now. That was because he had no idea how scary Boss Pei was. Eric knew very well that the methods that Chrtien was using now, including changing the game, organizing the competition, and so on, had all been used by Boss Pei. How could you succeed using Boss Peis methods to deal with Boss Pei? Obviously, Boss Peis counterattack had already begun unknowingly. FV battle team was the way Boss Pei found to break out of the situation. From the qualifiers of domestic IOI to the series of performances by FV teams in the international competition, Boss Peis presence was vaguely felt. However, Eric did not intend to tell Chrtien or the higher-ups of Dayak Corporation about his judgment. Erics own interests were far greater than the interests of Finger Games. If he handed over the precious information now, he would not be able to obtain the biggest bargaining chip for himself, and it might not be accepted. Eric sipped his coffee and got up to leave. The second round of confrontation between Dayak Corporation and Tengda Corporation should be done after IOIs global finals ends this time. At the same time, in Jingzhou Pei Qian had already woken up. He ate his breakfast while waiting for IOIs global finals to begin. The competition time was much friendlier to domestic players after entering the semifinals and finals. They only played one BO5 a day after all and would have more flexibility to arrange the timing. The opponent in the semifinals looks quite fierce. They should be of some use, right? Its not too much for you to win a small game against FV Team, right? Pei Qian felt an inexplicable sense of anticipation. There was still some time before the competition began. The screen was still playing the FV and the opponents exciting performance in the top eight. Pei Qian ate his breakfast as he read the bullet screen comments in the live-stream. FV, charge! All the best! I dont need you to improve anymore. Just stay where you are in the quarterfinals. Give me another 3-0! Come on, come on, come on! However, even at the critical moment before the start of the foreign war, there were still haters who kept causing trouble and continued to spam words like GOG is entertaining itself. Pei Qian could not help but feel emotional. These fake reviewers were quite professional. Long Yu Corporation must have spent a lot of money on them. Of course, some people might not be fake reviewers but pure haters. However, the fake reviewers were paid to do things, and the haters were not paid to do so yet they poured their hearts out. That was very puzzling. Pei Qian had just taken a sip of his drink when he suddenly saw a bullet screen. He nearly spat out all the drinks in his mouth. Flamers, stop arguing. If you want to fight, fight with the bickering Machine! AEEIS Fully-Automated Bickering Machine will satisfy all your requests for bickering! The Bickering Machine is fun. I suggest that the haters get one each. There are still so many people who have been caught by the haters? Too inexperienced. Buy a Bickering Machine to train your mentality. After youre done with the Bickering Machine, youll think that the haters rankings are too low. Theyre not worth a fight! Pei Qian was dumbfounded as he watched the bullet screen change direction for no reason. Whats going on? Why did the topic change to the bickering machine? There wasnt much sales volume when I looked at it last Friday, wasnt it? For the past two days, Pei Qian had been busy checking on the work situation of the various departments. He had not been concerned about the bickering machine. In the end, he had been careless and something had happened! He quickly took his cell phone and opened the shopping center to check. He realized that more than three hundred of them were sold on the phones Shopping Mall application! Whats more, this was only the volume that OTTO cell phone owners were buying. The Fully-Automated Intelligent Bickering Machine was also being sold on other shopping platforms. The official website of OTTO Technologies was also selling it. If all of these were added together, the sales would be very impressive! Could it be that Chang You did not listen to me or did he publicize it? Pei Qian quickly checked the internet but could not find any advertisements for the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine. This is strange. It seems to be getting popular for no reason. Whats more, it seems to be coming from the game forum? F*ck! Old Qiao! Pei Qian finally found Qiao Liangs Weibo post after searching for a long time. He gritted his teeth in anger. However, after taking a closer look at the comments and reposts of the Weibo post, he realized that it wasnt very high. Obviously, Qiao Liang had been adding fuel to the fire in the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine, but that was not the main reason. This thing seemed to have gained popular naturally. There were no obvious broadcasting nodes, but everyone seemed to be particularly convinced by it. Pei Qian was completely confused as well. He really could not understand why everyone liked this crap. The competition officially began in Pei Qians confusion. The two commentators were also in peak condition. They tried their best to liven up the atmosphere in the venue and praised FV team generously. IOI officials might not like FV Team but they were the only team left from the country after all. Were they to brag about foreign teams if not about FV? That would definitely not be appropriate. Pei Qian could only comfort himself. Its alright. You guys do your best. Try your best to make FV Team suffer The competition quickly entered the BP page. On FV teams side, Coach Old Zhou was holding a small notebook, his expression relaxed and indifferent. The players were also chatting and laughing, looking like they were not under any pressure. The mentality before the competition was very important. It was important to be serious but if they were too tense, it might cause the players to be restrained and perform badly. Whats more, FV team had already made ample preparations in terms of tactics. The members were also in high spirits, so of course they were filled with confidence. On the other hand, his opponent was also brimming with confidence. That was especially so for the other teams coach. He stood behind the team members with a small notebook in his hand, looking like he was in high spirits and devising strategies. The coach looked to be in his early thirties. His beard was neatly trimmed, and he was dressed in a suit and leather shoes. He looked very reliable. Pei Qian heaved a sigh of relief. They were already in the semifinals; there were indeed no weak teams. The top eight matches had been played a week ago. The other party must have repeatedly studied the competition recordings and found a way to deal with FV Team. Everything was normal in the Banning segment. The opponent had eliminated the hero that FV Team performed well in the top eight. It was FV Teams turn to choose first. Then, FV Team chose a hero with zero appearance in the international competition. The camera panned to the other coach. The confident coachs expression changed from confidence to suspicion and confusion. He looked at the game screen in disbelief and almost thought that he had seen wrongly. Then, he began to communicate with his team members. Even though he spoke in English and the contents of the exchange were not released, the audience could roughly imagine what he was saying. Can you defeat this hero? What skills does it possess? This should be targeted at popular heroes, which is it targeted at The coach was confused. He did not understand why FV wanted to snatch this hero. Whats more, he had never fought with this hero in the mock competition! The opposing team obviously did not manage to figure it out as the time for selecting heroes passed. In the end, they chose two versions of the powerful heroes that they thought were the best and were most familiar with in terms of tactics. However, this seemed to be exactly what FV Team wanted. Old Zhou got his team members to lock down two more heroes, specifically targeting the tactics that the opponents were good at without any hesitation! This One Second Lock produced a strong psychological deterrent effect. One side considered it over and over again, and only locked the hero when the time was up. The other side did not hesitate to lock the hero in seconds, the winner was obvious. Pei Qian sighed melancholically, deeply worried about the other teams fate. Chapter 819 - FV’s Tactical Reserve Three hours later. Let us congratulate FV team for the crushing victory of 3: 0 and successfully entering the finals! In a situation where the domestic teams are unanimously pessimistic, FV Team has relied on their extraordinary performance and bottomless tactical reserves to surprise us time and time again. I believe that they will be able to perform as well as they did today on the finals stage next week Please take a break and dont leave. FV team members will be interviewed later. The two commentators who were broadcasting in the country were very excited. After they finished explaining FV Teams final 3-0 score, they felt that one of the commentators was almost out of breath. They could not help but want to give him an oxygen tank. However, this was understandable because FV team played too well! The pressure from the snowball was too suffocating! Previously, many people were still worried that FV team was able to achieve 3-0 in the top eight because their opponents were too lousy. The team in the top eight was also a Western team. While they had won in the group stages, BO3 and BO5 were two different games. Many people suspected that their opponents in the group stages might have been too weak? However, after the semifinals, no one discussed the strength of the opponents anymore. That was because there would definitely not be any weak teams in the semifinals! This time, FVs opponent had also been baptized in the top eight competitions. Even though the opponents entered the top four with a 3: 1, no one doubted their strength. On the other hand, FV team had ended the battle with a clean 3: 0. They had not lost a single small battle until the finals. This was enough to prove that their strong dominance had begun to show! There were already people discussing FV Teams champion look. Pei Qian looked at the bullet screen filled with comments like a party. He looked at the unprecedentedly high popularity of the live-stream, which was at least two or three times more than the group stages. His feelings were very complicated. Logically speaking, every e-sports enthusiast should be celebrating the fact that domestic teams in the e-sports field had won against foreign teams and entered the finals. As an E-Sports enthusiast who unconditionally supported domestic teams, Pei Qian should also have had such a mentality. However, Pei Qian could not feel happy at the thought that he had shares in FV Team. FV team was in danger now. Pei Qian could foresee that even if FV team lost the finals, as long as they did not lose too badly, they could still become IOIs number one team in the country after returning to China! Most people thought that the runner-up was the biggest loser in eSports but there were prerequisites and context to this. The key was still the audiences expectations. If the audience felt that there was hope for winning the championship and ended up with a runner-up, they would definitely curse. However, if the audience felt that it was difficult to qualify for the group stages and finally won a runner-up, that would far exceed their expectations! It was mainly because the other two teams were good green leaves that they were eliminated in the group stages. That greatly lowered the expectations of the audience and gave FV team a wider stage. After the exciting scenes of the competition, the screen switched to the interview booth. The official host and translator of Finger Games was ready. The target of this interview was FV Teams captain, Pan Ying. There were interviews after winning the quarterfinals. However, the host of Finger Games and the members who were interviewed were obviously not well-prepared, especially the host. She might not have expected FV to win. Thus, the interviews were all very conventional questions. They did not have much effect on the program and did not have much impact. The host had obviously come prepared this time. After a simple introduction and greeting the audience, the interview officially began. Host: We saw that in the two competitions, you have defeated your opponents cleanly with a score of 3: 0. May I ask if you are surprised by this ending? After all, your opponents are also very strong teams. What are your own estimates before the competition begun? Pan Ying was still the same as before. He was silent and did not look too excited. After listening to the translation seriously, he said into the microphone, Its not surprising. The estimate was 3: 0. The host was a little surprised. Are you that confident? As far as I know, there are usually two styles to the battle teams tactics: one is the pre-prepared type, which is to study a few systems and consider all unexpected situations in the competition in advance, so that the competition will always develop according to their own tactics; the other is the improvised type, the coach will care more about the players state, choose the best heroes for the celebrity players, and make some changes on the spot. May I ask which FV team is more inclined to? Pan Ying said, 99% of the time it would be the first situation. Host: That means everything that happened in these two competitions was actually part of your plan, right? Pan Ying nodded. Yes. The host was even more surprised. Has the team coach never acted according to the teams condition and lineup? Pan Ying thought for a moment and said, Coincidentally, the other partys performance was all within our teams expectations, so theres no need to improvise. The host continued to ask, FV team has used 22 different heroes in these six small competitions. Is this part of the plan? Pan Ying nodded. Yes. Host: Is this all of FV Teams tactics? Or are there still many tactics that have not been used? Will you consider using new tactics in the finals? Pan Ying: Lets see how it goes. The emcee smiled awkwardly. Pan Ying was like an interview black hole. He would answer in short responses so the interview was rather strenuous. However, she was an official host after all and she had to continue to be professional. Finally, the interview was almost done. The host said, One last question. Choose someone who has always supported you. Tell him something. Pan Ying thought for a moment. Ill say something to Boss Pei. We are very grateful for Boss Peis tactical guidance. Without Boss Peis guidance, encouragement, and support, without Boss Peis help to build our confidence, we would never have made it this far! We will definitely prepare for the competition seriously and try to get good results in the finals to repay Boss Pei for his support! The interview ended. The excited audience had yet to recover from the joy of victory as they sent bullet screen comments to interact. Say a few more words! The host is speechless. The black hole cant be moved! Haha, Pan Ying is really a man of few words. However, he might be tight-lipped so as to not reveal his tactics, right? Say one more word and consider it my loss! Why do I feel like hes putting on an act? The two 3: 0s that FV team had won were actually within their expectations? They dont even need to improvise on the spot? How many new strategies has FV come up with for these two competitions? They are different teams with division, there are early-stage infiltration suppression In the end, isnt this all the strategies? They used 22 different heroes in six small competitions. If I were the opponent, I would have already vomited. How can I play this game, how do I ban the heroes?! The opponents coach has already fainted today. FV snatched a hero that no one has ever used before. The other party was so embarrassed that it felt like the entire week of preparation was wasted! Isnt it a little too utilitarian to thank Boss Pei in the end? Boss Pei is the boss. He might be a sugar daddy, but how could he give them tactical guidance? Could it be that Boss Pei is a hidden gaming expert? Boss Pei is the designer of GOG. Whats wrong with giving FV Team some tactical guidance? Dont be deceived by Boss Peis identity as an entrepreneur and investor. His original job is a game designer! Boss Pei is behind this? Boss Pei is everywhere! Didnt Boss Pei come to support FV Team during the qualifiers? Thats not strange at all! Pan Yings black hole-style interview quickly spread across the entire internet, especially FV teams tactical reserves. It also became a hot topic on the internet. Others might not understand what Pan Ying meant, but Pei Qian could. Thank you for your support. This was obviously talking about business class tickets and Ritz Carlton Hotel. Thank you for the tactical guidance. This was obviously referring to the tactical options of the qualifiers previously! When they were competing for the top seeded spot in the qualifiers in the country, FV team had fought ten rounds and was in a difficult situation. Some players had doubts about Pan Yings playing style and felt that it was not easy to win. It was Pei Qian who stood his ground and decided to continue playing this way. That was how he unified the teams thinking and allowed Pan Ying to continue leading and improving the team. Whats more, it was Boss Peis decision to let Ye Zhizhou, Zhou Pengyuan, and the others lead the team and perform tactical analysis. That was why Pan Ying thought that Boss Pei was the most helpful to FV! However, Pei Qian felt really hopeless. I didnt mean that at all! He did not expect that a casual sentence from him would give Pan Ying so much confidence. Through a series of coincidences, he managed to create a monster team like FV! Fortunately, the audience did not know about this. Most people were still immersed in the joy of winning the competition. They were mainly discussing the exciting operations and tactical details in the game. They did not pay much attention to Pan Yings interview and Boss Pei being mentioned in the interview. Pei Qian heaved a sigh of relief. That was a blessing in disguise. However, he suddenly saw a new post on the forum just as he was about to turn off the television and the forum for lunch. FV team is obviously using a variant of GOGs tactics! Previously, I felt that FV teams playing style was very familiar. Now that I think about it carefully, whether it was the line infiltration or team battle coordination, they all seem to have the shadow of GOGs playstyle! The tactics of a few veteran GOG teams have all been used for practical use. Its just that they were playing IOI competitions, so its not that easy to tell! You should know looking at the head coach of FV Team, Old Zhou is a celebrity player in GOG, one of the 10 veterans in DGE. He is using GOGs tactics to play IOI! Chapter 820 - Boss Pei Becoming The Scapegoat In Advance Pei Qians first reaction upon seeing this post was confusion. Using GOGs tactics to play IOI? It didnt feel like it would work, right? In fact, there had been some signs during the qualifiers, but at that time, this playstyle had held FV back! These players were all celebrities who had been playing IOI for a long time. In the end, they were forced to use GOGs playstyle, which led to ten intense matches. If they used the mainstream playstyle that they were good at before, they might be able to play two less rounds. Pei Qian felt that this reverse training would definitely lower FV Teams strength. That was why he encouraged them to continue walking towards this dead end. In the end, they really f*cking mastered the gameplay? Pei Qian did not pay much attention to FV Teams training. Thus, when he saw the post, his first reaction was to think that it was nonsense. However, on further thought, FV Team had already achieved two 3: 0s. That was obviously very different from his expectations! What was the problem then? Pei Qian quickly checked the post. The person who posted the post was a high-scoring passerby from IOI and a former professional team analyst. He had a deep understanding of IOIs game. However, as the market for IOI was shrinking day by day, he was forced to change his career to do GOGs review program. He had been doing very well recently. This time, he had obviously seen the popularity of the IOI World Finals which coincidentally met his area of expertise. That was why he posted this post. Let me analyze these few rounds of competition for everyone. The few tactics that FV team has used have actually appeared in GOGs competitions. Whats more, FV team has actually used them in the qualifiers in the country! However, the results of the qualifiers were not very good. On the other hand, the international competition had a crushing effect. Thus, many people instinctively did not associate the two together. There are two main reasons for my analysis. First, the changes in IOI World Competition made its gameplay and GOG seem to converge, giving these tactics more room to play. Second, FV team is actually constantly evolving. The details and execution of these tactics have been greatly improved, so they have completely different effects The original poster had obviously put in a lot of effort in analyzing the game. He had done a comprehensive analysis of the choices of heroes, the lineup, the resource selection and tactical decisions in the game, and so on. The final conclusion was that FV Teams playstyle had not changed from the qualifiers to the international competition. The reason why they were able to dominate the worlds strong teams before was because of the changes in IOI and FV teams proficiency in these strategies! Finally, the original poster summarized his viewpoint. In short, we can come to three conclusions. First, FV team has an extremely powerful tactical analysis and data analysis team, and their sparring team is also very powerful. Otherwise, they would not be able to perfect the tactical details to such a degree in a short period of time, and their combat strength would not have such a leap! Second, the convergence between IOIs new version and GOGs design concept is an important reason for the change in the version answer. This means that Finger Games design team has recognized the view that IOIs design concept is lagging behind GOG to a certain extent, so they have made changes to the game. Third, lets not talk about the idea of GOGs competition is for our countrymen to entertain themselves. This is a complete joke. Based on the current facts, GOGs design concept and the teams tactical skills are all superior to IOI. Otherwise, Zhou Pengyuan would not have been able to use GOGs training method to transform FV into such an oppressive and dominating team in such a short time! In fact, the other two teams in the country were eliminated in the group stages not only because of their strength, but also because they were not strong enough to adapt to the version. They only knew how to imitate the playing style of foreign teams. If you learn from others, your understanding of the game is not as deep as others, and you dont have an advantage in terms of handling, how can you win? FV has proven with their actions that its not that foreign teams are strong, but that domestic IOI teams are too weak! GOGs tactics can be easily modified and used to enter the finals of IOIs global finals and become the champion. Doesnt this precisely prove that IOI teams are rotten fish and shrimp, without any competitive standard? If FV Team can really win the championship, then everyone doesnt have to watch IOIs competition anymore. Just watch the GPL. Both teams competitions are on completely different levels! Finally, theres a small problem: Obviously, as the head coach of FV Team, Zhou Pengyuan has played a decisive role in tactical planning. However, after Zhou Pengyuan retired, he became the head coach of DGE Club. Why did he follow FV Team to Los Angeles? Everyone, you can think about whose order it was. The popularity of this post exploded not long after this post was published. The gamers pushed it up hundreds of floors and reposted it! What the original poster said made sense. Whats more, it was reasonable and convincing. It even raised a very controversial point of view: GOGs competitive standards far surpassed IOI! The logic of many fake reviewers attacking GOG previously was very simple: GOGs domestic teams had dominance. That meant that foreign teams did not play seriously. They did not have any value and the standards of foreign teams were higher. However, now, under the guidance of GOGs coach, FV team was now chopping the foreign teams. Of course, the saying that foreign teams were stronger would collapse by itself! In other words, GOGs tactics were not only leading the world, but also the entire E-Sports circle! On the contrary, GPL was the highest level of competitiveness in the world. All of a sudden, the fake reviewers who had been spamming entertain themselves stopped. Similar voices appeared occasionally and were immediately group attacks. The gamers of GOG were all elated while reviewing FV Teams competition and playing against the people who belittled GOG online. They attacked with ease and went all out! Pei Qian was flabbergasted. It was fine if Pan Ying was spouting nonsense, but why were the audience starting to blame it on him? Many gamers were discussing this post, after some analysis, they realized that Boss Pei was the hero! It was true that Zhou Pengyuan played a huge role as the head coach, but he was the head coach of DGE Club and was not qualified to teach FV Team. On the other hand, Boss Pei, who had made a seemingly ridiculous decision to let GOGs head coach teach them, was obviously the number one contributor to FVs good results! Pei Qian read the entire post in silence, not knowing what to say. They had yet to play the finals, and Im already taking the blame?? At the same time, in Los Angeles In one of the guest rooms in Finger Games headquarters, both Chrtien and Zhao Xuming looked solemn. They had a lot on their minds. To outsiders, IOIs global finals had been very successful. They had already achieved his goal of generating popularity and topics to talk about. What was there to be dissatisfied about? However, the netizens could only see the popularity on the surface. Chrtien and Zhao Xuming could feel the hidden undercurrents. IOI Cooperation Department of Long Yu Corporation had been keeping an eye on the domestic response to the global IOI Finals. These contents would be reported to Zhao Xuming, who was far away in Los Angeles. What troubled Zhao Xuming the most was that his previous plan to step on GOG and support IOI had completely failed! In order to give IOI players a sense of superiority, Zhao Xuming got the fake reviewers to publicize that GOGs international invitational tournament was a form of entertainment for Tengda Corporation and that IOIs competition level was higher. Such an argument had already spread and had the effect of confusing others originally but FV teams victory made this argument fall apart on its own! He had painstakingly hired so many fake reviewers and triggered so many discussions about GOG and IOIs competitiveness. All of those efforts had gone to waste Now, most people thought that GOGs competitions were better and were more willing to watch GPL competitions! That created a huge obstacle for Long Yu Corporation to promote IOI domestically. It could be said that they had shot themselves in the foot. At the same time, Chrtien was in a very difficult situation. The convergence between IOIs new version and GOGs design was a fatal blow to him as a designer. In fact, such voices had appeared online before the IOI World Finals and when IOIs new version had just been updated. At that time, many old gamers felt that they were not used to the changes in IOIs new version. They lost the original taste of the game and protested online. However, Chrtien insisted on modifying the new version. Whats more, the modifications were effective. The gamers soon became happy. Even if gamers from GOG occasionally came to say that they were imitating GOG, there was no widespread response because there was no evidence. You said that IOIs new version was imitating GOG. Why dont you show us some evidence? Even if IOIs new version became faster and the competition for resources became more intense, it could not be said to be imitating GOG. After all, they were two completely different games. However, FV had actually used GOGs tactics to achieve good results in the IOI global finals now. That was very intriguing. Did Finger Games borrow GOGs gameplay when designing the new version of IOI? Everyone had their own answers. This was a huge blow to the confidence and pride of IOI players. Previously, many people felt that IOI was more difficult, moreover it was an overseas game. Thus, they felt an inexplicable sense of superiority towards GOG. However, they suddenly realized that IOI had changed in the direction of GOG. Wasnt that admitting that their game design was not as good as GOGs? In that case, Chrtien, who was pushing for changes to IOIs gameplay with all his might, would be the first to bear the brunt and become the scapegoat of Finger Games! From the current situation, IOIs global finals might be very popular, but it seemed to be gathering on FV team. If FV team really won the championship, would Finger Games or Tengda Corporation earn more from the finals? That was hard to say! It could be said that Finger Games did not hesitate to invest in the global finals this time. They also endured the pressure from Dayak Corporation. No one could afford such a failure of creating the cake for others and have others eat it. Thus, both Zhao Xuming and Chrtien looked solemn, deeply worried about their future. Zhao Xuming did not intend to sit back and do nothing. After pondering for a long time, he said, This cannot continue. Theres still a week to the finals. We have to do something! We cant let FV Team win! Chrtien looked at him. What can we do? Were the organizers. It was impossible to pull a cheap trick. Once it was exposed, Finger Games and Dayak Corporation would definitely lose their reputation. Only a fool would do something as risky as that. Zhao Xuming said, Of course, it cannot affect the fairness of the competition. However it should not be a problem to send one or two designers to guide FRY in private, right? Boss Pei has already revealed his true intentions. We cant sit back and do nothing! Chapter 821 - Severely Criticize The Cold-Faced Lady! Zhao Xumings words made Chrtien fall silent. Indeed, he could not sit back and do nothing. Based on the current situation, the strength that FV Team had displayed was too strong. Moreover, they had all reached an unprecedented peak whether it was their tactical reserves, player status, or public opinion. While he did not know who made up the data analysis team of FV Team but there was no doubt that they had the support of the GPL league and even Tengda Corporations game designers! Otherwise, they would not have been able to improve their understanding of the game version and tactics so quickly. Based on the current trend, FV would still have an absolute advantage even in the finals. If FV Team really won the championship, that would be an extremely bad situation for both Chrtien and Zhao Xuming. Logically speaking, Finger Games was the organizer of the competition. It did not matter which team won the championship. However, the agenda for IOIs global finals had changed. FV Team represented not only the domestic IOI E-Sports circle but also Tengda Corporation. In other words, Tengda Corporations designers and stats analysts were using IOIs global finals as a battlefield. They had a silent showdown with the designers and the entire team! Therefore, Finger Games could not lose. However, as the organizer, Finger Games could not play any tricks. Two may keep counsel putting one away. If they were discovered to be playing tricks, it would be a super scandal that would shock the entire world. Not only would it turn the fairness of the global finals into a joke, but it would also cause Finger Games and Dayak Corporation to lose their reputation. This became a dilemma. He would definitely be hurt if he did not give a damn. If he did, there would be a chance of survival but it would also be accompanied by huge risks. A single mistake would be worse than not caring. This was a difficult decision from Finger Games perspective. However, there were other considerations for Chrtien as well. If FV Team won the championship, the popularity of the global finals would be earned by FV and Tengda. Then, as the person in charge of this series of decisions, Chrtien would definitely be removed by the higher-ups. At the very least, FV team had to be stopped at the runner-up position. Finger Games would then be able to save face, and the efforts for global finals would not be wasted. Only then could Chrtien protect his position. Thus, Chrtien did not have much choice from his own perspective. Chrtien did not dare to be negligent when it came to his position as the person-in-charge of the China region. After much consideration, he lowered his voice and said, What you said makes sense. I will search for two Balancers in the company to analyze FV teams tactical playstyle, summarize the games data in the new version, and hand it to FRY battleteam to privately provide them with tactical support. We cannot let FV Team win no matter what! Chrtien felt that he had to take the risk after much consideration. As long as he found two Balancers who knew the game well and came to an agreement with FRY team, this news would probably not spread. As long as the outside world did not know about it, there should be no problem. There was only one week left until the finals. There was not much time left for FRY team to prepare. Chrtien suddenly thought of something and looked at Zhao Xuming. Can you get some information from FV Team? Obviously, the strategy of sending two Balancers might not work. Finger Games official statistician might have a better understanding of data and games than ordinary people, but he might not be able to combine data and tactics well. From data to tactics, a lot of details had to be added during this period. Whats more, players had to consider their playstyle habits, proficiency in key heroes, and so on. Thus, Chrtien felt that he would be more confident if he could obtain some information on FV Team. Zhao Xuming had a bitter expression on his face. I cant get it no matter whether through a hard or soft approach. I have already fallen out with FVs boss, Wu Yue, before I left the country. If I tried to get close to him now, I would definitely be suspected; it would be even more impossible for me to spy on him. That group of people hired four bodyguards and usually trained on the second floor of an internet cafe. They booked the entire place for sparring and would not leak any information. This group of people is like a metal bucket. We are not able to penetrate them at all. They wont even fight Rank. The outside world doesnt even know what heroes FV team members have been practicing recently. After some thought, Cretian asked, I heard that FV Team is playing mock competitions with SUG Team. Dont you know the boss of SUG Team, Ding Gan? Can you think of a way to obtain some information from there? Zhao Xumings expression became even more awkward. This Im afraid he wont be nice to me now. Zhao Xuming knew his limits. Before this, he had promised SUG that they would definitely have a spot in the international competition. In the end, FV team appeared out of nowhere and snatched the spot away. Zhao Xuming felt that Ding Gan and SUG team did not have much value anymore, so he ignored him. Ding Gan must be feeling slighted by this. However, Boss Pei had paid for SUG to come to Los Angeles out of his own pockets. It was obvious that Ding Gan was on Boss Peis side seeing Ding Gan and Wu Yue chatting happily at the airport. Would Ding Gan give Zhao Xuming a good attitude now, if he were to look for Ding Gan so hypocritically now? Ding Gan would probably turn around and tell Boss Pei and Wu Yue about this, making FV battle team even more vigilant. Of course, Ding Gan was only the boss of a club. He might not dare to fall out with Zhao Xuming, so he might appear polite on the surface, but it was hard to say what he would do behind the scenes. Zhao Xuming had no confidence in this. Whats wrong with you?! Why did you fall out with those who are slightly useful? We cant count on you for anything! Chrtien exclaimed a little angrily. Zhao Xuming was very angry, he opened his mouth but could not refute. Indeed, if Zhao Xuming had treated Ding Gan better, or if he had not chosen to leave FV Team behind, the situation would have been different. However, Zhao Xuming could not predict the future. How could he have thought of such a situation! One wrong move and everything cascaded. The seemingly insignificant decision that he had made in a moment of anger and hot-headedness had very serious consequences now. Chrtien could not say much either, he could only sigh. In that case, forget it. I hope that FRY can stop FV. January 16th, Monday Pei Qian woke up as usual and went to the office to check on the various businesses. At the same time, he thought about where he should start his spending plan. Pei Qian knew nothing about the schemes brewing in Los Angeles. Pei Qian had strategically given up on them after seeing FV3: 0 win the competition last weekend. His classmates had all gone home for the winter break after the exam week ended. Pei Qian could not help but feel melancholic at the thought of having to spend so much money. Two minutes later, someone knocked on the door. Boss Pei, the Street Food Contest that I mentioned to you before is starting this afternoon. Do you have any instructions? He Desheng reminded him. Pei Qian was stunned. This afternoon? He Desheng nodded. Thats right. This afternoon. Oh, I didnt set the time. Meng Changs original plan was for this afternoon. Perhaps its because he was planning to record the broadcast. Boss Pei, if you dont think its appropriate, you can postpone it until the weekend. Pei Qian raised his hand. No, today is good. Well hold it as planned. Previously, He Desheng had told Pei Qian that there would be a local Street Food Contest. Pei Qian had thought that it would be during the weekend. Competitions like these had to be popular and there would be more people during the weekend after all. However, Meng Changs original idea was not to live-stream but to record the event. That was because Meng Changs main purpose for organizing this competition was to get food vendors from all over the country to become a conduit for the cold-faced lady. The show first introduced how delicious the local food was, how unique it was, and then highlighted how outstanding the cold-faced ladys taste was. It completely surpassed the best vendors in the country. It would be easy for accidents to happen during live-streaming. It would be much easier to control the recording. If there were any emergencies, they could just cut the scene and re-shoot. After editing the video, Meng Chang would spend a huge sum of money to advertise on Aili Island and other video websites to further increase the Cold-Faced Ladys reputation. This would have been a very effective marketing campaign before the Cold-Faced Lady collapsed. While some people doubted that the Cold-Faced Ladys roasted cold noodles were not as good as what Meng Changs bragged about but the overall taste was not that bad. Therefore, the question of whether the Cold-Faced Lady tasted good depended on the individual. Under such circumstances, marketing could be used to guide public opinion. It was just like many food and beverage brands. Many customers would choose to try them as long as they had good marketing and everyone said that they were delicious . However, the situation was completely different now that the cold-faced lady had experienced the previous bankruptcy storm. The public opinion generated by excessive marketing had completely reversed. Most people would tend to trample on it until it was worthless. No matter how good the cold noodles tasted, they would find it disgusting. He Desheng was about to leave when Pei Qian stopped him. Wait a minute, you just said that the Street Food Contest will be recorded? He Desheng nodded. It will be recorded mainly because we are worried that something unexpected might happen during the live-stream. According to Meng Changs original plan, the judges have already hinted that the Cold-Faced Ladys Cold-Faced Noodles must be first in the final evaluation of taste. Pei Qian frowned. How can that work! Change the recording to live-stream. Also, let the judges know that the reviews must be realistic. Dont give the cold-faced lady any face! The other dishes are all local delicacies. Cold-Faced Lady has already benefited from the industrialization of fast food and should be stricter in terms of taste. When the time comes, criticize Cold-Faced Ladys Cold-Faced Noodles harshly. They must point out any problems strictly. Dont show mercy! He Desheng was stunned for a moment but did not ask further. Alright, Boss Pei. Ill call the person-in-charge and ask him to do as you say. Pei Qians two requests did not conflict with the entire process of the food competition. It was easy to change them as long as he spoke to the judges. The competition venue for the Street Food Contest this time was in a luxury hotel in Beijing. Meng Changs original intention should be to elevate the competitions style as much as possible so that it would better accentuate the mid to high-end brand of the Cold-Faced Lady. Cold-Faced Lady might be fast food, but in Meng Changs imagination, it was mainly targeted at small investors and white-collar workers. Therefore, it had to have a certain style and make a clear difference from ordinary cold noodles that were roasted at roadside stalls. Cold-Faced Lady organized a Street Food Contest in a luxury hotel and the roasted cold noodles would prevail in the end. It sounded like a hot topic, and it would have their own traffic. Pei Qian could not be bothered to make a trip to Beijing for this. Thus, he decided not to go this time. He would just watch the live-stream in Jingzhou. To be honest, this Street Food Contest Was quite interesting. Perhaps it could generate some popularity. However, Pei Qian did not panic at all. He had told the judges to directly criticize the Cold-Faced Ladys Cold-Faced Noodles harshly, making its already bad reputation even worse! He would let everyone know that the Cold-Faced Ladys Cold-Faced Noodles were not that delicious! That way, everyone would despise the Cold-Faced Lady even more. No one would go to the Cold-Faced Ladys shop to spend money. As time passed, this brand could only burn money Wouldnt that make things better? Chapter 822 - Street Food Contest At around 1 PM, in a luxurious hotel in Beijing Qi Yan had just finished telling the staff at the venue about the event changing from being recorded to becoming a live-stream. She had also instructed the judges to strictly evaluate the Cold-Faced Lady. The sudden changes made Qi Yan a little flustered. Fortunately, these two changes were not fatal. Thus, the event continued as per normal after taking the time to explain. Qi Yan was originally the person-in-charge of Cold-Faced Ladys marketing department. Her job was to follow Meng Changs requirements and be in charge of the Cold-Faced Ladys various marketing tasks. After the incident with the Cold-Faced Lady, Qi Yan, like the other employees, was at a loss for a period of time. Meng Chang was already in a terrible fix. Of course, he had no time to bother about her. Qi Yan had been looking for a job for a few days and had yet to figure out where to go. In the end, there was good news: her job was saved! Now that Tengda had acquired the Cold-Faced Lady, the delayed salary could be paid as usual. Her work could continue as usual! Qi Yan was both happy and worried at the same time. She was happy that she did not have to look for a job anymore. Meng Chang was pretty very generous when it came to his employees salary. Qi Yan was worried that she might not be able to get her current salary from another company. However, she was most worried that her career would be affected. Qi Yan came to the Cold-Faced Lady previously partly because she was attracted by Meng Chang, the perfect entrepreneur, and felt that she could learn something from Meng Chang. On the other hand, she was optimistic about the Cold-Faced Ladys future prospects. However, not only had the cold-faced lady turned cold, its reputation was now so bad that everyone knew about it. Everyone knew that the Cold-Faced Lady was an unreliable project now. It was hard to say if this experience would be a plus or minus if Qi Yan really worked hard at the Cold-Faced Lady for three to five years and before she jumped ship. Qi Yan was conflicted. However, she decided to wait and see after hearing that Tengda was the new owner. Tengda was huge and had a ridiculously good reputation after all. It was trustworthy. Meng Chang had nothing to do with the Cold-Faced Lady anymore, so He Desheng handed all the matters regarding the Cold-Faced Lady to Qi Yan. Qi Yan would report to He Desheng, and then He Desheng would report to Boss Pei. The current Cold-Faced Lady was just an ordinary fast food restaurant. Whats more, its business and reputation were not that good. It was impossible for her to report to Boss Pei directly. Qi Yans first big job was this Street Food Contest after the change of owners. All the marketing activities had been canceled except for this one. Qi Yan did not know why exactly but she still followed the original plan. The preparatory work had actually started a long time ago. Some professionals had gone to various cities in the country to search for food vendors with better reputations. They had paid to invite them to the capital to participate in this competition. At the same time, they had also invited several gourmet chefs with good taste to be judges. The competition was about to start. Qi Yan took out her phone and looked at the live-stream. There were just a few pathetic bullet screen comments, it was not that popular at all. That was to be expected. It was too rushed to change to a live-stream. Qi Yan had urgently asked the live-stream platform for resources and locations. However, the recommendation spots were all pre-arranged to be given to others. They could not get good recommendation spots, only ordinary spots. Whats more, it was Monday afternoon. The live-stream platforms traffic was low to begin with, so no one was watching. Qi Yan sighed melancholically. She had planned to spend a huge sum of money on Aili Islands rankings after editing the event. However, it had been changed to live-streaming with no recommendations. Would it become popular? If it did not become popular, what was the point of this Street Food Contest? Wouldnt all the money be wasted? However, it was useless to worry now. She could only let nature take its course. The Street Food Contest officially began at 2PM! The male and female hosts came to the camera and began to introduce the organizers, guests, and the specific rules of the competition to the audience. There were dozens of live audience members apart from a few guests who were good tasters. The live audiences would also taste the food from the stalls and vote. Guests could comment on it and the weight of their ratings would be higher. The judges and audience would add their ratings together to calculate the total score. The winner of the Street Food Contest would be chosen according to the total score. The first batch of food vendors had already been prepared behind the emcee. They were of different genders and ages. However, all of them were holding their heads high with stern expressions. Behind them were snack stalls carts. The first round of competition was the pancake group. All the vendors sold good pancakes. Each stall owner had a serial number. They would make many pancakes in a row and then cut them into small pieces for the judges and audience to taste. Those with higher scores would win. There were other local snacks after the pancake review. For example: scallion pancakes, grilled squid, roasted gluten, bean jelly noodles, teppanyaki tofu, Roujiamo, roasted cold noodles, etc. One could tell that it was very down-to-earth just by looking at the name. Of course, apart from these common local snacks, there was also a special unpopular snack group. Some of the rare local snacks competed with each other. In fact, when it came to local food, stinky tofu should have a name. However, considering that the competition venue was a closed area the smell would not be easy to dissipate, the organizers rejected the few outstanding vendors of stinky tofu with tears in their eyes in order to ensure that the local food competition would proceed smoothly. The ingredients for these snacks had been selected in advance, and the vendor could choose them based on his own needs and habits. The difference in taste of the final product was mainly in cooking skills and fire control. Of course, as long as it was a selection, it was impossible to be 100% objective and fair. After all, everyones taste and preferences were different. However, the way the judges and audience gave marks together ensured the fairness of the competition to the maximum. In the end, the food that was selected would definitely be more suited to the general taste. The camera turned to the vendor after the host introduced the rules and judges of the competition. Each vendor could make a simple self-introduction of about twenty to thirty words. All of a sudden, various dialects across the country began to chime in, one after another. The effect of the program was explosive. This was a luxurious hotel in Beijing. There was a red carpet on the floor, and even the tables and chairs looked luxurious. The vendors who came were all dressed in formal chef uniforms and wearing tall chef hats. They looked very formal, but their images were ruined when they opened their mouths. It was quite difficult on the two hosts as well. They would have laughed out loud if not for their professionalism. This competition exuded a sense of absurdity from head to toe. There was also a hint of magical reality. The vendors were finally done introducing themselves. The competition officially began. The vendors got into their positions. Once the host gave the order, the timer on the screen started ticking! The stall owners were very skilled. They scooped a spoonful of mixed grain flour and poured it onto the pancake maker. Then, they pushed it in a circle with a wooden spatula. After the skin changed color slightly, they cracked an egg on it This step was not complicated. Almost everyone present had seen it many times, but the methods of these vendors were slightly different. The amount of seasoning, the heat of the pancakes, and so on were all different. The audience waited patiently as they watched the stall owners perform. For some reason, the atmosphere became tense. Chapter 823 - : Pancakes Selection At the same time, in Jingzhou Pei Qian was in his office as well. He read the various departments work reports from time to time while watching the Street Food Contest live-stream. The first group was the pancake group. The vendors were progressing differently. Some of them had just finished flipping the dough, while others had already started sprinkling bits and pieces of green onions on it. While everyone was very skilled, there would still be a difference. Im actually watching the live-stream of making pancakes. I feel like this scene is a little ridiculous. Pei Qian could not help but complain. The audience slowly increased, and the bullet screen comments became denser as he watched the situation in the live-stream. What the hell is this! A group of people dressed so formally, and yet theyre selling pancakes? There are actually judges for pancakes? Thats too magical! The world is huge, there are all sorts of strange things! This is actually a Street Food Contest? Will there be spicy hotpot, scallion pancakes, and fried chicken? The organizer is the Cold-Faced Lady? Is this a publicity stunt? Hey, wait, isnt Cold-Faced Lady already dead? Rumor has it that Tengda has taken over? I wonder if its true. There were more and more people in the live-stream. The live-stream of the Street Food Contest did not have a particularly good recommendation spot, but there would naturally be a lot of traffic after it was hung in the living area. It greatly aroused the interest of netizens, be it the title of the Street Food Contest or the content of the live-stream, making them unable to leave after entering. This was too interesting. He had never seen it before! Someone discovered that the account in the live-stream was Cold-Faced Lady. This was an account that Meng Chang had specially registered to promote Cold-Faced Lady previously. Many people did not continue to pay attention to the follow-up of the Cold-Faced Lady. Whats more, Pei Qian did not deliberately flaunt this matter. Thus, most people did not know that the Cold-Faced Lady had already been taken over by Tengda. They were still puzzled. Didnt they say that the Cold-Faced Lady was already bankrupt? How could they still have the money to organize such a competition? However, most of the audience did not think too much about this since their attention was quickly attracted by the delicious pancakes. This time, the cameraman was also specially hired. There were several cameras that switched back and forth. Some were in charge of filming the expressions of the judges, some were in charge of filming the movements of the vendors from a distance, and some were filming the appearance of the pancakes at close range. One by one, golden pancakes were laid out. Some were wrapped in thick sticks, while others were thin and crispy. The golden outer layer also had brown crispy skin, black sesame seeds, and light green onions. It looked very tempting. A row of staff carried a tray to the pancake stand. This tray was specially made with many small compartments. Each compartment corresponded to a vendors serial number. The vendor cut the pancake into many small pieces, placed a piece on each staffs tray, and placed it on the corresponding small slot. After the staff walked around, the trays were filled with all the vendors pancakes. They were brought directly to the judges and audience for them to taste. Of course, the vendors had to continue to make pancakes to ensure that every audience could taste it because there were more people in the venue. The first to taste it was naturally the judge specially invited by the program. The judges had chopsticks and other cutlery in their hands. They picked up a piece of pancake and put it into their mouths, tasting and chewing carefully. They recorded the flavors of the corresponding pancake in a small notebook beside them, took a sip of mineral water to remove the taste in their mouths, and then continued to taste the next one. When the judges were almost done, the host handed the microphone to each judge and asked them to express their opinions. At that moment, the audience was still tasting the pancakes. The judges evaluated while the audience tasted. It could be used for explanation to a certain extent. Of course, if the audience felt that the judge was wrong, they could also stick to their own views. The judges and audiences could be very subjective when tasting the pancakes. They could only judge the pancakes they thought were delicious and not comment on the other pancakes. They could even decide which one to eat based on the looks of the pancakes. That was because reviews of delicacies were subjective to begin with. Delicacies were also particular about appearance, fragrance, and taste. If they did not look good, there was a high chance that they would not be liked. There was no choice. After all, this was a world where looks mattered. In short, the rules were fair. They had to depend on their own ability to emerge from the competition. The judges knew what to do and began to speak after tasting it. I think booth number three pancake is very good. The skin is crispy, and a bite of it leaves a fragrance. The cooking method is closer to the traditional method, but there are some personal innovations in it. I think No. 7 is not bad. Its mainly because the sauce and various ingredients for the side dishes are very particular. However, the sauce was not overbearing, it would allow one to taste the mixed grain noodles to the greatest extent. It would give people a refreshing feeling. At the same time, it would fit the dietary habits of modern people who need low calories The judges began to express their opinions and judge the pancakes from different angles. If a certain stall owners pancake received good reviews from the judges, the emcee would interview the stall owner and ask him to briefly introduce the unique methods and secrets of his pancake. It would be considered as a further attempt to pull votes for himself. In the end, the judges and audience would press the voting machine and vote for their favorite pancakes. The summarized scores in the backstage would automatically show the results according to the weighted rules, and the best pancakes would be selected based on the scores from high to low. Pei Qian subconsciously gulped as he watched the live-stream. It actually looked quite tempting! The photographer took close-up shots of the pancakes, and the sound of the pancakes making sizzling sounds was very appetizing. The number of viewers in the live-stream increased. Holy sh*t, it looks so delicious! Am I hallucinating? Its quite formal. Luxury hotels, uniform chef uniforms, judges comments These should all cause some psychological hints. Psychological hints are definitely only one aspect. However, these vendors skills are definitely not bad! I might not be able to eat them but look at their method of making pancakes. The color and texture of the pancakes are definitely not bad! Of course, this Food Competition selects the most outstanding vendors from all over the country. They are all slightly famous locally. There might even be those popular snacks that can only be eaten after queuing for a long time. How can their skills be bad? Im so envious, I really want to eat it! Most of the viewers in the live-stream had only entered because they were curious: they were all food from roadside stalls selling things like pancakes. How could they let the judges decide? However, many viewers were already treating it as a proper food program. They were even eager to try it and even wanted to order a pancake to try. Of course, it was useless to think about it. After all, the pancakes that most people could order would definitely taste far worse than those on television. The number of viewers in the live-stream began to increase rapidly, and the bullet screen comments became even denser! The living area was originally an area on the live-stream platform to show what was popular now. Food was also the eternal topic of peoples attention. The Street Food Contest was not only interesting but also down-to-earth and professional. It was also a food program in the living area, so it quickly attracted a large number of viewers! It might be Monday afternoon, and the entire website was slightly more deserted but this meant that there were not many major streamers and not much high-quality content. The officials soon noticed this as well. Seeing that the Street Food Contest was so effective, they immediately transferred a lot of resources to the front page! I didnt notice it for a while. Why is it so popular?! Pei Qian looked around casually. He had just flipped through the work reports of the various departments. When he returned, he saw that the number of people in the live-stream had doubled! The popularity of the live-streaming platform was increasing. Obviously, the official platform was pushing for resources. Pei Qian could not help but feel shocked. There are so many people watching Monday afternoon? Dont you guys have to work? Or are they all secretly watching it at work? Theyre all talents! Its a pity that I cant contact them and recruit them to Tengda. Pei Qian instinctively panicked. No matter what it was, as long as it had something to do with popularity, nothing good would come of it. However, on further thought, Pei Qian thought that it would be best if the Competition did not become popular. However, even if it did, it would not affect him much, right? Pei Qian had already informed the judges not to brag about the Cold-Faced Lady and not direct consumers to the stall to spend money there. Even if there was popularity, it would dissipate after the competition ended. What was there to worry about? After some thought, Pei Qian decided that there was no need for him to worry. Thus, he continued reading. After the competition for the pancake group ended, it was time for the competition for the scallion pancakes, grilled squid, and roasted gluten. The judging process was exactly the same. No one knew the final results. It all depended on the judges and audiences taste. However, they could still make a difference although they were simple and common roadside snacks. After all, there was a saying that one should not use ones hobbies to challenge the profession that others relied on for a living. There were so many small vendors in the country. All of them woke up early and worked till late at night to sell snacks to make money. They would make hundreds or thousands of servings everyday. Those which did not taste good would have been eliminated long ago. The participants this time were all famous vendors from all over the country. They were one in a hundred, and each of them had their own unique skills. In other words, it was nothing but hands-on familiarity. The competition took a long time because it was divided into many groups. All the audience had to eat it. Coupled with the judges comments and the stall owners self-reports, the time quickly passed. From 2 PM all the way till 6 PM. It was almost time for dinner and many people had already knocked off. The live-stream for the Street Food Contest had also reached a peak! The bullet screen was almost filled with bullet screen comments. Next was the selection of the Roasted Cold Noodles Group, followed by the selection of the rare local snacks, and finally the overall review. The overall review segment was to compare the ratings of the different types of snacks and find the top few rankings of the different types of snacks to help the vendors win trophies and prizes. The audience who were still in the live-stream were basically waiting for the overall review segment to see which stall owner would be the last to laugh. Chapter 824 - The Spectator Mistook the Script Meng Chang was the one who arranged for the ratings of the cold noodles to be placed in the second last segment with a selfish intent. The only reason Meng Chang organized this Street Food Contest was to market Cold-Faced Lady. Putting the ratings of the cold noodles at the back would leave a deeper impression on the audience. However, it would not be appropriate to place it at the end. That would be too obvious. Putting it in the second-to-last order with the last to appear as rare local snacks. That would ensure that the audience would not be too disgusted and would have a deep impression of the cold-faced lady. At the same time, the judges would brag about the cold-faced ladys roasted noodles. Compared to other cold noodles, it would strengthen the impression that the cold-faced ladys roasted cold noodles had the best taste. That was all tricks. However, Boss Pei had already seen through Meng Changs trick. The ratings for the cold noodles would definitely not develop like the script he had written. Soon, the stall owners of the Cold-Faced Noodles were ready, what was different this time was that the chef of the Cold-Faced Lady was also cooking on the spot and competing with the other stall owners. The camera panned to the Cold-Faced Ladys chef. The audience in the live-stream instantly rebelled. Holy sh*t! I was caught off guard! This is an advertisement for Cold-Faced Lady! Ive been f*cking watching it for hours! So you were waiting here. I was wondering why the Cold-Faced Lady had nothing better to do than organize this competition. It was to advertise for herself Many viewers realized what was going on the moment they saw the Cold-Faced Lady participating in the competition. It turned out that there were so many food stalls set up just to serve as a contrast for the cold-faced lady! Many viewers felt disappointed and left the live-stream. The key to this competition was fairness and justice. It would be too disgusting if they squeezed out the most outstanding competitors in the end. Many viewers had already foreseen the upcoming script. They felt that it would be meaningless to continue watching, so they all left. In fact, according to Meng Changs original plan, as long as the program was recorded and edited, the audience would not be so disgusted. However, the situation was completely different now that it was live-streamed. The number of people in the room dropped by thousands in an instant when Pei Qian saw the Cold-Faced Lady appear. Whats more, it continued to drop. He could not help but be overjoyed. Great! At first, he had been worried because the room was too popular. Now, everyone has left! The competition continued. The cold noodles were cooked very quickly. The staff also delivered special trays to the judges and audience. The judges looked at each other and started tasting. The bullet screen comments in the live-stream could no longer be seen. Black screen! Strong protest! Heh, theres no need to look. Cold-Faced Lady is definitely the first. Anything else is fine. From the looks of it, the judging panel will greatly appreciate the cold-faced ladys taste. The chef will speak with emotion, and the host will advertise the cold-faced lady Sigh, it was a good competition. Everything was going well in the beginning, but it ended up like this. Alright, alright. Stop advertising. Hurry up and skip to the next segment. I want to know which snacks are there in the rare local snacks. The viewers in the live-stream already thought that the judges were going to brag. However, they had all guessed wrong, and it was a huge mistake! The first judge took the microphone and began to evaluate the roasted cold noodles in front of him. All in all, I think booth number sixs cold noodles tasted the best. Booth number sixs roasted cold noodles have traditional sweet and sour taste. Compared to other cold noodles with sour and sweet taste, its greatest characteristic is that the amount of seasoning used is very precise. It can be said to be just right. Sweet and sour roasted cold noodles should have more vinegar instead of sugar. Thats because the high temperature of the iron plate would cause the vinegar to dissipate. At the same time, it would make the cold noodles taste even more flavorful. If you put too little, there would be no sour taste, only sweetness. The taste would completely change. The amount of seasoning added must be matched with the timing on the ironing board. Otherwise, the texture and taste of the cold noodles would be different. Therefore, to me, the taste of the roasted cold noodles from booth number six is the best. As for booth number ones cold noodles, which is Cold-Faced Ladys cold noodles, I think there is a problem with the amount of seasoning used: there is too little vinegar. I guess that they did not take into account the high temperature of the iron plate and affected the taste of cold noodles. Immediately after, the second judge started speaking. I agree with the first judge. The cold noodles served by booth number six is indeed very good, but I think booth number threes cold noodles taste better. I specially observed the cooking process of all the vendors. Everyone was spraying water on the surface of the noodles while roasting the cold noodles. Thats right. Thats because the right amount of water can make the skin soft and tough. The texture would be better. The timing and volume of the water being sprayed on by booth number threes vendor is just right. Therefore, booth number threes roasted cold noodles is the best in terms of texture. As for the Cold-Faced Ladys roasted cold noodles, I dont think its very bad in terms of texture, but its not outstanding either. It gives people the feeling that its just average and doesnt have any obvious memorable characteristics. The judges commented one by one. What surprised the audience in the live-stream was that the awkward bragging that everyone had expected did not happen. These judges comments highlighted one point. They were nitpicking and did not show any mercy! Many viewers only realized that there were so many tricks behind the simple roasted cold noodles after hearing the judges comments. The temperature, heat, the amount of water sprayed during the process, the amount of condiments Any slight deviation would affect the final products taste. According to the judges, the Cold-Faced Ladys roasted cold noodles was obviously not done to the extreme. Compared to these experts who roasted the cold noodles, it immediately paled in comparison. This undoubtedly answered the question that had been debated online: Was the roasted cold noodles served by the cold-faced lady actually delicious? The answer was that it was not awful, if it was compared to the roasted cold noodles at roadside stalls which had a huge change in taste, it might indeed be more delicious. However, it was not as delicious as Meng Chang made it out to be. It was still worlds apart from the realm of the so-called God of Roasted Cold Noodles. In the end, Cold-Faced Ladys roasted cold noodles did not perform well in the selection. Her overall score was almost at the bottom. Objectively speaking, this result was rather bad. Cold-Faced Ladys roasted cold noodles did not taste that bad. The main reason was that everyone of the judges singled out the Cold-Faced Lady to criticize. This had a certain impact on the audience and caused Cold-Faced Ladys rating to be very low. The host felt a little awkward and looked at Qi Yan. According to the original process, there would be an interview with the Cold-Faced Lady Chef after the results were out. They would briefly praise the Cold-Faced Ladys unique cooking method and publicize it. In the end, the script had completely changed. The Cold-Faced Ladys rating was at the bottom. How could they interview her? Wouldnt it become public flogging if they were to interview them now? Qi Yan quickly waved her hand, gesturing for the host to skip this segment and continue walking. The host was quick-witted. He immediately understood and entered the next stage of the rare local snacks. Compared to the previous teams, the unpopular snack teams looked rather strange. They were all very rare street snacks. Take the Whirlwind Potato for example. Its raw material was an entire potato. It was cut into a spiral-shaped thin slice with special knife skills. After being strung together with bamboo skewers, it could be lengthened to 30 centimeters without snapping. It could be eaten after being fried in the oil pan and sprinkled with sauce. It looked very good. Another example would be fried bananas. They would be wrapped with flour or bread dough outside the bananas. They would be golden in color, crispy on the outside and tender on the inside. It was very delicious. Apart from that, there was also fried yogurt, rice wrapped in chicken wings, and seaweed rice cake. All of them were unique. There were naturally no unified rules since they were rating different types of food. The scoring depended on the taste of the judges and audiences. The live-stream had already entered the next stage, but the bullet screen comments were still discussing the roasted cold noodles. Huh? I guessed it wrong? Isnt this an advertisement for the Cold-Faced Lady? In the end, not only did they not advertise, they were actually criticized? Am I seeing things? This is a competition organized by Cold-Faced Lady, right! They spent money to organize a competition to scold themselves? Thats too awesome! What the hell is going on? Im going crazy The viewers were all dumbfounded. They did not understand what kind of script this was. Why did Cold-Faced Lady organize this food competition? It would have been acceptable if they had wanted to advertise their roasted cold noodles. However, not only did they not do any advertisement, they even criticized their own store! It did not conform to common sense or logic because Cold-Faced Lady needed not have done something like that. There was a huge difference between good food and bad food, but most of the audience were in front of the screen and could not eat or taste it. Delicious or not actually depended on the judges tastes, right? They could have made it not so obvious and gave the Cold-Faced Lady a second or third place and pick a few inconsequential problems to ensure the fairness of the competition. Was there a need to be so strict? Some people who had eaten Cold-Faced Lady before even felt that the rating was too low. Cold-Faced Lady might not be as delicious as Meng Chang bragged, but it was better than a roadside stall! All of a sudden, the viewers in the live-stream room fell into a daze. They were all discussing the reason behind the Cold-Faced Ladys actions. No one was paying attention to the competition of the rare local snacks. The food competition finally came to an end at 7PM. After the selection of the rare local snacks, it was time for the final round of reviews. The officials ranked all participating vendors according to their ratings and awarded prizes and bonuses to the winners. Cold-Faced Ladys Roasted Cold-Faced Noodles was not selected without a doubt. It was at the bottom in the Roasted Cold-Faced Team. There was no chance at all in the overall review. The winners were elated. They took the trophies and prizes from the staff and proudly waved at the camera. The other vendors who did not win the prize were also applauding and giving their blessings. The entire Street Food Contest ended after an afternoon of intense competition. Qi Yan heaved a long sigh. The event was finally done no matter what! As long as nothing went wrong. She still had to organize these videos and get someone to edit them and upload them to Aili Island and other video websites to achieve a secondary effect. However, Qi Yan was as confused as the audience. Why was Boss Pei doing this? Wouldnt it make things worse for Cold-Faced Lady if the judges criticized it for tasting bad? Chapter 825 - Boss Pei’s Way Of Getting Out Of This Situation! Pei Qian turned off the live-stream and finally relaxed on the other side. He was no longer in the office. Instead, he came to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and used his cell phone to watch the last segment of the food competition. That was because the company had already knocked off before the competition was over. Pei Qian had repeatedly ordered his employees not to work overtime. Of course, he could not break the rules himself. Thus, he chased them out of work on time and left with his employees. When he arrived at Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, he ordered dinner and watched the end of the Street Food Contest while eating. The end result of the Street Food Contest was in line with Pei Qians expectations. This event cost a lot of money. They hired famous food vendors from all over the country, booked the entire restaurant in luxurious hotels, and spent money on food and photography. The event itself did not bring Tengda any popularity. The Cold-Faced Lady might have appeared but it was harshly criticized by the judges until it was worthless. It had achieved a negative advertising effect. It was obvious that the Cold-Faced Lady brand would only get worse. The most important thing in the food and beverage industry was returning customers. The key to retaining them was their taste and reputation. The taste that had been praised to the skies had been beaten back to its original state now that the Cold-Faced Ladys reputation had collapsed. Not many people would go to the Cold-Faced Ladys shop to eat. Thus, the money needed to maintain the normal operations of the shop would be wasted. Pei Qian had an even bolder imagination. If the Cold-Faced Lady continued to be in such a dead state and did not make any profit, Pei Qian could try to advertise and spend more money. Advertisements cost much more than normal operations! Of course, the prerequisite was that the Cold-Faced Lady was completely dead so that they could not save it no matter how much they advertised. He could not rush things now. He had to wait and see. Pei Qian was in a good mood at that thought. Even the food in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe tasted better. Qi Yan received a message from her colleagues not long after she returned home from her work at night. The video for todays competition has been edited and uploaded. Qi Yan replied immediately. Yes, youve worked hard. Have a good rest. This video had to be edited properly according to Meng Changs original plan. It had to be done according to the standards of a variety show and with various special effects. It had to ensure the effect of the show. However, Meng Changs plan no longer counted. Qi Yan called He Desheng to ask for instructions. He Desheng said that they did not have to take the video too seriously. They could just edit it and post it online. Thus, Qi Yans colleagues started editing after the event ended. They did not add any special effects and uploaded it directly onto the internet. The video was just approved when Qi Yan arrived home. She took a look. This video was just as she had expected. There were not many viewers. Qi Yan could not be bothered with these things anymore. After all, the Street Food Contest would end here in her opinion. There would not be any follow-up. This video would most likely be buried in the ocean of the Internet like most videos online. Of course,they could spend as much money as they wanted on the home page, but that did not seem necessary. Even though the competition today was considered successful, Qi Yan could not understand the meaning of this method at all. She could not help but doubt her future career path in the Cold-Faced Lady. At that moment, she received another message from another colleague. Sister Qi, there seem to be many people discussing this competition online. There are even people analyzing the deeper meaning behind this competition! Qi Yan looked confused as she read the message. A question mark floated above her head. It was understandable to discuss this competition, but what was the deeper meaning behind this competition? This food stall competition was originally just to promote Cold-Faced Ladys marketing activities. What deeper meaning could there be? Qi Yan searched online and quickly found the contents of the netizens discussions with these doubts. The Cold-Faced Lady brand might be no longer popular but there were still many discussions online. After all, Cold-Faced Lady had advertised on the entire internet when she was the most popular as the representative of the internet celebrity food and beverage brand. All sorts of strange marketing activities had left a deep impression on netizens. Subsequently, netizens began to discuss whether Cold-Faced Lady was a new business model or a scam. It was only until the Cold-Faced Lady closed down that this discussion gradually came to an end. Therefore, many netizens would still participate in the discussion once news related to the Cold-Faced Lady appeared online. This time, netizens were discussing the problem of where would the cold-faced lady from Meng Changs era go. The Street Food Contest was a fuse. The article that had been forwarded and discussed the most was an article titled The Breaking and Rebuilding of the Cold-Faced Ladys Reputation Through The Street Food Contest. This article had only been published for less than an hour, but it already had tens of thousands of views and hundreds of comments. Whats more, it was still rapidly increasing. Qi Yan took a look and felt that this authors name was very familiar. She flipped through his previous article and realized that this was actually the author who wrote Cold-Faced Ladys so-called internet thinking is nothing but an act! The previous article was written before the Cold-Faced Lady closed down. It was a perfect last hit. The words Meng Chang is like a child sitting in the passenger seat of a car, posing as if he was driving, thinking that he was in control of the direction of the car and collecting money from the passengers as the driver. However, in fact, whether it was the car or the road, they were not in his control. It could be said to be a killing blow to the cold-faced ladys heart at that time. At that time, Qi Yan had read the article and was very impressed by the author. At that time, Cold-Faced Lady looked like she was doing well, but there was already an undercurrent. It definitely had many problems, but not everyone could see them clearly. Not only could the author of this article see the root of the Cold-Faced Ladys problem, but he could also use such easy-to-understand terms and apt analogy to convey these contents to others. He was definitely an expert. This time, he actually wrote another article about the Cold-Faced Lady. What would the article say this time? The cold-faced lady was already dead. If this author was only announcing his foresight and adding insult to injury, there was no need for this article. Confused, Qi Yan clicked on the article. The Cold-Faced Lady went bankrupt just like the author predicted. Its said that Meng Chang became an executioner with millions of debt on his back. His whereabouts are still unknown. All of this proves the foresight of the author. It also proves that Meng Changs emphasis on Internet thinking and following the trend of the times are just beautiful words. They can deceive investors but they cant deceive the business rules. Many people say that the Cold-Faced Lady is done for. There is no possibility of her turning the tables. I thought so before today. However, after collecting some industry information and seeing todays Street Food Contest, I changed my mind. Its said that Tengda Corporation has already acquired 70% of the Cold-Faced Ladys shares and obtained absolute control. While Im not sure what aspect Boss Pei has taken a liking to the Cold-Faced Lady, Im 100% sure that Boss Pei has found a way to break out of the post-Meng Chang-era Cold-Faced Lady. This Street Food Contest is just the beginning! Qi Yan was confused and surprised. As an insider of the Cold-Faced Lady, she knew very well what the situation was like in this Street Food Contest. This was a marketing event designed by Meng Chang to promote the Cold-Faced Lady. Thus, the analysis of the article seemed ridiculous. Why was the Street Food Contest the solution to this situation? However, on further thought, Qi Yan felt that it was possible. Boss Pei had specifically asked to change the recording to live-stream. He had also asked the judges to be honest and harsh in evaluating the cold-faced lady. Boss Pei was so busy. Was there a need to ask about such a small matter? Could it be that these two insignificant changes were not Boss Peis whim, but had a deeper meaning? Qi Yan quickly continued reading. The author has analyzed it before. Internet food and beverage brands like Cold-Faced Lady have similar problems: heavy marketing and so-so products. In laymans terms, they are bragging too much, and their own products cannot reach the level of their marketing. I once said that no one would be much more stupid than anyone in any era. Even the smartest person can only deceive consumers for a while, not for a lifetime. Everyone has an answer in their hearts whether the cold noodles cooked by Cold-Faced Lady are delicious or not. No matter how good their marketing is, if the taste of the cold noodles cannot reach their expectations, it would still be empty in the end. The crux of the Cold-Faced Ladys problem also reflects Meng Changs biggest flaw as a entrepreneur: He has been trying hard to look up and into the distance, but he has not been down to earth. Therefore, Cold-Faced Ladys failure is inevitable. However, after the Cold-Faced Lady changed her boss, Boss Pei sent everyone a brand new business idea through the Street Food Contest. That is: Seek facts, value products, and respect talent! This is a world of difference from the Cold-Faced Lady management philosophy under Meng Changs leadership. Or rather, its completely opposite. In the Street Food Contest this time, we can see that the Cold-Faced Ladys roasted cold noodles is on the same stage as the roasted cold noodles of outstanding vendors across the country. The judges are not biased towards the host, the Cold-Faced Lady. They were objective and strict, they pointed out many problems with the Cold-Faced Ladys cold noodles. That means two things: First, we now have a definite answer as to what the cold-faced ladys taste was like during Meng Changs time. Its better than ordinary roadside stalls, but its not as good as what Meng Chang bragged. This is equivalent to the official verdict. It completely negates Meng Changs over-exaggerated marketing methods and tells all consumers the truth about the cold-faced ladys taste in food. Second, since we have denied Meng Changs management concept, we are also announcing the establishment of a new management concept to everyone! Meng Chang has been bragging about how delicious Lady Cold-Faceds cold noodles are. However, his true colors were revealed in todays Street Food Contest. No matter whether it was the heat of the cold noodles, the amount of condiments, or the timing when the water was sprayed, Lady Cold-Faceds chefs did not do a good job. They were not even as good as some outstanding vendors. This means that Meng Changs so-called strict requirements for taste was only lip service. He didnt really study and develop the taste of cold noodles. What Boss Pei is conveying to everyone is actually this concept: The cold-faced lady will strictly control the details in the future and further improve the taste and texture of the cold noodles. At the same time, he will have to be realistic about the taste and stop creating any false publicity! Other than that, the most important thing is the importance of talent. The Street Food Contest this time has gathered all the outstanding food vendors from all over the country. Boss Pei has displayed a thirst for talents through this competition. He has dug out the experts among the people who are really good at cooking snacks and gave them a better stage to showcase themselves! Therefore, this Street Food Contest might look like an ordinary marketing event but the significance behind it is very significant. You can see it as a summary: It summarizes and criticizes Meng Changs wrong management concept previously. You can also see it as a declaration, announcing the right management concept that the cold-faced lady will adopt in the future! How will the Cold-Faced Lady develop in the future? Can this brand, which has already turned cold, be brought back to life by Boss Pei? Let us wait and see! Chapter 826 - Boss Li’s Insider Information The hundreds of words stunned Qi Yan. Her first reaction was it was a little nonsensical. The Street Food Contest was one of the many activities planned by Meng Chang. Qi Yan had also participated in it the entire time. She knew very well that in Meng Changs heart, this activity was the same as many other marketing activities. It was just to generate popularity for Cold-Faced Lady. Therefore, when Meng Chang designed this event, he definitely did not think too much about it. Boss Pei on the other hand Boss Pei had indeed asked about it and He Desheng had also sent a message to the judges to change from recording to live-streaming, he had also asked the judges to change their evaluation of the Cold-Faced Lady. However, how could two simple changes derive such a complicated conclusion? Could this self proclaimed journalist have misunderstood Boss Peis intentions? After Meng Chang left, Qi Yan became the person-in-charge of the Cold-Faced Lady. She participated in the entire planning of the Street Food Contest. She felt that it was a misinterpretation perhaps because she was involved personally in the process. However, on further thought, she felt that it could be that her level of understanding was too shallow. It was related to her career, so she had to think more. She stood up and took an apple from the fridge. She read the article once more from beginning to end, falling into deep thought as she munched on it. There are indeed some points that cannot be explained. Boss Pei is very busy. The Cold-Faced Lady is considered the most insignificant small department among Boss Peis many businesses. Boss Pei rarely even asks about a huge business like Fish-Catching Take-Out, let alone the Cold-Faced Lady. I report directly to Boss He. Then, Boss He will gather all of Dream Realization Ventures information and report to Boss Pei. It can be seen from the structure of the entire organization that Cold-Faced Lady is a relatively marginalized department. However, Boss Pei still took time out of his busy schedule to give pointers to this Street Food Contest. Most of the marketing activities have been canceled except for this competition. Whats more, Boss Pei specially instructed us to change it to live-streaming. He also asked the judges to be honest Could it be that it is really as what the author of the article said? That this is actually a method of using little effort to solve a big issue? Boss Pei happened to see a Street Food Contest in Meng Changs marketing campaign. Thats why he decided to improvise and casually change two seemingly insignificant points in the event. However, he completely changed the nature of the event? Once she accepted this setting, Qi Yan read the article again and found that she could match all the details! Qi Yan could not help but feel enlightened. I see. I was too stupid and did not understand the true intentions of our leader! Boss Pei did not say it explicitly. He probably wanted to test my ability to understand and understand as the new person-in-charge! If I still know nothing about Boss Peis intentions after this competition and do not make any changes, I might be replaced immediately! Even if Im not replaced immediately, Boss Peis impression of me would definitely plummet. Boss Pei would think that Im a useless subordinate That was close, that was close. Luckily, the author of this article helped me! Qi Yan secretly rejoiced and quickly recorded the key points in the article. According to the interpretation of the article, Boss Pei was actually conveying a new business idea to all consumers through the food competition. At the same time, he was conveying a new concept to all the staff of Cold-Faced Lady. Dont just say and do nothing like Meng Chang. Be realistic and strictly control the details. Ask these experts honestly to improve the taste and texture of the roasted cold noodles and other food; They should not be like Meng Chang, who talked the talk but did not walk the walk and valued talents. They had to respect and value even the roadside food vendors. They had to see how outstanding they were. Abandon unrealistic marketing techniques, be it daily operations or publicity, and be realistic. They had to be sincere to consumers and not try to induce and deceive consumers. She went through the entire event from beginning to end after she was done summarising. The more she read, the more she felt that everything was perfect and natural. Strictly speaking, the technique that Boss Pei used can be called breaking and rebuilding. He knows Cold-Faced Ladys current situation very well. Its reputation has collapsed and was ruined and it doesnt taste good. This is a dead end. All consumers have the mentality of the boy who cried wolf. They no longer trust Cold-Faced Lady. At this time, no amount of publicity would help. Since thats the case, we should stop those useless marketing activities. Boss Peis way of getting out of this situation is to make use of this Street Food Contest to completely negate Meng Changs way of doing things. He wanted to break the impression that all consumers have of the Cold-Faced Lady brand and improve its taste. Only then can this brand be reborn! Then, I should cooperate with Boss Pei now to retain these talents! These outstanding vendors found from all over the country were still staying in the hotel arranged by the Cold-Faced Lady because it was already night time after the competition ended. She could not possibly let them take the high-speed rail overnight. That would be too impolite. Everyone would check out at noon tomorrow to take a high-speed rail or a plane to leave tomorrow afternoon. Werent the vendors who had won the first place the talents that Boss Pei was looking for? She had to think of a way to fight for it! Qi Yan immediately found the list of winners and contact details on her computer. Wait, should I select only from the Cold-Faced Team or from the other vendors as well? Qi Yan thought about it carefully. We just have to find the first place in the Cold-Faced Team to improve the Cold-Faced Ladys taste. However, this competition is a Street Food Contest, not a roasted cold noodles competition. This competition was Meng Changs idea after all, Boss Pei did not change it. That means he approved of it. Since Boss Pei approved of this Street Food Contest, it means that other food stalls are equally important. I think we should keep all the winners and ask for their opinions. Qi Yan had been in a very confused state ever since she took over the Cold-Faced Lady. Previously, she was only the person in charge of various marketing activities under Meng Chang. After suddenly taking over all of Cold-Faced Ladys work, she had always felt a little lost. If even someone like Meng Chang could not make the Cold-Faced Lady take off. Qi Yan felt that it was even more impossible for herself. However, Boss Pei had now given the cold-faced lady a clear path. Even though she was not sure if she would succeed, Qi Yan had at least found the direction she was working towards. She suddenly felt full of energy as she began to plan for the future! At the same time, in Jingzhou, Ming House. Li Shi had just finished his meal with his friends and sent them off one by one. He was just about to go home and rest when he saw Xue Zhebin walking towards him with his cell phone in his hand, looking pleasantly surprised. Boss Li! Quick, take a look at this. Is this what you guessed before? Did Boss Pei take action? Li Shi was stunned for a moment. He took the cell phone and looked at it. It was the article titled The Breaking and Rebuilding of the Cold-Faced Ladys Reputation Through The Street Food Contest. He read it carefully from beginning to end, and then smiled. Indeed! I knew that Boss Pei would take action soon after gaining control of the Cold-Faced Lady, but I didnt expect it to be so soon! Li Shi was happy and a little proud. He had successfully predicted Boss Peis actions this time! Both Xue Zhebin and him had invested in the Cold-Faced Lady and obtained some shares. They bought some at a low price after all. Currently, they held about thirty percent of the shares. These shares might still be worthless at the moment but Li Shi was very sure that in the near future, these shares and dividends would definitely earn back all the money that he had invested previously with interest! This article had been analyzed very clearly. The Cold-Faced Lady was not far from being revived since Boss Pei had already made his move. Wait a minute. Li Shi read the article from beginning to end, savoring it. Xue Zhebin was a little surprised. Whats wrong, Boss Li? Is there a problem? Li Shi shook his head. No problem, but there are some flaws. I can tell that this author is quite something. He probably had experience in finance and investment industries before he started working in self-media. Hes quite clear about the situation in the industry and has sharp eyes. His writing style isnt bad either. However The article he wrote was far from enough to describe the workings of Boss Pei, Meng Chang, and the cold-faced lady. Of course, this cant be blamed on him. After all, there are many details that outsiders have no way of knowing. This author did not have the means to find out, so he naturally could not write about it. Take the news conference when the Cold-Faced Lady was first established for example. Meng Chang was on stage, Boss Ma was in the middle of a verbal confrontation, and Boss Pei was intentionally or unintentionally targeting the Cold-Faced Lady. He made the investors wait and see, but no one took over These scheming plots were not written at all. The author of this article thinks that Meng Chang messed up the Cold-Faced Lady first based on the information he gathered. Boss Pei modified the Cold-Faced Lady after that. However, the relationship between the two is much more complicated than he imagined. In fact, Boss Pei was behind the Cold-Faced Lady ever since it was established. The reason why the Cold-Faced Lady and Meng Chang ended up like this cant be separated from Boss Pei! If this news can be revealed it would be even more critical to the reversal of the Cold-Faced Ladys reputation! Xue Zhebin nodded in realization. Thats right! The best way to reverse the reputation of the Cold-Faced Lady is to tell everyone that the Cold-Faced Lady has changed bosses. Boss Pei asked the Cold-Faced Lady to hold this Street Food Contest to convey this message. If everyone could understand the various details of the Cold-Faced Lady from its establishment to its collapse, it would be able to shift everyones disgust towards the Cold-Faced Lady to Meng Chang and recognize the brand again because of Boss Pei. Boss Li, you mean Li Shi chuckled. Contact this author and tell him that I have some exclusive insider information about the cold-faced lady. I hope to borrow the power of his article to let more people know. Chapter 827 - Gourmet Adviser January 17th, Tuesday. Pei Qian woke up as usual and went to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe for breakfast. Today was another day where he was racking his brains to spend money. There was still half a month to settlement. Pei Qian was under immense pressure to spend money. Sloth Apartments had made a profit from working with Fanglan Residences furniture. The Fully-Automated Intelligent Bickering Machine had been sold for a sum of money. He had repeatedly bought and sold the shares of Cold-Faced Lady which ended up in profit. The downloadable content of a few old games had been sold quite well. There was also the ten million US dollars that IOIs sponsor had withdrawn from the breach of contract Pei Qian would have fainted on the spot had he not thought of a plan beforehand. Apart from the normal expenses for the various departments, Pei Qian chose to spend the bulk of his money on the Mission and Choice project. To Pei Qian, the smartest part of this project was to let Tengda Corporations two most important departments, Tengda Games and Fei Huang Workspace, be in charge at the same time. One was making games and the other was making movies. In reality, they were two projects. However, they were viewed as one project by the system and successfully exploited the loopholes in the system. The system stipulated that only one project could be postponed to the next cycle. Pei Qian used the combination of games and movies to double the amount of funds that the project could absorb. Since the project would be postponed until the next cycle, Pei Qian could spend more money in this cycle. As long as the amount was not so huge that the project could not be completed in the next cycle, everything would be fine. Thus, Pei Qian called Hu Xianbin and Huang Sibo respectively and casually said that he had tens of millions of yuan to give to them. He wanted them to think about what else they could spend on this project and make full use of it. Huang Sibo was stunned as well. The movie had been going so well, and now he had a windfall? However, Boss Peis task had to be completed. He had to make the best use of his time to figure out how to increase the budget and make good use of the money. He Desheng called again not long after Pei Qian hung up. Whats wrong? Is there a problem with the Cold-Faced Lady? Pei Qian was very cautious and asked subconsciously. He Desheng: Boss Pei, dont worry. Everything is going smoothly with the Cold-Faced Lady. Everything is going according to your wishes. There are no big problems. I mainly want to report about Meng Chang this time. Didnt you specifically tell me to keep an eye on him? Pei Qian relaxed slightly. Oh, Meng Chang. Go ahead. After the Cold-Faced Lady closed down, Meng Chang sold all his shares to Tengda cheaply and even paid up a small portion of his debt. However, even so, Meng Chang was still carrying a debt of several million yuan. He was still the judgment debtor. Pei Qian took the initiative to pay up the debt to the suppliers and transferred Meng Changs debt to Tengda. In other words, Tengda was now Meng Changs creditor. He Desheng investigated Meng Changs situation when Pei Qian asked about it some time ago. Meng Chang obviously had not given up and went to look for many investors to make a comeback. However, he was rejected from all of the important positions that he had applied for. Logically speaking, victory and defeat were common in war. Meng Chang had failed in his entrepreneurship but his personal ability was still there. Why did no one want him? That was because Meng Chang did not have a solid foundation before he established the Cold-Faced Lady brand. His resume was nothing more than graduation from a famous school, work experience in the marketing department of a large company, and so on. If he had not gotten a sum of money from Dream Realization Ventures, he might not have been able to create such a huge business. In other words, Meng Chang had seriously overdrawn his future while managing the Cold-Faced Lady. Now that the Cold-Faced Lady had completely failed. The investors who believed in Meng Chang had suffered a terrible loss. Meng Chang, the founder, had overdrawn his entrepreneurial potential. Naturally, he could not obtain any more opportunities. He Desheng said, Boss Pei, Meng Chang should understand that hes at his wits end. Hes been running around the capital for the past week. He should be clear-headed now that hes hit the brick walls. It would be his best opportunity if you are willing to lend him a helping hand. Thats why he said that he was willing to work in Tengda. Im just not sure what kind of job he would be in charge of and how much salary he would get. Boss Pei, what do you think It looked like Meng Chang had no other way out. Pei Qian knew very well that Meng Chang must have some hatred towards him. If not for Dream Realization Ventures repeated buying and selling of his shares, his script might not have become like this. As long as Meng Chang had other methods, he would definitely not come to Tengda to work for him. However, he would have to take things as they come. Pei Qian also liked Meng Changs spending ability. In terms of spending power, Meng Chang was the most satisfying person Pei Qian had ever seen. The only problem was Meng Chang was good at spending money but he could also cause a huge commotion. Pei Qians situation would only worsen if he was in charge of marketing. At that moment, he needed to think in the opposite direction. Meng Chang knew marketing very well and knew how to spend the most money to achieve the best marketing effect. On the other hand, he should also know how to spend the most money to achieve the worst marketing effect, right? It was just like how a top student could easily score 100 marks. Naturally, he could score 0 marks as well. It was not easy for a flunky to score 0 marks because he could not avoid it if he did not know the correct answer. What if he guessed correctly? Pei Qian pondered for a moment and said, Tell him to start working next month. I want to set up an advertising company specially for him. This advertising company can only take on work within Tengda Corporation. Its mainly in charge of advertising planning, brand publicity, and so on. As for his salary, you can tell him that it will definitely not be low. However, we still have to talk about how to distribute his salary in person. I plan to provide him with two different pay models for him to choose from: One will be a high base salary without commission, and the other will be a low base salary with high commission. Let him decide for himself. As for the actual work contents Ill personally teach him when the time comes. He Desheng quickly said, Alright, Boss Pei. Ill tell him now. At the same time, in Beijing Qi Yan invited the winners of the Gourmet Competition yesterday to the store of the Cold-Faced Lady and entertained them. As Qi Yan had expected, many vendors declined Cold-Faced Ladys invitation to join them. That was because these vendors were relatively famous in their areas. There would usually be a long queue when they set up their stalls. Their business was extremely good. Whats more, most of them were locals. They could not bear to leave their hometown and was not in need of money. Naturally, they did not want to drag their families in relocating. However, there were still a few younger vendors who were willing to talk to Qi Yan in detail. They would consider it after understanding the situation. They were vendors too but their situation was different. These stall owners were generally younger. They still had some hopes and expectations for the future. Their career aspirations had not been completely destroyed by life. They had decided to listen to Qi Yans proposition. If the conditions were tempting enough, they could consider working away from home for a few years to try it out. It would be good if they were to succeed. They might even be able to earn the money that they could earn only after setting up their stalls for a few years. It did not matter if they failed either since they would just return to set up their stalls. Among these people, the stall owner that Qi Yan admired the most was Zhang Yahui. He was very young, only twenty-six years old. He dropped out of high school to set up a stall with his parents because of his poor family background. He was more flexible and liked to study on his own. The roasted cold noodles that he made were very famous in the area. Anyone who had eaten it would praise it. During the street food contest, the cold noodles he made received unanimous praise from the judges. Qi Yan explained her intentions to everyone: She hoped to hire them as Cold-Faced Ladys Gourmet Advisors. Their job would be to study the cooking methods and flavors of various food stalls and try their best to mass-produce the snacks that they were good at in a more streamlined manner. This job had its pros and cons to the vendors. The drawback was that the salary of this job was slightly lower than the income they earned from setting up their own stalls. Whats more, they had to come to Beijing to eat, live, and other daily expenses. The advantage was that this job was much easier than setting up their own stalls. Whats more, this was a very good opportunity, they might have a better future. They might earn a lot by setting up their own stall, but it was also very tiring. They would usually work from dawn until late at night with almost no rest. Whats more, they might encounter all sorts of unexpected situations, making their income very unstable. On the other hand, working as a Gourmet Adviser here as a nine to five job would be much easier. Whats more, they might have a better future. If they could really make a name for themselves, their future income might be much higher than if they were to set up a stall. The stall owners weighed the pros and cons and were very hesitant. It was difficult for them to make a decision in a hurry. Zhang Yahui was obviously inclined to accept this job. His idea was that he was still very young. He could not possibly limit his future and set up a stall in a small city forever, right? There was nothing wrong with setting up a stall since he was making quite a lot of money as well. However, Zhang Yahui was more inclined to working a decent job in a big city. Zhang Yahui knew very well that it was very easy to return from a big city to a small city. However, it was very difficult to gain a foothold by climbing up from a small city to a big city. The Cold-Faced Ladys invitation was undoubtedly an opportunity to gain a foothold in the big city. If he missed it, he probably would not get it again in the future. Zhang Yahui considered for a moment and said, Im quite satisfied with your conditions. However Im a little worried about whether I can take on this position. Can I find out more about the job of a Gourmet Adviser first? Its not a small matter to relocate. Both of us would be quite awkward if theres a deviation in expectations. The other stall owners nodded in agreement. Many vendors were actually tempted, but they did not dare to agree immediately because they were not confident in themselves. They felt that they were just a food vendor. How could they be Gourmet Advisors? That did not sound reliable. What if the Cold-Faced Lady changed her mind after two months and fired them? Qi Yan thought for a while. Thats easy. Take a look at the cold noodles cooked by Cold-Faced Lady first, analyze the problem, and give some pointers. As long as you can improve the taste of the cold noodles, it means that you can do this job. We can hire you without worry, and you can work without worry. How about that? Zhang Yahui nodded. Alright. This was equivalent to a simple interview. Improving the taste of cold noodles was the content of the interview. After the interview, both parties would have more confidence. Chapter 828 - Improving the Roasted Cold Noodles Taste Qi Yan brought the vendors to the Cold-Faced Ladys kitchen. The other vendors might not be good at roasted cold noodles, but they all followed along. They wanted to see how Zhang Yahui would guide them and what kind of job the so-called Gourmet Adviser was in charge of. After Qi Yan briefly explained the situation to the chef, he immediately began to make cold noodles. Zhang Yahui and the other vendors gathered around and watched intently. This chef had also participated in the Street Food Contest previously, so he knew Zhang Yahui and the other vendors. He felt uncomfortable performing the art of making cold noodles in front of them, but he had to follow the previous method since Qi Yan had requested it. Zhang Yahui looked on very seriously. While they had both participated in the food competition and were both in the cold noodles group, both of them were busy making cold noodles at that point in time and had no time to pay attention to others. Thus, Zhang Yahui did not know how his cold noodles were made. Now that he looked at it up close, he realized that the biggest difference between making the cold noodles that he made and the chef made was accuracy. A simple example would be that the chef would use a timer to record the time it took to cook the noodles. He would also use a thermometer to measure the temperature of the cold noodles. He would only beat the eggs and add condiments when the temperature was suitable. Zhang Yahui relied on his experience when making his own cold noodles. However, he was more talented and had made one too many servings of cold noodles. Thus, even if he did not use these tools, the batches of cold noodles he made each time would not be too different. Qi Yan did not pay much attention to the process of roasting cold noodles. Instead, she paid attention to the expressions of the chef and the vendors. This chef was hired by Meng Chang with a high salary. He was a true hotel chef. He was no ordinary person even though he was not at the level of the head chef of a five-star hotel. The Cold-Faced Lady had so much marketing expenses after all. They could easily squeeze out a little and hire a more expensive chef. Meng Chang had been advocating how good the Cold-Faced Ladys taste was, which would not be the case if he were to find an ordinary chef to do the job. However, for a chef hired with a high salary to be unable to make better roasted cold noodles than a roadside vendor did not seem to be worth the money as well. Whats more, there were not many consumers who bought the noodles. Qi Yan had always been puzzled by this. The cold noodles were done very quickly. The chef cut the cold noodles into sections according to the standard process and set them aside after carefully setting the plates. Its done, the chef said to Qi Yan. Qi Yan nodded and said to the vendors, Everyone, have a taste. Feel free to raise any opinions. The stall owners each took a piece and savored it carefully. Zhang Yahui said, Yes, its exactly as the judges said previously. The water content is not very good, the texture is a little tough and not soft enough. As for the taste of vinegar its alright, its not as serious as the judges said. After a moment of silence, the chef explained, I added a little more vinegar today. Obviously, he had accepted the judges pertinent comments yesterday. The chef humbly listened to their opinions. Today, he added a little more vinegar to improve the taste of the cold noodles. The chef said to Zhang Yahui, Why dont you make one batch for me to learn from you? Zhang Yahui quickly said, I dont dare to exclaim that Im an expert. I simply cooked one too many batches of cold noodles, groped in the dark and had reached an understanding of my own. Zhang Yahui sounded humble, but he still changed places with the chef. After pouring oil into the desk, he picked up a piece of cold noodles dough and laid it on the table. This time, it was the chefs turn to observe. They were both making roasted cold noodles. However, the chef realized that there was a difference in the details when he was looking at the timer and observing Zhang Yahuis techniques. The difference in the taste of cold noodles could be due to these details. Zhang Yahuis roasted cold noodles were ready in no time. He invited everyone to try them. Qi Yan had tried both types of cold noodles. Indeed, she could tell that Zhang Yahuis cold noodles were more delicious. A persons tongue would not lie. An entrepreneur had a divine theory previously. Someone had criticized his brand of food and beverage for not being delicious. He had angrily said, Thats because your taste buds havent been enlightened since youve only tasted food made by your mother, so you cant tell whats good or bad. This divine theory was also spread as a joke. Of course, there was a gap between peoples ability to taste delicacies. Otherwise, anyone could become a food critic. However, it would be pure nonsense to say that the food tasted bad because his taste buds were not enlightened. Anyone could tell that it was delicious as long as the food tasted good. On the other hand, if ordinary people found it disgusting, it was often really disgusting. The chef did not insist that his roasted cold noodles were more tasty. Instead, he admitted defeat and asked Zhang Yahui about the details in the process. Zhang Yahui answered seriously as well. However, most of the time, his actions were based on his feelings and could not be explained clearly. The chef listened intently and sighed with emotion. I see It looks like its my problem. I thought too simply of the roasted cold noodles. I never thought that such a simple snack would have so many details and tricks Qi Yan suddenly understood why a real hotel chef could not make cold noodles as good as a food stall owner. On one hand, it was because of his technique. On the other hand, it was because of his attitude! The chef would definitely be able to beat Zhang Yahui by a few streets if it were any other dishes. That was because these dishes had recipes and the chef had undergone strict professional training. There was no way he would lose to an unorthodox chef. However, it was different for snacks. There were no clear recipes for snacks. The chefs of various restaurants would not specially research how to make pancakes or roasted cold noodles. Thus, even the chefs of hotels had similar starting points as the food vendor. Obviously, this chef did not think highly of food like roasted cold noodles Thus, he did not spend much effort on it. He only thought that he would definitely make better tasting food than those made by the roadside stalls. However, there was no obvious difference between his roasted cold noodles and those sold by roadside stalls. Of course, he might not be able to figure it out even if he studied it carefully. There were so many cities in the country, and every city had countless stalls. So many vendors had tried different ways but only a few ways prevailed. How long would it take for the chef to figure it out on his own? The skills and attitude made it impossible for the chef to win by making the cold noodles. Customers felt that the Cold-Faced Lady did not have an obvious taste compared to ordinary roasted cold noodles sold at the roadsides. Moreover, the prices were higher so they felt that they had paid an IQ tax since it was not more delicious. Qi Yan could not help but feel emotional. Sure enough, there were specializations in the industries.They did have to hire professionals to do the job. They were both chefs. It was one thing to make regular dishes taste good, but another to make snacks that tasted good. Qi Yan suddenly realized that this was probably what Boss Pei wanted to convey. One of the key reasons for Meng Changs failure was that he did not understand this point. He thought that he could just find an expensive chef to make delicious roasted cold noodles. However, he had never thought about whether the expensive chef was good at making roasted cold noodles. Would the chef be willing to consult the vendor about the details and techniques of making cold noodles? Meng Chang had been emphasizing on the taste of the cold noodles, but it was all verbal and he had not taken any action. Qi Yan felt that Boss Pei was obviously hinting to her not to walk down Meng Changs old path. She had to be down-to-earth and honest! The other vendors also began to share their insights. Qi Yan could tell that even though these vendors had not undergone professional cooking training, their common point was that they had a certain taste, strong hands-on ability, and loved to further develop the tastes. Otherwise, they would not have been able to teach themselves and make ordinary snacks so popular. They had attitude and ability. As long as the Cold-Faced Lady paid to train them with some culinary knowledge, and then streamlined their cooking methods and refined them it would definitely improve the taste of snacks of the Cold-Faced Lady! At that time, not only would they be able to make roasted cold noodles, they would also be able to make other types of snacks! Qi Yan immediately decided on that thought. I think everyones abilities are good enough to be a Gourmet Adviser. I guarantee that the Cold-Faced Lady will be able to provide a bigger platform for everyone to fully utilize their talents! At the same time, in Jingzhou Li Shi was talking to the author of the article about Boss Pei, Dream Realization Ventures, and Cold-Faced Lady through voice chat. Thats all I know. There might be some other hidden aspects. Boss Pei is good at scheming after all. What we see might only be a part of his plan. However, we have no way of knowing these things. You can use these materials according to your needs. A male voice came from the other end of the line. Thank you very much. These details are really exciting. I didnt expect the Cold-Faced Lady to have so many stories behind! May I ask who you are and where you obtained this insider information? Dont worry, Im just curious. I wont write it in the article. Of course, its okay if you dont want to reveal it. Li Shi chuckled. Im just an ordinary investor with a student mentality. The person on the other end of the line did not continue asking seeing that Boss Li was unwilling to speak. Instead, he said, Dont worry, I will write this article very soon. It will definitely be very exciting! Li Shi suddenly thought of something and said, Oh, theres something else. I heard that Meng Chang is at his wits end now. Boss Pei intends to give him some work to do, but Im not sure what position hes in charge of. The person on the other end of the line pondered for a moment. This Alright, I understand. This seems to be a very important piece of information. Ill start writing now so that the story behind Cold-Faced Lady can be revealed to the world! Chapter 829 - Meng Chang’s Magical Cloud, Boss Pei’s Five Finger Mountain In the afternoon After a busy morning, Qi Yan finally arranged everything that she had planned. She had officially offered to hire these outstanding vendors as the Cold-Faced Ladys gourmet consultants. Zhang Yahui immediately agreed. The other vendors were still hesitating. They said that they would give their answer after a few days. Obviously, many vendors were bringing their families along. They had to communicate with their families before making this decision. However, Qi Yan was very sure that this would be a win-win decision for the Cold-Faced Lady and the vendors. These Gourmet Consultants would follow the proper recruitment process. Qi Yan also intended to learn from Fish-Catching Take-Out. She wanted to set up a small gourmet laboratory that included professional chefs, outstanding food vendors and nutritionists who would be in charge of chemical testing and nutritional balance. They would develop new snacks together. Fish-Catching Take-Out was Boss Peis business, and he would definitely approve of it. Boss Pei would probably be very impressed if she created a food laboratory for Fish-Catching Take-Out, right? Even though she had never met Boss Pei before, Qi Yan could roughly guess his intentions based on her understanding of him. The Gourmet Laboratory was also very important to street food. Meng Chang was not wrong to compare local snacks to fast food in China. However, at the same time, he had to realize that there was a long way to go before local snacks became a real fast food brand. Those fast food brands looked very simple. They were nothing more than fried chicken, fries, hamburgers, and so on. However, the entire supply chain, crafts, and research ability of the new products could not be underestimated. They had accumulated over a decade or even decades. They could not be caught up in a day or two. Perhaps Meng Chang knew this very well and felt that it was impossible for him to do it. That was why he chose the conceptualization and the path of earning quick money. There was a saying that there were only two ways in the world: one was the right way, and the other was the easy way. Meng Chang chose the easy way while Boss Pei chose the right way. Qi Yan felt that she had to carry out Boss Peis will in her position and strategy since Boss Pei had already found a way to break out of the situation, giving the cold-faced lady a chance to be reborn, and had already given a clear path to this terminally ill brand. While Qi Yan did not know what the Cold-Faced Lady would become in the future, she was suddenly filled with confidence! She stood up to get a cup of coffee after she was done with her work. At the same time, she checked on her colleagues in the office. The overall situation was more complicated. Apart from the store front, Cold-Faced Lady also had an office area. She rented a workstation in an office building near the store. Meng Chang was quite willing to spend money on the project. There was coffee, drinks, afternoon tea, snacks, fruits, and so on. The working environment was also very good. After Tengda took over, everything remained the same. There were no signs that they were going to cut down on benefits. Everyone was very satisfied. However, everyones current working attitude was different. Some of them were obviously trying to slack off. They looked confused and lost. Some of them looked complacent and wanted to find something to do, but they did not know where to start. After the Cold-Faced Lady changed boss, the original marketing activities were basically cancelled. Those in charge of marketing activities went all out to organize the Street Food Contest. However, now that the contest was done, they naturally had nothing to do. There were also some people who were filled with worry for the cold-faced ladys future. They might not have seen the article, nor did they know about Boss Peis plans for the Cold-Faced Lady. They only felt that the company was going to fail sooner or later based on the current state of idling around. They would survive one day at a time, thus, they were more passive. Qi Yan felt that she had to think of a way to boost everyones morale. She had some ideas after being enlightened by Boss Pei. However, these ideas needed to be carried out and needed the cooperation of the others. If everyone continued to be so negative, Qi Yan would not be able to complete the tasks very well even if she were to assign tasks. However, if she wanted to boost morale, she had to find an opportunity to convince everyone. However, if she were to give a speech or inject steroids, the effect would definitely not be good. It might even backfire. Qi Yan thought about it. That article was good. Now, her colleagues did not have any fighting spirit and felt lost. The main reason was because they were unclear about the Cold-Faced Ladys past, present, and future development. They would know about Boss Peis plans for the Cold-Faced Lady as long as they read this article, everyones working condition would definitely improve! She immediately found the author online and was shocked to find that he had published another article! Whats more, the title of this article was even more explosive than the previous one: Cold-Faced Lady: Meng Changs Magical Cloud, Boss Peis Five Finger Mountain! Qi Yan was stunned. Cold-Faced Lady again? Publishing two reports in such a short period of time, was he going against the Cold-Faced Lady? Qi Yan was as confused as she was surprised. That was because she knew very well that this author only wrote real articles. There was no need for him to write two or three essays for the same issue, repeatedly rubbing salt onto the wound. From this point of view, this author was much better than those marketing accounts. This was another article about the Cold-Faced Lady, which must be because the author had found a new content and angle. However, the article on The Breaking and Rebuilding of the Cold-Faced Ladys Reputation Through The Street Food Contest had already detailed the difference between Meng Chang and Boss Peis management concept. It seemed to have been written very clearly on the topic of Cold-Faced Lady. The new article was titled Magical Cloud and Five Finger Mountain. What was he trying to do? Was he filming Journey to the West? Qi Yan clicked open the article with confusion. At the beginning of the article, he briefly mentioned the previous two articles. They were Cold-Faced Ladys so-called Internet thinking is nothing more than an act and The Breaking and Rebuilding of the Cold-Faced Ladys Reputation Through The Street Food Contest. These two articles predicted the bankruptcy of the Cold-Faced Lady led by Meng Chang and the series of changes that Boss Pei would undergo after taking over the Cold-Faced Lady. The author even added a link between the two essays as a reminder to the readers. It was also a hint to the readers: Im not trying to ride on your popularity and kick you while youre down. I had already raised my doubts when the Cold-Faced Lady was at her peak. This article of mine is full of good stuff. Its completely different from those marketing accounts that look for information online! Then, he entered the main text. However, before that, the author had specially used a short paragraph to hint to the readers that the article this time was different from the previous two times. I decided to change my writing style after much consideration due to the content. Ill review the entire Cold-Faced Ladys rise and fall from Meng Changs point of view. There might be some subjective views and historical references by this author, but I can guarantee that the key plot of the entire story is objective and practical. If there are any flaws or fallacies, I welcome everyone to criticize and correct me. Qi Yan was even more surprised. The previous two articles were written from a bystanders point of view. They were mainly objectively narrated and analyzed. The articles themselves might be filled with laughter and curses and there were some divine metaphors that people took delight in talking about and were generally in more traditional ways. However, this time, the author was going to write from Meng Changs perspective? Qi Yan felt that the article was not simple and continued reading. November 8th, 2011, was a Tuesday. On this day, a young man named Meng Chang came to the building of Dream Realization Ventures in Jingzhou. He wanted to start his career there. He had a very grand plan and a very loud slogan, but almost no one can guess what he was really thinking about. Meng Chang should be someone with a performance personality and his acting skills are not bad. However, what he did not know was his heart must be filled with regret two months later, when he looked back at this Tuesday morning. The Cold-Faced Lady went from being established to becoming popular all over the internet, and then to being doubted and destroyed. Thats exactly what the ancient saying goes: A country falls as abruptly and rapidly as it rises. Before the Cold-Faced Lady, no one would have thought that such a popular online restaurant brand would fail so quickly and completely. The fate of the Cold-Faced Lady has been decided since that Tuesday morning. Meng Chang chose Dream Realization Ventures as his first target for a very simple reason: he felt that the money there would be easy to obtain. Meng Chang will be called a perfect entrepreneur in the near future, however he is not qualified to stand in front of the table now. His resume is not bad, but he has nothing else. His resume and eloquence alone are not enough to support him in fulfilling his dreams and goals. Other investors will give him money, but this money will definitely be accompanied by an unlimited liability agreement or buyback agreement. That is something Meng Chang cannot accept. In fact, Meng Chang only took hot money in one instance from the beginning to the end. Whats more, he is only in debt for a few million yuan. Hes completely incomparable to entrepreneurs who are in debt for hundreds of millions. However, other entrepreneurs might not have signed similar agreements because of recklessness. It could also be because they still believe that their entrepreneurship can succeed. Meng Chang might not have signed similar agreements because he was cautious. It could also be because he knew from the beginning that his entrepreneurship was just a performance: He would be left with nothing after all the glory. As Tengda Corporation expanded, Boss Pei, the God of Investment who would reap profits with every investment, decided to transfer his energy to other places. Dream Realization Ventures would follow the rules he set and invest money in those startups step by step. This allowed Meng Chang to see an opportunity. Meng Chang got the money as he wished and used Boss Pei Investments as a topic to create hype. He even held a special news conference to explain the beautiful future of the cold-faced lady to the investors. From this, it can be seen that Meng Changs passion for marketing is deeply ingrained in his bones. He desperately pursued popularity without considering the possible backlash in the future. Chapter 830 - : Boss Pei’s Seven Deadly Sins What Meng Chang did not expect was that his cheap tricks did not escape Boss Peis eyes at all. At the news conference for all investors, Boss Ma of Tengda asked two soul-stirring questions: Is the cold noodles delicious? What does multidimensional fusion mean? This was a direct hit on Meng Changs soft spot. Its equivalent to pointing out the two huge hidden dangers of the cold-faced lady in front of all the investors: bad taste, excessive marketing. Obviously, Boss Ma has two purposes for sending a message to Boss Pei: one is to remind investors of the risk of the cold-faced lady, and the other is to remind Meng Chang that the current cold-faced lady is just an empty building. She will definitely fail. Its not too late to make changes now. Its a pity that the high-spirited Meng Chang did not realize the severity of the warning this time. He continued to follow his script stubbornly. However, what he doesnt know is that he would not be walking on the script that he had thought of, but the script that Boss Pei had arranged for him. Boss Mas questions at the news conference gave Meng Chang a blow to the head. He could only spend all his money on the Cold-Faced Ladys shop and use marketing, popularity, and beautiful financial reports to exchange for investors trust. However, the process was not smooth because the nail that Boss Ma buried at the news conference was still hurting the investors. The investments that Meng Chang could obtain had harsh contents such as valuation adjustment mechanism agreement. Meng Chang still lacked the bargaining chips to bargain with the investors. At that moment, Meng Chang fell into a dilemma. He knew that the Cold-Faced Lady was still far from what he wanted. If he took the hot money now, there would definitely be a huge problem. Its not too late for Meng Chang to give up now. However, at that moment, Boss Pei extended a helping hand again and invested six million yuan. This allowed Meng Chang to once again possess bargaining chips in hand to deal with the other investors and his confidence was reignited. However, in hindsight, Boss Peis move should be considered playing cat and mouse. If not for this investment, the Cold-Faced Ladys ending might have been a flash in the pan, disappearing without a trace. Meng Changs entrepreneurship would have failed but he would not have any debts. The two million yuan that Boss Pei invested in the beginning would have been wasted. However, the facts have proven that while Boss Peis money seemed easy to get, its actually not easy at all. The confident Meng Chang launched a grand marketing campaign in a more high-profile manner. His dominance made the observing investors waver. The investors were afraid of missing the Cold-Faced Ladys train and were already considering removing the harsh conditions. The mentality of both parties gradually reversed. Meng Chang felt that he was one step away from his goal. He was within reach. Thus, he came to Jingzhou with a carefully prepared financial report once, hoping to get a last sum of money from Boss Pei. As long as this sum of money was in place, other investors will follow suit. The Cold-Faced Ladys valuation will reach an unprecedented height. Meng Chang would have many choices, such as selling to Quanmin Reviews and other food and beverage giants to exit. However, Boss Pei only sneered after reading Meng Changs financial report. What caught Meng Chang off guard was that Boss Pei directly sold all the shares of the Cold-Faced Lady in his hands. He even sold them at a low price, causing the Cold-Faced Ladys valuation to plummet! Meng Chang is one step away, but the difference was like heaven and earth. After that, Meng Changs actions were completely controlled by Boss Pei. When he saw that the Cold-Faced Lady was about to collapse, Boss Pei invested two million yuan to raise the price. When he saw that the Cold-Faced Ladys condition was gradually improving, he sold all his shares. Meng Chang fell into the mentality of a gambler. There are already too many chips on the table. He doesnt want to give up because all his previous efforts would be wasted if he gives up. Its as if the dawn of victory is right in front of him. However, no matter how hard he works, hes still a huge distance away Boss Pei gave Meng Chang one last bit of hope before he completely destroyed his last bit of hope. Thus, Meng Chang, who had always been clear-headed, finally relaxed. After struggling for a long time, he took on an investment that had collateral responsibility. In the end, the Cold-Faced Lady ended miserably. Meng Chang had to bear millions of debt and could not recover. Its not difficult to discover that Meng Changs goal has always been the same looking at the entire process from Cold-Faced Ladys creation to failure. We cant guess what hes thinking, but from his actions, its obvious that he doesnt want to create his own fast food brand like he said. The writer reasonably suspects that his intention from the start was to increase the valuation and cash out. However, Meng Chang used this method very skillfully and his eloquence was too good, so he successfully deceived the eyes of the investors. Or perhaps, some investors knew what Meng Chang was thinking but still invested money. They just had a wishful thinking and felt that they would not be the last one to hold the shares. However, Meng Chang failed completely. He was like an unruly monkey, thinking that he had the 72 Transformations and the Fiery Golden Eyes. He fought thousands of miles and wanted to make a scene in the sky before retreating. However, he did not expect Boss Pei to be always watching him. No matter how hard Meng Chang tried, he could not escape from Boss Peis grasp! Boss Pei obviously knows Meng Changs goal very well, but he still played the game with him very patiently. Boss Pei warned Meng Chang immediately when he realized that he had ulterior motives. When Meng Chang wanted to exit, Boss Pei gave him some hope. When Meng Chang was about to succeed, Boss Pei took drastic measures to completely destroy his hopes. In the end, he held him down under the Five-Finger Mountain so that he wont be able to make a comeback. Some people might be confused when they see this: Does Boss Pei have a personal grudge with Meng Chang? Even if Meng Chang is suspected of cheating money from Boss Pei, wouldnt it be fine as long as Boss Pei doesnt give him money? Why go through so much trouble? Thats why Boss Pei is different. Qi Yan could not help but nod when she read this. Before reading this article, she did not know that the Cold-Faced Lady had such a complicated relationship with Boss Pei. While Qi Yan had always been in charge of the Cold-Faced Ladys marketing, she did not have much experience in other aspects. Basically, she was only carrying out the tasks assigned by Meng Chang. Qi Yan used to work enthusiastically because she believed in the picture Meng Chang artwork painted. She thought that Meng Chang could really turn Cold-Faced Lady into the leading company of Chinese fast food and give all employees an extremely bright future. However, she was too naive from the looks of it. Obviously, Meng Chang had never considered the future of the cold-faced lady and these employees. He only had his own interest at heart from beginning to end. This article described the battle of wits between Boss Pei and Meng Chang in detail. It looked very credible. However, the most important problem was as the author had said. Why would Boss Pei take the trouble to play with Meng Chang when he was so busy? It was almost the same as playing the game in Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Perhaps Meng Chang himself could not figure out why Boss Pei was targeting him. It was very likely that Meng Chang had become the monkey under the Five Finger Mountain precisely because he felt that Boss Pei did not have the time or the need to fuss over the millions. Meng Chang had not been thinking about jumping out of Five Finger Mountain, but slipping out from the gaps available. He did not expect Boss Peis Five Fingers mountain to impregnable. The last paragraph of the article analyzed Boss Peis intentions in detail. Let us consider something: What would happen if Boss Pei did not invest in Meng Chang? Would Meng Chang give up on his plan? Obviously not. Meng Chang will only think that the time is not ripe and put the entire plan aside for now. He will continue to accumulate experience and resumes and wait for the next opportunity. When the time came, would the next investor still have the wisdom and ability like Boss Pei? Im afraid not. At that time, Meng Changs plan would be successful. He would successfully cash out, leave a pile of rubbish, gain fame and fortune, and become an outstanding entrepreneur. Obviously, Boss Pei did not want this to happen. Thats why he took the time out of his busy schedule to completely cut off this possibility. When encountering ferocious beasts on the road, you can ignore them and protect yourself, but you cant stop them from attacking people. Only by subduing them and putting shackles on them would he be a hero! Boss Peis move is killing three birds with one stone. First, he made Meng Chang a judgment debtor and had his reputation ruined. After the Cold-Faced Lady failed, it would be extremely difficult for him to make a comeback. It would also prevent him from harming others; Second, correct the chaos and put Cold-Faced Lady on the right track. Set an example for everyone through example. Make one thing clear: its useless to rely on marketing to run a business. The key is to be down-to-earth; Third, this is also a warning to all entrepreneurs with bad intentions who want to cheat money from Dream Realization Ventures: As long as you operate seriously, it doesnt matter if you lose money. However, if your motives were not pure from the beginning, you will be the next Meng Chang! From this, we can see Boss Peis attitude towards people like Meng Chang. All of Meng Changs actions are within the scope of legal permissions. Firstly, he doesnt make fake accounts and secondly, he doesnt engage in tax evasion. Whatever he did was completely legal. Everyone wants to hack liars into pieces, but our country is a country governed by law after all. We still have to distinguish emotions, reason, and law clearly. No one can carry out justice on behalf of the law. That would be too arrogant and overbearing. If Meng Chang violates the law, he will naturally be punished by the law. However, his problem is only in his business, so its most appropriate to use business methods to solve it. I heard that Boss Pei gave Meng Chang a job when he was at his wits end. Obviously, it was not out of compassion but because he had other plans for him. Now, I boldly predict that Boss Pei will use business methods to make Meng Chang suffer. The current situation is just the beginning. As for the path that Meng Chang will take in the future. Will he wallow in self-pity and give up on himself? Or will he go through all the hardships and repent? His fate is in his own hands. Chapter 831 - Fake Boss and Real Boss Qi Yan had mixed feelings after reading the entire article. When she read the previous article, Qi Yan thought that the change in the Cold-Faced Lady was only because of the gap between Meng Chang and Boss Pei. Meng Chang had failed because he focused on doing light and practical marketing; Boss Pei respected talents and was down-to-earth no matter what he did. That was why he was able to keep succeeding. In other words, Qi Yan had always felt that Meng Changs problem was with his ability and not his attitude. However, after reading this article, Qi Yan realized that Meng Chang had never intended for the Cold-Faced Lady to do well. Meng Chang said so many pleasantries, but all of them were just words. He just wanted to sell the company for a good price. He had no intention to do as he said. If Boss Pei had not intervened, what would have happened to the cold-faced lady? Perhaps Meng Chang would have successfully embezzled money and earned both fame and fortune. The Cold-Faced Lady could have been sold to a large corporation like Quanmin Reviews. She had been sacked because of losses. The employees would have only worked for Meng Chang for a few months before they had no choice but to leave the Cold-Faced Lady to find a new job However, everything had changed because of Boss Peis decisive action! The failure of the Cold-Faced Lady was entirely Meng Changs fault. Once Boss Pei took over, the Cold-Faced Lady would definitely welcome a brighter future! Qi Yan shared the article with the Cold-Faced Ladys work group at that thought. Then, she stood up and clapped her hands lightly to attract everyones attention. Please put down your work and listen to me. I know that the company has been through some trouble recently. Many people dont know what exactly happened or what they should do. Some of you are confused about the future of the company. Everyone can take a few minutes to read this authors three articles. I believe everyone can find the answer. The other employees of the Cold-Faced Lady still looked confused. They did not understand what Qi Yan meant by these articles, but they still opened them obediently. Qi Yan knew very well that the Cold-Faced Ladys employees were basically in a state of sequelae. Meng Chang was too good at painting pictures and at giving the employees steroid shots. Previously, all the employees felt that the companys prospects were especially good and their working conditions were all maxed out. However, now that the cold-faced lady was in trouble and Meng Chang had stopped caring about it, all the employees felt like they had been cheated. Naturally, they could not muster up any spirit. Therefore, Qi Yan felt that the mentality of all employees should also be rebuilt after destruction. Meng Chang was indeed the former boss of the Cold-Faced Lady, but he was no longer doing anything for it. Only by completely rejecting Meng Changs management philosophy could she unify everyones thinking and revive the Cold-Faced Lady. These few articles directly exposed the cruel truth about the cold-faced lady. The details were detailed and easy to understand. They could be used as teaching materials. Speaking of which, it was a little ridiculous in itself for the employees of the Cold-Faced Lady to have to read external articles to understand their own company. However, it was understandable as well. After all, many people, including Qi Yan, were actually kept in the dark by Meng Chang. They might be internal employees, but who among Qi Yan and the others had really been treated as one of his own by Meng Chang? Everyones expressions changed from confusion to lost, then to shock and anger, and finally to relief. Actually, many old employees still had fantasies about Meng Chang. After all, Meng Chang was generous, good at painting a good picture, and was charming. In many peoples hearts, he was the perfect boss. Even when the Cold-Faced Lady was facing bankruptcy, many employees still unconditionally believed that Meng Chang would come back to save the company. However, after reading these three articles, Meng Changs image in their hearts collapsed. How was this a perfect boss? He was obviously pretending! Why was Meng Chang so generous and so good to his employees? That was because he had no intention of managing the Cold-Faced Lady for a long time. He only wanted to earn a sum of money and run away. Since he was earning quick money, he would of course be good to his employees because he was exploiting them! However, some of them felt very lucky even though they were angry. Fortunately, Boss Pei made his move and Meng Changs plan failed! Now that the Cold-Faced Lady was in Boss Peis hands, Boss Pei was obviously going to make drastic changes to the problems left behind by Meng Chang when he was the boss. Wasnt it worth celebrating that the Cold-Faced Lady sent away a fake perfect boss and welcomed a true perfect boss? Everyone could feel that the Cold-Faced Lady seemed to have changed from this moment onwards. Qi Yan was very satisfied with everyones reaction. Since these people were obviously not stupid to be able to enter the Cold-Faced Lady as employees. There were some things that did not need to be said in detail, they could be understood with a single point. Qi Yan said to everyone, I know. What happened a while ago made everyone very confused. They were not doing well at work. Im the same. Im not sure about the future. However, Boss Pei has already pointed out the direction of the Cold-Faced Ladys future development. Whats more, its different from the vision that Meng Chang painted. Boss Peis direction of development is the real down-to-earth choice! Ill briefly explain the recruitment of outstanding vendors to be Gourmet Advisers. Everyone, listen carefully. I hope that everyone will cooperate with me in the future Qi Yan took the opportunity to explain her work plan in detail. Everyone listened intently. Someone would raise their own opinions and actively participate from time to time. They could feel that Cold-Faced Ladys fate was already changing! January 18th, Wednesday morning Meng Chang stepped onto Jingzhous land once again with mixed feelings. He was relaxed and confident on his previous trips. His suit was ironed without a single wrinkle, his mustache was meticulously trimmed, and he exuded confidence everywhere. However, this time, his clothes were full of wrinkles and green stubble had appeared on his cheeks. He looked very haggard. During the period after the Cold-Faced Lady went bankrupt, he had thought of many ways and found many investors and big companies. However, all of them rejected him. The coldness and warmth of human relationships were vividly reflected. Back when the Cold-Faced Lady was at the peak of her career, Meng Chang was a distinguished guest no matter where he went. The investors and bosses treated him very politely. Now, they would ask the assistants to turn him away and not even bother to meet him. Meng Chang finally had no choice but to accept his current situation after suffering a series of blows: he could not survive anymore. Of course, Meng Changs capability was still his own. It would not be a problem for him to find an ordinary job. However Meng Changs character would not allow him to accept such an ordinary job, much less the fate of having to work hard for decades to pay off his debts. Thus, he was utterly dispirited with the huge gap between his ideals and reality. Meng Chang did not have a house under his name but his beloved car was taken away and his bank card was frozen. Meng Chang could not live in the house that he had originally rented because he did not have money to pay for rent. In the end, he found a friend to borrow money and moved to a basement for a couple of days. However, the one thing that dealt the most severe blow to Meng Chang were still the articles. Meng Chang, who had no work or place to go, was holed up in the basement of Beijing. He had nothing to do all day and saw these three articles while browsing the internet. Meng Chang could not help but feel emotional after reading it. The article was well-written. It was simply heartbreaking. Every step he took had been guarded by Pei Qian. It turned out that todays ending was already set in stone from the moment he received the first sum of money from Dream Realization Ventures. Moreover, he did not know anything about it even at the very last moment. This was not only crushing him in terms of intelligence, but also in terms of structure. Reviewing the game after he failed left Meng Chang in despair. Meng Chang came to Jingzhou today to meet Boss Pei to discuss work and salary. Meng Chang wanted to pay his debts as soon as possible. He did not want to waste his life away in a dark basement eating instant noodles and only be able to take public transport when travelling long distances. He did not want to do ordinary jobs. He could not fight for jobs that could earn more money. He could only come to Boss Pei to take a look and try his luck. If it was the arrogant Meng Chang in the past, he would definitely not come to Jingzhou. Boss Pei was obviously plotting against him. What good would it do to work under Boss Pei? Boss Pei might even make fun of him! However, the current Meng Chang no longer had the arrogance and drive he had in the past. He wanted to move out of the basement in Beijing as soon as possible. He wanted to live in a spacious master bedroom where he could see the sun. He wanted to eat normal food that was not instant noodles. He wanted to earn more money and pay off his debts as soon as possible. As for whether he would suffer working under Boss Pei that was no longer important. Meng Chang walked towards Dream Realization Ventures with that thought in mind. Chapter 832 - Make an Example Out Of Him To Intimidate The Thieves At the same time, in Dream Realization Ventures guest room, Pei Qian was reading a thick stack of documents that He Desheng had handed over. He was having a headache. These were all companies related to Dream Realization Ventures. Some had already invested, while others were still queuing up to be invested in. There was also a portion of the companies that had been sold after the company started making profits. Pei Qian looked at the information of these companies, and his heart shook. So many companies were starting to make money? Fortunately, thank God that He Desheng followed his own instructions and sold them as soon as they earned money with no delay. They would not make much money as long as they sold them early. He Desheng saw Boss Peis brows furrow and relax from time to time. He did not know what Boss Pei had seen from these documents, so he did not ask. Boss Pei, should I call Jing Haibing over and let her explain the details to you? he probed. Pei Qian shook his head. Dont bother. These documents were quite simple and concise. Pei Qian could completely understand them. Whats more, Pei Qian could invest as he pleased. It would be good if he incurred losses and it did not matter if he made a small profit. Thus, he felt that there was no need for Jing Haibing, who was in charge of the finance department, to come and explain to him. It would be too troublesome. Pei Qian flipped through the companies that had already earned money and sold their shares. He casually said, Some of these companies that have earned money are developing better while others have collapsed. Of course, Pei Qian did not feel sorry for those companies that earned money. However, he felt a little pity for those companies that could not make it after Dream Realization Ventures withdrew its investment. Pei Qian felt that this was a little strange. Dream Realization Ventures continued to invest in companies that did not make money; those that Dream Realization Ventures withdrew were companies that had already made profits. Since they had already made profits, it meant that the company had found a healthy profit model. As long as nothing went wrong, they would be able to slowly grow. However, some of the companies did not expand after Dream Realization Ventures left. Instead, they suddenly died. That was strange. He Desheng smiled slightly and said, Thats right, Boss Pei. They are both profitable. Some companies are really profitable. Some companies are like the Cold-Faced Lady, making profits through some financial means. The profits are good, but the companys situation is not good. They are using the profits to pull in more investments. We divested both of them. The former had already passed the most difficult period so they could only be getting better while the latter showed its true colors. Pei Qian was furious. Cant people trust each other more?! Cant we be less scheming and more sincere? It did not matter if he did not have the capability, but if he had bad intentions, he would be shooting himself in the foot! The companies which puffed up at ones own cost would have continued to receive Dream Realization Ventures transfusions if they had honestly admitted to incurring losses. In the end, they insisted that they were making profits. Great, it ended with Dream Realization Ventures divesting its investment. Without the most basic integrity, it would not never be your turn to spend Boss Peis money! He Desheng sighed with emotion. Thats right. Everyone knows that business is based on integrity. If you treat others with sincerity, you will always receive rewards. However, how many people can really do that in reality under the temptation of benefits? I have to say, Boss Pei, your move is really brilliant! Profitable companies would be sold. On the one hand, it would help those companies that really wanted to do real work and form good karma with them. On the other hand, we would kick those companies that are falsifying profitability and harboring evil intentions, avoiding the risk. We might be earning less money but we are earning our reputation and punishing scammers. Thats killing two birds with one stone! Pei Qian: What the f*ck do you mean by killing two birds with one stone! I dont need to kill two birds with one stone. I just want to spend more money. Is it that so difficult?! Pei Qian put aside the information about the companies that had made profits and were sold. Then, he continued to look at the information about the companies that were still incurring losses and Dream Realization Ventures. Eh? Whats the situation with this company? I remember that they spent a lot of money and created a huge marketing campaign. Why are they cutting two-thirds of their marketing fees now and using it to make products? Pei Qian had read about other companies and had an understanding about them when he invested six million yuan into the Cold-Faced Lady previously. The few companies that liked to advertise, do marketing, and spend money quickly left a deep impression on him. Originally, these companies were all big spenders and were the targets of Pei Qians focus. However, in the latest information, they either cut a portion of their marketing costs and reduced their costs or spent their expenses on polishing products and hiring talents. Since Dream Realization Ventures had sent funds to these companies, the contents were clearly written on the documents and brought to Pei Qian. Pei Qian was unhappy that he was spending less money. He Desheng chuckled. Boss Pei, its obviously your idea to make an example out of the Cold-Faced Lady! Who would dare to mess around with us after that? Pei Qian was confused. ? Make an example of them? From the Cold-Faced Lady? What are you talking about? Every word was clear, but Pei Qian could not understand them all. He Desheng continued. The companies that continue to incur losses and take money from Dream Realization Ventures are divided into two categories. The first type is making products seriously. Its just that they dont have enough money, abilities, or resources. These companies will continue to take money from Dream Realization Ventures, recruit talents, and fight for resources. They will slowly become better. The founders of the companies feel that they have done their best and have a clear conscience. Naturally, they dont need to change anything. The second category would more or less be related to Meng Changs habits. They did not work hard on their products and spent all their money on marketing. Some people wanted to generate high valuation profits, and some people might purely not be smart enough to tell which was more important. Meng Chang and Cold-Faced Ladys case obviously served as a warning to others and to intimidate the thieves! Even someone as strong and smart as Meng Chang was severely punished by you, Boss Pei, because of his bad intentions. He became an executioner and lost his reputation, let alone small fry like them? If they dont change, they will end up like Meng Chang! Thus, all of these smart entrepreneurs panicked. Before this, many small companies that were waiting in line for us to invest voluntarily quit. Those who had already received the investment also changed their behavior in the past. They did not dare to spend money extravagantly on marketing. Instead, they paid more attention to the products themselves. Obviously, these people have some schemes on their minds. They dont want to be the next Meng Chang. The Cold-Faced Ladys situation is like the Sword of Damocles floating above their heads. It makes them tremble in fear and they dont dare to have any other thoughts! Cold-Faced Lady, this battle can be said to have settled everything with one battle: Previously, many entrepreneurs felt that Dream Realization Ventures money was the easiest to obtain. However, they now realize that while Dream Realization Ventures money is easy to obtain, the consequences of not doing anything are also the most disastrous! This way, even if Boss Pei shifted your focus to other industries, Dream Realization Ventures would continue operating perfectly. No one would dare to come here to cheat money! Pei Qian was silent. He had never thought that a little cold-faced lady could have such a deep impact. The worst situation that Pei Qian could think of before was to sell the Cold-Faced Ladys shares and make a huge profit. That would only increase the pressure of spending money. However, from the looks of it now, it was not just about making a huge profit. Objectively speaking, the Cold-Faced Lady had served as a warning to others. In the future, the chances of Dream Realization Ventures investing and incurring losses would be greatly reduced! Pei Qian sipped his tea quietly, feeling a mix of emotions. Pei Qian had thought he had set a foolproof strategy for Dream Realization Venture to sell after being profitable and to continue investing if it was in a loss position. However, a series of things had happened. Pei Qians hopes were completely dashed. Whats more, this plan had the opposite effect! Pei Qian threw the thick stack of documents on the coffee table and sipped his tea quietly. Thats all for today. Ill give you another sum of money later. Just invest it as you see fit. Pei Qian had already decided to give up on Dream Realization Ventures. Thus, he did not ask for much from He Desheng. However, even if he gave up, he would still provide him with money. It was still a little difficult to burn all the money on the Mission and Choice project alone. As the saying went, dont put all your eggs in one basket. Dream Realization Ventures had to share some of the pressure. As for what would happen if he were to make money in the future He could only think about it in the future. He would deal with this cycle first. He Desheng looked at his watch. Alright, Boss Pei. Its time to meet with Meng Chang. He should be here soon. Ill go and welcome him. Pei Qian sipped his tea in the guest room while thinking about life after He Desheng left. The initial plan was perfect. How did it end up like this? Life was really unpredictable. Meng Chang arrived before long. Pei Qian was a little surprised to see Meng Chang so dejected. Why, I havent seen him in a while and he became depressed? Pei Qian had originally thought that Meng Chang was someone with extremely strong mental fortitude. It would not affect his mentality even if he was beaten down. However, that was obviously not the case from the looks of it. Pei Qian poured a cup of tea. Come, sit down and have some tea. Meng Chang was filled with vigilance and wariness. At the same time, he felt a little fearful. What was Boss Pei up to? Youre the one who invested the money, and youre the one who ate me up. Now youre also the one who called me here to work for you. Meng Chang felt like he was being played by Boss Pei. He could not figure out what Boss Pei was going to do next. This feeling made him very uncomfortable. Meng Chang had always felt that he was one of the smartest people around until he met Boss Pei. He had seen through all of his plans and plotted against him in secret. Yet, he still smiled and invited him to drink tea when they met This Boss Pei was too scary! Meng Chang would never have wanted to meet Boss Pei again if not for the fact that he wanted to earn more money to get rid of his beaten down status as soon as possible. That was because he would feel immense pressure even if he was just going to talk! Chapter 833 - : One Point Higher than Ma Yang! Both of them knew very well what the purpose of this meeting was, so there was no need to keep them in suspense. Pei Qian did not think much of Meng Chang either. He was just one of the less troublesome ones. He would have to settle the other things as soon as possible. Pei Qian said, You already know the general contents of the job. Im mainly here to talk to you about the salary. You are free to choose between the two models. The first is a fixed salary of 40,000 yuan per month. As long as you complete your work, you will not lose a single cent. The second is a low base salary with a commission of 3,000 yuan. The commission will range from zero to 200,000 yuan. The specific calculation method for the commission is, of course, related to the publicity effect of advertising marketing. Ill have specific people on data analysis to give you a commission based on the money spent on each advertising plan, the popularity created, and the publicity effect. The more money you spend, the less popular the advertisement was, the worse the publicity effect, and the higher the commission. Meng Chang immediately said, Ill choose the second option Wait, the lower the popularity, the higher the commission? Inverse target??? Meng Chang felt that it was quite normal when he heard the first part. A low base salary and high commission was exactly what he was looking forward to. Although 40,000 yuan a month was already a high income for most people, it was completely unsatisfactory for Meng Chang. After all, his salary had long surpassed that figure when he was an executive in a big company. There were many places that could give him 40,000 yuan a month now even if he did not enter a big company. There was no need for him to take this dead 40,000 yuan from Boss Pei. Whats more, he could use his 40,000 monthly salary to repay his debts. If he deducted his taxes and miscellaneous living expenses and managed to pay 300,000 a year, he would still need to repay the debt for 20 years. How many decades could one live? During this period, he would always be a judgment debtor. There were too many restrictions on him. He could not even take a high-speed plane when he went out. He could forget about buying a house, traveling, vacation, and going overseas. By the time he was done repaying his debts, he would be at the age of retirement. Basically, he would be muddle-headed for the rest of his life. He could not possibly think about making a comeback in his fifties or sixties, right? That would be unrealistic. If it was a few decades earlier, there might have been a chance. However, it was impossible now. Sometimes, Meng Chang even felt that he would rather go to jail for three years if it could rid him of his debts. After all, there were many people who started their own businesses after being released from jail. It was better than paying twenty years of debt. On the other hand, if he were to calculate based on the two hundred thousand commissions that Boss Pei had given him, he would probably be able to repay the money in five to six years. That was an opportunity that no other job could give him. The only problem was why was the popularity inversely proportional to the commission? The worse the marketing effect, the more money Boss Pei would give? What kind of logic was that? Meng Chang thought that he had heard wrongly and asked again, Boss Pei, did you just say that the ratio is inverse? Pei Qian nodded and said confidently, Yes. Pei Qian did not intend to explain nor did he need to. Meng Chang would always imagine a reasonable explanation for it as long as he acted confident enough. He took an agreement from the side. Here are the details. You can take your time to read it. You can fill in the timeline yourself. Three years, five years, ten years The longer the agreement signed, the higher the commission. Meng Chang fell silent for a moment. He took the agreement and read it over and over again, word for word. He kept feeling that there was a huge danger hidden behind this. Could Boss Pei be plotting against him? His sixth sense told him that there was a pit inside. However, he could not figure out where the pit was after much thought. It would be very easy to understand if the publicity effect was better and the more money was paid. Meng Chang was very confident in himself. He would definitely make clear arrangements for marketing and publicity. He would definitely get a high commission. However, Boss Peis condition was that the more money he spent and the less popular it was would mean a higher the commission. To put it in simpler terms, it was to spend as much money as possible, but the worse the publicity, the better. What benefits would that bring to Tengda? Did they feel they had too much budget to spend on publicity? Were they worried if they could not spend all of it? It didnt make sense! Meng Chang felt that this would not benefit Boss Pei at all. Unless Meng Changs publicity plans exploded every time. In that case, Meng Chang would only be able to get a base salary of three thousand yuan. He would probably never be able to repay his debts in this lifetime. The better his work was, the more miserable he would feel. However, Meng Chang felt that it was impossible. Many big companies spent tens of billions of yuan on marketing every year. The heads of the advertising and marketing departments were hired with high salaries because this was a job that required skills. It was not easy to do well, and there were many people who could not do well. In fact, such a job would be even easier for Meng Chang. He wouldnt even have to rack his brains to think of various marketing plans. Wouldnt he be able to get a high commission just by fooling around? Meng Chang read the agreement many times but could not figure out what was wrong even though he instinctively felt that something was amiss. Meng Chang was a wily old fox. He was not lacking in financial nor legal knowledge. He could tell that the contract was not a scam. It even made him feel unreal. The only limitation was that Meng Chang could not mess around. For example, he could not directly scold consumers in advertisements, engage in regional or gender discrimination, or violate advertising laws. Someone would be responsible for supervising him. However, this clause was quite reasonable to Meng Chang. It was considered a protective clause to prevent him from exploiting loopholes. It was understandable. After thinking about the millions of debt he had to bear, Meng Chang said, Alright, Ill sign it. The longest period is ten years? Pei Qian nodded. Thats right. If you sign for ten years, the highest commission per month would be two hundred thousand yuan. If you sign for three years, the highest commission would be one hundred thousand yuan. The longer you sign, the higher the commission. Meng Chang was silent for a moment before he decisively took the pen and signed it. After signing it, he filled in the year column for ten years. Ten years it was then. Of course he had to get a high commission! Meng Chang knew very well that if he signed the contract for three years and realized that he could have easily gotten a commission of two hundred thousand yuan after that, he would feel very regretful. Even though he would not need ten years to pay all of his debts if he signed on for 10 years, he could still earn for a few more years. Ten years later, he would still be considered rich and powerful. If he accumulated some wealth, it would be a good choice be it to enjoy life or to start a business. Pei Qian was very satisfied. After keeping the agreement, he smiled and said, Alright, I wish you the best of luck in paying your debts! Meng Chang: ? For some reason, he felt like Boss Pei was mocking him. Meng Chang still felt surreal after leaving Dream Realization Ventures. He took out the agreement that he carried with him and read it carefully. There was indeed no problem? Forget it, Ive already signed it. Dont think too much. Meng Chang felt that it was useless to worry about his personal gains and losses now. This was already his best choice at the moment. Work would only officially start next month according to Boss Pei. Meng Chang could take a break during this period to adjust his mentality. He was just about to leave when he saw a familiar long face walking over hurriedly. Meng Chang instinctively shivered. Wasnt that Boss Ma? He still remembered Boss Ma pretending to be slow-witted at the Cold-Faced Ladys news conference to successfully deceive him. Then, Boss Ma threw out two soulful questions to the core of the problem, causing the entire news conference to fail to achieve the expected effect. How could Boss Peis right-hand man be an ordinary person? Meng Chang quickly lowered his head and left in a hurry. Ma Yang walked past Meng Chang and stopped after taking two steps. He turned around to take a look. Eh, why does this person look familiar? Where did I see him before? Er I cant remember. Ma Yang scratched his head. He had a lot on his plate recently, especially since he had been in seclusion for a long time to prepare for the exam week. How could he remember everyone from the mountain of people he had to meet everyday? Ma Yang quickly forgot about this small episode and walked excitedly towards Dream Realization Ventures. Brother Qian! Pei Qian heard Ma Yangs loud voice before he saw his long face. The next second, Ma Yang pushed open the door to the guest room and entered. Pei Qian put down the documents in his hand. Eh? Old Ma, why are you here? Ma Yang sniggered. Ive been preparing for the exam some time ago and didnt have the time to report on my work. Now that the exam is over, I should focus on my work again. By the way, Brother Qian, our results seem to be published on the Academic Affairs Office website today. Have you checked? Pei Qian immediately perked up. Eh? Results are out? Ill check now. He immediately took a laptop from the side and opened the Academic Affairs Office website. After logging in, he checked the results. Heh! I scored 72 points for that closed-book paper! Pei Qian could not help but feel proud. For the humanities and arts majors in university, the closed book exam was the most difficult. The difficulty of the closed book exam was much lower than the open book exam but most people were too lazy to memorize it. If they were in high school, it would be easy to memorize this knowledge. However, it was completely different in university. Most of the subjects failed in the humanities course were closed book examinations, and many of those who failed were males. There was no other reason but laziness. Pei Qian had scored 72 points, which meant that his revision had been effective. If it had been a friendly score given by the teacher, Pei Qian would have given at most 60 points. Every extra point was his own hard work! Old Ma, how many marks did you get? Pei Qian asked. Ma Yang sniggered. Im only slightly higher than you, Brother Qian. Pei Qians smile disappeared in an instant. Whats slightly higher? Ma Yang replied, 81 points. Pei Qian remained silent for a moment. What about this open book exam? I scored 79 points. Ma Yang took a look. Brother Qian, I scored slightly higher than you. I obtained 82 points. Pei Qian asked a few in a row, but Ma Yang actually scored higher than him in all of them. Finally, when he reached the last paper, Ma Yang scratched his head. I didnt score as high as you in this one. I scored 74 points, lower than you by one point. Pei Qian heaved a sigh of relief, his expression finally looking better. Thats good, thats good. From first year to third year, there was finally one subject that he scored one point higher than Old Ma! It seemed like his serious revision had paid off. It was a great start even though it was one point in one subject! Chapter 834 - : Old Ma’s Live-Stream Results Satisfied, Pei Qian closed the website of the administrative office and stopped talking about results. One point might be a historical improvement but it did not make sense to keep showing off. It was better to keep it in mind. It looks like youve been revising very hard and taking things seriously recently. Hows work? Pei Qian asked. Ma Yang patted his chest and said, Dont worry, Brother Qian. Im doing both studies and work without any delay! I came today to report to you. Ive been working hard to fulfill peoples dreams on Weibo, but the dreams that are worth fulfilling are becoming fewer and fewer. Many people cant even write a paragraph properly. How can I believe that such people really have dreams? As for those flamers who have already received the money, their wishes have been fulfilled, and their flamers are almost squeezed dry. As a person, one cannot be insatiable, so I will not fulfill their dreams anymore. In the past week, Ive only sent out about a hundred thousand yuan. Sigh, I can only say that this is an era where dreams are scarce. A good dream is more precious than gold. These are my heartfelt words. Pei Qian was stunned. What should he say about Old Ma? Pei Qian only wanted him to spend more money on Weibo, but Old Ma was too serious. Those who had already taken the money would not be given anymore, and those who did not write well would not be given either. In the end, they only sent out about a hundred thousand yuan a week? Given the speed at which you were scattering the coins, Im afraid I cant count on you. Pei Qian had already tried to persuade Old Ma to relax his standards and not be so harsh. However, Old Ma did not agree no matter what. He even said that dreams were rare and sacred things that could not be sullied. Pei Qian had no choice but to let him be. What about the live-stream live commerce? Hows the popularity? Pei Qian asked again. Ma Yang said, The popularity has stabilized. Its not very popular, but its not bad either. Pei Qian was elated. It was as he had expected. To put it bluntly, Ma Yangs reverse-live commerce was akin to cheating. At the beginning, it might be quite popular, but it would gradually stabilize and there would not be an explosive increase in popularity. After all, it was not suitable to watch such a program of fake reviews every day. One would get sick of it if he watched too much. The popularity did not continue to increase. Instead, it stabilized. This was good news for Pei Qian. Ma Yang continued, Ive already done more than 10 live commerce live-streams. The goods ranged from stationery to home appliances, food, digital products, and so on, have all been very effective! Some merchants took down their products, closed their online shops, and ran away. Some of the larger brands took the affected products off the shelves, apologized, and revamped it. Consumers who had tried to maintain their power but to no avail finally received the compensation they deserved. Many brands came to me in private, wanting to pay us to avoid disasters. They told me not to talk about them. Many brands that had not been exposed also hinted that as long as they did not mention their brands in the live-stream, everything would be fine. They could even give our show some sponsorship fees Pei Qian asked with concern, What did you say? Ma Yang laughed. Of course, I blocked all the private messages they sent me! Brother Qian, I havent forgotten your instructions. No matter what the reason is, there is no way we are going to take their money! We didnt plan on doing the shows for those brands that havent been exposed. However, sending us private messages, means that they are guilty of something. All the more we have to expose them! I have a few million fans now. Everyone says that Im a warrior, the spokesperson of the Tengda spirit, and the vanguard. How can this bit of money buy me over? Ma Yangs long face was filled with pride. Pei Qian could not help but raise his thumb. Well done! Old Ma, Ive long seen that youre a promising talent. I can rest assured when things are given to you to do! He had to admit that if it was anyone else doing Old Mas job, that person might not be so ruthless. The brands that he had exposed during his live-stream were not all third-rate products. There were also some more famous manufacturers. This exposure would offend many people. What was even worse was that he had even exposed the private messages that the manufacturers had sent to him. He did not leave any face for the other party at all. Ordinary people would not do such a thing. Pei Qian was 100% satisfied with Old Mas work. Old Mas fan base had been increasing and was already in the millions, there were many bloggers who had millions of fans on Weibo. Old Ma had spent so much money to earn millions of fans. It was completely acceptable. No one threatened you, right? Pei Qian asked, concerned. Ma Yang shook his head. A few small accounts of the third rated companies sent me private messages. I directly @ the cyber-police and they were so scared that they deleted their accounts and ran away. Whats more, our country is a lawful society. I have bodyguards. Whats there to be afraid of! Pei Qian could not help but nod. En, not bad. The resistance would definitely not be ordinary if it was an ordinary person doing this. However, Ma Yang had Tengda backing him. Many things would be much simpler. Even if someone hated Ma Yang to the core, they would have to weigh the weight of Tengda behind Ma Yang. Speaking of Tengda Pei Qian asked, Have you done any live commerce of Tengdas products? Ma Yang paused and scratched his head. Oh no. Pei Qian was a little unhappy. Didnt I tell you to pay special attention to Tengdas products? Ma Yang scratched the back of his head. But Brother Qian, Tengda doesnt seem to have any new products Pei Qian said, Isnt there the Fully-Automated Intelligent Bickering Machine? Do this for the next episode. Show everyone the problems, flaws, and bad points of this thing in detail in the live-stream! Ma Yang hesitated for a moment. This looks like a new product, right? Theres definitely no problem with the quality of our own products. There might not be much content for this program Pei Qians expression was serious. Its precisely because its our own product that we have to be stricter! We have to treat everyone equally. At the same time, we have to spur OTTO Technologies to continue improving! Of course, it would be a lie to say that they were spurring Otto Technologies on. Selling less bickering machines and earning less money was his true objective. The Fully-Automated Intelligent Bickering Machine had been released for more than a week. At first, no one was interested in it and everything was fine. However, for some reason, its sales began to skyrocket one day! Part of the reason was the Weibo post with Qiao Liang recommending it. However, it had only added fuel to the fire. Pei Qian had never understood the root cause of its popularity. Pei Qian did not want to sit back and do nothing as he watched the inventory that he had saved up for the sake of spending money turn into troubling System Funds. Therefore, he planned to make use of Ma Yangs live commerce live-streaming to reduce the sales of the Fully-Automated Smart Bickering Machine. It had been more than a week since the Fully-Automated Intelligent Bickering Machine had been released. Everyones blind enthusiasm for buying it should have faded a little. Since everyone regained their sanity, talking about the problems and shortcomings of the Fully-Automated Intelligent Bickering Machine should have the best effect, right? There were definitely problems with the product no matter what. Otto Technologies did not have its own factory. It must have designed the smart stereo system by itself and found other factories to produce it. There was no particularly high technical threshold. In other words, the quality of this thing was about the same as the echo wall products produced by the original factory. However, the price was raised because of the addition of a bickering machine. Whats more, the price of over two thousand yuan could only be considered a slightly better entry-level product which was not very ideal for fans. It was completely incomparable to the sound systems and echo walls costing thousands or tens of thousands of yuan. See, there were many faults as long as they were willing to look! Pei Qian felt that Chen Yufeng and the others, who were in charge of preparing Ma Yangs live-stream, were professional teams. They would definitely be better at picking faults than him. They would tear down the Fully-Automated Smart Bickering Machine. He could at least dissuade some consumers even if he could not dissuade all, right? It would be a good thing if he could keep a batch of goods in the warehouse before settlement. Ma Yang said, Okay Brother Qian, Ill talk to Chen Yufeng and get him to start preparing for the next live-stream. Then, well start working on the Fully-Automated Smart Bickering Machine! Pei Qian nodded. Alright, let me take a look after the first edition of the script. Ill clear it for you. No problem, Brother Qian. Just watch! Ma Yang left excitedly. Pei Qian could not help but feel emotional as he watched Ma Yang leave. It was a blessing to be a slacker like Old Ma. It seemed like no matter what happened, he was always so optimistic, unlike himself, who was filled with all sorts of worries every day, racking his brains to lose more money. How envious. Pei Qian looked at the date. It was January 18th today. There was less than a week to Chinese New Year. All the work in the company had basically reached late stage. Pei Qian planned to take a break after the annual meeting on the 20th since Chinese New Year Eve was on 22nd. The annual meeting should have been held earlier, but there were many things to do in the last month. Pei Qian was afraid that the annual meeting would delay the settlement of his losses, so he postponed it for a few days and put it on the day of the holiday. That way, he could go home on holiday after the annual meeting. That would be quite straightforward. Of course, he had to arrange everything before the holidays. Pei Qian might have made a lot of money during this cycle but he had made ample preparations. He had spent a huge sum of money on Mission and Choice, and Dream Realization Ventures had split a portion of it. Pei Qian planned to use the remaining money to advertise. Pei Qian could not be bothered about the hidden dangers in advertising, since he had to spend so much money. Whats more, Pei Qians advertisements were mainly targeted at physical industries, including Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Fish-Catching Take-Out, Deposit Fitness, Sloth Apartments, Upwind Logistics, and so on. All of these industries had one common characteristic: while most of them were already making steady profits, as long as the shops opened fast enough, they would not make much money. Advertising these industries was much safer than advertising for games and cell phones. During the Chinese New Year period, they would advertise in cities like Jingzhou, Beijing, and Shanghai. That would allow them to spend a huge sum of money. In that case, the System would officially settle the accounts after the new year. He should be able to generate considerable losses. Once the settlement was completed, Pei Qian would be able to focus all his energy on the next cycle. Pei Qian felt that his plan was perfect and flawless. Chapter 835 - Boss Pei Said, Dig Into The Details January 19th, Thursday Pei Qian had just woken up when he saw Ma Yang send him a document for the live commerce of the Fully-Automated Smart Bickering Machine. Isnt that too efficient? Eh? Thats not right. Did he work overtime? Pei Qian immediately called Ma Yang to question him. Ma Yang quickly answered, No, Brother Qian, this is just the first draft. Chen Yufeng had it done yesterday afternoon. We managed to get it out faster since we obtained direct data and parameters. This is not the final manuscript. We still have to edit it during the day and arrange for a live-stream at night. Tengdas motto is not to work overtime. Im a good employee who strictly adheres to the Tengda spirit. How can I let everyone work overtime? Brother Qian, dont worry. Thats impossible! Satisfied, Pei Qian hung up. Alright, look at how enlightened Old Ma was! How great would it be if everyone in Tengda had such a realization! Hold on. Pei Qian suddenly realized that almost everyone in Tengda seemed to have realized this. However, his situation did not improve. Everyone did not work overtime but the company still continued to earn money Pei Qian sighed silently. Every time he thought about this, he would feel melancholic. He should read the proposal first. Pei Qian read the live-stream proposal of the Fully-Automated Smart Bickering Machine from beginning to end. He found that it detailed its specific attributes, including how many speakers there were, how the specific parameters were, how different the sound parameters were for the same price, and so on. Other than that, there was also an audio comparison segment. He found a few other brands to compare the sound quality. There was no lack of products that cost thousands or tens of thousands of yuan. Live-streaming programs like this had to be compared in order to make content easier. If they only evaluated the Fully-Automated Smart Bickering Machine, the parameters would be finished in a few minutes. It would not be able to sustain the entire live-stream. Pei Qian was quite satisfied with this proposal. In any case, as long as he compared it with other sound systems and answered the questions truthfully, it would be enough to dissuade some players. The Fully-Automated Intelligent Bickering Machine did not have any exclusive technology after all. Its sound quality was not much different from the local echo wall that was priced at 2,000 yuan. Coupled with the few hundred yuan that the Fully-Automated Intelligent Bickering Machine cost, it would look extremely cheap. Pei Qian immediately sent Ma Yang a message: Sure, we can make this proposal more detailed and perfect. We just have to make sure of the details and it would be perfect! In any case, there were sound systems costing thousands and tens of thousands of yuan in the evaluation this time. In terms of details, the two thousand yuan from the Fully-Automated Intelligent Bickering Machine was definitely incomparable. If he were to dig deeper into the details, it would give the audience a feeling that the details of the smart bickering machine were not very particular and of poor quality. That would definitely dissuade many consumers who were still watching. On the other side, Ma Yang received Pei Qians message and replied, Alright. Then, he looked for Chen Yufeng. Chen Yufeng was the person in charge of Ma Yangs live-stream. He had been working conscientiously ever since he was in charge of providing content for Boss Mas live-stream. He was very careful in handling every detail. Every time before a live-stream, the other members of the team would look at the draft multiple times. The words would be minced many times and they would not dare to make mistakes in the data. Chen Yufeng knew very well what Boss Ma was doing now was very hateful. There were definitely many companies who hated him to the core and were looking for problems with magnifying glasses. Moreover, Boss Ma was doing a live-stream, not a video. If something went wrong with the data, he would be recorded and attacked crazily. What Boss Ma did, whether it was live commerce or reviewing or showing what was fake, was all about credibility. Once there was a small mistake in the document, their credibility would definitely decrease over time. That was something very difficult to make up for. Therefore, Chen Yufeng had always been very serious. At that moment, he was still editing the draft word by word, preparing for the last episode before the new year to review his own Fully-Automated Smart Bickering Machine. Chen Yufeng did not know why they wanted to evaluate this. However, since Boss Pei had personally given Boss Ma the task and repeatedly instructed him to be as blunt as before, he could only do his best to prepare without any delay. As for the others in the team, they were also doing their own jobs. Some were in charge of verification data, while others were adjusting other equipment. Chen Yufeng was checking one of the data in the document when Ma Yang came over. I showed the proposal to Boss Pei just now, and he was quite satisfied. However, he hopes that this draft can be further refined and perfected, especially the details. We have to be as strict as possible. Chen Yufeng was stunned for a moment. He wants us to dig deeper into the details? Did Boss Pei say how to dig deeper? Ma Yang said, Do we have to ask Boss Pei about this? Of course, well think about it ourselves. Chen Yufeng thought about it. That seemed to be the case. It was obviously not appropriate to disturb Boss Pei over such minor details. However, the problem was, how else could they be even stricter? He had already listed the audio parameters of the Smart Bickering Machine and arranged for a trial segment. How could he be stricter with the details? Should he use the macro lens to show the audience the workmanship of the details? However, nothing could be seen on the surface. They were all products of modern technology. The quality was very high. It was impossible for the exterior to be rough or uneven. Chen Yufeng suddenly had a flash of inspiration as he said, I got it. Why dont we just dismantle the system? We can dismantle all the sound systems into parts. There will definitely be something inside! Ma Yang nodded. Alright, thats a good idea! Are there any other details? Lets think again? Chen Yufeng thought hard for a long time. This time, he really could not think of anything. Boss Ma, why dont we ask Boss Chang of Otto Technologies? Let him briefly introduce the details of where this sound system is different from other sound systems. We can tell the audience the truth. This is not against the rules, right? Chen Yufeng said. Ma Yang thought for a moment. Thats fine. We have to do a live-stream tonight. Time is tight, and Boss Pei wants details. I have to ask Chang You. Alright, you dont have to worry about this. Ill ask him for it. Ma Yang turned around to make a call. Chen Yufeng immediately changed the script for the live-stream and added the segment of dismantling the sound system. He also arranged for technicians to dismantle all the sound systems to study them first so that they would not have any problems. Ma Yang returned not long after. Alright, Chang You said that he would send us a document in a while. The Fully-Automated Smart Bickering Machine has all the special functions. We can follow his instructions. Chen Yufeng was a little hesitant. Boss Ma, Otto Technologies seems to be quite straightforward. They probably gave it to us on account of our brotherhood. Should we be more lenient on our livestream? Ma Yang glared at him. How can we do that? Well do what we have to. Boss Peis Tengda spirit is the truth! Boss Pei repeatedly reminded us to be stricter with our products. How can we make an exception? Chen Yufeng nodded. Alright, Boss Ma. I understand. Things were much easier now that Boss Ma had spoken. Chen Yufeng asked out of turn mainly because he was afraid that things would not end well and he would be the scapegoat. Now that Boss Ma had spoken, based on Boss Mas character, even if there was a scapegoat, it would be Boss Ma himself. Chen Yufeng was no longer worried. Soon, Otto Technologies sent a document regarding the Fully-Automated Smart Bickering Machine. Chen Yufeng opened it and was dumbfounded. Huh? This bickering machine has so many functions? It can automatically recite poems? You can match the lines? You can even start a bickering mode? I knew about the bickering mode a long time ago. I dont think anyone paid attention to the poetry recital and the lines, right? The official platform didnt give any introduction, did they? Chen Yufeng was a little surprised. He had done some research on this Fully-Automated Intelligent Bickering Machine. He knew that this things artificial intelligence was very strange. Once it entered the Bickering Mode, it could make people want to tear down their homes. However, he had never heard of the automatic recitation function before. The explanation in the document seemed to be because the relevant database had not been done too well before. This function had just been updated because it was about complete. He had heard of the functions of the lines before, but the correct lines were all from Ocean Strongholds downloadable content. This time, Otto Technologies seemed to have sent more than just lines from Ocean Stronghold. There were also a few other lines that he did not know where they came from. Chen Yufeng looked at Ma Yang. Boss Ma, are you going to include all these details? Ma Yang nodded. Of course! Boss Pei said to be strict with the details. Of course, we have to add them in! Hurry up and prepare! Chen Yufeng felt immense pressure. He quickly called the rest of the team together and each of them took charge of different parts. He made use of the time to prepare. As for Ma Yang himself, he was holding onto a Fully-Automated Smart Bickering Machine, constantly pressing on the stick, waiting for the machine to swing back. He continued playing the game tirelessly. At the same time, Pei Qian had finished his breakfast and arrived at the office to work. As the new year approached, most departments had completed their tasks. He could feel that everyone was not in the mood to work. Pei Qian was very happy about this. He hoped that everyone could continue being lazy. When he arrived at the office, the first thing he did was to call Assistant Xin over and ask her how the Spring Festival advertisement that he had previously arranged was doing. Assistant Xin reported in an orderly manner with a small notebook in hand. Currently, the promotional work is mainly in Jingzhou, as well as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, Pengcheng, and other major cities, including subway advertisements, bulletin boards, office building advertisements, and so on. Everything has been arranged. The advertisements are mainly physical industries such as Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Fish-Catching Take-Out, Sloth Apartments, Upwind Logistics, Deposit Fitness, and so on. Each industry has hired different celebrities to be their spokespersons. The publicity materials have been arranged. They will be released during the Chinese New Year period. The only small problem is that some cities might not have these industries. For example, Sloth Apartments only exists in Jingzhou. Isnt it a little too early to go to Beijing and Shanghai to advertise? Pei Qian smiled. Its not early at all. The timing is just right! It would be best if the other cities did not have any related industries. Wouldnt the advertisements be wasted? Wouldnt the money be wasted? He chose to advertise in Jingzhou because everyone in Jingzhou already knew about these industries. If he advertised more, the situation would not worsen. The reason why they chose to advertise in first-tier cities like Beijing and Shanghai was because the advertisements there were expensive. There was a limit to the amount of time he could spend. It would be unrealistic to spread the advertisements across the country. He could go to a few key cities to ensure that he could spend the money well. Assistant Xin said, Also, Boss Pei, this is the specific plan and process for this years annual meeting. It was released quite some time ago, but you havent had the time to read it. She handed him a document as she spoke. Pei Qian reached out to take it and put it aside. Alright, Ill take some time to take a look. Theres nothing else for now. Ill look for you if theres anything. Chapter 836 - Caught Off-guard Pei Qian put the plan for the annual meeting aside, planning to read it when he had time. It was not that he was lazy. The main thing was that he did not care about the details of the annual meeting. It was not that high on his priority. His most important mission was to spend money. Second, he had to ensure that the businesses that were not profitable would continue that way. Third, he had to make the businesses that were already profitable earn less. On the other hand, giving benefits to the employees during the annual meeting was only a small part of the first priority. The most successful part of this cycle should be the incubation base for the Destitution Plan. Until now, only two standalone games have been released. One is good but not popular, the other is neither good nor popular. In short, neither of the two games made much money. Moreover, the progress of the games that he has high hopes for are not enough to be released based on the progress that Qiu Hong sent me. They will be released next month at the earliest. They should not cause me any trouble before settlement. Indeed, the Destitution Plan has not let me down. At the moment, it is still purely making losses. Whats more, the outside world basically doesnt know that Tengda is the one behind it. Not accepting both fame and fortune, very good! Pei Qian happened to read Qiu Hongs work report on the incubation base. He was very satisfied with the current situation there. At that moment, Pei Qians cell phone vibrated. Qiu Hong had sent him a new message. Boss Pei, good news! The Survival Guide for Working Adults is officially released today. Its reputation and sales have exploded! Pei Qians smile froze on his face when he saw the message. What the hell? What is this Survival Guide for Working Adults? He quickly opened the report sent by Qiu Hong. It contained the names of all independent games that were being developed in the incubation base. However, he did not see the so-called Survival Guide for Working Adults even after flipping through it from beginning to end. What the f*ck is going on?! Pei Qian was at a loss for words. He felt like he was about to collapse. Didnt they say that this cycle would not be profitable? Where did this game come from?! At the same time, at Cherry Workspace in Beijing The boss and producer of the studio, Jiang Fan, as well as the chief designer, Yang Liang, and the others were laughing foolishly as they looked at the sales figures behind the scenes. It was not the new year yet but the four-man team was as happy as though new year had started. Qiu Hong had also rushed over. He could not hide the smile on his face. The excitement on Jiang Fans face was overflowing. Boss Qiu! The success of this game was all thanks to your investment. If not for this sum of money, our game would not have been so successful and the development would not have been so smooth. The Destitution Plan was a timely help! Qiu Hong smiled and waved his hand. Youre too kind. Im just investing in an independent game according to the boss requirements. If you meet the requirements, Ill invest. Actually, I couldnt tell if your game would succeed or not previously. To be honest, I did not expect the Survival Guide for Working Adults to achieve such good sales and results. I thought it would be a small hit at most, but it was a huge hit! I have to thank all of you. Initially, there was no representative work for the Destitution Plan. Even though my boss did not hold me accountable, it is indeed a little difficult for me to show such a result. I am also proud now that there is an explosive game! The chief designer, Yang Liang, smiled and said, Actually, the success of our game also has a lot of luck. There are so many social animals these days. Everyone is a working adult. They can empathize with the workplaces internal strife and forced overtime. They hate it deeply. Its also the end of the year now. News of the various big companies end-of-year bonuses and annual meetings has spread throughout the internet. Everyone is busy being sour. Its a natural topic. On the other hand, the Survival Guide for Working Adults displayed the social status of the social animals very well. It resonated with everyone and spread immediately. That was how it became a hit! Qiu Hong smiled. The reason why the game is so popular is indeed related to the environment. However, your design and perseverance are the main reasons for the success of the game! An independent game is a tough job. Very few people can persevere. The four of you either quit your jobs to start a business or lower your salaries to join us. That spirit is the key to your success. Alright, dont look at the figures anymore. We have to celebrate. Lets go out and eat barbecue. My treat! Jiang Fan quickly said, How can that do? I will be the one to treat. Qiu Hong raised his hand. Dont argue with me. Its my treat since I said so. Everyone, quickly pack up. Well set off now! Qiu Hong was as happy as Jiang Fan and the others. On one hand, he was genuinely pleased to see that the independent game design team had succeeded. On the other hand, he was happy that a representative game had finally appeared in the Destitution Plan project. Boss Pei had high hopes for the Destitution Plan but no successful game had been released so far. Qiu Hong had been feeling embarrassed. Qiu Hong took the money according to how much he invested. Whether these games succeeded or not did not affect his income. However, if there were no results, Qiu Hong would feel terrible. Cherry Workspaces success was a pleasant surprise to Qiu Hong. That was because Qiu Hongs focus had been on the incubation base recently. However, the games at the incubation base were still a distance away from being officially released. On the other hand, Qiu Hong had not paid attention to Cherry Workspace ever since he invested in it. How could he not be happy when he found out that their game had been released and became popular? Cherry Workspace was not included in the incubation base. That was because the incubation base was targeted at game designers who were fighting alone and did not have any supporting services. Cherry Workspace was a team of four. There was an office and a clear division of roles. It might have been small but it had everything. There was no need to include them into the incubation base. The only thing Cherry Workspace lacked was funds. After Qiu Hong filled up the biggest gap in funds, the art resources of the game were quickly in place. They no longer had to worry about their workload and their working conditions were greatly improved. Naturally, the Survival Guide for Working Adults was completed as scheduled! It was released before Chinese New Year, and it happened to be a hot topic in the workplace: annual meetings, year-end bonuses, resignation trends, and so on. It resonated widely online. As a representative work of domestically-produced standalone games and independent games, it was naturally popular among gamers. The UP Masters of several games on Aili Island had all done a video program, and the good effect of the program had attracted more gamers.SDFSDF Qiu Hong waited for the others to pack up and go for lunch. As he waited, he swiped his cell phone to check the comments online. It could be said to be highly praised! This was an independent game and even though there were bound to be some flaws in the gameplay, system, and art, the theme was relatively novel and resonated with players. Therefore, tolerant gamers ignored these flaws and gave it a high rating. Cherry Workspace only had to modify the flaws in the game to improve the games completion rate. Then, it would have a higher rating. Compared to the bitter period of development previously, the subsequent modifications were very simple. After all, the game was now profitable. Cherry Workspace would not have to worry about money for the next few months. The game would be recognized by gamers, and work would be more motivating. Wait, does that mean I have something to do? Qiu Hong suddenly realized this problem. Before this, he had always felt a little lost about his job and did not know what to do. That was because being in charge of the Destitution Plan, he was only investing in independent game studios and game designers. He could not interfere with the specific game design. Thus, he often felt that he had power but could not use it. Seeing that the sales of both games were not good and the other games could not be released this month, Qiu Hong felt that his work did not have much results. He was anxious but there was no good solution. However, now that the Survival Guide for Working Adults had succeeded, he could do something! With the popularity of this game, Qiu Hong planned to spread the concept of Destitution Plan to gamers. Before this, not many people would have paid attention to the game even if it had been forcibly instilled with the concept of a destitution plan. However, now that there was a successful game, the situation was completely different! Qiu Hongs goal was to let gamers think of Destitution Plan once they see outstanding domestically-produced standalone games. This was a very important part. be it for other independent game designers or for Qiu Hongs entire Destitution Plan. Alright, its settled then. Ill use the Survival Guide for Working Adults to publicize the Destitution Plan. At the same time, take out the DEMO and promotional video that has already been completed for Black Ink and Clouds, and start pre-sales! Qiu Hong suddenly felt that he had found a direction to work in. He was filled with motivation! At the same time, Pei Qian also searched for information about the Survival Guide for Working Adults online. However, he did not look as elated or relieved as Qiu Hong. Instead, he looked confused and lost. Destitution Plan had been losing money as planned, where did this lousy game come from? Whats more, how could this game become popular? What was there to be popular about a game that restored social life? Pei Qian casually browsed the internet and quickly found a highly praised gamer comment, expressing the gamers love for the game. To be honest, this game is not outstanding in terms of gameplay, graphics, or details. In fact, it can be said to be average. However, the biggest thing about it is that the theme is good. It is very realistic and resonates strongly with people. For example: The company that joined is called Struggle Co., Ltd.; The explanation for the lack of difficulty level in the game is there is no difficulty level to choose from in the workplace because everyone is facing HARD+mode ; If you cant fulfill the Boss expectations, the Boss satisfaction level will decrease. The chances of applying for a promotion and a raise will decrease. However, if you work hard to fulfill the Boss expectations, you will be given more difficult missions. The increase in satisfaction level will become slower and slower There are many points that people can resonate with in the game. We can see from that point that the designer of the game knows the hardships of society. At the same time, this game has many hidden meanings. If you jump out of the game and look at the options as a bystander, you would feel like you are living a helpless life. You would also feel bitter while being amused by dark humor. All in all, it has completely exceeded my expectations as an independent game. Many people think that burning hundreds of millions of yuan into a huge production means it would be a good game. There are no good games in the country because they cant bear to burn money. Obviously, thats not the case. A truly good game depends on whether the designer has a heart that truly loves games. Thank you, Cherry Workspace. I will continue to support you in the future! In the end, most of the endings of this game are a little bitter. Things like the overwork ending, the mental breakdown ending, the mediocre ending, the mid-life crisis ending they are all too tragic! I strongly suggest adding a Tengda Option so that we can fantasize about the beauty of the workplace! Chapter 837 - Live Commerce With The Smart Bickering Machine What the f*ck is this Tengda Option? Ive already deliberately cut ties with the Road to Poor plan. How can it be linked back to me? Pei Qian had nowhere to vent his anger. It could only be said that Pei Qian was the same as Qiu Hong. He had focused all his attention on the incubation base and neglected the independent game studios that had not been included in the incubation base. Then he had been stabbed mercilessly! The more Pei Qian read, the more frustrated he became. The Survival Guide for Working Adults seemed to have exploded in both reputation and sales. If the studio really updated and produced some interesting downloadable content, it would not be a problem to sell the game for a year or so. The Destitution Plan would be able to get a share of the profits even if they did not earn a single cent. That would be unbearable! The only good news was that there were only a few days left until settlement. Most of the profits would be delayed until next month. It was considered a blessing in disguise. Pei Qian sighed silently and continued to study the sudden spending plan. At night, it was time to knock off. Pei Qian arrived at the nearby Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. He opened Old Mas live-stream on his cell phone and waited for him to do the reverse of Live commerce for the Fully-Automated Smart Bickering Machine. Pei Qian trusted Old Ma very much. Since he had already told Old Ma to be strict with the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine, be stingy with the details, and speak truthfully of the problems, Old Ma would definitely follow his instructions very seriously. Chen Yufeng was a tool who was completely obedient to Old Ma. He had always been conscientious and hardworking. There should not be any major problems. All in all, he hoped that the live commerce live-stream would dissuade consumers who were still watching from the sidelines. He hoped that the smart bickering machines would sell less, suppress more goods, and earn less money. Soon, it was time. Ma Yang officially started the live-stream amidst the numerous bullet screen comments. Old Mas live-stream also had a fixed audience after such a long period of accumulation, with the money being distributed on Weibo and the live commerce live-streams. Some people watched Old Mas live-stream to avoid the pitfalls. They would avoid any products that were of poor quality. Some were purely watching for fun. At the same time, Ma Yangs team was busy. After a whole day of work, the script that had been revised several times had been completely finalized. The various sections of the live-stream review had been arranged, including the dismantling of the machine and the various functions of the test. They had also been pre-planned to ensure that nothing went wrong. Whats more, Ma Yang was not the only one who appeared in the live-stream anymore. Occasionally, Chen Yufeng would appear as an assistant to help Old Ma with some technical work. Ma Yang scanned the comments, his long face filled with pride. Look at the number of bullet screen comments and the popularity. Ive helped Brother Qian build his empire! On the bullet screen, netizens were guessing what they would bring today. Let me see which lucky product was selected today? Take it down! Apologize! Take it down! The various manufacturers are probably trembling in fear, waiting for justice to be carried out! Boss Ma, stop wasting time. Lets start. I cant wait! Most of the viewers in the live-stream were old-timers. There was no need to be polite. Ma Yang briefly reviewed his script before entering the official segment. Today, Ill introduce a few speakers to everyone. These are the ones in front of me. The camera zoomed out a little, showing the products on the table: there was a stereo system, an echo wall, some were just a long bar, or just a cylinder, and some were in a set with different shapes. Among the many sound products, the Fully-Automated Smart Bickering Machine was so outstanding that everyones attention was attracted in a second. The other sound systems might have certain designs to them but nothing could be compared to the Fully-Automated Smart Bickering Machine. This squarish black box, together with the metal rod at the top, looked like a postmodern art piece. It did not look like a technological product at all. It was obviously different from the sound system. A bunch of question marks appeared on the bullet screen. Huh? Boss Ma, isnt this Tengdas own product? Why, is Boss Ma going to put justice before family this time? He wont even let Boss Chang off? Ask if you dont understand. Boss Ma and Boss Chang, who hold the higher position in Tengda? Boss Ma has to be higher. Boss Ma is second only to Boss Pei in Tengda. What are you talking about? Boss Ma wouldnt be advertising for Boss Chang out of friendship, right? Dont, the live-stream would be different! Tengdas products might be good but theres no need for Boss Ma to advertise for them personally! Boss Ma, youre a little late with this live commerce. Ive already bought the smart bickering machine! The audience was confused. Ma Yang was completely unmoved. He continued to follow the written introduction. After all, he had done so many live-streams and evaluated so many things. He had seen all sorts of storms. The only difference was that this time, he had one of his own products. The few speakers that I am going to introduce today are all items that can be purchased based on your economic conditions. You wouldnt be scammed too much even if you were scammed. The first one is an imported echo wall that costs 5,500 yuan. Its specifications is the second one As for the Bickering Machine, while it sells for more than two thousand yuan, its various specifications are about the same as a two thousand yuan locally produced sound system Ma Yang followed the proposal that Chen Yufeng had written and introduced all the speakers. Ma Yangs live-stream style was to set the tone for this product from his opening speech: those products that did not meet the standards of quality and environmental protection would be introduction to a few products that must not be bought. On the other hand, if they were products that were of quality, cost-effective ratio, and relatively popular, the opening line would be purchase based on economic conditions. However, no matter what kind of opening speech it was, he would introduce the detailed parameters of the product in every aspect, including its strengths and weaknesses. Whats more, there would definitely not be words like strongly recommended to purchase. It did not matter whether the audience bought it or not since it had nothing to do with Ma Yang. There were not many people in the audience who really understood the parameters of the sound systems. They could compare numbers at the very most. Therefore, most people were just listening in for this segment. However, he could not miss out on this segment. If he did, he would look unprofessional. After introducing the parameters, the audience had a simple impression. Basically, they would get what they paid for. Many foreign brands were three to five thousand yuan more expensive than domestic brands. The money was definitely not wasted, at least in terms of the parameters. Of course, foreign brands had higher premiums as well. What surprised many viewers was that Boss Ma did not praise the Fully-Automated Intelligent Bickering Machine. Instead, he spoke harshly about its shortcomings, such as its price-quality ratio. Next was the detail presentation segment. A professional was in charge of filming the details of the few sound systems. After showing the external details, Chen Yufeng began to dismantle the system to show the internal details. Once the internal details were displayed, the differences in the different styles of the sound system were revealed. The camera showed the details of the sound system clearly. The brands of the various components, whether or not the arrangement of cables were neat, whether the welding points were solid, whether there were soundproof sponges, whether the backboard materials were solid All of these were clearly displayed in front of the audience in the live-stream. While most of the audience did not know the brands of these components, they had a rough impression of the workmanship of the sound system. It feels like the sound system of this joint-owned brand really cheapened out on components inside! The cables are so messy, it feels like they are not very particular The quality of the original imported equipment is still better. However, some local brands are doing well as well. The gap between them and international brands is not as big as I thought. Why are they not so particular about the make of this 6,000 yuan sound system? It is really not worthy of its price. From the looks of it, the workmanship of the Fully-Automated Smart Bickering Machine is not bad. They seemed to have found a reliable factory. The mechanical structure inside is so exquisite. The various gears are seamless, making me feel the beauty of machinery! Tengda is very serious when it comes to finding cooperative manufacturers. They are definitely reliable substitutes. You can tell from Otto Technologies cell phone! Thats right. The Bickering Machine beat the other sound systems hands down with regards to its internal structure! Its not the same thing after all. Its akin to bullying the others when comparing the internal structure! Pei Qian looked at the bullet screen comments in the live-stream and scratched his head in confusion. This He did tell Ma Yang to show more details. Logically speaking, the production of the Fully-Automated Intelligent Bickering Machine should have been outsourced to an external domestic sound system manufacturer. Whats more, it was a product that cost more than two thousand yuan. Even if the Fully-Automated Smart Bickering Machine was more conscientious, had sufficient internal materials, and had been done well, it should not have been able to win against the sound systems costing a few thousand yuan! However, the problem was that this was not just a sound system, but also a bickering machine! The main structure of the Bickering Machine was very exquisite. All sorts of mechanical structures were interconnected, just like disassembling a clock, which was dazzling. On the other hand, the other sound systems were nothing more than circuit boards, soundproofing sponges, loudspeakers and the like. No matter how detailed the workmanship was, it was not comparable to the internal structure of the smart bickering machine! That was because apart from the sound system, the smart bickering machine had a very complicated mechanical structure, which added a lot of points to its appearance. Whats more, the Smart Bickering Machine had a very interesting bifurcation design. The two surround sound systems could be stuffed into the main body of the Bickering Machine to be charged. This novel design would also give it more points. While Ma Yang did not emphasize the Fully-Automated Smart Bickering Machine after the introduction and even deliberately criticized it, its unique appearance, exquisite workmanship and details still attracted many peoples attention. It might be a little more expensive than the other two thousand yuan speakers but its design was unique! Anyone who bought it and placed it at home could most likely be guaranteed that his guests would be curious about it. It would give him so much face once he explained how it works to them. Old Mas awkward criticism had been too strict on the smart bickering machine. That had triggered many viewers reverse psychology. You may say that it wont do, but I think its rather good! I think its quite worth it even if you say that the price-quality ratio isnt good! It was starting a very dangerous trend even though that only made up a few bullet screen comments. Pei Qian sipped his drink silently to calm himself down. Its alright, its alright. These are all superficial skills. He evaluated the actual functionality of the stereo system later. Once they evaluate the sound quality, we will definitely be exposed. After all, you get what you pay for. Pei Qian calmed himself down and continued reading. After showing the internal structure of the sound system, Chen Yufeng reloaded the sound system and began the audio testing segment. Professional equipment had also been prepared for this segment to facilitate the collection of sounds from different directions. After all, some of the products here were echo walls. They had to use special equipment to pick sounds to show the effect of the echo walls surrounding them. Of course, even with the best sound system and recording equipment, the audience were still only listening to the sounds coming from their own cell phone speakers or earphones. The sound quality would definitely be seriously distorted with these devices. Even so, they could roughly differentiate the quality of the different equipment sounds. Chen Yufeng adjusted all the equipment in no time and played the same song with them one by one. Each equipment would play a small segment. The Great Master Audio Reviewers on the bullet screen started their evaluation. Carry this away, its bass is bad! That sounds muffled. No go. This is alright. Wow, this is good. It beats the previous ones! The sound systems costing tens of thousands yuan are really good sound systems. You can really tell the difference from those costing a few thousand yuan. This is the sound of money. Eh, the sound coming from the smart bickering machine is actually not bad. Its performance is relatively balanced. It doesnt sound much different from a five or six thousand yuan sound system. Indeed, it can basically achieve a sweet high pitch, accurate medium pitch, and deep low pitch. Its quite clear. This price point is actually not bad. The premium on the foreign brands is very high. The smart bickering machine was produced by domestic manufacturers. It should be more affordable. He played several songs in a row, some with high and low pitches. The Great Master Audio Reviewers evaluated and concluded on the bullet screen that the Fully-Automated Smart Bickering Machine sounded not bad! There did not seem to be much of a difference compared to other high-end sound systems. It seemed pretty worth the purchase considering its price point and uniqueness? Chapter 838 - AEEIS Swears Excessively And Also Speak Eloquently Pei Qian watched the live-stream silently, feeling anxious. Whats going on? Can you be more supportive of those foreign brands? Theyre twice as expensive as the Bickering Machine. How can they not sound different? Oh, so I cant tell the difference either because Im using my cell phones speaker. Thats alright then. Damn it, Old Ma, hurry up and explain. This sound quality does not represent the sound quality in reality! Old Ma seemed to have heard Pei Qians protest on the screen. He began to evaluate the effectiveness of the sound system according to the contents written on the table after all the auditions were completed. The sound quality of these foreign brands is still the best. I can only say that you get what you pay for. If everyone has extreme pursuits for sound quality, I would recommend paying more money to buy high-end products. The sound quality of the sound system is generally better than that of the echo wall products, but the echo wall can create a three-dimensional environment. Both products have their advantages and disadvantages. It depends on what you choose. Some local and foreign joint-venture brands sound systems might look a little worse after dismantling because they took out certain key components. However, there is not much difference in the quality of the sound but such discrimination must be firmly resisted! As for the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine if we only evaluate it as an echo wall, it would be no different from other domestically-produced echo wall brands that are priced around 2,000 yuan. Theres no need to spend a few hundred yuan more At this point, Pei Qian could not help but praise Old Ma. Well done! Old Ma was indeed telling the truth. He could only be stricter with the Intelligent Bickering Machine than other products. He was determined not to exaggerate! However, Pei Qian felt light-headed when he saw the bullet screen comments. Boss Ma is so strict with his own products! Ive wronged Boss Ma previously. Im sorry! Boss Ma, youre still the same impartial Boss Ma from before! I have a deep impression of the surround sound effect of the Bickering Machine. The same sound sounds much better on the echo wall than on ordinary sound systems! To be honest, with my ears, I think that a sound system costing about two thousand yuan is already at the upper limit of my budget. No matter how expensive it is, I wont be able to hear the difference and I wont be able to afford it. It might be a little more expensive than the other echo walls, but the design of the smart bickering machine is nice! Its like a piece of art. The structure inside is also exquisite. It would definitely give me face when my friends visit me at home! As for the other echo walls, they look ordinary and have no special characteristics. Whats more, this design is quite fun. I really want to buy one to play with! The people on the bullet screen remained unmoved even though Ma Yang had spared no effort in criticizing the smart bickering machine. That was because Ma Yang had only emphasized two shortcomings. The first was that its sound quality was similar to a two-thousand-yuan locally-produced echo wall. It could not compete with the expensive foreign brands. The second shortcoming was that it was a few hundred yuan more expensive than the locally-produced echo wall. It was not worth it. However, what the audience saw was the exquisite internal structure and unique design of the Smart Bickering Machine. They felt that it would not be bad to spend more money to buy a unique-looking echo wall to be placed in the living room! Everyone focused on the advantages of the smart bickering machine when the shortcomings Ma Yang emphasized were not recognized by everyone. On top of that, the audience who had already bought the smart bickering machines and felt that they were more useful were also sending bullet screen comments to support it. It was obvious that many people in the live-stream had loosened up. While the Intelligent Bickering Machine had been popular for a period of time, it had not been advertised on a large scale after all. Its popularity would only experience limited increase if it were to spread solely by word-of-mouth. Many people in the live-stream did not know about this thing. Now that they understood it, they suddenly felt that this automatic bickering machine was not a joke. Buying one and placing it at home seemed to be a good choice! Pei Qian could not help but fall into a daze as he watched the directions of the comments change without him realizing it. What the hell? Old Ma, I know youve tried your best, but work harder! Do something more, Old Ma! In the live-stream, Ma Yang seemed to have heard Pei Qians inner cries once again. After criticizing the smart bickering machine, he entered the last segment. The functions of the various sound systems! The first to be evaluated was the sound system or echo wall of the other brands. Those speakers that cost a few thousand yuan were basically not smart speakers, so they could not participate in this segment. However, the cheaper smart speakers started to show their prowess. For example, voice control of home appliances, inquiring about the weather, telling stories, broadcasting songs, etc. The functions were very rich. At this point, Pei Qian was a little nervous. The AEEIS Smart Bickering Machine seemed to be the only sound product with artificial intelligence in the 2,000 yuan and above range. It possessed artificial intelligence amongst the sound systems that produced good sound; moreover, it had the best sound system amongst those with artificial intelligence. However, on further thought, he had set this price point at that point in time so that there would be no competition. Whats more, everyones artificial intelligence was using Xunke Technologies technology. Its functions should be no different from those smart speakers that cost one or two hundred yuan. It shouldnt be a core selling point, right? Even if there was a bickering mode, no one would think that it could justify the premium of a few hundred yuan, right? Pei Qian continued watching patiently. Soon, Ma Yang was on the AEEIS Smart Bickering Machine. He first demonstrated the various basic functions and the extremely popular bickering model online according to the planned process. This information had already been spread online not long after the Intelligent Bickering Machine was released. Many people had uploaded videos. However, there were still some people in the live-stream who did not know about it. Boss Ma bickered with the bickering machine until his face turned red. The effect of the show was maxed out, causing the bullet screen comments to be filled with laughter. Ma Yang was beside himself with anger. However, he managed to control himself under Chen Yufengs repeated hints. He exited the bickering mode and entered the next segment. Next is its automatic poem recitation function. First, any poem that is recited can be matched with the next sentence and can be found and explained. AEEIS, Leave home laughing with head held high. The status light on the Smart Bickering Machine flashed. We are amongst the ordinary! Ma Yang asked again, What is its source and explanation? AEEIS: From Tang Dynasty poet Li Bais Nanling And Childhood To Enter The Imperial Palace. At that time, Li Bai received Tang Xuanzongs letter summoning him to the capital It gave a simple and precise explanation. Not a single word was unnecessary. Ma Yang asked another smart speaker next to him the same question. The smart speaker also gave the name of the next line and poem. However, it could not give any concise answer once he asked about the origin and explanation. The viewers could not help but click their tongues in wonder. Eh? Its easy to follow up with the next sentence. You can just search it online. But whats with the origin and explanation? How can it answer so well? Thats right. I checked with Qiandu and found a bunch of messy content. Theres an explanation but its not as simple and clear as this. It feels like someone edited it in advance. Theres not a single word of nonsense. Theyre both artificial intelligence. Could this be a special function of Otto Technologies? That doesnt make sense, right? There are so many poems. They cant possibly have written an explanation for every poem, right? How much work would that take?! Initially, the audience had thought that there was no point in automatically matching the next line of the poem. Wasnt this something that could be done by asking Qiandu? However, they realized that it was not the case after comparing it with the other smart speakers. They were also able to match the next line of the poem but the poems origins and explanation were worlds apart. Ma Yang continued, AEEIS, use plum blossoms as the theme to come up with a poem. AEEIS paused for a moment. The winter plum trees have yet to dry, the dark fragrance remains in the moonlight; the east wind does not care if one is haggard, but keeps a clear shade to accompany ones exhausted soul. Ma Yang: AEEIS, come up with another poem on the theme river water. AEEIS: White clouds and rivers flowed from the west as the sun shone on the green mountains; a light misty rain showers on him as he leaves on a small boat, constantly glancing back. Ma Yang: AEEIS, make a poem based on earning a living. AEEIS: No matter how much time has past, I will always be burdened by the vicissitudes of life; The rain patters into the lakes and rivers, where will we meet again today. Ma Yang: AEEIS, use Tengda Corporation as an acrostic poem. This time, AEEIS took one more second. Leap up to the highest peak, capturing everything in view; gather all your wisdom and make a killing in the world. Ma Yang: AEEIS, use Boss Pei Ma Yang as the theme for a poem. AEEIS: Boss Peis water acts like the sky, always hold up the old boat; Head up to the mountain, no ones there but the scenery in Yangzhou remains the same. Ma Yang: AEEIS, first verse: Plenty of passengers are passing through this spring river. AEEIS: The bright moon has a bosom friend. Ma Yang: AEEIS, first verse: A thousand sails pass by the side of the heavy boat. AEEIS: Leaves are falling before autumn. Ma Yang quickly displayed AEEIS poetry function according to the contents of the proposal. AEEIS mainly had three functions for poems: first, create a poem with a keyword as the theme; second, create an acrostic poem with a keyword; third, an automatic couplet. These poems and couplets might have been automatically generated from the library of poetry, keywords, and algorithms, but AEEIS emotionless electronic voice sounded quite cool. The bullet screen was filled with all sorts of praises. Holy sh*t! Not only can this Bickering Machine swear excessively, it can also speak so eloquently? The poems are not bad. They can be created based on keywords and can also be an acrostic poem. It can even match couplets! I guess it can probably beat 90% of the audience in the live-stream. Be confident, it can probably beat 99.9% of us in a heartbeat! Are these really automatically generated? Could it be a pre-planned program to trick us? The Intelligent Bickering Machine that I bought has been updated as well. I tried it just now and its actually real! Whats more, its not even a seven-step poem. Its a poem made in seconds. Its ridiculous! This function should have been specially developed, right? Its obviously an artificial intelligence, but they developed a poetry function instead of practical functions? Thats really good! I like it! This AEEIS persona is really interesting. Its general answers are very concise as well. When it bickers with you, it can use logic to make you speechless. The key is that it is very talented, and its very eloquent. It could come up with poems or couplets in a split second! Overwhelming the masters intelligence? I love this artificial intelligence. I want to buy a bickering machine because of AEEIS! Chapter 839 - AEEIS’ Persona Is Too Attractive! AEEIS talent show instantly shocked everyone and became the focus of the entire live-stream once it was released. The main point was that it was unexpected! Most audiences impression of smart speakers was that they were artificial retards. They could only answer a few fixed questions. If the questions were slightly more complicated, they would not know how to answer. However, AEEIS was completely different. It displayed a level of intelligence that was completely higher than other smart speakers! Actually, this was just a feeling. They were using the artificial intelligence technology of Xunke Technologies. They had only optimized the core functions of AEEIS through special techniques. The principle of the Bickering Mode had been introduced previously. It mainly relied on the counter-attack and pre-emptive strike to make the other party enter the rhythm of the Bickering Mode and gradually lose their rationality. This would result in a Bickering Mode IQ Suppression effect. On the other hand, the poetry function was to make use of a poetry library based on Useful application. It could successfully obtain more accurate information than Qiandu. There would not be any slip-ups when answering basic questions, and it was very simple. On the other hand, the automatic action poetry function developed based on the poetry library would also give people a bright look. These poems and couplets were automatically generated by AEEIS, but they also had certain rules. A key word could only produce one or two more suitable poems. It was impossible to create poems and couplets without restrictions. Whats more, some poems might seem to be legit, but the meaning might be hollow or lacking, making people feel like they were clueless. Even so, this poem function was already amazing enough. That was because these poems were far better than what ordinary people could come up with in terms of culture, be it in terms of rhythm, meaning, or specific words. Therefore, the audiences eyes lit up. As a result, the live-stream was in an uproar. Those who had already bought the Fully-Automated Intelligent Bickering Machine immediately tried it out. They found that the updated version of AEEIS indeed had the ability to compose poems. Whats more, every poem was done pretty well! They suddenly felt like they had profited. However, the live-stream was obviously not over yet. Ma Yang continued to follow the script and entered the next stage: exchanging lines. AEEIS also has a function to exchange lines. Ill only show one or two simple demonstrations since there is a lot of content. If everyone is interested, I will post a few lines on Weibo. Everyone, try it out with your bickering machine. AEEIS, return to the initial image. AEEIS: Captain Qin Yi, you might be very angry now, but humans need you to continue fulfilling your mission as a soldier Ma Yang and AEEIS simply matched a few lines. Ma Yang did not have any foundation in reading lines, but he acted with AEEIS in a serious manner, it was quite interesting. At first, the viewers in the live-stream did not pay much attention to it. After all, they already knew that AEEIS had the ability to do that. Many people had already tried Ocean Strongholds downloadable content. However, they realized that something was amiss upon closer inspection. Boss Ma was not using the lines from Ocean Strongholds downloadable content, they were actually new lines! This seemed to be the plot after Ocean Strongholds downloadable content from the first line. Qin Yi was angry for some unknown reason, but AEEIS wanted him to continue fulfilling the mission of a soldier As a well-trained soldier, Qin Yi was someone who did not show his emotions. Why was he so angry? How was AEEIS supposed to continue fulfilling the mission of a soldier? Was there another dangerous mission waiting for him? They had casually imagined a huge plot! Someone in the live-stream quickly reacted. All sorts of speculations about the plot floated past the bullet screen comments. I feel that Ocean Strongholds downloadable content should be a tragic ending. Obviously, the war has not ended. Captain Qin Yis team members are all dead. Thats why Captain Qin Yi is so angry! Actually, there was foreshadowing in the game previously. There was a fragment of the Skylark II Combat Uniforms, which means that the decapitation operation has been carried out many times without success. Thats right, that makes sense! D*mn, that means this is another prelude to the new game? Thats too sneaky! Will AEEIS have scenes in the new game? This publicity method is so novel! Wouldnt everyone be able to play the role of Captain Qin Yi? Its so interesting. Ive decided to buy one! Thats right, spending a few hundred more yuan to buy so many practical functions is too worth it! The live-stream was filled with buy buy buy buy buy comments. To the viewers, the entire live-stream was a process of suppressing ones desires. Boss Ma openly announced all the parameters of the smart bickering machine the moment he came up. He told everyone frankly that the bickering machines parameters could not be compared to the high-end sound systems that cost a few thousand yuan. It was only about the standard of similar sound systems of two thousand yuan. Moreover, the price-quality ratio of the sound system alone was not high. Many viewers thought that Boss Ma was going to boast about his products awkwardly. However, when they heard Boss Ma point out the problem with the bickering machine, they removed their previous discrimination. The next step was to dismantle the machine and display its internal details in detail. The Bickering Machine made an impression based on its exquisite workmanship, unique appearance, and the exquisite mechanical structure of the Bickering Machine. It gave people the impression that it was of high quality. During the next segment, AEEIS might not be able to compete with the seven or eight thousand sound systems, but the audience had already expected it to be a 2000-yuan sound system. Naturally, they would evaluate it based on this standard and felt that it was not bad. After that, it was time to focus on showing AEEIS specialty. The unique functions of bickering, poetry, and lines immediately attracted the attention of the audience. The other sound products in the live-stream immediately became boring and unappealing. The most important thing was that Ma Yangs entire proposal was objective and neutral. Not only was there no boasting about the bickering machine, but the reviews were even stricter. Whats more, he displayed all the details of the Bickering Machine just like what Pei Qian had instructed him to do. The beginning of the script was according to Pei Qians plan. However, Pei Qian had not expected the development in the middle! The live-stream ended. Old Ma watched the screen full of buy buy buy buy buy buy buy and exited his live-stream contentedly. He completed all of Brother Qians requests and posted his final work before Chinese New Year. Perfect! Brother Qian should be very satisfied and proud of me, right? At the same time, Pei Qian fell into a daze as he watched all sorts of buy buy buy buy buy comments fly past the black screen. Whats going on?! What happened to blacklisting the bickering machine? Why did everyone want to buy it? Was it really not a development arranged by Old Ma? Pei Qian wanted to throw the blame to Old Ma, but on further thought, Old Ma did not seem to be in the wrong. He had criticized it and displayed the details. He even directly told the audience that this is the standard of a domestic product with an echo wall of 2000 yuan. The price-quality ratio is not good. The downfall was the last few functions! In fact, many of the advantages of the Bickering Machine were just icing on the cake. It had no practical use and was not attractive if singled out. Take ordinary sound systems for example. A unique shape or a program that could produce poems would probably not be enough to influence consumers willingness to buy. However, all of these factors combined together with AEEIS special persona seemed to have made a qualitative change to it! Pei Qian suddenly had a bad feeling. He quickly went online to search for topics related to AEEIS and the Smart Bickering Machine. Related discussion threads did increase rapidly after this live-stream! Ma Yangs live-stream already had quite a number of fans, and the effect of the live-stream this time was quite good, so many people were discussing it; and AEEIS had just updated its poetry function today. Many people who had previously bought the Bickering Machine also discovered this new function and started discussing it online. Pei Qian suddenly realized that #AEEIS# had become a hot topic on Weibo! There were many related videos that showed the entire process of the owner arguing with AEEIS. There was also AEEIS A Poem in a Second video. AEEIS poems were completely different based on the keywords given by its owner. However, every single one of them rhymed. It sounded very cultured. Netizens expressed their shock. Has artificial intelligence developed to this extent? AEEIS is the smartest artificial intelligence Ive seen recently. Its completely different from other artificial retards! Its fine if you cant out-talk it, but you cant even compare to its culture I suddenly feel that AEEIS setting is too attractive! This is a super genius with a high IQ but low EQ. It reminds me of the highly intelligent characters in many television dramas! Indeed, while it does make you speechless, who can deny that it is very smart? Usually, its answers are very concise, and its words are as precious as gold. However, it still answers every single question and fulfills every request of yours honestly. It is very intelligent. Not only can it completely suppress you in terms of logic, but it can also create poems according to your requirements! A cold, slightly venomous-tongued, impeccable logical thinking, and talented artificial intelligence? Wow, I love this feeling of dualism! Its a pity that it does not have a concrete image. It would be perfect if it was a cute girl! No, I think that this image is the most suitable! If the gender is confirmed and the speech is similar to a humans voice, then there would be no personality. Is there a lack of similar artificial intelligence? Its precisely because of its gender-neutral voice that it can better reflect the characteristics of artificial intelligence. Whats more, its very pleasing to both boys and girls! Im not listening. I want to create an image of AEEIS! Feminism is the way to go! Then I want a male character which would suit a poisonous tongue better. I dont think it has to have a gender. Isnt it nice to have a pure artificial intelligence and mechanical image? What shocked Pei Qian was that apart from those who were shouting buy buy buy buy buy buy, everyone else was discussing AEEIS character design! This had never happened before. That was because many companies had produced similar artificial intelligence products since the breakthrough in the artificial intelligence technology of Xunke Technologies. However, it was not very popular. No one discussed the so-called character design. That was because everyone knew that these were artificial retards. There was not much difference between them. They just had different names and slightly different images. There was nothing to discuss. However, AEEIS was immediately unique when compared to these artificial intelligence. For some reason, it gained the love and creativity of the audience! Pei Qian leaned back in his chair, feeling dizzy. This is bad! Not only did this live-stream not extinguish everyones passion to buy it, it also added fuel to the fire! Previously, many people who did not know about the smart bickering machine became interested in it and began to buy it! Chapter 840 - New Annual Meeting Arrangement January 20th, Friday Today was Tengdas annual meeting and also the last day of work before the new year. At 10 AM, Pei Qian got out of bed and yawned. He was still a little confused. Old Mas live-stream yesterday had been a moderate blow to him. He had sold yet another batch from the stockpile of the Fully-Automated Intelligent Bickering Machine. Pei Qian was so angry that was unable to sleep as he tossed and turned at night. That was why he woke up late today. However, after a nap, Pei Qian finally accepted reality. Since the Smart Bickering Machine was selling like crazy, it was probably impossible to dissuade passionate consumers. He had to look elsewhere. Fortunately, he had already come up with a plan to spend as much money as he could in advance. This little accident was still bearable. I dont know what to do about todays annual meeting. Forget it, well know when we get there. Indeed, Pei Qian had completely forgotten about the annual meeting plan that Assistant Xin had given him yesterday. He had been thinking about Old Mas live-stream all along. In the end, he had left the plan in his office and had not had the time to see what the plan for the annual meeting was. However, it shouldnt be a big problem. That was because the annual meeting last year had been quite successful. Pei Qian had already said that he would continue to implement the usual aim of last years annual meeting before the annual meeting was organized. He would boldly try to organize a new event without changing the core. The most important thing was to increase the budget again. He had prepared more than four million yuan for the prizes at the annual meeting last year. That was not even including the venue fees, the fees for catching the dolls in the game, and so on. Of course, the budget for this years annual meeting had to be higher. That was because as Tengdas scale continued to expand, the number of employees also increased rapidly. Less than 1,000 employees attended the annual meeting last year. This year, they had already reached about 1,700 or 1,800. Of course, the composition of the employees here was very complicated. For example, Upwind Logistics express delivery guys, Deposit Fitness fitness trainer, Fish-Catching Take-Outs delivery guys and chef, Fish-Catching Internet Cafes manager, and so on. Apart from these people, only a small portion of the core employees were present from Tengda Games, Shang Yang Games, Fei Huang Workspace, and Otto Technologies. Pei Qian had always treated his own employees equally. Whether it was brain labor or physical labor, they had to attend the annual meeting together and enjoy the same benefits. Of course, some employees who were not in Jingzhou could not participate. For example, the incubation base, the Cold-Faced Lady, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, and Fish-Catching Take-Out in other cities. They had all been given budgets and got the person-in-charge to make his own arrangements. It did not matter if it was a meal or bonus for the annual meeting. All they had to do was spend all the money on the employees. Pei Qian really did not know where he could hold the annual meeting with such a huge team of 1,800 people. They had booked 100 tables from an entire hotel for last years annual meeting. It had not been easy to fit so many people in. However, the number of people this year had almost doubled. no hotel could probably accommodate so many people. However, it would be strange if he were to separate these people into several halls or private rooms. The annual meeting had to be held for the lucky draw. He could not separate the few halls for the lucky draw, right? Something was amiss. Thus, Pei Qian did not know how Assistant Xin had arranged it. He had also left Assistant Xins proposal in the office previously. He could only wait until the annual meeting was held. Little Sun arrived downstairs at 11 PM sharp. He picked Pei Qian up and headed straight to the annual meeting. Pei Qian sat in the car and played with his cell phone for a while. When he looked up again, he suddenly felt that this route was very familiar. Pei Qian naturally did not remember routes since he did not drive. He might have lived in Jingzhou for more than two years but he was still not familiar with the city. However, the route today was very familiar because he seemed to have walked it many times. On a closer look, wasnt that the Great World? Great World was the second largest shopping mall in Jingzhou. At the same time, it was also the venue for the GOG World Invitational Tournament and the GPL Spring Competition. Pei Qian was just about to ask if he had gone to the wrong place, but on second thought, he could not. Little Sun had always been reliable, and he would not make such a low-level mistake. In other words, could the annual meeting be held in the Great World? Its really possible. The GPLs Spring Competition is on temporary pause. They will only start again after the Spring Festival. The GPLs venue will be empty, and there will be enough seats. Its quite suitable to use the place for lucky draws during the annual meeting. However how are we to dine? Pei Qian was a little confused, but he could not ask too much. After all, as a boss, it did not seem right for him to not know the specific arrangements for the annual meeting until the day itself. He could only pretend that everything was under control. Little Sun parked the car in the underground parking lot. The two of them took the elevator directly to the eighth floor of the shopping mall. The top floor would be the venue of the GPL competition on the top floor. Pei Qian guessed that there should be a unified reception area on the eighth floor. The mall was still operating normally today. However, there were not many people because it was Friday morning. The entire malls traffic was maintained in a lukewarm state, neither empty nor crowded. They soon reached the eighth floor. Pei Qian and Little Sun walked out of the elevator and were immediately welcomed warmly. There were employees from the administrative department and HR department in charge of receiving the elevator and elevator on the eighth floor of the shopping mall. It was the same as the annual meeting last year. There were people in charge of distributing the tokens. The tokens were game coins. At the annual meeting last year, every employee had been given a small bag. There were fifty to sixty of such tokens in them. They used the tokens to experience the game freely on a ten-yuan per try capsule machine. This year, not only was there a small bag of tokens, but there was also a stack of consumer vouchers. These consumer vouchers were printed with the words Tengda and Great World Shopping Mall, a lunch voucher, a dinner voucher, and five 200 yuan shopping vouchers. There was also the door gift. It was still a thick red packet. Last year, it was 1,000 yuan per person. It must not be less than last year and was increased to 1888 yuan. Apart from that, there was a small foldable page that detailed the venue and procedures for the annual meeting. It served as a guide. Pei Qian heaved a sigh of relief when he saw the small card. Alright, this arrangement was very considerate. He could finally understand the entire annual meeting. Pei Qian sent Little Sun away and asked him to play with the others. Then, he strolled around and read the entire annual meetings schedule. The number of people participating in this years annual meeting was almost double that of last years. Therefore, ordinary hotels would definitely not be able to accommodate all of them in one hall. After asking for everyones opinions, Assistant Xin realized that most people did not really care about the food segment. Thus, she arranged for the annual meeting to be held in a shopping mall far away. The GPL spring competition venue on the top floor had been booked by Tengda. Of course, they could use it as they pleased. Apart from that, they had also spent money to book the entire eighth floor for special activities with the employees. For example, they could use the claw machines and rings for entertainment activities like the previous annual meeting. The process of the entire annual meeting would be something like this: First, they would have to go to the eighth floor to collect the tokens, consumer vouchers, and the red packet door gift. After which, they would have three hours of free time from 11 PM to 2 PM. All employees could walk around the shopping mall as they pleased. They could go with their colleagues in the department or with their friends. They could dine at any restaurant in the shopping mall with the lunch and dinner food vouchers. They could order food in buffet style. All expenses would be reimbursed by the company as long as there was no wastage of food. On the other hand, the 1,000 yuan consumer vouchers could be used for any purchase in the shopping mall. The only limitation was that they could not be exchanged for money directly. They had to spend everything in the shopping mall. After 2 PM, everyone could return to level 8 to continue playing games. All eight floors of the shopping mall had been redecorated. They were filled with claw machines, rings, and various other mini games that could be played at will. It was similar to last years annual meeting but on a much larger scale. In addition, the GPLs venue would be officially opened after 12 noon. Internal staff who formed teams in advance could go on stage to play friendly competitions to satisfy the addiction of professional players. At four oclock, after everyone had their fun, all employees would gather at the competition venue on the top floor and sit down according to the departments area for the final lucky draw. The prizes for this annual meeting were even richer than last year. There were earphones, keyboards, game consoles, cameras, cell phones, computers, and various other digital products. At the same time, there were cash red packets and other more practical products like vacuum cleaners and sweeping robots. The lucky draw would last for an hour and end at 5PM. After that, everyone would disperse and head into the shopping mall for a free meal. Everyone would be on official holiday after dinner. Pei Qian could not help but feel gratified after reading the entire annual meetings schedule. Assistant Xin had indeed arranged the entire process of the annual meeting well. It was very satisfactory. Who said that they had to eat together during the annual meeting? In fact, the food at the annual meeting might not suit everyones taste. After all, there were so many people present. Some loved traditional Chinese food, some loved Western food, and some loved Japanese food It was impossible to satisfy all of these flavors. They could only choose a menu that most people found acceptable. Whats more, even though the annual meeting was cto have a meal together, only people at the same table could communicate with each other. It was rare for people from different departments to sit at the same table. It was even very unnecessary with Tengdas way of operations. Since that was the case, why did they have to squeeze into the same hall for a meal? Everyone could eat what they liked. There were all sorts of restaurants in such a huge shopping mall. They could even eat as much as they wanted. How comfortable was that? After the lucky draw segment, everyone would return to the GPL competition venue and watch the big screen used for eSports competition. Wouldnt it be perfect if they could draw for an hour at a time? All in all, this years annual meeting was still in the same style as last year. There was no formality, no stimulants, and no one was allowed to act stupid on stage. Everyone was here to eat, drink, and play. They were to eat to their fill and play to their hearts content! Chapter 841 - Tengda Annual Meeting? Tengda Recruitment Advertisements! Wu Bin was also at the venue of the annual meeting. He helped distribute coins and consumer vouchers, introducing the process to his colleagues together with the other employees of the HR department. Wu Bin had no complaints even though he had to work on the day of the annual meeting. He was, instead,very happy. That was because of participation and pride! Wu Bin could not help but think about last years annual meeting. At that time, he had just joined Tengd and had failed the first Tengda Spirit compatibility test. As an intern, Wu Bin did not even have the right to participate in normal work, much less overtime. He could only try his best to figure out the Tengda spirit every day. He felt a little disappointed when he saw that his colleagues were busy but he could not interfere. Even though Wu Bin attended the annual meeting as an intern last year, he did not miss out on any of the prizes that he should have won. This made him feel the warmth of home. After a year of hard work, Wu Bin had become an indispensable member of Tengdas HR department! Not only had he personally participated in two recruitment drives for new employees, but he had also summarized the Tengda spirit and provided spiritual guidance to all new employees who joined Tengda. Now, Wu Bin felt that he had become an indispensable member of Tengda. It was also a blessing to be able to take charge of the preparations for the annual meeting and play a role in his own position! Soon, Wu Bin saw many familiar faces, including the person-in-charge and core members of the various departments. There were also some new faces. They should be new employees that he had hired in the previous recruitment drive. This recruitment process had eliminated a small number of people. The passing rate was no longer 100% including the Tengda Spirit compatibility test. However, Wu Bin felt that this was a good thing. These new employees who had passed the test were the ones who were truly compatible with the Tengda spirit. They would definitely play a greater role in their own jobs! That was because Wu Bin was from the HR department. He could access these personnel files. Thus, he had an impression of both new and old employees. The old employees were expectant but a little surprised while the new employees were completely shocked at the process of the annual meeting this year. It was completely different from what they had imagined! In fact, when they found out that the annual meeting would be held in a faraway place, the new employees had already guessed that it would be a completely different annual meeting from other companies. However, they did not expect it to be so blissful. There was nothing annoying about this annual meeting. It was a celebration for the employees themselves. The old employees who had attended the annual meeting in the past might have been mentally prepared, but the standards and procedures of this years annual meeting had far exceeded their expectations. Most of the employees did not even dare to imagine that there would be such a perfect annual meeting! Everyones faces were brimming with happiness. They could not wait to go to the shopping mall to spend after receiving the tokens, consumer vouchers, and red packets. During weekends and legal holidays, there would be hundreds of thousands of customers every day. The capacity of the shopping mall itself was very terrifying. It was a work day so there were very few people to begin with. Tengda Corporations two thousand people would not make much of a splash even if they were thrown in. The total flow of people in the shopping mall was moderate and was between deserted and crowded. Only when nearly two thousand people returned to the top level for the lottery at the same time would there be more traffic. However, it would be similar to the GPLs regular competition day. One by one, the employees returned to the shopping mall to eat and shop after reaching the eighth floor. Everyones faces were filled with happiness. When the check-in process was almost done, the HR department would also go ahead to enjoy themselves, leaving only a few people to take turns on duty. Wu Bin looked at the tablet computer in front of him. All the departments were rather punctual. Almost all of them had arrived. Eh, Bao Xu isnt here? Could it be that he was afraid that he would win another prize and go on a holiday, so he didnt even attend the annual meeting? That ruthless? Oh, thats not right. He seems to still be in Los Angeles and wont be able to comea| Bao Xu was an employee of Tengda Games, and he was very experienced. That was why he was near the top of the list. Wu Bin was able to see at a glance that he had yet to sign in. Many people from the other departments might not have seen Bao Xu before, but they have definitely heard of his legend. GOG had produced a hero for him, and The Lonely Desert Roads downloadable content had also produced an Easter egg for him after all. Everyone would think that the award was incomplete if the award was to travel overseas and it was not won by Bao Xu. Wu Bin had thought that Bao Xu had deliberately not come because he was afraid that he would be selected to travel again. However, when he saw Min Jingchao, Ye Zhizhou, and the others names, he immediately realized that they could not come because they were still in Los Angeles and had not returned. The IOI International Finals in Los Angeles would only hold their finals this weekend. Victory or defeat would depend on this. The entire FV team and the data analysis team should still be in intense preparation. As a member of the data analysis team, Bao Xu must also be busy with this matter. Wu Bin felt that it was a pity, but he did not pay much attention to it. He took his consumer voucher and went to the shopping mall with his colleagues to find a place to eat seeing that it was about time. At the same time, in the independent game incubation base in Beijinga| Alright, its done! I can finally rest in peace and go home for the new year. Youll be on holiday after youve finished all the work. You can continue developing it after the new year. Qiu Hong played the demo and watched the promotional video of Black Ink and Clouds one last time. He was very satisfied with them. It could be said that the success of the Survival Guide for Working Adults previously had given Qiu Hong and the entire Destitution Plan a boost. Qiu Hong decided to strike while the iron was hot. He wanted to make use of the current popularity of the Survival Guide for Working Adults to release a promotional video and demo of Black Ink and Clouds to let more people know about the Destitution Plan. In addition, he could also start the pre-sales of Black Ink and Clouds in advance to test the waters and see how the gamers would react. The only limitation that Boss Pei had for the Destitution Plan was that he could not reveal the relationship between Tengda Corporation and the Destitution Plan to the outside world. He did not forbid Qiu Hong from promoting the Destitution Plan. That was because Pei Qian felt that publicity would not affect the success or failure of this matter. After all, there were many competitions and activities in the country that supported independent games. They were all heavily promoted, but the results were minimal. Qiu Hong himself did not think that the publicity this time would have much of an effect. He would be able to let domestic gamers who liked independent games know that there was a destitution plan at the very most. On one hand, it was because there were very few standalone games on the computer compared to online games and mobile games in China. Most of them liked mainstream game modes and 3A games. Very few players liked to play independent games on the internet. On the other hand, the development of the game was a commercial activity after all. It was not moral abduction, but even if it was, it would not be effective. It would be a very stupid act if a game developer kept emphasizing how difficult it was for them, hoping to gain players sympathy so that they could sell more games. It would, instead, cause players to feel disgusted. Players would only care if you could produce a good game. If you could, they would pay for it. If you could not, you could only blame yourself for failing to make money. That was why Qiu Hong had chosen the time where Survival Guide for Working Adults was still popular to publicize his Destitution Plan. However, no matter what, this was a good start. At the incubation base, Xi Hao, Wu Zhicheng, and the others were each in charge of different tasks. After the videos and DEMO checks were done correctly, they connected with ESROs official platform staff and uploaded the Black Ink and Clouds demo. Moreover, they had also added publicity of the Destitution Plan on related promotional pictures videos from the Survival Guide for Working Adults and Black Ink and Clouds. Everyone finally heaved a sigh of relief when they were done. Fortunately, he managed to produce some results before the Chinese New Year. He did not let Boss Qiu down! They might not know who the boss behind Boss Qiu was but it did not affect their respect for him. That was because the boss was very generous. They had already learned from Qiu Hong that the employees of the incubation base had a considerable amount of year-end bonuses. There were also various gifts, red packets, and consumer vouchers. Every independent game designer also had special gifts. The boss behind Boss Qiu not only invested money to support independent games as a good deed, he was also so generous to everyone. How bad would they feel if they could not produce results! It was a good thing that they had achieved some results. Everyone could finally go home and celebrate the new year with a peace of mind. The independent game makers represented by Wu Zhi were secretly determined to wait until the end of the Chinese New Year to return to work harder and earnestly to make their games well! This was not only for themselves, but also for the incubation staff that had been helping him out and the mysterious boss! In Jingzhou, Tengdas employees were happily shopping in the shopping mall. They would be watched with envy no matter where they went. Normal customers would settle their bills in cash, swipe their cards, or scan their QR code after eating. However, Tengdas employees could eat as if everything were free. They would take out a lunch voucher and hand it to the front desk when they had to foot the bill. Then, they would leave. It was the same for shopping. One thousand yuan worth of consumer vouchers could be spent at will. Most people would choose to buy clothes. After all, there were digital products and appliances in the prizes for the annual meeting. The chances of winning them were very high. It would not be to their advantage if they won them again after buying. Many people who did not know the truth watched as Tengdas employees took out a few pieces of paper and handed them to the employees before leaving. Their faces were filled with shock and confusion. It was only after asking the staff that he found out that Tengda was holding an annual meeting in the shopping mall today. Both the lunch vouchers and consumer vouchers were distributed by the company and were fully reimbursed. Some people walked to the eighth floor and realized that the place had changed drastically from the past. There were claw machines and various small game venues everywhere. They only knew that Tengda had booked the entire place after asking around. Employees could play as they pleased, but outsiders could not enter. They felt nothing but envy, jealousy, and hatred! What were their companies when compared to Tengda! They had long heard that Tengdas benefits were good, but they had no idea how good the benefits really were. However, now, they had seen Tengdas employees shopping, eating, playing games, and using the GPL venue as a lucky drawa| All sorts of photos were posted online, causing a heated discussion. Many people were stimulated and began to prepare for the Tengda recruitment exam in the future. Such a company was worthy to fight for. They had to get in no matter what! Everyone on the internet was moved. This was definitely not Tengdas annual meeting but their recruitment advertisement! Chapter 842 - The Award Comes From The Sky Even Though He Was Physically In Los Angeles 4 PM, at Tengdas annual meeting. The employees who were full and tired of shopping came to the GPL competition venue on the top floor and took their seats according to their departments and seats. The eight teams organized by the various departments within the company had played seven competitions in a total of four hours from 12 PM to now. The average time for the competitions ranged from 20 minutes to 35 minutes. It was just enough to determine the champion. On one hand, GOGs tempo was faster. Its average length was shorter than games like Gods Rising and IOI, so it could be played faster. On the other hand, it was also because the difference in strength between the teams in the various departments was too big. It was very easy to play a crushing game. Competitions that ended in less than twenty minutes were everywhere. Whats more, there was no need to discuss tactics since there was no need to take breaks during the live competition. It also saved a lot of time. Tengda Games representative team, which they had high hopes for, was eliminated. They did not even make it to the finals. That made everyones jaws drop. Obviously, strong players Bao Xu and Min Jingchao were far away in Los Angeles. They could not participate in the competition, which greatly reduced the strength of Tengda Games team. The two teams that made it to the finals were the team led by Lu Mingliang, the team representing Upwind Logistics, and the team represented by He Desheng, Dream Realization Ventures. Boss Ma had given Dream Realization Ventures a solid foundation. Most of the employees, including He Desheng, had been high score passers-by since the era of Gods Rising. Many of GOGs design ideas had been suggested by them. They often played games with Boss Ma and their tacit understanding was impeccable. The main reason why Upwind Logistics was so strong was because they had so many people. Upwind Logistics had so many stores and delivery men. It was easy to pick out five people who were better at GOG. However, in the end, the representative team of Upwind Logistics lost to Dream Realization Ventures because of their lack of cooperation and tactics. The express delivery men expressed their pity one after another. They expressed that they would train their skills well and try to torture them next year. All the teams participating in the competition this time had small gifts and awards, including various peripheral figurines of the GPL league, the autographs of each teams players, their team uniforms, and so on. Of course, these small gifts would also be given to other employees who liked to watch GPL. On the other hand, the champion team had obtained a custom-made internal competition trophy. It was still valuable even though it could not be compared to the GPL league trophy. It would be an eternal honor in Dream Realization Ventures office. Some of the people were watching the internal competitions, some went shopping, some went to catch dolls and play with rings. They bought milk tea or drinks and sat in the stadium to rest, waiting for the lucky draw now that everyone was tired from playing. Other companies lucky draw had to be done while eating. The reason was very simple. There were few prizes and the winning rate was low. The employees might not get prizes even if they waited for a long time so they had nothing to do other than eat. However, Tengdas lottery was different. There were many prizes and high chances of winning. Almost everyone would get one. Whats more, the rules of the lucky draw were the same as last years annual meeting. It was not a completely random probability but a false probability. Everyone could only win two prizes at most. Whats more, those who did not win the prizes would have a higher chance of winning later on. Everyone was nervous, excited and full of anticipation with so many prizes drawn out in just an hour. They would not feel bored at all. Almost everyone had arrived at the venue. There wasnt even a host on stage speaking rubbish. The program on the big screen started rolling as they started their lucky draw! A simple promotional video would be played to introduce the prize before the lucky draw. Then, it would be selected from the list of people. That was because the number of people participating this year was almost double that of last year. Thus, the lucky draw program had been slightly modified. Previously, they had drawn for one person at a time, and each time they showed a persons photo, they had now changed it to five at a time. The photos of the five people would be displayed on the big screen. They would shrink and fly to the top left of the screen. Then, they would continue to draw other people. All the photos were arranged on the big screen, and the prizes were quickly selected. Everyone was staring at the big screen, afraid that they would miss the winning message. However, this worry was obviously unnecessary. Not only would other people in the same department remind them, but their cell phones would also automatically receive the winning notification. That was because the system would automatically generate orders for Upwind Logistics to be sent to the employees address and send a message to remind them the moment the lucky draw was completed. Cheers could be heard in the huge stadium that could accommodate nearly two thousand people. As they progressed, the value of the prizes increased. High-value laptops, cell phones, digital cameras, television, and so on were being distributed as though they were free. The atmosphere at the venue became more and more lively! Finally, after the 18,888 yuan cash gift, the final prize appeared on the screen. Six slots for a five-day tour in any city in the world for two! This was a retention program that was available at the annual meeting last year. It was a two-person five-day holiday in any city. You could choose where you wanted to go. Whats more, the company would cover all the first-class tickets and accommodation fees for five-star hotels. There would also be additional expenses reimbursement. It was well-deserved to be known as the biggest prize of the annual meeting. Many people might think that it was not as practical as high-end televisions and high-end games that cost more than ten thousand yuan. Televisions and computers could be used for many years after all, while tourism could only last five days. On the other hand, they would be able to buy a high-end computer that cost more than ten thousand yuan if they were to save up a little more. However, who would be willing to pay for a first-class cabin and stay in a five-star hotel when traveling?! Whats more, the cost of a first-class cabin and a five-star hotel was far more than ten thousand yuan for a high-end laptop. Thus, this was the most attention-grabbing award. Whats more, there were only three slots last year due to the increase in the number of people. This year, there were six slots. The probability of winning increased. Many people were looking at the big screen excitedly, hoping to be one of the six lucky ones. Soon, the headsets on the big screen started rolling and six of them appeared. The fourth avatar on the left was Bao Xu! The other five avatars were all unfamiliar faces. They should be some basic- level staff. There were nearly two thousand people in the venue after all. Pei Qian only knew those who were in charge, which was a few dozen people at most. The chances of winning the lottery were very low. However, Bao Xu What was going on with Bao Xu? Do you really have to travel every time? Everyone burst into laughter when they saw Bao Xus profile picture on the big screen. Hahaha, Brother Bao again! Wheres Brother Bao? I want to see his expression! Hes in Los Angeles. It should be midnight over there. Brother Bao will only know about this nightmare in a few hours. Its perfect, its perfect. Im even happier to see Brother Bao win! Pei Qian could not help but feel emotional. Life was all about fate. People in Los Angeles did not escape the fate of being selected. Whats more, Bao Xu was the fourth person to win. In other words, if three people were selected for this years grand prize, he would not be on the winning list. Look at how things had turned out There were many employees of Tengda Corporation in the Los Angeles team, but since it was a lucky draw for the annual meeting, it would not be appropriate to not include them. Thus, even though these people were not present, they were still on the lucky draw list. Bao Xu won the prize just like that, he still could not avoid his fate. In two or three days, Bao Xu and the others would be back after the IOI global finals in Los Angeles were over. They would be able to make it in time for the new year. However After the new year, Bao Xu had to pack his luggage and consider his next destination. Pei Qian could not help but feel sorry for Bao Xu. Finally, the entire annual meeting was over. All the employees returned with a full load and were having a good time. Pei Qian felt much better after giving away so many gifts. The burden on his shoulders was much lighter. Fortunately, this settlement cycle was just in time for the new year. He could spend millions of yuan in one shot using the annual meeting method. This allowed Pei Qian to think of a few ways to spend less money and save a lot of brain cells. All in all, it was the holidays! During the Chinese New Year period, the advertisements that had been arranged in advance would be sent to Jingzhou, Beijing, Shanghai, and other cities. Based on the current rate of spending money, he should be able to incur a huge loss when he officially started work after the Chinese New Year. It was impossible to incur huge losses, but it shouldnt be a problem to incur losses around eight to nine hundred thousand yuan, right? Everyone left one after another. Pei Qian was in no hurry to leave. He stayed in his seat and took out his cell phone to browse. However, he nearly cursed out loud when he saw a piece of news about the Destitution Plan. The promotional videos of Black Ink and Clouds and the Destitution Plan had somehow become popular on Aili Island! Not only that, but Black Ink and Clouds had already released a ten-minute demo on the official platform. It had also started its pre-sales. In just one afternoon, sales had reached 50,000 copies! This was already an incredible result for an unknown independent game! In the next week or even a month, as its popularity increased and spread, the pre-sales sales of this game would obviously continue to increase. Pei Qians expression slowly turned blank. What just happened? The game hasnt even been completed and youre already selling it? Is there still law? Is there still order? Isnt Qiu Hong causing trouble for me? Does he have any professional integrity at all! Is there anyone else who wants to interfere?! Chapter 843 - Publicity Video For Destitution Plan Pei Qian clicked on the promotional CG for Black Ink and Clouds after calming down. The entire CG was traditional Chinese ink style. A little ink stain spread on the pale yellow Xuan paper and turned into black clouds. As they gathered and dispersed, a ferocious-looking mutated beast was born. It circled in the sky, baring its fangs and brandishing its claws. Balls of dark clouds shrouded the ancient city in the distance At the same time, an old and low voice-over sounded. Legend has it that in ancient times, there was a kind of evil beast formed by resentment in China. It was called Nightmare. There were rumors that Nightmare Beasts could weave dreams. They fed on human fear, hatred, despair, resentment, and other negative emotions. They grew stronger day by day The CG images in the game began to change continuously accompanied by the voice-over. Nightmare beasts were hidden behind dark clouds in the sky. Countless strange monsters were born, bringing disaster to the world. A scholar realized that he was trapped in a dream. He held a painting in his left hand and a brush in his right. He began to use the power of his painting to defeat the monster in the dream. He wanted to find the nightmare beast hidden in the dream. The nightmare beast was also constantly producing evil demons to stop the scholar. Countless sinister devils rushed towards the scholar. The scholar used his brush to paint a huge rock on the painting. Then, with a light wave of his brush, the huge rock immediately appeared above the monsters and smashed them into black smoke. The monsters also raised the fallen rocks and huge trees on the cliff and threw them at the scholar. However, the scholar waved his brush and wiped the foreign objects out of thin air. The brush and ink flew everywhere, and the black fog dispersed. The scholar and the monster began to fight intensely. The voice-over also narrated the background story of the entire game This publicity CG was actually not complicated. It was not a CG where every hair and pore could be seen clearly. It could not even be compared to the publicity video of the GPLs Spring Competition. However, the brilliance of this video was that it perfectly matched the game itself. Black Ink and Clouds was a horizontal 2D game. It was not a hugely invested 3A game. Whats more, it was a Chinese-style game. It was related to calligraphy and painting elements. Thus, it could be said that using the CG of Black Ink and Clouds was just right. Not only could it highlight the characteristics of the game itself, but it could also reduce the difficulty of making it. On the other hand, even though there were only two small stages in the game and the game only lasted about ten minutes in the updated DEMO, the core gameplay was displayed. Using the traditional 2D horizontal version of the games operating model as the foundation, there were movements, jumps, dual jumps, attack, defense, and other operations. There were also calligraphy and painting skills. After clicking on the drawing skill, the games image entered a stagnant state. Time passed at an extremely slow speed. Gamers could choose to erase the scene elements in the game or create props by drawing a specific shape. For example, they could draw circles to create large rocks, and draw lines to create lightning. However, this also meant that the game could not be played with a controller. It could only be played with a mouse or a touch screen. The official platform obviously intended to use the computers and cell phones as the main battlefield. They promised that players would first be on the computer version and then the cell phone version. Logically speaking, it would be more comfortable to operate the cell phone version. However, there were more independent gamers in the computer version after all, and it would be easier to develop it. Thus, they had to go to the computer version first. After watching the promotional video and the games contents, Pei Qians expression turned serious as though he was facing a formidable enemy. No wonder so many people were pre-ordering it. It looked very reliable! The domestic independent gamers were one of the most supportive groups of domestically-produced games. Ink and Clouds was a Chinese-style game. It was obviously more likable to combine traditional cultural elements like calligraphy and games. However could this games DEMO achieve such a good publicity effect? That didnt make sense, right? Pei Qian clicked on the promotional video on the games details page with some confusion. The video started in a dark room. A child in shorts and a white vest was hiding under the blanket, reading a game magazine under the dim light of the flashlight. Suddenly, footsteps came from outside the door. The child quickly switched off his flashlight and lay down. He hid the magazine under his pillow and pretended to be asleep. The camera changed to day time. His parents were not at home. The child carefully switched on his computer. On the screen was a domestically-produced standalone game with a strong mosaic style. The child placed the game magazine aside and began to play seriously with the guide. All of a sudden, the clock on the wall started to chime. The child quickly switched off his phone, took a wet towel, and covered the big head of the computer monitor. Then, he quickly returned to his room, opened his bag, took out his homework, and finally put away the wet towel. After a period of time, the anti-theft door opened. The childs father came back and touched the computer monitor. Then, he looked at the child who was studying seriously and turned to busy himself. The scene changed again. The primary school student became a high school student. They might have changed to a different actor, but they could still recognize him as the same person through his clothing. In the smoke-filled internet cafe, some of his peers were playing various online games. He was the only one still playing domestically-produced standalone games. However, it was the same game that he played in elementary school. There were no changes. Some people mocked him for playing such an old game. He just smiled and did not say anything. The camera changed again, and the high school student became an adult. It was already late at night. In the dilapidated and messy rental apartment, he faced the computer screen and seriously used the game editor to create the game. The messy room and the piles of miscellaneous items were all hinting at his poverty-stricken state. However, he continued to work enthusiastically in front of his computer. However, during the day, a loud knock woke him up. He was silent for a long time after he returned to his room with the receipt for rent and utilities. In the end, he reluctantly glanced at the computer screen, closed the unfinished game project in the game editor, and opened his resume. He habitually moved his mouse to the game editor after sending his resume to several companies. However, he could not click on it after much hesitation. The camera panned around. He opened the closet and flipped through to the suit he hadnt worn in a while. Then he stood in front of the dressing mirror and studied himself. In front of the camera, he was dressed in a neat suit and had a proper hairstyle. However, his eyes looked listless as he stared blankly at the image in the mirror. In the mirror, he was still wearing a white vest, shorts, and flip-flops. His hair was messy, but his face was full of smiles and his eyes were filled with hope. The two images formed a sharp contrast, hinting that he still wanted to be an independent game designer. Finally, he sighed softly, picked up the printed resume on the table, and prepared to leave for work. However, at that moment, he realized that there was a golden invitation letter in the mailbox at the door. On it were the words Destitution Plan. A hopeful smile finally appeared on his face. The promotional video ended there. There was no detailed introduction of the Destitution Plan but it had already pointed out its meaning. As for the plot at the end of the video, most people could imagine it: this independent game designer had obtained the money and could continue to persevere in his dreams, complete the unfinished game project, and add to the development of domestically-produced independent games. The video was filmed and edited in a very short time. There were many old buildings in Beijing that were filled with the style of the previous century. Many arcade games shops also had game consoles and big-headed computers. It directly evoked many childhood memories when coupled with the vintage filter. The content of the video was filled with details. Domestic standalone games were also developing rapidly in the era when home computers were first popularized. The newsstand next to the school would sell many game magazines. At that time, many students who did not have much time to play games would buy a game magazine and read it repeatedly. Even if they had not played it before or could not buy the game inside, they would still enjoy it. He secretly turned on his computer to play games while his parents were not home from work. However, he had to remember to use a wet towel to cool down in advance. Otherwise, his parents would be exposed the moment he touched them. He would then have to welcome a storm. With the rise of internet cafes, online games also developed rapidly. However, domestic standalone games were going downhill. The protagonist in the video loved domestically-produced standalone games. However, there was a gap between domestically-produced standalone games. When other students played online games, he still stubbornly played domestically-produced standalone games from a few years ago. In the end, he became an independent game designer who wanted to fulfill his dreams. However, he had no choice but to make difficult choices in his dreams and reality due to his tight living conditions All of this content resonated strongly with those who watched the video! After searching the internet for a while, Pei Qian immediately understood why Black Ink and Clouds had garnered so much attention in such a short time. Its DEMO was very fun and likable was only one of the reasons. The more important reason was that the promotional videos of Black Ink and Clouds and the Destitution Plan had already been uploaded to Aili Islands website, causing a warm response! On Aili Islands website and several other video platforms, the promotional video for the Destitution Plan had been pushed to the forefront of the gaming area. Moreover, its popularity was still rising. In the bullet screen comments and comments section, many independent gamers who had been under the radar were being bombarded. This video is making me tear up! Isnt this child me? Its just that Ive already given up on creating games Dad and Mom touched their computers the moment they got home from work. This is too realistic! Theyre actually unified in the entire country? Sigh, the scene at the internet cafe is really sad. People like us who like standalone games have become anomalies. When we were young, domestically-produced standalone games were still in full bloom. In the end, only online games were left on the market. Sigh. Actually, its alright. It has now recovered a little, there are more independent games now. Its still far from being comparable to overseas! Is this Destitution Plan specially meant to sponsor domestically-produced independent games? Thats really a lot of merit! I have to support it well on account of this! Chapter 844 - Apologize To The Players! Pei Qian finally understood why there were so many pre-orders after flipping through discussions related to Black Ink and Clouds and Destitution Plan online. That was because Qiu Hong had tied Black Ink and Clouds, the Destitution Plan, and the Survival Guide for Working Adults together for publicity! The promotional video of the Destitution Plan could cause such a huge reaction. On one hand, it reignited the common memories of many gamers and resonated widely. On the other hand,there were also high-quality domestically-produced independent games as the catalyst. It would not have caused such a huge reaction if there was no game accompanying this promotional video. Black Ink and Clouds was just a demo. It was obviously not enough just for this demo. That was also the reason why Qiu Hong did not come up with a publicity plan in the beginning. He naturally could not achieve the best publicity effect without an opportunity. However, the Survival Guide for Working Adults had unexpectedly exploded in popularity, providing an opportunity for the promotion of the Destitution Plan! It was before Chinese New Year. It was the time for various companies to hold annual meetings and distribute year-end bonuses. Most of the working adults were not satisfied with the treatment given by their own companies. Many of them were planning to change jobs after receiving their year-end bonuses and taking leave. The release of the Survival Guide for Working Adults resonated well with the office workers. Not only did it become popular among independent gaming enthusiasts, but it also successfully became mainstream. Many office workers who did not play games also knew about this game. Qiu Hong had used the success of the Survival Guide for Working Adults and tied the Black Ink and Clouds and Destitution Plan to it. He had let gamers know that the reason why the Survival Guide for Working Adults could be successfully produced was because of the sponsorship of the Destitution Plan. The Destitution Plan had also sponsored many outstanding independent game projects, such as Black Ink and Clouds. Thus, the popularity of the Survival Guide for Working Adults had broken out of their own circle. The sentiments of the local independent game enthusiasts, and gamers expectations for domestically-produced and independent games had all been integrated together. That was the good publicity effect! It would not be able to achieve its current effect if any one of the publicity videos of the Survival Guide for Working Adults, Black Ink and Clouds demo, and the Destitution Plan was lacking! What a coincidence. Pei Qian felt a little dizzy as he looked at the increasing number of pre-orders. In just one afternoon, the pre-sales sales of this game had already broken 50,000 copies. Moreover, judging from the current popularity, it was very likely that it would increase by ten times in the next week! Even though domestic independent gamers were a minority compared to mainstream gamers, there were still millions of active gamers in terms of size. Whats more, the smaller the circle, the more attention it would have on domestically-produced and outstanding independent games. Black Ink and Clouds would probably become a hot topic among independent gamers like the Survival Guide for Working Adults! Pei Qian did some calculation and felt that something was amiss. The official pricing of Black Ink and Clouds was 45 yuan. It was considered above average in domestically-produced independent games. The pre-sales this time was not a full-term pre-sales, but a third of it, which was 15 yuan. Based on current trends, if 500,000 copies were sold in the next week, the official platform would be able to settle the bill before settlement. The only good news was that the game was not distributed in the name of Tengda. Therefore, it did not enjoy the privilege of Tengdas high share of the profits. It could only get sixty percent even if it included the special preferential policies of independent games. On this basis, Tengda would get thirty percent. In other words, the pre-sales of Ink and Clouds before settlement would be more than 1.3 million yuan! On top of that, there was also the money earned from the Survival Guide for Working Adults. It might not seem like a lot of money, but Pei Qian felt like a camel with straw on its back. When it came to settlement, this one million yuan could be the difference between heaven and hell. What if he earned more than a million yuan? Who could he reason with then? Pei Qian was furious. Why was this Qiu Hong finding trouble for me at such a crucial time! Couldnt he just go home and celebrate the new year? Why did he have to create a publicity video a day before the holidays? He had even posted a DEMO to earn some pre-sales money? It was too much! Pei Qian immediately called Qiu Hong at that thought. At that moment, Qiu Hong had just treated everyone in the incubation base to a feast. He returned to the house he rented in Beijing to pack his things and prepare to fly home early the next morning. Qiu Hong could not help but feel surprised when he received Boss Peis call. Could it be that Boss Pei saw the popularity of the Destitution Plan video and specially called to affirm the results of my work because he was very happy? Before this, the entire incubation base had only completed two games. Whats more, they were not selling well. Even so, Boss Pei still praised Qiu Hong, saying that the effects were obvious and that he was improving rapidly. He wanted him to work harder. Qiu Hong pondered for a while. According to such standards, the videos of Survival Guide for Working Adults, Black Ink and Clouds video and the Destitution Plan had been quite well received. Wouldnt Boss Pei be overjoyed? He quickly picked up the phone and waited for Boss Pei to praise him. However, Boss Peis first question stumped him. Who asked you to put a semi-finished game on the official platform for pre-order?! Pei Qians tone was stern because he was indeed very angry. The game had not been completed yet. You should sell it in the next cycle. Dont affect my settlement! However, Qiu Hongs pre-order caught Pei Qian off guard. Qiu Hong was stunned for a moment. He looked a little confused as he said, Boss Pei, isnt pre-sales very common in independent gaming circles Pei Qian could not help but fall silent. Er He thought about it. Qiu Hong was right. ESROs official platform was actually encouraging independent games to be presold. The reason was very simple. It was just like crowdfunding. Independent game designers often lacked money and resources. There would definitely be all sorts of compromises during the production process. In order to achieve a high completion rate for the game, various conditions were actually not allowed. On the other hand, the pre-sales would allow those quality and popular independent games to earn some money in advance. On one hand, it would help out with the development fees, and on the other hand, it would increase the producers confidence. Of course, there might be some lousy producers who would be suspected of scamming money. For example, they could update a very fun DEMO and slowly develop the game after receiving a huge amount of pre-sales money. They could turn the game into a to-be-completed-sometime-in-this-lifetime series and not be released. However, the official platform also had corresponding punishments for such producers. Whats more, such people were in the minority after all. They could not cancel this rule that was beneficial to all independent game designers just because of some black sheep. Thus, Qiu Hong taking the DEMO of Black Ink and Clouds for pre-sales was indeed in line with the usual routine of independent games. It was an action advocated by the official platform. Thus, Pei Qians question seemed unreasonable. After a moment of silence, Pei Qian said righteously, Why do the other independent games like pre-sales? Its because the producers lack money. They can only use pre-sales to refund and obtain development funds! Are the producers of the Poor Plan lacking in development funds? Qiu Hong was stumped. Er, this Pei Qian did not give him much time to react. He continued, If we are not lacking in funds, why do we want to do pre-sales? Pre-sales is actually using the players sympathy to transfer the risk of failure from the developer to the players. The official platform supports this behavior mainly because the conditions of most independent game designers are too poor. They need players to contribute and support them. Such action might be a punishment skillfully given by one that is gladly accepted by another, it still hurts the interests of the players. The best way should be to hand over money and goods at the same time. Once the game is done and released, players can buy it if they like it. Since the independent game creator of the Destitution Plan does not lack money, shouldnt we not start pre-sales and wait for the game to be developed before selling it? Qiu Hong was speechless. This He suddenly felt that what Boss Pei said made sense! In fact, Qiu Hong had only set up a pre-sales based on the usual routine of independent games. He had not thought too much about it. However, now that he thought about it carefully, this behavior was indeed inappropriate. Qiu Hong quickly asked, Boss Pei, what should we do now? Pei Qian pondered for a moment and asked, Can you change it to 0 yuan? Then, you can refund the players who have already paid. Qiu Hong hesitated for a moment. Er Boss Pei, we cant change it to 0. At the very most, we can change it to one-third of what it is now, which is five yuan. The refund process would be more troublesome. We dont have enough authority, ESRO might not approve it. It might be possible if Tengda were to intervene. However, that would be equivalent to announcing the relationship between Tengda and Destitution Plan Pei Qian immediately said, Of course not. Since thats the case, well change the pre-order price to five yuan. Well compensate the players who have already spent 15 yuan pre-order. Qiu Hong added, Also, Boss Pei, the officials have never been very supportive of such price changing behavior. It would affect the players interests no matter whether it is raising or lowering prices. Pei Qian nodded. Yes, thats understandable. Our actions must have affected the interests of the players. We have to apologize and compensate them! How about this? As I said before, well change the pre-order money to five yuan. For those who have already paid, well give the game a twenty percent discount, which is 36 yuan. Then, well make an announcement to apologize. Well say that we didnt expect gamers to be so passionate. We think that the pre-order price was set high. Well lower it now and hope gamers can understand. To Pei Qian, cutting the pre-order money from fifteen yuan to five yuan meant that the money earned by DEMO this week would be reduced by hundreds of thousands. It was good to be able to take a small handful of straw off the camels back. As for the players who had already spent 15 yuan on pre-order purchases, Pei Qian could use this opportunity to give them a discount and earn less. Qiu Hong quickly said, Alright, Boss Pei. Ill talk to the official platform now. Chapter 845 - Won In Both Face and Reality January 21st, Saturday Pei Qian packed his things and prepared to go home. The company was already on holiday. Most departments would only return to work on the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, which would be next next Monday. Fish-Catching Take-Out, Upwind Logistics, and the other departments were all working on from the second day of the new year. They would take turns to rest from the second day of the new year to the eighth day of the new year. Of course, all employees who worked during the holidays would be paid overtime. Therefore, many employees in these departments did not want to take a break. Instead, they were eager to work overtime. This time, he just had to put his watch down without having to change his clothes and computer before returning home. That was because Pei Qian had told his parents that he was working at Fei Huang Workspace. Whats more, he was a veteran of Fei Huang Workspace. Thus, his income was quite good. Since that was the case, it would not seem strange if he wore expensive clothes when he returned home. The two elders had a higher estimate of Pei Qians income now that he had bought the house. Naturally, they did not care much about these things. Whats more, they could not tell if the suit cost a few thousand or tens of thousands. His parents had already moved to a house near the high-speed rail station. It was also in Jingzhou and was not far away. Thus, Pei Qian only brought a small backpack with some clothes and his own computer packed. They were still in the same city, and he was only staying for a week. There was no need to bring so much luggage. However, he still had to bring his computer along. Otherwise, it would be difficult to handle if something happened during the holiday. Pei Qian went downstairs and took the car home once he was done packing. At the same time, Qiu Hong had arrived at the airport and was waiting for his flight. He felt like it was a lifetime ago looking back at his work life in Beijing for the past few months. Qiu Hong sighed in his heart. How did I become the savior of domestically-produced and independent games as a game designer with paywalls? He could only say that the world was unpredictable. Since he had nothing to do, he took out his cell phone and checked the netizens comments about the change in the pre-sales price of Black Ink and Clouds. Last night, he arranged for his subordinates to adjust the pre-sales price of Black Ink and Clouds to five yuan. For players who had already paid the pre-sales, the price of the game would be reduced to 36 yuan. That meant that when the game was officially released, they only needed to pay another 21 yuan to purchase it. In addition, Qiu Hong also made an official announcement to apologize to the players who had already bought the game. He apologized for the impact of the changes in the pre-sales prices on them. As for why the pre-sales price was lowered, the announcement said: After the pre-sales of Black Ink and Clouds was opened, players showed extraordinary enthusiasm and support for the game. The research and development team was deeply moved by this. However, it was precisely because the players displayed enthusiasm that far exceeded expectations that we thought the pre-sales price was too high, so we lowered the pre-sales price. We are deeply sorry for the impact on players, and we have provided compensation plans for everyone. Qiu Hong had tried his best for this announcement. That was because Boss Pei had made the decision to change the pre-sales price and compensate the players. The reason was that Boss Pei felt that pre-sales were actually transferring risks to players and should not be advocated. However, this reason could be discussed in private, but it would not be good to write it in the announcement. That would definitely dampen players enthusiasm to support domestically-produced independent games. Therefore, Qiu Hong himself could not really explain in detail in this announcement. He could only vaguely explain it. Qiu Hong felt that the players would probably still accept it, but they might also find it strange. He had to see how the netizens reacted. Qiu Hong quickly found the gamers discussion about the change in the pre-sales price of Black Ink and Clouds. What do you mean? You changed the pre-sales price from 15 yuan to 5 yuan? Thats not necessary, right? Game developers confuse behavior. According to the announcement, the official platform thinks that the pre-sales price is too high because the players are very passionate? Why cant I see the logic behind this? Could it be that the official platform thinks that more people would be able to buy the pre-sales for five yuan? That wont happen. Those who are willing to buy pre-order games are basically players who support domestically-produced and independent games from the bottom of their hearts. For such players, whether they sell pre-order games for five yuan or fifteen yuan doesnt make much of a difference. Whats more, they have to pay the final payment when the game is released. No matter if its priced at five yuan or fifteen yuan, the price of the game is still the same. Whats the difference? Apart from making less money, I dont see any other impact Thats very confusing. Most players indeed felt that the official behavior of the Destitution Plan was a little superfluous. The pre-order sales price was high and low. It was just the difference between getting the money earlier or later. There was no need to deliberately change the pre-sales price. However, just as most gamers were feeling confused, a post appeared on the internet, explaining the true intentions of the Destitution Plan! I suddenly understand why Black Ink and Clouds lowered its pre-sales price! The official saying is that because the gamers enthusiasm for pre-order sales far exceeds expectations, the official platform realized that the pre-sales prices were too high. At first glance, this logical relationship doesnt seem to be valid. Why does the official platform feel that the pre-sales price is set high because of players enthusiasm? I have to explain why independent games are so popular now. The pre-sales of independent games are mainly because the developers of independent games often lack money. They need to withdraw a portion of the funds in advance through pre-sales to better develop the remaining parts of the game. Black Ink and Clouds initially set the pre-sales price at 15 yuan. Obviously, they had a rough estimate of the remaining development costs through the expected sales volume. They felt that 15 yuan would be enough to support future development. However, they did not expect the sales volume to be three times higher than they had expected. The initial development cost that could only be maintained at fifteen yuan was now maintained at five yuan! Thats why the official platform decided to lower the pre-sales price. Some people say that this is making a mountain out of a molehill and that theres no need for it. Five yuan and fifteen yuan is just the difference between paying more and less for the rest of the game. However, to the officials of the Destitution Plan, they must have felt that it would be good as long as they obtained the follow-up development funds. There was no need to set the pre-sales price so high. They would be suspected of scamming money. On the other hand, they must have felt that the interests of the players were no small matter and were fully respectful to the players. Therefore, even though it was obviously something beneficial to the players, they specially made an announcement to explain and apologize to the players. I can only say that the boss of the Destitution Plan is indeed a sentimental and magnanimous person! Our support was not in vain! The gamers were enlightened after the post was published. So that was it! Are the developers so restrained? They think that they can sustain the subsequent development costs, so they cut the pre-sales price from 15 yuan to 5 yuan? This cant be considered as restraint. It can only be said that gentlemen love money and are good at obtaining it. Many independent games like to set up pre-sale sales to deceive others. They would first collect a wave of money and then slowly develop it. They would either not sell it for a long time or sell a half-finished product to fool others. However, the Destitution Plan game has no such intention at all. Obviously, it is very confident in its own game! We have to support developers who value gamers so much! This developer is too kind. I cant help but think of Tengda Games. This looks like something Boss Pei would do! However,it seems like the Destitution Plan has nothing to do with Tengda from the current information. Thats a good thing. It means that the gaming circle has produced another sentimental and conscientious boss. Thats a blessing for domestically-produced games! Im going to post this on Weibo and get more people to pre-order Black Ink and Clouds! Qiu Hong could not help but feel enlightened looking at the netizens discussions. So Boss Pei had such intentions? The changes to the pre-sales prices this time had not only left a good impression on the players, but also increased the number of pre-sales players! The number of pre-salesmen had increased further, whether it was because the popularity of the topic had increased, letting more people know, or because the pre-sales had dropped from 15 yuan to 5 yuan. Wouldnt that increase the sales volume after the game was released? The pre-sales price of the game had been reduced, and discounts have been given to gamers who had already bought the game. This was definitely a good thing for gamers. On the other hand, the Destitution Plan had won both in face and in reality. This was a win-win situation! Qiu Hong could not help but feel emotional. Boss Pei was indeed Boss Pei. He could see the fundamentals of a simple operation! His control over the players mentality had reached the peak! January 22nd, Sunday Pei Qian woke up and washed up before seven in the morning. The two elders living conditions were much better now they had moved into the new house on the high-speed rail station. His parents had even specially left the master bedroom for him. The two elders insisted on staying in the second bedroom. Obviously, they had not completely given up on the idea of letting him make this house a wedding house. Pei Qian was speechless, but there was nothing he could do. It looked like he could only buy a house to let his parents live in peace after he lost some money. Pei Qian went to the living room after washing up. His mother was cooking in the kitchen while Old Pei was making tea in the living room. The two elders were shocked to see Pei Qian wake up. Son, why are you up so early? I thought you would sleep until nine. Have some water first. Breakfast is almost ready. His mother continued preparing breakfast after saying that. Old Pei nodded in satisfaction. Not bad, son. Your working hours are quite healthy now. Keep it up, do you hear me? Pei Qian took out his Bluetooth earphones and put them on. Then, he sat on the sofa and opened the live-stream of IOIs global finals on his cell phone. The two elders had obviously misunderstood. Would Pei Qian wake up early if there was nothing special? If IOIs global finals did not exist, Pei Qian could have slept all the way to 10 AM. Why would he wake up before 7 AM? He opened the live-stream. The time was just right. The competition would begin in a few minutes. Pei Qian might have said that he was giving up but he was actually still paying attention to the FV Team. God bless us. Everything will be fine as long as you dont crush the championship The finals was the pinnacle showdown between FV Team and FRY Team. The attention had already been maxed out before the competition. The FV Team was not favored at the start. During the group stages, they had been mocked by foreigners as cn IOI noob. However, no one dared to question their strength anymore after they achieved two 3: 0 in the top eight and top four competitions. FRY had also advanced triumphantly to the finals as the strongest veteran team in Europe and the United States. They had lost two or three minor games, but the tenacity and strength displayed in the competition could not be underestimated. The commentators on the official platform of Finger Games thought that this would be an evenly matched and exciting competition. From their personal standpoint, they were obviously more supportive of the FRY Team. It was the same competition venue as before. However, compared to the top eight and top four, the standard of todays competition was even higher. Finger Games specially invited a famous rock band from Europe and America to sing the theme song before the competition began. There was also a very cool cosplay performance. The venue quickly became a sea of revelry amidst the applause and cheers! Chrtien and Zhao Xuming sat in the front row with grave expressions. Chrtien had secretly sent two Balancers of Finger Games to the FRY team to help them analyze the new versions data and provide tactical support for the FRY team. FRYs tactical reserves must have improved during this weeks preparation. However, no one could say for sure if they could win against the FV Team. That was because FV Teams current strength was a mystery to everyone. They were training on the second floor of the internet cafe every day. No one knew what they were practicing. The accompanying data team kept their mouths shut, and there were bodyguards guarding the door. It was an impregnable fortress. Chrtien did not dare to play any despicable tricks, such as asking his engineers to check the game data. After all, two may keep counsel putting one away. If the official game data was exposed, it would be a huge scandal. Chrtien would probably not be able to bear the consequences. Sending two Balancers to FRY secretly and providing them with a bit of tactical support was the limit that Chrtien could do. It also posted a huge risk. No one knew the outcome of this battle. Chrtien and Zhao Xuming could not help but feel nervous as they watched the FV team members confident expressions. He had thought that they were five noobs, but he had not expected them to fight their way to the finals. All the clubs in the world and Finger Games combined could do nothing to them! Chapter 846 - Results Prediction The five players from both teams stepped onto the stage one by one after the exciting pre-match performance. The audience immediately applauded warmly. The first IOI International Finals trophy that Finger Games had prepared for the champion was placed in the center of the stage. There were even several close-up shots. This championship trophy was huge and gorgeous. Finger Games could be said to have spared no expense for this global finals. Whether it was the venue or the trophy, they would surpass GOGs international invitational tournament. Previously, GOGs international invitational trophy weighed 28 kilograms and was 35 centimeters tall. It was made of zinc and gold-plated material, and was extremely beautiful. Finger Games international finals was meant for GOGs international invitational tournament. They had to do a full set of acting. The venue and other aspects had already surpassed GOG. Wouldnt it be a joke if the trophy was too small? It had to be bigger than GOGs trophy! Therefore, the trophy that Finger Games produced this time was even bigger than GOGs trophy. It was 40 centimeters tall, and was larger overall. However, considering that the skinny internet addicts might not be able to lift the trophy if it was too heavy and made of the same material. Thus, they specially made some adjustments to the material. The weight would ultimately be 25 kilograms. It was still very heavy, but at the very least, it looked bigger than GOGs championship trophy while ensuring that the team members could lift it up. Finally, both teams took their seats and began to adjust their computers after a rather long opening ceremony. The highly anticipated IOI global finals was about to begin. The platform was fully filled with people since it was the finals. There were five commentators and three former professional players participating in the analysis and discussion. Three of them were in charge of commentating during the competition. The remaining two commentators and three professional players were in charge of analyzing before and after the competition. The analysis before the competition was mainly to warm up the venue, analyze the current state of the two teams, their preparations, the tactics they were good at and predict the contents of the next match. The analysis after the competition was mainly to review the previous match and point out the turning point and key players of this match. These three professional players were the star players of veteran European and American clubs. They were strong and had a deep understanding of the game. They spoke clearly and were carefully selected from the six teams that were eliminated in the top eight. All in all, the standard for the finals was directly maxed out, giving the audience the feeling that they really profited from buying the tickets! The players were still adjusting the machine and making pre-match preparations. The two commentators and three professional players on the analysis platform began to warm up and analyze todays finals. OK, lets take a look at the prediction for this finals. Its surprising. Apart from David, everyone in the eight commentators predicted that FRY would win. To be honest, such a one-sided prediction made me feel a little uneasy. Then, lets discuss why we made such a pre-match prediction. I think we should ask the three professional players to tell us why you made this prediction. Is it because you were eliminated by FRY? The three professional players looked very relaxed. The first person on the right spoke first after laughing. FRY Team is our old rival. While they have eliminated us in the semifinals and made us very indignant, I have to say that I think they are indeed stronger than us. They are the popular candidates for the championship in this finals. On the other hand, while we have not fought with FV Team before, FV Team seems to be a team that focuses on routine and teamwork from their style. Their performance in the previous games was indeed invulnerable, but I think that the overly smooth elimination tournament journey did not allow them to suffer too many setbacks and therefore have not had much experience when the situation goes against them. On the other hand, FRY is more comprehensive. We all know that they can quickly end their opponents after obtaining an advantage in the early stages. Even if they were to fall into a disadvantage in the early stages, they can rely on their outstanding individual ability to drag the game into the mid to late stages to turn the tables. Therefore, I judge that both sides will ultimately play five rounds, and FRY will obtain the final victory. Another professional player added, Thats right, in terms of team style, FRY is indeed more comprehensive. During the elimination phase, all the teams are constantly trying to figure out the version answers. We noticed that from the group stages to the top eight, and then to the top four, the popular heroes have been changing. The heroes that were Banned previously are no longer on stage. This means that as the elimination phase continues, the lineup of both teams will gradually converge and find the optimal solution to this version. After both sides have reached the peak of their tactical reserves, it would be a test of their ability to adapt to the situation at random, their ability to handle the situation when the tide was against them and their players performance. After the North American team was completely eliminated, FRY, the only remaining European team, is actually enjoying the home ground treatment. Considering their ability to deal with the situation against them and their tenacity, I believe that the final victory would belong to them. Whats more, FRY has many celebrity players. In the face of such a big scene, I think the value of celebrity players will be reflected. Thats why I think FRY will win with a score of 3: 1. The last professional player said, I also think that FRY Team will win this competition, but my estimate is different from theirs. I think that FRY Team will beat FV Team by a huge lead of 3: 0 this time because our team has recently competed with FRY Team in a few mock competitions. I cannot disclose the details, but I want to say that FRY Team has made a huge improvement compared to the time during the semifinals. Their understanding of the game version has improved further. They have even changed their playstyles completely, catching all of us off guard. In fact, they have tortured us badly, and FV Team might be unprepared for these new tactics. Therefore, I think that if FRY can play their level normally, they will undoubtedly win with a 3: 0. Everyone else on the official platform looked shocked because no one else knew about this. The team that this professional player belonged to lost to the FRY team in the semifinals. If he felt that the FRY teams strength had improved by leaps and bounds compared to the semifinals, then his words were very credible. Many commentators smiled. Obviously, the three professional players speech had greatly boosted their confidence. The organizers had to be fair and impartial and should not be biased towards either side, but they would still subconsciously support the European and American teams. Chr??tien and Zhao Xuming were not so optimistic below the stage. Obviously, these commentators and professional players were predicting FRYs performance. The two statisticians Cretian sent to FRY team, had indeed played their roles. These two Balancers had worked together with the coaches to come up with a new tactical plan, which had greatly improved the strength of the FRY team. FRY had once again arranged for the opponents in the semifinals to compete in the mock competition. Of course, they would torture the opponents until they could not find their bearings. Thus, FRY originally had the ability to compete for the championship in the eyes of these professional players. This championship was of course guaranteed now that their strength had improved by leaps and bounds. However, Chr??tien and Zhao Xuming, who knew some inside information about FV Team, knew very well that the situation was definitely not that optimistic. FRY Teams strength had increased because of the data analyst sent by the official platform. Did FV Team not have any data analysts? They had, and their experience was much higher than FRYs! Then, after a week of training and preparation, what was FV Teams strength now? These coaches and professional players were blindly confident because they did not understand FV Teams true situation at all. They thought that FV Team was still at the level of the top four and would not improve much. What would happen to FRY team if they were so arrogant? Zhao Xuming had a bad feeling. It was commentator Davids turn to speak after everyone else on the official analysis platform were done speaking. He was the one who predicted that FV Team would win. David shrugged. Alright, I cant deny that you all make sense, but FV battleteam has not been favored from the start, right? Every team had high hopes for themselves before fighting them. They were publicly recognized as strong teams, but they became weak after fighting FV Team. FV Team has always been able to come up with a playstyle that we have never seen before. Whats more, they are playing like a shared intelligence. There are no particularly dazzling superstars in the team, but if you look closely, you will realize that every one of them is actually very strong. They always appear where they should appear and do what they should do. Thats why I think FV Team will still defeat FRY with a 3: 0 and start their own dynasty. A commentator smiled and said, This is really a surprising prediction. David, do you think that FRY wont be able to get even a score from FV? FRY has also relied on their strong performance to enter the finals. They are not a weak team. David nodded seriously. Yes, thats what I think. Lets wait and see! After the commentators warm-up and analysis, the equipment adjustments for both teams were finally completed. The big screen switched to the games image. The three official commentators entered the official commentary segment. Eh, neither side bashed the cursed evil spirit that shone in the semifinals, nor did they snatch it! Chaos Misfortune, which was very popular in the group stages, was not banned again. It looks like both parties have found a way to deal with this hero. They are not afraid that the other party will get it. On the FRY teams side, the three core heroes that FV Team performed well in the semifinals were banned. On the other hand, FV Team also banned the other teams celebrity heroes to show their respect. Both parties did not ban the popular heroes according to their previous understanding. Alright, the Blue Team, FRY will be choosing first. Let us see their first hero choicea?| Chapter 847 - Tactical Game FRYs coach looked very confident. He held a notebook in his hand. On it was the strong lineup developed by the FRY teams coaches and Finger Games Balancer. FV team successfully snatched the global hero they wanted at the first hand since it wasnt banned: Wings of the Blade. FRYs coach was very happy. He felt that FV Team was most likely unprepared for this lineup. They would definitely be able to win with a surprise move. If they were to win the first round of the BO5, the following competition would be very smooth. What FRY wanted now was to play a lineup that strengthened the distribution of power. The ultimate move of the mid-laner, Blade Wing, was a displacement skill that could cover half a map and could support teammates at any time. This way, they would choose a pressure resistant combination for the bottom lane, and then choose a top lane that was very strong on the opposing line and was more powerful in one-on-one combat. The entire lineup would become very complete. The mid-laner could obtain an advantage through the quick support in the early stages. The top-laner also had an advantage against the opponent, which could ensure development. Once they maintained their advantage and entered the mid-stage, both heroes would have the ability to split and win easily by rolling the snowball. Therefore, FRY first snatched the core of this lineup, the Wings of the Blade, when a large number of popular heroes were outside. That was because this heros ultimate move was irreplaceable. It was FV Teams turn to choose. Old Zhous expression remained calm as he directed his team members to take down the Fierce Gale Martial God. FRYs coachs eyelids could not help but twitch. That was because this was the best candidate for top laner in their hearts! The Fierce Gale Martial God was a top laner hero with very strong solo ability. It was also the optimal solution for their group of top-laners. That was because there was no natural enemy for this hero. The FRY members were slightly flustered seeing that their hero had been snatched. FRYs coach quickly said, Dont panic, its alright for them to go first. We can still get the Sickle of Death anyway. The Sickle of Death was a top-laner hero with multiple displacement movements. It had a small disadvantage in fighting the Fierce Gale Martial God, but the Sickle of Death was easier to coordinate with his teammates. Whats more, it had more displacement skills and was not afraid of being caught. It was a good substitute in this lineup. However, the coach saw FV Team locking onto the Sickle of Death again just as he finished speaking. FV Teams first two moves had directly taken two top-laners that were most suitable for FRYs lineup! It was FRYs turn to choose. The coachs mouth was slightly agape, and he was momentarily stunned. What did that mean? Are we still playing or not?! What did they mean by snatching both of our top-laners? Did they have two top laners? Could it be that one was in the middle lane, the other was in the top lane, and the other was in the jungle? FV Team snatched the two top-laners with the most suitable lineup for FRYs side directly, making FRY extremely disgusted. The key was that FV itself did not seem to have gotten any benefits because these two heroes did not match at all, so that FRY could not tell what kind of lineup they were going to play! The FRY coach quickly changed his mind As time passed. Since the two most suitable top lane players have been snatched, well first protect one of our subordinates, and then choose a good tool for the top laner to cooperate with the jungler. Choose the bottom lane group first, then the top laner. Lets consider choosing the Ancient Lava Tree as the top laner. Well mix in the early stages and use the Root Entanglement as a control skill. We can catch the opponents top laner together with the jungler. FRY chose a team that was easier to blend in with the bottom lane. They planned to choose a pair of more cooperative junglers. It was definitely impossible for the top laner to be a strong line anymore, but as long as they chose a top lane with control and could withstand pressure, coupled with the jungler and middle lanes Wings of the Blade, they could kill the top lane two or three times. That way, the Wings of the Blade could still be divided without pressure in the mid lane, tactics could still be carried out. However, they immediately locked onto the Ancient Lava Tree when it was FV Teams turn to choose! Right on the heels of that, FV Team chose a strong early-stage, but useless during later stages bottom lane Archer. Only one last position was left unchosen. FRYs coach was confused. What was the meaning of this? FV Team had three top-laners and one Archer. How could they play the game like that? The key was that these three top-laners did not have a good combination with the Archers skills! FRYs coach frowned deeply, his entire face scrunched up as he began to work hard to analyze FV Teams distribution route. The Fierce Gale Martial God seemed to be for the top lane, a low probability jungler; if the Fierce Gale Martial God walked on, then Death Sickle, a top-laner hero with multiple displacement, was most likely a jungler, or possibly hanging in the middle lane to provide support. This Ancient Lava Tree would definitely be used in the top lane if the previous two heroes were not used, but could it be a support now? If FV Teams last choice was revealed, they might be able to judge which path these heroes would take based on the overall lineup. However, it was now FRYs turn to choose their players. Their lineup would be released first, and then it would be FVs turn to choose the last position. This crazy swing made the FRY coach dizzy. Coach, hurry up. Theres not much time left, the team member reminded. FRYs coach decisively gave up analyzing. At this stage, the most important thing was not to analyze the opponents lineup, but to get his own lineup right. The support-type mid-laner and stable resistance bottom laner had been chosen. Now, they had to choose a top-laner who was not weak in laning ability and a jungler who could carry relatively well. That was because no matter how much the other party shook, the top-laner would definitely be a strong top-laner. Choosing a top-laner with poor laning ability would directly cross the line and there would be nothing left to play. However, the problem was that other than the three top laner heroes that had already been snatched away by FV Team, the other top laner heroes could only ensure that the lane would not collapse but could not guarantee that they would take over the competition in the later stages. Therefore, the jungler could no longer choose tools but heroes with a certain level of carrying ability, or else it would become a shocking five to zero lineup. The coach would definitely be scolded to the skies if he lost this lineup. FRY teams coach immediately directed the team members to take down an alternative that had an advantage in the early and useless in late stages according to his own ideas. He also obtained a jungler who was relatively weaker in the early stages but could take over the competition when he developed. However, FV Teams last move was to choose a hero that they had never seen before in this worlds finals: Explosive Artisan. This hero did not have any special advantages. He could just push the laning phase and dismantle the tower relatively quickly. Its development period was relatively long, and it could not deal any damage without the equipment advantage. Therefore, it was a mid-to late-stage hero, and it could only play in the middle lane. Coach FRY frowned and stared at the screen in confusion. What did that mean? The final hero they selected could only play mid so the roles of the previous heroes were basically clear: the Fierce Gale Martial God would be a top laner, the Sickle of Death would play jungler, and the Ancient Lava Tree would support. FRYs coach confirmed the lineup of both sides and felt that their lineup should be able to play. The top lane, mid lane, and bottom lane were all 50-50 against each other. The other party had an advantage in terms of jungling, but as long as they passed the early stages steadily, there would be a clear gap in the output of both sides when their jungler became stronger in the mid to late stages. Then, the scales of victory would tilt towards FRY. FRYs coach relaxed slightly and patted his jungler on the shoulder. All the best, as long as we hold on in the early stages, well definitely win in the later stages! The first round of the competition officially began with everyones eyes glued! The bystanders could not tell that the two teams were scheming against each other because they had chosen a lineup that had never appeared in the top eight or top four. Many heroes were unpopular heroes which had not had such a high exposure in so many competitions before, the finals therefore gave everyone a refreshing feeling. Most of the audience felt that FRYs side was stable, because FVs lineup seemed to be a little too much! The middle lane was a hero who developed slowly, had short legs, and could die in a single grab. The only characteristic was that it could push the tower faster. The archer at the bottom lane was more aggressive in the early stages. They would not be able to win if they were to delay a little. The most important thing was that in order to destroy FRYs lineup, they snatched three top laners and got two of them to jungler and support positions. The entire lineup was dazzling. On the other hand, FRYs strategic intentions were clearer. They would develop steadily in the early stages, and in the mid stages, they would rely on the quick support from the mid-laners ult to gain some advantage. In the later stages, they would directly crush and win. The commentators were all worried for FV Team. It was not that they wanted FV Team to win, but that they felt that FV Teams lineup was too ridiculous. They were worried that if they lost too badly, wouldnt the viewing value of the finals be completely gone? On the other hand, the bullet screen comments of the live-stream platform in China was completely different. Holy sh*t! Could this be the forced demolition variant from GOG? It does seem to be the case when looking at this mid-laner. Lets see how to fight it later! Are they really going to use GOGs playstyles to play it? The wretched and forced demolition style against the global style? Are they going to directly break the opponent through the initial snowball game? This is good. This game is going to be explosives! I dont understand what you guys are talking about since I dont play GOG. What is forced demolition? Can someone explain? It was New Years Eve today, a legal holiday. Most people were on holiday, and GPL had already taken a break. Thus, IOIs global finals naturally attracted a large number of viewers. Many viewers were gamers of GOG. They came to watch the IOI finals because they had nothing to do. Players who only played IOI could not tell, but these gamers who often watched GPL quickly recognized FV Teams tactics. In the GPL league, there were already teams that had tried to use the so-called strong demolition to fight against global traffic. As for FV Teams lineup selection, while the heroes were completely different from GOG, it obviously fit the definition of strong demolition! The so-called global style was the support style. After the mid-laner reached level six, he would use an ult to support his teammates, kill, and obtain resources. Then, he would quickly roll a snowball. After developing well, he could bring the line to pressure the enemys minions in the mid-laner and win the competition. On the other hand, the choices of various teams were also different in the process of fighting global flows. Some teams chose to use global flows to fight global flows. They would mimic each other and we whoever was faster would support them. Some teams chose to invade the lineup forcefully or force a lineup. They would either directly destroy the other mid-laner in the early stage or capture the lone person in the middle stage. Chapter 848 - There’s No Way to Target! At that moment, Pei Qians image had become incomparably incredible in Zhao Xumings mind. He could not help but feel fearful. Zhao Xuming was very clear about FV Teams previous standards. During the domestic qualifiers, this team had to fight ten rounds to successfully obtain the first seed. Their strength could only be said to be on par with other domestic teams. How did FV team manage to go from being weaklings in the qualifiers to making waves in the international competition in just one month? These five players were originally not weak, but to rely on their own sudden enlightenment and inexplicably increase their individual strength during the World Competition? That was impossible. The huge change in FV Team was definitely due to the coach team behind them, and this coach team was arranged by Boss Pei! The team of trainers had modified and used some of GOGs tactics. They had made a killing in the IOI World Finals. That was enough to show that GOGs designers had a better understanding of the game than IOIs designers. Boss Pei was not only Tengdas boss, but also Tengdas number one game designer. He had many classic works, and GOG was only one of his many games. Thinking about it this way, Boss Peis understanding of the game and his attainments in the game were probably several levels higher than FVs coach team! Thinking about it this way, Boss Pei did not even personally take action. He only sent a few subordinates to settle IOIs global finals. How terrifying was his understanding of this game? Zhao Xuming could not help but shiver. He felt that this matter could not be any more detailed. The more he thought about it, the more despair he felt. Zhao Xuming had been dealing with Chrtien ever since he was put in charge of IOIs local server. Chrtien was the designer of Finger Games. Logically speaking, his understanding of the game was already very high. However, Zhao Xuming could still vaguely feel that Chrtiens understanding of the game could not be compared to Boss Peis. He was always one step slower and was led by the nose by Boss Pei. Zhao Xuming suddenly had a strong ominous feeling. It seemed like Boss Pei had already arranged for todays script. FV would be to win at 3: 0. This ominous feeling enveloped him. He could not help but feel a chill on his back as he fidgeted around in his suit. However, the competition was not over yet. Zhao Xuming could only continue watching. At the same time, Pei Qian, the culprit, was looking anxiously at his cell phone screen. The cell phone screen was pitifully small compared to the lively atmosphere and the huge screen. However, Pei Qian was actually in about the same mood as Zhao Ming. They were both anxious but had no good solution. Pei Qian really wanted to ask why FRY was so lousy! Releasing wild monsters, tower, dragons, resources You might as well release your own base! It was a secondary matter that the competition was not exciting. The key was they would lose hands down if they kept playing like this! It was obvious that FRY Team was hesitating. They felt that as long as FV Team revealed a flaw if they delayed and waited, they would have a chance to seize it and turn the situation around. However, FV battle team was playing too rigorously. The densely packed field vision pierced through FRY battle teams jungle. FV battle team would pull away very cleverly, every time FRY wanted to rush out to find an opportunity, causing FRY battleteams intentions to completely fail. Initially, FRY team was the one who wanted to do zone control but FV team became the one who carried it out. Three strong men surrounded the explosive craftsmen in front of them. If they did not pay attention, the tower would be gone. Martial God Fierce Gale, on the other hand, was very graceful as he ate his minions and monsters on the side road. His life was extremely comfortable. Finally, FRY team could not take it anymore. The Wings of the Blade directly used a huge move to forcefully grab the Fierce Gale Martial God who was at the borderline! However, Fierce Gale Martial God who had been farming alone was no longer the weakling at the beginning of the game. He was one of the heroes with the strongest solo ability. His equipment was also good. After symbolically retreating to lure the enemy in, he jumped up and gave the Wings of the Blade a fierce beating! The moment FRY went up to grab the Fierce Gale Martial God, the four people in front of FV immediately pushed forward in a group. The defense tower was like a piece of paper that would shatter with a single touch in front of the well-developed Explosive Artisan! FRYs team members were still hesitating about defending the tower when they were directly formed by the Ancient Lava Tree. The four members of FV instantly pressed forward. The three people guarding the tower were helpless in the face of a huge economic advantage. They were quickly killed one by one, and only the support Ancient Lava Tree was replaced. On the other side, the Fierce Gale Martial God had also replaced the Wings of the Blade before he died. FRYs top-laner, who had low HP, chose to return to the city, but he could not fight one against three at all. He could only watch anxiously from the spring. FV Team was directly penetrated in one wave under the lead of the Explosive Artisan! The final head-to-head ratio of both teams was 3: 4. FV Team had only taken one more head, but they had widened the huge economic gap and won the competition. Both teams left the stage. The players on FVs side looked rather calm. They did not look too excited. This was only the first round after all. Whats more, after both teams had locked in, Coach Zhou had already emphasized some of the key points of this game in an extremely short period of time. Therefore, the players had already had sufficient psychological expectations and were not surprised by the development of the entire game. There was nothing to be excited about winning since the competition followed the script. On the other hand, the team members looked solemn on FRYs side, as if they were facing a formidable enemy. What was scary was not losing, but losing so helplessly! When the lineup was chosen, both the coach and the team members felt that they could play. However, the script did not develop as they had expected when they really fought. This was a huge blow to everyones mentality! The two teams returned to the lounge and began to arrange their tactics. The scene returned to the analysis platform. The other commentators did not look too good other than David. They were trying hard to hide their awkwardness with smiles. The professional player who said that FRY would win the competition at 3: 0 looked the most embarrassed. What an unexpected competition. Er The total number of heads on both sides did not even reach double digits because both sides were playing a tactical game and were not fighting all the time even until the end These commentators might be very professional but they were a little helpless in this competition. That was because FRY team had been releasing resources from beginning to end. The last wave of the team battle had ended. It was like a movie. The first few minutes had been a foreshadowing, but suddenly, it seemed like they were going to get to the main topic but the entire movie was over! However they had to brag since it was the finals after all. It would be a huge problem if the audience felt that the competition was not good. They had to brag that both teams were strong and had not made any mistakes. That was why they could play such a exciting game. The commentators who supported FRY analyzed the reason for their failure. I feel that FRY Team did not display their true skills. Perhaps they were nervous and restrained because of the finals stage. I hope they can adjust as soon as possible. Indeed, this is not the FRY I know. I think much of this competition was very coincidental. The wave of Wings of the Blade flying towards the bottom lane was perfectly resolved by the other party. His own tower was also pushed with a lot of HP. If this teams decision can be considered more, the outcome of this competition might be different. I think there are some problems with the BP as well. FRY mistakenly thought that FV had already won two top-laners and would not snatch the Ancient Lava Tree, so they took the bottom lane combination themselves, causing all the usable top-laners to be snatched away. FVs victory this time means that they know very well how to play the global style. Maybe if FRY changed their strategy, they would not be as passive as the first round The commentators unknowingly leaned towards FRY. In fact, if the first round of the competition had been a back and forth, with a few twists and turns, these commentators would definitely praise both sides. However, FV had won so smoothly that the commentators could not help but worry for FRY. Would the finals still be interesting if FV really won cleanly with a 3: 0? The camera panned to the two lounges. On FV Teams side, the players were all sitting quietly, listening to Coach Zhou explaining the tactics to them. All of their expressions were very focused. On the other hand, on FRYs side, the expressions on the players faces were different. Some were confused, some were anxious, and some looked like they wanted to say something, but the coach was setting up tactics, so they swallowed their words silently. Obviously, everyone had different thoughts about the first loss. FRYs coach was holding a piece of paper. While the camera did not specially take a shot, one could still see five neat rows of hero heads on it in a flash. That was the lineup that FV Team had won previously. These teams had nothing in common. There was no way to restrict them! What was worse was that each lineup seemed to be in an extremely awkward situation: Restrictions, seemed unnecessary; but if there were no restrictions, they really did not know how to win if the opponent chose. Not being able to rely on both sides was the worst. After reading it a few times, Coach FRY angrily crumpled the paper into a ball and threw it aside. Look at this! Since he could not target them, he would not target them. He would work hard to create his own line up! The FRY coach was not confident either, but he was the backbone of the team after all. He could only bite the bullet and comfort his team members. The other party was prepared for the previous round. We lost a little in terms of tactics. Dont take it to heart. Obviously, the other party can only use such a big move once. The next step would be a competition of strength! I believe that everyone will definitely not lose to the other party in terms of strength. Therefore, everyone must keep calm. This time, well choose the red side and let the other party snatch it. Then, well leave the last position to target. I believe in everyones strength. The lineup for the previous round was indeed targeted. This time, its our turn to target them. All the best, everyone! Chapter 849 - It Feels Like A Different Game! However, what Coach FRY did not know was that this scene was perfectly captured by the cameras and broadcasted to all the audiences around the world. The live-stream platform in China was filled with bullet screen comments. Whats that paper in Coach FRYs hand? I saw it! It looks like the lineup that FV Team chose from the top eight! Really? Then what does he mean by he crumpled the paper into a ball and threw it away? They should have given up, hahahaha. I just checked the lineup that FV Team won. They played a total of seven rounds from the top eight to now. They chose 26 different heroes. Almost every round was played differently. Whats the point of analyzing! Im sorry for the FRY teams coach. Im afraid I wont be able to think of a way to deal with them, right? Dont be arrogant, dont be arrogant. Lets see how FRY intends to play the next game! The second round of the competition began while Zhao Xuming and Pei Qian were feeling nervous. This time, FRY deliberately chose the red team and gave the right to choose first to FV Team. Obviously, it was because they had suffered a huge loss in terms of tactics previously. This time, they hoped to wait and see. They wanted FV Team to choose a lineup and then target it themselves. At the very least, they wanted to ensure that the lineup would not split apart once it was selected. Both parties were still going to take down the other partys hero. However, even though the principles were the same, the effect was different. FV banned the heroes that they felt was FRY teams forte. However, the heroes FRY team banned did not seem to cause any trouble for the FV team at all. That was very uncomfortable. The FRY team had just finished banning the last person and Old Zhou had already directed his team members to lock onto a hero that had once been a must-have choice for anyone to ban: Chaos Misfortune! They locked it in an instant, showing off their aura. This hero was very popular in the group stages. As long as they obtained it, they would basically win. It was a relatively weak hero in the early stages, but once developed, it would be an unbeatable hero. However, FV Team released this hero when they fought with CEM in the top eight. Then, they used a second tier jungler hero to kill it directly. This hero did not seem to be so god-like after all. That was because after that game, the other teams were inspired and knew how to play Chaos Misfortune. Once everyone knew how to target, this hero would not be so scary. FRYs coach was shocked at first, but then revealed a happy expression. Thats great! Chaos Misfortunes choice was indeed out of FRYs expectations. That was because FV Team preferred to release this hero for the opponents to choose and then target themselves. They rarely snatched it themselves. Coach FRY took a closer look. While FV team had chosen Chaos Misfortune, none of the strong early-stage jungler heroes who could deal with Chaos Misfortune had been banned! Wasnt that equivalent to giving it away for free? He immediately asked his team members to choose the unpopular jungler hero line up that FV had chosen to play with CEMs Chaos Misfortune. Why not copy the standard answers? FRYs coach guessed that the reason why FV Team did not ban the two heroes was partly because they wanted to carry out their own unique skills, and partly because they were blindly confident. Once Chaos Misfortune was surpassed by level two and three, it would definitely be blown through. However, since this lineup was developed by FV Team, they would definitely let the jungler do the opposite to protect Chaos Misfortunes development. Perhaps it was because of all the considerations and the lack of ban positions that FV Team did not ban these jungler heroes. However, the reason why FRYs coach was so confident was because they had specially trained in this style before! After analysis by the Balancer of Finger Games, he concluded that Chaos Misfortune was still T0s choice in terms of data. Thus, FRY team had focused on training this hero. Even if the opponents jungler protected Chaos Misfortune, FRY battleteam had other ways to deal with it so that Chaos Misfortune could not develop. This was one level higher than FV Team in terms of tactics! The BP of both teams continued. FV Team did not seem to care much about FRYs lineup. Instead, they chose a team battle system that revolved around Chaos Misfortune. FRY had also chosen the lineup that they wanted. They did not completely copy FV Teams strategy, but made some slight adjustments. However, the tactical playstyle was the same: the strong mid-laner who was good at support had directly crippled Chaos Misfortune in the early stage. If the FV teams jungler did not protect Chaos Misfortune, then Chaos Misfortune would die infinitely under the tower. If the jungler protected it, then the jungle would be invaded and compressed. In the situation where FV was developing poorly, FRY only needed to find a rhythm to break the stalemate. Chaos Misfortune would still be very difficult to develop. The official commentator had learned his lesson this time. They did not say it out loud even though they were still completely optimistic about FRYs lineup. FRY chose a standard lineup to deal with Chaos Misfortune. They practically wrote Chaos Misfortune Must Die on their faces. And even though they knew the other partys intentions, FV Team did not make too much of a response to the lineup. Could this be blind confidence? The tactics that FRY Team is currently using were the tactics that FV Team developed first. However, it is obvious that FRY Team has already integrated their own understanding into this strategy. Would the Master who educate his disciple or would the disciple defeat the Master? Let us wait and see! At the same time, in Jingzhou Pei Qian looked at the lineup of both parties and felt like he had seen this scene before. Wasnt this similar to the match during the top eight? He still remembered how Chaos Misfortune was crazily targeted by FV Team and died from beginning to end. However, it was FV Team who took Chaos Misfortune this time. Pei Qian vaguely felt that there must be something wrong with the situation. However, he could not guess what FV Team was planning at that moment. He could only continue watching patiently. The answer was soon revealed. FV Teams bottom lane duo rushed to the top lane without stopping the moment the competition started! Pei Qians heart skipped a beat when he saw that. He immediately had a bad feeling. It was no wonder that FV did not restrict the other partys top laner heroes when choosing the lineup. That was because they had long thought about changing the lineup. It did not matter what kind of hero the other party was! Both IOI and GOG did not have any protection mechanism. In other words, the initial attributes of the three top, middle, and bottom towers were exactly the same. There would not be the setting of the first two towers down in XX minutes. Thus, this method of switching lines was not rare in competitions. Many teams did not trust the ability of a certain line player, so they would let the team change lines to avoid the pressure of the line. Chaos Misfortune should be able to withstand the pressure alone at the bottom lane. If that was the case, it would be unable to take care of itself by FRYs bottom lane duo or it would not be able to develop at all. However, FV battle team was obviously not a regular line change. Chaos Misfortune did not go to the bottom lane at all, but followed the jungler straight to the opponents upper half of the jungle. The bottom lanes two-man team and the middle lane also followed, instantly forming a five-man team! FRYs jungler was shocked and hurriedly escaped. It was a good thing that he had run away quickly. Otherwise, this game would have been difficult if he had been killed. However, he did not panic too much and calmed down very quickly. After all, he had seen many tricks from the first team competition. Since the other party had invaded his upper half of the jungle with such fanfare, he would go to the lower half of the zone by himself. They would not lose too much even if he were to switch to another jungle. The invasion of FV team had indeed bought Chaos Misfortune some time to develop. It had made FRYs idea of crossing the tower at level two fail. However, the price was that the development of two of their own heroes were severely damaged. FVs bottom lane team would definitely miss out on a lot of experience if they returned to the bottom lane after playing the first-level team. The bottom lane would probably have to be holed up forever. FRY Team would not lose out at all if the script really developed this way. They would pick up a huge advantage at the bottom lane for free, and then find an opportunity to train Chaos Misfortune in the top lane after clearing the second half of the jungle. The official commentators obviously understood this as well. They were all saying that FV Teams first-tier team had to be considered. While it ensured that Chaos Misfortunes development to a certain extent, the bottom lane team lost too much and could not match the line directly. However, FV Teams actions were beyond everyones expectations. After invading the jungle, the two teams at the bottom lane had no intention of returning to the bottom lane at all. Instead, they went straight to the top lane! The archer aimed at the FRY teams top-laner, causing him to lose his balance. What was going on? Shouldnt it be two brothers wrestling on the top lane? Why did someone with such long arms suddenly bully me? And he had a bodyguard with him? FRYs top-laner was very depressed, but he had played quite a number of games after all, so he quickly stabilized his mentality. He could still do something by using some skills to make up for the damage as long as he ate some experience under the tower. However, FVs jungler and Chaos Misfortune were already behind him just as the first wave of minions entered the tower. He was already surrounded by four strong men before he could level up! Obviously, FV had no intention of letting Chaos Misfortune go to the bottom lane to resist the pressure at all. They might as well hang out with the jungler in the jungle! The top laner from FRY battle team was still at level one and the jungler had gone to clear the second half of the area again. He had no choice at all. He was killed after a symbolic resistance under the tower. The jungler and Chaos Misfortune once again entered the FRY Teams jungle to develop after that. The bottom lane of FV Team began to push crazily up the road defense tower. The official commentators were all shocked. FV Team gave up the bottom lane directly? They dont want the bottom lane anymore? FRYs bottom lane is already pushing the tower. Its obviously faster than FVs. After all, FV Teams forceful killing of the opponents top-laner took up a certain amount of time. This way the bottom lane of FRY Team is very comfortable, which allowed it to develop completely without any pressure, and they are not worried that people would come to catch them; the jungler of FRY Team can change the opponents jungle after clearing the bottom half of their own jungle, it is not a loss at all. Then whos losing out? FRYs top-laner lost the most. He died once, and now he has nowhere to go! He doesnt dare to go to the top lane, so he can only follow his own jungler or bottom lane. FRY Team can still accept it if both sides were to explode. No, FRY cannot accept this because FV is obviously developing Chaos Misfortune! The bottom lane on FVs side was pushing crazily. After the jungler and Chaos Misfortune finished farming the jungle, the jungler went back to farm his own top half lane. However, Chaos Misfortune did not follow him. Instead, he came to the front of FRYs top lane tower which was already severely damaged. FV Teams bottom lane hit the tower until there was a sliver of HP left. Then, they immediately went home, leaving Chaos Misfortune alone on the top lane. They silently waited for the tower to finish off all the soldiers on their side before taking down the defense of the tower unhurriedly and returning to the city. All the tower money had been given to Chaos Misfortune alone! FVs two-person team at the bottom lane immediately rushed to the middle lane after replenishing their equipment, while the jungler and middle lane entered the lower half of the jungle to give pressure. Chaos Misfortune comfortably arrived in front of the second tower at his own bottom lane and steadily caught a large wave of soldiers. FRY Teams bottom lane dual team was still full after pushing down the defense tower. However, it was a little too ridiculous to charge into the opponents second tower within a few minutes of the start of the game. Whats more, they had to provide equipment. Thus, they quickly pushed down the defense tower and returned to the city immediately. However, this wave of minions was not completely wiped out. In the end, Chaos Misfortune still benefited. On the other hand, the tower on FRYs top lane had fallen, but the defense tower ate all the small soldiers before it was destroyed. Thus, the minions were still converging at the river. The top-laner did not dare to go over at all because there was no defense tower anymore. An underdeveloped top-laner would be like a walking ATM. FRY was stunned. Their top-laner had nowhere to go! He did not dare to go to the top lane without a tower; the bottom lanes minions were under FVs second turret and could not be eaten; he could not possibly go to the middle lanes minions, right? What should the mid-laner and bottom laner do? The number of people dead on both sides was 1: 0. Only the top-laner on FRYs side died once. The economic gap was not widened at all. However, the situation had taken a sharp turn. FRYs tactical arrangements had been completely destroyed. They could not play anymore! The bullet screen comments were exploding in the live-stream in China. This is the Seven Injuries Fist? Killing a thousand enemies and sacrificing eight hundred? Ive seen swap lanes before, but Ive never seen someone swap lanes like that! They just left the bottom lane empty? However, FV is making a killing from the results! Chaos Misfortune has developed! FRY chose junglers, who had advantages in the early stages, to teach Chaos Misfortune a lesson. However, they did not expect their own top laner to be taught instead! The hero in the early stages collapsed and could not develop anymore. How is he different from an ordinary soldier? Ive already imagined FVs psychological activity: Brother, Im waiting for Chaos Misfortune to emerge. What are you waiting for? Im dying of laughter. FRY is being suppressed by their IQ again! How can they continue playing in this manner? Chaos Misfortune ate the tower money and ate such a huge group of soldiers. After developing, he surpassed the top-laner on the other side. It would definitely be able to fight one against five if he were to become fat! At this point, even the audience could tell that FRY was about to lose. This lineup was originally an early-stage lineup. They wanted to catch Chaos Misfortune, but their own top-laner collapsed before they could catch him! The development of the other four players might not have been affected at all but FRYs lineup was not a team battle lineup to begin with. Whats more, if the top-laner was not well-developed, they would lack a front runner. A team fight would definitely shatter. How could they continue to play this way? FRYs team members looked solemn. They were beginning to doubt their lives. They were even deeply confused: Was this still the IOI that they had been playing? Why did it feel like a different game? They suddenly did not understand it anymore! This feeling was like thinking that he was playing well in Go but in the end, the other party suddenly linked five pieces together and won! Chapter 850 - A Heavy Strike The entire game entered rubbish time after Chaos Misfortune took a huge wave of the bottom lane without any pressure. FRY Team was still trying their best to find an opportunity, but their lineup wasnt a team line up to begin with. It was impossible to change the entire battle even if they tried their best to find an opportunity in a disadvantaged situation. While both parties economies were almost equal, they could not fight at all even though Chaos Misfortune ate all sorts of resources. FRY Team was completely crushed with one touch. In the end, both teams head-to-head ratio stopped at 17 to 12. FV Team successfully won the second round! Both teams left the stage. FV team members did not have much of an expression because they knew very well that the game had basically ended the moment they succeeded in swapping lanes. Since everything was going according to the script, there was nothing to be happy about. There would not be a huge turnaround. On the other hand, some of the FRY team members were already beginning to break down. It was especially true for their top player. His eyes seemed to be glistening with tears when he got up and returned to the lounge. His competition was too difficult! According to the original tactical arrangement, their jungler should have focused on taking care of the top laner, crazily catching Chaos Misfortune to fatten him up, directly taking over the competition in the middle. In the end, he did not expect FV Teams change of lines to mess up FRYs tactical arrangements. He, who was supposed to take over the competition, was targeted at level one directly. He realized then that he had become a homeless orphan. On the other hand, the other partys top lane Chaos Misfortune ate soldiers, towers, and wild monsters. The resources that FV team could give him were all given to him. There were no fancy moves to play in the team. He just threw a few skills and got a bunch of kills. FRY Teams top-laner was definitely not convinced. Wouldnt it be the same for me if I were to play Chaos Misfortune? There was no difference in the operations of both parties, but because of their tactics and teammates, they ended up fighting until one of them was god-like while the other became rubbish. Who would be convinced? What was even more infuriating was that no one made any serious mistakes in the two games. However, they felt that their IQ was suppressed and they could not win no matter how they played! The scene returned to the commentator stand. The expressions of the commentators became even more unnatural. They might still be using their smiles to express their awkwardness and trying their best to explain the exciting parts of the team battle, everyone knew in their hearts that there was no suspense in this game from the beginning. The few kills that FRY had won were completely irrelevant! FV Teams goal was especially clear. It did not matter how many people were killed in the early stages as long as they could buy time for Chaos Misfortune to develop. It did not matter how many heads they exchanged for in the later stages of the game. In any case, Chaos Misfortune, could just harvest them. It looked like there would be a swap of heads every time both sides fought, but Chaos Misfortune had not died even once. In other words, FRY still did not pose any real threat to FV Team. No matter how many heads they took, they would only have died a slow death. It was still a one-sided match but the commentators definitely could not say that. They still had to help FRY Team. The audience would be too discouraged if they told the truth. I feel that FRY Teams performance in the second round has obviously improved. They made many attempts in the second round, grabbed some opportunities, and bit the economic gap very hard at once compared to the first round where they were restrained. However, hero Chaos Misfortune took too many heads in the end and could not be dealt with, so FRY was powerless to reverse the situation. Obviously, FV Team snatching Chaos Misfortune was a trap. Even though there was a change in playstyle in the previous competition, such a playstyle where all four of them were concentrated on the top lane and completely gave up on the bottom lane had never appeared before. Now, it looks like this is indeed a very good way to ensure Chaos Misfortunes development. FV team has obtained three points now. The scene is a huge advantage for them. However, we also noticed that FRY team is obviously adjusting and adapting quickly after FV team used all their trump cards. I believe that FRY team will bring us an exciting competition that is evenly matched in the third round! FRY Team is a very resilient team. They have created miracles in desperate situations many times before. Can they chase three points and create another miracle this time? Let us wait and see! The atmosphere in the FRY team lounge was very depressing. This game dealt a greater blow to their morale than the first game! While they did not get many kills in the first round, the entire venue had been giving up their resources, FRY was still waiting for an opportunity. They had always believed that as long as they found a better opportunity in the later stages, there was a possibility of turning the tables. On the other hand, the second round was the exact opposite. The FRY team seemed to be fighting back and forth on the battlefield. They had obtained the kills and exchanged for the defense tower. However, everyone became more and more desperate as they watched Chaos Misfortunes equipment getting better and better. That was because they knew very well that they would not be able to win if they delayed any further. In the beginning, it would be useless even if they tried to fight back. They would not be able to find an opportunity even if they wanted to! If one were to use a boxing match as an analogy, the first round would be to keep defending. However, the other party did not get many points, so FRY team still felt that there was a chance of turning the tables. Both sides were getting points in the second round, but no matter how much FRY struggled, the gap between the two sides was getting bigger and bigger. That was really despairing! This was especially so for the top laner. He felt like he no longer knew how to play this game. Both teams did not have too many shortcomings in the finals stage. Every member was a top player. FRYs top laner was usually very confident, but todays competition made him as poor as a dog from beginning to end. It was even worse than running into an actor in a ranked competition. He was doubting life. The coach was no less agitated than the team members. Logically speaking, there should be no problem with the players performance. They had lost both games without any suspense. The coach had to take the blame. However, the coach also felt very innocent. All the players and the entire coaches team were suppressed by their IQ. How could he have to take the blame alone? Finger Games data balance expert was here, but it was useless! The entire FRY Team was overjoyed when Finger Games secretly sent the statistician. These two statisticians were indeed talented. They helped to analyze the data of many strong heroes and prepared a few tactics. FRY had also successfully improved their strength. They had tried out mock competitions with other European and American teams and basically won easily. That was why FRY team was extremely confident before the start of the competition. FRY Team felt that they would definitely be able to win all five rounds even if the opponents performed extremely well in the finals. In the end, they were completely suppressed by their IQ! The tactic that Finger Games had sent the statistician to help out was not effective at all. The opponent had completely seen through it! Coach FRY had something to say as well. Finger Games statisticians were not good enough. What could I do? Everyone in the lounge was at a loss. In the end, the coach spoke. Chaos Misfortune why dont we ban it? The team members looked at each other, tacitly agreeing. For the first two rounds, FRY team did not Ban Chaos Misfortune mainly because they felt that they could handle it even if the opponents were to choose it. However, after the second round of competition, they realized that they really could not deal with FV Team obtaining this hero! FRY Team would not have a good solution as long as they insisted on this method of swapping lanes, letting Chaos Misfortune go with the jungler to farm the jungle. Even if they could use the two-person route to catch the right line, it would only delay the development of Chaos Misfortune. It would not be able to play a decisive role. However, they would not dare to snatch Chaos Misfortune by themselves. That was because they knew very well that this kind of change of line was definitely not a tactic that could be learned on the spot. Every strategy was very complicated, including the early lineup selection, the preparation of the opening field, the handling of unexpected situations, and so on. It was a very complete system. On the other hand, FRY Team knew nothing about these details. There was no time for them to review the second round of the competition. How could they copy the opponents playstyle? Whats more, since Chaos Misfortunes new playstyle was developed by FV Team, who would dare to bet that they did not have a countermeasure? Thus, after much consideration, the safest way was to ban it. However, there was a small problem if that was the case. They had to think carefully about which of the outstanding heroes to release from FV Team that had been defeated previously. In the end, the coach made the decision decisively. In that case, lets ban Chaos Misfortune and Wings of the Blade. We cannot take any more risks even though the other party might not play global games. Well fight steadily in the next round. Well choose our best heroes and compete purely on strength! The team members nodded in agreement. While FV Team had never played global games before, who would dare to bet that they did not know how to play? FRY Team was not as confident about playing global games as FV Team. If they lost this game, it would be gone. Therefore, after being defeated twice in a row, FRY Team decided to change their mindset. Since they could not win by playing with their brains, they would compete with brute force. They would defeat all the key heroes in the popular system and then compete with the opponents! The FRY team members had been dealt a huge blow, and their mentality was not very stable. However, in this situation, they no longer had any burdens and decided to give it their all. Zhao Xuming swiped his cell phone worriedly to check the discussion on the forum regarding the finals below the stage. FV Team had obviously obtained one-sided support on the domestic forums. All sorts of posts praising FV Team have been published. There were also many people who were thinking of ways to help FRY. However, this was not because they were on FRYs side. They simply felt that FRY had been beaten too badly. Thus, these people took the weaker side and hoped that they could adjust well and contribute to an exciting competition. However, even a keyboard warrior could not figure out a way to win! Chapter 851 - Knocked Out! That was because ordinary keyboard warriors had to at least catch the war criminals in the competition when they expressed their opinions about the competition, right? Someone had to play badly or the entire lineup was not reasonable enough to fire. However, there were no war criminals among the ten people in the finals this time. There were no major problems with the performance of the FRY team members. Other than criticizing them for being cowardly, sleepwalking, and zero effect of the entire game, there was no point in criticizing them. It did not seem like the line up that FRY chose could work out in the future. However, it did not seem like they would not be able to win after choosing this lineup. This was especially so for the second round. If FV Team had not changed their lineup, who would have guessed that the script would be like this? They naturally could not correct it since they could not find the key problem. Even the keyboard warriors could not think of ways to win with their imagination. This was ridiculous enough. Zhao Xuming sighed silently and closed the page on his cell phone. However, the competition had not started yet. The break time this time seemed to be especially long. After all, they were already at the competition point. The officials also hoped to give the FRY team more time to adjust. Whether it was to stabilize their mentality or to discuss tactics, at least it would make the competition more suspenseful. Zhao Xuming looked at Chrtien. Do you think FRY Team still has a chance? Chrtiens expression was not very good. After a long silence, he said, I hope they have some trump cards. Zhao Xuming fell silent. He could tell that Chrtien was obviously at his wits end. Finger Games had even specially sent two statisticians to help with the strategy, but the strategy was still crushed by FV Team. What could he do? Both of them knew very well what would happen if they lost this round at 3: 0. Thus, both of them tacitly did not mention it. He was a key figure in the game and had control over the entire game therefore it was quite ridiculous for him to pin all his hopes on FRY Team. Finally, after a break that was obviously longer than the previous round, the competition began again. This time, FV Team took the initiative to choose the blue side, the red and blue side did not change. FRYs coach could not help but heave a sigh of relief. Obviously, this was because after FV Team realized that FRY could not solve the hero Chaos Misfortune, they took the initiative to choose the blue side and forcefully occupied one of FRYs Ban positions. However, it did not matter since FRY had already decided to ban the two heroes Chaos Misfortune and Wings of the Blade. Whats more, if they were on the red side, they could observe the heroes that the other party snatched, analyze their lineup, and target them. For FRY, who had already decided to play hardball, their current goal was not to choose the best lineup, but the least bad lineup. FRY could accept it as long as FV Team did not get the IQ crushing lineup of the first two rounds. Coach, how are we to ban? The team member asked. FRYs coach thought for a moment. There had to be Chaos Misfortune and Wings of the Blade in the Ban position. Then, he had to release two of the three heroes that Ban had dropped previously. After some consideration, he decided to release two heroes that no teams were playing in the current version. Release the Storm Swordsman and the Specter Blacksmith. Ban the Chaos Misfortune and the Wings of the Blade. The Storm Swordsman was an assassin-type hero with multiple slots. In IOI, it could be said to be a godly weapon to torture noobs. However, the problem was that the initial value of this hero was not very high. He would be beaten up by the opponent whether he walked on the road or jungled. Only when experts were used to torture the noobs would they be able to farm a large amount of money and equipment until he was ahead of the opponent. Only then would this hero have a gaming experience. On the other hand, Specter Blacksmith was a rather unpopular support. It could switch between specter and physical forms. It could passively add money and experience to a teammate. Its ultimate move was to temporarily allow a teammate to enter a specter state, immune to physical damage, reduce the time that they were controlled, and increase their movement speed. However, the problem was that this hero was relatively cumbersome. He did not have any displacement skills nor did he consume any skills. His hands were especially short. As a support, it would be very difficult for him to go to the bottom line in the early stage since he might die. These two heroes were quite common in the game of passerby. However, in the professional arena, because the intensity of the early stages was worrying, choosing them would mean losing all the tempo in the early stages, so basically no one played it. FRYs coach had also known about FV Team before and knew that these two heroes were FV Teams unique skills. That was why he had always eliminated them. Now that he thought about it, it would be too difficult to play the game if the version of the hero was taken away. He might as well play the other two. FRYs coach estimated that the other party would not be able to take both. That was because if they took both, they would not be able to play the game anymore since the bottom lane and the early stages of the jungle would be completely destroyed. Even if they wanted to complete the job, they would have to wait until the later stages. Even if the other party took one, FRY would at least be able to obtain an advantage along the way. As long as they had the advantage in the early stages and the lineup was not too problematic, they could only say that they were not as good as the other party. There was nothing to be depressed about. Thus, after some consideration, he decided to release these two heroes. As FRY had predicted, FV Team did not snatch any of the two heroes. Instead, they took the Ancient Lava Tree. This hero had appeared before. He was very straightforward and had control skills. However, no matter how one looked at it, it was not worth snatching it. After all, it was just an accessory. It was impossible to match its lineup. Did you choose a jack-of-all-trades top laner first because you dont want to expose your tactical intentions? Or is it because Wings of the Blade and Chaos Misfortune have been eliminated, so there are no heroes worth snatching? FRYs coach did not understand what it meant to snatch an Ancient Lava Tree because the priority of choosing such a hero was not high. This meant that FRY would be able to get two of the heroes they wanted since FV snatched this hero. FRYs coach immediately directed the opponent to lock down the mid-laner and bottom-laner heroes that they are very confident with. These two heroes were rather valuable and had decent stats. The players proficiency was also very high. They basically had no natural enemies. On FV Teams side, they chose the more functional shooter, as well as the living hero, Specter Blacksmith. When the first three heroes were selected, they felt like they were three tools. They did not know who to make as the lead. Whats more, the selection of this bottom lane team made people feel that it would be very difficult whether it was the right line or the team playing. While they should respect this unique skill, to put it bluntly, the current numerical strength of Specter Blacksmith was indeed not worthy of appearing at the bottom lane. The FRY coach frowned slightly. He was optimistic but also worried. Are they planning to hide the jungler until the end? It doesnt matter. With our current lineup, no matter what they choose, the early stages will definitely not be a problem. As long as both sides develop steadily, our chances of winning are at least fifty-fifty. Well take the jungler first and ensure that our own lineup is complete. Well choose the Fierce Gale Martial God on the top lane and chase after the Ancient Lava Tree on the front line. We can still split them later on. Itll be very difficult for them to deal with. Well choose a strong jungler and not be afraid of being targeted by the opponents. Leave the last position to the support. With the strength of the opponents bottom lane, we can use the strong support to play against the line. We can also choose the Wanderer to cooperate with the jungler to put pressure. The former can directly cross the line, the latter can help the jungler establish an advantage, no matter how they choose, our lineup is better. FRYs coach suddenly became confident. The main reason was that FV Team had forcefully chosen the teams ultimate hero, Specter Blacksmith, causing the strength of the bottom lane to be too low. On FRYs side, they could play very comfortably whether they played against the line or wanderers. Whats more, the archer of FV Team was a tool, not the kind that could be carried in the later stages. Even if Specter Blacksmith added money and experience to it, it could not end the competition. After this round of selection, FRYs coach was filled with confidence and felt that he had already won half of the game. On the other hand, FV Team did not hesitate much. They directly locked onto a strong support at the bottom lane and the Storm Swordsman! The FRY teams coach was still gloating a second ago, but in the next second, his eyes widened as he looked at the screen, thinking that he had seen wrongly. FV Team actually chose two support heroes? The Storm Swordsman was definitely a jungler, one of the two support heroes would definitely go to the middle lane, but no matter how one looked at it, these two support heroes going to the middle lane was very ridiculous! One of them had control all, but it was not very tanky nor did it cause much damage. It would be useless even if he ate resources. However, it was even more ridiculous for Specter Blacksmith to take the mid-laner because it was useless even if he ate resources. The most important thing was that the passive effect of raising money was wasted. FRYs coach paused for five seconds. On one hand, he was at a loss. He felt like the script was suddenly out of his control. On the other hand, he was waiting for the other party to call for a pause. FV Teams lineup was probably wrong, right? Their hand slipped and locked onto it too quickly? However, the other party had no intention of pausing even after waiting for five seconds. Coach FRY was very confused. After some thought, he realized that he only had one support left. There were no more tricks to play. He could either choose a strong support to play against them or a wanderer support to lead the tempo. After much consideration, Coach FRY felt that FVs Ghost Blacksmith could only be a support player. He made a prompt decision. Choose a wanderer support. We have the advantage in the early stages of the middle, lower, and wild paths. Assist and do more work. Try to destroy them in the early stages. Archer, you have to take care of your own life. If you really cant do it, hang yourself under the tower. Anyway, the other party is a Specter Blacksmith. They cant do anything to you. Both sides had chosen their heroes. At that moment, the bullet screen comments in the domestic live-stream were filled with question marks because no one could understand what FV Team was trying to do. This lineup would not be able to defeat the opponents at the same time. It would be a waste to do a team fight too. They would only be able to show their ignorance. The domestic commentators were still forcefully explaining to FV Team. I think this lineup would put the support hero in the middle lane to eat resources. It would be able to move around more and play more rhythm. It has many control skills, and with the Storm Swordsman, it would be very effective as long as it was smooth sailing. On the other hand, Specter Blacksmiths mixing in the bottom lane would allow their own archer to develop better, and it would also be a good late-stage guarantee Obviously, the domestic commentators did not understand how this lineup was going to be played. They could only rely on their own game to forcefully explain it. However, the commentator was slapped in the face in the next second. That was because FV Team had directly moved Specter Blacksmith to the mid-laner! Whats more, there was no exchange of heroes until the start of the game. FV obviously intended to use the combination of Ghost Blacksmith and Storm Swordsman! This time, all the commentators were silenced. That was because Specter Blacksmith had been an absolute support hero ever since he was designed. He was not meant for the mid-lane. Even if he tried to force his way, he would definitely be smashed by the opposing mid-laner. This had nothing to do with the players skills or operations. It was just that the mechanism of this hero would not allow it. However, since FV had selected them and had not called for a pause, it was obvious that they felt that they could play. The audience who had been on the FRY teams side, hoping that they would be able to turn the tables around, had unknowingly shifted to FV teams side. That was because everyone was very curious about how Specter Blacksmith would be used in the mid-laner! The competition soon began. FV Team was very cautious when they left the house. They made contact at the river to prevent the other party from invading. The Storm Swordsman might be a hero with multiple displacements and was not considered very strong in solo battles, but if they were both level one, they would still be very powerful. In addition, the Ancient Lava Tree had control of the tower in the early stages, so FRY team did not dare to invade rashly. Both sides were farming. FRY team had already been tricked twice in the beginning. Naturally, they did not dare to take the risk in this round. Their only wish was to start the game steadily and play a normal game. However, FRYs mid-laner quickly discovered the problem. Wheres the Specter Blacksmith? He had originally wanted to trample on the other partys Specter Blacksmith. However, after stabilizing himself a few times, he suddenly realized that the other party was not online at all. He waited for a while and realized that no one was coming, so he did not stand on ceremony. He directly pushed the line and pushed the little soldier under the defense tower. However, he saw the Specter Blacksmith and the Storm Swordsman coming out of the jungle just as the soldier entered the tower. They used a set of skills to clear the wave of soldiers before turning around and entering the jungle. FRYs mid-laner could not help but be filled with question marks. ??? What was going on? Obviously, these two people had no intention of paying attention to him. They just used their skills to clear the line and then left. The Storm Swordsman moved in multiple stages, shuttling through the wilderness at lightning speed. On the other hand, the Specter Blacksmith followed behind him obediently and helped him fight monsters and small soldiers. He then gave the Storm Swordsman the experience and money obediently. FRYs mid-laner stood in the middle lane, lost. No one was going against him, so he had nothing else to do other than to deal the last hit. However, every time he pushed the little soldier under the tower, FV Teams Storm Swordsman would come out of the jungle and eat this wave of soldiers. FRYs mid-laner also wanted to control the line, but it was useless. The Storm Swordsman would come to the mid lane after he ate in the jungle. He would attack the small soldiers and then run after eating. He would not stay for long no matter what. He did not even care that some of his HP had been depleted in the middle tower. It was as if he only cared about the small soldiers and monsters! Chapter 852 - Monster Harvester FRYs team sounded confused. Theres no mid-laner on the other side at all. This Specter Blacksmith is a support, and the Storm Swordsman eats everything in the middle lane and the jungle! What should we do? The Storm Swordsman dominates two lanes, and the Specter Blacksmith can passively give him more money and experience. He can fight five by himself in a while! Can the mid-laner push the tower? We cant. The Storm Swordsman can rush back based on the situation. The next wave of troops under the tower will be cleared very quickly. If the mid-laner is pressed down too deeply, we might be caught! My top laner has suppressed the Ancient Lava Tree well. Dont let anything happen to it! Can our jungler help to push their junglers into the jungle together? That wont do. Lets not talk about whether you can beat him after entering the jungle. You wont be able to catch Storm Swordsman even if he wants to run. Whats more, hes farming the jungle with two people. How are you going to catch him so quickly? What if the support wanders around? No, the pressure at the bottom lane is too great. I cant leave. FRYs team members discussed a few plans, but after some research, they realized that they did not have a good solution for the current situation! Initially, he thought that the Specter Blacksmith was going to take the bottom lane, so FRY chose a wanderer as support. FV team moved the Specter Blacksmith to the middle lane unexpectedly and changed the bottom lane to a strong support. This way, the pressure on the bottom lane would suddenly increase. If FRY forcefully allowed the support to wander, the pressure on the bottom lane would not be able to withstand it. It might even fall directly. The top laner did not want to leave either. The Fierce Gale Martial God chased after the Ancient Lava Tree and developed very comfortably online. If the Fierce Gale Martial God went to support his teammates, it would be equivalent to letting the Ancient Lava Tree, the team battle hero, develop without any pressure. If the support failed, wouldnt he be playing himself useless? The Fierce Gale Martial God was a rather unique hero to begin with. He had to eat his own resources to carry them. It was impossible for him to leave. FRYs jungler was more powerful but he did not dare to rashly invade FVs jungle in the early stages. After all, it was easy for something big to happen if their level was low. If their level was high, they could consider invading, but they realized that the level and economy of the Storm Swordsman had already risen. They might not necessarily win even if it was two against two. Storm Swordsman might be weak in the early stages, but as long as he was in the lead in terms of economic and experience, he was a godly weapon to torture noobs. Whats more, he was a very mobile hero. Multiple segments of displacement allowed him to fight very agilely. It was very difficult for FRY to deal with him with the Specter Blacksmith as a nanny. Whats more, Storm Swordsman was a hero FV used well. It was impossible to count on mistakes in the operations. Thus, FRY fell into a situation where they could not do their best. The mid-laner and jungler were still playing the game, eating wild monsters, their development was completely unaffected. However, the problem was that the development of Storm Swordsman in FV was better! It had eaten the middle lane and the jungle by itself. It also had additional economic and experience. How could it not develop well? FRYs members also felt that the current situation was not good. They had not seen it in competitions but it was still very common for the Storm Swordsman to fight one against five in more novice competitions. FRYs other heroes might not be enough for them to kill if they were really defeated by the Storm Swordsman, especially with Spirit Blacksmiths ultimate move. They could forget about playing the game as long as they were defeated by the Storm Swordsman. FRY teams voices became anxious. No, we have to speed up. We cant continue developing so steadily. Otherwise, when the Storm Swordsman comes out, it will be difficult for us to fight. Lets go to the bottom lane! Alright, Ill go after pushing the line. FRY took a look and could only take the bottom lane. The top laner Ancient Lava Tree was meaty and had control. It was easy to fail in a 3v3 under the tower. There was no one in the middle lane at all. The Storm Swordsman would run after clearing the minions. It would definitely not fight with them and was basically impossible to catch anyone in the jungle. Thus, they could only make a killing in the bottom lane after some serious thoughts. FVs bottom lane might be considered a strong combination, but they can still make a killing if they were to carry out a four protect two formation. Whats more, FRY team had played a petty trick. They moved downwards immediately after deliberately storing some troops in the middle lane and advancing into FVs middle lane. Storm Swordsman from FV might be able to move faster, but he would definitely arrive late if he took the mid-laner. If he did not, he would be at a loss. The Specter Blacksmith and the Storm Swordsman were conjoined twins. It was impossible for them to go to the bottom lane on their own to provide support. Thus, both of them were tied to the middle lane at once. They would not be able to cross in a short time. They should be able to kill two people at the bottom lane and retreat safely as long as the four from FRY team could handle it well. Indeed, everything was going according to FRYs plan. The Storm Swordsman could not bear to part with the experience and money of this large group of soldiers as expected. He returned to the middle lane to eat. Meanwhile, FRYs mid-laner took the opportunity while the Storm Swordsman was eating the soldiers to reach the bottom lane and directly decided to cross the tower at FVs bottom lane. The two people at the bottom lane of FV Team were obviously mentally prepared as well. They had been working hard to take on the troops before they were bagged. The fully-controlled support had been delayed for a period of time under the tower. Even though both of them had died in the end, most of the soldiers had been taken in by the tower. The opponents bottom lane was also average. The damage suffered by the defense tower was limited, and they did not lose too many soldiers. The FRY team heaved a sigh of relief. No one died on their side. The tower crossing was still completed without any mishaps. However, someone shouted, Hurry back to the middle lane! Previously, the fight at the bottom lane had been so intense that the four of them had not had time to pay attention to the situation in the middle lane. The Storm Swordsman did not intend to support the bottom lane at all now that they looked at it from the perspective. Instead, he was attacking the defense tower crazily! The Storm Swordsman waved his hands wildly, and his huge sword slashed at the defense tower. Every slash cut off a large portion of its health bar. The reason why the Storm Swordsman was so popular in the low-end game was not only because it had multiple displacements, could reap, and could show off, but also because it could steal towers. Whats more, this hero cleared his troops very quickly. If no one took care of it, there would be a continuous stream of soldiers. The central tower would probably be cut down very soon. FRYs mid-laner quickly returned to the city and prepared to defend the mid lane. The strategic location of the defense tower in the middle lane was too important. Their vision would be restricted and the jungle would fall if it fell so early. The situation would be very passive later on. Storm Swordsman saw FRYs mid-laner return to the city and calculated the time he would arrive at the base of the tower. Then, he and the Specter Blacksmith entered the upper half of FRYs wilderness and began to trample on the newly spawned monsters on FRYs side. FRY battleteams jungler went from the top to the bottom, the top lane monsters were just refreshed when they went to the bottom lane to gank. After eating so many resources, the Storm Swordsman was almost one big item ahead of the opposing jungler. The jungler monsters were simply like a lawn mower, not a single blade of grass grew wherever they went. FVs strategic intentions were very obvious. If you want to capture people from the other lanes, just do it. The Ancient Lava Tree on the top lane and the archers on the bottom lane were functional heroes anyway. They would still be of use even if they died a few times. The Storm Swordsman would tear down the tower and eat the wild monsters if you went to catch them. Lets see who would lose more. FRY Team might have successfully killed the bottom lane of FV, but the finances of both teams were still on par. There was no gap at all. Instead, the economic difference between the jungler positions was getting more and more ridiculous! FRY did not have any good ideas to deal with Storm Swordsman even as they saw it enter their own jungle and eat until it was full. Forget it, let him eat in the upper half of the jungle. Its too late to rush over now. Ill eat the lower half of his jungle in exchange. FRYs jungler might as well continue to farm in the lower half of the jungle on FVs side. Alright, Ill go to the bottom lane after pushing this wave. Well catch them again. FRYs mid-laner agreed. They would probably be showcased if they went to catch this Storm Swordsman now. Thus, the best choice was to continue the battle at the bottom lane and push down the defense tower at the bottom lane as soon as possible. Then, they would switch the two-person team to the middle lane and catch the Storm Swordsman together. FRYs top-laner was stunned. What about me? The jungler was silent for a moment. Take care of yourself. FRYs top-laner was speechless. What happened to me carrying this game? He chose the Fierce Gale Martial God to fight the Ancient Lava Tree. It was originally quite comfortable but he did not know why the team went to fight the second half of the area as he played on. He was abandoned again! A fattening Storm Swordsman and Specter Blacksmith were wreaking havoc in his upper half of the jungle. Coupled with a controlled Ancient Lava Tree, FRYs top-laner knew very well that if he was not careful, he would be controlled and killed directly. Chapter 853 - The Fear of Being Dominated by a Noob Hero He had no choice but to return in between the first and second towers to hide. That was because it was not safe for him to stand under the tower. It would be very easy for the three of them to kill him. Thus, the four members of FRY began to team up and dismantle the first tower of the road while the three members of FV Team began to team up and dismantle the first tower of the road. FV Teams bottom lane obviously understood as well. They decided not to go to the bottom lane and went straight to the middle lane. Now that the laning phase was done and the Storm Swordsman had developed. It did not matter if it was released from the tower. It could take over the competition as long as it continued to create space for the Storm Swordsman to develop. There might be only three people dismantling FV, the Storm Swordsman dismantled the tower too quickly. It was almost as fast as four people dismantling the tower. There was a defense tower on both sides that had been demolished. The match period was over. FRYs side was in the lead, but their finances were basically equal because the Storm Swordsman was farming too much money. After this operation, FRYs top laner was shocked to find that he had become the most miserable person in the entire venue again. He could only eat leftovers in front of his own top laners second tower! The opponents bottom lane was being targeted as well, but they were tools. They did not need to eat too many resources to be useful. However, Martial God Fierce Gale had to carry alone. He would be useless without money. Whats more, he had such a fat Storm Swordsman. How would he dare to carry him alone? If he was caught, he would be chased and hacked to death. On the other hand, the Swordsman of the Storm continued to play the good tradition of eating four lanes per person. Everything that could be seen on the map was eaten clean like a mad dog. There were two assistants and two tools in the team after all. In reality, four of them were protecting one. Finally, after eating all of his monsters, the Storm Swordsman returned to the city and took out another huge piece of equipment. The entire teams finances were almost all concentrated on it, directly facing the opposite jungler with one and a half pieces of equipment! On the other hand, FRYs finances were distributed to people in the middle and bottom lanes. They were all in the range of a few hundred to a thousand yuan. They could only produce a small piece and not enough for a qualitative change. This time, FV did not avoid the battle anymore. They directly formed a team and entered the opponents jungle with great fanfare. They ate whatever monsters they saw and did not miss any map resources. That was because they had determined that the key equipment for the Storm Swordsman was out. They were in the lead and could try to take out the team! FRYs jungler shouted anxiously, The opponent has entered my jungle, come and help me! FRYs mid-laner was furious when he saw FV acting like that. Our finances are about the same, why are they acting like that! Fight them! The support was a little hesitant. Can we fight? The Storm Swordsmans equipment is too good. The top-laner decisively said, We have to fight! I dont want to lose like the first game! The other partys finances are all on the Storm Swordsman. We can win as long as we restrict him! The entire FRY team was furious. That was because they had lost the competition because they had been too focused on stability and had let go of the entire jungle in the first round. They had felt too cowardly. However, speaking of which, they might not be able to win the first round because FVs team strength was higher than theirs and their vision was better. However, both parties economies were obviously equal in the current situation. FVs vision was not advantageous either. What right did they have to invade so openly? Did they not treat us as humans? The more FRY team thought about it, the angrier they became. If they continued to release more resources, they would lose all his confidence and would not be able to struggle in the latter half of the game. It would be even more impossible to fight when the economic gap between the two parties became bigger if they had to give up their resources. In the end, they would still have to replicate the state of the first round. They would probably be scolded badly. This time, FRY team finally became tough. They decided that they could not give up the jungle resources no matter what. However, it was not easy to say no. The Storm Swordsman was in the lead in terms of level and equipment. It was as easy as chopping vegetables under the protection of four teammates. FRY hesitated for a moment and their own monsters would be completely eaten. Theyre too pretentious. Kill them! FRY team members were obviously confused. All they wanted to ask was, why? Why were you swaggering here, eating my monsters even though our finances were about the same? Did you really not treat us as humans? The lesson of the first round was still vivid in their minds. This time, FRY had gotten their more confident heroes. They decided that they could not take it anymore and started the team attack! However, FV Team was obviously prepared. If you want to take it, then take it! The Ancient Lava Tree and the two assistants pushed forward directly. They were very frank and controlled. The Specter Blacksmith was a very weak support, and its development was relatively weak, it followed the Storm Swordsman the entire time in this round. While it did not eat resources, just the monsters and the minions in the middle lane which raised its level. Therefore, it was not completely useless to play team battles which could do something in the front. On the other hand, Fierce Gale Martial God on the top laner had not developed well, therefore the front row was lacking. The damage output might be high but they could not stand firm either. The Fierce Gale Martial God did not dare to go around the back at all because Storm Swordsmans equipment was too good. Going around the back would be equivalent to giving up their lives. They could only drag the fight from the front. The Storm Swordsman found an opportunity to charge forward just as the two sides were locked in a fierce battle! The Specter Blacksmith unleashed an ult on him, and the Ghost Swordsman, who had entered the spectral form, moved into the field multiple times and slashed wildly at the back of the FRY team! FRY wanted to restrict them, but the Ghost Form greatly shortened the time the Storm Swordsman could be controlled. Coupled with the fact that they were ahead in terms of equipment and level, and the timing of their entry was very ingenious, they could not stop them at all! FRY sensed that something was amiss and retreated while fighting. However, the pursuing and reaping abilities of the Storm Swordsman were too strong. Those at the back could not escape. Finally, the collision ended with a triple kill. The final outcome of the team battle between the two teams was three kills in exchange for four. Three on FVs side died, but they were exchanged for three kills by the Storm Swordsman. Only one person from FRY escaped! Storm Swordsman finished eating all the monsters in the jungle on FRYs side before returning to continue farming his own jungle. FRY team fell into a short silence after this team battle. That was because they had obviously suffered a huge loss! There might be only a difference of one head, but the other partys Storm Swordsman was even fatter. Not only did they get the head, but they also snatched the wild monsters. It would be even harder to fight in the future. Obviously, FV Teams strategy was very simple. If you wanted a team battle, then a team battle it was. If you wanted to exchange for heads, then exchange for heads. In any case, the other four teammates could die as they pleased as long as the Storm Swordsman became fat. FRY wanted to kill this Storm Swordsman once, but FV was not stupid. Storm Swordsman was their trump card to begin with. It had a very good grasp of the timing. The other four tools were all surrounding it to fight. There were also multiple displacements. It was easier said than done to kill it. For some reason, the FRY team members suddenly recalled the time when they had just started playing this game. At that time, they did not really know how to play this game. In the matchups, the opposing Storm Swordsman would kill his own teammates like cutting melons and vegetables. It made people very confused as to whether there was a bug in this hero. After that, everyones scores went up, they obtained high rankings, entered the professional team, and slowly became the strongest professional players in the world. Naturally, their fear of the Storm Swordsman disappeared. That was because everyone knew that he was just a hero used to torture noobs. It would be a free point in the professional competition. There were many ways to make him die 0-10. However, FRY members recalled the fear of being dominated by the Storm Swordsman today! At that moment, it felt like they had traveled through time. The key was that in the face of the current situation, FRYs players racked their brains but could not think of a solution! The previous team could fight three to four, but that did not mean that every team could fight like that in the future. The gap between the two teams would only grow larger as the Storm Swordsmans equipment became more luxurious. This Storm Swordsman would be able to cross the tower and kill five people in a few more minutes! The FRY members were in despair, but this was a life and death situation. They did not want to lose. Everyone began to work hard with their visuals and pulling the hatred. Their minds were highly tense. Everyone displayed all their potential, staring at the position of the Storm Swordsman at all times, thinking of all ways to restrict it. However, it was useless! Chapter 854 - Waves Of People Showing Off It was finally time for the interview after the trophy, medals and photos had been taken. The foreign audiences were extremely curious about FVs team. The five members of FV Team were the first batch of celebrities to play IOI in the eyes of the Chinese but their fame was limited to China. That was because the game was developed by Finger Games after all. The most exposed players had always been the celebrities of European and American clubs. Thus, foreign audiences basically knew nothing about these five players. During the group stages, the domestic teams did not perform well, causing foreign audiences to treat FV Team as a weak team, and they were even less interested in understanding them. After the top eight and top four competitions were over, the official platform had arranged for interviews. However, the interviews at that time were mainly focused on some details in the competition and did not have much substance. Take the interview with Pan Ying after the semifinals for example. Interviewing Pan Ying was a black hole. He would answer questions in a few words, not more than a sentence. He gave people the feeling that he was posturing but lacking in substance. There was really nothing to discuss. FV team members answers were very ordinary compared to their official Weibo account. Thus, FV was still a very mysterious team to most viewers. How could they be so strong? They had won all competitions with 3: 0 from the top eight. Moreover, from the results of the competition, there was basically no suspense. The other party had no chance at all. This suffocating pressure made everyone admit that FV Team was currently the most domineering IOI team in the world. Not only was it the only existence, but there was also a huge gap between it and the runner-up, FRY Team. The official host of Finger Games also had many questions to ask. FV team members and coach Zhou Pengyuan stood in a row, each wearing a championship medal, holding their heads high, waiting to be interviewed. The host began to interview the players one by one, from the top laner to the jungler, then to the mid-laner, and finally to the coach. The host came to the top laner first. He asked the question he had prepared beforehand after letting him greet the audience. In the second round, the team snatched the hero Chaos Misfortune for you. May I ask what tactical considerations did you have? What is your understanding of this hero? The top laner player thought for a while and answered, According to the analysis of our coach team, this hero is basically invincible in the mid to late stages. If he can ensure development in the early stages, he will definitely win. Thats why we snatched him. My understanding of this heroa| as long as he has hands, he can win as long as he smoothens his face and rolls on the keyboard. After hearing the translation, the host could not help but laugh. As long as you have hands? Youre very confident. Can you evaluate the contestant who was against you today? The top laner player thought for a while. I think he controls his characters quite well. However, whether we win or lose has nothing to do with him. My team is slightly better than his team. The audience cheered and whistled after hearing the translation. Before this, Pan Ying had been acting cool when he was interviewed during the semifinals. For example, 99% of the situation was planned, 3: 0 is not surprising, Coincidentally, the other partys performance was all within our teams expectations and did not need to be improvised, and so on. Only now did he realize that Captain Pan Ying was not the only one with such a character. The entire team was similar! The top laners as long as they had hands, they could even win by rolling their faces on the keyboard, and their opponents were quite formidable also highlighted a faint posturing. The host came to the jungler for another interview. We all know that Storm Swordsman is your signature hero. You did indeed obtain the final victory through this hero, and successfully obtained the Five Kill after the other party released it. May I know how it feels to obtain the Five Kill? Most people think that this is a noob hero, but you still took it out on the highest stage of the professional arena and achieved very good results. Can you tell us where your confidence comes from? The jungler did not think too much about it. After listening to the translation, he immediately said, I am a little happy about the five kills. My teammates killed too quickly in the previous rounds after all. Its not easy to snatch someones head. However, this Five Kill was indeed well-preserved by my teammates. I didnt do much either. I just had to wait for the right time to attack. My confidence actually has nothing to do with my proficiency. In the analysis of our coaches, this hero is indeed a hero who can only torture noobs. Hes useless with normal development, so I usually dont dare to use it in competitions. However, the coaches developed a combination of Storm Swordsman and Specter Blacksmith, so that I can use this hero to earn money from both sides. Thats why I dared to play it. The audience cheered again after listening to the translation. The junglers had the same character as expected. My teammates killed too quickly, I didnt do much, I dont dare to take it normally, these words sounded very interesting, but after careful consideration, he felt that there was nothing wrong with it. This was the most ridiculous. The host came to the mid-laner again. In the first round, you decisively chose the Explosive Artisan to deal with the Wings of the Blade and the global style. This is a relatively weak and unpopular hero in the understanding of most teams. May I ask why you chose such a hero? If the other party did not choose the Wings of the Blade, would you have still chosen this hero? Or would you have other choices of confidence? The mid-laner player was a relatively calm and cautious person. After listening to the translation, he pondered for a while before saying, This hero might be unpopular, but in the analysis of our coaches, we think that its ability to dismantle towers is actually superb in the new version. Therefore, it is a good choice to use it to fight the global style. Of course, it also needs teamwork. We cannot give the other party the chance to catch heroes in the global style. If the other party did not choose the Wings of the Blade, I would definitely have taken it. This versions global style is still a relatively strong lineup. The so-called supermodel was beyond the template. In other words, although the explosive craftsmen seemed to have many flaws on the surface, they were too powerful in dismantling towers and had developed a certain group battle ability. That was why they were the core choices to deal with global style. The mid-laners answer had obviously answered many of the audiences questions. FV had obviously prepared two ways to release the Wings of the Blade. If the opponent chose something that could be targeted, they would take the opposing character. The host continued asking, In other words, youre also proficient in the Wings of the Blade, right? The mid-laner hero was silent for a moment. This hero should be the most basic hero in the mid-laner. Its quite ridiculous if professional players dont know how to play it. The host came to the bottom lane player. You dont seem to have a particularly high tactical position in the team today. The tactics for the three rounds are set up around the middle lane, the top lane, and the jungler. The bottom lane often has to choose team-type archers to cooperate with the team. However, under such circumstances, you still managed to produce very high output and a very good KDA. May I ask how you did it? The player on the bottom lane smiled. Thats because according to the analysis of our coaches, the bottom lane in this version is not fit to be the core. It can only be used as a tool. If the top lane is smooth, the bottom lane is smooth. If the middle lane is not smooth, the bottom lane is also free. I dont have any requirements for tactical arrangements, as long as I can win. As for DPS and KDAa| we are all hanging out without teammates. It doesnt matter who comes. Laughter and cheers came from below the stage once again. This player on the bottom lane had the same style of speaking as the previous players. Its good as long as you can win, hanging out with your teammates, it doesnt matter who comes. He said all sorts of nonsense. The host finally came to the support player Pan Ying. Pan Ying could be considered an old acquaintance of the audience. After all, he was the one who had been interviewed during the semifinals. This interview black hole with narrowed eyes was the captain and commander of the team, leaving a deep impression on many viewers. Today, FV Teams team coordination is as beautiful as before. Its the same as the quarterfinals and the semifinals, easily defeating the opponent with 3: 0. You guys are playing very well from the perspective of the bystanders. Everyone seems to be very clear about the next movements of their teammates, as if you are a collective intelligence. May I ask how you guys managed to achieve such perfect team coordination? Chapter 855 - How Did Boss Pei Thoroughly Remould The Bottom Tier Team? Pan Ying thought for a moment. Perhaps its because the coaches have already explained the various ways of playing in detail before. We have also conducted many targeted training, so everyone knows what to do. Everyone will understand after I say a few words. Thats why Im not doing any special operations. The host was very surprised. So, including the exchange of resources in the early stages, the explosive kills, and even whether or not to engage in the team battle, were all arranged by the coaches beforehand? Pan Ying nodded. While its impossible to be specific to each team, based on the economic gap between the two teams and the key equipment of the core heroes, we can determine if we can have a group attack. These were all instructed by the coaches in advance. The audience looked very surprised after hearing the translation. Pan Yings words were a little nonsensical, he was not the first member to say that. All the members of FV Team, including the top, middle, and jungler players who were interviewed previously, all said that their performance was inseparable from the arrangement of the coaches. It would be easy to win as long as they played according to the plan planned by the coaches. The host asked again, What do you think is the most important thing to win this championship? Teamwork? Or trust between teammates? Pan Ying thought for a moment and said, Thank you to the coaches for arranging tactics for us, and our brother teams SUG for sparring with us. I feel that there is no obvious difference between our teams overall strength and FRYs teams. We can only win because we are well-prepared. Of course, the most important thing is to thank our boss, Boss Pei. Thats because all of this was arranged by him. The host was a little surprised because all of the team members had unified their opinions and attributed the greatest credit to the coaches! This was actually a relatively rare situation. That was because even though all the e-sports clubs in the world had the position of coach, the position of coach was far from being absolute. In the country, many players were internet addicts and high score passers-by. They looked down on the coaches from the bottom of their hearts. They felt that the coaches scores were not as high as theirs so why should he teach them how to do things? Their analysis was so logical but yet they could not even handle high-end games. How could they use it to compete? That was why the coaches of many clubs in the country had been reduced to ordering take-out. The strategy that they had developed was more of a suggestion. Celebrity players had a strong say. The current situation in Europe and America was not much better. The other coaches would basically be given for nothing unless a retired veteran changed professions and became a coach. It was unheard of for teams to be completely obedient to the coach team like FV Team. It was also unheard of for a coach to be able to completely calculate the situation on the field and make arrangements in advance. Finally, the host came in front of Coach Zhou Pengyuan. Coach Zhou, the players have all attributed the credit for winning the championship to the coach team. May I ask how the FVs coach team developed these extremely imaginative tactics? The tactics for these three rounds, be it using force demolition to deal with global style, swaping lanes to ensure Chaos Misfortunes development, or the adopted torture method of the Storm Swordsman and Specter Blacksmith, were very imaginative. Not only did the opponent FRY Team not realize it, even the commentators and audience did not realize that FV Team would play this way. Zhou Pengyuan smiled and said, Thats because we have a special data analysis team. We have a comprehensive evaluation of the values of all the heroes in the first, middle, and later stages after the modification. We have dug out many heroes that seem unpopular but can actually be used through online training and mock competition. Whats more, we have a special tactical team that will move some classic tactics over and turn them into their own tactics. The host was listening intently when the directors slightly nervous voice suddenly sounded in his earpiece. Dont continue to pursue this question! The hosts expression changed. After listening to the directors simple explanation, he realized that these tactics had evolved from GOG. If he continued, there would be a huge problem. He quickly changed the question. Then, may I ask whats the meaning of winning this championship for your teaching career? Are you planning to charge to another peak with FVs players in the future? For example, continue your current dominance and fight for the championship for next years world finals? After a moment of silence, Zhou Pengyuan said, Actually, I was only arranged by my boss to be FV Teams coach before the international competition began. To me, this championship is a good interlude for my teaching career. As for the futurea| Im not sure if Ill continue to be FV Teams coach because I still have my own team to take care of. However, working with FV Team members and the other members of the team is quite enjoyable. Its hard to say what will happen in the future. The broadcast directors nervous voice sounded in the hosts ears again. Dont ask this question too deeply! Hes GOG Teams coach! The host was speechless. What was going on with the interview? Why were there pits everywhere! He did not dare to ask any more questions. What if he asked something that he should not say? Wouldnt that be a huge problem? There had not been big problems for the entire international finals. What would happen if the interview at the end of the award ceremony failed? The host quickly said, OK, thank the FV team members for the interview again. Let us give the applause and cheers to the champion team of IOIs global finals, FV Team! IOIs global finals finally came to an end amidst the warm applause and cheers! At the same time, the live-stream in China exploded. It was not only the live-stream but also countless viewers and players on various forums discussing the final interview. Why are these FV team members acting so pretentiously?! Every interview has a signature sentence! The top laner with as long as you have hands, the jungler with teammates kill too quickly, the middle lane is basic operations, the bottom lane is hanging out with teammates, the support is not commanding much, so heartless! Thats not right. Ive seen the live-streams of these people playing games. They dont seem to be so pretentious. Could they have been infected by someone? This answer is ridiculous. Everyone feels that they are not carrying the team but doing what they are supposed to do? Could it be that they are sucking up in a ring? There is no thigh in the team at all, or perhaps everyone is the thigh? No, didnt the team members tell you the truth? The biggest thigh in the team is the coaches! Pan Ying said that all the tactical strategies and possible situations in the competition have been arranged in advance by the coach. Is this true? Is it that abnormal? Holy sh*t, Im convinced by Old Zhous interview! Getting the IOI global finals champion was just a small interlude in his teaching career? Perhaps Old Zhou thinks that teaching DGE is more important. After all, he did not play IOI before. He came over to teach for more than a month and brought FV Team to the world championship. He probably doesnt find it challenging! Indeed, I think Old Zhous next goal should be to train the members of DGE well. He should strive to send more new players with potential to the various clubs. He should strive to train more players to win more GPL championships! Old Zhou said that there is a special data analysis team and tactical team analyzing IOIs game version and moving mature tactics over. Isnt the so-called mature tactics the tactics in GOG? For example, forced demolition. This is obviously the tactics that used to be popular in GOG! Thats true. Moreover, the last rounds adopted father seemed to be an unpopular tactic in GOG. It was not very useful in the IOI competition at first, but the last hit rule was modified. Thats why it was so effective! This interview is too short. Theres no meaning to it. There are still many key questions that they havent asked? I dont think he dares to probe any further. If he continues asking, Old Zhou would say that he had been playing GOG all along and had only been researching IOI for a month. Would he still be able to watch such a scene? That would become a live-stream accident! I hope the local media can interview the FV team. I feel that their month in Los Angeles was quite mysterious. They changed for no reason. I didnt expect them to be in the same team as the FV team that only managed to obtain the first seed in the domestic qualifiers! In short, lets look forward to the championship team coming back victorious! I cant wait to see them live-stream! Public opinion in the country was filled with optimism after FV Team won IOIs global finals. From the defeat of the other two teams in the group stages at the beginning, to the surprise of FV Team turning the tide in the top eight, and then to winning the championship in such a dominating manner in the finals, the entire IOI global finals could be said to be a huge show that made the audience feel satisfied. Even many GOG players who did not have a competition to watch because GPL competition was not open were very happy. They were sincerely happy for FV Team. This was Boss Peis team after all. Coach Old Zhou was a member of DGE. Naturally, he made people feel close to him. A post appeared on the forum amidst this joyous atmosphere. It quickly caused a heated discussion. The title of the post was: What kind of magic does Boss Pei have to remould FV Team from a bottom-tier team to the world champion? Chapter 856 - Perfect Time Arrangement! FV Team won the championship easily with three 3: 0s, IOIs global finals finally came to a perfect end. FV Teams stunning performance in Los Angeles undoubtedly left a deep mark in our countrys e-sports history for domestic players, and also left us a beautiful memory that we can remember for life. Who would have thought that this would happen a few months ago where an unknown team would have absolute dominance if this had not happened? The five main players of the team were also wandering around, with no fixed residence. When the correct five people walk together, they would explode with energy that would shock the world. However, what I want to emphasize is who was the one who made the correct five people walk together? Who formed FV Ultimate Fantasys coach team for them? Actually, if we look back at the group photo of FV Team when they set off for Los Angeles, we would be surprised to find that many of them look ordinary, but they actually have a huge background! Next, Ill reveal the identities of the members of this Dream Team to everyone! When I first saw this picture, I felt the same as most people. I felt that it was making a mountain out of a molehill. The other two clubs added together did not have as many people as FV Club. Would they need to make it so grand to go out and compete? However, after asking around for the identities of the people in this photo, I realized how powerful this Dream Team was! First, there are five starting members of FV Team and Coach Old Zhou. Everyone knows them, its needless to say. Next to them are FVs boss Wu Yue and Manager Lu, and next to them is FVs second team. They are adding strength to the original three members. Then there are the main members of SUG and Boss Ding Gan Previously, many people revealed that FV Team did not have any mock competition. The other teams did not want to deal with them, but in fact, Team Two and SUG had been training with them! Of course, thats not the main point. The main point is that these people that no one knows about are the core members of the FV Dream Coach team! This is Min Jingchao. He is GOGs current chief designer. He is in charge of all the figures and balance designs. This is Ye Zhizhou. He is the chief designer of Shang Yang Games. Do you remember that IOIs local server was once managed by Shang Yang Games? He was the person-in-charge back then. Theres also this man who looks a little dark and skinny with an unconvinced expression. His background is even bigger. Hes the famous Traveler Bao Xu of Tengda, a veteran of Tengda who has been second place for many outstanding employees awards! Its said that hes behind the outstanding games in Tengda. Whats more, hes not only good at designing games, but hes also good at playing games. Hes an elite gamer in many games! In other words, FV Teams tactical team does not only include their original coach and analyst, but also GOGs designer and GOGs original Master Tactician! Its no wonder that they could so naturally use the tactics in GOG in IOIs competition! This post caused a heated discussion immediately. In fact, this photo had been posted on FV Teams official Weibo for a long time. However, at that time, everyones focus was on the number of people, and they did not delve into the identity of these people. Now that someone had exposed it, everyone realized that GOGs chief designer had personally gone to Los Angeles to do data analysis for FV Team? What the heck! The chief designer of GOG and the former core member of DGE, Old Zhou, could be said to have the best understanding of GOGs game. One provided data support in the game, and the other formulated strategies based on the teams actual situation. If the two of them worked together, they would definitely be able to master control everything. The most important thing was that they were not fighting alone. The coaches and analysts of so many GPL teams were constantly digging deeper into tactics. Old Zhou had a huge resource warehouse that could be used as he pleased; Min Jingchao could also get the other designers of GOG to analyze the game data. From the looks of it now, FVs logistics team had basically brought all of the GOG Development Team and GPLs reserve tactics over. This was not an expedition at all. It was the headquarters riding the face! Wasnt it obvious who sent these people? Wu Yue might be the boss of FV Club, but how could he hire people like GOGs designer and DGEs coach for tactical analysis? Obviously, this would only be possible if Boss Pei was involved! It looks like Boss Pei is responsible for winning the championship! Boss Pei is really worried about our countrys E-Sports career. First, he organized the GPL, invested capital, and created a good environment for domestic e-sports development. Then, he personally sent his chief designer to do tactical analysis to help the domestic team win the IOI global finals! Now that I think about it, FV would not have been able to win the championship without Boss Peis support. In fact, these few rounds of competition were all crushing tactically. There was no obvious difference between individual strength of the team members and the opponents The consequences of IOIs global finals would be unimaginable if not for Boss Pei! Thank you, Boss Pei! Boss Pei, the savior of domestic e-sports! At the same time, Pei Qian, who had just finished watching the competition, was browsing the forum. He fell into a daze when he saw the post. FV Team crushed the championship with a 3: 0. That was already a heavy blow to him. On the other hand, this post added another heavy last hit to the foundation! What do you mean? Its all my fault that FV Team won the championship? Outrageous! Min Jingchao, Ye Zhizhou, Bao Xu I asked you to go on a holiday! Wu Yue cant command you, so why are you so proactive and spend so much effort to do tactical analysis for FV! Damn it! Pei Qian put down his cell phone, too angry to speak. FV Team won IOIs global finals. There was a huge problem! This time, IOIs global finals had a lot of bonus and skins. Three million US dollars in addition to 25% of skin sales revenue made up the prize pool. The champion would get 50%, and the club would get another 20% after deducting taxes. This sum might not be much but it was very upsetting! That was not the most important thing. The most important thing was the brand value of FV Club! As the champion team of IOIs global finals, how many fans would they attract after the competition? How many sponsors would come to them? How much would the clubs shares increase? The team members had also attracted a lot of fans. If the live-stream platform signed a contract with them at a high price, the club would also get a commission according to the rules. That was another sum of money Pei Qian could not help but feel despair. There would not have been so much needed if FV Team had only obtained the runner-up position. The difference between second place and first place was like heaven and earth after all. However, everything had already happened. It was too late to salvage the situation! Pei Qian was feeling melancholic when his cell phone rang. He picked it up and saw that it was a call from Wu Yue from Los Angeles. The corners of Pei Qians mouth twitched as he picked it up reluctantly. There was no need to guess. He must be going to tell him the good news! Wu Yues excited voice came from the other end of the line. Boss Pei! Have you seen the competition? We won! Pei Qian praised reluctantly. Yes, well done. Wu Yue became even more excited after receiving Boss Peis praise. I have to say that Boss Pei, your logistical support is really on point! Be it food, accommodation, or hotels, they are all the highest standards. There are also bodyguards, tour guides, and nutritionists who follow the team. The team members have no worries at all. Of course, they can focus on preparing for the competition! The coach team is also very important. Boss Min, Boss Ye, and Boss Bao are all doing their best and doing their best. They have analyzed the data of every hero in detail! All in all, we would never have won the championship without your strategy! How much will the club get this time? Pei Qian casually asked, feeling a little melancholy. Wu Yue answered truthfully. I asked the official staff of Finger Games just now. It seems that the skin income in the bonus pool is about 1.8 million US dollars. In addition to the original 3 million US dollars, 50% of the championship prize pool. After deducting taxes, the club will get 20 % About 400,000 US dollars. Thats about three million US dollars! However, the distribution of bonuses overseas is more cumbersome. It might take some time to really get it. However, dont worry, Boss Pei. This sum of money might not be enough to support our expenses in Los Angeles, since we spent four million yuan. However, sponsors have already approached us to discuss cooperation! As long as we take on a few advertisements as a club, we can definitely earn back the money! Boss Pei, thank you for your trust in us. The four million yuan was not spent in vain. The money for first class and accommodation was earned back after we won the championship! In the long term, it was a huge profit! Pei Qian was speechless. What the f*ck?! My money was wasted! He had thought that he could easily spend four million yuan by sending FV Team to Los Angeles to eat, drink, and play. Now, he realized that not only did he not spend four million yuan, but he had also earned a sum of money. He had even gifted a world-renowned club! What was this? What a loss! The more Pei Qian thought about it, the angrier he became. He could not let it go just like that. When are you guys flying back? Wu Yue was stunned for a moment. Oh, Boss Pei, its the flight from Los Angeles tomorrow afternoon. The team members plan to walk around Los Angeles in the morning and buy some things to bring back home. It wasnt easy for them to go to the United States after all. They have been training for this period of time and dont have time to shop. Pei Qian said, Indeed, it is not easy to go overseas. You have to have some fun since you are there! How about this? You can stay there for one more week. Well extend your hotel accommodations and bring your team members to have fun for a few days. Whats more, the places you can play might not be limited to Los Angeles. You can shop in other cities as well. The club will reimburse you! Wu Yue was stunned. Huh? Boss Pei, thats not very good, right? Its almost the new year. Some of the team members dont mind, but some of them have been overseas for so long and still want to go back for the new year Pei Qian remained silent for a moment. Hmm that makes sense. Chinese New Year is our countrys traditional festival. We have to reunite with our family. How about this? You guys return to the country first. After the Chinese New Year holiday, the original team will fly to the United States once again to make up for this weeks holiday! Wu Yue made some excuses on the other side but he agreed seeing how determined Boss Pei was. Wu Yue could not help but feel emotional after hanging up. Boss Pei shone too brightly! It was hard to express his respect for Boss Pei! Was any other reliable boss in the world apart from Boss Pei? Probably not. The team members returned to the hotel first after the competition ended. Then, all of them came out for a meal to celebrate. Everyone was very happy. Everyone had done their best to prepare for this competition in Los Angeles over the past month after all. They had all done their part. Bao Xu and Min Jingchao were also eating and chatting, their faces brimming with joy. The past month had been pretty good to Bao Xu. He might be traveling overseas but it was the easiest compared to the previous tours. He did not travel for a long distance to rush to various attractions. Instead, it was going back and forth between hotels and internet cafes. Thus, Bao Xu was living quite comfortably. However, he was not at home no matter how comfortable he felt. Bao Xu could not wait to get home. Wu Yue stood up at that moment. Let me tell everyone a piece of good news! Boss Pei was very happy when he heard that we won the championship. He allowed us to return to the United States for a seven-day tour after we returned! Ive already set the time for next month. Everyone, dont worry about not having time to play. Well be back soon. This time, well definitely let everyone play to their hearts content. Well go to all the popular cities and attractions in America! Boss Pei said that everyone has a share. No one is allowed to miss it out! Everyone could not help but clap and cheer the moment Wu Yue finished speaking! Previously, the team members had been training seriously. They would play mock competition apart from resting and eating. They might have been in the United States for more than a month but they had not played anything at all. They were overjoyed now that he heard that they could spend another seven days on a public holiday! However, Bao Xu was stunned when he heard that. The fork in his hand was stuck in a piece of steak and he froze in the air. Boss Pei said no one was allowed to miss it? Didnt that mean that he would have to come again?! This news was like a bolt out of the blue. Bao Xu was completely stunned. Min Jingchao, who was sitting next to him, said softly, Next month? Thats not bad, Brother Bao. The timing should be just right. Bao Xu was a little confused. What happened? Min Jingchao smiled and said, I happened to miss the holiday prize for the annual meeting! Oh, right. Brother Bao, you dont know yet, right? You won another five-day tour in any city for the years annual meeting! No one told you because they were afraid that it would affect your mentality. We can tell you now that the competition is over. Its just as well. Brother Bao, use this five-day holiday first after the new year. Well connect it seamlessly after you return from the five-day holiday and come to the United States with us. Isnt the timing perfect? Bao Xus mouth opened slightly as he froze on the spot, not knowing what to say. Chapter 857 - Finger Games’ Public Relations Crisis! January 24th, the second day of the Chinese New Year. Zhao Xuming and the advance team from Long Yu Corporation took the plane from Los Angeles airport and landed in Shanghai Airport. Zhao Xuming felt like a lifetime had passed since he stepped onto Shanghais land a month ago. Zhao Xuming, Long Yu Corporations employees, and two other clubs were there when he went. However, when he returned, only Zhao Xuming and Long Yu Corporations employees were left. That was because the two clubs had been eliminated after the group stages. Naturally, they had no reason to stay in Los Angeles and had already flown back. It had been a long time since he heard about these two clubs on the internet. The reason was simple. They had to play dead since they played so badly in the international competition! It was still effective for these two teams to pretend to be dead. There was basically no one criticizing them online anymore on the internet. Their public opinion had even improved! On one hand, it was because FV Team had won the championship for domestic players. Everyone was busy being happy and could not be bothered to criticize the two teams that were accompanying them. On the other hand, it was because various news during the international competition had gradually been disclosed. Most people realized that the failure of these two teams could not be blamed entirely on the players. There were many reasons for the failure. The two teams would naturally not be bombarded with concentrated firepower now that the blame had been distributed. Thus, while these two clubs did not gain much from the Los Angeles trip, they did not lose much either. At the very least, they would be reimbursed for their air tickets and accommodation. It would not be a loss for the players to go out and compete in international competitions. However, the entire trip to Los Angeles was terrible for Zhao Xuming! Zhao Xuming generously arranged for all his employees to sit in business class because there were not many people. Finally, he made up for the grievance he felt when he went to Los Angeles. However, he still purposely chose a later flight to Shanghai because he did not want to bump into FV Team. Otherwise, wouldnt everyone be sitting in business class and FV team discussing the championship excitedly on the plane? Wouldnt that be equivalent to whipping their own corpses? Logically speaking, Zhao Xuming was the person-in-charge of domestic operations of IOI. It should be an honor for him since the domestic team won the IOI World Finals. However, the problem was that the FV winning the championship had nothing to do with him. Instead, it was a slap in the face! Zhao Xuming would definitely be very happy to ride on the popularity and take part of the credit for winning the championship if it was the other two teams who had won. Zhao Xuming could not take it since FV was the one who won the championship. He could not possibly say that Boss Pei paid for the logistics team because I did not bring them to Los Angeles for early training, and that was why FV won the championship. Didnt I make a huge contribution? Thus, Zhao Xuming could only choose to hide from FV Clubs group and return to Shanghai at a different time. This trip to Los Angeles was a complete failure for Zhao Xuming! Initially, he had not wanted to bring FV Team along. In the end, they had paid for it themselves and bumped into them at the airport. He took economy class while they took business class; He stayed in Courtyard by Marriott while they stayed in Ritz Carlton; He booked a small corner on the first floor of the internet cafe, while they booked the entire second floor. He walked to training, while they had a chauffeur and bodyguard; He could only beg the European and American teams to train with him while they brought two training teams and had better results. The two teams that he supported were both eliminated in the group stages. The other team had not even lost a single battle in the championship with 9: 0. This was a complete blow to him! The most infuriating thing was that it was the Lunar New Year holiday now. FV Team had spent this year in Los Angeles, which was very memorable. On the other hand, Zhao Xuming had spent this year in Los Angeles, which highlighted his misery! Thus, Zhao Xuming only had one thought now. He had to hurry back to the headquarters to report his work. Then, he would go home to rest and comfort his severely injured heart. His subordinates had already arranged for Longyu Corporation to send a commercial car to pick him up after leaving the airport. Zhao Xuming got into the car without saying a word. He closed his eyes and rested after putting on his seatbelt. He did not want to say anything else. The flight from Los Angeles to Shanghai took about twelve hours. Zhao Xuming did not feel tired since he could sleep and rest comfortably in the business class. His fatigue mainly came from his mental state. The accompanying employees of Long Yu Corporation were all core members of IOIs operations and cooperation department. One of their important tasks in Los Angeles was to visit, interact, and learn at Finger Games headquarters. Naturally, they paid attention to the IOI World Finals the entire time. The others were not as defeated as Zhao Xuming. They were not directly in charge after all. They could treat it as a public holiday. Previously, everyone on the plane had been sleeping and watching movies. All their cell phones had been switched off. Now that they were back in Shanghai, many people opened their cell phones and went online to check the latest news. Suddenly, an employee said in a panic, Boss Zhao! Not good! Our company seems to be on the hot search! The public relations department is looking for you! Zhao Xuming, who had been resting with his eyes closed, opened his eyes immediately. What?! How did they suddenly become a hot topic? What happened exactly during the ten-odd hours on the plane? Obviously, being scolded on the hot searches was most likely related to the IOI global finals this time. As the person-in-charge of IOIs operations and cooperation department, Zhao Xuming did not dare to be negligent and quickly took out his cell phone to check. Long Yu Corporation was indeed on the hot searches list! Many netizens were crazily attacking Long Yu Corporation, especially Zhao Xuming. One of the most representative posts dug directly into the past, pulling Finger Games, Long Yu Corporation, and Zhao Xuming together, spitting blood! Let us see how the domestic IOI operator Long Yu Corporation operates while FV is working hard to win glory for the country! We can at least confirm the following points based on what was released so far: First of all, Long Yu Corporation brought the other two clubs to Los Angeles and did not bring FV with them at all. It was a completely differential and unfair treatment! If Boss Pei had not been very generous and paid for it out of his own pocket, FV might not have been able to play mock competitions! Secondly, Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation changed their versions randomly. Not only did they expose the failure of IOIs original game design, but they also severely damaged the interests of all old gamers! However, they have been delaying the game, hoping to cover this topic through IOIs global finals! Lastly, and the most disgusting thing, Finger Games actually privately sent game Balancer to guide FRY Team! I want to ask, how can the competition be fair if the organizer personally went to guide the club in the game? Obviously, Finger Games official platform did not want FV Team to win the championship. Thats why they thought of such a despicable method! How can Zhao Xuming not know about this as a partner of Longyu Corporation? He definitely knew about it! Yet, he did not stop it. What does that mean? It means that he is guilty. He knows that he will be scolded to death for treating FV differently. Thats why he did not want FV to win the championship. The national and national honor of competitive competitions cannot be compared to his personal interests. In the past, we usually called such people traitors! If FV Team had not been so awesome and still won the championship under such circumstances, if someone had not exposed this matter, Im afraid that the masses who did not know the truth would still be flaming FV Team, while the two main culprits, Long Yu Corporation and Finger Games, are hiding in the dark and laughing! We can see the essence of Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation from this point. Finger Games is not only full of discrimination and prejudice against domestic teams, but they are also a company that cannot afford to lose. If they cant win fair and square, they would resort to such petty tricks; On the other hand, as a large domestic company, it is extremely despicable for Longyu Corporation to act as an accomplice for their own interests! For something like this to happen, other than being criticized online, the only other way for players is to boycott it! Players who dont play IOI have to boycott because Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation treat our champions differently. Players who play IOI have to boycott because Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation have never truly respected the rights of players! Zhao Xuming was stunned and his limbs turned cold. What was going on! How did the matter of Finger Games arranging a data balancer for FRY be exposed?! He roughly read all the popular posts on the internet, and his hands could not help but tremble. The public opinion was already one-sided and everyone was pointing fingers at him! This was an unprecedented public relations crisis no matter whether it was for Long Yu Corporation or Finger Games. The consequences would be unimaginable if it was not handled well! He took a closer look at the hot topics. In fact, most of the content had been exposed before. For example, when IOI forcefully promoted the new version, it sacrificed the interests of old gamers and caused a lot of criticism online. At the end of the quarterfinals, someone revealed that FV had gone to Los Angeles on their own and Long Yu Corporation had not brought them along. At the end of the semifinals, FV used the tactics in GOG. Someone used this to refute the view that IOIs design was better than GOGs, and that GOGs gameplay and tactics were ahead of IOI. At that time, these posts had already created a certain influence on the internet. However, the finals had not started yet, so their influence was limited. They could still be suppressed. However, now that FV Team had won the championship, these things were naturally dug out by the netizens and started to settle accounts! One of the most important points was that the foreign media had reported that Finger Games had sent a Data Balancer to help FRY come up with a strategy! Obviously, the moment this news was released, all the hatred that had accumulated previously exploded! That was because netizens might think that the previous incidents were bad, but they could still accept it. However, they could not accept this! Finger Games was the organizer of the competition after all. The organizer had sent the games data balance master to guide FRY team and directly interfered with the finals of the two teams. Wasnt that pulling the strings? Chapter 858 - Eric’s Comeback! Zhao Xuming had also come to Los Angeles as a partner of Longyu Corporation. It would be unreasonable to say that he was completely unaware of this matter. If Long Yu Corporation knew about this but did not negotiate or stop it, and instead acquiesced and condoned it, then the nature of this matter would change combined with Long Yu Corporations preferential treatment towards FV Team! It was no wonder that netizens were scolding Long Yu Corporation for being a traitor. Zhao Xuming quickly checked the source of this news and realized that it came from a foreign media outlet. It was said to be an anonymous report. The evidence submitted was a series of photos: Two data Balancers from Finger Games entered FRYs training ground, discussed tactics with FRYs coach, and guided training together. These photos were not particularly clear and seemed to have been taken secretly. However, someone still managed to recognize that the two statisticians were indeed employees of Finger Games. Many people guessed that the anonymous tipper was an insider of Finger Games or the FRY Team. However, the scope was too big and they could not locate it. The motive was easy to explain. Such explosive exclusive news meant popularity and traffic. Selling the relevant information to the media would earn a huge sum of money. Finger Games or the lowest-level employees of FRY might secretly take photos because of this motive. Finger Games was doing emergency public relations at the moment. Their first reaction was to deny it and insist that it was impossible. However, after the second wave of revelations released a large number of photos, Finger Games could not continue to be stubborn. They could only say that This matter is still under investigation. The official platform is absolutely fair and just in the competition. If any employees personal behavior contradicts the official platform, they will be dealt with severely at once. Finger Games response was obviously to shift the blame, hinting that even if there was such a thing, it was all the personal actions of these two data Balancers. They were only guiding FRY Team to earn extra money, it had nothing to do with Finger Games officials. There was no other way. He had not wanted to admit it even if he was beaten to death before this. However, there was no way he could deny it now that the photos had been released. However, such an explanation obviously could not appease the anger of netizens. Even the forums in Europe and America were flaming wildly, questioning Finger Games professionalism. Even if these two statistics balancers took the initiative to help the FRY team, Finger Games could not escape responsibility. This meant that there was a huge problem with Finger Games management. Whats more, most netizens felt that Finger Games must have been behind this. These two statisticians were probably the scapegoats. Of course, the funniest thing was that IOIs official statistics balancers had helped the FRY team, but the finals were still 3: 0! The official staff was even beaten up. This was no different from a joke. Thus, the current pressure from public opinion was extremely disadvantageous for Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation! All sorts of news were released one after another, causing them to be overwhelmed. The public relations department of Long Yu Corporation had been looking for Zhao Xuming, but he had been on the plane for more than ten hours, so they could not get to him. Long Yu Corporations public relations department was obviously under immense pressure as well. The public relations of Long Yu Corporation did not have much choice now. Cold treatment could solve problems most of the time but this matter was obviously not it. That was because no one knew how long the public opinion would last this time. If Long Yu Corporation did not take the initiative to respond, the initiative would be from others mouths. Netizens saw that Long Yu Corporation was pretending to be dead and could not vent their anger. They might not dig out any more shocking news. The more the matter blew up, the more difficult it would be for public relations. However, they could not shift the blame now. That was because Zhao Xuming was indeed the one who had discriminated against FV Team. He had even been involved in sending a statistician to FRY Team. In other words, the criticism online had been too light. If he did not step out now, it would be equivalent to having a guilty conscience. If he stood out to take the blame, it would be equivalent to courting death. However, how should Finger Games explain if he stood out to push the blame? Zhao Xuming leaned back, feeling helpless. He had thought that the nightmare of the IOI World Finals would finally be over after he returned to China. However, it seemed like this was just the beginning! Zhao Xuming closed his eyes for a long time before letting out a long sigh. Return to the office for an emergency meeting. He calculated in his heart that he would probably have to spend a lot of time and effort to cover up this matter in front of the higher-ups. He would probably suffer as well if he was not careful. At that moment, the commercial car he was on started to drive into the bustling roads of Shanghai. Zhao Xuming suddenly realized that Fish-Catching Internet Cafes huge advertisement was all over the billboards on the roadside! He saw more advertisements immediately after that, which included Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Fish-Catching Take-Out, Upwind Logistics, Sloth Apartments Most of Tengda Corporations physical businesses were on it! The style of these advertisements were all extremely simple. They had a pure-colored background and a logo or shops picture. It was very different from the other colorful street advertisements. However, this simple design emphasized confidence. The fees for the advertisements were the same. The other companies would advertise with a beautiful background, endorsed celebrities, various product designs, and advertising slogans. All of them would appear at once afraid that the money spent on advertisements would be wasted. However, Tengdas advertisements were the exact opposite. They minimized the necessary information and key content as much as possible. Many ordinary people who did not know about these industries did not even know what kind of advertisements they were. However, this also highlighted a strong sense of confidence. He believed that no matter how simple the advertisement was, it would have an excellent effect. Whats more, it was completely different from those colorful and flirtatious sluts. It stood out. Zhao Xumings expression darkened. Ridiculous! For some reason, he felt like Boss Pei was trying to show off his advantage as much as he could. What was even more ridiculous was that there were not many of Tengdas physical businesses in Shanghai! Fish-Catching Take-Out, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Upwind Logistics, Deposit Fitness, Sloth Apartments Many of these businesses did not have physical stores in Shanghai. Yet, the advertisements continued! Zhao Xuming was so angry that his face was ashen. He immediately put down the sunscreen at the back of the MPV, not wanting to look at the Tengda advertisements that filled the streets outside. Drive faster! At the same time, in Los Angeles The global finals had come to a close. All the teams had left. However, this was not the end for Finger Games. The storm of public opinion had just begun. Eric sipped his coffee in his high-end apartment while overlooking the cityscape of Los Angeles. Of course, Eric had arranged for someone to take the photos of the two statisticians and provide them to the media anonymously. In fact, Eric had hesitated before submitting these photos. There was no turning back once this news was released after all. The resulting storm of public opinion was enough to severely damage the reputation of Finger Games and Dayak Corporation. However, Eric made up his mind after much consideration. He could not guarantee that the upper echelons of Finger Games would replace Chrtien if not for this final fatal blow! To be fair, IOIs global finals this time was not badly done. Apart from the results, it was at least famous and popular. It also had a very good positive impact on IOI. While the fact that FV Team won the championship made Dayak Corporation and Finger Games executives very unhappy, FV Team winning the championship was not Chrtiens fault. Moreover, taking ten thousand steps back, the popularity brought about by FV Teams championship was also objectively beneficial to IOIs local servers promotion. Therefore, most of the upper echelons would probably think that Chrtiens actions were still effective. Chrtien might still continue to be in charge of China region. There should not be enough reason to remove Chrtien from his position as the person-in-charge of China region even if the higher-ups were not satisfied with his results. That was intolerable to Eric. The opportunity was fleeting. If he could not grasp it this time, he did not know when the next time would be. Thus, Eric still exposed this news, giving Chrtien a fatal blow! Sending two Data Balancers to help the FRY team formulate strategies was entirely Chrtiens idea. Naturally, he would be the one to take the blame. Dayak Corporation and Finger Games upper echelons were having an emergency meeting to discuss countermeasures now. However, no matter how much they discussed, this matter was already set in stone. Someone had to stand up and take responsibility. Otherwise, they would not be able to appease everyones anger. It would probably not be enough to appease the publics anger if they had only used the two statisticians as scapegoats. There was a high chance that Chrtien would be the one to blame. Eric took the opportunity to submit his research materials for Tengda and GOG in Jingzhou. He also deeply analyzed the pros and cons of the IOI Qualification Competition and the global finals. Most of them were factual but there were also a small number of biased opinions, hinting that Chrtiens strategy could not fundamentally change the weak position in IOIs battle with GOG. You have to let me do it if you want to turn the tables! Eric was very confident because no one was more suitable than him after Chrtien took the blame and left. As for whether Chrtien and the others would suspect him It did not matter. Even if they were suspicious, there was no evidence. Eric had been lying low all these time for this moment. At that moment, his cell phone rang. Erics lips curled up slightly when he saw the number. He picked up the phone. Alright. Ill rush over immediately. Eric adjusted his suit and tie in front of the mirror and smiled confidently. Boss Pei, just wait. Ill be back soon! I wont give you any more chances this time. Ill burn money until Tengda Corporations true colors are revealed! Chapter 859 - Settlement January 31st, Tuesday It was the second official day of work after the Chinese New Year holiday. Pei Qian knew nothing about the ongoing storm in Los Angeles as the culprit. At that moment, all he could think about was the system settlement for this cycle. At that moment, he was in his office, checking on how much money he had spent during the past week of the Chinese New Year holiday. The overall financial situation was not bad even though many accidents had happened during the previous cycle. Mission and Choice had absorbed a large amount of funds. Coupled with the overwhelming publicity and preferential activities in various cities during the Chinese New Year period, the System Funds were almost used up. Food delivery, internet cafes, gyms, logistics, and other physical industries were also opening branches, which helped to reduce Pei Qians pressure. In addition, the useful APP that had been developing had also been released a week before settlement. However, this APP only contained part of the poems content at the moment, and there was no time to publicize it. Thus, it did not cause too much of a reaction. Pei Qian was very satisfied with this. He felt that this was the most successful project this cycle and that it should continue to flourish. As for the other projects, while there were profits and losses, Pei Qian knew very well that the price of spending money this month was to transfer the risk of profits to the next cycle. For example, Mission and Choice had a huge amount of development funds, advertisements for various industries were everywhere, it had greatly increased its popularity, and Dream Realization Ventures had done a lot of work around the cold-faced lady, causing those entrepreneurs with bad intentions to stay away All of these would be a huge threat to the future. However, it was enough for Pei Qian as long as he could get through this cycle safely. He could always think of new ways to spend money during the next cycle. The system screen automatically appeared in front of Pei Qian. < About to commence reevaluation of the value of fixed assets > < System Funds: 5,760,000+1,632,000 (8,920,000) > < Fixed Assets: 163,322,000 > < Details: Ming Yun Villas Commercial Residential Mansion (9.2 million yuan), 12 units in Dawn of Prosperous City (41.28 million yuan), 77 units in Shundong Garden Commercial Building (22.89 million yuan), 16 units in Binhu District Building 8 (12.9 million yuan), 16 units in Binhu District Building 9 (12.95 million), 30 units in Golden Residences Huating District 5 (64 million yuan)> Pei Qian could not help but heave a sigh of relief when he saw the System Funds figures. He could not relax when held in suspense! This number was higher than he had expected but it was still acceptable. Upon closer inspection, one would realize that the value of fixed assets was fluctuating as well. For example, the value of the commercial building had fallen by hundreds of thousands while the value of the residential building had more or less risen. From the looks of it, the Golden Residences Huating District, which was also Sloth Apartments 2.0, was not much different from what Pei Qian had expected. The prices of the buildings were relatively high in the first place, that was why the settlement did not increase significantly. It only increased slightly. All in all, the fixed assets were still within acceptable limits. However, Pei Qian could not help but feel emotional. Unknowingly, the fixed assets in his hands, oh no, in Tengda had already reached 160 million yuan. While there was a burden of 16 million yuan from the System Funds, it also meant that Pei Qian had spent more than a hundred million yuan buying buildings. It was still worth it. Pei Qian really did not know where he should spend so much money if not for these fixed assets. Whats more, most of the money had been used to make Sloth Apartments. It had solved the problem of renting apartments for many people. It could be considered as doing charity. That gave Pei Qian a sense of achievement. The system screen continued rolling. < System Funds: 5,760,000+1,632,000 (8,920,000) > < Fixed Assets: 163,322,000 > < Personal Wealth: 3,148,000 (890,000 x 110%) > < If you convert more than 800,000 yuan per cycle, you will receive a mysterious reward with a huge impact (available to be received now) > [Unfinished project: Mission and Choice project. The game and the movie must be released before the next settlement.] Pei Qian finally relaxed seeing the System Funds being converted into his Personal Wealth. Alright, Ive converted more than nine hundred thousand yuan. While its a few tens of thousands less than the previous cycle, this cycle was only four months after all. Whats more, there are no special missions that can reduce the System Funds. I did a great job having managed to convert so much money. I have some daily expenses as well. Coupled with income from the skins and other miscellaneous income, I cant tell from my current Personal Wealth. More than three million yuan. Ah my personal wealth has reached a new peak. At this rate, I should be able to save up for a villa in a year or two, right? However, why do I still feel a little bitter looking at the numbers in the System Funds and fixed assets Pei Qian thought about how, as the boss of Tengda Corporation, he could easily earn tens of millions of yuan. The companys fixed assets had reached 160 million yuan, and they had several buildings. Yet, he had to save up for so long to buy a villa. He felt a little sad. However, he quickly got over it. Its alright. As the saying goes, the beginning is always the hardest. Im already past the beginning. I used to make a lot of money before, but now I can steadily incur losses. Each time, I would convert eight to nine hundred thousand yuan into my Personal Wealth. This means that I have already understood the temper of the system and have mastered the art of spending money. In the future, the losses will naturally increase when the System Funds increase. The money converted will definitely increase as well! Pei Qian was filled with confidence once again as he clicked on the reward for this cycle. The so-called mysterious reward of the previous cycle was a random breakthrough in technology in the next six months. Now, it seemed like the breakthrough in artificial intelligence technology of Xianke Technologies was not far off. If not for this breakthrough, the Fully-Automated Smart Bickering Machine would not have made so much money. The new system of Otto Technologies would not have been so well-received. It had created some difficulties for Pei Qian. However, on the bright side, such technological breakthroughs did not have much impact. If global games entered the VR era, communication technology advanced by leaps and bounds, and Cloud Games achieved an unprecedented breakthrough, Pei Qian might face even greater difficulties. Thus, he was content. Therefore while this reward did not make Pei Qian lose money, at least it did not make him profit. He should be satisfied. Pei Qian could rest easy and not worry too much if the technological breakthroughs in the future were only at this level. However, what would the mysterious reward be this time? [Mysterious Reward (Upgraded): It can consume a certain amount of Personal Wealth and increase a certain amount of income from a certain industry. The ratio is 1: 100. This reward is a permanent option, but it can be used at most once per cycle. The personal property consumed each time cannot exceed 100,000 yuan.] Pei Qian: ? He carefully read the description of the reward. Simply put, Pei Qian could spend a certain amount of his Personal Wealth to increase the benefits of a certain industry to consumers. At the moment, most of the businesses in Pei Qians hands could use promotional events to allow consumers to profit. For example, ROF Computer-Installation could be promoted at a low price on 1024 Digital Day. Similarly, Fish-Catching Take-Out, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, and other industries could also use promotions to increase their market share to give to consumers. However, there was a limit to that. The system would keep an eye on the situation and could not allow them to sell at a loss. On the other hand, this new reward rule was equivalent to adding a permanent option. Pei Qian could spend ten thousand yuan out of his own pocket to allow a certain industry to burn one million yuan more for the consumers to profit. Pei Qian could not help but be overjoyed. Eh? Thats a good thing! Wouldnt it be easier to spend money this way? Obviously, this rule had to be used when he was already incurring losses. If he used it when he was generating profits, he would be stupid. Take this settlement for example. While he had successfully incurred losses, he still had more than five million yuan left in the System Funds. Pei Qian only needed to fork out another fifty thousand yuan from his own pocket. Then, he could use the five million yuan in the System Funds as a form of interest to return to consumers. That would create a loss of more than five million yuan. In fact, he could earn another five hundred thousand yuan during settlement. That would be equivalent to using 50,000 yuan to earn 500,000 yuan of Personal Wealth. Even primary school students could calculate that this was a pure profit! Of course, the system had restrictions on this as well. It could only be used once per cycle, and it could not exceed a hundred thousand yuan. That was to give consumers an additional ten million yuan. Of course, Pei Qian did not know if there would be any changes to this quota, but it was enough for now. The system screen continued rolling. < System Funds will be supplemented. Target amount: 50 million > < System Funds: 44,240,000 replenished > < System Funds: 50,000,000+16,320,000 > < Fixed Assets: 163,322,000 > < Personal Wealth: 3,148,000 > < If you convert more than 800,000 yuan per cycle, you will receive a mysterious reward with a huge impact. > < It can consume a certain amount of Personal Wealth and increase a certain amount of income from a certain industry. The ratio is 1: 100. It can be used once in the current cycle. The amount of Personal Wealth consumed cannot exceed 100,000 yuan.> [Unfinished project: Mission and Choice project. The game and the movie must be released before the next settlement.] Alright, Ill be proud of myself again in the next cycle! Pei Qian felt that he had become stronger again. The next settlement would be six months later, which was July 31, 2012. Pei Qian had plenty of time. While the game Mission and Choice and the movie had to be released during this cycle, it also meant that Pei Qian could create a new pit and delay the release of the product in the next cycle. In any case, there was no need to worry about money being spent as long as the business was big enough. Pei Qian had roughly thought about what to do for the next project that would be postponed: to open a new project for Thriller Hostel! As the saying went, wonders mislead countries. Ever since the quiet, minimalist, philosophical bickering machine became popular, the haunted house, flying cars, and pendulum rides became popular, and so did the physical businesses of Thriller Hostel and Tengda in Jingzhou. Many people would go to Jingzhou to experience the Thriller Hostel. However, even so, Thriller Hostel would not be able to earn back those investments in a short period of time because of its huge investment. Whats more, half a year has already passed. Those who were interested had already experienced it. The popularity of Thriller Hostel was slowly decreasing. Since it was not that popular anymore, he could start a new project and spend tens of millions more! Other than that, Pei Qian had his own plans for the other businesses. All in all, the starting sum of the System Funds for this cycle had reached an unprecedented fifty million yuan. Pei Qian could use this opportunity to work hard! Chapter 860 - Otto Technologies’ New Mission February 1st, Wednesday Pei Qian had just completed the settlement yesterday. Today, he was filled with fighting spirit as he prepared to start the loss-making project for the next cycle. Of course, the main reason was because he had been staying at home for a week during the Chinese New Year holiday. He had rested well and his Personal Wealth had reached a peak. That was why Pei Qian was so proactive. Pei Qian planned to go to Otto Technologies today. The previous Otto Technologies was mainly responsible for two main tasks: first, the new system of Otto Technologies cell phones, including better linear animation, photography algorithms of the imaging laboratory, AEEIS smart assistant, and so on. Second, it had a Fully-Automated Smart Bickering Machine which was selling well. However, the results of Chang Yous previous work would definitely be satisfying to himself. One had to know that Otto Technologies had already made a popular cell phone brand, Otto E1. It was selling very well and had opened up a certain level of popularity. This cell phone was a high-end positioning system from the beginning. That was why its success was so rare. After all, most cell phone manufacturers had to slowly figure out the price, build up the materials, and build up their reputation if they wanted to reach the high-end. It might take a few more models or a few years before they could slowly establish the price level of the flagship model. Whats more, if there was a single problem in between, all of their previous efforts would be wasted. Otto Technologies, on the other hand, had been established as a high-end cell phone from the very beginning. It was equivalent to being born at the end of many cell phone brands. It did not matter how much the sales volume was. They could make money anyway. As long as someone bought it, that would be enough! It was impossible to expect more for a newly established cell phone brand. Thus, Chang You was eager to improve and achieve greater success. Pei Qian was very clear about this as well. That was why he had been suppressing Chang You, making him work in the imaging laboratory and the system. He had released a new cell phone for an entire year. Now, the work that Pei Qian had assigned to Otto Technologies had been completed. He had to assign Chang You a new task. If Pei Qian did not do anything about it, Chang You would definitely follow his own judgment and continue developing based on his ideals. With Otto E1s success, he would probably make a huge profit. Thus, Pei Qian had to set up a task to mislead Chang You so that Otto Technologies new product would not succeed! Boss Pei, youre here! Chang You looked smug as he welcomed Pei Qian into the conference room. Obviously, Chang You had been waiting for Boss Pei to arrive to give Otto Technologies a new task. He could not wait to show off his skills. Pei Qian sat down in the conference room while Chang You took a small box and sat down opposite him. Boss Pei, this is the custom-made mouse that you instructed me to make. The sample has been made. Oh? Oh. Pei Qian reached out to take it. It was only then that he remembered that he had arranged for Chang You to make this little thing. Strictly speaking, this was not a product of Otto Technologies. It was just a small periphery that they got original equipment manufacturers to make. The main thing was that Pei Qian had to find something for Otto Technologies to do after the development of the Fully-Automated Intelligent Bickering Machine was completed. It was so that they would not create new accidents. This matter was relatively insignificant thus, Pei Qian did not keep it in mind and almost forgot about it. Pei Qian finally remembered about it now that Chang You had taken out the finished product. He opened the box and found a standard-sized mouse inside. The mouse was pure white on the exterior. There was a LED light belt in the middle. It looked more technological. Chang You said, Boss Pei, let me introduce its functions to you. This is the Definitely No Overtime Mouse that you want. It can be used normally like other wireless mouses during working hours. Whats more, it has lithium batteries inside, not ordinary batteries such as number five or seven. It can last longer. In addition to prolonging the time and having a certain weighting effect, lithium batteries are stronger and more dynamic for the mouse! Once its time to knock off, it will take on another form, just like this. Chang You adjusted on his cell phone as he spoke. The mouse on the conference table suddenly changed form! The LED light belt on its back turned from blue to red, and a small tail stuck out from the end. The left and right keys on the front were originally covered on the mouse, but now, they stood upright like the mouses ears. No one can catch it in this form. Chang You extended his hand towards the mouse on the table as he spoke. However, the mouse suddenly moved horizontally and dodged Chang Yous hand the moment his hand reached out! Chang You reached out again but the mouse dodged! No matter how hard Chang You tried, the mouse was always one step ahead of him. It moved around on the desktop, randomly running around, but could not be caught. Obviously, there was a sensor on the back of the mouse. There was a small wheel under the mouse. Once it felt someone approaching it, the small wheel would quickly move away. Chang You continued, Of course, we cannot rule out the possibility that someone is exceptionally gifted and can catch it at lightning speed. At that time, it would activate the cicada shedding from its shell program and escape from its claws. It would then send an alarm to you! Chang You carefully avoided the sensor behind the mouse and grabbed it! However, the mouse made a clicking sound immediately after. A certain mechanism within it seemed to be activated. The dark blue mouses main body separated from the white outer shell and escaped again. At the same time, two eyes on the front of the mouse began to glow red. Chang Yous cell phone on the table received a notification. Chang You changed the time on his cell phone to non-work time. The flashing red cursor returned to normal. Chang You put the outer layer back into its original state. Boss Pei, you can set the working hours and monitor all the mice that are bound to the application. You will have the highest authority. Pei Qian was elated. Not bad! Im very satisfied with this! Produce as much as you can, and make sure all the departments have them! Pei Qian had not thought so much about it before this. He had only wanted Otto Technologies to find something to do to get an original equipment manufacturer to make a mouse that would make the employees not work overtime. He had not expected it to be so novel! While there were very few people working overtime in the various departments now, it was always better for Boss Pei to take more precautions. Pei Qian placed the mouse back into the box and expressed his approval of Chang Yous work.He then sipped his tea and asked about Otto Technologies current situation. Chang You said confidently, Boss Pei, Otto Technologies is doing well on the whole! Otto E1s current sales volume is basically negligible. We have also stopped production long ago. After all, this is a cell phone from a year ago. We have always followed the principle of never lowering prices, so very few people would buy it at its original price. However, that doesnt matter because most of the inventory has been cleared. This cell phone can be considered to have died of old age. We will not reduce the price of the cell phone. It might affect the sales volume at the end of its life but it has also earned us a good reputation from old users. On one hand, it is because they feel that the cell phone is very valuable. On the other hand, it is because we have been continuously updating the system, making them feel that they are being valued. And this reputation has laid a solid foundation for our new cell phones! As for the Intelligent Bickering Machine, its selling very well at the moment. Its a very popular product in the field of smart speakers, echo wall, and even in the field of art and decorations. So, Boss Pei, E1 has been released for a year. Its almost time to release the new cell phone, right? Chang Yous eyes were filled with anticipation. Pei Qian sipped his tea silently and nodded reluctantly. Yes, its almost time. What ideas do you have for new cell phones? Pei Qians plan was the same as before. He would ask Chang You what he wanted to do first, and then guide him in the wrong direction. Chang You said confidently, This is what I think, Boss Pei. Otto E1 is a very successful cell phone. Gamers have basically accepted its weight and price as its shortcomings. To summarize the experience, I think a very important factor would be for E1 cell phones to use more mature supply chain technology. Therefore, even though we are a new manufacturer, weve controlled the quality of the cell phones to be pretty good. Therefore, I think that we should continue to develop Otto E2 cell phones on the basis of the E1 cell phone, maintaining its characteristics. We should make some minor updates on the cell phones chip and camera module. We just have to ensure that the configuration is not lower than other flagship models. Our market share is still very low after all. Our top priority now is to protect our basic users and slowly expand into the mainstream market. We cannot sell too many. Pei Qian shook his head silently. I dont think so. Chang You did not expect Boss Pei to reject his proposal so easily. He thought that he must have made some serious mistakes in the judgment of the situation and quickly listened carefully. Pei Qian considered for a moment and said, The key to the success of E1 cell phones was that surprise and extraordinary! It immediately made consumers eyes light up once it was released at the news conference. That was why it sold so well. If we just do some regular updates, change the chip, and change the camera module, would it still give everyone a refreshing feeling even though the cost would be reduced and has a small risk? If no one thinks that it is unique and has obvious differences from other cell phones, why would anyone buy it again? Chang You was stunned. He felt that what Boss Pei said made sense. Boss Pei, in your opinion What should we do with this cell phone then? Chapter 861 - Smart Fitness Drying Rack Pei Qian pondered for a moment. One of the important factors in the success of Otto E1 was the mature design of many supply chains. The quality control of the cell phone was guaranteed. In addition, it only held up the high-end cell phones reputation with additional services such as no repair. What about the opposite now? Wouldnt he be unable to guarantee the quality control if he only used the immature designs on the supply chain? Of course, Pei Qian did not intend to scam consumers. If the quality was not good enough, he would just change it and not fix it. If not, he would give more compensation. At the same time that the cost of selling Otto Technologies rose, its reputation would become worse, and its sales would decrease. That would cause a chain reaction Wouldnt that be a win-win situation? Thus, after some consideration, Pei Qian asked, What are the latest technologies in the supply chain? Chang You pondered for a moment and said, The latest technology should be a full screen display technology and a pop-up camera. This should be the mainstream plan for next year. From what I know, Shenhua and other large cell phone manufacturers have plans to develop similar models. However, a full screen display would also bring certain problems. For example, the cell phones weight would increase, the cost would increase, the waterproof performance would be worse, the heat dissipation would be worse, the quality of the cell phone would be lower, and so on. The only benefit would be that the front side of the cell phone would be a full screen with a nicer appearance. Therefore, these large brands would not consider using full screen display as a flagship model or for volume sales. Pei Qian nodded. Yes, this is not bad. This is it! Of course, Pei Qian had predicted the development of cell phones. Full Screen Displays were definitely a trend for future development. Before perfect full screen displays could be mass-produced, water droplets camera, bangs camera, pinhole camera and pop-up cameras would definitely exist as alternatives for a long time. The pop-up camera would become popular for a short period of time, but it would soon be replaced by water droplets camera and pinhole camera. Of course, some flagship models with 3D structural light would adopt bang cameras, but it obviously had nothing to do with Otto Technologies, which did not have much technical reserves. He might have decided on the pop-up camera but there was still a high chance of success for the conventional pop-up camera. Pei Qian had to think of another way to be more safe. where exactly is the camera going to pop-up according to current plans? Pei Qian asked. Chang You immediately answered, Of course its on top, Boss Pei. Its usually arranged near the top of the cell phone. Some are on the left, some on the right, and some in the middle. The structure and the layout of the cell phone would naturally differ, but not too much. Pei Qian nodded. En We cant be like them since everyone else is putting it on the top. How about this? Well take the side! Make it on the left side of the cell phone! Chang You was stunned. Huh? It was indeed a relatively common plan to make a pop-up camera in the upper left corner of the cell phone. However, the upper left corner of the cell phone was on the short side and was ejected vertically. However, Boss Pei wanted to make it on the long side and to pop up horizontally! That was too strange! Of course, this position was not too ridiculous. That was because the lower half of the cell phone was not suitable to be used as a pop-up camera. It would be easily blocked by the hand and could only be used as the upper half of the cell phone. However, ordinary people would definitely do it on the top, right? How could they do it on the side! It would look like a ridiculous number 7 when the camera pops up. Chang You hesitated for a moment and said, Boss Pei, wouldnt it be asymmetric if we set up a pop-up camera at this location? It might look ugly, right? Pei Qian remained silent for a moment. Asymmetrical? Hmm you can add another camera in the upper right or lower left corner to make a symmetrical shape. Chang You: ??? What the f*ck! Two pop-up cameras! Chang You said it was asymmetrical mainly because he felt that he should move the camera to the middle. It would at least look more beautiful no matter whether it was the middle of the upper side or the middle of the left side. Yet, Boss Pei actually understood it as a symmetry between two pop-up cameras? Wasnt this a joke! It was a good cell phone, but there were too many pop-up cameras. What was the use of making so many pop-up cameras! Chang You said, Thats definitely not appropriate Pei Qian waved his hand. Just do it in the position I mentioned. Alright, this design is set. You can think about the other details yourself. Chang You opened his mouth, but he did not say anything seeing how determined Boss Pei was. Obviously, there was a deeper meaning in Boss Peis words. It was not appropriate to ask more now since it was better to figure it out for himself. Pei Qian continued, Apart from developing cell phones, I have another project for you. This project requires you to work closely with Deposit Fitness and Shang Yang Games to complete. Chang You naturally placed great importance when he heard that the project required three departments to work together. He temporarily put the matter of the cell phone aside. Boss Pei, please speak. Pei Qian said, Were going to develop an intelligent fitness equipment. Youll be in charge of finding a substitute factory and creating a product design. The Deposit Fitness will be in charge of providing technical support. At the same time, it can be used as a display store. Shang Yang Games will be in charge of developing games that match the fitness equipment. Chang You was stunned. He quickly asked, Boss Pei, what is this smart fitness equipment? Pei Qian said, Smart fitness drying rack. Chang You: Huh? What the f*ck was this smart fitness drying rack! Chang You would have thought that Boss Pei was joking with him if not for Boss Peis serious expression. As for why Pei Qian emphasized that the three departments should work together That was because he realized that the more departments he used for a project, the more resources and budget he could use! It was just like developing Mission and Choice. If it was just a game project or a movie project, he would only be able to spend the money for one department. However, he was able to spend more money than both of his budgets combined if he were to make a game and a movie! Whats more, Pei Qian had already discovered that even if he only allowed one department to be in charge of one project, it would not be able to stop them from suddenly joining forces. If that was the case, the damage would be even greater because Pei Qian had not been on guard. He could not tell when he would be stabbed. Since that was the case, why not let many departments develop new projects together from the beginning and take the initiative to arrange for them to work together? The entire development process of the project could be monitored in real time. That way, he wouldnt be stabbed in the back for no reason, right? Wouldnt he be three times happier if the three departments spent more than three times the budget on a failed project? Chang You asked, Boss Pei, the smart fitness drying rack you mentioned what exactly is it? Pei Qian cleared his throat and said, Family fitness has always been very important. Going to the gym might be more effective but for most people who are relatively more homely, going all the way to the gym is a rather troublesome thing. Its very difficult to persevere. We can develop a family fitness product that can help us expand the product line of our fitness industry since we have Deposit Fitness now! It would fit the concept of Tengda Life at the same time. The most fatal problem with the current family fitness products is that they easily become drying racks. No treadmill, elliptical, spinning bicycle, nor a bench press, can escape the fate of becoming drying racks. This actually highlights a very critical user requirement. Think about it, why would users use these fitness equipment as drying racks? Is it because they are lazy? Dont they want to train? Not necessarily. I think the more important reason is that they dont have enough space to dry their clothes at home! If they have enough space to dry their clothes, why would they hang their clothes or bed sheets on the fitness equipment? Therefore, this is a very important customer requirement. The customers who buy these fitness equipment actually have two requirements: the first is fitness; the second is drying clothes. However, the traditional fitness equipment actually did not meet both requirements well! Therefore, we have to solve this problem for our clients! Well design our fitness equipment with a drying clothes function. This way, our products would be more practical than ordinary fitness equipment! Among all household fitness equipment, our products are the best for drying clothes; among all drying racks, our products are the only ones with fitness functions. This is the core competitiveness of a smart fitness drying rack! Whats more, I can foresee that such products will not appear in the market for a long time to come! Users would feel that its a pity, if they were to buy a fitness equipment which ended up as a drying rack, and would not recommend others to buy it. However, if they were to think about it the other way, they would be able to use it to work out normally. That would be worth every penny! Chang You blinked, stunned. Boss Pei was a genius in logic! This was just like the joke: it would be very bad if one were to smoke while reading. However, it would instantly become inspirational if one were to read while smoking. If the fitness equipment was reduced to a drying rack, people would feel that they were losing money. However, if the drying rack was used to exercise normally, they would instantly feel that they were making a killing! However, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that something was amiss Chang You pondered for a moment and asked, Boss Pei, why did you make this device intelligent? What kind of game do you think Shang Yang Games would develop with it? Pei Qian fell silent for a short while. He had never thought about these two problems before. He simply felt that this could raise the price and reduce sales. There was no special plan. A home fitness equipment was not of much use to begin with. It would be easy to eat dust and take up space. It would be useless even though he increased the manufacturing cost of smart equipment. On top of that, the games cost He would definitely incur losses! However, he could not tell Chang You this reason. Pei Qian could only pretend to be deep in thought as he said, Ill need the three departments to think about this problem together. Chapter 862 - Gaming Shoulder Keys Phone Chang You quickly gathered the core employees of the design department for a meeting after sending Boss Pei off. The new cell phone was the most important thing for Otto Technologies to develop. Whether they could continue the success of Otto E1 would depend on the design this time. They dare not neglect it. Everyone arrived in the conference room in no time. Chang You looked around at everyone. These core employees were obviously filled with enthusiasm. They had received many year-end bonuses after all. They had already rested for a long time during the Chinese New Year holiday. Everyone was rubbing their hands together, wanting to make a name for themselves. First, I have good news for everyone. We are finally going to make a new cell phone! Everyone looked excited and expectant. However Chang You changed the topic. Boss Pei made some requests for the new cell phone. Everyone nodded, taking it for granted. After all, the success of Otto E1 previously could not be without Boss Peis guidance. Everyone felt more at ease now that Boss Pei had made a request. Chang You said, Boss Pei wants us to use the full screen display with a pop up camera and use as many new technologies as possible in the supply chain. Whats more the location of the pop up camera will be rather special Chang You briefly explained Boss Peis request, and emphasized the location of the camera. Everyone exchanged confused looks. Many cell phone manufacturers were using full screen displays with pop up cameras. However, the pop up camera of all the models that were still being developed were at the top. What did it mean to be on the top left of the horizontal border? Chang Yous expression was serious. Therefore, the main purpose of todays meeting is to analyze Boss Peis intentions and determine the design plan for the new cell phone. At the moment, Boss Pei has been vague about some of the details of this cell phone. He has only repeatedly emphasized the location of the pop up camera. I think this should be the main point. Little Jiang, youre in charge of the design. Tell me your opinion first. Little Jiang came with his laptop. He had already quickly drawn a simple picture in the software. He frowned slightly and said, First of all, the shape of the camera is more unique and recognizable than the cell phones with cameras that pop up from the top. Users usually hold the bottom half of their phones when they use their phones. The position of this camera will not be blocked by their hands. Whats more, most people use their right hand when taking selfies. The angle of the selfies is also very suitable. There wont be a situation where the camera is placed below and takes a picture of their nostrils. Whether its held horizontally or vertically, the photos taken should be better looking On top of that, the camera module on the back would definitely be in the middle of this position. The back would also look more beautiful. However, these reasons are not very sufficient. Boss Pei must have had some very important considerations since he specifically emphasized that the pop up camera was to be placed in this position. Little Jiang said a few points from the camera itself, but it was obvious that these reasons were not sufficient. He looked at Chang You. Boss Chang, did Boss Pei say anything else about the camera? Chang You thought hard about what Boss Pei had said before. All of a sudden, he recalled a detail that he had neglected previously. Thats right! I hinted to Boss Pei previously that it would be strange to place it in this position. Do you want to be symmetrical? In other words, to place the camera in the center. In the end, Boss Pei misunderstood. He actually said that he could add a camera in the upper right or lower left corner and make it look symmetrical! However, this plan is too ridiculous, so Boss Pei must be joking. Little Jiang frowned slightly. Top right or bottom left He quickly operated the laptop and added a pop-up camera above the long right side of the cell phone and below the long left side to see the effect. After adding it to the upper right corner, the entire cell phone became T-shaped. I cant see anything special about it. If you add it to the bottom left corner Eh, Boss Chang, look at these two pop-up cameras. Do they look like two shoulder keys? Chang You looked at Little Jiangs computer screen and saw that there was a square-shaped protrusion on the top and bottom of the long left side on the prototype of the cell phone. If he looked at the cell phone horizontally, it was exactly like two shoulder keys. The design of the shoulder key was a standard design on the handle of the controller used for mainframes. According to the standard usage method of the controller, the shoulder key and trigger key were pressed by the index finger of both hands. In racing games, it was usually the accelerator and the brake. In shooting games, it was usually to aim and shoot. It was a very important key. Chang You suddenly had an idea. Could it be that Boss Pei is hinting for us to make two triggers to develop a mobile game cell phone? You mean to combine the pop up camera and the trigger key? Thats not right. He sounded like he was joking when he said that. Whats more, he did not emphasize that we have to make two pop-up cameras. Whats more, no matter what, making two pop-up cameras is meaningless. Little Jiang said, Boss Chang, this is obviously a hint from Boss Pei! The mechanical structure takes up too much space. One camera is enough. It would be meaningless to make two. However, the reason why Boss Pei mentioned this is obviously because he wants to create such a symmetrical design! Boss Chang, do you think this design will work? The pop up camera will still be on the top of the long side. At the same time, well make it into the right trigger. At the bottom of the long side, well make a left trigger key. This pop-up camera would only pop up in a few scenarios such as selfies and video conversations. In other scenarios, it would shrink back and only protrude a little. It would exist as a trigger button that could be pressed. The left trigger will not be a pop-up camera. It feels the same as the right trigger button. It is wider than the other physical buttons and is protruding. You can press it. The rebound is strong and the buttons are longer. It can give players the best gaming experience. Chang You nodded in realization. In other words, this cell phone is a game cell phone with two physical trigger buttons? Little Jiang nodded. Thats right. Whats more, many points would be strung together if you did that! Our cell phones have to use the flagship microchips and piles of materials to the extreme. The battery capacity is also much larger than ordinary cell phones. It would be a serious waste to use such good performance to surf the web and chat. We definitely have to use it to play games. The others in the conference room were inspired and began to speak freely. Thats right! The key problem with a popup camera is that the quality of the camera will not be particularly high, and male users who like to play games do not particularly care about this. This means that the proposal for a pop up camera is more suitable for gaming cell phones. Thats right. The cell phones screen will definitely change from the traditional 16:9 to 19:9 or 19.5:9 since were using a Full Screen Display technology. That means the entire screen will become wider. For horizontal screen players, the view will be wider. This is also an advantage from traditional cell phones. I think theres another key point. What is Tengdas core business? Its a game! When the time comes, we can link up with Tengda Games or Shang Yang Games to develop a racing or shooting mobile game. For example, the mobile version of The Lonely Desert Road or Ocean Stronghold. Then, we can make a special optimization for our cell phones Wouldnt that show our advantage? Chang You nodded repeatedly. Yes, yes! No wonder Boss Pei placed the pop up camera in this position. It was to remind us to make two shoulder keys! The pop-up camera had a mechanical structure to begin with. Using this mechanical structure to make a physical shoulder key that was specially used for games could be considered as making the best use of it. It was more worth it than other cell phones that made pop-up cameras. As for the left shoulder key, it did not have to be as big as the pop-up camera even though it also had a mechanical structure. Thus, it would not take up too much space. It was completely acceptable. The flagship chip, coupled with the full screen display and other details, would definitely significantly improve the players gaming experience. Chang You was elated. Thats right! Boss Pei must be thinking that way! Lets follow this train of thought and perfect the details! Everyone was no longer as confused as before with a clear direction. They began to discuss the remaining details of the cell phone. Since weve decided to make a game cell phone, why dont we make it look cool? I think the back cover can be made with a mecha style with LED lights. After all, E1 also has LED lights. It can be considered a continuation of tradition. The battery capacity must be bigger. The fast charging technology seems to have been upgraded recently. We can use it. The new fingerprint technology might not be very useful, but Ill add it to increase the feeling of advancement in technology. We have to have a dual speaker when playing games. Move the charging port and earphones to the center of the right side of the cell phone so that it wont block your hand when playing games across the screen. Put the power and sound keys on the right side of the cell phone as well, so that the two shoulder keys can be used. Since the players are already used to the weight of our cell phones, and we need a large battery, we dont have to make a protruding rear camera. This way, the looks of the entire cell phone can be improved. Everyone started talking at once. Soon, they had a rough design plan for the cell phone. The general direction of this cell phone was very clear even though there were still many details to consider. Little Jiang quickly recorded the key points of everyones discussion as he listened. Chang You was elated. Alright, well decide on this plan then! Everyone, start preparing immediately! Now that I think about it, Boss Pei has foresight. He sees much farther than me. Previously, I wanted to make this cell phone based on E1s success. However, it seems like I was too conservative. I have a feeling that the new cell phone created according to Boss Peis plan will definitely be a huge success! Chapter 863 - The Structure of the Fitness Drying Rack After finalizing the rough research and development plan for the new cell phone, Chang You called the person-in-charge of Deposit Fitness, Guo Licheng, and the person-in-charge of Shang Yang Games, Wang Xiaobin, respectively. He asked them to come to Otto Technologies to discuss the smart fitness drying rack. Initially, Ye Zhizhou had been in charge of Shang Yang Games when it was developing new games. However, Ye Zhizhou had gone to Los Angeles for a business trip and had just ended his break. Whats more, he had to make a trip to Los Angeles to take a break. Thus, Wang Xiaobin was temporarily in charge of the research and development of Shang Yang Games. This smart fitness drying rack sounded a little ridiculous but Chang You did not dare to neglect it. It was a key job that Boss Pei had personally instructed him after all. Whats more, it was a joint operation of three key departments. This might affect Boss Peis future industrial layout. He might be blamed if it was not done well. The competition between the various departments was so intense now. Chang You did not want Otto Technologies to drag him down since he would lose face as the person-in-charge. Guo Licheng and Wang Xiaobin arrived in the afternoon. Chang You led the two of them to the guest room and briefly explained Boss Peis instructions about the smart fitness drying rack. Guo Licheng and Wang Xiaobin looked at each other and saw confusion in each others eyes. What kind of bewitching product was this? A drying rack with fitness function? They even had to customise a game? It would still make sense if this was a lame and funny product. He could just produce a few of them for users who liked to play with them. It would be just looking for money if it made lame news. However, Boss Pei seemed to be taking this very seriously! In other words, this drying rack was to be a legitimate commercial product? He wanted it to be mass-produced? He had to think about how to earn money since it was to be mass-produced. Otherwise, he would lose a lot of face if the three departments were to produce a product together but incur losses! Chang You looked at Guo Licheng and said, Coach Guo, youre a professional at fitness. It is still a fitness product at the end of the day even though it requires Shang Yang Games and our participation. Why dont you tell us your opinion first? Guo Licheng used his thick arm to support his chin. The way the big, muscular man pondered was a little comical, but his expression was serious. In fact, the drying rack is a relatively common meme in the field of fitness. Whether its a treadmill, a spinning bicycle, an elliptical, or a bench press, any fitness equipment placed at home would often be unable to escape the fate of becoming a drying rack. It was mainly because there is no fitness environment and atmosphere at home. Most people have no patience so it was very difficult for them to persevere. These things took up space, so many people used them to hang their clothes and dry their bed sheets. However, they did not want to exercise while drying their bedsheets. They would enter a vicious cycle as time passed. If we use this meme as a name, we can actually arouse the feel good factor from fitness users. It would also be beneficial for our initial publicity. Boss Peis reverse thinking is admirable. I think that Boss Peis design is actually using users reverse psychology to achieve the goal of urging users to work out. Chang You asked, What do you think this product should look like? Until now, Chang You still did not have a clear concept of this smart fitness drying rack. Should it be a stand, or should it be hung on the ceiling? Should it have folding and stretching functions? Should he make something like a small fan that could blow clothes and cool users down? The concept was too vague and Boss Pei had not mentioned any details about the design. Thus, Chang You found it difficult to imagine the actual shape of the product. Guo Licheng was a professional fitness trainer. He had used all sorts of fitness equipment and was very knowledgeable about fitness. He should be able to figure out the key ingredients from these messy functions and needs. Guo Licheng continued to think seriously. Boss Pei has already made it clear that the use of this smart fitness drying rack is mainly at home. In other words, its targeted at individual consumers, not commercial gyms Wang Xiaobin said, Eh, Coach Guo, that might not be the case. Shang Yang Games was the same as the other departments. They had all been given a mandatory fitness limit. Wang Xiaobin had to set an example as the person-in-charge. Thus, he had his own understanding of fitness. Guo Licheng did not think that Wang Xiaobin was not as professional as him in terms of fitness. Instead, he asked seriously, What do you mean? Wang Xiaobin thought for a moment and said, I think Boss Peis thinking should be both. However, the priority is different. As a fitness equipment, the commercial gym must be one of our target customers. However, the equipment changes in the commercial gym are very slow. Whats more, the market share of those large brands fitness equipment is very difficult to shake. If we wanted to sell our fitness equipment to the commercial gym from the beginning, we would definitely encounter huge difficulties and resistance. Of course, this is excluding Deposit Fitness. However, Deposit Fitness accounts for a very low market share. Thus, Boss Pei focused his attention on the home fitness scene. Ordinary people would not buy large-scale commercial fitness equipment because the houses are not that big. They would buy treadmills, ellipses, bench press, and dumbbells at the very best. At the moment, none of these brands are well-known or widely used. We can naturally sell this equipment to professional gyms assuming that our smart fitness drying rack can gain the favor of ordinary people and become popular. Guo Licheng nodded. Indeed. In other words, Boss Pei is only using the home fitness scene as a starting point. As an intelligent fitness equipment, it can still be sold to commercial gyms as long as it becomes popular. However, this does not affect my initial judgment. After all, the family fitness scene is the foundation. The rest are empty if this cannot be satisfied. If were considering the family fitness scene I think the following points are very important. First, safety, stability, reliability. Theres no need to talk about this. The fitness equipment is made of steel wire and iron. If youre not careful, you might get injured. Not only must the material be solid and reliable, but you must also avoid all possible safety hazards when designing. Second, the area it would take up. One of the important reasons why the home fitness equipment is not selling well is that it takes up too much space. Most of the people who choose to buy fitness equipment are young people who have higher demands on their bodies, but their economic conditions are often not very good. In other words, most of the people in our target group do not have a large area of residence. It is very difficult to make a large area for fitness equipment. This is also a key reason why many people use fitness equipment to dry their clothes. Therefore, we have to think of a way to make the smart fitness drying rack not take up too much space. It would be best if part of the structure could be folded and stretched. It would be best if we use the balcony as the main setting for this equipment. Third, sustainability and interest. Fitness is a very difficult thing to persevere in the first place. There is a very important reason for the success of the Deposit Fitness. The user must reach a certain training time and have to eat fitness meals that are nutritious and balanced. It is precisely because the Deposit Fitness is so compulsory that the remaining users can persevere. That is why it has such a good fitness effect. However, if you were to train at home, it would be easy to slack off without anyone supervising you. Whats more, the family environment makes people want to rest. Once you lie down on the sofa, you wont think about training anymore. Compared to the gym, its much more difficult to persevere. Thats why Boss Pei asked us to make smart devices and let Shang Yang Games develop a special game. It should be to improve the sustainability and interest of training in family scenes! Chang You and Wang Xiaobin listened intently and nodded. He was indeed a professional fitness trainer. He easily analyzed the deep meaning and basic principles behind Boss Peis seemingly nonsensical smart fitness drying rack. Chang You said, Coach Guo, what do you think the product form of the smart fitness drying rack looks like if you were to design it? Guo Licheng continued to think seriously. Since its a family gym, we cant take up too much space. We have to integrate various equipment. In terms of training goals and effects, strength training would definitely be better than aerobic training. Therefore, our smart fitness drying rack would definitely focus on strength training. Guo Licheng briefly explained the principle behind it. Chang You and Wang Xiaobin were working out as well, so he understood it immediately. Anyone who had some common sense about fitness knew that most of the time, fitness would be done through strength training before aerobic training. Only then would the best exercise be achieved. In laymans terms, strength training was like lifting iron while aerobic training was like jogging or riding a spinning bicycle. Of course, everyones physical conditions were different, and the training methods they used would also be different. However, overall, strength first and aerobic later was the best arrangement. The main reason was that doing aerobics first would affect the effect of strength training, while doing strength first would help the effect of aerobics. Doing strength training after a long period of aerobic exercises would mostly make them unable to perform well in strength training since they had already used up a portion of the glycogen. It would not be able to stimulate their muscles sufficiently. On the other hand, doing strength training first would also consume the glycogen. However, it would stimulate the body to use fat to provide energy for aerobic training. It would achieve better reduction in fat. Many girls were worried that strength training would increase their muscles, so they only went to the treadmill each time. In fact, this type of training method was relatively inefficient. If they were slim to begin with, they could use this method to maintain their figures, but if they wanted to lose weight and shape, the effect would be far inferior to scientific strength training. That was why Guo Licheng said that the smart fitness hangers would focus on strength training. Chapter 864 - Proposal For Product Positioning and Detail Guo Licheng continued, The space in most users homes is limited. They can only have one fitness equipment. If they set up a treadmill and a spinning bicycle, the aerobic training can be done but not strength training. Thats because strength training requires at least a push rack and dumbbell. Since theres already a treadmill taking up space, its impossible for most people to have another set of strength training equipment at home. On the other hand, if we set up a strength training machine in our home, we can use other methods to achieve aerobics exercises. For example, using yoga mats in the living room to do gymnastics, Burpee, etc. Since the main purpose of the smart fitness drying rack is to do strength training, the parts we want to train must be mainly the core strength muscles such as the chest, back, and so on. Theres no need for too many different designs. After all, people who have so many details for strength training would definitely go to the gym. Were facing ordinary users. Most of them are fitness noobs. This machine has to be simple, easy to understand, and easy to persevere. First of all, the equipment must be targeted at the chest. The chest muscles are relatively easy to train. They are efficient and obvious. You must have a chest fly machine that can train butterfly crossover, straight arms crossover, and reverse arms crossover. The second is the back. The back is relatively simple. Make a high-back training machine at the top of the machine and a rowing machine at the bottom. Then, we can make use of the existing structure as a booster for the upper body. The chair used to train the chest and pull the back can be used as a support for the kneeling posture when the booster is raised. Then, we can make a cable curl at the bottom to train the biceps and Brachioradialis. You can add a barbell with a rails in the middle. You can lie on the seat and do push-ups. You can also fold the seat and stand on the ground to do a weighted squat. In that case the exercises that this machine can do include: butterfly, straight arms, reverse arms expander, lat pull-down, rowing, pull-up, cable curl, bench press, and weighted squat. There are a total of nine exercises. Most of the muscles in the body should be able to be trained. It should be about the same size as an ordinary cable crossover. The length, width, and height should be about two meters, one meter, four meters, and 2.1meters. It should take up about three square meters of space. Guo Licheng took a pen and paper from the side and quickly drew a sketch. Chang You and Wang Xiaobin came over to watch. The main structure was a rectangular frame made of metal. The back of the frame was for weight. Apart from the barbell, all strength training used this weight. The seat was wider and could be fixed. It could also be used as a lever to move up and down. Of course, it could also be folded and not be in the waz Two mechanical arms extended out from the upper half of the body. They could be used to do crossover exercises. There were two horizontal poles above and below the upper half of the body. They were used for lat pull-down and crossover; There was a barbell in the middle, which could be used for bench press, squat, or to train shoulders. Guo Lichengs drawing skills were a little lousy but Chang You and Wang Xiaobin had gym experience after all. They knew the usage of various equipment, so they could still understand it. Chang You nodded slightly after reading it, but he still frowned. Strictly speaking, this is an upgraded version of the comprehensive fitness equipment. It should be functional. However this is obviously different from the smart drying rack that Boss Pei requested. Guo Licheng nodded. Er, I only designed the most basic functions. The details must be perfected. Chang You stood up and got Little Jiang to enter. Ill tell you how to change it. You can draw a simple prototype. Little Jiang nodded and began to modify according to Chang Yous instructions. First of all, since its a drying rack, the current size is definitely not suitable. The few pillars on the outside of the cable crossover is taking up too much space which is a serious waste. I think we should design it into a capital I shape to support the main body, including the two rails of the barbell, and focus it on the vertical bar in the middle. Initially, the structure of the cable crossover made people feel that it was like a cage. It was more closed up but would be more open after modification. It will be similar to the feeling of a basketball hoop. The two mechanical arms of the crossover can also be made into foldable ones. They can be folded and placed together with the horizontal lever at the top. Then, the barbell will be set at a position closer to the top. After folding the seats, the center of the entire machine will be empty. It wont affect walking around normally. Second, we have to make some simple designs and functions for the drying rack. At the moment, the design is more like an ordinary clothes rack. You can hang the clothes on the beam at the top and hang them in a row. Whats more, there are different levels. The beam at the top and the barbell poles at the bottom can hang different clothes. Well install a few more fans at the top so that we can blow our clothes to speed up the drying process. At the same time, we can cool users down during the exercise. Finally, the smart part. In addition to adding artificial intelligence AEEIS, we can also install intelligent modules in various parts. For example, we can install modules on the accompanying mechanisms to know the current weight of users; we can install sensors on the mechanical arms and chairs to know if the users current movements are standard. At the same time, we can also judge if the user has restored the machine to the standard position after using it. Finally, the game Wang Xiaobin continued, I think this game should be mainly used with this machine. The idea of adding smart modules is a good idea. That way, we can monitor the players movements in real time. Actually, the biggest problem with traditional fitness methods is that they are boring and cannot be sustained. The fun part of the game is to provide users with a certain degree of interest through the combination of graphics, sound, and gameplay, making it easier for them to persevere. My idea is to package these fitness movements with a game aspect. For example, the protagonist is a warrior. A specific fitness movement is his skill. He can defeat monsters through skills. We can dismantle the training that requires daily training into checkpoints. As long as players complete these checkpoints, they can achieve the goal of training. During the checkpoint, we can add encouraging voice-overs, the provocation of monsters, and other elements to stimulate the players fighting desire, making it easier for them to persevere. The other key point is that we can let the players fill in their own height and weight. At the same time, we can measure their heart rate according to the training and roughly determine their physical fitness. We can also slightly adjust the training volume to ensure the best training effect. Whats more, these data can be interconnected with the fitness data in Tengda Life App, including daily reminders, training schedules, and so on. They are all available and can be used directly. Chang You nodded as he recorded. Yes, what will be the estimated investment for the game? Wang Xiaobin thought for a moment. The investment would not be huge. Two or three million yuan should be enough. Thats because the movements, scenes, monsters, and other aspects can be used repeatedly. The main workload is still on the design and details of the stages. This cost can be earned back by selling the equipment if the game is sold in tandem with the equipment. Chang You looked at Guo Licheng. Coach Guo, how much do you think this equipment would cost if we dont consider the smart module? Guo Licheng thought for a moment. There are similar fitness equipment online. Theyre selling for about 3,500 to 4,000 yuan. Our current set needs to be designed in a different way, in charge of installation and after-sales service. The cost of building it should be 4,500 yuan. Chang You nodded. Yes. In that case, with the smart module and other functions, and considering the bundled price of the game, it would be more appropriate to set it at around 5,000 yuan. Its a little expensive. As a home fitness equipment, the pricing of mainstream equipment in the market is around 3,500 yuan. Our prices do not have much of an advantage. While a machine that sells around 3,500 yuan is far inferior to our equipment in terms of functionality and interest, the difference of 1,500 yuan would still make many people hesitate. Xiao Jiang raised his hand and said, Boss Chang, I have a different opinion. Actually, the difference of 1,500 yuan is not the main factor for users who are willing to fork out money to purchase fitness equipment. They are mainly worried about two things: the first is taking up space, and the second is that it is difficult to persevere. Now that property prices are so high, the space in most peoples homes is limited. Even if this equipment was placed on the balcony, it would take up about three square meters. If we were to calculate based on the price of fifteen thousand yuan per square meter, it would cost nearly fifty thousand yuan. Whats the difference of one thousand five hundred yuan compared to fifty thousand yuan, ? If you buy fitness equipment and dont use it, it will just be eating dust. Youll also lose a lot by making it a drying rack. Eating dust and taking up space. Its not easy to sell them. Thats the key reason why most people dont buy fitness equipment. However, our products foldable design will save some space. Its more useful than ordinary fitness equipment to hang up clothes. Whats more, its more interesting and more sustainable. We will definitely be very competitive as long as we do well. I think we should differentiate it from traditional fitness equipment in terms of style. We should not use black, but white because it looks more technological. It should look more like a technological product than a fitness equipment when its in a kept mode. It should look as beautiful as possible. The key to this machine should not be its price but its popularity. As long as it has popularity and there is no competition in the market, the difference of 1,500 yuan will not be a big problem. Whats more, we have more functions, better effects, and a game. Chang You nodded slightly. Yes, that makes sense! Thinking about it this way fixed the product positioning even though the smart fitness drying rack was a little lame and could not guarantee 100% success. Only young people would buy fitness equipment like that. Since that was the case, he would try his best to satisfy young peoples needs and win against all the other competitions. Whats more, it should be alright to incur losses in the early stages as a supplement to the Deposit Fitness. Pei Qian would be able to earn it back in the future as long as the reputation of the game remained stable and its popularity slowly increased. Boss Pei should be more tolerant towards the initial losses. Little Jiang had already completed the rough design of the exterior while everyone was discussing. Compared to other fitness equipment, the smart fitness drying rack looked more beautiful and technological. On the other hand, the game would be made into a mobile game. It would be connected to the Tengda Life Apps Tengda Deposit Fitness statistics. One could use a cell phone, a tablet, or a monitor. There was an intelligent module on the smart fitness drying rack. Once it was connected to a cell phone or tablet, it could detect the current state of the equipment, record the users movements, and so on. It could also provide real-time feedback in the game. The three of them looked at the smart fitness drying rack plan again and perfected some details. Chang You was very satisfied. Alright, thats the plan for now! Everyone, finish the part that you are responsible for. We will maintain communication and will definitely complete Boss Peis task! Chapter 865 - : Old Friend Eric Is Back February 2nd, Thursday Pei Qian continued to consider the work arrangements of the various departments in his office. The new cell phone and smart fitness drying rack had taken care of Otto Technologies, Shang Yang Games, and Deposit Fitness. Pei Qian was very satisfied. Pei Qian was especially satisfied with the design of the smart fitness drying rack. No matter how one looked at it, this thing could not be sold, right? Pei Qian could not help but feel proud at the thought that this idea could resolve the three departments that could backstab him. However, there were still many tasks. That was because Tengda Corporation had too many businesses and departments. Pei Qian could hardly manage all of them. However, he could not let his guard down because he did not know which department was preparing for something big. He would be forced to make profits if he was not careful. Pei Qian still browsed through the work reports of the various departments. He thought about which projects would definitely incur losses to make the profitable departments work on them as he searched for clues. Pei Qian felt a headache coming on after reading for a while. He took out his cell phone and scrolled through the news. Hm? The upper echelons of Finger Games would have a change in personnel? The two data balance masters who was in contact with FRY Club privately had been fired and dealt with. The former head of China Region, Chrtien, has been dismissed. Eric will take over Eric is back? Pei Qian could not help but feel a little surprised when he saw this message. Eric, my old friend! IOIs global finals might have ended but the popularity of this competition had not subsided. FV Team popularity and attention had increased unprecedentedly and won the championship. They had suddenly become a world-renowned team from a small and unknown club. IOIs market share in the country might have been squeezed out by GOG but FV was still a domestic team after all. Many GOG players had been paying attention to them after they won the championship; not to mention internationally. Foreign players basically recognized this team and its five members. All sorts of news about the FV Team were dug out after the competition. On one hand, many exciting things could be dug out since FV Team had always been low-profile. On the other hand, FVs official Weibo account had been continuously working, and had also obtained a lot of attention for FV Team. Thus, the content of FV Team being treated differently by Long Yu Corporation, Boss Pei providing them with top food and accommodation, logistics support, the strongest coaching team in history, and so on were all repeatedly discussed. In the end, the news that two official statisticians of Finger Games had gone to FRY Team to help formulate strategies was exposed. It completely ignited public opinion! Not only did domestic players protest strongly, the foreign players were also expressing that this was unacceptable. FRY Team lost even more miserably because of this matter! It was already very ugly for the finals to be 3: 0. It was worse that they obtained these results even though they had accepted tactical guidance! Foreign players felt ashamed as well after such an incident was exposed. That was why they were pressuring Dayak Corporation and Finger Games. Erics minions, who were keeping an eye on Chrtiens faction,also took the opportunity to start an internal strife within Dayak Corporation. The power struggle within Dayak Corporation was finally settled with the announcement of the official personnel changes. Many players were still dissatisfied with the results even though Finger Games had fired two statistics balance masters after all. They had also eliminated a higher-up. They had done enough, and the voices of dissent gradually subsided. However, the negative impact that this incident had on Finger Games and GOG would probably not be made up for a long time. Pei Qian did not know what kind of power struggle Finger Games had. However, Eric becoming the person-in-charge of the China region might not be a bad thing from the results. That was because Eric was more direct than Chrtien. Chrtien liked to play games in different ways, while Eric preferred to burn money directly. That suited Pei Qian better. Eric being able to return to being the person-in-charge of China this time means that the upper echelons of Dayak Corporation have also approved of his plan. So is the real money-burning war about to start? Im suddenly looking forward to it! Pei Qian suddenly looked forward to Eric taking over IOIs local server. Come, burn money with me! He was just worried that he couldnt do it for a lack of reason! At the same time, in the headquarters of Long Yu Corporation in Shanghai. Zhao Xuming was all smiles as he welcomed Eric into the conference room. Mr. Eric, hello, hello! Youve been on the plane for more than ten hours. You must be tired from the long journey, right? Do you want to have some tea and rest before we start discussing business? Eric waved his hand. No need. Im very energetic now. Lets get to the main topic. Lets talk about the latest cooperation on IOIs domestic server. Zhao Xuming did not dare to say much and quickly nodded. Alright, no problem. He did not say it out loud, but he knew very well in his heart that Erics high-spirited manner was most likely due to him being newly reinstalled. He had to cooperate carefully. Otherwise, he would be in even more danger. Zhao Xuming and Long Yu Corporations public relations department were also exhausted in dealing with the public relations crisis after matters were exposed previously. They did nothing but crisis management during the entire Chinese New Year holiday. Zhao Xuming was also warned by the higher-ups after they barely managed to suppress the matter. He might have been fired along with Chrtien if he had not been better at pushing the blame away. On the other hand, Eric had replaced Chrtien. That was enough to show that he had completely gained the trust and support of Dayak Corporation and Finger Games upper echelons. Eric was definitely going to showcase his skills now. If Zhao Xuming held him back, Eric could negotiate with the upper echelons of Long Yu Corporation and replace Zhao Xuming at any time. Thus, Zhao Xuming did not dare to be negligent. He knew very well that everything had to be decided by Eric now. He could not go against Eric, or he would be the one being carried away. Eric sized up Zhao Xuming. Boss Zhao, Ive heard some things about you. You seemed to have made a lot of mistakes during the promotion of IOI. However, dont worry. I like to look forward, so I can let bygones be bygones. However, I would like to emphasize that I have a different style of doing things from Chrtien. I hope you can cooperate with me. Zhao Xuming quickly nodded. Of course, thats my job. He knew what Eric meant. What Eric meant was that Zhao Xuming had his share of the blame for the lack of publicity previously. If Eric wanted to, he could replace Zhao Xuming with some methods at any time. However, Eric did not do that. Instead, he continued to make Zhao Xuming the person-in-charge of IOIs operations and cooperation department, obviously hoping that he would be 100% obedient. That was Zhao Xumings original plan. Naturally, he did not show any signs of resistance. Eric was very satisfied with this and continued, Next, Ill briefly explain IOIs new operating strategy. The changes to the new version might have reduced the difficulty of the game objectively, attracted new players, and increased the viewing pleasure of the competition, but it also produced many negative effects. The biggest impact was the convergence between IOI and GOGs design, which allowed FV Team, who used GOGs playstyle, to win the championship. Many players now think that GOGs game design standards and competition level is higher than IOI. Thats difficult. However, its impossible to change it back. On the one hand, it would cause players to have a bad impression of us changing every day and having a chaotic train of thought. On the other hand, it would also cause the games threshold to rise and the competitions viewing pleasure to decline. Therefore, we can only make some minor adjustments to the content of the game and take our time to think about it. However, I came here with the winning magical equipment for Tengda. That is burning money! Tengdas trump card is to burn money. If we want to defeat them, we have to burn more money than them! I have already convinced the upper echelons of the company to engage in a price war with GOG globally. All of the heroes in IOI will be free from the next version onwards. The price of all skins will be reduced to thirty percent of the original price. We will prepare generous rewards for old players, returning players, and new players. We will also invest a lot of money and resources to promote the game and regain the market share that GOG snatched away! This time, I have obtained a lot of authority and funds from the headquarters. I will burn them until Tengdas capital chain cannot hold on anymore! As for Boss Zhao, your task is to cooperate with me and do a good job of publicity in the China region. While this action would affect Long Yu Corporations income, I believe that Long Yu Corporation would be able to distinguish the long-term interests and immediate interests, right? If we allow GOG to continue fighting a price war, IOIs market share would be wiped out sooner or later. At that time, no one would be able to earn anything. If we can burn money to win GOG, our prospects would be limitless! Boss Zhao, Ill have to trouble you to communicate with the higher-ups of Long Yu Corporation. Zhao Xuming quickly nodded. Dont worry, Ill settle it. He knew very well that while Eric said please communicate politely, Long Yu Corporation did not have much room to reject the powerful position of Finger Games. Zhao Xumings heart began to race seeing Erics confident expression. Competing with Tengda Corporation on burning money? Would it really work? Zhao Xuming was very doubtful about this, but Zhao Xuming felt that there should be hope thinking about how rich Dayak Corporation was. In any case, it was very difficult for him to participate in a fight between immortals of this level. He might as well do his job and quietly watch from the side. Chapter 866 - Bunny Tail Live-Stream Pei Qian continued reading the latest news in his office. FV Teams Los Angeles documentary had already been released, and it received a hot response. FV Team had signed a huge contract with the live-stream platform during the Chinese New Year period. They had also taken on many endorsements. Many of them expressed their willingness to invest in FV Team. The teams valuation skyrocketed. Wu Yue had not reported exactly how much they had earned but Pei Qian guessed that it would not be too little. Back then, Pei Qian had spent three million yuan to buy 70% of FV Teams shares. Now, FV Team would be earning money for Tengda whether they signed live-stream platforms, accepted endorsements, or sold shares. Whats more, brands were an important representation of E-Sports Clubs value. FV had achieved results and fame, and various capital had come to invest. The clubs valuation had risen, which meant that Pei Qians shares were also increasing many folds. The shares that he had bought for three million yuan could easily be raised to tens of millions. It grew ten times more valuable in an instant. Whats more, Pei Qian was stuck in a bad place. He would make too much money and it would hurt if he sold it. If he did not sell it, the clubs profits, dividends, and the advertising effect of fame would continue to make money. Both advancement and retreatment were knives. This made him feel despair. Pei Qian was feeling melancholic when someone knocked on his office door. He looked up and saw Zhang Yuan. Boss Pei, Im here to report about the GPL sponsors and live-streaming rights auction. The transfer fees for DGEs team members have been paid, a total of 13 million yuan. The exclusive title sponsorship of GPL has been bought at the price of 26 million yuan a year by Shenhuas cell phone. The collaboration price of a single type of business is 6 million yuan a year. At the moment, there are already computer manufacturers, external manufacturers, sports clothing, snacks, and many other manufacturers bidding for it. Its a total of 42 million yuan. The broadcasting rights have been given to three live-stream platforms, each offering about 12 million yuan All these funds added up to about 110 million a year. Pei Qian suddenly felt that something was amiss. Wait a minute, why does it seem to be higher than the price you mentioned before? Zhang Yuan nodded. Thats right, Boss Pei. Thats because I followed your instructions and got these sponsors to pay in installments so that the money would be distributed every month. The sponsors are very grateful. This greatly reduced the pressure on their funds, so the bidding became even more intense. Whats more, there are some partnerships in negotiations. If they succeed, it should not be a problem to get another ten to twenty million yuan as sponsorship. Pei Qian could not help but freeze. What the fu*k did it mean that the sponsors were very grateful to be paid in installments! Was it alright for the bidding to become more intense? You have completely mistaken! I just wanted to distribute the funds so that I could burn more money every month! Pei Qian felt a little tired after listening to Zhang Yuans report. He nodded and said, Alright, I understand. Zhang Yuan could not help but feel emotional seeing Boss Peis expression. As expected of Boss Pei! The GPL league had only been held for less than half a year, and he had already earned more than a hundred million yuan. Yet, Boss Pei looked very relaxed, not excited at all. Of course, more than a hundred million yuan was not a big sum to Boss Pei.However, it was earned from GPL league after all. Most E-Sports competitions were still burning money to buy popularity throughout the entire world. There were very few E-Sports leagues and they were the only one able to obtain so much sponsorship and earn so much money! Boss Pei was not surprised or excited by such a historical improvement. It looked like Boss Pei had higher expectations for the GPL. Yes, I have to continue working hard! Zhang Yuan silently encouraged himself in his heart. He decided to follow Boss Peis example and continue to do a better job at the GPL. Then, he left. Pei Qian felt restless after Zhang Yuan left. He stood up and walked around the office twice. No, this sum of money is too much. Im afraid I wont be able to spend it all. We cant spend more money on Mission and Choice. It would be troublesome if we delay the progress and affect settlement. We might have already decided on a new project for Thriller Hostel, Ive earmarked some funds. Such a project would take a long time to begin with. Im afraid the working period would not be guaranteed if I add more money. I have to think of a way to burn money quickly without affecting settlement. Hmm Since thats the case, Ill arrange for the live-stream platform! At this critical juncture, I still have to rely on Old Ma, this trusted aide. Pei Qian immediately sent Ma Yang a message, asking him to come to the office. In fact, Pei Qian had long planned to create a live-stream platform to burn money. There were two main reasons why he had not taken action yet. First of all, the live-streaming platform required a lot of funds. Previously, Tengda had other ways to burn money. It was not easy to squeeze out excess funds to create a live-streaming platform. Secondly, the live-streaming platform was currently a newly-established industry. The major live-streaming platforms were burning money but the battle situation was still unclear. Pei Qian was afraid that if he created a live-streaming platform that became popular, he would have an advantage in the beginning of the live-stream war. It would be difficult to lose money. Thus, Pei Qian decided to wait for a few live-streaming platforms to divide up the market share before entering the venue slowly. He would keep a low profile and follow behind these platforms to burn some money. That would be safer. Tengda had a huge sum of money that could not be spent now. Several large live-stream platforms had more or less divided the live-streamers and viewers. Small live-stream platforms began to show signs of failing, and the situation of the live-stream war became clearer. To Pei Qian, this was the perfect opportunity to incur losses. Thus, Pei Qian finally made up his mind to get Old Ma to take charge of this matter. Ma Yang arrived before long. Brother Qian! Is there anything I can help you with? Is there any new product that you need me to do live commerce? Ma Yangs long face was filled with anticipation. Pei Qian raised his hand. No need! Pei Qian had asked Ma Yang to reverse-engineer the Fully-Automated Smart Bickering Machine previously. However, he had not expected the Bickering Machine to become even more popular. Thus, Pei Qian would not take the risk again. He did not want Ma Yang to live commerce any more Tengda products. However, Pei Qian did not take his anger out on Ma Yang. Even if he had to split the blame, the first one to blame should be Chen Yufeng, who was in charge of writing the manuscript. Old Ma had tried his best after all. He had been talking about the shortcomings of the Fully-Automated Smart Bickering Machine the entire time. However, what could he do if the audience wanted to buy it? Pei Qian asked Ma Yang to sit down and said, I have a very important task for you this time. I told you before that when the time is right, we will create a live-stream platform for you to be the CEO. Now, the time has arrived. Ma Yangs eyes lit up. Really? Brother Qian? Thats great! To be honest, Ive improved a lot during these few months of live-streaming. Im definitely the CEO of this live-stream platform based on experience and ability! Leave this to me, Brother Qian, dont worry! Pei Qian nodded. Yes, I believe in your ability as well. How about this? Dont get too excited. Ill briefly explain how this live-stream platform works. Ma Yangs expression turned serious as he listened intently. Pei Qian organized his thoughts and said, First, the name of this live-stream platform. At the moment, live-streaming platforms are mainly divided into two types. One type is like Waiwai Live-stream, ZZ Live-stream, the other type is like Cat Ear Live-stream, Wolf Fang Live-stream. The former is mainly some veteran live-streaming platforms, but these names are obviously not suitable anymore. Not only must the name of the live-stream platform be easy to remember, it must also have a clear meaning. For example, Cat Ear live-streams mascot is a cat, and the gifts are all cat food, canned cat food, and cat sticks. That would make users feel closer to it. Whats more, the name should be more cute. That way, it would fit the relaxing and happy atmosphere of the live-stream. Therefore, we have to come up with a name in the style of the second type. Ma Yang nodded furiously. Thats right, Brother Qian. I fully agree! Pei Qian continued, Ive decided that our live-stream will be called Bunny Tail Live-Stream. The mascot will be a rabbit, and the gifts will be vegetables, carrots, and the like. A look of confusion appeared on Ma Yangs long face. Brother Qian, why isnt it called Fish-Catching Live Broadcast? This fits the requirements of the name as well. Whats more, our Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and Fish-Catching Take-Out have already become famous. Wouldnt it be easier for everyone to remember if its called Fish-Catching Live Broadcast? Pei Qian laughed in his heart. Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and Fish-Catching Take-Out had already become famous. That was why he did not want to live-stream Fish-Catching Live! No matter which industry they were to enter, the chances of success would be greatly increased as long as it was related to Tengdas existing businesses. Pei Qian was afraid that Fish-Catching live-stream would somehow become popular. That was why he decided to call it a bunny tail live-stream. He wanted to prevent the users from connecting this live-stream platform with Tengda. Whats more, the true meaning of the live-stream of the rabbits tail was somethings days are numbered. It hinted that the live-stream platform would not be able to sustain for long before it could not make ends meet and would end up bankrupt. That was Pei Qians beautiful wish. However, these reasons could not be explained to Ma Yang. Pei Qian cleared his throat. There are too many live-streamers on the market now called with XXX-Fish. They are like flagfish, sharks, salted fish There are so many of them. Our name would not be recognizable if we fight them to the death on this end. It would be easy for us to disappear and be buried. However, there is no live-stream platform with bunny in the market now. It would be more memorable to call it a Bunny Tail Live-Stream. Ma Yang nodded. I see. Brother Qian, youre right. Pei Qian heaved a sigh of relief. Indeed, Ma Yang was easy to fool. He continued, There are a few key points regarding the Bunny Tail Live-Stream that you must remember. First of all, we dont have to poach the streamers or force them to stay. All the streamers are free to come and go as they please on our platform. We dont have long term requirements for all the streamers. We can broadcast as long as we want. Secondly, the platform does not fake anything. The number of people in the room is what it is. The gift should be as much as it should be. Reject guild membership, not make fake popularity, and not make any agreement gifts. Lastly, strictly adhere to the relevant laws and regulations. Those who play the game of marginalization, those whose verbal insults cause adverse effects, and those whose value direction is incorrect, will be severely punished. Chapter 867 - Good Publicity Effect As Expected? Have you memorized everything? Pei Qian asked after explaining everything. Ma Yang nodded. Dont worry, Brother Qian. Ill remember everything! Pei Qian was very satisfied. He felt that Old Ma was indeed worthy, he did not raise any objections to these requests. Pei Qians requests were obviously not conducive to competing with other live-stream platforms. The host could come and go freely without any time restrictions. Objectively, he would definitely turn the Bunny Tail Live-Stream into a perfect springboard. It was normal for live-streamers to jump ship in the live-streaming circle. On one hand, it was because live-streamers income was rising too quickly and their legal consciousness was weak. On the other hand, it was also because the major live-stream platforms were sparing no effort to poach people from one another. Nowadays, most live-streaming platforms would use huge contracts to lock up the big broadcasters. There might be a sky-high penalty fee but the fixed salary was also sky-high. Bunny Tails live-stream was a new live-stream platform. The official platform did not give a fixed salary. There were few viewers and not much money for gifts. Even if a small-time streamer became popular in Bunny Tails live-stream, he would be poached by the big platforms very quickly. The audiences appeal would be limited as long as there was a lack of influential live-streamers in Bunny Tail. It would be very difficult to become popular. The data falsification by the live-stream platforms was already an open secret. In fact, it was not just live-streaming. Data falsification was widespread in the internet industry. It had already formed a de facto currency banishment. If there were two similar APPs, one had 1,000 real users and the other had 10,000 fake users. Investors would definitely choose the latter. That was because they would think out of one or two thousand of the 10,000 fake users would be real, right? And who could prove that the 1,000 users of the former app were real? Thus, when data falsification became an unspoken rule, companies without falsification would also be considered falsification. Real data became meaningless. Many platforms were popular with hundreds of millions or even billions of searches. While everyone knew that it was fake by looking at this number, it would be much more livelier than live-streams with hundreds or thousands of people. On the other hand, guilds, contract gifts, rankings, robot bullet screen comments, and so on were all methods to fake popularity. These live-stream platforms had to be complete. On the other hand, Pei Qian was doing the exact opposite. He wanted to be the goody-two-shoes that had been kicked out of the game. At that time, everyone would take a look. There were only a few thousand or tens of thousands of people in the live-stream on the front page of the Bunny Tail Live-Stream. How could they watch such a cold platform? It was also a way to reduce the popularity of live-streams with strictness, severe punishment, and bad conduct. Of course, there was also a sense of social responsibility. At the moment, most live-streams were very vigilant against lawful behavior. However, they turned a blind eye to many marginalized actions and hype. For example, a rich second-generation heir would drive a luxury car on the streets to pick up girls. The girls would specially wear low-cut tops for the drive. The seatbelt would be tightened while they were racing on the streets. The girls would shout a few times because of the acceleration of the sports car Soon, they would attract a lot of attention. Strictly speaking, this was definitely not illegal, but it would generate a very bad value orientation. Pei Qian couldnt care less about what other live-stream platforms would do, but his own live-stream platform would definitely prohibit it. In other words, Bunny Tail Live-Stream would be much stricter than other live-stream platforms. If these principles were implemented, Bunny Tail Live-Stream would definitely be drowned in many live-stream platforms. Pei Qians goal was to let the live-stream of the Bunny Tail Live-Stream continue in a half-dead state. He just had to keep paying high bandwidth fees and burning money. At the moment, the mainstream live-streaming platform had a spending structure: bandwidth cost 30%, live-streaming contract fees 30%, other operating costs (such as regular office operating costs, marketing costs, copyright costs, etc.) 40%. Pei Qian had cut off most of the streamers contract signing costs, marketing costs, and copyright costs. He had also prevented the possibility of the platform becoming popular even though he had reduced spending. That way, he would be able to incur losses as long as he could steadily pay the bandwidth cost. The bandwidth cost was usually the monthly limit of bandwidth. If more than two million people were online at the same time during the month, the amount of data transmitted per second would be as high as three hundred GB. The monthly expenses would be forty million yuan. Of course, the number of people online at the same time during the initial stages of Bunny Tail Live-Stream would definitely not be that high. However, even if the bandwidth was smaller, Pei Qian would still burn a lot of money every month no matter what, which would significantly reduce his current burden. Pei Qian had already done his research on these contents. Those who understood the live-stream industry would definitely question Pei Qians thoughts or at least ask him a question. However, Old Ma accepted everything without even asking. This meant that Old Ma either knew nothing about the live-stream industry or listened obediently to everything he said. He had no other thoughts. Old Ma was very reliable no matter how he looked at it! Pei Qian was very satisfied with Old Mas reaction. Yes, remember these few points that I told you. Go and prepare well. Ask He Desheng and Chen Yufeng to help when youre preparing the company. You can go to other live-stream platforms and poach a mid-level person-in-charge. In short, Ill solve the money problem. You can do whatever you want! Ma Yang immediately stood up excitedly. No problem, Brother Qian. Leave it to me! Ma Yang had just left when someone knocked on his office door. Pei Qian looked up to see Assistant Xin. Boss Pei, Meng Chang is here. Pei Qian frowned slightly. Just nice, let him in. I was just thinking of looking for him. After a while, Meng Chang knocked lightly on the door and entered. However, Meng Changs heart skipped a beat and felt a little guilty the moment he saw Boss Pei. That was because Boss Pei did not look too good. He looked a little unhappy! When Meng Chang saw Boss Pei, he would always feel an indescribable sense of awe. It was as if his every move could not escape Boss Peis eyes. He wanted to be clever but did not dare to. However, on further thought, this was his first day at work. Even if Boss Pei was angry, he should be angry at someone else. It should have nothing to do with him, right? However, Pei Qian handed him a report before Meng Chang could say anything. Take a look for yourself. Meng Chang reached out to take it, feeling a little lost. His expression changed when he saw the first page. This this is the analysis of the transmission effect of the publicity plan that I made previously? How is that possible? How can the publicity effect be so good?! Meng Chang was completely stunned. He, who was extremely eloquent, remained silent for five minutes without saying a word. This report was an analysis of the effectiveness of Tengda Corporations marketing plan during the Chinese New Year! Before this, Pei Qian had wanted Meng Chang to officially start work after the Chinese New Year. However, he had to spend a lot of money on Fish-Catching Take-Out, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Upwind Logistics, Sloth Apartments, and other physical industries. Pei Qian thought about it. Since he had already decided to let Meng Chang be in charge of advertising and marketing, why not take the opportunity to let him practice? Thus, Pei Qian assigned Meng Chang a task. He asked him to come up with a set of publicity posters for the related industries. Meng Chang began designing immediately after receiving the promotional task. He would obtain more commission if the effect of the publicity was worse. Wasnt that simple? Meng Chang made a set of designs very insincerely. All the publicity posters were in an extremely simple style. A pure-colored background with a logo or a picture of a shop was enough. All other information would be omitted. Ordinary people who did not know about these industries would not be able to tell which industry they were advertising when they saw this advertisement. Meng Chang stopped paying attention to this matter after completing the task. That was because in his opinion, the publicity effect of this advertisement would definitely be very bad. There was no key information. What effect could it have? However, after taking a closer look at the analysis of the transmission effect, Meng Chang realized that he was wrong. The effect of this publicity plan was unexpectedly good! Meng Chang knew marketing very well. Therefore, he reflected on his strategy and immediately understood what was going on when he read the report. This is bad, I missed a very important detail! Boss Pei only asked me to produce a set of publicity posters for Tengdas physical industry, but he did not mention the scale of the publicity this time! I thought that we were only going to do some publicity in Jingzhou or other cities. Thats why we decided on this publicity plan. If its just small-scale publicity, these extremely simple publicity posters would be very inconspicuous among the many colorful billboards. Those who can recognize it as Tengdas industry would know it even without looking at the advertisement. On the other hand, those who dont pay attention to Tengdas industry would also find it ridiculous after seeing this advertisement. However, I didnt expect Boss Pei to invest in such a large scale project! Its not just Jingzhou and Handong Province. Even Beijing, Shanghai, and a few other big cities have been promoting it. Advertisements have even been piled up in some bustling districts, forming a crowd effect! If it was just a simple advertisement, it would soon be buried in all sorts of colorful advertisements. However, if the entire street was filled with such minimalistic advertisements, it would immediately give passers-by a strong visual impact and leave a deep impression. It would also highlight a strong confidence in the brands value However As far as I know, we dont have physical industries in some cities, yet he insisted on advertising there? This Meng Chang felt light-headed. A small detail that he did not grasp properly caused the publicity effect to change drastically. Meng Chang was originally full of confidence and felt that the effect of this publicity plan would definitely be extremely bad. However, he realized that it was completely different! He would be given a commission once a month according to the agreement he had signed with Boss Pei previously. The amount of commission would take into account the effects of all the marketing and publicity activities in the near future to decide. Now that the publicity plan for Tengdas physical industry was so successful, it would definitely pull down the overall rating. The commission this month would probably be severely affected! Meng Chang was shocked and did not know what to say for a moment. He looked up at Boss Pei and then down at the analysis report in his hand. Thats strange. Why do I feel like Boss Pei is angrier than me? Logically speaking, Boss Pei would not have to give me any more commission now that the publicity plan had achieved such a good effect and he had earned back his publicity funds. Shouldnt he be overjoyed and complacent? Chapter 868 - Workplace Common Sense Has Been Upended Pei Qian felt a little helpless looking at Meng Changs confused expression. Forget it. It was his first time after all. He could not be too harsh. Meng Chang might know about marketing but what he had done previously were positive marketing proposals that had very good publicity effects. This time, perhaps because Meng Chang was still not used to it, he did not stop in time and accidentally succeeded in marketing again. He believed that the loss of commission would make Meng Chang pay more attention. He would come up with a less effective marketing plan next time. Pei Qian could not make it too obvious. It would be too abnormal if he flew into a rage despite the good publicity. Meng Chang would be suspicious. He calmed down at that thought. Forget it, let this matter pass. Lets talk about your next task. Meng Chang quickly nodded and listened intently. Pei Qian said, I have two projects that need publicity and marketing. The first would be the daily marketing of GOG and GPL. The second is that Tengda is going to open a new live-streaming platform called Bunny Tail Live-Stream. It will also require some simple publicity in the beginning. Choose one yourself. Think about your commission before you choose. Meng Chang quickly thought about it. He had done a simple investigation and understanding of Tengdas various industries, so he still had basic knowledge. Obviously, the first project was suicidal! GOG was so popular and well-known in the country. GPLs league was also very popular. It was too easy to promote GOG! The three letters GOG could even be printed and it would serve as good publicity as long as they bought enough advertisement spots. As for the second one, it was obviously much easier. A new live-stream platform that was not very famous. Many people might not even know what the advertisement was talking about. The publicity effect would definitely be bad. Meng Chang quickly made a decision. Ill choose the second one. Pei Qian nodded. He felt that this was a better choice as well. Do you have a general idea about the format of the advertisement? Pei Qian asked. After some consideration, Meng Chang said, Make a promotional video. He was afraid that he would make the same mistake again if he were to do publicity posters. After all, the promotional poster was a picture. If it was made into a minimalistic style, many promotional posters would form a strong visual impact when stacked together. It would still produce a good publicity effect. On the other hand, if he did not make it extremely simple, even if he only uploaded some basic information, it would become a standard advertisement. The publicity effect would not be bad. The promotional video was a video with much more content. It should have the opposite effect as long as he did something to the content. Pei Qian nodded slightly again. He was sincerely certain about Meng Changs new attempt. Not being stubborn was a traditional virtue of mankind. After failing to produce the minimalist poster previously, he immediately changed his mindset to make a promotional video. This meant that Meng Chang was constantly trying and racking his brains to reduce the advertising effect. Indeed, the incentive for high commissions was endless. However, Boss Peis smile had another meaning in Meng Changs eyes. Why is Boss Pei laughing at me? Its making me feel uneasy. Could it be that Boss Pei foresaw that my attempt would fail? The publicity effect this time would still exceed my expectations? Thats impossible. I havent even said the proposal for the promotional video. How can Boss Pei predict the future? Meng Chang really could not understand what Boss Peis faint smile was about. For some reason, he felt guilty. Pei Qian said, Ive already asked the HR department to transfer a few people with relevant work experience to assist you. Theyve formed a special advertising marketing department. Their salaries and benefits are all handled by the company. You dont have to worry about them. You just have to be in charge of coordinating their work. Report to me directly if theres anything. Remember, dont slack off or reveal the contents of our agreement to anyone, understand? Meng Chang nodded. Understood! He had to count on Boss Peis commission to repay the millions of debt he was carrying. Naturally, he did not dare to say much. In any case, Meng Changs current goal was to reduce the publicity effect of the advertisements as much as possible in the regulations that Boss Pei had set. He did not care about anything else. After leaving Boss Peis office, Meng Chang saw a few Tengda employees working under him in the advertising and marketing department. Hello, Brother Meng. The lads greeted Meng Chang one after another. Of course, they all knew about Meng Changs glorious deeds. However, they would definitely have to get along well with each other in the future since they were now colleagues. Meng Chang looked at these lads. They were all energetic and looked good. The clothes they were wearing, the watches they were wearing, and the cell phones they were holding were all very expensive. It looked like they were doing well financially. Tengdas high salary and benefits were no secret. Naturally, these young men were not poor. Meng Chang looked at the Tengda employees who were not lacking in money and thought about how he owed millions of yuan. For some reason, he felt sour. The few young men led Meng Chang to the office area of the advertising and marketing department. It was not on the same floor as the other departments in Tengda. Instead, they rented another place in the building. Tengdas employees had expanded several times. The original floor was already filled with people. They could only expand to the other floors of this office building before building their own office building. Meng Chang could not help but raise his brows. He had thought that he would be working at Tengdas headquarters and under the noses of Boss Pei and the other employees. He had not expected to be in such a remote place. I just have to turn a blind eye and let these employees slack off. Wouldnt that greatly affect the effect of the publicity plan? Whats more, this was not considered a violation of the rules. What could I do if my subordinates did not work hard and the plan they came up with was not perfect? Meng Chang felt that as long as he relaxed his control a little, they would definitely become lazy and slack seeing that his colleagues were all relatively young and active. Meng Chang felt that his chances of success were higher at that thought. Meng Chang quickly entered a state of brainstorming after sitting down at his desk. He was very smart, he had already thought about the contents of the promotional video in just a few minutes. Then, he stood up and prepared to tell everyone his thoughts. Let me briefly explain the general content of the promotional video that we are filming this time. The theme of this short film is: How watching live-streams waste lives. There will be four characters in the promotional video: two university students and two office workers, with each watching live-streams and the other not watching live-streams. Students and office workers who watch live-streams spend a lot of time watching live-streams and give gifts to their hosts every day. After that, the university graduates would not be able to find a job, and office workers would be fired because of work mistakes. Students and office workers who dont watch live-streams use this time to learn and enrich themselves. Students graduate with outstanding results while office workers are promoted and paid more. Show the logo for the Bunny Tail Live-Stream at the end of the promotional video. Then, add a slogan: Everyone has the same amount of time. The difference is how you use it. Thats about it. You guys can go through the details and then prepare for the shoot. Meng Chang was filled with confidence and was impressed by his own intelligence. This promotional video would definitely have the opposite effect! Live-streaming was, to put it bluntly, a form of entertainment, a form of recreation. Any form of entertainment and recreation had to have a limit. If one overdid it, they would be wasting their own time. Live-streaming platforms would never emphasize this point. They would only emphasize that watching live-streams could broaden your horizons and relax your mind. The promotional video of Meng Changs Bunny Tail Live-Stream obviously made the audience watching the live-stream feel uncomfortable, but there was nothing wrong with the contents of the entire promotional video. There was nothing to criticize. It was just like how coke advertisements were harmful to the teeth. It was very unreasonable and even though it was defaming oneself, there was no problem with the entire content. There was even a certain degree of scientific and educational significance. Of course, it was at the cost of reducing ones own sales. Meng Chang originally thought that his colleagues would definitely raise some questions. He had already thought of how to avoid them. However, these lads looked at each other and did not raise any questions. Alright, Brother Meng. Lets go through the details of the plan. Then, well look for actors and shoot scenes. Everyone quickly got to work. Meng Chang stood alone and did not say a single word that he had prepared. He nearly choked and was stunned for a while before sitting down again. Strange. Is this how Tengda works? Theyre so powerful that they dont even ask before executing? Meng Chang scratched the back of his head in confusion. At that moment, he felt like an undercover agent who had mistakenly entered the enemys base camp and was full of flaws. In the end, the enemy ignored his abnormality as if his IQ was zero. Furthermore, they were smiling at him. It was a very strange feeling. Meng Chang struggled for a long time but still could not figure out the situation. He could only do his own things silently. He switched on his office computer and was greeted with a dazzling array of games. They filled the desktop of his office computer. This Meng Chang was a little confused. He quietly created a new folder and stuffed all the games speed icons into it. This should be a new computer. How can a new computer be installed with so many games? This is ridiculous Isnt Boss Pei afraid that his employees would play games and slack off? Meng Chang felt that everything about Tengda was strange. It was completely subverting his common sense in the workplace over the years. Meng Chang was not in the mood to work either. He only had one thought in his mind now after all. He had to quickly come up with a few publicity plans to get commission so that he could repay his debt as soon as possible. He continued to slack like a tool and watched his colleagues get busy. Finally, it was time to knock off in the afternoon. Its time to knock off. Ill sit here symbolically for a while and then be the first to leave. Im the person-in-charge after all. The others will definitely follow suit as long as I take the lead and slack off. In this way, under the influence of subtle influence, all the employees in the advertising and marketing department would go home once its time to knock off, slowly wearing down their fighting spirit However, Meng Chang was still fantasizing in his mind when he saw the others hurriedly packing up and standing up. Brother Meng, quick, its time to knock off. Brother Meng, you cant stay in the office after work. Lets go, Ill lock the door. Everyone clustered around Meng Chang and left before returning home. Ill be leaving, Brother Meng. Brother Meng, Im almost done with the proposal. Ill show it to you tomorrow. Bye, see you tomorrow. Everyone dispersed in all directions. The entire process was as smooth as flowing water. Meng Chang watched everyone leave in confusion and then looked at the locked door behind him. He was filled with bewilderment. These people ran off faster than me? Chapter 869 - A Five Hundred Million Yuan Project, Ignored? February 3rd, Friday, 10 AM. Pei Qian arrived at Fish-Catching Internet Cafes Handong University branch. After having an early lunch, he ordered a cup of coffee and asked the waiter to bring his laptop over. He then continued to consider the work arrangements of the various departments. Eh, Zhongdian Chinese Networks recent revenue figures are still rising steadily. Is this lousy website really getting better and better? No, I cant let this go on. I have to make arrangements when I have time. Pei Qian flipped through the revenue figures of a few departments and realized that while Zhongdian Chinese Network did not make the most money, its profits were the most stable and steadily increasing. More and more authors joined Zhongdian Chinese Network from various statistics. The entire websites library was expanding. Content was always the first priority for similar online literature websites. As long as Zhongdian Chinese Network could maintain its attraction to authors and provide competitive novels, its future development would definitely become smoother. Pei Qian had been too worried about other matters previously and felt that no need to pay attention to Zhongdian Chinese Network since it previously did not make much money. However, it seemed like he had no choice but to pay attention to it now. If this went on, he would be raising a tiger. However How could he contain Zhongdian Chinese Networks development? This was a technical task. He had to think about it carefully. Pei Qian could not help but fall into deep thought. As he was thinking, he suddenly saw a familiar figure push open the door and enter. Teacher He? Pei Qian was a little surprised. It was He An. He An was a little surprised to see Pei Qian. Perhaps he did not expect to meet him by chance. Thus, he walked straight to the empty seat opposite Pei Qian and sat down. Teacher He, why are you in Jingzhou? Pei Qian asked. He An smiled. I dont have much to do recently, so I came to Jingzhou to relax. Thats right, Boss Pei, how is your game going? Of course, this game referred to Mission and Choice. The birth of this game was closely related to He An. He An had been feeling worried ever since he suggested to Boss Pei. He was afraid that he would lose five hundred million yuan. Wouldnt that be cheating Boss Pei? Thus, He An came to Jingzhou to relax as it had been weighing on his mind. Of course, he had to ask since he met Boss Pei by coincidence. Pei Qian remained silent for a moment. Er Im not sure either. He An: ? You are not sure about it? This was a game project that cost five hundred million yuan! The game had been developed for more than four months from the official start of production. It might have been almost completed by now if it had been a small project. Mission and Choice was a huge production and the development period had to be extended. However, Tengda would have to produce a semi-finished product in four months with their efficiency, right? Yet, Boss Pei himself was not sure? He had already invested five hundred million yuan into a project, but the boss did not even check on it? Could it be any more ridiculous? Or Boss Pei had been joking before. He had thought that this project would definitely incur losses. That was why he had stopped the project after working on it for a while? He had stopped developing it? He An looked at Pei Qian suspiciously. Boss Pei, could it be that you think that this project would definitely incur losses and thats why you havent developed it at all? Pei Qian immediately shook his head. Thats impossible! We are developing it. It should be more than half done according to the progress, right? Just as well, why dont Teacher He join me to take a look? He An was even more confused. He had no idea what was going on. Saying that Boss Pei did not put much significance to this project was not right since he had invested so much money and manpower into it; However, saying that Boss Pei placed much significance to this project was not right either since he did not even know its progress after developing it for four months. He had to make guesses about the development progress? It did not make sense no matter how he thought about it! He An nodded. Alright, Im also very curious about the current situation of this game. Pei Qian finished his coffee and walked with He An to the nearby Tengda Games headquarters. This was the first time He An had come to Tengdas office. He was shocked by the spacious and luxurious office like everyone else. He An could not help but feel emotional. Ive been working in the games industry for decades. This is the first time Ive seen an office like this. He noticed that not only was the office environment very good, the employees were also very enthusiastic about their work. Everyone was focused on their work. No one even stood up to greet Boss Pei when he arrived. Only Hu Xianbin quickly stood up when he saw Boss Pei. Boss Pei! He addressed hurriedly. Pei Qian smiled and said, Nothing much, Im just here to see the development of Mission and Choice. This is Boss He An from Mengguo Games. Hu Xianbin looked delighted. Boss He! Ive heard so much about you. Youre a veteran in the gaming circle! Hello, hello! Both parties exchanged a few pleasantries before Hu Xianbin began to introduce the development of Mission and Choice. At the moment, Tengda Games was basically divided into two projects. One of them was in charge of GOGs development and daily operations. The person in charge was Min Jingchao. He had just returned from Los Angeles a few days ago and was about to carry his luggage back to Los Angeles to play. The other was in charge of the development of Mission and Choice, and Hu Xianbin was in charge. Boss Pei, the games completion rate is about sixty to seventy percent at the moment. The basic gameplay and framework of the game have been completed. The various game mechanisms have also been more or less completed. There are still various stages of design and some details of the game that need to be slowly adjusted Pei Qian listened intently and nodded repeatedly. He An was also listening intently, but his expression was unpredictable and interesting. That was because he realized that it seemed as though Boss Pei had never asked about this project before. He could tell that Hu Xianbin was reporting more basic things, including development progress, early preparation, gameplay settings, and so on. If Boss Pei already knew about it, there was no need for Hu Xianbin to introduce it again. There was no reason for them to lie to him. Could it be that Boss Pei really did not bother about it after the project was made? So confident? Of course, He An did not think that Boss Pei was not paying attention because he felt that no one would not pay attention to a project that cost five hundred million yuan. Then the only explanation was that Boss Pei trusted his subordinates very much! Boss Pei believed that once he gave a design plan, his subordinates would be able to understand the concept of the design very well even if he did not ask anymore. They would be able to complete the work perfectly and finally produce a finished product that matched his expectations. However, this would raise a new problem. Boss Pei was so confident because he had come up with a very detailed and perfect design plan that would solve the series of problems that existed before Mission and Choice. However, the game Mission and Choice was too strange. What kind of design concept was needed to make it successful? This plan was created because Pei Qian and He An had discussed the a game plan that was most unlikely to become successful. Huge investment, RTS game, sci-fi genre, poor balance, simple operations These were all fatal flaws that He An had raised. He An believed that the game would never succeed as long as Boss Pei did as he requested. Whats more, Boss Pei had used the games name and background that was previously known as the disgrace of the domestic games industry. There was no chance of success at all. Now, seeing how confident Boss Pei was, He An became more interested in the game. However, he also became more confused. After a brief introduction, Hu Xianbin said, Boss Pei, Boss He, would you like to try out this games DEMO? Pei Qian nodded immediately. Of course. Hu Xianbin immediately brought up the DEMO for Mission and Choice on his computer. Then, he said, Boss Pei, the current DEMOs completion rate is still alright, but a lot of parts of the plot are missing. Thats because the plot is expressed in movies. However, the movie is still filming, so we can only experience pure combat for now. Pei Qian nodded. Alright, I understand. Then, he looked at He An. Why dont you try it out and give me some suggestions. He An did not decline much. He sat in front of his computer and began to experience the DEMO of Mission and Choice. As a real-time strategy type of game, Mission and Choice was naturally divided into stages. Different chapters and checkpoints had different plots. There were big and small maps. The deployment of both parties forces had also changed. The overall difficulty went from easy to difficult. The map of this stage was all on the surface of the planet. There were no battles in space, but the size of the map was not small. It would probably be a stage in the middle of the game. Mission and Choice used a third-person perspective based on the standards of real-time strategy games. However, it was different from games like Starcraft. Mission and Choice had a much higher freedom in terms of perspective. Ordinary real-time strategy games could drag and zoom into perspective. However, these operations were strictly limited and could not be zoomed in endlessly without restrictions. That was because most of the time, players would be very busy when playing such games. They had to pay attention to all units on the battlefield, be it operations or observation. They had to have the most zoomed out perspective. Whats more, the model of the game itself was not that precise. If the perspective was too close, the games graphics would look very rough. Considering the beauty and practicality of the game, it was normal for the view to be restricted. However, Mission and Choice had a high degree of freedom of view. One could pull the image very close because the precision of soldiers and other combat units in the game was higher than all of the RTS games currently on the market. He An sighed silently in his heart. He had indeed burned enough money. There was nothing to nitpick on. Every soldiers model, movements, and details were done very well. The design was also very unique. The graphics could be said to be top-notch. He had spent so much money after all. There had to be some effect. The concept art of the game should have been produced by Ruan Guangjians Halo Workspace. The games modeling and movements were also handled by top-notch outsourcing companies in the industry. There was nothing to nitpick about the art. Chapter 870 - It Doesn’t Matter If I Make Some Losses In addition, He An also noticed there was a huge difference in size for buildings and units in Mission and Choice. A ground base was several times larger than a space starship. A space starship was tens of times larger than an ordinary spaceship. An ordinary spaceship was tens of times larger than Skylark, the smallest individual combat unit. Thus, the entire map of Mission and Choice would appear very huge. The perspective would change drastically at the highest and lowest point. At the lowest point, one would be able to see the details of the Skylark Warriors armor, and at the highest point, one would be able to see the entirety of a large ground base. The Skylark warriors on the ground were like ants after pulling the camera high up in the sky. Different units were distributed on different levels. Space starships were at the highest level. Below them were ordinary spaceships. Below them were the Skylark team that descended from spaceships to the ground. Thus, players had to adjust their perspective frequently in order to better observe the entire battlefield. The problem was obvious: the machine had to be well-equipped and was difficult to operate. For classic RTS games like Fantasy Battle and Starcraft 2, the ratio of various units was unreal. Many units were tens of times smaller in the settings, but in the game, they were at most twice as big. That was because RTS games required a lot of operations and a high balance. What would the movement speed of a large mothership and a reconnaissance plane be if they were to move according to their actual size? Would they cover each other and cause players to be unaware? Would it be difficult to operate the smaller units? Would the damage caused by small units attacking large units be very limited? Would it be very unscientific for a team of soldiers to destroy the main base with machine guns? RTS games were ultimately games, not war simulators. These problems were difficult and almost impossible to solve. Therefore, traditional RTS games greatly sacrificed their authenticity in order to balance and operate. Mission and Choice did the opposite, maximizing its authenticity. However, this also meant that the balance and operation of the game were completely gone. In traditional RTS games, 30 large soldiers could easily destroy a tank. However, in Mission and Choice, no matter how many machine gunners encountered large-scale ground heavy equipment, they could only be beaten. In He Ans opinion, this undoubtedly increased the chances of the game failing. However, the games difficulty level was indeed very low. He An was old. His reaction speed and hand speed could not be compared to young people, but it was not too difficult for him to complete the operations in the game. That was because the units in the game were basically moving in formation. For example, the most basic combat unit, the Skylark Team, was made up of five Skylark Warriors. One level above would be a battleship. Another level above would be a small battleship formation. Yet another level above would be the battle group of the mothership Players could give orders to any level of formation, and the choice of the enemy was also based on formation. For example, giving orders to attack the enemys main force in the battle group of the entire space carriers was actually akin to F2A. However, the difference was that all units in Mission and Choice had a certain level of intelligence. They would not charge mindlessly. Instead, they would maintain a specific formation and not play too ugly. Of course, players could also order a team or a battle ship to carry out other tasks. However, such an operation with a high degree of freedom was actually not commonly used. Most of the time, one just had to reach the level of battle formation under the command. Even if one operated these spaceships or soldiers one by one, the final effect might not be better than direct attacks. Therefore, even someone as old as He An did not find it difficult to operate the game. However, that did not mean that the games combat experience would be good. That was because all the units inside would run amok! Some spaceships would run away from the battlefield as they fought. Players would not be able to pull them back even if instructions were given individually. Some spaceships would even crash into cliffs or crash while flying in extreme panic, leaving He An dumbfounded. DEMO started the game immediately since there was no plot. The most important thing that He An had to do was to give orders to the team to attack the Zergs. He had to deal with the warning messages sent by AEEIS and respond accordingly. There was a lot of information on the alarm, but it was not a big problem to ignore it. AEEIS would deal with it on its own after some time. About twenty minutes later, the battle ended. He might be clumsy doing most of the operations for the very first time and learnt many things on the spot, but He An still managed to get through this DEMO successfully. Pei Qian asked expectantly, Teacher He, what do you think? He An remained silent for a moment and decided to tell the truth. Theres definitely no problem with the games graphics. Its well-made and the scene during the war is very beautiful. It gives people the feeling that the battle is very intense. However These soldiers are often out of control. This is too uncomfortable! Many of the battles could have been won, but they were wiped out because they had their own ideas. This is too infuriating! This is an RTS game. This kind of game experience is hard for me to accept. Hu Xianbin quickly said, Oh, Boss He, the AI of the small army is still being developed, so its relatively simple and brainless. When the AI is done, the small armys choices will be more diverse and smarter. The experience should be better. He An was silent for a moment. In other words, there will be more ways for them not to listen to me? Hu Xianbin: Er you can put it that way. He An : After a moment of silence, he looked at Pei Qian. Boss Pei, dont blame me for being straightforward. Im mainly worried about wasting money. After all, five hundred million yuan is not a small sum. Buying luxury cars and mansions would be much better than wasting it. The games AI might affect some gaming experience but I feel that with the current AI technology, the games combat experience would not improve much even if the games AI is done. At the moment, this DEMO is just a silver spear tip that looks good but is useless. There is absolutely no problem with the graphics, but the gameplay does not attract me at all. Good graphics also means high requirements for computer hardware. That would further reduce the number of gamers. That would be very disadvantageous for a game with such a huge investment. How much of that 500 million yuan do we have left? Its not too late to stop losses now. Change the gameplay, make use of the current art resources, and create a new game. We wont lose all the hard-earned 500 million yuan. Pei Qian was elated. Lose all the hard-earned money? Thats great! Pei Qian had already explained the basic design concepts of the game to He An at the start of the project. He had received a definite loss reply. However, Pei Qian still felt uneasy before the game was created. He An still felt that the game would definitely lose money now that he had played the games DEMO. Whats more, he would lose all his hard-earned money. This undoubtedly gave Pei Qian a boost! However, Hu Xianbin was unhappy. He frowned, disagreeing with He Ans decision in sentencing Mission and Choice to death. That was because this was just a DEMO. The plot had not been added and the content was missing. Wasnt it too early to say that it would fail? Most importantly, this was Boss Peis idea! How could Boss Peis creativity be wrong? Thus, Hu Xianbin subconsciously wanted to retort. He An might be a veteran, but different designers would have different views on the game. There would be differences in opinions and even arguments when it became intense. As a designer, it was very normal for him to speak his mind confidently and raise his understanding and design standards while debating with other designers. However, Pei Qian could tell that Hu Xianbin was not convinced. He immediately patted Hu Xianbins shoulder without leaving a trace, forcing him to swallow his words. Pei Qian did not want Hu Xianbin and He An to have a showdown. That would be meaningless. He An had just said that the game would definitely incur losses. Pei Qian could not be happier. He smiled and said, Teacher He, youre right! I completely agree! Alright, were done watching the game. Lets go back to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and have some coffee. My treat. Hu Xianbins tightly knitted brows relaxed, and he instantly felt relieved seeing Boss Peis attitude. I was the one getting worked up while Boss Pei was still confident and tolerant! As a relatively young designer, it was indeed very easy to fly into a rage with others. One had to be extremely confident and defend their own views as a designer after all. There would inevitably be a debate when both designers thought that they were right. However, Boss Pei had obviously reached another level. He did not argue with others not because he was not confident in himself, but because he was too confident in himself. That was why he smiled and did not bother arguing with others. He An was a veteran after all. It was normal for him to not be able to keep up with the latest game design trends and not be able to see the allure of Mission and Choice. Boss Pei did not explain much but followed the old mans thoughts. That was right. Thus, Hu Xianbin smiled and said, Alright, Boss Pei. Ill continue working. Pei Qian smiled as he led He An out of Tengda Games. He was prepared to return to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe again. He An followed behind Pei Qian but the more he thought about it, the more he felt that something was amiss. Boss Pei, you say that you completely agree with me, but you have no intention of changing it at all. Are you just agreeing with me on the surface to fool the elderly? Do you think that Im too old and I cant keep up with the understanding of games? I might not be able to understand even if you explain therefore, you might as well not explain and just agree with me? Pei Qian immediately denied this statement very sincerely. How is that possible! Teacher He, I mean what I said. I completely agree with you. However This game is already at this stage. Its not appropriate to change it anymore. I might as well finish it. It doesnt matter if I make some losses. He An was shocked, but he could not tell if Boss Pei was joking or not just by looking at his expression. It did not matter if he made some losses? That was 500 million yuan! He An was silent for a moment. Heh, I can tell that youre very confident, Boss Pei. You agree with my proposal but you dont change it. That means you have a better solution. Alright, Ill wait and see then! Pei Qian: ? Pei Qian felt helpless looking at the old mans confident expression. He really could not explain it! Since that was the case, there was no need to explain further. He would treat He An to a meal and thank him properly after Mission and Choice was released. Chapter 871 - Zhongdian Chinese Network’s Fixed-rate Contracts Pei Qian and He An went to Boss Lis Ming House for lunch at noon. The reason why he did not go to the nameless restaurant was mainly because he could not eat without an appointment. However, Pei Qian would reserve the biggest private room in the nameless restaurant for a banquet every weekend. He could treat He An to another meal then. He An knew that Boss Pei was busy with work while he wanted to head back to rest after lunch. The two of them agreed to have a meal at the nameless restaurant during the weekend before saying goodbye to each other. He An was obviously very curious about how the game Mission and Choice would succeed. However, he knew that he could not get any information seeing how confident and tight-lipped Boss Pei was. He could only suppress his curiosity and continue waiting for the day the game would be released. Pei Qian looked at his watch after they were done with the meal. It was not even 3 PM. It was Friday afternoon now. There was still time to make arrangements for another department. Tomorrow was the weekend, most departments had to take a break other than departments like Upwind Logistics. Thus, the other departments had to wait until Monday. Which department should we arrange? Hmm Zhongdian Chinese Network is closer. Ill make arrangements for it first. Pei Qian had originally wanted to make a trip to Thriller Hostel, but it was quite far from the city center and would be a little troublesome to make a trip there after all. Pei Qian did not want to make a fuss, so he decided to go on Monday. He would make arrangements for Zhongdian Chinese Network today. Zhongdian Chinese Network was located on the upper floor of Tengda Games. Pei Qian had not visited Zhongdian Chinese Network for a long time even though he only had to take two more levels up by elevator. That was because there was nothing much to see. Zhongdian Chinese Network might be profitable, but it was not as profitable as other industries. Whats more, it was very stable. There would not be a sudden increase in income. Pei Qian had always felt that Zhongdian Chinese Networks entire department was not close to each other. It was a tasteless but wasteful food state. That was why he had not asked about it in the past few months. However, Pei Qian became vigilant again when he saw Zhongdian Chinese Networks revenue figures increasing steadily this morning. He felt that he could not let this continue. He could make some arrangements since he was free now. Pei Qian arrived at Zhongdian Chinese Network and scanned everyones working conditions. Yes, it was alright. At least it was better than Tengda Games. That same group of people had been staring intently at the screen when he had gone to Tengda Games previously. They were either typing rapidly on the keyboard with their hands or frowning and thinking hard. It was obvious that they were all focused on their work. However, everyone was much more relaxed at Zhongdian Chinese Network now. Some people were reading novels on their cell phones, while others were aimlessly looking at various data on the website. In short, it was a relatively relaxed state. While he could not see any obvious signs of slacking, it was obviously much better than Tengda Games working state. This made Pei Qian feel very gratified. Zhu Xingan, the current chief editor of Zhongdian Chinese Network, saw Boss Pei and quickly stood up to welcome him. Boss Pei, why are you here? Zhu Xingan was a little surprised because Boss Pei had not visited Zhongdian Chinese Network for an entire year. He had not given any guidance to Zhongdian Chinese Network either. Many colleagues thought that Boss Pei had forgotten about Zhongdian Chinese Network. However, Boss Pei was here now. That meant that Boss Pei had not forgotten about Zhongdian Chinese Network! This made Zhu Xingan quite happy. Pei Qian smiled. Its nothing. I just happened to be passing by. Wheres Ma Yiqun? Zhu Xingan said, In the office. Pei Qian nodded, walked to Ma Yiquns office, and knocked lightly on the door. Ma Yiqun was very surprised to see Boss Pei. Boss Pei, why are you here? Please take a seat. Pei Qian sat down on the sofa in his office. Ma Yiqun poured a cup of tea for Pei Qian. Boss Pei, do you have some work to arrange for us to do since you are here today? As Pei Qian sipped his tea and replied leisurely, I just remembered that I havent been here for some time. Thats why I came over to take a look. Hows the situation on the website? Is the class still in progress? Ma Yiqun answered truthfully, The website is doing very well. Its revenue is increasing steadily, especially the number of authors. A batch of explosive books have appeared on the website. The subscription results of these high-volume work have been steadily increasing. In addition, we have been giving a higher percentage to authors than other websites. Thus, we are becoming more and more popular with authors. Whats more, our website would never have issues with delays or deducting royalties for no reason. All the data are public and transparent. Thats one of our advantages. Many authors came to our website to try their luck. Our websites reputation is getting better in the circle! The online authors training class is still being held and the effect is obvious. Now, the name list for the training class is no longer voluntary because everyone wants to participate. There are not enough slots. We can only choose among the new authors who have achieved a certain amount of results. In principle, those who have already attended in the previous batch cannot attend the next batch. However, even so, the authors still flock to it. The readers are also clamoring every day to send their own authors to the study class to close the little black room to update seriously. All of them have obvious improvements after entering the study class be it slow writing, lack of inspiration, or unskilled writers! Once such an atmosphere is formed, coupled with the old and new model, the study class will nurture batch after batch of outstanding authors for the website. The content of the entire websites novels will naturally become richer and more exciting. Pei Qian sipped his tea, feeling increasingly melancholic. The situation did not sound good! Obviously, Zhongdian Chinese Network had entered a virtuous cycle. The authors income had continued to increase, their passion for writing had been fully stimulated, and their writing skills had improved with the help of other authors. At the same time, readers were becoming more and more attached to the website because there were more and more good works. At this rate, the consequences would be dire! At the moment, while Zhongdian Chinese Networks market share was not as big as Infinite Chinese Network, a huge website, it was ranked in the top three in the authors hearts because of its high share percentage and good benefits. Once the website expanded, it would definitely continue to develop steadily. As long as the person-in-charge was not mentally challenged and did not create some retarded operations, it would be very difficult for the website to decline. Pei Qian scrutinized Ma Yiqun closely, thinking that he was definitely not mentally challenged. Since that was the case, Zhongdian Chinese Networks development in the future would definitely be a high probability event. He could not let this continue. He had to do something! Pei Qian was also a reader of web novels and knew a thing or two about online literature. He pondered for a moment and quickly found a good entry point. At the moment, our website is mostly using royalty contracts, right? Ma Yiqun did not know why Boss Pei was asking about this. He nodded. Thats right, Boss Pei. Ever since our website was established, you have been emphasizing that we should prioritize royalty contracts over fixed-rate contracts. Pei Qian realized that he had indeed decided on this previously after some thought. That was because the entire website did not have much traffic when Zhongdian Chinese Network was first established. Pei Qian was worried that Ma Yiqun would use the fixed-rate contracts to poach famous authors from other stations at high prices to bring popularity and traffic to Zhongdian Chinese Network. Thus, he repeatedly reiterated prioritizing royalty contracts over fixed-rate contracts. Authors would not get much money in royalty contracts when there were not many readers. The authors would not join if they did not earn money from writing books here. However, times had changed. Once Zhongdian Chinese Network had a firm footing, royalty contracts had definitely become a form of incentive for the authors. That was because the better the novel was written, the more subscriptions they received, and the more royalty they would earn. Thus, the authors would work hard to polish the plot and contribute better works to the readers. Pei Qian took a sip of his tea and said, We have to change this principle. In the future, we will have both royalty contracts and fixed-rate contracts. However, we will only pay fixed-rates for our own authors works! Ma Yiqun was stunned. Only pay fixed-rates for the works of our own authors? Logically speaking, since they were going for fixed-rate contracts, a very important use would be to poach people from other websites. That was because the outstanding authors were not sure if they could maintain their current income by going to other websites. They were worried that they would not be able to adapt to the environment and would be cautious when they were poached. Therefore, it was relatively easier to poach people using fixed-rate contracts. As for their own authors works, there was really no point in giving them fixed rates. That was because there was no limit in the fixed-rates. The website had to ensure that it would not incur losses. The website would estimate the royalties that authors could receive from writing subscriptions. Then, they would give a fixed-rate contract that was slightly higher than the royalties. If the content written by the author was lower than the value of the subscriptions, the website would lose money. If the content written by the author was higher than the value of the subscriptions, the author would lose money. However, for the authors at this website, if they were to write subscriptions that earned a lot and felt that they could improve further, they would definitely not sign the fixed-rate contract because it would destroy their fighting spirit. On the other hand, some authors who did not earn much from subscriptions and did not have good abilities. Signing the fixed-rate contract would not motivate them to work harder. Instead, it would objectively encourage them to wait for death. Thus, it was easier to use fixed-rate contracts when poaching people. However, if they were to use it on their own people, the website and the author might lose out. That was why Ma Yiqun was so confused by Boss Peis strategy. Pei Qian looked at Ma Yiquns confused expression and smiled without saying anything. Confused? Thats right! I am trying to wear down the morale of the authors! Many authors knew that it would be very easy for people to become useless if they were on fixed-rate contracts. That was because fixed-rate contracts were usually based on word count. The quality of the works would not affect the authors income. The website would pay according to word count no matter what rubbish the authors wrote, as long as it was not in violation of the contract. To the authors, if they wrote well and exceeded the purchase price, the money they earned would not change. It would be equivalent to losing money. Thus, they would lack the motivation to write well. Of course, in order to avoid these problems, many websites added many supplementary terms to the fixed-rate contracts. For example, when the situation was not good, the editor had the right to request the author to make amendments or finish the book in advance. When the books popularity reached a certain height, the author could make requests to the website to change from fixed-rate contract to royalty contract. Or he could just sign a Minimum Guarantee. That was to go with a fixed-rate contract when the earnings did not exceed a certain value. If it was exceeded they would convert to a royalty contract. However, Pei Qian obviously did not intend to use this method. Chapter 872 - Web Novelists’ Inspiration Class Pei Qian took a sip of his tea and continued, We will only offer fixed-rate contracts for the top writers on our website. Thats because the terms of this contract are better. Its equivalent to giving a benefit to the authors of our website. We will not provide such benefits until other authors prove their strength. The total word count should be between 10,000 to 500,000 words for a fixed-rate contract. They cannot exceed 500,000 words. The fixed-rate contract will be calculated based on triple the revenue that the author earned from his previous books. For example, the original royalty contract of the authors previous book was about 1,000 yuan per 1,000 words. Then, the royalties for this book would be 3,000 words per 1,000 words. There is no minimum requirement to update. They can write as much as they want. Slow work will produce fine work. Whats more, we dont accept complete originality, we can only write custom-made novels. We provide IPs for the authors. Pei Qian could not help but be impressed by his own intelligence after he finished speaking. Fixed-rate Contracts and customizing. Wouldnt he be able to wipe out all the famous authors on Zhongdian Chinese Network and cripple them? Those who read online literature often knew that fixed-rate contracts and customizing was the easiest way to produce rubbish works. That was because the first prerequisite for creating good works was freedom. Authors could only write outstanding works if they were free to write about topics that they were good at and had strong drive in. If an author who was good at writing sci-fi novels had to write romance novels, the things he wrote would definitely be horrible. On the other hand, custom-made works were often works that the client had a certain need for commercial publicity. At that time, the authors creative thinking would definitely be restricted by the client. The client would definitely suggest some changes or interfere with the authors outline in order for the works to meet their requirements. On the other hand, the author would not be able to create the works according to his own ideas. His attitude would be different and would not be able to produce 120% of the works. That was because the first target of custom-made text was the client, not the reader. Thus, there was a high chance that it would not be liked by the reader. On top of the restrictions on custom-made novels, the fixed-rate contract would further dampen the authors creativity. That was because fixed-rate contracts meant that there would be a steady income. The cost of the custom-made text was also very high. The author only had to use a little bit of brainpower to bring the works to about 60 points to complete the clients requirements. There was no need to work hard to write 80 or even 100 points. He would not be able to do it because his creative freedom was not high enough and the theme was not good enough even if he wanted to write to 100 marks. Thus, Pei Qian had released this trump card of customization and the fixed-rate contract to bribe all the top writers of Zhongdian Chinese Network. It was all about earning money for these authors irregardless of whether they were on royalties or fixed-rate contracts. How they chose would depend on which one earned more money. It would be easier to write custom-made designs. The amount of royalties calculated by word count would almost double. He could earn as much money as he used to after writing casually every day. Why not? If the royalties previously were 1,000 yuan per 1,000 words, he could earn 300,000 yuan per month by writing 300,000 words. According to the purchase order, the royalties would be tripled. He could earn the same amount of money by writing 100,000 words each month. However, the workload was greatly reduced! While the fixed-rate contract system was voluntary and not mandatory, Pei Qian felt that no one would reject such a good offer, right? Who would go against money? That way, the authors income would not be affected and Pei Qians purpose would be achieved if the website incurred losses. Ma Yiqun obviously knew this very well. That was why he looked shocked. He did not know what Boss Pei was up to. While it was up to the authors to decide whether they wanted to sell their book or not, only a few of the head writers would reject it based on the current price. Of course, it was a good thing for the authors, but it seemed to be very risky for the website. If they were not careful, it would cause huge losses. Ma Yiqun pondered for a moment and asked, Boss Pei, are there any other restrictions on this fixed-rate contract? What if no one reads the novel written by the author? Can you ask him to finish the novel in advance or force him to edit it? Pei Qian shook his head. There are no other restrictions. However, there is a requirement for the word count. Each book has to be written at ten to five hundred thousand words. If it exceeds five hundred thousand words, they will not be paid. They will have to start another book. The reason why he set the word count requirement was mainly to create difficulties for the authors who were used to writing long chapters. At the moment, the standard word count for online novels was two to three million words. No matter how long it was, there were many people who could write five million words or more. Therefore, when the authors first set the story outline, they were used to setting the entire text above two million words. If the great authors could write something famous, they would definitely be more familiar with it. However, now they had to compress the story to a hundred to five hundred thousand words and write a short story. That would be using a creative way that they were not good at. On the other hand, most readers of online novels liked to read long works and were not interested in short stories. That way, the possibility of making money from novels would be further reduced. Ma Yiqun asked again, We can terminate the purchase agreement if the authors write a few rubbish novels, right? Pei Qian wanted to say no, but he felt that it did not make any sense. An author had been producing rubbish, but the website was still buying out his work at extremely high royalties from him. It did not make sense and was too unreasonable. Thus, after some consideration, he decided to adopt a relatively neutral plan. If the results of two consecutive books are very bad, let the author revert back to a royalty contract. He can continue with the fixed-rate contract when hes doing well again. That way, authors who wanted to slack off would be able to continue writing with a fixed-rate contract and cheat money after writing a novel with royalty contracts. The rules of the website were basically come and cheat me of my money and this fool has a lot of money written on it. Ma Yiqun asked again, What type of custom-made novels should there be? Can we take on some custom-made novels from other companies? Pei Qian immediately shook his head. No! We can only write with the IP that Tengda has. Ma Yiqun: He might still be able to make a profit if he could accept custom-made novels from other companies. For example, if some popular online games needed to be promoted, Ma Yiqun could recommend his outstanding authors to the company, ask the company to fork out money, and ask the authors to write them. That way, Zhongdian Chinese Network could earn a sum of advertising fees. However, Boss Pei rejected that possibility on the spot! According to Boss Pei, the restrictions on custom-made novels were really strange. It could not be purely original nor could it be custom-made by other companies. It could only be Tengdas IP. What was Tengdas IP? Ma Yiqun gave it some thought. This included the various games that Tengda had developed, such as Repent and be Saved, Ocean Stronghold, Struggle, and so on. This included the short videos and films that Fei Huang Workspace had already shot, such as Tomorrow is Beautiful and the current filming of Mission and Choice; That included the various IP images bought from GOG, as well as original hero characters like Modest and Ruan; Including the various superhero characters in the works of Hurricane Comics; Other than that, some of the popular novels on Zhongdian Chinese Network and other miscellaneous things were considered Tengdas IP. It did look like a lot, but what was the point of customizing these things? The only use was to fill up the entire Tengda Universe s story storage. However, many of the IPs did not need to be filled up at all: The content of the original work had already been expressed very clearly and thoroughly. Why did it still have to continue? Would these authors be able to write stories that were comparable to the original works if they wrote them seriously? Ma Yiqun did not think so at all. That was because many of the original works were personally written by Boss Pei. These authors would not be able to catch up even if they tried. Whats more, it was still a loss compared to the money spent on buying these works. That was because the purchase strategy this time was not only targeted at one author, but all of Zhongdian Chinese Networks top authors. If these authors were determined to deceive and cheat money, Zhongdian Chinese Network would spend a lot of money on rubbish. It would be very difficult to guarantee the websites interests. Ma Yiqun pondered for a long time, but he was still very confused by Boss Peis decision. However, Ma Yiqun did not say much seeing Boss Peis confident expression. Boss Peis actions were always so unpredictable after all. No matter how ridiculous and strange Boss Peis decisions looked at the beginning, they were proven to have deeper meaning and were extremely successful. Thus, Ma Yiqun nodded. Alright, Boss Pei. Ill make the arrangements soon. Pei Qian was very satisfied with his attitude. Yes, very good. On top of that, theres another matter regarding the authors class. This class has been running for some time. Its time to make some improvements. My idea is to create another inspiration class based on this study class. Gather all the top writers, especially those who have decided to write custom-made novels, and join this inspiration class. In the inspiration class, we will prepare a large number of novels, movies, and games for them. We asked them to collect materials from them every day. Then, they would exchange their writing skills and knowledge and recommend games or movies that they think are fun. For this inspiration class, there must be some initial investment. For example, the monitor must be big, the earphones must be good, the seats must be comfortable, and the various resources inside must be directly purchased from the original, ultra-high-definition blue-light discs to provide the best viewing experience for everyone. In the previous class, the authors could only write and check their information. They could not do anything else. In this inspiration class, the authors could only do things related to collecting inspiration. They could only write for two hours every day for eight hours. Ma Yiqun was stunned again. Huh? This How was this an inspiration class? It was obviously a pleasure class and a slacker class! One of the most important reasons why the study class had been successful before was that the small dark room could allow authors with poor self-control to concentrate on writing in this environment. That was how many outstanding works were born. However, now, everyone could watch movies if they wanted to. They could play games if they wanted to. Not only were they not locked up in the dark room, but they were also restricted to writing for two hours a day. Wasnt that encouraging them to slack? Whats more, Boss Pei had also said that this inspiration class was mainly targeted at authors who had decided to write custom-made novels. These peoples requirements for updating were very low to begin with, and their creativity would probably not be high. He had also arranged a comfortable and enjoyable environment for them These people were probably going to be crippled! They were the top writers and pillars of Zhongdian Chinese Network. If they were to become useless, not only would it affect the websites income, but it would also affect the number of outstanding works and readers comments on the website Ma Yiqun hesitated for a moment and said, Boss Pei, isnt this environment too relaxed? Pei Qian sniggered. Thats right! To these top writers, they have no lack of skills or skills. If they want to improve, they need more inspiration. They need to slow down and work hard! Nowadays, many novels have millions of words. Each day, they would update thousands or even ten thousand words a day. How can a good novel be written with such huge pressure? Tell them to slow down and polish it! Ma Yiqun opened his mouth, wanting to say something more, but he could not. Obviously, Boss Peis thinking seemed a little unrealistic. These online novels were meant to be used for recreational purposes. So what if they slowed down and polished it well? Could they even produce a famous novel? However, he could not say that Boss Peis idea was wrong. He could only say that Boss Pei had a higher level of vision than him and had a greater goal. Ma Yiqun hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded. Alright, Boss Pei. Ill make the arrangements now! Chapter 873 - Eternal Faith February 4th, Saturday Lu Zhiyao had just finished his Fish-Catching Take-Out in his hotel. It was the weekend and the crew was resting. Generally speaking, the production team would not take a break during the weekend. After all, most of the movies time was very tight. The production teams filming schedule was especially tight. Not to mention weekends and holidays, they would often film late into the night for work. However, since this was Tengdas production team, they had to abide by the Tengda spirit. They would also have a weekend off. It was a good thing that Huang Sibo and Director Zhu Xiaoce were both masters of time management. They managed to arrange for the filming to be done clearly during the holidays with rest. Of course, this movie was basically Lu Zhiyaos one-man show. There were not many outdoor scenes, and all of them were special effects. It did not require a large number of actors time, venue, and props. Thus, it was more flexible in time arrangement. The filming of Mission and Choice had already reached the last part now. The first few parts were already in the process of editing and creating special effects after filming was completed. That was because there was obviously not enough time to edit and make the special effects after the entire movie was completed. The plot of this movie was divided into stages. There was not much connection between each stage, so it was not a problem to separate the editing and creating the special effects. After filming the last part, the rough editing and special effects for the first part were more or less done. The movie will be arranged to be screened after a final two to three months of pruning and perfecting the special effects. Now, Lu Zhiyaos main task was to figure out the script for the last stage, act out the last part of the plot, and make a perfect ending. He had just received the script for the last stage last night. However, he was too tired after he was back so he fell asleep before he could take a closer look. After a good nights sleep and breakfast, Lu Zhiyao took out his script again and prepared to read the last part of the plot. The previous plot had ended at a point of despair. Qin Yi welcomed the Final Battle. He tried his best to command the battle, thinking that he could finally die a worthy death and escape from this difficult fate. However, he only knew that this was the AEEIS simulation final trial after the battle ended. The good news was that everything that had happened before was fake. No one had died. The bad news was that AEEIS simulated the outcome of the final battle between humans and Zergs. The win rate was zero. The best outcome would be for the commander to perish together with the Zerg Queen. They would then choose the next commander and prepare for the next decisive battle. However, the following battles would become more and more difficult, and the chances of humans winning would become lower and lower. The Zerg Queens intelligence would continue to increase because of the existence of the Zergs consciousness. The Zergs ability to replenish their forces would also be higher than humans. If they could not achieve an overwhelming victory in this crucial battle and take the opportunity to send all of their troops to clear the remaining Zergs, then in the future, humans would have less of a chance. What made Qin Yi even more desperate was that he revisited every decision he had made. However, no matter how he racked his brains to analyze and use any strategy, he could not change the fact that the final battle was a complete failure. Qin Yi shouldered the fate of all mankind, but this fate was destruction. He did not know when this day would come, nor did he know if there was any meaning to persevere to the end. Even a warrior like him, who was used to seeing life and death, could not withstand all of this. He could only sink into despair Lu Zhiyao was even more curious about the ending of this story. He quickly opened the last part of the script and read it carefully. There was a close-up shot of Qin Yi in the hibernation cabin. At the beginning of the movie, there was also a close-up shot like this, but there was a clear difference between the two shots. This time, Qin Yis hair was messy, with a stubble beard, his eyes were dull, and his expression was blank. His haggard face and heavy dark eye circles showed that he was in an extremely bad mental state. His eyes were fixed on the ceiling even though he was in the hibernation capsule. He would only blink once after a long time, showing everyone that he was not dead. He could not sleep even in the hibernation capsule. Obviously, his mental pressure had reached its limit. This hibernation capsule, which had edges and corners that fit a person, looked like a coffin. AEEISs voice sounded. Commander, your mental state is extremely unstable. Your physical condition is also very bad. You need to rest. Ive arranged an additional two hours of rest for you. Please sleep as soon as possible. Your body does not only belong to you, it also belongs to the entire human race. If you suddenly die before the final battle, then humanity will completely lose all hope. Qin Yi did not answer. Instead, he stretched out his trembling hands and supported the cabin wall to stand up. He leaned his back against the capsule and sat on the ground. He closed his eyes and rested for a moment. He knew very well in his heart that the final battle between humans and Zergs could come at any time. The timing did not depend on humans but on the Zergs. Qin Yi laughed lightly and said in a self-deprecating manner, What difference does it make whether they come earlier or later for a destined death? Oh, no, theres a difference. Ill have to suffer for a few more days if they come later. AEEIS: Commander, your mental state is very unfavorable for the upcoming battle. If you agree, I will inject you with tranquilizers and nutrients so that you can rest well before the final battle and remain calm. I hope that you can recover from your training as soon as possible after a full rest. You have not undergone any simulated training for 53 hours in a row. This might aggravate the injuries of humans in the battle However, before AEEIS could finish speaking, the entire space flashed with a red warning! Commander, a large number of Zergs are gathering underground. The overall attack of the Zergs is about to begin! Please return to the control panel to command the battle immediately no matter what! Qin Yi closed his eyes and ignored AEEIS. After a moment of silence, he said with a cold expression, I want to talk to everyone in the United Fleet. Qin Yi might be the commander but he only gave orders to attack the various teams. The specific instructions were all done by AEEIS. AEEIS was silent for two seconds, as if trying hard to analyze the true intentions behind Qin Yis words, but it obviously failed. Im sorry, Commander. You dont have such authority. Please return to the control panel immediately and start commanding the battle. Otherwise, AEEIS will take over the command of the combined fleet. Qin Yi was unmoved, his expression cold. If you think the survival of mankind is more important than this call, then do as you please. I only need five minutes. AEEIS fell silent again. Qin Yi did not rush it. Instead, he continued to look ahead with lifeless eyes, thinking about something. The red alarm in space was still flashing, Qin Yi could clearly see a dense sea of insects gathering on the surface of the planet through the Ansebo communication. A war was about to break out! A moment later, AEEISs emotionless voice sounded again. Commander, your actions are meaningless. AEEISs real-time communication can transmit thousands of times more information than human language. Humanitys inefficient information transmission and emotional expression might have the opposite effect. When some truths are known by everyone, humans will fall into chaos and internal strife. The Alliance Fleet Executive Committee does not want to take such a risk. Commander, please maintain your rationality and stop making meaningless attempts. Qin Yi said coldly, AEEIS, Ill say it one last time. I want to use the control panel and Ansebo communication to speak to all the soldiers of the Alliance Fleet. If you stop me, then you, me, and all of humanity will perish together. You are just a stupid robot who wants to solve all problems with data. If you could resolve the Zergs, the Alliance Fleet would not have chosen me as the commander. Ill say it one last time. Im the commander. Complete my requirements! The red warning kept flashing. After nearly a minute, AEEIS spoke again. Commander, you can use the control panel to speak to all the soldiers of the Alliance Fleet. The fate of mankind is in your hands. I hope that you have thought through your speech. Qin Yi supported himself with both hands and stood up from the ground. He walked slowly to the console and sat down in his seat. Here, he could see all the deployments of the Human Alliance Fleet. Qin Yi observed the personnel of the starships at random and confirmed that his words could indeed be heard by everyone through Ansebos communication. He could see confusion, apprehension, fear, and confusion on the faces of the soldiers inside the starship. This meant that what he saw should be real-time images because AEEIS should not be able to imitate every humans expression to be so life-like. At the same time, this also showed that all the soldiers were very surprised that the commander suddenly wanted to speak to everyone. That was because ever since the war began, all the commanders were commanded through AEEIS, an artificial intelligence unit. The soldiers could only communicate with AEEIS. They did not know who the commander was, what he looked like, and which spaceship he was on. However, this time, not only did they hear the commanders voice but also saw his appearance. Only a few people in the Asian Fleet knew Qin Yi and recognized him. Most of the soldiers of the Alliance Fleet only saw a man with a stubble beard, heavy dark circles under his eyes, and extremely poor mental state on the screen. This was worlds apart from the commander image they had imagined. Qin Yi scanned the faces of many soldiers again. He knew that everyone he controlled in the war was a living being. In the future, in the decisive battle between humans and Zergs, there would definitely be people who would not listen to orders, run away in extreme fear, or make mistakes. These people might be in the starship, waiting to hear him speak. They might be one of these young faces. Qin Yis first sentence stunned everyone. I was once the captain of AS-371-45 Team, Qin Yi, who successfully carried out the decapitation mission. I am also the current commander of the Alliance Fleet. I hope to tell you the truth before humanity perishes. The Zergs are preparing for the final attack. According to AEEISs deduction, the chances of humans winning the final battle with the Zergs is zero. Even the best case scenario would be for me to perish together with the Zerg Queen. Humans would eventually perish in the long drawn-out war. Over the past fifty hours, I have tried countless methods, but no matter how I try, the final result will not change. I believe that all of you are as tired of hiding and being deceived as I am. In order to fight against the Zergs, every commander worked hard to train humans into Zergs. Through various methods, they tricked humans into carrying the wrong beliefs and dying like the Zergs. We might have achieved victory in this way, but this is definitely not humanitys belief and way of winning! Therefore, even if all of us die in the end, I hope that all of you can die with faith! Qin Yis eyes suddenly widened. He, who had been dispirited all this while, suddenly seemed to glow with a strong light. You can choose to run away at the last minute, disobey orders, and live for a few more hours. You can have ten thousand reasons to convince yourself that your death is meaningless in front of hundreds of millions of insects. You can also push the mistake to the Executive Committee, the commander, and anyone after you fail again and again. However, the outcome would be the same. Blue Planet will be swallowed by the Zergs. You will watch helplessly as your home is destroyed by the flames of war and turned into the Zergs food! A small number of you will escape in your spaceships and drift in the vast universe like stray dogs! Look back at the blue planet. That once beautiful blue planet has become full of holes. All traces of human existence will be completely erased by the claws and fangs of the Zergs! Qin Yis voice became high-pitched as he shouted at the top of his lungs. At that time, you will regret not dying on the front line and on the battlefield with the Zergs! Those who choose to live an ignoble life will live in eternal regret and frustration even if they live! You will regret not using these few hours to live a borrowed life in exchange for an opportunity to prove the beliefs of mankind! Thats right. To everyone, what happens after death is meaningless, because what awaits us is eternal nothingness. However, our death is meaningful to the living, to our family, friends, and compatriots! AEEIS calculated that the final win rate would be zero, but I will never agree with this result. That is because artificial intelligence will never be able to calculate the value of human beliefs! If we lose this battle, humanity will perish, our civilization will disappear from this universe forever, and all evidence of our existence will be completely erased! However, if we win, your deaths will be remembered by history! The Blue Planet is behind us! In this final battle, we will give meaning to all of humanitys previous sacrifices! We will die in a spectacular battle, we will be drowned in an endless sea of insects, we will be reduced to ashes in the explosion, we will not even have bones left under the claws of the Zergs! However, our beliefs will remain in this starry sky forever, just like the stars that have existed since time immemorial. They will remain eternal! The beliefs of mankind will never be destroyed! Warriors, come with me and risk everything for the fate of mankind. Charge towards your death! Chapter 874 - Mission and Choice’s Ending The deep red alarm in the space was still flashing. The Zergs on the surface of the planet were already gathering and would soon attack the human base. In the sky above the planet, a large number of bugs were gathering, covering the sky. However, Qin Yi could suddenly feel that something had changed after he finished speaking. The human starships that were floating in space, the Skylark warriors that were ready to attack, the individuals behind the combat units They seemed to have changed in an instant! In fact, Qin Yi himself did not know how effective these words would be. That was because in the face of life and death, human language would always be pale and weak. Just like AEEIS said, human language was a very inefficient way of communication. AEEIS could give different and precise instructions to all soldiers in one second. Qin Yi would need a few hours to do the same thing. However, the reason why Qin Yi threatened everyone with his identity as the commander and insisted on speaking to everyone in the Alliance Fleet was because he had understood a principle after tens of hours of pain and struggle. Humans had their final weapon even in the face of the current desperate situation: Faith! Ansebo Communications and Artificial Intelligence Technology allowed the human army to fight like the Zergs. The instructions of the AEEIS division commander were transmitted to every soldier on the battlefield through Ansebo Communications. The efficiency of tactical transmission was unprecedented. Even AEEIS, after hundreds of millions of simulated battles and deep learning, could make commands that were not inferior to human commanders. In the first encounter between humans and Zergs, the combined fleet suffered a crushing defeat. The Executive Committee of the Alliance Fleet decided to adopt the command mode of AEEIS+Ancebo communication. Only then did the situation improve. However, that also caused humans to gradually forget what they had once held onto. After establishing the command mode of AEEIS+Ansepo communication, under the analysis of AEEISs large data, successive commanders had unknowingly developed in the direction of micro-management masters. They had thought of all ways to make every soldier and individual unit give up their feelings as human beings and fight like cold Zergs to increase their chances of winning. However, as time went by, lies and deception became part of the commander. The distrust between the soldiers and the commander grew. Humans tried to use Zergs method to defeat the Zergs, but they could not succeed in the end. Therefore, in AEEISs final deduction, humans had no chance of winning because the human army could not break through the normal that AEEIS had predicted. On the other hand, Qin Yi recalled the decapitation operation he carried out when he was AS-371-45s team leader. When he looked back at the countless battles after he became a commander, he suddenly realized a principle that he already knew: Sometimes, belief was the most important thing! There was no point in blindly emphasizing discipline and trying to cultivate soldiers into emotionless war machines. Historically, countries that relied on religion to command armies had not achieved much glory. A truly powerful army, on the other hand, had an unwavering belief. This belief did not come from deception or brainwashing, but from the bottom of their hearts. All of the soldiers of the Alliance Fleet had undergone strict training. Deep down, they knew very well that humanity was facing a life-and-death crisis. However, the long battle, the way AEEIS and the commanding officer did things had dulled their beliefs. What Qin Yi had to do now was to awaken the faith in all the soldiers at the last moment! Be it victory or defeat in this war, or whether humanity would survive or perish in the end, Qin Yi hoped that all the soldiers would be like him, knowing all the truth, betting everything on the fate of mankind, and charging to their deaths! Qin Yi did not waste any more time. Instead, he skillfully used the control panel to give orders to all the human troops. Qin Yi had already done this final battle many times in AEEISs simulation training. The situation was different each time. However, the overall attack launched by Zergs in the real world seemed to be more intense than any simulation training! On the surface of the scarlet red planet, a swarm of insects surged out of the nest like a tide. The base that humans had left on the surface of the planet was like a small boat in a storm. It was drowned by the dense swarm of insects as if it could capsize at any time. The results were minimal even though human bases on the surface and the starships in the sky were attacking the sea of insects at full force. The human firepower in the air was like shooting stars in the dark sky. Soon, it was swallowed up by the swarm of insects. The current situation had already exceeded Qin Yis expectations; he had never faced such a difficult situation even in the most difficult mock battle. AEEIS did not give any more suggestions. Instead, it silently conveyed every command by Qin Yi. A starship was besieged by the Zergs and was on the verge of collapse. For some reason, this starship seemed to be entering the city alone. Qin Yi only took a glance and confirmed that this starship could not be saved. Thus, he considered giving orders to the starship to let all the soldiers on it board a small spacecraft or use the cloudfinch combat uniform to evacuate and meet up with another starship nearby. While the Skylark combat uniform could only glide and could not fly, as long as it could glide away from the battlefield and land safely, there was still a chance of survival. Before he gave this order, he saw a huge hole in the ground that was riddled with bullet holes. That seemed to be a nest of the Zergs. He could see the densely packed eggs inside. It seemed like new Zergs were breaking out of their shells every minute. These new Zergs would immediately eat the shells of the Zergs after they were born. Then, they would rush to the battlefield and eat the limbs of their dead comrades and dead humans. They would continue to attack the human army according to the empresss orders. A thought flashed across Qin Yis mind. If he could use this starship to destroy the eggs He subconsciously ordered the starship to attack the eggs but changed his mind after a few seconds. Based on past experience, the starship would not be able to reach the nest. That would be meaningless. Thus, Qin Yi changed his instructions and asked the soldiers on the starship to board a small spacecraft or use their Skylark combat uniform to evacuate and meet up with the nearby starship. However, his orders were not carried out. The starship had already given the order to retreat, but it still flew unsteadily towards the nest not far away! Qin Yi could not help but shake his head slightly. He seemed to have foreseen the fate of this starship. It would soon be besieged by the bugs and fall into the wilderness because no one could provide fire support and cover for it. However, a large number of small spaceships and soldiers in Skylark combat uniform rushed out of the starship and began to counterattack the Zergs attacking the starship in the sky! These warriors in Skylark combat uniforms could not fly. They could only glide in the air for a short period of time. However, they still tried their best to control the direction they were sliding in and rushed towards the densest place of the swarm. They destroyed the mini reactor on their chests before the swarm of insects tore them apart! Fireworks flashed in the sky. Under the cover of countless small spaceships and Skylark warriors, the starship suddenly accelerated and rushed towards the exposed Zerg nest! A moment later, a terrifying explosion spread out from underground! This Zerg Nest had a network that extended in all directions below. What was exposed on the ground was obviously only a small portion. After the starship charged into the ground, it artificially detonated all the weapons and fuel on it. Not only did it destroy all the exposed Zergs eggs, but it also destroyed the Zergs deep in the nest. Before the starship exploded, there was only one communication message. Humans will live forever!!! More communication messages flashed on the screen before Qin Yi recovered from his shock. No one questioned Qin Yis command, and no one issued a request to evacuate. These communication messages seemed to be a final farewell to Qin Yi, the commander, before they died. The war between humans and Zergs was gradually reaching its climax on the vast battlefield. Qin Yi could not help but show a gratified expression as he watched both sides fall into a stalemate instead of being crushed by the Zergs one-sidedly. Then, he began to move his own command ship and the surrounding corvettes away, just like in the simulation practice, preparing to meet his final fate. To him, no matter what the outcome was, he could finally not bear the heavy fate and die. However, the moment he completed his deployment, Qin Yi suddenly felt that his lips were a little wet. A bloody smell rushed into his mind. He subconsciously wiped his hands and saw a smear of red blood. At the same time, his vision turned black and the world spun! Qin Yi did not want to fall. The battle was still going on intensely. As the commander, he had to continue commanding the battle. However, his body and spirit were overwhelmed by the long and high-intensity thinking. He could no longer hold on after commanding the battle for a long time. Qin Yi seemed to be seeing some images in the dark. At first, the images were blurry and unclear, but they slowly became clear. He felt like he was in a huge spider web. He could not move, but his spirit extended indefinitely into the distance in the darkness. The images in his mind gradually became images that he could see clearly. He saw the Zergs nest underground, and the Zergs were busing. From time to time, terrifying explosions would come from above their heads, blasting these Zergs into sticky liquid and broken limbs. He saw the Zergs flying in the sky fearlessly towards the human starships in the sky. They were quickly wiped out by the powerful firepower, but more Zergs continued to charge forward. Qin Yi realized that this seemed to be a battlefield. What surprised him even more was that what he saw now seemed to be the perspective of the Zergs! Qin Yi even had a very special feeling. The overwhelming swarm of insects was like his hands and feet, moving completely according to his own will. However, these hands and feet had no feeling, they would not hurt, and they could be infinitely restored. Qin Yi tried his best to trace the source of this consciousness but found nothing. Suddenly, he felt a special emotion that came out of nowhere. A sense of sorrow gradually rose from the bottom of his heart and quickly spread. At that moment, other images appeared in his mind. He saw that this red planet was originally a desolate and lifeless planet. The Zergs drifting in the universe came to this planet and began to multiply on it. They built nests underground and gradually expanded to the surroundings with this planet as their base. However, after some time, the human starship arrived on this planet. The moment it saw the Zergs, the human starship immediately attacked but was quickly swallowed by the angry Zergs. Humans formed an Alliance Fleet as if they were facing a formidable enemy. The huge fleet gathered not far from the planet and began an intense battle with the Zergs. Qin Yi had already seen the next scene: Humanity had collapsed in front of the Zergs because of their command. It was difficult to organize an effective resistance. Thus, the humans organized a counterattack through Ansebo Communications and AEEIS. Both sides began a long tug-of-war on this planet Why am I seeing these images? Qin Yi felt like he was in a dream. He had a clear consciousness but could not move. What was even stranger was that he subconsciously assumed the identity of the Zergs to think about problems. He was afraid of human starships and cannons, but he felt a sense of familiarity and pity for the large number of dead Zergs. Could it be the consciousness of the nest? Is this what the Zerg Queen wants me to see? The scene of the Alliance Fleet being defeated made me subconsciously think that the Zergs invaded and the Alliance Fleet was forced to defend. However, the truth is that the alliance fleet took the initiative to attack? Now that I think about it, the Zergs did not kill me immediately when I carried out a mission to assassinate the Zerg Empress. Instead, they brought me to the Zergs nest Qin Yi recalled his experience in the Zergs nest. He and another surviving member were brought in front of the Queen. He did not know what the Queen of the Zergs did to another member. That member immediately let out a sharp scream and died in just two minutes. Qin Yi received the same treatment. It was as if countless needles were piercing his brain, but he did not die. Instead, he persevered tenaciously Many details in Qin Yis mind were strung together. Obviously, the fact that he could see these images had something to do with the consciousness of the nest. The fact that he could obtain the consciousness of the nest and establish such a spiritual connection with the Queen of the Zergs was obviously related to his experience in the Zergs nest. The Zerg Queen did not talk to Qin Yi directly but Qin Yi could still clearly feel the Zerg Queens consciousness. Humans were the invaders The Zergs also suffered heavy losses under the attacks of humans If the humans and Zergs could stop fighting, neither side would suffer more losses This was especially so when Qin Yi stood on the Zergs side and thought about problems. Such thinking became natural and logical. Qin Yi wanted to try to communicate with the Zergs. Many thoughts flashed through his mind, but they could not enter the Zergs nest network and were completely useless. Obviously, it was an accident that he could feel the Zergs network and did not die screaming on the spot. The humans life form was not enough to fully utilize the Zergs consciousness. It could only be received and not transmitted. At that moment, Qin Yi suddenly felt that all the images were quickly leaving him. His consciousness was recovering. AEEISs voice sounded in his ear. Commander, I have injected you with nutrient serum. You can take over the battle at any time. The image in front of Qin Yis eyes gradually became clearer. The war between humans and Zergs was still going on. AEEIS should have taken over the battle and given him first aid. Qin Yi tried hard to concentrate. He realized that he could still feel the connection between himself and the Zergs. He even felt a unique sense of familiarity with the Zergs. On the battlefield, humans and Zergs were still in a deadlock. The desperate battle of the human soldiers did not cause the human defense line to collapse. However, if they wanted to completely defeat the Zergs, they had to seek out and execute the Zerg Queen. However, the Zerg Queen did not send a large number of Zergs to decapitate the commander of the humans this time. The pressure on the main battlefield was very huge. If this continued, no one could predict the final outcome of this war. He suddenly had an idea. Through the control panel, Qin Yi ordered all the troops in the intense battle to temporarily stop and retreat! The human troops in the fierce battle did not immediately carry out this order because the war was nearing its climax. Everyones eyes were red from killing. The humans and Zergs had reached a state of life and death. Qin Yi quickly passed through the control panel and kept thinking about the orders for the troops to temporarily stop fighting and retreat! Finally, his order worked. Some starships began to retreat. The Zergs did not chase after them even though they were prepared to be chased down. Instead, they stopped attacking. Soon, this strange calmness spread across the vast battlefield. The human fleets and Zergs retreated and were in a deadlock on the current battlefront. Even AEEIS fell silent. Neither it nor the human soldiers could explain why. Humans and Zergs, two races that could not communicate at all, had actually stopped fighting so strangely? Qin Yis face was expressionless. However, in the next second, he started operating the controls once again! The main human forces were in a deadlock with the Zergs. The battlefield fell into silence. However, the backup human troops in the starry sky immediately moved towards a hidden location on the back of the planet! Qin Yi could feel the general deployment of the Zergs. The fleet formed by a few starships stopped after approaching the back of the planet. A large number of small spaceships were advancing rapidly towards the Zerg Queen! The swarm of insects in front of them suddenly became restless a few minutes later! Obviously, the Zerg Queen had only just discovered the ambush team! Qin Yi was affected by the consciousness of the nest and felt an indescribable anger. It was the anger of being cheated and betrayed. However, there was no change in Qin Yis expression. He still controlled the control panel and gave the command to attack all the troops! The Zergs in the front became chaotic. The deadlock on the battlefield was broken in an instant. The Zergs kept retreating in front of the fierce attacks of the humans. Qin Yi immediately mobilized more troops to attack the Queen of the Zergs! At the same time, Qin Yi began to mobilize different teams to attack the other places on the planet. He could vaguely sense that that was the nest of the second empress. Once the Zerg Queen died, new empresses would be born randomly among these secondary empresses. However, this time, Qin Yi decided to eliminate them completely. He would definitely not allow any of them to continue existing. The Zergs on the main battlefield seemed to have gone crazy. Despair and anger spread in the consciousness of the Zergs and quickly affected Qin Yi. Countless Zergs gave up on the human army that was fighting intensely. They had no time to rush back to protect the Zerg Queen. Therefore, they rushed towards the command ship that Qin Yi was in without any care! The Zergs that were drifting outside the planet also began to attack Qin Yis command ship recklessly! Qin Yi lied to the Zergs. The previous Zerg Queen had planted the seed of the Zergs consciousness in Qin Yis mind through the spiritual link. This seed continued to take root and germinate, affecting Qin Yis consciousness. The new Zerg Queen allowed Qin Yi to see some scenes through the consciousness of the Zerg nest. She made Qin Yi subconsciously stand on the Zergs side. Qin Yi was indeed as the Queen of the Zergs had expected. He ordered all the human armies to temporarily stop attacking. However, all of this was actually an illusion. On the surface, Qin Yi intended to stop the war with the Zergs. However, he had actually found the location of the Zerg Queen and all the secondary empresses through the consciousness of the Zergs. He had secretly deployed the human army to wipe them out in one fell swoop and completely destroy them! Qin Yi was expressionless as he watched the crazy swarm of insects rush towards his command ship. He gave the command to retreat quickly to the command ship and the surrounding frigates. There were two reasons why the human commander had to use himself as bait to execute the decapitation operation. The human commanders had to command the battle with the Ansepo Communications at the front line. The Zergs had the absolute advantage in terms of military strength. The human commander had to use himself as bait to reduce the pressure on the main battlefield. That way, the chances of the team carrying out the decapitation mission would be higher. That was because humans did not know the exact location of the Zerg Queen. They could only send a large number of teams to search the various Zergs nests. Their troops were scattered, and the chances of failure were very high. They had to use a certain method to disperse the Zergs strength. However, the situation was completely different now. AEEIS could carry out all the commands with the Zerg Queen and all the secondary empresses positions exposed. The decapitation operation could be successfully completed even if Qin Yi did not command it. After knowing the position of the Zerg Queen, the high mobility and powerful firepower of the human starships would show their advantage. They would have the upper hand in the local battlefield. This was already a sure win situation. There was no need for Qin Yi to foolishly sacrifice himself. He could feel the violence and anger coming from the Insect Nests consciousness. It was like a heavy hammer striking his temples, making his already unstable mental state worse. However, Qin Yi did not waver. Im a soldier. I have no reason to feel pity for another race that is a threat to mankind. Perhaps the initiator of this war was indeed the humans. But so what? I dont care. Humans can only obtain true peace when the Zergs are completely wiped out. Qin Yi leaned against the chair at the control. While his mind was still filled with the Queen of the Zergs madness and anger because of the Insect Nests consciousness, he had calmed his mental state down. That was because he knew that the humans won this war. His mission as the commander had been completed. He would soon be able to retire gloriously and return to the blue planet to live a peaceful and happy life. The voices and smiles of the members of the AS-371-45 team appeared in his mind again. Perhaps after he returned to the Blue Planet, he could personally visit the families of these team members, set up a tombstone for them, and offer sacrifices every year However, Qin Yi suddenly realized that something was wrong just as he was immersed in this chaotic and relieved mood. AEEIS seemed to have been silent for a long time. Qin Yi looked at the holographic image around him and suddenly realized that the command ship he was in was not retreating as he had instructed. Instead, it was advancing towards the violent swarm of insects in the distance! On the other hand, the corvettes surrounding the command ship spewed out long exhaust flames and moved away from him! AEEIS!!! Qin Yi knocked on the control panel in shock and anger. However, the control panel seemed to have completely malfunctioned. It could no longer transmit any orders to the outside world. On the other hand, Qin Yi could not control the command ship at all. He could only watch it approach the swarm of insects in the distance AEEISs image appeared again. Its voice was as emotionless as before. However, for some reason, AEEIS sounded exceptionally cold this time. Captain Qin Yi, you have perfectly completed the task of the Alliance Fleets Executive Committee. Humans will achieve complete victory in the war against the Zergs. The Zerg Queen and the secondary empress will be completely eliminated. All the Zergs on this planet will be eliminated. Humans will build an interstellar colony on this planet. Many years later, this battlefield will become another home for humans. I have to admit that you humans are indeed the most talented in commanding. If not for your speech and the final plot, humans would not have been able to achieve such a complete victory. Humans cannot remain rational forever, but it is precisely because of this irrationality that humans future holds unlimited possibilities. Captain Qin Yi, out of respect for you, I will tell you the truth before you sleep in this starry sky forever. The Supreme Executive Committee thinks that the best commander is a commander who sacrificed his life and died in battle against the Zergs. You have a good reputation in the Alliance Fleet. The Supreme Executive Committee doesnt want another person in their position. At the same time, you have the consciousness of a bug nest and your mental state is extremely unstable. No one knows when you will fall to the Zergs. Humans can no longer trust you. Your death will draw a perfect end to the war. Captain Qin Yi, your name will forever be remembered by mankind. The lights in the entire space immediately disappeared after AEEIS finished speaking. The command ship dragged a long tail of flames and accelerated towards the dense swarm of insects in the distance! The human starship broke through the dense swarm of bugs and began to bombard the Queen of the Zergs nest on the other side of the planet! The surface of the ground was torn apart and countless Zergs were reduced to ashes by the powerful firepower. However, all the Zergs in the vicinity still gathered towards the nest without caring about anything else and carried out their final struggle under the will of the Zerg. Queen The scene changed. Countless Zergs had already climbed onto Qin Yis command ship in the universe. The sharp teeth and claws of the Zergs tore the weakest part of the starship. Small Zergs swarmed in through the cracks, searching for the only human on the starshipQin Yis location. Qin Yi was still sitting in front of the command desk like a statue in the darkness. Suddenly, the wall opposite him was torn open, and a large number of Zerg warriors rushed in! A huge Leviathan beast had stopped beside the command ship, as if it wanted to swallow the entire command ship. The scene changed. The human soldiers poured their anger at the Zergs when they received the news that their commander was dead! All of a sudden, the Zergs on the surface stopped swarming towards the human soldiers and starships. Instead, they became like headless flies. Some low intelligence Zergs froze on the spot and did not move. The humans attacks were even more ferocious, sweeping away all the Zergs on the planet. The secondary empresses in the other nests had also been wiped out in no time. These secondary empresses had not even had time to obtain the consciousness of the Zerg Empress from the Zerg nest network before they were blasted into pieces by the fierce artillery fire. Nothing remained. There were many light spots on the back of the planet from afar. That was the huge explosion when the Zerg nest was completely destroyed by the human army. The original nest became a huge pit after the explosion. The entire planet became riddled with holes. On the other hand, human starships were soaring in the sky, as if they were showing off that they were the final victors. In a space station further away. Several officers of the Supreme Executive Committee of the Alliance Fleet were also watching the final battle. Why! He could have escaped! Can anyone provide support? Its no use. Its too late. From the images that we just saw, the command ship has been completely torn apart by the angry bugs. He should be The officers looked pained and frustrated. AEEISs image appeared in the middle of the conference table. Captain Qin Yi is determined to die. This is probably the home that he has already thought of. He, who has already been infected by the consciousness of the Zergs, should realize that it is very difficult for him to integrate into human society again. His former comrades are all dead. He is exhausted both physically and mentally. Dying in the battlefield is the best choice for him. Whats more obtaining the consciousness of the Zergs means that he will feel sympathy and empathy for the Zergs. He lied to the Zerg Queen and destroyed the entire race. Im afraid that he also feels very guilty. Perhaps Captain Qin Yi made such a decision under such complicated emotions. The senior officers of the executive committee sighed. What a pity. He is a talented commander. If he could continue to be trained, he would definitely be able to take over my position. Humans have lost a genius. What if we encounter a similar situation again? We cant be so lucky to find the next Qin Yi. Dont worry, the Zergs on that planet have been completely wiped out by us. Humans should not encounter such a troublesome enemy again. Forget it. The dead are gone. The war is over. Theres no point in discussing this. Build a statue for him on the blue planet. Humans will remember him forever! The image of AEEIS silently disappeared amidst the sighs of the Supreme Executive Committees officers. The camera switched to the endless dark starry sky. A huge Zerg Leviathan was floating aimlessly in space. After losing the Zerg Queen, these behemoths had completely lost their intelligence. They could only drift aimlessly in the universe. However, there was a huge incubation pool in the body of the Leviathan Beast. The incubation pool was filled with disgusting, translucent mucus. Countless immature larvae were floating in the mucus, and they were also unconscious. Qin Yi was also floating and sinking among the countless larvae. It was unknown if he was dead or alive. However, he had not been completely corroded by the Zergs mucus. Instead, he had grown some dark gray horns. Suddenly, Qin Yis eyes opened! His thoughts seemed to be connected to a huge network, instantly extending into the distant universe! After all the secondary queens in the vicinity died, Qin Yi became the only living thing with the consciousness of the nest. All the larvae in the incubation pool woke up at this moment. These larvae that had yet to grow sharp claws and pincers surrounded Qin Yi like an extension of his consciousness. The wandering Leviathan Beast suddenly opened its eyes and sped up towards the endless starry sky! The script for Mission and Choice ended there. Lu Zhiyao finished reading the entire script. Are we planning to shoot a sequel? The script of the war between humans and Zergs had come to an end with humanitys complete victory. However, there was a lot of suspense in the end. For example, it was not the Supreme Executive Committees order that Qin Yi was given up. It was AEEISs doing. AEEIS actually controlled the command of all the armies and lied to the Supreme Executive Committee that Qin Yi was the one who courted death. Was this hinting that AEEIS, this artificial intelligence, had already awakened its own consciousness and was preparing to form an artificial intelligence army? In order to prevent an outstanding commander like Qin Yi from hindering his plan, he decisively cut the weeds and eliminated the roots? However, not only was Qin Yi not dead, he had also become the new ruler of the Zergs because of the Zergs consciousness. He had such a deep hatred for the Supreme Executive Committee of the Alliance Fleet Would he come back to take revenge? These were the suspense left behind by the movies plot. It looked like they could only wait for the next movie to be revealed. Lu Zhiyao fell into a long silence. F*ck this cliffhanger ending! Chapter 875 - The Cultural View of Mission and Choice Lu Zhiyao was speechless. The script for Mission and Choice was originally given in segments. Director Zhu Xiaoce had put it nicely so that Lu Zhiyao could figure out every plot and not affect the current performance because he knew the ending in advance. Director Zhu Xiaoce had achieved his goal. Lu Zhiyao really brought himself into the role of Captain Qin Yi when he acted in every plot. He had no idea what would happen in the future, so he acted closer to Qin Yis true state in the drama. However, this also brought about a problem. Lu Zhiyao had such fragmented information that he was dying. He would only give the script a small part each time. However, the development of the plot was very complicated. Lu Zhiyao would be stopped every time he wanted to know the next part of the plot. He did not expect it to be a cliffhanger now that he had finally gotten the script for the end of the movie. There was still no plot! That made Lu Zhiyao break down and despair. Of course, he also knew that the entire story was complete based on the current content. There were both ups and downs. It was more than enough for a movie. Huang Sibo and Director Zhu Xiaoce probably had not thought about the rest of the plot either. They had only left a suspense for the next series. However, even though Lu Zhiyao knew this very well, he still could not help but scold the cliffhanger ending. Lu Zhiyao began to re-examine the last part of the plot after calming down. Before this, his acting skills had been tested from every angle. He had thought that he was already experienced and fearless. However, Lu Zhiyao realized that the real difficulty was at the end when he saw the last part of the script! There were still many twists and turns in the final outcome. Qin Yis emotions were turning despair to the point of collapse, then he found a chance of survival in his despair. Then, he used his impassioned speech to lift the morale of all the warriors and successfully showed humanity the dawn of victory. If the script ended here, it would be a standard popcorn film with a very authentic hot-blooded ending. However, the plot took a sharp turn just as Qin Yi was about to see the light of victory. The unconscious Qin Yi realized that he had the consciousness of the Zergs. The consciousness of the Zergs made him naturally stand on the side of the Zergs and think about problems. He had empathy for the Zergs. Qin Yi realized that humans were the first to attack the Zergs. Strictly speaking, the Zergs were the ones who were invaded. Qin Yi ordered all the soldiers to stop the fire after waking up. The war between humans and Zergs had been forced to stop. If the script ended here, humans and Zergs would shake hands and build a beautiful universe together. That would be a standard Western political correct ending. However, Qin Yi did not want to shake hands with the Zergs and make peace. Instead, he deceived the Zergs and found the location of the Zerg Queen and all the secondary empresses through the consciousness of the Zergs. He then carried out the decapitation operation. Qin Yi lied to the Zergs for the sake of mankind, but he was also deceived and abandoned. In the end, Qin Yi became the leader of all the Zergs and was carried by the Leviathan Beast to the endless space because all the Zergs empresses and secondary empresses were wiped out. In this plot, Qin Yis emotions were still changing drastically. Part of him was excited, part of him was surprised to learn the truth, part of him was cold-blooded, part of him felt betrayed Especially in the last scene, where Qin Yi woke up in the incubation pool of the Leviathan Behemoth. There would be a close-up shot where Lu Zhiyao had to show Qin Yis complicated emotions with one look. Obviously, this plot was much more difficult than the previous script to Lu Zhiyao! Whats more, he knew from the start that Qin Yis character tested his acting skills and was difficult to act out because his character was set as an iron-blooded soldier. Qin Yi did not have any emotions under most circumstances. He was very reserved even if he did. However, in this script, Qin Yis fate was too complicated. He always faced extreme despair or extreme pain. This made it difficult for Lu Zhiyao to find a balance. Qin Yis character would easily collapse if he exerted a little more force. It was not appropriate for an iron-blooded warrior to fly into a rage or have a mental breakdown. If he did not use enough strength, the audience would think that Lu Zhiyao did not have any acting skills and could not express his emotions well. Comparatively, young characters were easier to act because the emotions of such characters were usually very simple. Joy was joy, anger was anger. It was not that complicated and the speed was very relaxed. On the other hand, it was the most difficult to act out a strong-willed person like Captain Qin Yi. Lu Zhiyao sighed softly. It seemed like he would be busy again in the coming days. He wanted to continue staying in the hotel room and study the plot with the mirror. He wanted to adjust his acting skills and expression so that he could perfectly show the last part of the plot. However, Lu Zhiyao took all the scripts so far and read them from beginning to end before that. He analyzed the story from his own perspective. The deepest impression that this story left on Lu Zhiyao was its cultural angle . As an actor, Lu Zhiyao has seen many movies. He had seen all sorts of movies in various countries and genres. The story of Mission and Choice, if dissected individually, would be nothing special compared to many traditional sci-fi movies. Of course, this was normal. Zergs had existed in sci-fi movies for decades after all. Various seniors had already expressed many different views from various angles and methods. There were not many places left for future generations to innovate. It was impossible to turn every plot in the story upside down with so many classic works available. However, in Lu Zhiyaos opinion, the biggest breakthrough in Mission and Choice was actually combining the cultural perspective and sci-fi theme of China. This was something that had never happened before. Sci-fi movies were very rare in China. That was because sci-fi movies required too much investment and required a large number of professional props, special effects, and staff. It was very easy to make them into oddities without accumulation. Thus, when it came to sci-fi movies, the first thing people would think of were the huge sci-fi systems in Europe and America even in the domestic film market. The problem was that almost all of the popular sci-fi works that could be seen at the moment were explained from a Western cultural perspective. This caused many domestic audiences to question and feel disjointed about the value of these sci-fi movies. Things that Westerners were used to were completely unacceptable to domestic audiences. The idea of Mission and Choice was actually written by a famous foreign science fiction writer in 1985. He had also won the Hugo Award and the Nebula Award. It was an eternal science fiction classic. However, in that story, the commander was a child. He felt very guilty after destroying the Zergs. That was why he brought the young Zerg Queen into the universe to find a new home, hoping to redeem himself. This was the standard Western thinking. Just like how many people in the animal protection organizations in the West were calling for a vegetarian diet for animals to enjoy the same rights as humans This might be natural political correctness and kindness for people living in Western cultural backgrounds. However, this was a complete stupidity and hypocrisy for people who lived in the cultural background of China. It was a manifestation of the Virgin Mary. Westerners shouted the slogan for political correctness, and even fought for rights and benefits for animals. Ultimately, it was because their lives were too rich and comfortable, and because their resources were too abundant that they had the spare energy to spread their excess sympathy everywhere while squandering. The source of Westerners wealth and ease was the exploitation, plundering, and bloody slaughter of the world by their ancestors hundreds of years ago. Westerners did not look back at the aboriginals slaughtered by their ancestors when shouting animals have rights, ; they did not think about how they obtained so much material wealth because their country was plundering and exploiting the rest of the world. While these Westerners were empathizing with the animals for their rights, their country was bullying, oppressing, and exploiting the other countries in the world. They were constantly spreading wars, famines, and plagues, causing their fellow humans to live in hell. Therefore, it was very stupid and hypocritical for humans to sympathize with the Zergs from the perspective of Chinese culture. The world would be much better if Westerners treated the people of other races and other countries with half of their sympathy for animals. Zergs existed in the universe as a race that posed an extreme threat to all life in the setting. They had a strong collective consciousness, efficient sharing of information, and powerful mutation abilities. The only meaning of their existence was to expand and reproduce in the universe, eliminating all other races. Their race was still an extreme threat to human survival even if the Zerg Queen really wanted to coexist peacefully with humans. On the other hand, humans sympathizing with the Zergs and sparing them would be akin to rearing a tiger. How could they tell that the Zerg Queen was not lying? How could they tell if the Zerg Queens future thinking would change? Under such circumstances, exterminating the Zergs was the most rational decision of mankind. Sympathizing with the Zergs and protecting them would put humans in great danger. Mission and Choice completely adopted the Chinese perspective on this theme. Chapter 876 - Thriller Hostel’s New Project The protagonist, Qin Yi, was not a child with overflowing compassion, but a clear-headed soldier with a heart of stone. He was influenced by the consciousness of the Zergs and naturally felt close and sympathetic to the Zergs. However, he could use his own rationality to resist and reject this feeling of closeness. He lied to the Zergs without any hesitation and ordered the extermination of the entire Zergs. This was what the protagonist of China should do. Of course, this made the ending seem even more ironic. If it was a saintly protagonist who called for peace with the Zergs and ended up on the Zergs side, the audience would only think that he was a human traitor and an idiot. They would not have any good impression of him. However, Qin Yi was completely on the human side. Yet, he had been betrayed by a freak combination of factors and had no choice but to become the ruler of the Zergs. This made it difficult for the audience to hate him. Thus, if Lu Zhiyao were to judge the movie, he felt that there were three special aspects to it. The first was to use Chinas cultural perspective to re-explain a classic science fiction theme. To domestic audiences, this was a story that made most people feel that their values were compatible with themselves. Secondly, such a huge investment and a large number of special effects had pushed the domestic sci-fi film to a peak. Regardless of whether it earned or lost money, it would at least leave a deep mark in the development of domestic sci-fi movies. Lastly, this special performance was obviously different from other movies. It was a very novel attempt. Lu Zhiyao was the only main actor in the entire movie. If his acting skills collapsed, the movie would collapse as well. However, if his acting skills could prop up the entire movie, a performance that lasted more than an hour and had a few changes in emotions would become a classic in the history of the movie. There were no outdoor scenes and everything was done using the green screen. While it greatly increased the filming costs, it was also a way to play to ones strengths and avoid ones shortcomings. Given the current situation in the country, there were many companies that produced game special effects, they had good skills, there were very few companies that produced film special effects so they had poor skills. Whats more, Tengda Corporation had more technical reserves in the game. Since that was the case, he would purposely not create so many realistic scenes. It would just be a space capsule and a green screen. All the combat scenes would be done with special effects to maximize the effect. Apart from that, Lu Zhiyao also vaguely felt that this movie was closely related to the gameplay of Mission and Choice. However, Lu Zhiyao was not a hardcore gamer. He did not know much about games, and he knew nothing about the details of Mission and Choice. Thus, he could only figure out the connection between the two after the game was released and the movie was released. After reading the last part of the script, Lu Zhiyao was even more certain that he had accepted the right film. Come to think of it, how could Boss Peis films be problematic? Every one of them would definitely be a classic! If the previous Tomorrow is Beautiful was a sci-fi film that talked about human nature and social system, then Mission and Choice was a genuine sci-fi film. Whats more, this sci-fi film had a higher requirement for Lu Zhiyaos acting skills. If he could act well, Lu Zhiyao would definitely take another step on his path to becoming a Best Actor! Lu Zhiyao felt full of energy at that thought. He continued to practice his acting skills in the mirror. February 6th, Monday Pei Qian took a taxi to Thriller Hostel after he woke up and had his breakfast. It was the Lantern Festival today, but it was not a legal holiday. However, Pei Qian specially instructed Fish-Catching Take-Out to add on to the employees work meals as a special care for the holiday. Pei Qian went to Thriller Hostel today because he had a huge task for Chen Kangtuo. Thriller Hostel was completed in July last year. There were three projects: Desperate Escape, Haunted House Nightmare, and Ultimate Horror. Boss Li and the others did a round of publicity in Jingzhou and even Handong Province after they were opened for business. Zhang Wang did a round of publicity through the shared phone booths in the country. They also did another round of publicity for various UP Masters videos. Many people came to Jingzhou to challenge this thrilling project after Boss Peis lifestyle became popular. All in all, as a haunted house, Thriller Hostel was already famous throughout the country. Everyones first reaction was the Thriller Hostel when mentioning haunted houses in Jingzhou and even the entire Handong Province. Many young people also came from other cities to experience it. However, half a year had passed and the visitor flow of Thriller Hostel had already decreased. There was still a long way to go before they could recover the initial investment. The most fundamental reason was that there was no cluster effect. There were more than ten large amusement parks and dozens of projects. Not only were there haunted houses, but there were also roller coasters, pendulum rides, and other extreme and exciting projects. There were also relatively relaxing and suitable projects like the merry-go-round. These large amusement parks were suitable for both young and old. They were open to all ages. Whats more, they could play many projects at a time, and attract more tourists. The Thriller Hostel project might be fun, even more so than other haunted houses. However, the first wave of horror enthusiasts would only come three or four times at most. They would not come every day. Thus, the popularity naturally dropped. Pei Qian felt that this was a good sign. Looking at the Thriller Hostel project half a year after it opened showed that while it was profitable at the moment, it was still far from taking back the initial investment. It might take a few years, a dozen years, or even longer. This meant that the strategy was right! Pei Qian had more and more System Funds in his hands now. He could probably continue building more buildings in Thriller Hostel and burn more money. Pei Qian arrived at the office of Thriller Hostel and saw Chen Kangtuo and Hao Qiong. It was Monday morning. There were not many tourists in the Thriller Hostel. Chen Kangtuo and Hao Qiong were in the office, busy with some daily matters. Chen Kangtuo did not enter the haunted houses every day after becoming the person-in-charge of Thriller Hostel. Other than maintaining the normal operations of Thriller Hostel and dealing with unexpected situations, his main focus was on improving the experience of the visitors. The completion rate of these three projects was already very high, but there was still room for improvement in some details. Some buildings and decorations in the venue also had room for improvement. Chen Kangtuo had been staying in Thriller Hostel all day. He was almost as familiar with the place as his own backyard. When he had nothing to do, he would suggest some minor renovations. Thus, the experience that Thriller Hostel gave tourists was much better than when it first opened. Chen Kangtuo and Hao Qiong were a little excited to see Boss Pei. Boss Pei did not forget us! Boss Pei had not been here for half a year ever since Thriller Hostel officially opened for business. Chen Kangtuo and Hao Qiong would have thought that they were abandoned by Boss Pei if not for the huge investment in this place. Boss Pei obviously had a new mission now that he was finally here! Pei Qian sat down on the sofa in his office and sipped his tea. He did not intend to keep them in suspense and went straight to the point. I dont have anything special to do today. I just arranged a new job for you. Ill give you a hundred million yuan to work on a new project at Thriller Hostel for a year. Chen Kangtuo and Hao Qiong were stunned. What was that? A hundred million yuan?? Both of them were at a loss. That was because Tengda Corporation had only invested fifty to sixty million yuan in Thriller Hostel so far. Whats more, they had done three projects! The three projects C Desperate Escape, Haunted House Nightmare, Ultimate Horror C included the Golden Maze in the garden area, the maid cafe, and so on. They used the original factory, so they were mainly modified and set up in the factory. Tens of millions was enough to create a terrifying effect. The supporting facilities around the three projects were paid by Boss Li and the others. Previously, he had spent fifty to sixty million yuan on three projects. Now, he had to spend a hundred million yuan on one project? The cost and working period of this project was much higher than the previous three projects! What kind of project was this? Boss Pei, are we building a haunted house this time? Chen Kangtuo probed. Pei Qian shook his head. No. Back then, Pei Qian had decided to build a haunted house mainly for two purposes: to lose money, and to scare Ruan Guangjian. However, he had not achieved either of his goals in the current state of Thriller Hostel! His second goal to scare Ruan Guangjian was a total failure. He was having the time of his life in Ultimate Horror instead. Wouldnt he be letting him off easy if he were to build a new haunted house? Whats more, the more they invested in haunted houses, the more likely they would be able to attract horror enthusiasts from all over the world. Thriller Hostel was already quite famous among the group of horror enthusiasts. If they spent another hundred million yuan on renovating the new haunted house project, its scale would probably be comparable to a super-large haunted house like Wushan Mental Hospital. It would become the largest haunted house in the country in a single leap. The consequences would be unimaginable. Thus, after some consideration, Pei Qian decided to put the haunted house aside and spend the hundred million yuan on other projects. The reason why he set such a high budget was mainly because of the long working period. The project this time would take two cycles which would take almost a year. Who knew how much money he would earn this year? He had to set the budget higher so that he would not be caught when he had to spend more money. Chen Kangtuo heaved a sigh of relief when he heard Boss Pei say that it was not a haunted house project. Lucky! That was because the design of the Thriller Hostel had almost drained him and Hao Qiong of their ideas. If he spent another hundred million yuan to build a haunted house, it would at most be a large haunted house like the Mt. Fog mental hospital. There might not be anything new. Doing other projects would also enrich the entertainment variety of Thriller Hostel. Chen Kangtuo asked, Boss Pei, what exactly is the project this time? Pei Qian had already thought about it. He immediately answered, Its a roller coaster, but its not a traditional roller coaster. Chen Kangtuo and Hao Qiong were confused and continued listening intently. Chapter 877 - Indoor Roller Coaster Proposal After some thought, Pei Qian said, First, this project must be far away from the current Thriller Hostel. Second, the roller coaster must be as low as possible. It must be less than thirty meters. Finally there should be a track randomizer for the roller coaster. Pei Qian saw the confusion on Chen Kangtuo and Hao Qiongs faces intensify after he spoke about his three requests. Pei Qian could not help but feel happy. Confused? That was exactly right! The fact that they were far away from the park of Thriller Hostel meant that tourists would have to walk for a long time to get to the new project. That was a geographical deterrent. The higher the height of the roller coaster, the longer the journey, and the more winding the route, the more exciting it would be. On the other hand, if the roller coasters height was very low, it would be very difficult to play any tricks no matter how they designed it. Logically speaking, it should not be a problem for them to build a roller coaster that was sixty to seventy meters high if they were to spend this hundred million yuan. They could also play other tricks. The crux of roller coasters was that they had to be tall and long. That was because the excitement that passengers felt from riding roller coasters mainly came from a special acceleration experience. For example, the feeling of weightlessness when they fell vertically or when the roller coaster did a parabolic motion, the super acceleration like a sports car, or the spiral tumbling in the air to make the human body suffer a greater acceleration It was the most exciting part of the rollercoaster ride. However, there was a prerequisite for this. The roller coaster had to be high. The higher the altitude, the more intense the stimulation for the passengers; the longer the distance, the longer the stimulation lasted. That was why the roller coasters at large amusement parks in the world were getting taller. The tallest ones were already a hundred meters or even 120 meters. Higher roller coasters would definitely be more exciting. Even if there were not many tricks, just a simple vertical rise and fall would be enough to make the passengers souls leave their bodies. Jingzhou was a second-tier city with a new theme park. There were roller coasters, drop towers, pendulum rides, and other equipment. The roller coaster over there was about forty to fifty meters high. It was actually very thrilling to ordinary tourists. However, if Pei Qian were to build another roller coaster sixty to seventy meters high in Thriller Hostel, the tourists who came to Jingzhou might have to spend an additional day on it. They would first go to the amusement park in New World before coming to Thriller Hostel. Tourists who liked roller coasters would want to play higher and more exciting projects after all. Thus, Pei Qian decided to do the opposite. This roller coaster would be less thrilling than the roller coaster at the amusement park as long as it was built below thirty meters. No one would come to play. Of course, there was also a problem if it was built too low. They would definitely not be able to spend all the money. Things like roller coasters were either domestically-produced or imported. They were all shipped over to be assembled once they were produced. one could only buy imported roller coasters if they wanted a large one. Some domestic small roller coasters were also well-produced. If one considered it this way, one could buy a smaller roller coaster that cost millions or tens of thousands. It would not cost a hundred million no matter what. That was why Pei Qian had specially added a condition where the track had to be randomized. There was no need for a roller coaster to have randomized tracks. That was because the roller coaster was very fast. The entire process would only take two to three minutes. When people were on it, their minds would go blank because of the weightlessness and acceleration. How could they be in the mood to see you doing so much work? Therefore, most of the large roller coasters only had one planned route. The tourists could enjoy themselves for just two to three minutes. Now that Pei Qian had decided to take a randomized route, the cost of manufacturing would definitely double. The cost-effective ratio would definitely be extremely poor. Wouldnt that be the same as spending money and having no one to play with? Pei Qian was impressed by his own intelligence. On the other hand, Chen Kangtuo and Hao Qiong were obviously very clear about this logic. They had no idea what Boss Pei was up to and could not figure out how to fix the roller coaster. Chen Kangtuo tried to ask, Then Boss Pei, should we buy ready-made projects both domestically and overseas, or should we spend money on original projects? Pei Qian did not hesitate. Of course, Ill create originals! Buy ready-made projects both domestically and overseas? That would definitely be mature projects that could earn money. They could be used as soon as they were bought. Not only would it reduce the cost, but it would also increase the success rate. How could that be possible?! It was better to let Chen Kangtuo and the others figure it out on their own. The chances of failure would be higher if they created it themselves. Pei Qian felt that he had already explained enough. It would not be good to say more. It would easily trigger the imagination of these two people. Thus, he stood up and left. Alright, the two of you should take the time to think about it. After youve thought about the plan, look for the contractors price and start work as soon as possible. Time waits for no one. Chen Kangtuo and Hao Qiong looked at each other and quickly switched on their computers to look up relevant information. Two hours passed in no time. Chen Kangtuo and Hao Qiong had been searching for information online for two hours, but they were still helpless. Hao Qiong was a little melancholic. Boss Peis conditions this time did not have any inspiration at all! A relatively short roller coaster with some randomness? I cant imagine what kind of project this is. Logically speaking, wouldnt it be better to spend this hundred million yuan on ready-made roller coasters overseas? It would save time and effort. Chen Kangtuo shook his head slightly. Dont you know Boss Peis character? When will Boss Pei buy ready-made ones? The three projects in Thriller Hostel are all original. Naturally, the new projects have to be original as well. Otherwise, how can they be so different from the new theme park? Hao Qiong sighed. Thats true, but roller coasters are not like games. The gameplay is not important at all. The most important thing is the height. It would definitely not be fun if it was not high enough. Yet, Boss Pei said that the lower the height, the better. It would be best if it was not more than thirty meters. Chen Kangtuo tapped on his laptop and said, Do you think Boss Pei wants to make an indoor roller coaster? Hao Qiong was stunned. An indoor roller coaster? Why? Chen Kangtuo said, Ive flipped through a few of the more famous amusement parks in the world. I found that those with lower heights are all indoor roller coasters. For example, there is an indoor roller coaster project with a wizard theme. Its selling point is to combine a huge physical setting with a projector screen, giving tourists a surreal immersive experience. The indoor roller coaster is a completely enclosed environment. Its height and speed are definitely not as high as the outdoor roller coaster, but it can create a special environment and atmosphere, making tourists feel extremely immersed. While the highest difference in height in this project is only ten meters, it can give tourists a feeling that its more exciting than a roller coaster. Why did Boss Pei emphasize the height of the roller coaster? Hes obviously hinting to us that we should do a similar indoor roller coaster project to combine weightlessness, acceleration, and virtual environment! Thats the only way to have such a high budget. Hao Qiong nodded slightly. Yes that makes sense. Should we continue making horror genres on this indoor roller coaster? The three projects in Thriller Hostel are all horror genres, especially the Ultimate Horror. There are many horror setting effects that can be used directly. Chen Kangtuo shook his head. I think not necessarily. Logically speaking, if the style of Thriller Hostel is the same, this indoor roller coaster would definitely be a scary one. For example, it would be pitch black with countless ghosts trying to capture people. However, Boss Pei gave us a hint. He specially pointed out that this rollercoaster has to be built far away from the three projects! Obviously, Boss Pei wants the new project to be distinctly different from the three existing haunted house projects. It would naturally be to draw a clear line if it was further away. All in all, I think Boss Pei is hinting to us to fix a project that would give tourists a moderate scare and fit the theme of Thriller Hostel. However, we should not have any obvious connections with the three existing projects. In other words, we should abandon the existing horror theme. Hao Qiong thought about it. Yes, that makes sense! That means Boss Peis third request is also intriguing. Boss Pei said that this project must be randomized. If it was an ordinary roller coaster, it would obviously not need to be randomized. It would be enough to fix a route. However, as you said, if we build a roller coaster that is immersed in reality, a certain degree of randomness would increase the fun! However, its a problem as to how exactly to do it. If this project becomes popular, the tourists would definitely want to experience all the routes. If it is purely randomized, the tourists would not be able to confirm if they would go to the route that they have not experienced before. That would instead dampen their enthusiasm for many tours. Chen Kangtuo nodded. Yes, there must be many routes, but they cannot be completely random. If you think about it from the perspective of the game, it would be best for players to choose them on their own when there are many routes. The choices that players make would be different, and the route of the experience would automatically change. Only then would players be interested in playing again. In other words, Boss Pei is hinting to us that this should be an indoor roller coaster project with multiple routes for gamers to choose from. At the same time, its packaging should give people a certain amount of shock. However, it should not clash with the existing horror genres of Thriller Hostel. It should give tourists a new experience. What kind of theme should it be Chen Kangtuo fell into deep thought. There were many similar topics, and he found it difficult to make a decision. Hao Qiong suddenly slapped his forehead. I got it! I got it! Boss Pei only told us not to buy ready-made proposals for us to create, but he did not say that we have to create the background story as well! Doesnt Tengda have ready-made IPs to be used?! Thriller Hostel can be regarded as a theme park for Tengda. Then, it would be reasonable to use Tengdas IP for amusement rides, right? Isnt Ocean Strongholds downloadable content suitable for us to use directly? Chapter 878 - Design Plan for Operation Skylark Chen Kangtuo considered for two seconds. Yes! Its very suitable! The content of Ocean Strongholds downloadable content was about Captain Qin Yi going deep into the Zergs nest and executing the beheading operation on the Zerg Queen. The horror that the Zergs gave people was not as strong as the Ultimate Horror, but it would still maintain a moderate sense of fear. The light in the nest would not be as dark as inside the haunted house, but it would still create a more depressing environment. Choosing this genre could give tourists who were tired of horror genres a sense of novelty. At the same time, it would be a part of Tengdas IP. It would be beneficial to the extension and expansion of the IP. Most importantly, this theme could be made to be interactive! Chen Kangtuo quickly created a new document on his computer and quickly recorded his thoughts. This project is temporarily named Operation Skylark. In this project, we can let tourists act as the Skylark warriors to execute the decapitation operation on the Zerg Queen. The entire process will be conducted indoors. We will create an immersive experience through the physical setting and the huge projector screen. The maximum speed of this project does not need to be very fast based on the current data of some successful project. It should be around 20 to 30 mph. That is because the actual experience of the project is that the forward motion and the rotation motions should be closely integrated. Thus, to tourists, the physical sense will be much faster than the actual speed. It doesnt need to be very high. The difference between the highest point and the lowest point is about 25 meters. The entire project is a complicated circular layout with more than ten scenic spots and passageways. The passageways would connect these scenic points. Tourists would quickly pass through these passageways on the tracks of roller coasters. Sometimes they would rise, sometimes they would descend, and sometimes they would slide sideways on the walls. It was just like how the Skylark Warriors moved in the nest. On the other hand, the viewpoint is a huge, wrapped projection screen. Huge Zergs will appear here. It can be considered a battle scene. Tourists actions at scenic spots will affect their advance path. When passengers face the projection screen at the scenic spots, the roller coaster will move in tandem with the image on the projection to perform multiple angles of motion, creating diving, rising, and other effects. We will not use traditional roller coasters. Instead, we will use an indoor roller coaster like the one with the wizard theme. Tourists will sit in a row of four chairs with their feet in the air. Four people in a row with separate experiences. That way, every tourist would not be able to see the people around them. It would be better to immerse in the experience. While their sense of immersion if they were to stand might be stronger, but there could be some safety issues, so well choose to let them sit. Moreover, the feeling of flying can be more realistic with both feet in the air. In order to improve the players sense of immersion, there will be a technological display at the front of the seat. The UI can introduce the tactical targets at the current landscape. Provide tourists with the Skylark Warriors magnetic rail rifle, which is fixed to both hands and the seat to prevent it from falling during the tour. The body of the rifle will simulate recoil and vibration. The muzzle of the rifle will be like a prop gun in the movies and shows that it has a fire-breathing device. When shooting, the sensor in the landscape will sense the direction of the tourists shooting and cause damage to the Zergs on the projection screen. Hao Qiong interrupted Chen Kangtuo. There might be a slight delay in this, right? Also, should we add a crosshair? What if the tourists cant shoot accurately? Chen Kangtuo shook his head. Theres no need. In such a tense and exciting environment, most people would raise their guns and shoot wildly. The tourists would not be able to sense if they were accurate or not. It would be enough to make the scene more lively as long as the vibration of the gun is strong enough, the flames from the muzzle are big enough, the range of the sensor is a little blurry, and the hit rate of the tourists is higher. Tourists can have different choices in different scenic spots. For example, they can focus on attacking the Zergs on one side. Then, the following route would move towards this side. Of course, Captain Qin Yi will lead the tourists to attack on the big screen, and he will also fire at the Zergs. Tourists can still experience the entire process and have a good sense of immersion even if they were paralyzed in their seats the entire time and did nothing. However, in that case, the final outcome would be to escape the Zergs nest under Captain Qin Yis lead and fail to complete the mission to kill the Zerg Queen. The tourists will only be able to defeat the Zerg Queen only if they worked together to enter the nest and fight. The four tourists in each row will form a team. Only four tourists can experience each scenic spot at the same time. We have to plan the process and route. The two of them discussed and recorded at the same time. The prototype of the project was formed in no time. In fact, similar entertainment projects had already been established overseas earlier on and they were very popular. However, most of these projects were related to popular IP overseas. The project for Operation Skylark on the other hand, was Tengdas own IP. It also provided tourists with many routes and strong interaction. It could be said to be very unique and was very rare in domestic amusement parks. Chen Kangtuo was very satisfied. Alright, we have a rough plan then. Lets go to the contractor to confirm the plan and price! The biggest theme park contractor in the world was a domestic company. It had always been famous for its short working period and high safety. A theme park overseas that could only be built in four years had been successfully reduced to a year and three months by this company. They had also won many awards. Domestic companies were second to none in terms of infrastructure. Thriller Hostel would be investing a hundred million yuan to build a large-scale indoor roller coaster project if even an entire theme park could be completed within a year and three months. Completing it in a year should not be a big problem. Of course, the specific design plan and construction method had to be handled by professionals. As the client, Chen Kangtuo only had to provide the proposal and suggestions. Chen Kangtuo and Hao Qiong, who had been idling for nearly half a year, started working again. They were suddenly filled with energy! February 7th, Tuesday Pei Qian sipped his coffee leisurely in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. Pei Qian felt much more relaxed after assigning tasks to Chen Kangtuo and the others. That was because all the projects that he had spent money on had been arranged. The pressure on him had been greatly reduced. Next, he could take his time to plan for the long term. At that moment, his cell phone vibrated. It was Min Jingchao. Boss Pei! Were heading to Los Angeles tomorrow. We are letting you know in advance. Pei Qian did not react immediately. Heading to Los Angeles? He remembered. Min Jingchao was one of the members of FV Teams tactical team, so he had to make a trip to Los Angeles after the new year to make up for his holiday. Pei Qian was very happy. Alright, dont worry! Go there and spend as much money as you can. Dont hold anything back and embarrass the company! Thats right, are there any problems with work recently? Min Jingchao said, No problem. GOGs operations are going smoothly. Ive just seen the design plan for the new hero. Theres no problem. Work is on track. Pei Qians interest was piqued the moment he heard the words new hero. He casually asked, Oh, what new hero? Min Jingchao: Its Captain Qin Yi. Isnt the game and movie of Mission and Choice almost done? Its quite suitable to bring such a key protagonist into GOG. Pei Qian: ? Are you trying to create trouble for me! GOG was so popular now. Wouldnt the sudden appearance of Captain Qin Yi and Mission and Choice increase the success rate of the game and movie? No, I have to think of something! However, there was no good reason not to do so. Pei Qians brain worked quickly as he said, I dont think its appropriate to move the protagonist directly into GOG. Thats a bad habit! Every protagonist has a lot of fans. His combat power is top-notch in his universe. If we forcibly bring these protagonists into GOG, there might be some wrangling in terms of combat power. We might cause the absurd feeling of Guan Gong fighting Qin Qiong. Thats why I feel that the new hero should not be Qin Yi. He should just be an ordinary Skylark Warrior. This way, even if the new hero is not powerful, we can say that he is not Qin Yi but an ordinary Skylark Warrior. His combat strength would be more acceptable. Min Jingchao was stunned for a moment. Er Boss Pei, what you said makes sense. Alright, Ill tell them to change the plan. Pei Qian heaved a long sigh of relief after hanging up. It might just be an insignificant episode but he could not let his guard down. He hoped that his suggestion would not have any chain effect on GOG and Mission and Choice! Chapter 879 - Professional Equipment Of The Inspiration Class”! February 8th, Wednesday Min Jingchao, Ye Zhizhou, and the FV Club set off for Shanghai Airport. Once again, they flew straight to Los Angeles to make up for their holiday. Everyone took the time to settle their work before they left. This was especially so for Min Jingchao. He had followed Boss Peis instructions yesterday and quickly asked his designer to change the hero character of Mission and Choice and GOG from Qin Yi to Skylark warrior. He had changed it from a specific character to a symbolic and broader character. On the other hand, Ye Zhizhou was working with Wang Xiaobin to come up with a design plan for the smart fitness drying rack. Zhou Pengyuan was the coach of DGE Club. He assigned training tasks to the new batch of DGE members before he left. The daily training competition and high-end Rank had to continue. When he returned from Los Angeles, he had to check on the members who had not completed their training. The others had also handed over their work to their colleagues, making sure that they could put down their work and take time off when they returned to Los Angeles. Of course, the members of FV Club did not have much work to hand over. They were still basking in the joy of winning the championship. The fame of FV Club and its members had skyrocketed. As the boss of the club, Wu Yue had been talking to various live-stream contracts and business representatives until he was a little annoyed. He could take this opportunity to go to Los Angeles for a few days to change his mood. The group left Jingzhou happily and headed to Shanghai. The only one who did not fit in amongst them was Bao Xu. He had just finished spending the five-day holiday for the annual meeting. It had only been a few hours since he returned to Jingzhou, but he had already packed his luggage, ready to set off. Everyone was discussing their trip to the United States in high spirits on the high-speed rail to Shanghai. Only Bao Xu was slumped in his seat, looking at the retreating scene outside the high-speed rail car with a blank expression. At the same time, Cui Geng stepped out of the high-speed rail in Jingzhou. He hailed a taxi and headed for Zhongdian Chinese Networks study class. Cui Geng sighed, feeling an inexplicable sense of melancholy looking at the familiar city scenery outside the window. How can I be filled with motivation in my life? Cui Geng asked a soul-stirring question. At that moment, he actually had three identities: a second generation heir, the top author of Zhongdian Chinese Network, and the special observer of Tengda Corporation. All three identities had one common characteristic, which was that they severely weakened his motivation to work hard. When all three of them were added together, it made him maintain a state of intermittent complacency, continuous eating and waiting for death. Whenever he finally managed to perk himself up and wanted to work hard, he would lose his fighting spirit in two days. Cui Geng had been running back and forth between his hometown and Jingzhou. It was not that he liked the life of businessmen. It was mainly because he felt that if he stayed in the same environment for too long, he would easily become lazy. Changing an environment could motivate him to work hard again. Even just three minutes of heat was better than a pool of stagnant water. However, the results were minimal. What made things worse was that The Butterfly Game had been completed a while ago. The good news was that the book was completed normally and did not have a bad ending. Even though the last part was written very quickly, it still reached nearly three million words. It gave a conclusion that satisfied most readers. This was a historic breakthrough for Cui Geng. It was also a touching thing for readers who had been left hanging by him countless times. The bad news was that all of his previous inspirations had basically been used up. He had written several new opening chapters, but he felt completely dissatisfied after reading them a few times. Thus, he had deleted all of them. He had not started any new books until today. That made Cui Geng feel like his creativity had reached an awkward position. His passion for creativity was deteriorating. Of course, apart from the identity of the second-generation heirs and web novelist, Cui Geng also had another identity C he was a special observer of Tengda Corporation. This special observer identity allowed him to gather a lot of material for The Butterfly Game. He also helped the HR departments Wu Bin to organize the annotated version of the Tengda Spirit Manual. However, Cui Geng knew very well that he was just an ordinary web novel author. He did not understand business or management. Thus, he would only occasionally go to Tengdas various departments to collect materials. He never had guided the insiders or affected the work of Tengdas various departments as an outsider. Thus, his identity as a special observer only gave him a free pass to enter and leave Tengda Corporations various departments. Cui Geng had been cooped up in Zhongdian Chinese Networks class for a long time some time ago, but he had not been able to come up with anything. His new book was still nowhere in sight. Thus, Cui Geng went home for a few days during Chinese New Year. He slept in and read novels every day, completely forgetting about his new book. However, a few days after the new year, Cui Geng received news from Zhu Xingan that Zhongdian Chinese Network was going to hold an inspiration class. Whats more, he had invited Cui Geng warmly, asking him if he was willing to be bought out. He had also said that Boss Pei was very concerned about this matter and wanted to give Cui Geng priority. Cui Geng was naturally unhappy when he heard about the fixed-rate contract. I am a top author who is not in need of money. I have my own goals in writing novels! At the moment, the online literature industry had developed for a certain period of time. Fixed-rate Contracts and Royalty Contracts had been around for some time. The authors had long come to a consensus: Apart from a very small number of authors who could continue to write well and achieve a win-win situation, most authors who wrote well either lost or were in a bad state. The authors with fixed-rate contracts might have written some explosive works but the fixed-rate contract meant that other than the fixed royalties, all the profits had nothing to do with him. It was a very bad loss to the authors. On the other hand, in order not to lose money, some authors did not use 100% of their ability to write. In the end, they became less and less able to keep up with the trends. The storyline collapsed and they became useless. No one would read them even if they were to go back to the royalties contract. Therefore, Cui Gengs first reaction when he heard that he was invited to a fixed-rate contract was to reject it. However, Cui Geng realized that Zhongdian Chinese Networks fixed-rate contracts were very different from other websites after Zhu Xingans explanation. They were completely different. The biggest difference was that the word count was low and the price was high! Take Cui Geng for example. The other websites would only be able to pay a little higher than his current royalties if they were to poach him. Cui Geng was already the top author of Zhongdian Chinese Network after all. His royalties were already very high. There was not much room for improvement beyond that. It would be too risky for the other websites if they tried to poach him. The loss outweighed the gain. However, Zhongdian Chinese Network had requested for the works to be between 100,000 and 500,000 words. It could not exceed 500,000 words. Whats more, the 1,000 words royalties that Zhongdian Chinese Network offered were three times more than his original royalties! Whats more, he would be given priority to experience the inspiration class after adopting this fixed-rate contract. Cui Geng did not know what the inspiration class was exactly but the study class had an immediate effect on his creation. It had helped him evolve from a glutton to a serious author who could finish the book normally and write new ideas. Could this inspiration class save his exhausted inspiration? Cui Geng was very curious. Cui Geng came to Jingzhou again out of mixed feelings. Soon, the taxi arrived at its destination. The inspiration class this time was on the same office building as the original study class but on different floors. The previous study class had been very successful. It had been held many times and the scale had gradually expanded. At first, there was only one room. Now, it has expanded to three rooms. Even so, Zhongdian Chinese Networks authors were still eagerly participating. The number of applicants was always full, and the editors had to choose carefully. There were even fewer slots for the inspiration class. Whats more, only the top writers of Zhongdian Chinese Network could participate. Cui Geng deposited his luggage in the hotel with familiarity and headed straight for the inspiration class once he arrived at his destination. While the Inspiration Class would only be officially opened tomorrow, Cui Geng had been to the class many times after all. He was very familiar with the place and could easily locate it. Cui Geng saw a few familiar-looking editors packing up when he arrived at the floor where the inspiration class was to be held . The editors were already very familiar with Cui Geng. After greeting him, they allowed him to enter the inspiration class area to watch freely. Cui Gengs first thought was that the space was too big! They might be in the same office building but the study class and inspiration class were on different floors and occupied different areas. The inspiration class was only one-fifth of the number of people in the study class, but it occupied more than twice the area of the study class! On a closer look, the equipment in the inspiration class was completely different from the study class. Standard computer tables and chairs were inside the study class. At first glance, they looked similar to internet cafes or computer rooms. However, the chairs were actually ergonomic chairs. The height of the tables had also been specially adjusted. It was all to allow authors to have a more comfortable writing experience. However, there were no ergonomic chairs in the inspiration class. Instead, there was a single-person sofa from a famous foreign brand! The common point of the ergonomic chairs was that they were all in line with the science of ergonomics compared to such a single-person sofa. They would not feel tired even if they sat for a long time. Compared to the other chairs, the impact on ones health was relatively small. Of course, no matter how good the ergonomics engineering was, one would still feel tired after sitting for a long time. They would have to get up and move around every once in a while. However, at the very least, it was in line with ergonomics that would reduce the burden on the body. The difference between the two was that the usage of the ergonomic chair was in an office while the use of the single-person sofa was for leisure. In order to give customers the best viewing experience, many high-end VIP seats in the movie theaters also used high-end single-person sofas. The armchairs could be adjusted by electricity, it was very comfortable be it sitting, lying down, or sitting cross-legged. Since there were no office chairs, there was no need for a desk. There was a television cabinet on the opposite side of the single-person sofa. On top of it was a high-end OLD television supported by a scaffold. OLD TV was the latest technology in recent years. It was much smaller than traditional television, but it was priced at at least tens of thousands of yuan. The reason it was so expensive was mainly because OLD TV had an extremely low screen response time of about one millisecond. There was almost no lag. It could achieve a pixel level of light control and there was an almost unlimited amount of comparison. Therefore, HDRs effects were better. At the same time, its color was pure, and its natural color was high In short, its quality performance in most aspects surpassed traditional television. It could achieve better results when watching movies and playing games. Of course, the refresh rate of this television was much lower when compared to the equally expensive E-Sports monitors. However, the television in the inspiration class was mainly used to watch movies and play games on the main computer, so the requirement for the refresh rate was not that high. The size of the screen was more important. It might be smaller than traditional television in terms of size, but it was one for each person after all. It was to be watched at a closer distance, so it was the best choice for viewing the movie based on its size and quality. There were ROF computers, game consoles, and various high-definition blue light discs on the television cabinet. There were also many blue light discs and novels on the bookshelf behind the wall. There was a high-end earphone, mouse and keyboard, and a small folding table beside the single-person sofa. In addition, there was a reading light beside each persons sofa. They could choose to turn it on or not. They could also read books when they were tired from watching movies. Cui Geng was a little surprised. He asked the editor, Wouldnt you feel uncomfortable writing here? While it was very comfortable and suitable to watch videos and play games while sitting on a single-person sofa, it might not be the same for writing. The single-person sofa was not meant for writing after all. The editor explained, Oh, that keypad is for you to deal with emergencies like typing to search for a film and to record inspiration at any time. Go to the work area over there if you really want to create something. Cui Geng turned around and realized that there was another office area next to him with standard desks, ergonomic chairs and mechanical keyboards. It was completely separated from this area. Obviously, the purpose of this relaxation area was to make the authors focus on watching movies and collecting inspiration materials. It was obvious that there would not be a program like the little black room that forced him to write his story every day since they had arranged it this way. The editor explained, Theres also a large-scale sound studio over there. The entire room is soundproof. A cinema-level projector and sound system can be used according to the requirements. You can go there to watch a complete movie if you want to achieve the best viewing effect. If you only want to collect materials and dont have many requirements for the quality of the pictures or if you want to skip and watch, you can do it in your own seat. Cui Geng could not help but be shocked as he listened to the editors introduction. Could this be heaven? Chapter 880 - Cui Geng And The Superhero Theme Cui Geng looked around the entire inspiration class and realized that the environment was much better than he had imagined! Television, single-person sofa, and even a special movie studio. While the inspiration class would not experience a professional cinema but it would definitely be able to beat the movie experience in places other than the cinema. Whats more, there wasnt just a movies available. There were also many standalone games with excellent storylines, physical books such as novels and comics, and so on. It could be said to be a huge treasure trove of inspiration. Whats more, the most important thing was that there was no longer a small dark room in the inspiration class. There were no restrictions on the authors creative time at all. If you wanted to, you could sit in the sofa and watch a movie for two consecutive weeks without writing a single word! This environment was like a dream to Cui Geng. If he were to set up such a set of equipment himself, it would probably cost at least thirty to fifty thousand yuan. Whats more, a large number of genuine blueray films, books, and exclusive sound studio would cost more than a creator could bear. Not only was food and accommodation free here, but the novels that he wrote would also be sold at extremely high prices in a fixed-rate contract. The conditions were unimaginable! At first, Cui Geng had thought that he was an author with dreams and aspirations. How could he accept a fixed-rate contract? However, it was a really good deal now that he looked at it again! He would take such a fixed-rate contract any day and time! The editor smiled when he saw Cui Gengs excited expressionand said, Sigh, I really envy you guys. I really wanted to join this inspiration class, but Im not qualified. You guys can experience the Inspiration Class for three days when it startsofficially tomorrow. Thats right, I heard that Boss Pei will come to see how the inspiration class is doing tomorrow. During this period, you can experience it first. Then, you can decide if you want to accept the fixed-rate contract and the theme of your creation. Cui Gengs eyes lit up. Huh? Boss Pei is coming? This was a pleasant surprise. Cui Geng had met Boss Pei a few times. For example, Boss Pei had treated him to a meal in his busy schedule and given him the position of special observer. Cui Gengs current success was closely related to the inspiration provided by Boss Pei. For some reason, Cui Geng felt that something good would happen as long as he met Boss Pei or got involved with him. Boss Pei was coming to inspect personally this time. Who knows, he might be able to get enlightened and burst with inspiration just by discussing with him? Cui Geng happily looked forward to it. February 9th, Thursday Pei Qian took a car to the inspiration class to check on the authors current situation in the morning. Zhongdian Chinese Network might not be very profitable in Tengda Corporations various industries, but Pei Qian valued it very much. This inspiration class was an idea that Pei Qian had come up with himself. Once it succeeded, he would be able to capture all the top writers in Zhongdian Chinese Network and greatly reduce Zhongdian Chinese Networks earning speed. It could be said to be very meaningful. Thus, Pei Qian felt the need to come and take a look. Pei Qian looked far away from the entrance after arriving at the inspiration class. The authors of Zhongdian Chinese Network were all sitting comfortably in the single-person sofa. Some were watching the movie seriously, some were playing games with their controllers, and some were reading physical books. It looked like an internet cafe at first glance but was different. More accurately, it looked like a large-scale entertainment room. The writing area on the side, however, was was empty.. The only pity was that there were still fewer people in the inspiration class at the moment. Only a small portion of the seats were taken since there were only about ten people. That was because many top writers books had not finished their novels which were still being serialized. They could not possibly cancel the books they were writing, right? Thus, there would be batchs of authors coming over one after another later on. The dozen or so people who had already arrived were the same as Cui Geng. They had already finished their books before signing up for the inspiration class. It was precisely because they had finished their books that they did not have the pressure to update. That was why no one went to write. Pei Qian was satisfied with this result. Excellent! You can just watch movies and play games here, delay writing for as long as possible. Pei Qian spotted Cui Geng in the crowd and focused on him immediately! That was because Cui Geng was one of the first authors to become popular on Zhongdian Chinese Network. He had brought Zhongdian Chinese Network directly to fame. It could be said to be a turning point for Zhongdian Chinese Network. What made Pei Qian even angrier was that he had clearly given Cui Geng high hopes and even arranged for him to be a special observer. However, not only did Cui Geng not reduce the efficiency of the various departments, he even wrote a popular book and stabbed Pei Qian in the back! However, this time, Pei Qian felt that the situation would definitely be different. Everyone knew that Cui Geng was a no-show with no motivation. How could a no-show work hard in such a comfortable environment? Impossible! Pei Qian walked in and looked around at that thought. These authors were struggling with the selection of the themes of their novels at the same time. Zhu Xingan had already emphasized to the authors that they had to write custom-made novels. In other words, they could only write IP works related to Tengda instead of original works. This rule was set by Boss Pei and could not be changed. Tengdas current IP works were from three areas: Tengdas games and movies, GOGs various well-known IPs in the country, and Hurricane Comicss various comic IPs. Which theme should they choose? That was very confusing. They definitely could not choose the genre without thinking. They had to study these genres repeatedly and find the best entry point. Therefore, some of these authors were playing Tengdas games, some were watching films like Tomorrow is Beautiful, and some were flipping through comic books and old movies by Hurricane Comics Company. They had no clear goal and could only try their luck. Cui Geng was thinking hard when he suddenly saw Boss Pei walking around. Boss Pei, youre here! Cui Geng stood up happily to welcome him. Pei Qian pushed him back. Its alright. Im just walking around. You can continue with your work. There was no one else in the seat next to Cui Geng. Pei Qian sat down beside him, intending to experience the configuration of the inspiration class and enjoy himself. Cui Geng was very excited. He did not expect Boss Pei to sit beside him. He felt that he was being valued. Pei Qian flipped through the various movies and game resources that the inspiration class had allocated and casually asked casually, Have you thought about the theme? Cui Geng was Pei Qians final target. After all, Cui Gengs results were the best among the first batch of authors. He was the smartest and the most likely to get into trouble. Thus, Pei Qian casually asked Cui Geng to confirm his level of threat. Cui Geng quickly said, Oh, Boss Pei, I dont have a clear idea yet. However, I do have a general direction, that is to dig deeper into Tengdas games and movies! After all, Tengdas most influential cultural content comes from games and movies. These are all original content of Tengda, which the public has had the highest acceptance. I heard that the new game, Mission and Choice, is a huge production with a sci-fi background. The entire structure is very big, and the expansion is quite good. I plan to research similar topics and try to write a short story based on the current story of Mission and Choice! I dare not say that I can surpass the current story of Mission and Choice. I just have to write with style and uniqueness! Pei Qian was shocked. What was this? He had already locked onto Mission and Choice in advance? No way! Mission and Choice was a project that had he had invested a huge sum of money. Nothing could go wrong. It was only a game and a movie until now. However, if many authors gathered together to write fanfictions about it and they became famous, wouldnt all the works, including movies and novels become popular as well? Therefore, he must definitely not let it work! It must not involve Tengdas core business! At that thought, Pei Qian quickly said, I think this material selection is not very good. Thats because Tengdas games and movies basically have a more complete story. The official platform would have to fill them up themselves even if there are pitfalls left behind. It would affect the future development plan. Wouldnt it be very awkward if you wrote a fanfiction about Mission and Choice but ended up deviating from its settings? It would be equivalent to useless work. Im not saying that we cant write it, but I suggest that we bring it down from the priority and consider other directions first. Cui Geng nodded. Hmm Boss Pei makes sense. If thats the case, well only have the domestic IPs that GOG bought and the comic series IPs from Hurricane Comics Company. Let me think The IPs in the country might be old, but they still have some fame. Perhaps writing a fanfiction about it would bring up some childhood memories. This theme would become even more popular. Whats more, it would be able to connect with GOG Pei Qian could not help but frown when he heard that. That wouldnt do either. There was still danger! Many classic IP characters were actually very likely to become popular. For example, there were some old movies that no one would be interested in, but they would inexplicably become popular with a BGM edit. Such a situation had also happened before. These classic IP characters in the country might be outdated, but they were the common memories of a generation in the country after all. Whats more, they had traditional Chinese cultural characteristics. It would be harder to deal with them when they became popular. Coupled with GOGs huge influence in the country, the chances of something happening were much higher. Of course, Pei Qian felt that the creative model of the inspiration class had been decided. The success rate of authors would not be high no matter which genre they chose. After all, they would be dancing in shackles while writing custom-made novels. However, Pei Qian still hoped that these authors, especially Cui Geng, would choose a theme with the lowest success rate. At that thought, Pei Qian said disappointedly, Cui Geng, you are an author with dreams and aspirations. Why do you keep choosing the easy path for yourself? What kind of heights can you reach even if you write such a theme seriously? If you have confidence in yourself, you should choose the highest difficulty and write about the superhero characters of Hurricane Comics Company! Cui Geng was stunned. Huh? Boss Pei, you think too highly of me Writing a superhero theme? Im just an ordinary web novelist! Superheroes was the playground of the top two comic companies in the United States. They were the only ones who could play it well. It would be boring no matter which other countries and authors wrote it. There was another important reason apart from being an objective writer: cultural background. The West advocated individualism, so the story of superheroes had a lot of ground to workd with. Whats more, the audience in the West especially liked superheroes, so the film made were very popular. The top two comic companies in the United States had decades of accumulation in hero characters. That was something that could not be shaken. Any superhero that they threw out could instantly kill the superheroes of Hurricane Comics. Trying to make a name for himself in this field? Cui Geng felt that this was unattainable dream. He had a premonition about this: Even if he wrote on a superhero theme, he would probably not be able to get rid of the strong influence of online literature as a webnovelist. At that time, he would not be able to please either sides. Thus, Cui Geng wanted to give up on the spot. Boss Pei, Im a web novelist. Wouldnt you be making things difficult for me if you were to force me into writing a superhero theme? The entire structure of online literature and Superhero themes are two completely different things. The final outcome would definitely be inappropriate if I were to write it forcefully. Whats more, its impossible for me to achieve it if even the creators of these superheroes of Hurricane Comics could not make them popular! Pei Qian was even more certain that he had chosen the right path seeing Cui Gengs attitude. Dont belittle yourself! Whats the inspiration class for? Is it for you to collect inspiration? Why didnt I limit your updates and word count? It was so that you could work on it slowly. If you follow the creative process of online literature and insisted on updating thousands of words or even tens of thousands of words daily, it would indeed be difficult for you to write a story about an outstanding superhero. However, slow down and slowly polish it now. As long as you persevere long enough and write enough stories, you will succeed one day! All of you are top-tier writers and storytellers. I believe that you will definitely be able to shine for any topic as long as you have enough time to research it! Cui Geng was still at a loss. But Boss Pei, we have a cultural gap with the West. Superheroes are a theme that comes from Western culture. If I were to write it forcefully, wouldnt I be using my weakness to test other peoples strengths! This is not something that can be changed just by accumulating research. Indeed. Pei Qian reluctantly admitted after a moment of silence. However, who said that superheroes can only be written for Westerners? You can also write it for domestic readers! A superhero theme that only targeted domestic readers might not necessarily fail. Cui Geng scratched his head. However, I cant create an original. I can only write it with the IPs that are available now. Characters in Hurricane Comics Company are neither popular overseas nor domestically. This means that these characters are actually lacking a breath of air. Im afraid it would not succeed because domestic readers doesnt like superheroes at all, even if I were to localize it I dont think I can make domestic readers like them. Its too difficult. Pei Qian pondered for a moment. Why do you have to like these superheroes? You can write all of them to their deaths or make them wish they were dead. No one likes them anyway. That would give you more freedom! Dont let the rules restrict your thinking. Make bold assumptions! Cui Geng: He could tell that Boss Pei was determined to make him choose the most difficult theme: the superhero theme of Hurricane Comics Company! In any case, no matter how hard he tried to find a reason, Boss Peis comments would always return to this topic. However, how should he write this? Why would someone who wrote online literature have to be so thick-skinned as to write on a superhero theme? Wont it be a joke? Cui Geng was extremely unwilling, but he realized that Boss Peis debate ability was indeed too strong. He quickly became speechless. In the end, he could only nod reluctantly. Alright, Boss Pei. Ill read Hurricane Comics Companys comics in the next few days and come up with a concept However, dont get your hopes up. I wont be responsible if you spend all the money on the fixed-rate contract for a bunch of rubbish. Pei Qian was overjoyed. You can write a bunch of rubbish? Thats exactly what I wanted! He patted Cui Geng on the shoulder immediately. Dont worry. It doesnt matter even if the work is not successful. It will be a meaningful attempt! There will always be failures as long as we try! Zhongdian Chinese Network is offering the fixed-rate contract because we will take the risk and allow you to create your works without any pressure! Dont worry and try to your hearts content. Ill take responsibility if anything goes wrong! Chapter 881 - : Boss Pei’s Creation Secret Boss Pei left, leaving the confused Cui Geng behind. He could only read Hurricane Comics Companys comics aimlessly. To Pei Qian, the current situation of the entire inspiration class was completely in line with his expectations and was following the script. He also specially took care of Cui Geng, the author who was most likely to give problems to write a theme with the lowest success rate. It could be said to be multiple insurance. Pei Qian could consider letting more authors join the inspiration class and take drastic measures for Zhongdian Chinese Networks development as long as Cui Geng verified that this approach was feasible. Cui Geng was now deeply confused. If Cui Geng were to choose it himself, he would definitely not choose this theme because he was neither good at it nor was he interested in it. As an author whose understanding of European and American superheroes was limited to the few super IPs, Cui Geng could not think of any reason why he could write the theme of superheroes well. However, Boss Pei said that not understanding superheroes was an advantage. Whats more, it would definitely not be a problem for him to read more information and train more. Cui Geng thought about it. He had to take Boss Peis opinion seriously. That was because Boss Pei was the true master of creation! Boss Pei had personally planned and grasped the general direction no matter whether it was Tengdas games or movies. These had already been verified and were very successful works. Boss Peis position in creative writing was much higher than online authors like them. Since Boss Pei said that there was no problem with Cui Geng, there might really be no problem. Could it be that I have some potential that I dont even know about? Cui Geng decided to follow Boss Peis instructions and try out Hurricane Comics superhero IP. The inspiration class had naturally prepared a large number of Hurricane Comics Companys comics as an important part of Tengda Corporations IP. Cui Geng picked a few of the more popular ones and returned to his seat. He switched on his reading lamp and earphones to play light music. Then, he sat on his one-person sofa and flipped through them seriously. In the afternoon Cui Geng placed the last comic aside and rubbed his temples with a headache. He had been reading it from morning until afternoon, he had even been thinking about the plot of these superheroes during lunch. However, the more he read, the more hopeless he felt. The more he understood, the more he could feel how difficult this mission was! There was little written information since they were all comics, so he managed to flip through them very quickly. Cui Geng read through a few of the more popular comics and understood the general plot outline. His mind became even more confused. This Hurricane Comics Company only occupies 5% of the market share in the United States. It is indeed not without reason that the top two comic companies are rubbing it against the ground. Be it the character profile of a superhero or the story plot, there is a huge gap between the standards of the top two comic companies and the rest. I can tell with one look that these stories are not good enough! Whats more, these characters and plots are not very suitable for local readers. It can be said that they had not learnt the merits of the top two comic companies but the flaws have been retained. Isnt writing about such an IP character suicidal Cui Geng fell into deep melancholy. Multifaceted Men, Purgatory Duke, Mutants, Robocop, and so on were the most famous IPs of Hurricane Comics Company. While these IPs left a certain impression, they were already outdated. Whats more, from Cui Gengs point of view, these IPs were difficult to write a short story either because it could not be expanded or because the settings did not meet the current standards of aesthetics. It would not be a problem for these IPs to be taken into GOG as a games image. However, it would be extremely difficult to write an attractive story with them as protagonists. Needless to say, the other IPs were all useless. There were even many inspired superheroes from the top two comic companies. For example, a hero named Captain World where one could see signs of piracy at a glance. This was even more useless. He would probably be laughed at if he really wrote about it. That caused Cui Geng to have a headache. How should I deal with it? Should I write fanfiction on an IP like the Multifaceted Man or the Robocop? This type of IP might be very old and outdated, but at least the local readers still have some impression of it. Making do with it shouldnt be considered cheating for royalties, right? Cui Geng subconsciously wanted to choose an easy way after thinking hard for a few hours without any results. However, Boss Peis face suddenly appeared in his mind, and he immediately dismissed that thought. No, absolutely not! How can I have such thoughts? Boss Pei is taking special care of me. Obviously, he values the content that I am going to write and has high expectations of me! How can I think of such fooling things? Boss Pei would be so sad! Boss Pei has already said that there is no need for word count. Wouldnt I be letting Boss Pei down if I were to give up so quickly and start writing hastily? No, I have to think about it seriously! I have to take out the motivation to analyze the Tengda spirit together with Wu Bin. I have to figure out the deeper meaning behind Boss Pei and find the only correct answer! I should follow Tengdas internal interpretation and interpret Boss Peis true intentions properly! The Tengda spirit encouraged him once again just as Cui Geng was about to give up. Cui Geng had gained a deeper understanding of Boss Peis intention to answer the standard train of thought when he was analyzing the Tengda spirit and compiling the Tengda spirit manual with Wu Bin. This was a set of methodology that Bao Xu, Huang Sibo, Lin Wan, and the other senior executives of the company had been perfecting to figure out Boss Peis true intentions. He could deduce Boss Peis true intentions through the content of the mission that Boss Pei had assigned. This move was effective in the games department, the film department, and the physical department. It created many miracles. Now, Cui Geng decided to adapt and use it on his own creation! What was the first step? Oh, right, find the most unreasonable point in Boss Peis words and start analyzing Cui Geng tried hard to recall the conversation he had with Boss Pei in the morning. In fact, Boss Pei did not say much. He only said, Superheroes can also be written for domestic readers, We dont have to make domestic readers like these superheroes, We can write these superheroes to death or half-dead. It sounds like Boss Pei is hinting to me not to use the traditional Western story structure to write a superhero story. Instead, I should try my best to tell it in a way that domestic readers would accept Cui Geng began to look up related information online. Superhero movies were a part of cultural output and had a huge market in the country. Cui Geng might not have paid special attention to them, but he knew some basic concepts. Superheroes might have different abilities, personalities, and identities, but most of them had similar characteristics: Possessing extraordinary strength, technical ability, or proficiency in related equipment in a certain area could be considered in this category, they did not include strength, wisdom, special abilities or money. They wanted to uphold justice and be responsible. They would choose to stand up for others in times of danger without wanting anything in return. To a certain extent, they represented the morals of the Westerners. They did not kill people but handed them over to the police and the law. They usually had a secret identity to protect their friends and family. At the same time, they often had another identity apart from superheroes in real life, such as reporters, students, rich second-generation heirs, and so on. They usually had an iconic costume or prop. Generally speaking, Superheroes stories were basically stories where justice finally defeated evil: Supervillains wanted to do bad things and were discovered by Superheroes. After a series of twists and turns, Superheroes defeated Supervillains and maintained worlds peace. Of course, with the development of the Superhero theme, there were more variations to the story. There were even some righteous and evil anti-hero characters. However, very few superheroes stories would deviate from the core of justice defeats evil because the audience might not be convinced if they deviated from this core. In a sense, superheroes comics and movies were similar to online literature. They were both mass-produced creative models. There would be many innovations in the details even though basic patterns were constantly repeated. Whats more, readers would fall for it no matter how many times the material was reused. That was also why Cui Geng did not know where to start. It was precisely because this was a mass-produced model that was deeply rooted in the culture of the West. As a countryman, there was a natural cultural gap between them. Thus, according to this standard process, it would never surpass the superhero stories written by Westerners. This was not belittling himself, but a clear understanding of reality. It was just like asking a native Westerner to write a traditional Chinese martial arts story. No matter how much preparation he made, what he wrote would definitely be tasteless. Cui Geng frowned. In other words, it would be impossible for me to sell my story to foreigners. I can only sell it to the locals. Boss Pei did say that. But how exactly can I sell it to our countrymen? Boss Pei seems to have done a lot of Western content before. They seem to be very popular among the Chinese. How did Boss Pei do it? Cui Geng could not help but think about the game Struggle. In fact, Struggle also had a Western background story. The characters and stories were all based on Western backgrounds, but domestic players liked it very much. Cui Geng recalled the details of Struggle and his eyes lit up. I understand now! The secret of Boss Peis creation is to observe the Western story from the perspective of Chinese culture. Then, he would deconstruct it, tear apart the exquisite outerwear of Western art works, and completely expose its inner nature! Chapter 882 - The Background Story Of The Superhero Cui Geng suddenly understood Boss Peis intentions. For example, Struggle is actually reflecting the deep contradictions of Western society and analyzing this social phenomenon. It tore apart the warm and beautiful cover in Western works, which was why there was such a deep reaction! For a long time, the domestic cultural industry had been relatively weak. Be it for games, movies, novels, or even ideologies in certain fields, they were all completely suppressed by the Western world. There were many reasons for this. Most importantly, it was because of historical issues. This phenomenon did exist and was very serious even though many people were unwilling to admit it. The cultural output of the Western world had always existed and had a very complicated effect. Of course, it was undeniable that there were some positive elements in Western culture. Some movies could indeed be encouraging. However, many people mistakenly thought that everything in Western culture was good and perfect. They even loved everything in the West because of the beautification of these cultural works. This was a classic example of being brainwashed by the beauty of artistic works. For example, many people thought that everyone lived in a huge villa with a swimming pool in the United States. The houses were cheap, the medical services were free, and the dishwashers could live the dream life of the people. That was obviously a misinterpretation. As a developed country, the living standards of the people in the United States would definitely be better. However, that only applied to the rich in the United States. Their lives were still very difficult for the middle-class and bottom tier of the society. However, the Chinese had long accepted the export of many American cultural works. Many people had the illusion that the Western world was heaven on earth under the packaging and beautification of these cultural works. One of the main reasons why Struggle was successful was that it broke the illusion and allowed more people to see the Western world from a more objective perspective. It was equivalent to deconstructing the ideal country in Western culture works. Cui Geng suddenly realized, could it be that that was Boss Peis intention for him to write on a superhero theme? He did not want to write a superhero story that was in line with the mainstream values of the West. Instead, he wanted to deconstruct the mainstream values of the West like Struggle. He wanted to write a story that reflected deep problems and broke the illusion of some people. Cui Geng realized that he could match many things once he accepted this setting! Why did Boss Pei say that it did not matter even if he wrote these superheroes to death or made them suffer? That was because this was not a traditional superhero story to begin with. The superheroes in the story did not represent fairness, justice, and beauty, but something else. Thus, their deaths would naturally not make the audience feel extremely disgusted. Cui Geng subconsciously thought of a question: If superheroes existed, would they do what they did in movies? Of course, there was good and evil in human nature. When humans had the power of superheroes, kind people would become superheroes, and evil people would become super villains. However, would a kind superhero be able to persevere as described in most stories? If he were to make a bolder assumption, if the superheros power was not innate or mutated but obtained through other means, what would the story of the superhero become? It was just like how the West had been sparing no effort to export their freedom and democracy, was this seemingly perfect system really a perfect system? There seemed to be a similar effect. Cui Geng suddenly found the inspiration he wanted. He rushed to the work area, opened a new document, and wrote down the background story that suddenly appeared in his mind! The story happened in the United States, similar to other superheroes. However, the story of this superhero was different from the stories of other superheroes because in this story, the superheroes were not born with strength, nor were they relying on mutation or money. About two hundred years ago, the first local superhero appeared in the United States. His superpower was to obtain strength from peoples support and trust. Once peoples support and trust towards him weakened, his superpower would also decrease. It might even cease to exist. However, this superhero had many virtues such as fairness, integrity, courage, and so on. This superhero had played a key role in saving countless lives and was deeply loved by the American people in all the major historical events. Thus, he became more powerful. Not only did he become a symbol of the spirit of the United States, but he also shouldered the heavy responsibility of maintaining world peace. The people of the United States affectionately called him the world leader because the people of the United States believed that his existence would maintain world peace and save mankind from war. However, no matter how powerful a superhero was, he would always age and die. Seventy years ago, the Captain World, who was more than a hundred years old, was dying of old age. He still had peoples trust and support. He still had powerful superpowers but his body was no longer able to support him using these powers. Politicians, media, tycoons, and all sorts of people from the United States took turns to visit the world leader in the hospital ward. They hoped that the world leader could choose a person from among the many carefully selected successors to inherit the world leaders superpower and identity. The Captain World saw through their thoughts. Obviously, different factions were coveting this superpower that could affect the world. They wanted to use the chess pieces they cultivated to inherit the Captain Worlds powers and status. Everything would be disastrous if this superpower fell into the hands of bad people. Thus, the Captain World did not give his superpower to any successor carefully selected by politicians, tycoons, or other forces. Instead, he scattered his superpower all over the entire country, giving every citizen of the United States the possibility of becoming a superhero. The strength of this power depended on the support and trust of the American citizens. The world leader firmly believed that only people with integrity, justice, and kindness would be able to obtain the support, trust, and love of most American citizens. Even though it could not guarantee that all of his superpowers would be concentrated on one person to play the greatest role, it could at least ensure that most of his superpowers would be controlled by a kind and upright person. At the same time, it would not completely fall into the hands of a bad person. Many people, including politicians, businessmen, and the media, tried to dissuade the Captain World, but he was unmoved. Obviously, these peoples flowery words were only to keep the world leaders power for themselves. They were not trustworthy. The world leader believed that the United States as a whole would make the right choice. The American people deeply remembered Captain World after he died. They built a huge statue and monument for him to commemorate the first and most respected superhero. That was the background story. The real beginning of the story was almost seventy years after the death of the world leader. The protagonist of the story was called Phil Simmons. He was a carefree, rich second-generation heir who spent money freely every day. Phil Simmonss father, Ryan Simmons, was a wealthy man ranked in the 150th place in the United States. He had a personal wealth of 4.2 billion US dollars. He started with real estate and owned chain hotels and office buildings in many cities around the world. Phil Simmons was just like the other rich second-generation heirs born with a silver spoon in their mouths. He was 31 years old this year and was unmarried. He was 1.92 meters tall, had a standard white face, was handsome, and had a body that was well maintained like a model. He was a Harvard graduate with a law doctorate and an MBA degree. His current position was the CEO of Simmons Media Corporation. He was rated as the most influential business figure under 40 years old by Fortune magazine. His degree in Harvard might have been obtained through a large sum of money donated by his family, it was not a shameful thing in the elite families of the United States. It was a very common occurrence. Phil Simmons did not have any special abilities apart from driving super sports cars with one hand. He had many professional staff to manage his company, but he was still on the verge of bankruptcy. However, none of that mattered. Phil Simmons own media company was just a drop in the ocean compared to the real estate company controlled by the Simmons Family after all. It would not affect the foundation of the entire Simmons Corporation even if his company went bankrupt ten times. There were many types of rich second-generation heirs as well, and Phil Simmons was obviously not the hardworking type. He was managing his own company and expanding his network. However, most of the time, he was still living a luxurious life, partying on a yacht. He did not need to worry about anything at all. His family business was enough for him to live a carefree life after all. Until one day, when his life changed because of a superhero. Thus, Phil Simmons made up his mind. He wanted to become a superhero by hook or by crook. He wanted to become the strongest superhero. He wanted to get rid of all the superheroes that stood in his way. Cui Geng quickly wrote an opening to the story. Cui Geng quickly settled the background of the entire story, including the character of the protagonist. Everything was very natural. However, Cui Geng had no idea why Phil Simmons had made up his mind to become a superhero or how he had managed to do it. However, he was not in a hurry at all. It was a fixed-rate contract after all. Cui Geng did not feel pressured to create anything. All he had to do was slowly accumulate the materials and carefully work on it. Next, Cui Geng planned to look through all the films, television dramas, comics, and works related to superheroes, as well as works that reflected American politics. There was a lot of content in these works. It would probably take him at least a week to read most of them even if he watched them with a high intensity of eight hours a day. Moreover, it was unknown whether or not he could find enough inspiration during this period and write a good story outline. Yet, for some reason, Cui Geng was filled with confidence in himself because Boss Pei himself had set the theme! Chapter 883 - Physical Industries Entering The Super First-Tier Cities February 10th, Friday In the office of the Cold-Faced Lady in Beijing. Qi Yan and her colleagues were busy preparing for the Gourmet Laboratory. Originally, the entire Cold-Faced Ladys company was immersed in a confused atmosphere without knowing what to do. That was because this brand was established by Meng Chang. Meng Chang originally had a complete set of theories, but now, Meng Changs theories had been overthrown, and his personal halo had been crushed. Therefore, the employees who were originally inspired by Meng Chang were now lost. However, Qi Yan led the Cold-Faced Lady employees to find a direction to work towards again after reading the articles about Meng Chang and Boss Pei! Qi Yan decided to lead her employees to continue working hard according to Boss Peis instructions to change the current situation of the Cold-Faced Lady. She must not disappoint Boss Pei! The first thing she wanted to do was to hire outstanding vendors to be Gourmet Advisers, establish a Gourmet Laboratory, and improve the taste of all dishes including roasted cold noodles. Qi Yans plan continued after the Lunar New Year. She had already sent a special expedition team to various cities in the country to continue digging up outstanding vendors. The leader of this expedition team was Zhang Yahui, who was the young vendor performing spectacularly in the roadside food competition. Of course, many Cold-Faced Lady employees cooperated with him. They would invite an outstanding vendor to Beijing when they found one. If not, they would spend a huge sum of money to ask about the secrets and formulas of the local food stalls. In short, they could not return empty-handed. There were so many cities in the country. It would take a long time to find them even if they were only in first-tier and second-tier cities. Qi Yan knew very well that this would be a long-term mission, so she was not in a hurry. Instead, she considered splitting them into several stages. Creating a Gourmet Laboratory and the search for outstanding vendors would be done at the same time without any delay. At that moment, the Gourmet Laboratory in Beijing was almost ready. However, some details had not been finalized. Qi Yan was still seriously considering it. At that moment, a colleague came over and said, Sister Yan, I have something to report to you. He paused for a moment. Fish-Catching Take-Out opened a shop in Beijing. The address is diagonally opposite our shop, about ten meters apart. Its almost face to face. Qi Yan looked up, stunned. Fish-Catching Take-Out? According to Qi Yans knowledge, Fish-Catching Take-Out had its own stores in Beijing. However, there were not many of them. Before this, Fish-Catching Take-Out was located more than ten kilometers away from the Cold-Faced Lady in Beijing. It would not be able to compete with the Cold-Faced Lady. However, this time, Fish-Catching Take-Out actually opened up opposite the Cold-Faced Ladys shop? It was less than ten meters away. It was no different from a face to face competition! What did that mean? Qi Yan knew very well that apart from the nameless restaurant in Jingzhou that did not move or open branches, Fish-Catching Take-Out was the only restaurant in Tengda Corporation. Fish-Catching Take-Outs business style was very different from other takeaways. Its regular takeaways and high-end takeaway, Food.Harmony, were mainly targeted at the recycling of cutlery. They were mainly home-cooked dishes with little oil and salt. They were very popular in Handong Province with garbage sorting. In recent months, Fish-Catching Take-Out seemed to have been moving towards Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and other first-tier cities under Boss Peis instructions. The effect seemed to be quite good. After all, such price positioning, good service, and high quality take-out shops would be more marketable in first-tier cities and would be more favored by white-collar workers. However, why was Fish-Catching Take-Out competing directly in Cold-Faced Ladys face? Fish-Catching Take-Out would definitely compete with the Cold-Faced Lady without a doubt. Meng Chang might have been exaggerating back then, saying that Fish-Catching Take-Out and Cold-Faced Lady were complementary, but that was just bluffing investors. Everyone only had three meals a day. There were only so many people ordering take-out in the same area. Who would order roasted cold noodles for no reason with Fish-Catching Take-Out with rich ingredients and excellent flavors available now? That would definitely have a huge impact on the Cold-Faced Lady! Of course, the Cold-Faced Lady was no longer as full as before after all the twists and turns in the past. It looked very deserted. There were still some customers even though they could not make ends meet. The arrival of Fish-Catching Take-Out would definitely make things worse for Cold-Faced Lady. The colleague who came to report obviously knew this very well. He was a little flustered. Sister Yan, do you think this is Boss Peis idea or is the person-in-charge of Fish-Catching Take-Out acting on their own? What should we do? Boss Peis attitude was more worrying compared to the upcoming market competition. Everyone knew very well that they would not be able to compete with Fish-Catching Take-Out. The worst case scenario would be losing more money every month. However, if this was Boss Peis idea, Boss Peis current attitude towards the Cold-Faced Lady was worth investigating. Did he want to burn the Cold-Faced Lady like a matchstick to make Fish-Catching Take-Out more popular? If that happened, all of the Cold-Faced Ladys employees would probably be sacrificed. Qi Yan remained silent for a moment and said, Calm down, dont scare yourself first. Ill make a trip down personally to investigate. Half an hour later, Qi Yan arrived at Fish-Catching Take-Out, which was diagonally opposite Cold-Faced Ladys store. The shop had been vacant for more than two months. It was being renovated now. The workers were extremely. Judging from the progress of the renovations, the construction should only start after the new year. There was still some time before the store officially opened for business. From a geographical point of view, this Fish-Catching Take-Out would indeed form a competitive relationship with the Cold-Faced Lady. That was because the two shops were too close to each other and their range of delivery was basically the same. There was one person wearing a safety helmet watching from the side. Someone was introducing the renovations to him. Qi Yan guessed that he should be the branch manager of this store. Qi Yan greeted them and introduced herself since they were all employees under Boss Pei after all. The young man in the helmet immediately smiled and shook Qi Yans hand. Hello, Im the person-in-charge of Fish-Catching Take-Out, Rui Yuchen. Qi Yan was stunned. Rui Yuchen? Wasnt that the person-in-charge of the entire Fish-Catching Take-Out? The senior management of Tengda Corporation who reported directly to Boss Pei? Qi Yan knew very well that although the Cold-Faced Lady was considered an industry of Tengda Corporation, her status was far from enough. She could not report directly to Boss Pei. If she encountered any problems, she could only ask He Desheng first, and then let He Desheng report to Boss Pei. The status of the Cold-Faced Lady and Fish-Catching Take-Out in Tengda Corporation was obviously completely different. However, Qi Yan did not expect that Rui Yuchen would come to Beijing instead of staying in Jingzhou as the person-in-charge of Fish-Catching Take-Out. Rui Yuchen might not know Qi Yan, but he obviously knew about the Cold-Faced Lady. He took off his helmet and handed it to the others, inviting Qi Yan to sit in a nearby cafe. Qi Yan happened to have many questions to ask as well, so the two of them went to a small cafe nearby. Qi Yan was a little hesitant and did not know where to start after ordering coffee and exchanging pleasantries. She might have many doubts in her heart but Cold-Faced Lady was too small compared to Fish-Catching Take-Out. It would seem like she did not know her place if she asked directly. Whats more, wouldnt it seem too overbearing if this was Boss Peis arrangement? Rui Yuchen saw Qi Yans hesitation and smiled. I know you must have a lot of questions. Dont be embarrassed. Ask whatever you want to ask. If you want to ask about this shop, I can tell you that Boss Pei personally decided the location of this shop. There is a suitable shop nearby coincidentally, so I decided to set up a new branch here. However, there are more than ten new branches this time. Whats more, its not just Fish-Catching Take-Out. Tengdas other physical businesses, including Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and Deposit Fitness, also have plans to enter Beijing. Qi Yan roughly understood what was going on after Rui Yuchen briefly explained the situation. Tengdas series of physical industries faced the problem of where to open their new stores during the period of Chinese New Year. Rui Yuchen was also having a headache over this question. Previously, Boss Pei had been the one to decide on the location of the branch. Rui Yuchen only needed to execute it. However, now, he had to decide on the location of all the branches by himself. Boss Pei would not usually ask about it. This made Rui Yuchen feel more responsible and pressured. Beijing, Shanghai, and other first-tier cities already had many Cold-Faced Lady shops. However, should he continue to venture deeper into these first-tier cities and increase the density of Fish-Catching Take-Outs shops? Or should he turn to other second-tier cities and ensure that most of them had Fish-Catching Take-Outs shops before slowly developing? However, Rui Yuchen did not think about it for too long. That was because he, Xiao Peng, and the others quickly received a revelation from Boss Pei. Boss Pei might not have said it explicitly but his actions had already explained everything. Boss Pei had advertised Tengdas physical industry in big cities like Beijing and Shanghai. What did that mean? Obviously, he was hinting for Rui Yuchen, Xiao Peng, and the others to make the best use of their time and continue to fill these first-tier cities! Wouldnt Boss Pei be disappointed if he did not manage to open a branch after Boss Peis advertisements were released? Therefore, Fish-Catching Take-Out, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Deposit Fitness, and other physical industries immediately decided to continue opening branches in Beijing, Shanghai, and other cities! Sloth Apartments did not follow immediately because they had issues with their capital chains. Whats more, Jingzhous local market was not yet saturated. However, Fish-Catching Take-Out, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, and the other businesses had spent a lot of money to purchase new branches. These branches had directly filled in the profits of the two businesses for a long period of time. However, that did not matter. After all, this was the established plan that Boss Pei had set for them. They would spend all of their profits on the branches. With Boss Pei as their backer, Rui Yuchen and Xiao Peng would not have to worry about their capital chain breaking. They could naturally do whatever they wanted. This Fish-Catching Take-Out was also one of the new stores. Rui Yuchen had come all the way to Beijing because the focus of his work had shifted to Beijing. He wanted to keep an eye on the shops in Beijing. He would decide on his next move once the teething problems were settled. Boss Pei did not say much after learning that Rui Yuchen was going to open more branches in Beijing. He only emphasized that he had to build a flagship store with the highest standards opposite Cold-Faced Lady. Boss Pei did not explain why. Chapter 884 - Bunny Tail Live-Stream Publicity Qi Yan sipped her coffee, not looking very happy. Boss Pei had personally decided on the location of this branch. What did that mean? Cold-Faced Lady would obviously be crushed by Fish-Catching Take-Out if they were to compete. Boss Pei must know this very well. Qi Yan felt that the only explanation was that Boss Pei wanted the Cold-Faced Lady to die in the hands of Fish-Catching Take-Out! That way, the remaining popularity of Cold-Faced Lady would be transferred to Fish-Catching Take-Out! Sacrificing the Cold-Faced Lady, a negative asset that had been incurring losses, could allow Fish-Catching Take-Out to gain a foothold in Beijing and develop faster. This deal seemed to be very worth it. If that was the case, Qi Yan would be facing a battle that she would never win. How could she not worry? Qi Yan felt very disappointed. Boss Pei had clearly gone through so much trouble to kick Meng Chang away, and then hinted to her to open a roadside food competition to allow the Cold-Faced Lady to be reborn. Didnt that mean that Boss Pei valued the Cold-Faced Lady very much? How were they to interpret the current situation then? Qi Yan did not want to ask further, but she could not figure it out herself. After much hesitation, she said to Rui Yuchen, Boss Rui, Im being honest. Do you think Boss Pei wants to sacrifice the Cold-Faced Lady and focus all his attention on Fish-Catching Take-Out? If thats the case, I have no complaints. Ill cooperate unconditionally. Rui Yuchen was stunned. He immediately shook his head. No, no, no. You might have misunderstood. Boss Pei might have only decided on the location of the shop and did not explain the reason to me, but I have been around Boss Pei for a long time after all. I can guess what he means. Boss Pei would never give up on any of his businesses. Boss Pei would turn the losses into profits even if it seemed impossible to succeed or was incurring huge losses. Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Fish-Catching Take-Out, Shared phone booth, Deposit Fitness There are countless examples of this. Therefore, since Boss Pei will definitely not give up on Cold-Faced Lady since he had already bought it. You can rest assured about that. Qi Yan felt more at ease after hearing Rui Yuchens words. That was indeed the case on further thought. She had never heard of Tengda Corporation giving up on any industry. Take Fish-Catching Take-Out for example. It had been incurring losses for at least a year after it was established. However, Boss Pei had never given up. He had finally seized the opportunity to classify the garbage in Handong Province. He had accumulated enough money and shot to success. Cold-Faced Ladys situation was not comparable to these industries that had once suffered huge losses. However, Qi Yan might have felt more at ease but her doubts did not lessen at all. However, why did Boss Pei specifically ask Fish-Catching Take-Out to open a store opposite the Cold-Faced Lady if he does not intend to give up on us? Whats more, he specifically instructed that it must be a flagship store? Rui Yuchen was silent for a moment. Boss Peis plans are for the long term. Even a person-in-charge of our department, like me, would find it difficult to fully understand it. However, I can roughly guess some of it. I think Boss Pei chose this location with at least three considerations! First of all, for guidance. Cold-Faced Lady had not achieved true profit since its establishment. Even the taste of the Cold-Faced Ladys dishes has not truly conquered the customers. In other words, the Cold-Faced Lady is still far from turning losses into profits and success. How long would you need to explore if you are allowed to explore freely? Its too slow. On the other hand, Fish-Catching Take-Out is a food and beverage brand of the same genre. It has accumulated a lot of experience in this area. It can provide much guidance to the Cold-Faced Lady in terms of training, internal management, research and development of new food products, and marketing. Fish-Catching Take-Out has also been incurring losses. Cold-Faced Lady doesnt need to go through the detours that we have taken. The two stores are so close to each other. You can often organize people to visit, interact, and learn at Fish-Catching Take-Out. You can definitely get on the right track faster. Second, competitiveness. Boss Pei is always of the opinion that good products should not be afraid of competition in the market. He would always choose the most difficult area and compete with mature players because he knew that flowers in a greenhouse would never thrive. The location that the Cold-Faced Lady chose was a better location. There are no fast food restaurants nearby, and the competition environment is very weak. In such an environment, the Cold-Faced Lady has a group of fixed customers. There will naturally be a lack of motivation. Let Fish-Catching Take-Out put some pressure on the Cold-Faced Lady. Its good for both parties. Lastly, an oligopoly effect. Lets say that Cold-Faced Lady has withstood pressure and launched many new dishes with good taste, attracting more customers. Then, Fish-Catching Take-Out and Cold-Faced Lady would not only be competitors, but also create an oligopoly! For customers, once they get sick of Fish-Catching Take-Out, they can come to Cold-Faced Lady to change their taste. The same goes for the other customers. The food and beverage industry is filled with competition. Even if Fish-Catching Take-Out doesnt come, other restaurants will open. Wouldnt it be even more awkward if Cold-Faced Lady loses in the competition? On the other hand, Cold-Faced Lady and Fish-Catching Take-Out can work together to get rid of the other fast food and take-out shops nearby. That way, no matter how we compete, money will flow into Tengda Corporation. Its the same for us! Qi Yans brows gradually relaxed after listening to Rui Yuchens analysis. I see It looks like my level is too low. In other words, not only did Boss Pei not think about sacrificing the Cold-Faced Lady, but he even put in so much effort to encourage us to improve? Rui Yuchen nodded. Based on my understanding of Boss Pei, thats his intention. Its just as well. The strategic focus of Fish-Catching Take-Out is going to be shifted from Jingzhou to these super first-tier cities. Ill stay in Beijing until all the shops are operating normally before returning to Beijing. You can look for me anytime if Cold-Faced Lady faces any problems. Qi Yan was elated. Thats great! Actually, Cold-Faced Lady has been wanting to learn from Fish-Catching Take-Out and start our own Gourmet Laboratory. I have many questions to ask. However, this will definitely affect the normal work of Fish-Catching Take-Out. Im a little embarrassed. Rui Yuchen smiled. Thats not necessary. Almost every department in Tengda had incurred losses before. Other departments would always lend a helping hand in time without any selfish motives. This is Tengdas traditional culture. Fish-Catching Take-Out had also received the care of many other departments. Everyone is working for Boss Pei after all. Tengdas internal departments have no competition or pressure from the KPI. Helping each other and making the cake bigger is definitely more in line with the long-term interests of each department. Cold-Faced Lady might have just joined Tengda Corporation, but you have to adapt to this environment as soon as possible. Qi Yan quickly nodded. Yes! I understand! Rui Yuchen sipped his coffee and asked casually, So, Cold-Faced Ladys recent work is just to prepare a Gourmet Laboratory? Is there anything else I can help with? Qi Yan thought for a moment. Er Actually, weve been planning a promotional video recently. We want to record the vendors daily lives and show the netizens their hardships. Theyre still filming Both of them drank their coffee and discussed the future development plans of Cold-Faced Lady and Fish-Catching Take-Out. Both of them were deeply inspired. At the same time, in Jingzhou Achoo! Pei Qian sneezed in his office. He felt a little strange because the room was quite warm. Before the Lunar New Year, Pei Qian had advertised his physical industry to super first-tier cities like Beijing and Shanghai. That was because Tengda had fewer physical industries in these cities. In addition, Meng Changs publicity plan was relatively simple. The publicity effect should be relatively poor. He did not expect that things would turn out contrary to his wishes! The minimalistic poster that Meng Chang designed became popular because of the huge number of advertisements. It had the best publicity effect. On the other hand, Rui Yuchen, Xiao Peng, and the others saw that the publicity effect was so good and thought that it was a hint that the next batch of branches should be opened in these super first-tier cities! Pei Qian was speechless as well. However, he had already made up his mind not to interfere with the location of Fish-Catching Take-Out and Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. Thus, he let them be. However, Pei Qian still specifically instructed Rui Yuchen to open a Fish-Catching Take-Out flagship store opposite the Cold-Faced Ladys store in Beijing. That way, Fish-Catching Take-Out would absorb all the customers from Cold-Faced Lady. Cold-Faced Lady would be in a worse state and might not even be able to make a comeback. That way, Pei Qian could get Cold-Faced Lady to burn money continuously! Pei Qian was thinking happily when he heard a knock on his office door. He looked up and saw Meng Chang. Boss Pei, the promotional video for Bunny Tail Live-Stream is done. The first version has been edited. Please take a look. Meng Chang felt very uneasy. He knew very well that Boss Pei should have expected that he would resort to all sorts of rubbish promotional plans to obtain a higher commission after being offered such a strange way to increase his commission. However, Boss Pei was nonchalant and seemed to not care about the direction of Tengda Corporations publicity funds. That made Meng Chang feel uneasy. Meng Chang was in a state of contradiction where he was afraid that he would incur losses if he did too well in advertising. This time was no exception. While the lads under Meng Chang ran faster than the other after work, their efficiency was indeed ridiculously high. They took only a week to finish the promotional video. Meng Chang was unsure, so he showed it to Boss Pei immediately. Pei Qian was not interested in this. Go and give it to Old Ma. I wont watch it. However, on further thought, he said, Forget it. Ill take a look since Im already here. Meng Chang immediately went forward and handed his tablet computer over. Pei Qian clicked on the video. The promotional video was not very long, only about three minutes. Whats more, they were scenes that were commonly seen in life. There were very few characters in the video, so it was completed in less than a week. The promotional video started with a university dormitory. There were two students in the picture. One had messy hair and looked listless. The other was wearing glasses and looked much better. Their appearance highlighted their identities: a flunkie and a top student. In the first scene, the flunkie wore earphones and ate fruits while watching game live-streams at night. He would laugh from time to time. On the other hand, the top student would wear earplugs and study hard under the light of the desk lamp. In the second scene, the lights were turned off at night. The flunkie laid in his bed and continued watching the live-stream on his cell phone. He even sent a few gifts to the live streamer lady in the late night slot. The top student immediately went to bed and set the alarm clock for tomorrow morning. In the third scene, the flunkie slept until almost noon before waking up. He continued watching the live-stream on his computer after ordering take-out. However, he only found one that he was relatively satisfied with after flipping through more than ten live-streams since there were not many live-streamers in the afternoon. He ate take-out while watching. At that moment, the top student was in the library, reading, revising, and preparing for his exams. In the fourth scene, both of them graduated and started their respective jobs. The flunkie became an ordinary employee of the company. He worked at his desk while skiving and watching live-streams secretly. The top student worked hard in the company and made use of every minute of his time. In the fifth scene, the flunkie was fired by the company because of his poor performance. He stood at the entrance of the company, lost and in pain. However, he habitually opened a live-stream on the bus on the way back. The scene changed. On the other hand, the top student had just been specially hired to work in the same company as a management. He was warmly welcomed by the upper echelons of the company in the conference room Finally, the screen showed the logo of the bunny tail live-stream and a line of slogans. Everyone has the same amount of time. The difference is how you control it. This promotional video had some minor changes to Meng Changs initial plan, but it did not affect much. At first, Meng Chang had wanted to arrange for four roles in the promotional video: two students and two office workers. However, after some thought, he decided that there was no need for that. Thus, he chose only two people and allowed the entire promotional video to run through their students and working lives. This way, the continuity of the entire promotional video would be better, but the irony would also be greater. Meng Chang was very perturbed. Wasnt this promotional video too explicit? Would Boss Pei become angry? However, Meng Chang only saw Boss Pei nod slightly. Okay, this publicity plan is much better than the poster we made previously! It looks like youve gradually found the feeling. Keep it up! Chapter 885 - Boss Pei Decided Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Meng Chang did not expect that Boss Pei would praise him for giving him such a publicity plan! This scene was a little bizarre and even made Meng Chang feel unreal. This promotional video was obviously targeting the entire live-stream industry. As a new form of entertainment, live-streaming would indeed bring joy to many people. However, they would also waste a lot of time, wasting their studies and careers if they indulged in live-streaming. Of course, all entertainment projects were the same. Whether it was watching television, reading novels, playing games, watching live-streams, or watching videos, an appropriate amount would be just to pass time. An excessive amount would amount to a waste of life. Any healthy form of entertainment was of course meaningful. At the very least, they could relax and relieve stress. Apart from relieving pressure, live-streams could also allow viewers to see different corners of the world. It could also be considered an eye-opener. The other live-stream platforms were basically working hard in this aspect when filming promotional videos. In other words, they were trying their best to dig out the positive meaning of live-streams and leave a good impression on their live-stream platforms in the eyes of the public. However, Meng Changs promotional video was widely publicizing the dangers of being addicted to live-streaming. It ruthlessly opened up a wound through the naked comparison between the two of them. Were their fates different because of the live-stream? Not necessarily. Flunkies had poor self-control to begin with. They would be surfing the web pages and playing games even if they did not watch live-streams. There would always be a way to kill time. Thus, changing the live-stream in the promotional video to other forms of entertainment would not be too strange. Thus, the promotional video was a little biased. He could already tell from the script of the video back then. That was even more obvious now that the video was completed. However, what was very strange was that the lads from the marketing department did not have any doubts at all and finished filming the promotional video very efficiently. Boss Pei did not have any doubts and even praised Meng Chang! At that moment, Meng Chang even thought that everyone was acting in concert with him. He had a magical feeling of Am I crazy or is the entire world crazy. Thus, he did not know how to react even though Boss Pei had praised him. He stood rooted to the ground, speechless. Pei Qian did not say much. He felt that this promotional video was not bad. On one hand, it was very educational and reminded everyone not to be addicted to live-streaming. They had to do more meaningful things and be responsible for their own lives. On the other hand, it also dissuaded the target users of Rabbit Tail Live-stream. It was quite perfect! Pei Qian handed the tablet back to Meng Chang. Show this video to Old Ma. Tell him that Ive already agreed to use this version. The confused Meng Chang left Tengda headquarters with his tablet and took a car to Bunny Tail Live-Stream. The office building OF Bunny Tail Live-Stream was the place where Ma Yang had been live-streaming previously. However, Ma Yang rented a few more work desks and hired some professionals after the decision to set up Bunny Tail live-stream. At the moment, he was working hard on developing the application, and various preparations were being done in sync. Meng Chang felt a little apprehensive when he saw Boss Ma playing with the Fully-Automated Smart Bickering Machine at his desk. In his heart, Boss Ma was second only to Boss Pei in Tengda Corporation. Boss Pei had sent Boss Ma to his news conference to undermine him previously. Every move from the expert was dangerous. The publicity plan this time had been passed by Boss Pei hastily, but could it pass muster Boss Ma as smoothly? Meng Chang was very suspicious. He calmed himself down and walked to Boss Ma. Boss Ma, the publicity video for Bunny Tail Live-Stream has been done. Boss Pei asked me to bring it to you. He said that he has agreed to use this version. Ma Yang was playing the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine seriously. He said without turning his head, Well use this version since Boss Pei said to use this version. It doesnt matter whether I watch it or not. Meng Chang was shocked. Boss Ma, you should take a look! Otherwise, I wont be able to report back. Boss Pei said that there was no problem but Boss Ma was in charge of the entire live-stream platform after all. If Boss Ma did not watch the promotional video now and something went wrong in the future, Boss Ma would not dare to vent his anger on Boss Pei. He would definitely settle scores with Meng Chang! Meng Chang did not dare to take the risk, so he still asked Boss Ma to take a look. Ma Yang realized that this guy was determined. He could only take the tablet impatiently and watch the video from beginning to end. Im done. Its quite good. Well use this version. Ma Yang went back to the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine after saying that. He took a quick look and felt that this promotional video was a little strange. However, on further thought, there would definitely not be a problem since Brother Qian had already agreed. He just had to go through the motions. The corners of Meng Changs mouth twitched slightly. He could tell that Boss Mas long face seemed to be filled with perfunctoriness. That didnt make sense, right? Boss Ma should be a very capable person. How could he pass such an important thing like a promotional video with just one glance? Could it be that not only did Boss Ma trust Boss Pei unconditionally, but he also understood Boss Peis intentions through a rough scan? Meng Chang still felt uncertain. The feeling of the entire world is playing me seemed to be even stronger! However, Boss Ma had already seen it. It would not be appropriate to force Boss Ma to watch it again. Meng Chang had no other choice. After some thought, he said, How about this, Boss Ma? Ill send this video to you through the internal work software. Feel free to look for me if you find any problems. Ma Yang nodded as he played with the bickering machine. Alright. Meng Chang looked at the busy employees in the office and then at Boss Ma, who was playing the bickering machine seriously. He left silently. In any case, my jobs done. Ill just muddle my way through if none of you have any opinions on the publicity video! Youve already decided on the publicity plan. Dont look for me if the publicity fails. I will take my high commissions and would definitely not take the blame for you! Ma Yang stopped playing with the bickering machine and looked in the direction Meng Chang left in a daze after a few minutes. Eh, this persons mustache looks familiar. Have I seen it before? Who was it? Ma Yang thought hard for half a minute but came up with nothing. Tengda Corporation had too many employees after all. Ma Yang had to meet so many colleagues in a day, and his memory was very bad. How could he remember? Forget it, it doesnt matter who it was. Chen Yufeng is not around at the moment. Ill let him watch the promotional video when he returns. Chen Yufeng had been writing scripts for Old Ma diligently for Old Mas live commerce live-streams. This time, Chen Yufeng was naturally entrusted with a heavy responsibility for the preparations for Bunny Tail Live-Stream. Old Ma would throw all the difficult problems at him. The promotional video this time could not be changed once Boss Pei decided on it. However, Chen Yufeng was the person who was actually working on Bunny Tail Live-Stream. He had to show the promotional video to him. It was not appropriate to avoid him. Chen Yufeng, who was out on business, returned another half an hour later. Ma Yang forwarded the video to Chen Yufeng, telling him that it was the latest promotional video for Bunny Tail Live-Stream. Chen Yufeng returned to his desk, clicked on the video, and watched it from beginning to end. Chen Yufeng could not help but turn pale with fright after watching it. What the hell was this! How was this a promotional video? Wasnt this slandering their own live-stream platform? No, to be more precise, he should be slandering the entire live-streaming industry This was simply an AOE effect. If this promotional video was released, it would definitely offend all of the live-stream platforms peers and viewers who loved watching it! Making enemies before being released? Chen Yufeng was shocked. Boss Ma, who made this promotional video? Isnt this nonsense?! Ma Yang shook his head. I think it was done by the marketing and publicity department. Im not sure who it was exactly. Chen Yufeng quickly said, This promotional video absolutely cannot be released! If it is released, it will cause huge damage to the image of our live-stream platform! This is equivalent to exposing our own shortcomings. Those who dont know would think that the advertising and marketing department has a huge feud with us! Boss Ma, how did you let such a plan pass? Ma Yang said, I didnt pass it. Boss Pei made the decision. Chen Yufeng : What the f*ck is Boss Pei doing?! Chen Yufeng had a stomach full of complaints, but Boss Mas Boss Pei made the decision made him swallow his words. Chen Yufeng felt as if his worldview had been overturned. He sat down again and watched the entire video from beginning to end. After thinking hard for a long time, Chen Yufeng frowned. If Boss Pei decided on it Does that mean theres a deeper meaning hidden in this video? Chapter 886 - The Unique Model Of Bunny Tail Live-Stream Chen Yufeng calmed down and watched the entire promotional video seriously from beginning to end again. He did not dare to miss out on any details. This promotional video gave Chen Yufeng a very bad impression because this promotional video directly revealed the worst side of the entire live-stream industry at first glance. It was equivalent to exposing the scars of all live-stream users. While people who lacked self-control would always be addicted to some kind of entertainment and could not push all the blame to live-streams, it was also undeniable that live-streams, mobile games, short videos, and other forms of instant entertainment were easier to kill time compared to other forms of entertainment. The key was how to interpret this. This promotional video had obviously chosen the worst interpretation. However, Boss Pei had made the decision. That meant that this promotional video had its merits. In fact, the entire promotional video might have been instructed by Boss Pei! That meant that everything could not be so simple and shallow. There must be a deeper meaning! Chen Yufeng racked his brains. He tried his best to understand the deeper meaning behind this promotional video by combining Boss Peis various requests for the Bunny Tail Live-Stream and the various businesses that Tengda Corporation already had. Suddenly, Chen Yufengs eyes lit up. eHe quickly asked Ma Yang, Boss Ma, didnt Boss Pei say before that Bunny Tail Live-Stream would not fake popularity, and would not marginalize? Such values would not be tolerated and they would be severely punished according to relevant laws and regulations? Ma Yang pondered for a moment. Yes thats what he said. He emphasized three points: First, do not poach the live-streamers, do not force them to stay and do not make requirements for the length of videos. Second, disallow guilds, do not create fake popularity and agreement gifts, and all data have to be completely real. Third, strictly abiding by the law and regulations, those who marginalize, insult others or have wrong values would be severely punished. These three points were specially instructed by Brother Qian. His tone was very serious. He did not say much else. Chen Yufengs face lit up instantly. Thats right! Everything makes sense now! Ma Yang looked confused. Everything makes sense now? Chen Yufeng said happily, It matches the contents of the promotional video! Actually, I should have thought of this long ago. Why would Boss Pei be satisfied to completely replicate the model of other live-stream platforms? It must be different since its Tengda Corporations business! This is especially obvious when you combine it with Boss Peis usual mode of operations. Boss Pei might not have explicitly told us how to run Bunny Tail Live-Stream, but he gave us enough hints through his suggestions and promotional videos! Ma Yang blinked, his long face filled with suspicion. Really? Tell me, exactly whats the case? Chen Yufeng explained, First, the timing that Boss Pei chose is very subtle. Obviously, Boss Pei has been paying attention to the development of the live-stream industry. However, he did not enter during the initial stages of the live-stream industry. Instead, he only entered when the competition between the major live-stream platforms reached its climax. This brought unprecedented competitive pressure to Bunny Tail live-stream. It doesnt look like a wise move. However, what if we think from another perspective? There would be very few users watching the live-stream during the initial stages of the live-stream platform. All sorts of business models would have to be slowly figured out. At this time, being the first bird to stand out and the vanguard team would definitely be able to obtain good returns, but there would also be the risk of others taking advantage of them. Just like those veteran live-stream platforms, they spent a huge sum of money to develop the business model of live-streaming. However, they were quickly impacted by the emerging live-stream platform and were on the verge of collapse. Whats the benefit of entering now? On the one hand, we can directly observe the business models of other live-stream platforms, avoid the detours that they have already taken, and reduce the cost of trial and error. On the other hand, we are facing a mature market. We dont need to nurture user habits. We can directly poach high-quality users from other platforms as long as our platforms do well. Finally, and most importantly, in the current situation, the competition for live-stream platforms might seem to be reaching a climax, but it is far from going downhill. We still have new areas to expand! Ma Yang was skeptical. So what should we do? Chen Yufeng: We have to follow Boss Peis usual style. Differentiation is an important reason why Tengda Corporation has always been successful. Be it take-outs, internet cafes, gyms, games, or movies, Tengda Corporation is working hard to overturn existing rules in the industry. Obviously, it is the same for live-streaming. It would definitely be very difficult for Bunny Tail to succeed because other live-streaming platforms would have a very strong lead if we were to simply imitate the model of other live-streaming platforms. Thats why we have to make our own model! Chen Yufeng took a pen and paper and quickly wrote and drew on it as he spoke. Boss Peis three requests are actually directed at the chronic illness of the live-stream platform: Poaching live-streamers randomly, causing the industry to be impetuous and chaotic; creating fake data, causing bad money to expel good money, and creating a false direction of content that emphasizes heat and no-substance. Thus, it triggered live-streaming phenomena such as marginalization, verbal abuse, and excessive vulgarity. In short, the current live-streaming industry, from platforms to streamers, is basically disregarding everything for the sake of popularity. Its inevitable that the sand would fall and the entire live-stream environment would be mixed with good and bad. On the other hand, live-streaming is a very interesting and easily addictive form of light entertainment. It has a huge market potential and affects a wide range of people. Once something goes wrong, it would cause a very bad influence. Not only would it affect the audience on the platform, but it might also affect the entire societys public opinion and value direction. On the other hand, Bunny Tail Live-Stream obviously cannot walk this old path. On the surface, this promotional video is firing at the entire live-stream platform, but in fact, it is attacking the negative impact the live-stream platform has on peoples lives. If we dont limit the negative effects of the live-stream, then this promotional video is scolding itself. However, if we limit the negative effects of the live-stream, this promotional video is equivalent to us highlighting the difference between the Bunny Tail Live-Stream and other live-stream platforms! Ma Yang nodded repeatedly. Chen Yufeng made sense! At this stage, live-streaming platforms were indeed a little messy. Previously, several live-stream platforms had made some big news and were singled out to be criticized. However, even though live-stream platforms had changed many times, their pursuit of popularity was still engraved in their bones. Many viewers who liked to watch live-streams did not want their live-streams to be monitored and restricted. This kind of feeling was understandable, but this kind of thinking was unrealistic. The key was still to what extent. People were very curious. Obviously, the content of a live-stream that went against the norm could attract a lot of attention, but it would also cause a terrible social impact. They would definitely resist it. Chen Yufeng continued, Therefore, if we consider this direction, I think we can consider three aspects of the future development for Bunny Tail Live-Stream. First, we have to strictly adhere to Boss Peis requirements: the streamers are free to come and go, real data and we have to strengthen the regulation and guidance of the content of the live-stream. We can hire more moderators and train them more strictly to do this. Second, we have to work on content that is different from other live-stream platforms. We have to work on normal live-stream contents, such as game live-streams and outdoor live-streams. However, we have to set stricter requirements for our own platforms streamers as compared to other live-stream platforms. For example, cant use vulgarities in a live-stream, cant criticize others, cant transmit the wrong value orientation of laughing at poverty but not at prostitution to audiences, they cant use all sorts of methods to cheat audiences for gifts nor could theyy lure people to spend money by hogging or building a fire. Its not a problem for them to play games and share about their lives. Our platform will welcome such streamers. However, we dont welcome streamers who are playing for sensationalism and taking advantage of the popularity. Such users could go to other live-streaming platforms. Of course, such people live-stream for the sake of popularity and money. They shouldnt be interested in our small platform. More importantly, our platform wants to release content that other live-stream platforms do not have. I heard that Boss Peis Useful App is developed with professors, young scholars, and graduate students in the university. They are working hard to create a knowledge-based content platform. Can we use this relationship to link up? For example, we can invite some professors, young scholars, and graduate students to our live-stream platform to give some public lectures. At the same time, we can create copyright protections like Useful App and make these content exclusive to our live-stream platform. Lastly, we have to work on the functions of the live-stream platform. For example, the professors and young scholars who give public lectures would not come every day. There is no need to repeat the same content several times. Thats why we need to develop a better replay function. This big bosss live-stream also has to become his personal channel. It can be very simple and fast to replay the previous content. In addition, we can develop many modes. Apart from the regular entertainment mode, we can also develop focus mode and learning mode. Entertainment mode would display everything on the live-stream platform normally. In the focus mode, only specific types of live-streams are shown. These live-streams are all learning and work-related live-streams. The live streamers listen to light music while reading books and revising, not interacting with fans. Fans can also listen to light music and do their own things in this live-stream. This principle is like a self-study room. If you study by yourself, you will always be tempted by this or that. It is very difficult for people with poor self-control to persevere. However, if everyone is learning in the environment of the self-study room, then the efficiency of those with poor self-control will also increase. The focus mode is to simulate the atmosphere of the study room in the live-stream to increase efficiency. On the other hand, the learning mode only shows specific types of live-stream content, including the live-streams of professors and young lecturers, as well as replays of the content that they have already talked about. They cant leave once they enter either the focus mode or learning mode. Before entering, users can choose their own time, from one hour to three hours. This can effectively increase efficiency. Of course, we will also have a lot of expandable content in the future. For example, GPL league live-stream, Tengda Games live-stream, Fei Huang Workspaces custom-made web series and so on can be broadcasted live on Bunny Tail Live-Stream. However, these contents are rather far away. In the beginning, we still have to stick to Boss Peis established approach and take a different route. It would be much less popular than other live-stream platforms but as long as we stick to the real data and insist on bringing high-quality content to users, there will be a day when Bunny Tail live-stream will stand out from many live-stream platforms! Ma Yang agreed deeply. Yes, that does sound reasonable. Its Brother Qians style. Lets do it this way then! Chapter 887 - SUCCESSOR 5: 55 PM. Zhongdian Chinese Networks inspiration class. Its time to knock off! Are we going to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe this weekend? Sure, I want to go too! Is Big Boss Cui going? Cui Geng shook his head. Im not going. You guys go ahead. The author who invited him did not insist. He got up, packed his things, and prepared to leave the inspiration class. He would go back to rest after dinner. The inspiration class was the same as the study class. They strictly followed the eight-hour work schedule. They worked from nine in the morning to six in the evening. There was an hour lunch break from 12 to 1. In fact, given the work intensity of the inspiration class, it was basically no different from watching an eight-hour movie. The inspiration class officially started on Thursday. Most authors would not be able to find suitable inspiration in two days. Thus, only two or three people had started writing. Most of the other authors still planned to spend the weekend well. They would continue collecting inspiration next Monday. They would take their time to think about the new book. After all, they were now on a fixed-rate contract by the website. The number of updates they needed every day had dropped significantly and could naturally rest on Saturdays and Sundays. Most of these authors were very young, generally between 22 and 28 years old. It was not surprising that they had agreed to play games at Fish-Catching Internet Cafe on weekends. However, Cui Geng was acting out of the norm when he did not join these authors. That was because after two days of high-intensity research, he suddenly felt a flash of inspiration in his brain. It seemed like his inspiration that had been exhausted for the past few months was showing signs of recovering! In the past two days, he had been reviewing movies, television dramas, and novels with high intensity. He had also looked up a lot of information online. A huge framework of the entire story appeared in his mind, and the background was almost complete. Cui Geng suddenly had a strong desire to write the beginning of the story. As the saying went, everything was difficult in the beginning. However, this might not necessarily be true when writing novels. Most of the novels were filled with inspiration at the beginning, and they were written to their hearts content. However, the novels would progress increasingly slowly. Their inspiration would dry up, and they would forget about the foreshadowing that they buried in the beginning The structure of the entire novel would become a mess. In the end, they would end it in a hurry and would be scolded like dogs. At that moment, Cui Geng was filled with inspiration. He desperately wanted to write the beginning of the story. Thus, most of the time, novel creation was simple at the beginning, but would become increasingly difficult as it went on. Writing was something that ate at ones state of mind. The content written when one was in a good state was worlds apart from the content written when one was in a bad state. Inspiration was fleeting, so once authors had inspiration, they had to grasp it immediately and record it down. Otherwise, they would miss out on some details forever. Cui Geng arrived at the working area of the inspiration class. The configurations here were similar to those in the study class. The big screen, mechanical keyboard, and ergonomic chairs ensured the most comfortable writing experience. Cui Geng did not plan to write for too long. He only wanted to write a simple opening. It would only take an hour or two at most. He switched it on and created a new document. Hmm where should I start 6pm unknowingly passed on the computer as Cui Geng deliberated over the details. Hmm I think it would be better to start with an interlude. Ill start from the moment the protagonist changed his life goal. Cui Geng made up his mind and reached out to grab the mouse beside him. He was about to adjust the word and line settings of the document into his preferred format. He would feel uncomfortable all over if he used the default font and number. However, Cui Gengs hand missed. Cui Geng: ? At that moment, he almost thought that something was wrong with his brain. The mouse was right in front of him, but he missed it? Even a Parkinson patient could not be so ridiculous, right? Cui Geng did not pay much attention to this little episode. Instead, his hand continued to move towards the mouse. However, he still missed! He saw it clearly this time.The mouse moved strangely to the top right when his hand moved above the mouse! Cui Geng was shocked. He quickly grabbed the mouse a few more times, but the mouses reaction was much more agile than he had imagined. It kept moving irregularly, but he could not catch it! A notification popped up on the computer screen at the same time. Its time to knock off. Please go back and rest immediately. If you continue working, you will trigger an alarm and leave a record. You will bear the consequences. Cui Geng: ??? He was completely stunned. What kind of confusing behavior was this? He could not even work overtime? Whats more, this mouse was even more ridiculous. There was actually such a physical method to reject overtime? Cui Geng had knocked off at midnight yesterday. He had not stayed for long, so he had not encountered such a situation before. It was the first time today. Forget it, Ill write at a nearby Fish-Catching Internet Cafe! Cui Geng had not expected that he would ever take the initiative to write during his break. Cui Geng had no choice. He would feel terrible if he did not write it out of inspiration. He was afraid that he would forget all the details by Monday if he did not write it today. Thus, he immediately set off for the nearby Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, intending to write the beginning of the story there. First would be the title of the story. Cui Geng decided on the English title and translated it into chinese after much consideration. SUCCESSOR. The reason why it was translated as Successor instead of Heir was mainly because he succeeded the superhero abilities and his Captain World identity but did not inherit his legacy. Cui Geng had also thought about the format of the title. He would paint the alphabet SUCCESS in bright red within the artistic characters of SUCCESSOR. This title had three different meanings: First of all, all superheroes considered themselves as successors of the first superhero, Captain World. Captain World spread his superpower throughout the entire country, giving everyone the possibility of becoming a superhero. At the same time, he was deeply loved by the American people and was regarded as the model of a superhero. Therefore, all the superheroes that appeared after that regarded themselves as successors, meaning that they would act like Captain World and would not disappoint those who supported them. Second, there would be a very critical plot in the book. It would be a television program named Successor. This program was an important part of the protagonists plan. Finally, the word success happened to be included in the word SUCCESSOR. Painting SUCCESS in bright red implied that it looked like the story of a successor on the surface, but it was actually the story of a successful person. On the surface, the so-called success here was a success for ordinary people to become superheroes, but in fact, it was a success that was accumulated by blood and killing, a success for ambitious schemers to achieve evil goals through dirty means. Cui Geng thought about the specific way of writing before he started writing. There were many entry points at the beginning of the entire story. He would probably use a proper narrative method if he followed his habit of writing online literature. However, Cui Geng thought about it. Strictly speaking, the content that he was writing should not be written in the format of online literature. Instead, it should be written like a movie script or a short story with strong literary value. Thus, he decided to adopt the flashbacks writing method in order to make the story more compact. America, Hope City, 2010s, on a rainy night. Hope City was one of the most prosperous cities on the east coast of the United States. The weather here was complicated and ever-changing. At times, it would be filled with dark clouds and at other times, it would be sunny. This bustling metropolis was like a huge melting pot. Buildings of different styles could be seen in every corner of the city. On the surface, it looked luxurious and extravagant, but it was filled with filth in the dark alley. It was one of the most prosperous cities in the United States where the rich gathered. It was also one of the cities with the highest crime rate in the United States. However, the crime rate was decreasing year by year with the cooperation of the superheroes and the police. The entire city and its citizens were bathed in hope, just like the citys name. The crime rate in Hope City might be high from the statistics, but people here often saw various superheroes patrolling in the air. They could hear news of criminal organizations being destroyed by superheroes every day. The citizens sense of security and happiness were at the forefront of the entire country. Phil Simmons, the only son of the real estate tycoon, Ryan Simmons, was a famous playboy in Hope City. Sports cars, yachts, private planes, models, sea parties Phil was very good at spending money and enjoying his time. Phil was definitely not the richest second-generation heir, but he was definitely the most high profile of the second-generation heirs. He had a strong sense of self-promotion as a 31 year old and had accumulated millions of fans for his personal social media account. Millions of fans did not seem like much compared to superheroes, actors, sports stars, and political figures who had tens of millions of fans. However, Phil was none of them, as a pure rich second-generation heir, being able to obtain these fans showed his talent in certain aspects. Of course, Simmons Media had also contributed a lot in this area. At that moment, the 1.92 meters tall, handsome man with a perfect body, the CEO of Simmons Media with a law degree and an MBA, was crying on the rooftop of a skyscraper. He lost control and wet himself due to fear. His urine stained with the tailored expensive suit pants, leaving an embarrassing dark wet spot that was slowly expanding. The high profile bright red tie that he loved so much was held on by an extremely muscular and hairy arm with throbbing veins. His entire body was already outside the rooftop of the top floor. He would have fallen from more than a thousand feet high and come into contact with the ground if not for the arm that was holding onto the tie. Phil Simmons handsome face was completely distorted by fear. His tears, mucus, and rain mixed together. A small portion of it flowed into his mouth, which was screaming for mercy, and then spat out with a small portion of his saliva. Please, dont kill me! My father has a lot of money. He will give you no matter how much you want! At that moment, the person holding onto Phil Simmons bright red tie was a strong man who was nearly 2.5 meters tall and weighed nearly 200 kilograms. Phil Simmons was driving his sports car on that rainy night as usual. This burly man suddenly appeared in front of his sports car and smashed his beloved sports car into pieces. Then, he dragged Phil Simmons, who had fallen into a temporary coma because of the collision, out of the deformed drivers seat. He arrived at the top of the skyscraper as though he was carrying a little chick. Phil Simmons entire body was hanging out of the skyscraper by the time he was woken up by the cold rain. His life was in the hands of this burly man. Phil Simmons had no intention of resisting at all because this ferocious-looking man was as strong as the weakest superhero. There were not many super villains in Hope City with such destructive power, but every one of them gave the police who maintained the citys security a headache. However, while the crime rate in Hope City was high, they usually occurred in the districts where some poor and homeless people lived. Phil Simmons lived in the wealthy district and had never encountered such a situation in his thirty-one years of life. Extreme fear caused his limbs to turn cold and his body to lose control. There was nothing he could do except to cry and beg for mercy. This villain, who looked like a mountain of flesh, looked at Phil Simmons twisted expression with interest and revealed a mocking smile. His background, looks, wealth, intelligence all of these were incomparable to Phil Simmons. However, the villain had something that Phil Simmons did not have: Power. Chapter 888 - Plan (SUCCESSOR 2) However, the expression of the scoundrel froze just as he was about to speak! Phil saw a strong silver light in the eyes of the villain. Then, a particle gathered into a beam that hit the villains chest and sent him flying backward. Phil screamed in fear. His tie was also burnt off by the light beam, and he fell out of the skyscraper! However, he did not fall downwards. Instead, he floated in the air. A ray of light flashed by his side. The villain got up from the ground and wanted to fight back, but he was pressed onto the ground and beaten up by the light. He had no strength to fight back. The other superhero floating in the air concentrated as she placed Phil, who was floating in the air, on the roof of the building. Phil, who was still feeling jittery, saw his saviors: the two superheroes of Hope City. They were the superhero Silver Light Man and the recently famous female superhero Crystal who was not yet on the rankings. Silver Light Man was a handsome Caucasian. His skin shone with a bright silver light. His superpower was to release or transform into a beam of light to attack the enemy at an extremely fast speed. On the other hand, Crystal was a beauty with an angels face and a hot body. She was dressed in white and gold tights. When she used her superpower, her eyes would emit a rich glow. It was as dazzling as crystal and was extremely beautiful. Silver Light Man quickly dealt with the powerful villain, while Crystal came to Phils side, bent over slightly, and smiled condescendingly. Mr. Phil, what a coincidence, we meet again. There was a hint of mockery in the corners of the Silver Light Hero s mouth. Mr Phil, your money ability doesnt seem to be working under such circumstances. However, dont worry. Hope City is still one of the safest cities in the world because we are here. Come, lets take a picture together? Silver Light Man came to Phils side without any explanation. He took out his cell phone and snapped a picture with a click. Phil was drenched, his hair was messy, mucus and tears were flowing on his face, and there was a wet spot on his crotch. He looked extremely pathetic. On the other hand, Silver Light Man was clean and calm. The two of them formed a very sharp contrast. The scene changed, and a picture of Phil and Silver Light Man appeared on Hope News television program. A news commentator was reading the news to everyone. There was a kidnapping case near Sixth Avenue last night. The CEO of Simmons Media, Phil Simmons, was kidnapped by criminals. Fortunately, the superhero Silver Light Man and Crystal happened to be nearby and rushed over to save Phil. The criminal has been detained by the police. What awaits him might be a ten-year prison sentence Whats interesting is that Phil Simmons donated a million US dollars to the Superhero Association at the charity banquet just three days ago. He also confessed his love publicly to the superhero, Crystal. Crystal politely declined Phils courtship, but Phil immediately announced on Twitter that he would never give up. Silver Light Man, who is also pursuing Crystal, publicly expressed that he would compete fairly with Mr. Simmons. Mr Simmons has yet to appear in public after the kidnapping. His Twitter feed has not been updated either. However, Mr Simmons personal doctor said that his body is fine. He just had a slight panic attack after being frightened and needs to rest for a period of time. During this period, Mr Simmons will isolate himself and stop all public activities The television was switched off with a beep. Crystal, leaned on the sofa in her luxurious house in her daily wear. It was done too rigidly this time, Mr Simmons should be able to realize the problem as long as he is not stupid. Sixth Avenue is a wealthy district where most superheroes are patrolling. Almost no criminal would choose to commit a crime there. Whats more, he stopped Phil Simmons sports car along the way. Thats practically screaming come catch me to the superheroes patrolling in the skies above. I would never have agreed if you had told me about this plan in advance. The Simmons family is worth at least billions. Phil Simmons is the only son of the family. Both of us will be affected if anything happens to him. Silver Light Man sat at the side and smiled. Darling, dont worry. You just became a superhero not long ago. Its normal for you not to understand these things. Dont worry, leave it to me to handle. We have to make it obvious enough to make this brainless playboy who only knows how to think with his lower body to know his place and retreat. Otherwise, it would bring you and me a lot of trouble if he continues to pursue you like this. This Mr. Simmons must be scared out of his wits now, hiding in his own mansion and calling for his mother, right? As for the so-called revenge theres no need to worry at all. The Simmons family is just one of the richest families in Hope City. They have no power or authority apart from being rich and being in the real estate business. They did rope in a few politicians and a few lousy superheroes through political donations, but they could not get any evidence, nor could they fall out with us just because of a false alarm and suspicion. His father must know what hes dealing with even if Phil Simmons did not know. Ryan Simmons would definitely not come looking for trouble with us. He would only get his son to take care of his own lower body. Crystal asked again, What if he wants to become a superhero? SilverLight laughed. Who? Phil? Thats impossible. How could someone like that become a superhero? Thats the most ridiculous joke Ive heard this year! Therefore, my dear, just keep your heart in your stomach. I guarantee that the scared Mr Simmons would not have the face or confidence to continue pestering you. He leaned over to Crystal as he spoke. The eyes of Crystal instantly lit up with a crystal-like glow. She used her mental strength to push the Silver Light Man aside. Darling, no way? The SilverLight Man looked helpless. Crystal revealed a very cold smile. Im still in the public inspection period. My manager said that no scandals must be exposed at this stage or it would affect my selection. SilverLight shrugged. Its alright, no one will know The smile on Crystals face gradually disappeared. Get out. The SilverLight Man was very helpless. OK, OK. He came to the side door of the mansion and looked back reluctantly. However, the side door of the mansion had been closed by Crystal with a loud bang. The SilverLight Man could only sigh helplessly. He quickly turned into a silver light and flew into the distance. At the same time, in Hope City, in the dazzling Simmons building. Phil Simmonss face was dark as he knocked on the door of his fathers office. His father, Ryan Simmons, had blond hair and a burly figure. He might be almost sixty years old but he was still full of energy and had the dignity of a business magnate. Lane Simmons looked up at his son. Hmm? Phil gritted his teeth and squeezed out a few words. Father, I want to become a superhero. Ryan Simmons, who was reading the newspaper, put down the newspaper, took off his reading glasses, and sized up his son. How much do you want? Phil said without thinking, One billion. Clayon Simmons was silent for a moment before his expression turned serious. Ill give you two billion, but on one condition. No matter what happens in the future, whether you are sent to jail or have your reputation ruined; if you are cut off or deserted, you cannot give up as long as you are not dead. If you cant do it, scram back now and never mention this again. Phils expression became even gloomier. The veins on his face were exposed due to him clenching his teeth. Father, I wont disappoint you! Clayon Simmons nodded slightly. He did not say anything else and turned to look out of the French window. Countless superheroes were shuttling back and forth in the tall buildings. There were huge posters of various superheroes on top of the buildings. All of them showed the special status of superheroes in this city. Phil Simmons was also looking down at this magnificent city. A plan gradually formed in his heart. In the decades after the death of Captain World, the superheroes, the successors of Captain World, have perfectly integrated into this society. In the past, there were many ways to become a superhero. Many superheroes were loners, and many superheroes lost their place because they lost peoples trust. The strongest superheroes were changed every three to five years. However, this situation has changed in the past twenty years. There are fewer and fewer ways to become superheroes. There are only a few limited ways left. Superheroes are all affiliated to certain financial groups or organizations and no longer act alone. The rankings of superheroes have become fixed and rarely change. The ranking of the current top four superheroes has not changed for the past ten years. The following four steps are needed if I want to become a superhero: The first step is to find a way to become an apprentice and successfully debut. Hope City has a few large management companies or business companies searching for new people who want to become superheroes every year. They would sign contracts with them and nurture them through the companys resources. I might encounter a series of problems, such as being suppressed or discredited by other management companies if I were to debut as a person. No one will help me with my image and public relations when I encounter problems. Therefore, its a very dangerous route even though I wont be controlled by others if I were to debut as a person. The fastest way to debut is to participate in some talent shows created by big companies. Superhero tutors will arrange a large amount of daily training to ensure that these apprentices have enough potential to become superheroes in these talent shows. The second step after debuting as a superhero after debuting would be to accumulate a certain number of supporters and obtain preliminary superpowers. Superheroes would obtain different superpowers depending on how many supporters one had. Some popular superheroes, such as Crystal, would obtain extremely powerful superpowers when they first debuted. This step is also known as the observation period. Superheroes have to maintain their image and carry out missions steadily. They have to show their faces, raise their status, and accumulate connections. Some idiots were exposed at this step and lost a large number of supporters. Their superpowers naturally disappeared and became abandoned. The third step is to participate in the Superhero election. After having a certain amount of connections, supporters, and obtaining the recognition of large capital, large financial groups and the public, Superheroes have to become the spokesperson of a certain group. They have to clarify their own opinions and speak on behalf of the fan group, carry out large-scale missions, and prove their ability to the fans. At this stage, superheroes would become important assets. Many advisors would gather under them and give them advice. The fourth step is to become the top superhero and become the most powerful and influential person in this city and even the entire country. Every once in a while, the major media would estimate the strength of the top superheroes based on the polls and the performance of the missions. The top 10 superheroes would be ranked on the Superhero List, and the top 4 superheroes would become the center of power. They have a close relationship with politicians and financial groups, and they would even participate in important decisions involving the interests of the country. This list is the ultimate dream of all superheroes. However, no matter what stage it is, superheroes have to be very careful not to expose their dirty secrets. Thats because once this happens, it would cause the supporters to disappear and their superpowers to decline. Once this vicious cycle starts, it would often be difficult to stop. The fastest way to become a superhero is to participate in talent shows. But I have a better idea. I want to make my own talent show Successor. Chapter 889 - IOI Money-Burning Battle Begins Cui Geng opened the platform with satisfaction after writing this opening. He then posted it on Zhongdian Chinese Network. According to his plan, the entire story was roughly divided into four to five parts. The first part was just a catalyst. The next part would be the official opening. In fact, Cui Geng could choose to immerse himself in his work. He could write more than a hundred thousand words and publish them all at once. However, he decided to follow his previous writing habits in real-time and post them as he pleased after some consideration. On one hand, it was because the platform calculated based on the number of words published on Zhongdian Chinese Network. On the other hand, it was also because he wanted to see the readers reactions and adjust the details of the novel in time. Of course, Cui Geng was already mentally prepared. The story of Successor happened in a foreign setting. The protagonist was a tall, rich, and handsome man. Whats more, he was extremely despicable. The entire novel was about a rich second-generation heir who was born with a golden spoon in his mouth and had used extremely poor means to get what he wanted. It was about how he successfully seized power through the loopholes in the superhero system and did all sorts of bad things. This was basically incompatible with the current mainstream readers taste in online literature. Everything about the story was negative, be it the protagonists background, character, or the entire core of the story. Cui Geng would never have dared to write on this theme if he were on the royalties contract. It would have been akin to suicide. However, now that Boss Pei had given him a fixed-rate contract according to the word count, Cui Geng could relax and be bold with his work. He no longer restricted himself to the original rules and regulations. Instead, he could boldly let himself go. While most of the time writers would fall badly when they let themselves loose, how could they write something different if they were stuck in the rules and did not dare to try something different? The more Cui Geng thought about it, the more he felt that Boss Peis fixed-rate contracts were obviously hinting at the authors who had already figured out the rules of online literature: Ill back you up, you can explore and write better works! He still needed some time to vet it after uploading the first chapter. Cui Geng quietly closed the website and went out for dinner. Before this, he had been filled with inspiration and had been eager to write out everything in his head. That was why he had temporarily forgotten about his hunger. Now that the beginning of the story had been written, Cui Gengs no-show attitude had relapsed. He suddenly felt hungry. February 11th, Saturday Pei Qian slept till his fill again. He sat up and yawned. He had been assigning tasks to several departments non-stop this week. He had been working for almost six hours a day, and the intensity of his work was rather high. Naturally, he had to rest well during the weekend. After ordering Fish-Catching Take-Out, Pei Qian took out his cell phone and swiped aimlessly to see if there was any news recently. Eh? Cui Geng started a new book last night? Some of the other authors of Inspiration Class also have new books? The Inspiration Class has only been held for two days, and these people are already starting new books? Could it be that the Inspiration Class really inspired them? Dont mess with me! Pei Qian immediately became nervous, as if he was facing a formidable enemy. The authors of these inspiration classes had signed new fixed-rate contracts to write custom-made novels related to Tengdas IP. Yet, they had already thought of the content in just two days? Something was wrong! Pei Qian hurriedly clicked on a few new books started by the authors of the Inspiration Class. However, he immediately relaxed after reading the comments section. The comments section was very fragmented! The authors of this inspiration class had all sorts of new novels. Some wrote fanfictions of Tengda Games, some wrote about superheroes and comics, and some wrote about GOGs hero background However, the readers were not convinced. They were web novelists who were writing on Xianxia, Xuanhuan or Urban genres, none of them could jump out of the circle of online literature. The experience they had accumulated was all from writing online literature. Now that they had suddenly started writing custom-made novels and their speed of updates had dropped drastically, it would definitely cause dissatisfaction among the original readers. There were even many readers who felt that they were making lousy money. They felt that Zhongdian Chinese Networks fixed-rate contract was cutting themselves off from the people. Long time readers were very disappointed and abandoned their books. These new books could be said to have fallen steeply compared to the figures of the old books from various aspects of data. Comparatively, Cui Gengs new book, Successor, was the least criticized. The comments were split almost evenly. A portion of the readers said that it was a new theme and that it was eye-catching. They looked forward to the follow-up. Another portion of the readers expressed that they were not interested in the theme and hoped that Cui Geng would continue writing on urban themes. None of these authors responded in the comments section. They probably had nothing to respond to either. They had started the books and written the beginning. They had to continue writing even if there were people who disliked it. Pei Qian couldnt help but to feel great. Didnt I say that it would definitely be useful to get these web novel authors to write on a fixed-rate contract! Look at how sharp the eyes of the masses are! At the rate things were developing, no one would want to read the books written by the authors of these inspiration classes. They would not be able to generate traffic for Zhongdian Chinese Network. Pei Qian would be spending to get nothing. Of course, these authors could only write two books on fixed-rate contract according to the regulations. If the response was not good, they would have to continue writing on royalties contract. However, that did not matter. Books from the fixed-rate contracts would not exceed 500,000 words. It would not affect the authors much even if they wrote two books with one million words and go back to royalties contract. On the other hand, all the books that were on fixed-rate contracts were free for readers. The interests of the authors and readers would not be affected. Everyone would be very happy if Boss Pei paid more royalties and spent more money on inspiration classes. Pei Qian was now more at ease with the inspiration class and Zhongdian Chinese Network. He put this matter aside for now. He continued scrolling through the latest news on his cell phone. Eh? Eric is finally burning money! Pei Qian was overjoyed. The official website of IOI, the local server, released the latest version of IOIs updating and operations plan. The content involved many aspects, but it could be summarized in two words: burning coins! According to the official website, all the heroes in IOI would be free on the domestic server, and the basic price of all skins would be reduced to 30% of the original price. The difference in skin calculation would be converted into substitute coins and would be returned according to the heroes that the old gamers had already purchased. At the same time, there would be various preferential policies for registration of new gamers for the return of old gamers! Such magnitude of grace was unprecedented. More importantly, the discount this time was not only limited to IOIs local server. IOIs world server had also been updated, and the price of skins had also plummeted. Obviously, Eric had learned from his previous experience. They had to fight to the end if they wanted to fight a price war. If they could not reduce the price level of IOI heroes and skins to the same level as GOG, they might as well not reduce. Not only would they not be able to gain players, but they would also reduce their income. They would not be able to please either side. He had to take care of the interests of the old gamers after lowering the price. He had to compensate them enough or these veteran gamers would be lost faster. Eric did not make the same mistake that Zhao Xuming had made before after he returned and took charge of IOIs local server. The effect of the price war could be seen immediately from the feedback of the IOI players on the internet. Finger Games intelligence is finally back to normal! Theyre finally not doing anything that would make people lose their minds! Indeed, this discount is more appropriate. The compensation for old gamers is also in place. What was wrong with the price reduction from before? However, Finger Games income would probably plummet if they were to reduce the prices both domestically and overseas! Finger Games: Yes, yes, yes. Youve earned it. Were losing money and going bankrupt. What are you thinking about? How can Finger Games lose money? They have Dayak Corporation behind them and are very rich. Whats more, burning money now is seizing market share. They can also attract players to buy more skins with minimal profits. They would definitely be profitable in the long run. Maintaining the original price would be a slow death! This time, all the players in IOI cheered. Many of them even felt that IOIs time was about to arrive on the domestic server. To be fair, IOIs quality was not bad. The reason why it was so different from GOG was mainly because of the details of the gameplay, pricing strategy, and marketing. It was indeed good news now that IOI had reached the same level as GOG through the price war. While it was unlikely that old gamers of GOG would transfer to IOI because of this, there were still new gamers who would fall into the pit! At the moment, the number of players in MOBA games was still expanding. There were still many players who had not come into contact with MOBA games. IOI was mainly targeting these people. This sum of money would cause the long competition between IOI and GOG to be filled with suspense. Pei Qian was elated. Eric was very cooperative! Tengda would have a reason to burn money since Finger Games was burning money so hard! Previously, Pei Qian had been kind to IOI. He had intentionally split half of his manpower from Shang Yang Games, which was in charge of GOGs international server, to update Tengdas old games. That was equivalent to using one hand to fight IOI, afraid that IOI would be killed if he was not careful. Now, he could finally increase his strength! However, after some careful consideration, Pei Qian decided that he could not be too excited. He had to control himself a little. He should still restraint himself. Burnless money than IOI and do less publicity than IOI. That way, Eric would always see a chance to turn the situation around, and he could continue burning with Pei Qian happily. The more Pei Qian thought about it, the happier he became. He could not help but hum a tune. Everything would work out with Erics help! At the same time, in a tourist city in America, it was nearing midnight. Bao Xu, Ye Zhizhou, and the others had finished touring another scenic spot today. They had already returned to the hotel to rest. This hotel had a sauna room, so everyone wrapped themselves in towels to steam the sauna and relieve their fatigue before going to sleep. Bao Xu leaned against the wall, looking like he had nothing to live for in the steamy sauna. Bao Xus mental fatigue was irreversible even though the sauna could relieve physical fatigue. He was like a walking corpse now living only to complete his itinerary every day. He did not even want to say another word. He only wanted to return to Jingzhou and stay there for a few months. Meanwhile, Ye Zhizhou and Min Jingchao were chatting. Ye Zhizhou said, I saw a piece of news on the way back. Finger Games is finally going to fight a price war with us. All the heroes are free, and the price of all the skins has been reduced to thirty percent of their original price Min Jingchao nodded. Yes, I noticed it too. One of them was in charge of GOGs research and development, while the other was in charge of GOGs overseas server operations. Thus, they paid special attention to similar information and immediately knew about Finger Games movements. Ye Zhizhou was a little worried. Theyre not here with good intentions. In the short term, Finger Games income would definitely fall. However, Finger Games, especially Dayak Corporation behind them, is huge. They have money to burn. The challenges we face this time are much more serious than the previous ones. Min Jingchao nodded. Yes, there are still smart people in Finger Games. Dayak Corporation is indeed a super-large multinational corporation. They have repeatedly exchanged blows with Boss Pei. They might have won all along but they can still resist so strongly. They are indeed impressive. They had witnessed many commercial wars ever since they joined Tengda. Boss Pei was invincible in all fields. Anyone who dared to go against Boss Pei ended up suffering a crushing defeat. The difference was that most companies were silent after their defeat. They no longer posed a threat to Tengda. Only Finger Games and Dayak Corporation had persisted until now. From this point of view, they were indeed more difficult to deal with than the enemies he had encountered in the past. Ye Zhizhou said, Finger Games is starting a price war this time. Its harder to deal with than before. Previously, Boss Pei had won with his vision and layout, be it digging deeper into the gameplay or organizing the GPL league. However, Tengda would not have the advantage in terms of funds. Indeed, the competition between the two sides is reaching its climax. We still have to compete on who has more wealth. Min Jingchao nodded. Indeed, this should be the last step for Dayak Corporation and Finger Games. They have no better way but to fight a price war with us. However I believe in Boss Pei. No matter what method Finger Games comes up with, Boss Pei will definitely have a countermeasure! Ye Zhizhou: I wonder what kind of countermeasure it would be. Min Jingchao sighed. How can we guess what Boss Pei is doing? However, I believe the mystery will be revealed soon. Our vacation is almost over. Pack up and get back to work immediately. Cooperate with Boss Pei and fight the last battle with Dayak Corporation! Ye Zhizhou nodded. Yes, I think so too! I can understand Brother Baos feelings now. We want to travel overseas for fun and relaxation after working for a long time. However, it would be quite tortuous if it was an extended holiday. Ive had enough fun during my vacation. I cant wait to get back to work! Chapter 890 - Best Employee Selection February 13th, Monday Jingzhou high-speed rail station. Bao Xu was almost moved to tears when he stepped onto Jingzhous land again. I, Bao Xu, am finally back! The long paid holiday was finally over! Bao Xu felt like a lifetime had passed when he saw the familiar city scenery outside. The group from FV Club took a plane from United States to Shanghai. Then, the members of FV Club stayed in Shanghai. Ye Zhizhou, Min Jingchao, Bao Xu, and Coach Old Zhou took the high-speed rail back to Beijing. They still took business class on the plane back so they had a good rest. After getting off the plane, they rested for a while and then took the high-speed rail back to Beijing. They did not feel tired at all. Ye Zhizhou and Min Jingchao rubbed their palms together, ready to go all out. They had been paying attention to Finger Games latest move when they were in the United States. They knew that IOIs local server was going to start a price war with GOG. The work that both of them were in charge of was related to GOG. After this period of leave, their conditions had been adjusted to their best state. They would be able to invest 120% of their passion into their work once Boss Pei gave the order. On the other hand, Bao Xu only had one thought in his mind. That was to return to his desk, take a cup of coffee, play games to his hearts content, and never go out again! No amount of good scenery could compare to the comfort of being at home to a homebody. Bao Xu had not experienced such comfort in a long time. The seven commercial cars responsible for fetching them stopped at the underground garage of Shenhua View. Bao Xu followed Ye Zhizhou, Min Jingchao, and the others into the elevator. He suddenly realized that something was amiss. Why was Ye Zhizhou here as well? Ye Zhizhou was a member of Shang Yang Games which was not in Shenhua View. Puzzled, Bao Xu asked Ye Zhizhou, Are you here because you have work to report? Ye Zhizhou shook his head. No. Bao Xu looked confused. Why were you here then? Coming to visit? It did not make sense. Ye Zhizhou smiled. Brother Bao, today is the selection for outstanding employees. Im a person-in-charge, of course, I have to come! A bolt flashed past. Bao Xu froze, his expression becoming blank. Outstanding Employee Selection! Thats right, it was already February! Tengdas outstanding employee selection was held twice a year, in February and August respectively. The exact date was not fixed, and it was decided based on Boss Peis work arrangements. However, it would definitely be completed by that month. It was now February, indeed time for the Outstanding Employee Selection! Bao Xu had been traveling overseas since before Chinese New Year and was about to faint from all the traveling. He had long forgotten about the selection of outstanding employees. Whats more, the selection of outstanding employees only required the heads of the various departments to be present. That was why they only informed people like Ye Zhizhou and Min Jingchao. Bao Xu might be experienced, but he was just an ordinary employee. That was why he had not been notified. His face turned pale and his vision turned black. He held onto the handrails in the elevator. An ominous feeling filled his heart. Oh no! Bao Xu had no reason to be brought up for the Best Employee Selection if he were to judge based on his work situation for the past six months. Mission and Choice was still under development. The competition between GOG and IOI had also come to an end. The games department did not have any particularly outstanding results. On the other hand, Bao Xu had tried his best to reduce his presence. He had become almost invisible in the games department. The chances of him being on the list were close to zero. However, Bao Xu knew his limits and had already prepared for the worst. That was what he had thought the last time the Best Employee Selection was held. However, he had not expected that Huang Sibo would get second place for the Best Employee Selection and asked him to accompany him! Bao Xu had brought Huang Sibo to Africa for a tour unwillingly. He had greeted everyone in the Great Rift Valley of East Africa and the Sahara Desert. He had wanted to make an example out of Huang Sibo so that those who obtained second place in the outstanding employee category would back off and stop bringing him along. However, Bao Xu was not sure if his plan would work. After all, his experience in traveling had told him that it was useless not to believe in the supernatural. It would definitely be linked to him as long as there was a tourist project. Thus, Bao Xu, who had gradually accepted his fate and reality, broke down from the bottom of his heart. At the same time, the early stages of the Best Employee Selection had been prepared. The heads of the various departments gathered together. The employees of the departments were also ready to vote on TPDbs application. Everyone welcomed Min Jingchao, Ye Zhizhou, Bao Xu, and the others. Youre back from your holiday? Youve worked hard! I feel like youve become tanner and thinner. The schedule for this week is quite tight, right? Come, sit down and rest. The voting is about to begin. Bao Xu quietly found a corner to hide in and sighed softly. Then, he opened his suitcase and began sorting it out. He had returned to the office before he could even return to his accommodation after he had returned from the United States. Thus, he had brought his luggage with him. In the past, Bao Xu had felt that there was no reason for him to be selected. That was why he was caught off guard when the results came out. This time, he thought about it. If he were to think in the opposite direction and I took the initiative to pack my luggage, would he be spared? The voting officially began since all the department heads were here! A column image appeared on the big screen. Everyone took out their cell phones and opened Tengda Life Apps TPDb section. They found the best employee selection channel through the employee entrance and voted their precious votes. Bao Xu did not want to watch anymore this time. He was prepared to be an ostrich with its head buried in the sand. He lowered his head and tossed his luggage around, trying to find some psychological comfort for himself. Finally, the column diagram jumped a few times imperceptibly. A few numbers changed slightly and finally settled down. Best Employee: Chang You. Second best employee: Liang Qingfan. Third best employee: Zhang Yuan. Everyone applauded enthusiastically when they saw this list! The Best Employee Selection this time seemed to be slightly worse than the previous ones. The results of these few people were not as outstanding as the previous best employees. It was mainly because of the period. The huge project Mission and Choice had not been completed yet. The game and the movie had not been released. Therefore, there were no extremely explosive projects. Many departments had similar votes. The E-Sports Department that Zhang Yuan was in charge of was actually very eye-catching in the past six months. The GPL league was very successful. A large amount of capital entered the establishment of the club and successfully pulled in a large amount of investment and sponsorship. Whats more, FV Club had won the IOI global finals and made Tengda Corporation extremely famous. The coach team played a very important role, which was also related to the eSports Division. However, the problem was that in the eyes of others, most of the credit should go to Boss Pei and not Zhang Yuan. The various large capital clubs and sponsored competitions were mainly because of Boss Peis personal charm. FV Club also won the championship because of Boss Peis comprehensive plan and foresight. Zhang Yuan only took up a small portion of the credit. Thus, he ended up in third place. Liang Qingfans Sloth Apartments was doing well. He had established the Tengda standards for furniture and had built up a good reputation. At the same time, he had also made some profits by customizing furniture, selling design plans, and working with real estate developers to build model houses. However, Sloth Apartments did not make enough money, so they could only get second place. On the other hand, Otto Technologies new operating system had achieved great success and gained a good reputation even though they had yet to release a new cell phone in the past six months. Artificial intelligence AEEIS and the Fully-Automated Smart Bickering Machine had also received good reviews. Their results were the most outstanding amongst the rest. Of course, there was not much difference in the votes of these three people. They could be said to be on par with each other, searching for the best suited candidate. In fact, some other departments had achieved results as well. However, due to some special reasons, it was not within the scope of this selection. For example, the independent game incubation base that Qiu Hong was in charge of was still in a state of confidentiality. There were also some department heads who had already won the best employee award. They could not win anymore and could only get second place. The three people who appeared on the big screen had different expressions. Zhang Yuan was stunned for a moment. Then, he patted his chest and rejoiced. That was close! He had almost gone on a holiday! Zhang Yuan was not very interested in traveling. He was actually quite a homebody though still a far cry from Bao Xus level. Tengda had so many holidays and he was not short of money. If he wanted to travel, he could do so at any time. Naturally, he was not interested. Liang Qingfan, on the other hand, looked rather expectant. He had only joined Tengda for less than a year. He had not been given a chance to travel on public funds previously, so he was rather looking forward to it. Chang You, on the other hand, looked confused. His expression was the same as when Zhang Yuan won the Best Employee Award. He did not want to change departments at all! Being chosen as the Best employee would mean that he would have a dream fund, but at the same time, he would have to leave the original department and start a new department on his own. Zhang Yuan was originally the person-in-charge of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. He had also set up ROF Computer-Installation while he was at it. At first, he was doing very well and was very satisfied with the situation at that time. In the end, he was forced out of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe by Boss Pei because he obtained the best employee. He had no choice but to set up DGE E-Sports Club. Chang You was in a similar situation. His hobby was to make cell phones. Now that the design plan for the new cell phone model was out, and all the employees of Otto Technologies were seriously preparing for it, Chang You, the person-in-charge, would be leaving at this critical juncture? That was terrible! Chang You was extremely unwilling. He just wanted to stay at Otto Technologies. Pei Qian held the trophy in front of Chang You. Boss Chang, congratulations! Theres no need to say anything for the thank you speech. You should think about how to use the Dream Fund! Chang You took the trophy from Boss Pei with a bitter expression, his face filled with happiness. Thank you speech? Thank my a*s! Chapter 891 - Target Place: Pyramids and Mummies! Chang You wanted to give this award to others right now. He only wanted to continue being the person-in-charge of Otto Technologies, continue developing new cell phones, and continue to do crosstalks at the news conference. However, Boss Peis determined gaze hinted that rules were rules that no one could violate! Zhang Yuan did not want to accept this award back then, but there was no room for negotiation. After a moment of silence, Chang You said, Boss Pei, I have to leave Otto Technologies, right? Pei Qian smiled and nodded. Yes. In fact, Pei Qian did not think that Chang You had to be eliminated. Compared to the other departments, Otto Technologies was still making money, but it was burning a lot of money after all. Its profit margin was not high either. It was far from making a killing. However, Pei Qian believed that the eyes of the masses were clear. The original intention of the Best Employee Selection System was to eliminate Pei Qians own subjectivity as much as possible so that all employees could vote together and choose the employees who posed the greatest threat to losing money. Thus, Pei Qian had to stick to his principles. The best employee had to leave the current department no matter who it was. The rules could not be changed. After a moment of silence, Chang You said, Ive thought about it. I want to set up another company. Ill be in charge of making ecosystem products for technological products, such as wearable equipment, smart furniture, and so on. Pei Qian: ? Chang You continued, Boss Pei, according to the Dream Funds regulations, the winners must leave the original department. However, they can invest this money into any industry that they like. There are no clear restrictions on the industry. Otto Technologies current main business is cell phones. Ill set up a new department. Instead of making cell phones, Ill make Ecosystem Products. That should be completely in line with the regulations, right? Pei Qian was speechless. Zhang Yuan, who was standing at the side, widened his eyes in shock. He could do that? On further thought, that seemed to be the case. The best employee indeed had to leave the original department, but he was not explicitly prohibited from using the Dream Fund to do any work related to the original department! Huang Sibo, Zhang Yuan, and the other employees had obviously fallen into a blind spot. Take Zhang Yuan for example. After he left Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, he could not possibly use the money to open a new internet cafe, right? Subconsciously, he felt that this would not work. That was why he started an E-Sports Club. These people were obviously not experienced enough and had not carefully studied the loophole in this rule. Chang You, on the other hand, was different. He was older than all of them. Naturally, he was cunning and easily found loopholes in the Best Employee Selection system. Otto Technologies main business was cell phones, but strictly speaking, intelligent ecosystems were also within its business scope. They would be available sooner or later. However, after all, apart from the smart bickering machine and the Get-off-work-on-time-mouse, Otto Technologies did not have a clear plan to enter the intelligent ecosystem. Chang You expressed that he did not use the Dream Fund to make cell phones but to make provision stores. There was a difference in the scope of this business. It was just like someone who made refrigerators received a Dream Fund and said that he wanted to make air conditioners. It looked like products of the same type, but it was actually very far from it. Therefore, it was completely in line with the rules! Chang Yous move was akin to a cicada shedding its shell. After establishing a new company to create an intelligent ecosystem, he would still maintain a very close relationship with Otto Technologies. He could still exert influence on Otto Technologies. The situation had not changed fundamentally. Zhang Yuan could not help but be shocked. Why the f*ck didnt I think of this at that time? If I had known earlier, I would have started a business related to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and ROF Computer-Installation. That way, Xiao Peng would still be the person-in-charge of the internet cafe in name. However, I could still continue to manage Fish-Catching Internet Cafe with Xiao Peng under the guise of cooperation! However, it was useless to regret. After all, his DGE Club and E-Sports career were on the right track. Pei Qian was confused. Chang Yous behavior was obviously the opposite of his original intention for establishing the Best Employee Selection system. However, it was in line with the rules. He could only say that he had exploited a loophole. He had to block this loophole, but he could only block it later, not now. Whats more, Pei Qian had thought about it. It would still have a negative impact on Otto Technologies development when Chang You stepped down as the person-in-charge. Pei Qian could only nod and say, Alright, this is a loophole in the rules. Since youve caught it, there wont be a next time. However, those who get the best employee award in the future can forget about taking advantage of this loophole! He then looked at Liang Qingfan. Have you decided where you want to go? You can choose a colleague to be your tour guide and accompany you. Liang Qingfan smiled, a little embarrassed. Well I didnt think about going anywhere before. As for selecting colleagues to be tour guides I dont have any suitable candidates. Do you have any recommendations? Everyone looked at each other and saw the same answer in each others eyes. That must be Brother Bao! Thats right. Brother Bao is very experienced. It would be most appropriate for him to be the tour guide. Whats more, the job that Brother Bao is in charge of is not very important. Traveling would not affect the work progress. As expected, there can only be one standard answer. Traveler Bao Xu, lets go! The others were all enjoying the show. Bao Xu, who was hiding in the corner of the crowd, froze on the spot. It was as if he had been struck by a bolt of lighting. He still found it difficult to accept this tragic fate even though he had already mentally prepared himself. Bao Xu looked at Liang Qingfan in despair. Liang Qingfan was a little embarrassed as he said to Boss Pei, Ah, Ive heard of Traveller Bao Xu for a long time. However were not very familiar with each other after all. We havent interacted before. Whats more, I heard that hes been out for almost two months. He must be exhausted from the journey. It wouldnt be good for me to ask him to accompany me as a tour guide Bao Xus hopeless face lit up with hope when he heard that. Oh god, am I hallucinating? There are actually people in this world who empathize with me. They think that Im tired from traveling for two months, so they want me to stay and rest! Great! He had finally met a colleague with a conscience! Bao Xu was so moved that he wanted to cry. At that moment, he wanted to close the suitcase that he had already opened. At that moment, Liang Qingfan followed everyones gaze and saw Bao Xu. Eh? Brother Bao is already packing? Brother Bao is so eager? Theres no problem if Brother Bao is so eager. Ill choose Brother Bao! At first, Liang Qingfan felt a little embarrassed. However, he saw that Bao Xu had already packed his luggage and was prepared to accompany him out. Wouldnt he be lacking in EQ if he did not bring him along? Wouldnt that not be slapping his face? Whats more, he had long heard that Traveller Bao Xu was experienced in traveling. He met all sorts of criteria. It was the best choice to let him accompany him on a trip. Liang Qingfan wanted to be polite, but he felt like he was being too polite seeing Bao Xu being so direct. Whats more, Brother Bao seemed to be smiling faintly, which confirmed Liang Qingfans guess. Bao Xus smile froze on his face. He quickly waved his hand. No, no, no, youre mistaken! I dont mean that at all! You should choose someone else! Liang Qingfan thought that Bao Xu was just being polite. Brother Bao, I didnt have a better candidate in the first place. Since everyone is recommending you, you should come with me! Dont stand on ceremony. Look at your expectant expression! Bao Xu nearly fainted from anger. The look of anticipation was written all over his face. Which eye of yours saw that?! This is me being angry! Bao Xu wanted to continue explaining himself, but the voices of the people around him quickly drowned him out. Look, Boss Liang made the right choice! Brother Bao, dont decline. Who else can take on this job?! Thats right. Boss Liang is Boss Peis trusted confidant. He wouldnt feel at ease even if he handed him over to others. Brother Bao, you have to do it personally to make everyone feel at ease! Everyone laughed and cheered, feeling that the Best Employee Selection was finally complete. The Best Employee Selection should end with Brother Bao going on a holiday! Bao Xu felt uncomfortable. He looked at the eager Liang Qingfan and gritted his teeth. I want to go to Egypt! I want to see the pyramids in the desert and the mummies of the Pharaohs. If you dont dare to go, look for someone else! I wont go anywhere except Egypt! He had already been to Africa once. Thinking back to his experience in the Sahara Desert and the Great Rift Valley in East Africa, Bao Xu did not want to experience it a second time. Thus, he slapped his forehead and chose a place that was relatively close but also had a bad natural environment. Would he be able to scare Huang Sibo away or not? Bao Xu felt that Liang Qingfan was a refined architect and would not be able to tolerate traveling in such a harsh environment, right? Ive already made it so obvious, he would probably back off, right? However, Liang Qingfan looked very surprised and expectant. Egypt? Thats great! This is the place Ive always dreamed of going! As an architect, Ive long wanted to take a closer look at the pyramid. Its a pity that I havent had the time and no one to accompany me. Brother Bao, its great that you took the initiative to bring it up. Lets go to Egypt. Well get ready and set off immediately! Bao Xu fell into a daze as he watched the elated Liang Qingfan. He looked at Boss Pei. I Pei Qian suppressed his laughter. Alright, since youre the one who suggested it and Liang Qingfan wants to go, well set it in Egypt. Take a good look at the pyramid, the mummy, and experience the scenery on both sides of the Nile River. Take more photos and videos as well. You might be able to use these materials to develop games in the future. Thats settled then! Hurry up and apply for an urgent visa. Well meet again in a month! Alright, the Best Employee Selection has ended. Everyone, go back to work! Satisfied, everyone left, laughing and joking. Liang Qingfan walked up to Bao Xu and said expectantly, Brother Bao, please take care of me! Soon, everyone left. Those who had been working on this floor returned to their desks and continued working seriously. Bao Xu looked at the suitcase by his feet and stood there silently like a statue in the office. It was so redundant and out of place. Chapter 892 - Post-Production Work Tuesday, morning. Pei Qian was sleeping soundly when his phone rang. He opened his sleepy eyes and looked at the caller ID. It was Huang Sibo. Pei Qian picked up his phone. Hello? Huang Sibos slightly excited voice came from the other end of the line. Boss Pei, I have good news to report to you! The movie Mission and Choice has been completed. We just finished filming the last scene this morning! Pei Qian was still in a daze. Oh? However, he reacted in the next second. The movie was done! The day still arrived even though he did not look forward to it. Pei Qian did not pay much attention to the joint project of Mission and Choice. The reason was complicated. On one hand, Pei Qian was afraid that his attention would cause the observer effect. On the other hand, a subconscious suggestion of his would inexplicably have the finishing effect. Instead, it would backfire. On the other hand, this project would span two settlement cycles. Pei Qian had more important projects to deal with. Of course, one of the reasons was that Pei Qian felt that he had made enough preparations before the project. Mission and Choice had gathered all the causes of failures. Even He An felt that it would definitely fail. Thus, Pei Qian was filled with confidence in this project. Pei Qian only thought of going to Tengda Games to take a look at the research and development of Mission and Choice after he met He An a while ago. As for the movie, Pei Qian had not been to the studio at all. He did not even know the story outline of the movie. The only thing he knew was that the background story of Mission and Choice was decided by him. It should be about the war between humans and Zergs. That was because the Mission and Choice, which was known as international shame more than a decade ago, was used in this background. Pei Qian had requested for Director Zhu Xiaoce to continue using it, and Director Zhu Xiaoce must have done so as well. He just did not know what would happen after the movie was released. At that thought, Pei Qian sat up straight in bed. Its a good thing that the filming is done. We have to celebrate! How about this? Well go to Boss Lis Ming House for lunch today. Ill treat everyone! Then, you can organize everyone to play in Jingzhou for a few days. Next Monday is the 20th. Well have another meal at the nameless restaurant! Previously, when Tomorrow is Beautiful was done with filming, it had received the same treatment and specifications: two high-end gatherings and a week of touring in Jingzhou. To Pei Qian, the treatment of spending money could only be increased but not reduced. He could not spend a single cent less. Huang Sibo was elated. Alright, Boss Pei! At noon, at Ming House. Today was Tuesday. There were few customers to begin with, and Pei Qian had called early to book the entire restaurant. Thus, the entire restaurant was filled with crew members. Huang Sibo, Zhu Xiaoce, Lu Zhiyao, and the filming crew, the editor, as well as the filming crew, were all present. Logically speaking, it should be the busiest time for editing and post-production right now. However, Mission and Choice was filmed part by part. They could roughly edit and do the post-production every time they finished filming a segment. Thus, the pressure of editing and post-production was not that great. Whats more, no matter how busy they were with work, they had to come and eat when Boss Pei was the one treating them! Everyone knew that Boss Pei did not have many rules when it came to treating people to meals. Thus, they sat down casually and waited for Boss Pei to arrive. Huang Sibo, Zhu Xiaoce, Lu Zhiyao, and the others sat at the same table, waiting for Boss Pei to arrive. Hes here, hes here! Boss Pei, over here! Huang Sibo stood up and waved at Pei Qian. Pei Qian immediately said to the waiter, What are you waiting for? Serve all the good wine and dishes. Just serve the most expensive dishes. Hurry. Then, he sat down at Zhu Xiaoces table. It was only now that Pei Qian finally met the crew. After looking around, his gaze stopped on Lu Zhiyao. Alright, there was Lu Zhiyao again. Pei Qian was already mentally prepared for this. After all, Lu Zhiyao and Fei Huang Workspace had a close relationship. They had worked well together, and it was only natural that they would work together again. Previously, when he was talking about the actors, Pei Qian had requested that only one main actor could be hired. The others could only be extras. Whats more, the protagonist could be anyone. It did not matter if he was a big shot, but he could not show too much expression. How could Lu Zhiyao perform without any expression even though his acting was good? Thus, Pei Qian did not get angry. Instead, he accepted it calmly. It would be best if the movie died and they lost all their hard-earned money. Lu Zhiyao would return to being the toxicity of the box office and cut off the possibility of everyone working together in the future. They would let each other off! After exchanging some pleasantries, the waiters began to serve the dishes. Pei Qian looked around and suddenly realized a problem. That was not right. Why was Lu Zhiyao alone? Where were the other actors? Pei Qian had previously requested Huang Sibo and Zhu Xiaoce to only have one main lead. The rest could only be minor roles. What about the bit-role actors? Could it be that they did not bother about their food just because they were bit-role actors? That would be ridiculous! It would not fit the Tengda spirit! Pei Qians expression turned serious as he looked at Huang Sibo. Why arent the other bit-role actors here? Since its a celebratory feast, none of them can be missing! Huang Sibo was stunned for a moment before he quickly explained, Oh, Boss Pei, everyone from the production team is here, including the errand managers. There are no bit-role actors because we did not hire any at all. Lu Zhiyao is the only actor. Pei Qian: ? This Huang Sibo had actually exceeded his quota? Pei Qians requirement for them was that they could only have one main lead while the rest were minor roles. In the end, Huang Sibo did not even bother with minor roles! Was the entire movie done by Lu Zhiyao alone? It sounded very unreliable. It was very likely that the box office would become dead! Pei Qian could not help but raise his thumb. Very good! Well done! Huang Sibo and Zhu Xiaoce looked at each other and smiled. They could see pride in each others eyes. Boss Pei was indeed Boss Pei. He instantly guessed the brilliance of our one-man show script. Thats why he praised us. What a bosom friend! Pei Qian looked at Lu Zhiyao. How did you feel during the performance? Lu Zhiyao smiled with some guilt. Boss Pei, to be honest, it doesnt feel particularly good. It was a one-man show the entire time. It was too difficult for me! Whats more, Director Zhu asked me not to have too many expressions. My facial muscles had to change as little as possible. I feel so suffocated that Im going crazy Pei Qian was elated. Hm, not bad! It was a one-man show, and the main actors acting skills had not been fully displayed. It was definitely the premonition of a lousy movie. There was no escape! Pei Qian had wanted to ask Zhu Xiaoce for a script, but on second thought, what was so good about the script of a lousy movie? Whats more, they had already finished filming the movie. The rice had already been cooked. Even if he saw the script now, he could not reshoot it. Otherwise, the settlement would be affected if the movie was not released in time. Thus, Pei Qian did not want to make things difficult for himself. He raised his drink and said, Everyone has worked hard for the past few months! Have a good meal today and have fun in Jingzhou for a few days. Ill treat everyone to a meal at the nameless restaurant on the 20th! Everyone immediately cheered. Ordinarily, one would not be able to eat at the nameless restaurant. Everyone had been waiting for this meal for months. How could they not be excited? Once the filming was officially done, everyone relaxed. They enjoyed the delicacies while chatting and laughing. The atmosphere was harmonious. After Pei Qian had his fill, he excused himself by saying that he was busy with work. Obviously, the crew had not had their fill yet. Some of them even started drinking and chatting. Zhu Xiaoce and Huang Sibo continued discussing the later stages of Mission and Choice. The filming crew, crew, and other staff could rest now, unless there were other scenes that needed to be filmed. However, there were still many problems with precision editing and post-production. Zhu Xiaoce and Huang Sibo could not rest just like that. Huang Sibos phone rang as they were discussing. Huang Sibo took a look. It was Rui Yuchen. Hm? Huang Sibo was a little surprised because his usual work had nothing to do with Rui Yuchen. Rui Yuchen was in charge of Fish-Catching Take-Out. Why was he calling him? Could it be that Rui Yuchen wanted to advertise Fish-Catching Take-Out in the movie? It was impossible even if that was the case. Mission and Choice was a sci-fi genre. Would it be appropriate to include an advertisement for Fish-Catching Take-Out? Confused, Huang Sibo picked up the call. After exchanging a few pleasantries, Rui Yuchen explained his intentions. Brother Huang, its like this. You know that Boss Pei bought a company called Cold-Faced Lady, right? I spoke to the person-in-charge here a few days ago and found out that they want to shoot a documentary about street food. I heard that you guys filmed a documentary before, so I wanted to set a link for you guys. Its not impossible to find someone else to film it. The key is that I dont know how good the people outside are. Im afraid that their results wont be satisfactory. The only problem is that you guys were doing E-Sports documentary previously. I wonder if you guys can handle a Gourmet documentary? Huang Sibo said, Wait a moment, Ill ask Director Zhu. He briefly repeated Rui Yuchens words, and then got an affirmative answer from Zhu Xiaoce. Huang Sibo said, Sure, Director Zhu said that if we can film a movie, there would be no problem with a documentary about delicacies! However, in order to achieve the best picture effect, we might need to prepare some special photography equipment. Thats all easy to say. Our studio was going to use these things anyway. We just have to purchase them. Youre quite good at picking your timing. We had just finished filming our movie and youre already here! Rui Yuchen was elated. Really? What a coincidence. Alright, its a deal then! Ill give you her contact details later. You can discuss with the person-in-charge how to shoot the video and how much budget you need. Huang Sibo: Sure, sure. He might have many concerns if it was a cooperation with other companies. For example, what should he do if the other party bargained with him? What if the other party was not satisfied with what he filmed? What if there was some wrangling over the expenses during filming? All of these would be very frustrating. However, they would not have so much to worry about if it was Tengdas internal department. Everyone would take money from Boss Pei. The money was just travelling from left pocket to right pocket depending on who was the client and who was the service provider. They would not have to worry about such a ridiculous situation happening. It just so happened that the movie was done. Many people in the production team were free and had nothing to do. They could take the opportunity to film a gourmet promotional video. The work could not be considered tiring since they were filming roadside snacks. They could just take it as a diversion. Thus, Huang Sibo agreed to it readily. Chapter 893 - Fitness Battle February 15th, Wednesday Chang You, Guo Licheng, Wang Xiaobin, and Little Jiang formed a fitness equipment development team in the conference room of Otto Technologies. The meeting today was partly to hand over to the next person-in-charge of Otto Technologies and also to further determine the product and game design form. Chang You had won the best employee award, so he had to leave Otto Technologies. Chang You might have taken advantage of the loophole and could continue to influence the development of Otto Technologies, but rules were the rules. He had to give up his position as the person-in-charge. Chang You looked at Guo Licheng and Wang Xiaobin. As everyone knows, the person-in-charge of Otto Technologies from now on will be Jiang Yuan. Everyone has met him before, so I wont introduce him. Of course, you can call me if you need me at any time. Jiang Yuan nodded and said cautiously, Everyone, just call me Little Jiang. I dont have much experience, so Ill have to trouble everyone to take care of me in the future. Chang You: Little Jiang is a little nervous. He even declined a few times. Obviously, hes not very confident. Please help him out in the future. Wang Xiaobin smiled at Jiang Yuan. Its alright. I was just as nervous as you when I was the person-in-charge. I was afraid that I wouldnt be able to do well. However, there is a magical thing in Tengda. Everyone would be encouraged by the Tengda spirit no matter who was chosen to be the person-in-charge and would definitely be able to do a good job. I was afraid that I would not be able to do it well at first. However, Boss Pei kept giving me projects and trained me. Thus, I slowly got better. Whats more, since Boss Chang chose you, it must mean that you have the potential. You will be able to perform as long as you get the stage to. Whats more, we can back you up even if something happens. Jiang Yuan was very touched. Thank you, Brother Wang. In fact, he had just received this news two days ago. He felt quite sudden and lost. The next person-in-charge of Otto Technologies had to be decided by Chang You even though he had to give up the position. Jiang Yuan was filled with fear and trepidation when he found out that Chang You had chosen him in the end. However, Chang You was only changing departments. He could still consult Chang You if he had any questions. Secondly, the change of person-in-charge of Tengdas department had always been so casual. It seemed like nothing had gone wrong until now. On the contrary, it had been very successful. Thus, Jiang Yuan did not feel conflicted anymore. He calmly accepted the fact that it fell into his lap. He felt much more at ease with everyone so supportive of him. Chang You looked at Jiang Yuan. Youre the person-in-charge now. Youll be the host of this meeting. Jiang Yuan nodded. Alright, Ill briefly explain the design plan for the smart fitness drying rack. Then, our focus today is to discuss the game plan with the equipment. Wang Xiaobin nodded. He had already written his game design draft. Jiang Yuan distributed the first design draft of the Intelligent Fitness drying rack to everyone before introducing it. We made slight adjustments to the previous design plan mainly in terms of safety and some details after we discussed it repeatedly with the factory. However, the changes were not huge. There was also some controversy during our internal discussions. I think we need to clarify the market positioning of this machine. Domestic fitness equipment itself is a niche market. The Chinese dont have fitness habits to begin with. This equipment is expensive and takes up a lot of space. This is a natural disadvantage. Its difficult to turn the situation around with just the products. It is unrealistic to expect to sell this equipment to millions of people. We actually only have two choices: either make a small, unproductive, light, and cheap equipment, or make an expensive, bulky, but professional equipment. The former might be easy to make and sell, but it would definitely not have a good fitness effect. It would also be difficult to distinguish it from the existing equipment in the market. Thats why we chose the latter. Even though it will be expensive and takes up space, we have to ensure its fitness effect as much as possible.Our reputation and fame can be built up as long as the fitness effect is good. Then, our products can be sold from the gym to ordinary households. Theres still room for profit. Our product is not competing with cheap equipment such as yoga mats or abdominal wheels. Instead, we are targeting to compete with large-scale fitness equipment. Those who did not intend to buy would not have bought it in the first place. We dont have to bother about people other than our target users. We just have to satisfy the customers who have urgent fitness needs and are more likely to persevere. Therefore, there are two key points to our product: First, how can we compete for market share from other large-scale fitness equipment? Our equipment would definitely have a premium on price compared to these fitness equipment, because we added smart modules, have the games development costs, and carried out unique designs. The first problem we need to solve is how to make professional users accept this premium. Second, after professional users accept us, how should we breakthrough and get ordinary users without fitness habits to buy our products? Everyone nodded as they listened. Intelligent fitness drying rack was actually a professional composite fitness equipment. It would be interesting to match it with games. Its target customers could be divided into two types: the first type was professional users with strong fitness requirements. They might have already considered buying large-scale fitness equipment, so how should they persuade them to pay more to buy the smart fitness drying rack? The second type would be ordinary users with certain fitness requirements, but they found it difficult to make up their minds to buy this large equipment. How to dispel their worries and make them buy this large equipment was also a very important question. Jiang Yuan continued, I think the key to breaking out of this situation lies in fun. People are lazy when it comes to learning and fitness. The biggest problem is not skills or physical conditions, but willpower and perseverance. We want to guide customers to focus more on fitness through fun to achieve a better fitness effect. Our products reputation would explode as long as most of the first batch of users persevere and achieve fitness effect. Then, we can continue to spread to the masses through publicity. Just like how Deposit Fitness began. Guo Licheng nodded. The key to the success of Deposit Fitness was that it was indeed more effective than other gyms. Of course, there were prerequisites for this effect: screening most customers who could not persevere, forcing users to stick to training time, and tying up with healthy meals. After solving the problem of perseverance, people who did not know how to exercise would be able to achieve results. Jiang Yuan looked at Wang Xiaobin. Brother Wang, it would depend mainly on whether the game is fun or not. Whether this product succeeds or not depends on you. Wang Xiaobin nodded and distributed the game design plan to everyone. This is the design concept manuscript that I wrote for the game. It is only a framework and many details have not been perfected, but the direction is very clear. Ill talk while you guys read. You can ask any questions you want. Wang Xiaobin paused for a moment and continued, The games name this time is Fitness Battle. Theres nothing much to say about the name. Its easy to understand, easy to remember, and easy to spread. The important thing is the specific design inside. First, it is a mobile game from its genre. At the same time, it supports cell phone screen projection. This game is meant to be used with a set of equipment. We cant possibly put a display screen on the equipment to sell it. That would make it difficult to sell. If you make it into a mobile game, you can choose the equipment that you want to display based on your actual situation. If you feel that theres no need to spend more money, you can use a cell phone or a tablet computer. If you want to have a better experience, you can specially buy a monitor that costs a few hundred yuan or a one or two thousand yuan television. This mobile game can be directly tied to Tengda Life App, and can be linked to the data of Deposit Fitness. It can also recommend players to purchase Fish-Catching Take-Outs fitness meals to achieve better training effects. The focus is on the specific design of the game. Chapter 894 - Educational+Fitness Game Wang Xiaobin continued, Ive thought about it repeatedly. I feel that most fitness games and fitness software are not doing well at the moment, so Ive adopted a new idea. At the moment, most of the fitness software that users see are fitness trainers. The fitness trainers show the users standard movements, record the number of sets done and encourage the players This is the usual way. However, I thought about it. We would definitely fade into the crowd if we were to do the same. Fitness trainers might be all handsome men and beautiful women but it was boring if they watched too much of it too. They would not be able to motivate users. Therefore, my idea is to set up eight characters with different personalities in the game, four men and four women. They will also do the same actions with users, prompting users to do standard actions and count, but the difference is that their settings are not fitness trainers but someone who needs to work out. Everyone was stunned and confused. Wang Xiaobin explained, Simply put, everyone in the game will be slightly plump. For example, we can make a slightly plump and cute girl. The characters in the game will also train while players use the smart fitness drying racks to train. The girls figure in this game would also change when the players exercise level reaches a certain level. She would become more and more perfect from her original figure with elephant legs and small belly. Her legs and waist would become thinner and her buttocks would become more perky. The difference between these eight characters will be their appearance and character. In terms of appearance, we will prepare various types of fashion design for these characters. User training can unlock the fashion designs and help these characters change. Some beautiful clothes can only be worn by characters who have to work out to a certain extent. That way, we can use our gaming thinking to give users a clear purpose and drive. Whats more, if these characters dont work out for a long time, their figures would gradually lose shape. However, as long as they restart their basic training, the characters would be able to recover to their previous size very quickly. On top of that, our game has to be very cool. The enemy in the game is a round fat monster. It looks like a balloon with the appearance of a little devil. Its rather stupid and cute. Its very flexible, but it has a strong vitality and is difficult to destroy. If a player uses a smart fitness drying rack to make a move, the character in the game will also make a corresponding action in the game. For example, when players are doing chest clamps, the characters in the game would also do chest clamps. However, their arms would have combat special effects. After accumulating strength, a huge substitute would appear behind the character in the game and attack the fat monster: Squeeze it from both sides, and then a flame special effect would appear with a pop. Then, the fat monster would shrink. This implies that players use these actions to consume calories and reduce some fat. Whats more, the longer the training, the higher the damage. This is hinting to players that the longer they persevere, the better the effect of the training. It allows players to feel their improvement every time they train. The same monster could only be killed by making thirty moves at the beginning. However, at the end of the training process, fifteen moves would be enough to kill it. That way, players would be exhausted every time they train in order to advance the game faster. Of course, the specific training amount is calculated based on the players physical fitness. Before the game starts, we will do a test to find the most suitable weight for the player. We will estimate his physical fitness based on his weight, heartbeat, and other data. On this basis, we will formulate a daily training plan. We must achieve the effect but not overload. There are many different scenes in the game, such as ice, snow, lava, desert, and the like. Players can change their environment every once in a while. In addition, the artificial intelligence AEEIS in the fitness equipment would occasionally interact with the characters in the game, and bring about more fun: AEEIS uses the loudspeakers on the drying rack while the characters in the game would use the cell phone speakers. Their conversation would feel mulit-dimensional. Whats more, AEEIS would use the loudspeakers on the drying rack to kindly remind users who had not worked out for a while. Everyone looked pleasantly surprised after hearing Wang Xiaobins introduction. He could even turn fitness games into educational games? Wang Xiaobin was right. There were some fitness games and software in the market at the moment, but they all had a common flaw: they did not give players enough purpose. Fitness was something that required long-term perseverance, and most people did not have enough willpower to persevere. Users would have to constantly train their characters from slightly plump to hot babe before changing into beautiful clothes through the design of this educational gameplay. As time went by, it would become a habit they could naturally be able to persevere. Of course, people were lazy. No matter how good the equipment and game were, they could not guarantee that they would not be left to collect dust. There might be eight characters in the game, four handsome guys and four beautiful ladies. What if the players did not like them? It was not impossible. However, the current design had indeed minimized the possibility of them collecting dust. Jiang Yuan was very happy. Brother Wang is indeed a professional. I think this game is very attractive to me! However, I wonder how much would the game cost to create with so many characters. Wang Xiaobin said, The cost would not be very high because the resources involved in the game are relatively limited. There are only a few scenes, movements, and monsters. Perhaps the models of these eight characters at different stages have to be done more meticulously. That would be the most expensive part. However, we still have to be prepared that the game itself cannot recoup its costs. My plan is to set the game itself free, but I want to add in some in-game purchases to sell some little things like clothes. Players can buy pretty little dresses if they want to, and if they dont, they can work out and slowly earn it. Whats more, this game and equipment would basically be advertising Deposit Fitness and Tengdas other industries. We can accept incurring losses, as long as we can generate good advertising effects. I suddenly have an idea. I dont know if its right. Chang You said after listening to Wang Xiaobins explanation. This game sounds quite interesting. The pool of users would definitely be too limited if we have to match the equipment in order to play it. Can we make an additional low-quality version? The resources are ready-made anyway. We just have to make a few more moves. The so-called low-quality version is prepared for those who did not buy a smart fitness drying rack. In this low-quality version, all the movements are fitness movements on the yoga mat, such as push-ups, belly rolls, squats, and burpees. That way, players can also have a certain fitness effect. However, simply doing these movements on a yoga mat would definitely not be as good as the matching equipment. On the one hand, one version would be to expand the user group. With more players, more players would be willing to pay, and it would be easier to recoup our costs. The other version would have a subtle inducing effect. When a player plays a low-quality version for a period of time, he would be attracted and feel that he could persevere. Then, he would look at the reviews and feedback of other players on the internet. Naturally, he would consider the equipment. Therefore, we can make two versions. Wang Xiaobin said with realization. What Boss Chang said makes sense! Yes, we should make a low-quality version. The flaw of the low-quality version is that it cannot monitor the players movements and whether they have achieved the training effect. However, it is better than nothing. This idea is not bad. Ill add it when I get back! However Coach Guo, Ill have to trouble you to come up with another training plan and standard action. Guo Licheng nodded. No problem. This is very simple for me. The design of the smart fitness equipment and the game Fitness Battle was finally decided after a lively discussion. They would have to perfect some details and enter the formal preparation stage from thereon. They had to get a sample of the fitness equipment from an original equipment manufacturer and they had to start developing the game. After a few discussions, everyone realized that the products positioning was becoming clearer and the design was becoming more mature under Boss Peis guidance and group strategy! Everyone was filled with anticipation for this never seen before intelligent fitness equipment as well as the educational fitness game! Chapter 895 - IOI Mobile Version February 16th, Thursday In Beijing, at the independent incubation base of Destitution Plan. The incubation base had returned to normal operations after the Lunar New Year. The independent game designers had also restarted the research and development of the game. The promotional video released by the Destitution Plan had a very good publicity effect before the Chinese New Year holiday. The success of the Survival Guide for Working Adults and Black Ink and Clouds DEMO had given all independent game producers a boost of confidence, making them feel that their dreams of creating independent games were closer than ever. Wu Zhicheng was obviously the most motivated. The DEMO of Black Ink and Clouds was very successful. Moreover, gamers were using real money to support it. They were almost certain that the sales would definitely not be bad as long as they completed the follow-up content of Black Ink and Clouds according to the prescribed order. Whats more, the entire staff of the incubation base was cooperating with him. Wu Zhicheng did not lack anything. He only needed to focus all his energy on the game design. The only flaw was that there was a rule in the incubation base to ensure a certain amount of gaming time every week to collect inspiration. That gave Wu Zhicheng a headache. If only he could use this time to develop games. At that moment, Wu Zhicheng was at his workstation, seriously designing the follow-up stage of Black Ink and Clouds. Every chapter had to be unique in packaging and gameplay. That was a very brain-consuming task. Qiu Hong came to the incubation base and looked around. He realized that everyone was working very seriously and was very satisfied. He could not help but recall the situation when he started his own game company, his own business. At that time, Qiu Hong was also a boss. However, every time he went to the company, he could tell that the employees looked like they were working hard but were actually slacking. The independent game designers at the incubation base were seriously designing their own games. Qiu Hong could not help but feel emotional. Could this be Boss Peis charm? They still did the same thing as Tengdas employees even if almost no one knew about the relationship between the Destitution Plan and Boss Pei, and even if all the independent game designers had not been inspired by the Tengda spirit. Boss Peis incentive buff actually worked without revealing his identity? Whats more, it could directly affect Beijing from Jingzhou? It was ridiculous. Qiu Hong came to the middle of the office and clapped his hands. Please stop what youre doing. I have two things to announce. Wu Zhicheng and the other independent game designers raised their heads and listened intently. Qiu Hong said, The first thing is that I will be leaving for a period of time. Im not sure how long it will be. It might be a month or two, or three to five months. It depends on the work situation. The independent game incubation base in Beijing is on the right track. Im going to Shanghai, Guangzhou, and other cities to open independent game incubation bases. The initial plan is to establish three bases: northern, eastern and southern bases. Everyone, you have to work harder in the future. Our northern base was the first to be established. It would be awkward if the eastern and southern bases surpass us in the future. If you encounter any problems at work, continue to look for Xi Hao. He will communicate with me at any time. Everyone looked surprised but did not overreact. This was unexpected but reasonable. The Destitution Plan was meant to be a developer for independent games in the entire country. Once the independent game developers in Beijing were on track, Shanghai and Guangzhous independent game developers would definitely be next. It was just that no one expected it to happen so quickly. However, Xi Hao was in charge of the normal operations of the incubation base. Thus, Qiu Hongs departure did not have much of an impact. No one would make a fuss. Qiu Hong paused for a moment and continued. The second thing is that I have created gym memberships in Deposit Fitness for everyone in the incubation base. Everyone has to train on schedule. In the future, everyones work meals must be changed to fitness meals that came with Deposit Fitness. This is to ensure everyones health. After all, the development of the game requires a long period of sitting. If you take too long, your lumbar vertebra and your cervical vertebra are prone to problems. Persist on working out so that everyone would have more energy to develop the game. Everyone was stunned after hearing this news. What was that? He even gave us a gym membership? Wu Zhicheng looked confused as well. He was already very dissatisfied with the must have enough game time every week rule. Now, apart from taking time to play games every week, he had to take time out to exercise? Whats more, everyone had been eating regular meals from Fish-Catching Take-Out. The taste was very good. While it was not as healthy as fitness meals, it was much better than other take-out. Everyone was quite satisfied. Wasnt it superfluous to have fitness meals with Deposit Fitness now? Wu Zhicheng quickly raised his hand and said, Boss Qiu, theres no need for the gym, right? Were all young people. Our bodies are very strong Qiu Hongs expression became serious. Very strong? Do you believe that? You were making independent games in your own residence before you came to the incubation base. All of you had your days and nights inverted, and your meals were irregular. You might not have any serious illness because you were young but who did not have any small problems with their health? Deposit Fitness happened to be in Beijing. I heard that the fitness effect is very good. Ive already arranged for everyone to go. None of you can skip! Xi Hao, you have to supervise everyone and supervise their training. Ill hold you responsible if anyone doesnt go! Xi Hao was frozen on his desk, not knowing how to react. Qiu Hong might sound tough on the surface, but in reality, he was not confident either. In fact, these requests were all made by Boss Pei. He was just a mouthpiece. Before this, Pei Qian had been thinking about how to counter Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Fish-Catching Take-Out, and Deposit Fitness after learning that they were opening in large numbers in Beijing, Shanghai, and other cities. He had been thinking about how to drag them down. He suddenly realized that he had a lot of businesses in Beijing! There was an independent game incubation base and the Cold-Faced Lady. All of them would be assigned to Deposit Fitness. Not only would they be able to generate losses, but they would also be able to interfere with everyones work progress. Why not? However, the relationship between the incubation base and Tengda Corporation could not be made public. Thus, Qiu Hong could only continue to be a tool. Wu Zhicheng and the other producers stood up, wanting to negotiate with Qiu Hong. There was no need for the gym! Wouldnt it be better for us to work hard on making games? However, Qiu Hong had no intention of negotiating with them. He said firmly, Its settled then. before he left. Wu Zhicheng and the rest obviously misunderstood. That was because Qiu Hong could not make the decision on this matter. Wouldnt it be wrong to negotiate with Qiu Hong? Wu Zhicheng and the other producers looked at each other as they watched Qiu Hong leave. They saw confusion in each others eyes. At the same time, they felt a sense of familiarity At the same time, in Shanghai, Long Yu Corporation Eric looked at the latest report and smiled very proudly in the conference room. Zhao Xuming sat opposite Eric, trying his best to reduce his presence and leave the stage for Eric. It had been nearly a week since Erics New Strategy was implemented. He could already see some clues from IOIs data. The reason why Eric was so happy was that the data this time was completely in line with his expectations. The effect was even better than he had imagined! It was certain that the revenue would decrease. After all, the heroes were completely free and the price of the skins were reduced to thirty percent of the original price. IOIs gamers would not experience an explosive increase in the short term. On average, everyone would spend less money. Thus, the revenue would definitely decrease. However, the decrease in revenue was much more optimistic than Eric had expected! Based on the figures, while the price had been reduced, many old players had been compensated and bought many skins that they had not intended to buy before. Each skin might have been sold for less but the number of skins sold had increased. It had the effect of making small profits and having a lot of sales. For example, some old gamers had originally wanted to spend 80 yuan on skins. Now that they realized that they could buy two, they would still spend the money. They would not choose to spend only 40 yuan to save the other 40 yuan. The price of the skins had reached the lowest point in history since it plummeted. Most players felt that it would be impossible to reduce the price of the skins for the long term, so they did not wait for discounts and chose to buy them immediately. Whats more, the huge price reduction this time had created quite a lot of popularity. The number of people in the local server and even in the world server at the same time, as well as the gaming time per capita, had obviously increased. Many gamers bought a few skins in one go. Naturally, they had to play a few more games to appreciate and experience the game. In short, Eric was very satisfied with the data in the report. Naturally, he was very proud and even a little arrogant. Eric looked around at everyone. The upper echelons of Dayak Corporation are quite satisfied with the new version of the data. It completely fits our previous expectations. Therefore, we have to follow up on the victory and make up for IOIs shortcoming. A mobile version! One of the main reasons for GOGs success is its mobile version. GOGs mobile version played a crucial role in its promotion in the local server and in the world. We were indeed too arrogant before. We felt that the mobile version was useless, so we lost the initiative. We realized our mistake seeing GOGs huge success in the mobile game market. Therefore, Finger Games is already developing the mobile version of IOI. It is similar to GOG in terms of client-side and mobile games. After making up for this shortcoming, the gap between IOI and GOG will shrink further. Coupled with our price war, we will definitely be able to snatch back the market that GOG snatched away! Chapter 896 - Give In” Eric was very proud. He could feel that IOI was walking on the right path under his guidance. The gap between IOI and GOG was shrinking for the first time. He looked at Zhao Xuming. Boss Zhao, Finger Games will release some news about IOI mobile games in the next two days. Long Yu Corporations mission is to cooperate with Finger Games so that the news can spread better. Of course, there is another very important thing. Once IOIs mobile version is released, Long Yu Corporation will be in charge of contacting channels and promoting mobile games. Zhao Xuming quickly nodded. No problem, thats my job. Obviously, IOIs mobile version had always been in Erics plan. He had already started to make preparations after he took over the operations of IOIs domestic server and became the Vanguard General who fought directly with Tengda Corporation. On one hand, it was to update the version and start the money-burning war. On the other hand, it was to urge Finger Games to arrange special personnel to develop IOIs mobile version. Of course, changing the client-side game into a mobile game was not something that could be done overnight. At the beginning, Tengda Corporation was able to change GOG into a mobile game very quickly because the design of GOG itself had some elements of mobile games. The gameplay was short, the map was smaller than IOI, and the game mechanism was simpler. Thus, there were fewer obstacles in modifying it. It would not be easy for IOI to change the client-side game into a mobile game. Even so, he could still release the news to warm up. He would first use the resources in IOI to create a simple DEMO, pick a few heroes that were more suitable for mobile game operations and then use this DEMO to create a few trial videos. Then, he would upload these videos online and hype them up so that IOI players would know about this. It would be of great help in the promotion of IOI as long as he gave everyone the feeling that IOI was catching up and competing with GOG. Zhao Xuming also supported this matter with both hands. After all, in his opinion, the arrival of mobile games was unavoidable. IOI could learn from GOG and make the game into a dual-terminal game. This was indeed a move that followed the trend. Whats more, Long Yu Corporation had a very close relationship with the local mobile game developers. In fact, Long Yu Corporation even controlled some mobile games channels. It might be more convenient to promote mobile games than to promote client-side games. Once IOIs mobile game was released, the old gamers would definitely go and play it. Many gamers who were tired of playing GOGs mobile game would test waters and take a look. If they could think of a few good marketing plans It would definitely be effective! Eric and Zhao Xuming were full of confidence with IOIs operation strategy. Although GOGs current position in the country was very stable and difficult to shake, everything was difficult at the beginning. They could quickly form a positive cycle as long as they persevered and allowed IOIs domestic server to gradually recover its vitality. At that time, everything would have a turnaround! February 17th, Friday Ye Zhizhou hurried to Tengda Games and found Min Jingchao, who was busy creating the new version of GOG. Finger Games is doing something new! They released a few trial videos of IOI mobile games just now. They seem to be of good quality. However, I suspect that They are using IOIs ready-made client-side game material. It is still far from the official development of the game. It is now in the stage of demonstration deception. However, IOIs mobile game development has obviously been put on the agenda. We have to be cautious. At the moment, these videos have produced quite a good response on video websites both domestically and overseas. Many players are looking forward to it. Some people have been comparing it to GOGs mobile game to generate popularity. Most likely, Long Yu Corporations fake reviewers are doing it. Ye Zhizhou handed his cell phone to Min Jingchao and showed him a few videos of IOI mobile games as he spoke. There were a few trial videos of IOIs classic heroes in the video. For example, Chaos Misfortune, Storm Swordsman, Specter Blacksmith and other outstanding heroes in the global finals. There were also some commonly used noob heroes. All of these heroes had one thing in common, and that was that their operations were not particularly complicated. It was not too difficult to transplant them from the client-side game to the mobile game. Whats more, these heroes had their own popularity, and heroes like the Storm Swordsman were more handsome, so the video gave players a good impression. If one had not played the game yet, this video alone was very attractive. Theyre not here with good intentions. Min Jingchao immediately saw through Finger Games intentions. The current situation could be said to be attacking and defending differently. In the past, GOG would take the initiative to attack, IOI would be forced to defend and would be beaten to the ground. However, the situation had completely reversed now. The mobile version of GOG was a pioneer. Now, a huge group of gamers had gathered. Due to the size of the group, it was not appropriate to take too many risks. It was a passive defense. On the other hand, IOIs mobile version was a new game. It had many advantages: it could directly refer to GOGs existing gameplay and avoid detours. It could directly tie itself to GOGs mobile version and publicize it. It could easily obtain huge popularity. The freeloaders would often have a very good effect. On the other hand, the party who was being freeloaded did not have a good solution. The more responsive they were, the more popular the other party would be. On the other hand, if they chose to deal with it coldly, the other party would be even more unscrupulous and would still gain a lot of popularity. Ye Zhizhou asked, What should we do? Min Jingchao pondered for a moment. How about we ask Boss Pei? Even though the two of them could think of some countermeasures, this was a serious matter after all. If they did not handle it well, the consequences would be very serious. Neither of them dared to make the decision. GOG was currently the game with the largest number of players in Tengda Corporation, the most influential, and the most popular. It also involved GPL, the money tree. Neither of them dared to treat it lightly. After some discussion, the two of them felt that they had to consult Boss Pei about such important matters. Only then would they feel at ease. He sent a message to the front desk and found out that Boss Pei had just arrived at the office today. The two of them went to the 16th floor and knocked lightly on Boss Peis office door. Enter. Boss Peis voice came immediately from the office. Min Jingchao pushed the door open and entered with Ye Zhizhou following closely behind. Boss Pei, were here today to report the movements of Finger Games Min Jingchao briefly explained how Finger Games had released IOI mobile game trial videos and how Long Yu Corporation had hired fake reviewers to ride on GOGs popularity. Pei Qian almost slammed the table and cheered. Eric did well! He did not let me down! From the previous price war to the current IOI mobile version and buying fake reviewers to ride on popularity, Pei Qian was very satisfied with every step Eric took. The more Finger Games pressed on, the more reason Pei Qian had to burn money to fight back. However, how should he deal with it Pei Qian thought about it briefly. His first reaction was to fight back. If they wanted to be popular, he would give them popularity. Tengda could also spend a lot of money on this. Why not? However, on further thought, it seemed a little dangerous. At the moment, GOG and IOI were not on the same level in terms of size in the country. If they fought back fiercely, IOI would indeed gain a lot of popularity, but GOG would also gain a lot of popularity. What if both parties passion for each other and their interest in each other caused GOGs popularity to increase and the players cohesion and recognition to become stronger? It seemed inappropriate. What if he did not bother at all? It did not seem to be very good either. While it would not bring GOG popularity, IOIs popularity would also accumulate very slowly. Grass would grow as the horse starved, it would need a really long time to pose a threat to GOG. Distant water could not quench the immediate thirst. After some consideration, Pei Qian decided to follow his previous plan. Continue to pay attention to IOIs movements. We will follow no matter what strategy they deploy. However, we have to give way to them. For example, if they spend ten million yuan on publicity, well spend seven million yuan; if they reduce the price of the skin by ten percent, well reduce the price by seven percent. Its the same for public opinion. If they provoke us and want to ride on our popularity, well fight back. However, we have to leave some leeway when we fight back. Min Jingchao was stunned. Er do you have any other requests, Boss Pei? Pei Qian shook his head. No. Min Jingchao and Ye Zhizhou looked at each other and saw confusion in each others eyes. Just like that? They had thought that Boss Pei was going to start his killing spree immediately, but in the end, Boss Pei said that he was going to give way? Boss Pei always seemed to be able to give very subversive and creative suggestions previously. However, this time, Boss Peis suggestions seemed to be quite standard. There was nothing special about them. Give way sounded nice, but in fact, it was nothing more than passively defending. Whats more, Boss Pei had specifically emphasized that one had to spend less money than the other party in a price war? What kind of logic was that? However, it was obvious that Boss Pei had said all that he wanted to say looking at his expression. All that was left was an expression that said, Go figure it out on your own. Thus, the two of them could only take their leave. After leaving Boss Peis office, Min Jingchao and Ye Zhizhou looked confused. Obviously, asking Boss Pei this time had not achieved the effect they wanted. There were no reliable countermeasures to deal with the threat of IOI. In other words, Boss Pei had given them a reliable plan, but they had not understood the deeper meaning behind it. The two of them returned to the 17th floor and sat down in the lounge. They sipped their drinks as they stared at each other. Both of them saw the same attitude in each others eyes. Do you believe that Boss Pei is that simple? I dont believe you. What about you? I dont believe it either. That only means that Boss Pei has deeper thoughts that we have not uncovered. Think hard, dont leave if you cant! The two of them drank their drinks as they thought hard. Ye Zhizhou said, I think theres something fishy about this. When has Boss Pei ever lost to anyone else in spending money? Before this, we had to spend more money than the other party, be it in games or in physical industries. Yet, Boss Pei is asking us to give way this time? How is that possible! Its not in line with Boss Peis usual style! Min Jingchao nodded. Indeed. The key is that Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation are our arch-enemies. They are our competitors whom we do not have any cooperative relationship with. They started the price war but we have to give way to them? Why! This is not in line with Tengdas usual style! Thats why Boss Pei must have a special motive behind his giving way! The more they discussed, the more they felt that something was amiss. However, no one could tell what was wrong. Min Jingchao left the lounge and returned with two laptops moments later. These are the relevant data for GOG and IOI in the country, including changes in market share and other data. We might be able to see something from our research. Ye Zhizhou nodded and took one of the laptops. The two of them began to look through various documents aimlessly, hoping to find some clues. Suddenly, Ye Zhizhou seemed to realize something and said, I noticed something. Its the market share of other games like IOI and GOGs MOBA games and the release of new games. Theres no need to talk about the market share of GOG and IOI. At the moment, GOG has the overall advantage in the domestic market. Both sides are equally matched overseas. GOG has a small advantage, but its not very big. Both sides are fluctuating. However, the situation of other MOBA games is worth pondering about. On one hand, their market share is declining. On the other hand, lesser new games are being released. There are at least five or six versions of MOBA mobile games in the same period as GOG, but they are still barely operating. There are only one or two left, and they are in a half-dead state. They died very quickly. Min Jingchao nodded. Didnt we already know about this? Our competition with IOI will definitely squeeze the survival space of all other similar games. In the end, only one winner will survive. Even an old game like Gods Rising has been severely affected. Based on the data, Gods Rising still has a group of loyal gamers that are hard to shake. However, there is almost no fresh blood flowing into it. More importantly, there was news that a big company wanted to buy Gods Rising to create an online game similar to IOI or GOG, but it was delayed again and again. Ye Zhizhou said, What if we dig deeper into the reason behind this? Why are these companies giving up on MOBA games? I think that intense market competition is only one aspect. Another important reason is the anchor effect! Boss Peis pricing of GOG has actually formed an anchor effect. After IOI was forced to fight a price war with us, this anchor effect became even more stable. This made it extremely difficult for other companies to start, so they did not plan to follow! Min Jingchao nodded. Yes, thats right. The so-called anchor effect was actually very easy to understand: the operating model was similar for MOBA games. It was nothing more than selling heroes, buying skins, and various value-added services. They could not possibly sell their battle prowess, right? That would be courting death. Players would not find it strange if all MOBA games set their skins at tens of yuan. This price would allow many new MOBA games to survive. they would only be able to develop and grow after surviving. However, Boss Pei had forced GOGs skin to be priced like cabbage. He had also forced IOI to engage in a price war and reduce the price of the skin. This had formed an anchor effect: all players felt that the skins of MOBA games should be so cheap! Thus, even if other games companies created MOBA games of similar quality to GOG and IOI, there was basically no chance of success. These companies would face a dilemma due to the existence of the anchor effect: if the price was higher than GOG, gamers would think that they were unscrupulous; but if the price was the same as GOG, they would not be able to continue operating. GOGs skins were priced at a low price, but there was a huge group of players. There was also the GPL league so there were many ways to maintain profits. There were few other MOBA gamers to begin with and they only relied on the skins to earn money. If the skins were priced like cabbage, how could they earn money? Therefore, the first casualties of the price war between GOG and IOI was not IOI but all other MOBA games. Initially, MOBA games were the type of games that the winner takes all. GOG had already made use of its huge number of users to gain the upper hand and set the price so cheaply. What else could the other MOBA games play with? Ye Zhizhou continued, Therefore, Boss Peis strategy of giving way is worth digging deeper. On the surface, Boss Pei is deliberately allowing IOI to expand its user base. However, on careful consideration, isnt Boss Pei using IOIs power to continue attacking other competitors? GOG has a huge user base and an advantage. Even if we only use 70% of our publicity budget, we can still fight a protracted war with IOI. Let IOI persevere burning their money. The more we fight, the more difficult it would be for the other MOBA games to survive. Min Jingchao frowned slightly. However, its good to get someone else to do the dirty work. What if IOI burns us out? What if their market share rises and enters a virtuous cycle? Ye Zhizhou said, There is indeed such a possibility. However, Boss Pei must think that IOI would not be able to burn us seeing how confident he was. Boss Pei said that no matter how much they burn, we will follow but give way. This giving way will not put us at a disadvantage. It will also entice Finger Games to continue burning money to help us eliminate our other competitors while expanding their market share and it will also consume the funds of Dayak Corporation and Finger Games. The giving way that Boss Pei said is not for the enemy to advance while we retreat. Instead, its to give them respect for helping us snatch market share. However, if you want to challenge me if you dare, lets see who will last longer! Min Jingchao suddenly understood. Indeed, that should be what Boss Pei meant! We should hold back and play with Finger Games, burn money with them to get rid of the other competitors. When the time is ripe, we can give Finger Games a fatal blow! Both of them felt much more at ease. What was there to worry about since Boss Pei had already planned everything out with full confidence? He felt that he would definitely win even if he reserved thirty percent of his strength! Chapter 897 - SUCCESSOR (1) At the same time, in Zhongdian Chinese Networks inspiration class. Cui Geng looked at the time. There were still two hours to go. A week passed in the blink of an eye. Tomorrow was the weekend again. He left the film area of the inspiration class and went to the work area to find an empty workstation to continue writing the plot of Successor. Of eight working hours a day, six hours were spent watching various movies, novels, and comics to gather material. Only two hours could be used for creative writing. That was the rigid rule of the inspiration class. At first, Cui Geng felt that two hours was too short. He was not used to it. The timing was exactly the opposite when he was writing web novels after all. He would spend two hours at most collecting materials and spend the rest of his time writing. On the other hand, Cui Geng felt like he was not used to the fact that he had only two hours to write. He felt as though the time had gone by before it even started. Cui Geng felt that the rhythm of his creation was not right during the first half of the week. It took him the entire two hours to get into the right mood. The computer in the office would record every authors writing time. They could not write for more than two hours. Of course, it would not matter if the author wrote on his own laptop or went to the internet cafe after work or on weekends. However, there was no requirement for the number of updates and the total number of words in the novel. Who amongst those who chose to participate in the inspiration class would write during their break? That was why Cui Geng found it difficult to adapt at the beginning. He wrote slowly, leaving his readers hanging which was why they scolded him a lot. However, he gradually adjusted his creative mode. He used six hours a day to collect materials and finalize the details of the story nowadays. The remaining two hours were enough for him to concentrate on writing. All the content had been carefully considered. He generally did not experience any writers block. Whats more, the story seemed to be more compact since he had to compress all the content he wanted to write today into a two hour time frame. Cui Geng felt that it was not bad after gradually adapting to this creative rhythm. Cui Geng arrived at the work area and quickly got into character after turning on his computer. His hands quickly tapped on the keyboard as each part of the story turned from the concept in his mind into actual words one after the other. Cui Geng did not dare to delay any longer because he knew that once it was time to knock off, all the mice in the office would come alive. They would run around like real mice and would not be caught anymore. He had to finish todays work before the mouse ran away. This week, the inspiration class had more people. More authors from Zhongdian Chinese Network completed their old books, accepted the new Fixed-rate Contract, and came to the inspiration class to collect materials while writing. However, most of them were still being scolded. The readers of Zhongdian Chinese Network were also aware of the existence of this inspiration class, and their opinions were growing. That was because only a small portion of the authors at Zhongdian Chinese Network had finished their old books and started writing Tengdas custom-made IP novels. The range of readers was not that wide. However, more and more authors were being affected! Over the past week or so, the readers had watched as the authors who had finished their old books were unable to protect their integrity. The number of new books that they liked to read had also decreased. Naturally, they were very dissatisfied. They felt that Zhongdian Chinese Network was just messing around and giving instructions blindly. They were biting off more than they could chew. If they took too big of a step, they would easily end up achieving the opposite effect. However, Zhongdian Chinese Network did not respond to this. The authors had different reactions. Some people felt that the current way of writing was quite good. It was very free and could write content that they liked freely if they ignored the protests of the readers. Another group of authors regretted it. They felt that they were not satisfied with the content that they wrote, and the readers were not satisfied. They wanted to go back and continue writing on royalty contract after writing this story. Obviously, the inspiration class would eliminate a batch of authors after a month or two and leave behind a portion of them. However, everyone still had to fulfill the current creative contract no matter what. Fortunately, the highest word count requirement was only 500,000 words. It would definitely be completed in at most three months without any delay. As for Ma Yiqun, Zhu Xingan, and the other editors of Zhongdian Chinese Network, they followed Boss Peis instructions and let them do whatever they wanted. Cui Geng did not care about that. It did not matter to him whether the other authors wanted to go back to writing on a royalty contract or continue with the fixed-rate contract. He wanted to write the story of Successor in peace now. It would still be a good experience for him even if no one liked it. Cui Geng had already written the beginning of Successor last weekend. Cui Geng had almost completed the outline of Successor within a week. He had to perfect the details of every plot. Playboy, rich second-generation heir Phil Simmons, who did not have any special talents, decided to become a superhero. He also obtained a lot of support from his rich father and could use two billion US dollars to realize his dream of becoming a superhero. Phil had also conducted a very detailed investigation and knew four steps for ordinary people to become superheroes in this era: Find a way to become a superhero apprentice and debut successfully; Be careful with his words and actions during observation period, and accumulate supporters; Participate in the Superhero election and become the spokesperson of a certain group; Become the top superhero, become the most powerful and influential person in Hope City and even the entire country. Phil knew very well that it would be extremely difficult for ordinary people to walk this path. Tens of millions of people in the United States had dreams of becoming superheroes, but only a few hundred people could complete the first step; only a few dozen people could complete the second step; only a dozen or so people could complete the third step; and only three to five people could really stand at the top of the pyramid. Moreover, Phil was not the first rich person who wanted to become a superhero by throwing money. There were at least dozens of super-rich people who were richer than his father, Ryan Simmons in Hope City. However, most of them had not become superheroes. Most of them would choose another path: to indirectly exert influence by hosting a Superhero talent show, providing campaign funds for Superheroes, or investing before they debuted. When a large financial group became the sugar daddy of many superheroes, these superheroes might not be his lackeys, but they would still give him enough face in most cases. However, the problem was that such influence could not be achieved just by giving money. Ryan Simmons was also considered a very famous tycoon in Hope City. However, Phil had not reached the level where he could do whatever he wanted because he did not have much control over the superheroes. The Simmons family could only control some weaker superheroes. The citizens of the United States would not allow superheroes to become lackeys of the large financial group. Thus, there were many restrictions in the system. For example: The large financial group could provide campaign funds to superheroes, but it had to be voluntary and indirect. It could exert influence but could not be completely controlled; A powerful superhero definitely did not only have one huge financial group behind him. Instead, it was a community of interests formed by many large financial groups. These large financial groups would also form checks and balances. Whats more, superheroes could reject the requests of a certain large financial group on the basis of the wishes of the people. If something were to happen to a large financial group, the superhero would cut it off immediately. He might even place righteousness before family and deal with the large financial group personally. To summarize, the entire plutocrat class controlled the superheroes, but they could also be fish on the chopping board when tycoons were considered individually. The superheroes at the top had huge combat power and huge influence. They even had huge amounts of money in their hands. They had become invisible tycoons and corporations. They could already reverse their positions with the tycoons. Rich people like the Simmons family were nothing in the eyes of the top superheroes. The corporations would also fight openly and covertly for the superheroes, and the Simmons family obviously had no advantage in this aspect. That was why Ryan Simmons was willing to bet half of his net worth on the future of the Simmons family and support Phil Simmons as a superhero. Chapter 898 - SUCCESSOR (2) Phil knew very well that the chances of failure were too high if he followed the path of ordinary people. He had a lot of funds to use but it might not be an advantage for him to take the ordinary peoples path. In fact, it might have the opposite effect instead. Previously, there had been a rich man who participated in a talent show for superheroes. He had added more scenes for himself by giving money to the production team, let his mentor give a higher evaluation, and let some contestants cooperate with his performance. However, such behavior caused the audience to be repulsed and they boycotted. He managed to gain some popularity by burning money during the broadcast of the talent show, but did not make it to the second stage. He had to admit that becoming a superhero not only required money, popularity, but also strength. At the very least, he had to make the people like himno matter what type of liking. After some consideration, Phil felt that if he participated in the Superhero Selection like the others, he would be walking down the same old path. Would the audience like him? There was a high probability that they would not. That was because rich people would naturally lose points if they participated in the Superhero selection. The audience preferred superheroes with tragic backgrounds and a strong sense of social responsibility. Phil might have fans but in the eyes of the majority of the public, he was a playboy who did not do his job properly. He naturally gave people the feeling that he was unreliable. Whats more, the motive of a rich man participating in a superhero talent show was obvious. Thus, Phil decided to take another path: personally sponsor a superhero talent show. At the moment, the exclusive title sponsorship fees for several popular Superhero talent shows had almost exceeded 100 million US dollars. Of course, the production costs of these talent shows were also extremely high. That was because Superheroes talent shows were different from ordinary talent shows. Apart from regular venues, these superheroes had to run a large number of outdoor scenes and arrange some special events. In addition, they would also need to hire a superhero with enough fame and influence as a mentor if the talent show program wanted influence. These mentors appearance fees would be astronomical. Thus, Phil had to spend at least two hundred million US dollars for the possibility of his plan succeeding. The risk of doing this was extremely huge. This price could get the exclusive title sponsorship fee for many Superhero talent shows, and the exclusive title sponsorship fee could give the Simmons familys real estate business a very good advertising effect. In other words, he would not lose too much if he used this sum of money to buy the exclusive title sponsorship of other talent shows. However, Phil could not take the title sponsorship, at the very least, he could not be the main sponsor. On one hand, this attitude was still very obvious. It would easily arouse the suspicion of the audience and affect the overall plan. On the other hand, it was because other large financial groups would definitely not participate without sufficient benefits. Thus, Phils plan was to unite with the financial groups behind the two most popular superhero talent show variety shows at the moment and organize the Successor talent show in the name of these two financial groups. On the surface, the Simmons family would be completely cut off from the variety show Successor. People would not think that it was too much even if they felt that they had interest in it as long as they did not take the title sponsorship. On the other hand, the two large financial groups had already fought so hard in the field of superheroes. The program would obtain extremely high popularity and attention before it was even broadcasted if they were to jointly be the title sponsors of the variety program Successor. These two large financial groups could get the title sponsorship of a superhero talent show without having to fork out any money. It was worth at least tens of millions of US dollars. Why would they reject such a good offer? The only thing Phil Simmons wanted was for the production team of this variety show to use their own people to ensure that the program would develop according to the script that they had designed. Phil would be a mentor in the variety show Successor. There were a total of four mentors in the program. Apart from Phil, there was a superhero, a star manager of superheroes and a marketing director of a company behind a superhero. The other three mentors were all big shots in the field of superheroes. The whole point of their existence was to cooperate with Phil, to create the illusion that Phil was of the same level as these people. In fact, it was absolutely impossible for Phil to perform at the same level as the other three mentors on such a stage with his ability and knowledge reserves. However, it did not matter. He had a script. Phil would be successful as long as he acted according to the script. Phil did not have the experience of creating a superhero variety show, but there would always be brave people when there were good enough rewards. All of these problems could be easily solved as long as he was willing to spend enough money and hire the right person. Not every top superhero would be interested in coming to such a variety talent show as a mentor because it was a little like childs play. However, they would be able to find suitable candidates as long as they gave enough money. Successor was commissioned to be produced by a very capable television station in Hope City after Phil spent a lot of money. The auditions and filming work were quickly put on the agenda. The production of Successor was similar to other Superhero talent shows. The pre-selection was carried out normally, and the potential rookies who wanted to become Superheroes were poached from all over the country. The final winner would be decided through a series of practice and competitions. It was just that there were some innovations in the rules of the show: They adopted the rules of coaches snatching contestants and team competitions. The four mentors formed teams and snatched contestants. The four teams would form a group competition to determine the final winner. Phil had obtained the script for second place on the basis of this rule. The reason why he took the second place script was because first place was simply too eye-catching. According to the scripts arrangement, the team that Phil would form would be a team that did not look strong but was actually very strong. In other words, this group of people would deliberately not perform so well during the pre-selection. At that time, Phil would see their potential and recruit them under his team. Their potential would be unleashed in the official group competition. However, there was still a certain gap in strength, so they would lose with regret and ultimately obtain second place. This way, the audience would feel that this group of people with average qualifications, performed well under Phils guidance. It was not Phils fault that they obtained second place in the end. It was just that the team members were too rookie and could not be brought along. That way, most viewers would think that Phil was a playboy on the surface, but was actually a very capable person, on the same level as the other three big bosses. This would lay a solid foundation for Phils next step. Successor soon became popular even before it was released! Among these names was a superhero who had been famous for a long time, a star manager of superheroes and marketing director of a company. All of them were famous industry leaders in the field of superheroes. However, apart from these three people, there was also the famous Phil Simmons, a playboy and rich second-generation heir who had many fans on Twitter? There was immediately a wave of doubts online: Phil Simmons might have a good education background and was a CEO of a company, but was he really qualified to be a mentor for such a program? However, these doubts were quickly overshadowed. That was because the producers of Successor immediately announced the competition format of the show: four coaches would snatch the contestants and start a team competition. Thus, those who had doubted Phil Simmons earlier began to gloat. They wanted to see Phil Simmons embarrass himself on the show. Even though all four mentors had the same recruitment quota, the best and most promising group would definitely be snatched away by the other three mentors. Phil could only pick up some trolls that were one level lower. At that time, the team battle would probably be one-sided. Phils team would undoubtedly become a point-sending baby. It would probably be difficult to win even a small game. The first episode of Successor was therefore officially broadcasted under this huge popularity. Chapter 899 - SUCCESSOR (3) Phil Simmons spoke quite well on the show. He chatted and laughed with the other three big shots in a completely equal manner. Phil could firmly catch whatever the other party threw at him without any stage fright. Not only that, Phil would often make jokes at the expense of himself and tell a few jokes, causing the audience to laugh. However, things developed as everyone expected at the selection stage : Phil could not recruit any capable apprentices. The Successor had already gone through the pre-selection. Those who came to participate had the potential to become superheroes, but only a few of them could obtain the favor of the judges. During the live selection segment, the main task of the participants was to leave an impression on the judges and the audience. There were many ways to leave an impression: it could be because of their good looks, special talents or skills, or a good story. Elegant and likable people would have a much higher chance of obtaining the favor of the mentors if they happened to have a pleasing face and special talents and skills. Of course, if they did not have these, then a complicated background that attracted the sympathy of the audience could give him a special label. Then, he could also obtain the favor of the teachers. In the first round, all the outstanding competitors were basically divided up by the other three mentors. They had a minimum of one on their team. Only Phil Simmons team was still empty. Thus, it immediately became extremely popular on the internet after the first episode was broadcasted. Some people thought that Phil did not have the qualifications to be a mentor in this show at all and were gloating over it; others thought that Phil had spoken well and was not at all inferior to the other judges. He was also clear-headed when discussing professional questions, which showed that Phil was still capable. Whats more, Phil did not advertise for his real estate business at all on the show. He did not do it for fame or for profit. That bit of appearance fee was probably far from his net worth. In other words, his participation in this show was probably just a carefree attitude in his game life. On the other hand, none of the apprentices saw any potential in Phil. Instead, they still treated him as a useless rich second-generation heir. The production team even intended to create popularity by having Phil sell his pitifulness. That was too much! Both parties were arguing non-stop online, causing another round of heated discussion. Many of these voices obviously came from Phils support and instructions. Successor continued filming and broadcasting amidst the high popularity. In the second episode, Phil finally obtained his first apprentice. He was very happy and embraced this unimposing black apprentice warmly, promising to get him to become one of the top five of this talent show. There was another heated discussion on the internet, saying that Phil was boasting and making empty promises. Such a mentor was not worthy of the apprentices following him. The other three mentors who were also in the show were also mocking this point. One mentor even joked that it was not too late for Phil to withdraw from the competition. However, Phil was not angry at all. Instead, he said with surety that he had the confidence to lead the apprentices to win the team competition. Soon, all episodes from the first part of Successor were broadcasted. The teams of the four mentors were all filled up. The teams of the other three mentors looked very luxurious. On the other hand, Phils team looked very shabby. Most of the apprentices joined in the latter half of the game, and they were all types that the other mentors did not like. The live audiences response was also average. There were even two vacancies in the end. The production team had no choice but to start a revival competition at the last minute. They chose two contestants for Phil from the people who had been eliminated previously to complete his team. None of the audience was optimistic about Phils team for the upcoming team competition. More than 70% of the audience thought that Phils team would definitely be the last in the randomized questionnaire done by the television station. Almost no one thought that Phils team would be in the top two. However, none of the audience knew that this was all a script arranged by Phil. The second part of Successor was a team competition led by four mentors. The competition was divided into four forms: The first was speech or debate. The production team would give a topic which would often attract a lot of attention. It was most likely related to superheroes. The mentors would lead their teams in their preparations. They would give a live speech and debate with the opposing team. They would decide the winner based on how much they could convince the audience. Superheroes had groups that they represented, had their own ideas and principles, and often had to give speeches. The format of this team competition was to test the ability of the apprentices in this aspect. The second was to formulate a rescue plan. The program team would give a specific scenario, such as a group of criminals holding hostages, and the apprentices would come up with a rescue plan. However, they did not need to rescue the hostages themselves. Instead, a mock up by professionals would be carried out according to the rescue plan. Superheroes often had to participate in similar rescue operations, but they could not be brainless pigs. That would instead cause harm to the hostages or cause greater damage to the city. Superheroes with brains were more popular in the public. The format of the team competition was to test the apprentices ability in this aspect. The third type was the combat ability test. The production team would give a specific physical challenge stage, including physical confrontation between the teams, to see which team completed better. Superheroes needed brains but the necessary physical fitness and combat skills were also indispensable. A superhero who could fight would make the public feel safer and would not feel like this superhero was wasting his superpower. The fourth was a large-scale comprehensive test. This kind of test often contained many aspects. It required the team leaders of each team to coordinate and distribute the load amongst the members. The program team would conduct a comprehensive evaluation after completing the task. These four tests were done step by step. The program team would record the preparations of the various teams throughout and give more scenes to the key characters in it. Gradually, the public would become familiar with these apprentices who might become superheroes in the future. During this process, there had to be a limit to the coaches guidance. They could not take it all on and do it all. That would steal the limelight from the apprentices and cause the apprentices who did not have the chance to show their faces to be defeated in the following ratings of favorability. They could not completely leave it alone either, or it might lead to a crushing defeat in the team competition. All in all, a team competition like a talent show was like a prelude to a superheros future work. The first episode of the team competition was indeed as everyone had expected. Phils team had suffered a crushing defeat in the competition with the other teams. The production team also gave the least number of shots to Phils team. This created an illusion for the audience: It seemed like Phil did not do anything, and his team was as useless as him. They quickly lost. Thus, the discussion about Phil became even worse. However, Phils team seemed to have changed completely in the second episode. They obtained second place with outstanding performance. However, this time, the production team still gave Phils team the least number of shots. This caused a lot of information during the preparation process to be missing, causing the audience to be dissatisfied. The audience felt that it was the production team who looked down on Phils team and did not take them seriously. They gave more shots to the other three teams, causing Phils team to be treated unfairly even though they achieved good results. Thus, in the third episode of the team competition, the production team gave Phils team more screen time. This time, the audience could see the entire process of the preparations made by Phils team. Phil Simmons played a crucial role in the preparation process. He constantly encouraged the apprentices and gave them hints and pointers. He did not decide on the plan for the apprentices to carry out. Instead, he used a more enlightening method, to make them think of a more perfect plan. The originally disorganized apprentices suddenly became full of fighting spirit. Not only did the trust in the team increase by one notch, but they were now united and their individual abilities seemed to shine. Thus, Phils reputation in the show began to change. Many peoples impression of Phil changed drastically, and more dimensions appeared in their evaluation of him: He was a playboy, a rich second-generation heir. He was born at finishing line of many, making people envious and jealous. He was a genuine person who spoke without thinking on Twitter. The things he liked were no different from poor young people. It made people feel that he was very down to earth. He had a high education and had opened a company with good results. At his age, this meant that he was very talented and successful in business. He was not only smart but also hardworking. The most impressive thing was that he was very clear about many problems. He understood a lot more than the average person. Not only was he chatting and laughing with the other three mentors on the Successor, he was also strategizing and leading a team with lousy abilities to win. His standard was completely on the same level as the industry big shots. Of course, there were still doubts about Phil, and they were getting stronger. However, the voices supporting Phil became stronger, completely overshadowing the voices of doubt. Phils performance in the show had already won over many people after all. Those who doubted him could easily be called green-eyed monster, rich-haters, and Loser mentality. After the program ended, the black man from Phils team obtained second place with his outstanding performance. Phils promise to bring him into the top five was fulfilled. Whats more, he exceeded his promise. The black man was very grateful to Phil on the show. His eyes were filled with tears, but Phil only smiled and said, This is all your own effort. Im only helping you to dig out your potential. This made the audience feel that Phil was a good judge of character and deserved his title as a mentor. After the program ended, the program team worked with a few big management companies. A few outstanding apprentices were arranged to debut as superheroes. They were in great limelight. Many people thought that Phil would take this opportunity to debut as a superhero. However, Phil sent a tweet saying that participating in this program was a spur of the moment idea and that he had no intention of becoming a superhero. After that, Phil no longer participated in any topics related to superheroes. That caused the audience to feel that it was a pity. However, what they did not know was that Phils first phase of the plan had been a success. He might not have debuted as a superhero but he obtained a lot of attention and successfully changed the publics impression of him: from a rich second-generation heir who was completely unrelated to a superhero to a real and capable industry insider who knew the professional content of superheroes like the back of his hand. Phil had to wait for a better opportunity to carry out the next step of his plan. Chapter 900 - SUCCESSOR (4) Phils plan had not only successfully fooled all the audience, but also the two large financial groups and the other three judges. Phil being a mentor on a superhero talent show seemed like a spur-of-the-moment fun for a rich second-generation heir who had no other pursuits in life in the eyes of the public. It was not for fame or profit, and he had done his job well; Phil had spent a lot of money on this variety show just to show off in front of the public. It did not pose any threat to them to the other large financial groups and mentors that cooperated with his performance. The audience did not know that this program had a script, nor did they know that the sponsor behind this program was Phil himself. Naturally, they could not guess Phils true motive. On the other hand, the financial group and the mentors knew that the program had a script. However, this script did not cause a scandal or cause any negative effects to the program. Instead, it brought about a lot of popularity. Therefore, they had no motive to leak this matter at the moment. That would be equivalent to slandering themselves. Phils performance was like a prodigal on a whim to these people. He had spent two hundred million US dollars in order to create the image of a professional in the field of superheroes in front of the public. But so what? What was fake could not become real. These people knew very well that Phils super performance was based on the script, so they did not think that Phil would really pose a threat to their own interests. Thus, Phils first phase of the plan was a success. He started lying low and waited patiently for the next stage. Superheroes were hot topics in Hope City. In this city that was synomous with both heaven and hell, there would be murder, robbery, and other violent incidents every day. There would also be cases of superheroes successfully or failing to rescue hostages every day. However, Phil had not made his move yet. His Twitter feed was back to normal. Every day, he would share his private jet, yachts, models, or photos with his fans at roadside shops. However, his Twitter followers had increased by a lot compared to before. These fans had changed their view of him because of the Successor talent show and had become genuine supporters. Two months later. There was a very bad kidnapping case in Hope City. A group of lawless criminals kidnapped the daughter of a rich businessman and asked for a huge ransom. Superheroes immediately went to her rescue, but the hostage was brutally killed. Moreover, while the superheroes killed a number of the criminals, most of them managed to flee because of the superheroes underestimation of the enemys strength. The rich businessmans daughter was kind and beautiful. The public had a very good impression of her. Someone had taken a picture of the tragic scene of the crime scene. This little angel was lying in a pool of blood. Her limbs were tied up, her mouth was stuffed with cloth, and there were tears on her face. Her death was tragic but beautiful. It had also aroused unlimited sympathy from the public. Thus, the three superheroes who participated in the rescue faced immense pressure from public opinion. The public did not accept them pushing the blame away even though they had explained that the criminals goals did not seem to be for ransom and had no intention of releasing the hostage. Instead, they continued to pressure the Superhero Association to disqualify the three superheroes. The power of these three superheroes fell drastically with the publics doubts. The Superhero Association had no choice but to cut ties with them. They revoked the licenses of two of the superheroes while admitting their mistakes to the public. The other superhero was protected because his connections were strong enough. However, he also needed to reflect deeply, repent, and do a long period of volunteer work in front of the public to gradually appease the publics anger. The criminal who had killed the young daughter of the rich businessman had been shot dead on the spot. The other criminals who had been captured alive had only committed the crime of kidnapping and not murder. Thus, they were each sentenced to ten to dozens of years of punishment when some members of the jury objected. Only the leader of the criminals was sentenced to life imprisonment. The people came to the streets and spontaneously offered flowers to this little angel to express their grief. At that moment, Phil began to bombard all interest groups related to this incident on Twitter: Superheroes did not have enough intelligence and ability to deal with this incident; The Superhero Association did not see the shortcomings of these three superheroes abilities and misuse of their manpower; Superheroes did not have a clear estimate of the hidden risks in this city. They were only passively catching criminals, but they had never thought of solving the underlying problem that caused the high crime rate in Hope City Phils speech garnered support from the public. The peoples emotions were in urgent need of an outlet to vent after this tragedy. Someone had to be responsible for this tragedy. It was obviously not enough for the three superheroes to take the blame. Whats more, people had already accumulated a lot of resentment towards Hope Citys high crime rate. It was very easy to add fuel to the fire with Phil stepping forward. If the Casanova Phil had commented on this incident a few months ago, most people would have thought that he was boasting shamelessly. However, now, with the hot influence of Successor, many people viewed Phil as an industry insider who truly understood the problems of the superhero system. What Phil said made sense since he was an industry insider who really understood these things. Thus, the angry public vented their anger on the Superhero Association and other superheroes. They cursed angrily. Why did the Superhero Association send these three weaklings to rescue the hostages? Why didnt they send stronger superheroes? Why didnt the stronger superheroes take the initiative to carry out missions? In fact, the Superhero Association only sent out superheroes of the same standard according to their crime level. They could not possibly send out the top superheroes just because of some kidnapping or robbery, right? Everything was done according to the normal rules and procedures. However, the Superhero Association had a hard time explaining because the more they explained, the more it seemed like they were pushing the blame. It further confirmed their own incompetence. The anger of the people had not subsided even though the Superhero Association repeatedly apologized. Many fans expressed on Phils twitter that they hoped that Phil could step out and do something within his capabilities. If Phil was in charge of this matter, the situation would definitely not have turned out this way. On the other hand, Phil replied on Twitter that he had no intention of doing so. The previous tweet was also a display of his true feelings due to his righteous indignation. He emphasized that the Superhero Association was very successful when dealing with most problems. While they had made a small but fatal mistake this time, they were still trustworthy as long as they could seriously improve from this incident. The fans also expressed their understanding of Phil. he was a billionaire who had his own company to manage after all. There was no reason for him to get involved in this mess. However, the fans still hoped that Phil would be able to comment more on matters related to superheroes in the future. Phil reluctantly agreed to this request. Thus, Phil began to review the incidents related to superheroes on Twitter. If the operation was successful, he would review the experience of this success in detail and praise the successful superheroes greatly. If the operation was a failure, he would also carefully review the lessons of this failure and violently attack the failed superheroes or the association itself. Of course, these reviews were all created by his think tank team. He then edited them and posted them on his Twitter. Such detailed, professional, easy to understand and very down-to-earth content gave Phils fans a strong sense of participation. They could see the details of all aspects of the operation from an omniscient point of view. At the same time, their admiration and trust for Phil deepened. The superheroes were unhappy with Phils actions, but they could do nothing about it. That was because what Phil said was very smart. In most cases, he would criticize those down on their luck with the officials after the mission failedthese were superheroes who did not have many fans and made obvious mistakes; In a small number of cases, he would be generous with his praise for the superheroes who had completed the mission and had more fans, winning the favor of these superhero fans; Phil would criticize the Superhero Association under extremely rare circumstances. However, the Superhero Association was a huge business. It was impossible for them to really fight with Phil. Whats more, it would only generate more popularity for Phil if they really fought. Chapter 901 - SUCCESSOR (5) Phil was in the perfect position: the position of an outsider. That was because he had no interests with the superheroes. He was giving directions with the perspective of God, so Phil himself had no flaws. The people were very supportive and encouraged his behavior. The other superheroes had to worry about the publics influence even if they were unhappy and wanted to teach Phil a lesson. Ten months passed just like that. The fans that Phil had accumulated as a mentor in the Successor program had been perfectly converted into his personal fans. A large number of people really believed that Phil was a person with genuine talent. Everyone knew that Phil had assistants but which superhero did not have assistants and managers? It was very normal to have assistants. Most people still believed in Phils personal abilities. Ten months later, Phil finally found another opportunity. This time, the black apprentice in Successor was severely injured and made unconscious by a super criminal who was stronger than him because of his misjudgment of the criminals strength. Phil, who was this black apprentice mentor, could be said to be the guide of this apprentice. His evaluation of this matter naturally had a weight in the publics mind. Phil first went to the hospital to visit this black apprentice. His sad expression was moving. At that moment, the barrier between white people and black people, rich people and commoners seemed to have been broken. Everyone only saw the sincere feelings between a mentor and his apprentice. Phil met the girlfriend of this black apprentice and gave her many precious gifts as condolences. He also very generously expressed that he would pay for all the medical expenses of this black apprentice. The black apprentices girlfriend was deeply moved. She talked about her daily life with the black apprentice in front of the camera. The black apprentice respected Phil very much. He felt that Phil had been kind to him. He would ask himself before each mission: What would Mentor Phil do if he encountered such a situation? No matter whether the missions he completed were successful or not, he would always reflect upon the situation: Would there have been a better way to deal with such a situation if Mentor Phil was the one who encountered it? In the end, the black apprentices girlfriend repeated the famous words of a superhero senior: With great power comes great responsibility. She hoped that Phil could become a superhero and really contribute to changing the world. Phil was silent for a long time, but he did not give an immediate answer. Instead, he said that he would consider it and then announced his decision on Twitter. Two days later, Phil posted an inspiring tweet. He said that his current life was relaxed and comfortable, and he had a career that he was willing to fight for. Becoming a superhero meant that he had to give up his media company and his current free life. This was a huge sacrifice for him. However, his words took an immediate turn. The successors of Captain World had become pedantic. The superhero system that the people were proud of was gradually going downhill. Superheroes who had been famous for a long time were obsessed with fame and fortune. They were increasingly less concerned about the lives of ordinary people. They held high positions but did not do anything. They had completely broken away from the people at the lower ranks of society. The Superhero Association had obtained a huge amount of commercial value from the superheroes. They were increasingly passionate about creating stars, packaging, and eliminating negative news. They often lied to the people when their stupid arrangements caused many ordinary people to be hurt from crimes; There were also ordinary people like this black guy who were filled with passion to become superheroes. They had passion but did not have enough strength to change the situation. Phil said on Twitter that even though becoming a superhero would be a huge sacrifice for himself, he had enough of the superheroes inaction and the suffering that the problems that crime brought to this city. He decided to stand up and become a superhero to change the situation. He hoped that all the citizens would support him and recreate the spirit of Captain World with him. He wanted to reduce the crime rate and save the tragedies that might happen in the future so that superheroes could return to the right track. This tweet immediately received a warm response, and he skipped the first stage to directly obtain the power of a superhero. Phils actions had alerted the Superhero Association. Phil was an uncertain factor to the association. They were worried that Phil would cause greater damage to the existing system after entering the association. Therefore, they did not invite Phil but used the association rules to reject him. Phil was more than happy for that to have happened. Joining the Superhero Association was ordinary superheroes only choice. Not joining meant that they had no reputation, no exposure, and would not be able to accept missions. At the same time, it would be difficult to contact their sponsors to provide them with the next stage of the campaign funds. However, Phil did not need these. Joining the Superhero Association would instead become a kind of restraint on him. Thus, Phil chose to become a lone ranger. He wandered outside the entire superhero system. He would only personally take action if he encountered something that would 100% become successful. On top of that, Phil continued to bribe the criminals through a middleman. He knew the criminals plan in advance and stopped the crime perfectly. That was because most of the missions that had to be carried out were not dangerous. A small portion of them had been arranged. There were no unknown missions that were forcibly assigned by the association like other heroes. Therefore, Phils success rate in carrying out missions was especially high. Phil would arrange for his media company and the television stations that he was on good terms with to report on it every time he had successfully carried out a mission. He would also disclose some details of the operation to his fans on Twitter. Moreover, Phil had made a huge fuss about the fact that he had not joined the Superhero Association. There were three benefits to this: First of all, it could give all the fans a feeling of volunteer work. Phil would appear more noble and independent compared to those who became superheroes for fame and profit. Second, he did not need to participate in missions that were difficult, had low success rate, and missions which he was unwilling to take action. Furthermore, his fans could not question his every move. He could not obtain detailed information about various missions without being in the Superhero Association after all. Phil could say that it was too late when he got to know of the situations; Finally, he could continue to objectively evaluate missions that he had not participated in. At the same time, he could complete missions with his free will. This way, he could shut the mouths of those who said do it if you can. He would not be afraid to participate in missions that he could not control. Thus, Phil continued to accumulate fame through this method. In the hearts of his fans, he was a true superhero with ability, faith, and emotions. The only problem was that he did not have enough supporters. Thus, Phils superpower was limited and he could not complete bigger things. On the other hand, the Superhero Associations jealousy, suppression, and obstruction of Phil made him suffer unfair treatment. Many fans also felt indignant for him. The fans were becoming more and more extreme in their unity. However, Phil knew very well that such a state could not last forever. He would one day arouse the disgust of the superheroes if he continued to make digs at the Superhero Associations. He had to enter the next stage as soon as possible and obtain more power. Thus, he entered the third stage and prepared the agenda for himself to be a superhero and also for his participation in the Superhero election. Many superheroes scoffed after Phil released the news because his qualifications were not enough to participate in such a level of campaign. Other superheroes often had to accumulate for two to three years before they could start preparing for the superhero election. However, Phil was obviously advancing too fast and his foundation was not firm. Phil had three very difficult problems to solve from the perspective of the other superheroes in order to participate in the election. He had to obtain more support, and more powerful superpowers. First of all, no large financial group would provide him with campaign funds. Of course, Phil could use his own money as campaign funds. That was relatively easy to resolve. Second, Phil could not give a public speech or debate in the venue where the Superhero Association was located because he had not joined the Association. His name would be nominated, but this nomination would only be symbolic. It was difficult for him to obtain votes because there was no opportunity for him to appear. Finally, Phil did not have a very clear representation group. The minority, transgender, foreign immigrants, and other groups already had their own heroes. Phils image was incompatible with the appeal of these groups. It would only be one vote per person with just his fans, no matter how strong they were. He would be eliminated after one round at best. Therefore, most superheroes, even the official members of the association who organized the Superhero election, felt that this was another performance of Phils. They did not take this matter to heart at all. However, they soon realized that they were wrong: Phil had obviously thought about these problems beforehand. Chapter 902 - SUCCESSOR (6) Phil had chosen to represent the middle and lower class white people that others had always neglected. He said that he was actually representing all the citizens of Hope City, and even all the American citizens on the slogan. Phil announced on Twitter that the Superhero Association, as well as the superheroes who had joined the association, had completely deviated from the spirit of Captain World even though they still referred to themselves as the successors of the World Captain. These superheroes were only satisfied with making speeches, acting, lying, and making money. They were actually not doing anything real, which was why the crime rate in Hope City was so high. Phil was the one who had truly inherited the spirit of the worlds captain. He would definitely be able to change this rigid situation as long as he could obtain more support. He would let Hope Citys crime rate continue to decrease, and the superheroes would no longer be trapped in mutual deception and internal strife. Instead, they would unite and recreate the glory of Captain World under his lead. Phils speech triggered an enthusiastic response. The Superhero Association only gave Phil a title in the first election. They did not even allow him to give a speech in the event location. However, even so, Phils speech on Twitter still gathered a large number of fans for him. He crushed his opponent with an absolute advantage in votes and entered the next round of the election, becoming a rising star. Only then did the other superheroes realize that something was wrong. The threatened superheroes were frantically digging up dirt about Phil through the television media, wanting to use these scandals to shatter the illusion that Phil had created in front of his fans. However, what surprised them was that this move, which had worked time and again in the past, was now completely ineffective. That was because the character designs of superheroes in the past were very perfect. It would be a very heavy blow to the superheroes as long as they dug out a piece of dirt and spread it around. They would not be able to do it flawlessly even if these superheroes were careful with their words and actions. They would always succeed if they wanted to nitpick. There were too many scandals about Phil, including his academic qualifications, his company, his messy relationships, and even the script on Successor. The media controlled by these large financial groups and superheroes began to bombard Phil, hoping to make him collapse through this way and completely lose the support of the people. However, what they did not expect was that it did not work at all. That was because Phil did not become a superhero in a conventional way. He had countless flaws on him, including the fact that he has messy relationships. The people had long known that about them and they did not cause him anything. The only threat was the matter of the script for the Successor program, however Phil denied it, saying that it was the suppression and discredit of the vested interests of the Superhero Association. Both sides had their own arguments. The people could not see absolute evidence and could only choose a side to believe. However, there have been many instances of large financial groups and superheroes using fake news to attack competitors. These traditional television media have lost the trust of most people. The people who supported Phil were even more convinced that Phil was being framed. They supported him even more firmly. More people joined in to support Phil because of this. In fact, Phil had created a special Information Cocoon effect through his own Twitter. He locked all his supporters in the information cocoon and it contained the only information they were willing to accept and believe. Naturally, it was always favorable to him. As for Phils supporters, they needed a spokesperson who could protect their interests. They wanted to recreate the glory of Captain World, reduce crime rates, live a peaceful life, and change a pool of useless superheroes. They desired this so much that no one but Phil could meet their requirements. Of course, Phil would not really satisfy their requests. He was lying to them. However, Phils supporters were willingly deceived because they were also lying to themselves. Thus, no matter how much dirt on Phil was exposed, they would choose to believe Phil for no reason. They would only accept information that met their expectations and ignore the information that they did not want to see. Phils strength became stronger just like that. He defeated opponents one after another without even participating in the speech and debate. While voices against Phil were getting louder and louder, his support rate was also rising, gradually entering the top ten of the Superhero support rate. Phil, who had obtained great strength, began to selectively interfere in the missions of other superheroes. He would make it known that he played a major role in the operation if he succeeded. It might have caused serious consequences if he followed the original arrangements of the association. If he had failed, he would emphasize that the association did not share the information of the operation with him and push the blame to the superheroes and the association who were carrying out the mission. In addition, Phil had also arranged for people to dig up all sorts of dirt about his competitors and use such dirt to blackmail other superheroes to exchange interests, or he would directly release anonymously to attack his opponents. On the other hand, the dirt on Phil would be interpreted as his true character because of his special status. He was in a completely invincible position. The structure of the first half of Cui Gengs plot was that Phil had used such a series of methods to create a large-scale public safety event. It would cause hundreds of people to die, and finally replace the current strongest superhero. However, this was obviously not the end. Phil might have become the number one superhero, in the latter half of the plot, but his position was not stable because traditional interest groups and emerging superheroes wanted to pull him down. He, who stood at a high position, was facing a more serious threat than before. In the latter half of the plot, Phil used his power to eliminate dissidents and suppress new superheroes. He squeezed those superheroes to become his vassals and stabilized his power step by step. Phil returned to being a mentor in the talent show Successor and cultivated his own superhero force through this program. In the end, he successfully recruited almost all superheroes under his command. He made a lot of money through his special status and deceived the people through various fake crime rate data. The billions that his father had spent on him had been recovered with interest, while the lives of the people were deteriorating. However, even so, the people still felt that Phil was a superhero who did not do it for fame or profit. Their lives were unfortunate because of other countries and because the United States was opposing Phil. Just like that, Phil steadily made his way onto the supreme throne of the superheroes. He had taken revenge on all the superheroes who had sinned against him. However, at the end of the story, these superheroes who had been retaliated against, struggled to survive. A few people who had seen through Phils true colors worked with these superheroes, secretly worked together to overthrow Phils rule. Cui Geng had to add all sorts of iconic events during the actual creation process. Each key node corresponded to each iconic event every time Phil made his grab at the highest power of a superhero. There would be a lot of fighting scenes in these events. From the initial robbery, murder, and pursuit of fugitives to dealing with terrorist attacks, hijacking, and even overseas wars, basically covering battle scenes commonly seen in superheroes. However, all of these events were the opposite of the traditional superhero story. What the pubic knew was always the truth that had been whitewasheda?| Cui Gengs story outline was relatively long. It had basically reached the upper limit for the number of words of the fixed-rate contract, which was 500,000 words. It would take him a long time to write the entire story perfectly. However, Cui Geng was on a fixed-rate contract and Boss Pei was paying anyway so he did not have any worries. He just had to collect inspiration every day and write slowly. He could even spend time revising the plot from beginning to end after he finished writing it. That way, he could ensure that every plot would achieve the desired effect. Chapter 903 - Zhao Xuming And Finger Games Roping In February 18th, Saturday Shanghai, FV E-Sports Club. The team members had just woken up in the morning. They began to train in high-end Rank after eating Fish-Catching Take-Out. There would be training competitions in the afternoon and evening according to the schedule. It had been nearly a month since they won IOIs global finals. During this period, FV E-Sports Clubs fate had also changed. First of all, everyone had been forced by Boss Pei to return to the United States for a seven-day tour to relax. During this period, Wu Yue brought his team members to visit a few veteran clubs in the United States to exchange, visit, and learn. However, it did not seem to have a good effect. Many players were a little disappointed because these clubs did not seem to be as formal nor as proper as GPL clubs. However, it was not bad as a small interlude on the journey. Ever since he returned to China, Wu Yue has been busy with various business endorsements, including some digital products, beverages, sponsorships from foreign manufacturers, and some investors intention to invest. FV Club had also gone from an unknown small club to a popular club. Its valuation had increased explosively. Wu Yue still had a small portion of FV Clubs shares in his hands. He had earned quite a bit this time. Initially, Wu Yue had only set up FV Club for fun. It was purely burning money. He had not expected to get anything from E-Sports. However, he did not expect that everything would change because of Boss Peis arrival in Shanghai a few months ago. Wu Yue had no complaints at all even though he had given most of the club shares to Boss Pei. That was because he would definitely not be able to bring the club to its current height with his own strength if he continued to hold the club in his hands! Whats more, Wu Yue had not only obtained wealth, but also fame. He had achieved his dream of playing eSports, allowing his team members to win the championship in the international competition. To him, it was a state where he could wake up from his dreams laughing. Of course, Wu Yue knew that Boss Pei would definitely earn more as a major shareholder of FV Club. However, Wu Yue would not feel any jealousy at all. That was because such achievements were easily achieved without any difficulty with Boss Peis ability. This bit of income was definitely nothing compared to the income of Boss Peis other industries. It was not worth mentioning, right? Boss Pei probably would not take this bit of money to heart. Wu Yue also changed the clubs training base so that Team One and Team Two could have a better living and training environment after the club obtained a large sum of sponsorship and made money. He specially chose a villa with Fish-Catching Take-Out and Deposit Fitness nearby. He wanted all conditions to be as similar as possible since the situation with GPL had proven that this was the best training model. Whats more, Tengda Corporations businesses were expanding towards Beijing and Shanghai recently. Fish-Catching Take-Out, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, and Deposit Fitness had all been opened, making it much easier for Wu Yue to choose a location. There was an endless stream of teams looking for FV Team to play mock competitions after they won the championship. That was because FV Team represented the highest level of standard in the entire IOI industry. They were the best in terms of tactics and individual strength. It was the most helpful to train with such teams. Whats more, not only FV Team One, but FV Team Two and even Ding Gans SUG Team were basically filled scheduled with the mock competition. The mock competition with FV Team Ones was too difficult to arrange. There were only two or three matches a day, so many clubs turned their attention to FV Team Two and SUG. These two teams were FV Teams sparring partners during the international competition. Their strength definitely could not be underestimated! They must have grasped some tactical details of FV Team, and their various playstyles would definitely be closer to FV Team. In addition, their individual strength was still alright, and it would be very effective to train with them as well. Many people even felt that SUG Team and FV Team Twos true strength might be slightly stronger than IOIs runner-up team in the global finals. Wu Yue did not refuse either. FV Club still had to mix in IOIs e-sports circle after all. They could not completely seal themselves off and not communicate with the outside world. The global finals had already ended. There would definitely be a huge change in the entire game version. The tactics that FV Team currently had would most likely be eliminated by the next version. Thus, there was no need to keep it themselves. Actually, Wu Yue had not thought very well about FV Clubs future development. Boss Pei had not called him at all ever since they won the championship. Wu Yue did not know what Boss Peis true attitude was. The management of the club also held a meeting. Manager Lu felt that Boss Peis GOG and IOI were direct competitors. Whats more, FV Club had stepped on Finger Games and Long Yu Corporations toes to win the international competition this time. He was afraid that they would be making things difficult for them in the future. Since that was the case, they might as well switch the entire club to play GOG! The team that won the world championship switched to another game after obtaining the trophy. How would Finger Games survive then? However, Wu Yue felt that this was very inappropriate. Firstly, FV Club and Tengda had a relationship of interest. Like DGE, they could not participate in GOGs official competition in principle unless Boss Peis shares were removed. That was obviously not appropriate. Secondly, FV Club had just accepted many sponsorships and endorsements, including the live-stream contracts of the members. All of this money was earned with the identity of IOI World Finals Champion. It was not good to to abandon them immediately; Thirdly, the members of FV Club obviously preferred IOI. It was very irresponsible to ask them to go back and play GOG. Thus, Wu Yue decided to put this problem aside for the time being and maintain the status quo while waiting for Boss Peis further instructions. Wu Yue was looking at his team members training when his phone suddenly rang. Wu Yue was stunned when he saw the caller ID. It was Long Yu Corporations Zhao Xuming! Wu Yue had not spoken to Zhao Xuming for a long time. This was the first time since FV Team won the championship. FV Team would have to deal with Long Yu Corporation if they wanted to continue working in IOIs E-Sports circle even though he did not know what Zhao Xumings intentions were. Therefore, Wu Yue picked up the phone immediately. Zhao Xumings friendly voice came from the other end of the line. Boss Wu, how have you been! Is there any problem with our champion teams daily training? Zhao Xuming took the initiative to express his goodwill. Wu Yue naturally did not need to take the previous discord to heart. He smiled and said, Thanks to Boss Zhao, everything is fine with the club. Zhao Xuming grinned. Thats good. I heard that FVs two teams have been playing mock competitions with other clubs domestically? And the training has been quite good? Boss Wu is a person who doesnt forget the well-diggers when you drink from this well even after taking down the world championship. You did not forget to improve with our domestic brothers. I really admire your mentality. Boss Wu can be said to be the outstanding representative of the local E-Sports! Wu Yue smiled. Boss Zhao, you must be joking. This is our duty. Both sides exchanged a few pleasantries and tacitly did not mention their previous unhappiness. The atmosphere was very harmonious. Zhao Xuming obviously felt that he was done being polite. He changed the topic. Boss Wu, I called today mainly for two things. The first is that Finger Games is already preparing to arrange the champion skins for your team. You are the first global finals champion after all. The skin must be outstanding enough! Weve communicated with Finger Games to get them to add more Chinese elements to cater to the players in the local server! The designers of Finger Games have already rushed over from the United States, so please find a time to bring the five main players to my place. Communicate with the designers and give their opinions on the design of the champions skin. The second thing is about the IOI Professional League. Currently, the local Professional League is named ICL, IOI Champion League! I specially requested this name from Finger Games because FV Team is the world champion team. The competition zone must be called the championship zone! As for this ICL quota Of course, one of the quotas is directly given to FV Team. In addition, we have prepared a place for FVs second team in the A-Level Competition. At the moment, the league is in the midst of active preparation. There will be a large number of publicity activities. I hope that Boss Wu can fully support and cooperate. Wu Yue could not help but feel emotional. Zhao Xuming seemed to have become a completely different person. Previously, he had been cold and indifferent to Wu Yue. Now, he has become extremely friendly to Wu Yue. They were even closer than real brothers. Of course, Wu Yue also knew that this was human nature. Zhao Xuming could put down his pride to settle with FV Club. This showed that Zhao Xuming was a mature leader who knew not to influence normal workflow with his personal grudges. Zhao Xuming hints of reluctance might still be present in his speech but he had already done his best with his attitude. Wu Yue naturally understood this reluctance very well. FV Club was a club that could not be controlled to Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation. There was a natural conflict of interest. However, they had won the first global finals. Both parties had to cooperate. It was better to cooperate openly and honestly than to be hesitant and awkward. Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation also needed FV Clubs influence in the country to help them further promote IOIs local server after all. There were no eternal enemies since they were all adults. There were only eternal interests. If they could ease the relationship, they would. There was no need to make things awkward. Wu Yue immediately agreed. Alright, Boss Zhao, no problem. This is our clubs duty. We will definitely cooperate. Zhao Xuming was very happy. Thank you, Boss Wu! There was some unhappiness between us previously. I hope that Boss Wu will be magnanimous and not take it to heart. Wu Yue immediately followed suit. Boss Zhao, youre being too serious. It was just a small conflict. Let bygones be bygones. The two ended the call harmoniously. However, the smile on Wu Yues face disappeared the moment he hung up. Then, he called Boss Pei. He had to report this to Boss Pei as soon as possible! Zhao Xumings intention to rope him in was obvious. This was definitely not his own decision. Longyu Corporation and Finger Games higher-ups must have been behind it. Should he reject or accept all of this? Wu Yue felt that this might affect Boss Peis entire plan. He had to call to confirm Boss Peis true attitude. Chapter 904 - Buying Buildings In Super First-Tier Cities! Pei Qian had just woken up at that moment and was playing games on his big television after washing up. Today was his long awaited weekend. He should have a good rest after working hard for a week. Whats more, there werent any major threats to be dealt with recently. All sorts of work were progressing in an orderly manner. There was a high chance of losing money this cycle. His cell phone rang just as he was immersed in the game. He picked it up and saw that it was Wu Yue. Pei Qian instinctively resisted. That was because he really did not know how to deal with FV Club! This thing was now a hot potato. He could not throw it away or continue holding it in his hand. In fact, Pei Qians idea was very simple when he first invested in the entire FV Club. He wanted to find a way to incur losses for himself. Especially when he sent these people out for competitions and public travel. Spending a few million yuan at once made Pei Qian extremely happy. In the end, he did not expect to win the championship for no reason. He had earned all of those millions with interest! That made Pei Qian very uncomfortable. The problem now was that if Pei Qian sold the shares of the club, he would definitely make a huge profit. That was because FV Clubs reputation and valuation had risen rapidly after winning the championship. Selling it now would mean that Pei Qian would get another huge sum of money that he did not know how to spend. It would easily disrupt his plan for this cycle. However, if he did not sell it, the club would have an endless stream of money for him. That would be very uncomfortable. After some hesitation, Pei Qian picked up the phone. He had no choice. There were some things that he had to face no matter how unwilling he was. Boss Pei! I think I have to report the situation at FV Club to you. Zhao Xuming called me just now to discuss something What do you think I should do? Should we refuse to cooperate? Pay lip service? Or cooperate? Wu Yue felt that Boss Pei would probably let him choose the first two. That was because GOG and IOI were competitors. There were also some grudges between Tengda Corporation and Finger Games. Be it personal grudges or interests, Boss Pei had no reason to use FV Club to increase IOIs popularity. Of course, the possibility of rejecting the collaboration was low. Boss Pei would probably make himself look compliant on the surface, but in reality, he would do something behind the scenes to suppress IOIs popularity. Eric had become the person-in-charge of the Huaxia region once again. The new official was burning three fires: lowering the price to fight a price war, preparing to develop a mobile version of IOI, and planning for the ICL league. Obviously, he was coming on aggressively. In Wu Yues opinion, Erics three strategies would put a lot of pressure on GOG. GOG might have a huge business and a stable position in the local server, but once the attack and defense changed, it would be difficult to predict what would happen next. He had to mobilize 100% of his strength to deal with him even if the other party had been defeated by him before. Otherwise, arrogance might lead to failure. As the person-in-charge of the club that Boss Pei had invested in, Wu Yue was prepared to sacrifice FV Club under necessary conditions. What Wu Yue did not know was that Boss Pei was looking ecstatic over the phone. Not bad! Eric, the person-in-charge of the Huaxia area, did well! The things he had done after taking office were very reliable! Now, Zhao Xuming had come to Wu Yue, obviously hoping to repair his relationship with FV Club. He wanted to use FV as the champion teams influence on domestic players to publicize and attract a wave of players to IOIs local server, which had very few players. It had to be said that IOIs local server was indeed the heartache of Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation. There were few players, their competitiveness level was not high. Whats more, their version was often behind foreign countries. Thus, many professional players, including FV Team, used accelerators and went to the foreign server to train with high delay. It could have a good directional effect and inject some fresh blood into IOIs local server this time if they were to customize the champion skin of the Chinese style for FV Club and organized the ICL league. Of course, Pei Qian would support such behavior with both hands! Pei Qian was not worried at all about the threat that IOI could pose to GOG. Instead, he hoped that IOI would be stronger so that he could burn more money. At that thought, Pei Qian immediately said, You have to cooperate fully with Long Yu Corporations requests! Make this champions skin beautiful, help them promote it, and do some live commerce. As for ICLs publicity, you have to do your best to cooperate. The cooler it is, the more influential it is, the better! Wu Yue: Huh? He was stunned. Wasnt that funding the enemy? Wu Yue wasnt sure. He said doubtfully, Boss Pei, this would bring huge popularity to IOI and pose a threat to GOG! FV Club might be playing IOI but we are obviously on Boss Peis side. We can immediately transfer all our members to GOG as long as you give the order! Pei Qian was shocked. Transfer everyone to GOG? Stop fooling around! I dont want DGEs tragedy to repeat itself! Pei Qians tone became serious. Dont guess blindly! I have my reasons for asking you to fully cooperate with Long Yu Corporations publicity plan. You will understand in the future. Whats more, FV Club is also important to me. Youve won the world championship, so you should be receiving this kind of publicity and preferential treatment. You deserve this treatment now that Long Yu Corporation is willing to fork out this money. Why not enjoy it? Wu Yue was silent for a moment. He was a little moved as he said, Thank you, Boss Pei. I understand now! Ill definitely get my team members to train harder and continue to get good results. I wont let Boss Pei down! Pei Qian was a little confused after hanging up. ? Why was Wu Yue so moved? On the other side, Wu Yue hung up and felt that his goal was clearer than ever. They would do as Boss Pei said since he had spoken, and fully cooperate with Long Yu Corporations promotional activities! Wu Yue heard the implied meaning in Boss Peis words. On the one hand, cooperating with Long Yu Corporations publicity was in line with Boss Peis plan for the business competition between the two sides. On the other hand, it was out of concern for FV Club. Obviously, Boss Pei did not treat FV Club purely as a money-making tool nor as his accessory. Instead, he respected the dreams of every member of FV Club and treated everyone as friends! Wu Yue immediately went to the training room to tell his team members about the championship skin and ICL league. February 20th, Monday afternoon. The crew of Mission and Choice came to the nameless restaurant for the second gathering. This time, it was a real farewell meal. After this meal, everyone would be going on their separate ways to do their own things. The editing and post-production of the movie Mission and Choice would continue to be edited. Time was tight and the task was heavy. Director Zhu Xiaoce would bring a group of people to film a documentary for the Cold-Faced Lady by the roadside vendor. Lu Zhiyao would leave Jingzhou. Celebrities like him had a very full schedule. Actually, Zhu Xiaoce and Lu Zhiyao could have chosen to leave last week, but they chose to stay because they could not bear to miss this meal. It was rare to be able to enjoy a meal in a nameless restaurant. It might only happen once a year. Of course, he could not miss it! Everyone stuffed themselves with food and chatted. Lu Zhiyao said regretfully. Boss Pei didnt come today. Its a pity that I cant meet him one last time. Zhu Xiaoce could not help but laugh. What are you talking about? Why is this the last time? Didnt we just meet him last week? Whats more, the movie is going to be released in about a month. Youll definitely have a chance to meet Boss Pei then. Lu Zhiyao nodded. Yes, I just want to thank Boss Pei in person. He invested a few hundred million yuan into a movie, but it turned out to be my one-man show. He is really flattering me! Its hard to express my gratitude with words. Zhu Xiaoce said, Thats not necessary. You acted very well. This is a win-win situation. However, its a pity that Boss Pei did not come. I wanted to tell him about the documentary at the Cold-Faced Ladys stall today, but since Boss Pei did not come forget it. Perhaps he already knows about this. Huang Sibo nodded. Yes, Boss Pei is very busy. Theres no need to waste his time on such a small matter. I wonder which industry is Boss Pei working on now? At the same time, in the office of Sloth Apartments. Pei Qian was listening to the Manage Loss Management report on the current operations of Sloth Apartments when he suddenly felt his nose itch. He wanted to sneeze. He rubbed it and suppressed the sneeze. As for why it was the Manage Loss Trainee reporting instead of Liang Qingfan Liang Qingfan was not around. He had gone to Egypt with Bao Xu and would only be back in the middle of next month. However, the Manage Loss Management knew the business of Sloth Apartments very well, so it did not affect the report at all. Up until now, Sloth Apartments had developed the 1.0 version focus mode and 2.0 version livable mode respectively. They had both achieved great success. All the apartments were filled with tenants. In addition, Sloth Apartments naturally developed other profit models, such as working with furniture manufacturers to customize furniture, working with real estate developers to customize model rooms, and so on. The Sloth Apartments model could be said to be a huge success among young people. However, this did not affect Pei Qians use of Sloth Apartments to burn System Funds. That was because the System had a special rule when it came to calculating funds. If Pei Qian spent a huge sum of money on buying buildings, they would only be calculated as Fixed Assets. Thus, as long as Pei Qian did not sell these buildings, he would incur losses during settlement. Whats more, the System Funds would be doubled during this cycle. Pei Qian would have a lot of space to operate when it came to buying buildings. He had to prepare for the next stage of building purchases. Pei Qian said to the Manage Loss Trainee, Ill briefly explain the next stage of the plan. You can start researching it first and make specific plans after Liang Qingfan returns. This time, Sloth Apartments will leave Jingzhou and head towards the super first-tier cities. Do some reece and buy buildings in the remote areas of Beijing and Shanghai. Pei Qian had done some simple research on the relevant policies. At the moment, Beijing and Shanghai did not have strict restrictions on purchasing property. They only had to pay additional tax. Therefore, it was much more expensive than an individual buying a house. Whats more, these properties had to be used for legal operations and pay relevant taxes. Pei Qian had not intended to sell these houses in the first place. He had indeed wanted to do the rental business. Thus, it was completely in line with the rules. Pei Qian had thought things through now. The Sloth Apartments were full anyway. Wouldnt it be the same no matter where he bought now? It should not be a problem as long as he did not buy houses in the heart of Beijing or Shanghai. Of course, one might not be able to buy an entire building in the downtown area even if they wanted to. The model of Sloth Apartments was that one had to buy an entire building, otherwise it would be difficult to conduct a unified closed management. That was because the quota this time was higher. They might have to buy a few buildings if they were to buy in Jingzhou or other second-tier cities. It would be more troublesome once the number increased. He might as well buy in Beijing and Shanghai. The prices of each house were high. He could probably spend enough System Funds by buying one building each. Chapter 905 - Meng Chang’s New Mission February 21st, Tuesday Tengda Corporations marketing department. Meng Chang had just finished watching a movie on his office computer and was a little sleepy. He got up and poured himself a cup of coffee before taking a look at his colleagues in the marketing department. Some were playing games, some were chatting, some were watching shows, some were reading novels, and some were napping In short, there were all sorts of patterns, but none of them were working. Meng Chang was the person-in-charge of the department but it was obvious that these employees did not care about his gaze at all. They continued playing as if Meng Chang did not exist. Meng Chang was speechless. His original plan had been to subtly influence Tengdas advertising and marketing department. He had deliberately allowed these employees to slack off and achieve his unspeakable goal. However, he was completely disheartened after working for a while. There was no need for him to deliberately condone them. These people were more skilful than him at slacking around! These people seemed to have undergone special training regardless of whether they were slacking at work or returning home from work punctually. Meng Chang almost couldnt keep up with their pace a few days ago. That made Meng Chang wonder how many spies are there in my department. As time went by, these employees had great fun by themselves. They played games and watched movies every day without any psychological burden. They looked as though they were saying, Ive already finished my work, why cant I enjoy it? However, Meng Chang could not take it anymore. The previous job was to shoot a promotional video for Bunny Tail live-stream. However, everyones work efficiency was too high. They finished filming in less than a week. However, the website function for Bunny Tail Live-Stream had not been completed yet, so they could not use the promotional video now. He could only leave it there and wait for it to be uploaded with Bunny Tail Live-Stream. Since then, Boss Pei has not assigned any new tasks. Everyone had been slacking for almost two weeks. Meng Chang waited anxiously for his new mission. It was not that he loved to work. It was mainly to get more commission. The commission ratings would definitely not be good if he only did a publicity plan for Bunny Tail live-stream this month. The commission this month would be much more stable if he could mess up another plan. Thus, Meng Chang plucked up his courage again and prepared to make a trip to Boss Pei. The reason why it was again was because Meng Chang had already looked for him three times but Boss Pei was not in the office each time. Meng Chang asked the front desk when Boss Pei would be back but the front desk did not know at all. They only said that Boss Pei would only come to the office for two days a week at most. As for which two days, it was completely up to fate. However, the receptionist provided a very useful clue based on her rich experience: Boss Pei was more likely to be in the office on Monday, Tuesday, or Friday, and recommended Meng Chang to come on these three days. If it was urgent, he could call or send a message, but Boss Pei might not reply. Meng Chang pondered for a moment. This was not an urgent matter. It seemed a little abrupt to call. He decided to continue waiting. It was Monday yesterday. Meng Chang went there and Boss Pei was not around. It was Tuesday today and Meng Chang planned to make another trip. He took the elevator to the 16th floor. There was no need for Meng Chang to ask this time. The receptionist said happily, You came at the right time. Boss Pei is in the office. You can knock directly! That was because Meng Chang came here often. All the girls remembered him. Meng Chang expressed his gratitude to the front desk. He was afraid that things would change if he was late. What if Boss Pei had something on and wanted to leave immediately? He quickly went to Boss Peis office and knocked gently. Enter. Meng Chang pushed the door open and entered. He saw Boss Pei staring at the screen, his right hand gently stroking his chin. He was obviously thinking hard. For some reason, Meng Chang felt a sense of awe from the bottom of his heart every time he saw Boss Pei. He did not dare to use those flowery words. He did not dare to waste time and went straight to the point. Boss Pei, the advertising and marketing department is done with our marketing plan this month. Now that everyone has rested for two weeks, shouldnt we give them new tasks? Pei Qian turned to look at him. Why are you so anxious after resting for two weeks? Recuperate more. The promotional video from before must have used up alot of your brain cells, right? Its better to rest more for everyones health. Meng Chang was stunned. What the f*ck? He had to recuperate after using up brain cells! Such a simple promotional video was completed in less than a week. What was there to use his brain cells! Meng Chang quickly said, Boss Pei, weve indeed rested enough. You should give us a new project. Once we know what the next project is, well be able to collect inspiration while resting. It wont delay us. Pei Qian nodded. Alright, since youre so insistent, Ill think what other publicity plan can I give you. At the moment, most of Tengdas products were still being developed. Some of them were only in their early stages. There was nothing much to publicize. It was not that he was afraid that it would be ineffective. What Pei Qian wanted was for it to be ineffective. He was mainly worried about what would happen if the publicity went first and the product became popular before it was released. Every product that had not been produced had the possibility of becoming popular. Therefore, it was more appropriate to choose a project that was almost guaranteed to be popular. For example GPL? Or should he expand the scope a little? The entire E-Sports industry? It had to be said that the GPL had been eating at Pei Qian for many rounds. He had thought that it would definitely burn money for E-Sports. In the end, he had profited by selling slots, pulling in sponsors, and signing live-stream contracts! Based on the current situation, the future popularity of the GPL would definitely continue to rise. That was not a good sign. Filming a promotional video and advertising it in reverse seemed to be a good choice. Pei Qian pondered for a moment and said, There are limited industries that need publicity in the near future. If you want to make another plan, shoot a publicity film about E-Sports. Meng Changs expression became serious. Indeed, Boss Pei had not forgotten about the GPL! Previously, Boss Pei had asked him to choose between the GPL and the Bunny Tail live-stream. Meng Chang had chosen Bunny Tail live-stream. However, once the easy projects were done, there were only difficult projects left. Meng Chang fell into a momentary hesitation. That was because he knew that the GPL was too popular now. As long as it was related to the GPL, it might cause the best publicity effect no matter what they filmed . One careless mistake could jeopardise everything. However, Meng Changs confidence swelled after completing the plan for Bunny Tail Live-Stream. That was because Meng Chang did not know where Boss Peis tolerance limit for his proposal was previously. Therefore, he was testing it out bit by bit. When he was promoting Tengdas physical industry, Meng Chang hid all the key information but it was still frontal publicity. When it came to Rabbit Tail Live-Stream, he did an entirely opposite publicity. However, it seemed like Boss Peis tolerance had no bottom line from his reaction? Boss Pei actually did not react to the ridiculous promotional video of Bunny Tail Live-Stream and easily decided on it. This undoubtedly gave Meng Chang a boost. Meng Chang gradually became bolder and dared to challenge more difficult projects. GPL might be famous and popular, why would he worry about not getting commission as long as he could do reverse marketing? At that thought, Meng Chang nodded. No problem. Im going to shoot a promotional video about GPL now! Pei Qian immediately corrected him. Its not a GPL promotional video. Its a promotional video for the entire E-Sports industry. There shouldnt be a GPL logo at all. The reason for this limitation was mainly because Pei Qian was worried that it would bring unnecessary popularity to the GPL. Expanding the theme of the filming to the entire e-sports field without any elements related to GPL would naturally cause the publicity effect to be much worse. Of course, Fei Huang Workspace had filmed a documentary on E-Sports a long time ago. Whats more, it produced very good response. Pei Qian almost fainted. However, Meng Chang was not Fei Huang Workspace. Pei Qian was full of confidence in him. Meng Chang was stunned for a moment before nodding. Alright. He was secretly puzzled. This condition had reduced the difficulty. If he only filmed GPL, the content that Meng Chang could display was actually very limited. There was more room for him to show off after expanding to the entire E-Sports industry. Pei Qian nodded. Dont worry about funding. Go ahead and film it! Meng Chang felt that something was amiss when he returned to the marketing department. Why did Boss Pei seem to be helping him? Was Boss Pei being sarcastic or was he mistaken? Meng Chang could not figure this problem out. However, he was a very practical person. Since he could not figure it out, he would not think about it for now. He would focus on completing the publicity plan this time. Meng Chang knew very well that IOI was currently attacking GOG. The promotional video about E-Sports that he was going to film now should be a powerful counterattack for GOG. If it was a normal shoot, Meng Chang would choose to shoot a lot of inspiring and hot-blooded scenes in the GPL. He would have more positive lines and scenes so that more people would accept the new GPL and E-Sports. However, he had to do things in the reverse. Meng Chang returned to his desk and sat down. His nimble brain worked quickly and he came up with a rough plan in less than half an hour. It was the same as the Bunny Tail Live-Stream, reverse marketing! Didnt Bunny Tail Live-Stream AOE all the live-stream platforms previously? It would be the same this time. Wouldnt his job be done if he AOE the entire E-Sports industry? Everyone knew that e-sports was an emerging industry. It also had many problems while it brought about opportunities. Take professional players for example. Many viewers could only see the glory of the small group of professional players at the top of the pyramid, but they could not see how miserable the lives of the professional players at the bottom of the pyramid were. This was a very cruel industry, but most people seemed to only see its bright side at the moment. Very few people would choose to open the bloody wounds under its bright exterior. Therefore, Meng Chang decided to shoot a promotional video about E-Sports and publicize how miserable the industry was. He wanted all young people who yearned for professional players to back off and produce the best effect of dissuading them! That would also cause negative effects in the GPL league. Wouldnt the high commission be easy to obtain that way? Meng Chang immediately began writing the detailed plan for the promotional video happily at that thought. Chapter 906 - Coming Out Of The Cocoon Without Becoming A Butterfly” Meng Chang actually did not know much about E-Sports because it was a new industry and he was not too interested in it after all. He did not watch E-Sports competitions or play related games. However, Meng Chang was smart. He could look up information from various aspects in areas he did not understand. E-Sports was a new industry that was filled with controversy from the beginning. There were many hot topics on the internet. It was extremely easy to find some dirt. He did not have to understand it too deeply. After all, he only wanted to shoot an E-Sports promotional video. It was just like shooting a promotional video for a racing car. There was no need for him to really run the racing track and understand the specifications of the car, right? Thus, Meng Chang spent some time looking for some information online and collecting some material. What surprised him was that Tengdas Fei Huang Workspace had even produced a documentary about the e-sports industry previously. At that time, it had caused quite a good response. The documentary was called Coming Out of the Cocoon as a Butterfly. It mainly talked about the journey of a professional player who played Counter Strike. He trained for at least 14 hours a day and rarely saw his friends and family. There were almost no holidays His father locked him at home when he decided to play professionally. He was the one who kicked the door open and ran to Shanghai to start his career. All in all, there was one thing that stood out: Hardship. The entire documentary was very realistic, including interviews by the relevant personnel, the training base, and the actual scenes of the professional players hometown. All the details were there. Meng Chang believed in Fei Huang Workspaces professionalism. This documentary was definitely realistic and the audiences feedback proved that. Very good, this documentary saved me a lot of trouble. I dont have to spend a few more weeks on field research with such a film that allows me to understand the E-Sports industry better. The Advertisement and marketing department had a lot of funds and was fully supportive of field inspection but Meng Chang was not interested in that. It had nothing to do with him no matter how much money the department had! He just wanted to finish this publicity project as soon as possible and get his commission. He did not care about anything else. The documentary was filmed in June 2010, about a year and a half ago. Meng Chang felt that the E-Sports industrys environment and ecology would not undergo any outrageous changes in just a year and a half, right? After reading the relevant information, Meng Chang quickly locked onto the few key black spots of this publicity. The current E-Sports industry was still in a state of chaos. For example, there were competitors salary disputes, clubs squeezing players, treatment of bottom tier players were too bad, and there was basically no good way out after entering the industry with difficulty. These were all objective problems. He could easily find similar news. However, he didnt find much negative news about GPL. That made Meng Chang feel a little pity that he couldnt include it in the film. However, on further thought, this was normal. GPL involved too much capital. Even a big company like Shenhua Corporation had entered. Every sponsor was richer than the other. How could they let these negative news leak out and spread like wildfire on the internet? They must have been removed by public relations. However, this did not affect Meng Changs performance. In any case, the E-Sports industry was similar. Even if the GPL was done well, it should not be able to fundamentally change the characteristics of this industry fundamentally. After much consideration, Meng Chang found a perfect entry point among these key black spots. In the past, the promotional videos of the E-Sports industry had basically focused on the top of the pyramid. That was the small group of people who had won the world championship and achieved success. For example, Coming Out of the Cocoon as a Butterfly was a former professional gamer who won the world championship in Counter Strike. Recently, there were also media outlets hoping to shoot a documentary for FV Club to introduce the process of them winning the IOI global finals. The content was easy to imagine: First, introduce the poor background of these professional players, how incomprehensible their families were when they chose to play E-Sports, how hardworking they were in pursuing their dreams, and what achievements they achieved in the end These were all basic tactics. On the other hand, Meng Chang wanted to do the opposite. He did not want to film the small group of people at the top of the pyramid. Instead, he wanted to film those professional players who had poor results and were unknown. He wanted to film those internet addicts who had dreams of being a professional but could not enter the industry! These peoples lives could be said to be very tragic. He could find many similar reports searching online. Many professional players had very low salaries when they entered the industry. They were happy if they could afford their meals. The training environment was also very bad. It might be called a training base, but it was actually a large internet cafe. Meng Chang also found some photos of veteran clubs like H4 online. The living environment of the players was really not flattering. Whats more, this was only a small group of people who could become professional players. What about those who could not become professional players? It was said that the college entrance examination was like a huge army crossing a single wooden bridge. However, the E-Sports road was scarier than the college entrance examination because there were too few people needed in the entire industry. Meng Chang had a rough idea and quickly wrote a general outline at that thought. The other promotional videos were all about the successful stories of the teenager chasing his dreams. However, Meng Changs promotional video was about the failure of the teenager chasing his dreams! The protagonist of the promotional video was a young man. The first scene was him playing GOG with high concentration in a dark internet cafe. In the game, the enemy had already arrived. He operated crazily and fought the enemy on his own high ground. However, he was instantly killed by the opponents skills after a flashy operation. The bright red words failure appeared on the screen. The young man felt defeated. He took off his earphones and looked at the word failure silently. However, the young man mustered his courage and prepared to win right on the heels of the next game. At that moment, a middle-aged man stood behind him and pulled him up from his seat. Dad? The young man looked stunned. The middle-aged mans face was ashen as he dragged him home. In the second scene, the young man was dragged home by his father. Their conditions were not too good from the environment at home. The father and son burst into an intense argument. His father was so angry that his face turned red. He picked up a feather duster from the side and was about to hit him. The young man was so angry that he shouted. Kill me! However, his father raised his hand and slammed the feather duster onto the ground. Then, he knelt down with a thud. Im begging you, alright? Go back to school and study hard. Dont play games anymore The young man did not say anything. He returned to his room and closed the door with a bang. In the third scene, the young man came to the big city alone with a few hundred yuan that he had stolen from his family. He went to several clubs for training. However, these clubs rejected him one after another. One of the managers said very sincerely. Im sorry, your strength cannot meet our clubs requirements. The E-Sports path might not be suitable for you. I suggest you reconsider. The young man was sleeping on a bench in the park. He looked at the starry sky with a determined expression. In the fourth scene, there was finally a club that was willing to take him in as a budding player. He did not have a salary, but they took care of his food and accommodation. The young man was very happy. He trained hard every day and watched the main players play training competitions and discuss tactics. He was silently envious. He hoped that he could be like them one day and play competitions and win the championship. In the fifth scene, the young man went on stage as a substitute for the first time. However, he did not perform well and was the point of failure. Information about him being killed kept appearing on the screen. After the competition, he took the initiative to apologize to the manager, but the manager did not say anything. It was just that from then on, he did not get any chance to play. Just like that, he waited by the water dispenser as his teammates changed wave after wave. Finally, the manager found him and told him to find another path in life. In the sixth scene, the desperate young man returned home. He thought that his father would beat him up in a rage, but his father did not say anything. He only quietly prepared the food and said that he would think of a way to find a job for him through connections the next day. In the seventh scene, the young man was moving bricks on a construction site under the scorching sun. His father came all the way here to deliver water and food. His heart ached. The young man wiped his sweat with his dirty hands and smiled, saying that he was not tired. However, he looked at his fathers back as his father left. For some reason, he recalled the scenes in class and tears flowed down his cheeks. Those days that he did not cherish would never come back. After writing the outline of the story, Meng Chang checked it from beginning to end and was very satisfied. This was called high-end reverse marketing. It would definitely not work if Meng Chang forcefully fabricated facts and filmed some content that smeared the E-Sports industry because such behavior was prohibited in the agreement he signed with Boss Pei. However, what he was filming now was all real! These scenes should have played out many times across the country. Moreover, Meng Chang was very restrained. Unlike many traditional media outlets, he did not mix E-Sports and gaming as one, nor did he turn gaming into an internet addiction or young gamers who liked gaming into a sick state. He had only wanted to objectively film the hardships of the E-Sports industry. The young mans father did not beat and scold him like his other parents did. He was very good to the young man. That kneeling scene would cause extreme heartache. The young mans stubbornness ultimately led him to realize that his father was right. There were so many people who liked to play games. Only a small portion of them could be chosen by the club to become professional players. Among this group of people, only a small portion could become the main force and obtain the opportunity to play. Among the main players, only a small portion could become a celebrity player and be known by the audience. Among the celebrity players, only a small portion could win the competition championship and gain both fame and fortune. In other words, the entire E-Sports Road was like a huge filter. Only one in ten thousand people could survive at every stage. What would happen to those who were eliminated? Just as the video had shown, they had chosen the wrong path. The most precious years of their lives had been wasted. Of course, Meng Changs intention was not to discriminate against construction sites carrying bricks. As long as they could feed themselves and support themselves, there was no distinction between classes. What Meng Chang wanted to express was that while they were both professionals, some chose voluntarily it and some accepted passively. After failing to walk the E-Sports path, voluntarily choosing a profession basically became an impossibility and he could only be accepted passively. How miserable! Moreover, Meng Chang would also give the audience sufficient hints in some details. For example, when filming the clubs training scene, they had to film the clubs conditions, including accommodation, meals, and so on. No eSports Club would be happy to film it as this scene was equivalent to publicizing their familys disgrace. However, that did not matter. He just had to set up a setting based on the information he had found online. The game graphics in the promotional video would all be from GOG because they did not have the copyrights of the other games. Only GOGs graphics could be used freely. Whats more, using GOGs graphics could also create an AOE effect on GPL. It was killing two birds with one stone! After carefully revising the outline of the promotional video a few times, Meng Chang stood up confidently and said to his colleagues who were slacking, watching dramas, playing games, and sleeping. Everyone, put down what you have on hand and come back to life! Everyone immediately stopped what they were doing and looked over. Meng Chang explained the new promotional video in detail. This film is called Coming Out of the Cocoon Without Becoming A Butterfly. The reason why it was called Coming Out of the Cocoon Without Becoming A Butterfly was mainly to have a corresponding effect with the documentary Coming Out of the Cocoon As a Butterfly. It reminded all young people who wanted to walk the E-Sports path: You might not necessarily break out of the cocoon and become a butterfly, you might become trapped in your own cocoon. Whether one could become a butterfly or not depended on whether one was a butterfly or just a caterpillar. What do you think, everyone? Meng Chang looked around at everyone. On the surface, he wanted to ask for everyones opinions. In fact, Meng Chang had already thought about it. Even if someone objected, he would definitely continue with this plan. However, no one raised any objections. Not bad, no objections! Ill start perfecting the details now. Ill look for the venue and choose the actors. The entire advertising and marketing department underwent a 180-degree turn in an instant. Previously, everyone was like a flock of sheep scattered on the green grass plains. At Meng Changs command, these sheep immediately had a formation and began to take proper steps! Meng Chang still felt a little uncomfortable even though he had experienced something similar once. In his opinion, these colleagues presented two completely different characteristics at the same time. The people he had interacted with in the past could often be categorized into two types: workaholics and slackers. The former was serious and responsible for their work, but they would never be able to finish the work on hand. One would definitely not be able to see them slacking during working hours. The other type of slacking monsters would seize all the time possible to slack. Even if they were given tasks, they would take a long time to complete them without any efficiency. However, the colleagues in the advertising and marketing department were not workaholics or slackers. If you said they were hardworking but, they played games and slept when they were not working. They would never take the initiative to look for work. If you said they were lazy, but they were extremely efficient when they were really working. However, Meng Chang did not have much objection. These people were very efficient. They could quickly complete their tasks which would ensure that he would get a high commission. At the same time, they would not have any doubts about his plans. No matter how one thought about it, they were perfect subordinates. At that thought, Meng Chang stopped harping on this matter and continued to look forward to his commission this month. There was a wave of reverse publicity on Bunny Tail Live-Stream, and another wave of reverse publicity on GPLs side. Wouldnt the commission be directly maxed out if the two effects were stacked together? The publicity plan for Tengdas physical industry might have been a small failure at the beginning but the high commissions would be his in the latter two proposals! Meng Chang could not wait. Chapter 907 - Which Store Should I Start Filming From For The Publicity Film? February 22nd, Wednesday Huang Sibo brought the filming crew of Fei Huang Workspace and the representative from the Cold-Faced Lady, Zhang Yahui, to Changan. Chinas food culture has a long history. There were many famous night market snacks all over the country. Many of them were famous throughout the country, such as Gaozhuang night market, East New Street night market, Zhang Gongqiao night market, Xisi night market, Cross Street night market, and so on. All of these night markets gathered local cuisines. Every night, there would be a hubbub of voices. There would be the fire resulting from the stir-fry, shouts for sales, profuse sweating, and cold beer. The night market had a unique smell of smoke and human emotion. The night market was a place where delicacies gathered. It was also a good place to set up stalls. The first filming location that the production team chose was Changans East New Street Night Market. The night market here started in the 1980s. Most of the stalls and restaurants were located in the eastern section of East New Street. The three most famous gourmet restaurants were the Wang Familys Bucket Chicken, Zheng Familys Steamed Bun, and Old Chens stewed vegetables. Huang Sibo had already done his homework on these contents before he arrived. Zhu Xiaoce might be the director and should lead a team but he had more important work to do: supervise the editing and post-production of Mission and Choice. Zhu Xiaoce was the director of Mission and Choice after. There were many problems that needed his decision at the final stages. Thus, Huang Sibo had brought his team over to film this time. He had chosen another new director in the company, and this was a good opportunity to train the newbie. It was still early when they arrived at the hotel. Everyone checked in and gathered at the resting area of the hotel. They planned to discuss how to shoot the publicity video. They had decided to film the night market but the content of the night market was too broad. There had to be a clear theme for what to film. On the other hand, Huang Sibo and the entire team knew nothing about this. It would depend on the representative of the Cold-Faced Lady, Zhang Yahui on whether they would film it. However, what confused Huang Sibo was the only one that came from Cold-Faced Lady was Zhang Yahui. Whats more, Zhang Yahui did not seem to know much about the Cold-Faced Ladys business. He was just a vendor who had joined the Cold-Faced Lady. Huang Sibo specially called the person-in-charge of the Cold-Faced Lady, Qi Yan, to ask. Qi Yan said that it was alright. She had already told Zhang Yahui all her thoughts. Both of them had the same opinion. She was still in charge of the daily operations of the shop and the planning of the Gourmet Laboratory so he would not go over. She asked that Huang Sibo discuss everything with Zhang Yahui and to call her again if they really could not make up their minds. Huang Sibo pondered for a moment. That made sense. Given the cold-faced ladys half-dead appearance, Zhang Yahui could either make the final decision or let the management of the cold-faced lady make the decision. The outcome would probably not be much different. Everyone looked at Zhang Yahui, waiting for him to tell them how to shoot the publicity video. Zhang Yahui had never interacted with such a professional filming team before. He was a little nervous now that he had become the focus of everyones attention. He adjusted his emotions and then said, Actually, Boss Qi doesnt have any special purpose for filming this publicity video. The main purpose is to record the daily lives of the vendors and show the netizens the hardships and life of setting up stalls. Of course, we can also promote traditional local delicacies in China and also emphasize on local delicacies that have innovated in tradition The reason why we want to make a film about street stalls is mainly because the Cold-Faced Lady had a Street Food Contest previously. Boss Pei approved of this very much. Boss Qi thinks that digging deeper into street food might be a direction for the Cold-Faced Ladys future development. Whats more, Cold-Faced Ladys brand image and main cuisine are closely related to the stalls. Huang Sibo was still confused. I understand the general meaning, but the content is too complicated. There is no emphasis. Are we mainly filming delicacies or the daily lives of the vendors? The former would be a regular food promotional video, while the latter would be more inclined towards a documentary. Zhang Yahui was stunned. Er I cant say for sure. Brother Huang, what do you think? Huang Sibo was a little speechless. He thought to himself, You guys were the ones who wanted to film this but you dont even have a clear idea, and are asking me? However, on further thought, Cold-Faced Lady had just joined Tengda not long ago after all. This Zhang Yahui was only a stall owner previously and had not been influenced by the Tengda spirit. It was normal for him not to understand these questions. Under such circumstances, a veteran from Tengda like him would have to guide them! Thus, he patted his chest and said, Alright, Ill tell you my opinion from Boss Peis perspective. At the end of the day, we still have to publicize the Cold-Faced Lady. At the very least, we have to give the impression that the Cold-Faced Lady is very concerned about traditional delicacies and local gourmet heritage through the publicity film. Therefore, my suggestion is that we pick a city, choose a local specialty, and tell a vendors personal story for each episode to achieve the effect of imagining the big from the small. In the past, many food promotional videos used delicacies as the core. For example, how precious the raw materials of such delicacies were, how complicated the production process was, how dedicated the boss was, and so on. However, if we expand the scope to the entire street stall, this perspective would undoubtedly be a little one-sided. We all know that street stalls are actually hard work. Many street vendors have a difficult life. Therefore, the structure of our film is roughly divided into three parts: the first part. Introduce the city and night market that we are going to shoot this episode. Introduce a few very famous local delicacies in the night market. Then, expand and make a summary of the entire regions food culture, giving the audience a very open perspective. The second part is to focus on a certain vendor in the night market and introduce his mental journey in detail. For example, how did this vendor walk the path of a vendor? Did anything sad or touching happen during his stall life? It would allow everyone to see the inner world of these vendors better. The third part, after introducing the vendors mental journey in detail, introduces his exclusive cuisine. This way, the audience would have a certain impression of this vendor, and it would be easier to resonate. What does everyone think? Zhang Yahui immediately nodded. Yes, I think thats good! However, there might be a small problem this way. All the attention would be focused on the night market, vendors, and delicacies. They would not pay too much attention to Cold-Faced Ladys brand. I suddenly thought of a very important factor. The Cold-Faced Lady will set up a Gourmet Laboratory and work hard to recruit all the outstanding food vendors in the country. Of course, many vendors will find it difficult to leave their hometown. We will buy the recipe of Gourmet from him at a high price and train specialists to learn it. We will try to recreate this original local flavor. Once the content is added, the focus of the publicity would no longer be on a night market in a city or a certain vendor, but on the Cold-Faced Lady! Huang Sibo nodded immediately. Indeed. Since its a publicity video, our ultimate goal is to promote the Cold-Faced Lady. However, this matter should not be said too bluntly. It would easily arouse the disgust of others. I think we can add a cold-faced ladys logo and a line of words at the end of the film. Zhang Yahui nodded. Yes, sure. Ill listen to you, Brother Huang. Im a vendor myself. If you have any questions in this area, you can ask me anytime. Huang Sibo said, Yes, I have questions for you now. Lets have a simple exchange first. Well brainstorm and then well start planning how to shoot it. Actually, I understand the glamorous parts better. The main thing I want to ask is, how bad can the more dismal side be? Zhang Yahui smiled in embarrassment. That is a long story. According to the statistics, six hundred million people in China earned less than 1,000 yuan a month. The economy might be developing rapidly, causing various high-income groups to emerge, many people were still worrying about their livelihoods. Zhang Yahui knew many vendors who were forced to set up stalls to make a living. They did not like to set up stalls but they had no choice but to treat it as a means to earn a living. There were vendors who did all sorts of things. There were people who put film on their cell phones, people who booked newspaper booths to sell magazines, people who sold umbrellas at bus stops, shopping malls, and subway entrances, and people who made chicken chops or other snacks Of course, there were also people like Zhang Yahui who sold roasted cold noodles. Their hearts ached while they were setting up the stall. For example, setting up a stall in a popular place and getting messed up by hooligans. He had no choice but to swallow his anger and obediently pay his tributes; Or renting a popular store but the landlord chased him away with the notice of demolition in the end. He only found out that the landlord had changed hands and increased the rent. He wanted to open a small restaurant to make food and beverages. First, he had gone through so much trouble to apply for a business license. Then, he had been reprimanded for making changes because of a complaint. His business had been dismal Most vendors would sleep later than dogs and wake up earlier than chickens as long as they walked this path. They would not rest for the entire year. However, most of them could only barely maintain their livelihood and struggle on the food line. Many people sympathized with the vendors, but that was on the premise that they did not start their stalls at their doorsteps. The stalls of these vendors were either in unsafe places (placed at a crossroad or on the main road) or unhygienic (the raw materials were difficult to guarantee and the leftover garbage contaminated the road). They also posed many difficulties in managing the city. Zhang Yahui had set up his stall after graduating from high school. He was still very young but he had actually set up his stall for seven to eight years. The location of his stall had also been changed many times. Naturally, he was very confident about it. Fei Huang Workspaces filming team listened and recorded as they began to plan the filming plan for the promotional video based on Zhang Yahuis description. Chapter 908 - Bunny Tail Live-Stream and Useful App February 23rd, Thursday Meng Chang and the advertisement department were in charge of the E-Sports promotional video. They were in the midst of intense preparations and were about to officially start filming. Meng Chang sighed again. The efficiency of his subordinates was really high. Two or three of them came from Fei Huang Workspace. Be it filming, finding actors, or filming, they were familiar with all sorts of work. Meng Chang originally thought that he would have to prepare for three to five days at the beginning, but he realized that it could be reduced by half under the efficiency of these people. The employees of the marketing and advertising department would ensure their own rest time by increasing their productivity after all. How could they not be efficient? Meng Chang especially liked a young man named Gao Ti[1.Gao Ti literally means tall and raise] among the employees in the advertising and marketing department. He was very young, smart, and efficient. Meng Chang especially liked his name and felt that it had a good symbolic meaning. Gao Ti had also been transferred from Fei Huang Workspace. He had been preparing for most of the filming of the promotional video. He had to admit that Boss Pei had a lot of talents under him. Meng Chang felt that it was indeed very comfortable to lead such a team because he did not have to worry about not carrying out his orders well. The chances of him getting a high commission naturally increased greatly. Meng Chang was still thinking about the script details of the promotional video when he saw Gao Ti rush back from outside and walk straight to his desk. Brother Meng, the venue, actors, and props have been more or less arranged. Prepare some details and improve the script. We should be able to officially start filming in two days and finish filming next week. However I have something to report. Of course, this is just an immature suggestion of mine. Its up to you whether you want to accept it or not. Meng Chang was very happy. He was happy not only because of the high efficiency but also because he had received enough respect. He nodded, not bothering to hide his admiration for Gao Ti. Yes, tell me. Gao Ti said, Brother Meng, theres actually a GPL training base in Jingzhou. Its at Ming Yun Villas. Its only dozens of minutes drive from us. It might be a little remote, but we should be able to get a ready-made scene if we give the club a shot. Whats more, our mission was personally arranged by Boss Pei. The club would definitely cooperate unconditionally. We can save some time if we shoot at the scene of the club. Gao Ti had previously said that he could ask Boss Pei for funding to film at clubs all over the country. However, Meng Chang rejected this suggestion. That was because Meng Chang knew very well that the promotional video he was going to film was actually going to defame E-Sports. He wanted to film the accommodation conditions of the relatively bad clubs. The clubs also wanted faces. How could he let them film it? Thus, there was no need to seek a rebuff. Now, Gao Ti gave a new suggestion: film the GPL training base. In other words, he was implying that the other clubs may not allow them to film, but the GPL clubs could definitely allow them to film as they pleased. That was because this was a job arranged by Boss Pei. All of Tengdas businesses had to cooperate unconditionally! Meng Chang fell into deep thought. After a moment, he shook his head. I dont think theres a need for that. Lets set it up ourselves. Gao Ti did not ask much and just nodded. Alright, Ill arrange it now. The reason why Meng Chang did not choose to film at the GPL training base was not because he found it troublesome or other reasons. He was mainly afraid that it would be too obvious and offend people easily. His publicity video was meant to use GOGs game graphics. If the training base could match the GPL team, what would happen? It was basically a clear indication. Meng Chang did not want to make it so obvious. Instead, it would stimulate the audiences reverse psychology and have a certain negative effect. Therefore, it was best for him to set up the scene and secretly mock it. The scene might be very ugly if they really fell out. The clubs in GPL were all quite influential. For example, a large corporation like Shenhua was not something Meng Chang could afford to offend. Therefore, Meng Chang did not take this suggestion and decided to continue setting up the scenes himself. Whats more, there were many benefits to setting up his own set. For example, he could make the living environment of the players more exaggerated. As long as he did not go overboard and ensure a certain degree of authenticity, the details that he deliberately arranged would emphasize the hardships of the players training. Normally, no one would pursue such petty tricks. After all, they did not name which club it was. On the other hand, these problems would be very difficult to solve if they were to use a club that existed in reality. Meng Chang would have to bear the consequences if the big sponsor behind the club were to compete seriously. Gao Ti had gone to deal with these matters. Meng Chang was also happy to be an overseer. He casually searched for recent news on the Internet. Eh? The ICL league seems to have started its publicity campaign? Meng Chang noticed that Long Yu Corporation and Finger Games seemed to be preparing for the IOI Champions League. Long Yu Corporation was spending a lot of effort to promote it. At the moment, there were already many rumors, including ICLs participating teams, the list of teams, the game version of the league, and so on. It was obvious that Long Yu Corporation was behind all of this. Their goal was very simple. They wanted to warm up in advance and create a sense of anticipation for the audience. There would definitely be a lot of publicity before the official start of the competition. Meng Chang guessed that there would definitely be a promotional video for the ICL league. Isnt this a coincidence? ICLs promotional video can help me out! Meng Chang could easily guess the rough nature of the ICL promotional video. It was nothing more than taking a picture of each teams high-spirited appearance, filming some cool scenes for the professional players, and simply taking a panoramic view of the competition venue. All in all, this type of commercial publicity video would definitely focus on being cool. That would be a stark contrast to Meng Changs promotional video! At that time, everyone would see that IOIs promotional video was so good, but Tengdas E-Sports promotional video was so disappointing. They would definitely like the former! Moreover, Long Yu Corporation would definitely use a lot of resources to publicize it. This made many viewers focus their attention on the E-Sports field. Once Meng Chang unleashed his publicity video, he would be able to catch the attention of the audience without much effort. Meng Changs goal was to advertise the E-Sports industry in reverse. The more popular it was, the better the effect. Naturally, his commission would be higher. Since that was the case, why not? Of course, the effect of force was mutual. Meng Changs publicity video was equivalent to pouring cold water on the entire e-sports industry. It would definitely hurt ICL. However, Meng Chang didnt mind. That was because his publicity video was using GOGs game graphics. It should not affect IOI, right? The graphics of these two games were quite different. The audience should not be so blind as to make a mistake. Whats more, so what if he managed to AOE ICL? It would not affect his commission at all. Meng Chang did not care about anything else other than high commission as long as he did not offend too many people and make too many enemies for himself. At the same time, in the Useful App office area. Chen Yufeng, who was in charge of Bunny Tail Live-Stream, specially made a trip over to discuss the cooperation with Yu Pingan. At the moment, the Useful App was still being updated and maintained. Previously, Boss Pei had already said that making the application was a long and arduous task. Thus, Yu Pingan did not dare to be negligent. He seriously developed more functions, maintained the version of the application, and enriched the professional content on it. He also had to divert a portion of his energy to use technical methods and legal methods to maintain their rights to prevent him from copying the knowledge on the application. Until now, the application had completed the preliminary content structure with the combined efforts of all the developers and the professors, lecturers, young scholars, and graduate students of Handong University. It was just that it was not famous. Most of the content on this application was related to ancient poetry and ancient literature. Its greatest use was to help AEEIS create an automatic poetry function. Yu Pingan also knew that there was a severe shortage of content with the application, so he did ask Boss Pei for more money to publicize. He still focused his attention on finding big names and professionals in various fields to produce knowledge and perfect the terms and explanations on the useful application. After exchanging a few pleasantries, Chen Yufeng explained his purpose for: He wanted to take advantage of the resources at the Useful App to discuss with the young scholars and lecturers if they would give live-stream lectures on Bunny Tail live-stream. Of course, he would not let them do it for free. They would have a basic salary. Chen Yufengs words stunned Yu Pingan. Other live-stream platforms would spend money to sign on some gaming gods and beautiful female streamers. Bunny Tail Live-stream actually spent money to sign on some expert scholars? However, on further thought, wasnt this the same idea as the Useful App? That was fine. Yu Pingan thought about it. The request from Bunny Tail Live-Stream had a certain conflict with the application. There were not many outstanding young lecturers and scholars after all. These were very precious resources. They had to teach and do research. Their spare time was limited. They could only choose one out of two. Unless it was a few talented liver emperors. This involved a problem of resource allocation. If Yu Pingan graciously agreed to Chen Yufengs request, it would cause all these young lecturers and scholars to go to Bunny Tail live-stream to collect money. Wouldnt it backfire if the work on Useful App backfired? Tengdas various departments were indeed helping each other unconditionally, but the prerequisite was that they could not affect the work of their respective departments. Yu Pingan considered for a moment and said, How about this? Ill give Boss Pei a call to ask for instructions. Let Boss Pei decide on how to allocate the resources. Chapter 909 - Modifying Two Mobile Games At that moment, Pei Qian was leisurely drinking coffee in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, watching the GPL competition on the cafes television. The GPL competition was getting more and more exciting. Zhang Yuans E-Sports Department was obviously racking its brains for the viewing pleasure of the GPL competition. It had been constantly optimizing. Pei Qian was even a little worried. What if there was a huge gap between the ICL and GPL after the competition? What would he do then? However, this should not happen on further thought. Eric was so smart that he would definitely refer to the contents of the GPL seriously. That meant that the better the GPL was done, the more things the ICL could copy. It would be more beneficial for the ICL to close the gap with the GPL from the beginning. Thus, Pei Qian was no longer worried about the ICL. Instead, he relaxed and continued watching the competition. GPLs Spring Competition was in full swing. The clubs used all their tricks, and all sorts of outstanding tactics were emerging. Obviously, once a league got on the right track and the strength of the various clubs increased overall, the environment would become better and the competition would become more intense. The ecology of the entire competition would naturally improve. At that moment, his cell phone rang. Pei Qian saw that it was Yu Pingan. Hello? Boss Pei, I have something to report to you. Bunny Tail Live-Stream wants to invite young lecturers and scholars who are working with Useful App to do live-streaming. They said that it was your idea. Of course, we have no objections. We just want to ask. There are only so many lecturers and professors. Their time is limited. How should we distribute them? Yu Pingan quickly reported his problem to Boss Pei. All the people in charge of Tengda knew that Boss Pei was usually busy with work. Thus, they would try to be as brief as possible every time they reported. They would only report key information so as to not delay Boss Peis time and affect his work. As to whether such a short report caused some key information to be missing That was not possible. Boss Pei had everything planned out and knew all the details of Tengda Corporation. How could he miss out on key information? All the heads of Tengdas departments had the consensus that Boss Pei is omniscient and omnipotent. They would naturally be very brief when reporting their work and would not be long-winded. However, Pei Qians has a lost expression and his mind was blank. The Bunny Tail live-stream wanted to do live-streaming by young lecturers and scholars? You even said it was my idea? When did I have such intentions? Pei Qian wanted to deny it, but on second thought, it seemed like a good idea. Young lecturer and scholar, doing live-streaming on Bunny Tail Live-Stream? Other peoples live-stream platforms were all gaming live-streams, with all sorts of girls dancing and outdoor adventures. In the end, Bunny Tail Live-Stream was giving lectures? Were they afraid that the live-stream audience would not sleep well? Most people watched live-streams to entertain themselves. Who would watch Bunny Tails live-stream when it was about more advanced classes? Whats more, even if they did watch, they would not be sending gifts like crazy. If Bunny Tail Live-Stream invited these young lecturers and scholars to teach on the live-stream platform, he had to give them some benefits, right? He should not give them less salary, right? That way, he would not only not be able to earn money, but he would also be able to pay more. Wouldnt that be perfect? Pei Qian suddenly felt that even though he did not know about this, Bunny Tail Live-Stream did things beautifully! As expected of Old Ma! My trusted right-hand man! At that thought, Pei Qian decided to go with the flow and acquiesce. Yes, its necessary to get these young lecturers and scholars to do a live-stream at Bunny Tail. However we cant put aside work with Useful App. It was a tough call. He had not earned a single cent from Useful App until now. Instead, he had to burn money every month. Whats more, Pei Qian had been tortured by the Qiandu search engine for a long time. He really hoped that there would be such an app for him to consult relevant information on. He definitely could not put aside such an important job. He had to continue doing it, and it would take a lot of effort! However, he had to coordinate the distribution of the two. From the looks of it, it was safer with the Useful App,Bunny Tail Live-Stream was definitely more dangerous. Since that was the case, Pei Qian decided to focus on the app for now, with Bunny Tail Live-Stream supporting it. Pei Qian continued, Useful APP is a long-term plan. Work cannot be too affected. How about this, Yu Pingan, you choose a portion of the young lecturers and scholars working with the useful APP to test waters at Bunny Tail Live-Stream. The main members will continue to complete the entries and database of the useful APP. Pei Qian was more careful now. He did not immediately allow a large group of young lecturers and scholars to enter the Bunny Tail live-stream. Instead, he considered testing the waters and observing the situation. If no one watched it as he had expected, he would then continue to expand the scale. If it was very popular, Pei Qian would have to think of other ways. Yu Pingan quickly said, Alright, Boss Pei, I understand! After hanging up, Yu Pingan said to Chen Yufeng, Boss Pei has arranged everything. He wants me to choose a group of young lecturers and scholars who have been working with Useful App to go to Bunny Tail live-stream to test the waters and observe from there. How about this, Ill organize the information of these young lecturers and scholars and send it to you. You can choose for yourself. In the early stages, send a quarter of the people over to test the waters. Any more and my work will be affected. Of course, Im still contacting more young lecturers and scholars from other universities, including some foreign scholars. In any case, both of our projects are not limited by physical regions. Once there are more suitable candidates, we can communicate at any time. Chen Yufeng was elated. Alright, thank you! Actually, Im not sure if this model will work or not. Its best to test the waters before deciding. By the way, you can ask these people what they want. Perhaps some of them prefer to give lectures over research? The two of them chatted happily and quickly discussed the details of the cooperation. Simply put, Useful App was in charge of contacting various young scholars and lecturers, letting them use their spare time to enrich the entries and knowledge bank of the application. The more eloquent ones and those who liked to lecture were recommended to Bunny Tail live-stream. The remuneration given by the two projects was about the same. They were both quite good. The key was how these people would choose. On the other hand, Bunny Tail Live-Stream had to do the corresponding functions. It had to ensure that the editing and replay of the relevant videos would be perfect and ensure the audiences viewing experience. In addition, Bunny Tail Live-Stream could also guide the flow with Useful App in the future. Both parties hit off and immediately went back to work. At Shang Yang Games The development of the Fitness Battle was in full swing. After finalizing the design details with Guo Licheng, Chang You, and the others, Wang Xiaobin had already gone through a complete refinement of the design manuscript of the game. The relevant art resources had been submitted and officially entered the production stage. Now, Wang Xiaobins main focus was on the few characters in the Fitness Battle. There were eight characters in Fitness Battle according to his design. Players were training these eight characters while working out. The key to the success or failure of this game was whether the eight characters would be liked by players. If gamers were not interested in these characters, they would not have the motivation to work out. That would be a failure. On the other hand, the appearance of these characters would have many changes. For example, in terms of figure, they might have different appearances such as slightly plump, thin, healthy, and obviously muscular. They might also have some bad physical conditions and other things to correct. The effect of the characters wearing different clothes would be different as their figures changed. Some clothes had to be worn with a specific figure and body shape to look the best. The key problem was that he had to ensure that these characters would still be liked by gamers even if their figures were out of shape. Cute when slightly plump; after training for a long time, they would be cute and sexy. That was the only way for gamers to have a strong driving force and enjoy themselves. However, these image designs had already been entrusted to Halo Workspace. Wang Xiaobin could rest assured with Big Boss Ruan in charge. He was busy when he suddenly saw a familiar figure: the current person-in-charge of Otto Technologies, Jiang Yuan. Wang Xiaobin stood up. Whats the matter? Are you worried about the development of Fitness Battle? Jiang Yuan smiled and said, How could I be worried? Tengdas gaming department is the most professional department in the entire company! Im here because I have something else to ask Brother Wang. Otto Technologies new cell phone is a gaming cell phone, so I was wondering if Brother Wang could help us change two mobile games? GOG has a ready-made mobile version. We only need to make some special optimizations for our G1 cell phones. Apart from that, I hope to produce another shooting game and racing game. I think Ocean Stronghold and The Lonely Desert Road are not bad. Brother Wang, can you modify these two games into mobile games as well, and then optimize the design of G1s two shoulder keys? Jiang Yuan knew very well that if it was just a mobile version of GOG, it would not be enough to show the true advantage of this cell phone. That was because GOGs operation method was directional. That was to say, most of the skills had to be released after choosing the direction to release the skills. The two shoulder keys could not be used to choose the direction, so their applicability range was relatively narrow. At most, it would reflect skills like healing, shields, and the like that did not need to choose directions. The skills between heroes and heroes were different. The rules had to be slowly refined to determine how to use the two shoulder keys on each hero. Games like Bloody Battle Song could also use shoulder keys. However, their gaming experience would not improve qualitatively. Comparatively, shooting games and racing games were completely different. When playing the shooting game, the two shoulder keys were aiming and shooting respectively. The two shoulder keys of the racing game were the brake and accelerator respectively. Both could greatly increase players gaming experience. That was why Jiang Yuan specially came to look for Wang Xiaobin. He hoped that he could go on several client-side game modification projects at the same time when G1s cell phone was being released, so that they could work together. Chapter 910 - Bunny Tail Live Broadcast’s Low Profile Debut! Wang Xiaobin thought about it for a moment. Of course, we will not shirk from our duty if our sister department needs it. Whats more, these client-side games would definitely bring more income to Shang Yang Games. That would be good for us as well. However We have limited manpower. At the moment, we still have the development of Fitness Battle. Its hard to guarantee the working period. When will this cell phone be released? Jiang Yuan said, The cell phone news conference will be held in June for now. There are still three more months to go. If you have enough time, it would be best to release these mobile games at the same time as the cell phone is released. If you dont have enough time, we can only update them after the cell phone is released. Wang Xiaobin roughly estimated the working period and the manpower on his side and said, We dont have enough manpower. However, Tengda Games might be able to help us share some of the burden. The development of Mission and Choice should be in the later stages. Once this game is completed, they can spare the time to develop the mobile version of Ocean Stronghold. On the other hand, we should have no problem being in charge of the mobile version of The Lonely Desert Road. However, if these two games were to be made into mobile games, they would definitely have to be modified to a certain extent Jiang Yuan was very happy. I dont care about that. Youre the professionals. You can decide how to modify them. Wang Xiaobin nodded. Alright, leave this to me. Dont worry. After sending Jiang Yuan off, Wang Xiaobin began to think about how to turn these two games into mobile games. Strictly speaking, Ocean Stronghold and The Lonely Desert Road were not particularly suitable for mobile games. Ocean Stronghold would take up a lot of space as there was a lot of plot content in it. The few hours of driving time in The Lonely Desert Road was completely different from the fragmented time of mobile games. After some consideration, Wang Xiaobin decided that he had to make some modification. According to Tengdas habit all, client-side games had to be a dual-terminal game. For example, if players had already bought 888 yuan Red Kilin from Ocean Strongholds client-side game, the mobile game would definitely have to be linked as well. This had been Boss Peis orders all along. He would not change it. That would reduce a lot of income, but it would increase the stickiness of players and make it harder for them to lose players. To gamers, they could play mobile games and relax when they were tired of client-side games. They could return to client-side games when they were tired of mobile games. Of course, whether it was GOG or Ocean Stronghold, as long as it was a game with competitive elements, the mobile games matching system would be separate to ensure fairness. At the same time, data interconnection could be used to better guide traffic when mobile games were released. Many old gamers were used to playing client-side games. If the mobile version could not use their client-side game account, these old gamers would definitely not want to work on it again. However, after inheriting the client-side games data, these old gamers would probably try it out when the mobile version was released. Some of them might even stay. As for the income of the game as long as the gamers stayed, would they have to worry about them not spending money? Thus, Wang Xiaobin began to think about how to modify the two games under the premise that the client-side game and mobile game data were interconnected. Apart from the most basic modifications, the gameplay also had to be slightly modified. Ocean Stronghold had to cut off all story mode and only kept the PvP mode. At the same time, it had to compress the art resources appropriately. The games capacity had been greatly reduced under the premise of ensuring that the cell phones graphics quality was not too high. The Lonely Desert Road, on the other hand, reduced the games duration from eight hours to two hours. After all, two hours of playing with his cell phone was painful enough. Then, he would make a few speed maps for The Lonely Desert Road. Each map would take about three to five minutes to allow players to race freely. Otherwise, most players would be sick of playing the game. No one would play it anymore. It would not be able to help Otto Technologies cell phone. After these two games were changed to mobile versions, they were still interconnected with client-side game data and would be free games. When Otto Technologies was released, it could tacitly acknowledge GOG and these two games, highlighting the special characteristics of Otto Technologies cell phone. Wang Xiaobin immediately began sorting out the design documents and arranging the development of these two mobile games. February 27th, Monday Pei Qian had just arrived at his office to check on the various departments when Old Ma knocked on his door. Ma Yang looked very happy. Brother Qian, the website for Bunny Tail Live-Stream is almost done. The basic functions have been completed. We have also gone through repeated tests. We can post promotional videos soon! However, we have only completed the basic functions for now. More details are still being done. Whats more, there are no live-streamers for now, so theres not much content. Brother Qian, do you think we should upload the promotional video now or wait for some time to find a batch of streamers before we upload the promotional video? Pei Qian immediately said. Theres no time to lose. Lets publish it now! Pei Qian was very satisfied with the development speed of Bunny Tail Live-Stream. The reason why it was developed faster was mainly because Bunny Tail Live-Stream was only doing basic functions at the moment. That was to ensure that the audience could see the streamers image and record and playback. The other more complicated functions had not been developed yet. Whats more, there were not many live-streamers. That was because many people did not know that Tengda developed Bunny Tail Live-Stream. How could there be live streamers without fame? Other live-stream platforms would definitely have spent a huge sum of money to poach a batch of live-streamers over. Then, they would start to publicize and generate popularity. The live-stream websites Beta Testing would also be accompanied by many popular live-streamers. That would make it more popular. However, Pei Qian had to do the opposite. He would do whatever would not generate popularity! Bunny Tails live-stream only had basic functions. There were not many live streamers and not many viewers. It did not matter. They had to start first. At that time, everyone would see that the live-stream platform was so cold that it formed the impression that this live-stream platform was not good enough. It would be even more difficult to make a comeback in the future. Thus, Pei Qian immediately decided to let Bunny Tail live-stream be released without any preparation! Ma Yang did not feel that anything was amiss. He left Pei Qians office happily and went back to urge Chen Yufeng to release the promotional video so that Bunny Tail Live-Stream would be officially debuted. Pei Qian stood up and went to the resting area to get a can of Coca Cola. Then, he quietly refreshed Aili Islands website and waited patiently. As expected, Old Ma immediately released the promotional video for Bunny Tail live-stream after he returned! Pei Qian already knew about the contents of this promotional video. It was about two different lives. Those who watched the live-stream wasted their time and achieved nothing. Those who did not watch the live-stream used this time to enrich themselves, improve themselves, and successfully reach the peak of the workforce. This promotional video was Meng Changs blood, sweat, and tears. Pei Qian trusted his ability very much. The audience would definitely be agitated and then criticize Bunny Tail live-stream badly, right? Pei Qian watched the entire video from beginning to end. Then, he quietly refreshed the comments section to see how the audience would react. What does this promotional video mean?! Persuade us to cherish our time and not watch live-streams? Isnt this a f*cking promotional video for a live-stream website? Are they defaming themselves? As a lazy university dog, I seem to see myself in this promotional video. Watching the live-stream in the dormitory is too realistic. Its so real that its uncomfortable! Ive reported it! Who installed a surveillance camera in my place? Arent you trying to disgust us? We watch live-streams to rest and relax, but are now being labeled as wasting time? Arent other entertainment activities also wasting time? Does this Bunny Tail Live-Stream want to make a splash in the news? To criticize all its peers? However, it is also a live-stream platform Isnt this cursing itself? Obviously, the audiences were 30% angry and 70% confused. The promotional video did not say it explicitly but it hinted that people who were addicted to live-streaming were lazy dogs. It would definitely agitate those who liked to watch live-streams. However, most of the audiences attitude was not anger but confusion. That was because the promotional video seemed to be telling the truth. If they spent too much time on live-streaming, they would waste his time and affect their studies or career. However, the problem was why would a live-stream platform promote such things? This motive was really puzzling! The first reaction of the audience was that this Bunny Tail Live-Stream wanted to make big news, generate popularity, and promote their live-stream platform. Being scolded was also a type of popularity. Everyone had seen the live-stream platforms tricks too many times. They would do anything for the sake of popularity. Sometimes, being scolded was better than being ignored. If their goal was to be scolded to gain popularity, then the best way to deal with it was to not give it any popularity. Thus, this video was not very popular after it was released. Many people were also criticizing it, saying that Bunny Tail Live-Stream deliberately filmed such a sensational video in order to gain popularity. It looked ugly. Pei Qian could not help but smile when he saw this. Good, Meng Chang had some ability! Not only did they not gain any popularity for Bunny Tail Live-Stream, they even got scolded. Well done! At the same time, Meng Chang, who was preparing the E-Sports promotional video, saw the promotional video of Bunny Tail live-stream on Aili Island. He looked as happy as Pei Qian. The situation was great! The promotional video this time was not very popular. Even if there were comments, they were basically cursing them. He would definitely get a huge commission according to his agreement with Boss Pei! Meng Chang felt motivated at the thought of the commission. He could not wait to finish filming the E-Sports promotional video so that he could have a double celebration. However, Meng Chang suddenly saw a new comment after scrolling through the comments section. Everyone, dont be in a hurry to criticize. Weve misunderstood! Bunny Tail Live-Stream is not trying to ride on its popularity. This live-stream platform is completely different from other live-streams! Everyone, go to the website of Bunny Tail Live-Stream to understand more! Meng Chang looked a little lost when he saw this comment. What was the meaning of this? Why was Bunny Tail Live-stream completely different from other live-stream platforms? Meng Chang vaguely felt that something was amiss. He quickly searched for Bunny Tail Live-Stream, found the official website, and clicked on it. After that, he saw a white-haired and energetic old man on the home page. He was using a very easy-to-understand way to teach ancient literature, including ancient poems and some basic knowledge of literature. The backdrop was a bookshelf that took up an entire wall. There were all sorts of paintings hanging on the side. It was filled with an ancient charm. Obviously, it was the home of this old professor. There were not many people in the live-stream, but Professor Kong Zhemin did not mind. He smiled and spoke tirelessly as if he was teaching a new student. Chapter 911 - Tricked by Pei Qian! Meng Chang was stunned. He thought that the way he opened the Bunny Tail Live-Stream was wrong. What the hell was happening? Shouldnt the homepage be filled with a young lady in an open-necked outfit and hot pants dancing to thank everyone for their gift if he took reference from other live-stream home pages? Or at the very least, there should be a popular gaming live-streamer playing intensely, right? In the end, an old professor was giving a lecture on the front page of Bunny Tail Live-Stream? What the f*ck? Meng Chang fell into a daze for a moment, unable to figure out what was going on. He looked at the bullet screen comments in Professor Kong Zhemins live-stream. Hes actually teaching? This is a real big boss! Professor, youre so good at explaining things. Even a flunkie like me can understand you. Dont send any random bullet screen comments. Listen carefully! So Bunny Tail Live-stream is not just a live-stream platform, but also a learning platform? I love it, I love it. As expected, the publicity for Bunny Tail Live-Stream came prepared. I was wondering why it attacked the entire live-stream industry! Bunny Tail Live-Stream is completely different from the other sluts! Meng Changs heart suddenly dropped as he read the comments. He had a bad feeling. This is bad! He had been tricked by Boss Pei! Meng Chang was a smart person. He immediately understood what was going on after seeing the contents of the live-stream and connecting the feedback of the audience and the direction of the promotional video. At the moment, Bunny Tail Live-Stream was in the testing phase and had just been released. There was not much publicity, so there were not many people. Pei Qian bought more than enough bandwidth in order to spend more money. Thus, the view was very smooth without any signs of being stuck. Bunny Tail live-stream was not fake, so the popularity of each live-stream looked very poor. There were only a few thousand people in Professor Kong Zhemins live-stream on the home page. The other live-streams had even fewer people. Some had only a single digit audience, while some had zero viewers. However, at the same time, the atmosphere in the live-stream was very good. The live-streams on the other live-stream platforms had a lot of bullet screen comments. They filled the entire screen. However, if one looked closely, they would realize that some of these bullet screen comments were fishing, some were arguing, some were replying automatically, and some were leading the battle The environment was foul. However, the bullet screen environment in Bunny Tail Live-Stream was very good. That was because those who stayed behind were all interested in the content of Professor Kong Zhemins speech. Most people would not have the thought of fishing or playing games when faced with such a respectable old professor. The bullet screen environment was naturally much better. In other words, even though Bunny Tail live-stream had its unique advantage even though it was released in a hurry without many popular live-streamers and with bleak figures. The advantage was the content of the live-stream and the good bullet screen environment! That way, the contents of the promotional video would be completely understandable. On the surface, the promotional video for Bunny Tail Live-Stream showed that the entire live-stream industry had been AOE-ed. It secretly mocked that watching live-streams would waste time and one would not be able to learn anything. In the end, one would end up with nothing. However, the deeper purpose of this promotional video was to highlight the difference between Bunny Tail Live-Stream and other live-stream platforms! Watching live-streams on other live-stream platforms for a long time would indeed waste time and one would not be able to learn anything. That was because most of the content of live-streams were games and babes. To put it bluntly, it was purely for entertainment. Moderate viewing could relax ones body and mind, but one would definitely waste time if they were too engrossed in it. However, Bunny Tail Live-Stream was different. It had very rich content. Of course, the intensity of these courses would definitely not be comparable to proper studies in higher learning institutes. Most young lecturers and professors would choose the simplest knowledge to explain for ordinary people to understand. It would not be difficult to understand and naturally would not be particularly profound. However, no matter how shallow the content was, it was still better than pure entertainment. The audience could at least expand their knowledge after watching these were very basic content. It was beneficial. Another important point was that everyone actually had a thirst for knowledge. The reason why most people hated learning was mainly because learning in school was often accompanied by hard examination requirements. They often placed too much emphasis on the efficiency of learning and chose the most efficient but boring teaching method. On the other hand, Professor Kong Zhemins speech on Bunny Tail Live-Stream was more similar to Zhuzi Lecture or public lectures. The content was not that profound and obscure. He also paid great attention to the methodology of the lecture so that it would not arouse the disgust of the audience. The popularity of many knowledge-based UP Masters on the Zhuzi Lecture and Aili Island website was enough to prove that ordinary people had a natural desire for knowledge. Whats more, teaching on a live-stream platform was already special enough. Some people would listen to it for a while out of curiosity and novelty even if they did not understand it. Therefore the current situation. Meng Chang was a smart person and quickly realized what was happening. He was in a very bad situation! The popularity of Bunny Tails live-stream was not high based on the current statistics of the live-stream, but one could not look at pure statistics at a time like this! The most successful thing on the first day of Bunny Tail live-stream was to leave an unique and special impression on everyone. Through the promotional video and the content of Bunny Tail Live-Stream, it has successfully tied itself to the concept of Knowledge Live-Streaming Platform. Many people subconsciously thought of various classes when they heard Bunny Tail Live-Stream. That way, they would be able to distinguish themselves from the other live-stream platforms. Their positionings were completely different! Therefore, it would not be a problem even if Bunny Tail Live-Stream was not very popular, had pitiful data statistics and did not have enough content. That was because it was already on a different track from other live-stream platforms. Naturally, there was no need to use the standards of other live-stream platforms to judge it! Its over, Ive been tricked! Ive been tricked by Pei! Meng Chang was still hoping that this promotional video would give him a high commission. There was no chance of that happening from the looks of it! This promotional video was too compatible with the content of Bunny Tail live-stream. On the surface, it was saying everyone should not watch live-streams, dont waste time watching live-streams, but in fact, it was hinting if everyone wants to watch live-streams, come to Bunny Tail live-stream. You can also gain some knowledge! Of course, this was definitely not Meng Changs intention. However, everyone would understand it that way judging from the current situation of Bunny Tail Live-stream. It was not his original intention but it didnt matter. His original intention had been completely distorted and misunderstood! As for why this happened Was there a need to analyse? Who else would have so much power apart from Boss Pei? Meng Chang recalled the scene when he took this promotional video to Boss Pei. Boss Pei had agreed to it without any hesitation. He even accepted the promotional video without any suggestions. At that time, Boss Pei seemed to be smiling. Meng Chang did not know what that smile meant at first, but from the looks of it, Boss Peis smile was obviously mocking him. It was a smile that had everything planned out! Meng Chang realized that Boss Pei had obviously seen through his little scheme. What shocked Meng Chang the most was how Boss Pei guessed his thoughts. There were only two possibilities for such a situation to occur. The first was that Boss Pei had already planned to turn Bunny Tail Live-Stream into an intellectual live-stream platform. He had predicted that Meng Chang would advertise this way. Everything was within Boss Peis expectations. The second was that Boss Pei did not have a very clear plan for the content of Bunny Tails live-stream previously. He only saw Meng Changs promotional video and counter-attacked. At the last minute, he decided to turn Bunny Tails live-stream into an intellectual live-stream platform. Both possibilities were very terrifying to Meng Chang! Didnt this mean that he was really like Monkey Sun, thinking that he had run far enough but still could not escape from the palms of Buddha? What was even more terrifying was that Meng Chang felt that the second possibility was very slim. That was because live-streaming was obviously one of Tengdas core businesses. It could be linked to games, GPL, and other businesses under Tengda. According to Boss Peis strategic character, Bunny Tail Live-stream was definitely a project that was highly valued and prepared for a long time. How could such a project rely on improvisation to change its original direction and create an intellectual live-stream platform? It was too childish and did not conform to Boss Peis usual strategies. Meng Chang felt that Boss Pei should not be so bored. He specially changed the entire business model and development direction of such a core live-stream business just so that he did not need to give himself a high commission. Therefore, the first possibility would be higher! Boss Pei had already thought of making Bunny Tail Live-Stream a unique knowledge-stream platform from the beginning. He also calculated that Meng Chang would create a special promotional video under the interest of the high commission. In other words, everything was likely going according to Boss Peis plan! Meng Chang shuddered. Losing this months commission was a small matter, it was just tens of thousands of yuan. What about the future commissions? Wouldnt he have to spend the rest of his life earning that pathetic base salary if Boss Pei had predicted every publicity plan of his and every response had the best publicity effect? Would he really work for free under Boss Pei for ten years? Meng Chang felt that he could not continue thinking about it. If he did, he might break down on the spot. He closed his eyes and pondered for a moment, calming himself down. Calm down. Things are far from irreversible. Boss Pei has so much work to do. How can he focus all his energy on me? Even if he can plot against me once, can he plot against me every time? Theres still time. This is just a small setback. Ill succeed one day as long as I slowly figure out Tengdas situation. Its just reverse publicity. Is that really very difficult? Im playing the simple mode. Boss Pei is playing the hell mode. I cant keep losing to him, right? Meng Chang quickly convinced himself and calmed down. He had been frightened by Boss Peis strategies previously. Now that he had calmed down and thought about it carefully, he could not expect this to happen every time he did publicity, right? Meng Chang decided not to think about Bunny Tail live-stream anymore and focused on working on the E-Sports promotional video. It was a bad start and he might not get a single cent in commission but there would still be room for redemption as long as the E-Sports promotional video was done! Chapter 912 - A False Alarm For The Other Live-Stream Platforms At the same time, Pei Qian was also on Bunny Tail Live-Stream. His head was filled with question marks. Who was this old man? What was he talking about? Oh, thats right. Yu Pingan seemed to have called previously and said that Bunny Tail Live-Stream was asking for people from Useful App. He wanted those young lecturers and scholars to conduct live-stream lectures on the Bunny Tail Live-Stream. It was done so quickly? This was way too efficient! Pei Qian had thought that these young lecturers and scholars needed a month at least to prepare for the Bunny Tail Live-Stream. However, there was no need to prepare at all. These people had already begun their lectures the moment Bunny Tail Live-Stream began! Pei Qian would not have been surprised if these young lecturers and scholars were doing the live-stream. However, the next question made him very confused. Why were there so many people watching? This was a lecture. Why were there more and more people in the live-stream? Why were the bullet screen comments becoming more and more dense? There were even people giving gifts. The audience seemed to be quite convinced looking at their reaction! The popularity of the platform might be very low but the atmosphere of all the live-streams was very good. There were no arguments, fishing, and cursing bullet screen comments like the other live-stream platforms. The audience seemed to be very well-mannered. The scariest thing was that even the promotional video had become positive! Pei Qian immediately called Old Ma sensing that something was amiss. Hello? Brother Qian? How is it? The Bunny Tail Live-Stream isnt bad, right? Try giving a gift. They are carrots and vegetables. That carrot icon is too cute! Ma Yangs voice was filled with excitement. However, the point of focus seemed to have gone off track with Pei Qian. Pei Qian did not answer him. Instead, he asked directly. Who on earth thought of inviting these young lecturers and scholars to Bunny Tail Live-Stream? Ma Yang was confused. Wasnt that your intention? Pei Qian: ? What the f*ck! Since when did I have such intentions! Pei Qian looked shocked. When did I say that? Ma Yang explained, Brother Qian, didnt you give me a promotional video previously? Wasnt the content of the promotional video hinting that Bunny Tail Live-Stream could be used not only as a pastime by the audience, but also to let them gain something from watching the live-stream? Pei Qian could not help but gape, not knowing how to answer. It turned out that the promotional video had misled Old Ma! In other words, the source of the blame was actually on Meng Chang? However, this was obviously not Meng Changs intention. He could only say that it was an accidental result. Should he blame Old Ma or Meng Chang? None seemed right. Pei Qian felt a little helpless. This matter had nothing to do with anyone in the end. He could only say that it was a beautiful misunderstanding. Pei Qian could only give up on this topic. After some thought, he asked, Then have you decided on the treatment of these young lecturers and scholars? Ma Yang immediately answered, Its all set. Brother Qian, you dont have to worry. They will get a fixed salary as long as they ensure that the live-streams last for a long time. Well give them a high share of the audiences gifts. The treatment will definitely be good! Weve already signed the contract. Pei Qian: This efficiency was really fast. Pei Qian had wanted to ask if there was any way to salvage the situation. However, he had not expected the contract to be signed. Pei Qian thought about it carefully. Due to the spirit of a contract. It did not make sense for him to not let them continue with the broadcast now. After a moment of silence, Pei Qian said, Alright, thats all for now. Im hanging up. Pei Qian did not expect these young lecturers and scholars to appear so quickly on Bunny Tail Live-Stream and with such good results even though he had forewarning! If these people only came a week or even a month after Bunny Tails live-stream officially started, then Bunny Tails live-stream would not be popular anymore. Naturally, not many people would watch it, and it would not have any serious impact. However, these people had coincidentally started to lecture when Bunny Tails live-stream had just started. In particular, there was a big boss like Professor Kong Zhemin holding the fort. In an instant, everyone had labeled Bunny Tails live-stream as a professional learning platform. It could not be erased! One careless move made a very far-reaching impact. However, after some thought, Pei Qian realized that there was no better solution. He could only say that the beginning of Bunny Tails live-stream had exceeded his expectations. It had obtained a certain amount of attention and popularity through its differentiation from other live-stream platforms. However, could this popularity continue? Pei Qian felt that it probably would not. Most of the viewers were probably looking for something new. After all, it was rare to have lectures on a live-stream platform. Once these peoples short attention span were over, they would definitely return to other live-stream platforms to watch gaming live-streams and beautiful women dancing. At that thought, Pei Qian felt that while the opening of Bunny Tail Live-Stream was not going well, it was not to the point of no return. He had to continue observing before making a decision. At the very least, Bunny Tails live-stream was only popular at the moment and definitely not profitable. That was because Bunny Tails live-stream cost too much, including bandwidth fees, employee salary, salary for these young lecturers and scholars In terms of income, there was only that little bit of gift money, and most of it had to be distributed to the live streamers. Therefore, there should be no possibility of profits in the short term. There was no need to worry too much. As for the culprit, Meng Chang Forget it, he probably did not feel good either. After all, he could forget about getting commission since Bunny Tail Live-Stream started on a good note. His promotional video played a huge part. . Pei Qian also believed that Meng Chang was not trying to do this to him on purpose, so he did not have to call him to question him. At that moment, Pei Qians cell phone rang. It was Zhang Yuan. Pei Qian: Oh? He was a little surprised. What could happen to the E-Sports Industry? The GPL competition was going smoothly at the moment. Could it be that there was news of Long Yu Corporations ICL? Pei Qian immediately picked up the phone. Boss Pei, I have something to report to you. The Vice-Presidents of several live-stream platforms have called me. They are a little nervous after knowing that Bunny Tail Live-Stream had been published. They want to ask if the GPL broadcasting rights we signed with them would be affected. GPL broadcasting rights? Pei Qian was stunned for a moment before he reacted. At the moment, GPLs broadcasting rights had been sold to several other larger live-stream platforms. These platforms did not have exclusive broadcasting rights but all of them could broadcast GPLs. They would each broadcast their own, and would not affect each other. However, the release of Bunny Tails live-stream obviously sent a rather dangerous message to these live-stream platforms. Industry insiders were well-informed and could obtain information that ordinary viewers could not. These people paid attentioned to Bunny Tail Live-Stream after realizing it was Boss Peis business. That was because the GPLs broadcast rights were ultimately in Boss Peis hands! If Boss Pei chose to break the contract, it would mean that only Bunny Tail Live-Stream could broadcast the GPL league Of course, that was unlikely. However, dont forget that there were many live-streamers on these platforms broadcasting GOG and Tengdas games. After the GPL finished the Spring Competition, there was still the Summer Competition, the Global Invitational Competition, and next years Spring Competition! If Boss Pei was determined to retrieve all of the content and broadcast them exclusively on Bunny Tail, it would be a huge blow to all live-stream platforms. Their content would be weakened unprecedentedly, and Bunny Tails content would be directly tied to Tengda Games. Bunny Tail Live-Stream would be strengthened. Of course, such unreasonable and overbearing methods would also hurt Tengda. After all, other live-stream platforms would also bring popularity to Tengdas games. They would ban other live-stream platforms from wanting to monopolize the game. That would also greatly reduce the popularity that they could actually obtain. However, these live-stream platforms knew very well that Boss Pei had always been a maverick. That might not be the case. Thus, they were all very nervous and could only call Zhang Yuan. Zhang Yuan could not answer either. He could only continue asking for instructions. Pei Qian remained silent for a moment. He was really tempted. The GPL had already signed contracts with several live-streaming platforms. If they were to breach the contract they would have to pay a huge penalty! However, on further thought, he decided to forget about it. This sum of money was outside of his plan. Compared to the ten million yuan broadcasting contract, the breach of contract had to be at least three to five times higher. It would not be easy to fork out such a huge sum of money with all the expenses of the various industries already arranged. Whats more, Pei Qian did not want to fight for popularity with other live-stream platforms. He had never thought of making Bunny Tail live-stream the industry leader of live-stream platforms. He only wanted to maintain a niche live-stream platform to burn money. Since that was the case, there was even less of a need for GPL exclusive broadcasting rights. Pei Qian would not do something as stupid as burning money in a hurry and accidentally burning all his competitors to death and earning more money. At that thought, Pei Qian said, Reply to them that Bunny Tail Live-Stream is going in a different direction from their platforms. It will not form a direct competition. Tell them to relax. GOGs and GPLs live-streaming rights will not be affected. They can continue doing what they have always done. What Pei Qian said was true. It would not form a direct competition meant that Bunny Tail Live-Stream would be neither popular nor profitable. He only wanted to pay some bandwidth fees. Indeed, it would not form a competitive relationship with other live-stream platforms. Zhang Yuan said, Alright, Boss Pei. Ill reply to them now. Guangzhou, ZZ Live-Stream Headquarters. Alright, Boss Zhang, I understand. Thank you! The companys Vice-President, Liu Liang, hung up on Zhang Yuan. At the same time, he heaved a sigh of relief and felt a little confused. The earliest collaboration between ZZ Live-Stream and Tengda was traced back to last Augusts ZZ Cup Live-Stream. At that time, ZZ Live-Stream had just obtained a huge sum of money and was developing rapidly. It was working with DGE Club and other GOG clubs, creating a huge wave of popularity for its platform. After that, ZZ Live-Stream successfully obtained live-stream rights of the international invitational tournament and the GPL Spring Competition from Tengda. Liu Liang and Zhang Yuan naturally established a good partnership. Even so, Liu Liangs work had not been smooth recently. At the moment, the live-stream industry was about to turn into a sea of red. After a huge influx of capital, veteran live-stream platforms like them were hit hard. Many new platforms would spend huge sums of money to poach live-streamers, engage in price wars, and even hire fake reviewers to defame and report other platforms. This made Liu Liang tired of dealing with them, and he was a little overwhelmed every day. Thus, Liu Liang was shocked when he heard that Boss Pei had also created Bunny Tail Live-Stream. It would be a huge impact if Boss Pei joined the live-stream platform battle! Money was only one aspect. The key was that Tengda currently had a few popular games in its hands. If Tengda said that they would not allow other live-stream platforms to broadcast their own games, those live-stream platforms would have no choice but to comply obediently. That was why Liu Liang called Zhang Yuan immediately to ask about Boss Peis attitude. Liu Liang could finally relax now that Zhang Yuan had called to reply that Boss Pei did not have the intention of killing a thousand enemies while sacrificing eight hundred. At the same time, Liu Liang had another question. Boss Pei had personally said that the development of Bunny Tail Live-Stream was different from other live-stream platforms according to what Zhang Yuan had said over the phone. It did not form a direct competitive relationship. He told them not to worry. There was a big problem now. Why was Bunny Tail Live-Stream developing in a different from other live-stream platforms? Why did it not form a competitive relationship? Everyone knew that Boss Pei was a business genius. He often did not cater to the users needs, but knew how to create demand. He even saw the future development of certain industries. Bunny Tail Live-Stream had a different direction of development compared to other live-stream platforms. Did that mean that Boss Pei was not optimistic about the current direction of development of the live-stream industry and had another opinion about the future of the industry? This seemed to be a question worth studying! Chapter 913 - Live-Streaming Platforms Following Suit Liu Liang was very sure that the other live-stream platforms would receive the same message at about the same time: Boss Pei would not form a direct competition with them through Bunny Tail Live-stream. Liu Liang and these live-stream platforms were old rivals after all. They knew each other very well. Based on Liu Liangs understanding of Boss Pei, these words were most likely true. That was because Boss Pei had always been an open and aboveboard person. He focused on business and rarely lied to his competitors. Of course, Boss Pei would sometimes mislead his competitors in terms of tactics. However, even then, he would not lie or lie. Instead, he would use a more brilliant method, such as choice of words and partial truths to draw the opponents attention elsewhere. Liu Liang felt that the other live-stream platforms would probably relax after hearing Boss Peis words and not pursue the matter further. From the literal meaning, Bunny Tail Live-Stream seemed to be a knowledge-stream platform, similar to online classes. If this was the model, it would be equivalent to paying for knowledge. For example, the first half of a professors series would be free, and the second half would be chargeable. That way, as long as the audience was large enough, he would be able to obtain a good income. Based on this train of thought, the main competitors for Bunny Tail Live-stream were some websites that sold public lectures and selling knowledge, not other live-stream platforms. Liu Liang subconsciously thought so too. However, after interacting with Zhang Yuan for a long time and hearing about Boss Peis achievements, Liu Liang suddenly felt that his level was a little shallow. All of this might seem very reasonable, but for Boss Peis actions to seem reasonable in itself was the most unreasonable! Everyone knew that Boss Pei would definitely do something unique when he first entered a new field. It was the same for takeaways, internet cafes, and gyms. All of Boss Peis business actions were unexpected but reasonable. In other words, his business behavior when he first entered this field was very puzzling. It was only after this model succeeded that people understood it. On the other hand, Boss Peis advancement into the live-stream platform this time did not achieve that shocking effect even though it looked unexpected on the surface. Did this mean that Boss Peis true business model was still hidden under Bunny Tail Live-Stream? Bunny Tail Live-Streams current situation was just a smokescreen? The more Liu Liang thought about it, the more he felt that something was amiss. The other in-charges of the live-streaming platforms definitely did not think as much as he did. However, Liu Liang might have been under too much pressure at work and thought too much, finding meaning in nothing. However, he could not stop thinking about it! If Boss Pei only wanted to create a knowledge payment platform, why did he have to create a live-stream model with the name XX Live-Stream? He could have created a public lecture platform like other websites and made video compilation! Boss Pei said that he would not form a direct competitive relationship with us. Then does that mean that it would form an indirect competitive relationship? Boss Pei must have been optimistic about the future of the live-stream platform before he decided to enter. Just creating a knowledge payment platform is definitely not his ultimate goal. Then, what is his ultimate goal? Liu Liang quickly opened Bunny Tail Live-Streams website on his computer and studied it carefully. The interface was very simple and the content of the live-stream was very simple. No matter how one looked at it, it was just a platform that had just started. There did not seem to be anything special about it. Suddenly, Liu Liang noticed something different: The live-streams of all the live-streamers of Bunny Tail Live-stream were also their personal channels. In other words, their live-streams and videos seemed to be together as one! These streamers might not have uploaded any videos on their personal channels, but they could imagine the future when these channels were filled with videos. Obviously, Boss Peis Bunny Tail live-stream was not just a live-stream platform. It was more like a combination of live-stream and video platforms! Compared to traditional live-streaming platforms, Bunny Tail Live-stream had a lot of rich and simplified content. After screening, it could be watched repeatedly by the audience. Compared to traditional video platforms, Bunny Tails live-stream area was more concise. The push contents revolved around the live-stream content that viewers had seen. At the same time, it would be easier to increase the audiences stickiness if the host and UP Masters identities were combined. On top of that, Tengda had a lot of resources on hand. Once the Bunny Tail live-stream was made popular, it might develop rapidly and snowball. It would have a huge impact on all live-stream platforms and even online video websites like Aili Island! One had to know that Aili Islands website had only truly risen in fame during the past two years. Boss Pei had already created so many business opportunities. How could they not catch up? Liu Liang could not help but feel enlightened. This situation is more in line with Boss Peis vision! Could it be that the future development that Boss Pei sees is the integration of many mediums like live-stream platforms, video websites, and even short video platforms? Is that why he entered the live-streaming circle? At the same time, Boss Pei deliberately released fake news in order to appease live-stream platforms like us. He said that Bunny Tail Live-Stream would not form a direct competitiveness with us so that we would let our guards down. Thats true, but only in the early and mid stages! Once Bunny Tail Live-Stream develops quickly and reaches a certain scale, it will definitely have a huge impact on all live-stream platforms and even video websites. At that time, even if Boss Pei doesnt intend to compete with us, we will definitely be in a bad situation! The more Liu Liang thought about it, the more panicked he became. This idea seemed ridiculous but which of Boss Peis previous actions were not ridiculous? The more ridiculous it was, the more it seemed like something Boss Pei would do! Liu Liang had been very troubled by the competition between ZZ Live-Stream and other live-stream platforms recently. His mentality was already very unstable. How could he not think too much now that Boss Pei suddenly interfered? What should we do? We cant just sit back and do nothing, right? Hmm How about we do the same! Liu Liang suddenly thought of an idea. ZZ Live-Stream could do the same! It was nothing more than using the existing live-stream platform as a foundation to make all the host spaces into their personal channels. Then, they would update the live-stream footage of the host on it! This function should not be too troublesome to make. The only problem was that not many people would watch the video. After all, most live-streams were more casual and not as concise as videos. The fun would plummet if they were recorded. Boss Pei must have considered this problem as well. What should Boss Pei do then Raise a group of people to do video editing for these streamers? Yes, thats most likely the case! It would be unrealistic for the streamers to edit their own videos. After all, the streamers were busy with live-streams and did not have much time. Moreover, most of the streamers editing skills were not good. Artificial intelligence Automated editing? The technology had not developed to that level yet. It was unlikely that it would happen in his lifetime. The only solution was to hire a group of people to help edit the videos. However, this would involve a key problem: there were so many streamers. It would not be a small sum even if professional editing were only given to the key streamers. Each person would be given a salary of a few thousand yuan. Assuming that only 100 key streamers were given professional editing, it would cost hundreds of thousands of yuan per month. If they were given some performance awards, it would easily be millions of yuan. They had to spend money to find talents with good editing skills if they wanted the effect to be good after all. Such talents had a wide range of paths to seek employment, and their salaries were generally not low. He could not hope to spend little money if he wanted to hire them. However, after some consideration, Liu Liang felt that the money was worth it. He would spend a million yuan every month to bet on the future. Whats more, it was the future that Boss Pei saw. At that thought, Liu Liang immediately called his subordinates to his office. Develop a new function, quickly! February 28th, Tuesday Bunny Tail Live-Stream. Ma Yang was in a good mood. Bunny Tails live-stream released a promotional video yesterday and it was officially released. Since it officially started airing yesterday, Bunny Tails live-stream did not show any signs of lag nor disconnection. In addition, the bullet screen atmosphere was very good, so the viewing experience was very good. Of course, there was nothing strange about this. After all, they had spent a huge sum of money to buy bandwidth. In fact, the number of viewers who had been directed in was far less than the websites capacity limit. It would be a miracle if they were able to lag. Many live-streaming websites had made such a mistake before. They went online in a very popular manner. A few newly poached broadcasters started the live-stream at the same time, wanting to create the illusion that the website was very popular. However, they did not expect that there would be too many viewers and the bandwidth of the website would not be enough. In the end, they were all stuck and no one could watch any live-stream. Thus, the audience that they had painstakingly gathered were driven away in anger. They even cursed before they left. The loss outweighed the gain. On the other hand, Bunny Tail Live-Stream would not encounter such a problem at all. It was not just the first day they were being published. They would probably not fill the bandwidth for a long time to come The popularity had obviously decreased even though there were still young scholars and lecturers live-streaming today. It was just as Pei Qian guessed. When the website was first published, many people were just watching for fun. After the popularity passed, a small portion of people thirsty for knowledge was left. However, from today onwards, some freelance streamers had already joined in. That was because Bunny Tail Live-Stream had very loose restrictions on streamers. Many people saw a new live-stream platform and felt that this would be their chance. They would come over to try if the conditions allowed it. Ma Yang had never looked at complicated data. To him, it was fine as long as the live-stream website was not lagging. At that moment, Chen Yufeng walked over in a hurry. Boss Ma, I have something to report to you. I just received news from Waiwai Live-Stream that several websites seem to be working on new functions. They want to integrate live-streams and recording videos together, which is to copy the model of Bunny Tail Live-Stream! Ma Yang was stunned. Er and then? Chen Yufeng raised his eyebrows. Of course, its not good! These live-stream platforms have the first mover advantage. They control a large number of streamers and viewers. If they follow the operating mode of Bunny Tail Live-stream brainlessly, they will definitely severely squeeze our living space! Ma Yang finally understood and nodded. I see. The situation is very serious according to you! What should we do? Chen Yufeng shook his head slightly. This is not easy. There are no patents for similar models. Other live-stream platforms can do it if they want to. Why not we ask Boss Pei! Ma Yang was a little unhappy. Always asking Brother Qian for instructions, making us look like good-for-nothings. We cant solve any problems. Lets think of something first! Ma Yang and Chen Yufeng stared at each other for five minutes. Ma Yang picked up his phone. Forget it, I cant think of anything. Ill ask Brother Qian what to do. Chapter 914 - ICL Broadcasting Rights Price Huh? Other live-streaming websites are doing live-streaming and replay functions? They are also getting a special editing team to edit these videos? What? They learned it from us? Pei Qians head was filled with question marks and he looked confused after listening to Ma Yang and Chen Yufengs report. What the f*ck was going on! According to Chen Yufeng, he had just received news from Waiwai Live-Stream that several larger live-stream platforms, including ZZ Live-Stream, were developing the recording, tapping, and replaying functions of the live-streamers. Whats more, they were looking for special editing staff to edit the videos for the live-streamers and put them on the live-streamers personal channel. It had only been two days. These live-stream platforms were at their most intense battles. They had planted spies within each other. As long as one live-stream platform thought of a new function, the other live-stream platforms would follow immediately. They did not want to fall behind in this money-burning war and lose the initiative. Vice-President Liu Liang of ZZ Live-Stream wanted to keep it a secret but how could this matter like this be kept a secret? Developing a function involved a large number of low-level staff. It was extremely easy for other live-stream platforms to spy on news. Thus, this message circled around and returned to Chen Yufeng. Pei Qian repeatedly confirmed with Chen Yufeng before finally understanding that this function was done by Bunny Tail Live-Stream first. What Chen Yufeng was struggling with now was how to deal with the other live-stream platforms copying the methods of Bunny Tail Live-Stream. Pei Qian fell silent. Find an editing team for the streamers, specialize in the broadcasting and replay function of videos Who came up with such a creative idea? Wasnt this nonsense? The live-stream platforms in Pei Qians memory did have similar functions, but none of them were very effective. It was a waste of effort. That was because live-streams and videos were ultimately two different forms of entertainment. Videos were like proper meals. All sorts of nutritional combinations and even positioning had to be done well. The higher the information density, the higher the audiences acceptance. On the other hand, live-streams were more like snacks. Most people did not care about nutritional equilibrium as long as they did not stop talking. Live-streams were nothing more than dancing, playing games, and so on. The information density was very low. Most viewers wanted a sense of participation in interacting with the host in real time. The difference between these two entertainment modes determined that it was very difficult to combine the two modes of video and live-stream. Once the live-stream lost its real-time attribute and became a video, its low value attribute would be magnified rapidly and not many viewers would watch it. That was because the audience watching the live-streams were there for the uncertainty. They would no longer be interested in the results that had been confirmed. Even if he hired professionals to edit the video, the live-streams information density was too low which would not be changed even if it was edited into a video. Unless it was edited from tens of hours of live-stream material for an essence of about ten minutes. Otherwise, the effect would still not be very good. In other words, this model did not seem reliable in the first place! This time, the other live-stream platforms had gone astray However, the fact that Chen Yufeng could think of such a wrong decision for Bunny Tail Live-Stream seemed to be encouraging! How should he deal with this? Pei Qian thought about it for a while. This matter was quite troubling. Would they believe it if he told the other live-stream platforms the truth? However, if he did not tell the other live-stream platforms the truth, it might cause them to waste money and manpower. On the other hand, if other live-stream platforms were attacked, they might give Bunny Tail a chance to live-stream. This was a huge hidden danger. As for Bunny Tail Live-Stream, since they could not go down this path, they had to increase their efforts! At that thought, Pei Qian replied. This idea is not bad. We have to work harder on Bunny Tail Live-Stream. We have to spend money to find professional video editing staff. We have to make sure that all the streamers on Bunny Tail Live-Stream have an editor! We have to maximize our salaries and treat them according to Tengdas salary standards. As for the other live-stream platforms Tell them that only Bunny Tail live-streams can play this model. Theres no need for them to join in the fun. Its meaningless apart from wasting time, money, and manpower. Chen Yufeng was stunned. Ah, Boss Pei, what if they dont listen? Pei Qian was stunned. He had to admit that the possibility was very high. The other live-stream platforms would definitely not believe it If Bunny Tail Live-Stream continued with this model but told them that this model was useless. Pei Qian sighed. Let them carry on if they dont believe me. I cant stop them if they have too much money and have nowhere to spend it. I can convert my Personal Wealth by burning money. What would you get if you burn money? However, Pei Qian could not say it out loud. He could only hope that these live-stream platforms would do well on their own. Chen Yufeng quickly said, Alright, Boss Pei, I understand! After hanging up, Chen Yufeng looked much more confident. Ma Yang had been listening the entire time as well. His long face looked confused. What does Brother Qian mean? Why is Bunny Tail live-stream the only one that can use this model? Is he lying to other websites or is he telling the truth? Chen Yufeng obviously read something from Boss Peis words. His expression was filled with confidence. Boss Peis words are obviously 70% true and 30% false! I heard that the other live-stream platforms were copying Bunny Tail Live-Streams model just now, so I was a little anxious. Now, with Boss Peis guidance, I suddenly understand! Ma Yang was still confused. Huh? Understand what? Chen Yufeng explained, Boss Ma, Boss Pei said that only Bunny Tail live-streams can play this mode. Why? Thats because everyones positioning is completely different! At the moment, the content of the live-stream on Bunny Tail is all knowledge sharing. In other words, there is a lot of work to be done. For example, a certain big boss would give a lecture for an hour. The bulk of the message inside would be at least forty to fifty minutes. You just have to edit the essence of the forty to fifty minutes to ensure the information density. What about the content of the live-streams on other live-stream platforms? Games, singing, dancing, outdoors It would be good enough if you could cut out fifteen minutes of essence in a four-hour live-stream. Whats more, its purely for entertainment. Not many people would watch it even if it was in essence. Especially when there are many ongoing live-streams in their own platform. Why would the audience watch the videos? Therefore, Boss Peis words contain both truth and lies. In a light sentence, if we can make other live-stream platforms give up on this mode, it would be equivalent to winning without fighting and eliminating a small hidden danger. If other live-stream platforms continue to be stubborn and not give up, we would also be invincible! Of course, Bunny Tail Live-Stream will also have other types of live-streams in the future. However, our editing team will definitely focus on live-streams with high information density and sufficient content. Ma Yang suddenly understood. Oh so thats what Brother Qian meant. But should we tell these to the other platforms? Chen Yufeng shook his head. Of course not! Well just blurt it out and make it look like were bluffing. Those who are scared will naturally give up. Those who are stubborn will continue to burn money. No matter what, we wont lose out. Boss Peis positioning of Bunny Tail live-stream has already made us invincible at the beginning. Thats because its a mismatch with other live-stream platforms. Thus, their fight to the death has nothing to do with us! Ill think of a way to release the information now. As for how the other live-stream platforms interpret it thats up to them. Guangzhou. The Vice-President of ZZ Live-Stream, Liu Liang, was in the conference room discussing the design plan for the new function with the product manager and programmer when there was a knock on the door. Liu Liang was stunned. Come in. An employee walked in quickly and whispered something into Liu Liangs ear. Liu Liang looked at the employee in disbelief. Really? The employees attitude was very firm. Absolutely. Liu Liang was speechless for a moment. He looked at the design plan in his hand, then at the product manager and programmers in the conference room. He did not know what to say. The ups and downs over the past two days were too rapid! The appearance of Bunny Tail Live-Stream made Liu Liang feel as if he was facing a formidable enemy. Thus, he decided to develop a function similar to Bunny Tail Live-Stream. It was not only to plan ahead and defend in advance, but also to gamble on the future. However, after Liu Liang told his product team about this, all the other live-stream platforms found out about it after a night. They all planned to develop similar functions! Liu Liang was speechless, but he had no choice. The competition between live-stream platforms was so crazy now. Whoever was one step slower might lose the initiative. You copy me, I copy you. Everyone was using the same method. No one could laugh at each other. Thus, Liu Liang urged the product manager to hurry up and come up with the design plan. Then, he had a meeting immediately. He wanted to set this function and start developing it quickly. In the end, this employee came to report that Bunny Tail Live-Stream seemed to already know about this. However, Boss Pei said that only Bunny Tail Live-Stream could play this model well. There was no need for other live-stream platforms to join in the fun. Apart from wasting time, money, and manpower, there was no meaning! Now, it was Liu Liangs turn to feel conflicted. Was this real or fake news? Liu Liang obviously hesitated, but after some consideration, he still said, I dont care, lets make this function first! He had just called the product manager and programmer for a meeting, and now he was saying that he was not going to do this function. Where would Boss Liu put his face? Boss Pei might have said that this function could only work on Bunny Tail Live-Stream, and that the other platforms would be wasting their efforts, but how could they know he was not bluffing? Perhaps he had released this news because he was afraid that other platforms would copy it? Thus, Liu Liang decided to invest in this function first. What if the effect was good? The employee who came to deliver the news nodded. Alright, Boss Liu. One more thing. The bidding for the broadcast rights for ICL has already begun. The marketing department has been communicating with Long Yu Corporation for the past two days. Theyre asking for 11 million yuan Liu Liang could not help but frown. 11 million yuan? GPLs broadcasting rights was only 12 million yuan! Liu Liang was a little unhappy when he heard the price. Was Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation taking him too seriously? Indeed, GPLs broadcasting rights were sold at 12 million yuan, but how popular was GPL in China? Most live-stream platforms were willing to spend so much money on broadcasting rights because they felt that it was more worth it to spend this money on GPLs popularity. Why would ICL cost 11 million yuan? There were very few IOI players on the local server. The popularity of the various competitions was not very high. The audience base was not on the same level. The reason why the GPL could sell for such a high price was because the GPLs pre-season competition had been laid out and preheated for a long time. All the live-stream platforms could clearly see the popularity of this competition. They had only raised the price to this extent because of competition. ICL was not as popular as the pre-season competitions. Whats more, it was a new league. Who knew how popular it would be? If he spent 11 million yuan to buy the broadcasting rights now, wouldnt it be a huge loss if the popularity was low and no one watched it? Chapter 915 - Two Publications These live-stream platforms looked stupid and rich, but they were not really stupid. They were very smart in this aspect. Liu Liang pondered for a moment and asked, What about the attitude of the other live-stream platforms? The employee who came to report answered, They also find it expensive and are trying to lower the price with Longyu Corporation. Liu Liang nodded. Yes, Ill talk to the stewards of the other live-stream platforms in a while. We have to reach a consensus on this matter. This price is too high. We can only accept it if its at most seven million yuan! The popularity of ICL would definitely not reach half of GPL from Liu Liangs point of view. The additional money was on account that FV Team had just won the championship. Of course, Long Yu Corporation would not give in so easily. Both sides would have to haggle for a long time. However, Liu Liang was confident that as long as a few live-stream platforms worked together to lower the price, Long Yu Corporation would be the one to make the final concession. He had to work hard to obtain an acceptable price even if he could not make too many concessions. The competition between these live-stream platforms was usually very intense, the Vice Presidents still looked harmonious on the surface but they could not wait for their brains to explode. The price of the ICL league this time was too high. No one wanted to be a spendthrift. Working together to lower the price was in the common interest of all live-stream platforms. They did not have to worry about everyone not cooperating. The employee who came to report nodded and left. Liu Liang looked at the product manager and programmers in the conference room. Alright, lets continue discussing this new function! Well start on a 996 working hour system this week and finish developing it in a month. There shouldnt be any problems, right? In the evening Shanghai, Long Yu Corporation headquarters. Eric was raging in the conference room. There has to be a limit to the price! You want to get broadcasting rights for ICL for six or seven million yuan? Dream on! Long Yu Corporation had been in contact with various live-stream platforms over the past two days. They had revealed to them that the ICL league was about to begin. At the same time, they had also revealed a rough price: the broadcasting rights were 11 million yuan. Eric had wanted to set the broadcasting rights higher than GPL, but he was stopped by Zhao Xuming. Eric was thinking that if the price was too low, it would be equivalent to admitting defeat. It would be equivalent to admitting that the ICL leagues popularity and commercial value could not compare to the GPL. However, Zhao Xuming was more realistic. He repeatedly persuaded him that the current ICL league was not as popular and commercial as GPL! Wouldnt it be awkward if he set the price so high that no one bought it? Thus, after much consideration, Eric decided to set the price at 11 million yuanone million yuan lower than GPL. Eric had his reasons as well. IOI was currently one of the most popular games in the world. The overseas league slots were sold very smoothly and the price was not low. ICL was also IOIs championship zone. It would be a joke if the price was set low. 11 million yuan might be a little expensive, but the live-stream platforms in the country were going crazy trying to fight for popularity. Someone should buy it. However, after discussing with a few larger live-stream platforms in the country, the reactions of these live-stream platforms were surprisingly uniform: they found it expensive! Most live-streaming platforms would accept about six to seven million yuan, almost cutting off half of Erics price. How could Eric accept this? One had to know that the ICL league was one of his important ways to promote IOI. The broadcasting rights would be sold for an entire season. If it was sold at a low price from the beginning, wouldnt the live-stream platforms benefit for nothing when the ICL league became popular in the future? Wouldnt Finger Games suffer a huge loss? Thus, Eric was not willing to sell it cheaply but the live-stream platform was not willing to be a spendthrift. Both parties were frozen. Eric looked at Zhao Xuming. Boss Zhao, what do you think? Zhao Xuming quickly answered, I think we have to reduce the price. Dont be angry, let me finish. I know. IOIs international league slots are very easy to sell. After all, IOIs influence overseas is not bad. But we have to consider the special circumstances of the local server, right? The local server, IOI, is the most severely squeezed by GOG. There are not many players left, and it is not popular enough to begin with. These live-stream platforms might not be lacking in money, but they are more inclined to pay high premiums for popular competitions. As for popular competitions, they will think of ways to lower prices and control costs. Whats more, a few live-streaming platforms are working together to lower the price. Their interests are the same, and its not easy to divide them. Thats why I think its reasonable for the broadcast rights to be reduced to eight million yuan and the total price to be over forty million yuan. Lets first organize the league and make it popular. It wont be too late to sell it for a high price next season. However, we definitely cannot lower the price directly. Otherwise, people would think that we are easy to talk to. Perhaps these live-stream platforms would not be satisfied and would continue to lower the price. What we should do now is to quickly publicize ICL league and create enough popularity. As long as it becomes popular and the live-stream platform recognizes its value, their alliance will naturally collapse. Then, there will be platforms to buy the broadcasting rights of the ICL league privately. Eric nodded. Yes, that makes sense. At the end of the day, we have to let these live-stream platforms see the popularity. Hows ICLs promotional video going? Zhao Xuming said, Dont worry, its done! This time, we gathered all the veteran clubs and all the celebrity players in the country to film the promotional video. We obtained many scenic spots in Shanghai. The effect is absolutely great! Whats more, we learned from the previous World Competition promotional video. We made many cool post-production special effects for the promotional video. Its definitely not bad! Previously, when Zhao Xuming was working on the promotional video for the international competition, he happened to bump into GPLs Spring Competition promotional video. It was a tragic sight. The promotional video for the GPLs Spring Competition directly used a pure CG method to press Zhao Xumings traditional method of publicity film to the ground. That was why Zhao Xuming had learned to be smart this time. He added many cool special effects and game material in the promotional video. He combined the players, scenes, and game characters with CG technology while filming many landmarks in Shanghai to create a promotional video that he was very satisfied with. The reason why he did not copy the GPLs pure CG format was mainly because he was afraid of being scolded. The current version was not a copy of the GPL, but it had a style and standard. It could only be said that the huge price was worth it. Zhao Xuming was very confident about this. Eric nodded. Very good. Get ready. Well release it tomorrow. Then, well follow up with the publicity as soon as possible. We have to make the ICL league more popular as soon as possible! February 29th, Wednesday Tengda Corporation, marketing department. Meng Chang was watching the promotional video Coming Out of the Cocoon Without Becoming a Butterfly seriously. At the same time, he was once again amazed at the efficiency of these young men. The entire promotional video was actually about a story of a young internet addict with a broken E-Sports dream. The plot was very straightforward and understandable, the filming process was very smooth. Meng Chang even deliberately buried some details in the promotional video, such as the training environment of the E-Sports Club, salary remuneration, future insurance, and so on, waiting for the audience to discover. He had to admit that the promotional video for Bunny Tail Live-Stream had dealt Meng Chang a huge blow. He had not expected that the live-streaming industry of AOE would have such a positive publicity effect when it came to Bunny Tail. He could only say that he had been tricked by Boss Pei! However, it was different this time. Bunny Tail Live-Stream was a new industry. It had not been released at all. It was easy to change it. Boss Pei could naturally succeed easily if he had not planned it. However, the e-sports industry had existed for so long. All sorts of chronic illnesses were present. Moreover, according to Meng Changs knowledge, Boss Pei seemed to have not managed Tengdas e-sports industry for months. He could not possibly be tricked by Boss Pei again, right? Meng Chang, who had failed twice in a row, was eager to regain his pride. It was already the end of the month and he was about to calculate the publicity effect and salary of these plans. According to the current situation, Meng Chang would not get a single cent of commission. However, what if the E-Sports promotional video had a good reverse publicity effect? There might be a turnaround for the commission. Therefore, Meng Chang was also very anxious. He prepared to release the promotional video as soon as it was completed. Meng Chang felt that there was no problem after reading it several times. Thus, he decided to upload the promotional video online! At the same time, in Shanghai. Wolf Fang live-stream headquarters. Zhao Xuming had just arrived and was planning to discuss the ICL broadcasting rights with Wolf Fangs Vice-President, Zhu Yan. Wolf Fang Live-Stream was a late star, unlike veteran live-stream platforms such as Waiwai Live-Stream and ZZ Live-Stream. However, it was developing very quickly and the financial resources behind it could not be underestimated. Whats more, Wolf Fang Live-Stream was a platform for relatively straight men. The main content of the live-stream was the game business. Most of the live-streamers were more down-to-earth. That was why Zhao Xuming had specially made a trip here to find a breakthrough point. Previously, several major live-stream platforms had unanimously felt that ICLs broadcasting rights were too expensive and wanted to work together to lower the price. On the one hand, Zhao Xuming had released the ICLs promotional video and bought a lot of popularity, creating the illusion that ICL was very popular and anticipated; on the other hand, he had tried to contact and persuade these live-stream platforms separately. Wolf Fang Live-Streams main business was in gaming and they were very rich. Whats more, its headquarters was in Shanghai. It was top priority in all aspects. The two quickly got down to business after exchanging pleasantries in the guest room. Zhao Xuming asked. Boss Zhu, you should have seen the ICL promotional video, right? Zhu Yan nodded. Yes, I saw it. It was indeed very well shot! The players, Shanghais scenery, and the hero characters in the game were all combined together, giving people a refreshing feeling. Especially the scene where the five members of FV Team appeared. A large number of bullet screen comments almost covered the entire screen. It can be seen how popular they are. The publicity films popularity and response were quite good after it was released. It was indeed unexpected. Zhao Xuming smiled. Of course. Boss Zhu, some live-stream platforms think that ICLs broadcasting rights are a little high. I understand that very well. After all, from the popularity of the game, IOI is indeed far from GOG. However, we have to take into account the future popularity. Finger Games has decided to spend a lot of money to promote IOI domestically. You should have heard some news, right? We invested a lot for the promotional video this time, but its only an appetizer. There will be more publicity in the future. Finger Games will definitely not lose out in burning money! Our Long Yu Corporation will also cooperate fully with Finger Games. In the future, IOIs local servers market share will definitely continue to expand. ICL leagues popularity will definitely continue to increase! If we take this into consideration, 11 million yuan is actually very reasonable. In addition, to express my sincerity Zhao Xuming deliberately lowered his voice. We can also make some concessions on the price. Reducing one or two million to make friends is nothing to the wealthy Finger Games. Its just that such preferential treatment is not always available. Boss Zhu, you had better make plans early. Zhu Yan remained silent for a moment and did not answer immediately. Instead, he picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip of tea. Zhao Xuming was slightly surprised seeing Zhu Yans expression. Why did it feel like Zhu Yan was not moved at all? Zhu Yan paused for a moment and said slowly, Boss Zhao, Ive seen the promotional video for ICL. Its done very well. But if Im not wrong, you havent seen the E-Sports promotional video that Tengda just released, right? Chapter 916 - The Comparison Between The Two Promotional Videos Was Too Obvious! Zhao Xuming was lost and confused. Tengda had released an E-Sports promotional video? What has that got to do with what were discussing? Tengdas promotional video was definitely meant to promote GPL, but hadnt GPLs broadcasting rights already been sold? It wouldnt affect ICL even if it continued to heat up the GPL. However, Zhu Yan seemed to be saying that this promotional video had a huge impact on ICL. Zhao Xuming could not figure it out no matter how hard he tried. He could not understand Zhu Yans attitude at all. He had a feeling that something had gone wrong. Zhu Yan did not explain much. He took out his cell phone and found Tengdas new promotional video, Coming Out of the Cocoon Without Becoming a Butterfly. Then, he handed it to Zhao Xuming. Zhao Xuming took it and opened it. Zhao Xuming became even more confused after watching the first half. Wasnt that normal? The first half of the film was very conventional. It was nothing more than a story about a young internet addict who had overcome many obstacles and embarked on the path of E-Sports. One had to say that there were a few scenes that were very moving. For example, his fathers kneeling had highlighted a kind of parental sadness. Similar stories were not uncommon in the E-Sports circle. Many famous E-Sports players had similar experiences when they were young. However, after they achieved success and obtained good results, they would understand each other with their families. This was the basic routine of ordinary E-Sports promotional videos: first describe how miserable the lives of professional players were, how incomprehensible they were. Then, describe how they could rely on their own hard work to obtain fame, achieve results, live a better life, and even let their originally poor parents live a rich life. Zhao Xuming looked up at Zhu Yan with a puzzled expression. Didnt that mean that this was just a very ordinary promotional video? It didnt seem to have spent much money. It was worlds apart compared to our ICL promotional video. Zhu Yan only said, Boss Zhao, continue watching. Zhao Xuming could only continue watching the second half of the promotional video. However, as he watched, his eyes widened and his mouth opened slightly. The puzzled expression on his face was completely replaced by shock. What is this?! Zhao Xuming almost blurted out. The second half of the promotional videos plot had taken a sharp turn. The protagonist had become a professional player as he wished but he did not have the chance to play. After wasting a few years of his youth, he had no choice but to go home and work at a construction site! In the last scene, the protagonist looked at his fathers back as he left. He recalled his days in school. He was so regretful that tears streamed down his face. Those who heard about it would be sad, and those who saw it would shed tears. Zhao Xuming was completely speechless. He wanted to smash his cell phone on the ground and shout, Crazy! What stupid E-Sports promotional video was this? It was obviously used to defame E-Sports! The E-Sports promotional video was meant for the audience and even the outside world. Shouldnt it be used to promote the classic? There were so many successful and life-changing professional players, but instead of promoting them, you had to promote those unknown, low-level cannon fodder? The key was that even if it was the truth, he could not say it out loud! On the other hand, Tengda had not only announced it, but also created a promotional video to publicize it! What was their motive? It would make sense for it to create an AOE to attack its competitors if Tengda did not have any E-Sports-related business. The problem was that Tengda had its own GPL league and had a lot of professional players under it. Wouldnt the promotional video be criticizing itself as well? No. Zhao Xuming suddenly realized that Boss Pei was definitely not someone who would make such a low-level mistake. Since Boss Pei had sent out this promotional video, he must have calculated the subsequent actions! He quickly opened the comments section of the video. What he saw made his heart turn cold! I feel so sad watching this film. It reminds me of my younger days when I was ganked by my parents at the internet cafe. Sigh, I was young and ignorant back then. Now that I think about it, I really regret it. I really shouldve studied hard. In the past, the protagonist of the promotional video was always shot for professional players who won the world championship. This was the first time someone filmed it from a passer-bys point of view, right? I have to say, it gives people a very shocking feeling. The world champion is indeed successful, but the world champion is only a small group of people at the top of the pyramid. If you overly publicize this small group of people, it would easily give people a misleading feeling. It would make people feel like playing a profession is a win-win situation. It would make many internet addicts who are addicted to games use playing a profession as an excuse to avoid studying. Instead, it would waste their youth and narrow their future path. This promotional video has shattered their fantasies. Tell them that you might as well study hard and find a job if you dont have the talent. Previously, Fei Huang Workspace had filmed a documentary called Coming Out of the Cocoon as a Butterfly. Now, it has produced a new documentary called Coming Out of the Cocoon without becoming a Butterfly. It has been well received! Thats right. Boss Pei is trying his best to persuade those internet addicts not to be deceived. Thats why Boss Pei is still the most responsible. Boss Pei did not blindly advocate for the future of the e-sports industry and trick internet addicts into blindly entering the e-sports industry even though Tengda might also have an e-sports industry under it and it has a high market share. Instead, he exposed the current situation of the e-sports industry sincerely and made those internet addicts think twice before doing anything. I think this behavior is extremely virtuous! This promotional video is a stark contrast to the ICL promotional video. Thats right. ICLs promotional video might be perfect, cool, and outstanding in all aspects, but its filming idea is still based on the old age. Its trying hard to package the concept of E-Sports to be very high-class. However, this way, it doesnt seem down to earth and seems very unreal. On the other hand, the documentary Coming Out of the Cocoon Without Becoming A Butterfly is a complete victory in terms of depth of thought! It might not look like it had much funding and there are no particularly fancy techniques for filming, it can resonate and be discussed. I can only say that there is a gap between the two standards! Zhao Xuming flipped through the comments below the video, his nose almost crooked from anger. What the f*ck was the difference in standards! This opponent was not playing by the book! The ICLs promotional video was perfect from a commercial point of view. It was invulnerable and had invested a lot of money. All sorts of details were better than Coming Out of a Cocoon Yet to Become a Butterfly. However, who would have thought that Boss Pei would change his mindset! He was not playing with techniques, he was playing with psychology! Coming Out of the Cocoon without becoming a Butterfly was equivalent to dissecting the chronic illness within the entire e-sports industry. It exposed the less well-known but objective side of the industry mercilessly. If the audience insisted on comparing the ICL promotional video, they would definitely think that the ICL promotional video was fake! Of course, this comparison in itself did not make sense. The ICLs promotional video was a legitimate commercial promotional video. It did not make any mistakes. Who did they offend to be compared like this? However, Zhao Xuming could not do anything about it since he had no choice. If the audience insisted on comparing. He looked at the time when the video was released. Coming Out of the Cocoon Without Becoming A Butterfly was only half an hour later than the ICL promotional video. It could be said to have been released before and after. Since they were so close to each other, the audience would definitely discuss the two videos together! Zhao Xuming gritted his teeth in anger. This was a scam! A blatant scam! Boss Pei must have prepared this promotional video long ago. He was just waiting for the ICLs promotional video to be shot! This was a killing move. Zhao Xuming had been full of confidence. He had thought that the ICL promotional video would not lose, even if it cost a lot of money. Yet, Boss Pei had already skipped the stage of burning money to improve the quality of the promotional video. He was playing mind games! He had used a few investments and simple methods to eliminate the core of the ICL promotional video from the spiritual level. He had stolen all the attention and popularity! The popularity of ICLs publicity was greatly reduced. This was a huge blow to Zhao Xuming. After all, the more popular the ICL became, the more bargaining chips he had. Fortunately, that was all, it wouldnt hurt your nerves and bones. Zhao Xuming pondered for a moment and felt that there was still room for him to salvage the situation with his glib tongue. However, he continued scrolling down the comments section and saw a few new high praises. This film shows a lot of the industrys chronic illness. I dont know if everyone has noticed the details in the film. These professional players food and accommodation are actually very bad. Their working hours are reversed, and they eat take-out frequently. All of these are expending their health. Indeed, it makes me sad to see it. I know that the E-Sports industry is a youthful rice, those who did not survive on this are miserable, but those who survive on did not receive much better treatment! Eh? Thats not right, right? Didnt they say that GPLs treatment is very good? The members of DGE are all well-built and full of energy. They are definitely not figures that can be eaten by day and night upside down. Of course, theres no problem with the GPL! Boss Pei had already set the industry standards when he entered the venue forcefully. All the clubs are managed uniformly. There are standard contracts to ensure the rights of the players, the unified meals of Fish-Catching Take-Out, the daily training of the Deposit Fitness, and people who are in charge of nutritional meals and the health of the players However, in the fields other than GPL, e-sports players are still living the same bitter life as before. There are no changes! Indeed, the other games companies are all taking care of their own businesses. Its unlikely that the various clubs would take the initiative to bear such huge expenses. How many bosses with foresight and responsibility like Boss Pei are there? Can I ask whats the situation with ICL? What could it be? Its the same as other projects. Anyway, Ive never heard of Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation making any moves to guarantee the rights of ICL players. If they had, they would have boasted about it long ago, right? Sigh, it looks like ICL is just a superficial article. The promotional video might be quite good but their details are far from GPL! This way, it looks like GPL is the more professional, more mature, and healthier league. ICL is still not good. What I think is interesting is that the promotional video are filled with GOGs game graphics, however GPL is the best among all the E-Sports competitions! This creates a very strange contrast: Its obviously an AOE skill, but GPL is perfectly immune to all damage. Instead, other E-Sports competitions are being beaten into sieves! Hahaha, only Tengda has GOGs copyright after all. It cannot display the game graphics of other projects. However, it is actually hinting at something. Those who understand would understand. Zhao Xuming was stunned after reading the praises. He realized that something was wrong! If the netizens discussions were limited to the filming techniques and intentions of the two documentaries, then it would be nothing more than the initial popularity of ICL being affected. It would not shake the foundation of the entire league. However, the netizens discussion had already reached the basic structure of the GPL and ICL league. That was a huge problem! Everyone guessed correctly. The ICL really did not have any similar measures. There was no standard contract for players, no uniform schedule, and accommodation standards. Similar to other E-Sports projects, the health and rights of ICL league players were not guaranteed much. However, Zhao Xuming felt very wronged. We are the organizers of the competition. This is not something we need to be responsible for! This was the clubs business, what had it got to do with us! However, the audience did not care about this. They saw the gap between the GPL and ICL in the lower levels of the structure. There was no need to find excuses. Finger Games and Longyu Corporation were not good enough. ICL was not healthy and had bad prospects! Zhao Xuming finally understood the reason for Zhu Yans attitude. That was because Zhu Yan had seen this hot news and knew that the ICL was about to be sucked into the vortex of public opinion. Its value would be severely affected. Since that was the case, why was he in such a hurry to be a sucker? Of course, he had to continue watching and haggling. He had to obtain the ICL broadcast rights at the lowest price! Chapter 917 - Eric Is In A Dilemma! Zhao Xuming sighed silently after understanding his current situation. It looked like he had made a wasted trip today. Zhu Yan might not have said anything, but his attitude was definitely very firm. This public relations incident was simply a godly assist. If he did not make good use of it to cut off one or two million yuan, it would be a dereliction of his job! Under such circumstances, the possibility of both parties negotiating the price was infinitely close to zero. They could only delay it further. Before leaving, Zhao Xuming asked, Boss Zhu, may I ask what is the psychological price of ICL broadcasting rights from Wolf Fang Live-Stream? Zhu Yan smiled and said, Seven million yuan. However, dont worry, Boss Zhao. Wolf Fang live-stream will definitely invest a lot of resources to promote ICL league. Your side will have a lot of hidden benefits if this deal can be achieved. Zhao Xuming laughed in his heart. They had already offered seven million yuan in the beginning. Now, they had spent a lot of money to publicize ICL league and the popularity had obviously increased. Yet, you are still only offering seven million yuan? Zhao Xuming would not agree, let alone Eric. As for the publicity resources that Zhu Yan had mentioned, they were nothing more than pleasantries. These were things that could not be quantified. When the time came, Zhu Yan could give as much as he wanted. It was more practical to use real money. He would also activate platform resources to publicize it after Zhu Yan spent a lot of money to buy the broadcasting rights for the ICL league. Zhao Xuming was well aware of Zhu Yans words. However, the ICL league was currently in a storm of public opinion caused by Tengda. Zhao Xuming was in a disadvantageous position, so he could not say much. He could only force a smile and nod. Alright, lets be more considerate of each other. I hope that we can facilitate the cooperation between our two companies as soon as possible! Zhao Xuming immediately rushed to the conference room after returning to Long Yu Corporations headquarters. He received a call on the way back. Eric was waiting for him in the conference room. Eric was sulking in the conference room. The atmosphere in the room had reached a freezing point. Obviously, Eric already knew about the promotional video Coming Out Of The Cocoon Without Becoming A Butterfly. He looked up at Zhao Xuming when he had returned and asked. How was it? Zhao Xuming shook his head slightly. You should have seen Tengdas promotional video, right? Wolf Fang Live-Stream still insisted that they were only willing to pay seven million yuan because of this promotional video. Zhao Xuming was very careful with his words, afraid that Eric would immediately slam the table and scold him for being ridiculous. However, Eric did not fly into a rage. Instead, he heaved a sigh of relief and slowly calmed down. Indeed, I cannot relax for even a moment when fighting Boss Pei. This time, we invested heavily in ICLs promotional video. We thought that it would be foolproof, but we did not expect that there would still be a problem. Lets all calm down and think about how to deal with this. Erics words had a certain effect. At first, the conference room was lifeless, and everyone was shocked. However, after Eric finished speaking, the atmosphere obviously improved. Thats right, were fighting Boss Pei now! It was normal to encounter major setbacks when fighting Boss Pei. It would be ridiculous if everything went smoothly. At this point, he could only rack his brains to think of a solution for everyones jobs and performance prizes. Zhao Xuming had been thinking about this on the way back. He was the first to speak now that he had a general idea. Boss Peis move is too vicious. It could be said to be killing peoples hearts. The scariest thing is that he had already buried this foreshadowing when the GPL league was established. He only used it against us today. We want to use ICL against GPL. That means that Boss Pei will catch up and beat us as long as we dont do well in any aspect. The rights of the players are the easiest to cause a topic and discussion. If we ignore them, it will definitely have a fatal impact on the popularity of the ICL league. Therefore, we have to make up for this shortcoming. Eric nodded. Yes, thats right. He was very unwilling to accept it but it was the truth. Such big news at the beginning of the ICL league was a huge blow to the popularity. If it was not handled well, the popularity might fade before the league even started. This was a risk that Eric could not accept. Zhao Xuming continued, Standard contracts, basic salary for players, insurance and money, better food and accommodation conditions, and health insurance These are definitely not a small figure if they are to be widely spread. On one hand, we want to protect the basic rights of all the players. Not only are they the main players, but they also include the reserve players and the trainees. Over time, they will accumulate. On the other hand, standard contracts would actually cause certain restrictions on the club and make them unhappy. All in all we can use money to solve the problem, but we will definitely spend a lot of money. We have to invest a huge sum of money in the beginning to improve the environment of the training base and change all the equipment. After that, we have to continue spending the base salary, food expenses, insurance, gold, and other expenses of the players. If we dont spend twenty to thirty million yuan in the first year, we might not be able to win. Eric was very unhappy after hearing this number. Of course, we can take out twenty to thirty million yuan, but its too ridiculous to take money for this reason! How much popularity would we be able to generate if we spend this money elsewhere to promote ICL?! We are going to give twenty to thirty million yuan to these clubs to improve their training environment just because of a video by Boss Pei? Why! Did Boss Pei pay for this? Zhao Xuming hesitated for a moment before replying, Er he did, but he didnt as well. Eric: ? Zhao Xuming explained, Its like this. The GPL slots were publicly bid, and the prices were very high. A single slot was sold for twenty million yuan. Shenhua Real Estate was the king of bidders back then, and raised the GPL slots to twenty-six million yuan. The results of the auction at that time were even on the news. The total price reached a sky-high price of 180 million yuan. Then Boss Pei transferred all the money back. A large portion of them are returned to these clubs to improve the treatment of the players, and to establish a budding training base. Therefore, even though the money was paid by Boss Pei in name, it was actually the money from the various clubs. The money might have travelled from left pocket to right pocket but, these clubs are very grateful to Boss Pei. Eric : Eric had already been removed by Finger Games and replaced with Chrtien when these things happened. He was far away in the United States and did not know much about these things. Now that he heard what Zhao Xuming said, Eric finally knew what kind of situation he was in. Boss Peis left and right hand operation was akin to offering Buddha a helping hand. He did not spend a single cent to improve the treatment of the players. At the same time, the club could improve the training environment and obtain real popularity. They were also very grateful to Boss Pei. However, Eric could not do that! The ICL slots were basically half bought and half given. They basically did not make much money. At the moment, there were only a few powerful clubs in the country that had IOI branches. Whats more, they were not very rich. Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation needed their support. Thus, they did not ask for much money. They only offered very low friendship prices and cabbage prices. Whats more, even if Eric wanted to strangle them and make them spend more than ten million yuan to buy a slot, it was probably not feasible given the financial situation of these clubs. On the other hand, GPL had actually relied on Boss Peis connections to attract a lot of capital. It was equivalent to creating something out of nothing. Everyone had spent money together to organize the GPL league. However, how could Eric and Zhao Xuming have so much power? Whats more, GOG was extremely popular in the country before they started to plan for the GPL. It was a natural process. On the other hand, IOIs popularity was far from enough. ICL was held to promote the game. It was the complete opposite. Erics idea was to only open a limited number of slots in the early stages and let in only six or seven teams. After the competition was organized, they would sell slots in succession every season. That would maximize the benefits. However, this also meant that Finger Games had not earned much money from the ICL league when it first began. ICL could not play the GPL game. At the end of the day, they could only fork out this huge sum of money from two places: either the clubs or from Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation. The club would definitely not fork out any money. Why should they have to fork out an additional two million yuan a year to increase the treatment of the players? It would not benefit the club much. At the end of the day, it was all thanks to the company! If they did not fork out this sum of money, the ICL would forever be at a disadvantage. Boss Pei would definitely have to keep bringing this up. However, Eric would feel extremely aggrieved if he were to fork out this sum of money! Erics face was dark as he fell into a dilemma. However, after much consideration, he still did not have a good solution. This was like a dead end. He would either lose money or lose popularity. After much consideration, Eric could only choose to lose money. That was because the popularity of the ICL league was equivalent to money. If they ignored it, it would cause the popularity of the ICL to decrease. The effect of all the initial investments would be greatly reduced, and the actual loss would be greater. On the other hand, if he spent money to maintain the popularity, he might still be able to earn back the money in the future. After much consideration, Eric gritted his teeth and said, Well pay for this! Contact the various clubs in ICL immediately and get them to cooperate with us. Then, spend a sum of money to publicize it. Before the public opinion stirs up, let everyone know our efforts to standardize the ICL ecology and protect the rights of the players! Eric knew very well that since he had to do this sooner or later, the sooner the better. If he hesitated and allowed everyone to discuss it, it would definitely hurt the popularity of the ICL. If he reacted quickly enough and showed everyone enough sincerity, he might turn the crisis into opportunity and leave a good impression on the audience. Zhao Xuming quickly nodded. Understood, Ill arrange it now! Chapter 918 - Match the GPL Standard! Zhao Xuming did not dare to delay any longer after leaving the conference room. He immediately arranged for his subordinates to do something. The three tasks were done at the same time. The various clubs had to contact them to work together. The money might be from Finger Games but the specific improvements to the food and accommodation environment, the treatment of the players, the standard contract, and so on had to be done by every club. This sum of money was not small and could not be wasted. They had to immediately arrange for people to publicize it. The treatment in ICL was definitely top-notch in the industry. It did not lose to the GPL at all. Some parts had even surpassed it. They had to quickly resolve the current public opinion storm and leave a good impression on the passers-by. In addition, they had to take this opportunity to continue promoting the ICL and increase the popularity of the league. Eric might have given instructions to Zhao Xuming often after taking over Chrtiens job but Zhao Xuming did not dislike Eric too much. It was mainly because while Eric was in charge of many things, he was a man of his word. Dayak Corporation and Finger Games gave Eric very high authority to use a large sum of money. Take this matter for example. Eric could settle problems that Zhao Xuming could not solve. More importantly, Eric would be the one to take the blame. Zhao Xuming would be safe. The reason why Zhao Xuming was able to continue being the person-in-charge of IOIs business cooperation department was because he was very good at shifting the blame. Eric was now in charge of all matters and Zhao Xuming was his assistant. This was not bad news for him. Zhao Xuming could immediately draw a clear line if something really happened. Whether IOIs local server succeeded or not would not affect his position in Long Yu Corporation. All three aspects of work were rather important. However, after careful consideration, Zhao Xuming felt that the first issue was the most important. Thus, he decided to communicate with these clubs personally. Finger Games might be the one paying but some details would affect the clubs interests. For example, the standard contracts of the players. Back then, SUG Club had been on bad terms with Tengda because of this matter. It was directly removed from GPL by Boss Pei and became the scapegoat. If not for this little episode, the standard contract would probably have caused a stir. On the other hand, the standard contract that Boss Pei requested was only limited to within the GPL. The contracts for other E-Sports projects were definitely not manageable. At the moment, the contracts that IOIs players were using were still old contracts. Now, Finger Games wanted all the clubs in IOI to change into standard contracts. Would that cause them to resist? These clubs were all partners in the ICL league after all. Their attitudes had to be on point and could not be neglected. Thus, after some consideration, Zhao Xuming decided that he had to do it himself. Whats more, how to spend the money after it arrived in the account was a problem. If these clubs took the money but secretly embezzled it and used it to do other things, wouldnt Finger Games lose money and lose face? He had to use it specifically and supervise it. Many details could only be decided after careful discussion. However, there was good news. After the previous storm, the standard contract had already been accepted by many clubs. The resistance would be much less if ICL were to implement the standard contract. After some consideration, Zhao Xuming called FV Clubs manager, Wu Yue, and briefly explained the matter, hoping that Wu Yue would cooperate. On the other end of the line, Wu Yue smiled. Boss Zhao, theres no need. Our club has already done what you said! Thats because our clubs standards are based on GPL standards. Be it food, accommodation, training, or fitness, they are all very good. In addition, our players contracts have long been changed to standard contracts. You dont have to worry about that. Zhao Xuming was stunned. It was already set in stone? He knew that Boss Pei treated FV Club quite well, but he did not expect it to be this good. That was because the members of FV Club had already won the championship. They had a prize reward of more than two million US dollars. Even if the five of them split it equally, it would still be a huge sum of money. With so much money, who would care about food, accommodation, fitness, and standard contracts? The team members would not complain even if Boss Pei did not do anything. However, he did not expect Boss Pei to be so stingy with the details without leaving any loopholes. Zhao Xuming had originally heaved a sigh of relief, thinking that he could save some money. However, on further thought, something was amiss! His tone immediately became firm. Boss Wu, we have to fork out this sum of money! Wu Yue was stunned. Huh? Thats not necessary, right? He could not help but wonder why people were fighting to pay for this. Everyone had so much money to burn? Zhao Xuming was obviously not burning money because he had too much money. He had thought of a very important problem. Wouldnt that leave Boss Pei with something to use against them if Finger Games paid for all the clubs in ICL except for FV club? FV Club was a club in the ICL league after all. Since Finger Games had decided to fork out money for subsidies, they had to treat them equally. How could they treat them differently? If news of this were to spread, everyone would think that Finger Games was petty. Saving these two to three million yuan would cause another crisis for public relations. Wu Yue could not help but secretly rejoice at that thought. It was another trap left behind by Boss Pei. I almost stepped into it. Fortunately, Im smart! Wu Yue did not understand why Zhao Xuming was so determined, but he had no reason to reject it since Zhao Xuming was willing to subsidize it. FV Club had been receiving benefits from Boss Pei which made them a little embarrassed. Now that they had a chance to save some money for Boss Pei, why not? Thus, Wu Yue agreed readily. Zhao Xuming asked again, By the way, Boss Wu, can you briefly organize the food and accommodation standards, training standards, fitness standards, and the like and send me a copy? If its not convenient to show me the standard contract, you can briefly explain the key points. That way, we can arrange it according to this standard. The ICL league did not intend to copy the GPL completely but he had to at least understand it. That was because these two leagues were directly related in terms of standards. He had to ensure that these conditions were close. If the gap was too big, it would be equivalent to working for nothing. Wu Yue readily agreed. No problem. Ill organize the general terms and send it to you. Apart from the standard contract, the rest of the content was not considered confidential. It was nothing more than Fish-Catching Take-Out, Deposit Fitness, accommodation standards, training computer hardware, and so on. Zhao Xuming had many other channels to understand it even if Wu Yue did not say it. It did not take much effort. Therefore, Wu Yue did not hide it and straightforwardly sorted out the content and sent it to Zhao Xuming. Zhao Xuming waited patiently for more than ten minutes before he received a form from Wu Yue. The content of the form was very simple. It only contained club-related standards. For example, they were to order special training meals at Fish-Catching Take-Out. There were fitness tasks at the Deposit Fitness every day. The computer used for training was ROF Computer-Installation. Zhao Xuming looked at the form and could not help but gasp. This standard was really high! Of course, high standards and spending more money were secondary. The most important problem was that these were all Tengdas own businesses! Not to mention take-out and gyms, even the computers used for training were Tengdas own computer-installation business. If ICL implemented similar standards, wouldnt they have to book Fish-Catching Take-Out and Deposit Fitness? Wasnt that nonsense!? Boss Peis promotional video had caused Finger Games to spend twenty to thirty million yuan more. Yet, they still had to spend that money on Boss Peis businesses? And allow Boss Pei to earn more? Ridiculous! It was not a matter of money. It was not much money, but it was difficult to accept it emotionally. Forget about Eric. Zhao Xuming himself was furious just thinking about it. All in all, he could not allow himself to suffer a double loss! He could give this money to anyone but Boss Pei! Fortunately, there were alternatives. The clubs could spend money to hire a cook in terms of food. In terms of sports, they could also apply for fitness cards and private training at other gyms. Computers were even simpler. They could just buy a more expensive and high-class brand. Zhao Xuming found other alternatives based on the market prices on the list. It was expensive and painful, it was still necessary. Whats more, it was fine as long as he did not pay out of his own pocket. After sorting everything out, Zhao Xuming called SUG and other ICL clubs to communicate. Some clubs showed some resistance to the standard contracts but Finger Games was full of sincerity after all. They paid money to improve their training environment. Considering that the ICL league slots were given with just a word from Finger Games, these clubs did not dare to say much and agreed one by one. Zhao Xuming sent his plan to the managers of the various clubs and told them to follow this standard. There were clear criteria for hiring a cook, building a fitness card, purchasing a training computer, providing basic salary for all players, contributing to their insurances and pensions. Finger Games might be the one paying but the entire process had to be very standard and clear. It had to eliminate the possibility of these clubs filling their pockets. As for FV Club, they were happy using Fish-Catching Take-Out and Deposit Fitness. It would seem unreasonable to forcibly replace it. Thus, FV Club was the only exception in the entire ICL league. It continued to maintain its current conditions. However, the money that was originally from Tengda would be paid by Finger Games. Zhao Xuming heaved a sigh of relief after making all the arrangements. All the loopholes would be plugged that way! ICLs publicity work could finally return to normal. Chapter 919 - Meng Chang’s Basic Salary of 3,000 Yuan At the same time, Pei Qian was flipping through the comments under the promotional video Coming Out Of The Cocoon Without Becoming A Butterfly in his office. He was in a daze. What the f*ck was going on! Meng Chang, Meng Chang, I asked you to reverse advertise the E-Sports industry and AOE the GPL league at the same time to reduce its popularity. What was this result? Pei Qian was so angry that he wanted to die. This Meng Chang dug into him time and again! Meng Chang had already come up with three publicity plans since he joined Tengda Corporation last month: the first was publicity for Tengdas physical industries, the second was publicity film for Bunny Tail Live-Stream, and the third was publicity film for the E-Sports industry. In the end, the effects of these proposals were better and better! Especially the promotional video, Coming Out Of The Cocoon Without Becoming A Butterfly. Not only did it completely crush the ICLs newly released promotional video, but it also triggered widespread discussion among audiences. It made the various benefits of the GPL more widely known, and the GPLs attention increased! Pei Qian could imagine Eric and Zhao Xuming grinding their teeth in anger. However, Pei Qian felt wronged. He really didnt do it! Friendly forces, they accidentally harmed friendly forces! If Pei Qian had not signed the agreement with Meng Chang and knew everything about Meng Chang, he would have thought that Meng Chang was a spy who had schemed to infiltrate Tengdas internal department. He was here to mess with his mentality. It would have been fine if it had only happened once or twice, but it would have been too much to say that it was an accident if all three publicity events had been successful! Pei Qian wished he could roll up his sleeves and do it himself. In his opinion, he could have done a few publicity plans with his feet and things would not have turned out this way! However, on further thought, Pei Qian felt that he was too confident. It wasnt like he had never done it before. The results werent any better than Meng Changs. I cant even succeed even if I were the one doing it. Forget it then. Pei Qian sighed silently, feeling extremely melancholic. It was precisely because his publicity plans were always inexplicably popular that he hoped to recruit Meng Chang under his wing and let a professional like Meng Chang work on reverse publicity for him. In the end, why was it that Meng Chang, a professional, could not achieve it as well? Meng Chang racked his brains last month to think of three publicity plans. In the end, the publicity effect got from good to better. There was no need to think about it. He could forget about getting a single cent in commission last month other than his base salary. If Pei Qian did not know that Meng Chang owed a huge sum of money, he would have thought that he was actually a person who did not care about fame and fortune. However, Pei Qian would definitely not forgive Meng Chang because of this. It wasnt easy for you, Meng Chang, but was it easy for me? Did you know how much trouble these promotional proposals would cause me with the popularity, the publicity effect, and the money earned? How much effort would I have to put into getting rid of all these effects? Pei Qian sighed softly and opened the reports from the various departments under Tengda. He began to think about how to clean up the mess that Meng Chang had left for him. At that moment, the phone on the table rang. Pei Qian picked it up and saw that it was Wu Yue from FV Club. Boss Pei, I have something to report to you. Finger Games has prepared a special fund because of the pressure of public opinion. They forced all clubs in ICL league to arrange the daily life and training of the players according to their standards Pei Qian could not help but frown. Eh? Pressure from public opinion? Wu Yue: Thats right, Boss Pei. The promotional video for Coming Out Of The Cocoon Without Becoming A Butterfly created huge public pressure. Finger Games ICL league must be matched with GPL in all aspects, so Pei Qian was a little confused as he asked, What has this got to do with us? FV Club must have met the requirements, right? Wu Yue: Thats right, Boss Pei, we definitely reached the standards. However, Zhao Xuming is treating all the clubs in the ICL league equally. Therefore, he will not give a single cent less to our club. I thought that there is no way to reject it since this is the unified rule of the ICL, and there is no reason to reject it. You dont need to pay FV Club regularly since Finger Games has offered this sum of money. Ive already called Finance to tell them not to pay in the future. Im informing you as Im afraid you wouldnt know. Dont worry, Boss Pei. FV Club can rely on ourselves in the future. Well be responsible for our profits and losses and wont need to spend your money anymore! Pei Qians mouth opened slightly, and he nearly fainted. Finger Games was crazy! Who asked you to fork out money for FV Team, ah? Did you have so much money to burn! I spend a bit of money on FV Team every month, its comfortable giving them meals and building fitness cards. It might not cost much but its still a psychological comfort. Yet, all of you want to stop me? You want to deprive me of the right to spend such a small sum of money? It was too much! Pei Qian hung up and began to think about how to take revenge. A windfall had appeared out of nowhere. He had to spend it immediately, or there would be endless trouble! He was just thinking about it when someone knocked on the door. Assistant Xin pushed the door open and entered. Boss Pei, Meng Chang is here. Pei Qians face darkened. Yes, let him in! It was March 1st today. According to the agreement signed previously, Meng Chang had to report to work and determine the commission based on the marketing effect. Pei Qian arranged for a special analysis team to follow Meng Changs advertising plan throughout the entire process. They would also analyze various factors such as influence and give a very detailed analysis report. Finally, they would come up with a suitable popularity index from 0 to 100. The exact amount of commission would be based on the popularity index. Pei Qian had already sent the report to his email last month, but he had not read it yet. That was because the outcome would be the same whether he read it or not. Of course, he had to go through the motions. That was also why Meng Chang came here today. Pei Qian found the report and opened it on his laptop, waiting for Meng Chang to arrive. A moment later, there was another knock on the door outside the conference room. Meng Chang had arrived. Boss Pei. Meng Changs expression was filled with disappointment. He seemed to have suffered a huge blow. The high-spirited feeling he had previously was gone. Whats more, he was looking at Pei Qian with mixed emotions. There was fear, evasion, and a little hatred. To Meng Chang, the effect of the three consecutive publicity plans were all contrary to his wishes. Boss Pei was definitely behind this! Until now, he finally understood why Boss Pei had signed such an agreement with him. He could only say that Boss Peis intentions were vicious! However, despite saying that, Meng Chang was obedient and did not dare to show any anger because he could feel that Pei Qian had almost killed him with every step he took. Meng Chang felt helpless in the face of absolute suppression in intelligence. Pei Qians anger dissipated by more than half seeing Meng Chang in such a miserable state. He even felt sympathetic. Sigh, he couldnt blame Meng Chang. He looked like he had tried his best after all. This is the analysis report from last month. Take a look. Pei Qian handed the laptop to Meng Chang. Meng Chang took it and scanned it symbolically before putting it back. There was no need to look. All three proposals were extremely popular. Pei Qians heart ached as he said, Theres no commission, only three thousand yuan. No objections, right? Meng Chang nodded. Yes. Pei Qian was in a similar state of grief as Meng Chang at that moment as he had not been able to successfully reverse publicize and had not been able to produce high commission. However, Pei Qian was a strong person after all. He had seen such a situation too many times. He felt that he should encourage Meng Chang. After all, the two of them had signed a contract for a full ten years. It was only the first month. It would definitely not be good news for Pei Qian if Meng Chang could not recover from consecutive setbacks. The first months results are not ideal, but dont be discouraged. After all, youve only been in Tengda for a while. You dont know much about the companys work. Sometimes, things go against your wishes. However, people learn from their mistakes. Youre a smart person. You should learn from your mistakes. I believe that youll benefit from these three experiences. Keep it up in March! Pei Qian sounded very sincere. However, Meng Chang was filled with question marks. Logically speaking, the bosss words to his subordinates should have been very heartwarming and encouraging. His subordinate had not done his job well. The boss expressed his tolerance, hoping that he could learn from his lessons and do his job well in the future. There was nothing wrong with any word. However, Meng Chang felt that there was something wrong with those words! He was obviously being sarcastic! Meng Changs publicity plan was a huge success. Tengda Corporations various industries earned both popularity and money. Whats more, Boss Pei only paid three thousand yuan for the three proposals. Boss Pei should have profited from any angle. Yet, Boss Pei had pretended to let him learn from his mistakes and work harder? Ridiculous! Yet, Boss Peis expression was so sincere. It was as if every word he said was sincere. Meng Chang could not help but feel emotional. If Boss Pei were to act, he would probably be able to get an Oscar. How would Lu Zhiyao, Zhang Zuting, and the others be able to do anything? Meng Chang had nowhere to vent his anger and could only nod stiffly. I Ill work harder. Pei Qian nodded, very satisfied with Meng Changs attitude. Very good, young man, dont give up so quickly. Those with ambition will succeed. Youve worked hard this month. Go back and have a good rest. Ill look for you when I think of a new mission. Of course, you can look for me anytime if you have any good ideas. Pei Qian comforted Meng Chang again. Meng Chang smiled stiffly and turned around to escape. Pei Qian began thinking about the ICL after watching Meng Chang leave the office. It would be impolite not to reciprocate. Since Eric and Zhao Xuming saved him money, he had to spend more on them! However Where should he spend it? Pei Qian casually browsed the internet and realized that there were a lot of publicity materials for the ICL league. It was overwhelming. Apart from the promotional video, Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation were also trying their best to publicize the ICL leagues subsidies to the various clubs. It was quite popular. Many industry insiders analyzed that the reason why Finger Games was willing to spend so much money to improve the training conditions of the various clubs was partly to deal with the public crisis and build a good reputation. On the other hand, it was to better maintain the commercial value of the ICL league. According to rumors, Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation seemed to be discussing the broadcasting rights of ICL with domestic live-stream platforms. However, they had not discussed it yet. It was unclear as to how exactly it was progressing. Pei Qians eyes lit up. ICLs broadcast rights? Wasnt this a good opportunity to spend money? Chapter 920 - Bunny Tail Live-Streaming To Buy ICL’s Exclusive Broadcasting Rights? Pei Qian might not have watched IOIs competitions and was not very interested in IOI but he could not let go of the opportunity to spend money! From the looks of it, ICLs broadcast rights had not been finalized. Why didnt they come to an agreement? It must be because it was expensive. Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation obviously could not accept that ICLs broadcast rights were being offered for too low a price. On one hand, it was a matter of face. On the other hand, it was because they had very high expectations for the future of the ICL league. However, the live-stream platforms were not stupid either. They felt that the popularity of the ICL league up until now was all fake. It was burned out. Spending a lot of money to buy the broadcasting rights would probably incur losses. They definitely had to lower the price. Of course, the video of Coming Out Of The Cocoon Without Becoming A Butterfly had also greatly increased the bargaining chips for these live-stream platforms. However, the problems that troubled other live-stream platforms did not exist for Pei Qian. The popularity of ICL was fake? Spending a lot of money to buy the broadcasting rights would definitely incur losses? That was exactly what he wanted! Pei Qian needed projects that had fake popularity and would definitely incur losses! Whats more, IOI was GOGs direct competitor. Spending a lot of money to buy ICLs broadcasting rights was equivalent to sponsoring the enemy. It was in line with Pei Qians expectations of supporting IOI and suppressing GOG. Bunny Tails live-stream was located on knowledge-based live-streaming platforms. At the moment, the content was mainly live-streamed by young scholars and lecturers. It was not compatible with ICLs live-stream. All in all, buying the broadcasting rights of ICL could burn money, finance the enemy, and cause a certain negative effect on Bunny Tail live-stream. It was perfect! In fact, if they were more daring, they could buy the exclusive broadcast rights without buying the broadcast rights. An exclusive live-stream! That way, he would definitely spend more money. The more Pei Qian thought about it, the more he felt that it was appropriate. He immediately decided to go to Bunny Tail live-stream and meet Old Ma and Chen Yufeng to settle this matter. Half an hour later, Pei Qian arrived at Bunny Tail Live-streams office. After this period of development, the number of employees in Bunny Tail Live-Stream had increased significantly. Everyone was working anxiously. After all, Bunny Tail Live-Stream had just been released not long ago. It was still in its development phase. There were a lot of new functions that needed to be developed and a lot of daily affairs to be dealt with. Many people were staring at the screen, busy with their own work. They did not even notice Boss Pei walking past them quietly. Pei Qian felt very worried seeing the working atmosphere of Bunny Tail Live-Stream, but he could do nothing about it. Even though Bunny Tail Live-Stream was still burning money and not making any money up until now, Pei Qian still felt that there were hidden dangers when he saw how motivated these employees were. However, he did not have a good solution. This was the chronic disease of the entire Tengda Corporation. It could not be cured overnight. He could only hope that Old Ma, as the leader, would be of some use! Pei Qian found Ma Yang and Chen Yufeng and called them into the conference room. Brother Qian, do you have any instructions? Ma Yang was as energetic as usual. Pei Qian nodded. Yes, I plan to buy the exclusive broadcasting rights for the ICL league for Bunny Tail live-stream. I came here to let you know. Ma Yang looked confused. What is ICL? Chen Yufeng was shocked. Boss Pei, you cant do that! Ive been paying attention to the ICL broadcasting rights recently. Currently, Wolf Fang Live-Stream, ZZ Live-Stream, and several other large live-stream platforms discussed with Zhao Xuming. Its said that Zhao Xumings offer is 11 million yuan. The base price hes offering is 9 million yuan. This price is obviously too high. All the major live-stream platforms dont approve of it. They want to obtain ICLs broadcast rights for about seven million yuan. Therefore, both sides are in a deadlock. If we want to buy exclusive broadcasting rights, it would be even more expensive! Zhao Xuming can sell the broadcasting rights to at least three or four live-stream platforms. The expected price would be about thirty to forty million yuan. If we want to broadcast it alone, we have to buy it at a higher price! Whats more, we are competitors with Finger Games. How could Zhao Xuming sell the broadcasting rights to us The more Chen Yufeng analyzed, the more he felt that this was ridiculous. Boss Pei had GPLs broadcasting rights on his own and could give them to anyone. However, he did not intend to let Bunny Tail live-stream GPL at all. Why would he spend so much money to buy a competitors league when there were free and better ones? What was going on? He could not understand at all. Pei Qian had expected Chen Yufengs reaction. He could not help but smile. Its alright. Ill give Eric a call. Ill definitely be able to buy it. He did not think that he had any relationship with Eric. He was more confident about his money. Eric was not selling? That was easy. He just had to pay more. There were no eternal friends or enemies in the business world. There were only eternal interests. Tengda Corporation was a competitor of Finger Games and had a deep-seated hatred He had to increase the money! Pei Qian believed that Eric would definitely be moved as long as the price he offered and the related publicity were sincere enough. Chen Yufeng was speechless seeing Boss Peis confident expression. Boss Pei must have planned something since he was so sure. What else was there to say? He could just watch Boss Pei work on his operation. Whats more, Chen Yufeng felt that Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation would definitely not sell the exclusive broadcasting rights of ICL to Tengda. Boss Peis call would most likely be rejected. Pei Qian did not dawdle. He had Erics contact number on his cell phone, so he made a video call. Eric picked up after a long time. Obviously, Eric did not expect Boss Pei to take the initiative to contact him. At that moment, he did not know how to react. He hesitated for a while before picking up. Erics image appeared on the phone screen. It looked like he was in his own office. Erics expression was very interesting. Obviously, he was thinking of a suitable opening speech, but he felt that no matter how he greeted him, something was wrong. Pei Qian cut straight to the chase. Boss Eric, long time no see. Im here to talk to you about the ICL broadcasting rights. Eric looked shocked. You still have the cheek to talk to me about the ICL broadcast rights? Not only did you cause me to spend twenty to thirty million yuan more because of the promotional video that you posted,the price of broadcasting rights that you discussed with other live-stream platforms had also greatly decreased. We have not reached a consensus until now! Eric felt like he had been beaten up and then the other party had come to the hospital to greet him hypocritically. He was both angry and confused, not knowing how to react. Pei Qian continued, I heard that you have not reached an agreement with the various live-stream platforms? It should be very troubling, right? To be honest, Bunny Tail Live-Stream wants to buy the exclusive broadcast rights of ICL. Boss Eric, name a price. Eric was confused. Boss Pei wanted to buy ICLs broadcast rights? Oh no, exclusive broadcast rights? The difference in price was several times greater! Whats more, what was Boss Pei up to? He looked so confident. Why did he think that he would sell it to him? Eric had no idea what Boss Pei was thinking. However, since Boss Pei was asking, he could just give him a higher price to scare him off. Eric considered this seriously. Eric knew very well that it was impossible to sell the exclusive broadcasting rights at 11 million yuan after a few days of wrangling. 9 million yuan was an ideal price, but it was also very difficult. It would be good if it could be sold at around 8 million yuan in the end. Based on the current situation, there were only three or four platforms that were really interested in ICL broadcasting rights. The final price would be about 24 million yuan or 32 million yuan. The other platforms might look interested on the surface, but they were not determined at all. They might give up if the price was slightly higher. They could not be counted on. In that case, the exclusive broadcasting rights would be priced at 35 million yuan or so. Boss Pei would probably not agree to that. Eric replied, Boss Pei wants to buy exclusive broadcasting rights? Thats easy, 35 million yuan. If Boss Pei accepts this price Pei Qian immediately decided. 35 million yuan? No problem. In fact, Pei Qian had expected forty million yuan. He had not expected Eric to offer a lower price than he had expected. At that moment, he felt like he had made a killing. Eric choked on the second half of his sentence. He looked at his cell phone screen and fell silent. Boss Pei agreed so readily??? Eric and Zhao Xuming had been arguing with various live-stream platforms over the past few days. 35 million yuan was definitely not a low price. Yet, Boss Pei agreed without even thinking? Eric really could not think of a reason after eliminating the possibility that Boss Pei was deliberately making fun of him. Could it be that there was a conspiracy behind this? Or could it be that the ICL league had some unique value that both the other live-stream platforms and I did not discover? Boss Pei agreed so readily, making Eric unable to continue the conversation. They could not possibly sign the contract just like that, right? Eric definitely did not want to sell the exclusive broadcasting rights of the ICL to Boss Pei. He was very worried that Boss Pei would do something dirty to him again. However, he was the one who made the offer. Boss Pei had already agreed to it. It did not seem appropriate to change his mind and say that he would not sell it. Eric quickly added a few more terms. 35 million yuan is only the most basic. We still have many additional conditions. For example, we have to ensure the stability of the live-stream. We cant have a situation where there is a shortage of traffic and a pause. We have to use all of the platforms publicity resources to publicize the ICL. We cant set too high a penalty for unilateral termination. Eric was not stupid. What if Boss Pei bought the exclusive broadcasting rights of the ICL league and deliberately made it lag on Bunny Tail Live-Stream? What if it seriously affected the viewing experience? Boss Pei would definitely make a profit if he were to change the ICL leagues limit with Bunny Tail live-stream. Thus, Eric raised some more harsh conditions, especially the last one. They had to agree on the amount of breach of contract. That way, even if there were problems in the future and they forcefully broke the contract, the losses would be within acceptable limits. Pei Qian nodded again. No problem. Well accept all of these conditions. Eric was obviously overthinking. Wouldnt GOG dominate the entire ICL league if Pei Qian were to play tricks and ruin the ICL league? Wouldnt Tengda make even more profit? Of course, he had to broadcast the ICL properly and help the local server, IOI, up so that Eric could see hope. Only then could he continue to compete with him on burning money! Thus, Pei Qian accepted all of these conditions. Eric froze. Eric remained motionless on the screen of his cell phone. He did not even blink. Pei Qian thought that his cell phone was stuck. He asked, Boss Eric? Can you hear me? After a long time, Eric finally reacted. I can hear you. He never thought that Boss Pei would agree to the price he asked for without any hesitation. Boss Pei would also accept all of his conditions! Eric would have happily signed the contract with him if the other party was not Tengda but another company. However, Eric needed a reason to convince himself about Tengda and Boss Pei. Eric considered for a long time and said, Boss Pei, can you tell me why you want to buy the exclusive broadcasting rights of ICL? If you can give a convincing reason and the contract is detailed enough, I can consider it. Pei Qian immediately replied with an excuse that he had already thought of. Of course, its because I want to promote Bunny Tail Live-Stream. Live-streaming is obviously one of the trends in the future. Currently, Bunny Tail Live-stream does not have much advantage over other live-stream platforms. Buying the exclusive broadcast rights of ICL is the first step for Bunny Tail Live-stream to challenge those veteran live-stream platforms. These words were pure nonsense, but they sounded extremely reasonable to Eric. Eric asked, In that case, why didnt you broadcast GPL on Bunny Tail live-stream? Er Pei Qian paused. What Eric meant was, why dont you put the good stuff already in your hands into Bunny Tail Live-Stream since you wanted to make Bunny Tail Live-Stream popular? Why did you buy it from me? The motive was very suspicious! However, Pei Qian quickly reacted. Bunny Tail live-stream has just been released. Its structure is not very stable yet. GPLs live-stream has been arranged. It will be released soon. In order to eliminate Erics doubts and successfully buy the exclusive broadcasting rights of the ICL league, he could only broadcast the GPL on Bunny Tail Live-Stream. Eric nodded slightly, the doubt in his eyes finally gone. There shouldnt be much of a problem if Boss Pei had placed the GPL league in Bunny Tail live-stream. If the bandwidth of the Bunny Tail live-stream was not wide enough, GPLs live-stream would also be affected if it was lagging. Whats more, both parties could make a series of detailed agreements when signing the contract. Eric could immediately terminate the cooperation if anything went wrong. If the wrong party was on Boss Peis side, Eric could refund the contract according to the part of the contract and terminate the contract naturally. If the wrong party was on his side, the penalty would be lower, and he could stop the losses in time. Eric considered it carefully again and realized that he was actually tempted. He had to admit that Boss Peis conditions were much better than other live-stream platforms. Eric and Zhao Xuming had been arguing and bargaining with these live-stream platforms for the past few days. They were already very frustrated. He did not know how long he would have to argue with those live-stream platforms if he gave up on this opportunity to work with Boss Pei. Whats more, the final price would probably be worse than selling it to Boss Pei. Boss Peis motive for buying the ICL exclusive broadcasting rights was a little far-fetched, but it made sense. That was because even if Boss Pei did not buy it, ICL would still find a platform to broadcast it. There would still be some popularity that should be there. If Boss Pei bought the exclusive broadcasting rights, it would instead generate popularity for Bunny Tail live-stream. It was a win-win situation. The logic was very smooth, and so was the motive. Eric nodded at that though. How about this, Boss Pei? Ill talk to Boss Zhao and the Legal Department and come up with a detailed contract. Then, well discuss the details of our cooperation in detail. If Boss Pei really wants to cooperate, we dont have to give up the chance for this win-win situation because of our position. Pei Qian smiled. Alright, Ill wait for your good news then. After hanging up, Pei Qian looked at Chen Yufeng. Its done. Let the legal department work on the contract. Chen Yufeng was stunned. That was it? Boss Pei managed to get his nemesis Eric to agree to sell us the exclusive broadcasting rights of ICL with just a few words? The price might have seemed a little high and not worth it, but it was definitely worth it since Boss Pei felt it was worth it. Chen Yufeng could not say anything else and immediately nodded. Alright, Boss Pei. Ill make the arrangements now! Chapter 921 - The Other Live-Streaming Platforms Are Panicking! Long Yu Corporation and Bunny Tail Live-Stream were very efficient. The contract was roughly done by noon the next day after a simple communication. The reason why it was done so quickly was mainly because Long Yu Corporation was in a hurry. The ICL league had already begun its publicity. The venue and other preparations were basically done. Only the matter on its live-stream had not been finalized. Those few live-streaming platforms had obviously guessed that Long Yu Corporation was in a hurry, so they deliberately delayed it, wanting to lower the price. However, what kind of temper did Eric have? Why would he spoil these people? Eric would not tolerate anything except for matters with Boss Pei where he had no choice. After some consideration, Eric decided to forget it since all of the live-stream platforms wanted to lower the price and were so insincere! In any case, it would be the same no matter which live-stream platform they sold it to. Boss Pei gave them a lot of money and guaranteed publicity. It was not a bad idea to cooperate. In terms of strength alone, Bunny Tail Live-Stream could not compare to a few veteran live-streams. However, if Boss Pei really promised to use a portion of Tengda Corporations resources to advertise, the energy of Bunny Tail Live-Stream would definitely not be inferior to other platforms. Thus, both sides quickly reached a consensus as Boss Pei was very tolerant of the price and conditions. The main agreement in the contract was as such: First of all, this was the exclusive broadcast contract. Only Bunny Tail Live-Stream could live-stream the ICL league. The price was the same as before. 35 million yuan. Second, the contract required that Bunny Tail Live-Stream had to invest a large amount of resources to publicize the ICL league, both inside and outside the website. Of course, Long Yu Corporation would also spare no effort to promote the ICL league. On top of that, if there were any unsolvable or special circumstances, such as insufficient bandwidth on the website, the impact of the live-streaming of the cartoon, and major public relations incidents, the party at fault would have to bear a certain loss while the other party could unconditionally terminate the contract. Of course, after terminating the cooperation, Long Yu Corporation would have to refund this sum of money according to the actual losses. At the same time, the exclusive broadcast rights would be terminated. Lastly, there was a supplementary clause. Even if both parties did not make any obvious mistakes, none of the parties would need to pay a sky-high penalty fee to terminate the contract. They need only pay 20% of the price, which was seven million yuan, to terminate the contract. Logically speaking, there should not be a need for the last option. This was because if both parties strictly adhered to the regulations in the contract, the ICL live-stream and publicity work should be very successful. They would not be forced to terminate the contract. The reason why he added this additional clause was mainly because they were old enemies. Eric did not trust the crafty Boss Pei. To Pei Qian, this contract was not a problem at all. After the legal department of both parties had decided, Pei Qian sent Chen Yufeng to Shanghai to officially sign the contract and discuss the details of the cooperation. Guangzhou, ZZ Live-Stream Headquarters. The new function that Liu Liang had set up previously had already been developed through a 996 state. The stone in his heart had finally been lifted and he could rest a little. Recently, he had also spoken to Zhao Xuming a couple of times on the phone. He briefly discussed the issue of ICLs broadcasting rights. Liu Liangs thoughts were the same as Boss Zhu of Wolf Fang Live-Stream. They both hoped to lower the price. The ICL league was about to be held. There was not much time left for Zhao Xuming. In the end, he would have to make some concessions. Of course, Liu Liang did not want to make things too awkward. They still had to cooperate in the future after all. Liu Liang planned to buy the broadcasting rights of ICL as long as Zhao Xuming was willing to reduce the price by a little more than a million yuan. However, Zhao Xuming did not call him today at all even though he had been calling him a lot. This surprised Liu Liang. At that moment, Liu Liang heard hurried footsteps outside his office. Someone knocked on the door. Enter. Liu Liang looked up. It was the employee in charge of livestreaming ICL with Long Yu Corporation. Whats the matter? Tell me slowly. You have to maintain a calm and natural attitude during work. How can you do your job well if you panicked first? You have to be like me in the future, calm in the face of adversity. Liu Liang criticized his impatient behavior seeing that this guy was so anxious he was panting. The employee was not in the mood to dwell on these details. He quickly said, Boss Liu, something bad has happened! Finger Games seems to be selling the exclusive broadcasting rights of ICL to Bunny Tail Live-Stream! Liu Liangs expression changed instantly. He jumped up from his chair. Bunny Tail Live-Stream? Exclusive broadcasting rights? When did this happen?! Why didnt you say so earlier! Liu Liangs series of questions stunned the employee. Boss Liu, I just found out about this as well. The two companies seem to have negotiated very quickly. It seemed to have been finalized within a day or two. I dont know the details, but the chances of success seem very high Liu Liang fell into a daze. This was beyond his expectations! No matter how you looked at it, Bunny Tail Live-Stream and ICL league were two completely different things! Boss Pei had said before that Bunny Tail Live-Stream did not form a direct competition with other live-stream platforms. It was a platform that focused on knowledge and education. The publicity and live-stream content of Bunny Tail Live-Stream proved this point. Logically speaking, even if they wanted to do a live-stream of the game, they should first poach a few big streamers from GOG or broadcast GPL to test the waters. What was the meaning of spending a huge sum of money to buy the exclusive broadcasting rights of ICL? As for the ICL league, what happened to Finger Games and Tengda Corporation being enemies? What happened to IOI and GOG being the biggest competitors? Eric and Zhao Xuming had suffered so much from Boss Pei. Shouldnt they reject working with Boss Pei directly? Previously, Liu Liang had actually thought about whether there would be other live-stream platforms fighting for the exclusive broadcast rights of ICL. However, after a few days of observation, he felt that the possibility of this was negligible. That was because the price of ICLs broadcast rights was already too high. There was no need to take such a huge risk to buy an exclusive broadcast if it was uncertain if the league could do well. Wouldnt it be better if everyone worked together to lower the price of the broadcast rights and obtain the ICL broadcast rights at the lowest price and the smallest risk? However, he did not expect Boss Peis Bunny Tail Live-Stream to suddenly pop up! This disrupted Liu Liangs entire plan. He was at a total loss. He had just chided his employees for not remaining calm. Now, he was even more flustered than his employees. The two of them stared at each other. The employee quickly asked, Boss Liu, what should we do? Liu Liangs brain worked quickly. Ill give Zhao Xuming a call! There was still a possibility of Long Yu Corporation and Bunny Tail Live-Stream cutting it off if they had not signed the contract yet. Everyone knew that Boss Pei had always been swift and efficient. Thus, Liu Liang did not dare to delay and immediately called Zhao Xuming. It rang many times before the other party slowly picked up. Hello? Boss Liu, whats the matter? Zhao Xumings attitude was indescribably calm and relaxed. Liu Liangs heart paused momentarily. He had a bad feeling. Previously, Zhao Xuming had been the one rushing to find him to sell the ICL broadcast rights. He had been very polite and had even given him various preferential conditions. However, Zhao Xumings tone was obviously cold now. Liu Liang quickly said, Boss Zhao, I heard that youre discussing the exclusive broadcasting rights of ICL with Bunny Tail Live-Stream? Zhao Xuming did not comment. Ah, whats wrong? Liu Liang: Boss Zhao, thats a little unethical! Weve been talking about the broadcasting rights previously, and we havent come to a conclusion. You suddenly want to sell the exclusive broadcasting rights to Bunny Tail live-stream without even saying anything, isnt that a little unreasonable? Zhao Xuming smiled. Oh, Boss Liu, I actually planned to tell you tomorrow, after weve officially signed the contract with Bunny Tail Live-Stream. Hey, you cant blame us. Its mainly because you dont seem too interested in the ICL league. Of course, we have to find a more suitable buyer. Obviously, Zhao Xuming was not going to let him off now. He would not say anything harsh but he could not avoid being sarcastic. That was because Zhao Xuming had previously gone around begging for help from these live-stream platforms to promote ICLs broadcast rights. In the end, the Vice-Presidents of these live-stream platforms had lowered their price and postponed it. They were good at Taiji, causing Zhao Xuming to be filled with anger. Why couldnt I return the favor you did me? Given the current situation, he would definitely vent his anger from a few days ago! Liu Liang did not dare to say much. He quickly continued, You havent signed the contract yet, right? Thats good. Boss Zhao, its not that were not interested in the ICL league, but we were just doing our due diligence previously. We want the broadcasting rights of ICL now that were done with our diligence! Why dont we buy it at the price you suggested previously? Ten million yuan, what do you think? Zhao Xuming chuckled. Im sorry, I really cant sell it. To be honest, the conditions offered by Bunny Tail Live-Stream are very, very generous! However, I cannot divulge the exact amount. Actually, I can understand your thoughts, Boss Liu. The ICL league is a newly established league after all. No one can guarantee that it will succeed. It is indeed very risky to buy the broadcasting rights at a high price. Since thats the case, you dont have to take on these risks for now, right? Well talk in detail when we sell the broadcast rights next season! Im sorry, I still have work to do. Ill hang up first. Well contact each other later. Zhao Xuming hung up immediately. Hello? Hello! Liu Liang was furious. He walked three rounds around his office. On one hand, he was angry because of Zhao Xumings change in attitude. On the other hand, he was angry because of Bunny Tail Live-Stream. What was Boss Pei up to?! On the one hand, he said that Bunny Tail Live-Stream would not pose a threat to other live-stream platforms as they focused on knowledge-based content. In the end, he spent a huge sum of money to buy the exclusive broadcast rights of ICL, catching them off guard! However, it was useless for Liu Liang to be angry. All was fair in war. The business world was like a battlefield. It was normal to release fake news. Boss Pei was such an unpredictable person. Liu Liang paced back and forth in his office, thinking about what to do. Seeing how determined Zhao Xuming was, Bunny Tail Live-Stream must have given him an offer that he could not refuse. That was normal. After all, Boss Pei was willing to spend money no matter what industry he was in. He would definitely give a lot of money if he wanted Finger Games, his archenemy, to give up on their previous hatred and cooperate. In other words, it would only be possible to intercept if ZZ Live-Stream, Wolf Fang Live-Stream, and a few other live-streaming platforms worked together to pay a much higher price than before, adding up to more than 20% of the price offered by Bunny Tail Live-Stream. However, he was caught in an awkward situation. He could have won it with around nine million yuan previously. Now, he had to add three to four million yuan or even more for no reason at all. It was very difficult to accept that he would incur losses mentally. The interests of each live-stream platform were not exactly the same. They had to pay a high price for the broadcasting rights. The cooperation would not be successful if there was even one live-stream platform that did not want to cooperate. However, what if he gave up the ICL broadcasting rights? Even though it did not look like there would be much losses on the surface, everyone knew how good Boss Peis sense of the industry was and how good he was at controlling games and e-sports industries. Boss Pei could be said to be the godfather of E-Sports. No one would dare to claim to be number one if he were to claim to be number two in the country. Boss Pei had set his sights on the ICL. He had paid a huge sum of money for the exclusive broadcasting rights of the ICL. Did that mean that the value of the ICL was far beyond everyones imagination? Would he regret it in the future if he missed this opportunity? He still had a chance if he increased the price by three to four million yuan now. What if he could not buy it even if he increased the price by five million yuan or six million yuan in the future? Liu Liang did not expect the situation to take a drastic turn in just one or two days. Forget it, they are going to sign the contract tomorrow. Its too late even if we want to collaborate with other live-stream platforms to intercept it. Its not realistic for us to fight for the exclusive broadcast rights. The price is too high and the risk is too high. Whats more, Boss Pei will definitely continue bidding with us. I can only say that Boss Peis moves were really steady, accurate, and ruthless. He predicted the reactions of Finger Games and our live-stream platforms and seized the opportunity to directly snatch the exclusive broadcast rights of ICL. We can only take it one step at a time. If ICL and Bunny Tail live-stream dont work well, we might still have a chance Liu Liang thought about it but could not think of any good ideas. He could only give up and wait to see what would happen. Chapter 922 - GOG Overseas League March 3rd, Saturday In the conference room of Long Yu Corporation, Eric and Chen Yufeng shook hands warmly. I wish us a happy cooperation! Both parties had finalized the details of the contract and signed it officially. From this moment on, both parties had officially reached an agreement to promote ICL. Strictly speaking, this was Erics first time working with Boss Pei. He did not expect the cooperation between the two parties to be so smooth and pleasant! Boss Pei was not as calculative and bargaining as many partners. Instead, he was very generous. Chen Yufeng was also very friendly during the entire negotiation process. The atmosphere in the conference room was quite harmonious. He could not feel Boss Peis impression of devising strategies and being calculative at all. He also could not feel that both parties were arch-enemies and competitors. The entire cooperation process could be said to be smooth and natural. This was something that Eric had not expected. The reason why the contract was signed so quickly was mainly because the ICL league was in a rush. Eric and Zhao Xuming had arranged for the opening battle to officially begin next Saturday, which was March 10th. There were two or three exhibition competitions to be tested before next Saturday. During this week, Long Yu Corporation and Bunny Tail Live-Stream had to do a round of publicity and preheat to ensure the popularity of the ICL league. There might be far fewer teams in ICL league than in the GPL, but ICL league would be playing a double loop BO3, and the GPL would play a single-cycle BO3. There was not much difference in the number of competitions on both sides. The ICL league would start two months later than GPL, so the schedule was tight. It was also because of this that Eric and Zhao Xuming did not want to spend too much time negotiating with other live-stream platforms. That gave Bunny Tail Live-stream a chance to take advantage of the situation. However, no matter what, the contract for cooperation had been signed and the competition schedule had been set. In the short term, other live-stream platforms would probably not think about ICLs broadcasting rights. Next, he had to see how well the ICL leagues publicity was going. At the same time, Pei Qian, who was drinking coffee in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, received the news that Bunny Tail Live-Stream had signed a contract with Finger Games and officially obtained exclusive broadcast rights for the ICL league. Yes, nothing went wrong. Very good! Pei Qian was overjoyed. That was because he felt that he would definitely lose a lot of money if he bought the exclusive broadcasting rights of the ICL league. The pressure on this cycle would be greatly reduced if he spent this money. As for whether the ICL league could become popular after obtaining the exclusive broadcast rights Pei Qian did not really care. If he made it popular, it would mean that IOIs local server would be pulled back from the cliff. It could continue to pose a threat to GOG and he could continue to burn money for GOG. If it could not become popular, it would mean that the money he spent on exclusive broadcasting rights would be wasted. No matter how he thought about it, it was not a loss! Pei Qian realized that the operation this time could be said to be a perfect hedge against risk. He would not make a profit no matter what the situation was. He could not help but feel a little proud of his handiwork. At that moment, the phone on the table rang. He picked it up and saw that it was Zhang Yuan. Hm? Pei Qian instinctively frowned. Today was Saturday! Why couldnt he wait until Monday to talk? Why did he have to work on Saturday? Zhang Yuan was the person-in-charge of Tengda Corporations department, but he had no awareness of this. How disappointing! Pei Qian picked up the phone. Why did you call me on Saturday? Go back and collect your overtime pay. Speak if theres anything else. Zhang Yuan seemed to be used to it. In any case, he would definitely be given overtime pay if he called Boss Pei over the weekend. He was not very surprised as he said, Boss Pei, Im really sorry. I didnt want to disturb you today. However, I have something I have been thinking about which I have to report to you as soon as possible. Should GOGs overseas league be established? GPL has been in full swing for two months now, and there has been no news of GOGs professional league in other regions. Many foreign clubs cant wait any longer. Whats more, we have to plan how to distribute the league slots in the various regions and how to arrange the competition system. After all, we dont have the experience of organizing competitions in other regions. Therefore, these problems have to be decided by Boss Pei. That way, I can directly arrange for them to work on it directly on Monday. Pei Qian finally realized this problem. Thats right, GOGs overseas league should be held! At the moment, GOGs influence overseas was basically the same as IOIs. It had a small advantage. At the same time, IOI was organizing the ICL, the leagues in the other competition zones were also being organized. GOG had the same influence, but the league in the overseas competition zones had not made any moves. It was indeed not right. Pei Qian was not anxious, but the overseas clubs and audience were! The domestic GOG team was stronger than them in the eyes of these clubs. They were already ahead of them now that the GPL had started their war. Whats more, GOG was a very popular game. The qualifiers were something that the clubs that pursued results and exposure were also very eager for. As the person-in-charge of the E-Sports Industry, Zhang Yuan obviously had to take care of all of these. That was why he called on Saturday, wanting to ask Boss Pei for his opinion and get it done as soon as possible. Pei Qian pondered for a moment. This matter was not easy to deal with. On the surface, organizing an overseas league looked like a good thing. He could spend more money after all. However, from GPLs experience, things did not seem that simple. Pei Qian had made a huge profit from the GPL! Just selling the slots alone had sold for a sky-high price. The results were still profitable even if Pei Qian racked his brains to distribute most of the money later on. Quota, sponsorship fees, advertising effect on GOG and Tengda Corporation All of these made Pei Qian extremely anxious and miserable. If he were to organize an overseas league, what would he do if it all happened again? Therefore, he had to learn his lesson this time. Pei Qian had a rough idea, but he still had to listen to Zhang Yuans opinion to verify if his idea was correct. What do you think we should do about the overseas league? Pei Qian asked. Zhang Yuan had obviously considered this question. He would answer truthfully since Boss Pei was asking. I think that the current GPL model has been proven to be very successful. The overseas league must continue the GPL model! Actually, there are only two choices in organizing an overseas league. The first is to take on everything ourselves. Well open a branch company overseas and take full responsibility for the preparations for the various overseas leagues. Well also hold on to the quota and sponsorship. The second is to cooperate with the local games companies and let them be in charge of the operations and planning of the overseas league. Well authorize them. Of course, Im still leaning towards the first option. Thats because if we choose the second option, on the one hand, we might not be able to find a reliable overseas company. It would be very troublesome if we meet lousy partners. On the other hand, whether its the money for the slots or sponsorship, we have to share it with them. Its equivalent to our income decreasing. Pei Qian nodded subtly. Indeed, Zhang Yuan had the same thoughts as him. However, everyone was thinking in a different direction. It might seem a good idea to take on all of them. Opening a branch overseas could attract more employees and spend more money, but in the long term, it could also lead to very serious consequences. What if the employees of these overseas subsidiaries were on steroids and made the overseas league especially successful? At the same time, they could better promote GOG overseas. Then, they would be able to sell their spots and sponsors at sky-high prices. Then, they would be able to monopolize everything Wouldnt that be spiraling into the sky? On the other hand, the second plan was good news for Pei Qian whether he met a lousy teammate or shared money with other companies. The GPL was already so successful. He could not fall into a pit twice, right? It was time to change his thinking. Pei Qian said, Yes, I think what you said makes sense. Lets do it by the second method! Go to the various competition zones and discuss cooperation with other overseas companies. Let them be in charge of the preparations for the overseas league. Zhang Yuan was stunned. Huh? However, he quickly reacted. He was used to Boss Pei doing the opposite after all. Alright, Boss Pei. However, theres another problem. If we want to collaborate with foreign companies, should we look for bigger and more famous companies? Or should we look for small and unknown companies? This question stumped Pei Qian again. Another dilemma! After some consideration, Pei Qian said, Choose small companies. Obviously, big companies were famous and powerful. It was more likely that they would be able to do well in GOGs overseas league. Small companies did not have much strength, so it was more likely that they would produce lousy partners. Zhang Yuan did not ask further since Boss Pei had already given him a clear choice. Instead, he said, Alright, Boss Pei. Ill arrange these things on Monday. Chapter 923 - Planning For The Overseas League March 5th, Monday Zhang Yuan immediately gathered the core members of the E-Sports Department for a meeting and assigned the task of forming the GOG international league after he arrived at the office. The employees of the E-Sports Department were not surprised by this news. That was because as GOG continued to promote and expand overseas, it was only a matter of time before they formed an overseas league. However, just like Zhang Yuan, no one expected Boss Pei to use such a method to form an overseas league! An employee raised his hand and asked, Boss Zhang, theres something I dont understand. Why did Boss Pei want to work with other overseas companies this time? Why did he choose small companies to work with? Firstly, this seems to be risky. Secondly, it doesnt meet Tengdas standards! Zhang Yuan smiled slightly. I had the same thought as you on Saturday. However, after thinking about it for two days, I roughly guessed Boss Peis true thoughts. Let me ask you first. What do you think Tengdas standards are? The employee was stunned. Er isnt Tengdas standard of conduct always long term and take charge of everything? It can be seen from the GPL league that Boss Pei specially kicked out all disobedient clubs. He made all clubs listen to our arrangements by auctioning the slots. If we were to cooperate with other companies in the overseas competition zones, we would definitely not be able to do the same as the GPL league. At that time, the standards of the various competition zones might not be uniform. Wouldnt that be contrary to our style all along? Zhang Yuan smiled. Thats where youre wrong! Boss Pei never does things with only one plan. GPL is our own league. Can it be the same standard for overseas leagues? In theory, our goal is to become an international company, create an international game for GOG, and create an international competition for GOGs international invitational tournament However, there are still differences between the competition zones and countries. Its not that Tengda wont cooperate with other companies. In fact, Boss Pei often distributes the pie. For example, when he was building the Thriller Hostel, he distributed a lot of the pie to investors like Boss Li. Therefore, Boss Peis style is definitely not to monopolize everything and take everything for himself. Instead, he would consider all aspects and make choices between different interests! Zhang Yuan paused for a moment and continued, Indeed, if we can take on everything and organize all the leagues on our own, we can indeed take all the money for the slots, sponsorship, and other benefits for ourselves. However, on further thought, what problems would there be? First of all, we dont know much about the markets of various countries and regions. The marketing strategy that we formulated might not be able to satisfy the needs of local players. Even if we can slowly figure it out, losing the initiative would mean losing a lot of market share. That would be a very serious loss. Secondly, we are a foreign company after all. We might face a lot of resistance if we want a piece of the cake in the local market. If we dont share any benefits with others, they would definitely think of ways to trip us up. It would definitely have a serious impact on us. On the other hand, we can better make localized marketing and operations plans for the various regions if we cooperate with local companies overseas. Give them enough benefits and let them deal with all sorts of resistance. That would allow us to have the initiative in the competition. As for why Boss Pei emphasized looking for small companies? Obviously, there are too many projects for big companies. GOGs league might only be managed by one department of big companies. They might not do their best. The big companies might not be able to catch up once they recognize the value of the GOG league. We cant control them effectively. On the other hand, small companies are completely different. GOG league might be the lifeline of the entire company and the main source of income to them. Would they dare to do anything lesser than their best? Moreover, even if the GOG league develops, these small companies can only be at our mercy because all of their lifelines are in our hands. Once we revoke the GOG leagues authorization, it would be equivalent to cutting off their lifeline. This way, we can still maintain a certain level of control over the overseas league! Therefore, Boss Peis decision looks like hes giving up a portion of the benefits on the surface. However, it would greatly reduce the resistance to expanding the overseas market and speed up the expansion! It would not be a problem to monopolize it if there is only one GOG game at the moment. However, we still have IOI as a competitor in the world. Their overseas league is also being established. We have to make some sacrifices to be ahead of them! Splitting some of the pie out would make the pie bigger. That way, we can obtain more benefits. Everyone nodded in realization. Boss Pei was indeed far-sighted. He had thought of all these things in advance! That employee asked again, But, Boss Zhang, this way, the GPL would definitely be very different from other overseas competitions. If there really is a difference in affinity, would it cause overseas players to feel disgusted? Zhang Yuan smiled. I understand your worries, but they are unnecessary. If we take it all on ourselves, the overseas league would be different from the domestic league. It would definitely cause dissatisfaction among foreign players. We have to be impartial in the eyes of the public. However, we are not taking it all on ourselves. We are working with other overseas companies. If theres a problem with the overseas league, the overseas companies will definitely take the blame for us! If the overseas players are not satisfied, they should also look for the overseas agent companies. They would definitely not target us first. Whats more, we dont have to make the other leagues look exactly like GPLs. Boss Pei has indeed invested a lot of effort into the GPL, but this is because the GPL is our own competition zone. GOG only has one champion in the global invitational tournament. The competition zones must be competing with each other. If we take it all on, it would be equivalent to turning all the leagues in the world into internal leagues. On the other hand, letting the various competition zones decide their own development direction would allow the ecology of the different regions to be more diverse. The collision in the finals would also be more exciting. Everyone nodded. Obviously, none of the strategies could be comprehensive. They had to give up one thing if they chose the other. Not everyone agreed with the current method, but since it was Boss Peis decision, everyone would still carry it out resolutely. Soon, everyone began to take on their respective roles. They contacted overseas companies in different regions and began to discuss cooperation details. This would definitely be a relatively long process. After all, it would take time to determine the venue and renovate it. Fortunately, the list of clubs in each division was ready-made. As long as the slots were finalized and the schedule was arranged, the league could start very quickly. The problem of sponsors could be solved while the league was ongoing. These were all trivial matters. On the other hand, Tengda did not make any hard requirements for the qualifiers. They did not say how much they had to sell them for. That was because the situation in each region was different. Some places had developed economically, the e-sports industry was developing quickly, and the clubs had rich financial resources. The league slots would definitely be crazily snatched and would definitely be sold at a higher price. Whats more, the e-sports industry in some areas was developing slowly. There were only a few clubs in total. They would not be able to afford it, nor would they be able to organize the league If they were to spend an astronomical sum to buy the slots. Therefore, there would be differences in the qualifiers, scale, bonuses, and so on according to the actual situation of each region. These differences would also affect the qualifiers for the next international invitational tournament. Simply put, the stronger teams would have more slots. As for the specific cooperative companies, they also had to be carefully screened. Boss Pei might have said that he wanted to collaborate with a small company, but no one would think that it would be over with any random small company. Boss Peis words obviously had another hidden condition: to find a reliable small company! He had to ensure that they would do their best to help promote GOGs league. That way, some employees would be required to fly overseas to conduct field investigations and validation of the companies that were cooperating with each region. However, Tengda had always been very lenient with funding in this area. Once all of them were approved, they would take business class and stay in luxurious hotels when they went overseas. It would not be very tiring. After the GPL league runs steadily with nothing that would go wrong, Tengdas E-Sports Department shifted its focus to the overseas league and began to get busy. At the same time, the employees of Bunny Tail Live-Stream were also busy. After finalizing the exclusive broadcast rights of ICL with Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation, Bunny Tail Live-Stream began to arrange a series of publicity activities for the ICL league. For example, he had to prepare the publicity material for the ICL league in advance. He had to adjust the division and labels of the websites homepage. He had to put the ICL league in a very eye-catching position so that it would be easy to guide the traffic. In addition, he had to arrange a series of publicity activities to direct the traffic from the outer net to the Bunny Tail live-stream. The ICL league had been prepared for a long time. The venue, competition schedule, promotional video, and so on had all been arranged. Thus, they only needed to confirm that the live-stream platform was alright before the competition officially began. According to the established process, Wednesday and Thursday would be the exhibition competitions. On the one hand, it was to test the official venue and equipment. On the other hand, it was to test the bandwidth pressure on the live-stream platform. If there were any problems, they could discover it early and solve it early to ensure that the ICL spring competition would proceed smoothly. Over the next two days, the two teams that had won IOIs global finals, FV Club and SUG Club would be invited to play. After all, these four teams were the strongest teams in the country at the moment. They represented the highest level of competition in the ICL. It might only be an exhibition match but it could attract attention and achieve the effect of winning first. The exhibition matches on Wednesday and Thursday were BO3. If there were no problems after the competition, the ICL would officially start on Saturday. In other words, it would be the weekend when the value of the ICL exclusive broadcasting rights could be verified. Chapter 924 - Sky-high Prices For The Northern American Region Slots! March 7th, Wednesday morning. March 7th, Wednesday morning. The first water-testing performance of the ICL league would begin at five tonight on Bunny Tail Live-Stream. The two teams would be the two domestic teams that had previously obtained domestic slots and entered the IOI global finals but were eliminated in the final group stages. Even though both teams had been eliminated in the group stages and looked less impressive, they were still considered the best teams in the country apart from FV and SUG. Whats more, they had also looked for FV Team to play mock competitions after they returned from the world finals. Their skills and overall strength had obviously improved. Zhao Xuming believed that if these two teams appeared in front of the audience again, they would definitely show a completely new side to them! There would be an exhibition match between FV Team and SUG Team tomorrow, which would be Thursday. The attention would definitely be a lot higher. The reason why they did not arrange FV and SUGs match today was mainly because they were afraid that something would happen on the first day. All the lights, equipment, conductors, and arrangements for Bunny Tail live-streams at the competition venue had to be adjusted. It would be too disappointing if the computer lagged for the entire process if FV and SUGs exhibition match was scheduled for today. It would hurt the popularity of the league instead. Therefore, the best choice was to arrange for two teams that did not have high traffic but had certain strength and fame. Of course, this would also bring about a problem. What about the popularity of the competition? At the moment, ninety percent of the popularity of IOI in the local IOI field was concentrated on FV Team. If FV Team did not appear, wouldnt it be very awkward if not many people watched the ICL exhibition match on the first day? However, Zhao Xuming felt that this was not a big problem. After all, data was easily fungible. He understood everything. The live-stream platform could totally give a fake popularity of a few million views, add more repetitive bullet screen comments, and arrange for a group of fake reviewers to speak crazily It could also increase the popularity of the live-stream. At the very least, it could achieve the effect of making the fake real. There might be no detailed agreement in the contract between both parties but didnt live-stream platforms always do this? There was no need to explain such things deliberately. It was an unspoken rule in the industry. The staff at Bunny Tail Live-Stream would naturally arrange it. Now, Eric and Zhao Xuming were inspecting the ICL league competition venue to check on the preparations. The ICL league venue was also an indoor venue. It was a large-scale recording studio in Shanghai. In fact, Eric had considered large stadiums in the beginning, but he quickly gave up. That was because even though these large stadiums looked more imposing, there were many corresponding problems. For example, large outdoor venues were severely affected by the weather. The live audience would suffer no matter whether it was heavy rain or scorching sun. The bigger the venue, the more money they would have to spend to renovate it. They were not afraid of spending money, but they were afraid that the audience would not be satisfied. That would be very awkward. Whats more, the traffic in large venues might not be very convenient. If there were concerts or basketball competitions, the ICL audience would leave with football fans or fans of singers. The scene would be quite chaotic and difficult to handle. Thus, after some consideration, he decided to rent an indoor recording studio like the GPL. That way, the traffic could be more convenient and the overall effect would be guaranteed. Eric went to the backstage of the recording studio and asked the staff about the adjustment of the various equipment in detail. He then went to the stage and the audience to take a look at what was lacking from the perspective of an audience. Zhao Xuming followed Eric the entire time, occasionally explaining some details. Eric had specially studied the GPL competition venue before and had a lot of experience to learn from. Eric had also given many instructions for the preparation of the ICL. Eric sat in the audience for a moment and said, Isnt it a little too similar to GPL? He only realized this point now. That was because Eric had subconsciously taken in all the good parts of GPL when he was preparing for the ICL league. For example, the team flags used to decorate the venue, the big screen on the stage, and the players positions. It was not a problem to take these details out individually, but once they were put together, there would be an inexplicable sense of familiarity Obviously, the staff subconsciously referenced GPLs approach in their minds as they worked on it, so it did look a little similar. Zhao Xuming opened his mouth but did not know how to answer. It was obvious that Eric already had an answer in his heart since Eric asked this question. If he said no, Eric would definitely think that he had bad taste. However, Zhao Xuming could not nod and say yes because Eric would definitely ask him, why didnt you remind me earlier? What Eric needed the most now was a reliable solution. However, the competition was going to start tonight. How could there be a solution in these few hours? He could not possibly remove all the decorations and change them within a few hours, right? Wouldnt that be nonsense? Zhao Xuming had an idea and thought of an excuse. It does look a little like GPL, but I think its alright. This might have a negative impact on public opinion but it also means that the GPL audience will not have too many thresholds after transferring to our ICL league. I can only say that there are pros and cons, but the pros outweigh the cons. In the future, we can slowly adjust the decorations of the stadium and try to remove the GPL elements. Eric seemed satisfied with this answer. He nodded. Yes, thats the only way. The two of them sat in the audience for a while. Eric asked again, I heard that Tengda Corporation is also preparing for the overseas league. Hows the current situation? Is there any news? Zhao Xuming quickly answered, Some news came out. At the moment, Tengda Corporations overseas league should still be in the preparation stage. I heard that they are going to collaborate with overseas companies to promote it. The various agent companies will decide on the specifics of the overseas league. Tengda Corporation will only serve as a guide and a barrier. As for which companies to work with, the specific tournament format, schedule, and teams for the overseas competitions I havent heard anything about them yet. Eric nodded and smiled. Were finally better than the overseas league. IOIs international regional leagues started earlier than GOG. Moreover, Finger Games established branch offices in various places to directly manage them. They obviously have the overall advantage in this aspect. Zhao Xuming asked, I was also very surprised when I heard this news. It doesnt look like Boss Peis style. Wouldnt it be awkward if we cooperate with other companies and let these companies lead the preparations for the overseas league? Eric smiled. Do you think Boss Pei doesnt realize that? He did, but he had no choice. Tengda Corporation does not have much experience overseas after all. It would be very difficult for them to take charge by force. Dayak Corporation is a multinational corporation that has good influence in many areas around the world. Finger Games is also an American company. In other words, Tengda has a natural advantage in the domestic league. However, in the overseas league, this situation is completely the opposite. Based on what I know, Finger Games headquarters are almost ready for the league in the Northern American Region. The current price for the slot is Seven million US dollars. Zhao Xuming was stunned. So expensive! That was the price of a single slot. Previously, they had all said that Boss Pei had sold the GPL slots at an astronomical price. However, the average price of the slots was about twenty million yuan. After some calculations, it was only three million US dollars. On the other hand, IOIs Northern American Regional slot price was double that of GPL! Eric smiled. It looks a little expensive at the moment, but it might not be so in the future. Whats more, many clubs will buy it for seven million US dollars. The clubs in the Northern American Region are much wealthier. Buying a slot with seven million US dollar was painful to them but they would never give it up. E-Sports industries developed at different levels in different regions. E-Sports industries in Europe, America, and Korea developed relatively quickly, but the Northern American Region was definitely the richest in terms of financial resources. Of course, many large financial groups were stationed in the domestic e-sports industry. The financial resources of the various clubs were also increasing rapidly. However, their financial resources were still far inferior compared to the clubs in the United States. Finger Games pricing in the Northern American Region was not a sky-high price, but a combination of the financial resources of the clubs, IOIs influence and popularity in the Northern American Region, and the price of other e-sports industries. Eric did not ask for a high price from domestic e-sports clubs. The ICL league slots were basically half bought and half given. This was not because he was a philanthropist, but because he knew that domestic clubs could not squeeze out that much money out. What was the point of setting a sky-high price? However, the situation from the Northern American Region was different. This was Finger Games headquarters. It was related to the league, live-stream, and the clubs derivative industries. This was a huge gold mine. Finger Games did not want to sell all the slots. They had to make a good profit. They did not have any surplus. Finger Games had been spending money crazily to promote the domestic market. Where was the money coming from? Didnt they still have to earn it back from other markets? Eric said confidently, Its hard to say for the other regions, but Finger Games has the absolute advantage in the Northern American Region. It wont be that easy for Tengda to organize the Northern American Region league and compete with IOI! Zhao Xuming nodded slightly in agreement. Indeed, Tengdas achievements so far were mainly domestic. As a domestic company, Tengda had an advantage in this aspect. However, the Northern American Region was Finger Games home ground. Tengda Corporation could not interfere directly. They could only let other games companies represent them. The difficulty would definitely increase. Eric and Finger Games confidence obviously made sense. At that moment, Erics cell phone rang. He took a look and frowned. When he picked up the phone, his expression changed. What? Ill go take a look. These two sentences were spoken in English. Obviously, this call should have come from Finger Games headquarters in Los Angeles. Zhao Xuming asked, Whats wrong? Erics expression was ugly. For some reason, the forum in the Northern American Region is abuzz. They say that we treat the two zones differently! Chapter 925 - Boss Pei’s Precise Strike! Eric stood up and left in a hurry. Obviously, he wanted to go back and video call Finger Games headquarters to deal with this matter. Zhao Xuming had to continue watching the ICL competition and could not leave. However, he was also very curious. Thus, he took out his cell phone and searched for relevant information online. It was nighttime in Los Angeles. Players were active on the forums and live-stream platforms. Zhao Xuming realized that not only were some forums and websites in the United States discussing this. A few popular posts were also being discussed on domestic forums by busybodies, be it GOG or IOI players! The ICL hasnt officially started the competition, yet Finger Games is making big news again? I saw the forum in the Northern American Region going crazy. They said that Finger Games is collecting sky-high prices for slots? IOIs ICS slots for the Northern American Region were actually sold for seven million US dollars! Its too expensive, its practically stealing money! Its alright. I heard that the clubs in America are all very rich. They should be able to fork out seven million US dollars, right? However, GOG is also preparing for the league over there. Its said that the way to obtain a spot is to compete freely. The starting price is only a million US dollars. This comparison shows the difference! Its not just about the price. The clubs in the ICS competition area are very dissatisfied with the differential treatment of Finger Games. Thats because the slots in the domestic competition area, which is also the ICL, are half bought and half given. They can almost be said to be cheap. However, the ICS competition area has to spend seven million yuan to buy the slots! More importantly, Finger Games has additional subsidies for the ICL team because of the previous public opinion storm. The ICS competition area doesnt have any. The clubs and gamers over there would indeed explode with anger thinking about it this way They paid more than ten times the price for the slots in the ICL competition zone, but the treatment was not as good. This is equivalent to cutting off their own flesh to benefit the outer competition zone Now that I think about it, its understandable that they exploded. I wonder how will Finger Games be able to resolve the crisis of public opinion this time. They were just planning to expand their territory, but their houses caught fire! Zhao Xuming became increasingly confused. How could there be such a problem! The main reason for this incident was that the Northern American Regions ICS was different from the ICL competitions in the country. Finger Games had given the ICL competitions preferential treatment in order to better promote the ICL league and save IOIs local server. They had no choice but to provide many additional benefits to the ICL league clubs because of the GPL. However, Finger Games did not have such thoughts about the Northern American Regions ICS league. There were two reasons. First, Eric was in charge of the ICL, but the other higher-ups of Finger Games were in charge of the ICS league. These two leagues were to compete at the same time and did not affect each other. They would definitely have to earn from the ICS slot. They could not sell the ICS slot for cheap just because ICL did it, right? Wouldnt that be a huge loss? Second, they had no choice but to compensate the ICL regional clubs with various conditions, such as ensuring that the players had nutritional meals, daily fitness, and so on. Eric did not want to spend this money at all. It was even more impossible to share this condition with all the other regions. How painful would that be! Thus, there was indeed such a gap between the ICL league and the ICS league. In fact, this was very normal. Tengda did not achieve equality either! Tengda treated GPL like its own son. However, Tengda only found a local company to work with in the outer competition zone. However, Tengda would not be under such debate pressure! The reason was that the two companies were in different positions and adopted different strategies. Tengda was a local company. It was only natural for it to be in charge of GPLs operations and improve the various benefits. The various clubs might have spent money to buy slots but the money had been returned to them. Everyone was willing to spend it. On the other hand, the slot for the outer division competition zone was to be bought by the highest bidder. The club would not complain whether the price was high or low. As for the benefits of the GPL in the outer competition zone, even if the clubs in the outer competition zone were not satisfied, they would still aim for the proxy companies in the league and not Tengda Corporation directly. Whats more, these clubs would not be too bothered about the subsidies for food or fitness because they did not realize the importance. They had already saved money on the slots. It did not matter if they did not have these benefits. However, it was different for Finger Games. It was precisely because they were an American company that the pressure they faced in the United States was greater. The clubs in the United States watched. Why were the slots for the ICL league so cheap? Finger Games even paid for the clubs benefits. In the end, they had to spend seven million US dollars to buy a slot when it came to us? Was Finger Games still an American company? Its alright if you want to promote IOI, but dont suck blood from us! Many gamers and viewers felt indignant after the public opinion exploded, especially those who started to dig up old scores. Finger Games had a past record! Previously, they had priced the skins in different areas and had been sprayed with blood. Initially, this was already in the past. They did not expect the fox to grow gray but never good. Whats more, Finger Games had branches in all the competition zones in the country. They took charge of all the construction work in all the competition zones. Therefore, if any problems happened, the club and audience would definitely direct their blame to Finger Games. New and old grudges were added together. In addition, many clubs were adding fuel to the fire behind the scenes, wanting to pressure Finger Games. Therefore, once this matter was exposed, it immediately became a hot topic on the internet! That was why the upper echelons of Finger Games called Eric immediately and asked him to solve this problem together. As for how? Zhao Xuming could not guess it, but Finger Games would probably continue to spend a lot this time. Once this public sentiment crisis erupted, it would be impossible to appease everyone without bleeding. Zhao Xuming could not help but feel nervous. Just now, Eric had confidently said that the Northern American Region was Finger Games home ground. The league would definitely be done flawlessly. Tengda would not be able to interfere. What was happening now? How embarrassing! Not only was there a problem, it was a huge problem! Could it be that this was also arranged by Boss Pei? He purposely chose this timing to give Finger Games a hard time? Thats not right. Didnt Boss Pei just talk to us about the cooperation with ICL league? Could it be Thats right. The public scandal this time is an accurate blow to the ICS league. It has nothing to do with the ICL. Naturally, it will not affect our cooperation This! Zhao Xuming was confused at first. Shouldnt Boss Pei be our ally now? Why did this happen again? However, on further thought, Boss Pei and Erics cooperation was only limited to the ICL league. In the other competitions in the world, the two were still mortal enemies and competitors! Boss Pei did not seem to want to attack the ICL league and affect his own interests. Instead, he turned his spearhead to the Northern American Region and took drastic measures to hit Finger Games doorstep! Zhao Xuming shuddered. Boss Pei gave people the feeling that he was suffering from schizophrenia. He would take out a dagger from his chest and stab you without a word while laughing and cooperating with you! Zhao Xuming suddenly became suspicious. He did not know if this cooperation with Boss Pei was right or wrong At 4 PM, the ICL exhibition match was about to begin. The members of the two clubs had already arrived at the competition venue in advance. The staff also began to make various preparations to ensure that the competition would proceed smoothly. Zhao Xuming watched the audience enter from the backstage. The venue would definitely be filled to the brim today. After all, it was the first day. It would be ugly if there were empty seats. Fortunately, IOIs old gamers, internal employees, and additional tickets had already taken up most of the seats at the venue. It would not be a problem to hire some people to fill the remaining empty seats. At that moment, Zhao Xuming noticed that Eric had returned. Youre back! How are things going? Zhao Xuming quickly went up to him and asked. Eric looked very tired. Obviously, he was very tired. Basically, the solution has been confirmed. The ICS quota has been changed to start bidding from three million US dollars. The clubs in the Northern American Region will enjoy the same preferential treatment as ICL, mainly in food, fitness, and other aspects. Obviously, the result of a meeting with Finger Games was to admit defeat! It was already late at night in Los Angeles. The video call had been going on for half the night. It was obvious how important this matter was to the upper echelons of Finger Games. Tomorrow morning, Finger Games would issue an announcement to appease the clubs and players in the Northern Amercian Region. Their attitude would be very sincere. That was because the Northern American Region was their base camp. They could not do well in other competitions, but they had to do well in the ICS league! The discrimination between ICS league and ICL league would indeed fall into the hands of others. It was useless even if they emphasized that the ICS league had more sponsors and that the seats were more precious. This reason was very difficult to justify. Thus, he could only admit defeat. The slots for the league had dropped from 7 million US dollars to 3 million US dollars. Finger Games would definitely lose a huge sum of money. While the bids could be raised indefinitely, there were only a few big clubs in the Northern American Region. There was no need to raise the price of this slot. They definitely hoped that everyone would get the best at the lowest price. Thus, the final price would probably be sold for four to five million US dollars. Finger Games would lose two million US dollars for each slot. The subsidies for the clubs food and fitness might not seem like much in terms of money, but it would be a continuous expenditure. The key was that these clubs might not appreciate it! They would think that this was a benefit that they had fought for and not the preferential treatment that Finger Games had given them. That was why Eric was speechless. His ICL was doing so well, but he was suddenly backstabbed! Even though the money had nothing to do with him, it was obvious that the upper echelons of Finger Games were already very unhappy with his actions. They made the clubs and audience of the ICS very dissatisfied in order to promote the ICL league. Eric had to more or less take the blame. If he did not manage the ICL well in the future, the upper echelons of Finger Games would settle the accounts. Eric would probably not be able to bear the consequences. Zhao Xuming saw that Eric was not very happy and did not dare to continue discussing this topic. Thats good! Thats an ICS matter after all. It has nothing to do with us. The equipment here has been adjusted and the preparations for Bunny Tail Live-Stream have been completed. Were just waiting for the competition to start! Eric nodded and took out his cell phone from his pocket. He switched on the application for Bunny Tail live-stream. The interface of the application for Bunny Tail Live-Stream was rather simple, even a little shabby but they gave enough recommendation spots to ICL. Once he entered the homepage, there was a huge banner of the ICL league. It was very eye-catching. On the other hand, Tengdas own GPL league had not even been broadcasted live on Bunny Tail. Eric temporarily forgot about the unhappiness from before and began to look forward to the official start of the exhibition match! Chapter 926 - Real Data: Less than 30,000 At 5pm, the first performance of the ICL league officially began under the applause and cheers of the audience! The host greeted the audience at the emcee and the live-stream passionately, trying hard to stir up the emotions of the audience. Eric and Zhao Xuming felt very proud of themselves. This was IOIs own league. We finally have a league that can compete with GPL! It had to be said that the atmosphere at the venue was still very lively. After all, the staff in the ICL league were quite professional. The audience at the venue were all loyal fans of IOI. A small portion of them were specially hired to bring up the atmosphere in the audience. The applause and cheers were just right. Zhao Xuming heaved a sigh of relief when he saw that the competition had successfully completed the BP and entered the game graphics without any hiccups. The huge rock that had been hanging in his heart finally relaxed. He took out his cell phone and switched on Bunny Tail Live-Stream. He wanted to see how the live-stream was going. Logically speaking, there should not be any problem. As long as there were no problems with the event location, the signal transmitted to the live-stream would be OK. What other problems could there be in the live-stream other than being stuck? Zhao Xuming opened Bunny Tail Live-Stream and quickly found the live-stream of the ICL league on the home page. There were indeed a lot of recommendation resources. There was a very eye-catching banner on the homepage. There was also a special IOI game section. Once you clicked on it, you would be able to watch the ICL league live-stream. There was no problem in all aspects. Zhao Xuming felt much more at ease. Boss Pei might be a competitor and had just created a mess in ICS, but they had already signed the contract! No matter what, Boss Pei was a very contractual person. He would definitely follow the contract. However, he fell into a daze when he opened the live-stream and saw the number of people in it. 27,985! It was a whole number, whats more, this number would constantly change, increasing and decreasing at times. Zhao Xuming thought that he had seen wrongly. Was there a digit missing? However, he leaned his face closer to the cell phone screen to take a closer look. After looking at it for a long time, he finally confirmed that he had not seen it wrong. It was a five-digit number. There were less than thirty thousand people watching it! Zhao Xuming was stunned. He looked at the bullet screen comments in the live-stream. There were quite a number of them too? There were all sorts of bullet screen comments. People were giving small gifts quite often too! There might not be many gifts but this was the live-stream of a competition after all. There were not many people giving gifts in the first place. The key was still the density of the bullet screen comments. There was not much of a problem from the density of the bullet screen. The screen of the live-stream was only so big after all. The bullet screen could keep rolling as long as there were a thousand living people. If there were ten thousand living people, the bullet screen could be filled. If there were tens of thousands of living people, the bullet screen would have to be split. Otherwise, it would affect normal viewing. The ICL league had been advertising for a long time after all, and many IOI players would be attracted to watch it. It was normal for the number of bullet screen comments to be high. What was with the number of viewers? It would be too embarrassing if there were less than 30,000 people! Other live-stream platforms had millions or tens of millions of viewers easily! Even if it was a small-time broadcaster, he would be too embarrassed to greet them if he said that his live-stream only had 30,000 viewers. Zhao Xumings face fell. Boss Pei was actually lying in wait here? There was no problem with the other publicity materials, but they secretly limited the number of viewers on the live-stream platform? Obviously, the audience had also noticed this number. Many people were discussing the bullet screen. Isnt it exclusive? There are less than 30,000 viewers? In other words, there are only thirty thousand people watching the ICL league in the entire world? Pfft, Im sorry to laugh. Ai, IOI is still cold. Nothing can save it. Its far worse than GPL. I wont watch it anymore. Zhao Xuming was very angry. Bunny Tail Live-Stream was too dishonest! Needless to say, Boss Pei must have ordered it! He had purposely lowered the popularity of the live-stream to create a feeling that the ICL was not popular. He had evil intentions! Eric noticed this as well and his expression did not look good. He had always had a PTSD mentality towards Boss Pei. He was afraid that Boss Pei would plot against him in certain areas, so he had always been on guard. Zhao Xuming immediately called Chen Yufeng. There was no need to be afraid even if Boss Pei was causing trouble. Both parties had signed contracts! Zhao Xuming could immediately request for the live-stream of Bunny Tail to be changed if he was caught using such underhanded means. Otherwise, he could request for the contract to be terminated freely and terminate the cooperation between both parties. Chen Yufengs voice came through the phone very quickly. Hello? Boss Zhao, you should have seen the live-stream of ICL, right? Is there a problem? Zhao Xuming laughed in his heart. You still have the cheek to ask me whats wrong? Arent you asking the obvious? Zhao Xuming: Boss Chen, this is not right! Why did you restrict the popularity of the ICL league live-stream? Chen Yufeng was stunned. Restricting popularity? No? Why would we do such a thing? Zhao Xuming was even more unhappy. How could he deny it? Boss Chen, how is it possible for it to be watched by only a little more than twenty thousand people! Its not even comparable to an ordinary small-time streamer on other live-stream platforms! How would the audience view the ICL league? How could the attention be less than an ordinary streamer? Do they think that no one would watch our league? Chen Yufeng smiled and explained, Boss Zhao, youve misunderstood. This is the real data for the number of viewers! We definitely did not restrict the popularity, nor would we restrict the popularity. The statistics in Bunny Tails live-stream is real. We would definitely not fake it. As for the other live-stream platforms Their numbers are not actual numbers. A live-stream with three thousand people can be made into tens of thousands. A live-stream of twenty thousand people can be made to reflect five to six hundred thousand. Therefore, the ICL league should be around a million viewers if we calculate based on how the other live-stream platforms calculate. Zhao Xuming opened his mouth, speechless. According to Chen Yufeng, the live-streams popularity could reach a million viewers. If the official platform falsified and adjusted the figures, the peak would be a little more than two million viewers. That would be about the same level of popularity as GPL on some small live-stream platforms. If that was the case, there would be no problem. However, the key was that based on what Chen Yufeng said, Bunny Tail Live-Stream did not seem to have any intention of helping the ICL league falsify data! Zhao Xuming was speechless. Boss Chen, do I have to talk about this? Chen Yufeng: What about? Zhao Xuming: Falsifying data! Do you as a live-stream platform not know about this? We should adjust the data upwards in order to make the audience feel that this is very popular, right? There are no problems with the bullet screen comments now. There are no problems with the discussion. The live-stream is very smooth and not stuck at all. However, the popularity and the number of viewers Chen Yufeng rejected immediately. Oh, Boss Zhao, thats what you mean. Im really sorry about that. Boss Pei emphasized that all of our data must be real when Bunny Tail Live-Stream was just established. We cannot fake it. Im sorry, but we cannot make an exception. Zhao Xuming was confused. Not even once? Chen Yufeng: Even once would make the website lose its credibility. It would be useless even if we release real data in the future. I hope you can understand, Boss Zhao. Zhao Xuming was speechless. What a mess! Chen Yufengs words made sense. This was a principle that had been implemented since the establishment of Bunny Tail Live-Stream. It did not seem to be specifically targeted at the ICL league. However, the problem was which live-stream platform did not fake data? If it was not fake, the scene would be too shabby! The less than 30,000 viewers made Zhao Xuming uncomfortable. Zhao Xuming did not want to give up just like that. However, our contract promised that you would cooperate with us to promote it. This popularity Before Zhao Xuming could finish speaking, Chen Yufeng had already answered, Boss Zhao, our contract did not say that we would help you produce fake data! Im afraid that this cannot be considered as a normal marketing strategy, right? Look, our live-stream platform has done all the publicity and promotion work. The effect is obvious to all. The bandwidth of the live-stream is not a problem. The audiences viewing experience can be guaranteed. Zhao Xuming: This That seemed to be the case. The contract did not mention anything about faking data! At the time, Zhao Xuming and Eric felt that since Bunny Tail Live-Stream had spent a huge sum of money to buy the exclusive broadcast rights of ICL, they would definitely do their best to promote it. After all, if the ICL was done well, it would bring a lot of popularity to Bunny Tail Live-Stream. Making fake data was a specialty of live-stream platforms. How could there not be this aspect? However, Bunny Tail Live-Stream really did not provide it! Zhao Xuming said, However, the publicity of the ICL league would definitely be greatly affected. The effect would be greatly reduced! Chen Yufeng chuckled. Dont worry, Boss Zhao. Well take care of the publicity for the ICL league. Nothing will go wrong! You just have to observe for a few more days. The popularity will definitely continue to rise! Zhao Xuming hesitated for a moment but did not have anything else to say. He could only hang up reluctantly. Eric saw Zhao Xuming hang up and asked, What did they say? Zhao Xuming repeated Chen Yufengs words. Eric fell silent as well. This was awkward. Bunny Tail Live-Stream was indeed doing everything according to the contract. They were not at fault. Naturally, Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation could not terminate the contract directly. Of course, they could also use that termination clause to pay the seven million yuan penalty. However, the problem was that it was not worth it! At the moment, Bunny Tails live-streaming and publicity work for the ICL league was quite satisfactory in all aspects. The only thing was that the number of people in the live-stream was not fake. The real data looked a little hurtful. However, was he going to throw away seven million yuan to terminate the contract with Bunny Tail live-stream just for this one reason? Return the exclusive broadcast fee? Then find other live-stream platforms to work with? He would be crazy to do that. Zhao Xuming and Eric were in a dilemma. This was obviously not a big problem, but it was like a small bug crawling around in their hearts. Eric thought about it carefully and said, Lets wait and see for a few more days. Well settle scores with Boss Pei if the effect is really bad and has a serious negative impact on the ICL! Chapter 927 - This Is A Win-Win Situation! March 8th, Thursday The exhibition match of the ICL league was about to begin. After todays exhibition match, he could basically confirm that all aspects of the league were fine. The equipment had been adjusted and the live-stream signal was OK. There should not be too many accidents apart from rare emergencies. It could give the audience a more stable and good viewing experience. The ICL league officially began on Saturday. Today, neither Zhao Xuming nor Eric went to the ICL league venue. Instead, they were busy working in their own offices. There should be no problem with the venue. There was no need to watch it every day. The problem was the live-stream. Zhao Xuming looked at the time. FV and SUG exhibition match was about to begin, so he took out his cell phone to check. He had been reading the comments online ever since the competition ended yesterday. The more he read, the angrier he became. Most people were mocking them, saying that the ICL league was not popular enough, that no one would watch it, and that they were wasting money! There were also people who speculated that Boss Pei had deliberately bought out the ICL league and put it on Bunny Tail Live-Stream. Then, he deliberately lowered the popularity of the league so that it would die. In fact, Zhao Xuming had thought the same at first. However, he felt that he had wronged Boss Pei after talking to Chen Yufeng on the phone. That was because the standards of Bunny Tails live-stream seemed to be the same. Boss Pei was a straightforward and upright person. Even if it was a business competition, it would be upright. He would not lie over such a small matter. He could only say that the real data of the ICL league was indeed a little sad. He had no choice. It had to be said that the internet was filled with negative comments about ICL. This made Zhao Xuming very frustrated. The ICL league had just begun, but it was already declining. There was no way to attract more viewers. What would happen in the future? However, he did not have a good solution. He could only wait and see. Zhao Xuming looked at the number of people in the ICL league live-stream once again. This time, his eyes lit up. There were 59,837 viewers in the live-stream! Last time, it was less than 30,000. This time, it was close to 60,000. The number had doubled! Zhao Xumings awkward expression eased a little. It had to be said that FV Clubs traffic was indeed quite high. After all, it was a team that had beaten foreign teams and won the world championship not long ago. It doubled the number of audiences the moment it appeared. However Sixty thousand viewership was still very shabby! There was still a huge gap between 60,000 viewers compared to live-stream platforms that had a million viewers. Fortunately, the number was still increasing as the competition progressed. Many people did not pay attention to the preparations for the ICL league in real time. Perhaps they only knew about the live-stream of the competition after seeing the discussion on the forum. Thus, the number of viewers kept increasing. No matter what, it was much better than the competition yesterday. Zhao Xuming could not help but heave a sigh of relief. However, he was still worried about this shabby popularity. At that moment, someone knocked on the door. Zhao Xuming looked up. It was his assistant. Whats the matter? Zhao Xuming asked. The assistant said excitedly, Boss Zhao, didnt you ask me to think of a countermeasure yesterday? I thought of it! Zhao Xuming was stunned for a moment. Then, he realized that the so-called countermeasure referred to countermeasure for solving the problem of too few people in the live-stream. Zhao Xuming was pleasantly surprised. Tell me about it? In fact, he did not expect his assistant to come up with any reliable countermeasures. He was just saying it casually. After all, the contract had already been signed. There was no such clause in it. It was impossible for Bunny Tail Live-Stream to change the numbers in the backend. Boss Pei was famous for being stubborn. Now, the assistant had actually said that he had thought of a countermeasure. It was always good to hear it no matter whether it would work or not. The assistant said confidently, Boss Zhao, I really didnt think of a good idea at first. After all, its impossible to get Bunny Tail Live-Stream to help us fake the data. Thats why I couldnt think of a good solution even after thinking about it all night. But just now! I had a flash of inspiration. I think we misunderstood Boss Pei! We should do the opposite! Actually, is it embarrassing to have numbers like 30,000 or 60,000? The key is who we are competing with. Compared to the popularity of other live-stream platforms that had a few million views easily, the numbers look much worse. However! We can make use of this to make an issue out of it! We can hire fake reviewers to publicize it on the internet. The other live-stream platforms are all fake. Millions or tens of millions of viewers in fact only had about thirty to fifty thousand viers. The entire live-stream circle works on fake data except for Bunny Tail live-streams. We are the same as Bunny Tail Live-stream. We are very honest and sincere. We will definitely not lie to the audience! Zhao Xuming was stunned. Do the opposite? Made sense! Since he could not change the data for Bunny Tail Live-Stream, he could just drag the other live-stream platforms down with him, right? Thirty thousand to fifty thousand viewers did look very shabby, but if all viewers accepted the fact that the live-stream platform was faking data and all viewers felt that the millions of popular live-streamers on other live-stream platforms only had ten to twenty thousand viewers, wouldnt that prove that the ICL league was very popular? Whats more, the other live-stream platforms would not be able to fight back if he were to pull them down with him. That was because the popularity of these live-stream platforms was fake to begin with. They were calculated based on the number of people, gifts, and various other data. The algorithms were all confidential and would not be leaked out at all. They could announce the actual number of people on their platform if they had the ability! These live-stream platforms would definitely not dare to. That was because they were different from Bunny Tail Live-Stream. Bunny Tail Live-Stream had the real number of viewers as soon as it started. It had already established such an image, and the audience had accepted it. On the other hand, other live-stream platforms had been using popularity to create an illusion. Once they announced the real number, no matter how low it was, the audience would not believe it! For example, if a platform with millions of popular streamers said that their real number was 500,000, the audience would definitely not believe it. If they said that their popularity was only 50,000, the audience would mock him for faking it, but at the same time, they would still not believe it! That was because everyone would only think that the live-stream platform was fake. The 50,000 viewers also meant to make it sound better. The live-stream platform, which had been using popularity to replace the real number of people and using agreement gifts to replace the real gifts, had actually lost the trust of the audience. Most of the viewers were just watching for fun and did not take the numbers seriously. Therefore, the other live-stream platforms would not be able to counterattack or prove themselves if they seized this point! The best part was that they had the reputation of Bunny Tail Live-stream and Tengda Corporation as their backers! Bunny Tail Live-Stream was a platform created by Boss Pei. All the live-streams were real data. However, the live-stream platform did not deliberately highlight this point. Some viewers knew that Bunny Tails live-stream showed the real number of viewers, but they did not publicize it, so it did not have much influence. If Long Yu Corporation were to fork out money to do marketing and let more people know that the number of people live-streaming Bunny Tail was real, while the other live-stream platforms were fake popularity and filled with various fake situations Wouldnt that prove that the ICL league was actually very popular? The data looked as though it was burning because they were too honest? He had solved this problem perfectly! Zhao Xuming was elated. Thats a good idea! Lets do that! Buy fake reviewers immediately. Get someone to go online to set the tempo. Say that other live-stream platforms are seriously faking it. Those popular live-streamers only have tens of thousands or even fewer viewers. The number of viewers for Bunny Tails live-stream is completely real! In that case, the ICL leagues audience would not be small, it would be real! Whats more, we can also compare the number of people yesterday and todays number. This means that the ICL league has a constant inflow of fresh blood. The attention for the entire league is constantly increasing! Quick, take advantage of the fact that FV Team is in the competition now and has more attention, do it immediately! We must create a hot topic of discussion on the internet before the competition is over and start a discussion on the internet after the competition! The assistant nodded immediately. Alright, Boss Zhao, Ill do it right away! After the assistant left the office, Zhao Xuming entered the live-stream of Bunny Tail again to check the number of viewers in the ICL league. The first round of the competition had already begun. The number of viewers had reached 65,782. It was increasing! Obviously, this could be made used of as well. The audience could not determine the real number of viewers from the popularity of live-streams if it were other live-stream platforms, because they changed too much and there were often situations where the popularity was fake. Was this live-stream really becoming more and more popular? Or was it just a facade created by the platform? The audience could not tell. However, Bunny Tail Live-Stream was different. The audience had already accepted that this was real data. There was no falsification of data. Thus, the increase in the number of people was real. 30,000 yesterday and more than 60,000 today. Didnt that mean that the attention and influence of the ICL league were gradually increasing? Zhao Xuming could not help but feel emotional. It seemed like he had wronged Boss Pei! On the surface, Boss Peis real data seemed to make the ICL league lose face, but in fact, it was a method of suppressing ones desires! He released real data the entire time, making the ICL league with only thirty thousand viewers on the first day mocked by the entire internet. However, this would also let everyone know that the data of Bunny Tails live-stream was real and not fake. The next day, the actual number of viewers doubled, and it was still increasing. Didnt this prove to the audience that the ICL league was definitely popular? I see, Boss Pei is far-sighted! Indeed, this is in line with Boss Peis usual marketing methods. Its unique and creative! We have indeed wronged Boss Pei previously. It looks like Boss Pei really wants to cooperate with us and promote the ICL league! Since thats the case, we have to do something as well. Help Bunny Tail live-stream publicize their real statistics! Zhao Xuming was very happy. As the saying went, it was impolite not to reciprocate. It seemed like Boss Pei sincerely wanted to cooperate. He had done all sorts of work well, and the publicity was very good. The only small misunderstanding was the problem with the number of people in the live-stream. Now, even that has been resolved. Since that was the case, he would help Boss Pei advertise Bunny Tail Live-Stream. After all, wouldnt the ICL league become popular after promoting Bunny Tail live-stream? This was undoubtedly a win-win situation! Chapter 928 - Bunny Tail Live-Stream: A Clear Stream In The Live-Stream Industry! At the same time, Pei Qian, Ma Yang, and Chen Yufeng were watching the live-stream of the ICL league. Boss Pei, there were less than 30,000 people in the ICL league yesterday. Today, there are more than 60,000 people. It can be seen that FV Teams influence and popularity are still very high. Zhao Xuming called me yesterday and was very dissatisfied with the number of people on our live-stream platform. He wanted us to fake their popularity, but I rejected him flatly! I believe that they will understand our good intentions in the future. Pei Qian nodded slightly. Yes, you did the right thing. Even though Pei Qian wanted Bunny Tail Live-Stream to promote the ICL league but this matter was a priority. The priority of maintaining Bunny Tail Live Broadcasting was not to make money, but to promote the ICL league in Pei Qians heart. He had long set the rules for Bunny Tail Live-Stream. All the statistics including the number of people in the live-stream and the gifts had to be real. This was the key condition for making Bunny Tail Live-Stream unable to become profitable in the long term. The ICL league had to be promoted, but it could not affect Bunny Tail Live-Streams loss. Chen Yufengs decision was in line with Pei Qians wishes. The competition was in progress. FV Team and SUG Team played back and forth brilliantly. SUG Team had been sparring with them the entire time during the World Competition after all. Their strength had improved by leaps and bounds. The two teams knew each other very well and understood the version. In addition, this was an exhibition match, everyone was very open, so the effect of the show was very good. All sorts of bullet screen comments flooded the live-stream. It looked very lively. Apart from the five-digit number of viewers who looked a little shabby, everything else was perfect. Pei Qian nodded slightly in satisfaction. It looked like the matter of buying exclusive broadcasting rights for ICL was almost done. The money had been spent and the live-stream of the ICL league had started smoothly. It seemed to have brought some popularity to Bunny Tails live-stream platform but it was far from enough to make Bunny Tails live-stream profitable. Chen Yufeng said, Boss Pei, according to our previous plan, the GPL league this Saturday will also be broadcasted live on our platform. The relevant preparations have been done. Pei Qian: Oh, alright. In fact, Pei Qian did not want to live-stream the GPL league. That was because it was his own business. He did not need to spend money and could take the broadcasting rights as he pleased. It was something that did not cost money and purely earned popularity. Wouldnt that be a loss if it was broadcasted live on Bunny Tail? However, he had no choice. Eric and Zhao Xuming had requested that the GPL league be broadcasted live on Bunny Tail when he signed the contract with them. The reason was very simple. He was afraid that Tengda would cause trouble, so he hoped to tie the GPL together. The GPL would be affected if the live-stream platform got stuck or collapsed. Eric and Zhao Xuming felt that Boss Pei would not play any tricks then. Pei Qian had not intended to play any tricks, but Eric and Zhao Xuming did not believe him. He had to use this method to gain their trust. Thus, there were also relevant terms in the contract. Pei Qian had no other choice. Since he could not give up his child to lure the wolf, he would just broadcast it. In any case, the other live-stream platforms had already been broadcasting it for so long. The audience watching the competition had basically been divided up by the other platforms. If the GPL were to log into the Bunny Tail live-stream at this time, it should not bring too much popularity, right? The work at Bunny Tail Live-Stream had probably come to an end. Pei Qian took out his cell phone and casually browsed the forum. It had to be said that IOI players had a lot of discussions about the ICL league. Especially today, there was the world champion FV Team. The exhibition match was very exciting, so the forum was very popular. Among these posts, some discussed the competition, some discussed the strength levels of all clubs in the ICL league, and some discussed the celebrity players. Suddenly, Pei Qian frowned. The titles of the popular posts felt a little strange! ICS League protests Finger Games double standards! Everyone, dont say that ICLs viewership has gone down the drain. Revealing the fact that the other live-stream platforms data are fake! Both posts were very popular. Pei Qian clicked on the first one. This post was mainly to move the discussion content of the overseas forum. Finger Games treated ICS league differently from the ICL league, causing the ICS club and audience to protest. Finger Games had already responded by saying that they would lower the starting price of the ICS league slots and apologised to everyone. The key was that this post had analyzed many details of this matter and reached a conclusion: Tengda was behind this! GOGs overseas league was also in the midst of preparation. They deliberately raised the price for very few slots for the overseas club. It was a stark contrast to Finger Games. That was why the ICS club was incited and Finger Games had no choice but to admit defeat Pei Qian was confused. What the hell! This has nothing to do with me. Dont push the blame onto me! Pei Qian realized that he had the attribute of getting the blame now. He was obviously not the one who did this. Yet, both netizens and competitors had blamed it on him. It was ridiculous! Pei Qian did not take this news to heart. If Finger Games wanted to lower the price, so be it. In any case, the starting price of GOGs Northern American Region had already fallen to one million yuan. The other regions were even lower, and they could not make much money anymore. They were no longer a threat to Pei Qian. He clicked on the second post. Recently, many people with bad intentions came to the forum to set the pace. They said that less than thirty thousand people watched the ICL leagues premiere. The league has turned cold and no one is watching it anymore. Many people are discussing and agreeing seriously. I really want to laugh. Could it be that people really think that the popularity of the other live-stream platforms of millions to tens of millions is real? Let me explain. The popularity of the other live-stream platforms is calculated based on the algorithm. Whats more, backstage can adjust it at will. In fact, there are only ten or twenty thousand viewers in the live-stream for millions to tens of millions of viewers! Everyone will find out after a slight comparison. Arent the bullet screen comments in the ICL leagues live-stream much denser than the millions of viewers on other platforms? Thats because Bunny Tail Live-Stream is Tengdas business, and the aim of Bunny Tail Live-Stream is to never falsify! All the live-stream data in it is real! The ICL league and Bunny Tail Live-Stream are obviously a clear stream in the entire live-stream industry, but they were mistaken for going cold. Thats ridiculous! There were a few similar posts, and they were all quite popular. These posts listed a lot of data strongly supported their own views, including the density of bullet screen comments in various live-streams, the change in popularity and the like. They also compared them to Bunny Tail Live-Stream. No one knew the exact ratio of popularity and number of viewers on other live-stream platforms but it confirmed that all other platforms were faking it. It completely proved that Bunny Tails live-stream data was real coupled with Tengdas credibility letter! The popularity of these posts was not low. It seemed like someone was still reposting them everywhere. There were discussions on Weibo, forums, and various other places. It had set off a wave of denouncing the live-streaming websites that create fake data! The netizens were obviously in agreement. Indeed, the fake figures on live-streaming platforms are getting more and more overboard! Do they really think that people are fools to play with the popularity of millions or tens of millions? How could everyone in the country be watching live-streams? There are too many unspoken rules behind the scenes. They have to increase the live streamers popularity. Suppressing the live streamers popularity would lower popularity. There are also various agreements and gifts. They would burn money while thinking of ways to make the streamer spit out more money Its all business. The waters are too deep. The money of the ballers will be returned but commoners money would be split thirty to seventy percent. Indeed, the number of viewers for the ICL league is unreasonable. Do you really think that the other platforms are really popular? There might not be thirty thousand viewers! Dont be embarrassed. The number of people in the ICL league today has increased to more than sixty thousand! It had completely beaten the millions of popular streamers on many platforms looking at the density of the bullet screen comments! Bunny Tail Live-Stream is actually Boss Peis live-stream platform? That data must be real then! Eh? Is Boss Pei going to change the live-stream industry again? Im going to watch Bunny Tail live-stream now! I realize how difficult it is to see real data these days only after being played by these live-stream platforms for a fool. I wont say much more. I will support Bunny Tail Live-Stream and Boss Pei! Obviously, Bunny Tail Live-Stream had established a second memory point in the audiences mind after all these posts spared no effort in advertising: real data! Once the audience accepted this point, there would be a result: the audience would adopt a different standard for the number of people live-streaming on Bunny Tail. If it was any other live-stream platform that had fifty thousand views, the audience would feel that this live-stream was cold; if it had one million views, the audience would think it was alright; if it had seven or eight million views, the audience would think that this live-stream was very popular, but they would also think if it was the official platform deliberately uplifting it and making fake figures? However, it was different in Bunny Tail Live-Stream. If there were a thousand viewers, the audience would think that the live-stream was still quite popular. If there were tens of thousands of viewers, it would definitely be very popular! The key was trust. If other live-streams were to publicize that they were real figures, the audience would not believe it. However, with Tengda Corporation as a credibility backer, most viewers would believe it. Whats more, while the entire live-stream platform was fighting to fake and generate fake popularity, Bunny Tail Live-stream was like a clear stream that left a deep impression! Many people realized that Bunny Tail Live-Stream was Tengdas business and expressed their desire to watch it. Pei Qian was confused. Whats going on?! All of you should have discussed the ICL league properly. Why did you bring the topic to Bunny Tail Live-Stream?! Why did it suddenly become publicity for Bunny Tail Live-Stream? Thats not right. Why do these posts seem to have been released in a concentrated fashion? Whats more, for some reason, they became popular very quickly Pei Qian carefully studied the contents of these posts and the speed at which the topic became popular. For some reason, he smelled the familiar smell of fake reviewers. Could it be that someone was causing trouble? Chapter 929 - Small Program For GPL Live-Stream Logically speaking, even if Bunny Tails live-stream data was different from other live-stream platforms, it should not be repeatedly exaggerated like this, right? Most viewers would only pay attention to the content of the live-stream. They would not pay much attention to the number of people in the live-stream. Moreover, looking at the wording of these posts and the replies below There was obviously a rhythm! Who did this? Needless to say, it was most likely done by Zhao Xuming! That was because there were only a few companies with interest in Bunny Tails live-stream. The other live-stream platforms could not possibly buy fake reviewers to defame themselves, right? Their boss was not Boss Pei after all. As for Bunny Tail Live-stream, they themselves had never hired fake reviewers to boast about their real statistics. Then, the answer was very clear. Obviously, Zhao Xuming was deliberately setting the pace. It would give the audience a feeling that the ICL league was very popular through the real data of the Bunny Tail live-stream. That would offset the impression that there were too few people in the live-stream! However, that would also drag down Bunny Tail live-stream! Pei Qian had nowhere to vent his anger. Why did companies that had business dealings with him always bring him along? You can brag about the ICL league, but what has it got to do with my live-stream? Great, now that all the other live-stream platforms had been AOEed, Bunny Tails live-stream was highlighted again! At that moment Guangzhou, ZZ Live-Stream Headquarters. Liu Liang paced back and forth in his office, looking very anxious. Its starting, its starting! I knew that Boss Pei would definitely not leave ICL league live-stream alone so calmly after working with Zhao Xuming. He would definitely cause trouble! This time, theyve completely stripped the unspoken rules of the live-stream circle. It is an indiscriminate AOE! It looks like Zhao Xuming is determined to be in the same boat as Boss Pei. Does he not care about the attitude of our live-stream platforms? Liu Liang had been paying attention ever since Bunny Tail Live-Stream won the exclusive broadcasting rights of the ICL league. This time, it was suspected that fake reviewers had appeared online and exposed the data falsification of the live-stream platform. Naturally, Liu Liang noticed it immediately. Liu Liang did not dare to let his guard down because this matter had a direct relationship with ZZ Live-Stream, Waiwang Live-Stream, and the other live-stream platforms! Competition between live-stream platforms had always been very intense. In order to attract more attention and create a higher popularity to attract investors attention, faking data had become the unspoken rule of all live-stream platforms. Everyone was faking data to compete on who could be more ridiculous. Before this, no one would bother about it. That was because all live-stream platforms faked data. It was just a little more or less. The audience could not tell which was more popular. All the live-stream platforms benefited from this. No one would say anything. However, now that the anomaly of Bunny Tail Live-stream had suddenly appeared, coupled with people with ulterior motives on the internet, it instantly occupied the high ground and launched an inhumane AOE attack on all live-stream platforms! In Liu Liangs opinion, Boss Pei was definitely behind this! That was because Boss Pei was the biggest beneficiary of this matter. At the same time, Boss Pei gave people the impression that he was a strategist. Boss Pei had bought the exclusive broadcasting rights of the ICL league. He would definitely lose money if he only broadcasted the competition. How could Boss Pei lose money? He must have other plans after buying the exclusive broadcasting rights of ICL league! The crazy AOE attack on all live-stream platforms through data making was obviously one of the backup plans. As for Eric and Zhao Xuming, they definitely knew about it. However, what confused Liu Liang was that Zhao Xu knew about it but did not stop it. Wasnt he afraid of becoming enemies with these live-stream platforms? Liu Liangs assistant said, Boss Liu, I think Zhao Xuming would be more than happy to do this! The exclusive broadcasting rights of the ICL league have already been sold. He wont be dealing with live-stream platforms like us for the time being. Whats more, he had a lot of friction with us when he was selling the broadcasting rights of the ICL league previously. I guess hes just watching the fire from the shore and gloating. Whats more, the more popular Bunny Tail is, the more popular the ICL league would be. Therefore, even though Zhao Xuming stood on Bunny Tail Live-Streams side and opposed all other live-stream platforms, it was nothing compared to the benefits he had obtained so far. I think were the ones in a bad situation. The ICL league is getting better and better. We have to admit this no matter how unwilling we are. Are we really going to give up on this popularity? Liu Liang fell silent. Indeed, what the assistant said made sense. Now was not the time for Zhao Xuming to beg them to buy his broadcast rights. Instead, the other live-stream platforms need the broadcast rights for the ICL league instead. No one dared to doubt Boss Peis ability. Boss Pei would definitely want to promote Bunny Tail Live-Stream and ICL league as long as he wanted to. It was just a matter of time. At first, everyone thought that Boss Pei had GPL and would no longer promote ICL. However, what happened in the past few days proved that this was a completely wrong view. Boss Peis attitude was obviously: I want all of them! Thus, losing the popularity of the ICL league would be bad news for all major live-stream platforms. Liu Liang pondered for a moment. Do you think Boss Pei would distribute the broadcasting rights for the ICL league? The so-called distribution was to sell the exclusive broadcasting rights in their hands to others. It depended on their own preferences on who they sold it to and how much they sold it for. Of course, they would also have live-streaming rights, but it was no longer exclusive. The assistant looked troubled. I think Its difficult! Generally, they would choose to distribute the exclusive rights after they felt that they could not earn money from the exclusive broadcasting rights, or that their expenses were not proportional to the popularity of the exclusive broadcast. But who is Boss Pei? Boss Pei has always been generous in whatever he does. Its fine if he doesnt eat, but if he does, hell probably become the monopoly. Now, the ICL league is the only exclusive broadcasting content of Bunny Tail live-stream, and its still on the rise. He wouldnt sell it now even if he wanted to sell it. The price would definitely not be low if Boss Pei really intends to sell it. Im afraid we have to be prepared to spend a lot. Liu Liang nodded slightly. Yes We have to buy it even if it costs a lot! He was filled with deep regret. If he had known earlier, he would have spent nine hundred thousand yuan to buy the broadcasting rights of the ICL league from Zhao Xuming. Now, he might not even be able to buy it from Boss Pei with three or four million yuan! However, that could not be helped. No one could predict the future. Even if someone had told Liu Liang that Boss Pei would spend a huge sum of money to buy the exclusive broadcast rights of the ICL league two weeks ago, he would not have believed it. Now, it was no longer a matter of whether other live-stream platforms could afford it. It was a matter of whether Boss Pei was willing to sell it. Liu Liang did not have a good idea either. He could only continue watching. However, he was also filled with anxiety. That was because the more popular the ICL league was, the less likely Boss Pei would distribute ICL leagues broadcast rights. The more expensive it would be if they were to buy it. Liu Liang was speechless as well. He could have easily won the broadcasting rights with seven to eight million yuan, but who knew how much money he would have to spend to win it now! March 9th, Friday At Tengda Games Chen Yufeng came to the office and saw his colleagues in Tengda Games working nervously. At the moment, Tengda Games was still divided into two parts. One was in charge of the development of Mission and Choice while the other was in charge of GOGs daily maintenance and operations. At the moment, the development of Mission and Choice was coming to an end. They were in the final stage of modification and bug repair. They were mainly polishing the details and were expected to start publicity for next month. The movie was scheduled for the Golden Week on May 1st. The game would be released officially at the same time that the movie was released. As for GOG, they were still doing daily updates and maintenance work, including the design of the new heroes, the balance of the version, and so on. Chen Yufeng could not help but feel emotional. The games department was indeed Tengdas elite department. Everyone looked very focused and efficient! The Bunny Tail Live-Stream was still a role model for Tengda Games. He had to study hard. He went straight to GOGs current chief designer, Min Jingchao. Min Jingchao was stunned when he saw Chen Yufeng. Why are you here personally? Just nice, the functions you wanted are ready. Ill show you. Min Jingchao opened a small program on his computer. The video was showing the competition that GPL had finished yesterday. The OB, commentary, and post-match segment were all exactly the same as the content on the live-stream platforms. However, the difference was that the interface below the image displayed some data in the game in real time. For example, the real-time economy of the players on both sides, the amount of money they had on them, the output and injury of the players on both sides in a team battle, the vision score, and so on. Apart from that, he could also check the historical data of these teams, including one health, one tower win rate, hero BP rate, and winning rate. The real-time data of the game and the historical data of the entire team were displayed according to a certain format. For example, the team battle output was a column, the economic distribution was a fan shape, the economic gap and equipment change were a fold line map, and so on. Whats more, there were players IDs, hero avatars, and equipment icons in these icons. It was obvious at a glance. These figures had always been in the backend platform, but they had not been released. The director would only release them when he felt that it was necessary. He was mainly afraid that it would affect the audiences viewing experience. Now, Min Jingchao arranged for someone to make a simple data interface for Bunny Tail live-stream. That way, the audience could see the content in real time when Bunny Tail live-streamed the GPL competition. Chen Yufeng was elated. Thats great! Thats what I want! Ive been thinking about it previously when Boss Pei wanted to let Bunny Tail live-stream the GPL league. The other live-stream platforms have been broadcasting for so long. The audience would be too lazy to change platforms. Who will come back to Bunny Tail live-stream to watch? With this data, we should be able to attract a relatively hardcore audience. The GPL league will premier on Bunny Tail Live-Stream this Saturday. The ICL league is also the opening ceremony. It would definitely not be appropriate if the number of people in the GPL league were to be too ugly by the ICL league. There should be no problem with this little program! Thank you so much! Min Jingchao smiled. Youre welcome. This is our job. If you have any requests in the future, feel free to ask. Well definitely be able to satisfy them! Chapter 930 - Tricked By Boss Pei Again! March 10th, Saturday The ICL league was about to officially start today. Eric and Zhao Xuming arrived at the ICL league venue once again on Long Yu Corporations side. They were waiting for the official opening of the ICL league and the two key opening battles today. At the same time, they were also paying attention to the public opinion online. They were extremely optimistic about the opening ceremony of the ICL league today. The ICL league had already played two exhibition matches on Wednesday and Thursday. Its popularity was steadily increasing. Especially since the world champion FV Team was on on Thursday, the number of live-streamers exceeded 60,000. A mere 60,000 yuan did not give people much of a feeling, but Zhao Xuming made an issue out of the fact that other live-stream platforms were faking the data. He successfully established an impression in netizens hearts that the data on Bunny Tail Live-stream was real and that the data on other platforms were fake. This way, the audience would no longer pay attention to the exact number of people on the live-stream platform. Instead, they would focus on other data such as the number of bullet screen comments on the live-stream. They would successfully eliminate the shortcomings of fewer live-streamers and label the ICL league as real. All in all, the situation was great! The initial preparations were done. Today was Saturday, and the ICL league officially began. Success or failure depended on this. Bunny Tails live-stream was real and could not be faked, Zhao Xuming was not worried that the popularity would drop today. It was Saturday today after all. There would be more viewers watching the competition during the holiday. Whats more, it was the opening ceremony of the ICL league. The official platform had arranged a series of viewing and lucky draw events, including the teams appearance, official documentary, celebrity interview, and so on. The popularity would definitely be higher than on Thursday. On the other hand, the BO3 of the second key battle would still be played by FV Team and SUG. It was enough to ensure that todays competition was the highlight. Zhao Xuming was in a good mood. He had been very tired while preparing for the ICL league, especially with the broadcasting rights. Fortunately, the dust had settled. He just had to lie down and wait for the ICL leagues popularity to increase. Soon, the ICL league officially began! The live audience was still seated. Amidst the warm applause and cheers, the captains of the various teams stepped onto the stage. The host enthusiastically introduced the preparation process of the ICL league, the participating teams, and the bright prospects. The various sections of the opening ceremony progressed in an orderly manner. Zhao Xuming sat in the first row of the audience seats. He looked at every members face up close and enjoyed this moment. He took out his cell phone and planned to watch Bunny Tail live-stream after that to see how popular he was today. Zhao Xuming clicked on the live-stream of the ICL league and immediately saw the number of viewers: 78,525! Nearly 80,000! Zhao Xuming could not help but raise his brows as joy filled his heart. 80,000 did not seem like a lot but everyone knew that the number of people watching Bunny Tail live-stream was real. No one would think that 80,000 people watching the competition was less popular than eight million people. Instead, they would subconsciously draw a ranking in their hearts. Compared to Thursdays 60,000, the number of people watching the ICL league increased again. This was undoubtedly a good sign! The bullet screen was filled with comments. It was enough to show how popular the ICL league was. These bullet screen comments were all real after all. There were no fake bullet screen comments. Each bullet screen represented a real person watching the ICL league. However, Zhao Xuming was stunned when he saw the comments. Wow, ICLs popularity today is not bad. Its actually a quarter of the GPL league! The ICL is an opening ceremony, alright? Its normal to see more people. Who gave you the illusion that the crowd from ICL is similar to GPL people? Obviously, ICL league has already surpassed themselves with 80,000 people. Im here to watch the GPL league and also here to visit. I thought that 70,000 to 80,000 people would be quite a lot, but it looks like its only average now. It cant be compared to GPL! It looks like the bullet screen comments would be more or less alright as long as there are more than 30,000 viewers. They would all be distributed. However, the number of viewers in the live-stream would not lie! There are so many people on the first day of Bunny Tail live-streaming GPL. How many people would watch the live-stream GPL platforms? Zhao Xuming was stunned when he saw the bullet screen comments. What was going on? Why were the people in the live-stream talking about GPL? All of a sudden, Zhao Xuming recalled that he had requested for Bunny Tail to live-stream the GPL league at the same time when he signed the contract! Could it be? Zhao Xuming quickly exited the ICLs live-stream and successfully found the GPLs live-stream in the live-stream list. As expected, the GPL was also being broadcasted! He looked at the number of viewers in GPLs live-stream, 335,879! Zhao Xuming almost thought that he had seen wrongly. He took a closer look and finally confirmed that it was a six-digit, 330,000 people! It was four times the ICL league! Whats more, today was only the first day of the GPL leagues official broadcast on Bunny Tail. 300,000 viewers on the first day? Thats ridiculous! Could Tengda have arranged for other publicity events? Zhao Xuming quickly returned to the front page of Bunny Tail Live-Stream and searched for related promotional content online. The most eye-catching spot on the front page of Bunny Tails live-stream was still the ICL league promotional material. On the other hand, the GPL league promotional content could not be seen at all. There seemed to be no related publicity on the internet. Zhao Xuming did not believe it. He continued searching and finally found clues in the discussion forum. Tengda Corporation seemed to be promoting GOG in the game! GOG was a dual-terminal game. The data on the PC and mobile games were interconnected. In fact, there was no special publicity. There was only a promotional picture of Bunny Tail Live-Stream on the homepage after the games program entered. One could jump to the webpage with a click. There was also additional professional data that one could see more backstage during the bunny tail live-stream! Zhao Xuming clicked on GPLs live-stream once again. Indeed, he found a small bubble in the upper right corner of the original live-stream. When he clicked on it, a small window would pop up. There were two pages on this small window. They were internal data and historical data. Internal data was mainly the real-time data of the current game, and historical data was the data of a certain hero or team throughout the entire season. All of these data were presented in a very graphical form. One could browse the data in different aspects by moving them up and down. Whats more, these data were still changing in real time. After every team battle in the competition, one could see the output data of the team battle and the economic changes of the heroes in each position. The bullet screen comments in the live-stream rolled quickly. There were many discussions about this new function in the discussion of the competition. What do you mean by professional live-streaming platforms? Brothers, put your professionalism on the public chat! Let me say something. Those who are watching the competition live-stream at Bunny Tail are professional viewers. Are you guys alright? With these data, it is obvious who is the one in the limelight and who is the one not faring well. The slackers would have nowhere to hide. Apart from these discussions, all sorts of numbers could be seen floating on the bullet screen after each team battle. Obviously, it was more convenient to play with the digits with this function. Zhao Xuming used this function slightly and felt that it was really useful! These data would normally only float in the upper right corner as a small floating bubble. It would not affect the competition. Once the team battle ended and both sides calmed down and developed, the audience could open the floating bubble to take a look at the internal data and search for more interesting data. Whats more, these figures were moving according to the competitions progress in real time. It gave people the feeling that God controlled the overall data. It was obviously different from the dry viewing experience of the other live-stream platforms. It was precisely because of the promotional page on GOGs game client and the real-time data function of Bunny Tail Live-Stream that attracted a large number of viewers! Zhao Xuming was completely stunned! Didnt we sign a contract to fully promote the ICL league? The reason why he asked Bunny Tail Live-Stream to put the GPL league on Bunny Tail Live-Stream was mainly as an insurance and because he was afraid that they would cause trouble! However, the number of people watching the GPL league was four times that of the ICL league. The difference in popularity between the two sides was obvious! What the hell was happening? Zhao Xuming realized that all the preparation work he had done previously seemed to have been earned by the GPL league! Previously, he had hired fake reviewers to create momentum on the internet and work hard to popularize the inside story of the live-stream platform faking data. That was to give everyone the impression that Bunny Tail Live-Streams are all real data. That would then prove the viewpoint of there are many people watching the 80,000 ICL league. At first, these few steps had been very smooth. They were about to boost the popularity of the ICL league, but they had not expected the GPL league to jump out and pick fruits! If the 80,000 viewers for the ICL league were all very popular, then what about the 330,000 viewers for the GPL league? Wouldnt the ICL league be destroyed? Whats more, this was only the data of Bunny Tails live-streaming platform. There were also ZZ live-streams, Waiwai live-streams, Wolf Fang live-streams, and so many other platforms watching the GPL league at the same time. The difference in numbers was probably about ten times, right? Of course, the people who were on Bunny Tail Live-Stream must have been attracted from other platforms. However, the popularity statistics of other platforms were fake. No one could tell that the popularity of other platforms had decreased. Thus, all the preparation work that he had done previously seemed to have benefited the GPL league However, Zhao Xuming could do nothing about it. That was because Boss Pei had indeed given almost all of the resources for the ICL league, including various recommendation resources, according to the contracts regulations. Even the homepage had the ICL league promotion banner hanging all year round. Zhao Xuming and Eric were the ones who requested for Bunny Tail to broadcast the GPL league. Whats more, Boss Pei had not really promoted the GPL league. He had only put a promotional page guide in the game and specially developed a small program for the games data. However, the final outcome was completely unexpected. The ICL league had been laying the groundwork for so long, and all its popularity had been stolen by the GPL league! The most annoying thing was that this behavior was completely in line with the contractual rules. Strictly speaking, the ICL league did not have much loss. It was still profitable as a whole. However, most of its popularity had been taken away by GPL and Bunny Tail Live-Stream. In other words, Eric and Zhao Xuming had originally thought that they were making a killing. In the end, they realized that they were only making a small profit. The real winner was Boss Pei. As for the losing parties, it was obviously the other live-stream platforms! Zhao Xuming leaned back in his chair dejectedly. Its over. No matter what we do, Boss Pei is still one step ahead of us! Weve been tricked by Boss Pei again! Chapter 931 - Fighting For ICL Broadcasting Rights! At the same time, Vice-President Zhu Yan was also watching the first broadcast of the GPL league and ICL league at the headquarters of the Shanghai Wolf Fang live-stream. He frowned his expression grave. Boss Pei is really up to no good! This series of methods allowed Bunny Tail Live-Stream to generate such considerable popularity in just a week All of us are being played by Boss Pei! Zhu Yan was the same as Liu Liang on ZZ Live-Stream. He had been keeping an eye on Bunny Tail Live-Stream and did not relax at all. In the beginning, Bunny Tails live-stream had promoted itself as a knowledge-based platform. It had successfully labelled itself as a special platform and differentiated it from other live-stream platforms. Thus, it had established a unique image. Boss Pei said that Bunny Tail Live-Stream was different from other live-stream platforms immediately after that. It would not form direct competitiveness. Some live-stream platforms believed him and did not bother; some live-stream platforms did not believe him but their attention was also focused on the video replay function of Bunny Tail Live-Stream. They invested a lot of manpower to develop similar functions, but the actual effect was not ideal. The audiences reaction was average. Who would have thought that Boss Peis words were just a smokescreen? He turned around and bought the exclusive broadcasting rights of the ICL league while various live-stream platforms were arguing with Long Yu Corporation! These exclusive broadcasting rights had captured all of the IOI players in the country. It had allowed Bunny Tail to live-stream outside of knowledge-based live-streams and had new unique content. Right on the heels of that, he bought fake reviewers to publicize his real data, expose other live-stream platforms data falsification, live-stream GPL on his own platform, and develop a small program to specially assist in watching competitions The number of people watching the competition live-streaming at Bunny Tail alone was close to 500,000! There would naturally be live-streamers who did what they loved without looking forward to gaining anything in return when there were more viewers. The entire Bunny Tail live-stream gradually became prosperous! One had to know that it had only been two weeks since Bunny Tails live-stream was officially released. Boss Pei had earned a large number of viewers for Bunny Tail Live-Stream through a series of methods in such a short period of time. He had also made the brand of Bunny Tail Live-Stream stand out from the other live-stream platforms. Whats more, he did not pay much apart from the exclusive broadcasting rights fee! Zhu Yan had never heard of such a method before. Even though he was considered a senior in the live-stream circle, Boss Peis combo punch still made him dizzy. Wolf Fangs live-stream was obviously the most affected among the many live-streaming platforms. That was because Wolf Fang Live-Stream mainly focused on gaming live-streams. There were only a few of the most popular games in the country now. GOG was definitely considered a big brother. IOIs market share was not good, but it was still considered a popular game due to FVs championship and its influence in the world. However, the exclusive broadcasting rights of the ICL league had been taken away by Bunny Tail Live-Stream. The GPLs broadcasting rights might still be there, but the users were severely divided because of the small program of Bunny Tail Live-Stream. The viewers watching the GPL live-stream on Wolf Fang had been showing a trend of decline from the data platform. Obviously, many people had been snatched away by Bunny Tail Live-stream. How could Wolf Fang live-stream gain popularity without these two pillars? Could they rely on standalone games or veteran games that were no longer as popular as before? It was completely unreliable! Zhu Yan could feel an impending crisis, especially with the ICL league becoming more and more popular. He could not sit still anymore. The actual number of people watching the ICL league on Bunny Tail live-stream was only a quarter of the GPL league, this was ultimately a market with limitless prospects. It meant that the ICL league must be worth so much money since Boss Pei had spent so much money on the exclusive broadcasting rights. The popularity of the ICL league was steadily rising from Boss Peis marketing methods. From 30,000 viewers at the beginning to roughly 60,000 to 80,000 viewers, this growth was very fierce. Whats more, Long Yu Corporation and Tengda Corporation had spared no effort in promoting ICL league. Bunny Tail Live-Stream had given almost all the most important recommendation spots to ICL league. Long Yu Corporation had also bought advertisements and hot searches crazily. In the foreseeable future, the popularity of the ICL league would definitely increase exponentially. This attitude represented many things. The more Zhu Yan thought about it, the more he could not sit still. The power of Tengda Corporation and Long Yu Corporation was very terrifying. It would be even more impossible for them to obtain ICL broadcasting rights if they really pushed the ICL league up! If Bunny Tail Live-Stream were to monopolize such a huge amount of popularity, the entire live-stream circle would probably experience another huge earthquake. Zhu Yan could not sit still anymore. He felt that he had to do something. As the saying went, it would never be too late. He had already missed out on the eight million yuan ICL broadcast rights. He would probably have to add another three to four million yuan if he wanted to buy it now. Whats more, he would have to see if Tengda was willing to sell it. If he bought it now, he would definitely incur a huge loss. However, if he did not do anything now, he might not be able to buy anything in the future! Countless cases had proven that it was meaningless to be headstrong in front of Boss Pei. The more headstrong a person was, the more tragic their death would be. On the other hand, if they surrendered early and cut off their flesh to prevent losses, they might even get a share of the profits. At that thought, Zhu Yan found Chen Yufengs contact number and immediately made a call. He heard that the person in charge of Bunny Tail Live-Stream was the mysterious Boss Ma, but he did not appear often. This Vice-President Chen was in charge of some specific matters. He could also speak to Boss Pei, so it was definitely right to look for him. The phone rang several times before the other party picked it up unhurriedly. Boss Zhu? Im sorry, Im sorry. Its Saturday. Were not working today. I was playing games at home and didnt pay attention to my phones. Whats the matter? Chen Yufeng said. Zhu Yan was stunned. Good lord, at this critical juncture, was Bunny Tail Live-Stream still on a normal double break? Wasnt ICL opening ceremony and GPLs premiere on Bunny Tail live-stream today? As the Vice-President, Chen Yufeng had to keep an eye on Bunny Tail live-stream headquarters to prevent any unexpected situations. In the end, he went home to play games and even left his cell phone aside. If this had been a live-stream at Wolf Fang, he would have been fired by the boss! Zhu Yan could not help but sigh in his heart. Tengda was indeed different from the other companies It did not matter how the others worked with Boss Pei working hard like crazy! Zhu Yan did not dwell too much on this problem after the slight jealousy. Instead, he cut straight to the chase. Boss Chen, to be honest, Im calling to discuss a collaboration. Bunny Tail Live-Stream has exclusive broadcasting rights for the ICL league, right? I wonder if youre interested in distributing the broadcast rights? We can negotiate the price! Chen Yufeng smiled. Oh? Boss Zhu also wants to buy the broadcasting rights for the ICL league? Zhu Yan could not help but frown. Also? Who else wants to buy it? Chen Yufeng said, Boss Liu from ZZ Live-Stream and Boss Peng from Waiwai Live-Stream have both called me to ask about the distribution of the ICL leagues broadcast rights. Zhu Yan could not help but feel his heart skip a beat as a sense of danger surfaced in his heart. Great, Liu Liang and Peng Bin, these two old foxes, had actually gotten there first! Previously, the Vice Presidents of several live-streaming platforms had contacted each other in private. They had agreed to lower the price of Long Yu Corporation so that they could obtain the broadcasting rights for the ICL league at the lowest price. At that time, the benefits were the same, everyone was in the same boat. However, everyones plastic friendship had been shattered. Obviously, the other live-stream platforms had also seen the current situation clearly. Long Yu Corporation had inexplicably hooked up with Tengda Corporation. The two companies planned to expand the ICL league together and monopolize such a huge amount of popularity. Which platform would not be anxious after watching it? They contacted Chen Yufeng in private to ask about the distribution of the broadcast rights. They could naturally be able to grab a wave of traffic as long as they could obtain the broadcast rights for the ICL league before other live-stream platforms. Zhu Yan could not help but secretly rejoice. It was a good thing that he was smart enough to call early. If other live-stream platforms obtained the broadcasting rights of the ICL league first, wouldnt he be so angry that he would vomit blood? However, it seemed like it had not been sold from Chen Yufengs words? Zhu Yan asked, Boss Chen, how did you reply to them? Chen Yufeng smiled. Its Saturday today. Boss Pei isnt working, and I cant report to him. Hell be angry. Whether I should sell the broadcast rights or not can only wait until I report to him on Monday. We can only sell it if Boss Pei agrees. However, Boss Zhu, I have to give you a heads up. Boss Pei probably wont sell it. Thats because ICL league has brought considerable popularity to Bunny Tail Live-Stream based on the recent data. You know this. Zhu Yan quickly said, I understand, I understand. However, I still hope that Boss Chen can put in a good word for us in front of Boss Pei. I know that the ICL league is quite popular now, so our price will definitely not be low! Everyone can split the popularity and support the ICL league together to obtain greater profits, right? We will remember Boss Peis kindness as long as Boss Pei is willing to sell! They had to admit defeat even though they were competitors. What would it matter if he said a few good words and gave some money if he could really buy the broadcasting rights of the ICL league? Zhu Yans words were indeed reasonable. The popularity of the ICL league was indeed difficult for a platform like Bunny Tail Live-Stream alone. If many platforms were broadcasting and supporting the ICL league, the popularity would definitely be higher. Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation would definitely be happier. Of course, all of these were just talk. Zhu Yan was ultimately doing this for the interests of his platform. Chen Yufeng smiled. I cant guarantee that. Boss Pei has his own thoughts. As his subordinates, we cant make wild guesses or try to influence Boss Peis decision. However, I will report all of these facts. Ill call you back after I ask Boss Pei on Monday. Zhu Yan quickly said, Alright, thank you, Boss Chen! Chapter 932 - Prepare For ICL Broadcasting Rights Distribution! March 12th, Monday Pei Qian came to Bunny Tail Live-Stream and held a meeting with Ma Yang and Chen Yufeng. Bunny Tails live-stream had been officially released for two weeks up till now. Pei Qian had also been paying attention to Bunny Tails live-stream. Chen Yufeng had called today, saying that he had something to report. However, even if Chen Yufeng had not called, Pei Qian would have taken the initiative to come. That was because he realized that things were getting out of control! It was one thing for the GPL to start live-streaming in Bunny Tail. If it was a normal live-stream, it would not be much different from other live-stream platforms. However, he did not expect that Chen Yufeng had secretly arranged a small program for data analysis. Bunny Tail Live-stream immediately became a paradise for professional viewers! On top of that, the ICL league live-stream was becoming more and more popular. Pei Qian could not sit still anymore. He needed to obtain some background data from Chen Yufeng so that he could judge the current situation of Bunny Tails live-stream and make the next decision. Old Ma was still very happy-go-lucky. In any case, in his opinion, all the statistics for Bunny Tails live-stream were continuously improving. That was enough. Chen Yufeng displayed the various data changes since the live-stream of Bunny Tail on the projector screen and explained at the same time. One could clearly see that on Saturday, the number of online viewers and the length of online time for Bunny Tails live-stream had increased exponentially. On the column map, Saturdays data was simply racing ahead, shooting straight into the sky! Boss Pei, Boss Ma, the Bunny Tail live-stream has been developing rapidly ever since it was released. All the statistics have been increasing rapidly. The data of other live-stream platforms are mostly confidential, we cant compare them directly but we can infer from the search index and internet discussion statistics of third parties that, based on the current two leagues, Bunny Tail Live-stream has undoubtedly ranked in the top ten live-stream platforms in the country at its peak popularity. Whats more, its popularity can even reach top five in professional knowledge and games! Chen Yufengs face was filled with pride. As the direct person-in-charge of Bunny Tail Live-Stream, he naturally had a part to play in achieving such results. However, this situation was rather serious to Pei Qian. The words top ten and top five did not seem that dangerous, but the current market share of live-stream platforms was different from what Pei Qian remembered seven or eight years later! Seven or eight years later, the competition between the major live-stream platforms was coming to an end. There were only two or three industry giants left in the entire live-stream industry. Moreover, these industry giants were still seeking to merge under the operation of capital. At that time, the so-called top ten and top five would actually be completely incomparable to the two or three live-streaming platforms at the head. They would be like ants and elephants in terms of size. However, in the current situation, the few live-stream platforms that were ranked in the front were still at the peak of competition. The top five live-stream platforms did not have any obvious gap at all. They had different capital support behind them and were developing well. There was still a lot of suspense as to how the final cake would be distributed in the live-stream industry. Under such circumstances, the difference between Bunny Tail Live-Stream and other live-stream platforms that were ranked near the top was not like heaven and earth. As a live-stream platform that had just been released two weeks ago, the popularity and attention it received could be described as a miracle. If Bunny Tails live-stream was open to financing, most of the major investment organizations would probably step over the threshold and fight to send money over. It was precisely because Pei Qian saw this prospect that he felt that it was dangerous! Chen Yufeng continued, Of course, there are also many shortcomings in Bunny Tail Live-Stream. For example, professional live-streams are mostly young scholars and lecturers. Their live-stream time is fixed but it is not long enough. Whats more, the content of professional live-streams might be stable, but it is difficult to become popular. At the moment, most of the popularity is concentrated in the two leagues, GPL and ICL. Hosts in other fields are basically doing something they loved without looking forward to gaining from it. They are basically not sticky to any platforms; At the moment, we have too little exclusive broadcast content. There is only the ICL league. This means that the popularity of the platform is very fluctuating. There were many viewers when there was a GPL and ICL competition, but the popularity would dissipate after the competition Pei Qians expression relaxed a little. Yes, wasnt that what I said. It couldnt be all bad news, right? It looked like Bunny Tails current problem was in the ICL and GPL league. There were many viewers in these two leagues. Naturally, all of them would be focused on Bunny Tail live-stream. He had to think of a way. Chen Yufeng continued, Boss Pei, Boss Ma, the next step is the future development of the Bunny Tail Live-stream which requires your ideas. My idea is that the current popularity of the GPL league has stabilized. There wont be much of a difference whether we continue to publicize it or not. We cant rush knowledge-based live-streams either. We have to slowly accumulate no matter whether it was the popularity of the host or professional content. Therefore, any improvement would have to be in the ICL league. The ICL league has started very smoothly based on the situation this week. It has brought a lot of popularity to our platform especially with the opening battle of the ICL league! Long Yu Corporation has also spared no effort in promoting the ICL league. How to continue hyping up the popularity of the ICL leagues live-stream should be the key to our rapidly increasing number of active viewers! From the looks of it, we have two options: One is to continue playing solo, and we will eat up the popularity of the ICL league. The other is to distribute the ICL broadcast rights. On the one hand, we can withdraw part of the funds, and on the other hand, we can use other platforms to promote the ICL league. However, if we choose the latter, we will definitely not be able to monopolize the ICL leagues popularity. Long Yu Corporation would be the happiest winner. Pei Qians eyes lit up when he heard that. Divide the broadcast rights? He could do that? The popularity of the ICL league had indeed made Pei Qian a little scared, especially knowing that Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation were going to spend a lot of effort to promote the ICL league. That was even more dangerous. Pei Qian hoped that ICL league would become popular and put pressure on GOG so that he could spend more money on GOG. However, it would not be good if the live-stream was popular as well. The best outcome for Pei Qian was that the ICL league became popular, but it did not bring enough popularity to Bunny Tail Live-Stream. Now, the distribution rights seemed to provide such a possibility! Selling the broadcasting rights to other live-stream platforms might earn some money in the short term, but the ICL league would no longer be exclusive. Its popularity would definitely be divided by other platforms and the popularity of Bunny Tail Live-Stream would decrease. At the same time, other platforms would definitely help promote the ICL league together after obtaining the broadcasting rights. In addition, Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation would definitely be able to generate more popularity than solo broadcasting. They would also be able to promote the ICL league That sounded like a good choice! Pei Qian pondered for a moment. Will there be live-stream platforms to buy it? Whats the attitude of Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation? Chen Yufeng nodded. Of course. The person-in-charge of ZZ Live-Stream, Waiwai Live-Stream, and Wolf Fang Live-Stream are all interested in buying. Long Yu Corporation would definitely be more than happy to obtain more platforms to broadcast the ICL league. Pei Qian instinctively frowned. There were so many platforms vying for it. It looked like he would not be able to sell it at a low price? He would probably make a small profit. However, if he could spread the popularity, it would not be a big deal to make a small profit. If he continued to keep the exclusive broadcasting rights, what if the ICL league gradually became popular, and the popularity was completely monopolized by Bunny Tail Live-Stream? Then, things would get out of hand? At that thought, Pei Qian immediately said, Then, distribute the broadcast rights! Chen Yufeng was stunned for a moment. Boss Pei, are you really selling it? This is the only exclusive live-stream that has competitiveness! Pei Qian became even more determined after hearing Chen Yufengs words. Ill sell! Chen Yufeng turned to look at Ma Yang. Did that mean that Boss Ma wanted to express his opinion? A serious expression appeared on Ma Yangs long face as he asked, If we sell it how much can we earn? Chen Yufeng was stunned. Er if we were to calculate based on the price of 12 million yuan each, we would be able to sell it to four companies for 48 million yuan. We spent 35 million yuan on the exclusive broadcast, so we could earn about 13 million yuan Ma Yang was pleasantly surprised. We can earn so much? Of course we have to sell! The key is that our platform can continue broadcasting the ICL league after we sell it. Isnt this 13 million yuan pure profit? Chen Yufeng : Man, Boss Ma was not on the same page as normal people. Indeed, from the looks of it now, Bunny Tail Live-Stream had already profited whether the broadcast rights were distributed or not. However, this profit was based on Boss Peis wise decision! Bunny Tail Live-Stream and Long Yu Corporation had spent a lot of effort to publicize the ICL league with the risk. That was also a cost! They might be able to earn money by distributing the broadcasting rights now but they would also be giving up the opportunity to monopolize the future. If they did not take this money and insisted on broadcasting alone, they might earn even more in the future. However, it would probably be difficult to explain it to him looking at Boss Mas situation now. Chen Yufeng had no other choice. Boss Pei and Boss Ma had already reached a consensus. Even if this matter was settled, he had to sell it even if he did not want to. Alright, Boss Pei. Ill inform Zhao Xuming and contact the other live-stream platforms to distribute ICLs broadcast rights, Chen Yufeng said. Still a little worried, Pei Qian added, Remember to distribute the broadcast rights. Money is not the priority, understand? Chen Yufeng was stunned. Huh? Boss Pei, what is the priority then? Pei Qian: Er friendship! Sincerity! In short, everything else other than money. Chen Yufeng frowned slightly, deep in thought. Pei Qian did not dare to make it too clear. He could only let Chen Yufeng figure it out himself. He only hoped that Chen Yufeng would provide a friendly price to various live-stream platforms for the distribution of the broadcast rights. It would be good as long as the price was not too high and they did not earn too much money. Chapter 933 - The ‘Sincerity’ Of Each Live-Streaming Platform Chen Yufeng was filled with doubts after the meeting. He searched for Zhao Xumings number in his cell phones contact list while trying to figure out what Boss Pei meant. What puzzled him was that Boss Pei said that money was not the priority. Friendship and sincerity were the priority. What was friendship and sincerity? Every live-stream platform was a competitor, and there was no friendship between them. What friendship and sincerity could there be? Not only would he not gain friendship, he would also be mocked by other live-stream platforms for being silly and naive if he sold the broadcasting rights cheaply. Thus, Boss Peis intention was definitely not to sell the broadcasting rights cheaply. The so-called putting friendship and sincerity first should mean the competitor putting friendship and sincerity first. The other partys friendship and sincerity depended on their performance. Whats more, Boss Pei had specifically emphasized that the focus was not on money but on things other than money. What were these things? Chen Yufeng could not figure it out either. Whats more, even if he did, it would not be appropriate for him to say it directly. It would seem like he was extorting him. However, it did not matter. He could let the vice-presidents of the various live-stream platforms fully express their subjectivity. If they took the initiative to propose it, Chen Yufeng could consider it based on the conditions that everyone raised. Chen Yufeng had a rough idea at that thought. He immediately called Zhao Xuming. Hello? Boss Chen, whats the matter? Zhao Xumings voice sounded very enthusiastic. Bunny Tail Live-Stream and ICL league were still in their honeymoon period after all. Their previous cooperation had been more pleasant. Most of the popularity had been earned by Bunny Tail Live-Stream, Zhao Xuming was still considered to be earning money, so his attitude was still very positive. Chen Yufeng repeated Boss Peis words, which meant that he intended to distribute the broadcasting rights of the ICL league. Strictly speaking, after buying the exclusive broadcast rights of the ICL league, Bunny Tail Live-Stream could distribute it freely without violating the current contract. There was no need to seek the opinions of Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation. However, he still had to inform him. On the one hand, it was out of courtesy. On the other hand, it would be more convenient for him to contact the person-in-charge of all the live-stream platforms with Zhao Xuming. Zhao Xuming raised his voice. Really? There was a hint of disbelief in his surprise. What was Boss Pei thinking? Why would he choose to sell the broadcasting rights of the ICL league at this juncture? The ICL league was becoming more and more popular! In fact, it was definitely better for Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation to distribute the broadcast rights. The distribution of the broadcast rights had nothing to do with them in terms of profits but the popularity was different after all. Many platforms would live-stream the ICL league. There would definitely be more viewers, more popularity, and more publicity. There was no doubt about that. In other words, this matter was definitely beneficial to Zhao Xuming and Finger Games. On the other hand, distributing the rights meant that it would no longer have monopoly broadcasting rights for Bunny Tail Live-Stream. It also gave up the opportunity to attract more traffic to Bunny Tail Live-Stream and bring more popularity while earning money. It looked short-sighted and did not seem like Boss Peis doing. If Chen Yufeng had not mentioned this, Zhao Xuming would definitely not have mentioned it himself. He would not have asked for a rebuff. However, he could not ask for more since it was Boss Peis idea and Chen Yufeng had taken the initiative to mention it! Zhao Xuming said, How about this, Boss Chen? Ill make an appointment with the person-in-charge of a few live-stream platforms. Well have a meal in Shanghai tomorrow and talk about it in detail. How about that? Chen Yufeng knew that such a huge matter could not be decided online directly. They had to meet, so he agreed readily. Whats more, Chen Yufeng could also take this opportunity to hint to the heads of the various live-stream platforms to let them think about how to express their friendship and sincerity. March 13th, Tuesday Shanghai, Long Yu Corporation headquarters. Yo, Boss Chen, this way please! Boss Zhu, youre here? Please come in. Boss Peng, Boss Liu, come, come, come. Theyre already in the conference room. Zhao Xuming was beaming with joy as he welcomed them warmly. Of course, he had reason to be happy. Previously, the Vice-Presidents of these live-stream platforms had felt that it was too expensive to buy the broadcasting rights of the ICL league for seven to eight million yuan. He had called these people one by one, but had repeatedly been rejected by their unwillingness to buy it. Now, shouldnt these people come to Shanghai obediently and buy back the broadcasting rights for the ICL league? Of course, Long Yu Corporation would not be able to earn a single cent from distributing the broadcast rights this time. However, it was still the same as before. There was no money but there was popularity. Thus, Zhao Xuming would definitely not lose out. The Vice Presidents of these live-stream platforms were a little embarrassed, but they were still full of smiles. Business was business. There had been some friction previously but it was a good thing that Boss Pei was willing to sell the broadcasting rights of the ICL league and share the popularity with everyone. Soon, everyone sat down in the conference room and prepared to discuss business. In fact, Chen Yufeng had already spoken to these people over the phone yesterday. Everyone knew very well about this matter. Therefore, they quickly got to the main topic after Chen Yufeng and Zhao Xuming briefly introduced themselves. Chen Yufeng looked around at the Vice Presidents of the various live-stream platforms who were present today. There were some familiar faces and some he did not recognize. There were seven or eight people today but there were only three to five platforms that could be sold in the end. However, this did not affect other platforms from joining in the fun. Chen Yufeng said, Everyone, regarding the distribution of the ICL leagues broadcast rights, Boss Pei said that money is secondary. The key is still our sincerity. Have you considered it? The Vice Presidents of several live-stream platforms looked at each other. Actually, everyone already had an idea in their hearts, but they were not sure who would speak first. In the end, ZZ Live-Streams Liu Liang was the first to speak out. Boss Chen, of course we can agree to Boss Peis sincerity. Money is definitely one aspect. We have decided to give 12 million yuan to buy the broadcasting rights for the ICL league. In addition, our platform also has a few live-streamers who are good at GOG and IOI. They are still in the contract period. Well give them to Boss Pei as well! Well continue to pay their salaries accordingly. Two years of the contract would be equivalent to one million yuan. Peng Bin from Waiwai Live-stream was the next to speak. Were offering 10 million yuan. In addition, we have a live-stream program. The viewership of every episode is not bad. We can give away the broadcast rights for free. Of course, we also have a few good live-streamers Zhu Yan from Wolf Fang live-stream said, We have a popular mobile game that is exclusive. It is not very popular but it is still worth a bit of money. In addition, we will offer 11 million yuan. Another live-stream platform said, Im sorry, Boss Chen. Our cash flow has been a little tight recently. We can offer a maximum of eight million yuan. However We just happened to have a dispute with a big broadcaster recently. Weve already shelved him. We can take advantage of the situation and send him to Bunny Tail live-stream. We can use his three-year contract as a compensation. Its about five million yuan. Well pay him the salary while he live-streams at your place. What do you think? The bids of the live-streaming platforms were all different. However, they were all worth about 13 million yuan each. These Vice Presidents wondered what Boss Pei meant after receiving Chen Yufengs call yesterday. Money was not the first priority. It must mean that Boss Pei wanted them to give Bunny Tail more live-stream content! Anyone could tell that the live-stream content of Bunny Tail Live-Stream was relatively simple at the moment. There were basically no reliable broadcasters. The popularity of the website depended on the GPL and ICL league. Once the competition ended, the popularity of the website would drop by more than half. Boss Peis attitude was very clear since he lacked content. They could only ask for a portion of the money, but each live-stream platform had to hand over some live-stream content in exchange for the broadcasting rights of the ICL league! The Vice Presidents pondered for a moment. Boss Pei had repeatedly emphasized the keyword sincerity. They could not afford to give him less money. Boss Pei was so calculative. If the price was too low, Boss Pei might get angry and not sell it. Boss Pei was now sitting steadily on the fishing platform after all. He was not in a hurry to sell the broadcasting rights for ICL league. It could be sold to just one company or many other companies. The reason why Boss Pei did not make things clear was obviously because he wanted to see the sincerity of the live-stream platforms. If they were not sincere, Boss Pei would definitely remember them. Considering the popularity of the ICL league, 13 million yuan was a high but sincere price. The money might be a little high, but Long Yu Corporation and Bunny Tail Live-Stream had invested a lot of resources and taken the risk in order to promote the ICL league. These platforms could only be considered to be picking fruits. It was reasonable to pay a premium. As for the live-stream content that was attached to the money, there were obviously only two types. The first was competitions and programs with exclusive broadcasting rights. If they gave the broadcast rights to Bunny Tail live-stream, they would be able to lose a certain amount of money. The other was streamers. Those who did not get along with the platform could take the opportunity to send them away. For example, one of the live-stream platforms was having a conflict with one of their own big streamers. The platform had hinted many times to this streamer to ask for gifts from the audience and play the rankings. However, this streamer had repeatedly rejected it. He had signed a huge contract but was unable to generate enough profit for the website. The Vice-President of the platform had long disliked him. He could take this opportunity to reduce the price of this contract to a portion of the money needed to sell the broadcasting rights of the ICL league. While the platforms were still paying the live-streamers salaries, it was still quite appropriate to get rid of an unprofitable live-streamer in exchange for the live-stream rights of the ICL league. What surprised Zhao Xuming and Chen Yufeng was that there were five live-stream platforms bidding this time! The main reason was this special way of paying. They did not have to take out 13 million yuan directly. Instead, they take out seven to eight million yuan and use the other content resources of the platform to make up the value Some exclusive content would be distributed to Bunny Tails live-stream in exchange for the broadcasting rights of the ICL league. These platforms felt that they did not lose out. Thus, some cash-strapped live-stream platforms were also tempted. The broadcasting rights for this ICL league were different from before. Before this, no one was sure if it would be popular or not. That was why everyone was hesitant and did not act decisively. Now that they saw Boss Pei taking the lead and the ICL league getting better, several large live-stream platforms were scrambling for it The other live-streaming platforms naturally could not sit still! It was just like a product. Most passers-by would not take a second look if there were no customers around. However, everyone would have to take a look if there were people around! Therefore, the vice-presidents of these platforms bid one after another and looked at Chen Yufeng expectantly. These exclusive live-streaming resources and streamers were lacking in Bunny Tail Live-Streams, however, they were in fact more or less forcefully pieced together. It was hard to say if Chen Yufeng and Boss Pei would be willing to take the job. Thus, the Vice Presidents were a little apprehensive. Chen Yufeng listened to everyone seriously and nodded slightly. He could feel that these platforms had the intention of forcing their way through. For example, one of the platforms would send a popular live streamer who was in a conflict, while the other platform would reduce the price of a relatively unpopular sports competition. There was also another platform that would pack up more than twenty contract live streamers who did not produce good effects However, it was obvious that these platforms knew what they were doing. They knew that they were trying to make up for it forcefully, so their overall valuation had been lowered. Chen Yufeng felt like he was in a large second-hand market. There were all sorts of things that he could use and could not. He was surrounded by people who were eagerly promoting to him. Chen Yufeng thought about it. These things might have been forced, but they were indeed lacking in Bunny Tail Live-Stream. It was not impossible to take them all. No one would complain about the content of a live-stream regardless of whether it was useful or not. However, even so, he had to give these platforms a few harsh words. He could not be treated as a fool. At that thought, Chen Yufeng pulled a long face. He cleared his throat and said, The valuation of the items that you have offered me are still alright but Im sure everyone knows if they are really worth that much money, right? The Vice Presidents expressions changed and they felt a little guilty. Most importantly, they were indeed in the wrong. If they insisted on quibbling, there was a high chance that the negotiations would collapse. No one dared to negotiate with Boss Pei because no one knew what Boss Pei would do if they did However, they could not bear to add any more. They could not possibly sell everything they had just for the broadcasting rights of an ICL league, right? It would not even be enough if they sold their own main streamer! Zhao Xuming knew that something was amiss when he saw this. He was jealous that the ICL league broadcasting rights could be sold for so much money, however, he also hoped that this distribution would succeed. After all, the ICL league would become more popular with every additional platform! Zhao Xuming quickly tried to smooth things over. Everyone, calm down. Actually, I have already seen everyones sincerity. However, Boss Chen is indeed losing out. I have a suggestion. Bunny Tail Live-Stream will broadcast the ICL league 30 seconds faster than the other platforms. That way, no one will suffer any losses. Boss Chen can go back and explain to Boss Pei. How about that? The Vice Presidents of the live-stream platform looked at each other and nodded. Alright! It was not a big problem for them to be slower by 30 seconds. The impact would be minimal. Most viewers on the platform would not rush to the Bunny Tail live-stream just because of 30 seconds. These 30 seconds could indeed attract some viewers for Bunny Tail Live-Stream. It could be considered a small addition to the distribution contract. Chen Yufeng nodded. Boss Zhaos suggestion is not bad. Since thats the case, Bunny Tail Live-Stream has no problem. Lets finalize the details and then sign the contract! Chapter 934 - ICL Wants To Copy Real Time Data Function Too Soon, everyone discussed briefly and asked the legal team to repeatedly confirm some of the details in the contract. This matter was then finalized. The reason why it was so fast was mainly because the other live-stream platforms were in a hurry. The ICL league competitions had limited competitive rounds. They would lose popularity as they delayed. Most people did not have any objections to Zhao Xumings suggestion of delaying the broadcast of the game by 30 seconds. There were instances of a delay of a few seconds or tens of seconds in live-streams due to internet lag and source changes. It was common for some live streamers to delay one or two minute delay in order to prevent themselves from being peeped at. Many competitions had different types of delays on live-stream platforms, television stations, or video software. Sometimes, they could even be delayed for a minute or two. Thus, most people felt that Zhao Xumings suggestion to make Boss Pei feel better would not cause any substantial damage to everyones broadcasting rights. Even if a small portion of people felt uncomfortable, the other platforms had already accepted it. If they did not accept it, they might continue to argue. They might even be attacked by the other platforms. They would not dare to fall out with Boss Pei and cause him to not sell the broadcasting rights of the ICL league. Thus, they did not say anything after some hesitation. No one had the courage to stand out. Whats more, all the platforms that bought the ICL league broadcasting rights had the same rules. Even if they were to suffer losses, everyone would suffer together. His colleagues were discussing the details of the contract with the legal team of various live-stream platforms. Zhao Xuming brought a few Vice Presidents of live-stream platforms to a high-end restaurant nearby to celebrate the success of this cooperation. To be honest, Zhao Xuming was still very jealous. Previously, he had only expected the ICL leagues broadcasting rights to be at around 32 million yuan. Even so, most live-stream platforms would still find it expensive! On the other hand, Boss Pei had bought the exclusive broadcasting rights for 35 million yuan. In just two weeks, just distributing it nearly doubled the price! According to the amount on the final contract between Bunny Tail Live-Stream and the other five live streaming platforms, their cash income was 48 million yuan. In addition, there are miscellaneous items, such as broadcasting rights of other competitions, live streamers contracts, and so on, the value added together was almost 65 million yuan! Of course, this price was a little high. The broadcasting rights for other competitions were rather high after all. Whats more, these live-streaming contracts were the basically ones that other live-stream platforms did not want. Their real value had to be discounted. However, no matter what, he had earned about 13 million yuan! Strictly speaking, Boss Pei and Chen Yufeng did not raise the price at all. However, Boss Pei was famous for not losing out. The Vice-Presidents of various live-stream platforms did not dare to fool him. Thus, even though Boss Pei did not raise the price, the price had reached a relatively high level. He had spent 35 million yuan on the exclusive broadcast. Now, he was distributing it to other platforms. All of his income added up to 65 million yuan He had earned thirty million yuan in two weeks without much effort. Zhao Xuming really wished that the 30 million yuan was earned by himself! However, he had no choice. The truth was that the other live-stream platforms ignored him when he was promoting the ICL league. However,the other live-stream platforms immediately rushed over like ducks when Boss Pei said that he wanted to distribute the ICL leagues broadcast rights! He had to give in. Whats more, strictly speaking, Boss Peis second-tier selling was doing Zhao Xuming a favor. He very generously bought the exclusive broadcasting rights and helped Zhao Xuming when the broadcasting rights of the ICL league were lowered and almost could not be sold. Now, he was distributing the broadcasting rights so that many platforms could live-stream the ICL league. It could better increase the competitions popularity and also help Zhao Xuming. That was why even though Zhao Xuming was jealous, he knew very well that the ICL leagues price would not be as good as it was now if Boss Pei had not been a second-tier trafficker. Thus, he only felt sour in his heart and did not show it. He still had to treat them to a meal. Even though the price was a little high, the Vice Presidents of other platforms still obtained the broadcasting rights of the ICL league despite almost giving up hope. They were given popularity, so it was not bad. Everyone left happily after having their fill. Zhao Xuming arranged for his subordinates to send these Vice Presidents back to the hotel to rest. Todays ICL broadcasting rights distribution had finally come to an end. Everyone dispersed in no time. The Vice Presidents brought the broadcasting rights of the ICL league back and reported happily. If they prepare for a day or two, prepare the relevant recommendation spots and publicity materials, and then access the live-stream signal from Long Yu Corporation, he would be able to officially start airing and generate popularity. Everyone was anxious to have their ICL league broadcasted, so they did not stay long. Soon, only Zhao Xuming and Zhu Yan were left in the hotel lobby. Boss Zhao, I have something to discuss with you. Zhu Yan had been drinking quite a lot at the table previously. Many people thought that he was drunk, but he was not drunk now. Instead, his eyes were very clear. Zhao Xuming was stunned. Oh? What is it, Boss Zhu? Zhu Yan said, Can you also open the data platform for ICL league and create a real-time data function similar to the Bunny Tail Live-Streams GPL league? The real-time data from Bunny Tails live-stream is indeed very useful. Many viewers have gone to Bunny Tails live-stream because of this data. Its probably impossible for us to obtain GPLs background data, but Boss Zhao should be able to provide ICLs data, right? This way, I can better increase the popularity of ICL league. Zhao Xuming nodded. Sure, of course! He had wanted to copy it for a long time. This real-time data function could be used as a support to allow the audience to better judge the situation on both sides and the players performance. It had proven to be very useful. This thing had no patent protection, of course he had to copy it! He would also do a similar program and arrange for other live-stream platforms at the same time. It would definitely be helpful for the promotion of the ICL league. Zhu Yan was very happy. Thank you, Boss Zhao! Ill go back and prepare for the live-stream of the ICL league. We can communicate at any time if there are any problems! Zhao Xuming returned to his office to rest for a while after sending Zhu Yan off. Then, he immediately arranged for someone to develop the real-time data function. March 14th, Wednesday morning. Chen Yufeng had finalized the details of the contract with other live-stream platforms at Long Yu Corporations headquarters yesterday. He had distributed the broadcasting rights for ICL league this time. He rushed back to Jingzhou to report the good news to Boss Pei after resting for a night. The distribution of the broadcast rights this time could be said to be very profitable. Boss Pei should be satisfied, right? Chen Yufeng arrived at Bunny Tail live-streams conference room. Boss Pei and Boss Ma were already there. Boss Pei! This is the ICL broadcasting rights distribution contract that we have finalized with other live-stream platforms. Please take a look. Chen Yufeng proudly handed a stack of contracts to Boss Pei. Pei Qian took it and flipped through it. All sorts of complicated details made him dizzy, but he could still see the amount of money on the contracts clearly. 12 million yuan, 10 million yuan, 11 million yuan, 8 million yuan, 7 million yuan! The last two platforms gave less money but they also gave other things. One of them gave the broadcasting rights for a certain exclusive competition, while the other gave a three-year contract for a popular live streamer. Pei Qian quickly calculated the numbers and became quiet. How the f*ck could they sell for so much money?! Previously, Pei Qian had thought that the exclusive broadcasting rights would cost 35 million yuan. Whats more, there would be a premium. If he were to sell more, he would only earn three or four million yuan, right? He did not expect to earn 13 million yuan in cash alone. Coupled with all these miscellaneous things, he would earn even more! The broadcasting rights for the other competitions, the contract for the live-streamers, and so on might not seem to be of much use, but Bunny Tails live-stream had just been released not long ago after all. All sorts of content were urgently lacking. These content could fill in the gaps in many zones. The previous Bunny Tail live-stream was just a viewing platform for many people to watch the GPL and ICL league. Now, the content was much richer. It was becoming more like a proper live-stream platform! Pei Qian remained silent. Initially, he had only wanted Chen Yufeng to ask for less money. In the end, not only did he not ask for less, he even took a huge pile of other things! What was going on! Chen Yufeng raised his thumb. Boss Pei, now I understand why you want to distribute the ICL league. This step is really brilliant! We bought the exclusive broadcasting rights of the ICL league. It was equivalent to not spending a single cent. We only spent some recommendation resources on the platform to earn back the broadcasting rights of ICL, 13 million yuan, and a lot of live-stream content on the platform! The ICL league might look quite popular at the moment, but it would take a lot of effort for our platform to take it all. Second, we cant be sure that the ICL league will definitely become popular in the future. It is wise to sell it at a high price now! Pei Qian looked up at Chen Yufeng, almost rolling his eyes in anger. Why didnt you say that earlier! If you had said that earlier, I might not have sold it! Cant you think for yourself? Pei Qian realized that his subordinates were a bunch of people wise after the fact. They would only come to the conclusion that Boss Pei was wise after earning all the money every time. What were they doing earlier then? If you had analyzed it earlier, would Boss Pei have been so wise so many times?! Pei Qian felt very tired. On the other hand, Ma Yang was still flipping through the contracts, trying his best to check the details in the contracts. His long face was filled with a serious expression. Those who did not know would think that he really understood. Eh, Brother Qian, whats the meaning of this? Bunny Tails live-streaming of the ICL league would be 30 seconds faster than other platforms? Chen Yufeng quickly explained, Oh, this was suggested by Boss Zhao. He was afraid that we would be at a disadvantage, so he added a little more. Pei Qian: Why the f*ck was he afraid of suffering losses! Have you ever seen a profiteering way by first losing out through buying exclusive broadcasting rights and then double the profits in two weeks? Did Boss Zhao suffer too many blows previously and become mentally unsound? As for being 30 seconds faster than other live-stream platforms Pei Qian vaguely felt that something was amiss. He had a feeling that something would happen with this rule. However, the contracts has been signed. He had already earned more than ten million yuan in cash. He had also transferred all of the broadcasting rights and live-streaming contracts Compared to these things, a mere 30 seconds seemed to be unable to cause more waves in Pei Qians heart. The problem that Pei Qian was worrying about now was that he had spent 35 million yuan on the exclusive broadcast rights of the ICL league for Bunny Tail Live-Stream. Now, not only had he earned back every cent, but he had also earned 13 million yuan! He should think about how to spend this money Chapter 935 - Building The Artificial Intelligence Laboratory Pei Qian suffered a huge blow on the way back. He might have been prepared to make money from the broadcasting rights of the ICL league, but he did not expect to make so much money! The money that he had spent was now sprinting back to him with interest. Who could stand that! Pei Qian was considering where to spend this money. At the moment, there was still a long time before settlement. It would not be too difficult to spend it. However, he had to consider it carefully in order to prevent the same sum of money from growing again. Pei Qians first thought was to spend the money on Bunny Tail live-stream based on the principle of whoever earns the money will spend it. However, on further thought, it did not seem to work. That was because the places that live-streaming platforms could spend money on were actually very limited. They could hire more technicians and develop more functions. These actually did not cost much. If he only spent a few million yuan after earning tens of millions, that would be a drop in the bucket. It would not quench his thirst at all. The only places that could really spend a lot of money were things like buying copyrights and poaching big broadcasters. However, this meant that the popularity and attention of Bunny Tail Live-Stream would increase again. The risk was too high! Everything had been going smoothly for some reason ever since Bunny Tails live-stream was released. ICL league and GPL league were in their hands. Bunny Tails live-stream did not lack attention or popularity After the other live-stream platforms gave some huge gifts. The content on the platform was not too lacking either. Under such circumstances, would he spend tens of millions to buy the broadcasting rights and poach popular live streamers? It would probably cause a chain reaction. Thus, Pei Qian decided that he could not spend the money on Bunny Tail Live-Stream after much consideration. It was too risky. Bunny Tail Live-Stream was akin to a critically ill person at the moment. He had to observe for a while and make sure that he did not use any strong drugs. He had to slowly recuperate. Where would it be safest to spend this money then? Pei Qian thought about it and suddenly thought of a good direction. Otto Technologies! More accurately, he would spend it on Otto Technologies laboratory so that they could research artificial intelligence. Otto Technologies had AEEIS, and there were benefits to researching artificial intelligence technology. However, artificial intelligence technology should have had a breakthrough during the previous cycle! It had been less than two months since the previous settlement. It was not appropriate for him to make another breakthrough, right? Whats more, the last technological breakthrough had been decided by the System. The System would not cheat him, right? One could not fall at the same place twice, right? That way, he could spend a lot of money to build a laboratory for artificial intelligence technology. He might be able to produce some small results and make AEEIS more useful. He might even trigger a small chain reaction However, as long as there were no more breakthroughs or leaps in artificial intelligence technology, these research funds would not have much returns. Or rather, even if there were some returns, it would most likely not be during this cycle. The more Pei Qian thought about it, the more he felt that it was appropriate. He said to Xiao Li, Lets go to Otto Technologies first. Half an hour later, Pei Qian arrived at the conference room of Otto Technologies and told Jiang Yuan about his thoughts. Jiang Yuans expression was blank. He could not react in time. Boss Pei, are you saying that you want to invest 40 million yuan to build another artificial intelligence laboratory for Otto Technologies? Do you want to directly poach a high-priced team to conduct research on artificial intelligence technology? Or acquire some ready-made companies? Pei Qian nodded. Thats right. Jiang Yuan quickly said, Boss Pei, please think twice! At the moment, the best artificial intelligence technology in the country is Xunke Technologies, including AEEIS which is also using Xunke Technologies. They have been in the relevant fields for many years. The application for artificial intelligence technology could be said to be the result of accumulation. Even if we spend a huge sum of money to build an artificial intelligence laboratory and poach a ready-made technical team, we will only be developing on the existing foundation. It is unlikely that there will be any breakthrough in technology. We will optimize AEEISs current situation at most. Under such circumstances, its almost impossible to recover such a huge investment in research and development. The same amount of money would be much better spent elsewhere. The key is that the price-quality ratio is not high, and it is very unnecessary! Pei Qian could not help but chuckle. Was the price-quality ratio not high? Was it unnecessary? Thats right, great minds think alike! In fact, Pei Qian could have arranged for Jiang Yuan to do it without saying anything. However, Jiang Yuan had just taken over Chang Yous job after all. He had only been in charge for a short while. Pei Qian was afraid that he would not be able to handle things well. Thus, he had to give Jiang Yuan a few reminders to strengthen his beliefs. Pei Qian said meaningfully, Youre wrong! We might be using the technology of the Xunke Technologies well now but it is not good to continue using other peoples core technology. Look at our companys name, Otto Technologies. How can we not research and develop our own? In the short term, the profits might not be huge, but in the long term, it is absolutely necessary to build a laboratory and develop independently. Our goal is to develop all the core technologies on our own and not be controlled by others! Whats more, artificial intelligence technology is the future. Its also related to many of Tengdas businesses. It doesnt matter how much money you invest in this direction! You have to remember this in your work from now on. Sales are superficial. The core technology is real, understand? This impassioned speech made Jiang Yuans blood boil. Understood, Boss Pei! I was indeed short-sighted. Ill immediately make arrangements then. If I can poach a research team, Ill poach a research team. If I can directly invest or buy a research team, Ill do it. In short, I have to observe the specific situation. Pei Qian nodded. Yeah, just do it! Pei Qian came to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, intending to have a cup of coffee and rest after settling both matters. The Bunny Tail Live-Stream had made Pei Qian feel a little tired. The saga had finally ended. The broadcasting rights for the ICL league had been distributed. Long Yu Corporation would still continue to spend a lot of money to promote ICL league in the future, it was not a solo broadcast after all. Its popularity would be divided by other live-stream platforms. Bunny Tail Live-stream should be safe in the short term. It was about time to see how the other industries were doing. At the same time, the Vice Presidents of the various live-stream platforms had already returned to their respective companies and were preparing to broadcast ICL league. These Vice Presidents had already spoken to their technical team when they were discussing the contract. They had been rushing to prepare the live-stream and various publicity materials for ICL league for the past two days. Tomorrow would be Thursday, and there would be a popular focus battle at night. All these live-stream platforms requested their teams to work overtime so that they could arrange all the preparations for the live-stream before tomorrow night. The competition on Friday was not very good after all. If they missed the popularity of this match, the next focal battle would be Saturday. They had missed a lot of popularity for nothing. At the same time, Long Yu Corporation was also arranging for teams to be connected to various live-stream platforms. Both parties had to make the best use of their time to copy the function of Bunny Tail Live-Stream: to display real-time data during the competition. These data were originally available in the backstage platform. However, they had to be retrieved in real time and displayed in a certain graph. The specific packaging had to be developed for a period of time before it could be completed. However, there was no hurry. This season had just begun after all. A week earlier or a week later would not have much impact. Zhao Xuming did not expect this function to bring much popularity to the ICL league. It was just a defensive measure. Others would think that the ICL league was not professional enough if the GPL had it but the ICL did not. Thus, even if people would accuse them of plagiarism, this function had to be done. The only small problem was that the live-streaming time of various live-stream platforms was actually slightly different. This greatly delayed the development process. Bunny Tails live-streaming had the fastest speed. It was thirty seconds faster than other live-stream platforms. Other platforms might also have a few seconds of delay in broadcasting the competition because of the internet delay, animation, and other problems. However, it was very difficult for this data to change with the progress of each platform. That was because the official ICL league was only giving live-stream signals to the various platforms. The data in the game were all in their own backstage. It was difficult to match the time on both sides perfectly. It was more troublesome to do it. For example, when a player took the head of a big shot, his economy would skyrocket by 1,000 yuan. However, the real-time data has not been updated yet. That would make him appear very stiff. Bunny Tail Live-Stream did not have to consider this problem at all because only Bunny Tail Live-Stream had this function. There was no need to consider other platforms at all. It could be done with Bunny Tail Live-Stream. However, it would be more troublesome for Zhao Xuming to make this function for all the platforms that were broadcasting the ICL league. Zhao Xuming pondered for a moment. In fact, there were only two solutions: either ignore the time difference between the platforms and forcefully give them a discount, or spend a lot of effort to make this data follow the live-stream images of the platforms. Zhao Xuming felt that he had to follow the latter after discussing with the technical team. That was because Bunny Tail Live-Stream was 30 seconds different from other platforms. If they forced a compromise, 15 seconds would be enough to finish a relatively fast team battle. The equipment and economic data might not be changed in time. Instead, it would make this function look very amateurish. Thus, he could only choose the second plan and spend more effort to develop this function so that the data would be consistent with the live-streams of various platforms. That would slow down the development process. However, Zhao Xuming thought about it and felt that it was worth it. Zhao Xuming heaved a sigh of relief after settling down. After so many twists and turns, the ICL league was finally on the right track! All the live-stream platforms were broadcasting it one after another. The popularity of the league was steadily increasing. Accumulate audiences and popularity for as long as they could do to publicize smoothly so that they would definitely be able to promote IOIs local server in the future! It would be able to sound the horn for a full-scale counterattack when IOIs mobile game was released in the future! Chapter 936 - The Stalls: Episode One March 15th, Thursday Pei Qian arrived at the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. After breakfast, he sipped his coffee as he thought about the other businesses. Hmm I feel like I havent heard from the Cold-Faced Lady for some time. I wonder how things have been recently. Pei Qians impression of the Cold-Faced Lady was still from a month ago. At that time, Tengdas various physical industries had begun to enter Beijing. Pei Qian had specially opened a Fish-Catching Take-Out shop diagonally opposite the Cold-Faced Ladys shop. The shop should have officially opened for business judging from the time passed. In fact, the Cold-Faced Lady had always been Pei Qians main focus. However, he had spent most of his time and energy on the Bunny Tail Live-Stream after all. Whats more, Beijing was too far away from Jingzhou. He could not visit it often. Thus, his information was lagging behind. However, Pei Qian did not panic. It had only been a month. There was no news about the Cold-Faced Lady on the internet. If Meng Chang was still the boss of the Cold-Faced Lady, he would have to be more vigilant. Meng Chang was too good at causing trouble after all. However, Meng Chang was no longer in charge now. The Cold-Faced Ladys original employees should have lost their fighting spirit and slacking every day, right? However, to be safe, Pei Qian used his cell phone to search for Cold-Faced Lady. A video that had just been posted on Aili Island last night suddenly appeared. The Stalls: Episode One! The keyword of this video was Cold-Faced Lady. Moreover, it seemed to be quite popular on Aili Island. That was why it was searched out. This video was so refreshing and out of place among the many articles that used the media to ride on the popularity of the Cold-Faced Lady. Pei Qian was stunned. What the hell was this? He quickly clicked on the video. There was an old city wall at the beginning of the video. The green bricks under the city wall were covered in moss. A misty rain was pattering down. It was getting late. The pedestrians on the road were in a hurry, but there were many small shops on the streets and alleys of the ancient city. Even the drizzle could not extinguish the vigorous smoke and fire. Accompanying the video was a steady male voice. Smoke and fire. Its the soy milk and fried dough sticks from the corner shop. Its the roasted sweet potatoes on the stove, the lamb skewers from the barbecue shop, the roasted cold noodles from the stall Food all around, placing oneself above the common populace. Chinas food culture has been around for a long time. Many night markets are famous throughout the country. Night markets are a gathering place for delicacies and a good place to set up stalls. There would be a hubbub of voices every night. The streets, alleys and the city wells are the most beloved environment for many people. Many people can only relax their tense nerves when surrounded by smoke and fire. Forget a day of fatigue, and release their emotions to their hearts content This video was not short. It lasted about thirty minutes. The film was shot in Changan. It was basically one part every ten minutes. The first part was a simple introduction of local cuisine in Changan and the more famous local delicacies. The second part was focused on a certain street. It mainly introduced some small shops and vendors with good flavors, introduced their life experiences and sad journey. The third part was introducing their exclusive delicacies. The entire film highlighted a kind of smoke and fire. The scenes were all taken at night, when the market was at its most popular. All sorts of customers came and went. During the filming of delicacies, the slow-motion scene vividly displayed the color and fragrance of delicacies. In the beginning, the tone of the video was relaxed. The diners on the stalls laughed heartily, infecting the audience. However, in the second part, when the content talked about the life experiences of the shop owners and vendors, it carried a little sadness. Finally, when it was time to show the delicacies, the suppressed emotions from before were finally released. The audiences emotions were pushed to the peak. At the end of the video, a logo of the Cold-Faced Lady appeared on the black screen. There was a line of small words at the bottom: Cold-Faced Ladys Gourmet Laboratory, brings you to taste the original local flavor! Pei Qian took a look. This video was released yesterday. It was now very popular and had more than a million views! The dense bullet screen comments in the video showed how popular it was. Im so hungry Im crying! Im just a local in Changan. I didnt know that there were such delicacies Some famous shops are actually not delicious, but some nameless stalls on the streets are very delicious! The production team is very considerate. This film is very sincere. They all look delicious. I must try them when I have the chance! I had always thought that these vendors would definitely make a lot of money since their business was so popular. Now, I know that most of them only set up their stalls because they were forced by life. It is not easy. Its quite touching. Such a down-to-earth film is especially moving! Im craving for it, but Im not in Changan. I cant eat it! This is a documentary produced by the Cold-Faced Lady? Whats the situation with the Cold-Faced Lady? Have they switched from having a restaurant to filming documentaries? I remember that the Cold-Faced Lady used to be on hot searches every three days. After a few months of silence, I thought that it had already turned cold. I didnt expect them to release another documentary! The Cold-Faced Lady now gives people a much better impression. I dont know if its my own feeling or not. What does the last line mean? Ive checked. It seems like the Cold-Faced Lady is building a food laboratory. They want to search for delicacies from all over the country, poach people, buy recipes, and turn these local delicacies into food for the Cold-Faced Lady. Really? Thats great. When will these new products be released? Ill be in Beijing. Ill definitely try them when I have the time! The netizens attitudes were very positive. Even their attitude towards the cold-faced lady improved greatly! There had been news that Tengda Corporation had taken over the Cold-Faced Lady recently; there had been no news of the Cold-Faced Lady since the Street Food Contest. It had gradually faded out of the public eye. The popularity of the internet came and went quickly. Most netizens had goldfish memories. Many peoples impression of the cold-faced lady was still on Meng Chang, hot searches, and disgusting roasted cold noodles. When they saw this video, their eyes lit up! Strictly speaking, it was difficult to determine if this video was a promotional video or a documentary. On one hand, it was to promote delicious food and the Cold-Faced Ladys Gourmet Laboratory. On the other hand, it was filming all sorts of details using documentaries. It gave people a strong sense of authenticity. Delicacy had always been a topic that could easily accumulate popularity on video websites. Many UP Masters who had millions of fans had started their lives with food-related content. Thus, this well-rehearsed and sincere video immediately became extremely popular and attracted widespread discussion! The various details displayed in the video made people feel that it was realistic. Naturally, they had a better impression of the brand Cold-Faced Lady, which had already been partially cleared. The video was indeed popular, but Pei Qian felt light-headed. When was this video filmed?! The video was posted using Fei Huang Workspaces official account. Obviously, Huang Sibo and the others were the ones who filmed the video. More importantly, what was the Cold-Faced Ladys Gourmet Laboratory? Pei Qian immediately felt a sense of danger. He had suffered with the Gourmet Laboratory before! Pei Qian also asked Rui Yuchen to build a food laboratory and develop new dishes regularly in order to allow Fish-Catching Take-Out to burn more money. He had thought that Fish-Catching Take-Outs taste would not improve much. However, he had not expected that the Gourmet Laboratory would come up with many special dishes, including fitness meals, food and harmony, and so on. It had made an indelible contribution to Fish-Catching Take-Outs profits! A person should not fall at the same place twice. The Cold-Faced Ladys Gourmet Laboratory was obviously similar to Fish-Catching Take-Outs Gourmet Laboratory. Whats more, it was even more dangerous! That was because the Fish-Catching Take-Outs Gourmet Laboratory basically relied on ones own research and development. There was a high chance of failure in developing new dishes. However, the Cold-Faced Ladys Gourmet Laboratory was more special. It sent teams to search for delicacies all over the country. Once they found it, they would take videos to promote it. Then, they would poach people or buy recipes and copy them directly! This was definitely much more efficient than doing their own research! Most people were very convinced from the reaction of the bullet screen comments on the video. The reason why Cold-Faced Lady was criticized was mainly because the taste was not good. There was no need for the Cold-Faced Lady to completely reproduce the taste of the nations specialties. There would definitely be many people who would eat it as long as there was an 80% similarity! On the surface, this promotional video was promoting local food and culture. In fact, it was advertising Cold-Faced Lady! Pei Qian suddenly felt a strong sense of danger. Fish-Catching Take-Outs failure was still fresh in his mind. What if the Cold-Faced Lady made the same mistake again?! Pei Qian felt a lump of blood in his throat, ready to spew out at any moment at the thought that the Cold-Faced Lady would open shops all over the country like Fish-Catching Take-Out. Calm down, calm down. Think about how to solve this Gourmet Laboratory. Its definitely not appropriate to ban it directly. Theres no suitable reason at all. Perhaps I can think of another way to turn the huge profits into small profits? It would be a good idea to earn less even if I cant keep incurring losses! Pei Qian was not too worried about a single shop. It was just like the nameless restaurant. There were limited customers even though it was very popular. The profits it would generate would be limited as long as he could not open a chain restaurant and expand and replicate it without limit. Unfortunately, the Cold-Faced Lady was a fast-food model. It could expand and replicate without limit. Once the new food products of the Gourmet Laboratory were successful and the Cold-Faced Ladys shop started to generate profits, a new branch would definitely be opened. There was no doubt about this. Could he find a reason to interfere with the current model of the Cold-Faced Lady? Pei Qian thought hard for a long time before his eyes lit up. Aha! Break up the Cold-Faced Lady! As long as we open a new project, let it and the Cold-Faced Lady restrict each other and snatch each others resources, wouldnt we be able to perfectly limit the development of the Cold-Faced Lady? Set up a snack market in Jingzhou and poach all the vendors that the Cold-Faced Lady had worked so hard to poach over here so that they can continue to set up stalls. Give them the best setting and treatment. As long as the treatment here is better, they will naturally not follow the Cold-Faced Lady and develop new dishes blindly! At that time, even if this snack bazaar becomes popular, it would not open a chain. The number of customers it can accommodate would also be very limited. The money earned would be completely within my control! Chapter 937 - Many Spoiler Dogs In The ICL League! This plan quickly formed in Pei Qians mind. The most precious thing in the Cold-Faced Ladys gourmet laboratory was actually the vendors around the country. These vendors had been screened by countless customers. Each of them had one or two unique skills. As long as their unique skills became quantifiable standard assembly line operations, the Cold-Faced Lady would be able to continuously release new dishes and the shop would continue to expand. However, what if Pei Qian used the snack market to intercept these outstanding vendors? He would give them better treatment so that they could set up their stalls in the snack market. No matter how good their business was, the money they earned would be within their control. Whats more, this method was completely reasonable. Pei Qian could not suppress a certain department without any evidence. He could not do anything that was unreasonable. However, if he supported another department that earned less money and weakened the original department objectively, that would not be a problem. That was because everyone would think that it was because Boss Pei had different focus and goals. They would not think that Boss Pei was deliberately causing trouble. The more vendors the Cold-Faced Lady found, the more vendors the snack market would poach. This way, even if he could not completely stop the Cold-Faced Lady from earning money, it could at least delay the process of earning money. Pei Qian felt that he could try this plan. However, the question was, who would be in charge of this project? Pei Qian thought about it carefully and felt that he had to dismantle the Cold-Faced Lady from the inside. The person in charge of the Cold-Faced Lady now was Qi Yan. This person was originally Meng Changs assistant and was in charge of advertising and marketing. She should not have much control over the Cold-Faced Lady. The person most suitable to be in charge of the snack market project was Qi Yans direct subordinate. That was because that person would not be able to see promotion opportunities with Qi Yan as his immediate superior. Once he became the person-in-charge of the snack market and was on the same level as Qi Yan, he would definitely think of all ways to achieve results and think of ways to weaken the Cold-Faced Lady. Pei Qian immediately decided to make a trip to the company and look for the HR department to check on the current HR structure of the Cold-Faced Lady. He wanted to see who was the most suitable person to be in charge of the snack market. Of course, this matter could not be rushed. The Cold-Faced Lady was still incurring losses after all. It would not be a matter of three to five days even if it could be profitable in the future. Thus, Pei Qian had to study more about it. It would not be too late to decide on this personnel tomorrow or the day after tomorrow and assign him tasks. 4: 50 PM. Shanghai, Wolf Fang live-stream headquarters. Zhu Yan was in his Vice-Presidents office, waiting for the premiere of the ICL league live-stream at Wolf Fang live-stream. News of the broadcasting rights distribution of the ICL league had spread throughout the internet yesterday and caused a heated discussion online. Some netizens said that Boss Peis plan was really smooth. Not only did he get the broadcasting rights for free, but he also made a huge profit from it. He was a money-making genius. Some netizens also said that Boss Pei was obviously selling it too quickly. The ICL leagues exclusive broadcast was a piece of fat meat. He could totally eat more. Of course, netizens discussions were all hearsay. They all originated from rumors and knew nothing about the details of the contract. Most netizens enthusiasm for this matter only lasted for a day before it gradually faded. After all, it was good news that several live-streaming platforms had obtained broadcasting rights for the ICL league for most people. They could watch it on their favorite live-stream platforms. The viewing experience of Bunny Tails live-stream might not be bad, but many viewers had their own preferred live-stream platform after all. It would be uncomfortable to switch to Bunny Tails live-stream. Zhu Yan was very sure that Wolf Fang would definitely be able to gain some popularity after live-streaming the ICL league. That was because many of Wolf Fangs old viewers had gone to Bunny Tail live-stream in order to watch the ICL league. Now that Wolf Fangs live-stream had the same content, why would they still go to the Bunny Tail live-stream? They could just watch Wolf Fang live-stream. The viewers would definitely make Wolfs live-stream look better. Soon, it was 5 PM. The ICL leagues broadcast officially began! Wolf Fang Live-Stream was the same as other live-stream platforms. The ICL league live-stream was 30 seconds slower than Bunny Tail. Originally, there was a promotional page countdown before the competition began. However, it would easily be exposed if the countdown did not match the systems time. Therefore, Long Yu Corporation specially created a 30-second-long introduction. They would first play the title introduction before entering the official live-stream once the competition officially began. It might still be a little stiff but it should not be a problem to fool 90% of the audience. Soon, the first round officially began! Zhu Yan himself could not understand IOIs competition, but MOBA games were relatively easy to understand compared to games like FPS and chess. Killing, dismantling towers, pushing bases, the difference in power between the red and blue teams was clear at a glance. Even people who did not understand the game mechanism could roughly understand the fun. Zhu Yan watched the competition while checking the popularity of the live-stream through the data platform. The viewers in the live-stream saw two million viewers, but that was obviously fake. In reality, there were less than twenty thousand viewers. Zhu Yan felt that this number was acceptable and was within his expectations. Initially, the number of people watching the ICL league on Bunny Tail Live-Stream was only about 70,000 to 80,000. Now that they were scattered to six live-stream platforms, the number of people would definitely be severely diluted. Of course, there were also some hardcore viewers on Wolf Fangs live-stream. Previously, they had not watched the ICL league because it was being broadcasted exclusively at Bunny Tail. Now, they realized that their own platform also had the ICL league. They would also come over to take a look. This crowd could not be underestimated. However, it was only the first day after all. There would not be many people. Zhu Yan was already very satisfied to have more than 20,000 viewers. The bullet screen comments in the live-stream were very dense. There were more than 20,000 viewers after all. The bullet screen was filled with bullet screen comments. Coupled with the quick bullet screen comments and the robots bullet screen comments, the entire live-stream looked very lively. The popularity of two million yuan gave people the feeling that the ICL league was very popular. Zhu Yan was very satisfied with this. It looked like he had bought the right broadcasting rights for the ICL league. It had an obvious effect on the popularity of Wolf Fangs live-streaming website! However, he suddenly saw a few discordant bullet screen comments just as he was feeling pleased with himself. Holy sh*t! Were going to make a comeback! Weve lost this round! Im dying of laughter. This mid lane is too criminal, an iron war criminal! Next, please take a good look at the exciting performance of this brother in the middle lane! He would not be able to do this without ten years of cerebral thrombosis! Zhu Yan was confused by the bullet screen comments. What was going on? Both sides were pulling and probing each other on the map on the live-stream. They were in a dilemma. There was no fight at all. What did the bullet screen comments mean? His doubts were quickly answered because the two teams suddenly broke out in the team battle. The heroes who were pulling at each other kept throwing their skills, and the situation on the field changed instantly! One of the teams had already obtained a good economic advantage. However, in this team battle, the mid-laner hero of this team threw out a series of combo attacks in an extremely cool manner. All of them were thrown into the air, and none of them hit! After this suffocating blind competition, the other party immediately seized the opportunity to counterattack. First, they killed the mid-laner with cerebral hemorrhage. Then, they took advantage of the victory to kill the three members of the other party. Then, they attacked the opponents high ground in one go and destroyed the entire road. The situation on the field instantly took a 180-degree turn! Now, Zhu Yan understood what the bullet screen comments were saying. They were talking about the group battle that would happen in 30 seconds Of course, strictly speaking, this group battle had already happened. It was just that Wolf Fangs live-stream had been delayed by 30 seconds, which resulted in such a time difference. These bored viewers had obviously opened the live-stream of Bunny Tail and Wolf Fang at the same time. When they saw that the team battle had started, they immediately ran over to spoil them! After this group battle, the live-stream was filled with question marks. ???? What do you mean, spoiler? F*ck, why are you faster than me? Whats going on? Spoiler dog, go to hell! Those gamers who had been spoiled like Zhu Yan were furious and sent these bullet screen comments. This was equivalent to a certain university student watching the game with full concentration. The players on both sides kept passing the ball and pulling. Suddenly, there was a loud cheer from outside the dormitory! After about ten seconds, he scored! This kind of spoiler could make people who were watching the live-stream vomit blood. The ICL league might be different from football, but the anger after being spoilt was definitely the same. Most people liked to watch live-streams and not the records. That was because what was happening in real time was meaningful. What had already happened was not that meaningful. Now, a perfectly good live-stream has been delayed for thirty seconds. How uncomfortable was that! Of course, thirty seconds was not a big problem if he were to watch the competition. However, the key was that many people watching the live-stream could see their bullet screen comments! The viewing experience would be completely ruined if they were spoilt by the bullet screen comments. Whats more, there were many people who were bored out of their minds. It was obviously a disgusting act, but they enjoyed it. Some people would even open several live-stream platforms at the same time. When they saw a comeback on Bunny Tail live-stream, they would replicate the same words on several live-stream platforms, highlighting a person who harmed others without benefiting himself! These people were crazy spoilers and affected the viewing experience of other audiences. Naturally, the other audiences would attack them together and criticize them. Naturally, Wolf Fang Live-Streams official platform was included in the criticism. What is this rubbish platform? Why is it slower than others? Theyre already done with the first wave, why are you still here? Hurry up! Jerk! Zhu Yan felt light-headed seeing the bullet screen filled with comments. How could this be! Previously, he had also bought some broadcasting rights, but he had never signed a condition like delay the broadcast by 30 seconds. As this was the first time he had signed it, he did not think too much about it and felt that 30 seconds was not a big deal. Now, he realized that it was not harmless at all! It was obviously very damaging! The audience was about to rebel! Zhu Yan watched as the number of viewers in the live-stream dropped from 27,000 to 23,000, and a huge number of people ran away. Obviously, these people were annoyed by the spoilers and went to other platforms to find faster live-streams! Zhu Yan was so angry that he almost fainted. Every time a live user left, it was as painful as cutting his flesh. Zhao Xuming, what a lousy idea! So youre working with Boss Pei to plot against us? Zhu Yan was instantly enraged and threw all the blame onto Zhao Xuming. After all, this was Zhao Xumings suggestion. Naturally, he had to take the blame! Previously, Zhao Xuming had conflicts with these live-stream platforms. It was not impossible for him to use this opportunity to deal with these live-stream platforms. On further thought, Zhao Xuming and Boss Pei might have made an unspeakable deal! Chapter 938 - We Were Tricked By Zhao Xuming! Zhu Yan immediately wanted to seek an explanation from Zhao Xuming. The contract had been signed in black and white, there was still room for negotiation. However, he had to deal with the problem with the live-stream platform before that. Zhu Yan got his super admin subordinates to send a message. Spoilers are strictly prohibited in the live-stream of the ICL league! Seal all spoilers for five hours! There was nothing that authority could solve. Then they could use some limitations! Spoilers had a huge impact on the ICL leagues viewing experience. Zhu Yan did not dare to let his guard down. He could only block the audience of these spoilers and try his best to ensure that most of the audience could watch the competition. Otherwise, before this matter was resolved, someone would continue to expose that the live-stream of the ICL league wouldnt its popularity evaporate? The supervisors received their orders one by one and began to kill in the live-stream of the ICL league. Soon, a string of banned red words floated up. However, the popularity of the live-stream was still declining. While most viewers viewing experience was guaranteed by this stupid method, the problem was that most viewers already knew the fact that Wolf Fang live-stream was 30 seconds slower than Bunny Tail. In the end, not everyone could ignore this delay. Whats more, the active viewers who were banned would definitely be very angry. Naturally, they would not continue to stay in Wolf Fang live-stream. Thus, a group of people inevitably went to the Bunny Tail live-stream and became the hot topic of others. Zhu Yan was furious. He immediately took out his cell phone and called Zhao Xuming. At that moment, Zhao Xuming was in his office watching the ICL league on various platforms. The other live-stream platforms were different from Bunny Tail Live-Streams. They were all fake figures, and their popularity was basically around two to three million yuan. Even though he knew that there were not many people in reality, such popularity still made Zhao Xuming very happy. It was great that the ICL league could be distributed! It would definitely be a good thing to nurture and expand the audience of the ICL league. with so many live-streaming platforms live-streaming together. Long Yu Corporation would definitely not lose out. At that moment, his cell phone rang. Zhao Xuming picked up immediately. Hello? Boss Zhu, whats the matter? Zhu Yan sounded very unhappy. Boss Zhao, youre not doing this right! Zhao Xuming was stunned. Whats the matter? Why arent I doing things right? Boss Zhu, youre confusing me. To Zhao Xuming, this was ridiculous. He had only been working with Wolf Fang live-stream on the ICL league recently. What was wrong with that? He had been mediating and helping them obtain live-stream rights for the ICL league. They should be thanking him. Why were they blaming him? Zhu Yan became even angrier seeing that Zhao Xuming was pretending to be stupid now. Boss Zhao! Your suggestion of delaying the live-stream by 30 seconds has made us suffer! The audience realized the time difference between our live-stream and Bunny Tails live-stream. All of them came to my live-stream to spoil it. It severely affected the live-streams bullet screen environment. Many viewers are now running back to Bunny Tails live-stream! Isnt this impact serious? Boss Zhao, we are the same as Bunny Tail Live-Stream. We are partners of Long Yu Corporation. You cannot favor one over the other! The value of the ICL league to Wolf Fang live-stream was mainly due to its popularity and the face of the platform for Zhu Yan. There were not many people watching the ICL league in Wolf Fang live-stream. There would not be too many ballers giving gifts. They did not expect it to be profitable. However, this league could bring popularity to the entire platform and make the platform more competitive in terms of content. It could also recover blood through sponsorship and other methods. Many live-streaming platforms were not making money now but they could increase their popularity as long as they could obtain endless financing and allow the entire company to continuously develop and grow. However, Wolf Fangs live-streaming ICL league was losing its popularity. It was obviously worse than cutting his flesh. Zhao Xuming was dumbfounded. What has this got to do with me? I gave a suggestion on the spot. Didnt you not raise any objections to this 30-second delay? Why are you blaming it on me now! What made Zhao Xuming the most speechless was that Zhu Yan even hinted that he was favoring one over the other. In other words, he was helping Bunny Tail live-stream to plot against other live-stream platforms. Zhao Xuming could not voice out his bitterness. Why the f*ck would he do that?! Boss Pei is not related to me and we are competitors. Do you think I have nothing better to do than to help him plot against you! However, it was useless for Zhao Xuming to explain now. That was because it would be easy for people to misunderstand if he tried to push the blame from the outcome. Long Yu Corporation first sold the exclusive broadcasting rights to Bunny Tail live-stream and then took the lead to find other live-stream platforms to distribute the broadcasting rights. Finally, they took the initiative to propose a thirty-second delay He could only say that the blame was very unjust, but it was reasonable. Zhao Xuming immediately said righteously, Boss Zhu, theres no such thing! At that time, when I suggested a thirty-second delay, it was mainly because Bunny Tail Live-Stream was slightly disadvantaged in the process of this transaction. I only suggested this in order to facilitate the transaction! Didnt you strongly object? The contract has been signed, and youre pushing all the responsibility to me. Isnt that a little inappropriate? In my opinion, Boss Zhu, since this conflict has already happened, we still have to think about how to solve this problem. How about this, Ill discuss with Boss Chen at Bunny Tail Live-Stream and see if we can cancel the thirty seconds delay Of course, if you want to change the details of the contract, you must make some concessions in other aspects. Whats more, if Boss Chen doesnt agree, I cant do anything Zhu Yan nodded. Thats the only way. Both parties had already signed a contract after all. The penalty for breaking a contract like this was very scary. If they forcibly broke the contract, not only would they not be able to broadcast the ICL league, but they might also have to pay a huge sum of money in court. Zhu Yan was filled with regret. He felt like he had been tricked! Previously, he had thought that it was a trivial problem. Now, it was like a fishbone stuck in his throat. If Boss Pei insisted on fulfilling the contract, Zhu Yan and Zhao Xuming would have no choice but to be helpless and furious. At the same time, Pei Qian was still flipping through the information submitted by the HR department in his office, thinking about who should be the person-in-charge of this snack market. It was not easy to find someone who could complete his task accurately among the Cold-Faced Ladys many employees. He had to choose carefully. However, after reading so much information, Pei Qians goal was almost set. Pei Qian looked at the time. It was already past five in the afternoon. It was time to knock off. Thus, he stretched and prepared to leave. Right, many live-streaming platforms are going to start broadcasting the ICL league today, right? If thats the case, the popularity of Bunny Tail Live-Stream should decrease, right? Pei Qian suddenly thought of this. Thus, he turned on Bunny Tail live-stream, wanting to see the number of people in the ICL league live-stream. The number of people in the live-stream was all real data. Thus, there was no need to log in to the platform to see the real changes in the data. Previously, the ICL league had around 80,000 people at its peak. Now, he hoped that this number could be halved. That shouldnt be a problem, right? Pei Qian saw the number of people in the ICL league live-stream. Indeed, there were only about 60,000 people left. Today was also a focus battle. Logically speaking, the number of people should continue to be around 80,000. The 20,000 that had fallen had obviously gone to other platforms. It was only the first day. Many people in the ICL league still had the habit of watching the competition live from Bunny Tail. As time passed, more and more people would go to other platforms to watch the competition. In other words, he might not even get 60,000 viewers in the future. Pei Qian could not help but nod slightly. It might not have met his highest expectations and the number of people did not half to 40,000 but it was still a cause for celebration! The bullet screen comments were not affected at all but Pei Qian was still very happy to see the number of people in the live-stream decreasing. However, just as Pei Qian saw a series of bullet screen comments just as he was about to turn off the live-stream . He suddenly felt that something was amiss. Eh, why does it seem to be much faster here? Indeed, it is faster here! Its really 30 seconds faster than the enemy platform? I came from Wolf Fangs live-stream! I came from ZZ Live-Stream! Brothers from Waiwai Live-Stream, raise your hands! Dont use the names of other platforms. Arent you afraid of being banned by super admins? Its alright. The super admins here are very tolerant. They wont ban us because of this. D*mn spoiler dog, they made me come here to watch the competition instead! Pei Qian suddenly had an ominous feeling when he saw the comments. Then, something even more terrifying happened. The number of viewers in the live-stream suddenly began to increase. The original 60,000-odd people kept rising every second at a rate of at least a few hundred to a thousand! This was especially so after the exciting team battle. This change would be especially intense. One could even see thousands of people entering at the same time! At the end of the first round, the number of people watching the ICL league live-stream by Bunny Tail successfully reached a peak. 91,377 people! There were 10,000 more people than the previous peak period! Pei Qian rubbed his eyes, thinking that he had seen wrongly. He double-checked that it was indeed 90,000! Obviously, the 90,000 viewers this time were caused by some viewers from other live-stream platforms who came to watch the competition. There was actually a group of people who originally did not watch the ICL league. However, the ICL league was distributed to all major live-stream platforms, all live-stream platforms were desperately advertising and directing traffic, attracting viewers who originally did not watch the ICL league. However, during the viewing process, they were inexplicably disgusted by the spoiler dog. Thus, a portion of them came to Bunny Tail Live-Stream to watch the competition. In the end, it caused the number of people watching Bunny Tail live-stream to increase instead of decrease! It could be said that the thirty seconds delay had objectively helped to absorb popularity from other live-stream platforms Previously, Chen Yufeng had already shown Pei Qian the contract. However, at that time, Pei Qians focus had been on the exact amount of the contract and the other platforms that had given him money. He had not noticed this 30 seconds. It was only now that he suddenly realized that there was a huge problem with the 30-second clause! Pei Qian could not help but slam the table, almost blurting out. F*ck! Ive been tricked by Zhao Xuming! Chapter 939 - Unofficial Commentary Of course, Pei Qian knew that Zhao Xumings suggestion was not to help Bunny Tail live-stream on purpose. However, it was objectively helping Bunny Tail live-stream absorb popularity from other platforms. This was achieving bad results with good intentions! However, the Vice Presidents of other live-stream platforms would probably find out about the problem of delaying it by 30 seconds soon, right? Pei Qians cell phone rang as he was thinking. It was Chen Yufeng. He looked at the time and picked up the phone. Theres still more than ten minutes to the end of work. Hurry up and tell me. Chen Yufeng was stunned for a moment. Then, he said, Alright, Boss Pei. Its like this. Zhao Xuming called just now and wants to negotiate with us to cancel the thirty-second delay Zhao Xuming said that he would think of ways to give us some other benefits as compensation Obviously, Zhao Xuming called Chen Yufeng immediately after he communicated with the Vice Presidents of several platforms and understood the seriousness of the problem in those 30 seconds. He had no choice but to be anxious because most of the Vice Presidents of other platforms were burning with anxiety! These spoiler parties are particularly tenacious. They could not be cleared even if the super admins were to block them one by one. There were always that two or three spoilers that could affect the watching experience of the entire live broadcast room, which made it very speechless. Whats more, it was not easy to set up blocked words. Who knew how they would spoil the story? Thus, if the thirty-second delay did not change, a portion of the audience would definitely still come to Bunny Tail Live-Stream because of the viewing experience. The Vice Presidents of the other platforms were very anxious and kept urging Zhao Xuming. Naturally, Zhao Xuming was also very anxious. Chen Yufeng said, Boss Pei, thats what I think. Lets argue with them for a week or two. Once the popularity has been mostly absorbed by Bunny Tail Live-Stream, many viewers who came to Bunny Tail Live-Stream would have already formed a habit. Well discuss this matter with them. Or we could just reject them directly. We are following the contract strictly after all. Changing the contract is a favor, not changing it is a duty. They have nothing to say. Pei Qian was instantly unhappy. According to Chen Yufeng, it would cause Bunny Tail Live-Stream to accumulate a lot of popularity! However, Chen Yufengs words were the best solution from the perspective of Bunny Tail Live-Stream. It would be too stiff and unreasonable for Pei Qian to directly ask Chen Yufeng to cancel the 30-second clause. He had to think about this from a different perspective. Pei Qian asked, Zhao Xuming wants to give us some other benefits as compensation. What is it exactly? Chen Yufeng said, Zhao Xuming can give the unofficial commentator rights to Bunny Tail live-stream. To be more specific, apart from being able to broadcast the official live-stream, we can also organize our own people to commentate the competition, review the competition that has been completed and create various derivative programs. None of the other live-stream platforms have this privilege other than us. Consider it compensation for us. Obviously, this was a reasonable compensation that Zhao Xuming could give him within his authority. It would be hard to say how much money he would have to spend if he used money to solve this problem. Whats more, Zhao Xuming could not possibly use Long Yu Corporations money to fill the hole. He would not do that even if his brain was fried. On the other hand, the right to commentate was not that important. It was only icing on the cake for Bunny Tail-Live Stream. If the other platforms only broadcasted the official commentary, the audiences viewing experience would be guaranteed as long as the time was the same. Thus, Zhao Xuming gave both parties an acceptable condition within his authority. Of course, from the perspective of Bunny Tails live-stream, the thirty seconds delay was definitely better. If Chen Yufeng were to choose, he would definitely choose thirty seconds to delay. This was a very pleasant surprise to Pei Qian. Zhao Xumings suggestion gave him a very good way out! Pei Qian cleared his throat and said, Lets accept this condition and change the contract. Chen Yufeng was stunned for a moment. Huh? Boss Pei, even if we want to accept it, we should delay it for a few days so that the popularity can be converted Pei Qian shook his head. Theres no need for that. Its convenient to be with others and convenient for yourself. Theres no point in getting into a deadlock with Longyu Corporation and all the live-stream platforms for the sake of some popularity. Its better to take advantage of the situation and sell a favor. Whats more, the non-official commentary rights are not bad. Chen Yufeng felt that Boss Peis attitude was rather firm. He could only nod and say, Alright, Boss Pei. Ill give Zhao Xuming an answer now. However The attitude over there is more urgent. They hope that it will be changed within this week. Can I apply for overtime just in case? Whether its changing the contract or being an unofficial commentator, I might have to be a little busy this weekend. Pei Qian pondered for a moment. Alright, remember to collect overtime pay. Also, try not to work overtime if you can. Chen Yufeng: Alright, Boss Pei. I understand. Pei Qian heaved a sigh of relief after hanging up. This Bunny Tail live-stream really gave him a little scare every now and then. He would be making a loss this time if he used the unofficial commentator rights to change the thirty seconds delay, right? After all, most people still had to watch the official commentary when watching the competition. There were some fans of the streamers who liked the unofficial commentary but it was still a minority group after all. It would not be too popular. Pei Qian looked at his watch. It was time to knock off. The timing was perfect. Thus, he packed his things and prepared to leave the office. At the same time, he wanted to see if anyone wanted to work overtime and chase them away. He would settle the matters at the snack market tomorrow morning. This week would have the perfect ending! On the other side, Chen Yufeng called Zhao Xuming to reply to this matter while it was still after work. Zhao Xuming was elated, especially after hearing that Boss Pei was so generous. At first, Zhao Xuming thought that he might have been tricked by Chen Yufeng and Boss Pei, the two sly old foxes. He took the blame for no reason. However, it looked like it was all a misunderstanding! Boss Pei had no intention of tricking him. He had not thought it through well enough. This way, Zhao Xuming actually felt a little bad. After all, anyone with discerning eyes could tell that using an unofficial commentary rights to exchange for 30 seconds of delay was a loss for Bunny Tail Live Broadcast. However, Zhao Xuming did not have any other compensation that he could offer. He could only keep this in mind and think about it when the time was right. Zhao Xuming quickly called the other live-stream platforms to tell them the good news. The other Vice Presidents of other platforms, including Zhu Yan, were also very surprised by this result. Boss Pei agreed so readily? He did not ask for too much? Everyone felt that they would not have agreed so readily if they were in Boss Peis shoes. At the very least, he would have to drag it out for a week or two to earn some popularity, right? At the same time, they felt that Boss Pei was unpredictable, everyone heaved a sigh of relief. The few black pots that Zhao Xuming was carrying on his back were finally removed. Of course, Zhao Xuming also added fuel to the fire, emphasizing his important role in this discussion to the Vice Presidents of the various platforms. The other Vice Presidents looked like they were thanking him profusely on the surface, but they were actually laughing in their hearts. There were only a few phone calls in total. What role could Zhao Xuming play? Did he really think that he was the reincarnation of Su Qin? Boss Pei must have been magnanimous to give us face so that this matter could be resolved so smoothly! Next, the various platforms had to make the best use of their time to change the contract. Then, once the unofficial commentary on Bunny Tail Live-Stream was more or less done, the thirty-second delay could be directly canceled. Whats more, since all live-stream platforms had the same broadcast time, the real-time data function that Long Yu Corporation was developing could be released as soon as possible. It was time to knock off after calling Zhao Xuming. Chen Yufeng was preparing to go home. He still subconsciously began to consider the ICL leagues unofficial commentary even though he had knocked off. Boss Pei agreed readily. Whats more, Boss Pei seems to think that the unofficial commentator rights are similar to the thirty-second delay? It looks like Boss Pei is very interested in this unofficial commentary rights. All the more I have to prepare for it! In fact, there were many details that had not been finalized for the non-official commentary rights. Take the live-stream for example. Should he use the official OB viewpoint or should he use his own OB viewpoint? OB in the competition was a very professional job. The staff in charge of OB had to have a very high understanding of the game. They had to be able to see the various details that were happening in the competition and display them. Only then would the commentator be able to notice some details that the audience could not. Whats more, the person in charge of OB had to have a certain level of skill and technique. He had to divide the screen, move around on the screen, display more perspectives, and so on. Only an experienced person could be qualified. Only by displaying all these details could the audience obtain the best viewing experience. If he wanted to save time, he could only ask for a muted version of the official OB, and use two commentators for Bunny Tail live-stream. However, if he wanted to differentiate it, he could request to enter the official competition room directly to watch the competition and freely OB. The latter might be more troublesome than the former, but he had given Zhao Xuming face this time. As long as he raised it, Zhao Xuming would definitely agree. Chen Yufeng considered it for a moment. Since were going to do it, we have to do it to the best of our abilities. We might as well take care of everything from OB to commentary to post-match analysis. Hmm this way, Ill have to ask for someone from the E-Sports Department. As for the commentator, FV Club might have a suitable candidate. Tengdas E-Sports Industry Department was filled with talents. The GPL league had been held for so long and could be considered to have accumulated a lot of experience. It should not be a problem to get two professional OBs and a few staff members. He would definitely have to find someone who had a deep understanding of IOI to do the commentating. The first team of FV Club had to compete, but it was not a bad idea to find two older, weaker, and eloquent commentators from Team Two or the coaches. Apart from professional players analyzing the competition, he also had to find a professional field control from the GPL to guide the conversation between the two professional players so that it would not deviate. Chen Yufeng made up his mind and decided to look for Zhang Yuan tomorrow. He wanted a few reliable people to be in charge of the unofficial commentary of ICL league. He would make a trip to FV Club this weekend to see if there were any good seedlings in Team Two who could be commentators. Tomorrow would be Friday. There would be no focal battle. However, there would also be a highlight of ICL league on Saturday and Sunday. Chen Yufengs goal was to arrange the unofficial commentary of ICL league before Sunday as much as possible. He wanted to release the unofficial commentary on Sundays focal battle to test waters. Chapter 940 - Candidates For The Snack Market March 16th, Friday. Pei Qian arrived at his office and finally decided on the candidate for the snack market: Zhang Yahui! According to the information provided by the HR department, Zhang Yahui was originally a famous roasted cold noodles vendor in the area. He had been poached by Qi Yan to be in charge of the Cold-Faced Lady Gourmet Laboratory because of his outstanding performance in the roasted cold noodles competition. He was now in Changan and had just finished filming the first episode of the documentary, The Stalls with the people of Fei Huang Workspace. At first, this person was just an ordinary cold noodles vendor. He did not have a high education level and did not have outstanding results. However, Pei Qian felt a sense of danger. Qi Yan must have entrusted this young man with important tasks such as the Gourmet Laboratory and The Stalls documentary because he was more outstanding. Since that was the case, poaching him was the best option! Zhang Yahui would be in charge of the snack market. On one hand, he could weaken the Cold-Faced Lady and create some obstacles for the Gourmet Laboratory, documentary filming, and the future expansion of the Cold-Faced Lady. On the other hand, it would also be beneficial to poach more people from the Cold-Faced Lady. That was because Pei Qians initial plan was not to poach just one person. In the future, the snack market would continuously poach people from the Cold-Faced Ladys gourmet laboratory to continue suppressing the Cold-Faced Ladys development. Thus, the person-in-charge of the snack market must have some prestige and personal charm. He had to poach people. Otherwise, if the other vendors would not come once they heard the name of the person-in-charge of the snack market, wouldnt it be very awkward if they continued to stay in the Cold-Faced Ladys Gourmet Laboratory? Thus, poaching Zhang Yahui directly would have a drastic effect. Pei Qian did not have Zhang Yahuis phone number, but he had Huang Sibos phone number. Since Zhang Yahui and Huang Sibo were working on the documentary for The Stalls, he naturally found Zhang Yahui when he found Huang Sibo. At the same time, in Changan. Huang Sibo and the filming crew of The Stalls were packing their luggage and preparing to set off. The first episode of The Stalls had already been filmed and the response was very good. Therefore, they stayed in Changan for another day and enjoyed the local delicacies. They planned to leave today and go to the next stop. This was a long-term documentary series according to the previous plan. The film crew had to fly all over the country to search for local delicacies while uncovering exclusive secret recipes from various vendors. At the same time, they had to publicize the Cold-Faced Lady. Of course, as the person-in-charge of Fei Huang Workspace, Huang Sibo had other things to do. Thus, he only had to follow up with the first episode of the documentary. The rest would be left to the director of The Stalls. Huang Sibo was packing his luggage in his room when his cell phone rang. Eh? Boss Pei called? Huang Sibo was stunned for a moment before he quickly picked it up. Hello? Boss Pei, do you have any instructions? Boss Peis voice came from the other end of the line. Is Zhang Yahui with you? Get him to answer the call. Huang Sibo was stunned. Huh? Er, alright. Boss Pei, please wait a moment. Huang Sibo did not ask further even though he did not understand why Boss Pei had skipped several levels to find Zhang Yahui. He went straight to Zhang Yahuis room, knocked on the door, and handed the phone over. Zhang Yahui looked shocked. Boss Pei is looking for me? The name Boss Pei had only existed in legends ever since he joined the Cold-Faced Lady. Now, he had received a call from Boss Pei for no reason, and it was even directed at him. Of course, Zhang Yahui was flattered. Zhang Yahui took the phone from Huang Sibo and said, Boss Pei? Youre looking for me? Boss Peis very kind voice came from the other end of the line. Zhang Yahui, right? Hello, hello. Im not looking for you for anything else. I just want to hire you to be the person-in-charge of one of my new projects. Its called Snack Market. I wonder if youre willing? Pei Qian briefly introduced this so-called snack market. To put it bluntly, it was to buy a place in Jingzhou and provide stores or stalls for these vendors with exclusive secret recipes. That way, they could work hard in their old profession. There would be no rent. The venue was completely free to use. There was a special department in charge of purchasing ingredients and raw materials. If they made profits, they would only have to pay twenty percent of the profits to the snack market as a share. Apart from that, there would also be basic salaries, insurance, pensions, and various other benefits like ordinary Tengda employees. On the other hand, as the person-in-charge of this snack market, Zhang Yahui would be in charge of the daily management of this place. Of course, if Zhang Yahui wanted to set up his own stall, it would not be a problem as well. Of course, apart from these jobs, Pei Qian also hinted for Zhang Yahui to poach more powerful vendors from the Cold-Faced Ladys Gourmet Laboratory. The more, the better. Zhang Yahui felt a little light-headed. But Boss Pei, isnt that the same as the work at the food laboratory at the Cold-Faced Lady? Qi Yan wanted Zhang Yahui to be the person-in-charge of the Gourmet Laboratory. She also wanted to poach famous vendors from all over the country to hire them or spend money to buy formulas. Now, Boss Pei wanted to send them to the snack bazaar. Which side should they listen to? Pei Qian cleared his throat. Erm, the snack market and the Cold-Faced Ladys Gourmet Laboratory are two different directions of development. With your talent, its a waste of your talent to be in charge of the Gourmet Laboratory. Only by being in charge of my project can you achieve better development. As for the Cold-Faced Lady, you dont have to worry. Its all Tengdas internal arrangements. Qi Yan will understand. The key is still your personal opinion. Zhang Yahui thought to himself, was there a need to consider? The treatment on both sides were on a completely different level! The Gourmet Laboratory was just a department under the Cold-Faced Lady. In other words, Zhang Yahuis immediate superior was Qi Yan. He Desheng of Dream Realization Ventures was above him, and Boss Pei was above him. However, the snack market was a project personally arranged by Boss Pei. He could report directly to Boss Pei, which meant that he had been promoted two levels without any reason! They were obviously not on the same level no matter whether it was treatment or actual resources. This snack market did not sound as grand as the Gourmet Laboratory, but he could not just look at the name. They had to look at the specific responsibilities. Strictly speaking, the work of the Gourmet Laboratory was relatively boring. It was nothing more than going to various places to look for famous vendors. Then, they would modify the formulas they provided and make new products that could be mass-produced for the Cold-Faced Ladys shop. On the other hand, the work of the snack market would be more complicated. It would be more like operating a large shopping mall or a food street. To Zhang Yahui, the reason why he chose to leave his hometown and came to Beijing was definitely because he was not satisfied with his identity as a vendor. He hoped to work hard to achieve his career. Whats more, Zhang Yahui himself preferred to set up stalls. Working in the Gourmet Laboratory meant giving up on this hobby. He could set up stalls based on his mood in the snack market. That was one of the factors that he had considered. No matter what, he had no reason to reject it. After much consideration, Zhang Yahui said, Alright, Boss Pei. If you think Im up to the task, Ill give it a try. I hope I wont disappoint you! Pei Qian was elated. Thats great! How about this? Have a good rest this weekend. Then, come to Jingzhou on Monday. Ill tell you the details of your work. After hanging up, Zhang Yahui was still confused. Everything that had happened in the past few months had been too magical! He was originally a slightly famous vendor in his hometown who sold roasted cold noodles to sustain life. However, in just a few months, he was about to become the person-in-charge of a large snack market. He could even report directly to Tengda Corporations Boss Pei Zhang Yahui looked at Huang Sibo. Brother Huang, Boss Pei asked me to be in charge of a new project in Jingzhou called Snack market Huang Sibo was not particularly surprised. Obviously, Huang Sibo had already thought of this possibility when Boss Pei had called Zhang Yahui. He smiled and patted Zhang Yahui on the shoulder. Dont worry, Boss Pei is the best at judging people. Since Boss Pei spoke to you, it means that you have a very good trait in this area! Our workspace is in Jingzhou. If you encounter any difficulties, feel free to look for me. Once the snack market officially opens, well definitely go and support you! Zhang Yahui nodded. Alright! Ill call Boss Qi of the Cold-Faced Lady and tell her about this now At the same time, Qi Yan was in Fish-Catching Take-Outs shop, eating the new dishes that had been served recently while chatting with Rui Yuchen. It was not lunch time yet, so there were not many people in the shop. The delivery men were not busy yet. Qi Yan had been coming to Fish-Catching Take-Outs shop frequently recently mainly to learn from the advanced experience. The Cold-Faced Ladys reputation on the internet had improved a little after the first episode of The Stalls was broadcasted. However, it did not have much positive impact on the income of the Cold-Faced Ladys shop. The Gourmet Laboratory had already been established. It had greatly improved the taste of the cold noodles according to Zhang Yahui and the others recipes. It could be considered to have gained some good reviews. However, these changes alone were still a long way from turning Cold-Faced Lady into a popular snack brand. Qi Yan was chatting with Rui Yuchen when her phone suddenly rang. Zhang Yahui gave a brief introduction of Boss Peis personnel transfer and officially offered to step down as the person-in-charge of the Gourmet Laboratory. Whats more, Zhang Yahui had given Qi Yan a heads-up in advance, telling her that the snack market might poach some Gourmet Laboratory vendors and bring them to Jingzhou. Qi Yan was stunned. Ah Uh, alright. She had nothing much to say because this was Boss Peis arrangement. However, Qi Yan fell into deep confusion after hanging up. What was Boss Pei trying to do? Was he trying to snatch the personnel from the Cold-Faced Lady? Not only did he snatch Zhang Yahui away to become the projects person-in-charge, but he also wanted to snatch the other vendors of the Gourmet Laboratory? That didnt make sense, right? Could it be that in Boss Peis heart, there was a difference between family and friends, and he felt that it was a waste of talent to place these people in the Cold-Faced Ladys place, so he transferred them to do something more meaningful? Or did Boss Pei have other plans for the Cold-Faced Lady? Chapter 941 - Snack Market And Cold-Faced Lady’s Complementing Each Other Whats the matter? Is there something you dont understand? Rui Yuchen asked, seeing Qi Yans confused expression. Qi Yan briefly repeated the contents of the phone call and expressed her confusion about Boss Peis arrangements. Zhang Yahui was originally the person-in-charge of the Cold-Faced Ladys Gourmet Laboratory. Why did Boss Pei not allow him to continue researching new dishes for the Cold-Faced Lady but get him to set up stalls? This doesnt make sense! In Qi Yans opinion, this was undoubtedly a regression. If the food and beverage industry wanted to develop to a large scale, it had to follow a standardized and mass-produced model. No matter how good a vendors skills were, there was a limit to how many customers they could satisfy every day. However, if they could use the vendors formula to train many chefs and open branches all over the country, the profits would be thousands or tens of thousands of times the original. On the other hand, it would not be beneficial to the entire Tengda Corporations food and beverage industry to make these vendors give up their work in the Gourmet Laboratory and set up their stalls. In the long run, this seemed to be a short-sighted action. It really did not seem like something Boss Pei would do. Rui Yuchen remained silent for a moment. That means you dont understand Boss Pei. Qi Yan was stunned. Huh? What do you mean? Rui Yuchen explained, In my opinion, this is very in line with Boss Peis way of doing things and is very reasonable! Have you realized that youve actually fallen into a blind fast-food and standardized production error? Qi Yan blinked in confusion. Fast-food and standardized production was the Cold-Faced Ladys initial positioning. How is it a mistake? Rui Yuchen explained, Actually, I did not realize this problem at the beginning. However, after Boss Pei made this personnel transfer to Zhang Yahui, I immediately thought about Fish-Catching Take-Out and the nameless restaurant. I understood immediately! High-end restaurants and fast food have always complemented each other. Both are indispensable in order to create a brand that is famous enough. If we make these snacks into fast food versions, we can indeed ensure that everyone in the country can experience this taste. However, the problem is that it will definitely cause the taste to deteriorate if we make fast food versions of it. At that time, there would be a hidden danger. Perhaps many people would come and eat it in high spirits, but would be disappointed after eating it. They would think that the taste here did not meet their requirements. Take Fish-Catching Take-Out for example. Its success is definitely related to the new dishes in the Gourmet Laboratory. However, another important reason is that its high-end brand, Food.Harmony, and many other dishes are related to the nameless restaurant! Its positioning is the cheap version of the nameless restaurant. This way, Fish-Catching Take-Outs dishes would be added with high-end attributes. It would be able to support a premium compared to other fast food restaurants. At the same time, customers would not have high expectations for Fish-Catching Take-Outs dishes. Instead, they would be treated as ordinary. That way, the nameless restaurant and Fish-Catching Take-Out would actually be in a complementary relationship that satisfies different customers needs. The current situation of Cold-Faced Lady is actually lacking a complementary department like the nameless restaurant. Ive watched the documentary The Stalls too. It was indeed well filmed, but this documentary would also have a certain negative impact. It would make the audience have unrealistic expectations for the Cold-Faced Ladys new meal. They would feel that since youve filmed the documentary, the Cold-Faced Lady should be selling the same thing as the documentary, right? However, in fact, the Cold-Faced Lady is a fast-food brand. It must be improved based on the original recipe. In order to ensure that it can be mass-produced and standardized, it would definitely lose some characteristics and details. Then, when customers really eat it, they would feel that it is different from the food in the documentary. The psychological difference would appear that way. This would be a hidden danger to the Cold-Faced Ladys reputation and actual dining experience. Qi Yan nodded thoughtfully. I see Thats why Boss Pei created this snack market. He wanted to play a similar role as the nameless restaurant. He wanted to gather all the outstanding food vendors in the country to Jingzhou and build an original food city? That way, the snack market and the Cold-Faced Ladys shop would be differentiated. One would focus on the original taste, while the other would focus on the mass-produced and fast-food taste. That way, customers would no longer have high expectations for the Cold-Faced Ladys food. For those who pursue extreme flavors, they would go to the food market, not the Cold-Faced Lady. Boss Pei indeed lived up to his reputation for being able to grasp customers mentality! Rui Yuchen said, I think Boss Peis intentions are more than that. Actually, its more or less a waste to let these vendors be in charge of the Gourmet Laboratory. What are the specialties of these vendors? Are they for research? Actually, not. Their specialty is to grope around and have more contact with customers. They have to adjust the way the dishes are done in time through the feedback of the customers. Even though they can also make contact with some customers in the Cold-Faced Ladys shop, the range is too narrow after all. They wont have enough motivation to explore if they dont get enough feedback. Over time, these vendors might run out of inspiration and lose their value to the Gourmet Laboratory. However, if you transfer them to a food market, they can continue to set up stalls based on their own interests. They can communicate with customers from all over the world and constantly adjust and improve their taste for snacks. These valuable experiences can be reflected in the Cold-Faced Ladys gourmet laboratory in real time and continue to improve the taste of the food. The advantage of vendors is that they are down-to-earth. Once they leave the smoke and fire, they would immediately run out of inspiration. On the other hand, the advantage of laboratory researchers is that they are meticulous and standardized research. They can determine the best way to cook a certain food based on the recipe provided by vendors. It would be a waste to lock all of them up in the laboratory. Boss Peis actions are actually to separate them so that the vendors can continue to set up their stalls and draw inspiration from the customers. These inspirations can be continuously provided to the Gourmet Laboratory. It does not affect the daily research work of the Gourmet Laboratory! Boss Pei chose Zhang Yahui as the person-in-charge. On one hand, he was a vendor himself. He would definitely be more professional if he was in charge of the snack market. On the other hand, he is more familiar with you since youve worked in the Cold-Faced Lady before, so its more convenient to communicate and cooperate. Qi Yan was enlightened. I see! I didnt think that there would be so many reasons behind Boss Peis simple transfer of personnel. If you think about it this way, I might have been right about the general direction of the Gourmet Laboratory, but I did not consider the details. Boss Pei saw the hidden dangers and problems in the Gourmet Laboratory, so he gave me some pointers! Rui Yuchen smiled. This is Boss Pei. Normally, you might think that he doesnt have much presence and would always be busy with the work of other departments. However, at critical moments, he would always be able to grasp the crux of the problem that everyone in the project ignored through a magical operation, turning the rotten into the miraculous! Qi Yan asked, What should I do now? Rui Yuchen smiled. Of course, follow Boss Peis arrangements and cooperate fully with Zhang Yahui to make the snack market! Of course, you have to emphasize these details to Zhang Yahui. Thats because Boss Pei doesnt like to say too much when assigning tasks. Zhang Yahui might not understand the deeper meaning behind Boss Peis arrangements. Explain this to Zhang Yahui. There will be many opportunities for cooperation between the snack market and the cold-faced lady in the future. It will also build a good foundation for future cooperation. Qi Yan nodded. Understood! Boss Pei has put in so much effort. Zhang Yahui and I must not let him down! Rui Yuchen could not help but nod slightly. It looked like the Cold-Faced Lady and Qi Yan were becoming more and more integrated into Tengdas big family and understood Boss Peis thinking patterns. This was worth celebrating! In the afternoon, at DGE E-Sports Club. In the conference room, Chen Yufeng and Zhang Yuan were drinking tea and chatting about the ICL leagues unofficial commentary. Zhang Yuan was now in charge of Tengdas E-Sports Department. However, the GPL league has been on the right track recently. Thus, Zhang Yuan was not that busy. After handing his work to his subordinates, he often went to the DGE Club to relax and check on his team members training. Chen Yufeng came looking for Zhang Yuan today to ask for a few people to help with the unofficial commentary of the ICL league. Ive considered looking for the other two commentators from FV Club. Ive already spoken to Wu Yue. He said that there are a few suitable candidates. What we lack now is a director, three professional OBs, and a commentator in charge of the field. However, these people have to have a deeper understanding of IOI. I wonder if there are suitable candidates here. That was because Bunny Tail was only responsible for live-streaming and not the competition venue. Thus, there was no need for hosts, photography teams, referees, etc. The director was mainly responsible for coordinating the general direction of the entire broadcast. OB was to ensure that everything that happened in the game was displayed to the audience in the most perfect state. Bunny Tail Live-Stream was to directly enter the games match to watch the battle. There might be friction and collisions in several places on the huge game map at the same time. There were three professional OBs. One was the main camera OB, one was in charge of watching the exciting scenes and replays, and the other was to pay attention to various details in advance to give the main OB a reminder. This configuration was basically the standard for all the players that were broadcasting the competition. If there was only one OB, some exciting scenes would definitely be missed and affect the audiences viewing experience. Chen Yufengs goal was to make the live-stream of Bunny Tail live-stream even better than the official ICL league. He naturally could not be sloppy on such a key problem. Zhang Yuan nodded. That shouldnt be a big problem. The GPL is a rotational system with many people. It shouldnt be difficult to find three people who know IOI from OB. The commentator in charge of controlling the situation would be easier. You can choose whatever you want. Chen Yufeng said happily, Thats great! Actually, we just have to tide over the initial period. We can recruit more people in the future. Zhang Yuan shook his head. Theres no need for that. Its too wasteful. We should let the E-Sports Department train and manage these professionals. Just focus on operating the live-stream platform. Chen Yufeng nodded. Yes, alright! Chen Yufeng wanted to borrow a few directors, OBs, and commentators from the E-Sports Industry Department to support the scene in the early stages according to his original plan. However, it would definitely not be appropriate to keep freeloading. He had to slowly nurture new people and slowly take over the job of broadcasting the ICL league. However, Zhang Yuan dismissed that idea. The ICL league might be broadcasted by Bunny Tail Live-Stream and had nothing to do with Tengdas E-Sports Department, but it was obviously a serious waste for both sides to have a competing streaming team. Zhang Yuan took over the job. Not only could he save unnecessary expenses but he could also ensure the effect of the ICL leagues unofficial commentary. Chen Yufeng stood up. Thatll be troublesome! Ill book tickets tonight and make a trip to FV Club. Ill choose two or three reliable professional players to commentate. Ill try to arrange for the unofficial commentary for Sundays competition! Zhang Yuan nodded. Dont worry. Ill be able to find suitable candidates soon. Ill let them get used to IOIs competition. There wont be any problems before Sunday. Chen Yufeng thanked him again and again before preparing to head to FV Club. He would choose two or three of the more eloquent professional players recommended by Wu Yue as the unofficial commentator of the ICL league. Originally, it was very difficult for him to be an unofficial commentator. Whether it was OB or commentary, it was a very professional thing. If he did not do any details well, it would be very easy for the official platform to press him to the ground. However, now that he had the strong support of Tengda E-Sports and FV Club, Chen Yufeng realized that this matter was actually so simple. He could just run errands! Chen Yufeng could not help but feel emotional. Boss Pei is still the best. He planned ahead and achieved twice the results with half the effort! If he had not planned the GPL league and invested in FV Club, how could things have gone so smoothly? Indeed, standing at the top enables one to view things on a higher level. Where you end up really depends on your vision. The field of vision determines success or failure! Boss Peis station is too high. It would be difficult not to succeed! Chapter 942 - The High Level Of The Commentary! March 18th, Sunday. Bunny Tail Live-Streaming ICL leagues live-streaming platform. The three commentators were dressed in suits and wore their headphones. They chatted as they sorted out the various data on the table. The competition had only started ten minutes ago. The three commentators were already in position, ready to start todays performance. Chen Yufeng had made a trip to Wu Yues FV Club yesterday and selected two of the best-talented commentators who had done live-streams and had a certain number of fans to be the commentators for todays competition. These two players were originally in FV Teams second team. Their strengths were not bad but the five people in the first team were too strong. There were not many chances for them to get onto the stage. Whats more, they were not young anymore. Their reactions had slowed down and their energy had decreased. They could not keep up with the pace of the professional competition and had been struggling with their future. The commentary this time was a good test for Bunny Tail Live-Stream and the two players. If the effect was good, they could continue commenting. If the effect was not good, these two players could consider returning to play professionals or just retire to live-stream. Since it was their first day of commentating, they might not be that familiar with the game. Thus, they arranged for a veteran controller from the GPL to guide them. This controller did not have a high understanding of IOIs game but he was still very good at grasping the rhythm of the commentator. With him around, the rhythm of the three would not deviate. This morning, while the two newly-promoted commentators were trying out their chemistry, the official staff of Bunny Tail Live-Stream obtained first-hand information about the competition team. There were a total of more than ten pages of data, which were provided to the live commentator. These data included the players habitual heroes, common tactics, and some detailed habits. It could be said that they provided good data support for the commentary work. In addition, the understanding of the game of the two active professional players would definitely be able to dig out more details of the competition. Not only that, there was also a tablet computer in front of each of the three commentators. On it, a special team would push some other content of the competition in real time. For example, the distribution of the killings in the game on the map, the one-hit situation, the economic discount map, and so on. These figures were obtained directly from the backstage of Long Yu Corporation. They were the same set of data that would be released in real time for future platforms. Even though the packaging had not been completed and they could not show it to the audience, it was not a problem to show it to the three commentators. They were professionals and could understand it easily. All the early stages of work had been prepared. Bunny Tail Live-Stream had also done enough publicity and preheating for this unofficial commentary on its own website. Now, it was up to the improvisation of the commentary after the competition began. The two professional players were a little nervous. There was a player who had previously commented on the competition in his live-stream. However, that was a very private environment after all. Even if there were small problems, he would only see his own fans and would not be too harsh on him. However, they were commentating in a very formal setting.They would be criticized even if there was a slip of tongue. If they made a professional mistake, they would lose their reputation. Thus, both of them were a little apprehensive. The experienced commentator in charge of the field smiled. Weve already rehearsed it a few times in the morning. Theres no need to be nervous. This time, Ill be in charge of controlling the field and guiding the topic. You guys just have to follow my rhythm. If youre worried that you might say something wrong, Ill say one sentence, and you guys can say another. The two professional players nodded. They quickly adjusted their ties and hairstyles and looked in the direction of the camera seeing that the show was about to start. At the same time, a large number of viewers flooded into Bunny Tail live-stream, preparing to watch the ICL league. After distributing the broadcasting rights for the ICL league, the number of viewers on Bunny Tail Live-Stream did not decrease significantly. Instead, the number of viewers had basically stabilized! It was mainly because of the influence of the spoiler incident that many people had the impression that Bunny Tail Live-Stream was faster than other platforms. All the platforms live-stream time had been unified, and even if there was a delay in the internet, it would not exceed two or three seconds. Once the initial impression was formed, it would be difficult to change. Of course, after knowing that the other platforms had the same time as Bunny Tails live-stream, the viewers who came to Bunny Tails live-stream were gradually returning to the various platforms. However, it would take some time to recover. Whats more, some viewers had already formed a habit. Every time there was a competition, they would subconsciously turn on Bunny Tail Live-Stream. In the end, some viewers would stay. Today, many old viewers realized that Bunny Tails live-stream of the ICL league was divided into two channels. After entering, Bunny Tails live-stream was their own live-stream. The official live-stream was the second! Whats more, Bunny Tail Live-Stream had already promoted and warmed up his live-stream. Bunny Tail Live-Stream had originally given the ICL league a lot of recommendation resources. Now, these recommendation resources have been changed. Even though they were still promoting the ICL league, the focus of publicity was already on Bunny Tails live-stream. Most of the audience did not pay much attention to this. After all, many e-sports competitions had a two-way traffic. It was just some streamers using the official competition scenes for commentary. There was nothing new about it. These two-way commentators were often done by live-streamers. They mainly played their own style and attracted their own fans. In terms of professionalism and viewing experience, they were still incomparable to the official stream. That was normal. The commentators of the official channel were carefully selected after all. They were eloquent and could obtain first-hand information from the official platform. Even if their understanding of the game was slightly worse, they could make up for it with other aspects. All in all, most of the audience did not pay much attention to it even though they had seen the relevant publicity. However, since the live-stream of the ICL league was undoubtedly from Bunny Tail Live-Stream, most viewers still stayed to see how different Bunny Tail Live-Stream was from official channels. After broadcasting the ICL league promotional video, the live-streaming platform appeared. The three commentators were dressed in suits and leather shoes. They were sitting upright and had the same commentary earphones on their heads. There was a stack of information, a pen, and a tablet computer on each table. On the other hand, the official commentators of the ICL league were only wearing shirts. There was nothing on the table. Eh, isnt that the commentator from GPL? The two beside thema| are members of FV Team Two? This suit is quite handsome. Why are there so many things on the table? Theres a notebook, a pen, and a tablet? I feel like theyre well-prepared! Oh, its time to analyze the competition data! The competition had not officially begun. The players from both sides had just appeared. There were still a few minutes to adjust the equipment. On the official live-stream, the director began to release some data of the two teams in order. For example, the lead economic win rate in the first ten minutes, the number of MVPs for the players, the historical data of the battle between the two teams, and so on. The two official commentators were basically reading the data. Occasionally, there would be some simple explanations. For example, the first blood and the first tower had a high win rate. It meant that this team was very good at obtaining an early advantage and winning snowballs. The three commentators were looking at the information in their hands and explaining some content that was not shown at all on Bunny Tail Live-Stream. We saw on the official screen that the winning rate of one tower is as high as 74%, but in fact, this data is not particularly accurate. This team has several different tactical strategies. One is a tactical strategy to speed up the exchange of resources. The heros choice of the bottom lane would be tilted under this tactical strategy. Under this strategy, their one tower win rate is actually more than 90%. This shows that they are very familiar with this strategy. In other tactical strategies, their one tower win rate is only about 60%. Many times, they cant even obtain one tower and are at a disadvantage in the early stages. This means that the quick-thinking strategy is the most mature and effective strategy in this team. This time, the other party should target this strategy on the lineupa| Indeed, before he could finish speaking, the other party had already targeted the two heroes at the bottom lane. Not only that, during the BAN selection process, the two professional players seemed to have already gotten the script in advance. They accurately predicted the heroes that both sides would be getting next. They would provide two different choices when they were uncertain. One of them would be right. That was because these tactical systems were easily grasped in the knowledge reserves of the two professional players. Not only could they accurately predict the lineup of both sides, but they could also be introduced and give a simple introduction to the tactical playstyle of this lineup. On the other hand, the official commentator only guessed the tactics that both parties would adopt based on the characteristics of the hero after both parties had chosen their heroes. It would not be a problem if they only watched the official commentary. That was because the commentator had done a good job of explaining and explaining. However, there was an obvious difference when they were compared to the two professional players on Bunny Tail Live-Stream! The bullet screen comments were filled with all sorts of 666 comments. However, that was not all. After entering the game, the gap between the two parties became even more obvious. The two professional players who were on Bunny Tail Live-Stream gave a detailed explanation of the tactical arrangements in the early stages, including why the eyes in the early stages had to be inserted in a specific position. Multiple pairs of eyes could obtain experience faster to level two to achieve suppression on the line, and then the farming route and farming speed of both sides junglersa| It could be said that the detail of every players performance could not escape the commentators eyes. The OB of Bunny Tail live-stream was also different from the official OB. The official OB had been on camera for a long time, but both sides fought steadily. They changed their HP occasionally but they did not miss out too much on the last hit. There was nothing much to say about the commentator. He only said good hit, very solid basic skills after the players perfected the last hit. On the other hand, the OB on Bunny Tail Live-Stream, under the request of the two professional players, focused the early shots on the heroes of the two jungle areas and clicked on the specific data of the heroes. Many of the audience were confused. What was there to see? However, the commentators of the two professional players quickly gave an explanation: the players on one side were very bad at farming wild monsters. Their speed was five to eight seconds slower than the other first-rate players. The players on the other side had obviously done their homework in advance and had expected this. Thus, they deliberately left a group of wild monsters behind and went to the other sides jungle to wait. Indeed, half a minute later, the junglers of both sides encountered each other. The faster side waited for them to be exhausted, directly crippling the other party in one move, forcing them back, and then comfortably eating all of the other partys wild monsters, establishing an economic advantage in the early stages. Bunny Tail Live-Stream was flooded with all sorts of 666 comments again! The two commentators had been laying the groundwork from the beginning, saying that this jungler was slow in farming, and the other player had seized this five to eight seconds to invade, and established the economic advantage of matching positions in the early stages. On the other hand, the official OB did not realize this at all. He only showed it to the camera when the players on both sides encountered each other. The audience did not know what happened to the two of them at all! Chapter 943 - Bunny Tail Live-Stream Is Always the Most Professional! The start of this competition was actually very boring to the viewers in the official live-stream. It was all a normal start. There was no invasion, no first-tier team. It was just a team that followed the prescribed order and invaded after farming. They had a set of skills and snatched a few more wild monsters. What was the point? Even if all of those monsters were added together, they would not be able to make up for much of the economic gap. It would only cost about one or two hundred yuan on the economic panel. Whats more, the official commentator also felt that this was not important. After all, it could only be considered equal within 1,000 economic differences. It could only be considered a clear disadvantage when the economic difference reached about 3,000 could. The official commentator felt that this opening would not affect the winning rate and direction of this round at all. However, the two professional players on Bunny Tail Live-Stream did not think so. They had already foreseen the minute difference in the speed of both junglers in farming from the beginning. They predicted this invasion and pointed out the chain reaction after this invasion. After this jungler was crippled, they had no choice but to go home, their top lane did not dare to press the line like before. The slight advantage they had against the line was gone. Even though neither side went to catch the top lane, the situation on the top lane had already changed. On the other hand, the jungler who had gained the upper hand not only had an economic lead after eating the opponents creeps, but more importantly, he was leading in terms of experience. After that, he went straight to the second half of the zone to continue looking for opportunities to capture and invade. That was because there were no more wild monsters in the first half of the opponents zone. If the opponents jungler wanted to replenish his development, they could only farm wild monsters in the second half and catch people. If he forcefully caught the top lane, the risk would be too high. Even if he succeeded, he might not earn it. He might kill people, but he could not kill wild monsters. If the opponents jungler reversed the wild monsters in the second half, he would lose out. Under such circumstances, the jungler who had the upper hand had full control of the initiative and could roughly guess the opponents current actions. In addition, there was a gap in the level of the two junglers to begin with, a small disadvantage in the early stages was quickly rolled up into a snowball! The audience watching the official commentary did not know about this. They only knew how it would turn out: the jungler here had been caught and crippled in the jungle; when he went home and tried to catch the bottom lane, he was ambushed again and the bottom lane explodeda| However, they did not know that the deeper reason behind this was because of the few seconds that they were slower in clearing the field. Once this weakness was caught by the other party, it all went downhill. The various brain-destroying actions that the audience saw later on were not actually because this player was really that bad, but because his route of action had been predicted. Between bad and the extremely bad, he could only be forced to choose the relatively good option. However, this could not reverse the situation, and it still made him look very stupid. The audience watching the unofficial commentary on Bunny Tail live-stream were very surprised to find that the competition was so good? Previously, many people watched the competition just for fun. After a competition, the only thing that could leave an impression was the operational scenes of a few days show, or the team battle that determined the victory in two or three waves. However, this content could easily be replaced. After a few hours, they would forget everything. However, the commentator on Bunny Tails live-stream did not focus on the team battle. They were analyzing more of the various arrangements and preparations of both sides before the team battle even though they were also very passionate when commentating on the team battle. Their strength was thinking of ways to expand their advantage and the weak side was thinking of ways to break the stalemate. The official commentator spent most of his time talking about what was happening in the competition. He focused on the key group battle. On the other hand, the commentary for Bunny Tails live-stream was completely different. Most of the time, they were digging through the current situation of the competition and analyzing the tactical arrangements and motives of both sides. They would also explain in depth about the position of the eyes and the intentions of both sides. The passionate commentary on the team battle was only an added bonus. Various 666 bullet screen comments floated past. The commentary of Bunny Tails live-stream broadened the audiences horizons. Detailed, detailed, detailed! Too detailed! Why are there so many things to pay attention to? A single eye level experience allowed two mid-tier players to advance two levels to guarantee an advantage? Thats too detailed! He actually guessed that the other party was going to invade the jungle. Is this a spoiler? As expected of a professional gamer. His understanding of the game is really good! I was wondering why some professional players would sleepwalk and appear in strange places. Previously, the official commentators always said that they were lost and made a mistake due to the pressure. Now, it looks like they were not lost at all. That was part of the tactical arrangement. They were just caught and cracked! This is a professional competition. Any mistake would be caught and expanded infinitely. Sometimes, you cant win even though you didnt make any big mistakes! Bunny Tail Live-Stream is indeed Boss Peis live-stream platform. Its really professional! Goodbye, official commentator. From now on, Ill only watch the competition on Bunny Tail Live-Stream! The official commentators are all platinum and diamond level. They can understand the competition only because they are reviewing the situation on the field. Some players are indeed beaten badly, but that is also a tactical target. It is the problem of the entire team. It cannot simply be summed up as lousy or mistakes! Ive watched all the previous competitions for nothing. Whats the point of watching a team battle if its just a headcount? This kind of early-stage tactical game consists of precise resources to an eye level, a group of wild monsters, and a few thousand yuan of economic advantage in a few seconds. Thats the true charm of E-Sports! The bullet screen comments in the live-stream were rolling crazily. Obviously, many viewers understanding of the game had been completely overturned. Many viewers had mistakenly thought that the competition was nothing more than a high-end Five Black Ranking Competition. It was just that their individual strengths were stronger and the team coordination was better. However, after listening to the commentary and analyzing the details of the competition, he realized that they were not the same thing! The gap between top professional teams and ordinary professional teams was even bigger than the gap between diamonds and gold in the rankings in the competition. These deep and detailed tactical games were the most exciting part of the competition. Previously, they had thought that the official commentary was not bad. However, compared to the commentary on Bunny Tail Live-Stream, it was obvious who was better! Many people not only gave small gifts but also posted on various forums to promote the unofficial commentary on Bunny Tail. Everyone, go to Bunny Tail live-stream to watch ICLs live-stream! Two professional players are commentating. They have completely understood the official game! Its so exciting. The two commentators are acting like theyre commanding the players. I think only professional team coaches and analysts would be able to see these details. Were really profiting by being able to see them! Soon, the unofficial commentary on Bunny Tails live-stream spread throughout IOIs gamers! Previously, everyone had been discussing who had committed the most crimes and who had the worst statistics. They had also been discussing who was the MVP and who had made a name for themselves. In short, the topics of discussion were all superficial. However, after the competition ended, everyone was discussing the speed of both sides farming, setting of vision, tactical choices, and so on. After the competition ended, the official commentator gave the MVP to the top-tier players. That was because, from the data, the top-tier players had the most beautiful data and performed well in the team. However, the commentator for Bunny Tail Live-Stream gave the MVP to the jungler. That was because the top-tier players made a small mistake on their own during the linear period, causing the line to be difficult. It was the jungler invading the opposite side that greatly relieved the pressure on the top-tier. After that, the top-tier players fattened up through gank and reverse ambush, so the top-tier players could only take over the competition later on. Whats more, this jungler had performed well in both the early and mid-term team battles. The data did not look very good but he died as a sacrifice for the greater good of the team. It could be said that his death was very valuable. Therefore, after much consideration, Bunny Tail Live-Stream still awarded the MVP to the jungler. This MVP would have looked a little strange if not for the foreshadowing during the commentary period. After all, the junglers KDA was not good and there was no particularly exciting operating scene. However, the audience who had watched the entire competition did not have any objections to the MVP selection. Instead, it seemed very inappropriate to give the MVP to the top laner! After the MVP selection was released, various different voices appeared in the official live-streaming platforms of the ICL league. This MVP should be given to the jungler, those who know, understand. The official commentary is not good. I suggest that everyone watch the commentary from Bunny Tail Live-Stream. Its so much less fun to watch the official commentary without noticing all the details. Those who can really understand the competition are all watching Bunny Tail Live-Stream. Theres nothing wrong with that, right? The super admin of the platform wanted to interfere, but they could not because there were too many people! Even if the keywords were blocked, there were ten thousand ways to express Bunny Tail Live-Stream on the bullet screen. Thus, many people clicked on the live-stream of the ICL league live-stream out of curiosity. After watching it for a few minutes, they could not return! From the tactical forecast before the competition, to the BP analysis, to the tactical arrangements in the competition, the players improvisation on the spota| The official commentator and the two professional players invited by Bunny Tail live-stream were not on the same level at all. The difference was obvious at a glance! At the same time, Long Yu Corporation. Zhao Xuming had just ended the call with Zhu Yan and found out about the unofficial commentary on Bunny Tail. The Vice Presidents of these live-stream platforms were anxious again. The delay was gone, Bunny Tail Live-Stream was still snatching people from them! All the major live-stream platforms had a group of people advertising on their own. Those who went to Bunny Tail live-stream basically would not come back. The popularity was gradually decreasing. Who could stand it? Zhao Xuming was speechless. At first, he thought that this matter was over. All the major platforms would broadcast the ICL league together and take advantage of their own popularity. His main focus would then be on other aspects of work. However, there were more problems now! There would always be a winner no matter how the ICL league developed and this winner would always be Boss Pei! At the beginning, Boss Pei had spent a huge sum of money to buy the exclusive broadcasting rights of the ICL league. It brought a huge wave of popularity to Bunny Tails live-stream. At the same time, it had also established the impression that all the data on Bunny Tails live-stream were real data. Boss Pei distributed the broadcasting rights for the ICL league when the popularity was almost done. In the end, he did not spend a single cent to get the broadcasting rights. Whats more, he made a huge profit. The thirty-second delay did not last long, but it left an impression on the audience that Bunny Tail Live-Streaming is Faster and poached a group of viewers from other platforms. Now that everyone had finally returned to the same starting line and the unofficial commentary had been a huge success, they had to continue snatching users from other platforms! Of course, Zhao Xuming knew very well that Boss Pei could not be blamed for this. Boss Pei was seriously trying to make the unofficial commentary good. However, he did not expect the official commentary to be so lousy that it would shatter at the slightest touch. At the end of the day, these official commentators were too useless! With such good resources and generous remuneration, he basically would not accept too much competition from the outside world. Yet, his understanding of the game was completely destroyed! It might be unfair to compare commentators at the platinum and diamond levels understanding of the game with active professional players, but the audience did not care about that. What the audience wanted to see was professional analysis. If you didnt have it, then Im sorry. We want to watch someone else. The more Zhao Xuming thought about it, the angrier he became. He had spent so much money to support the official commentator but in the end, he was inferior to the unofficial stream that Bunny Tail had pulled up at the last minute. This was ridiculous! Chapter 944 - The GPL Officials Want To Find Pro Players To Do Commentary! The two competitions for the GPL league Saturday were over at night. The host introduced the schedule for tomorrows competition after the interview. Then, the audience began to leave in an orderly manner. The two official commentators heaved a sigh of relief. Todays work was finally done. They could go back and have a good rest. It had to be said that commentating was actually a physical job. It looked simple and could be done with words, but there were actually many tricks. The commentator had to be extremely focused throughout the entire process. He could not leave out too many details or make too many mistakes. Sometimes, after work, he had to go back to revise some gaming knowledge and surf the internet to understand the latest meme. If he cooperated with the official platform to film some other programs, he could easily work for more than ten hours. However, before the two commentators could take off their headphones, they heard the director say, Dont leave yet. Come to the lounge. Boss Zhao has something to say. The so-called Boss Zhao was definitely Long Yu Corporations Zhao Xuming. Both commentators were stunned. They knew Zhao Xuming, but they did not really meet or interact much with him. That was because Zhao Xumings level was too high. Even if there was anything, he would talk to the director and director of the ICL league project team, and then be conveyed to the commentators by the director. What did it mean for Zhao Xuming to meet them personally this time? The two of them went to the lounge backstage with trepidation. However, they were stunned the moment they entered the lounge. There were so many people! It was not just the two of them. Even the other commentators who were not scheduled for the day were present. All the staff in charge of OB and backstage data analysis were present apart from them. The entire lounge was filled with people. Obviously, Zhao Xuming had already found these people while the competition was still ongoing. Everyone was confused by such a huge formation. They did not know what Boss Zhao was up to. They were very worried. Zhao Xumings expression was not very good. He clicked on the remote control and a recording of the competition started playing on the big television in the lounge. The two commentators were stunned. Wasnt this the competition that they had just commentated on today? However, upon closer inspection, they realized that this was not their version! Obviously, this was a recording of Bunny Tail live-streaming the competition today. Since Zhao Xuming did not speak, the others naturally did not dare to speak either. The entire lounge was very quiet. Only the voice of the commentator from Bunny Tail Live-Stream echoed in the entire conference room. We saw on the official screen that the winning rate of one tower is as high as 74%, but in fact, this team has several early-stage tactics. We cant generalize them At first, the commentators did not understand Zhao Xumings intentions. However, as they listened, they could tell that something was wrong. Obviously, Bunny Tails commentary was much more professional than theirs! The content of their analysis was too superficial for the same data. The commentator at Bunny Tail Live-Stream could always dig out more information through other data. Whats more, the gap between the two sides was not limited to that. From the early stages of the tactical prediction, to the BP, and then to the detailed explanation during the competition The two commentators today could be said to have been completely crushed by the commentators from Bunny Tail live-stream! The two commentators expressions turned ugly. Zhao Xuming was playing the Bunny Tail Live-Stream in front of so many people. It was equivalent to a public execution. Who could stand that! How unlucky! What was even more terrifying was that the commentary video from Bunny Tail Live-Stream had most likely spread across the entire internet. Now, all the audience in the ICL league had already seen the comparison between the two commentators! The other commentators also lowered their heads, feeling both relieved and worried. Relieved because they were not in the line-up today. They were not the first to step into the pit and get whipped in front of everyone. Worried because they were worried that their standard was about the same as the two commentators today. They would still be hung up and beaten up when it was their turn to commentate! It was not only the commentators. OB and the team that provided the data also understood Boss Zhaos intentions. Could it be that all the blame was on the commentator, and they were alright? Of course not! The OB on Bunny Tail Live-Stream was going to OB according to the commentators requirements. If the commentator wanted to see farming by both sides, the OB would focus the main camera on both sides of the jungle. Thus, Bunny Tail Live-Stream and the official OB were very different. They even gave different MVPs in the end. All in all, Bunny Tail Live-Stream was indeed much better than the official platform. Whats more, it was better in all aspects. From the commentator to OB to the data support, it was basically a complete crushing. Zhao Xuming only pressed the pause button on the remote control after all the matches were played. Do you understand why I called you for a meeting now? You are the official commentators and should have the highest standards. Yet, you were beaten by an unofficial commentator on a live-stream platform! The public opinion on the internet has exploded. There are a lot of viewers in the official live-streams on various live-stream platforms. How embarrassing! All of you are professionals with rich working experience in this industry. How did it become like this? Is there a problem with your ability, attitude, or both? Zhao Xumings series of questions stumped everyone. The few commentators silently cried out in their hearts. Can you blame us? You are comparing us with the active professional players of FV Team Two in terms of understanding of the game. Wasnt that a joke? We are only platinum and diamond level! There was a huge difference when comparing to the understanding of professional gamers. Whats more, they had been commentating in this way for other games. Theres nothing wrong with that, right? Weve been working hard every day to get off work, train our mouths, and understand game knowledge. Were already working very hard, alright? Why do we look like a bunch of useless people waiting to die? However, they only dared to lament in their hearts. They had also watched the commentary video of Bunny Tail live-stream. They had to admit that there was a clear gap between the two sides. Now, they could neither admit that there was a problem with their ability nor their attitude. No matter which one it was, there would be a huge problem if they admitted it. What exactly was the problem then? In the end, the director was smarter. He stood up and said, Boss Zhao, please calm down. Erm, I have to admit that our commentator and the two professional players that Bunny Tail Live-Stream found are indeed different in terms of understanding of the game. We have to admit this. Our commentators are professionals after all. We are better at commentating than professional players, but we are not as good at understanding the game. However, this problem is not difficult to solve. We just have to add some professional players to the regular commentary. The official commentator would control the tempo just like the Bunny Tail live-stream. Pro players or former professional players would be the guest commentator for professional analysis. The two would coordinate and achieve similar effects. The best attitude would definitely be to appease Zhao Xuming and then settle the official commentary for ICL league. These commentators might not understand the game as well as professional players, but it was impossible to fire them all? That was because these commentators were hired with a process. They were all professionals. They had also commentated on other competitions before the ICL league. They were all reputable figures in the circle. There might be a complicated relationship behind them. How could they fire them just like that? Zhao Xuming obviously did not intend to fire all of them. What if the new batch of people were not as good as them? Thus, Zhao Xumings anger this time was only to knock the ICL leagues director and commentators down a peg so that they would have some sense of crisis and think of ways to improve their own standards. The official commentary of the ICL league was not even as good as the unofficial commentary of Bunny Tail live-stream. This was too ridiculous and unacceptable. Since the director had already expressed his stance, there was no need to be too harsh. Zhao Xuming said, All commentators, watch the commentary on Bunny Tail live-stream from beginning to end every day after work and review it on one side to improve your understanding of the game! In addition, the official real-time data application will be done soon. It should be released on various platforms one after another. I hope that it can improve the situation of the audience being distributed. Also, make the best use of your time to look for professional players who have a deeper understanding of the game and are eloquent. As special guest commentators, you have to implement this as soon as possible. Then, Zhao Xuming turned to his assistant and said, Keep an eye on this matter and report to me at any time. The assistant nodded. Alright, Boss Zhao. In the evening SUG E-Sports Clubs boss, Ding Gan, had just finished his meal with a few friends. He was prepared to go back and have a good sleep. However, his cell phone rang just as he got into the car and took a short nap. He picked it up and saw that it was Manager Yang from his club. Boss Ding, I have something to report to you. Just now, the director of the ICL league called to ask if there are any professional players who want to change their careers to being a commentator. He said that theres a good opportunity now. Ding Gan was a little confused. Didnt you already recommend Old Zheng? Manager Yang reminded him. No, Boss Ding, we recommended Old Zheng to Boss Pei, which is to Bunny Tail Live-Stream. Now its for the official commentator team of the ICL league. Ding Gan said, That should be it! Our main players are playing well. The reserves and trainees also have to train seriously. Only Old Zheng is older, so we let him try being a commentator. Everyone else is suitable. Manager Yang said, Little Gao is alright. Hes quite eloquent and knows how to do the job. Ding Gan was unhappy at that moment. That wont do. Little Gao might be a reserve now, but hes just over eighteen years old. Its his year of playing. Hes going to be promoted to Team One soon. Wouldnt it be a waste to send him off to be a commentator? Manager Yang said, Yes, Boss Ding, I think so too. Then should we reject him directly? Ding Gan pondered for a moment. We can only turn them down. Who asked them not to come earlier? Bunny Tail Live-Stream came first. We have already sent out the suitable candidates. Zhao Xuming just came. Theres nothing we can do. Dont tell me he cant find someone suitable? Manager Yang said, Probably not. As far as I know, Bunny Tail Live-Stream only looked for people in the FV Team and our team. They did not ask the other teams. Our clubs are on better terms with Boss Pei after all. If the official commentator team of the ICL league were to look for other clubs, they should be able to find some suitable candidates. Its just that these peoples understanding of the game would be slightly worse. FV Teams strength and understanding of the game are at the top after all. Our team is behind them, the other teams are a few tiers behind them. Ding Gan said, That has nothing to do with us. Alright, just reply that way. We cant help even if we want to. Manager Yang: Alright, Boss Ding. Chapter 945 - Bao Xu Is Back Again! March 19th, Monday The travel-worn Bao Xu and Liang Qingfan returned to Jingzhou. Liang Qingfan looked tired but he was still in high spirits. Ah, Im finally back! Its not bad to take paid leave, but its still tiring to take such a long leave. However, Brother Bao, you seem to be very energetic. Youre indeed a master tourist! Im really indebted to you for taking care of this trip to Egypt! Bao Xu rolled his eyes silently by the side. What the f*ck do you mean by energetic! I finally recovered because it was not easy for me to return to Jingzhou, alright? Bao Xu was afraid that he would become a mummy and dry out in the desert if he stayed in Egypt for another week. All in all, this trip was finally over! Bao Xu could not wait to go back to sleep and play games. He did not want to stay a second longer. However, they still had to take a taxi back. In the taxi, Bao Xu was not in the mood to chat with Liang Qingfan at all. Instead, he continued to think about something that he had been thinking about throughout the entire month. What should I do to stop traveling? The fact that he had been kidnapped twice to travel had already made Bao Xu wary. Initially, Bao Xu had thought that as long as he kept a low profile and hid in the gaming department and did not take charge of any work, he would not be shot in the Best Employee Selection. However, he had already been wrong three times. The first time was when Li Yada had gotten second place in the Best Employee Award because of her outstanding work in Tengda Games. That was why Bao Xu had been arranged to play with her. The second time was when Huang Sibo won second place for the Best Employee Award, and Bao Xu was assigned to accompany him. The third time was Liang Qingfan Forget about the first two times. What made Bao Xu the most speechless was that he was not familiar with Liang Qingfan at all! This meant that within Tengda Corporation, getting the best employee second place to travel and find Bao Xu to accompany him had become an unspoken rule and a custom. In that case, if anyone were to obtain second place for the Best Employee Award in the future, they would definitely look for Bao Xu to accompany them! Whats more, Bao Xus previous strategy of keeping a low profile did not achieve his goal of hiding himself. Instead, it had the opposite effect: Everyone felt that Brother Bao did not have any very important work to be responsible for anyway. It was just nice for Brother Bao to accompany him on the tour. It would not delay anything. Thus, Bao Xu felt that he could not continue like this. He had to make some changes! However, what changes would he make? Bao Xu was still in the Tengda Games department now. If he took the initiative to take on some work, he would definitely have something to do. However, the problem was that he was an old veteran. Everyone in the department had their eyes on him. Any results he made might be voted on. Wouldnt that be very stiff? Thus, Bao Xu felt that it was best for him to find something to do in other departments. That way, he could reject them righteously the next time someone asked him to accompany them. Im sorry, I have work to do. Please find someone else! However, which department should he go to? Bao Xu did not really want to transfer to another department. He still wanted to stay in Tengda Games, so it would be best if he could only help temporarily. However, his main job was design. It was hard to say if the other departments needed his help. Thus, Bao Xu fell into deep thought and racked his brains to escape the fate of being a traveling companion. At the same time, at Tengda Corporations headquarters. Pei Qian was in his office, flipping through the work reports of the various departments while thinking about how to arrange and adjust the next phase of the work plan. Pei Qian already knew about Bunny Tails live-stream, but he was helpless. It was ridiculous that non-official commentators were more popular than official commentators! He could only say that Long Yu Corporation was too useless. Why couldnt they arrange such a simple thing like a competition? They had created so many difficulties for Pei Qian for no reason. However, it was said that Long Yu Corporation was also making emergency adjustments. They were going to look for professional players from other clubs to make a guest appearance and analyze the situation. Presumably, the standard of the official commentators would also improve very quickly. Pei Qian did not care anymore. All he wanted was for the ICL league to become more popular. He was flipping through the work records of the various departments when he heard a knock on his office door. Pei Qian looked up and saw a new face. Zhang Yahui nervously introduced himself. Boss Pei, Im Zhang Yahui from the Cold-Faced Lady. You called me earlier and asked me to come and find you on Monday to talk about the snack market Pei Qian suddenly remembered. Ah, yes, please sit. Pei Qian wanted to set up this snack market with the intention of poaching people from the Cold-Faced Lady and limiting her development but he still had to put on a show. If the conditions at the snack market were not good, why would the cold-faced ladys vendors come? Pei Qian poured a cup of tea for Zhang Yahui and said, Actually, I only have a vague concept of the snack market at the moment. You have to think carefully about how to operate it. Dont worry about the funds. Ill give you ten million yuan to spend slowly. If its not enough, you can apply again. The key is that it has to be attractive to the vendors! As for the other requests The snack market must be located in Jingzhou. Also, the vendors who join the snack market have to undergo a unified regulation to ensure food hygiene and safety. Food ingredients have to be purchased uniformly. The snack market must be managed by special staff Pei Qian briefly explained his thoughts. Zhang Yahui looked surprised. Is that all? From what he heard, Boss Peis conditions were extremely good! There was a lot of funding and there were no sales requirements. The location was okay as long as it was in Jingzhou. There were no restrictions on where it could be opened. As for unified regulation, food hygiene, safety issues, and so on, these were all the most basic. Even if Boss Pei did not say it, Zhang Yahui would still take note. There were no other requests? This degree of freedom was too high! After some thought, Pei Qian asked, What other requests do you have? Zhang Yahui said, For example should this snack market be located in the downtown area or in a slightly more remote area? Should it be next to Tengdas other businesses? What style should it be renovated in? How should the vendors business hours be arranged? Am I the one who confirmed all of this? Pei Qian pondered for a moment. He had wanted to let Zhang Yahui decide on his own. He did not have many requirements for the snack market after all. It was up to fate to make money or Pei Qian to poach people from the Cold-Faced Lady. Pei Qian felt that there was no need to spend so much brain cells to confirm these details. However, on further thought, he felt that he had to tell Zhang Yahui. After all, there is an old saying that work is accomplished in diligence and neglected in play, and learning is ruined by following. The many problems that happened previously was because he was too laissez-faire. It was always right to add a few more insurances. Pei Qian briefly considered Zhang Yahuis questions. The location of the snack market definitely could not be in the downtown area because the food vendors culinary skills were not bad. Such a sum of money would definitely make the dining environment not bad. If it was opened in the downtown area, the customers would be people with stronger spending power. They would definitely make a lot of money. However, it did not seem appropriate to go to a more remote place. That was because the land prices in remote places were cheap. If the food market became popular, it might cause the surrounding land prices to rise and the surrounding industries to benefit. There would be too much room for development. This place could not be next to Tengdas other businesses. If it happened to be near the nameless restaurant, it would definitely become a food street. Customers from all over the country would come here; or near Sloth Apartments and Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, a group of young people would come over for a snack after playing the game That would not be good either. As for the renovation style, it would definitely be better if it did not match the theme of the stall; the more casual it was during business hours, the better. Pei Qian said, The location should not be in the downtown area, but it should not be too remote either. Tengdas businesses should not be nearby. The renovation style must be high-end, trendy, and cool. It must be distinct from the concept of street stalls. Well adopt a flexible working system during the opening hours. We wont restrict the opening hours too much and give the vendors ample freedom. Thats all I want. Theres nothing else. Zhang Yahui looked confused. What kind of request was that? However, he had long heard of Boss Peis style of doing things, so he was not too surprised. He could only silently memorize all these requests. Then Boss Pei, shall I go and prepare now? Zhang Yahui asked. Pei Qian nodded. Yes, go! Zhang Yahui was still a little confused when he walked out of the Shenhua View building. Before the Chinese New Year, he was still an ordinary vendor. Every day, he would wake up early and work late to make roasted cold noodles to earn some hard-earned money. In the end, because he participated in a roadside food competition, he was first selected by the Cold-Faced Ladys Boss Qi to be in charge of the gourmet laboratory and promotional video. Then, Boss Pei took a liking to him and directly took charge of the snack market. He could only say that the ups and downs of life were too exciting! Now, he had the huge sum of money that Boss Pei had provided, but he was very confused. He did not know what the snack market would look like to meet Boss Peis requirements. He was still a general without an army. He could only think about it at length. However, just as he was about to leave, he saw a taxi stop at the entrance of the Shenhua View building. It was Liang Qingfan and Bao Xu. Zhang Yahuis eyes lit up. Arent you Designer Liang? I saw you on the promotional video of Sloth Apartments! Liang Qingfan nodded. You are Zhang Yahui said, My name is Zhang Yahui. Im now in charge of the snack market project that Boss Pei just opened Zhang Yahui was very happy and quickly explained everything that had happened since he arrived. Liang Qingfan was pleasantly surprised. Snack market? That sounds interesting! Im sorry, Ive been taking on new tours overseas for the past month. Im not updated about these things. However The Sloth Apartments that Im in charge of dont have much work recently. Do you want to design your snack market? I can help. Chapter 946 - ICL’s Official Summary List Zhang Yahui could not help but be overjoyed. Of course, I cant ask for more! Zhang Yahui had seen Liang Qingfan in the promotional video of Sloth Apartments before. He had a deep impression of this designer who could turn something rotten into something magical. Whats more, no matter where the location of the snack market was, it had to be renovated to give customers the best dining experience. At that time, a designer like Liang Qingfan would be needed. Coincidentally, Liang Qingfan had nothing much to do recently. He was also very interested in this snack market. Both parties hit off immediately. Bao Xu listened to the conversation between the two of them and could not help but think about it. He had been thinking about how he could escape the fate of traveling. From the looks of it now, it was no longer useful to keep a low profile. That was because everyone felt that Brother Bao did not have any urgent work to do. He would not be delayed even if he was a traveling companion. Thus, they asked him to accompany them. Thus, if he found a job, he would be able to openly reject the invitations of those accompanying him in the future. The next second best employee would be too embarrassed to look for him. However, the work that he had to do could not be too critical or important. Take the gaming department for example. If he worked too high and managed to take credit, he might still be voted as the second best employee. Thus, this had to be a job that was neither too important nor too unimportant. Wouldnt the snack market be perfect? This was a project that Boss Pei had personally requested. He would help out. Once he found something to do, he would be able to avoid accompanying others. The person in charge of this snack market was Zhang Yahui. Liang Qingfan was in charge of renovations and brand design. No matter how outstanding his work was, he would only be a third-in-command. No matter how he thought about it, it was impossible for him to be voted as the second best employee. In short, everything was perfect! The only problem was whether Zhang Yahui and Liang Qingfan would accept it. Bao Xu coughed lightly. This snack market project sounds very interesting! Can I transfer over to help and be your assistant? Liang Qingfan was elated. Of course! Oh, right, I forgot to introduce him. This is a veteran employee of Tengda Games. He has made outstanding contributions and is known as Traveler Bao Xu . Zhang Yahuis eyes widened immediately. Youre Bao Xu? Nice to meet you! I might not have seen you before, but your name is well-known! I think you must have eaten a lot of local delicacies and seen a lot of food markets when you traveled around the world, right? If you can participate in this project, we will definitely be like tigers with wings! Zhang Yahui and Liang Qingfan had no objections to Bao Xu joining. After all, everyone knew that the employees of Tengda Games were top-notch elites. It would not be a problem for them to be the person-in-charge of the other departments. Bao Xu was a veteran. He was like a sweeping monk in the Scripture Holding Depository. He would not dare to underestimate him. Liang Qingfan was very happy. How about this? Well go to the office of Sloth Apartments and talk about the specific plan of this snack market while drinking tea. We have to think about its location, scale, specific details, and so on. The three of them left Shenhua View happily and headed to the headquarters of Sloth Apartments. They planned to delve deeper into the various details of the snack market. In the afternoon, at Long Yu Corporation. Zhao Xuming was checking the ICL leagues schedule in his office. Today was Monday. There would be no focal battle. Tomorrow was Tuesday, and it would be a day off. However, there would be a FV team competition the day after tomorrow, which was Wednesday. It should be very popular. Thus, Zhao Xuming waited anxiously. Bunny Tail Live-Streams commentary was so well received that the official commentators understanding of the game was rubbed against the ground. Zhao Xuming was not only under pressure from the audience and public opinion, but also under pressure from the live-stream platform. The official commentators were not as good as the commentators of Bunny Tails live-stream. On one hand, it was easy to say that it was not nice and sounded like the official platform was too useless. On the other hand, it would cause viewers from other live-stream platforms to move towards Bunny Tails live-stream. The Vice-Presidents of the other live-stream platforms felt very wronged. We had also spent money to buy the broadcasting rights. In the end, the audiences viewing experience on our platform was not as good as Bunny Tails live-stream. What rights did they have? Your official commentators did not do well and caused the interests of the live-stream platforms to be damaged. How could that do! However, this unofficial commentary rights was given to him by Zhao Xuming. Since he had signed the contract, he could not go back on his words, right? Therefore, the official commentator had to improve their understanding of the game and their ability to interpret the games situation as soon as possible due to multiple factors. They had to go to the official commentators level to the same level as the Bunny Tail Live-Stream commentator. Yesterday, Zhao Xuming had already arranged for the production team to contact the various clubs to find suitable seedlings to be commentators. Today, his assistant had even made a trip to the various clubs with the production team, seizing the opportunity to interview and screen. Fortunately, the clubs participating in the ICL league were all in Shanghai. There was no need to travel between cities. Zhao Xuming looked at the time. It was almost time. He hoped to confirm the name list of the professional players who would be transferred to the commentator this afternoon. They would undergo emergency training tomorrow and then be sent to work the day after tomorrow to test the waters. That was because there would be FV Teams focal battle the day after tomorrow. There would be a lot of attention. If the official commentary for this competition was still the same, it might cause the audience to lose even more. The losses resulting from every night lost were irreversible. There might be some risks if he was in such a hurry, but after careful consideration, Zhao Xuming felt that the risk should not be huge. After all, these professional players would be appearing as guests at the beginning. With a professional commentator controlling the rhythm and giving them instructions, these professional players only had to honestly answer the questions and explain the games match. That would be considered a perfect completion of the task, so the problem should not be big. Zhao Xuming was just thinking about it when there was a knock on the door. His assistant had returned. Boss Zhao. The list of professional commentators has been confirmed. Please take a look. The assistant handed a document to Zhao Xuming. On it were a few professional players selected from various clubs. Zhao Xuming flipped through it and found some familiar faces. The ICL league had already started for such a long time. All the teams had already appeared. Zhao Xuming had gone to the venue to watch a few competitions and had an impression of many players. Most of the players here had rather lousy performances. That was easy to understand. The clubs of the players who performed well had to keep them for the competition. How could they send them out to be commentators? Whats more, if other players could play professionally, they would not give up their careers to be commentators. How much revenue could a commentator earn if a player could make a name for himself and win the championship? Anyone who was not stupid would understand this. He must be a player who did not perform well on the field and felt that his career path was limited to deciding to try out as a commentator. That way he could see if he could find a way out after retiring in advance. However, these players were still the same as the other professional players. It was written very clearly on the information sheet. Other than a few contestants whose RANK were slightly embarrassing, the other contestants RANK were pretty high. Zhao Xuming nodded slightly. Needless to say, these peoples understanding of the game would definitely surpass those official commentators. Zhao Xuming looked up and asked, Have you done the interview? How do you feel? The assistant answered, Theyve all been interviewed. These are the names that were selected after the interview. Weve already eliminated those who were not eloquent, those who do not use the standard Mandarin, and those with unclear thoughts. These contestants are basically articulate and have accurate pronunciations. Even if they have a slight accent, they would definitely not make the audience feel disgusted. We have done some tests on our understanding of the game, but we dont know the specific effects. We used the recording of the previous competition to analyze it for them. They analyzed it logically but we dont know how they would compare it to the commentators on Bunny Tail live-stream. Zhao Xuming nodded slightly. Yes, thats about it. The official members of the ICL league, including the director, OB, and commentators, were basically divided into platinum and diamond. However, this understanding of the game was still far from the understanding of the top players in professional teams. Getting them to test the understanding of professional gamers was like a primary school student setting questions for high school students. They would definitely not be able to test anything. This was indeed a little difficult for them. However, Zhao Xuming felt that this should not be a big problem. Since these people were professional players, they should have some tactical knowledge. As long as they could express their understanding of the game smoothly according to the situation of the competition, there should be no problem. They were all professional players. Their understanding of the game could not be much worse than the players of FV Team Two, right? It did not matter as long as it was not a slap in the face. After all, you have your own understanding and I have my own. A little disagreement would not completely crush the professional players in the official commentary team. Zhao Xuming handed the name list back to his assistant. Alright, lets use this name list. There is no competition tomorrow. Time is very precious. Divide these commentators into groups with the professional players. Confirm a good partner based on their characteristics and then connect more in terms of tacit understanding. Data analysis team, prepare the relevant data for FV Teams competition the day after tomorrow, and support logistics. Previously, Bunny Tail live-streaming got professional players to commentate on the competition. It was also prepared for one or two days and the effect was not bad. Theres no reason why we cant achieve what they did! We must make a huge splash in FV Teams competition to save the face of the official commentators the day after tomorrow! The assistant nodded. Yes, Boss Zhao! Ill arrange it now. After sending his assistant off, Zhao Xumings heart, which had been hanging in his throat, finally settled down. Once the standard of the official commentators improved, no one would use the bunny tail live-stream to trample on the official platform anymore, right? There shouldnt be any more problems after this matter was resolved, right? Zhao Xuming was speechless. He had been caught between various live-stream platforms and Bunny Tail live-streams for no reason. He could not help but sway along with the wind. He had always been blamed or implicated for no reason. He had tried to clean up someones mess but Long Yu Corporation had declined. On the other hand, the popularity of Bunny Tail Live-Stream was increasing. Who could he reason with? Chapter 947 - Meng Chang’s New Mission Liang Qingfan, Zhang Yahui, and Bao Xu drank tea as they discussed the details of the snack market in the office of Sloth Apartments. As for the location, it cannot be in the downtown area, nor can it be too remote. There cannot be any Tengda businesses in the vicinity. Then, the renovation style has to be trendy and cool. The vendors usually implement a uniform management and flexible working system. As for the rest I dont think there is anymore. Thats all Boss Pei wants. Zhang Yahui first repeated Boss Peis request. Zhang Yahui still did not have a very clear concept of this snack market. That was because he was only the owner of a snack stall. He made roasted cold noodles. Even though he knew the location and the process of setting up stalls very well, designing a large snack market was completely beyond his capabilities. However, as a designer, Liang Qingfan definitely had no problem with this. Zhang Yahui simply repeated Boss Peis request and asked Liang Qingfan to design. He tried his best not to limit the professionals thinking. Liang Qingfan said, This requirement is very clear. Bao Xu nodded as well. Yes, its quite clear. Perhaps its because you just became the person-in-charge. Boss Pei was worried that you would misunderstand, so he specially gave such clear restrictions. A series of question marks floated above Zhang Yahuis head. ??? You call this very clear? How was that clear?! He only gave a very broad general range, but there were no restrictions at all! Was this how Tengda interacted and worked internally? How amazing Zhang Yahui was a little confused. I dont quite understand. How is it clear Liang Qingfan opened a map of Jingzhou City on his laptop. Boss Pei said that it cannot be in the downtown area or too remote. It cannot be opened in a place with Tengdas businesses. There arent many places like this. Wouldnt we be able to find a suitable location just by sifting through? He searched all of Tengdas related businesses on the map, including Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Fish-Catching Take-Out, Sloth Apartments, Deposit Fitness, Upwind Logistics, and so on. After searching, he marked them on the map. Soon, densely packed marks appeared on the map. These industries had already undergone many rounds of expansion. Whats more, they had previously been focused on Jingzhou. In Jingzhous downtown and downtown areas, these industries were practically everywhere. There was no other space for them. Of course, the so-called not next to did not mean that they were separated by a street or were neighbors. Instead, it meant that there were no Tengda businesses within a certain range. Boss Pei had also said that he could not go to places that were too prosperous or too remote. After a round of selection, there were only a dozen or so locations left on the map that could be used as a snack market. There seemed to be quite a number of places in the area, but most of them were not suitable for a snack market. That was because the snack market needed a larger venue to accommodate a large number of people. It might also need to accommodate dozens or hundreds of vendors. A place like that could not be built from scratch. That would take too long. It would not be in line with Boss Peis requirements to build an open space or a few tents. Therefore, it would be best if there were ready-made buildings. This way, the areas that met the criteria would be further reduced. Only two or three areas were most suitable. One only had to search online to know the current situation of these places. Liang Qingfan pointed at two locations on the map. There is a small shopping mall here. However, business here is not very good. Many shops have moved away. There are a few residential areas nearby, but they are relatively remote and not very popular. On the other side, there is a large-scale agricultural market. It is indoors. There is only one floor, but it is very high. However, this place should be very old. The environment is not very good. It was very lively in the past, but now, the human traffic is probably severely reduced. The other places dont look very suitable. What do you think? If you think these two places are alright, we can go to these two places to take a look before making plans. Bao Xu took a look. This large-scale farming market was about one or two kilometers away from Jingzhous old industrial zone. The nearest Tengda industry was Thriller Hostel. However, it was not close to Thriller Hostel. It should meet the requirements. This place was definitely not considered downtown, but it was not particularly remote either. There were residential areas in the old industrial zone nearby. While they were all old buildings, there was still a decent amount of traffic. He nodded. We still have to do a field trip to confirm it. I think the second one is better. Such a large market might fit the characteristics of the stalls better. There would be more room for modification. If its a shopping mall, it would give people a more closed feeling. Zhang Yahui hesitated for a moment. I agree, but Boss Pei specifically emphasized that it has to be trendy and cool. It has to be distinct from traditional stalls. The second place doesnt seem to meet Boss Peis requirements, right? Bao Xu smiled and said confidently, Youve made many mistakes that newbies often make. You just didnt understand Boss Peis true intentions accurately. Boss Pei said that he wanted to make a clear distinction with traditional stalls. He meant that they should not be similar, but he did not say that they should be totally different! There are obvious differences. Zhang Yahui blinked, not fully understanding. Bao Xu explained, Look at the adjectives that Boss Pei used. They are trendy and cool. They are about the decoration style of the entire snack market. Thus, Boss Peis intention is to abandon the casual, unhygienic, and simple image of the original stall. However, on the whole, local delicacies have to be down-to-earth. If it was in a private room with high-end exquisite cutlery, it would definitely be weird. It would not match the characteristics of local delicacies at all. Therefore, we should be pursuing similarity while retaining the food spirit of the roadside stalls, we should pack it well and better promote this culture. Zhang Yahui was enlightened. I see! Boss Peis conditions are very clear if you put it that way. Its just that I have a problem with my thinking and did not understand it. Bao Xu and Liang Qingfan smiled. It doesnt matter. You will be able to accurately understand Boss Peis thoughts as long as you practice more. Alright, lets call it a day then. Well go on a field trip tomorrow and see how this snack market is going to be designed. March 20th, Tuesday Pei Qian went to his office as usual to check on the situation of the various departments. The E-Sports Industry Department had submitted a report saying that the quota for GOGs overseas league had basically been confirmed. The proposal to collaborate with local companies in various regions for publicity had also been finalized. After some time, the money to sell the quota would be paid. The difference in the quota for the overseas league was huge, and the price in many places was far less than the quota for the GPL league. However, that amount of money could not be underestimated. It was at least forty million US dollars. The slots in popular competitions such as Europe and Northern American Region were sold at high prices. At first, Pei Qian was a little confused as to why it was so expensive. Didnt they say that they would start auctioning with a million US dollars? However, after taking a closer look at the report, the reason was written on it: IOIs league in these areas started at three million US dollars. That gave the other clubs the illusion that the GOG league slots were very worth it. Thus, these clubs began to bid crazily They bidded the price upwards. Pei Qian was speechless. Finger Games really could not do anything. They messed up in the first place! He had wanted to sell these slots at a cheaper price, but he had not succeeded. He had earned another windfall. Pei Qian sighed and continued looking at the other departments. The artificial intelligence laboratory at Otto Technologies had already been established. It had directly bought over a domestic company that was researching artificial intelligence. It had also poached a few core technical personnels from Xunke Technologies and other companies. These people had all moved to Jingzhou. Soon, they could continue their research in the same direction as before. In fact, this company that researched artificial intelligence already had some results. It was just that it was slightly inferior to Xunke Technologies. However, these results were not enough to make AEEIS artificial intelligence make a huge leap. Pei Qian was quite satisfied with this news. He hoped that the artificial intelligence laboratory could spend more money as soon as possible. After all, he had been earning too much recently and could not take it anymore. At that moment, someone knocked on the office door. Pei Qian looked up and saw that it was Meng Chang. Eh? Whats the matter? Pei Qian asked. Meng Chang hesitated for a moment. Boss Pei, Ive already made an in-depth summary of the publicity plan this month. Ive learned from my previous experience and lessons Erm, half of this month has passed. Can you give me a new mission? Pei Qian nodded. Thats true. The previous publicity plans were indeed a failure. Meng Chang did not get a single cent from his commission last month. He only received a basic salary. However, Meng Chang obviously didnt sink into it. Instead, he pulled himself together and took the initiative to ask for a mission. It was mainly because half of the month had already passed. If Meng Chang did not take the initiative to ask for a job, the publicity plan for this month would be 0. Then, the commission for this month would be ruined. Therefore, Meng Chang couldnt wait any longer and took the initiative to look for a mission. After some thought, Pei Qian decided that it was indeed time to give Meng Chang something to do. Perfect, I have a huge job here. If you want, I can hand it to you. Mission and Choice is going to be promoted next month. You can do the publicity plan. Meng Chang was stunned. Huh? Boss Pei, this He was a little hesitant because everyone knew that Mission and Choice was the project that Boss Pei had placed high hopes on in the past few months. Tengda Games and Fei Huang Workspace had invested a huge amount of money in the past six months. Boss Pei was willing to hand such a project to him? Previously, he had done publicity for Bunny Tails live-stream. Even if it did not have any effect, it was not a big deal. After all, based on the current volume of Bunny Tails live-stream, it could only be considered a marginalized department among Tengdas many industries. It was not developed yet, so there would not be much loss if the publicity failed. However, if the publicity for Mission and Choice failed badly, Meng Chang would be able to comfortably get a high commission. However, Boss Pei would suffer huge losses! At that moment, Meng Chang even felt a little sympathetic. After all, this concerned more than a hundred million yuan of funds and the nine-month-long efforts of the two core departments Pei Qian looked at him. Why? Are you not confident? If you give up this opportunity, you wont have it in the future. However, Meng Chang thought it over. What did Boss Peis failure have to do with him? If he did not accept this task, he would have nothing to eat this month. He would not be able to get a single cent. Thus, Meng Chang made up his mind and nodded. Alright, Boss Pei. Leave this plan to me. Ill go back and consider the publicity plan! Chapter 948 - Meng Chang’s Imaginary Proposal Meng Chang returned to the publicity department after leaving Boss Peis office. He suddenly felt immense pressure after he sat down in his seat. Previously, he only felt that the publicity for Mission and Choice was too important. He was a little moved, but between his conscience and commission, he chose the latter without hesitation. However, on further thought, it was actually quite difficult to mess up this publicity plan. That was because there was too much invested in Mission and Choice . It was a game and a movie. Whats more, it was said that Lu Zhiyao had participated in it as well. Such a huge production, the slightest news about it would cause a huge reaction. It was impossible for no one to be interested in it. Meng Chang pondered for a moment. Since the publicity plan could not remain unknown, he could only work hard to reverse publicize it to reduce its popularity. It would be best if this publicity plan could make people feel uncomfortable and disgusted. At the same time, he could get a commission. Meng Chang opened Qiandu and prepared to search for relevant information. He did not know much about games and movies. He could only be considered an amateur enthusiast. However, that was not a problem. There were still two weeks to the publicity plan. According to Boss Peis request, they would only start promoting Mission and Choice next month. These two weeks would be enough for Meng Chang to supplement some relevant knowledge and think of a publicity plan that would be enough to make the audience feel disgusted. Lets see if there are any rumors about Mission and Choice online. Meng Chang first searched for the keyword mission and choice. In order to develop a publicity plan for a certain product, one had to first know what everyones attitude towards it was. If everyone had a good impression of it, that impression had to be strengthened; if everyone had a bad impression, he had to first consider reversing and changing that impression. Of course, this was a normal publicity model. Meng Chang had to do the opposite. Oh? There are so many search results? Thats not right. I remember that Tengda has always been very good at keeping secrets. Why would there be so much news? Whats more, I dont think its on the hot searches No, thats not right. What the hell is that?! Meng Chang looked at the search results carefully and felt a little dizzy. Mission and Choice (Game Software) C Qiandu search engine Do you still remember Mission and Choice? Did the development of domestically-produced games really blow up in its hands? The Worst Game in History, Mission and Choice Mission and Choice is ranked first. Nine trashy games in the history of games that cheat the most money! The search results were all similar. Meng Chang felt a little puzzled. He took a closer look and realized that Mission and Choice had the same name as a standalone game in the history of domestically-produced games that was known as the disgrace of the domestic games industry! That was a game that had been in the 90s for more than a decade. Meng Chang usually did not play games and basically knew nothing about the history of domestically-produced games. He only knew from the company that Boss Peis new game was called Mission and Choice. He had no idea that there were so many secrets behind it. He immediately perked up and read the introduction of Mission and Choice from beginning to end. I didnt expect this name to come from this? Then Does Boss Pei have any special intention by naming the game this way? Could it be that Boss Pei wants to avenge the humiliation of the international game? Tss! Meng Chang took a deep breath and felt even more pressured. It had to be said that the saying to bring shame to the country was too easy to cause a topic. Whats more, it could easily trigger the patriotism of players. Once this topic was thrown out, the attention would definitely not be low. This undoubtedly increased the difficulty of Meng Changs reverse publicity. From the theme, this is an RTS game, and its a sci-fi genre. There shouldnt be many people playing this type of game. Therefore, if we want the publicity to not have the desired effect, we have to try our best to make it inside the circle. As long as it doesnt leave the circle, its popularity would be limited to the domestic standalone players. There would definitely be no way to recover a huge amount of investment from the RTS game. Naturally, publicity would fail. Then I have to work hard on the publicity material! Meng Chang quickly determined the general publicity strategy. He wanted to make it as boring as possible for passers-by and make core players uncomfortable. If the situation allowed it, he could also play some tricks to create a false publicity effect. Of course, the prerequisite was that they did not violate the rules of the agreement or the relevant laws and regulations. How to play the game was a technical skill. From the looks of it, Tengda has done a good job of keeping it a secret. The outside world basically doesnt know that the game that Tengda is developing is the remake of Mission and Choice. This is a huge benefit to me! This way, I can use the netizens inertial thinking to mislead them In that case, the original publicity material for Mission and Choice is not bad. What would happen if I used it directly? Meng Chang searched online and quickly found a lot of publicity material for Mission and Choice. As a typical representative of false publicity, the publicity materials for Mission and Choice were also nailed to the pillar of shame like the game itself and repeatedly whipped. At that time, the internet was not developed yet. The main publicity was in various magazines and physical posters. That provocative slogan and the Chinese soldiers in space suits left a deep impression on people. Your hometown, Blue Planet, has just suffered a destructive attack from the Zergs Destroy the swarm and save Blue Planet with your comrades! A million yuan investment, with great hard work, create a grand scene, and model domestic products! Such slogans made the blood of the gamers at that point in time boil. Of course, these slogans looked very stiff now. The image on the promotional poster was also very crude. The style of the past nine years could only be described as tragic. Meng Chang fell into deep thought. If we were to promote it, we would definitely put the most exciting parts of the game and the movie on it. Then, we would try our best to promote the concept of washing away the shame of the nation. That would incite gamers to support domestically-produced games and attract a lot of attention. However, there would mean no hope for my commission. I have to do the opposite. Then, we shouldnt use any new Mission and Choice game or material in the movie. We shouldnt use concepts like remake or wash away the shame of the game. Well just use the publicity materials for the old game so that gamers would not be able to tell that this is a remake of Mission and Choice! Well even make them think that this is the old game from more than ten years ago! Er no, there are still loopholes. As long as everyone sees that this game was released by Tengda Games, they would understand that it must be a remake. Can we purposely not publish it in the name of Tengda Games? Can we discuss with the official platform and hide the company that created this game? It might be a little strange but we can use a special marketing method to avoid it. It wont violate the contract rules. Or, we could create a compilation with many classic old games and create an event of reviving classic domestically-produced games to confuse others. I might be exposed sooner or later, but wont I get my commission as long as I can last for a month? Meng Chang suddenly realized that his previous train of thought was too rigid. There was actually more than one way to get the commission. Previously, Meng Chang had thought that he would work hard to promote this project so that no one would care about it and it would never make money. However, he realized now that the difficulty level was too high. That was because Boss Peis projects often had their own popularity, especially the Mission and Choice project. It was impossible to achieve. Since that was the case, could he change his mindset? He would create a publicity plan this month and no one would be interested in it; he would increase the intensity of the next month and still no one would be interested. In that case, wouldnt two months of commission be successfully obtained? As for the month that the project was officially released, the effect of misleading the public was no longer effective. The project had exploded. He would still get the commission from the first two months. Meng Chang was impressed by his own wit and immediately began writing the publicity plan. The publicity plan this time was mainly the publicity material for the old game in the 90s. It was still the same poster and the same slogan. Nothing changed. There were no Tengda-related icons or logos on the promotional poster. That way, everyone would not know who the games creator was. However, he had to add a line of words: Repeat the classic and reminisce about the domestically-produced game from ten years ago! He would pack up all the domestically-produced standalone games from that era, make a compilation, and then secretly stuff Mission and Choice into it. However, before Tengdas Mission and Choice was released, it had been a scammy old game that was replaced by Tengdas Mission and Choice. After that, the official platform would use a large amount of resources to publicize the compilation. The publicity elsewhere would mainly be the original publicity material for Mission and Choice. That would create an indistinguishable effect and make everyone think that they were promoting a collection of domestically-produced games. That way, they would not be able to delve deeper into the game. That way, he could hide for at least a month, right? Meng Chang did not have high expectations. He would get two months of commission first. After all, he had made so many proposals before but had not gotten a single cent of commission. His mentality was about to collapse. Thus, he did not expect to get a full commission. He wanted to get at least tens of thousands first. Of course, this idea was just a prototype. As for how to operate it, he had to think about it carefully and plan for a long time. However, this general direction should not be a problem. The more Meng Chang thought about it, the more he felt that his plan was not bad. He immediately began to plan for publicity. Chapter 949 - Repeating The Classic Domestic Games Proposal” Meng Chang opened his laptop and quickly typed on the keyboard. Thoughts flooded his mind. With his high efficiency, the general plan was quickly written out. However, after scrutinizing this plan, Meng Chang felt that there were still two loopholes that had to be fixed. This plan required ESROs official platform and Tengda Games to work together. They would pack up these classic domestically-produced games and make a compilation. Then, they would secretly stuff Mission and Choice into it. In addition, Meng Chang had to go to Tengda Games to get the DEMO for Mission and Choice. At the very least, he had to play it a little and understand it. As the saying went, know yourself and your enemy well and you can win a hundred battles. One of the important reasons why Meng Chang failed previously was that he did not understand the products he wanted to promote in depth. Instead, he thought about it according to the inertia of ordinary people. In the end, a slight difference made a significant difference. As it turned out, Boss Peis way of thinking was completely different from ordinary people. There were many pitfalls hidden in these projects that one could step into if one was not careful. Therefore, even though Meng Chang had not played many games himself and it was difficult to judge the games quality, he had to at least play the game patiently to ensure that his plan was foolproof. As for how to get ERSOs official platform and Tengda Games to cooperate with his plan, that was easy to handle. His official identity was the person-in-charge of the advertising and marketing department after all. Boss Pei had personally arranged for him to publicize Mission and Choice. As long as Meng Chang asked, Tengda Games would definitely cooperate fully. Now, Meng Chang felt that his plan was just one step short of success. Bluffing had always been his forte. Thus, he finalized this rough publicity plan. Then, he stood up and left, preparing to head to Tengda Games to coordinate with the person-in-charge, Hu Xianbin. The advertising and marketing department was also in Shenhua View. They were only a few floors away from the Tengda Games, so they arrived very quickly. Meng Chang went straight to Hu Xianbin and explained his intentions. Hu Xianbin took it very seriously. Promote Mission and Choice? Of course, theres no problem! Since its Boss Peis idea, Brother Meng, feel free to ask for anything. Well definitely fully cooperate. Meng Chang could not help but smile slightly. It looked like the plan was going smoothly and was developing according to his expectations. First, please provide a DEMO for the game. Even though I have thought of a publicity plan, I can only finalize some details after playing the specific game. Secondly, we have to discuss with ESROs official platform to organize an revisit the classic domestically-produced games event. The official platform will come forward and pack all the classic domestically-produced games from more than ten years ago into a collection and sell them at a discount on the official platform. Of course, we have nothing to do with the sales of other games. However, we have already obtained the rights to Mission and Choice. Therefore, we will still sell this game at the original price, which is 158 yuan. Well replace the previous games after our Mission and Choice is completed. Meng Chang had done his homework. Mission and Choice was released after Command and Conquest. The original price of Mission and Conquest was 160 yuan in China at the time, while the original price of Mission and Choice was 158 yuan. Of course, that was the original price. Mission and Choice had the intention of making lousy money. Therefore, there were various discounts in the publicity and promotion process. The minimum price was a little more than 80 yuan. However, whether it was 80 yuan or 158 yuan, it was a huge sum of money in the 90s. As for why they had set a higher price back then, it had to be based on the background of the era. At that time, the domestic games industry was in a violent turmoil. Online games were rapidly rising and piracy was gradually spreading. Domestic standalone games were forced to engage in a price war with piracy. However, no matter how much they lowered their prices, it was still useless. On the other hand, the Development Team of Mission and Choice might have been lousy at games back then, but they knew about marketing and the market very well. They knew that the price of this game could not be set too low. That was because the Development Team knew the quality of this game. Once it was released, its reputation would definitely collapse. Since they wanted to make a quick buck, they had to set a higher price to earn more. Whats more, since this game was meant to sell emotions, a higher pricing could also hint to gamers that this game was on the same level as Command and Conquest. It was a high-end game, and if the pricing was low, gamers would become suspicious. Thus, the official game of Command and Conquest was sold at 160 yuan in China. Mission and Choice had priced the original price at 158 yuan, which was symbolically cheaper by 2 yuan. Everyone knew what happened after that. More than 40,000 sets were sold in the game. In the end, more than 30,000 sets were asked to be refunded, and the remaining 10,000 sets were angrily discarded by players. Therefore, Meng Chang also planned to make Mission and Choice sell at the original price of 158 yuan. That would also be consistent with the historical price. Of course, the exact price would depend on Boss Pei and Tengda Games intentions. Meng Chang could not make the decision himself. Hu Xianbin could not help but nod. Thats a good idea! The price of 158 yuan is considered moderate. Due to the huge initial investment in Mission and Choice, Im afraid we wont be able to recover the cost if we sell it cheaply. However, it would be too expensive to sell it for about 200 yuan. 158 yuan is a suitable price. However Whats the point of being tied together with the classic domestically-produced game from more than ten years ago? Why would we replace the original game after the game is released? Isnt that a little superfluous? Wouldnt the gamers misunderstand? Meng Chang smiled slightly and was not flustered at all. It was time for his glib tongue to take effect. The publicity method Im using is called setting up the stage! First, well create this revisit the classic domestically-produced game. Then, well publicize it and let the players reminisce about that era many years ago. That would cause a certain amount of discussion. Once we reach a certain level of discussion, we will cooperate with the official platform to promote the game and increase the popularity of the classic games. At that time, many players would definitely curse Mission and Choice, the shame of the local game, and recall the deception that the game had done to gamers. At the same time, everyone would feel sorry for other outstanding domestically-produced games. Lastly, we secretly replaced the new Mission and Choice. Players would definitely not notice it at first, but they would definitely be very surprised when they discover it. The previous shame of the local game had been washed away, and a rubbish game had been remade into the true light of the local game This will definitely cause a wave of excitement! Compared to directly announcing that we have remade Mission and Choice, this would definitely surprise the players more! Of course, the only problem is that the entire publicity process might take a long time. However, I dont think this problem is serious. Good food is not afraid of being late. Meng Changs words were half-truths. The fake part was that he wanted the entire publicity process to be delayed until after the game was released. That way, he could get at least two months of commission. As for what would happen after the game was released, he did not care. At most, he would not want the commission for that month. Meng Changs words completely convinced Hu Xianbin. It sounded like a very good publicity plan! Ill contact the official platform now and tell them about this publicity plan so that they can cooperate! There was no need to talk about Tengda Games relationship with ESROs official platform. They were treated like biological sons. Mission and Choice was a huge production this time, and the official platform attached great importance to it. As long as Tengdas publicity requests were not too excessive, the official platform should be satisfied. Meng Chang was very happy. As long as he convinced Hu Xianbin, his plan should be halfway to success. Thats right, the games DEMO Meng Chang did not dare to forget this. Hu Xianbin said, Alright, alright. Ill find a portable hard drive and copy it for you. However, this game is still in the development stage. Try not to spread it or use the content inside as publicity material. If you have any requests for the publicity material, just let me know. Ill cooperate with the preparations. Meng Chang nodded. Of course. I just want to experience the gameplay a little. After getting the game DEMO, Meng Chang immediately rushed back to the marketing department and installed it on his computer. In the next few days, he was prepared to fight to the death with this game. In fact, the publicity plan this time had little to do with the content of the game. However, Meng Changs previous failure was too painful, so he had to play it safe. Chapter 950 - Cyberpunk Food Street! In the afternoon, Zhang Yahui, Bao Xu, and Liang Qingfan finished their inspection for the site of the snack market and returned to Sloth Apartments office. Therefore, after some consideration, this agricultural market is still more suitable. What do you think of this place? Liang Qingfan looked at the two of them. Bao Xu and Zhang Yahui nodded. Yes, we dont have any objections either. Well set it here. The farmers market was even more deserted than they had imagined. Small merchants selling various products were setting up stalls here. Everything was piled up everywhere. The environment could be described as dirty and messy. Whats more, whether it was the vendors or customers in the farmers market, they were mainly middle-aged and old people. Basically, they were old residents who had lived in the vicinity for decades and came here to buy vegetables every day. However, as the old industrial zone declined, young people in Jingzhou no longer lived here. Thus, the number of people in the agricultural market decreased. The vendors could not make money, and many of them had moved to other places. Thus, the situation here was getting worse. Zhang Yahui and the other two met the boss of the market when they went to inspect the market. They wanted to buy the entire market and then reform it. Of course, these vendors would not be chased away. Instead, they would find a place nearby to settle down. After the entire market was renovated, they would return them to the stalls. The rent of the stalls would not change. Zhang Yahui said, The key now is how to plan the entire snack market and what style should be used. Liang Qingfan thought for a moment. Actually, there are many styles that can be designed. The traditional snack street style in China or even some foreign styles. However, once a style has been confirmed, everything related must be unified. It definitely cannot be changed. You must be careful when choosing. The three of them fell into a short silence. Just as Liang Qingfan had said, any style could be made. The key was what style would be more popular. Bao Xu suddenly had an idea. Eh, I suddenly thought of a good style. Do you still remember the movie Tomorrow is Beautiful that Boss Pei made previously? There was a scene in it that was the style of Cyberpunk. I think that style is not bad. On one hand, it can be combined with Tomorrow is Beautiful so that everyone can see the scenes in the movie in Jingzhou. On the other hand, the Cyberpunk style is sufficiently innovative. It also fits the spiritual core of the snack market. Liang Qingfans eyes lit up. Eh? That makes sense! Zhang Yahui, on the other hand, was a little confused. Er which scene was it? Ive seen the movie but there were too many scenes inside. I dont have any impression. Liang Qingfan immediately found Tomorrow is Beautiful on Aili Islands website. Then, he quickly entered the scene where the male and female protagonists were dating in the outside world. There were four different architectural styles in Tomorrow is Beautiful. The capsule space (cramped, narrow, technological, but severely homogenized), the slums of the outside world (Cyberpunk style, many small shops, and scenes of debauchery), the core area of the outside world (spacious, atmospheric, and generally sci-fi architectural style), and the residential area of the upper class (classical mansions). However, most of the scenes at that time were shot with setting and green screen. There were no real scenes. If he could use the snack market to build the scene in the movie, it would definitely be a good gimmick. Whats more, Cyberpunks theme was a combination of low-end life and high-level technology. It usually contained a certain degree of collapse in the social structure of highly-developed technology. There were many Chinese elements in the theme of Cyberpunk. One of the most outstanding characteristics was the various Chinese characters that often appeared on the neon signs. The reason was that places like Nine Dragon City in Harbor City had a certain impact on the authors at that time. There were few places, many people, and dense buildings. The style of new and old things existing at the same time was very compatible with the feeling of Cyberpunk. Therefore, many Cyberpunk topics had some Chinese elements. Subsequently, many Chinese people made some original arts that combined Cyberpunk and Chinese styles out of interest. The effect was very good. Zhang Yahui finally recalled watching the scene in the movie. This style looks really good! The key is that it can connect with the movie. That way, Jingzhou would have another Tengda scenic spot. Tourists can first go to Thriller Hostel to play. After that, they can come to this food market in Cyberpunk style to enjoy delicacies from all over the country. Liang Qingfan said, Thats right. Not only that, we can think of a way to modify the journey from the snack market to the Thriller Hostel! The two places are not too far apart, only one or two kilometers away. If we can buy all the shops along the way or rent them for a long time, we can also modify them slightly. After that, vendors who perform well in the snack market can move to these shops in the future. This way, as more and more vendors appear in the future, the entire street might become a snack street and become a place to eat, drink, and play with Thriller Hostel! Bao Xu said, Whats more, I think we can add some game design ideas. For example, we can divide the stalls in the market into several different tiers. There are four types of bronze, silver, gold, and diamonds. The higher the tier, the better the location and the more seats there are. If these shops can continuously be in the diamond tier for a period of time, they will be eligible to move outside. The entire snack market can be evaluated regularly. A few stalls can also be randomly refreshed to become a half-price experience area or a free area. Rare stalls can be refreshed regularly to let customers experience the feeling of guarding rare NPCs. Whats more, since its a Cyberpunk style, we have to integrate high-tech and down-to-earth feel. We can make some Cyberpunk electronic screens and other things. Ordering and queuing can also play a certain decoration role. Bao Xu quickly explained his thoughts. In his opinion, this place was actually very suitable to join the interactive experience in the game. It would give tourists who came to eat snacks for the first time a novel feeling. It could improve their playing experience. Bao Xu did his best to help Zhang Yahui and Liang Qingfan design so that they would not have to travel. Zhang Yahui was very happy. Thats great! This way, we can finalize the general practice of the entire snack market! Actually, my initial idea was just to create a place to set up stalls. The two of you have really provided me with a lot of good ideas. Liang Qingfan smiled. We were just following Boss Peis train of thought and diverting our thoughts. While Boss Pei would definitely not be able to guess the specific location and packaging, the content that we thought of should be about the same as his original idea. This is Boss Peis art of management. He would always give a seemingly broad requirement so that his subordinates could fully utilize their subjective dynamism. The end result would indeed be the same. Alright, lets hurry up and complete the design plan for the snack market. Then, lets get this project on track as soon as possible! March 21st, Wednesday The day after tomorrow, two official commentators and a professional player were commentating on the competition recording and practicing their cooperation. The reason why he chose such a team was mainly to play it safe. Of these two commentators, one was the commentator who controlled the field to ensure that the topic would not deviate; the other was the commentator for the team battle to ensure that the team battle would be more exciting. As for that professional player, he mainly conducted lineup predictions and analysis of the situation. The division of labor between the three of them was very clear. These professional players did not have much experience in commentating after all. To Zhao Xuming, it was risky to arrange for one commentator to lead two professional players like the Bunny Tail live-stream. The other commentators and professional players were also training hard during this period because it would be their turn soon. The two commentators today were the two with the most senior qualifications in the ICL league. The professional players on stage also had relatively better understanding of the game. Zhao Xumings idea was to arrange all the best commentators to ensure that FV Teams focus battle would attract enough attention. That way, it would be able to make a bang and leave the impression that the official commentators were now as professional as Bunny Tails live-stream commentators. This professional player was also revising the recording of FV Teams previous competition while resting. He had arranged a few training competitions with FV Team when he was playing professionals, however, he was basically beaten until he could not find his bearings. He could not understand FV Teams intentions at all. However, he would still be able to analyze a lot of things as long as he acted after the fact. Chapter 951 - It’s the ICL’s Official Commentary’s Turn to Showcase! The prelude to another commentary ended. The three of them stopped to rest and drink water to moisten their throats. What was comforting was that even though this professional player did not have the experience of being a commentator before, he was still rather eloquent. After a few hours, his cooperation with the two official commentators was already quite good. The ICL league director walked over quickly and stuffed the information into their hands seeing that the three of them were resting. This is the pre-match information compiled by the data team backstage. There is data on the two teams and the players. There is also a prediction of todays competition BP. Take a look in advance and familiarize yourselves. After you go on stage, bring this information up with a pen. Dont leave the commentary platform empty like before. The director repeatedly reminded him. The official commentator had been mocked by the audience because there was no competition information on the table. Actually, this was quite unreasonable because the ICL league had been broadcasting for a period of time. The commentary platform had been empty previously, and the audience did not have any objections. However, once the audience saw that the commentators of the Bunny Tail live-stream each had a document, a tablet computer, they immediately began to nitpick at the official commentators. The commentator of Bunny Tails live-stream had such a high understanding of the game. He even seriously did his homework and filled up the pre-match preparations. During the competition, he also seriously recorded the key points of the competition with a small notebook. The official commentators understanding of the game was fragmented, and yet no preparation was done? This was called attitude determines success or failure. It was no wonder that the official game commentators understanding of the game was poor. Not only was his ability bad, but his attitude was also bad! Many viewers held this view, so the ICL officials did not dare to be headstrong with the audience this time. They also did the surface job well. Of course, these data were definitely real and useful. Having more data was not a bad thing. The more data the official commentator displayed, the more it meant that they had made adequate preparations. After all, nothing was more convincing than a clear number. Apart from that, the real-time data function that he had prepared before could be officially released. Everything was ready. They were just waiting for the competition to officially begin in the afternoon. It was close to five in the afternoon. The live-streams of the ICL league on various live-stream platforms were connected to the live-streaming signal of the competition. The audience also received plane tickets from various live-stream platforms and watched the competition on time. There were still two competitions today. The competition at five in the afternoon was an unimportant one and FV Teams competition was scheduled for the prime-time slot at seven in the evening. This arrangement also took care of most peoples viewing time. The 7 PM slot at night, especially at 7 PM on the weekend, had the most audience. They definitely had to arrange as much time as possible for a celebrity team like FV. As for the official platform of the ICL league, the first competition could also allow the new commentator team to train and adapt in advance, so that they would not have to be too pressured to commentate the FV competition at the beginning. If something went wrong, it would be difficult to clean up. Good afternoon, everyone. Welcome to the ICL leagues second competition day in the third week of the spring competitiona| The official commentator still had the same opening speech as usual. However, the viewers in the various live-streams could sense that something had changed on the official commentary platform. First of all, there was an additional person that was previously a contestant. Secondly, the commentary platform was no longer empty. It was also filled with information like the commentary platform on Bunny Tail Live-Stream. After the opening speech, the commentator in charge of the venue also introduced the new commentator today to the audience: His current identity was still a professional player. This time, he had come to make a guest appearance in order to better interpret the games content and bring the audience a gaming experience. Of course, guest appearance was just an excuse to test the audiences reaction. If the audiences feedback was good, it would be logical for the professional player to be permanent. If the audiences reaction was not good, they could also be replaced. Apart from that, the commentator in charge of the venue also introduced the function of real-time data. He reminded the audience that they could see a real-time data list if they clicked on the small bubble in the upper right corner. Together with the professional commentator, they could obtain more viewing experience. Zhao Xuming had also arrived at the venue today. He watched the competition while using his cell phone to observe the netizens reactions in the live-stream. Did the official platform learn from Bunny Tail Live-Stream as well? Theyre looking for professional players to commentate and work on real-time data. Can they copy it more thoroughly? Theres no patent protection. Whats there to copy? Whats more, isnt it all to improve the viewing experience? I think its a great thing to be able to correct their mistakes. It would be a huge problem if the official live-stream continues to be stubborn and not change! Indeed, this is a benign competition. Theres nothing to blame. It looks like I dont have to go to Bunny Tail live-stream to watch the competition today. Its more comfortable to use Wolf Fang live-streams app! The netizens reactions on the bullet screen were generally more positive. This made Zhao Xuming happy. The commentator in charge of the venue briefly introduced the two sides of todays first match just as they had planned. Then, he threw the topic to the professional player and asked him to be in charge of predicting and analyzing the competition. This professional player had also been prepared. He introduced many aspects from the tactical reserves of both sides, the celebrity players, the recent game versions characteristics, and so on. Coupled with the various data that appeared on the screen and provided in real-time data functions, he made a lot of sense. The BP segment for both sides was similar to what the professional player had predicted. That was because the lineup of both parties was based on three factors. The first would be the strong hero and lineup in the version, the second would be the pool of heroes, and the third would be the paper strength in the front, middle, and later stages of the lineup. The professional players had a good understanding of these two mid-and lower-tier teams to begin with. Coupled with the data provided by the official platform, their guess of the lineup of both teams was close to 80-90%. Often, the players on the field would lock onto it once a hero was mentioned. After the competition began, the commentator would explain the situation on the field. The commentator for the team battle would be in charge of the passionate team battle. On the other hand, the professional players would insert their own understanding of the current situation between the two commentators and analyze the playstyles from both sides perspectives. For example, how the stronger side should expand their advantage, and how the weaker side should avoid battle and exchange resources. The coordination of the three commentators might occasionally be flawed and there would be situations where they would steal the limelight, but overall, the effect was quite good. Zhao Xuming opened the ICL league live-streams on all major live-stream platforms and various forums to check the netizens feedback after the competition ended. The official commentary today was good! The two wily old foxes are quite good. They controlled the rhythm perfectly. They were very passionate during the team battle. The commentators, coupled with the professional analysis today gave me no urge to change the channel. Previously, there were people who complained that these old commentators understanding of the game was not good enough. Now, we have to prove that we cant do without them. We have to let them lead the way. The facts have proven that the so-called professionalism of Bunny Tail Live-Stream is not something difficult to achieve. The official commentator can pull a professional gamer over and prepare the data to achieve a similar level! Indeed, in terms of eloquence and passion for commentating, the official commentator is better! Previously, many people had praised Bunny Tail Live-Stream to the skies. They could even boast in a script on the commentator platform. What about now? The official commentator is not bad either? Zhao Xuming could not help but feel proud as he watched the netizens comments. Hear, hear! It had an immediate effect! Indeed, the understanding of professional gamers was not bad. Bunny Tail Live-Stream had found two professional gamers to commentate. It was nothing more than a preemptive show. How could they keep pressing the official commentator to the ground? Zhao Xuming could not help but relax. He kept his cell phone and continued watching the competition. Soon, the first match ended with 2: 0. This competition was not a focal battle but it was obvious that there was a gap in strength between the two sides. The disadvantaged party did not put up much resistance and played GG. This was also what Zhao Xuming was more worried about now. The gap in strength in the entire GPL league was a little serious. The FV Team at the top was the only one. The next level was SUG, and the other teams were below them. This could not be helped.IOI local server was not doing too good after all. There was little fresh blood, and the teams behind were not easy to catch up. Thus, this gap in strength might last for a long time in the future. However, this was not a particularly serious problem for Zhao Xuming. It would definitely be resolved as the GPL league developed rapidly. Even if he was anxious now, this problem could not be solved quickly. Whats more, Zhao Xuming had more important work to do. After a simple transition, the highlight of the day, FV Teams competition, was about to begin. The director had already given the data of the two teams in the second round to the platform before this. When advertisements were inserted in between the competitions, the three commentators took the time to familiarize themselves with these data. The professional player flipped through the selection of FV Team and said confidently, The candidates for FV Team in the next few rounds are basically exchanging two sets of tactics. Even though the heroes they chose in the competitions were different, their tactical choices were not out of the scope of these two tactics. If nothing goes wrong today, they should still use one of these two tactics. The commentator asked, Hasnt FV Team always been famous for their complex tactics? The professional player nodded. They are indeed famous for their complex tactics, but there is no need to expose too many tactics in the current situation. Since FV Team is playing with weaker teams, they can continue to win by rotating two sets of tactics. There is no need to expose other tactics. In any case, this is our clubs habit. We only use our ultimate move at the most critical stage. The commentator was very happy. It would be great if thats the case. Our commentary would be very easy as long as FV Team continues to use this mature tactic. That was because the two strategies that FV Team was currently using had been studied many times by the official data team. They had more or less understood everything from the selection of people to the tactical choices during the competition. If FV Team continued to use this tactic, then these three official commentators could talk with the content they had prepared beforehand and achieve the effect of a spoiler-like commentary. Coupled with the passionate explanation of the team battle, they would definitely be able to beat the commentator on Bunny Tail Live-Stream! The three commentators took the opportunity to sharpen their guns once again. They were filled with confidence in the following commentary. After a short break, the second match arrived as scheduled. FV team members entered the venue, welcomed by the applause and cheers of the audiences. The number of viewers and bullet screen comments in the various live-streams had also increased significantly. As the ace team who had won the World Competition not long ago and maintained a perfect record at the start of the Spring Competition, FV Team occupied almost eighty percent of the ICL leagues traffic. It would not be an exaggeration to say that they were the biological father of the ICL league. The three commentators rubbed their palms together and prepared to perform well in front of the audience seeing how supportive they were. Soon, the competition entered the selection round for BAN. FV Team has maintained undefeated from the official start of the ICL league until now. Can their undefeated record continue today? Let us wait and see! Chapter 952 - The Difference In Commentary Is The Difference Between The Realms Of The Companies After the commentator finished warming up the venue, he passed the mike to the professional player and let him start his own performance: Analyzing FV Teams BP. The professional player on the official commentary platform was full of confidence. FV Team has two sets of tactics recently. One is the global stream lineup with Wings of the Blade as the core, and the other is the team lineup with Chaos Misfortune as the core. These two heroes have been popular heroes since the World Competition. They have been slightly weakened but they are still favored by many teams. Let us take a look at the first hero that FV Team snatched. We can basically confirm the lineup that they are going to choose for this competition. Er the opponent banned the Wings of the Blade. This hero is the core hero of the global style. Its function is relatively irreplaceable. Therefore, FV Team will most likely choose to fight for Chaos Misfortune. Er the other party banned Chaos Misfortune. In that case The professional gamer was stunned. This opponent was not giving them face at all! He had prepared for a long time. There was a lot to say about the lineup selection of the two teams and the tactics in the competition. As long as the competition started, he would be able to directly let the audience see something called the spoiler commentary. In the end, both core heroes were banned? If they had not been banned, FV Team would probably still choose these two tactics with the mentality of hiding tactics. However, the situation was completely messed up! The commentator in charge of controlling the situation quickly helped him out seeing that the professional gamer was stunned. It looks like the opponent has made ample preparations before the competition and conducted a very deep study of FV Team! Then, how should FV Team deal with the current situation? I think they might have to come up with a new strategy. The live-stream was now cut to the game screen. There were no more graphics on the live-stream platform. The commentator used his elbow to nudge the professional players slightly, meaning that this little episode should not be affecting him and to continue commentating. The professional player quickly reacted and calmed down. He thought about it and realized that it made sense. FV Team had always been using these two sets of tactics back and forth. Even he could tell the playstyles. The opposing teams coaches were not stupid and would definitely be able to tell. However, he did not expect that the other party did not fight for himself, nor did he study the lineup to counter these two styles. Instead, he directly and roughly finished BAN. This still caught him off guard. FV Teams commonly used heroes might have been banned but they were not flustered at all. They directly locked down the noob hero Storm Swordsman who had won the MVP in the third round of the finals. The professional players on the commentator platform perked up when they saw this. Teacher, I know how to answer this question! Wasnt this the game that matched with Specter Blacksmith to directly eat all the jungle and mid-laner minions to suppress the economy? Many professional players had studied this strategy after the world finals. Of course, there were many things to commentate on. FV chose to snatch the Storm Swordsman. Theyre obviously planning to use the Specter Blacksmith to recreate the scene of the five kills in the global finals! However, before he could finish speaking, he saw that the opponent had already snatched the Specter Blacksmith away. The professional player opened his mouth slightly and fell into silence once again. How was he going to explain this! On the other side, on Bunny Tails live-stream platform. The host in charge of the crowd was equally shocked when he saw the other party lock down the Specter Blacksmith. It looks like the other party is well-prepared for todays battle. They have been targeting them from the BAN selection. They chose to directly snatch Specter Blacksmith to deal with the situation knowing the system of the Storm Swordsman and Specter Blacksmith. That would probably be very bad news for FV Team because the Storm Swordsman is relatively weak in the jungle. Without the Specter Blacksmith to provide additional experience and economy, it might collapse along with the three lanes once its targeted by the other party. What do the two teachers think of this candidate? The two players of FV Team Two did not feel awkward. It was as if everything was within their expectations. Actually, the current situation is definitely within FV Teams expectations. This trick has already been used in international competition. Its impossible for others not to know. If they want to take it, the best way is to take it together with two heroes from the purple side. The latter two and three hands from the blue side. However, since FV Team snatched it from the blue side, it means that they are not afraid that the other party will snatch the hero, Specter Blacksmith. Actually, the countermeasure is very simple. Since the other party chose Specter Blacksmith, they can only use the bottom lane. The bottom lane would be naturally disadvantaged. Then, as long as FV Team obtains the right to line up and has a good view of the top and middle lanes, they can protect the jungle of the Storm Swordsman The two of them talked about FV Teams general response. In the end, he added, Of course, this playstyle can only be used when the opponents three lines are not as strong as you. Whats more, you have to accurately grasp the opponents open field route in order to successfully avoid the jungle collision in the early stages. Whether this playstyle can succeed or not depends on the vision of both sides in the early stages and the arrangements of the first-rate team On the other hand, the commentators on the official platform could only guess the rough playstyles of both sides based on the following selection. I think FV Team might have found a replacement for Specter Blacksmith in this strategy, so they want to test the strength of the lineup this time. It might also be because the latest version of the Storm Swordsman has slightly increased its attack power, so FV Teams jungler, as the Storm Swordsmans ultimate living weapon, thinks that it can already enter the professional arena without the Specter Blacksmith The three commentators did not know FV Teams true intentions and could only guess. While the professional player was much more professional than these two commentators, that was only limited to what he knew. Of course, he had many things to say about more mature tactics, including the vision and lineup in the early stages. All sorts of details were at his fingertips. However, how should he explain a tactic that he did not understand? He could only guess. His guess might be more professional than the other two commentators but he was still worlds apart from FV Teams correct answer. Zhao Xuming could not help but frown below the stage. He could tell that the professional player in charge of commentating on stage was obviously not in the right state. While he was constantly giving his analysis, it seemed like a blind cat trying to catch a dead mouse. He was completely blinded. Zhao Xuming quickly switched on Bunny Tail Live-Stream. He put on his earphones and listened intently. The more he listened, the colder his heart became. That was because the explanation on Bunny Tail Live-Stream was completely different from the official commentary. The situation on stage was completely developing according to the commentary on Bunny Tail Live-Stream! They were already two completely different styles looking at the bullet screen comments on the two live-streams. Have you revealed your true colors? I thought that the official platforms understanding of the game had improved after the previous round, but I realized that it was because the previous questions were too simple The official commentary wont be effective against FV Teams high-end tactics this time. It looks like there is a reason why this brothers professional results are not good. This analysis is as fierce as a tiger, but the results are completely wrong. How can he not be beaten up? Indeed, its far from that. Stop messing around. Lets switch to Bunny Tail Live-Stream In Bunny Tails live-stream, the bullet screen comments were all professional and awesome. On the other hand, in the official live-stream, the bullet screen comments were talking nonsense in all seriousness and forcing it to make sense The bullet screen comments of the two live-streams formed a sharp contrast. The popularity of each live-stream platform was weak and there was no obvious decrease, but the rapidly increasing number of people in Bunny Tails live-stream already explained everything The number of people live-streaming in Bunny Tail Live-Stream was real. They would not lie. Obviously, the official commentators amazing performance in the first match had attracted many viewers and increased their popularity. However, after the official commentator revealed his true colors, all the fake popularity ran away. Everyone realized that the professionalism of the official commentary was completely Schr?dingers cat. Sometimes it was very professional, but sometimes it was completely impossible. This was another focal battle. Whether the commentator was professional or not would directly affect the viewing experience. Thus, many viewers naturally ran back to Bunny Tail live-stream. Many people were also discussing on the forums other than on the live-stream platforms on both sides. It looks like FV Team is indeed a unique team. Any strategy can deceive other professional players. The standard of the ICL league is still incomparable to the GPL league. Think about it, the commentator platform of Bunny Tail Live-Stream only casually found some staff from the GPL league to guest star in it. The commentator was directly chosen from FV Team Two. Its equivalent to a temporary grassroots team. In the end, it completely destroyed the commentator team that the official platform of the ICL league had carefully prepared! Whats the use of just looking at the data from the newly added real-time data function? We still need a professional commentator to explain this data. Does any random employee from Tengda Corporation have such a high understanding of games? How should I put it? Boss Pei really put his heart and soul into creating games. Boss Peis own understanding of the game is top-notch. It works from top to bottom. How can the understanding of the people below be bad? Indeed, it feels like Tengda Corporation is filled with crouching tigers and hidden dragons. Im afraid there are no noobs. Everyones understanding of the game is maxed out. Long Yu Corporation might be a gaming company, but their main goal is not to develop games but to earn money. The difference in company realms determines the difference in understanding of the game. Is it alright to say that? Thats true. Forget it. Ill just watch all game competitions on Bunny Tail Live-Stream in the future. Their understanding of the game is guaranteed. Other platforms really cant do it. Zhao Xuming was speechless. What the hell were these! Why were you guys talking about this instead of the competition? It was just a competition. Was there a difference in realms between Long Yu Corporation and Tengda Corporation? Wasnt that too much conspiracy theory? Whats more, what the hell was Ill just watch all game competitions on Bunny Tail Live-Stream in the future? Zhao Xuming was very angry. He had been carefully prepared to make a bang in todays critical battle to let the official commentators regain their lost face. He did not expect that he had completely miscalculated! Not only did he lose all his popularity from the competition, he had given away a lot for free! Chapter 953 - Domestic Classic Games Collection March 22nd, Thursday Tengda Corporations marketing department. Meng Chang arrived at his desk early in the morning. He switched on his computer and opened the DEMO of Mission and Choice to experience it. The working hours of the Advertisement and marketing department were the same as the other departments. They also had a standard eight-hour work schedule and holiday. When they needed to come up with a plan, they could have flexible working hours, but they were strictly controlled. As the person-in-charge, Meng Chang did not have to follow these rules. His working hours were completely random. He could come and go as he pleased without having to clock in nor out. That was because he had been relying on the publicity effect of the advertising plan to get a commission. There was no need for him to clock in nor out. However, he had been working very hard for the past few days, working eight hours a day because he wanted to ensure that the publicity plan for Mission and Choice was foolproof. In the office, only a portion of the other employees in the marketing department were working hard. That was because there was less to design for the marketing plan this time. Basically, they had to modify the publicity materials for the original games. Thus, there was not enough work to be distributed. Amongst those who were not working, some were watching competitions, some were playing games, some were watching dramas, and some were surfing websites. Most of the employees in the advertising and marketing department were paying attention to the news of Tengdas various industries every day. It was mainly because of work needs. They hoped that they could provide outstanding publicity plans at any time. Bunny Tail Live-Stream is doing very well now. Two leagues are supporting the popularity of the entire platform. Now, when players talk about E-Sports, their first reaction is to watch Bunny Tail Live-Stream. Wolf Fangs live-stream should be the most uncomfortable now. After all, their positioning is in the gaming live-stream platform. It would be a little painful if the cake was snatched. I have to say that Boss Pei is a master strategist. Indeed, the live-stream industry is now a sea of red. Many large capital were in them. Many platforms have burned a lot of money and were lively for a while. In the end, they were lonely and could only leave in dejection. In the end, Boss Pei entered forcefully and could still stand firm in the current situation. Hes really too strong! The key is that Boss Pei did not spend much money on Bunny Tail live-stream. Every cent was spent on the blade. Meng Chang could not help but silently raise his evaluation of Boss Pei as he listened to the two colleagues discussion. Meng Changs evaluation of Boss Pei was already very high but it did not affect him from continuing to raise it. They were all unreachable heights after all. However, Meng Changs mentality was not too affected. He continued to focus on experiencing the DEMO of Mission and Choice. Strange, this game doesnt feel very fun. Perhaps Im not a veteran gamer, so I dont understand how fun it is? Meng Chang simply forced himself to repeatedly experience this games DEMO. That was because he did not play games in the first place. He had never played real-time strategy games before. It was very difficult for him to experience the joy of such games. The overall difficulty of DEMO in Mission and Choice changed according to the plot. The simulated elements were added in the mid-stage. The small soldiers would not listen to instructions and wander around. If it was combined with the movie plot, this change would be very natural and could stir players emotions. However, DEMO of Mission and Choice had not added the movie part. Therefore, Meng Chang could not understand the plot and naturally could not understand the meaning of this gameplay. All in all, Meng Chang was having a hard time playing the game. He even had the feeling that the game would not become popular even if he advertised it casually. However, he quickly suppressed his dangerous tendencies. Meng Chang was not stupid enough to use his shallow gaming experience to determine if Boss Peis game would become popular. In any case, he could always prepare for the worst. After forcing himself to play Mission and Choice for a period of time, Meng Chang exited the game, intending to ease his mood. At that moment, he saw that Hu Xianbin from Tengda Games had sent him a message. Weve already communicated with the official platform. Weve already organized a compilation of classic domestically-produced games. Weve also communicated with the relevant companies. There are two more questions now: when will this compilation be released, and how would the publicity material be. Some of the companies which made these classic domestically-produced games had already closed down. The games had already been taken over by the official platform. There were some companies that were still around, but they had been suspended for many years. Thus, the official platform casually discussed and packed these games into a compilation for sale. However, Tengda Games was the one who had requested the compilation. Thus, the official platform had to be good to the end and let Tengda decide when the compilation would be released and what kind of publicity materials to prepare. Meng Chang pondered for a moment. Ill upload it immediately once it is ready. Ive prepared a version of the publicity material. I can submit it to the official platform. Hu Xianbin replied quickly. Alright. Meng Chang was fully in charge of the publicity plan this time. Hu Xianbin and the official platform did not have any requirements. In any case, it was fine as long as the entire publicity event was not too ridiculous. A moment later, the person-in-charge of the Tengda Games department received the publicity material from the marketing department. Hu Xianbin received a copy as well and clicked on it. This He still felt a little stunned when he saw the publicity materials even though he was mentally prepared. Meng Chang had already said before that the publicity material was mainly used to promote these old games. However, Hu Xianbin thought that he had to repackage them and make them look better, right? In the end, Meng Chang directly used the old publicity materials. There were some slight changes but they were very minor. There were no changes to the games background graphs, advertising slogans, and so on. The only difference was that the material had been changed to a higher definition and more exquisite. The arrangement had also been slightly adjusted to ensure that all the games publicity posters had a similar structure. There was nothing else! Hu Xianbin had seen the old game promotional picture of Mission and Choice in advance. Even though there were some slight changes made, 99% of players would probably not be able to tell any difference. If this promotional material was uploaded, everyone would probably be brought back to the 90s and experience the feeling of time travel. Hu Xianbin looked at the employee who was connected to the advertising department. Are you sure this is the set? The employee nodded. Yes, would that be a little inappropriate? Should we ask the advertising department to make changes? Hu Xianbin shook his head. Thats it. Boss Pei has already handed the publicity plan to Meng Chang. Even if you dont trust Meng Chang, you should trust Boss Pei. Whats more, Meng Chang has already done a few publicity plans. The effects are not bad. There should be no problem this time round as well. In the afternoon, at Binhu District. Qiao Liang had just finished eating the Fish-Catching Take-Out that was delivered regularly. He leaned back on the sofa and enjoyed the warm sunlight outside. He switched on his cell phone and checked his fan group. Indeed, the fans were all asking when would his new video be released and when would the live-stream start. Qiao Liang quietly flipped through his chat history and continued to play dead. Comrades, I really dont want to stand you up. I just dont have any inspiration. Creative art like me is not like a hen laying eggs. The key still depends on my mood. After consoling himself, Qiao Liang sat in front of his computer as if nothing had happened. He opened the official platform, wanting to check if there were any new games recently. Eh? There seems to be a compilation of restored classic domestically-produced games. Why are these old games that are more than nine years old being revamped? Arent they just a bunch of lousy games? Oh, I understand. It might be for memory sake. Qiao Liang did not think too much about it and clicked on the details page of these games. Some old games from many years ago have been reposted on official platforms. I actually really miss them. Chapter 954 - Nag” Artificial Intelligence Laboratory Qiao Liang flipped through the publicity materials of these old games. Every one of them was filled with childhood memories. At that time, he did not have any financial capability. Naturally, he could not afford to buy the original game. In fact, his memory of these games had already become blurry. Thus, Qiao Liang missed these classic games when he saw it. Im not going to say anything else. Lets buy more tickets! Qiao Liang did not look through it carefully. Instead, he took out some money to purchase the compilation. This collection was not cheap. There were a total of eight games in it. The price of each game ranged from tens to more than a hundred yuan. This collection was at a 60% discount with a total price of 588 yuan. Even after the discount, the price would still be quite expensive. After all, these were all old games from more than ten years ago. The gameplay was completely behind time, not to mention the graphics and game mechanisms. This money was definitely not worth it as a game. However, to a veteran gamer like Qiao Liang, this sum of money was equivalent to a supplementary ticket. After all, he did not have the financial capability back then. It was not bad to spend money to buy a wave of sentiment now. Qiao Liangs life was getting better and better because of games. It was understandable for him to buy a few games to support the development of domestically-produced games. Whats more, he could use the material of these games to make videos (roughly) in the future. After paying, Qiao Liang looked through the games. The Landlord Game, I really miss it. Its a pity that many people have to play it together for it to be fun. The Storm of Heroes is also considered a masterpiece of a generation. Sword Kinesis is considered one of the best in this batch of games. Its a pity that the sequel became more and more ordinary. Conquer The Three Kingdoms? This game is very ordinary, right? There were not many players back then. Whats more, it was an imitation of a foreign game. Its acceptable to say that it was acceptable, but its not a good game. I can tolerate Conquer The Three Kingdoms, but what is this? Qiao Liang flipped through the games. The first few games looked normal. The types and quality of these games were different, some were classic games, and some were less popular but they were still acceptable overall. However, he suddenly realized that a strange thing had been mixed in. Mission and Choice? Isnt that the legendary shame of the nation? Why is this rubbish game mixed in to cheat money? Its even selling for more than a hundred yuan! Are the officials crazy? Qiao Liang almost thought that he had seen wrongly. He had not played Mission and Choice back then, mainly because he had not been financially capable at that time. He could not persuade his parents to spend more than a hundred yuan on this game. There was no need to buy the game after its reputation collapsed later on. Of course, just because Qiao Liang had not played this game before did not mean that he had not heard of the shocking legend of this game. Thus, seeing it appear in the compilation of this domestically-produced game was even more unbelievable. This lousy thing sells for more than a hundred yuan? Even five yuan is too expensive! Eh, wait a moment. Could this be a game version that the official platform has already modified? Qiao Liang suddenly felt that things were not as simple as he thought. He immediately clicked on Mission and Choice, wanting to see if this was the official version that had fixed the bugs and improved the gameplay. Ten minutes later, Qiao Liangs hands left the mouse. He looked at the lake outside the window and began to think about life. The game had not been changed at all! A pile of fragmented images, perfunctory sound effects, and game bugs everywhere Qiao Liang had not been affected by Mission and Choice previously, but he had not managed to dodge it this time! As for why he insisted on playing for ten minutes, it was probably curiosity driving him. He really wanted to see how trashy this game could be. Was the game really been released without any changes? Now that he was clear, this game was indeed useless. Whats more, the official platform had not updated it at all! Of course, it was understandable if they wanted to enrich the official platforms game library, remember the shame, and sound the alarm for all game companies by faithfully recording trash games. However, why did the official platform mix it with other domestically-produced games of the same generation to make a collection and publicize it together? Was it to reflect how outstanding other games were? Qiao Liang was speechless. He cut the screen back to the desktop and looked at it. This game was sold at a 60% discount when it was purchased together. However, each game could be refunded individually, and the refund conditions were extremely relaxed. Qiao Liang could not help but feel enlightened. Oh, I understand. The official compilation actually has the effect of reminiscing about the bitter and sweet. This collection did not choose the best game of that era. Instead, it chose the most popular, representative, and even controversial game of that era! There are excellent classic games here, such as The Landlord Games, The Storm of Swordsmen, and so on. There are also relatively niche games such as Conquer The Three Kingdoms, which had poor sales but special genres. There is also a lousy negative example, Mission and Choice. The official platform set up this option to refund the game individually because they knew that gamers would definitely not accept some of the games. Therefore, gamers can choose games that they are not interested in to refund. They would not suffer financial losses. I see, that explains it. Qiao Liang quickly thought of a reasonable explanation. That was exactly what Meng Chang wanted to achieve. Meng Chang had foresaw that Mission and Choice would definitely look out of place in this domestically-produced gaming compilation. If the other games were classic works that were worth keeping, wouldnt Mission and Choice be too obvious in this collection? Thus, in order to reduce gamers suspicions, the eight games selected in this episode might be classic games from more than ten years ago, but not every one of them was worth the price. For example, Conquer The Three Kingdoms was a relatively niche game with poor sales, good reputation, but unique enough. He could then create a special refund option for a game to minimize the chances of being discovered. Meng Chang had also considered if he should set this compilation into other games and sell it. Only Mission and Choice needed to be bought elsewhere. That way, he could minimize the chances of accidentally injuring. However, on further thought, this was equivalent to excluding Mission and Choice. That was too strange. It would easily cause players to make strange associations. Thus, he chose this method of muddling along in the end. Reality proved that this method was quite effective. Qiao Liang was deceived. Of course, the prerequisite for all of this was that Tengda had done a good job of keeping it a secret. The outside world did not know that Tengda was developing a remake of the game Mission and Choice. Most people would not think in that direction. Qiao Liang was no exception. He opened his fan group and found that there were a few sporadic messages discussing this compilation. However, it did not cause much of a stir. After all, most players did not have much interest in such old-fashioned games. People like Qiao Liang were rare. A few brothers complained about the game Mission and Choice. Then, they were overwhelmed by the overwhelming messages in the group. Soon, they disappeared. Qiao Liang did not take it to heart. He had so many games. Most games would not even be opened. Todays compilation was no exception. He would only not be able to wait to open the game and clear it in one shot if it was a huge production. However, after closing the compilation, Qiao Liang fell into confusion again. What should he do? He did not have much inspiration recently. He had been cooped up for some time. All of a sudden, Qiao Liangs eyes lit up. Lets create another episode of Trash Games Diss! Isnt Mission and Choice the perfect material? Qiao Liang suddenly thought of a good way to make a video. Even though Mission and Choice had been repeatedly flogged as a disgrace to the local gaming industry, there were almost no UP Masters who flogged it in recent years. After all, this game was so old that many players did not know about it. Its popularity had long passed. Qiao Liang felt that it might not be a bad thing to make a video to criticize and bring the audience to reminisce about the rubbish game that was so terrible back then! At that thought, Qiao Liang made up his mind. He would make this video for the next episode! At the same time, Pei Qian sat in the car and yawned. The sunlight outside was not bad, making him feel warm. He should be taking a good nap at this time, but he could not because there was something he had to deal with. In the morning, the person-in-charge of Otto Technologies, Jiang Yuan, called. He said that the preparations for the artificial intelligence laboratory were almost done. He hoped that Boss Pei would come to inspect and guide them. This time, he had bought over a company that researched artificial intelligence with full capital. He had also poached a few technical core members from other companies such as Xunke Technologies. This company had some achievements to begin with, but it could not compare to a leading company like Xunke Technologies. In order for both sides to communicate and cooperate better, dozens of employees of this company had already moved to Jingzhou. Otto Technologies would arrange accommodation and office for them. Of course, a portion of employees in the original company had resigned because they did not want to leave their original city. However, that was only a minority. The premium for poaching was very high after all. Everyone knew how good Tengdas treatment was. Although the team that he had spent a lot of money to poach had some research results and could operate smoothly even if they did not bother, Jiang Yuan still felt that he had to let Boss Pei guide him and determine the direction of the research. Artificial intelligence was related to many of Tengdas businesses after all. This technology had many branches. The direction it developed might affect Boss Peis overall plan for Tengdas businesses. He could not afford to be careless. To Pei Qian, he really needed to change the direction of the artificial intelligence laboratorys research. He had to try his best not to let it have too much of a positive impact on his current industry. He had to ensure that there would not be many useful results after spending tens of millions of yuan. That way, he could continue to throw money in without any worries in the future. Soon, Otto Technologies arrived. Jiang Yuan was already waiting downstairs. He led Pei Qian directly to the office of the artificial intelligence laboratory. Boss Pei, this is the person-in-charge of the artificial intelligence laboratory, Shen Renjie. Shen Renjie looked to be in his forties. He was dressed casually and had the characteristics of a programmer. He looked like a more pragmatic person. After getting to know each other, Shen Renjie said, Boss Pei, do you want me to introduce the core members of the laboratory to you, and then explain the research results of our laboratory? Pei Qian raised his hand. Theres no need. I dont have to worry about your work. Lets get straight to the point. Jiang Yuan nodded. Alright, lets talk in the conference room. The three of them arrived at the conference room and took their seats. In fact, Pei Qian did not care about the personnel structure and research results of this laboratory. He only cared if this laboratory could continue to burn money for him safely. Thus, he had to come up with a good name and find a good omen. Pei Qian sipped his tea and asked, Do you have a name for the laboratory? Shen Renjie answered, Yes. Previously, our laboratorys name was Unicorn Artificial Intelligence Laboratory because Unicorn is an auspicious beast in ancient China. It has outstanding talent and wisdom. Whats more, it has the meaning of auspiciousness. It fits the theme of Artificial Intelligence. Pei Qian immediately frowned and shook his head. Thats not appropriate. Jiang Yuan said, Then we might as well just call it AEEIS artificial intelligence laboratory. After all, AEEIS is our main artificial intelligence product at the moment. This name sounds nice and easy to remember. Pei Qian shook his head again. Its still not appropriate. Good lord, how could it be called Unicorn? The name was so domineering that Pei Qian felt a strong sense of danger. It was not appropriate to call it AEEIS artificial intelligence laboratory because AEEIS was already popular. Pei Qian did not want this artificial intelligence laboratory to become popular. Jiang Yuan and Shen Renjie looked at Boss Pei, implying for Boss Pei to give them a suitable name since all the names were not appropriate? After some consideration, Pei Qian said, I think we should call it the Nag Artificial Intelligence Laboratory! If calling it unicorn was not appropriate, he would do the opposite! A nag referred to a horse, especially one that is old or in poor health and not outstanding. They were also called shoddy horses. In laymans terms, they were stupid and slow-witted inferior horses. Pei Qian vaguely remembered reading an ancient saying in a certain place: There are three things the quality of a horse.If it takes one day, it would be a military horse; two days it would be a field horse; three days and it would be a nag. The general meaning was: There were three types of horses. Some were warhorses used to fight on the battlefield, some were field horses used to farm, and some were useless ordinary nags. He named this artificial intelligence laboratory Nag because he hoped that the artificial intelligence research would be stupid and slow. In the end, it would be useless. Jiang Yuan and Shen Renjie were stunned. Nag Artificial Intelligence Laboratory? This name did not sound good! Didnt unicorn have a nice ring to it? Good lord, it was lowered by several levels. Pei Qian had an unfathomable expression on his face. In any case, as long as he did not feel guilty, others would definitely feel guilty. Well use this name then! Chapter 955 - Artificial Intelligence and Games Pei Qian did not give the two of them a chance to disagree. Instead, he moved on to the next topic. Next, I have to determine the main research direction of the Nag artificial intelligence laboratory. Do you have any ideas? Pei Qian went fishing like before. Otherwise, it would be difficult to change his opinion if it happened to clash with the person-in-charge of the department. Shen Renjie said, Boss Pei, our laboratorys current research is mainly focused on the conventional application of artificial intelligence. Simply put, the upgrading and optimization of artificial intelligence on cell phones. For example, the cell phone functions that AEEIS artificial intelligence is responsible for are all within our research scope. Jiang Yuan nodded slightly. That was the main reason why he chose to acquire this company. The artificial intelligence assistant, smart speaker, smart home, and the like on the cell phone were the most widely used and commercialized fields. They were also the most compatible with Tengdas current industry. The research results of this laboratory could be directly used by AEEIS, making the AEEIS on Otto Technologies more useful. At the same time, Chang You was now creating various smart homes. Therefore, the research results in this field were very important to Otto Technologies. Moreover, it was relatively easy to produce results in this field. That was because artificial intelligence was basically intelligence automated by humans. The more humans there were, the more intelligent it would be. Take AEEIS for example. Its functions were basically supported by a large number of codes. Even though it appeared very smart, in fact, it was the result of programming and that was set up. As for other research directions, they would be more difficult to achieve. Pei Qian could not help but become silent. Obviously, these were not complicated or profound principles. He understood them. Since that was the case, he definitely could not choose this field! As for what field he wanted to choose, Pei Qian himself did not know. However, Shen Renjie and Jiang Yuan had at least eliminated a correct answer for him. Pei Qian cleared his throat. Its not impossible to do research in this area, but theres no need for it to be the main research direction. Split it among a small group of people and just study it. Pei Qian could not ask them to give up completely. After all, most of their research results were in this field. It would be too ridiculous to ask them to give up completely. However, he could not continue digging into this field. It would be too easy for something to happen. It would be best if they only invested a small portion of their manpower in research. They could just fool them and make them look good. They could not use too much force to achieve any great results. Shen Renjie was stunned. Huh? Previously, he had told Boss Pei that he wanted to determine the main research direction of the laboratory. He meant that he wanted to choose a fine area in the current field as the focus of strength. He had not considered anything else! That was because the laboratory had too little accumulation in other aspects. Whats more, the research and development difficulty was high, and it was not easy to produce results. It would be very easy for all to become naught. Looking at Shen Renjie and Jiang Yuans stunned expressions, Pei Qian knew that it was time for him to use his speech escape technique. His expression immediately became serious. There are two very fatal problems in the field of research. First, homogeneity is very serious. It has no effect on differentiating competition. Lets not talk about anything else. How many companies and laboratories in the country are researching this direction? Almost all cell phone manufacturers are working on their own artificial intelligence assistants, not to mention the lead that is Xunke Technologies. Whats the point of fighting them to the death in this field? We might as well buy the technology available from the information science department directly. We can just split a portion of people to make up for it. Second, the ceiling is too low. The goal is not long term. Even if there are some results, how much profit can they bring us? Its just to make AEEISs artificial intelligence more diverse and produce a few more smart gadgets. However, we can do these, but cant other companies? How rich can the functions of AEEISs artificial intelligence be? Can it bring any substantial experience to our cell phone users? Obviously, this is a low-risk and low-income area. If we want to do low-risk and low-income things, we can just buy ready-made technology. Why should we set up our own laboratory? Therefore, we must choose a high-risk, high profit direction! It doesnt matter if we dont achieve critical results in a year or two and continue to incur losses. We have to set our goals further! In other words, you can research in any direction, but you cannot continue to research in this direction. You can spend as much money as you want to research. Your goal must be long term. Of course, dont keep holding back your big moves and drilling into the bulls horns. Even if you give small results occasionally, thats still results! The reason why he added this last sentence was mainly because Pei Qian was worried that this laboratory would not have any results for a long time, causing the settlement to be delayed. As long as there were some results, he could just make a product and sell it without violating the system rules. Pei Qians words sounded so righteous that both of them looked ashamed. Look at Boss Peis vision, his level! Indeed, the leader of such a large corporation was thinking differently from ordinary employees! Shen Renjie quickly nodded. I understand, Boss Pei. I will definitely take your words as the creed of all the employees in the Nag artificial intelligence laboratory. I will strictly abide by it and remember it forever! Pei Qian nodded in satisfaction. En, not bad. Shen Renjie was old and wise. He looked like a very obedient person. It made people feel at ease. As for Jiang Yuan, he had not been promoted to be in charge for long and had not caused any trouble. He should be much better than Chang You. Pei Qian stood up. Alright, Ill leave first. At the moment, he had only helped the Nag artificial intelligence laboratory kill one of the main options, but he had not pointed out a very clear direction. That was mainly because Pei Qian was afraid that his lucky attributes would flare up again. Thus, he casually pointed out an explosive point. In any case, Shen Renjie could slowly figure it out on his own. As for what he could figure out, that was up to fate. After sending Boss Pei off, Jiang Yuan and Shen Renjie returned to the conference room. Shen Renjie could not help but feel emotional. This is my first time meeting Boss Pei. I didnt expect him to be such a person. Jiang Yuan asked, What kind of person? Shen Renjie thought for a while and said, There is a maturity that is not proportional to age. I have never seen such a structure and vision in other people. I have to say that Tengda Corporations aura is very similar to Boss Peis. So young and full of vitality. Shen Renjie was almost middle-aged. He had interacted with many bosses or CEOs of big companies in the industry. He had seen many things. However, he was still amazed by all sorts of magical things after coming to Tengda. For example, Jiang Yuan was young enough, but Boss Pei was even younger than him. Chang You, who used to be the person-in-charge of Otto Technologies, was transferred to other departments after only one year. The key was that he had outstanding results and obtained outstanding employees. Such a thing was unheard of in other companies. Jiang Yuan smiled. Get used to it. Shen Renjies expression became melancholic again. But then again, Boss Pei did not give us very clear instructions. Jiang Yuan sipped his tea slowly. Boss Shen, this is where youre wrong. According to the standard process of Tengdas work, the next part is the highlight of our work. Shen Renjie: Huh? Could it be Jiang Yuan nodded slightly. Thats right. Boss Pei must have given us enough hints in his previous words. We need to interpret it seriously now. Shen Renjie blinked, completely confused. Jiang Yuan had already expected this. Shen Renjie might be more senior, but he had never worked in Tengda so he could not understand Boss Peis thoughts. Thus, he had to do it himself. He took out his cell phone and searched for the keyword Nag. First of all, the name that Boss Pei gave the laboratory is very exquisite. From a literal point of view, a nag is an inferior horse. It doesnt seem to be a good name. However, theres a famous saying in Enlightenment. Its called A steed cant take ten steps in one leap. A nags merits are in not giving up. It means that even though the fine horse can run fast, it cant jump ten steps if it only jumps once. On the other hand, if the nag keeps running, it can run very far as long as it perseveres. Combined with the previous name of the laboratory, unicorn and the meaning is even more obvious. Boss Pei means that we have to lower our stance. The field of artificial intelligence is too profound and complicated. It would not be an exaggeration to say that it represents the future of mankind. In such a field, we should always maintain the mentality of apprentices and walk forward step by step like a nag. The key is not how fast we run at the beginning, but how long we can last. Therefore, what Boss Pei means is that we must not be complacent and happy. We must always maintain a positive attitude and recognize our own shortcomings. We must always look at the long term and persevere in our research. Only then can we have a place in this field! Realization dawned on Shen Renjie. I see! In that case, the name Nag Horse Artificial Intelligence Laboratory has many meanings! Not only is it not old-fashioned, but it also has deep cultural connotations? Jiang Yuan continued, As for the research direction of the Nag laboratory Boss Pei did not point it out clearly but he did point out a general range. Boss Pei wants us to compete with other laboratories through our positioning. We have to be far-sighted and make full use of our comparative advantage. In my opinion why dont we focus on the application of artificial intelligence in games? Shen Renjie was stunned. Games? That makes sense! Tengdas games are very outstanding and the various AIs and assistants in the game are indeed in the research direction of artificial intelligence. If I can achieve something in the games AI, it would be more useful than perfecting AEEIS! Alright, its settled then. Split a small group of people to conduct research on AEEISs artificial intelligence and smart home. Place the main research direction in games! Chapter 956 - Change the ICL Team to Deposit Fitness! March 24th, Saturday afternoon. SUG Clubs boss, Ding Gan, had nothing to do today since FV and SUG teams did not have any competitions today. It was a good day to visit Wu Yue. After coming back from the international competition in the United States, the relationship between SUG Club and FV Club continued to warm up. It looked like a brotherly team. This might be the so-called you and I were not meant to be together but were together because you have money. These two teams had nothing to do with each other in the first place. SUG Team was a well-known team in the domestic e-sports field at the end of the day. FV Team could only be considered to be out of the league. Even if Wu Yue wanted to climb higher, it would be difficult to do so. However, the two teams went to Los Angeles together during the World Competition. SUG would also benefit as a sparring partner. Coupled with Boss Peis relationship, the two bosses got closer and closer. Their relationship also became better. Of course, Ding Gan often came to FV Team to learn about FV Teams advanced experience so that SUG could achieve better results. The only difference was that Ding Gan felt that something was different the moment he entered today. The main members of FV Team were not training. The training room was empty except for Manager Lu and a few substitute members of Team Two. Manager Lu immediately stood up and greeted Ding Gan when he saw him. Boss Ding. They were all old acquaintances, so there was no need to be so polite. Ding Gan asked directly, Eh, where are Boss Wu and the team members? Why arent they training today? Is there some special event? Manager Lu explained, Boss Ding, they are all in the conference room. Someone from Finger Games came today to talk to the team about the champion skin. Ding Gan was stunned. Oh! Are they only talking about the champions skin now? Manager Lu nodded. Yes, I think Finger Games has been busy with IOIs version update and preparations for the international competition. They only made time now. After all, someone from Finger Games headquarters had to come personally. Thats why we were delayed. Ding Gan nodded. He had heard a little about the IOI version update. Finger Games and Dayak Corporations upper echelons were definitely very dissatisfied with FV Team winning the championship. It was not because they had any prejudice against domestic teams. The key was that FV Team was a competitors team. Whats more, the key to winning the competition was the data support behind Tengda Games. This was equivalent to slapping Finger Games in the face in front of players all over the world. It proved that Tengda Games designer and Balancer were more outstanding than Finger Games. It also confirmed the rumor that GOG was imitating IOI. That was why Finger Games had to plan a new version update in order to weaken FV Teams strength and to get back at them. In addition, the various overseas leagues, including the Northern American Region region, were also in the midst of preparation. That was why the designer team only came to FV Club to discuss the champions skin now. Manager Lu said, Boss Ding, they might need some time. Why dont you take a seat first? Ding Gan nodded and sat down on the sofa, waiting for them to finish their meeting. At the same time, in the conference room. FV Teams boss, Wu Yue, the translator, and five main players sat on one side of the conference table. On the other side were two skin designers from Finger Games. Wu Yue said, Were almost done discussing the champions skin. The heroes are the signature heroes chosen by our team in the finals, including the Ancient Lava Tree, the Storm Swordsman, the Wings of the Blade Then, the overall style of the skin. Since its FV Teams skin, it must have FV Teams logo. In any case, adding the teleporting back to the city special effects and signature should be the most basic. Then, there are the two elements that our team likes. I hope we can add them in. The two of you can see it as well. Our teams logo has golden elements in it. Whats more, our team members prefer golden-bright and dazzling effects. Thats why we hope to add golden elements into the special effects of the skin. For example, large amounts of golden light special effects would be released from area-of-effect skills. Secondly, our team members use their brains to play games. Whats more, they prefer cool and technologically-sensitive skins. Thus, they hope to add special effects like program codes and scientific formulas into the skins, such as guiding and showing them when they return to the city. Wu Yue first explained the overall concept of the skin design of FV Teams champion. After deciding on the overall style, the players had to make some special custom-made requirements for their own skin, such as the kind of teleporting back to the city special effects they should use, whether they should add special elements to their skin, and so on. The two designers listened to the translation and nodded while recording seriously. FV Teams request sounded very reasonable. Everyone loved ballers. The sense of technology and numbers suited the taste of the internet addicts. This series of skins should be quite popular. One of the designers considered it seriously. We can set the theme of the skin as Black Gold Technology . The normal skin is black as the main color, and it is paired with some golden lines. The shape of the armor is high-tech armor. All weapons, be it cold weapons or hot weapons, are changed to high-tech styles. As you level up, the golden elements on your body will gradually increase, and the sense of technology will become stronger. As for special effects that are similar to program codes, they can be added in large quantities when releasing guiding skills or returning to the city. It gives people the feeling that they are in a hacker world. Wu Yue was elated. Thats right, thats the feeling we want! Then, let the team members explain in detail the requirements for their own skins. Ill leave first. After leaving the conference room, Wu Yue could not help but smile. Sure enough, the two designers from Finger Games headquarters did not have any doubts. In fact, Wu Yue and his team members had already discussed this many times and reached a consensus. Whose should be given the credit for FV Team to win the first championship? Of course, it was Boss Pei! If Boss Pei had not spent a lot of money, provided food, accommodation, and internet cafes, and provided the players with a perfect training environment, found a special data analysis team and sparring team, and greatly improved FV Teams game understanding in a short period of time, how could FV Team have won the championship with their original strength? Thus, he had to pay tribute to Boss Pei for this champion skin! However, he could not make it too obvious. It would be best if the designers of Finger Games could not tell, but it would be best if domestic players could tell at a glance. Thus, Wu Yue and his team members discussed for a long time and finally decided on the two elements of gold and data. The golden element was similar to the Coin-Scattering Hedgehog Modest in GOG. They were both to commemorate Boss Peis generous spending on the FV Team. The digital element represented the strong data support provided by Tengda Games. Leaving the first set of champion skins in IOI as a souvenir for Boss Pei could only be considered as barely repaying Boss Peis kindness to FV Team! Ding Gan was sitting on the sofa in the training room. When he saw Wu Yue walk out of the conference room, he immediately stood up and greeted him. The two of them were very familiar with each other by now. They sat on the sofa and exchanged a few pleasantries. At the same time, they chatted about the recent events between the two clubs. Ding Gan looked at the second team members who were training in the training room and suddenly felt that something was amiss. Eh, Boss Wu, why do I feel that your team members seem to be bulkier than last time? The effect is too fast, almost catching up to DGEs monsters! Why is it that my team members have not seen any effect after training for so long? Wu Yue was stunned for a moment. How would I know? Perhaps peoples physiques cannot be compared. Ding Gan pondered for a moment. Thats not right either. Your team members physiques are indeed different, but overall, their physiques have improved. My team members physiques are also different, but they are still fat when they should be fat and skinny when they should be. Theres no change at all! Are our team members going to a fake gym? Wu Yue pondered for a moment. Then could it be a problem with the diet? Ding Gan lightly slapped his thigh. Yes, that must be the reason! At that time, Zhao Xuming asked us to hire a cook and find a gym nearby to apply for a membership card. He told us that the remuneration was the same, so I didnt pay much attention to it. It doesnt look like that at all! The remuneration is the same, but the effect is much better! As a rich second-generation heir, Ding Gan did not visit the club often. He only visited occasionally. Previously, Zhao Xuming had given all the clubs the same allowance, so Ding Gan did not think much about it. He did not expect the gap to be so huge after some time! Ding Gan could not sit still anymore. No, I have to go back and take a look! After leaving FV Club, Ding Gan drove straight back to SUG Club. However, he did not go in directly this time. Instead, he found a place by the roadside to park his car and waited patiently. According to the clubs arrangement, after the afternoon training competition, they would arrange for a fitness period. After they finished working out, they would come back to eat, then rest and continue playing the evening training competition. He looked at the time. The training competition should be over now. As long as he waited at the entrance, he should be able to see his team members going for training. Ding Gan waited in the car for more than half an hour. Sure enough, he saw the members of SUG walk out of the club and walk towards the nearby gym. There were many cars by the side of the road, and Ding Gan had deliberately chosen a place far away to hide. Thus, the team members did not realize that their every move had been seen by their boss. Ding Gan got out of the car and followed quietly after the team members walked away. The members of SUG had been training in the nearby gym for a while, but it was completely ineffective. Not only did they not close the gap with the members of FV Team, but they were even worse. This made Ding Gan, the boss of the club, very uncomfortable! He quietly followed them to the gym near the training base and then followed them in. At first, Ding Gan was a little worried that he would be discovered. However, he quickly realized that he was thinking too much. There were many people in the gym during the weekend. He blended into the crowd and his team members did not notice him at all. In order to avoid being exposed, Ding Gan deliberately hid for a while. He waited for the team members to change and start training before hiding in the crowd to observe. The team members found a private trainer and began their training for the day. However, Ding Gan frowned very quickly because he saw that these team members were not training seriously at all. Instead, they were slacking in groups! There were many people in the gym to begin with. Many of the equipment in the strength area were occupied. They could only queue up if they wanted to use them. The private training only brought the team members to do some physical enhancement training on the yoga mat. The team members were not particularly serious. They would lay down on the yoga mat and give up if they were slightly tired. It did not achieve the best training effect. Ding Gan now understood why it was ineffective after training for so long. That was because the cook auntie and ordinary gym could not replace Fish-Catching Take-Outs fitness meals and Deposit Fitness! The trainers in the gym were still considered to be doing their job, but on one hand, the equipment arrangements in the gym were not that free. They had to line up. On the other hand, the private training did not dare to train the players so hard. The players were slacking, and the private training did not dare to say harsh words. They could only let it be. Thus, this fitness training slowly flowed into shape. Ding Gan even suspected that these team members usually came to the gym based on their mood. If the club manager was not around, the private trainers at the gym would not say much. Whats more, it was definitely not just SUG Club. The other clubs apart from FV Team were definitely similar because the figures of the members of the other clubs were obviously similar to SUG, there was no difference. Ding Gan was unhappy. Why was it that everyones money was the same, FV Team could use Fish-Catching Take-Out and Deposit Fitness, the training effect was so good, we could only hire a cook auntie and an ordinary gym, we could not see the effect even after training for a long time? He did not mention it before because he did not realize that there would be such a huge difference. Now, he was going to collaborate with the bosses of a few clubs to propose to Zhao Xuming. It should not be a problem to change it to Fish-Catching Take-Out and Deposit Fitness, right? After all, Fish-Catching Take-Out and Deposit Fitness had opened in Shanghai recently. Taking in these professional players should not be a problem. At that thought, Ding Gan left to contact the other club owners to pressure Zhao Xuming. The team members were not working out and still wanted to slack off? No way! March 26th, Monday Pei Qian went to his office as usual to check on the various departments. I havent seen these physical industries for a while. Lets take a look today. Pei Qian found Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Fish-Catching Take-Out, and Deposit Fitness reports in the various departments work reports. Then, he opened them one by one. Pei Qian had not seen the work reports of these departments for a long time since the physical industry entered the first-tier cities. It was mainly because he was afraid that he would only be able to create trouble for himself if he saw how business was booming and the venue was filled. However, Pei Qian was in a good mood today. He had mentally prepared himself in advance so he clicked on it. Fish-Catching Internet Cafe is indeed full not long after opening. Alright, it was expected. Theres nothing much to say. Eh? Manage Deposit Fitness is doing well? Many people are refunding money? Pei Qian could not help but smile when he saw the work report from Deposit Fitness last week. It seemed like Deposit Fitness was not acclimatized to Shanghai! Many people signed up for Shanghais Deposit Fitness when it first opened, but they were quickly dissuaded. There were too many requirements for Deposit Fitness. They had to buy fitness meals from Fish-Catching Take-Out and strictly implement the fitness schedule. Many people could not persevere. In fact, Deposit Fitness had been in the same situation when it was first opened in Jingzhou. It was only after washing off a few groups of people that the customer base was roughly confirmed. After a period of time, the Deposit Fitness became popular because the customers fitness effects were very obvious. The white-collar workers in Shanghai had obviously overestimated their perseverance. Thats not bad. This situation can last for at least a month or two, right? I dont want to incur losses. I just want to earn money slowly. Pei Qian opened Fish-Catching Take-Outs report again. The situation was slightly better than Deposit Fitness, but it was far from being as popular as Jingzhou. The reason was very simple. On one hand, there was no garbage classification in Shanghai. On the other hand, there were many delicacies in Shanghai. Fish-Catching Take-Out was not as competitive in Shanghai as Jingzhou. Eh, this means that the situation is much more optimistic than I imagined? Pei Qian was elated. Just as he was feeling happy, he received a new weeks work report. Pei Qian opened the new weeks work report for the Deposit Fitness. However, after reading two lines, Pei Qians smile froze on his face. All the club members of the ICL league have been transferred to Deposit Fitness? Whats more, all their daily meals have been changed to Fish-Catching Take-Outs fitness meals?! A bolt out of the blue struck Pei Qian. What was going on? Wasnt everything fine last week? Didnt they not use any Tengda industries before the ICL league? What was going on? Pei Qian immediately called Chang You. All of the ICL league teams in Shanghai are going to use our gym. Whats going on? Chang You was a little surprised. Eh, Boss Pei, dont you know? Thats true. You might not have paid attention to the business in Shanghai. Its like this. SUG Clubs Boss Ding realized that the fitness effect of his team members was very bad. After training for a long time, there was no effect. In the end, he realized that it was because the gym he found was not good. The team members did not train well when they were working out. They were all slacking. Other clubs more or less have similar situations. Only FV Club uses Deposit Fitness. It works very quickly. Thats why the club owners are unhappy. Everyone has the same subsidy. Why should they use inferior services? These bosses are still very concerned about these things. After all, the remuneration is the same. The effectiveness of the team members training is not good. On one hand, it affects the view, and on the other hand, it would waste time. Therefore, the bosses of several clubs went to find Zhao Xuming together and asked him to change all of them to fitness meals for Deposit Fitness and Fish-Catching Take-Out. He could not treat them differently. Whats more, they have a very good reason. The bodies of the players are part of the appearance. Its beneficial for the club and even the commercialization of the entire ICL league. Whats more, the higher the quality of the players training, the more hope they have of winning glory for the ICL league in the future Zhao Xuming probably thinks that were spending the same amount of money anyway. Weve already worked with Tengda on Bunny Tail live-stream. It doesnt matter if we have further collaboration. Coincidentally, Deposit Fitness still had enough space in the store, so I signed them all and gave them a small friendship price. Ive already spoken to the trainers over there. They have to be strict with these professional players and strive to train them into muscular men so that the Deposit Fitness can make a name for itself in Shanghai! Pei Qian hung up and fell silent. Things were getting very bad! The ICL league had already made Pei Qian suffer once. Bunny Tail Live-Stream had inexplicably attracted a lot of attention because of the ICL league. There were more and more viewers, and he could not chase them away. Even Deposit Fitness and Fish-Catching Take-Out had not escaped the clutches of ICL! Pei Qian could not sit still anymore. He immediately got up and prepared to go to Bunny Tail live-stream. He had to do something to salvage the situation! Chapter 957 - The News Of The Remake Of ‘Fantasy Battle’ The employees were all busy in the office of Bunny Tails live-stream. As a new department that had just started, it was not easy for it to achieve its current results. The few promotions brought a lot of popularity to Bunny Tail Live-Stream. Thus, the employees were filled with enthusiasm and excitement. There was still a lot of work to be done for Bunny Tail Live-Stream, including the optimization of the website, the signing of contracts with various streamers, the arrangement of recommendation spots and promotional activities, the business cooperation with other related companies, and so on. All of these were long-term work. Whats more, even though Bunny Tails live-stream was very popular, it was still a long way from turning losses into profits. Thus, most employees felt that they had to continue working hard. Everyone knew how huge the plate size of the live-stream industry was. Now that Bunny Tail Live-Stream was developing so well, as long as they worked hard to turn Bunny Tail Live-Stream into the industrys dragon head, would the bonuses be lesser? However, this scene made Pei Qian very worried. Even though Bunny Tail Live-Stream was still far from making money, being popular was still a huge hidden danger! Pei Qian went straight to Chen Yufeng and prepared to discuss the future direction of Bunny Tail Live-Stream with him. Chen Yufeng was a little surprised to see Boss Pei. Boss Pei, Boss Ma isnt here today. Should I give him a call? Pei Qian shook his head. No need. Call Old Ma? There was no need for that. Dont think that I dont know that you were the one who did all these. It had nothing to do with Old Ma! With Old Mas brain, could he have thought of an unofficial commentator for Bunny Tail live-stream? Could he negotiate with other platforms and Long Yu Corporation? Could he somehow generate so much popularity? Pei Qian knew Old Ma too well. Old Mas thinking would only be affected by the last person who spoke to him. Thus, there was no doubt that the reason why Bunny Tail Live-Stream ended up in its current state was definitely related to Chen Yufeng! Thus, it did not matter if Old Ma was around today. Pei Qian mainly wanted to reverse Chen Yufengs train of thought. The two of them sat down in the guest room. Pei Qian sipped his tea and said, Has Bunny Tail Live-Stream forgotten its original intentions? Chen Yufeng was stunned. Why do you say that, Boss Pei? Boss Peis question made him panic. How could he have forgotten his original intention? That sounded a little harsh! Could it be that something had gone wrong with his work recently and made Boss Pei unhappy? Pei Qian said earnestly, Recently, all of you have placed your focus on the E-Sports competition. First, its the real-time data of the GPL. Then, its the ICLs unofficial commentary. Do you still remember the original intention of Bunny Tail Live-Stream? Chen Yufeng quickly said, Of course I remember! Boss Pei, actually, we have also done some new functions for the learning content of Bunny Tail Live-Stream. For example, we made two special zones for the entertainment content and learning content of Bunny Tail Live-Stream. We also made replays for various knowledge-based live-streams so that we can watch them repeatedly In addition, there is a focus mode in our plan. Under this mode, it would be equivalent to the effect of a self-study room. You cannot quit for a period of time after entering it. It would help to improve the learning efficiency. These functions will be released in the future. The reason why Ive been focusing on the E-Sports league recently is mainly to show my advantage and absorb as much attention as possible for the platform Pei Qian was stunned. He did not know that since these functions had not been released. However, Pei Qian quickly reacted and continued speaking earnestly. Thats not enough! Even though the entertainment mode, learning mode, and focus mode have added a time limit to the focus mode, as long as they dont enter the learning mode and focus mode, wouldnt our platform be no different from other live-stream platforms? Its impossible to expect the audience to consciously learn knowledge. They would definitely spend all day in entertainment mode, watching competitions and live-streams. Our platform obviously has so much professional knowledge, so many scholars are giving lectures, but many users are only watching the live-stream of the competition. They leave after watching it. Its like entering a treasure mountain and returning empty-handed. What a pity! Therefore, all of our users must have compulsory learning requirements! We should divide them into adults and minors based on the users age. Minors have to be limited to 1-3 hours to use in the entertainment mode. At the same time, close all the charging windows. Adults are not restricted in using the entertainment mode. However, be it adults or minors, they have to use the learning mode or focus mode for an hour before using the entertainment mode. They can only look at the content of the entertainment mode after the time is up! Chen Yufeng was shocked. Huh? Boss Pei, this isnt this a little inappropriate? Most people are already very busy with work. They want to watch the live-stream and relax after work. In the end, we even forced them to use an hour-long learning mode or focus mode. Even though it can be solved with hang-ups, it undoubtedly created a huge obstacle for users! That way, people would definitely prioritize watching live-streams from other platforms. If we were already in a monopoly position, we could consider doing so. However, our market share is still very low Pei Qian smiled. I know all that. However, we have to bear social responsibility for live-streaming! Bitter medicine is good for the disease. The other live-stream platforms provide purely entertainment content, while our platform provides a lot of learning content. If we dont make such mandatory regulations, who would really have the motivation to take the initiative to read these learning content? Its our responsibility to guide users to use the live-stream platform correctly. It doesnt matter even if we lose some users. I believe that the remaining users will understand our good intentions! Pei Qians righteous words rendered Chen Yufeng speechless. He could only sigh. Boss Pei was indeed a different entrepreneur! Take the previous Fish-Catching Take-Out for example. Apart from Boss Pei, who would have thought of paying such a huge price to give up so many potential users to support the garbage sorting and protect the environment? Even though the leftover kitchen garbage that was decomposed was just a drop in the ocean compared to the entire citys garbage, and the investment and results were not proportional at all, it was a feeling! It would be the same if he forced all the users on the live-stream platform to use their learning mode or focus mode this time. Even though it would cause the platform to lose a large number of users, as long as the users of the platform persevered and took out an hour every day to learn or do their own things seriously, it would be considered a merit! Chen Yufeng nodded. Alright, Boss Pei. Ill arrange it immediately! After arranging for Bunny Tails live-stream, Pei Qian went to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe to have a cup of coffee and rest. The new function for Bunny Tails live-stream was relatively simple. Since they had already done the focus mode and learning mode, adding a little restriction would be very fast. He should be able to enter the focus mode next month and force users to use it for an hour every day, dissuading a large number of viewers. At that thought, Pei Qian relaxed slightly. He had just calmed down and was about to think about the other businesses when his phone rang. He glanced at the caller ID. It was from He An. Hm? Pei Qian was stunned. Previously, He An had made a trip to Jingzhou and watched the DEMO of Mission and Choice with Pei Qian. He had also made a sincere suggestion. Use the peripheral materials of the game and create a new game. We can still salvage some losses. Otherwise, we will lose all our hard-earned money. Pei Qian was elated when he heard He Ans judgment. He was waiting for the sales volume of Mission and Choice to die and incur huge losses. However, why was He An calling this time? That was because generally speaking, He An did not like to make phone calls for no reason. Since he had taken the initiative to call, something must have happened. However, Mission and Choice had not been released yet. Pei Qian picked up the phone. Hello? Teacher He, whats the matter? On the other end of the line, He Ans voice was very serious. Boss Pei, have you been paying attention to the news in the American games industry recently? The latest news in the morning? Pei Qian was confused. Huh? What news? Pei Qian had not paid attention to the news of foreign games in the past, much less recently. What new games were released overseas that could not affect Pei Qians losses? What was the point of paying attention to them? He An sighed softly. Boss Pei, youre too confident! Its no wonder. The probability of this happening is too low. Its understandable that its not in the scope of your plan. Boss Pei, you have to be mentally prepared for what happens next. Dont be too agitated. Pei Qian was confused. What is it? He An paused for a moment, and then said, The Fantasy Battle is going to be remade. A promotional video has been released. I heard that it will be officially released in May. If I remember correctly, Boss Pei, your Mission and Choice should also be released in May, right? Pei Qian was stunned for a moment. Fantasy Battle? The Fantasy Battle that was produced by the company that made Starcraft 2? He An: Of course, which other Fantasy Battle was there! Boss Pei, you should be very clear about the status of this game in the history of RTS, right? It would not be an exaggeration to call it the most successful RTS game in history alongside the Galaxy series and the Command and Conquer series. Especially with the same IP and the extremely successful MMORPG game, Fantasy World Boss Pei, I know that Mission and Choice has invested a lot of money. You are also very confident in your own game. However, this is not a joke. Theres no need to go head to head with it. In any case, hundreds of millions of R & D funds have been invested. It doesnt matter if you wait for two more months, right? He An spoke earnestly and earnestly. Ever since he played DEMO for Mission and Choice the last time, He An had been feeling uneasy every day. It was as if he could foresee the tragic state of the sales after the game was released and Boss Pei falling off the altar. However, Boss Peis attitude was too firm and full of confidence. Thus, He An felt that Boss Pei knew what he was doing and reluctantly relaxed. However, when he heard that Fantasy Battle was going to release a new edition this morning and that it was going to clash with the release date of Mission and Choice, He An immediately lost his cool! The original idea of the game had originated from He An after all, even though he was spending Boss Peis money. Whats more, he had invested so much money into it. He had to bear the heavy responsibility of washing away the shame of the game. No matter how he thought about it, he could not afford to lose it. Thus, He An did not dare to delay and called to remind him. Pei Qian could not help but be overjoyed. Really? Thats great! Teacher He, do you know when the Fantasy Battle will be released? Ill release it on the same day. He An was stunned. After a few seconds of silence, he said, Boss Pei, are you serious? Not only did you not avoid it, but you even took the initiative to clash with it? Pei Qian pondered for a moment and said, We dont have to be on the same day. Its enough to be around the same period. He An : Alright, Boss Pei. Since youre so confident, I wont say anything else. However, I suggest that you go online and watch the promotional video of Fantasy Battle before making a decision. After hanging up, Pei Qians mood improved. Pei Qian had not been in a good mood because of the Deposit Fitness and Bunny Tail live-stream. Now that he heard the good news, he was elated. Alright, the conditions were all the right. How could that not be making losses? If there had been a slight chance of success at first, it would definitely have been smashed to pieces now that it had clashed with the remake of the Fantasy Battle, right? Pei Qian came to this world on September 17th, 2009. His memories before he transmigrated were ten years ago, which was 2019. He remembered that there had been news of Magical Beasts Struggle 3 Released Version at that time. However, Blizzard had always liked to skip votes, so it jumped to 2020. Thus, Pei Qian had not played it. However, this did not affect the quality of the game from the updated video. Even if it could not become a masterpiece, it should not be a problem to reproduce the classic, right? After all, it was a classic game. The games mechanism was perfect. As long as they changed the graphics and added more good CGs, wouldnt it work? Of course, this worlds Fantasy Battle was not the same as Magical Beasts Struggle. Whats more, the remake had been made seven or eight years earlier. It has changed a lot. Thus, to be on the safe side, Pei Qian decided to take a look at how the remake promotional video was going. He opened Aili Island and quickly found the video. Dong! Dong! An axe was cut deeply into the tree. Rain pattered in the sky, and the rumbling war drum sounded. In the Orc camp, the laborers were cutting wood diligently. Ding ding ding The urgent sound of the bell rang throughout the human town. The farmers who were mining gold came to the town hall and picked up iron swords, armor, and shields. A line of words appeared on the screen: In developmentArt and special effects are not the final effect. The image was pulled up. The camps of humans, orcs, elves, and other races appeared on the screen one after another. Looking down from the screen, the busy farmers, bustling towns, and the assembled army were ready to fight. The screen zoomed in and more details appeared. The muscles of the orcs, the thick plate armor of the human knights, the flames rising from the demons All of these details were clearly displayed in front of the players. Coupled with the passionate music, it made their blood boil! Immediately after that, every model that had been redone before and after was displayed. The heroes that he knew so well had all turned from mosaics to high-definition models. They looked ten times more handsome. A re-created character and animation! A brand new map and battle! New upgraded interface and map editor! 4K high resolution! High-definition remake, return of the king! The bullet screen comments were filled with awesome sounds. This cold rice smells so good! What a nice warning! Buy them out of stock! Are you still human if you dont buy it? Gosh, the quality of this animation. Dont tell me weve got to change computers again? Buy a map game editor and give it to the game! Dont tell me theyre going to use the game engine of Galaxy 2 to remake it? That would be awesome! Its time to buy more tickets. Well still buy it no matter how much it costs! Pei Qian was completely relieved after watching the promotional video and seeing the players reactions. There was definitely no problem! This was a project that could be completed with ones feet. Why would he worry about not being able to complete Mission and Choice? The video was so good, the audiences feedback was so good, and it was a company that produced so many premium games. How could the game be bad? Mission and Choice would definitely make a loss! Chapter 958 - : Change The Game’s Sales Period! March 29th, Thursday Three days had passed since the release of the news of the Fantasy Battle. Pei Qian specially chose to make a trip to Tengda Games today to see the development of Mission and Choice. The reason why he did not go on the day he found out about the Fantasy Battle Remake was because he wanted to deal with it coldly so that he would not leave the impression that Boss Pei was in a hurry. Pei Qian knew very well that his attitude would severely affect Tengda Games willpower and working state. If Pei Qian had gone to watch Mission and Choice on the same day that the news of Fantasy Battle was released, Hu Xianbin and the others would definitely have felt that Boss Pei had high hopes for the game and was worried about them. Furthermore, they would have felt a strong sense of danger and would have worked 120% harder to finish the project. However, Pei Qian had purposely waited three days before going, showing that he did not care. Naturally, Hu Xianbin and the others would not feel that threatened. Thus, Pei Qians main goal this time was to appease Hu Xianbin and the others. He wanted them to underestimate the enemy in the Fantasy Battle. That would set the stage for Mission and Choice to fail! Pei Qian strolled to Tengda Games and saw that everyone was focused on their work. The chief designer of the project, Hu Xianbin, frowned. He was shrouded in an anxious atmosphere. At that moment, he saw Boss Pei walk in from the main door. His dim eyes suddenly lit up. This feeling was like a withered seedling meeting sweet rain, or a terminally ill patient meeting a divine doctor! He immediately stood up. Boss Pei! His voice was filled with indescribable joy. Now that Boss Pei was here, the sky was clear. Now that Boss Pei was here, Mission and Choice would be saved! Hu Xianbin had heard about this news the moment the promotional video of Fantasy Battle was released. After watching the video and the netizens comments, Hu Xianbin almost felt depressed. He nearly vomited blood. How could he be so unlucky! Hu Xianbin was already considered a long-lasting chief planner of Tengda Corporation, considering their relative longevity. He had taken over as the acting chief planner for GOGs mobile game when Li Yada was forced to travel. After that, he was responsible for the development of Struggle and Mission and Choice. In the eyes of the outside world, he should have the title of gold medal producer. However, Hu Xianbin knew himself very well. GOGs mobile game was a transplant client-side game. The main reason why it could be done well was because the client-side game had made a good start. Struggles success was entirely attributed to Boss Pei. He was only an executor. Saying that he was the chief designer was no different from executing the planner. As for Mission and Choice, it was only settled with the help of Boss Pei, Huang Sibo, Lu Mingliang, Li Yada, Bao Xu, and the other chief designers and core members. Speaking of which, he had done three big projects. Each of them was very impressive, but he was not in charge of any of them. He did not even have a chance to be the chief contributor! Under such circumstances, Hu Xianbin was already under a lot of pressure. After all, Mission and Choice had invested a huge amount of money, and he had the heavy responsibility of continuing Tengda Games legend and washing away the shame of the nation. If he failed, how could Hu Xianbin face his elders? As the game was about to be released, Hu Xianbin frantically tried to adjust his mental state. At first, he had almost calmed down. However, he did not expect that Fantasy Battle would appear out of nowhere! Thus, all of his previous worries had resurfaced and were becoming more intense. For the past three days, Hu Xianbin had been very anxious. He had subconsciously opened the promotional video for Fantasy Battle and watched it over and over again. The more he watched, the more guilty he felt! He was worried that Mission and Choice would die. He wanted to do something, but no matter how hard he thought, he could not think of a good way to change it. Thus, he became even more anxious. He wanted to call Boss Pei to ask for instructions, but he was worried that Boss Pei was busy with other things. He was worried that it would not be good for him, the chief designer, to count on Boss Pei for everything. Thus, after hesitating for a long time, he still could not make the call. Hu Xianbin was overjoyed now that he saw Boss Pei. It was as if he had finally obtained a second life! Pei Qian asked in concern, Eh? Why do you look so pale? Have you been working too hard recently? Ill give you a week off. Go back and have a good rest. Come back to work after youve conserved your energy. Hu Xianbin was shocked. Holiday? The chips were down, Mission and Choice was going to go on sale next month and be crushed by Fantasy Battle. He cant wait to work overtime every day. How could he be in the mood to take a break? He quickly said, Boss Pei, I dont want to take a break. I want to work overtime! Pei Qians expression darkened. Overtime? Why are you so suicidal? Hu Xianbin said, Boss Pei, have you not seen the promotional video for Fantasy Battle? Our game will be released in a month. We dont have time! Boss Pei, quickly give the order. How do you want Mission and Choice to be changed? Give us an unlimited amount of overtime for the next month. Ill definitely be able to change the game before its released! Hu Xianbin spoke very impassionedly, as if he was a hero who would never return. Pei Qian almost laughed out of anger. Alright, kid. I knew you had not completely changed your bad habit of working overtime! An employee like that should have been allowed to go home for a holiday and reflect for a period of time. However, on further thought, the more anxious Hu Xianbin was, the faster Mission and Choice would die down. That was a good thing. Thus, Pei Qian forgave him and did not pursue the matter of Hu Xianbin working overtime. Pei Qian pulled an office chair from the side and sat comfortably on it. Then, he leaned back and crossed his legs. Ive already watched the video. Its impossible to grant you overtime. Theres nothing much to change about the game. The current state is perfect. As for you saying that theres still a month before our game is released, thats actually not very accurate. Your news is outdated. I just received news that the release date of Fantasy Battle has been decided. It will be on the 14th of next month, a Saturday. Therefore, the release date of our Mission and Choice game and the movies schedule will be moved half a month in advance to the 14th of next month! You can negotiate with the official platform about the release date of the game. Ive already asked Fei Huang Workspace to look for Lin Chang to arrange for the release date of the movie. Theres no problem. Hu Xianbin was completely stunned as he looked at Boss Pei, who was sitting across from him with his legs crossed and an extremely calm expression. He almost suspected that he had heard wrongly. Not only did he not delay because of the release of Fantasy Battle but hes also deliberately pushing the release date to the same date?! Boss Pei, why do this? Theres no need! Forget about the game. Why are we premiering the movie earlier? Isnt the May Day Golden Week a good schedule? What do you mean by changing to the 14th of April? Hu Xianbin felt like his worldview was about to be overturned. Pei Qian could not help but feel pleased as he looked at the dumbfounded Hu Xianbin. Alright, it looked like he had made the right move! In fact, at the beginning, the release date and film schedule of Mission and Choice were set on May 1st. That was because Zhu Xiaoce felt that May 1st was the Golden Week and was one of the best times of the year. There would be a lot of people watching the movie. On the other hand, the movie Mission and Choice had invested a lot of money. Lu Zhiyao had also joined the movie. From any angle, it should not be a fake movie. It would not be a problem for it to dominate the May 1st prime-time slot. Since the game was closely related to the movie, it had to be released on the same day. Pei Qian had always been very dissatisfied with this movie schedule. It was for the same reason: if it was set at such a popular slot like May 1st, what if the movie exploded in popularity? However, he did not have a good excuse to change the schedule. Now, he had an excuse. Pei Qian cleared his throat. Didnt they say that Fantasy Battle is the eternal classic in RTSs history? It was too early for the original works to be released. Our company was born at the wrong time and did not manage to run into it. Now that we are going to release a new version, our Mission and Choice happens to be an RTS game. Of course, we have to face it head-on! Afraid that sales would be affected and change the release date? Thats what cowards do! Whats more, Mission and Choice is as good as other games. We should be filled with confidence! Since what we want to do is to wash away the shame of the domestic games industry, and to show the glory of domestic games to all domestic players and even the entire gaming world, we must not be afraid! Whether its a few days earlier or a few days later, if the quality really isnt good, well still be scolded. It wont change anything in essence. On the contrary, we deliberately set the release date on the same day. We can show a kind of bright sword spirit. Even if we lose, it would be commendable courage and not embarrassing! Hu Xianbin: Pei Qians confident and impassioned speech confused Hu Xianbin. For some reason, his fearful mentality was completely gone, replaced by an indescribable calmness. What Boss Pei said made sense! If the goal of this game was just to earn some small money, it would not be a problem to avoid Fantasy Battle. It was completely reasonable. However, Mission and Choice had invested so much money that it could be said to have cut off all means of retreat. Its goal was not only to earn a little money, but also to wash away the shame of the domestic games and show the new style of domestically-produced games to all players. If he admitted defeat, wouldnt he lose in terms of momentum? However, Hu Xianbin thought about it and said, Boss Pei, I understand the release date of the game, but the film schedule Chapter 959 - Technological Breakthrough Complete! Pei Qian smiled slightly and explained, Its because of the relationship between our game and the movie. If the two were to be separated at different times, it would definitely cause spoilers in advance. Therefore, we have to be on the same day. I also think its a pity to miss the May Day Golden Week, but I have to make some choices. Whats more, itll be released on April 14th. Itll still be able to make use of the prime time of May 1st. The corners of Hu Xianbins mouth twitched. He thought to himself, Boss Pei, your words are too obvious! Even those who did not understand the film industry should know that the movie would be released on May 1st. That would be the first day of its release. If it was released on April 30th the premiere day would be May 1st. The difference was huge! Whats more, it was released on April 14th? Films basically had the highest box office in the first few days of screening. Some films with poor quality even took up more than half of the total box office on the day of release. That was because he would not be able to cheat this batch of Chinese idiots after the ratings were out. Of course, Mission and Choice was not a bad film, but this rule was universal. The statistics for the first day of screening were extremely important. It was two completely different concepts to take advantage of the May 1st slot and the real May 1st slot! However, Hu Xianbin did not say much. After all, Boss Pei must have his reasons for making such arrangements. Huang Sibo, Zhu Xiaoce, and the others were in charge of the movie. They had already successfully produced a movie, so there shouldnt be too much of a problem. Pei Qian continued, Thats right, keep this a secret. Dont mention it to anyone. Its the same even for people from our department. You dont have to tell them that the game will be released on the 14th. You just have to tell them to complete the final test and seal the contract before the 13th. Pei Qian thought that it would be best to keep it a secret for now. If the release date of the game and the timing of the movie were to be leaked, it would definitely cause a chain reaction. It might even become popular before it was broadcasted. Thus, only a few core persons-in-charge knew about this. Hu Xianbin quickly nodded. I understand! Then Boss Pei, what should I do? Pei Qian sniggered and patted him on the shoulder. Theres no need to do anything. The game has been completed. There are no problems. Ive already arranged for the advertising department to do the publicity work. We just have to wait for the game to be released. Then, nothing will go wrong! He had to appease Hu Xianbin and tell him not to mess around. Once the game was released, it would clash with the Fantasy Battles release date. The plan would work! As expected, the doubts on Hu Xianbins face disappeared. Replacing them was a sense of trust and security from the bottom of his heart. However, he suddenly thought of something, and a worried expression appeared on his face. Wait, Boss Pei, theres another problem! When you and Boss He came to inspect previously, Boss He said that with the current AI technology, even if the games AI was done, the games combat experience would not improve much. At that time, I didnt really believe it. After all, the game AI was still in a very simple state and had not been fully developed. However, now that the game has been fully developed, I find that the situation is really what he mentioned. The games AI experience seems to be a little lacking. Especially the part of the realistic battle at the back. The AI needs to simulate the feeling of the real battlefield. Whether it is the small soldiers escape uncontrollably or do other things depends on the AIs intelligence. However, I feel that the current feeling is still lacking Nonetheless, we can only achieve this level with the current level of artificial intelligence technology. I think this is a moderate shortcoming. If there was no Fantasy Battle remake, there should not be a big problem. However, now that we are going to meet this godly work, any small detail could determine our success or failure. This Hu Xianbin looked worried again. Pei Qian was even happier after hearing Hu Xianbins words. There was such a good thing? This was a pleasant surprise! Pei Qian suppressed his smile and said in all seriousness, Dont worry, this is nothing to worry about! It was only a small flaw but it would directly affect the gamers gaming experience and the influence of the plot. It would not be enough to determine the success or failure of the game but it would still be enough to reduce the reputation and sales! Everything was in place. What was there to worry about? At that moment, Pei Qian wanted to look up at the sky and laugh three times. Everything was under control! At that moment, the system screen suddenly opened in front of Pei Qian. A line of words appeared in his vision without warning. [Random technical breakthrough completed.] This line of words stopped for five or six seconds before gradually disappearing. It was as if it wanted to ensure that Pei Qian could see it clearly to prevent any mistakes in the information. Pei Qians smile froze on his face. What was going on?! He almost thought that his eyes were playing tricks on him. How could there be any random breakthrough in technology? Wasnt it only available in the previous cycle? There was no special mission in this cycle at all! Whats more, hadnt they already made a breakthrough in the previous cycle? Wasnt AEEIS born because of the technological innovation of Xunke Technologies? Pei Qian was extremely confused, but the system screen was not fake. The words were extremely clear. He even deliberately paused for a few seconds, as if afraid that Pei Qian would not notice. What was going on? Hu Xianbin realized that there was an awkward silence. He was about to find a topic when his cell phone rang. Boss Pei was here. He had been too embarrassed to take it, but Boss Pei unexpectedly nodded at him. Take it. Hu Xianbin picked up the phone. Pei Qian calmed down a little. It was a good thing that the call came at the right time. Otherwise, it would be strange if he suddenly became as stunned as a dummy. It might cause unnecessary suspicion. He wanted to take the opportunity while Hu Xianbin was answering the phone to figure out what was going on. He could read historical information on the system screen. Pei Qian immediately found the information from the previous settlement and the previous one. The previous settlement was September 30th. At that time, he received a mysterious reward: a random technical breakthrough would occur in the next six months. The previous settlement was January 31st. There was no word on the technical breakthrough in the settlement interface. Pei Qian did not believe it. He read the previous settlements information from beginning to end, word by word. Indeed, there was none! Pei Qians limbs suddenly turned cold as he realized that something was amiss. Sh*t, something big had happened! The appearance of the word system today obviously meant that there would be clear hints about technological breakthroughs related to the system reward. However, there was no hint before the previous settlement. This meant that the artificial intelligence technology from Xunke Technologies was not a breakthrough in the system reward. It was the accumulation of normal technology in this world! What appeared this time was the real system reward. Pei Qian silently calculated. The special reward would be released on September 30th. The time would be within the next six months. October, November, December, January, February, March Today was March 29th. In other words, it would still be within the range of six months in the future until the day after tomorrow, March 31st! Sh*t, Ive been tricked! Pei Qian immediately understood. Previously, he had subconsciously thought that the so-called technological breakthrough of the system would definitely be completed within the current cycle. In addition, the artificial intelligence technology of Xunke Technologies had appeared rather abruptly. Thus, he had naturally thought of this as a technological breakthrough rewarded by the system. However, now that he thought about it, the system did not say that it would definitely be completed within a cycle! The system said six months, which was exactly within six months! Pei Qian froze. He could not accept this fact! At the same time, Hu Xianbin finished his call. The excitement on his face was beyond words. I was just wondering why Boss Pei said that the AI problem of Mission and Choice is not a problem at all. It turns out that everything has been arranged! Jiang Yuan called me just now. He said that the Nag artificial intelligence laboratory had chosen the gaming field as the research direction according to your instructions last week. They had only been researching for less than a week when they suddenly found a few new algorithms based on the previous research content! Chapter 960 - First Success Of The Publicity Plan! Hu Xianbin continued, beaming with joy. I heard from Jiang Yuan that even though Shen Renjies research direction was mainly in the conventional application of artificial intelligence, it had also involved some research on game AI. There was a certain amount of technical reserves. However, the focus of the research was not on this side, so many of the research results were half set aside. Who would have thought that there would be results this time? This is a pleasant surprise! According to Jiang Yuan, the artificial intelligence AI algorithm developed by the Nag laboratory this time is very advanced. It can be directly used in Mission and Choice! Ive already spoken to the other side. Theres still half a month until the official release of the game. As long as we update the new AI, well definitely be able to make up for the last shortcomings and turn Mission and Choice into a perfect game! Hu Xianbins eyes were no longer filled with excitement. Instead, they were filled with heartfelt admiration! Before this, he had only heard that Boss Pei had bought over a company that researched artificial intelligence technology and established an artificial intelligence laboratory that belonged to Otto Technologies. However, he had no idea what this laboratory was for or what its research results were. Now, he knew that Boss Pei had already seen that the AI in Mission and Choice was not mature enough. That was why he had created this artificial intelligence laboratory. On the surface, it was for Otto Technologies, but in fact, it was for Mission and Choice! It had to be said that Boss Pei was really good at showing off. Others were only showing off their opponents. Boss Pei was no longer satisfied with only showing off his opponents. He had even made his teammates faint! Pei Qian blinked, temporarily stunned. What the hell? My fault again? Pei Qian had even asked Shen Renjie to help him get rid of a correct answer when he was building the Nag laboratory. He thought to himself that it would take at least a few months to produce results. However, he did not expect the system reward to produce results within a week! Whats more, it was released at the end of the six months period! He was fooled big time! Pei Qian could not help but feel speechless. He heaved a sigh of relief and calmed himself down. Then, he stood up. Ill get going first. Hu Xianbin quickly stood up as well. Alright, Boss Pei! Ill definitely cooperate with Nag laboratory to change the AI before the game is released. Ill make up for the last shortcoming and have a good clash with Fantasy Battle! Pei Qian left Tengda Games without looking back. His back view was indescribably miserable. Hu Xianbin watched Boss Pei leave and could not help but feel emotional. Why does Boss Pei look so lonely? Could this be the legendary loneliness of invincibility? Hu Xianbin regained his energy and returned to work confidently. Suddenly, he thought of a problem. Boss Pei said that the release date of the game would be on the 14th of next month. He also said that this matter had to be kept a secret and not be mentioned to anyone. Then should I inform the marketing department? However, so far, none of the promotional plans seem to be related to the release date of the game. I dont think they need to know about this. Whats more, Boss Pei told me to keep it a secret. I dont think I should tell him. Boss Pei must be very clear about the games publicity plan. If he felt the need to tell the Advertising and marketing department, he would definitely say it himself. I dont have to say anything. Yes, I should just do my job well. Hu Xianbin did not think much about it. He had Boss Pei to back him up anyway. Nothing would go wrong. Thus, he quickly forgot about this episode and continued working. March 30th, Friday Pei Qian was looking at the work reports of the various departments in the office. He looked like he had nothing to live for. He had not fully recovered from yesterdays huge blow. Who could he blame? Mission and Choice was something he wanted to develop. He was the one who requested for the construction of the Nag artificial intelligence laboratory. While he was not directly involved in this research direction, it was indeed related to him. The strange system did not make it clear? It did not make sense Strictly speaking, the system did not use any misleading words. The time limit and the notifications after the technological breakthrough were very clear. It seemed like the biggest blame was on himself Who asked him to misunderstand the system? That was the most unbearable. Thus, Pei Qian was dealt a huge blow. For the past two days, the big television at home did not appeal to him and he was in no mood to play games. He could only go to the office to look through the work reports submitted by various departments and look for good news that could make him happy. Only then could he barely maintain his life. Knock, knock. Someone knocked on the office door. Pei Qian looked up and was surprised to see Meng Chang. However, Pei Qian immediately recalled that today was March 30th, Friday, the last working day of the month. He should calculate Meng Changs commission based on his performance this month. Pei Qian opened his laptop and sent the analysis report. Pei Qian had not been in a good mood for the past two days, so he had not opened it previously. However, based on Meng Changs expression, the results this time seemed pretty good? He opened the analysis report and read it carefully. As he read, Pei Qians brows gradually relaxed. The situation was indeed not bad! The analysis report was mainly based on the amount of money and resources invested by the advertising department and the actual publicity effect of the game Mission and Choice to determine the commission. The better the publicity, the higher the commission. Meng Chang obviously did very well this time. His commission was actually 1,500 yuan. There was almost no publicity for Mission and Choice, but the problem was that the money spent was too little, so the commission was relatively low. The report did not detail how Meng Chang did it because the relevant personnel were only responsible for evaluating the investment and effect of the publicity and determining a commission figure. The work content did not include evaluating Meng Changs publicity plan. It was fine as long as Meng Changs publicity plan did not violate the rules. Pei Qian finally smiled in relief. Fortunately, there was finally good news. He could take a breather! However, at the same time, he was also curious about Meng Changs specific publicity plan. You did not spend much money but the publicity was pretty bad. It was very good! How did you do it? Pei Qian handed the laptop to Meng Chang and asked. Meng Chang reached out to take the laptop. When he saw the commission of 1,500 yuan written on it, he revealed a happy expression. However, he did not answer Pei Qians question immediately. Instead, he remained silent for a moment. Boss Pei, can I not answer? Pei Qian pondered for a moment. Alright. In fact, Pei Qian could ask the staff who evaluated Meng Changs publicity plan or the other employees of the marketing department. He would immediately know what exactly Meng Changs publicity plan was. However, after some thought, Pei Qian decided not to ask since Meng Chang was unwilling to tell him. That was because Pei Qian knew that he had an observer effect. Many things would change if he took note of them even slightly. Take this publicity plan for example. Perhaps, if he asked, this publicity plan that could have incurred a huge loss would suddenly fail? Whats more, once Pei Qian knew the details of the publicity plan, he might be tempted to give them some pointers. At that time, he might destroy the plan. This had happened many times before. Therefore, since Meng Chang was unwilling to say it, it was better not to ask. In any case, Meng Chang had already gotten his commission and spent the publicity funds. He would only continue this process next month to increase his spending. Pei Qian did not care about the process. He only cared about the results. As long as Meng Chang could fulfill his requirements, that would be enough. As for the specific plan, was it important? At that moment, Meng Chang was both happy and suspicious. He was happy because his plan was going well! Meng Changs idea was to stuff the game, Mission and Choice, into the classic domestically-produced collection and then advertise it crazily. The publicity budget was spent on the compilation, which was naturally equivalent to spending it on Mission and Choice. However, as long as it was hidden deep enough and was discovered late enough, the publicity would not have any effect. That way, Meng Chang could happily get monthly commissions. Meng Chang did not invest too much money in publicity this month. He only made a small fuss and tested the waters. He mainly wanted to test if this plan was feasible and if it would be exposed in advance. If he invested a huge sum of money all of a sudden and exposed it in advance, wouldnt all his previous efforts be wasted? After earning 1,500 yuan this month, he had finally changed the awkward history of raising it from zero. Now that he had confirmed that this plan was feasible, he could spend as much money and money as he could to advertise to Boss Pei next month and get a full commission! Meng Chang pondered. Since the game was released on May 1st, it wouldnt be overboard to get a full commission in April, right? The reason why he was so suspicious was because he was afraid that Boss Pei would secretly play tricks on him after he told Boss Pei about this plan. That would make all his previous efforts go to waste. Not only was Boss Pei eccentric, but he also worked his bad intentions silently. Pei Qian had to be wary of him. Of course, Meng Chang also knew that even if he did not say it, Boss Pei had many other ways to find out. Therefore, he did not use all his publicity methods this month but held back. If Boss Pei guessed all of these methods, Meng Chang would admit defeat. However, if Boss Pei did not guess it Sorry, he would get 100,000 yuan commission! Both of them had their own ulterior motives and neither could guess the others exact thoughts. However, Pei Qian felt that this was not a big problem. As long as both of them had the same goal, that would be enough. Meng Chang said, Boss Pei, if theres nothing else, Ill go back and continue preparing the publicity plan for next month. Pei Qian nodded. Okay, good luck! He sounded extremely sincere, but Meng Chang obviously didnt believe him. Meng Chang left Boss Peis office and secretly made up his mind. Hmph, Ive been tricked by you several times. I dont believe you can win every time! I must get back at you this time and get a full commission! Chapter 961 - Interview with Qiu Hong April 2nd, Monday Meng Chang did not pay much attention to the jokes and work of the various flamers on April Fools Day. Instead, he devoted all his passion to work on his first working day in April. Brother Meng, the plan that you asked me to come up with is done. Take a look. An employee said. Meng Chang grunted, received the document from him and checked it carefully. Meng Chang personally wrote a huge framework for the publicity plan this time and got his subordinates to perfect it. The contents of the plan basically revolved around the theme of How to Promote classic domestically-produced game compilation. The publicity this time would be spread online and offline according to Meng Changs plan. The official platform would arrange a more valuable recommendation spot for this compilation online. Classic domestically-produced games compilation would also obtain large amounts of advertising resources on video websites, live-stream platforms, gaming media, and various other websites. The recommendation spots were not the best. It was not because Tengda Games was not strong enough. The best recommendation spots required data support. This compilation did not conform to the official platforms regulations. The official platform could only give the best recommendation spot within the scope of the rules. On the other hand, Meng Chang would not hesitate to spend huge sums of money on advertisements in public transport stations, subway stations, billboards, commercial buildings, and public squares advertising the classic domestically-produced game compilation. He could spend as much money as he could online and offline! In addition, in order to play a better confusing role and not expose his tricks so early, Meng Chang had hidden another little trick. He had already communicated with the official platform that the current domestically-produced games compilation was filled with old games from more than ten years ago. He hoped that the official platform could continue to add some outstanding domestically-produced games into this compilation. That way, the number of games in the domestically-produced games compilation would continue to increase. Some new games would also be updated. It would be even harder for gamers to discover it after Mission and Choice was secretly replaced. That was because the update content required players to open the game and download it. However, if no one played Mission and Choice, who would be so free to look at the update content? They would add some new games to add on to the entire compilation. The more he hid, the better. All in all, this was probably the plan. Hide it deeper and advertise more. He would hide it for as long as he could and complete the task once he obtained Aprils commission. As for the commission in May, Meng Chang felt that it could only be summed up to: Leave it to fate. It was unrealistic to hope that Mission and Choice would not be discovered until the end of May. However, what if the games sales were not good enough? It would not be bad even if he could just get a commission of twenty to thirty thousand yuan! The more Meng Chang thought about it, the more elated he felt. The corners of his mouth could not help but curl up. After reading the entire plan, Meng Chang nodded in satisfaction. Alright, lets do it according to this plan. Thats right, well only spend a third of the publicity budget. Meng Chang still hid an ace up his sleeve. This time, Meng Chang took the initiative to apply for 30 million yuan in publicity fees from Boss Pei. Boss Pei gave it to him without any hesitation. He even took the initiative to ask if it was enough and if he wanted more. Greed appeared in Meng Changs heart for a moment, but he ultimately restrained his inner demons and only asked for 30 million yuan. In fact, 30 million yuan was relatively low according to the publicity budget for AAA games. Most European and American AAA games publicity budgets were about the same as the development budget. 10 to 20 million US dollars was the norm. 30 million yuan publicity budget for Mission and Choice was only four to five million US dollars. It was still far from the standard AAA games budget overseas. The reason why Meng Chang did not ask for much was mainly because he felt that there was no need to calculate the investment and output ratio. That was because the actual publicity effect of Mission and Choice would determine his commission. According to Meng Changs plan, as long as he was not discovered, 30 million yuan was enough for him to get a full commission. He would not get more commission even if he spent more money. On the other hand, if he was discovered, there was a high chance that the more money he burnt, the lower the commission he would get. It would only have the opposite effect. As for whether this 30 million yuan was enough, whether it could be used for publicity, and whether it would cause the game Mission and Choice to be ignored That had nothing to do with Meng Chang. He couldnt be bothered to consider it. He would be overjoyed if that situation really happened. Therefore, Meng Chang planned to burn 10 million yuan first to see the situation. If everything went well, he would burn the remaining 20 million yuan. If something went wrong, he would think of another way. The employee in charge of the publicity plan nodded. Alright, Brother Meng. Ill arrange it immediately. By the way, Brother Meng, the publicity for Fantasy Battle has been released. I heard that the release date is on the 14th of this month. Meng Chang nodded. Got it. He was not very concerned about the remake of Fantasy Battle. He only knew that the release of this game would definitely have a very serious negative impact on Mission and Choice. The only regret was that the timing was wrong. If Fantasy Battle Remakes release date was changed to be on May 1st, it would have been the best. Unfortunately, it could not be changed. Meng Chang did not take Fantasy Battle to heart. He continued staring at the employees of the marketing department and went to work on the publicity plan. April 3rd, Tuesday Meng Chang still came to work early in the morning and could not wait to check the netizens reactions online. Today, all sorts of online advertisements have been released. Video websites, live-stream platforms, gaming websites, and so on had all been updated with advertisements for classic domestically-produced games compilation. The publicity work offline was also in full swing. Soon, the promotional material for Classic Game compilation would appear on the subway stations, bus stations, and various billboards in various first-tier cities. The advertisements for Fantasy Battle Remake had already spread everywhere. There were more advertisements online than classic domestically-produced games compilation as the publicity budget was also explosive. He opened Potato Web and other video websites. All the advertisements related to games were basically advertisements for Fantasy Battle Remake and Classic Domestic Game Compilation. The two advertisements bombarded him one after another. Players were already discussing on the various forums. What surprised Meng Chang was that even though he did not think of using classic domestically-produced games compilation against the Fantasy Battle remake when he was working on the publicity plan, gamers still naturally brought them together for discussion. Fantasy Battle remake has already started advertising? Im so excited, I cant wait! Sales starts on the 14th. Of course, they have to start advertising. Actually, I dont think they need to advertise at all. Is there a need to advertise given the popularity of Fantasy Battle? Many old gamers did not have the means at the time. Now that they have the means, shouldnt they make up for it and collect it? I can understand why Fantasy Battle is advertising, but whats going on with this classic domestically-produced game compilation? Thats right. These two advertisements have almost filled up the entire video websites gaming area. Did the official platform pay for this publicity? Theres no reason for that, right? Why would the official platform pay to publicize the game? However, the other companies have no reason to spend money on advertisements. These are games from more than ten years ago. They are no longer profitable. I heard that there will be new domestically-produced games in the future. Perhaps many companies are sharing the cost together. Sigh, I feel sad when I talk about this. Other foreign games companies created a game like Fantasy Battle more than ten years ago. Ten years later, they produced a Fantasy Battle remake. They are all top-notch good games. On the other hand, domestic games companies created trash like Mission and Choice more than ten years ago. In the end, there was no good game after more than ten years. We can only reminisce about those old antiques from more than ten years ago. Sigh how sad. Thats right. Many domestically-produced games these days are gaming games with paywalls. In terms of gameplay, they are really not as good as the classic domestically-produced games from more than ten years ago. They are f*cking getting worse! The foreign gamers are so lucky. Even a simple fried rice would taste good. How unlucky are we? We cant even make fried rice! Thats strange. Why arent there any Tengda games in this compilation? If were talking about domestically-produced games, I think Repent and be Saved and Struggle should be inside, right? Perhaps its because these are all old game compilations? Perhaps its because Tengda has too much influence and has already formed its own faction. Thats why theres no need to promote it with other games. Speaking of which, its been a long time since Tengda released a new game. Didnt they only release one game every few months? Ive waited for so long this time. Its been hard. Teacher Qiao, that b*stard, has been using the excuse that Tengda did not release new games for a long time and left us hanging for some time Indeed, I didnt hear anything at all. Its strange. Theyre too good at keeping secrets. Perhaps Boss Pei is being held back by a big move and is facing some difficulties? Lets wait patiently. Boss Pei must know what to do. Its useless to be anxious. Sigh, forget it. Lets not chat anymore. Theres no point. Lets wait for the release of Fantasy Battle Remake. Players discussed all sorts of things, but they were still immersed in a rather melancholic mood. The release of Fantasy Battle Remake was a good thing for domestic gamers, but they still felt a sense of melancholy when looking at the troll domestic games. That was especially so for gamers who knew about the development of domestically-produced games. They began to talk about the calamity that had befallen domestically-produced games in the past and the current state of congenital deformity. Meng Chang felt relieved after reading the netizens discussions. The promotional materials for the classic domestically-produced games compilation had aroused some confusion and suspicion among gamers but it was not a big problem overall. Fantasy Battle Version perfectly distracted players attention so that everyone would not pay attention to the suspicious aspects of this classic domestically-produced game compilation. This was a huge benefit to Meng Changs plan! Meng Chang felt relieved for the time being. He was very nervous as he looked forward to this month passing quickly so that he could get his commission and pocket money as soon as possible. April 4th, Wednesday Shanghai, an independent game incubation base, also known as the Destitution Plan Eastern Workspace. Qiu Hong was video calling Xi Hao, who was far away in Beijing. Boss Qiu, the incubation base in Beijing is doing well. The development of various games projects is progressing smoothly. The daily fitness training and game activities of independent game designers are also going well. Now, the designers bodies are getting healthier and healthier. Some of them even developed some muscles. The current content of Black Ink and Clouds has been fully developed. Weve contacted the official platform. It can be released officially in the next two days. Qiu Hong nodded. Yes, the officials seem to take Black Ink and Clouds quite seriously. Not only did they arrange for recommendation spots, but they also want to hold an exclusive interview. However Its alright to interview the developer, Wu Zhicheng. Why do they have to interview me? Qiu Hong only knew about the interview the day before. He was still very surprised now. Xi Hao said, Boss Qiu, youre the investor and initiator of the Destitution Plan after all. Isnt it normal for the official platform to interview you? Qiu Hong thought for a moment. Thats right. Alright, lets leave it at that. Continue preparing the publicity materials for Black Ink and Clouds. I have to prepare for the interview in the afternoon. After ending the video call, Qiu Hong reviewed his work for the past few months while preparing for the interview in the afternoon. Qiu Hong rushed to Shanghai after the incubation base in Beijing had stabilized. He continued to gather independent game designers and set up an independent incubation base in Shanghai. Now, Shanghais incubation base was finally on the right track. At the same time, several games in Beijing had been developed one after another. The development of the pre-sales version of Black Ink and Clouds, especially the DEMO that had been released previously, had greatly boosted the confidence of the incubation base in Beijing. Now that there were two incubation bases, the incubation bases in Beijing felt pressured. All of them were full of energy. The official platform had prepared a good recommendation spot for Black Ink and Clouds as the pre-sales performance was very good. They had also arranged an interview for the developer, Wu Zhicheng, and the founder of the Destitution Plan, Qiu Hong. Qiu Hong had been conflicted about this interview. That was because he knew that he was just a tool. In fact, the entire Destitution Plan, from the concept to the funding, was all Boss Peis idea. Qiu Hong was just an executor. Qiu Hong felt very bad for taking credit from Boss Pei. However, the official interview was a very good opportunity after all. This interview manuscript could increase the exposure of the incubation base and Black Ink and Clouds. If he rejected it, it would be equivalent to denying the official face and giving up on these exposure. He would lose a lot. Therefore, Qiu Hong agreed to the interview in the end. On one hand, he had to keep Boss Pei a secret. On the other hand, he could not be greedy and take all the credit. This interview was a very serious challenge for Qiu Hong. However, Qiu Hong felt that he could complete this challenge. In any case, he just had to insist that the Destitution Plan was supported by a mysterious person. Chapter 962 - It Wouldn’t Be Strange If It Was Boss Pei! The official platforms interview team arrived at the incubation base on time in the afternoon. There were a total of five people in the interview team this time. The editor-in-chief leading the team was Xia Jiang. There was also an intern editor, a photographer, a cameraman and a business partner in the team. It was not the highest standard interview team but this standard was not bad. It could be seen that the official platform attached more importance to this interview. Xia Jiang was also a more experienced reporter on the official side. She had previously been in charge of an exclusive interview with Tengda Corporation. The effect was very good. The empty spaces technique style of interview revealed Boss Peis character through interviews with the other core employees of Tengda even though they did not directly interview Boss Pei. It was still key information used by many players to understand Boss Pei. Xia Jiang had also become famous because of that interview. Her career had been smooth sailing. Chief Editor Xia, hello, hello. Qiu Hong welcomed them warmly. Xia Jiang was elated as well. Boss Qiu! Nice to meet you! Everyone exchanged some pleasantries and walked towards the incubation base amicably. Qiu Hong was a little embarrassed as he said, We should have arranged for a higher standard of reception, but our conditions are limited. Please forgive us for any areas of neglect. Xia Jiang waved her hand. Boss Qiu, youre too kind. The Destitution Plan supports domestically-produced games and has benefited many independent game designers. You dont have to worry about such minor details. Everyone arrived at the incubation base. After drinking some drinks and resting, Qiu Hong led Xia Jiang and the others on a tour. The independent game designers were busy developing their own games. Qiu Hong introduced the operation mode of the entire incubation base to Xia Jiang and the others, including the daily diet, fitness, and game arrangements of the game designers. They also tried out a few game DEMOs, and the progress was very smooth. The interview officially began after understanding the incubation base. Xia Jiang was a professional journalist. Of course, she had done some research on the incubation base and Qiu Hong before coming and had a preliminary understanding. The one thing that caught Xia Jiangs attention was Qiu Hongs professional experience in the gaming circle. Qiu Hong had first joined the industry because of the call of many local classic games. He had devoted himself to standalone games. He had polished games for two years and he had even spent two months on it without gaining anything. In the end, the project fell through. From then on, Qiu Hong started to make games with paywalls. He had made a lot of money but he had never made standalone games again. It was this game designer who suddenly started working on the Destitution Plan one day. He went to Beijing and Shanghai to set up an independent game incubation studio and started investing money to support the development of independent games! How did his attitude change? Where did he get his money from? What kind of opportunity made him give up games with paywalls and focus all his energy on independent games? Xia Jiang felt that this would be a perfect angle for the interview and was key to the interview. The interview began. Xia Jiang first asked some questions about the incubation base. For example, the daily work schedule of the incubation base, the requirements for independent game designers to join the incubation base, the successful games that the incubation base already had, and so on. Qiu Hong answered them truthfully. He did not exaggerate or belittle himself. Xia Jiang quickly made notes. Finally, she felt that the time was right. She changed the topic and entered the main topic of the interview. Boss Qiu, I believe our gamers are very curious about something. As far as I know, you entered the game industry not too late. However, you spent most of your time creating online games and achieved a certain level of success. However, from last year onwards, you suddenly turned your attention to domestically-produced independent games and launched the Destitution Plan to provide financial support to independent game designers. May I ask what kind of mentality you had back then? Why did you change so much? Qiu Hong smiled in embarrassment. I feel a little guilty about this. I might be the initiator of the Destitution Plan on the surface, but in fact, this is not my own plan, and the funds are not from me. Im only an agent and executor. Qiu Hong chose to tell the truth. On one hand, it was because he did not want to be greedy. On the other hand, it was because he could not hide this matter at all. Qiu Hong did not have that much money himself. Anyone could tell that he would not fork out his own money for the incubation base. Sooner or later, someone would ask about the source of the money. He might as well admit it openly instead of being secretive so that he would not look like a thief after doing something good. Xia Jiang nodded slightly. This was within her expectations. That was because even though Qiu Hong was considered a successful game designer and his income was much higher than ordinary people, it was far from enough to support these two incubation bases. Whats more, anyone with a brain would not use their own money to raise the incubation base. Thus, Xia Jiang had long suspected that Qiu Hong had other investors behind him to provide him with financial support. Qiu Hongs answer confirmed this point. Xia Jiang asked, Can you reveal who your investor is and which organization he is from? Qiu Hong shook his head. Im sorry, I cant reveal his identity. Xia Jiang was a little surprised. This investor doesnt want to take credit for the good deeds he did? But is there a need to hide such things? No matter how she looked at it, it was a huge contribution for the Destitution Plan to support an independent game in the country. If someone else were to do such a thing, they would definitely spend money to advertise it. After all, burning money to do good deeds was just for a good reputation, right? However, this investor had invested money and done a good deed, but he did not want others to know his identity. This was really different. Qiu Hong sighed. Im not sure why exactly, but I can roughly guess from his words and actions. I once asked him, whats the purpose of the Destitution Plan? He asked me, why must I have a purpose for it? In other words, he doesnt want fame or profit. He doesnt want to rely on this to earn money, and he doesnt want others to say that hes fishing for fame. He just wants to do something meaningful for this industry in silence. Take the name Destitution Plan for example. Its purely to help independent game design companies and producers who have reached the end of their road and are about to collapse. Xia Jiang could not help but be moved. I didnt expect there to be someone who cares so much about domestically-produced games. Such a noble character is really admirable! Of course, Boss Qiu, even though you did not invest directly, you managed the two incubation bases well. You are also this investors right-hand man. I think he will be very grateful to you. Qiu Hong smiled. Ill definitely be more grateful to him. Strictly speaking, the Destitution Plan not only saved many domestically-produced independent game designers, but also me. Xia Jiangs eyes lit up. Huh? What do you mean? Qiu Hong explained, Im not afraid of being laughed at. Actually, the reason why Ive been creating online games and games with paywalls was mainly because I was angry. When I entered the industry, I was filled with a passion for domestically-produced games. However, this passion was completely wiped out in the two years that I worked on the first standalone game. The chaos and poverty in the domestically-produced games industry gave me a reverse psychology of hatred born from love. At that time, I was still young. In a fit of anger, I created games with paywalls. All I could think about was how to earn more money. After that, I no longer had to worry about food and clothing. That reverse psychology had long disappeared without a trace. However, I did not dare to return to the field of standalone games because online games had already become my comfort zone. Life becomes more stressful when one reaches middle age. I dont have the courage to leave this comfort zone and chase that unreal dream of a standalone game. However, this investor of mine should be considered a good friend. His words touched me deeply. I should not let the sorrow of the times become my own sorrow. The Great Depression of domestically-produced standalone games back then was the result of many factors. My passion might have been let down, but I should not resent anyone. I actually already knew this in my heart. I just didnt want to admit it in the comfort zone of the online game. The Destitution Plan also gave me a second chance. It allowed me to help independent game designers fulfill their dreams. They were like me when I was young. They were filled with passion, but they had no experience or money. I felt genuinely happy to be able to help them. Therefore, I should be the one most thankful to this friend and investor. Xia Jiang took notes seriously, feeling inexplicably moved. If it was really as Qiu Hong said, this investor who did good deeds without taking credit was too noble! Not only did they provide timely assistance to independent game designers who were struggling financially, but they also supported the development of domestically-produced games for free. They also rescued Qiu Hong, the game designer who had lost his way, allowing him to pick up his dreams and set off again. Yet, such an investor was still unwilling to reveal his name despite doing so many good deeds. What kind of spirit was this! Xia Jiang was still unwilling to give up. Boss Qiu, can you really not reveal the identity of this investor at all? Its good to give us some hints. Qiu Hong shook his head very firmly. I really cant. Xia Jiang felt a little regretful. However, she could not probe further since Qiu Hong was so determined. There were so many big shots and big companies in the games industry. There were also many investment institutions and funds in the country. It was very difficult to guess the investor behind Qiu Hong without having too many clues. Xia Jiang was curious but she did not have any good ideas. She could only set it aside for now and complete her job. After interviewing a few more questions and filming a lot of information about the incubation base, Xia Jiang and the interview team prepared to leave. The interview team had been to Beijing once before. They had interviewed Wu Zhicheng, the creator of Black Ink and Clouds, and had also filmed a lot of information. After organizing the information on Beijing and Shanghai, and then integrating Wu Zhicheng and Qiu Hongs interviews, the interview for the incubation base of the Destitution Plan project would be considered complete. Previously, during the pre-sales of Black Ink and Clouds, the Destitution Plan had already become popular once and attracted the attention of many players. Once the official exclusive interview was released, it would definitely be able to advance and attract more attention! Boss Qiu, thats all for our interview. Thank you for your cooperation. Xia Jiang prepared to leave. No, no, thats what we should do. Qiu Hong exchanged a few more pleasantries. He had wanted to ask Xia Jiang and the others to stay for a meal, but they were politely rejected. Qiu Hong did not insist further. He sent the interview team into the car before returning to the incubation base to continue his work. Xia Jiang flipped through the content that she had quickly recorded and looked at the photos and videos taken by the photographer in the car. She frowned slightly as she flipped through, a special feeling lingered in her heart. Strange, why do these two incubation bases give me a sense of deja vu? The work desks are very loose and the working environment is excellent. Everyones passion for work is very high. Arrangement for designers to play games regularly to accumulate inspiration. Arrangement for Deposit Fitness to exercise. Why is it so similar to Tengdas style? Could it be that the incubation base of the Destitution Plan is related to Tengda? The friend and investor that Qiu Hong mentioned is actually Boss Pei? For some reason, Xia Jiang recalled what she had seen during her interview with Tengda. It matched the situation at the incubation base! She herself was shocked by this thought. However, once she accepted this setting, she realized that everything seemed to make sense! The investor that Qiu Hong mentioned seemed a little too noble. It even made people doubt his authenticity and wonder if he really existed. However, it would not be strange if this person was Boss Pei! Chapter 963 - The ‘Empty Spaces’ Interview Method Once Again Xia Jiang sorted out the contents of the interview first once she was back at the hotel. The content of the interview with Wu Zhicheng in Beijing was almost done. It should be released within a few days after they add on Qiu Hongs part. However, Xia Jiang could not focus her attention on the content of the interview. Instead, she could not help but want to pay attention to the mysterious person behind the incubation base. After having initial doubts about the identity of this mysterious person, Xia Jiang sorted out all sorts of clues, such as the game list for the incubation base, the computer equipment used for the incubation base, the Fish-Catching Take-Out that they usually ate, the Deposit Fitness Coupled with the unique atmosphere of the incubation base, she was certain that the mysterious investor was Boss Pei! After all, Tengda Corporations working environment was so unique. It was like a firefly in the night, unforgettable. Wu Zhicheng and the other independent game designers had not been to Tengda and had not seen Tengdas working environment. Thus, they could not guess it. However, Xia Jiang had seen Tengdas working environment and had done interviews with many companies. A company with an environment like Tengda could be said to be unique. It left a deep impression on her. If the incubation base was really funded by Boss Pei, then Boss Peis actions would be akin to a role model and the savior of domestically-produced games. Could Boss Pei be the light of domestically-produced independent games? Boss Pei has done so much, but we have not expressed anything. Im really ashamed. How should I help Boss Pei? I cant let good people shed blood and tears. Arrange an interview for Boss Pei? Hmm not very good. Xia Jiang wanted to do something with her meager strength. It was the official platforms duty to support the development of domestically-produced independent games after all. However, due to various complicated reasons, the official platform did not have the ability to support all independent game designers. On the other hand, Boss Pei was an outsider who had nothing to do with it. He had already contributed to the development of domestically-produced games by creating so many outstanding games. Now, he had to bring wealth before wealth. He had to do his best to help independent game designers with poor conditions. That was equivalent to greatly helping the official platform. It would be too chilling if the official platform did not express anything! Xia Jiangs first reaction was to arrange an interview for Boss Pei. This was her job after all. However, she quickly dispelled that thought. That was because Boss Pei was a very low-profile person to begin with. He had barely accepted to write a script during the interview and did not even want to show his face. This incubation base was kept completely secret and he did not intend to let anyone know. If Xia Jiang went to interview Boss Pei, she would most likely be rejected. She was not such an insensible person. In that case, Ill apply for more recommendation spots for games related to the Destitution Plan. Black Ink and Clouds is about to be released. We can add it to the compilation of classic domestic games. Domestic Classic Games Collection seems to be an event with Tengda and the official platform as well? Hmm the recommendation spots are the best within the scope of authority but I think I can extend the time. But then again, I cant make the decision. Even if I report it to my colleagues, its hard to say if theyll approve it. Should we interview someone else? Xia Jiang thought of several ways, but she was only an editor-in-chief after all. Recommendation spots were not within her scope of authority. She could make suggestions, but they might not be approved. Thus, Xia Jiang felt that she could interview someone else. It was just like the interview with Tengda previously. It did not give Boss Pei much screen time but the interview with the other employees of Tengda still perfectly brought out the protagonist, Boss Pei! The question was, who should she interview? Xia Jiang also kept the contact details of a few Tengda employees. However, according to what she knew, the old employees that she had interviewed back then had basically been promoted to become department heads. Most of them were no longer working in Tengda Games. There was nothing much to interview if one wasnt in the gaming department. After all, the official platform only focused on the game. Xia Jiang looked through her contacts for a long time and finally decided to call Bao Xu. He was a veteran of Tengda. He should have a wide network and should understand the situation in the games department. It would be right to look for him. At that moment, Bao Xu was wearing a safety helmet and inspecting the construction site of the food market with Liang Qingfan. The renovation work of the entire snack market was in full swing. Liang Qingfan came every day to guide the work. In fact, Bao Xu was still an employee of the gaming department but he was actually very free to come to the snack market to help out. He could come and go as he pleased. However, Bao Xu still came here every day. The main reason was that he did not want to leave the impression to his colleagues in the games department that he had nothing better to do. Otherwise, he would be called out to accompany them during the next Outstanding Employee Selection. In any case, Liang Qingfan would not chase him away. Bao Xu continued to hang around, occasionally offering his own views from the games perspective. Sometimes Liang Qingfan would accept it, and sometimes he would not. However, Bao Xu did not care. He had nothing to do anyway, so he just wanted to make his presence known. Everything went smoothly after walking around. At that moment, Bao Xus cell phone rang. The chief editor of the official platform, Xia Jiang? Bao Xu could not help but be stunned when he saw the caller ID. It had been a long time since the interview. If not for the caller ID in his contact list, he would not have remembered who this person was. Bao Xu picked it up immediately. After exchanging a few pleasantries, Xia Jiang asked Bao Xu about Tengda Games. However, she did not expect Bao Xu to not be in charge of the gaming department for the time being. Thus, she asked for Hu Xianbins number. After hanging up, Bao Xu was a little puzzled. Chief Editor Xia, cant you just look for Boss Pei directly? Why did you come to me in a roundabout way? However, Bao Xu did not pay much attention to it. He continued to follow Liang Qingfan to work on the snack market. After calling Bao Xu, Xia Jiang called the current person-in-charge of Tengda Games, Hu Xianbin, to understand the situation. She asked about the classic domestically-produced games collection in detail. The plan for this classic domestically-produced game collection was not Boss Peis idea but the new head of the marketing department, Meng Changs idea? This Meng Chang is actually the Meng Chang who bankrupted the Cold-Faced Lady previously After understanding this information, Xia Jiang suddenly found a perfect candidate for the interview. Wouldnt it be perfect to interview Meng Chang? From a certain perspective, Meng Chang seemed to be the same type of person as Qiu Hong. There were many similarities, but Meng Changs situation was much more complicated than Qiu Hongs. Why did Meng Chang choose to join Tengda after failing to create the Cold-Faced Lady and also start to work on the publicity of domestically-produced games? Xia Jiang still remembered the Tengda employees that she had interviewed previously, including Huang Sibo, Bao Xu, and the others. They all had one thing in common: they were basically all grassroots. Some were basic game designers who earned one or two thousand yuan a month, while others were internet addicts who frequented internet cafes. When these people joined Tengda, the company was still in its initial stages. Under Boss Peis nurturing, they all became Tengdas pillars. After Tengda expanded, Boss Pei seemed to have cast his sights on people like Qiu Hong and Meng Chang, who had achieved certain results in the related fields but had gone astray. He wanted to recruit them for his own use. Did this mean that Boss Peis way of using people had changed as the company developed? Xia Jiang immediately decided to interview Meng Chang! Whats more, she had also thought about how to help Boss Pei. She would first release the exclusive interview about the incubation base and Qiu Hong. Then, she would publicize the release of Black Ink and Clouds. Then, she would upload Meng Changs interview and publicize the story behind the classic domestically-produced game collection. In the end, she would add Black Ink and Clouds into the classic domestically-produced game collection, maxing out the hints! If the two interviews were separated, gamers might not realize anything. However, if the two interviews were released one after another and Black Ink and Clouds joined the compilation, gamers would definitely be able to get this hint, right? Xia Jiang did not have direct evidence to prove that the investor behind the incubation base was Boss Pei. Whats more, Boss Pei was a low-profile person. It would be inappropriate to directly point it out. However, Xia Jiang could use this method to hint. It was up to the players to understand. Hmm, that would be the best I can do! The more Xia Jiang thought about it, the more perfect she felt the plan was. She immediately decided to call Tengdas marketing department and ask for an exclusive interview. Tengda Corporations marketing department. Meng Chang was dumbfounded when he received Xia Jiangs call. You are the chief editor of the official platform? You want to interview me? Meng Chang fell into silence and felt a little conflicted after receiving an affirmative answer. Should he accept the interview or not? Logically speaking, Meng Chang had no reason to reject her. The reporters from the official platform wanted to do an exclusive interview and post it on the live-stream platform to help promote the classic domestically-produced game episode. It was equivalent to giving Meng Changs marketing plan a free boost in popularity. How could they reject it in the eyes of outsiders? However, Meng Chang knew that the more popular this thing was, the lower his commission was! Moreover, Meng Chang did not want to be too ostentatious. He was in Tengda Games and working under Boss Pei after all. Strictly speaking, he was living under someone elses roof. In order to repay the huge debt he had to bear as soon as possible, he had no choice but to lower his head. In fact, Meng Chang had no interest in promoting classic domestically-produced games at all. He had no respect or loyalty for Boss Pei either. He could not wait to ruin Tengdas businesses and get more commission. However, it was obvious that Xia Jiang had misunderstood. The entire interview had to revolve around prodigal son turning back and returning from the wrong path. How could Meng Chang withstand that? When he thought about the questions Xia Jiang wanted to ask, Meng Chang felt uncomfortable all over. Of course, with Meng Changs eloquence and acting skills, it would not be a problem if he was just putting on a show. However, he still felt awkward. He could not accept it, but he would look very stiff if he rejected it directly. After much consideration, Meng Chang said, Chief Editor Xia, its like this. Im too busy with work even though I really want to accept this interview! How about you interview the other core employees of our department? Meng Chang did not want to let go of the popularity of this interview, but he did not want to do it himself. He could only push it to the other people in the department. Without interviewing the person in question, the interview this time would definitely not be popular and would not affect Meng Changs plan. At the same time, it would not embarrass the official platform. Xia Jiang was silent for a moment. Obviously, she found it a pity that she couldnt interview Meng Chang directly. However, after some thought, she still said, Alright, then arrange to interview the others in your department. I hope that you can cooperate with us when the time comes. Meng Chang was very happy. Alright, Chief Editor Xia, dont worry! Xia Jiang hung up the phone and thought to herself, It looks like the empty spaces technique in the interview they used on Boss Pei previously would be put to use again! Chapter 964 - The Perfect Enhancement Of The New Artificial Intelligence Technology! After the call with Xia Jiang, Meng Chang held a small meeting with a few core employees of the advertising and marketing department and decided on the matters of the interview. That was because Xia Jiang had to complete the interview with Wu Zhicheng, Qiu Hong, and the incubation base first. She still needed some time. Therefore, her exclusive interview with Meng Chang was scheduled for next Tuesday. Meng Chang had already used the excuse that he was busy with work to push it off. However, he had to push a few core employees of the same department up to take charge and go through the motions. Of course, he did not give them any special instructions because Meng Chang had always felt that the employees in the marketing department were very obedient tools. They had worked together for so long and had been more pleasant to work with. They were all trustworthy. No one in the marketing department knew about Meng Changs intentions. Naturally, they were not worried that the interview would cause any trouble. They just had to complete the interview process normally. Meng Chang returned to his desk and continued playing Mission and Choice after making arrangements for the interview. He had been playing hard during office hours and had finally completed 70-80% of the test versions plot. Meng Chang did not have any RTS game experience before, but Mission and Choice was not a RTS game in the traditional sense. The requirements for operations were very low, so it was not that difficult for Meng Chang to play it. He could play it to this stage as long as he used his brain slightly. However, in the later stages of the game, the difficulty would still increase. They would need a deeper understanding of the game and better operations to clear the game. In fact, Meng Changs current game progress was more or less enough to understand the game. It was just like many AAA games. Generally, when the main game content reached sixty to seventy percent, most of the mechanisms and gameplay of the game had been unlocked. The only thing left to play was to see the plot ending. Therefore, Meng Chang felt more at ease. From his point of view, this game didnt seem to be that fun. In particular, the main AI system in the game did not seem to be that smart. This greatly reduced the fun brought by the core gameplay. Meng Chang did not understand the profound game design theory, but as an ordinary player who had never come into contact with RTS games, he could actually represent the opinions of many foreign players. Given the huge investment in Mission and Choice, if this game could only please RTS gamers and domestically-produced standalone gaming circles, and not break the circle, it would be very difficult to recoup the cost if many gamers who originally did not like RTS games bought it. Therefore, Meng Chang felt that there was still a possibility that the game would not be able to recoup its costs if it did not sell well after it was released. Furthermore, it was very likely! That way, even if his publicity plan failed, he could still get a commission! That encouraged Meng Chang. However, once bitten, twice shy. Meng Chang did not dare to let his guard down. In the following period, he still had to spend a lot of time playing this game every day just in case. Every time the employees of the marketing department passed by, they would see Meng Chang playing Mission and Choice. They could not help but be encouraged and moved by Brother Mengs professionalism. April 5th, Thursday Hu Xianbin, Min Jingchao, Jiang Yuan, Shen Renjie, Wang Xiaobin, Chang You, and the other heads of departments were gathered in the old artificial intelligence laboratory to check the results of the new artificial intelligence technology in the game Mission and Choice. Shen Renjie first explained the fundamentals of the breakthrough in artificial intelligence technology to everyone. Even though most people were confused, they at least understood that the game AI produced by artificial intelligence this time was the biggest feature of the previous AI. The new technology this time could allow AI to randomly simulate every step of each individual on the basis of the games basic rules. The winning plan score would increase. Through hundreds of thousands or even more game deductions, from the movement of a single unit to the overall strategy selected during the entire game process, it could be quantified by artificial intelligence to a specific change in the winning rate. This way, artificial intelligence could control both sides to play a game of its own at every moment. Moreover, after the winning rate could be quantified, it could adjust itself so that the entire games development would remain in the hands of AI. There were two most outstanding characteristics of this technique after it was applied to Mission and Choice. First, in battles with the realistic elements, the performance would be more realistic and the difficulty would be more linear. Originally, using computer AI to display the realistic elements was rather stiff. A certain unit would not listen to orders or the entire unit would scatter and escape in a battle. The specific way of performance would also give the players a completely different impression. He An, Meng Chang, Hu Xianbin, and the others had tried the game before. It generally reflected that the AIs performance was not perfect because the performance of the realistic elements was very difficult to satisfy. Due to the lack of AI, the retreat of a certain army sometimes seemed unreasonable. This greatly reduced the reality. After the application of the new technology, the simulation of the realistic elements produced by the AI was based on the existing win rate. Every units actions when they disobeyed orders had a certain degree of rationality as support. The simulation of the elements was greatly enhanced. Simply put, if the original army did not listen to orders, players might think that it was crazy. However, if the current army did not listen to orders, players would think that they had met a stupid subordinate. The difference between crazy and stupid was the change brought by the new artificial intelligence technology. In fact, in the plot after the protagonists speech, the human troops were inspired to fight. At that time, the AI could make smarter decisions than humans. Such a decision would significantly improve the overall performance of the battle, but it would not make players feel like they were cheating. There would not be any numerical improvement but a tactical improvement. This would most likely weaken the unrealistic feeling that players would feel. Secondly, as time passed, the upper limit of human and computer games would increase infinitely. It could support the release of more relevant gameplay. Mission and Choice was an RTS game after all. Even though players like Meng Chang, who did not understand RTS games at all, might be stuck, it was not difficult for some veteran players to clear the game plot. After clearing it, they would lose the motivation to continue exploring the games deep gameplay. The other RTS games solution to this problem was to open ranking battles. They would automatically select experts through the ranking battles among the players. Players would constantly improve while fighting against experts. They would always pursue higher goals and the lifespan of the game would naturally be extended accordingly. However, Mission and Choices approach was completely different from traditional RTS games. In order to lower the threshold, they greatly reduced the amount of operations that players needed to do. Moreover, there were only two races so it had no balance. The PVP ranking could be made, but the effect would definitely not be good. The strength of the regular PVE was not enough. Experts would quickly lose interest. Now, the new artificial intelligence technology could provide a gameplay for Eternal War, which was Endless Mode . In this model, the combat power of AI would continue to increase, and the difficulty curve would be very smooth. The experts who liked this game could rush to the top of the ladder through PVE and obtain a long-term goal. Of course, PVP and Multiple-Player games could also be done. However, these games only existed as entertainment models because of their poor balance. In addition, the original battle model would also benefit. The design of the stages of the battle was originally completed by the designer. The difficulty curve might not be smooth. Sometimes, if the difficulty level was not increased enough, players might not feel anything even after completing a few stages. If the difficulty level increased too much, players would be stuck. With the help of the new artificial intelligence technology, the designers could not only optimize and adjust the original stage design, but they could also make dynamic adjustments to the difficulty of the stage according to real-time winning ratio, making it easier for players to play the story mode. After this series of changes, Mission and Choice finally made up for the last shortcoming. The last small flaw was perfectly resolved! Tengda Games designers would adjust the design and details of the stages of Mission and Choice until it was released to ensure that the game would reach a perfect state. Mission and Choice was the first game to benefit from it. The reason why he called Wang Xiaobin, Min Jingchao, and the others over was so that the artificial intelligence technology could be applied to more games. Especially Fitness Battle and GOG. In the Fitness Battle, the characters in the game would frequently talk to players. This new technology could improve the deep learning ability of the characters in the game. It could make the characters in the game more inclined to the players preferences through the feedback of players actions towards AI. In other words, the original nurturing only included figures, clothing, and so on. However, after adding artificial intelligence technology, the character in the game would also change as it got closer to the protagonist. That way, every gamer of Fitness Battle would be able to cultivate the characters they liked in the game into a state of mutual understanding with them. In GOG, this technology could also be used to develop the more difficult PvP system. Of course, GOG already had a large number of professional players. All sorts of tactics and tactics were already very rich. With the current artificial intelligence technology, it was impossible to understand these tactics and exchange blows with professional teams. There was still a long way to go. However, at the very least, it would not be a problem for a computer of this level to compete with players below platinum. It was only a prototype but it had great potential for development. There might even be a day where artificial intelligence and professional teams would compete on the same stage. In other words, even though the artificial intelligence technology this time did not directly increase the competitiveness of AEEIS artificial intelligence on Otto Technologies cell phone, it had a profound impact on many games departments under Tengda! Chapter 965 - Teacher Qiao’s New Video It was Jiang Yuans turn to introduce a new cell phone after introducing artificial intelligence technology. He held three cell phones of Otto G1 in his hand and distributed them to the in-charge present. Chang You looked at the cell phone with mixed feelings. After all, this cell phone was developed before he left Otto Technologies. Now that the finished product was out, he was no longer in charge of the cell phone business. He still had some regrets. However, Chang You thought that his current job was not bad. The smart fitness drying rack was progressing very smoothly and was very interesting. Chang You felt that this was not a bad arrangement. Jiang Yuan introduced, This is the prototype for G1s cell phone. It has already been mass-produced and we are expected to hold a press conference next month. Were in a hurry, but according to what I know, the other manufacturers are also developing full screen display mobile phones with retractable cameras. We have to seize the opportunity and seize the initiative. Ive already decided on the design. Theres nothing much to change. This time, Im mainly going to show it to the games department so that it can cooperate with the cell phones characteristics and make some special optimizations and compatibility for Tengdas mobile game. As everyone can see, the cell phone this time is still using the same design as the previous large battery. Therefore, its weight is still considerable. Its still necessary for heavy users. The difference is that we used many new technologies in the supply chain. The most visual effect is the full screen display created by this retractable camera. The two shoulder keys of the cell phone are specially provided for the game. The right shoulder key might be integrated onto the camera but the pressure of the shoulder key and the camera pop out are two different structures. It will not affect each others lifespan. Under normal circumstances, the two shoulder keys would have a slight protrusion like the camera on the back of the cell phone. Our custom-made cell phone shell would leave a certain gap around the shoulder key. It would not completely fit. That way, players would be able to ensure their gaming experience without affecting how they carry it around. In addition, the colleague in charge of OTTO OS has specially created a special gaming space for G1. On one hand, it can optimize the games memory occupancy to obtain a better gaming experience and reduce the interference of the pop-up window on the game. On the other hand, it can also allow players to freely project the buttons on the two shoulder keys. However, it would be best if the official game developers come up with a plan as Tengdas official mobile game. Then, the game would be automatically arranged after the G1 model was detected. That would be the best experience. In addition, in order to increase the utilization rate of the two shoulder keys in the normal state, weve also arranged other functions for them. The left shoulder key is integrated into the calling function of the AEEIS artificial intelligence assistant. A long press will enable one to talk to AEEIS; the right shoulder key inherited the camera function. After the long press, the camera will automatically move out and enter photo mode. Originally, we needed to use the power button to call out AEEIS, and to enter the photo mode, we needed to click on the icon on the screen. Now, this plan has been slightly optimized. Of course, we have also fully considered the possibility of miscommunication. Therefore, we have used long presses and limited these functions on some pages. Users can choose the functions of these two keys within the settings Jiang Yuan briefly introduced the new features of G1s cell phone. Simply put, G1 was a cell phone with obvious strengths and flaws. Its strengths were its good looks, good game performance, and the design of two shoulder keys that greatly improved the game experience. OTTO E1 cell phones original advantages, such as Tengdas VIP services, large batteries, flagship chip, and Otto OS system, had mostly been continued. However, the shortcomings of this cell phone were also very obvious. It was mainly to use a new comprehensive screen technology to make some compromises in other aspects. For example, the quality of the call would be slightly reduced. The fingerprint technology that was not mature for the time and could only place the fingerprint module on the side. There was no space to place a dual speaker and earphone holes. The high cost of developing the cell phone resulted in high prices. However, these were all problems that he had expected when he designed the cell phone. With the current level of technology, there would only be gains if one was willing to give up. Wang Xiaobin was in charge of optimizing the current Tengda mobile version of G1s cell phone, including the mobile version of Ocean Stronghold, The Lonely Desert Road, and GOG. He loved G1 cell phones. After all, most people would be shocked when they first saw such a radical comprehensive screen plan. Wang Xiaobin then briefly discussed the details of the suitable mobile games with Jiang Yuan, especially the tacitly compatible plan for FPS games and speed games. There was less than a month to the news conference. There was still a chance to improve. After everything was done, the heads of the various departments began to chat. They communicated with each other to see if there was anything they could help each other with. Jiang Yuan said to Chang You, Boss Chang, how should we arrange the news conference for the new cell phone? Why dont you go up and talk? He looked hesitant. That was because the news conference on E1 had been hosted by Chang You previously. Whats more, it has been very effective. That ultra-long speed recital had even caused a wave of imitations online. Some people even felt that Chang Yous recital was better than a solo crosstalk. However, Jiang Yuan knew himself very well. He felt that he did not have Chang Yous eloquence. The news conference was the most important part before the cell phone was released. If the cell phone itself was done well but Jiang Yuan himself did not explain the standard, it would affect the cell phones popularity and sales volume. Wouldnt that be a burden? Thus, Jiang Yuan wanted Chang You to go up and give the lecture. Chang You shook his head. Youre the person-in-charge of Otto Technologies now. Of course, youre the one to get up to present! Actually,the powerpoint was done completely under Boss Peis guidance when I held the E1 cell phone conference previously. It was all thanks to Boss Pei that the live effect was so good. Therefore, you dont have to belittle yourself. You havent even done it yet. Why are you assuming that you cant do it? If youre really not confident, ask Boss Pei. He will definitely give you a perfect plan. Jiang Yuan still felt a little lightheaded after hearing Chang Yous words, but his confidence had increased greatly. Alright, Boss Chang. Ill find some time at the end of this month to ask Boss Pei about the cell phones news conference. April 6th, Friday Phew, its finally done! Qiao Liang took off his earphones and looked at the edited and embellished video file. He heaved a sigh of relief. The new episode of Trash Games Diss has already been completed. This episode was mainly about the humiliation of the domestic game and Mission and Choice. The content of the video was nothing more than to re-introduce the trivial matter of Mission and Choice. To be honest, Qiao Liang was not 100% satisfied with this episode. That was because Mission and Choice was a game that had been bad to a certain extent and had been notorious in the history of domestically-produced games. Many video UP Masters and columnists had already criticized it. The content of their criticism was also varied. Basically, they had criticized it from all angles. If there were other content, Qiao Liang would definitely not want to make a video for this rubbish game. However, he had no choice. He really did not have any reliable games recently. He could only make one or two filler videos. Of course, even though it was a filler video, Qiao Liang still maintained his usual style of ridicule. Before making the video, he seriously played the game with the lousy graphics and endless bugs for a long time. The video he produced was above average. It was not very good, but it was not bad either. Most of the videos that criticized Mission and Choice previously were from the perspective of a few years ago. At that time, Tengda Games had not appeared out of nowhere, and the domestic games industry had not improved as quickly as it was now. It was inevitable that there would be some negative and pessimistic feelings. Now, outstanding works like Repent and be Saved and Struggle have appeared in domestically-produced games. Qiao Liang looked back at Mission and Choice and could naturally treat it with a teasing attitude. This emotional change added special meaning to Qiao Liangs rehashing. However, it still feels like something is missing from the last part of the video . The games that I listed are all Tengdas works. It seems a little far-fetched to say that domestically-produced standalone games have fully recovered and the former humiliation of the domestic games can be dismissed with a smile. After all, Im basically pointing out Tengdas examples. This does not prove that domestically-produced standalone games have fully recovered. It only proves that Tengda Games is very impressive and Boss Pei is very impressive. It has nothing to do with other domestic game manufacturers. Chapter 966 - What’s Lacking In The Video? Qiao Liang watched the last part of the video several times and felt that it was indeed a small flaw. Qiao Liang had always been a perfectionist. It would be fine if he did not notice any problems. However, once he did, it would be like his OCD had acted up. He would feel terrible if he did not change it. How are we going to change that? We cant say that everyone in the country is trash apart from the Tengda Games, right? Some things cannot be said carelessly even if they are true. I can only find a few domestically-produced games that are not developed by Tengda. Hmm where should I look? Oh right, there was a game called Black Ink and Clouds previously. Qiao Liang immediately recalled the period before Chinese New Year where the Destitution Plan had been widely circulating with the release of the Survival Guide for Working Adults and the pre-sales of Black Ink and Clouds. It had caused quite a good response. They might be independent games but it was still a representative of outstanding domestic games. Qiao Liang immediately opened the official platform. He wanted to edit the content of Black Ink and Clouds and Survival Guide for Working Adults and insert it at the end of his video. There was no need for more editing. A few seconds and a few more screenshots would be enough. However, when Qiao Liang opened the official platform, he was pleasantly surprised. Hm? Black Ink and Clouds is scheduled to be released tomorrow. Whats more, the official platform has given an exclusive interview to the incubation base of the Destitution Plan? Qiao Liangs eyes lit up as he immediately clicked on the interview. The interview detailed the situation of the incubation base in Beijing and Shanghai. It also interviewed Wu Zhicheng, the designer of Black Ink and Clouds, and Qiu Hong, the founder of the Destitution Plan. The content of the interview was detailed and rich. It completely unveiled the mystery of the Destitution Plan. No problem, thats all I need! Qiao Liang was elated. He immediately recorded a special interview with the Survival Guide for Working Adults, Black Ink and Clouds and the Destitution Plan. He added it at the end of his video. Then, Qiao Liang changed some of the words at the beginning of the video so that the contents of the entire video would echo each other. When comparing the domestically-produced gaming environment of the Mission and Choice era and the current domestically-produced gaming environment, it had the effect of reminiscing about the sweet. Qiao Liang worked until 2 PM. Finally, he edited the video and uploaded it onto Aili Island. At the same time, on the 16th floor of Shenhua View The employees of the two administrative departments were whispering to each other. Boss Pei has been coming to the office more frequently recently. Thats true. In the past, he only came here for a day a week. This week, he had been sitting in the office for three or four consecutive days. Whats more, He had been here for four or five hours. Thats really rare! Is it because the other industries are not busy, so Boss Pei doesnt have to interfere personally? How is that possible? There are many things happening in the other departments! In my opinion, it must be because Mission and Choice is going to be released and the movie is going to be released. Boss Pei is worried. That cant be. In my impression, Boss Pei has always been a strategist. He has never worried about any project. I dont think hes worried but I think theres definitely pressure. After all, the investment this time is too huge. A few hundred million yuan has been invested. Who can withstand it if something goes wrong? Indeed, this is a huge gamble. You will take off on the spot if you win. You will explode on the spot if you lose. Im afraid theres no third scenario. I only hate myself for not being able to share Boss Peis burdens. Forget it, dont think too much. We have to trust Boss Pei. Yes, thats right. We just have to do our job well. Boss Pei has never made a mistake in such a huge matter that decides the fate of the company. It must be the same this time. The two employees discussed for a while before continuing with their work. However, everyone looked at Boss Peis office with more encouragement and admiration. This was the leader of Tengda Corporation, Boss Pei! His entire focus was on the company, be it worries or happiness! What they did not know was that Pei Qian was indeed sighing in his own office. However, what he was worried about was the opposite of what everyone had guessed. Boss Pei was worried that Mission and Choice would be a huge success and a huge profit Logically speaking, a project that had taken a long time and cost a lot of money would finally be completed. He should feel relieved. However, Pei Qian did not feel relieved at all as April 14th approached. Instead, he felt more and more stressed. How worrying! Logically speaking, there should be no hope at all no matter whether it was the game or the movie. It would die on April 14th. However, perhaps because he had failed too many times before, Pei Qian felt an inexplicable sense of panic. He felt that something was going to happen. This last week was the hardest for Pei Qian. Huang Sibo had called to say that Mission and Choice had been completed just now. It was slightly troublesome but everything had gone smoothly. It was not a simple task to increase the release date but it was not uncommon. The release date was too important to the movie after all. The producers and distributors would do everything they could in order to obtain more box office. Most of the movies were uploaded in order to avoid competitions and obtain a higher box office. For example, a film that was originally scheduled to be released on May 1st last year was moved to April 24th because the estimated film of a competition film during May 1st had surpassed them. The film released on April 24th was relatively weak, so it was a huge success at the box office after choosing to upload. Other than that, there were also people who deliberately wanted to freeload on the same day as the movie. There were also people who tied up marketing and took the opportunity to create hype All of these could cause the movies schedule to change. All in all, the producers and distributors of all the movies would try their best to choose the best slot for their own movies. That was because the quality of the slot would often determine the box office of hundreds of millions yuan. That was all real money. However, it was probably unprecedented for someone like Pei Qian who was afraid that his own movie would be too aggressive and dominate the May 1st slot, and deliberately upload his own movie into a trash-tier slot. Huang Sibo and Lin Chang did not agree with the proposal. After all, in their opinion, Mission and Choices quality was too good. Wouldnt it be a waste if they did not make it to the May 1st slot? However, Pei Qians reason was also very good. It was because the game was going to clash with the Fantasy Battle remake. Thus, the movies schedule had to be brought forward along with the release date of the game. Thus, even though Huang Sibo was reluctant he still did as he was told. That made Pei Qian feel a little more at ease. Thus, he decided to browse Aili Islands website and watch videos to relax. However, after browsing through the website, Pei Qian saw the video that Teacher Qiao had just released. Trash Games Diss Episode 92: The Trashiest Domestic Game in History looks like this! Pei Qian instinctively shivered when he saw Teacher Qiaos new video. Once this guy released a video, he would stab Pei Qian in the back eight times out of ten. This made Pei Qian react quickly! However, Pei Qian took a closer look at the title and immediately relaxed. Oh, a false alarm! He had thought that Qiao Liang had obtained the DEMO test of Mission and Choice from some other source and published another episode of Products of the Gods! Qiao Liang had a good relationship with the heads of the games department. It was not entirely impossible for him to get the DEMO that Mission and Choice were developing. If Qiao Liang were to release an episode of Products of the Gods before the game was released, he would be in big trouble! However, since the title of the video was Trash Games Diss, there should be no problem. Tengda Games had not been on this segment since The Lonely Desert Road after all. However, Pei Qian only relaxed for two seconds before he realized that something was amiss. The words the worst domestically-produced game in history made Pei Qian realize that things were not that simple! He then looked at the summary of the video. Indeed, this episode was criticizing the disgraceful domestic Mission and Choice game more than ten years ago! F*ck! Pei Qian could not help but curse. What a scam! Logically speaking, the Trash Games Diss segment was no longer related to Tengda Games. Yet, Qiao Liang chose to diss Mission and Choice! Obviously, this video would bring gamers back to more than ten years ago to experience the collapse of domestic standalone games. Next week, the remade version of Mission and Choice will be officially released. Most people had just recalled the old version of Mission and Choice. They would definitely add a lot of emotional points after seeing the remake Wasnt this a huge problem! Pei Qian was speechless. What was wrong with this Teacher Qiao! Why did he always have such perfect timing in sending videos?! Pei Qian clicked on the video after struggling for a few minutes. He had no choice. The video had already been released. He could not contact Aili Island to delete it, right? He could only look at the content of the video and think of a countermeasure. Chapter 967 - Boss Pei Wants to Trick Me Again, But Luckily I Saw It Through! When the video started, it was still Teacher Qiaos unique and hoarse voice with a dialect. My dear daddies, how are you? I am still the Teacher Qiao who works on updates until I burst my liver, until my hair turns bald, churning out updates like a mother pig. the father of the game. Recently, the official platform has released a classic domestically-produced game collection. Im taking this opportunity to introduce a classic domestically-produced game known as the shame of the domestic game, Mission and Choice! There might be many dear daddies who have not experienced that era and do not understand why this game is called the shame of the domestic game. Its alright. Let me start from the background at that time and slowly explain it to you Qiao Liang had started his career with this series after all. He could easily criticize rubbish games. The video was filled with all sorts of information and game graphics. Coupled with Qiao Liangs impromptu and humorous commentary style, even though it was a theme that had been done many times, it was still very interesting. After complaining about how trashy the game was, Qiao Liang introduced the final outcome of the event: Players who had pre-ordered Mission and Choice had been refunded a lot of money, discs had been abandoned in large numbers, gamers enthusiasm to support domestically-produced games had been severely affected, domestically-produced standalone games had worsened and entered a long period of decline Qiao Liang was heartbroken as he narrated this part, and the audiences bullet screen comments were filled with sighs. However, at the end of the video, Qiao Liang changed the topic and gave the audience hope. Until today, Mission and Choice has been nailed to the pillar of shame of domestic games. In the past, we could only vent our anger on this game, lament its misfortune, and be angry at its failure to compete when Mission and Choice was mentioned. However, whats comforting now is that when we look back at the game Mission and Choice, we no longer feel angry. Instead, we feel a sense of mockery. Thats because more and more outstanding domestically-produced games are emerging. The market for domestically-produced standalone games is no longer a desert. We can finally let go of our unhappy memories and move on. Someone once said that domestically-produced games are trash apart from Tengda. We might have Repent and be Saved and Struggle, but they are just a miracle flower in the desolate desert. However, we now know that Boss Pei is not the only one working hard in the domestic standalone game market. We have the Destitution Plan, which produced the Survival Manual of Workers, Ink and Clouds, and other outstanding independent games! As these independent game designers continue to grow, they will definitely continue to improve. The old tree of domestically-produced standalone games will once again flourish! The future of domestically-produced standalone games will definitely become better! The content of the Destitution Plan incubation base is exclusive to the official platform. You can read it yourself if youre interested. In addition, Black Ink and Clouds will be officially released tomorrow. I hope you can pay close attention! Qiao Liang was considered a huge UP Master in the gaming area of Aili Islands website. The video had only been released for a short while, but it already had a lot of views and comments. Many viewers clicked into the video excitedly when they saw that Qiao Liang had updated the video. They were greatly disappointed when they realized that it was Trash Games Diss. They expressed that Teacher Qiao had made a very feeble attempt since he made a video out of the game more than ten years ago. However, after watching the entire video, the audience was deeply moved and the discussion was extremely enthusiastic! Fantasy Battle Remake has been released, yet we are promoting Domestically-Produced Games Compilation. I feel very disappointed. However, I felt better after watching this video. While Domestically-produced standalone games cannot be compared to foreign games, there are still people working hard! Teacher Qiao is right. In the past, we scolded Mission and Choice because there wasnt really a single good game in the domestically-produced standalone game. Now, everyone can look at it in a teasing manner. Its not because we are tolerant, but because the environment of domestically-produced standalone games has improved. We also have a batch of good games that belong to us. Thus, we can naturally laugh off the shame of the past. I just went to watch an interview. It was really well done. Thats right. I didnt expect the developer of Black Ink and Clouds, Wu Zhicheng, to have such a tough life. If it werent for the Destitution Plan, the release of Black Ink and Clouds would probably have been delayed by another ten years and it would definitely not have been able to achieve the current quality. Boss Qius thought process is very moving. He entered the industry with his dreams and lost himself in games with paywalls. He returned to it after going around in circles. Isnt it a blessing to be able to fulfill his dreams in his middle age? I just dont know who this mysterious investor is. He seems to be someone with a big structure and magnanimity. Ive decided. In the future, as long as the quality of the games produced by the Destitution Plan is good, Ill definitely support it! Pei Qians mood worsened after reading the comments section. Even though no one had guessed that the mysterious investor was him, the fame of the Destitution Plan and Black Ink and Clouds had increased again! Not only that, not many people had paid attention to the old game Mission and Choice. It has become the focus of discussion for gamers because of Qiao Liangs video now. This was not good for the upcoming release of Mission and Choice! Pei Qian adjusted Qiao Liangs ranking in his notebook as he paced around the office anxiously. Qiao Liangs prediction had increased the risk of failure for Pei Qians perfect plan. What should he do? Pei Qian walked around the office twice and decided to give Meng Chang a call. He had to take precautions. The key problem now was not how to expand the results but how to stop losses in advance. Pei Qian knew that Meng Chang had asked for thirty million yuan for publicity. Now, he has only spent ten million yuan. He still had twenty million yuan left. If not for Qiao Liangs video, Pei Qian would definitely hope that Meng Chang would spend the remaining twenty million yuan as soon as possible. The faster he spent it, the happier he would be. However, things had changed. Qiao Liangs video had already achieved a very good publicity effect. What if the twenty million yuan was spent and Mission and Choice became even more well-known? What would happen if the game was released and the publicity budget was doubled? The main reason was that Pei Qian did not ask about Meng Changs publicity plan, so he was instinctively worried. At that thought, he immediately called Meng Chang. At that moment, Meng Chang was playing Mission and Choice on his desk. Seeing that Boss Pei was calling, Meng Chang did not dare to delay and picked up immediately. What? Dont spend the remaining twenty million yuan? Why? Meng Chang was dumbfounded. This was a bolt out of the blue. From his point of view, everything was going well for publicity at the moment. The huge sum of money that he had spent did not cause much of a stir. Even if he did not publicize the classic domestically-produced games collection, the effect would not differ much. He had originally planned to ALL IN the remaining twenty million yuan next week. He would make the final decision and maximize the commission. He had not expected Boss Pei to stop spending at this critical juncture. Meng Chang could not accept this. Pei Qian fully empathized with Meng Changs feelings and said earnestly. I understand how you feel. After all, the results last month were delightful and the first half of the month went smoothly. Im mainly worried that if something really happens, youll feel bad and Ill feel bad. How about this? Dont spend the twenty million yuan. Ill calculate the commission based on the maximum amount. Well make do for this month and plan for a long time next month. Pei Qian could not say it too clearly. He was afraid that there would be a problem if he were to spend this huge sum of publicity funds. Meng Chang would not be able to get a single cent of commission while he earned money. Why would he do that? Therefore, he chose a compromise plan and did not publicize it. He would give Meng Chang some commission as compensation. Pei Qian had a strong sense of worry even though they might not die together if they continued advertising. His sixth sense had always been accurate. Meng Chang was unhappy then. Boss Pei, you cant do that! We signed the agreement in black and white. How can we change it so easily? Pei Qian was indeed in the wrong. After a moment of silence, he said, Im mainly worried that something would go wrong with your plan. When the commission is gone, it would be a loss. Meng Chang chuckled inwardly. Boss Pei, youre being too hypocritical! It was obvious that the twenty million yuan publicity funds were about to go down the drain, so he came to trick him to stop. Saving tens of thousands of yuan in commission was a small matter, but saving twenty million yuan was a huge matter! He would never give in! It was not easy for him to plan for so long. He was just one step away from success. Did you think you could scare me with such words? No way! Meng Chang said firmly, Boss Pei, you dont have to worry. My plan is perfect. There wont be any mistakes! Please believe me and abide by the spirit of the contract! Meng Chang said it so firmly that Pei Qian had nothing else to say. Actually, Pei Qian could not be sure that there would be problems after spending the twenty million yuan. He was only vaguely worried. Since Meng Chang was so determined and thought that his plan was definitely not a problem, Pei Qian did not want to make things too unpleasant for an uncertain matter. He could only choose to trust him. They had the same goal after all. Pei Qian nodded at that thought. Alright, follow the original plan. I wont interfere. Good luck! Pei Qian sounded extremely sincere when he said the last four words. However, when Meng Chang heard that, he felt that something was amiss. No, I have to spend this sum of money immediately. Things might change if I delay! Chapter 968 - : May 1st Movie, Greyhound Meng Chang was shocked by Boss Peis call. He decided on the spot to spend the money immediately! The current him was very particular about taking out a bag for comfort. The twenty million yuan had already been allocated to the advertising and marketing department for publicity. However, as long as he did not spend it, the actual authority of the money would still be in Boss Peis hands. What if Boss Pei went back on his word? For example, what if he took the money back under the guise of a cash flow? While Meng Chang felt that Boss Pei would not do something so shameless, he had to guard against it for the sake of commission. Therefore, Meng Chang took advantage of the fact that he was still working on Friday to hold a small meeting. He gathered all his subordinates and decided on the publicity plan for next week. ALL IN and spend all the publicity funds directly without leaving a single cent! In any case, success or failure would depend on this. They would just have to wait for the game to be released and the movie to be released on May 1st after spending it. The remaining half a month would be completely up to fate. The employees of the Advertisement and marketing department followed Meng Changs instructions as usual. Soon, they went back to work. The publicity budget this time was all spent on the promotion of the classic domestically-produced gaming compilation. There was no promotion of the game Mission and Choice, and no publicity film. Logically speaking, the publicity of a movie was also a highlight. Many blockbusters publicity budgets were usually the same as the filming budget, easily reaching hundreds of millions of yuan. These publicity funds included various online and offline resources, such as display boards, banners, posters, and so on in the major cinemas. These materials had to be spent. However, Meng Chang obviously did not plan to spend a single cent there. Wouldnt advertising the movie be the same as advertising the game? Players were not stupid. Once they saw the name of the movie, they would naturally think of that old game. They would definitely become suspicious. Thus, the best way was not to publicize the movie. In any case, he had already spent all the publicity funds. The more ineffective it was, the happier Meng Chang would be. Of course, the movie could not be kept absolutely confidential. After the documentation, the name and specific content of the movie could be seen on the cinema screenings and various ticketing apps. That was unavoidable. However, as long as the publicity budget was not enough, the popularity and attention of the movie would only be maintained at a relatively low level. The publicity costs had to be paid by the company in charge of the publicity after all. The cinema chains could not possibly pay for the publicity, right? Whats more, it was not just about the publicity. If there were not enough publicity resources, the cinema chains would definitely reduce the number of screenings. In addition, the movie and game would be released on the same day. Meng Chang felt that it shouldnt be too much of a problem to persist until May 1st. It was not enough to affect the overall situation even with the support of some netizens. Mission and Choice was not a small production. If they invested too much money, they would have to earn at least three times the box office before they could recover. Meng Chang would have already gotten the full commission in April by then even if it really became popular in the later stages! Meng Chang closed his computer in satisfaction and prepared to get off work to enjoy this weekend after making all the arrangements. Chief Editor Xia from the official platform would be coming for an exclusive interview next Tuesday. Meng Chang planned to come again on Monday to look at the publicity situation before disappearing on Tuesday. He would get Chief Editor Xia to interview the others in the advertising and marketing department. Meng Chang would not show his face. Meng Chang felt that as long as he did not appear on screen or speak, the interview would at most interview a few ordinary employees and ask some irrelevant questions. It would not cause much of a stir and should not be a big problem. Yes, it looked very stable. There was no problem! Meng Chang stood up and stretched. He had been busy with the publicity plan recently and was a little tired. He could finally rest and relax this weekend! It was a pity that he did not have money and did not have any relaxing activities to choose from. He could only sleep at home, watch movies, and eat good food. Meng Chang planned his weekend and left happily after work, taking the bus home. April 9th, Monday Beijing, Vinci Media. Vinci Media was a rather influential media entertainment company in the country. Its main business included film investment, production, publicity, television investment, distribution, artist management, and so on. Vinci Media would also take on some publicity work for overseas films in the mainland apart from investing and distributing domestic movies. Vinci Media was not small in scale and there were many successful publicity cases. Therefore, it had a good say in the domestic publicity problems when Fan Qi Media was working overseas. Vice-President Lu Xiaoping heard a piece of good news on Monday. The person-in-charge of the department in charge of the overseas movie, Greyhound, came to Lu Xiaopings office early in the morning. He said excitedly, Boss Lu, theres good news! The matter of Mission and Choice has been decided. Its going to be released on April 14th, which is this Saturday! Lu Xiaoping was stunned. He even doubted the authenticity of the news. How is that possible? The person-in-charge said, I also thought that its impossible. Thats why I thought it was fake news when I first heard about it! However, the source of the news is very reliable. Ive asked around and confirmed that Mission and Choice has indeed been promoted. Its really going to be released on April 14th. It cant be fake! Lu Xiaoping revealed an exaggerated expression. He was shocked and elated! Greyhound was a standard Hollywood blockbuster with an investment of 200 million US dollars. It was known as the biggest sci-fi blockbuster in Hollywood this year. From the production teams perspective, there were famous directors and superstars joining even though there were a lot of restrictions to this statement and there was a certain amount of exaggeration. It could only be said to be a gathering of stars. Even the special effects production team was top-notch in the industry. This film was shot in the Hawaiian waters. Many destroyers, battleships, and aircraft carriers were shot in real life. It even used the real material of the United States Presidents speech to the navy. All in all, this movie was of high quality from all aspects. Naturally, the producers had high hopes for it. On the other hand, Vinci Media had taken a liking to this point. That was why they had signed on for the publicity of the Greyhound a long time ago, hoping to make a huge profit from this movie! Vinci Media spared no expense in order to promote Greyhound. First of all, this film invited famous local traffic actors to guest star in it for more than ten minutes and produced a special edition in order to cater to the mainland market. Moreover, this traffic actor would follow the film throughout when it was screening and acting in the mainland. Secondly, this movie did not premiere later than in its premiere. Instead, it premiered almost a month earlier! Greyhound was released on May 1st in China, and it would be released at the end of May in other parts of the world. There were two main reasons for this situation. First, it was because the producers were increasingly paying attention to the non-military market because the domestic consumer capacity was especially strong and the market was vast. They could obtain a higher box office if they premiered in the mainland. Second, it was to avoid some blockbusters from premiering in the same period around the world. Vinci Media knew that the May 1st Golden Week was one of the best times of the year in the country. Therefore, they had been communicating with the producer of the Greyhound and finally managed to get the current schedule. At first, everyone was very happy after the schedule was set. They felt that it would definitely be a success this time. That was because even though there were many movies released on May 1st, none of them could directly threaten Greyhound. Greyhound was a sci-fi movie with huge investments and excellent special effects. Most of the movies released on the May 1st screening were comedies and romance films. They were not in the same dimension at all. There was nothing to compare. In the end, Lu Xiaoping realized that something was amiss after further investigation. Where did this Mission and Choice come from? Lu Xiaoping immediately thought of it as a small production of a third-rate company as he had never seen the publicity of this film. However, after careful investigation, he realized that it was not a small production. It was a product of Tengda Corporation, which had previously filmed Tomorrow is Beautiful which Lu Zhiyao was starring in! Thus, the entire Vinci Media was extremely worried as though they were facing a formidable enemy. However, good news came not long after. Mission and Choice was no longer in the May 1st slot. It had been released for half a month and was set to be released on April 14th! Lu Xiaoping was overjoyed. He could only say that the ups and downs of life were too exciting! He stood up excitedly and walked around the office twice. Does that mean Tengda is afraid? They felt that the competition for the release of the movie was too strong and did not dare to face us head-on, so they moved it to the 14th? It looks like the quality of Mission and Choice is not that good! The reason why Lu Xiaoping was so happy was not only because they had one less competitor, but also because it exposed the weak strength of Mission and Choice. If Tengda was very confident in the movie Mission and Choice, they would definitely choose to fight it out with the other movies when it was released on May 1st. After all, the traffic during the Golden Week would definitely crush ordinary holidays. However, Tengda would rather give up on the prime-time weeks traffic and move up the schedule. That meant that the producers did not have any confidence in this movie at all. They did not intend to go head to head with the other movies. They only wanted to choose an unpopular schedule to deceive as many viewers as possible. This thought might be a little ridiculous but Lu Xiaoping could not think of any other possibilities. Lu Xiaoping made a bold guess. Mission and Choice must have made some major mistakes or setbacks during filming. The movie that was produced in the end could not satisfy Tengda at all. Thus, the project that he had high hopes for was given up. He only wanted to choose an unpopular screening period and barely recoup some of his costs. The only film that might pose a threat to Greyhound was gone. Wouldnt that be taking off on the spot? He had to admit that this was good news! Lu Xiaoping was very happy. He even felt that he could do something about this. Chapter 969 - A Photo Of Meng Chang The promotional activities for Greyhound had already been launched. The publicity material for the offline had been fully spread. Many movie theaters could see the huge publicity posters for the Greyhound movie. However, Lu Xiaoping was not satisfied. He felt that this was not enough. Based on the current situation, there were no strong competitors in the schedule of Greyhound. The box office success was almost certain. The more money spent on publicity, the more famous it would be, and the higher the box office. Who would not do a profitable business? The reason why the Greyhound was not popular now was probably because this name was a little disadvantageous. It might be a proper popcorn blockbuster and a sci-fi genre, but the name sounded like a war movie. Naturally, it wasnt discussed as much. However, there was nothing he could do about it. The translation had already been decided, and it was impossible to change it. However, Lu Xiaoping had other ways. He could use one method: rub it in! At the moment, there was only one key problem with the promotion of Greyhound: the name was not nice, causing the audience to not have a clear understanding of the specific content of the film and not have high psychological expectations. Therefore, he had to work hard in this aspect to further increase the popularity of the Greyhound. Lu Xiaoping said to the person-in-charge, This is a god-given opportunity. We cannot let it go! Go and leak some news. Ask the fake reviewers to spread the news: Greyhound is scheduled for the first week of the Golden Week. A sci-fi film is launching a strong attack. A local sci-fi film has been caught red-handed. It doesnt dare to fight head-on and can only be released in theaters much earlier. Also, we have to emphasize that the Greyhound is not a war film but a sci-fi film. There are many special effects for big scenes. The investment is huge and cannot be missed! Remember, our official platform must not mention the name Mission and Choice. We just have to get the fake reviewers to lead the way in the dark. Keep your hands and feet clean and dont get into trouble. Lu Xiaopings idea was very clear. Leading a battle and trampling on the first to screen was the most direct and efficient to increase the popularity and visibility of the film. The overseas sci-fi blockbuster is attacking strongly, and domestic sci-fi movies are unable to resist and can only be forced to release in theaters. This topic would definitely cause a heated discussion online! Buying fake reviewers at low cost could generate so much popularity. Why not? Of course, there was a certain risk in doing so. It would be very awkward if the movies box office was not as good as the other partys after it premiered. However, Lu Xiaoping felt that such an accident was basically impossible. If Mission and Choice was really impressive, why did it not go to the first tier time slot and go to an unpopular slot? Obviously, the producers themselves did not have confidence in the movie. What was there to be afraid of? Whats more, Furious Sea Warship was screening at the May 1st slot and had its own traffic. Even if its box office performance was average, it would definitely be much better than Mission and Choice which was released at an unpopular period. May 1st was the first day of screening for Greyhound. On the other hand, Mission and Choice had been screening for two weeks. It was already an arrow at the end of its flight, and the box office was definitely crushing. No matter how he thought about it, it was stable! The person-in-charge immediately nodded. No problem, Boss Lu. Ill arrange it now! April 10th, Tuesday Tengda Corporation, marketing department. A young man named Yu Yao from the marketing department was in charge of receiving them when Xia Jiang arrived with the interview team from the official platform. Meng Chang specially found an excuse to not come today to avoid this interview. Chief Editor Xia, hello, hello, please come in. Yu Yao welcomed everyone from the interview team into the guest room. The advertising and marketing department was similar to Tengdas other departments in terms of working environment. As there were fewer people, it looked more spacious. Xia Jiang scanned the surroundings of the Advertisement and marketing department and confirmed her previous speculation. The incubation base must have been created by Boss Pei! The entire style of the office was completely carved out from the same mold. It gave people the same feeling even though there were some big differences in the details! This strengthened Xia Jiangs determination to do the interview well. Chief Editor Xia, Brother Meng has something on today. Im really sorry. If you have any questions, just ask me. Ill tell you everything I know, Yu Yao said. Xia Jiang nodded. Alright, lets get down to business. The two of them did not exchange much pleasantries. Everyones time was precious after all. Xia Jiang had just released an exclusive interview with the incubation base and Qiu Hong. The response was not bad. They should strike while the iron was hot and send out the interview with Meng Chang as soon as possible. Meng Chang might not be around this time but Xia Jiang was fully prepared. Xia Jiang first asked a few simple questions, including the daily work of the advertising and marketing department, the feeling of working in Tengda Corporation, and so on. Yu Yao answered normally. Then, Xia Jiang changed the topic and got to the point. Do you know anything about the current person-in-charge of the advertising and marketing department, Meng Chang? What do you think of him after he became a colleague? Yu Yao thought about it and said, My understanding of him previously was limited to some discussions online. At that time, I didnt have a good first impression of him. However, after working together, I realized that he was very different from the rumors on the internet. I think this change must have happened subtly after coming to Tengda. Xia Jiangs eyes lit up. Huh? Can you explain in detail? Yu Yao explained, There are two main aspects. They are the change in style and publicity method. As far as I know, Brother Meng was very brash before he came to Tengda. He had driven sports cars to deliver roasted cold noodles. However, after he came to Tengda, he became very thrifty. He could even be said to be the poorest person in the entire company. For example, most people in our department drive to and from work. Only Brother Meng takes the bus to and from work every day without any obstacles. Some colleagues even said that they could drive and pick him up, but they were all rejected by him. I think he seems to have become more low-profile in terms of his style of working. Hes no longer as flamboyant as before. Instead, he looks like an ascetic. Brother Mengs current publicity plans are very different from what he did before. Previously, he did many more controversial marketing activities in order to generate more popularity for the Cold-Faced Lady. However, Brother Mengs marketing plans were all low-profile and reserved after coming to Tengda. For example, the publicity for Tengdas physical industry and the Bunny Tail Live-Stream. The exaggerated style from before was completely wiped out, and it was replaced with a pragmatic feeling. This change is very obvious. I find it hard to believe that Brother Meng is the same person as the person in charge of the Cold-Faced Lady. Xia Jiang quickly recorded it down. Obviously, this was evidence of Boss Pei changing Meng Chang! If it was the original Meng Chang, he would definitely continue with the exaggerated and eye-catching publicity method of the Cold-Faced Lady. However, now, Meng Chang seemed to have completely washed that away. All the publicity plans looked very stable, giving people a low-profile and reserved feeling. It was impossible for people to suddenly change 180 degrees for no reason. Who else had such a magical ability to make Meng Chang, who was passionate about marketing and good at marketing, completely change apart from Boss Pei? Xia Jiang continued to ask, Can you tell me more about the domestically-produced games compilation? Why advertise this? Yu Yao answered, As to why publicize this Im not very sure either. I only know that it was originally proposed by Brother Meng even though Boss Pei agreed to this plan. Whats more, Brother Meng had put in a lot of effort in order to come up with this plan. Not only did he ask about the details of the entire promotional event one by one and strictly check them out, but he also specially asked Tengda Games for a DEMO and repeatedly experienced it. Every day, Brother Meng would be the first to come to work and the last to leave. We could all see him playing DEMO seriously when we passed by his workstation. Obviously, he wants to improve and make the publicity plan more perfect. This spirit moved everyone in our department. They all decided to learn from Brother Meng! I think Brother Meng would not have been able to achieve this if not for his true love. Xia Jiang interrupted. Was Meng Chang a veteran player previously? Yu Yao shook his head. As far as I know, hes not. Not only is he not a veteran gamer but he hasnt even played many games. He doesnt feel anything about it. Xia Jiang nodded immediately. I understand. She began to make notes in her notebook. Why would Meng Chang turn back If he didnt meet Boss Pei? Meng Changs marketing was done at all costs when he created the Cold-Faced Lady. It caused a lot of controversy in order to attract peoples attention and gain popularity. The Cold-Faced Lady eventually went bankrupt because Meng Changs heavy marketing did not manage it. However, Meng Changs marketing style changed drastically when he was working in Tengda. He changed from his previous exaggerated and eye-catching style and became low-key and reserved. Obviously, Tengdas working environment affected him. It was Boss Peis style that affected him! Under this inspiration, a person who had no interest in games also started to care about the development of domestically-produced standalone games and took the initiative to promote them. In order to achieve the effect of publicity, he tried playing DEMO over and over again just to achieve perfection Its still unknown if Meng Chang can turn over a new leaf under Boss Pei. However, this change is already happening subtly At that point, Xia Jiang suddenly thought of a problem. You said that Meng Chang has been trying to play the DEMO in order to complete the publicity plan. Do you have photos of this? The effect would definitely be better if we include the photos. Yu Yao thought for a moment. I think I took one before. Let me take a look. He took out his cell phone and flipped through the photo album. Soon, he found a picture: It was a picture of Meng Changs back. He was playing on his computer screen with full concentration. However, the game graphics on the computer screen could only be vaguely made out. It might be taken using a cell phone but Yu Yaos cell phone was a flagship model so the camera image was very high and it was relatively clear. He added, Ive never seen Brother Meng play games before. I found it novel, therefore I took a picture. Xia Jiang was elated. Thats great! Thats what I want! Add this picture in and the interview will be complete! Chapter 970 - Exposed! April 11th, Wednesday Meng Chang slept soundly at his residence yesterday in order to avoid being interviewed. He did not pick up any calls or send any messages in the departments group chat for the entire day, afraid that he would be caught if he accidentally revealed himself. The good thing was that his colleagues in the advertising and marketing department were very cooperative and did not take the initiative to look for him. Meng Chang felt that there shouldnt be any major problems after hanging around for a day. He had specially asked that this was not a very important interview. The standard was not high. It must be a total if the interviewee was Boss Pei. It was possible for him to be interviewed for three to five full days. However, Meng Chang was only the person-in-charge of the marketing department after all. He did not have such a reputation. Since the standard was not high, it would be done in a day. There should be no danger then. However, to be safe, Meng Chang continued to stay there until the afternoon before going to work. When he arrived at the marketing department, his colleagues were all working hard to implement Meng Changs marketing plan. Everything seemed to be normal. Meng Chang was like a student who had just skipped class but was lucky not to be caught. He came to his desk and sat down. He asked Yu Yao, who was sitting opposite him as he switched on his computer. Have you finished the interview? Yu Yao nodded. Yes, the interview is over! The interview duration for the entire process was very short. It was only three hours, and three or four people were interviewed. The entire process was scripted, and there was very little video information. Meng Chang felt more at ease. If it was just a script, nothing would go wrong. However, to be safe, he still had to ask a few more questions. Whats the theme of the interview? Yu Yao said, Actually, its nothing much. I just want to understand your working experience in Tengda, Brother Meng. Meng Changs heart skipped a beat. How did you answer that? Yu Yao: Of course I spoke the truth. The Tengda spirit has always been based on integrity. Im just them about how Brother Meng you go about your work in a simple manner without any subjective judgment. Meng Chang nodded. Very good! Meng Chang trusted his colleagues in the advertising and marketing department very much. Since Yu Yao said that he was speaking the truth, there shouldnt be too much deviation. However Yu Yao added, Chief Editor Xia thinks that I might have spoken too plainly. Thats why she said that she wanted to do some artistic processing. Thats why Im not sure what the final interview would be like. Meng Chang : Artistic Processing?! Meng Chang instinctively panicked. However, on further thought, Xia Jiang was the chief editor of the official platform. She had to have some integrity, right? She couldnt possibly make up stories out of nothing, right? Yes, it shouldnt be a problem. Meng Chang thought about it and felt that there was no need to scare himself. He would naturally know the details after the interview. Thus, he calmed down, turned on his computer, and continued playing DEMO for Mission and Choice. The entire advertising and marketing department became quiet. Everyone was working seriously, leaving only the sound of typing on the keyboard and clicking on the mouse. This continued for more than two hours until four in the afternoon. Yu Yao received a message and said in surprise, Eh? So efficient? The interview is out! The timing was a little unexpected. Obviously, Xia Jiang had submitted the interview after the interview yesterday. It was published on the official platform in just one day. So fast? Send me the link! Meng Chang was shocked as well. He quickly opened the website address sent by Yu Yao. The interview was not long. There were only a few hundred words. There were not many comments below as it had just been released. It looked slightly deserted. Meng Chang scanned the contents of the article and his expression quickly changed from calm to puzzled and shocked. Why would Meng Chang realize the error of his ways and turn back if it wasnt for Boss Pei? Obviously, Tengdas working environment infected him. It was Boss Peis style that affected him Meng Changs eyes widened and his mouth opened slightly. He fell into a daze. What the hell was this! Nonsense! Since when have I been influenced by Tengdas working environment? Since when have I followed Boss Peis lead? There was no such thing! Im only staying under someone elses roof now to pay off my debt. Once I get the commission to pay off my debt, Ill leave Tengda and make a comeback! Why did the interview make it sound like Ive decided to work like a slave in Tengda for the rest of my life? It was ridiculous! It was all so ridiculous! Meng Chang was like a heinous criminal in the interview. He was willing to serve under the saint and spend the rest of his life atoning for his sins because he had been enlightened by the saint. However, Meng Chang knew very well that that was not the case at all! Strictly speaking, his relationship with Boss Pei should be a struggle! Why did it seem like he had become Boss Peis bootlicker? Meng Chang was furious. He originally wanted to argue with Yu Yao on this matter, but he gave up after struggling for a while. Forget it, forget it. There was no need for that. On one hand, outsiders did not know about the agreement between Meng Chang and Boss Pei, and this agreement could not be spread. In the eyes of outsiders, Meng Changs current behavior was indeed very in line with what was written in the interview. This matter was like yellow mud falling into his pants. It could not be explained clearly. On the other hand, Meng Chang was still hoping that the people from the advertising and marketing department would help him implement marketing plans and earn commission. What if these people realized that Meng Chang and Boss Pei were not on the same page and started to not cooperate? Wouldnt they be finished? Whats more, this was most likely not what Yu Yao had said, but Chief Editor Xias free play. Meng Chang couldnt possibly find the official platform, right? Therefore, even though Meng Chang was very dissatisfied with the content of the interview, he could only force himself to accept it for the sake of the overall situation and swallow his anger. Forget it, forget it, forget it. Ill treat it as Im enduring hardships while planning my retaliation. So what if people misunderstand me, belittle me, and mock me? Once the ten years are up, Ill definitely make a comeback and let these people who mock me see what it means to be a man who can bow and submit! The content of the interview was about the same. It made him very angry. It was unbearable to watch. Meng Chang did not take a closer look and scanned all the pictures. There were indeed a small number of pictures just as Yu Yao had said. There were a total of four pictures. They were the promotional pictures for Tengdas physical industry, the promotional pictures for Bunny Tail live-stream, the working environment of the advertising marketing department, and Meng Changs back view. Meng Chang subconsciously shivered when he saw the back view. I was not even here, where did this picture come from? However, the back view did not seem to be much after a rough scan. Meng Chang didnt think too much and skipped to the last comment section. It had to be said that the popularity from the official platform was still very high. Many players would scroll through the official platforms information when they had nothing to do. This interview might have only been released for a few minutes but there were already players leaving messages. Whats more, the number of messages was still increasing rapidly. There would be a few more every time it was refreshed. Huh? Meng Chang is now the person-in-charge of Tengdas marketing department? Impossible! These advertisement plans were actually made by Meng Chang? Thats not right. This plan is too different from the one Meng Chang made previously. It smells like Tengda. It looks like Tengda is really a place of reform. Anyone who enters would be assimilated. How can someone like Meng Chang be perfectly integrated? Moreover, can he really be utilized by Boss Pei? I feel like Meng Chang is about to become Boss Peis lackey in this interview. Could this be Boss Peis charm? It would be a good thing if Meng Chang can really turn over a new leaf. Hes still capable. He can still contribute to society as long as he focuses all his energy on official business. Dont talk nonsense. I dont believe it. Meng Chang is obviously unreliable. He will do humane things only if Boss Pei puts a yoke on his shoulders. I hope that Meng Chang will be locked up in Tengda in the future and be modified under Boss Pei. Dont let him out again! Thats right. I hope Boss Pei can take good care of him and not come out to harm others. Meng Chang was furious after reading these discussions. What the hell! These comments were basically saying two things: First, even though Meng Chang seemed to be doing some humane things now, it could not change his nature of being a scammer. Everyone must not believe him! Second, Boss Pei was awesome! Meng Chang was speechless. The interview had been misinterpreted very well. In the end, the gamers misinterpreted it even more and went one level higher! However, they were worlds apart from the truth and essence of the matter! Meng Chang was so angry that he almost vomited blood. His mentality that he had finally calmed down was showing signs of breaking down again. Forget it, forget it. A real man knows when to bow and submit Meng Chang adjusted his mentality again and continued flipping. Suddenly, he saw a strange comment. Eh, did everyone notice a detail? In this interview, it said that Meng Chang specially asked Tengda Games for the DEMO of the game in order to publicize the promotional plan for the classic domestically-produced game collection. He plays it every day? However, I looked at this compilation and its filled with old games? Many players replied to this comment. Eh, thats right. This episode is filled with old games. Even if you want to play them, you should download them from the official platform, right? What do you mean by DEMO? Only undeveloped new games would have DEMOs. Did they write wrongly? How is that possible! Look at the author of the article. Its Chief Editor Xia! Chief Editor Xia is the most professional editor on the official platform. She knows the game very well. How could she make such a low-level mistake? You guys are so stupid. Look at the picture! Isnt there a picture? You can see it with a magnification. The game on the computer is not one of the collections! Holy sh*t, thats true! What game is this? I dont think Ive seen it before. There are so many units, and its from Gods perspective. It looks like an RTS game. Could it be that There is a special Easter egg in this interview? Is this a new game that Tengda is going to release? The netizens were practically possessed by Sherlock Holmes. At first, no one paid attention to it. However, the others would swarm forward like sharks that had smelled blood as long as any one of them noticed something amiss! Someone downloaded the original picture and took a closer look. This picture might be taken from a distance but it was still quite clear. The games graphics were completely different from any of the domestically-produced classic games combined! What would that imply? Meng Chang opened his mouth slightly and froze. Holy f*ck! Sh*ts going to happen! Chapter 971 - The Quick-Witted Meng Chang In The Desperate Situation Meng Chang was dumbfounded. It was just an ordinary interview. He did not expect to be caught by these Sherlock Holmes gamers! It was only now that Meng Chang realized that even though the main content of the interview was nonsense, making unfounded guesses and even attacking him were only a small problem. The real problem was that this interview leaked information about the DEMO of Mission and Choice! The reason why Meng Chang used such a publicity method was ultimately to hide this information and make all the publicity funds go to waste. However, Yu Yao and the other employees of the advertising and marketing department did not know Meng Changs true intentions! All of them thought that Meng Chang was deliberately hiding this information so that it would cause a greater uproar when it was revealed. That way, it would be very difficult for Yu Yao and the others to maintain high vigilance regarding the confidential matter. Something would happen if they relaxed slightly! Even Yu Yao himself did not expect this picture to cause so much trouble. Meng Chang was a little flustered. He quickly flipped through the players discussions again. There were more and more comments under the interview article. A large number of players were attracted to it. They saw the message on the DEMO and started speculating! Netizens knew very well what bold hypothesis and careful verification meant. They could not stop their imagination from running wild once they made the assumption that Tengdas new game was about to be completed. Many details that they had thought were unrelated began to string together! Meng Chang could no longer sit still as the discussion became more and more heated. The commission would disappear in minutes and leave him. That was even more unacceptable than slandering him in the interview! What should I do? I wont be able to hide it any longer! Meng Chang was burning with anxiety. At the moment, the players were still in the speculation stage, but Meng Chang had no doubt that they would be able to piece the truth together very soon. Meng Chang would never accept such an easy dog belt. The desperate situation only stimulated his fighting spirit! Ive to think of a few marketing plans quickly or release some one-sided news to divert the players attention so that they dont keep staring at us There was still more than half a month until the first of May. Meng Chang didnt know if he could distract the players for such a long time. However, it was impossible for him to give up on this months commission so easily! Desperate situations always stimulated ones fighting spirit. Meng Changs brain worked quickly and he immediately began to consider new plans. Now, the players curiosity was bursting. It was better to divert their attention than to deny it. If Meng Chang denied it forcefully, it would definitely trigger the players reverse psychology and cause more serious consequences. Therefore, Meng Chang felt that it was time to take risks! As the saying went, only magic could defeat magic. The best way to hide a piece of news was undoubtedly to release another piece of news. It was just like how many companies would not delete their posts, blow up their accounts, or ban public relations when they were in a crisis. Suppressing public opinion would definitely cause a backlash and would only cause an even greater crisis. The best way was to dig up more dirt on other competitors companies and then hire fake reviewers to blow things up. That way, most people would focus on the new hot topic, and the companys crisis would naturally slowly pass. Meng Chang thought about it. This seemed to be the only way. I heard that Shang Yang Games is also developing new games. They are expected to be released in the second half of May. Ill check the internal information This game is called Fitness Battle? This the game genre is quite different. However, its not a big problem. Its not difficult for me. It looks like Ill have to abandon the car to protect myself! Meng Chang quickly came up with a bold plan. He wanted to disclose a small portion of the game content regarding the Fitness Battle. He also hinted to gamers that this was Tengdas new game, which was also the DEMO that he was playing. In the future, it might be a classic domestically-produced game compilation. That way, players would discuss the revelations that Meng Chang released, and their thinking would deviate. On the other hand, the Fitness Battle would only be released during the second half of May. Meng Changs publicity plan throughout April was targeted at Mission and Choice. It did not attract much attention to Mission and Choice. Even if gamers paid more attention to the Fitness Battle, the game had not been released yet. There were very few details that were exposed, so the publicity effect would not be ideal. That way, Meng Chang would be able to get at least seventy to eighty percent even if he did not get full commission by May. That was still a lot for him! Meng Chang thought of a plan very quickly. It was still hard to say whether he would be able to save himself in a desperate situation. However, it was much better than sitting back and waiting for death. However, the only problem was that they did not have enough publicity funds. The remaining twenty million yuan had already been thrown out in a panic. There was not much left of the advertising and marketing departments funds. However, he had to spend money if he wanted to mislead them. Whats more, Meng Chang was not in charge of publicity for the Fitness Battle at the moment. Boss Pei did not say anything and that would be overstepping his boundaries. At the end of the day, he had to look for Boss Pei again. Things might change if he delayed. Meng Chang immediately got up and rushed to Boss Peis office. A few minutes later, Meng Chang came to Boss Peis office and knocked lightly. Enter. There was a hint of displeasure in Boss Peis voice. Meng Chang entered the office and before he could say anything, Boss Peis question came at him. Why do I see many gamers discussing our new game online? Is there a problem with your publicity plan? Pei Qian looked to be more affected than Meng Chang. Meng Chang could not figure out Boss Peis intention. What was going on? Shouldnt Boss Pei be secretly happy now? Why does he look like hes more urgent than me? Yes, Boss Pei is full of tricks. He must be bluffing me! He deliberately showed such a hypocritical expression. It looked like he was on my side, but in fact, he was trying to make me break through his defense. Impossible! At that thought, Meng Chang immediately put on an indifferent expression. No, everything went very smoothly. Everything is under my control. Pei Qian was skeptical. Really? Meng Chang nodded confidently. Really, Boss Pei, you dont have to worry. However, I do have some small requests this time. Pei Qian: What request? Meng Chang still had a confident expression on his face. I hope you can give me another ten million yuan for publicity. At the same time, allow me to use a portion of the contents of the Fitness Battle as publicity material. Pei Qians brows relaxed for a moment, and then furrowed. Ten million yuan for publicity is not a problem. But why do you want the publicity material for Fitness Battle? Pei Qian was secretly puzzled. What was Meng Chang up to? Why was he taking the initiative to take on jobs? Could it be that one project was not enough to make me happy, but he had to work on the smart fitness drying rack as well? That was impossible. Did he really think that commission was worthless? Of course, Meng Chang did not want to say it out loud. He could only continue being stubborn. Boss Pei, you dont have to worry about this. I know what to do. In short, this is part of the publicity plan. Meng Chang was very apprehensive when he said that. That would be a huge problem if Boss Pei was not happy and did not agree to both. Meng Chang looked calm on the surface but he was actually very anxious. Pei Qian looked at Meng Changs expression and was confused. Would it really work? Pei Qian did not trust Meng Chang at all, but he trusted Meng Changs desire to get a commission. The publicity effect last month was indeed not bad. From Meng Changs performance, it seemed like he had many backup plans for this months publicity plan. Pei Qian did not want to ask too much, for fear of triggering the observer effect again. Pei Qian nodded after some consideration. He should not suspect someone he was using. He could only choose to continue trusting Meng Chang since he had decided to let him be in charge of the publicity plan this time and the commission was spurring him on! Pei Qian nodded. Alright, Ill agree to both of your conditions. However, I have to remind you that I dont care if you cant get a commission. Youre the one suffering. The publicity effect of Fitness Battle will affect your commission in May. Youre on your own. Meng Chang chuckled inwardly. Mays commission? How could I think so far ahead? It would be good enough if I could get tens of thousands in April! Meng Chang did not say much. He just thanked Boss Pei and immediately rushed back to the advertising and marketing department to continue preparing the new plan. Everything had happened so suddenly. He had to race against time. He had to divert the gamers attention before they dug out the truth. He had to use the news of the Fitness Battle to cover Mission and Choice and keep the April commission! Meng Changs remedial plan had been completed in only about an hour, not even time to knock off yet. He had to admit that DEADLINE was the first productivity. Sometimes, people did not know how much potential they had unless they forced themselves. Meng Chang quickly passed this plan over and immediately handed it to Yu Yao. It was a little rushed, but he had no choice because he was about to knock off. The advertising and marketing department would not have any overtime limit once they got off work. This plan could only be implemented tomorrow. However, the problem was that many things could happen in one night. What if those netizens comparable to Sherlock Holmes solved the case tonight? Wouldnt that be a huge problem? There was some content regarding the Fitness Battle in this plan. The guidance was also very clear. It was to mislead players as much as possible and divert their attention. Meng Chang was in a hurry, so Yu Yao did not have time to take a closer look. He sent a message and a few photos using Tengda Games official account directly. A game that would make internal employees addicted to it will be able to meet with you at the end of May! The accompanying picture was some publicity material for the Fitness Battle. Of course, there was a very important problem. The game graphics of Fitness Battle and Mission and Choice were worlds apart. It was really not like that. The players were not blind and could not see the difference. However, this was not a problem for Meng Chang. He studied it carefully. Even though he had taken a picture of the game during the interview, it was mainly the back view. The computer screen only took up a small portion of the picture. They could only tell that this game was different from the mosaic games in the classic domestically-produced collection at most. It had a Gods perspective and they could not see the specific units inside. Therefore, Meng Chang asked Shang Yang Games to provide him with a graph of the chapter of the Fitness Battle, which had a similar background. It also happened to have a Gods perspective. The training for the Fitness Battle was done step by step.There were also some simple plots In order to guide players to better experience the different chapters and stages. This picture looked a little similar to the one in Mission and Choice at first glance. Under the extremely blurry pixels, the backpack and cartridge could also be forcefully turned into a frying pan. Meng Chang felt that it shouldnt be a big problem to use this method to barely fool them for a while. Apart from that, this publicity budget was also used to bribe some independent media and marketing accounts to repost it and then analyze it. The so-called analysis was nothing more than drawing gamers attention to the Fitness Battle. That was because they were still promoting their own products and not faking it. Thus, it was not considered a violation. Meng Chang finally relaxed after making all the arrangements. He wanted to stay in the office for a while longer, but it was time to knock off. He had no choice but to go home reluctantly and continue to pay attention to the developments at home. Chapter 972 - Godly Assistance By Vinci Media Meng Chang immediately took out his cell phone impatiently and checked the public opinion online after returning to his residence. Whether or not he could hide it would depend on tonight. A large number of netizens left comments on the forums once Tengda Games released the news through its official identity. Many people reposted it on various forums. Huh? So the new game that Tengda is developing is a fitness game? What the heck! I was happy for nothing. I thought it was some big production. What the hell is a fitness game? Ive been looking forward to it for nothing. How disappointing! Eh, does everyone find it boring? Theres no need to come to a conclusion now. Fitness games sound quite novel. Tengda Games has always had the power to turn something rotten into something magical. I think we can still look forward to it! Sigh, its not that I dont trust Boss Pei. The main thing is that not many people like this type of game. At the end of the day, fitness games are also for fitness services. Its very difficult to be especially fun. The key is that Tengda Games has been holding back for more than half a year. I was still looking forward to a masterpiece like Repent and be Saved. In the end, it produced a very perfunctory fitness game? Thats unacceptable! Why is Boss Pei doing something like this? Is it because hes too busy with other industries? Meng Chang flipped through many netizens comments and finally smiled. Yes, he succeeded! Everyones attention had obviously been diverted. Previously, many people had been guessing what type of game the new game would be. Some people had even guessed the RTS theme. However, the official statement had the effect of making the final decision. Some people raised the question of the two pictures dont look like it, after all, neither Mission and Choice nor Fitness had been released yet. Who knew what the images inside looked like? Moreover, most players did not expect the official platform to be so shameless as to spread the news to mislead everyone. They had been led astray by Meng Chang. Meng Chang heaved a sigh of relief. Fortunately, he was safe! A huge crisis had appeared at first. Fortunately, he had managed to turn the situation around and return to the right track! That way, he should be able to continue hiding the game until it was released. Even if he could not get a full commission, it should not be a problem to get seventy to eighty percent. However, Meng Chang received a few new replies just as he relaxed. Somethings not right! Everyone, look at this Weibo post! There was a screenshot in the comments. It was the official account of Vinci Media. The content of the Weibo post was: Hollywoods sci-fi giant, Greyhound starring on the May 1st prime-time slot! Two hundred million US dollars, famous directors, superstars, and many real ships! There were also various promotional pictures of Greyhound on Weibo, which were presented in nine sections. This Weibo post was nothing much. It was just normal publicity. However, there was a problem with the first post under the post. I heard that a local sci-fi film was so scared that it changed its schedule on the spot? (Dog Head) (Dog Head) (Dog Head) (Dog Head) (Dog Head). Most of the hot comments below were filled with anticipation for the movie. The comment that was first in the Like seemed out of place but was hard to ignore. Soon, there were hundreds of replies. So scared that they changed their schedule? Does anyone know which movie it is? Changing the schedule might be normal but I still want to laugh. Hahahaha An insider revealed that it might be Tengdas movie! Huh? Really? Tengda has released a new movie? Whats its name? Bullsh*t! Would Tengda film change its schedule because its afraid of foreign blockbusters? There must be a limit to how much it can scam! Thats right. Tomorrow is Beautiful has a good reputation at the box office. Thats only the first movie of Fei Huang Workspace. The second movie would summarize the experience. It would definitely be a better movie! I believe that other companies are afraid of Hollywood blockbusters, not Tengda. Dont disgust me! The comment section became extremely noisy in no time. Obviously, this was the work of the fake reviewers. They would upload the likes of this comment and then start a war in it. Wouldnt the popularity come if everyone scolded each other? Whats more, this account was an account that was disguised as a passerby. It could cut ties with the official account of Vinci Media. It would not attract trouble even if there were any problems. A large number of fake reviewers secretly released the relevant information bit by bit while everyone was arguing. Dont doubt it. Youll know once you check it out. Mission and Choice is Tengdas new movie. It was originally scheduled for the May 1st slot, but it will be released urgently during this weekend. Theyre obviously a coward. Why would they give up on the May 1st prime-time slot and take the initiative to go to the rubbish slot for the weekend otherwise? I think this is a wise move. They must know in their heart that they cant win even if they are in the May 1st slot. They might as well increase the grade and get more box office. I found it! Its actually true. Tengda made a new movie without anyone noticing? Why didnt I see any publicity? They are very far behind even on the ticketing software. I didnt notice it before! Whats more, Lu Zhiyao is the main lead! Eh, why is he the only one on the main cast list? Did they make a mistake? I saw it before but I was disgusted by the name. I didnt even click on it. I didnt expect it to be from Tengda? Vinci Medias fake reviewers fanned the flames slightly and the popularity rose. Many people did not believe it at first, but upon closer inspection, they realized that it was true! Tengda had really produced a movie called Mission and Choice. It had indeed gone from the May 1st Grade to this weekend. The high praise and hot comments were all true! However, many Tengda fans could not accept it. Fei Huang Workspace, which produced Tomorrow is Beautiful, was already famous. Greyhound might be a Hollywood blockbuster, but it did not seem to be the best. Could such an enemy make Fei Huang Workspace admit defeat and change its schedule to avoid it? That was illogical! Tengdas fans, who had been mocked and ridiculed by the fake reviewers, were all furious. They looked for evidence unwillingly as they argued online. It was definitely not because they were afraid that Tengda would not compete, but it just did not fit Tengdas style at all! Finally, someone exposed the truth. Everyone, take a look at the title and story outline of this movie. Isnt this the Mission and Choice the one that was named national shame? Its all about the Zergs invasion plot. Why do I find it more and more similar? Eh, thats right. I thought it was a coincidence. On closer look, the name is exactly the same? A remake? Or did they buy the copyright? Are you crazy! Even if they bought the copyright, you would definitely be making a game. Why did they turn it into a movie? Hmm have you considered a situation where they might have made both a game and made a movie? Huh? Do you still remember the picture in the official exclusive interview? Previously, many people guessed that it might be a RTS game. There are two reasons. First, that picture is from the God perspective. Second, Tengda rarely repeats games. They have not done RTS games before. After a comprehensive analysis, the possibility of it being a RTS game is actually very high! Thats not right. Didnt the official platform say that the new game is Fitness Battle? However, the official platform did not make it clear! Tengda is a marketing genius. Whats so strange about playing the players? If they really wanted to publicize the movie, wouldnt it be even more strange if we dont see any publicity material even though it was about to be released? Indeed, the more I look at the game graphics on these two pictures, the more I feel that they are completely different! Thats right. How could Tengda develop a fitness game for more than half a year with its efficiency? Could it be that the big one is coming?! Could Tengdas new game really be Mission and Choice? Dont mess with me! The gamers were indeed possessed by Sherlock Holmes. They immediately swarmed forward once they found a breakthrough point! Initially, Meng Changs official post had already led the gamers astray for the time being. However, Vinci Medias Weibo post had led the flames of war to the movie Mission and Choice. Therefore, the gamers attention that had finally been diverted returned. Whats more, it became even more intense. They were even more certain that this game was an RTS game! Meng Changs expression froze and his mind went blank. To him, this was not the scariest thing. The scariest thing was that from the information on the internet, Mission and Choices movie was scheduled for April 14th, which was this weekend! What would that imply? Meng Chang might not know the specific plot of Mission and Choice, but he knew that the game and movie were conjoined twins. If the movie was going to be released, the game would definitely be released on the same day. Otherwise, if the plot was thoroughly discussed after the movie was released and gamers were exposed, how could they play the game? The release date of the game had to be brought forward. Thats not right. Why didnt anyone tell me about such a huge matter? I always thought that the movie would only be released on May 1st! What a scam! In that case, the game Meng Chang did not dare to think further. He had pulled a long face and asked Boss Pei for another ten million yuan. He had even done a lot of dirty work, but it had all been for nothing? Wait a minute, he didnt work for nothing. He even exposed Fitness Battle Crazy! Whats the point of changing to the May 1st slot! The release of the movie on the 14th and the release of the game. How can I possibly get a huge commission! Its impossible not to be discovered! It was not that Meng Chang had let his guard down. The key was that no one had told him about this. Moreover, it was impossible for Meng Chang to think that a movie that had such a huge investment would not go for the May 1st slot but would instead go for the trash slot on a weekend. This was completely unreasonable! Meng Changs mentality completely collapsed. He could still pray that the sales would not be good after the game was released but he would not get much commission even if that happened. The most important thing was that he did not even know that the timing had been changed. It was like he was fighting with the air. If he had known earlier, he would not have struggled! He would have just laid flat! Meng Chang slumped on the sofa as though he had lost his soul. Finished. Everything was finished! He was played by Boss Pei again! Chapter 973 - This Is An Unconventional Publicity Plan! April 12th, Thursday Fei Huang Workspaces office. A portion of the employees were editing the documentary for The Stalls. The employees who were previously in charge of Mission and Choice had already entered a sheep-herding state. They were browsing the internet, waiting for the official release of Mission and Choice apart from playing games and watching movies every day. The employees who were in charge of editing The Stalls looked very motivated. That was because the series had been very successful so far. The popularity of every episode on Aili Islands website was constantly increasing. Netizens reviews were also very high. The Cold-Faced Lady had tried to release a few new dishes. The Cold-Faced Ladys reputation had not completely changed after the promotion of The Stalls. However, it was much better than before when it had hit rock bottom. The only problem was that editing this film made them very hungry. Once they were hungry, they would want to eat. The companys snacks were unlimited. Several editors had gained several kilograms. After Huang Sibo discovered this problem, he requested for them to increase their exercise volume in the Deposit Fitness. The trainers were all his own people. Additional training was something that Huang Sibo could do with a single word. He wanted to train the editors until they were suffering. On the other hand, the staff in charge of Mission and Choice were not in such good spirits. They were all very dispirited. They did not even enjoy playing games or watching movies. As for why this happened That was because these people were searching for news about Mission and Choice on the internet every day. However, they could not wait for it to be released. It was about to be released this weekend, but there was not much news about it on the internet until now. It did not even become a hot topic for discussion. That was too ridiculous! Everyone had been very excited when filming Mission and Choice. This movie was a huge investment and a huge production. Boss Pei had personally decided on the script. The original production team of Tomorrow is Beautiful, Lu Zhiyao had even contributed the most perfect acting skills in history Whats more, this movie had been in development with Tengdas new game for more than half a year. It should not be too much to say that Mission and Choice was the most important project in the entire Tengda Corporation from 2011 to 2012. All the employees felt honored to be able to participate in this project. Everyone suddenly realized that something was amiss as the movie was about to be released. First, it was the release date. They did not want the May 1st prime-time slot and had to choose a weekend that was not particular. Of course, this could still be explained. After all, the game Mission and Choice was going to clash with the Fantasy Battle Remake game. It might still be a loss to change the movies schedule but it was still acceptable. However, the biggest problem now was that there was no publicity! Not a single poster or display board of Mission and Choice could be seen in the cinema. The screening rate was not that high either. Whats more, this was the result of the cinema chain taking into account Tomorrow is Beautifuls success. In other words, Mission and Choices publicity was basically zero. They did not do anything! The publicity budget and filming budget were basically the same for other films. For example, three hundred million yuan for a movie and three hundred million yuan for global publicity was very normal. Whats more, celebrities remuneration made up most of the expenses of these blockbusters. It did not matter whether the capital ratio was healthy or not, but this was indeed the norm in the industry. In the end, Mission and Choice had spent more than three hundred million yuan on the movie. Lu Zhiyao was the only lead actor. The remuneration was not high. All the money had been spent on props and special effects. There was not a single cent for publicity! This was too strange! Of course, spending money to employ limited resources where they are needed most could better ensure the quality of the movie. However, wasnt it too much to not spend a single cent on publicity? Couldnt they just post something on their official Weibo account even if he did not have to spend money? Tengda had so much running water; any piece of news could generate popularity. In the end, there was really nothing! It was said that Boss Pei gave Meng Chang publicity funds. However, no one knew where the publicity funds went Many people even suspected that this movie was not brought forward, but postponed! Otherwise, why was there no news at all? Everyone had spent a lot of effort to produce this difficult script, and the content of the movie was extremely exciting. In the end, the publicity was so far apart. How could they not be discouraged? Director Zhu Xiaoce could not sit still either. He sneaked into Huang Sibos office and prepared for another secret meeting. This matter could not be discussed openly because they were the department heads. If the employees knew that even they were panicking, this panic would quickly spread and affect the state of Fei Huang Workspace. Many employees had secretly asked Zhu Xiaoce about the publicity of the movie in private. Zhu Xiaoce had comforted them all, saying that a professional department was in charge so that they did not have to worry. However, Zhu Xiaoce himself did not believe this. The movie was going to be released in two days. He did not even know what the people in the advertising and marketing department were doing. Why did Boss Pei not care? Zhu Xiaoce slipped into Huang Sibos office and saw Huang Sibo drinking tea while browsing the web. I cant take it anymore. Four people asked me about the movie just yesterday. What did Boss Pei say? Boss Pei said that he had already made arrangements at the beginning of the month; We went to ask last week. Boss Pei said that he had already handed it over to the Advertising and marketing department. There was a professional in charge of it. He told us not to worry. Its about to be released soon. Wheres the publicity for our movie? Other movies have to be advertised a few months in advance. We had originally set a May 1st time slot and left one or two months for publicity. It might be relatively short, but with Tomorrow is Beautiful as the foundation, the effect should not be too bad. In the end, it was advanced and the publicity time was reduced. Great, its going to be released. Theres not even a splash on the internet! What should we do?! Zhu Xiaoce was almost speechless. He had already promised his colleagues that he had consulted Boss Pei about the publicity. There was definitely no problem. However, how was there no problem in this situation? There were clearly problems everywhere! The most awkward thing was that no one would think that this was Boss Peis problem. They would only think that Zhu Xiaoce was faking the sacred decree and deceiving everyone. That was very annoying! Boss Pei did not ask too much about Tomorrow is Beautifuls publicity previously. Huang Sibo and Zhu Xiaoce were the ones in charge. They basically did the publicity in the usual way. The initial publicity effect was not bad. Of course, the key to Tomorrow is Beautiful becoming popular was that the film itself was too strong. Its box office was also increasing step by step. However, Boss Pei had specifically instructed Huang Sibo and Zhu Xiaoce not to bother with the publicity for Mission and Choice. The two of them were quite happy at first. They felt that Boss Pei was taking this very seriously. If he personally took action, it meant that this matter would definitely be settled. It would be a good opportunity for them to be the handler. Yet, this was the result after waiting for so long. Huang Sibo was also a little worried. Who knows what Boss Pei is up to? Meng Chang should be in charge of the publicity this time according to what I know. Logically speaking, this person is a marketing genius. The proposal he gave should be very sensational. Why is there not even a splash now? Zhu Xiaoce was very dissatisfied. Him? He cant do it. He was left behind by Boss Pei by a hundred streets! His marketing skills with the Cold-Faced Lady are not even a ten-thousandth of Boss Peis. Meng Chang is burning money to buy fake popularity. Boss Pei can attract real popularity without spending money. Is that the same thing? Whats more, I think Meng Chang has a bad character. He probably didnt put much effort into the publicity plan. Its not that Im wronging him. Based on the current situation, its impossible for us to not create any ripple even if we use our legs to advertise, right? Theres only one possibility: He did it on purpose! Huang Sibo sipped his tea and gestured for Zhu Xiaoce to calm down. Theres no need to speculate about our colleagues like that. Whether Meng Chang is reliable or not, Boss Pei must have his reasons since he arranged for him to be in this position. Moreover, even if Meng Chang wants to play some tricks, do you think Boss Pei doesnt know? Dont rush, wait a little longer. Zhu Xiaoce had always been a very calm person, but this time, he could not remain calm. Are we still waiting? The movie is going to be released on Saturday Even if the publicity plan is effective now, what can two days do? Other movies would be promoted more than two months in advance, but we are doing publicity two days in advance Huang Sibo scrolled through the webpage and said, Two days might seem impossible, but we can only choose to trust Boss Pei. They fell into a short period of silence. Suddenly, Huang Sibos eyes lit up. Look, things have changed! Since last night! Zhu Xiaoce was stunned. Theres a turnaround? Huang Sibo immediately turned the laptop around so that Zhu Xiaoce could see the contents on the screen. What greeted his eyes were the heated discussions of the netizens on Weibo! Tengdas new movie is here! Mission and Choice will be released on Saturday! Greyhounds Weibo post had high praises for the domestically-produced movie pushing their schedule forward because they are scared, which is pointing at Mission and Choice! The information about this movie is out. Lu Zhiyao is the main actor. Theres no mistake! Why is it so far back! I thought that the number of screenings would at least reach 40%. Is there something wrong with such a small number of screenings? Could it be that Fei Huang Workspaces name iis too lousy in the film industry? Impossible. With Zhu Xiaoce as the director and Lu Zhiyao as the main actors. They are basically the original team of Tomorrow is Beautiful! Overnight, discussions about Mission and Choice exploded on Weibo and various forums! On top of that, many people began to make reasonable guesses about Mission and Choice. Mission and Choice is known as a disgrace to the domestic games industry. Since Tengda has made a movie, they must make a game, right? Why are you remaking this? Is this a mission given by the official platform? April 14th, why is this date so familiar I remember now, this is the release date of Fantasy Battle! Is this purely a coincidence, or? That cant be. Other games would be popular a few months or a year or two in advance. They would have to skip the ticket before they were released. Tengda is going to release them without a word? Without even informing them? What are you guys discussing? A void discussion? Tengda did not even say that it wanted to create a game called Mission and Choice Can you stop imagining things? Its not that we want to imagine. The key is that the clues are too suspicious. Old gamers know that Boss Pei likes riddles. You have to believe the revelations about Tengda. It might be true no matter how ridiculous it is By the way, did you notice something else? Domestic Classic Games Collection also has Mission and Choice . This compilation has been promoted for so long, and its been advertised online and offline. How much does it cost? The official platform has confirmed that Tengda spent money to arrange this advertisement. Think about it carefully. Why would Tengda advertise a compilation that has nothing to do with itself? It must be related to their own new game! The official interview arrangements are also quite strange. First, they interviewed the incubation base of the Destitution Plan, and then they interviewed Meng Chang, who was in charge of promoting the domestic classic games compilation. These two manuscripts were released after more than a day. They were most likely done at the same time. Is this hinting at something? Thats right. I remember when Qiu Hong was interviewed, he said that there was a sponsor for the Destitution Plan. He was just an executor. Whats more, this sponsor had a deep influence on him. Considering the working environment of the incubation base and the treatment of independent game designers this sponsor should be Boss Pei, right? Now that I think about it, thats true. The official platform has made it clear! A new game is definitely coming! Holy sh*t, this is too exciting! I knew that Tengda would not disappoint me! Chapter 974 - Boss Pei’s Last Trump Card! Zhu Xiaoce was stunned. He clearly remembered that there were not many similar discussions yesterday. They were only small-scale discussions and were not very popular. However, after just one day, all sorts of discussions suddenly increased! The release date of Mission and Choice was already set. There were not many trailers released apart from some basic information. However, this did not affect the enthusiasm of netizens. On the other hand, the game Mission and Choice was not even complete yet. It was in a purely speculation state. However, gamers had already guessed most of it based on their own intelligence. Some of them even connected it to the Fantasy Battle Remake to be released on April 14th! Whats more, the discussion was still growing. It would be hard to say if this momentum could last for two days! Zhu Xiaoces expression quickly changed from frustration to surprise, and then from surprise to astonishment. Its only been a day. Why are there so many people discussing it? If we only look at the effect of this one day, its really not bad! Huang Sibo looked excited as well. I understand! This is the brilliance of Boss Pei. It looks like he did nothing on the surface, but he actually did a lot! The reason why we feel that the advertising and marketing department did not do anything was because we subconsciously used traditional publicity methods. However, this publicity obviously did not use traditional methods! The traditional advertising method might be simple and direct, but it would be difficult to arouse the players sense of participation. Players who are interested would only understand it slightly. After that, they would patiently wait for the movie and the game to be released. They would not discuss it further. Those players who are not interested would probably not deliberately understand these problems. If you want them to pay attention to it, it means that you have to invest a huge amount of publicity. Thats because the principle of diminishing marginal effects is actually very bad. Boss Peis publicity plan is an interactive publicity method! Its just like how we solved the riddle for BE QUIET previously. This method can better stimulate players sense of participation. It has a completely different effect from traditional advertising! To put it in simpler terms, it is to set a trap through the riddle man and wait for the attentive players to take the bait. Once these players take the bait, they will take the initiative to share it with others, thus achieving the effect of running water! Zhu Xiaoce also looked enlightened. Activate the players sense of participation? Eh, that makes sense! He carefully recalled the promotional plan related to Mission and Choice and suddenly realized that all the seemingly unrelated content had been linked together! The advertising and marketing department had to keep the related projects related to Mission and Choice strictly confidential. No information was allowed to leak from the company. The games contents were not leaked at all. The movie might have a fixed schedule and submitted information, it did not take the initiative to do large-scale publicity. Thus, most viewers did not notice it. Naturally, there was no widespread discussion. Immediately after that, the advertising and marketing department began to spread the news bit by bit! First, it was the large amount of resources to publicize the classic domestically-produced game compilation. They had cleverly hidden Mission and Choice in this compilation. On the surface, it looked like the money was not worth it and had no effect at all. However, it had actually played a scientific role. The games in the classic domestically-produced compilation had become familiar to gamers. Mission and Choice was once again dragged out to be tortured. The more gamers discussed, the more gamers understood the inside story. Once this feeling of humiliation was stirred up again, it would provide the best soil for the release of Mission and Choice! The second was to use the official platforms exclusive interview to tie the concept of incubation base and domestically-produced classic games compilation onto Tengda Games. A casual photo would cause gamers to fantasize about Tengdas new game. Immediately after, the Advertisement and marketing department made a feint and deliberately released fake news. They used Fitness Battle to cover Mission and Choice, causing players to fall into confusion once again. At the critical moment when the players were arguing non-stop, Vinci Medias godly assistance arrived. After the news of Mission and Choice was revealed, it was a decisive blow. All of the players previous doubts had become reality! Throughout the entire process, Boss Pei was like a beauty whose face was half hidden. He would always leave a handkerchief, a token to the gamers. Their expectations increased as the gamers argued and doubted themselves. In the end, they found an invitation letter instead of a handkerchief, a token, and a small flower. Who would be able to resist the temptation of a beauty that they had always suspected existed inviting players to a pavilion on the mountain? Thus, the publicity that had been laid out for such a long time finally came to an end. All the players eyes were on him! Whats more, it was different from traditional advertising methods. Interested players would try their best to guess the game and movies content through various clues, while uninterested players would also be interested in the discussion of a large number of players. The topic would continue to exist. In the next few days, there would be endless discussions about Mission and Choice. It would explode in a short period of time, forming a huge hot topic! Compared to traditional advertising methods, the biggest advantage of this publicity method was that it was thrifty. The gamers did not spend much money on publicity. They were willing to dig deeper and understand the information! Huang Sibo and Zhu Xiaoces review immediately made him feel that Boss Peis advertising was superb! Meng Chang might be the one who made the proposal but anyone with eyes could tell that this was not Meng Changs style. Boss Pei must have given him pointers! It was not that Meng Chang was stupid. The key was that Meng Changs brain circuit did not function that way. This idea was completely different from his habit. It was just like what was written in some martial arts novels. The smarter a person was, the less they could learn. Meng Chang was such a smart person. If not for Boss Peis guidance, he would never have thought of such a brilliant plan! Moreover, strictly speaking, Meng Chang was smart but Boss Pei was not only smarter than Meng Chang but also wiser than him! In that case, Boss Pei is very confident in Mission and Choice. Thats why he dared to use such a small and risky publicity plan. Even so, the problem of prenatal deficiencies in publicity still cannot be resolved very well. This is especially so for the movie. The number of screenings on the first day and the number of seats on the first day are too critical. Whats more, its not something that can be improved just by the quality of the movie. Its not like there havent been cases of high-quality movies dying because of insufficient publicity. The risk is still very high! Zhu Xiaoce raised new concerns. At the moment, this plan was not perfect. The problem was that it was too idealistic. Games were easy to deal with. Good wine needs no bush. It would become popular after a period of time. It was alright to wait for a few months. However, movies were different. If the initial publicity was not enough and the number of seats was not high, the cinema chains would further cut the screening. Then, the daily box office would continue to fall. It would fall into a vicious cycle! This method did not bring enough popularity compared to traditional advertising methods. That was because traditional advertising proposals were very intuitive. They would advertise everywhere and brag whatever they should. The more money they spend, the better the effect. However, the publicity plan that Boss Pei was using now might save money, but the initial effect would definitely not be as good as the traditional plan. Its characteristics were that the users were loyal, participative, and motivated. However, many passers-by would not be attracted to it from the beginning. This discussion had to continue to spread and form a trend before it could spread to the passers-by. If the game or movie did not achieve the desired effect, the chain of communication would break. That would be the end. Huang Sibo and Zhu Xiaoce were very smart. They understood the logic behind this after some thought. Therefore, the initial exposure is still necessary. Based on Boss Peis current plan, everything is perfect. The only problem is that the current discussion has not broken out of the circle. If we let this discussion continue for three to five days, we might be able to break out of the circle. However, its obviously too late now Zhu Xiaoce frowned. Initially, he thought that he had made a comeback. However, on further thought, he realized that he had missed a crucial point: the initial popularity. This could very well affect the success or failure of the entire project! Huang Sibo nodded. Yes this is indeed a very serious problem. However, theres nothing we can do now. I can only say that Boss Pei would definitely be able to think of the problem that we can think of. Boss Pei is probably already prepared. Lets do our job and wait patiently. The two of them discussed for a while but could not figure out how to solve this problem. They could only give up helplessly. He could only choose to trust Boss Pei now! At the same time, Meng Chang was lying in his residence. He did not go to work today because he had completely lost the motivation to go to work. Until now, he still could not accept this painful fact. This months commission was probably going to be disastrous! What difference would it make if he did not work for the next half a month? He would leave it to fate anyway. If games and movies became popular, he would not get a single cent; If the game and movie failed, how much commission he could get would depend on luck. Whats more, Meng Chang had been working at a high intensity for half a month. He had overdrawn his passion. Apart from being paralyzed in bed, he did not want to do anything else. Buzz His phone rang just as he was lying on the bed. Meng Chang stared blankly at the ceiling for a few seconds before reaching for his cell phone. He said weakly, Hello? Yu Yaos voice came from the other end of the line. Brother Meng, you didnt come to work today. Are you feeling unwell? Meng Chang: Im fine. Im just a little tired and need to rest. Yu Yao: Yes, indeed. Brother Meng, youve worked hard this month. I have something to report to you. Didnt you ask me to communicate with the various departments previously to keep the Mission and Choice matter a secret? Min Jingchao called to ask me if I should continue to keep it a secret just now. They have a new hero coming out. It has been dragged on for a long time. The players are waiting anxiously. Its not good to drag on. Whats more, the news about Mission and Choice has already spread. It shouldnt be a big deal for GOG to produce a new hero, right? Meng Chang fell silent. If he had asked two days earlier, his answer would have been no. However, Meng Chang was already in a state of despair. Players were like Sherlock Holmes, guessing most of the information about Mission and Choice. The movie was also dug out. Whats more, the movie would be released this weekend. One or two more days wouldnt make a difference. Meng Chang felt like his heart was dead. Whatever. Yu Yao nodded. Alright, Brother Meng. Have a good rest. Ill hang up first. After receiving an affirmative answer from the marketing department, Min Jingchao immediately arranged for his subordinates to update GOG. The new hero, Skylark can be released! Everyone, make the best use of your time. Dont waste a second! Min Jingchao was very anxious because he could feel that this new hero was very important to Boss Pei! Anyone with a discerning eye could tell that Boss Peis marketing plan was a product of accumulation. If other peoples marketing plan was to light a fire and start fanning crazily, then Boss Peis marketing plan was to first pile up a large amount of grass, bury the fuse, and wait for the sparks to quickly develop into a prairie fire! However, there was a problem now. The fuse had been buried and sparks had been successfully wiped out. However, the fire was not enough and it was not burning fast enough. If the fire could not be very big before Saturday, it might still fail. It was time to test the various departments! The role of Skylark was linked to Mission and Choice. He had intended to be Captain Qin Yi but was rejected by Boss Pei. Thus, the Skylark this time was a female character in combat uniform. Now, this new hero was finally coming in handy! The update this time would affect the hearts of countless GOG gamers. Min Jingchao could also use this opportunity to help promote Mission and Choice. He would be able to help! This should be a key trump card that Boss Pei left for me, right? Yes, its about time to show my hand! Chapter 975 - Details Are The First To Win People Over! April 14th, Saturday 0 AM. Lu Xiaoping, Vice-President of Vinci Media, brought the person-in-charge of the announcement of the Greyhound to the cinema near the company on time. This cinema was considered a large-scale cinema even in Beijing. Lu Xiaoping had specially bought two tickets to the IMAX cinema this time. The entire cinema was two stories high. The huge screen and the sound of the panoramic view guaranteed the best viewing effect. Boss Lu, popcorn. The person-in-charge of the announcement of the Greyhound carried two huge buckets of popcorn and handed one of them to Lu Xiaoping. He was smiling on the surface, but he was cursing in his heart. This person-in-charge was wronged. It was originally a happy thing to be able to watch a midnight movie, but that depended on who he was with. It felt wrong to watch a movie with his boss. Whats more, he had worked overtime until midnight before coming over from the office. He had already worked overtime for four to five hours. Strictly speaking, this movie should be considered official business. Thus, this person-in-charge was very unhappy. He was not in the mood to watch movies. He only wanted to go home and have a good sleep. However, he had no choice. He was just a high-class society animal. He could act like a tyrant in front of his subordinates, but he could only be a grandson when he met Lu Xiaoping. As for why this happened, that was a long story. Lu Xiaoping felt that Tengda had backed down after hearing that Mission and Choice had been released. He further deduced that the quality of the movie was not good, so he deliberately hired fake reviewers to scam it. Everything had been going quite smoothly at first. Tengda had not counterattacked immediately either. This made Lu Xiaoping feel like he had squeezed a soft persimmon. This scam was too comfortable. He could not stop himself. However, he did not expect the situation to change two days before the movie was released! The posts about Mission and Choice on the internet suddenly exploded. The netizens were discussing it crazily as if they had been possessed. They did not even have a basic announcement, but they obtained a lot of attention! On the other hand, GOG has updated a new version. The new hero, Skylark, had officially appeared. Her appearance and story background strongly hinted at Mission and Choice, causing another wave of discussion! It had to be said that GOGs influence in the country was huge. Once this new hero appeared, it added fuel to the fire, causing the initial popularity of Mission and Choice to burn up instantly! Of course, this was only relative. It was more popular than ordinary movies. It could not be compared to a blockbuster that had invested a huge amount of publicity funds. Even so, it was enough to make the movie tickets for the first day of Mission and Choice sold out. The screening rate for Mission and Choice was not high but it was enough to show the audiences enthusiasm. The series of events previously had made Lu Xiaoping rather arrogant, but now he was a little flustered. Therefore, Lu Xiaoping ordered the person-in-charge of the announcement of the Greyhound to work overtime with him until midnight before coming to watch the midnight show of Mission and Choice. He wanted to know how the movie would turn out and whether it would pose a serious threat to the Greyhound. Even though Lu Xiaoping felt that the possibility of this happening was very low since the timing was already wrong. He did not dare to let his guard down and definitely wanted to take a look. The tickets might be more difficult for ordinary people to get but it was definitely not a problem for Lu Xiaoping. Lu Xiaopings expression was serious as he waited for the movie to start. He saw the discussions online. Some people said that Mission and Choice was not because they were afraid of the Greyhound, but because of the Fantasy Battle Remake. Lu Xiaoping did not agree with this theory but he had to admit that it was possible. He began to vaguely realize that Tengda had not given up on resisting. Instead, something terrifying was brewing As for the person-in-charge of the announcement of the Greyhound, he had just worked overtime for the entire night. He was yawning non-stop and could not muster any energy at all. He only wanted to go home and sleep. Why wasnt Lu Xiaoping sleeping? He had a car to pick him up when he went out as the Vice-President of the company. He also had a special lounge in his office so he could sleep anytime. Many bosses would boast that they worked more than ten hours a day and only slept for four or five hours. They would use this opportunity to motivate their employees and paint a good picture. They would try to prove that they became bosses because they worked hard. Even if they worked hard, they could still become bosses. That was pure nonsense. Whoever believed it would be an idiot. In short, the two of them fell into silence for different reasons. Occasionally, they would eat two mouthfuls of popcorn and watch the warm-up advertisement on the big screen. The audience had already entered the venue. IMAX was already filled to the brim. Mission and Choice did not have a premiere or a pre-screening. Tengdas confidentiality was ridiculously good, so there was no spoiler on the internet. The audience in the cinema were discussing in low voices. Lu Xiaoping did not deliberately listen, but he roughly determined the source of these people from the conversations of the audience around him. Some were hardcore fans who came especially for Lu Zhiyao. Some were die-hard fans of Tengda Games and loyal supporters of domestically-produced games. They had specially come to see how Tengda had filmed the Mission and Choice because it was a disgrace to the domestic games industry. Some couples wanted to randomly pick a movie to watch and spend the night outside. However, the schedule today was rubbish. There were no good movies. They heard that this movie was shot by the original crew of Tomorrow is Beautiful. The quality should be guaranteed, so they decided to book tickets to watch it All in all, there were various sources of viewers. Lu Xiaoping had a bad feeling because this situation meant that the audience for Mission and Choice was more diverse. If the audience was more singular, for example, most of them were Lu Zhiyaos fans, the movie might not have enough momentum. There were only so many hardcore fans after all. If they could not break out of the circle after watching it, the box office would definitely plummet. On the other hand, the audience was diverse, which meant that the chances of this film breaking out of the circle would be higher! Of course, the key was still the quality of the movie itself. Soon, the lights in the theater dimmed. The movie officially began after a huge pile of logos on the big screen. The cinema quickly fell silent. Once the movie started, it was the scene of Qin Yi waking up in the hibernation chamber, talking to AEEIS and becoming the new commander. For gamers who had played Ocean Strongholds downloadable content before, this opening was very easy to understand. That was because it was connected to the downloadable content. It did not affect the audience who had not played before. That was because Qin Yis memory fragments were inserted into the opening scene. It was mainly the scene of the decapitation operation in the nest and the deaths of his teammates. Even though these images were fragmented and short, it was enough for the audience to understand the priorities and not be confused. Whats more, as the movie plot progressed, there would be memories of the decapitation strike at certain key points, such as the realistic training. It might not take long but it was enough to ensure the integrity of the entire story. At the same time that Qin Yi took over the control panel and familiarized himself with the operation, the audience also saw the simulation of the first encounter with the Zergs with him. They also understood the background of this story through AEEISs explanation. Lu Xiaoping stuffed a handful of popcorn into his mouth. The light from the big screen shone on his face. The bright and dark light quickly changed, reflecting his slightly dazed expression. He was shocked by how cool the movie was! In the past, domestically-produced sci-fi movies were often perfunctory and not particular. For example, the clothing of the characters, the furnishings in the space capsule, the electronic equipment, and so on would obviously show signs of being cheap and pieced together. They were very insincere. On one hand, it was because of funding. On the other hand, it was because of ability. However, it was more of an attitude problem. That was because the directors of many domestically-produced sci-fi movies did not pay much attention to these details. They only wanted a sci-fi feel setting. The focus was on other aspects. For example, how to change the script according to the sponsors requirements. If their attitude was not good enough, these details could not be done well. However, Mission and Choice were completely different. There was no need to take a closer look at the differences in these details. One could tell with a slight scan! The IMAX screen displayed all sorts of details in front of the audience, including Qin Yis space suit, sleeping capsule, the commanders control panel, and so on. It looked like it was indeed a product of future technology and it had a strong sense of authenticity! Of course, one of the most important reasons for this was that there was only one realistic scene in the movie. Zhu Xiaoce would naturally spend a lot of money on these things. He could modify them repeatedly, design them repeatedly, and perfect them. However, the gamers did not know this. They had seen a space cabin scene that was much more realistic than other domestically-produced sci-fi movies at the beginning of the movie. Everything in it left a deep impression on them. Such a shock was incomparable to other movies. It could allow the audience to enter the zone quickly! What was even cooler was the image displayed on the surrounding cabin walls when Qin Yi used the controller. According to the plot setting, the moment Qin Yi sat down, the surrounding cabin walls would be covered by holographic image technology. It was as if he was in the endless starry sky. Looking from all directions, he seemed to see the real scene in the universe. Whats more, Qin Yi could use the controller to constantly change the perspective. Be it moving, shrinking, or jumping, the surrounding scene would change in real time. The commander and the actual scene of the battlefield were separated in traditional movies. They could only be displayed by cutting the camera. There would be a slight feeling of dislocation. In Mission and Choice, the commanders actions and the actual scene of the battlefield were fused together. Qin Yi was like a ghost shuttling through the endless starry sky, commanding the battle. Not only did it make the entire scene smoother and more coherent, but it was also richer in visual impact. In fact, there were green screens all around when they were filming. The intense battles in space were all made with special effects. However, they had invested a lot of money into the special effects after all. Whats more, compared to using special effects to make a spaceship, using special effects to make a spaceship would seem more realistic. Therefore, the special effects and exquisite setting were perfectly combined, making the audience feel like they were really in it! For sci-fi movies, the scariest adjective was fake . Once the scene or details made the audience feel fake, no matter how good the story was, the audience would not be able to continue watching it. On the other hand, Mission and Choice was extremely realistic whether it was in real life or special effects. That was why it had a preemptive effect from the beginning, shocking all the audience! Lu Xiaoping realized that the situation was not looking good. His indifferent expression had turned stiff. On the other hand, the person-in-charge of Greyhound, who was originally drowsy, became awake immediately after seeing this opening! Chapter 976 - Shocked by This Movie! That cant be. Could the entire movie be this precise? How much would the props and special effects cost? Lu Xiaoping was very confused because the details of Mission and Choice had far exceeded his expectations! Lu Xiaoping might have heard some rumors that Tengda had invested a huge sum of money into the new movie but he had only listened casually and did not take it seriously. That was because bragging was the norm in the industry. It was just like how in ancient times, a strength of 100,000 could be boasted to be about 500,000. In any case, they could bluff as many people as possible. Buying IPs and hiring big-name actors for a movie would cost a huge sum of money. Then, they would add publicity and marketing budgets. They might say that they had invested a few hundred million yuan, but in reality, they did not have much money to spend on movie production. Lu Xiaoping had originally thought that Mission and Choice was just a domestically-produced sci-fi movie. The ceiling of domestically-produced sci-fi movies had always been there. It was not that high at all. However, Lu Xiaoping was very confused now. Was this really a domestic movie? This detail was no different from those Hollywood blockbusters that had spent huge sums of money! Could it be that Mission and Choice had really saved the IP money and the remuneration of the big-name actors, saved the publicity budget, and invested all the money into the production of the movie? Lu Xiaoping only had one thought thinking of this possibility: crazy! This was not just a risk, but a suicide! It would be no different from courting death if it was another production team doing this. Of course, the production team would not do this because the sponsors would definitely not agree. However, Tengda was different. Obviously, Fei Huang Workspace was not committing suicide. They dared to do so because they had strong confidence in the movie Mission and Choice. It could still beat all games in the same period and break out of the siege because they believed that even without regular publicity! Lu Xiaoping realized that there was a huge problem with his judgment! Previously, he had thought that Mission and Choice was because he was not confident and wanted to avoid the prime time slot. However, he realized now that it was impossible. The quality of this film would probably be a killing machine in the Golden Week. How could it be afraid of the Greyhound? Things were not looking good Lu Xiaoping continued watching with great trepidation. The plot that followed could be said to be full of twists and turns, climaxes one after another. There was time for toilet breaks the entire time. It was filled with all sorts of twists and turns. It was too much for the eyes to take in. The entire movies story revolved around Qin Yis character. The audiences emotions were also affected by Qin Yis character. It might be a one-man show but Lu Zhiyao completely supported the role through his acting skills and completed the task of stirring up the audiences emotions. The entire story could be roughly divided into the following stages: In the first stage, Qin Yi became the commander. He understood the scene of the defeat of the humans and Zergs through the simulated battle. He understood the need for communication between the commander and Ansible. He accepted the position of commander and trained seriously. In the second stage, Qin Yi began to undergo simulation training after completely familiarizing himself with the operation of the control panel. Everything was going smoothly at first, but after adding the realistic elements, the situation suddenly took a turn for the worse. The human army was defeated. In order to increase the chances of winning, Qin Yi slowly began to get used to accepting the data and suggestions of AEEIS and gradually became an emotionless command machine. In the third stage, Qin Yi saw the scene of his original AS-371-45 team carrying out the mission and finally made the same decision as the previous commander. Qin Yi finally understood the actions of the previous commander in the midst of conflict and struggle. He made many painful choices for victory. In the fourth stage, everyone thought that Qin Yi was ready but what they got in return was a cruel slap in the face in reality. In the deduction of the final battle, even if they completely followed AEEISs suggestion, humans would still be defeated. Qin Yi almost fell into a state of collapse. He no longer believed that humans could win this war. No matter the system lied through its command, they could not win the war. In the fifth stage, Qin Yi realized that it was wrong to use cold data to measure everyones value. The original commanding method had indeed increased the efficiency of the battle to a certain extent but it was absolutely impossible to use the Zergs tactics to fight the Zergs and turn all the soldiers into cold machines. Thus, Qin Yi chose to tell the truth to all the soldiers. He used a speech in a desperate situation to rekindle everyones beliefs, and the war turned around once again. In the sixth stage, the high-intensity thinking overwhelmed Qin Yis body. He felt the consciousness of the Zergs in his coma. The Zerg Queen showed him the truth of the past. It turned out that the war between humans and Zergs was started by humans. The Zerg Queens behavior in the Zergs nest was an attempt to communicate with Qin Yi. However, she only succeeded now. On the surface, Qin Yi acted as if he wanted to make peace, but in reality, he lied to the Zerg Queen, carried out the decapitation operation and directly established victory. In the seventh stage, Qin Yi, who thought that the war had ended and wanted to retreat, was betrayed. The command ship he rode charged into the swarm of insects to commit suicide. He did not expect that after the secondary queens were all beheaded, he, who had the consciousness of the nest, became the new brain of the swarm of insects. At the end of the movie, there were actually two areas of suspense. The first suspense was whether the Executive Committee or AEEIS decided to betray Qin Yi? AEEISs words to Qin Yi pushed all the blame to the Supreme Executive Committee, creating a feeling of when all hares are killed, the hounds will be stewed and eaten. However, in the conference image of the Supreme Executive Committee, AEEIS said that Qin Yi took the initiative to seek death, and the committee members were very regretful. Obviously, there were two possibilities: One was that AEEIS had deceived both Qin Yi and the Supreme Executive Committee, and had effortlessly killed a human military genius, clearing the obstacles for him to take over the entire human army in the future. The other was that a portion of the Supreme Executive Committee had instructed AEEIS and acted hypocritically. These two possibilities were hinting at two different sequels in the future: Machinery Crisis or Civil War. The second suspense was that Qin Yi, who was in the body of the Leviathan Beast, had inherited the consciousness of the Zergs. His body had also been transformed by the Zergs into a special life form. He was a soldier and naturally loyal to humans, but he had suffered the most shameful betrayal. Would Qin Yi choose to lead the Zergs for revenge? Or would he take another path? Could he still be called a human? How would he know about himself? It was obvious that he would only be able to find out the contents later. The grand scene of the interstellar war was too much for the audience to take in. Some people were so immersed in such shock that they even forgot to exclaim. From the defeat of the Zergs at the beginning, to the small-scale realistic training, to the large-scale battle in the vast starry sky and the surface of the planet All the war scenes in the movie were gradual and escalating. The audience followed Captain Qin Yi from weak to strong. They witnessed the grand war between humans and Zergs in the universe step by step. What shocked Lu Xiaoping was that even though the special effects of this movie were very cool, it obviously did not only have special effects. The movie had also done very well in terms of narrating the story and moving the audiences emotions! On the whole, the war scene of the movie was constantly upgrading, but the emotional tone at each stage was constantly fluctuating like a wavy line. There were high and low points, showing a state of spiraling up in the fluctuation. It was completely unpredictable. Other movies often show this content through conflicts between characters. For example, when in a difficult situation, a member with different personalities in the team would propose different solutions. Intense debate would make the audience in front of the screen frustrated. In the end, when everyones opinions were unified and they overcame difficulties, the audience would feel that their emotions were released. This was a common trick used in many artistic works. It might be old-fashioned, but it was useful and there was no risk. However, he managed to hold on to the emotional tone of the movie alone through his own performance and the cold artificial intelligence electronic voice AEEIS in Mission and Choice! This feeling made Lu Xiaoping think of a one-man movie two years ago. It was about the protagonist being buried alive in a coffin in the desert. The protagonist was constantly exploring and using various props around him to survive. In the end, when he thought that dawn had arrived, he only felt despair. In that movie, the entire process was a one-man show by the protagonist. However, it brought continuous suspense to the audience. The unique perspective, superb shots, and twists and turns of the plot allowed the movie to successfully obtain a box office miracle that year. It earned twenty million US dollars at the cost of three million US dollars. It was a huge success. On a certain level, Mission and Choice had the same effect as this movie. The protagonists of both movies were trapped in a small space. They struggled hard, faced with an unknown fate. Even though they failed time and time again, they were still determined to fight. They had all withstood the test of acting skills in the one-man show. They had single-handedly supported the entire movies emotions and even allowed the audience to perfectly immerse themselves in the movie. The difficulty of such a performance was very high. It was like a huge gamble. All the chips were placed in the same game. Once they succeeded, they would make a lot of money. However, once they failed, they would lose everything. The difference between the two was that their emotions were different. The protagonist who was buried alive was in a coffin. It was extremely narrow. The despair he endured came from the dual destruction of his mind and body. The audience was like the protagonist. Their perspective was severely limited. They were in a cramped, depressed, and despairing state the entire time. On the other hand, Qin Yi might be in the space capsule but he could see the real situation around him through the holographic wall. His vision was not restricted at all. The despair he had endured was more of a mental torture, the pain of bearing the fate of mankind alone. Both of these performances were a serious test of acting skills, but it seemed to be more difficult in the near distance. That was because most of the despair that Qin Yi endured came from his spirit. The entire setting and environment could not play much of a role in his emotions. At this time, if he wanted to stir the players emotions, he had to place all his hopes on the performance that was close to the road. The good thing was that he had completed his task very well. He had given his best acting skills ever since he debuted. It even made Lu Xiaoping feel that he was not looking at a dead end, but another person, or Captain Qin Yi himself! Ever since he finished filming Tomorrow is Beautiful, his acting skills had improved by leaps and bounds. Previously, many people had criticized Lu Zhiyao as toxicity in the box office and excessive acting . However, Lu Zhiyaos acting skills seemed to be improving from Tomorrow is Beautiful to Mission and Choice. They went from being outgoing to being reserved. Those exaggerated expressions were all gone. What replaced them was a more exquisite psychological and meticulously designed micro-expressions. He seemed to have completely integrated into the role! In the last scene of the movie, Qin Yi woke up in the incubation pool of the Leviathan Beasts. His eyes suddenly opened, and the camera zoomed in. There seemed to be too many complicated emotions in his eyes. In fact, it was also a close-up at the beginning of the movie. However, Qin Yi had woken up from the hibernation cabin at that time and he had woken up in the incubation pool in the Leviathan Beasts at the end. The two eyes seemed to have something in common. However, the background, the protagonists appearance, the subtle expressions, and especially the eyes were worlds apart. The hibernation cabin and incubation pool were like a uterus. This scene obviously symbolized Qin Yi obtaining a new life. However, Qin Yi played the role of the human commander and the Heart of the Zergs in this new life. The expression at the end of the video lasted for a few seconds before it cut to the next scene just like the beginning of the movie. His thoughts spread rapidly in space. All the larvae in the incubation pool surrounded him and became an extension of his consciousness. Then, the camera zoomed up to the starry sky outside the Leviathan Beast. The wandering terrifying Zerg suddenly opened its eyes and sped up towards the endless starry sky! A large number of Zergs followed behind the Leviathan Beast like a comet with a long tail, disappearing into the depths of the screen. The movie ended at this point, and the list of cast members appeared on the big screen. The ending song sounded. It was an impassioned war song. It described the scene of a soldier about to go to war. This song should have been very inspiring, but the scene accompanying it was the scene of the human soldiers cleaning up the mess, the Leviathan Beast carrying Qin Yi and finally disappearing into space. This song was filled with an inexplicable sense of sorrow. Bam! The lights in the theater came on. It was only then that many of the audience snapped out of their daze. They could not stop praising Holy sh*t and awesome! F*ck, thats awesome! I really didnt expect this ending! I havent had enough yet. The tickets were really worth it! When Tomorrow is Beautifuls premiere ended, most viewers felt that it was amazing. That was because Tomorrow is Beautifuls performance on many key issues was rather obscure. As a storyline film, there were not many memorable scenes. After watching it, one would feel a little suffocated. One had to watch the reviews while savoring it in order to understand the deeper meaning. However, Mission and Choice was a totally popcorn-worthy film. The entire process was filled with scenes of various space wars. Emotions were rolling up and down like roller coasters. There were low points and high peaks. The emotional experience was extremely exciting. Thus, most viewers could only describe their feelings with one word after watching Mission and Choice: awesome! The impact from the sensory impact was more direct and intense. Especially the last scene with Qin Yis eyes and the ending song, it allowed the audiences emotions to be released at the end. It was satisfying to the peak but at the same time, it left a lasting aftertaste. The audience stood up and could not wait to share their feelings with their companions. Thats awesome! The special effects of domestic sci-fi movies can actually be done to such an extent? Its really comparable to a Hollywood blockbuster! I was dazzled the entire time. There was no scene at all! Indeed, Tengdas films are awesome! They will never disappoint! Its not too much to invest a few hundred million yuan into this film, right? Its a pity that theres not enough publicity and the screening schedule is not high. It doesnt matter. Would a film of this quality not be popular? In the end, Qin Yis handling was really too good. I thought it was a clich plot of different species shaking hands and building a beautiful universe together. Im comfortable! Your acting is not bad. I feel like Boss Pei has a manual to use. It was a toxicity in the box office previously. Now, your acting skills have improved visibly. It really feels like youre a movie king! The audience was full of praise. Obviously, the actual effect of this movie far exceeded their expectations! Even though the audience came to watch the movie for various reasons, most of them did not have unrealistic expectations. Everyone knew very well what the state of domestically-produced sci-fi movies were in. If the producers of Mission and Choice were not Tengda but some other company, even if they were some very rich big company, the audience would not come to watch midnight shows as lab rats. That was because no other company could obtain as much trust as Tengda. Whats more, there wasnt much publicity for the movie to begin with. Most viewers thought that it might be a small but beautiful movie. In other words, it would have many merits but also obvious shortcomings. However, they realized that it was not the case at all after watching the movie. This movie had far exceeded everyones expectations in every aspect! This mentality had indirectly raised the audiences evaluation of Mission and Choice. This was just like going to a restaurant for a meal. If it was a restaurant with high praises on the internet, customers might feel that it was not only famous but also hard to forget. However, if it was a nameless restaurant in an alley, customers would definitely be very surprised and unforgettable even if they tasted similar! Lu Xiaoping and the person-in-charge of the announcement of the Greyhound did not stand up immediately with the other audience. Instead, they fell into silence. They had not spoken a word since the movie started. The person-in-charge was shocked by the movie. He was originally sleepy but now he was very excited. The last scene lingered in his mind, and the image could not be dispersed. Mission and Choice might be a competition, the better it performed, the worse the situation for Greyhound would be. However, the person-in-charge was not in the mood to consider this for the time being because he was completely conquered by this movie. He could only admire it from the bottom of his heart! After a long time, the person-in-charge said, There shouldnt be any more Easter eggs right? Lu Xiaoping nodded silently. Yes maybe. The person-in-charge said, Then, Boss Lu, lets go? Lu Xiaoping: Lets go He was in low spirits. They had come to watch the midnight premiere today with the mentality of watching a joke. They had not expected themselves to become a joke. There were still many audience members who had not left the venue. They were obviously waiting for the Easter egg. However, Lu Xiaoping judged that there should be no more Easter eggs. On one hand, it was because the lights in the cinema had already been switched on. On the other hand, it was because the entire story had been told very clearly. There was no need for Easter eggs to continue preheating the next part of the story. Strictly speaking, the entire story should end when Qin Yi was betrayed and sent to the Zergs by AEEIS. The Supreme Executive Committee of the United Fleet had a meeting and Qin Yi had woken up in the body of the Leviathan Beasts. These two plots were more suitable to appear as Easter eggs. However, these two plots were too important. Whats more, they were very long. If they were to make Easter eggs, it would feel like they were being cut apart. Thus, after much consideration, Zhu Xiaoce decided to put these two plots at the end of the movie. It would be very effective to match the ending song. Lu Xiaoping also made the judgment based on this reason. There should not be any Easter eggs in the movie. However, some images appeared beside the rolling name list just as the two of them were about to leave. There were no Easter eggs in the end, but there were other things. These were some NG scenes that were shot when the road was very close! He faced the green screen and repeated his lines over and over again. He would perform in different ways. Sometimes, he would stop in the middle of the act if he was not satisfied. He would repeat it continuously. He had to act out the same emotion at least five or six times on the road. After careful consideration, he would choose the one that he was most satisfied with. There was also a close shot with the AEEIS Fully-Automated Smart Bickering Machine. In the view of the audience, many performances that were very Lu Zhiyao were actually very good. However, he was still not satisfied with the end of the road. He continued to act it over and over again. Every plot had to be perfect. These scenes were not bad, they paled in comparison to the actual scenes. The audience who stayed behind were basically die-hard fans.The lights in the cinema were already switched on but they still insisted on watching the end with the thought that there might be Easter eggs. Unexpectedly, they really got a pleasant surprise! Holy sh*t, how many times did he have to shoot the same scene? Lu Zhiyaos so ruthless. I feel like hes a little obsessed. He said the same lines in several different ways. The effect is better each time. On the other hand, hes definitely much better than those fresh meats who dont even memorize their lines and only know how to mouth their lines! Strictly speaking, even though he was very close to being a professional, he did not have much acting skills in the beginning. He was not much better than the fresh meat celebrities, However, he was different from the fresh meat celebrities. He was not satisfied with the praises of his fans. Instead, he kept strictly insisting on himself and honing his acting skills. That was why he could bring us such exciting performances like Tomorrow is Beautiful and Mission and Choice! Indeed, the improvement in acting skills is visible to the naked eye. The movie tickets were so worth it. It was a killing! Many people in Tomorrow is Beautiful said that they were very close to Tengdas script and that their acting skills were led by Zhang Zuting. Now, this saying should collapse on its own, right? Indeed, a single person holding up a movie worth hundreds of millions of yuan. Theres no need to discuss the positioning because hes the only actor! We should be able to get rid of the title of toxicity in the box office now, right? If two movies performed so well in a row, he would most likely become a true Best Actor in the future! The audience was filled with emotions. Even those who had no feelings for Lu Zhiyao were sincerely happy for his improvement. There have been more and more popular movies in recent years. All sorts of fresh meat celebrities had contributed their acting skills to various so-called big productions movies. Many viewers could not stand it anymore. On the other hand, he was on a completely different path from those popular fresh meat celebrities. He could obviously rely on his looks, but he had to rely on his talent. He had put in unimaginable effort for this. How could he not like him? Finally, the final credits of the movie and the NG scenes of Lu Zhiyao were all played. The few remaining audience members finally left in satisfaction. Their hands were not idle either as they quickly posted a message on their WeChat Moments. Lu Xiaoping and the person-in-charge of the Greyhound walked out in a daze, as if they had lost their souls. On one hand, he was shocked by the contents of the movie. On the other hand, he was extremely worried about the current situation of Vinci Media and Mission and Choice after watching Mission and Choice. He was too hot-headed at that time and provoked a terrible opponent! There was a price to pay for scamming such a movie. Lu Xiaopings plan had been built on the foundation that Mission and Choice were not of good quality. That was why he had come to scam and increase the popularity of Greyhound. However, if the two movies were compared, and Greyhound was rubbed against the ground, all the popularity that it had gained previously would be backfired! If Greyhound won, it would be domineering and confident. However, if it lost, it would be sour and a clown. This feeling was like a boxer entering the ring. He had originally thought that the other party was a weakling and had said all sorts of harsh words before the competition. He had already bragged about his awesomeness. However, he did not expect to see the other partys arm thicker than his thigh when he took off his jacket and went on stage. How was he to fight then! The two of them remained silent. They knew very well that the current situation was bad enough, but in fact, this was just the beginning! Chapter 977 - Qiao Liang’s Surprise At the same time, in Jingzhou Qiao Liang had just exited GOG. He looked at the time. It was already two in the evening. He yawned, took out his cell phone to check his fan group. Mission and Choices movie is too exciting! I just came out of the movie theater. I havent had enough of it yet! The final ending is amazing. Do you want to know the plot? Qiao Liangs face darkened at that moment. He looked at his watch. It was time for Mission and Choice to end! Based on his hand speed after being single for more than twenty years, Qiao Liang caught the person who might spoil the entire show on the spot and muted him for five hours. I dont have to say much about what happens when spoilers go out, right? Once Qiao Liang appeared, the group chat became active. It might already be two in the morning, most of the people in the group were gaming geeks. It was also a weekend, so many people were still awake. They could not let Teacher Qiao, who skimmed off lazily, off the hook! Old Qiao finally appeared? Hahaha, Brother, youve caught a big fish. Old Qiao, who hasnt appeared for a long time, has appeared again! Take care, warrior! See you in five hours! Old Qiao, wheres the new video? Tell me, how long have you been ditching us? Its been such a long time, and only one episode of Trash Games Diss has been released. Dont you have a conscience if you only watch games that other UP Masters have done badly? Dont criticize him. Old Qiao has no heart. Well forgive you if you start a live-stream now to make up for your mistakes! Qiao Liang immediately replied when he saw the fans in the group chat denouncing him. Dont rush me, dont rush me. The new video is already being made! Everyone, sleep early. Good night! Then, Qiao Liang slipped away. He could not go to the fan group anymore. Out of habit, Qiao Liang scrolled through his WeChat Moments. He did not expect to find information about Mission and Choice again! Check in! This movie is amazing. I didnt expect domestically-produced sci-fi to be this good! Lu Zhiyaos acting is amazing! Highly recommended. You will not regret watching this movie! I didnt expect this movie to be so outstanding even with the plot of a rubbish game like Mission and Choice, especially the final battle Qiao Liang was almost exposed. At the last second, he stopped looking down and quickly left. There must be something wrong with these people spoiling others on WeChat moments! Im so angry. Why does it seem like everyone has gotten tickets to the midnight show but I didnt! Qiao Liang was speechless. He had actually wanted to buy tickets for the midnight show but he had not expected them to be sold out so quickly. Jingzhou might only be a second-tier city, and it would not be difficult to get a ticket. However, there were many Tengda fans in Jingzhou! There were too many people fighting for the midnight show. That was why the tickets for the nearby cinemas were sold out at the speed of light. In the end, Qiao Liang only managed to get tickets for the afternoon show. Of course, given Qiao Liangs relationship with Tengda, it would not be difficult for him to ask Fei Huang Workspace for a movie ticket. However, he felt a little embarrassed and could not bring himself to do so. He might only be a dozen hours late but he still had to face the crazy dance of spoilers. Qiao Liang sighed. It seemed like he could only force himself not to look at any social media software. Whether it was novels, movies, or games, they were most afraid of spoilers. At first, the director had racked his brains to think of a plot twist. Players who watched the movie normally would exclaim Holy sh*t when they saw this. However, some idiots who had watched the movie in advance felt like they were in a drama. Not only did the reverse plot that the director racked his brains to think of lose its effect, but it also severely affected the audiences experience of watching the movie. All in all, everyone had the right to punish these spoilers! Qiao Liang quickly washed up and prepared to go to bed. However, he did not feel sleepy at all after tossing and turning in bed for a long time. He took a long nap today until five in the afternoon. When he woke up, he drank some coffee, so he was still very excited. Those words lingered in his heart for a long time coupled with the spoilers praising the movie Mission and Choice, unable to dissipate. It was like a playful tickle, always gently teasing his most vulnerable part, making him itch uncontrollably. Qiao Liang subconsciously wanted to play with his cell phone for a while after rolling a few times on the bed. However, he realized that he could not do that. That was because, be it on social media or on various forums, it was possible to meet spoilers of Mission and Choice! He could not surf the internet. That made him feel hopeless. After staring blankly at the ceiling for a while, Qiao Liang sat up in bed and decided to play games for a while before sleeping. Sigh, its a pity that Fantasy Battle Remake has not been released yet. We have to wait until tomorrow morning. It would be great if I could play the Fantasy Battle Remake. I could also prepare the material for the next episode of Products of the Gods. What should we play then? Ive already completed Black Ink and Clouds. Even though this game is very outstanding, its still far from the standards of Products of the Gods. I dont have a good idea for making videos Qiao Liang looked at the screen filled with games and did not know which game to play. He had played most of the games here. Those that he had not played were not to his liking and he could not continue playing. He had already completed the game Black Ink and Clouds a while ago, and Fantasy Battle Remake would only be released at 10 AM. He could not play it now. It would be very stiff if there was no suitable game to play. Suddenly, Qiao Liang recalled the spoiler dogs words. Someone on the internet said that the movie version of the plot of Mission and Choice was completely modified from the original work. How can we change that? These words lingered in Qiao Liangs mind, causing him to feel genuinely confused. That was because he had played the original trashy game of Mission and Choice before. There was no plot at all. The only place that looked like the plot was the few lines on the promotional poster, such as Your hometown, Blue Planet, is being threatened by the Zergs. That was not considered a plot, right? Whats more, the game did not even show this bit of plot. There were only a few lines in the dialogue text. It was extremely perfunctory. Yet, someone actually said that the movie plot of Mission and Choice was modified according to the original work? Could there be some hidden plot in the original work that I did not see? That cant be. They used the background of the original novel at the very most Qiao Liang switched on his computer and scanned his desktop with this suspicion. Then, he remembered that he had deleted the game. Qiao Liangs habit was to update all the games automatically. However, he would delete the rubbish games that he no longer played. As a veteran gamer and game UP Master, Qiao Liangs computer and internet speed were the highest. However, the landlord did not have any surplus food. The hard disk space might be huge but it would still make people very unhappy if it contained a bunch of rubbish games. Mission and Choice was an extremely lousy game to begin with. Qiao Liang only downloaded it to make a video. Once the video was completed, he would immediately kick the game out of his computer. However, he had not expected to enter the game again after that. However, that did not matter. He could just install it again. At that time, the game sizes were only tens of megabytes. Given Qiao Liangs internet speed, he would be done in a few seconds. After opening the classic domestically-produced games collection, he realized that there seemed to be more games in it, including the Black Ink and Clouds that had been officially released a while ago. The priority of Mission and Choice was directly transferred to the end of the compilation. It had to be flipped many times before it could be reached. Did the official platform think that this game was very embarrassing, so they placed it in last place? Thats not right either. If you feel embarrassed, why dont you just delete it from the compilation? Hm? Somethings not right. Theres an update? Holy sh*t, dozens of gigabytes? Qiao Liang was stunned. He could not believe his eyes. The original Mission and Choice was a rubbish game from more than ten years ago. Its size was only dozens of megabytes. However, Qiao Liang was shocked to discover that Mission and Choice had been updated. The capacity of the update package was about the same as the original number. The original unit was megabytes, but now it was gigabytes! That was a thousand times more than the capacity of many AAA games! Qiao Liang looked at the download speed. The download and installation time should take almost an hour. Whats happening? Gasp Could it be A terrifying guess appeared in Qiao Liangs mind when he connected it to the discussions online. Previously, some people had guessed that since Tengda had produced a film called Mission and Choice, why would they not produce a game called Mission and Choice? As a game developer, Tengda would definitely produce one! However, there was no concrete proof of this conjecture. Everyone might be looking forward to it but no one was really sure that Tengda would create a game called Mission and Choice. Whats more, everyone felt that even if Tengda wanted to produce a remake of Mission and Choice, it would definitely be reposted in the official shop and do publicity again. It would be a completely different start. It was impossible for the game to be updated on the old game even if they were to create the Fantasy Battle Remake after all. They would definitely create a new game. It was even more impossible for Mission and Choice to be mixed with the original rubbish game! Thus, even though Qiao Liang had heard of this conjecture and felt that it made sense, he had not expected Tengda to create an update on this old game! Qiao Liang rubbed his eyes. He thought that the night was too deep and that he was too sleepy. However, the update package for tens of Gigabytes was real! Mission and Choices production company had long closed down. The game now belonged to the official platform. The official platform couldnt possibly be the one who updated this update, right? Mischief? Thats impossible. Its been half a month since April Fools Day. Qiao Liang suddenly perked up. He felt that there seemed to be infinite possibilities in these dozens of gigabytes! He did not expect there to be a surprise? Chapter 978 - A Different RTS Game The download speed of the official platform was very stable and download progress was steadily increasing, but it still required some time. Qiao Liang took a can of Coca Cola from the fridge and sat in front of his computer, thinking about playing something to pass the time. However, he could not help but check the progress bar for updates every once in a while. I feel like Im dreaming about ten years ago Qiao Liang still remembered that his family had spent a huge sum of money to buy a computer when he was in primary school. The screen was very small and the CPU was very big. There was also a small water pipe speed of less than 100K on the internet. Even looking at the webpage and adding pictures was very slow. Whats more, it was limited in traffic and time. If he did not pay attention, the time would be over. At that time, Qiao Liang had to calculate carefully every time he went online. Once he searched for strategies online, he would jot them down in his notebook. Then, he would play standalone games that he could not pass. Later on, his speed increased a little with the broadband. Qiao Liang began to download games online. At that time, he could download games with a speed of a few hundred kilobytes. Sometimes, he had to download more than ten gigabytes. At times, he had to download a few or even dozens of hours. Qiao Liangs mood at that time was exactly the same as it was now. Every now and then, he would check the download progress. Once the game was downloaded, he would install it excitedly. Then, he would enter the game and see the beautiful CG That would be the most beautiful moment. At that time, Qiao Liang had to fight with his parents if he wanted to play computer games. He was always on tenterhooks, afraid that he would be scolded if he was caught. However, he played too many different games after he became independent and became a UP Master. No one cared about him playing games anymore. Instead, he no longer felt excited. He would often forget to play the game after buying it, or would never pick it up again after playing it. It had been a long time since he had experienced the feeling of joy after downloading a game. However, for some reason, he suddenly had this feeling again! At this time, it was very similar to the nervous and expectant feeling when he had secretly climbed up in the middle of the night to play on the computer in his study room without being discovered by his parents. Mission and Choice had finally been updated with Qiao Liangs eager mood! However, Qiao Liang noticed that even though the update had been completed, it was still downloading at the back end. That was because the current tens of gigabytes of content were the basic content of the game, including the game itself and the two or three plot images at the beginning. In order to ensure the best viewing effect and the quality of all the images could not reach the level of movie theaters, but they were basically of super high-grade blue ray quality. However, this also meant that the film took up a lot of space. It was almost the same as the game itself. The production team deliberately separated the two downloads in order not to let players download too much content in one go. Players could start the game early by downloading the later videos at the back end. During the game, the video of the plot would be downloaded. There were no changes to the Mission and Choice icon after the update. There were no changes to the games details page either. It was still the original advertisement with a sense of age, like a breeze, and a few very awkward slogans. Qiao Liang even suspected that if some players had started an automatic update, they would not have realized that Mission and Choice had such a huge update if they did not look closely. However, this made Qiao Liang look forward to the game even more! Qiao Liang calmed himself down and entered the game. The originally trashy Mission and Choice did not have any opening CG. After entering the game, it was a very rough title image. There were only a few simple options like starting the game, loading the game, setting, and so on. On the other hand, after entering the first chapter of the game, they had only placed a picture that could be called a PowerPoint. He used a few lines of words to briefly introduce the background story before entering the game. This attitude was very perfunctory and ridiculous even in that era. The games in the same period were all mosaic style, there would still be many CGs in the title and film after all. In fact, games like Fantasy Battle were already very good at CG back then. At that time, it looked very amazing and even surpassed new games that were released several years later. However, the updated Mission and Choice had become completely different! After the black screen and a few logos, a pair of tightly shut eyes appeared on the screen. The pair of eyes were tightly shut, but one could tell that the eyeballs were moving rapidly. His brows were slightly furrowed, and beads of sweat appeared on his forehead, as if he was experiencing a terrifying nightmare. Qiao Liang was stunned. Isnt this CG level too high? Hes no different from a real person! Qiao Liang had seen some AAA games with huge investments in CG. The pores on their faces could be seen clearly. However, he had never seen anyone who knew this much! The next second, the camera zoomed in and Qiao Liang saw the mans face. Isnt that Lu Zhiyao! This isnt making it realistic? This is real! This is not CG, this is a movie! Lu Zhiyao flipped over and sat up in the hibernation capsule which opened automatically on the screen. Qiao Liang instantly understood. No wonder it was so realistic. This was not CG! In other words Boss Pei put the movie in the game? Doesnt that mean that I bought the game and got the movie for free? Or is buying the tickets to the movie equivalent to buying a free game? Er that doesnt seem right. That doesnt matter. However, if we mix the movie with the game, there would be a problem with the plot, right? Qiao Liang had played many games before after all. He was instinctively a little worried when he saw how the game and movie were combined. In fact, there were indeed some companies overseas that had used live-action filming to create game CGs, but that had been around for some years. Whats more, most games companies did not use this method after that. Since it did not become mainstream, it meant that there was a problem with this method. For example, the plot of the game was divided. The plot of each chapter might be divided into more than ten parts. They were not closely connected. They would choose the most exciting parts of the plot to make CG. As for the middle part, it could be filled with game content. However, the plot of the movie had to be coherent. It would naturally conflict with the game plot. Perhaps they intercepted a part of the movies plot? However, this is quite a waste. I keep feeling that it might be difficult to deal with the details. It would be acceptable if it was an ordinary gaming company that was not particular about the details. However, Tengda has always been a perfectionist. Boss Pei would not allow such a small flaw to exist. Or is there a better solution? The plot was very exciting and Qiao Liang did not have much time to think about such nonsense. These thoughts only flashed through his mind for a moment before being temporarily sealed. The high-definition E-Sports display and game earphones might not be the most perfect viewing experience, but they were definitely not bad. Qiao Liang was quickly attracted by the plot of the game. CGs in other games were basically meant to be used as adjustments. The reason why they were limited by funds would not be long. It was mainly to let players enter the state of mind as soon as possible. However, the plot of Mission and Choice was obviously very long. It was not a short segment of the plot, but a complete story. After Qin Yi accepted the position of commander, AEEIS introduced the various functions of the control panel to him, including the observation ball, touch screen, the surrounding holographic images, and so on. After Qin Yi officially started the operations, Qiao Liangs computer screen switched to the game screen seamlessly. Qiao Liang realized that he had naturally taken over Qin Yis role without the title of the game, the plot chapters and story outline. AEEISs voice continued, but this time it was directed to the players. AEEIS did not directly use words such as mouse, keyboard, controller. Instead, it vaguely said turning perspective, choosing troops, and so on. This was to prevent players from acting. Instead, a simple icon appeared on the screen. For example, when a mouse was needed to choose a unit, a simple mouse shape and arrow would appear on the screen, which was outlined by white lines. It would hint players to do the relevant operations. The entire UI was almost identical to the UI in the movie. The freedom of view was also very high. The entire scene would seem bigger after closing in even though it was completely incomparable to the holographic image in the movie, compared to other games that locked on to the Gods perspective. The plot of the first stage was very simple. It only guided players to get used to controlling the games perspective and watch the simulation of the Alliance Fleets defeat after encountering the Zergs. After the game ended, it switched to the movie seamlessly. The scene that was originally controlled by players became a movie scene. It displayed the content in a grander way. However, they were freer to act in the game. Whats more, they took much longer than the movie. Thus, they did not feel that the plot was repetitive. Instead, it strengthened the impression that the plot had in players hearts. What followed was the second plot and actual combat, the third plot and actual combat Qiao Liang realized that Mission and Choice seemed to be different from other games. In other games, it was mainly based on the games content. Plot CGs were inserted into the games content and played an embellishing role. On the other hand, Mission and Choice was actually a story plot movie that connected the beginning and the end, connecting the entire story. Instead, the games content was interwoven into embellishments. The difference between these two methods was that the former gave people a very strong sense of closure. Every chapter and checkpoint was actually more separated, and the connection was not very natural. Some of the new stages of the game had to be loaded and read bars. That was even more unfriendly to players. However, Mission and Choice made people completely unable to feel the gap between the chapters. This was similar to how many plots were used to create AAA games. Traditional methods were to read bars during the transformation of the scene. However, these plots would be directed to AAA games to make the players experience more coherent. They would do some special treatment during the transformation, such as the collapse of the tunnel, the protagonist crawling in a narrow cave, and so on. At this stage, if they read the contents of the scene at the same time, there would never be a reading screen. On the other hand, Mission and Choice had obviously done the same. Plot films were being played between the two stages. The next stage had been completed while gamers were watching the movie. The connection between the film part and the game part was perfect through the ingenious arrangement of the plot. It did not give players any abrupt and unnatural feeling. He might not have come into contact with the real combat part, but the gaming experience at the beginning made Qiao Liang feel that this new Mission and Choice was definitely completely different from all the RTS games before! Chapter 979 - More Immersive Than All RTS Games! Captain Qin Yi followed AEEISs guidance and familiarized himself with the control panels usage in the plot image. He began the basic operations training. In the game, Qiao Liang followed AEEISs guidance and familiarized himself with the games operating mode. He also fought in the basic stages. At first, Qiao Liang knew that this was an RTS game and was worried that he would not be able to play it well. However, he did not expect the game to be much simpler than he had imagined! Qiao Liang had played some traditional RTS games before, such as Star Ocean and Fantasy Battle. However, they were not very good. He would only be tortured if he fought others. That was because traditional RTS games had very high requirements for players. Not only did they have to fight multiple battles but they also had to have very high APMs. Whats more, they had to be very familiar with the various tactical details. If he met an opponent who was slightly stronger than him, it would be a one-sided abuse. Qiao Liang was not a genius player to begin with. He was just a little smarter and more persevering than ordinary people. Otherwise, he would not have suffered so much when he played Repent and be Saved. However, Mission and Choice was different from other RTS games. There was no need to give accurate orders to every unit. It was enough to give orders to an entire unit. AEEIS would constantly strengthen this concept during the teaching process. Simply put, players often needed to do a lot of micro-operation in Fantasy Battle and Starcraft. For example, the most basic operation was to pull troops. The disabled soldiers in a team had to be pulled away. This operation could avoid losses on their side, not give the enemy experience, break the enemys formation, and so on. Whether they could pull the troops well or not would directly determine the players team battle ability. The gap between experts and rookies would also be infinitely widened because of this operation. That was because resources and units in traditional RTS games were too important. They had to be carefully calculated. Most of the time, heroes would bring five or six soldiers to fight the opponents. The impact of losing a soldier would be huge. In the constant collision of these details, the gap in resources between the two sides gradually widened, and the stronger side gradually determined the victory. This was a classic RTS game approach. Of course, it could not be wrong. However, its problem was that the threshold of the game was too high. For players who could not achieve these, the fun of the game would be greatly reduced. On the other hand, Mission and Choice simplified these operations directly on the game mechanism. Even if it could not be done, it would not affect the games experience. There were gains and losses. After discarding these minute operations and meticulous planning of resources, Mission and Choice had a lower difficulty and a grander scene. The map of Mission and Choice was extremely vast, and the perspective was very free. After players made some simple operations, they had a lot of time to think about the next step, watch the intense battle on the battlefield and check the feedback of the various troops. Movie-level plot images, huge scenes in the game, and extremely low difficulty level gave Qiao Liang a good first impression of this game. It was also his first time coming into contact with the entire control system. He had also started training from the simplest battle. Qiao Liang felt very immersive. He thought about it carefully and felt that it might be because the entire plot was more ingenious. In most RTS games, many protagonists would work together to drive the plot. For example, in Fantasy Battle, different races had different heroes, and each hero had its own storyline. In the entire games plot, players had to constantly change their positions. One minute, they might be controlling the A hero to fight B hero, and the next, they would be completely reversed. Of course, it did not mean that this traditional method was bad. Most successful games had their own gameplay. There were pros and cons. The advantage of this approach was that the game could accommodate a very large and diverse worldview. It could also highlight the epic feel of the entire story. However, the problem was that players were basically playing the game from Gods perspective. There was no sense of immersion. The emotional experience was more separated from the protagonists emotional experience most of the time. The plot of Mission and Choice took a different approach. The entire plot focused on Captain Qin Yi alone. AEEIS did not overshadow the main character at all. It only used an unassuming and emotionless electronic voice to constantly remind Qin Yi to do various operations. That way, the players would naturally place themselves in the role of Qin Yi. Add to that the fact that AEEIS would speak directly to players during the game strengthened this sense of immersion. As the plot progressed, the players emotions also changed according to Qin Yis emotions. They could even empathize with him more than in the movie. One obvious point was the change in players emotions when they added the realistic elements. Before joining the realistic elements, the players were like Qin Yi, 100% of the soldiers who followed orders. They would fight whatever they were directed, and the entire battle process was very smooth. After the players made some simple instructions, AEEISs artificial intelligence would refine these instructions. Therefore, the human army looked unstoppable. The players mentality was naturally the same as Qin Yis. They unknowingly swelled. However, after adding the realistic elements, the soldiers suddenly had their own thoughts. Most of the time, they would disobey orders and do something that made people angry. The morale of the entire army had collapsed before many losses had even appeared. They scattered in all directions. The players were so angry that they were half-dead. The feeling of pride and complacency from before had also disappeared. At this time, AEEIS would guide the players operations and provide some data analysis. The players would naturally make the same choice as Qin Yi after realizing that the effect was not bad after trying. After the players made their choice and completed this part of the game, Qin Yi would make the same choice in the plot image to further enhance the players immersion. The experience was slightly different from traditional RTS games. Traditional RTS games would mostly issue targets before letting players take action. Most of the time, the players did not do what they wanted to do when commanding the battle. Instead, they did what the mission required. However, in Mission and Choice, most players would make similar choices as Qin Yi through clever plot arrangements. That way, players would be more immersive and understand Qin Yis situation and behavior. Time passed by without him knowing. Qiao Liang was completely immersed in the game and could not stop! This feeling was similar to some of the more outstanding movies overseas. The special characteristic of such games was that they would use a movie-like plot to run through the entire game. The entire process would be fast-paced and full of twists and turns. Mission and Choice had achieved a balance between film and game. Players would play the game for a while. Once they were tired, they would enter the plot and relax. The plot acted as a starting point and threw a new problem for gamers, creating a sense of anticipation. Once gamers had seen enough of the plot, they would enter the next stage of the game. This cycle continued. On top of that, the games immersion was extremely strong. In the second half of the game, Qin Yis anxiety, confusion, and despair could even infect the players in front of the computer, causing the players to also want to continue the game with such anxiousness. Qiao Liang felt like his emotions were being played in the palm of Mission and Choice. It was a strengthened movie experience! Qiao Liang had roughly deduced that the games plot and movie content were probably the same when he played till the mid-point! The content was exactly the same but the game and movie experience had their pros and cons. The advantage of the game was that players could experience it personally after every plot. The game was an interactive art, and players had much more freedom in the game than in the movie. On the other hand, if players made decisions based on their own will in the game just happened to be consistent with the decisions made by the protagonist in the movie, it could exponentially strengthen players sense of immersion and their sense of identity with the protagonist. This sense of participation was incomparable to movies. The advantage of the movie was that the experience was better. The content of the movie was much more concentrated compared to the game. The entire emotional process had been compressed. Whats more, the movie theaters big screen and sound system were much better than the players computers and headphones. Thus, Qiao Liang had thought that he could refund the movie and use the game to freeload the movie. However, he no longer thought that way. After playing the game, he wanted to go to the cinema even more! Such an impressive setting and special effects, and Lu Zhiyaos acting skills were so good. How could he enjoy watching this film on his own computers small screen? It would be a waste even if he was on big television! He had to go to the cinema to watch such a good movie. On the other hand, movies could not replace games because the game gave players a sense of participation and immersion that movies could not achieve. Boss Pei is so crafty! He actually used this method to earn two batches of my money! However I hope that I can come here a few more times in the future! Qiao Liangs wallet might have been dealt a double blow, but he had also received double happiness. Thats strange. The problem of the plot splitting that I was worried about did not appear? How did they do it? More than half of the entire plot had passed. Naturally, this was no longer a secret. Qiao Liang understood after some thought. The most important thing to do was to arrange the plot. The plot of Mission and Choice could be said to be Lu Zhiyaos one-man show, or it could be said to be a scene between Lu Zhiyao and AEEIS. However, no matter what, such an arrangement was a combination of risk and opportunity. The risk was that all the audiences eyes were focused on Lu Zhiyao alone. If his acting skills were superb, the audience would feel great; if his acting skills were bad, the entire movie would be dragged down by him and fall to rock bottom. In addition, the plot of the entire story was actually divided into stages. The connection between the stages was very natural, but the stages were very clear. Thus, when such a plot was incorporated into the game, gamers would have a strong sense of participation and immersion. At the same time, the plot and video would be perfectly connected to the game. Thus, gamers would not think that the game was split. Instead, they would think that the entire game was very coherent! Theres actually such a plot? My gaming knowledge has been subverted again! After figuring this out, Qiao Liang was amazed by the game. It was impossible for games to achieve this effect even if they were to change movies or movies. He had to set up the game and movie together. At the same time, he had to consider the two different artistic carriers of the game and movie. He had to combine their shortcomings and strengths, and then use his deep understanding of the two arts to combine the two perfectly with a plot! The most important thing to achieve this was not ability, but courage. Qiao Liang believed that there were many people who could write games and movie scripts that were suitable for games and movies. However, bosses who dared to use the same script to make games and movies and invest huge sums of money should be extremely rare in this world! The plot continued. The storyline of the game was exactly the same as the movie. It was only because the players were more immersive and had a longer time that the feeling was stronger. At the final stage of the plot, Qin Yis speech boosted the morale of all humans. In the final battle, Qiao Liang suddenly realized that the soldiers who did not listen to orders previously had suddenly changed. Many people were willing to sacrifice their lives in order to defeat the Zergs. The communication of Humans Live On Forever was jumping rapidly on the screen For some reason, Qiao Liang suddenly felt tears welling up in his eyes. He knew very well that this was just a game and that the soldiers inside were all fake programs. However, for some reason, he felt that these soldiers really had life in that instant. Qiao Liang instantly understood Qin Yis complicated feelings as he watched them charge towards the Zergs and sacrifice themselves. Coupled with Lu Zhiyaos exciting performance, Qiao Liangs heart was filled with mixed feelings. On the other hand, after seeing Qin Yi being betrayed and becoming the new ruler of the Zergs, opening his eyes and flying into the universe, Qiao Liang was deeply shocked. He did not come to his senses for a long time even when the screen turned black and the production team list appeared. The entire game process was not very long because the film itself only had a capacity of two hours. The games stages were interlaced between the plot, extending the entire plot to about six hours. Of course, this was the most basic games difficulty duration. Players could experience higher difficulties after clearing it, and the game time would increase accordingly. It was already morning outside. Qiao Liang was a little sleepy but he was more excited! The game would automatically follow the previous plot before the plot was completed. The title picture and various new game models appear only after the story mode ended. There were many game models but Qiao Liang was not in the mood to study them. He only had one thought in mind C to recommend the game like crazy now! Of course, Qiao Liangs body could not take it anymore. The most important thing now was to have breakfast and catch up on sleep. Chapter 980 - Boss Pei Was Spoiled? Qiao Liang could finally swipe his cell phone in high spirits after ordering a Fish-Catching Take-Out breakfast. He did not dare to use his cell phone previously because he was afraid that he would be exposed. There might be dramas everywhere in his circle of friends and fan groups after all. He would fall for them if he did not pay attention. However, Qiao Liang had already read all the plots of Mission and Choice. He was not afraid that they would be exposed! It was already early in the morning, and the fan group had already quietened down. The wave of news about the movie tickets had also been refreshed. There were many posts discussing the plot of Mission and Choice on various forums. However, most of these forums would label spoiler content at the back of the posts to prevent these posts from affecting netizens who had not watched the movie. Qiao Liang flipped through the chat records of his fan group and looked at the post discussing the plot of Mission and Choice on the internet. Indeed, great minds think alike. Everyone can tell that this film is well done! However, everyones praising the film is a little repetitive. We have to wait for professional film critics to praise it. Qiao Liang scrolled through the posts online, still immersed in the aftertaste of Mission and Choice. However, the words that netizens used to praise Mission and Choice were still too lacking. They were all meaningless words like awesome. They would get tired of reading too much. It was more interesting to watch professional film critics professional analysis. That was because Mission and Choice did not have a pre-screening. Therefore, professional film critics would not be able to watch the pre-screening. Naturally, they would not be able to write reviews in advance. He guessed that the reputation of Mission and Choice would probably explode after noon. By then, the audience in the daytime would have already seen the plot. Various film reviews would be released and the ratings would stabilize. Mission and Choice would definitely usher in a new movie craze. Qiao Liang continued scrolling through the posts on the forum and suddenly realized a problem. Eh, why didnt many people mention the game? Forget about the film forum, most of the posts on Mission and Choice were about movies! Have you all watched Tengdas new movie, Mission and Choice? Its so good! I didnt expect this classic domestic rubbish game to have such a day! I did, but Im even more confused after watching it. Isnt this theme more suitable to make a game? Why did they choose to make a movie? Perhaps the game will be released soon? Perhaps he felt that RTS games were already done for and that it would not generate profits at all, so he did not make them? At the very least, movies could still generate box office earnings. I dont believe it. A business genius like Boss Pei would earn money no matter what he does? Qiao Liang was anxious and amused seeing these people discussing. They were still guessing when the game would be released. Its already out, but you didnt notice! Qiao Liangs first thought was that this was quite ridiculous. There were at least a few million loyal gamers in the country who had their eyes on Tengda Games. Yet, no one discovered Mission and Choice when it was released? Only he managed to play it? This was a little ridiculous! However, on further thought, Qiao Liang realized that it made sense. That was because Tengdas operation was equivalent to a huge filter that filtered several layers. If he wanted to discover the revised version of Mission and Choice as soon as possible like Qiao Liang, he had to satisfy the following requirements. First, he had to purchase the original version of Mission and Choice in the classic domestically-produced game collection. Secondly, he had to keep the games original form after purchasing it. He could not delete it. Lastly, he had to check the updates of Mission and Choice this morning. Otherwise, he would be able to find out that the original client of Mission and Choice had been replaced! 99% of gamers had already been eliminated on the first post. Everyones money did not come from nowhere. Everyone knew that Mission and Choice was an extremely trashy game. They could buy some AAA games with discounts at the same price. Who would buy this trashy game? If he had too much money, he could go and make ducks and drakes of it. What was the point of buying rubbish games? The second and third were also quite difficult because even if they bought it for collection, there was no need to keep its client in the computer, much less pay attention to its updates. That was because all players knew that the company had closed down, and no one would update the game. Whats more, it was midnight. This update package was pushed around midnight. It should be at the same time as the movie. Those gamers who really paid attention should have gone to the cinema to watch a movie immediately. Those who did not manage to buy tickets went to sleep. Players like Qiao Liang who had accidentally opened the original version of Mission and Choice should be one in a million. Obviously, if not for Qiao Liang, other gamers would probably take a long time to discover the update of Mission and Choice. һ뵽,˲. Indeed, I am Boss Peis soulmate! Why did Boss Pei make so many arrangements? To prevent gamers from discovering the remake of Mission and Choice? To save money for everyone? Impossible! It must be to give everyone a surprise! Its more ritualistic to appear in this way! Qiao Liang suddenly understood Boss Peis intentions. Most people would not associate the game with Mission and Choice if it was only released separately. Instead, they would think that it was two completely different games. However, Boss Peis cleverness was to make the remake of the Mission and Choice on the corpse of Mission and Choice, which had a very strong symbolic meaning! It symbolized the end of the era of humiliation more than a decade ago. It symbolized the new life of the game Mission and Choice. At the same time, it also showed all players the arrival of this new era! All of these were hidden in the classic domestically-produced compilation, hidden in the game Mission and Choice, waiting for gamers to discover them. Qiao Liang decided to post something on Weibo at that thought. Thank you, Boss Pei, for giving all domestically-produced standalone gamers a gift on this special day! After that, he took a picture from his computer. It was the current game volume of dozens of GB in Mission and Choice. It was posted below the post as an accompanying picture. After posting on Weibo, the take-out arrived. After finishing his breakfast, Qiao Liang felt relaxed and went to sleep happily. He had already completed his mission in stages. He had let all domestically-produced gamers know of the existence of the revised version of Mission and Choice. Next, he had to rest well and conserve his energy. After waking up, he would have lunch. Then, he would watch the movie Mission and Choice. After watching the movie, he would play the remake of Fantasy Battle Remake and release the final episode of Products of the Gods. It was a perfect arrangement! Qiao Liang was satisfied. He lay on the bed and soon fell asleep. In his dream, he seemed to have seen domestically-produced standalone games flourish and various 3A games pop up, occupying a place in the worlds gaming circle At the same time, Pei Qian woke up. He looked at his watch. It was eight in the morning. It was supposed to be a Saturday, and Pei Qian should have had a good sleep. However, after tossing and turning in bed for a long time, he did not feel sleepy at all. He was extremely worried! He had purposely slept at 11 PM yesterday. He did not watch the premiere of Mission and Choice nor did he pay attention to the discussions online. He turned off his cell phone and pretended to be an ostrich. He was afraid that he would end up like the last time he cried in the cinema. If nothing went wrong, the movie Mission and Choice would be released this morning. The game would also be updated. The game is so well-hidden. It should last two or three days, right? We have to worry about the movie, but the screening rate is not high and there is little publicity. Even if there is some reputation, as long as we dont break the circle, there shouldnt be a problem. Pei Qian could only comfort himself now. After washing up, he sat on the sofa and took his cell phone, but hesitated. He felt nervous as if he was checking his results after the exam. The difference was that the lower the exam score, the more uncomfortable it would be. On the other hand, Pei Qian would feel bad if the results were good Pei Qian could not help but think about the publicity strategy from before. Meng Chang is really good-looking but useless. He was as fierce as a tiger at the beginning but he suddenly dropped the ball in the end! He even patted his chest and asked me to believe him. Why should I believe him! Forget it, forget it. Its not like hes useless. At the very least, he managed to suppress the popularity in the early stages. Anyway, the deduction is his commission, not mine Pei Qian was furious at the thought of the promotional work for Mission and Choice. Meng Chang looked like he understood his brother. He had been taking on all the publicity work with his chest puffed up. It was indeed very smooth ahead, but it suddenly collapsed when the movie was about to be released! First, it was Vinci Medias Weibo, and then it was GOGs new hero. The popularity that had been suppressed with much difficulty suddenly rose again! Pei Qian saw this and was anxious, but he could not interfere. He could only comfort himself that Meng Chang should know and that he was probably in seclusion thinking about countermeasures. After a long period of mental preparation, Pei Qian switched on his cell phone. Not long after the filming began, all sorts of messages were being bombarded! Boss Pei, congratulations! The reputation of the movie is exploding, and the movie is being pre-ordained! The number of seats for todays movie is very good. The cinema chains are already giving us more screenings! # Lu Zhiyaos acting # trending once again! The response between Lu Zhiyao and AEEIS at the end of the film was great. Our Fully-Automated Smart Bickering Machine is selling like crazy again! Boss Pei, the way you re-produced Mission and Choice into the original game is really amazing! Now, gamers are discussing how to push Mission and Choice to the top five of the official platforms hot-selling charts in just a few hours. It would probably only take a few minutes to reach first place! These messages were sent by the heads of various departments, and also by friends like Lin Chang and Wu Yue. In short, they were all good news! The most ridiculous thing was the few messages that Lin Chang had sent yesterday morning. Boss Pei, are you watching midnight? The movie is about to start! [Picture] (There are no empty seats in the theater) Two hours later. Amazing! This movie is simply amazing! Needless to say, this film will definitely be popular! Boss Pei, the last part of the plot is amazing. Its turning back and forth. I really didnt expect Captain Qin Yi to be betrayed in the end and become the ruler of the Zergs! Can you tell me what the next plot will be like? I cant wait to watch the sequel! Lu Zhiyao can actually act so well as the only actor. Its really unexpected! A few minutes later, Lin Chang called Pei Qian and realized that his phone was switched off. Boss Pei, are you asleep? Your confidence is admirable By the way, Ill be in Jingzhou tomorrow afternoon. Boss Pei, please come and have a drink with me. The Old Master has given me new instructions regarding Ah Wan. He wants me to communicate with him. Pei Qian fell silent after reading the long chat history. Qin Yi was betrayed in the end and became the ruler of the Zergs? Am I being spoiled? He had never watched the movie Mission and Choice in its entirety. He had not watched the movie at midnight yesterday either. Thus, he still did not know the specific plot. In the end, Lin Chang spoiled everything Obviously, Lin Chang would not have thought that Boss Pei, the boss of Tengda Corporation, the source of creativity for movies, and the gold medal scriptwriter, would not know the plot of Mission and Choice at all At first, Pei Qian had wanted to ignore him. Now that Mission and Choice had started off so well, Pei Qian was feeling terrible. How could he still be in the mood to eat with him? However, when he saw that Lin Chang was talking about Lin Wan, Pei Qian thought about it and felt that he should meet her. What if Old Master Lin suddenly became enlightened and wanted Lin Wan to go back to inherit the family business? Take Lin Wan away quickly. I cant take it anymore! Lin Wan had successfully completed several projects ever since Pei Qian arranged to go to Shang Yang Games. She did not have a strong presence in these projects but her resume was already very good. However, the more successful the project, the more Pei Qian panicked. Pei Qian felt that he should put in a good word for Lin Wan in front of Lin Chang this time. At the same time, he hinted to Old Master Lin: Lin Wan now has the ability to take charge of things on her own. Its time for her to go back and share your burdens! At that thought, Pei Qian immediately replied. Alright, see you at noon! Chapter 981 - A New Plan To Send Lin Wan Away Pei Qian arrived at the nameless restaurant on time, waiting for Lin Chang to arrive at noon. Every weekend, the nameless restaurant would reserve seats for Pei Qian at noon or at night. Today was coincidentally at noon. To Pei Qian, this timing was very appropriate. If Mission and Choice had not become popular, he would have come here to have a feast and celebrate. If Mission and Choice became popular, he would have come here to have a huge meal. He could turn his sorrow into appetite and comfort his injured heart. Lin Chang arrived in no time. Boss Pei! Congratulations! Before I came, I just learned from the person-in-charge of the cinema chains that the various cinema chains were very surprised by the godly figures of Mission and Choice. They had already adjusted the screening rate. I believe that the box office will rise steadily soon! However, what surprised me the most was the game. Boss Pei, how did you think of hiding the remade version of Mission and Choice in the old game? This was a stroke of genius. Many players were overjoyed, thinking that it was a rebirth from domestic games! Weibos top ten hot searches had Mission and Choice on five of them, the movie had three, and the game had two! Such a marketing method is really impressive, saving tens of millions of yuan in marketing! Impressive, impressive! Lin Chang looked genuinely happy. As the person-in-charge of Shenhua Film and Television, Lin Chang usually dealt with various producers and directors. He also handled many movies. Therefore, he was very clear about the current state of domestic sci-fi movies. It could be described as extremely weak. It could not be said that the director or producer of the sci-fi film was not good. It could only be said that the entire industry started late and had a weaker foundation. This was a huge problem. That was why Lin Chang was sincerely happy to see Boss Pei so bold as to invest a huge sum of money into filming a domestic sci-fi movie and achieve a very good response. This meant that the domestic film industry was developing in a very good direction! Pei Qian forced a smile. Lets talk while we eat. He could only say that humans sorrows and joy were not interlinked. Every time Boss Pei felt sad, the people around him seemed to be very happy Soon, various delicacies filled the dining table. It was not Lin Changs first time here, so he did not stand during the ceremony at all. He raised his thumb and praised Mission and Choice as he ate. I watched Mission and Choices midnight show yesterday. Im not satisfied yet. Especially the part where realistic elements were added in the middle part of the show. Qin Yis command gradually relies on the artificial intelligences suggestion. It was originally a slightly uncomfortable plot, but it made all the audience take it for granted through clever handling And the last part Lin Chang did not notice Boss Peis pale face at all. He was talking about his impression of Mission and Choice. Pei Qian ate silently, cursing in his heart. He was spoiled again! Lin Chang had revealed the most exciting key points. What the heck! The main reason was that Lin Chang did not expect Boss Pei to not know the plot of Mission and Choice. Thus, he did not realize that he had become a shameful spoiler dog. Instead, he treated Boss Peis silence as a form of enjoyment. Pei Qian picked up a crab claw and took a bite. Alright, Boss Lin, lets get down to business. You said that Old Master Lins attitude towards Lin Wan has changed? Lin Chang nodded. Thats right. Today, I went to test the Old Master and found that his attitude had changed again. The previous time, the Old Master said that it was not bad to let Ah Wan train at Tengda. This time, when I met him, he asked me about Ah Wans recent situation. I told him the truth and said that Ah Wan was doing well here. The projects she did were very successful. Old Master obviously approves of Ah Wans results here. However, I can tell that he misses Ah Wan again. At this point, Pei Qians eyes lit up. Could it be that his plan had worked? Before this, Pei Qians idea was to let Lin Wan work on a few more projects in Shang Yang Games and accumulate some resumes. That way, when Old Master saw Lin Wans results and saw that she could take charge of things on her own, he might let her go back? At that thought, Pei Qian said expectantly, So, Lin Wan is almost done with her training. Is it time to go back? Lin Chang was stunned. Go back? No, no, no. What Old Master means is that he hopes that Shenhua can invest in Shang Yang Games. This way, Ah Wans relationship with her family would definitely be better. She will be able to go home more in the future. Pei Qian had been happily dissecting a huge crab, but he could not help but freeze when he heard this. His hand that was about to open the crab shell stopped. What the hell? Invest in Shang Yang Games? Get lost! Pei Qian was speechless. Is your family here to mess with me? Not only did he not take Lin Wan away, he even wanted to invest in me? I cant even finish spending my own money, why do I have to spend your money? Pei Qian immediately put the crab down. Absolutely not! Lin Chang was stunned. Why not? Pei Qian cleared his throat. I have a better suggestion. Look, since Lin Wan has already achieved very good results in the game industry and is able to hold her own, isnt it inappropriate for her to work for me now? Shenhua Corporation is huge. I think Old Master Lin can fork out a huge sum of money to establish a Shenhua games department! That way, Lin Wan would be able to fulfill her dreams. The Old Masters goal of letting Lin Wan inherit the family business would also be achieved. Shenhua Corporation would also be able to take the opportunity to expand their business. Killing three birds with one stone. Why not? Pei Qian felt that what he said made so much sense that he was almost convinced. Lin Chang hesitated for a moment. This To be honest, Boss Pei, Ive already met Ah Wan before we came to eat. Ah Wan thinks that even though she has made some achievements now, most of the credit does not belong to her. On one hand, the general direction that you set is more critical. On the other hand, her subordinates are working hard together. She is only playing the role of coordination. Therefore, if we ask Ah Wan to go back and take charge of Shenhuas games department, she would probably reject us Pei Qian: Lin Wan was a good person. The only problem was that she was not confident! It was all Lin Wans credit, but she insisted on pushing it to Boss Pei. That was too much! There was an awkward silence. However, Pei Qian obviously did not want to give up just like that. It was not easy for Old Master Lins attitude to change. If he did not send Lin Wan away now, when would he? Every day that Lin Wan stayed in Shang Yang Games meant more risk! Pei Qians brain worked furiously as he quickly thought of an excellent plan. Boss Lin, I have an idea. Shenhua Corporation and Tengda are establishing strategic cooperation. Shenhua Corporation should establish a gaming department. Lin Wan will go back and take charge. Shenhuas gaming department and Shang Yang Games will jointly develop the game. If the game is successfully developed, we will split the money. If it fails, we will bear the losses together. What do you think? Lin Chang was stunned for a moment. Er that sounds alright. The key is, can Ah Wan agree to it? She always feels that shes not capable enough and that she was worried about being in charge of a department. Pei Qian smiled. On one hand, shell be working with Shang Yang Games. Shes not fighting alone; the risks are controllable. On the other hand, I can reason with her and move her emotions. Ill tell Lin Wan that she has been in charge of Shang Yang Games for a long time. Its about time she gave Ye Zhizhou and Wang Xiaobin a chance to take over. She should understand. Pei Qian could not help but admire himself. This plan was perfect! The main reason why Lin Wan refused to leave was because she felt that she was not capable enough and had many concerns. However, if she continued working with Shang Yang Games, she would be able to dispel her worries. Whats more, Wang Xiaobin and Ye Zhizhou would not have the opportunity to be promoted if Lin Wan continues to be the person-in-charge of Shang Yang Games. She would probably understand if he persuaded Lin Wan to give the young people a chance. More importantly, this was killing three birds with one stone for Pei Qian! First, Lin Wan had left. Now that Shang Yang Games had a new person-in-charge, the risk of making money had decreased. No matter how much it decreased, 1% would still decrease. Second, if Shenhua Games and Shang Yang Games combined to make money, it would completely cut off Lin Wans thoughts of returning to Tengda Corporation. She would be able to serve the Old Master and inherit the family business in peace. Finally, it would be even better if the game lost money! Pei Qian could not ask for more! Lin Chang nodded in realization. If thats the case, it might really convince Ah Wan! However Boss Pei, this is too much of a loss for you. I feel bad! At the end of the day, Shenhua is only going to fork out some money to set up a games department. Shang Yang Games will be the one to guide us in developing games and so on. If the game fails, well have to share the risks. Thats unfair to you! How about this? Shenhua will invest in setting up a branch company and distribute a portion of Tengdas shares. Theres no need to talk about earning money. Everyone can split the money happily. If we incur losses, we will bear the losses in full. That would be fair! Lin Chang sounded very sincere. Pei Qian quickly raised his hand. Absolutely not! Good fellow, are you trying to steal my losses? He could give up on other things, but he could not give up on incurring losses! Theres no need to stand on ceremony. Just do as I say. We are old acquaintances. Boss Lin has helped me a lot before. You were the one who helped to organize Tomorrow is Beautiful when it was sent overseas to be awarded. You also helped me a lot when selling slots for the GPL league. Youre being too polite to me now! Pei Qian might still bear a grudge for these two matters but it did not stop him from using them as a front. Lin Chang was very touched. Boss Pei, youre too enlightening! Alright, I wont say anything else. I wish us a happy cooperation! The two raised their glasses and clinked them together. The cooperation was decided just like that. Pei Qian heaved a sigh of relief. Fortunately, even though something had happened to Mission and Choice, it was not a loss to use this opportunity to send Lin Wan away! Chapter 982 - Congratulations (Throwing The Blame) By The Guiding Lantern Pei Qian and Lin Chang quickly reached a consensus on Lin Wans problem. They chatted happily. After the meal, Lin Chang planned to call the Old Master immediately to report this matter. If everything went well, he believed that Shenhuas gaming department would be established soon. Pei Qian, on the other hand, had to bluff Lin Wan and arrange for Shang Yang Games to work. Other than Pei Qian, no one else would be able to bluff Lin Wan. The few people from the Lin family wanted Lin Wan to go east, but she had to go west. She was filled with reverse psychology. Only someone like Pei Qian, who had his own halo and could understand Lin Wans temper and was intelligent enough to successfully hoodwink her. Pei Qian had no qualms about this. At first, he had only wanted Sun Strike Studios to go on a public holiday. However, due to a freak combination of factors, he had managed to attract Lin Wan over. Then, things got out of hand. Pei Qian had always hoped to get rid of this threat as soon as possible. Now, he has finally found a suitable opportunity! Of course, this could not be rushed. Lin Chang had just arrived in Jingzhou and met Lin Wan. If Pei Qian went to look for Lin Wan to discuss Shenhuas gaming department immediately after that, it could easily arouse Lin Wans suspicion. Whats more, even though Shenhua Corporation had a huge business, they had never had any relevant experience in the game industry. It would take more than a couple of days for the games department to organize everything. It was just like many big companies in the country. They said that they wanted to do online literature and games, but in the end, they still did not manage to achieve anything. It was obvious that different professions were different worlds. Big corporations could not do anything casually. They had to take their time to think about it. Thus, the two of them split up. Lin Chang went to persuade Old Master Lin to plan the early stages first. On Pei Qians side, he remained calm and collected, stabilizing Lin Wan so that she would not have too many doubts. Once Lin Changs preparations were more or less done, he would make the final decision! After the meal, Pei Qian received a message from He An not long after sending Lin Chang off. There was only one word: Admirable! Pei Qian was furious when he saw He Ans message. Admirable my a*s! This old man was really interesting. I havent even settled the score with you and you came to provoke me on your own! Speaking of this, Pei Qian was speechless. Back then, he had racked his brains for ways to incur losses in the game. However, he had failed time and time again. He had almost given up. At that moment, He An, the Guiding Lantern appeared! Pei Qian had followed He Ans theory and created Struggle. He had thought that it would be a sure win, but he did not expect it to be a positive loss. At the same time, he overturned He Ans game design theory. In the end, He An did not believe him. Pei Qian asked him to design a game that would definitely fail. That was how Mission and Choice came about. He An had confirmed everything from the genre of the game, the background of the world, and the details of the gameplay! Pei Qians free play had only given the game the name Mission and Choice, which was the same name as the shame of the game. Given the current situation, wouldnt He An be the scapegoat?! Pei Qian did not understand the current situation of Mission and Choice yet. For such a huge investment game, a good reputation did not necessarily mean that it could make money. Small sales would not be enough. It had to make a huge hit and exit the industry in order to make money. It had only been released not long ago. Many people did not know about this game. It was still too early to say that it was profitable. However, the current momentum of the game was definitely not good. There were five hot searches on Weibo regarding Mission and Choice. Three were about movies and two were about games. From the feedback of the first wave of players, they seemed to approve of the contents of Mission and Choice. That was enough to make Pei Qian feel like he could not eat or sleep! He Ans message only said admirable but it made Pei Qian panic even more. Did that mean that He An had already played Mission and Choice and was also conquered by this game? Whats the point of playing then! Pei Qian was speechless. He replied, Teacher He, thats not what you said before! Didnt you say that Mission and Choice would lose everything? Didnt you say that I would quickly use the peripheral materials of the game to develop a new game to recover some losses? Whats going on now! He An looked like a liar to Pei Qian! More importantly, he had lied to him more than once. Pei Qian had asked He An about these details before setting up the project. He An had patted his chest and guaranteed that it would be unpopular. He had even been worried that the toxicity would be too strong. He had advised Pei Qian to only take one or two suggestions. He An came to Jingzhou to take a look and try out the games DEMO during the development process of the game. Then, he asserted that the game was not good and persuaded Pei Qian to use the cornerstone to stop losses. He An specially reminded Pei Qian that Fantasy Battle Remake was going to be released before the game was officially released. He told Pei Qian to avoid the release date of Fantasy Battle Remake. He An repeatedly strengthened Pei Qians impression that Mission and Choice would definitely lose everything over and over again. That was why Pei Qian was so confident when the game was released. He thought about it. No matter what, He An was a veteran in the domestic games industry. He was a person of great stature. He must still have a deep understanding of games even though he was getting old, right? Unexpectedly, not a single word was accurate! That made Pei Qian feel like he had been cheated. That was why he replied. However, to He An, the meaning behind those words was completely different. He An replied quickly. Eh? Boss Pei, youre panting even though I praised you for doing well? I really did not think that Mission and Choice would obtain such a reputation after being released. I only congratulated you out of encouragement! However, dont think that this is stable. Fantasy Battle Remake will be released in the afternoon! To be honest, even though I havent gotten through Mission and Choice, I can already tell that youre playing tricks and taking a shortcut. You did not follow the traditional RTS gameplay at all. Instead, you snatched the fusion of the RTS game and the plot to become a AAA game masterpiece. What you focused on was not the strategy game versus gameplay, but the exquisite plot flow. I have to say that this is a genius attempt and has indeed received a good effect. If not for the release of Fantasy Battle Remake, I would have thought highly of Mission and Choice. However, Fantasy Battle Remake is a traditional RTS game. It has true strength. Not only does it have a plot, but it also has a classic, deeply-established gameplay that has been verified countless times! It also has a very strong balance in the game and a ladder to extend the games lifespan. It could even be an E-Sports competition! Fantasy Battle Remake would have an absolute advantage among the core RTS gamers. At that time, it would definitely impact the sales volume and reputation of Mission and Choice. It might even cause a huge discussion about the future of RTS games All in all, the situation is not optimistic. Boss Pei, you still have to pay attention to Fantasy Battle Remake. You cannot let your guard down! Obviously, He An thought that Pei Qian was showing off. He broke through his defenses on the spot and replied to a few messages. Pei Qian did not interrupt. Whats more, the more he watched, the more speechless he became. What did he mean by snatching the RTS game and the plot to be the fusion of a AAA game masterpiece? What did he mean by a genius attempt? Didnt you teach me all of this?! The game hasnt even made money, and youre already pushing the blame of making money to me? How ridiculous! Pei Qian felt a glimmer of hope when he saw how highly He An regarded Fantasy Battle Remake even though he was a little angry. As the saying went, there was always a way out. It was all thanks to He Ans physique that Pei Qian had thought of putting Mission and Choice together with Fantasy Battle Remake. Now, it was time for the Fantasy Battle Remake to take effect! Pei Qian replied, Sigh, I hope that Fantasy Battle Remake will be able to make it. He An : Young people were just too arrogant. In the afternoon Qiao Liang had just returned home from the cinema when he turned on his computer impatiently. What a great day! At dawn, he played Mission and Choice through the night. He slept until the afternoon and watched the movie Mission and Choice. When he returned, he could play Fantasy Battle Remake. That was three times the happiness! As a veteran gamer, there was nothing more exciting than two premium games being released on the same day. Whats more, Mission and Choice had even sent a brilliant movie. It had to be said that watching the plot on the big screen in the cinema was very different from watching the plot on the monitor at home. The visual and auditory experience was overwhelming. Qiao Liang had long known about the plot. There was nothing much to say. However, what surprised him the most was that the movie version of the plot had deleted all the content of the game, but it did not make people feel that it was cut or jumpy. On the other hand, the game had inserted so many battle parts in the plot. It would not make people feel bloated. It was obviously a few hours away, but both the game and the movie gave people a good experience. That was amazing. This game had once again aroused Qiao Liangs desire to express himself. There was content for a new episode of Products of the Gods! However, Qiao Liang still decided to work on this video after he had completed Fantasy Battle Remake. That was because Qiao Liang felt that these two outstanding RTS games could be compared. If nothing went wrong, these two games should have reached the pinnacle of RTS. However, they were pursuing different directions. Fantasy Battle Remake should be the peak of traditional RTS games. It inherited the classic RTS gameplay. At the same time, it reached the current technical level of the graphics, sound effects, and plot. On the other hand, Mission and Choice was a new direction for RTS games in an era where RTS games were gradually declining. Its hard power also crushed most of the works in the same period. One was a Western fantasy classic, one was an Eastern sci-fi; one was a traditional RTS, one was an innovative RTS; one was a foreign masterpiece, and the other was a domestically-produced masterpiece Qiao Liang could not wait any longer. Chapter 983 - The Confusing Version Of The Fantasy Battle Remake Buy, pay, download. There were two prices for the Fantasy Battle Remake. The normal version was 168 yuan while the luxurious version was 258 yuan. A veteran gamer like Qiao Liang, naturally had to purchase a luxurious version. Qiao Liang felt a little pained, but he felt that the money was worth it. True hardcore gamers could tolerate the expensive game as long as it was worth the price. After opening the download, Qiao Liang looked at the games capacity and download time. 30+Gigabytes, much smaller than Mission and Choice? Er, but Mission and Choice forcefully stuffed a blue ray film inside. It might take up more space. What Qiao Liang did not know was that the initial installation bag of Mission and Choice did not contain all the blu ray movie, just the initial few parts. If Qiao Liang checked the volume of Mission and Choices folder now, he would realize that the game had actually exceeded 100 Gigabytes. On the other hand, Fantasy Battle Remakes 30+ Gigabytes included the original client content. Actually, he could already sense some signs in advance from these details. However, the image of Fantasy Battle Remake in Qiao Liangs mind was too beautiful. Thus, he naturally ignored these small problems. He still had to wait even though the internet speed was very fast. Qiao Liang opened Mission and Choice once again. He waited for the download of Fantasy Battle Remake to be completed as he played. Qiao Liang realized that the other gameplay had been released after entering Mission and Choice once again. When players first started playing Mission and Choice, there would not be a title scene. Once they entered, it would be the game plot. If they exited the game in the middle, they would continue the plot from the save point the next time they entered. It was not until the first time he cleared the entire plot and entered it again that the title picture would appear. There were several different options in the title image. They were [Story Mode], [Eternal War], [Internet Battle], [Creation Mode], [Choice] and [Exit Game]. The story mode was to experience the plot again. However, this time, he could skip to a specific stage. The Eternal War was obviously a gameplay similar to the Endless Mode. In this gameplay, they would still fight against the Zergs controlled by AI, but the difficulty would gradually increase. The online battle allowed players to fight against players and AIs. They could freely choose the number of players, the size of the map, and the difficulty of AI. The degree of freedom was very high. Considering that there was no balance between humans and Zergs in Mission and Choice, this online battle mode could only be considered a relatively relaxed entertainment model. What attracted Qiao Liang the most was obviously the [Creation Mode]. Previously, Fantasy Battle had released an editor with the game, producing a large number of classic RPG maps. Gods Rising was also born from it. On the other hand, the Creation Mode of Mission and Choice was equivalent to the official version of the game editor. It simplified the usage of the editor and added many modular operating methods. Ordinary players would be able to create their own map after a little exploration. Of course, if he wanted to create more complicated content, he still had to learn and research. On the other hand, there was a pop-up notification when he entered the creation mode for the first time. The general idea was that Tengda Games would own the basic content copyrights such as art materials in the creation mode. On the other hand, players would own the games original content copyrights such as the map mechanism and gameplay. If players discovered that the map they created had been infringed on, they could contact Tengda to maintain their rights. Tengda would help to deal with these infringements and protect the players legal rights. Qiao Liang could not help but feel emotional when he saw this. Tengda was still so kind! If players used the original gameplay content of the game editor, the copyright would definitely belong to the players themselves. There was no doubt about that. However, Tengda could add an extra sentence that if the authors right was infringed, they could help defend his rights. This is still very heartwarming and reflects a kind of care for the players. Qiao Liang took a quick look at all of these modes and did not delve deeper into them. After all, these modes were not much different from the battle content of the story mode and Qiao Liangs mind was filled with Fantasy Battle Remake. It would not be too late to slowly experience these modes when there was time later. Of course, Qiao Liang was most optimistic about the creation model of Mission and Choice. After some time, many interesting RPG maps would probably appear. However, Fantasy Battle Remake would definitely redo the game editor this time. It would be hard to say which one player would choose in the end. Qiao Liang took a spin in Mission and Choice and briefly experienced the other gameplay. Then, he could not wait to leave. That was because he realized that he had already downloaded the game. Alright, alright. Get your emotions in order. Dont think about Mission and Choice when youre seriously playing Fantasy Battle Remake. It makes me look like a scumbag. As a core player, Qiao Liang was very sincere when playing such games. When he clicked on the game icon, Qiao Liang felt his hands trembling slightly. He even felt like he was reuniting with a goddess he had not seen for many years. However, Qiao Liang was stunned when he saw the game. This image Ugh Qiao Liang was speechless. It was indeed a remake version. The quality of the entire drawing was much better than the original game. However, it did not make Qiao Liangs eyes light up. Instead, it made him feel disappointed. That was because this title page only slightly updated the original art resources. One could see the difference in the details, but the entire layout was still the same! If this UI layout had been set ten years ago, it would have been quite advanced. However, after so many years of development, the overall UI layout had become better and better. Compared to the game graphics of this era, this UI layout was a little too outdated. Perhaps they want to restore the original taste as much as possible. Whats important is not the external packaging, but the actual content. Qiao Liang quickly found a reason to comfort himself. He clicked the [Battle Campaign] button and prepared to experience the games plot. Even though Fantasy Battle was an extremely competitive RTS game, only the top few players could understand its competitiveness. Qiao Liang was not a core player of RTS games. To him, the plot was the essence of the game. That was because according to the official news, the CG and model of this game had been remodeled. Qiao Liang thought that even if this CG could not reach the standard of Fantasy World, it had to be at the level of Starcraft, right? In any case, such top CGs could be enjoyed. In the dim sky, on the vast land, the reddish-brown surface was filled with weeds. The camera zoomed in, and a deep female voice began to recite the voice-over. The sound of war was still echoing in the wind, but the afterimages of the old days have quietly arrived Qiao Liangs expression quickly changed from anticipation to confusion and confusion. Is that all? This precision are you sure its a remake? Qiao Liang even began to doubt his own eyes and memories. He no longer had any impression of the original version of Fantasy Battles CG. The feeling that this current CG gave him was that it did not seem to have changed much, just a little. It seemed like he had only improved the quality and resolution of the old CG? This CG did not have that kind of mosaic feeling. It looked very clear. However, the problem was that the details of the patterns in CG were a mess. The weeds on the ground looked unreal. Even the shape of the soldier inside did not change! It was very modern. That shouldnt be the case. I know that CG is expensive, but can they at least make it better? Alright, they might have spent the money on the more important CGs at the back. After all, the plot of this game is too long and there are too many CGs. It might not be able to handle all of them. Its understandable to redo them in batches. Qiao Liang could only comfort himself in this way. He clearly remembered that the last part of the plot of Fantasy Battle was especially exciting. The direct confrontation between the two popular characters only needed the CG to be redone. It would not be a big deal if the trashy plot CG that these small fries were fighting previously was not redone. After the CG, the Battle Campaign Log began. Qiao Liang frowned again. This interface is really remade? I cant tell the difference! No, the progress bar seems to be even worse than before. Why isnt the word loading in the progress bar in the middle yet? A little to the left? Is he trying to drive OCD to death? Even interns cant make such a mistake when they do PowerPoint, right? Somethings not right. Is this the official version? Are you sure its not a semi-finished product? Qiao Liang had already sunk into deep self-doubt before he even saw the official game graphics. Was there something wrong with the purchase button? Finally, after some time, he entered the game. However, after seeing the real game, Qiao Liangs psychological defense collapsed completely. Deceit, this is definitely fraud! This is the same f*cking game as the trailer?! The official game graphics had indeed changed a little compared to the original version, but it was still the same as CG and the title graphics. The quality of the graphics had indeed improved, but the art resources did not seem to have changed at all! The actual game graphics in particular stunned Qiao Liang. That was because the official platform had released a trailer when they were preheating Fantasy Battle Remake. It was a classic battle plot in Fantasy Battle Remake. In that trailer, all the characters modeling and setting details were so detailed that they were on the level of Fantasy Worlds online game. In fact, one could even see the hair of the characters, the pores on their faces, and the shape of their mouths matched the lines perfectly. There was still a clear gap between the current plot and the AAA games. Nonetheless, it could already be regarded as a hero as an RTS game. However, Qiao Liang now realized that there was nothing from the trailer! If the original game graphics was 1, and the game graphics in the trailer was 10, then the current game graphics was at most 2. It did not seem wrong to say that this was a remake. The quality of the graphics had improved, but it was completely different from what gamers had imagined! Chapter 984 - Qiao Liang’s Inspiration! Late at night, Qiao Liang sat in front of his computer, looking at the list of producers of Fantasy Battle Remake on his screen. He suddenly felt like smoking. Of course, he did not smoke. He only felt that lighting a cigarette and thinking about life in the midst of the smoke suited his current mood. Qiao Liangs mind went blank after he worked so hard to get through the story mode of Fantasy Battle Remake and watched all the CG scenes. There were only countless question marks left. Am I wrong about this game? Is this really the Fantasy Battle Remake? Is it really not some roadside store selling dog meat to scam others? Even the DEMO that players make themselves is better than this! Qiao Liang was deeply confused. It shouldnt be at this level! It was beyond comprehension! He pinched his nose and played the game from beginning to end. Qiao Liang found at least three or four points that he could not accept. First of all, the sales of the products did not match the previous publicity. Previously, even though the producers had not made any promises, they had hinted many times that all the battle scenes would be remade, including the art resources in the game and real-time calculations. They even said that there would be some minor adjustments in the plot to adapt to the changes in the worldview of Fantasy World. However, after the products were released, the changes to these promises were not completed! Most of the animations in the game were not remade. They only increased the resolution and the lighting effects. Even though they looked much better than the old animations, they still looked like they were from two different eras compared to the current games. The only real replicas were the most classic and most popular animations. However, what Qiao Liang could not accept was that the animation that he had been longing for and had been looking forward to for a long time had been ruined! At first, Qiao Liang had a pretty good feeling when he saw the animation. After all, Qiao Liangs eyes had become very resistant to images after watching the previous animations that were all over the place. He realized that the last animation was obviously different from the original. Whats more, the details were much better. This animation looked like it was done using real time rendering. Even though the movements were smooth and the storyboard was not bad, the details were obviously much worse. At first, Qiao Liang thought that it would be a little perfunctory to use real-time calculations to make the final and important CG. However, it was not bad and he could barely accept it. However, halfway through, he realized that something was wrong. This was not real time rendering at all. It was real CG! This was very frustrating! It could be said that the producers were capable but had no attitude if they used real time rendering to produce such an effect. However, now that a serious CG had produced the immediate effect of real time rendering, did it mean that they had neither the ability nor the attitude? It would have been fine if it were other manufacturers. However, the key reason why the series of games, Fantasy Battle, was so famous was that their CG was very exquisite. It could even be said to have surpassed the times. Wasnt it a joke for such a manufacturer to make such a CG? Whats more, the games optimization was very bad. There were all sorts of inexplicable small problems. Even though it was not impossible to play it, it was a fatal blow to players mentality. Fantasy Battle Remake did not change the game engine like many players had expected. Instead, it was patched based on the original engine. There were even occasional lags when playing with high-end computers. Other things like the black screen when loading the Battle Campaign map, the inexplicable retreat to the checkpoint selection interface after loading, and so on were extremely frustrating. What was even more ridiculous was that the Chinese subtitles of the game would have a bug with words. It would completely destroy the gaming experience in a very ridiculous way. All in all, Qiao Liangs hopes were completely dashed. Fantasy Battle Remake was a pile of sh*t, a complete piece of sh*t. There were no redeeming points at all! Qiao Liang was in a good mood today. He had just finished watching Mission and Choice and had happily opened Fantasy Battle Remake to continue having fun. He was like a person who had just finished a huge meal but was not full yet and wanted to have some dessert. If he was not careful, he might end up eating a huge mouthful of shit! This disgusting feeling caused severe mental damage. It would last for a long time. Qiao Liang opened the fan groups and forums, wanting to see the others reactions. Previously, Qiao Liang had deliberately not paid attention to the information about Mission and Choice and Fantasy Battle Remake. He was mainly afraid that the spoiler would spoil his first impression of the game. Now that he had played the game, he did not have to worry about spoilers. Indeed, the gamers online were cursing like crazy! This morning, everyones discussion was focused on Mission and Choice. The local players were all elated. That was because this was an unexpected surprise. Even though many people had guessed that Tengda would produce a game called Mission and Choice, they had not expected it to be so fast and to be of such high quality! On the other hand, many players were the same as Qiao Liang with the release of Mission and Choice. They had unlimited expectations for the upcoming Fantasy Battle Remake. Many RTS players felt that they would obtain double the joy today. In the end, they were knocked out by Fantasy Battle Remake. The local gamers were cursing. Angry gamers were looking for ways to refund the game, shouting that they had been scammed. The gamers complaints were similar to what Qiao Liang had seen. It was just that the actual quality of the remodeled version was too different from the promotional video. All sorts of small bugs that were as numerous as hairs had severely affected the game experience. The foreign netizens were even more intense than the domestic netizens. Some netizens had moved their reviews from foreign games websites. After only a few hours of sales, the rating for Fantasy Battle Remake was already plummeting. The full 10 points had already dropped to 2.7 points, and it seemed to be falling continuously! The official platform gave a response after they faced with foreign players doubts. According to the feedback given to us by the players community, everyone wants us to maintain the original taste of the game and not be broken at all. Therefore, we have decided to retract the original plan of redoing the live animation and corresponding animation movements to retain the spirit of Fantasy Battle, and let players relive that unforgettable moment. This official response obviously intensified the conflict. The gamers were already filled with anger. They had spent three AAA games worth of money to buy such a pile of rubbish. Yet, the official platform was blaming them? What do you mean by everyone wants to remain the same? Who were in the everyone you referring to? What the hell was letting players relive that unforgettable moment? If they wanted to relive it, they could just play the original version. It was obvious that the game did not have enough time, budget, and sincerity. Yet, they found such a refreshing reason. Did they really think that the players were retarded? To gamers, this was a commercial fraud. Of course, they could not tolerate it! Many players pushed the blame to the outsourcing company that the official platform found. They felt that it was entirely the outsourcing companys fault that the game looked like this. However, very quickly, players realized that the outsourcing company was only responsible for a portion of the game model, and this portion of the model was already the relatively outstanding part of the entire game Just as Qiao Liang thought that this was the end, he saw an even more shocking post. Some foreign media noticed that compared to the original version, the final user agreement of the remake version of Fantasy Battle had been modified. The customized map created by players using the map editor belonged to the development company. The players custom-made map was also the property of the development company. Not only did it include various art elements in the map, but it also included the gameplay of the map and everything else! This news was like adding oil to the fire, making the players even angrier! Everyone knew that the reason why Fantasy Battle had maintained a good vitality was partly because the E-Sports competition was still doing well. On the other hand, it was because there was a large amount of community homemade content. The various RPG maps that players created could be said to have lasted for a long time. However, once this agreement was changed, players would not be able to retain ownership of the map that they designed. If the map became popular, players would not be able to retain their research and development results and could only hand it over. In fact, similar agreements had been made two years ago when Starcraft was released. However, because there were not many outstanding works in Starcrafts map editor, this agreement did not cause much of a stir at that time. On the other hand, the news of the revision of the users clauses in the Fantasy War Version at this critical juncture was simply sending ammunition to the critics! Many gamers had already gone to various games websites to farm low ratings for the Fantasy Battle Remake. Many gamers had even called for the websites lowest rating game to be increased by 10 points, so that the last place would be the lowest in the entire game! All in all, Fantasy Battle Remake had been highly anticipated and pre-ordered before it was released. However, after it was released, it immediately experienced a slide in its reputation. Its ratings plummeted, and there was a lot of criticism. Players who pre-ordered it were refunding it, and those who did not buy it would naturally not take the initiative to eat this sh*t. They did not expect that this once masterpiece would fail to maintain its integrity. Its reputation and sales volume exploded! After surfing the internet, Qiao Liang could not help but feel emotional. Who would have thought that Fantasy Battle Remake would end up like this? If I told others ten days ago that Fantasy Battle Remake would be like this, everyone would think that Im crazy. Especially when compared to Mission and Choice, the difference is even greater! The original humiliation of the domestic games industry was made into a real 3A masterpiece, while the original classic game was made into a pile of sh*t This is too interesting! We have the content of the new episode! Qiao Liang suddenly realized that even though Fantasy Battle Remake was lousy and fed him a huge mouthful of sh*t, it also provided him with perfect material! If Mission and Choice was going to become a masterpiece. It was not enough to rely on itself but also on his peers. What could be more exciting than stepping on the former masterpiece, Fantasy Battle to ascend to the altar? Qiao Liang suddenly felt inspired and immediately began writing a new video proposal! Chapter 985 - Start A Sales Division! April 15th, Sunday 8 AM. Pei Qian looked at the computer screen blankly, his right hand stiffly rolling the mouse wheel and clicking the mouse as he browsed the web page. He did not sleep well last night because the news about Mission and Choice and the Fantasy Battle Remake was all over the internet, giving him a very heavy blow. Pei Qian tossed and turned in bed for the entire night. He heard the terrifying comments online the moment he closed his eyes. Mission and Choice beat Fantasy Battle Remake! Life is full of ups and downs! The humiliation of the domestic games has become its light. We have to buy it all! Ill refund Battle of Fantasy to buy Mission and Choice! Pei Qian could not accept the fact that he had not slept well the entire night. How did such a trashy game be created? That doesnt make sense at all! Others could not figure out why Fantasy Battle Remake was so trashy, what more Pei Qian! However, such a ridiculous thing had happened. Who should he reason with? Ding. His cell phone which was on the table rang. Pei Qian picked it up and saw that it was a message from He An. The old man was more well-nourished. He always slept early and woke up early. Obviously, he had just found out about the news of Fantasy Battle Remake. He An looked very excited as he sent several voice messages. Wow, Boss Pei, could it be that you had foresaw that the Fantasy Battle Remake would be so lousy? Otherwise, why would you dare to sell Mission and Choice and Fantasy Battle Remake on the same day? Yes, actually, now that I think about it, there are some signs of the failure of Fantasy Battle Remake. I could tell from some clues earlier. For example, the few games that were released in recent years have been deteriorating and have gradually lost the reputation of products must be top-quality. When dealing with players feedback problems, they appear very arrogant and always teaching players how to play games Whats more, Fantasy Battle Remake always covered up the information before it was released. There was also some negative news. Its just that everyone trusts this game too much. Thats why they neglected this small negative information. They wishfully thought that this game would continue to be a classic Could it be that Boss Pei, just based on this information, you can tell that Fantasy Battle Remake is likely to fail and that it would be a crushing defeat? Is that why you brought forward the release date of Mission and Choice to this day? Wait, the timing is so coincidental. Dont tell me youve already thought about it from the beginning when you decided on the game genre and theme? Even though the news of the release of Fantasy Battle Remake was only announced last month, all sorts of rumors had already spread. Could it be that youve estimated the rough time the game would be released and confirmed the development time for Mission and Choice He An was old and he takes a long time to type but he still sent voice messages very quickly. One message after another quickly filled the screen. From his tone, one could tell that he was very excited. A domestically-produced game had actually defeated Fantasy Battle Remake head-on. Whats more, it had crushed it in all aspects. This was something to hold their heads high for domestic gamers! This was unimaginable in their era! Of course, the main reason why it could be crushed head-on was mainly because Fantasy Battle Remake did too poorly. It could be said to be trash among trash, but no matter what, it would be crushed. Whats more, the quality of Mission and Choice was very good! He An had originally thought that Mission and Choice would definitely be done for if they were to clash with Fantasy Battle Remake. However, he now realized that the other party was done for. All of its popularity had been sucked away by Mission and Choice! He An suddenly felt that everything was within Boss Peis plan thinking back to Boss Peis confident and secretive manner. Pei Qians expression became even more blank as he listened to He Ans voice message. What are you talking about! Are you senile? I was the one who asked you about the genre and theme. You decided it yourself! How did it become what I planned? I can take the blame for the success of the game but the choice of genre and theme had nothing to do with me! Pei Qian immediately replied: How is that possible? Arent you the one who set the game genre, theme, story background, and even some design details? He An quickly replied, Boss Pei, dont be so humble. Im recalling the scene back then. You must have used a special psychological suggestion method, right? You asked me what the coolest game genre is now. At the same time, Tengda has not developed RTS games before. Therefore, I subconsciously directed my thoughts to RTS! The content after that is about the same. Boss Pei, you have already thought about the details of the games design. However, you insisted on saying a plan that looked relatively easy and deliberately lured me to talk about a more difficult plan. In fact, you have already planned the most difficult plan! Therefore, on the surface, it looks like I have confirmed the framework and many details of Mission and Choice, but in fact, I only confirmed these details with your guidance and psychological hints. Otherwise, how could they create such a successful game by gathering all the failed elements? That doesnt make sense! He An sounded very confident, as if he had seen through Pei Qians despicable intentions. However, Pei Qians mouth was slightly agape. There was no way he could explain himself. What the f*ck He Ans continuous analysis stunned Pei Qian. He could not think of anything to refute. Obviously, He An had adjusted Pei Qians level to an unlimited height. It was useless no matter how Pei Qian explained. He An continued, I might have been made a joke by you again, but Im still very happy! I didnt think that you would really be able to turn something rotten into something magical. You gathered all the elements that were bound to fail and turned the situation around! Im genuinely happy that a genius like you has appeared in domestically-produced games! Ill stop talking. Ive already bought tickets. Today, Ill invite my old friends to watch Mission and Choice for the second time! Pei Qian: It was hopeless. Mission and Choice became popular with the game. Gamers wanted to watch the plot of the movie again. Those who had watched the movie wanted to play the game The gamers received double the joy and only left Boss Pei with double the pain. Pei Qian stood up and walked around the living room twice. I cant let this continue. I have to think of a way to remedy this. From the looks of the current situation, the game and movie are probably going to become popular. The box office earnings of the movie will only arrive after some time. However, the income from the game will soon arrive The money that I spent previously will soon be recovered. I have to think of a way to spend it! However, it seems a little too late to start a new industry. There are still more than three months to settlement. Opening a new industry would easily trigger more chain reactions and induce a greater crisis We can consider forming a gaming department with Shenhua Corporation. We should be able to spend some money. Is there any other way What department does Tengda lack now? Pei Qian looked around again and his eyes lit up. Yes, sales department! Tengda has no sales department yet! Pei Qian suddenly found a blind spot. He had always looked down on the sales department because a company like Tengda did not intend to sell any products. It was too late to hide them. What was the use of the sales department? However, Pei Qian suddenly realized that he might not necessarily have to promote sales even though there is a sales department! He was using the sales departments name to spend the sales departments funds, but he was actually doing the job of dissuading customers. How good was that! Im a bloody genius! Pei Qian suddenly felt less miserable because he suddenly thought of a very good way to spend money! Chapter 986 - The Correct Posture To Trick Lin Wan April 16th, Monday Finally done! Qiao Liang rubbed his dark circles and stretched. The computer screen in front of him displayed the words that the new Products of the Gods had been successfully uploaded and approved. That made him feel relieved. Qiao Liang was suddenly filled with inspiration after completing Mission and Choice on Saturday. He spent a day working hard on Sunday to edit the video. He woke up and worked hard for a few hours in the morning after sleeping for four to five hours. The video was finally completed in the afternoon! Qiao Liang was very satisfied with this video. Qiao Liang had suffered some setbacks and almost had a hard time producing the video when he was analyzing Struggle previously. In the end, it was Big Boss He Ans long Weibo post that analyzed the game from the perspective of a designer. Qiao Liang finally understood. Qiao Liang learned his lesson after that. He gradually realized that Boss Peis level was getting higher and higher and the concept of game design was improving by leaps and bounds. As a gamer, his understanding of the game was gradually distancing from Boss Peis. The gap was gradually widening. At this rate, there would be a day when Boss Pei would create a classic game that would go down in history, but Teacher Qiao would not be able to interpret it. Qiao Liang would not allow that to happen! Thus, in order to catch up to Boss Peis ever-changing understanding of games, Qiao Liang spent a lot of time learning some professional gaming design knowledge. He watched various game media outlets and professional game designers analyze and evaluate classic games. His efforts had finally paid off. Qiao Liang noticed that even though many gamers were bragging about Mission and Choice online, most of them did not hit the nail on the head. Mission and Choice might be popular, but it was not popular enough. It had not completely broken out of the circle! Time was a very important factor. Mission and Choice did not have any early publicity after all. It would naturally spread just based on its popularity. In just two or three days, its popularity would be limited. Thus, Qiao Liang felt that he should systematically, completely and comprehensively boast about this video so that gamers would understand the historical significance of this game! Only when gamers understood this point would they be able to face the true value of the game. Those who were still hesitating and observing would not hesitate to pay for it! At that moment Pei Qian had just arrived at Shang Yang Games. He was prepared to bluff Lin Wan so that he could quickly put the establishment of Shenhuas games department on the agenda. There were at least two benefits to establishing this department for Pei Qian. First, he could arrange for Lin Wan to leave. Second, he could be more lenient in spending money. Shenhuas gaming department had just been established, so the chances of failure would definitely be higher. Whats more, the restrictions that the system placed on Tengda Corporations own projects and the projects that Tengda Corporation was investing in were different. For example, the games developed by Tengda Games would be restricted by the system. On the other hand, there would be much fewer restrictions on the games developed in the incubation base of the Destitution Plan. There would be even fewer restrictions on other companies that invested in Dream Realization Ventures. At that moment, Shang Yang Games office was filled with a busy and passionate atmosphere. There seems to be a little bug in this place. Hurry up and repair it. The character of this mature sister character still feels a little stiff. Should I change it slightly? There seems to be something. Perhaps its mainly because of the dubbing. Let the dubbers redo the lines. Shang Yang Games research and development of Fitness Battle was also coming to an end. They had begun testing, modifying the bugs, and the final adjustment phase. The success of Mission and Choice undoubtedly gave Shang Yang Games a boost of motivation. They were all filled with motivation. Tengda Corporation only had two biological sons in the gaming department after all. One son was about to take off, how could the other son be willing to be behind others? Pei Qian saw this and felt pain in his heart. How did Shang Yang Games become like this?! Obviously, as the person-in-charge of Shang Yang Games, Lin Wan had the highest responsibility. At that thought, Pei Qian walked to Lin Wans office and knocked lightly. Boss Pei? Lin Wan was a little surprised. Please take a seat. She poured some tea and asked, Why is Boss Pei here today? Shouldnt you be watching Mission and Choice at Tengda Games? Or could it be that you feel that the matter with Mission and Choice is completely settled and that there are no more problems, so you want to come and see how the fitness battle is going? Pei Qian sipped his tea silently, chuckling inwardly. Lin Wan was completely wrong. Mission and Choice was not completely settled; it was completely hopeless. That was why it had come to Shang Yang Games! Whats more, Fitness Battle was not the main point. Pei Qian did not pay attention to this project at all. What ripples could a fitness game cause? Could it compare to a project like Mission and Choice? How much could he earn if he let him earn freely? Pei Qian was now focused on the future development of Shang Yang Games! He pondered for a moment and said, You have been in charge of Shang Yang Games for a long time. How do you feel? Lin Wan pondered for a moment. Very good! I feel that my ability has improved steadily while I was in charge of Shang Yang Games. I have also learnt many game design theories. I can say that I have benefited a lot! However Im still lacking. I cant catch up to games like Struggle and Mission and Choice no matter how hard I try. Therefore, I have to continue learning! Pei Qian was silent. Indeed, Lin Wans attitude remained the same. However, if you think that way, it would be too difficult for me! Struggle and Mission and Choice actually did not have any profound game design theories at all. Their birth was an accident. In fact, your game design theory has long surpassed mine. I beg you to leave quickly and make me lose money! However, Pei Qian could not say that out loud. Pei Qian could not say youre outstanding enough to Lin Wan now. That was because Lin Wan firmly believed that she was still far from it. If Pei Qian said something like that, it would trigger the protection mechanism in Lin Wans heart. That would make her suspect if Lin Chang was the one pulling the strings. That would cause the situation to spiral out of control. Pei Qian had to send Lin Wan away safely without triggering the protection mechanism in her heart. He had already thought of an excuse very cleverly. Based on his understanding of Lin Wan, the success rate of this excuse was very high. Yes, indeed. Your game design skills might have improved, but youre still a distance away from becoming the best game designer. Pei Qian first expressed his agreement with Lin Wan on the surface. That way, he would be able to eliminate her wariness and pave the way for what he would say next. Lin Wans eyes lit up as she asked, Boss Pei, what should I do next to improve myself? After a moment of silence, Pei Qian said, I think you should leave your comfort zone. Lin Wan was stunned. Leave my comfort zone? Pei Qian nodded. Yes, Shang Yang Games is your comfort zone. There are three necessary aspects to become a top game designer. First, bold and imaginative thinking and foresight. Second, lead the teams management and control. Third, adaptability to unfamiliar environments. Thoughts and foresight are relatively mysterious things. You have already taken shape. If you want to improve further, you can only rely on yourself to enlighten. No one can teach you step by step. The key is the last two points. An outstanding game designer is never one to fight alone. You must have a very strong team supporting you from behind. You must ensure that every employee in the team can understand your intentions and act as an extension of your thoughts, turning these intentions into fine rules in the game. For an outstanding game designer, the environment they are in is definitely not the same. They cannot be considered an outstanding game designer if they are very good in one environment but achieve nothing in another. Pei Qians expression was very serious as he spoke. It gave people the feeling that he had seen through everything. In fact, this was all nonsense. It was to pave the way for his next words. However, it sounded reasonable to say that it was nonsense. That would be enough to confuse Lin Wan. Lin Wan looked like she was deep in thought, but her expression was mixed with confusion. However, Boss Pei, I have a good team in Shang Yang Games. Wang Xiaobin and Ye Zhizhou have helped me a lot. We have the same idea. As for adapting to unfamiliar environments Shang Yang Games has developed different types of games. Isnt that enough to prove that we can adapt to unfamiliar market environments? Pei Qian immediately shook his head. No. This is what I meant before: You have to walk out of your comfort zone! Why is Shang Yang Games your comfort zone? Thats because Wang Xiaobin, Ye Zhizhou, and the other low-level employees had actually worked together for a long time before you arrived. After I bought over Shang Yang Games, I made a series of adjustments to the human resources structure. The entire structure of Shang Yang Games was already set. You accepted a very mature team from the beginning. Of course, you followed orders and did everything very smoothly. However, an outstanding production team obviously needs to be personally created by an outstanding producer. Its the same for adapting to unfamiliar environments. Your adaptability has actually been greatly improved in Shang Yang Games, a mature team. The general direction of the game has been decided long ago. The details can be finalized after everyones discussion. When the game was released, it was automatically equipped with the Tengda Halo. Players had their own filter in their eyes That greatly improved their adaptability. However, in reality, this adaptability does not belong to you. It belongs to the entire Shang Yang Games and even Tengda Corporation. If you are only satisfied with your current state at this moment, of course you can continue like this. However, the problem is, are you really only satisfied with this? Lin Wan immediately said, Of course not! Chapter 987 - No King Rules Forever” Pei Qians mouth could not help but turn upwards into a smile. Alright, the plan was a huge success! He knew very well that Lin Wan was a very headstrong person. Her greatest wish was to prove herself. However, at the same time, Lin Wan liked to give the credit to others. The combination of these two personalities made Lin Wan determined to stay in Tengda. She could not be chased away even if he wanted to because she really felt that she could learn more if she stayed. Thus, Pei Qian took advantage of Lin Wans personality traits to change her thinking. Lin Wan was confused. But Boss Pei, what should I do exactly? How should I walk out of my comfort zone? Pei Qian remained silent for a moment and said, Its very simple. Leave Shang Yang Games. I have a job that is more suitable for you and can improve your ability. Leaving Shang Yang Games would mean leaving your comfort zone. You would be able to obtain more challenges. On the other hand, Ye Zhizhou and Wang Xiaobin would be able to officially take over your job and improve themselves. Their positions have not changed for a long time. This is also disadvantageous for their career development. We plan to collaborate with Shenhua Corporation on a strategic partnership to establish a new gaming department. You will be the person-in-charge of this department. You will be in charge of all the development tasks in this department. Whats more, your work is not limited to that. You will be in charge of the staff selection, daily management, development direction, and so on. Only by personally creating a powerful team can you truly obtain the management and control of this team. There would not be a situation where you would collapse after changing teams. Once you leave the comfort zone of Shang Yang Games, you will be able to face the real challenge and improve your abilities! Lin Wan fell silent. Obviously, when she heard about Shenhuas games department, she still felt a little repulsed. However, Boss Peis words made so much sense! On one hand, Tengdas employees were being transferred and promoted frequently. Lin Wan had been the person-in-charge of Shang Yang Games for too long. This was not a problem for other companies. However, it had indeed limited Wang Xiaobin and Ye Zhizhous development and improvement in Tengda. This made Lin Wan feel a little bad. On the other hand, if what Boss Pei said was true, Lin Wan should have walked out of her comfort zone and changed her environment to accept new challenges. If she were to get the Dream Fund and start a business, Lin Wan might not hesitate to agree. However, being the person-in-charge of Shenhuas games department felt like something was amiss. Pei Qian saw through her concerns and continued, Theres no need to hold a grudge against Shenhua Corporation. Dont worry. This companys name might be Shenhua games department. However, its actually jointly funded by Shenhua Corporation and Tengda. You take 40% of the shares, and Shenhua Corporation and Tengda take 30% each. Shenhua Corporation will not take this small amount of money to heart. You dont have to worry about being controlled. You will have absolute say. You can treat this as a form of training. Tengda will still keep your staff number. If youre not satisfied with the situation there in the future, you can come back anytime. The last few sentences were purely a bluff. So what if he kept his work number and came back? At that time, Wang Xiaobin or Ye Zhizhou would take over Shang Yang Games. Would Lin Wan have the cheek to take over and interfere with their projects? Lin Wan would definitely not do something like that. Whats more, given Lin Wans character, she would probably persevere no matter whether the project succeeded or failed. Indeed, Pei Qians final words had more or less dispelled Lin Wans worries. She pondered for a long time and finally made up her mind. Alright, I can give it a try. I hope I can really break through my bottleneck! Pei Qian smiled and nodded. No problem, I trust you! Alright, a great success! Pei Qian could not help but to feel a little inflated. The value of Old Lins family was immeasurable but they could not do anything to Lin Wan. However, didnt I arrange everything for Lin Wan once I made a move? I am indeed a genius! Pei Qian stood up. In that case, arrange for the handover of work for now. Ill let you know if theres any new news. Pei Qian began to think about the sales team on the way back after making arrangements for Lin Wan. However, he had no idea how to handle this matter. He had to think about it at length. It would not be easy to find someone who could accurately understand Pei Qians intentions and lead the entire sales team well. Ding. Suddenly, there was a notification sound from the cell phone. A notice banner popped up on the cell phone screen: The UP Master that you paid special attention to has been updated. Please dont miss it! Pei Qians expression changed. That was because he saw the title of the video. Fifth episode of Products of the Gods: Mission and Choice. No king rules forever! Teacher Qiao was indeed late but he did arrive! Pei Qian flipped through Qiao Liangs previous submission records and realized that the Products of the Gods series had already been released for five episodes. It was Tengda Games from the first to the third episode. The fourth episode was an overseas Triple-A masterpiece. The fifth episode had returned to Tengda Games! Pei Qian did not know whether to be angry or relieved. Before this, Pei Qian had thought that Qiao Liang had been trying to take advantage of him. He thought that Qiao Liang would be able to produce three consecutive episodes of Products of the Gods. He had never seen anyone achieve God status three times. In the end, Qiao Liang changed a sheep to symbolically pull it out and then turned back to pull Tengda out. Pei Qian had mixed feelings However, Pei Qian was rather calm about this video. Pei Qian would have been more flustered if he saw Qiao Liangs video of Products of the Gods previously. There was not much public opinion on the internet that was because before Qiao Liang released the videos of the previous games. There were at least many voices of doubt not mentioning the sales volume. On the other hand, Qiao Liangs Products of the Gods had instantly turned the games reputation around. It had made the games reputation and sales skyrocket! Thus, Pei Qian suffered deeply. However, Pei Qian was much calmer about Mission and Choice. That was because it was different from the previous few times. There was not much controversy about Mission and Choice this time! Perhaps it was because Fantasy Battle Remake was set off too well, but the comments on the internet were praising Mission and Choice very well. Everyone had already bragged so much. Even if Qiao Liang continued to brag about this video, he would only repeat what everyone had bragged about. Could the situation get worse? Whats more, Pei Qian began to doubt the content of the video after reading the title. The title was actually No King Rules Forever? Could it be that Teacher Qiao was so very disappointed in this game and thought that Tengdas success had not been sustained and that Tengdas reign had ended? Otherwise, why would he use the title Mission and Choice, No King Rules Forever? Pei Qian pressed the play button with that thought in mind. Greetings, dear daddies. Im the same old Godfather of Games that you are familiar with. You guys know me as Teacher Qiao. Ever since the previous episode of Trash Games Diss was broadcasted, I received a lot of baseless attacks and criticisms. Many people sent me private messages saying, Aiya, Teacher Qiao, your current video is an insanely lousy filler episode. The Trash Games from ten years ago has been overdone yet you are still taking it out to put a video together. How disappointing! I want to say that youre wrong about me! Who said I wanted to make a filler video? It was obviously to pave the way for the latest episode of Products of the Gods! Now, I believe all of you have understood my good intentions. Please follow me and compare the past and present lives of the two games. You can also see the changes in the fate of domestic games! Bringing us back to 1997. In that era, there were all sorts of outstanding video games. In the beginning, there was Command and Conquer, followed by Starcraft and Fantasy Battle. RTS games are the same as FPS games. They became the two most popular games during the period when computer functions fell behind. A game called Mission and Choice has also appeared in China. The overwhelming publicity convinced gamers who passionately support domestically-produced games that it would be our own Command and Conquest, Star Ocean and Battle of Fantasy. Everyone knows what happened after that. As a result, the domestic and foreign games market walked on two completely different paths. There were all sorts of outstanding Triple-A games overseas, and domestically-produced games could not recover after that. Bringing back the time till now. There were a lot of negative comments after the highly-anticipated Fantasy Battle Remake was released. Fantasy Battle Remake, which was once regarded as a classic game in the history of the game, was unable to maintain its integrity. The original version was a masterpiece with a score of 9.3 points. The remakes rating had already soared all the way to 0.7 points, and it now ranks first in reverse. It added up to exactly 10 points, which made people sigh. What no one expected was that Mission and Choice, the former disgrace of the domestic games, had been remade. This time, Mission and Choice is no longer a complete electronic rubbish. Instead, it is an outstanding piece of work that is comparable to all the classic games in the world. There was a flood of good reviews once it was released! We found that they have a magical connection in many aspects when comparing these two games. They cannot represent foreign games and domestically-produced games, but they can allow us to witness the changes in domestically-produced games over the years. There is a very famous line in Fantasy World: No King Rules Forever. The sad thing is that this sentence seemed to have turned out to be true. The respectable games factory that had once produced Starcraft and the Fantasy Battle would one day fall from its pedestal and personally smash its own top quality brand. We are also willing to believe that in the near future, Tengda Games will lead domestically-produced games to the top with Mission and Choice and replace them! Chapter 988 - Re-industrialized Film and Game! Teacher Qiaos opening statement stunned Pei Qian. Old Qiao, I didnt give you any money. Do you have to go against your conscience to praise me? Look at what youre saying in the video. Is that human language? No King Rules Forever? That was why the respected games manufacturers overseas would also fall off their pedestal, and Tengda Games would lead domestically-produced games to the top and replace them? What the f*ck? Pei Qian did not know what to say. Mission and Choice was just a game. What was the point of forcing it? Pei Qian felt like his lifeforce could not take the weight. However, on further thought, Qiao Liang had gone overboard with his bragging. Objectively speaking, he should have been despised right? While Mission and Choice spent a lot of money, Pei Qian still felt that it was not enough to make the game god-like after all. Whats more, many players had reverse psychology. The more they bragged, the more they would feel disgusted. Thus Teacher Qiaos video might backfire? He continued reading. Some viewers might say, Aiya, Old Qiao, youre exaggerating too much! This might be a good game, but its just too good in quality with an okay plot. Its not appropriate to give so much historical meaning to it. I can only say that if you think that way, youre thinking about it too simply! Perhaps many years later, when we look back on the history of domestically-produced standalone games, we will realize: When did we have the first sincere work that looks good? When did we start to have many small but beautiful independent games? When did we have a huge system that is comparable to foreign 3A games? When did our classic domestically-produced games gather together and have more and more memorable good games Actually, these are all extremely critical nodes to the development of domestic games. They are all huge changes in fate. Just like many years ago, when the original work of Mission and Choice was released, no one believed that this game would start the dark era of domestically-produced games that would last for years. Just like many years later, when the remake of Mission and Choice is released, no one would believe that it means the golden age of domestically-produced games. At these critical junctures, we stand at the crossroads of fate, seeing the wind, clouds, and rivers. We see the choices made by fate, but they are rather dull and ordinary in our memories. At that time, we thought that this was just an ordinary day. However, from this day onwards, the entire world might have quietly changed. Actually, before Mission and Choice, we had a few outstanding games like Repent and be Saved and Struggle. However, in my opinion, all the previous games could not be compared to Mission and Choice in the historical meaning of domestically-produced standalone games. Thats because Mission and Choice has surpassed history in three aspects! First of all, this game was originally called the shame of the domestic games industry. However, the remake completely washed away the shame and turned it back into the light of domestically-produced games. Its like an army that had once attacked a certain place but returned in defeat. The only way to wash away the humiliation is to regroup and attack this place again many years later. Then, they would plant their own flag at the place where they had been defeated! This is exactly what I said before. Mission and Choice is a remake of the previous shame of the domestic game. It has a strong symbolic meaning! Secondly, Mission and Choice is a heavy industry game that has a high completion rate. It opens up a new possibility for domestically-produced games! In the field of artistic creation, the word industry might seem a little strange. In fact, industry means professional division of labor. There are heavy industry movies in movies, and there are also heavy industry games in games. The so-called heavy industry movies and heavy industry games, in laymans terms, are Hollywood blockbusters and 3A blockbusters. Their characteristics are that they are highly professional, streamlined, have high production costs, and are targeted at the global market. They are products of high success in the entertainment industry! This is a necessary path for domestically-produced movies and domestically-produced games. At that point, Pei Qian felt light-headed. He knew these words, but he had no idea what they meant when they were connected Heavy industry movie? Heavy Industry games? Thats not right. I only arranged for more funds for this project when it was being developed. I havent changed its development method. Previously, Repent and be Saved and Struggle were doing well. Why was it that only Mission and Choice had a new possibility? Pei Qian scratched his head in confusion. However, he also wanted to know what tricks Qiao Liang could come up with. Thus, he continued watching. Why is heavy industrialization so important? Thats because this is relative to small-scale production. The so-called small-scale production means that the creation of artistic works does not have a system and development. Whether it is a movie or a game, its success or failure depends on the ability of the director and producer. This means that the creation of artistic works is extremely risky. If you make the right bet, everyone will be happy; if you make the wrong bet, you will lose everything. In other words, this small-scale factory production is extremely uncertain. There are many 3A games overseas that are annual product games. They can produce 3A games steadily under the same series of works. Whats more, the quality can basically be guaranteed. With a fixed group of players, the risks that developers take would be greatly reduced. On the other hand, domestic standalone game producers do not have any similar annual product games. They often rely on inspiration and ideas to take on extremely high risks. This heavy industrialization production model is to standardize the processes of various fields and nurture talents of various specializations. That way, the level of artistic works would not fluctuate too much according to the designers ideas. It would remain at a higher level. That way, the development of the entire industry would be healthy, orderly, and stable. Most of Tengdas previous works might look amazing, but they are all products of small workshops. They might look bright and beautiful, but in fact, these games are highly dependent on Boss Peis endless imagination! Be it Repent and be Saved or Struggle, while we are amazed by these games, dont forget that these classic games are extremely difficult to recreate. Other games companies would not be able to learn from them. However, Mission and Choice is different from other games. This game is not unconventional, but stable. As long as Boss Pei is willing, he can produce a second or third series in the future and continue the plot. As long as the quality is high, many players will still pay for it. In fact, this worldview can be expanded further. It would not be a problem to create a FPS game in the annual product series. This means that Boss Pei was already trying his best to eliminate the dependence of the game on his own inspiration when designing Mission and Choice. He was trying to get closer to the industrialization production model! Lastly, the innovation of the game Mission and Choice. We might be trying to recreate the creative model of industrialization but Boss Pei is still innovating in many ways. For example, there are many problems with instant strategy games in todays perspective as a relatively ancient game model: the requirements for operations are too high, and most people find it difficult to play; the competitive nature of the game leads to the lack of fun All of these severely constrain the development of the immediate strategy type of game. Even the manufacturers who made Starcraft and Fantasy Battle did not have a good solution when faced with this problem. Continuing the tradition could satisfy the core players demands but it was obvious that even in the hearts of these designers, they did not think that the game would become popular after it was remodeled. Therefore, they did not invest much at all. Instead, they used a perfunctory, deceiving, and leek cutting method. Mission and Choice is a question of how RTS games should be designed in the current context. Reduce the difficulty of the game so that ordinary players can play it easily. Weakening operations, increasing tactical playstyles, allowing players to use their brains more than their hands, and not lose interest; Use the best art style and exquisite plot to create a real world for all players. Use the plot to drive the players emotions. Let players resonate with the protagonist when they experience the game. Create a strong sense of immersion. Endless Mode, PvP Mode, Editor. These content enriches the gameplay and extends the games lifespan; The application of the latest artificial intelligence technology has opened a new door for RTS games! Of course, many viewers might not have played these contents yet, or they might not be interested in the games endless mode and game editor. However, no matter what, these have greatly increased the upper limit of this game, greatly increasing its playability! Therefore, Mission and Choice is definitely not just spending more money. More importantly, it can be said to be the first game in the country to be produced by heavy industrialization. It set a good example for all domestic game manufacturers! The example of Mission and Choice has proven that our countrys game industry is still far behind that of other countries, but at least we are on the right path! I hope that in the near future, more and more producers in our film and game industries will embark on the path of heavy industrialization. At that time, our cultural industry will truly stand at the peak! Chapter 989 - I Wish I Could Make Boss Pei A Monument! After watching Qiao Liangs video, Pei Qian fell into a long silence. He did not think that Qiao Liang made sense. Instead, he was shocked by his endless boasting! This Teacher Qiao seemed to always be able to come up with new tricks! Actually, Pei Qian did not think that the game Mission and Choice would have a huge twist like Repent and be Saved or Struggle. Mission and Choice might have subverted the traditional RTS gameplay but the subversion was still within the gamers understanding after all. It was not like Repent and be Saved and Struggle which caused huge controversy at the beginning of its release. Whats more, most of the hot topics in the early stages of Mission and Choice were focused on its plot. Thus, Pei Qian thought that this would be the end when he saw the comments of the players in the beginning. The plot, gameplay, and graphics had all been exaggerated. What else could he boast about? Teacher Qiao would at most repeat these aspects even if he produced a video, right? However, he had not expected Qiao Liang to find a new angle! This time, Qiao Liang emphasized two things. One was milestone and the other was production mode. The milestone meant that the former Mission and Choice was a weak symbol of domestically-produced games compared to Fantasy Battle. Now, Mission and Choice was a symbol of the rapid rise of domestically-produced games when compared to Fantasy Battle Remake! This was an important milestone for the development of domestic games. On the other hand, the production model referred to the games creation model, which had begun to shake off the unstable creation model of small workshops and relied on the creators inspiration. It was gradually moving towards the heavy industrialization creation model of various departments professional distributors and steadily producing high-quality works. The moment these two points were mentioned, the entire video became much more interesting! That was because this video was not analyzing the game Mission and Choice. Instead, it had jumped out of the limitation of ones thinking and reached the height of the entire domestic games industry. It was just like the fifteenth year of the calendar. It looked like an ordinary year, but historians saw signs of the dynastys rise and fall through the events of that year. That year would be recorded in history as a key node. Every detail would be studied repeatedly as an entry point! The more Pei Qian looked at it, the colder his heart became. This Teacher Qiao wants me to die! It seemed like he wanted to set up a monument for him from the way he was boasting? There would be a few words engraved on it: The eternal savior of domestically-produced games, Boss Pei? Stop messing around! If this monument was really erected, would he still be able to incur losses in games in the future? Wouldnt domestic players have to buy and sell like crazy then? Handsome and wise gamers, please dont listen to his nonsense! Pei Qian prayed inwardly. However, after flipping through the comments and bullet screen comments, his heart turned even colder. That makes so much sense! Theres actually something called industrializing movies and games! Actually, I had this vague feeling before. I felt that this game was different from Tengdas previous games, but I couldnt put my finger on it. After watching this video, I understood. Thats what I wanted to say! From the looks of it, the release of Mission and Choice is really something with great historical significance! Perhaps, when my grandson asks about it in the future, I can proudly say that the original Mission and Choice symbolizes the dark era of domestically-produced games, and the remake of Mission and Choice symbolizes the glorious era of domestically-produced games! Lets not talk about it anymore. We have to buy a game with such a significant sentimental value! Ill recommend it to my friends! Pei Qian: When he saw these comments, he wanted to cry but had no tears. He was burning with anxiety. He could consider taking the blame for other things, but he could not take the blame for the domestic game development milestone! Once he did, all future games would become popular under the spotlight. Would he still be able to make losses? One had to know that Tengda Games was the core business department of Tengda Corporation. It earned the most money. Even though it was almost impossible to lose money now, there was still a chance. If he really took the blame for the milestone, it would be impossible for him to incur losses in the future! What should he do? Pei Qians brain worked quickly as he thought of countermeasures. He scrolled through the comments below the video and finally found some voices of objection. Those who objected felt that Teacher Qiao was exaggerating. The game was a good game, but it would be ridiculous to say that it was a milestone for domestically-produced games and the beginning of a heavy industry game. One of the comments made Pei Qian feel like he could not wait to befriend him. I think Old Qiaos video today is a little far-fetched! According to what I know, most games companies development process is fixed. Tengdas previous games probably had the same development process. Why did it become industrialization mode when it came to Mission and Choice? The game is a good game, but it cannot be praised so much. I think even Boss Pei probably did not think so far ahead. He just turned ideas into games one by one, but the fans read too much into it. Pei Qian was almost moved to tears. This brother is really my confidant! To be honest, Boss Pei had just found out about the industrialization model! However, such a good review had a mediocre response. There were even many people who objected. Obviously, most of the audience still thought that Qiao Liangs speech in the video was intentional. They felt that the milestone and the industrialization model were done by Boss Pei. How should these good comments that reflect the truth not be buried? Pei Qian fell deep in thought. The first thing he thought of was to clarify things publicly. The official announcement said that Mission and Choice had no intention of bearing the historical significance of the milestone and had nothing to do with the industrialization model? However, on further thought, Pei Qian did not think that would work. That was because it would easily make it more obvious that he was trying to cover it up. Previously, he had released too much fake news officially. The players were not buying it For example, Struggle had deliberately used publicity materials to mislead players previously. There was also the deliberate misleading of players on the Fitness Battle before Mission and Choice was released. Similar things had happened many times. Whats more, every time he released fake news, the gamers would interpret it differently. It was like shouting the wolf is here. No one would believe it if he shouted too much! If the official platform clarified the matter this time, the gamers might think that the official platform was being humble. That would strengthen the gamers understanding! Thus, the official accounts reputation had already been ruined. It was no longer useful. Pei Qian thought about it again. Since he could not go through the official channels, he could only go through the unofficial channels. Buy fake reviewers! Recently, Pei Qian had not bought fake reviewers much. The main reason was that Tengda Corporation was getting bigger and bigger. If he wanted to hire fake reviewers to produce results, he would need more and more money. Pei Qian could not afford to pay out of his own pocket. However, the situation was different this time. Qiao Liangs theory had not spread yet. It was still limited to his video. According to Pei Qians previous experience, Qiao Liangs video might break out of the circle, but it would take some time. It might take one or two days to reach the first place in the game zone, but it might take three to five days or even longer to reach the first place in the entire station or create the effect of breaking the circle. In that case, he could hire fake reviewers to attack the comments section of the video and create the impression that the video was a little exaggerated. That would influence the public opinion to a certain extent and reduce the adverse impact that the video might have! Time was tight, there was no time to lose. Pei Qian made up his mind. He immediately found Hu Xiaos contact details for Shaohu Reviews and prepared to discuss buying fake reviewers with him. As a professional fake reviewer, Hu Xiao basically worked hard all day long apart from sleeping. That was why he quickly contacted him. The last time they worked together was when Tomorrow is Beautiful was released. After such a long time, Hu Xiao almost thought that he had lost this big client. Now that this mysterious client had come knocking on his door again, he was naturally overjoyed. Pei Qian did not make any small talk and directly stated his request. I want to hire fake reviewers to attack the comments section of this video. [Web link] As for the content, Ive thought about it briefly. Get the fake reviewers to work around this content. [Text file] Im buying high-end fake reviewers, the kind that no one can tell, understand? Hu Xiao clicked on the link and was a little disappointed. That was it?! Previously, when they worked together, the entire battlefield was online. However, this time, the battlefield was only limited to a video on Aili Island? It was a little boring. However, Hu Xiao was a very professional person. Since it was a business, there was no need to complain about it. He would just take the money and do it. He opened the document again and realized that there were hundreds of words in it. They were all about the concept of domestically-produced game milestones and industrialization mode. For example, he gave a few good games and thought that they were more qualified to be called domestic game milestones; after analyzing Mission and Choice, he thought that they were far from being milestones; he thought that industrialization model games was a pseudo concept; Mission and Choice did not achieve industrialization mode at all, and so on. The views in this document were different. For example, some people thought that the heavy industrialization model was a fake concept that did not apply to the game industry. Others thought that the heavy industrialization model was applicable to the game industry, but Mission and Choice did not achieve it at all. In fact, even though these views looked different, they were actually all for the same purpose: to completely separate Mission and Choice from the concept of milestone and industrialization model! Chapter 990 - Tell Teacher Qiao The Truth With Facts Pei Qian had racked his brains to come up with these ideas. He could let the fake reviewers do whatever they wanted if he wanted to save trouble. However, he did not trust their professionalism at all. Wouldnt it be counterproductive if he made it too obvious and was discovered? It was a good thing that after such a long period of systematic learning, Pei Qian had a certain level of professional knowledge in the game. That was why he could write these contents as a guide for the fake reviewers. That should be able to create a realistic effect so that most people would not be able to see any signs of fake reviewers. Hu Xiao did not ask further. It would be much more convenient for the fake reviewers to do their work with this. He could not be happier. Alright, its decided then. Ill assign them tasks and let them work! Hu Xiao received another message just as he was about to make arrangements. Wait a minute, weve worked together so many times. Can you give us a discount? Hu Xiao was stunned. Discount? This did not seem to be the bosss style. In the past, this big boss always gave people the feeling that he was rich and had never bargained. Why was he taking the initiative to ask for a discount this time? Could it be that the person behind this account had changed? It was not impossible. There might be several people managing such official accounts at the same time. The previous person-in-charge might have left his job. It was understandable that someone else would be more meticulous when coming up. Hu Xiao did not think too much about it. Alright, weve been working together for a long time. Ill give you a 20% discount this time! Pei Qian: Alright, thank you. Hu Xiao was stunned for a moment. Why was this big boss so polite today? Has he really changed? He quickly replied, Youre welcome, thats what I should do! Pei Qian felt much better after seeing the word 20% discount. He had no choice. He could not ask the system for reimbursement for hiring fake reviewers this time. He could only pay out of his own pocket. Every cent he saved was a cent. He had to spend carefully. The battle this time was focused on Teacher Qiaos video comments. Thus, the fake reviewers should be able to see the results faster. Pei Qian waited patiently. Qiao Liang woke up during dinner time. Previously, he had stayed up too late because of the liver video and had not had enough sleep. He finally regained his energy now, after catching up on his sleep. Fish-Catching Take-Out had arrived on time. Qiao Liang opened the exquisite lunchbox and took out the various dishes inside. Then, he opened his video on his cell phone to check the audiences reaction. It was easier to eat while watching videos. However, after casually flipping through the comments below the video, Qiao Liang could not help but be stunned. His hand, which was holding his chopsticks, stopped. What just happened? Qiao Liang was confused. Ten minutes after the video was released, he had seen some comments. The audience seemed to be quite satisfied with the video. Why did the comments section change so drastically after a few hours? The entire comments section was filled with all sorts of doubts. The two groups of people were arguing non-stop. A portion of the audience was on Qiao Liangs side. They were basically defending the views in the video. The other portion of the audience seemed to be singing the opposite tune. Many people commented that Mission and Choice was not a milestone at all. It had nothing to do with the industrialization model. These were concepts that Qiao Liang had created in order to exaggerate the meaning of Mission and Choice. It was not practical and was not desirable. The likes of these comments were not low. They had developed into a force that could not be ignored. In fact, these comments were not only caused by fake reviewers. There were also some real audience and players mixed in. They were affected by the views of these fake reviewers and were coerced by the opinions of fake reviewers. This was very normal because humans were creatures that were very easily affected. Comments and bullet screen comments were like a magnifier most of the time, greatly affecting the judgment of individuals. For example, a certain someone had originally thought that a certain movie was not bad, but when everyone around him said that it was a lousy movie, he would subconsciously lower his evaluation of this movie. He would even change his mind and think that this movie was a lousy movie. He would continue to spread this concept to the surroundings. The problems that did not exist in many peoples hearts would slowly become real if people around them emphasized it too much. What happened in this video was the same. At first, many viewers did not think that Teacher Qiaos words were inappropriate. However, many fake reviewers added fuel to the fire in the comments section and praised each other. When the likes were counted, it became a majority opinion and affected those who originally thought that there was nothing wrong. Of course, many people still insisted on their own views. Thus, there was an intense argument between the two parties. Neither of them could convince the other, because the topic of their argument was difficult to verify. Whether it was a milestone or whether it was a industrialization model was actually a matter of benevolence and wisdom. No matter which side they supported, they could actually find a lot of arguments. It would often become talking to themselves and attacking each other in the process of arguing online. Therefore, the comments section was filled with smoke and no one could convince anyone. Of course, the fake reviewers were happy to see this because their job was to muddy the waters and mislead more viewers. Therefore, the more such a situation occurred, the more outstanding their work was. These people would naturally work harder. Qiao Liang could not help but frown. These people actually doubt my professionalism? How ridiculous! Ive studied the history of domestically-produced games and understood so many game design concepts. My interpretation of Mission and Choice is very objective and responsible. Why do these people make it sound like Im grandstanding? Qiao Liang lost his appetite after two bites. He was full of anger! He was not angry for himself, but for Boss Pei! As an ordinary content creator, Qiao Liang paid attention to the number of views and coins invested in the video. If two groups of people quarreled, it would mean that his video would be controversial but it would also increase its popularity. Thus, from the perspective of a video creator, there was no need for Qiao Liang to be angry. However, from Boss Peis perspective, this was unacceptable! Boss Pei had invested a huge sum of money into the remake of Mission and Choice. He had to endure how much pressure and harboured how much ambition! As a successful game designer, Boss Pei did not lack money or fame. He could choose more successful games to earn more money steadily. Yet, Boss Pei had still invested a huge sum of money to wash away the shame of the nation. That was fearless heroism! As domestic gamers, even if they did not like Tengdas games, they should at least maintain basic respect, right? Yet, Boss Peis actions were not understood by these people. How sad was that! Qiao Liang felt that as a content creator, he could not speak for himself, but he had to speak for Boss Pei! He could not let heroes shed blood and sweat! Then What should he do? Qiao Liang knew very well that it was meaningless to clarify and debate now. It was equivalent to repeating what he had said. He needed more convincing evidence, such as the views of certain industry insiders and even Tengda insiders! It would be best if Boss Pei personally expressed his stance, but Boss Pei would definitely not agree. Thats because Boss Pei has always had the character of everyone will laugh it off if they criticize me. He doesnt care about the attacks and slander from the outside world. He would definitely not speak up for something like that. We can only settle for the next best thing and look for the person-in-charge of this project. Yes, ask around. Qiao Liang did not know who was in charge of the development of Mission and Choice. Logically speaking, it should be Hu Xianbin from the games department. However, it was very likely that someone else was involved in such a huge project. It did not matter even if he was not sure. Qiao Liang was good friends with many Tengda employees. He would know after asking around. April 17th, Tuesday The moment Pei Qian woke up, he took his cell phone and checked the comments section of Products of the Gods. Then, a smile appeared on his face. Yes, very good. The money was not wasted! Even though he had a 20% discount, he had bought high-quality fake reviewers after all. Pei Qian had spent tens of thousands of yuan on his bank account, but the effect was immediate. The direction of the comments section had obviously changed! Questioning Mission and Choice was not worthy of the milestone and industrialization model. The voices gradually became louder. Even though it was not mainstream, it could at least compete with the voices of praise. It was impossible to gain full control of the situation. Qiao Liang had many fans after all. More people meant more power. It would be a daydream to think that the fake reviewers that he had spent tens of thousands of yuan on would be able to suppress all these voices. However, Pei Qian was quite satisfied to be able to do this. The key was to mislead the ignorant audience. Many people did not have a clear mind when they watched the video. They felt that what Qiao Liang said made sense after watching it. They also felt that the opinions of the comments below made sense. Pei Qian could minimize his losses as long as the audience wavered between the two views and held back. Pei Qian was browsing through the comments when he suddenly received a call from Huang Sibo. Hm? Why is Huang Sibo calling? Could it be some good news from the movie? Thats not right. Its only been a week since it was released. I saw the box office two days ago. Its not very high. Theres no need to report the good news, right? Pei Qian had been paying attention to the box office of Mission and Choice for the past two days. Even though the box office figures were not bad, it was still far from making a huge profit. That was because there was less publicity for the movie before it was released. The screening rate was also not high. Even though the attendance rate was very high, it was not enough for an explosive increase in the box office in just two or three days. Puzzled, Pei Qian picked up the phone. Boss Pei, I have something to ask you. Qiao Liang said that he wanted to ask me a few questions about Mission and Choice. He said that it had something to do with his new video. This shouldnt be a problem, right? Pei Qian was stunned. Eh? Qiao Liang wanted to interview Huang Sibo? Pei Qian was very smart and immediately understood Qiao Liangs intentions. Obviously, Qiao Liang wanted Huang Sibo to help promote his video! He wanted to use Huang Sibos words to find evidence to prove that he was right! Pei Qian subconsciously wanted to reject it, but on second thought, the corners of his mouth curled upwards. Qiao Liang, oh, Qiao Liang, didnt you run into a bullet yourself? You would never have thought that no one had mentioned the so-called industrialization model from the founding project to the development and sale of Mission and Choice, right? This interview was obviously an official slap in the face! Pei Qian immediately said, No problem, just accept it. However You have to be honest when you answer questions. Say whatever you have to say, understand? Qiao Liang would understand that Mission and Choice had nothing to do with the so-called industrialization model as long as he spoke truthfully. Tengdas development process had never changed. Wouldnt it be a perfect ending? Huang Sibo: Alright, Boss Pei, I understand! Chapter 991 - Boss Pei’s Way Of Cultivating Talents In the afternoon, Qiao Liang took a taxi to Fei Huang Workspace and met Huang Sibo. Teacher Qiao, nice to meet you! The two of them shook hands warmly and exchanged greetings. Strictly speaking, Huang Sibo had only designed Ocean Stronghold as the chief designer. Qiao Liang had never made a video for Ocean Stronghold, so the two of them had not interacted much. However, they were all very familiar with Tengda after all. Thus, they felt a sense of mutual appreciation when they met. After exchanging a few pleasantries in the conference room, the two quickly got down to business. Qiao Liang went straight to the point. To be honest, the video I released recently interpreted Mission and Choice. I didnt expect it to cause a lot of controversy. I said in the video that this game was created using industrialization mode. It is very different from the previous games, but many viewers do not agree. What do you think? Qiao Liang was rather nervous after asking this question. He was afraid that Huang Sibo would directly say that there was no such thing. Wouldnt that be impossible to clean up? He had worked so hard to learn the game design theory and studied Mission and Choice. It would be too awkward if his analysis was not right. Huang Sibo sipped his tea. Ive watched the video. I agree with some of the content. However I dare not accept the term milestone. Even though this game had the intention of washing away the shame of domestically-produced games when it was first established, it would take many years before it could become a milestone. As for the industrialization model, I cant give a very definite answer. Thats because theres actually no conclusion in the game industry regarding this concept. Its a concept that makes sense no matter what. Qiao Liang was slightly disappointed. Obviously, Huang Sibo had the same personality as Boss Pei. He was very humble and would not blindly claim credit for himself. Humility was a virtue, but it could very well mean that Qiao Liang would return empty-handed today. However Huang Sibo changed the topic. I might not be able to answer your questions directly, but I can tell you a few stories that happened during the development process of this game and movie. I believe that it will inspire you. Qiao Liangs eyes lit up. Go ahead! Huang Sibo sorted out his thoughts and said, I dont know if you have noticed that the person-in-charge of Tengda Games is changing very frequently. I am the designer of Ocean Stronghold. When it came to Game Designer, the chief designer was Lu Mingliang. After that, it was Li Yada, Hu Xianbin, Min Jingchao, and the others. It is rare for a designer to be in charge of two games in Tengda Games. Now, I am in charge of Fei Huang Workspace, Lu Mingliang is in charge of Upwind Logistics, and even Chen Kangtuo and the others who were in the gaming department were assigned to Thriller Hostel Every designer who had made a name for themselves could take charge of their own businesses. Do you know what this means? Qiao Liang shook his head, confused. Huang Sibo continued, Boss Pei would give out different tasks every time a new game is developed. Sometimes, he would only give a very broad general scope. For example, he would give a few seemingly unrelated and even outrageous requests for the chief designer to think about designing on his own. At other times, he would raise all sorts of details of the design and let the designer carry it out seriously. Why is that? Do you know why? Qiao Liang shook his head, feeling even more confused. Huang Sibo continued, This time, the difficulty Boss Pei gave us could be said to be unprecedented when we were developing Mission and Choice. Thus, I gathered Director Zhu Xiaoce, Lu Mingliang, Li Yada, Hu Xianbin, Min Jingchao, Bao Xu, Lin Wan, Ye Zhizhou, Wang Xiaobin, and the other core members of Tengda Games. We worked together and finally finalized the design details of Mission and Choice. Connect all of these together. What did you think of it? Qiao Liang frowned as his brain worked furiously. He vaguely felt that there seemed to be a very important content hidden within, but he felt that it was a little blurry and difficult to grasp. Suddenly, his eyes lit up. I understand now! Boss Pei is actually cultivating the talents of Tengda Corporation in his own way! Tengda Games is the department that can train people the most. Thats why Boss Pei promotes a new designer with potential every time he does a new game project. Once the project succeeds, Boss Pei will transfer the already trained employees to other departments to take charge. Then, he will continue to train new employees! Thats why Tengda Games personnel changes so frequently. Thats why theres a saying that everyone from the gaming department can be in charge! As for the way Boss Pei distributes the tasks, thats because he wants to teach based on individual talents. Some people are good at designing, so Boss Pei will guide them through a few seemingly unrelated requests to stimulate their talents as much as possible. Boss Pei will give some very detailed rules to some people who are not very imaginative but have a stronger execution ability. He will let them watch and learn them well in the process of seriously implementing them. The arrangements after that proved that Boss Pei is actually a guide who teaches based on his talents. For example, Brother Huang, you are a very creative and comprehensive designer. Thats why Boss Pei assigned you to be in charge of Fei Huang Workspace and control Tengda Corporations entertainment industry. Lu Mingliang is a designer with strong execution skills. Boss Pei wants him to manage Upwind Logistics; As for Li Yada and Bao Xu, their abilities are not particularly outstanding. However, they are experienced and reliable. Thats why he asked them to stay in Tengda Games as old employees to stabilize the situation That way, all of the employees with potential in Tengda Corporation would grow rapidly. They would be in charge of the various departments. They would also be able to develop faster and better while ensuring Boss Peis control over the various departments! The most important thing is that when these people train sufficiently and gather together again, they will burst out with astonishing potential! Take Mission and Choice for example. Without the accumulation of Fei Huang Workspace and the success of Tomorrow is Beautiful, it would be impossible to make a name for himself in both film and games! I was a little puzzled before. Mission and Choice did not seem to be Boss Peis style. That was because the games that Boss Pei personally designed, such as Game Designer, Repent and be Saved, Struggle, and so on, all had a very strong personal color. They had a kind of imagination that broke through the sky. On the other hand, Mission and Choice lacks this unconstrained imagination, but it has an additional feeling of stability. So this game is the result of all of you working together under Boss Peis guidance! In other words Using industrialization mode to describe Mission and Choice is not particularly rigorous. Strictly speaking, Tengdas industrialization model was not formed naturally. Instead, Boss Pei intentionally displayed Tengda Corporations specialties by nurturing the core employees and giving them pointers. That allowed Tengda Corporation to enter this industrialization model in advance! It looks like I was blowing in the right direction. I just didnt hit the nail on the head! Huang Sibo sipped his tea and smiled without saying a word. He thought so too. Anyone who had been in charge of Tengda Games would understand how important Boss Peis guidance would be to the success of a game! If not for Boss Pei, Huang Sibo, Lu Mingliang, and the others would probably still be working as executives and odd-job workers at some lousy game company. How could they have achieved such results? Most of the time, ones ability was only one aspect, but more importantly, one had to obtain a platform. It was just like someone asking on the internet why most of the famous generals, strategists, and founders of the Han Dynasty were from the same hometown as Liu Bang? Why were there so many geniuses in such a small city? In fact, it was because this group of people had been advancing and growing together during the process of conquering the world. Their talents could be displayed with this platform and resources. It was the same for Tengda Corporation. The heads of the various departments were all extremely smart. Could they be the best in the industry? That might not be the case. Without Tengda Corporations platform and Boss Peis guidance, they would not have achieved what they had today. Thus, even though most of the content of Mission and Choice was finalized by Huang Sibo and the others, Boss Pei was obviously the biggest contributor behind the scenes. That was because Boss Pei had provided this platform, confirmed Tengda Corporations tone, trained these people, and set an excellent example for them. That was why Mission and Choice was born! However, he could not say it out loud because Boss Pei had said to be honest. All of these things that he was thinking about were more or less made up by himself. He could not say it directly even though it was mostly the truth. Thus, Huang Sibo explained everything that had happened during the production of Mission and Choice. He understood everything, but he could not explain much. In any case, there should be no problem with Teacher Qiaos ability to understand. Qiao Liang did not disappoint him. He understood his intentions immediately! I understand! Thank you very much! Now, I can say that Tengda Corporation is not only trying to industrialize, but it was also deliberately and deliberately directed by Boss Pei. Moreover, it received excellent results!Qiao Liang said happily. Ill go back and talk to those people now! Such a detailed case would definitely make them speechless! Chapter 992 - Three Straws To Clutch At April 18th, Wednesday Pei Qian arrived at the office early in the morning and prepared to start working. The two employees in the office might have woken up a little late and did not have time to eat breakfast. They had just taken two cups of coffee from the coffee bar and some snacks back to their work desks. On the way back, they bumped into Boss Pei. Ah, Hello Boss Pei! The two of them quickly greeted him. Pei Qian nodded. However, after glancing at the snacks in their hands, he frowned slightly. Didnt you eat breakfast? The two employees were stunned. Ah Uh, yes. Pei Qians expression turned serious. How can you treat these snacks as breakfast? Hurry down to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and have breakfast before coming back to work! Well go now. The two employees who were hugging a bunch of snacks were confused. However, they quickly reacted. They placed the coffee and snacks on their desks and obediently went downstairs to eat under Boss Peis gaze. Pei Qian returned to his office and began his work for the day after watching the two employees leave. The two employees were still a little confused when they walked out of the elevator. Why do I feel like Boss Pei is not in a good mood today? I was shocked. I thought Boss Pei was angry that we werent working, but he was afraid that we would starve If this were any other company or other leaders, the employees would definitely interpret these words as eccentric. However, this was obviously not the case in Tengda. Both of them mumbled as they walked towards Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. I feel like Boss Pei hasnt been in a good mood recently. He seems to be under a lot of pressure. Strange, doesnt Mission and Choice seem to be quite successful at the moment? The movies screening and box office have been rising, the reputation is good, and the game has been blown up. Why does Boss Pei look like hes under a lot of pressure? Who knows? Perhaps this is Boss Pei in his smooth-sailing realm! Could it be that the success of Mission and Choice has given Boss Pei immense pressure, urging him to continue to aim for higher goals? Im a little ashamed. Boss Pei is working so hard, but were still taking up our working hours for breakfast. We shouldnt have done that! Lets finish eating as soon as possible and get back to work! At first, the two of them felt that their work was not urgent and were a little lazy. However, they saw that Boss Pei was still working hard even though the tide was in his favor. What right did they have to stop? They could only say that Boss Peis changes to his employees were so subtle. At the same time, Pei Qian was scratching his head in his office. Pei Qians anxious mindset did not change even though he had just sent two employees to have breakfast and done a trivial good deed, delaying their working hours and spending a little more money. The two employees had guessed correctly. The current situation of Mission and Choice had indeed given him a lot of pressure. He would not be able to incur losses this cycle if he did not do something! Fortunately, Mission and Choice was a project that spanned two cycles after all. Fortunately, it was released earlier. There was still a long time before settlement. It could still be saved. At the moment, Pei Qian still had three life-saving straws in his hands. This situation could still be turned around if all of them could be used. The first straw was the upcoming establishment of Shenhuas gaming department. It could cost a huge sum of money. Whats more, the games produced by this department were not limited by the settlement cycle. It could relieve a lot of pressure. The second straw was the (reverse) sales department that was currently being planned. Pei Qian had already gotten Assistant Xin to look for suitable candidates for this department, but he did not know if he could find suitable ones. The third straw was the dissuasion mode that had been forcefully arranged for Bunny Tails live-stream. Users had to use an hour of focus mode or learning mode every day to watch the entertainment content on Bunny Tails live-stream. This anti-human function should be completed and released in the near future. With these three straws in hand, Pei Qian felt that he could still be saved during this cycle. However, before deciding on these three things, Pei Qian suddenly remembered that he should check out Teacher Qiaos video review section. Even though hiring fake reviewers to attack Teacher Qiaos video review section would not be able to reverse the current situation of Mission and Choice, Teacher Qiaos Products of the Gods was still a critical point in its spread. If he were to completely suppress it and make it less popular, then there would be lesser sales volume, and he would have lesser pressure to make money. No matter how small a mosquito was, it was still meat. Details determined success or failure. Pei Qian felt that Qiao Liang would probably be playing dead by now. That was because Pei Qian had already instructed Huang Sibo to answer Qiao Liangs questions truthfully. Then, Qiao Liang would probably understand that the so-called industrialization model that he had been bragging about in the video for a long time was nonsense. Tengda did not have such a concept at all. Qiao Liang would not slap himself in the face, but he would not go against the wind and create something out of nothing. Thus, he could only play dead. At that time, the video review section would still be filled with controversy. At the very least, it could dissuade some netizens who did not know the truth. Pei Qian opened Aili Islands website and checked Teacher Qiaos account status. Eh? He actually updated a new status? Its not a video but an article. Pei Qian was a little surprised. Could it be that Qiao Liang had been criticized by the fake reviewers and was going against the wind to attack? He was going to fight the fake reviewers for three hundred rounds without any support? That was really irrational! The article was not long, only about a thousand words. At the beginning, he briefly explained the two key points of contention in the previous video. They were milestone significance and industrialization models. Then, Qiao Liang said that in order to verify these two points, he specially found the person-in-charge of the Mission and Choice project, the film producer, the game designer, the person-in-charge of Fei Huang Workspace, and Boss Peis top designer, Huang Sibo, to conduct an interview. Anyone would want to show their face on the public chat to be able to interview so many insiders with so many titles. Pei Qian was a little surprised. This Teacher Qiao really dared to write out the contents of the interview? Wasnt this self-destruction? However, Pei Qian was stunned when he read the contents. He felt something was amiss from the moment he saw Huang Sibo telling a few short stories. He knew that something was really wrong after reading these short stories and looking at Qiao Liangs conclusion! On the other hand, Qiao Liang used the details of these stories to summarize. Previously, I said that Tengda is actually trying to industrialize the game. Thats true. Boss Pei even thought of a higher level than me! The so-called industrialization model refers to getting rid of the factory-like production model. Instead of pinning the success of a literary work entirely on someones inspiration, you have to have a complete production process, each department has to do their own work, and ensure that all the works produced are above the standard line. This is the model for Hollywood blockbusters. Its the same for foreign AAA blockbusters. Our countrys film and game industry is still far from this. I only saw Tengda trying to close in on the industrialization model during the production of Mission and Choice. However, after this interview, I realized that Boss Pei had obviously grasped the essence of this model. He is talented! There are many top-notch professional talents in this game. Therefore, Boss Pei had been consciously cultivating professional talents in various fields from the beginning. He was teaching them according to their talents. The person-in-charge of Tengda Games could be said to be like a ball of fire, scattering like the stars in the sky. It was precisely because Boss Pei had spent so much time and effort nurturing that the Mission and Choice, which was completely different from the previous style, was born Even though Huang Sibos stories did not directly relate to what Qiao Liang had said, Qiao Liang still managed to read the truth behind it through his meticulous analysis and bold judgment. He analyzed the characteristics of games such as Repent and be Saved and Struggle. He analyzed the teachings and guidance that Boss Pei had given to the chief designer when he assigned the tasks. He also emphasized the objective facts of the design plan for Mission and Choice that many people in charge had worked together. It was reasonable and convincing. Pei Qian was stunned. That was because even though these dots were very fragmented, they were undeniable facts! Strictly speaking, Huang Sibos words were realistic enough. However, it was completely contrary to Pei Qians original intentions! Public opinion was obviously one-sided in the comments section of the article. Alright, its official! I feel that Boss Huangs words still left some face for those haters. He did not admit that the milestone was mainly to keep a low profile and be humble, with the same character as Boss Pei. However, people with discerning eyes should understand these little stories, right? Indeed, if Tengda were like the other companies and used a chief designer to the death in reality, how would the others have the room to rise and the opportunity to train? If they did not train so many outstanding designers in advance, how would they have the group strategy and success of Mission and Choice? Ultimately, this is Boss Peis foresight! Boss Pei not only thought about the industrialization model, but he also started laying the groundwork when Tengda was just established and Ocean Stronghold was created? Gasp Boss Peis planning ability is too terrifying! With such a long-term vision, why wouldnt he succeed? Thats great. The contrarians can finally shut up. Previously, they said that Boss Pei might not know about the industrialization model. I found it very funny. Boss Pei is the leader of Tengda Corporation. Isnt he more knowledgeable than a keyboard warrior like you? If you can understand what Boss Pei is thinking, I suggest you start a company from scratch and try to compete against Tengda! Shouldnt the main point be that Old Qiao was disgusted by the contrarians the day before and went to interview the chief designer of Mission and Choice, Boss Huang the next day? Brothers, put your cards on the public screen! Chapter 993 - A Sales Talent Found On The Street! It was useless even though there were still a few comments resisting stubbornly. They were soon pushed to the bottom and drowned in the vast number of comments. On one hand, it was because Qiao Liang had given too much concrete evidence. The fake reviewers had no more room to showcase their talents in the hearts of the people. On the other hand, it was because Pei Qian could not bear to add more money. Previously, they had only agreed to control the comments section of the video. Many fake reviewers had come to help out at the bottom of this dynamic article. It was already a one-for-one deal. They had done their best. The fake reviewers were also doing their job with money. How could they forcibly upheave the video when it was going against the trend? Pei Qian was stunned. What the f*ck I have been helping Tengda Corporation to nurture talents since we made Ocean Stronghold? Why didnt I know about this! He had not expected Huang Sibo to do this! At first, Pei Qian had hoped that Huang Sibo would tell the truth and dispel Qiao Liangs delusions. However, his delusions only intensified. As for where Huang Sibos delusions came from, he could not delve into the details. The more he delved into the details, the bigger the problem At that moment, Hu Xiao sent a message. Brother, what should we say about this new dynamic? We cant take it anymore. We dont have enough manpower now if we want to continue suppressing, you have to pay more! The corners of Pei Qians mouth twitched. Add more money my a*s! Im already in this state. If I continue to add more money, would my private savings be wasted? Pei Qian replied, Thats it. Dont worry about it. Hu Xiao could not help but feel puzzled. Somethings not right. According to this big brothers way of doing things, shouldnt he be more motivated the more they resist? Giving up so easily? Perhaps the person behind this account has changed. However, he did not think too much about it. Such things were common. Even though he did not make much money this time, it was a profit. Alright, continue with your work. You can look for me if you need anything. Pei Qian had just closed Aili Islands website when someone knocked on his office door. He looked up and saw Chen Yufeng live-streaming. Boss Pei, the functions that you requested previously have been developed and tested. There are no problems. However Are you sure you want to use this mandatory one hour function? Obviously, Chen Yufeng had objected to this function from the beginning. However, Boss Pei had been more determined previously. It was useless for him to object. Now that the functions had been developed, Chen Yufeng specially made a trip here to probe Boss Peis intentions and determine if the functions should really be applied. What if Boss Pei became clear-headed again and changed his mind? Chen Yufeng was genuinely concerned about the live-stream of Bunny Tail. As long as there was a way, he did not want to play this function. Pei Qian knew very well what Chen Yufeng was thinking. The more you object, the more certain I am! However, Pei Qian was a more democratic person. He did not let Chen Yufeng execute it directly. Instead, he took a roundabout route. What did Boss Ma say? Chen Yufeng was at a loss for words. After being stunned for a moment, he said, Er Boss Ma feels that this function is quite good. It can even allow users to take an hour every day to do something meaningful Pei Qian chuckled. In that case, why should you be worried? As expected of Old Ma, his mind is connected to mine! Chen Yufeng scratched his head, not knowing what to say. If an outsider were to hear Boss Pei and Boss Ma strongly requesting for a certain function, it would definitely be safe and foolproof. However, this function seemed to be insulting Chen Yufeng intelligence no matter how he looked at it. It was just short of slapping the word dissuade directly onto the websites homepage. Pei Qian said confidently, Dont worry. It doesnt matter even if we get scolded and dissuaded at the beginning of this function. Ill make arrangements for the later stages. Just keep your heart in your stomach and carry it out seriously. Chen Yufeng wanted to say something but hesitated. After hesitating for a few seconds, he reluctantly nodded. Alright, Boss Pei. Ill do it now. There was another knock on the door not long after Chen Yufeng left reluctantly. It was Assistant Xin. Boss Pei, these are the few candidates I found suitable to be in charge of the sales department. Please take a look. Assistant Xin handed over a document with a few resumes inside. As she handed him the document, she added, Your previous requests were vague. There was no clear direction, so I found all sorts of people. If youre not satisfied, you can add on to the screening conditions. Ill look for more. Pei Qian did not reply immediately. Instead, he took the resumes and looked through them briefly. Pei Qian had indeed not given very clear conditions he asked Assistant Xin to look out for previously. Actually, he had standards but he could not say it out loud. These resumes were basically all outstanding salespeople. Some were experienced, some were relatively inexperienced; some were eloquent, and some had personalities that were more suitable for sales Pei Qian flipped through all of them but was not satisfied. These people seemed to be outstanding! Even the most mediocre resume and ability that Assistant Xin had found was beyond what Pei Qian thought he could handle. Whats more, from Assistant Xins perspective, those with mediocre resumes were young people who had just made a name for themselves. Young people often had drive and unlimited possibilities. Pei Qian put the resumes aside and pondered for a moment. Forget it, Ill think about it after you get back to work. Assistant Xin nodded without asking too much. Alright, Boss Pei. You can look for me anytime if you change your mind. Pei Qian read the resumes again after Assistant Xin left. Yes, these people could not do! Where should he look for talents for the sales department? It was definitely not possible to go through the normal recruitment process. The candidates that Assistant Xin had chosen were too outstanding. The worst candidates had exceeded the upper limit that Pei Qian could bear. It looks like I have to do it myself. Pei Qian felt that he could not rely on others for such things. He flipped through the work reports of the various departments and stood up to leave the office to try his luck. After leaving Shenhua View, Pei Qian walked towards the more crowded intersection. The traffic in the vicinity gradually increased as noon approached. Pei Qians gaze swept across the shops on both sides of the street. He soon saw the door of Home Corporation. Lets try our luck inside? However, most of the intermediaries of such stores should have been assimilated. The chances of meeting the right person would not be high. Whats more, theres a huge problem with the values of the Home Corporation from top to bottom. Forget it. Pei Qian still remembered what had happened with the formaldehyde house. He did not have a good impression of this company. He did not even bother to ask who was the intermediary with the worst performance. He continued walking around. Try my luck at the swimming fitness gym? Pei Qian looked up. There seemed to be a new gym nearby, distributing flyers. There might be Deposit Fitness nearby but it was unrealistic to rely on Deposit Fitness alone to satisfy all the fitness customers in the vicinity. Therefore, there were still gyms that continued to open. Pei Qian received two flyers to show his support. He hoped that these gyms would become popular and collapse Deposit Fitness as soon as possible. Pei Qians eyes lit up as he walked. That was because he realized that there was a young man holding a flyer in the middle of the crowd. He looked like he was at a loss. He wanted to give the flyer out but he did not dare to. He had finally made up his mind to approach the passer-by but was ignored by them. He stood rooted to the ground like a wooden stake, and the pedestrians passing him were as agile as Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo. Fate! Pei Qian immediately took a liking to this young man. Wasnt this the talent he was looking for? This young man looked ordinary, and his taste in clothes was not good. Whats more, his every move exuded a strong sense of insecurity. Pei Qian even suspected that he was a little anti-social. Pei Qian could not understand why such a person would distribute flyers on the streets. He could only say that life was not easy. Perhaps it was because he could not do anything else that he could only distribute flyers. Pei Qian approached the young man as he observed. This brother seemed to have just mentally prepared himself. Everyone else rushed past him, afraid that they would not be able to avoid him. Only Pei Qian walked past very slowly. Whats more, he looked over and seemed a little interested. Thus, he mustered his courage and handed a flyer over. Hello, do you want to know about the new gym? The membership card has a 50% discount Before he could finish speaking, Pei Qian reached out to take a flyer and said, Im not interested in the new gym, but Im quite interested in you. How old are you this year? What is your highest level of education? The young man was stunned. Im 18, a high school graduate. Pei Qian nodded slightly and asked, I think youre quite introverted. Why did you choose to distribute flyers? The young man scratched his head. My family isnt doing well. I have to earn money. I cant do anything else with my education level It was obvious that this brother was not only introverted, he was also unguarded. He would say whatever Pei Qian asked. However, Pei Qian could basically confirm what kind of condition this brother had. His family background was more difficult so he only graduated from high school. He came out to work early, but his small body was not very good. He could not do hard labor. His personality was very introverted so he was not eloquent. He could not count on jobs like sales. He could only reluctantly distribute flyers and jobs like this without any technical content. In the end, he was the slowest to distribute these flyers as well. Pei Qian nodded in satisfaction. Yes, not bad. Young man, you have great potential. I admire you! Whats your name? The man finally felt that something was amiss. He looked wary. You What are you trying to do? If Pei Qian was a few decades older, this guy might have thought that he was going to introduce a marriage partner to him. But now Could he have met a human trafficker? He was very clear about his objective conditions. He had been beaten up in real life for more than ten years since he was young. Otherwise, he would not have become so introverted. In the end, this guy said that he had great potential? He was most likely a cheat! Pei Qian smiled slightly. Dont distribute flyers anymore. Come work under me. Ill give you a much higher salary than this. Chapter 994 - Visitor Mr.Tian Heiquan This young man sized up Pei Qian with a skeptical look. He instinctively felt that this matter was not reliable. However, he did not feel like Pei Qian was lying looking at his dressing and the confidence in his every move. Real estate agents and financial elites wore suits and ties, but the suits worn by real estate agents were completely different from those worn by financial elites. Perhaps he was moved by Pei Qians aura, or perhaps he was dissatisfied with the current situation and could not wait to seize every possible opportunity. The man hesitated for a moment before saying, Are you serious? How much can you give me? Pei Qian pondered for a moment. How much is your salary now? The young man said, Im now earning 80 yuan per day. Giving out flyers was a physical job that did not require much skill, so the salary was definitely not high. Generally, there were people who gave out flyers based on the number of flyers, people who paid according to the hour, and people who paid based on the number of days. A salary of 80 yuan per day meant that he would only be able to get 2,400 yuan per month even if he were to distribute flyers for 30 days. Even though that was a low figure, it was still within a reasonable range in a second-tier city like Jingzhou. Many people were still willing to do it. Pei Qian said, Im not sure how Im going to pay you, but the base salary should be at least three times more than what youre earning in a month. He did not want to speak too confidently and was a little conservative. The young man raised his eyebrows slightly with an expression that said, Are you kidding me? Obviously, he did not believe it. The key was that he knew his own situation very well. It would be fine if he had a skill and went to certain specialized positions. He could even lie to himself that his salary was higher. However, he knew very well that he did not have any ability. What could he do to earn so much money? Was he going to accidentally enter the lair of some criminal organization? Pei Qian could not help but feel amused when he saw the young mans expectant and wary gaze. Obviously, this brother had been beaten up by society too many times, but he had never felt the warmth of society. That was why he had this look of anticipation and disbelief. Pei Qian pondered for a moment. Perhaps it was because the situation was not right. Most people would find it unreliable if they were to meet a stranger on the streets who was trying to strike up a conversation with them and told them that he would pay them three times the salary. Thus, Pei Qian took out a small notebook that he always carried with him, tore a piece of paper, and wrote down Shenhua Views 17th floor address and his phone number. Come and see me here during working hours after youre done here. Tell me your name so that I can let you in. The young man took the note and said, My name is Tian Mo, my Mo is the same character as silence. Pei Qian nodded slightly. This suited his temperament. He was as simple as a farmer, and he was quiet and introverted. Yes, it was a match made in heaven for such a person to be in charge of the sales department! Remember to come before five in the afternoon. Ill knock off if youre too late. Pei Qian gave a few more instructions before turning to leave. Tian Mo looked at Pei Qians back view, and then at the note in his hand. He looked confused and hesitant. As the saying went, there was no free lunch in the world. The conditions were too good, making him very worried if he had encountered some kind of scam. Even though he was simple by nature, he had already endured the beatings of society and deeply knew what it meant to be wary of others. He had originally wanted to throw the note away so that he would not fantasize about such a good thing. However, after much hesitation, he carefully kept the note and put it in his pocket. This looks like an office building nearby. It shouldnt be a problem to take a look Tian Mo finally made up his mind. 4 PM. Tian Mo followed the address given by Pei Qian to Shenhua View. Tian Mo suddenly felt very motivated after the conversation with Pei Qian. He was distributing flyers at a much faster speed. He had been very diligent in distributing the flyers. He had also greeted the leader in charge of distributing flyers. That was why he had gotten off work early at four in the afternoon and rushed to Shenhua View. The empty hall was dazzling. Tian Mo noticed that there was a very exquisite metal display sign not far from the door. On it were the names of the outstanding companies in this building, and the floor they were on. Tian Mo subconsciously walked to the display board and realized that the first line on it was Tengda Corporation. Tengda Corporation is actually here? Tian Mo was shocked. As a citizen of Jingzhou, it was impossible for him not to know about Tengda Corporation. However, he had no interaction with Tengda Corporation. The reason was very simple. Tengda Corporations current recruitment was unified recruitment. It was getting harder for them to even become express delivery men at Upwind Logistics. The competition was too intense. Tian Mo felt that it would be a wasted effort with his education and ability. Thus, he did not even try. He took a closer look at Tengda Corporations name and suddenly realized that something was amiss. Tengda Corporation alone occupies a few floors. The 17th floor is the administrative department, the 18th floor is the gaming department, the 19th floor is Zhongdian Chinese Network and TPDb. Apart from that, there is also the advertising marketing department Wait a minute, the address that person gave me previously seemed to be on the 17th floor? Tian Mo was still a little unsure. He took out the small piece of paper from his pocket to confirm. It was indeed the 17th floor! Tian Mo immediately wanted to retreat. He felt that something was amiss! Could he have been cheated? How could someone from Tengda Corporation send a little note on the streets? Was someone pulling a prank on him and embarrassing him at Tengda Corporation? Tian Mo fell into a dilemma once again. However, in the end, the idea of since youre already here prevailed. He plucked up his courage and went to the front desk in the lobby, but he did not know how to speak. The receptionist was very understanding. Hello, whats your name? Do you have an appointment? Tian Mo hesitated. I dont know if I have an appointment My name is Tian Mo. Tian Mo The lady at the front desk scanned the computer screen, and her expression suddenly became serious. Ah, Mr. Tian, Ive been waiting for you for a long time. Please come in, go directly to the 17th floor. Tian Mo was stunned. He was not used to the lady at the front desk suddenly taking his name so seriously. He looked around suspiciously before taking the elevator to the 17th floor. The moment he stepped out of the elevator, Tian Mo saw the words Tengda Network Technology Co., Ltd.. Obviously, there was no escape. Tian Mo went to the front desk again, only to find the twin sisters at the front desk working hard. Hello, please fill out a registration form first. Wait patiently on the sofa over there. There are two or three people in front. Itll be your turn soon. One of the receptionists was very polite and handed Tian Mo a registration form. Tian Mo reached out, took a pen from the side, and began to fill in the form. The registration form was filled with basic information such as name, phone number, purpose of visit, and so on. Now, Tengda Corporation had already developed into a large company that spanned across many fields. It also had a huge influence in Jingzhou. There were many companies or individuals who came looking for business cooperation every day. It was impossible for these people to be allowed in so that they could meet Boss Pei directly. Thus, the front desk acted as a filter. These visitors would be received seriously by the administrative department. They would be discussed in detail and dissuaded. There seemed to be quite a number of visitors today. Some of them were looking for business partnerships, while others were trying their luck to find a good job. There were already two or three people sitting on the sofa waiting. Tian Mo did not know how to fill in the visiting purpose column on the registration form. After some consideration, he decided to fill it in honestly. Someone asked me to come here to look for him. He said that he would provide me with a job. The purpose of this visit was quite ridiculous, but Tian Mo could not think of a more suitable way to write it. After some hesitation, he handed the registration form back. The lady at the front desk reached out to take it. She looked at the name on the registration form and said, Then Mr. Tian Heiquan, please wait for a moment. Someone will receive you soon. Tian Mo was just about to sit on the sofa after handing in the registration form when he heard this. He turned around and corrected him in embarrassment. Its Tian Mo He had no choice. He had written too badly, and the Mo word was written slightly agape[1.Mo is pieced together with the word Hei and Quan, which literally means Black Dog]. The lady at the front desk was a little embarrassed. Ah, Im very sorry! Wait, Mr. Tian Mo? She suddenly realized something. Youre Mr. Tian Mo? Aiya, you should have said so earlier. You dont have to fill out the form. Just follow me. The lady stood up and led Tian Mo inside, attracting the envious and indignant gazes of the two or three brothers who were queuing on the sofa. Tian Mo subconsciously looked around the office as he walked in. He had long heard that Tengdas office environment was ridiculously good. Today, he realized that it was indeed the case! Previously, Tian Mo had suspected that these rumors were exaggerated. Now, he knew that they were not exaggerated at all. They were all true. However, at the same time, he was even more puzzled. Which leader in Tengda Corporation had so much power? That young man did not look that old. Could he be a relative of one of the leaders in Tengda Corporation? The lady at the front desk who was leading the way stopped as Tian Mo continued thinking. Please wait a moment. Tian Mo saw the words CEOs office written on the door sign of this independent office. Before Tian Mo could react, the receptionist knocked on the door and said, Boss Pei, the person you were waiting for has arrived. Let him in, the person inside replied. The lady at the front desk turned to Tian Mo and said, Go in quickly. Boss Pei has been waiting for a long time. Tian Mo was stunned. Boss Pei? If he remembered correctly, Tengda Corporation only had one Boss Pei. That was Boss Pei sent me a note on the street asking me to come to Tengda for an interview? Erm Tian Mo felt a little dizzy. Everything around him seemed unreal, as if he had not woken up. Chapter 995 - Entrusted With An Important Responsibility Tian Mo entered Boss Peis office, feeling helpless. Pei Qian pointed at the sofa beside him. Dont be reserved, have a seat anywhere you like. Do you want some tea? Tian Mo was a little flustered. Thank you, ah, no need Pei Qian smiled, poured two cups of tea, and handed one to him. Then, he sat in an armchair. Time is precious. Lets cut this short and get to the point. To be honest, I have a sales job for you. Pei Qian looked at the time. He wanted to get off work before five so he had to be more efficient this time. Tian Mo could not possibly be suspicious if they were to talk in Tengda Corporations CEO office, right? Tian Mo was flustered. Huh? Sales? This I I actually dont have much experience in sales. I did try to be a house agent for a month Pei Qian raised his eyebrows. Oh? Whats the result? In the end Tian Mo was a little embarrassed, but he still chose to be honest. In the end, I did not manage to rent too many houses in a month. I did not get a single cent in commission Pei Qian looked slightly concerned. Didnt rent out too many how many? Tian Mo said, Two houses. One of them happened to be a newly graduated student who was in a hurry to rent a house. The house was very suitable, so he rented it without me saying anything. The other one was given to me by a sister with a very good character in the shop because she felt that I was too pitiful Pei Qian was filled with respect. Hm, not bad. He was right about him. Tian Mo: Huh? Thats not bad? Pei Qian smiled slightly. To be honest, Tengda Corporations various departments are different from the outside world. Especially the sales department. What I want is not experienced and glib-tongued sales, but a unique set of standards. I think youre very suitable! Therefore, you dont have to worry too much. I can already see the potential I need from you. There will definitely be no problem as long as you can unleash this potential. Ah? Is that so? Tian Mo still looked skeptical. In fact, Boss Peis words sounded very ridiculous. He would have been 100% sure that he was a liar if it was anyone else. However, this was Tengdas CEOs office after all. Thus, no matter how ridiculous it sounded, it made some sense. Absolutely. Pei Qian looked very confident. Tian Mo hesitated for a moment and said, Boss Pei, to be honest, Im not good at sales. You know that Im not eloquent. It would be good if I dont dissuade customers. However, since you think so highly of me, Im willing to give it a try! Um Is anyone going to guide me? Tian Mo was obviously still not confident. He thought that if a master was willing to guide him and could slowly train him, he might improve in the future. Yes. Pei Qian pointed at himself. Ill guide you. Huh? Tian Mo nearly fainted. Boss Pei would be guiding him personally? How could he be worth so much? Boss Pei, theres no need for that, right? You can just get the person-in-charge of the sales department under you, or even a team leader below you to guide me. Your time is precious; theres no need for you to do something like that Pei Qian shook his head. No, its necessary. Would this sales department become a department for Tengda to earn more money, or would it become a department for Tengda to earn less? Actually, he was not sure yet. That would depend on how well Tian Mo, the person-in-charge of the department, did. Tian Mo could be said to be a blank piece of paper now. Pei Qian felt that he had to spend some time teaching him so that he could set a good foundation for the sales department. Tian Mo did not ask any more questions seeing Boss Peis determined attitude. His expression was very excited. Alright, Boss Pei, dont worry. I will work hard and not let you down! Pei Qian stood up and took a contract from his desk drawer. Sign the contract if theres no problem. The focus is on the salary. Tian Mo nodded. There was quite a lot of content in this contract. He had to read it slowly before he would reach the part on his salary. However, Tian Mo could roughly guess the situation with the salary. It was definitely a low base salary plus high commission. While Tian Mo did not like this salary structure because he knew that he could only get a low salary with his ability, he knew very well that there was no other way. Sales was indeed a profession that only looked at the results and not the process. The number of orders you signed represented how much ability you had. It would be easy to raise a group of lazy people if they did not put the bulk of their salary on commission. It would be impossible to be enthusiastic. Tian Mo might be introverted and bad with words, but he felt that since Boss Pei was personally guiding him, as long as he focused on learning for a period of time, his eloquence would improve, right? At that time, he would not have to worry about not getting a commission. The contents in front were relatively basic. It should be similar to Tengdas various labor contracts. It stipulated the various obligations and benefits of the employee base. Tian Mo was salivating at the benefits. However, the most surprising part of the contract came very quickly. My position is the person-in-charge of the sales department? The salary is 8,000 yuan per month plus the various benefits of the company? Uh, no commission? Tian Mo was a little confused. He thought that he was seeing things. The person-in-charge of the sales department could also be said to be the manager of the sales department. There was no problem calling him Boss X. This was definitely a leader position. As for the remuneration, it was far beyond his imagination. Previously, when he was distributing flyers on the streets, he would only get 2,000 yuan after working hard for 30 days. Now, he could get 8,000 yuan with holidays and various company benefits. His daily salary was probably five times higher. If you do well in the future, your salary will increase.Pei Qian explained. 8,000 yuan per month was the highest level allowed by the system. Tian Mos actual ability might not be worth 8,000 yuan, but with Tengda Corporations rapid development, the systems restrictions on the base salary became looser. Pei Qian had more and more room to play. Tian Mo was even more confused because this was completely out of his expectations. He had thought that he would be a small fry at the bottom of the sales department. In the end, he was the person-in-charge of the sales department? He had originally thought that it would be a basic salary plus commission. A base salary of 1,000 yuan was already not bad. However, the base salary was actually 8,000 yuan. Whats more, there was no commission at all? Tian Mo was at a loss. Is there a problem? If not, sign it. Its getting late. Pei Qian looked at the time. It was almost time to knock off. Tian Mo: Of course, theres no problem with the contract. Im just afraid of my own abilities Theres no problem with your ability. If youre satisfied with the treatment, sign it. Dont worry about anything else. Pei Qian smiled. Tian Mo hesitated, but Boss Peis trusting gaze calmed him down. Come to think of it, he was really lucky to have encountered such a good thing. He would not be able to survive if Boss Pei got angry because of him. Tian Mo quickly signed his name on the contract at that thought, afraid that Boss Pei would change his mind. Alright, Ill bring you to your workplace. Then, you can report directly to me tomorrow. Ill brief you on your work. Pei Qian stood up. Pei Qian led Tian Mo to the marketing department. There was a lot of empty space left in the marketing department since he rented a lot of unnecessary space. Many work desks were still empty. He could also arrange for the sales department to be here with the marketing department. Of course, they could not sit together directly. They had to be slightly separated to prevent any inexplicable chemical reactions. Pei Qian casually picked a seat. Alright, you can sit here. This position was by the window. The scenery was not bad. Whats more, it was the furthest away from the Advertising and marketing department. There were at least a dozen empty workstations around. Such a huge space was enough to cause trouble in a short period of time. Whats more, Pei Qian did not plan to get the sales department to hire new employees soon. He had to train Tian Mo first to determine the basic tone of the sales department so that it would not deviate. Tian Mo was stunned. Huh? Here? When he first arrived, he was quite happy to see so many people working hard in the advertising and marketing department. He fantasized about being one of them. Yet, Boss Pei had led him directly to an isolated island. How could that be? The scenery was indeed not bad, but the work desk was obviously isolated from the people there. Those who did not know would think that they had contracted some infectious disease. Pei Qian looked at his watch. Alright, its about time. You should familiarize yourself with the environment here. Come to my office at 10 AM tomorrow. Ill briefly explain the work arrangements to you and then officially start working here. Pei Qian turned around and left once everything was arranged. Tian Mo sat down at his desk, feeling a little helpless. He did not know what to do. He switched on his computer. The entire screen was filled with games. The computer only had a few basic computer software so he had to download the rest himself. Tian Mo scratched his head and did not dare to play the game. Instead, he opened a new document. He thought about it. He had been entrusted with a heavy responsibility by Boss Pei. Today was his first day at work. He could not possibly do nothing even though Boss Pei did not assign him any tasks, right? Wouldnt that leave a lazy dog impression on Boss Pei? However, Tian Mo had no clue at all looking at the blank document. Suddenly, he thought of the sister who had helped him in the shop when he was working as a real estate agent. He called her immediately. A few minutes later, Tian Mo received a few documents. This included daily work schedules, work content, regulations, and so on for sales. It was not confidential information. Of course, there was no technical content. However, it was still very useful to the current Tian Mo. He was prepared to create a document to sort out the contents and summarize the useful contents into the new document. That way, he would not be speechless when he met Boss Pei tomorrow. However, he felt someone pat his shoulder before he could even type two words into the new document. Hm? Tian Mo turned around and saw a young man who seemed to be a few years older than him. Hello, new colleague? The person who patted his shoulder asked. Tian Mo nodded. You are? The person who patted his shoulder smiled. Oh, my name is Yu Yao. I work in the advertising and marketing department next door. Tian Mo quickly said, Oh, Im Tian Mo. Its my first day at work today. Hello, hello. Yu Yao smiled. I told you that youre new and dont know the rules. Its time to knock off. Why are you still here? Do you have permission to work overtime? Huh? Permission to work overtime? Tian Mo felt like he was listening to the Book Of Heaven. He knew what these two words meant, but it was completely incomprehensible when they were linked together. Hurry home if you dont have any overtime limit. Come back tomorrow if you have any work. Why are you still sitting there? Hurry up, the door is about to be locked. Tian Mo was at a loss. No, I just Alright, Ill come back tomorrow. Tian Mo was still confused when he left Shenhua View. Today was really strange. It had completely overturned his life experiences over the past ten years. Tian Mo might have been interrupted when he opened the document but he gave it some thought. He still had some time to sort out the document since he was to meet Boss Pei at 10 AM tomorrow. Alright, Ill go back and have a good rest today. Adjust my state and work hard tomorrow! Chapter 996 - The Responsibility Of Sales Tian Mo arrived at the office at the usual working hours the next morning. He had already quit his job of distributing flyers. This job was a temporary job with a daily salary after all. It was free to come and go. There was nothing to miss. At first, he was a little worried that no one would open the door if he came too early. However, he realized that he had been overthinking. That was because Yu Yao and the others from the Advertisement and marketing department had arrived quite early. Even though all of them got to work and got off on time, they were very active and no one was late. However, Tian Mo noticed that there was a striking position in the advertising and marketing department. There were some cups, documents, and other personal items on it, but no one was there yesterday or today. However, he did not pay too much attention to it. After all, the advertising and marketing department might have to be out often to discuss business. It was normal that they were not in the company. Tian Mo sat down at his desk and immediately opened the document from yesterday. He took out the documents from the real estate agent shop and sorted them out before writing a simple work plan. This work plan was actually not that formal and rigorous. Tian Mo only felt that he should familiarize himself with his work responsibilities in advance so that he would not be so ignorant when he met Boss Pei later. It would be a little embarrassing if he could not say anything. Even though he might have already signed the contract, it was not a cradle-to-grave job. Tian Mo felt that he had to have some sense of crisis. Time flew by. In the blink of an eye, it was almost ten. Tian Mos document was almost ready. He quickly went to Yu Yaos office to ask. He printed it on the typewriter in the marketing department and then took the document to Boss Peis office. Pei Qian had just finished his breakfast at Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. When he arrived at the office, he brewed some tea and prepared to drink some tea to digest his food. Pei Qian put down his teacup when he saw Tian Mo. Have a seat. Tian Mo nodded and sat down. However, his sitting posture seemed even more reserved than yesterday. That was because he had been in a very confused state the day before. Everything had happened too quickly and too suddenly. He was rather confused. Today, he recalled that he had already signed the contract and Boss Pei was already his superior. Thus, he became much more nervous when they met again. Pei Qian did not pay much attention to it. In any case, after indulging in Tengdas environment for a period of time, even the most reserved people would relax. Lets cut the long story short. Ill briefly introduce Tengdas sales department. Do you have any thoughts about this job? I want to hear your views first. Pei Qian decided to check on Tian Mo again. Tian Mos resume might not be bad previously, he was even ranked first from the bottom for distributing flyers, which satisfied Pei Qian, but it did not mean that his thinking would not deviate. He had to make sure that there was nothing wrong with Tian Mos thinking before he could deal with the problem. Tian Mo could not help but smile when he heard that. Wasnt that a question he had prepared for? The content that he had prepared previously was finally put to use! Tian Mo immediately handed over the document he had brought with him. Boss Pei, Ive summarized my responsibilities and future work plans. Please take a look. Its definitely not very comprehensive, but it can be supplemented at any time. Pei Qian was stunned for a moment before reluctantly reaching out to take it. He even specially prepared a working document? That would lower Boss Peis first impression of you. Pei Qian flipped through the document and realized that it was filled with general work directions and some detailed rules. There were three or four pages in total. There were many points even though it was not long. They would receive customers, communicate with them, dig out their potential resources, provide feedback and feedback to customers and products in time according to the sales process.; Connect to the Sales Plan goals, set marketing goals and adapt to the companys future prospects and planning; He would create a database file for clients home address and contact details so that he could visit his target clients in the future; They would hold sales meetings regularly, arrange the corresponding work, prepare meeting records and fully mobilize the employees at the meetings to unify their thoughts; Regular team-building activities, praising advanced models, encouraging outstanding employees to complete the survival of the fittest through the personnel assessment They were all similar. There were several smaller projects after each major project. Some of the smaller projects were even detailed to the execution level. Pei Qians face fell. A few words had touched his sensitive nerves. Set a sales target? Build a database and visit his clients? Regular meetings, team-building, survival of the fittest? Am I not dying quickly enough for you?! This home visit and regular team building was especially excessive. Not only did he harass them on the phone, but he also disgusted his clients in their houses. Was this something a person could do? There was no need to talk about regular team-building. The sales departments team-building was not far from the mark. It was basically a brainwashing event. Some even had to organize slogans or mass exercises. It was simply a group of demons dancing. Pei Qian stuffed the document into the shredder beside him without another word. Ah, Boss Pei Tian Mo did not expect Boss Peis reaction to be so intense. He was momentarily at a loss. Pei Qian looked serious. The contents of this document are complete rubbish! Did you write this? Tian Mo stuttered. Yes and no. I asked the sister in the sales department for a few internal documents and sorted them out myself. Pei Qian looked slightly better. Its good that you didnt think of it. Now, forget all the rubbish in this document. Forget everything. Delete all the documents and related information on the computer when you get back. Leave nothing behind. Tian Mo quickly nodded. Alright, Boss Pei. He could not understand why he had sucked so bad at sucking up to Boss Pei. Perhaps it was because the sales here were too low-level and could not enter Boss Peis eyes? Yes, that was indeed possible. After all, there were many rumors about Boss Pei in the outside world. One of them was the God of marketing. Tian Mo might not be not sure if these rumors were true but it was very possible that Boss Pei would not take a liking to these minute sales strategies. Pei Qian had wanted to say something at first, but the contents of the document interfered with his thoughts and he forgot where to start. He thought about it and decided to look at it from another angle. You said that you worked as an intermediary at a real estate company before. Tell me about your work there. Tian Mo did not know what Boss Pei was up to, but since Boss Pei asked, he would answer truthfully. That sister briefly explained to me about the job of the intermediary before. I still remember it very clearly now. She said that intermediary work can be divided into three stages: the novice stage, the proficiency stage, and the cycle stage. The novice period is when you first entered the industry. This phase is mainly to learn some basic real estate knowledge. You have a certain level of familiarity and understanding of the scope of the business and practice a certain level of language express ability. Clock in on the system everyday and familiarize myself with the nearby houses. I should also have the ability to communicate with people during site visits for the surrounding new houses, second-hand houses, running errands for new houses, building units, looking for property owners to practice speaking with. At this stage, we wont be able to sign any contracts. We have to slowly work through it. During the proficiency period, you would be able to figure out your own way of working. Every salesperson would have their own way of working. For example, some would be good at making calls, some would expand their customer resources, and some would be good at maintaining their customer relationship. At this stage, I have to familiarize myself with my own work methods and constantly improve my advantages and strengths. When it comes to the cycle, the working method would be completely mature. The client would go from being developed to being introduced as the main character, forming a client circle that belongs to him. The client would introduce the client, the landlord would introduce the client, the client would introduce the landlord, the landlord would introduce the landlord forming a positive cycle. That way, he would not have to work so hard to run around. As long as he maintains this circle, he would have endless results. Im really not cut out for this. Ive worked for a period of time and Im still in the newbie stage. When I call people, I would basically be hung up in a second. I cant finalize contracts either. Therefore, I dont really understand the situation in the last two stages Tian Mo basically said everything he knew without holding anything back, explaining everything that understood. Chapter 997 - The Standard of Tengda Sales Pei Qian remained silent for a moment. Indeed, there was a huge gap between this so-called sales job and the real sales job that he requested. Pei Qian organized his thoughts and said, Yes, you can forget everything that happened before. These things might be useful in other companies, but I can tell you very clearly that in Tengda, not only would they be useless, they would be counterproductive and would only have the opposite effect. Therefore, forget it completely. Next, Ill talk about a few rules in Tengdas sales department. You have to remember them well. Some of them are prohibited, which means you cannot violate them. They have to be strictly enforced. No one in the department can be an exception. Tian Mo quickly took out a small notebook and prepared to record upon hearing this. He had been criticized twice for sitting around doing nothing during meetings previously, when he was working at the intermediary company. After that, he had maintained his habit of carrying pen and paper with him. Pei Qian continued, First, all sales are strictly prohibited from contacting customers to promote their business. Phone calls, flyers, and so on are not allowed. Visiting is also absolutely prohibited. You can only answer your clients questions when the client comes to you. You can only answer whatever the client asks. You cannot divert the topic and deliberately direct them towards buying. Second, you dont have to deliberately practice your ability to communicate with others. You dont have to learn or train any speaking skills. You have to speak to your clients the way you normally speak. Of course, you have to have basic courtesy. Third, dont maintain your relationship with your clients. Dont send well wishing messages to your clients during the holidays. Dont share strange content in your circle of friends. Dont try to get close to them. They dont know you well. Fourth, the employees of the sales department must not have any competitive relationship. They must not compare. They must not use factors such as top sales and performance to influence the employees mentality. They must not make ratings in daily or department work summary. Fifth, customer relationships are not personal relationships. There is strictly no distinction between your client and my client. Everyone is to share their clients and serve them well. Sixth, is that the department only has a fixed salary and no commission. Everyones performance is not directly related to their salary. Ill give you the specific salary standard later. Seventh: When you introduce the products to your clients, you must emphasize the flaws and problems of the products. You must be meticulous and not miss anything Tian Mo had been taking notes seriously, but the more he listened, the more he felt that something was amiss. He subconsciously raised his head, afraid that he had heard wrongly. Something didnt feel right. It was completely different from his superficial sales knowledge! To put it simply, the guidance concept had completely changed. Traditionally, the sales department used various methods to motivate employees to contact customers more frequently. They built a relatively tight sales network through phone calls and pulling connections, making all sales run wildly for more sales. Whether it was the so-called expanding customer relationship or maintaining customer relationship, including meetings within the sales department, team building, public commendations and high bonuses for the sales title sponsors, it was all to mobilize the enthusiasm of salespeople as much as possible so that they could strengthen competition and obtain more business. The more salesmen sold, the more the company would earn. The few points that Boss Pei had suggested were obviously completely opposite to this line of thinking. To summarize it in one sentence, it was to be compensated without regard to performance. The salary was fixed and there was no commission. The employee would not even be given an evaluation or commendation, let alone a bonus. Whats more, not only did he not need to expand his customers, he did not need to contact them on his own accord. In fact, he could not even take the initiative to talk about business content and promote it! Tian Mo was confused after memorizing these points. On one hand, he felt that his understanding had been subverted. On the other hand, he felt deeply confused after his understanding had been subverted. He could not do this or that. What else could he do as a salesperson? After Pei Qian finished speaking, Tian Mo asked, Er Boss Pei, Ive noted everything you said, but I have a question. From what I understand, the daily job of sales is to look for clients everywhere by making phone calls and distributing flyers. Then, they would maintain their relationship with clients and sell products. Now, youre saying that I cant take the initiative to call, and theres no need to maintain my relationship with the client. Then how are the clients coming? I cant expect them to take the initiative to call me, right? If thats the case, I dont think this department should be called the sales department. It should be called the customer service department Pei Qian was silent for a moment. Tian Mos words really stumped him. Indeed, if he only replied to customers when they came knocking, that would seem to be what customer service should do Pei Qian planned to set up a sales department in hopes of losing money through reverse sales. However, something seemed amiss if he were to raise it to become a customer service department. He had to think of a way to distinguish the sales department from the customer service department. The main thing was to give the sales department a way to contact the customers. He could not block them completely. If that happened, they would really become the customer service department. Of course, this method could not be through making calls or distributing flyers. This method was too dangerous because the cost was very low. Now that there was such a serious leak in personal information online, he could easily spend some money to buy a huge number of targeted clients phone numbers. He could call them one by one to harass them, increase their contact numbers, and promote them. It was basically a costless thing. As long as he accumulated manpower and made enough calls, he could always pull in a few clients. The method of distributing flyers was similar. As long as there were enough salesmen, there would be a certain effect. Of course, if the entire sales department maintained a relatively small number of people, such as only a dozen or so people, the effect would be minimal no matter how much they called or distributed flyers. However, the problem was that Pei Qian had set up this sales department with the aim of spending more money. How much money could he spend if he only raised a dozen people? Even if he maximized the benefits and benefits, how much money could he spend? Therefore, he had to find a safer way to spend more money and be less effective. That way, he could be at ease and hire more people in the future. After some thought, Pei Qian quickly thought of a good way to spend more money. Of course, Ive thought about that. After you finish the preparatory work, Ill give you money to open a shop. At that time, all of your sales work will be done in the shop. You dont have to deliberately make calls or distribute flyers to contact customers. You just have to wait for customers to come to the shop. As for the office in Shenhua View, it will be your headquarters. The core members will work here while the other salespeople will work in the shop. This was the plan that Pei Qian had thought of. He would open a physical store as long as he met things that he could not solve! Opening a physical store was the best way to burn money without a doubt. That was because physical stores meant rent, utilities, and other expenses. For ordinary phone sales, the cost was very low. They could find a remote office area and set up densely packed work desks. Everyone would have a phone, a computer, and then distribute some base salary for them to make calls. However, if there was a physical store, it would mean that there would be rent, utilities, and other expenses. Whats more, for the sake of the companys image, they would have to get uniforms for the employees and renovate the place. That would cost a lot. Of course, Pei Qian had some bad experiences opening physical stores. For example, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Fish-Catching Take-Out, Deposit Fitness, and the like. However, on the whole, if the physical industry earned money, they could continue to spend money by opening more shops. The risk was relatively controllable. Whats more, Sloth Apartments and Upwind Logistics were still incurring losses. What was there to be afraid of? Thus, Pei Qian felt that with his detailed planning and meticulous planning and Tian Mo being the person-in-charge of the entire sales department, he would definitely win. When Tian Mo heard that he was going to open a shop, he nodded slightly and thought that it was finally normal. If everyone from the sales department were to squeeze here without making any calls or distributing flyers, who would be able to find an office building? If there was a shop, customers would at least be able to find a place. That would be more reasonable. Whats more, stores were a symbol of strength. Large real estate companies like the Home Corporation had shops all over the various cities. Each shop covered the surrounding area. That made it easier to understand the situation of the entire area and formulate different strategies for different situations in various cities and regions. Boss Pei did not specify what kind of store he wanted to open, so Tian Mo did not think too much about it. He thought that it might be similar to Home Corporation. Pei Qian did some calculations. It would take some time to prepare if he really wanted to set up a shop. He had to make some preparations for the location of the shop, renovation, the specific structure, the clothing and training of the salespeople, and the like. Tian Mo would definitely not be able to take charge of these preparations. He had to arrange for some professionals. It was not that he had to make the preparation work especially perfect. He was mainly afraid that Tian Mo would not understand anything and prepare too slowly. It would be too much of a hindrance if the sales department could not be established by the time of the settlement. At that thought, Pei Qian said to Tian Mo, Alright, thats all for today. Ive already told you some of the basic principles of the sales department. When you go back, remember these principles firmly and memorize them word for word. Then, remember them at all times. You cannot violate them. Ill arrange for someone else to do the preparatory work. Ill inform you when its ready. Tian Mo was stunned. Er are there other tasks? Other tasks? No. Pei Qian shook his head. All you have to do in the meantime is to memorize these contents. Ill check the next time I see you. Youll fail if you dont memorise them. Tian Mo quickly nodded. Dont worry, Boss Pei. Ill memorize every single word! Tian Mo carefully kept his notebook and left Boss Peis office after confirming that he had no other tasks. Tian Mo did not know what Boss Peis plan was, but he felt that it was brilliant. It seemed like as long as he fulfilled Boss Peis requirements seriously, all problems would be solved! Tian Mo walked out of Boss Peis office and suddenly felt full of confidence. Life was filled with hope! Chapter 998 - Commencement Of Shenhua Game Department Pei Qian gave the shop some brief thought after Tian Mo left. The purpose of this shop would definitely be different from the functional areas of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and other shops. Thus, he had to plan the specific layout of the shop. The sales in the shops were also very important. They could not follow Tengdas recruitment process because those people were too skilled. He had to think of a way to select a group of people who were similar to Tian Mo. He was not in a hurry to hire people, but the renovation of the shop would take some time. He had to make arrangements quickly. After some thought, Pei Qian called Liang Qingfan and asked him to come to the office tomorrow afternoon to finalize the details of the shop. Once everything was arranged, Pei Qian heaved a sigh of relief. He opened the webpage and looked at the current situation of Mission and Choice. It was still not optimistic! The overall reviews and reputation had been getting better ever since the release of the movie and the game. It has always been a hot topic on the internet. Games and movies affected each other. As the sales volume of the game increased, the number of screenings in the cinema also increased. Less than a week had passed, but the situation was already very bad. He could roughly deduce the sales volume of the game and the movie box office for the entire life cycle through the figures of the week after this weekend ended. Pei Qian looked at the various media outlets, gamers, and the audiences praises and felt very tired. It was like pouring toxic milk into his mouth one mouthful by one mouthful. He could not even finish it, and yet someone kept on pouring it down. Finally, it flowed down the corner of his mouth Pei Qians eyes lit up as he fretted. That was because he saw the discussion about Bunny Tail Live-Stream on the forum! Pei Qian turned on Bunny Tail Live-Stream. Indeed, he realized that while he had been busy unearthing Tian Mo, the unpolished gem, Bunny Tails mandatory one hour function had been released. This was the first time Pei Qian had logged into Bunny Tail live-stream after the version update. Thus, a dialog box popped up. It briefly introduced the various rules after the version update, especially the mandatory one hour function. An hours countdown would appear in the upper right corner of the interface after officially entering the website or application for the Bunny Tail Live-Stream. Before the countdown ended, one could only browse the contents of the learning area or use the focus mode to hang the phone. Of course, there were loopholes that could be exploited. They could indeed muddle through if they hung a bunny tail live-stream webpage on the computer for an hour. The key was not this hour, but creating additional trouble for the audience. The audience could indeed solve the problem by letting the webpage hang for an hour. However, there was a natural disadvantage compared to live-stream platforms that did not have any restrictions where they could just browse through. Pei Qian looked at the feedback on the internet and finally smiled. His worries were gone. Has Bunny Tail Live-Stream gone crazy? Its a good live-stream platform because e-sports competitions are supposed to be thriving. Why are they forcefully disgusting their audiences? I only have one or two hours of rest a day. I have to watch learning videos or let it hang for an hour if I want to watch live-streams? Isnt that too much? Its fine if they want to manage teenagers, but even adults? Its alright. Ill do something else for a while as I wait for the competition to start. The key is that you have to remember to let it hang for an hour every day? Watching live-streams is always for entertainment. Arent you tired if you do this? Bye bye, Bunny Tail live-stream. There are so many platforms broadcasting competitions. Its not like I can only watch from you. Its a pity. I always thought that watching the competition live on Bunny Tail would be the best. Now, I can only change platforms. You can tell from the number of viewers in the live-stream. Bunny Tails live-stream is filled with real data. Recently, the number of viewers in the various live-streams has dropped by at least two-thirds. They have fallen so much that even their own mothers dont recognize them. I dont believe that Bunny Tail Live-Stream is such a tough nut to crack. The figures are even worse than being cut in half. Hurry up and remove this restriction! Theres no point in removing it. The audience would not come back once they ran away. Whats more, Bunny Tail Live-Stream should be prepared to walk down a path to the dark based on their official meaning. Theres a lot of criticism online, but the official platform has not come out to give an explanation. Sigh, hes courting death. The bosses of the other live-stream platforms are probably kneeling in the living room, right? To put it bluntly, Bunny Tails live-stream this time is definitely a huge mistake! The previous few decisions were quite wise. I feel that the other live-stream platforms cant handle it. Why did they suddenly take a breather at such a critical juncture? If you ask me, its because Bunny Tail Live-Stream is too arrogant. It feels like the audience cant leave it. Its quite disgusting to start something so fancy. Boss Pei, do something, Boss Pei. Dont let those people in Bunny Tail Live-Stream joke around anymore! I just want to watch live-streams and entertain myself. I dont want to learn anything. Is that something a human would do? Do you think Boss Pei doesnt know? Boss Peis plan is flawless. How could he not know about such a huge matter? In my opinion, this is very likely his own decision! The netizens opinions varied, but their tone was not good. That was understandable. After all, most people watched live-streams for fun. If they watched live-streams, would they care about wasting time? Whats more, how many things in life were not a waste of time? Therefore, most people would definitely be dissatisfied with Bunny Tail Live-Stream, which restricted users. Whats more, other live-stream platforms would definitely not ignore this. Bunny Tail Live-Stream was courting death and had already offended its own platforms users to a certain extent. The other live-stream platforms had suffered quite a bit when Bunny Tail Live-Stream had just been established. With this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, they definitely had to buy fake reviewers to secretly step them on the internet. The data on the number of people in Bunny Tails live-stream were real figures, so it looked especially obvious after the number of people decreased. It also proved the doubts of the people on the Internet. All in all, no matter how one looked at it, the current behavior of Bunny Tail Live-Stream could be considered as the wrath of the heavens and the enemy is besieged from all sides. However, the more Pei Qian watched, the happier he became. This meant that he had achieved his goal! It was good news to be able to suppress the popularity of Bunny Tails live-stream in the early stages. If Bunny Tails live-stream really developed and became an industry giant and monopolized more than half of the resources, it would be too late and most of the users would only forcefully accept it. They had to nip it in the bud! Pei Qian could not help but feel proud of his foresight. He would observe it again after some time. Once he confirmed that the popularity of the Bunny Tail Live-Stream had been controlled, he could then throw more money in and turn it into a ruthless money-burning machine. Pei Qian had not been in a good mood at first. However, his mood improved after seeing the enthusiastic netizens comments. Indeed, warm-hearted netizens were family! Pei Qian was flipping through the netizens endless praises for the live-stream when his cell phone rang. It was Lin Chang. Boss Pei, the preparation work for the games department is done. I wonder how Ah Wans handover is going? When can she officially start work here? Pei Qian was a little surprised. Oh? So soon? It had only been a few days. The efficiency was too high. Lin Chang smiled. Its mainly because I spoke to the Old Master. He felt that Boss Peis idea was especially good and supported it! Thats why it went very smoothly. Whats more, theres nothing much to do in the early stages of preparation. Its just to prepare the office space, the companys funding, registration, and so on. According to Boss Peis plan, Ah Wan has to be in charge of the recruitment of the entire companys core members. We wont be able to interfere in the post-production and development. Pei Qian was quite happy as well. Sure, Ive already arranged for her to hand over her work. It should be quite fast. I also think that theres no time to lose. The sooner the better. How about this? Well meet tomorrow and finalize the project. Lin Chang was stunned. Huh? Finalize the project? Isnt that a little rushed? Pei Qian: Well, theres no time to lose. The earlier we settle the project, the more time we have to prepare. Lin Chang thought for a while. Alright, lets meet tomorrow morning? How about 10 AM? Pei Qian: Er where is the address? If its at Shenhua Corporations headquarters, Im afraid I cant make it there. Lin Chang: Its in Jingzhou. Its about fifteen minutes away from Shang Yang Games! Pei Qian was stunned. Huh? Thats not right. Since its Shenhuas gaming department, shouldnt it be located near Shenhua Corporations headquarters? That way, it would be closer to Old Master Lin and Lin Wan would be able to return home more often, right? Pei Qian had thought that he would be able to send Lin Wan far away. He had not expected that she would only be sent to a place about ten minutes away from Shang Yang Games. He felt a little discouraged. Lin Chang said, Of course, Old Master wants Ah Wan to go back. However, we cannot rush this matter. If Ah Wan hears that she is leaving Jingzhou, she will definitely be very resistant. Whats more, this company would have to communicate more with Shang Yang Games after this is established to obtain some help from them. It would be inconvenient to communicate further away. Coincidentally, Shenhua Real Estate has a few office buildings in Jingzhou other than Shenhua View. It would be more convenient to find a suitable office space. Pei Qian thought about it and felt that it made sense. It would be counterproductive if he was too anxious and Lin Wan suddenly became wary. Alright, see you at 10 AM tomorrow. Pei Qian rubbed his chin and began preparing for the meeting tomorrow after hanging up. The reason why he was so anxious was because he was afraid that things would change if he delayed. Recruitment was easy. Shenhua Corporation and Tengda Corporation were not short of money anyway. If this new company wanted talents, they could directly poach people and recruit them. There was ample time, and it would not be a problem to continue recruiting people during the research and development process. However, the establishment of the game was a huge problem. Money could not solve it. Pei Qian was worried that Lin Wan would not be able to make up her mind on what project she wanted to work on. After some hesitation, he decided to give up. Thus, Pei Qian felt that he had to help Lin Wan build up her confidence. He had to help her finalize this project so that she could leave Shang Yang Games without any problems. However, what kind of game should he create? Pei Qian had not thought about it yet, but he still had a few hours to think about it. That should be enough. On one hand, it would be best if this game could barely recoup its costs or even incur losses. Otherwise, I might not be able to take it if it makes a huge profit. On the other hand, I cannot be too ridiculous. I cannot arouse Lin Wans suspicion and scare her away. The second point is easier. The key is in the first point. How can we make this game unsuccessful? Its more difficult Of course, the best result would be good but not spectacular. It would have a good reputation but it would only be able to recoup costs or incur losses. That would be perfect. After some thought, Pei Qian could roughly guess Lin Chang and Lin Wans attitude tomorrow. The two of them would definitely want this new games department to continue Shang Yang Games successful experience. The first game would focus on stability. In other words, creating a game genre that either Tengda Games or Shang Yang Games had created, would have a higher chance of success as they had a successful project as a template. However, Pei Qian could not allow that to happen. Shenhua Corporation was a huge organization with too many resources under their control. The cell phone department could easily give a recommendation spot in the cell phone market. It would not be a problem to make a mobile game popular. Whats more, Lin Wan was not a rookie. She had already hosted and developed several successful games. Even if she changed companies and hired new employees, it would probably be a matter of time before she created a successful game. Pei Qian was so busy, and he could not keep an eye on her all the time. He could not extinguish the signs of success in time. Thus, Pei Qian had to keep a close eye on the project and arrange a game project for Lin Wan that had a very low chance of success where she could not make use of any of Tengdas successful games at the moment, and everyone still felt that there was a chance of success. So what should we do Pei Qian leaned back in his chair and fell into deep thought. Chapter 999 - Slow Movement Studio At 10 AM the next day, Pei Qian went to the location that Lin Chang had sent him and arrived at the newly established Shenhua Games Department office. This was another office building of Shenhua Real Estate. It looked equally dazzling and impressive. It was slightly worse than Shenhua View even though it was almost the same. Shenhua Real Estate did not have many projects in second-tier cities like Jingzhou, but the quality was not bad. Since it was an office building prepared for Lin Wan, all sorts of conditions had to be fulfilled. Strictly speaking, it was a gaming company jointly funded by Shenhua Corporation and Tengda Corporation even though it was Shenhuas gaming department. Thus, the name had not been determined yet. However, names were minor details. The key was the companys goal. What he told Lin Wan was that establishing this company was to train her and improve her ability. To Lin Chang, this company could allow Lin Wan to return to inherit the family business as soon as possible. At the same time, it could also be considered as expanding Shenhua Corporation. Pei Qian hoped to use this opportunity to gradually get rid of Lin Wan and his relationship with Shenhua Corporation so that he could earn less money. Thus, to Lin Chang and Pei Qian, whether or not they earned money by opening this company was secondary. They could accept it as long as they did not lose too much. Whats more, even if they lost a lot of money, it would still make sense as long as they earned a good reputation. Pei Qian was also thinking about this new game. Lin Chang arrived early downstairs and brought Pei Qian to the office of the new company. However, Pei Qian was stunned when he saw the working environment. It was almost exactly the same as Tengda Games! The distance between the desks, the pantry, the layout of the entertainment room, and the various office tables were almost no different from Tengda Games! Even the computer purchased was on ROF. The logo on it was too familiar. Pei Qian scanned the office and realized that it was huge. There were at least a hundred work desks, all equipped with ROF computers Hed earned a f*cking load of money again! Pei Qian was confused. This Lin Chang smiled and explained, Boss Pei, dont you find it familiar? I was mainly worried that Ah Wan would not be able to adapt to the new working environment, so I did some homework. I arranged everything according to Tengda Games and Shang Yang Games office environment. I heard that such an environment is good for increasing efficiency? It looks quite good. Ill get Shenhua Real Estates branch companies in Jingzhou to match this standard. Pei Qian: Soon, everyone arrived. There were a few other employees other than Pei Qian, Lin Wan, and Lin Chang. There was still a lot of preparation work in the early stages of the company. Lin Wan would definitely not be able to handle it alone. Whats more, there was no need for her to spend all her energy on these trivial matters. Thus, Lin Chang prepared an entire team for her, including administrative, manpower, finance, and so on. Of course, apart from these people, Lin Wan had to personally select, interview, and supervise the entire development team. Lin Chang first gave a simple task to the person-in-charge of administration, manpower, and finance. He told them the important points of the expected work and then sent them away. Pei Qian, Lin Chang, and Lin Wan were the only ones left in the conference room. They were ready to get down to business. Lin Chang poured some tea. There are no outsiders now. Lets chat casually. Actually, there are three things to be confirmed this time. The first is to give this company, or rather, the Studio, a nice name. The second is to confirm the general direction of the first project according to what Boss Pei said previously. The third is to confirm the general investment based on the situation of this project. Im not good at naming things. You two decide. Lin Chang sipped his tea like an outsider. Indeed, there was no need for him to pay attention to it. That was because the gaming department had no intention of earning money. It was completely meant for Lin Wan to gain experience. When Lin Chang had first returned, Old Master Lin had not directly allowed him to take over Shenhuas entertainment industry. Instead, he had given him some money to practice with. It did not matter to Shenhua even if Lin Wan lost everything. Lin Wan remained silent for a moment. Im also helpless at names Pei Qian sighed softly. Alright, it looked like he had to come personally as the naming genius. After some consideration, he said, I think Slow Progress Studio is not bad. Lin Chang sipped his tea while savoring it. Slow Movement Studio, Slow Movement Moving forward slowly, hinting that this studio has to take one step at a time. They can walk very slowly but they have to walk steadily. They cant be anxious for quick success, they cant be delusional and want to reach the sky in one step. They have to be down-to-earth and stop being arrogant and impetuous. Alright, the meaning is not bad! Ah Wan, this should be a wish from Boss Pei to you. You have to be humble and not be rash. You have to be down-to-earth. Lin Wan nodded. Yes, I understand! Pei Qian sipped his tea silently and smiled without saying a word. In fact, Slow Movement was another way of saying Wan Leave. In other words, he hoped that Lin Wan could leave as soon as possible. However, it was a little obscure and not that straightforward[1.The chinese character Lin Wans Wan means slow or late while the chinese word for movement can also mean go or leave]. As for how Lin Wan and Lin Chang would understand it, that had nothing to do with Pei Qian. Lin Chang continued, Alright, the name of the studio has been decided. It will be called Slow Movement Studio. Next is the question of what Slow Movement Studios first game project should be. Boss Pei, you said that you have a general idea? Pei Qian did not panic at all. After taking a sip of tea, he said, I do have some ideas, but I still want to hear your opinions before that. Lin Chang nodded. Alright, Ill tell you my opinion first. Thats what I think: Even though Ah Wan has some successful experience in Shang Yang Games, she is now in a new environment and a new batch of colleagues. The entire new research and development team still needs more time to work together. If she were to challenge a particularly difficult project right from the start, the chances of failure would be higher. The problem with money is secondary. We mainly dont want to hurt her confidence. Thats why I feel that we should choose some successful projects that were done before. We can extend the experience of these projects and create a similar game. We can create innovations. This project will mainly be to run-in the team. Once that is done, we can challenge more difficult projects. Ah Wan, what do you think? Lin Wan pondered for a moment. Yes, I agree. Boss Pei has to fork out half of the funds this time after all. Whats more, I might have to trouble my colleagues at Shang Yang Games to help me with the development of the project If the project fails, the team might still be able to run-in but I would feel bad if everyones efforts go down the drain. Therefore, I think its better to go from easy to difficult. We can think about making a mobile game to practice first. At the same time, we can sharpen the team. Once this project succeeds, we can think about the long-term goal. This is in line with Boss Peis expectations of Slow Movement Studio. After all, Slow Movement Studio has to take it one step at a time and walk slowly. We cannot think of eating a fatty in one bite. Pei Qian raised his eyebrows slightly. Slow Movement did not have that meaning. Dont interpret it blindly! If he really followed the thoughts of these two siblings and created a cell phone game first, then hung it on Shenhuas application market, would there be any possibility of losing money for this project? No way! Pei Qian cleared his throat. Thats not how you interpret Slow Movement. Theres a saying: Make bold assumptions and seek confirmation carefully. When you set a goal, you have to have a long-term vision. You do have to walk step by step, but if you only care about whats under your feet and dont have foresight, you will still take the wrong path. You already have enough experience in mobile games. Whats the point of making a few more mobile games? Its just repeating what youve done many times before. You can only improve if you dare to break through. Think about it carefully. Which of the previous successful projects relied on stability to succeed? Lin Wan was stunned for a moment, then a somewhat ashamed expression appeared on her face. Chapter 1000 - VR Game Boss Peis words made sense. In the past, all successful projects did not rely on stability. In fact, be it Tengda Games or Shang Yang Games, every game that they created was unconventional and took huge risks. However, they would always succeed. On the other hand, the gaming companies outside that were only focused on stability would change a few art resources, repackage them and sell them as new games. They would try to seek stability and earn money, but the response would be average and the sales would be dismal. That was because stability was a form of stagnation. Stability was equivalent to falling behind others while other game manufacturers were looking for new and change. Their previous successful experience would also quickly fall behind. Lin Chang was also filled with respect. Even though he did not know much about the game industry, Boss Peis words seemed to contain deep philosophy. What do you think then, Boss Pei? Lin Chang asked. Pei Qian cleared his throat and said, In my opinion, the newer a company is, the more ambitious and bold they have to be. If the new company wanted to follow the old ways and follow previous successes when it was first established, it would not have the courage to innovate in the future. It would only become more and more out of place on the path of repackaging. Therefore, you have to design as usual, no matter whether you are in Shang Yang Games or in Slow Movement Workspace. You have to forget that you are in a new company. Its still the same as before. Well set the game genre first and take it one step at a time. Lin Wan nodded. Yes, in that case, there are only a few options. Since were not going to make cell phone games, well only have standalone games and online games. We have to work hard to create standalone games like Repent and be Saved, Struggle, Mission and Choice if we want to challenge ourselves, according to Boss Pei. Pei Qian pondered for a moment. Are there really only these few options? Think about it again. It would have been better if Lin Wan had not given him examples. These examples reminded Pei Qian of his sad past. The investment in these three standalone games were increasingly big but they were also more profitable than the last. Even though it was not enough to prove that this was a failed path, Pei Qian did not want to walk it again for the time being. Thus, he had to find another way. Lin Wan looked very confused. Huh? But thats all there is to the game genre. There are only standalone and online games on the computer, mobile games Pei Qian prompted, Have you not heard of VR games recently? Lin Chang and Lin Wan were stunned. They looked at each other. VR game? Lin Wan hesitated for a moment before saying, Ive heard of it before, but this game is only based on a concept, right? Other than some foreign manufacturers who have done some exploratory and conceptualized VR games, no one else has done it at the moment Lin Chang, on the other hand, looked confused. He silently took out his cell phone to search for the keywords VR game. Last night, Pei Qian had already searched for related information online and found out about the development of VR technology in this world. In summary, VR technology in this world was a year or two faster than he remembered. VR technology was actually considered relatively slow compared to the development of cell phone technology in this world. A more critical node about VR technology was the birth of the first modern VR glasses equipment. In Pei Qians memory, it should have been the original Oculus Rift that was released in 2012. This was a VR glasses equipment that had been mass-produced with 2.5 million US dollars. From this year onwards, the publics interest in VR was gradually ignited. According to Pei Qians impression of development, the VR equipment of various manufacturers, such as HTC Vive and PSVR arrived in 2016. That was when the VR craze started. It was also for this reason that many people named 2016 the first year of the VR games. However, the development of the VR industry quickly reached a bottleneck. The popularity of the VR industry gradually subsided due to technical reasons. However, that was all in the future. The current situation in this world was roughly equivalent to what Pei Qian remembered from 2013 to 2014. Companies overseas had already produced usable VR glasses through crowdfunding last year. However, this product did not attract much attention overseas, let alone domestically. On one hand, it was because there were still some flaws in the current technology. The resolution was relatively low. The resolution of the monocle was only 640*800. It was only 1280*800 after combining both eyes. The grille was very obvious. In laymans terms, it was full of mosaics. The pixels were thick and the tracking was not perfect. On the other hand, it was because VR technology could provide too little content. There were not many manufacturers who could develop or film games. Most consumers would not have the motivation to spend 300 US dollars on such a toy if they did not have the equipment and content. At the moment, the VR field was still empty in China. No companies produced VR glasses nor VR games, and even the cheap VR alternatives for hard paper boxes+cell phones did not exist. That was what Pei Qian had thought: It would take at least three years to reach the popularity of the First Year Of VR according to the rate of development of the entire VR industry. The entire market would shrink and the popularity would not be high in these three years. Whats more, the prerequisite for playing VR games was to buy a pair of VR glasses. The price would be at least two to three thousand yuan. Whats more, one would need a high-end computer to smoothly experience a large VR game. It might cost at least six to seven thousand yuan. Most players could not accept such a hefty investment. Thus, Pei Qian felt that creating a VR game at this juncture should be foolproof! On the other hand, it would be difficult to say what would happen in another two or three years. He had to make use of this critical juncture to lose as much money as possible. Lin Chang checked with his cell phone. Finally, he roughly understood the situation of VR games. Boss Pei, if we want to develop VR games, do we have to work with these foreign VR bespectacled manufacturers? Pei Qian smiled. Whats there to work with? Cant we just develop it ourselves? Shenhua Corporation can make cell phones, but they cant make VR glasses? Lin Chang was stunned. However, that did seem to be the case after some thought. VR glasses were not a very complicated technology. The difficulty of making them would not be higher than cell phones. Shenhua Corporation not only made cell phones but also smart hardware. It was not difficult to develop VR glasses. However, he quickly realized that the problem now was not about technology or money! Lin Chang said, Boss Pei, isnt this too risky? There are no traditional game manufacturers making VR games now. If we want to do it, we dont have any successful experience to refer to, right? Pei Qian asked, What kind of successful experience do we need since were going to innovate? Lin Chang opened his mouth slightly and was speechless. Lin Wan said, Dont interrupt first. Let Boss Pei talk about the entire project before commenting. Lin Chang : Obviously, Lin Wan was seriously considering the feasibility of the VR game project. After some consideration, she said, Boss Pei, what kind of VR game should we create then? A first-person shooting game? Interactive movie game? A simple strategic game should work as well. Considering the characteristics of the VR equipment, making a first-person shooting game would definitely be the best choice. Compared to computers, VR did not have the advantage in many aspects because of its immature technology. For example, resolution, operations, dizziness, and other problems had to be resolved. The only advantage was immersion. Therefore, first-person shooting games and interactive movie games would obtain an experience that far exceeds that of computer games. It was more difficult for strategic games. They could only do games that had simple operations and did not have complicated content. All of them might possess the omniscient view, but the omniscient view under the VR mode would be more shocking than from the computer. It could be barely done. Pei Qian fell silent for a short while. They might actually be able to make a name for themselves if it was a first-person shooting or an interactive movie game. That was because the one would aim with the controller in a first-person shooting game. It might be able to create a masterpiece that players would brag about if coupled with a strong immersion and a terrifying atmosphere. Chapter 1001 - Make It A Whole Number, Small Investment Of 40 Million Yuan! Interactive movie games might not be as exciting as shooting games, but if the plot was done well, the immersion of VR games could be maximized. Whats more, interactive movie games had fewer operations and smoother perspectives, which was more in line with VR characteristics. The success rate of these two types of games seemed too high. They should not make them! The probability of success for real-time strategy games might seem low, but he had just learnt the lesson of Mission and Choice. Pei Qian did not want to think about it as he had some PTSD for such games. Pei Qian waved his hand. Thats not appropriate. The game genres that you are talking about would not be effective if the size is small. It would be difficult to support the equipment if the size is large. After all, the equipment has not been developed yet. Im not sure how high the resolution can be. Most of the games that you mentioned are realistic. They need more graphics to be effective. Lin Wan nodded, thinking that Boss Pei was right. This was especially true for interactive movie games. If the audience saw a bunch of mosaics, it would definitely severely affect the game experience. Then Boss Pei, if the realistic style is not good, then we can only make it more cartoonish. However, VR games dont seem to match the cartoon style, right? What kind of games can they make? If the equipment was low in function and the graphics resolution was low, it would be more convenient to make cartoons. For example, the excellent Legend of Zelda: The Breath of the Wilderness made the graphics very exquisite when there was only 720P of Switch. Whats more, this style was very distinctive and could easily leave a deep impression on players. The only problem was that the genre of the game that he could choose was more limited. Of course, forcefully using this genre to create FPS games and interactive movie games was not entirely impossible. It would only be slightly worse and not in line with Boss Peis pursuit of perfection. Pei Qian said, To summarize, this game has to fit the following characteristics: We have to fully consider the relatively weak functions of the VR equipment at this stage. Thus, we have to adopt a cartoon style. At the same time, the capacity of the game should not be too large. Whats more, considering that the VR equipment at the current stage could easily cause gamers to feel dizzy, the games perspective should not be changed too quickly. It would be best if it was smooth and focused on changing perspectives. The operations of the game should not be too difficult. Dont create obstacles for players because of the operations. Lin Wan pondered for a moment. It sounds like it would be better to create a casual game. There are some simple casual games with the current VR games as well. However, the response to these games seems average. Based on the current equipment, casual games are indeed the most reliable, but not easy to stand out, right? If we create our own VR glasses and the game that we distribute is not attractive enough, it might lower the sales volume of the glasses and affect the sales volume of the game. That would be troublesome. Pei Qian said, The reason why the other leisure games have a mediocre response is mainly because the designer is not good enough, the investment is too little, and the gameplay is not deep enough. If we invest a huge sum of money and create a game with a deep enough depth, we can use the game to drive the sales of VR glasses and successfully open this market! Lin Wan nodded slightly, deep in thought. Boss Peis analysis somehow made sense to her. Pei Qian continued, My idea is to create an educational nurturing game. Players are born on a deserted island. They can pluck grass, plant flowers, cut trees, and fish. At the same time, they can visit other players islands. Then, we will create some deep gameplay to maintain the stickiness of gamers. We will try our best to make our VR glasses as attractive as possible even if they only played this game. Of course, you can think more about the details. You will be the main designer of this game. Pei Qians words were 70% true and 30% false. It might sound reasonable but there was nothing much that could be done. Making casual games to be deep enough for gamers to be addicted to them was easy to say, but it was actually too difficult. The threshold for leisure games was very low. There would be so many leisure games appearing in the world every year. How many of them could really stand out? If they were on computers or cell phones, as long as they sold casual games at a cheaper price, they would not have to worry about being sold. However, the problem was on the VR side. If they wanted to play this game, they would have to spend 2,000 to 3,000 yuan to buy a pair of VR glasses. Who would be willing to spend this money unless the game was especially outstanding? Thus, while Pei Qians words sounded reasonable, the chances of success were very low. Lin Chang frowned and said suspiciously, Boss Pei, that still sounds problematic, right? These ideas are too ideal. We have to consider the actual situation Lin Wan immediately interrupted him. Dont get involved if you dont understand. I think Boss Peis idea is very novel. Its worth a try. Lin Chang : Pei Qian smiled slightly. Alright! Everything else would be easy as long as Lin Wan approved of this design plan. Lin Chang really did not understand games. Even though he instinctively felt that there was a problem, there was nothing much to say since Boss Pei and Lin Wan had reached a consensus. Alright, one last question. How much do you want to invest? The development of games and VR glasses required money. Slow Movement Studio was jointly funded by Shenhua Corporation and Tengda. Both of them had the same shares, so it should be the same. Of course, Lin Chang felt that it was not a problem for Shenhua to spend more money considering Lin Wans relationship. Lin Wan made a rough estimate and said, For casual games, we dont need much investment. 10 million yuan should be enough. As for the VR glasses, I estimate that it would cost about 15 million yuan if it was completely developed on its own. However, it would be much cheaper if it was just for the sake of its appearance. It should not be a problem for it to cost a few million yuan. There were three components to the VR glasses. They were a wearable head monitor, a controller and a base station locator. If one wanted to save money, they could develop only the wearable head monitor. The controller and base station locator were both ready-made overseas. At that time, all they had to do was to match their own profile with other brands controllers and base station locators. Lin Chang nodded slightly, thinking that this investment was completely bearable. He would not feel heartache even if it went down the drain. Given Shenhua Corporations size, the cell phone department could easily accumulate more than that. However, Pei Qian shook his head and said firmly, That wont do! You have to do everything to the best of your ability. The key to Tengda Games success is to strive for perfection! I would rather spend twice as much money to create a 100% piece of work than save half the cost to create a 80% piece of work. Thats because the former would be remembered by gamers for a long time while the latter would be quickly drowned in many outstanding games. In my opinion, the research and development cost of the game would be doubled. 20 million yuan. Even if we round up the research and development costs of the VR glasses, it would still be 20 million yuan. He looked at Lin Chang. If you think the cost is a little high, Tengda would have no problem taking on more Lin Chang quickly expressed his stance. How can we do that! Well still do as we agreed. 50% by each party. At first, Lin Chang felt that there was no need to invest so much money into VR. The entire market had yet to be opened up. The risk of investing so much money was too high. However, if Boss Pei said that it was alright for Tengda to bear more, Lin Chang would definitely not back down. That was because Boss Pei was the one who had led the establishment of this company with the intention of helping. How could anyone allow Boss Pei to fork out more money? Lin Chang had to make a firm stand. Shenhua had to fork out as much money as Boss Pei did. Otherwise, it would be too much. Slow Movement Studios preparatory work was finalized just like that. Next, Lin Wan had to recruit while preparing the game design plan. As for the VR glasses, she could work with Shenhua Corporations cell phone department. Pei Qian stood up. In that case, the preparatory work is done. I have something to do in the afternoon, so Ill leave first. If you have any questions, dont hesitate to ask me. Lin Wan stood up as well. Alright, Boss Pei. Ill definitely take care of Slow Movement Studio and make this game! Chapter 1002 - Large Experience Shop In the afternoon, Liang Qingfan came to Boss Peis office and knocked lightly. Recently, he had been busy designing the food market and supervising the construction of the site. The early stages of the design had been completed. Many gaming elements had been added in accordance with Bao Xus suggestion. Thus, Liang Qingfans work had basically come to an end. He just had to supervise the construction of the site and ensure that there were no problems. Then, he would be able to perfect his design plan. This time, Liang Qingfan had only heard Boss Pei say that he wanted to work on the design of a shop. However, Boss Pei did not elaborate on what kind of shop it was. Liang Qingfan felt that this was probably a relatively simple task. It was a shop; it would at the level of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe at best. He could just design it casually. Boss Pei. Liang Qingfan entered the office and saw Boss Pei frowning with a serious expression. He was looking at the computer screen, worrying for some reason. When Pei Qian saw Liang Qingfan, he closed the webpage for Mission and Choice on his computer and said, Youre here, take a seat. The two of them briefly talked about the recent situation in Sloth Apartments and quickly got down to business. Pei Qian chose his words carefully and said, I plan to open a Tengda store in Jingzhou to showcase Tengdas products. At the same time, I want to provide customers with a channel to communicate with sales. Liang Qingfan nodded. I understand. A shop like Tengdas Home, right? Boss Pei, how big is this store? Where is it located? Pei Qian pondered for a moment. A few thousand square meters or tens of thousands of square meters? I dont think its too much. Design it to be big. Liang Qingfan: He had originally thought that it would be like the shops where Shenhua Corporation or POUIO cell phones opened in the shopping mall, which would be a few hundred square meters at most. However, if it was like what Boss Pei said, a few thousand square meters or tens of thousands of products, it would be similar to many home markets. A few floors of the entire building might be filled with their own products, and the scale would be much larger. Liang Qingfan thought about it and felt that it was reasonable. Cell phone manufacturers shops in the shopping mall only needed to display cell phones and various smart products after all. The shop that Boss Pei was planning to open obviously wanted to display all of Tengda Corporations products. There were not only cell phones and other digital products. It might also include their own gameplay, the furniture in Sloth Apartments, Fish-Catching Take-Outs meals, the smart home products of Otto Technologies, and so on. It would definitely occupy a larger area. Liang Qingfan said, I understand now. In short, its like an experience shop for all of Tengda Corporations products, right? Boss Pei, you said that you wanted to provide customers with a channel to communicate with sales. You meant that there would be a sales team in the shop, right? Pei Qian nodded. Yes, there will be a batch of salespersons. However, they are different from the traditional sales team. The sales of other brands are all standing in the shop, ready to introduce their products to customers at any time. However, most of our sales team would be enjoying and experiencing the products in the shop. We can only introduce them to customers when they ask. Liang Qingfan was stunned. Huh? This is sales? Pei Qian nodded. Thats right. This is Tengdas sales. Tengdas sales will not use eloquence to fight for customers. Instead, they will use their actions to let customers feel how fun and useful Tengdas products are! Or you can think of them as Experience users? They bring their customers to experience the products. Therefore, treat this shop as a Sales House. Make sure that the salespeople have a good time in this shop. Dont save any space. Give as much space as you can. Make sure its spacious, bright, high-end, and grand! Pei Qians idea was very simple. He wanted to turn this shop into a paradise for salesmen. He wanted them to eat and dress well inside. Every day, they would eat, drink, and enjoy themselves to their hearts content. Then, he would support this shop and spend money. Once this shop opened, Pei Qian would observe it for a while. Once he was sure that the salesmen had lost their fighting spirit and could not do sales, he would open more shops and burn money together. Pei Qian felt that it was unavoidable for customers to shop and buy things. As long as Tian Mo and his sales team could keep the contents of the note in mind, the items sold would not be able to cover the huge daily expenses of the store. Liang Qingfan nodded. Alright, Boss Pei. I understand. Then, Ill briefly plan the Tengda business in this store. First of all, there must be Tengda Games and the film department, including Tengda Games, Shang Yang Games and Fei Huang Workspace. We can use a special gaming experience area in the shop and a viewing area. They can experience Tengdas latest games at any time. The second is Fish-Catching Take-Out. We can set up a food and beverage area like IKEA Mall so that customers can experience Fish-Catching Take-Out and Food.Harmonys food when they are tired of shopping. Then, well move to the residential area. We can also use the design of the IKEA Mall to showcase our renovation style in the Sloth Apartments. We can arrange various cooperative furniture, and then add some smart homes developed by Otto Technologies. As for the other physical stores, such as Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Deposit Fitness and so on, since they already have physical stores, theres no need to put them into the store. Its a little unnecessary. Pei Qian immediately shook his head. That wont do! Why would it be unnecessary? You have to think about this. What if some customers have never been to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe or Deposit Fitness? What if it is their first visit to our stores? Wouldnt we lose the opportunity to introduce our physical industries to him? We have to add them all! We have to create a special zone for Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Deposit Fitness, and even Upwind Logistics. Of course, theres no need to make it into a business-like one. It should be based on experience. This way, even customers who have never experienced our physical stores would be able to see how outstanding our physical businesses are for the first time! Pei Qian did not plan to set up another branch of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe in this store because that would probably make money. He could make use of the opportunity to open a branch and set up a Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. However, he would not charge any fees. Wouldnt that burn more money? Liang Qingfan could not help but feel deep veneration. Indeed, Boss Pei always thought differently from others. However, the problem was, were there any customers in Jingzhou who had never been to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe or Fish-Catching Take-Out? Yes there should still be some. What Boss Pei said made sense. He quickly thought about it and concluded. I understand now, Boss Pei. The shop you are opening is more like an experience shop. It is not just a place to display goods and sell goods. It is also a window to show our products to all customers. In that case, this experience store can roughly be divided into several sections: First of all, the gaming experience zone, including Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, ROF Computer-Installation, and all other games can be placed in this zone. The second is the viewing area where we can play some of Fei Huang Workspaces works, including movies and documentaries. Then, theres the residential area. The interior can be renovated according to the style of Sloth Apartments. The sofa and cabinets will be arranged in a minimalistic style. The entire smart apartment furnishing can also be arranged. Next is the digital zone. The difference between this place and the residential area is that the residential area can only display our latest smart home products, including television, sound system, and so on. It can only display a limited number of products. The digital zone will display all the cell phones, computers, and other digital products that we are selling, just like many cell phone manufacturers shops. Then, well move on to the peripherals area. We can sell some of Tengdas related products, such as game-related figurines, pillows, and the various trinkets sold at Thriller Hostel. Lastly, its the food and beverage area. Arrange for Fish-Catching Take-Outs food. If customers are tired from shopping, they can eat here. Some of the delicacies in the future food market can also be arranged here. There are a total of six zones. These six zones have to be very spacious. They take up a lot of space and look very lively. Whats more, we have to plan the layout of these six zones so that customers would not get lost easily. At the same time, we can quickly find the zones that we want to go to. Boss Pei, is that what you mean? Pei Qian nodded. Yes, very close. However, Ill add one more point. When you design it, you must not treat it as an experience store. Instead, you must treat it as a normal habitable space. The salesmen can enjoy themselves inside even if no customers are visiting. Do you understand? Liang Qingfan immediately nodded. I understand. It means to be as close to the atmosphere of daily life as possible. Dont give customers a feeling of estrangement, especially dont let them feel the difference between buyers show and sellers show. Strictly speaking, our sales are not marketing but display. We have to naturally show the best side of our products to players, and not use glib words to deceive players. Pei Qian: More or less. It deviated slightly from Pei Qians original intentions but Pei Qian could not be bothered to correct them. Liang Qingfan silently noted down all of his requirements and then said, Alright, Boss Pei, Ill go and choose the location first. The entire design might take up a few thousand square meters of space. If the place is small, it would not be able to be used. It would seem petty and would not be effective. Once I find a suitable place, Ill hurry up and come up with a specific design plan. Ill report to you as soon as the plan is out! Pei Qian nodded. Yes, go! Try your best to choose a bigger location. Dont worry about funding! Chapter 1003 - First Week’s Box Office April 23rd, Monday Pei Qian sipped his coffee and checked the work reports from the various departments on his laptop in the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. Things were still not looking good for Mission and Choice. The first week of the movies box office had already been released, reaching 170 million yuan. Even though the first days box office was only 22 million yuan, the box office after that was constantly increasing. The other movies had the highest box office on their first day before they dropped rapidly. However, Mission and Choice was the exact opposite. The momentum was still very shocking after cutting the box office of 20 million yuan on their first day! Many cinemas were also constantly increasing the number of screenings for Mission and Choice. However, the amazing thing was that no matter how much they increased the number of screenings, the number of seats for Mission and Choice did not decrease significantly. Many people were even wondering where the new audience came from. What made Pei Qians heart ache even more was that even a professional viewing software like Gou Yan application could not predict the final box office of Mission and Choice. When the 20 million yuan box office on the first day of Mission and Choice was released, Gou Yan application estimated that the total box office would only be 350 million yuan. It was a sure loss. However, on the third day, the box office of Mission and Choice suddenly began to rise against the trend. Gou Yan application raised the estimated box office to 500 million yuan. A week later, the daily box office of Mission and Choice increased instead of decreasing. This made the Gou Yan applications box office estimation algorithm completely confused. Obviously, 500 million yuan was not enough. Gou Yan application raised the estimated box office to 800 million yuan! Many people on the internet were puzzled by this number. They thought that Gou Yan application might have underestimated the box office at the beginning and gave a very excessive number now that they were slapped in the face and felt a little embarrassed. At the moment, the peak of domestic movies box office was a very outstanding comedy film. The box office exploded under the right circumstances, making 11 billion yuan directly. The previous box office champion was basically around 6-800 million yuan. Many film critics thought that a box office explosion of 11 billion yuan was something that could only be chanced upon by luck. The 800 million yuan that Gou Yan application had estimated for Mission and Choice had basically reached the level of the domestic box office champion this year. They would still be strong competitors even if they could not win this box office championship in the end. In recent years, the box office of Hollywood blockbusters has been around 600 million to 1 billion yuan. The box office that Gou Yan application had estimated for Mission and Choice was even comparable to those popular Hollywood blockbusters. This made many people feel that it was ridiculous. That was because even though they too felt that Mission and Choices quality was too high, the key was that the first days box office was too little. The publicity was also completely lacking. Relying on these to reach 800 million box office? That was a little too unreal. That was because there did not seem to be any precedent for domestic movies to become box office winners with no publicity! Whats more, the true investment amount in the movie Mission and Choice had sparked discussions online. Someone revealed that Mission and Choice had invested at least 200 million yuan. It could only be more. Whats more, almost all of the money had been spent on film production. The actors remuneration and publicity fees were almost negligible. If the final box office earnings were 600 million yuan, it would mean that the movie had worked for nothing. It would not make losses nor profit. It would only make a small profit if it was 800 million yuan. However, this number was not confirmed. Some people felt that it was bragging, while others felt that the number was probably true after seeing the special effects in the movie. They could not help but worry about Fei Huang Workspace, afraid that they would not be able to recoup their costs even if the movie was good. On the other hand, the sales volume of the game for the first week had already reached 800,000 sets! According to the calculation of 158 yuan per game, Tengdas total income had reached more than 80 million yuan. This figure also surprised many professional media personnel in the country. That was because it was indeed incomparable to the foreign market even though the domestic standalone games sales had improved. Mission and Choice was a Real-time strategy game. There was already a limited group of target audience. It was already a pleasant surprise that they could obtain such sales. Many people expressed that Boss Peis godly marketing tactic before the game was released had a very good effect. Many sentimental local gamers bought Mission and Choice without any hesitation to express their support for domestically-produced games even though they did not play RTS games at all. It was touching. Whats more, the games lifespan was longer than the movie. The movie could only be released for a month. Most of the income would be generated within that month. The games lifespan could be one or two years or even longer. After that, it could continue to generate income through discounts. Whats more, Mission and Choice was a large production. It had the potential to become a hit in the overseas market. They could earn another sum when the movie was released overseas and the game was released on the overseas gaming platform. All in all, based on the current situation, Mission and Choices prospects were great! Pei Qian sipped his coffee silently, feeling inexplicably melancholic. How did things turn out like this He did not understand. Pei Qian planned to review everything that had happened during the long period of research and development of Mission and Choice if he had the time. He wanted to find a mole and see what went wrong. However, it was obviously not the time for revision. He had to first save the situation and think about reviewing it after its vital signs stabilized. Pei Qian had already made a series of arrangements last week in order to spend money. He had already found the person-in-charge for the sales team. Tian Mo was memorizing the rules that Boss Pei gave him every day. Liang Qingfan was also designing the experience shop. The preliminary preparations for Slow Movement Studio had basically been finalized. Once the funds were in place, they would be able to develop it once Lin Wans design plan and team recruitment were completed. Of course, the most optimistic thing was still Bunny Tail Live-Stream. Ever since the mandatory one hour rule was released, the websites popularity was no longer as high as before. Pei Qian could spend money without worry again. Pei Qian decided to make a trip to Bunny Tail Live-Stream to see how Old Ma and Chen Yufeng were doing after finishing his coffee. At the same time, he would give them a sum of money to spend and to delegate some pressure away. Half an hour later, Pei Qian arrived at Bunny Tail live-stream. Pei Qian could clearly feel that the atmosphere had changed the moment he entered Bunny Tail Live-Streams office. It seemed like everyones morale had suffered a heavy blow. In fact, the popularity of Bunny Tails live-stream and the number of viewers would not affect everyones salary. However, most employees had a strong sense of belonging to Tengda after all. They treated Bunny Tail live-stream as their own business. In such a situation, morale would definitely be affected. Pei Qian could not help but feel a little guilty. Thus, he went straight to Chen Yufengs office and said, I see that everyone has been working quite hard recently. Ill give everyone an additional 30% salary as a reward this month. Chen Yufeng quickly said, Thank you, Boss Pei! Ma Yang was not around today, but he wasnt here to look for him today, so Pei Qian did not ask too much. It was enough for Chen Yufeng to be there. Pei Qian sat down on the sofa and noticed that even though Chen Yufeng looked a little happy about the increase in salary, he still looked lonely. Pei Qian asked, Hows the situation on the website now? Are there still many people cursing online? Chen Yufeng might be a little down but he would still take responsibility for his work. He immediately answered, The current situation on the website is still alright I guess. The mandatory one hour rule has only been released two days ago. The websites popularity has indeed fallen drastically. Some live-streams had lost two-third of their audience while some live-streams with fewer people had been cleared to zero. Some live-streamers could not take it and ran away after cursing for a while. However, some stayed behind. Now, the situation has stabilized a little, and the data has increased slightly. Many old viewers have found a way to adapt to the mandatory one hour. Some would open the webpage and let it hang it for an hour when they had nothing to do. Some would set up a learning plan to learn from a series of videos and watch them for an hour every day. Some would use their phones to hang the focus mode for an hour and focus on doing their own things. Not many people continued scolding after everyone started to get used to it. The other live-stream platforms are very happy. Basically, they dont view Bunny Tail Live-Stream as their main competitor. Previously, many live-stream platforms had plans to go against Bunny Tail Live-Stream. Those plans should have been abolished now. Some live-stream platforms also stopped imitating the functions of Bunny Tail Live-Stream. They did not continue developing it. Chapter 1004 - BP Verification Competition” Pei Qian nodded in satisfaction after listening to Chen Yufengs report. Indeed, the effect was immediate. Even other live-stream platforms approved of it! As the saying went, the one who understood you the most would always be your enemy. The other live-stream platforms could tell that Bunny Tail Live-stream was no longer a threat. This was proof of Pei Qians judgment. This meant that Boss Pei could rest easy on Bunny Tails live-stream! Well done, Im very satisfied. Ill give Bunny Tail live-stream another ten million yuan on top of daily expenses. You can spend it and organize some events. Pei Qian did not have any restrictions. Instead, he limited the use of the money to organize some activities. That was because he felt that if they were to poach live streamers, they might be able to poach live streamers with more potential. Whats more, live streamers contracts were usually long-term. They usually had to be signed for a year. In the long term, there would be hidden dangers. On the other hand, the popularity of Bunny Tail Live-Stream was very low at the moment. Most likely, it would not cause much of a stir. Chen Yufeng was stunned for a moment. Er Boss Pei, of course its good to have funds, but to organize an event now It doesnt seem to be worth it. Thats because our websites popularity has just plummeted. Its best to recover slowly now. Even if we do something drastic, it might not have a good effect. Instead, it might cause some viewers to feel disgusted. Pei Qian smiled slightly. You cant be so sure. Everything depends on the person. As long as you do a good job, youll be able to achieve publicity. I believe in you. There wont be a problem! Chen Yufeng : He was about to say Boss Pei, you think too highly of me, but Boss Pei had already stood up and was ready to leave. Alright, thats settled then. Hurry up and think about what activities to organize. It doesnt have to be too complicated. It should be just right. Pei Qian did not want to give Chen Yufeng too much pressure. He only hoped that Chen Yufeng would spend this sum of money casually. Chen Yufeng: Alright, Boss Pei. Ill do my best Chen Yufeng sat down in front of his desk, frowning and thinking hard after sending Boss Pei off. Boss Pei was still so unpredictable. Boss Pei was more generous towards them than towards the other departments with salary and additional funds so Boss Pei did care about the Bunny Tail Live-Stream. However, Boss Pei was also the one who created the mandatory one hour function, causing the popularity of the live-stream of Bunny Tail to be severely damaged. Whats more, he had no intention of changing it even now. Based on Boss Peis efficiency, the 10 million yuan should be in his bank account very soon. However, Chen Yufeng had no idea what exactly he should do. He frowned and scrolled through his computer for a long time, but he could not think of anything suitable. Someone pushed open the door and entered just as he was fretting. He looked up and saw Ma Yang. Boss Ma! Why are you here? Boss Pei just left, Chen Yufeng said. Ma Yang was stunned. Huh? Brother Qian was here? Why didnt anyone tell me?! Chen Yufeng quickly explained, Boss Pei said that there was no need to inform you. He only came to give us a simple task and then left. There was nothing else. Ma Yang looked very serious. Eh? A mission? What mission? Brother Qians mission must be completed seriously! Chen Yufeng briefly explained Boss Peis request. A slightly confused expression appeared on Ma Yangs long face. Brother Qian might as well have not said anything. He didnt have any requests. Not even a direction. Chen Yufeng nodded. Thats right. Thats why Im worried. Sigh, Boss Ma, why dont you think of one? You have always been Boss Peis right-hand man and trusted aide. You share the same thoughts as Boss Pei. Many of the ideas you came up with have been taken in by Boss Pei. Your ideas are definitely reliable! Ma Yang swaggered onto the sofa. No problem, Ill think of one. Hm Set up an E-Sports competition? Chen Yufeng nodded silently. This answer was within his expectations. Indeed, E-Sports was one of his few hobbies in Boss Mas life. The first thing Boss Ma thought of when he started an event was E-Sports competition. However, the problem was this did not seem to be a good choice. Chen Yufeng deliberated for a moment before saying, E-Sports competition is indeed a good choice. The audience with the highest visibility on our website are that of E-Sports competition after all. There are still many E-Sports audience who insist on watching the competition on our website when other types of audience are lost. However We already have the ICL and GPL competitions. The competition schedule for these two competitions is very dense. Whats more, we can only organize some live-stream and friendly competitions at most. How can the attention level compare to these two formal competitions? This question stumped Ma Yang. His long face revealed a thoughtful expression and he did not reply for a long time. That seemed to be the case thinking about it. However, Old Ma was obviously not someone who would give up easily. He thought hard for a while. So, whats the main problem? Chen Yufeng was silent for a moment. There are two problems. The first is it would not look good if the competition is not professional enough. The second is that the competition that we organize is very difficult to distinguish from the two leagues. Ma Yang pondered for a moment. Why dont we organize a competition that is professional enough and can be distinguished from the other two leagues then? Chen Yufeng opened his mouth, speechless. He had thought that Boss Mas words were rather nonsensical. Those two were the top players in the professional league. Why should we organize a competition that was more professional than them? However, Chen Yufeng thought about it carefully and realized that there seemed to be a way. If we force it We can organize the original members of DGEs two teams, and then organize a team battle with FV Team and SUG Team! These four teams definitely represent the highest level of GOG and IOI in the country. However Each game only has two teams. They will not be able to fight, we cant possibly get DGEs two teams to battle in BO10, right? Ma Yang pondered for a moment. Its not impossible to play a BO10. Its fine as long as the competition is exciting. However, what if there are no trainers on both sides? Who will play BP? Eh, I suddenly thought of a good idea. How about we let the audiences vote on the BP? Chen Yufeng was stunned for a moment and immediately shook his head. How can that do? It will definitely become a performance if the audiences vote. At that time, it will be an entertainment competition. The difference in the lineup between the two sides might be huge. It wont be very exciting. Ma Yang said, Of course we will not do it for all the heroes. We can choose a few lineups to vote for! Arent there bullet screen trainers every time we watch a competition? They say that the coachs BP is trash and that the lineup of the team is not good. However, some people would say that theres no problem with the BP. Its the players who are trash. This has become an unsolved mystery. Ive always wanted to know if it is the BP that is bad or the player that is bad? Lets organize a BP verification competition to answer this confusion! Chen Yufengs eyes lit up. I understand now, Boss Ma! Youre saying that well organize a competition that will only allow the original DGE Team One and Team Two, as well as the members of FV Team and SUG Team to participate. They will be divided into GOG Group and IOI Group. Then, well look for a few more controversial BP plans online. The characteristics of these proposals are: The coach and players felt that they could play and chose them in the main competition, but the bullet screen audience felt that they could not play. Lets invite two teams to fight each other to test whether it was the lineup that was not good enough or the players that were not good enough! The audience would want to see it if we do this! Chen Yufeng could already imagine how grand the bullet screen comments would be once the competition was organized. If the trainers in the bullet screen comments thought that the Brainiac BP had won, there would definitely be a large group of people spamming Brainiac BP. It would mean that the team members were not strong enough and the coach is to be blamed. On the other hand, if the trainers in the bullet screen comments thought that the Brainiac BP had lost, there would definitely be a large group of people spamming Look, say that this BP is trash. Even the five top players would not be able to win. Didnt I say that this coach is trash! It was hard to say if the competition would be more exciting than the ICL and GPL leagues, but the intensity of the bullet screen comments would definitely not be fake. The topic of the competition would definitely not be low! Whats more, the audience would get tired of watching ordinary events or competitions. However, this competition could be held multiple times. That was because the tactics of each team would change with every update. There would always be a new brainless BP that needed to be verified by this BP verification competition. Even though the original DGE members had been dispersed to various teams and played the main force in their respective positions, they had a good relationship with each other and also had tacit understanding. If they could reorganize DGEs two teams, they could use the time where there was no competition to play this BP verification competition. Boss Pei had given them ample publicity funds. The teams were on good terms with Tengdas E-Sports department. Everyone would definitely cooperate if they were to sponsor these teams. Even the coaches of each team would pay attention to this competition if it was done well. They would see how strong the BP would be in the top teams and what details the top teams would have when they played this lineup. This was also a good thing for the improvement of the entire competition zone. Most importantly, this competition could only be held by Bunny Tail because there was no other live-stream platform that could invite the original DGE Club members! Chen Yufeng immediately perked up. He had been a little dispirited before, but now, he had found a new direction. Boss Ma, this idea of yours is amazing! Great minds think alike! This event definitely meets Boss Peis requirements! Ill contact them now. Set the competition schedule according to the time of the GPL and ICL leagues. Arrange it as soon as possible! Chapter 1005 - VR Manual Design April 25th, Wednesday morning. Ye Zhizhou came to the address given by Lin Wan and arrived at Slow Movement Studios office. Ye Zhizhou took over as the new person-in-charge of Shang Yang Games after Lin Wan left Shang Yang Games. The employees of Shang Yang Games had already had a farewell meal with Lin Wan. They might be a little reluctant but as the saying went, all good things must come to an end. Whats more, appointment shifts have always been frequent in Tengda Corporation. Ye Zhizhou and Wang Xiaobin knew that they would have to take over sooner or later, so they were not too sad. Whats more, Slow Movement Studio was in Jingzhou, not far from Shang Yang Games. They could visit each other often and there would be many more chances to meet in the future. Ye Zhizhou had come today to discuss the new game with Lin Wan. Previously, Boss Pei had already confirmed that Slow Movement Studios first game would be a VR game. However, the details of the game had not been finalized. Ye Zhizhou was here to help make decisions. As far as Ye Zhizhou knew, apart from him and Lin Wan, there was also a product manager in charge of developing VR glasses in Shenhuas cell phone department and a new chief planner hired by Slow Movement Studio. Once the name and details of the game were finalized, they had to get Slow Movement Studio to move on the right track as soon as possible. Sometimes, entering the research and development process as soon as possible was the best way to sharpen the team. Ye Zhizhou came to Slow Movement Studio and subconsciously looked at the work environment. Yes, it was indeed similar to Tengda Games and Shang Yang Games. Slow Movement Studio might just be established but there were already employees working on their desks. One had to admit that the efficiency of this recruitment was quite high. Ye Zhizhou came to the conference room and sat down in an empty seat. Lin Wan was seriously flipping through a thick stack of resumes. She picked out the ones that fit the criteria and placed them aside, preparing to invite them for an interview. Lin Wan tidied up her resume and poked at the conference table seeing that everyone was here. Everyone is here. Lets start quickly. There are still a few interviews in the afternoon. Ye Zhizhou realized that Lin Wan was becoming more and more like a model leader. When she first arrived at Shang Yang Games, she had been hesitant and indecisive. Now, she looked more and more like a qualified leader. Youre very efficient. Its only been three days and youve already hired new employees? Ye Zhizhou sipped his tea as he said. Lin Wan smiled. Yes, the recruitment mailbox immediately exploded as soon as we put up the signboards of Shenhua Corporation and Tengda Corporation and uploaded Shang Yang Games successful games. Many people want to enter Tengda Games, but they cant. They have to take exams. The benefits here are similar to Tengdas. There is also a reputation. Many people are trying their best to get in. However I am also under a lot of pressure because of this relation to Tengda. If the game is not done well, I would really lose out to Boss Pei. Let me introduce everyone. This is the current person-in-charge of Shang Yang Games, Ye Zhizhou. This is the product manager of Shenhua Corporations cell phone business, Old Song. This is the chief designer of Chi Xing Workspace, Cai Jiadong Lin Wan quickly introduced everyone. Old Song was the product manager. He was in charge of borrowing Shenhua Corporations resources to make the new VR glasses. Cai Jiadong was the new chief designer. His resume was unknown, but these two looked to be in their thirties or forties. They should have a lot of experience. Cai Jiadong shook hands with Ye Zhizhou. Nice to meet you, nice to meet you! Ive played all the games developed by Shang Yang Games. I didnt expect the chief designer to be so young. Im really ashamed. Ye Zhizhou quickly said, No, no. Its all because of Tengda Corporations platform. I would probably still be an executive planner if not for Boss Pei. Both sides praised each other for a while before getting down to business. Lin Wan distributed the documents as she said, These are the key points that were set after the meeting with Boss Pei. Everyone, take a look. She looked at Ye Zhizhou and said, Well do the same thing as we did at Shang Yang Games. Well analyze Boss Peis intentions first, and then determine the form of the game. Cai Jiadong took the document with both hands and read it very seriously, his expression extremely sincere. He might be the chief planner of Slow Movement Studio in name but it was a false title. He was only in charge of executing the work. He could only gradually take over the design work after he got used to the work routine here. Cai Jiadongs resume as a designer was very good. He had many years of experience as a chief designer in a large domestic game company and had also brought out successful projects. There were two reasons why he came to Slow Movement Studio. First, the treatment here was better than his original company. Second, it was because of Tengda Games. Every game designer had a dream deep down. Making games with paywalls could indeed make money, but it was only a job. It would not be very satisfying. On the other hand, being able to create a 3A game that belonged to the designer was something that the designer would be proud of. Mission and Choice had reignited the passion of many designers like Cai Jiadong who had been silent for many years. Therefore, he accepted the job without any hesitation. Cai Jiadong might have rich game design experience, there was a huge difference between a 3A masterpiece and a game with paywalls. Whats more, he had long heard that Tengda Games and Shang Yang Games had a unique game design that belonged solely to Boss Pei. He could use this opportunity to learn from them. He looked at the document and realized that there were a few hard rules on it, including the input of the game and VR glasses, the genre of the game, the general style, and so on. Cai Jiadong looked at it and immediately looked shocked. 20 million yuan for the glasses and 20 million yuan for the game? Invest so much money into a casual game with cartoonish style? Cai Jiadong was very confused. Based on his experience, these rules were obviously contradictory and would not work at all even though there were only a few rules in this document. It was ridiculous enough to invest 20 million yuan in casual games with cartoonish style. Yet, he had to spend 20 million yuan to develop a VR glass for a single game? If it were other games companies, this suggestion would definitely be rejected immediately. However, over here it seemed to be something that they were used to? Cai Jiadong, who had just arrived, did not dare to ask too much. He could only listen quietly. Lin Wan looked at the product manager, Old Song, first. How much can we achieve if we spend 20 million yuan on developing VR glasses? Old Song answered truthfully. It would be enough if we were to develop the prototype of the glasses. It might even be too much. I suggest that we dont have to invest so much money. After all, the domestic market is not big. We cant expect it to sell well. Ill make do with a basic one. Make the concept popular and sell it to recoup the cost. Lin Wan immediately shook her head. That wont do. The research and development budget can only be more, no less. Tell me how much you can do. Old Song thought for a moment. Then we can only make an issue on the controller. However, controller seems to be very difficult to be creative. VRs controller is nothing more than a joystick or a button. At the moment, there are two types of handles. The first type is relatively simple. Single-handed without a joystick. There is only a simple touch board, one or two buttons, and a trigger key. The other type is more complicated. There are two joysticks with two hands. There are four buttons on the thumb, and there is a trigger key on the index finger. The first type is too simple. It would not cost much if it was purely research and development. Since we have sufficient funds, we must do the second type. However, the second type is already very complete. There are already buttons on each finger, which is much more in line with the design of the human body. Theres no need for us to forcibly change the design for the sake of making a new design. At most, well just modify it. Thats why I dont think theres much point in redesigning it. Lin Wan pondered for a moment. What if we add more functions? Old Song shook his head. Theres nothing to add. The thumbs of the two hands have to press the joystick and the four buttons on the front. The index finger has to press the trigger. How can we add functions if all the fingers are utilized? There was a short silence. Obviously, no one knew how to spend the money. Chapter 1006 - Animal Is land VR Lin Wan gestured slightly. What about the other three fingers? Old Song still shook his head. The other three fingers have to hold the controller. Otherwise, it will drop. Whats more, the flexibility of those three fingers are far inferior to the thumb and index finger. Players might not be able to get used to it even if we were to get players to press them. Ye Zhizhou thought about it carefully and said, That might not be the case. We can stop holding the controller with the other three fingers as long as we add a fixed strap to the handle and tie it to our hands to free these fingers. These fingers can simulate the action of finger grip. That way, the controller would be able to differentiate the delicate movements of each finger. It would have different effects when simulating archery, fishing, shooting, and grabbing. Old Song pondered for a moment. Eh? Thats a good idea. We can give it a try. However, we havent done that before. We might not have enough money Lin Wan immediately said, Its alright. You can spend as much as you want. Ill think of a way if you dont have enough money. Ye Zhizhou smiled as well. Saying that he did not have enough money in front of Tengda Corporation and Shenhua Corporation? There was nothing such as not having enough money here, only unable to finish their budgeted spending. Lin Wan continued, Alright, the controller has been decided. Add a button to each finger. We can make use of this controller to design the game. Any thoughts on the game? Ye Zhizhou thought for a moment and said, Boss Pei has already set the boundaries to be on casual games and cartoonish style. I think the advantage of doing this is that the grille effect of the VR glasses would not be so obvious. It would look better, and it would not give players that much psychological pressure. Thats because VRs immersion is too strong. Many people might not be able to continue playing because they are afraid to carry on if it were a gunfight or horror theme. However, these problems would not exist and it would be easier to persevere if it was a leisure game. The key problem now is that we have to have rich gameplay as a casual game The two of them spoke one after another. Lin Wan kept recording in her notebook as many details appeared. The chief planner, Cai Jiadong, could not keep up with their thoughts. They had followed these simple rules and forcefully analyzed so many things? It was amazing. How did they do it? Cai Jiadong had also worked on projects before, but his designs were based on some conventional gameplay. They were basically repeatedly struggling with some minor details even though everyone had some brainstorming segments. The core was basically the same in layman terms, but the outer packaging was being changed over and over again. That was because as a game with paywalls, the gameplay was the same. Changing any function would affect profits. He could not mess around. However, it was obviously different at Slow Movement Studio. Lin Wan and Ye Zhizhou seemed to be considering the form of the game from scratch. The other games companies would first confirm the general form of the game before meeting to discuss some details. On the other hand, Chi Xing Workspace would reverse engineer the ultimate form of the game through some details. This made Cai Jiadong feel very magical. He listened intently as he quickly recorded the details of the meeting. Lin Wan sorted out the results of the discussion and said, In that case, the game can be finalized. The VR games that we are going to create include casual playstyles, simulation operations, and sandbox construction. Players are born on an isolated island. The goal of the game is to transform the entire island into their own playground. Players can cultivate wastelands, farm, hunt, fish, plant trees, plant flowers, build houses, and so on on the isolated island. All of this gameplay had to be done by players personally. For example players have to use the controller to simulate the action of setting an arrow or shooting a gun when hunting. Players have to throw the fishing rod, pull the rod, personally catch fish and throw it into the bucket when fishing and so on. Of course, after players feel a little tired, we will also allow players to obtain special robots to take care of the farmland or the garden by completing the mission so that players do not have to repeat these actions. Players would be playing in first viewer perspective in normal mode. All activities on the island would have to be done personally. The game can also enter an omniscient view and operate mode. Gamers can look down at the entire island and modify it under the omniscient view. Of course, this mode will only be activated after players undergo initial development. At the same time, the game supports simple online gameplay. They can meet friends on other players islands. Players can also form teams to explore deserted islands and hunt for materials. Of course, the image of players under the online gameplay is a huge problem. In the past, the VR glasses also had some small programming for connecting machines, but the effect was not good because the equipment could only capture the players hand movements, but could not restore the movements of the arms and shoulders according to the hand movements. Their actions would seem very stiff in other players view. Many VR games would lose two arms, leaving only two hands. However, that would seem very strange. We happen to be using a cartoonish style. We can make players into all sorts of cute, anthropomorphic animals. At the same time, we can make their movements look like rubber men. This way, their hands can move their arms. It would not look strange, but would instead make people feel very cute. Most importantly, they have to interact with the controller of the VR glasses. We might have many collective actions in the game, such as picking flowers or picking fruits. However, these actions mean that players have to bend down and lower their heads every time they pick something. It would be too cumbersome and boring for players. Thats why we have to make a function similar to telekinesis so that players dont tire themselves out playing it. Whats more, we have to use the VR controller as much as possible to store props and other functions. In terms of packaging, its mainly forest, animals, and cartoon style. However, there must be some technological elements in it. Some less reasonable content can be packaged with Black Technology. Finally the name of the game. Im a little useless at naming things Ye Zhizhou said, This is Slow Movement Studios first project. You should be the one to determine the name of the game. Lin Wan thought for a moment. Alright, then lets call it Animal Island! It might not be a good name, but it should be passable. Ye Zhizhou nodded. Yes, we can choose this name for now. If we think of something better in the future, we can change it. Lin Wan looked at Old Song again. Ill summarize the operations that need to be used in the game later. For example, telekinesis, bowstring, and so on. The research and development of the controller might also take care of these functions then. For example, add vibration in different modes, add sensor recognition pressure, touch, optical data, and so on. These details would severely affect the gamers gaming experience. We cant be sloppy. We have to try our best to combine the soft hardware. The game and VR glasses will be perfectly complemented, giving gamers the best gaming experience! Old Song nodded. Dont worry. Just let me know if you have any requests. Ill do my best to cooperate! These problems should be solvable as long as the funds are in place. We should be able to find alternatives even if we cant solve them perfectly! Lin Wan heaved a sigh of relief. Alright, the details of the game are almost done. Ill write the design plan out as soon as possible later. Everyone, go and do your own things! Lin Wan was relieved after the meeting and the specific form of the game. If she had not learned the Tengda Work Method at Shang Yang Games, she might not have been able to take on the work at Slow Movement Studio. It was all thanks to Boss Peis nurturing! Chapter 1007 - The Schedule Of BP Verification Competition” At the same time, the employees of Bunny Tail Live-Stream were busy preparing for the BP verification competition. The various processes for this competition were almost done after more than two days of preparation. This BP verification competition invited the current strongest teams in the country, GOG and IOI, the original members of DGE Team One and Two, FV Team and SUG Team. In addition, DGEs first and second teams were also warming the benches. They were preparing to fill in the gaps when the original DGE first and second teams were empty. Huang Wang, Jiang Huan, and the other members of DGE Team One and Two might have already gone to the various GPL teams and become the main players in the team, their respective operations and game understanding had not fallen behind at all. Old Zhou, who had already switched to being a coach, could not play in such competitions anymore. Thus, he found a talented support player in DGE to fill in the role to ensure that the two teams were evenly matched. Originally, two All-Star teams had been torn down to become key players for other teams. Now, they had gathered the star players in each team and remade two All-Star teams. However, such personnel structure also caused some problems in the arrangement of timing for the BP verification competition. The competition schedule for the GPL league was relatively tight. There were competitions to be played every day apart from Tuesday. The original DGE First and Second Team members were scattered into several teams. It was quite difficult to find a time without competitions. There were few teams at the ICL league and the competition schedule was not that packed. He just had to pick the time when FV Team and SUG Team were not competing. Therefore, after some consideration, Chen Yufeng decided to arrange for the BP verification competition to be held between 3 PM and 5 PM. The GPL league would be played from 5 PM to 9 PM on Mondays to Fridays, and from 3 PM to 9 PM on weekends. The BP verification competition was arranged at 3 to 5 PM on the working day. They could play two games. Each team would get a Underworld lineup to see if it was a problem with the lineup or the people. GOG and IOI could be separated. On Tuesdays and Thursdays, they would play GOG, and on Mondays and Wednesdays, they would play IOI. That way, they would be able to separate from the GPL and ICL competitions and ensure the basic popularity. Of course, the competition would be done online. The live-stream could be directly used to broadcast the two-way traffic on ICL previously. The commentator and director were also available. All the early preparations were going smoothly now that the competition schedule was basically set. Chen Yufeng felt that it was about time to start publicity. Tomorrow was Thursday it was GOGs turn. They could use this opportunity to promote DGE Teams reunion as a gimmick to build momentum in advance. However, Chen Yufeng had not thought about how to publicize it. The key was the detailed rules and details of this BP verification competition. Should he announce it in advance? It would be better to announce the rules in advance in order to generate more popularity. However, after careful consideration, Chen Yufeng felt that it was not appropriate to announce the rules in advance. He had to give the audience a surprise. Bunny Tail Live-Streams current situation was rather awkward. Previously, the mandatory one hour function had been badly criticized. It might not be able to salvage its reputation now, no matter what kind of event it was. Instead, it might continue to be criticized. The reviews of Bunny Tail live-stream would only be able to change if the audience really saw the competition and found it interesting. However, the audience would feel less surprised if they disclosed the competition schedule in advance. Therefore, Chen Yufeng summarized the publicity experience of Tengdas various departments and decided on the marketing strategy for this BP verification competition. They emphasized on DGE Team Reunion during the publicity. They did not elaborate on the specific rules and details of the competition. They only highlighted that the competition would use a special mode and emphasized that there was a clear difference between it and the actual competition between GPL and ICL while the audience could expect a high level competition. That way, they would probably still be scolded in the early stages. However, the audience would definitely be pleasantly surprised the moment the competition officially began and the rules were revealed. All the unhappiness from before would be swept away! Chen Yufeng quickly finalized the publicity details for this BP verification competition. Then, he arranged for his subordinates to spend all the resources of Bunny Tail Live-Stream on this competition. He also bought some online advertisements for publicity. It might not be enough to promote the game a day in advance, but the competition was a long-term program. Its popularity would continue to rise during the competition. The key was still to see if the BP verification competition would be able to achieve a stunning effect tomorrow! April 26th, Thursday The weather today was not bad. The sun was shining brightly, and the lighting on the circular balcony was very good. Thus, Pei Qian did not go to work. Instead, he ate his breakfast in the living room and watched Bunny Tail Live-Stream on his cell phone. Recently, he found a big boss who specialized in economics on Bunny Tail Live-Stream. He would only talk for half an hour for every live-stream. The content was very superficial but sounded very interesting. Pei Qian happened to have to complete an hour of work on Bunny Tail live-stream every day. Thus, he took the time to eat and rest to watch these big shots lectures. This bit of fragmented knowledge might be superficial but it was much more meaningful than watching short videos. As for why he did not tell Chen Yufeng to cancel the one-hour limit on his account Of course, that was because Boss Pei wanted to set an example! This rule was proposed by him. Wouldnt that be equivalent to slapping his own face if he did not abide by it? Boss Pei still wanted his pride. The application for Bunny Tail Live-Stream was finally unlocked after watching the video for an entire hour. It displayed the contents of various recommendation spots on the home page. Eh? DGE Team gathers again? Pei Qian saw a promotional picture at the top of the homepage at a glance: Huang Wang and Jiang Huan, the two team leaders, leading the other old DGE members, looking like they were ready to fight. Pei Qian could not help but be shocked. He quickly clicked on it. It was written on the map that the competition would start from three to five in the afternoon. The competition had not started yet. After clicking on it, it was the webpage of the live-stream. There were a few simple rules and instructions written on it. The name of the competition was covered. It should only be revealed when the competition officially begins. There were a few simple rules below: The competition was divided into two groups, GOG and IOI. They would be played on Tuesday, Thursday, and Wednesday respectively. They would be perfectly separated from the timing of the two leagues. The players on both sides would be briefly introduced, hinting that this would be a high-level confrontation. The most important thing was that both sides would use a special mode in the battle. It would ensure professionalism while ensuring the excitement of the competition. Pei Qian could not help but frown. Special mode? Mutual selection mode? Blind selection mode? Self-selection skill swap? Skill without CD? Chaos fight? Clone? Friendly competition? Change location? GOG and IOI had both introduced some entertainment models before and the results were acceptable. Many professional teams would also take on some exhibition competitions and friendly competitions. They would play some entertainment mode to better interact with the audience. The concept of special modes was too broad and hard to guess. I gave Bunny Tail live-stream 10 million yuan. In the end, Chen Yufeng thought for a long time and decided to get DGE Club to play an entertainment competition? Alright, well done! Pei Qian was a little worried at first when he saw the promotional gimmick of DGE Team Gathers Again. After all, almost all of the members of these four teams were celebrity players. The fans of these twenty people might take up more than half of the total number of fans in the entire domestic e-sports circle. He could not underestimate them. However, Pei Qian was relieved to see this rule. This event was not even as good as the ZZ Cup Live-Stream Competition that the ZZ Live-Stream platform had set up previously. Such a good event was there but Bunny Tail Live-Stream did not even know how to copy it. Chen Yufeng, youre really something. If this was positive publicity, Pei Qian would definitely call Chen Yufeng over to lecture him. As the person-in-charge of the department, he did not even use his brain to think of a publicity plan. What was the use of having him? However, Pei Qians ten million yuan was meant to be wasted. Chen Yufengs move was exactly what he wanted. The publicity for the event doesnt seem to be enough. At the moment, I only see the publicity on the front page of Bunny Tail live-stream. Nowhere else seems to be discussing it? The competition is starting in the afternoon. The publicity is not good enough. Its a little embarrassing for Tengda. Pei Qian immediately called Chen Yufeng. I saw that Bunny Tail Live-Stream is holding a new competition this afternoon? Why is the publicity so bad? Is there not enough funding? On the other end of the line, Chen Yufeng quickly explained, No, Boss Pei, we definitely have enough funds. Its just that this competition is a long-term event, so theres no need to spend all the publicity funds in the early stages. I plan to spend it slowly and accumulate popularity. Pei Qian immediately said, What do you mean theres no need? I think you just cant bear to part with it. If you cant bear to part with it, it means that the publicity budget is still not enough. How about this? Ill give you another five million yuan. Now, go around advertising and buying fake reviewers to hype up the competition! Dont care about the price-quality ratio. Just spend it! Chen Yufeng was stunned. Er Alright, Boss Pei. Ill arrange it now! However time is a little tight. The competition is going to start in the afternoon. If I spend money to buy the advertisement spots now, Im afraid I wont be able to make it in the afternoon. Ill only be able to see the effects tomorrow or the day after. If we hire fake reviewers to create hype on the forum, it would be effective immediately. Pei Qian smiled. It doesnt matter. Just do your best to promote it! At noon, at Binhu District. Qiao Liang had just finished his lunch and was sitting in front of his computer. He did not want to work again on this day. As a full-time UP Master, his living conditions were getting better and better, but his work efficiency was also plummeting. In the past, he would often make two or three videos a week when he was so poor that he did not know when his next meal would be. Now, it was not bad if he managed to produce one video a month. Damn it, where did my time go! Qiao Liang complained as he habitually swiped his cell phone. Chapter 1008 - Underworld BP Verification War Recently, Qiao Liangs schedule has been rather casual. He would sleep until he woke up naturally every morning. He would wake up at 10 AM. He would watch videos and eat breakfast at the same time. After eating, he would digest his food and play games for a while. At 1 PM, he would eat lunch and be sleepy. He would sleep until 3 PM. After sunbathing on the sofa, it would be dinner time before he could do anything. After dinner, the GPL competition would begin soon. He had no choice. Most of the time, he would watch short videos and forums on his cell phone. Two or three hours would pass unknowingly. It was very difficult for him to control his cheap hands. Qiao Liang might be well aware of this situation because he still had to swipe his cell phone. Not everyone could resist fragmented entertainment. Eh? Bunny Tail Live-Stream is holding a competition at three in the afternoon? The ten old DGE players are going to gather again? Is this an event to save popularity? It had been some time since Qiao Liang had used the Bunny Tail Live-Stream. That was because he had to hang up for an hour. He could not be bothered to hang up every day. Qiao Liang was very dissatisfied with this mandatory one hour rule. He complained to his fan group many times. He even wanted to talk to Boss Pei and ask him to cancel this completely unreasonable rule. However, in the end, he decided not to. Qiao Liang felt that he still had some say if this was a game related matter. However, how the live-stream platform wanted to manage it was entirely Tengdas own business. If Qiao Liang were to say it, it would be that he had been suspected of overstepping his boundaries. That would not be good. Whats more, Qiao Liang felt that Bunny Tail Live-Stream was not Tengda Corporations core business in the first place. It was alright if they were to mess around. After all, they would definitely change it if there was prolonged rejection. Therefore, Qiao Liang had not used the Bunny Tail live-stream for some time after that. The popularity on the internet gradually decreased after the netizens got tired of scolding. However, the event this time had obviously made Bunny Tail Live-Stream the focus of netizens discussions once again. Qiao Liang scanned the gamers comments. Most of them were still criticizing it. There will be a ten-man competition between 3 PM to 5 PM Bunny Tail. The promotional picture has been released. We can pay attention to it! Could anyone still be using Bunny Tail Live-Stream? No way, no way! You can persevere for an hour every day? Youre awesome. Is there something wrong with Bunny Tail Live-Stream? Do they have too much money to burn? It was originally very popular, but the one hour restriction caused the websites popularity to drop. Now, DGEs players are being used to generate popularity for them. What a retard! Thats right. The team members still have to train daily. The entertainment competition that arranged such special activities cannot maintain their state and strength. The team members were forced to do it on Boss Peis account. Be more humane, will you, Bunny Tail Live-Stream? Dont torture these team members anymore! Everyone, dont go and watch it. Dont increase their popularity! It will naturally stop if no one watches it after some time! Some fans might be looking forward to the competition but there were more negative comments overall. There was no choice. Bunny Tail Live-Stream had offended the passers-by quite badly previously. The scolding had mostly disappeared during this period. Once the competition was promoted, the passers-by recalled the idiotic rules of Bunny Tail Live-Stream. More people cursed them since they were coupled with the fact that this event seemed to be asking DGE members to clean up their mess. The audience this year is really strict. Qiao Liang might be unhappy with the rules of Bunny Tail Live-Stream but he did not react as strongly as the others. He was a freelancer after all. It was very easy for him to let it play on his cell phone for an hour. He just had to set it aside while playing games. Qiao Liang would not have bothered to set it aside for an hour if it was any other event. However, DGEs players had not competed together for months. Qiao Liang still wanted to watch it even though it was a gimmick. Thus, Qiao Liang still switched on the bunny tail live-stream application that he had not logged in for a long time. He switched on the focus mode and let the phone play obediently for an hour in preparation to watch the competition at 3 PM. After entering the focus mode, a countdown timer and a cartoon image appeared on the page. There were two lines of words. The reason why the genius in peoples eyes is outstanding is not because he is more talented than others, but because he has worked hard continuously. Ten thousand hours of tempering is necessary for anyone to go from ordinary to world-class master. You would need at least five years to become an expert in a field working eight hours a day. If you would take an extra hour to study other professions apart from your own work everyday. In thirty years, you would also achieve something in this field. Qiao Liang could not help but feel emotional. It does make some sense even though this function is quite retarded. The first part was actually the so-called Ten Thousand Hour Law. There might be a difference in talent but the effort needed to succeed could not be summarized in one way or another, the Ten Thousand Hour Law still had its merits. That was because no matter how talented a person was, they could not achieve results without accumulating hard work over time. The geniuses in history were no exception. The second paragraph was more like an extension of the Ten Thousand Hour Law. In fact, most people could become professionals in a certain field within five years as long as their work could be accumulated and improved and not repetitive. In addition to work, theoretically, if he could take an hour out every day to study other fields, as long as he did not work blindly but systematically understood and learned some knowledge, he would be able to gain something from perseverance. He placed his cell phone aside and could not use it anymore. Qiao Liang had no choice but to turn on his computer and get down to business. He had always wanted to find time to make a timetable for the history of domestically-produced games. He wanted to sort out the development of domestically-produced games and accumulate some material for future videos. However, this matter dragged on for a few months. He could not persevere after two or three lines each time and would instead play with his cell phone. This time, Qiao Liang could not help but want to play with his cell phone. However, when he saw the focus mode page on his cell phone screen, Qiao Liang retracted his hand and continued working seriously. An hour passed quickly. Qiao Liang realized that he had not had enough. He continued working for another half an hour before he prepared to rest. This focus mode seems to be quite useful. If I can control myself from playing with my cell phone, I can actually squeeze out more time every day Qiao Liang was already satisfied even though he had only worked for a little more than an hour. He opened the live-stream of DGE players competition without any guilt. At that moment, Qiao Liang realized that the title of the live-stream that was originally hidden had been revealed: Bunny Tail Cup BP Verification Competition! BP verification competition? What competition is this? Qiao Liang was stunned. Previously, he had thought that this was just an ordinary entertainment competition or a friendly competition. The ten DGE players would play some extreme heroes to satisfy the audience. However, it seemed like the situation was not as simple as he had thought! The competition this time had directly used the ICL leagues live-streaming platform for the Bunny Tails Two-way Flow. Therefore, the broadcasting and commentary teams were all ready-made. The two commentators were already introducing the rules of the competition in advance. As the name implies, the BP Verification Competition is to let two top teams test the strength of some BP lineups to prove whether its the problem of the coachs BP or the players. Today is the first match of the BP Verification Competition. We have carefully chosen a classic match from last weeks GPL. The Blue Team has an almost unopened early-stage Poke lineup. It is also the lineup that many viewers angrily denounced as Underworld BP . Todays two teams will use this lineup to fight the other party once. We will verify whether this BP is Underworld BP through Controlling Variables. If both competitions were lost by the side of the Underworld BP, then it can be proven that it is a problem with the BP. If the side of the Underworld BP wins, then it can be proven that the strength and tactical arrangements of the players are problematic. If one wins and one loses, we can also determine the number of BPs on both sides by analyzing the two matches. Is the capacity of this Underworld BP high or low, stable or unstable After that, we will vote in the BP verification competition live-stream of Bunny Tail. The audience will choose the BP lineup of the Underworld. The lineup with the most votes will be the lineup that we will verify next The live-stream also showed the exact lineup of the competition as the two commentators introduced the rules of the competition. The rules of the BP verification competition were that the ten heroes and their respective positions could not be changed. Apart from that, there were no restrictions on the specific talent configurations, gameplay, and appearance of the heroes. Qiao Liang had watched this competition last week, and it was still fresh in his memory. At that time, the blue teams coach had chosen an early-stage Poke lineup. The entire team only had two unstable control skills, and they did not strictly have advances. In the end, the first class team did not manage to deal with it well enough to send out one head and two teams of monsters. They were flattened by the opponent. On paper, the blue side was obviously stronger. Thus, after this match, the blue teams coach was criticized badly. This lineup was also jokingly called the five vs one coach lineup, and it was not saved. This time, DGE Team One would be in charge of the Underworld BP lineup. DGE Team Two would obtain the opponents lineup and fight it out. Then, the lineup would be swapped and they would fight again. Of course, Old Zhou, the former commander of DGE Team Two, had retired to be a coach. Thus, a rising support from the current DGE Club who performed very well made up for his place, ensuring that the two teams were relatively close in strength on paper. Whats more, the two teams had been pulled together at the last minute. They had not worked together beforehand. They relied on tacit understanding. It was basically a fair match. Qiao Liang perked up after hearing the rules. This BP verification competition felt very interesting! It would indeed be meaningless if it was a friendly competition or an entertainment competition. They would not be able to see the tactics, the professional players might not play seriously. There would not be much fun. However, this BP verification competition was completely based on the main competition. Both sides had to work hard to win and could maximize the intensity and excitement of the competition. Most importantly, this competition could finally solve a series of unanswered questions to a certain extent: Was losing the competition because the BP lineup was bad or because the players were bad? Should the coach or the players take the blame? The bullet screen coaches kept saying brainless BP. Would the eyes of the masses be clearer or would the truth is often in the hands of the minority prevail in terms of understanding the game? Qiao Liang was interested because he wanted to know the answers as well! Chapter 1009 - Misunderstanding Resolved! The audience in the live-stream was obviously the same as Qiao Liang. Their interest was completely aroused. Obviously, this was thanks to Chen Yufengs publicity strategy. Bunny Tail Live-Stream did not directly announce the specific rules of the competition at the beginning. It only vaguely said that it was a special mode. Therefore, those who were willing to hang up for an hour to watch the competition were either loyal fans of Bunny Tail Live-Stream or loyal fans of DGE players. Those who were prejudiced against Bunny Tail Live-Stream were basically blocked outside. These loyal fans did not have much expectations for the competition at the beginning. They felt that it was most likely just an entertainment competition. However, the audience suddenly realized that this was not an ordinary entertainment competition after the specific rules were announced. Instead, it was a very novel BP verification competition. This had never happened before! The audiences expectations were doubled. Naturally, the live-stream was filled with laughter. Everyone felt that an hour of hanging up was worth it! The competition officially began amidst the 666 comments. Team One, who had chosen the Underworld lineup, did not invade the opponents jungle rashly. Instead, they carefully avoided the battle under the premise of protecting their vision. Team Two tried to capture them several times, but it failed. On the other hand, Team One began to exert pressure on Team Two through long-range depletion skills, creating huge defensive pressure on the other party after they developed steadily and obtained a certain amount of equipment support. The members of Team Two were also trying their best to move and dodge skills when the minions entered the defense tower, the various consumable skills of Team One would always fly over from the blind spots in their vision, making it impossible to guard against them. Team Ones lineup might not have any team skills, but they could use various consumable skills to lower the health of Team Twos key C position, forcing them to give up defending the tower and defending the map resources. Team Ones people would quickly pull away, causing Team Two to miss every time Team Two could not take the harassment and wanted to turn around and fight Team.. Another round of exhaustion would occur as they chased after each other. Team Two had no choice but to retreat in panic. Over time, the economic gap between the two teams had gradually widened even though not many heads had exploded. Team Two could not win even if they wanted to fight Team One by force. In the end, Team One slowly and steadily defeated Team Two. Even though the number of people on both sides was not high, the final economic gap was huge. Team Two lost the competition in an extremely aggrieved manner. After this round, both sides swapped their lineup and prepared to play the second round. The two commentators analyzed the competition in detail. DGE Teams method in using this Underworld Lineup is obviously more sensible than the top which lost last week. They had a good field of vision at level one to protect their own jungle. They can safely survive the early stages of the game by avoiding battles and quickly assemble during the period when their lineup is exerting strength. They can establish an advantage through precise long-range consumption and win steadily The attitude of the bullet screen comments in the live-stream towards this so-called Underworld lineup had obviously changed 180 degrees unknowingly! So this is the correct way to open this lineup? The misunderstanding has been resolved! Ive wronged the coach. Its not that the lineup is bad, but the players are bad at it. You cant really say that we have wronged the coach as well, right? DGE had guarded their first level and had corresponding tactical arrangements. Does this idiotic coach have such tactics? Whats more, its also the coachs duty to accurately assess the strength of the players and choose the best heroes for the players, right? Doesnt he have to take the blame if you forcefully choose heroes that the players dont know how to play? Dont change the topic. Previously, everyone did not criticize the problem of whether the team members were good at the heroes or not. They criticized the problem of the Underworld Lineup. At least this lineup has been cleared, right? Indeed, it looks like this lineup is quite strong. Team Two did not find any opportunity. In the end, they fought very strenuously. They could not organize an effective resistance at all. I apologize to the coach! Theres no problem with the lineup, and theres no problem with the understanding the game! The coach also has something to say. Whats the strength of your group of players? I got a powerful lineup for you, but you cant play it well yourself. Are you blaming me? Does the bullet screen coach teach others BP? The coach plays dozens of training competitions a month, and his understanding of the game is not higher than yours? If youre so awesome, why dont you become an assistant coach to earn this money? After the first round, the lineup was completely cleared. Those who had criticized the lineup previously could only change their words and say that the coachs problem was that he did not properly assess the strength of the players and gave them a lineup that they were not good at. This statement was obviously not reliable, so it was quickly drowned out. However, the competition was not over yet. Both sides had to swap heroes for the second round. Team Two obtained this Underworld lineup this time while Team One obtained the opponents regular lineup as sparring partner. However, unlike last time, Team Two did not avoid the battle. Instead, they took the initiative to fight with Team One! However, this fight was not brainless. Team Two also got their top-tier players over. The first-tier team in the jungle formed a 5v4 situation. They directly dealt 1 death through the lead in numbers. After that, the top lane teleportation was back on the line. He might have lost a teleportation but he had gained a huge advantage for the team. Next, Team Two, who had obtained the netherworld lineup, completely copied Team Ones script. They entered a stronger phase faster, pushed the line earlier, and pushed the tower. The snowball rolled faster than the previous one. However, Team Ones support player successfully drove to Team Ones core output through a wave of extremely intelligent detour just as the audience thought that there was no more suspense in the competition. He made a zero to four, instantly shrinking the economic gap between the two sides! After that, both sides exchanged blows and did not give in to each other. One side was trying their best to control the field of vision, constantly looking for opportunities to consume remotely, and plunder map resources to widen the economic gap. The other side was thinking of ways to bypass the field of vision and form a team, looking for an opportunity to turn the tables. In the final team battle, Team Two of the Underworld lineup finally won the team battle with difficulty with the advantage that they had accumulated previously and obtained victory in the competition. The bullet screen comments in this match were even more exciting than the bullet screen comments in the previous match. It perfectly displayed what was called the Sichuan Face-Changing Opera. When Team Two was in the lead, the bullet screen comments indicated that there was indeed no problem with the lineup. One could only blame itself for losing with this lineup because they were lousy. The fact that Team One and Two could obtain an early economic advantage with this lineup was enough to explain the problem. When Team One found a chance to gain advantage and deliver a zero to four to Team Two, the bullet screen comments expressed that this lineup was still not good. Such a high huge lead in economies could be crushed with a single touch. The margin for error was too low. In the end, the bullet screen comments showed that there was no problem with this lineup when Team Two won the competition. It might not be good at good fights but as long as they obtained enough economic advantages in the early stages, they would still have the capital to take one shot at the later stages. The two matches, together with the preparation time in between, had played for a total of one and a half hours. During this period, the bullet screen comments in the live-stream did not stop at all. The audiences discussions were simply bursting with life! Those who thought that there was no problem with the BP and those who thought that there was a problem with the BP were arguing non-stop. A wave of losing or winning directly determined which group of the audience had the upper hand on the bullet screen. Finally, the two commentators summarized the two matches today. Alright, todays two BP verification competitions have been completed. We have roughly tested the actual strength of this so-called Underworld Lineup through the results of the competition. The side that chose the Underworld lineup won in both rounds, but the way they won was different. Obviously, the advantage of this so-called Underworld Lineup is between the tenth to twenty-fifth minute. Therefore, we cannot have too much economic disadvantage in the early stages. Otherwise, it would be very difficult to snowball during the strong period of the lineup. The entire game would have no chance of winning. However, the side that chose this lineup would basically be able to obtain an advantage in the face of strong opponents. This means that this lineup would not be easily targeted in the early stages. If a first-level team is defeated, it can only be said that there is a problem with the tactical use. Being able to obtain an advantage steadily is enough to show that this lineup is not as underworld as many viewers think. However, whether this lineup can win the competition or not depends on how much economic advantage they can obtain in the mid-stages and whether they are qualified in terms of vision control, propelling tempo, and resource competition in the mid to late stages. The other party will seize the opportunity to form a good team once there are any mistakes. The situation between the two sides might instantly reverse. The weaker a team was, the lower the chance of winning the competition through this lineup. Thats because the weaker teams are unable to achieve the advantage of this lineup when it comes to vision control, propelling rhythm, and resource competition. Therefore, the results of this BP verification competition are as follows: The lineup of both teams would be about 60% to 40% win rate in the hands of two strong teams, and it might be the opposite in the hands of two weak teams. It would be 40% to 60%. This BP requires excellent first-tier team setup and the ability to quickly snowball. Once the tempo was broken in the middle, the other party could easily turn the tables. The margin of error is very low. Its best for teams with poor discipline, insufficient practice and not enough proficiency not to try. I believe everyone already knows how to split the blame for the GPL league that chose this lineup and suffered a crushing defeat. Alright, then this is the end of the BP verification competition. We have already given the Underworld BP lineup option for the next episode on the live-stream page. Which Underworld BP would you want to see the two teams verify next? We welcome your vote! The BP verification competition was over, but the gamers debate did not subside. Instead, it intensified! After the first round, the viewers who blamed the coach basically did not say anything. However, after the second round, these viewers revived. However, the focus of the debate had changed. Weve already proven that theres no problem with the BP. Can those who criticize the coach apologize now? What the f*ck, didnt the final summary mention? The BP tolerance error rate is too low. Once the rhythm breaks, its easy to turn the tables. Whats more, it requires proficiency. Wouldnt the coach still have to take the blame if he chooses it even though he knows that the players are not proficient enough? The strong team would have a 60% to 40% possibility of winning while the weak team has a 40% to 60% chance of winning. The blue team in the previous competition was obviously stronger. Is there a problem with the lineup that the coach chose? The coach cant be blamed if the players didnt perform, right? Isnt it the coachs fault that a first-tier team did not take any precautions and ended up losing blood? Go and see how DGEs two teams do it. Defend or attack. Thats the difference! Theres a gap, but thats the gap between the players. Chapter 1010 - The Exclusive Advantage of Bunny Tail Live-Stream The BP verification competition might be over but the audience still did not agree on who should take the blame. After all, different positions and perspectives were different. Different people would see different things in the same competition. However, the BP verification competition this time proved at least one thing: this lineup was actually not Underworld. As long as they played well, they could win, and the chances of winning were not bad. The key was whether they had practiced enough, worked on the details well enough, whether the teams strength was supported, and whether there were any mistakes in the tactical choices in the competition. Whats more, this was a lineup that they had to obtain an advantage in the early stages. They would lose thousands of miles if they could not obtain it. It looked especially stupid. Many viewers called it the Underworld BP because this lineup was messed up the first time it appeared. It was an implementation problem. It showed its worst side in the worst case and left a stereotype that this lineup is purely retarded for the audience. After the BP verification competition ended, the audience could link up seamlessly to watch the GPL league. However, it was obvious that even though the GPL league had already begun, discussions about the BP verification competition still took up most of the page. Qiao Liang browsed through a few forums related to competitions and saw a lot of discussion on the implementation of the BP verification competition. The recording of this competition was immediately uploaded to Aili Islands website. It was for viewers who did not watch the live-stream to watch and learn. Of course, as the copyright owner of the competition, Bunny Tail Live Broadcast had the right to forbid Aili Islands website from reposting related videos of the BP Exclamation Competition. However, Chen Yufeng was not stupid. He would definitely not do that. Instead, he wanted to arrange for the official account of Bunny Tail Live-Stream to be reposted and further expand his influence. The popularity of Bunny Tails live-stream was at a low point now. Even though a series of promotions had been done in the early stages, a large number of viewers still could not see the BP verification competition live-stream due to various reasons. He would upload the recorded video onto Aili Islands website to further increase its popularity. It would help to let more viewers know about the BP verification competition. Of course, audiences could choose to watch the recording every time. That way, they would be spared from the mandatory one hour of Bunny Tail live-stream. However, most people still liked watching live-streams because live-streams meant that they could grasp the corresponding information at the first moment. It was something that was currently happening. Watching the live-stream did not have that feeling. Even though todays BP proof competition had ended, its popularity was still spreading. It even exceeded the current competition. After all, those who could be arranged at this time today were not celebrity teams. They were not popular in the first place and their tactical standards were not high. How could they use them to fight against the ten star players of DGEs first and second teams? The discussion rate was off the charts coupled with the novel competition format for the BP verification competition. Players who had complained about Bunny Tail Live-Stream changed their views to a certain extent. I have to say that Bunny Tail Live-Stream really gave a great performance! This BP competition has answered many years of suspicions. It looks like the lineup isnt bad. Its the team members who couldnt carry it out, the coach was wronged. This blame is too unreasonable! Why didnt Coach come out to explain then? How was he supposed to explain? Wouldnt he be adding to his crime if he did? In the eyes of the bullet screen coach, being able to choose such a lineup is already enough to cause brain hemorrhage. Explaining could make the coach seem even more guilty. Brain hemorrhage would evolve into a ten-year cerebral thrombosis. It looks like this BP verification competition is quite meaningful. At least, it taught the bullet screen coaches one thing: the teams coaches are professionals. The candidates have also been carefully considered. They are really not people that the bullet screen coaches can casually surpass. Dont hit the nail on the coffin just yet. Todays competition only proved that theres no problem with this BP, but what about the other BPs? Look at the voting this time. Arent the remaining BPs a lineup that can only be selected after ten years of brain hemorrhage? Ive already voted for this real five to protect one line up. The five heroes are all tools without any hurt. I want to see if the next BP verification competition can prove this lineup! Indeed, this BP proof competition might not always prove that the coach was right. It might also prove that the coach was indeed suffering from cerebral hemorrhage at that time. I think we can continue to pay attention to it in the future! D*mn, I want to watch every episode after that, but doesnt that mean that I have to hang up an hour in advance every day from now on? My dear brothers, do any of you have something like a plug-in software? Lets talk about this. Bunny Tail Live-Stream might be retarded, but this competition is still good. Isnt it just an hour? Ill endure it! F*ck, dont compromise! If you have the willpower to watch the recording rather than to give in! I cant take it. This competition is too interesting and its very popular. When it starts, all the forums will be discussing it. Can you not watch it and wait for the recording? I cant do it anyway! Actually, I feel that this one-hour compulsory function is not that unacceptable now. We can switch on a focus mode while working and leave the cell phone for an hour. Or we can watch some streamers with general knowledge on Bunny Tail live-stream. One hour will pass very quickly. I have a few good live-streamers here. Some speak about economics, some on literature, and some teach foreign languages. I can share them with everyone. Qiao Liang could not help but feel emotional looking at these discussions. Indeed, humans could not get rid of the fragrance attribute! He had to admit that the timing of the BP verification competition live-streamed by Bunny Tail was very good. Bunny Tail Live-Stream did not explain or apologize too much about the mandatory one hour. Instead, it allowed the matter to pass. That was because explaining or apologizing was meaningless. They would be criticized anyway. Whats more, they would be mocked even more if they were to change this rule. Bunny Tail Live-Stream obviously knew very well that in order to recover its popularity and reputation, the key was to see what content the live-stream platform could provide to the audience. As long as the content was unique and outstanding enough, the audience would still watch. On the other hand, the BP verification competition was obviously exclusive content that could only be done by Bunny Tail live-stream. That was because they had to gather two top teams with similar strength in this competition. Only then would the final outcome be convincing. If it was just an ordinary strong team, the audience would wonder if the team they found was not strong enough, so they did not reach the upper limit of this lineup? Could it be that the difference in strength between the two sides was too great, so the results were not very meaningful? Only by letting the top teams compete in this competition would the unruly audience truly be convinced. On GOGs side, the strongest team was the original DGE Team One and Two. They could also be regarded as two All-Star teams. On IOIs side, the strongest teams were FV Team and SUG Team. These four teams had a very close relationship with Tengda Corporation. It was impossible for the other live-stream platforms to get the teams other than Bunny Tail Live-Stream! Whats more, Tengda Corporation was the organizer of the GPL league to begin with. At the same time, they had done a better job of broadcasting the ICL leagues two-way traffic than Long Yu Corporations official platform. They had an extremely outstanding director, commentator, and data analysis team that could professionally summarize and summarize the final results of the BP verification competition. All of these factors added together made this BP competition Bunny Tail Live-Streams exclusive. Other live-stream platforms could not replicate it even if they wanted to. Qiao Liang could not help but feel emotional. This BP verification competition is quite interesting. The key is that as the competition progresses, the audience will think that there will be more and more brainless BP. This BP verification competition can be held continuously. Whats more, the content of each episode will be different. The audience will never get tired of watching it! Bunny Tail Live-Stream might not be a platform that only broadcasts these two leagues, but it can slowly turn viewers of the two leagues into users of their own platforms. This is much more effective than advertising! Boss Pei is indeed Boss Pei. He managed to grab the Achilles heel of the other live-stream platforms with just one move. This kind of genius idea can only be thought of by designers like Boss Pei, who truly loves gaming, E-Sports, and blends in with gamers! Chapter 1011 - The Sales Department’s Recruitment Method April 27th, Friday BP verification competition? What is this?! Pei Qian sipped his coffee as he read the discussion on various forums in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. He fell into a daze once again. Wasnt it supposed to be an entertainment competition for the veteran DGE members? Is this how you entertain people?! Pei Qian had thought that this event was no big deal. They had only invited the old team members to come back for an entertainment competition and bring popularity to Bunny Tails live-stream. However, he now realized that it was not the case! I fell for Chen Yufengs trick! Pei Qian was speechless. It was all Chen Yufengs fault for only writing a special mode during the publicity. If he had written the details of the rules, he would not have allowed it to pass! Pei Qian happened to be busy at school yesterday and did not pay attention to Bunny Tail live-stream. It was only this morning when he came to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe for breakfast and coffee that he took out his cell phone to browse the forum. Then, he realized that he had been tricked! Last night, various discussions about the BP verification competition took up many hot posts on the game forums. The video recording on Aili Islands website also received a lot of views. What made people even more speechless was that many people had downloaded Bunny Tail live-streams just so that they could watch the new BP verification competition live! If not for the fact that the rule of mandatory one hour for Bunny Tail Live-Stream was restricting the gamers, Pei Qian would have collapsed again. This event plan is really a failure! However its not irreversible. Even though many people are saying that they want to download Bunny Tail Live-Stream again and hang it up every day, most of them wont be able to persevere. The popularity of this BP verification competition will slowly pass. At that time, the audience will still be dissuaded by the rule of compulsory one hour from Bunny Tail Live-Stream. Hmm, since thats the case, lets not give Bunny Tail live-streaming resources for now. Let its popularity cool down a little. Speaking of which I wonder how Tian Mo is doing. Its been more than a week. He should have memorized everything ven if hes stupid, right? Pei Qian looked at his calendar. The last time he saw Tian Mo was last Thursday. After that, Pei Qian looked for Liang Qingfan and briefly explained the requirements of the experience shop, asking him to choose the location of the first experience shop. Apart from that, Pei Qian also made other arrangements to help Tian Mo prepare a place for practice. It was about time to check his homework. In fact, Pei Qian was a little uncertain. Should he hope that Tian Mo would be able to memorize these principles or that he would not be able to? If Tian Mo had not memorized it, it meant that either Tian Mos IQ was low to a certain extent or Tian Mo was not concerned about his work at all. That seemed to be good news. However, if Tian Mo had memorized it, it meant that Tian Mo was more obedient. It would be easier to control him after he started work in the future. There would not be any serious deviation. After some thought, Pei Qian decided to lean towards the latter. He strolled to the office of the advertising and marketing department. The employees of the Advertisement and marketing department were slacking off. Some were playing games, some were watching dramas, and they looked rather comfortable. Most of them were so focused that they did not notice Boss Peis arrival at all. Even if they did, they would only smile and nod. They would not look ashamed because they were playing games. Pei Qian was very satisfied with this and kept nodding. However, Pei Qian was instantly infuriated when he saw Meng Changs empty workstation. This Meng Chang disappeared after messing things up! How ridiculous! Previously, Pei Qian trusted Meng Chang so much that he was fully in charge of the publicity for Mission and Choice. He did not even ask too much about it. Meng Chang also patted his chest and guaranteed that there would be no problem. The result? Not only did Mission and Choice not fail, but it also became popular. Meng Chang, the first-in-charge, simply pretended to be dead and did not even come to work! Pei Qian was speechless. He really wanted to call him over and scold him. However, on further thought, it was almost the end of the month. Meng Chang would have to come to his office to check the commission for this month sooner or later. It would not be too late to reprimand him then. There was no need to be in a hurry. It would make him look like he was very impatient. At that thought, Pei Qian suppressed his anger and looked at Tian Mos desk. Tian Mo was in a daze at his desk, looking bored. After being in a daze for a while, he took out his small notebook and recited the Sales Department Rules that Boss Pei had given him. Then, he fell into a daze again. Obviously, he had memorized it long ago. However, he had nothing to do after memorizing it. He could only stare blankly. Pei Qian walked to his desk and cleared his throat. How is it? Have you memorized the rules? When Tian Mo saw that it was Boss Pei, his face revealed the joy of being released. He immediately stood up. Ive memorized it! Boss Pei, Ill recite it for you now Pei Qian immediately raised his hand to stop him. No need, I trust you. Tian Mo : He had already memorized all the contents and was waiting to perform well in front of Boss Pei. However, he did not have the chance to do so. That was very awkward. Pei Qian waved at him. Since youve memorized it, follow me. We can enter the next stage. After leaving Shenhua View, Little Sun drove the two of them to a nearby shopping mall. Tian Mo followed Boss Pei in confusion. The two of them took the elevator to the fifth floor of the shopping mall. He took a quick look around and found that he was surrounded by shops selling various digital products. There were shops selling various branded cell phones, sound systems, television, projectors, and computer brands. One of the shops was locked. It looked like it was not open for business. Pei Qian brought Tian Mo to the door, took out the key from his pocket, opened the door, and handed it to Tian Mo. Tian Mo was stunned. Boss Pei, this Pei Qian smiled. You will be selling stuff here in the future. Train your skills first. Once youre done, there will be a bigger stage waiting for you to perform! Tian Mo looked up and noticed that there was a logo of Tengda Corporation and Otto Technologies on the sign above the shop. The shop was divided into two parts going further in: There was a small hall outside, and the light coming through the floor-to-ceiling windows was very good. On one side was a transparent glass cabinet. The cabinet contained various products related to Tengda, such as Fully-Automated Intelligent Bickering Machine, Otto cell phones, physical game CDs, game figurines, and so on. On the other side was a sofa, a big television, and a Fully-Automated Intelligent Bickering Machine that was in use. It looked like it was for customers to rest and play. Apart from this small hall, there was also a portion of space inside. The lighting was slightly dim. There were a total of six small televisions and six single sofas. There were three on each side. It was probably the game testing area. That was where Pei Qian arranged for Tian Mo to train. Pei Qian had already arranged for Liang Qingfan to set up a large-scale experience shop. However, the location and renovation of such a large-scale shop would definitely not be done in a short period of time. Whats more, Pei Qian had also considered the possibility that something might go wrong if he allowed Tian Mo to take over this huge experience store that took up thousands of square meters. What if Tian Mo was not proficient in dissuading customers? What if a large number of customers flooded in and all sorts of goods were sold out? Pei Qian decided to rent a small shop in the nearby shopping mall during the renovation of this large-scale experience shop. He would place some Tengda products inside and let Tian Mo practice his skills in dissuading customers. Ill leave this place in your care from now on. Do you know what you should do when customers come? Pei Qian asked. Tian Mo immediately nodded. Understood! Alright, Ill test you. Pei Qian casually took an Otto E1 cell phone from the side. I want to buy this cell phone now. What should you say? Tian Mo paused for a moment. Er I should be honest about the various parameters of this cell phone. I should talk about the pros and cons. I cant deliberately induce customers to buy it. Let customers make their own decisions. Pei Qian shook his head. No, you should tell the customers directly that this is an old model from more than a year ago. You dont recommend them to buy it at all. Why introduce the parameters for something that is not recommended at all? Tian Mo opened his mouth slightly and was speechless. What was the point of placing something that was not recommended on the shelves? Pei Qian casually took a physical disc from Repent and be Saved. What if I want to buy this game? Tian Mo thought for a moment and said, Er Ill tell the customers truthfully that this game is a highly difficult action game. I would not recommend ordinary people to try it. Pei Qian nodded slightly. Yes, not bad. However, you also have to tell the customers that there will be all sorts of discounts when buying digital versions online. It will be much cheaper and more cost-effective. Even if they want to buy it, they should definitely not buy it in physical shops. What if customers dont have any experience in action games but refuse to listen to advice and insist on buying? Tian Mo was a little confused. Then then sell it to him? Pei Qian shook his head. Wrong. You should let him try the demo over there first. He will naturally give up once he dies enough times. Tian Mo scratched his head, looking extremely confused. Pei Qian sighed slightly. I can tell. You might have memorized all the rules, but its rote learning. You dont really understand them, and you havent been able to draw inferences. Therefore, continue working hard! Tian Mo looked guilty. Yes Pei Qian sat down on the sofa at the side and said, Thats right, you can start hiring a few employees for the sales department. You wont be able to take care of such a huge store by yourself. Tian Mo immediately nodded. Alright, Boss Pei. What should I do? Should I post a position on the recruitment website? Pei Qian immediately shook his head. No, no, no. If you want to post a position on the recruitment website, I can get the HR department to do it. Do I need to tell you? How about this? You can look for a few of your classmates or childhood friends. You can look for primary school, middle school, and high school classmates. However, the only requirement is that their educational qualifications cannot be higher than yours. Tian Mo: Huh? Their qualifications cannot be higher than mine? But I just graduated from high school Tian Mo thought about it. He could not say that there were no students who were less educated than him, but there would not be many. More importantly, would these people be able to help? Would they be able to complete the task given by Boss Pei? Pei Qian cleared his throat and explained, As the saying goes, brothers in war, father and son in battle. Im afraid that you wont be able to cooperate well with strangers. Its best to recruit old classmates or childhood friends who are close to you. That would make it easier for you to form a team. These people cannot be more outstanding than you because each department can only have one brain. If you say one thing and the other person says another, who should the rest of the department listen to? Thats why you should recruit people according to this standard. Once you do, inform the HR department and get in directly. You dont have to go through those tedious procedures. Pei Qian did not want the employees he recruited to be smarter than Tian Mo. Then, they would give Tian Mo advice and lead him astray. If that was the case, wouldnt all his hard work in training Tian Mo be wasted? The previous department recruitment was all done in unison. Pei Qian might have worked hard but the quality of the people recruited through written exams and interviews was still too high. Thus, Pei Qian wanted to try out cronyism in the sales department and see how it would turn out. Alright, thats all for now. Take care of this shop while looking for manpower. Let me know if you need anything. Oh right, take this business card. Tian Mo took the name card and looked at it, confused. Pei Qian explained, This is a stylist. Make an appointment with him one day and ask him to help you dress up and put on a few sets of clothes. The company will pay for all expenses. You dont have to think about saving money. Just spend as much as you can. You have to take note of your image as a salesperson. Oh, the only requirement is that you dont need to wear a formal suit, otherwise, it doesnt matter how you dress. Chapter 1012 - Relax The Standard April 28th, Saturday afternoon. This shopping mall was originally a relatively popular shopping mall. It was even more crowded and lively now that it was the weekend. A burly man who was about 1.82 meters tall stood at the entrance of a dessert shop in the shopping mall. He looked around blankly as he read the message on his cell phone. All of a sudden, he felt someone pat him on the shoulder. He turned around, and a smile immediately appeared on his silly face. Big black dog! Tian Mo also smiled. Dongzi, we havent seen each other for more than a year, right? This burly man was Zhuang Dong, Tian Mos middle school classmate. Both of them were very happy to see their old friends. Zhuang Dong sized Tian Mo up from head to toe. Eh? Whats with your outfit? Your hairstyle looks very energetic. I havent seen you for more than a year. Are you rich? Tian Mo had already followed Boss Peis instructions and found the stylist to package himself in all aspects. He had also changed his hairstyle, clothes, and accessories. Whats more, he was dressed in casual clothes. He did not look like he was dressed for business. Instead, he gave off a youthful vibe. The change was so huge that Zhuang Dong did not recognize it immediately. Tian Mo smiled. Lets talk about my matters slowly. As for you, I heard from Tiezhu that you were tricked into a scammers nest by someone. You only managed to be rescued after two months? I was wondering why you didnt reply to my messages during that time. Zhuang Dong scratched his head in shame. I the person who lied to me was one of my previous masters. I didnt think of that either. But dont worry, I ate and drank a lot there. I was rescued not long after. Tian Mo did not ask any more questions. He led Zhuang Dong into the shopping mall and said, What do you do now? Zhuang Dong gave a silly smile. I dont have a job yet. An uncle of mine asked if he could help me arrange a job as a property security guard. Tian Mo shook his head. Whats the point of security? You might as well follow me. Zhuang Dong was pleasantly surprised. Really? Brother Gou, youve struck it rich? No problem, since Im going to be a security guard. Its even better to be your bodyguard! Brother Gou, you can just give me a salary. Of course, it would be even better if you could provide food and accommodation! Tian Mo smiled. Dont worry. I might not be the one who set the salary, but its definitely more than you can imagine! I didnt make it big but I met a benefactor! Do you know about Tengda Corporation? I know the boss of Tengda Corporation! He was the one who arranged this job! Tian Mo looked proud. Was Tengdas boss an ordinary person? How many people in Jingzhou wanted to meet him but could not? Wasnt he proud that he could report daily? Zhuang Dong was skeptical. Are you serious? Isnt Tengda a huge corporation? Are you sure its Tengdas boss and not a scammer who uses Tengdas name? Tian Mo rolled his eyes. How can I be as stupid as you? Youre the one with the worst brain among us. You actually remind me about that? Zhuang Dong scratched his head in embarrassment. Hehe, thats true. The two of them walked to the entrance of the shop that Tian Mo had just taken over yesterday. Tian Mo took out his keys from his pocket, opened the door, and led Zhuang Dong in. This is it. This will be our shop from now on! Awesome, no? Tian Mo acted like a master, his words filled with pride and pride. He knew very well that Boss Pei was very busy every day. There were very few opportunities for him to come to this store. Furthermore, there were no other leaders between him and Boss Pei. Thus, he was treated like a local tyrant in this store. The turnover of this shop might have nothing to do with his income but he had almost all the rights to this shop. Naturally, he had the mentality of a boss. Zhuang Dong was dumbfounded. Good lord, such a huge shop! In such a huge shopping mall, the monthly rent should be a few hundred yuan, right? Tian Mo was a little speechless. A few hundred? Do you think this place is free? Forget it, I dont blame you. You dont have any concept of numbers. Those who scored thirty marks for mathematics shouldnt be here to show off their understanding. All in all, this will be our shop in the future. Once it stabilizes, Ill call Tiezhu, Brother Der, and the rest over. We brothers will go through thick and thin together! Zhuang Dong was very moved. Brother Gou, the first person you thought of when you became rich was me? Im so touched! Tian Mo sighed. Theres no other way. Youre the stupidest among our brothers. The others should be able to find temporary workers with their own abilities. Im really worried about you. Whats more Tian Mo lowered his voice slightly. Im also testing the bosss bottom line. If he can recruit someone like you, the other brothers should be fine as well. Zhuang Dong walked around the shop twice and carefully picked up a cell phone for display. This is a real cell phone! Tian Mo: Utter rubbish, can it be a fake cell phone? Zhuang Dong glanced at the price tag in front of the container. Wow, its so expensive! Its ten times more expensive than my cell phone. There are still many unopened at the back? All of these goods together would cost hundreds of thousands! The boss trusts you too much! Isnt he afraid that youll take it away and run away?! Tian Mo was speechless. Run away my a*s! Is there something wrong with my brain? Would I want to go to jail instead of doing a job with a salary of a few thousand a month? Whats more, the boss trusts me so much. Would I still be considered a human if I were to be a petty thief in the shop? Of course, I know that youre not that kind of person, but the boss might not know. I just think that the boss is too bold. He handed such a huge shop directly to you. Such trust is not something ordinary people can have!Zhuang Dong quickly replied. Tian Mo nodded. Of course. How can our boss be an ordinary person? Zhuang Dong sat on the sofa and asked, Brother Gou, when do we start working? Tian Mo said, Dont be anxious. We have to follow the flow. Ive spoken to that stylist. Ill bring you to do a styling later and repackage you so that you wont affect the companys image. Dont worry, all the expenses will be reimbursed by the company. I dont even know how much it cost. When we get back, Ill first teach you the principles of our sales department. After you memorize the rules, Ill introduce the detailed parameters of our products to you. Youll remember them all. During this period, help me take a look at the shop and learn how I communicate with customers. I have at least reached the entry level even though I havent met Boss Peis requirements for me to communicate with customers. Zhuang Dong was a little worried when he heard that he had to memorize things. This Brother Gou, its not like you dont know. My memory is bad. I couldnt even memorize ancient poems in junior high. Its too difficult for me to remember so many things! Tian Mo nodded slightly. Hmm thats true. I had to memorize it for two days before I could memorize every single word. It was indeed hard on you to memorize so many things. How about this? Ill give Boss Pei a report and ask for instructions. Ill see if I can relax the standards and only remember the general meaning. Zhuang Dong was elated. Thats great! Tian Mo took out his cell phone and planned to send a message to Boss Pei to briefly explain Zhuang Dongs situation after he sent Zhuang Dong to the stylist for a makeover. Zhuang Dongs situation might have met Boss Peis requirements perfectly, but Tian Mo still felt a little guilty when he really reported Zhuang Dongs resume to Boss Pei. Whats more, with Zhuang Dongs IQ, he could not even memorize the rules. He had to beg Boss Pei to show mercy and relax the standards. That made Tian Mo even more nervous. However, he still had to report the truth even though he felt uneasy. He deleted and edited it several times. Finally, he made up his mind and pressed the send button. Boss Pei, Ive found the first employee. His name is Zhuang Dong. He is a good friend of my middle school classmate. This is his photo and work experience Dont worry, Boss Pei. Zhuang Dong might not be very smart, but hes definitely a good person and very reliable! The only problem is that his memory is not particularly good. Can you be a little lenient about the regulations of the sales department? Can you just let him remember the general meaning? After sending the message, Tian Mo was a little nervous, afraid that Boss Pei would reject him directly. However, Boss Pei replied in less than two minutes. Alright! As the saying goes, one should not be particular about talent. The recruitment standards of the sales department have never been the same. Even if you memorize everything, it does not represent your true ability! Since this person completely meets the criteria and is your good friend, there definitely wont be a problem. Take care of the employees. I dont have to worry about your work! Tian Mo was moved after reading Boss Peis warm reply. What did I do to deserve such trust from Boss Pei?! We must work hard to repay Boss Pei for being so kind to us! Tian Mo did not know that Boss Pei was secretly delighted. This Tian Mo is not bad. He performed beyond his level and completed the mission perfectly! Asked him to find someone who is not as good as him. He found me a friend who graduated from junior high so quickly. Whats more, he cant even memorize these few rules? He even has to ask me to relax my standards? Where did these talents come from?! Thats awesome! Tian Mo sent a photo of Zhuang Dong. Pei Qian took a look. This person was tall and strong. His square face looked very simple. For some reason, he had the air of Old Ma around him. However, the problem was that Old Ma was still a student from a famous university. No matter how stupid he was, he still had a bottom line. This guy had surpassed Old Ma in terms of education alone! If the first employee that Tian Mo hired was already like this, how bad could the rest be? They would definitely be more outstanding than the last! The development of the sales department had completely exceeded Pei Qians expectations. He could not even imagine how Tian Mo and the others would develop Tengdas sales department in the future. He was looking forward to it for some reason! Chapter 1013 - : I Didn’t Sell Anything! At noon, Tian Mo and Zhuang Dong, who had changed their appearances, returned to the shop after having lunch in the shopping mall. Tian Mo specially treated Zhuang Dong to a buffet barbecue in order to celebrate. The two of them ate until their mouths were full of oil and were in a good mood. After the stylists careful work, Zhuang Dong finally looked like a human. Of course, it was impossible for there to be too many drastic changes. After all, a persons temperament was innate. The subtle movements displayed by every move could not be changed overnight. The stylist could not possibly spend so much time correcting these subtle changes. However,Zhuang Dong was no longer that naive and silly country boy just from the way he dressed. He gave off a very different vibe. The two of them returned to the shop after lunch and officially opened for business. It might be a Saturday but there was a lot of traffic in the shopping mall, the location of this shop was not considered a prime location on this floor. In addition, the signboard at the entrance was too low-profile, so no one came for the time being. At first, Tian Mo was still sitting upright and serious, but he soon collapsed. A few customers passed by the door, but they only took a few glances at the shop before leaving. They did not seem to be very interested. Tian Mo was a little bored. After some thought, he handed the notebook with the rules to Zhuang Dong so that he could read and memorize it slowly. Zhuang Dong looked like he had found a treasure. He held the notebook very sincerely and found a seat inside to sit down. He looked very serious. On the other hand, Tian Mo switched on the television and flipped through the physical game CDs. Finally, he chose Struggle and started playing it. What he was considering was that Struggle was an interactive movie game. There was no need to be too focused when playing it. It could stop at any time so that customers could greet them in time when they arrived. Whats more, the games graphics were not bad. It could leave a good impression on customers. Customers finally came in after playing for a while. Tian Mo immediately put down the controller and stood up to receive them. The customer who came to the shop was an older brother in his thirties. He was wearing a leather jacket and looked like he was not lacking in money. He picked up a display machine from the counter and asked, Are you selling cell phones? What brand is this? I dont think Ive seen your shop before. Tian Mo quickly answered, This is an OTTO cell phone, a cell phone developed by Tengda Corporation. We are a Tengda specialty store that sells Tengdas products. Big Brother was enlightened. Oh! I knew that the logo at the door looked familiar. Tengda has opened a specialty store. Not bad, not bad. How much is this cell phone? Is it at this price? Is there a discount? Tian Mo could not help but secretly rejoice. I know this question! Boss Pei taught me before! He immediately answered truthfully, Im sorry, theres no discount. Whats more, I dont recommend that you buy it now. Thats because this is a model from more than a year ago. The configurations are a little outdated. The price-quality ratio is not high. It would be a loss if you buy it now. Big Brother looked up at him and almost thought that he had heard wrongly. You dont recommend purchasing it? Ill make a loss buying it now? Youre really interesting. This is the first time Ive seen someone do business like this. Big Brother put the cell phone down. In fact, he was just asking casually. He had no intention of buying it. Whats more, the shop assistant had already said that this cell phone was a product from more than a year ago. Wouldnt it be stupid to buy it? Big Brother looked around the shop and saw the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine. What is this? Tian Mo immediately introduced. This is called the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine. Its main function is to bicker, and its secondary function is to be used as an echo wall. Let me demonstrate It was a good thing that Tian Mo had already roughly understood the usage of these products in the store. Otherwise, it would be too awkward to check the instructions on the spot. Obviously, this big brother did not know much about Tengdas products. That was normal as well. Tengdas products might be popular on the internet, but it mainly affected young people. People like this big brother who were in their thirties or forties or even older might have only heard of Tengda Corporations name. They probably did not know much about their cell phones and Fully-Automated Bickering Machines. Tian Mo did as Boss Pei said. He started off by talking about the flaws of the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine. He said that the gimmick was greater than the essence. If he were to consider the price-quality ratio, it would be more worth it to buy the echo wall of some big brands. The big brother listened intently the entire time. After Tian Mo finished his introduction, he sighed and said, Theres a problem with this and that. Why do you always say that the price-quality ratio is not high? Dont tell me that you dont recommend any of your products? Then why did you put these things out? Tian Mo was speechless. Ah, this Thats right. If everything was not recommended like what Boss Pei said, then was the point of opening this shop? Tian Mo himself did not know why. How could he explain this to the customers? The older brother saw that Tian Mo was stunned and was amused. Forget it, I was just joking with you. I feel that you guys are quite conscientious when it comes to selling things. Other sales would try their best to hide their shortcomings, but you guys are good. Tell us your shortcomings honestly. Its a little like the willing get hooked. Alright, thank you. Ill come again when you guys release products. The Big Brother walked away. Tian Mo scratched his head and continued playing games on the sofa. In the blink of an eye, the entire afternoon passed. Tian Mo looked at his watch. It was already five in the afternoon. It was time to knock off. According to Boss Pei, the working hours in the sales department were relatively free. They had two days off and eight hours of work per day. Once there were more people, Tian Mo would be free to arrange for shifts. Now, there were only Tian Mo and Zhuang Dong in the entire sales department. Thus, there was no need to be so particular. Boss Pei would not pursue the matter for those who were late and left early. Naturally, no one else could interfere. Many people came that afternoon. Basically, those who visited digital products shops on this floor would come to take a look. However, Tian Mo discovered something very awkward. If it were young people, most of them would know about Tengda products such as Otto Technologies and Fully-Automated Bickering Machine. They would have bought those that they wanted long ago and would not have waited until now. On the other hand, the older ones might not have heard of these products but after Tian Mos honest introduction, they would not have any thoughts of buying them. Thus, the sales volume for the entire afternoon was zero. Not a single item was sold! Not to mention cell phones and Fully-Automated Bickering Machine, not a single game CD was sold. There was even a big sister who was very angry and criticized Tian Mo. That was because the big sister felt that Tian Mo did not introduce the product properly and kept saying that everything about the product was not good. She did not respect her and made Tian Mo unable to explain himself. The afternoon passed in a blur. Zhuang Dong did not get involved in these things. He had been memorizing the rules on the sofa in the play area, observing and learning how Tian Mo received customers. Zhuang Dong was obviously confused after observing for a while. He might not know much about sales but he had bought many things since he was young. He had never seen anyone who would talk about the shortcomings of their products. However, that was indeed what he was memorizing. Brother Gou, Ive roughly remembered this rule. However, I have a question. Are you sure that this is what Boss said? Why do I feel that its so unreliable? We failed to sell anything in the afternoon! Boss wont be angry, right? Zhuang Dong was obviously confused. Tian Mo was confused as well, but he was 100% sure that Boss Pei had said those words himself. Why dont we call it a day? Lets have dinner and then go home to rest. I have to think about what went wrong. Did I not understand Boss Peis true intentions? This afternoon was really wasted. We didnt manage to sell anything and only received a few praises. They said that our sales are very conscientious and that we know how to be considerate to our customers But whats the use of praising us? We have to sell as many things as possible! Tian Mo might have expected to encounter such an embarrassing situation previously but he did not expect that nothing would be sold in such a huge shopping mall. He had thought that business would be bad, but he had not expected it to be this bad! The key was that Boss Pei had also said to let him train here. There would be bigger shops for him to take over in the future. How could he have the face to take over a bigger shop if this was the result of his training? Tian Mo was very frustrated. He only wanted to go back and have a good rest now. He wanted to think deeply about what went wrong. There was definitely no problem with Boss Pei. He could only blame himself for not being capable enough. Chapter 1014 - Caught On The Spot by Boss Pei For Being Late April 29th, Sunday morning. Tian Mo and Zhuang Dong drank their coffee in the cafe in the shopping mall silently. Tian Mo yawned and looked at his watch. It was almost 10 AM. Zhuang Dong gulped down three mouthfuls of coffee and asked, Brother Gou, how was it? Did you figure out anything last night? Tian Mo rolled his eyes. Dont ask. Zhuang Dong stopped asking obediently. Tian Mo had gotten off work at five oclock yesterday. After returning to his apartment, he thought about it seriously, trying to figure out what was wrong with the zero sales volume on Saturday. In the end, he thought hard and kept thinking until two in the morning, but he could not think of anything. He reflected on his role as a customer and felt that it was normal for customers not to buy it. It would be abnormal if they bought it. The sales had already said that the quality-price ratio of these products was not high. Were they stupid or cheap? Who would still buy them? However, Boss Pei had personally set these rules. Boss Pei could not be wrong. What exactly was wrong then? Tian Mo really could not figure out this problem. That was why he did not sleep well yesterday and woke up late today. He should have come to the shop at nine, but it was already nine when he woke up. Since it was already too late, Tian Mo decided to go all out. He brought Zhuang Dong to the cafe for a cup of coffee to refresh himself before going to work. It did not matter if he was late. It did not matter if he went earlier or later. He could not sell anything. The two of them finished their coffee in silence before heading upstairs to the entrance of the shop. Tian Mo was about to open the door when he was stunned. The door was already open! He saw Boss Pei sitting on the sofa in the shop, playing games leisurely. Tian Mos heart nearly stopped. This was bad! He was late on the second day of work and was caught red-handed by Boss Pei! He had not expected Boss Pei to come so early in the morning on a Sunday. Whats more, he was not around at the moment. That was too awkward! Tian Mo was already frozen, but Zhuang Dong did not realize the seriousness of the problem. When he saw that there was someone in the shop, his first reaction was to go forward and question him. Eh? Who are you? How did you get in! Tian Mo nearly vomited blood. He quickly grabbed Zhuang Dong. Would it kill you to shut up! This is the boss! Zhuang Dong was stunned. Huh? Boss? Ah, Boss, Im sorry! Tian Mo quickly went forward to apologize. Im sorry, Boss Pei. This brother of mine did not know you before. He is a straightforward person. Please dont take it to heart. Pei Qian put down the controller and stood up with a warm smile on his face. Its alright, its alright. Its a good thing that young people are straightforward. I like straightforward people like that. Not bad! You must be Zhuang Dong, right? When I saw your resume, I felt that you had potential and thought highly of you! After seeing you today, Im even more certain of my judgment. Work hard with Tian Mo in the future. Ill rely on the two of you to support the sales department! Zhuang Dong was a little overwhelmed. Really? Thank you, Boss! Thank you, Boss! Tian Mo heaved a sigh of relief. He observed closely and realized that Boss Peis expression did not look fake. He did not look angry. This was a good sign that Boss Pei was in a good mood today. He had to quickly explain why he was late. Boss Pei, I was late because I didnt get a good sleep thinking about work last night. Dont worry, this is the first and last time. I wont do it again! Tian Mo knew that everything he said was true even though these words sounded fake, so his tone was quite firm. Pei Qian looked concerned. Didnt sleep well last night? How can that do! The body is your foundation. How can you do your job well without a good body? You must pay attention to sleep and rest more in the future! Whats more, the sales department is different from other departments. Working hard is not reflected by getting off work on time. How about this? In the future, you can just follow the flexible working system. As long as you ensure the minimum working time, it doesnt matter if you come a little late or leave early. Tian Mo was moved. Alright, Boss Pei. Thank you for your understanding and support! He looked at Zhuang Dong. Why are you still standing there? Hurry up and get a glass of water for Boss Pei. Oh, alright! Zhuang Dong was originally standing at the side, feeling helpless. When he heard this, he quickly went to the water dispenser beside him and fetched a cup of hot water with a paper cup. Pei Qian reached out to take it. Actually, I didnt have anything else to do today. I just wanted to see how the situation is and whether the shop is operating according to my plan. How was business yesterday? Tian Mos heart could not help but sink. Sh*t, Boss Pei still asked about it! Zhuang Dong had offended Boss Pei because he did not know him. He had been an hour late. These were all small matters. Boss Pei was magnanimous and could not be bothered. However, it did not make sense for the entire days sales to be zero! This shop was located in the shopping mall after all. The location was not very good but it was not particularly bad either. Yesterday was a Saturday. Yet, after working for an entire day, nothing was sold. That was too embarrassing. If he were to be honest, Boss Pei would definitely doubt the abilities of the two brothers! However, Tian Mo did not dare to lie. He knew very well that Boss Peis rank was much higher than his own. If he lied, a look or a micro-expression might be exposed. The consequences would be even worse. Tian Mo huffed and puffed for a long time before saying in shame, Im sorry, Boss Pei. Until now, the sales volume of the shop is still zero. Nothing has been sold. However, dont worry, Boss Pei. Ill work harder to open the business as soon as possible! Pei Qians eyes lit up when he heard that. Not a single item has been sold? Well done! Tian Mo was stunned. Huh? Pei Qian realized that he had been too complacent and quickly stopped. What I mean is that this outcome is very much in line with my expectations. This means that you did not take matters into your own hands. Instead, you strictly followed the rules that I gave you. Tian Mo was a little confused. Completely in line with expectations? You expect no sales? Pei Qian smiled slightly, his eyes shining with a philosophical light. Yes and no. Actually, the sales volume is not important. Whats important is that customers will still buy it willingly after knowing the shortcomings of our products. The location of this shop is not bad. There is quite a lot of traffic every day. Not a single item has been sold. This means that you followed my instructions and introduced the shortcomings of these products to the customers in detail, persuading them to leave. Instead of letting customers buy our products with a muddled head and complain when they encounter problems, why dont we tell customers the problem of our products from the beginning so that they dont buy it at all? That way, customers would not be cheated and have fewer worries. We would not leave a bad impression on customers. Wouldnt that be killing two birds with one stone? This is a win-win situation. Tian Mo felt a little dizzy. But Boss Pei, when can we sell these things? If no one buys them, then Pei Qian immediately said, Its not your problem if no one buys it. That can only mean that our products are not good enough, that we did not strive for perfection and that we cannot satisfy our customers requests. The product managers and designers should be the ones working harder. All in all, you have to maintain your current state and persevere. The less you sell, the more obvious the shortcomings of the products you introduce to customers, and the more successful your work will be! Whats more, this can also serve as a spur to the product manager. You have done a great job! Tian Mo was completely confused. This was the first time he had heard that selling nothing in the sales department was a huge contribution. Initially, Tian Mo thought that Boss Pei would definitely criticize him for being late. He did not expect to be praised instead. He felt a little embarrassed. Then Boss Pei, do you think there is anything we need to improve on? Tian Mo asked. Pei Qian pondered for a moment. Yes, I have to say something that needs improvement I think your work model is too singular. Tian Mo was stunned for a moment. Huh? Boss Pei, are you saying that we shouldnt be waiting for customers to come to our store and should go out to distribute flyers to attract customers? Chapter 1015 - The Misunderstanding Was Cleared Up! Pei Qian shook his head immediately: Of course not! What I mean is that all of you are focusing on the customers now. You are receiving customers every day and introducing products to them. Thats too singular. Actually, many customers are just here to shop. They dont intend to buy anything. I think you should do this: play more games and watch more television in the shop, just like in your own home. You can only understand the shortcomings of products better if you use them for a long time, right? You dont have to entertain the customers immediately. Let them walk around and look around. If they are interested in a certain product, you can introduce it to them. You have to be reserved, understand? Dont be like other salesmen, surrounding customers like flies when you see them. Its very annoying. You have to take care of the customers emotions and only speak when they need it. Of course, dont be too cold. You have to grasp the nitty gritties. I saw that you were playing games in the shop. Thats a good sign. Play more games. The next time I come, I wont ask about the business. However, I will ask about your progress in the game. Tian Mo opened his mouth slightly, his eyes filled with confusion. What did Boss Pei say? He must be reserved as a salesperson? He would only ask about the games progress without asking about the business? Those were all golden sentences! Tian Mo instinctively felt that something was wrong, but he could not tell what was wrong. Boss Pei patted his shoulder with a smile and left, leaving Tian Mo in a state of confusion. Tian Mo scratched his head, feeling lost. After some thought, he sat down on the sofa, picked up the controller to continue playing the game. Pei Qian was in a good mood after leaving the shopping mall. He could relax about the sales department seeing how Tian Mo was so reliable. It was Sunday. Pei Qian came over to take a look on a whim. He was already working overtime. Thus, he prepared to go to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe for lunch and go home for a nap. He had just sat down at Fish-Catching Internet Cafe when his phone rang. It was Chen Yufeng from Bunny Tail Live-Stream. Boss Pei! The BP verification competition was very popular and the effect was quite good. I plan to strike while the iron is hot and invest all the publicity funds in the short term. Then, Ill guide the traffic for Bunny Tail live-stream! There are some changes to the publicity budget, so Im reporting to you in advance. Pei Qian was shocked. No way! Chen Yufeng was stunned. Huh? Why not? Pei Qian was furious. How dare you ask why? Why didnt you tell me that it was a BP verification competition? You secretly wrote a special mode and lied to the audience and me! Originally, this publicity budget would have to be spent over a long period of time. However, Chen Yufeng felt that it would be a waste not to spend as much money as possible since it was so popular. Therefore, he hoped to spend this publicity budget in the short term. Pei Qian would definitely not agree! He cleared his throat and said, If you spend like this, the publicity would be very inefficient. I think its better to spend it slowly like before. Chen Yufeng was a little surprised. How could that be? Boss Pei, the popularity of the BP verification competition is high now. You can say that its using momentum to promote it. The publicity effect would definitely not be bad Pei Qian was a little angry. Dont talk so much. Do as I say. Chen Yufeng did not dare to say more even though he still felt that it was a pity. Alright, Boss Pei. Sorry to disturb you. Well follow the publicity plan from before. Chen Yufeng felt a little regretful after hanging up. He should not have asked. There must be a reason since Boss Pei said that the publicity would be inefficient. If he asked any more questions, it would mean that he did not trust Boss Pei. It seemed like Bunny Tail live-stream had been developing quite well recently. He had become a little arrogant and even dared to question Boss Peis understanding. He had to reflect on himself when he returned. Chen Yufeng no longer thought about changing his publicity strategy. For the time being, he pushed all work matters to the back of his mind and sat in his living room to rest. After lunch, Chen Yufeng watched television for a while. When he looked up, it was already three in the afternoon. Eh? The GPL competition is about to start. Its Sunday today. The ICL will start at five oclock. The last game tonight will be a celebrity team. It should be quite exciting. Which teams will play the first GPL? Oh! I think its the team that was criticized as Underworld BP. Chen Yufeng switched on the television and prepared to watch todays competition. A large part of the business of Bunny Tail Live-Stream was supported by the two leagues, GPL and ICL. As a person-in-charge, Chen Yufeng might not be able to watch every match, but watching as many matches as possible was also considered a job requirement. The first competition in the afternoon was at 3 PM even though it was Sunday. It was arranged to be a showdown between weak teams. It would not be particularly exciting. Therefore, Chen Yufeng did not watch it seriously. He sipped his tea slowly on the coffee table as he watched it on and off. Both teams went on stage and showed themselves. They soon entered the BP segment. Everything was carried out in an orderly manner. Chen Yufeng did not pay much attention at first. However, he suddenly realized that something was amiss after pouring out the first cup of tea. Why did the heroes chosen on the screen look so familiar? This team that had been called Underworld BP seemed to have chosen the Unopened Team lineup upon a closer look, ! The opponents might be different and the heroes chosen by the opponents were different but this team actually chose the Underworld BP that was scolded badly once again. Chen Yufeng immediately perked up and quickly opened the bullet screen. Indeed, the bullet screen comments exploded! Gosh, another Underworld BP? Dont mess around. Didnt you see the latest BP verification competition? Its been cleared! Strong teams have the advantage in this lineup! Could it be that this coach also watched the BP verification competition? He wanted to prove that he had no problems, so he took another round? Its possible. The coach must have doubted himself after being criticized so badly previously. However, he can take it out to play again now that this lineup has been proven! It would be awkward if they were to get beaten up again Wouldnt that prove that there is no problem with the coach and the problem is with the team I feel like this coach is here to train the players mentality. Originally, not many people would have paid attention to the battle between the two weak teams. However, once this BP appeared, the bullet screen comments exploded! Many viewers were discussing the advantages and disadvantages of this lineup due to the popularity of the BP verification competition over the past few days. Its period of strength, the early tactical arrangements, and other details. Most of the audience already knew all the details like the back of their hands because it was so well discussed. The audience felt that they understood this lineup very well now that they had chosen this lineup again. They felt that this competition had coincidentally bumped into their own professional field. Naturally, the discussion became very passionate! Once the competition started, the bullet screen comments started commenting on both sides playstyles. No invasion? Do you know how to play? Obviously, the other party is on guard as well. All five of them are here. They might be sent away if they forced their way in. The early stages are all very stable, but we have already fought for the resources that we should fight for. I have to say that this Underworld BP again is much better than the last time. Theyve basically noticed all the details, and their tactics have been executed. Both teams have obviously watched the two competitions in the BP verification competition. I feel like their tactical skills have improved. However, the other party is at a disadvantage because the lineup they chose is different from the BP verification competition. Some details cannot be forcefully copied Under the attention of countless bullet screen trainers, the team that had obtained the Underworld BP lineup again actually corrected the shortcomings in the previous strategy. They were not defeated like before but were fighting better and better! It even made people wonder if they were the same team as last week. Chen Yufeng watched the competition seriously and suddenly realized something. I see! I understand why Boss Pei asked me to take it slow. Thats because I dont need to spend money to buy popularity in the short term. As long as I wait, the popularity will come naturally! The BP verification competition uses the lineup of the GPL league and ICL league. Whats more, the BP verification competition is for strong teams. In other words, the lineup that strong teams cant play would definitely be abandoned. The lineup that strong teams can play would definitely be learned by other teams! In other words, as long as the BP verification competition is good, the teams in the lower-middle tier of the two leagues will definitely watch and learn This is equivalent to two league officials promoting the BP verification competition for Bunny Tail! Whats the point of advertising with such popularity? Its more worth it to spend this publicity money slowly! Boss Pei is indeed a schemer. He foresaw this and stopped me. Otherwise, I might have wasted money on impulse! Chen Yufeng had been scolded by Boss Pei in the afternoon. He had not been in a good mood at first, but now he understood everything. Boss Pei was always right! The misunderstanding was cleared up! Chapter 1016 - Meng Chang Getting Base Salary Again April 30th, Monday Knock, knock. Pei Qian was reading work reports from various departments in his office when there was a knock on the door. Enter. After a while, the person outside pushed the door open and entered. Pei Qian looked up and saw Meng Chang. Meng Changs face was sallow and his eyes were listless. His hair looked a little messy. He looked rather dejected coupled with the stubble at the corner of his mouth. It was a stark contrast to his high-spirited self. Meng Chang seemed to be less and less concerned about his personal image ever since he joined Tengda Corporation. Thinking back to when he had just established the Cold-Faced Lady, he had always been in high spirits when he met the investors. His personal style and dressing were just right. However, he was no different from an internet addict who had been in internet cafes for a month now. Pei Qian was originally very angry that Meng Chang had messed up the publicity for Mission and Choice. He wanted to teach him a lesson in person. However, he could not help but feel sympathetic and could not say what he originally wanted to say seeing how miserable he looked. Both of them looked at each other speechlessly. Pei Qian took his laptop from the side, opened the analysis report from last month, and handed it to Meng Chang. Meng Chang took it silently. After flipping through it, he saw the expected and familiar number. At the very least, he had gotten a commission of 1,500 yuan last month. At that time, Meng Chang was just trying his luck and had received very good results. This month, he rubbed his hands together and prepared to go all out. Then, he successfully reduced his commission to zero again. It was still a base salary of 3,000 yuan. In Meng Changs impression, ever since he came to Tengda, apart from receiving commission last month, he had received a base salary of 3,000 yuan every month. There was no exception. Meng Changs heart did not fluctuate at all. He only felt his body being emptied. In fact, Meng Chang already knew that this month was over when he saw the promotional plan for Mission and Choice suddenly running in a direction that he could not control at all. The popularity of games and movies on the internet was increasing by the day. Some people died in the middle of the month and were buried at the end of the month. Meng Chang did not even look carefully at the details in the analysis report because he did not want to be whipped again. He only scanned it and confirmed the expected number before handing the laptop back. Boss Pei, if theres nothing else, Ill take my leave. Meng Chang turned around and was about to leave. He really had nothing to say. He was the one who set the publicity plan. In the end, not only did he fail to achieve his goal, but he fell all the way to the bottom. What else could he do other than admit defeat even though Boss Pei was most likely involved in this? Whats more, Meng Chang had already been mocked by Boss Pei the last time he received the base salary. Would he be mocked again if he continued to stay? That would be too difficult. However, Pei Qian immediately stopped him. Wait. Meng Chang stopped. Pei Qian looked at Meng Changs fearless expression and could not help but feel pain. Youve only been in Tengda for a while and dont know much about the companys work. Its reasonable for things to go against your wishes. I havent said anything about you either. I just hope that you can infer from your experience and learn from it so that you can correct it in the future. What happened? The last time you came to see me, you patted your chest and guaranteed that there would be no problem. What happened next? Did you disappear after something went wrong? Did you play dead? Youre a professional after all. Can you have some professionalism? Think about it. You were very straightforward when you quitted. Didnt you need someone to clean up your mess? The more Pei Qian thought about it, the angrier he became. Back then, Meng Chang had patted his chest and guaranteed that there would be no problem. He had even mysteriously said that he had a perfect plan and that there would definitely be no problem. Thus, Pei Qian believed him. Pei Qian was still looking forward to Meng Chang keeping his promise and turning the situation around until Mission and Choice became popular. In the end, he waited and waited, but there was no sound from him. He couldnt even find Meng Chang! He gave up so easily. Pei Qian looked down on him. He thought to himself, Havent I encountered more setbacks than you? Havent I always survived? Yet, you gave up so easily. I had to rack my brains to spend the money that you earned. How ridiculous! Meng Changs mouth opened slightly and he was shocked. In fact, this was the first time he lost his composure as someone with good self restraint. He was completely shocked by Boss Peis words. In a normal context, Boss Peis words did not sound like a problem. It was nothing more than a superior reprimanding his subordinate for failing to meet his requirements time and time again, for failing to do his job well. However, Meng Chang obviously did not think that this was under normal circumstances! He thought that he and Boss Pei had always been competing in wits and courage. He had relied on messing up the publicity to get commission, while Boss Pei had relied on selling products to earn money. Under such circumstances, Boss Pei would definitely try his best to obstruct and destroy his publicity plan. He had only been in Tengda Corporation for a few months and was only in charge of marketing. How could his small arms be able to win against Boss Pei? However, that was not all. The key was that Boss Pei would always pretend to be on his side and consider problems. He seemed to be more anxious than him. He could only say that the Best Actor was the Best Actor. His acting skills were real and fake. It looked fake but his expression was real. It looked real but on further thought, it was fake. Therefore, Meng Chang was speechless for a moment. It seemed wrong to retort, but it also seemed wrong to not retort. Thus, he was stunned. Pei Qian was even angrier when he saw Meng Changs confused expression. Arent you good at talking? Why arent you talking now? Forget it, I might have been too strict with you. However, can you pay more attention to the publicity plan next time? Cant you let me take a look at your publicity plan if you dont feel confident after making it? I might not be more professional than you, but I can give you ideas or something. Meng Chang opened his mouth and felt that it was ridiculous. Give me some ideas? Havent you cheated me enough? However, Boss Peis expression was too sincere and seemed to be filled with true feelings. Meng Chang did not know what to say for a moment. Pei Qian was speechless. Say something? Dont you think youre responsible for what happened? Meng Chang felt dizzy. Werent you the one behind all of this? However, he could not fall out directly. After a long while, he said, Yes, I will continue to work hard in the future. Pei Qian finally received some feedback and felt slightly better. He said, Alright, as long as you know what youre doing. There are still some projects next month. Otto Technologies cell phone and Fully-Automated Smart Bickering Machine should be completed soon. You should understand and prepare in advance. Try to get more commission next month. I still trust you very much even though the success rate of your publicity plan is very low. Meng Chang : He pondered for a long time, but still did not know what to say. He could only say, Alright, Boss Pei. Then, he turned around and left. After Meng Chang left, Pei Qian calmed down and continued reading the work reports of the various departments. Looking back on the months journey, it could be said that there were ups and downs. The unexpected success of Mission and Choice caught Pei Qian off guard. Fortunately, the pressure was successfully relieved in the second half of the month by establishing the Slow Movement Studio and the sales department. However, the pressure will come again next month. Otto Technologies new cell phone was about to be released. Pei Qian planned to make a trip to Otto Technologies tomorrow to take a look at G1s prototype and decide on the news conference. There was another piece of good news. On May 1st, the Greyhound movie that had been bragged about online for a long time was finally going to be released! Previously, Greyhound had been riding on the popularity of Mission and Choice and had a good time. In the end, Mission and Choices reputation exploded after it was released. It made Greyhound look bad and received a lot of criticism online. However, Greyhound had not been released after all. No one knew the quality of this movie. Logically speaking, this movie had invested a lot of money and the cast was very luxurious. Even if the quality was slightly worse, the box office would definitely not be a problem. Whats more, Mission and Choice had chosen a rubbish slot while Greyhound had chosen the May 1st prime slot. Mission and Choice would already be in the latter half of the showing time by the time May 1st came. The momentum would definitely be severely lacking. So much publicity had already been put in for the first day of the release of Greyhound. The box office on the first day would definitely be very high. It should not be a problem to beat Mission and Choice. Therefore it was considered good news. Pei Qian had already booked the movie tickets for tomorrow morning. He was prepared to go and see the situation of the Greyhound to comfort himself. In fact, there was a midnight show for Greyhound. However, Pei Qian did not think that there was a need to work so hard. It was just a Hollywood blockbuster. There was no need to watch it at midnight. In the afternoon, Pei Qian planned to make a trip to Otto Technologies to look at the cell phone prototype before deciding on the news conference. Pei Qian had closed the cell phone news conference previously, but something went wrong in the end. He did not expect Chang You to turn it into a monologue. After some thought, Pei Qian guessed that it was Chang Yous problem. However, Chang You had already changed departments and was no longer in charge of the cell phone business. The new person-in-charge, Jiang Yuan, was considered a newcomer. His eloquence was far worse than an old fox like Chang You. Whats more, Jiang Yuans character was a little introverted. He would definitely not be able to produce the effect of monologue at the news conference. Thus, Pei Qian felt that everything would be foolproof as long as he went through the contents of the news conference with Jiang Yuan. Chapter 1017 - Reinforcements Are Here Again, Reinforcements Are Down Again! May 1st, Tuesday Pei Qians impression of 2012s May Day holiday was supposed to be on the 29th, 30th, and 1th. However, in fact, it had changed from the 28th to the 2th. Obviously, there have been some subtle changes in the development of this world. However, this was obviously a good thing for Pei Qian. He was already very unhappy with the behavior of taking two days off to make up for three days off. Many times, he would have to take three days off to make up for it. In the end, he would have to take two Saturdays. It could be said that he took three days off, but in reality, he only took one day? It was much more reasonable to arrange for holidays like this. Whats more, Pei Qian felt that it was a good thing for the company to have more holidays and less employees to work. It was a rest day, but Otto Technologies news conference was very urgent. Thus, Jiang Yuan applied to work overtime for two hours today to discuss the details of the news conference with Boss Pei. After some thought, Pei Qian gave Jiang Yuan five times his daily salary and agreed to his request. It was a pity that Pei Qian could not get his own salary from the company. Otherwise, according to the standards of working overtime, Pei Qian would probably work overtime until his employees started doubting life. All in all, he decided to watch the movie first. Pei Qian put on his mask and strolled to a small cinema near his residence. On one hand, it was because they were close to each other. It was more convenient for them to walk for a few minutes. On the other hand, it was not easy to buy tickets because the popular cinemas were all full. In fact, Pei Qian was very happy to see the popularity of Greyhound. That meant that Vinci Medias efforts had not been in vain! They had spent money to publicize the movie, hired fake reviewers, and made use of the popularity of Mission and Choice. After putting in so much effort, it would be unacceptable if the box office on its first day did not explode. Even Boss Pei would find it difficult to do so, let alone them. Pei Qian arrived at the cinema. There were only a few minutes left before he entered the venue. He casually strolled around and saw a lot of publicity materials about the Greyhound in the hall. One of the most eye-catching was a poster. In the middle of the poster was the title Greyhound in metallic and artistic words, which divided the poster into two parts. On the top half were two men and a woman in military uniforms. The wreckage of the starship in the sky had a long tail of flames trailing behind it. In the distance was the sunset. On the bottom half was a warship floating alone on the vast sea. In the distance was the huge shadow of the alien ship. The warship was completely shrouded. He had to admit that the poster was quite good. However, Pei Qian felt that the handsome man in the middle looked a little familiar when he saw the three main leads. He seemed to have seen him somewhere before. However, his long hair had now become short. Lead actor: John Stanton? Why does this name sound so familiar? Pei Qian suddenly felt that something was amiss. He quickly took out his Gou Yan application and clicked on the details page of the movie Greyhound. Then, he clicked into the main actors personal space. As expected, this lead actor John Stantons last movie before Greyhound was Flying Star Journey! Why is it you again! Pei Qian almost fainted on the spot. He still remembered the introduction of Flying Star Journey. It said that in order to play the role of the protagonists former officer, Tim, the main lead, John Stanton, worked very hard to complete harsh physical training during the filming. He completed the filming while enduring the pain and torture, and he lost a total of 25 pounds. He was a model of professionalism. Before Flying Star Journey was released, they had almost blown the director, Darryl, and the lead actor, John Stanton, into the sky. Pei Qian had thought that the movie would at least hit a billion yuan at the box office once it was released, right? In the end, it only earned less than three hundred million yuan in the domestic box office. The global box office was even worse. Yet, why was this person playing in the Greyhound? Could the director also be Pei Qian looked at the cast list of the Greyhound and realized that the director was no longer the same Daryl. He could not help but heave a sigh of relief. Good, good. He thought that he was going against this group of people! It would not be bad news if they were to go against each other. The key was that the team from Flying Star Journey was too weak. Boss Pei could not trust them. The directors resume was not bad. He had filmed a few more famous movies. Pei Qian could not help but praise John Stanton. It looked like this brother was quite wise. He knew very well that he could not hang himself on one tree. He had to try changing a few more trees. The failure of Flying Star Journey last time was obviously the directors fault. It should not be a big problem if he changed the director this time. Pei Qian entered the theater full of anticipation. Two hours later, Pei Qian walked out, looking confused. What did he watch? Logically speaking, the special effects of this movie were quite good. Especially when the battleship was drifting on the sea and the cannons were firing at the same time. The intense artillery fire and shockwaves caused layers of ripples on the sea surface. The visual effect of this scene was very shocking. The alien armor and warship looked quite good in the movie. It looked very technological. There was also a disaster scene where an alien spaceship crashed into Earths artificial satellite and fell above the city. It was also a standard disaster movie with outstanding effects. However except for the big scenes created by these special effects that were more memorable, what about the other parts?? The key was that the plot logic of this movie did not seem to make sense. Pei Qian took out his cell phone and searched for the reviews of Greyhound online. Its a classic American-style patriotism educational film. There are many special effects but they cant cover up the stupid plot. Theres nothing else to talk about other than the special effects. Alien, can you bring some highly-intelligent soldiers and high-quality weapons with you to invade? Is it your nature to be broken by a sniper rifle? There are too many points to complain about, but its reasonable. After all, this film is to promote the navy. Most military fans only want to watch the battleship drift and the sixteen-inch cannon fire on the big screen. It doesnt matter who it hits. Those who complain about the plot dont understand movies! The aliens obviously came to Earth with a friendly purpose. They are all passive counterattacks I think if most people dont understand the plot of a movie, it should be the directors problem. They were filming all sorts of nonsense that had nothing to do with the main storyline for at least half an hour. Wouldnt it be better to take some time to introduce the basic settings? Why are many military fans saying that this movie is good? The label of this movie clearly has a sci-fi! I also came to watch it because of the sci-fi theme, but in the end, this is it? An extraterrestrial spacecraft that can travel in space has actually been sunk by a warship that humans have already retired. Isnt this really making me laugh? To be honest, I didnt think that Mission and Choices plot was that good before. At that time, I also thought that watching movies like Mission and Choice would just be watching special effects. It didnt matter if the plot was a little stiff. In the end, after watching Greyhound, I realized that there was nothing but special effects Mission and Choices plot is much better than it Theres also the actors acting skills. I thought that John Stanton was also a veteran Hollywood superstar, but why is his acting like this? Did this protagonist have a screw loose in his head in the movie? He ordered his subordinates to attack the alien warship and kill a boatload of people with an egg hitting a rock. He even had to rely on his subordinates to strangle him to wake him up. Is this the professionalism of a soldier? I dont know if its the script or the actors problem. Compared to Captain Qin Yi, this is simply an insult to soldiers So, is the movie bringing down the actors or are the actors making the movie bad? John Stanton had Flying Star Journey before and then Greyhound now. Both of them were heavyweight blockbusters, but both of them had failed at the box office. Greyhounds box office might look better than Flying Star Journey, but it would probably still lose everything. The main actor, John Stanton, would probably have a hard time We have to talk about Lu Zhiyao, who is also known as the toxicity in the box office. Look at how he failed to produce one movie after another when he was filming the previous ones. It looks like no one can bring him along. However, didnt he turn that around once Boss Pei made his move? Thats why I think the director is the bigger scapegoat. Indeed, Mission and Choice is a complete crushing comparison! I didnt expect a domestic sci-fi film to be able to crush foreign blockbusters. Lets not talk about it. Ill bring my friends to watch Mission and Choice again during the holidays! The key is that previously, the publicity for Greyhound was trying to bring down Mission and Choice crazily. They said that Mission and Choice was afraid that was why they would change the release date. Thats hilarious! Thats right. How can the performance of Greyhound make Boss Pei admit defeat? Are you kidding me? Boss Pei crashed head on with Fantasy Battle Remake half a month in advance. What has that got to do with you? Pei Qian was speechless as he read the audiences comments about the movie. Who would have thought that the Greyhound that Boss Pei had placed high hopes on would fail like Flying Star Journey! Until now, several film review websites had been reviewing Greyhound at around six to seven points. Many military fans might have given the movie a good score but it could not save its reputation that was on the verge of collapse in the popularity of passers-by. Gou Yan applications estimated domestic box office was less than 300 million yuan. This movie might have yet to be released in the Northern American Region but based on the current situation, even the domestic box office was going to fail. The Northern American Region would definitely not be much better. The investment in this movie would most likely go down the drain. What was worse was that this movie seemed to be benefitting Mission and Choice, just like Flying Star Journey previously! Originally, Greyhound had spent a lot of resources to publicize it domestically. Whats more, it had secretly bound the two movies to it in order to bring down Mission and Choice. However, Greyhounds performance was so bad that audiences could only choose to watch Mission and Choice since there were no strong competitors in the May 1st slot ! Mission and Choice might have been screening for half a month but it was still the May 1st holiday. Many people who did not have time to watch movies would enter the cinema. The audience for the movie had become much bigger. Many passers-by who had not paid attention before were attracted to it. In other words, Mission and Choice would definitely be like Tomorrow is Beautiful during the May 1st slot. It would be able to push Gou Yan applications estimated box office to a higher level! Pei Qian felt hopeless. I understand now. Youre not here to save me at all. Youre here to mess with me on purpose, right?! This main lead, John Stanton, will be blacklisted forever! I would be a dog If I were to clash with your film again! You didnt hesitate to ruin your acting career to mess with me. What a huge grudge! Pei Qian threw the ticket stub angrily into the rubbish bin. Chapter 1018 - Contents Of The Phone Conference In the afternoon, Pei Qian arrived at Otto Technologies and met Jiang Yuan, who was working overtime to prepare for the news conference. Jiang Yuan was the only one in the huge company because everyone else was already on holiday. Pei Qian was very satisfied with the empty work desks in the office. No one in Tengda Corporation could work overtime during the holidays. Even if someone did, it would only be the person-in-charge. What Pei Qian despised the most was the kind of behavior where the boss had to work overtime if he had something to do and forcefully kidnapped the entire companys employees to work overtime together. That was because the boss often had something to do when he worked overtime, but the employees might not necessarily have anything to do. The boss had requested the employees to work overtime with him purely because he was unhappy with working overtime, so he had to drag the employees down with him. Whats more, what did the boss earn? What did ordinary employees earn? The boss worked overtime for a month. He did not earn overtime pay but earned a car. The employees worked overtime for a month and did not earn overtime pay but helped the boss earn a car. Thus, Pei Qian was determined not to encourage such unorthodox behavior within Tengda Corporation. All departments can work overtime. That was fine, but they had to be paid overtime pay. Whats more, the person-in-charge of the various departments had to work overtime on his own. He did not want his employees to be implicated. Pei Qian could tolerate the situation where only the person-in-charge of the department was working overtime and only added two hours. Jiang Yuan looked a little anxious. When he saw Boss Pei, he quickly stood up and greeted him. Boss Pei. Pei Qian sat down at the conference table and said with concern, You look a little nervous. Theres no need to. Relax. Its just a news conference. Its not a big deal. It doesnt matter even if you completely mess it up. Jiang Yuan thought that Boss Pei was joking with him and quickly said, How can I do that! This cell phone is the hard work of the entire department. If I mess it up, I would be a sinner! Anyway, this is a prototype. This is the powerpoint for the news conference. Please take a look. Jiang Yuan handed his cell phone and laptop over as he spoke. Pei Qian took it over. He subconsciously gasped when he saw the Otto G1 cell phone prototype. Something was wrong! This cell phone was very high-tech! Pei Qian did not feel that surprised the first time he saw Otto E1. That was because E1 had a forehead and a chin. It was not much different from the cell phones on the market at that time even though its design was quite beautiful. It was also too cumbersome because of the huge battery. Thus, he did not feel particularly shocked at first glance. However, the G1 cell phone this time was completely different. It was still rather large but its forehead and chin were very narrow because of the comprehensive screen technology. It was only slightly wider than the sides. There was no camera in the front, so it gave people a very shocking impression. Pei Qian was especially shocked by the chin. That was because Pei Qian knew a little about technology in this area. The traditional sealing plan for cell phone screens was called COG. It had a high quality, low cost, and was easy to mass-produce. However, the disadvantage was that it had a big chin. Therefore, many manufacturers would choose to place physical fingerprint modules on the cell phones chin. On the other hand, the advanced sealing plan was called COF sealing. It could shrink the upper and lower sides and greatly increase the cell phone screens ratio, but it still could not achieve a 100% full screen. The technology that could really remove the chin was called COP Sealing. According to some digital technology media, POUIOs latest flagship cell phone used this technology. It could compress the four sides of the cell phone to the limit, and the chin was as wide as the frame. However, it was only May now. According to the rules of POUIO cell phones releasing new cell phones, new cell phones would only be released every autumn or October. In other words, cell phones that were sealed with COP would not appear for the next few months. Otto G1 was obviously using the sealing technique of COP. However, its chin was not as small as the Apple X in Pei Qians memory. However, the difference in its senses should not be more than one or two millimeters. Thus, it still looked shocking from the front. It was supposed to be a very cumbersome cell phone, but because of its overall appearance, it gave off a very domineering feeling. The first impression that this cell phone gave Pei Qian was very bad. However, there was a certain width to the two physical keys that looked like shoulder keys, and they were slightly protruding. It was precisely because of the existence of these two physical keys that the G1 cell phone could not be made into a narrow curved screen on both sides. It would feel slightly worse when holding it. It was obviously incompatible with the current mainstream cell phone structure even though it would be more recognizable. The pop-up camera was on the upper left side of the long wall. It was a very tricky position. Pei Qian had personally decided on it at that time because he had never seen a cell phone that made the pop-up camera here. It could greatly increase the chances of failure. That made Pei Qian feel a little more at ease. Obviously, this was just as he had expected. It was a cell phone that was unconventional. It had used too many new technologies, so the cost must be very high. It was impossible to prepare a lot of stocks. The overly advanced design concept might not be able to make mainstream consumers buy it. Pei Qian played with his cell phone for a while and asked, How much is the price set? Jiang Yuan did not answer directly. Instead, he hesitated for a moment. Er Boss Pei, I was just about to report this to you as well. The cost of the cell phone has slightly exceeded my previous expectations, so Pei Qian interrupted him. Just tell me the price. Jiang Yuan: According to E1s pricing at that time, the starting price of this cell phone is 9899 yuan. Boss Pei, we have worked very hard to reduce the starting price to less than ten thousand yuan. There is an even higher storage version with a price of 9,999 yuan and a special custom edition with a price of 10,199 yuan. This price is indeed a little high, but this is also a consideration after adding Tengdas various benefits. If we only sell naked machines, our price can be reduced to less than 7,000 yuan or even lower Pei Qian could not help but feel elated. He raised his hand. No, this price is very appropriate. Its not high at all. Its just right! The moment he heard the pricing, Pei Qian knew that the cell phone would be alright! Who would spend so much money on a no-brand cell phone? The price of Otto E1 previously was 8,199 yuan, but that was under the condition that all of Tengdas benefits were included. G1 cell phones were also given full benefits, but the price was not just a little higher than E1 cell phones. It was an entire 1,700 yuan higher. That was because G1 cell phones used more new technologies. Naturally, the cost would be higher. Based on the figure of 8,000 yuan and 10,000 yuan, 1,700 yuan was not a lot. However, based on this figure alone, 1,700 yuan could be used to purchase low-end cell phones from large brands. Whats more, even Shenhuas flagship model was far from reaching 10,000 yuan. If they did not add Tengdas various benefits, Otto G1 cell phones could be priced at more than 6,000 yuan. That was about the same price as flagship cell phones of brands like Shenhua. However, according to Otto Technologies estimates, the benefits attached to the cell phone were actually close to 3,000 yuan. Whats more, the longer it was used, the more it would be worth it. Therefore, under the premise that these benefits were attached, the cell phones price could not be reduced. If it was reduced, it would mean that it was taking advantage of the other departments to subsidize the cell phone department. That was not good. Pei Qian said, Theres no problem with the pricing. Dont worry, lets talk about the news conference. Let me take a look at the powerpoint content first. Pei Qian flipped through the powerpoint of the news conference on his laptop. To be fair, the powerpoint was not bad. Like other brands news conferences, it introduced the various parameters and new functions of the cell phone in detail. The publicity video was also taken. In short, it was stable and there was no fault to be found. Pei Qian fell silent after quickly looking through the PowerPoint presentation. Something was wrong. This powerpoint made me want to buy it! It had to be said that G1 had indeed used many new technologies. Thus, the introduction of these new technologies alone took up a lot of space on the PowerPoint. Coupled with the unique appearance of the cell phone and the comprehensive screen design that was very impactful, just the regular introduction was already quite attractive. Whether a cell phone was practical was something that customers could only experience after a period of time. However, whether a cell phone was slick or not, whether there were many new techniques with gimmicks, was something that could be seen at the news conference. That was definitely not possible because the cell phone production was not high to begin with. What if the news conference deceived some customers and sold out in seconds like the last time? Wouldnt it be very bad if the customers felt like they were very popular? Pei Qian cleared his throat. The powerpoint is not bad, but Why didnt you continue with the previous PPTs style? Pei Qian felt that E1s news conference had become popular because Chang Yous eloquence was too good. He had turned the news conference into a monologue. There was no problem with the content of the news conference itself. He should list all the cell phones shortcomings. He should mention all the advantages in one sentence. It would be much better to dissuade customers in advance than to boast about all the advantages at the news conference. Jiang Yuan quickly said, No, Boss Pei. Previously, the powerpoint content was made for Boss Chang. Only someone as eloquent as Boss Chang could express it. My eloquence is not good enough. I might get stage fright if I go on stage. Thats why I thought that the entire news conference would be done smoothly. It might be very awkward to force myself to learn from Boss Chang. Pei Qian shook his head. Theres no need to deny yourself so quickly. When you encounter problems, dont think about whether you can do it or not. Instead, think about what you need for success. Such a cell phone that has gathered new technology and is filled with the spirit of innovation, would it be appropriate to have a stable and ordinary news conference? That would not be appropriate. Jiang Yuan hesitated. This Pei Qian continued, So, make some changes according to my instructions. Now, the structure of the PowerPoint is basically divided into three parts. The first part is to introduce the continuous updates of the mobile operating system and AEEIS artificial intelligence this year, emphasizing that we have fulfilled our promise at the previous news conference. The second part is to introduce the new technology used by cell phones, boast about the cell phones appearance and various parameters. The third part is to announce the price, configurations, and release date of the cell phone. It is inversely compared to E1 cell phones and other brand flagship models. However, in my opinion, there is a lot of useless information here. It is purely a waste of everyones time. How about this? We dont have to boast about the first part. We have been updating the OTTO OS system. All the old users know about it. Whats more, this is what we should do. Theres no need to boast about it. The second part is about the appearance and various parameters of the cell phone. I cant remove this part, but the length is too long. In my opinion, the cell phones appearance and parameters can be described with a PowerPoint page; We might have used some new technologies, but these new technologies are filled with all sorts of flaws. How can we explain this part in one sentence? We have to write it in detail. The more detailed, the better. We cannot mislead our consumers; The third part is a little draggy. I think we can get rid of the horizontal comparison segment. We just have to be good ourselves. Why do we have to step on other cell phone manufacturers? This kind of horizontal comparison chart is nothing more than its length attacking the enemys shortness. Its not interesting. We just have to announce the price and release date. Yes, thats about it. Jiang Yuan felt a little dizzy. The content of the entire news conference was cut in half! Whats more, the most important thing was that the parts that were removed were the good parts of the cell phone. On the other hand, the parts that introduced the flaws of the new cell phone had to be written and emphasized repeatedly. What was going on? Previously, he had condensed all the advantages of the cell phone to a single page, creating the famous scene of Boss Chang reciting everything correctly in one breath. However, the problem was that Jiang Yuan knew very well that he did not have Boss Changs glib tongue, and this scene could not be replicated at all. Chapter 1019 - Talk About The Merits Or The Shortcomings First? Pei Qian felt much better seeing Jiang Yuans confused expression. If Jiang Yuans eyes suddenly lit up and he came to a realization, then something big would happen. It was hard to say how the cell phone sales would turn out as long as he maintained this confused look. However, the news conference would probably be over. Pei Qian did not intend to give Jiang Yuan any chance to obtain more successful passwords from him. He stood up decisively and said, Alright, the contents of the news conference have been decided. You can get off work happily! Jiang Yuan quickly said, Er Boss Pei, I applied for two hours of overtime. Only an hour has passed. Its too fast. Ill stay and think about it. Pei Qian was a little unhappy. Working overtime is not important. Whats important is how much work youve done. Its not time yet, but the work is done. Whats the point of staying here? Its May 1st today. Hurry up and go back to rest! The overtime pay is still the same as before. Not a single cent less. Jiang Yuan declined again. No, Boss Pei. I have to think it through again. I promise Ill leave immediately after two hours! Pei Qian decided not to chase him out seeing how determined he was. After all, they had agreed on two hours. At that thought, Pei Qian compromised. Alright, be more self-aware. Go home immediately after two hours. Just as he was about to leave, Jiang Yuan suddenly asked, Boss Pei, please wait a moment. I have one last question! The advantages and disadvantages of cell phones Talk about the merits or the shortcomings first? Pei Qian was stunned. Good lord, Im about to leave, and youre still trying to trick me? He subconsciously wanted to say the merits first but suddenly realized that something was wrong. The previous E1 cell phone had been about the merits. In the end, something big happened! Pei Qian recalled carefully. At that time, E1s news conference had first mentioned the price segment. Then, Chang You had used a speed recital to explain the cell phones merits. Finally, he had mentioned the cell phones shortcomings. In the end, it was so exciting that the audience completely ignored the cell phones flaws. Therefore, he could not make the same mistake again! Pei Qian immediately said, The shortcomings are at the front! Whats more, dont announce the price segment immediately. Put it last just like other news conferences! Jiang Yuans mouth opened slightly. Obviously, this was not the answer he was looking for. If Boss Pei said that the merits first, he could analyze E1s news conference and get some inspiration. However, Boss Pei had said the shortcomings first. That meant that he had overthrown all of the previous experience at the news conference! Pei Qian smiled slightly. Trying to trick me? Youre too inexperienced! Pei Qian was in a good mood looking at Jiang Yuans confused expression. He left, feeling pleased with himself. Jiang Yuan frowned as he watched Boss Pei leave. He began to think hard about what Boss Pei had said. He could not figure it out! No matter how he thought about it, it did not make sense. He thought hard for a while but still had no clue. He could only start changing the powerpoint. After creating a copy of the original PowerPoint, Jiang Yuan began to edit the content of the PowerPoint according to Boss Peis instructions. He removed those that should be removed, merged those that should be merged, and left enough pages for expansion. After spending ten minutes making some simple adjustments, Jiang Yuan roughly changed the framework of the PowerPoint. Almost half of the original tens of pages of PowerPoint were cut off. The previous large article introduced the evolution of OTTO OS in the past year. It talked about the application of AEEIS artificial intelligence technology in cell phones and AEEIS smart bickering machine. It also talked about the flaws of cell phones and the immaturity of the new technologies. After reading the entire PowerPoint, the advantages of the cell phone were all concentrated on one page. The disadvantages were that there were at least ten pages. Jiang Yuan was depressed. Actually, the powerpoint of E1s cell phones at the news conference was similar. However, there was a huge difference between these two cell phones. That was because the E1 cell phone was a traditional cell phone. Its strengths were solid. For example, it had a strong configuration, a long battery life, and a very good service. Consumers would be able to sense them directly as long as these merits were listed. After that, he introduced the shortcomings of E1 cell phones. As the advantages were too outstanding, the shortcomings seemed harmless. Therefore, the audience could accept it. However, G1 cell phones were completely different. It was a cell phone that used many new technologies. It was not very practical, but was very exploratory. Unlike E1 cell phones, G1 cell phones advantages were not easy to detect, but their shortcomings were real. For example, the comprehensive screen technology was just a little bigger for most people. They looked much better, but their perception would not be particularly strong. The problem with comprehensive screen technology was that pop-up cameras took up more space in the cell phone. The cell phones size would become bigger, the heat dissipation, water and dust resistance would become worse and the quality of communication would also decrease. All of these would affect customers experience. Thus, if the G1 cell phone did that again, customers would not think that these shortcomings were harmless. Instead, they would think that these shortcomings were enough to overthrow all the previous advantages. Whats more, the previous news conference had already placed the price segment at the beginning. If the same scene were to happen again this year, not only would it not have the same effect as last year, but it might even backfire and cause consumer disgust. That was because last years news conference was equivalent to doing a performance. The performance could not be done twice in a row. That would be too outdated and turn into lousy work. Thus, no matter how Jiang Yuan thought about it, he felt that there was something wrong with the contents of the news conference. What exactly is the problem? Boss Pei looks so confident. Hes obviously expecting some results. However, why cant I understand Boss Peis thoughts Calm down. We cannot rush now. We have to slowly analyze Boss Peis intentions. Boss Pei said that we should talk about the cell phones shortcomings first. Whats more, dont put the price segment at the front. Just like other cell phones, put it at the back. Could Boss Pei mean to be as mediocre as other cell phone news conferences? Thats impossible. Boss Pei just told me that this cell phone is filled with creativity. The news conference should be filled with creativity! Could it be that the key lies in putting the shortcomings in front? Repeatedly talk about the shortcomings of the various new technologies, and even take up most of the pages of the news conference. He only broad brush the merits at the end, and then offered a price I understand now! Jiang Yuan went through the PowerPoints adjusted sequence twice. Suddenly, his eyes lit up as he understood what Boss Pei meant! Talk about the shortcomings of these new technologies first, in detail and repeatedly. What would the result be? It would make the audience think that the research and development of this cell phone is very difficult. These new technologies are not very practical, and the cost is very high. Most likely, it would only have technology, no products, or only a concept machine that cannot be mass-produced. However, in fact, these technologies can already be mass-produced. The other cell phone manufacturers are also trying to use them. Nonetheless, they are not as bold as us. They only tried to use a small portion of the technology, but we directly piled it all up. Therefore, I shouldnt call this news conference a cell phone conference. Instead, I should call it a New Technology Conference! That way, the audience would not think that Im here to sell cell phones, and they would not have any expectations. They would only think that these are very cutting-edge and immature technologies in the cell phone industry. Most of them would not have prototypes. However, in the end, the price segment would appear on the screen, making them realize that so many difficult technologies could already be mass-produced and sold! Thus, this surprise would completely dilute the impression that the cell phones various shortcomings left on people. As it is an exploratory concept cell phone, customers would be much more tolerant of it. At the same time, because of this sense of surprise, customers would not think that this price is particularly expensive. In other words, the effect would be completely different if the same product is introduced in different ways and angles! This should be the effect that Boss Pei wants! Jiang Yuan suddenly had an epiphany. Everything from before matched! He looked at his watch. It had been exactly two hours since Boss Pei arrived. The amount of time was just right. Perfect! Ill get someone to change the powerpoint after the holidays. Make the best use of my time to prepare for the news conference. We must not disappoint Boss Pei! Chapter 1020 - There’s No Boss Chang At The Press Conference? May 3rd, Thursday 5pm in the afternoon. The news conference was still held in the banquet hall of the Oasis Four Seasons Hotel, the biggest five-star hotel in Jingzhou City, just like the OTTO E1 cell phone news conference. They were at the same place and had similar products. However, the timing had been changed. Previously, E1s cell phone conference was held at 3 PM on Sunday. This time, G1s cell phone conference was held at 5 PM on Thursday. Whats more, it was the first working day after the May Day holiday. Obviously, Pei Qian had specifically chosen this time. Chang You had set the timing for the news conference previously. Pei Qian had not asked about it. Now that he thought about it, there was a huge problem: Sunday was a holiday after all. There was too much traffic on the internet. Once the news conference was released, it immediately became popular on Aili Island and attracted widespread attention. Thus, Pei Qian specially set the G1 cell phones news conference at this very awkward time. First of all, this was the first working day after the May Day holiday. It was everyones first day at work, and they were probably very down. The work piled up during the holiday made most people anxious, and they should not be in the mood to pay attention to the news conference. Secondly, it was five oclock at this time. Any earlier, the office workers might be able to get news of the news conference after their afternoon nap. Any later, say after seven in the evening, everyone would be home from work. They could also take the time to eat and watch the news conference. That was why it was set for five oclock. Everyone was in a state of wanting to go home and start thinking about what to eat tonight. They would definitely minimize the impact of this news conference! The audience at the news conference this time was still mainly the loyal customers of the technology media and Jingzhou. They were all given tickets. The technology media from other cities would be reimbursed for their food, accommodation, and transportation fees. In any case, he would not save where he could spend money. Pei Qian arrived at the venue earlier than the previous time and found a seat. The venue was filled with soothing and elegant music. The audience entered the venue one by one and took their seats. One could see many colleagues from the tech media taking photos with their cameras. The popularity seems to be much higher than the news conference on E1s cell phone. Pei Qian adhered to the principle of changing locations with every shot. During the previous news conference, he had sat in the corner of the venue. This time, he was seated in the middle and front row. In front of him were reporters from various tech media and video UP Masters. Unlike the previous E1 cell phone news conference, the big screen this time did not light up at the official start of the news conference. Instead, it had already lit up in advance. Apart from the opening countdown, there were a few lines of words on it. Otto Technologies Embrace the Future Sharing and Exchange Conference The words Otto Technologies were followed by the logo of Tengda Corporation and Otto Technologies. The words Embrace the Future were written in a special art form. It was most eye-catching. The entire picture looked simple and generous, with a hint of technology. Pei Qian did not pay much attention to it. It was a news conference, after all. It did not matter what the name was. Many cell phone manufacturers liked to do fancy things at news conferences. They would come up with strange names to highlight their class. For example, the Multi-dimensional liquid cooling system was nothing more than adding some graphite to heat dissipation and making it sound good. However, there were still a few things that were similar. In any case, G1 was going to be released at the news conference. It did not matter what it was called. The two people sitting in front of Pei Qian were probably from the same tech media company. One of them was slightly older and had been guiding the younger brother on filming. He should be the more common old bringing new, bringing the companys newcomers to the news conference to take a look and practice. The news conference had not officially started. The two of them adjusted the equipment and casually took photos of the situation at the venue. Then, they started chatting. I wonder what kind of performance would Boss Chang bring to everyone today? Im so looking forward to it. Indeed, the speed recital at the news conference last year really amazed me. This is the first time Ive seen a cell phone news conference like this. Its really impressive. Its just that the timing is a little awkward. Other companies have holidays and news conferences at night. Why did Otto Technologies set a working day at 5 PM? It wouldnt delay dinner, right? No, Boss Chang is very good at holding a news conference. The last time, he only spoke for a total of one hour. Whats more, he spent most of his time talking about the cell phones shortcomings. I think its about the same this time. It must be extremely condensed. It can definitely be completed before seven or even around six. Wait, I suddenly thought of a problem. I saw the news previously that Boss Chang is no longer in charge of Otto Technologies cell phone business. Then this news conference wouldnt have changed, right? That cant be, right? Boss Chang is indispensable to this news conference! It wouldnt be the same if it were someone else! Thats right, Boss Changs annual news conference is my source of joy. Dont replace him! Pei Qian could not help but laugh to himself as he listened to their discussion. Still thinking about Boss Chang? Your Boss Chang is gone! Pei Qian could not help but feel proud of his wise decision. It was a good thing that he had arranged for Chang You to be eliminated through the first-place-elimination system. Otherwise, wouldnt there be a huge problem if there was a huge popularity every time the new cell phone was released, before he could even speak on stage? Obviously, Chang You had played a huge part in setting such an awkward timing for the news conference. Many people were not here for the product of the news conference but to listen to Chang Yous jokes. Most people had the same thoughts as these two brothers. Even though they had heard that Chang You was no longer in charge of the cell phone department, they were still looking forward to Chang Yous news conference. They felt that since Chang You was still at Otto Technologies and had not left, he had probably been promoted. He was originally only in charge of the cell phone business, but now he was handing the cell phone business to his subordinates to manage. He was now in charge of higher-level work. Since that was the case, Chang You had to attend such an important news conference personally, right? After all, many people had already linked Otto Technologies to Chang You. Without Chang You, the effect of the news conference would be greatly reduced. One could imagine how disappointed the audience would be when Jiang Yuan were to go on stage today. They would all shout that they had been scammed and that the news conference would be stable. Soon, it was time. There was no warm-up video this time. It was just that the female voice that gave an introduction previously became AEEISs voice, reminding everyone that there was only an hour for the news conference. Please mute your cell phones, try not to leave their seats, collect the small gifts after the news conference, and so on. At the same time, it was also announced that this news conference would be broadcasted live on multiple live-stream platforms. There was also a dedicated live-stream on Bunny Tail live-stream. AEEISs voice was still a small surprise even though the warm-up video was gone. At five oclock, the lights were switched off. The audience immediately applauded and cheered. Boss Chang! Boss Chang! Boss Chang! Eh Many people were already cheering. The atmosphere was not like a news conference but more like a crosstalk theater. Obviously, most of the audience had already decided in their hearts that the protagonist of Otto Technologies news conference would always be the protagonist. However, the audience was stunned when the main speaker went on stage. Huh? Who is this? Wheres Boss Chang? Could it be that someone else has really changed? We want Boss Chang! The audience were all well-mannered people. They did not directly shout RNM refund, but it was obvious from everyones expressions and expressions that they were quite disappointed. Strictly speaking, they were not deceived. After all, the publicity before the news conference had never said that Chang You was the main speaker. That was everyones wishful thinking. However, if Boss Chang did not come, what was there to see at the news conference? They could not hear the crosstalk anymore. The excitement of the news conference was going to plummet! Jiang Yuan was also feeling a little awkward. However, he had already expected this situation to happen, so he still followed the script and finished his opening speech. Im sorry to disappoint everyone. Its not Boss Chang today. Hello everyone, I am the new person-in-charge of Otto Technologies, Jiang Yuan. First of all, I would like to thank everyone for taking the time out of their busy schedules to come to the Future Embrace Exchange Conference at Otto Technologies. I would like to express my warm welcome on behalf of Boss Pei, Boss Chang, and all the employees of Otto Technologies. At the same time, it has been a year since Otto Technologies was established. I would like to express my sincere gratitude on behalf of all the employees of Boss Pei, Boss Chang, and Otto Technologies! The applause was as loud as thunder. After all, most of the people who came this time were loyal fans of Otto Technologies. The new person-in-charge expressed his gratitude to the fans on stage. Everyone had to support and give some response. However, the discussion between the two brothers in front of Pei Qian exposed many of the audiences true thoughts. It looks like this new person-in-charge is not bad, but he doesnt have Boss Changs aura! Indeed, his speech seems a little conservative. He seems introverted and genteel. He doesnt seem to be able to move the atmosphere. His eloquence is indeed a far cry from Chang Bi. Lets wait and see. Dont count on the jokes. Lets hope that the content of the news conference will be interesting. The audience immediately recognized the difference in eloquence between Jiang Yuan and Chang You the moment Jiang Yuan spoke even though the opening lines were smooth and there were no problems. Chang You might have a legitimate technical background, he was very down-to-earth. When he stood on stage, he looked like a crosstalk actor. He had everything under control on stage and off stage, and the atmosphere at the venue was at ease. Whats more, that sense of humor was inherently infectious. However, Jiang Yuan did not have that kind of temperament at all. It even made people feel that he was a little timid. His words made people feel a little unconfident. It was difficult to even move the atmosphere normally. Those who were looking forward to Boss Changs work were naturally disappointed. However, as the saying went, the main speaker was not good enough but they could only hope that the content of this news conference would be more interesting since they were already here. Chapter 1021 - The Real Fans Were Already Buying Like Crazy! The news conference continued. It could be seen that Jiang Yuan was still a little nervous. However, he was trying hard to adjust his emotions. He tried his best to describe it in a slow and smooth tone so that it would not give people a sense of urgency and nervousness. However, this made the atmosphere of the news conference even more depressing, making people feel drowsy. The theme of todays news conference is the Embrace the Future Exchange Conference. We will share a few new technologies that would be used on mainstream cell phones in the future. These include artificial intelligence technology, comprehensive screen technology, fingerprint technology, 3D structure light face recognition technology, screen sound technology, 3DTouch, fast-changing technology Jiang Yuan introduced all the new technologies in the cell phone industry. Pei Qian could not help but feel that something was amiss. That was because some of the techniques introduced by Jiang Yuan had not been used by Otto G1! For example, 3D Structured Light-Face Recognition. This required a bang screen because this technology required several prerequisites to be inserted into the front side of the cell phone. It was completely opposite to the prerequisite camera plan used by G1 cell phones. The two were almost impossible to coexist. However, Jiang Yuans solution was still to put the pop-up camera and the in-screen fingerprint sensors. He carefully analyzed the advantages and disadvantages of the different solutions. The audience was sleepy and did not find it interesting at first. However, many people began to listen gradually. That was because some ideas were brought up in the PowerPoint when describing these plans. For example, how would a new technology be used in the cell phone field? How would the cell phones appearance change? These contents were still very attractive to many fanatics who paid attention to digital and cell phone development because they were not professionals and could not come into contact with such knowledge usually. It was not bad even if it was purely scientific now that they were hearing about the relatively new digital knowledge. However, this part of the content was rather torturous for ordinary audiences. That was because many ordinary audiences were more concerned about the practicality of cell phones. What was the use if they could not use them even though these technologies were good? Whats more, they had announced that this news conference was the Exchange Sharing Conference from the beginning. Jiang Yuan had also been discussing various new technologies the moment he came up. These new technologies did not seem to have the possibility of mass production in the short term. This made the audience unable to hold back. The entire place was buzzing with discussion. Even the two from the tech media in front of Pei Qian were whispering to each other. The content is not bad but only people like us who are passionate about digital will be able to listen to it, right? Indeed, I feel like the others cant sit still anymore. Everyone is here for Boss Changs news conference. Not only did we not hear any cross talk, they did not even release any new products? When can these new technologies be used? Indeed, its meaningless to talk about these new technologies Obviously, most of the people present were like these two brothers, deeply confused. Why was Otto Technologies holding this news conference? What were they even doing here? Most importantly, these new technologies were basically all from their suppliers. They were not developed by Otto Technologies. Why did they introduce them to other people? If not for the fact that everyone knew that the news conference would only last for an hour, many people would not have been able to resist the urge to leave. They really could not take it! Pei Qian was overjoyed to see the atmosphere at the news conference. Alright! Changing the personnel was indeed useful! If Chang You had been the one to hold the news conference, he might have been able to use his glib tongue to add a few funny joke segments to the introduction of the technology, causing the audience to burst into laughter. That way, even if the content itself was boring, it could catch the audiences attention for a long time. However, Jiang Yuan did not have the eloquence to do so. Obviously, he did not prepare a joke segment in advance. He was just introducing the various new techniques in a very conventional manner, making people feel sleepy easily. However, Pei Qian had a question. Where was the cell phone? Wasnt he going to release Otto G1? Why hadnt he mentioned it until now? If Pei Qian had not known the true purpose of this news conference, he would probably have thought that it was a purely technical news conference just like everyone else. He finished introducing the key technologies in no time. The audiences patience had basically reached its limit. Fortunately, it had not been a long time. Most people still listened and had a certain understanding of these new technologies. The timing was just right. Jiang Yuan could already feel the dissatisfied atmosphere at the scene and was a little flustered. The down and lost atmosphere obviously exceeded his expectations even though this atmosphere was deliberately created. However, at that moment, he suddenly saw a familiar face in the fifth row. It was Boss Pei! Boss Pei smiled, his face filled with trust and encouragement. Jiang Yuan suddenly felt much more confident. Thats right, this was Boss Peis plan. What was there to worry about? They would definitely achieve the desired effect as long as they carried it out step by step! Jiang Yuan pressed the remote control and continued speaking at that thought. So, after understanding the new technology in the cell phone field, we can predict the future cell phones form and development direction. As a mobile terminal, the cell phone will definitely play an increasingly important role in our lives. The future cell phone must be highly integrated and refined. It will carry all the functions that we can think of, and it will also be a window to show as much information as possible to us. We often see similar scenes in movies: a cell phone rich in sci-fi sense as a pure transparent glass that can directly display all kinds of information; or a three-dimensional projection can appear on this glass, allowing us to interact with this information through hand gestures in three-dimensional space These technologies might still be too far away but we can still explore this direction with the existing technologies. We can try our best to expand the size of the screen in the limited space on the front side of the cell phone so that it can show more information at the same time. Obviously, this is the direction of our future efforts. Jiang Yuan briefly introduced the current solutions for full screen display, including the special-shaped screens that POUIOs flagship product was developing and the other domestic cell phone manufacturers were also researching their full screen display. Some concepts about the cell phones screen appeared on the big screen. Basically, there were all sorts of strange screens. In short, every one of them had a corner or small piece missing. There was a complete screen with no gaps among them. It was very eye-catching. Jiang Yuan pressed the remote control, and the full screen with no gaps came to the main page. The other full screen display phones had all disappeared. Next, please allow me to introduce Otto Technologies latest cell phone, Otto G1! This cell phone uses the most extreme and radical full screen display design plan that we have introduced previously: a pop-up camera plan. Using this plan, we successfully increased the cell phones screen to more than 90% of the body. In addition, we also installed in-screen fingerprint sensors and fast-charging technology for this cell phone Jiang Yuan suddenly sped up his speech and quickly explained the merits of the G1 cell phone. After the previous foreshadowing, everyone present had a rather deep understanding of the full screen display, pop-up camera, in-screen fingerprint sensors, and other technologies. Therefore, Jiang Yuan only had to add these words together to create a strong impact on the audience. Many people were obviously stunned. Whats the meaning of this? A new cell phone? Isnt this an exchange meeting for new technology? Why are they suddenly introducing cell phones? This cell phone looks so stunning. The entire front is a screen. Its so beautiful! These two physical buttons are also very interesting. This should be a prototype that doesnt cannot be mass produced, right? Its probably just to show off its muscles. However, Jiang Yuan quickly entered the next segment while the audience was still discussing. The advantages and disadvantages of these new technologies have been explained in detail. Next is the price segment. Otto G1 cell phone, starting price: 9899 yuan, high storage version price: 9999 yuan. In addition, we have also released a special custom-made Mission and Choice version at 10199 yuan! This cell phone has been specially optimized for many Tengda mobile games. The design of the double key would greatly improve your gaming experience This cell phone contains the same full set of Tengda benefits as E1. If a customer with an E1 cell phone buys our G1 cell phone, they can also enjoy the exclusive plan by trading in their old phone. Thats because E1 cell phones and G1 cell phones both contain the benefits of Tengda. Therefore, old users do not need to purchase Tengda cell phones repeatedly. They can enjoy a 3,000 yuan discount. In addition, E1 cell phones can be recycled to further reduce your purchase costs The announcement segment and price segment of the new cell phone came out almost one after the other. It was only a few minutes apart. Therefore, a series of numbers had already slapped their faces before the people in the venue could react. Previously, many people had thought that this was a concept prototype that could not be mass-produced. They had thought that it was meant to show off their skills. However, everyone was stunned once the price was out. This is not a concept prototype. It has already been mass-produced to be sold! Holy sh*t, this special commemorative version of Mission and Choice is so cool! Whats with the pricing? The special commemorative version is only just a little more expensive? The high storage version is only more expensive by so much? Whoever buys the ordinary version would be an idiot! Three thousand yuan discount for old users?! Its very reasonable. After all, old users Tengda benefits are permanent. Its not appropriate to buy it again. However, I feel that the impact is too strong! Discounting 3,000 yuan for a cell phone that costs about 10,000 yuan. Given the high retention value of the E1, even if I can only trade in the phone for 3,000 yuan, I would only need to make up for another 3,000 yuan to exchange for this cool cell phone. I feel like Im making a killing! Indeed, this appearance is too recognizable. It feels good no matter whether I use it or give it away! The venue of the news conference exploded! Previously, Jiang Yuan had been talking about all sorts of new technologies and had given everyone proposals for the full screen display. Most people had a basic understanding of these technologies even though they were drowsy listening to it. At first, no one expected a cell phone to appear now. They thought that it would take at least half a year to a year. Otto Technologies skipped the concept prototype stage and was selling the mass-produced products unexpectedly! There might be many shortcomings in these technologies but it was already a good situation if they could sell it. Why would they not? This sense of surprise instantly washed away the worries about the new technical flaws. Everyone could not wait to be lab rats and experience the charm of the new technology. Everyones thoughts became firmer coupled with the series of benefits that followed, including the unprecedented preferential treatment for old users as well as the multiple preferential treatment for Tengdas mobile games. Logically speaking, other cell phone manufacturers would definitely be criticized if they had released a cell phone that cost as much as 10,000 yuan. However, no one complained when Otto Technologies released a cell phone that cost 10,000 yuan. Many people felt that it was worth it even though most people still felt that it was expensive. That was the most ridiculous thing! Many people did not even look at the contents of the news conference. Instead, they took out their cell phones and searched for the purchase page of Otto G1s cell phone. The fake fans were still listening to the introduction in the news conference. The real fans were already buying like crazy. That was because there were very few stocks of E1 cell phones previously. They were sold out before the news conference ended. Therefore, real fans learned from their mistakes. They knew that the stocks of this cell phone would not last until the news conference ended. Thus, they had to strike first! Pei Qian was stunned when he saw the audience suddenly become so excited. He looked up at Jiang Yuan, only to see Jiang Yuan winking his right eye at him with an expression that said, Wed cooperate seamlessly. Pei Qian was even more confused. What was happening?! Chapter 1022 - The Offline Store Became So Crowded! The atmosphere suddenly turned from lifeless to abnormally explosive. Pei Qian was completely stunned. For a moment, he could not accept reality. He could not figure out how all of this had happened. Fortunately, there were two professionals in front of him. The interest of the two young men in front was obviously aroused. The older man instructed his subordinate to snatch the cell phone while sighing. Tricks! The news conference of Otto Technologies is indeed full of tricks! Develop different conference strategies for different persons-in-charge, I wonder if this was Jiang Yuans idea or Boss Changs? Or Boss Peis idea? Its probably Boss Peis idea! I remember that Chang You had held some news conferences when he was working at the original company. However, his talent for crosstalk had yet to be activated. He therefore did not manage to do anything good. In other words, Boss Pei must have been secretly giving instructions to the product launch of Otto Technologies. Thats why it was so effective! The underling lowered his head and operated on his cell phone. Yes, that makes sense. Aye! I got it! The stocks this time seem to be much more than the previous one. Its not that difficult to snatch. There are still stocks now. However, it might also be because there are fewer people paying attention on the internet this time. After all, they only said that this was a new technology exchange. No one knew that cell phones would be sold. However, it looks like this situation wont be able to last more than an hour once the news spreads. Aye, youre saying that Boss Pei was secretly giving advice? This news conference is full of tricks? What tricks? Why dont I feel anything? The slightly older man said, Didnt you notice? This new person-in-charge, Jiang Yuan, is much worse than Chang You. Hes not eloquent. He definitely cant use Chang Yous method to hold a news conference. However, he made good use of his innate qualities to create another style! Jiang Yuan gives people the feeling that he has stage fright and is not very confident. He is also very serious when talking about the new technology. It makes people sleepy. However, this will make the audiences psychological expectations especially low. If Boss Chang were to hold this news conference, everyone would be waiting for him to show off. Then, everyone would not be so shocked when the cell phone really comes out. Thats why this is targeted at different products and different people in charge. They have to do different things at the news conference to maximize the audiences emotions! Not only that, the pricing strategy of this cell phone is also worth pondering over. If Im not wrong, the stocks of this cell phone should mainly be concentrated on the high-storage version and the custom-made Mission and Choice version. The ordinary version only plays the role of a price anchor, making everyone feel that the high-storage and custom-made version are especially worth it, thus increasing the sales of these two versions! The difference is obvious compared to those cell phone manufacturers who sell their cell phones for more than gold! Theyre all earning money the same way. Those manufacturers are disgusting. Spending less money on the low-storage version means consumers have to delete things every day if they dont have enough storage. However, consumers might only be able to buy tens of Gigabytes if they spent a few hundred more yuan if they want a larger storage space. Yet, they might still feel that it is a loss compared to the low-storage version. On the other hand, Otto Technologies way of doing things makes consumers feel unconflicted. In fact, the cell phones pricing might be the same, but consumers would feel very comfortable. Thats too brilliant! Whats more, this cell phone has been exclusively optimized for Tengdas mobile game. Its even more attractive than other mobiles! This cell phone is probably more successful than E1 Pei Qian felt light-headed as he listened to the two brothers discussion. What the hell! Why did it become Boss Peis idea? What had that got to do with him?! Pei Qian might have listened intermittently and felt confused by many of the comments but he was certain that something unexpected had happened to the news conference that he had thought would be foolproof. He had lost control! He had completely lost control! However, that was not all. Jiang Yuan finished introducing the cell phones price, the unique features of the custom-made version of Mission and Choice, and the game optimization of Tengdas mobile games for G1 cell phones on stage. The news conference also entered its final stage. Regarding the stock of G1 cell phones this time First, I would like to make it clear to everyone that Otto Technologies has always dealt with scalpers harshly. This can be seen from the various regulations set by E1 when it was released. There was a shortage of stocks for E1 cell phones when they were released because we were still a small company at that time. We did not have much cash flow so we could only stock them in batches; However, even though our capital chain is much healthier now, the pressure on the supply chain is greater because G1 cell phones use many new technologies. Therefore, we still cannot stock them on a large scale like other large factories. Dont be anxious if the cell phones are out of stock. We will take the time to mass-produce the cell phones like we did with E1. We will strictly restrict the scalpers. You will definitely be able to obtain the cell phones as long as you wait patiently. In addition, we have also distributed a portion of our shares to our offline store. We welcome everyone to the offline stores to experience the phone in real life and make an appointment to purchase it. The address and location of the store are on the big screen. This is the entire contents of this news conference. Once again, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to everyone! Please leave the venue in an orderly manner. You can collect free gifts at the entrance. Jiang Yuan could not help but heave a sigh of relief after he finished speaking. He had completed his mission! There might only be one cell phone news conference a year for only about one hour each time, but to Jiang Yuan, this was obviously the most challenging segment of his work. It was a good thing that Boss Pei was there to take care of everything. Everything was finally over! The news conference was over, but everyones enthusiasm had not subsided. Pei Qian had intended to leave, but he stopped after hearing Jiang Yuans last sentence. He looked at the big screen in disbelief. There was the address and location of the shop. Obviously, it was the store where Tian Mo was at! Boss Pei had set up a sales department and opened a new Tengda store in the shopping mall. That was no secret within the company. The E1 cell phones were placed in the shop all year round. These cell phones were obviously sent over by Otto Technologies. Jiang Yuan naturally knew the location of the shop. It was natural to send some prototypes to the offline store for customers to visit and experience after the G1 cell phone was officially released. Everything seemed fine, but Pei Qian felt like he had been struck by lightning. No!! Tian Heiquan, you have to hold out against them! Pei Qian could no longer remain calm. He immediately left the venue of the news conference and rushed towards Tian Mos shop! At the same time, Tian Mo and Zhuang Dong were playing games in the shop. Tian Mo was on the sofa outside, and Zhuang Dong was inside the Experience Zone. They were playing different games but their expressions were equally serious and focused. The key was that they had nothing else to do other than play games. There were no flies or mosquitoes in the shopping mall. In fact, the traffic was quite good when the shop was first opened. Many people entered by mistake, but they basically did not sell anything. It was still the same reason: Young people who were interested had basically bought the products online. People who were originally not interested had basically lost the nature of buying after being dissuaded. Of course, there were also special ones. They had heard of the Fully-Automated Smart Bickering Machine before. Now that they saw the real thing, they felt that it was not bad and insisted on buying one. Tian Mo dissuaded them for a long time but they refused to listen. They could only sell it to him. However, such people were rare. The shop might have broken the record of having zero sales, but there was no need to report to Boss Pei if they only sold a few items. Customers would not come again if they came once and realized that there was nothing to buy. On top of that, today was the first working day after the holidays. There were not many people in the shopping mall and it looked deserted. There were even fewer customers in the store. Thus, Tian Mo and Zhuang Dong did not have anything else to do. They could only play the game seriously like Boss Pei had instructed them to. They wanted to clear all the games in the shop as soon as possible. Suddenly, footsteps came from outside. Tian Mo put down the controller and looked up. He saw two young men from Upwind Logistics pushing two large boxes on a cart to the entrance of the shop. This is? Tian Mo was confused. The young man said, Oh, this is the new cell phone from Otto Technologies. We just shipped it over from the storeroom. They said that they put some display sets in the store for customers to experience. Of course, some of them can be sold directly. Tian Mo nodded and helped the young man unload the goods. Then, he selected a few cell phones as prototypes and placed the remaining unopened cell phones in the storage area. There were some display sets on the counter previously, but they were all E1 cell phones. Tian Mo only kept a small portion. He changed all the prototypes into new cell phones and changed the price tags. Eh, this cell phone looks quite nice. Why is the screen so big? But its really expensive! It costs 10,000 yuan each. This is unbelievable Most people probably cant afford it. We have to wait for the whales. Tian Mo played with it for a while but did not pay much attention to it. The E1 cell phones had been in the shop for so long and not a single one had been sold after all. Recently, the traffic in the shop has been so cold. Tian Mo felt that not many people would look at them even if they were to be displayed. The price was so high. He did not know when they would be able to sell them all. Tian Mo sat back on the sofa and picked up the controller to play the game again. After some time, footsteps came from outside. However, the footsteps sounded much more hurried this time. Tian Mo was a little surprised. He turned around and saw two brothers walking towards the door one after another. They looked up and confirmed Tengdas logo. Then, they immediately said, Boss! Do you have Ottos new cell phone here? Give me one! Eh? Guests! Tian Mo quickly stood up. The display sets are on the counter. You can try it out before making a decision. The two brothers saw the display sets but they had no intention of playing with it at all. Instead, they were in a hurry to pay. No need. I want to pay now! Do I scan the QR code or pay by card? Tian Mo was shocked. So urgent? However, that would not do. That would not be in line with our work ethic! Tian Mo revealed a very kind smile. Please allow me to introduce the problems of this cell phone to you The two brothers could not take it anymore. Stop talking nonsense! Hurry up, well each get one. We know the shortcomings very well from the news conference. Give us our cell phones! We want the custom-made versions! Tian Mo did not know what to say at that moment. Boss Pei might have emphasized that he had to tell the customers the shortcomings of the product but the customers had already said so much. What else could he say as a salesperson? Tian Mo could only take out two unopened cell phones. They were both custom-made Mission and Choice versions. He handed them over. The custom-made Mission and Choice version was larger than the ordinary version. Its appearance was also completely different and very recognizable. The two brothers were overjoyed. They immediately paid with their cards and left happily, as if they had found a treasure. Tian Mo had wanted to take the opportunity to talk about the cell phones shortcomings, but he did not have the chance to. He shook his head and was about to sit down when he heard hurried footsteps outside. Boss, do you still have the G1 cell phone? I want a custom-made version. If theres no custom-made version, I want the high-storage version! Tian Mo was confused. He tried his best to go through the process at first. However, these customers were obviously in a hurry. They could not wait for him to finish the process at all. They could not wait to take the POS machine and swipe their cards. All of them looked hostile. What? You, the branch manager, wants me to think twice before I act? Are you going to take responsibility if the cell phone was sold out because I think twice?! The first batch of people requested for the custom-made and high-storage versions. There might be more of them than the ordinary versions but they were sold out very quickly. The customers who came later could only ask for the ordinary version. However, the ordinary version was also sold out very quickly! The customers had already bought all the cell phones before Tian Mo could say much! Every customer who received the new cell phone was overjoyed. They did not have any intention to stay any longer and turned to leave. A few customers who came late and did not manage to buy it were so angry that they beat their chests and stomped their feet. They insisted on buying the display sets on the table. Tian Mo tried his best to dissuade them and promised to give them priority when the next batch of cell phones arrived. Only then did he finally manage to dissuade them. The customers that came later queued up to register, hoping to get the goods as soon as possible. There were also customers who reluctantly went to the counter to play with the display sets after they were told that there was no stock. However, the more they played with it, , the more regretful they became. Why didnt they come a few minutes earlier? Tian Mo felt confused as he recorded. Why did the previously deserted shop become so crowded suddenly? What was going on? I didnt do anything at all! Chapter 1023 - Cancel The Cell Phone Publicity Plan Immediately! Pei Qian took a car to the shopping mall and walked towards the shop. He was very nervous. It had only been less than half an hour since he left the news conference in a rush. However, Pei Qian had a bad feeling that the fans who had been watching the news conference online and happened to be near the shopping mall had probably grabbed all the cell phones, right? Please dont let that happen! Pei Qian was very worried now. The situation that he wanted to see the least now would be for the store to have no crowd. Because that would mean that all the cell phones in the shop had been sold out! It would mean that the situation was not that bad if there was a long line outside the store. This would mean that there were still cell phones left. Finally, Pei Qian took the escalator to the floor where the shop was located. He immediately put on his mask to prevent himself from being recognized. Pei Qian could not help but heave a sigh of relief when he saw six or seven people queuing up at the entrance of the shop. It was still alright! The situation did not seem to be as bad as he had imagined. Since there were people queuing, it meant that the cell phones in the shop were not sold out. However, Pei Qians heart sank when he saw two customers walk out of the shop without cell phones in their hands. Something was wrong! He took a few steps forward and came to the door. Indeed, he heard Tian Mo apologizing non-stop. Im sorry, everyone. The cell phones are all sold out, and the standard version is gone! You can leave your contact information if you want to order cell phones. Ill inform you immediately when the next batch of goods arrives Pei Qians vision darkened as he felt a heavy blow. This was bad! The news conference had only been held for a short while but the cell phones in the shop had already been sold out. One had to know that this shop could only cover a few kilometers of customers at most. Yet, these customers were able to buy up all the stocks in the shop. That showed how much everyone approved of this cell phone! Pei Qian sneaked a peek inside and realized something even worse. A few of them did not leave immediately after registering. Instead, they started playing with the display sets at the counter! Their expressions were very focused. They held the cell phone with both hands, placed their thumbs on the screen, and placed their index fingers on the two shoulder keys above. Their other fingers held the cell phone below them in a very standard posture. There was a saying that a good design allowed users to see through its design intentions at a glance. The two shoulder keys of the G1 cell phone obviously had such an effect. They were still discussing it as they played with them. It feels really good to play games with this cell phone. Its even better than E1s cell phone! The view is especially wide. There are two more spaces to play GOG mobile games than other cell phones. Its too comfortable! Its too convenient to play Ocean Stronghold and The Lonely Desert Road with these two shoulder keys. Whats more, the hand sensitivity of the physical keys is not bad. Coupled with the vibration of the cell phone itself, I can easily operate it with four fingers. It also looks cool. It has a squarish screen and should look quite cool if you bring it out. The more I play, the more I want to buy When can I get one! Its so annoying. I came a few minutes late, and even the standard version was sold out! I want to buy it was written all over their faces. Pei Qian did not feel that angry until he looked at these people. That was because it was as though he was seeing the attitude of the other consumers on the internet towards the G1 cell phone from their expressions. From that, he could deduce the tragic fate that he was about to face The queue registration was very fast. The people playing with the display sets were tired of it very quickly. After a few minutes, the people in the shop finally dispersed. A big brother in a leather jacket came to the shop. Eh, there are so many people in the shop today? Is there an event? Tian Mo looked up. Yo, youre here. His memory was very good. He could roughly remember everyone he met within a few days. This big brother in a leather jacket was the one who came to the shop on the first day the store opened. He asked about the E1 cell phone and Fully-Automated Smart Bickering Machine. Tian Mo introduced the shortcomings of these two products truthfully and successfully dissuaded this brother. This brother even praised him for having a conscience and said that he would come and take a look when there was a new product. It was so coincidental that the G1 cell phone was released today and this big brother happened to visit the store. Tian Mo quickly said, Its not an event. We have a new cell phone recently. Its the one displayed on the counter. The man in the leather jacket raised his eyebrows in surprise. Theres a new product? Thats great. Let me take a look. The man walked to the counter and picked up a G1 cell phone. Not bad, this screen is huge! The price is not cheap. Alright, give me one. Big Brother was about to take out his wallet. Tian Mo was shocked and quickly stopped him. Wait! This cell phone is not available at the moment. I can help you register your particulars first. I will inform you immediately to collect when the new batch comes. Also, I have to introduce the shortcomings of this cell phone to you. After all, its a huge sum of money. You have to think twice before you act Big Brother smiled. No need! I could tell from my previous visit that you have a conscience when you sell things. Youll tell me your products shortcomings first. Its different from those sales that are out to smoke others. Its already sold out, and so many people have booked it. That means that this cell phone is very popular! Whats more, this cell phone looks quite good. I want to change my cell phone as well. Give me one! Tian Mo could not help but be at a loss for words. He could only silently register him since he was so determined. However, few customers were as straightforward as this big brother. A long line formed at the entrance of the shop, attracting many passers-by who were originally strolling in the shopping mall. Tian Mo obviously had to strictly follow Boss Peis requirements towards these passers-by to explain the advantages and disadvantages of the cell phone to them. The cell phone might have just arrived and Tian Mo did not know the advantages and disadvantages of the cell phone too well but he could still talk about some obvious shortcomings. Tian Mo successfully dissuaded some passers-by who had gathered out of curiosity with his hard work. Pei Qian loitered outside the shop the entire time and saw everything that happened inside clearly. Not bad, Im very gratified! There might be many people who bought it without saying a word but Tian Mo did follow my instructions and dissuaded many people. On the bright side, the cell phones might be sold out but there are still customers who are constantly ordering. Tian Mo tried his best to fulfill his duty and dissuaded some customers who wanted to order their cell phones. He completed the task I assigned to him very well. Yes, well done! It looks like this sales department is on the right track! This was a blessing in disguise no matter what. The shop was still small now, so there wasnt much result to be shown. However, what if the sales department expanded and opened more shops in the future? For example, it might not be eye-catching to dissuade 30 units out of a 100 units, but what if they managed to dissuade 300,000 units out of a million units? That was equivalent to reducing a huge loss for Boss Pei! Whats more, the more shops they opened, the more rent, utilities, employee salaries, and other expenses they would have. It was still worth it. The sudden burst of popularity of the cell phone made Pei Qians balls hurt. However, seeing the situation in Tian Mos sales department gave Pei Qian some comfort. Since Tian Mo had been loyal to his job and remembered Boss Peis teachings, Pei Qian could rest assured. Pei Qian turned around and left. He had only taken two steps when he suddenly thought of something. Oh right, theres also the Advertisement and marketing department! Pei Qian immediately took out his cell phone and called Meng Chang. At that moment, Meng Chang had already knocked off. He had just alighted from the bus and walked towards his residence. It was his first day at work after disappearing for half a month. Before he went to work, he specially shaved, tidied his hair, and tidied his personal appearance. Meng Chang still wanted his face, the entire department was watching after all. The other people in the marketing department did not ask much. Meng Chang also pretended that nothing had happened. It was his first day at work and Meng Chang was not in the mood to work at all. Boss Pei said that he should think about the publicity plan for the new cell phone and smart drying rack this month and try to get a high commission. However, Meng Chang didnt think much of it and thought that it wouldnt be too late to study it in another two days. After slacking for the entire day and returning home from work, Meng Chang switched on the lights in his rented apartment and lay dead on the sofa. At that moment, his cell phone rang. He saw that it was Boss Pei. Hm? Meng Chang was a little surprised because Boss Pei rarely called him. It was even rarer to call him when he was not working. He picked up the phone and heard Boss Pei asking anxiously, Have you done the publicity plan for Otto Technologies new cell phone? Meng Chang was stunned for a moment before a sneer appeared on his lips. Oh, not yet. Boss Pei, its only been a day. Theres not enough time. Meng Chang deduced from Boss Peis anxious voice that he was trying to rush him to work! He heard that Otto Technologies news conference was scheduled for today. Obviously, Boss Pei wanted him to come up with a publicity plan as soon as possible to hype the cell phone up with the news conference. However, why would Meng Chang be obedient? The better the publicity, the lower his commission! Therefore, Meng Chang immediately made up his mind to deal with any changes and strictly adhere to the word drag. No matter how Boss Pei urged him, he would only say that there was not enough time and that the plan could not be produced. He would drag it out for 10 days to half a month. He would slowly plan once the popularity of this period was over. He might not be able to get more commission, but it was not bad to disgust Boss Pei. However, just as Meng Chang finished speaking, Boss Peis elated voice sounded from the other end of the line. Is that so? Thats great! Its best that you havent started. I was afraid that you would have worked for nothing. The publicity plan for the cell phone has been canceled. No more publicity! Meng Chang: Huh? Boss Pei repeated, Cancel all publicity plans for G1 cell phone. Dont do any of them! Do you understand? Meng Chang: I understand. Boss Pei had already hung up before he could react. Meng Chang looked at the black phone screen and fell into a daze. What was going on? Chapter 1024 - A God-Given Opportunity in Eric’s Eyes May 4th, Friday Shanghai, Long Yu Corporation headquarters. Eric was reading a report seriously in the conference room while Zhao Xuming sat by the side and waited patiently, observing Erics expression from time to time. Eric put the report down and nodded after a long time. Yes, this report is not bad. It might not be perfect, but it is worth reference. Zhao Xuming felt relieved and quickly said, Of course. My colleagues placed great importance on this report in order to complete it. They researched a lot of data and distributed a lot of questionnaires. It would be our honor if it can help you. Eric put the report aside. Lets end the report first. We cant relax now. Theres still a lot of work to do. In terms of the overseas league, we are at a disadvantage apart from the European and American regions. The development of the mobile version is not smooth either. The previous version did not have data interconnection. I have already sent feedback to the headquarters. They said that they would modify it and work hard to achieve data interconnection. However, that would result in the mobile version being delayed for a period of time before it can be released. The popularity of Mission and Choice has made GOGs new hero, Skylark popular again. This is bad news for us During this period, the confrontation between GOG and IOI was mainly focused in four different segments. The first segment was the overseas league. The overseas leagues of the two games had basically been organized up till now. Of course, they were mainly concentrated in relatively developed areas. After all, there had to be a foundation of players before there would be players and an audience. Only then would the league become popular. The overseas league was also accompanied by the promotion of overseas servers. Finger Games and Tengda Corporation adopted two different marketing plans: Finger Games took on everything. They were responsible for the promotion of competitions in all regions of the world. They opened branch companies in each region and operated together. On the other hand, Tengda was working with local big companies to give them ample freedom. Reality proved that Tengda Corporations method was much more effective in the early stages. These large companies were familiar with the local situation. Whats more, working with Tengda was profitable. Naturally, they were working very hard to promote it. Finger Games had a stronger influence in the European and American regions. Thus, both sides were evenly matched. However, GOG obviously had the upper hand in places like South America, Eastern Europe, Eastern Asia, and Southeast Asia. The second segment was the mobile version. Finger Games had been developing the mobile version of IOI. It was quite efficient. They had already released the first beta version and were prepared to start testing. However, Eric immediately called the upper echelons after receiving the beta version and asked them to cancel the test and continue developing it. That was because Eric realized that the IOI mobile version of the beta version did not have complete data intercommunication! Obviously, the person-in-charge of IOIs mobile game development at Finger Games did not think too much about it. He only transplanted a portion of heroes suitable for mobile games in IOI, changed to controlling them using virtual joysticks and skill roulette and then symbolically transplanted a few skins. In terms of fees, they had originally intended to charge heroes and skins again. At first glance, this seemed very reasonable. The client-side game had to be developed as well. It required a lot of manpower. If the client-side game could be used casually, where would the money earned from developing the mobile game come from? However, Erics call made the higher-ups realize the seriousness of the problem. This was not just a mobile game. It was part of the price war with GOG! One had to know that all of GOGs data were interconnected. The gamers would explode if they found out that IOI client-side games and mobile games were not interconnected, and they had to buy new skins after obtaining the game. Finger Games had been scolded by gamers once because of the problem of the heroes and the price of skins. They could not make the same mistake again. Eric could not help but feel emotional. That was how he fought with Boss Pei. He could not relax for even a moment! That was because Boss Pei would always be at the front. He would definitely walk into the trap that Boss Pei had dug for him as long as he relaxed slightly. However, IOIs mobile version would be delayed once again. The third segment was the ICL and GPL league. There was nothing much to say about this. The ICL league was still being beaten by the GPL league. What was worth mentioning was that the three popular sources of the ICL league were the FV Club, the unofficial commentator from Bunny Tail live-stream, and the BP live-stream competition. All three of these sources of popularity were related to Tengda The fourth segment was the current domestic market operations of IOI and GOG. There was nothing much to say. IOI was still being beaten by GOG. What was even more terrifying was that the market share of the two games was not on the same level to begin with. Recently, with the release of Mission and Choice and the release of the game, GOGs market share was still rising, and it was still squeezing IOIs living space! That was because GOG and Mission and Choice had jointly released the new hero, Skylark. GOG was supposed to help Mission and Choice generate popularity, but after Mission and Choice became popular, it helped GOG generate popularity instead! Thus, Eric did not have an easy time during this period. All sorts of things kept him busy. He had to take the time to study Boss Peis mindset in order to defeat Boss Pei. He had to work hard to know his enemy. Of course, Eric had already researched Boss Peis way of thinking and judged that Boss Pei was a gambler half a year ago. He had asked Zhao Xuming to bring the people from Long Yu Corporation to present this report. That was to further confirm his own thoughts. It turned out that everyone had the same view. That made Eric more confident. The key to breaking Boss Peis undefeated legend was to make use of Boss Peis gambler mentality! Eric went to the conference room alone to sort out the information he had recently obtained after sending Zhao Xuming away. Boss Pei always succeeds because of a very important factor. That is, Boss Pei seems to always be able to break out of the circle. Thats very magical. Take Mission and Choice for example. Almost everyone thought that it would not be able to recoup its costs after learning about the investment in the game and movie. Thats because the market for games and movies is only so big and there are only so many loyal users. It is impossible to recoup its costs according to conventional data. However, it obviously cannot be measured using conventional data from the sales volume of the game and the box office performance of the movie. In other words, Mission and Choice attracted many people who did not watch sci-fi movies or even movies. It also made many people who did not play RTS games willingly fork out money. Movies and games can also enter the overseas market. That would be an additional income. It is precisely because of these additional groups and additional income that Mission and Choice did not incur losses. Instead, it became popular and made a huge profit. This is Tengda Corporations strength, and it might also become its fatal weakness. Thats because Boss Pei often does things that are extremely risky and reap huge rewards. Thus, once he breaks through the circle, he can always create miracles. However, if he fails, the entire Tengda Corporation would definitely suffer greatly. This is in line with my previous speculation: Boss Peis secret to quickly promote GOG is actually burning money. Boss Pei is a gambler. Tengda Corporation and him are dancing on the edge of a knife. The companys ability to resist risks is not strong. Therefore, if we want to win against Boss Pei, we have to make an issue out of this. Now should be the time when Tengda Corporations capital chain is at its weakest. Its also the best time to strike! When Eric asked Boss Pei three questions previously, he had mentioned a number: 100 million US dollars. He said that this was the upper limit of the amount Dayak Corporation could afford. Eric felt that these words had probably established an anchor point in Boss Peis mind and had played a hint. In other words, Boss Pei would probably reserve about the same amount of funds to deal with Finger Games money-burning war. It would not be much even if he had a little extra. The money-burning war was ongoing. From IOIs local server to the domestic league, then to the international league and the mobile version However, Eric did not place all his chips on it. Instead, he carefully burned money while observing. Now, Eric felt that the time had come. Tengda Corporation had spent a huge amount of money on Mission and Choice a while ago. It would still take a long time to recover the funds even though movies and games could make money. On top of that, Tengda Corporation had opened many new projects recently, and their cell phones needed a lot of stock. Thus, cash flow must be very tight. It was obviously the best time to burn money at this point in time! This huge sum of money would be very effective if Boss Pei did not follow. It would instantly reverse IOI and GOGs attack and defense. If Boss Pei followed, Tengda Corporations already fragile capital chain would become even more precarious. Eric could not help but reveal a proud smile. He had finally found the perfect opportunity to turn the tables after lying low for so long! Chapter 1025 - Smart Fitness Drying Rack Sample May 7th, Monday Pei Qian and Meng Chang took a car to Otto Technologies in the afternoon. This time, he went to Otto Technologies not because of the G1 cell phone but because of the smart fitness drying rack. G1s cell phone received a warm response the moment it was released. Many people were discussing it online. Of course, there was also a group of people who were crazily defaming this cell phone until there was nothing left. It was logical for G1s cell phone to be defamed. That was because the digital circle in the country, especially the cell phone circle, was a very deep pool. It was actually very common to hire fake reviewers to attack their friendly competitors, but no one admitted it. That was normal. The cell phone industry had bright prospects, but competition was fierce. It was said that it had a bright future because people would become more and more inseparable from cell phones in the foreseeable future. The cell phones would be integrated into various functions such as video play, games, smart residential control, communication, photography, and so on, affecting all aspects of peoples lives. The continuous innovation of cell phone technology would allow cell phones to be updated and replaced very quickly. Most people would change their cell phones in a year if it was fast, or two years if it was slow. The cell phone market was a very vast market. However, the competition in the cell phone industry was very intense. There was no need to talk about foreign brands like POUIO cell phones. Domestic cell phone brands were also chasing each other and not giving in to each other. It was inevitable that there would be more gunpowder in a life-and-death competition. Otto Technologies was a newly-established technology company. Until now, it had only released two cell phones. Its market share was also very low. Logically speaking, it should have been living a peaceful life. However, the problem was that these two cell phones were very popular on the internet, they were naturally hot discussion topics no matter the quantity sold! Whats more, the pricing of these two cell phones was too high. They easily stood in the high-end domain that many cell phone manufacturers had gone through painstaking means to barely stand on or could not stand on. Whats more ridiculous was that consumers were quite accepting of these pricings. How could people not be envious? Thus, Ottos cell phone would definitely be defamed. That was unavoidable. Whats more, those who defamed Ottos cell phone might not be fake reviewers. It could also be fans of other cell phone manufacturers. They could not understand why Ottos phone would sell so well so they also attacked it online. Pei Qian casually browsed the forum and found that the people who had hacked G1 cell phones were mainly focused on the following points: Some technologies were not mature and lowered the usage experience; they were too expensive and suspected of taxing their IQ; most of the so-called new technologies were not self-developed. In fact, other cell phone manufacturers were also doing similar full screen display proposals. Moreover, a batch of similar models would soon be released. Pei Qian was very happy to see Ottos cell phone being defamed. The more they slandered, the less cell phones they would sell and the more he would lose! However, the problem was that Pei Qian carefully flipped through the discussion about Otto cell phones and found that these views were quickly refuted. Whats more, it did not affect the G1 cell phones popularity The technology was not mature enough to affect the usage experience? Nonsense, we already knew about it. We bought it with the mentality of a lab rat. Too expensive? Suspected of an IQ tax? Those who felt that this cell phone was a tax on IQ were probably the ones with real IQ problems. They could tell that this cell phone was really worth it with just a little calculation! Other cell phone manufacturers were doing the same? Get the other cell phone manufacturers to sell these cell phones then! The netizens were exchanging verbal jabs. In the end, the haters could not find any critical slander spots after a long time! That made Pei Qian feel very regretful. What a pity! The battle of public opinion in the cell phone industry was actually very dangerous. Some fake reviewers would grab on to one of the cell phone brands shortcomings and attack them crazily. Even if they had no shortcomings, they would forcefully make up shortcomings and attack them. It would form a certain stereotype and subtly influence many consumers as long as similar comments were repeated many times. For example, hiring fake reviewers to promote a certain cell phone brands poor quality, poor signal, severe fever, cutting corners, and so on. They would label many potential consumers with similar labels as long as they advertised too much and repeated it everywhere. In the future, they would subconsciously avoid this brands cell phone when they encounter it. Of course, these criticisms were not baseless. There might be similar problems with a certain cell phone brand, but most people would still retain this stereotype even if the model improved in the future. Otto cell phone obviously had many flaws as well. There were many points that the haters could catch, but the problem was that these flaws had been repeatedly mentioned and discussed at the news conference The haters wanted to discuss a certain flaw. If it was another cell phone, netizens would reply: Theres actually such a problem? Pay attention! On the other hand, the netizens would reply below if it was Otto cell phones. Did you just find that out? Did the internet just reach your village? It was already mentioned at the news conference. Didnt you see it? How were they to continue criticizing them! At first, Pei Qian had thought that if G1s public opinion on the internet was bad, he could still consider paying for fake reviewers from his own pocket to add fuel to the fire. However, he dismissed that thought seeing the current trend. In this situation, hiring fake reviewers out of his own pocket was no different from spending money on nothing. If he had the money, he might as well save it to increase his profits. The System had opened a new mysterious reward during the previous settlement. Pei Qian could spend a certain amount of his Personal Wealth and increase the profit margin of a certain industry. The ratio was 1: 100. The maximum amount of Personal Wealth that can be consumed per cycle was 100,000 yuan. In other words, Pei Qian would be able to give 10 million yuan to a certain industry and start burning money crazily if he paid 100,000 yuan out of his own pocket. Wouldnt spending it on this be more worth it than hiring fake reviewers? Of course, Pei Qian had not thought about which industry to use this limit on. However, there was no need to rush. After all, there were still more than two months until this cycles settlement. There was still a lot of time to slowly consider. Meng Chang was also sitting in the car with a slightly uneasy expression. His original plan was to continue slacking this week and think about the publicity plan next week. However, Boss Pei had asked him to go to Otto Technologies to see the smart fitness drying rack today. Meng Chang had no reason to reject him and could only follow him. He was feeling complicated. Initially, Meng Chang hated and feared Boss Pei because he had already received a base salary for several months. Obviously, this was all thanks to Boss Pei. Meng Chang was being played by Boss Pei, but he had no choice and could only rage helplessly. However, what happened recently changed Meng Changs impression of Boss Pei. He could not figure out what Boss Pei was thinking. At first, Meng Chang wanted to do the promotional plan for Otto G1 cell phones, but Boss Pei stopped him. Meng Chang thought that G1 cell phones had poor sales. In the end, he saw that there were obviously good reviews online! Meng Chang could not help but feel a little afraid. If he had created the publicity plan earlier, he would probably have gotten a zero commission! Was Boss Pei trying to protect me by not letting me do the publicity for the G1 cell phone? He could forget about getting a commission this month if he did this publicity plan. If he did not do this publicity plan, he might be able to get a commission of 10,000 yuan if he could advertise the smart drying rack. Meng Chang thought about it and realized that Boss Peis plan to stop him from making G1 cell phones was actually beneficial to him. That made him even more confused. Thus, he had come with Boss Pei today to take a look at the smart drying rack of Otto Technologies. It seemed to be an indecent product from its name. No matter how good Otto Technologies cell phone was, it was still a cell phone. There was still a chance of success. However, the smart drying rack? The chances of failure were very high! Of course, Meng Chang did not dare to let his guard down. He had the Fully-Automated Smart Bickering Machine as an example after all. He had to look at the specific functions of the smart drying rack on the spot to make a judgment. Soon, the two of them arrived at Otto Technologies. Chang You was already there to welcome them. Jiang Yuan was in charge of the cell phone business and was busy with G1 cell phones. Chang You was in charge of all the smart products in Otto Technologies. Chapter 1026 - Fitness Battle Paying Mode? Boss Pei, this way please. Chang You led Boss Pei and Meng Chang to the entertainment room of Otto Technologies. Meng Chang saw the special machine in the corner of the entertainment room at a glance. The design was very unique, but one could tell at a glance that it was some kind of fitness equipment. Chang You introduced. This is a sample sent over by the factory a few days ago. To be honest, its slightly more troublesome to assemble than ordinary fitness equipment. After all, the structure is more complicated, and the parts are very heavy. Therefore, we must include delivery and installation in the package. It would be more difficult for customers to install it themselves. Pei Qian nodded. Of course, we have to install it. Isnt that natural? In fact, it was not difficult to install the equipment. Many fitness equipment used a similar model: find special distributors to work with across the country and give them a sum of money. Let the workers at the distributors learn how to dismantle the equipment and conduct simple malfunctions and maintenance. Once the goods were delivered, let the workers in the same city install them at the consumers place. Of course, it would be even simpler if they were in a city with Upwind Logistics. These things could be handled by the express delivery personnel of Upwind Logistics. Pei Qian pondered for a moment and added, Not only do we have to install it, but we also have to include delivery for moving. Customers can move it for free once every year after purchasing the smart drying rack. Our after-sales personnel would dismantle the product, install it, and move it to their new home in the same city. Of course, the money would have to be calculated differently if they exceed the number or moved to a different city. Pei Qians idea was to give as many benefits as possible. Once this promise was made, wouldnt he be able to lose money every time the consumers moved? Chang You pondered for a moment. Er this is not difficult to achieve. However, it will increase our future maintenance costs. Our product itself might not be able to make much money. If we were to move it for free, the cost would accumulate. It would be terrifying! However This is great news for customers. After all, most of the people who buy fitness equipment are young people. They dont have their own houses, and they often have to move. They cant move such a huge piece of equipment by themselves. If they hand it to the movers, they wont dismantle it, and they might have to pay extra. These renters would be very happy if we can solve this problem. Pei Qian said, Thats great. Making customers happy is our motto. As for the cost, thats a small problem. We can always think of ways to make up for it elsewhere. Chang You nodded. Yes, Boss Pei makes sense. Pei Qian was elated that he had managed to spend another sum of money. Both Meng Chang and him continued to size up this smart fitness drying rack. The material of this thing was very different from what Pei Qian had imagined. Obviously, after the product manager of Otto Technologies repeatedly communicated with the factory, the overall safety, practicality, portable packaging, and other factors had been modified many times. Chang You explained, This machine can perform nine types of exercises. They are butterfly crossover, straight back crossover, reverse arms, lat pull-down, rowing, pull-up, cable curls, bench press, and weighted squats. The muscles that are trained include the core muscles of the chest, back, waist, arms, legs, and so on. However, you have to adjust the machine when you carry out different movements Chang You explained as he adjusted the machine. What was worth mentioning was that even though many functions of this machine were exactly the same as some of the equipment in the gym, there was a huge difference in its appearance. For example, bench press and squat in the gym use a gantry frame with barbell bars, hooks and barbell plates. But there are two problems with practicing squats like this. The first is to use the shoulders and neck to remove the hard top metal barbell. Unless the trapezius muscles are particularly developed, it will be very uncomfortable. Many people use yoga mats to cushion their necks. Doing squats was very inconvenient; secondly, if you wanted to change the weight, you would need to manually replace the barbell plates, which was still more troublesome. The smart fitness drying rack optimized this problem on the other hand. First, it added a protective soft cushion in the middle of the barbell. Second, it added a basic weight-binding module on both sides of the barbell to maintain balance. It also shared weight with butterfly crossovers, lat pull-down and other movements. That saved the trouble of changing the barbell pieces. It was enough to directly change the position of the weight. Whats more, this would save them more space. The only problem was that this meant that all the parts used on the smart fitness drying rack could not be used with other fitness equipment. However, this was not a big problem. After all, it was the only fitness equipment that customers could use in most scenarios. Pei Qians expression turned serious after listening to Chang Yous introduction. It seemed Quite reliable? However, the more reliable it was, the more ridiculous it was! This smart fitness drying rack was completely Pei Qians idea. At that time, he felt that it would definitely be a pile of steel garbage that no one would buy. However, Pei Qian suddenly felt that it seemed to be attractive to ordinary consumers after looking at the sample! Dangerous, very dangerous! Chang You had already finished introducing the basic usage of the machine. He looked at Pei Qian and said, Boss Pei, the Smart Fitness drying rack game, Fitness Battle has almost been completed. The DEMO has been sent over. Do you want to experience it yourself? Pei Qian remained silent for a moment and looked at Meng Chang. Go! Meng Chang was dumbfounded. Chang You was asking Boss Pei to go alright! Pei Qian saw Meng Changs confused expression and coughed lightly. Youre in charge of the publicity plan. How can you not experience it personally? Ill give you a chance to experience it first. Go. Meng Chang cursed inwardly but had no choice. He still sat down. Chang You took a tablet computer from the side and pulled down a simple retractable frame from the top of the smart fitness drying rack. It was just right to place the tablet computer there. Chang You explained, We designed this frame according to the size of the tablet computer. Of course, the cell phone supports it. If it was a particularly rich customer, they would be able to set up a television directly opposite the equipment without using this stand. After the Fitness Battle and the smart fitness drying rack are connected through the bluetooth, they will sense the current state of the equipment through the sensors inside the equipment. They would guide the customers to make adjustments to the equipment when they want to do something. Meng Chang tried it out as Chang You introduced the game. He decided to do a more basic action, the butterfly crossover. The chest was obviously one of the parts that was worth training the most for male beginners. That was because the chest muscles were bigger when compared to the back, abdomen, and other parts. It was the fastest to train and could train the arm at the same time. As long as the muscles in his arms and chest were trained, it would have a very obvious effect of being able to support his clothes. His entire temperament would also be significantly improved. Whats more, as long as the chest muscles were big enough, the belly would not be so obvious. On the contrary, training the abdominal muscles would not actually reduce the fat on the belly. Due to the fact that it was DEMO, many of the guidance functions at the beginning were temporarily lacking. Meng Chang clicked on the screen and began training after choosing a character. He chose a cute little girl. The cute girl first guided him to adjust the state of the smart fitness drying rack. Then, she began to explain the movements of the butterfly crossover and the areas where the strength was exerted. Finally, she did the movements with him. This cute girl was slightly plump. For young women, they were considered to be in a relatively good state with 20% body fats. 25% meant that not much excess fats could be seen from their stomachs. They would not be visibly fat if they were clothed at 30% body fats. However, one would be able to see their bellies if they exposed their waists. When they reached 35%, they would be able to clearly see the spare tires on their stomachs. This characters body fat rate had basically reached nearly 35%, and her goal was to train her body fat to below 20%. During the exercise, the cute girl on the screen would cheer Meng Chang on. Pei Qian suddenly thought of a problem and asked, The characters, costumes, props, and scenes inside these should all be value-added services, right? Do we have to draw them or buy them directly? Chang You answered, I only confirmed the profitability of free games and value-added services previously, but I havent decided on the exact method. We might seem like we have more conscience and our reputation would be better if we purchase directly. We might earn more money if we get them to draw for it, but we might also be scolded. Of course, that would unless they were to draw something like Ghost General. However, the investment for Fitness Battle is much higher than Ghost General. Honestly, we would not be able to recover our capital. Boss Pei, you decide what to do next. Pei Qian fell deep in thought. His first reaction was direct purchase. Everything, be it costumes, props, or scenes, should be clearly priced. The price would be lower. For example, spending one or two hundred yuan to buy all the costumes should make less money than the lucky draw. However, on further thought, something was amiss. Wasnt Ghost General popular because of this? At that time, Pei Qian had wanted to create a krypton gold online game that did not have paywalls. However, he had not expected gamers to think that they were very conscientious and spent more money without thinking. They made a lot of money with small profits but quick turnover. It was the same for Fitness Battle. What if the price was too good and the gamers expressed that they wanted to buy them all? He should not make the same mistake again. If it was a lucky draw, he could lower the probability of producing goods. That way, he would definitely be scolded. However, the problem was that some people would curse while drawing but the more they could not draw what they wanted, the more excited those ballers would be. In the end, he would be scolded and still earn money. How uncomfortable would that be? Could he think of another in-app purchase model? Chapter 1027 - Unique Lucky Draw Model Pei Qians brain worked quickly. The professional knowledge he had learned about game design came in handy now. The secret to making money out of games with paywalls was to first use the game to lure gamers in for free so that gamers would become attached to the game. Then, they would slowly use some methods to force players to work hard and paywalls so that the rich could support the funding and the poor could support the individual market. Finally, the game would become a money tree. Basically, all games with paywalls would not be able to escape this inner core: If players wanted to obtain a complete and best gaming experience, they would either have to spend time, money, or both. Thus, games with paywalls could not generalize all players to the same type. Players with paywalls had their own way of playing. Those who did not engage in paywalls had their own way of playing. Those whales who spent tens of thousands of yuan trying to spend money on the games ceiling had never been in the same gaming group as middle-class players who only spent tens or hundreds of yuan. Therefore, the game developers had to treat them as three types of people and formulate different strategies. The secret to making money in games with paywalls was to allow free games to run comfortably, induce mid-tier gamers to spend as much money as possible, and give whales a sense of achievement. There would be many ways to spend time and effort in the game. To a certain extent, as long as the free players spent enough time, they would be able to obtain some substitute coins. They might even be able to obtain relatively generous returns, allowing them to persevere with their strong liver even if they did not have to spend money. Of course, free gamers would never be able to enjoy more things than the whales. Otherwise, the game would become the studios world. If these free gamers were able to produce results by playing, they would feel that the game had a conscience. Then, they would continue playing the game. Be it being friends with whales in the game or being beaten up by the whales as punching bags, they would all become whales game experience. For mid-tier players, the gaming company knew that these people had money on them, but not much. Their consumption was relatively rational. This group of people often combined their liver and paywalls. Some games were more cost-effective, so they would paywalls. Thus, the game company would offer discounts and promotions regularly. The whales would spend the original prices to buy good items, and then set up gift bags for discounts or lucky draws in order to encourage these mid-tier players to continue spending. They might be mid-tier gamers but it was still an income that could not be ignored for gaming companies as they spent in multiples of ten or even a hundred yuan per month. Finally, it was the whales. This group of people might have occupied less than 1% of the gamers but they occupied the majority of the income of the game companies. Serving whales was the mission of most games companies. The game had to have a deep paywall to satisfy whales. They would lose interest very quickly if the whales only needed to spend tens of thousands of yuan. The game company would continuously release better characters, weapons, and equipment, constantly upgrading the goods that they spent money to purchase. The eliminated equipment could be sold to mid-tier players at a discount. Whales had to continue spending money if they wanted to remain on the top. However, the good thing was that whales were all very rich. They did not lack money. whales who were willing to spend tens of thousands of yuan on the game would not mind spending tens of thousands yuan more. Thus, the entire game formed a perfect closed loop. Free games, mid-tier gamers, and whales had their own way of playing and they could obtain their own pleasure from the game. The game developers could also continue to take money from everyone and everyone would be happy. Those games with paywalls that earned a lot of money were basically the same. He had to jump out of this trap if he wanted to earn less money. Of course, Ghost General had also jumped out of this trap. However, it had gone a little overboard and taken a different path. Ghost General only had one entry requirement for purchasing games and a permanent membership card. In fact, it was equivalent to turning games with paywalls into a buyout system. There was nothing strange about the buyout system in itself, but it was very unique among the mobile games that forced people to spend money. That was why it stood out. The reason was that Ghost General did not actually have a very good area to categorize these three types of gamers. Instead, it proposed a solution that was especially friendly to most gamers. It was really worth it. That was why it achieved the effect of small profits but quick turnover. Of course, the key was still the restrictions of the system. Pei Qian could not directly set the game as completely free. Instead, he wanted it to have a theoretical possibility of making profits. Thus, if there was no internal purchase, he had to set a higher threshold for purchase. If he wanted to enter without a threshold and for free, the pitfall of internal purchase had to be deeper. This undoubtedly increased the difficulty of incurring losses. Pei Qian felt that he had to pay attention to two things this time in order to prevent the tragedy of Ghost General from happening again. First of all, he could not set a buyout threshold. If he said that it must really be free. He had to allow ordinary players to play the game without spending a single cent. This way, they would be completely paying for free There would not be small profits but quick turnover. Secondly, they had as much as possible to eliminate players desire to consume while the pit of in-app purchases was relatively deep. The reason why other games liked to carry out so many lucky draws was actually to use the randomness of the lucky draw to deceive players, making players pay far more than their actual value for rare heroes and rare items. The lucky draw system was something to make an issue out of it if he wanted to curb the players desire to spend. Pei Qian quickly had an idea. He said to Chang You, Make both shopping mall and lucky draw for the internal purchase of Fitness Battle. All products should be marked clearly in the mall. At the same time, the corresponding probability is determined according to the rarity in the lottery system, allowing players to choose freely. The quality-price ratio of the lottery is about 0.8. That means that players can only get about 80 yuan on average if they spend 100 yuan on the lucky draws. Of course, this would definitely not meet the expectations for some European emperors. The platform in the background will record the amount of each recharge of the player while the player recharges and wins the token lucky draw, the lucky draw result and the total value of these prizes. A new cycle will start every day from midnight to 23:59. If the player interested in the lucky draw in this cycle was not satisfied with the result, they can apply for a refund directly through the refund button. The system will automatically deduct the prize and refund, but the condition is that the player can no longer make any recharge for the next three days. In addition, all props in the game are supported to be obtained using game currency. The method of obtaining game currency is to exercise daily. The amount of calories expended is the number of game currency obtained. The more calories they expend daily, the more coins you obtain. These coins can be exchanged for all the props in the game, but they cannot be used for the lucky draw. Pei Qians design was to suppress gamers desire to spend as much as possible. The consumption model of the game had to be matched with the investment of the game according to the systems requirements. Simply put, Pei Qian could not make the game completely free. He had to have a moderate amount of in-app purchase. If there was no in-app purchase, he had to set a higher price. Pei Qian had already tasted the bitterness of games with paywalls with Ghost General. Thus, Pei Qian wanted to dissuade gamers from purchasing as long as the pool was deep enough! Comparatively, the shopping mall would definitely be more profitable than the lucky draw. The reason why many games with paywalls put rare characters and props into the lucky draw was because the lucky draw was a bottomless pit. When the probability of producing goods was low, the value that whales had to pay to obtain a certain character far exceeded its actual value. Of course, many games companies would make the lucky draw seem worth it. The items that were drawn from the lucky draw would exceed the actual value of the items that were bought directly. However, the problem was that there would be many useless items added to the lucky draw. Therefore, players would still be at a disadvantage. Pei Qians plan was to add the lucky draw system and increase the theoretical upper limit of the game so that the game would be free. However, this lucky draw system was completely different from other games. It was definitely not worth it. The quality-price ratio of this lucky draw system was very low. Moreover, it would give players the props and value that they drew out publicly. The key was that if players were dissatisfied, they could return and obtain a refund. Then, players would be given a period of calm. They could not recharge in three days. This way, no one would be interested in the lucky draw. The whales would only spend a few hundred yuan to buy items that they were interested in. Even if middle-class players spent money to win prizes, they would only keep them if they were satisfied. If they were not satisfied, they would refund the game at any time. Thus, they would not spend much money. There was no need to talk about the players playing for free. They would definitely work hard to buy items using calories. They would definitely not spend a single cent. All three types of gamers would not spend much money. How perfect! Pei Qian was starting to admire himself. What a genius plan! Chang You nodded repeatedly as he took notes seriously. He did not know much about games with paywalls, but Boss Pei looked like he had everything under control. Obviously, he had to trust Boss Pei unconditionally. In any case, no matter how complicated the system Boss Pei designed, it would definitely succeed. He just had to shout awesome at the side! After deciding on the games payment mode, Pei Qian looked at Meng Chang, who was still working out. Hows the publicity plan? Any progress? Meng Chang got down from the smart fitness drying rack with beads of sweat on his forehead. Theres some progress! He did not dare to say that he had no idea. What if Boss Pei asked him to continue training after he said it? He felt that Boss Pei could do something like torture and force a confession. Alright, thats it for today. Lets wrap up! Pei Qian was satisfied and left with Meng Chang. Chapter 1028 - Smart Fitness Drying Rack Publicity Plan Meng Chang sat down at his desk and took a sip of water after returning to the office. After resting for a while, he began to consider the publicity plan for the Intelligent Fitness drying rack. This month, Tengda only had two relatively new products. One was the G1 cell phone, and the other was the smart fitness drying rack. The formers publicity plan had been canceled. In other words, even if Meng Chang did nothing this month, he would still get a basic salary. In the worst case scenario, he would also get a basic salary if he created the publicity plan for the smart fitness drying rack. In that case, Meng Chang did not feel any pressure because there was nothing to lose even if he failed. However, this product is really something come to think of it. It looks like I have a chance this time! After witnessing and personally experiencing the smart fitness drying rack, Meng Chang suddenly felt that there was hope for this publicity plan. That was because this product was not a proper product. As an entrepreneur, Meng Chang was obviously well aware of the product managers work flow. For such a product, he had to first determine the target crowd and determine its unique advantages compared to the competition. Then, he could formulate the corresponding publicity plan based on the characteristics of the product. Of course, to Meng Chang, he should avoid the merits of the products as much as possible in order to achieve the worst effect of the publicity plan. Instead, he had to hint more about the shortcomings of the products. Meng Chang created a new document and began to analyze it. What is the greatest advantage of this product? First of all, it can be linked to the game. It can nurture the characters in the game through fitness training. Whats more, it has an artificial intelligence module inside. It can conduct simple communication. These are all advantages compared to traditional fitness equipment. Therefore, I must not mention a single word about it in the publicity. Secondly, its training program is more comprehensive. Basically, you can train all the core muscles in your body. Whats more, it uses games as a form of teaching. Its very simple to get started. You can get it delivered to your doorstep, assemble it, and even move it. There are also very complete after-sales services. Yes, these are also its unique advantages. Therefore, I must not mention a single word in the publicity. Lastly, it also has an advantage that cannot be considered as an advantage. It can also dry clothes. When this fitness equipment is idle, there are many places where clothes can be hung. This space can still be used to dry clothes. The other fitness equipment might also be used to hang clothes and dry the bedsheets, but its not convenient to use. There are no specially designed places to hang clothes on the equipment. Yes, thats why I should start from this point and publicize it in the promotional video! Meng Chang quickly found an excellent direction for publicity: ignore the two greatest advantages of the smart fitness drying rack and not mention anything about it in the promotional video. He placed all the emphasis on the most unreasonable and marginalized function of this equipment. Next is the style of the publicity video. Emphasize on the function of the product drying clothes, no matter whether the style is serious or humorous, it would ultimately become a ridiculous comedy style. However, as long as everyone smiles and doesnt have the urge to buy it, there wont be a problem. We have to find a celebrity for this publicity video. Hmm who should we be looking for? Meng Chang fell into deep thought. If he followed a normal train of thought, he would definitely look for a popular young actor, regardless of gender, with a good figure. As for fitness equipment, it would only be convincing if he found a spokesperson with a good figure. Just like how no one would look for bald celebrities for shampoo advertisements, right? However, Meng Chang wasnt going to do positive publicity. He wanted to try his best to make this thing not sell. Therefore, Meng Chang immediately decided to find a celebrity with a bad figure! However, on further thought, such celebrities were not easy to find. That was because most celebrities placed a lot of emphasis on managing their figures. In order to find celebrities with bloated figures, they had to find those bit-role actors and special actors. However, there were very few such actors. Whats more, those who did not rely on their looks and figures to survive in the film industry were often true actors with great acting skills. It was also dangerous to find endorsements. It would be best if he could find a bloated supporting actor who was not very popular. Meng Chang pondered for a long time before his eyes lit up as he thought of a candidate. Lin Jiaqiang! This name was very unfamiliar to many people, but everyone knew that he was one of Zhang Zutings best friends. As an outdated Best Actor, Zhang Zuting had a few good friends who played supporting roles when he was filming movies. For example, Ah Jian, Ah Xiong, and Jiaqiang were all good friends of Zhang Zuting. After these people gradually became outdated, other than Zhang Zuting, who could still use his handsome image as a middle-aged uncle to film some movies, the other supporting actors became worse off. Some of them were even reduced to performing at building openings. Among them, Lin Jiaqiang was the most miserable. He fell into a contractual dispute with his management company because he could not get any job. Thus, his life was difficult. He could only rely on Zhang Zuting and his other friends to support him. Boss Pei had asked them to shoot a set of advertisements for Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version. Im Zha Zhuti, you can come and bite me if youre my brother. It had become a golden phrase on the internet back then. After that, these brothers had also shot advertisements. Netizens had jokingly called them the Five Tigers of Bloody Battle Song. It was said that Boss Pei had offered quite a high price back then. It should have greatly improved their living conditions. The more Meng Chang thought about it, the more he felt that this brother was very reliable. That was because Lin Jiaqiang was a fatty who weighed more than a hundred kilograms. He would pant as he walked. Meng Changs requirements for him to shoot this fitness equipment advertisement were too high! At that thought, Meng Chang immediately arranged for his subordinates to contact him. Tengda did not lack publicity funds. Lin Jiaqiang was very short of money. Coupled with Zhang Zutings connections, they would definitely be able to invite him. After deciding on the main actor for the promotional video, Meng Chang suddenly had a flood of thoughts. The general outline of the promotional video surfaced in his mind. He quickly typed on the keyboard and wrote in the document. At the beginning of the video would be a voice-over. Strong chest muscles. Strong back muscles. Eight distinct abdominal muscles. Biceps are filled with strength. They symbolize male hormones and are the dreams of every man! At the same time, Lin Jiaqiang appeared on camera. He followed the voice-over and showed the fat on his chest, back, abdomen, and arm. Of course, he would wear a loose sports vest to prevent the advertisement from hurting his eyes. However, most people do not have developed muscles. They only have fats that cannot be chased away no matter what. Lin Jiaqiang would stop after a few poses and pinch the meat on his belly. Is there a fitness equipment that allows you to have these cool muscles without walking out from your house that you cant buy no matter how much money you have? Of course! The Fully-Automated Fitness drying rack would appear on the screen. Lin Jiaqiang looked at it with a very happy and expectant expression. The smart fitness drying rack supports a maximum weight of 350 pounds C thats a weight youll never be able to use because you might find that you actually hate fitness after trying it once or twice. The scene changed. Lin Jiaqiang was using the smart fitness drying rack to train, but he quickly lost interest and stood up with his tongue out. However, if you think that it will eat dust, you are very wrong. This latest set of equipment will not only allow you to train at home, but it will also bring you what you really wanta place where you can hang your clothes! The scene changed. Lin Jiaqiang carried a pile of freshly washed clothes and placed them on the seats of the smart fitness drying rack. Then, they picked up the clothes rack and hung them on the horizontal bar above the smart fitness drying rack. Smart fitness drying rack. It is made based on the drying requirements of white-collar workers in the city. It can dry more than ten pieces of clothing at the same time. At the same time, it is equipped with an automatic blow dry function to speed up the drying of the clothes! The smart fitness drying rack was already filled with clothes. The ribbons at the outlet were floating, and the clothes were all bathed in the breeze. Lin Jiaqiang felt the breeze and smiled in satisfaction. Whats more, you dont have to worry about it taking up too much space. Its seat is a very humane folding design. As long as you fold it up, you can obtain a unique drying space. On top of it, theres a glass rack that can hold beer or red wine. Its a hidden design that allows you to drink a few cups occasionally. Of course, you can also use it to store cups or energy drinks when you resume training, even though I know that that scene would never happen. Lin Jiaqiang would take a can of beer from the smart fitness drying rack, raised his head and drank a few mouthfuls, and gave a thumbs up. We will also give a set of sportswear to every customer who orders it. It is very comfortable and can be worn as pajamas. What are you waiting for with such a functional smart fitness drying rack? Hurry order now! Meng Chang read the general outline of the promotional video again after writing it and nodded in satisfaction. Yes, very good! No one would buy it with this advertisement, right? This advertisement first gave the audience a very bad psychological hint through Lin Jiaqiangs image. Then, it exposed the fact that even if you buy this home fitness equipment, you will only use it to hang clothes and you will definitely not use it. All in all, it was completely opposite to the purchasing desire of the target user! Not only that, this advertisement did not show the game Fitness Battle that was matched with the smart fitness drying rack. It also did not mention the smart system on it. It was even more vague about its fitness function. The more Meng Chang thought about it, the more perfect he felt. Customers would definitely laugh it off as long as this publicity video was released since this smart fitness drying rack was a lame product, right? Of course, there would definitely be people who would buy it out of curiosity. However, this thing was very expensive and it occupied a lot of space. There would definitely not be many people who would buy it. Wouldnt his commission be stable as long as the publicity did not achieve the desired effect and the smart fitness drying rack did not sell much? The more Meng Chang thought about it, the more optimistic he became. He suddenly burst out with the passion for work again! Chapter 1029 - The Only Problem Is That He Acted Too Well May 9th, Wednesday Lin Jiaqiang was in a good mood as he stepped onto Jingzhous land once again. Perhaps it was because he had a very good working relationship with Tengda previously. The last time he came to Jingzhou was in September 2010. At that time, Lin Jiaqiang had come to Jingzhou with his three brothers to film the promotional video for Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version. At that time, Tengda had given them a very generous price. Each person was paid 500,000 yuan. This was an opportunity that they could not ask for, especially for people like them who had long been outdated and had problems even to fill their stomachs. Whats more, the entire filming process was relaxing and pleasant. Lin Jiaqiang only wore a special COS armor, held a plastic machete, and posed a few times in front of the camera. He did not even say many lines before he finished filming. The actual filming time was less than half an hour. Other than that, he would spend the rest of his time eating and drinking in Jingzhou, playing with his old friends. Everything was perfect except for this promotional video that affected his image and was often used as a joke. However, this was not a big problem. So what if they, as outdated supporting actors, who were about to be forgotten, were mocked as long as they earned money? Wasnt it common for people to mock actors for acting ugly in movies? Whats more, if this advertisement became popular, it would increase their exposure in front of netizens. It was profitable no matter how they thought about it. Therefore, Lin Jiaqiang agreed on the spot after he received Tengdas invitation again more than a year later. He only asked what the promotional video was after he agreed. The other party replied that it was a promotional video for fitness equipment. Lin Jiaqiang was confused. Youre asking me to shoot an advertisement for fitness equipment with my figure? Something was amiss, right? Did something go wrong? However, on further thought, he realized that the advertisements produced by Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version had been rather indecent when he first heard about it. However, the publicity effect had been quite good. He could only say that Tengda seemed to prefer this kind of advertisement. Lin Jiaqiang did not think too much about it. It was enough as long as there was an advertisement. As for the effect of the advertisement, that was something that others had to consider. What did it have to do with him? Thus, he did not think too much about it. He stopped worrying and waited for the arrangements. Lin Jiaqiang did not have a schedule now. Thus, he settled his matters and booked a flight to Jingzhou. It was the same as the last time he came to Jingzhou. There was a special car to pick him up and a five-star hotel for his food and accommodation. All in all, everything was arranged clearly. Lin Jiaqiang rarely experienced such treatment even when he was at his peak. The staff arranged for Lin Jiaqiang to stay and rest first when they arrived at the hotel. They said that they would inform him immediately once they were done with filming. At the same time, Meng Chang was perfecting the details of the promotional video in the marketing department. Yu Yao walked quickly to his side and said, Brother Meng, Lin Jiaqiang is here. Ive arranged for him to stay in the hotel. Filming can start anytime in the next two days. Meng Chang was a little surprised. So soon? Oh, thats right. He doesnt have a schedule now. Theres no need to make an appointment. As the person-in-charge of the department, Meng Chang naturally would not do everything himself. Whats more, he had not planned to do the job well. Therefore, he handed most of the details to Yu Yao to handle, including contacting Lin Jiaqiang and preparing the filming location. He did not ask anything. He originally thought that Lin Jiaqiang would only arrive in Jingzhou two days later. He had not expected him to arrive so quickly. He had not even finished editing the proposal for the publicity video. Yu Yao asked, Then should we let him stay in the hotel first and arrange for someone to bring him to Jingzhou to play for two days? We can slowly prepare here. Meng Chang shook his head. Theres no need. Lets start filming in the afternoon! Meng Chang did not have to be too bothered with the details since the film was just a casual shot even though the details of the promotional video were not perfect. Wheres the filming location? Meng Chang asked. Yu Yao answered truthfully, I originally wanted to take it in Sloth Apartments, but after thinking about it carefully, the environment in Sloth Apartments looks too good. It doesnt seem to meet your requirements, Brother Meng. Therefore, we found an ordinary rental house and tried our best to recreate the living conditions of young people, especially for the homebodies. This is a photo. Yu Yao handed his cell phone over and Meng Chang reached out to take it. He looked at the picture of the rental apartment and nodded in satisfaction. Hmm, not bad, it suits my requirements! The entire filming process this time was to be conducted in the room. There were no outdoor scenes, so it was easier to set it up. If it was a normal publicity video, they would definitely have to find a clean and bright DEAM HOUSE to film it. They would also have to match it with a sweet-looking lady. That would leave a good impression on the audience. However, Meng Chang had no intention of leaving a good impression on the audience. Whats more, the protagonist they had chosen was a standard fat geek like Lin Jiaqiang, who weighed more than two hundred kilograms. The room must be messy to match his image. Of course, he could not go overboard. Otherwise, his identity as a spy would be exposed if he made it too obvious. It would not be easy to clean up the mess. In that case, lets film this afternoon! We have the venue and the actors are in place. Ill make the best use of my time to edit the proposal. Lets end this quickly. Meng Chang began to make the final edits of the document quickly. Then, he printed it out and rushed to the filming location. Yu Yao quickly went back to work. They were very efficient and suited Tengda Corporations style. In the afternoon, at the filming location of the publicity video. Meng Chang, Yu Yao, Lin Jiaqiang, and the staff who were filming the promotional video were all present. After exchanging pleasantries, Meng Chang distributed the script of the publicity video to the staff at the scene and briefly explained the scene to Lin Jiaqiang. Actually, you dont have to analyze this script. You just have to act according to your first impression. Do you understand? Meng Chang hinted frantically. Obviously, Meng Chang did not want Lin Jiaqiangs acting skills to suddenly explode, contribute to a hot topic on the internet and make the smart fitness drying rack popular. The worse Lin Jiaqiangs acting skills were, the higher chances Meng Chang had of getting a high commission. Lin Jiaqiang read the script from beginning to end seriously and nodded. Dont worry, Im familiar with this role! He had acted in many ridiculous comedies before. There were often some ridiculous and bizarre plots in them. He could not help but feel happy when he saw the publicity film, which was a little ridiculous. Wasnt this his strong point? He should act as himself! Meng Chang nodded. Alright, lets start filming. Lets take it and see how it goes. Everyone quickly got into position and began filming. Lin Jiaqiang had not acted in a movie for a long time, but he was an old actor after all. He still had his foundation. Whats more, he did not need to memorize lines in the publicity video. He only needed to make all sorts of exaggerated expressions and movements. Therefore, there was basically no difficulty. The edited version of the publicity video took about two minutes. The few scenes were not complicated, so it was filmed very quickly. All the sets and props had been prepared. Lin Jiaqiang entered the scene very quickly. In less than half an hour, he finished filming all the scenes. Alright, cut! Yu Yao looked at Meng Chang. Boss Meng, can you give us some instructions? Lin Jiaqiangs acting was alright but he could still pick a problem if he really had to. As a director, even if there were no problems, they would usually save one. It was just like how the client had to find fault with the first version no matter how satisfied he was with it and forcefully produce the second version. Meng Chang fell silent. It was not that he had too many opinions or was dissatisfied with Lin Jiaqiangs performance. The situation was exactly the opposite. Lin Jiaqiang was acting too well! Whether or not a short comedy like this would produce laughs depended on the actors acting. It was just like many domestic comedians. When they acted, it was like they were forcefully scratching the audiences armpits. Many joke segments would not make people feel funny, rather they would make people feel awkward. However, Lin Jiaqiang was a veteran comedian after all. He might be outdated now, but his skills were still there. His exaggerated actions and expressions, coupled with the voice-over, were quite interesting. Before Meng Chang could say anything, Lin Jiaqiang volunteered. Everyone, feel free to voice your opinions. I havent acted in a long time and I have not recovered my state. However, Im getting better and better. Ill definitely be able to act better if I were to take another shot! Chapter 1030 - Boss Pei Liked The Proposal Lin Jiaqiang felt like his acting spirit had been revived and was burning. Whats more, Tengda was so generous. He was already prepared to shoot the same scene many times. After a moment of silence, Meng Chang said, Very good! This is the effect I want! Lets leave it at that for today. Well wrap up once were done! Everyone was stunned. Yu Yao was a little surprised. Huh? Weve only filmed one version, right? Brother Meng, we have to film another version no matter what and choose a better one of the two versions. Meng Chang shook his head. Theres no need for that at all. There is a limit to a persons inspiration. Many classic scenes are performed in a flash of inspiration. Forcefully acting a few more times would not be of much help to improve the effect. Instead, it would waste precious time. Since weve already met the requirements, theres no need to waste time reshooting. Todays filming has been completed. Everyone, hurry up and finish the post-production! Everyone looked at Yu Yao. Yu Yao was the next decision maker other than Meng Chang. Yu Yao thought for a moment. Er Brother Meng makes sense. I remember Boss Pei saying something similar before. Since Brother Meng thinks theres no problem, then theres no problem. Lets wrap up! Once he gave the order, the staff immediately began to pack up. Lin Jiaqiang was confused. Boss Meng, Boss Lin, I Meng Chang smiled and patted him on the shoulder. Your acting today was especially good. Youve completed the mission perfectly! Ill arrange for someone to bring you around to play in Jingzhou for the next few days. I hope you can have fun! Lin Jiaqiang opened his mouth. He wanted to say something but he did not speak in the end. Since the client was satisfied and he had already received his remuneration, it would definitely not be appropriate for him to insist on filming again as an actor! Of course, Lin Jiaqiang was not dissatisfied. He just felt that this money was too easy to earn and felt a little uneasy At four in the afternoon, in the Advertising Department. Meng Chang yawned as he ate his snacks. Brother Meng, the rough cut version is out. Please take a look. Yu Yao sent a video file. After filming was done, Meng Chang immediately arranged for the preliminary editing and voice-over in the post-production. The post-production team was also very efficient. They were done in less than an hour. Of course, this was a rough cut. The official version would take some time. Meng Chang opened the video file and quickly watched it. It showed what he wanted to do very well. The only flaw was that Lin Jiaqiangs acting skills were too good, making the promotional video look a little outstanding. However, it did not affect the essence of the publicity video. Meng Chang nodded. Yes, good. Thats the effect. We just have to deal with the details. Yu Yao nodded and went back to work. Meng Chang had nothing to do while eating his snacks. Suddenly, he had an idea. Should I send this rough cut video to Boss Pei? I wonder how Boss Pei would react? Meng Chang still remembered that when he went to look for Boss Pei at the end of the month, Boss Pei said bitterly that Meng Chang could discuss the proposal with him. His heartache was real, but it did look fake. Meng Chang suddenly thought that would Boss Pei be so angry that his expression changed on the spot if he showed this ridiculous publicity video to him? Meng Chang would feel like he had taken revenge for the arrow he shot at the commission even though he might be scolded! The more Meng Chang thought about it, the more excited he became. He immediately copied the video onto his cell phone and got up to go to the 16th floor to show the video to Boss Pei. A moment later, Meng Chang came to Boss Peis office and knocked lightly. Enter. Meng Chang smiled and tidied his appearance before walking in with his head held high. Pei Qian was a little surprised to see Meng Chang because he rarely saw Meng Chang except at the end of the month. Whats the matter? Pei Qian asked. Meng Chang said, Boss Pei, didnt you bring me to see the smart fitness drying rack two days ago? The publicity video is out, I specially brought it over for you to see. After all, you told me previously that I should report and communicate with you more after I come up with the publicity plan. Meng Chang was already trying hard to sound sarcastic. However, Pei Qian did not seem to understand his sarcasm at all. He looked elated. Eh, so efficient? It looks like youve completely walked out of your previous failure. Very good, very good. This means that you are very self-regulating. This setback will not crush you. I admire your tenacious and unyielding character! Wheres the video? Show it to me. Pei Qian was indeed very happy. No matter what, Meng Chang had learned to discuss with him before making a decision. He was no longer trying to stir up trouble and disappearing instantly after failing. That was undoubtedly a good sign. Meng Chang handed his cell phone over. Pei Qian clicked on the video. Meng Chang stood at the side and carefully observed Boss Peis expression. In his imagination, Boss Peis expression should change from a smile to silence, then to confusion, and finally to a livid expression. That was because, as far as he knew, the research and development of the automatic fitness drying rack had cost a lot of money. Whats more, this thing was expensive and heavy. It would cost a lot to create stocks and logistics. In addition, the game, Battle of the Fitness, had invested a lot of resources and manpower. This project was obviously a key project within Tengda. Yet, such an important project that he had high hopes for had made such an unreliable publicity video. Not only did it fail to hit the nail on the head, but it had also secretly dissuaded the audience. Could Boss Pei tolerate this? However, Meng Chang knew very well that even if Boss Pei could not tolerate it, he could not do anything about it. The contract was written very clearly in black and white. Meng Chang was in charge of everything in the marketing department. Boss Pei could not interfere forcefully. Therefore, no matter how angry Boss Pei was, he could only be useless and furious. Apart from scolding Meng Chang, there was nothing he could do. Meng Chang could not help but feel a little smug. What was wrong with being scolded? It was not like he would lose a piece of flesh. However, Boss Peis losses were real! Meng Chang waited expectantly for Boss Pei to break through his defense. Boss Pei watched the video from beginning to end. Then, he watched it again. Then, his expression suddenly became ecstatic. He raised his thumb. Awesome! Meng Chang, I knew you were a genius! There is indeed improvement compared to before! However, theres still a flaw in it. Lin Jiaqiangs acting skills are a little too good. If he could bring out the acting skills he had when filming Bloody Battle Song: The Powerful Version, that would be perfect! However, this small flaw wont affect you much. I can give you 90 marks for this assignment. The remaining 10 marks is to give you room to improve. Very good, well decide on this publicity video for the smart fitness drying rack. Go back and continue preparing! Pei Qian smiled and handed his cell phone back. Meng Chang was stunned on the spot. He forgot to reach out for his cell phone and even what he was here for. Boss Pei praised me? Was he happy after watching this video? Youre letting me leave just like that? Im going to spend Tengdas money to advertise this on the internet after I leave! That would be a huge sum of money for publicity! The current scene was too different from the script that Meng Chang had expected. He could not accept it at the moment and even felt that something had gone wrong. Pei Qian looked at the stunned Meng Chang and shook the cell phone in his hand. Whats wrong? Is there a problem? Only then did Meng Chang react. He reached out to take the cell phone and said, still a little confused, No, no problem. Ill leave first, Boss Pei. Pei Qian nodded and continued with his work. Obviously, he did not take this matter to heart. Meng Chang scratched his head. At that moment, he felt like he had gathered his strength to punch cotton. Not only did it not have any effect, but it also caused internal injuries to himself Meng Chang was still in a daze after coming out of Boss Peis office. Forget it, I think Boss Pei will not give up until death visits him. Lets see if Boss Pei can still remain so calm once this advertisement is released and the publicity effect is terrible! Meng Chang left angrily. Chapter 1031 - The Signal Of A Price War Pei Qian received a call not long after sending Meng Chang off. It was Chang You. Boss Pei, uh I encountered a little problem. I have already reported your requirements for the Fitness Battle Mall and the lucky draw system. However, the response from the Development Team is that these functions can be done. However, there are some changes compared to the original design. Therefore, the game might have to be delayed for a few days. After all, the functions have to be tested repeatedly to prevent malignant bugs from appearing online. However, this way, the games release would not match the schedule of the news conference. The original schedule for the game to be released and the news conference would be released on this Sunday. Now, the game will be released several days later than the news conference. There are two ways now: either postpone the news conference with the game and wait for the game to be done before releasing it, or mention it at the news conference, saying that the game would be released in the near future and give an awkward speech. After a moment of silence, Pei Qian asked, Is there no third way? For example not mentioning the game at the news conference? Chang You was stunned. Huh? He had not expected this at all. The Fitness Battle was a game that was tailored to fit the smart fitness drying rack. It could also be said to be the greatest advantage compared to other fitness equipment. In fact, about a third of Chang Yous original PowerPoint was introducing this game. With this game, many people would have a reason to buy the smart fitness drying rack. If they did not mention this game, everyone might think that the smart fitness drying rack was a comedian product. Chang You confirmed again. Boss Pei, are you sure you dont want to talk about the game? Pei Qian said seriously, Of course! We definitely cant postpone the news conference. All the early stages of work have been prepared. The invitations to various tech media have also been sent out. Its definitely not appropriate to change our minds at the last minute. It would look like were not keeping our promises. However, since the game has not been completed and there is still a possibility of modification, its best not to be too confident. If the final product does not match everyones expectations, wouldnt it disappoint customers! Tengdas way of doing things has always been to be honest. We dont fight battles that were not sure of. Therefore, dont mention this at the news conference. There will be a chance for customers to know about it in the future! Pei Qian tried to bluff but to no avail. It was not very convincing! Chang You hesitated for a moment and said, Er Boss Pei, actually, consumers are not that weak. Whats more, the framework of our game has been set. Its unlikely that there will be much changes Of course, if you think its more appropriate not to mention the game at the news conference, then we wont mention it, Boss Pei. Pei Qian: Dont mention it. Chang You nodded. Alright, Boss Pei. Well do as you say. After hanging up, Pei Qian smiled again. Good news coming one after another! If the smart fitness drying rack did not mention the game at the news conference, the fitness equipment would not be attractive to ordinary consumers. After the news conference, the smart fitness drying racks popularity would go down. Most people would not remember such a fitness equipment. By then, even if news of the Fitness Battle was released, its influence would be greatly reduced. Of course, it was impossible for no one to buy it. There would always be a few curious lab rats. However, it was better to reduce the popularity! Pei Qian was very happy. He could not help but to think about the wonderful scene of the smart fitness drying rack not being able to be sold and the stocks being piled up in the warehouse May 10th, Thursday Shanghai, Long Yu Corporation. Eric had just finished a phone call. He seemed to have a heated debate with the person on the phone about certain problems. However, he seemed to be unable to convince the other party in the end. He nodded reluctantly and agreed to the other partys suggestion. Zhao Xuming was also beside him, while his English standard was still alright, he could not understand the entire contents of the conversation. That was also because Eric spoke too quickly and he could not hear what was said on the other end of the phone. He could only vaguely understand that it seemed to be related to the IOI mobile version. Zhao Xuming could not help but worry. That was because Long Yu Corporation and Finger Games would hold a press conference today according to Erics arrangement. Both parties would jointly announce a series of measures regarding IOIs local server at this news conference. These included the news that IOIs mobile game had been released, IOIs new hero, Skyglow Dragon, as a custom-made skin for the domestic server. There was also a series of subsidies and money-burning policies, and so on. It could be said that todays news conference was Long Yu Corporation and Finger Games officially declaring war on Tengda Corporation. Eric had been preparing for this day for a long time. Eric had been carefully preparing for todays plan ever since he was removed from his position. He wanted to burn money to defeat Boss Pei in one fell swoop. After Eric regained control of IOIs local server, he was also making preparations while patiently observing the timing. The day had finally arrived. Eric had been observing Tengdas various industries seriously, thinking that this was the best time. Mission and Choice had invested a huge sum of money into the movie and game. It would take a long time for it to be repaid even though it was a success in terms of reputation. The initial sales of G1 cell phones were not bad. There would definitely be a lot of stocks that required a huge amount of funds. According to sources, Otto Technologies had a new technological product to announce. According to Boss Peis character, this product would definitely be in large quantities. All of this meant that Tengdas already tight capital chain was under greater pressure. If they were to engage in a money-burning war at this juncture, Boss Pei would not have much funds to use. It would be very beneficial to Eric! The money-burning war could be carried out secretly but they had to hold a news conference and announce it to the world as high profile as possible in order to achieve the best results. That was because most players would only know about this news if it was publicized. Fresh blood would then be attracted to the game. This move would attract Tengdas attention and might even make Tengda counterattack quickly. However, this was the effect that Eric hoped to achieve. That was because the outcome of the money-burning war had nothing to do with fast reaction speed. It was only related to the number of bullets in their hands. The bullets actually depended on whose capital flow was healthier and whose family background was thicker. Tengda had been paying attention and burning money to fight. It could easily withstand the pressure from Finger Games in the early stages, but it would not have enough momentum. Thus, the news conference today had been carefully prepared for a long time. Its influence directly determined whether the start of the money-burning war would go smoothly. Zhao Xuming probed seeing that Eric had hung up, Is there anything new? Will it affect todays news conference? Eric shook his head slightly. Theres a small problem with the mobile game, but it shouldnt affect todays news conference. Previously, the mobile game was made into a client-side game where the mobile games were not interconnected. After I protested to the higher-ups, this method was rejected. However, the person-in-charge of the mobile game project called just now and said that although the mobile game has been designed to be a client-side game and the data is interconnected, they added some charge points that are different from client-side games. For example, there are special skins, exclusive gift bags, special icons, and expressions in the mobile game. Zhao Xuming was stunned for a moment. This doesnt seem appropriate, right? Since were going to do data synchronization, we should do it more straightforwardly. Wouldnt it be better to make it exactly the same? That way, people wont have to say it. Eric shook his head helplessly. Thats right. However, there is also pressure on the mobile game project. If the content of the mobile and client-side games are exactly the same, the mobile games revenue would be too weak. The mobile game development is also maintained and developed by a special project team. After investing so much, the higher-ups have to consider the investment and output ratio. They have already made many concessions in terms of benefits on Data synchronization. The mobile game project will definitely not agree if they dont think of other ways to recover. However, the person-in-charge gave a compromise solution. The mobile game might have some exclusive skins, gift bags, and other spending points, but we will give players some substitute coins at the beginning of the game so that they can use these to obtain the most exclusive skins and gift bags for free. When the mobile games gamers stabilize, new skins and gift bags will be produced slowly to recover. This is a compromise that is barely acceptable. Zhao Xuming nodded slightly. Yes thats the only way. Obviously, as the person-in-charge of IOIs local server, Eric had a certain say in the upper echelons of Finger Games. However, he did not have that much power that he could not go back on his word. The other project teams of Finger Games were in charge of developing IOI mobile games. Eric hoped that IOI mobile games and client-side games would be completely interconnected and would not earn a single cent. However, some of the upper echelons of Finger Games disagreed with this idea. They felt that they had worked so hard to create a mobile game. Why could they not earn money? The outcome of the competition between the various factions was that each of them would take a step back: they would sell some exclusive gift bags to earn money, but they had to be slightly more reserved. They would first give more substitute coins in the early stages and pretend that these exclusive content could be obtained for free. After a while, they would slowly sell the exclusive content to recover their health. This was relatively easier for players to accept emotionally. The IOI mobile game project team could also earn more money. Eric might be a little dissatisfied with this method, but he was also a smart person. He knew that it was unrealistic to let IOIs mobile game completely follow his will, so he knew better than to insist. Zhao Xuming suddenly thought of a problem and said, Then What about the press conference this afternoon? There are mobile games related content in the news conference. Our slogan is mobile games and client-side data are interconnected, and the content are completely identical. Im afraid that it cant be considered completely identical in this situation, right? Eric considered for a moment and said, You dont have to make it so clear. Introduce it vaguely. If we were to tell the truth at the news conference about the mobile exclusive gift bag, we might be in a disadvantageous position in public opinion from the beginning. We will hint at the news conference that the game is still being developed, but that does not mean the final effect. Once the game is released, gamers would probably not cling onto this point. Zhao Xuming nodded. Thats right. As long as we give enough tokens, the players will definitely lose their memories and pretend that nothing happened. That shouldnt be a problem. Eric stood up. Alright, thats settled. The news conference will be held in the afternoon. Hurry up and prepare. Were going to declare war on Tengda! Chapter 1032 - The Joint Press Conference of Finger Games And Long Yu Corporation At 3 PM in the afternoon Pei Qian was lying on the sofa in the living room watching television. The afternoon sun was not bad. It shone through the floor-to-ceiling windows into the living room, warming him up. Suddenly, his cell phone rang. Pei Qian glanced at the caller ID. It was Min Jingchao. Boss Pei, are you watching Finger Games and Long Yu Corporations news conference? There was a hint of worry in Min Jingchaos voice. Pei Qian was stunned. No, why? Min Jingchao quickly said, Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation seem to be making a big move. Theyre coming for us. According to the information we have now, Finger Games is going all out to promote IOIs local server. The contents of this news conference include IOIs mobile version, exclusive heroes and skins for domestic players, and a series of preferential activities. On top of that, according to some sources, Dayak Corporation and Long Yu Corporation dont seem to intend to limit the burning of money to the games industry. It seems like there are fake reviewers who want to attack our companys other industries and products. Their primary target should be the cell phone that we just released this month. The fitness equipment that is about to be released might also be quickly included in the attacking range Pei Qian could not help but be overjoyed hearing Min Jingchaos anxious voice. Oh? Its finally here. Ive waited so long! Pei Qian had been looking forward to the appearance of such a powerful enemy ever since he established Tengda Corporation. It would be able to attack all of Tengda Corporations businesses and start a money-burning war with Tengda Corporation. It would not stop until one of them died. At first, Pei Qian had thought that Boss Li would be a formidable enemy. However, he did not expect Boss Li to back out so quickly. Instead, Boss Li had come to suck up to him. How infuriating! It was the same for Dayak Corporation as well. Pei Qian had provoked them time and time again, but Dayak Corporation seemed to have been very restrained. Instead, they had admitted defeat first. That was why Pei Qian had advanced triumphantly after provoking them for so long. That made him very uncomfortable. Dayak Corporation and Finger Games were finally enlightened after Erics comeback. They were going to play a money-burning war! There was another more optimistic piece of news. The other party was aggressive. Not only did they place the money-burning war in the games industry, but they expanded it to all of Tengdas businesses. Obviously, in Erics opinion, it was not wise to fight Tengda to the death in the games industry. Tengda Corporation was a conglomerate that spanned across many fields. Its strongest point was that it had formed a business circle in Jingzhou. The various industries supported each other, transfused blood, and then slowly radiated to the surrounding areas. If they were to fight to the death in the game industry, Boss Pei would be able to mobilize the forces of other industries to support the game. He would be able to continuously transfuse blood to the game. That way, the chances of winning would not be high. Thus, Eric chose the games industry as the main battlefield. At the same time, he spread the secondary battlefields to other industries. That way, it would be able to divert as much of Tengda Corporations energy as possible, making it difficult for the various industries to take care of themselves and divert their attention to support the games department. Whats more, this was a very efficient method. Eric did not really need to enter these fields. He did not need to develop products to compete with Tengda. He only needed to buy more fake reviewers to cooperate with Tengdas competitors in these industries and think of ways to discredit them. Better an open enemy than a false friend. It was easy to dodge a spear in the open, but difficult to guard against a hidden arrow. Tengda was basically in the open now. The situation of various industries had been thoroughly investigated. Eric was hiding in the dark and shooting two arrows from it so that Tengdas various departments could not take care of themselves. Take the cell phone for example. Eric only needed to work with other cell phone manufacturers to constantly smear and attack the Otto cell phone online. That would be very effective. After all, it was easy to create rumors and stop them from spreading. However, it was too difficult to get rid of them. Obviously, Min Jingchao knew this very well. Thus, he immediately felt a huge threat and quickly came to report to Boss Pei. However, this was exactly what Pei Qian wanted! Wasnt Pei Qian worrying about the same thing as Eric? Pei Qian could not wait for one of the industries to go cold. That way, he would be able to incur losses continuously. However, these industries would unknowingly link up and pull some industries back from the brink of incurring losses. Instead, they would revive and become profitable! Now, Dayak Corporation was willing to spend a huge sum of money to hire fake reviewers to attack Tengda Corporations various industries in all directions. What kind of spirit was it to let Pei Qian complete the loss without doing anything? Pei Qian felt that if he really made a huge loss this time, he should set up a statue for Eric at home and offer incense every day. At that thought, Pei Qian sighed. Its finally here! Min Jingchao was stunned at the other end of the phone. Why did it sound like Boss Pei had expected this? Whats more, Boss Pei sounded like he was relieved of a huge burden, but also a little happy. Could it be? Boss Pei had already predicted that Eric would do this. He had already prepared a countermeasure in advance. He reacted this way because Eric had taken the bait and his preparations could finally be put to use now? As expected of Boss Pei! He was devising strategies to determine the outcome of the battle. No one else had such wisdom and magnanimity other than Boss Pei! Pei Qian could rest assured since Boss Pei had already made arrangements. Min Jingchao had been a little flustered before, but after the call with Boss Pei, he immediately felt more at ease. He went to do his own things after hanging up. Pei Qian immediately switched on the television, found the live-stream of Finger Games and Long Yu Corporations news conference, and watched it with interest. The news conference finally ended at 6 PM almost three hours later. Pei Qian yawned as he switched off the television. The content of the news conference was alright, but it was too slow! They could have finished the speech in an hour, but they just had to fill it in for three hours, making Pei Qian sleepy. He strongly suggested that all news conferences be held similar to Otto Technologies news conference. No matter how much content there was, he would compress it to within an hour. He did not want to waste the audiences precious time! However, even though this news conference went on for far too long, the product itself was still quite good. Zhao Xuming and Eric, two heavyweights, went on stage and introduced their respective business fields. The content of the news conference was divided into the following parts. First, he introduced the changes in IOIs global data, the various achievements of the local server since it was released, and various exclusive benefits for local server users, including the changes in data since the ICL league was held. Next was a summary of their previous achievements. It was a daily bragging segment. Then, IOIs version update content was introduced. Apart from making slight adjustments to the games balance and gameplay, the version update this time included a set of local style skins, a new hero, Skyglow Dragon, that was targeted at the domestic market, and a series of discounts, half-price, and promotional activities. The games version update content was synchronized globally. Foreign players could also enjoy this content, but the local style and the new hero obviously still had the intention of pleasing domestic players. Of course, Long Yu Corporation would definitely spend a lot of money to promote this new version. They would buy a lot of advertisements online and offline. These were not mentioned at the news conference, but they were definitely necessary. After that, there was news about IOI mobile games. Eric introduced this segment personally and exaggerated the IOI mobile game. It was said to be able to perfectly reproduce the details of the client-side game. It promised that the dual-terminal game would be interconnected and all of the current assets of the client-side game could be brought to the mobile game. Eric had actually played a little trick here. He only said that all of the current assets of the client-side game could be brought to the mobile game. However, he did not say that there were special fees in the mobile game. It wouldnt be much of a problem even if one were to examine his words carefully. It could only be considered a small word game. If the players misunderstood, it would be on the players themselves. They would curse on the internet at most. There should not be much opposition. However, no one knew about this other than Eric, Zhao Xuming, and a few others. After all, IOI mobile games would only be released next week after the news conference. Pei Qian was very satisfied with the contents of the news conference. Obviously, Eric was finally enlightened. He had been lying low and quietly preparing for so long. He had finally revealed his true intentions and attacked! He glanced at the bullet screen comments in the live-stream and the discussions online. Obviously, most players had also expressed positive and excited attitude towards this news conference. After all, the contents of this news conference summarized to one sentence: Dear gamer, you are my daddy! From the new heroes of the local style to the new skins, to the interconnected data of IOIs mobile games, including various operations with huge discounts, it could be seen that Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation had lowered their stance and were completely subservient to domestic players. As the saying went, one would not slap a smiling face. The game developers had offered so many benefits, how could players reject them? It was just like how no matter how much of a scam some games platforms were, as long as they persisted in sending gamers games every month, as long as they gave enough, gamers would collectively lose their memories and help them wash the ground. After all, players were the ones benefiting from the price war. Thus, everyone was very happy. Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation were ambitious and wanted to burn money to snatch back the domestic market. The domestic players were cheering and jumping for joy, and they could get a bunch of good skins for free. Pei Qian was even happier. Eric was simply a lucky star sent by the heavens to reduce the difficulty of incurring losses! As the saying went, it was impolite not to reciprocate. Since the other party had already expressed it this way, it would be unreasonable if Tengda did not do anything. Pei Qian immediately began preparing a proposal to give back to Tengda games players. Chapter 1033 - 515 Game Festival Early the next morning, Pei Qian arrived at the office after having his breakfast. It was Friday, and tomorrow was the day of rest. Thus, he had to make arrangements for burning money as soon as possible. After watching the news conference between Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation yesterday, Pei Qian spent only half an hour thinking of a counterattack plan. In any case, Pei Qian was more proactive than anyone else when it came to spending money. The original procrastination problem disappeared immediately and was replaced with extremely high efficiency! Pei Qian called Assistant Xin over because the plan involved many departments. This is the general plan for the 515 Game Festival. Take a look and perfect it. Then, arrange for the relevant departments to do it. Pei Qian handed a document to Assistant Xin. Assistant Xin took it and quickly scanned through it. Her usually calm expression was also slightly shaken. Assistant Xin asked, Boss Pei, is this a measure to deal with Long Yu Corporations price war? Pei Qian nodded. Yes, you can understand it that way. Assistant Xin hesitated for a moment before saying, Boss Pei, I think I have to remind you that there is a certain risk in our capital chain if we follow this plan. My idea is that this series of activities can be done, but it would be best to match it with some revenue activities. That would be safer. Of course, it depends on your arrangements. Assistant Xin would not express her opinion under most circumstances. However, she felt that the plan this time was a little inappropriate, so she could not help but remind him. Boss Peis proposal could be seen as a variant of the previous 1024 Digital Day. However, the focus was different. The previous 1024 Digital Day could be summarized in two words: Big Bargain. It would subsidize customers in various industries, burn money to generate popularity, and increase brand reputation. However, 1024 Digital Day was mainly concentrated in physical industries. For example: Fish-Catching Take-Outs food would be discounted and no delivery fees; using Upwind Logistics to send express deliveries could obtain a reduced delivery fee, and the commission for other express delivery companies would be cancelled; ROF Computer-Installation would be free of delivery and installation fees; it could also be randomly upgraded Subsequently, 1024 Digital Day was basically done according to this plan every year. However, some new content was added. For example, after obtaining an OTTO E1 cell phone, there was also a subsidy purchase during 1024 Digital Day. Since the official platform had promised that E1 cell phones would not be reduced in price, they still bought it at the original price. However, they would give some gifts after buying it. Another example would be the Deposit Fitness and Sloth Apartments. Customers could also obtain a certain amount of discounts by spending in these industries during 1024 Digital Day. However, even if this 1024 Digital Day had changed before, its main focus was still on physical stores and digital products. The 515 Game Festival that Boss Pei gave this time was to shift the focus of the promotional activities to games and related industries. The specific rules were as follows. The 515th Game Festival lasted a week, from May 15th to May 22nd. During this period, anyone who played online games with their friends such as Ocean Stronghold and GOG would receive a gift bag every day and randomly obtain items from the game, including epic weapons, rare skins, and other items. During this period, anyone who bought standalone games such as Repent and be Saved, Struggle, Mission and Choice had a chance of being exempted from paying. They could accumulate online time in any Tengda Games. As long as one accumulated an hour per day, he would be able to obtain a random red packet. The lowest would be 0.1 yuan, and the highest would be 888 yuan. Whats more, it would not be given as a substitute currency but as cash! Those who watched the GPL competition live-stream at Bunny Tail Live-Stream would receive gifts from the website. These gifts were all paid gifts. After rewarding the host, the host could receive real money. There was a chance of winning a prize if one watched the competition live at the GPL. They could be exempted from the tickets on the spot, or they could obtain rare skins or limited figurines. Another key point was that G1 cell phones and smart fitness drying racks had to be stocked up. There were also some miscellaneous details, but that was the main point. Assistant Xin could tell that these rules were obviously meant to deal with the price war between Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation. At the press conference yesterday, Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation came aggressively. It was normal for Boss Pei to respond quickly. However, there were two obvious problems with Boss Peis plan. The first problem was that almost all of the activities had no threshold. Whats more, these activities were not preferential but free. There was a huge difference between giving a discount and giving it for free! Take the game for example. Whether it was the game itself or the skin and props in the game, if there was a discount, even if there was a 90% discount, the game company would still make money. After all, it did not matter how many copies it sold after the game was developed. It was just the same code that had been copied and pasted countless times. Thus, most games manufacturers would often engage in preferential activities. No matter how high the discount was, it was still profitable. There was even a possibility that it would attract more gamers because of the high discount. On the contrary, it would earn more than the original price. However, Boss Peis actions were not preferential but free! There were no discounts or promotions at all. Instead, they would log in and deliver things or even cash directly! On the other hand, giving props for free did not seem to cost much. However, the player who had intended to buy a certain prop had coincidentally been given this prop. This meant that he would not spend this sum of money anymore. It would still overdraft the future income of the game developers. All in all, they were burning money to buy popularity. There was basically no way to recover their health. The popularity that they burned might not be able to convert into income in a short period of time. Many people would even get too good for free and disperse their desire to spend. The second question was, why did Boss Pei specifically emphasize that G1 cell phones should be prepared with the smart fitness drying rack? What did this have to do with the event for the 515 Games Festival? At the end of the day, these two problems were actually one problem: the pressure on money! Assistant Xin knew the companys financial situation very well. Even though Tengda Corporation had always been rich, they had invested a huge sum of money into Mission and Choice recently. They had not been able to recuperate it for the time being. Then, Chi Xing Workspace had invested a huge sum of money. Coupled with the expenses of the artificial intelligence laboratory and other projects, the company did not have as much funds as before. The subsidies for this 515 Game Festival were all real money. They could not even hit tens of millions of yuan. It would probably cost hundreds of millions. If they added cell phones and smart fitness drying racks, the amount of money needed would be even more terrifying. Even though Tengdas various industries were still generating profits, this was akin to dancing on the edge of a knife. It was easy for problems to arise before the funds were fully transferred. Whats more, if Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation held a news conference and burned more money, would Tengda follow them or not? Even though he could think of a way to resolve this risk, there was only one sentence: There was no need. They were burning money anyway. If they could burn money steadily, why take the risk? Therefore, Assistant Xin could not help but mention that she hoped that it could be arranged according to the operations. It would be safer to replenish blood while giving blood transfusions. Pei Qian smiled. Accompanying operations? Of course not! What is a holiday? The meaning of a holiday is to celebrate and be happy. To organize many marketing activities, is that a holiday for customers or a way for us to earn money from their pockets? Normally, we can do preferential activities, but in the 515 Game Festival and 1024 Digital Day, what we have to do is to completely subsidize and give back to our customers. We have to spend our own money to give our customers 100% real benefits! If we secretly organize operations and subsidize while earning money, it would go against the original intention of this holiday. This so-called holiday would not be able to obtain the high recognition of customers. In the end, it would only become a big promotion that ordinary businessmen often have. No one would remember it. Wouldnt that be like penny wise and pound foolish? You dont have to worry about money at all. Tengdas various industries are still earning money. There are ways to solve even if there are some problems with funds. For example cant we just sell buildings? Pei Qians wishful thinking had long been resounding. Of course, he knew that this set of combinations would put a lot of pressure on Tengdas funds. However, the problem was that if there was no pressure on Tengdas funds, he would be under a lot of pressure during settlement! When others were calculating these problems, they would subconsciously give a little more advance. For example, there was a hundred million yuan in the companys account. At most, he would only dare to spend sixty million yuan. At the very least, he would leave forty million yuan for emergencies. What if something urgent happened that required money? However, when Pei Qian considered the problems, he would always take it more seriously. There was 100 million yuan in the companys account. He had to spend 130 million yuan. That was because the facts had already proven that Tengda Corporations ability to earn money for no reason was too strong. They had just spent a hundred million yuan. Perhaps Tengda Corporation had already earned another fifty million yuan! Thus, Pei Qian had given them enough advance. As for the risks, it was just a lack of funds. Some activities were stuck in the pipeline and could not be carried out. However, this risk was nothing to Pei Qian. That was because he had bought a few buildings for Sloth Apartments previously. These buildings had all risen in value. According to the Systems rules, fixed assets were equivalent to a huge reservoir. When Pei Qian had too much System Funds, he could quickly spend them by buying buildings. When Pei Qian had insufficient System Funds, he could sell these buildings and turn them back into funds. The only problem was that if he bought too many buildings, it might cause the System Funds to take up too much of the fixed assets and reduce his Personal Wealth. If selling one or two buildings could lower the risk, why not? Whats more, Pei Qian had a backup plan. It was the mysterious reward for this cycle of the System: Consuming ones Personal Wealth could increase a certain industrys share of profits. The ratio was 1: 100, and the highest expenditure was 100,000. In other words, if he could not finish burning all the money, Pei Qian would grit his teeth and spend a hundred thousand yuan. Then, he would increase the ten million yuan profit margin for a certain industry in an instant. He would give it all away for nothing. The ten million yuan was a pure concession for no reason. The System would not stop it even if it was given to customers in cash. At the moment, Pei Qian had not used this rule. That was a hundred thousand yuan. If he could spend all the System Funds without using this rule, why would he need to pay out of his own pocket? The current money-burning policies were all within the scope of the Systems permissions. As Tengda Corporation was facing external competition, it was normal to be forced to burn some System Funds as retaliation. The System thought that this was a reasonable action after the dynamic evaluation. In other words, if Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation did not burn money to compete, the system would not have approved an activity like the 515 Game Festival. That was why Pei Qian was so grateful to Eric. Eric was giving him timely help! In fact, Pei Qian could not wait to see Eric burn more money. That was because the more money Eric burned, the more money the System would allow Pei Qian to burn. On top of that, the ten million yuan would be given to him for no reason. Boss Pei was going to incur losses this time! Chapter 1034 - The Drying Rack News Conference! May 13th, Sunday It was almost three in the afternoon. Pei Qian was in his living room, drinking Coca Cola and playing games. All of a sudden, his cell phone alarm rang. A notification appeared on his screen: News conference. Pei Qian saved the game immediately, and then used his cell phone to click on the screen to watch Otto Technologies new news conference. This time, it was time to release the smart fitness drying rack. The location was still the same. The banquet hall of the Oasis Four Seasons Hotel was not far from Pei Qians residence. However, Pei Qian did not go this time. That was because Pei Qian felt that the success of the product launch for E1 cell phones and G1 cell phones might be his problem. It seemed like every time he went to the venue, something would go wrong at the news conference. What if he did not go to the venue this time and watched the live-stream at home? Sometimes, he had to admit the existence of metaphysics. Even though he was not at the venue, he could guess the audiences reaction from the bullet screen comments. At that moment, the news conference had not officially started. The live-stream was given a wide-angle camera, and the entire stage was visible. A huge line of art words was written on the big screen: Otto Technologies new smart product! There were a few keywords below: Intelligent life, healthy life, convenient life, efficient life, and so on. These keywords were the goal of the smart product department of Otto Technologies, which was to bring convenience, efficiency, and health to customers by combining artificial intelligence technology with digital products or other household products. He could guess that there were no empty seats even though he could not see the seats in the entire venue. That was because the various tech media would be invited to every news conference. Many loyal users would be selected from Jingzhou by gifting tickets. There were even some hardcore fans of Tengda who lived nearby. They would rather stand and watch the news live. Whats more, the response to the news conference of E1 cell phones and G1 cell phones had been very enthusiastic. The popularity of G1 cell phones had not completely passed. Now, there was another news conference. Everyone was looking forward to what kind of product Otto Technologies would bring to everyone this time. The bullet screen comments in the live-stream had already started discussing. Why isnt it starting yet? Theres no need to rush. Tengdas news conference has always been punctual. It will start soon. In any case, the time is exactly one hour. You wouldnt see a minute more even if you had started earlier. I wonder what product is being released this time? A brand new smart product. Its probably smart home appliances, right? Its hard to say. Otto Technologies made a Fully-Automated Smart Bickering Machine previously. I dont think they would make a lousy product like smart home appliances Whos the main speaker of this news conference? It cant be Jiang Yuan again, right? I dont have any objections to him, but I really want to see Boss Chang! I heard that Boss Chang is indeed in charge of this project. I just dont know if Boss Chang will personally go on stage to talk. Alright, alright, its starting! Its Boss Chang! Chang You went on stage amidst the cheers. As expected, there was warm applause and cheers. Jiang Yuans G1 cell phone news conference was considered very successful. His slightly timid style of speech and a cell phone product that boldly subverted tradition and used a lot of new technologies formed a stark contrast. However, in the end, his workmanship was still much worse than Chang Yous. Therefore, everyone felt that it had been a long time since they saw Chang You return to the stage of the news conference after more than a year. Hello, everyone! I am Chang You. Welcome, everyone, to the news conference of Otto Technologies new smart products. I would like to express my sincere gratitude to everyone on behalf of everyone in Otto Technologies! It was the same old opening speech, but the atmosphere seemed especially warm this time. Perhaps it was because they had lost Chang You that they knew how boring the other news conferences were. That was why everyone cherished it. Chang You was very touched. The warm applause and cheers represented everyones recognition of me! Chang You had never enjoyed such treatment before coming to Tengda. After arriving at Tengda, not only did Otto Technologies gain a foothold in the digital circle, but he himself had also become the most popular person in the digital circle. He even had his own traffic, and his Weibo had rapidly gained fans. He had also obtained a group of loyal fans. All of this was obviously related to Boss Peis careful nurturing. After the applause died down, Chang You began to talk about the main topic of the news conference. Perhaps many friends are very curious why I didnt take charge of G1s news conference? I have to start from the huge success of the E1 cell phone and Fully-Automated Smart Bickering Machine, and the outstanding employee award I got from Tengda Chang You spoke confidently and humorously about his experience of being eliminated from the first place. Laughter erupted from time to time. He was transferred out because he was too outstanding in his job? Is this the first place elimination in Tengdas legend? I might have known most of it through other sources but I still find it very funny hearing Boss Chang speak in such a helpless tone. Hahahaha Of course, Chang You was narrating it in a joking manner. The audience was also listening in a joking manner. Most of the discussions were about jokes. Was he transferred away because he was too outstanding? How could that be?! Boss Pei must have thought that Chang You was very capable, so he had asked him to be in charge of developing new businesses! That meant that todays smart new product might have a higher status in Boss Peis heart than Otto Technologies flagship model G1? Many viewers could not help but speculate. They were filled with curiosity about what product would be released today. As soon as Chang You started, he explained the changes in his position and the business changes in Otto Technologies during this period. Whats more, he spoke concisely and did not take up too much time. After all, Boss Pei always had a very clear requirement during the news conference. He could not exceed an hour. The main event was still to come. Chang You pressed the remote control, and four words appeared on the big screen. Pricing! The audience seemed to have been expecting this since long ago. They could not help but burst into laughter. The audience in the live-stream also looked like they had finally gotten what they wanted and felt comfortable. Hahahaha, coming, coming! Traditional skills, set the price first! I missed another two hours! This time, its even worse than E1s cell phone. At the very least, we knew that it was a cell phone back then. This time, we dont even know what the product is, and theyve already placed a price. Are they letting us guess the price? There was a relaxed and humorous atmosphere everywhere. After all, the product was secondary in this news conference. The key was Boss Changs performance. Pei Qian could not help but break out in cold sweat seeing how lively the atmosphere was. He did not f*cking say anything! He could only hope that everyone would be disappointed after seeing the product. Chang You pressed the remote control again, and four huge numbers appeared on the screen. 4999 yuan! He even specially explained, Actually, we are under a lot of pressure to set this price. That is because of the cost of the research and development costs and material costs combined. This price is a relatively extreme price. For a long time to come, this price might decline because of the subsidy, but it would only fall by 200 yuan at most. The price of 5,000 yuan was set from the beginning. In fact, there was some profit margin for this price, but it was very small. After all, the fitness equipment was made of iron. It had to be reliable and safe. The cost of the raw materials alone could not be controlled. Whats more, the smart fitness drying rack had a design, an artificial intelligence chip, and the development cost of Fitness Battle. Of course, the Fitness Combat game itself could earn money to recover its health. It could even become a huge profit. That was why the smart fitness drying rack could reduce the price to this extent. The live audience and the bullet screen audience began to discuss. 5,000 yuan? That looks like a huge item! What could it be? A high-end sound system? A washing machine? A refrigerator? Air conditioner? These dont have much to do with smart systems, right? I think it might be a television. It might be related to Tengdas game business. Could it be a sweeping robot? All sorts of bullet screen comments floated past in the live-stream. There were all sorts of guesses, but no one really guessed the point. That was normal. Who would have guessed that something like the smart fitness drying rack would be so troublesome? There were only a few types of smart home products available on the market. Home products like refrigerators, washing machines, and air conditioners were more practical. They were basically the world of traditional enterprises. It might not be easy to use them with the halo of smart. On the other hand, there were many sweeping robots, television, and other products. The possibility was slightly higher. However, the price of 5,000 yuan made many guesses less reasonable. Take the sweeping robots for example. At most, they would be worth 3,000 yuan. Selling them for 5,000 yuan was a little ridiculous and unrealistic. Everyone tried to guess, but none of them could get it. Whats more, some old fans could vaguely sense that things were not that simple. Everyone guessed that it was a conventional product. Did Otto Technologies look like a manufacturer of conventional products? Their brain circuit was not something that ordinary people could think of. After all, the previous product was something like the Fully-Automated Intelligent Bickering Machine. Wouldnt it be very disappointing if they released a regular product this time? Chang You pressed the remote control again, and a long, wide, and high measurement appeared on the screen: 2 meters long, 1 meter wide, 4 meters tall, 2 meters tall, 3 square meters, 218kg in total. There was no specific shape of the smart fitness drying rack on this measurement. There were only some dotted lines marking the measurements and parameters it needed to occupy. Everyone was stunned once again. Chapter 1035 - Boss Chang Is A Professional At Performance The audience was obviously confused. What is this? It occupies such a huge area? A standing air conditioner? A huge refrigerator? Thats not right. It doesnt seem like it can take up so much space! This is two meters long. Could it be a wardrobe? Total weight: 200kg! Whats so heavy? Its already so heavy. How can it be called a smart new product? How can it be related to smart? Chang You smiled slightly. It looked like the suspense was almost done. Alright, its time to reveal the mystery behind this new product. Everyone, please watch a promotional video that we have meticulously prepared for this smart new product. Chang You walked down after he finished speaking. The lights dimmed, and a promotional video started playing on the big screen. Everyone held their breaths and watched intently. Everyone wanted to know what this huge monster was! Strong chest muscles. Strong back muscles The promotional video that Meng Chang had asked Lin Jiaqiang to film appeared on the big screen. In the video, Lin Jiaqiang was wearing a loose sports vest and sweating profusely on the smart fitness drying rack. However, in the next second, he gave up on persevering and began drying clothes on the smart fitness drying rack. What are you waiting for when the smart fitness drying rack has so many functions? Hurry up and order! At the end of the promotional video was Lin Jiaqiang standing beside the smart fitness drying rack. He gave the camera a thumbs up and made a like gesture. He had a homophobic face from the beginning. The last scene had a flattering effect coupled with this unique-looking machine. Chang You came to the stage again. This is the masterpiece of our Otto Technologies. Its a new smart product: smart fitness drying rack! It solved the biggest pain in the gym equipment in one fell swoop: drying clothes is inconvenient! Not only can this equipment be used for fitness, but it can also dry up more than ten pieces of clothing. It also has the automatic drying function and smart reminder function, making the fitness equipment at home no longer a mere decoration! Chang Yous serious introduction made the audience burst into laughter again. Hahahahaha what the hell? I was wondering why it was so heavy. Its actually a fitness equipment! Artificial intelligence combined with fitness? Which genius product manager thought of that?! I was wrong. I should not have treated this news conference as a proper news conference from the beginning. Even though I reminded myself countless times that this news conference would most likely be done, I never thought that the existence of the entire news conference would be done! Indeed, I suggest that Boss Chang should charge a price for a ticket next time. You perform your job, do your crosstalk and entertain the audience. Yet, youre launching a product that you dont intend to sell at all. Youre not earning our money at all, and youre even exempting our tickets. Thats really making us feel bad! Indeed, I suggest that you collect entrance fees in the future. After all, it would be quite expensive to design such a funny product in a serious manner without being able to sell it. Everyone would understand if we collect entrance fees to recover. The audience was amused by the strange product and Chang Yous serious introduction. Initially, they had only been looking forward to Chang Yous performance. The product was still a proper product, just like E1. Chang You had given everyone a surprise unexpectedly. Even the product had come alive! What was the point of this smart fitness drying rack? There did not seem to be any. The only point should be to make everyone laugh, right? It had to be said that it was rare to see such a conscientious manufacturer who spent a lot of money on research and development, producing samples, and even hosting a news conference to entertain the public. Cherish it! As for the product itself To be honest, if it was any other product, such as a cell phone or a sweeping robot, the price would be too high or the products functions would be very useful after it was released. Everyone would definitely complain. That was because everyone knew in their hearts that the manufacturer still intended to sell it. It was just that they had failed. However, this smart fitness drying rack was different. It seemed like the manufacturer had no intention of selling at all! If the manufacturers products had a small flaw, everyone would think that it was because the manufacturer was not capable enough. However, if the product had too many flaws from head to toe and could not be criticized, everyone would think that the manufacturer was performing and joking with everyone. They did not intend to sell it at all. Since the manufacturer had no intention to sell it and everyone had no intention to buy it, everyone naturally did not care about any flaws or problems with the price of the product. Instead, they watched the entire process with the attitude of watching a show. It was just like setting up a stall outside. Anyone that said something was good or bad would probably not be bought at all; only those who kept picking on problems would really be intending to pay. Chang You could not help but feel helpless seeing the audiences reaction. Why is everyone laughing? Im seriously introducing this product. This is a project on the same level as the G1 cell phone in our Otto Technologies. Its very important! In fact, Boss Pei was the one who planned and followed up on the entire project. This time, we also prepared 10,000 units in stock for the smart fitness drying rack. Our warehouses in Jingzhou are all filled! One had to know that there were only 1,000 E1 cell phones in the first batch of stocks. That was why they were snatched up before the news conference even ended. On the other hand, the smart fitness drying rack was a fitness equipment. It took up a lot of space and few people bought it. 10,000 units of it meant tens of millions of yuan in payment of goods. That was enough to show how important it was. However, it would have been better if Chang You had not explained. Once he did, the audience was even more convinced that he was giving a performance. Hahaha, how did Boss Chang stop himself from laughing? Rubbish, have you ever seen a crosstalk actor laughing on stage? This is basic knowledge, Boss Chang is a professional. A project on the same level as G1? Boss Pei participated the entire time? Hahahaha, alright, I believe you! You can design something like that without ten years of cerebral hemorrhage? It might be true. Wasnt the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine designed according to Boss Peis ideas? It also contained Boss Peis philosophy. Its true that the Bickering Machine contains philosophy, but what philosophy does this drying rack contain? Does it remind us that our clothes would dry if they were sunned? Impressive, are there still pictures of these stocks? They should be photoshopped right? They would probably need to be sold for an entire year even if there are more than 1,000 of these stocks. If there are really 10,000 stocks, I highly doubt if they can be sold out by the time Otto E8s cell phone is released The entire place was filled with laughter, Chang You had no choice but to continue with the next segment. He introduced the basic functions of the smart fitness drying rack, including its training mode and how good it was when drying clothes. Apart from that, he also introduced to ride AEEIS. AEEIS would mock it when it did not work out; it mentioned that Upwind Logistics would provide delivery services, maintenance services, and the annual pack moving service. However, this seemed to confirm that this was a live product. The more content there was, the more fake everyone felt. Finally, Chang You introduced the game. Apart from that, Shang Yang Games has also customized a mobile game for the smart fitness drying rack. This game is still in the final stages of research and development. I will meet everyone next week as soon as possible! He flipped to the last page. Next Tuesday, which is May 15th, we will be welcoming Tengdas 515 Games Festival . You will be receiving a huge amount of benefits! Please wait for the announcement of the detailed rules at midnight on May 15th! Alright, this is the entire contents of this news conference. Once again, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to everyone! Please leave the venue in an orderly manner. You can collect free gifts at the entrance. If everyone is interested in the smart fitness drying rack, you can log onto the official website of Otto Technologies or Tengdas official shopping center. The staff of Upwind Logistics will deliver it to you immediately! Chang You looked at his watch. His time control was just right, one hour. It was perfect. The news conference might have ended but not the discussion. Most peoples discussions were focused on the strange product that was the smart fitness drying rack. Some peoples discussions were focused on the last two points that Chang You mentioned at the news conference. Boss Chang said that Shang Yang Games specially developed a game for this equipment? Is that true? Is this a prank or is it true? I think its most likely a joke. Theyve already incurred losses by designing this machine. Theyll incur losses no matter how much they produce. Wouldnt they incur losses if they were to develop another game for it? Who would do such a foolish thing? But today is not April Fools Day. Whats more, I dont think Boss Chang is someone who would lie to the audience. They said they were doing it, but they might be just creating some news. Some manufacturers would use this as a gimmick. It was said at the news conference, but it only appeared a few months later. Such things are not uncommon. It could also be a very simple little game. It might not even be worth mentioning at the news conference. If it was a large-scale game, it would definitely have to spend a lot of time introducing it. Now, it doesnt even mention a word or even have a picture. Isnt that enough to explain the problem? This 515 Game Festival is quite interesting. What does it have to do with 1024 Digital Day? Coincidentally, I want to change my computer recently. Can they do a promotion for ROF Computer-Installation? I dont know. Ill pay attention to it in the wee hours of the morning. Based on my experience, anyday called XX Day by Boss Pei would have a huge discount. I can look forward to it! At the same time, Pei Qian had finished watching the news conference on his home television. He was nervously watching the sales figures of the smart fitness drying rack. 10 minutes had passed. Half an hour had passed. An hour passed! Pei Qian looked at it every now and then. After an entire hour, the sales figure on this page unwillingly broke through 10 and became double digits. Pei Qian could not help but be overjoyed as he heaved a sigh of relief. It worked! Chapter 1036 - Eric Visits Deposit Fitness In Secret Compared to the two cell phones that sold out quickly after the news conference, the results of the smart fitness drying rack could be described as glorious! Obviously, most people treated the smart fitness drying rack as a pure joke product. Chang You had introduced its functions at the news conference but most of the traditional fitness equipment had such functions. Whats more, they were cheaper. Take those N-in-one strength training equipment for example, the floor space is about the same size as the smart fitness clothes rack, but the price may only be around 3,500 to 4,500 yuan which was much cheaper. Everyone had a lot of concerns about the smart fitness drying rack. On top of that, they were not motivated enough to purchase it. It was normal that they could not sell more than a few of them in an hour. Of course, Tengda had a few hardcore fans. No matter how ridiculous the product was, they would buy it with their eyes closed. No matter what, there were so many stocks on the smart fitness drying rack and the news conference was so popular. Yet, only a little was sold after the news conference. No matter how one looked at it, it was a very optimistic outcome. Pei Qian could not help but hum a tune. Hard work paid off! At the same time, at Jingzhou Airport. Brother Lin, are you really not going to stay and play for a few more days? Meng Chang was full of smiles as he tried to persuade Lin Jiaqiang to stay. Lin Jiaqiang quickly shook his head. No need, no need. Ive been disturbing you for a long time. Whats more, I have something to do at home. I have to go back. After filming the promotional video, Lin Jiaqiang had been enjoying himself in Jingzhou. Naturally, the money had been paid by the advertising department. Meng Chang wished he could get Lin Jiaqiang to play for a few more days. In any case, these funds would not be in his hands but he could use them to entertain Lin Jiaqiang while he tagged along for free. Why not? Whats more, he had watched the news conference and knew that the sales of the smart fitness drying rack were dismal. He was now very happy. Meng Chang drooled at the thought of the commission he could get at the end of the month. On the other hand, Lin Jiaqiang was considered a great contributor to Meng Changs commission. Meng Chang naturally loved him and was much closer to him. Lin Jiaqiang was having fun as well. However, he still had to provide for his family. He could not stay in Jingzhou forever. Thus, he decided to leave. Meng Chang had already tried to persuade him to stay a few times previously. Lin Jiaqiang had already changed his air tickets twice. Therefore, he did not try to persuade him to stay this time. He only said that he would look for him immediately if there was a chance to cooperate in the future and personally sent Lin Jiaqiang to the airport. Lin Jiaqiang was naturally very grateful. Lin Jiaqiang suddenly thought of something as he was about to board the plane. Boss Meng, I have a presumptuous request. Meng Chang was stunned. Go ahead. Lin Jiaqiang was a little embarrassed as he said, Boss Meng, can you give me a smart fitness drying rack? I also want to go back and exercise a little. After all, Ive been getting older recently. My body is getting weaker year by year. Logically speaking, it was only right for the celebrities endorsing the products to be given more samples. However, Meng Chang felt that Lin Jiaqiang definitely did not need such a thing. He might even be despised if he gave it to him. Therefore, he did not give it to him at all. He only brought Lin Jiaqiang to Jingzhou to have fun for a few days. Now that Lin Jiaqiang had taken the initiative to ask for one, it was no big deal. Meng Chang knew that the smart fitness drying rack was filled with Tengdas warehouses in Jingzhou and could not be sold at all. Whats more, giving one to Tengda would incur losses. Why not? Meng Chang smiled. No problem. Ill arrange for someone to deliver it to your house and arrange for someone to install it! Lin Jiaqiang quickly said, Thank you so much! Actually, Lin Jiaqiang only had this thought on a whim. He had been obese since he was young. When he was young, he had no choice but to maintain such a fat and ugly figure in order to film. However, now that he was older, this obese body had also brought him many diseases. There was nothing else to film. What was the point of being so fat? Therefore, Lin Jiaqiang had always wanted to train a little. Putting aside whether he would lose weight or not, wouldnt it be better for him to be healthy and live for a few more years? However, he could not persevere no matter how hard he tried. Now that he saw the smart fitness drying rack, Lin Jiaqiang felt that he could place one at home. It was always good to exercise. He could still use it to dry his clothes even if he forgot to use it to train. Of course, this big guy was a little expensive, so it would be quite nice if he could get it for free, he would not want it if he had to pay for it. After obtaining Meng Changs promise, Lin Jiaqiang bid everyone farewell in satisfaction and boarded the plane to leave Jingzhou. May 14th, Monday Shanghai, Long Yu Corporation headquarters. Zhao Xuming had rushed to the conference room when it was time for work. Eric was already waiting inside. It has been confirmed. Chang You said at the news conference that Otto Technologies had prepared a lot of stocks for the smart fitness drying rack. Now, Tengdas warehouses in Jingzhou are indeed filled with these things. Whats more, the smart fitness drying rack has been transported to various Deposit Fitnesses. Theres one in Shanghai. Why dont we take a look? Eric frowned after listening to Zhao Xumings report. He looked confused. A moment later, he said, Theres no hurry. Well take a look at it tonight. There should be more people at night. Well be able to see how popular this equipment is. Eric and Zhao Xuming had been paying attention to Tengdas movements ever since Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation held a joint press conference. That was because they knew very well that Boss Pei was someone who would not lose out. He would definitely fight back! However, nothing happened after two days. This was a little abnormal. Logically speaking, Tengda Corporation was very efficient. Boss Pei never hesitated to burn money. Finally, the news conference for the smart fitness drying rack was launched. Eric and Zhao Xuming were confused by the ridiculous product after watching the news conference as well. However, they still cared about three things. First of all, was the smart fitness drying rack that Chang You mentioned real? Second, no one was interested in the smart fitness drying rack, but would there be a chance to turn the tables in the future? Finally, what were the specific rules for the 515 Games Festival? In fact, the outcome of this news conference was undoubtedly a pleasant surprise for Eric. That was because Otto Technologies previous products, be it E1 cell phones, G1 cell phones, or even Fully-Automated Smart Bickering Machine, had all been successful. Thus, Eric subconsciously viewed the new product that was about to be released as a success. He was mentally prepared for it to sell well. Unexpectedly, no one showed interest after the news conference! What was even more worth celebrating was that there were actually 10,000 units in stock? Tens of millions of yuan? Eric knew very well that he was fighting a price war against the entire Tengda Corporation, not just the Tengda Games department. In other words, he had to consider the situation of other industries. No one was interested in the release of Otto Technologies new product now. It would accumulate a large amount of money and cause the liquidity that Tengda Corporation could use to decrease. Of course, that was good news! The only question was, was what Chang You said at the news conference true or was he doing the job? For this reason, he specially asked Zhao Xuming to arrange for his subordinates to visit Jingzhou in secret. There was no such thing as an impenetrable wall in the world. The location of Tengdas warehouse was no secret. Thus, he quickly obtained a definite answer: there were indeed many stocks in this lousy drying rack! Thus, the first question was solved. As for the specific rules of the 515 Games Festival, they should only be in the computers of some core employees of Tengda. It was unlikely to be leaked. There was still more than a day left since it would be revealed on May 15th. There was no need to rush. Eric guessed that this so-called 515 Gaming Festival was probably similar to the preferential activities of Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation. It was nothing more than a skin discount or a game discount. It would not be too late to think about how to deal with Tengda when he saw its specific sales pitch. Therefore, the most important thing now was to confirm if this smart fitness drying rack was really deserted and had no chance of turning the tables. If that was the case, the unmanageable stocks in the warehouse might be one of the straws that can break Boss Peis back! Eric had originally intended to buy research equipment, but after hearing that Deposit Fitness had also arranged for this, he immediately changed his mind and decided to visit Deposit Fitness. That was because Deposit Fitness had many fitness practitioners. Their view of the smart fitness drying rack was more professional and objective. As long as they did not like to use this thing, it could basically be declared a death sentence. Some time ago, Tengdas various physical industries had started entering first-tier cities like Beijing and Shanghai. Thus, Deposit Fitness had also opened in Shanghai, and business was good. Eric and Zhao Xuming went to the Deposit Fitness after work in the afternoon. The two of them pretended that they were customers who had come to understand the situation to think about joining the membership and successfully sneaked in. There was a professional at the front desk who was in charge of leading and receiving them. He introduced the model of the Deposit Fitness to the two of them. Eric and Zhao Xuming pretended to listen carefully, but they were actually constantly sizing up the interior of the gym. He had to admit that Deposit Fitness was indeed different from other gyms. It wasnt crowded. That was because the space in Deposit Fitness had been booked in advance to ensure that the number of people in the gym was at a relatively suitable level. One could roughly see the popularity of different fitness equipment even though there was no need to queue for all the fitness equipment. Some of the equipment would be picked up after the user left. Others would only be used after ten minutes. The smart fitness drying rack was placed in a rather eye-catching position in the Deposit Fitness. Zhao Xuming secretly stared at it for a long time and realized that no one was using it! Most of the male members only glanced at it before continuing to lift the dumbbells. The female members did not even look at it as they headed straight for the treadmill, kinetic bicycle, and yoga room. Even the staff in charge of reception did not specially introduce the smart fitness drying rack when introducing the various fitness equipment in Deposit Fitness. All of these were obviously very good signs! Zhao Xuming cleared his throat and asked knowingly, May I ask what this gym equipment is? It looks very special. I dont think Ive seen it in other gyms. The shop assistant smiled in embarrassment. Oh, this. This is Tengda Corporations newly developed smart fitness drying rack. Its a domestic product. Its mainly placed here for display. As a home-made product, its advantage lies in the combination of many fitness equipment. One piece of equipment can train the entire body. At the same time, it can dry clothes when its idle. However, if you were to train in the gym, its effect would be slightly worse than those specialized equipment Tengdas employees had always been honest. They had never lied to the customers, they would not even be allowed to hide a portion of the truth to induce customers to spend. This was a principle that Boss Pei had set since the company was established. Thus, the staff very honestly introduced the smart fitness drying rack to Eric and Zhao Xuming. In particular, he pointed out the key point of the smart fitness drying rack in the Deposit Fitness: it was a jack of all trades, master of none. Those professional fitness equipment looked like they could only train a single movement, but in fact, there were many adjustable areas to ensure that this movement could be trained to the best effect. On the other hand, the smart fitness drying rack had to take care of so many actions. Some of these details had to be sacrificed slightly. Otherwise, it would not be able to control the cost on one hand, and on the other hand, it would be too cumbersome and inconvenient to use. Therefore, members who came to the gym only had to consider the training effect and not the space. Naturally, they would not use the smart fitness drying rack to train. Eric and Zhao Xuming looked at each other happily. What did this mean? This meant that this smart fitness drying rack was not only unpopular among ordinary consumers and could not be sold. There was no room for survival even in a professional business environment like the gym! Even Tengdas Deposit Fitness could not save this lousy equipment. Other gyms would not be able to buy it. At first, the two of them were a little worried. What if the gyms bought this smart fitness drying rack like crazy? There were quite a lot of gyms in the country. It was a terrifying number if every gym were to get one. However, that possibility did not seem to exist now. This smart fitness drying rack was basically getting the cold shoulder! Chapter 1037 - Could It Be Boss Pei Going All In? Late at night that day. Zhao Xuming was in his own home, wearing loose pajamas, preparing to rest. After work that afternoon, Zhao Xuming and Eric secretly visited the Deposit Fitness. They were relieved to see that no one was interested in the smart fitness drying rack. The smart fitness drying rack itself did not have much to do with the money-burning war between the two companies. However, according to intel, the large amount of stock that the fitness equipment had accumulated would bring heavy pressure to Tengda Corporations capital chain. This also meant that Tengda had to be more cautious when it came to burning money. Zhao Xuming and Eric both guessed that the 515 Games Festival that Tengda Corporation was organizing this time was likely to just all talk with no action. It was mainly to brag and would not widen the gap between it and Finger Games. The game was different from other industries. The skins would no longer have any cost after it was completed. However, excessive selling would also stimulate players passion for consumption. If they were to spend crazily during this period of time, they would spend less in the future. In the long term, they would still reduce their income. That was why most games companies would not offer discounts when new games were released. They would wait a few months until the popularity subsided before offering discounts to attract players who had not experienced it. On the other hand, Tengda Corporations capital chain was already a little tight. The preferential strategy for the 515 Games Day could not be so radical. Otherwise, the risk would be too high. Of course, Boss Peis style had always been erratic. Many competitors who had tried to predict Boss Peis actions had all failed, and the consequences of failure were extremely serious. Thus, Zhao Xuming did not dare to let his guard down. He could only relax after the specific preferential strategy for the 515 Game Festival was announced. Eric was probably paying attention as well. Zhao Xuming looked at the time. It was already past midnight. There was no need to deliberately look for the specific rules of the 515 Games Festival. That was because the official website of all Tengda Games and most of the websites in the industries under them had released announcements for this new festival as long as they were slightly related to it! GOGs game client also displayed the publicity page for the 515 Games Day event at the most eye-catching location. The details were written on it. Zhao Xuming immediately clicked on it. In just five minutes, his expression turned ugly and his originally calm expression became shocked. However, there was a hint of confusion and even surprise in his shock. The reason why he was shocked was because the details had completely exceeded his expectations! Zhao Xuming and Eric had originally speculated that Tengda Corporation was under the pressure of the capital chain. Even if they wanted to organize the 515 Game Festival, it could only be a preferential activity similar to IOI. In other words, if he were to sell the products in the game, he would only get a discount. It could be a direct discount, or it could be a disguised discount for the event. In short, they had to collect at least a portion of the money that they could use to recover some money. However, how was this 515 Games Day event a discount? It was obviously a free gift! The most frightening thing was that there are no rules directly related to discounts! The only thing that was slightly related to the discount was that the purchase of Tengda Games would be given for free randomly. However, this was only one of the marginalized rules of the event. All the other rules could basically be summarized as: as long as players went online to play games, they would randomly be gifted things. It could be a prop in the game, or they could directly give cash! Zhao Xuming could not believe it. He read the rules again from beginning to end. He thought of some problems that he might encounter, such as what if someone with ulterior motives registered a robot account and took advantage of it. However, on further thought, the very experienced Tengda should be able to solve these problems easily. Boss Pei had always been very professional in dealing with scalpers. Boss Pei had the foresight since a long time ago to give access to all of Tengda Corporations accounts. Be it games, novels, live-streams, Tengda Life App, or even TPDb websites, they all used Tengda accounts to log in. Each Tengda account had different weightage on TPDb. Simply put, accounts that were registered early, consumed a lot of money, and used for a long time would have higher weightage. On the other hand, new accounts that were not used much and had suspicious behavior would have lower weightage. Even if there were people with ulterior motives who kept accounts, their behavior patterns and the characteristics of the accounts were very obvious because they were all controlled by robots. It would be very easy to check. This way, even though it looked like a random free order and random free money, the higher the weight, the better the reward. Those accounts with lower weight might be given something symbolically or nothing at all. To Tengda, who held the final explanation rights for the event, these were all very normal operations. Gamers would not be disgusted. After all, gamers had high authority accounts with real money in their hands. It was beneficial to them to deal with the scalpers. There were only so many benefits. Wouldnt the real gamers get fewer benefits if they were taken away by the scalpers? Everyone must understand this. Thus, there was no problem with this rule. The problem was that this event was too extravagant! Even if there were many ways to defend against the robots and scalpers, Tengda had such a huge number of users. Everyone would be online to receive benefits. The expenses would still be astronomical. Whats more, it was completely different from what Zhao Xuming and Eric had predicted. This 515 Game Festival was not a discount but a free gift! This meant that the price Tengda Corporation was paying was obviously higher than Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation! Initially, Zhao Xuming had thought that if Tengda Corporation used discounts to organize events, there would be a lot of room for both parties to burn money. For example, if I give a 60% discount, you give a 50% discount. However, the value of the props in the two games were different. It was difficult for gamers to distinguish which game had a higher discount. Whats more, this discount could also be adjusted according to the situation. Increasing the discount limit was completely within control. However, Tengda had managed to get everything done in one go. They were giving out for free! That way, players would be able to tell at a glance which would be more cost-effective, even though the value of the goods in the two games were different. Obviously, Tengda would be more generous if they gave it away for free! The price war had not officially started yet, but gamers attention had already been attracted by Tengdas 515 Game Festival. Even IOIs veteran gamers were coveting it and looking down on IOIs activities. What else could they do? They were completely crushed by the other party the moment the game started! However, Zhao Xuming felt that there was still a chance to turn things around even in this confusion. Boss Pei was indeed being generous by doing this. However, Tengdas financial problems would become even more serious. Initially, they could still recover from the discount. However, in order to surpass Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation, Boss Pei insisted on giving them nothing. The result of trying to bite off more than one could chew was often swallowing ones teeth. However, was Boss Pei bluffing or was he strategizing and full of confidence? No one could guess. Zhao Xuming was thinking when his cell phone rang. Indeed, it was from Eric. Boss Zhao, youve seen the specific rules of the 515 Games Festival, right? Erics voice was low. Obviously, this matter had completely exceeded his expectations. Zhao Xuming nodded. I saw it. What should we do? Eric sounded serious, but he was still calm. Theres no need to rush. Lets observe first. The last person to laugh in the money-burning war depends on who can burn longer. The benefits of the 515 Games Day at the beginning have completely suppressed us, but how long can this benefit last? Lets say that it can last for a week and the entire game festival, what about after that? Does Tengda still have the strength to deal with our new attack? This is a long-term war. Only those who can smile till the end were the best! Zhao Xuming quickly said, Understood! Boss Peis move can be said to be cutting off all means of retreat and fighting with ones back to the river. Even though it can greatly motivate morale in the short term, it is lacking in momentum. In other words, Boss Pei did not give himself much room to retreat. The longer we persevere, the more advantageous it would be for us! I will definitely observe Tengdas movements at all times and not miss any clues! Zhao Xuming felt much more at ease after hanging up. Previously, he had been a little shocked by the benefits of the 515 Game Festival. It was like when he had tried to add a few more chips at the gambling table, but Boss Pei directly went all in. This had caused a huge psychological pressure on Zhao Xuming. He also had deep doubts about the strategy that he had prepared. However, now that he had calmed down and thought about it, there seemed to be another way to interpret this matter. Tengda Corporations money could not be generated out of thin air, right? There would be a time when it would be spent. The inventory of the smart fitness drying rack was piled up like a mountain. The movies and games of Mission and Choice were still in the remuneration cycle. Coupled with Tengdas other industries in development Tengda should not have much money left. Was Boss Pei bluffing? He wanted to scare Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation away by making it seem like he had sufficient funds and was not afraid of the price war? Boss Pei was very crafty. He loved playing mind games. He wanted to see if Tengda would be able to fork out more money after the 515-game festival as long as Finger Games and Long Yu Corporations money-splitting activities could continue! The more Zhao Xuming thought about it, the more he felt that the situation was not as pessimistic as he had initially thought. Instead, he became more optimistic! He calmed down and went to sleep. Chapter 1038 - The Opening Story of ‘Fitness Battle’ May 16th, Wednesday Binhu District. Qiao Liang was fighting alongside a few fans in GOG. Kill, kill, kill! The opposing Mage doesnt have any ults! No ult, no ult, can be killed! Er theres no more ults now. The opposing Mage doesnt have any more powerful moves now. Can anyone still deal damage? A teammates sarcastic voice came from the teams voice chat. Old Qiao, which side are you on? Dont lie about military intelligence! Just tell me if there is an ult or not! Qiao Liang had been caught by accident and died first in the team battle just now. His teammates had rushed over and he shouted that the opposing mage did not have any ult. Thus, everyone had decided to fight four against five. In the end, the opposing mage had used a perfect ult move. His teammates had also swarmed over and wiped them out. Qiao Liang was a little embarrassed as he said, Im sorry, everyone. Im old and my memory is failing. I remember that the mage just released a big move. How did he recover so quickly? Alright, thats it for today. I need to rest. Qiao Liang exited the team, took off his earphones, and stretched. More than a day had passed since the official start of the 515 Games Festival yesterday morning. Qiao Liang had been working very hard recently. He would be able to obtain a gift bag every day with his friends in Tengdas online game. There was a chance that he would be able to obtain rare items in the game. He would also be able to obtain a random red packet after an hour in the game In summary, players were in charge of playing the game while Tengda was in charge of scattering coins! Qiao Liang might think that he was a hardcore gamer, but he could not possibly buy all of the epic weapons in Ocean Stronghold. GOG did not have all the skins either. Whats more, there were cash and red packets in the rewards. It was just a side benefit even though these rewards were not much to Qiao Liang. In any case, he played games normally. He was just playing for a while longer now that there was such a generous reward for playing games. Why not? Of course, apart from playing games, Qiao Liang was also paying attention to the money-burning war between Tengda Corporation and Finger Games. From the current situation, it could be said that Tengda Corporation had completely crushed them! Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation had also introduced a series of preferential measures, and players had thought that it was quite good at the beginning but it paled in comparison to Boss Peis huge spending! After all, one was a preferential treatment while the other was a pure gift. There was a fundamental difference. After the detailed rules of the 515 Games Day were exposed, gamers immediately entered a state of revelry. Those gamers who only played IOI and did not play GOG were once again envious of GOGs gamers. After all, even though IOIs skin was discounted, they still had to pay for it. On the other hand, GOG would be crazily giving it away when gaming! Who would win this money-burning war? Most players had not considered this problem at all. Of course, it was Boss Pei. That was because Boss Pei seemed to have never lost in such matters. Players trusted him 100%. It would be hard to say if it was anything else. However, Tengda had never been afraid of anyone when it came to burning money. It was not that Tengda was rich, but that it was bold. Whats more, the gamers did not care about whether the game company would burn money or not. It was good as long as everyone could obtain tangible benefits. The more money the two companies burned, the happier the gamers would be. Qiao Liang was a little tired from playing the game just now. He stretched and decided to take a break. He opened his fan group and secretly read what everyone was discussing. Eh? Shang Yang Games has a new game! A new game? Are you serious? I didnt hear any publicity before? Its absolutely true. This game is called Fitness Battle. Its a mobile game. It has been uploaded onto many platforms. You can find it after searching! Qiao Liang was stunned when he saw the discussion in the group. New game? Tengda did not seem to have promoted any new games recently. However, these people in the group sent screenshots as they discussed. This game, called Fitness Battle, was indeed Shang Yang Games work! From the name, it seemed like a fitness game. That was why many people in the group were slightly disappointed. What was so fun about that? In most peoples imaginations, Fitness Battle should be a game similar to fitness simulators or traditional games with fitness packaging, so they were not interested. After all, this was the only game in the market that could barely be compared to fitness. If he had the time to play such games, he might as well get a membership from Deposit Fitness. After all, if he were to apply for a membership card at Deposit Fitness, he would be able to slim down as long as he persevered. However, would he be able to lose weight if he played this game? He would still be at home. The more he stayed at home, the fatter he would become. Everyones confusion was normal. That was because their first reaction did not link this game called Fitness Battle to the game announced at the smart fitness drying rack! That was because the games name was not mentioned at the news conference, and the promotional page for Fitness Battle did not mention the smart fitness drying rack. There were not many gamers who paid attention to the smart fitness drying rack. Whats more, most of them did not look forward to the game that the smart fitness drying rack was to be paired with. That was why many people did not think about it when they saw the game. They had chosen to download it because of Tengdas reputation. Of course, Qiao Liang would not let it go. Its capacity was not small even though it was a mobile game. Qiao Liang guessed that the game might be rich in content. Whats more, Tengdas games were all top-quality. When did Tengda fool people? Qiao Liang immediately downloaded the game on his tablet and entered to take a look with such expectations. After a short black screen, the games opening CG appeared on the screen. The style of CG was more inclined towards the cartoon style of the two-dimensional world. The characteristics of the characters were very obvious. The scene at that moment seemed to be the remains of an ancient building. The sky was already dark. There was no moon or starlight. There were only a few dim oil lamps standing on the dilapidated walls of the ancient building ruins, adding a sinister atmosphere to the entire scene. Eight people sat cross-legged in a circle in the ruins. Under them was a huge magic circle that was emitting a strange red light. They were all connected together, flickering slowly like a pulse. He could roughly see the faces of these eight people as the camera panned across. On the whole, it was a character in the style of a two-dimensional cartoon. There was a cute girl, an attractive older sister, a petite loli, and a cute boy These characters had obviously been meticulously designed. Their appearance was very in line with the aesthetics of 2D players. Their hairstyles, hair color, and clothing details were all very in line with the character characteristics. These people were wearing different clothes that matched the characters persona. However, all of their clothes were in the style of sportswear. The strangest thing was that these people did not seem to have perfect figures. For example, the older sister character. She was obviously curvy enough to induce a nosebleed, but it was obvious that she had a small belly. Moreover, there seemed to be some excess fat on her arms and thighs. It did not look tight enough. The other characters had their own problems, but they were not obvious. At that moment, all eight of them had their eyes tightly shut and their brows tightly furrowed. They even swallowed their saliva from time to time, as though they were enduring terrifying pain. In front of them, in the inner circle of the magic circle, there were eight extended branches, each with a type of food. Braised pork, fried chicken, milk tea, kebabs It looked very tempting. The food constantly emitted a fragrance that stimulated the eight peoples sense of smell. The eight of them seemed to be swallowing their saliva faster and faster. There were already people who could not hold it in anymore. They tried their best to control their hands so that they would not reach out to the food in front of them. At that moment, a dignified voice-over sounded. Hold on, the ceremony is about to succeed! As long as you persevere and endure hunger, you will eventually defeat the terrifying fat demon! However, right after that, a sly and bewitching voice-over sounded. Its alright. Its alright to eat a little occasionally! Youve already worked so hard. Shouldnt you eat a little to replenish your energy and reward yourselves? Whats the point of living when you cant even eat as you please? Just a small bite. Its alright! These two voices hovered around everyone and constantly influenced them. Finally, these peoples willpower reached the brink of collapse. I cant take it anymore. Im starving. Just one bite! Someone pounced on the food in front of them. After the sound of people eating heartily sounded, everyones psychological defense collapsed instantly. All of them pounced on the delicacies in front of them and stuffed them into their mouths without any care. Hahahahahaha A burst of insolent laughter was heard, and layers of black smoke suddenly rose from the bottom of the magic formation, turning into a bloated and huge demon. Poor humans. Your willpower is so weak. How can you seal me with such tricks? Then, take these as gifts. Ill give them to you! The huge fat demon waved his hand and countless bubble-shaped light balls floated out from his body and fused into the eight people. Immediately after, the figures of these eight people swelled visibly! At first, they were only slightly out of shape. However, it was not particularly obvious if one did not look closely. However, one could clearly see that they were obese now. The eight of them were in different situations. Some of them only had fat on certain parts of their bodies, while others had gained twice as much weight. Their originally good looks were on the verge of collapse. With a burst of maniacal laughter, the magic circle completely dimmed. The fat demon also swept up a wave of black smoke and flew away. The eight of them fell to the ground, the food in their hands falling to the ground. Its over, we failed! We still cant resist the temptation of delicacies. The fat demon ran away, and we were parasitized by his fat avatar. We cant control this magic formation anymore! Everyone looked defeated. Two female characters even lowered their heads and sobbed. However, very quickly, a slightly plump but very bright girl stood up. No, we cant give up just like that! The fat demon will continue to bewitch humans and use the fat avatar to parasitize them. Finally, it will become everyones host. Our lifespan will be greatly reduced! Our willpower is not strong enough, and our bodies are not strong enough. However, as long as we train hard, we will still have a chance to drive away the fat demon avatars that parasitize our bodies and seal the fat demon again! Chapter 1039 - Buying Upgraded Pro Version Of The Drying Rack! The plot would seem a little awkward, but it was completely compatible with the game genre of Fitness, so players would not feel strange or uncomfortable. Fitness Battle was a casual game. The games style was more cartoonish, so the overall style was like that. This opening plot turned fat into demons, eight fitness practitioners into warriors, and used the background story of a warrior war demon. It looked quite novel when combined with fitness even though the plot was traditional. Whats more, this kind of plot would appear more humorous. It would have a cold sense of humor that would make the players more relaxed and less serious. The opening animation was all made using instantaneous calculation. However, it did not look rough at all because of the games style. Instead, it looked strange and cute. Soon after, it was time for the official storyline of the game. Players would play the Chosen One in the plot. The prophet predicted that the Chosen One was the key to sealing the fat demon again. Only with the Chosen One could the warriors persevere and successfully drive away the fat demon avatar on their bodies. Finally, they would face the fat demon in perfect shape. The game would be conducted from a first-person perspective. The Chosen One played by the players would accompany the eight warriors into different places such as the glaciers and deserts. After expelling the fat demon avatars parasitizing them, they would defeat the City Lords parasitized by the fat demon avatars in these different areas and finally defeat the fat demon through the sealing ritual. Characters were unlocked in a certain order. At the beginning, one of the two initial characters had to be chosen. Once this character met the requirements, one would be selected from the three characters, and then one from the three and so on. Players did not need to train all eight characters in the story mode. They only needed to get through four of them. However, there was an even more difficult challenge after getting through the story mode. Moreover, it would take a long time to train the characters to a perfect figure. Qiao Liang decided to go with the plot first and play chapter after chapter. The first chapter was a checkpoint that leaned towards the novice guide category. On a green field, the ones attacking were also relatively simple fat monsters. During the battle, the character would guide players to make various fitness movements and explain the key points of these movements. Most of these actions were done on the yoga mat. For example, there were hHigh leg raises, squats, push-ups, abdominal crunches, etc., there are also some difficult movements, similar to Burpees, or other strange-looking movements. He could tell that these movements were designed by professionals. They were indeed helpful for fitness. Qiao Liang took out the yoga mat that he had been eating dust for a long time and spread it out in the living room. He projected the image of the tablet onto the television, supported the tablet with a frame according to the instructions, and aimed the camera at himself. Then, he began to exercise. Strange, how did it detect my movements? Qiao Liang was a little curious. Even though the game had indeed used a tablet computers camera and required players to remain within the cameras range, could the precision and sensitivity of such a camera determine whether the players movements were standard? Out of curiosity, Qiao Liang deliberately skated a little and made a few extremely irregular movements. Then, he realized that he obviously could not. As long as he was moving, the system would calculate that he had completed the movement regardless of whether the movement was standard or not. The system would only be able to judge and wait for him if he left the camera area or did not move. This is a little too rough However, that makes sense. At first, Qiao Liang felt that it was a pity. He had worked so hard to follow the movements, but they were all the same. What was the point? However, he was no longer thinking purely from the perspective of a gamer. From the perspective of a game designer, it probably could not do anything else. First of all, this was a mobile game. The equipment used by gamers were all different. There were thousands of yuan in the flagship level, and there were also a thousand-yuan phone or even a hundred-yuan phone. The performance of the lowest equipment had to be taken into consideration to ensure that the game could barely run on most cell phones. Some cell phones cameras were of so low quality that it was too difficult to accurately position players. Whats more, even though there was a technique to accurately determine a players movements through the camera, it had to be a professional camera. It was still unknown if the cell phone camera could achieve this level. It was very likely that they had spent a lot of effort to develop the game, but there were no results. Instead, they had severely delayed the release date of the game. Therefore, this design depended on the players self-awareness. If the player was lazy and wanted to fool around, then fool around. If the player wanted to train seriously, he would definitely be able to achieve the effect. Based on the standard evaluation of a mobile game, it was barely acceptable. Qiao Liang followed the movements in the game and trained for a while. Soon, he was sweating profusely. They were all very simple actions such as holding up the tablet, rolling up the stomach, or kneeling on the ground with their elbows and knees stretched out their legs but they still felt quite tired after following the games time and rhythm for more than ten minutes. It seems to be easier to persevere than the application. I dont know if Im hallucinating. Qiao Liang had bought the yoga mat previously because he wanted to train himself in the living room. However, after a few tries, the yoga mat had never emerged again and ate dust. The reason was that he could not persevere. In fact, Tengda Life App had a module for Deposit Fitness. There were videos recorded by professional trainers that could fit in with the videos. Aili Islands website had a large number of similar courses like aerobic fitness. However, Qiao Liang gave up halfway without any exception after trying a few times. On the other hand, these movements in Fitness Battle might be similar to those in the fitness application but they made Qiao Liang persevere for a long time. Whats more, he still wanted more. He felt that he could play another chapter. Qiao Liang thought about it. This was obviously the special effect of a carrier like the game. That was because the game was an interactive art that emphasized feedback from players. If he only played a video, he would not be able to do anything apart from fast-forwarding and retreating. Whats more, he would not have a clear target accumulation even if he practiced it once. However, the game was different. The game had rich and colorful scenes and gorgeous attacking special effects. Players would obtain a sense of achievement and satisfaction every time they defeated a monster, cleared a stage, won a chapter, and watched a plot. Therefore, it was easier to persevere than working out with a video. If you can get through the first chapter, you will be rewarded with some substitute coins. It seems like you will also get a free lucky draw. There are still two more stages. Forget it, Ill rest first. Qiao Liang wanted to continue, but his arms and legs, which had been lacking in exercise for a long time, could not hold on. Whats more, there would be restrictions on the duration of the game. The first time would be to remind players to replenish their energy, the second time would be to remind them to rest, and the third time would be to lock them up and force them to rest for a period of time before continuing the challenge. Obviously, this was to prevent players from over-exhausting due to excessive training. Qiao Liang exited the chapter and returned to the games main interface. Interestingly, after the training came to an end, the characters in the game would calculate the amount of exercise they had today, for example how many sets of movements they had made and how many calories they had consumed. After that, transparent bubbles could be seen flying out of the characters body. The figure of the character changed slightly, which meant that a small portion of the fat demon avatar had been expelled. This game is quite interesting. Qiao Liang could not help but feel emotional. The idea of combining games and fitness was indeed novel, but like all other games, the idea was only a foundation. More importantly, it was to complete the details that the idea required. The various details of the Fitness Battle were done very well, including the characters style, character design, modeling, movements, the detailed explanation and guidance of various fitness movements, and finally, the games plot packaging, gameplay setting, and so on. Everything showed a meticulous attitude. Hmm? What is this? Qiao Liang suddenly noticed an inconspicuous button at the bottom right corner of the game interface: Upgrade professional version. Theres a professional version? Whats the professional version? Qiao Liang could not help but feel curious and immediately clicked on it. After he clicked, an explanation page popped up. Buy the smart fitness drying rack and connect it to the cell phone through Bluetooth. You can upgrade it to professional game content. In the professional version of Fitness Battle, you will receive: Dozens of professional fitness movements that match the smart fitness drying rack; The smart fitness drying rack accurately detects the range of movements, corrects the wrong posture, and better conducts motion guidance; Double the calories currency acquisition; The professional gift package contains ten random and rare items. Click on the button below and you can switch to the purchase page. Qiao Liang was stunned for a moment before realization dawned on him. Huh? So this is the catch! The game that Boss Chang mentioned at the news conference is really a match with the smart fitness drying rack. Its called Fitness Battle! Qiao Liang instantly understood the games strategy. The ordinary version of Fitness Battle was to attract as many players as possible to play it. It did not matter even if they were freeloaders. It could increase the popularity of the game. Ordinary gamers could just do a few exercises on the yoga mat every day and browse through the props in the game. For professionals who wanted more, if they wanted to experience the best effect of the game, they would have to pair it with the smart fitness drying rack. According to the introduction, the smart fitness drying rack could detect players movements. It was also very clear how much weight players used, how long they used to complete a set of movements, and whether their movements became slower and slower. Thus, it could more accurately grasp the players training state. In addition, the professional version would also give additional gift bags and the advantage of obtaining double calories currency. It was obvious that they were trying to prevent people from using the mobile version of the game to deliberately obtain coins. The calorie coin was obtained through training. The mobile version did not need to make the movements so standard. A simple movement would be considered complete. If the efficiency of the two was the same, many people might deliberately not connect to the smart fitness drying rack for the sake of liver characters or liver props and only play the basic version. That was obviously the opposite of encouraging gamers to work out. In fact, it did not matter if they used substitute coins. However, it would be meaningless if it affected the fitness effect because of the substitute coins. Therefore, while limiting players fitness time and preventing over-exhaustion, the smart fitness drying rack could obtain double the amount of calories. It could prevent players from not working out seriously and buying a smart fitness drying rack. It could also be considered a benefit for players who bought the smart fitness drying rack to play a better promotional role. Qiao Liang had watched the news conference before and knew about the smart fitness drying rack. However, he was not interested at that time. He only thought that it was an ordinary family fitness equipment. It was not much different from the fitness equipment sold online. Thus, he did not want to spend money to buy it. However, now that the smart fitness drying rack had merged with the Fitness Battle, it suddenly became different! Qiao Liang was suddenly very curious. What would it be like to play Fitness Battle on the smart fitness drying rack? Chapter 1040 - Two Month Extension Of Screening Time For The Movie! After the exercise, Qiao Liang sat on the sofa for a while, drank some water to replenish his water, and ate two pieces of chocolate. His stamina was depleted quickly, but he recovered quickly as well. That was because he was playing the basic version of the Fitness Battle. The movements on it were relatively simple on the yoga mat. Whats more, there was not much exercise in the game. If he trained his strength until he was exhausted, he might not have the energy to do anything else for the entire day. His muscles might even ache for the next three days. However, his stamina would recover faster with just this basic training. According to Qiao Liangs character, he would definitely give up after practicing for a while today. It did not matter if he practiced well or not. The time would be about right as long as he did. He would basically give up and not even want to practice for the next few days. In fact, this amount of exercise was completely insufficient. It could not be used to lose weight and shape. However, Qiao Liang felt like he had not had enough today. The main thing was what kind of magical chemical reaction would the game, Fitness Battle and the smart fitness drying rack produce? He was very curious. Thinking about it, he felt that the experience would definitely be much better than this basic model. This curiosity made Qiao Liang feel like ants were crawling in his heart. He could not hold back this urge at all. Thus, he did something that shocked even himself. He decided to head out immediately and head to the nearby Deposit Fitness to experience what it was like to play Fitness Battle on the smart fitness drying rack! If it was really effective, he did not mind ordering one immediately and training it at home. I havent done a live-stream in a long time. Ive disappeared for more than a week. Why dont I do a broadcast today? As a veteran no-show, Qiao Liang had a sense of shame that he could not help but avoid once a month. Coincidentally, this was a good live-stream theme. Thus, Qiao Liang packed his things and prepared to leave. At the same time, he turned on the live-stream of Bunny Tail. He was prepared to live-stream the entire process of the smart fitness drying rack to his fans! At the same time, Pei Qian had just arrived at the office. He was prepared to start working for a day, no, half a day. It was already three in the afternoon. Strictly speaking, Pei Qian had more than two hours to work today. He had no choice. Boss Pei was too busy. There were so many things in life. Any one of them was much more important than coming to work. The first thing he did at work was to check the sales page of the smart fitness drying rack. Yes, even though there were some changes in the number, it was still relatively dismal. He did not know when the stocks that were accumulated in the warehouse would be cleared. The situation was great! It looked like the smart fitness drying rack could be put at ease in the short term. ΢֮,ǫ˱,һߺȲһҵ. Now, Tengda Corporation was involved in too many industries. To outsiders, Boss Pei seemed to be devising strategies and had a clear grasp of the situation of all industries. However, only Boss Pei himself knew that he often missed out on certain industries. He also had to look at the blueprints of the various departments in order to remember them clearly. Suddenly, Pei Qian thought of something. The movie Mission and Choice has been taken off the big screens, right? The release date for the film Mission and Choice was April 14th. Normally, the first cycle of the movie would be a month, which meant that the movie would be released on May 14th. It was already May 16th. Ever since May 1st, when the film Greyhound, which Boss Pei had high hopes for, suffered a loss in box office sales, Pei Qian had stopped paying attention to Mission and Choice. He directly blocked out Gou Yan application and various other promotional messages from various film apps, as well as entertainment and film sections of various news clients. In short, he tried his best not to receive any news about Mission and Choice movies. His plan to incur losses through Mission and Choice might have failed completely but he still had to continue living. Pei Qian was afraid that his mentality would collapse if he continued to pay attention to these news. Thus, he could only bury his head in the sand like an ostrich. Only then would he be able to calm down. After all, there was still some time before settlement. There was still hope if he struggled hard. His method had indeed had a very good effect. In modern society, information might seem very advanced, but there was actually a very strong information cocoon house effect. In other words, even though there was a lot of information online, it was precisely because there was too much information and there were too many channels to obtain information that people tended to focus only on the parts that they were interested in. The information obtained from different people showed huge differences. Many people thought that they were well-informed, but in fact, they had already become isolated from the world. In such an environment, as long as he spent a little effort and did not understand some information, these things would not exist. Now, Pei Qian felt that he could almost walk out of the information cocoon room and recognize reality. Since the box office of Mission and Choice had already been settled, there was no point in running away. It was better to recognize reality early and prepare for a tough battle. Pei Qian opened Gou Yan application, intending to check the final box office of Mission and Choice. However, when he opened the application, he saw a notification pop up on the home page. Mission and Choices screening period has been extended by two months! This news stunned Pei Qian. He was not mentally prepared at all. Three question marks floated above his head. ??? What did I do wrong? I havent logged into Gou Yan application for more than half a month, and now its sending me such a dazzling message! Pei Qian clicked on it in shock. According to the news from the distributor, the recent popular movie Mission and Choice has been extended. It will be released for two months from May 14th to July 14th. At the same time, the movie has adjusted the ticket prices for all types of movies. There was a screenshot of the announcement. The title of the announcement was Notice of the delayed date of the Mission and Choice key and the adjustment of the lowest ticket price. The content of the notice was very simple: the key to Mission and Choice would be extended by two months. At the same time, the lowest ticket price of the movie would be adjusted. According to the difference between the city and the cinema, ticket prices would generally decrease by five to ten yuan. There was also an introduction to the movies general outline. Mission and Choice is an original sci-fi film produced by Tengda Corporations Fei Huang Workspace. It talks about the magnificent interstellar war between humans and Zergs in the future. Once it was released, it caused a huge reaction. Some industry insiders said that it opened the door to domestically-produced sci-fi movies and opened the river to heavy industrialization movies. It has a milestone historical significance. As of May 14, 16:10 PM, the film Mission and Choice had been released for a month. Its box office had already exceeded 1.5 billion yuan. It had broken the previous 1.1 billion yuan box office record that domestically-produced movies had maintained for two years. It was far ahead of all the movies that had been released this year. It had even surpassed the domestic box office of a few Hollywood blockbusters. The extension of the key to Mission and Choice is obviously in line with the expectations of the film producers, audience, cinema operators, and industry insiders. How much box office will this outstanding domestic movie achieve in the end? I welcome everyone to wait and see with Gou Yan application! Upload the professional version of Gou Yan application and check the box office in real time! They did not forget to publicize his application at the end of this news. However, Pei Qian couldnt care less about this content. Now, his mind was blank. There were only two numbers left. Two months! Box office earnings: 1.5 billion yuan! When Mission and Choice had first been released, Pei Qian had gone to Gou Yan application every day to check out the estimated box office. At the beginning, Gou Yan application had been very conservative with its estimates of 350 million yuan and 400 million yuan. According to this estimate, the movie would definitely suffer a huge loss. Pei Qian was a little excited. In the end, things became more and more strange. The films initial poor box office performance was only because there was no publicity. However, after a series of publicity strategies hyped up the movies popularity, the box office of the film began to rise against the trend. Gou Yan application also adjusted its estimates of the box office repeatedly. It rose to 500 million or even 800 million yuan! Many film critics thought that the 800 million yuan box office was already the level of the domestic box office champion this year. Even if there were stronger dark horses, Mission and Choice would still be a strong competitor for the domestic box office champion. That was enough to make Pei Qian tremble with fear. That was because the domestic film market was only so big at the moment. The 1.1 billion yuan that had won the box office previously was already a huge hit with the right time, place, and people. At that time, it had even occupied the hot searches for a long time. The domestically-produced movies that followed, even those that won the annual box office championship, would at most be around 600 to 800 million yuan. On the other hand, many Hollywood blockbusters would not be able to obtain more than 1 billion yuan in the domestic box office. In the end, Mission and Choice earned 1.5 billion yuan in the box office this month?! Not only had they broken the domestic movies box office record and crushed many Hollywood blockbusters, but they were also going to screen it for another two months? Fei Huang Workspace would earn at least 500 million yuan in the 1.5 billion yuan box office. The game and movie of Mission and Choice cost less than 600 million yuan. As early as the first week, the sales volume of Mission and Choice had already reached 800,000 sets. The net income was more than 80 million With the addition of these two figures, he would be able to recoup all the costs. Every cent that followed would be pure profit! What was even scarier was that Pei Qian saw an analysis of the final distribution of income in the various articles on Mission and Choice on Gou Yan applications information channel. The person who wrote this article was obviously an industry insider. He analyzed all sorts of clues and finally came to a terrifying conclusion. Fei Huang Workspaces final share of the box office earnings would most likely be higher than the other film producers! That was because Mission and Choice was different from other movies. The publicity cost could be ignored! Chapter 1041 - The Mobile Game Crashed! Publicity was a huge part of the cost of other movies. That would also affect the films final income. The producers and distributors of certain movies loved to sign the valuation adjustment mechanism agreement. For example, the producers would authorize the films guaranteed distribution rights at a total box office of one billion yuan. That way, the producers could directly obtain more than 300 million yuan in guaranteed income. The advantage of doing so was that the producers could take less risk. Even if the movie box office failed miserably and lost all of their hard-earned money, these losses would be borne by the distributors, and the producers could still obtain more than 300 million yuan from the distributors. However, if the box office of the movie exploded and exceeded one billion yuan, only a small portion of the money would be given to the producers and the bulk of it would be taken away by the distributors. Of course, not everyone was qualified to sign such an agreement. Usually, only the best-known film series of directors could receive such treatment. However, this also reflected a fact. Distributors had a lot of say in the film industry. If a movie wanted to become popular, it had to spend a lot of resources to publicize it. The distributors would definitely not take any less money when they split the money. If the distributor paid for the movies publicity and distribution fees, the distributor would charge 12-20% of the proxy distribution fees. If the distributor promised to keep the bottom, buy out the distribution fees, and pay for the production fees, the proxy distribution fees would be even higher. Many film producers would not bear the cost of publicity on their own in order to reduce the risk. Thus, a large portion of the final box office earnings had to be paid to the distributors as proxy fees. This was the reason why producers were still losing money even though movies seemed to be doing well at the box office. However, Mission and Choice was an anomaly. The box office had exploded but they did not spend much money on publicity! Since the distributors did not have to pay for the publicity fees, they could only take 5-15% of the box office of the distributors as the agency distribution cost, which, when converted into a shareable box office ratio, was only 2%~6%. The specific ratio would be adjusted according to the weight of both parties words. Fei Huang Workspace, which had the successful experience of Tomorrow is Beautiful and had a close relationship with Shenhua Films, obviously had a higher say. In other words, the 1.5 billion yuan box office earnings that Mission and Choice earned was at least 10% more than other movies! On the other hand, for a box office of this level, every additional one or two percentage points might differ by tens of millions of yuan. Whats more, these calculations were based on the current 1.5 billion yuan box office. The movie would be delayed for another two months! Of course, the box office would not fluctuate too much even if they were to extend for two months according to conventional experience. If the extended box office could reach half of the total box office, it would be not bad even if it was only 5%. 1.5 billion yuan in the box office. The delayed box office would only be 60 to 70 million yuan at most. That was because a movie would become popular very quickly. In the month after it premiered, those who wanted to watch it would have seen it. Those who did not would not watch it again. The box office that would be supported by some fish that slipped through the net would not be much. Whats more, the cinema chains would not foolishly give them so many slots. However, the problem was that Mission and Choice had not had prior publicity, so it had a strong after-effect. The box office performance on the thirtieth day was obviously higher than the average, and the ratio of delayed box office sales was probably better than other movies. This casual bluff was another box office of tens of millions! Whats more, extending the screening of the movie would continue the popularity of the movie. Every domestic movies box office records would increase a little. Many domestic video websites wanted to buy the copyright of the movie and send it to their own websites. The price offered would also be more generous Pei Qian slumped back in his chair, feeling like he had nothing to live for. Pei Qian had originally thought that the worst had passed since the movie Mission and Choice had ended. That was why he had prepared to take a look at the box office and accept the cruel reality. However, after taking a look, he realized that it was not the worst yet. He had to cremate it again. The incinerator had just begun to heat up! This is bad. The benefits for the 515 Games Festival are still too little Pei Qian felt hopeless. The saddest thing in the world was that he had thought that he had successfully completed the mission and spent a huge sum of money. However, he realized that another huge amount of unexpected money was about to enter his account! What should he do? Pei Qian could only open the detailed document for the 515 Games Festival once again and think about how to salvage the situation. Tengda Corporations presidents office was filled with worry. At the same time, Long Yu Corporation looked completely different. Zhao Xuming rushed to the conference room and met Eric. Good news! The development team of Eternal Hunter has just announced that they have decided to postpone the official release date of the game to next month due to technical reasons! Eric put down his work and looked up. Oh? His eyes were also filled with surprise. Logically speaking, it was very normal for game manufacturers to delay. Some would for a month or two, while others could be for half a year. There would only be more with no end. A two-week delay like this was not considered big news. However, this was a huge piece of good news for Eric and Zhao Xuming. Eric chuckled. Calling it a technical reason is probably an excuse. After all, Eternal Hunter had already gone through two rounds of testing. There were no malignant bugs, and the game was running quite well. Zhao Xuming nodded. Thats right. They probably want to avoid us! Thats good. We dont want to collide with them either. Eternal Hunter was an action mobile game that had been developed with a huge sum of money. It had already been publicized a few months ago, and there was a lot of support. Before this, this game had already been tested twice. It had a good reputation and was very popular. The only problem was that the official launch time of this game was set to be this Saturday. It would clash with IOIs mobile version. That made Zhao Xuming worried for a while. He might have absolute confidence in IOI mobile games and could not be at a disadvantage against any opponent but it was never pretty if they clashed. That was because there were only so many recommendation spots in the country. For example, the various cell phone application markets would definitely discuss cooperation with these games in advance and give their best recommendation spots to the games released this month. While IOI mobile games could obtain the best recommendation spots, Eternal Hunter would definitely have other good recommendations. That way, players would definitely be distributed, and IOI mobile games stats would definitely be affected. However, now, Eternal Hunter has given up! Obviously, the people from Eternal Hunter also felt the pressure and felt that it was not appropriate to choose this time to be released. They decided to postpone it for two weeks to avoid the edge and ensure that the game would enjoy the highest popularity once it was released. Eric asked, In that case, the other games in the same period cannot be compared to IOI mobile games, right? Zhao Xuming nodded. Thats right! I just went through the application store two days ago. The new games in the same period are all small productions. Theyre on a completely different level from our mobile games. They wont pose any threat. Ive seen the old games on the rankings as well. Tengda has a few evergreen mobile games, such as GOG, Bloody Battle Song, and the mobile version of Ocean Stronghold. However, these games are all played by fixed groups. They should not form a direct competitiveness with IOI mobile games. Eric was very happy. Alright, then hurry up and arrange for the mobile game to be released! The players probably cant wait any longer. Long Yu Corporation was promoting IOI mobile games as their main focus. They exaggerated it alot. There was a huge discussion at the previous news conference. Gamers expectations had reached a peak. If this dragged on, the gamers enthusiasm would dissipate. There would be no rush. Whats more, it was now a critical period for Tengdas 515 Game Festival. If IOIs mobile game was released earlier, it could also divert the attention of the entire internet to IOIs mobile game. Zhao Xuming immediately went to make arrangements happily. After Zhao Xuming left, Eric took out his cell phone and opened Shenhuas application store to check on the more popular newbie tour. He did not doubt Zhao Xumings words. He just glanced at it out of habit. That way, he could feel more at ease. Eric used the POUIO cell phone himself, but he also had a Shenhua cell phone for work. After all, he was the person-in-charge of IOI in the Huaxia area. Shenhua cell phones occupied a huge market share in the entire mainland market. The situation that he saw through the Shenhua cell phone application could also reflect some problems. Suddenly, Erics gaze stopped at the recommendation spot at the top of Shenhuas application store. It was a game called Fitness Battle! Eric was a little confused. Even such a game is able to get the best recommendation spots? He flipped through the game rankings in the application market, including the free rankings and best-selling rankings. He did not find this game among the top twenty this month. He opened the other two applications markets and searched. He found that there was indeed a game called Fitness Battle, but it did not have a recommendation spot as good as Shenhuas application market. It was ranked very low on the best-selling list. This game seems to have only been released today. Thats why it hasnt made it to the top of the rankings yet. We cant tell whether it earns money or not now. It looks like it has something to do with Shenhua. For a new game to be given such recommendation spots, its not something that ordinary games companies can do. From the current ranking, it doesnt seem to be enough to pose a threat to IOIs mobile game. I wonder if Zhao Xuming saw this game before? He might not have seen it at all, or he might have seen it but did not care Eric did not think much about it at first. After all, mobile games were developing like wildfire. There were a few new mobile games online almost every day. There was nothing to be surprised about. However, when he clicked on the details page of the Fitness Battle and saw the developers name, he immediately became alert. This was created by Shang Yang Games! It was the critical period in the price war with Tengda Corporation. Eric was very vigilant. When he saw the words Shang Yang Games, he immediately stopped underestimating the game. No wonder Shenhuas application store gave such a good recommendation spot! They are in the same boat as Boss Pei! Given the number of users in Shenhuas application market and Tengdas appeal, this game would probably reach the top of the best-selling charts very soon Eric was not a good-for-nothing. He immediately understood how dangerous this was. Perhaps the reason why Eternal Hunter delayed the release of the game was not only to avoid IOI mobile games, but also to avoid Fitness Battle! However, what should he do next? Delay, like what the Eternal Hunter did? Eric quickly dismissed the idea. On one hand, the delay would definitely bump into Eternal Hunter. It would not be easy to deal with it. Instead, he would hand over the market for the second half of the month to the Fitness Battle. This would cause him to incur a huge loss. On the other hand, they were at the critical juncture of the 515 Game Festival. If the game was delayed, how would gamers interpret it? Either Finger Games had admitted defeat, or Finger Games had gone back on their word and had problems with project management. They had said that they would be able to come online but then jumped ship. Either way, it was very bad for Eric! After much consideration, Eric decided to follow his previous plan and not delay! Eric would definitely not be confident if GOGs mobile game were to clash with IOIs mobile game. However, one could tell at a glance that Fitness Battle was a leisure game related to fitness. It was not the Tengda Games department that was in charge of developing it; it was Shang Yang Games. MOBA games did not even dare to play casual games. That was too embarrassing! Whats more, even though it was risky to go online at the same time, the benefits were huge. If IOIs mobile game could become popular after it was released and seize a lot of public opinion, it would be a huge piece of good news for the money-burning war that both parties were engaged in! At that thought, Eric did not inform Zhao Xuming to postpone the game. Instead, he allowed IOIs mobile game to be released within the week. Chapter 1042 - The Professional Version And The Ordinary Version Are Two Different Games! Qiao Liang turned on the live-stream and arrived at the Deposit Fitness near his residence. He did not have a membership, but it did not matter. As a loyal user of Tengda, as long as he showed his OTTO cell phone, it would not be a problem to try out the smart fitness drying rack. He brought his tablet computer over and prepared to use it to run games. Then, he would use the front camera of the tablet to live-stream his workout. The two images could overlap. The application of Bunny Tail Live-Stream supported this function. Moreover, the size of the two images could be adjusted. There was no need to worry about that. After arriving at the Deposit Fitness, Qiao Liang explained his purpose for coming. When he heard that the person in front of him was Boss Peis best friend, the famous Teacher Qiao, the fitness trainer took him very seriously and immediately nodded. Alright, this way please. He led Qiao Liang to a specific area in the gym as he spoke. Qiao Liang was stunned. So much equipment? Theres even a television? Six smart fitness drying racks were neatly placed at the core of the gym. Whats more, there were televisions hanging on the opposite wall of the equipment, matching each other. The size of the television was not huge. It was 55 inches, but it was enough at this distance. These televisions were obviously famous brands of foreign manufacturers. The quality of the images were guaranteed. Qiao Liang was a little surprised to see this. He had originally thought that Deposit Fitness would only have one smart fitness drying rack. Whats more, it would be placed in the corner, not fitted with television or any other equipment. After all, Deposit Fitness had its own main business. There was a lot of professional fitness equipment to begin with. Why would there be so many smart fitness drying racks? The coach hesitated for a moment and answered truthfully, a little embarrassed. Actually, there was only one unit. However, two days ago, when Boss Pei came to our flagship store to inspect, he realized that there was only one in the store and no one was interested in it. He was very unhappy. He forced all the stores to have at least five to six, and all of them had to be equipped with television. We had to put in a lot of effort to make room for these lousy thin ahem, equipment. The fitness trainer almost blurted out these lousy things. Tengdas employees highlighted the truth. Obviously, not all Deposit Fitness employees could understand the benefits of this thing. Guo Licheng had also participated in the research and development of this thing, but the other trainers in the gym had no access to these things. Deposit Fitness had already opened many branches. The employees at this level most likely did not know that the equipment was accompanied by a game. They were just a little dissatisfied when they saw that no one had been interested in the equipment since it was set up and that it occupied a lot of space. It was obvious that these fitness trainers preferred professional fitness equipment even though it was their own products. Qiao Liang could hear the shop assistants dissatisfaction and smiled. Thats because you havent understood Boss Peis deeper meaning. Let me do it. Once you understand, you might not be far from becoming the branch manager. Qiao Liang smiled and chose one of the smart fitness drying racks to sit down on. Then, he switched on the television and used his cell phone to project a screen. The fitness trainer could not help but feel curious as he stood by the side. On one hand, it was because Qiao Liangs identity was special. He had to treat Boss Peis friends well. On the other hand, he was curious and wanted to know what Qiao Liang meant. What did he mean by not understanding Boss Peis deeper meaning? Why was he not far from becoming the branch manager after understanding it? Could it be that something that looked a little out of place had something special about it? Qiao Liang first searched through Bluetooth and connected it to the smart fitness drying rack. Then, he opened the game and clicked the professional version button on the title page. It did not give too many hints. It simply changed the interface style, but there were many additional instructions. Whats more, the fitness movements were changed completely. A very detailed description page would appear on the game graphics when changing the movements. It would show what the smart fitness drying rack looked like. Which parts would he have to change if he wanted to practice the next move? Whats more, every time Qiao Liang changed a part, the image would show it in real time. It was as easy as moving his arm, and very accurate. Qiao Liangs first action was to clamp his chest. The fitness trainer stood by the side. He could tell that Qiao Liang was a newbie and did not have any fitness foundation at all. Thus, he wanted to give some pointers to prevent his movements from not being standard and not having the best training effect. However, he failed to interject after several attempts! That was because the game character on the screen had already said all that he wanted! For example, at the beginning, the coach had wanted to remind Qiao Liang to adjust the weight so that he could act within his capabilities. He did not want to foolishly try to increase the weight so quickly. The most important thing was to find a suitable weight for himself. In the end, he realized that he did not need to say anything. That was because the characters in the game would roughly determine Qiao Liangs physical condition based on the height, weight, training situation that Qiao Liang filled in when he entered the game. Then, they would let Qiao Liang try three different weights. Then, they would determine whether the current weights were suitable based on the time Qiao Liang took to pull them up and Qiao Liangs own feedback. While Qiao Liang was adjusting the equipment or changing the weight, the game character would also talk about professional fitness, from the basic concept of fitness to the details of a certain movement. The fitness trainer watched from the side and could not help but feel stunned. He suddenly felt like he had lost his job Deposit Fitness might not have any private training but as a coach, he had to be in charge of guiding newbies. However, the coach realized that the character in the game had perfectly replaced his role! Of course, it was impossible to completely replace him. After all, no matter how smart a game program was, it could not compare to a living person. However, it still had seventy to eighty percent of its effect. That was because fitness was both profound and simple at the same time. Some basic theories would not change much. They were basically common knowledge. Whats more, the character in the game had another advantage. It would not be annoying or have a bad attitude. Even if players repeatedly made the same mistake a hundred times, the characters in the game would still seriously remind and guide them. This kind of good temper was absolutely impossible for humans. This would obviously make many people who were too embarrassed to communicate with the coach lower their guard and distance. After all, it was much easier to deal with game characters than with real people. Qiao Liang quickly immersed himself in the game. He realized that using the smart fitness drying rack to play Fitness Battle was completely different from using a cell phone! When he was using his cell phone to play, his actions were basically fooling around. He was purely using his hands and feet to exchange for calories. The pleasure points of the game were all focused on clearing the stages and obtaining rewards. However, using the smart fitness drying rack was completely different. The games characters would give different feedback depending on how the actions were completed. For example, if the movements were too fast, the player would ask the player if the weight was too light. The computer would ask the player to make the standard movements and not ask for quantity. If the movements were too slow and obviously could not be done, the player would ask the player to lower the weight or take a break. When the actions were done to a certain standard, the characters in the game would also have special voice-overs and praises. In other words, using the smart fitness drying rack to play this game could obtain feedback for every action. If one made a particularly standard action, they would obtain special commendation, voice and movements from the character. They would also obtain additional calorie coins. There would also be additional calorie coins after continuously making standard actions. These were all things that ordinary versions could not enjoy. Qiao Liang kept changing his fitness movements according to the system notification. Once he finished practicing his chest movements, he would start training his back. Then, he would train his other parts. Fitness had to be done in a particular way. Generally speaking, experienced hands would come up with a fitness plan. For example, if he practiced his chest today, he would stop tomorrow to train his legs. That was because after training a certain part of the muscles to the point of exhaustion today, the muscles might not recover tomorrow. It would not be very effective to train again. He had to let the muscles in this part rest sufficiently. The effect would be better if different parts were practiced alternately. On the other hand, Fitness Battle had obviously taken this into consideration. The fitness mission that the system had arranged for Qiao Liang was based on this principle. Whats more, he could check the schedule at any time and make adjustments according to his own preferences. Qiao Liang was very engrossed in his training. He did not have time to look at the bullet screen comments in the live-stream. All he could see were huge bullet screen comments. Obviously, the audience in the live-stream was as shocked as the fitness trainer beside him! Oh my god! Old Qiao, that lazy dog, is training so hard? I really want to try it! I wonder how long Old Qiao can last. He might forget about this tomorrow with his usual level of perseverance. That might not be the case. In order to prevent players from giving up halfway, this game has obviously done a lot of hard work. For example, content like character nurturing is still very dynamic. The explanation is very detailed. This is completely different from the ordinary version that I played! Whats that coach standing there for? To watch? I want to place an order. What should I do?! Dont be rash, bear with it! If you really cant, go to the nearby Deposit Fitness to take a look. It wont be too late to purchase after experiencing it! The viewers in the live-stream were obviously very interested in this fitness equipment. Many members in the gym noticed the game that Qiao Liang was playing and came over curiously. After watching for a while, they canceled their fitness plan today and used the other smart fitness drying rack. Coach, how do I use this? Where did you download the game? How do we connect the equipment? The coach quickly answered each members questions and helped them adjust the equipment. The smart fitness zone, which had been deserted a moment ago, suddenly became lively! Chapter 1043 - We Can Refund As We Wish? Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios The coach answered them one by one and helped them adjust their equipment. Soon, the limited number of smart fitness drying racks were filled. Those who came late could only watch from the side. ? This thing even has a game? It looks fun! Deposit Fitness users were mainly the young and white-collar workers and the proportion of female members was very high. That was because the model of Deposit Fitness had a certain screening effect. Only those with relatively better economic conditions, higher requirements for the fitness environment, and weaker self-control but strong determination to fit could stay. Most of the people selected were young people who happened to be the target group of players for the Fitness Battle. Naturally, they became very interested after seeing the game graphics. Previously, everyone had indeed looked down on the smart fitness drying rack, but that was because there was no game. Without a game this thing would just be an ordinary fitness equipment. It was no different from the other fitness equipment in the gym. Moreover, it was not as professional as these fitness equipment. However, with the game, it would become the extension of the game. The more fun the game was, the more useful it would be! Even the fitness trainer was confused. He had not expected that the smart fitness drying rack, which no one had been interested in before, would become so popular in an instant. However, he had to admit that the fitness experience of the smart fitness drying rack was indeed much more interesting than playing with the iron in the gym. News of the Fitness Combat and the smart fitness drying rack immediately spread and reached netizens ears Qiao Liang was completely out of energy after clearing the first chapter. The game also started to remind him to take a break. According to the games instructions, after the smart fitness drying rack was restored to its initial state, Qiao Liang was prepared to use the free lucky draw chance and then study the games shopping system. During the game, the system had given Qiao Liang a few beautiful clothes and guided him to complete the process of dressing up his character. Dress up was a popular gameplay that lasted for a long time. Who could resist the temptation of changing a dress for a beautiful girl? Many gameplay for dressing up was very simple, but it could generate tens of millions of yuan a month. As long as new dresses were produced, players would not hesitate to foot the bill. Most of the specialized games used paper figure cutouts to make game characters. Players would spend money happily. The characters in Fitness Battle were 3D models. They were very detailed. Whats more, they could talk to players and do fitness exercises with them. Wouldnt that be much better than paper figure cutouts? After Qiao Liang saw the few pieces of clothing that the system had given him, he became very interested in the games dress up system. It might be troublesome to unlock many high-end fashion apparel, but it should not be a problem to take a look and get a kick out of it, right? If it really looked good and the price was suitable, it would not be a problem to pay a little. Qiao Liang opened the newly opened Shopping Mall interface and found that the entire interface was rather concise. There were only two large web pages: Shopping Mall and Lucky draw. Other games might have similar systems, but they would be slightly modified and would not appear so directly. On the other hand, Fitness Battle was not reserved at all. He opened the interface of the shopping center. There were various props in the game. They were clearly arranged in different categories. These props were divided according to type, including the characters hat, top, pants, shoes, gloves, wrist guards, accessories, and other decorations. There were also specialized fitness scenes and special effects when attacking monsters. The shopping center could also arrange the items based on their quality and price. It was very convenient to choose. In addition, there were also some preferential gifts that had been arranged. For example, there would be a specific discount for buying the entire costume of a certain character. However, there were two prices for all the props in the shopping mall. They were the price by calorie coins and the price of the charging substitute coin. All the goods had the same ratio of the two currencies. Whats more, there were no items in the entire shopping center that could not be bought with calories. The lucky draw interface was much simpler. It was nothing more than a single draw, ten consecutive draws, and ten consecutive draws gives a guaranteed prop. Many other games would display the latest heroes and props on this interface to attract players. However, the Fitness Battle interface did not display these things. It looked very simple. Just as Qiao Liang thought that there was nothing special about the lucky draw system, he noticed a very eye-catching icon on the interface. A detailed description of the lucky draw? Qiao Liang was a little surprised because many other games did not explain the lucky draw system. The reason was simple: there was nothing much to say. Players understood things that could be said clearly. There was no need to explain; things that could not be said clearly would let players know that something big was going to happen. The lucky draw was a secret box. Many games companies would write fake probabilities in the lucky draw system or set the delivery rate of rare items to be very low but not explicit. In any case, players would not be able to verify it. Of course, this situation had improved in recent years as ESROs official platforms restrictions on the lucky draw became stricter. However, most gaming companies would only take responsibility for the official platform and would not explain much to gamers. Qiao Liang subconsciously clicked on it. He had thought that it was just a few simple instructions. He had not expected it to be so detailed! The quality-price ratio of the lottery is 0.8. Er it looks like a loss, but its actually not bad. The lottery originally had a chance. Wait, you cant use calories for the lucky draw. Whats more Im able to get it refunded automatically?! This automatic refund stunned Qiao Liang. In fact, many games could be refunded, but there were very strict restrictions. There had to be a dedicated manual review. Whats more, after refunding once, they would not agree to refund applications anymore. However, that was obviously not the case for Fitness Battle. There was no need for a manual review for this automatic refund. Whats more, there was no need for the reason of children stealing money to top up. As long as they were not satisfied with the lucky draw results, they could directly refund the items! The only limitation was that he could not recharge for the next three days. However, strictly speaking, this did not seem to be a restriction. Instead, it was more like a form of protection. It allowed players to calm down and control their wallets after spending on impulse. As long as there were no restrictions on the upper limit of the refund, players could just refund once every three days until they knew that they were satisfied. What trick is this? Qiao Liang was confused. He had seen many games with paywalls and had some experience in resisting temptation. However, this was the first time he had seen a game with paywalls that could be refunded at will. Who was the designer of this game? Qiao Liang suddenly had a strong desire to charge. In any case, he could get a refund if he was not satisfied with the lucky draw! There was no psychological burden at all. However, Qiao Liang held himself back after some hesitation. After all, he had not even ordered the smart fitness drying rack. It was too early to start paying. He had to spend the calories that the system had given him first, and then take away the ten free chances. Since he could not play the lottery with the calorie coins, Qiao Liang chose a few beautiful dresses and spent the free ten draws. The prop for the ten consecutive draws was quite standard. It was not very good, but it was not bad either. There were two very good dresses. Qiao Liang was not super lucky to begin with. He had expected this outcome. By the way, doesnt the smart fitness drying rack have a professional gift package? Qiao Liang suddenly remembered. However, after studying it carefully, he realized that the gift bag corresponded to the number of the smart fitness drying rack. Each equipment was limited to one time. The facilities in the Deposit Fitness were all public equipment, so they could not receive the gift package. Done, Ill get off work! He might not have been able to obtain a professional gift package, but Qiao Liang was already very satisfied. On one hand, the official platform had given him a chance to draw ten consecutive draws, allowing him to obtain extremely simple and beautiful clothes. That was a satisfaction in the game. On the other hand, his exercise volume had completely reached the standard today. He was sweating profusely from training, and he even walked a little unsteadily. That was a satisfaction in his body. If there was only satisfaction in the game, it would actually be a little empty. That was because games were a form of spiritual entertainment. There would always be a feeling of wasting time. However, if he were to train his body while he was at it, his entire state would obviously improve. His spirit would also continue to be excited. Most importantly, players could feel that their physical fitness had improved through training. It was more meaningful than playing games. Ive decided to buy one unit! After trying it out, Qiao Liang did not hesitate and placed the order. This smart fitness drying rack might be expensive, but it was worth it. Whats more, Qiao Liang felt that there were many merits to the game design of Fitness Battle, especially this shopping mall system. There must be a deeper meaning behind it! Wouldnt it be great if he could release a video or post a Weibo post to analyze it? Chapter 1044 - IOI Mobile Preparations May 17th, Thursday Long Yu Corporation. Early in the morning, several core members of the IOI operations department of Long Yu Corporation arrived at the conference room on time for a meeting. IOIs mobile game would be released at 10 AM sharp this morning according to the original plan. These core members would naturally be there to keep an eye on it. They would deal with any unexpected situations immediately. Eric and Zhao Xuming had also arrived. It was officially released at 10 AM on Thursday. The timing was a little awkward but he had no choice. He could not delay it any longer. Boss Peis various welfare activities had already been fully launched during the 515 Games Festival. They had caused a heated response online. Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation had to do something. If the launch dragged on until the weekend, the loss of popularity over the past two days would be hard for Eric to accept. It might also affect the other activities that had been arranged previously. At that moment, the employees in charge of contacting the various games platforms were reporting the completion of the preparatory work. Weve already discussed with the major channels and reserved recommendation spots for our mobile games. The recommendation spots of various channels are different. Some are very straightforward and give the best recommendation spots directly; some have more requirements and require data to reach a certain standard; some say that the best recommendation spots are no longer available, but the second-rate ones can be arranged at will. In short, we dont have to worry about the channels and resources. After all, IOI mobile games are of high quality and have a client-side game foundation. These channels also know that our game can make money. We dont have to say much. They will think of ways to promote it themselves. In addition, IOI mobile games have already been pre-ordered by various channels. At the moment, the number of people pre-ordered has exceeded a million, and it is still increasing. I believe that the number of players will increase greatly with our large-scale promotional activities! Eric and Zhao Xuming nodded slightly, satisfied with the current situation. Of course, this was all within their expectations. Initially, Eternal Hunter had been the most direct competitor for IOIs mobile game. The game had a reservation of a million people. It was on the same level as IOIs mobile game. However, after Eternal Hunter decided to delay their launch, games in the same period could no longer compete directly with IOI mobile games. For the game channel, although they could talk about recommending resources through connections, the most important thing was the actual profits. Given the same publicity resources, giving them to a good game would make more money. Giving them to a lousy game would greatly reduce the profitability. The game channel also had to take a share of the profits. Whats more, they had to take a lot. For their own money, they would try their best to give publicity resources to good games that could earn as much money as possible. In Eric and Zhao Xumings opinion, the IOI mobile game would be the most profitable game in the near future. As long as IOI mobile games had enough exposure and enough recommendation resources, why would they worry about it not soaring with the quality of the game? Of course, it could not be compared to GOGs mobile game. After all, GOG had set up the mobile game too early. It was well-deservedly the best in the domestic mobile game market. However, IOIs mobile game was a new work after all. It was still outstanding compared to other newbie games. It was actually a mismatch with GOGs mobile game in the short term. All in all, the situation looked great. Eric nodded after listening to the report on the preparations. Yes, everyone has worked hard. You did well. Well follow our original plan and launch the server at 10 AM sharp! Zhao Xuming added, Everyone, youve worked hard. Well work overtime today and focus on the various statistics for the opening day. Well pay attention to the rankings of our mobile games. Well also pay more attention to the public opinion online and see how the gamers react. If there are any abnormalities, you must report to me immediately. Dont let your guard down! Compared to Eric, Zhao Xuming was obviously more familiar with the rules of the domestic mobile game market. Whats more, he felt a little uneasy. Logically speaking, Boss Pei should not be so quiet. After the joint conference between Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation, Tengda Corporation had also created a 515-game festival. In fact, both parties had already declared war. Everyone knew that, even though they did not mention each other. Even players could tell. Based on Boss Peis character and previous work style, he would not hold back once the money-burning war started. However, two days had passed since the opening of the 515 Games Day. Boss Pei did not seem to have done anything to Long Yu Corporation. Instead, he was focused on his own territory. This made Zhao Xuming feel a little strange. Thus, he instructed his subordinates to pay attention to the games data and feedback of the players opinions. Report to him immediately if there were any abnormalities . He could save himself the trouble of not realizing that Boss Peis knife was already on his neck. Everyone nodded. Alright, Boss Zhao. Dont worry! These were the elites of the department and had a lot of experience. Even if Zhao Xuming did not instruct them, they would do their best. The IOI mobile game opened at 10 AM sharp! Eric still had a lot of things to deal with, so he did not keep an eye on the data of the mobile game and the discussions online. He left all these things to Zhao Xuming and the others. Eric was thinking about his strategy after the 515 Game Festival. In his opinion, Tengda Corporation would definitely fall into a period of weakness after spending so much money on the 515 Games Day. He had also paid attention to the box office, but it did not affect his plan. That was because they had to wait for the final box office earnings to be confirmed before they could proceed with the process. The extension of the Mission and Choice could indeed earn more money, but that also meant that the refund of the movie had to wait until after it was screened. While the grass grows the horse starves. The money-burning war was already underway. A sum of money that could only be transferred to Tengdas account in two to three months or even longer would not affect the money-burning war between the two sides. Eric felt that Boss Pei had made a very wrong decision. Mission and Choice had a strong after-effect. The profit from the extension of the screening would definitely be much higher than the average explosive movie. It was indeed a little unreasonable to not earn tens or even hundreds of millions of yuan in the box office. However, the extension also meant that the return would be slower, making Tengdas funds even more limited. Was it more important to return the money two or three months in advance? Or was it more important to earn tens or hundreds of millions of yuan in the box office? Eric felt that the former was obviously more important at a critical moment like this. Boss Pei understood this, but he still chose to extend the screening. Obviously, he was very confident in Tengda. He felt that he could win this money-burning war without this sum of money. Once people become arrogant, they are not far from failure. Eric made up his mind to continue burning money after the 515 Game Festival to make Boss Pei in a dilemma! Just as he was thinking about it, he heard a series of hurried knocks on the door. Then, Zhao Xuming pushed the door open and entered. Not good! I have something to report to you! Zhao Xuming looked anxious. Eh? Whats wrong? Eric asked. Zhao Xuming felt a little guilty as he handed his cell phone over. I looked at the new best-seller list of a few channels just now and suddenly realized that a game called Fitness Battle seemed to be gaining momentum. It has already reached first place on the new best-seller list! Our game has just been released. The figures are not bad but it only occupies second place on the new best-selling charts. Thats not the main point. The main point is that I took a look at the figures for Fitness Battle and realized that it was developed by Shang Yang Games Actually, I saw this game before. However, I wasnt interested in the genre of the game, and Ive never heard of it online. Thats why I didnt take a closer look Now that I think about it, the reason why Eternal Hunter was delayed was not just to avoid us. It was likely that they heard the news from certain channels and were also avoiding Boss Peis new game Zhao Xuming panicked. Fitness Battle was released yesterday. He had seen it before, but perhaps because he was busy with work, he had not taken a closer look at which company the game was developed. Zhao Xuming was stunned when he saw that it was Shang Yang Games. Boss Pei was regarded as the God of Games and had a good reputation. Now, IOIs mobile game was in a full-on collision with Boss Peis new game. If something were to happen and they pursued the matter, wouldnt he be in deep trouble? Eric smiled and did not take the phone from Zhao Xuming. I thought it was something serious. I already know about the situation in Fitness Battle. I did not ask you to change the schedule deliberately. Chapter 1045 - Doing Bad Things But Still Want To Get A Good Reputation! Zhao Xuming was stunned. Huh? Eric continued, Are you scared out of your wits by Boss Pei? In your words, what is it? Once bitten, twice shy? Its true that Boss Pei is called the God of Games, but if we delay our game for a month every time Boss Pei produces a game. Our game would never be released if Boss Pei produces twelve new games a year, isnt it? Zhao Xuming was speechless. Twelve new games a month sounded unlikely, but nothing was ever certain when it came to Boss Pei. That was because Boss Peis Tengda Corporation did not only have one project team. Apart from Tengda Games and Shang Yang Games, it was said that Boss Pei was planning for more gaming workshops through direct or indirect investment control. Some time ago, there were rumors that Tengda Corporation and Shenhua Corporation had spent a huge sum of money to establish a Slow Movement Studio. It was obvious that Boss Pei would be producing games at a faster pace in the future even though they did not know the exact situation. If Boss Pei created six studios and produced two new games per year, wouldnt there be new games every month for the next twelve months? Thus, Erics words made sense. If he was so afraid that he had to hide every time Boss Pei made a new game, IOIs mobile games would never be released. Eric continued, Boss Pei might have designed Fitness Battle but it is a casual game after all. Whats more, it was developed by Shang Yang Games. There was not much publicity previously He briefly explained his previous analysis and told Zhao Xuming that the collision with the Fitness Combat was completely within his own plan. He wanted to pinch this soft persimmon hard. Otherwise, wouldnt he have to crash into GOGs mobile game instead of Fitness Battle? All in all, Fitness Battle is only a casual game even if Boss Pei designed it. I have confidence in IOI mobile games. GOGs mobile games are not mature yet, but it is a good opportunity to play casual games. As long as we succeed, we can make a big deal out of this. Right now, Fitness Battle is ranked at the top of the new best-seller list because it has been released one day earlier than us. Our game has only been up for an hour and it has already reached second place. It wont be a problem to surpass it in a few hours. After hearing Erics words, Zhao Xuming was overjoyed. Alright, I dont have to take the blame! Of course, it was still too early to talk about the blame. After all, IOIs mobile game had just been released. Who knew what the data would be like in the future? If he lost to the Fitness Battle, Eric would be the one to take the blame. If he won, most of the credit would go to Eric. Zhao Xuming would only get a fraction of the credit. However, Zhao Xuming was already satisfied. In his opinion, it was too risky to fight Boss Pei to the death. If something really happened, he would not be able to take the blame. It would be best if Eric took the blame. Zhao Xuming immediately raised his thumb. Youre too brilliant! Everything was within your calculations! I was too rash. Sorry for disturbing. Ill continue to look at the data now. Zhao Xuming relaxed and turned to leave. Eric smiled and shook his head. He knew very well what Zhao Xuming was thinking, but he did not want to point it out. After all, it was a good thing that Zhao Xuming did not have his own thoughts. That meant that there would not be too much conflict and disagreement between the two of them. It was much more convenient to make decisions on his own. An hour later. There was another hurried knock on the door outside the conference room. Eric looked up. It was Zhao Xuming again. He could not help but feel unhappy. What was going on? They could not possibly produce another Tengda Games out of nowhere, right? Mission and Choice and Battle of the Fitness were only released not long ago. Even an old sow from the production team would not be able to produce so quickly in Tengdas games department. Whats the matter now? We cant possibly have discovered a new game, right? Eric asked. Zhao Xuming quickly shook his head. Of course not. How can there be so many new games? Its still the Fitness Battle. Eric was surprised. Whats wrong? Zhao Xuming hesitated for a moment before saying, The ratings and reputation of this game on the internet seem ripe to surpass IOI mobile games What?! Eric looked shocked and could not remain calm. What do you mean by ratings and reputation seem to be ripe to surpass IOI? Isnt this a casual game based on fitness? Eric was very confused. Logically speaking, different types of games were incomparable. Take FPS games for example. How could they compete with MOBA games if the gameplay was different? Comparison between two games should be in the same genre and on similar standards. On the other hand, IOI mobile games were MOBA games while Fitness Fighting was a casual game. These two games were completely unrelated. On the other hand, there was a natural advantage for IOI mobile games. MOBA games had deeper gameplay and could be more fun. The overall graphics and details should be better than casual games. That was also the key reason why Eric allowed IOIs mobile game to be released at almost the same time as Fitness Battle. He felt that IOIs mobile game would be better even if they were to compete forcefully. However, IOIs mobile game had only been released for a little more than an hour, and its reviews and reputation on the internet had already been shaken off by Fitness Battle? How could they? What Zhao Xuming was reporting now was obviously subverting Erics worldview. He could not believe it. Zhao Xuming looked like his balls were hurting as well. I cant explain it in a few words. You should look at the comments online. The problem lies with the promise we made during the news conference Erics heart dropped. He quickly checked the reactions of the gamers on his computer. It was exactly as Zhao Xuming had said. The players seemed to have a lot of opinions! Somethings not right. This IOI mobile game is obviously fake publicity! Didnt the news conference say that the data of the client-side game is interconnected? Why are there more spending points that the client-side game doesnt have? Er I watched the replay of the news conference again and realized that Finger Games did not promote it falsely. They said at the news conference that all the property of the client-side game could be brought to the mobile game. They did not say that the entire shopping mall system of the mobile game was exactly the same as the client-side game. Whats wrong with that? The data is interconnected. Wouldnt it be more convenient to make the same thing? You cant wake up early if theres no profit. Do you think that the programmers worked overtime to make functions for nothing? Think about it. How many users would IOI mobile games have in the world? How much revenue would it generate by adding some consumables that the client-side game did not have? If you were Finger Games, would you be willing to give up such a chance to make money? Alright, looks like its not fake publicity. Its just a wordplay. However, its still disgusting! I think its alright. Didnt they give a lot of freebies anyway. Hehe, they did, but it only made you feel good when the mobile version was released. In the future, they will definitely produce new products to earn back the money. They are just trying to trick you into a trap now. Holy sh*t! There are so many tricks Speaking of which, Im totally convinced by Tengda. As long as its a dual-terminal game, the data on both sides would definitely be the same. There would be no difference. On one hand, there would be new props or gameplay, and on the other hand, there would be real-time updates. They would definitely not play such tricks. Erics expression was a little ugly, but he felt that it was not to the point where he could not clean up. If it was just this level of discussion, it would not cause the gamers evaluation of the two games to be too different. As if reading Erics thoughts, Zhao Xuming handed his cell phone over with a pained expression. Look at this post Eric took the cell phone and his expression changed. Obviously, the gamers discussion did not stop at the surface. Some gamers dug deeper into the essence of the matter! They are both new games. You can tell the difference between the two companies from the comparison between IOI mobile games and Fitness Battle. Before IOIs mobile game was released, Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation were bragging at the news conference. It was almost to the sky. Especially when they played word games, saying that both ends are interconnected and all property of the client-side game can be brought to the mobile game, they made a very generous gesture. In the end, what happened after the game was released? They actually cleverly added some consumables that the client-side game did not have. Obviously, they felt that it was not easy for them to create a mobile game so they still wanted to make a profit! To put it bluntly, this is what it means to do bad things and still want to get a good reputation! They want to make a dual-terminal game so that gamers would think well of them. However, at the same time, they feel that this is too much of a loss and want to earn some money back. Is it interesting? Lets see how Tengda does it. Actually, everyone knows now that Fitness Battle is a game that is created with a smart fitness drying rack. Whats more, these two projects were developed at the same time. However, the progress of the game was slower than the equipment. Logically speaking, Boss Chang should have been able to brag about Fitness Battle at the news conference to increase the reputation and sales of the smart fitness drying rack. However, Boss Chang only mentioned it once and did not say a word. Why? Thats because Boss Chang said that the game has not been finalized. If he were to introduce it in advance, it might subconsciously beautify the game and mislead the players. Second, he was afraid that the game would change and let the players down. The difference is obvious! Which company values the rights of players more? Which company is more responsible? They are both investing money to organize events. Which company is sincerely giving benefits to players? Which company is actually thinking about how to earn money even though they say they are thinking for the players? Did Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation organize this event to give back to the players? Or to burn money to snatch the market and then double it back? Chapter 1046 - It’s Definitely Right To Create A Lucky Draw Event! This post was a few hundred words long, and it caused a heated response on the internet. There were many voices of agreement below. Boss, your analysis makes sense! The gap between the two companies is huge. I didnt think much of it before. Now that I think about it, something is indeed amiss. Finger Games wants to earn money and have a good reputation. Do they think we are fools?! This time, Eric could not remain calm. This post was a little murderous! Eric was already in a disadvantageous position after the specific event for the 515 Games Festival was released. He felt a little uncomfortable in public opinion. That was because Tengdas 515 event was free while Erics was preferential. The two were fundamentally different. The gamers were more or less impressed by the two companies. Even IOI loyal gamers had many complaints because IOIs event rewards were not as good as Tengdas. On the other hand, IOI mobile games were too common and not worth mentioning under normal circumstances. At the moment, there were too many games in the market that were not interconnected. The client-side game had cost money, and the mobile game had to be spent again. The gamers complained a little before continuing to spend money. The game merchants did not get scolded much. If IOI mobile games were compared to these games, it would be extremely conscientious. However, IOIs mobile game was being scolded now. Whats more, it had risen to the companys motive! Why? That was because it was related to Tengda! The other games were indeed not interconnected with each other and earned two batches of money. However, the key was that they only kept a low profile and made money. They never dared to touch Tengda. They were just putting on a I want to make money attitude. If the gamers wanted to scold them, they could scold them as they pleased. After all, they were just a small family. They could not compare to Tengda. On top of that, the game was not big. Players were used to the persona of the manufacturer. They did not have high expectations of them. Naturally, they were not in the mood to follow suit. However, IOI was different. The entire world knew that they were direct competitors with GOG. The new version and preferential activities were also aimed at seizing GOGs market. The players requirements for you were obviously to match GOGs standards. Naturally, they were much stricter. Eric would never have thought that gamers still managed to find a way to compare them even though IOIs mobile game was in a different genre from Fitness Battle. One was deliberately misleading gamers by playing word games, while the other was very rigorous that they even gave up initial publicity in order to prevent misleading gamers! What was worse was that many players had slightly highlighted this detail, thinking that it reflected the deeper problems of the two companies: for example, the difference in values, attitude towards players, and sincerity. Coupled with the stereotypes that gamers had formed since the 515 Games Festival, everyone was obviously on Tengdas side. They firmly resisted IOIs mobile games! Eric leaned back in his chair, unable to hide the exhaustion on his face. Tired! How could he have expected Boss Pei to be waiting for him at such a place? He had originally thought that IOIs mobile game would be foolproof when it came to facing head on with Fitness Battle. However, from the looks of it, Fitness Battle might have been a card that Boss Pei had planned long ago. He had even deliberately posed at the news conference of the smart fitness drying rack to bait him! The most ruthless part of this move was that it completely sacrificed the early publicity of the smart fitness drying rack and the Fitness Battle, strengthening the solid impression in players hearts. Tengda is always thinking for gamers; Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation may seem to be thinking for gamers on the surface, but they are actually trying to make money for themselves. Once this impression was strengthened, one might not be able to see anything in the short term. However, it would have a subtle effect that would have far-reaching effects! Whats more, Eric could not find a way to fight back. If Boss Pei decided to burn more money with a wave of his hand, Eric could continue burning more money as well. However, Boss Pei had easily established such an impression in players hearts. How would Eric react and how much money would he have to spend to get rid of this impression? Whats more, Eric could not convince all the higher-ups in Finger Games. Boss Pei had targeted his weakness the moment he made a move! Zhao Xuming waited patiently for Erics reply. He knew very well that IOIs mobile game had only been released for more than an hour. He should still have a chance to salvage the situation before the matter blows up. However, if he kept delaying and did not respond, the players dissatisfaction would gradually accumulate. More and more players would compare IOI mobile games with Fitness Battle. At that time, it would be equivalent to bringing popularity to Fitness Battle for nothing. Eric frowned and forced himself to calm down. We cannot work on IOI mobile games. The higher-ups made the decision to make the mobile game this way. Its impossible for me to persuade them. Whats more, even if I change it now, the damage done to the players would be irreversible. The stereotype has already been formed. Its very difficult to reverse it. Whats more, we cant learn Boss Peis tricks. In my opinion we might as well go with the flow. Dont fight Boss Pei to the death in his area of expertise. We should increase our efforts and organize preferential activities. Erics thoughts were very clear. Tengda could play this way because Tengdas situation was special. Boss Pei was the only one in the company who had the final say. Whats more, the entire company had to obey him. That was why Boss Pei was able to make such a radical move. However, Finger Games did not belong to Eric alone. Long Yu Corporation did not belong to Zhao Xuming alone either. The two of them were at most one of the higher-management in the company. Many things could not be decided by them. That meant that even if they wanted to pretend to have a conscience like Tengda, they would not be able to. That was because the other higher-ups in the company, including the boss, still wanted to earn more money. Thus, learning Tengdas model was equivalent to imitating and making a fool of himself. Not only would they lose a lot of money, but it would most likely not have much effect. Eric decided to give more discounts, such as more discounts for the skin. As long as the discounts were increased, he would definitely be able to salvage a lot of reputation. Zhao Xuming gave him a thumbs up. Smart! Your thinking is too clear. Ive learned! Then what kind of promotion should we organize? Eric thought for a moment. The current activity is mainly based on discounts. Its not impossible to lower the current discount, but the effect might not be good. It might also cause dissatisfaction among consumers. Zhao Xuming nodded. That was easy to understand. For example, gamers were very happy to buy this skin at a 50% discount. However, it became a 70% discount in less than two days. How could gamers tolerate that? It would be very troublesome if he were to refund the difference in prices for gamers. On top of that, it would make people feel that the game company was too childish. They would say that their words did not account for anything if they were to change their words day and night. Thus, he had to come up with something else even if he wanted to increase the discount. Eric asked, Boss Zhao, you understand the preferences of the players in the mainland. What kind of promotional activities do you think would be more popular? Zhao Xuming thought for a moment and had an idea. What do you think about a lucky draw? The lucky draw has always been a favorite way for domestic players to spend money, especially the surprise of obtaining a rare reward. It would give them a lot of satisfaction. We can organize a lucky draw event. On the surface, the discount would be slightly lower, such as a 70% discount. However, gamers would draw something that they do not need and encourage them to spend more. It would not be a loss to us. We can take out many limited skins that are no longer sold and put them in the prize pool in order to increase our attractiveness to players. Players would be very satisfied as long as we do this lucky draw event with a little conscience. There are no similar lucky draw events at Tengdas 515 Gaming Festival. Boss Peis pure gifting mode does not support lucky draw events. If we do this, we should be able to compete with Tengda. Eric nodded. Yes, that sounds good! How long would it take to develop this event? Zhao Xuming said, In no time! We can put this lucky draw on the web page. Its not a particularly complicated function. Well definitely be able to complete it by the weekend! If were afraid that the gamers cant wait, we can make an announcement to calm them down. Well give the gamers who have already spent money some lucky draw tickets. That should be foolproof. Eric was elated. Alright, lets do that! Boss Zhao, youve finally thought of a good idea! If this succeeds, youll have done a great service. Zhao Xuming quickly waved his hand. Hey, no, no, no. Im just making a suggestion. You have to decide if its feasible or not. Zhao Xuming could come up with ideas, but he would not take the blame. He did not want to be the first to fight Boss Pei and become cannon fodder. Eric immediately decided. Its decided then. Hurry up and develop the lucky draw function. Make the announcement as soon as possible! Chapter 1047 - Delivery Of The Drying Rack May 18th, Friday It was past 10 AM in the morning. Qiao Liang struggled to get out of bed. My back Qiao Liang groaned and moved towards the bathroom, preparing to wash up. The muscles on his entire body, especially his upper body, were extremely sore. He felt like he was about to lose control of his body. He could not feel it normally. It turned out that walking required so much muscle on the upper half of the body. It was now very obvious to his senses. He had enough training yesterday. In fact, the game had already brought him to do warm-up exercises before the training. After the training ended, it had also brought him to do stretching exercises. In addition, during the training process, it reminded him many times that he had to work hard for the first exercise. In the end, it had even forced him to go offline to rest. However, Qiao Liang did not take it to heart because he felt very good about himself. Even when he was forced to go offline by the game, he still felt that he had energy left. It did not seem to be a problem to train for another fifteen minutes even though he was tired. Yet, his sore muscles taught him a lesson when he woke up today. However, the satisfaction that he had obtained after the training had lasted until today. Previously, his work and rest were not very regular. He often played games and stayed up late. He also lacked exercise. Relying on eating alone was not enough even though Fish-Catching Take-Out could guarantee his diet. His physical condition would also directly affect his mental state. After waking up today, Qiao Liang felt refreshed, and his mind seemed to be much clearer. He had just finished washing up when someone knocked on his door. Qiao Liang opened the door and saw two young men from Upwind Logistics. They were dragging a huge suitcase behind them. Obviously, the smart fitness drying rack that he had ordered last night had been delivered to his doorstep. Youve worked hard, please come in. Qiao Liang quickly dodged and let the two young men into the house. He knew that this smart fitness drying rack weighed more than two hundred kilograms. It was still quite tiring even though the logistics man would definitely give a lot of commission for such a huge piece. Qiao Liangs muscles might be aching and it was difficult for him to move but he still forced himself to go up and help. Dont worry, leave it to us. The two young men declined Qiao Liangs good intentions. They opened the boxes at the entrance and prepared to install them. Where do you plan to store it? A young man asked for Qiao Liangs opinion. Qiao Liang had already thought about it. He came to an empty space in the living room. Just leave it here. The Binhu District that he was in was originally a district that could not be sold. The style of the residential area was very strange. There was a huge semi-circular floor-to-ceiling window that allowed one to see the artificial lake outside. After Liang Qingfans modification, the semi-circular huge floor-to-ceiling window was perfectly used. The layout of the entire living room was much more reasonable, and there was a clear functional division. However, the Sloth Apartments renovation style was minimalistic, so there was still a lot of spare space. The place that Qiao Liang chose now had enough space to set up the smart fitness drying rack. The lighting was very good. He could see the lake outside and the television in the living room. It was perfect. The two logistics guys obviously agreed with the choice of this position. They quickly took out various parts of the smart fitness drying rack from the box and began to install it. They had obviously gone through professional training. They knew which parts to take first and which parts to take later. The entire installation process was fast and efficient. Qiao Liang watched from the side. He realized that it would be difficult for him to help out even if he wanted to. Thus, he enjoyed this convenient service in peace. In less than twenty minutes, the two men had finished assembling the entire smart fitness drying rack. They repeatedly tested the installation of the various parts and checked if there were any places that were not reliable. Finally, they were satisfied and took away all the trash like bubble membranes used for packaging equipment parts. If you have any questions, you can call the sales assistant at any time, said the logistics man. Qiao Liang thanked them again and sent the two delivery men away. He did not even have to throw the boxes and rubbish himself. The delivery man had taken all the rubbish away. Compared to twenty minutes ago, there was only one more smart fitness drying rack in the house. Activate it first and collect the gift bags! Even though Qiao Liangs entire body was aching and it would be a little strenuous to train, he still plugged in the smart fitness drying rack and sat down. That was because every smart fitness drying rack could activate a professional gift bag with various rare items inside. Qiao Liang was still thinking about those beautiful dresses. After logging into the game, the character in the game asked him about his current physical condition very considerately. He wanted to verify if yesterdays training schedule was appropriate. After Qiao Liang chose sore muscles and selected 6 based on his own feelings from 1 to 10, the game system automatically adjusted todays training plan for him, reduced the weighting and lowered the number of movements, and gave him some suggestions on food. Thats quite thoughtful. It looks like the project team in charge of developing this product really knows how to work out. Theres nothing to nitpick on in all aspects. Immediately after, Qiao Liang connected the tablet computer to the smart fitness drying rack through Bluetooth. It was different from the previous experience at the Deposit Fitness. This time, an activation notification popped up on the page: The current account could receive a gift bag after being tied to this smart fitness drying rack. It was limited to one time. Moreover, after activating it, the artificial intelligence AEEIS on the smart fitness drying rack could be activated, and it could be used to cooperate with daily training. The smart fitness drying rack at the Deposit Fitness was for public use and was a sample for display. Thus, AEEISs function was not activated. Qiao Liang instinctively felt a sense of danger when he saw the name AEEIS. He had already experienced the vicious tongue of AEEIS on the Fully-Automated Smart Bickering Machine. What kind of scene would it be if this thing appeared on the smart fitness drying rack again? However, Qiao Liang was more curious. Since this thing was called a smart fitness drying rack and it was paired with AEEIS artificial intelligence, he had to experience it, right? After all the preparatory work was done, Qiao Liang began the lucky draw. Compared to the previous lucky draw, the quality of the lucky draw this time had obviously risen by more than one level. The items that were drawn were not ordinary props. They were all more expensive to be sold in the shopping mall. One of them was the little dress that Qiao Liang had found in the shopping mall yesterday and liked for a long time. He was overjoyed. Qiao Liang prepared to go offline after the lucky draw. That was because he had already reached his physical fitness level yesterday. The muscles on his upper body were very sore and he could not train anymore. For example, he could not say that he could not do the chest and back movements from before. However, even if he could, it would not be very standard. The training effect might not be guaranteed. Thus, Qiao Liang decided to rest well for the next two days. It would not be too late to train when he recovered. However, when he pressed the exit button, the second confirmation box did not pop up as usual. An emotionless electronic voice came from the top of his head. You trained with vigor yesterday. I repeatedly reminded you to pay attention to your rest, but you didnt listen. You wilted today and wanted to run away after receiving an award? The sudden sound almost scared Qiao Liang. That was because AEEISs voice did not come from his cell phone. Instead, it came from the small speaker inside the smart fitness drying rack. It was as if someone had suddenly spoken into his ear. It was very surprising to hear it for the first time. Of course, he would get used to it. Qiao Liang would never have thought that AEEIS would have a different host. It would no longer be on the automatic bickering machine. Instead, it had its own bickering attribute. Obviously, this was AEEISs reaction based on the game accounts data after logging in to his account. There was a fitness schedule in Fitness Battle. The game would assign fitness tasks to players. This task would be adjusted according to the players actual situation. At the same time, there were detailed records of how many days, hours, and movements players practiced in a week. These could provide data for AEEIS. Qiao Liang had been forced to go offline yesterday. Today, he only received a reward and wanted to go offline. This abnormal behavior obviously attracted AEEISs attention. Qiao Liang still replied subconsciously even though he knew that the person speaking to him was an artificial intelligence. My muscles are sore and I cant train anymore! He sounded very confident because his muscles were really sore. AEEIS: According to the schedule, most of the training yesterday was on the upper body, mainly the chest, back, and arms. Todays schedule is mainly to train your legs and waist. The amount of training has also been adjusted according to your physical condition. Please dont waste a day of precious training time. Qiao Liang was speechless. Erm Chapter 1048 - The Meaning Of Artificial Intelligence Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Qiao Liang had wanted to slack off for a day, but AEEIS rebutted him. I know that your muscles are indeed sore, so Ive arranged all the parts that you didnt train much yesterday. You dont have anything to say, right? ? The corners of Qiao Liangs mouth twitched. But Im not in good shape today. Im a little tired. It should not be a problem to fool this artificial retard even though 50% of what he said was true and 50% was a lie, However, AEEIS remained silent for a moment before saying, A writer who loves long-distance running once said, I dont want to run today, thats why I ran. This is the way of thinking for long-distance runners. Similarly, I dont want to train today. Thats why I want to train. Thats the way a person who can persevere in fitness and change himself should think. Theres a high chance that youll give up halfway and not be able to persevere because of various reasons. If there is any discomfort during training, the equipment would detect it from the strength and heart rate and other indexes. The training would be stopped immediately. If this did not happen but did not want to train, it would most likely be a mental problem. 1 If the posture is correct and the weight is appropriate, you can have enough exercise in half an hour. If you cant even be bothered to move for half an hour In the end, you are still a lazy dog. If you continue to be lazy like this, spending a few thousand yuan on the equipment would only make it worse. You might as well refund the money as soon as possible or hang the clothes to dry so that I can showcase my other functions. 1 Qiao Liang did not know what to say. This artificial retard made so much sense that he was speechless. ûилһ˿ij,Ļֺе Qiao Liang sighed helplessly. Stop talking. Ill train, alright Half an hour later, Qiao Liang slumped on the sofa with sore legs. His lower body was almost crippled. I dont believe you Qiao Liang felt like he had fallen into a huge trap. He could not take the slight provocation from AEEIS. He felt that he could still take it and complete todays training plan. However, ever since he started squats, it made him feel like he was about to die. However, Qiao Liang felt that it was worth it seeing the calorie coins that he had painstakingly earned. He was very reluctant to train previously since there was all sorts of stimulation and feedback during the training process. In addition, the reward after training was good enough, so he persevered. Qiao Liang could not bear to spend all of these calories immediately. To him, they were all hard-earned money. He had to calculate carefully. He had to think carefully especially with this lucky draw system. That was because the lucky draw system could be refunded unconditionally once every three days. If they could not get what they wanted, they could refund it and spend calories to buy it. If they managed to get it, they could use calorie coins to buy something else. With such a refund policy, he would not feel like he was losing out even once. Qiao Liang opened the Shopping Mall interface and flipped through it. Im not charging much, just two hundred yuan. I have to save some money. What if I have something that I want in the future? Qiao Liang had always had his own principles when it came to charging money. If the game had a good reputation, he would buy it directly. Of course, it would be even better if he could get a discount. On the other hand, Qiao Liang would carefully calculate this kind of internal purchase game. At the most cost-effective moment, he would charge a value that he thought was most suitable. Take Fitness Battle for example. If this was a serious game that could be bought out, Qiao Liang felt that it would be normal to charge 200 to 300 hundred yuan. If it was on some of the more expensive foreign games platforms, 400 to 500 yuan would be within the normal range. Therefore, he would charge two hundred yuan. The lucky draw for Fitness Battle was relatively affordable. It cost 10 yuan per try. 200 yuan would be equivalent to two 10 draws in a row. To Qiao Liang, it was enough as long as he was addicted to it. He did not want to spend money on games. Those who spent money on games online were either rich and did not care about the tens of thousands of yuan; or they were brought in by the games companys commercial forms and could earn back whatever money they spent. Qiao Liang was neither. Naturally, he was more restrained in charging money. He went to the bathroom to wash his face, and then very sincerely pressed the button for ten consecutive draws. The animation with ten consecutive draws was just like the lucky draw interface, simple and unadorned. Soon, ten props appeared on the screen. Qiao Liangs eyes swept across and he immediately looked pleasantly surprised. Good stuff! The quality of the props was the same as other games C white, blue, purple, and orange. The prices of GOGs products in the Fitness Battle were quite pro-citizens. They followed GOGs skin-like pricing strategy. Even though there would be slight fluctuations in the price of different products of the same quality, it could be estimated based on the rough price. White five yuan, blue eight yuan, purple twenty yuan, orange fifty yuan. According to the instructions on the lucky draw interface, spending 100 yuan to get 80 yuan worth of props would be considered a guarantee. Qiao Liang took a closer look at the ten props and realized that there were one orange and two purple, only one white and the rest were blue! Whats more, the orange props were for one of the game characters. One of the two purple ones was a good training scene. Blood earned! I never thought that I would become a godd*mn winner one day! Qiao Liang was almost moved to tears. Ill draw again while my luck is good! Qiao Liang pressed the button for ten consecutive draws. However, this time, the God of Luck did not favor him. The blue icon was mixed with a white icon. It was the standard blue sky and white clouds. F*ck you! Qiao Liang nearly fainted. He could only say that the ups and downs of life were too exciting. The first thing he did after the draw was not to check the effects of the fashion apparel, but to calculate whether he had profited or lost. The first time was equivalent to drawing 151 yuan, and the second time was equivalent to drawing 68 yuan. He had still made a profit even though he had made a loss the second time. However, the second lucky draw had indeed made Qiao Liang very uncomfortable. He wanted to keep the props for the first time, but he also wanted to return the money for the second time. Suddenly, he had an idea. I wonder if we can refund them separately? Qiao Liang immediately opened the refund interface and realized that there was information on all orders within 24 hours. He could choose any one of them to refund. Isnt that even more benevolent!! Qiao Liang was shocked. If the refund policy could only refund all of the rechargeable funds within 24 hours, Qiao Liang would most likely not refund. Tengda could still earn more. However, now that they could accurately place the order information on a single order, didnt that mean that gamers could try infinitely? For example, he could split the 1,000 yuan into charging ten times and get ten rounds of ten draws. Then, he could choose those that he was satisfied with, and he could pack up those that he was dissatisfied with and refund them. He might have had three days of cool down, but the things he took out were enough for three days. He could draw again after three days. For the first time, Qiao Liang felt that this game was too good-hearted. It was so good-hearted that even as a player, he was a little worried that the game company would lose money and go bankrupt. After clicking the refund button, there was no additional hint, no manual review, and the like. It had automatically deducted the corresponding props and refunds! The entire process was smooth like silk. Qiao Liang even felt that it was too fast and convenient. He was not used to it. He did not even have a second confirmation frame. He did not even have time to go back on his words. He was refunded the money quickly. It was as if the game was telling him: Get your stinky money away! That way, Qiao Liang would have spent a hundred yuan and drawn 151 yuan. It was too worth it! It was a pity that the beautiful dress that he drew out could not be worn by the girl in the game. That was because he had to continue losing weight. However, he could see how the girl looked in the dress after losing weight. It was indeed very beautiful. This gave Qiao Liang more motivation to continue training. After the draw, the games top-up system entered a three-day cool down period. Qiao Liang indeed calmed down and closed the game in satisfaction. Then, he realized that his stomach was rumbling with hunger. Fortunately, Fish-Catching Take-Out was about to deliver food to him on time. Thus, Qiao Liang swiped his cell phone to check the news online while waiting for his meal. Eh? Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation are holding a lucky draw? It looks like a good deal. Chapter 1049 - : They Really Invested A Lot For This Lucky Draw! There was not much news on the internet during this period. The news in the gaming circle basically revolved around these few key events: the money-burning war between Tengda and Finger Games, the 515 Games Festival, the Fitness Battle, the smart fitness drying rack, IOI mobile game, and so on. The players did not know what to do. There were a few games that Tengda would give away as long as they played them. The discount on IOI was also very cost-effective. Whats more, there were new IOI mobile games and Fitness Battle It was precisely because the competition between the two companies was extremely intense that players were also in a state of benefiting from it. They were constantly paying attention to the movements of the two companies. After IOIs mobile game was released yesterday, many gamers expressed their dissatisfaction with some unique charging points in their opponents games. This emotion was still brewing. Obviously, Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation reacted quickly. The new lucky draw event was to appease the players sincerity. Qiao Liang read the announcement and rules of the lucky draw and could not help but feel emotional. Theyve really invested a lot! At the moment, the lucky draw event had only released an announcement. It would officially start the next day, which was Saturday. However, the specific rules were written clearly. The prize pool this time covered a large number of precious skins in IOI. Many of the limited skins were even placed in the prize pool for players to draw. More importantly, the prize pool this time did not only have virtual items but also some physical items! For example, the latest POUIO cell phones, brandes computers, graphics cards, mouse, earphones, and so on. All digital products that players might like were arranged here. What was most eye-catching was the official announcement that there was a car in the entire prize pool! It was not an expensive luxury car, only about 300,000 yuan. However, to ordinary gamers, that was enough to drive them crazy. Whats more, the discount for the lucky draw this time was 70%. There was no limit to the number of times. It looked like he would not lose no matter how he drew. Instead, he would lose if he did not draw! Of course, the probability of drawing the lucky draw must have been strictly calculated. Game skins, especially rubbish skins, had a higher probability of being drawn. The rarer the skin, the lower the probability of being drawn. Those digital products had lower probability than limited skins. As for that car, there was only one in the entire prize pool. Whats more, it was not purely based on probability. At the very least, one had to spend more than a hundred thousand yuan in the entire lucky draw to get it. That was the basic condition. To Long Yu Corporation, a car that cost more than three hundred thousand yuan was nothing. The key was that this car had to have enough publicity. It was best to give such things to ballers. Of course, there were some relatively tasteless games companies that would play under-the-table operations in the event. On the surface, they prepared a lot of gifts, but in fact, they were all distributed to the companys insiders. In any case, there was no notarization or supervision for this lucky draw event. All they had to do was to organize an event to generate attention. As for the prizes, they would not allow them to be distributed to outsiders. At the same time, they could also distribute them as employee benefits. One portion of the money would be used as two portions of the money. It was very worth it. Of course, Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation did not do that. They were big companies after all, and they still cared about their reputation. It was a critical period. It would be a huge scandal if he were to be found out. The loss outweighed the gain. Thus, apart from adding some restrictions to the lucky draw to make it easier for ballers to win, the other areas were still very fair and just overall. Even Qiao Liang, who had always been good at resisting temptation, felt a little itchy. However, he felt that something was amiss just as he had the thought of charging money. If it was only Finger Games lucky draw, he would definitely not have any other thoughts. However, after experiencing the Fitness Battles lucky draw, Qiao Liang looked at Finger Games lucky draw and felt that something was amiss. It was not that the prize pool was bad or that the discount was not high enough. It was just that he could not put his finger on it. Actually, Finger Games lucky draw event is a very common lucky draw event. In all fairness, they have a conscience. Its just that theres a huge difference between the lucky draw system of Fitness Battle and the common lucky draw system. Thats why I think theres a huge difference. Speaking of which, why did Fitness Battle create such a lucky draw system? Qiao Liang suddenly fell into deep thought. The lucky draw system of Fitness Battle did not look complicated, but this design was definitely not made by an ordinary designer. The reason was simple. This thing did not restrict players from refunding. Which designer had such authority? Boss Pei had to personally decide on such a huge sum of money. Boss Pei had personally designed a lucky draw system. The reason was worth investigating. Was it to make a difference to the lucky draw system of other games? Or was it to make the game more conscientious and win the players reputation so that it would have a thin profit and multiple sales effect? It couldnt be to earn less money, right? These reasons did not seem sufficient. Boss Pei probably would not spend so much effort designing games for a superficial reason like making a difference to other games. Now that Tengda had so many projects, there must be a deeper meaning behind the projects that Boss Pei had personally decided on! Qiao Liang thought for a long time but still had no clue. Lets go online and take a look. There should be many people who have the same feeling as me. Qiao Liang easily found many discussions about the lucky draw. Obviously, Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation came prepared. They must have spent a lot of money on publicity for this lucky draw. They must have hired fake reviewers. It was rare for a car to be selected for an event organized by a game manufacturer. Coupled with the strong publicity, it spread among the players very quickly. Many players expressed how fragrant it was! Previously, everyone had criticized Finger Games for being stingy and not as generous as Tengdas 515 Games Day. IOIs mobile game had been scolded after being released, but to be fair, that was because they were being compared to Tengda. Compared to other games companies, Finger Games event was already quite conscientious. This time, Finger Games had also organized a lucky draw. Apart from skin extraction, they could also draw digital products and even cars. Many players who had complained before had lost their memories on the spot. There were also people discussing the Fitness Battles lucky draw system, but not that many. On one hand, it was because Tengda did not buy fake reviewers nor did they publicize it. On the other hand, they could only draw props from the game during the lucky draw. There were no physical items, so the popularity would be lower. However, most of the players who participated in the discussion felt a deep sense of conscience. There were many people showing off rare items on the forum. Almost everyone had refunded in the game. The only difference was how much they had refunded. Some people had only intended to charge 200 to 300 yuan at first. However, they could not help but charge more than 2,000 yuan because they could refund as they pleased. In the end, they spent more than 400 yuan after refunding. There were also people who calculated the probability of various props based on the charging records to see who passed the 0.8 passing line and who had the blackest faces. The gamers had never been so interested in the gameplay of the lucky draw system. Qiao Liang frowned slightly. Could it be that Boss Peis intention for creating this lucky draw system is not only to complete a game function, but also to use this unique lucky draw system to deconstruct the very popular lucky draw gameplay? Chapter 1050 - Real Probability And Fake Probability After coming up with this idea, Qiao Liang was first shocked by himself. He felt that he might have been overthinking. However, the more he analyzed it, the more he felt that it was possible. There must be a deeper meaning behind Boss Peis actions! For a game like the Fitness Battle, the specifics of how the lucky draw system was done did not affect the games profitability. Players would still draw even if it was a regular lucky draw. Since Boss Pei had so aggressively made the lucky draw system into its current state, he must have had some intentions. Such intentions could not be seen at the moment, but Boss Pei might have predicted the reactions of the players. Thus, he had to start from the players reactions to truly analyze Boss Peis intentions. Qiao Liang immediately searched for a post on the internet regarding the lucky draw of the Fitness Battle and analyzed the different users. He quickly found many cases. That was because the gamers of Fitness Battle seemed to have a much higher desire to do solo work than other games. Whether it was those who were extremely lucky or those who were extremely unlucky, they were all very passionate about showing the results of the lucky draw online. According to the analysis of traditional games with paywalls, players who knew how to spend money were generally divided into small paywalls, medium paywalls, and high paywalls. The boundaries were more vague and could be mutually modified. However, the overall boundaries were based on how much money they could spend. However, this method of differentiation did not seem to work in the Fitness Battle. For example, if someone charged a 100,000 yuan, left his favorite orders and refunded everything else, and only spent a little more than a 1,000 yuan in the end, would that be considered medium or high? Such a situation was rare but it definitely existed. Qiao Liang read many cases online and realized that there were all sorts of strange things. For example, someone had drawn five ten consecutive draws, but the results were all blue skies and white clouds. There was only one purple item, and it was not what he wanted. Thus, the man did not know whether to laugh or cry as he refunded everything. If this was any other game, he might have asked the customer service for an explanation. However, since he could refund the game freely, he would come back three days later. There were also people who drew three consecutive 10 draws. All of them were bursting with orange. At first, he had planned to choose the one with the best results to keep. The other two 10 draws would all be refunded. Now, he no longer wanted a refund and was showing off excitedly online. There was another oddity. He had really only drawn 50 odd 10 consecutive draws. He had kept a 10 consecutive draw that had exploded by two oranges. He had refunded all the other draws. He had even proudly posted that he was the King of Good Deals and suggested that everyone learn from him and make Tengda bald. Some people even treated the lucky draw system as a test site. In any case, they could refund all of the prizes. Refunding the prizes would be equivalent to not spending any money. They could enjoy the lucky draw. Such strange situations were never seen in other games lucky draw systems. Even if other gamers were to show off, there would only be two outcomes: Super lucky and Unlucky. Of course, the Super lucky ones might be very lucky, but the Unlucky ones might not be too bad either. Tengdas lucky draw mechanism seems to be real? Qiao Liang suddenly had an idea. He listed out the difference between the traditional lucky draw model and the lucky draw model of Fitness Battle. The real probability was relative to the fake probability. It would be a huge mistake to think that the traditional lucky draw model was purely based on probability. Qiao Liang had also consciously filled in the knowledge of game design. He knew very well that the lucky draw in the game was never a real probability but a fake probability. Of course, the fake probability was not only for the merchants to earn money, but also to ensure the players feelings. This could only be understood with a relatively basic knowledge of probability. For example, it was already very high for merchants to set a certain product to have a drop rate of 20%. In that case, if there were enough players and the sample size was big enough, the number of players who took out this product for the first time would be about 20%. That was very understandable. However, the probability of not even drawing five times was five 80% multiplicative, which was 0.32768. This meant that about 30% of players would not even draw five times. On the other hand, the probability of not drawing ten times was about 80% multiplication, which was about 0.1, which was 10%. A prop with a 20% drop rate. According to probability, 10% of players would not even draw ten times. On the other hand, if he were to add it, the probability that he would not even draw twenty times was 1%. If 100,000 people participated in the lucky draw, 1% would be 1,000 people. Would they be able to accept that a thousand people would not be able to produce a drop rate of 20% even if they tried twenty times? This obviously did not match their instincts: wouldnt something with a 20% drop rate come out after five tries? However, probability differed from person to person. A 20% drop rate did not necessarily mean that it would be produced every five times. It could not even be guaranteed that it would be produced every ten times. Probability could not be precise to an individual. Only when the data sample was large enough would the real probability be infinitely close to the theoretical data. In other words, anything could happen if he drew once. However, if he drew a hundred million times, the chances of it happening would be infinitely close to twenty million. However, those who did not know the basics of probability would not know this. One could only imagine how much pressure it would generate if these 1,000 people failed to produce anything with a 20% drop rate. Whats more, most of them were players with high paywalls or high paywalls. If they obtained such a lucky draw experience, would they still participate in activities in the future? They would be considered good-tempered if they did not directly unload the game. Therefore, many game manufacturers would set false probabilities in the game to prevent such situations from happening. In other words, if a player did not get a 20% drop rate item the first time, the drop rate for the second time would be slightly higher. If it did not drop by the fifth time, 100% would be given. That way, no matter how bad the players luck was, there would always be a guarantee. From this point of view, the fake probability did have the effect of protecting players. However, the problem was that since the game developers had already made fake probabilities, they could not only protect the players interests. They naturally had to protect their own interests. For example, even if the drop rate was 0.1% for a very precious prop that was worth tens of thousands of yuan, if 100,000 players participated in the lucky draw, 100 lucky people would be so lucky that they would get it on their first try and 90 lucky people would get it on their second try It would not matter if it was a precious item that did not have a limit. However, what if the official platform wanted to limit the number of copies to 500 or 1,000 just so that this prop could be retained? According to this method, the people who really got the props were not the ones who charged the most, but the real Godd*mn lucky winners. Perhaps ballers would not pay even if they charged a few thousand yuan, but someone would. The ballers would feel unbalanced if they were selected by the Godd*mn lucky winners. That was because even if they were selected, they would definitely spend much more than the Godd*mn lucky winners. Luck and money were not balanced. Therefore, the game developers would often set a prerequisite. They would only be able to draw this item after accumulating the amount of money spent on XX. The more money they charged, the higher the chances of drawing it. This was in line with most players expectations: I only drew once, it was normal that it did not happen; it was reasonable for ballers to draw dozens of times. However, in reality, this was all arranged by the game developers through fake probability. In this way, the game developers would ensure that the ballers had a good sense of spending. That way, they would be able to keep their own profits and reputation. They were sacrificing the interests of a small group of pure Godd*mn lucky winners. However, that did not matter because they did not know that they were pure Godd*mn lucky winners. They did not know that they could take out this precious item in one shot. They thought that it was normal that they did not get it. Whats more, gamers could not verify the authenticity of the data. That was because the detailed rules of the lucky draw and the data after the lucky draw were all in the hands of the game company. Gamers had no means of contacting them. On the other hand, Boss Peis lucky draw model was obviously a real probability. In other words, 20% meant 20%. It did not matter if a thousand people could not even draw 20 times. All they had to do was to refund all of them. After comparing the two different lucky draw models, Qiao Liang suddenly had an idea. Could it be that Boss Pei wants to use this new lucky draw model to deconstruct the traditional lucky draw model? To let some players realize that the lucky draw they think is only done under the framework drawn by the game company? Tengdas lucky draw is actually taking the initiative to break this framework and give gamers an absolute fair but slightly uncomfortable probability? That thats an almost impossible task! Qiao Liang could not help but respect Boss Pei. Fake probability had long appeared with the lucky draw system. Some websites and APPs had even done it before many games produced the lucky draw function. However, after so many years, very few people questioned this. On the other hand, more and more players began to get used to it and became passionate about the lucky draw. More and more merchants developed the lucky draw that could take care of the players feelings on the surface but was actually more convenient for them to earn money. On the other hand, the lucky draw system was like a stable money tree to the game developers. Thus, whether it was client-side games, mobile games, or even random events, many merchants would conduct lucky draws frequently. If someone made a profit, someone would naturally make a loss. They would definitely not lose out if the games company liked to do lucky draws so much. Wouldnt it be obvious who would lose out? Boss Peis lucky draw system was obviously going to expose this veil and tell the players the cruel truth to change this situation! Of course, the current situation was not optimistic. That was because most gamers did not have the relevant knowledge about game design. Whats more, humans love to try their luck and take advantage of others. Many people liked to play lucky draws. Even if you told him seriously about probability, expectations, and lucky draw, he would not listen at all. He would definitely think that he was lucky. He might even be cheated, spend a huge sum of money to take out a pile of rubbish, and still insist that he was just unlucky this time. He would definitely be able to get what he wanted next time. Ordinary merchants would obviously try their best to tell consumers that the lucky draw was a kind of preferential activity. Players and merchants were mutually beneficial. It was very worth it to conduct a lucky draw. At most, he would use a very small line of words to hint at the lucky draw: There are risks in the lucky draw. You have to be cautious when charging. However, this hint would definitely be very small and most people would not take it to heart. After this analysis, Qiao Liang came to a rather shocking conclusion. Isnt Boss Pei cutting off all avenues of profit for the lucky draw? It might not necessarily succeed but Boss Pei is indeed working hard to contrast the other lucky draw through the lucky draw of Fitness Battle, so that everyone can see the so-called lucky draw more clearly. Even if not many people would appreciate it in the end, even if it would attract the crazy attacks of other companies who were hoping to earn money from the lucky draw, they would not care. How thoughtful! Qiao Liang could not help but feel emotional. Only Boss Pei would dare to do something like that! However, most people were too slow to understand Boss Peis intentions. He had to come up with a video to explain the key points. He could not let Boss Peis efforts go to waste! The lucky draw activities of Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation seemed very conscientious, but that only appeared conscientious compared to the other blackhearted lucky draw prizes. In fact, they were still thinking of ways to earn money from players even if they had a 70% discount! What conscience was there to speak of compared to Tengdas actions? Chapter 1051 - I Don’t Even Have the Strength to Escape! May 19th, Saturday Long Yu Corporation was operating normally. Eric and Zhao Xuming had set an example to work overtime. Naturally, the other ordinary employees did not dare to rest at home. Whats more, they were still in the midst of the money-burning war with Tengda. The employees of Long Yu Corporation were very enlightened. They had all consciously come to work overtime. In fact, there were some employees who did not have such awareness at first. However, those employees generally would not survive. In the conference room, Zhao Xuming was happily reporting to Eric. Ever since our lucky draw event was released, the response from the players has been rather enthusiastic. The popularity of IOI mobile games has also been diluted! Many players lost their memories on the spot. They even felt that our activities were more attractive than Tengdas 515 Gaming Festival. The popularity of our lucky draw event is still rising even now. The most important thing is that not only did we not burn too much money for the lucky draw this time, we even made some profit. It might be a 70% discount but there is still some profit margin under precise calculation! Zhao Xuming was obviously very proud. After all, he was the one who thought of this idea. Lucky draw might not be a new game but it should not be easy to accurately choose the lucky draw under those circumstances, right? He had given most of the credit to Eric but Eric would definitely not treat him badly if this succeeded. If he failed, Eric would definitely take the blame. That was why Zhao Xuming was working even harder than usual when he reported. Eric nodded slightly and asked, Hows Tengda doing? Zhao Xuming hesitated for a moment before replying, Er As far as I know, theyre still resting normally this weekend. There seems to be no adjustments to the event for the 515 Games Festival. Eric could not help but look surprised. Boss Pei was so confident? Eric had thought that Boss Pei would definitely not be outdone and start a new activity. Whether it was a lucky draw or something, he would definitely try his best to surpass himself. He had not expected Boss Pei to not do anything but rest during the weekend. Eric pondered. According to Boss Peis swift and decisive character, a day on Friday would be enough for him to think of a countermeasure and come online at top speed on the weekend. However, Boss Pei did not do anything. There were only two possibilities. The first was that Boss Pei felt that he did not need to do anything. The second was that Boss Pei was helpless. Did he really not have to do anything? Eric did not think so. After all, based on the feedback on the internet, Long Yu Corporations lucky draw was very popular. It had obviously stolen the popularity of the 515 Game Festival. That could only be the second scenario. Boss Pei wanted to do something, but he was helpless! Eric could not help but smile. As I expected. It might be satisfying to burn money like Boss Pei, but it would not last long. It would not be as worth it as us, who are meticulous and calculative. Zhao Xuming seemed to understand something as his eyes widened. You mean Tengdas funds are finally running out? Eric smiled. I cant say Im dead sure, but its very possible. This was in line with their previous deductions. Tengda Corporation had invested so much money into so many projects. The remuneration of Mission and Choice had yet to be received, the smart fitness drying rack had accumulated a lot of stocks. Boss Pei had probably used up the last huge sum of money that he could use to hold the 515 Game Festival. Even if Boss Pei were to think of a way to raise funds now, he would definitely need some time. That was why Boss Pei did not counterattack immediately. Instead, he let nature take its course and allowed Long Yu Corporation to snatch the popularity that they had painstakingly built up from the 515 Game Festival. He could only launch a counterattack once the funds were gathered. Zhao Xumings eyes lit up. That seemed to be the case if he analyzed it! Of course, he could never underestimate Boss Pei. However, the facts were increasingly in line with this bold deduction. Suddenly, Zhao Xuming thought of something. He had only just found out about this matter. He could report it to Eric when he was in a good mood. By the way, I just found out about something. Ill report it to you. There seems to be a lucky draw system in Fitness Battle. However, this lucky draw system is only unlocked after the first chapter was opened. Thats why I didnt notice it before. I only realized it after reading the discussions online. This lucky draw is very special. You can refund it unconditionally. Do you think this is Boss Peis last resort? The Fitness War had only been released two days ago. It was considered relatively fast for Zhao Xuming to have realized it. Zhao Xuming and his subordinates should have played it as a competition game. However, the problem was that Fitness Battle was not a mobile game that could be upgraded with a flick of a finger. It really needed to spend a lot of time training! Zhao Xuming and his subordinates were all busy with the lucky draw. They had a lot of work on hand. How could they have the time to train in the Fitness Battle? If not for the fact that there had been a lot of posts about the lucky draw results of the Fitness Combat these past two days, Zhao Xuming might not have discovered it until one or two days later. Eric was stunned. Unconditional refund for the lucky draw? This lucky draw only draws in game props? Are there other game items? Are there physical items? Other than refunds, is there anything else special? Zhao Xuming answered truthfully. Its just a lucky draw system in the game. Naturally, it can only draw props from the game. Theres no physical object or anything special about it. Its a very simple lucky draw system. Eric fell into deep thought. A moment later, he said, Refunds are indeed better and more conscientious than us but the games props should not be that attractive to players. Our lucky draw activities can recover some investment, but the lucky draw for Fitness Battle would greatly reduce the income of the game. Whats more, the Fitness Combat has already been developed. This lucky draw system might have done it earlier than us. Its probably a coincidence. Its not a big deal. Zhao Xuming nodded immediately. Yes, I think so too. Ive read it carefully. The Fitness Battle lucky draw system might have caused a certain amount of discussion online, but with the current public opinion, it would not pose any threat to our lucky draw at all. It would also not be able to snatch the popularity. Eric was in a good mood. He sorted out his work and said, Alright, everyone, after todays overtime, you dont have to come tomorrow! We should rest as well since Boss Pei is resting too! Tengda had obviously given up. If the employees did not work, no one would cooperate even if Boss Pei wanted to cause trouble. Since that was the case, he could keep an eye on them on Monday. In any case, the 515 Games Festival would be ending at midnight the following Tuesday. The current popularity was maintained. Obviously, Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation had won a small victory. Eric smiled at the thought. This emotion obviously infected the employees below. They were finally going to see the light after working so hard for so long! No one dared to guarantee anything but most people firmly believed that Tengdas funds had indeed gone wrong. Boss Peis failure to respond immediately was proof! Even if it was not critical, it was still a good thing to boost morale. This piece of news naturally spread under such optimism Pei Qian had just woken up at the same time. On Thursday, he bought a Triple-A masterpiece. It was really fun, so he spent the entire Friday, including last night, playing games at home. He had stayed up late last night to clear the game. That was why he had not woken up until noon today. After washing up, Pei Qian reluctantly took out his cell phone to take a look. There was nothing new. It was especially regrettable that Assistant Xin did not send him a message. That meant that there was no problem with Tengdas funds. There was no need for him to sell the building. That was a little uncomfortable. He had spent so much money on the game festival. Logically speaking, he should have spent quite quickly, right? He continued flipping through his cell phone to check the news for the past two days. Hm? Long Yu Corporation organized a lucky draw? The special prize is a car? That works too! Why didnt I think of this! Pei Qian felt light-headed. He had been playing games for the past two days and had not paid much attention to the news online. He did not have to keep an eye on the company because if anything really happened, someone would naturally call him. If no one called, everything would be fine. He did not expect Long Yu Corporation to come up with such an event after a day of not paying attention! Logically speaking, Pei Qian would not be interested in ordinary lucky draw events. However, this car was indeed eye-catching! Thats not right. Arent these activities restricted? Pei Qian suddenly realized that something was amiss. That was because in his memory, only certain companies annual meeting prizes were cars. He had never seen such a consumer activity prize being cars. He had seen the most valuable prizes in the lucky draw, such as laptops. There seemed to be a rule that the highest value of the prizes could not exceed 50,000 yuan because of the sale of prizes. The annual meeting could have a car as a prize because it was not a consumer event. Pei Qian quickly searched and realized that it was because of the changes in the world. The relevant regulations had become much looser, from 50,000 yuan to 400,000 yuan. In other words, Long Yu Corporations special prize was stuck at the 400,000 mark. It was not a violation. F*ck! If I had known, I would have done a lucky draw! You give a car, I give 10 cars. Wouldnt that be enough? System, you saw it. They attacked first. Its not too much for me to fight back, right? Its a pity that its not a work day today. Even if we want to organize a lucky draw, we can only wait for Monday. Once its developed, the 515 Game Festival will be over. Pei Qian could not help but feel pity. It was impossible for employees to work overtime on weekends. That was a matter of principle. However, on further thought, it would be good to let Long Yu Corporation create a commotion for a weekend. Pei Qian would only be able to burn more money if they fought for more popularity. Otherwise, the System would not agree. Eric always thought that popularity was important to Boss Pei, but that was not the case. Boss Pei did not care about popularity at all. He only cared about how to burn more money. Then, he looked at the news from the fitness department. Pei Qian was over the moon when he saw the gamers refund in the game. There were also those strange gamers who charged tens of thousands of yuan and only kept the equivalent of a ten draw. They are worth teaching! These players really dont need me to worry. I dont even need to teach them to understand my intentions accurately! Why are there other gamers who are too lazy to refund? Isnt it convenient that I designed the refund mechanism? Work harder! You dont even have the strength to pull out the wool, and you still dare to say that youre a woolgiver? Pei Qians mood improved as he watched the refunds. At the moment, everything seemed to be going smoothly. He would think of ways to spend money after the 515 Games Festival next Tuesday. He would definitely be able to achieve something. At that moment, a notification popped up on Aili Islands application. The UP Master whom he had been paying special attention had uploaded a new video! Pei Qians expression changed. That was because Teacher Qiao had posted the video, and the title was Game Discussion: The Lucky Draw! However, after reading the title of the game, Pei Qian relaxed a little. Fortunately, it was not a video from the Products of the Gods series. Judging from the title, it seemed to be a popular science video. It shouldnt cause any harm right? Chapter 1052 - : A Huge Difference Between Two Companies’ Ideals! Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios It was still a familiar video style. However, the content of the video this time did not seem to be limited to a particular game. Instead, it was used as a science to smooth out the gameplay of lucky draw in the game industry. From the first game with the lucky draw method, to the popularity of the lucky draw in domestic games, and finally to why game designers, especially domestic designers, favored the lucky draw. ? Obviously, the biggest driving force was to increase revenue! To a certain extent, the lucky draw exploited the weakness of human psychology. It was precisely because most people liked to bet on luck and enjoyed the feeling of obtaining something without working hard that the lucky draw activities could be so popular and sustainable. In other words, the reason why the lucky draw made people feel happy was not entirely because of how precious the prizes were. It was only one aspect; more importantly, the psychological satisfaction that the lucky draw gave people. In other words, this was a feeling of reaping without sowing. Using ten yuan to draw out something worth a hundred yuan was an emotional stimulation to most ordinary people. They were taking advantage of others. Qiao Liang changed the topic. Actually, there are many similar situations in business. Many merchants make use of the mentality that consumers want to reap profits without working hard and want to take advantage of others. They create activities that look very cost-effective but are actually tricking consumers. However, the relevant departments would be stricter when it comes to commercial activities. The punishment would be stricter when it comes to false advertising and marketing cases that induce consumption. Therefore, similar situations are rare. However, the game industry has gradually become a disaster zone. Thats because games are not purely commercial activities after all. They are more inclined to cultural and entertainment activities. The value of virtual items has never been very clear. The relevant departments regulations are relatively weak. Therefore, lucky draw activities in many games have actually become the money-making tools of game merchants. The rules of the lucky draw are also diverse and chaotic. It is difficult to guarantee the benefits of gamers after charging money Qiao Liang even criticized a few games. For example, a certain mobile game had a scandal some time ago. The official lucky draw event had all been won by a few alternate accounts that had repeatedly changed their names. Moreover, thoughtful players had discovered that these alternate accounts would definitely win once they participated in the lucky draw event. At that point, Pei Qian heaved a long sigh of relief. Still alright, still alright. I thought Old Qiao was going to harm me again! It looks like it has nothing to do with me or Longy Yu Corporation. Long Yu Corporation might have also done a lucky draw, but they probably wouldnt do something stupid like giving their own alternate accounts the prize. As long as their lucky draw is completely legal and compliant, Teacher Qiaos video would probably not be AOE. Pei Qian was scared as well. Every time he saw Qiao Liangs new video, he felt like it was directed at him. However, he was happy for less than two minutes before Qiao Liang changed the topic. Then, some dear daddies might ask then, if its a legitimate and ethical lucky draw event, would there be no problem? Of course not! Ive already said it before. The reason why the merchants are so passionate about the lucky draw is because they made use of the gamers desire to take advantage of others and reap without sowing. Even if it is a lucky draw that does not involve under-the-table operations, no matter how much it looks worth, it can be summarized in one sentence: You might make a small profit, but the merchants will never make a loss! Thats because you have to be sure that merchants will always understand probability better than you. Especially the game developers, the design of the lucky draw system must be done by the companys high-level system designers. They would definitely ensure that the entire lucky draw event would be beneficial to the game company. Please remember that luck will never win against the data. Whats more, the probability of winning the lucky draw in the game is never real. Instead, it is a fake probability with countless conditions. The results look similar but the internal operations are worlds apart. Players are actually participating in a game where expected returns are negative and you will never know the real and specific rules. You think that 20% drop rate is the rule, but in fact, there are countless fine rules behind this line. They are written in the code of the lucky draw program. You have no way of knowing. For certain individuals, the actual profits are very high. However, if we were to average it out to everyone, it would be a game that would definitely incur losses. As long as the sample is big enough, from the perspective of the entire gamers, it would definitely be a loss. On the other hand, the game developers would not need to operate in secret. They would definitely profit. However, everyone feels that they would be the lucky one. Thats why they were cheated time and time again. Qiao Liang explained everything in the video, showing off his game and probability knowledge. That included the difference between fake probability and real probability in the game, the internal logic and operation mode of fake probability, and so on. The core argument was that the lucky draw was actually a disguised promotional event. In fact, it made use of peoples mentality of wanting to reap without sowing. Through probability, a portion of players would bear the losses of another portion of players while the game merchants benefited from it. No matter how much it looked like a good deal or how much it was discounted, as long as it still fit the basic characteristics of the traditional lucky draw rules, the final outcome would be that the players would suffer and the merchants would benefit. The bullet screen comments were filled with exclamations. I learnt something! Brothers, put your protection on the public chat! As a former employee of the games industry, what Old Qiao said is true. In fact, the lucky draw is nothing more than making use of peoples mentality to earn money without working hard. No matter whether you are a Godd*mn lucky winner or an unlucky player, in fact, the one who would earn in the end would be the game merchant. Whats more, the real rules of the lucky draw are never purely real probabilities. Instead, they are fake probabilities that have been calculated by the system designers to ensure that most players final results are within expectations. Its really the same sentence: You might make a small profit, but I will never make a loss! Is Old Qiao going to offend all the game developers in the country? How many games are there that dont do lucky draws? Everyone knows that lucky draws earn money quickly. This is cutting off ones path to wealth! After watching this video, I decisively held back my hand that wanted to draw the lucky draw. There is one thing that is right. People who like to draw the lucky draw do not like the prizes inside at all, but the feeling of drawing something good. Indeed, no matter how good the item is, it will only feel good at the moment you draw it. You would get sick of it after playing it for two to three days, or at most a week. However, the thought of obtaining good items from the lucky draw would always exist. Therefore, you would still not be able to control your hand when you draw the next lucky draw. Unknowingly, you would not know where to spend the money Old Qiao is really bold. He even dares to make a video that reveals the truth. As if he had foreseen the possible reaction of the bullet screen comments, Qiao Liang changed the topic in the video. Actually, this video was also posted out of inspiration. The person who really stepped forward to expose this unspoken rule is not me, but Tengda Corporations Boss Pei! Everyone knows that there are two huge hot topics in the gaming circle recently: One is a lucky draw organized by Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation. The special prize is a car that attracts a large number of players to participate. The other is Tengda Corporations new game, Fitness Battle. It uses a brand new lucky draw model and can be refunded freely. Now, the formers popularity is obviously higher than the latter. Many players also feel that Finger Games and Long Yu Corporations lucky draw activities would be so heavily discounted. They would definitely be more conscientious than the Lucky draw of Fitness Battle. That is obviously wrong! Thats because the lucky draw event of Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation is actually the lucky draw event that I described previously. On the surface, the products are rich, but in reality, they are all the same. If you dont believe me, you can ask the ballers to show off their lucky draw records. After deducting the rubbish skins that they dont want, you can calculate the actual profits and see who earned it. Of course, compared to other black-hearted lucky draw events, this lucky draw might seem very conscientious. However, its far from good compared to the lucky draw of Fitness Battle ! Thats because the lucky draw for the Fitness Combat has completely broken the original regular mode. Players can refund the game at will and only keep the content that they are satisfied with. Thus, the expected value of the lucky draw is no longer negative. While it retains the pleasant surprise brought by the lucky draw, it does not make players slaves to probability. Of course, all of the Virtual Items in the Fitness Battle would still be profitable no matter how low the price is. However, whats important is not the specific price, but the concept that Tengda Corporation conveyed through the lucky draw of the Fitness Battle! The lucky draw can indeed surprise and bring joy to people. Thats human nature. However, more and more merchants and game companies used this mentality to turn the lucky draw into their own money-making tool. They made it normal and reasonable so that players would not realize that their interests were actually damaged. On the other hand, the shopping mall model of Fitness Battle: All props can be purchased with calorie coins. It encourages players to work out more. Even if its a lucky draw, it can be refunded in full so that players would not be reduced to consumer machines driven by desire. It would also not use peoples bad habits to accumulate wealth. The difference between the two is obvious! On top of that, Tengda Corporation has been tirelessly sending benefits to gamers for the event at the 515 Games Festival. Whats more, its a real gift, not a discount, and not a disguised profit. Tengda has been working hard to create a harmonious relationship with gamers: making products that are worth the price, ensuring that you get what you pay for, not playing with complicated rules and twists, not using all sorts of unorthodox methods to deceive gamers. Instead, it is tirelessly guiding gamers to establish a healthy consumer view! On the other hand, Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation went from IOIs mobile game to the lucky draw event. No matter how much profit they made, the urge to make money in their hearts is still traceable. This difference in ideology is the biggest gap between the two companies! That car will definitely be taken away by a certain baller in the end, and this baller will definitely charge more than 100,000 yuan. After this baller draws the car, Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation will definitely make use of the topic to hype it up, using this case to prove how kind their lucky draw is. However, in fact, this is all part of the usual process that has been arranged: use a small portion of the godd*mn lucky winners to incite most players, and let the rest pay for it. The game company will profit from this. At the end of the video, I would like to remind the audience that there are risks in the lucky draw, and that you have to be cautious when charging. This is not empty talk, because as long as it is a regular lucky draw, it would definitely be an investment with negative expectations. That is not a wise move. If you really want to draw, you should come to Fitness Battle to draw props to satisfy your cravings. After all, you can still refund the game freely. There wont be any losses! Chapter 1053 - Tengda Secretly Changed The Probability Too? Old Qiao, you f*cker Pei Qian nearly fainted after reading the last paragraph. Look, look, look. Was this something a human would do? I dont care if you explain the rules of the games lucky draw and expose the insider information of the industry. However, dont push the blame onto me! Especially when Qiao Liang said Boss Pei is the one who really stood up to expose all of this, he pushed the blame cleanly. At that time, no matter how much influence this video would have, everyone would think that Boss Pei was the real revealer, and Qiao Liang was just a content creator who happened to interpret it. Wasnt this causing trouble!? In fact, Pei Qian had not thought so much about it. He was quite envious of Finger Games and Long Yu Corporations lucky draw. The reason why he made it so that players could refund freely in Fitness Battle was so that gamers could refund more and spend less money. Yet, Qiao Liang had misunderstood him! Based on the current situation and based on his previous experience, it was useless to clarify now. That was because the gamers had already been bewitched by Qiao Liang, and the popularity of this topic was rapidly rising. The gamers would not believe him even if he explained! After all, Qiao Liangs reason was more reasonable and convincing than purely wanting to lose money. That was what made Pei Qian the most uncomfortable: no matter what he did, Qiao Liang always seemed to be able to give a reason that was more believable than his original motive Pei Qian felt that something was amiss seeing that the video was getting more and more popular. That was because public opinion on both sides was subtly changing. At first, many people felt that Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation had made a lot of sense with this lucky draw event. Their impression of them had changed greatly. The unhappiness they had previously showed signs of gradually losing their memories. However, many people felt that something was amiss after watching the video. It was said to be a lucky draw to give back to players, but according to Teacher Qiaos video, this kind of lucky draw was actually making money! Many ballers had already started to take action and showed their statistics. Probability was a very difficult thing to prove. That was because the probability of being calculated would be infinitely close to the real probability only when the data was large enough. If the sample was not large enough, the probability of being calculated would naturally not be accurate. It was precisely because it was difficult to prove that many game developers were so fearless that they played all sorts of tricks. However, the lucky draw event between Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation was huge this time. Many ballers participated in it. Therefore, when ballers showed their lucky draw records, there would still be some reference value. The most important thing was that many people were staring at the final ownership of that car. Teacher Qiao had already made a judgment in the video: This car would definitely not be given to ordinary players according to the lucky draw rules. There would definitely be a consumer threshold. It would only be obtained after it was fully charged. If the final result was as Teacher Qiao predicted, it would prove that the lucky draw was a fake probability. There were indeed some rules that were not written and hidden in the code. These were unspoken rules that many people were already used to but it would not be the same once it was pointed out. This lottery draw was indeed more conscientious than many lucky draws. Whats more, even after Qiao Liangs video was released, those who should continue to draw would not be able to achieve the effect that everyone would resist. However, the key was that it was trending online! Previously, many people had lost their memories because of this lucky draw event. They felt that Finger Games and Long Yu Corporations lucky draw event was more conscientious than Tengdas. However, this video revealed a fact: this lucky draw looked conscientious, but it was actually incomparable to Tengdas sincerity! Thus, the hot topic on the internet once again leaned towards Tengda. The discussion of the Fitness Battle, Fully-Automated Smart Bickering Machine, and the 515 Games Festival once again gained the upper hand. Those who originally wanted to participate in the lucky draw, fish out a few earphones or keyboards to play, after watching this video, many people dispelled their thoughts. Instead of spending a lot of money for the illusory lucky draw with negative expectations, they might as well buy a smart fitness drying rack, charge money in the Fitness Combat, or participate in the 515 Game Festival. At least the other side was full of sincerity! Pei Qian was filled with sorrow as he watched the trend on the internet become more and more abnormal. Wasnt this causing trouble? It was supposed to be fine. Why did this happen all of a sudden?! What was worse was that gamers interest in the smart fitness drying rack seemed to be increasing rapidly after it combined with the Fitness Battle. Qiao Liang was not the first live streamer to introduce the smart fitness drying rack. This thing was about to become a trend. Many streamers and UP Masters were experiencing it! The sales volume of the smart fitness drying rack was also rising rapidly. It would not work even if Pei Qian wanted it to be sold slowly because there were too many stocks in the warehouse. Upwind Logistics would also distribute the stocks automatically. Pei Qian could not interfere. The situation might change drastically after this weekend Pei Qian could not sit still. No, I have to do something. All the departments are off work now. It would be too late to organize another money-burning event. Are there any places that I can manipulate directly Pei Qian thought hard for a long time and suddenly had an idea. He had an idea! He immediately opened the platform for the 515 Games Day event, and then used his highest authority to modify a few of the rewards. The event for the 515 Games Day was divided into many parts. For example, there would be random rewards for epic items, gifts for rare skins, random waivers for purchasing games, random red packets for a certain period of time, and so on. Some of the rewards were based on probability. Take the random waiver for example. The probability was 5%. In other words, there would be a waiver in every 20 orders. After some thought, Pei Qian decided to double the chances. The initial 5% chance of getting a free pass had been changed to 10%. The probability of obtaining rare items, rare skins, and red packets had also increased. That was because he only needed to change a few numbers. Thus, he did not need to trouble the employees of the relevant departments. He could do it himself very smoothly. Pei Qian felt more at ease after changing it. Give more money. I hope Tengda can finish burning the funds in its hands as soon as possible. Thank you! Whats more, probability was very difficult to verify for gamers. Even if they changed it, they might not be discovered. It was low-profile enough, and the risk was naturally reduced. In short, do your best and leave it to fate! The weekends were the peak period for gamers to be active. Once the probability was changed, the money given out by the 515 Games Day would definitely increase. If the situation was optimistic, there was still hope of spending all the money! Pei Qian did not think too much about it. He decided to wait until Monday to see the situation at the office before making plans. May 21st, Monday Pei Qian scrolled through his cell phone as he worriedly walked to the office. He was looking at the sales records of the smart fitness drying rack. Obviously, the sales of the smart fitness drying rack had skyrocketed in the past two days! On the other hand, the income from the Fitness Battle could not be underestimated. The smart fitness drying rack itself was a hot topic. Many gamers had already recognized its fitness effect after it was paired with the Great Fitness. Coupled with the help of many streamers and UP Masters, the sales volume could be said to be rising steadily! Previously, a large sum of money had been accumulated as storage. However, with the rapid sale of the smart fitness drying rack and the income from the Fitness Battle, they could naturally refund it quickly. That was bad news for Pei Qian. However, he wondered if he could spend more money on the 515 Game Festival after changing the probability. The two employees could not help but mutter when they saw Boss Pei walk past them. Boss Pei doesnt look too good today. Dont you know? The rumors online are going crazy. Theyre saying that there might be a small problem with our companys cash flow. Huh? How can the cash flow problem be a small problem? It must be a big problem! The company might even be in danger! Hasnt our company been operating very well? All the games are making money. How did this happen? Its a lot of money, but the expenses are also huge! Think about it, the screening for Mission and Choice has been extended and we havent received any remuneration. So many projects have to be spent on. In addition, the 515 Games Festival has given out so many benefits Where did this news come from? Is it accurate? These are all business secrets. How can there be accurate news? However, looking at Boss Peis expression, its probably not far from the truth. Whats more, did you notice that Assistant Xin has been visiting Boss Peis office frequently recently? Obviously, theres something very important. Of course, it might not be as serious as we think. With Boss Peis face, it should not be difficult to raise some funds to tide through the crisis, but it probably would not be that easy. Then what can we do? What else can we do other than to work hard? Why dont we reduce our expenses? Previously, I came to the company to freeload. I drank coffee and ate snacks. Our companys snacks are expensive. Even the chocolates are of the highest quality. The ones I eat every day probably cost a hundred yuan. Ive decided that I wont eat any snacks in the company in the future. I wont take a taxi to reimburse myself after work. Ill take the public bus! Yes, thats true. Its not much money but its still a small sum. Its a small token of our appreciation. I wont drink coffee in the future. Ill drink plain water and advocate a healthy life! Does anyone from the other departments know? They definitely know. Ive already seen several internal groups discussing it. The key is that this matter is quite credible. Its better to believe it than not. The company is already in this state, but Boss Pei is not thinking about reducing our benefits and treatment. Instead, hes thinking about how to get through this difficult situation on his own. Its really touching The two of them continued working seriously after whispering to each other for a while. In the office, Assistant Xin knocked not long after Pei Qian sat down. Boss Pei, the probability of 515 gaming festivals was modified by you? Pei Qian nodded. Yes, I realized that the probability of the lucky draw is a little low and that it is not strong enough. Thats why I changed it. What is the current situation with our funds? Assistant Xin answered truthfully. At first, we could not hold on much longer. However, this weekend, the sales of the smart fitness drying rack suddenly increased. The revenue from Fitness Battle would be transferred to the account soon. Once this sum of money arrives, the situation of the funds would be greatly relieved! However The probability of the 515 Games Festival has been changed. Our estimated expenses have increased by more than 30%. In that case, with our current funds, it shouldnt be a problem for us to finish the 515 Game Festival. However, Im afraid we wont have the energy to organize new activities after that. Of course, you have also achieved your goal of changing the probability. Now, there are already players on the internet who have discovered the change in probability. In addition to the previous lucky draw incident, the current trend on the internet is completely on our side. Pei Qians mood was like a roller coaster, fluctuating wildly with Assistant Xins report. Pei Qian had been quite happy when he heard that the cost of the 515 Game Contest had increased by more than 30%. However, his face fell when he heard the last paragraph. What the hell? Had he been discovered by the gamers? Whats more, the direction of the wind has completely turned towards us? Do you gamers have to be so sharp?! The probability of changing over the weekend was discovered in just one or two days? Pei Qian had thought that these gamers would not notice it until the end of the 515 Games Festival. He sighed slightly. Forget it, so be it. He had already spent the money anyway. The popularity and reputation created might be harmful to his losses in the long term, but he could not care so much. All in all, he had spent most of his money. Could he sell buildings now? He had bought so many buildings previously because he had no choice but to spend money quickly. Buying buildings might be able to spend money quickly, but it would also take up the System Funds quota and affect the final loss. Selling a building to continue burning money would reduce the obstacles during settlement. Pei Qian said, Go and release some news. Find a buyer and see which building is suitable. We might have to continue burning money after the 515 Games Festival. We have to ensure that we have sufficient funds. The villa in the nameless restaurant is definitely not for sale. It would be best if we sell the Sloth Apartments that were recently bought and not many people have checked in yet. Of course, the Sloth Apartments that we have been sold can also be considered for a complete transfer without affecting the interests of the tenants. You can decide how to arrange it. Assistant Xin nodded. Alright, Boss Pei. Ill report to you at any time. Chapter 1054 - Even Gods Bleed? Shanghai, Long Yu Corporation. The conference room was filled with gloom. Zhao Xuming shrunk his neck like a chicken in a slaughterhouse, trying his best to reduce his presence. Eric, on the other hand, looked increasingly upset as he read the report. Obviously, they already knew what had happened over the weekend. Following Teacher Qiaos video, the trend on the internet completely changed. Players who had almost lost their memories from the lucky draw suddenly felt that Tengdas benefits were more beneficial! This was especially so for the lucky draw model of Fitness Battle. Not only did it have a conscience, but it also had a very educational meaning. It immediately pulled a huge gap in the thought realm! Eric and Zhao Xuming had thought that Tengda would not retaliate since it was the weekend. Thus, Long Yu Corporation was also on holiday on Sunday and not on full alert. It was too late to deal with the public opinion on the internet. They could only wait for Monday to report. As expected of Boss Pei. It turns out that he had already arranged for a backup plan before he could relax and take a break. This move is simply taking drastic measures. He did not engage in a competition with us. Instead, he deconstructed our motivation for this lucky draw. This is the so-called downturn. However how did he predict that we would use a lucky draw? Eric subconsciously glanced at Zhao Xuming. Zhao Xuming quickly cleared his throat. This I think we fell into Boss Peis trap. Thats because we used most of the preferential and promotional methods for our original activities and the 515 Game Festival. Only the lucky draw method is useless. Boss Pei predicted that we would use the lucky draw mode, so he prepared the article in advance Zhao Xuming tried to analyze it forcefully. The main language was all we. Obviously, he was the one who came up with this idea, but he definitely could not take the blame alone. Since everyone had decided together and no one had raised any objections, everyone had to take the blame together. Eric was also very kind. He did not continue asking and changed the topic. Alright, lets not talk about this. Boss Pei is good at scheming. We cant avoid making mistakes once in a while. The key question now is, how should we deal with this lucky draw? Teacher Qiao had already predicted in the video that the special prize for Long Yu Corporations lucky draw, which was that car, would definitely be won by the ballers in the end. Whats more, the ballers would definitely pay more than 100,000 yuan. That was a checked move. Now, a large number of netizens, whether they were participating or not, were all staring at who would win the special prize. If it was really taken away by a baller who spent a lot of money, it would mean that Teacher Qiao was completely right in the video. This lucky draw was a fake probability and made money. Rare prizes could only be obtained by charging a lot of money. Ordinary players could only be accompanying them and could not get this car. In fact, this lucky draw program of Long Yu Corporation was indeed designed this way. Teacher Qiao was right. Thus, Long Yu Corporation was considering whether to forcefully give this award to an ordinary lucky person to prove that Teacher Qiao was wrong. However, this way, netizens would wonder if this was a secret operation. The ballers who had charged a lot of money in the lucky draw would also be very unhappy: Why did he not get the car even though he charged the same amount of money as him? This was awkward. It seemed like no matter how this car was distributed, it would offend people and get them scolded! If they followed the original plan, they would be beasts; but if they changed the plan, they would be worse than a beast. Everyone lowered their heads in silence. Eric sighed softly and continued. Whats worse is that Tengda seems to have secretly changed the probability of event 515 yesterday. There is no concrete evidence but many players guessed that the drop rate of various rare items and even cash red packets had at least doubled! Tengda has a real probability. The hidden modification is to increase the drop rate; we have a fake probability As a result, the players trust in us has greatly decreased, and their trust in Tengda has reached an unprecedented height Everyone remained silent and lowered their heads. Everyone knew how serious this matter was. Many players on the internet were mocking them: They didnt think that Tengda would secretly change the probability! However, the other companies would secretly change the probability and cheat people. Tengda would secretly increase the probability and give players double the benefits! If they had to pay for the 515 event, such behavior would definitely make the players who had previously spent money unhappy. However, the event did not make the players spend money. The players who had previously received rewards could still continue to receive them. Thus, all the players were elated. After this matter was exposed, gamers became even more passionate about Tengdas 515 Games Day! While the money-burning war had not ended completely, Tengdas popularity and reputation were already showing signs of total victory. Eric considered for a long time and could only answer his own question. We should follow the original method for the car. Many people have already drawn tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of yuan in this lucky draw. If this car is given to these people, they will not lose their mentality. As for the public opinion online, we can only think about it slowly after this period. He had to choose the lesser of two evils. Relatively speaking, he still had to take into account the mentality of the ballers. Whats more, even though the popularity of this lucky draw had plummeted because of Boss Peis downturn, it was only incomparable to Tengda. Compared to other games companies, it was still very conscientious and worth it. Therefore, the players would not be so ruthless as to criticize them to death. As long as they avoided the limelight and did not fight Tengda to the death, some players would appreciate it. Zhao Xuming quickly said, Thats right. We cannot be led by the nose by Boss Pei. We have to follow our own pace. Eric glanced at him, feeling a little tired. At that moment, Zhao Xuming received a message on his cell phone. He confirmed it twice and then beamed with joy. Good news! Tengda is already considering selling their building! Eric perked up when he heard that. Are you sure? Is the source reliable? Zhao Xuming said, It should be reliable! Tengda seems to be interested in selling the building that Sloth Apartments had just bought and renovated a while ago. They said that they did not ask for a sky-high price either. Obviously, they want to sell it quickly. This information has been verified multiple times. It shouldnt be fake news! Everyones expressions quickly improved in the conference room. Eric smiled as well. Indeed, we did the right thing! Tengdas funds cant take it anymore. They have to consider selling the buildings! I have to say that Tengdas funds are really abundant. It has persisted until now. We have to continue burning money! At the very least, Tengda will not be able to compete with us until Boss Pei successfully sells the building and obtains this sum of money. We just have to create a new activity after Tengdas 515 Gaming Festival. Then, we can let Tengda take a unilateral beating and snatch back all the popularity that we lost previously! We will definitely reap huge rewards if we burn money during this period! Everyone in the conference room beamed. They finally saw the light of victory after persevering for so long! Of course, Tengda had many buildings. If they sold one building at a time, they could last for a long time. There was no doubt that this money-burning war would continue for a long time. However, this represented a signal. After burning money for a long time, Tengda was finally unable to make ends meet. No matter how much Tengda burned, it seemed to be able to earn it back. It was like a god that would never bleed. However, once the god bled, it meant that it could be defeated! At five in the afternoon, Pei Qian prepared to knock off. He, who was preparing to sell the building, felt refreshed, as if he could see the light at the end of the tunnel. However, just as he walked out of the office and scanned the employees in the office, he suddenly stopped. He felt that something was amiss. What was wrong Where were all the snacks on everyones table? Pei Qian remembered that most of the employees tables were filled with snacks when he first arrived. They ate non-stop. Only some employees who were seriously trying to lose weight did not eat snacks. However, most of them would take low-calorie snacks or sugarless drinks. However, everyones desks were empty today. There were no snacks or drinks! Pei Qian was stunned. What was happening? Wasnt everyone hungry today? He specially went to the pantry to take a look. Wasnt the snack area filled with snacks? There was no shortage. What was going on? Chapter 1055 - Secret Talk Pei Qian did not pay much attention to it at first. After all, it was just snacks. Everyone could eat it if they wanted to. They would not eat it if they did not want to. There was nothing to fuss about if there were no signs of snacks in Tengda. However, Pei Qian felt that the employees attitudes were a little strange. The originally relaxed atmosphere seemed to have disappeared. Instead, it was replaced by a slightly solemn atmosphere. There were even a few employees secretly observing him. This made Pei Qian think that something must be going on! He came to an employees desk and asked, I remember that you had been eating a lot of snacks before. Why didnt you eat anything today? Are you tired of the snacks recently? Do you want to change to another batch tomorrow? The employee quickly shook his head. No, no, no, Boss Pei. I just want to lose weight. I want to quit snacks for a while. Lose weight? Pei Qian looked him up and down. This guy was more than 1.7 meters tall and weighed about 60 kilograms. How could he lose weight? Shouldnt he find a better excuse? Pei Qian looked at another employee beside him. The employee quickly said, Yes, yes, Boss Pei, I want to lose weight as well. Pei Qian looked suspicious. Arent there low-calorie snacks in the snacks section? You wont grow fat by eating them. Whats going on? If you dont say anything, Ill get the administrative department to change another batch of snacks! The two employees could not hold it in anymore when they heard that they were going to get a new batch of snacks. That was because their original intention of not eating snacks was to save some money for Boss Pei and reduce the companys daily expenses. Wouldnt it be even more wasteful if Boss Pei mistakenly thought that everyone did not like to eat and changed a batch of snacks? The two employees looked at each other. They knew that their reasons for losing weight were not valid. They could only say, Boss Pei, we heard that there was a small problem with the companys funds We are all part of Tengda after all. Everyone is responsible for saving expenses Another employee immediately added, Yes, Boss Pei, dont worry. We will definitely not hold the company back at critical moments! Pei Qian raised his eyebrows and was unhappy. Everyone was responsible for saving expenses? Was this human language?! How much money can I save if you dont eat snacks? Youre not even willing to let me spend this little bit of money and you still have the cheek to be my employee?! Are you not dragging the company down? Indeed, you are not dragging the company down. You are dragging me down! Pei Qian wanted to scold them at first, but when he saw the other employees staring at him, he held back. No, he could not scold them. Now, his every move was being watched by his employees. If he were to show some extreme behavior, it might make his employees more certain of their original guesses. It might even be transmitted to other departments through the network. What if all of Tengdas employees felt that the company was in trouble and wanted to work together? Wouldnt it be a huge problem if all of the companys expenses were reduced? He had to deal with this situation calmly. At that thought, Pei Qian put on an amiable expression. With a smile, he looked like a spring breeze. Why would you have such thoughts? Since when did the company run into financial problems? Dont believe the rumors outside. Those are fake news released by other companies. They are attacking our company for no reason! Youve all seen the results of Mission and Choice movies and games. Otto Technologies new cell phone and smart fitness drying rack have also received good reviews. How could there be a funding problem? Our company has sufficient funds. Dont worry unnecessarily! Whats more, a company that wants to develop, wont achieve it by saving. How much can you save on snacks, taxis, and other benefits? You might as well focus all your energy on work, eat more snacks and do a good job. That would be your true contribution to the company! The two employees quickly nodded. Alright, Boss Pei, we understand! Pei Qian immediately said, Quick, get your snacks. Eat more before work ends. Go, go! Under Pei Qians urging, the employees came to the water bar one by one, took a few bags of snacks, and returned to their desks. Pei Qian nodded in satisfaction. Great, that should be it. He did not have any other requests for these employees now. It seemed too much to expect them to slack off and drag the work progress. However, it was only right for them to eat more snacks and drink more drinks, right? Whats the point of keeping you guys if you couldnt even do that?! Pei Qian walked away satisfied when he heard the sound of chips being chewed. He might be able to find a buyer and sell the building tomorrow. Happy! After Boss Pei left, the two employees ate their snacks and whispered to each other. This is bad. It looks like the problem with the funds is almost certain. What do you mean? The Boss Pei of adversity! Look at how Boss Pei is speaking to us with such a pleasant expression. He looks so relaxed. However, all the old employees who are familiar with him know that the more this is the case, the more it shows that Boss Pei is in adversity! Otherwise, why would he have to explain so much to us? Thats right! Boss Pei, who is in a good state, calmly thinks about problems and worries about the next stage of development in advance. Boss Pei, who is in a bad state, infects everyone with his optimistic spirit. It looks like he is indeed in a bad state! What should we do? I think we have to trust Boss Pei. We cant let his efforts go to waste. Boss Pei is right. We cant save much money even if we dont eat snacks. We still have to work hard and create more results for the company! As for this time, I believe Boss Pei can definitely lead us through this difficult time! Yes, trust in Boss Pei! The two of them ate their snacks and continued working seriously. At the same time, some employees opened their internal chat software and chatted with colleagues and friends from other departments That night In a villa in Ming Yun Villas. Lin Chang of Mythical Entertainment, Li Shi of Fu Hui Investments, Xue Zhebin of the rich second-generation heir, Zhou Muyan of Sun Strike Studios, Yao Bo of Jinding Corporation, Ding Gan of SUG Club, and a few other local investors of Jingzhou with Li Shi gathered. There were a few people who were not in Jingzhou but had just arrived today. Lin Chang looked at Li Shi. Is the news reliable? Is Boss Pei really selling buildings? Li Shi nodded. Absolutely! Zhou Muyan looked a little surprised. That cant be, right? Boss Peis two new games were both successful. Would he lack money? He had been busy with Sun Strike Studios in Shanghai all year round and did not pay much attention to Tengdas situation. Thus, he instinctively did not believe it when he heard the news. Li Shi nodded slightly. Well know once we calculate Tengdas recent expenses. With Boss Peis spending methods, it would be amazing if the capital chain could withstand it. He briefly analyzed Tengdas situation, including the fact that payment for Mission and Choice had not been received, the smart fitness drying rack had been stocked up, and the large-scale splurging of money as a war with the 515 game festival with Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation. After a simple explanation, Li Shi said, Tengda has indeed expressed their intention to sell a building. They also hope that the funds can be transferred as soon as possible. Lin Chang slapped his thigh in frustration. Theres such a thing? Its my fault! If Boss Pei had not spent a huge sum of money to help build Slow Movement Studio, he would not have sold the building for such a small sum of money! At that time, Boss Pei very generously offered to set up Slow Movement Studio with us. He even personally designed the first game, finalized the first product, and even asked Shang Yang Games to help. I did not think too much about it at that time. Who would have thought that Tengdas internal funds were actually quite tight? Boss Pei is still trying to squeeze out a sum of money under such circumstances. He would rather sell the building than get help. Im really ashamed! There was no doubt about Tengda Corporations revenue. The new games and two types of digital products were all very successful. They would definitely be able to earn a lot of money. Therefore, Boss Pei selling buildings was definitely not an internal problem of the company. He could only say that it was to transfer funds to deal with the price war between Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation. Even so, taking out the companys precious liquid funds to help set up Slow Movement Studio was a very touching act! Li Shis expression was serious. We have received a lot of favors from Boss Pei. Now that Boss Pei is facing some difficulties, we cannot sit back and do nothing! Everyone nodded. There was no need to talk about Li Shi and the local investors in Jingzhou. They had already made a lot of money by sharing soup with Boss Pei. They were just short of treating Boss Pei like the God of Fortune. As for the others, such as Zhou Muyan from Sun Strike Studios and Yao Bo from Jinding Corporation, they had benefited greatly from the GPL league even though they did not have much business dealings with Tengda. Back then, everyone had paid a high price to buy a spot in the GPL league. Now, it was proven that they had bought it right. That was because the slots for the GPL league were already out of stock. If there were still clubs outside that wanted to enter, they would have to buy slots from them. Given the current popularity of the GPL league, the price of the slots had nearly doubled, and it would definitely continue to rise in the future! Even if they did not consider the price of the slots, the popularity of the GPL league was so high. The advertisement effect that it brought to them had already earned back the small amount of money they had spent to buy the slots. Whats more, Boss Pei had spared no effort in promoting the GPL league. They were all beneficiaries. Yao Bo said, GOG and IOI are fighting a price war on the surface and it involves Tengda Corporation and Finger Games, it obviously has an impact on us. Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation created the ICL league just to fight against the GPL. We are all counting on the popularity of GPL. In fact, it is a relationship of glory and loss! Zhou Muyan nodded. Yes, we have to help him! Sun Strike Studios had also tasted the benefits ever since they bought a GPL slot. They were able to channel their own games through the popularity of the GPL. The flow of the game had greatly increased. GPLs popularity was equivalent to Sun Strike Studios income. How could they not be concerned? How should we help? Li Shi asked, seeing that everyone quickly reached a consensus. Chapter 1056 - How Can We Help Tengda Yao Bo from the Jinding Corporation thought for a moment. To put it bluntly, isnt Boss Pei just short of money? We can just pool our money together and come up with tens of millions or hundreds of millions of yuan. Give this sum of money to Boss Pei. In any case, the profits of Tengda Games and other industries will fill this gap soon. Li Shi shook his head slightly. No. Have you ever heard of Boss Pei borrowing from banks? I dont think so. If Tengda is only short of money, given Tengdas current situation, all it would take would be one phone call and those banks would definitely step over the threshold and rush to lend to Tengda. Or perhaps, Boss Pei could think of a way to make the company public. That way, he would be able to obtain large amounts of funds in an instant. However, Boss Pei had never thought of such a method. He did not even think of touching it. Yao Bo nodded. Yes, thats indeed strange. Why? Li Shi paused for a moment and explained, Boss Pei is different from other entrepreneurs. There are three possible reasons for my analysis: First, Boss Pei thinks that Tengda would be able to develop well without external funds. He doesnt want to give the bank so much interest after the loan; Second, Boss Pei wants to have absolute control over the entire company. There is no need for him to be unwilling to take responsibility for the shareholders. He also does not want the company to be affected by economic fluctuations in the outside world. Third, this might be Boss Peis understanding of the business world. He might think that only under such harsh competition conditions would the company maintain its competitiveness and sense of worry. Therefore, we will provide money directly to Boss Pei. With Boss Peis proud character, he would definitely not accept it. Everyone nodded, obviously agreeing with Li Shis analysis. Another investor said, Why dont we invest together and buy Boss Peis building? As for the price, we can give more to show our sincerity. Li Shi thought about it and shook his head. Its still not appropriate. The intention is still too obvious. Do you think Boss Pei cant tell? Whats more, even though these buildings have different locations, everything that Boss Pei likes has huge potential for appreciation. This building is renovated according to the standards of the Sloth Apartments. It can be said to be a money tree whether its sold or rented. If we buy the building now, it will appreciate and make money in the future. Are we helping Boss Pei or taking advantage of the situation? Everyone fell silent. That seemed to be the case. The places that Boss Pei had his eyes on, be it Ming Yun Villas or the Sloth Apartments Binhu District, were not favored at first. However, they proved to have huge potential for appreciation. It was not because the location was bad, but because they did not know how to develop it. On the other hand, Boss Pei could see the potential of these buildings and find a suitable way to develop them, thus completing the rapid appreciation of their value. If they were to invest and buy Boss Peis building now, there would be two scenarios: If he raised the price, his intention to help Boss Pei would be too obvious. It was as if he was deliberately trying to sell Boss Pei a favor. It would not make sense to force Boss Pei to owe him a favor. Buying a place that was destined to appreciate at a normal price seemed to be taking advantage of the situation. This was difficult. Zhou Muyan frowned and said, In that case, we definitely cant buy the building. However, if we dont buy it, there will be other buyers. Wouldnt we be letting others take advantage of us? Li Shi said, Thats why we cant let others buy it. Lin Chang nodded. I understand! We actually have two goals. First, we cannot let this building be sold no matter what. Second, we have to think of a way to send a sum of money to Boss Pei to complete the funds transfer. Ill make the arrangements for the building. Ill ask Shenhua Real Estate to inform the interested real estate companies in advance. Ill tell them that no matter how much this building costs, Shenhua Real Estate will offer a higher price and dissuade them in advance. I believe that they will give me face. As long as there are no buyers, this building will not be able to sell for a while. Then, well think of a clever way to send the money to Boss Pei. Once the funds are transferred, Boss Pei would naturally have no reason to sell the buildings. Li Shi nodded. Yes, thats true. The key now is how we can cleverly send this sum of money to Boss Pei. Its best not to be discovered by Boss Pei. Zhou Muyan thought for a moment. As far as I know, Boss Pei might have a good relationship with the official platform, but he has never bothered to maintain a relationship with small channels. Take cell phone games for example. Boss Lin has at least a few dozen of them. Boss Peis opponent, Youyou, has always had a natural attitude. On these small channels, good recommendation spots are given to random games. Tengdas games are basically at the back. Sun Strike Studios has a good relationship with these merchants. I can talk to them about an internal price and arrange a recommendation spot for Tengdas mobile game. There would be new players with the recommendation spots. The income would increase with new players. The income of this area should increase significantly soon! Whats more, the official platform probably doesnt know that Tengda has encountered some financial problems. Ill go and inform them. They should also arrange some recommendation spots for Tengda Games. Lin Chang was deeply inspired. Thats right! Ill get Shenhuas application store to arrange for some recommendation spots. We can split the money quickly. Its also a sum of money. Whats more, Shenhua has a new cell phone to release recently. Ill go and ask if I can make a joint model with Tengdas game. That way, I can legitimately distribute the money. There has been no news about the online copyrights to Mission and Choice either. Ill get someone to communicate with a few video websites in advance. The movie might be still screening but we can talk about the copyrights in advance! Li Shi considered for a moment. I have also invested in some industries in Jingzhou, such as internet cafes, cafes, bars, and so on. They are not as big as Fish-Catching Internet Cafe but they still have some influence. I can talk to the person-in-charge of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and organize a joint event. We can fork out money to create consumer vouchers for businesses such as Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and Fish-Catching Take-Out. We can reimburse a portion of the customers expenses there. Wouldnt that be equivalent to sending some money over? Yao Bo was in a dilemma. Zhou Muyan and Lin Chang had their own relationships. Li Shi had connections in Jingzhou and could work with Tengda. However, the Jinding Corporation was not in Jingzhou and did not have much interaction with Tengda in terms of business. Sending money to Boss Pei without being discovered was a difficult problem. After some consideration, he suddenly thought of a solution. I got it! Didnt Tengda come up with a new cell phone and a smart fitness drying rack recently? I have specified a subsidy for G1 cell phones in the name of distributing benefits to the employees. The employees can purchase the cell phone at half price, and our company will make up for the difference. Coincidentally, these cell phones are more expensive. I dont even need to buy more. Even if its just a few thousand cell phones, that would be tens of millions of yuan! Its the same for the smart fitness drying rack. I heard that the stock of this equipment is very stressful. We can buy them in bulk and store them in our warehouse for the time being. Theres no need to install, unbox or even activate it. When someone buys it, we can sell it at the original price or at a discount. Wouldnt that help Boss Pei greatly relieve the pressure on his inventory? Xue Zhebins eyes lit up. Good idea! You have to let me share the part. I cant take all of them for myself! I have to contribute as well! Everyone started talking at once and came up with many good ideas. These methods were rather subtle. They were not directly giving money. At most, they could be finalized after a brief discussion with the department heads under Boss Pei. It was very consistent with the initial analysis. An investor hesitated. Er I have a small problem. Boss Peis kindness to us is as heavy as a mountain. Now that theyre in trouble, well do everything we can to help. We wont shirk our responsibilities. But Do you think Boss Pei would know what we did if we did it so secretly? Wouldnt it be a waste of effort if Boss Pei did not know that our expenses were huge? Li Shi rolled his eyes at him. Its been so long. Why are you still doubting Boss Peis character? Boss Pei is a smart person. We can hide it from him for a while at most. How can we keep hiding it? Boss Pei will realize it sooner or later! However, by then, the funding problem had already been resolved. He could only silently remember this favor and repay us double in the future. Of course, it doesnt matter even if we dont get anything in return. We have received so many benefits from Boss Pei. Why cant we give him something in return? Tengda, overcoming its difficulties and developing further will make the GPL league become even stronger. We will still be able to obtain tangible benefits. Dont keep staring at the small profits in front of you. Youre too petty! The investor lowered his head in shame. Thats true. Lin Chang looked at his watch. Alright, its decided then! Its getting late. We have to make arrangements quickly. Otherwise, with Boss Peis efficiency, it would be terrible if he sells the building! Chapter 1057 - Where Are My Huge Quantity Of Backup Stocks? May 22nd, Tuesday The last day of Tengdas 515 Games Day. Pei Qian was in a good mood. He arrived at the office early in the morning and waited for Assistant Xin to report to him. He should have found a buyer for that building, right? Logically speaking, the area where the new Sloth Apartments was in was not bad. In addition, Liang Qingfan had personally designed the renovations and the reputation of Sloth Apartments. It would be a good choice to sell or rent them after buying them. In order to complete the transaction as soon as possible, Pei Qian did not ask for a high price. The entire price was still within a reasonable range. Many companies, especially real estate companies, would probably be interested in buying it. However, Assistant Xin still did not come after waiting in the office for a while. Eh, whats going on? Pei Qian was a little puzzled. Assistant Xin was very reliable. If she had found a suitable buyer, she would definitely report to him immediately. She had not found a buyer yet? That was impossible, right? Pei Qian vaguely felt that something was amiss. He immediately called Assistant Xin to ask about the current situation. Assistant Xin reported truthfully. Boss Pei, I contacted a few real estate companies yesterday. They did express their intention to acquire it. However, when I went to confirm it today, they all said that they changed their minds after some consideration and gave up. Were still contacting new buyers. Pei Qian frowned, confused. No one wanted this building? That cant be. The location of this building was not bad, and the asking price was not high, right? This was because he didnt have money in his pocket. He would have bought it himself to collect rent if he had so much Personal Wealth. Wasnt it nice to be a landlord? However, on further thought, he realized that while this building was not bad, every company might have their own problems. For example, they might not have that much money, or they might need money for better projects. It had only been less than a day since the news was released. It was normal that they had not found a suitable buyer. After all, normal second-hand houses would not be sold in a day. They would have to wait a few days. At that thought, Pei Qian said, Alright, lets continue looking for buyers. Pei Qian was at a loss after hanging up. He had thought that he would be able to hear the good news of the building being sold at work today and continue to plan the next round of burning money. However, his hopes had been dashed. He did not know what to do now. After some thought, he decided to surf the internet to see how the players would react. After all, today was the last day of the 515 Games Festival. All the money-burning activities from before had ended today. Pei Qian wanted to see if gamers had any opinions or suggestions on the 515 Game Festival. He wanted to see if he could think of a new way to burn money. Once the building was sold, he could immediately plan the next stage of the burning money plan. The gamers became even more enthusiastic after secretly revising the probability of the 515 Game Festival over the weekend. There were discussions about the 515 Game Festival everywhere. Most of the players did not have enough of it but they were more or less satisfied. After all, the 515 Games Day event had been going on for an entire week. It might be very satisfying to pull wool but it would be tiring to continue doing so. If they wanted to get a reward, they had to go online and play games. It was a little difficult to play games every day. All in all, the response to the 515 Games Festival was very good. The players were very happy. Pei Qian was very happy. Perhaps this was a win-win situation! However, as he flipped through, the smile on Pei Qians face disappeared and was replaced by a serious expression. That was because he saw an unexpected discussion! A post with the title I heard that Tengdas capital capital chain is having problems and they were selling buildings appeared very out of place among the posts on the 515 Games Festival. However, it had received hundreds of replies in a short ten hours since it was published yesterday. It was very popular! I heard that Tengdas funds seem to have run into problems recently. Theyre selling buildings! There are many sources that can be used as evidence. Thats definitely true! How can that be? Didnt Tengda make a profit from the recent projects? They earned it, but they havent gotten their hands on the money yet! The key to Mission and Choice has been delayed, and the stock of the smart fitness drying rack has not been emptied Ive heard about the sale of the buildings. Whats more, theyre selling a newly renovated building of the Sloth Apartments. Theyre obviously trying to kill the goose that laid the golden eggs! Who would do that if not for the tight finances? I have a friend who works at Tengda. It seems to be true. Many Tengda employees dont eat snacks and save money for the company. Tengda is already facing difficulty and theyre still setting up the 515 Games Festival? They even increased the chances of the event? This is bad. The fleece is comfortable, but what if the fleece dies?! Nothing must happen to Tengda! This is the hope of domestically-produced games. If it really collapses, wouldnt we be back to the dark times of many years ago? Not to the extent of the Dark Age, but it would definitely be a loss for the domestic players, no, a huge loss for players all over the world! Its not just games. Tengdas movies, digital products, and physical industries are all industry benchmarks. If something really went wrong, the losses would be huge! Its unimaginable! Ive wasted so many benefits of Tengda. I cant sit back and do nothing now! Ive decided to buy a few more games to support it! Ill buy a smart fitness drying rack. Ive been eating Fish-Catching Take-Out for the past few days! Ill spend on a few skins to support GOG! At first, many people did not believe that Tengda would have any financial problems. After all, Tengda was developing quite well from the current information. All sorts of projects were making money. However, more and more netizens joined in the discussion. Many of them knew Tengdas insiders and Jingzhous local businesses. They confirmed that Tengda had indeed encountered some difficulties recently and was selling buildings! Thus, the players could not remain calm. The 515 Games Day was not over yet. Almost all the players had received Tengdas favor. Now, they heard that Tengda had no choice but to sell the buildings funds to distribute benefits to the players. How could they allow it? Netizens decided that they would invest money and put in effort. Even if they had to spend a few yuan to buy a skin, they would do their best for Tengda. G1 cell phones, which had just started production and resumed supply, were about to run out of stock. Pei Qian was stunned as he watched the idiotic netizens discuss. Whats going on?! Were these gamers crazy?! Im just doing business normally. Selling buildings is purely normal for cash flow. Why do I feel like these gamers are like company shareholders, more concerned than me! How could Tengda have so many spiritual shareholders? Pei Qian had an ominous feeling. He quickly opened the official website of Otto Technologies and checked the G1 cell phones website. Indeed, they were sold out! In fact, G1 cell phones were sold out the day after the news conference. However, Otto Technologies immediately made a second batch of stocks. They had been sold again some time ago. This way, he could stock up and sell at the same time. Finally, he could hand over all the cell phones that he had pre-ordered and ensure that he would not have to play the monkey anymore. Yet, they were sold out again! Pei Qian endured the pain in his balls and opened the webpage for the smart fitness drying rack again. He refreshed the page and saw that there were still 12 units left. He refreshed the page again. It was sold out! Pei Qian felt light-headed. He leaned back in his chair, feeling drained. My smart fitness drying rack! I had so many stocks! Where are they?! Pei Qian was so angry that he thumped his chest and stomped his feet. Pei Qian had originally thought that not many smart fitness drying racks could be sold. Thus, in order to spend more money, he had asked Otto Technologies to prepare as much stock as possible. He had filled up Tengdas warehouses in Jingzhou with 10,000 units. That was 10,000 units! Pei Qian remembered that two days ago, even though they were selling very quickly, there were still thousands of stocks that had not been sold. Why were they sold out today?! Were gamers that ruthless? Or were they bought by someone with ulterior motives? For example, the scalpers? He quickly searched for the keywords smart fitness drying rack on the internet and checked the netizens discussions. F*ck! I was just about to buy a drying rack to go home and work out, but its sold out?! There arent many of such large items. Its normal for them to be sold out. Thats not normal at all, alright? Didnt Boss Chang say at the news conference that he had prepared 10,000 units and that they would not be sold out? The drying rack became popular after the release of the Fitness Battle. Many streamers and UP Masters are broadcasting it. 10,000 units arent that many when compared to the population in the country. I feel like somethings not right. Theres no limit to the purchase of this thing. Its most likely being targeted by scalpers! Those netizens who did not manage to buy the smart fitness drying rack were speechless. They scolded the scalpers online. Pei Qians first reaction was the same as the netizens. He felt like he had met a scalper! After all, the smart fitness drying rack was different from G1 cell phones. G1 cell phones had a limited purchase policy in order to prevent scalpers. However, the smart fitness drying rack had no restrictions because Pei Qian had not expected it to sell much. However, on further thought, he felt that the possibility was low. Which scalper would scalp something like that? The scalpers preferred to sell small items like concert tickets or cell phones. After all, these items were expensive and did not take up much space. The profits would be considerable. The smart fitness drying rack was so huge, wouldnt it take up space? Where would the scalpers who bought hundreds of them place the items? Wouldnt they have to rent a huge warehouse to be able to store them? They would also have to fork out a sum of money for the delivery fee. Of course, the premise of this speculation was that the profits from the smart fitness drying rack were not high. If the profits were very high, the scalpers would definitely be able to overcome the difficulties and stir-fry. Pei Qian hated scalpers very much but he was secretly looking forward to the scalpers doing it. That was because if it was not a scalper, it would mean that the smart fitness drying rack was too popular and sold out! He had to investigate thoroughly! Pei Qian immediately called Chang You and asked him to check the order records of the smart fitness drying rack to see if there were any signs of scalpers. Not long after, Chang You replied. Boss Pei, there are indeed signs of scalpers. The records show that there are several large orders. The biggest two of them bought 2,000 smart fitness drying racks. There are also a dozen or so smaller ones. Some bought dozens, some bought 200 to 300. If we exclude the possibility of bulk purchases, its most likely the scalpers causing trouble. Comparatively, these dozens of orders are more like scalpers. These two orders bought 2,000 units directly I dont know who they are. Logically speaking, its impossible for ordinary scalpers to have such a huge sum of money. Im sorry, Boss Pei. I was negligent this time. I thought that the price of the smart fitness drying rack was so high and it would be inconvenient to transport it. No scalpers would target it, so I did not specify the relevant restrictions Boss Pei, what do you think we should do now? Should we continue to increase the stocks according to the previous method? Chapter 1058 - The Scalpers Were Tricked! Pei Qian sighed silently. Damn scalpers, why cant I kill them all! That was utterly despicable! Firstly, he hated the scalpers for emptying the inventory of the smart fitness drying rack so that gamers who really wanted to play could not buy it. Secondly, he hated the scalpers for rapidly depleting the inventory and causing Tengda to have a large sum of money for no reason Pei Qian thought for a long time and finally said helplessly, Lets do it the way we did before. Well stock up as much as we can. In short, we cant let the scalpers profit! Chang You nodded immediately. Alright, Boss Pei. Ill make the arrangements now. However the production of the smart fitness drying rack will take some time. Its inevitable that it would be out of stock for a week or two. Should we appease the players? Pei Qian pondered for a moment and said, How about this? Well open a reservation on the website. Well give a discount according to the time the players wait to order. Players wont buy from scalpers as long as they believe that they can buy it sooner than later. Its our fault for not being on guard against scalpers. Theres nothing wrong with giving customers some compensation, right? Pei Qians last sentence was obviously to test the attitude of the system. Logically speaking, the price of the smart fitness drying rack was already relatively low. There was not much profit space to begin with. If he wanted to lower the price, he had to have a reason to convince the system. Pei Qian could use the excuse of attacking scalpers and compensating customers to give them a discount. Wouldnt that lower the profit margin? It was a blessing in disguise. After hanging up, Chang You immediately urged his subordinates to communicate with the factory and prepare the goods. He had not expected that he would not be able to escape the fate of being a monkey even after leaving the cell phone department. However, his subordinates came looking for him as soon as he finished his work. Boss Chang! Boss Chang, weve found the person who placed the two large orders. Its not a scalper! Chang You was stunned. Oh? Not a scalper? Then who is it? He was a little surprised. What was the meaning of buying 2,000 smart fitness drying racks if they were not scalpers? The employee reported, The two of them are Boss Yao of Jinding Technology and Boss Peis second-generation rich friend, Xue Zhebin. Boss Yao said that they bought the smart fitness drying rack purely because they heard that Tengdas funds have been tight recently. Thats why they helped. We did not have to assemble them. The Jinding Corporation has a sports clothing and sports drinks business. Therefore, they were preparing to organize a lucky draw event to randomly give them smart fitness drying racks as advertisements for their own company. What do you think? Chang You raised his eyebrows. Oh? Theres such a thing! Good, of course! I didnt expect Boss Peis friend to lend a helping hand instead of a scalper! Is this Boss Peis charm? Youre beating around the bush because youre afraid that Boss Pei would reject you, right? How thoughtful. The employee continued, Those who buy dozens of units each have already been distributed. The probability of them being scalpers is very high. However, these orders basically came in after Boss Yao and Boss Xues two large orders. Obviously, they saw that we have fewer smart fitness drying racks in our inventory and that the heat was higher. Thats why he wanted to stock up. Chang You nodded slightly. He had the same judgment. Obviously, the scalper had not intended to stir-fry the smart fitness drying rack in the beginning. After all, this thing was huge and heavy. It took up a lot of space and had sufficient stock. However, after Yao Bo and Xue Zhebin bought 4,000 units at once, the originally abundant inventory became tense. Whats more, it created the illusion that the stock of the smart fitness drying racks was very tight. Thus, many scalpers could not sit still! After all, this was one of the few Tengda products that they could buy without restrictions. Since the inventory was so tight, these scalpers started to make their moves. They wanted to hoard some and sell it to earn money. This further aggravated the lack of stock in the smart fitness drying rack, causing it to sell out in advance. Chang You said, The original plan remains the same. We have to make use of the time to prepare the goods. As for those scalpers they shouldnt be able to do much more! At the same time, in a warehouse in Jingzhou, a few scalpers were watching Upwind Logistics unload the goods. Just leave it here. Theres no need to assemble it. Thank you for your hard work! They had to admit that Upwind Logistics was really fast in Jingzhou. No matter how late the order was, they could deliver it the next day. Dozens of smart fitness drying racks were transported over and piled into the scalpers warehouse. The young man from Upwind Logistics had already determined the identities of these people. After all, they had bought so many pieces at once. They were not being unsealed nor installed. What else could they be other than scalpers? However, the logistics delivery men did not say much. Their job was to deliver goods. As for how to restrict the scalpers, that was something the company leaders had to consider. There were no rules. They could only be treated as ordinary consumers. The logistics delivery men left one after another after spending a lot of effort unloading all the smart fitness drying racks. The scalpers looked at the smart fitness drying rack that was piled into a small mountain, as if they were looking at a mountain of gold. As professional scalpers, their job was to buy out all sorts of products, including tickets and various digital products. Then, they would sell them for money. They were the ones who stood at the entrance to collect tickets to sell during the concert. However, this was the first time they had done something like this on such a big piece of item. Can this thing really make money? If we want to sell it, we will still have to pay the logistics fees and installation costs. One of the scalpers was obviously a little worried about this investment. The leader of the scalpers smiled. Dont worry, Ive seen it all. This thing definitely has the potential to become the best wealth management product of the year! Look at how popular Fitness Battle is. Many streamers are recommending it. Whats more, the smart fitness drying rack is selling too well. They said that they had 10,000 units in stock. In the end, in just two or three hours, more than 4,000 units were sold! Think about it, how big of a demand gap is this! Even if Tengda were to prepare as many stocks as possible, would they be able to fill up such a huge gap? Definitely not! Whats more, the profit of this thing is not high. Its actual value is definitely above 5,000 yuan. Those who can afford it would definitely not mind raising the price by another 1,000 to 2,000 yuan. We dont have to say much about these dozens of units. Earning 1,000 every unit would still earn us tens of thousands! If we ask for a higher price, we can earn more! The most important thing is that Tengda was negligent this time. They thought that 10,000 units would be enough, so they did not limit their purchase. We did not have the chance to hype Tengdas cell phones in the past. Wont we be able to make a huge profit now that there is such an opportunity? Another scalper swiped his cell phone and smiled. Those who didnt manage to buy the smart fitness drying rack online are scolding us again. The leader of the scalpers laughed. They deserved it, didnt they? Previously, no one wanted the smart fitness drying rack. They bought it as they pleased, but they did not buy it. Now that its popular, they cant buy it anymore. Can you blame us? The scalpers laughed. Obviously, they were indifferent to the criticism online. However, at that moment, the scalpers expression changed. What whats going on?! Brother, look! Somethings wrong! The leader of the scalpers was stunned. He took the cell phone and realized that it was an announcement that Otto Technologies had just released. The smart fitness drying rack started to make reservations. The maximum discount was 200 yuan according to the date of the reservation and the actual date of arrival! Chang You had mentioned this 200 yuan at the news conference. That was because the profits of the smart fitness drying rack were relatively low. Thus, lowering the price by 200 yuan was the limit. It would not be lower. The opening of this reservation meant that gamers had no reason to increase the price through other channels. They only had to make reservations on the official website and wait for the goods to arrive. The longer they waited, the cheaper it would be. Who would still buy from the scalpers at higher prices? The leader of the scalpers expression changed drastically. Tengdas new policy was released today even though they just made their move yesterday? That was too fast! However, he quickly calmed down. Its alright, its not a big problem. 200 yuan is not a lot of preferential treatment. Whats more, at Tengdas speed, even if they do their best to stock up, the next batch of products would definitely be in a week or two. Whats more, when the next batch of products comes out, there will definitely be people who cant buy them. Lets hurry up and sell all of these in two weeks. We can still make a small profit! With the current market demand, it would not be a problem to take these few dozen sets. We would not lose anything! However, before he could finish speaking, the scalper by the side exclaimed again. Brother, look at this! The leader of the scalpers took his cell phone and saw that it was an event announcement from the Jinding Corporation. This time, he could not remain calm. From now on, you would have the chance of winning the smart fitness drying rack by buying fitness drinks or sportswear from the Jinding Corporation?! There are 500 of them! If you spend a total of 8,000 yuan, you will be given one smart fitness drying rack. There are 1,000 of them! You can also buy a fitness gift package, a box of drinks, a set of personal sportswear, and a smart fitness drying rack. The price is 5,199 yuan?! 2,500 units? First come first serve?! All the scalpers froze on the spot. The Jinding Corporation was equivalent to providing three solutions. Godd*mn lucky winners would have a chance to win if they bought drinks or sportswear. Ballers would be gifted with them if they were to spend a total of 8,000 yuan. If they were not lucky nor would they bear to spend 8,000 yuan, there was still one last way: spend 5,199 yuan to buy it. The original price of the smart fitness drying rack was 4,999 yuan. However, the Jinding Corporation had sent a huge fitness gift bag with a box of drinks and a set of sportswear. According to the original price, it was far more than 200 yuan. The most important thing was that all of these quotas added up to 4,000 units of smart fitness drying racks! These 4,000 units of drying racks were enough to last a week or two. By then, Tengdas next batch of goods would have arrived. Who would be stupid enough to buy a smart fitness drying rack from a scalper with Tengdas official reservation and Jinding Corporations event? They must have messed up! Even if these scalpers could sell at 5,199 yuan, they would still incur losses because they had to bear the costs of logistics and storage. Whats more, it was impossible to sell at 5,199 yuan! If they lost two to three hundred yuan each, they would lose at least 10,000 to 20,000 yuan on these dozens of units! They had already confirmed that they were going to incur losses within a few minutes after they had received the goods. The goods were still hot in their seats! The scalpers looked at each other, their faces ashen. Tengdas wool could not be pulled off!! Chapter 1059 - God’s Wound Healed On Its Own… May 23rd, Wednesday Pei Qian arrived at the office early in the morning just like yesterday, happily waiting for Assistant Xin to report on work. This building should have been sold yesterday, right? The price was not high to begin with. Shouldnt everyone fight for such a good deal? At the very least, many people would want to make a deal. However, Assistant Xin did not report to him after waiting for a long time. Strange, wheres Assistant Xin? Why does she seem so unreliable recently? Its just a building. Is it that difficult? Pei Qian took out his cell phone and called Assistant Xin. How are the sales arrangements going? Have you found the buyer? Even if its not decided, there should be companies interested in buying it, right? Do they think the price is too high? We can discuss the specific conditions. Assistant Xin replied, Er Boss Pei, are we still selling our building? Pei Qian was stunned. What do you mean? Of course Im selling. Assistant Xin hesitated for a moment. However Boss Pei, so far, no company has any intention of acquiring that building. They are not even willing to discuss it in detail. I asked the bosses of several companies. They said that they respected Tengda very much and did not want to take advantage of it. Whats more The smart fitness drying rack has been sold out. Recently, sales of several games in our company, especially mobile games, have increased significantly. Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Fish-Catching Take-Out, and other physical industries seem to have reached a peak in customer traffic. On top of that, cell phones and other industries income We have enough money. There were some gaps previously, but not only have we made up for them, we have also earned a lot. Since theres no problem with the funds, why should we sell the buildings? That is a building that you have carefully selected after all. It is prepared to be used for Sloth Apartments. It would be best if you dont sell it, right? On the other end of the line, Pei Qian was at a loss for words. He fell into a daze. What? What did they say? They dont want to take advantage of the situation? Pei Qian almost thought that he had heard wrongly. Tengda might have developed quite well in Jingzhou, but it had not deliberately befriended any local companies, much less large foreign companies. He was only connected to Boss Lis Fu Hui Investments and the Lin Familys Shenhua Corporation. However, Pei Qian did not take the initiative to befriend them. It was purely a coincidence. Therefore, Tengda Corporation did not have much of a relationship with Jingzhous local companies and some large real estate companies. Yet, these people said that they respected Tengda and did not want to take advantage of it? Pei Qian was almost speechless. He could not wait to beg them to take advantage of the situation and share some of the pressure! Assistant Xin said, Yes, Boss Pei. I spoke to a few bosses. They all said that Tengda is a model of Jingzhou Corporation and admire the business myth that you created from scratch. They also said that Tengda is in trouble now. If you need help, they can lend a hand at any time. As for buying a building, there was no need. They say that they might be businessmen, but they also know what to do and what not to do. They cannot do things that will make them criticized by the people of Jingzhou. Pei Qian: He suddenly had the urge to throw his cell phone on the ground. Thats crazy! The business world was like a battlefield. This was not a place that emphasized human emotions. Why were you being so polite to me?! Pei Qian paused for a long time before asking, What about the growth of the game? Assistant Xin answered, I did not investigate this carefully. However, I guess that it was because gamers spontaneously bought our game after it was exposed online that Tengda was in a financial crisis. In addition to the aftershocks of the 515 Games Day event, our game income increased significantly. The income growth of other physical industries might also be because of this. Also some companies seem to be doing their best to help us after knowing that were in a difficult situation. It might have some impact. Pei Qian frowned slightly. Help as much as they can? Assistant Xin: Yes, Shenhua Corporation, Jinding Corporation, and Fu Hui Investments seem to be seeking to cooperate with our company. They are giving us some benefits. Pei Qian was utterly speechless. Li Shi! Lin Chang! Its you two again! Wasnt that a scam? What are you all trying to do! Pei Qian was furious. He had planned to sell the buildings after saving money for the game, and then continue to spend money. If the players were happy, Boss Pei would be happy as well. He did not expect this building to be unable to sell! What was worse was that not only were the buildings not sold, but they were also spending more and more money! Once the news of Tengdas intention to sell the building spread, gamers and companies that had worked with Tengda swarmed over, desperately giving Tengda money! What should Pei Qian do? Assistant Xin asked, Then Boss Pei, are you still selling the building? Pei Qian remained silent for a long time. Not selling anymore How was he supposed to sell it now? This building was no longer a simple building in the eyes of many. It was a barometer of Tengdas current financial situation. Selling buildings meant that Tengdas capital flow was not good. Gamers would burst out with unprecedented enthusiasm and charge in the game. They could not let Tengda collapse. Players would only feel that Tengdas crisis was over if they gave up on selling the buildings. They would not continue to charge money. Whats more, he had a lot of funds now. How would he spend the extra money if he sold the building? After hanging up, Pei Qian felt melancholic. Even though he had to reconsider how to spend money even if he sold the building, he had to reconsider how to spend money even if he did not sell the building now. The two moods were worlds apart! Pei Qian briefly considered the new spending plan. There was already a wave of activity on the 515 Games Day. If Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation did not continue to upgrade the burning war, the System would probably not allow him to burn money on a larger scale. However, Pei Qian felt that Eric would not give up so easily. I already believed you when you said that you wanted to burn money until Tengdas capital chain ruptures. Dont lie to me! Thus, Pei Qian planned to divide the funds that he had and could obtain in the future into three parts. Part of it was left to the domestic market to deal with the burning war between Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation that could be upgraded. The other part was scattered overseas to continue burning money to promote GOGs overseas league. The other part was left to the first large store that was about to officially open for business. At the moment, Tengda had a shop in the shopping mall. However, it was too small and was only rented for Tian Mo to practice. After training for so long, Tian Mo should have already memorized the rules of the sales department. Pei Qian had secretly gone there a few times and confirmed that Tian Mo had strictly followed his instructions to receive customers. He could basically relax now. The new large store had been handed over to Liang Qingfan to design. The renovations should be completed this week and they would officially move in. Pei Qian planned to leave a sum of money for the layout of the shop, recruit salesmen, and other expenses. If this sales department could operate completely according to plan, the more shops there were, the more salesmen there would be, but it would not affect the sales of the goods much. Wouldnt that spend a lot of money? Pei Qian switched on his computer and painstakingly planned the next phase of spending money. At the same time, in the headquarters of Long Yu Corporation in Shanghai. Zhao Xuming hurriedly knocked on Erics office door. This is bad! Tengdas building is no longer for sale! Eric could not help but be shocked. How can that be? Has the pressure on Tengdas funds been released? Zhao Xuming nodded. I think so! After the news of Tengdas funding problem spread, gamers spent on their industries. The smart fitness drying racks inventory was quickly sold out. There seemed to be several companies secretly helping Zhao Xuming quickly reported what he knew. He might not be able to understand it so clearly, but the rankings of Tengdas various games on the best-selling charts, the flow of people in various Fish-Catching Internet Cafe branches, and the changes in the sales volume of the smart fitness drying rack were all obvious. He could easily find out. Combined with these figures and the news that Tengda was no longer selling buildings, even the idiotic netizens could deduce a simple fact: Tengda was rich again! Eric froze, disbelief written all over his face. For a moment, he could not accept this fact. Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation were burning money with all their might. Dayak Corporation had also specially taken out a large sum of money to help. Whats more, they were still holding back while burning money. All sorts of burning money activities, be it lucky draws or discounts, could recover to a certain extent. Even so, it was painful to burn money. Eric would not have been able to persevere if not for his determination and perseverance. On the other hand, Tengda had set up a 515 Games Day. It was a pure free gift. Obviously, it would burn more money than Finger Games, and the effect would be better. He had thought that he had finally pushed Tengda to its limits and was starting to sell its buildings. Even though it was still too early to see the light of victory, it at least proved that Tengda was not invincible, even Gods would bleed. However, the current situation was that God was indeed bleeding. However, the wound healed by itself in less than two minutes! One had to know that Tengda had not received a few payments. The expenses of various projects were still going as per normal. Under such circumstances, Tengda managed to survive the crisis without any suspense by relying on the players spontaneous transfusions and the help of some brother companies? Eric had originally wanted to continue organizing events and seizing the market while Tengdas funds were still in a tight spot. However, Tengda was ready before their event even started! Eric felt that his worldview had been subverted. It can actually be like this? The players are fighting to give money just because theres a slight financial tension?! This is unbelievable! Eric could not imagine what this was like. If there was a problem with Finger Games capital chain, would players buy skins and help Finger Games survive? There was no doubt that it was impossible! Only a very small number of companies in the world had such appeal. Not only did such companies produce good products, but they also became the spiritual support in many peoples hearts. Only then could they call for help! Zhao Xuming sighed as well. I thought that Boss Pei was courting death with this move. I never thought that he found a way to survive through death! Could it be that Boss Pei had already expected that Tengdas reputation, which had been built up over the years, would play a key role at this time? Thats why he was so relaxed and daring to spend money without worrying about the capital chain? Then our next step Zhao Xumings voice became softer and softer. Both of them knew the current situation very well. It was as if they were fighting a boss. They had given it their all and even consumed medicine and props. They saw the light of victory seeing that the boss could not take it anymore. However, the boss squatted on the ground, took two deep breaths and his health bar was full again! This feeling was truly despairing. Eric was silent for a moment. He suddenly thought of something and quickly said, The marketing plan for the new phase has been shelved for now. Dont go on it! There must be a trap! They had thought that Tengdas funds were running out and that they would not be able to make it in the short term. Thus, they had already formulated a plan to burn money in the next stage. They wanted to take advantage of Tengdas weakness to snatch a huge piece of the market. However, when he realized that Tengda seemed to have been prepared and ready for battle, Eric suddenly became terrified. Boss Peis methods were unpredictable and impossible to guard against. What was even scarier was that Boss Pei seemed to always be ahead. What if Boss Pei had already predicted Long Yu Corporations plan to burn money and was prepared to stop them? If he continued to foolishly burn money according to his original plan, he might fall into Boss Peis trap! Eric said, Cancel all of our plans. Well wait and see what Boss Pei does! We cannot be tricked by Boss Pei again! Zhao Xuming nodded immediately. Understood! Chapter 1060 - Trying To Run After Flirting? 1 Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios May 24th, Thursday At ten in the morning, Pei Qian went to the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe for an early lunch before walking to the office. He came very early two days ago mainly because he was looking forward to selling the building. Now that the building was not for sale, he naturally had no motivation to come earlier. The moment he arrived at the office, he saw the employees taking a lot of snacks and coffee from the water bar. They seemed to have returned to how they were before. No, they seemed to be taking more than before? Pei Qian could not help but nod slightly. Great! Thats my good employees! The employees might not be able to eat much but it was still a good thing for Boss Pei to see. Pei Qian should have smiled, but the thought of the huge pressure of spending money made him unhappy. Thus, he quietly entered his office. The two employees looked up at Boss Peis back and started whispering. Has our companys crisis really passed, look at how Boss Pei is? Yes, this is the Boss Pei in the good times. Looking at Boss Peis serious expression, the companys funding problem must have been resolved. We can eat without worry! It was resolved so quickly I dont know if it was because this problem was not big to begin with or because Boss Pei was too amazing. It must be because Boss Pei is too amazing! To put it bluntly, the problem of funds is the problem of money. How can it be easy to get money? However, Boss Pei has been sitting in the office for the past few days, and a huge sum of money has immediately entered his account. Players are taking out their money, and the other companies are lending a helping hand. Tengda has resolved the difficulty that is as difficult as ascending to the heavens for others! Thats right, I also heard that this crisis helped Tengda establish a very high prestige! It served to intimidate its competitors! What do you mean? Tengda has some competitors in all fields, right? I heard that some companies were actually intending to hit Tengda while it was down when it had problems with its capital chain. However, before these companies could use their underhanded methods, Tengdas crisis was resolved! Ah, this is just a precaution, right? How can it be to intimidate the opponent? Think about it. Normally, when companies encounter financial problems, they would be badly battered and rob Peter to pay Paul. However, Tengda is facing financial problems? It is light and easy, borrowing strength to fight, and is free and easy! Players are taking out their money, and other companies are lending a helping hand, easily getting rid of them! Would the competitors dare to fight a price war with Tengda after seeing this? I see! What about Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation? Heh, them? I guess theyre the most shocked. They wanted to kill Tengda when it was weak, but they didnt expect Boss Pei to resolve it so easily. I think they should stop for a while. At least, they wont dare to cause trouble in the short term. However, I think that Boss Pei might not let them off. As the saying goes, its better to break one finger than to injure ten fingers. Wouldnt we have to settle this once we recover? I dont know about that. However, given Boss Peis character, he would definitely not let them off easily In the office, Pei Qian sneezed. Achoo! The air-conditioning is a little too strong Pei Qian silently wrapped the blanket around himself. It was almost June. The weather in Jingzhou was getting hotter by the day. Thus, there was a lot of air-conditioning in the building. Everyone had to wear a coat to work in case they caught a cold from the coldness. The blanket that Pei Qian had not used for the entire winter was put to good use again. He switched on his computer and checked the official website of Finger Games. He did not find what he wanted. He then checked Long Yu Corporations official website, as well as the official Weibo accounts of Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation. In the end, he found nothing! What just happened? Shouldnt Eric be fighting back now? Why is there no movement at all? Pei Qian had predicted that Eric would continue burning money after the 515 Games Festival, and continue to pressure Tengda. For this reason, he had specially reserved a portion of the funds to deal with Erics burning money plan. If the enemy does not move, I will not move; if the enemy moves, I will move. In any case, as long as Eric burned money, Pei Qian would be able to find a way to fool the system oh, no, a legitimate reason to counterattack. Then, he would be able to create a money-burning plan based on the approximate scale of the other partys burning money. However, he did not expect that the other party seemed to be dead. There was no response? The efficiency is too low. Shouldnt you have come up with a new plan during the 515 Games Festival? Why havent you done it yet? Wait a while more. Pei Qian wrapped himself in a small blanket, leaned back in his chair, and watched a movie. He watched a few more episodes, and finally played some games. Four hours passed in the blink of an eye. It was almost three in the afternoon. Pei Qian had eaten his breakfast at ten in the morning. Thus, he was not hungry at all. He was prepared to leave at four in the afternoon. Then, he would go to the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe for a meal. That would settle the food for the day. However, before that, he had to spend an hour to finalize the new money-burning plan. He had to arrange the money he had saved before he could leave. Nonetheless, when he opened the official website of Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation, as well as the official accounts on Weibo, he was stunned. There was still no new announcement! Pei Qian finally realized that something was amiss! The 515 Game Festival ended yesterday. No matter how inefficient Eric was, he should have a new plan to burn money today, right? Yet, there was still no sign of it until three in the afternoon. This meant that Eric would probably not do anything new in the short term. Pei Qian felt like a pure young man who had been deceived. Liar! Didnt you say that you would burn until you die? Why did you give up after a slight setback? What about my newly earned money? Pei Qian was speechless. If Eric stopped burning money, he would be able to continue doing activities and burning money. However, he would definitely be limited. The System would not bother with ordinary marketing activities, but these activities would most likely make money. On the other hand, the Systems regulation was flexible. The more intense the competition in the market, the higher the amount of money allowed by the System. Pei Qian would not be able to legitimately distribute money if the other party stopped! At that thought, Pei Qians good impression of Eric was greatly diminished. At first, Eric had wanted to fight a money-burning war. Pei Qian had been elated and had immediately accompanied him. However, he had not expected Eric to suddenly back down in the middle of the game. On the other hand, Pei Qians money had been effective. Players had taken out money to support him, and the smart fitness drying rack had also sold very well After this, not only had he earned money, but he had also earned a reputation! Then, Pei Qian wanted to spend the money he earned but Eric would not play anymore! How infuriating. Pei Qian refreshed the page a few more times before reluctantly accepting the fact that Eric would not fight a money-burning war in the short term. He had waited for nothing! Pei Qian instantly felt disinterested. If he had known earlier, he would not have come to the office. Wouldnt it be nice to sleep comfortably at home? Of course, Pei Qian did not intend to let Eric off so easily. Not burning money just like that? How could there be such a beautiful thing in the world! Pei Qian had already reserved a portion of the money for the publicity and promotion of GOGs overseas league. Tengda would have more funds in the future. At that time, he would find a suitable time to organize a money-burning event and force Eric to keep up! Trying to run away after flirting? Not so easy! Pei Qian was just about to leave the company and go home to sleep when his cell phone rang. He looked at the caller ID. It was Lin Wan. Hm? Could Slow Movement Studio have encountered some difficulties? Pei Qian quickly accepted the call. Boss Pei, I have something to discuss with you. The research and development work on the VR spectacles is already underway. However, after a few modifications to the plan, I realized that the original research and development budget seemed to be insufficient. Now, if we want to achieve the best performance effect, we have to add more money or reduce the standard of hardware Pei Qian perked up at once. Not enough money? Thats great! This was a timely help! Pei Qian immediately said, What are you hesitating for? Increase the funds! How much exactly? Er wait a moment, Ill go over now! Less than half an hour later, Pei Qian arrived at Slow Movement Studio. This time, he was not only here for money, but also to see how Slow Movement Studio was doing. The office area that was basically the same as Tengdas office area, was filled with people. There were not many empty seats left. The employees were all doing their own jobs and working seriously. Lin Wan introduced them. Boss Pei, these people were carefully selected by me. Only a small portion of them are Jingzhou locals. Many of them were poached from Guangzhou, Beijing, and Shanghai with their families. Do you think everyones working attitude is alright? Is there anything that needs to be improved? Slow Movement Studios first game had been decided on VR directly. Whats more, even though Shenhua Corporation was in charge of the research and development of the VR glasses, Slow Movement Studio still had to participate in the design and docking. It had to match the game and equipment to a high level. Therefore, some core employees in Slow Movement Studio had to have VR-related design experience, or at least have a deeper understanding. After all, VR games were a different form of game compared to traditional client-side games and mobile games. There were huge differences in the games interface layout, operation method, and gameplay. There were not that many professionals in Jingzhou. That was why Lin Wan sent people to Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and other first-tier cities to poach people. That was how she managed to gather her current team. Many of them had not been willing to change cities at first, but Slow Movement Studio had offered them very high remuneration and given them a lot of subsidies. In addition, Tengda Corporation had been operating for the past few years, making Jingzhou a sacred place in the hearts of many working people. That was why they had been able to successfully poach them. Pei Qian scanned the office. If I have to pick an area to improve on I think everyone is eating too few snacks. Chapter 1061 - You Link Up Pretty Well… Lin Wan was stunned. Huh? Pei Qian explained, In Tengda, every employee consumes about 3.2 packs of snacks every day. The coffee and drinks are calculated separately. Basically, they dont stop working until they get off work. This is under the premise that many employees decide to lose weight and have some control. However, Slow Movement Studio is still very far from this value. You have to work harder. The amount of snacks you eat can tell how much the employees are invested in their work. If you eat a lot of snacks, it means that the employees are working hard and thinking hard. It consumes a lot of energy so you need to eat a lot of snacks as supplements. Therefore, you have to work harder in this aspect! Lin Wan looked surprised. Eating too few snacks? Was this a problem that needed improvement? Or could it be that there was a deeper meaning behind this? Lin Wan frowned. After thinking for a moment, she suddenly had an idea. I understand, Boss Pei! Are you saying that these employees have just joined the company not long ago and do not eat snacks? In fact, it reflects that their attitude in their work is still rather old-fashioned and not relaxed enough? On the other hand, game creation is an industry that requires inspiration. Only with sufficient relaxation can good designs be made. Only in a relaxed atmosphere can colleagues communicate more harmoniously and smoothly? Thats why eating less snacks would reflect insufficient teamwork and the atmosphere would not be lively enough. That would actually affect the daily working state and the quality of the game! We can see the big picture. Only if everyone can eat a lot of snacks without worry can the entire team get on the right track faster? In that case, Ill send everyone a notice later to encourage everyone to eat more snacks in the future! Well distribute two packs of snacks every day! Pei Qian was stunned. He had only said it casually, hoping that the employees of Slow Movement Studio would eat more snacks and work less. He had not expected Lin Wan to come up with so many things in less than a second Indeed, this was a veteran employee of Tengda? Pei Qian could not help but want to hold his forehead. He wondered what was going on. How did he train so many strange employees? However, there was no way to explain it now. Pei Qian could only agree with Lin Wan and immediately change the topic. Lets talk about the VR glasses. Lin Wan nodded. Lets go to the conference room. My big brother is here too. Once he entered the conference room, Pei Qian saw Lin Chang playing with his cell phone. Lin Chang looked up and smiled when he saw Pei Qian. Yo, Boss Pei, youre here? Has Tengdas cash flow problem been resolved? The corners of Pei Qians mouth twitched. Wasnt that asking the obvious? Dont think that I dont know that youre the one behind this! Pei Qian did not think much at first, but the more he thought about it, the more he felt that something was amiss. Logically speaking, the Sloth Apartments building should be very popular. Why did no one want it? It was actually a little far-fetched to say that none of the companies wanted to take advantage of the situation. That was because it was impossible for all of the companies that were interested to be so respectful to Tengda that they would give up such a huge piece of meat. Thus, someone must be trying to help them! It was easy to guess who this person was. He was either Li Shi or Lin Changzhong. On the other hand, Li Shi did not have that much power. His influence was limited to Jingzhou. He did not have much say in the bigger real estate companies in the country. The answer was obvious. Lin Chang had definitely unleashed a huge amount of energy in this matter that prevented him from selling the building! Pei Qian chuckled. I have to thank Boss Lin for your help. Pei Qian had tried his best to speak in a strange tone but Lin Chang did not notice it at all. Instead, he waved his hand in embarrassment. Hey Boss Pei, youre being too polite. Youre welcome! Actually, its nothing much. Its just a few phone calls. Boss Pei has contributed so much for Slow Movement Studio. You would even sell the building for this sum of money. How can such a relationship be measured with money?! This small amount of help cannot even be considered as anything. Boss Pei, dont take it to heart! Pei Qian: Why couldnt you understand? Was I thanking you? If not for the fact that the System was controlling my mouth, I would have already cursed you! Pei Qian was speechless. He found a random chair at the conference table and sat down. Lets talk about business. I heard that the research and development budget for VR glasses is not enough? Lin Wan nodded. Yes, thats right. The research and development funds that we originally set for the game and the VR glasses were 20 million yuan. There was definitely no problem with the game. It was definitely enough. However, the VR glasses encountered a problem. Actually, according to our original design, this sum of money is roughly enough. However, after the specific design and communication with the factory, we changed a few versions of the plan. Old Song wanted to use some new technology. With this, the cost would increase Old Song was the product manager in charge of the VR glasses project at Shenhua Corporation. The investment required for research and development of hardware like this could be more or less. The fluctuation was actually very big. The key was how much it had to be done. Microsoft had spent hundreds of millions of yuan on developing a small controller, much less on a single piece of equipment. However, such details were too important. For example, the human body design, durability, hand sensitivity, and unique appearance of the controller had to be repeatedly modified and tested. However, many domestic manufacturers actually knew how to make controllers. The research and development budget for such controllers was much lower. Of course, there would be a difference between a good controller and a bad controller. However, the difference would not be that big. In other words, the cheap controller could be used as well. After all, paying one dollar would get you a certain quality, but it did not mean that you would get 10 times the value if you pay 10 times the price. The price to pay for increasing the hand sensitivity was huge for this kind of equipment. In terms of VR equipment, the very sensational first-generation Oculus Rift was produced after a crowdfunding of 2.5 million US dollars. That also included some money for production and stock. Many domestic companies also used crowdfunding methods to develop VR glasses. For example, a domestically-produced VR glasses with an 8K gimmick had been developed with a crowdfunding of three million US dollars. At present, this VR glass has the highest resolution in the world. Even though the base station and controller were readily available technologies, it was enough to show that the development of the VR glasses did not cost that much money. The current VR glasses actually did not have much technical content. The only difference from traditional monitors was the way they were displayed. The two lenses of the VR glasses were based on different visual fields and deep cognition that created different images in local space. They formed a virtual reality field in the users brain and made a display effect that was different from traditional screens. In other words, the information was still the same. It was just a different form of display to players. On the other hand, Slow Movement Studio had invested 20 million yuan, which could be converted to three million US dollars. That was already considered a relatively large investment at the moment. Ordinary companies would not dare to fork out this money for VR, afraid that they would lose everything. Whats more, VR glasses and cell phones had similarities. For example, they both needed chips and a basic operating system. These were undoubtedly Shenhua Corporations strengths. They could save a lot of money in this aspect. Originally, this amount of money was enough. However, as the product manager, Old Song was a rather geeky person. He had some new ideas in the design process. Whats more, the research and development of the controller was indeed more difficult than he had expected. That was why he found that he had insufficient funds after coming up with a few designs. That was why he reported to Lin Wan. Old Song even came up with a plan for the Body Sense Gloves, but he quickly rejected it. That was because there would be a few problems with making gloves. It would be difficult to solve them with the current technical conditions. For example: There was a huge difference in the size of a players hand. Making gloves meant that one had to make many sizes. Whats more, even if one made many sizes, they might not be completely compatible with a players hand. On the other hand, things like gloves would be uncomfortable if they were bigger or smaller. If it was a controller, it could be made into an average size, and all players could use it comfortably. Whats more, in order to complete the corresponding functions, the controller had to be equipped with batteries, sensors, joysticks, and buttons. The gloves would definitely be too bulky and heavy, and it would be very inconvenient to operate. Therefore, the glove plan would not work with the current level of technology. It would not be good even if it was barely made to use it. He returned to the controllers plan honestly. However, even the controller plan required more money than expected because it was different from the existing VR controller. Once he heard that, Pei Qian perked up. His eyes lit up. I told you at that time that there would not be enough money! At that time, you said that 15 million yuan would be enough. I was worried that it would not be enough so I raised it to 20 million yuan. Now, it seems like 20 million yuan is not enough! I have to add more! At this point, Lin Chang quickly said, No problem! Boss Pei, no matter how much you add, Shenhua will add the same amount! Pei Qian glanced at him, speechless. Why are you interfering? Pei Qian did not want to invest together with Lin Chang at first because Pei Qian wanted to incur losses. If Lin Chang offered the same amount of money, wouldnt he incur losses as well? It was better for Boss Pei to bear this alone. However, when he thought about what Lin Chang had done a few days ago, Pei Qian no longer sympathized with him. He deserved it! Pei Qian laughed. Alright, Tengda will invest another 10 million yuan. Lin Chang was stunned. Huh? That much? Pei Qian cleared his throat and said, If its not convenient for Boss Lin, Tengda can take care of everything Lin Chang quickly waved his hand. No problem! What problem could there be? Shenhua is also investing another 10 million yuan. Its a done deal! 40 million yuan, thats almost six million US dollars. Thats twice as much as the VR glasses that caused a sensation overseas There shouldnt be a problem now, right? Lin Chang instinctively felt a little weak even though he was supporting his little sister. Ten million yuan was not a huge sum to Shenhua Corporation. What he was worried about was whether the project would fail after investing this money. That would be a huge blow to Lin Wan. However, since Boss Pei had decided to add more money, so be it! Lin Wan nodded. Thats definitely enough! However, Boss Pei, is there really no problem with Tengdas funds? Why dont you keep the money and let my brother fork out the 20 million yuan Pei Qians expression darkened. Tengdas funds are fine, very good! You dont have to worry about that! Instead of worrying about this, you might as well focus all your energy on the research and development of the equipment and the design of the game. I want the product to be released as soon as possible! In any case, the day this product was released would not be far from making a loss. Lin Wan nodded. Alright, Ill tell Old Song about it later. That way, his previous designs can be implemented. Hell definitely be very happy! Thats right, Boss Pei, its not easy to come here. Do you want to take a look at the concept art of Animal Island? Pei Qian pondered for a moment. Alright. After all, there was still a long time before DEMO was released. He could roughly understand the games style and imagine the games graphics by looking at the concept art. Lin Wan took a laptop from the side, found a few concept drawings of the game, and showed them to Pei Qian and Lin Chang. Pei Qian scanned it and could not help but feel surprised. This cartoon concept was perfect! The background of the concept picture was a small island on the sea. The island was lush with vegetation and had picturesque scenery. The main part of the picture was various anthropomorphic animals such as kittens, puppies, lions, bears, rabbits, etc. Some were fishing with fishing rods, some were chopping trees with axes, and some were farming with hoes. There was also a strange robot with a little steampunk style. It was helping these small animals manage the farmland. It created a steampunk-style farming system. Of course, it was also a cartoon version. Compared to the realistic style of painting, the cartoonish version was relatively easier to master. The cartoonish version would not be too ugly even if one was not particularly talented. However, it was very difficult to be proficient in the cartoon character. That was because the key to the cartoon character was to draw out the outstanding characteristics in the original image and create it again. It was very difficult to make the cartoon character cute and recognizable while retaining the core essence. These paintings were obviously masterpieces. Pei Qian was overjoyed. Masterpieces meant that they were expensive! It was definitely a good thing to spend more money. One look and I can tell that this is the work of a master. It must have cost a lot, right? Pei Qian asked casually. Lin Wan smiled. Why are you talking about money with Big Boss Ruan? Isnt there a long-term collaboration price? Pei Qian was stunned as a question mark floated above his head. ? This was drawn by Ruan Guangjian? Pei Qian felt a little lost because he remembered that Ruan Guangjian mainly drew realistic paintings. Lin Wan nodded. Thats right. I can only say that the big boss is the big boss. He can draw the cartoon version so well! Pei Qian was really speechless. He suddenly recalled that even though Ruan Guangjian drew a lot of realistic graphics, it did not mean that he did not know how to draw cartoonish designs. Back then, when Pei Qian looked for artists online for Ghost General, it was because he saw that Ruan Guangjians representative works were all cartoonish. He suspected that Ruan Guangjian did not know how to draw realistic paintings. That was why he looked for him Mission and Choice had just been released and Ruan Guangjian was already busy with Animal Island? The corners of Pei Qians mouth twitched as he said emotionally, You guys linked up pretty well Chapter 1062 - Fish-Catching Internet Cafes’ Modification: VR Experience Area! The matter of adding more investments to the VR glasses was settled just like that. Tengda Corporation and Shenhua Corporation would each offer another 10 million yuan to gather 40 million yuan. It would be more than enough to develop a VR lens. Whats more, the final product would definitely be the most advanced batch in the market. However, this also posed a huge risk. After all, the current development of the VR industry was very slow, and it was totally devoid in China. If nothing went wrong, this pair of glasses would most likely be priced at more than 4,000 yuan, and the profits would not be too high. How many people would spend money to buy them? How many glasses would they have to sell in order to recoup their research and development costs of 40 million yuan? If each VR glasses could earn 400 yuan, the sales would also have to reach 100,000 units to recover. At the moment, it would be very difficult to find someone in the country who was willing to spend more than 4,000 yuan on VR glasses. On the other hand, if he wanted to expand the user group, he would have to reduce the price and promote sales. He would also have to further minimize profits. The final sales figure would probably be much higher than this. Pei Qian felt an inexplicable sense of happiness after some calculations. Fortunately, my goal is to incur losses! If his goal was to make money, he would definitely not make up his mind to do something so risky. However, the higher the risk, the more he looked forward to it! Pei Qian looked at his watch. It was four in the afternoon. He had to admit that he was very efficient. It had only been slightly more than an hour since he had rushed over at three. Money was to be spent quickly! Pei Qian stood up and prepared to leave. Lin Chang and Lin Wan walked him out together. However, the moment he stepped out, he saw Ye Zhizhou and Wang Xiaobin walking towards him. Hello, Boss Pei! The two quickly greeted him. Ever since Lin Wan left Shang Yang Games, Ye Zhizhou and Wang Xiaobin had taken over at the other side. Ye Zhizhou might be the person-in-charge on the surface but Wang Xiaobin was the actual person-in-charge. The two of them worked together and handled different matters. For example, Wang Xiaobin was in charge of developing the Fitness Battle. After setting up Chi Xing Workspace, Pei Qian asked Ye Zhizhou and Wang Xiaobin to take the time to come over and help. He hoped that Chi Xing Workspace would quickly get on the right track so that Lin Wan would not think about returning to Tengda Corporation. This time, Ye Zhizhou and Wang Xiaobin had obviously come to discuss work matters. Pei Qian looked at his watch. Its almost time to knock off. Hurry up. The two of them quickly said, Alright, Boss Pei! Well definitely knock off on time! Pei Qian pondered for a moment and said, You have to pay more attention to Slow Movement Studios matters. If you cant handle it, you can put Shang Yang Games work on hold. Its alright. You have to be clear about the priorities, understand? Both of them nodded again. Alright, Boss Pei, we understand! Pei Qian was quite satisfied with their attitude. After bidding farewell to everyone, he left. Obviously, the blame for the success of Fitness Battle should be placed on Wang Xiaobin. However, the strange thing was that Pei Qian did not have the mood to criticize him. Why was that so? Perhaps it was because the success of the game was too common. Whats more, he had just been stabbed in the back by Mission and Choice. Thus, Pei Qians pain threshold was a little high However, Pei Qian did not forget to guard against Shang Yang Games next move. After these two people took over as the person-in-charge of Shang Yang Games, they had already achieved success in Fitness Battle. They would definitely be ambitious enough to develop new games. Wouldnt he have to continue earning money by creating new games? How could Boss Pei let them succeed so easily? Thus, Pei Qian specially instructed them to put in more effort to help Lin Wan deal with the work at Slow Movement Studio. If they could not handle it, they could even temporarily put Shang Yang Games work aside. In any case, the project for Slow Movement Studio had already been decided. One more person or one less person would not affect the progress of the project much. That would not only allow Shang Yang Games to temporarily enter a state of suspension, but also allow Lin Wan to adapt to life after leaving Tengdas life faster. Wouldnt that be killing two birds with one stone? Of course, he could not say it too clearly. However, Pei Qian believed that Ye Zhizhou and Wang Xiaobin would definitely take what he said very seriously. Pei Qian took a car back to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe near his residence after leaving Slow Movement Studio. He planned to go home and rest after having dinner. It was Thursday. There were fewer people in the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe than during the weekend. However, the first and second floor were still full. However, compared to the previous scene when the internet cafe exploded in popularity, the crowded situation had improved. The entire internet cafe was almost back to normal. Pei Qian knew that this was because the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe was opening more branches! At the moment, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and other physical industries were mainly developing in Jingzhou, other cities in Handong Province, as well as Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou. Jingzhou had many local businesses. These old stores were no longer crowded after opening so many branches. It looked much quieter. Pei Qian felt more comfortable eating here every day. However, Fish-Catching Internet Cafes current situation still worried him. Among all the physical businesses, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe had the earliest start, was the most famous, and earned the most money. Whats more, Xiao Peng was not a pushover. Pei Qian always felt insecure now that Fish-Catching Internet Cafe had evolved to the 3.0 stage. Therefore, he would think about how to reduce Fish-Catching Internet Cafes income every time he ate. Today was no exception. However, it was not that easy to think of a solution. That was because the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe had been divided into coffee area, film area, library area, and market when it was first designed. Many useless functions had been added. The most profitable internet area had very loose seating arrangements. That way, it would be very difficult for the entire internet cafe to generate profits. It was also at the critical point that the System would allow. If there was only one computer in the entire internet cafe, it would not be profitable. However, the system would not allow it. However, even though it was difficult to earn profits, it was still profitable! After making profits, the entire internet cafe suddenly entered a virtuous cycle. As the location was spacious, the conditions were good, and the internet cafe was rich in functions, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe became synonymous with high-end internet cafes. When people nearby mentioned high-end internet cafes, the first thing they thought of was Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. Some people even made phone calls to make appointments and charged large sums of money just to occupy their spots in advance. The other businesses in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe also made a lot of money. For example, the drinks at the bar counter, as well as the market on the second floor, took up a huge portion of the internet cafes income. Pei Qian wanted to make some changes, but it was difficult to do so now. After visiting Slow Movement Studio today, Pei Qian suddenly had an idea. This idea quickly formed a perfect plan in his mind! Pei Qian immediately called Xiao Peng and asked him to come over. Xiao Peng had become a busy man ever since Fish-Catching Internet Cafes business entered the first-tier cities. He often flew between several cities. Fortunately, he happened to be in Jingzhou this week, so he arrived quickly. Xiao Peng was very happy to see Boss Pei. However, Pei Qian stopped him before he could say anything. Xiao Peng immediately understood. There were too many people in the shop. He could not expose himself. There were many regular customers in the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. However, because Tengda was good at keeping it a secret, these regular customers thought that Pei Qian was only Boss Peis actor and not the real Boss Pei. Only the employees in the internet cafe knew his true identity, and the employees were very cooperative with his acting. As for Xiao Peng, as the person-in-charge of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, he had appeared in public before. However, not many people knew him. Most people did not care who the boss of the chain internet cafe was or what he looked like. Thus, Xiao Peng and Pei Qian were like ordinary customers, walking around Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. Xiao Peng looked very expectant because Boss Pei had not looked for him for a long time! The last time Boss Pei guided Fish-Catching Internet Cafe was when he opened the branch in a first-tier city. However, that was not true guidance. Instead, it was a hint from Boss Pei after he sent a large number of advertisements to first-tier cities. This kind of detailed face-to-face guidance had to be traced back to when Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 3.0 had been successful. However, Boss Pei had only allowed Xiao Peng to continue opening branches at that time. He had not given any substantial guidance or suggestions. Everyone knew that nothing was more precious than Boss Peis personal guidance in Tengda. That was because Boss Pei had a deep understanding of the rules of business. His guidance was very philosophical and foreseeable. As long as he analyzed it seriously, he would definitely be able to make a huge leap in the business he was in charge of in the short term! However, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe had not received any suggestions from Boss Pei for more than nine months. Fish-Catching Internet Cafe was doing well and was making good progress in first-tier cities like Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou but Xiao Peng still felt uneasy. Boss Pei finally remembered about Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and was going to guide them. How could he not be excited? Pei Qian and Xiao Peng arrived at the second floor of the internet cafe. Do you know about Slow Movement Studio? Pei Qian asked. Xiao Peng nodded. I know. I heard that Slow Movement Studio is developing a VR game? Pei Qian pointed at the console on the second floor of the internet cafe. Once Slow Movement Studios VR game is completed, the original gaming area on the second floor will be changed to the VR gaming area. All of them will be equipped with new VR head gear and controllers! There were many branches in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 1.0. The shops were rented, and there were many differences in their structure. Thus, the layout was different. However, on the whole, they were divided into gaming areas, bar counter, coffee area, book area, selling area, and small movie halls. Smaller internet cafes might not have mini cinemas or bookstores, while larger internet cafes would categorize games into two floors. Pei Qian wanted to change the entire gaming area on the second floor, which was half of all available computers, into VR equipment! The reason was simple: VR took up more space. Chapter 1063 - Boss Pei Has Always Been One Step Ahead! Fish-Catching Internet Cafes seats were much more relaxed than other internet cafes, but there was a limit to how relaxed they were. When gamers surfed the net, they would only need a table and a chair. Even if they left enough space on both sides and behind to allow others to walk freely, they would only need four or five square meters at most. On the other hand, the VR equipment could theoretically be played in four or five square meters. However, this was only the basic space required for the game. There was no buffer zone. If they were in their own living room or study room, five square meters of space would be enough. That was because this was a private space. There was basically no need to worry about encountering anything or anyone else while playing. However, things were different in the internet cafe. If both players had a usable area of five square meters, it would be easy for them to touch each other because they were constantly moving and waving their arms. That would affect the game experience. Therefore, to be safe, if he wanted to change it to a VR experience, he would have to make a partition. Whats more, the space would be bigger than his own house. The actual area needed would be at least six square meters or even seven square meters. Every piece of equipment had an additional two square meters. Wouldnt the space be able to accommodate a lot less customers? Whats more, VR games were only meant to be fresh for a while, not a long-term solution. Most customers true requirement was to play client-side games with their friends on the computer. The number of people who would experience the new VR gaming experience zone once Fish-Catching Internet Cafe opened on, however, it would soon become deserted. No one would care about it after the craze. The people on the first floor wanted to play, but there were no slots; the VR equipment on the second floor were all empty. No one came to play. What a beautiful scene! After that, Pei Qian went to the Fish-Catching Internet Cafes market area, which was also the sales area. This was also the layout that had been finalized when Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 1.0 was first planned. The sales area was not big. There were only four or five shelves, and most of them sold external products related to games such as mouse, keyboard, and controller. After Fish-Catching Internet Cafe developed the ROF Computer-Installation business, there were also some products such as graphics cards, internal storage, or ROF Computer-Installation being sold and displayed. As far as Pei Qian knew, this place was selling very well! That was because Zhang Yuan had been in charge of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe previously. The employees were also very knowledgeable about computers. The keyboards, mouse, and earphones that they chose were all classic models from first-tier well-known brands. They were definitely very useful. The gamers walked around the internet cafe and felt that it was very useful. They immediately paid for it. Even though it was more expensive than online sales, most of the customers who came to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe did not care about the difference in price. After Fish-Catching Internet Cafe became popular, there was a lot of traffic. That became a huge source of income for Fish-Catching Internet Cafe! Pei Qian said, Clear out all the third-party products here, including keyboards, mouse, earphones, and so on. They wont be sold in the future! We will only be selling Tengdas own products. Of course, we have to keep the original recommendation function. The staff can still recommend keyboards, mouse, and other external settings for customers. However, after the recommendation, they can get customers to place orders online. We wont earn this mark-up. That way, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe would have one less source of income. There were relatively few Tengdas current products even though it might generate profits after changing into Tengdas products. There were not many products in this place. Compared to the previous products, it could be said to have been greatly reduced. Sales would definitely be greatly reduced. Whats more, after the professional sales team led by Tian Mo was formed, Pei Qian would arrange for the sales team to occupy all of Fish-Catching Internet Cafes sales zones in order to dissuade customers. That way, Fish-Catching Internet Cafes income would definitely fall! It might not be a lot less, but it would be a lot if they were to accumulate. Now, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe has opened so many branches. It would still be a huge sum even if the profit of every branch dropped a little. Xiao Peng frowned and thought seriously. Obviously, he was trying to understand the deeper meaning behind Boss Peis words. Xiao Peng was one of the earlier employees of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. He had personally witnessed the entire process of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe turning its losses into profits. Whats more, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 2.0 and 3.0 were all managed by him. It could be said that he had a deep understanding of the entire Fish-Catching Internet Cafes business model. Obviously, he felt that there was something wrong with Boss Peis plan. Boss Pei, VR games might be a huge trend in the future. I understand that very well. However The current development of VR games is still too immature. The number of players in the entire group is not even one or two orders of magnitude compared to computer players. The number of players who are interested in VR games is probably less than 10% compared to computer players. Of course, I agree with Fish-Catching Internet Cafe opening a VR zone. However, there shouldnt be a need to occupy a place as big as a computer, right? I think 1: 2 would be enough. It could even be smaller. Pei Qian sniggered. He knew that Xiao Peng would not be so willing to accept this loss-making plan. However, it did not matter. Boss Pei had a silver tongue waiting for these stubborn people. Youre right. VR gamers are indeed a few orders of magnitude lower than computer gamers. However have you ever thought that this is the reason why we want to roll out more VR equipment? Huh? Xiao Peng was stunned and could not react in time. Pei Qian explained, Five or even ten years ago, internet cafes were much more popular than they are now. Why? That was because most players were poor back then. They could not afford high-end computers and could not obtain the best gaming experience. That was why they chose to go to internet cafes with their friends. Why has the entire internet cafe industry changed in recent years? There are fewer and fewer internet cafes, and they are becoming more and more refined. From a low-end internet cafe with a foul atmosphere to a graceful and comfortable high-end internet cafe? Thats because the functions of internet cafes are different. Now that everyone is more financially wealthy, there are more and more people who have high-end computers. Therefore, the crowd for the internet cafe is shrinking. We have to change the model. Xiao Peng nodded in agreement. Obviously, this was one of the key reasons why Fish-Catching Internet Cafe could stand out among the other internet cafes: it was the first brand to make high-end internet cafes. It was one or two years ahead of the entire market. Pei Qian continued, In the future, the internet cafe might not disappear. However, if it is purely used for gaming, it will definitely fade. Whats more, client-side games have been declining in recent years, and mobile games have been rising rapidly. That has made the internet cafe business even more difficult. There are indeed fewer gamers in VR games. However, have you ever thought that it is precisely because VR is something new that fewer gamers are willing to buy VR glasses? That is why they are more inclined to come to the internet cafe to experience it? On the other hand, if a large number of VR glasses are installed in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, the gamers passion to try out the game would be satisfied as much as possible. That would allow the entire VR gamers to expand faster? Pei Qians expression was serious, as if he was speaking the truth. In fact, he knew very well that in his memory, this was probably a not very good business model. At the very least, the high-end internet cafes in his memory did not change half of the internet cafes computers into VR glasses. However, that did not matter. It did not affect him from bluffing Xiao Peng. Pei Qian firmly believed that with his powerful bluffing skills and acting skills, coupled with his halo as the leader of Tengda Corporation, he would definitely be able to arrange for Xiao Peng to understand everything so that he could finally accept this decision. As expected, Xiao Peng looked enlightened after some thought. So that was it! The success of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe is because we have understood the development patterns of the entire internet cafe industry. We are ahead of all our peers. Now that a large number of high-end internet cafes are emerging and the competition is intense, we have to take another huge step forward and walk in front of all our peers! At that time, the VR experience area will be a core selling point that is different from other internet cafes! Boss Pei is indeed far-sighted! Suddenly, Xiao Peng thought of something. Boss Pei, I have a suggestion. We can change all the computer tables and monitors on the second floor to foldable forms. The main computer will be placed on top of the head with a frame. The mouse, keyboard, earphones, head displays, and so on will be hung up. The chairs will also be foldable. That way, players would have enough space to experience VR content in the foldable state. Players would also be able to play computer games normally when the desktop and stool are unfolded. Pei Qian: Youre such a smart little brat! Obviously, Xiao Pengs plan was a compromise. Even though the entire VR experience zone was based on VR experience, it could also be used to surf the net and play games normally. That was equivalent to insurance. When the VR craze subsided, players could still return to play computer games. Pei Qian giggled inwardly. Xiao Peng, Xiao Peng, I would not have been able to do anything about it if you did not tell me but did it secretly. However, if you were to tell me now, wouldnt I be able to take precautions in advance? Pei Qian thought for a moment and immediately said, Of course not! It shouldnt be a problem if the monitor and computer desktop are made into folders. However, the chairs are also made into folders. It would definitely be uncomfortable to sit! No matter how much you design a foldable chair, it would be difficult to compare it to a custom-made human-made chair, an E-Sports chair, or an armchair. Thats because the prerequisite of folding would definitely be to sacrifice comfort. We have to give the players the most perfect experience. We cant make do in this way. Xiao Peng thought for a moment. Er Boss Pei, youre right. Thats not appropriate. However, even if you want to play VR games, you still need the main computer, right? After all, those large VR games are calculated on the main computer. Whats more, when you open the game platform or search for content, you still need the mouse and monitor. We cant save these even if we dont want the seats, can we? Pei Qian pondered for a moment. That was true. Given the current technical level and content of the VR profile, it was impossible to completely replace the PC. A lot of content had to be set up on the PC before it could be displayed. VR integrated computers could only run VR games that were similar in size to cell phone games. Those large-scale games had to be calculated using computers. Thus, the display screen, the system unit, and the mouse were indispensable. Chapter 1064 - Fitness Battle VR Version Pei Qian nodded. Yes, youre right. We do need to redesign the entire VR area. Lets do this. The main computer will still be placed on the shelf above us. The power key will be drawn down through a line. Then, the entire VR experience area will be made into cubicles. The display screen will be hung on the partition in front of us. There will be foldable table boards below. There will be scaffolding on the table. There will be a keyboard and mouse hanging on it. The table is designed to stand at the right height. The VR head and controller are hung on the partition on both sides. Its convenient to use. This way, the table board would have two forms: flat or against the wall. When gamers used it, they would be allowed to play the game on the computer and enter VR mode. Then, they would be able to leave the table against the wall to experience the game. That was because the mouse was fixed by the small frame on the table. Thus, as long as the mouse was stuck in the frame before it was put down, there would not be an awkward situation where it hung in the air. He could only say that if gamers liked to stand and play computer games, then so be it. Pei Qian felt that such players would be pretty rare. Xiao Peng nodded. Alright, Ill follow this plan. However Boss Pei, have you thought of a problem? Fish-Catching Internet Cafe is already a little overcrowded now. If we remove half of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 1.0s computers and replace them with VRs, wouldnt that aggravate the situation? Then I can only open more branches. Pei Qians mouth twitched. Good lad, are you threatening me? What? You think youre so great just because you opened more branches? Youre making it sound like youre not going to open a branch if I dont change this VR game area. How refreshing! The branch was already opening like dumplings. It was opening anyway. Changing the VR experience area would reduce the income of all the stores by a huge margin. I would not lose anything. Pei Qian waved his hand. If you want to open it, so be it. I told you long ago that I will not restrict you from opening branches will not. You can open it however you want. Xiao Peng nodded happily. Understood, Boss Pei! Ill start preparing now. Its not a small project to make a VR experience area. It cant be done in a day or two. After all, we have to make cubicles, purchase equipment, and so on. I plan to modify the internet cafe in batches. I wanted Liang Qingfan to help me design the internet cafe. I havent found a good opportunity. I can take this opportunity to complete it together! Even though such changes would cost a lot of money, I believe that Fish-Catching Internet Cafe would look brand new by then. The turnover would be even higher! Pei Qian laughed in his heart, rejecting Xiao Pengs last sentence several times. He could consider changing it, but it was better to reduce the turnover. Pei Qian left Slow Movement Studio not long after. Ye Zhizhou and Wang Xiaobin came to the conference room and had a meeting with Lin Wan and the current chief designer of Slow Movement Studio, Cai Jiadong, to study the design details of Animal Island. Lin Wan took a few documents from the side, flipped through them, and selected one. Then, she asked her assistant to make a copy. Soon, this information was sent to everyone. Each of these documents was a design plan for the new VR glasses. The one that Lin Wan picked was the final plan. Lin Wan said, Boss Pei has already decided that Tengda and Shenhua will each invest 10 million yuan more. In other words, the research budget for these VR glasses has reached 40 million yuan. Therefore, the design plan for the VR glasses can be finalized. Well use the most expensive version. Ye Zhizhou, Wang Xiaobin, and Cai Jiadong picked up the document and read it again. Before this, Old Song had many ideas. According to the research and development budget and the final price, they had been sorted into several versions. The most satisfactory version was temporarily shelved because of insufficient research and development funds. Now that the funds were in place, there was no need to hesitate. Lin Wan explained, These VR glasses will adopt the all-in-one solution + wireless/wired streaming + binocular head 6DoF positioning system. The lens has to have 4K resolution, 120hz refresh rate, 125 degree field of view, and 5,000mAh battery for continuous gaming 2.5 hours There were not many VR equipment at the moment, and most of them were overseas. However, there was a clear polarization in the development direction of the VR glasses. One was a pure VR headset that had to be connected to the computer and matched with the positioning base station. The other was a VR all-in-one machine that could be used by the built-in chip alone. Both methods had their pros and cons. Comparatively, a pure VR headset would definitely have a better experience, a higher price, and more convenience. For example, in Pei Qians memory, a VR glass with an 8K gimmick had achieved a 200-degree view angle and a resolution of as high as 8K. Compared to a group of VR all-in-one machines, the screen parameters were completely crushing. However, the VR all-in-one machine had its own meaning because it could be used in more places. The VR headset had to be used with a high-end computer, and it had to be connected with a wire. This meant that it could not watch the VR movie independently and could not be too far from the main computer. Moreover, the relatively high price made most players have no desire to buy it. The VR all-in-one machine was relatively heavier because there was a chip and a huge battery in it. However, it did not need to be connected and was more flexible. Whats more, it could have internal programming. It could play VR games with low configurations even without a computer. It was similar to mobile games. If he wanted to play large-scale computer games, he could use Wi-Fi or wired streaming. This was actually Shenhua Corporations strength. It was precisely because Old Song was very confident in the wired and wireless transmission technology of this pair of glass that he was more inclined to use the plan of the all-in-one machine. These specific parameters were all decided by Old Song after much consideration. The binocular head 6DoF positioning system used by the all-in-one machine simply meant that there was no need to locate the base station. Instead, there were two cameras in front of the glasses to film the real environment and locate the location based on the images captured. The accuracy might be slightly worse than the base station, but it was not obvious. Ordinary players could not feel it. Whats more, these two cameras had special uses. When players left the safe zone or under special circumstances, the glasses would no longer display the games graphics. Instead, they would display the realistic images captured by the cameras. However, this image was rather blurry. It was like what a short-sighted person would see. The other key parameter was the quality of the screen. The resolution of the VR glasses directly determined the players usage experience. The first VR glasses were all 2K resolution, but 2K resolution was obviously not enough. It had to be at least 4K. In fact, even 4K would not be able to completely eliminate the VRs grille effect. However, it would cost too much to increase the resolution. It would be difficult to achieve it with the current technology level. The refresh rate of 120hz was necessary in order to obtain the best gaming experience. If it was only 60hz, it would actually feel like it was stuck and would not be able to obtain the most smooth gaming experience. If the main function was to watch movies, 60hz would be enough. However, if he wanted to play games, he had to go 120hz. The viewing angle was the visual angle of the VR glasses. If it was small, players would feel like they were looking at something through the gap of the door. It was more cramped. However, the visual angle could not be unlimited. That was because the larger the visual angle, the larger the lens. The larger the lens, the higher the cost of production. The original resolution would also be stretched. For example, a 100-degree visual angle could maintain 4K. If it was pulled to a 200-degree visual angle, the resolution might only be 2K. The human eyes overlapping field of vision was 124 degrees. When focused, the range of vision was 25 degrees. The level of vision of the eyes could reach 188 degrees. In other words, once the VR glasses reached a 200-degree angle, it would give players an extreme sense of immersion. No black rims would appear in their vision. However, this was too extravagant after all. It was not a plan that could be used at this stage. Old Song set the angle of the field to 125 degrees, which matched the normal overlap of the eyes. Even though he could still see some black rims from the corner of his eyes, he no longer felt cramped and looked at things through the door. Such a screen quality coupled with the all-in-one machines chip would obviously greatly increase its energy consumption. A 5,000 mAh battery would only be enough to play for two and a half hours. This extended duration was actually more suitable because VR games were different from computer games. They were too immersive and would feel dizzy and tired after playing for too long. It was actually more reasonable to play for two hours to rest. Of course, there would be no time limit if he could play as it charged. It would just be inconvenient for him to move. This battery was not small, so he had to use a back-up design plan to balance the weight of the entire glasses, which was the battery part, on the back of the players head. This way, the VR glasses would be priced at 4,599 yuan. It still exceeded everyones bottom line. In fact, at the beginning, everyone wanted to try their best to control the price to around 3,000 yuan. That way, the price would be easier on the people and more beneficial to the spread of equipment. However, it could not be helped. Many parameters could not be lowered, and the price naturally could not be reduced. Everyone read the information carefully and basically knew what to do. That was because the specific parameters of the VR glasses would affect some things in the game. Game design could be said to be an art of dancing in shackles. That was because in all the eras since the birth of the game, its specific content had been limited by the hardware parameters. It was a test for all designers to do their best under the limited hardware conditions. Everyone did not get to the main topic immediately. Instead, they chatted for a while. Lin Wan asked, Hows Shang Yang Games doing? Wang Xiaobin smiled. Theyre all quite good. The Fitness Battle is considered a success. At first, I was worried that the refund mechanism would cause income to plummet. However, it did not. Instead, it stimulated gamers passion for charging. Other than creating new props for Fitness Battle, theres basically no other work. Lin Wan asked again, Whats the next new project? Wang Xiaobin shook his head. Im not sure. Lets wait for Boss Pei to give us the task. The two of us have some ideas, but theyre not very mature. That was the end of the conversation. Lin Wan organized her information and prepared to move on to the next topic. However, at that moment, Ye Zhizhou, who was sitting beside him, suddenly looked up as if he had realized something. Wait, I suddenly thought of something! Perhaps Boss Pei has already hinted at our next project? Wang Xiaobin and Lin Wan were very surprised. Huh? Ye Zhizhou suddenly became excited. He said to Wang Xiaobin, We bumped into Boss Pei at the door just now. What did Boss Pei say? Wang Xiaobin tried his best to recall. Er Boss Pei said that we should fully cooperate with Slow Movement Studios work. If it really doesnt work out, we can put Shang Yang Games matters aside. Ye Zhizhou said, Isnt that right? Wang Xiaobin was still confused. How so? Ye Zhizhou paused for a moment and explained, We can put Shang Yang Games aside for now. That means that we dont have to rush to start a new project and come up with a new game. To fully cooperate with Slow Movement Studios work is obviously not just to help design the game. After all, no matter how much we cooperate, the design work will mainly be done by Slow Movement Studios designers. However, our cooperation might not be limited to that. We can also do something that would be helpful to the VR glasses! For example, should we develop a VR version of Fitness Battle? I suddenly realized that Fitness Battle and VR seem like a match made in heaven? Chapter 1065 - The Heat-Dissipation Plan Eh? Now that you mention it, it does seem to fit Lin Wan, Wang Xiaobin, and Cai Jiadong immediately understood what Ye Zhizhou meant. Fitness Battle was a fitness game. When designing this game, the reason why there were so many unique characters in the game that players could develop their characters through fitness was to increase the stickiness of the game. Players would only enjoy playing the game for a long time if the game was more sticky. The effect of working out would then be achieved. On the other hand, VRs characteristic was that it was extremely immersive. If he changed Fitness Battle to a VR game, then the characters that could only be seen in the small tablet computer could appear in the players vision extremely realistically in the VR. The subtle changes in the figures of these characters, the effect of each costume change would be more obvious in the eyes of players, and their interaction with players would be more immersive. There was no doubt that this would greatly increase the stickiness of the game. Players would have a higher passion to train their characters in the game through fitness, obtain calories, or directly charge the games props. After all, seeing a dress on a cell phone was completely different from seeing it in a VR. On the other hand, Fitness Battle was more suitable for VR equipment at this stage. That was because it was a mobile game. The configurations required would not be very high, and it would not occupy a lot of space. This meant that this game did not need a computer. It could directly use a cell phone to string VR glasses. It could even be directly installed in VR glasses to escape the restrictions of the main computer. Whats more, it was just like the planned Animal Island. It was in a cuter style. This would be more conducive to avoiding the shortcomings of the current VR equipments resolution. It would make the grille effect seen by players less obvious and ensure that players would obtain a good gaming experience. Whats more, the smart fitness drying rack was very well-matched with the Fitness Battle. There was no need to make any changes to the operating mode for the VR version of the Fitness Battle. Professional players could just follow the instructions and use the smart fitness drying rack after entering the game. Of course, some very basic operations in the game, such as choosing some options in the games title page, adjusting the interface settings, drawing props, and so on, still had to be done with a controller. These were the characteristics of the fitness battle and VR game. If they could perfectly transplant this game into VR, the cute girls in the game would be able to walk out of the narrow tablet computer and come to the players very realistically, giving them an unprecedented experience. However, Cai Jiadong could not help but frown as he listened to their discussion. He said, Indeed, the VR version of Fitness Battle can improve the performance of the entire game by more than one level. However I thought of a problem. At the moment, the VR helmets on the market would do their best to prevent the VR glasses from leaking in order to enhance the immersion and immersion in the game. Therefore, manufacturers would choose to completely cover the players eyes with a mask. That would bring a better immersion. The problem with that is that its very warm and covered. In order to improve this problem, the VR glasses overseas have used high-performance breathable cotton and lightweight composite support structure to make masks. That has increased the comfort of wearing them. However, it has only improved slightly for now. It still cannot solve this problem perfectly. If we do fitness-related VR games, the problem of heat might be even more obvious. It would be very difficult to guarantee that it would give players the best fitness experience. After Cai Jiadong finished speaking, the other three fell into deep thought. Obviously, what he said made sense. In fact, heat was only one aspect of the problem. If it was just a little sweat, many people could still endure half an hour of training to complete it. The more serious problem was that the interior of the VR glasses was too sealed, so much so that the water around the eyes could not naturally dissipate after sweating. The water vapor would condense on the lenses, causing the entire field of vision to become blurry, seriously interfering with the normal game process. Normally, VR games would be games with lesser exercise and would not have such problems. However, the intensity of the exercise in Fitness Battle was a serious match for professional gyms. This problem was definitely more serious than other VR games. Lin Wan pondered for a moment and suddenly thought of something. She went to the pile of abandoned proposals and searched. Soon, she took out one of the proposals and flipped to one of the pages. Do you think this problem would improve with the heat dissipation design? Ye Zhizhou, Wang Xiaobin, and Cai Jiadong read it. This was a plan that had been abandoned previously. It used the latest generation of flagship chips in the cell phone. However, because the new generation of flagship chips was too hot and consumed too much power, it would severely shorten the use time of the VR glasses. Furthermore, it would cause the front board to overheat, so it was abandoned. Old Song had spent a lot of effort on the heat dissipation system of the VR glasses in order to suppress the flagship chip even though it had been abandoned. First of all, the VR glasses dissipate heat. Apart from adding large amounts of graphite heat dissipation materials into the glasses like a cell phone, it also left a very thin long heat dissipation area on the front of the VR glasses. The heat inside the machine was emitted through the fan. The second was the heat dissipation of the facial area after the VR glasses were worn. The solution was to install a horizontal bar that would not touch the players forehead in the area above the two lenses of the VR glasses. This horizontal bar would go through the two sides of the VR glasses and leave two ventilation holes in the areas covered by the straps. The horizontal strip would also be filled with holes, forming airflow with the sealed space inside the glasses. Then, the fresh airflow from the fan would cause the sweat around the eyes to quickly dissipate. That way, the problem of the blurry lens caused by the sweat around the eyes could be solved. Whats more, the vents on both sides were blocked by the two straps on the left and right. The vents on the horizontal windway were very small. Even if a small amount of light leaked through the vents, it would not cause obvious leakage and would not affect players gaming experience. Whats more, at the beginning of the design, Old Song proposed a very interesting idea: When there was no need to dissipate heat, this design could also simulate natural wind. Coupled with the gameplay in the game, it would create a breeze blowing feeling. Cai Jiadong nodded slightly. Yes this plan can greatly reduce the problem of heat dissipation inside the glasses. However, the heat dissipation from the VR spectacles still cannot be resolved. Whats more, our VR glasses weigh 340g. Because we have batteries, they are slightly heavier in the mainstream VR glasses. Would it be tiring to wear them for exercise? Thats a problem. The VR glasses were fitted with high-performance cotton, so it was impossible to heat up the places that were close to the skin. One would still perspire. The weight of the VR glasses was also a problem. The current design plan was a battery back-up and the weight of the entire VR glasses would be balanced so that the bridge of the nose would not be pressed, but training with the weight of two apples would definitely be tiring over time. Ye Zhizhou thought for a moment and said, I heard that overseas companies seem to be developing ultra-light VR glasses that are less than 200g. They dont look very different from ordinary sunglasses. If we can do this Lin Wan immediately shook her head. No. Its not impossible to achieve less than 200g, but you have to cut the battery, and you cant keep the chip. You have to cut the camera, positioning system, and so on. In the end, it will only be a toy with a short sustainability and no other advantages apart from being light. We want to give gamers the richest gameplay, not toys. She looked at Cai Jiadong again. I think your way of thinking is too limited. This might be the way of thinking that you formed in your previous company, but you have to change it as soon as possible here. Cai Jiadong was stunned. Limited thinking? Lin Wan nodded. Yes, but thats not your problem. Its a common problem for other companies apart from Tengda. Typical performance is that you cant grasp the main point and dont understand the priorities. You can only see the problems and risks but not the opportunities behind the risks. Looking at Cai Jiadongs confused expression, Lin Wan explained, Everything is flawed. Any attempt would be risky. As an emerging industry, VR definitely has many flaws with its current development level. Thats unavoidable. However, if we only see risks and problems and do not propose a solution, we can only give up. Giving up means losing an opportunity. The reason why Tengda could develop so quickly was because Boss Pei does not hate risks. Instead, he is very passionate about finding risks. Of course, looking for risks is not to stupidly take meaningless risky actions. Instead, you have to accurately see the opportunities behind the risks. Think about it carefully. What is the core purpose of the VR version of Fitness Battle? Is it really to provide players with a comfortable and long-term fitness solution? Of course not! Its core goal is to show players a possibility of the future. Players are not paying for a comfortable fitness plan, but for a future possibility. Whether it is comfortable to use is indeed a problem that we have to work hard to solve and improve. However, even if this problem cannot be completely resolved, we dont have to worry at all because it is not our core goal. Cai Jiadong nodded. So that was it! It looks like my way of thinking is a little rigid. I cant keep up with the latest trends Lin Wans meaning was very clear. The VR version of the Fitness Battle was just a supplement to show players a possibility of the future. It was impossible for a game or product to be perfect and to please everyone. They would succeed if they could achieve their main goal. Chapter 1066 - Upwind Logistics’ Current Situation So far, three versions of the Fitness Battle had been planned. They were the mobile version, the professional version of the smart fitness drying rack, and the VR version. The goal of the mobile version was to expand the gamers and increase the games popularity. At the same time, it would provide the most basic gaming experience for gamers. After trying it out, it would guide gamers to obtain the professional version. The goal of the professional version was to provide gamers with a fitness experience comparable to private gym training. It was a scientific exercise that allowed gamers to persevere for a long time through the stickiness of the game. The goal of the VR version was to show players the effects of the new VR technology. It would completely enhance the immersion of the game, giving players more reason to charge in the Fitness Battle or purchase a smart fitness drying rack and VR glasses. In other words, even if players bought VR glasses, they did not have to wear them to work out. They only had to use their cell phone or tablet to complete their daily fitness routine. They only had to experience it on the VR when they needed to watch the characters change or when they were in a good mood. Some players cared more about the actual fitness effect and comfortable experience. Some players cared more about the immersion of the game. They wanted to observe the lady up close. Different players would naturally have different choices. On the other hand, the VR version of Fitness Battle was equivalent to providing an additional option for players who did not care about comfort. The so-called opportunity behind risk was actually referring to the fact that VR games had just started. If they gave up on developing similar games because of the problem of wearing them, similar games would never appear. Thus, Fitness Battle would be the only VR game on all VR games platforms that had both fitness and nurturing functions. This gave many players a reason to buy it. As a designer, he could not wait until the equipment technology developed to meet all his requirements before developing the game. It would be too late then. After adding the ventilation system, the internal heat dissipation problem could be improved to ensure gamers gaming experience. Whats more, there were VR games that required strenuous exercise. For example, the Rhythm Sword in Pei Qians memory had the same amount of exercise as some aerobic exercises in high difficulty. It could cause players to sweat profusely in ten minutes, but it did not affect many players who were enjoying it. These people could completely tolerate the heat and inconvenience of the VRs head because the good gaming experience would temporarily make them ignore these flaws. Everyone quickly decided on more details. It was not difficult to transplant the Fitness Battle into the VR equipment because if nothing went wrong, this latest VR equipment would use a custom-made operating system by Shenhua. It was essentially no different from a cell phone. Ye Zhizhou and Wang Xiaobins goal was to install Fitness Battle directly into their VR glasses. They wanted to achieve a good game effect even if they did not use computers. This was very important. It could greatly reduce the threshold for players to play. After that, they would continue to create more props to provide gamers with continuous fitness or the motivation to spend money. It would form a virtuous cycle. May 25th, Friday Pei Qian had just finished his lunch at Fish-Catching Internet Cafe at 11 AM. Pei Qian felt excited and expectant as he thought about the changes that would happen to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe in the future. He was prepared to bring Tian Mo to Tengdas experience shop this afternoon to see how the renovations were going. If there were any problems, he could resolve them as soon as possible. If there were no problems, he would get the sales team to move in quickly and burn money! At that moment, Pei Qians cell phone rang. Eh? Lu Mingliang? Pei Qian was quite surprised. It had been a long time since she took the initiative to contact him. How long had it been exactly? Pei Qian could not remember. It had been about a year. Ever since Lu Mingliang obtained the Best Employee Award and left Tengda Games, he had taken over Upwind Logistics, which Pei Qian valued the most. He had also worked diligently, allowing Upwind Logistics to continue expanding and incurring losses. He had made great contributions. It could be said that Lu Mingliang would undoubtedly be in first place if there was a credit book. Originally, Old Ma was a strong competitor for this position. However, after Old Ma repeatedly caused trouble and earned a lot of money, Pei Qians balance in his heart was already heavily tilted towards Lu Mingliang. Why was he calling? Could something have happened at Upwind Logistics? Pei Qian was very nervous. Nothing must happen to Upwind Logistics! Pei Qian immediately picked up the phone. Boss Pei, I wanted to report my work to you in person, but I realized that you are not in the office. Can we talk face-to-face when you have the time? Pei Qian pondered for a moment. Im near the office. Please wait for a moment. Ill be there soon. After hanging up, Pei Qian immediately headed to the office and met Lu Mingliang in the guest room. It had been a long time since they last met. Thus, Pei Qian chatted with Lu Mingliang for a while and asked if he had encountered any problems in his daily life. He quickly got a negative answer. That was to be expected. After all, Tengdas benefits were very good. The person-in-charge was also being treated very well. The property prices in Jingzhou had not risen yet. It would not be a problem to buy a house and a car in a year or two with salary, commission, and various benefits. Lu Mingliang could feel that even though Boss Pei had not asked about Upwind Logistics for a long time, he obviously thought very highly of himself! It even surpassed core departments like Tengda Games. He could tell from Boss Peis eyes and every move. Thus, Lu Mingliang was very moved. He took out the report that he had prepared beforehand. Boss Pei, let me briefly introduce Upwind Logistics current development. Over the past few months, Upwind Logistics has been expanding to first-tier cities like Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and the surrounding areas according to your previous strategy. Its probably because Tengda has already gained a good reputation across the country. Thats why its developing much faster in these areas than in Jingzhou. The number of shops we have is increasing very quickly! At the moment, we have the most number of shops in Jingzhou. There are nearly three hundred of them. In the other ten cities in Handong Province, we have around 70 to 100 shops. We have around 120 to 150 shops in Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou. Upwind Courier stations are also opening continuously in the cities around Huanzhou, Huanmo, and Huanyang City. The total number of Upwind Courier stations has reached more than 4,000 Pei Qian could not help but feel shocked as he listened to Lu Mingliangs report. There were more than 4,000 Upwind Courier stations?! This speed was really amazing. Of course, in Pei Qians impression, there were more than 40,000 Cai Niao Couriers in the country. The number of Upwind Courier stations was still far from that. However, if it was only in Jingzhou, Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou, the coverage was already very high. This was especially so in Jingzhou. Almost all express deliveries last mile would be delivered by Upwind Courier stations. Then, Lu Mingliang continued to introduce Upwind Logistics losses. Upwind Courier stations had to bear the cost of rent and employees salaries. They also had additional expenses if they operated normally. Originally, every Upwind Courier station would incur a net loss of 7,000 to 8,000 yuan every month. However, there was a huge turnaround now. They were only losing 3,000 to 4,000 yuan. There were two main reasons for this. First, as the Upwind Courier stations expanded and became more popular, the customer base that they served became larger and larger. Thus, the originally inconspicuous additional income had increased. Second, Lu Mingliang had thought of ways to increase revenue and reduce losses. For example, the most basic delivery service. Originally, not many people chose this business. However, as the 1024 Digital Day festival was held and peoples recognition of Upwind Logistics gradually increased, more and more customers chose to let Upwind Logistics deliver their packages on their behalf. Every order of Upwind Logistics earned a few cents. The money was not earned from customers but from other express delivery companies. That was because Upwind Courier stations had gathered all the delivery companies in the vicinity and handed them over to express delivery companies. This saved the cost of item pick up by the express delivery companies. Naturally, they had to charge a certain amount. At first, this business looked inconspicuous. However, once the number increased, it would be a considerable income. Apart from that, Lu Mingliang had also thought of other ways. For example, he could set up a small area in Upwind Logistics shop to sell some goods or put some advertisements in Upwind Logistics packaging. Of course, they could not accept advertisements randomly. They had to focus on Tengdas own products. Some reputable and reputable businesses could also consider collaborating. Just like that, the net loss of every Upwind Courier station went from 7,000 to 8,000 yuan a month to 3,000 to 4,000 yuan a month. However, he was still incurring losses. These 4,000 Upwind Courier stations meant that the monthly net loss would reach more than 10 million yuan. Most of the money that was incurring losses was supplemented by Tengdas other related businesses, such as Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, ROF Computer-Installation, Otto Technologies, and so on. ROF Computer-Installation and Otto Technologies new cell phones and new products were sent by Upwind Logistics. They would pay the corresponding delivery fee. Pei Qian transferred some of Tengda Corporations spare excess funds to Upwind Logistics. After all, it could eat money steadily. Just like that, even though Upwind Courier stations were incurring losses, they were also receiving financial support. Lu Mingliang remembered the task that Boss Pei had given him. Stopping losses was only one aspect. The key was to expand and open shops as soon as possible. During this period of time, he buried his head in opening shops and expanded the initial 200 Upwind Courier stations to more than 4,000. Pei Qian nodded slightly after listening to the report. He might not be very satisfied with Lu Mingliangs efforts to reduce losses but this was human nature after all. The overall losses were increasing even though the losses of every shop were reduced on average. That was not bad! Very good, very good. Keep it up. Pei Qian was very satisfied. Lu Mingliang was completely relieved Seeing Boss Peis appreciative expression. Boss Pei might have said from the beginning that Upwind Courier stations were set up and did not care about short-term profits, but they had been incurring losses for almost two years. The amount of money they had incurred was hard to count. Would Boss Pei lose his patience and change his mind? Now, it seemed like his worries were unnecessary. This made Lu Mingliang feel much more at ease. At the same time, he took the opportunity to suggest something. Boss Pei, I think the time is ripe. We can start taking over the regular delivery business and start making profits. Chapter 1067 - Upwind Logistics’ Business Expansion! Lu Mingliang paused for a moment and continued, At the moment, we already have 4,000 Upwind Courier stations. You have to know that some local express delivery companies only have about 2,000 plus points in the country. We have already surpassed them in terms of numbers. Upwind Logistics will continue to incur losses like this and can only rely on the transfusions of other industries. This is not a long-term plan. We have to further reduce losses and increase profits in order to develop better. Therefore, I think we should start preparing for the regular delivery business across cities and snatch the profits from other delivery companies! Upwind Logistics had been doing the dirty work that other express delivery companies were most unwilling to do. The last mile had always been a huge problem in the delivery industry. That was because it was very convenient to transport the goods from the transfer point to the express delivery site. A car of goods could be directly pulled over. However, it would cost a lot of manpower to send the deliveries to their doorstep one by one. The other express delivery companies were the most efficient and profitable ones while Upwind Logistics was the most troublesome and had the least profits. Upwind Logistics had solved the problem of the last mile for other express delivery companies. On average, they would only charge two to four cents for each package. Even though they were mainly collecting small items, they were still incurring losses. The cost and returns were not proportional. Some platforms offered a plan to make delivery cabinets for customers to collect by themselves. However, the problem was that this express delivery cabinet had received money from the express delivery company and saved a lot of money for the express delivery company. However, it had transferred the last mile errand to consumers. Consumers walked and moved things. The delivery cabinet also occupied areas that were provided by the community. In the end, it saved the delivery company some trouble and made the delivery cabinet earn money. On the contrary, it did not benefit them at all. The service that they should have enjoyed was also discounted. Some customers liked to go to the express delivery cabinet to collect their own items because of the working hours. However, this could only be one of the choices. They could not force people who did not want to go out to collect their own items. This was an action that was too sneaky. In fact, it violated the legal rights of consumers. Upwind Courier stations could allow delivery men to deliver their goods to their doorstep. They could also allow customers to come to their doorstep to collect their own items. They could also obtain some points by coming to their doorstep. This was the solution to protect the rights of consumers. Of course, Lu Mingliang was very dissatisfied with the current situation where others could only eat meat and Upwind Logistics could only drink soup. He would not force other companies to drink soup, but why couldnt he eat meat? Wasnt it just collecting the package, sorting it in the distribution center, transporting it to the target city, sorting it again, and then distributing the package? Why couldnt Upwind Logistics make a huge profit? He did not do it in the past because there were too few shops and the coverage was not enough. He had to make arrangements first. They had already opened more than 4,000 stores, yet a burly man was only eating soup and not meat. In the end, he was starving. Was that appropriate? Obviously, it was very inappropriate. Thus, he had come this time to report to Boss Pei about Upwind Logistics current situation. On the other hand, he wanted to test Boss Peis attitude towards this matter. He hoped to expand Upwind Logistics business as soon as possible. He would not be able to turn his losses into profits very quickly. At the very least, they would be able to start up the cross-city express delivery business and reduce their losses. Otherwise, if he continued to incur losses like this, it would make him look like the person-in-charge had been doing nothing. He would not even be able to lift his head when the person-in-charge gathered. Pei Qians expression turned serious. This was bad! Obviously, Lu Mingliang had been working diligently at Upwind Logistics for more than a year. He would definitely not be satisfied with opening shops like this. Only Lu Mingliang could tolerate it for so long. If it had been someone else in charge, they would probably have come to protest and ask to expand their business half a year in advance. After some thought, Pei Qian decided that it would not be appropriate to reject him directly. Lu Mingliang was a rather down-to-earth person. He did things steadily and was very serious about completing his tasks. He was very good at carrying out his tasks. The fact that he had taken the initiative to suggest this was enough to show that he had thought about it carefully and repeatedly. He had only found Lu Mingliang because he could not hold it in anymore. There were already more than 4,000 shops. The most difficult problem of the last mile had already been solved. It was just a matter of convenience to do cross-city delivery. Why not? Pei Qian could not think of any other reason to reject Lu Mingliangs suggestion apart from the fact that he was deliberately incurring losses. However Should he agree to Lu Mingliangs proposal just like that? Of course not! If the logistics were done well, Pei Qian would be able to make a lot of money. Upwind Logistics had been incurring losses, but if they turned their losses into profits, Pei Qian would vomit blood on the spot. Thus, he had to make some adjustments to Upwind Logistics business and appease Lu Mingliang. He also had to ensure that Upwind Logistics would continue to incur losses. Pei Qian quickly thought of a good idea. Yes, youre right. Upwind Logistics should make some adjustments. However, there is one thing to note. Upwind Logistics might have 4,000 stores, but they are all distributed in four areas. Jingzhou, Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou are the core cities. They are spread to the surrounding areas. However, in the vast areas other than these four areas, such as ordinary provincial capital and second-tier cities, there are no stores, much less the small county cities. If we cant send it to this city or that city even though we want to develop to be a cross-city delivery business, how can we compete with other delivery companies? The other express delivery companies might only have 2,000 shops, but they are all over the country. They also cover some small county cities. This is a fundamental difference. Their stores cover an especially large area. Even though they have many deliveries, slow delivery, and often lose one, they can ensure coverage in most cities in the country. Lu Mingliang could no longer remain calm. Boss Pei, do you mean to say that we can only do regular delivery services once our shops fill the entire country? How many years and months would that take Pei Qian smiled. What I mean is that we can do it, but we have to compete with other express delivery companies. Whats the difference between Upwind Logistics and other delivery companies if we just rent a warehouse and buy some equipment as a sorting center and rent some large trucks to transport goods? My idea is to make use of Upwind Logistics current advantage and make it faster than any express delivery! If we want to be faster than other express delivery services, we cant use the traditional land transportation method. Well do it via air transport! Talk to the airline about cooperation, rent a plane to transport goods. With Jingzhou, Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou as the center, there would be at least one flight to transport goods every day. That way, there would be twelve flights every day to transport the goods to the corresponding city. After that, these goods would be sorted out and sent to the surrounding cities through traditional land transportation methods. That would be faster than other express delivery companies! Of course, it would only be limited to areas within our business coverage. We will not provide any mailing or retrieval services outside of these four areas for the time being. Lu Mingliang was stunned. It turned out that Boss Pei did not disapprove of his views, but he was thinking about even further! Delivery companies in this world were mainly doing land transportation. It would take three days to send deliveries from Guangzhou to Beijing. If it was delayed, it would take four days or even longer. What Boss Pei was thinking was that with Jingzhou, Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou, the four cities that were covered by Upwind Courier stations as the center, the surrounding cities would become a land transportation zone. Between these four cities, they could use pure air transport to shorten the express delivery that would take three days to deliver. In the region, such as other cities from Jingzhou to Handong Province, they could be transported by land transport. They might not have an obvious advantage in speed compared to other express delivery companies but one could not forget that Upwind Courier stations were owned by Tengda. For the same goods, Upwind Courier stations would definitely prioritize sending their own parcels before sending other parcels. That way, he could use Upwind Logistics to deliver packages in the areas that Upwind Courier stations covered. He could definitely obtain a better experience than ordinary express delivery companies. Those 4,000 Upwind Courier stations were not for nothing. They had to be effective at this time. What Pei Qian really cared about was actually very simple. There was a high threshold for air transport, and he could spend more money! Was it the same concept as traveling a long distance with a few large vans for the fuel cost of a flight? Whats more, the price of air transport would definitely be much higher than ordinary express delivery. There would not be many people using it in the beginning. Whats more, there were strict restrictions on the goods used for air transport. Many things could not be boarded. At that time, no matter whether a plane was filled or not, it would take off as scheduled. Wouldnt it be pure spending money to fly an empty plane? Whats more, working with airline companies, renting planes, and even building an airport himself in the future, buying planes directly, and so on were all huge expenses. There was a lot of potential to burn money and upgrade in the future. Of course, if the air transport could be done, it would definitely be easy for land transportation. As Upwind Logistics developed further, Upwind Courier stations would definitely spread to more cities. Long-distance transportation would definitely not only go through air, but also slowly use land transport, including rail transport and long-distance transport. However, those were things that he would have to worry about in the future. In the short term, Upwind Logistics would only do the current cross-regional transportation and land transportation method. They would definitely incur losses. As for which goods could be delivered, which places could not be delivered, and which places could not be sent, these would be handled by the lowest-level delivery men. The delivery man only had to check if the goods met the standards and if there were Upwind Courier stations before the customers sent the mail. If he did, he would send it to Upwind Logistics. If not, he would send it to other express delivery companies. Once the business expanded, Upwind Logistics section on Tengda Life App would also be updated. They would support players to find out the location of their packages in real time. However, these were things that Lu Mingliang had to worry about in the future. Pei Qian said, Thats the general situation. Of course, we have to cooperate with the airline, rent planes, and establish a sorting center in the outskirts of the city. We also have to update the logistics system of the entire express delivery so that the transit between the various steps would be smoother A lot of preparatory work is required. How about this? Ill give you three months to prepare and negotiate the business. Three months later, Ill give you a special fund to gradually implement the new business. Actually, the main reason was because of the funds. Tengda had just recovered from the money burning war. Pei Qian had thought of many ways to spend money again now that the money was coming back so quickly. On the other hand, Upwind Logistics business upgrade this time was not part of the plan. Pei Qian had not arranged for special funds previously. It was not a small sum to rent a plane and build a sorting center in various cities. It would be difficult to squeeze in. Whats more, there were only two months to settlement. It was obvious that it wouldnt be able to make it in time for this settlement. When the next cycle began, the remuneration for the movie would probably arrive soon. The various departments would also be able to save up a huge sum of money. That would be enough to burn it into Upwind Logistics. Lu Mingliang was very happy. He had gained a lot from meeting Boss Pei. He immediately nodded. Alright, Boss Pei. Ill make the arrangements now. Ill definitely do it beautifully! Chapter 1068 - Location of the New Experiment Shop After appeasing Lu Mingliang, Pei Qian returned to his apartment to take a nap. Then, he got up and went to look for Tian Mo. He had already made an appointment with Liang Qingfan today to bring Tian Mo to take a look at the renovation of the new test store. At the same time, he would finalize the details of the experience store. Pei Qian did not ask about the new experience store after handing it over to Liang Qingfan. He did not even know where it was, much less what it looked like. This time, Pei Qian did not ask about the position. On one hand, it was because he had been rather busy recently. On the other hand, he felt that it would be useless to ask about it. Sloth Apartments had been like this at the time. Pei Qian had carefully selected the first few buildings and found them in various corners. In the end, they became popular and their prices skyrocketed. Pei Qian thought that the potential for such a building to rise in value was too great. Thus, Sloth Apartments 2.0 was located in a more prosperous area. The results were incredible and became even more uncontrollable. Similar experiences have been repeated many times in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and other physical industries. Thus, Pei Qian realized that the site selection had nothing to do with whether it would become popular. In fact, the location that he had painstakingly chosen might have a negative effect. Since that was the case, why not become a lazy dog? Choosing a location was very troublesome. He had to travel all over Jingzhou by car. He would also have to obtain confirmation everywhere. He often had to travel for three to four days in order to choose a location. It was already troublesome enough for ordinary people to rent houses. Choosing a location for a shop was much more troublesome than renting a house. Since everything was the same, Pei Qian did not want to waste any more effort. He would leave everything to Liang Qingfan. Of course, that did not mean that Pei Qian was going to sit back and do nothing. He was thinking that whether a physical industry became popular or not had little to do with the location selection, but it had a lot to do with people. There would not be a problem as long as he firmly controlled Tian Mo and controlled the entire sales department through him. Pei Qian arrived outside Tian Mos shop before long. There were only a few customers shopping in the store. It was not as deserted as it was at the beginning, nor was it as popular as when G1s cell phone was first released. It was considered back to normal. Pei Qian sighed secretly. He could only say that G1 had given him the location of the experience shop at the news conference. That was too hurtful. Everyone in Jingzhou knew that Tengdas first experience shop was here and wanted to come and take a look. Whats more, G1 cell phones were still in a state of continuous shortage. Once they produced a batch of goods, they would be in a state of continuous supply for a period of time. Once they were sold out, they would be out of stock for a period of time. This cycle continued. Many customers who had not made up their minds whether to buy or not, or those who had sold out on the official website and wanted to make reservations at offline shops, formed the main force of shoppers. Pei Qian was still wearing a mask. He pretended to be a passerby outside the door and secretly observed the situation in the shop. Tian Mo was still diligently introducing the flaws of these products to interested customers. Whats more, he seemed to be speaking more fluently than before. After all, Tian Mo was not very familiar with the cell phone previously when G1 was released. He stuttered when he talked about its flaws. Now that he had used it and memorized all the parameters, he could talk about its flaws smoothly. However, the customers were used to it and would chat with him. Didnt Tengda come up with a new smart fitness drying rack recently? Why isnt there one in your experience shop? a brother asked. Tian Mo immediately explained, That product takes up too much space. The experience shop doesnt have enough space for it. If you want to experience it, you can go to the nearby Deposit Fitness. There are a few ready-made pieces of equipment there, and a fitness trainer can explain it to you. The man looked around and nodded. Indeed, you cant place it anywhere. However, Tengda is such a huge company. It is very generous in everything it does. Why is this first experience shop so stingy? Its such a small shop. Its like a provision store. It doesnt match Tengdas aura. The products are not even complete. Tian Mo smiled. This is just a test site. There should be bigger shops in the future. A few customers walked around the shop and tried the latest model of G1 cell phone. Then, they left a message and waited to collect the goods. The man who asked about the smart fitness drying rack ran straight to the elevator. Obviously, he intended to head straight to the nearby Deposit Fitness after leaving the mall. Seeing that there were no other customers in the shop, Pei Qian immediately walked in and greeted Tian Mo. Lock the door, todays business is over. Ill bring you and Zhuang Dong to see the new experience shop. Tian Mo was stunned and quickly said, Alright! He could not help but feel elated. He had just said that this experience shop was too small. Wouldnt a big experience shop come? Tian Mo did not know much about this new experience shop. He only knew that it was being renovated, but he did not know where it was or how big it was. That was very normal. After all, Tian Mo knew himself very well. With his current level, he probably did not have the qualifications to participate in the selection and design of the experience store. He might be the person-in-charge of the sales department but Tian Mo felt that his actual ability was not even comparable to an ordinary real estate agent. Thus, he just had to listen to Boss Peis arrangements. Tian Mo was very happy when he heard that he was going to visit the new test store today. He called Zhuang Dong out and locked the door. Everyone walked towards the underground carpark. Tian Mo asked curiously, Boss Pei, where is the new experience shop? Pei Qian remained silent for a moment. This I dont know either. Ill leave it to Liang Qingfan. Tian Mo nodded and stopped asking. It looked like Boss Pei had not participated in the site selection. However, Tian Mo felt that it was definitely different from him. Boss Pei must have handed all of this work to Liang Qingfan because he was too busy and trusted him deeply. After taking a few more steps, Pei Qian asked, Have you decided on the other candidates for the sales department? Before this, Pei Qian had already instructed Tian Mo to choose the people from the sales department himself. He would find them from his friends and classmates. Whats more, they should not surpass him in terms of education. Tian Mo himself only had a high school education. This condition was a little harsh. Pei Qian was afraid that he would not be able to complete it. Tian Mo quickly answered, Boss Pei, Ive found 15 people so far! These people fit your criteria perfectly. They are all my middle and high school classmates. My relationship with them is pretty good and their educational qualifications are not above mine. Ive already asked them to resign from their current jobs and standby at home, familiarizing themselves with the regulations of the sales department. Four of them are especially close. Ill arrange for them to take turns to watch the shop with me. However, it just so happens that Zhuang Dong and I are working today. They are not in the shop. Otherwise, I could introduce them to you. However, I really cant find any more. Pei Qian nodded subtly. There were 15 people, including Tian Mo and Zhuang Dong. It was difficult for Tian Mo to find so many talents. However, there were still not enough people. The new experience shop was at least a few thousand square meters. It was divided into several large areas. These sales personnel were not robots. They had to take shifts and rest. All sorts of things had to be dealt with in the store. Whats more, Pei Qian had set up this sales department to nurture the talent in sales that he needed. In the future, he would open more experience shops. These sales personnel would even be distributed to other industries like Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. That was a huge gap in talented personnel. The first batch of employees of the new experience shop would become branch managers or core members of another experience store in the future. They would be sent out. Thus, the first batch of employees in the new experience shop could only be more, not less. 17 people was still far from enough. Pei Qian pondered for a moment and said, We can continue hiring, but we can relax the scope a little. Your friends for example. However, you have to be careful. You cant hire those who have been brainwashed by other companies. You cant hire those who might not approve or even go against the sales departments principles. Tian Mo quickly nodded. Understood! When they arrived at the underground carpark, Little Sun took the three of them to the new experience shop after getting into the commercial car. Liang Qingfan was already waiting there. 10 minutes later, the MPV stopped. Boss Pei, weve arrived. Pei Qian had been playing with his cell phone the entire time. He did not look carefully at the road. It was only then that he put his cell phone away and looked out of the window. Then, he saw the huge poster of Modest. Pei Qian: Wasnt this the Great World? GOGs first international invitational tournament and the location of the GPL league? Pei Qian was speechless. Liang Qingfan, Liang Qingfan, you could choose any place you want, but not here! Arent you causing trouble? Even Huanyu Tianjie would be better than here. After all, there was no GPL league at Huanyu Tianjie! However, on further thought, Pei Qian felt that something was amiss. That was because Pei Qian had been to faraway places many times and was very familiar with this shopping mall. Great World was the largest shopping mall in Jingzhou, second only to Huanyu Tianjie. Whats more, ever since the GPL was established, the traffic had increased exponentially. It was not inferior to Huanyu Tianjie. Thus, the few empty shops in the Great World were quickly rented out. The supply could not meet the demand. Previously, Pei Qian had told Liang Qingfan that this experience shop would need at least a few thousand square meters. Obviously, they would not be able to squeeze out these places in the Great World unless they rented a multi-purpose hall. However, the multi-purpose hall could be used as a competition venue, but it would not be suitable for an experience shop. Liang Qingfan probably would not do that. Confused, Pei Qian got out of the car with Tian Mo and Zhuang Dong. Liang Qingfan was already waiting by the roadside. After introducing and greeting each other, Pei Qian asked the question in his heart. The new experience shop is in the Great World? How could it have the space required? Liang Qingfan smiled and shook his head. Of course not. There is no more space in the Great World, and the price is a little high. Its not appropriate. I chose the building at the back. Liang Qingfan turned around and pointed behind him as he spoke. Pei Qian, Tian Mo, and Zhuang Dong turned towards where Liang Qingfans finger was pointing at. They saw another shopping mall across the road that was only one street away from the Great World: Golden Prosperity Square. Chapter 1069 - Everyone Is Giving Tengda Face! Golden Prosperity Square was relatively young compared to veteran shopping malls like Huanyu Tianjie and Great World. It had only opened last year, in 2011. Pei Qian could still remember when the Golden Prosperity Square opposite the Great World was still in its final renovation phase when he first came to the Great World. However, a year had passed since the opening of the restaurant. Golden Prosperity Square was still not particularly famous in Jingzhou. Its sales volume could not be compared to that of other places. It was only a street away, but the number of people going to the other side of the Great World was obviously much larger than that in Golden Prosperity Square. The reasons were complicated. One of the reasons was that one of the few subway lines in Jingzhou was connected directly to the ground of the Great World. If customers wanted to take the subway to Golden Prosperity Square, they would have to walk from the Great World or get off from another station and walk for ten minutes. In addition, the Great World had been open for a long time after all. There were many large brands inside. Many customers in the vicinity had formed a habit. Subconsciously, they felt that the Great World was better than Golden Prosperity Square. Thus, they were too lazy to go over even if it was only a street away. Most people would find it difficult to even shop in one shopping mall. They would not have the energy to shop in two. Coupled with the fact that the GPL league was located in the Great World, the traffic in the Great World was crushing Golden Prosperity Square. Of course, the Great World could not completely take in so many tourists after the GPL competition began as they had to welcome tourists from all over the country. The restaurants inside were often full, so a group of people came to Golden Prosperity Square to increase the customer flow here. However, on the whole, one ate meat while the other drank soup. The Golden Prosperity Square was a shopping center that was built with the inclination young, fashionable and creative. This was reflected in the architectural style. The structure of the building was like a square-shaped indentation. The indentation was facing the crossroad, resonating with the Great World opposite. The entrance to the square was at the bottom of the concave position. There was a huge semicircular area at the top, which made the entire building look sharp and round. It looked very modern. There was a huge glass wall on the outside of the circular platform, extending all the way to the other two outer walls of the building. It looked like a huge window, extremely imposing. Pei Qian could not help but frown. He remembered that the last time he came here, this place had been completely covered up. It did not seem to be open to the public. This was the first time he had seen the true face of this place. Liang Qingfan explained, Ive asked. This place was originally planned to use a glass wall design on a large scale to attract as much attention as possible. However, because it was the most difficult place to build the entire building, and the boss of Golden Prosperity Square was not satisfied with the previous effect, this place continued to be renovated after its opening a year ago. The entire area was closed and no customers were received. But its all done now! I liked this place very much when I saw it, so I talked to the boss of Golden Prosperity Square. Once he heard that Tengda was going to open its first large-scale experience store here, he welcomed it and fully supported it! Not only did he sign a long contract at a 60% discount, but he also promised that we would be exempted from rent for half a year. Of course, this area alone is not enough. This semicircular area is only about 2,000 square meters. Even if we add in the areas that were not occupied by shops due to construction separation, the several floors added together would only be about 5,000 square meters. Obviously, it does not meet your previous requirements. Therefore, I asked the shopping mall if they could give us more shops around this area as well. The more you can gather, the better. Thus, the shopping mall tried all means and gave us about 2,000 square meters. There are areas from the first floor to the top, but they are basically near the escalators in this area. Its a total of 7,000 square meters. It might still be a long way from your previous goal of 10,000 square meters, Ill consider it. After all, this is the core business circle. Its very difficult to squeeze out such a huge area. Furthermore, 7,000 square meters is actually enough for a long time. Ill accept it. There were not many shops as this area had been under construction previously. After a friendly discussion, the shops that had already settled in were all moved to slightly further empty positions. Of course, the shopping mall came up with some compensation in the end. The location was slightly bigger but the rent did not increase. Pei Qian was confused. Wait a minute, you just said that the rent would be 40% off and the rent would be waived for half a year. Whats more, you chased the surrounding shops away? Tell me honestly, does this shopping mall belong to Shenhua Real Estate? Or does Boss Li have shares in it? This generous treatment made Pei Qian involuntarily think of the unbearable past he had experienced at Shenhua View. Liang Qingfan was stunned for a moment before he shook his head. No, Boss Pei, why do you think so? Tian Mo was also very confused. Arent these conditions a little too generous?! The rent is at a 40% discount. How much money would that be if we were to calculate based on five or ten years? Liang Qingfan smiled. Is a 40% discount a lot? To be honest, if I didnt like this place, especially this glass wall, I would definitely bait him for two more days and haggle hard! Golden Prosperity Square is very clear that Tengda has not only brought him rent, but also huge traffic! The other world has organized a GPL league. GOG players from all over the country would come to watch the competition and spend time there. How many people are there? However, the subway entrance is in the Great World. In addition, the food and shops in Great World are of higher quality than in Golden Prosperity Square. Thus, most of the traffic is stopped by the Great World. Few people actually come to Golden Prosperity Square. Golden Prosperity Square is investing a huge sum of money to build this building but not attracting customers, isnt that a huge loss? However, the situation would be completely different if Tengdas experience shop were to open here! You can clearly see the entire Tengda experience shop on the side of the road, and even in the shops from Great World! Would those who came to watch the GPL league come over to take a look? Without Tengda experience shops, this street is nothing. However, with Tengda experience shops, this street is nothing more than two minutes of walking. The difference is huge! Take the POUIO cell phones retail store for example. They would be able to get a very favorable rental fee no matter which shopping mall it is in. No shopping mall would dare to increase the rent because POUIO cell phones retail store can attract a large number of shoppers. It can increase the sales volume of the shopping center by 10% on average. Is the higher rent more important or the additional 10% of sales more important? This is a multiple-choice question that even a primary school student would not do wrong. Tengda might not be able to reach this level in other cities, but it is the first large-scale experience shop in Jingzhou, especially near the GPL venue. It has the ability to negotiate prices. Whats more, the reason why the other shops are so cooperative is because they know that Tengdas relocation would bring them good customers. They would lose more than they gain If we end up choosing other places because of their rejection. Thats why these shops are willing to give up their space to us. That way, even if the new place is slightly worse, with the flow of customers we brought and the compensation from the shopping mall, it would be profitable! On top of that, the boss of the shopping mall also decided to invest money to build a bridge across the street. It would lead from the entrance of the Great World to the entrance of Golden Prosperity Square! This bridge would be a transparent air passage with an escalator. No matter what wind or rain, the customers on the other side would be able to come here smoothly! Tian Mo was shocked after hearing Liang Qingfans explanation. He knew that Tengda had a lot of influence in Jingzhou, but he had not expected it to be this big. Not only were the shopping malls welcoming them with both hands, giving them the green light, and busying themselves, even the shops inside were willing to cooperate! They had managed to squeeze out 7,000 square meters in a shopping mall in the city center! This was not something that could be done with money alone. Tian Mo could not help but look at Boss Pei with admiration and even worship. Boss Peis character was very approachable. Thus, after interacting with him for a long time, he would naturally feel close to him. However, ridiculous deeds constantly reminded Tian Mo that Boss Pei looked easygoing but was actually a true big boss. Take the current situation for example. Tian Mo was already extremely shocked. However, Boss Pei was expressionless. There was no surprise at all. Logically speaking, wasnt this Boss Peis first time here as well? He should not have known about these things before, right? However, his face remained calm. Obviously, similar situations had happened many times. Boss Pei was used to it. Tian Mo could not help but feel emotional. He had seen too little of the world! He had to learn from Boss Pei. He had to remain calm even if a mountain collapsed in front of him. As for Zhuang Dong, he obviously did not understand what Liang Qingfan was saying. He only felt that it was very impressive. If there were bullet screen comments now, he should be brainlessly spamming 666 with Tian Mo. However, at that moment, Pei Qian was shocked by Liang Qingfans words and fell into a daze. The rent was 40% off, and the rent would be waived for half a year. Whats more, the entire shopping mall, including the shops, had automatically vacated their own space. Together with the previously unopened areas, they had managed to gather a large number of shops with a total area of more than 7,000 square meters and several floors! Not only that, the boss of the shopping mall had to fork out his own money to create a transparent overpass! To Pei Qian, this was undoubtedly bad news! Not only did he spend a huge sum of money on rent, but because of the location, this huge glass wall and the overpass that was about to be repaired in the future would attract customers from the Great World! In that case, this experience shop might as well be in the Great World! There were still so many people but the rent would definitely be much higher in the Great World. Whats more, it would definitely not be able to reach 7,000 square meters. At most, it would only be about one or 2,000 square meters. How did this happen? The traffic, area, and money had all been taken by him! Wasnt this making it difficult for the salespeople to dissuade customers?! Pei Qian looked meaningfully at Tian Mo, implying that Liang Qingfans choice of location was not easy for him. He could only rely on him. Tian Mo immediately understood and nodded. Dont worry, Boss Pei. Ill definitely do a good job at the experience shop. I wont let down such a good location! Pei Qian: After pondering for a long time, he finally had nothing to say. He looked at Liang Qingfan and said, Alright, lets go inside and take a look. Chapter 1070 - The Structure Of The Experience Shop Everyone arrived at the entrance of the first floor of the Golden Prosperity Square under Liang Qingfans lead. That was the corner that was concave in the square. It was also directly below the main body of Tengdas new test store. There were a total of four floors in the shopping mall. The height of each floor was estimated to be about 5.5 meters. The entire shopping mall was not more than 24 meters tall. More than 24 meters would be defined as a high-level building in terms of architectural norms. Fire facilities and other requirements would be raised accordingly, which would cause the construction cost of the entire shopping mall to increase greatly. It was not worth it. On the other hand, he wanted to raise the level as high as possible and reduce the number of levels. That was to prevent customers from climbing the buildings as frequently as possible and bring about a better shopping experience. The higher the floor, the easier it was to give people a sense of oppression. On the contrary, the higher the floor, the wider the scene. Customers mood would also improve correspondingly, which would be more conducive to stimulating consumption. Frequent climbing would exhaust customers patience. Most customers would rather walk a few more steps on the same floor than climb to the fifth or sixth floor. As a relatively new square, Golden Prosperity Square had obviously taken these aspects into consideration when it was designed to improve customers shopping experience. He was greeted by a huge central atrium space that extended from the bottom to the top floor entering the first floor. It was like an indoor square with an iconic modern sculpture. This shopping mall gave off a modern and grand vibe. Once they arrived at the central atrium, they could use the escalator to reach the Tengda experience shop on the second floor. At the beginning of the design, this semicircular area with a large number of glass walls was the core position of the entire shopping mall. Therefore, many of the designs revolved around it, including the escalators in the shopping mall. They also prioritized this area. After reaching the second floor, Liang Qingfan raised his hand and introduced, Boss Pei, its all within the range of Tengdas experience shop from here to the top floor. Of course, its only limited to the direction behind me. There are a total of three levels. They are divided into six areas according to your previous requirements. Every level has the distinction between Regular Area and Core Area. The so-called Core Area is actually the area where the semi-circular glass wall is. The lighting in this area is excellent, spacious, and bright. Apart from this area, the shops in the shopping mall around it are the Regular Area. This way, the three floors regular and core zones would be able to meet your previous requirements and be divided into six different functional zones. The core area of the second floor is the digital zone. The regular zone is the gaming experience zone. The core area of the third floor is the merchandise area. The regular area is the home living area. The core area of the top floor is the dining area, while the regular area is the viewing area. Liang Qingfan explained patiently as he led the three of them around. This division had obviously been carefully considered. There were actually unspoken rules in the distribution of floors in the shopping mall. The most important one was that the products that were just needed were arranged on the upper floor as much as possible, while the high profits products that were easy to consume could be arranged on the lower floor as much as possible. For example, catering and household appliances were generally in the upper levels, while cosmetics and accessories were in the lower levels. That was because the number of people would decrease as the level increased. Consumers demand for home appliances was fixed. They would only shop if they had a need. It was impossible for them to suddenly want to buy a refrigerator. Thus, even if it was placed on the upper level, consumers would definitely look at it. It was the same for meals. They had to eat when they were tired from shopping. It was impossible for them to not eat on a whim. Placing these on the upper levels would not reduce customers desire to spend. It would also allow them to shop a few more floors and guide the flow of people up. As for cosmetics, accessories, and the like, they were often bought on impulse. Their profits were relatively high, so they could be placed at the bottom. Not only could they afford higher rent, but they could also obtain good profits through the huge human traffic. Liang Qingfans plan obviously followed this rule. The food and beverage area was on the top floor. Customers could shop from the bottom to the top. They could eat when they were tired. On the other hand, the digital products and game experience area was on the bottom floor. It could make full use of the human traffic and increase sales. As for the difference between the normal zone and the core zone, it was mainly due to the different environment. The core area had a huge glass wall with excellent lighting. It was spacious, bright, and had a wide view. The entire area would not be separated and was highly integrated. Many storefronts of digital products would adopt a large number of glass designs. Whats more, they would be of a very high level. That was to create a high-end atmosphere for consumers to improve their shopping experience. Therefore, the digital area that sold cell phones and other digital products, the area around the furniture and smart appliances, and the food and beverage area that allowed consumers to eat had high requirements for the environment. They chose the core area surrounded by a semi-circular glass wall. The lighting in the regular area was much worse. Whats more, there were some gaps between the areas. They were not part of the entire area. That was because the gaming experience area, living area, and viewing area did not have high requirements for light. In fact, they were more resistant to light. Both gaming and watching movies required a relatively dark environment. Strictly speaking, the residential area was not a selling area. Instead, it was a simulation of the house in the house. Some of the scenes had to show the warm environment of staying in the living room at night. Whats more, the viewing area, gaming experience area, and living area could be divided into several different exhibition halls to display different styles and contents. They had to be separated. Thus, all of these were placed in the usual areas. Apart from that, there was also a certain connection between the regular zone and the core zone. For example, on the second floor, the digital zone and the gaming experience zone were placed together. After gamers experienced the game and the latest gaming equipment, they could directly go to the digital zone to purchase the equipment they liked. On the third floor, the residential area and merchandise area were the same. On the fourth floor, the dining area and the viewing area formed a comfortable resting area. Customers could eat, drink, or sit down to watch a movie when they were tired. The core area of each level was about 700 square meters. The three levels added up to about 2,100 square meters. The standard area of each level was from 1,000 square meters to 1,300 square meters. It added up to about 3,600 square meters. Apart from that, there were a few shops on the first floor. They were more than 1,200 square meters in total. They were rented to Tengda. This was what the shopping mall had used to make up the numbers for Liang Qingfan. They had forcibly made it 7,000 square meters. Coincidentally, the shops on the first floor could be used as a display area for Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Upwind Logistics, and other physical industries. Profit was not the first goal; it was mainly for display. All in all, Liang Qingfans arrangements were quite scientific. At the moment, the entire renovation had been completed. The floor and walls were spotless. The first batch of furniture and equipment, including the long tables and shelves in the digital area, had been transported over. After a few more days of preparation, the entire experience shop could be opened to the public. The reason why it was so fast was because the shopping mall was originally designed by a famous architect. He had spent a lot of time and effort in the glass wall area and had made a few modifications. Thus, Liang Qingfan did not need to make huge changes. He only needed to make minor edits on some details. This saved Liang Qingfan a lot of time. It was also a key reason why he finally decided to choose the location of the experience shop. He first arrived at the second floors regular area, which was the gaming experience area. According to the plan, there would be computers, cell phones, televisions, smart fitness drying racks, VR glasses, and other equipment for players to experience. However, these things were not in place yet. Thus, it was hard to imagine what would happen after these areas were officially opened. Further in was the core area of this level, which was the digital zone. The renovation style of the Digital Area, the Merchandise Area, and the Catering Area were very similar. However, there was a slight difference in the layout. Liang Qingfan came to the side of the glass wall and could clearly see the Great World opposite him. His field of vision was very wide. Its not uncommon for buildings to be made into glass walls, but whether the final effect is good or not is determined by the details. The size, color, reflection rate, permeability rate, structure system, the size of the framework material, the method of connectiona?| Every detail might cause the final effect to be far from the expected effect. The moment I saw this glass wall, I could tell that the designer had spent a lot of effort choosing the materials and design. The entire glass wall must have cost a lot to build. Thats why I chose this place. The final effect is that no matter if you look from the outside or from the inside, you will give people a penetrating, bright, and pure feeling. It has a modern and simple feeling, but it also has a Zen-like beauty. In addition, I made some minor modifications to the original ceiling. The original ceiling was actually very outstanding, but the lights were too small. I specially purchased a large area of embedded sand and white lights. In addition to the dark metal lines as embellishments, it ensured that there were no blind spots in the store. It could also be bright but not blinding at night. Even though the entire experience shop had not been fully decorated, the contents that Liang Qingfan had introduced were filled with details. Zhuang Dong felt like he was about to faint. Even though he could not completely understand Liang Qingfans meaning, he could still feel the word awesome written on it. Tian Mo was a little worried. That was because this experience shop was too awesome! It was located in the most prosperous commercial district in Jingzhou. It occupied a huge area, and the details inside were meticulously crafted by top-notch architects. Even the lighting was filled with sincerity. It could be said that this experience shop was in no way inferior to many international first-rate tech companies. It was even better in many places! Compared to the real estate agent that he had worked for before, the difference was like heaven and earth. Tian Mo felt both excited and panicky at the thought that he was about to become the branch manager of such a huge store. That was because he did not know if he was up to the task. If something went wrong with his work, wouldnt he be letting Boss Pei down and wasting Architect Liangs hard work? Chapter 1071 - Make An Outdoor Screen That’s 1,000 Square Meters! As for Pei Qian, he was resisting the urge to change locations. The more Liang Qingfan introduced, the stronger his impulse became. This location was too good! Pei Qian could almost foresee a sea of people after the experience store opened. If he were to go somewhere else or change the functions of these three levels, could he change this fate? However, Pei Qian held himself back in the end. That was because he had indeed put in a lot of effort for this experience shop based on Liang Qingfans elated expression when he told the story. Pei Qian had said that he would take full responsibility. He could not bear to see Liang Qingfans efforts go to waste if he changed his mind now. Whats more, this desire for perfection would also raise the cost of the entire experience shop to an extremely high level. For example, the batch of embedded white lights that Liang Qingfan had specially ordered, as well as the long table that was custom-made in the digital area and could integrate all the routes, all of them were not cheap. Putting aside whether the experience shop would make money or not, they would definitely spend a lot of money. Thus, after some consideration, Pei Qian held himself back. He looked at Tian Mo again, hoping that he would do his best to fulfill his duties as a salesperson and dissuade customers. Tian Mo, on the other hand, gave Boss Pei an extremely determined look, as if saying: I will not let you down! Most of the areas still needed a few days to be completed, so there was not much to see. After walking around, everyone arrived at the top floors food and beverage area. On the other hand, most of the arrangements had been completed. The entire dining area was basically divided into three parts. The outermost area was the snack area and the beverage area. It was mainly for the vendors of the snack market to stay. The seats were relatively further away so that it would be convenient for customers who did not want to eat inside and only wanted to buy snacks or drinks. They served economical food and beverages inside. It was mainly Fish-Catching Take-Out and Food.Harmony. The price was affordable and the taste was not bad. The area closest to the glass wall had the best view. It was a high-end food and beverage area. It would adopt the model of a nameless restaurant and transfer some chefs over from there. Of course, it would continue to dig outstanding chefs from all over the country to fill in the gaps. The entire dining area was spacious, bright, and tidy. It was still minimalistic but the dining tables, chairs, and other decorations made it look more lively. It was similar to the high-end revolving restaurants on the top floor of many buildings. Everyone was a little tired after shopping for so long, especially Liang Qingfan. He had been introducing the game and had not stopped. Now, they felt a little thirsty. Therefore, everyone randomly found a table and sat down. They ordered their own drinks. Liang Qingfan asked, Boss Pei, hows the experience shop? It should meet your requirements, right? Pei Qian fell silent. How should he put it The amount of money he spent was indeed in line with his requirements. However, the effect of spending money on this location and the expectations for the future were very out of line with his requirements! However, what else could he say? Pei Qian could only nod. Yes, more or less. However think about it carefully. Is there nothing else you can spend more money on? Liang Qingfan was stunned. Other places to spend more money? I dont think thats it, right? He could not think of anything at that moment. That was because he was the one who decided on the details of the entire experience shop, including the lights on the ceiling and the tables and cabinets in the shop. They were all specially custom-made, and he did not save any money where he should spend it. Thus, when Boss Pei asked if there was anything else he could spend money on, Liang Qingfan did not know. Pei Qian was a little disappointed. Oh? Really? In fact, Pei Qian did not know where else he could spend more money. He only asked this question with the mindset that there was no time to waste. The main reason was that this experience shop had already been opened here. The location was so good, but Pei Qian could not spend much money because the shopping mall had waived a huge sum of rent. This made Pei Qian very indignant. He had to spend more to feel at ease! Liang Qingfan was stunned as well. He looked at Tian Mo and Zhuang Dong, who looked confused. Obviously, everyone thought that Boss Pei must have seen the problem, but he deliberately kept them in suspense so that they could think on their own. This was to nurture their observation and insight. Zhuang Dongs eyes suddenly lit up. Boss Pei, is there a missing billboard? I think other shops would put their own large logo outside so that customers could see it from afar. However, our glass wall is bare. Theres nothing. We should stick a huge Tengda logo on it. Pei Qian was slightly surprised. He nodded slightly, but then shook his head slightly. He did not expect Zhuang Dong to be the first to come up with an idea. However, on further thought, the thing that Zhuang Dong mentioned might be something that the experience shop lacked at the moment, but the problem was that it did not cost much! How much would it cost to customize a huge Tengda logo on the wall? It was a drop in the bucket. Tian Mos brain worked quickly seeing Boss Peis reaction. Boss Pei nodded first and then shook his head. Did he mean that Zhuang Dong was in the right direction, but what he said was wrong? All of a sudden, a thought flashed through his mind as he thought of the crux of the problem. Boss Pei, I understand! We do want to build a signboard for the experience shop, but ordinary logos or billboards are not good enough. They dont fit Tengda Corporations style at all! We should customize a huge LED outdoor screen. We can broadcast whatever we want on the dynamic screen. That would be impressive! Pei Qians eyes lit up. That sounded good! The bigger the screen, the more money would be spent. He turned to Liang Qingfan. How much would it cost to make the biggest and highest quality LED screen? Liang Qingfan thought for a moment. As far as I know, the best quality outdoor LED screen is about 5,000 yuan. However, we definitely cant cover the outside of the glass wall because the LED screen is not transparent. If we cover it like that, it would be equivalent to wasting this beautiful glass wall. If we want to do it, we have to go up and directly go to the roof. I need to make another steel structure to support it, but this wont cost much. How big do you want it to be, Boss Pei? Pei Qian pondered for a moment. The bigger the better! Liang Qingfan thought about it for a moment. Then lets make a big round screen! With the top of our experience shop as the main body, and the width of the glass wall, the height would be about five meters. Then, it would extend to both sides, and directly ask the mall to remove the original two huge posters. We would use the big screen to cover the outer walls on both sides, covering the entire second and third floors. This is equivalent to having three parts. The outer walls on both sides are filled with big screens. The circular area above the glass wall of the experience shop is also a big screen. It naturally connects into one, similar to the shape of a pair of wings. If we calculate it this way it should be about 1,000 square meters. The bigger the screen, the more discounts there would be. However, with the steel structure of the top floor and other miscellaneous expenses I think we can get around 4.8 million yuan. Pei Qian immediately decided. Thats right, thats it! He had to admit that Liang Qingfan had become much bolder after working in Tengda for so long. If Pei Qian had asked him to make a big screen plan in the beginning, he would have only done 400 square meters or 500 square meters. However, now, he was going for 1,000 square meters. This was growth! He could spend five million yuan on a screen? That was quite worth it. Of course, Pei Qian knew very well that this big screen would have a certain advertising effect. However, could he hide the experience shop from consumers? Impossible! Everyone would probably know that there was a large Tengda experience shop on the second day of its opening. Since he could not hide it, he might as well spend more money on the big screen. It would not make any difference anyway. Whats more, he would need a huge sum of money to pay for the electricity and maintenance of the screen. That would be a long-term expense. The big screens in the other buildings would accept advertisements. They could still make money after renting them to other companies. However, Pei Qian definitely did not intend to rent it to other companies to make money. He would rather give it to them for free than rent it! When the time came, he would set up a few simple logos and spend the money on the LED screen. In fact, he would do ordinary printed posters. That would be great! Pei Qian finally met with a comfortable situation. He said to Liang Qingfan, Alright, youll be in charge of the design of the big screen. At the moment, this design plan was only the preliminary plan. As for how to integrate with the entire building and make it look good enough, Liang Qingfan had to plan again. Pei Qian looked at Tian Mo again. Liang Qingfan has been busy the entire time, but he actually has other work to do. After that, you should work with Liang Qingfan and try your best to help him. Accept all the work from the experience shop as soon as possible. As for the original shop, Ill leave it to Zhuang Dong to manage. Pei Qian realized that Liang Qingfan was too awesome. After all, he was a true genius architect who had arranged for him to be stunned. He could not go on like this. He had to quickly let Tian Mo, the second-in-command, take over. He had to strive to let the experience store run high and low, and get worse. Liang Qingfan and Tian Mo nodded. Both of them felt that Boss Peis arrangement was very right. Liang Qingfan was almost done with the experience shop. There was only some finishing work left. It was indeed time to hand it over. Whats more, his work at the snack market and Sloth Apartments had not been completed yet. If he were to run around like this, he would not be able to do anything. Tian Mo knew that he would have to take over this experience shop sooner or later. Thus, he had to ask Liang Qingfan for guidance and learn from him as soon as possible. That way, he would not delay his work due to the hasty handover. Pei Qian asked, When will the experience shop officially open? Liang Qingfan briefly calculated the working period. Actually, it will be done in about a week. However, it would take a certain amount of time to install the big screen on the outside. Even if its urgent and the weather is suitable, it would take at least a month. Pei Qian nodded. Alright, thats it then. Well test run the store on Sunday two weeks from now, which is June 10th. Well then hurry up and install the big screen outside so that itll be officially opened at the end of June! Chapter 1072 - Lin Jiaqiang’s Video May 26th, Saturday morning. Harbor City. Lin Jiaqiang was sweating profusely on the smart fitness drying rack. If Meng Chang saw the current Lin Jiaqiang, he would definitely be very surprised because Lin Jiaqiang had obviously lost a lot of weight compared to when he filmed the Intelligent Fitness drying rack advertisement! To be precise, he had lost 4kg in two weeks. 4kg was not a lot for Lin Jiaqiangs 100kg weight but it was still pretty fast since he had lost weight in two weeks. One could not seek to lose weight too fast. One kilogram per week was considered a safe and healthy speed. Any faster and there might be health hidden dangers. Four kilograms was not much for Lin Jiaqiangs weight but his appearance had changed significantly. That was because Lin Jiaqiang had used a smart fitness drying rack to undergo a lot of strength training. He did not only lose weight but also increased his muscle mass. Muscle growth would also cause weight gain. In terms of density, muscles were three times the density of fat. In other words, if a 200-pound fatty trained himself to be a 200-pound muscular man, his weight would not change but his figure would be completely different. Lin Jiaqiang had lost a lot of fat and developed a lot of muscles. Thus, even though he did not lose much weight, the result was obvious. Whats more, he looked much healthier. Dont be too tired. Rest well. Ill go up and see the children. Lin Jiaqiangs wife placed a sports drink beside Lin Jiaqiang and went upstairs. This staircase was not a luxurious villas staircase, but an ordinary duplex staircase. Lin Jiaqiangs house in Harbor City was a mini duplex. The upper floor was very low and housed his two daughters. There was not much space left after the two beds and a table were placed in the room. The two children had to do their homework at different times. The distance between the bed and the ceiling was also very short. The two little guys could still straighten their backs now, but if they were a little older, they might bump into each other. Downstairs was the living room, balcony, master bedroom, kitchen, and bathroom. The two floors added up to about 80 square meters. The overall function was complete. This was considered a rather spacious house in Harbor City. After all, the average living area here was only 15 square meters. Whats more, this figure had been averaged upwards by many ballers who had bought villas and mansions. Lin Jiaqiang had debuted early. At that time, he had been popular with Zhang Zuting and the other brothers. They had earned some money from filming movies. That was why they were able to buy this house. Ordinary families would not have been able to afford it. However, even so, Lin Jiaqiang had gone through a lot of trouble to provide for this house. It was still alright when he was popular. There was no pressure to pay off the mortgage and he could still go out and have fun every now and then. However, as his career deteriorated, he was forced to calculate carefully and his life became rather tight. During the poorest period of time, Lin Jiaqiang would accept all commercial performances regardless of the price. In fact, he could only survive by relying on Zhang Zuting and a few other old friends. However, he was finally better now. The smart fitness drying rack was placed on the balcony. His wife had almost lost her temper at him when he first sent it home. It took up space even though this was a free gift! The residential area in Harbor City was generally small, so it was almost perfect in terms of space use. Not a single inch could be wasted. This smart fitness drying rack took up three square meters of the balcony in an instant, making the already narrow balcony even more difficult. No wonder his wife was angry with him. The wife only reluctantly accepted it after hearing that the seats could be folded and could be hung up to dry clothes. However, she only agreed to it but did not accept it. Lin Jiaqiangs wife felt that Lin Jiaqiang would not be able to use it for more than a few times. Thus, she made a three-point covenant with him. They would sell it or get rid of it if it was left unused for a period of time. Unexpectedly, Lin Jiaqiang persevered! He would train his body with the characters in the game every day. He would even be able to get lucky draw tickets for calorie coins after the training. Even the training scene was very cute and filled with cuteness. Slowly, his wife became interested. After using it a few times, she fell in love with it. She even created a new account for herself and started training from scratch. Seeing that Lin Jiaqiang had indeed achieved results, his wife no longer talked about selling the smart fitness drying rack. Not only did she train with him, but she also studied the drying function of this thing every day. She was full of praise for the drying of the drying rack and the artificial intelligences reminder to collect clothes. At first, his wife wanted Lin Jiaqiang to go to the gym, but she gave up in the end. That was because it was inconvenient to run back and forth from a gym far away from home. The nearest gym was more expensive. High-end gyms with fewer people would cost more than 1,000 yuan per month. That had yet to include a private training fee. The monthly expenses of the gym was a long-term expenditure. It was also quite a big expense for their familys current financial situation. The price of the smart fitness drying rack was about the same as half a years worth of fitness cards. Whats more, it was a free gift. The fitness effect was not bad, so he did not think about going to the gym anymore. Finally, Lin Jiaqiang finished working out and went to take a shower. Not long after he came out, he received a call. Hello, is this Mr. Lin Jiaqiang? Hello, hello. Im from Aili Islands website. I would like to invite you to join our Aili Island website. Your good friends, Mr. Zhang Zuting, and the others are also invited If you are willing, please register an account on our website. We will give you an official certification and some recommendation resources. Of course, it would be best to send a video to say hello to the fans. That would make it easier to attract traffic Lin Jiaqiang listened to the officials introduction seriously and quickly said, Of course! Thank you so much! Aili Island has been the biggest bullet screen video website in the mainland for the past two years. It was also expanding rapidly. Inviting celebrities to join in order to attract traffic was also a common method. Lin Jiaqiang was a little outdated therefore, logically speaking, the priority of inviting him should not have been so high. However, the Bloody Battle Song advertisement that he had filmed previously had been repeatedly haunted by netizens. Both he and Zhang Zuting were considered the five-man Bloody Brothers team of the otoMAD. Coupled with the fact that he had recently endorsed the smart fitness drying rack and had once again appeared in the eyes of netizens, he had triggered a wave of netizens otoMAD. Thus, he had been invited by Aili Islands website. To Lin Jiaqiang, this was something he could only hope for. Entering Aili Island did not bring much practical benefits, but the attention and popularity could bring him business partnerships. He could also make use of this opportunity to become popular. Lin Jiaqiang agreed immediately without much thought. However, he immediately became worried. What should he shoot for the first video? If it was a more conventional approach, it would be nothing more than greeting everyone and hoping that everyone would pay attention. However, such content was relatively empty. There was nothing practical. There would definitely be very few views and likes. This account would also be easily forgotten. For example, some great gods in the music industry would introduce themselves and write a song on the spot when they released the first video. Such high-quality videos would be especially popular. Why dont I say a few classic lines from the previous movie or tease ourselves about Bloody Battle Songs advertisement? I can sing my own otoMAD song, but Im not good at all. Im afraid Ill lose fans. Whats more, someone seems to have already used these methods. Lin Jiaqiang thought of a few ideas, but he was not satisfied. Aili Islands website would give some recommendation resources. After all, they were invited. They had to give some face. However, he would probably only be given it once. There were so many videos on Aili Island, and the resources were limited. It was impossible to give it to him in an unlimited way. Thus, the first video was extremely important. If the effect was not good and it did not attract enough attention, not many people would pay attention to the rest of the contents released later. On the other hand, if the effect was good, it could snowball smoothly and accumulate fans. Lin Jiaqiang racked their brains but could not think of a good solution. His wife was tidying up the house. Whats wrong?She asked upon seeing Lin Jiaqiangs conflicted expression. Lin Jiaqiang briefly explained Aili Islands invitation and then asked, What video do you think I should make? His wife thought for a moment. Dont you have videos of your routine workouts? Wouldnt it be good to edit those videos and show everyone the results of your training? Realisation struck Lin Jiaqiang. Oh, thats right! During this period of time, he had recorded everything on video when he was working out with the smart fitness drying rack. He had also recorded the changes in weight and body size. In fact, this was just a routine game. It would also make it easier for him to persevere in order to make fitness more ritualistic and fulfilling. Wasnt it appropriate to use this as his first video on Aili Island? He would edit these videos and make them into a five-minute short video. On top of that, he would introduce himself. It would end up as a video that was less than ten minutes. It would not make netizens feel bored just because it was too long. It would also be content rich and special. The others must not have lost weight recently, right? Even if they had lost weight, they could not have lost 4kg and changed so drastically, right? Whats more, Lin Jiaqiang had always been acting as a Fatty supporting character. His face was very recognizable. The fact that he was losing weight was very gimmicky and would definitely attract a large number of netizens attention. Not only would the first episode become popular, but the next few episodes would also not become less popular. That was because everyone was definitely concerned about the latest development of Lin Jiaqiang trying to lose weight. At that thought, Lin Jiaqiang immediately went to the computer and found all the videos he had taken. Each of them used a short clip to edit it into a short video. Apart from that, he also had an ulterior motive. He wanted to advertise the smart fitness drying rack. He had been given a lot of money to endorse this product back then after all. When he arrived in Jingzhou, he had been treated to food, drink, and fun. In the end, he passed the filming of the advertisement in one shot. He felt a little bad. He would do his best to help publicize it! Chapter 1073 - Helping Boss Pei Really Gave Me A Harvest! In the evening Jingzhou, nameless restaurant. Li Shi, Xue Zhebin, and Yao Bo were drinking and chatting happily in a small private room. Boss Li, let me toast you first! I was able to make such a good publicity plan using the smart fitness drying rack thanks to your news this time. I can hold my head high in front of our Old Master! Thank you so much! Yao Bo from the Jinding Corporation raised his glass and clinked it with Li Shis. Li Shi smiled slightly. We are all Boss Peis friends. Small matters are not worth mentioning. Whats more, Im just a middleman who delivers messages. We have to thank Boss Pei if we want to. Lin Chang, Zhou Muyan, and Ding Gan were not around because their businesses were not in Jingzhou. They had offered their help to Boss Pei the last time they had held a secret meeting. Then, they had left Jingzhou to continue working on their own matters. The main business of the Jinding Corporation was not in Jingzhou. It only had some investments there. On one hand, Yao Bo stayed in Jingzhou to freeload on Li Shis meal. After all, Li Shi had made an appointment two months in advance. On the other hand, he wanted to improve his relationship with Li Shi, Xue Zhebin, and the other investors in Jingzhou. At first, Yao Bo was only the boss of a team in the GPL league. He did not have a deep relationship with Li Shi and the others. However, this incident made him understand the need to have a good relationship with Li Shi and the others. That was because entering this industry meant that they would be able to hug Boss Peis thighs tightly. On the other hand, wouldnt it be beneficial to hug Boss Peis thighs tightly? Yao Bo bought a large number of smart fitness drying racks and tied up marketing with the fitness drinks and sportswear under Jinding Corporation in order to pay Boss Pei back. The discount this time was especially huge. It was basically making losses and shouting. Whether it was random draws, cumulative consumer delivery, or direct purchases, it was very worth it to consumers. However, Yao Bo had also obtained what he needed: advertisement effects and fame! As an established fitness brand in the country, Jinding Corporations main business was fitness drinks and sportswear. At the same time, it also made some investments. The overall performance might be good and the profits were not low but there was still a huge gap compared to the big brands in the country. Whats more, it was precisely because the Jinding Corporation was a veteran company therefore it was not used to the current trend of internet e-commerce. It had spent so much money to cause online shopping malls to be half-dead. The flagship stores that it opened on major shopping platforms were also faring on the average. This made Yao Bos father, the chairman of Jinding Corporation, worried. However, Jinding Corporation made a beautiful comeback this time using the smart fitness drying rack as a marketing tool! At that time, the smart fitness drying rack had a shortage of goods. Many scalpers saw the opportunity and were moved by it. They bought a batch of smart fitness drying racks to hoard the goods and profit. The netizens were already feeling resentful. They hated the fact that the scalpers were hoarding stocks. They hated the fact that Otto Technologies had too few stocks. The most important thing was that they could not buy it or play with it when they wanted to. That made them very angry. At this critical juncture, the Jinding Corporation suddenly announced a joint activity with the smart fitness drying rack. They released a total of 4,000 smart fitness drying racks. Whats more, the discount was huge. The netizens impression of them was maxed out in an instant! Many netizens went to the online shopping center of Jinding Corporation to shop. This caused the number of electronic orders in the company to increase. Even netizens who did not buy and did not watch also understood the Golden Tripod Corporation more through this matter. It could be said to be a marketing case with excellent publicity. The product might be losing money, but it was earning a lot of reputation! They were both earning money and advertising. Such an event was much more cost effective than hiring celebrities as endorsements! This made Yao Bo feel proud in front of his father. Naturally, he was filled with gratitude towards Boss Li and Boss Pei. Strictly speaking, the inventory of the smart fitness drying rack was originally almost enough. However, Yao Bo had bought 4,000 of them at once. Thus, the scalpers mistakenly thought that these things were selling very quickly, causing them to be out of stock. Yao Bo then took out the 4,000 smart fitness drying racks in his hands. The scalpers were stunned. Thus, they were actually scammed by Yao Bo However, since they were scalpers, they deserved to be scammed. After this round, everyone except the scalpers had benefited. It was worth celebrating. The three of them were eating when Xue Zhebin suddenly said, Eh? Look at this video! As he spoke, he sent the link to the video to Yao Bo and Li Shi. Yao Bo clicked on it and realized that it was a video of Lin Jiaqiang forcefully entering Aili Island. In the video, Lin Jiaqiang first greeted the audience and introduced himself to Aili Islands website, asking for attention. Then, he released a video of himself working out, as well as the weight change in two weeks using the smart fitness drying rack. At the end of the video, he did not forget to use his personal experience to summarize the benefits of the smart fitness drying rack. I think the biggest difference between the smart fitness drying rack and the conventional fitness method is that it is specially prepared for ordinary people who want to keep fit but have poor perseverance and foundation! Actually, Ive tried many ways to lose weight before, but the results were not good. The biggest problem was not whether I can achieve the standard, but whether I can persevere! If you dont persevere for a long time, its easy to rebound. However, fitness is too boring. Its really difficult to persevere. The smart fitness drying rack has given me the motivation and interest to persevere through the game. Whats more, the game will formulate different training plans based on everyones physical condition. There will be professional fitness guidance. It might be slightly inferior to professional fitness trainers, it is definitely more cost-effective than private training In short, I hope that everyone can exercise more and maintain their health. Work out with me! The video was released in the afternoon. Only three hours had passed, but it was still very popular! On one hand, Aili Islands website had given some recommendation resources in order to accommodate Lin Jiaqiangs entry. However, more importantly, Lin Jiaqiangs video was quite a hot topic! As a gold medal supporting actor, Lin Jiaqiang was two hundred pounds fatty in the audiences impression. He was recognizable but his physique was indeed unhealthy. That included when he was filming the advertisement for the smart fitness drying rack. His weight was much lower than when he was the fattest but he still looked very bloated. However, only two weeks had passed, and his physique had changed significantly. He was still fat but he looked much sturdier and looked much better! This undoubtedly shocked many netizens. They knew that the smart fitness drying rack could help them lose weight, but could it be reduced so quickly? The effect was so good? Lin Jiaqiang was actually advertising in his first video, but not many netizens would be disgusted. Other celebrities had also endorsed many products, but when they introduced most products, people would feel like they were sponsored partnerships. That was because the effects of these products were not obvious enough, and they might not be suitable for all audiences. However, Lin Jiaqiang was different. He had really lost a lot of weight! Facts spoke louder than words. If Lin Jiaqiang had not lost weight, not many people would believe when he advertised the smart fitness drying rack. It would not be convincing at all. However, Lin Jiaqiang had slimmed down. Whats more, he had uploaded videos of him working out every day. Wasnt that enough to show how outstanding the smart fitness drying rack was? Whats more, fitness was a very important topic for everyone. Who wouldnt want to have a good figure and a healthy body? Many netizens who had been hesitating saw that even Lin Jiaqiang could use the smart fitness drying rack to lose weight with such conditions. They felt that they would also have no problems, so they decided to order! On the other hand, gamers who had bought smart fitness drying racks and had first hand experience shared their experience and were full of praise for the smart fitness drying rack. Thus, after the smart fitness drying rack was released, it welcomed a second wave of excitement after being laid out! Yao Bo could not help but feel emotional. Boss Pei is a genius! I thought that Lin Jiaqiang was only hired to produce the funny publicity video at the news conference. I didnt expect him to have a backup plan! Chapter 1074 - Li Shi Decided To Invest In The Gym Xue Zhebin nodded in agreement. In that case, he made a huge profit hiring Lin Jiaqiang for such a strong endorsement! The publicity video at the news conference was very well done. This kind of nonsensical witty style allowed Lin Jiaqiangs acting skills to be fully displayed. It left a deep impression on everyone. On the other hand, Lin Jiaqiangs personal experience after the product was released also dispelled many peoples doubts. The most important thing is that the Lin Jiaqiangs business partnership fee is very low, but his reputation is not low. You can say that every cent is spent on the blade. Its super worth it! Previously, I was still feeling smug about the marketing activities that I did. Compared to Boss Pei, Im far from that! Li Shi smiled. Thats normal. Anyone who interacted with Boss Pei would have similar thoughts. Boss Pei is just like that. His actions interlink with each other. Every choice that you think is ordinary might have a series of tricks behind it! If we hire someone who is very close to us or Zhang Zuting, we would definitely be able to invite them. However, their figures are too good. It would not be convincing to endorse this product. Everyone would think that their figures were trained in the gym and have nothing to do with the smart fitness drying rack. On the other hand, Lin Jiaqiang has a fitness requirement. Boss Pei is very confident in his products, thats why Lin Jiaqiang could lose weight so effectively! I have to say that this strange and ridiculous product has once again overturned my understanding. Sometimes, I wonder why Boss Pei has so many ideas and wisdom at such a young age. I can only say that there are still geniuses in this world Everyone sighed at Boss Peis foresight as they reviewed the series of stunts from publicity to sales of the smart fitness drying rack. Yao Bo suddenly thought of something as they chatted. By the way, have you heard of this news, Boss Li? Tengdas first experience shop is confirmed to be at Golden Prosperity Square. Li Shi was stunned for a moment. Golden Prosperity Square? Isnt that the shopping mall that you guys took over? Golden Prosperity Square was similar to the name of the Jinding Corporation. In fact, it was related. The Jinding Corporation had some investments in Jingzhou, and Golden Prosperity Square happened to be one of them. However, Jinding Corporation was only one of the shareholders behind Golden Prosperity Square. They had a certain say but they did not have absolute control. They basically did not ask about the daily operations of this shopping mall. Thus, Yao Bo did not know about this immediately. Yao Bo said, I just found out about this not long ago. Tengda seems to have been more secretive this time. The shopping mall has also been keeping it a secret. They might only publicize it after some time. Li Shi perked up. Thank you! This news is too important to me! Ill buy a few more shops nearby! Oh right, did the shopping mall give Tengda a discount? Yao Bo answered, Of course, its a discount! I heard that its a 40% discount on rental fees. The rent is waived for half a year. Whats more, they squeezed out a total of 7,000 square meters to rent to Tengda. Li Shi nodded approvingly. Yes, the discount might not be much, but its not bad. Remember, you have to be sincere when dealing with Boss Pei! The more sincere you are, the greater Boss Peis returns in your favor! Tell the person-in-charge of the shopping mall to give them as many benefits as possible in the future. Dont be stingy. Boss Pei will definitely repay them with ten or a hundred times the profits. Yao Bo quickly said, Alright, Ill call the shopping mall when I get back and remind them! After the meal, Li Shi sent Yao Bo and Xue Zhebin off. He then took a car for about half an hour and arrived at a shopping mall. This was an inconspicuous shopping mall. It was not even ranked in Jingzhou. After arriving at the mall, Li Shi went straight to the basement level. This was the headquarters of the Star Bird Fitness chain. Not long after, a middle-aged man in his forties walked out briskly. Boss Li! Please come in. This middle-aged man was called Che Rong, the boss of the Star Bird Fitness. Che Rong led the way eagerly. He brought Li Shi to the VIP room in the gym and personally made tea for him. Boss Li, what brings you here today? Let me know the next time you come so that I can entertain you in advance. Li Shi smiled. Boss Che, you dont have to be so polite. I suddenly thought of something today and came over to take a look. About the investment you wanted I thought about it and decided to invest. Che Rong looked pleasantly surprised. Really? Boss Li, thank you so much! Li Shi raised his hand. Dont thank me yet. I have conditions. Che Rong quickly nodded. Go ahead. Li Shi sipped his tea and considered where to start. Star Bird Fitness was a chain gym in Jingzhou. There were more than a dozen shops but it did not make it into the top ten in Handong Province in terms of scale, market share, and reputation, not to mention in the country. The fitness industry had been rather difficult for the past two years. The domestic fitness industry began to develop rapidly around 2000. It was successfully enrolled in 2001. The topic of exercise began to be taken seriously. Many fitness cards in the gyms were hyped up to thousands of yuan each. Such a craze naturally led to a large number of gyms. At about 2004, there were more than 500 gyms in Beijing. It could be said to be developing rapidly. However, the competition would become more intense once there were more gyms. Whats more, the fitness industry was very homogeneous. If they wanted to attract more customers, they could only lower their prices. Thus, they gradually fell into a vicious cycle. The annual card for large-scale gyms dropped from the original tens of thousands to about 3,000 yuan. The price of small clubs even fell to 700 to 800 yuan. There were only lower, no lowest. This might allow customers to go to the gym at a more favorable price, but it also caused a series of chaos due to the low profits. For example, they could think of ways to promote private tutoring, and the gym could run away with money, etc. Many gyms gross interest rates fell from 40% to less than 3%. Thus, in the past two years, there had been a crazy trend of failure. Just last year, which was 2011, more than 40 gyms in Beijing had closed down. As a second-tier city, Jingzhou had fewer young people than first-tier cities. Its fitness habits were also worse. Naturally, the situation was not optimistic. What made things worse was that after Deposit Fitness opened on a large scale, it provided a brand new fitness model that quickly snatched away a large number of customers that belonged to traditional gyms. That made the situation facing Jingzhous small gyms, such as Star Bird Fitness, even more difficult. Thus, Che Rong, the boss of Star Bird Fitness, had no choice but to seek investment everywhere, hoping to get through this difficult stage. Li Shis Fu Hui Investments was very famous in Jingzhou. Of course, Che Rong had looked for him, but Li Shi had never given him a clear answer. That was because Li Shi was an investor. Investments were about returns. There was nothing special about Star Bird Fitness. Even if they invested, they might not be able to make money. Why would they invest? Li Shi had originally wanted to reject Che Rong, but he suddenly changed his mind today. I can invest, but I have one condition: The money I invested must be used to purchase smart fitness drying racks and put them in various stores of Star Bird Fitness. Che Rong was stunned. Huh? Boss Li, what do you mean? Ive seen the drying rack as well. Its quite popular now, but it is a home fitness equipment, right? Our gym is filled with professional fitness equipment. Its better than this drying rack. Why should we change it? Li Shi shook his head. One look and I can tell that you havent experienced it yourself. The smart fitness drying rack is indeed a home-made fitness equipment. In terms of specific movements, it is not as good as professional fitness equipment. However, it also has its own advantages. This is something that traditional fitness equipment cannot compare to! Combining games and equipment to make fitness no longer boring but full of fun, making it easier for people to persevere. This is something that traditional fitness equipment cannot do! At the moment, most gyms are still unaware of this. This is a very good opportunity for us! You might not be able to transform to the basic modes of Deposit Fitness, but you can still learn new fitness styles like the smart fitness drying rack! Chapter 1075 - Purchasing The Smart Fitness Drying Racks In Bulk! Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Li Shis analysis stunned Che Rong. Deposit Fitness had not been very effective when it was first opened. It had been incurring losses. Many gyms that were about to close down had given their shops to Deposit Fitness. Those bosses had thought that they had found someone to take over the business and were very pleased with themselves. However, the Deposit Fitness soon skyrocketed. They were now opening branches in first-tier cities like Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou! Other gyms wanted to learn this model, but they could not! Deposit Fitness had very strict screening of users. Whats more, it was equipped with Fish-Catching Take-Outs fitness meals. Customers there could tolerate such harsh conditions because Deposit Fitness already had a superb reputation. Everyone knew that the effect was good here, so they gritted their teeth and persevered. This was a virtuous cycle. If other gyms did the same, they would definitely not know how they died. That was why Che Rong did not continue to pay attention to Deposit Fitness after that. After all, only Tengda could manage this model. However, Boss Li was obviously trying to make an issue out of this smart fitness drying rack. Boss Li was the one paying but both sides would have to bear the risk if anything went wrong. He had to find a place to set up the smart fitness drying rack after buying it. That meant that he had to remove a portion of the other fitness equipment. The entire gyms layout had to be rearranged. If this thing took up space and no one used it, and part of the original equipment was removed, the fitness experience would decrease for ordinary customers. Given the current state of Star Bird Fitness, if such a thing really happened, they would not be far from death. Li Shi saw Che Rongs hesitation. Boss Che, think about it carefully. What advantage does Star Bird Fitness have compared to other chain gyms? None at all! Fighting a price war alone would be a dead end. The various gyms would lower their prices one by one. In the end, they would close down. Now, there are risks in the smart fitness drying rack, but there are also opportunities. The first person to eat crabs and the second person to eat crabs get completely different results! Deposit Fitness might also have smart fitness drying racks, but the members that the Deposit Fitness can accommodate are strictly limited. Its impossible to satisfy all the requirements of using smart fitness drying racks. As for buying it for yourself This equipment takes up a lot of space and is quite expensive. There is a moving service but there are many people who buy it and many people who dont. They dont have Deposit Fitness members and dont want to buy smart fitness drying racks themselves. Isnt that a perfect target group? The other chain gyms have yet to catch on. If Star Bird Fitness can take the lead to launch the interactive fitness zone mainly starring the smart fitness drying rack and use this as a topic to promote discussions and successfully capture these target users, it will definitely bring Star Bird Fitness an extremely high reputation and seize the initiative among the gyms! At that time, even if the other gyms follow on, Star Bird Fitness would definitely benefit as the first gym to launch a similar model! Whats more Li Shi paused and lowered his voice. Given my relationship with Tengda, I can also guarantee that the smart fitness drying rack will give priority to you. As far as I know, the smart fitness drying rack is limited by the production capacity of the factory and is in a state of continuous shortage. Thats why we cant rush to buy it online. I know the person-in-charge of Otto Technologies, Chang You. As long as I talk to him about business procurement, I can ask the factory to increase production capacity and collect goods in batches. Whats more, only we will be able to get the goods. No other gyms can! This situation will not last long. The other gyms will definitely get the goods one after another. However, even if our lead is only two or three months, it will be enough. Thats because we would have sold a large number of fitness cards by then and won over a large group of customers! Boss Che, you have to consider this carefully. If you dont participate, I will still look for other gyms. Star Bird Fitness was Li Shis first choice. There were a few other chain gyms in Jingzhou, but they were basically found all over the country. Their headquarters might be in Beijing, Shanghai, or other big cities. Their cooperation would not be so smooth. On the other hand, the small gym in Jingzhou was too small. It could not eat a few smart fitness drying racks and could not be used. Star Bird Fitness was a local gym in Jingzhou. It was neither big nor small. It was easier to take the initiative and develop in the future by working with Che Rong. It was also because of the opportunity of the smart fitness drying rack and the suitable conditions in all aspects that Li Shi finally decided to invest in Star Bird Fitness. Li Shi felt that he had been drinking Boss Peis soup. Naturally, he had to pull others to drink his soup as well. Many hands make light work with a higher chance of success! Of course, Li Shi could only look for someone else if Che Rong refused. Che Rong lowered his head in deep thought. Obviously, he had been convinced by Li Shi. Everyone knew that the only investment legend in Jingzhou was Boss Pei, followed by Fu Hui Investments Boss Li. If Boss Li invested with Boss Pei, the success rate and yield would be extremely high. Any project that Boss Li took a fancy to and was related to Tengda would basically succeed. Whats more, Boss Lis relationship with Boss Pei made this plan more stable. If he could indirectly cozy up to Tengda through Boss Li, would it be difficult for him to revive Star Bird Fitness? Boss Lis plan might be risky, but it was nothing compared to the potential profits. It was worth a try! At that thought, Che Rong nodded. Alright, Boss Li, I accept this condition! I will set up an interactive fitness zone in all the gyms to be filled with smart fitness drying racks. I will also assign two professional fitness trainers to keep an eye on them and guide the members in using the equipment. Then, well publicize this point and let everyone who wants to play the Fitness Battle come here to apply for cards! As for purchasing equipment, Ill leave it to you, Boss Li! Li Shi smiled and nodded. Dont worry. Ill contact Chang You of Otto Technologies directly. Ill get the goods from the manufacturer and deliver them immediately! Chang You had no reason to refuse an order that was in the hundreds compared to small orders from online orders. There were more than 10 branches of Star Bird Fitness. If each branch purchased 10 units, the first batch would be an order of more than a hundred units. Whats more, this was only the first batch of purchases. There would be more to come. Once he found that this model was feasible and the response was enthusiastic, Li Shi would naturally continue to invest or use other methods to finance it. He would let Star Bird Fitness continue to open branches quickly and spread this model in the short term. It would also allow Star Bird Fitness to expand rapidly by snatching customers from other chain gyms while bringing huge orders to Otto Technologies! In the end, Tengda, Star Bird Fitness, and Fu Hui Investments would have a triple win situation. Wouldnt that be perfect? Whats more, Li Shi felt that he could also consider talking to Shang Yang Games and offer some benefits to the customers who used the smart fitness drying rack at Star Bird Fitness. Customers could be allowed to use some free clothing or gift some coins when they played Fitness Battle at Star Bird Fitness just like the GOG free skin with the internet cafe they collaborated with. In fact, when he opened a new store, he could set up a theme store for Fitness Battle, customize a few figurines of characters in the game, and set up a fitness scene similar to that in the game. That would attract more customers. Of course, Li Shi kept in mind that the premise of freeloading on Tengdas benefits was to leave most of the profits to Tengda. Thus, the new branch of Star Bird Fitness would definitely work hard to be branded differently from Deposit Fitness and help Deposit Fitness snatch business from other franchises. They would even advertise Tengdas industry in their own gym and work hard to be good underlings. Whats more, Li Shi knew very well that Boss Pei hated scalpers the most. That was why he chose to look for Chang You directly. He would take the goods from the factory and open a production line. That would not affect the original stock of the smart fitness drying rack. That way, not only would there not be a shortage of goods to benefit the scalpers, they could obtain a large number of products and quickly open the interactive fitness zone of the Star Bird Fitness to seize the initiative. Li Shi had perfected the entire plan based on his understanding of Boss Pei. After reviewing it, he felt that the success rate was very high! Li Shi and Che Rong finalized the details and officially reached an agreement. They rubbed their hands and prepared to do something big! Chapter 1076 - One Bad News After Another May 28th, Monday Pei Qian arrived at the office early in the morning to check the work summary from the various departments last week. The first thing he opened was Otto Technologies summary. After taking a few glances, Pei Qian closed the door with a look of despair. Indeed, the drying rack has sold out When Pei Qian would frequently surf Aili Islands website when he had nothing to do. Naturally, he saw the video that Lin Jiaqiang uploaded. Pei Qian knew that things were not looking good looking at this video! However, he still had some hope in his heart. What if it was just hot, but it did not have a significant effect on the smart fitness drying rack? Pei Qian realized that he had been overthinking after reading Otto Technologies summary. The new G1 cell phones and smart fitness drying rack had all been sold out. Until now, they had been sold out intermittently. The manufacturing factory was taking the time to produce. After receiving larger orders from the smart fitness drying rack, they even opened a new production line. It could be said that they were fully stocked. Pei Qian glanced at the number on the smart fitness drying rack and felt a little dizzy. In the beginning, he had asked Chang You to grit his teeth and prepare the goods. However, he had only prepared 10,000 units. But now, 10,000 units have been sold out. Another 10,000 orders had been sent! The numbers were the same but the initial 10,000 units had been in stock for a long time. He had intended to sell them for a year and a half, but he had not expected them to collapse so quickly! The second batch of 10,000 units would not last long either. The scariest thing was that there were actually huge orders inside. A gym called Star Bird Fitness had ordered more than a 100 units, and they would buy more in the future! Otto Technologies products were all very expensive. However, once it started selling, it would make money like running water. The profits of the smart fitness drying rack were not high. Apart from the cost of raw materials that the equipment could not be reduced due to high quality requirements, logistics, storage, delivery, and moving services were also a huge cost. Each smart fitness drying rack would only earn about 200 yuan without considering Upwind Logistics expenses. However, when the number increased, 10,000 units would still be two million yuan in profit. Given Tengdas current profitability, two million yuan was not even enough to burn money once. However, dont forget that there was still the internal purchase of Fitness Battle! The Fitness Battle had attracted a large number of players so far. As a mobile game, the monthly flow on the official platform had reached 30 million yuan. The number of active players in Fitness Battle was two or three times more than games with the same income level. The number of registered players was more than 10 times more than those games! In other words, this game was indeed very famous. Many players would register an account to take a look even if they did not have the equipment and could not persevere. There were many players, so even if many of them were lost, many of them remained. There were many players who stayed and many of them charged money. Fitness Battle was too conscientious and reduced income to a certain extent with the system that could be refunded at will stimulated many players desire to recharge. Thus, the income was still quite good. This game could earn nearly 20 million yuan a month considering the high dividends that the official platform had given Tengda. What was even scarier was that the official platform was not the only channel for the Fitness Battle. When Tengda was in a crisis, Zhou Muyan contacted some game developers and uploaded Tengdas games onto smaller platforms. These platforms were small and the profits were not high but there were many of them. The net income of Fitness Battle could double in the first month coupled with Shenhuas application store and other large channels recommendations! Of course, the high income in the early stages was due to the special charging mode. Players did not feel burdened at all since they could refund the game at will. Thus, they were charging even more furiously. There would still be many orders that would be retained even if there were many refunds. In the next few months, gamers would obtain all the props that they wanted. Naturally, their desire to top up would plummet, and the income of the game would also decrease. However Obviously, Shang Yang Games would continue to update all sorts of beautiful props, scenes, special effects, and even characters for Fitness Battle. The expansion pack would continue to be released. Pei Qian could not bear to watch. How hopeless! Who would have thought that Pei Qian, who was counting money until he felt like vomiting, had been fantasizing about selling a building a week ago? Reality proved that this was pure wishful thinking. Pei Qian looked at the other departments summary after closing Otto Technologies summary. All in all, the various departments were developing steadily and orderly. Pei Qian calmed down a little. After all, no bad news was the best news. As long as these departments did not suddenly make huge profits, everyone would still be good friends. Someone knocked on the door just as he was reading the brief. Pei Qian looked up. It was Huang Sibo from Fei Huang Workspace. Boss Pei! I have something to ask you. Previously, we have been discussing Mission and Choice copyrights with Aili Islands website under Boss Lins lead. The initial intentions have been mostly communicated. Im here to ask you about our decision. Should we do a fixed-rate contract or split the profits? Pei Qians face could not help but turn black. Indeed, it was here! He could not avoid it. Pei Qian knew that the movies copyright would definitely be sold to the video websites at a high price the day the movie Mission and Choice exploded in the box office. It would only be a matter of time. Now, that day has finally arrived. Fortunately, Pei Qian had made sufficient mental preparations. He thought about it briefly and felt a little conflicted. Logically speaking, he should have thoughtlessly chosen to split the profits. That was because a huge sum of money would be transferred directly if it was a fixed-rate contract, which would cause a lot of trouble for the settlement. On the other hand, splitting the profits was done slowly. It would not be that stressful if they were to distribute it evenly every month. However, Pei Qian had already lost once in Tomorrow is Beautiful. That was what he had thought at the time. That was why he had given Tomorrow is Beautiful a share of the profits. However, he had not expected the movie to be so popular on Aili Island. In the end, the profits earned far exceeded the fixed-rate contract! This was a very stiff situation. There was one more thing to consider: the impact of the screening extension. The screening extension meant that the movie would be broadcasted in the cinema for a longer period of time. It could increase the box office but the audiences demand to watch the movie would decrease further. There would be fewer people paying attention to the video website, and the price that the website was willing to offer would be even lower. The screening of Tomorrow is Beautiful was not supposed to be extended at that time. The audience was still very passionate after the movie stopped screening. There were many people watching it, so naturally, there was a lot of dividend. However, Mission and Choice had been extended for two months. That way, most audiences enthusiasm for watching the movie would be satisfied. Many people would watch it twice or thrice. The price that the website was willing to offer should also be reduced. Pei Qian could only choose to shorten the pain at the thought that he would probably earn more from the profits. Fixed-rate Contract then. Pei Qian made a very difficult decision. Huang Sibo nodded. Alright, Boss Pei. Well go with the fixed-rate contract. He did not ask further. Boss Pei had thought for a long time. Obviously, he had made the right choice after weighing the pros and cons. What was there to doubt? Huang Sibo turned to leave. Pei Qian felt much more relaxed after making up his mind. He picked up his teacup and sipped his as he casually asked, How much would it cost to buy out this time? Huang Sibo answered, Oh, if nothing goes wrong, it should be around 55 million yuan. How much? Pei Qian almost spat out his tea. He could not believe his ears. Huang Sibo repeated, 55 million yuan. Boss Pei, do you think its too little? Pei Qian: Crazy, really crazy! It would have been better if he had not asked. However, Pei Qian could not remain calm after hearing the exact figure. He asked in confusion, I remember that the price offered by the website of Tomorrow is Beautiful was only 18 million yuan, right? Why did it increase so much?! Huang Sibo smiled. Oh, Boss Pei, you might not have paid attention to these things, so you dont understand. 18 million yuan was the price a year ago! At that time, Tomorrow is Beautiful had a box office of over a hundred million yuan, and there were big-name actors involved. The copyright purchase fee was at least 10 million yuan and not more than 50 million yuan. Mission and Choice has refreshed the box office records of domestic movies. Many people view it as a milestone for domestic heavy industry movies. Its very close to making use of this film to aim for a true Best Actor award The copyright fee is only the bare minimum. Obviously, its not enough. Whats more, Aili Island is not just going to buy movie rights this time. They are planning to create a special topic to publicize and bring popularity to the website. Concentrate all the premium videos related to Mission and Choice on Aili Islands website. To a certain extent, they can monopolize similar content. Its a good deal for them! Therefore, 55 million yuan might be a little more expensive, but it can only be said to be a normal price. There are basically no other video websites in the country that are willing to pay this price other than Aili Island. Whats more, I thought that Aili Islands website has a huge traffic flow and would be of some help to us. Thats why I accepted this price. Pei Qian was really speechless. Initially, he had thought that it would be better to shorten the pain, but this short pain was a little too painful! How could he spend 50 million yuan?! However, Pei Qian did not say anything else when he thought about how he might earn more than 50 million yuan if he went with the other method. There was a knife in every corner. Instead of worrying about this, it was better to think about how to spend the money. Pei Qian pondered for a long time before calling Liang Qingfan after Huang Sibo left. Pei Qian had prepared a new money-burning plan even though he had originally planned to save it for the summer of June 26th next month. He could not do it this month. After some thought, he decided to use the same stupid method. Buy real estate! The System Funds base value for this cycle was 50 million yuan. At the moment, Tengdas fixed assets were about 170 million yuan. They were mainly concentrated on the buildings in Sloth Apartments. Fortunately, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Upwind Courier stations, Deposit Fitness, and other physical industries, including the new experience store, were all rented. That was why this fixed asset figure had not been surpassed. According to the Systems calculation method, fixed assets would be deducted into the System Funds after dividing by 10. In other words, even if Pei Qian were to lose all of the System Funds, the System Funds would still be calculated according to 17 million yuan. Pei Qian could only convert 33 million yuan. Pei Qian decided to lower the quota after some consideration. He still had 20 million yuan left to operate the System Funds even if he bought another 120 million yuan building. If he were to seriously incur losses, it would not be a problem to earn hundreds of thousands or a million yuan. At the very least, it would not be a problem to burn the tens of millions of yuan that he had earned from selling the copyrights. Thus, Pei Qian called Liang Qingfan and told him to look for a new building in advance. He had to keep an eye on it in advance so that he could spend it immediately once the money was in place. On the other end of the line, Liang Qingfan pondered for a moment and asked, Boss Pei, should we continue to buy residential buildings? Can we consider shops? Pei Qian was stunned. Shops? Which location? Liang Qingfan said, Er its in a more remote area. Theres no guarantee of its appreciation potential, but it should be alright. Pei Qian was a little more relaxed now. He would definitely make a huge profit if it was a shop in the city center. That was because the most important thing about a shop was its location. The difference in customer traffic between good and bad zones was more than ten fold. It directly determined the potential of the shop to appreciate. It would be alright if it was in a more remote area. There was the potential for appreciation but it should not be comparable to those prosperous shops. Pei Qian would earn no matter whether he bought residential buildings or shops, in prime locations or in remote areas. Since that was the case, he could buy some shops in a slightly more remote place. The fixed assets in his hands would be more diversified, and it could reduce the risk of suddenly making a huge profit. At that thought, Pei Qian nodded. Alright, buy as much as you want. Tell me if you dont have enough money. Chapter 1077 - Our Snack Market Will Bypass Them In The Worst Case Scenario At the snack market near the Thriller Hostel. The construction was still in full swing, but it was almost done. The original large-scale agricultural market had been changed beyond recognition. The general style of the Cyberpunk style could be seen even though the construction had not been completed. Various neon lights formed by contrasting strong and warm colors filled the outer wall. In order to match these lights, the exterior of the entire building had also made some minor adjustments: with the original deconstruction, some new structures that looked strong in style were built. All kinds of billboards also exude light, giving a feeling of feasting. These billboards are intricate and make the most of the space above. The interior of the snack market extended the Cyberpunk style to every detail. Due to the original construction structure, the buildings here could not be exactly the same as the scenes in Tomorrow is Beautiful. However, Liang Qingfan still worked hard to restore the shops in Tomorrow is Beautiful in the snack market, including the scene when the male and female protagonist ate together. It was precisely because the production team of Tomorrow is Beautiful had referenced a large number of Cyberpunk styles that Liang Qingfan could directly use the elements in the movie. That greatly reduced his workload. Tomorrow is Beautiful was a huge success. It also gave the idea of the Cyberpunk Food Street more confidence. However, to Liang Qingfan, there was still a very serious problem that he had to solve. That was the atmosphere of Cyberpunk Food Street. There was a small portion of real-life and pure special effects in the movie, so there was a lot of space for him to act freely. Some details were difficult to replicate in reality. Liang Qingfan had thought of many ways to improve this problem and improve the immersion of Cyberpunk Food Street. The first was to custom make props. They would make a lot of decorations like in a movie set. For example, the nearby lights made from street lamps that had a strong sci-fi feel to them. There was also a high-tech sports car model parked by the roadside at the entrance for customers to take pictures and remember. There were also some spots left as shops. Different shops sold imitation guns, drug models, or mechanical prosthetics models to further enhance the immersion of the entire scene. The second was to add more decorations to the atmosphere, such as the fog effect. Cyberpunk would usually choose a day that was indistinguishable from night or dark and rainy weather. This was because the neon lights could be displayed perfectly at night. On the other hand, the wet road would reflect the neon lights on a rainy night. In addition, the dark sky hinted at criminal activities that were happening in this high-tech city at any time. Coupled with the mist in the air and the contamination of the various lights, the entire atmosphere would be perfect. The feeling of Cyberpunk would definitely be weakened if it was a sunny day and all the scenes could be seen. The weather in Jingzhou was considered normal. There were not many foggy days and rainy days. Therefore, the conditions to perfectly achieve the effect of Cyberpunk were rather harsh. It was also impossible for Liang Qingfan to change Jingzhous weather and climate. If he had the ability, he would not have only been an architect. He would have gone to work at the Meteorological Bureau long ago. If he wanted to achieve the best effect, he would definitely use a huge shell to cover the entire Subopunk Food Street. He would create a fake exterior inside, including the dark sky and the tall buildings with flashing neon lights in the distance. However, the cost of this plan was too huge. There was no need for it at the current stage. After all, Cyberpunk Food Street had not been officially opened. It was hard to say if the tourists would accept it. It would not be too late to consider adding more investments when the snack market became popular. What Liang Qingfan had thought of was a more neutral method: he would set up a large number of sprays in the snack market and the surroundings to create a mist. These mists would be slightly blocked and hidden by the surrounding buildings, but it would also make the surrounding environment feel slightly wet. There would also be corresponding lights around the spray, which would make the spray look more blurry. Tourists would be able to see the original Cyberpunk at night that way. The effect might be better on a cloudy day during the day. He would let nature take its course on a sunny day. For example, many attractions only looked good at certain times. That was why there was a difference between the peak season and the light season. It was not impossible to play when the light season came. The experience was not as perfect as the high season but it would not be as crowded when there were few people. It was definitely the best time to come to the snack market at night. However, there were not that many people if they came at noon or in the afternoon. Some popular stalls could be eaten without queuing. It was also a good choice. The snack bazaar was entering the finishing line. It was estimated that it would be officially opened in about a month. Zhang Yahui had already selected the first batch of outstanding vendors to enter the snack market. These vendors were good at different snacks. Zhang Yahui encouraged them to look at the contents of the Cyberpunk theme and try to make similar food. They had to try their best to make them special even if it was just simple meat skewers and hamburgers. They had to try their best to make them as delicious as possible so that they could stand out among the vendors. Of course, even if Zhang Yahui did not say anything, these vendors would definitely think of ways to improve their taste and launch new products to attract customers. After all, there was intense competition between vendors. These vendors had all come from their original city. They were one of the best snack stalls on the entire street over there. However, they had to start from scratch after coming here. They had to compete with the similarly outstanding vendors. If they kept to themselves, they would probably be eliminated very quickly. Bao Xu had also set a series of rules to guide the benign competition between the vendors. When the snack market officially opened, the rules that Bao Xu had set with his gaming thinking would definitely play a very important role. At that moment, Bao Xu and Zhang Yahui were wearing safety caps and observing the situation. Bao Xu had been coming here frequently ever since the construction of the snack market began. He was much more diligent than working in Tengda Games. His efforts had paid off. Everyone in Tengda Games thought that he was on an important mission. Obviously, Bao Xu would not be sent overseas as a tour guide because he had nothing to do during the next Best Employee Selection. However, there was obviously a side effect. Bao Xus positive actions had greatly aroused Zhang Yahuis passion for work. Zhang Yahui did not expect Bao Xu, as an employee of the gaming department, to be so concerned about the snack market. He felt the warmth of Tengdas big family when he saw how the brotherhood did not care about benefits or losses. Seeing that the brothers who came to help were so serious and responsible, he, as the real person-in-charge, had to be more concerned! The two of them were chatting when Liang Qingfan returned. Gentlemen, I have good news! We have money now, we can buy shops! Bao Xu and Zhang Yahui were stunned and did not react immediately. Shops? What shops? Liang Qingfan said, The shops along the street from here to Thriller Hostel! Oh? Thats great! The two of them said in realization. That was because this matter was a little far away. Bao Xu and Zhang Yahui had been paying attention to the internal affairs of the snack market and had almost forgotten about it. Liang Qingfan had previously proposed this idea when he was choosing a location for the snack bazaar and finalizing the details of the Cyberpunk style. The journey from the snack market to the Thriller Hostel was about a kilometer or two. If he could buy or rent all the shops along the street, after some modification, he could turn the Cyberpunk landscape into a Cyberpunk Food Street. A whole street could be built in a similar style. Of course, this project was rather huge. It could not be completed overnight. At the moment, the main part of the snack market was about to be renovated. However, the shops on this street were still in the negotiation phase. They were originally discussing a ten-year lease contract, but only a small portion of the shops had signed the contract. On the one hand, work had to distinguish the main and secondary aspects. The matters at the snack market were obviously more important. As for the shops along the street, it was actually more or less the same. They definitely had to wait until the food market was on the right track before slowly renovating this street. On the other hand, it was because the bosses of each shop had different attitudes towards the specific rental fees. A lot of energy was involved in the negotiation process, and it caused a little unhappiness. This area was originally near the old industrial zone. In fact, there were not many young people left. Residences and shops were basically old houses. Therefore, it was not very expensive according to the surrounding market price no matter whether it was buying or renting. Zhang Yahui and the others conditions were to sign a ten-year long rental contract with these shops based on the current rental fee of 50%. If they breached the contract midway, they would have to pay a penalty. Logically speaking, this condition was already very generous. These shops were very remote to begin with. Previously, they were only doing small businesses and the profits were very low. The rent of 50 to 60 square meters shops was less than 2,000 yuan a month. Zhang Yahui also understood that it was not easy for these shops. He took the initiative to raise the price to about 3,000 yuan. That was already quite sincere. Some of the shop owners were very satisfied, so they immediately signed the contract and allowed Zhang Yahui and the others to renovate the shop as they pleased. Once they signed the contract, they would not have to worry about renting their shops. However, there were also some shop owners who were not satisfied with this price. They even secretly informed them that they wanted a higher price. That was because they could tell that Thriller Hostel had already been established. There were huge visitors from all over the country. Tengda was also working on construction at the original agricultural market. Obviously, they were busy with new projects. Now, renting all the shops on the street for ten years. There must be a big move! These people felt that a 50% increase in rent was not enough at the thought that Tengda was so rich. After all, the contract was to be signed for ten years. Who could say for sure what would happen ten years later? What if the shop earned five or ten times the money a year later? They could not increase the rent. Wouldnt that be a loss? Thus, these people either hoped to increase the rental price a little more or wanted to sign a short rental. For example, they only wanted to sign for two or three years. That way, they could think about increasing the rent in the future. Liang Qingfan and Zhang Yahui would definitely not be willing to do that. That was because in their opinion, the reason why this place could develop was all thanks to Boss Pei. If Boss Pei had not invested a huge sum of money to build Thriller Hostel and snack bazaar, the rent on this street would not have increased. Instead, it would have decreased with the gradual loss of people. The rental fee had already increased by 50%. They were already very sincere. If other companies wanted to rent it, these shop owners might have already agreed without any hesitation. However, it did not make sense for them to ask for too much just because they felt that Tengda was rich and profitable. Whats more, it was still unknown if this street could make money. What if the snack market did not become popular and there were no customers in this food street? Wouldnt they be making a huge loss if they signed a ten-year contract at an extremely high price? Boss Pei trusted them so much. He had given such an important project to the three of them. What if it failed in the end? They could not bear the responsibility. Thus, both sides were in a deadlock. The other shops were still observing other than a few more open-minded shop owners who had already signed the long-term contracts. Liang Qingfan said, Coincidentally, Boss Pei gave us some funds. I think we should be able to come to a conclusion. As for these shops, well give them three choices: either sign a long contract at the current price and rent for ten years, or well buy their shops at 50% of the market price. If they accept neither, our snack market will just bypass them. You want to take advantage of us? No way! Cyberpunk Gourmet Street might be called a snack market, but it was much longer than most snack markets. A kilometer or two was not a distance that could be covered by a single road. There were at least six to seven major and minor intersections from one end to the other. If a certain shop did not cooperate, Liang Qingfan could consider buying it from the side. Then, he could use some methods to let tourists bypass this shop. For example, they could create a road map to guide tourists on a specific route; or Tengdas own shop could create a uniform signboard and guide logo. The shops that had signed contracts were Tengdas unified plan and design. The renovation style was obvious at a glance. It would be difficult for the other shops to learn. Whats more, tourists would naturally be disgusted by counterfeit shops that were trying to gain popularity. As long as Tengda told them that a certain shop was not a snack street, most tourists would not go. It would not be easy for these shops to take advantage of Tengda. Therefore, shops that did not work with Tengda would probably end up with nothing. Tengdas vendors were elites from all over the country even though they were doing business themselves too. What right did these original bosses have to fight them for it? Liang Qingfan had to let all the shop owners know clearly that Tengda would not be scammed. Dont get the wrong idea. Otherwise, wouldnt it be endless if they were to pester them every other day on raising rents and to change the terms of the contract? As for buying and renting, it looked like the price fluctuation was the same, but there was actually a huge difference. As a second-tier city, most shops in Jingzhou had a rental ratio of about 1: 300. In other words, the shops that were rented in 2000 would cost 600,000 yuan. If he were to spend 600,000 yuan to buy a shop, he would have to collect a rent of 300 months. In other words, he would only be able to break even in 30 years. At the same 50% premium, the monthly rent increased from 2,000 to 3,000. However, the overall price of the shop increased from 600,000 to 900,000. This number looked very different. If the rent increased, it would not hurt to get an additional 1,000 yuan every month. However, if the price of the shops increased, they could get an additional 300,000 yuan. The higher the total price of the shops, the more money they would get. With this huge sum of money, they could immediately invest or manage money. The temptation would be much greater. Most of the shop owners on this street did not have much money. To them, a few hundred thousand yuan was a huge temptation. Whats more, it has always been extremely difficult to sell the shops in this area. They could still find businessmen to rent, but almost no one would be willing to spend hundreds of thousands to buy them. If they gave up this opportunity to sell it, they might not get another chance to sell it at such a high price in the future. Of course, there were risks in selling. If the value of the shops increased by more than 50% in ten years, it would be a loss. On the other hand, the shops that were rented for a long period of time would still be in their hands after ten years. They could still collect the rent. It was much more worth it. However, not everyone could resist the temptation of the immediate benefits. Whats more, no one could predict how much these shops would increase in the future. Now, Liang Qingfan was basically laying his cards on the table with these shop owners. He could either buy them or rent them for a long time. There was no third option. If any shop owners wanted to play tricks, Liang Qingfan would rather spend more money to bypass them in his snack market than to let them have a sip of soup! Chapter 1078 - Investment Group Targets The Food Street Again May 30th, Wednesday Fu Hui Investments. Li Shi was thinking about Star Bird Fitness. He had already spoken to Chang You of Otto Technologies. Both parties hit off immediately and felt that they could cooperate deeply on this project. To Chang You, even though Guo Lichengs Deposit Fitness was his first cooperation goal, the Deposit Fitness had limited capacity after all. It could not consume so many smart fitness drying racks. Previously, he had not been sure if the smart fitness drying rack would be able to make money, so the factory could not invest in too many production lines. Now that he had earned money and invested all his money into production, his monthly output had reached nearly 10,000 units. If he was willing to invest money into new production lines, it would not be difficult to achieve 20,000 units per month or even higher. 10 smart fitness drying racks were enough for each Deposit Fitness. There was limited space in the gym after all. He had to leave a lot of space for the strength area, other professional equipment, treadmill ellipticals, and other aerobic equipment. There was also the yoga room, exercise room, and so on. They could not save those. The 10 devices in each Deposit Fitness would not be able to digest the production capacity of the smart fitness drying rack. He could not possibly ask Deposit Fitness to open 100 new stores every month, right? Therefore, this business had to be done with other gyms. Chang You and Guo Licheng were not worried that this would affect the business of Deposit Fitness because the core competitiveness of Deposit Fitness was not in that. The smart fitness drying rack entering the various gyms would not only bring more gamers and income to the Fitness Battle, but there would also be live advertisements for Tengda Corporation and Otto Technologies. Once it was opened, there would be considerable long-term benefits. Therefore, Chang You also intended to use Star Bird Fitness to test waters. He wanted to see if the smart fitness drying rack would be popular in ordinary gyms. That would start a large-scale purchasing business for large-scale chain gyms. There would be at least hundreds of stores in the country with large chain gyms once this path was proven to be feasible. The number of smart fitness drying racks purchased would be extremely shocking. If the smart fitness drying rack was placed in the shops of these chain gyms, it would attract the members of these gyms to try it out and experience it. Some of them would choose to buy one and place it at home. This would greatly expand the customer base. In other words, working with the chain gym was in fact a process of expanding and advertising. The effect would definitely be much better than simply advertising online. To Li Shi, Star Bird Fitness was obviously a classic example of trying to freeload from Tengda. If he succeeded this time, not only would he be able to freeload from Tengda, but he would also be able to snatch a part of the business of the large chain gyms. Once Star Bird Fitness developed, his investment would definitely be extremely profitable! The first batch had more than a hundred smart fitness drying racks, Chang You decided to use the next batch to supply the goods. He also wanted to see if the smart fitness drying rack could succeed in traditional gyms as soon as possible. Recently, Star Bird Fitness had also begun to make adjustments to the layout of various stores. They had also spread the news to their members by distributing flyers and setting up advertisement boards. The fastest way was to wait for the smart fitness drying rack to be delivered over the weekend before they could directly experience it. Once this model became popular, Li Shi would consider collaborating with a few other investors to continue investing. He would help Star Bird Fitness open more stores and continue to purchase smart fitness drying racks on a large scale. He would use this unique advantage in the short term to expand as much as possible! At that moment, there was a knock on the office door. Xue Zhebin pushed the door open and entered. Boss Li, I did my research. Tengda is indeed interested in buying or renting the shops on the street near the Thriller Hostel. Whats more, they seemed to have issued an ultimatum yesterday. They would either rent or sell. Food Street would choose to bypass shops that are not cooperative! The situation over there is quite chaotic now. The shop owners might be talking about forming an alliance, but all of them are actually scheming. As far as I know, several shops have already signed contracts with Tengda Xue Zhebin explained everything he knew in detail. Li Shi could not help but feel energized. Very good! Its exactly the same as what I expected! I think they only spoke about long term rental previously. They now have an additional purchase plan. Boss Pei must have provided a huge sum of money. This is enough to prove that Boss Pei values this place! Li Shi had already gotten hold of this news when the construction of the snack market had just begun. However, he had never had a good idea of how to drink this soup. That was because there were many shops around the snack market but they were all in a half-dead state. Wouldnt it be a huge loss if the shops were in the opposite direction of Tengdas development? However, the goal was now clear. Obviously, Tengdas goal was to connect the snack market and Thriller Hostel through a one-kilometer-long snack street to form a link! That way, tourists could walk all the way to the snack market at night after shopping at Thriller Hostel and enjoy all sorts of delicacies. It was said that a new large project was being built inside the Thriller Hostel. That way, the economy in the surroundings would be further revitalized. Tengda had obviously thought of a solution to those shops asking for sky-high prices. The greed of humans was endless. They could not be satisfied with these shops. Otherwise, if the first shop successfully raised the price, they would raise the price as well. They would have to argue with every shop, and this would not end. Tengda offered the same price for all the shops. They offered two proposals C long-term rents and buy out. That was already generous enough. If this was not Tengdas project, Li Shi would definitely think that it was more worth it to buy than to rent. That was because there was a time value to the funds. As long as the bosses of those shops did not spend the money purely, but chose to use the funds to make more promising investments, the profits generated in 10 years would definitely be much greater than 50%. However, this was Tengdas project. That was different. The yield of Tengdas project could not be measured by a simple number. However, the shop owners might not understand this logic. That was because they did not trust Tengdas business myth as deeply as Boss Li did. Strictly speaking, these bosses joint bidding was more like a shortsighted act. Tengda had also given a solution to the bosses joint bid. That was to divide them. The original plan was to take a direct path from the snack market to Thriller Hostel. Many shop owners on this path felt that Tengda would buy their shops at all costs, so they were naturally fearless. However, Tengda had changed its way of thinking. It would choose multiple routes and finalize one based on the actual situation. The food street might turn around and bypass some shops. This way, the shops that did not have the chance to enter the snack street were within consideration. These shops would definitely fight to sign contracts with Tengda in order to obtain this opportunity. The shops that were originally in a straight line might end up empty-handed. Under such circumstances, it was impossible for the shop owners to work closely together. After all, a single mistake would cost hundreds of thousands of yuan. Most of the small bosses did not have the guts to do so. Whats more, they heard that Tengda had added a plan to directly purchase their shops on top of the original long-term rental. That was enough to show that this matter had alarmed Boss Pei and made him transfer a huge sum of money. Li Shi felt that the opportunity was here! He immediately said, Well buy shops nearby as well! However, were different from Tengda. Well only buy and not rent. Whats more, we wont fight with Tengda. Once Tengdas route is confirmed, well look for the shops that have failed and buy them at a relatively good price. I think a 40% premium shouldnt be a problem. Tengdas proposal was 50% premium, but there would definitely only be one final route to the snack street. Many nearby shops would fail the selection. The bosses of these shops would probably regret it. Of course, he could not rule out bosses who were extremely confident in themselves and felt that they could make a career in the food street. However, there would definitely be bosses who were hesitant and felt as though they had missed the opportunity to sell their shops. Li Shi and the other investors would find these people and purchase them at high prices. For a shop that had already been confirmed not to be on the food street, this premium was actually very considerable. Someone would definitely sell it. After buying it, Li Shi would transfer professionals from other industries that he had invested in, such as chain internet cafes, bars, cafes, and the like to be in charge of these shops. Whats more, Li Shi could also choose to rent a portion of the shops to Tengda at a low price and sign a long term contract. The snack market would only cover one street in the beginning but what if it were to expand in the future due to increase in traffic? Moreover, Boss Lis reputation was completely different from those shop owners. Most of the shop owners did not have the resources or the ability. They had also rejected Tengdas good intentions. Tengda would definitely not cooperate with them. However, Li Shi had the resources and had a good relationship with Boss Pei. Both parties had good working relationships. Even if they could not make it to the internal shops of the Gourmet Street, it would not be a problem for them to make it to the cooperative shops of the Gourmet Street. It would not be a problem for him to drink some soup from the food street as long as he had Tengdas approval. There was no reason for Tengda to reject this suggestion. That was because Li Shi and the other investors had bought the shops around the food street. Tengda could not possibly buy all of these shops. Instead of working with a boss whom they did not know and did not have any resources or abilities, why not work with an old acquaintance like Li Shi? What Li Shi was most concerned about was the potential appreciation of these shops many years later. Those shop owners might be suspicious and could not wait that long. However, Li Shi would definitely not be suspicious. Xue Zhebin nodded. Alright, Ill inform the other investors now! Chapter 1079 - Traditional Express Delivery Company’s Countermeasure May 31st, Thursday Shanghai, Shengyun Express Corporation headquarters. Shengyun Express Corporation was currently the boss of the domestic delivery industry. It occupied half of the delivery business. It basically covered cities at the prefecture level and above in the country and cities at the county level and above in developed areas, especially in the surrounding areas of Shanghai. It has basically achieved the goal of delivery without blind spots, and has even started the internal testing of overseas shopping transshipment business.. However, the reputation of Shengyun Express was not very good. This company had been established for nearly twenty years. Its rapid development and growth mainly benefited from the franchise strategy. It had a huge advantage in obtaining market share quickly when the entire express delivery industrys development was maintained at a high speed. However, as the industry slowed down and the company developed, and the era of careful management came to an end, the disadvantages of this franchise system became more apparent. On the one hand, there were many layers of networks and it was difficult to manage them. Many of the franchisee companies were more powerful and it was difficult to effectively execute the headquarters orders. The mixed services results might affect the end customers service evaluation; On the other hand, the low proportion of self-operated transshipment centers will also reduce efficiency to a certain extent and extend the time required for express delivery. Shengyun Express was a huge organization. It was even divided into three or four different delivery brands within the company. There was a certain competitive relationship between them. Finding a way to solve these problems was the biggest headache for Shengyun Express in recent years. At that moment, a few higher-ups of Shengyun Express were having a meeting to discuss some issues regarding the development of Shengyun Express. The chairman of Shengyun Delivery was Nie Yunsheng, but he could not control the entire corporation. A few major shareholders and the higher-ups of the companies who were friends with him would support him most of the time, but they would often have different opinions. Thus, if he wanted the entire corporation to develop in the direction that he had expected, he would need a large number of meetings to unify the internal thinking. At that moment, the meeting had already reached the end stage. Most of the big proposals had been discussed. A company Vice-President said, Boss Nie, everyone, Tengdas Upwind Logistics are preparing to build the air transport route. I have already organized a set of materials and distributed them to everyone. Boss Nie, how should we deal with this? It would take two months for Upwind Logistics to officially prepare the air transport route but Lu Mingliang was already doing some simple preparations and publicity. For example, he could distribute flyers during delivery and set up some display boards for publicity at Upwind Courier stations. That was because the express delivery business was not like other businesses. Time waited for no one. If they waited for the air transport business to be completed before advertising and guiding customers to use it, it would be too late. The first few flights would definitely not be able to pull in many goods. He had to advertise the location of Upwind Courier stations in advance. He could only receive a large number of orders when the cross-city delivery business opened. Thus, this news naturally reached Shengyun Express. The vice president had summarized all the relevant information into a report. Upwind Logistics was currently targeting the last mile delivery business. Shengyun Express had also been working closely with them. At the moment, Upwind Courier stations were expanding rapidly in Jingzhou, Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou. The number of shops was increasing rapidly. On the whole, it was still not comparable to Shengyun Express. However, once Upwind Logistics cross-city delivery business opened, it would definitely pose a threat to Shengyun Express. That was why Sheng Yun Express had to react as soon as possible and think of countermeasures. Nie Yunsheng had already read the report. His expression was slightly grave. This is completely within our expectations. Upwind Logistics has been incurring huge losses. Its impossible for them to not want to do anything. Its reasonable for them to do cross-city logistics now. With Tengda Corporation backing them, their goal must be to use these four cities as the center. Through the advantage of Upwind Courier stations, they would first open the market with high-quality services from the high-end people in the big cities and form a competitive competition with us. I have to say that this business model is still a threat to us. Whats more, we dont have many methods. Upwind Courier stations are already very dense in these cities. The delivery experience is completely better than ours. This is made from real money. We are unlikely to adopt a similar model. What do you all think? A vice-president said, Should we work with other delivery companies to kill it in its infancy? Just like what we did with Chilu Delivery. Obviously, this was the simplest and most effective method. Shengyun Express had done this before and had succeeded. A year ago, an express delivery company called Chilu Delivery developed at a high speed. It targeted the lower-tier cities in the Midwestern region. It became a disruptor with a huge backer, especially since they had a good relationship with the e-commerce platform and priced themselves one to one and a half yuan cheaper than Shengyun Delivery. Chilu Delivery took the lower-tier cities very seriously. It printed the slogan Chilu Delivery will not do a half-a*sed job no matter how high the mountain is or how far the road is. on the walls of thousands of towns. It also said that it was ready to incur losses for two years in a row. It came on aggressively. Thus, Chilu Delivery released the notice Notice on Prohibition of Taking on the Agency of Chilu Delivery on the Network and A Penalty Announcement for Taking on the Agency of Chilu Delivery. It requested the franchisees not to take on any agency for Chilu Delivery and fined the companies that violated the regulations. Under such heavy pressure, Chilu Delivery soon collapsed because of its low profit margins and messy internal management. It lost the trust of the investors who left the scene quickly and was currently in a half-dead state. Thus, the first reaction of Shengyun Express was to nip Upwind Logistics in the bud when faced with their threat. However, another vice president immediately objected. Thats not good. Upwind Logistics is different from Chilu Delivery. Chilu Delivery is our direct competitor. Upwind Logistics has been working closely with us previously. Upwind Courier stations have become the last mile of our distribution in Jingzhou, Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou. We might have distributed some profits to Upwind Courier stations for each delivery, but we have saved a lot of manpower cost since we no longer have to deliver packages to their doorstep. The delivery efficiency and revenue have obviously increased. If we were to nip Upwind Logistics in the bud completely, Upwind Logistics would not take on our deliveries. Once both sides fall out, it would be a huge loss to our daily business. Whats more, Upwind Logistics cross-city delivery business has not been fully developed yet. Even if it develops, it will mainly be a high-end market for cross-city transport. There is a certain degree of difference in positioning with our business. I think its inappropriate to take them out directly. Another higher-up agreed. I think so too. Another important point is that Upwind Logistics is different from Chilu Delivery. Their actual risk tolerance is completely different. The rise of Chilu Delivery was because they received the favor of some big funds. However, their delivery business stagnated after we banned them. These big funds lost confidence in Chilu Delivery, so Chilu Delivery declined quickly. However, Upwind Logistics is completely reliant on Tengda. It has been making losses for more than a year since it was established, but its stores are still open. This means that the upper echelons of Tengda Corporation value Upwind Courier stations very much. They were incurring losses to begin with. They would only continue incurring losses if they were banned. On top of that, they would have the support of Tengdas higher management. That would not hurt Upwind Logistics. Instead, they would put all their energy into their own delivery business. Its not worth it to fight us to the death with so many stores. To put it simply, he who is down need fear no fall. Using the banning method is not a wise move. Everyone was talking at once, and their opinions could not be unified. That was because Upwind Logistics had been developing for such a long time. It was not an absolute competition with these traditional express delivery companies. Instead, it was a dual relationship between cooperation and competition. Shengyun Express was used to throwing express deliveries to Upwind Courier stations and leaving immediately in many areas. Their efficiency of delivery increased by many times. Many online sites had already made adjustments to their personnel and removed some express deliveries that were not needed in order to save money. If they were to ban Upwind Logistics, they would either deliver the hardware directly or find a large number of new delivery points. The former was obviously unrealistic when there were not enough people, and the latter could not be completed in the short term. Nie Yunsheng gently knocked on the table seeing that everyone was almost done with their discussions. Alright, let me say a few words. Upwind Logistics has started their own delivery business. This is within our expectations. Theres nothing to be surprised about. Of course, Upwind Logistics is a new model as a potential competitor. We have to be cautious. However,we are obviously overreacting if we want to ban them immediately. We have to find an alternative to Upwind Courier stations before we can fall out with them even if we want to ban them. It looks like we have been planning to solve the last mile plan. We have to hurry and implement it. Especially in the areas that Upwind Courier stations cover. We have to get rid of our dependence on Upwind Courier stations as soon as possible! Shengyun Express had obviously been thinking about how to solve the problem of the last mile as the biggest conglomerate. No matter how he thought about it, there were only two solutions to the economy: either make delivery cabinets or a courier station in the form of a shop. However, they could not be like Upwind Courier stations, where they could deliver to their doorstep. That was because the manpower cost would be too high. It was not that he could not afford this cost, but he had to ensure profits. There was no profit to be made, and they might even incur losses. Not only would the higher-ups of Shengyun Express not agree to it, but those big business partners would also try to oppose it and not cooperate fully. In the end, he would not be able to force the Upwind Courier model as their plan. On the other hand, the delivery cabinet and the courier station that did not deliver to the doorstep would definitely not be as experienced as Upwind Courier stations. However, Shengyun Express also had its own advantages: the delivery fee was cheap, and the stations covered more cities. Since the delivery fees were cheap, it meant that many e-commerce companies would tacitly engage Shengyun Express in order to reduce costs. Many customers who were more sensitive to prices would also sacrifice some experience to choose Shengyun Express. Whats more, the proposal for the delivery cabinet was profitable. If a large sum of money was spent, the progress would be very fast. Once these two plans were done, Shengyun Express would be able to gradually shake off the reliance on Upwind Courier stations in certain cities. At that time, they would be more confident if they took measures according to the situation. Most of the higher-ups present agreed with this viewpoint. Nie Yunsheng finally decided. Alright, lets do that. Dont alert Upwind Logistics first. Lets work together normally. At the same time, we have to invest in large batches of delivery cabinets across the country, especially in areas with higher coverage of Upwind Courier stations. We have to gradually build our own last mile solution. Of course, we can first set up some test points in the early stages. We can observe places with Upwind Courier stations and places without Upwind Courier stations. We can see how the customers react. We have to take this matter seriously! Chapter 1080 - The ‘Inspiration Class’ is Working! In the afternoon Pei Qian briefly sorted out the current situation of the various industries in his office seeing that it was almost the weekend again. Tengda Games, Shang Yang Games, Otto Technologies, Fei Huang Workspace, and the other departments new projects had all gone viral. Whats more, they have received good reviews. It felt like it would be difficult to salvage the situation. Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Fish-Catching Take-Out, Upwind Logistics, Deposit Fitness, Sloth Apartments, and other physical industries were still expanding according to the original plan. There were no big movements worth mentioning. However, at the end of the settlement, some departments were still finishing their work. There seemed to be a possibility of saving them. For example, the renovation of the snack market was almost completed according to the previous plan. It will likely be officially opened at the end of next month. Tengdas large-scale experience store was currently in the midst of intense preparations. According to the original plan, the trial operations would start on the 10th of next month. It would officially open on the 24th after the big screen was installed. Chi Xing Workspace was expected to take out the finished VR glasses at the end of July and install a DEMO for Animal Island to experience. The game might be delayed for another two months or so if it was officially released. Chi Xing Workspace was not directly controlled by Tengda, so the systems control was relatively loose. It would not strictly require official products to be released before settlement. Thus, Pei Qian was not very concerned about the working period. It would be the next cycle even if he had to worry about earning money. In addition, the roller coaster project of Thriller Hostel had been undergoing repairs for a long time. It was estimated that it would take at least four or five months to complete. Pei Qian thought that if he could not finish spending all his money by the end of this cycle, he could temporarily invest more money into this roller coaster project. He could try his best to make it consume as much money as possible without seriously affecting the working period. Pei Qian had also planned a way to spend money during this cycle apart from that. Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation had been in a state of hibernation ever since they were beaten up by Tengda during the 515 Games Day money-burning war. They were not anxious, but Pei Qian was. Pei Qian had to do something to stimulate them and make them continue burning money since they were not spending anymore money. That way, he could continue the price war without the systems warning. The date that Pei Qian chose was the end of June. This time period was the summer rush for many American companies. Finger Games would definitely launch a series of preferential activities at this special time. Otherwise, it would seem too unpopular and would be scolded by overseas players. What Pei Qian wanted to do was to start summer activities a few days in advance! How could Finger Games not follow up with all sorts of generous benefits in summer? How could they be embarrassed to give less benefits? He had to grit his teeth and suppress Tengda before it officially began. Thus, Pei Qian could launch a series of new benefits, and both parties could continue to burn happily. Of course, the new benefits from the second batch would not affect the initial benefits. They should not overlap so that they would not affect the interests of the first batch of players. Pei Qian had already planned everything out. He was just waiting to showcase his skills. Sometimes, Pei Qian would sigh and thank God for giving him Finger Games and Dayak Corporation. Without the existence of these two companies, GOG would definitely quickly occupy the global MOBA games market. At that time, Pei Qian would not be able to find an opponent even if he wanted to burn money. How terrible would that be! After going through the current situation, Pei Qian was surprised to find that the situation in this cycle was not that uncontrollable. It was still acceptable. Mission and Choice had become popular and Otto Technologies new cell phones and smart fitness drying rack had also been sold out, Tengdas various departments were also developing in full swing However, there was still hope of incurring losses! Pei Qian felt that this represented his growth! Thinking back to the first few settlement cycles, his fate of earning money was already decided before month end. Pei Qian was like a salted fish that could not be turned over, waiting for the final judgment. However, the Salted Fish could try his best to turn the tables recently! It was worth celebrating. Pei Qian continued to look through the current situation of the various departments. Suddenly, he found a department that he had not paid attention to for some time. Zhongdian Chinese Network! Pei Qian specially opened an inspiration class in order to further wear down the morale of the authors and reduce Zhongdian Chinese Networks content production. The huge television, large number of movies and games, comfortable armchairs, the separate collection of inspiration areas and work areas were all tempting the salted fish in the authors hearts. Pei Qian did not pay much attention to the inspiration class after it was officially opened. On one hand, Zhongdian Chinese Networks profitability was not at the forefront compared to other departments. It was not worth Pei Qian spending too much effort to pay attention to. On the other hand, it was also because these authors were creating very slowly in the inspiration class. It would be good enough if they could write 400,000 words in three months. On the other hand, it would take at least three to four months for a book to become popular. The cycle was very long, so there was no point in keeping an eye on it. Pei Qian looked at the date. The inspiration class was set up at the beginning of February. It was now the end of May. The timing was just right. The inspiration class had a word count requirement for these authors to write novels. It would not be too long, so the rough creation time could be estimated. Those who wrote faster might be nearing the end of the novel; those who wrote slower might be halfway through. Thus, Pei Qian felt that he could find out more about the inspiration class. Perhaps there would be an unexpected surprise? Pei Qian even specially followed the new books started by the authors at that time. Thus, he immediately opened Zhongdian Chinese Networks application, which had been dusty for a long time. Pei Qians eyes lit up the moment he opened the first books details page. The figures are so bleak? They were all very dismal no matter whether it was the recommendation votes or other statistics, tips, comments, or even updating word count. In the past, this author had always been in the top three of the rankings. It could be a gauge of how badly the figures had fallen since he had fallen out of the top ten. He opened four or five more books in a row. The situation was similar! The one with the best statistics was Eternal Reincarnation, an official novel using Repent and be Saved as background. This books statistics were in the top five of the fantasy genre. It was around twenty to thirty in the entire site. Even so, it was the best result that the authors of the inspiration classes had achieved. Pei Qian flipped through the comments section of these books and read the feedback of the readers. He immediately smiled knowingly. That was because these authors used to be good at creating web novels. Now, they were suddenly changing into a compact form. Many authors were actually not used to it because it was very difficult to use their previous creative experience. The slow updating speed was unbearable for most readers. It would be very difficult for readers to chase an online literature with a daily release of 4,000 word release, but it was still acceptable if the quality was high. However, it would be a disaster if it was a 1,000 word release daily. People would read the monthly update unless the quality was too outstanding. However, it was obvious that the authors in the inspiration class could not do that. Therefore, the results of these books were not good. A portion of the authors seemed to have been dealt a blow. They expressed in their comments that they would return to write the theme that they were good at after the book was done. On top of that, Pei Qian took a look at Cui Gengs new book, Successor. He realized that the books results were slightly worse than Eternal Reincarnation. It was ranked around 40th. Cui Geng, who had once reached the top of Zhongdian Chinese Network, being ranked around 40 was obviously an unacceptable result. Zhongdian Chinese Network was different from a huge station that was Infinite Chinese Network after all. Relatively speaking, the readers and authors group was relatively small. The number of books in the 50th place was ten times smaller than Cui Gengs previous books. Pei Qian read all of them at once, and the results were so optimistic that it was beyond imagination. If they were judged according to the standards of online literature, the creators of these inspiration classes could basically be said to have failed completely! Wouldnt Boss Pei have to step in and comfort the writers? Pei Qian immediately decided to make a trip to the inspiration class. The authors in the inspiration class were on a Fixed-rate Contract and made a lot of money but many of them did not want to continue writing it. For many authors, the feeling of loneliness of no one reading their book was much scarier than earning less money. Thus, Pei Qian felt that he should comfort them and strengthen their confidence to continue writing. Some of them had to stay even if some of them ran away! How could he allow such a good inspiration class to be empty with no attendees? Chapter 1081 - Film Project for the Inspiration Class! Pei Qian arrived at Zhongdian Chinese Networks inspiration class half an hour later. The study class and inspiration class were on two different floors. Pei Qian went to the study class first to take a look. There was only one room for the class when they started and expanded to three rooms subsequently. Now, all three rooms were filled. One could hear the sound of mechanical keyboard typing from the entrance. It was like a cheerful ocean of crisp typing. Most of the authors here were unfamiliar faces to him, but their expressions were very focused. They looked quite excited, as if they could not wait to convert the story in their minds into words. Pei Qian could not help but feel his heart ache. The number of mid-tier writers that this class had nurtured for Zhongdian Chinese Network was uncountable. This income was not worth mentioning when compared to Tengdas current size but Zhongdian Chinese Networks library was constantly being filled. The number of authors and readers were also expanding. There would be a huge increase in the possibility of explosive books as time went by. Pei Qian did not disturb these authors. Instead, he continued upstairs to the floor where the inspiration class was. It was much quieter on this floor. Pei Qian only heard one person typing. Whats more, it was intermittent. It was obviously very difficult for that person to continue. There were a total of three areas in the inspiration class. They were the inspiration collection area, work area, and large-scale film studio. The inspiration collection area and work area had a long conference table that was occasionally used for meetings or brainstorming. In the inspiration collection area, every author had an armchair, television, and game system. The lighting in the entire space was relatively dark. There were reading lamps beside each persons sofa. They could read novels, comics, watch movies, and play games. On the other hand, the entire room of the large-scale film studio was soundproofed. There were cinema-level projectors and sound systems inside. The authors could broadcast the movie according to their needs and make reservations to use it. At first, there were only about 10 people in the inspiration class. However, they continued to expand until there were 25 people in total. These 25 people were basically the top writers of Zhongdian Chinese Network for a period of time. They were ranked among the top in the various zones. Now, there were only about 10 people in the inspiration collection area. Some were playing games, some were watching movies, and some were reading under the reading light. They were all wearing earphones, so it was very quiet. They could only hear the sound of pages flipping and the press of the handle. There were two authors in the work area. One of them had his hands on the keyboard and would only type a few words every now and then. The other was holding his chin with one hand and staring at the computer screen in a daze, thinking about something. Where did the other half of the authors go? They were obviously watching movies in the studio. The entire studio might have been soundproofed so that it would not affect the inspiration collection area and the work area, but they could still vaguely hear voices outside the studio door. It seemed to be playing a very tense war film with intense gunshots. Pei Qian was overjoyed. Hear, hear! The difference was obvious compared to the study class! The authors in the study class were all writing with their heads down. On the other hand, the inspiration class was seriously collecting inspiration. There were only two people in the work area and they were all in a daze. Pei Qian could not help but feel a little proud. After all, he was the one who thought of the inspiration class. The facts had proven that it was very effective. Everyone was very focused and no one noticed Pei Qians arrival. There were no restrictions on the inspiration class after all. It did not matter if they were late, left early, or did not come for two or three days in a row. Normally, authors would walk around when looking for books on the bookshelves, game discs, and going to the toilet. Everyone was already used to it. Pei Qian found a random place to sit down in the work area. Both authors were focused on their own work and did not notice him. After a while, the movie in the studio was done. The authors walked out one by one. A few authors were discussing the plot of the movie in low voices, but they obviously did not look very excited. They returned to their seats. Pei Qian could tell that these authors were very confused and needed his guidance. Cui Geng walked in behind the crowd and turned around subconsciously. He happened to see Boss Pei sitting in his seat in the work area, smiling at the authors. Boss Pei?! Cui Gengs words made everyone turn around. Then, shame appeared on the writers faces. Sh*t, Boss Pei caught them red-handed! When they first came to this inspiration class, most of the authors were in a state of high fighting spirit. They might be writing a fixed-rate contract but with such good conditions, they must definitely make a name for themselves. However, they realized that their motivations became a little weak as they continued. The more good works they read, the more inspiration they would accumulate. It had instead made them feel that their writing was rubbish. Naturally, their writing speed slowed down and the more they wrote, the more out of shape it became. As time went by, it degenerated into the current lazy state. They worked eight hours a day, and would watch movies, read novels, and play games to accumulate materials or conceptualize plots for seven hours. It would be good enough if they could write for an hour. If they had known that Boss Pei was coming, they would have prepared seriously and brought out their best mental state. After all, Boss Pei had arranged such a good working environment for them and prepared such a generous treatment. In the end, not only did they not write any particularly exciting works, they did not even maintain the most basic creative passion. How could they be worthy of Boss Peis kind intentions! Pei Qian smiled. If everyone has time, can you put down your work for a chat? Everyone nodded. They were collecting materials most of the time now. There was very little time to really maintain a highly focused state to create. There was no work on hand. There was a long table beside them. Everyone quickly took their seats. The other authors pulled their chairs from the work area and surrounded them. Many authors were very nervous, feeling that they had been caught by Boss Pei. Boss Pei would definitely make some adjustments to the format of the inspiration class even if he did not criticize them. Maintaining this inspiration class would burn a lot of money after all. Not to mention the cost of the entire venue and daily expenses, the authors articles would be sold at a high price. In the end, they would produce novels of this quality. That would definitely not satisfy Boss Pei. Some authors were very ashamed. They could not wait to pat their chests with Boss Pei and guarantee that they would not slack off and work hard in the future. They had to write a classic even if they had to write until they were foaming at the mouth. There were also some authors who made up their minds to admit their mistakes to Boss Pei and consciously quit this inspiration class to go back and write in their own old ways. They were not cut out for this and should not waste Boss Peis good intentions. Pei Qian looked around at everyone and smiled. Its been three or four months since the inspiration class was opened. Ive seen everyones efforts during this period. I think the inspiration class is very successful. It completely met my expectations! Everyone was petrified. Huh? It had completely met his expectations? Dont we know what were like now? How is this very successful? This made the authors who wanted to seriously repent and admit their mistakes fall into a collective silence, not knowing how to respond. Cui Geng said weakly, To be honest, Boss Pei, most of the authors in the inspiration class are not doing well, including me Whats more, our results have not reached our expectations Cui Geng was the most familiar with Boss Pei among all the authors. Naturally, Cui Geng could only tell him the truth. Pei Qian waved his hand. Of course, I know that. But this is normal! You are in the stage of exploring the transformation. Its normal for you to feel a little pain. A story with a few million words and a story with hundreds of thousands of words are completely different. You are equivalent to starting from scratch. How can you succeed all of a sudden? When you first started writing online novels, you couldnt have succeeded in your first novel, right? You had to have accumulated millions of words at the very least. Its the same for creative writing in the inspiration class. Without the inspiration class, you might never touch this theme in your lifetime, right? As for the results, to be honest, to be able to use such slow updating word count on a web novel website and such unpopular content to rank in the top fifty on the internet, isnt that highlighting your strong foundation? Boss Peis words confused the authors. According to Boss Pei So what we wrote was actually very good? It had to be said that people were very easily guided and hinted at by the external world. If a large group of people went to the book review section and said that the book was trash, the author would also doubt himself and not dare to write the content that he had originally thought of. He might even want to give it up. However, if many people encouraged the author even though the data of the book were not good but the content was very exciting, the author would also be encouraged. He might even be bolder to try new plot designs and ideas. Boss Pei might be the only one who gave such high ratings, and most traditional online literature readers did not think highly of these works, but that was Boss Pei! Boss Peis praise could at least offset the criticism of ten thousand readers, right? Thus, the authors quietly felt confident. Many people had the illusion that what they wrote was still alright. Pei Qian smiled. It looked like his Great Deceit had improved. In the past, it had always been a one-on-one bluff. Now, it could fool a group of people, and the effect was not bad. However, he could not be satisfied yet. He had to strike while the iron was hot. Pei Qian paused for a moment to let the authors calm down. Then, he continued. In order to consolidate the results of this inspiration class and to support and reward outstanding authors, I have decided to choose the top three authors of this inspiration class to reward them! I will arrange for the games department to develop a large-scale documentary for Repent and be Saved using the book Eternal Reincarnation as the background story creation. The author will be able to participate in the production and can propose his own modification of any details in the game. Cui Gengs Successor is a superhero theme. I will entrust it to Fei Huang Workspace to make an online drama. Similarly, the author can participate the entire time and give his own opinions. And the last one. The story of Executor Academy is based on GOG. However, it is more relaxed and humorous. Whats more, with a little prank, I think the animation would be more suitable. Therefore, I will ask Fei Huang Workspace to buy an additional animation workspace to turn the Executor Academy into its first work! Whats more, the authors will get a 15% share of the profits from the revision! All the works in the inspiration class had already paid a fixed-rate fee that was higher than the market price. Logically speaking, there was no need to give this share. However, Pei Qian would definitely not let go of this opportunity to spend more money. Thus, he gave a rather generous share. Pei Qian paid more attention to the first two works while the third was purely to make up the numbers. This Executer Academy was based on GOG, but it did not portray GOGs official story background. Instead, it was more like a light novel. It was formed from many short stories. It was overall humorous, humorous, and a little unreasonable. This works results were not as good as the first two. After all, similar topics would look out of place on online literature websites. It was actually more difficult to write an outstanding short story than a long one. Many jokes that could only be expressed through tone and action would be greatly reduced if they were written in words. The works of these authors had already been proven to be not very successful in business. Since that was the case, he should glorify them! It was not successful to begin with. Wouldnt it be even more unsuccessful after it became a movie or anime? How much money could a novel waste? It was just a small amount of fixed-rate money. However, if the novel was changed to an online drama or anime, the cost would be high! Wouldnt it be perfect if he spent so much money and the audience did not like it? As for why he wanted to make web dramas and comics Fei Huang Workspace gave Pei Qian a headache. They had filmed so many themes before, short videos, documentaries, and two movies They were all on fire. It was obvious that Zhu Xiaoce had the power to turn something rotten into something magical by making Fei Huang Workspace film, a rubbish script personally written by Boss Pei. What if Fei Huang Workspace turned these books into movies and took off again? Therefore, they should change the topic. The web series this time was different from the previous ones. It was not a low-cost production. Instead, it had to be a huge production. However, it was not a movie and could not enter the cinema. Naturally, the possibility of losing money would increase greatly. Comics was a field that Tengda had never stepped foot into before. Pei Qian could spend a sum of money to buy an animation studio. If he could not get to the movies, the animation would not be affected, right? These three works could be turned into movies and animations. It would definitely give the other authors a lot of encouragement and motivation. The other authors would definitely squeeze their heads into the inspiration class if they could change games, web series, and comics with such rubbish. That way, all the top writers on the website would enter the large-scale incubator of the inspiration class. Wouldnt it become better over time? Pei Qian could not help but feel overjoyed. What a perfect plan! Chapter 1082 - Boss Pei Seems to Have Some Conscience! After hearing Boss Peis words, the authors expressions quickly changed from apprehension to shock and then to joy. The authors were very apprehensive when they first saw Boss Pei. After all, the treatment in the inspiration class was really too good. However, the authors final works were very difficult to satisfy themselves. That made everyone feel a little guilty. Many authors did not believe Boss Pei when he said that the results of the inspiration class were satisfactory. They thought that Boss Pei was afraid of hurting everyones fragile souls and deliberately said that to comfort them. However, the authors were instantly convinced now that Boss Pei had announced the development of the three movies copyrights. It looked like Boss Pei was quite satisfied with these works! Why else would they be qualified to develop copyrights? There were so many outstanding web novels every year, but only a few of them were qualified to develop copyrights. On one hand, it was because the conditions for copyright development were harsh. On the other hand, it was also because the investment for copyright development was relatively large. Once it failed, the loss would be huge. Thus, he had to consider it carefully. Writing a novel was a personal matter; to turn a novel into anime or a web series often required the close cooperation of an entire team and the corresponding publicity channels Which author did not want their copyrighted novel to succeed? Turning words into images would increase the spread and fame of the story by a large level. The authors of the three chosen books were all excited because they had never expected such an opportunity. The authors who had not been selected did not feel disappointed at all. That was because they had not expected their books to be selected. Instead, they were more motivated and hoped that their works would be on the next copyright development list! Boss Pei is awesome! I will write well and not let Boss Pei down! What are you waiting for? Everyone, get back to work! The authors, who had been lifeless just now, suddenly regained their vitality. They returned to their posts like they had been on steroids. Some continued to collect materials while others could not wait to write and create. Most of the authors who had wanted to go back to work after finishing their novels also gave up on that idea. Anyone with discerning eyes would be able to tell that the chances of copyrights being developed in this inspiration class was far greater than Zhongdian Chinese Networks regular online novels. It was also much higher than other websites! Among more than twenty works, three had been selected to be adapted into games, web series, and comics. The ratio was simply sky-high! Who would be willing to leave with such temptation? This book might not be good now but there was still hope for the next one! It did not matter even if they did not get the opportunity to develop copyrights after writing three or four books. However, they had to at least give it a try. There would not be such an excellent opportunity in the future if they missed it! As for the three selected authors, they were even more excited. The passion for creation that had been extinguished previously burned once again. Even though the main part of the three novels had been roughly completed, there were still a lot of details that needed polishing. If there was no hope of revising it, they might have to muddle through. In any case, they did not have much influence. What was the point of wasting so much effort on those details? However, the situation was completely different now that he wanted to change it and show it to the entire internet audience. Not only did they have to avoid any mistakes in the details, but they also had to work hard to perfect the plot that they had already written and enrich it so that it would be perfect. These three works were all personally selected by Boss Pei. Wouldnt it be embarrassing for Boss Pei if the script writer in charge of the adaptation saw them? That must not happen! Pei Qian nodded in satisfaction and turned to leave seeing how the authors were once again engrossed in their work. It looked like these authors would not run away in the short term. The inspiration class was saved. Pei Qian thought that since the effect of the inspiration class was so good, he could consider expanding the size of the inspiration class in the next cycle. For example, he could rent another floor and recruit 20 to 30 authors. Wouldnt it be perfect if the expenses were doubled? However, that was for the next cycle. He would not think about these two months. Pei Qian had just left the inspiration class when his cell phone vibrated. A memo popped up. Eh? Its time to give Meng Chang a commission again today. Time passed very quickly. It was almost the end of the month. Pei Qian felt speechless when he thought about last month. He had already gotten rid of the wrong answer for Meng Chang. He did not even make Otto G1s publicity plan. He only made a smart fitness drying rack. In the end, it was still useless! Meng Chang came to Lin Jiaqiang for this publicity plan and produced a promotional video that was quite popular. What was worse was that Lin Jiaqiang himself used the smart fitness drying rack to lose weight. He even edited the video and posted it on Aili Islands website, causing an extremely high popularity! Pei Qian did not even have to look at the analysis report to know that Meng Changs commission this month was probably 0. What should he do? Even Pei Qian was worried for Meng Chang. It was almost time for settlement. Meng Chang had been receiving a basic salary for the past few months. That was too miserable! Pei Qian still hoped that Meng Chang would be able to get some commission before settlement. Even if it was a thousand yuan, it would still be a celebration. However, Pei Qian did not have a good solution. If he had a solution, he would have done the publicity plan himself. Why would he need Meng Chang? He could only say, work hard together! Pei Qian took the car back to his office and quickly met Meng Chang before it was time to knock off. He then arranged for the publicity work for next month. Theres still only the basic salary this month. Pei Qian handed the analysis report to Meng Chang. Meng Chang did not even pick up and nodded weakly as a silent agreement. It was not the first time he had received a basic salary anyway. He was almost numb. Pei Qian could not help but worry seeing Meng Changs fearless expression. Youre not going to ruin it for me, are you? Pei Qian quickly said with a serious expression, Meng Chang, publicity work is very important. Dont mess it up for me. You have to focus 120% and think carefully about every publicity plan, understand? Look at how nice I am to you. I helped you get rid of a wrong answer last month, but you still didnt get a commission. What a pity! What Pei Qian was considering was that Meng Chang was racking his brains to reduce the influence of the publicity plan and reverse publicity for the product. In the end, the products were all popular. Wouldnt it become even more popular if Meng Chang completely gave up and casually came up with a few publicity plans every time? Meng Chang was the first line of defense. Even if he could not fight the external enemy, he had to weaken the enemys strength, right? Thus, Pei Qian was not lying. He was speaking from the bottom of his heart. However, the corners of Meng Changs mouth twitched as veins popped out on his forehead. How infuriating! You still have the cheek to say that you helped me get rid of a wrong answer? The two projects last month were all f*cking wrong answers! So what if you removed one for me? Didnt I give the publicity plan for the smart fitness drying rack for nothing? However, Meng Chang could not think of any way to refute even if he was as angry as a pufferfish. He could only protest silently with silence. Pei Qian was even more worried when he saw that Meng Chang was already in a situation where he was not afraid of making things worse. This could not continue. At the very least, he had to think of a way to let Meng Chang see some hope. Otherwise, no matter how energetic a person was, he would be dispirited under such a series of blows. Pei Qian coughed lightly. How about this, Meng Chang? I think the agreement we signed previously is a little difficult. Considering that Tengdas products are naturally well-known, this brings many difficulties to the development of the publicity plan. Therefore, I think that we can change the content of the agreement slightly and relax some standards. That way, your success rate would be higher. What do you think? Meng Changs eyes widened slightly, unable to believe what he had just heard. Such a good thing actually existed? Boss Pei was taking the initiative to relax the standards? Meng Chang finally stopped being silent and asked, How should we change it? Pei Qian pondered for a moment. First, raise your base salary to 4,000 yuan. Second, relax the conditions for the publicity plans commission. As long as you spend enough money on publicity and maintain the publicity effect below expenses for half a month, you can at least obtain a guaranteed commission of 2,000 yuan. Even if the publicity effect suddenly improves, you can keep this 2,000 yuan. Meng Changs eyes gradually lit up. The conditions sounded good! It was a double guarantee. In the past, his base salary had only been 3,000 yuan. Now, his base salary has been increased to 6,000 yuan. That was double! Of course, if he wanted to get this basic guarantee of 2,000 yuan, he had to ensure that the publicity effect would not be good for at least half a month. However, this should not be difficult. This situation had been maintained for a long time when Meng Chang made the publicity plan for Mission and Choice. If Boss Pei had not suddenly changed the release date of the game to trick him, he might have already gotten the commission for that month. All in all, the new plan was indeed beneficial to Meng Chang compared to the original plan. Meng Chang nodded. Alright. He subconsciously wanted to say thank you, but he felt that something was amiss. It was a little unreasonable to say thank you in a little dark humor. Thus, he only squeezed out an okay in the end. Pei Qian said, Lets start next month. The publicity plan for next month is to choose one out of four. You can decide which one to choose. They are Zhongdian Chinese Networks inspiration class, snack market, Tengda experience shop, and summer promotion activities. I can help you get another wrong answer. Youd better not touch the summer promotions. Meng Chang sniggered inwardly. Do you think Im stupid? Every time Tengda burns money, it burns an earth-shaking amount. I must be crazy to choose summer events to advertise in the opposite direction. However, Meng Chang had not thought about how to choose the first three projects because he was not familiar with them. He thought for a moment. Boss Pei, can I spend some time researching the specifics of these three projects before making a decision? Pei Qian was elated and immediately nodded. Of course! You should have done more research long ago! Do a good, deep research. If you need anything, ask the person-in-charge to cooperate with you. We have to plan before making a move. We have to think carefully about the publicity plan, understand? Meng Chang was already used to Boss Peis sarcasm and nodded silently. No matter how much he failed, he should be able to persevere for fifteen days, right? His base salary went from 3,000 to 6,000 yuan. It might not be a lot, but at least it doubled. Whats more, as long as he did well, he would still have a chance to get a 100,000 yuan commission! Meng Chang suddenly felt that Boss Pei was not that disgusting anymore. This person seemed to still possess some conscience! Chapter 1083 - Research Complete! June 1st, Friday Meng Chang wore a mask, sunglasses, and cap and came to the snack market in the old industrial zone. At first, Meng Chang had completely lost his motivation. However, the little flame of hope in his heart burned again after talking to Boss Pei yesterday. Thus, he came to inspect today. After removing the wrong option, there were three options left: snack market, experience shop, and inspiration class. It was already Friday today. It was impossible to research the situation of all three industries within this week, but Meng Chang still felt that he had to hurry up. The earlier the research was done, the earlier the publicity plan would be confirmed. The more money he burned, the more commission he would get. It was not encouraging Meng Chang to adopt a conservative publicity plan but encouraging Meng Chang to come up with more risky plans. That was because he should pursue a high commission without any worries! All in all, after Boss Pei adjusted the contents of the agreement between the two parties, Meng Chang once again became passionate about the commission! Meng Chang was fully armed today and covered his face tightly, afraid that he would be recognized. It was not that he had the burden of an idol, nor was he afraid of meeting fans on the streets. The reason why he was so cautious was mainly to guard against Boss Peis employees. Meng Chang had also reviewed his failures and realized that there seemed to be a huge shadow behind him. That was Boss Pei! Take the publicity for Mission and Choice for example. Was changing the release date of the game something a human would do? Boss Pei might have said that it was to clash with Fantasy Battle Remake after the incident but Meng Chang still suspected that it might be a cover. The real reason was targeted at him. There were many similar situations. Meng Chang felt that he had a pretty good grasp of the situation every time. However, his plan would always fail and be ruined because of some inexplicable and freaky combination of factors. Once or twice was fine, but how many times had it been! Was it possible to say that Boss Pei was not behind this? Meng Chang felt that there must have been at least one or two failures that Boss Pei was messing with. His goal was to destroy his plan so that he could only get a basic salary. Meng Chang had no evidence but he believed it firmly. Therefore, there must be many spies of Boss Pei in the various departments. Even the advertising and marketing department was not spared. As the saying went, success through secrecy, failure through leak of the secret. It meant that the better the confidentiality, the higher the chances of success. Therefore, Meng Chang decided to try his best to keep it a secret this time. He would definitely not let Boss Pei guess which project he wanted to publicize before the publicity plan was officially opened. That way, the probability of getting a commission would definitely increase greatly! Meng Chang pretended to be a curious passerby and walked around the snack market. Many people in Jingzhou were very interested in Tengdas new industry. Thus, many people were shopping nearby. These people were of different ages. Some of them were older than the locals. The uncles and aunties came to take a walk and take a look while they were at it. Some young people might have come all the way here to take a look. Meng Chang hid his tracks very well. According to the working period, the snack market would only be officially opened in two weeks. Thus, no vendors were moving in yet. There was still some finishing work to be done with the renovations. Even though the general style of the entire snack market had been confirmed, it was still very difficult to deduce whether it would become popular based on this. Meng Chang walked around the food market twice but still had no clue. It was very difficult to determine if it would become popular just by seeing these contents. However, at that moment, his eyes lit up as he saw someone he knew. Wasnt that Li Shi from Fu Hui Investments? If not for Li Shi, Meng Chang would not have been in debt and would not have ended up in this state. Strictly speaking, Meng Chang hated Li Shi more than Boss Pei. After all, Boss Pei gave Meng Chang the feeling that he was the ultimate villain in a movie. He might be hateful but he was powerful and filled with personal charm. On the other hand, Boss Li gave Meng Chang the feeling that he was a lackey under the antagonist. He might not be very dangerous but he was filled with evil tricks. He had to be wary! It was easy to get past the King of Hell, but difficult to get through the little ghosts. However, now was not the time to bear a grudge because Li Shis appearance would reveal some information. Meng Chang temporarily put down his hatred and silently pretended to be an ordinary passerby who was strolling around. He followed not far behind Li Shi and observed silently. Li Shi would not have come here for no reason. Something must have happened! Meng Chang had long realized that Li Shi and a few investors in Jingzhou had always been close to Boss Pei and followed Boss Peis lead. Li Shis appearance near Boss Peis new industry was definitely not a good sign. Indeed, Li Shi walked all the way to a shop near the snack market. He entered and chatted with the boss. After chatting for about half an hour, Li Shi seemed to be very satisfied. He came out with a smile and went to the next shop to continue chatting. Meng Chang carefully maintained a distance from Li Shi and stared at him from afar. Why was he talking to these shop owners? Obviously, he wanted to buy a shop! There was no other explanation. Meng Chang could not help but snicker inwardly. There was no need to look. He had eliminated another wrong answer! This was Boss Peis usual trick. Meng Chang already knew about it. Boss Pei did not have enough funds when he built the Thriller Hostel. It was difficult for him to build the entire Thriller Hostel, including the surrounding facilities. Thus, Boss Pei purposely distributed the surrounding businesses to Li Shi and the other investors in Jingzhou. That way, they would have the surrounding facilities and the publicity work for the Thriller Hostel would be in place. Even though they would be able to split some benefits, everyone would be able to make more money. Boss Pei was obviously trying the same trick again! It was impossible for Tengda to buy all the shops around the snack market, so they deliberately left a portion for Boss Li and the other investors to buy. That way, he would not have to fork out too much money. At the same time, he could firmly control all the surrounding shops. He could develop and unify the plan. At that point, Meng Chang was basically certain that this snack market was going to become popular. That was because Boss Pei had already arranged for Boss Li and the others to buy all the surrounding shops. Obviously, he had 100% confidence in this snack market. At that time, even if Meng Changs publicity plan was done well, he would probably not be able to get a commission no matter how much money he spent. That was because Boss Li and the others would definitely think of a way to make this place popular! Under the favor of so many investors, even if he had to spend money, he had to make this place popular. It could be said that seeing Boss Li participate basically meant that this place could not be touched. That was because Boss Li was not only Boss Peis puppet, but also an extension of Boss Peis will. He would also take the initiative to carry out Boss Peis intentions so that his interests would not be harmed. Based on the previous cases, any project that Boss Li used was definitely the most important to Boss Pei. To the business genius Boss Pei, most important often meant definitely popular! Meng Chang did not stay any longer. He immediately gave up on the snack market and took a car to the next location for inspection: Tengda experience shop across the Great World. This was considered official business. He would take a taxi and obtain a reimbursement. The two places were quite far apart and there was a little traffic on the road. Meng Chang only arrived at Tengdas experience shop nearly an hour later. This was the first time Meng Chang visited Tengdas experience shop. However, Meng Chang only took a look from afar before opening the door and getting into the car again after getting out of the car. Master, lets go. Ive changed my schedule. The driver did not ask any more questions. He stepped on the accelerator and drove off. Meng Chang just got out of the car and scanned the surroundings before collecting the following information. Tengdas experience shop was opposite the GPL league competition venue. It often welcomed players from all over the country. Whats more, it seemed like the GPLs Spring Competition Finals were about to begin. Tengda experience shop occupied the most perfect spot in the entire shopping mall. The huge glass wall looked extremely impressive. It could even become a new landmark in Jingzhou City. There were two huge screens outside the shopping mall that were undergoing construction. Once the construction was complete, these two huge screens would bring a huge visual impact to passers-by. They might even be captured and posted online, causing a greater popularity. Therefore, Meng Chang did not intend to walk in at all. He just glanced outside and knew that this was probably a wrong answer. Be it the snack market or the experience shop, even if he racked his brains to think of a publicity plan and worked hard to reduce the popularity, he would probably only last for two weeks and get a basic salary. Meng Chang would definitely not do such a thing that was not proportional to his gains. Boss Pei is too much. He might have given me four options, and they look like a lot, but at least three of them are wrong! Ill work for him for nothing if I choose! Theres still one last option, the authors inspiration class. I wonder if this option is also a wrong choice. At the very least, he should have given me some space to show off, right? Ai, Boss Pei, please have some compassion! The more Meng Chang thought about it, the more melancholic he became. At first, he had thought that it was just messing up the publicity plan. How simple! However, Meng Chang increasingly felt that this was an epic difficulty and impossible task! Whats more, the difficulty of this matter would only increase as Tengda gradually expanded. That was because Tengda was such a unique company. Its every move would be seen by netizens, and any behavior would be repeatedly interpreted by netizens. Even ordinary publicity could have unexpected effects. Meng Chang did not know what to do in the future. He could only take it one step at a time. At four in the afternoon, Meng Chang walked out of the building where Zhongdian Chinese Networks inspiration class was located. He had completed his research before work ended! In fact, Meng Chang had not planned to be so fast. He had reserved at least three days according to his original plan. He had planned to finish researching and finalizing the publicity project on Tuesday. However, he did not expect the first two projects to be developed so quickly. He only took a look and walked around a few times before he finished them. That was why he saved so much time. It might be a sad story but it was also beneficial: Meng Chang could quickly formulate a publicity plan during the weekend and push it out on Monday. That would minimize the possibility of the secret being leaked so that Boss Pei would not have time to play tricks. It looks like I was given four choices, but there is only one choice. I can only publicize this inspiration class. The copyright development plan for this inspiration class is very big, but all the plans will only officially begin in two months. The free time in between gives me a lot of room to maneuver. I want to think of a foolproof publicity plan for the next two days. Whats more, this plan must be simple enough. It would be best if theres no need for any preparation work. It can be placed directly on subway stations, bus stations, and billboards. The fewer links there are, the lower the possibility of leaking information. The fewer chances Boss Pei has of playing tricks. Yes, lets do that! Meng Chang could not help but feel excited. The first three options were very messed up. If he were to create a publicity plan, he would definitely get a basic salary. Fortunately, there was still the option of an inspiration class. Meng Chang felt like a person trapped in a huge formation. Danger was everywhere and difficulties were everywhere but Boss Pei still left a life door for him no matter what! He could only depend on his own effort to seize this lifeline. Chapter 1084 - : Meng Chang’s Principle Not Touching Three Areas June 3rd, Sunday. Meng Chang leaned back slightly after operating the laptop in his residence. He seriously sized up his fruit of labour after more than a day of hard work and nodded in satisfaction. Yes, it was perfect! Of course, this so-called perfect was a conclusion that could only be reached from his perspective. Meng Chang specially opened a celebratory can of Coca Cola to make himself happy. Meng Changs residence might not be good, but this computer was an office computer given by Tengda. It had all sorts of configurations and could easily deal with this simple job. This high-end laptop was equipped with a 1 billion color monitor and a 2K high refresh rate screen.This screen was already enough for professional film veterans. However, there was only a simple PS program on the computer at that moment. The pictures inside were pure-colored backgrounds, and the theme content was made up of many words. It looked messy. It was filled with similar information: Eternal Reincarnation was ranked 24th in the entire station, top five in the Fantasy Zone, and had a total of 370,000 recommendation votes The other books in the inspiration class and their achievements were also included. There were a total of seven books and the results of these books. These contents were laid out on the poster in a messy manner, intertwined and complicated. It was neither ugly nor outstanding. Of course, Meng Chang knew the layout of the poster very well. Generally speaking, the smaller the number of words on the poster, the better. That was because large and simple pictures would be more advantageous to form a visual impact. The more words there were, the smaller the words would look. The audience might feel tired reading them or they might not want to look at these words at all. Naturally, the publicity effect would be greatly reduced. Of course, there were also some unavoidable situations. For example, many museum posters often needed to use large amounts of text to introduce a certain exhibition product. The designer would deliberately make some adjustments when designing the poster, such as adjusting the size of the words, the combination of the words, the arrangement of the words, and so on, to make the overall layout of the poster more comfortable. Meng Chang knew this but he deliberately did not do so. He only threw all of these contents onto the poster and made some simple adjustments. Most people could see the contents of the poster clearly but it would definitely not be beautiful. The reason was very simple. Why should the poster look beautiful? Wouldnt that be the opposite of the goal of reverse publicity? He just had to make the poster look passable. The contents of the poster were finalized after Meng Chang pondered and understood a lot of relevant knowledge. The results of the works in the inspiration class were not good. It was ranked in the top 20 of the entire station, ranked in the top five of the zones and had a total recommendation by only 300,000 readers This was not considered outstanding data even within Zhongdian Chinese Network. Instead, it looked very shabby. Those who did not read online literature might think that the figures were not bad, but as long as they had a deeper understanding of online literature, they would know that the figures were quite bad. Thus, it played a role in bragging and criticizing. The most important thing was that everyone would think that the person who made this publicity plan did not understand the online literature industry and was an outsider. They would not think that he deliberately messed up this publicity plan. Meng Chang would have achieved his goal that way. Meng Chang had put in a lot of effort in order to guard against leaks. He disguised himself during the research and went to Zhongdian Chinese Network in secret without being seen by anyone. He also secretly made the plan at home. He did not ask Zhongdian Chinese Network for internal data. Instead, he went to Zhongdian Chinese Networks application to collect data that was available for everyone. Even the publicity poster was personally photoshopped by Meng Chang. Meng Chang would hand this poster to the people from the advertising and marketing department directly when he returned to work on Monday. He would ask them to immediately hang this poster on public transport stations, subway stations, and websites in some cities. That way, it would be too late to change their publicity plan even if the advertising and marketing department had spies planted by Boss Pei. In fact, it would be much harder for Boss Pei to secretly interfere! The more Meng Chang thought about it, the more he felt that his plan was perfect. He saved the poster, took two sips of Coca Cola, and then prepared to head downstairs to eat. Meng Chang decided to walk two more steps to the nearby food square to eat a buffet barbecue. Tengdas work meals might be very delicious and were all delivered by Fish-Catching Take-Out, but they were too healthy after all. Sometimes, they still had to be slightly sinful if they wanted to reward themselves. Would you like to understand more about the new interactive fitness experience, sir? Meng Chang was humming as he walked towards the food square when he suddenly heard a familiar sales pitch. A hand and a flyer appeared in front of him. He wanted to dodge subconsciously, but he suddenly realized that the slogans of the gym today were different from before. It used to be: Do you want to understand more about swimming training? Today, it became: Would you like to understand more about the new interactive fitness experience? There seemed to be a huge difference! Meng Chang reached out to take the flyer and realized that the content of the flyer was different from traditional gyms. There were many characters in Fitness Battle printed on the flyer. There were handsome or charming poses. There was also a rendering of a smart fitness drying rack. There was a series of promotional text below, mainly introducing the smart fitness drying rack and the Fitness Battle game. On the back of the flyer was the name Star Bird Fitness and a logo, as well as the exact location of the nearby Gourmet Square store. It also stated that the card could entitle them to a 50% discount, which was very good. Meng Chang was stunned. Whats happening? Isnt the smart fitness drying rack Tengdas product? Wasnt Tengdas own gym named Deposit Fitness, not Star Bird Fitness? Could it be a business cooperation? This had nothing to do with Meng Chang but he still came to the basement of the Gourmet Square by chance and found the location of the Star Bird Fitness. It was super crowded! Previously, Meng Chang did not have a deep impression of this Star Bird Fitness. However, he was very sure that this gym had not been so popular before. However,one would realize that there were many smart fitness drying racks placed in the main hall from afar. Many members were experiencing it, and many people were watching. A few customer managers even moved back and forth, introducing this brand new equipment and gameplay to new customers attracted by the flyers, and taking the opportunity to promote membership cards. Meng Chang could not help but sigh inwardly. Boss Pei was really good at making money! He was the one who made the publicity plan for the smart fitness drying rack. Naturally, he knew this product very well. However, Meng Chang had always thought that the smart fitness drying rack was a home fitness equipment. He had not expected Boss Pei to successfully sell this equipment to other gyms, and expand his business area from home to business! Once this market opened, it would be another considerable income. There were more than 10 gyms in the country. How big was the market? He could only say that Boss Peis horizons were too broad! Meng Chang had always thought of himself as a business genius, but he was still far from Boss Pei. It was an indisputable fact even though he did not want to admit it. At that moment, Meng Chang suddenly saw a familiar figure. Boss Li?! Meng Chang quickly dodged to the side to prevent Li Shi from discovering him. Fortunately, Li Shi was chatting with the boss of Star Bird Fitness, Che Rong. There were many people in the gym, so he did not see Meng Chang. It was obvious that they were very satisfied with Star Bird Fitness from the smiles on their faces. Boss Li is indeed behind this! Meng Chang could not help but feel like as expected. He also realized that his plan to make the smart fitness drying rack had failed. It was definitely not a coincidence, but an inevitability! A project that was related to Boss Li was definitely a key project that Boss Pei was interested in. The chances of success were very high! Meng Chang would not have made this publicity plan if he had known that Boss Li would be involved in the smart fitness drying rack project. He could only say that Boss Li had hidden it too well. If Meng Chang had not come to this Gourmet Square on a whim, he would not have bumped into Boss Li and the boss of Star Bird Fitness. He would not have known about Boss Lis relationship with the smart fitness drying rack. It looks like I have to set a principle in the future: not to touch anything that has to do with these three points! I must not touch any Tengda project that Boss Li is involved in. I must not get involved in any Tengda projects that are very much involved with games. I must not touch any of Tengdas marketing projects that burn money to give out benefits. As long as I remember this principle, I can avoid most projects with high success rates! In that case the failure of publicity for the smart fitness drying rack should not be a coincidence, but was an inevitability. In the future, as long as I strictly follow the principle of not touching any of these three points, the probability of getting the right answers would definitely increase greatly. The plan for the inspiration class this time should be alright. It wont be affected. Meng Chang happily thought that he was one step closer to completely unveiling the mystery of Tengda and Boss Pei. He was also one step closer to obtaining a stable commission. Thus, he ate his buffet barbecue happily. Li Shi and Che Rong were chatting in Star Bird Fitness. The smart fitness drying racks had already been delivered the day before yesterday. After a day of placement and publicity, the customer flow today had obviously increased! This made Li Shi and Che Rong grin because it meant that they were in the right direction. The new model adopted by Star Bird Fitness was indeed promising! Li Shi said, Ill discuss with a few other investors and invest a sum of money into Star Bird Fitness to open more shops. We have to firmly grasp this trend and distinguish it from other gyms in Jingzhou. Che Rong quickly nodded. Thank you, Boss Li! However wont Boss Pei be angry if we open branches with such fanfare? Li Shi smiled. Dont worry. Boss Pei cant be bothered with such a small matter as long as the person-in-charge of Otto Technologies, Chang You, agrees. Chang You is very supportive of our plan. I have already spoken to him about the priority supply. Star Bird Fitnesss model being successful means that he can sell the smart fitness drying rack to more gyms. He will definitely be very happy. If youre really worried How about this? Ill talk to Chang You or the person-in-charge of Dream Realization Ventures. Ill give some shares of Star Bird Fitness to Tengda. Wouldnt that be good enough? Che Rong was elated. Thats great! I feel more at ease now. Li Shi said, It looks like our previous plan was too conservative. A dozen smart fitness drying racks are not enough. Many people dont even have the chance to use them. When we open the new shops, we might as well do away with the equipment that few people use. 70% of the gyms area will be filled with the smart fitness drying racks. We can order 30 or 40 sets at a time! We can also create a special membership card that can only use smart fitness drying racks and treadmills. We can give a discount and add a few props in the Fitness Battle Li Shi and Che Rong chatted as they walked into the gym. A magnificent blueprint seemed to be slowly unfolding as they pieced everything into place. Chapter 1085 - Boss Pei, Write Me A Contract! Meng Chang came to Boss Peis office with the publicity plan not long after work on Monday. He had intended to head straight to the advertising and marketing department and hand this plan to Yu Yao so that he could push it in as soon as possible. However, after much consideration, he decided to look for Boss Pei first because there was something very important that had to be dealt with. This concerned the success or failure of the entire publicity plan. If Boss Pei did not agree Meng Chang would rather not do the publicity and not spend a single cent on publicity. That was because Meng Chang needed a promise from Boss Pei. Without that promise, Meng Chang felt that he still had a chance of failure and it was very high. However, if Boss Pei gave this promise, his chances of success would greatly increase! That would be necessary to continue his work. Yu Yao could take care of the rest of the publicity plan. It would not be troublesome for Meng Chang to do it himself. However, even though it would cost money, if the publicity plan was destined to fail and would bring huge benefits to Boss Pei, Meng Chang would rather let this publicity plan miscarry than let Boss Pei benefit for nothing! He had no choice. Meng Chang had always graciously admitted that he was a petty person. Boss Pei has cheated me so many times. How can I repay him with kindness? No way! I will definitely not do anything that is beneficial to Tengda! Meng Chang knocked on the door gently after confirming that Boss Pei was in the office. Enter. Meng Chang pushed the door open and entered. He saw Boss Pei frowning at the computer screen. He did not know which department he was worried about. Meng Chang could not help but feel emotional. Boss Peis fighting spirit was admirable, putting aside his character. Meng Chang had also started a business before, but his highest goal was nothing more than to hype up a company and cash out so that he could have financial freedom. If this goal was 1, then Boss Peis current goal was 100, or even 1,000. Boss Pei had personally created many business myths after all. The success he had obtained spanned many fields and industries. This was not something that a lie could compare to. Tengdas businesses were not empty talk. Every industry had its own business model, and they were all very profitable! Meng Chang asked himself, if he could achieve Boss Peis current level, no, even if he could achieve one-tenth of it, create a certain industry in Tengda from scratch, he might have long sold the company to a large company and enjoyed life after achieving financial freedom. Why did he have to rack his brains to continue developing the company? However, Boss Pei was completely different. Boss Pei had just achieved huge success like the smart fitness drying rack and Mission and Choice, but he did not slack off for a moment. He came to the company early in the morning to continue worrying about the other industries. This fighting spirit made Meng Chang sweat. Of course, even though he was sweating, this did not affect Meng Changs anger and hatred for Boss Pei. It did not affect Meng Changs thoughts of using the publicity plan to take revenge on Boss Pei. Pei Qian was a little surprised to see Meng Chang. Whats the matter? He originally thought that Meng Chang would have to spend at least two or three days researching and researching a few industries before he could decide which industry he wanted to publicize. Meng Chang said, Boss Pei, Ive almost done my research. I already have a clearer idea of the publicity plan. However I need you to promise me something before making this publicity plan. It would be even better if you could write me a contract Meng Changs voice became lower and lower. The further he went, the less confident he became. There was a huge gap between his position and Boss Peis after all. It would be inappropriate for him to make this request. It would seem like he was taking himself too seriously. However, Meng Chang had no choice but to raise it in order to ensure that he obtained a commission successfully. Pei Qian was quite surprised. Eh, this Meng Chang is up to something again? You want me to write a contract? Pei Qian could not help but feel curious. I can consider it, provided that it does not violate the agreement we signed previously. Meng Chang nodded and took out a colorful publicity plan from his pocket and handed it over. Boss Pei, this is the publicity plan for Zhongdian Chinese Networks inspiration class. I hope you can write a contract to ensure that Tengda Corporation will not announce the development of the three works of the inspiration class to the outside world through any official channels within two months. As the saying went, a fall in the pit, a gain in your wit. Meng Chang was not stupid. He would definitely not make the same mistakes again. Back then, he had been promoting Mission and Choice and had almost gotten the commission. However, Boss Pei suddenly changed the release date, causing his plan to fail completely and the commission that he had obtained to fly away. Meng Chang naturally knew about the development of the three copyrights after going to the inspiration class. However, he also keenly noticed that they would only be released two months later at the earliest. Under normal circumstances, it should not hinder him from getting a commission. After all, the commission was based on the publicity effect this month. What does whats going to happen two months later have to do with him? That was why Meng Chang finally chose the inspiration class as his publicity direction in the few options. However, one could never be too careful. What if Boss Pei deliberately messed with him and suddenly publicized this matter this month? Wouldnt there be more variables? Therefore, Meng Chang specially came to ask Boss Pei to write a contract. He could use it without any worries if Boss Pei agreed. If Boss Pei was not willing, it meant that Boss Pei wanted to play a trick on him here. In that case, Meng Chang would give up on this plan and become a bum this month. He would rather take a basic salary than work for Boss Pei for nothing! Pei Qian reached out for Meng Changs publicity plan. It might be a paintball but there was not much color. Some of the words were just different. Pei Qian immediately thought of the outsourcing of a certain coconut juice when he saw this poster. That was messy enough, but Meng Changs publicity poster was even more messy than that! After all, it was much bigger and could accommodate a lot more words. He read the contents Pei Qian could not help but smile in satisfaction. Yes, a very good attempt! Pei Qian knew the figures in online literature and knew that the numbers Meng Chang put on the poster were not just a form of showing off, but a form of humiliation. If this publicity plan was released, coupled with the bad reputation of the inspiration class on Zhongdian Chinese Network, it would definitely become a laughing stock. It would not have the publicity effect for the inspiration class at all! It looked like Meng Chang had indeed been inspired after modifying the agreement and increasing his basic salary. It was really worth celebrating that he could come up with such a publicity plan in a short period of time. To Pei Qian, Meng Changs request for a written contract did not make him unhappy. Instead, he felt very gratified. That was because it meant that Meng Chang was indeed wholeheartedly thinking about the best way to make this reverse publicity plan work. On this point, Pei Qian and Meng Chang were on the same page. Since that was the case, what was wrong with writing a contract? Not only did he have to write a contract, but he also had to expand the content! Pei Qian immediately took a pen and paper from the side. No problem, Ill write a contract for you! However The hand that was holding the pen stopped for a moment. We still have to think about the specific content. Its too important to be careless. Meng Chang chuckled inwardly. He knew that Boss Pei would definitely bargain with him. However, Meng Chang felt that it was not a big problem. If Boss Pei went overboard, he could still leave directly and give up on this publicity plan. Pei Qian wrote as he spoke, Tengda will not use any official channels to announce the development of the three works of the inspiration class within these two months How is that enough? Dont you know that Tengda rarely releases information to the outside world through official channels? They are all mysteriously leaked and dug out by netizens? We should do this instead. Ill send a notice to the relevant departments to tell them that the development of the three works in the inspiration class is temporarily a company secret and is strictly prohibited from spreading. In addition, I can also promise you that if the companys internal leak caused your publicity plan to have a good publicity effect, I will give you a 30,000 yuan commission no matter the outcome. Er unless you leaked the secret yourself. Pei Qian was also worried. What if Meng Chang saw that he could not complete the mission and deliberately leaked the secret to get a 30,000 yuan commission? Wouldnt that be a scam? Thus, he had to close this loophole. Meng Changs eyes widened when he heard the number 30,000 yuan. Good lord, this commission was equivalent to the base salary for the previous ten months! Boss Peis conditions were too generous. They were much stricter than Meng Changs previous conditions. Meng Chang only requested for it to be not announced through official channels, and Boss Pei added the leak rule on this point. Meng Chang was even a little confused. Whose side was Boss Pei on? He felt that Boss Pei was sometimes like a terrifying mastermind, the ultimate boss. He was listless and bad, secretly controlling everything and spoiling his plans. However, at times, he was like a wise man who genuinely wanted to help him. He would help him find loopholes in his plans and fill in the gaps. He would even take the initiative to provide support for him. The difference between these two images was too great. Meng Chang often felt confused and lost. However, now was not the time to be confused. Boss Pei had already written the contract, signed it, and handed it over. Meng Chang quickly reached out to take it and checked it seriously. No problem. It was written very clearly that Meng Chang had obtained a promise that far exceeded his expectations. Pei Qian smiled and leaned back in his chair. In fact, this condition was a little disadvantageous for him. If Meng Changs publicity plan became popular because of the companys internal leaks, it would mean that he would most likely make a huge profit. Pei Qian would incur a huge loss. Pei Qian would feel very unbalanced if he had to give Meng Chang a commission under such circumstances. However, after some consideration, Pei Qian felt that Meng Chang had suffered too many blows recently. He worked hard every month but received a basic salary of 3,000 yuan each month. That was lower than Tengdas cleaner auntie. It was not that he sympathized with Meng Chang. Pei Qian was mainly afraid that he would be too beaten down and give up. Whats more, Meng Chang did not know the difficulty of his job, but Pei Qian knew it very well. Pei Qian felt that it was indeed a little too cruel to let Meng Chang do this job. It was necessary to relax his requirements and not completely lose his confidence if the conditions allowed it. Meng Chang received the contract and carefully folded it and put it in his pocket. He was even more sincere than if he were to receive the imperial edict. The commission for this month was all on this small piece of paper after all! Wait. Meng Chang was just about to leave when Pei Qian stopped him. Boss Pei, is there anything else? Meng Chang was a little apprehensive. He wondered if Boss Pei had changed his mind. Pei Qians expression was serious. I suddenly thought of something. It would take a lot of work to research three departments and come up with a plan. How did you complete it in such a short time? Did you work over the weekend? Meng Chang did not know what Boss Pei meant, but he had long heard that Boss Pei did not like employees to work overtime. In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, he shook his head. No. Boss Pei, I completed the research on Friday. I knew that the experience shop would definitely become popular just by looking at its location. Thus, I took a look and left without wasting any time. As for the snack street, I also deduced that it would become popular through some clues. Thats why the research was completed very quickly. I also quickly came up with a design, so I didnt work overtime. Strictly speaking, Meng Chang worked overtime during the weekend. After all, it would take some time to even think of such a rubbish plan. Whats more, it was not easy to make the poster look so ugly. However, the agreement between Meng Chang and Boss Pei did not include any company benefits or overtime pay. There was only a basic salary and commission. Meng Chang did not think so much when he signed it. He felt that the commission of 100,000 yuan per month was enough. Why would he need that bit of company benefits and overtime pay? Of course, if he had known the specific content of Tengdas company benefits, Meng Chang would have preferred to reduce the commission to let Boss Pei add the benefits However, no matter what, there was no way to change the contents of the agreement. There was no overtime pay even if Meng Chang worked overtime now. Pei Qian remained silent, with a hint of sadness in his eyes. Ah, even Meng Chang could tell at a glance that the snack street and experience shop would definitely become popular Yet, he was still hoping that they would die off. What a sad story However, this also meant that Meng Chang seemed to be able to become his barometer. Any project that Meng Chang did not like most probably meant that the success rate was very high. He had to be more careful. Pei Qian looked at Meng Chang and felt that it was very precious to have someone in the company who had the same idea as him. It was a pity that Meng Chang did not work overtime. Otherwise, Pei Qian would not mind changing the agreement and giving him some overtime pay to encourage him. However, Meng Chang had not worked overtime since he joined Tengda, it was enough to show that he did not like working overtime. Raising overtime pay now would backfire, so Pei Qian did not mention it. He just hoped he could successfully get a commission this time round! Chapter 1086 - Didn’t Boss Pei Teach You Everything Meng Chang returned to the advertising and marketing department confidently after receiving the contract from Boss Pei. He felt more at ease with Boss Peis promise! Boss Pei was an evil person, often ruining his publicity plans when they were about to succeed, causing them to fail at the last step. However, overall, he was still someone with pride. He would only play dirty and not fall out. Whats more, Boss Pei was a man of his word. He would never break his promise. That was something worth trusting. However, there were times when he would go around his promises made and stab others in an unexpected direction. Therefore, Meng Chang decided to be cautious and remain vigilant even though he had obtained the commitment from Boss Pei. Meng Chang immediately found Yu Yao and handed the new publicity plan to him after returning to the advertising and marketing department. Throw all the publicity funds we received this month onto Zhongdian Chinese Networks inspiration class. This is the publicity material. The publicity method is mainly based on local push and web-based advertisements. You can decide on the specific ratio. In short, you can buy the advertisement space as long as they meet the requirements. Ill send you the original document later. Meng Chang handed the printed poster to Yu Yao as he spoke. Yu Yao held the paper in his hand and hesitated visibly. Meng Chang could not help but smile knowingly. Didnt it look unreliable? That would be exactly right! I spent so much effort to make it look unreliable. It would be a huge blow to me if you think its reliable! The so-called publicity material was actually just a simple picture. There was no video or other information. Whats more, this picture was ugly. Such a large-scale advertisement would definitely cause netizens to feel disgusted, right? Yu Yaos attitude towards this publicity plan was obviously different from the previous publicity plans judging from his expression. He was carefully observing the paper, as if unwilling to let go of any details. Meng Chang sniggered inwardly. It seemed like this plan was too ridiculous. It made Yu Yao doubt life. That was why he looked at it for so long. However, Meng Chang did not intend to explain anything even if that was the case. Why should I explain what Im doing to you? In any case, the advertising and marketing department would cooperate unconditionally with my work. I deliberately messed up the publicity plan but what can you do to me? Not only was the plan going to fail this time, but the future plans would also become more and more ridiculous! I hope that you little comrades from the advertising and marketing department can adapt as soon as possible. Yu Yao had already read the contents of the paper and looked up while Meng Chang was feeling smug. Brother Meng, can you teach me when you have the time? Meng Chang was stunned. He carefully observed Yu Yaos expression. This seemed to be some kind of anticipation and urgency? What was going on? Teach you what? Meng Chang was confused. Yu Yao said excitedly, Teach me how to create a publicity plan that is deeply ingrained with Boss Peis teachings! Meng Chang: ??? Yu Yao explained, I felt a strong aura unique to Boss Pei! the moment I saw this picture! It is such a simple plan on the surface, but there is a huge structure hidden behind it that is beyond traditional advertising methods. I realized that all the publicity techniques and methods that I learned previously are all useless after coming to Tengda. Boss Peis publicity technique is the best publicity technique! Its a pity that Im not very talented. I have been seriously analyzing the details of Boss Peis publicity path but I did not gain much from it. So, Brother Meng, when can you teach me? Meng Chang looked confused. Me? Are you saying that my publicity plan is similar to Boss Peis publicity plan? Since when have you had such a feeling? Meng Chang only had one feeling: Ridiculous! How could his publicity plan be similar to Boss Peis? Thats impossible! Boss Peis publicity plan had the best publicity effect every time. On the other hand, my publicity plan had to be done in reverse. It had to dissuade consumers! How could our publicity plan be similar! If it was, something must have gone wrong somewhere Yu Yao pondered for a moment. When did I begin to have such a feeling Let me think. Actually, I had this feeling from the beginning, but I feel like its becoming more and more similar! Brother Meng, your publicity plan was very personal at first. However, it became more and more similar to Boss Peis style. For example, when you first advertised the physical store, you used a very simple logo. It was similar to the Fish-Catching Internet Cafes logo, which did not have any writing on it, but only had a logo. Brother Meng, when you filmed the promotional video for the smart fitness drying rack, it was very similar to Boss Peis plan for Bloody Battle Song. As for the plan this time, even though its just a simple picture, it makes me feel that your plan has already integrated Boss Peis publicity path to a huge success! Brother Meng, let me ask secretly. Did Boss Pei teach you everything he knew about advertising? Teach me more when you have the time! I want to learn too! Meng Chang opened his mouth slightly and was speechless. What the h*ll! Young man, you have to have a basis for your words. Dont talk nonsense! Coincidence, this was definitely a coincidence! It looked like a beautiful misunderstanding! That was because I had the exact opposite motive as Boss Pei! It was definitely not a good sign that Yu Yao said that his publicity method was similar to Boss Peis. That was because Boss Peis publicity had all been successful. Didnt that mean that his publicity plan would also be successful? It was too ominous! Meng Chang originally thought that Yu Yao had looked at this plan for so long because he felt that it was ridiculous. However, he realized that Yu Yao did not think that the plan was ridiculous at all. Instead, he had seen Boss Peis taste from it. That was why he had looked at it for so long! However, no matter how Meng Chang looked at the publicity plan, he did not think it was similar to Boss Peis publicity method. Their motives were completely opposite after all! Boss Peis publicity was done after planning and strategizing. He simply sold a few flaws and actually prepared countless exquisite backups. Meng Changs publicity was purely to sell flaws and deliberately lose the clients. How could it be the same! It could only be similar in form but not spiritually. The difference was huge. At that thought, Meng Chang felt slightly relieved. How could it be similar to Boss Pei? Yu Yao must be mistaken. Meng Chang did not want to attack him seeing the vigorous desire for knowledge hidden in his dazzling spirit. He only vaguely said, This Actually, I learned it from absorbing influence. Boss Pei did not teach me anything. Read more, learn more, and put more practice into your work. Youll definitely be able to master this technique. Now, lets push this publicity plan forward. Yu Yao immediately nodded. Alright, Brother Meng, Ill go now! He turned back halfway and whispered, Brother Meng, there must be a back-up plan for this publicity plan, right? Can you secretly tell me about it? How do you plan to make it popular? The corners of Meng Changs mouth twitched. What do you mean by back-up plan! There was none! Stop trying to confuse my actions with Boss Pei! Dont guess blindly. Theres no back-up plan. Meng Chang was just short of rolling his eyes. Yu Yao nodded slightly. Understood, youll keep it a secret for now. Ill wait and see! Meng Chang : The publicity plan was finally implemented even though he was speechless. Soon, this ugly picture that Meng Chang personally photoshopped would appear on public transport stations, subway stations, and some websites in many cities. Pei Qian immediately sent a notice to the various departments according to his promise after sending Meng Chang off. He requested everyone to keep the development of the works of Zhongdian Chinese Networks three inspiration classes a secret. That included all the authors in Zhongdian Chinese Networks inspiration class. Of course, this was not a mandatory requirement. It would be very difficult to find the source if someone really leaked it in private. However, it did not matter as long as the meaning was right. Speaking of which, Pei Qian had done his best to make the entire Tengda Corporation cooperate with Meng Chang. Meng Chang would have nothing to say if even this did not succeed. Pei Qian pondered for a moment and decided to make a trip to Tengda Games department upstairs to give his instructions after sending the notice. That was because among the three works that had to be copyrighted, the preparation time for online dramas and comics was relatively long. The animation had to wait for two months before they could officially start production after buying a studio. However, this game project might have faster progress. Eternal Reincarnation was a novel based on Repent and be Saved. Thus, it would be developed as Repent and be Saveds new downloadable content. Repent and be Saved was a rather mature game. Tengda Games had nothing to do now. Hu Xianbin and the others were only updating Mission and Choice. It would be bad if they had nothing to do and accidentally leaked some information while preparing in advance. Whats more, the current cycle was not over yet. He could not start a new project randomly. Otherwise, it would affect the settlement. Thus, Pei Qian felt the need to make a personal trip to ensure that the games department would not cause trouble for him. The gaming department was just upstairs. He could reach it in a few steps. Pei Qian glanced around but did not see Hu Xianbin and Min Jingchao. He did not see any of the core employees either. An ordinary employee saw Pei Qian and quickly stood up. Boss Pei, Brother Hu and the others are in the conference room discussing the new downloadable content. Pei Qian could not help but nod slightly. Alright, his timing was great. He walked straight to the door of the conference room and knocked lightly. Indeed, Hu Xianbin, Min Jingchao, Li Yada, and the other core employees of the games department were all in the conference room, including Yu Fei, the author of Eternal Reincarnation. Everyone was overjoyed to see Boss Pei. They were just worrying about what to do with the downloadable content when Boss Pei arrived! Was it a coincidence, or did Boss Pei know that everyone was struggling and came to give them pointers? No matter what, they were filled with confidence since Boss Pei was here! Chapter 1087 - Eternal Reincarnation Design Plan Everyone quickly stood up and welcomed Boss Pei. Hu Xianbin gave the centermost seat to Boss Pei. Pei Qian scanned his surroundings but did not see Bao Xu. Bao Xu went on another trip? Pei Qian asked casually. Bao Xu was often not in the office in his impression. He was either traveling or on the way to a tour. However, on further thought, there did not seem to be any tourist activities recently. The Best Employee Selection was held in February and August. There were still two months until the next selection, and there were no annual meetings recently. Where was Bao Xu then? Hu Xianbin quickly explained, Boss Pei, Brother Bao has been helping out at the snack market recently. Im not sure about the exact situation. Do you need him to attend this meeting? Pei Qian immediately shook his head. No need, I was just asking casually. Why was this Bao Xu messing around at the snack market? Pei Qian was a little confused about Bao Xus motive. He did not seem like he was someone who likes to poke his nose into others business. However, that did not matter. Bao Xu was not a gourmet taster. It would be less dangerous for him to harm the snack market than for him to harm the games department. In any case, Bao Xu would probably not be able to escape the fate of being a traveling companion in the next selection. He was already in this state. He could do whatever he wanted. Everyone took their seats and the meeting continued. Boss Pei, after we received the task of revising Eternal Reincarnation, the first thing we did was to ask the designers of the organization department to read the original novel. We specially invited the author over to roughly finalize the content of this downloadable content. Hu Xianbin said. However, everyones opinions are not particularly unified. The specific format of this downloadable content has not been finalized. Just as well, Boss Pei, please give us some pointers! What should we do with the downloadable content? Everyone looked at Boss Pei, their eyes filled with hope. Repent and be Saved had also developed downloadable content before. It had produced some new weapons, new props, and even a reincarnation mode and random mode. However, the situation at that time was different from now. Previously, the downloadable content only supplemented the gameplay. The content was not particularly rich. The price was also very cheap. It was just to find something for the veteran players of Repent and be Saved to do. The downloadable content this time involved the development of the copyright of the book Eternal Reincarnation. From Boss Peis point of view, it was obvious that he wanted to show the essence of the novel as much as possible and in making the downloadable content. It was impossible to fool him easily. However, the problem was that if they wanted to change the content of the fanfiction into the game, not only did they have to understand the plot of the novel, but they would also have to create a special design corresponding to the plot in the game. These changes might conflict with the original gameplay of the game and needed to be made. In that case, no one would be able to quickly reach a consensus. Boss Pei arrived at the right time! As the father of Repent and be Saved, Boss Pei would definitely think of a perfect solution! Pei Qian pondered for a moment. Er let me briefly emphasize two things before talking about the game. The first matter has been notified previously. Everyone must keep the development of the works of the inspiration class a secret. Dont leak it out. The second thing is that everyone can engage in early preparations for the downloadable content development these two months before August 1st. However, dont start the development officially before that. Early preparations were not equivalent to development. The concept of early preparation was relatively broad. For example, thinking about the specific method of downloadable content in their minds, coming up with a few drafts, and even preparing some minor art resources in advance. These were all considered early preparations. That way, the System would not regard it as a new project and it would not affect the settlement. However, once it was officially set up and the development schedule was out, there would be a clear plan for the release date of the game downloadable content. Then, it would be considered a new project that would affect settlement. Pei Qian emphasized this to ensure that the settlement would not be affected. Hu Xianbin nodded. I understand, Boss Pei. What you mean is that theres a lot of content to prepare for the large downloadable content of Eternal Reincarnation. You want us to dig deeper into inspiration and prepare well. Well settle down and officially develop it after two months. Dont be too rash, right? Pei Qian: More or less. Obviously, Hu Xianbin and the others understanding differed from Pei Qians original idea by a hundred million points. However, that was good enough since the results were similar. As for the downloadable content design Er, what have you discussed so far? Pei Qian continued. I can give you some suggestions, but you will decide in the end. At first, Pei Qian had not intended to get involved in the downloadable content design. He had many things to do now. It was just downloadable content for a game. He did not even care if he did not pay attention to it. However, Pei Qian suddenly thought of something and changed his mind. Until now, Repent and be Saved has not been offered for free! According to the Systems regulations, a standalone game could be given away for free if it was released for more than ten months and its current income had dropped to less than one-fifth of the revenue earned the month after it was released. However, the problem was that Repent and be Saveds income was still very high. It would miraculously bounce back every time it was about to drop to one-fifth of the income earned the month after it was released! The sales of Repent and be Saveds kept ranging just like that. However, no matter how much they ranged, they could not reach the target to become free! That made Pei Qian very pained and confused. Who was still buying Repent and be Saved! The game had been released for two years. Why was it still earning money? It was ridiculous that it still could not be given away for free! Pei Qian felt that these masochistic people continued streaming in because the difficulty level was not high enough. Logically speaking, the difficulty level of Repent and be Saved should be able to dissuade a large group of players. However, many people just had to follow the video and advance steadily after Teacher Qiao produced a very detailed walkthrough. They would be able to complete it after suffering a little. Many new gamers came because of the games reputation. They relied on these walkthroughs to persevere until they cleared the game. They contributed endless sales to Repent and be Saved. He could not allow this situation to continue. He had to increase the difficulty level! Pei Qian planned to play a dirty trick. The other games would place the downloadable content behind the main game. Players would first experience the game content of the main game before experiencing the downloadable content. However, Pei Qian wanted to put the downloadable content in front of the main game this time. It did not affect players who had already completed Repent and be Saved. However, if it was a player who had not played Repent and be Saved before entering the game, he would first experience the content of the downloadable content before experiencing the main content of Repent and be Saved. On the other hand, the downloadable content had a special screening mechanism: They had to clear the contents of the first few chapters before they could pay to buy the downloadable content. On the other hand, if they cleared the downloadable content, they would get a 70% discount when they paid to buy Repent and be Saveds main game. It would not affect old gamers, but new gamers would definitely be greedy for a 70% discount. That would reduce the number of people buying Repent and be Saveds main game. Wouldnt that reduce the sales volume of Repent and be Saveds main game and make it free once the System requirements were met? The earlier it was made free, the less money he would earn! Of course, Repent and be Saved would have a corresponding explanation before it was made free in order to take care of the players emotions. Whats more, players who spent money to buy it in the short-term would be able to obtain a guaranteed refund service. This plan was perfect, but Pei Qian had two key problems. The first was the difficulty level. Repent and be Saved was already very difficult for him. He had only managed to complete it with the Pudu weapon. How would Pei Qian himself complete the game if he increased the difficulty level? Second, it was the problem with the plot. There had to be a convincing reason to put the downloadable content before the main game. Pei Qian had not thought about these yet. He had never read the plot of the Eternal Reincarnation book. Thus, Pei Qian decided to ask everyone about their discussions before offering his opinion. Hu Xianbin handed a document over. Boss Pei, this is the idea we sorted out previously and the story outline of Eternal Reincarnation. Take a look. Our current consideration is to start with the identity of the protagonist. The entire story happened before the world of Repent and be Saved collapsed according to the background story of Eternal Reincarnation. The protagonist was a powerful warrior in the human world. His skills were extraordinary. He walked around the world, trained his skills, and became a Martial God. However, no matter how strong a person was, he would still face death. In his later years, he tried everything he could to escape the fate of death. He forced an artisan to create a demon sword that could destroy souls, stain it with the blood of eminent monks, and soughted witchcraft to create a pill that could allow him to enter the border of death and float between the two worlds. This Martial God used the demon sword to kill the Black and White Impermanence when they came to claim his life. He slaughtered all the ghostly soldiers who came to capture him under the control of the demon sword. He entered the netherworld and caused the entire Six realms of rebirth and existence to collapse. However, at the last moment, he woke up and realized that he had made a huge mistake under the control of the demon sword. All the demons in Hell were stirring and about to awaken. Thus, he went deep into Hell and fused his body with Dao to become the first Prison Keeper. Our current idea is to arrange for an NPC in the starting village. Players would obtain a tool after they witness the death of the Prison Keeper. After handing it to the NPC, they would be able to transmigrate to the downloadable content to experience the story of Eternal Reincarnation. The games combat system will continue to be used. We will only add some new weapons and props, such as special combo skills and execution skills. It will highlight the protagonists identity as the Martial God. It will become a stark contrast to the weak protagonist of Repent and be Saved. Pei Qian pondered for a moment and did not reply immediately. It was obvious that such changes were already rather bold to Hu Xianbin and the others. This was only a downloadable content after all, not a sequel or a new game. Chapter 1088 - Planning A New Battle System For Repent And Be Saved! The games basic gameplay and combat system could not be changed much according to the unspoken rules of developing the downloadable content. At the very most, they could only come up with new maps, new bosses, new weapons, and new skills based on the original content. However, that obviously could not meet Pei Qians requirements. That was because gamers would definitely mindlessly buy down the downloadable content based on this method! It could not reduce the sales volume of the game at all. Pei Qians first goal was to reduce the number of players buying Repent and be Saveds main game. That way, once the income decreased, he would be able to make Repent and be Saved free of charge without being warned by the system. Therefore, he had to put the downloadable content before the main content. He had to force players to experience the downloadable content before experiencing the main body. The downloadable content would be even more difficult than the main game. That way, gamers who had not bought Repent and be Saved would not be able to get through the downloadable content. They would not be able to get a 70% discount, and they would not be able to bear to buy the main game at the original price. Wouldnt the sales drop? Coincidentally, the plot content of Eternal Reincarnation happened to be the story that happened before the main plot. The protagonist of the downloadable content was the first Prison Keeper. That provided Pei Qian with theoretical support. System, take a good look. I did not deliberately cause trouble by putting the content of the downloadable content in front and the content in back. That was the way the authors plot setting was. I changed the game to follow the timeline! The next question was how to make the downloadable content more difficult than the main game. The difficulty level of the system design alone could not be increased. After all, Pei Qian had to ensure that he could complete it. He could only work on the gameplay if he wanted to increase the difficulty. That meant that Repent and be Saveds basic combat system had to be modified. Fortunately, there were some details in the story of Eternal Reincarnation which could be used. Of course, the so-called utilisation was also far-fetched and forced. On the surface, he was using the identity of the protagonist Martial God. However, in reality, he was purely trying to increase the difficulty and dissuade players. Pei Qian quickly had a rough idea. He cleared his throat and said, Theres nothing wrong with your original idea. However, the problem is that its too conservative. I cant tell that this is a brand new story. The downloadable content must give gamers a different feeling. How can we live up to the expectations of gamers if we only make minor adjustments to the original battle foundation? We would also be letting down the hard work of the original author for conceptualizing the plot! These words made the author of Eternal Reincarnation, Yu Fei, a little embarrassed. In fact, he did not think much about it when he wrote this story. He only felt that the identity of the Prison Keeper was relatively special. He could dig deeper and make up a slightly tacky story. Boss Pei was the producer of Repent and be Saved. Obviously, he had the highest right to explain Repent and be Saveds plot. It was good enough that Boss Pei approved of the plot that he had casually written. He did not expect the production team to follow through with his own plot. However, Boss Peis attitude made him feel a strong sense of respect. Pei Qian continued, In my opinion, we should change it this way. First of all, the content of the downloadable content happened before the main plot. Since thats the case, we obviously should let players experience the downloadable content first before experiencing the main plot. Therefore, the downloadable content can be purchased and experienced separately from the main game. Players who have already purchased Repent and be Saved before the downloadable content is released will not be affected. They have to complete the contents of the first few chapters before they can purchase the downloadable content. If they complete the downloadable content, they will get a 70% discount when they purchase Repent and be Saved. That would guide the new players to play the downloadable content first before playing the main game. We have to make sure the order is correct so that the gamers gaming experience would be the same as the storyline! This might only be a relatively detailed part but the more detailed it is, the more we cannot ignore it! Hu Xianbin and the others quickly recorded it down. This rule sounded a little strange. Which downloadable content could be purchased individually and encouraged players to play downloadable content first? They had never heard of such a thing. However, everyone present were old employees after all. They were no longer surprised after witnessing Boss Peis manipulation of other games, especially Be Quiet. There must be a reason for Boss Peis arrangements! Pei Qian was very satisfied that no one raised any objections. He thought for a while and continued. Secondly, the downloadable content of Eternal Reincarnation has to be distinguishable! Repent and be Saved was a game from two years ago. Its combat system is already outdated. Whats more, gamers tolerance thresholds have been increasing during these two years. The veteran gamers are getting better and better at it. They can pass it even with their eyes closed. New gamers can also find a lot of walkthrough videos online. The difficulty of this game is incomparable to when we first launched it. Therefore, we have to innovate Repent and be Saveds combat system to bring new challenges to gamers! We can start with the details in the novel Eternal Reincarnation. According to the settings in the novel Eternal Reincarnation, the protagonist would be a Martial God in the mortal world. He would be a super expert on the level of Dugu Qiubai. He would even be able to kill the Black and White Impermanence. This is obviously different from Repent and be Saveds original plot setting: The protagonist was an ordinary person. We should allow the Martial God protagonist in the downloadable content of Eternal Reincarnation to master more martial skills and make more fancy operations. There should be a unique combat mechanism! The protagonists aura is often portrayed when describing battles in novels. When two experts are fighting, the side whose aura is chaotic will often fall into a decline soon, and the side whose aura is smooth will gradually gain the upper hand. Therefore, add an aura value to the original physical strength. The aura value is a little similar to the shape of the lungs. It is divided into green, white, yellow, and red states. At the same time, this icon will have a breathing effect. It will expand and shrink like a persons breathing. The degree of it being filled would represent the amount of gas in the lungs. Expansion of the breath icon, increase of lung gas, represent inhaling; shrinking of the breath icon, decrease of lung gas, represent exhalation. The four colors of green, white, yellow, and red on the icon represent the protagonists breath state. Green represents smooth breath, white represents ordinary, yellow represents urgency, and red represents chaos. The system will also play the sound effects of the exhalation and inhalation with the breath value icon. Players will know the protagonists current breath state better. It would be best to exert force while breathing no matter whether it is attacking or parrying. Of course, if the situation is urgent, it would not be a big deal to exert force while breathing. The protagonist would automatically speed up and adjust his breathing. It would quickly turn from inhaling to exhaling. However, there cannot be too many of such situations. If they are to frequently counteract the aura and exert force, the aura will gradually become chaotic. They will need to calm down and adjust slowly. On the other hand, if you can exert force at the right time every time, your breathing would become very smooth. Your attacking strength and damage value would increase. The enemy will also have a setting for the breath value. When the enemys breath value falls into a state of chaos, the protagonist will be able to find the flaws in the enemys moves. No matter how much health he has, he will be able to kill him in one blow and execute the execution! In addition, the settings of the strength values are different from before. The previous stamina consumption was fast and the recovery was fast. This is not in line with our understanding of the traditional stamina values. After introducing Aura value, the settings of the physical strength would also change. The total physical strength would be huge. Attack, parry, and dodge would consume physical strength but it would consume very slowly and recover very slowly. The aura value will affect the consumption of physical strength. The breath will be smooth, the physical strength consumption will be slow and return quickly; the breath will be chaotic, the physical strength consumption will increase greatly. Once the physical strength is reduced to a certain threshold, it means that there is a gap in physical strength between the two sides. The weak side will have a stricter judgment when parrying the other partys attack. Once the physical strength is on the verge of exhaustion, it will be very easy for the other party to strike a flaw, disrupt their breathing, and execute moves. In addition, we have to make adjustments to the specific combat skills. The original battle was too boring. It was nothing more than rolling and dodging, slowly grinding the Boss to death through the backboard. This model could be used on ordinary people, however, since the setting of the protagonist in the downloadable content is set this way, the feeling of violation would be too strong! In the new combat system, apart from the original attack movements, the main modification is the dismantling movement. The enemys attack will be divided into upper, middle, and lower attacks. Whats more, there will be a difference between right and left. Use cushioned steps to dodge the previous attack, lower their head to dodge it. Use parry to defend against the middle attack, and dodge the next attack. This is their basic operation, and the protagonist is the Martial God. Therefore, apart from these conventional methods, we can also use the Martial Gods counter-attack mode. Counter-attack is also parrying every move, but its requirements are even harsher. Not only do they need to grasp the timing very accurately, but they also need to use the right swing to add directional judgment. After the player locks onto the target, if the opponents attack comes from the upper left side of the player, then the player needs to push the right stick to the upper left. Then, press the Parry button at the moment the attack arrives. That way, it can form a perfect parry of counter-attack. They will be able to disrupt the opponents aura value and make the opponent temporarily stunned without harming themselves. Its the same for attacks from the top, bottom right, right, and other directions. Push the right stick or mouse in the corresponding direction to trigger the perfect operation of counter-attack. If you dont push the stick or the direction of the push is not accurate, you can only trigger ordinary parries. You might be able to defend against it, but you might be injured or cause your breathing to be chaotic. Some bosses have super strong charging attacks. Its best to dodge such attacks. However, theres also a possibility of using counter-attack to break it. The only problem is that the conditions are very harsh. Hu Xianbin looked shocked as he recorded. The changes to this combat system were too huge and bold! Not only did he divide the original enemys attack into six attacks (top, middle, and bottom with left and right combinations), making it more complicated for players to deal with, but he also added the aura value setting. Any god-like players would have to constantly counterattack and parry the attacks if he wanted to fight a perfect Boss battle. In addition, he had to constantly pay attention to his own aura value. It was best to maintain a smooth breath state This way, the combat experience would be a little like a combat game. They would need to control the direction button to adjust the direction of the block. If they really fought, it would definitely be extremely gaudy. If the god-like players could master this set of tricks and quickly disperse the Boss aura, they might kill it much faster than before. However, the gaming experience might be a different matter for ordinary players with terrible skills. It was very likely that they would mess up their auras and be easily killed by the Boss. It could be said that this was a very bold change, but it was also quite risky! Hu Xianbin said, Boss Pei, the change in the combat system is so huge. That means that the difficulty of the entire game has to be redone, right? Pei Qian nodded. Of course! It was not to change the difficulty level for the sake of the players, but to clear the game himself. Pei Qian knew himself very well after all. He had designed such a perverted combat system and had to adjust the aura value to be like a fighting game. He would definitely not be able to do it with his terrible skills. Thus, he had to think of a way to open a backdoor so that he could successfully clear the game. Chapter 1089 - The Cheat Mode Weapon Under The Darkness Of The Lamp” Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios How should he escape the official game? He had to think about it carefully. Previously, Pei Qian had created an official cheat weapon, Pudu, for the first try for the ending of the six realms of rebirth and existence. Whats more, he had spent a lot of effort trying to hide it. However, he did not expect the players to still manage to find it even though they had to die seven times at the hands of a weak little monster to trigger it. He could only say that he had underestimated how bored the players were! There were many players in Repent and be Saved, and these players loved to delve into the games content. Thus, it was not safe to hide it. As long as this prop existed in the game, there was a possibility that players would find it. The situation was even worse for Eternal Reincarnation. After two years of accumulation, the number of gamers in Repent and be Saved had far surpassed the number when the game was first released. Whats more, most of them were old gamers who had turned the game upside down. Once the downloadable content was released, these old players would definitely continue to search for this new official cheat like they were looking for Pudu. It was just like Darkness. Players would spend a lot of effort looking for the hidden object in every sequel. They would not believe them even if they told players that there were no hidden objects. Instead, they would continue searching happily. Thus, the method of hiding the Pudu would definitely not work. He had to change it. Whats more, Pei Qian felt that even if he hid a powerful weapon, it would not be able to save a handicapped person like him with the changes to the games combat mechanism. That was because the previous combat system was relatively simple. He could just dodging the monsters attacks after contact. As long as he was not greedy for kills and understood the enemys attack mode, he would basically be able to pass. On the other hand, Pudus weapon had a long attacking distance and was very fast. It could easily kill most enemies in this combat mode. However, the situation was different now. He had to pay attention to his aura value. Whats more, it was useless to dodge alone. He could not hit the Boss health at all. He had to think of ways to disrupt the Boss aura and execute the execution. God knows when he could defeat the Boss if he were to grind the Boss health bit by bit, given the current Boss health. Yet, he wanted to parry so many times? Pei Qian knew himself very well. He felt that he would definitely not be able to do it. So what if he was handed a Pudu? After all, there was a limit to how much the official weapon could cheat. It could be a supermodel but not too much. It was impossible to kill the boss in one strike. It would not be able to pass the system. In other words, the new cheat had to meet two conditions. First, the method of hiding was different from Pudu. He had to hide something new so that gamers would not be able to find it. The second was to start with the game mechanism. The damage might not be ideal, but it had to be able to help Pei Qian, this lousy player, successfully defeat the boss created by the new combat mechanism. It was much easier with a concrete direction. Pei Qian quickly thought of a good solution. The games difficulty has to be adjusted. Since Ive introduced the aura value setting, I cant use the original method to fight the Boss. It would be too unreasonable if the Boss aura value were full and its stamina was full but was slowly ground to death by players. Therefore, we should set it as: When the Boss aura value and stamina are in a good state, the Boss would not lose much health even if it was hit by the Boss. When the Boss is at its peak state, players attacks would be more likely to be parried by the Boss. We will use the artificial intelligence system to make a randomization so that the players combat experience would be slightly different every time for the amount of health and aura value would be lost if it was a perfect parry, ordinary parry, or mistake. Hu Xianbin: Er He was speechless. He was actually asking if the difficulty should be lowered when he asked if the difficulty should be adjusted. That was because the current combat system was obviously more complicated and more challenging than the previous combat system. If it was still the same difficulty as before, it would probably be even harder to clear. Yet, Boss Pei had increased the difficulty! According to Boss Peis design, players had completely lost the option of slowly grinding the Boss to death. They could only fight it out with their hits. If they won, they could quickly kill the Boss. If they lost, they would be killed by the Boss. That would save him a lot of trouble. He would not drag every battle into a bladder game, but most players would probably be killed by the Boss What would the outcome be if he changed this way? Once the downloadable content was released, it would probably cause a huge commotion. Old players would probably be tortured to tears. That was because these old gamers were already very used to Repent and be Saveds main combat mode. Whenever they encountered a boss, they would observe its movements and fight steadily. As long as they were not greedy and tried a few more times, they would be able to pass it steadily. They would find that the more they observed the Boss, the more they would need to fight when they entered Eternal Reincarnation. Their own aura value would become more and more chaotic, and the Boss aura value would become smoother They would be killed by the boss as they fought. He knew that the gamers of Repent and be Saved loved to suffer but it was too miserable. He did not know if they could take it. Li Yada, who had been silent the entire time, suddenly spoke. Then Boss Pei, should we arrange for a weapon similar to Pudu in the game? The tradition of pity cannot be lost. Repent and be Saved was developed by Li Yada when she was the chief planner. Thus, she had a deeper understanding of the game than Hu Xianbin. Pudu had given gamers a way to cheat. It was also an important part of the games design. It could be said that it had become a tradition for Repent and be Saved. The downloadable content had changed so much. It was time to create a new cheat weapon, right? Hu Xianbins eyes lit up. Yes, there was still Pudu! Boss Pei was very sympathetic to the players. Previously, he had arranged for Pudu because he was afraid that the players with terrible skills would be tortured too much and would not be able to complete the game. Thus, he had deliberately hidden it in the game to wait for players to discover it. Now that the difficulty level had increased, Pei Qian had to take pity on him, right? Pei Qian sniggered inwardly. Pity the players? Why should I pity the players? The one I f*cking pity is myself, alright! Would I be able to clear this lousy game without any secret weapon? However, on further thought, everyone felt that it was not bad to pity the players. Boss Pei made a weapon to cheat for himself was really not very cool to talk about. It would damage their own glorious image. Pei Qian cleared his throat and said, We wont make Pudu this time. Repent and be Saveds original protagonist is an ordinary person. Its reasonable for him to cheat. However, the protagonist of Eternal Reincarnation is the Martial God. Is it reasonable for him to play cheat with such a weapon? Of course, the Martial God should be able to destroy everything with any weapon. Everyone exchanged confused looks. Hu Xianbin said, Boss Pei, youre right. Thats true if we follow the plot settings, but not all players are Martial Gods Pei Qian smiled. I know, dont worry. There are other ways without making a weapon like Pudu. I think the plot settings said that in his later years, the protagonist of the Martial God spent all the wealth and rare treasures that he had gathered in his lifetime to make a magic sword that could kill souls and stain it with the blood of eminent monks. After that, the protagonist used witchcraft to create a pill that could allow him to enter the boundary of death and float between the two worlds. He used the demon sword to kill the Black and White Impermanence and entered hell. According to the original design, the power of the demon sword is limited. The more souls it kills, the weaker it will become. At the same time, in order to highlight the protagonists identity as the Martial God, we also encourage players to use various weapons to match. Different main and secondary weapons can have different combat effects and attacking movements. Thus, the final design became a demon sword is equivalent to a special tool for killing. Players would use various other weapons to fight normally. When they trigger the killing move, they would use the demon sword to kill. As the plot progresses, the power of the demon sword will continue to weaken. Everyone nodded. This was the consensus of the Development Team designers. If he only used the demon sword, the gameplay and process of the entire game would be too singular. Thus, he set it as ordinary weapons to fight monsters and demon swords to kill. Not only would it encourage players to use various weapons, but it would also maximize the restoration of the plot. At that moment, the original author of Eternal Reincarnation, Yu Fei, said, Boss Pei, I actually thought of the setting of the demon sword becoming weaker the more they use it. I just felt that this setting would help to highlight the tragic effect of the entire story. Whats more, the protagonist became clear-headed because the demon sword became weaker. He realized that he had made a huge mistake and ultimately became the first Prison Keeper. That makes more sense. However, the plot must serve the gameplay. If necessary, I can change it to a demon sword that is stronger Pei Qian raised his hand. No! This setting is perfect. It cannot be changed! I just think that we can use this foundation to derive some more. The demon sword has become a plot prop according to the current design and cannot be held in hand. However, I think we can make it into a weapon to fight. However, its initial damage, attack distance, and other attributes are weaker than other equipment. Not only that, as the plot progresses, the protagonist will kill more and more bosses. The stats of the demon sword will also decrease and become weaker. In the later stages, it might not even be able to cause damage. However, add a special effect to the demon sword. When players only use demon swords without any other weapons, they would become more bewitched every time they died. After accumulating to a certain extent, the protagonist would automatically parry under the control of the artificial intelligence system. The more bewitched he becomes, the more frequent the automatic parries. Of course, the damage of the demon sword will still be very low. However, through frequent automatic parries and dismantling moves, even if the damage is very low, it can still disrupt the opponents aura value and achieve the killing conditions. There is a limit to being bewitched at different stages of the game. In the beginning, the power of the demon sword will be very strong. Even if he died many times, the effect of becoming bewitched would not be very obvious. It would only turn some ordinary parries of players into perfect parries. It was almost undetectable. As the story progresses, the power of the demon sword will weaken; he would only be able to continue to improve the effects of being bewitched if he continued to die more often. In the later stages of the game, he will only be able to achieve the effect of automatic parrying if he dies enough times. However, this way, players would not be able to achieve the original ending. Instead, they would be able to achieve an eternal rebirth ending. The protagonist would ultimately become a hellish demon and lose himself completely. The entire world would become hell on earth. Players would only be able to enter the ordinary Prison Keeper ending if they are not too bewitched and use their own strength to clear the game. Chapter 1090 - : Boss Pei’s Good Ideas Are At His Fingertips! Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Pei Qian was absolutely stunned by his genius plan. Im such a genius to be able to think of such a way to cheat! Unlike Pudu, Pei Qian used a under the darkness of a lamp method to cheat. Pudu was indeed very well-hidden, but it had to be said that the players were all strange. No matter how well-hidden it was, players could still dig it out. Thus, he decided not to hide the demon sword anymore. Instead, he placed it in the plot. It made all players feel that it was a plot prop. They would continue to search for a Pudu-like cheat in various corners, but they would forget that the real cheat had always been with them. The conditions to use the demon sword to cheat were very harsh. First, the damage of the demon sword was lower than other weapons from the beginning. The weapons seized from any boss, such as the mourning stick of the Black and White Impermanence, were much stronger than it. At the beginning, the protagonist would not use the demon sword to fight. Instead, he would use the sword that he was most satisfied with when he was alive. The attributes of this sword would also be better than the demon sword. Whats more, the more Bosses they fought, the less damage the demon sword would deal. The conditions to accumulate bewitched points were also very harsh. He had to only take one demon sword and not any other weapon. Since the protagonist was a Martial God, the weapon settings for Eternal Reincarnation were much freer than Repent and be Saved. The protagonist could do whatever he wanted. He could even hold a dual wield weapon in each hand. On the other hand, the attacking distance and damage of dual wield weapons were much higher than one-handed weapons. However, the attacking interval and forward swing were longer. Under such circumstances, the veteran players of Repent and be Saved would definitely choose the dual wield weapons with the highest damage and the most handy. That would be easier to deal with the boss. The attributes of the demon sword were so rubbish. Even if he took it, he would definitely use another weapon. However, he would not be able to accumulate enough bewitched points. He had to only use a Demon Sword with the worst stats, which would not cause damage to anyone. He had to die many times before he could feel the changes in the Demon Sword. Whats more, the changes in the early stages were not obvious. That was because there was a limit to the amount of bewitched points in the early stages. The more the plot progressed, the higher the upper limit of the bewitched points would be. Only then would there be a situation of Fully-Automated Parry. All in all, the demon sword would not be useful in the early stages. However, it would not be a problem to kill the boss after dying a few more times. The more it died in the later stages, the better it would be. It could only lead to a bad ending. To Pei Qian, as long as he knew about this mechanism in advance, he would just die a few more times and suffer a little in the beginning. He would be able to cheat with the difficult bosses in the later stages. It had been a long time since the game was developed and officially released. They would be able to complete it as long as they died many times. Players who did not know about this mechanism would only choose stronger weapons or search for weapons like Pudu. They would never think that the real cheat weapon had always been with them. Of course, there was also a possibility that some big shots were too awesome. They no longer challenged powerful weapons and deliberately used the trashiest demon sword to fight the boss. However, he did not have to worry about being exposed as well. That was because such a veteran had already trained his skills to the point of perfection. He would not die frequently at all. Naturally, he would not accumulate demon points and trigger the automatic parry of the demon sword. Simply put, rookies wouldnt like to use it. Veteran players would not be able to activate it. The more Pei Qian thought about it, the more perfect it seemed. Hehe, stupid gamers, you didnt think of that, did you? I changed the place Im hiding my cheat weapon! As long as gamers could not find the right way to use this weapon, they would have to fight the boss honestly. If they became addicted to Eternal Reincarnation, wouldnt Repent and be Saveds sales decrease? After that, the game would be free of charge! Pei Qian had put in a lot of effort to make the game free. Whats more, since the game was so difficult, it would be a good time to torture those players. Dont you like high difficulty? Then let me show you what true difficulty is! I dont believe that I, a designer, cant deal with you gamers! On the other side, the designers were taking notes in their notebooks. Hu Xianbin wanted to give a standing round of applause. The design was amazing! It was completely different from Pudu, but there were some different routes. This setting matched the plot. The protagonist became more and more bewitched. That meant that his body was gradually controlled by the demonic thoughts. If he fought under the control of the demonic thoughts, he would be able to block them automatically. However, he would slowly lose himself and would not be able to wake up and become a Prison Keeper. Instead, he would cause the entire world to fall into disaster. The game was originally very difficult. However, after adding this setting, the difficulty of the game was equivalent to dynamic adjustment. When players were stuck and died frequently, their bewitched points would gradually increase and the artificial intelligence system would automatically take over. The chances of the automatic perfect parry would become higher and higher. The difficulty would naturally decrease, and players would be able to fight their way through. Of course, the prerequisite for all of this was that players had to know about this mechanism. If players did not only use a demon sword to fight the boss, they would not be able to trigger it no matter how many times they died. Hu Xianbin was not worried even though this mechanism was well-hidden. Didnt the players find Pudu even though it was so well-hidden? The facts had proven that gamers wisdom was endless. Anything hidden in the game would definitely be found. The only difference was whether it was found earlier or later. He had to admit that Boss Pei was really extravagant. Such a combat system and background story could be used to develop a new game. There was no problem calling it Repent and be Saved 2. However, Boss Pei was only using such a good idea as downloadable content. That was rather extravagant! However, this also meant that Boss Pei had too many good ideas. Designs of this level were all at his fingertips. He was not worried about the new games inspiration drying up. Hu Xianbin felt even more respect for Boss Pei at that thought. Some details were easy to resolve with the general direction. For example, there would be huge changes to the weapon system in Eternal Reincarnation. All weapons could be freely dual wielded. Moreover, according to the difference in the main and secondary weapons, the special effects of light attack, heavy attack, and secondary weapons would change. Players could freely match their weapons according to their own preferences. In addition, the games plot became clearer after Boss Peis explanation. Some details related to the plot in the game could be perfected. For example, the protagonist would encounter some enemies and evil people that he had killed before he died in hell. These people would become stronger in hell and look for the protagonist to seek revenge, but they would still be defeated. There would be some special props to kill these enemies or in places like the Three-Life Stone to reveal the bits and pieces of the story of the protagonist when he was alive. The designers felt that they were bursting with inspiration and seriously designing. Yu Fei, the original author, also felt deeply inspired. He might be the original author of Eternal Reincarnation but he felt that his understanding of the entire story was definitely not as good as Boss Pei. The entire story seemed to become deeper after Boss Peis interpretation. Many details in the original novel seemed rough on the edges compared to Boss Peis understanding. The downloadable content Eternal Reincarnation had gathered the elite forces of Tengda Games and was personally guided by Boss Pei. How much face was he given! Many players would definitely come to read the original novel of Eternal Reincarnation. How could he bear to disappoint the gamers with the novel then? Thus, the novel had to be edited! Yu Fei decided not to let his original novel drag them down. When he returned, he would forget about food and sleep and make adjustments to the content of the novel. He would make minor adjustments to the original story structure and try to make the content of the novel perfect! June 5th, Tuesday Meng Chang came to the office early in the morning to check on the current effect of the inspiration class publicity plan. He had to admit that the efficiency of the entire advertising and marketing department was still very fast. After handing the plan to Yu Yao yesterday, all sorts of web-based advertisements had already been released today. The physical advertisements for bus stations and subway stations were slower, but they should be able to be fully released within a week! Such advertisements took a long time. However, Meng Chang did not think that far ahead. The best way to describe his mentality was: He had to fight for every small chance, not wait! He had to set a small goal first. He had to maintain reverse publicity for two weeks and get a guaranteed commission. He would set a mid-tier goal to maintain reverse publicity for a month and obtain a higher commission. As for the highest goal, it would definitely be a full commission. However, Meng Chang felt that it was still too difficult to get a full commission. He could already thank the heavens and thank Boss Pei for not killing him. He casually flipped through the comments on the advertisement online. Whats with Zhongdian Chinese Networks new advertisement? Its so ugly! Its fine if theyre ugly, but the content is not right. These books have poor results on Zhongdian Chinese Network. How can they praise them? Is being ranked in the top thirty on the entire station something that can be used as an honor to publicize? Isnt this really high-end criticism? Is this publicity plan outsourced? I feel that the person who made the proposal does not understand the online literature industry at all. Its too unprofessional! Didnt anyone from Zhongdian Chinese Network check this? I just feel that this inspiration class is not good. What kind of rubbish works are they incubating? The big shots and authors who participated are all trash. Their talents are wasted for writing at a high price! The corners of Meng Changs mouth curled up into a satisfied smile when he saw these comments. It was exactly as he had expected! In fact, many readers were already very dissatisfied with this inspiration class. The author wrote the original theme well, and the hardcore readers loved to read it. In the end, because of the temptation of this inspiration class on the high fixed-rate contracts, the authors wrote on themes that they were not good at. The authors were uncomfortable writing them and the readers were uncomfortable reading them. What was the meaning of this? The publicity plan for the inspiration class this time was so bad. Naturally, it intensified the conflict and made the readers even more dissatisfied. That was exactly what Meng Chang wanted. Wouldnt the commission for this month be stable as long as the readers anger and dissatisfaction could continue? Chapter 1091 - Buy Some Fake Reviewers For Meng Chang June 8th, Friday Ever since the last meeting, the preparatory work for the downloadable content of Eternal Reincarnation had begun. Of course, in order to avoid the systems warning, the downloadable content had not been officially developed. The employees of Tengda Games were only casually writing design manuscripts, modifying art resources, and so on while working. The marginalization system would not interfere. The week passed relatively calmly because there were not many new projects worth paying attention to. Pei Qian focused most of his attention on Meng Changs new publicity plan. That ugly picture had not only bought many advertisement slots online, but it had also been spread out to the bottomline. Many bus stop signs in Jingzhou had also been changed to this picture. They had also bought some advertisements in Beijing, Shanghai, and other cities according to Meng Changs publicity plan. Soon, they would form ugly scenery and pollute the eyes of innocent passers-by. The effect of this plan was very good. It did not attract much attention. Instead, many Zhongdian Chinese Network readers were dissatisfied with the inspiration class. There were endless criticisms. Pei Qian felt comforted by the criticism. Great, this was a good start! How could a random publicity plan become popular? It did not make sense! If both Boss Pei and Meng Changs wisdom would not be able to come up with a failed publicity plan, they would both be real failures! This time, Meng Chang gritted his teeth and made a lousy publicity plan. The netizens reactions were finally normal. Pei Qian could not help but feel gratified that so much publicity funds could finally be wasted. Speaking of which, the commission would only be 70,000 to 80,000 yuan at most based on Meng Changs current expenses Perhaps he became timid and is conservative with his spending now. How can we allow that? Since weve confirmed that the publicity effect is not good, we have to spend more money decisively! I can give him a reminder. At that thought, Pei Qian called Meng Chang. The publicity plan is very effective! Its just that we did not spend enough money. Do you have any more spending plans? Meng Chang was stunned for a moment and said, Er Boss Pei, we dont have any for now. Weve already bought the regular channels and a lot of advertisements for bus stations and subway stations. I think thats enough. Pei Qian said patiently, Have you forgotten to buy fake reviewers? Meng Chang was a little confused. He was stunned for a moment before asking, Can we buy fake reviewers with publicity funds? Pei Qian: Why not? There would be no problem as long as we buy fake reviewers to promote positive publicity! You can spend the publicity budget to hire some fake reviewers to spam content like The Inspiration Class is the Cradle of Gods, the Source of Inspiration, the Holy Land of Creation. Isnt that a very good publicity method! Meng Chang was stunned. He could make such a maneuver? It did not even occur to me before! Boss Peis operation looked like he was bragging about the inspiration class on the surface, but it was actually the same as Meng Changs poster. It was completely high-handed! Cradle of Gods? More like Grave of Gods! It sounded like a reliable method of spending money, but Boss Pei was the one who suggested this. Could there be a misunderstanding? Was there a trick? Meng Chang pondered seriously. There did not seem to be any tricks involved Buying fake reviewers seemed to be a win-win situation for him. There was no problem at all! Meng Chang pondered for a moment and said, But Boss Pei, where can I find fake reviewers? Pei Qian sniggered. Isnt that easy? Dont worry, Ill look for it! However, we have to use publicity funds. Ill tell you in advance so that you wont suspect me. Meng Chang : It felt magical. As Tengdas boss, Boss Pei actually took the initiative to suggest to Meng Chang, the person-in-charge of the publicity department, to use publicity funds. It was ridiculous to use a negotiating tone! Whats more, Meng Chang wanted to do reverse publicity, and Boss Pei had just proposed an excellent reverse publicity plan There were too many twists and turns in this operation that made Meng Chang dizzy. He was once again confused about which side Boss Pei was on. Pei Qian immediately looked for Hu Xiao after hanging up. Buying fake reviewers! He was already an old customer and was familiar with the routine. Pei Qian went straight to the point. Soon, Hu Xiao replied. What exactly are you buying? Is it on a certain website or the entire internet? Pei Qian: The entire internet! In any case, as long as you see discussions related to online novels, get the fake reviewers to mindlessly spam these few sentences: Zhongdian Chinese Networks inspiration class is the Cradle of the Gods, the Source of Inspiration, the Holy Land of Creation, production of famous works Keep boasting about this theme no matter how mushy it sounds! Hu Xiao nodded slightly. His request was clear. How about a 20% discount like before? Pei Qian waved his hand. Theres no need for preferential treatment this time. You can give me more preferential treatment when I need it next time! What a joke. The system allows for this expense this time. Why should he need preferential treatment? Obviously, he had to save this discount for the next time he hired fake reviewers. Hu Xiao scratched his head, confused. What was going on? The person-in-charge of this account has been changed back? He remembered that this person-in-charge had been very generous previously. However, he had become very stingy and meticulous the last time. Why was he so generous this time? How many people were managing this account? However, Hu Xiao did not ask any questions. He immediately arranged for his fake reviewers to work. This was another huge job. He could make a huge profit! June 10th, Sunday. Tengda experience shop was officially opened for trial operation! The relevant work had been progressing after the location of the experience shop was officially finalized. The various cabinets, samples, household necessities, and so on in the experience shop were continuously sent in. Liang Qingfan gradually handed the work of the experience shop to Tian Mo. The entire experience shop was set up the day before. The trial operation of the experience store would start today. The VR experience area had not been officially opened because the VR glasses at Slow Movement Studio had not been developed and mass-produced when compared to the initial plan. The big screen outside was still under construction. The snack vendors and chefs in the gourmet area had not been filled up yet, but there should not be a problem with the human traffic during the trial period. All the products and staff of the experience shop were in position apart from that. A commercial car stopped at the entrance of Golden Prosperity Square. Yao Bo got out of the car and looked up to see the huge LED display that was being renovated. He also saw the interior of the Tengda experience shop through the huge glass wall. The car door on the other side opened as well. Zhou Muyan alighted from the car and looked at the impressive experience shop. As expected of Boss Pei. The first experience shop is so generous! Yao Bo smiled. Of course, since when has Boss Pei been stingy! Lets go. The two of them walked into the experience shop. The two of them had traveled all the way to Jingzhou to learn from him. They wanted to see what Tengdas experience shop was like! Tengda might not have publicized the experience shop but Yao Bo and Zhou Muyan were well-informed. Naturally, they knew that the experience shop had just started its test run today. There was no need to shop in other brands experience shops because there were only so many things. They would not learn much from it. However, Tengdas experience shop was different! Everyone knew that turning something rotten into something magical was one of Boss Peis best abilities as a boss. Boss Pei would always be able to find a new business model no matter which industry he entered. Apart from that, Boss Pei was also unique in management, project publicity, investment, and other aspects of the company. He would probably be able to come up with teaching material for every one of them. The path was simple, but the way it was trodden was different. Only those who had interacted with Boss Pei for a long time could understand how omnipotent Boss Pei was! Then, would Tengdas experience shop be an ordinary experience shop? Definitely not! This experience shop must contain Boss Peis sales idea. It must be completely different from other brands experience shops and physical shops. It was naturally necessary to observe and learn! Yao Bo and Zhou Muyan happened to be in urgent need of such knowledge. Yao Bos Jinding Corporation focused on sportswear and sports drinks as its main business. They had many sports clothing shops in the country as well. However, in recent years, due to the intensifying competition in the market, the squeeze from foreign brands, and the rapid rise of online shopping, the physical stores of Jinding Corporation became more and more difficult. Yao Bo wanted to take a look at Tengdas experience shop and learn from it. It would be best if he could learn something from it and update the Jinding Corporations shop and train their employees. As the boss of Sun Strike Studios, Zhou Muyan had the idea of opening a gaming experience shop in order to better promote the games developed by his own company. However, due to the lack of experience and preparation, this idea was still at the imaginary stage. There was no feasible plan at all. Thus, the two of them wanted to take a look at Tengdas experience shop and learn how Boss Pei had decorated the experience shop during such a special period. If they could learn something, it would definitely be helpful for their shop! Chapter 1092 - Experience Shop’s Transparent Service Yao Bo and Zhou Muyan had just arrived at the lobby on the first floor of the shopping mall when they saw a familiar figure. Eh, isnt that Boss Pei? Yao Bos eyes were sharp. He immediately saw a familiar back view in the crowd. Boss Pei was wearing a mask and had changed into casual clothes but Yao Bo and Zhou Muyan had seen him often after all. That was how they recognized him. Boss Peis back view was too unique. It was hard to forget after meeting him just once. The two of them rushed forward and whispered, Boss Pei? Pei Qian was shocked. He turned around and saw Yao Bo and Zhou Muyan. He lowered his voice and said, Lower your voice! The two immediately nodded. Understood! Yao Bo said in a low voice, Boss Pei, are you conducting a private visit again? Do you want to not be discovered by the employees as you test out service of the experience shop? Pei Qian laughed. A private visit? What the f*ck! I had no choice! Sigh, you wouldnt understand the worries of being too popular. Pei Qian asked curiously, What are you two doing here? Yao Bo smiled. Were here to learn from Tengdas experience store and try to have a similar concept. Zhou Muyan nodded. I have similar plans. Pei Qian laughed again. Youre in the wrong place then! My place is an experience shop in name, but in fact, its first goal is to spend money for nothing, and its second goal is to dissuade customers. Youre here to learn how to dissuade customers? I have the system, do you? However, Pei Qian did not say much. In any case, these two would leave with confused expressions once they entered the experience shop and saw the operations of the employees. He did not have to worry that they would make any mistake. The three of them followed the crowd very quietly and took the escalator up. He had to admit that even though it was just a trial run, the huge human traffic far exceeded Pei Qians imagination. It also confused him. Where did so many people come from! Pei Qian was here a month ago. At that time, Golden Prosperity Square was still quite deserted. It was only a street away from Great World but the traffic was much worse. In the end, the traffic was almost the same as the Great World! Calm down. Its the first day of the trial after all. Everyone is very curious. Whats more, Golden Prosperity Square should have done some publicity. Its normal for there to be a lot of traffic. The traffic will definitely decrease after some time. Pei Qian comforted himself silently. Yao Bo sighed. As far as I know, Golden Prosperity Square did not intend to specially advertise. All the publicity efforts will be placed in two weeks, which is when the big screen is officially up. I didnt expect Tengdas appeal to be so strong. Attracting so many customers just by word of mouth! This is enough to show that the location of the experience shop is very successful. The traffic in the future will definitely not be small! Golden Prosperity Square will make a huge profit! Zhou Muyan nodded. Thats right. Not only is the location of this experience shop good, the renovations and decorations inside are also very good. It looks like a huge piece of art from the outside. If you shop nearby, you will definitely come. How can the traffic be small? It will be very lively in the future! Pei Qian: Both of them bootlicking Pei Qian nearly caused him internal injuries. Shut your mouth if you dont know how to speak! Did the two of you travel all the way to Jingzhou just to whip my corpse? How ridiculous! Pei Qian silently quickened his pace, hoping that the two of them would stop talking and interact with the employees as soon as possible. He wanted to see the cruel truth thatTengdas experience shop was persuading customers to leave. He arrived at the second floor, first to the gaming experience area, and then to the digital area. The gaming experience area was divided into many small units with different equipment. Some were in Fish-Catching Internet Cafes model, ROFs entire system unit plus the E-Sports monitor and the E-Sports tables and chairs; some were in the living room model, with a big television and an armchair plus the main computer, or an armchair plus a G1 cell phone. There was another area that was temporarily empty as a resting area, but it was actually reserved for VR glasses. All the equipment was like cell phone shops, with a fixed line to prevent theft. The gaming experience area was to show all the game settings as much as possible so that customers could play Tengda Games under these settings and choose according to their own needs. There might be quite a lot of traffic but the layout of the entire gaming experience area was more scientific and the space utilization was not bad. Whats more, customers walked and stopped. They were more considerate and rarely occupied the equipment for a long time. Thus, there were still a few empty spaces. Zhou Muyan was more interested in this area. He found an armchair and sat down, picking up the controller to experience it. Eh, there are no employees? Zhou Muyan asked curiously. He sat down and looked around. He did not see any Tengda employees in their work uniforms. They seemed to be all customers. Zhou Muyan looked at Boss Pei questioningly. Pei Qian used his emotionless face as a reply to him. Who should I ask? I dont know where they are either! Pei Qian had deliberately instructed the sales of the experience shop to have no uniform. Now, Tian Mo and the other salespeople should be hiding in a corner, secretly playing the games, right? Zhou Muyan was confused. What did Boss Pei mean? Boss Peis expression had always been hard to decipher. It made matters worse that Boss Pei was wearing a mask today. He could not understand what Boss Pei was trying to express when he looked at him. Yao Bo poked Zhou Muyan. Dont ask such a stupid question! Didnt you see a button? Zhou Muyan: A button? Where? He observed carefully and realized that there was an inconspicuous small button on the computer table and cabinet where the equipment was placed. It should be a call button. As long as he pressed it, the experience shop staff would follow the table number to look for him. Zhou Muyan was pleasantly surprised. This is good! A hidden employee service? Ask the employees to wear casual clothes and hide. Leave a space for the customers to look undisturbed and absolutely unrestricted. When customers need them, just press the button and the employees would rush over to serve them. This transparent service is very worth promoting and learning! Pei Qian: What transparent service? Dont create concepts for me! He only hid them because he did not want the salesmen to sell their products to make money. Dont read too much into it! Zhou Muyan clicked his tongue in wonder as he stood up. The three of them entered the digital zone. The sun shone through a full-length window, illuminating the entire space. It might be summer and it was very hot outside but the temperature of the air conditioner was very suitable. The warm sunlight made people feel very comfortable. There were various Tengdas digital products in the spacious and bright space, including G1 cell phones, Fully-Automated Smart Bickering Machine, smart fitness drying rack, and other products. They were all in different areas. There were obviously more people here than in the gaming experience area. Some customers were playing with G1 cell phones while others were bickering with the bickering machine. It was a harmonious scene. Pei Qian felt depressed. What were these people shopping for Apart from this cell phone, hadnt everything else been released for a long time? Especially the bickering machine. Why did people still enjoy it? Zhou Muyan walked to the counter of G1s cell phone and played with it. Yao Bo was a little surprised. Eh, arent you using this cell phone now? Zhou Muyan said, So what? Playing with my own is not the same as playing with the shop. Such a high-end experience shop has a special effect on these products. Look at this Fully-Automated Bickering Machine. It glows in the bright sunlight, and its appearance instantly appears to be a lot more high-end! It stimulates shopping desires! Is this also a transparent service? Not bad, not bad. This time, Zhou Muyan saw the call button without Yao Bos reminder. Yao Bo sighed. Yes, the atmosphere is really different! Jinding Corporations shops are no different from a pigeon cage after looking at this place. Its so frustrating! There are no sales representatives here, but the overall environmental layout and the control of the light source create a warm and natural atmosphere, subtly increasing the quality of the products. In such a non-sales environment, it is easy for customers to let down their guard and not resist. It is easier to stimulate customers desire to purchase! I heard that you hired architect Liang to design this place, Boss Pei? Indeed, a Great Masters work is totally different! Not only does it involve architecture, but it also involves professional knowledge in psychology and art. It exudes the smell of money and is also filled with the fragrance of art. Im afraid very few companies can combine such a high cost of construction with such an artistic design! Zhou Muyan added, The last time I felt this way was at POUIOs cell phone store. Yao Bo sized up the huge full-length windows and looked at the various simple but artistic shelves. He said, However, this is not easy to learn. Zhou Muyan nodded. Of course! You have to first have an impressive designer if you want to recreate this shopping environment. Second, you have to be willing to spend a lot of money. These shelves, including the ceiling lights, look ordinary at first glance but you will find that they are definitely very expensive after careful observation! Of course, the price is secondary. The main point is that the investment could be recouped! If we were to sell clothing or other things, the profit margin would not be high. It would be very difficult to recoup our costs. On the other hand, Tengda is selling digital products and games. There are a lot of stocks in the inventory of physical products. The game can be infinitely replicated. The profits are very considerable. Thats why they can make money! The logic of such a shop is very simple, but it requires a strong brand appeal and product profit margin to be able to play it well. Therefore, only a few companies like Tengda and Pineapple can make money using this model. The corners of Pei Qians mouth twitched as he listened to their conversation. Both of you are doing crosstalk here? Why are they praising and teasing me, stabbing into my heart? What did he mean by only Tengda could make money by playing this model? What good would it do to you if you anger me to death! Pei Qian was furious, but he could not say anything. He could only remain silent with a dark expression. Seeing that Boss Pei did not react, Yao Bo said, Sigh, the two of us are making too much of a fuss. Given Tengdas outstanding performance in various industries, this experience shop might be able to beat 99.99% of physical shops but it is just normal for Tengda. Should we call the staff over to ask? We havent seen a single employee after shopping for so long. Yao Bo pressed the button on the table. There was no prompt or voice transmission. Only the circle of light around the button lit up, indicating that it was alerting someone. Pei Qian became more excited. It looked like Liang Qingfan had used too much force and decorated the entire experience shop too well. That was why Yao Bo and Zhou Muyan had a misunderstanding. However, as long as he called the salespeople over, their true colors would definitely be revealed! Not long after he pressed the button, he saw Tian Mo stand up from some corner and walk over quickly. Pei Qian could not help but smile when he saw Tian Mo. His good disciple was here! Pei Qian might be a little worried if it was someone else from the sales department. What if the bad habits left behind in other places were not completely changed and they were promoted? However, Pei Qian was more at ease with Tian Mo. Tian Heiquan, you are my last hope. Pei Qian could not wait to see the confused expressions on Yao Bo and Zhou Muyans faces after Tian Mo dissuaded them! Chapter 1093 - You Actually Want To Poach Tian Mo? Tian Mo quickly responded and said to Yao Bo and Zhou Muyan, Hello, how can I help you? Yao Bo sized Tian Mo up and realized that he was dressed in casual clothes. He only had a special electronic wristband on his wrist to confirm his identity as an employee. On one hand, this wristband could prove his identity. On the other hand, it could also show the serial number for the specific location of the call. When customers prompted for help, the wristbands of all sales in a small area would vibrate with a light reminder. After one of the salespeople pressed the reception button on the wristband, the other sales wristbands would no longer be reminded. The salesperson in charge of receiving them would continue to show the position serial number of the current reception until they were done. Yao Bo noticed that even though Tian Mo was not good looking, he had a good taste in dressing. It suited his style very well and added a sense of familiarity. At that moment, Tian Mo also noticed Boss Pei standing beside the two of them. Tian Mo had met Boss Pei many times so he could naturally recognize him even though he was wearing a mask. Tian Mo immediately understood when he saw Boss Peis pretending not to know him. Boss Pei is here to inspect and test my results! I will definitely follow Boss Peis instructions and receive the customers well. I cannot disappoint Boss Pei! Tian Mo immediately perked up and revised the sales rules that Boss Pei had repeatedly instructed him to in his heart to ensure that nothing would go wrong. Yao Bo casually pointed at the bickering machine beside him. I want to buy this. Introduce it to me. Tian Mo took a look. Yao Bo was referring to the first generation of the Bickering Machine, which did not have an echo wall or intelligent voice assistant. It was only a mechanical bickering machine and not a smart bickering version. Boss Pei had never taught him how to introduce this bickering machine. However, Tian Mo had already figured it out after so long. He had long learned how to draw inferences. He figured out how to reply after thinking for a while. Hello, what youre looking at now is the original version of our Bickering Machine. Its also the basic version. This version of the Bickering Machine only has a pure mechanical structure. It can only be placed as an interesting toy or ornament. It is not very fun to play with it in the long term. I dont recommend you to spend on impulse. It would be best if you buy it after you confirm that you really need it and like it very much. Tian Mo glanced at Boss Pei after he finished speaking. Boss Pei nodded silently. He immediately felt relieved. It looked like Boss Pei was quite satisfied! Pei Qian was indeed very pleased. Alright, Tian Heihua did not disappoint me! Previously, he had racked his brains to come up with the sales regulations, choose the salespeople, and carefully trained them. Finally, it worked. The reply was reasonable and logical. It pointed out the problem with the product very realistically and sharply. It also clearly dissuaded customers. It completely met Pei Qians expectations. Yao Bo and Zhou Muyan would probably look confused, right? Pei Qian looked at the two of them and realized that they were indeed a little stunned, but not to the point of being confused. Yes, it seemed like they had not suffered enough shock. Yao Bo thought for a moment and asked, Why are they placed here if its not recommended? Tian Mo smiled. He had encountered this question many times when servicing in that small experience shop. He had not thought of how to respond previously, but he knew now. It looked like it was necessary for Boss Pei to let him train at the experience shop. If not for the experience shop, he would definitely be confused and flustered, leaving a bad impression on customers. However, that would not happen now! Tian Mo smiled and said, Its because the customers preferences and tastes are different. We cant rule out the possibility that some customers with different personalities would like this product, so we will display all the products that are being sold. However, we have to do our job to remind customers who do not really like this type of product to avoid them buying it wrongly. Yao Bo nodded slightly and said, You just said that this is the first-generation bickering machine. Its purely a mechanical structure. It wont be fun in the long term. Are you recommending that I buy the new Fully-Automated Smart Bickering Machine then? Tian Mo immediately shook his head. No. The new Fully-Automated Smart Bickering Machine might have added intelligent voice assistant AEEIS and echo wall function, but it is relatively expensive. If you only want the echo wall function, I suggest you buy other high-quality echo wall products of the same price. The new Fully-Automated Intelligent Bickering Machine might be much more practical but it is still not recommended for you to spend on impulse because it is more expensive. You still have to confirm that you need it and like it very much before you buy it. Pei Qian could not help but praise Tian Mo in his heart. Alright, you can graduate now! There were only two things that were not recommended in the Tengda experience shop. They would not recommend neither this nor that! Take the Bickering Machine for example. The first-generation, pure mechanical, Bickering Machine was not recommended, nor was the new generation of Smart Bickering Machine! Not only would he not recommend his own bickering machine, but he would also recommend customers to buy echo walls of the same price to achieve a composite dissuasion effect. Pei Qian was very satisfied with Tian Mos answer. Yao Bo and Zhou Muyan should back off now, right? However, these two people were not confused. Instead, they fell into deep thought. Yao Bo thought for a moment and said, Show me the functions of the smart bickering machine. Tian Mo nodded. Alright, this Fully-Automated Smart Bickering Machine has four main functions. The first is to be used as an echo wall to cooperate with television or computer use. The second is to be used as a smart center and control the home appliances through voice assistants. The third is the basic bickering function of the mechanical structure. The fourth is to interact with the artificial intelligence assistant AEEIS, such as the bickering mode, line mode, daily communication, and so on Tian Mo introduced as he demonstrated for Yao Bo and Zhou Muyan. Pei Qian had requested before that all sales had to know the shortcomings of the products in the shop like the back of his hand. Therefore, Tian Mo and the other salespeople would spend a lot of time experiencing the products and games in the shop. He had indeed experienced the shortcomings during the experience, but he would naturally experience the advantages as well. Thus, Tian Mo knew most of the details of the products in the shop very well. Once Yao Bo asked him to demonstrate the functions, he immediately and systematically demonstrated the main functions. He attracted many customers around him especially when he argued with AEEIS. Soon, the demonstration of functions was over. Yao Bo nodded in satisfaction. Alright, give me one! Pei Qians mind filled with more question marks. Something was wrong with him! Ive already dissuaded you so much and explained the shortcomings clearly. Why would you still want to buy it? Oh, perhaps he deliberately bought it because Im here? Fortunately, as long as he was not convinced by the sales Pei Qian relaxed slightly at that thought. However, not long after he heaved a sigh of relief, he heard two passers-by beside him say, Not bad, give me one too! Pei Qian: Did we arrange for fake sales in the experience shop? No. Why didnt I know about it if it was really arranged? Tian Mo quickly said, The Bickering Machine is a large piece of equipment. Its inconvenient to move it. I recommend you to place an order online. Upwind Logistics will send it over on the same day if its in Jingzhou. Of course, if you drive here and its convenient to carry it, you can also take it directly from the shop. Yao Bo asked, Can you get a commission if we are to get it now? Tian Mo shook his head. We are getting a fixed salary without commission. It doesnt matter where you buy it from. Yao Bo and Zhou Muyan looked shocked once again. There was no commission as a salesperson? If this was any other shop, they would definitely think that this boss was not only stingy, but also stupid. The salespeople had already sold their item and earned money. Shouldnt they give some commission? This small sum of money could greatly increase the enthusiasm of the salespeople. Why not? However, it was different since it was in Tengdas experience shop. That was because everyone knew that Boss Pei would definitely not be associated with the word stingy or stupid. Since that was the case, Boss Pei must have given these sales a very high base salary and benefits. In fact, the treatment would be even better than other shops! Yao Bo did not hide his admiration. Young man, you must have had a lot of experience in sales previously, right? Otherwise, you would not be able to grasp the customers mentality so accurately and be so proficient in the business. He lowered his voice and asked, Do you have any plans to change jobs? I can arrange for you to be the branch manager of the biggest flagship store in Jinding Corporation. Its not impossible for you to become a sales manager in the future! Pei Qian could not help but cough. What was the meaning of this? Are you trying to poach my man in front of me? Tian Mo was a sales talent that I had worked so hard to obtain from the streets. I have worked so hard to nurture him for so long. Why do you want to poach him? Whats more why are you poaching him! Are you crazy? Are you even human if you want to poach Tian Mo? Tian Mo revealed an apologetic smile and shook his head. To be honest, I dont have any sales experience at all. Boss Pei promoted and nurtured me step by step. Whats more, my entire experience is limited to Tengda. It cannot be used anywhere else. Therefore, I appreciate your good intentions, but I cannot leave Tengda! Yao Bo said regrettably, Really? Thats a pity. Alright, I have no other questions. Thank you. Tian Mo turned around and left after solving the problem. He hid in the crowd again. Yao Bo smiled and explained in a low voice, Boss Pei, dont take it to heart. I didnt mean to poach your man. I just love talents. After a moment of silence, Pei Qian asked, Can you explain to me through your love for talent how could you tell that this is a talent? It was ridiculous. Tian Mo was obviously someone he found casually from the streets. He had a high school education and could not even distribute flyers well. Even if he could speak and introduce products after a period of training, he could not be considered a talent, right? Whats more, Tian Mo had been following instructions just now to introduce the shortcomings of the products and earnestly dissuade customers. You actually want such a sales talent? You want to promote him to be a sales manager? Wasnt he afraid that the Jinding Corporation would go bankrupt? Chapter 1094 - Boss Pei, Stand In A Higher Vantage Point To Look At Sales! Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Yao Bo was a little emotional as he played with the bickering machine and said, He might not look good, but he gives people a special sense of familiarity. He is not like other salespeople who might have a polite smile but naturally make people wary. Thats very rare! Actually, I was a little confused when he introduced the shortcomings of the bickering machine at the beginning. I dont know his intentions. However, during his introduction, I suddenly had a reverse psychology. The more he doesnt recommend it, the more I want to buy it! After that, I asked him to show me the specific functions of the bickering machine. That greatly strengthened my desire to buy it. Thats why I feel that the sales are not simple! How could he convince me in such a short time if he did not have precise control of the customers mentality? However, guiding from what he said at the end, this was obviously personally taught by Boss Pei. He actually doesnt have much sales experience. Thats not strange. Obviously, wunderkinds are common, but Boles are not. The salespeople trained by Boss Pei are indeed different! Pei Qian: Reverse psychology? The less he recommended it, the more he wanted to buy it? Are you cheap? Pei Qian remained silent for a moment, and then said in a strange tone, I think you should think about why youre feeling this way. In other words, he was trying to ask him to think if his brain was still functioning normally. I told you not to buy it, but you insisted on buying it. What was wrong with you? Zhou Muyan nodded in agreement. Indeed! Pei Qian was stunned. Then, he looked at Old Zhou, comforted. Indeed, there were still normal people! Zhou Muyan obviously felt that Yao Bo had overreacted. It was not reasonable for him to have reverse psychology. This was obviously good news for Pei Qian! However, Zhou Muyan pondered for a moment and continued, Its indeed worth reflecting on why such reverse psychology appeared. Im the same as you. I am affected by reverse psychology and a strong urge to buy it. I might have placed an order if I had not bought it and placed it at home. I think its the result of many psychological factors! First of all, Tengdas products have always had a good reputation. Whether it is expensive or cheap products, they basically have very unique personalities. This has already formed a preconceived notion in consumers hearts. Secondly, the environment of the entire experience shop is very high-end. It is a huge gap from the other shops. This environment further strengthened the impression that Tengdas brand is extremely strong and its products are all top-quality. Once again, what I saw after entering the shop, including a large number of customers and the transparent services of the salespeople, this high-quality shopping experience that is different from other experience shops strengthened this impression. With all these factors added together, the customers in the experience shop have formed a subconscious mindset that all the products here are definitely worth buying! And at that time, the sales would first introduce the shortcomings of the product. They would also introduce it from a very objective and fair point of view. That would conflict with the subconscious in the customers hearts and stimulate them to have reverse psychology. Customers would think that this thing is not bad, but you keep talking about its flaws. What do you mean? This reverse psychology would prompt customers to feel bad for the product, requesting sales to demonstrate this product or introduce more content. As the merits of the product are displayed, all the previous flaws will be diluted. Whats more, it will once again comply with the subconsciousness of the customers, making them feel very comfortable and feel that they are right. Thus, the impression of these are all premium products was strengthened further, causing customers who had not bought this product to have a strong desire to buy it! Yao Bo nodded in realization. Brilliant! 1 Could this be the legendary playing hard to get? 1 Its simply a combination of attacks that are impossible to guard against! However, there is a prerequisite for this. The brand must be strong. Whats more, all the products must be special enough. The overall reputation must be very high. Coupled with an investment in such a shop, it can successfully create such reverse psychology in the hearts of customers. It turns out that the experience shop is not just for show, but also for practical purposes! Both of them looked at Pei Qian in admiration. The eyes above Pei Qians mask looked confused. What the f*ck are you talking about Reverse psychology? Playing hard to get? Dont talk nonsense, I didnt even think that! This was an accident, an accident! Pei Qian cleared his throat and explained, You cant say that. Some customers will be dissuaded. If it was really as they said, the experience shop would be a failure! Not only did he not achieve the goal of dissuading customers, but he had also achieved a better sales effect than ordinary sales? That was too cruel. Pei Qian could not accept it. Zhou Muyan nodded. Yes, thats right. Of course, some customers would be dissuaded. But this is the best part! The special characteristic of this set of combination attacks makes it so that the willing ones take the bait. In other words, The unwilling ones will not take the bait. The prerequisite for this reverse psychology is that it must be highly recognized by Tengdas brand. Subconsciously, we will think that Tengdas products must be top-quality. If customers did not like the Bickering Machine to begin with, the sales would not form reverse psychology when introducing the flaws of the Bickering Machine. Instead, it would strengthen the customers subconsciousness, and they would not buy it. At that point, Pei Qian heaved a sigh of relief. It was alright. In other words, the situation was not that bad. Some people would be dissuaded. However Zhou Muyan changed the topic. Tengda is actually not losing out in such a situation where the unwilling ones will not take the bait. These people did not like this product to begin with and did not intend to buy it. Even if they were deceived by the sales and forced to buy it, they would definitely regret it and ask for a refund. At that time, not only would there be a series of problems such as refunds, but customers would also have the bad impression that sales are bluffing them. That would affect the reputation of the entire Tengda Corporation and destroy the relaxed and comfortable atmosphere of the experience shop. On the other hand, if the sales talk about the shortcomings openly first, it would make customers who did not intend to buy feel that the sales are very practical. They would say whatever they wanted. They would not blindly promote it to achieve results. Instead, they would consider from the perspective of customers whether they really need this product. That way, even if customers dont buy it now, they would have a good impression of Tengdas brand and Tengda experience shops sales. The next time he sees a new product that he is interested in, he will become the group of people who are willing to be hooked and buy it voluntarily! In the short-term, even though he managed to dissuade customers, he left a seed in their hearts. It would gradually take root and germinate in the future, turning him into a loyal customer. This long-term vision is completely in line with Tengdas usual style. Brilliant! Zhou Muyan silently gave Boss Pei a thumbs up. Yao Bo was enlightened. He sighed. I see. I know the difference between our shop and Tengda experience shop! Its not purely about money and investment, nor is it purely about the quality of the salespeople and the quality and category of goods. There might be a huge gap in these aspects but that is not the root cause. The fundamental difference is in synergy! When we think about improving the shop experience, we often focus on very one-sided and shallow areas. For example, renovate the shop, change the lights, make customers shopping experience better; organize salespeople to train and improve their professional skills; change the location and layout of the shop to increase the flow of people However, these measures are too one-sided and shallow. They might have a certain effect but they cannot solve the problem fundamentally. Thank you, Boss Pei, for providing a new and higher dimension of thinking! Experience shops and stores, as the windows that brands show to customers, how much effect they have would be a combination of many factors. The shape of the brand, the planning of the products, the renovation and layout of the experience shop, the salespeople These seemingly unrelated points are actually closely related! Only by unifying all of them and taking them into consideration would such a wonderful chemical reaction be formed. The experience shop would become a part of the brand and give customers the best shopping experience! Boss Pei, thank you so much. This trip to Tengda experience shop was worthwhile. Ive learned so much! Yao Bo could not help but hold Boss Peis hand with both hands, his eyes filled with gratitude. The deterioration of the Jinding Corporations stores in recent years had always been a worry for them. In order to solve this problem, Jinding Corporation had thought of many ways. For example, renovating shops, training salespeople, poaching competitors sales talents, trying to open online shops, and so on. However, none of them succeeded! It might be slightly better but it was still unable to resist the general trend. After seeing Tengdas experience shop today and analyzing it with Zhou Muyan, Yao Bo suddenly understood the gap between the Jinding Corporation and Tengda experience shop. He also understood the crux of the problem with his own shop. Now that he had gotten an answer to the question that he had been troubled about, he felt as if he had been enlightened! Of course, he might not be able to solve it even if he knew. The Tengda experience shop was so successful mainly because of its brand and product strength. If they did not have the support of the corresponding product strength and rashly learned the sales model of Tengda experience shop, they would definitely die very badly. If the quality of the product was not good, then the sales fake dissuasion would immediately become real dissuasion. The sales volume of the shop would probably drop by a thousand miles. Thus, this model might not be able to solve the current problem of the Jinding Corporation. It might even backfire. After all, there was a huge gap between the brand appeal and product strength of the Jinding Corporation and Tengda. However, no matter what, Boss Peis method of handling the Tengda experience shop showed Yao Bo a completely new possibility that he had never considered before. This was equivalent to allowing him to stand on a higher vantage point and carefully observe the problems in his own shop. Even if he could not solve it immediately, he had finally taken a huge step forward! Pei Qian fell into a daze seeing Yao Bo holding his hand excitedly, seemingly forgetting himself. How the f*ck did this happen? At first, he thought that the nurturing of the sales group was Tengdas long-term plan. If it was nurtured well, it could spend a lot of money and reduce sales volume. That was why Pei Qian spent so much effort to get Tian Mo to memorize the sales regulations and open an experience shop for Tian Mo to practice. In the end, this huge experience shop failed on the first day of testing?? Pei Qian could not help but recall what Meng Chang said previously. He knew that this place would become popular after taking a look at the experience shop! At that time, Pei Qian was very indignant. Do you know what the situation is like in the shop before you conclude that it would become popular? Is it wishful thinking? Now, it was proven that what Meng Chang saw was not wishful thinking . On the contrary, he saw it very clearly. The wishful one was Pei Qian, the only one who thought that the experience shop would not become popular Pei Qian could not help but look up at the sky, speechless. Ah, what a sad story. Chapter 1095 - Welcome Prison Keeper Into The GOG Family June 11th, Monday At Tengda Games Hu Xianbin and Min Jingchao were seriously thinking about Repent and be Saveds new downloadable content, Eternal Reincarnation. Ever since the meeting with Boss Pei last Monday, Tengda Games designers have been filled with inspiration. They could not wait to turn this downloadable content into reality. However, after a week, this state of inspiration became a torture for everyone. That was because they had inspiration but could not start production immediately. It was also very uncomfortable. It was unbearable! It was just like an author who had obviously thought of a brilliant idea but could not write it immediately. Instead, he had to repeatedly consider, polish, and perfect it for two months. He could not write a single word in the main body. This torture was not something anyone could tolerate. The designers of the games department were the same. They could only do some minor preparatory work, such as briefly conceptualizing the game mechanism, making minor edits to art resources, and so on. However, they could not really plan projects, design specifics, formal development, and so on. As for why Boss Pei did not make it very clear, everyone guessed that it was to let everyone accumulate inspiration and accumulate well. Dont be in a hurry to achieve success, dont mess up this good idea. That was understandable, but it was still very uncomfortable. Hu Xianbin and Min Jingchao were in a similar state. Hu Xianbin had developed Mission and Choice previously. The game had stabilized after it was released. There were no large downloadable content or continuation development plans for now. Thus, Hu Xianbin spent most of his time thinking about Eternal Reincarnation. On Min Jingchaos side, GOGs various competition zones were about to hold the finals for the Spring Competition. The game version was already very stable. There was no need to update it for the time being. Min Jingchao had nothing else to do. He was very interested in the downloadable content of Eternal Reincarnation, so he helped to design and conceptualize the gameplay. The more he thought about it, the more he wanted to create this downloadable content immediately. It would feel quite exciting to fight especially with such a unique combat mechanism! Of course, the prerequisite was that it was in the hands of an expert. However, Boss Peis orders could not be violated. If Boss Pei said that they could not officially start developing it, then they could not develop it. Hu Xianbin was a little worried as he said, The feeling of being filled with inspiration but unable to be officially developed is too uncomfortable! Boss Pei wanted us to wait two months before officially developing it. His intention was good. He wanted us to accumulate inspiration and prepare before starting production. But Do we really need two months? Thats too long! Given the size of this downloadable content, it can barely be done in two months. After all, the main scenes and monsters have not changed much. Many art resources can be used again. Three months should be enough even if we add testing and adjustment. That doesnt make sense. Min Jingchao nodded. It does feel a little strange. This progress is a little dragged out. If Pei Qian heard their conversation, he would definitely scoff and say, What do you know! This had nothing to do with dragging it out. The reason why it had to be delayed for two months was mainly because it was just in time for the settlement cycle! That was because the previous game development was within the settlement cycle. Thus, it could be developed according to the normal progress. However, the downloadable content of Eternal Reincarnation was relatively special. It was coincidentally at the end of the settlement cycle. If it was developed now, it would take three months to develop it steadily. That would delay the settlement. That was why he decided to postpone the development for two months to avoid the settlement cycle. However, Hu Xianbin and Min Jingchao did not know about this. They felt that something was amiss. They naturally had doubts when they thought about the Tengda spirit interpretation criteria of Boss Peis unreasonable actions must have a deeper meaning. Previously, they had been filled with inspiration and had been seriously thinking about the design plan. Thus, they had buried these doubts in their hearts for now. However, now that the design plan was more or less complete, they could not write a formal design plan even if they had drafted a draft. They also could not start production. This question surfaced again in this torturous state, and it was difficult to ignore it. Both of them fell silent and pondered. Hu Xianbin frowned and said, Do you think Boss Pei is hinting that we have something else to do by purposely giving us such a long time and not allowing us to start working on the downloadable content for Eternal Reincarnation? Min Jingchao nodded. I think thats possible. What else could it be? What kind of work can be completed within two months and be slightly related to Eternal Reincarnation? Hu Xianbin thought hard but still had no idea. Suddenly, Min Jingchaos eyes lit up. Eh, I know! Can we create a new hero for GOG? Two months is enough for us to produce a new hero. Whats more, this new hero can be used in the combat mechanism in Eternal Reincarnation. GOG has not seen such a popular new hero ever since Literary Genius of the Winds, Ruan, was born. The new heroes have good reviews and are balanced, but there has never been a hero as popular as Literary Genius of the Winds, Ruan. In these two months, we can design GOGs new hero, Prison Keeper while accumulating inspiration for Eternal Reincarnation and prepare for the early stages. Wouldnt the rhythm be more perfect if we make this Prison Keeper of the new hero first and then warm up the publicity for Eternal Reincarnation around this new hero? Realization dawned on Hu Xianbin. Thats right. That makes much more sense! If Boss Pei really wants us to do something in the next two months, that would be it! Both of them thought about it and felt that this was indeed the most likely option. Whats more, he had nothing to do now. Wouldnt it be best to create a new hero? At first, Min Jingchao had intended to release the news of the new hero, the Prison Keeper, on the stage of the GPLs Spring Competition finals. However, after some discussion, they decided against it. The GPLs Spring Competition finals were this weekend. It was a little late compared to the normal Spring Competition schedule. After all, it was June. Logically speaking, the summer competition was about to start. However, this was mainly to take care of the time in the other competition zones. The other zones were formed later, so the league began relatively late. The time of the various zones were uniformly opened for the summer competition at about the same time. That was to ensure that the summer competition schedule for the various zones had already been completed when the second global invitational tournament was convened. Originally, the Spring Competition Finals was a very good time to promote the new hero. However, there were two considerations: First, it would be impossible to create a promotional video in a week. It would be very boring if only text messages were released and there was no video information. Second, Boss Pei had requested that no information about the copyright development of the inspiration class could be leaked in a month. Strictly speaking, this new hero should be part of the copyright development. Thus, both of them gave up on that idea. However, GOGs summer competitions in various regions around the world would begin in about a month. They could announce the new hero when the summer competition began! Min Jingchao and Hu Xianbin were filled with motivation once they had a goal. The unique mechanism that they had finalized for the inspiration they had accumulated for Eternal Reincarnation could be used to design GOGs new hero. They could work hard to develop a hero that was as popular as Literary Genius of the Winds, Ruan! The design plan for the new hero was quickly released with the cooperation of the two. Obviously, they had to benefit from the inspiration that Boss Peis original ideas had given them, as well as the accumulation of ideas and game designs over the week. The new hero was called the Prison Keeper. He was a physical assassin. Its passive skill was adjustment, which was similar to the aura value in Eternal Reincarnation. The Prison Keeper did not have mana bars or energy bars. Instead, it had stamina bars. It would consume stamina no matter whether it was releasing skills or ordinary attacks. In addition, there would be a circular halo effect under the feet of the Prison Keeper. It would expand and shrink according to a certain frequency. This circle was the aura value. Expansion meant inhaling, shrinking meant exhaling. When the circle was expanded to the maximum, it would be the best state for attacking or releasing skills. If one attacked frequently under this condition, it would be able to achieve the adjustment effect. It would speed up the stamina recovery of the Guardian, increase the movement speed slightly, and increase the chances of blockage. On the other hand, if he attacked or released a skill at the wrong time, the jailer would automatically adjust his aura value to adapt to the attack frequency. However, the side effect was that the aura value would gradually become chaotic. The aura value would be represented by the color of the circle of light under his feet. It would still be the same as Eternal Reincarnation. At the beginning, it would be regular white, chaotic yellow or red, and the aura would be smooth green. If the circle of light under the Prisoners feet was green and his stamina bar was full, it would be best not to fight him head-on. The first and second skills of the Prison Keeper were Perfect Parry and Step and dodge. This mechanism corresponded to the perfect parry or dodge mechanism of the protagonist in Eternal Reincarnation when he pushed the joystick against the enemys attack. There was a difference between these two skills. The cooldown time for the perfect parry was short. There was no displacement effect, and the physical consumption was not high. However, it had a certain chance of failure. It required the mouse pointer to point in the right direction and use skills at the right time to trigger the perfect parry. Otherwise, it would not be a perfect parry and would even result in a failure. Whether the parry was perfect would affect the damage taken by the hero, the change in aura value, the consumption of physical strength, and the cooldown of the skill. On the other hand, the cooldown time for step and dodge was relatively long. It had a short distance displacement effect and consumed more stamina. However, it was much easier to operate than to parry. It was more friendly to the opponents handicap. The difficulty of parrying could be simply divided into three types: the ordinary attacks of opposing heroes were relatively easy to parry; ordinary skills apart from big moves were more difficult; the parry of big moves was the most difficult. To succeed would not only require skill but also good luck. It would be very difficult for players to succeed in parry considering that there were differences in the timing, flight speed, and other factors for each heros skill. Once the parry failed, it was equivalent to using ones face to receive the skill. The consequences would be very serious. These two skills and the settings of the aura value were the key to whether the hero could show off. The third skill was Switching weapons. According to the settings, the Prison Keeper was a Martial God and was proficient in various weapons. Thus, he could freely switch between different types of weapons. Min Jingchao designed three weapon models because it was not appropriate to make it too complicated. One was a dual-wield weapon. Under this mode, the swing would be longer before the attack, the attacking distance would be larger, the attacking strength would be slightly higher, the sweeping attack would have AOE effect, but the attacking speed would be significantly reduced. The second was to hold a sword with one hand. Under this mode, the attacking distance, attack speed, and attack power would be moderate, but it would have a slight increase in block effect. The third was a dual dagger. It had the shortest attacking distance and the lowest attacking strength. However, its attacking frequency was extremely high. Whats more, it could generate additional critical damage when attacking the enemy from behind. When choosing different weapon modes, one had to consider the current aura value state and the effect of the equipment. For example, if one wanted to walk the path of the assassin, they could use the critical hit speed to equip the main dagger. If they wanted to walk the path of the half tank warrior, they could mainly use the dual-wield weapon. However, he could not use one weapon to the end. In order to encourage players to change weapons more, every time he switched weapons, there would be a short period of damage increase and a small buff to increase the success rate of parrying. It was also easy to explain in terms of setting: If they used the same weapon for a long time, the enemy would be able to see through their tricks. If they changed their weapon to another attack strategy, the enemy would be caught off guard and could deal additional damage. The ultimate move was Martial God Awakening. It had both passive and active effects. The passive effect was that every successful parry or attack could weaken the enemys aura during a continuous battle with the enemy. A ring appeared under the enemys feet, showing green, white, yellow, and red. The more disordered the enemys aura, the slower their movement speed would be and the more damage they would take. When the breath was in a red disordered state and the health bar was less than 8%, the Prison Keepers damage would directly trigger the kill effect. However, the prerequisite was that they had to continue attacking. If they could not continuously suppress the enemys aura value, then the enemys aura value would gradually improve until it turned green and disappeared. Apart from that, there was another passive effect: becoming obsessed. When players frequently used parries but failed continuously, and the number of deaths kept accumulating, the prison keeper would enter a demon state. At that moment, the success rate of his parrying skills would increase. There was even a chance to trigger the automatic parry effect. On the other hand, the active effect of the big move was to enter the awakening state of the Martial God. The effect would be greatly improved when weakening the enemys aura. Whats more, the enemys aura value would be good and slow. The killing line would also be raised to 12%. After killing one person, the effect would increase for a small amount of time. In other words, it would be easier to harvest the battlefield. However, this killing effect was not brainless. Instead, it had to disrupt the aura value before killing. Thus, it would not be too invincible. All in all, this was an extremely difficult hero. Its game mechanism was very worth studying. If it could be played well, it would be a strong choice whether to fight one on one or harvest the battlefield. However, the conditions were very harsh to play well. He had to block the Aura Point attack or release skills. He had to accurately release every parry skill according to the different skills of different heroes. He had to choose the right weapon to parry and dodge. He also had to think about what weapon he should play and match it with his equipment to adapt to the rhythm of the three weapon modes. Whats more, he had to choose correctly whether to team up or not. Experts and lousy players were not playing the same hero at all. However, what was interesting was that even if the player was lousy and kept giving this hero away, he could still guarantee his bottom line by entering the bewitched state. This hero could also display skills through parrying effects. He would not become pure trash after giving it a few times like Literary Genius of the Winds Ruan, leaving only happiness. In terms of balance, this hero was completely different in high-end games and competitions compared to low-end games. In a low-end game, most people would not be able to play well. Thus, they did not have to worry about him being too strong. They did not have to worry about him being too scamming even if they had the demonization mechanism. In high-end games and competitions, the enemy could counterattack by targeting his aura value and changing the settings of his weapons. Whats more, even though the Prison Keepers parry looked strong, they might be instakilled once the parry failed. High profits were accompanied by high risk. It was normal for professional players to not be able to show off. However, if they did, the viewing pleasure would definitely explode. Min Jingchao even had a premonition that the hero, Prison Keeper, would probably form a happy duo with the Literary Genius of the Winds, Ruan, in the future and compare who would be happier. However, no matter what, no matter how much he could give the hero, Prison Keeper, it would still be a lot more useful than Happy Ruan. The designer had done a lot of good! Chapter 1096 - FV Team’s Champion Skin June 13th, Wednesday Shanghai, Long Yu Corporation headquarters. Zhao Xuming carefully knocked on Erics office door and asked rather cautiously, FV Teams champion skin has been completed. Can we prepare the publicity plan? Eric looked like he was worried about something else. He was not interested in the champions skin. He waved his hand casually. Boss Zhao, you make the arrangements. Zhao Xuming nodded. Alright. He was just about to leave when Eric said, Its almost summer. Finger Games is planning to continue promoting it globally. The publicity of the champion skin can also be included in summer promotion. The discount can be slightly higher, especially in the ICL competition zone. Its the championship zone after all. I think the other competition zones wont have many opinions. Since it was the championship zone, the discount on the champions skin had to be greater. The other regions were not convinced? Then bring back a championship zone. You can enjoy this treatment if you get it. Zhao Xuming quickly nodded. No problem. Ill warm up for the summer promotion event as well! With that, he carefully closed the door and left. Zhao Xuming knew very well that Eric was not in a good mood recently. He had to be careful. Eric had been in an anxious and helpless state ever since he lost to Tengda at the 515 Games Festival last month. Obviously, this matter had dealt him a huge blow. Eric had thought that his plan was about to succeed when he heard that Tengda was going to sell the building. He had almost wanted to open champagne to celebrate. However, he did not expect the situation to change in just one or two days! Once news of Tengda Corporations capital chain having problems spread, many companies lent a helping hand. Tengdas loyal users were also spending crazily. They were buying games and cell phones. Even the smart fitness drying rack was selling crazily! In the end, Boss Pei survived the crisis without spilling blood. Not only that, Tengdas 515 Game Festival event completely crushed Finger Games and Long Yu Corporations activities in terms of influence, discounts, and final reputation. Tengda had spent a lot of money, but it had achieved its goal. That was not the case for Eric. He was burning a lot of money as well. He might not burn as much as Tengda but it had already made the upper echelons of Dayak Corporation very dissatisfied with him. The worst thing was that the burning of money did not achieve the effect he wanted. Burning money might have attracted many users and won some reputation, but this was far from what Eric wanted. Eric was now faced with internal and external difficulties. After IOIs global finals, he boasted in front of Dayak Corporation and Finger Games upper echelons in order to replace Chrtien. He had analyzed it logically. However, he had taken over IOIs domestic server for less than half a year now, but he had still not achieved any substantial results. That was too awkward. Of course, Eric felt wronged about this. He was not slacking, but there was not much he could do! GOG had already occupied a dominating position in the domestic MOBA games market. All sorts of publicity had already penetrated into various corners through online and offline channels. It was almost impossible to snatch people from GOG in a traditional way. Unless IOIs game quality was obviously better than GOG. However, the problem was that IOIs quality was not better than GOG. It was even worse in terms of players habits, hero identification, cultural identity, detailed gameplay, client-side gameplay, and many other aspects. That way, no matter how much publicity funds he invested, it would be equivalent to throwing it into a bottomless pit. It was useless! Therefore, Erics idea was to compete with Tengda in burning money while advertising. When Tengdas capital chain could not take it anymore, he would be able to welcome a turnaround and turn defeat into victory! He did not expect that this would be the outcome. He felt that he was almost going to kill the boss, but the boss made a pose and his health was full again! This made Eric seem very naive and even a little ridiculous. The impression that he gave outsiders was that he was as fierce as a tiger but his results were zero to five. Therefore, dissatisfaction with Eric appeared in Dayak Corporation and Finger Games. In order to protect his position as the person-in-charge of the Chinese area, Eric had no choice but to communicate with headquarters frequently. Many times, he had no choice but to compromise and make concessions. He could not focus all his energy on work. Eric could not find a way to break out of the situation to outsiders. Tengda looked too scary. Not only did Tengda recover quickly after a small problem with the capital chain the last time, but all their work seemed to be completely unaffected. The snack market, large-scale experience shops, and many other projects were still advancing in an orderly manner. They did not show any mercy when spending money. It was as if the money-burning war with Eric did not exist. Eric was confused, doubting himself. Was there any point in continuing to compete with Tengda in burning money? He had been thinking about this question for half a month and had not thought it through clearly. Thus, at the moment, Long Yu Corporations publicity for IOIs local server was basically at a standstill. Apart from the daily publicity activities, such as the publicity for the ICL league and the games updated content, there were no more large-scale publicity activities. Until now. However, he still had to live. Now, the skin of FV Teams champion that had been produced since March was finally done. Eric and Zhao Xuming both felt that they had to use this opportunity to publicize it. After all, this was the first set of champion skins for IOI and it was the countrymens championship. If this publicity event was done well, it would be beneficial to attract more new players to the local server. Given the rate at which the game was developing in this world, it was obviously a long time to make a set of champion skins every three months. However, there was a reason. During the process of making this skin, Finger Games designers repeatedly communicated with FV Teams members, hoping to make it as perfect as possible. Not only did they listen to their opinions at the beginning of the production, but they also modified a few versions during the production process. After all, there was a difference in culture between the East and the West. There was also a certain barrier between the designers and the team members. Thus, they spent a lot of effort communicating. In addition, this set of skin had to be made as exquisite as possible, so it unknowingly took such a long time. Finger Games designers and Eric were very satisfied with the final product. This black-gold style skin was absolutely cool. It was definitely the best skin in IOI and GOG! Eric and the upper echelons of Finger Games had also been conflicted about what the skin should look like. Some even expressed that they wanted to deliberately make this skin ugly. FV Team was Boss Peis team after all. Wouldnt it be letting their competitors benefit if they made the skin too good? However, this voice was quickly rejected. That was because this was IOIs first champion skin. Wouldnt it be even more embarrassing for Finger Games if it was not done well? It was a dilemma. If they were ugly, they would lose their faces; If they were done too well, it would promote their rival. That was unbearable! However, after weighing the pros and cons, Finger Games could only swallow this loss and work hard to create it, benefitting FV Team. Now that the skin had been made, they naturally had to publicize such a handsome skin. Zhao Xuming returned to his office. His subordinates had already submitted a preliminary skin publicity plan. After taking a closer look, he added the relevant contents of the summer promotional event. According to Finger Games arrangement, the last week of this month, which was June 26th, would start summer activities. At that time, IOI would have a strong discount around the world. It would be a good opportunity to make a more favorable discount for the champions skin to earn some reputation. Whats more, the ICL league would also welcome the Spring Competition finals this month. The start of the game was much later than the GPL league, but there were fewer teams in the ICL league. The competition schedule was also shorter. The finals would be held at the end of this month, a week later than the GPL league. It happened to be during the summer holidays. Finger Games was considering to decide the champions of the various competition zones during the summer rush. They would also start a series of discounts on the tail of the summer rush. If these three activities could be gathered together, the spread would definitely be very good. However, there was a small problem. The champions skin had already been made. It would be equivalent to wasting two weeks if it was released during the summer rush. It was not worth it. Zhao Xuming thought about it carefully and suddenly had an idea. The champions skin would be sold immediately, but the starting discount would be the same as the summer promotional event! That would be killing two birds with one stone: He could make use of the two weeks to let the heat of the champions skin ferment sufficiently and achieve a good publicity effect until the beginning of summer. At the same time, it would not affect the interests of the first players to buy players because of the summer discount. He could also warm up the huge discount of the summer promotion in advance so that players would be filled with expectations for the summer promotion. That was because the starting discount of ordinary skins was relatively low. It was about 2-30%. However, the summer promotional activities were more intense. It might even reach 50-60%. If the champions skin was sold at a 20% discount for two weeks, and the summer rush was reduced to a 50% discount, the players who bought it first would definitely be anxious. However, it would be strange if the champions skin did not have a discount or only 20% during summer. Thus, he decided to do it in one go. The first discount for the champions skin would be the same as Xia Jinchengs. That way, gamers would look forward to the other skins during the summer after buying the champions skin. The publicity effect would be the best. Whats more, the publicity could continue until the end of next months summer and ICLs Spring Competition. It looked like a perfect plan! The more Zhao Xuming thought about it, the more appropriate it was. He immediately changed the publicity plan submitted by his subordinates and showed it to Eric. Eric agreed very much with this plan. After all, this was the most reasonable and efficient publicity plan in the current situation. Chapter 1097 - Why Do They Look So Much Like Coin-Scattering Hedgehog? In the afternoon Pei Qian was in his office, looking worried. The experience shop was filled to the brim on the first day of the test run. The response was enthusiastic. Whats more, Yao Bo and Zhou Muyan had even performed a crosstalk in front of him. One supported the other while the other amused him. It had pierced his heart deeply. It was too difficult! The reason why Pei Qian had spent so much effort opening this experience shop was mainly to spend more money. Now, the rent of the experience shop had been greatly reduced and the location was so good. Even the sales dissuading service had the opposite effect It had not achieved the effect that Pei Qian had expected! Pei Qian even wanted to completely give up on creating a huge sales team to spend money. However, after reading the experience shops report, Pei Qian hesitated. That was because the sales volume of the experience shop was not as bad as he had imagined. He had originally thought that this experience shop would make a lot of money. However, based on the turnover of the first day, it did not seem to make much? The entire experience shop was about 7,000 square meters. The sales volume had changed slightly over the past two days. The sales volume might have broken a million on the first day but it was about 800,000 on average until today. This was pure sales. If they were to make real profits, they would have to reduce the cost of products, rent of the shopping mall, electric bill, employee salary, and other expenses. Even though the rent was waived for half a year and the rent was a 40% discount, Tengdas experience shop was renting the most perfect area in Golden Prosperity Square. Thus, the original rent was relatively high. After the discount, it was about eight yuan per square meter per day (there was a difference in rent between the core area and the ordinary area). Based on this calculation, the cost of rent alone was close to 60,000 yuan per day. Coupled with the high salaries of dozens of salesmen, chefs in the food and beverage area, and other employees, the cost was about 200,000 yuan per day. On the other hand, POUIO cell phone retail stores cost about 1,000 yuan per square meter. This was a huge gap. Tengdas experience shop was less than one-tenth of Pineapples retail store. Whats more, even though Tengdas experience shop had G1 cell phones, which had higher profit margins, there were also products like cooperative furniture, smart fitness drying rack, Fully-Automated Smart Bickering Machine, and other products with very low profit margins. Thus, this sales volume was very superficial. It looked like it was much higher than the cost, but it might not be able to make much money. Even if it was not as huge as Pineapple, even compared to some domestic cell phone brands, this figure was still not enough. Many cell phone brands in the country only had an area of three to four hundred square meters. Their turnover could exceed a million yuan. They earned more than Tengda, a high-end experience shop. The figures were so optimistic that Pei Qian could not believe it. However, he calmed down and thought about it carefully. He felt that there were several main reasons for this situation. First of all, most of the products in Tengda experience shops were sold online. Coupled with the existence of Upwind Logistics, Tengdas customers preferred to shop online. Therefore, most of the old customers who came to the Tengda experience shop would only shop but not buy. Second, even though the dissuasion service that Pei Qian arranged for Tian Mo and the others did not have a particularly obvious dissuasion effect, it did have a positive effect on lowering the turnover. Many people would come and shop. In any case, they could not see the sales nor could they remember to buy anything. They would not feel any guilt if they did not buy anything. Whats more, the salespeople did not take commission. They were all dead salaries. Naturally, they strictly followed Pei Qians instructions and carried out transparent service. The last and most important point was that the entire experience shop was based on experience. POUIO cell phones and other domestically-produced cell phone brands were mainly retail shops. Customers went there to buy things. Whats more, these brands had a huge user base. Naturally, their sales were high. However, Tengdas shop was not a retail store. Most of the areas were for experience. There was no need to spend money on games or movies. Most people came with the mentality of playing and had no intention of buying anything. This way, even though Tengdas experience shop was huge, it could not make much money. Of course, Tengdas experience shop was in the trial operation stage. It had not been officially promoted. That was also one of the reasons why there were fewer sales. Even so, after some thought, Pei Qian realized that the situation was still optimistic. If he hired more salespeople so that the salespeople could take more shifts and increase their overall salaries, or think of other expenses projects for the experience shop Wouldnt he be able to spend more money? Whats more, this was the first large-scale experience shop after all. It was located in Tengdas headquarters, Jingzhou. That was why there was such a huge amount of human traffic. If he opened more experience shops, the locations would not be so good, the renovations would not be so cool, and there would not be so many people paying attention, but the expenses would still be at this level Didnt that mean that there was still hope of losing money? After some consideration, Pei Qian decided to open more experience shops. He could not quickly deny himself just because he met with a setback! He could open a few more shops in other cities to verify. It was impossible for every shopping mall to be like Golden Prosperity Square, with discounts and free rent, right? Wouldnt they be able to lose money if they opened a place where rent was especially expensive and land prices were extremely high without a significant increase in turnover? After much consideration, Pei Qian decided to wait and see. He could not admit defeat so easily. Pei Qian did not think about the experience shop for now. He opened the webpage and casually flipped through the latest news. Eh? FV Teams champion skin is out? Whats more, Long Yu Corporation even organized an event for this champion skin? Thats great! Boss Ai, Boss Zhao, youve been silent for so long. Finally, youve made your move! Pei Qian could not help but be overjoyed when he saw the news released on Long Yu Corporations official website. He had been waiting for Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation to burn money since the 515 Games Festival. In the end, he could not wait no matter what. He was very anxious. This time, the champions skin did not set a 20% discount like the other skins. Instead, it set a 50% discount! On top of that, the official announcement stated that the discount would be the same as the skin discount during summer. Gamers could purchase it without any worries. Whats more, after the ICL league ended, the heroes used by the winning team would be given a 50% discount on the basis of the summer discount. However, considering that there was still more than half a month to the spring competition of the ICL league, players who could not wait could directly obtain this champion skin. After all, even if he gave a 50% discount, it would not be able to be cheaper by a few yuan. The earlier he bought it, the earlier he could enjoy it. Whats more, the ICL leagues championship team might not necessarily use the five heroes with the champions skin. It was still unknown if this 20% discount would exist. All in all, Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation were very generous and sincere in targeting the champions skin this time. He had been forced by Tengda. If not for GOG, a deranged competitor who sold skins every now and then, Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation would not have offered such a low price. Pei Qian nodded in satisfaction. Very good, burning money would be satisfying with such an opponent! Whats more Long Yu Corporations publicity plan for the champions skin had exposed Finger Games discount during the summer. If nothing went wrong, Finger Games would probably give a 50% discount to most of the sales of skins during the summer. They might even release some limited skins. Pei Qian could start trouble after predicting Finger Games summer promotion plan. He planned to start the summer promotional event four days ahead of Finger Games on June 22nd. At that time, the benefits would completely exceed the benefits that Finger Games had planned! Four days was enough for Finger Games to react. Then, they would be forced to increase the discount and burn money happily with Tengda! At that thought, Pei Qian could not help but smile. It was as if he could see Tengdas money being spent like water. I still dont know what the champions skin looks like after watching so much. Logically speaking, the champions skin would give FV Club a share of the profits. However, the good thing is that most of the profits are distributed to the players. The club will only take a small portion, and it will be used for the clubs daily operations. Even if we make money, it should not have much impact on Tengda. The champion skin of FV Team had not been officially sold yet, but Finger Games and Long Yu Corporations official websites had already released relevant publicity materials, including the original arts of the champion skin and the model in the game. The champions skin name this time was Black Gold Technology. The overall color scheme was also black and gold. It looked low-key, deep, and a little luxurious. All heroes were in two states before the big move was ready and when it was ready. The armor coverage would be different. Before the big move was ready, the armor on the body would become less and there would be fewer golden special effects. After the big move was ready, the black high-tech armor would cover the entire body very tightly. There would also be a flowing golden light effect on the entire body. It would be very eye-catching. Apart from that, there were many details about this champion skin. For example, there would be green code special effects and FV Teams logo when they returned to the city. A large number of golden light special effects would drop from area skills. It was obvious that Finger Games had spent a lot of money on this set of skin. The final effect was very good. However, after watching it, Pei Qian felt a strange sense of deja vu. Why does it feel so familiar? Especially this golden special effect Why does it look like the Coin-Scattering Hedgehog? Its not just one or two problems. All five are very similar At first, Pei Qian did not think much of it. However, the more he looked at it, the more he felt that it was true. Modest did not have the black armor or green characters like program codes and scientific formulas, the overall feeling, especially when the golden light exploded, was very similar. Whats more, the movements and expressions of these models seemed to be similar. He did not know if it was an illusion. Even if he threw Modest into the five heroes, people would suspect that it was the same series of skins Pei Qian scratched his head. Whats going on? Is this a coincidence? Chapter 1098 - Boss Pei’s Plans Always Caught Others Off-Guard! At first, Pei Qian did not pay much attention to this problem. It was inevitable. As MOBA games, it was very easy for the designers inspiration to overlap together. Whats more, they had used golden elements. They would be more similar in the first place. It was normal to have some sense of deja vu. It was not plagiarism because it was slightly similar in appearance. Finger Games was a big company. It should still care about its reputation. However, Pei Qian flipped through the netizens comments about this skin and suddenly realized that something was amiss. Obviously, netizens also felt that the black-gold theme champion skin looked similar to GOGs Coin-Scattering Hedgehog Modest. Some netizens had the same view as Pei Qian. They felt that this was purely a coincidence. However, many netizens had different views. I dont think its a coincidence! Take a closer look at this picture. I photoshopped the Coin-Scattering Hedgehog into the champion skin of this black-gold theme, and found nothing out of place. In fact, it looked inexplicably harmonious! How do you explain this? The netizen posted a picture. The IOI heroes in the original champions skin had different poses. Some were standing, some were half-squatting, and they were lined up horizontally. They looked quite handsome. However, this netizen had a huge Modest behind them! Whats more, Modest had been specially exaggerated. His already burly figure had been magnified further. IOIs heroes only reached his waist. Modests broad arms, thick arms, and golden light effects that spread out like wings completely occupied the upper half of the image. It was like an angel descending into the world, enveloping the five IOI heroes below in its golden light. The difficulty level of this photoshop was not high. That was because Modest had taken it from a high precision original art and added some golden special effects. However, the final outcome did not seem out of place. It was as if these six heroes were one and the five heroes below were Modests underlings Soon, this picture caused a heated discussion among netizens. Holy sh*t, it doesnt feel out of place! Its so appropriate! Even though Modests original arts dont have any sense of technology, the champion skins of these five heroes are inexplicably compatible with Modest When I saw this picture, I suddenly realized a problem. These five heroes are not only similar to Modest in terms of golden special effects, they are similar in many places! There are also many types of golden light special effects. Some are more inclined towards gold coins, some are more inclined towards iridescent light, and some are like water ripples The golden light special effects used by Modest and this champion skin are more similar to gold coins. The style is uniform. Whats more, the five heroes in this series of skins give people a sense of arrogance. This is very similar to Modests character. Look at the way these people stand. They look so arrogant. They are practically carved from Modest I have some news! I have a friend who knows the staff of FV Club. Its said that this skin is to pay respect to Boss Pei! You have to know that FV Team was only a second-tier team in the beginning. Why should they be able to win the world championship? They relied on Boss Pei to burn money to provide them with strong logistics support, and then sent a data analyst to provide data support for them! Therefore, the two themes of this champion skin are golden and data, respectively, to commemorate Boss Pei! Theres actually such a thing? That makes sense. After all, Modest was designed with Boss Pei as the prototype. It was also to pay respect to Boss Pei. Naturally, the design would be a little bumpy I think you might be thinking too complicatedly. The original artist of Finger Games must have been lazy and wanted to use the golden element. He also saw that Modests golden element was very outstanding, so he borrowed it! Thats not right. Youre looking down on the professionalism of Finger Games original artists! I think that should be the case. Modests original artworks were Big Boss Ruans works. They were outstanding to begin with. Modest was too famous as GOGs representative hero. His image was too deeply ingrained in the hearts of people. Finger Games original artists saw too much. They subconsciously used Modests art style when they wanted to create some original arts with golden elements The players had different opinions and could not tell which of these rumors were true and which were fake. However, the gamers would gradually come to a consensus. Indeed! The more he looked at the picture, the more similar it looked. Everyone had their own opinions as for why they were similar. No one could convince anyone. Some people thought that Finger Games original artist was deliberately borrowing from them. Some people also thought that Finger Games original artist was an unintentional mistake, a collision in creativity. However, one thing would not change no matter how they discussed it: this skin was completely tied to Modests image! The influence of this picture was too wide and deep. Many players felt that something was missing when they saw the initial animation of the five heroes of Black Gold Technology. What was missing? Obviously, they were missing Modest, who was standing behind them and shielding them with his broad arms! Once they accepted this setting, the champion skin of this Black Gold Technology could no longer exist independently. Instead, it was firmly tied to Modest. The reason for this situation was not only because they looked alike, but also because of the story behind the champions skin. It could be said that without Boss Pei (Modest) s generous spending and data support, FV Team would not have won the championship. Naturally, there would not have been this black-gold theme champion skin. Thus, the many elements inside and outside the game tied the image of the champions skin to the image of Modest. What was even scarier was that the gamers were still digging and explaining more Long Yu Corporation. Eric flipped through the comments online, feeling furious and shocked. What is going on! How did this happen?! We were the ones who posted the champion skins. Why are they all discussing GOG, Modest, and Tengda? He had seen Zhao Xumings publicity plan and did not feel that there was any problem at all. He felt that even if Boss Pei wanted to fight back, he had to wait until it was summer. However, he did not expect the originally foolproof champion skin to cause such a mess! This turn was too fast. Eric had been focused on other things previously and was not mentally prepared. He almost lost his back. Everyone else in the conference room lowered their heads, not daring to breathe. The current situation was terrible. After Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation released the skin of the Black Gold Technology champion, everyone was discussing Tengda and GOGs Modest! There were almost no netizens discussing the skin itself! What was even scarier was that the gamers were very imaginative. They dug and pointed out many other meanings. Modest represented Boss Pei. He was the one who had created this champion skin of Black Gold Technology. The golden color represented the huge amount of data that Tengda had spent lavishly and the technology represented Boss Pei. This skin represented Boss Pei forming a team to conquer IOI and leaving a deep mark in IOIs honor palace forever After a few months, people recalled the scene of FV killing everyone as Tengda and Boss Peis representative team in the IOI global finals. In fact, Finger Games had already expected that they would be whipped again when they made the champion skin for FV Team. However, he did not expect that the whipping would be so violent and not about morals! Eric took a deep breath and looked at Zhao Xuming. Zhao Xuming shrunk his head. Why are you looking at me? What has this got to do with me? Indeed, I was the one who made the publicity plan. However, I only made a very normal and reasonable publicity plan based on the champions skin! Wasnt the skin itself the problem this time? You should settle scores with the designer! Zhao Xuming felt that he had to immediately throw the blame on himself seeing Erics unfriendly expression. This must be Boss Peis plot! Boss Pei is really a good plan. This is obviously a plan that was made since FV Team won the championship. Its only revealed today! Everyone, think carefully. What is the current state of the domestic MOBA game market? Actually, the incremental market is about to be divided up. MOBA games are already very famous. Players of other types of games have basically been converted. Therefore, the war between GOG and IOI has gradually turned into a stock market. That is, to fight for each others players! Thats easier said than done. MOBA games themselves have a high learning cost. It would be very uncomfortable to play another game after familiarizing with one game. At this time, we need to find a lousy point! This lousy setting can be a very recognizable hero. It can also be a story that gamers will take delight in talking about. And Boss Pei combined these two points! After FV Team won the championship, Boss Pei knew that we were going to make FV Team the champion skin, so he must have instructed FV Team to make a series of skins similar to Modests style. At the same time, in order to eliminate our suspicions, the members of FV Team deliberately did not mention Modest when mentioning their needs. However, in the subsequent communication, they requested our artist to repeatedly modify the plan and guide it bit by bit to Modests style. Thats why the final product is so similar to Modest! Boss Peis goal is so vicious! FV Team is his team. In a very short period of time, he pushed FV Team from a domestic second-tier team to the world champion and snatched the first championship in IOIs global finals. This is a rather memorable honor for Boss Pei. But he obviously wants more than that. The reason why he created such a set of champion skins was to firmly combine this set of champion skins with Modests image. In the future, when IOI players see the champion skins, they would naturally think of Modest, and then think of GOG and Tengda Corporation! This is a breaking point. It will subtly make IOI players recognize, accept GOG, and gradually eat away at our group of players This is all Boss Peis plot. It has nothing to do with my skin promotional plan! Everyone nodded and looked enlightened after hearing Zhao Xuming. Boss Pei was indeed vicious! So this plot had been planned since FV Team won the championship? Now, it seemed like Boss Peis plan was indeed seamless. Not only did he deceive everyone in Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation, but he also deceived the players. It was only when the champions skin officially began to be advertised and the boat was already in the river that the dagger was revealed. A single sword to kill! It was too late for Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation to regret now. Even if they were to re-create the champions skin now, it would be useless. Their situation might even be worse. The players would still link this champion skin with Modest. Whats more, if they were to redo it, it would be equivalent to Boss Pei winning once again. They would be able to watch Finger Games become a laughing stock twice. Therefore, even though this set of champion skins was obviously digging at the foot of IOIs wall and was obviously benefitting Tengda, they could not withdraw it and could only bite the bullet and continue selling! That was unbearable. Eric closed his eyes and sighed silently. Zhao Xuming was right. This incident had nothing to do with him. It was not the publicity plan, but the skin itself. He could not push the blame to the designers of the champions skins. After all, they had only done their job seriously. Eric and Zhao Xuming had been fighting Boss Pei all this time, but they had not seen Boss Peis move. Whats more, what about the designers who were far away and had never interacted with Boss Pei and were only in charge of designing skins? No one could be blamed for this. Boss Pei was too cunning! Eric leaned back in his chair and said nothing for a long time. He had been ambitious when he became the person-in-charge of IOIs China region again. He had thought that he had found Tengdas lifeline and could easily defeat Boss Pei. However, he only felt helpless now. There seemed to be no hope even if he persevered. What should he do? Chapter 1099 - The Closer We Are to Success, the More We Must Not Relax! Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios At the same time, Pei Qian was sighing in his office. What should he do? The champions skin really had nothing to do with me! Everyone might not believe it, but FV Team had acted on their own accord. They were the ones who started it Pei Qian obviously saw the negative impact of the champions skin from the netizens comments. The image of Modest, the Coin-Scattering Hedgehog, was probably going to be even more deeply rooted in peoples hearts. Whats more, Finger Games had communicated with FV Team and changed their plans day and night. In the end, they had created such an exquisite champion skin. Yet, its popularity had been snatched away by Tengda. That was a huge blow to Finger Games! Of course, the money made from the champions skin was not small. The crux was that their mentality was a little unbearable! Pei Qian even wanted to pay out of his own pocket to hire a psychiatrist or at least a psychiatrist to counsel Eric. After all, not everyone had the fearless mentality of being indomitable like him. A mentally fragile person like Eric would probably collapse under heavy pressure. Pei Qian did not want Eric to collapse. If Eric did not want to work anymore, who knew what the next person-in-charge of the China region that Finger Games would send over would be like? What if Finger Games saw the tragic end of the three person-in-charge of the China area, especially Eric, who had entered the palace twice, and chose to give up on the China market directly, sending random people to mess it up? At that time, no matter how Tengda burned money, Finger Games new person-in-charge would not follow. Wouldnt that be in a standstill? How could he happily burn money then? He could continue burning money in the overseas market but it would be too far away and not convenient. Thus, Pei Qian could only pray in his heart, hoping that Eric would become stronger and be as brave as him, facing the dismal life and the blood. If he had a way, Pei Qian really wanted to help Eric. Unfortunately, he could not. The champions skin had already been made. Tengda had already snatched the popularity away whether it was changed or not. It would be useless even if Pei Qian were to tell everyone not to guess blindly and clarified that this set of skin had nothing to do with Modest! On the contrary, it might backfire and make everyone feel that it was riding on his face to mock him. It would further attack Erics mentality. Erics mentality should have collapsed. He could not tolerate such stimulation. Thus, Pei Qian could only choose to deal with it coldly. Out of sight, out of mind. He could only pray that Eric could survive! Pei Qian did not bother about the champions skin for now. He opened the work reports of the various departments again to check if there was any more work worth paying attention to in the future. The snack market would officially be opened for business in the following week. Pei Qian had no confidence in the snack market at all. The snack market was similar to the experience shop to Meng Chang after all. It was a surefire project. Meng Changs vision had already come true in the experience shop. The snack market was most likely doomed. However, no matter what, he still had to open for business after so long. He would rather grit their teeth and earn money than delay or affect the settlement. Even if it really became popular and made huge profits, he could only grit his teeth and bear it. However, when it came to Meng Chang Pei Qian opened his calendar and realized that it had been almost two weeks since Meng Chang officially promoted Zhongdian Chinese Networks inspiration class. The proposal was released last week. The publicity plan was especially simple, it was just a picture. Thus, it spread out very quickly. By next Monday, this publicity plan would have been published for two full weeks. No matter the final outcome, Meng Chang would be able to obtain a commission. That was a total of 7,000 yuan with a basic salary of 5,000 yuan and a guaranteed commission of 2,000 yuan. It might not be a lot but it was double for Meng Chang who could only get a basic salary of 3,000 yuan previously. Whats more, the 2,000 yuan guaranteed commission was not only about money, but also about his pride! Meng Chang had always prided himself as a master at publicity and psychology. He thought that he could play with the netizens attention and easily create a lot of popularity. However, after coming to Tengda, he failed time and time again. He became less and less courageous. This was a heavy blow to Meng Changs values. Getting this 2,000 yuan guaranteed commission would greatly boost Meng Changs confidence, give him confidence and enthusiasm, and pour more energy into the future publicity plan. There were still four days to this critical moment. It was already Wednesday. He would be able to get the commission after this Sunday. From the current situation, Meng Changs publicity plan could be said to be very successful. That ugly picture really did not cause much of a stir. Even if there were discussions, they were all about how ugly this picture was. Some netizens felt that this publicity plan might have been outsourced to outsiders, so the picture was ugly and the publicity method was not novel. The most important thing was that they did not understand the industry data at all and became a joke. He was actually exposing their shortcomings and making a fool of themselves by putting the statistics of these works out. If he maintained this momentum until the end of the month, Meng Chang might be able to get a commission of tens of thousands. However, Pei Qian felt uneasy. Where did this strange sense of danger come from? Perhaps it was because Pei Qian failed countless times on the night before success Thinking back, Pei Qian was once a hot-blooded young man like Meng Chang, but he always felt lucky. He would always feel there would be no problem as long as the project continued to incur losses every time when the settlement was right around the corner! However, whenever he thought about it this way, loss-making projects would suddenly become popular for no reason! Was this a coincidence or a trick by fate? Pei Qian could not explain it clearly. However, after suffering so many times, Pei Qian finally understood a simple principle: The more he was nearing success, the more he had to put in 120% effort and make sufficient preparations. As for Meng Chang He probably did not understand it so well. Thus, Pei Qian felt that he had a duty to remind him as someone who had been through this before. That would save him from being too complacent and losing everything at the last minute. Pei Qian picked up his cell phone and sighed silently. It hasnt been easy for me! Not only did he have to adjust his mentality, but he also had to constantly help Eric and Meng Chang adjust their mentalities. He was afraid that they would suddenly collapse and not play with him. However, who would know about Boss Peis pain? Soon, the call went through. Hello? Boss Pei? Meng Chang sounded relaxed and relieved. Obviously, after more than a week of anxiety, he realized that his plan was very successful. He did not attract any unnecessary attention. Thus, he gradually relaxed. Pei Qian asked, Hows your publicity plan? Meng Chang smiled and answered, It is going quite smoothly thanks to Boss Pei. In particular, your request for the various departments within Tengda to keep the development of the works of the inspiration class a secret was a huge help! Whats more, I can follow the regulations for internal leaks and commission. That gives me a lot of comfort. I can now formulate the publicity plan in a calmer state. Meng Chang reminded himself constantly that he had to be cautious, cautious, and cautious against an old fox like Boss Pei. However, Boss Pei had indeed helped him a lot this time If Boss Pei had not blocked the loophole in time, he would probably not be able to bear the consequences once the internal department leaked the development of the works of the inspiration class. Meng Chang broke out in cold sweat when he heard that Tengda Games had already begun preparations for the downloadable content Eternal Reincarnation. If this news were to spread, the attention of the entire inspiration class would definitely skyrocket! At that time, the publicity funds that he had spent and the ugly publicity picture would probably become a burning flame. The situation would definitely be out of control. Fortunately, Tengdas internal security was good. Therefore, Meng Chang gradually relaxed. He was in a happy and relaxed state, seeing that he would be able to get the commission in three or four days. Pei Qian immediately had a bad feeling. A proud soldier would lose! Meng Changs state was obviously because he did not have an objective understanding of the laws of causality in this world. He did not realize the seriousness of the problem. Pei Qian immediately said in a very serious tone, Your mentality is very dangerous! Indeed, there are only four days left until you get the guaranteed commission. However, dont forget that the closer one is to completing a task, the tougher it gets! The publicity plan has been thrown out for more than a week. The publicity budget has also been spent a lot. It might not seem very popular on the surface, but in fact, it has already planted a seed in the hearts of netizens. The current state looks like a scene of singing and dancing, but in fact, danger is everywhere. Its the most dangerous time! 1 How many times did you fail at the last minute? Have you forgotten the pain? You have to be more alert and cautious especially during such times! Pei Qians words stunned Meng Chang. The tone and content were very normal, but why did it feel like something was amiss Meng Chang felt a little strange but he realized that what Boss Pei said was quite right after seriously thinking about it! How many times had he failed at the last minute? He should not let his guard down especially during such a period! It was like a bucket of cold water had been poured over Meng Chang. He immediately felt enlightened. He stopped being lazy and optimistic. Instead, he became serious. Yes, Boss Pei, youre right! Ill pay attention! However how should I be cautious Chapter 1100 - Keep an Eye on Teacher Qiao! Logically speaking, he had to be on guard, but Meng Chang had no idea how to be on guard. After Boss Pei informed the various related departments and agreed that he could still obtain a commission if the internal secrets were leaked, Meng Chang felt that the probability of problems happening within Tengda was very small. It basically did not exist. How else could he be on guard? Could it be that he could find all the players online and hold them by their necks and say You are not allowed to discuss the inspiration class? That would not do. This question stumped Pei Qian. How could he be on guard? If I could predict such things, would I still need to think about how to lose money every day? Would I still have to read the work reports of the various departments and look after the secret reports from the Manage Loss Trainees? Think about your own problems! Im already being very kind by reminding you! After a moment of silence, Pei Qian said, I dont know either. Think about whether there are any flaws. In any case, dont blame others if you cant get the commission. Ive already reminded you. After hanging up, Meng Chang looked at his cell phone and fell into deep thought. He suspected that Boss Pei had already seen the problem but purposely did not tell him. That was completely understandable. Boss Peis interests were completely opposite from his after all. It was already very kind of him to remind him like that. He could not hope for more. However What was wrong? There should be no more problems within Tengda, so he should look outside and into the players. Especially since the downloadable content Eternal Reincarnation had already been put on the development agenda. It was said that they had some ideas for the design manuscript. If there were any problems recently, it was most likely because of this project. This was another game project Meng Chang thought for a long time. Suddenly, he had a flash of inspiration. A very dangerous figure appeared in his mind. Teacher Qiao! How could he forget Teacher Qiao when it came to games? One had to know that many of Tengdas games had become popular because of Teacher Qiaos recommendation. As Tengda Games became more and more well-known, Teacher Qiaos influence was no longer as obvious as before. However, he still acted as a fuse and had to be guarded against. The more Meng Chang thought about it, the more he felt that it was a huge mistake for him not to take any precautions against Teacher Qiao. If not for Boss Peis reminder, he might have failed in the next two days while he was feeling happy. He had to take necessary measures to prevent Teacher Qiao from getting involved. It would be best if he could last until the end of this month. Even if he could not, he had to at least last until next week! But how? Make Teacher Qiao shut up? It was not an easy operation. Instead, it would make it more obvious. He would give Teacher Qiao a sum of money to keep him from mentioning anything about Eternal Reincarnation? The problem was that the hush money could not be counted as publicity funds. Teacher Qiao would not take a liking to what Meng Chang had in his pocket even if he were to pay out of his own pocket. Whats more, Meng Changs basic salary was spent in its entirety. It was impossible for him to have spare money. Even if he did, he would not be able to bear to part with it. Thus, the final thought had to be on publicity funds. Meng Chang quickly thought of a solution. He could not cover it up, but he could divert his attention. He would use a portion of the publicity funds to shift Teacher Qiaos attention elsewhere. He did not have the energy or time to pay attention to the works of Eternal Reincarnation and the inspiration class, right? So where should he divert his attention to Meng Chang suddenly thought of a good direction: Slow Movement Studios VR project and the developing new game, Animal Island! He would fork out a sum of money for Teacher Qiao to try out Animal Island first. Slow Movement Studio had Tengdas investment. It would not be too much for Tengdas publicity department to fork out some money to arrange the early publicity work, right? Of course, they had to advertise Animal Island in the future. However, wouldnt it be alright as long as Meng Chang chose other projects over this project? Meng Chang felt that it would be worthed it if he were to give up this project that would most likely succeed to earn this months commission. Whats more, Teacher Qiao was a gaming fan. He would definitely be especially happy if he could experience Tengdas new VR game in advance. Wouldnt he be able to achieve his goal perfectly with the reason that the new project had to be kept a secret and allow him to experience it at the end of the month, cutting off his connection with the outside world as much as possible? The more Meng Chang thought about it, the more he felt that it was appropriate. He immediately asked about the development of VR games. At the moment, Slow Movement Studios various tasks were being carried out in an orderly manner. Animal Island already had its initial DEMO to play. The VR glasses might not have been completed yet, but they could use the VR glasses of other foreign brands to experience the game. After all, the development and testing of Animal Island also required VR glasses. It was impossible to develop the game after Shenhuas VR glasses were completed. That would not be rushed. Therefore, Meng Chang planned to communicate with Slow Movement Studio first and say that Teacher Qiao wanted to experience the new VR game, test it, and give suggestions. Then, he would look for Teacher Qiao and say that Slow Movement Studio was developing the VR game. He wanted to invite him as a special experience technician to go into seclusion for a period of time to help improve the game. There would also be a special evaluation fee. This was similar to the Bill Gates Son-in-law joke. The only difference was that the joke was pure nonsense and not feasible. However, Meng Changs operation was feasible and the success rate was infinitely close to 100%! Meng Chang immediately took action and went to Slow Movement Studio. He could not delay this matter after all. Every additional day he delayed meant an additional day of risk. Teacher Qiao was a huge threat to Meng Changs commission. He could not let him wander outside. He had to be locked in a cage as soon as possible so that Meng Chang could feel at ease! June 14th, Thursday Zhongdian Chinese Networks inspiration class. The original author of the Eternal Reincarnation novel, Yu Fei, was in the work area. He frowned and seriously edited the plot. The originally deserted work area was now more than half full. It was not only Cui Gengs three works that had been copyrighted and developed that were being modified. The other authors in the inspiration class were also busy creating! Some were polishing works, some were redesigning the entire story structure, and some wanted to finish their current works as soon as possible and create a new story. The atmosphere of the entire inspiration class had a 180-degree turn compared to before! Obviously, Boss Pei had given life and vitality to the inspiration class. Previously, everyone had written for the sake of the fixed-rate contract. At first, they were more passionate, but they quickly lost their goals. That was because it was difficult to make a breakthrough no matter how hard they worked after the results of a book were fixed. Naturally, the authors became lazy. However, the copyright development of these three works allowed all the authors to see the light. If they could do it, I would definitely be able to do it if I worked hard! Thus, everyone found a goal to work towards once again. More and more authors were seriously writing in the work area. Yu Fei worked especially hard. That was because Eternal Reincarnation was confirmed to be developed by Tengda Games as the official downloadable content for Repent and be Saved. Boss Pei even proposed a series of new designs at the meeting, making Yu Fei, an old player of Repent and be Saved, very excited. As an author, this was the happiest thing in the world. His own work was recognized by the official platform. Whats more, it was being developed as an official sequel. They had even modified the gameplay according to the characteristics of his own work so that the game itself fit the novel better. It was enough to be overwhelmed! Thus, Yu Fei had to ensure that the content of the novel was perfect and not drag the game down. Yu Fei leaned back in his chair and stretched after revising the plot and took a sip of coffee to refresh himself. During the break, he opened his fan group, habitually wanted to see what his idiotic fans were discussing. Eh? The lousy author is editing the content of Eternal Reincarnation again? Really? How do you know? I had nothing better to do so I read it again. However, the APP suddenly reminded me that the content of my chapter has been updated. I read it again and the plot changed completely Indeed, the content that I saved previously is gone. I need to download it again. Whats more, there are many changes. There are at least sixty changes in the first hundred chapters Wouldnt that be akin to rewriting it? Thats not the case. Some chapters only change the dialogue and the names of the items. It does not affect the plot. Only a few chapters greatly revised the plot. Thats a lot of effort! Actually, everyone who has written before knows that editing a book is much more painful than writing a new book. Thats because writing a new book is equivalent to painting on a piece of white paper. There are almost no restrictions. However, if you want to write a new book, you have to pay attention to the plot and foreshadowing of the front and back chapters. Its like straightening out a messy pile of wires. Its very torturous! Is the author crazy Is there a need to edit this book? I dont think its necessary either. This book is not bad. It just doesnt fit the online literature model. I think from the perspective of Repent and be Saved players, this book will be given 80 points. A major repair would only give it 85 or even 90 points from 80 points. However, 90 points is useless. There wont be many new readers. The fixed-rate contract is paid according to the word count. There wont be additional income after the repair. In my opinion, if the lousy author has the energy, he might as well start a new book. Theres no need to keep fighting with this book that has already been finalized. The group of friends expressed their opinions, but it was obvious that most of them did not understand flying. That was because major renovations was a very unpopular behavior in the field of online novels. They were stingy with details and strived for perfection. The benefits they obtained were often not as good as updating more and providing a lot of food. He should rather write more new content than to do such an arduous and thankless operation. Yu Fei was considered a veteran author of Zhongdian Chinese Network. Obviously, he knew this very well. However, he had been working hard on it and had no intention of stopping. This puzzled many of his old readers. Yu Fei could not help but smile. He really wanted to share the good news about copyright development with his readers! However, Boss Pei had said that it had to be kept a secret. Naturally, Zhongdian Chinese Networks authors had to abide by this rule. Thus, Yu Fei decided not to respond and continued to focus on editing. In any case, the group of people were so smart. They would guess it sooner or later. Chapter 1101 - Why Were They Given A New Lease Of Life? At the same time, at Slow Movement Studio. Come, this way. Meng Chang gestured at Qiao Liang. Qiao Liang quickly nodded and followed suit, looking both expectant and flattered. He did not expect Tengda to invite him to be a special tester for this new VR game! Qiao Liang might have been invited to experience Repent and be Saved before, but that was a long time ago. Qiao Liang had not received such treatment in recent games, such as Mission and Choice and Fitness Battle. He had not even heard much about the new game. He did not know that Boss Pei had purposely hidden this from him. He thought that Boss Pei had some special, publicity, or marketing considerations. He might have thought of many reasons and excuses for Boss Pei but Qiao Liang still had a grudge against the new game is not to be tested. Why? Did Teacher Qiao not even have the privilege of experiencing Tengda Games in advance as the person who understood Boss Pei the most? That was very sad. That was why Qiao Liang was so excited, excited, and overwhelmed by Meng Changs invitation to come to Slow Movement Studio to experience the first VR game that Tengda Games had developed. Tengdas new game needed him again. Could this be a very positive signal? Am I not far from becoming an external employee of Tengda? Qiao Liang began to imagine. Meng Chang stopped when he was about to enter the work area. Teacher Qiao, its like this. Thats because the game is still in the testing stage. The current quality cannot represent the final quality, and we are not sure what kind of modifications will be made in the future. Therefore, I hope that you can keep this project a secret. Dont spread the news online. If possible, I hope you can minimize discussions online, including forums, fan groups, and so on. Qiao Liang patted his chest. Dont worry, Im a professional! Keep it a secret! Not a single word! Erm is it alright for me to discuss in the daily fan group, but not talk about this game, alright? Meng Chang thought for a moment and nodded. Alright. It might only be a verbal promise, but according to Meng Changs understanding, Teacher Qiao was a person who kept his word. He would work hard to keep whatever he promised. Whats more, Meng Chang wanted a verbal promise at most. What else could he do? He could not possibly put Qiao Liang under house arrest during the trial period and not let him speak in the fan group, right? That was too ridiculous. It was impossible. Therefore, a verbal promise was enough for Meng Chang. Even if Teacher Qiao chatted in the fan group, there would be no problem as long as he did not talk about Animal Island. The main reason why he asked Teacher Qiao to try this game was to divert Teacher Qiaos attention so that he would not get involved in Eternal Reincarnation after all. Keeping Animal Island a secret was just a side benefit. After reaching a consensus, the two of them continued walking in. They soon met Lin Wan and Ye Zhizhou. Lin Wan, Ye Zhizhou, and Qiao Liang knew each other. They shook hands warmly after the meeting. The scene was very harmonious. However, the way Lin Wan and Ye Zhizhou looked at Meng Chang was not very friendly. There was a hint of wariness in their coldness. Meng Chang might be the person-in-charge of the marketing department now and could be considered a part of Tengda in terms of identity, but Lin Wan and Ye Zhizhou still had some understanding of his previous style and actions. Meng Chang might be gradually changed by Boss Pei after entering Tengda but who knew what stage he had changed to? Thus, Lin Wan, Ye Zhizhou, and the others were naturally wary of him. Meng Chang keenly felt that he did not fit in with the atmosphere here, so he laughed and prepared to leave. Alright, Boss Lin, come and receive Teacher Qiao. Lets talk about the gaming experience with him. Ill make a move first. Meng Chang heaved a sigh of relief after leaving Slow Movement Studio. Fortunately, everything was going well! There might be a small flaw but his plan was considered a success. Teacher Qiao would definitely devote himself to the evaluation of Animal Island in the future and not pay attention to Eternal Reincarnation. He had gotten rid of a hidden danger on the way to commission! The so-called minor flaw referred to his plan that had slightly aroused Lin Wans suspicion. Meng Chang called Lin Wan first and said that Teacher Qiao wanted to participate in the test for Animal Island. After Lin Wan agreed, he called Teacher Qiao and invited him to Slow Movement Studio to participate in the test for Animal Island. Just like that. However, this plan was not seamless. The biggest hidden danger was that Lin Wan, Ye Zhizhou, and Teacher Qiao were very close. However, Lin Wan, Teacher Qiao, and Meng Chang were not close Why did he need strangers to help him link to those he was familiar with? That was strange. Meng Changs explanation was that as the person-in-charge of the advertising and marketing department, he had to come up with a publicity plan next month. It was related to Teacher Qiao and Slow Movement Studio. He had used this slightly lame excuse to bluff his way through, but it obviously could not completely eliminate Lin Wans suspicions. Of course, this was not a big problem. Even if Lin Wan had doubts about his motives, it was impossible for her to guess the truth behind it. After all, Meng Chang and Boss Peis agreement was absolutely confidential. No outsiders would know. Meng Chang felt much more at ease after the arrangements for Teacher Qiao. He prepared to go back and continue thinking about places where loopholes still existed. In Slow Movement Studio, Lin Wan found a work desk for Qiao Liang in the office. Then, she handed him a VR glasses from a certain foreign brand. There was a demo for Animal Island on the VR. Were still in the development stage. There are still many problems. If you discover any problems during the experience, you can report them to the chief designer of our project at any time, Lin Wan said. Qiao Liang nodded immediately. Dont worry! Boss Pei invited me to take part in the internal test of Repent and be Saved previously. Back then, I made huge contributions to the balance of the game! Qiao Liang looked very proud as he spoke about this. His so-called making huge contributions to balance was actually the best weapon in the game that he had painstakingly selected and hacked by Boss Pei. Especially Guan Dao and a few other weapons that could reduce the difficulty of the game. They had been hacked so badly that even their own mothers did not recognize them. At that time, Qiao Liang did not understand. He even thought that Boss Pei was deliberately making things difficult for him. However, the moment Pudu was mentioned, Qiao Liang immediately understood why Boss Pei wanted to kill these weapons. It was to highlight the power of Pudu so that players could better experience the game content! Thus, Qiao Liang had always been proud of his contributions to Repent and be Saved. Lin Wan smiled. Repent and be Saved? Thats great. Our project will be completed in about a month. Itll be seamless. Qiao Liang was stunned. A seamless connection? What connection? Lin Wan wanted to say Repent and be Saveds new downloadable content, but she suddenly realized that something was amiss. He could not say. That was because the downloadable content Eternal Reincarnation involved the development of Zhongdian Chinese Networks inspiration class. Boss Pei had clearly said that it could not be leaked! Fortunately, Lin Wan only said seamless connection and did not mention anything else. This shouldnt be considered a leak, right? Lin Wan quickly corrected herself. Its nothing. Youll know when the time comes. Alright, I have work to do. Go and experience the game. You can look for me if you have any questions. Lin Wan quickly slipped away after she finished speaking so that Qiao Liang would not notice anything amiss and ask about it. Qiao Liang was confused as he watched Lin Wan leave. What was it about a seamless connection? Could there be a new game for him to experience after a month? An increasing number of readers were discussing the same problem in their group chat while the authors of Zhongdian Chinese Networks inspiration class were frantically editing their own works. What was wrong with these lazy authors in the inspiration class? It was completely different from before and now! It was especially so for Cui Geng and the other three authors. They had been working very hard on editing the manuscript over the past few days. They had to edit more than ten chapters a day. Whats more, this was no ordinary minor amendment. Much of the content in the plot had changed. It had been polished to be more reasonable and perfect. He estimated that these people had to work at least five or six hours a day. That was not even the time to redo the story and straighten out the structure of the novel. If he were to calculate the time, they would probably have to work for eight hours. To these slackers, working for eight hours was ridiculous! As for the other authors, even though they did not revise their works so frequently, they either updated more or prepared new books. All of them were no longer lazy. Was this the distortion of human nature or the downfall of morality? Bliss had come so suddenly that it seemed unreal. The readers began to guess what had happened. There must be a special reason for the salted fish to turn the tables one by one! If the treatment did not change, they would definitely not be in their current state! The royalties increased? That doesnt seem like it. As far as I know, the fixed-rate royalties for the inspiration class is already very high in the industry. The possibility of it increasing is not high. Whats more, if the royalties really increased, Cui Geng and Yu Fei should update more or start new books. Why are they always getting old books and revising them? They are not paid to do editing. Perhaps its a new rule, they would be paid for editing? In that case why didnt the other authors get paid for editing? Then What else could it be? I really cant think of anything else. Perhaps they gave special recommendation spots based on results? Or perhaps they used other channels? Or perhaps they had some guaranteed bonus? The netizens were very imaginative, but they basically did not guess it. Zhongdian Chinese Network did not have any copyright development works previously after all. Thus, netizens subconsciously did not think in that direction. They could only think of better recommendation spots, better distribution channels, or better website contracts. Chapter 1102 - Teacher Qiao Was Baited Out Chapter 1102: Teacher Qiao Was Baited Out Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios June 15th, Friday Slow Movement Studio. Qiao Liang sorted out the experience report and modification opinions that he had written seriously after the trial yesterday and sent it to the chief designer of Slow Movement Studio, Cai Jiadong. At the moment, Animal Island was only considered a semi-finished product. The characters, scenes, basic gameplay, and so on in the game were more or less done. However, as a VR game, its greatest advantage had not been revealed. That was because characters, settings, and basic gameplay could be developed according to conventional games. It was considered a breeze. On the other hand, innovations in the design for VR game modes such as telekinesis, fishing, archery, and so on had to be slowly perfected with the controller that was being developed, slowly adjusting the school, the range of the hand movements and the vibration of the controller. However, Qiao Liang already felt that this DEMO was very fun after trying it out. After trying out Animal Island VR, the one thing that left the deepest impression on Qiao Liang was its unique art style. It was an art style based on cartoonish rendering. The saturation of various colors was very high. Using a brush stroke and a large color block, it depicted a blue-green sky, hand-drawn clouds, and an exaggerated atmospheric perspective. It made people feel like they were in a pink painting. Qiao Liang had used a pair of VR glasses from a foreign brand when playing Animal Island VR. The resolution was 2K. If it was the parameters of a regular monitor, 2K was considered very high resolution. Ordinary people would not be able to see any pixels with the naked eye. The clarity was very high. However, even with a 2K resolution, it was still difficult to eliminate the grille effect in the VR glasses. In other words, it still felt like there were grains of fruit when looking at things. However, after entering Animal Island VR, this feeling was relieved by the unique style of the game. Qiao Liang had already understood that the new VR glasses that Slow Movement Studio was designing and developing had a resolution of 4K. It was the highest resolution that the current technical level could support. What kind of display effect would Animal Island VR achieve under this resolution? Just thinking about it made him look forward to it! Apart from that, the image design in Animal Island VR left a deep impression on Qiao Liang. Different characters, different appearances, but all very cute anthropomorphic animals, their posture as if they were drinking fake alcohol while walking, many buildings filled with design in the game, strange machines in the style of steam technology Together, they formed a unique and novel world. After putting on the VR glasses, he really felt like he had transmigrated to another world. Of course, Qiao Liang also discovered many problems during the experience. After all, this game was only a semi-finished product. There were many bugs and some design loopholes. Qiao Liang recorded all the problems he encountered during his tour and sent them all to Cai Jiadong. On the surface, it looked like they were doing testing, but there was actually a difference. That was because generally speaking, game tests would strictly follow the design manuscript to verify the functions of the game. They would verify if these functions were completely in line with the designers design plan and would not normally raise any opinions on the gameplay design. On the other hand, Qiao Liang expressed his opinions on some unreasonable designs in the game from the perspective of an experienced player. Obviously, his position was higher and his authority was higher. After sending another batch of amendments, Qiao Liang looked at the time. It was already three in the afternoon. It was Friday. Slow Movement Studio had inherited Tengdas tradition of not working overtime. Thus, it would be Saturday and Sunday soon after work today. Qiao Liangs work for the day was done. He took some snacks and drinks and secretly opened his fan group with satisfaction. Did my fans miss me while I was gone? Qiao Liang flipped through his chat history and realized that he was overthinking. Not only did the fans not miss him, they did not even realize that he had disappeared. They continued chatting as usual. The conversation did not include the words Old Qiao nor Teacher Qiao! Qiao Liang was a little hurt. Indeed, this group of people were fake fans. They were just a group of heartless machines urging for updates. They only knew to care about the poor UP Master when they were urging the video to be updated! However, on further thought, Qiao Liang realized that such a situation might only happen because he often went diving. He did not appear in the fan group more than five times in a year. Whenever he was busy, he would often disappear. Thus, it seemed reasonable that the fans did not discuss about him, the dog group leader. Alright, lets see what the lame friends have been discussing recently. Qiao Liang decided not to dwell on this problem anymore. Instead, he scrolled through the chat history and read the contents of the group chat. Zhongdian Chinese Network is definitely up to something! The authors in the inspiration class are all working hard, and a few of them are even revising the plot. This is definitely not something that slackers should do! This reminds me of Old Qiao. Every time he works hard, there will be a new episode of Products of the Gods. Who can contact him to send Old Qiao to the inspiration class? Please dont! This inspiration class was a large-scale salted fish petri dish a week or two ago. Old Qiao would probably be like a fish in water I think its because Old Qiao hasnt updated his videos for too long. Tengda hasnt had any large-scale new games recently, so you guys have nothing to do. Arent there just a few authors editing their novels? Is there a need to make such a fuss? Of course there is! You have to know that Tengda is different from other companies. Every time it stirs up trouble, it would be earth-shaking. Every seemingly inconspicuous little abnormality might herald a stir Wheres Old Qiao? He must know something! Qiao Liang could not help but shake his head as he read the group chat. These people were really free. A few authors on Zhongdian Chinese Network edited their work and it made them wonder if Tengda was going to make a big move. Was there a need for such conspiracy theories? However, on further thought, this idea was understandable. That was because Tengda was different from other companies. It was unique no matter what industry or field it was in. Anything could be eye-catching. It was precisely because Tengda was causing so much trouble that it could generate huge news every time. Thus, a group of netizens habitually followed the clues of Tengdas various departments. They were like a group of paparazzi working hard. The every move of the celebrities could trigger their gossip mentality and analyze it logically. At that moment, Qiao Liang felt a sense of superiority as someone who knew some inside information about Tengda. Ive already tried playing Animal Island VR! Most players did not even know that Tengda was working with Slow Movement Studio to develop VR games. This feeling made Qiao Liang secretly happy. It was a pity that he had to keep it a secret and could not reveal the specific details of this project. Qiao Liang continued to dive silently as he watched the group of friends analyze the Zhongdian Chinese Networks Inspiration Class Authors Salted Fish Syndrome seriously. Does any big boss know anyone from Tengda? Doesnt Old Qiao know Boss Pei? Let Old Qiao ask him. How long has the dead group leader been gone for? Can you find him? Hes probably addicted to games or out playing. Dont count on this lazy bum anymore. If he continues to be so lazy, Tengda will abandon him. Thats right. I remember that Old Qiao was invited as a special tester to try Repent and be Saved previously. I havent been looking for him recently. Obviously, hes too lazy and has lost the right to try the game internally. Sigh, my son is useless. My heart hurts as a father! Qiao Liang could no longer remain calm seeing that the discussion in the group was getting more and more ridiculous. Look, look. Was this human language? What do you mean by Ive been abandoned by Tengda? I, Teacher Qiao, am Boss Peis good friend. How could I be abandoned? My relationship with Boss Pei cannot tolerate such slander! You can spout nonsense and say everything else, but you must not guess at my relationship with Boss Pei! Qiao Liang immediately replied, Dont talk nonsense! What do you mean by Ive been abandoned by Tengda? Im trying Tengdas new game now! Its just a pity that there are confidentiality regulations that cannot be revealed to you, hehe. Qiao Liang sent a few very arrogant emojis. The group chat exploded. Holy sh*t! Which Great Fishing Master really baited Old Qiao out! I knew that Old Qiao would not be able to take such a provocation! Tengdas new game? Its already at the stage where you can try it out? Somethings not right, right? Mission and Choice was officially released not long ago. Is it really that fast? What game? Old Qiao, hurry up and say it. Otherwise, Ill curse your d*ck to be five centimeters shorter! Qiao Liang immediately replied, Hehe, even if that is the case, Ill still have 20 centimeters left! Im fishing for fish. I dont have to explain whats missing, right? Forget it, forget it. Ill continue playing the new game. Go and be envious of those who cant play the game! Goodbye! After sending Goodbye, Qiao Liang quickly changed his state to invisible and closed the chat window. He looked at the time. It was almost time to slip away. Qiao Liang was not an official employee. He did not need to follow the eight-hour work schedule. It did not matter if he was late or left early. He got up and packed his things, preparing to go back and enjoy this weekend. Qiao Liang might have left but his fans were still discussing it intensely. He had several groups. The one he often visited was a core fan group which could accommodate 5,000 people in a supergroup. There were not only fans who watched his video, but many fans of Tengda as well. That was because Qiao Liang often obtained first-hand internal information about Tengda. Several games only became popular after his commentary. Thus, many Tengda fans joined in, wanting to follow Tengdas latest developments in the group. These people were usually in a diving state. However, they were like sharks that smelled blood once they found any clues. Their fins would be revealed! Chapter 1103 - I Made A Mistake! F*ck, running away after showing off? Old Qiao, are you still human? Can you at least explain the genre of the new game before you leave?! Is this something a human would do? Old Qiao isnt talking nonsense, right? Mission and Choice has only been released for two months, and the new game can already be tried? Why dont I believe it? Old Qiao might not be reliable, but he never lies. He said that he was trying out Tengdas games. Its most likely true. What game is that? Ive been looking forward to Tengda making a MMORPG game. I hope Boss Pei can satisfy me! I prefer action games. Another realistic masterpiece like Struggle! Everyones imagination was running wild as they came up with all sorts of game genres. That was because Qiao Liang did not give any clues. He did not even mention the game genre. Where should they start guessing? However, one thing was certain. Tengda was definitely developing a new game. Whats more, it was already at the stage where they could try it out! That alone was enough for everyone to guess tirelessly. Someone suddenly raised a new angle just as everyone was talking and speculating. I suddenly have a bold thought! I wonder if youve read the novel Eternal Reincarnation? I was the one who chased after it the entire time. I was already done with the novel, but some time ago, the lousy author seemed to have been injected with steroids. He revised the content of the novel at a high speed! The key is that he did not only modify the plot, but also some basic settings. In particular, they spent a lot of time describing the control of the aura in the battle, the use of various weapons, and also detailed the movements and positioning of the protagonist when he parried the enemys attack. Apart from that, there are also some supplements in the plot. For example, as more and more enemies are killed, the demon sword in his hand becomes weaker, the protagonists mind becomes clearer, and he finally wakes up. At first, I felt that it was quite unnecessary because the revision was all about the details. It did not affect the main plot of the entire story. These new combat descriptions even made me feel like they were a little draggy and affected the mood of the battle. However, on further thought, it would make sense if these modifications were targeted at the game! Details of the battle, servicing the games combat system; supplementing the plot can better use the words of the items in the game to express the complete plot. Players who have not read the original novel can only understand the entire story through the game. Its not realistic to develop a large-scale game from scratch in two months. However, what if it was to create a sequel to Repent and be Saved? If we can make use of the ready-made monsters and scenes in Repent and be Saved, the timing would be about the same! Apart from that, theres another very important clue: Old Qiao has been invited to be a game tester! We all know that Old Qiao only went to Tengda once to test Repent and be Saved. Hes going to be a game tester again. Hes probably going to try Repent and be Saveds sequel because no other games would not get Old Qiao! After this high-intensity analysis, the fans were all shocked. There were no other words apart from 666. Everyone expressed that this big boss was too awesome. They could even link together? On top of that, the deduction was very logical! There are now three known conditions. The author of Eternal Reincarnation spent a lot of effort to revise the original novel without much additional benefit and added a lot of details about the battle and plot. Teacher Qiao revealed that Tengdas new game had entered a testing stage. Teacher Qiao had been hired by Tengda to try Repent and be Saved previously. This was also the only time he had gone to Tengda to try it out. Whats more, Boss Pei had personally set up the inspiration class. It gathered all the outstanding authors in Zhongdian Chinese Network and made them work around Tengdas IP. Eternal Reincarnation was considered one of the more outstanding works. Now, there was a possibility that could string together all the known conditions. If Tengda really wanted to use the plot of Eternal Reincarnation to develop Repent and be Saveds sequel, everything would make sense! Whats more, digging deeper in this direction would lead to even more terrifying conclusions. Everyone knew that Zhongdian Chinese Networks inspiration class did not do very well. The data listed on the ugly promotional picture explained everything exactly how bad it was. However, even an unpopular piece like Eternal Reincarnation could be developed as Repent and be Saveds official sequel! How many authors would be envious? Teacher Qiaos fan group exploded. Im going to ask the lousy author if its true! Im still playing Repent and be Saved. Ill definitely buy the sequel if they were to produce it! Sh*t, the lousy author has been working hard to revise his novel. Why isnt he sharing such a huge matter with us? If thats really the case, then it makes sense. The other authors must have been agitated when they saw the outstanding works that could be developed. Thats why theyre motivated again! Im in the fan group of the no-show Cui Geng. Ill ask him. He must know something! Soon, this news spread to the fans of various authors on Zhongdian Chinese Network, and even the entire internet! At that moment, Yu Fei was still seriously editing the content of Eternal Reincarnation. It might be Friday afternoon but he did not slack off. He had to race against time. That was because Eternal Reincarnation would start official development in August. It was impossible to delay it given Tengdas efficiency. The development period would be very tight. There was less than a month and a half left. Yu Fei had to complete the entire novel before officially developing it. Until now, even though Yu Fei had edited a lot of content, he could not tell how much more content and how long it would take. Eternal Reincarnation was Repent and be Saveds official downloadable content. Boss Pei had personally designed it and changed the games combat system. It was almost certain to succeed. Wouldnt it be ridiculous for gamers to come and see the flaws in the original novel? Thus, he had to race against time and not drag them down. After the modification came to an end, Yu Fei took out his cell phone and flipped through it. He was immediately drowned by the bombardment of news. Lousy author! Did the official platform select Eternal Reincarnation to create a sequel to Repent and be Saved? Is the sequel real? Youve been working so hard to change the plot recently. Dont tell me youve really written the fanfiction into the official plot? There were similar questions everywhere. Yu Fei was stunned for a moment and could not help but smile. Indeed, he knew that he could not hide this matter. These people would find out sooner or later even if he did not say it. However, Yu Fei was a little curious. How did they find out? He flipped through the discussions online in the morning. Most people guessed that it was a special recommendation spot or channel resource. No one thought about copyright development. How did these people come to this conclusion in such a short time? Yu Fei randomly chose an administrator of his own group and replied, Where did you get this news? The administrator immediately replied: Teacher Qiao said it! He said that he was experiencing Repent and be Saveds new work. This game was already on trial. It must have been developed for a period of time! This information source is quite reliable, right? So its true? Eternal Reincarnation was really selected by the official platform to be released as Repent and be Saved? Youre really calm. Why didnt you say something so important earlier? The game is almost done, and youre still not saying anything! The other authors must be very envious that your work has been adapted to a game this time, right? Does your inspiration class have a work that is made into a game every episode? Yu Fei was confused. Wait, wait. What was going on? Boss Pei had indeed selected Eternal Reincarnation as the downloadable content for Repent and be Saved. However, they have yet to start developing it yet? They had to wait until August! Was Teacher Qiao sure that he was playing this game? There must be a misunderstanding somewhere. Yu Fei subconsciously wanted to clarify and tell everyone that this news was not accurate. Eternal Reincarnation would actually commence development in a month, it had yet to be established yet. However, halfway through typing, he suddenly realized a problem and quickly deleted them all. No, he could not divulge the secret! If he clarified, wouldnt he be exposing the development of the copyright of Eternal Reincarnation? Boss Pei had said that this matter had to be kept a secret for more than a month. Now, everyone was only suspicious. Obviously, they had not confirmed it. Yu Fei did not know if Teacher Qiao had leaked the secret, but he definitely could not leak it from him. Otherwise, his chat history with others would definitely be uploaded onto the internet. Boss Pei would definitely be unhappy. However, what if he insisted that there was nothing of the sort? That wouldnt be good either. If the other party asked, If thats not the case, why did you go crazy in your revision? How would he answer? Netizens must have found many clues since they had already suspected this given their intelligence. It would be counterproductive to deny it now. It was useless to pretend to disappear. They would still be suspicious. Yu Fei thought about it carefully and did not seem to have a good solution. He could only reply, Dont ask too much about this. The situation is complicated. Some of your guesses are even wrong. Dont guess blindly. What he meant was that Teacher Qiao must have made a mistake. Eternal Reincarnation would only be officially developed a month later. It was impossible for Teacher Qiao to play this game now. After replying, Yu Fei closed the chat window and decided not to reply. The more he said, the more mistakes he would make. The less he said, the less mistakes he would make. This reply should not be considered a leak. It was the netizens own business whatever they wanted to think. Chapter 1104 - It’s Not Considered A Leak, Regrettably The screenshot of their conversation was quickly sent to the group chat of Eternal Reincarnation and Teacher Qiaos group chat. Verified! Verified! Look at the lousy authors choice of words and attitude. Obviously, there is really something going on! Wait a minute, how do you know that it is verified? Didnt the lousy author say that your guesses were wrong? He said some guesses are wrong! That means theres no problem with this general direction! Ah, then what guesses are wrong? Let me look at the chat records Teacher Qiaos trial of Repent and be Saved should be real. This new work was developed based on the plot of Eternal Reincarnation should also be real Then theres only one last sentence left! A new game would be made for every batch of the inspiration class is wrong! In other words, theres more than one work? Thats right! Its definitely not just Eternal Reincarnation. Arent there still a few books undergoing major edits? In other words, the books undergoing major edits might have plans to develop copyrights? I just came back from the group chat with the no-show! He did not reply to me directly, but he looks like theres definitely something going on! Everyone, stop asking. Obviously, this matter has to be kept a secret. Whats more, the copyright development is definitely not just this one work. All the authors in the inspiration class know about it! I finally understand why these authors seem to be on steroids. They might not be excited if only Eternal Reincarnation was adapted into a game. However, so many works have plans to develop copyrights. The other authors must be especially agitated! Yes, yes, they all coincide! Sigh, now that you mention it, did Zhongdian Chinese Networks promotional poster have a deeper meaning? What deeper meaning? Didnt that poster simply list the results of some books in the inspiration class? Whats more, the results were not good. It exposed its own shortcomings. Your thinking is only on the first level. What if it were to rise by one level? Actually, this poster is a display. Look, the results of these books in the inspiration class are indeed trash, but they can be copyrighted and made into games or other forms. Isnt that awesome? Huh? You can understand it that way? Of course, thats the only way to understand it! That advertisement was everywhere on the internet and offline. Think about it, the person-in-charge of Zhongdian Chinese Networks advertisement had to keep an eye on it. Even if the person in charge of publicity did not understand the data, how could the person-in-charge of Zhongdian Chinese Network not understand it? However, this poster was still released. It hung for more than half a month. Isnt that enough to explain the problem? I see. This poster is to promote the inspiration class in advance! Do you remember the content of the fake reviewers after the poster was published? Oh, I remember. The content is similar. Inspiration class is the cradle of the gods, the source of inspiration, the Land of Dreams, and the like. The format is similar. Its very awkward. Now that I think about it, arent these fake reviewers doing the right thing? Just say that the probability of the works being developed by copyrights, what else can be compared to the inspiration class? These fake reviewers repeatedly spam these content. On the surface, they are high-end haters, but in fact, every sentence is the truth! Isnt this the performance art-style publicity of Game Designer? It forms a fixed impression in netizens minds through repeated exaggerated advertising slogans and has a very good spreading effect The most important thing is that these are not fake publicity. The content is real! The netizens intelligence was limitless. After finding a breakthrough point, everyone worked together and quickly found more breakthrough points. Many seemingly unrelated things were strung together like this, forming a very complete chain of logic! Thus, the facts became very clear. The works of Zhongdian Chinese Networks inspiration class did not do well, but they had a high chance of revising the copyrights. Eternal Reincarnation, which was written by the same person as an official novel, was a good example. The publicity of the inspiration class was obviously focused on this aspect. On the surface, it was emphasizing that the statistics of these works were not good, but in fact, it was expressing that they could still be copyrighted even if the data was not good, highlighting the special characteristics of the inspiration class. On the other hand, the game was almost completed as the first batch of revised works. As a veteran player of Repent and be Saved, Teacher Qiao had already been invited to try it out! In just one short afternoon, the netizens came up with all sorts of clues and pieced together what they thought was the truth. This truth quickly spread like the wind. Repent and be Saved had many hardcore fans. It might be a game from two years ago but it was still very popular because there were very few difficult games. Whats more, Repent and be Saveds Pudu and other content had left many memes for players. Until now, Repent and be Saveds sales had not dropped below 20% of the sales volume of the month after its release. That was enough to show how popular it was. All the new and old gamers were looking forward to the sequel. Now that the sequel was out, how could they not be excited? Of course, he had to share this good news with everyone immediately! Once the netizens discussed, the various games media followed suit. That was because the media knew that as long as the keyword Tengda New Game was involved, the number of views and reads would definitely be explosive. The discussion and popularity would definitely not be low! Many unscrupulous media outlets were adding fuel to the fire. The titles were getting more and more ridiculous. They would do anything to attract peoples attention. This ridiculous content would fill the internet in a day or two, causing the news to spread to more netizens The situation suddenly spiraled out of control! June 16th, Saturday Qiao Liang was at his own residence, clicking on his mouse to read the crazy reports online. His face was filled with question marks. Shocking news! UP Master Teacher Qiao with millions of fans unveils Tengdas New Game! Repent and be Saveds sequel exposed! Eternal Reincarnations original novel reads first! The promotional poster of the inspiration class looks inconspicuous, but it hides such a huge secret The Most Difficult Domestic Game is about to release a sequel! Are you prepared to suffer? He was completely dumbfounded. What was going on? Who told you that I am trying out Repent and be Saveds new work? I am trying out Slow Movement Studios Animal Island VR ! Repent and be Saved had nothing to do with this! However, he seemed to be the source of the news according to these media articles. Qiao Liang even suspected himself. He thought that he had let it slip and specially went back to look at the chat records. The chat records were very clear. Qiao Liang only said that he was trying out Tengdas new game. He did not say anything else. He did not mention the inspiration class or Repent and be Saved! However, as he scrolled down and saw the comments in the group, Qiao Liang understood. What a mistake! The group of people thought that he was trying Repent and be Saveds sequel to the novel, Eternal Reincarnation, after a series of complicated deductions! They were all just a guess at first, but everyone felt that it was very reasonable. Thus, the rumors became true Who could he reason with?! Qiao Liang was helpless but he had no choice. If he stood up to clarify now, it would make people feel like he was trying to cover it up. Whats more, there was no need! After much consideration, Qiao Liang decided not to bother. Let them discuss whatever they want Whats more, this was not considered a leak, right? He did not even mention the name Animal Island VR. Meng Changs request was for Qiao Liang to keep the Animal Island VR project a secret. Qiao Liang felt that he had kept it a secret very well. The netizens did not even know about the existence of this project. However, everyone mistakenly thought that Qiao Liang was playing Repent and be Saveds sequel. The netizens were overthinking and misunderstood. He shouldnt be the one considered to be the source of the leak, right? Qiao Liang thought for a while. Even if they had to blame this matter on someone, it should not be blamed on him. Thus, he continued playing the game with a peace of mind. At the same time, Meng Chang was also checking these reports in his residence. He was obviously not as calm as Qiao Liang. The hand holding the mouse trembled slightly. Every report pierced his heart. Whats happening? What the f*ck is happening?! Where did this information come from?! Damn it, I could have gotten the basic commission after this weekend. Why! Calm down, calm down. There seems to be a chance for a turnaround. Ive to find the source of the leak. Boss Pei has written a contract for me. If the companys internal leak caused the publicity effect to explode, I can get 30,000 yuan commission no matter the outcome! This is even more worth it than the 2,000 yuan commission that we have for two weeks! At this critical moment, Meng Changs mind became clear. He first found the note that Boss Pei had written and carefully confirmed the contents. That was indeed the case! Next was to determine the source of the leak. Meng Chang quickly found two key transmission nodes. One was a screenshot of Qiao Liangs chat in his fan group, saying that he was trying out Tengdas new game. The other was a screenshot of Yu Feis private chat with him. This should be an internal leak, right? Teacher Qiao might not be a Tengda employee but he is trying out the game! Yu Fei is a signed author of Zhongdian Chinese Network and a direct participant in the inspiration class. He must be considered an insider of Tengda! Er but Teacher Qiao did not try out Eternal Reincarnation. He tried out Animal Island VR. Its completely unrelated Forget it, I dont care anymore. It must be an internal leak! Meng Chang decided to talk to Boss Pei on Monday. He would take this note and ask for 30,000 yuan! June 18th, Monday Meng Chang knocked on the door and entered the office just as Pei Qian arrived. Boss Pei! Let me first clarify that this matter is 100% an internal leak. It is definitely not a problem with my publicity plan! We have a contract! Meng Chang waved the little slip of paper in his hand like a creditor holding a debtor. He looked very righteous. Pei Qian did not pay attention to this over the weekend. He was still a little sleepy in the morning. At that moment, he could not synchronize his emotions with Meng Changs. He made a cup of tea and said, Dont rush. Tell me slowly. If it really is a leak, I will definitely keep my promise. Meng Chang told him what had happened this weekend. He emphasized that Qiao Liang and Yu Fei had leaked the secret, causing a chain reaction and causing the publicity of the inspiration class to fail. After a weekend of fermenting, the matter of the works of the authors in the inspiration class being developed by the copyright had already become a hot topic. Especially since Eternal Reincarnation was developed as an official sequel to a game, countless authors were jealous and wanted to enter the inspiration class. The accumulated popularity of Meng Changs ugly poster exploded. According to the current standards, the publicity plan would definitely fail this time. It did not even last two weeks. There was not a single cent commission. However, if it was a leak, Boss Pei would have to give Meng Chang 30,000 yuan according to the contract. This was Meng Changs last hope. Pei Qian sipped his tea quietly. You said that the two of them leaked the secret. How exactly did they leak it? Do you have evidence? Meng Chang nodded immediately. Yes! I have a screenshot! Meng Chang handed his cell phone over and showed the two screenshots to Pei Qian. Pei Qian took a look and fell into deep thought. However, these two pictures were obviously not enough to reveal the truth. Sit here for a moment and have some tea. Ill make two calls to investigate this thoroughly! If it really is an internal leak, Ill definitely clear your name! Pei Qian spoke so righteously that Meng Chang was a little touched. Alright, Boss Pei! Ill wait here! Pei Qian pushed the door open and left. He planned to give Qiao Liang and Yu Fei a call each before asking those who knew the inside story to find out the truth. He could not possibly listen to Meng Changs side of the story, right? After all, Meng Chang was now doing everything possible to earn commission. It was normal for him to exaggerate. It was not that Boss Pei could not bear to part with the 30,000 yuan. The key was that he would not be able to give the money out if it was not leaked. The agreement between Pei Qian and Meng Chang was regarded by the system as a special employment agreement. The money that he gave Meng Chang had to be recognized by the system. In this special employment agreement, money could be distributed in a different way, but it had to meet the terms of the agreement itself. In other words, the System had a special standard in this aspect. It had a higher degree of freedom than other employment agreements. Pei Qian could do many tricks, but these tricks were not absolutely free. They had to be limited. It would also be the case now. He could only give him the commission if there was really a leak. He could not turn a blind eye. Pei Qian sympathized with Meng Chang, but he had no choice. Rules were rules. Meng Chang waited anxiously in Boss Peis office. Boss Pei only returned after about half an hour. How is it, Boss Pei? Meng Chang immediately stood up, looking very concerned. Pei Qian cleared his throat and gestured for him to calm down and sit down. I confirmed it from many sources, including the two parties involved and finally confirmed that regrettably this is not considered a leak. Teacher Qiao only said that he was testing the new game. He did not mention Animal Island, nor did he mention the inspiration class and Repent and be Saved. That was not considered a leak. It was even less so for Yu Fei. Not only did he not leak the secret, but he also hinted that the netizens were wrong. Teacher Qiao was not testing Eternal Reincarnation. The problem this time was mainly because the netizens misunderstood and made some wrong associations. They used the wrong known conditions to derive the right conclusion So unfortunately, according to the rules, this commission cannot be given because it is not considered a leak. Pei Qian looked at Meng Chang with a sorrowful expression. However, on the bright side, your basic salary this month is 5,000 yuan Chapter 1105 - : I’ll Do It Personally Next Month! Learn From Me! Meng Changs dead eyes rippled again after he heard the number 5,000 yuan. Huh? 5,000 yuan? Didnt you say that my base salary was 4,000 yuan, and I would only get a commission of 2,000 yuan after another two weeks? Now that I dont have a guaranteed commission, could it be that he saw that I was working too hard and added another 1,000 yuan as encouragement? Meng Chang was suddenly a little touched. It was not a lot of money but it was quite heartwarming. Pei Qian was stunned. Huh? Did we only increase 1,000 yuan previously? Im sorry, I remembered wrongly. I always thought I mentioned 2,000 yuan. Then we have to follow the agreement Meng Chang : The light in his eyes dimmed, replaced by confusion, and disbelief. How infuriating! Even if you remember wrongly, shouldnt you just give me an additional 1,000 yuan? How could he take back what he said? He must be doing this on purpose! Meng Chang was silent for a moment. Boss Pei, Im quitting! I want to terminate the agreement! Pei Qian quickly stood up. Dont be rash! Lets talk properly if you have anything to say. Dont terminate without saying a word. How about this? You seem to be working quite hard. Ill pay you a thousand yuan out of my own pocket! What do you think? Pei Qian panicked a little when he heard Meng Chang say that he did not want to work anymore. Dont quit. Where would I find someone as talented as you in publicity if you quit? I dont trust anyone outside! It was only because Meng Chang was carrying a huge debt that Pei Qian could manipulate him easily. He could use this method to stimulate him to seriously do reverse publicity for himself. Meng Chang might not have had any successful publicity cases so far, but he had a huge advantage: he would not be corrupted by the Tengda spirit. If it was someone else, they might have completely decommissioned the entire advertising and marketing department very quickly. They would become like the other departments. They were useless apart from earning money and stabbing Boss Peis heart. Therefore, Meng Chang could not leave! It would be incomplete without Meng Chang in the advertising and marketing department! Pei Qian had invested a lot in order to retain Meng Chang. The System would not give him the extra 1,000 yuan. He could only pay out of his own pocket. The good thing was that even though Boss Pei did not lose a lot of money and the converted Personal Wealth was not much, he still saved a sum of money from spending money in the company. His Personal Wealth had already exceeded three million yuan. He could easily fork out 1,000 yuan. It was not a lot of money but he was a little reluctant to fork it out. However, he could not save the money for the sake of long-term benefits and to retain Meng Chang. Meng Changs face turned green. Boss Pei, Ive made up my mind. Its useless no matter what you say! Meng Chang had completely exploded because of 1,000 yuan. What was Boss Pei saying? Youre actually even going to give me 1,000 yuan out of your own pocket? He did not know where to start rebuking him! The entire Tengda is yours. Didnt you allocate hundreds of thousands or even millions of yuan to the advertising department? You can spend it however you want. Just a few copper coins from the publicity budget would solve my basic salary and commission for a long time in the future. Do I need you to pay out of your own pocket? Whats more, even if you were going to pay out of your pocket, why did it seem like 1,000 yuan was still a big deal to you? The entire Tengda is your private property. Not to mention cash flow, you have bought several buildings. You are probably worth billions. It would not be difficult for you to take out 10 million yuan on the spot, much less 1,000 yuan! Yet, he seemed to have to make up his mind to fork out 1,000 yuan? Carry on, carry on pretending! Ill be the first to disagree if you dont get an Oscar! Meng Changs perception of money had already deteriorated after such a long period of torture. Or perhaps he had become sharper? In the past, he used to squander investors money without batting an eyelid. He was very carefree. However, for some reason, he had been struggling for this few thousand yuan of basic salary. He suddenly realized that this was not the life he should have. Im quitting. I dont want to suffer anymore! Meng Chang looked determined. No matter how glib your tongue is, I will never be deceived by you again! Pei Qian felt that something was amiss when he saw Meng Changs expression. Why did the only person in the entire Tengda Corporation who shared my heart want to leave? Come, have some tea and calm down. Dont be rash. Consider it again. Theres still a long way to go. We signed a ten-year agreement. Only less than half a year has passed so far. How far are we now? Meng Chang had wanted to take a sip from his teacup but immediately put it down when he heard that. All the more I want to leave! Pei Qian: Sh*t, he misunderstood again. Pei Qian quickly explained, What I mean is that after our tireless efforts, your publicity plan is getting closer and closer to success. Who knows, you might be able to get a full commission in a few months time? You didnt start off smoothly, thats all. Youve only received a basic salary for a few months. Youve given up the high commission for the next ten years just because of this setback. Thats too unwise! Pei Qian tried to reason and move Meng Chang, hoping to get him to give up on running away. However, Meng Chang smiled politely with a face full of chuckling. Did that mean that he had been lying to me for so many months and was really intending to lie to me for the entire ten years? It was indeed not easy to find a job now that Meng Chang had lost his credit but he was still very confident in himself. What was so difficult about earning 30,000 to 50,000 yuan each month even if he failed in his entrepreneurship? On Tengdas side, even though he would be able to get a commission of 200,000 yuan every month under ideal circumstances which would greatly speed up the repayment of his debts. This money was like a carrot in front of a Donkey. It could only be seen but not eaten. What was the use if it could not be obtained? Whats more, he would continue to accumulate if he went outside to work. He might earn less in the beginning but he might earn more in the future. There was still hope of returning the money in advance. Therefore, Meng Chang was determined to leave. No matter how eloquent Boss Pei was, he would not be deceived again! Pei Qian was a little helpless. It looked like Meng Chang was determined to leave. At that moment, he regretted it a little. He should have been more responsible for the violation when he signed the agreement The agreement that they had signed at the beginning was not too rigid when it came to default responsibilities. They only agreed that the party who broke the contract had to pay the penalty according to a certain proportion of the original debt. The three-year default was the lightest, and the ten-year default was the heaviest. However, the heaviest penalty was only 30% of the original debt. Of course, Meng Chang owed a few million yuan, he also had to pay more than a million yuan for breaching the contract. However, Meng Chang was obviously in a state where he did not have to worry about having too much debt. He had to pay back a debt of a few million yuan. So what if it was a mere one million yuan more? However, he had no choice. That was because Pei Qian did not dare to set the penalty too high when he made the agreement. He was afraid that he would scare Meng Chang away. If Pei Qian had set the penalty to be ten times or tens of millions of yuan, Meng Chang would definitely think that there was a huge conspiracy and would not sign this agreement at all. It was precisely because the penalty was not too punishing that Meng Chang took the bait. Thus, it was useless to regret now. Pei Qian sipped his tea quietly and thought of a new excuse. Meng Chang, I think we need to calm down and weigh the pros and cons. I have waived all the interest on your debt if you work for me. This is also a benefit for you as an employee of Tengda. If you work for other companies, I will definitely have no reason to waive this interest, right? Im not going to calculate much. Ill be bullying you if I use the highest interest rate from the rates outside. However, even if its a normal bank commercial loan, the few million yuan would be returned for ten or twenty years. Just calculate how much interest that would be. Are you sure you want to leave Tengda? Pei Qian did not know exactly how much this sum of money was, but those who had loaned money to buy a house knew that while the interest rate of the bank loan did not seem high, it would still be a terrifying figure once it was extended to ten or twenty years. It was not an exaggeration to say that he would have to pay back two to three million yuan for a five million yuan loan. If the soft approach did not work, he could only use the hard approach. Pei Qian did not mind being a villain since Meng Chang insisted on leaving. Meng Chang : He did not expect Boss Pei to have such a move. How despicable! At first, he had only considered the penalty fee. He had thought that he could tolerate a million yuan. However, if he were to add interest, that would be intolerable! The amount of money he owed would almost double. The difficulty of going out to work to pay his debts increased drastically. It was almost an impossible task. Meng Chang slumped on the sofa, feeling suicidal. Boss Pei, you feel happy watching me die, right? I understand now. This was a trap from the beginning. You want me to work for you for nothing! I just wanted to cheat investors of some money at the beginning. There are many entrepreneurs who cheat money. Why are you torturing me alone Meng Chang stopped pretending. He was going all out. Pei Qian realized that something was amiss. Dont give up! He quickly cleared his throat. Youre mistaken. I have no intention of scamming you. Im genuinely doing this for your own good. I want you to pay your debts as soon as possible! Meng Chang chuckled. Boss Pei, do you believe in the words you said? If you hadnt been causing trouble, I would have gotten a high commission! Pei Qian: ? How could you push the blame to me? Havent I been helping you? It was a dog-eat-dog situation! Pei Qian said, Alright, I wont be calculative with you for the first few times. How can you pin the blame of the publicity plan for the inspiration class on me? What does that have to do with me? Meng Changs mouth gapped, speechless. It seemed like it really had nothing to do with Boss Pei. He thought about the publicity plan for the inspiration class. The reason why it had a good publicity effect was mainly because many coincidences overlaid together and produced a strange chemical reaction. Teacher Qiao and Yu Feis wrong comments was one matter, but the netizens wrong imagination was another. The correct conclusion was derived through the wrong known conditions. During this process, Boss Pei was indeed not responsible because he could not control the netizens. If Boss Pei himself or hinted to the other officials to leak the news of the copyright development of the inspiration class, they would definitely be able to find some clues online. If Boss Pei released the news anonymously without much credibility, the netizens would definitely not buy it. The current situation would only happen if netizens spontaneously deduced and believed all of this. In other words, it was indeed inappropriate for Boss Pei to take the blame. He did not mention the previous few times. This time, Boss Pei was indeed not responsible. The corners of Meng Changs mouth twitched slightly. Then I have to leave! If you didnt interfere and supported me fully but still failed in the end, it would mean that the difficulty of this matter has far exceeded my imagination. The chances of success are very slim. Then why should I persevere? Pei Qian: This Meng Chang was a logical person who was not easy to bluff. However, it did not matter. He had to bluff harder. There was even a need to prove it to him personally. Pei Qian pondered for a moment and continued. How about this? Next month, Ill personally come up with a publicity plan for you. Just follow my publicity plan. I cant guarantee a month, but two weeks should be alright. If my plan fails, lets talk about breaking the contract. If my plan succeeds and persists for two weeks to get a guaranteed commission, it means that theres a problem with your publicity plan. Dont mention breaking the contract in the future. Just settle down and think about how to promote it in the future. What do you think? Meng Chang blinked, not expecting Boss Pei to make such a suggestion. The current situation was equivalent to Meng Chang complaining that this job was too difficult. In the end, Boss Pei said, Ill do it, Ill do it. You watch and learn well. Ill prove that its not difficult to work, youre just too lousy. At first, Meng Chang did not want to stay. However, after hearing Boss Peis words, he felt that he could stay for a month to see how Boss Pei would operate. If Boss Pei could really complete the reverse publicity, perhaps he could really prove that there was a problem with his previous publicity method? Then, he would be able to learn from Boss Peis advertising idea and continue pursuing the highest 20,000 yuan commission. All in all, staying for an additional month to see how Boss Pei worked was not a loss. At that thought, Meng Chang nodded. Alright, Ill stay for another month. If you can really get a guaranteed commission next month and convince me, Ill continue working. However, I have a request. Ill choose the publicity project next month. Is that alright? Pei Qian could not help but feel surprised. Yo, youre taking the initiative now? Previously, Pei Qian had been the one who assigned Meng Chang publicity projects. He had chosen one of the projects that were about to be released. Meng Chang had always chosen the wrong answer. Now, Meng Chang was also addicted to being the question setter? Pei Qian nodded. No problem. A true warrior would dare to face the challenge head-on. Pei Qian was the one who decided on all of Tengdas projects. He was the one who appointed the person-in-charge of all of the industries. He was confident that he could think of a suitable reverse publicity plan for any project. Even though he would most likely fail in the end, it should not be a problem for the effect to last two weeks. He had to think of a way to make Meng Chang stay! Chapter 1106 - Let Me Teach You How To Clean Up The Mess! Meng Chang was finally convinced after much persuasion. Whether Meng Chang would want to leave in the end depended on the effect of Pei Qians publicity plan next month. However, he would think about the matter which would happen the next month during the next month. Even the system could not stump me, much less a small Meng Chang? In fact, the publicity task that Pei Qian gave Meng Chang was only equivalent to a weakened version of the Systems requirements. The system required a complete loss. Meng Changs publicity mission only had to ensure that the publicity plan of a certain industry was not effective. Pei Qian could handle even more difficult challenges with ease. As long as he did not pursue the 200,000 commission of the highest difficulty, he should still be confident right? At this point, there was no point thinking about what would happen next month. He should focus on the present. Meng Changs publicity plan had failed completely. He could leave it alone and take a commission, but Pei Qian could not. Poor Boss Pei had to think of a way to clean up this mess. The current situation was that the outside world was abuzz. Netizens and many game media were treating Teacher Qiaos trial game as Repent and be Saveds sequel to Eternal Reincarnation. Whats more, it was getting more and more ridiculous. The gamers who were waiting to play Eternal Reincarnation were a little bewitched. They even commented about Eternal Reincarnation under any news related to Tengda. For example, the official Weibo account shared a long wallpaper with all of GOGs heroes. There were players spamming it below. I understand! The official platform hinted that the plot of Eternal Reincarnation would be a longer version. At least twice the length of ordinary games! The official Weibo posted a photo of a girls cosplay. There would be players spamming it again. I understand! The official hints that there will be cute girls in Eternal Reincarnation and a dating nurturing system! If this continued, it would become more and more ridiculous. Who knew what gamers would think of? There were other projects to be released in the next month or so. What if the popularity continued and more chain reactions were to be produced after the rumors spread, bringing huge popularity to Eternal Reincarnation? What if the downloadable content became popular before it was released? The rumors were already quite ridiculous. Who knew what terrible things would happen in another two months? He wanted to clarify things and reduce the amount of attention on the game. He wanted the players to not have unrealistic expectations and quickly calm down the influence of this matter. That way, Pei Qian could work on other publicity plans next month and clear some obstacles in advance. How should he cool it down? After some thought, Pei Qian decided to clarify two points for everyone. First, Eternal Reincarnation was not a sequel to Repent and be Saved. Instead, it was just an ordinary downloadable content. There was a huge difference in size. Second, Teacher Qiao had not tried Eternal Reincarnation. To be precise, Eternal Reincarnation had not even been established. There was not even a new folder. The official development would have to wait until August. As long as these two points were clarified, even if the players were not disappointed. Their enthusiasm would definitely plummet, right? This was equivalent to having a meal at a high-end restaurant. He had thought that the dishes that had a high rating would be served in five minutes. He would definitely look forward to it. He would even take out his cell phone to take photos and post them on his WeChat moments. At that moment, the waiter suddenly came over and said, Im sorry, the dish thats about to be served is just an ordinary appetizer. Whats more, the main dish has to wait for another half an hour. He might still be thinking about this but his expectations would definitely be greatly reduced. Pei Qian could not clarify previously because this behavior would affect Meng Changs publicity plan. When Meng Chang messed up, he would throw the blame to himself. However, now that Meng Chang had given up, he naturally did not have to care about the impact of this matter on him. Pei Qian quickly stopped Meng Chang when he saw that he was about to leave. Youre leaving just like that? Its not that I want to criticize you, but you always do things without any care for things in the past nor ahead. When you see that the publicity plan has failed, you leave without caring about the negative consequences. Take this matter for example. The netizens are paying so much attention to Eternal Reincarnation. Theyre almost going crazy. If we dont deal with it now, the popularity of Eternal Reincarnation will definitely explode in the future when its released. When the time comes, can you still make a publicity plan to reduce its popularity? Doing good work for the previous project is equivalent to clearing the obstacles for the next project! You dont pay attention to the details. Isnt it natural for you to fail? Meng Chang was stunned and a little confused. He looked like a primary school student being educated by the form teacher. Boss Peis words made sense! If he allowed this matter to continue to ferment, the netizens emotions would not be vented. The popularity would definitely accumulate. Some unknown chemical reaction would inevitably occur in the future. Once an expert made his move, he would know if there was anything wrong. At first, Meng Chang thought that Boss Pei was making a joke out of him. He said that he was going to demonstrate his publicity plan. However, Boss Pei was a busy man. He had so many industries to arrange. How could he spend all his energy on his publicity plan? Therefore, Meng Chang did not harbour too many expectations. However, it was obvious looking at Boss Peis attitude towards details that he was going to teach him step by step. Meng Chang was even a little overwhelmed. He immediately had the illusion that Boss Peis kindness to him was as heavy as a mountain. Of course, it was only for a moment. Then Boss Pei, what should we do? Tell me, Ill execute it, Meng Chang asked humbly. Pei Qian nodded subtly. Yes, he was teachable. That was the right attitude! Meng Chang was still a talent as long as he learnt humbly. Pei Qian pondered for a moment. We have to make it as simple and clean as possible to calm the popularity. Saying too much would easily trigger the imagination of gamers. Therefore, we can just use Tengdas official Weibo account to clarify. The main point is to clarify the two points I said previously: Eternal Reincarnation is only downloadable content. Whats more, the project will only officially start in August. That way, players will not continue to pay attention to this matter. The popularity can slowly decrease. Make it simple and formal. Tengdas official credibility might be worrying because they had cried wolf too many times, but the statement this time would be more credible. Gamers should believe it. Meng Chang was stunned. Boss Pei, are you sure theres no problem with this? Pei Qian asked, Whats the problem? Er nothing. Meng Chang only vaguely felt that something was amiss, but he could not figure out what was wrong. Since it was Boss Peis plan, it should be executed. He would know in a while whether there was a problem or not. Fifteen minutes later, Meng Chang knocked on the door again. Boss Pei, the statement has been written. Please take a look. Pei Qian took his cell phone and read the main text of this Weibo post. Tengda Corporation and Tengda Games have noticed that netizens have been discussing the Repent and be Saved sequel in various games media recently. These are false information from unknown sources. In order to prevent misinformation, we release a special statement as follows: Eternal Reincarnation is not a sequel to Repent and be Saved. It is just regular downloadable content for Repent and be Saved. There is a huge difference in the size of the two. Tengda Games has no plans to develop a sequel to Repent and be Saved for a period of time. Eternal Reincarnation has not entered the preparatory stage yet. The official development period is after August. It is not the trial stage. I hope that gamers will be able to detect false information and not be deceived. This statement is to be taken seriously. There were many words, so he had to use a long Weibo post. At the moment, he had only edited the content and saved a draft. He had not officially released it. Meng Chang was not sure if he could write it this way, so he had to let Boss Pei decide. Pei Qian nodded subtly. Yes, it was alright. It might seem a little rigid and the official tone was a little harsh but it was also beneficial. The players would definitely not think that it was a performance. Their credibility would be better. He would have achieved his goal at least no matter whether the statement was wrong or not. Alright, send it out, Pei Qian said. Meng Chang took the cell phone and pressed Send. Chapter 1107 - Sexy Boss Pei, Failed Online Pei Qian observed Meng Changs state and found that he had completely calmed down and was no longer as agitated as before. That was a good thing. Come, sit for a while. Have some tea. Pei Qian planned to appease Meng Chang a little more so that he would not feel emotional again when he returned. However, Meng Chang kept scrolling through the Weibo post that he had just released to check the netizens comments after he sat down on the sofa. Boss Pei, are you sure this is the effect you want to achieve? Meng Chang asked after a few minutes. Hm? Pei Qian was shocked. What did Meng Chang mean? He quickly took out his cell phone and opened Weibo. He realized that there were hundreds of replies after only a few minutes. Why are the gamers so passionate? Most of them are disappointed, right? Initially, they had been looking forward to playing Eternal Reincarnation. Now that it was officially announced, ordinary players would definitely feel disappointed. The players should be disappointed, right? Pei Qian randomly selected a few comments. Huh? Its just a downloadable content, not a sequel? How disappointing! The downloadable content is far from the continuation. The sequel would take at least ten hours. The downloadable content would probably be done in four or five hours. What if they dont even have a project? Then well have to wait for years! Other game developers say that they are working on it even if it was just creating a new folder. You guys havent even created a new folder? Sigh, forget it. I wont pay attention to it for the time being. Ill wait for the game to be ready. Obviously, many players who were waiting to play Eternal Reincarnation were disappointed after reading this statement. They had thought that they would be able to play it in a month at most. Now, they had to wait for at least half a year. How could they wait! Many players expressed that they would not pay attention to it for now. If they did, they would not be able to play it. That would be very troublesome. Pei Qian was elated. The plan was quite successful! At the very least, the popularity of Eternal Reincarnation had decreased with this bucket of cold water! Whats more, based on the current trend, gamers would definitely continue to pay less attention to Eternal Reincarnation. It would take at least three or four months for this popularity to rise. Not bad, not bad. However, Pei Qian continued flipping through the comments and suddenly realized that something was amiss. That was because the high praise was a completely different style! The ones who feel disappointed are all fake Tengda fans, right? Shouldnt real Tengda fans be elated when they see this news? On the surface, this looks like bad news, but its actually two pieces of good news! The first piece of good news is that the official platform has confirmed the development of the copyrights of the inspiration class. Whats more, the game Eternal Reincarnation really exists. Its been set up and waiting to be developed! Previously, everyone only suspected that the game did not exist. Isnt that good news now that the official platform has confirmed it? Its nothing more than waiting a little longer. Good things dont have to wait! The second piece of good news also proves that another Tengda game is going to be released recently! Previously, Teacher Qiao said that he was trying Tengdas game. We all thought that it was a sequel to Eternal Reincarnation. Now, it looks like we were wrong. However, doesnt that mean that Teacher Qiao was trying another game? We wont be able to play Eternal Reincarnation in the short term, but we can look forward to this game, right? Pei Qian was stunned. They could understand it that way? I was talking to you about Eternal Reincarnation, why did you turn around and go to Animal Island? These gamers reacted quickly! Pei Qian looked up at Meng Chang and then at his cell phone. Obviously, this was not the effect he wanted Meng Chang looked suspicious. The actual effect of this statement seemed to be different from what Boss Pei had expected? Looking at Boss Peis expression, it seemed like, perhaps, perhaps he had lost his game? You want to get a guaranteed commission next month with this method? He was probably not dreaming. Meng Chang was secretly delighted. It looked like Boss Pei was not good at everything! Boss Pei was indeed very good at opening companies and earning huge sums of money. However, reverse publicity was very difficult. Even Boss Pei could not control it perfectly! If he was not careful, he would fail! Of course, Meng Chang was only suspicious and did not dare to be completely sure. After all, the power that Boss Pei had left behind for him previously was too great. He was not sure if it was really a failure or if Boss Pei was just teasing him. If the other party was not Boss Pei but someone else, Meng Chang would have already sneered and started being sarcastic. However, Boss Pei was always unpredictable. Meng Chang could not figure out if Boss Pei was doing this on purpose or if he had a bigger plan in the future. He tried hard to observe Boss Peis expression, hoping to find some clues. Pei Qian coughed lightly. The situation was a little awkward. He had to say something to eliminate Meng Changs doubts. Otherwise, wouldnt he be making a fool of himself? Sexy Boss Pei, Failed Online? That would be bad. No problem. There might be a small problem but it was all within my expectations. You might not be able to understand my way of handling it now. But it doesnt matter. Youll understand after some time. All in all, this is all to prepare for next months publicity. Pei Qian could not think of a good excuse. He could only lie through his teeth. He hoped that he could be confident enough to use his acting skills to deceive Meng Chang. Pei Qians acting skills had indeed reached a point of perfection. Meng Chang was very suspicious at first. However, when he saw Boss Peis confident expression and thought about Boss Peis mysterious operation, he began to doubt his own guess. Suddenly, Meng Chang had an idea. After a moment of silence, he said, Boss Pei, Ive already thought of the publicity plan for next month. Well choose the VR glasses project next month for publicity! If you can last for two weeks with the publicity plan and get me the guaranteed commission, Ill admit that Im not as good as you and my skills are not good enough. Ill continue to study in the advertising and marketing department in the future! Didnt Boss Pei say that everything was going according to plan? I want to see how you will publicize this project! Boss Peis statement might have lowered the netizens attention to Eternal Reincarnation but the netizens expectations for another new game, Animal Island VR instantly increased. It was extremely difficult to promote the VR glasses under such circumstances! Whats more, Meng Chang had unintentionally planted a mine previously: Teacher Qiao! The act of letting Teacher Qiao try out Animal Island VR might have deceived him and triggered a series of complicated chain reactions, but now, Meng Chang did not care anymore. This problem was left to Boss Pei. It was conceivable that as long as the VR glasses and Animal Island VR were officially released, Teacher Qiao would definitely publicize his trial experience and boast about this game. With Teacher Qiaos influence, it was impossible for the VR glasses and Animal Island VR to not become popular! He wanted to see if Boss Pei could withstand this ultimate hell mode. Pei Qian was stunned. Meng Chang, youve grown up! Youre taking the initiative to provoke me? How could I tolerate that? Speaking of reverse publicity, Im much better than you. Why do you think Im not good enough? He could not persevere for a month, wouldnt two weeks be a piece of cake? I have to prove it to you. I might not be good at other things, but Im a professional in this! Pei Qian sniggered. No problem. Isnt it just the VR glasses plan? Watch how I advertise it! Pei Qian might not have 100% confidence himself but based on his understanding of this project, all the resources he had on hand, he could even spend his own money to advertise it. He could also use the poison to quench his thirst With so many methods, Pei Qian believed that he could last at least two weeks. At that time, he had to make Meng Chang watch the true reverse publicity and leave him in the advertising department no matter the price he had to pay! Chapter 1108 - The Snack Market is About to Open! It was almost noon after he sent Meng Chang off. Pei Qian finished his Food.Harmony work meal and wrapped himself in a small blanket in his office for a short nap. He felt that he could slip away after sorting out the situation of the various departments in the afternoon. There was only one month to settlement. The next step would be a tough battle. Now he had to conserve his energy. How could he burn money without any energy? However, Pei Qians cell phone rang not long after he woke up. It was Zhang Yahui, the person-in-charge of the snack market. Boss Pei, I have something to report to you. Until now, all the preparatory work for the snack market has been completed. We were supposed to officially open for business the day after tomorrow. I know that youre quite busy, so I havent asked for instructions on what to do here. Were about to open for business now. Do you want to come over and take a look and guide me? Thatll save us from making any mistakes. Pei Qian was planning to knock off at 2 PM sharp. He could only sigh silently after hearing Zhang Yahui. Sigh, looks like I have to work overtime today. Not long after the establishment of the snack market, Pei Qian completely became an overseer and did not ask about it at all. On one hand, he had too many things on hand and did not have the time or energy to pay attention to it. However, more importantly, he felt that this project was not a huge threat from the bottom of his heart. That was because the initial goal of this snack market was to poach people from the Cold-Faced Lady Previously, the person-in-charge of the Cold-Faced Lady, Qi Yan, had done a series of operations in the capital. She had organized a Street Food Contest and hired an outstanding vendor as a consultant. She was about to make the Cold-Faced Lady popular again. It would be terrible if the cold-faced lady became popular. That was because the Cold-Faced Lady was a fast food model that could start a chain operation. If a shop became popular, Qi Yan would definitely continue to open more branches. Once such a model rolled up, it would earn too much money! Pei Qian did not want to relive the tragedy of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and Fish-Catching Take-Out. Thus, she quickly and decisively created a snack market and poached all the outstanding vendors from the cold-faced lady. This way, the Cold-Faced Lady would not have these outstanding vendors. The improvement in taste would be very slow, and the snack market would not be able to create a chain. There was no need to worry about earning money. After all, no matter how impressive the vendors were, the number of customers they received every day was limited. The snack market was only so big. No matter how popular it was, could it be turned upside down? Thus, Pei Qian felt that the project was stable. The so-called stability did not mean that it would not become popular. Instead, it would be like the nameless restaurant. Even if it became popular, it would not earn much money. It was completely acceptable. He might have been an overseer but he still had to take a look now that it was about to open. One could never be too careful. It would not take much time to go over and take a look. Once they discovered the problem, they could also get Zhang Yahui and the others to make the necessary changes before the business officially opened. If it was possible, Pei Qian did not mind letting the snack market open for a week or two. In any case, there was still more than a month to settlement. There was no harm in delaying it. He could earn one or two weeks less. After agreeing to Zhang Yahui, Pei Qian drank a cup of coffee to refresh himself. Then, he took the car straight to the snack market. It was not a long journey to the old industrial zone, but there was a small traffic jam, so it took about forty minutes to get there. Even though the driver, Little Sun, was very good at driving, Pei Qian still felt a little dizzy from the traffic. He took a breath of fresh air after getting out of the car and finally recovered. Thats why I say that a developed city cannot do without a subway! Pei Qian could not help but feel emotional. As the provincial capital of Handong Province and a second-tier city, there were only a few subway lines in Jingzhou. They were connected to high-speed rail stations, the core commercial district near the Great World Shopping Mall, and other key locations with the largest traffic. However, the current subway coverage was far from enough. The main public transportation method was still buses. In recent years, the economy in Jingzhou and even the entire country has been growing rapidly. There were more and more private cars, and the city had naturally become more congested. At the moment, there was no limit in Jingzhou. However, according to the current trend, they were not far from the limit. In order to ease traffic, Jingzhou was also planning, building new elevated bridges, and more subway routes. More than a year ago, Jingzhou had also publicized a batch of subway lines. Even though the efficiency of moving from demolition to construction was very high, no matter how efficient it was, this batch of land rail lines was still a long time from completion. Whats more, these subway lines had nothing to do with Pei Qian. That was because Pei Qian was very crafty. When choosing locations for physical stores and various other projects, he basically avoided the subway lines intentionally or otherwise. Of course, there was no other way to choose the location for the GPL league. There were only a few large shopping malls in Jingzhou. The only one suitable for long-term competition venues was the multi-purpose hall in the Great World. However, these were not a big deal. As long as the Sloth Apartments, a huge project that involved buying buildings, could be far away from Jingzhous current subway plan, there would be no problem. Pei Qian walked towards the snack market as he thought about these random things. However, Pei Qian was stunned by the scene before him after taking two steps. This place was a snack market? Pei Qian had never been to this place before. He had only heard that the snack market was located in an agricultural market near the old industrial zone. Pei Qian was relieved when he heard the keywords old industrial zone and agricultural market. He could imagine what kind of state it was! It must be like the vegetable market in third or fourth-tier cities or small county cities. It was dirty, messy, and bad. There might be vegetable leaves everywhere. Of course, to be safe, Pei Qian specially searched for pictures of this agricultural market online. From the pictures, this place looked slightly better than he had imagined. It was cleaner and hygienic, but it was just a market. Thus, Pei Qian was completely relieved. He was thinking that even if Liang Qingfan was an architect and could turn something rotten into something magical, how amazing could it be? However, Pei Qian almost thought that he had come to the wrong place when he looked up after getting out of the car. Was the current state of the snack market similar to the previous market? It was completely unrecognizable! Numerous neon lights formed by contrasting hot and cold colors filled the outer wall. The design of a large number of Cyberpunk styles made the entire snack market seem to be independent of Jingzhou. Stepping across this street seemed to enter another world. Various billboards emitted red and green lights. It was intricate and layered, making use of the space above. However, since it was daytime and the sky was only slightly dark, there was no cloud or rain. Thus, the lighting did not give people a strong visual impact. However, he could imagine what would happen at night with the current state. The feeling of Cyberpunk was definitely off the charts! Whats more, this setting gave Pei Qian a strong sense of deja vu. Where did this sense of deja vu come from Pei Qian recalled carefully and quickly recalled. It was the feeling of Tomorrow is Beautiful! There were many shops here, and the signboard style was based on the plot scenes when the male and female protagonists came to the Earth to eat in Tomorrow is Beautiful. The structure might not be exactly the same, it still gave people an inexplicable sense of dj vu, as if they had seen this place before! These were not the worst. The most outrageous thing was that there was a high-tech sports car model at the entrance of this snack market. He did not know where it was custom-made, but the workmanship was quite detailed. He could even open the car door and sit in to take photos. There were some large electronic toy factories in the country that specialized in making these static equipment. They could replicate everything from sports cars to tanks. They specialized in providing some amusement park projects. If the requirements were higher, such as the design, appearance, and internal material of the entire model, they could also customize it overseas. These toys were not cheap. They ranged from 200,000 to 500,000 yuan. After all, they had to be flown back if they were custom-made overseas. This model could not be opened, but it should be more expensive than some entry-level luxury car brands. However, this sum of money was nothing to the investment of the entire snack market. Zhang Yahui and Liang Qingfan were already waiting at the door when they heard that Boss Pei was coming. Zhang Yahui asked in a low voice, Eh, why isnt Brother Bao here today? Wasnt he always here? During this period, Bao Xu had been very busy with this snack market. The division of labor between the three of them was very clear: Liang Qingfan was in charge of the layout of the entire snack market and the general style renovation; Zhang Yahui was in charge of contacting the vendors, helping them improve the taste of the snacks, making them prepare in advance, as well as other communication and coordination work; Bao Xu was in charge of perfecting the operation mechanism of the entire snack market and raising various requirements. Zhang Yahui and Liang Qingfan agreed that Bao Xu had used his game design concept to inject a soul into the entire snack market. Bao Xu came up with many bold ideas. Many of them were unconstrained and imaginative. Customers could enjoy delicacies in the snack market and obtain a certain amount of fun. It was a pity that Boss Pei was not here to inspect Bao Xu despite his huge contribution. Liang Qingfan said, In my opinion, Bao Xu is not intending to fight for credit with us. When I was traveling with him, I realized that he was actually a rather reserved and low-profile person. Hes not very interested in money nor in promotion either. Perhaps his only joy is playing games and traveling. He might have said that he doesnt like to travel at all, but can people who dont like to travel run outside time and time again maintain such enthusiasm and vitality? Chapter 1109 - Bao Xu Injected His Soul into the Snack Market! Chapter 1109: Bao Xu Injected His Soul into the Snack Market! Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Liang Qingfan continued, As one of Tengdas oldest batch of employees, Bao Xu was specially recruited by Boss Pei. Many people who came to the games department later than him were promoted to chief designer or become the person-in-charge of other departments. Only Bao Xu is still an ordinary employee in the games department. Is he not doing a good job? Of course not! If he really did not do a good job, how could he always get second place for outstanding employee? Therefore, if Bao Xu wanted to be the person-in-charge, he would have done it long ago. Thats how he is indifferent to fame and fortune. This time, he worked hard for the snack market. However, have you ever seen him fight for credit? Not at all, right? Obviously, he did a good deed without leaving his name. He wanted to leave the credit to the two of us. Thats why he didnt come. Zhang Yahui nodded in realization. So that was it! Brother Baos magnanimity is admirable! Tengda is really a magical company. The various departments are working together without any sectarian bias. Every employee is passionately lending a helping hand to the other departments. Its obviously not their own work, but they are doing it as carefully as if its their own. I really have to thank the two of you for the success of the snack market this time! I will definitely say a few good words for the two of you when Boss Pei arrives later! Liang Qingfan waved his hand. Youre welcome. Were all working for Boss Pei! Whats more, you dont have to speak up for me. Boss Pei already knew about my transformation of the Gourmet Market. Whats more, I have Sloth Apartments and other industries. I dont lack opportunities to show my hardwork in front of Boss Pei. Needless to say, Boss Pei will record down the credit that belongs to me. I think we should put in a good word for Bao Xu together! Not only did he inject his soul into the Gourmet Market and come up with such an interesting idea, but hes also not greedy for credit. If we dont mention these contributions, Boss Pei might not know. Bao Xu might be indifferent to fame and fortune, but since he has sacrificed so much, everyone should know about it. We cant possibly let him sacrifice silently without any returns, right? Zhang Yahui quickly nodded. Youre right! Lets give Brother Bao credit when Boss Pei arrives later! Both of them quickly reached a consensus. The three of them had their own responsibilities and it was difficult to distinguish who contributed the most. However, Zhang Yahui and Liang Qingfan were both in charge. They did not lack opportunities to show their faces in front of Boss Pei. However, Bao Xu was different. He had come from the games department to help voluntarily. He was not the person-in-charge. Now, he was not taking the initiative to come and not perform in front of Boss Pei. Who would have known that Bao Xu had contributed so much to the snack market if Zhang Yahui and Liang Qingfan had not said anything? Logically, he had to show Bao Xu his credit in front of Boss Pei! Boss Pei arrived just as they finished discussing. Zhang Yahui and Liang Qingfan immediately went up to him. Boss Pei! How is it? Are you satisfied with our work? Pei Qian laughed. Satisfied, very satisfied! Im so satisfied that I cant wait to book a plane ticket for you to Siberia! Who thought of turning the snack market into a Cyberpunk style? The one thing that left the deepest impression on Pei Qian was the Cyberpunk style. Before he came, he had many guesses about what the snack street looked like. However, no matter how beautiful and impressive it could be, it was still limited to the actual snack street. Who knew that it would be made into Cyberpunk style? Who could withstand that! Zhang Yahui and Liang Qingfan looked at each other and smiled knowingly. Boss Pei was taking the initiative to ask? Thats great! He was just worried that there was no good entry point to show Brother Bao his credit! If Boss Pei had not asked, introducing Bao Xus credit would have been more or less a little deliberate and unnatural. Such behavior was actually not advocated in Tengda. Boss Pei was more disgusted by the behavior of asking for credit. He might be seeking credit for others but it was not safe. It would easily make Boss Pei angry. However, he just had to answer truthfully since Boss Pei was taking the initiative to ask! Liang Qingfan said, I was the one who came up with the specific design plan, but Bao Xu was the one who came up with this idea! Whats more, Bao Xu helped me find a large number of game concept art and concept drawings. He contributed a lot to my design work. Pei Qian was stunned. The corners of his mouth twitched in anger. Bao Xu? Why did you come to the snack market instead of traveling? Did this have anything to do with you? Huh? Did it? Pei Qian frowned and asked, Why is Bao Xu participating in the design of the snack market? Liang Qingfan answered, Didnt he go on a holiday with me previously? He happened to meet Zhang Yahui when he returned to discuss the snack market with me. He was very interested, so he applied to the games department to come over and help the entire time. Pei Qian was speechless. What was going on with the games department? Why did they let him go just like that?! Couldnt they let Bao Xu work hard in the games department? Oh, Bao Xu was a veteran. No one could control him. That was fine. He might be very angry but he had no choice. If Bao Xu only came up with the idea to bring up the theme of Cyberpunk, it could be considered an unintentional mistake and was forgivable. Liang Qingfan said, Boss Pei, take a look inside! Pei Qian nodded and walked in with the two of them. Zhang Yahui introduced, Boss Pei, the entire snack market is very big. The structure inside is also more complicated. In particular, the entire street outside might become a snack street in the future. Therefore, we have to have a better method to guide customers. Weve made two preparations for this. First, we have to work with Tengda Life App to add a new version of Cyberpunk Food Street in the application. There is a map specially used for the snack market. Once customers enter this area, they can use the map and positioning to check their location in real time. The entire maps interface style is also Cyberpunk style. Its filled with a sense of technology and machinery. Its both practical and beautiful. Apart from that, this map also has some very practical functions. There are many interactive missions in the snack market. The stalls will be randomly refreshed to become a half-price experience area or a free area. These can be seen on the map. The stalls are divided into four levels: bronze, silver, gold, and diamonds. The higher the level, the more seats there would be, and the better the location. A long period of diamond level would mean that the store would be able to move out of the snack market and obtain a shop that belongs exclusively to them on the snack street. The specific levels can also be seen on the map. Whats more, the timing of all the stalls are uniformly planned. The timing of the stalls are not completely fixed as the vendors have shifts. we can find the specific time and queue of a certain stall on the application but we need to complete some interactive small tasks. This is to stimulate the benign competition between vendors and provide customers with some interaction so that they can have a good sense of participation and surprise while tasting the delicacies. Zhang Yahui walked to a stall near the entrance as he spoke. The stalls here were also decorated in the style of Cyberpunk. Whats more, in order to strengthen the atmosphere and sense of immersion, many shops at the entrance were not snack stalls. Instead, they were shops that sold high-tech imitation guns, drug models, or mechanical prosthetic limbs models. Of course, walking any further would bring them to snack zones. There were two types of stalls in the snack market. One was distributed at the periphery of the snack market with its back against the wall. This type of stall was relatively large. An entire wall could be used to make shelves to display goods. It was basically selling the periphery. The other was distributed inside the snack market. It would be more open and used as a snack stall. Beside it was a firearms store that was filled with simulated guns was a shop similar to a grocery store. They were selling small items such as cell phone casings, figurines, drug models, and so on. Zhang Yahui casually picked up a thick and strong-looking notebook from the stall. Boss Pei, this is the second map that we have prepared for customers other than the electronic map. This custom-made Cyberpunk notebook is made of titanium alloy. There is a yellow PVD coating on the surface of the shell. The middle part is made of black carbon fiber. It suits the art style of Cyberpunk very well. The content in the notebook is divided into two parts: the first half is some exquisite original arts and concept drawings used in the design process of the Cyberpunk Food Street, as well as the planning map of the snack street at different stages. The second half is blank, which is left for customers to check in and stamp at various stalls. The paper of the notebook is made of a special material. The paper is tough and solid, and there are relief carvings made by dented workmanship on it. Such a technique is often used on some name cards. The quality of the name cards is improved by embossing and matching colors. Every page is in this style in this notebook. We can make the first half of the original art more three-dimensional through the embossing effect. We can also suppress a position for the stamp on the blank page in the second half. That way, the position of the stamp would not deviate because of the trembling of our hands. It would look more beautiful. Every stall has a special seal. The symbol on this seal is made according to the snack type of the stall and the vendors personal preferences. They are all different. It looks traditional but also has some Cyberpunk style. This notebook is mainly prepared for customers who like to check-in. It doesnt affect the experience whether they buy it or not. Combining electronic maps and physical maps would allow customers to better understand the layout of the entire snack market. It would also be more in line with the smart life concept advocated by Tengda Life App. Pei Qian fell silent again. Good lord, this is just an ordinary snack street, and yet its giving me so many tricks? They were waiting for new updates, check-in and planning routes where were their daily tasks and running laps? Zhang Yahui and Liang Qingfan did not look like people who would come up with such a design. Could it be? After a moment of silence, Pei Qian asked, These designs couldnt have been made by Bao Xu, right? Chapter 1110 - Lower the Price! Zhang Yahui said in surprise, Eh, Boss Pei, youre really sharp. You could tell at a glance! Indeed, these are all Brother Baos ideas. We dont have such brains. Brother Bao used his rich design experience in the games department to apply the concept of game design to the snack market. The entire snack market flowed and gave it a soul! Pei Qian: Very good, it was Bao Xu again. If you just happened to pass by and suggested the renovation style of the Cyberpunk theme, then forget it. I can take it that you did not mean it. However, how do you explain the current situation?! Obviously, this entire design was definitely not something that could be done with a stroke of inspiration. He must have been repeatedly inspected and made sufficient preparations. He even had to repeatedly communicate with Liang Qingfan during the design process to make the structure and layout of all the stalls fit the corresponding plan. Thisadded on to Bao Xus sin! Zhang Yahui continued walking forward and came to one of the snack stalls. Since business had not officially started today, only a small number of vendors had arrived. The other vendors would also come over one by one to prepare and try their hand, but they would not appear in groups. Use the Tengda Life App to scan the QR code on the stalls. Then, you can order and pay. Thereafter, you dont have to queue here. Instead, you can shop around and come back to collect the snacks when they are ready. You can observe the state of the food at any time and see what number you are in on Tengda Life App. The two-dimensional code of the stall was displayed on a display screen that was also packaged in a Cyberpunk style. It would be refreshed and changed every few minutes. Apart from that, the display would also display the popular dishes and snack menu of the booth, as well as the current number. The reason why the two-dimensional code had to be refreshed frequently was to prevent some customers from ordering it remotely after taking a picture of it and disrupting the normal queue order, or the food accumulation could not be taken away in time. In addition, every snack stall had a special waiting area and dining area. There were not many seats and it was relatively crowded, but it at least gave customers a place to rest. Whats more, the Cyberpunk-style tables and chairs further enhanced the immersion of the entire scene. In the middle of the waiting area, there was a seal machine filled with high-tech feeling. The structure was actually very simple. It was nothing more than putting the notebook on and pressing the upper part of the seal machine to be automatically printed. It was just that the outer packaging was relatively cool. Zhang Yahui continued introducing. This is the stamp machine used for the stamping of cards. Its size is very close to the position suppressed in advance by the notebook. As long as it is pressed in the same position as the sealer, it can be printed in a very perfect position. It can be said to be the gospel of an obsessive-compulsive patient. If customers gather all the seals of all the stalls, we will also give additional gifts: a beautiful small mechanical arm figurine. However, it has not arrived yet and is currently being purchased. By the way, Brother Bao was the one who thought of these details. Indeed, he adhered to Tengda Games tradition of seeking perfection. I cant compare to him. Pei Qian: No, no! Bao Xu, youre trying to defy heaven! Have you been busy with the snack market ever since you returned from traveling with Liang Qingfan? Whats more, from the looks of it, youve been working hard, right? I have no feud with you, why are you doing this? At that moment, Pei Qian did not know what to say. He was deeply confused. Zhang Yahui probed, Boss Pei, some vendors came today. Do you want to try their skills? Pei Qian shook his head. Theres no need. It definitely wont taste good. What was the use of tasting it? It would definitely not be bad! These vendors were selected from all over the country. They were also making snacks that they were good at. How could they be bad? Whats more, Pei Qian was feeling very heavy and did not feel like eating. He only had one thought now. He had to think of a way to spread Bao Xus deeds widely. Let the entire Tengda Corporation know what good deeds he had done! When everyone was moved, they would invest in him as the second best employee and make him continue his travel legend! Bao Xu, you forced me to do this. Dont blame me for not being benevolent since you attacked first! Zhang Yahui nodded. He took Boss Peis words as a form of praise. Then Boss Pei, do you want to give me some suggestions? Were about to open for business. Is there anything we need to improve on? Pei Qian was silent. Anything to improve? If possible, I hope all of you can change it! It would be best if all the renovations were taken away! However, he could not do that. All the designs were perfectly integrated and just right. There was no fault to be found at all. They could not be made use of. Pei Qian suddenly saw the price of snacks in the stall Just as he was feeling helpless. He had an idea! Why not be simple, direct, and straightforward? You people always give me fancy tricks, but I can only deal with the changes by remaining unchanged: lowering the price! In any case, as long as the price was lowered enough and the profits were compressed to the extreme, no matter how fancy they were, they could forget about earning more money. Whats more, the snack market was different from those games or chain fast food. If the game was set at a low price and compressed the profits, it could still achieve a thin profit and make a lot of money. However, the snack market was only so big. The number of customers each stall could accommodate was limited. There were only so many customers in Jingzhou. If foreign customers wanted to come, they had to pay for bus tickets, air tickets, accommodation, and other costs. Even if the price of snacks was lowered, it would not attract customers. Whats more, the volume in everyones stomach was limited. How much could they eat if they ate freely? Therefore, as long as the price was lowered enough, this snack market would definitely not make much money! Pei Qian looked around. There were all sorts of snacks here. There were all sorts across the country. It would be unrealistic to price them one by one. There was no need. What Pei Qian had to do now was to find an anchor point, and then ask all the delicacies to be reduced according to this anchor point. Which snack should he choose? Roasted cold noodles! Speaking of which, the cold noodles were the source and beginning of all of this. If Meng Chang had not started the Cold-Faced Lady project, he would not have organized a Street Food Contest in Beijing. Without the Street Food Contest, there would not be a lot of things like selecting vendors, filming documentaries, and setting up a food market. Coincidentally, Zhang Yahui, the person-in-charge, was best at roasted cold noodles. Everything happened so coincidentally. Pei Qian asked, How much does the roasted cold noodles in the snack market cost? Zhang Yahui was stunned. He did not expect Boss Pei to ask such a seemingly unrelated question. However, he immediately answered, The prices of different stalls are slightly different. However, overall, it is about 10 yuan. That was not expensive. At the moment, the roasted cold noodles at roadside stalls were basically around five to six yuan. The raw materials for the roasted cold noodles in the Gourmet Market were carefully selected. Be it the skin, oil, eggs, and other materials, they were more expensive than the roasted cold noodles on the streets. The taste and location were also different. The vendors skills were also different On the whole, it was not very conscientious to sell it for 10 yuan, but it was not expensive either. After all, when Meng Chang opened the Cold-Faced Lady back then, he had directly priced the basic version of the cold noodles at more than 12 yuan. There was also an even more expensive version with 16 yuan. On the other hand, the cold noodles in the snack market were more delicious and cheaper than the cold noodles of the Cold-Faced Lady. It should be considered an acceptable price for most consumers. Pei Qian was silent for a moment. Reduce the price! Reduce it to 6 yuan per set! Zhang Yahui could not help but be shocked. 6 yuan? Thats basically not profitable! The profits are very, very low, close to nothing! They could still earn a little from the ten yuan previously. This thing could not only look at the cost of the raw materials. The vendors had to earn money. Otherwise, why would they be so proactive to set up stalls every day? Tengda might be giving the vendors a dead salary but who would complain about having too much money? The vendors would definitely be unhappy if they inexplicably cut off this portion of profits. Pei Qian said, Not only the cold noodles, but all the other snacks will be reduced according to this range! However, when I settle the income with the vendor, Ill still settle it according to the original 10 yuan. The insufficient portion will be made up with other income from the snack market. If its still not enough, the company will make up for it. Initially, there were less than four yuan worth of profits in the 10 yuan. These profits were split between the snack market and the vendors. However, now that Boss Pei had cut off all of the profits, the money he earned was negligible. That meant that not only did he give up the profits of the food market, but he also had to fork out money to compensate the vendors. This was a huge loss! Of course, the snack market did not only rely on snacks to make money. There were also some additional ways to make money, such as selling peripheral products. However, it was basically impossible to use these additional means to make money to fill this hole. This meal reduced the price of the snack market from a profitable project to a loss-incurring project. However, Pei Qian had made up his mind. No one could bother me as long as the system did not care about me! Zhang Yahui could only nod. Alright, Boss Pei. Ill arrange for someone to change the prices on the menu. Pei Qian thought about it a little more and felt that that was about it. Bao Xu might have caused the entire food market to almost collapse because of his trouble but I was smart enough to easily suppress the situation with a simple price reduction! Next was the opening of the Gourmet Market. Pei Qian planned to write a company-wide commendation immediately after he returned. Then, he would find a suitable practical application to send it to every Tengda employees internal communication software and email. He wanted all Tengda employees to know about Bao Xus glorious deeds. Bao Xu, Bao Xu, you were the one who started it. Dont blame me! Chapter 1111 - So Snack Market and Snack Street Were Two Different Places?! The situation at the snack market was more or less settled. Pei Qian was prepared to go back and rest. The snack market was not big but it was almost 4 PM by the time they were done walking around. He was really tired from working so much today. He had to go back and eat something good and rest early. Zhang Yahui handed the custom-made Cyberpunk-style notebook over. Boss Pei, Ill leave this notebook for you as a souvenir. Pei Qian did not want it at first. He did not even want to check in. Why would he want it? However, he found it difficult to turn him down looking at Zhang Yahuis expression. He still took it subconsciously. Zhang Yahui and Liang Qingfan accompanied Boss Pei out. However, as Pei Qian walked, he opened his laptop and flipped through it. Coincidentally, he found the page on the map of the snack market. The map on the notebook was printed in advance. It could not be updated in real time like the map on the application. Thus, there were a total of three maps drawn on this notebook. They represented the three stages in the plan for the snack market. The first stage was the initial opening stage. Only the region of the snack market was open, and the snack street was undergoing construction. It was gray. It was very similar to opening a map in the game. Needless to say, it was probably Bao Xus idea. At this stage, the ratings of various snack stalls would only be opened to gold-tiers and not diamond tiers because they could not be moved into independent shops in the snack street. In the second stage, the first batch of shops at the snack street had been renovated. They could officially start operations. At this stage, the snack stalls were opened to diamonds. The first batch of diamond vendors could move into the snack street and own independent shops. The opening of the snack street was less than a kilometer away. In the third stage, all the shops in the snack street would be renovated and opened. More diamond-tier snack stalls would be moved into independent shops. The snack stalls at the snack market would continue to absorb outstanding vendors from all over the country to supplement. As diamond-tier stores, there was a need for further ratings between them. Whats more, once the entire street was connected, various interactive activities could be fully unfolded. Only then would the entire Cyberpunk Food Street be complete. After reaching the third stage, the straight line of the snack street would be close to two kilometers. However, there would be some twists and turns along the way. The actual tour might be about 2.8 kilometers. This also meant that the snack market and Thriller Hostel would be connected through the entire snack street. Pei Qian stopped in his tracks, his mind filled with question marks. ??? He looked at Zhang Yahui on the left and Liang Qingfan on the right. This street whats going on? Zhang Yahui was stunned. What do you mean whats going on? Boss Pei, this is the Cyberpunk Food Street that Ive been talking about just now. Pei Qian was confused. The snack market Zhang Yahui pointed behind him. This farming market is a snack market. The one outside is a snack street. Pei Qian: This was really messed up! Zhang Yahui had mentioned the keyword snack street many times before. However, Pei Qian did not pay much attention to it. He thought that snack street was just another name for snack market. Zhang Yahui did not pay attention to his words and used the wrong words. However, he just realized that the snack street and snack market were two completely different concepts! That was because Pei Qians initial idea was to make a snack market to settle these vendors. He did not intend to make such a big scene and change the entire street. After Pei Qian handed this task to Zhang Yahui and Liang Qingfan, he did not ask anymore. He became an overseer entirely. That was why he only realized that the snack market was only the starting point of the snack street. In the future, the entire street would be within the scope of the Cyberpunk Food Area! What was even scarier was that this street was connected to the snack market and Thriller Hostel. It was a one-stop service from delicacies to amusement! Pei Qian was silent. That was definitely not his intention! Thriller Hostel is currently a very famous tourist attraction in Jingzhou. Anyone who came to Jingzhou to travel would most likely visit the Thriller Hostel. Even if they did not experience those particularly scary and exciting projects, he would at least play the Desperate Escape, which had the lowest degree of fright, the highest participation, and could be repeated. Then, he would walk around the Golden Maze and then wash his hands at the Healing Fountain. The current state of Thriller Hostel might not be able to recover the initial investment but it already had a very healthy profit. As an amusement park, this was already a rather dangerous situation. That was because all the amusement parks in the world were long-term projects. They might not be able to recover their capital even if they were to continue operating for twenty to thirty years. However, its effect was long-term. It would continue to attract tourists from all over the country. It could boost the local tourism economy and promote the development of other industries. Even if it was slower, they just had to keep driving it as long as it could generate profits. Whats more, Thriller Hostel was still working hard on the roller coaster! The roller coaster project would be completed in the next cycle. At that time, no matter how they tried to avoid it, they would definitely welcome a large number of tourists. He thought about the state of the snack market and snack street The problem was huge! After a moment of silence, Pei Qian said, The idea of buying a street shouldnt be Bao Xus Liang Qingfan said, Oh, no, thats my idea. Pei Qian glanced at him. Yes, luckily it was not Bao Xu this time. Otherwise, he would have to put the moon landing plan on the agenda. Zhang Yahui quickly said, Boss Pei, lets move now and walk to the snack street? The renovations might not be complete, but we can take a look at the general route. Pei Qian nodded. Alright, since he was already here, he would be able to confirm the seriousness of this matter if he walked there personally. Two kilometers was not a long distance. It would take about half an hour to walk. It would take much longer if they were to eat and shop. It was normal for them to shop for an hour or two. However, Pei Qian and the others were purely walking and looking at the route. Thus, they would be much faster. Liang Qingfan introduced, Boss Pei, there are still some cars available at the moment. However, we have already submitted an application to the relevant department and approved it. Construction will be done on this road soon. After construction is complete, cars are strictly prohibited. The construction of the road segment mainly includes renovations of the buildings face, brand advertisements, construction of Illuminati engineering, highlighting the business atmosphere, modifying the along-board facilities, and so on. Of course, this renovation work has nothing to do with us. It was funded by the relevant departments in Jingzhou. Whats more, during the construction process, they asked for our opinions and matched our shops style. After all, this involves the transformation of the old industrial zone. The relevant departments are very supportive. They also want to use this opportunity to revive the economy of the old industrial zone and speed up the transition from the second industry to the third. Pei Qian: When did this happen? Liang Qingfan said, I only found out yesterday. I didnt have the time to report it. Pei Qian: Good lord, how could I not know about such a huge matter? He had just walked to the entrance of the food street, and yet he had already received such shocking news! He could only say that Tengdas employees had always been good at reporting bad news. To Liang Qingfan, Tengda did not need to fork out a single cent or take on any responsibilities for the entire road construction. They only needed to make some suggestions. Was there any reason to reject such a good thing? Pei Qian thought about it. Indeed, he could not reject it. Even if Liang Qingfan told him in advance, he would probably only be helpless and furious. Forget it, forget it. The three of them continued walking along the food street. The various shops were in different states. Some had already been renovated, some were not opened for business yet and some were still operating. That was because different shops had different contracts. Some shops had to leave a certain amount of time for handover. He felt nothing special after walking around. These shops were basically the same. There was no difference before they were renovated. All in all, the journey was indeed long. After walking for half an hour, his legs were almost sore. Only then did he reach the finish line. They were almost at Thriller Hostel. Pei Qian asked, There are so many shops. The rent should be quite high, right? That was the only thing Pei Qian was concerned about. The shops on this street were calculated based on the distance. Even if the rent of one shop was not high, it would add up to a lot. Some of these shops were big and some were small. The biggest one was about the size of a small supermarket while the smallest one had a very narrow small door. He estimated that there were about 50 shops in a kilometer. The entire route might be 2.8 kilometers, but they would pass by some shops after making multiple turns. Thus, there should be more than 150 shops. The rent for the old industrial zone was very low, but Tengda was building large buildings here. Even a fool could tell that this place had a high commercial value. The original average rent was about 2,000 yuan. It has to have risen to 3,000 or even 4,000 yuan now, right? Based on this calculation, he would be able to spend about 500,000 yuan per month on rent. That was not even including expenses such as utilities and salaries. It was not a lot of money but it was still an expense! Whats more, the profits of the food street had been greatly reduced by Pei Qian. The prices of the snacks could not be any lower. Based on the current profits, they would definitely not be able to make ends meet. This rent would be pure expenses. He felt much better at that thought. Indeed, it was better to look at the problem from another angle. That would make him happier. Liang Qingfan smiled. The rent was still alright. Thats because we signed long-term ten-year contracts with the shops. The rent is 50% higher than the original price. The rent for each shop is about 3,000 yuan on average. Whats more, weve already bought about 40% of the shops here. We might have only sold them at a 50% premium but theyre all ours. We dont have to worry about rent anymore. Chapter 1112 - How Did The Fixed Assets Reach 270 Million Yuan? Pei Qian felt light-headed. Huh? Bought them? 40%? They had bought at least sixty shops with a rough calculation! Based on an average price of 600,000 yuan for each shop, a 50% premium would be 900,000 yuan. These 60 shops were close to 60 million yuan! Pei Qian was confused. When did I give you so much money? Didnt I only give you 10 million yuan to buy the farmers market? The snack market chosen by the snack market was about 1,700 square meters. Due to its remote location and poor environment, the price was not high. Each square meter was about 4,000 yuan. Tengda had increased the price slightly when they wanted to buy it. In the end, the total price was more than 7 million yuan. Pei Qian decided to give Liang Qingfan more than ten million yuan together with the miscellaneous expenses such as renovation. However, it could not possibly be 60 million yuan more. Liang Qingfan said, Boss Pei, didnt you call me to look for a new building? I asked you if shops are alright, and you said yes. Pei Qians mind filled with more question marks. He was silent for a moment, and then said, If I remember correctly, I asked you what location you were in back then. You said that it was a relatively remote location, and there was no way to guarantee the appreciation potential. Liang Qingfan nodded. Yes, isnt this location remote enough? What I said was: I cant guarantee the appreciation potential, but it should be alright. If there is no appreciation potential, I wont apply for funds to buy it. Pei Qian was speechless. What the h*ll? I allowed you to buy shops, not at such a place! Pei Qian quickly called out to the system and brought up the Fixed Assets list that he now had C no, the Fixed Assets of the company recorded by the system. < Fixed Assets: 272,830,000 yuan > < Details: > < Ming Yun Villas Commercial villa (9.8 million yuan) > < 12 units in Dawn of Prosperous City (42.77 million yuan) > < Shundong Gardens Residential House 77 units (24.71million yuan) > < Binhu District Block 8 and Block 9 with 32 units (28.18 million yuan) > < 30 units in Block 5 of the Golden Residences Huating District (72.69 million yuan) > [24 units in Huaxin Mountain District Block 3 (25.8 million yuan)] < Old Industrial Regions Farming Market (7.6 million yuan) > < 62 shops along the street in the old industrial zone (61.28 million yuan) > The Golden Residence, Huating District, was the first building that Sloth Apartments 2.0 had bought. Huaxin Mountain District was the second building in Sloth Apartments 2.0. It was located in a relatively remote location, so it was much cheaper. Pei Qian had intended to sell the newly renovated Huaxin Mountain District previously when he was lacking in money. However, he had not succeeded. Thus, it was still in his hands. There was also detailed information behind the last column 62 shops along the street in the old industrial zone. It could be opened to check the information of every shop. Pei Qian finally remembered after opening it and scanning it. There was a period of time before this when the system did notify him of the purchase information of some shops. However, the information displayed at that time was not 62 shops near the old industrial zone, but the specific names of these shops! Pei Qian might become slightly cautious if there were the words old industrial zone. Unfortunately, there wasnt any. Liang Qingfan signed contracts with the bosses of these shops one by one after all. Naturally, the system recorded them one by one. The system only created a compilation after signing everything. There was too much information about fixed assets. Thus, Pei Qian habitually kept them hidden and was too lazy to look at it. Pei Qian had forgotten what he was doing when the message was refreshed. He might have been playing games or watching dramas. All in all, he saw a bunch of shops with messy names flashing past. The prices of each shop were not high either. They were about hundreds of thousands each. Thus, he did not think too much about it. On the other hand, the system would only refresh the information once the fixed assets were purchased. Then, the information would only be refreshed during settlement. It would not refresh during other periods. That was because the value of these fixed assets would change subtly at any time. Some would rise and some would fall. If it kept showing, Pei Qian would see these numbers floating in front of his eyes every day. It was too annoying. Thus, Pei Qian only managed to obtain accurate information about the fixed assets at that very moment. Pei Qian felt a headache when he saw the figure of 270 million yuan. Buying buildings meant that one could only enter but not exit. There were already so many of them without them knowing! Whats more, he only seemed to see these numbers rise and not fall every time he saw these numbers. What a saddening story. He had to consider the fact that Sloth Apartments expansion had been slightly interrupted. Pei Qian had originally planned to get Sloth Apartments to buy buildings in remote areas of Beijing and Shanghai. However, Liang Qingfan had gone on a holiday at that time, so this matter was temporarily shelved. After Liang Qingfan returned, Pei Qian decided to set up a snack market at the last minute. Coupled with the money-burning war between Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation, Tengdas funds were a little tight. Thus, the plan to buy buildings in Beijing and Shanghai was shelved again. Even so, Tengdas fixed assets had reached 270 million yuan, about to breakthrough to 300 million yuan! His head was hurting. The starting sum for the System Funds this month was 50 million yuan. A conversion of 270 million yuan to the System Funds was 27 million yuan. In other words, there was still 23 million yuan left in the System Funds that Pei Qian could use to incur losses. Even if he cleared the System Funds, he would only be able to convert 2.3 million yuan into his Personal Wealth. It was alright, it was not completely unacceptable. What else could he say? On the bright side, he had at least consumed a huge sum of money to reduce the pressure of loss. Strictly speaking, these shops fit Pei Qians requirements. The location was remote and the price was moderate. The only problem was that they coincidentally connected the snack market and the Thriller Hostel The prices would appreciate in the next few years. At this point, Pei Qian had nothing else to say. However, he still had one last question. Why did 40% of the shop owners choose to sell? Logically speaking, if he knew that Tengda was going to make a big move in the vicinity, shouldnt they be holding the shop firmly in their hands and asking for sky-high prices? Perhaps they would only rent out and not sell. At the mention of this, Liang Qingfan became excited and straightened his back. Indeed, I encountered many difficulties when buying these shops. Many shop owners are asking for sky-high prices. They are either unwilling to sign long-term contracts or wanted to increase the rent by two or three times. Its very ridiculous. I definitely cannot be such a spendthrift! Therefore, Boss Pei, after you specially approved the funds, I gave these shop owners an ultimatum: either sign a ten-year long contract, sign a long rental contract according to the current rent of 50%, or sell it to us according to the price premium of the shops. If they dont accept any of them, I will redesign the route of the Gourmet Street and bypass the nonoperative shops! Therefore, Boss Pei, the route that you are looking at now is a redesigned one. Those shops that weve deliberately bypassed are basically shops that ask for sky-high prices and refuse to cooperate. The remaining two proposals actually make sense. The rental ratio of shops is basically around 1: 300. Even if the shops that are rented for 2000 months increase by 50%, they would only charge 3,000 yuan per month. Whats more, the contract is for 10 years. They cannot increase the rent at will. The rent is actually not that much. If they sell the shops, the same shop would increase from 600,000 to 900,000 yuan. Whats more, we can get the money immediately. Money has a time value. A 50% increase in price now would definitely be more worth it than a 50% increase in the future. Whats more, this is a sum of cash. It can be used to invest immediately. As long as it is operational, the income in the long term would far exceed the principal. It would be much more worth it than earning a little more rent. Some shop owners intend to use this money to operate. Some shop owners are just short of money and are in a hurry to use this money to buy a house or cash flow. Of course, there are also some shop owners who are more pragmatic. They would sign a long contract to rent it out if they are straightforward. These are all personal choices after weighing the pros and cons. The two plans are actually similar for us. Pei Qian nodded. Alright, he did not really understand these anyway. Since there was no need to worry about these things since they had already bought them. The snack market would officially open the day after tomorrow. Pei Qian did not intend to come. The results would be similar whether he came or not. The snack market would definitely be full. As long as it did not make money. Pei Qian looked at his watch. He had intended to leave an hour ago. He had not expected to be stabbed several times after walking around the snack street. He should go home. It was time to comfort his hurt soul with delicacies and sleep. Or perhaps, his injured back? Forget it, it was about the same. Pei Qian got into the car and left after Little Sun drove the car over. Zhang Yahui and Liang Qingfan started walking back after watching Boss Pei leave. Zhang Yahui sighed. Boss Pei doesnt show his emotions. I cant tell if hes satisfied with the snack market or not? Liang Qingfan corrected him. Youre not right. Boss Pei doesnt show his emotions, but his expression doesnt seem to be in line with his true thoughts. Boss Pei would be more optimistic in adversity and more cautious in the good times according to past experience. He looks worried. That means were doing well, right? At the very least, it means that there will be no problems in the short term. Even if there are shortcomings, they are problems that need to be considered in the future. Zhang Yahui heaved a sigh of relief. I see. Thats good. I just became the person-in-charge not long ago. I used to set up a stall to sell roasted cold noodles. I took on such a huge task as soon as I started. Whats more, it involved choosing locations, designing, and renovating areas that I have never come into contact with. I have been worried for the past few months, afraid that I would not do well. Im relieved now that I know Boss Pei is satisfied. Chapter 1113 - The Meaning Of A Super Low Pricing! Liang Qingfan smiled. Dont worry. When working in Tengda, you just have to use your intelligence to do things. As long as Boss Pei chooses you as the person-in-charge and hands the project to you, it means that Boss Pei has already predicted that you would be able to complete it smoothly. Whats there to worry about with Boss Pei around? Zhang Yahui immediately nodded. Yes, yes. With Boss Pei as the backer, the project will not fail. The two of them walked back to the entrance of the snack market as they spoke. It was about to be officially opened for business. There was still much follow-up work to be done. For example, modify the price list of all the snack stalls according to Boss Peis requirements and give a 60% discount. Zhang Yahui was just about to continue working when he heard someone call out to him from behind. Yahui! He turned around and saw the person-in-charge of the Cold-Faced Lady, Qi Yan. There was a young man he did not know beside her. Zhang Yahui was a little surprised. Eh, Boss Qi, arent you in Beijing? Why are you in Jingzhou? Qi Yan smiled. I heard that the snack market is about to open, so I came to take a look and learn. Thats right, let me introduce you. This is the person-in-charge of Fish-Catching Take-Out, Rui Yuchen. Zhang Yahui shook hands with Rui Yuchen. Hello, hello. I saw your name in the group of people in charge previously, but I havent met you face to face. Rui Yuchen had also responded to Boss Peis call to enter a first-tier city. He had driven Fish-Catching Take-Out to Beijing and watched over it for a period of time. Now that Fish-Catching Take-Outs business in Beijing had basically stabilized, Rui Yuchen stole some time from his busy schedule and went back to Beijing to take a look. At the same time, he came to visit the snack market that Boss Pei had personally selected. Liang Qingfan said, The two of you came at a bad time. Boss Pei just left. If you had come half an hour earlier, you would have met Boss Pei. Qi Yan was a little frustrated. Huh? Thats a pity! I havent seen Boss Pei for a long time. The cold-faced lady happened to have a few questions to ask him. Rui Yuchen did not pay much attention to these. Instead, he asked, Boss Pei, just came? Did he make any suggestions or requests for the snack market? Zhang Yahui thought for a moment. Er I dont think there are any special requirements. The only requirement is for the snack market to set a lower price. All the snacks were not profitable to begin with. Now, they are sold at a 60% discount. I originally planned to sell one serving of cold noodles for ten yuan. Now, Im only selling it for six yuan. Its the same price as the cold noodles on the streets. Oh? Rui Yuchen rubbed his chin. Its exactly as I expected. Qi Yan smiled knowingly. Indeed. Zhang Yahui was stunned. Huh? Do you know the deeper meaning behind Boss Peis actions? Rui Yuchen could not help but smile. Obviously, Zhang Yahui had just become the person-in-charge not long ago and could not see Boss Peis deep meaning and outstanding foresight. As for Liang Qingfan he was a professional in terms of architecture, but he was still far from being good at food and beverage. It was normal that he could not tell. In fact, Rui Yuchen had already guessed Boss Peis intentions and analyzed it in detail with Qi Yan when Boss Pei confirmed that this personnel transfer and selected Zhang Yahui as the person-in-charge and asked him to prepare the snack market. That was why Qi Yan worked hard to send the vendors over. Today, Rui Yuchen was even more certain of his guess when he heard that Boss Peis only guidance on the snack market was to reduce the price. Next, he naturally had to give Zhang Yahui some pointers. Actually, Boss Pei had created a very grand blueprint when he arranged for you to be the person-in-charge of the snack market. Rui Yuchen explained. Just like what Cold-Faced Ladys original founder, Meng Chang, planned. Cold-Faced Lady and Fish-Catching Take-Out are actually on two different racing lanes: one is daily food, and the other is snacks. The positioning of these two are different. Fish-Catching Take-Out pursues nutritional equilibrium and health, while snacks pursue characteristics and are delicious enough. The combination of Fish-Catching Take-Out and the nameless restaurant might have achieved success in the regular food and beverage industry, but it has not yet touched on the food industry. Its a pity that Meng Chang only bragged and did not do anything. This theory was only to bluff the investors, so the cold-faced lady did not achieve this effect at all. Boss Pei obviously wanted to continue along this line of thought when he bought the Cold-Faced Lady. Boss Pei doesnt mind helping Meng Chang realize the awesomeness he boasted. The relationship between the Cold-Faced Lady and the snack market is equivalent to the relationship between Fish-Catching Take-Out and the nameless restaurant. One focuses on the taste of mass-produced, fast-food, and the other focuses on the original high-end taste. Both of them complements each other perfectly. Coupled with the influence of the documentary Stalls this is a complete snack ecology! In addition, gather the vendors in the snack market so that they can interact with customers from all over the world every day. It would be easier to improve the taste than to lock them in the laboratory Rui Yuchen explained the theory that he had analyzed for Qi Yan to Zhang Yahui and Liang Qingfan. Especially when combined with the case of Fish-Catching Take-Out and the nameless restaurant and the experience of Fish-Catching Take-Out turning its losses into profits under Boss Peis wise guidance, these words were especially convincing. Zhang Yahui nodded repeatedly. So that was it? Indeed, the people in charge of Tengda were all talented. They had learned a lot from their interactions! Not only were they outstanding in their individual abilities, but they had also joined Tengda earlier. One could say that they had grown up with various industries. Thus, they had spent a long time with Boss Pei and had a deeper understanding of him. These precious experiences that they had with Boss Pei allowed them to better understand Boss Peis business wisdom and guide their business. Take this matter for example. If he did not communicate with Rui Yuchen, why would Zhang Yahui guide Fish-Catching Take-Out to develop and develop? Why would Boss Peis business wisdom play such a huge role? It was probably very difficult to imagine that while the snack market seemed to be poaching people from the cold-faced lady, it was actually a perfect cooperation and complementary relationship! Rui Yuchen continued, Its not difficult to understand why he was lowering the price now that we know about this. Everyone, think about the positioning of the snack market and the cold-faced lady. The position of the Cold-Faced Lady is a chain and fast food brand. It can open shops all over the country. Every shop can earn a lot of money as long as there are enough. The positioning of the snack market is the original high-end taste. Its existence is a display of samples. It makes customers understand that the delicious snacks recorded in the documentary Stalls are real. It can also give the cold-faced lady more high-end value. To put it bluntly, Cold-Faced Lady is a mass product, and the snack market is a concentrated display of samples. Since thats the case, does it matter whether the snack market makes money or not? Its not important at all! Even if its purely losing money, the money that they put in can be earned back ten or a hundred times when the Cold-Faced Ladys chain stores open more in the future. There are at least three benefits to setting a low price. First of all, such an exaggerated low price would stimulate customers to discuss it. It would become extremely popular online. Naturally, it would save publicity funds. Secondly, this low price might not affect customers in other cities much. After all, their main expenses for coming here are air tickets and hotels. The few yuan that is cheaper for snacks would not affect them much. However, the locals in Jingzhou would eat more frequently if the snacks are cheap. That would ensure that the traffic in the entire snack market would remain high, making it more lively. Lastly, this ultra-low pricing strategy is a form of care for the new vendors. If the snacks are very expensive, most customers would be more sensitive to the price. They would choose carefully when shopping at the food street because there are too many delicacies. They would choose those snacks with an especially good reputation to taste. However, if the snacks are especially cheap, their perception of the price would decrease. They would buy various types of snacks more frequently. That would increase the sales volume of the entire snack street Even though there was a limit to a persons stomach, not all tourists would feel bloated after shopping at the snack street. Some people would choose to stop eating after they were 70% full. They would rather go to a restaurant to eat proper food when they were hungry. In fact, there were only two reasons. One was that the quality of the snacks in the snack street was unbalanced, and there were good and bad flavors. The other was that the food in the snack street was generally more expensive. Customers were afraid of buying expensive and unpalatable snacks, so they would screen the snacks carefully. However, there were very few snacks in the snack street that tasted particularly bad. Thus, at the end of the day, they would feel that the price-quality ratio was not high and the taste was not enough to support its price. Reducing the price was the most direct way to increase the price-quality ratio. As long as the price was low enough, customers would feel that they had made a huge profit when they were particularly delicious snacks. They would also feel that it was so cheap when they ate ordinary snacks. It was not a loss at all. This could completely improve customers overall experience of the snack street, improve their mentality of shopping in the snack street, and make them lower their guard. The experience would affect the reputation of the Cold-Faced Lady. Rui Yuchen concluded. Therefore, this pricing strategy completely fits Boss Peis entire plan! Its a pity that you did not realize this earlier. If you had thought of it earlier, you would have set the price to this level before Boss Pei arrived. That way, Boss Pei would definitely appreciate you! Zhang Yahui could not help but feel regretful when he heard this. Sigh, it looks like Ive given it too little thought! If only you had come two days earlier! Rui Yuchen smiled. Its alright, its not a big problem. As the person-in-charge of your first project, it is already very outstanding for Boss Pei to only give one opinion. Boss Pei will definitely take notice as long as we continue to work hard! Qi Yan nodded. Youve completed the task at the snack market. The next step will be on the Cold-Faced Lady! Dont worry, Ill make sure that both Boss Pei and you wont be disappointed. Chapter 1114 - The Snack Market Is Officially Open For Business June 20th, Wednesday morning. After two days of intense preparation, the snack market was finally about to officially open. All the vendors were already in position. Fresh ingredients had also been arranged early in the morning. They were just waiting to officially start operations. Logically speaking, the timing was not perfect. It was Wednesday after all, and it was the morning opening. No matter how he thought about it, it was the time with the least traffic in a week. However, for the snack market, it did not matter whether they opened earlier or later. They might be able to adapt to it in advance if they opened earlier so that there would not be too many people as soon as they opened. It would not be good if something went wrong at the opening. Zhang Yahui was very nervous. He might have arranged everything that he could think of, but this was a serious matter after all. He still felt uneasy. Rui Yuchen comforted him. Dont worry, just treat it normally. Qi Yan and he arrived in Jingzhou the day before yesterday. Qi Yan had already taken the high-speed rail back to Beijing yesterday. That was because Qi Yan knew very well that the work here was basically guaranteed after seeing the situation at the snack market. It would depend on the Cold-Faced Ladys cooperation next. Thus, Qi Yan immediately rushed back to Beijing and arranged for the Cold-Faced Lady to take care of the snack market. As for Rui Yuchen, the Fish-Catching Take-Out shop in Beijing had already stabilized. There was no need to rush back. Thus, he decided to stay in Jingzhou for a few more days and help out with the snack market. Zhang Yahui had just been put in charge not long ago after all. He did not have much experience in many things. What if something unexpected happened? It would be easier to deal with it with someone taking care of it. Zhang Yahui was very touched. Ever since he became the person-in-charge of the snack market, he had been taken care of. First, Bao Xu and Liang Qingfan helped to design the operation mechanism and renovation style of the snack market. Once the renovations were complete and their work was done, Rui Yuchen came to help keep an eye on the daily operations of the snack market. As the person-in-charge, Zhang Yahui only needed to do some daily work and coordinate with the vendors. The burden on him was greatly reduced. He often felt that Tengda Corporation was a magical company! If it was in other companies, many departments would often be in a state of mutual hostility, competing for resources. At the very most, they would not trip each other up and barely cooperate when the upper management was assigning tasks. However, it was completely different in Tengda. The relationships between the various departments were so harmonious. Everyone did their best to lend a helping hand and do their best to help. They wanted to make something perfect. Perhaps this was one of the reasons why Tengda could repeatedly create business miracles! Of course, Tengda Corporations unique harmonious atmosphere was definitely due to Boss Peis wise leadership. Boss Pei must have encouraged and supported this kind of inter-departmental help and cooperation to form such a habit. Zhang Yahui silently remembered this favor. He secretly decided that when the other department heads needed help in the future, he would do his best to help them out like Bao Xu, Liang Qingfan, and Rui Yuchen did for him! He must not let Boss Pei down! At 9 AM, the snack market officially opened for business. Customers who had been waiting outside rushed in the moment it opened. The composition of these customers was more complicated. The uncles and aunties who were already living in the vicinity had long been paying attention to the construction of the snack market. They liked to come over to take a walk when they were walking, wanting to see how the original vegetable market had been transformed. There were also hardcore Tengda fans who had long heard through various channels that the snack market was in preparation and would gather outstanding snacks from all over the country. Thus, they rushed over to experience it once it opened. They wanted to try to see if these snacks were as good as the documentary Stalls. Of course, there were also some Jingzhou locals who happened to be free today. They wanted to join in the fun. However, it was a workday morning after all, so there were not many people. Once customers entered the snack market, they were attracted by the unique layout and Cyberpunk atmosphere inside. It was a sunny day. Thus, from the outside, the Cyberpunk style decorations were not particularly outstanding. However, the snack market was completely filled with lights. The atmosphere was immediately released! Many tourists were taking photos as they passed by the extremely high-tech sports car at the entrance. After passing that sports car and entering the snack market, it was as if they had transmigrated to another world. The shops at the entrance sold high-tech imitation firearms models, prosthetic limb models, and high-tech drug models. It looked completely different from the traditional snack street. There was a huge Cyberpunk-style display screen outside the grocery store that sold various trinkets. A poster was displayed on it, indicating that one could buy souvenir notebooks here. There were maps, art settings, and art collection on it. They could also play cards at various food stalls. Some people went to the stalls to experience the snacks while others were attracted by the poster and bought a notebook to carry with them. The stalls here were worlds apart from ordinary stalls. The stalls along the street were basically small cars with all sorts of ingredients and condiments on them. There was a small banner hanging outside as publicity. Customers could only stand by the side and eat the snacks when they received them and throw the rubbish as and when they like. The environment was poor. The snack market had already planned various stalls in advance. They were closer to the open-air bubble tea shops. The entire stall took up less than twenty square meters. The three sides of the counter reached up to the waist, and it had a wide-open design. The only side that was against the wall was where the vendors placed the raw materials and cooked the snacks. The other three sides were the payment area, the waiting area, and the big screen display area. The display area was mainly used to display current queues and signature dishes. The number of seats placed outside the stalls would also be different depending on the size and level of the stalls. There was a special card machine in the middle of the seats so that customers could stamp their cards while waiting for their meals. The entire stall was decorated in the Cyberpunk style. There was a specially custom-made snack stalls neon sign above it. Many of the equipment inside had also been specially processed. It looked very compatible with the entire environment. The snack stall could accommodate two to three people. Whether they wanted to find someone to help or not depended on the busyness of the stall and the vendors personal wishes. Customers came in and took different routes. Some looked at the signboards in the stalls and ate whichever snack they were interested in; some took their notebooks and stuck their way there; some looked at the current activities on the application and went to the stalls with discounts or small gifts. Zhang Yahui and Rui Yuchen were seated at a snack stall near the entrance, pretending to be two passers-by. After observing for a while, Zhang Yahui heaved a sigh of relief after confirming that everything was in order and that nothing special had happened. Everyone looked quite satisfied! He had to admit that such a unique style really added points. In fact, there were many famous snack streets in various cities across the country. Whats more, even though the snacks in these snack streets were more expensive, those that could survive in intense competition had better flavors. However, the biggest problem was that homogenization was more serious! The snack streets across the country actually gave people the same feeling. They were all very old-fashioned buildings that seemed to be carved from the same mold. Under such circumstances, it was very difficult to remember any special points. However, the Cyberpunk style of the snack market was different. This unique style left a deep impression on everyone who came. They would definitely not mix with the food streets of other cities. Rui Yuchen looked at his watch. About time to arrive? Zhang Yahui was a little confused. Huh? Everything is here, isnt it? He saw two people entering the snack market the moment he finished speaking. One of them was holding a microphone and the other was holding a camera! Rui Yuchen explained, This is a journalist from Jingzhou TVs evening news segment. He interviewed Fish-Catching Take-Out when Jingzhou first started garbage sorting. I left a contact number. I was thinking that the television station would be interested in the opening of the snack market the day before yesterday. Thats why I asked. In the end, they were indeed interested so they agreed to come for the interview this morning. He immediately stood up to greet his long-lost journalist friend. Boss Rui, long time no see. Zhang Lixian was all smiles. This journalist was an old friend of Tengda Corporation. Rui Yuchen had welcomed her when she interviewed Fish-Catching Take-Out previously. After the interview, Rui Yuchen had even given her a lunch box as a small gift. Even though it was just a simple lunchbox, its design was beautiful and practical. It also contained the concept of gentlemen are different. She liked it very much. Whats more, the video that she posted on Weibo about an ordinary citizen of Jingzhou a second ago and an outstanding young man in Jingzhou a second later had also become popular. It has caused her Weibo to gain a lot of fans. It was a pleasant surprise. Subsequently, Zhang Lixian gave Li Shi an exclusive interview with Li Shi and the Thinker. She heard Li Shi talk about Boss Peis philosophy, investment path, the transformation of the Sloth Apartments project and the Thriller Hostel to the old industrial zone. The response was equally enthusiastic! Therefore, when Rui Yuchen said that Tengdas snack market was about to open, she immediately realized that this would be excellent news! As the saying went, food was the most important. Clothing, food, accommodation, and daily trivialities could reflect the lifestyle of the citizens of Jingzhou. It was a question that most news viewers were concerned about. Whats more, this snack market was near the old industrial zone. It was an outstanding project for the transformation of the old industrial zone like the Thriller Hostel. Of course, he had to introduce it! Thus, he immediately arranged for an interview plan after reporting to his higher-ups on the television. Chapter 1115 - The Literary Meaning Of The Snack Market! After exchanging pleasantries, Rui Yuchen introduced, This is Zhang Yahui, the person-in-charge of the snack market. Let him bring you around and introduce the situation of the snack market. He lowered his voice slightly. Also, he was originally a vendor selling cold noodles. We can dig deeper into this! Rui Yuchen obviously did not intend to steal the limelight and handed all of this the credit to Zhang Yahui. Zhang Lixians eyes lit up after hearing Rui Yuchens introduction. Was he originally a food vendor? There were too many things to dig out! How did an ordinary food vendor become the person-in-charge of the snack market? Zhang Yahui was so young. He definitely could not be fighting on his own. Then, could there be a Boss Peis insight story to tell? She felt her blood boil at the thought of having so much exciting content to dig out. Lets get started then! Zhang Yahui did not expect a reporter from the television station to come and interview him. He was not prepared. However, how could he drop the ball at such a critical moment? After all, he was not representing himself but the image of Tengda Corporation. How could he be qualified to be the person-in-charge if he could not stand up at a time like this? How could he face Boss Peis trust in him? Whats more, he was very familiar with the situation in the entire snack market. As for his own experience, there was no need to think about it. He could just mention it. Zhang Yahui nodded at that thought. No problem. Lets chat as we go along. Zhang Yahui led Zhang Lixian and the cameraman on the best route. Zhang Lixian was a professional journalist after all. She asked a few very important questions the moment she opened her mouth even though she had never been to the snack market before. That was because she noticed that this snack market was completely different from other snack streets the moment she entered! Jingzhou naturally had snack streets as a provincial capital. However, Jingzhous snack street was not much different from other cities. There was no obvious advantage. Zhang Lixian had also made reports on the contents of the local snack street in Jingzhou many times. However, she always had headaches because there were no special points in the content. However, after arriving at the snack market, she noticed that the renovation style, overall atmosphere, the price of the snacks, the travel route plan, and interactive games were all significantly different from traditional snack streets! Thus, she used these aspects as an entry point. She introduced and tested the food in front of the stall while asking Zhang Yahui questions. Zhang Yahui answered her questions one by one. The renovation style of the snack market is Cyberpunk style. The direct source of this style is a popular movie by Fei Huang Workspace, Tomorrow is Beautiful. We have two main considerations when designing. First, we can connect with the movie so that everyone can taste the delicacies and feel the movie scene at the same time. Second, we can make a difference in style. At the same time, the Cyberpunk style is a lot more in line with the spiritual core of the snack market. Whats more, the design of the snack market this time is completely dependent on a passionate friend from Tengda Games. He used the game design concept to arrange many interactive content for the snack market, including half-price stalls that were regularly updated, the stamps and cards, and other designs. They greatly improved the interactive nature of the entire snack market. Here, I want to specially thank him! As for why these snacks are so cheap Actually, this was Boss Peis special request. He only pushed the price to this extent after a lot of subsidies. Opening bonuses? No, no, no. That will be the price in the future. On one hand, this pricing is to allow everyone to enjoy the delicacies without any burden. They would not miss out on the delicacies because they feel that they are expensive. On the other hand, profits are not the first goal of the food market. The mission of the food market is to respond to the call of the old industrial zone to showcase the snack culture across the country. It is not purely commercial Zhang Yahui spoke confidently and fluently in front of the camera. Zhang Lixian could not help but nod. That was great! Obviously, as the person-in-charge of the snack market, Zhang Yahui had a deep understanding of the snack market. His positioning was very accurate and his explanation was very easy to understand. Next, he had to ask more important questions to sublimate the theme. I heard that you used to be a food vendor. How did you become the person-in-charge of the snack market? Zhang Yahui heaved a sigh of relief and spoke about his experience. He had dropped out of high school to set up a stall with his parents because of his poor family background. The good thing was that he was smart and liked to research on his own. The roasted cold noodles he made were quite famous in the area. Later, the Cold-Faced Lady organized a Street Food Contest. Zhang Yahuis roasted cold noodles obtained unanimous praise from the judges and was hired as a Gourmet Adviser. After that, Boss Pei made an exception to promote him to be the person-in-charge of the snack market. That was how the current scene happened. At that point, Zhang Yahui sighed. Speaking of which, Im really very grateful to Boss Pei! As an ordinary food vendor, Im very honored to be promoted to be the person-in-charge of the snack market and be in charge of such a huge project. However, this is only one aspect. More importantly, the snack market makes vendors like us feel the warmth of home and a special care for humanities! A small stall is a means of making a living for the vendors. On the other hand, the economy of the stall and the small shop can also increase employment. Its the smell of smoke and fire, the taste of ordinary peoples lives. However, to be honest, there are too many difficulties to set up a stall! As a vendor, setting up stalls means waking up early, working late at night, and not being able to be home all the time. We have to start preparing before dawn and only return late at night. Many vendors take up space, the quality of the snacks are mixed, they are not honest in their transactions, and they throw rubbish everywhere. Many people are also biased against snack stalls. Just like the street interview from before: Most people support snack stalls and night markets, but the prerequisite is that these stalls cannot be under their own building. Therefore, even though the income I earned from setting up my stall previously was not bad, I had always had a very contradictory mentality. That was, what I was doing was not accepted. Is what Im doing meaningful? Can I have other pursuits other than earning money? Will I continue to set up stalls like this for the next ten or twenty years? I often felt confused and lost. The snack market not only provides a more secure life for all our vendors, but also shows us a more orderly, healthy, and civilized way of setting up stalls! Here, we dont have to worry about the risks of life. We dont have to worry about screening the raw materials ourselves, nor do we have to worry about being misunderstood. We just have to seriously make good snacks to satisfy customers taste. We can receive respect for living, we can feel that the future is optimistic and filled with hope, we can also see that the snack stalls will not perish, but will integrate into modern urban life in a more advanced and civilized manner, becoming a part of urban food culture. I think this is what Boss Pei wants to convey through the snack market! Zhang Yahui had been thinking about Boss Peis deeper intentions ever since he came to the snack market. During the preparation process, these thoughts slowly surfaced in the exchange with the other vendors. Obviously, Boss Pei did not launch the snack market to earn money. This might be to create a huge food and beverage empire just as Rui Yuchen had analyzed. It would allow the snack market, cold-faced lady, and the documentary Stalls to create a snack and beverage brand. However, Zhang Yahui firmly believed that there must be another humanitarian factor in it apart from the commercial goal. This humanistic factor was to preserve and display the outstanding snack culture. It was to properly regulate and guide the local snacks so that they could successfully survive, develop, and grow. Finally, they would integrate into peoples lives, so that this smoke and fire could continue to burn in the big city that was becoming colder and colder. In the face of the interview, Zhang Yahui expressed his feelings one by one. He spoke about the hardships and emotions he had experienced as a vendor for so many years. Zhang Lixians eyes lit up. Look, look! Thats great! There was a very down-to-earth, resonant life experience, and a deep economic and humanistic analysis after being elevated! He could not help but feel emotional. Every industry has its own merits. An ordinary vendor could actually speak so well. It was really impressive. Of course, he could not rule out the possibility that his horizons had improved after entering Tengda. All in all, this interview with the snack market was perfect! First, he used a unique layout and decoration style to attract peoples attention and attract high attention. Then, he tasted affordable delicacies and introduced the cause and effect of the birth of the snack market. Finally, he raised his thoughts and talked about the street stalls economy, city planning, food and beverage culture, and other more macroscopic aspects. On the way back, Zhang Yahui passed by a roasted cold noodles stall and specially made a serving for himself, making Zhang Lixian praise him non-stop. After walking around, he returned to the entrance. Zhang Yahui took a stack of notebooks from the provision store and gave them to Zhang Lixian, the photographer, and the other colleagues from the television station as gifts. Thank you so much! I feel bad taking things every time I come for an interview All in all, thank you for accepting our interview! Zhang Lixian left reluctantly after confirming that all the material had been recorded. There were still many delicious snacks tempting her, but she could eat them the next time she came. She was in Jingzhou anyway and could come over anytime. She had to edit the news as soon as possible! Zhang Lixian had a feeling that this piece of news would definitely cause a huge reaction like the interview with Fish-Catching Take-Out and Boss Li! Zhang Yahui heaved a sigh of relief after sending Zhang Lixian and the cameraman off. Phew, at least I didnt embarrass Boss Pei! Chapter 1116 - Prepare for The Summer Promotion Event! June 22nd, Friday Hmm that should be enough. In the office, Pei Qian looked at the summer promotion event and nodded in satisfaction. Two days had passed since the opening of the snack market on Wednesday. Pei Qian had not been there for the past two days. Not only did he not go, he did not even pay much attention to the information there. That was because he knew that it would not be cold and deserted even without paying any attention to it! It would definitely be very popular when it first opened. Therefore, even if he went to understand it, he would only find some information that would make people feel suffocated. It would not help him to lose money. Thus, Pei Qian decided to let nature take its course. He would think about how to salvage the situation after the popularity of the snack market decreased. Pei Qian had spent a lot of effort over the past two days to finalize the summer promotion event. This summer promotional event was not Pei Qians invention but the tradition of many foreign companies, especially the United States. There were some differences in the timing of the various companies. Some were at the end of June, and some were at the beginning of July. However, there was a huge difference. Finger Games summer promotion event was on June 26th, which was next Tuesday. It was also a tradition to organize preferential activities on Tuesday. The specific origins were no longer obvious. Some said that it was because the television station had been renovated or resting on Tuesday earlier, so there were fewer entertainment activities. Some said that it was because there were fewer people shopping on Tuesday to stimulate consumption. All in all, choosing to organize a summer promotion event at the end of June was a schedule that Finger Games had long decided on. Whats more, in order to warm up, Finger Games had already announced the time of the summer promotional event on the official website in advance. However, they had not announced the specific plan for the summer promotional event. This gave Pei Qian the perfect opportunity to intercept! To be honest, Pei Qian had spent a lot of money on the previous 515 Games Festival. He had not had enough. In fact, he had felt a little regretful. Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation had created such a huge scene but ended up with no follow-up. How disappointing! Pei Qian had thought that Eric would be able to sell the building no matter how hard he worked, right? Yet, this building had not been sold. How infuriating! Finger Games did not believe it after burning a wave of money for the 515 Games Festival. That made Pei Qian very anxious. He wanted to continue burning money, but he did not have a good excuse to convince the system. Now, the excuse was finally here! Tengda could do the same! However, this summer promotion event was very different from the previous 515 Games Festival. Perhaps it was because they had already burned a huge sum of money previously and Finger Games had not done anything to provoke them for the time being. Thus, the System had more restrictions on the scale and specific methods of burning money this time. However, this small problem was not difficult for Pei Qian. He quickly thought of the general approach for this summer promotional event. First of all, since there were many restrictions in the system, it would be best to focus on GOG, especially in the overseas market, in order to stimulate Finger Games. After all, domestic players were not very receptive to summer holidays. Whats more, the 515 Games Festival had just been spent crazily. It had only been a month. Many players had not recovered. It was meaningless to organize a similar event. Second, it would be best if this summer promotional event could stimulate Finger Games, but it could not scare them. The money-burning war would only start again if Finger Games felt that they could win by working hard. The reason why Pei Qian wanted to organize a summer promotion event a weekend in advance was to inform Finger Games in advance. Finger Games summer promotion was definitely out. However, from past experience, their summer promotion would definitely not be very effective without external stimulation. Therefore, if Pei Qian gave a more exciting summer promotion a weekend in advance, would Finger Games still have the cheek to use the original plan? He had to come up with a better plan than Tengda! That way, Pei Qian could consider organizing another round of summer activities after reading Finger Games plan on June 26th. Then, he could compare Finger Games plan Wouldnt the money be burnt away if they were to go back and forth? Pei Qian thought about it for a long time. He decided to be more direct in this summer promotional event and not make too much of a show. The main reason was that they were afraid that they would give too many fancy benefits and make Finger Games dizzy. It would be very troublesome if they did not follow. It was just like the 515 Game Festival previously. All the activities were basically around giving it for free. In the end, Eric was stunned. He could only feel good for a while but not for a long time. Therefore, it was best to be simple and rough this time. It would be best if Finger Games caught up with them with a bang after seeing it. This summer promotional event revolved around GOG. There were three main aspects: First of all, GOGs entire skin was discounted by three to five percent. The specific discount depended on the players proficiency in the hero. The player who played more would get 70% off, and the player who played less would get 50% off. Second, the summer promotion event would last until July 10th. During this period, players would accumulate points in GOG. They could exchange for rare avatars, avatars, expressions, and other small items. Lastly, it was the overseas markets promotion of GOG. During the summer promotion event, many operators in the overseas market could carry out activities based on the actual situation of the local market. Tengda would subsidize half of the relevant funds. Of course, the actual funds and expenses of these activities had to be strictly calculated and verified. There would be no cheating of funds. Pei Qian thought that Finger Games should be able to afford such a high-level summer promotional event, right? He was already rather restrained. It was just a simple discount for the skins and a small reward for spending points. According to Finger Games previous habits,summer promotion event activities would be at a 30 to 50% discount. Once Tengda offered a 50% to 70% discount, Finger Games would definitely be forced to increase the discount. Once Finger Games specific summer was released on June 26th, Pei Qian could consider launching a second batch of activities to test Finger Games bottom line. All in all, he decided on this summer promotion event for now. The relevant functions of summer promotion events had long been developed. What he wanted to confirm now was nothing more than a specific system design problem. Pei Qian sent the final plan to Min Jingchao and then waited for Finger Games to give a response. Tengdas summer promotional activities will be released tonight. Finger Games would definitely react on Monday and Tuesday after two days of fermenting over the weekend. Pei Qian opened a new document after settling the summers promotional matters. A commendation letter for Bao Xus outstanding employee! All departments and subsidiaries of the company: Tengda Corporation is developing steadily and healthily under the joint efforts of all employees. During this process, a group of outstanding employees who worked hard for the company, were happy to contribute, and had outstanding results emerged. During the preparation process of the snack market, Bao Xu of the games department used the game design concept to determine the unique overall style, operation mechanism, and a large number of details of the snack market. This might not be his job but he still worked hard and did his best. This spirit of discarding the sectarian views of the various departments, selfless contributions, and helping each other is worth all employees learning seriously! I hope that Bao Xu will continue to work hard and achieve better results. At the same time, I hope that all the employees in the company will learn from Bao Xu. They will be able to develop thoughts, improve actively, and contribute to the communication between the various departments! There was also a signature, time, and company stamp. Pei Qian had no doubt that Bao Xu would not be able to escape the fate of traveling again as long as this notice was sent to the companys internal group chat. Obviously, even though Bao Xu was dangerous, it was still very difficult for him to get first place. That was because the snack market was not a key project in itself. It could not be compared to projects like Mission and Choice. Bao Xu was not the first person-in-charge even in the snack market. His contribution was only on par with Zhang Yahui and Liang Qingfan. Thus, Bao Xu would most likely not be the top outstanding employee. However, the chances of second place were greatly increased! This notice was equivalent to giving Bao Xu a strong sense of existence in front of all the employees in the company. Most of them only had achievements in their own posts; they would only have cross-departmental achievements when there were collaborations. However, Bao Xu took the initiative to go to another department to help. What kind of selflessness was it for an employee of the games department to do his best to help out at the snack market! Thus, while Bao Xus work was not the most outstanding but would be the easiest to remember. Whats more, Bao Xus trip was exactly what everyone wanted. Previously, everyone did not vote for him because they lacked an excuse. Now that he had an excuse, it would not make any sense if he did not get second place. Thus, Pei Qian looked at the commendation letter as though he was looking at a printed schedule. Once he sent it out, Bao Xus schedule would most likely be set! However, Pei Qian did not send the letter immediately. Instead, he fell into a dilemma. That was because he suddenly realized that this thing might hurt him even more after he wrote this commendation letter! Once the commendation letter was sent out, the already motivated employees would probably be given another injection of high levels of motivation. The various departments that were already crazily linked would probably become even more crazy. Then, Boss Peis back might be stabbed dozens of times. He might not even be able to tell who stabbed him. Therefore, would this announcement be a stab in the back for him or for Bao Xu? Pei Qian pondered for a moment. Wouldnt it be a loss if he were to swap one for one with Bao Xu? Bao Xu might be a little hateful because of the snack market but he had been in the games department for so long after all. The danger was far from the other department heads. Thus, Pei Qian felt a little sympathetic. Forget it, forget it. Bao Xu did not make a huge mistake. Ill let him off this time on account that hes an old employee and has not caused much trouble. Sigh, Im too kind! However while he cannot escape punishment even though he can avoid death. Its necessary to knock him down in private. Coincidentally, I have reserved a seat at the nameless restaurant tomorrow as it is a Saturday. Lets have a meal with Bao Xu and print out this commendation letter to scare him. I believe he will definitely restrain himself in the future. Pei Qian decided not to make a mountain out of a molehill. There was no need to hurt others and oneself. It was better to have a meal with Bao Xu and use this commendation letter to knock him down, so that he could retire in the games department in peace in the future and not interfere in the affairs of the other departments and cause such a bad trend. Chapter 1117 - Don’t You Watch the News? Saturday afternoon at the nameless restaurant. Come, this way. Pei Qian smiled as he led Bao Xu to the biggest private room in the nameless restaurant. Bao Xu, on the other hand, shrunk into a ball. He was trembling in fear, as though he was about to be ambushed. He could feel that something was amiss! Why did Boss Pei suddenly want to have a meal with him? He did not want to come at all. He wanted to stay at home and play games. He had been busy with the snack market recently after all. He did not have time to play games when he was busy. Now that the snack market was finally done, wouldnt he have to make up for all the recent games? However, he had to come since it was Boss Peis treat. He only hoped that he would bite the bullet and finish eating quickly before returning to play games. After taking his seat, Bao Xu realized Boss Pei and him were the only ones in the huge private room. He could not help but panic when he saw the dishes being served one after another. He felt that something was amiss! Bao Xu had always been low-profile and careful. He was afraid that he would be exposed to everyone and be voted as the second best employee to travel. Later on, he realized that he had been mistaken for having nothing to do after keeping a low profile and he still had to travel. That was why he decided to find something to do. However, finding something to do did not mean that it would be earth-shattering! Wouldnt they all be sent back and become the second best employee to travel? Thus, Bao Xus goal was to let everyone know that he was busy but did not achieve much results. However, why was Boss Pei treating him to a meal now? And only him? Such an honor was rare! Did that mean that he had gone overboard in helping out at the snack market? The more Bao Xu thought about it, the more flustered he became. He would not have been in the mood to eat if the food was not so delicious. Pei Qian felt that it was almost time to eat. Bao Xu, youre an old employee of Tengda now. Youve worked hard for so many years! I have a commendation letter here. Take a look. Are you satisfied? Pei Qian smiled and handed the printed commendation letter to the waiter, who passed it to Bao Xu. The table was a little big and the two of them were seated furthest apart, therefore they had no choice but to let the waiter help pass the letter over. Bao Xu was shocked when he heard the words commendation letter. He was stunned for a moment before he put down his chopsticks and took it with trembling hands. Bao Xu trembled even more after reading it from beginning to end. He knew very well that if this commendation letter were to be sent to Tengda, he would immediately prepare to book a flight! Pei Qian smiled when he saw Bao Xus expression. Alright, he had achieved his goal. Bao Xu, I intend to send this commendation letter to various departments of Tengda. What do you think? Bao Xu was shocked. Boss Pei, I dont think thats appropriate! Actually, I was only doing my best to help with the matters at the snack market. Theres no merit at all. This commendation letter is too exaggerated. Im ashamed to accept it! Pei Qian nodded slightly. Yes, as long as he knew how to be afraid. Alright, I wont send this commendation letter since you insist on not letting me. Ill remember your contributions. Pei Qian paused. He had already scared Bao Xu. Now, he had to guide him step by step and make him repent. However, how should he communicate with Bao Xu? Pei Qian could not express his thoughts. He knew that Bao Xu did not want to travel, but Bao Xu did not know that Boss Pei wanted him to be a bum! It was quite difficult to communicate efficiently without misunderstanding. Pei Qian could not think of a good explanation at that moment. At that moment, a familiar voice came from outside the private room. Eh? Boss Pei is here today? Pei Qian turned around. Boss Li? Come, come, come. Lets eat together. Pei Qian had booked the biggest private room in the nameless restaurant. It would be a waste if there were only two people seated. Boss Li was a regular customer of the nameless restaurant. It would be good for him to come and eat more. Li Shi quickly said, Boss Pei, I appreciate your good intentions! However, I just ate. Pei Qian smiled. Its alright, eat as much as you can. He turned to the waiter. Add a chair and a set of cutlery. Li Shi could not turn down the invitation. He nodded. Alright, Ill accept it! They were old friends. There was no need to be polite. Li Shi sat down calmly. Pei Qian had not thought about how to communicate with Bao Xu, so he chatted casually. Why is Boss Li here at the nameless restaurant today? Li Shi smiled. I reserved it two months ago? Wouldnt it be a waste if we dont eat it? Whats more, the Star Bird Fitness and the purchase of shops were all thanks to you, Boss Pei. This time, Im treating the boss of Star Bird Fitness, Boss Che, and a few other investors to a meal to celebrate. Li Shi was also very crafty. He knew that it was very difficult to make reservations at the nameless restaurant, so he made reservations every once in a while in advance. As long as they made reservations early enough, they would be able to eat at the nameless restaurant every week. Of course, the prerequisite was that his own wallet had to be able to support such high expenditure. Boss Li had received enough advantage from Boss Pei. It was nothing compared to this meal. Whats more, the shops in Star Bird Fitness and snack street had been doing well recently. They might not have made a lot of money but the pot was already set up and the soup was about to boil. Of course, it was worth celebrating. Pei Qian was confused. Star Bird Fitness? Shops? What was that? He did not pay much attention to it. He only thought that Li Shi was just being polite by saying thanks to Boss Pei. Thus, he buried his head in his food and continued thinking about how to knock Bao Xu down so that he would not cause trouble. There was a moment of silence in the private room. Bao Xu was not good with words after all. He might have heard of Boss Lis name but he had never met him before. They did not know each other so it was not easy to talk to him. However, Li Shi did not think so. It was a coincidence that he met Boss Pei this time. However, Li Shi was very perceptive and very smart. He felt that the atmosphere was a little subtle the moment he entered the private room. Boss Pei was treating them to a meal at the nameless restaurant alone. That was very impressive! He had never enjoyed such treatment even though he had helped Boss Pei in the past. In other words, this dark and skinny young man was not simple! Of course, he had to take the opportunity to get to know talents that Boss Pei thought so highly of. Li Shi took two bites of his food and chatted casually for a while. Then, he asked, Boss Pei, this young man looks unfamiliar. Can you introduce him? Pei Qian was still thinking about how to knock Bao Xu down when he casually answered, Oh, hes an employee of our games department, Bao Xu. Li Shis eyes widened when he heard that word. Oh! Traveler Bao Xu, right? Ive heard about him! Li Shi could not help but feel respect. No wonder, everything made sense! He had long heard that Bao Xu, as a core employee of Tengda Corporation, had always achieved outstanding results and was often ranked second among outstanding employees. It was very reasonable for Boss Pei to treat such an outstanding employee! However, why did he have to treat him now since he was an old employee? Li Shis brain worked quickly. Suddenly, he had an idea. Oh! I remember! The person-in-charge said that he wanted to thank an enthusiastic friend from Tengda Games who used game design concept to arrange many interactive content during Jingzhou TVs evening news interview at the snack market. He should be referring to Brother Bao, right? Its no wonder that Boss Pei personally held a treat to reward him! Li Shi was all smiles. With an I see expression, he was eager to integrate into the conversation at the dining table. However, Pei Qian and Bao Xu stopped simultaneously. One of them was holding a half-eaten lobster while the other was holding a crab claw, as if he had forgotten whether to put it in his mouth or not. Evening news? Both of them looked confused. Li Shi was stunned. Huh? Why? Dont you watch the news? Pei Qian and Bao Xu acted in unison. They put down the lobster and crab claws in their hands, took out their cell phones, and searched online. Even though both of them were shocked by the words evening news, they were shocked at completely different points. Pei Qian was shocked that the evening news actually went to interview the snack market again? Wouldnt that be the end? The snack market was about to become even more popular! What shocked Bao Xu was that the evening news interview was done. Zhang Yahui, just say what you have to say. Why did you mention me! Both of them took out their cell phones at the same time to catch up on the news on Jingzhou TV. Li Shi ate a little and was a little confused. Pei Qians hand trembled slightly as he held his cell phone. He did not know if it was because this G1 phone was too heavy. In recent years, as Jingzhous economy developed rapidly, tourism became an important industry in Jingzhou. As the saying goes, food is the most important to the people. Its always difficult for people to resist the temptation of snacks. Every holiday, people would like to fulfill their obligations to ease their mood and pressure. No matter which city they go to, they would go to the local food street to taste the local delicacies. Recently, a new snack market has appeared in Jingzhous old industrial zone. Its style is very different from traditional snack streets. What are they not using? Let me bring everyone to take a look! After a brief introduction, the scene of the snack market appeared in the news and the interview with Zhang Yahui. Zhang Yahui spoke confidently, talking about his bitter experience from a small vendor to the person-in-charge of the snack market, especially the last argument about the humanities of the snack market. It was simply enlightening. The person-in-charge of the snack market, Zhang Yahui, said that the snack market is to preserve and display the outstanding snack culture. It is to implement the right rules and guidance for the local snacks so that they can successfully survive, develop, and grow. Finally, they will integrate into peoples lives, so that this smoke and fire can continue to burn in the big city that is becoming colder and colder! You might as well visit the snack market when youre free. I believe that the unique environment here, interesting interactive mechanisms, cheap and delicious snacks will definitely make you experience different delicacies! Apart from that, Pei Qian also noticed something else. During the interview, Zhang Yahui emphasized that the design of the snack market this time was based on an enthusiastic friend of the games department. Even though he did not specify his name, anyone who knew a little inside information could guess that this person was actually Bao Xu. Pei Qian looked up after watching the news. Bao Xu looked up at the same time as well. They stared at each other, speechless. Pei Qian knew that the commendation letter he had prepared would not be of any use. He did not need to rack his brains to think about how to knock and hint at Bao Xu anymore because it was meaningless. Pei Qian could not help but sigh. Bao Xu, I wanted to protect you. However, there is nothing I can do given the current situation! Chapter 1118 - The Cold-Faced Lady Appears Again! Burp. Boss Pei, I really cant eat anymore. Thank you for hosting me! Especially the lobsters. I really cant eat anymore! At the entrance of the nameless restaurant, Li Shi burped and rejected Boss Peis good intentions to ask him to stay and eat more lobsters. Whats more, Li Shi had been consciously controlling himself recently. He could not eat too much seafood anymore because he realized that his uric acid was a little high during his last physical examination. If he did not control himself and drink alcohol or eat seafood, his gout would probably come knocking on his door within minutes. Speaking of this, Li Shi felt that he had to learn from Boss Pei. Boss Pei might have the nameless restaurant and could eat seafood at any time but he was very restrained. He would only eat at the nameless restaurant once a week. Everything else was Fish-Catching Take-Out and Food.Harmonys work meals and healthy meals. It was obvious that Boss Pei was a very disciplined person to care so much about his health at such a young age. Whats more, he had a long-term goal. He definitely wanted to maintain his health and fight for Tengda until he was sixty, seventy, or even older. He wanted to personally turn Tengda into an incomparably glorious business empire! Li Shi could not help but sigh. Some things were indeed innate. He was considered promising when he was young. However, he asked himself honestly. At that time, he was very playful. Sometimes, he would play in time and overdraw on his health. It was impossible for him to be like Boss Pei, thinking about what would happen decades in advance when he was so young. What was the ancient saying? The reckless and short-sighted do not take three meals a day and cause problems for their tummy, those who think mid-term would keep food for rainy days while those who think long-term would start gathering food from March. To put it simply, the farther one went, the more food they had to prepare in advance. Boss Pei was obviously thinking long-term. He was only twenty years old but he already knew how to restrain his own appetite. He usually focused on Fish-Catching Take-Outs healthy meals. Obviously, he wanted to ensure that his body remained in a perfect state so that he could still struggle at work for a few decades. Li Shi felt that he should learn from Boss Pei on this point! From tomorrow onwards, I will reduce my social interaction and eat more Fish-Catching Take-Out! Yes, make an appointment for tomorrows work meal. Li Shi sat in the car and burped as he opened the Fish-Catching Take-Out application to reserve tomorrows work meal. Eh? Wasnt there nothing in this section before? After opening the application, Li Shi realized that the interface layout had changed slightly. The layout of Fish-Catching Take-Outs application was completely different from other take-out software. The other take-out software was serving many shops at the same time, so the home page was more messy. There was a search bar, different types of labels like Quality dinner, home-cooked meals, pizza burgers, buns and porridge shop, and a nearby restaurant list. The specific menu would only be displayed after entering a certain restaurant. However, Fish-Catching Take-Out was different. It was filled with their own food. These dishes were also divided into work meals, fitness meals, healthy meals, nutrition meals, and high-end meals, but they still looked simple and clear-cut. Apart from this content, Fish-Catching Take-Outs application also had some dynamic publicity pictures. They were mainly used to promote recent new activities or new dishes to guide customers in choosing new products. Li Shi noticed that Fish-Catching Take-Outs application seemed to have removed the few new dishes that had been promoting previously and replaced them with a fixed publicity picture at a more critical location! It read: Delicious Food Set! There was also a salivating rendering picture. Inside were roasted cold noodles, fried bananas, and seaweed cakes. The portions were not big and formed a small tasting package. There were a total of two types of Delicious Food Set Meals. They were all well-matched. For example, cold noodles and pancakes were almost the same type of snack. Thus, they would not appear in the same set. Therefore, there were a total of six types of snacks in the two combo meals. They were both more popular and easier to make. Eh? Thats not right, right? Li Shis first reaction was that his APP positioning was wrong. Just like other take-out software, Fish-Catching Take-Outs application would also automatically select the nearest Fish-Catching Take-Out store based on the customers cell phone position. Li Shi had just taken a car and left the nameless restaurant. The default restaurant that he often ordered was near Fu Hui Investments, his own company. After all, he only ordered take-out at noon when he was at work. However, these two places were very far from the snack market! Why was there publicity for Delicious Food Set Meal? The application of Fish-Catching Take-Out had always been very rigorous. The situation of various Fish-Catching Take-Out stores were different. Sometimes, a certain dish in a certain store would not be released or would be lacking recently. Then, the application users who located this store would not see the publicity of the relevant dishes. That way, they could avoid the situation where they were interested in publicity but could not buy it. It was normal for Fish-Catching Take-Outs application to promote the snack market. However, could it be delivered from so far away? Li Shi suddenly had an impulse. He switched the shop to the one he often ate near Fu Hui Investments and ordered a few Delicious Food Set Meals. Not long after, they received orders, prepared meals, and delivered! This meant that these snacks were not made in the snack market but in Fish-Catching Take-Outs shop! Li Shi had just arrived at his company when the delivery man from Fish-Catching Take-Out arrived. Heres your meal. Enjoy. The delivery man was still so polite. Li Shi reached out and took a few snacks. He came to the office and greeted everyone. Everyone, put down your work first. Come and eat! It was Saturday afternoon. Many employees at Fu Hui Investments were still working overtime. It was normal for such companies to work overtime. Companies like Tengda that were determined not to work overtime were very rare. Li Shi knew very well that he could not become a boss like Boss Pei. There was no need to force himself to become such a boss. Sometimes, it was enough as long as one worked hard to achieve a clear conscience. At a time like this, it was better for a boss to give his employees who were working overtime a few snacks than to not even take a look. Thank you, Boss Li! Boss Li, what did you order? It smells so good! Everyone surrounded him. The snack set might be a snack but it was still Tengdas usual style: recyclable cutlery. However, these cutlery were obviously smaller. They looked to be custom-made. There were also subtle differences in the shape of the cutlery according to the different snacks. Ive already eaten. Everyone, feel free to eat whatever you want. After Li Shi opened the lid of the cutlery, a fragrance immediately filled the air. Eh? Isnt this the roasted cold noodles from the snack market? This shape cannot be wrong! But the snack market is very far from here.Do they deliver here? Thats not right. In terms of temperature and texture, its obviously not delivered from a distance. Whats more, the taste seems to be different. Its still different from the roasted cold noodles in the snack market. An employee who had been to the snack market tasted the cold noodles and commented while savoring it. There were not many snacks. Soon, the bottom was filled. At that moment, someone said in surprise, Eh, look, the logo on this cutlery looks familiar. Theres also the logo on the chopsticks? Li Shi also noticed the logo. It was squarish in the form of a seal. Inside were four traditional characters. They were not regular scripts, but rather they were in special flowery character. There were also beautiful patterns as embellishments. It looked neither too gaudy nor rigid. The seal and this font gave off a sense of tradition and trend. The words in the seal were Cold-Faced Lady! Li Shi immediately recognized it was the Cold-Faced Ladys logo! Previously, this logo had also appeared in many places when the Cold-Faced Lady became popular. After that, the Cold-Faced Lady had been silent for a long time, so these memories were almost forgotten. However, these memories were immediately awakened when he saw it again. Why is it the Cold-Faced Lady? Isnt this a snack from the snack market? Its from Fish-Catching Take-Out Everyone who was eating various snacks were confused. This feeling was a little like ordering a steamed dumpling and noticing the logo of the KAIFENGCAI on the bamboo tray as one ate. Li Shi suddenly realized something. He immediately took out his cell phone and checked the promotional page and details page of the snack package. He found two sentences that he had subconsciously ignored. The Cold-Faced Lady will provide all the snack formulas! Welcome to The Stalls to understand the past life of these snacks! Li Shi slammed the table after he understood what happened. I understand now! The employees were confused. Boss Li, what do you understand? Li Shi laughed. I knew that the shares I held on to would definitely become profitable! Everyone, dont work overtime today. Go home! Go back and rest! Everyone was overjoyed. There was good food and no need to work overtime. Double joy! Boss Li, what good news do you have? Can you share it with us? Li Shi smiled. Do any of you remember the shares of the Cold-Faced Lady we bought previously? Everyone looked at each other. Three or four people nodded. I remember. And then? Wasnt that a not very successful investment? Li Shi laughed. Not very successful? It just wasnt time yet! Look, isnt the Cold-Faced Lady about to be revived? A smart employee immediately reacted. I understand! Boss Li, are you saying that Boss Pei obviously intends to use Fish-Catching Take-Outs application to promote the Cold-Faced Lady, so the Cold-Faced Lady is going to make a comeback? Li Shi nodded. Youre right, but not all of them! If using Fish-Catching Take-Outs application alone could resurrect the cold-faced lady, Boss Pei would have done it long ago. Why wait until now? You only saw the surface, but not the deeper meaning within! Chapter 1119 - Boss Pei’s Exquisite Plans Chapter 1119: Boss Peis Exquisite Plans Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Everyone immediately became interested. Boss Li, tell us! To these people, being able to hear Boss Li talk about investment and business secrets was definitely something that could only be chanced upon by luck. Of course, they had to seize the opportunity! Li Shi was in a good mood. He wanted to share his wise investment with these people. He played with the chopsticks that were delivered with the snacks. The logo of Cold-Faced Lady was carved on it. When the Cold-Faced Lady became popular, this pair of chopsticks was also an important part of Meng Changs publicity stunt. At that time, it was scolded badly together with the expensive and unpalatable roasted cold noodles. However, after such a long time, he could only feel that the workmanship was indeed not bad when he gently caressed the pair of chopsticks. In other words, the details of the Cold-Faced Lady brand were actually done pretty well. The only problem was that it was not delicious. This snack package was ordered on Fish-Catching Take-Outs application. It was delivered from the nearest Fish-Catching Take-Out store. The food inside was provided by the Cold-Faced Lady. The Cold-Faced Lady is now Tengdas industry. Boss Pei has more than 70% shares and absolute control. Its easy to infer from this information that Boss Pei wants Fish-Catching Take-Out to drive the Cold-Faced Lady brand again. Provide a snack package in Fish-Catching Take-Out. If you feel that its delicious after tasting it, you will change your stereotype of the Cold-Faced Lady. However, the Cold-Faced Lady only has one shop now. There are no shops in Jingzhou in Beijing. Therefore, Fish-Catching Take-Out should be training their chefs through the formula provided by the Cold-Faced Lady in their own shop so that they can make these snacks while they are at it. These are not difficult to deduce. Everyone nodded. Li Shi changed the topic. However, you have to remember that some things are not absolute. It will change with the situation. Doing the same thing before you are well-prepared is wrong. Doing it after you are well-prepared is right! The important thing is not Boss Pei used Fish-Catching Take-Out to drive the Cold-Faced Lady. Everyone can think of such an idea. The key is how Boss Pei laid the groundwork and prepared! The reason why I can now determine that the cold-faced lady will definitely be revived is because what I see is not just Boss Peis move, but a general trend formed after every move from before was linked together! Everyone listened intently. Li Shi explained, Ill explain everything from beginning to end. Boss Peis entire operation is to resurrect the Cold-Faced Lady. He forcefully bought over 70% of the Cold-Faced Ladys shares and ensured his absolute control when the Cold-Faced Lady was at an absolute low point, including Meng Chang. Only by ensuring absolute control can we proceed according to our own plan. When he first took over, the Cold-Faced Lady could be said to have nothing. In terms of formulas, the roasted cold noodles were not even as good as some delicious stalls. In terms of reputation, it had already become a reverse model of excessive marketing. The popularity backlash previously was scolded online until it could not lift its head. There were no assets, only debt. However, Boss Pei obviously saw that the Cold-Faced Lady is not useless. It still has value, which is its only value: The only value is that it used to be extremely popular. Too many netizens have seen this logo! In other words, if we can use a certain method to reverse the reputation of the game, this negative popularity would instantly become positive. Then, there would be no need to slowly promote it. However, it is easier said than done to reverse the reputation. Thats why Boss Pei came up with such a whitewashing plan that spanned more than half a year! The first step is to deal with it coldly and reduce its popularity. The Cold-Faced Lady is completely in the whirlpool of negative public opinion. The netizens inertial thinking is too strong. Nothing will have a good effect at this time, so well wait for the negative public opinion to subside. After that, Boss Pei called for a Street Food Contest. This Gourmet Competition has at least three purposes from the looks of it: First, criticize the Cold-Faced Ladys taste and indicate that it should be cut off from the old Cold-Faced Lady. Second, let netizens develop a stronger interest in the food and beverage culture through the display of outstanding snacks. Third, attract special talents through this competition. As far as I know, the person-in-charge of the snack market, Zhang Yahui, was recruited at this stage. However, that alone is obviously not enough. There is another important problem: the cold-faced ladys taste. The Cold-Faced Ladys previous failure was because they paid too much attention to marketing and did not pay attention to their own taste. Obviously, in order to change peoples impression of the Cold-Faced Lady, it would still have to fall on its taste. Whats more, the taste is not something that can be simply improved. Instead, it has to be very outstanding. Otherwise, how can the reputation be changed if customers dont feel it clearly? Therefore, Boss Pei decided to shoot the documentary The Stalls. On one hand, it was to continue to showcase outstanding snacks and create a topic of discussion so that netizens would pay more attention and understand the snack culture. On the other hand, it was also to continue attracting more talents to eat. Finally, more and more vendors joined in. They are good at various types of snacks, and they have all been tested by the masses. Using their recipes to improve the Cold-Faced Ladys dishes might not be able to achieve an absolute original taste, but it can finally reach the standard of delicious. And then the most important step: How do we connect these cleverly? Boss Peis answer is the Snack Market! If these vendors were gathered in the snack market, it would immediately form a cluster effect. People who liked these delicacies after seeing the street stalls would come and taste it. Not only would it create such a gourmet area in the old industrial zone, but it would also let netizens deeply connect Tengda and snacks for the first time. With the existence of the snack market, people would definitely not doubt whether Tengda can make good snacks. After the foreshadowing work was done, Fish-Catching Take-Out would launch the snack set and allow everyone to taste the cold-faced lady. After eating it, everyone would realize that the taste had indeed improved greatly and the price had also decreased. The originally expensive and unpalatable cold-faced lady had changed drastically and was completely in the same style as Fish-Catching Take-Out. Naturally, the reputation would change! Everyone nodded in realization. So that was why! This last step was actually very easy. Most people would also be able to think of it. However, without the previous foreshadowing, even if Fish-Catching Take-Out forcefully pushed the cold-faced ladys snacks, the effect would definitely not be good. Instead, it might drag Fish-Catching Take-Out down. Therefore, whether an idea would work depended on how it was done! At that moment, someone asked suspiciously, But Boss Li, isnt that double work? According to Boss Peis original position, Fish-Catching Take-Out sells daily work meals and healthy meals, while Cold-Faced Lady sells snacks and fast food. The two positions are different and do not form a competitive relationship. However, Fish-Catching Take-Out is also selling snacks now. Wouldnt the positioning be confusing? Li Shi shook his head slightly. Of course not! If Im not wrong, Fish-Catching Take-Out would sell these two types of snack meals at most. Thats the current six more common snacks that fit the general taste and are easy to make. On the other hand, Cold-Faced Lady will provide a variety of snacks. The two are on completely different levels. There are specializations in the industry. The chef of Fish-Catching Take-Out has to make normal work meals. He can probably make time to follow the formula to make a few types of snacks. However, it is impossible to make all sorts of snacks because there is not enough time and energy. Whats more, Fish-Catching Take-Out and Cold-Faced Ladys positioning are naturally different. Most customers only want one thing at a time. If they want to eat healthy, they would not order snacks. Therefore, it is very inappropriate to merge shops or applications. It is best to separate. What if customers want to order work meals and snacks to satisfy their cravings? This is actually very easy to solve. The Fish-Catching Take-Out shop in Beijing has already given us the answer. Put Fish-Catching Take-Out and Cold-Faced Lady next to each other. You can deliver them together if you order at the same time on both sides. Not only would you save time, but you would also save the delivery fees for customers. That would solve the situation of ordering at the same time. At the moment, making Fish-Catching Take-Out as a snack is only a temporary measure. If every Fish-Catching Take-Out can be matched with a Cold-Faced Lady in the future, then the trial snacks ordered on Fish-Catching Take-Out can also be provided by the Cold-Faced Lady! Therefore, once the Cold-Faced Ladys reputation changes and the taste is recognized by most people, Boss Pei will definitely continue to expand crazily like Fish-Catching Take-Out! Open all the Cold-Faced Lady shops near the core Fish-Catching Take-Out stores to complement each other. Fish-Catching Take-Out only sells two types of snack sets. If customers feel that its delicious after eating it, they will naturally try more snacks from the Cold-Faced Lady! Do you think that the Cold-Faced Lady would be completely revived if it really reached this stage? And we still have about 20% shares At that point, Li Shi gave a you-know-it smile. There was no need to talk about the rest. It would not be classy if it was said. The Cold-Faced Lady would definitely continue to expand according to this script. It would be like Fish-Catching Take-Out, opening shops all over the country. On the other hand, Fu Hui Investments could get dividends from the profits earned by the Cold-Faced Lady! In the past, he did not have much to drink. After all, he could only enter some other derivative industries related to Tengda. For example, he would go to the periphery to buy shops when he saw that the snack market was about to become popular. However, this method was not direct enough. He had obtained the shares of the Cold-Faced Lady directly this time. It was equivalent to drinking the first mouthful of soup. The meaning was completely different! His employees eyes lit up. That was awesome! The shares might belong to the company and had nothing to do with an employee like them, but hearing Boss Li talk about these shopping malls had widened their horizons! The knowledge could come in handy someday. Chapter 1120 - Three Pieces Of Good News Befell Li Shi An employee asked, Boss Li, in that case, you really had foresight and vision when you held on to the 20% shares of the Cold-Faced Lady back then! Wouldnt Meng Chang have made a huge loss by selling 40% of his shares? Li Shi smiled proudly. Youre wrong. Do you think that it was a coincidence that I could retain these 20% shares? Of course not! Boss Pei must have allowed me to keep these shares! At that time, Boss Peis request was that Tengda had to obtain more than 70% of the Cold-Faced Ladys shares. Otherwise, he would not have taken over this mess. The employee asked again, However, Meng Chang could also insist on not selling it. Li Shi smiled. This is a simple psychological game problem. We know that Boss Pei always keeps his word. He said that he had to get 70% of the shares. I had less than 40% of the shares back then. Meng Chang had more than 40%. The other investors had a total of 30%. I would definitely not sell the last 20%. In other words, there are only two outcomes between Meng Chang and me: The first is that no one will get a single cent if I dont sell and he doesnt sell. The second is that if I dont sell and he sells. In that case, its hard to say if the cold-faced lady will be able to earn money in the future. At the very least, he will get the money now. Does he have any other choice? Fu Hui Investments is huge. Its not a big loss even if we lose this bit of shares. Meng Chang is in debt. The earlier he takes a sum of money, the earlier he can repay his debt. What right does he have to challenge me? Whats more, it is precisely because we are working closely with Boss Pei that Boss Pei tacitly allowed us to keep this twenty percent share. No one else can learn this operation! Everyone nodded in realization. Some people could not help but think of Boss Peis game called Struggle. The so-called rich mind and poor mind were vividly reflected at this moment. Many people described the thinking of the rich and the thinking of the poor as the difference in wisdom between the rich and the poor, but that was not the case. It was more like an inevitable result in an objective environment. In other words, it was not because he had the so-called rich thinking that he became rich, but because he was rich himself. That was why he could use the so-called rich thinking to think about problems. Just like the shares of the Cold-Faced Lady. Would Meng Chang not know the value of these shares in the future? The other investors in Beijing might not know Boss Pei very well. Meng Chang definitely knew how scary Boss Pei was. However, Meng Chang could only choose to sell his shares when only one of Meng Chang and Li Shi could keep their shares. That was because he was on a completely different level from Li Shi in terms of taking risks. Similarly, the rich could use the so-called rich thinking to think about problems because they had the ability to take risks. The poor did not have the ability to take risks. Naturally, they could not force themselves to use the so-called rich thinking to think. They could only focus on the small benefits in front of them. The employees of Fu Hui Investments obviously understood this very well, but what they would think differed from person to person. He might sigh at the injustice of this world, or he might make up his mind to never fall into such a helpless situation. One of the employees raised his thumb and praised, Boss Li, I now understand what you meant by investing in people! Buying and retaining the shares of the Cold-Faced Lady is a very outstanding investment. However, the prerequisite for this investment to succeed is to establish a good cooperative relationship with Boss Pei! Otherwise, even if we see this investment opportunity, we wont know where to start. Therefore, your most successful investment was when you saw how outstanding Boss Pei was before Tengda Corporation developed. You cooperated with him as soon as possible and obtained his friendship! Indeed, your investment path is worth learning from! He had to admit that there were bootlickers everywhere. However, Li Shi was not angry because this employees bootlicking style was outstanding. It was not the awkward type of bootlicking, but right on Li Shis proudest conviction. It made him feel very good. Li Shi felt that he had underestimated Boss Pei as Tengda Corporation expanded. He had a feeling that investing in Boss Pei early would be the most brag-worthy thing in the future! Of course, this investment was broadly speaking. Gaining Boss Peis friendship was also a form of investment. Alright, alright. Lets stop here. Ill give everyone another small piece of information to show everyone the way on the account that everyone has been working so hard today. All of you know about the snack market now. The property prices and shops there have increased. But according to my observations, its still far from the peak. Do you know the difference between me and the other people who went to buy shops nearby? The difference is that they dont have enough imagination and cant guess how much energy Boss Pei has. Thus, they will soon feel that its almost the peak. However, I dare say that there is still room for appreciation in the area near the old industrial zone, including the snack market, snack street, and Thriller Hostel! Whether you can gain anything from it depends on your determination. Of course, my judgment is very subjective. The only evidence is that I think Boss Pei will make a big move in this area. I might make a wrong judgment, so you dont have to thank me for making money and dont blame me for losing money. Everyones eyes lit up as they nodded. Thank you, Boss Li! Ever since the snack market became popular, the prices of houses and shops in that area increased rapidly. That was normal. The opening of the snack market was so popular that even a fool could tell that the price of this area would definitely appreciate. However, how high would it rise? That was the question. At the moment, the prices of houses and shops in that area were already rising rapidly. Many people had originally wanted to invest in it, but they retreated when they saw this situation, afraid that this place would bubble because of excessive hype. After all, from the way Tengda made the snack street turn, Tengda was more inclined to monopolize it. The shops closest to the snack street were already occupied. Who could guarantee that the shops farther away would be able to obtain the benefits of the snack market? Thus, many people hesitated. However, Boss Lis judgment was that this was not much. It would definitely increase! It was because Boss Pei had other plans for this place! However, Li Shi could not possibly buy all the buildings and shops in the old industrial zone. Therefore, he mentioned this. As for whether his employees would invest, how much money they could fork out, and whether they could persevere until the end, that was not Li Shis concern. Li Shi was in a better mood after leaving the company. Three pieces of good news had befallen him recently! First, Star Bird Fitness introduced the smart fitness drying rack and changed the fitness model. Then, it achieved great success by preemptively purchasing shops near the snack market and rapidly rising in value. Now, there was good news from the cold-faced lady who had been silent for a long time. They had to thank Boss Pei! Speaking of which, he had already thanked Star Bird Fitness and the snack market at the dining table, but he had not thanked the Cold-Faced Lady yet. He should also thank Boss Pei. Otherwise, it would not be good if Boss Pei felt that he had taken advantage of him. However, he should not make this matter too public. After all, it might be a small matter to Boss Pei. Li Shi pondered for a long time and finally decided not to make a mountain out of a molehill. He would just send a simple message. After editing it, he was just about to send it when he stopped. Hmm it doesnt seem like a perfect time. The Cold-Faced Lady might have settled the overall situation now, but it has not become popular yet. According to the current situation, it will only be popular in the Cold-Faced Ladys shop in Beijing tomorrow, which is Sunday. If I send this message too early, would it feel like Im playing tricks? Hmm I should keep a low profile. Ill send it tomorrow. When dealing with smart people, sometimes he had to act dumb. That was great wisdom. Li Shi saved this message in the end, waiting for a suitable time. June 24th, Sunday. Pei Qian woke up naturally again. He woke up and looked at the time. It was 9.30 AM. Which game should I be playing today? No! Looking at the reminder on the calendar, Pei Qian suddenly realized that today was the day Tengda experience shops big screen was completed and would be officially opened! That made Pei Qian a little depressed. He had to go out again! The experience shop was already very popular during the test run but they still had to take a look after the big screen was fixed. Even if it was more popular than before, he had to see how popular it was and have some expectations. Pei Qian reluctantly sat up on his bed to wash up before realizing that Boss Li had sent him a message. Boss Pei, thank you for the matter with the Cold-Faced Lady! It was very short. Obviously, Li Shi thought that everyone was smart. They knew each other very well. However, when Pei Qian saw this message, he held onto his toothbrush, his mouth filled with foam. He thought for half a minute but could not understand what it meant. Li Shi? Cold-Faced Lady? Why are you thanking me? Pei Qian finally recalled the connection between Li Shi and the Cold-Faced Lady after trying hard to recall. When he had bought the shares of the Cold-Faced Lady at a cheap price, everyone else had sold their shares except for Li Shi who held more than 20%. Whats there to thank me for? Pei Qian was still confused. At that time, Pei Qian had said firmly that he had to obtain more than 70% of the Cold-Faced Ladys shares. Otherwise, he would not take this job. He did not want to monopolize the profits. He was afraid because of what happened before. Pei Qian did not pay attention to the distribution of shares when he was working on the Top Student, Come Quick application. That allowed Li Shi and the other investors to obtain too many shares. In the end, this group of people worked together to cheat Xude Education. They threw out their shares one by one and allowed Xude Education to take over. Not only did they make a lot of money, but they also made a huge profit selling Dream Realization Ventures shares! Pei Qian nearly vomited blood at that moment, but he had no choice but to rage helplessly. Top Student, Come Quick had intended to lose a lot of money, but it ended up earning money for no reason. Who could he reason with?! From then on, Pei Qian became cautious. He had to obtain more than 70% of the shares to ensure that he had absolute control for any project that he could spend more money on. Pei Qian could not control many things when others took more shares. What if the Top Student, Come Quick case happened again? As for why he left 20% for Boss Li That was because Pei Qian knew very well that Boss Li would definitely not sell the shares given his character. It would be a waste of time to persuade him otherwise. Whats more, these 20% shares were not a big deal. It did not affect Tengdas absolute control of the cold-faced lady. If Boss Li was willing to spend money to make ducks and drakes of it, then so be it. Pei Qian had completely forgotten about this until Boss Li sent this message. He was a little puzzled. Why did Boss Li send such a message out of nowhere? Pei Qians pupils dilated all of a sudden. He spat out all the toothpaste foam in his mouth into the washbasin. Sh*t! Did something happen to the Cold-Faced Lady?! Perhaps he had eaten too much seafood yesterday. His gums were showing signs of bleeding. The toothpaste foam was slightly bloody, foaming at the mouth but also attacking his heart. Chapter 1121 - Boss Pei is As Calm As usual Pei Qian immediately switched on his cell phone and used Qiandu to search for Cold-Faced Lady. However, he did not find much useful information. It was all about Cold-Faced Lady C Qiandu Wiki, Cold-Faced Lady Myth Ending, Entrepreneurs Must Read: Cold-Faced Ladys Business Plan, and so on. These contents were basically still a few months ago and had no effect at all. Rubbish Qiandu! Pei Qian silently complained again and decided to be more direct. He would call the current person-in-charge of the Cold-Faced Lady, Qi Yan! Pei Qian had been able to avoid interacting too much with the Cold-Faced Lady ever since he took over. Pei Qian did not give Qi Yan any clear instructions other than to approve the Street Food Contest. Not only that, after Pei Qian discovered that Rui Yuchens Fish-Catching Take-Out was expanding towards Beijing, he specially asked Rui Yuchen to open the shop opposite the Cold-Faced Lady so that Fish-Catching Take-Out could snatch all of the Cold-Faced Ladys customers away. Pei Qian did not give the Cold-Faced Lady more funds or open more branches. Instead, he maintained the low level of expenses required for a shop to operate normally. That was obviously because of the previous experience with Fish-Catching Take-Out. Back then, Fish-Catching Take-Out had been incurring losses. Pei Qian had been paying for it to expand. In the end, it had almost covered the entire Handong Province. All of a sudden, it was done for! Whats more, Pei Qian was very afraid when he thought about the powerful observer effect on him. What if he gave a random order to the Cold-Faced Lady and Qi Yans understanding deviated and it became popular? The Cold-Faced Ladys shop had been losing money but Pei Qian held it in and did not continue to invest in more branches. He had to admit that he had endured a lot. However, it also proved that Pei Qian had high hopes for the cold-faced lady! It was precisely because he hoped that this money-burning tree would grow smoothly without any problems that Pei Qian did not dare to give it too much care. However, the Cold-Faced Lady that he had been keeping was going to make a comeback now? How could they? Pei Qian could not accept this fact. However, Boss Lis message was definitely not sent for no reason. Something must have gone wrong! Soon, the call went through. Boss Pei? Qi Yan sounded surprised. Obviously, she was surprised to receive Boss Peis call again after several months. The background sound of the phone was a little noisy. There were electronic sounds reminding customers to take their meals. There were also sounds of customers walking around and talking. They sounded quite busy. Pei Qians heart dropped as he realized that there was a huge problem. Shouldnt the Cold-Faced Ladys shop be very cold and deserted? However, it was just a sound after all. Pei Qian did not see the actual scene. He still felt a little lucky. How is the situation with the Cold-Faced Lady? Pei Qian asked. It was already past ten in the morning. Qi Yan was in the Cold-Faced Ladys shop. Most of the seats in the shop were already taken. There was a long line of people queuing to order food. There were often delivery men from Fish-Catching Take-Out who came to collect food. Qi Yans heart warmed seeing this busy scene and hearing Boss Peis question. Indeed, Boss Pei had not forgotten about the cold-faced lady! In the past few months, Qi Yan and the Cold-Faced Ladys employees had often fallen into self-doubt. The shop nor the public opinion on the internet improved. Boss Pei did not assign any tasks to the cold-faced lady either. Did Boss Pei give up on the Cold-Faced Lady? Did he have too many industries and could not be bothered? However, after Rui Yuchen answered Qi Yans doubts, Qi Yan finally understood that Boss Pei had not ignored the Cold-Faced Lady. Instead, he had been silently arranging for the right time! Now, the snack market has opened. With the influence of Fish-Catching Take-Out, Cold-Faced Ladys reputation had also changed. There were more people in the shop. What did it mean for Boss Pei to call and ask about the Cold-Faced Ladys situation immediately? That meant that Boss Pei had been paying attention to the Cold-Faced Ladys situation. He had called to ask and verify it immediately after the plan had worked. At the same time, he had expressed his concern! Qi Yan immediately answered, Dont worry, Boss Pei. Everything is going according to plan! The customer flow of the Cold-Faced Lady has increased greatly since yesterday. It has been basically full for the past two days! I interviewed some customers at random. They all expressed that they were satisfied with the taste of the new dishes. They are already very delicious as fast food! Whats more, I prepared a few televisions in the shop to play the documentary on The Stalls, promoting the snack market in Jingzhou at the same time. In short, based on the current situation, the Cold-Faced Lady can turn the losses into profits soon! It was like a bolt out of the blue. Pei Qian did not speak for a long time. He was very confused. Didnt he completely ignore the cold-faced lady? How did it suddenly become popular? Ridiculous! What made him even more speechless was that Pei Qian had not given any guidance to the cold-faced lady at all. He naturally did not know what the problem was since he had not given any guidance at all. He was earning money for no reason, and he had no idea how to deal with the problem Alright. Pei Qian hung up silently. Goodbye! I thought this was a money-burning tree. I completely misunderstood you! Pei Qian was a little regretful. If he had known that this would happen, he would have opened a few more shops. He would have lost some money! However, on further thought, that was not right. If he had opened more shops earlier, these shops would have made money together Now, there was only one restaurant. No matter how much they earned, they would only earn a few hundred thousand yuan each month if they were earning like foreign fast food brands. Fast food restaurants had high turnover and they had relatively low margins after all. The cost of raw materials, rent, utilities, employee salaries, and the like were fixed. Earning a few hundred thousand yuan a month was no longer a big deal to Pei Qian, who was no longer worried. It was meaningless to fight the Cold-Faced Lady to the death with the settlement date. He had to hurry up and look at the industries that he needed to care about! On the other hand, Qi Yan looked at the black screen of her cell phone and asked suspiciously, Boss Pei? He hung up without any warning? Qi Yan would have thought that Boss Pei was angry if not for the fact that everything was going well with the Cold-Faced Lady. Indeed, Boss Pei expected the Cold-Faced Ladys losses to turn into profits. He just has to ask and understand the situation. Theres no need to waste his breath. Hes a magnanimous entrepreneur to be able to go with the flow. However, this also means that everything within Boss Peis plan. I thought that I had done many things, but I did not surprise Boss Pei at all. It looks like I have to continue working hard. The Cold-Faced Ladys current level is far from enough to make Boss Pei look at me in a new light. I should follow Rui Yuchens instructions and continue to carry out Boss Peis plan. I have to continue managing the Cold-Faced Lady brand and opening more shops! Qi Yan silently made up her mind. The talents of Tengdas various departments were too outstanding. First, she met Rui Yuchen from Fish-Catching Take-Out, then Zhang Yahui, Bao Xu, and Liang Qingfan from the snack market. Everyone was much more outstanding than her. She had to work hard to fit the role of the person-in-charge of Tengda and not let Boss Pei down! After hanging up, Pei Qian calmed down and went out for an early lunch. Then, he took a car to Tengda experience shop in Golden Prosperity Square. The big screen outside the experience shop should have been completed today according to the previous arrangements. Whats more, Golden Prosperity Square would definitely publicize this. The traffic in that area would definitely increase. As for what would happen after the increase Pei Qian did not dare to think about it. He could only take a look. There was slight traffic on the road which made Pei Qian feel emotional about Jingzhous traffic. Fortunately, the traffic jam was not serious. Soon, Pei Qian alighted from the car at the entrance of the Great World. Then, he saw the crowd. They were basically shoulder to shoulder! Many people were wearing the team uniforms of the various teams in the GPL league, holding onto support items, and even had team logos on their faces. All of them were smiling. Which team do you think will win the finals? Of course! Its definitely EK! Jiang Huan will definitely win the championship this time! Sigh, its a pity that H4 Clubs Spring Competition ended a little too badly. Otherwise, the Spring Competition would reenact the scene of the international competition. The battle between Jiang Huan and Huang Wang would definitely be very exciting. What about you? Which team do you support this time? Me? I dont support any team in the finals. Ill always support DGE! Yes, no matter who wins the championship, victory will always belong to DGE! Chapter 1122 - That’s Not What The Big Screen Is For! A few brothers in DGEs uniforms shouted excitedly, causing a round of DGE cheers. Such a situation could be seen in any GOG competition. In any case, no matter which two teams it was, someone would definitely shout for DGE. It could only be said that even though DGE had not participated in any official or unofficial competitions for a long time, its legend still remained in the hearts of the audience. Pei Qian felt a headache when he saw the DGE team uniform and the DGE support they were holding. A team that did not have any competitions actually sold their team uniforms better than the current champion team. That was ridiculous! How much would DGE Club earn from selling this team uniform and peripherals?! No, the focus is not on the team uniform. Could it be that today is the GPLs Spring Competition finals?! Pei Qian suddenly realized the crux of the problem. It did not make sense for there to be so many viewers if it was just a regular competition! The number of people gathered at the entrance of the Golden Prosperity Square and the Great World Mall had obviously far exceeded the number of people that the GPL venue could accommodate. However, even if there was a finals today, why were all of you gathered here? There were not enough seats? Pei Qian looked towards Golden Prosperity Square and immediately understood. That was because the huge promotional poster of the two teams that were going to compete today was displayed on the big screen! This big screen was actually divided into three parts. In the middle was the huge glass wall of the Tengda experience shop. The screen itself would not block the glass wall. Instead, there would be a long strip above the glass wall that connected to the big screen on both sides. On the other hand, the big screens on both sides covered the entire outer wall of the second, third, and fourth floors. They looked like a pair of wings that were extending into the distance, but they were more orderly. At that moment, the big screens on both sides were red and blue. There were flags of two teams and photos of the entire team. There was a tense atmosphere. The long screen above the glass wall of the experience shop was the countdown to the start of the competition. Whats more, this image was not constant. It was still dynamic. Some promotional videos would be played after a period of time, such as the promotional video for the GPL leagues Spring Competition, the promotional video for GOGs new version, the interview of the players, and so on. The promotional video for the finals this time also used some exciting scenes from the previous quarter finals and semifinals. The two big screens were played at the same time and the huge game graphics were displayed in front of the audience. The empty area facing the two outer walls of Golden Prosperity Square became a perfect offline viewing venue. Even the huge screen could be seen on the side of the building far away! These people were obviously here to watch the competition online! Pei Qian was speechless seeing this. This was really messed up! I did not ask you to set up the big screen for this! Little Sun said, Boss Pei, go in and shop first. Ill park the car in the underground parking lot of Golden Prosperity Square. Pei Qian shook his head. No need. He opened the car door and sat back down. Lets go. Im not watching anymore. What was there to see now? It was obviously over! Pei Qian did not want to waste his time looking at the experience shop anymore. It was obvious that it was full. The weather today was not very hot nor was it very sunny. However, it was still summer. How could it be as comfortable as standing outside the experience shop to blow the air conditioner? Wasnt it normal to shop in Tengda experience shops and eat good food at the top floor before the competition began? Thus, Pei Qian felt that there was no need to waste time finding trouble for himself. Wasnt it nice to eat iced watermelon and play games on such a hot day? There was no point thinking about this experience shop anymore. He might as well look forward to something more realistic. For example Finger Games should have seen Tengdas summer promotion activities, right? This weekend and next Monday had a total of three days. That was enough for them to react. He wondered what kind of summer promotion events Finger Games would come up with as a response. How exciting! June 25th, Monday Long Yu Corporation, conference room. Eric looked very conflicted. Zhao Xuming tried his best to shrink his neck and lower his presence. Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation had already noticed it when GOGs official website updated the specific content of the summer promotional event on Saturday. Everyone was forced to work overtime this weekend. The companys higher management might be the one who made the final decision, but the upper management was already working overtime at such a critical juncture. Would the low-level employees have the cheek to sleep at home? Therefore, everyone had to work overtime! This was the brain circuit of ordinary companies. As the person-in-charge of IOIs China region, Eric held several phone meetings with Finger Games headquarters in the United States and Dayak Corporation in Europe. No one knew what the meeting was about, but Zhao Xuming could tell that Erics expression was getting worse. Zhao Xuming was a little puzzled. Logically speaking, Tengda Corporations summer promotional event this time was not as exciting as the 515 Games Festival. There would be activities and free gifts during the 515 Games Festival. As long as players spent some time and energy playing games, they would definitely be able to gain something. However, Tengdas summer promotional event this time was nothing more than discount promotional events and spending souvenir props. These were all very conventional methods. This discount was indeed stronger than Finger Games original summer promotion activities. However, they would officially announce the summer promotion activities on Tuesday. Wouldnt it be alright to increase the discount? Why did Eric become so angry? Zhao Xuming asked softly, I dont think theres much of a threat to the current summer event plan? Eric glanced at him and said helplessly, On the surface, they are indeed ordinary promotional plans. However, this summer promotional event is completely different from Boss Peis usual style. Dont you want to think about why? Zhao Xuming blinked and thought carefully. Indeed, this event did not match Boss Peis style. In the past, when Boss Pei organized events, especially promotions and money-burning activities, he would definitely burn them to an astonishing level. The operation of the 515 Games Festival was the standard Boss Peis operation. However, this summer event only adjusted the discount on the basis of regular operations. There were no fundamental changes. That did not seem like Boss Peis plan. Zhao Xuming thought for a moment. Then is it possible that Boss Pei was not in charge of this event? Eric glanced at him. When you think that way, youre not far from being fooled. Zhao Xuming was suddenly alerted. Thats right! How smart and vicious was Boss Pei? GOG and IOI had been fighting openly and covertly for so long. When had IOI not been schemed by Boss Pei? Boss Pei had just personally guided the money-burning war on the 515 Games Day. He had even almost sold the building. Yet, he had given up during the summer rush and handed the entire event plan to his subordinates without even asking? Was that reasonable? It did not make sense. The only explanation was that Boss Pei had intended it. Then, there must be a huge problem with this plan that did not seem like Boss Peis style! Zhao Xuming asked humbly, But what trap can there be? Eric explained with some mental and physical exhaustion. Theres no need to talk about regular activities like discounts. Even though 30% is already close to the limit that we can withstand, this is the least lethal plan. Have you noticed Tengdas publicity plan for the international market? Operators from all over the world can advertise based on the actual situation. No matter what publicity method they use, Tengda will reimburse half of the money. That alone is enough to give us a headache! GOG and IOI chose a completely different marketing model. GOG worked with local operators, while IOI was jointly run by Finger Games from all over the world. GOGs current publicity method is actually getting another sum of money from the local operator. Tengda will fork out another sum of money. The more money the operator pays and the better the publicity, the more Tengda will make up for it. Therefore, the various operators would definitely think of ways and invest the most publicity resources. That would maximize the benefits in this summer promotional event. On the other hand, IOI has to fork out two sets of money. Whats more, well have to choose different strategies to deal with the different publicity plans proposed by GOGs various regional operations companies Chapter 1123 - Dayak Corporation’s Traditional Skills Zhao Xuming was enlightened. So that was it! There was a pit here! He had subconsciously overlooked this point previously, thinking that it was just some subsidies to the operator, how much use could it be? However, there was a huge problem after hearing Erics analysis! Obviously, this was the trump card buried at the bottom! Whats more, this playstyle was based on GOG and IOIs different operating methods in various parts of the world. It was really difficult for Finger Games to think of a good solution. Eric continued, Thats not all. The summer promotional event will only end on the 10th of next month. It will be two whole weeks. What if we grit our teeth and give a lower discount than Boss Pei now? Then, a week later, Boss Pei will reduce the discount again. What should we do? Will we still follow? Dont forget Boss Pei secretly changed the probability back then. He would definitely do something like that! Zhao Xuming nodded in realization. Thats right! Boss Pei had actually secretly changed the probability at the 515 Games Festival previously. Whats more, he had not lowered the probability, but raised the probability and doubled it! In the end, Long Yu Corporation was caught off guard, making it difficult for them to clean up the lucky draw that they had prepared. Based on this analysis, Boss Peis seemingly ordinary summer promotion event was more like a bait. It made Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation mistakenly think that Tengda Corporations summer promotion event was just like that. Boss Pei would give them a more impactful summer promotion event if they were to grit their teeth and follow his lead! At that time, Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation would be at a loss as to what to do. They would grit their teeth and continue following. When would they follow? Why would they follow if they did not? Zhao Xuming asked again, Then What if we continue like before? Eric shook his head. If it was a while ago, I would definitely follow you to the end. However, the situation is different now. The failure of the 515 Games Festival previously allowed Finger Games internal dissent against me to gain the upper hand again. Even some voices in Dayak Corporation Zhao Xuming immediately understood. Obviously, it was the aftereffect of the previous failure of the 515 Games Festival! Eric was in high spirits when he first took over IOIs domestic server. He suppressed the group of people in Finger Games led by Chrtien and obtained the full support of the upper echelons of Finger Games and Dayak Corporation, obtaining a lot of resources. However, there were conditions for this support: Eric had to prove to the higher-ups that he could really burn Tengdas capital chain and let IOI obtain the final victory. However, Eric had organized many activities and burned a lot of money in the past six months after taking over. It had not achieved the effect that he had when he was bragging. He had spent so much money during the 515 Games Festival. However, he had recovered in an instant when he saw that Tengda was about to sell the building. Some voices in Finger Games and Dayak Corporation naturally objected to him while Eric felt defeated. Whats more, Eric had already failed once in IOIs domestic server. Many people would have lower tolerance for him. If they continued to burn money like this, Finger Games income would not be able to take it before Tengda collapsed. Dayak Corporation was indeed rich, but Dayak Corporation wanted to make money, they were not burning money for fun. Who would be willing to continue burning it if they could not see any hope of recovering it? Therefore, the amount of resources and funds that Eric could actually use were much less than before. Naturally, he had less confidence in burning money compared to Tengda. Wouldnt it be a waste of money and a loss of face if he could not continue burning halfway through? If that really happened, it would be better to not follow them from the beginning and just calmly organize the summer events that he had prepared. Eric calmed down and said, Whats more, someone in Finger Games has publicly criticized me this time. They said that my strategy was completely wrong. They said that I failed to kill Tengda directly in the previous event and angered Tengda instead. Thats why Tengda has launched such an intense counterattack. Zhao Xuming immediately felt indignant for Eric. Thats too shameless! Those who have not interacted with Tengda would not know how terrifying this company is! It is not a matter of how much money it has. It does not treat money as money at all. Its entire way of thinking is completely different from ordinary companies! Killing Tengda is easier said than done. Only you as the person-in-charge have achieved what you have now. If it was anyone else, they would have been defeated by Boss Peis hundred strategies without knowing what hit them! Erics mood finally improved after hearing Zhao Xumings praise. Finger Games and Dayak Corporation might be idiots, but fortunately, there were still people who could understand him. Zhao Xuming asked, Then What should we do about the summer promotional event? Eric shook his head. The outcome of my communication with the upper echelons of Dayak Corporation is to continue burning with Boss Pei if they could give me enough resources. If they cannot bear to, then dont take the bait at all. Continue to execute the plan with a 40% discount. They should still be working overtime for a meeting. Theyll give me an answer before 8 PM tonight. Finger Games summer promotional event would officially begin tomorrow, and the specific policies had not been announced yet. However, there was still time because the functions had been done. A few changes to the data would be enough. Even so, everyone in the conference room knew very well that they would probably have to work late tonight. Zhao Xuming nodded. Theres still time. Whether we burn money with Boss Pei this time or not shouldnt affect us much. Eric shook his head slightly. Im not worried about the outcome of this event, but the change in the internal view of Dayak Corporation. Dayak Corporation bought over Finger Games because they saw the potential of IOI. They hoped to expand quickly and monopolize the market to obtain profits. The situation has changed with Tengda Corporations intervention and GOGs appearance. Dayak Corporation expanded the global market and suppressed GOG, still trying to obtain profits after monopolizing the market. However a year and a half has passed since IOI was born. In this long money-burning war, not only did Tengda Corporation not retreat, but they had gradually gained the upper hand. Dayak Corporation had spent an extremely high premium to acquire Finger Games. They were angered by Boss Pei back then and even used a private contract. The upper echelons of Dayak Corporation are very eager to recover this money and obtain more returns. However, even though IOI has revenue now, frequent discounts and promotional activities have made the profits of this game thin. The domestic server has been incurring huge losses all year round and needs Dayak Corporations huge subsidies. This has not reached the initial expectations. Tengda Corporations counterattack also made the upper echelons of Dayak Corporation increasingly clear that it was impossible to defeat GOG in a short period of time to form a monopoly. Thats why Im worried Eric did not elaborate, but Zhao Xuming already understood. Obviously, someone in Dayak Corporation wanted to display traditional skills again. Dayak Corporation often bought over some gaming workspaces. After acquiring them, they would interfere with the original companies and influence them greatly. They would squeeze out the value of these companies in a short period of time with the goal of quickly generating profits. Dayak Corporation was relatively friendly to Finger Games and did not interfere much. However, this was only because IOI was developing rapidly. Dayak Corporation thought that Finger Games marketing strategy was the same as theirs, and they felt that giving Finger Games more autonomy would be beneficial to obtaining more benefits. That was why they did not interfere. However, what if Finger Games strategy was different from Dayak Corporations upper echelons? Finger Games treated IOI as their own son. However, in Dayak Corporations eyes, it was just a money-making tool like the games of other workspaces. Zhao Xuming could not help but be speechless. He could not think too much about such things. Eric sighed. Forget it. Ill wait for the higher-ups to answer. June 26th, Tuesday Pei Qian sat up from his bed, glanced at his cell phone. He had slept until nearly ten again. He wanted to sleep for a while more, but he immediately got up. That was because something good would be happening today! It was already Tuesday. The summer promotion event for Finger Games should be out already, right? What kind of discount plan would it be? A 80% discount on all skins? Or was there a tit-for-tat and novel event plan? How exciting! Pei Qian washed up, brushed his teeth, and checked his cell phone. Eh? 40% off?! Am I seeing things? Or are there other special activities? Nothing. Pei Qian was confused. He even wondered if Finger Games had seen Tengdas summer promotion plan. Tengda had already given a 50% to 70% discount. Why was Finger Games offering only a 40% discount? Could there be a mistake in the ratio, addition, subtraction and digits? Pei Qian was speechless. It was as though a game was about to be released. He had been happily waiting to play a new game, but when he went online and saw that there was no new game. He instead received a bounced notice. Bad luck! Pei Qian did not think too much about it. After all, whether Finger Games would follow or not would definitely be the result of a discussion between many higher-ups. If they did not follow this time, it did not mean that they would not follow next time. He had to find an opportunity to agitate Finger Games again. It would definitely be effective! Chapter 1124 - The VR Glasses Prototype Is Out! Pei Qian had just finished washing up when his cell phone rang. He looked at the caller ID and saw that it was Meng Chang. Hm? Pei Qian was a little puzzled. Why was Meng Chang taking the initiative to look for him? It was almost the end of the month, but hadnt Meng Chang already given up on this months commission? He would only start thinking about the new publicity plan next month, right? However, after some thought, Pei Qian picked it up. Hello? Whats the matter? Meng Chang probed, Oh, Boss Pei, theres actually nothing special. I just heard that Slow Movement Studio and Shenhua Corporation have already produced a few prototypes of the VR glasses. Do you want to try them out? Didnt you always teach me to understand the products before making publicity plans? Pei Qian frowned. Eh? The VR glasses had already been made into a prototype? That was too d*mn fast! However, on further thought, the VR glasses at this level were not particularly difficult to develop. Strictly speaking, the VR glasses were not developed by Slow Movement Studio, but by a department in Shenhua Corporations original cell phone business. They were very familiar with the various businesses, so it was normal to be fast. It was just that Pei Qian actually did not hear any news about these VR glasses at all. If Meng Chang had not taken the initiative to call this time, he probably would not have known that the glasses had been made. On further thought, there was no helping it. The VR glasses were Slow Movement Studios project after all. Slow Movement Studio could only be considered a games company that Tengda had invested in now. It was neither a fully-funded subsidiary nor a subordinate department. There was no need for Lin Wan to report everything. Whats more, Lin Wan might feel that it would be inappropriate to ask for instructions and disturb Boss Pei frequently because of her own workspace. Thus, she would not take the initiative to say anything before the product became successful. That made it difficult for Pei Qian to understand the current situation of Slow Movement Studio. He could only say that there were pros and cons! Pei Qian thought of a plan for Slow Movement Studio to be jointly funded by Tengda and Shenhua in order to chase Lin Wan away. However, that would definitely cause the news over there to not be as smooth as their own departments. Fortunately, Meng Chang came to tell on her. Pei Qian nodded immediately. Of course, we have to take a look! Lets meet at Slow Movement Studio in an hour. To Pei Qian, the best outcome of this VR glasses project was of course to lose money and lose everything. That way, the money that Tengda invested would have been wasted. The second-best result was that the game would not be making a profit or make a small profit. They would be working for nothing and earning a bit of reputation. That way, not only would they not make money, but he would also be able to push Lin Wan further away from Tengda Corporation. The worst outcome would be a huge profit for the game. Thus, Pei Qian had to take a look and understand the situation. There was no reason for the VR project to become popular at this time. Even if it were to become popular, it was impossible to recover such a huge sum of research and development funds. However, there was no need to be afraid of anything. He had to see the prototype before he could feel at ease. Whats more, he had to show Meng Chang how to properly carry out reverse publicity. It was necessary to see the product. On the other end. Meng Chang hung up and immediately prepared to take a taxi to Slow Movement Studio. This was official business. He could reimburse himself and not take public transport! The reason why he knew that the prototype of the VR glasses had been sent to Slow Movement Studio was mainly because he had been paying attention to the VR glasses project. He really wanted to see how Boss Pei would complete the reverse publicity of this project! To Meng Chang, the VR glasses were already impossible to fail. Shenhua and Tengda had invested a huge sum of money. Lin Wan, the successful game designer, had personally done the work. Shang Yang Games original team had helped, and Shenhuas original cell phone department had been in charge of the development of VR glasses. Some time ago, he had even coincidentally laid down a huge foreshadowing: Teacher Qiao. If the publicity plans that Meng Chang made previously were difficult, this project would look like hell. Boss Pei could even manage this? Meng Chang did not believe it. It was not that he did not believe in Boss Peis ability, but he wanted to broaden his horizons. Thus, he had been keeping an eye on this project. He immediately notified Boss Pei when he heard the news from the group chat. At that moment, Meng Chang was like a primary school student thirsting for knowledge. To him, it was meaningless to learn proper knowledge. Such unorthodox knowledge was more interesting! If Boss Pei could really succeed in advertising under such difficulty, Meng Chang would definitely be willing to submit and call Boss Pei the best! An hour later, Pei Qian arrived at Slow Movement Studio. Meng Chang had already arrived. Lin Wan, Cai Jiadong, Ye Zhizhou, the product manager of the VR glasses, Old Song, and Teacher Qiao were all there. Boss Pei! Everyone greeted him. Lin Wan was very touched to see Boss Pei come personally. Lin Wan would definitely ask Boss Pei immediately if they were to develop any new equipment at Shang Yang Games. However, things are different now. She was now the person-in-charge of Slow Movement Studio. There was only an investment relationship between Tengda and Slow Movement Studio. This VR glasses was only a prototype. It was inappropriate to alarm Boss Pei over such a small matter. It was just like how Shenhua Corporation was also an investor of Slow Movement Studio. Would she have to ask Shenhuas President Lin to take a look after the VR glasses prototype was produced? It would definitely not be appropriate. Thus, Lin Wan felt that she had to bear all the problems on her own. It would not be too late to send one to Boss Pei after the final mass-produced version of the VR glasses was released. However, she did not expect Boss Pei to take the initiative to come over! Obviously, Boss Pei knew that Slow Movement Studio had just been established and was worried about the project here, so he came to take a look. He had the feeling that his child had just moved into the school and his parents were worried. Even though they knew that they should not visit him, they still ran over to take a look through the schools fence in the afternoon. The chief designer of Slow Movement Studio, Cai Jiadong, Ye Zhizhou, Qiao Liang, and the others had the same thoughts. They could rest assured now that Boss Pei was here! This project would be stable now that Boss Pei was here! Pei Qian did not know that everyone had so much on their minds. Time was precious. He went straight to the point. Where are the glasses? Here. Cai Jiadong immediately took two prototypes of the VR glasses from the side. After Boss Pei and Meng Chang reached out to take the glasses, he took four controllers from the side and handed them over. These are the controllers. Pei Qian reached out to take it. He fell silent before he could put it on his head. What was with this unique design?! At the moment, most of the VR glasses in the market were of similar shape. From the front, they looked like an ordinary round shaped rectangle or with a slight arc. The color scheme was mainly white and looked rather stiff. On the other hand, Slow Movement Studios VR glasses were filled with sharp edges. They were wider than ordinary VR glasses and they were dark black and had a high-tech feeling with carbon fiber. There was also a V-shaped with a red and blue light changing effect on it. It looked quite cool. The entire spectacle was similar to a V-shape, but the angle was not as exaggerated as a V-shape lamp. There were two inconspicuous circular holes above the V-shaped light. They were the two cameras used for positioning. Unlike the design of the three straps on the top and sides of ordinary VR glasses, the main part of these VR glasses was relatively independent. The straps were not directly connected to the main body of the glasses, but to the forehead protection part. The forehead cover was shaped like a crescent moon. The arc fitted perfectly with an ordinary persons forehead. It was not bare, but had a flat, almost long hexagonal protrusion with Slow Movement Studios logo. That was because it was not connected to the main body of the VR glasses but to the forehead cover above. Thus, the strap did not extend to the back of his head level, but diagonally downwards. At the end of the strap was a long battery compartment. After wearing it, the strap would automatically adjust and tighten. Of course, there were also manual adjustments and unlock buttons. There were pads on the foreheads and near the skin of the battery capsule to better fit the players heads and increase their comfort. At the same time, it was to isolate the heat emitted by the battery capsule. The biggest advantage of this design compared to the other VR glasses that used loose straps to tighten the straps was convenience and comfort. It was very troublesome to wear the other VR glasses. Different people had to adjust the length of the straps. It would be very uncomfortable if it was too tight, and they could not wear it loose. It was very easy to drop it. Whats more, the VR glasses would feel heavier. The first half would be more embarrassing. Through this design, the VR glasses would be weighted in the back with the battery capsule to balance the weight of the VR glasses. Most of the weight was in the forehead area and was not connected to the main body of the glasses. That meant that the main body of the glasses was hung on the forehead area and would not feel pressured. As long as you put the glasses on your face first, then open the unlock button of the battery bank to stretch the strap and buckle it on your head, the strap would automatically tighten. It was very convenient to wear and was suitable for different head types. However, that was obviously not the most ridiculous thing. The two controllers were even more ridiculous! The handles of the other VR glasses were basically a column with a joystick and a few buttons at the top. However, the handle of these VR glasses was more like a futuristic sci-fi pistol. However, the gun barrel was much shorter than ordinary handguns. The angle between the gun barrel and the gun handle was huge. It looked a little like the handle of a shotgun. There was also an adjustable strap on the back of the hand, which was elastic with adjustable length. After putting it on, his thumb naturally landed on the hammer position at the end of the gun barrel. This was a small platform with a swing stick that was wider than the regular VR controller. The pad of his thumb would fit the curvature of the joystick cap after pressing on it. It would not become uncomfortable because the hat was too small and would be used for a long time. The left lower left side of the joystick was a special button that simulated a battering ram. On the left side of the joystick were two round buttons that could be clicked. The size was also larger than ordinary VR controller buttons. It was similar to the main controller size and was more comfortable to press. The index finger naturally fell on the trigger position of the pistol. It was not like the other controller, which was only a lonely trigger key. This controller had also specially made a ring-shaped guard like a pistol to prevent mistaken contact. It could also achieve the function of protecting the trigger key. There was a button on the pistols cartridge button, slightly smaller than the original button above it, and the hand sensitivity was not bad. Chapter 1125 - Three Mobile Methods for VR Games The most ridiculous thing was that the other three fingers had buttons! These buttons were distributed on the handle of the gun. The horizontal was long and narrow, and the width was slightly wider than a finger. There was a depression that fit human engineering. It was just right to hold it. The hand sensitivity of the key itself was relatively hard, and the speed of the key was not long. As there was a strap, it would not be triggered when he held it. It would only be triggered when the hand between the thumb and index finger pressed down. Of course, there were other buttons such as the most basic Home and Return function keys. However, they were not that important in the game. They were not used in the game after all. Pei Qian could not help but feel emotional. So many buttons?! Compared to the common VR controller, each controller had five more buttons. The two controllers added up to ten more keys. The middle finger, index finger, and ring finger might not be very flexible and would not normally arrange for special functional buttons to be on these three buttons, but even if these three buttons were not included, the controller, the malletable key near the joystick above, and the retreat magazine key next to the gun handle. This controller was ridiculous! Old Song nodded. Thats right, Boss Pei. The research and development budget is too high. We can only do more for the controller! I was thinking that there would definitely not be too many buttons. The more buttons there are, the more interactive operations can be used in the game. There are already so many buttons. I dont mind adding a few more. In any case, these buttons can slowly develop and match the functions in the game. Lin Wan took over. Dont worry, Boss Pei. The functions of these buttons have been arranged in the game. Pei Qian: What did he mean by there was too much research and development budget and he could only make more articles on the controller? Youre blaming me for giving you more money? Shenhua Corporation is also paying a lot of money. Why dont you blame them? How ridiculous! Pei Qian knew very well that he had indeed given Slow Movement Studio a huge sum of money to develop these VR glasses. However, he still did not have a clear concept of what kind of VR glasses he could develop. Whats more, he did not expect to create a pair of spectacles that looked so perfect and functional! Pei Qian had originally thought that given the current VR market state, even if he made a product that was better than the VR glasses in the market, it would at most be a semi-finished product. It would still be very far from becoming a truly popular product. However, it seemed like he was wrong again He quietly put on his VR glasses. Then, an extremely wide scene appeared in front of him. Waves crashed against the beach, and the coastline of the island extended to both sides in front of them. They could see the forest on the island, and occasionally see small animals strolling in the forest looking behind them. A translucent interface floated in front of him with various APP icons. There were still some APPs even though there were very few VR resources at the moment. For example, some video software, current relatively simple VR games, and so on. Whats more, the VR glasses were using the Android System. Any Android software could be displayed on a flat surface in the VR glasses. It was very easy to make up the numbers. He had installed so much software obviously to test if these software could operate normally on VR glasses and how effective they were compared to other VR glasses. Pei Qian hesitated. This login interface Lin Wan explained, Oh, the login interface is all made with ready-made game resources because were in a hurry. Its a scene map of Animal Island VR by default. In addition, two other scenes have been prepared for players to change. One is the command ship space scene of Mission and Choice, and the other is the scene of Repent and be Saved filled with spider lilies. Pei Qian: What the f*ck did they make in a hurry?! You guys are quite good at playing. Instead of using the original scene in the game to create the login scene of the VR glasses, you might as well redo it! What if the gamers of Mission and Choice and Repent and be Saved found out? There were a few commonly used system applications that were specially displayed amongst the group of APPs. One of them was the screen button. The demo for Animal Island VR was calculated on the computer, and the wireless screen was in the VR glasses. After clicking the button, an interface appeared. There were a few simple instructions on it. The computer and VR glasses had to be connected to the same internet environment or connected directly. After connecting, he directly clicked on the game icon on the VR glasses. The computer would automatically run the game, and the glasses would enter the game graphics. Similarly, others could also see the scene in the VR glasses through the computer screen, but it would look more shaky. Of course, if they did not want others to see it, they could turn it off in the investment screen settings. That would only show a black screen on the computer. Seeing that Boss Pei and Meng Chang had already entered the game graphics, Lin Wan explained, At the moment, Animal Island VR is still being developed. The DEMO this time is mainly to play some small games inside. Game development was like painting and making movies. It was definitely not done in order from beginning to end. Painting would start with a script. They would continue to be refined after the framework was fine. Filming movies would be based on the filming venue and the itinerary of the relevant personnel. It was possible to film the back, then the front, and finally edit them together. It was the same for game development. Normally, they would first create a huge framework, then focus on some core gameplay and basic functions inside. Finally, they would organize everything from beginning to end and perfect all the details. For the game Animal Island VR, the gameplay such as hunting, fishing, farming, and so on were obviously the core content. It needed to be developed and tested first. On the other hand, the opening animation, the transfer of locations at different stages of the plot, the NPC dialogue, and so on were not important. The priority of development had to be pushed back. This demo mainly tested a few key games in the game: farming, hunting, fishing, mining, cutting trees, making props, and placing props. These mini games might be simple and could be completed by moving a finger and pressing a button in ordinary games, but in VR games, players had to do hand gestures. It was much more complicated but the fun was also greatly increased. The quality of these small games would directly determine the actual experience that this VR game would give players. Therefore, they had to develop and optimize it as soon as possible. They could not be sloppy. Pei Qian and Meng Chang experienced it without saying a word. However, both of them felt different. The more Pei Qian played, the colder his heart became. VR games could already achieve this level now? That was impossible! Slow Movement Studio had only been established for such a short period of time. How was that possible! Meng Chang was completely immersed in shock and enjoyment. Was this a VR game? It was too magical! Meng Chang had not seen much of the world in the game industry. He had not used the VR glasses overseas nor had he experienced a simple VR game. There was a strong impact on him as he experienced VR equipment and games with such a high degree of completion. Knowing the specific principle of VR was completely different from truly seeing the entire VR world with glasses. When he first entered the demo of this game, Meng Chang felt like a baby who needed to turn around to observe this completely unfamiliar world. He had to learn how to walk from scratch and interact with the world. Animal Island VR provided three mobile models: ordinary walking, jump teleportation, and vehicle movement. In terms of mobility, ordinary walking was the slowest. vehicle movement was slightly faster, and teleportation was the fastest. The reason why they provided three different movement models was mainly to satisfy the needs of different players. Motion sickness in VR games was different for everyone. Some people could only use teleportation in VR. They would faint or even puke after moving with the joystick for less than two minutes. Some people had stronger adaptability. They could completely adapt after moving with the joystick for a few minutes. Moving with a joystick was relatively the most immersive method. It allowed players to slowly observe the surrounding world, instead of feeling out of place with the entire world like teleportation, constantly reminding themselves that they were just bystanders. Vehicle movement was a compromise. When entering the game, players would automatically obtain a steam technology balance car. They could use the trigger key as the accelerator and brake control. On the surface, it looked like there was no obvious difference between moving the car and the joystick. However, it was actually different. In VR games, the degree of dizziness in VR racing was far lower than the dizziness of moving a joystick in the first-person shooting game. There were two main reasons. First, the body of a person was not moving while driving in reality. The body of a person was also not moving while driving in VR games, so the game had the same feeling as reality. However, when moving with a joystick, the body in the game was moving, and the body in reality was not moving. This would make the brain feel chaotic and dizzy. Second, there was a difference in the control method of the two. There were only three levels to adjust the movement of the joystick: stay still, slow, run. The difference between these three levels of movement speed was very obvious. The difference in speed between standing on the spot and running would make it difficult for the brain to adapt and cause dizziness. On the other hand, the movement of the car was different. Since it was controlled by the accelerator, the car would start slowly when stepping on the accelerator. There was a process of gradually increasing speed and letting the brain adapt slowly. The brain would also have an estimate of the increase in speed according to the size of the accelerator. This would also help to relieve the dizziness. These three movement methods were integrated in the game. Players could choose freely without entering the settings interface. The left joystick was a regular movement. When the thumb moved the hammer on the left joystick, a parabolic line would appear and point at the target location. Once it was released, the hammer key would automatically bounce back and could teleport to the target location. In addition, a skill wheel would appear on the left-hand handle of the cartridge. Maintaining the state of holding it down and moving the left hand to the steam-balance cart to release it, the cart would be summoned and stand on it automatically. After that, he could use the triggers of the two handles as brakes and accelerator to control the balance cars advance. At the same time, he could use the left joystick to adjust the direction of the balance car. Chapter 1126 - Animal Island VR’s Mini Games Once they arrived at their destination, they could summon the skill wheel again to cancel the balance car and free up their hands to do other things. That was because the trigger button had to be used in the balance car state. Other activities, such as hunting, fishing, and so on also had to be used in the trigger button. Thus, they could not drive the balance car during these activities. Players could choose which method to use based on their actual situation. If they were afraid of fainting and wanted to save time, they could teleport. If they liked to race in the wild, they could use a balance car. They could wander around their own house for a short distance and use a moving mode to walk. As for the perspective, it was mainly done through the players positioning and right swing. Normally, players just had to turn their heads if they wanted to look in another direction. However, the range was relatively limited. Therefore, when players pushed left, right, and back, they would turn around at ninety degrees left and right. The right joystick would not change the vision smoothly because it would cause players to feel dizzy. It would only provide such a huge change of vision. The operation mode was slightly different in the balanced car state. The right joystick would only allow the eyes to look in the corresponding direction, but once it was released, it would immediately return to the direction in which the balanced car was moving. This was consistent with the racing game. In addition, considering that gamers who were afraid of fainting might accidentally touch the left joystick, the game settings also had a complete lock-on and prohibited the movement of the joystick. This teleportation mode was very enjoyable to Meng Chang. Among the three modes of movement, he loved balancing cars because they did not make him dizzy and gave him the pleasure of driving. The speed of the balanced car was not fast. The maximum acceleration of the accelerator was only about 50km/h, and it could only be reached after a long period of acceleration. This speed was incomparable to some flying transports in racing games that had 300km/h. However, because it was in the VR environment, the overall immersion was not on the same level as the computer screen. Whats more, the island itself was not big. Thus, the speed was not considered slow. It was still quite exciting. After that, he tried out the mini games. These mini games did not have a specific entrance. They could use different tools through roulette. For example, if they saw wild animals on the island, they could use the wheelbarrow to choose a bow or use a shotgun to kill the animals. Then, they could pick up the animal skin, beast meat, and other dropped items from the corpses. There was no need to do the entire process of skinning like many realistic games as it was a casual game. That would be more troublesome and look too bloody after all. After animals fell to the ground and died, they would smoke and turn into pieces of meat, hides, and other materials. Players could just pick them up. The entire process required a controller, and the controller would provide very realistic feedback. There was a huge difference between a hunting rifle and a bow. The shotgun was to be shot with a right hand handle. There was an aim on the shotgun which required one to aim and pull the trigger. When shooting, the controller would vibrate to simulate the recoil of the gun. The gunshot would scare the small animals nearby and make them run farther. Thus, if they only wanted to hunt one prey, they could use a shotgun. If they wanted to fight a few more, they could only use bows and arrows. On the other hand, the operation method of the bow and arrow was completely different from the hunting rifle. The left hand would be holding the bow after pulling out the bow and arrow. Players would have to raise the left hand to aim. When the right hand reached to the right side of the head and pressed the trigger button, the arrow would be pulled out of the quiver. When it was placed on the bowstring, the right hands handle would continue to tremble slightly, indicating that the arrow had been loaded. At this time, the right hand would clench and pull. The two handles would start to tremble. The greater the pull, the stronger the vibration. The arrow would be shot once the right hand was released after aiming at the prey. At that moment, the left hand would also have the corresponding vibration to simulate the feeling of the bow being released. Compared to the shotgun that could only be loaded with two bullets and had to be loaded manually after shooting, the bow and arrow could be fired continuously as long as one was proficient in it. The shooting speed would be faster if the left hand remained still and the right hand kept pulling the bowstring. However, whether the accuracy could be guaranteed depended on ones operation. The operation of fishing was completely different. After choosing the fishing rod, it would appear on the right hand side by default. There would also be a parabolic arc. After choosing the location, he would press the trigger button and make a tossing motion. Then, he could start fishing. While fishing, he would be able to control the direction of the fishing rod with his right hand and keep the line with his left. It was the same as fishing in real life. The fish in the game could not be pulled up violently after taking the bait. Instead, they had to walk the fish through a certain method. That was because the larger the size of the fish, the greater the strength it had. Forcefully pulling the line would cause a disconnection or disconnection. They had to walk the fish until they were exhausted before pulling the line. While walking the fish, the controller of the right hand would continue to vibrate. The vibration would depend on the strength of the fishs struggle. At that moment, players had to control the direction of the fish by moving the controller. Once he caught it, he could use the left controller to observe and keep the fish. After fishing, the size of the fish was clear at a glance. He could also hold it with his left hand and observe it repeatedly. He would be able to feel a sense of achievement. The operations of mining, planting, and cutting trees were simpler. Choosing a shovel or an axe would be enough. Mining, cutting trees would drop ores, wood, and other materials. He could pick them up and put them in his backpack to make props. In the game, the props were made on a specific workbench. Players have nothing to do while working on the workbench. Instead, they had to cooperate with the workbench: use their hands to support the materials that had to be polished and assemble the finished product. For example, if players wanted to create an axe, they would have to choose a formula to make it. They would only be able to start making it once they had all the materials. Once the game was started, players would press the trigger button on the left side of the head with their left hand, and they would be able to complete the action of taking something from the backpack. At that moment, they would tacitly prioritize taking the first material used for the game: wood. After taking the wood, the designated area on the workbench remained still. It was automatically clamped with iron tongs, and the workbench would extend an electric saw and polish the wood into the shape of an axe handle. After polishing, players would take out iron ingots and dissolve them into iron ore. The form of the steam technology work desk would quickly change into an anvil and a forging hammer, and the iron ingots would be beaten into the shape of axes. Then, players would grab the axe and axe handle with both hands, and combine them together to complete the game. The other props were similar. Every material would have a corresponding polishing method on the work table. They would just have to polish each component and assemble it. Some special props, such as complicated firearms, could not be completed on the workbench. They had to be purchased in special shops. The props on the work table were basically simple consumables such as axes, hoes, fishing poles, and the like. During the polishing process, players would have to clamp the material with a pair of tongs. During the polishing process, the controller would continuously emit vibration simulation. Of course, these operations could be omitted as the plot progressed. The Fully-Automated Working Platform would be upgraded later on. They could directly throw materials in to produce props. This approach was only to show players the advantage of VR games compared to ordinary games. Players would get sick of it after playing it for a few times and would not appear again. In addition, there was a very interesting setting. You did not need to bend down to pick up the props. Instead, you could directly use the controller to aim at the corresponding props. The props would be highlighted after an aim. Then, you would press the three buttons corresponding to the middle finger, ring finger, and pinky finger. Swinging your hand forward, the steam-powered glove on your hand would automatically fly out to grab the target object. Then, you would quickly retract the object through the gloves steam steel cable and hold it in your hand. This feeling was a little like the design of some hook heroes in MOBA games, allowing players to avoid the pain of bending down to pick up things. Of course, it would still require some practice to accurately grasp it. In addition, there were three states for objects in the game: they could be grabbed at will, fixed in place, and could not be moved. All the materials that fell to the ground could be grabbed at will. One hand could complete the operation. However, if it was something specific, such as hanging paintings, furniture, etc., it would be in a fixed state. One hand would not be able to grab it. This was mainly to prevent players from accidentally touching it and causing demolition. He would need two controllers if he wanted to take it down. As for those immovable objects, they would not have a highlighting effect, and they would naturally not trigger the grab skill of the steam-powered gloves. Players could use their left hand to pull out the list of props while placing the props. Then, they could use their right hand to grab a prop and take it out. They could throw it casually so that the system would automatically determine the most suitable position. They could also use the controller to determine the position they liked. Then, they could use their hands to hold it and slowly adjust it. They might be very simple functions but Meng Chang had to get used to them for a long time. At the moment, there were only some simple novice operations instructions. He had to rely on Lin Wan, Cai Jiadong, and the others explanations to play smoothly. Once the game was released, it would definitely optimize the novice guidance and operations instructions. However, even so, it should not be easy to get used to such a special operation mode quickly. Players would definitely have to explore and adapt for a period of time. However, Meng Chang felt that this was not a big problem. On one hand, it was because many operations were more in line with players intuition and were easy to figure out and remember. On the other hand, it was also because the game was interesting enough that players had the motivation to figure out these operations. Meng Chang played to his hearts content. Perhaps it was because he did not need to be responsible for the publicity plan for the VR glasses that he could experience this game from the perspective of pure players. That was why he could obtain such pure joy. At the same time, he was very happy. Fortunately, there was no need to do the publicity plan for the VR glasses! Otherwise, he would most likely get a basic salary no matter how he struggled. There was no possibility of survival. However, he did not know if Boss Pei would be able to withstand such hellish publicity. Both of them took off their VR glasses. Pei Qian looked at Meng Chang and happened to see his eyes filled with admiration and anticipation. Obviously, he was very interested in the publicity plan that Boss Pei was going to make. It was the look of someone who did not mind the funeral. Meng Chang seemed to be saying: I did not know that it was such a happy thing to see others struggling on the path of inevitable failure? Pei Qian was really speechless. Sh*t, I regret it! Why did he agree to Meng Chang choosing VR glasses as a publicity plan back then? What should he do now! Chapter 1127 - Boss Pei’s Suggestion Pei Qian looked at the others. Everyone had different expressions. Old Song and Cai Jiadong had not interacted much with Boss Pei, so they looked a little proud. They were in charge of the VR glasses and the Animal Island game respectively. Now that the finished product was out, they felt very proud. They could not wait to show off in front of Boss Pei. Even Boss Pei would be very satisfied with such a product, right? As for Lin Wan, Ye Zhizhou, and the others, they looked relatively calm because they had worked with Boss Pei many times. That was because they knew very well that no matter how outstanding a product or game was, there must be a problem in Boss Peis eyes. It could not be perfect. Boss Pei would definitely be able to judge from a higher dimension and see flaws that no one could see! Even if this product or game really reached perfection, it was not particularly surprising to Boss Pei because everything was definitely within his expectations. Pei Qian fell silent seeing everyones expressions. He was a little flustered but he could not show it at all. His character and image must not collapse! He could not show his fear in front of Meng Chang especially since he was looking at him that way! Pei Qian nodded slightly. Yes, its not bad. However, I have two suggestions for changes. You can decide whether you want to change them or not. Lin Wans eyes lit up. Indeed, Boss Pei saw the problem and came to give pointers! She immediately nodded. Go ahead, Boss Pei. Pei Qian pondered for a moment and said, The first suggestion is the logo on the forehead of these VR glasses. My idea is to draw a horizontal line in the middle of the logo on the forehead, across the entire logo. Everyone was stunned. Old Song and Cai Jiadong were especially confused. What did that mean? It was not difficult to tell the manufacturer to change the pattern slightly. After all, the VR glasses had not entered the mass-production stage. Whats more, it would not be a big problem even if it entered the mass-production stage. This hexagon could be dismantled. This was because Old Song had considered the possibility of a new model or a cooperative version with other IPs in the future. Thus, this position might be printed with other logos and made into some removable module designs. However, the problem was what was the point? Pei Qian did not explain much because he could not say his original thoughts. Whats more, he knew that even if he did not explain these people, he would naturally find a suitable explanation. His intention was simple: metaphysics. Pei Qian thought of the ninja forehead cover in some anime when he saw the forehead cover of the VR glasses, especially the very flat hexagon. In that anime, a horizontal line was drawn on the forehead, which meant that there was a huge problem with this ninja. He had betrayed the original ninja village. Thus, Pei Qian hoped that all the VR glasses could be drawn in such a line, which was to hint that this product was bound to have huge problems, fail, and betray Slow Movement Studio. However, there wasnt any similar anime in this world, so no one could understand this meme. Old Song took a piece of paper and drew a sketch on it. Then, he studied it for a long time. Suddenly, he seemed to realize something. Eh, it looks even better after drawing a line like that! I understand now. To a certain extent, this line has changed the structure and layout of the forehead-protecting symbol. Slow Movement Studios logo is displayed in the middle of the hexagon. The two sides of the logo look empty. It doesnt seem to have a good interaction with the hexagonal forehead-protecting symbol. However, after this line was drawn, the entire hexagon and Slow Movement Studios logo became one. It looks more pleasing to the eye! Lin Wan pondered for a moment and said, Yes, I think this can achieve a unique effect. Its very common for other companies to print their own logos on their own products. In fact, even if other than some companies that have their own style, no matter how good the logo looks, it would not look nice if it was printed. If we draw a horizontal line like that, it would be completely different from the approach of other companies. It would show a unique personality! Whats more, this line also represents a break and overturn of tradition. The VR glasses are a product that surpasses the times. The VR glasses that we developed have also made many subversive designs that perfectly match the spiritual core! Ye Zhizhou and Wang Xiaobin exclaimed, Amazing! Weve only printed an ordinary company logo before the line was drawn. It was nothing special. However, after drawing the line, it could convey such a spiritual meaning that is compatible with our workspace and this VR eye product. It also left a deep impression on players! This is probably the finishing touch, right? A true master designer can turn something rotten into something magical with just a horizontal line? Everyone was amazed. Even Meng Chang was a little conquered. At first, he did not think that there was anything special adding the line. However, it made sense after hearing everyones analysis! Coupled with this line, not only did it increase the beauty, but it also increased the cultural connotation. It was simply the finishing touch! Lin Wan quickly said, Boss Pei, what about the other suggestions? Pei Qian cleared his throat and continued speaking, afraid that these people would continue to fill in the blanks and come up with something amazing. Second, I hope that there will be fewer novice guides in these small games. This was even simpler and more clear. Animal Island VR provided a brand new game interaction model. The learning cost of players would definitely be very high. It was not like client-side games that made FPS games. Once players entered, they would know to shoot with the left key, aim with the right key, and switch bullets with the R key. After all, these settings were the same in all FPS games. However, at the moment, there was no famous VR game that had a wide range of players to set the operating standards for VR games. Thus, after coming to Animal Island VR, these players had to learn how to set the bow and arrow, and how to swing the rod to fish from scratch. Pei Qian did not hope for the no novice guide to dissuade all players. If no one played it well, the game might be judged by the system as a semi-finished product. What if the system did not count it towards settlement? However, it was still possible to reduce the guidance of novices. If he could dissuade a few players, he would dissuade a few players. If he could dissuade one player, it would not be too much. It would not be too much if he could dissuade a hundred thousand players. In any case, it was a good design as long as it could dissuade players. This time, everyone was even more confused. This behavior was even more contrary to common sense. That was because all game designers would understand a basic design concept when they first entered the industry: The more detailed and rich the novice guide, the better. That was because you would never be able to imagine what would happen when players experience a new game. The IQ of humans and their games were different. Some people were naturally smart and knew how to play games once they started; some people were very ignorant at the novice stage and could not even do simple operations. Whats more, sometimes players were not stupid. They were simply stuck because their brain circuits did not match the designers. The number of players in the game was large enough, so it was inevitable that there would be a few players with relatively clear minds. Once they did not have sufficient novice guidance, they might be stuck and lost. Therefore, the novice guide would sometimes be very retarded. It looked like it was prepared for three-year-olds. That was unavoidable. Lin Wan frowned again. Suddenly, she had a flash of inspiration. I understand now! Pei Qian quickly raised his hand and interrupted her. Its good that you understand. You dont have to say it every time! Good lord, Youve been misinterpreting everything Ive said in person in an instant. How could this happen? Its your business how you want to interpret it. Dont say it in front of me, alright?! Lin Wan immediately understood. Alright, Boss Pei. Er theres another problem. Why dont you name this pair of spectacles? Pei Qian was speechless. Why are you giving me all the naming tasks now? He could not remember how many names he had already given. However, on further thought, it was alright. Who asked him to be a little naming genius? Whats more, he would be able to get a good sign if he named himself. Alright. Pei Qian thought about it. In his impression, most of the VR glasses were named with an English word. Whats more, they had a certain meaning. That was more classy. The individual Chinese characters were not bad, but Pei Qian did not want to emphasize the domestically-produced identity of this pair of spectacles. He did not want to stimulate everyones support for domestically-produced goods. He could just name it in English and follow the trend. Others came up with names like Quest, Index, Rift. Then lets call it a doubt. Pei Qians original intention was that the success of the glasses was filled with doubts and could not be successful. The word question had a neutral meaning to it. It might be more negative if he used the word doubt. It meant that it was completely uncertain and unreliable. Lin Wan nodded slightly. She might not be able to understand the meaning of this name now but she would definitely understand it in the future. All in all, thank you so much, Boss Pei! Its like seeing the sun. Pei Qian waved his hand, indicating that it was a small matter and not worth mentioning. Alright, if theres nothing else, Ill make a move first. Pei Qian waved and left with Meng Chang after Holding the scene. Pei Qians final move completely stunned Old Song and Cai Jiadong. They had thought that the glasses and game were perfect, but Boss Pei had easily found problems. Whats more, it was not a trivial problem. It was a critical problem that would improve after changing! They could not help but feel emotional. As expected of Boss Pei! Previously, they had heard everyone praise Boss Pei to be god-like. They did not believe it. However, the praises were not exaggerated at all from the looks of it! Meng Chang was also shocked. At first, Meng Chang had already looked at Boss Pei with the mentality that a funeral was not a big deal. However, he did not dare to do anything now. Needless to say, the first suggestion was answered by everyone present. There might not be a clear explanation for the second suggestion but from Lin Wans expression, it was obvious that it had a huge effect on the game. After coming out and seeing that no one was around, Meng Chang asked curiously, Boss Pei, are you really that confident? Do you really feel that the reverse publicity plan will definitely succeed, so it would not affect the publicity plan at all even with your suggestions and improvements on the product? Pei Qian sniggered inside. Which eye of yours could tell that I was giving suggestions and improving the product? Both of my suggestions are trying to reduce the difficulty of the publicity plan for next month! However, they had misunderstood However, he could not explain this. He could only remain silent and refuse to answer. Meng Chang was even more certain of his guess seeing Boss Peis unfathomable expression. Indeed, Boss Pei wanted to prove to me with reverse publicity, and also make VR glasses and games become popular and make money! It would obviously be a loss to Boss Pei if the reverse publicity was feasible and caused the sales to be poor. Boss Peis final goal would be to complete the reverse publicity and earn a lot of money from VR glasses and games! However could he really do that? Meng Chang felt that it was impossible to last two weeks, let alone a month. However, it was obvious that Boss Pei did not treat this as a difficult problem at all looking at his stances. Indeed, he had thought that Boss Pei was difficult previously. That had been an illusion. He should just watch Boss Peis operations obediently! After Boss Pei left, Cai Jiadong asked, Why did Boss Pei ask us to work less on the novice guide? This seems a little unreasonable. Ye Zhizhou and Wang Xiaobin looked at each other, then turned to Lin Wan. We have some ideas, but they might not be comprehensive. Lin Wan nodded. Let me explain. Considering that many players are playing VR games for the first time and dont know how to operate the VR game, they have to go through more novice guidance. This is a problem that ordinary designers would think of. However, how could Boss Pei be an ordinary designer? He must have thought of a higher level! Boss Pei is definitely not trying to dissuade new players with the lesser novice guide. What Boss Pei means is for us to cut down on the complicated steps while completing the novice guide, so that the entire process would be smoother, simpler, and more natural! The best novice guide is not to use large paragraphs of text or voice to tell players how to do it, but to let players know how to use it the moment they see something! For example, put a few raw apples far away from the fire, and a few ripe apples next to the fire. There is no need to tell players that the fire can roast apples. Once players see this scene, they will immediately understand the game mechanism. Its the same for Animal Island VR. If we use interrupted voices or words to teach players, it would be very cumbersome and would also make players feel more out of character. If we use a more natural method to guide players, it would be concise and allow players to naturally learn these operations while experiencing the fun of the game. The most important thing is that this teaching method can also show the superiority of VR games! Take archery for example. Which button to press would completely depend on the designers thoughts on a computer game. Its very difficult for players to guess. Players would only form memories if many archery games were fixed and shot with the right key of the mouse. However, there is no need to teach at all in the VR game. Players would naturally try to use their left hand to draw the bow, their right hand to shoot the arrow, and let go of their hand to shoot. Therefore, we should abandon the cumbersome instructions and use more ingenious methods to guide players. For example, think of ways to let players see the arrow feathers on their backs and extend to their right shoulder, hinting that they could directly draw the arrow from their right shoulder. Let a small animal that knows how to hunt make a hunting action and guide players to do similar operations. Wouldnt it also give players a huge sense of achievement to integrate the guidance into the games content so that players would naturally figure it out and think of how to do it? A realization dawned on Cai Jiadong. I see! If we change the game mode, we naturally have to change the way the novice guides are made. Boss Peis idea is the result of considering the special format of VR games and thinking about problems from a higher level! Old Song could not help but nod. He might not understand game design but he immediately felt that Boss Pei was amazing after hearing what Lin Wan said. However I dont like the name Doubt. Its not a very good word. As the project manager of the VR glasses and the actual designer and developer of this pair of glasses, Old Song was a little dissatisfied with this name. Lin Wan said, There must be a special meaning behind Boss Peis name. At the moment, everyone feels that this name is not nice. The main reason is that the meaning has not been revealed and has not given this name a special human aura. This name will definitely leave a deep impression once Boss Peis true meaning is revealed! Chapter 1128 - Desired Publicity Plan June 29th, Friday Pei Qian was in the living room, sighing at his laptop. He had not been to the company over the last three days after he had returned from Slow Movement Studio. Instead, he went into seclusion at home and seriously thought about the VR glasses publicity plan next month. Pei Qian looked calm in front of Slow Movement Studio and Meng Chang previously, but only he knew how flustered he was. He might have temporarily used his superb acting skills to scare Meng Chang, but that was only for a while. Whether he could scare Meng Chang for a long time and make him continue to work for him and retain the only good brother in Tengda Corporation would depend on whether the publicity plan would succeed. This was too difficult. There was naturally a lot of attention because VR had its own gimmicks to begin with coupled with the reputation of Tengda Corporation. Pei Qian also saw the prototype of the VR glasses. He had also played the games demo. They were all top-notch in the industry. It was an impeccable death trap no matter how he looked at it. The publicity plan would not be bad even if it was made for someone who did not know anything. Meng Chang wanted to quit because he knew this very well. It would not be not for Pei Qian to clean up this mess. However, it was a good thing that Pei Qian was gifted in this area. Coupled with his deep understanding of Tengda Corporation and the experience he had accumulated from fighting the system for three years He finally had some ideas now. In order to achieve this goal, we have to go through a three-step process. I will definitely die if I continue advertising rashly. The first step is to cut Tengdas reputation and this product apart. Now, gamers are all crazy. Once they hear the words Tengda Games, no matter what game type or product they are, a group of people would mindlessly buy them. This is bad. After the release of the Doubt VR glasses and Animal Island, everyone heard that this was Tengdas game. Coupled with someone like Teacher Qiao shouting, no matter how hard they tried to dissuade the publicity plan, it would still be drowned in the sound of players buy, buy, buy. Therefore, we have to let players know that this pair of glasses and game were all made by Slow Movement Studio. Slow Movement Studio and Tengda are only in an investment relationship. We dont have to have too many expectations. Well publicize it for a period of time and wait for the voices of doubt to appear before we can carry out our next step. Pei Qian stood up and walked around the balcony. I have to think of a special way for the second and third steps. Previously, Meng Chang had failed in publicity many times because he made it look like he was suppressing his desires first. He was too low-profile at the beginning. In the end, once the game or product was released, it instantly satisfied everyones expectations and surpassed them. It was impossible to clean up in a short time. Therefore, I have to work hard to achieve the effect of pushing my desires first! First, we have to think of a way to raise everyones expectations indefinitely. We have to cover the sky and boast unreasonably. This way, the effect would naturally be greatly reduced if the actual product does not meet everyones expectations. The second step is to raise everyones expectations. The third step is to think of ways to reduce the influence and effect of the products. Pei Qian sat back in front of his computer and quickly recorded his thoughts. The second step is to film a very conscious and cool promotional video. In this promotional video, try your best to show everyone the ultimate and most ridiculous scene of virtual reality. Add some suggestive slogans like the future is here and use exaggerated descriptions such as the world will only produce , unprecedented , no product will surpass it in three years. Buy some fake reviewers and boast about it. That way, everyones psychological expectations would be infinitely raised. Even if they dont have to imagine the black technology of having tubes inserted in the back of their heads, their imaginations would definitely be higher than the actual effect of Doubt VR. At the same time, the more you boast, the easier it is to attract haters. Whats more, we had already divided Slow Movement Studio from Tengda Games with the first step. That left an impression of Slow Movement Studio being exaggerated, with a title, and excessive marketing. That further reduced the points. Then, the most important third step is to work hard to make the VR glasses not meet the expectations of the players when they are released. I have to make a batch of VR glasses be listed and sold within two weeks, but I cannot make too many. We can also choose not to sell the products within two weeks, but this publicity plan will still produce publicity effects. The higher we boast, the more we might not be able to control it. Therefore, it would be best if the deadline is pushed forward by three or four days. At a point where the bragging is higher, a batch of products would be released at the news conference. That way, most players would see it but not be able to play it. They would be very disappointed. Many doubts would appear online. The publicity effect would naturally be poor. Whats more, my publicity plan is only for the glasses, not the game. Therefore, it is completely reasonable to release the glasses first and the game after a week. Whats more, we must not release too many glasses in the first batch. Thats because if we release too many products and buy too many people, the reviews online would be fair. It would be difficult to muddy the waters. It would be best if we give them for free to some players, including UP Masters. Find some UP Masters who accept bribes and give them some money to say good things. They might be saying good things, but to gamers, they are accepting bribes to boast about the product. If we dont release enough products, we will be scolded as monkeys. Lastly, we can spend our own money to hire fake reviewers to create hype online and incite the anger of the players. Wouldnt that work? Its impossible to get a full commission for a month, but it should not be a problem to last two weeks. However I wonder how Meng Chang, who witnessed this entire process, would feel. Forget it, I dont care what he thinks, as long as he continues to be the person-in-charge of my publicity department. Pei Qian suddenly had an idea at the thought of Meng Chang. Whats more Is it possible for me to use the bad impression that Meng Chang left on everyone? Many people in Tengda already know that Meng Chang is working in Tengda and has turned over a new leaf . There were similar rumors online previously, but most peoples impression of Meng Chang was still at the beginning of the cold-faced lady. Everyone thinks that he is still the person who has no bottom line and would do anything for popularity. Then, if everyone knows that this publicity plan was actually made by Meng Chang and Slow Movement Studio has become partners with Meng Chang, they will naturally have misgivings about the entire publicity plan and even the product itself! If the two worked together, the more famous side would ultimately influence the less famous side. If Tengda Corporation worked with Meng Chang, everyone would think that Meng Chang had turned over a new leaf. However, Slow Movement Studio was a newly established company that was not very famous at all. If they worked with Meng Chang, everyone would only think that this company was colluding with Meng Chang and colluding with him. Making use of Meng Changs stereotype on everyone indeed increased the chances of this plan succeeding. As for whether Meng Chang was willing What was there to be unhappy about? This was his original style. Whats more, he had to be happy even if he was unhappy. Pei Qian checked his plan from beginning to end. It was not perfect but it was the best plan that could be used at the moment. If this plan failed again Then, he would fail. Pei Qian had no choice. The outcome of failure would be nothing more than Meng Chang insisting on quitting. He would think of other ways when the time came. In any case, his debt was still in his hands. There would always be a way to arrange everything for him. Since the mission had been decided, he had to hurry up and execute the first step: to clear his relationship with Slow Movement Studio. Tengda Corporations announcement would be the most direct and effective method. However, he had to consider the timing of this announcement. If he made such a statement without any reason, it would arouse the suspicion of gamers. Why did you announce your relationship with Slow Movement Studio when no one was paying attention to it? Oh, just as well, take the opportunity to understand Slow Movement Studio! That would be the end. Thus, this operation had to be coordinated with someone. He wanted to create a miniaturized version of the game to test the effect. He would hire fake reviewers to boast that Tengdas new game, Animal Island, was about to be released. The system would reimburse such positive praise, and he could do as he pleased. Of course, he could not go overboard. He had to know when to stop. After bragging for two days and getting slightly more popular, he immediately arranged for Tengdas official statement: Tengdas official platform had not developed the game Animal Island. Tengda Corporation and Slow Movement Studio were investing in it. It might be true but it would give gamers the illusion that Slow Movement Studio was trying hard to ride on Tengda Corporations popularity while Tengda Corporation took the time to release a statement to cut ties. That way, not only could it reduce everyones expectations, but it could also affect Slow Movement Studios first impression in everyones hearts! Yes, it seemed promising! He had to think of a way to draw a clear line. At the same time, from next Monday onwards, he would arrange for Meng Chang to film the promotional video of the VR glasses. He would definitely hoodwink the players. He asked Meng Chang to post a message on his Weibo saying that he was working with Slow Movement Studio to be in charge of the publicity video before the promotional video was released. After the promotional video was released, everyone would naturally think that this was another project that would not be able to deliver because of their stereotypes of Meng Chang. Yes, it was perfect! The more Pei Qian thought about it, the more appropriate it seemed. It was Friday. He had to hurry up and arrange the preparatory work. Next month was the real challenge! Chapter 1129 - Gossip That Had Changed Hands Multiple Times Pei Qian looked at the time. It was already Friday. He could not do much. He would first communicate with Meng Chang and get him to prepare before arranging for the fake reviewers to stir up some popularity and pave the way for them over the weekend. Then, from Monday onwards, Tengda officially released a statement, Meng Chang filmed a promotional video, and posted on Weibo to tell players that they were working with Slow Movement Studio Work was on the right track. He would most likely be busy with Slow Movement Studio and VR glasses next month. It was almost time for settlement when he was done. Many projects had failed in this cycle, but there were experience shops and snack markets after all. They were good but not profitable. Coupled with the money spent on buying a lot of shops and the two money-burning activities for the 515 Games Festival and Xiaxia, there was still hope if they worked hard to get a commission. In any case, he would think about the next cycle. He had to think of a way to end this cycle perfectly. Pei Qian made up his mind and immediately took a car to Shenhua View building. He did not go to his own office but went straight to the advertising and marketing department. At the same time, in the advertising and marketing department. Meng Chang was playing games with boredom at his desk. He was not someone who liked playing games, but he had no choice. It was too boring here. He had nothing else to do except watch shows. Meng Chang often had to come up with publicity plans related to games previously. Naturally, he had to play more games and understand more. It would be easier to perform in reverse publicity. He could make a last minute assault but it was useless for a layman. He had to learn more and master it. Meng Chang might not want to work anymore but he still retained his gaming habits. On the other side, Yu Yao was whispering to his colleagues. I feel like Brother Meng was a little down a while ago? He only improved slightly over the past two days. Whats wrong? Didnt the publicity plan of the inspiration class succeed? Why does it feel like Brother Mengs style is becoming more and more similar to Boss Peis? Is he also troubled about Tengdas worries now? The colleague was confused. Yu Yao shook his head slightly. I think not, or rather, not all. First of all, one is marked by the company one keeps. Brother Meng has been working under Boss Pei for so long. Boss Pei taught him his sales strategy. Its normal for Brother Meng to be affected by Boss Pei and have some changes. However, I dont think he would be troubled about Tengdas worries. The two of them play different roles after all. Boss Pei is the leader of Tengda Corporation while Brother Meng is only the person-in-charge of the advertising and marketing department. No matter how much they are influenced by him, their thinking should not reach Boss Peis level. I think Brother Mengs reaction should be a state of dissatisfaction with himself and working hard? At the same time, he was confused. What do you mean? Yu Yao explained, Look, Brother Meng should be very confident in his publicity strategy. Back then, he was at the Cold-Faced Ladys side and could do anything he wanted. He played with popularity online and attracted the attention of all netizens. It was very impressive. However, after coming to Tengda, Brother Meng completely rejected his past marketing methods under Boss Peis guidance. The plan he made was even more popular than before. This is enough to show that Boss Peis marketing skills are far above his! Therefore, the more successful our plan is, the more Brother Meng would see the huge gap between himself and Boss Pei. This gap would make it difficult for him to be happy. He would feel dissatisfaction, pressure, and naturally show a worried state. I think this is the fundamental difference between Boss Pei and him. The colleague nodded in realization. I see! The two of them were discussing softly when they saw Boss Pei walk in quickly, straight towards Meng Changs desk. Come to the conference room, well discuss the publicity plan. Yu Yao and his colleagues exchanged a look and confirmed their guess seeing the two of them enter the conference room one after another. See, I told you that Boss Pei is behind Brother Mengs publicity plan! This time, Boss Pei even came to the advertising and marketing department personally, perhaps because the publicity plan is more important. I wonder what the publicity plan will be next Im looking forward to it! Pei Qian and Meng Chang came to the conference room and sat down. We agreed previously that you would participate in the publicity plan this time. Since you are participating the entire time, you can lend a hand and execute it, right? Pei Qian asked. Meng Chang nodded immediately. Of course! Of course, Meng Chang could not ask for more. That was because he was indeed very curious about how Boss Pei would operate. He did not know if Boss Pei would play any tricks while watching from the side. However, if he were to participate in the publicity event and personally execute this publicity plan, he would definitely understand much more than just watching. Pei Qian briefly explained what Meng Chang needed to cooperate with him. The main purpose was to film the promotional video and announce the cooperation with Slow Movement Studio on his personal Weibo. In fact, it tied Meng Changs personal image to Slow Movement Studios subsequent marketing activities. How should we film the promotional video? Youll take care of it. I only have three requests. First, try not to show the true image of the Doubt VR glasses in the promotional video. Instead, replace it with a ridiculous, exaggerated, and high-tech virtual image. Second, we have to film it with a sufficiently stream of conscientiousness. It might even appear strange and make most people feel very confused. At the same time, we have to make sure it is not very compelling. Third, add some exaggerated slogans such as unrivaled, the best VR product can be bought in three years, and so on. You can express yourself freely. Ill give you enough funds for the promotional video. You can decide how much you want to spend on it. Meng Chang naturally understood the problem with funding without Pei Qian explaining. He had to spend more money. That way, the commission for the conversion would be more. If he was reluctant to spend money from the beginning and only earned a commission of one or two thousand yuan after succeeding, it would be a loss. However, the more funds he had, the more likely the product would explode. He had to grasp the speed. Pei Qian felt that Meng Chang should be able to handle this matter well. Meng Chang was carefully savoring Boss Peis three requests. A moment later, he asked, Boss Pei, are you going for praise after criticism? This promotional video repeatedly hinted to everyone that our VR glasses are an epochal product. It creates an unrealistic sense of anticipation for them. At the same time, it creates controversy among different audiences. That way, they will feel a difference after the product is released, right? Pei Qian could not help but feel elated. Alright, someone finally understood my true intentions without twisting them! So happy! It felt so good not to be misunderstood! That was the way to talk to smart people. Pei Qian nodded. Thats right. Meng Chang hesitated for a moment and said, However, Boss Pei, Im afraid its still far from that Pei Qian could not help but roll his eyes. How could I not know? Pei Qian continued, This is just the beginning. There are other follow-up arrangements. Listen patiently. Then, we have to tie your image to Slow Movement Studios marketing activities. I remember that you have many fans on Weibo. Use them and announce it at the right time. Ill talk to Slow Movement Studio, they will not undermine you. Meng Chang was stunned. Boss Pei, youre really making the best use of everything He was so smart that he immediately understood Boss Peis intentions. He was planning to use his bad reputation to drag Slow Movement Studio down. At the same time, he wanted everyone to look at this series of publicity events in a different light. Meng Chang immediately regretted it. Why didnt I think of this idea before! However, on further thought, it did not seem right. It was not useful even if he had thought about it previously. That was because the publicity event this time was around Slow Movement Studio. Boss Pei had to cut the relationship between Slow Movement Studio and Tengda Corporation before moving Meng Chang out. However, the projects that Meng Chang was in charge of previously were all Tengdas own projects. The effect would definitely not be as good as this time. Therefore, Meng Chang did not feel conflicted anymore. Whats more, Boss Peis gameplay gave Meng Chang some inspiration. Would he be able to make use of his bad reputation in the future? I, Meng Chang, can do anything for the sake of commission! Pei Qian was very happy that Meng Chang had completely understood and did not misunderstand his intentions. Alright, thats about it. Enjoy the process today and conceptualize the promotional video. The entire promotional event will officially begin next Monday. Let me tell you, I spent a lot of effort to get you a commission this time. You must not mess this up. Meng Chang sniggered in his heart, not believing it at all. However, he still nodded. I understand. The two of them walked out of the conference room. Pei Qian left directly while Meng Chang returned to his desk, closed the game, opened the document, and began to conceptualize the promotional video. Yu Yao and his colleagues looked at each other and nodded slightly. Everything was understood without the need to speak. Pei Qian looked at the time after leaving Shenhua View. It was already past 3 PM. He could go home and enjoy the weekend. At that moment, his cell phone rang. Who is it! Why are you still working even though its almost time to knock off on Friday afternoon? Why are you calling me for instructions? Let me see who it is. Ill definitely reduce his departments overtime limit! Pei Qian took out his cell phone, looked at the caller ID, and silently picked up. Mom? Whats the matter? Are you asking me to come home this weekend? His mothers voice came through the phone. Huh? No need. Just do your work over there. Mom wants to ask you something. How much have you saved up? Pei Qian was stunned. Huh? Pei Qian had been home quite often since they were so close. However, the two old men did not allow him to return much. That was because they knew that their son was doing very well in Fei Huang Workspace. He must be very busy with work. They wanted him to busy himself with work while he was still young. Especially when the box office of Mission and Choice exploded a while ago, it made the two old men overjoyed. They all felt that their son probably obtained a lot of dividends since the box office was so high, right? They were genuinely happy for their son. Why were they asking about money this time? Pei Qian answered truthfully. About three million yuan. His mother was obviously shocked. Huh? Youve earned so much money in such a short time? Dont work too hard, then. Take care of your body. Pei Qian was a little helpless. I know, my work isnt really busy. What he said was true. He was not busy at all with work. In fact, he was even living rather healthily. However, he needed very strong psychological adjustment ability. Otherwise, he would sooner or later become sick from anger. Parents were like that. When their son starts on his career, they would tell him to work hard. When he made more money, they immediately worried about his health. However, how much money was that to Pei Qian? For a person who had obtained the System, he had only three million yuan in Personal Wealth after three years. It was still shy of five million yuan even if he were to add the house he had bought previously! It was an utter disgrace! In fact, if everything went well, he could earn three or four million yuan in a cycle. However, things didnt go well. Alright, on the bright side, at least one cycle passed without any mishaps. The starting sum of the System Funds was getting higher and higher, and the theoretical upper limit of income from losing money was getting higher and higher. Pei Qian asked, Mom, do you need money urgently? How much do you want? Ill send it to you in the afternoon. Mom said, No, why would I need money? I just heard recently that the prices of the houses in the old industrial zone are going to appreciate. Youll be able to earn some money if you buy it. I was thinking that you would definitely not be able to pay attention to these news since youre usually busy with work. Why dont you take this opportunity to buy a house? Dont let it lie in the bank and eat interest even if you have savings. Pei Qian was silent for a moment, and then said, The property prices in the old industrial zone where did this news come from? Dont be fooled by the intermediary. His mother sounded very confident. Dont worry, this is definitely reliable news! I have a very close childhood friend. His son is a core employee of Fu Hui Investments. His son said that he heard it straight from Boss Li of Fu Hui Investments! Theyve scouted the old industrial zone. I think the procedures will be done this weekend. Fu Hui Investments is one of the top investment firms in Jingzhou. How can Boss Lis words be fake? They must have heard some insider information and said that in advance! They also said that this news is only circulating within a small circle. I would not have been able to obtain this information if I did not have a good relationship with them. Hurry up and buy one of them before the price rises completely. Buying one is enough. Were staying on our own so we do not need to invest in it. You have to leave more money for emergencies. Pei Qian: This f*cking information channel was amazing! What the hell does Boss Li know? Did he just mindlessly buy it because he saw me buying some shops and setting up a snack market there? However, it was an accident that I bought shops there. I did not consider earning money from the snack market at all! Im investing there to burn money. I have the system. Why are you people interfering? Pei Qian was speechless. Mom, the news that has changed so many hands may not be reliable. Its not like you dont know about your house in the old industrial zone. That lousy place wont be able to develop. Well probably lose money if we buy it. His mother was obviously not convinced. You have to trust professionals in such times. How can you understand investment better than Boss Li? Whats more, isnt there a snack market over there? They said that it will be transformed into a food street in the future and have a lot of food. Buy a house nearby and youll be able to eat there every day. It will definitely become more lively in the future. I think that will be the case. However, you should decide for yourself the hard-earned money you earned. Your mother is just giving you the news. Dont blame me if the prices of the do houses appreciate later on. Pei Qian: Alright, alright, Mom, I understand. Pei Qian did not know who to blame after he hung up. His unintentional burning of money had become an inexplicable closed loop! First, he had thought of creating a snack market to stop the Cold-Faced Lady from expanding. Then, Liang Qingfan had thought of buying shops half a street away. Yet, Boss Li had set his sights on it for some reason. Boss Li knew that something big was going to happen, and he immediately invested in it without any hesitation. Then, Boss Li told a few core employees about this. One of them told his parents that he happened to be Pei Qians mothers childhood friend. Thus, this news reached Pei Qian Everyone thought that Li Shi had obtained some insider information. However, Pei Qian knew very well where this insider information came from. It was a coincidence, a misunderstanding! Buy a house in the old industrial zone? They would only buy it if they were bored and had too much money! At first, this was completely unreliable. However, on further thought, Pei Qian opened the application, intending to take a look at the houses there. His mother was right about one thing. The surrounding environment would definitely be more livable in the future even though it was unlikely for houses there to appreciate. The old industrial zone was originally rather dilapidated and the environment was not good. It was completely unrelated to the word livable. However, the surrounding economy was activated with the completion of the Thriller Hostel and snack market. If he stayed here, he would be able to shop at the snack market once he left. He would be able to eat good food. Everything else aside, it would definitely be very popular. The house near the high-speed rail station might be in a good location and convenient for traffic but it was obviously lacking in the daily life for his parents. There was still a flaw in it. Old people did not need convenience and did not like big shopping malls. However, it should not be a bad idea to walk around the streets and alleys like the snack street. Whats more, the houses in the old industrial zone should be very cheap. It would not be a big deal to buy a new neighborhood with a better environment. However, after browsing the application, Pei Qian was shocked. Why the f*ck did the property prices increase so fast? Such a lousy house is worth so much money? Thats ridiculous! A bubble, definitely a bubble! Pei Qian threw his cell phone aside when he saw the price. Pei Qian had seen the property prices in Jingzhou two years ago. The houses in the city center were about 15,000 to 16,000 yuan. The buildings near the high-speed rail station were generally about 11,000 to 12,000 yuan. At that time, the houses in the old industrial zone were considered cheap in Jingzhou. At most, they cost 6,000 to 7,000 yuan. That was because Jingzhous development was going west or south. The old industrial zone was old and dilapidated. There were no prospects. Most of the districts were old. There were only a few new buildings. Naturally, the price was very low. However, when Pei Qian saw the prices online, the average price had risen to more than 8,000 yuan! The property prices had been on the rise over the past two years but this was a general trend, the old industrial zones property prices could actually hit 8,000 yuan? Whats more, this was an average price. Some good districts would definitely exceed 10,000 yuan. Pei Qian could not accept this! Obviously, these were all bubbles. People like Li Shi were buying and buying crazily here. The others were brainlessly following suit and pushing the property prices up. Cant people think independently now? Theyre following the trend mindlessly. Once the house is bought, the popularity will pass, and the property prices will decrease. Wouldnt they lose everything? Sigh, really. Pei Qian was speechless and worried for these people. However, after calming down, he picked up his cell phone again. Forget it, forget it. Even if its 10,000 yuan per square meter, a 150 square meters house is only 1.5 million yuan. Its not like I cant afford it. Im not hoping for it to appreciate. If it falls, so be it. This time, Pei Qian took a closer look at the surrounding districts. It had to be said that even though the houses in this area had increased overall, the magnitude of the increase was also different. The rate of increase obviously depended on three factors: the distance from the snack market, the environment, and education. The new campuses with good locations and academic districts were obviously the most popular and had the most ridiculous growth. The increase in prices was minimal in districts further away. That was normal. The snack market and even the entire snack street could only affect a small area. There would be no investment attributes if it was far away. However, Pei Qian did not intend to invest in it to begin with. He only wanted to buy a place in a new district where he could walk to the snack market and have better facilities nearby. Chapter 1130 - Saw A House I Like After quickly researching the situation in the nearby district, Pei Qian immediately went out and hailed a taxi. He decided to buy it as soon as possible. He was not worried about the rise and fall of the price of the houses. The hundreds of thousands of yuan was not enough for Pei Qian to worry about. It was mainly because Pei Qian felt that he was a single-thread person. He could think of good solutions only when he focused on one thing at a time. However, it was very difficult to deal with many things when they were all piled together. That was probably a key reason why it was so difficult to lose money. When Pei Qian saw that a new project was on fire, he wanted to start another project so that the chances of failure would be higher. However, he did not expect to start so many projects that he could not even remember them, much less manage them one by one. In the end, these departments rob Peter to pay Paul and make more money. What a sad story. Thus, Pei Qian was more inclined to solve these troublesome matters as soon as possible. Once he solved them, he would quickly clear his brain. This time, Pei Qian changed out of his suit and wore a very ordinary casual outfit. He also changed his mask to ensure that no one would recognize him. What if people saw Boss Pei buying a house here? Pei Qian did not expect the house he bought to appreciate. That was because the increase in property prices was considerable to others but it was not high to him. A 120 square meters house, even if it went from an average of 8,000 yuan to 10,000 yuan in a year, that was already very high, right? However, the overall increase was only 240,000 yuan. Even if Pei Qian were to take advantage of the System, he would be able to earn hundreds of thousands of yuan in half a year. Didnt he only earn eight hundred thousand yuan in the last cycle? Compared to this income, an increase of 240,000 a year was not much of a temptation to him. Whats more, Pei Qian bought this house to live in. Even if it did appreciate, it was unlikely that he would sell it for money. There was not much meaning to it. The most important thing was that this news would cause the surrounding property prices to rise. That way, the shops that Tengda had just bought Wouldnt that be taking off on the spot? Pei Qian was only buying one house. The total price was only a million yuan. Based on the 25% increase, it would only be two to three hundred thousand yuan at most. On the other hand, Tengda Corporation had bought half a street of shops on the snack street. Their total value was more than 60 million yuan. If it increased by 25%, that would be 15 million yuan! At that time, the System Funds would increase by 1.5 million yuan. That meant that the upper limit of Pei Qians incomes would automatically decrease by 1.5 million yuan. It would be even less worth it if the increase was greater. If it was increased by 50%, he would be able to earn about five hundred thousand yuan on paper. However, he would lose three million yuan from the snack street. They would realize that it was not profitable! Thus, Pei Qian had to think of a way to not let others know that he had bought a house here. He also did not want the property prices to skyrocket. Half an hour later, the taxi stopped. Pei Qian did not go to the snack market. Instead, he went north by another street. This area was relatively new. The old industrial zone was tighter on land planning. There were no new districts for sale this year. There were only second-hand houses. However, they were all second-hand houses. There were old houses that were thirty to forty years old, and relatively new houses that were three to five years old. The district that Pei Qian was looking at was the newest building in this generation. It had only been built last year. The overall environment was not bad. It was a distance away from the snack market, but not very far. It was still acceptable. At this range, it was alright to walk over and eat something, but it was very difficult to bask in the light. Coincidentally, there was a real estate agent shop nearby. Pei Qian walked straight over. He might not have a good impression of these intermediary companies but there were many things to do and work was very busy. Pei Qian could not trouble his own employees to help so he could only look for these intermediary companies that he did not like. Whats more, the more stupid ones were the leaders of these companies. These intermediaries might indeed have some unreliable intermediaries who were full of nonsense for the sake of commission, but most of them were just employees who wanted to support their families. Thus, there was no need to be too hostile. Hello, sir. Are you looking to rent a room? An intermediary in the shop saw Pei Qian enter and immediately walked up to him. The popularity of the snack market has increased recently. As intermediaries, they had also benefited a lot. Recently, many people have come all the way from various places in Jingzhou. Some came to see houses and wanted to buy second-hand houses or shops. Some people who worked nearby also planned to rent houses here. He looked at Pei Qians age. He looked quite young, like a university student. He was probably here to rent a house. Pei Qian said, Im here to buy a house. Do you have a house in the Auspicious Garden? About 150 square meters. The intermediary perked up when he heard that he was here to buy a house. Buy a house? Please take a seat! Ill get you some water. Soon, the intermediary began his performance. I think you must have heard that the prices of nearby houses are going to rise, so you want to invest in a property, right? I have to tell you, the houses in the Auspicious Garden are not worth it! The houses in this area actually dont have a particularly good appreciation attribute. It was only after Tengda Corporation opened the snack market recently and improved the living conditions in the vicinity that it showed signs of appreciation. However, the ones with the fastest appreciation are all the good districts near the snack market. They either have school districts or are especially close to the snack market. Shall I recommend a few districts that will appreciate faster? To be honest, the housing supply in these districts is very tight. There are not many owners who are willing to sell them. As long as the prices are suitable, they would basically be bought out very quickly. If you buy a house in this district, your investment would be more profitable. Or if you dont mind, let me introduce the nearby shops to you? The shops in the best location might have been bought long ago, but we can still try some shops that are close. Of course, I have to be honest. The places that I recommended are all relatively expensive. However, the prices are high and they are rising quickly. Think about it. The intermediarys words had the same meaning: this Auspicious Garden might look alright, but there was no room for appreciation. On the other hand, the districts that had been hyped up to 8,000 to 10,000 yuan or the shops nearby had more potential for appreciation. Pei Qian sniggered inside. He knew too much about the shops. The first layer of shop near the snack street had already been bought by Tengda. They could either buy it or sign a long contract. They would definitely not be able to buy it. The second layer of shops had also been bought by Boss Li and the investors. Even if there was a third layer of shops, they might be bought by other people who heard about it. Even if Pei Qian were to fork out money now, he would probably only be able to buy the fourth or fifth tier shops. These shops were already too far away from the snack street. How could they still appreciate? Whats more, the few places introduced by the intermediary were all quite popular. The prices were all very high. To Pei Qian, they were all bubbles. He would be buying the house for the sake of living, not for investment or speculation. There was no need to touch them. Looking at the young intermediary, Pei Qian guessed that he did not understand these things. He was only introducing them according to the current market situation. Thus, Pei Qian was not too angry. He was just too lazy to argue with him. Ive already taken a liking to this house in the Auspicious Garden District. The intermediary heard Pei Qians impatience and quickly nodded. Alright, alright. Im just reminding you. What do you think of this house, then? I think its a more suitable one for the Auspicious Garden. It is unfurnished. According to the owner, he had not stayed in this house since it was handed to him last year. Itd be more worth it in terms of price. However, the owner has a condition: you have to pay the full sum. He needs cash. Pei Qian was a little surprised. Oh? He obtained the keys last year but had neither renovated nor lived in it? It sounded strange. Ordinary people would probably prepare for renovation immediately after buying a house. Why was it empty for nearly a year? The agent smiled. Isnt that normal? He didnt just buy this one house. The owner seemed to have bought three apartments in the same district. Not only this district, but there are also houses in other districts. Im not sure how many there are. At this point, he lowered his voice slightly. Back then, the developer had been promoting this Auspicious Garden when they were selling buildings. He said that this district has a school district planned. A key primary school and middle school nearby would definitely be set up here. They have been using the school districts houses to hype it up both in the open and in the dark. In addition, the traffic in the vicinity is quite good. Its a new house, and its not bad in all aspects. Thus, many people came to buy it, including some for property speculation ahem, investment, and other appreciation values. As you know, these are all developers tricks. Before selling, they boasted that there would be a school district here, but it was impossible to include it in the contract. They only hinted at it in the open and in the dark. By the time the owners realized that there was no school district at all, they had already bought the house. There was no way to complain. If you want to say that the district developers are faking publicity, they are also playing the game of marginalization. They are only hinting to the salespeople in the open but not directly in the contract. What can they do? The property prices will naturally fall once the owners realize that it is not a school district. This is the situation with the seller. He has three rotten apples in his hand and is eager to sell them. The property prices in Auspicious Garden have finally warmed up a little recently so he wants to sell it quickly. The reason why he requested for the full sum was mainly because the procedures for the loan were too slow. He was afraid that the situation would change before he obtained the money. Of course, if you really want to live on your own and dont care about the appreciation potential of the house, I think you can consider this house. Pei Qian could not help but become silent. Good lord, all tricks. The developer had falsely advertised the apartments and the rotten apples tied a speculator down. At the moment, there were no restrictions on purchase in Jingzhou. There were still some speculators who bought more houses even though there were not as many as in other cities. To Pei Qian, buying an unfurnished house was quite appropriate. That would save him the trouble of having to renovate if the renovations of the previous owner were not satisfactory or the quality was too poor. Whats more, he could negotiate the price if he paid the full amount. That was more in line with Pei Qians requirements. Alright, bring me there. Arrange a meeting with the seller if it is satisfactory. Chapter 1131 - Where Have I Heard Of This Gym? Pei Qian, led by the intermediary, took a look at the house . It was exactly as he had said before. It was still a semi-finished house that had not been renovated. The area of the house was about 170 square meters. There were three bedrooms and two bathrooms. One bedroom was facing north, and the other two bedrooms and the living room were facing south. The layout of the house looked good. Pei Qian had intended to buy a place to live on his own, so he prioritized the comfort of the place. The disadvantage of this district was that it was a little far from the snack market and Thriller Hostel compared to the other districts in the vicinity. He would have to walk for a while before arriving. Whats more, it was not a school district and the surrounding supporting facilities could only be considered ordinary. Thus, the price was relatively low. However, these were not the main problems for Pei Qian. Alright, contact the seller and talk to him as soon as possible. If theres no problem, well sign the contract. Pei Qian was very straightforward. After all, as a person with a single circuit, he could stop using their brain memory if one thing was done as soon as possible. It would be beneficial for them to focus on other things. It was almost July and nearly time for settlement. Pei Qian had to spend 120% of his energy to think of ways to earn more from the System. Of course, the intermediary was very happy. It was a blessing of three lifetimes to meet such a buyer! He immediately called the seller. A moment later, the intermediary said, The seller said that he can bring the contract over now. Hell be here in about an hour. Why dont we wait in the shop? Pei Qian nodded and said, Alright. It looked like the seller was eager to sell it. He had heard from the intermediary previously that it seemed to be in urgent need of money. After returning to the intermediarys shop, Pei Qian played with his cell phone for a while and drank two cups of tea before the seller arrived. Hello, hello. My surname is Che, Che Rong, how should I address you? The seller was all smiles. This house of his had been on the market for some time. Today, he heard that there was a buyer. Whats more, he would pay in full. Everything fit his requirements. He was very straightforward. Of course, he was overjoyed. The buyer in front of him was dressed in casual clothes and looked very young. He probably looked like a university student. It was indeed rare to see such a young man paying a house in full. Perhaps he was sponsored by his parents. Yet, he was still wearing a mask on such a hot day. He did not even take it off when they met. He did not know what was going on. However, Che Rong did not ask much. He was a businessman and naturally did not ask too many questions. Pei Qian sized up Che Rong. He was in his forties. At his age, he had taken good care of his body. His chest muscles and biceps were propped up by his Polo shirt. He looked very energetic. He double-checked that he had not seen him before. Pei Qian had been very worried before. Jingzhou was not a small city, but it was not big either. All the investors in Jingzhou formed a small circle around Boss Li. These investors invested in everything. It was normal to buy a few properties. Pei Qian was still afraid that this seller would happen to be one of those investors. Wouldnt it be a scam if he recognized him immediately? Pei Qian heaved a sigh of relief after seeing Che Rong. Good, good. I dont know him. How could there be such a coincidence in the world? It couldnt be that he could run into familiar faces in a random house in such a huge Jingzhou, right? That didnt make sense. Hello, my surname is Pei. Pei Qian shook his hand politely. Your surname is Pei? Che Rong was stunned. Pei was not a common surname. He subconsciously thought of Tengdas Boss Pei at the mention of this surname. However, he quickly pushed this ridiculous idea to the back of his mind. How could it be Boss Pei! Boss Pei was interested in this house? Whats more, even if Boss Pei wanted to buy it, how could he personally come over to work on these procedures? He could just find a subordinate to do it. Whats more, he would not only buy one house. He had to buy a building like Sloth Apartments. Thus, Che Rong stopped this unrealistic fantasy. He only treated Pei Qian as an ordinary buyer. He probably had nothing to do with Tengda Corporations Boss Pei. The two sat down and briefly spoke about the house. Pei Qian asked, Is there a special reason why you are in such a hurry to sell the house? Che Rong quickly said, Dont worry, theres definitely no problem with the house. The reason why I want to sell it is mainly because of some business matters. Well, I own gyms. A few years ago, business was not bad. I had some spare cash on hand, so I wanted to invest in property like the others. I happened to be in time for the opening of this Auspicious Garden. The developer boasted a lot and hinted that there would be a school district here. It would definitely appreciate in the future. I didnt really understand this, so I bought three houses in a moment of impulse. I didnt expect this to be all a trap! After handing over the house, I realized that there was no school district at all. Many people went to look for developers to make a fuss, but they did not get any results. Thus, the prices of the houses started to fall. It fell by seven to eight hundred yuan per square meter to fetch about a thousand yuan per square meter. In the past two years, the fitness industry in Jingzhou has been deteriorating. My business is deteriorating day by day. Fortunately, I have a benefactor helping me recently. The response from the new branch in the gym is not bad. Thus, I discussed with a few investors and partners and decided to invest more and open more branches. There might be investors paying, but this is my business after all. I want to add more money. Otherwise, I wont have any say left. Whats more, with more money, we can open a few more shops and develop faster. Coincidentally, the housing prices in this district have risen slightly because of the snack market. Its higher than the price I bought in the beginning. I want to sell it as soon as possible and recover the funds so that I can invest the money into my gym. All in all, after this lesson, I finally understand that property speculation is not the right path! Its best if I take the money and do my job honestly. Che Rong briefly introduced himself so that the other party would not suspect that there was a huge problem with the house and think that he was cheating. As for the specific situation at the gym, he did not elaborate and only briefly explained it. After all, the other party did not care about these things. There was no need to be too detailed. Pei Qian listened quietly, frowning and relaxing at times. It turned out that the guy opposite him was not a professional house speculator. Instead, he had followed the trend. In the end, he was done in by the trend. Speaking of which the fitness industry in Jingzhou had been deteriorating over the past two years? Why didnt I feel it? Deposit Fitness was doing very well. They were even opening branches without stopping. Oh, Deposit Fitness was doing too well. Wouldnt it be getting worse for other gyms? After all, the market was only so big, and Deposit Fitness had squeezed it out It sounded like his fault. This big brother did not have it easy. He had already bought a house to raise funds for his own gym. The situation did not look optimistic. Shouldnt he lend a helping hand to a gym that was about to collapse? Dream Realization Ventures had been investing money, but investment was investment after all? In Jingzhou, the other gyms business was severely squeezed with the terrifying existence of Deposit Fitness. In other words, wouldnt he more or less lose money if they invested in other gyms? At the very least, he would not make a killing! Pei Qian asked, Whats the name of your gym? Che Rong answered, Star Bird Fitness. Star Bird Fitness? Pei Qian was stunned. He had heard of this name before. However, where exactly did he hear that He had forgotten. He could not recall. I think Ive heard of this name, but I cant remember it, Pei Qian said. Che Rong smiled. Oh, my gym is not big in scale but its a small chain in Jingzhou. There are a few of them. You might have passed by and seen the sign, so you have some impression of it. Pei Qian nodded slightly. That made sense. He would go back and inform He Desheng of Dream Realization Ventures to secretly invest some money into this Star Bird Fitness. Of course, he could not expose his identity or reveal that he had bought a house in this district. The two of them chatted casually for a while more, both of them satisfied. Alright, sign the contract. The two of them hit off immediately and happily. There were still some procedures even though it was a full purchase. However, since there was an intermediary, many things were not that troublesome. Sign contracts, taxes, and applications online The efficiency here was very high. The entire process was completed in two days. Pei Qian successfully obtained the deed and transferred the money to Che Rong. The average price of a 170 square meters unfurnished house was about 8,500 yuan. The total price was 1,440,000 yuan. Of course, there was also tax. This price was not very high to Pei Qian. It was completely acceptable. Once he found some time to renovate and disperse the smell for a few months, he would basically be able to move in once the various tests reached the standard. During the weekend, apart from being busy with the paperwork for the apartments, Pei Qian also contacted Hu Xiao and asked his fake reviewers to brag about Animal Island. He wanted to take the first step. On Monday, when the popularity of Animal Island became slightly more popular, Tengda immediately made an official statement to draw a line with Slow Movement Studio. From there, they began the first step in reverse publicity. Of course, Pei Qian did not forget to tell He Desheng to pay more attention to Star Bird Fitness when he had the time. However, he could not invest immediately. He had to wait a few days. It would be best if he waited until Che Rong forgot about the sale of the house before investing, so that he would not attract his attention. Everything was going smoothly. Pei Qian was very happy. He went home and lay comfortably on his bed, waiting for next Monday. Sunday afternoon. Che Rong rushed back to Star Bird Fitness after settling the relevant procedures. Li Shi was drinking tea and waiting in the guest room of Star Bird Fitness. Its really a sin to make Boss Li wait for so long! I was settling the paperwork for the sale of my house today and met with a traffic jam on the way back. Im really sorry! Ill treat you to a meal someday to apologize! Chapter 1132 - Why Buy In This Place? Chapter 1132: Why Buy In This Place? Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Che Rong sat down on the sofa and placed the materials that he had just prepared aside. Li Shi smiled. Its alright. I just arrived not long ago. However Boss Che, have you encountered any difficulties recently? Why are you selling your house? Were all friends. If you really lack money, you can tell me. Ill lend you some money to tie over. Theres no need to sell your house. Che Rong shook his head. Sigh, thats not it. The main problem is that Star Bird Fitness is opening more branches recently. I dont think its a good idea to continue leaving the money in those houses. Theres no potential for appreciation, so I sold it to Star Bird Fitness. Li Shi nodded slightly. That was completely understandable. Previously, Che Rong did not sell because he might lose money if he sold it. Secondly, Star Bird Fitnesss situation was not optimistic. Investing money into it would most likely be making ducks and drakes. It was not worth it. However, now that Star Bird Fitness had changed to a new model, the response was very enthusiastic. The profitability was higher than expected. There might be other investors funding, but to Che Rong, it was better to invest more money than to continue building houses. Li Shi casually asked, Where is it? Che Rong answered, Oh, the Auspicious Garden. Its not far from the north of the snack market. Li Shi put down his teacup and pondered for a moment. North of the snack market? Oh, I remember that place. I went to inspect it previously. Theres no big problem with the sale. After all, this place is a little far from the snack market. You wont be able to eat much dividends. You can invest more money into Star Bird Fitness with the cash. We cant just say that we are incurring losses or earning profits. We can only say that both options have their pros and cons. Che Rong sipped his tea and said casually, Speaking of which, there was a rather interesting episode when we were selling the house. The person who bought the house was very young, in his early twenties. His surname was Pei. At that time, I was almost scared when I heard it. I thought it was Boss Pei. However, on further thought, how could it be Boss Pei? Why would Boss Pei personally go there to buy a house? Haha. Li Shi did not take it too seriously and asked casually, What does he look like? Che Rong shook his head. I dont know. He was wearing a mask the entire time. Eh? Li Shi put down his teacup. At first, he did not suspect anything. After all, there were many young people in Jingzhou with the surname Pei. The possibility of Boss Pei buying a house there was very low. It was most likely a coincidence. However He was wearing a mask during the hot summer? That was very problematic! Li Shi remembered that Boss Pei really liked wearing masks, especially when he was walking around in casual clothings. He would wear a mask in order to avoid being recognized. Could it be? There was indeed a possibility even though Li Shi felt that this was unlikely. Suddenly, his gaze fell on the pile of materials beside Che Rong. Wouldnt he know who the buyer was after looking at the contract? Boss Che, do you mind showing me the contract? Li Shi asked. Oh, sure. But Boss Li, why do you want to look at the contract? Che Rong put down his teacup and handed the contract over. Li Shi flipped it and fell silent. Che Rong noticed Li Shis strange expression and asked, Boss Li? Whats wrong? Li Shi read the material several times. Obviously, he found it hard to accept this conclusion as well. However, he calmed down and said, The person who bought your house is really Boss Pei himself Huh? Che Rong was stunned. He could not accept it. Was that Boss Pei? He kept calling him little brother when he was selling his house! It was a good thing that he did not talk about his impressive entrepreneurial history just because he looked young. Otherwise, wouldnt he be so ashamed that he would find a hole to hide in? Li Shi handed the document back. How can this be fake? How can I mistake Boss Peis photo? Che Rong was confused. But Why would Boss Pei go there to buy a house? Why would he go there personally? To settle the procedures? This is completely unreasonable! Li Shi nodded slightly. Yes its completely unreasonable. Logically speaking, why would Boss Pei buy a house there? There were so many good districts in Jingzhou. If Boss Pei wanted to buy a house, he should have bought a few villas, right? Why would he buy a house that was only 170 square meters in an ordinary district? Whats more, even if he wanted to buy it, he could just get his subordinates to do it. Why did he have to hide his identity and settle the procedures? Unless Was it because Boss Pei did not want others to know and had another purpose? That should be the only possible explanation! Li Shi frowned and fell into deep thought. Che Rong did not dare to disturb him. Obviously, anything that involved Boss Pei was no small matter. There must be something hidden behind this! However, he could not analyze it with his ability. He could only rely on Boss Li. Li Shi rubbed his chin and began to analyze. Why does Boss Pei buy this house? Invest? Definitely not. If he intends to invest, he would definitely not just buy this unit. Instead, he would send his subordinates to buy the entire building. Own use? Theres a possibility, but its not very likely. A house thats only 170 square meters is very ordinary to Boss Pei. Even if Boss Pei wanted to live in it, he would most likely live in a big flat in the city center or a villa in the suburbs. Putting everything else aside, the flat in Sloth Apartments is much bigger and closer to the company. Therefore The only explanation is that this is at most one of Boss Peis many properties. He bought it to observe the snack market and Sloth Apartments at a close distance! Che Rong nodded slightly. Obviously, Boss Lis analysis made sense. However if he wanted to observe the snack market and Sloth Apartments from a close distance, he should buy a closer house, right? Che Rong asked suspiciously. There were many houses near the snack market. Houses that were closer to the snack market were sold for more than ten thousand yuan. However, even if it was more than ten thousand yuan, Boss Pei would be able to afford it with his financial resources. It was even less likely that he would find it expensive. To Boss Pei, was there a difference whether a house was priced at eight or ten thousand yuan? Why did he buy a house slightly further away from the snack market then? Li Shi took the map. The only explanation is there are factors that we cannot see in this location. Look, this is the Auspicious Garden District. Its southwest of the snack market, and southeast of it is the Thriller Hostel. Its roughly shaped into a triangular shape. If it was just for these two projects, he should have bought the house at the side of the snack street. However, now, there is an additional journey inexplicably. Does this mean that there will be some projects in the future in the north of the Auspicious Garden District? It would make sense if there are new projects in the north of the Auspicious Garden District. This house can focus on multiple projects at the same time. The distance from each project is acceptable! As for why Boss Pei wore a mask and personally handled the procedures Obviously, he did not want to leak the news and attract too much attention! Che Rong was stunned for a moment before he said, Boss Li, do you mean that this house is going to appreciate? Then Ill be selling at a loss! Li Shi glanced at him. Stupid! Would you lose out if you sold it to Boss Pei? Boss Pei will definitely find other ways to make up for it! Think about it. Did Boss Pei say anything to you? Che Rong tried hard to recall. Er Boss Pei asked about the gyms name when we were chatting previously. However, he only asked casually and did not say anything else. Li Shi nodded slightly. Thats right! Boss Pei must be planning to invest a sum of money into Star Bird Fitness in private. Otherwise, he would not have deliberately asked. Che Rong could not help but feel excited. Boss Pei would personally invest? Wouldnt Star Bird Fitness take off on the spot? In fact, Star Bird Fitness was already showing signs of taking off after being invested by Boss Li and the others. However, it was still a level away from Tengda. For example, the delivery of the smart fitness drying rack was done through Boss Li to contact Chang You. There were several levels after all. If the cooperation between the two parties could obtain Boss Peis approval, it would only be to cozy up to the substitute of someone powerful. Now, it was equivalent to cozy up to someone powerful! Che Rong asked, Then Boss Li, what are you going to do? Are you going to pretend not to know? Or are you going to buy a lot of property in this district? Obviously, since Boss Pei was buying a house here, it meant that the property prices would definitely skyrocket! Wouldnt it be the best time to buy it now? Li Shi nodded, and then shook his head. I want to buy the houses here, but its not to generate profits. Che Rong was stunned. Why is that? Li Shi explained, Cant you tell that Boss Pei has always been very resistant to property speculation? Che Rong recalled carefully. Yes Indeed, when I told Boss Pei about my experience, especially when I said that I wanted to invest the money of the house into the gym, his eyes seemed to approve. Whats more, if Boss Pei wanted to sell houses, he would definitely buy the properties here on a large scale. However, from what I know, he only bought this one. Li Shi nodded. Thats right. Tengda Corporation might have bought some houses so far, but its not much compared to the size of the entire company. Whats more, they used them to make Sloth Apartments and rented them out at a very low price. It can be seen that Boss Pei is very resistant to property speculation. In that case, if we buy houses on a large scale under Boss Peis nose and raise the price, we might be able to make money but we would lose Boss Peis favor. It would not be worth it! Che Rong pondered for a moment. Then should we pretend not to know? Li Shi shook his head again. No! Boss Pei must have chosen this place to buy a house because of some special reason. He knew that the price would increase here. Then, after some time, these reasons will definitely surface. Others will still come to speculate on the houses! At that time, property prices will still be inflated. We wont be able to do anything. Che Rong was confused. What should we do then? Li Shi said, In order to prevent others from speculating, we have to buy the houses here as much as possible. Forget about the houses that we live in, we have to buy all the houses in the hands of those speculators now! After buying it, we can learn from the Sloth Apartments model and rent it out at a cheaper price. That way, we would not be able to generate too much profit from this place.. Those who really want to live here would be able to live in good houses. Whats more, this behavior should be recognized by Boss Pei! Chapter 1133 - Clarifying the Announcement July 2nd, Monday At around 8 AM, Pei Qian turned off his alarm and sat up in bed, ready to face the challenge of the new week. Buying the house over the weekend could be considered as settling a load on his mind. As for renovations, he could take it slow. After cleaning up the multitasking tasks in his brain, he could focus on the final assault before settlement. Pei Qian brushed his teeth as he switched on his cell phone to check how the fake reviewers were doing. It had to be said that Hu Xiaos fake reviewers were quite efficient. There were discussions about VR glasses and games on Weibo, gaming forums, and many other media. I heard that Tengdas new game is a VR game! Its definitely an epoch-making game. Teacher Qiao had been trying out that game! VR game? This type of game should be very immature, right? Its alright. Boss Pei is personally in charge. Whats there to worry about? Boss Pei can definitely make any game type! The current VR is not very good, right? Ive tried a few foreign VR glasses. The clarity is not very good. They look especially blurry. I heard that Tengda has invested a lot in developing VR glasses this time. They should be able to crush the VR glasses in the market. It will definitely be a completely different experience! Is that true? Thats too exciting! Its such a huge matter, and yet no one knows about it? That doesnt make sense, does it? I feel that its getting more and more ridiculous. When did Tengda start working on the VR project? Its impossible even if you think about it. Tengda Games is still working on the follow-up update of Mission and Choice. Eternal Reincarnation is still in debt. As for Shang Yang Games, they are still updating the Fitness Battle, including various new clothes, new characters, and new gameplay. Where would they have the time to create a epochal VR masterpiece? Otto Technologies is also busy with the new cell phone and smart fitness drying rack. Its impossible for it to take the time to make another VR glasses, right? I think youre going crazy wanting to play Tengdas Games. Youve even imagined VR games! I think youre either sick or youre taking the unreliable rumors seriously! Thats right. Do you really think that Tengdas new game will be played for you every month? Boss Pei is so busy. Even the female pig in the production team cannot produce so much! Pei Qian nodded in satisfaction when he saw these discussions. Yes, it was basically as he had expected. At the moment, there were two main voices on the internet. The first was that the fake reviewers were brainlessly boasting. They did not mention Slow Movement Studio at all. Instead, they replaced the main language with Tengda and tried their best to brag about this new pair of glasses and the new game. The second type of voice was some sporadic doubts. There were also various directions of doubts. The most convincing doubts were: Tengdas two games development departments were currently busy with other things. They could not spare the time and manpower to develop such a large VR game. In fact, some of these voices were correct, but some of them were not. If he wanted to push public opinion to the side, he just had to emphasize content that would be helpful for his reverse publicity. It was about time. If he continued to boast like this, the popularity would not be able to stop. It would be disadvantageous for the future. A few sparks had just been lit now that there was a little heat generated. There were also some doubts. It was best to drench it with cold water! Pei Qian immediately logged onto Tengdas official Weibo account and sent a screenshot of the clarification announcement that he had prepared beforehand. Pei Qian had not spoken to Lin Wans Slow Movement Studio about the details of the publicity plan this time. However, he had already informed Lin Wan and the others not to overreact. These publicity plans had a special purpose. Therefore, he was not afraid that Slow Movement Studio would undermine him after he posted this Weibo. During the entire publicity plan cycle, Slow Movement Studio would silently bear all of this without saying a word. After the notification was successfully released, Pei Qian opened the Weibo picture and read it again. Tengda Network Technology Co., Ltd. Clear announcement Recently, there have been some false rumors online. In order to clarify the truth and to prevent players from having unrealistic expectations, the special announcement is as follows: The online VR glasses project and game project do exist, but they are not works of any department of Tengda Corporation. The VR glasses project and game project are both developed by Slow Movement Studio. Tengda Corporation and Slow Movement Studio only have a simple investment relationship in the organization structure. There is no clear subsidiary relationship. Tengdas new game project is still in the midst of being considered. It is expected to be officially developed next month. Please wait! Next was the signature, time, and company stamp. The clarification announcement was written in a very formal tone. It also covered Tengda Corporations stamp and was released on the official account. The credibility was self-evident. Pei Qian waited patiently for a while. Soon, many players comments appeared on Weibo. Fu*k, what does that mean? Clearing ties? To think that I was looking forward to this game and the VR glasses. I was fooled after all this time! Why does everyone look so disappointed? Isnt this confirming the existence of glasses and game projects? So what if its confirmed? Look carefully, this is not Tengdas development at all! Whats there to look forward to the products made by a small company that is not famous? I felt that something was going to happen since it was so exaggerated online previously. A small company did not think about making a good product but wanted to buy fake reviewers to praise it In my opinion, this product would definitely not do well! Didnt they say that Tengda is in an investment relationship with it? Dont tell me you dont know that Tengda is investing in everyone? Dream Realization Ventures is not rejecting anyone. They have invested in many companies. This cannot prove whether this company is reliable or not. I think Tengdas attitude is very clear. Obviously, it doesnt want this small company to ride on its popularity. Thats why it released this statement. Whats more, taste this phrase carefully. In order to not let gamers have unrealistic expectations means that this companys products are not as impressive as they are described online. Dont be deceived! At the same time, it also means that what this company does has nothing to do with Tengda. Tengda just invested casually into this company. Whats more, the announcement also said that Tengda indeed has a new project, but it will only start developing next month. In other words, it has confirmed that this VR game has nothing to do with Tengda. Why did Teacher Qiao say that he was trying Tengda Games? He must have been fooled by Slow Movement Studio, right? They told Teacher Qiao that this was a game that Tengda had invested in, and Teacher Qiao foolishly believed them. Indeed, the game that Tengda invested in is completely different from the game that Tengda developed! Pei Qian could not help but smile as he read the netizens discussions. Hear, hear! It was immediate! Once this clarification announcement was released, it immediately cut off all ties between Tengda Corporation and Slow Movement Studio. Whats more, it caused the publicity effect of hiring fake reviewers to awkwardly praise the company to backfire. Of course, the reason why it was so obvious was because there were fake reviewers. It was just that they had hired high-end fake reviewers who did not leave any traces. Through this simple version of raising ones desires first, players had already established the image of Slow Movement Studio in their hearts: loving marketing, wanting to ride on Tengdas popularity, Tengda had cut ties with it. The first step was a huge success. He had to strike while the iron was hot. Pei Qian immediately sent a message to Meng Chang. Hows your preparation going? Soon, Meng Chang replied. Everything will go according to plan. Well post it on Weibo tomorrow and the day after! July 3rd, Tuesday Meng Chang was busy at the filming location of the promotional video. Very good, that felt right, but I have to be more inexplicable. Yes, put on a few more meaningless poses. What role? Think about it yourself. How would I know? Youre an actor. You should have more imagination. Yes, yes, this is good, one more. Chapter 1134 - Meng Chang’s Weibo The set-up was very simple. It was a huge green screen. The male actor was on this green screen, wearing a high-tech tight suit and a specially custom-made VR glasses prop, making some inexplicable movements. It could be seen that this person was very professional. He was working hard to make these seemingly lame movements not so lame. However, the results were not obvious. Meng Chang tried to comfort him by the side. Its alright. Just let the performance go. In any case, there will be various special effects added. Once the special effects are added, it will immediately get better. The film will definitely not be as awkward as it is now. Aright, well just make up for two more lines after this. Then, well officially start editing and putting together the pre-produced special effects. We have to publish it before tomorrow night.l So what if it was awkward for Meng Chang? In any case, this promotional video was called the VR era concept promotional video. The VR glasses in the promotional video were not the real product of the Doubt VR glasses, but a very high-tech and light fake sample. This was not fake publicity. After all, my promotional video was not called a Doubt VR glasses promotional video but a VR era concept promotional video. Concept, understand? My film is to show everyone the possibility of the future. It is a conceptualization. It was not real to begin with. Meng Chang might have almost finished filming the movie but he still felt emotional. Boss Pei, who had thought of this idea, was really shameless. What a strange way of thinking! According to Boss Peis plan, this film was meant to raise the expectations of gamers and deepen the unreliable impression of Slow Movement Studio. The film was almost done. They would be editing it today and tomorrow and adding special effects. They will be releasing the promotional video tomorrow night. It did not matter if the timing was tight. No one really cared about its effect anyway. Meng Chang found a random place on the set and sat down seeing that there was almost no problem with the filming. He took out his cell phone and prepared to post on Weibo. Meng Chang felt a little emotional when he logged onto Weibo again. Back then, when he founded the Cold-Faced Lady, the information on Weibo was full of energy. The millions of fans now were basically from his high-intensity marketing. There were some zombie fans that he had bought but most of them were real people. It was enough to show his influence on the internet. However, Meng Chang had not logged on to Weibo for a long time after the Cold-Faced Lady failed. The last Weibo post was from half a year ago. At that time, Meng Chang was still scolding the people on Weibo who were rumors that the cold-faced lady was about to close down. He vouched for everyone that the cold-faced lady was living very well. In the blink of an eye, half a year had passed. The cold-faced lady had already closed down once and was reborn in Boss Peis hands. He could not help but feel like things had changed. He opened his private messages. They were filled with unread messages. He scrolled through them, many of them calling him a liar, but he could not reach the end. However, no one cursed after that. Obviously, the attention on the Internet came and went quickly. Most people had already forgotten about Meng Chang after he disappeared from everyones vision for six months. However, today, this Weibo post was about to be revived and play its role! Meng Chang was still looking forward to it. If Boss Peis method was feasible, it would prove that his bad reputation was useful. If Boss Pei could use it, then he could definitely use it as well! Meng Chang could not wait to test how powerful his bad reputation was. Thus, he immediately wrote a Weibo post and checked if there were no mistakes. Life reboots, dreams remain. Ever since the Cold-Faced Ladys entrepreneurship failed, I have not found a suitable opportunity to communicate with everyone. This time, I want to share my sincere apologies and gratitude, as well as my promise to the future. My entrepreneurial experience might be short, but it can be said to be a hero. An unavoidable responsibility is that I am the first person responsible for the Cold-Faced Ladys failure in entrepreneurship. I know very well that the Cold-Faced Ladys failure has caused many people to suffer losses. I will express my deepest apologies to everyone here. Entrepreneurship is a high-risk activity. If someone succeeds, someone will naturally fail. I have no intention to push the failure away from the influence of many external factors. I will bear all the losses. In the future, I will provide marketing and publicity plans for various companies. I will work in this way to pay my debts and carry the responsibilities that I should bear. I will be working with Slow Movement Studio. Im very honored to be able to do marketing for their new product, VR glasses. I hope that we can be mutually beneficial and win-win cooperation. I also hope that everyone can support this epoch-making VR product. Join me and embrace the future! Meng Chang nodded in satisfaction after reading his Weibo message again. This Weibo post looked very sincere on the surface, but it was actually full of nonsense. It would definitely cause everyone to feel disgusted! Even though the purpose of this Weibo post was to arouse everyones disgust for him, Meng Chang could not write it too deliberately. For example, he could directly post on Weibo: What can you do to me if I dont return the money? That would be very effective but it would not match Meng Changs hypocritical character. Such ridiculous behavior would easily arouse suspicion. Thus, this Weibo post had to be realistic. It had to be realistic in order to be confusing. Just like now, he would first sincerely apologize and express that he would take responsibility. However, at the end, he would change the topic and advertise Slow Movement Studio. Would everyone think that Meng Chang was genuinely repenting? Of course not! On the contrary, it would easily arouse everyones disgust. Whats more, it would be done very naturally without leaving any traces. Meng Changs Weibo had millions of fans after all. A large number of netizens replied not long after he posted this Weibo. Is this a miracle? F*ck, you liar. How dare you come out and speak? You dare to come out and make your presence known seeing that the cold-faced lady is getting better in Tengda Corporations hands? What you wrote on your Weibo was simply shameless! Thats right. Theres no hint of regret at all. On the surface, it looks like an apology, but its actually publicity for his new project. He wants to use this Weibo account with millions of fans to continue earning money! Slow Movement Studio actually asked Meng Chang to do publicity? Is their brain fried?! Hehe, hes not stupid. In the Internet age, bad reputation is better than no reputation. It can be seen from how he used Tengdas popularity previously. This Slow Movement Studio did everything to become popular. Its very compatible with Meng Chang. Forget it. We can already sentence these VR glasses to death now. Those that are related to Meng Chang are definitely not good products. Its too late! The corners of Meng Changs mouth could not help but curl up as he read everyones comments. Many people were cursing him in the comments but Meng Chang was not angry at all. Instead, he was very happy. That was because it meant that his bad reputation was indeed useful and the effect was immediate! A single Weibo post could make everyone, including Slow Movement Studio, curse at it. There was no one else who could achieve such an effect of slandering it. Boss Peis plan had succeeded again! Meng Chang finally relaxed when he saw that everyone was scolding him on Weibo. Next, he had to edit the promotional video and post it on the internet to boast about it, further aggravating the players disgust! Of course, someone would naturally be in charge of editing the film. Meng Chang did not have to do it personally. He had more important things to arrange now. Boss Pei had already spoken to Slow Movement Studio about the publicity plan this time and asked them to cooperate fully. Thus, according to the previous plan, Slow Movement Studio had already sent the mass-produced version of 100 units of Doubt VR glasses to the advertising and marketing department. In fact, the current Doubt VR was already in the mass-production stage. There was definitely more than that. However, Boss Pei only wanted 100 units. The reason was to deliberately create a hunger marketing effect in the beginning to cause players to feel disgusted. Whats more, these VR glasses were not to be sold. Instead, they were to be given to some UP Masters in the digital and game zones with bad reputations of accepting sponsored partnerships for free. At the same time, they were to be given some marketing funds to boast about the VR glasses. If he were to sell these 100 pairs of glasses, it would indeed not be much. It would not even be enough to fill the gaps between his teeth. However, if he gave it to the UP Masters, it would be good enough. Whats more, he would have more than enough. He might even be able to get to those small UP Masters with thousands of fans. Chapter 1135 - VR Era Concept Publicity Chapter 1135 : VR Era Concept Publicity Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Meng Chang had already sent people to Aili Islands website and other video websites to investigate. He specially looked for UP Masters with many fans, bad reputation with sponsored partnerships, or UP Masters with fewer fans and no influence. These VR glasses did not have the game Animal Island, but only a few ordinary VR games in the market. That was because the publicity plan this time was to promote the VR glasses themselves. They did not say that they wanted to promote the game? Wasnt it normal for the game to be delayed for a week or two or even half a month for various reasons? It had only been half a month. Could that be considered a delay? I just dont like how inexperienced you all seem to be. At that time, these UP Masters would definitely boast about this pair of glasses but players would not have them. These UP Masters could not prove that the glasses were as impressive as they said. Whats more, Tengda would sign a confidentiality agreement with them. They could not mention the specific parameters of the glasses before they were officially released. It was to prevent leaks in name, but in reality, it was to avoid unnecessary attention because of the high parameters of the glasses. These UP Masters were either not famous or had maliciously sponsored partnerships. Coupled with the bad reputation of Slow Movement Studio and Meng Chang, everyone would definitely suspect that they were collecting money to do something. It was useless even if they started live-streaming. That was because if they cast the VR image on the screen, the VRs unique immersion would be completely lost. Whats more, the game Animal Island was not on the glasses at all. They could only live-stream some of the existing VR games. It would not have any effect at all. It would raise the players expectations infinitely coupled with the promotional video and the previous foreshadowing. When the true appearance of this pair of spectacles was revealed, it would definitely disappoint the players! That way, the glasses could be officially released after some time. That was because most of the popularity had been suppressed. The sales volume was definitely not good. Wouldnt that complete the reverse publicity? The plan was perfect. The key was whether anything went wrong during the execution. Meng Chang quickly contacted 100 carefully selected UP Masters and signed an electronic agreement with them. Then, he packed the Doubt VR glasses and sent them over. The effect he wanted to pursue was that it would be best if a batch of experience videos and live-streams about the VR glasses immediately appeared on the internet after the promotional video of the VR glasses was released tomorrow night! The various foreshadowing previously had already filled the players with doubts about this VR glasses, but a portion of them were still looking forward to it. If he allowed such expectations to continue fermenting without releasing the real thing, the popularity might actually increase. Therefore, he had to let the players see the real thing as soon as possible and feel the huge psychological difference in a short period of time. That sense of anticipation would then turn into a feeling of being cheated and hatred for this pair of spectacles! July 4th, Wednesday Qiao Liang did not go to Slow Movement Studio today. Instead, he was resting at home. That was because his work involving Animal Island was over. Until now, the main work of Animal Island was to follow Boss Peis instructions and make changes to the novice guide of this game. The core content and general gameplay of the game had been completed. This game might have invested a lot of money but it was not a game with a lot of stacked contents and checkpoints after all. It was a leisure game. All the plots were on an island. The daily gameplay was also made up of various small games. It was not that big so the development process was relatively fast. Next, he could wait for the official version of the game to be released. Qiao Liang had a lot to say to his fans but he held it in. Previously, when Meng Chang found Slow Movement Studio to try this game, he had said that he hoped that he would keep this project a secret and not let any news spread online. Otherwise, it might affect the publicity plan. Qiao Liang agreed immediately. Qiao Liang might have been fishing in the fan group later on and even caused the blunder of Eternal Reincarnation but he had kept this in mind after that and did not reveal any new information about Animal Island in the fan group. Qiao Liang did not say anything even though the relationship between Slow Movement Studio and Tengda Corporation had been very heated online two days ago. That was because he felt that everything would be revealed once the game was released! Tengda and Slow Movement Studio might be in an investment relationship but the idea of this game was given by Boss Pei. Lin Wan, who was in charge of the operations, was the original person-in-charge of Shang Yang Games. This was the original Tengda Games! However, why did Tengda specially post on Weibo to draw a clear line? Perhaps it was to not put so much pressure on Lin Wan! After all, the title of Tengdas legitimate sequel was too heavy. Not everyone could afford it. It would not be good for Lin Wan, who had just established Slow Movement Studio if players had high expectations at the beginning and the game did not meet their expectations after it was released. Thus, Qiao Liang did not pay much attention to the discussions online. Instead, he waited patiently for the promotional video. That was because once the promotional video was released, it meant that Tengdas publicity campaign would officially begin. Everything would naturally follow the right path! Someone knocked on the door. It was Fish-Catching Take-Outs fixed delivery time. Qiao Liang took his dinner from the delivery man and sat in front of his computer. He opened Aili Islands website as he ate, preparing to watch a video to eat. At that moment, he saw a new update that had just been released. Eh? The promotional video for the VR glasses is finally out! I wonder hows the video? Im looking forward to it! Qiao Liang immediately clicked on the video. The others did not know anything about these VR glasses, but Qiao Liang knew very well that these VR glasses were too awesome! Compared to the current VR glasses in the market, even compared to the mainstream VR glasses that were already commercialized and mass-produced overseas, Doubt VR was not inferior. It even surpassed many details. He had done very well in terms of the configurations, the controller function and overall design, and the compatibility of the system software. Qiao Liang could imagine how the promotional video would be perfect. First, he had to put the realistic rendering of the Double VR glasses, especially a huge close-up of the two unique controllers. He had to introduce the functions of the various parts in detail, so that the audience would have a deep first impression. The second was to list the detailed parameters of the VR glasses, including the resolution of the two lenses, the refresh rate, the machines chip configurations, and the characteristics of it being wired or wireless. Lastly, he had to mention the new game, right? Animal Island VR was a game that was fully developed in cooperation with the Doubt VR. Many of the characteristics in the VR glasses had to be fully displayed in the game Animal Island. They would find a beautiful girl with a sunny image, get her to wear VR glasses to do a few archery or shooting movements, and then add the scene of cute animal characters in the game Animal Island being shot Wouldnt that be the same? Qiao Liang felt that he could use this publicity plan. How simple! The key was that the product itself was impressive enough. As long as the publicity plan was done step by step, there would definitely not be any problems. Trying to mess up the publicity plan of such a product? That was also very challenging and skillful. Qiao Liang also noticed that the name of this promotional video was not VR glasses promotional video but VR era concept promotional video. However, he did not pay much attention to it. Perhaps he just felt that it was more classy. Some things were still the same. The promotional video had already started playing while Qiao Liang was imagining the contents of the promotional video. In the pure white, empty space, a geek with slightly messy hair was staring at the two buttons on the pure white platform in a daze. One of the buttons was blue, with the words Virtual written at the bottom. The other button was red, with the words Real written at the bottom. After a moment of hesitation, the geek reached out and pressed the blue virtual button. Then, a pair of very small VR glasses that looked like a pair of sunglasses appeared on the pure white platform. The homebody picked up his glasses and put them on. At that moment, he suddenly passed through a snowy forest. The camera quickly zoomed in. The homebody was running on an empty, long road in the forest. The Needle-Eye Forest on both sides, towering into the clouds, was covered in white snow. It was also retreating quickly with the camera. The scene changed. The geek, who had already changed into a full set of high-tech clothes, came to a place that looked like a high-tech temple. Dark gray, cold, and angular metal pillars surrounded him. The empty temple hall was endless. The homebody ran through the cold hall. As he ran, the scenery on both sides changed rapidly. Sometimes it became a vast desert, sometimes it became a roaring sea There was also a scene in the vast interstellar universe where the protagonist ran wildly in the starship while the swarm of insects tore through the shell of the starship and chased after him The geeks body gradually became stiff as he ran. His body seemed to solidify and turn into a slide show. He could only make fixed movements with a look of horror on his face. Suddenly, the pure white platform appeared in front of him again. This time, he rushed over with all his might and slammed the red button with the word true. At the moment he struck, everything around him collapsed! The high-tech clothing on his body disappeared without a trace, turning into his original daily clothes. In the end, the homebody took off the VR glasses that he had been wearing with fear and threw them far away. The fragile VR glasses hit a wall and flew far away. They bounced up and fell on the ground, rolling and finally breaking into pieces. The geek looked around and realized that he had returned to the real world. The familiar bedroom, desk, and computer only had a special logo and a line of words on the computer screen. This special logo was the logo of Slow Movement Studio. A horizontal line crossed the middle, and the small word was The Era Of Virtual Reality Is Arriving! The homebody heaved a sigh of relief. Obviously, what he saw at that moment was all an illusion. Perhaps he had fallen asleep and had a nightmare. He picked up the glass of water on the table, stood up, and went to get some water. However,a pot of flowers suddenly became messy in an inconspicuous corner of the room just as he turned around and left. Different colors mixed into mosaics. It was like a game with bugs. Chapter 1136 - They Didn’t Look For Teacher Qiao? The promotional video ended there. Qiao Liang rubbed his eyes, unable to believe what he was seeing. Thats it? This was it?? What the hell is this?! Qiao Liang was completely speechless. He had not shot any of the three things that he had imagined! There was no physical picture of the Doubt VR glasses in the film. The VR glasses that had only appeared once were high-tech products similar to sunglasses. They were not at the level that could be made in the current era. There was no introduction to the Doubt VR parameters in the film, and there was no mention of the game Animal Island. The protagonist was not a beautiful lady. Instead, they got an ordinary-looking male actor to act as a geek. Ridiculous! The film looked alright on the surface, expressing the concept that future VR technology will make it difficult for us to distinguish between virtual and reality, but it only expressed this concept. It was classy but it did not have any publicity effect for the product! The film itself was not a big problem, but the key was that not everyone was qualified to film such a high-class promotional video. This brand had to have a high degree of recognition. There would be no problem if Pineapple or Shenhua were to film a promotional video with unknown meaning for their own flagship model. Everyone sincerely believed that they would produce something impressive enough to shock the entire market. However, if it was a small unknown company filming a similar promotional video? Everyone would only think that it was bragging and deceiving investors. Based on the public opinion online a while ago Most people online obviously thought that Slow Movement Studio was the latter. Qiao Liang quickly checked the comments below the video. Its not bad, but its a little short. Its quite cool! If only such an awesome VR product existed in reality! This was filmed by Meng Chang, right? He just announced that he was working with Slow Movement Studio. Meng Chang is indeed capable. Its a pity that he doesnt do anything decent. Sigh, whats the use of making the promotional video so fancy? Wheres your product? Are you going to be like many companies that cheat investors, creating a high-end concept promotional video to cheat players of crowdfunding or investors?! Indeed, those who build electric scooters, make VRs, and various internet projects all like to create such foggy promotional videos. The films are indeed good, but its hard to say if the products will be mass-produced or not. Considering Meng Changs past record, I seriously suspect that this film is using the same old marketing method again. Its definitely a sellers show! Otherwise, why wouldnt it not dare to release the true image of the product? Whats more, theres a scene in the promotional video thats still riding on Mission and Choice! Even if Tengda invested in it, they wouldnt do that! There were a few more positive comments at first, but they were quickly covered by negative comments. This promotional video was indeed not bad. Even though many details and characters movements were not clear, he could vaguely sense its meaning. However, the problem was that it would change once Meng Chang was involved! That was because Meng Chang had been full of nonsense when he was the cold-faced lady previously. All sorts of fake concepts were thrown out as if they were free. Everyone was already very disgusted by his bragging. This promotional video looked like it was bragging. Otherwise, why would they not dare to release the products? The virtual glasses that looked like sunglasses in the video looked very handsome indeed, but everyone knew that it was definitely a technology that could not be mass-produced at the current stage. It would probably not be able to be produced in three to five years. Even if it was barely produced, the effect would not be good. In other words, the promotional video was a pure concept. The words pure concept were associated with Meng Chang, making people think of a scam. Thus, the promotional video was not very popular. Some people might be discussing it, but a pure concept promotional video could not generate widespread influence without relying on the product. The flash of an interstellar shot in the promotional video made many players unhappy. Everyone knew that Tengda had officially made an announcement to clarify their relationship with Slow Movement Studio. However, Slow Movement Studio still used materials similar to Mission and Choice in the promotional video. Even though they did not directly use the images in the game but dealt with it to a certain extent, it looked even more fake. Of course, anyone could use elements like Starcraft and Zergs. However, using them at this time would obviously be very suspicious. This further aroused the dissatisfaction of some players. Qiao Liang watched anxiously. What is this Meng Chang doing! The film was alright, but why did you say on Weibo that you were working with Slow Movement Studio! Isnt that dragging Slow Movement Studio down! What a scam! Qiao Liang could not help but feel anxious. Look at what happened. Slow Movement Studio and Tengda Corporation were obviously one family. Why were they becoming more and more opposing? Meng Changs post on Weibo had produced a magical chemical reaction that dragged down Slow Movement Studios image. Even the promotional video and all the publicity work in the early stages were falling in an unpredictable and extremely negative direction. That made Qiao Liang very anxious! He tried to think if he could do something to change the current situation as he ate. However, before he could come up with a good idea, he saw someone @ him in the group chat. Teacher Qiao! You got the VR glasses, right? Quickly start the live-stream of your evaluation! Thats right. Why are you still hiding it? You said that you were trying out a new game. You should be using this pair of glasses, right? What do these glasses look like? Take a photo for us to see. Qiao Liang was a little confused looking at the series of @. What did this mean? Why did everyone think that I had obtained the VR glasses? He immediately replied, I havent gotten the VR glasses. I did try them out before, but they were all in the company. I didnt bring them home. The fans did not believe it at all. How is that possible? Theyre already trying it out in the company. Why didnt they give you one? There are so many small UP Masters on the internet who obtained the prototype review but did not give it to you? Thats right, I saw two or three small UP Masters with thousands of fans posting videos! Qiao Liang looked at the discussion in the fan group, his mind filled with question marks. What was happening?! He immediately opened Aili Islands website and searched. Indeed, after Slow Movement Studios VR Era Concept Publicity was released, many small UP Masters seemed to have discussed it and released the open box videos of VR glasses! There were also some live-streamers who were live-streaming the unboxing experience. Qiao Liang did not believe it at first and clicked on it. He saw that a certain small-time streamer who only had 7,000+ subscribers was indeed opening a box of Doubt VR glasses. Whats more, he was full of praise for this pair of glasses. This praise made Qiao Liang have goosebumps all over his body. Dear viewers and friends, this is definitely the highest-end, most valuable, most perfect, and VR glasses that you can buy now! This pair of glasses will blur your virtual reality and bring you into the virtual era in advance! Look at this cool appearance, its like you just transmigrated from a sci-fi movie! What? Clarity? Thats not easy to explain in detail, but I can guarantee that its clarity is definitely not low. You can rest assured about that. Whats the use of this controller? Er I dont have a good idea now. From the looks of the current game, there are only a few more keys. However, I think it would be more convenient to play more complicated games in the future, right? Qiao Liang could not take it anymore. He might be mainly praising Tengdas products, but he had to pay attention to the basic laws and technical content! He could not exaggerate! However, Qiao Liang clicked into the live-streams of a few live-streamers and a few UP Masters unboxing videos. They were basically praising the product awkwardly. It was not natural at all. The key was that the publicity effect was not good. Many of these streamers and UP Masters had previous records. Many of them had sponsored partnerships. This time, with the awkward bragging, even their own fans felt that they were sponsored partnerships. Whats more, these people only cared about bragging. They did not mention a single word about the most critical parameters of the VR glasses. They even avoided answering about the resolution, which further made fans even more aware of the it. Chapter 1137 - Split The Invoice, One With Discount, The Other Without! There were also some live-streamers who started the live-stream after receiving the VR glasses. However, there was no Animal Island on the glasses at the moment. There wasnt even a demo for this game. There were only some VR games that were currently available on the market. These streamers could feel that the effect of these VR games on the Doubt VR glasses was smoother than other glasses, but they could not widen the gap visibly because the clarity of these games was not high to begin with. Whats more, it was difficult to describe the effect of VR live-streaming. Be it computers or cell phone games, the game graphics were the same as the live-stream. What the audience saw was the live-streamer playing. However, the VR game was completely different. The hosts perspective was a free perspective. He looked around and was very immersed. However, the audience only had one feeling: dizziness! He could not take it anymore after watching for a while. He could not even experience the immersion of VR games. Therefore, even if some UP Masters and streamers released the games internal graphics to experience the VR, it was useless because they could not convey the specific feeling to the audience in front of the screen. The audience could not even tell the difference between these VR glasses and the other VR glasses on the screen. Qiao Liang could not help but feel puzzled. Why was he not arranged for an experience with the VR glasses when these small live-streamers with thousands were arranged to have it? Am I, Teacher Qiao, that unknown? Whats more, Im so close to the official platform. Im on good terms with Boss Pei and Slow Movement Studios Boss Lin. How could they have forgotten about me during the evaluation? This was ridiculous! That made it impossible for me to help even if I wanted to! That made Qiao Liang anxious. The publicity plan for the VR glasses suffered a huge setback in the beginning. It seemed to show a state of making one wrong step after another. Ever since Meng Chang announced the news of his cooperation with Slow Movement Studio on Weibo, every step after that seemed to step on the more hated point of the players, dragging the entire project down step by step. Qiao Liang could not help but feel anxious. He quickly found the number of the chief designer of Slow Movement Studio, Cai Jiadong, and called him. After working together for a period of time, the two of them were more familiar with each other. Thus, Qiao Liang could say many things directly. Old Cai! You saw the promotional video for the VR glasses, right? Whats going on? The response was very bad! Cai Jiadongs confused voice came from the other end of the line. Er I saw it, but we did not make this promotional video at all. I heard from Boss Lin that the publicity plan this time was handled by the advertising and marketing department. All the proposals were produced by them. Qiao Liang asked, In other words Meng Chang is in charge of everything? He didnt ask for your opinions? Cai Jiadong: Thats right. Im not sure about the specific situation either, but the Advertisement and marketing department are all professionals. They should know more than us. Qiao Liang was a little anxious. Arent you paying attention to it? Meng Chang has a past record. How can you trust him?! Cai Jiadong was a little helpless. How can we have the time to pay attention! Now, Animal Island has to follow Boss Peis instructions to make the final modifications to the newbie guide. We cant work overtime. Our working period is very tight. However I overheard Boss Lin mention something unintentionally. He said that Boss Pei seemed to be in charge of the publicity plan this time. So there shouldnt be any big problems. Qiao Liang was silent for a moment. Alright, I understand. Thank you, Old Cai. Qiao Liang calmed down after hanging up. Qiao Liang was very worried when he saw that the initial publicity for the VR glasses was so rubbish and had the opposite effect. Coupled with Meng Changs past record of not doing anything during the Cold-Faced Lady period. Who knew if Meng Chang would suddenly lose his mind and cause some destruction? However, Qiao Liang was suddenly relieved when he heard that Boss Pei was in charge of the publicity plan this time. How could the little Meng Chang turn the situation around with Boss Pei around? Impossible! No matter what Meng Chang did, he would definitely not be able to jump out of Boss Peis Five Finger Mountain. Whats more, Qiao Liang suddenly felt a sense of deja vu once he accepted the setting of all publicity plans are actually managed by Boss Pei. Where exactly did this feel familiar This feeling, especially with many streamers and UP Masters awkwardly praising their own game made Qiao Liang recall the feeling when Game Designer was first released a long time ago. Could it be that there is a deeper meaning behind Boss Peis arrangements this time? Qiao Liang fell into deep thought. At the same time, Pei Qian had just finished his dinner and returned to his residence. He contacted Hu Xiao online. How is it? My brothers have completed their tasks well, right? Hu Xiao could not help but feel proud because everything was progressing according to his instructions. Pei Qian replied, Yes, well done. Let me take a look at the invoice. According to what we agreed on previously, well split the charges into two types this time with multiple transactions, calculating each transaction differently. Hu Xiao: Alright, please hold on. He did not know why this big boss wanted to split into many transactions and calculate separately, but since the client had made such a request, he had to satisfy it. The fake reviewers were divided into two groups. The first type was awkward bragging. It was to disguise as a passerby to brag about how useful and awesome Slow Movement Studios glasses were. The more awkward it was, the better. There was no need to worry about people discovering that it was fake reviewers. The other type was to lead the way. That was to turn around and question Slow Movement Studio and Meng Changs unreliability. That was to say that the glasses were only to buy popularity. In fact, the products would definitely not be good. The first type of awkward bragging was using some low-end fake reviewers. There might be a lot but there was no technical content. The second type of fake reviewers were more high-end. The information was real and hidden better. There were not many but the impact was not small. In the end, the first type would definitely be more expensive because of the large quantity, but the second type would not be cheap either. Hu Xiao did not know what tricks the other party was playing. Other people would either boast, diss, or criticize others. Who would hire two groups of people to do opposite ends? What was he playing at? However, since this old boss was willing to play this way, so be it. It was so simple to get money. There was no need to think so much. Whats more, Hu Xiao had long suspected that the other party had some relationship with Tengda. He had a special purpose in buying fake reviewers. However, the other party was too mysterious. Whats more, the operator seems to be changing frequently. Sometimes, he was very generous and did not even bother to bargain. Sometimes, he seemed to be a little calculative, rounding down their quotes and giving discounts. This made Hu Xiao completely unable to figure out the other partys background. He did not dare to ask too much. It would not be worth it if he accidentally offended such an old client. Soon, Hu Xiao sorted out the price list. That was because they were all old clients and trusted each other very much. Thus, they paid a small deposit first before paying the full sum. This is the bill. Please take a look. Pei Qian received the document and scanned it. So expensive! He could not help but curse inwardly. The fake reviewers this time were basically divided into two groups. One group of low-end fake reviewers was in charge of awkwardly praising the game. Basically, they were 50 to 80 yuan per day. 200 people constantly changed their accounts and posted their posts. Coupled with the expenses of their accounts, they spent more than 80,000 yuan in five days. All of these were easy because the System would allow them to reimburse their products. The other group was the high-end fake reviewers. Those in charge of leading the questioning were basically 200 yuan per day. After all, this was a technical job that only experienced fake reviewers could do. He had hired 50 people. He had spent more than 50,000 yuan in five days. That was because the entire fake reviewer activity had been operating since Tengda released the news to clarify their relationship with Slow Movement Studio. It had been operating until now. Thus, these two groups of people had been working non-stop. There was no need to separate them further. A total of 130,000 yuan. Of course, that was the original price. Hu Xiao tried asking, Theyre all based on the price we agreed on previously. Are you satisfied? Pei Qian was silent for a moment, and then replied. You remember the previous time when I said that the discounts for buying fake reviewers had accumulated until now, right? Hu Xiao immediately replied, Of course! Ill give you a discount. Pei Qian quickly said, Wait! Dont calculate the discounts together. Keep the invoice with 80,000 yuan at the original price. Give me more discounts for the invoice with 50,000 yuan. Hu Xiao was stunned. What did this mean? Give a discount for one invoice and no discount for the other invoice in the same batch of orders? What was happening? Hu Xiao understood all of a sudden. Oh! I understand! The department that hired these two batches of fake reviewers is not the same, right? Both departments are looking for you to be the middleman, but the amount of funds they can use is different? Pei Qian: He did not know how to reply. He could only say ambiguously, More or less. Hu Xiao replied quickly. No problem! Dont worry, these details are negotiable. How about this? We wont give a discount for the first sum. Well continue with the original price: 86,500 yuan. Ill give you a 30% discount for the second stroke! A total of 38,360 yuan. Ill round down to 38,000 yuan, how about that! Pei Qian suddenly felt pain. Meng Chang, Meng Chang, I spent a lot of money to keep you in the advertising department! 38,000 yuan was enough for you to get a basic salary for a year. Oh, right. Now that his base salary had risen, he could get it in nine months. If the situation was optimistic and he could get a guaranteed commission, it would only take six months, half a year. Pei Qian could not help but shake his head halfway through his thoughts. Why am I doing this! The 38,000 yuan was a little painful to Pei Qian. However, he had no other choice. He could not bear to lose this child. It would be worth it if this 38,000 yuan investment could make Meng Chang continue to work hard for him in exchange for the VR glasses project being unprofitable! Chapter 1138 - Naturally” Investing in Star Bird Fitness July 5th, Thursday. At Dream Realization Ventures. He Desheng handled the daily affairs of the investment firm as usual. He felt that his work had been rather boring recently. That was because Dream Realization Ventures was no longer the same as before. Previously, Boss Pei had personally directed Dream Realization Ventures to invest in shared phone booths and Fully-Automated Bickering Machines. How interesting! He Desheng had been in the investment industry for a long time. That was the most eye-opening and happiest time for him. He Desheng felt like he was witnessing an investment miracle as he watched these projects that looked like they would lose everything if he invested money. However, Boss Pei was less involved personally in such investments as Tengda Corporations work became more. Boss Pei was no longer in charge of the specific matters of investment. He left a living investment myth in Jingzhou. It was a real pity to some. It was the happiest thing for He Desheng to be able to see Boss Peis godly operations up close. However, he no longer had such good luck. Boss Pei left Dream Realization Ventures a few brilliant plans after he stopped being in charge of investments. First, he wanted He Desheng to invest without prejudice. The initial investment would be the same amount. If the investment incurred losses, he would continue to invest. If the investment earned money, he would withdraw. At first, He Desheng thought that the investment method was ridiculous. However, after running it for a while, he realized that it had magically formed a screening mechanism. Those who wanted to cheat money with high valuations would not be able to deceive Dream Realization Ventures because Dream Realization Ventures had already run away after making a small profit. Dream Realization Ventures would continue to invest in companies that really needed money until it turned its losses into profits and obtained returns. Coupled with the mechanism of sending financial overseers to the relevant companies to supervise eliminated the possibility of these companies scamming money and transferring their assets. Dream Realization Ventures formulaic investment could actually stabilize profits. Finally, Boss Peis biggest killer move: Cold-Faced Lady! Boss Pei might no longer be in charge of the specific affairs of Dream Realization Ventures but he took time out of his busy schedule to make an example of Meng Chang after realizing that Meng Chang was trying to cheat money. Through Meng Changs experience, he made those entrepreneurs who wanted to come to Tengda to cheat money stay away. Who would dare to come to Tengda to cheat money with Meng Changs intelligence? He was afraid that even if he managed to fool Boss Pei for a while, he would not be able to escape Boss Peis sharp eyes. He would still have to bear the consequences in the future. Of course, there were still some entrepreneurs who genuinely wanted to start their own businesses. They also sincerely lost money. That was because entrepreneurship was a high risk to begin with. Failure was the norm. However, Dream Realization Ventures continued to invest in these projects. This was a type of trial error. If he invested in ten projects, nine would lose money. However, if he earned one, he would be able to earn back what he had lost previously. The other investment firms basically operated in this way, but the success rate was different. That made He Desheng, the person-in-charge, a little bored. Of course, he was not completely an overseer. He would watch many investment projects. It was just like many automatic software that needed someone to watch and correct their mistakes. Such a Fully-Automated Investment mechanism might be very relaxed and happy but it would still feel a little boring after some time. He missed the days when he was investing with Boss Pei. Suddenly, He Deshengs cell phone rang. A notification popped up on his schedule: Invest in Star Bird Fitness. He Desheng quickly recalled what had happened. Thats right. Boss Pei called me on Monday morning and asked me to naturally invest a sum of money into Star Bird Fitness in a few days. Its already Thursday. It should be about time. However, Boss Pei said that it has to be natural. How exactly can I make it appear natural He Desheng pondered for a moment and quickly had an idea. It would be unnatural to call the boss of Star Bird Fitness directly and say that he wanted to invest. That was because all the bosses in Jingzhou knew that Dream Realization Ventures money was the best but also the worst. They said that Dream Realization Ventures had the lowest threshold. They would invest in projects that were passable. Then, they would send the finance department and follow the process. They were unlike other investment firms who had to think of ways to persuade investors to show their potential. It was not easy to get it, but there were too many companies that wanted to be invested into by Dream Realization Ventures. There was a long queue, and he did not know when it would be his turn to follow Dream Realization Ventures process. It was obviously not normal for Dream Realization Ventures to take the initiative to talk about investing. Naturally, it did not meet Boss Peis natural requirements. However, He Desheng had a way. He looked through the investment proposal that Dream Realization Ventures had received in the past few months and found the investment proposal for Star Bird Fitness. Obviously, the boss of Star Bird Fitness, Che Rong, had sought Dream Realization Ventures investment a long time ago. However, he had waited in line for too long and could no longer wait. He Desheng took a look. According to the normal queue process, it would take another three or four months to get Star Bird Fitness. That was even though Star Bird Fitness was a local company in Jingzhou. It had submitted its investment proposal earlier and had higher priority in Dream Realization Ventures. However, the specific investment schedule of Dream Realization Ventures would never be announced to the public. No one knew when or which company it was. Thus, he could naturally focus on this point. He Desheng thought about it, he just had to bring forward the investment schedule for Star Bird Fitness. The boss of Star Bird Fitness would not know where the process had reached. Wouldnt that be fulfilling Boss Peis natural request? At that thought, He Desheng operated in secret. He added a plug to Star Bird Fitness on the internal system and entered the investment project in advance. The company that Boss Pei wants to invest in is definitely not an ordinary company. There must be something special. Whats more, this is a gym. Boss Pei actually wants to invest in a gym when Tengda Corporation already has Deposit Fitness? This task must be much more important than I imagined. Boss Pei might have repeatedly emphasized that this is a small matter but He Desheng knew very well that what Boss Pei personally instructed was never a small matter. The so-called small matter was only a small matter compared to Boss Peis other work. It was the most important matter to any department when the order reached the departments! He Desheng made some preparations, looked up some information about Star Bird Fitness, and then called Che Rong using the number left on the investment plan. He was prepared to naturally discuss the details of the investment with him. Alright, alright. Thats settled for now! Boss He, thank you so much! This investment is indeed very important to Star Bird Fitness! Che Rong hung up gratefully in Star Bird Fitness. Li Shi asked with concern, Has Dream Realization Ventures decided to invest in Star Bird Fitness? Che Rong was elated. Thats right! It was given the highest rating in the internal department! Even though Dream Realization Ventures Boss He did not say it explicitly and everything seemed to be going according to the normal process, it was obviously because they were informed by Boss Pei in advance! Li Shi was elated as well. Thats great! Its exactly as I expected! Boss Pei and He Desheng had predicted that this would be done without anyone knowing. After all, everything that He Desheng did was according to Dream Realization Ventures process. Logically speaking, why would Che Rong link the last weekend I met a young man with the surname Pei and this Thursday I obtained Dream Realization Ventures together? It looked completely unrelated. However, Pei Qian had overlooked one point: Che Rong had Boss Lis guidance In fact, the reason why Pei Qian felt that the name Star Bird Fitness was a little familiar was also because Li Shi had mentioned it when he ate with Pei Qian and Bao Xu at the nameless restaurant. However, at that time, Pei Qian had no idea what Star Bird Fitness was. He was also focused on Jingzhou TVs interview with the snack market, so he did not pay much attention to it. Thus, Pei Qian thought that this matter would be done without anyone knowing. However, Che Rong and Li Shi had been waiting for this call for a long time. Che Rong could not help but raise his thumb. Boss Li, your grasp of Boss Peis mentality is really on point! Li Shi laughed. Its a small matter. Dream Realization Ventures money could allow Star Bird Fitness to open more branches, buy more equipment, and expand faster. Of course, that went without saying. Even though the other investors and Che Rong had invested in it. However, it was definitely never enough in such a rapidly expanding period. The faster Star Bird Fitness was developed, the more it could seize the commercial space in Jingzhou and even Handong Province apart from Deposit Fitness. However, that was not the most important thing. Li Shi had already analyzed it for Che Rong. There were two key points to Boss Peis investment. First of all, this meant that Boss Pei had already accepted Star Bird Fitness and allowed it to integrate into Tengda Corporations system. This official recognition was equivalent to hugging his thigh tightly and was not afraid of falling down in the future. Second, this meant that Boss Pei recognized the business model of Star Bird Fitness. This undoubtedly indicated that Star Bird Fitness had a high chance of success! Why were so many companies so happy after being invested by Dream Realization Ventures? Why were they not so happy when other companies invested? It was not all about money. The key was that everyone knew that obtaining Dream Realization Ventures investment, especially Boss Peis personal investment, was almost guaranteed success! It was not because of superstition or metaphysics, but because of Boss Peis 100% investment success rate. The God of Investment in Jingzhou wouldnt be messing around with you, alright! Thus, Li Shi and Che Rong were very happy after receiving this investment. Next is to open branches as soon as possible and quickly spread the business model of Star Bird Fitness! Of course, we also have to take note of the training and details. However, these shouldnt be difficult. Chapter 1139 - An Old Friend Came to Jingzhou It was very troublesome to open traditional gyms. The key was sales and private training talents. It was not easy to find. If the gyms sales were not good and they could not get a membership, the coach did not have any muscles and left an unreliable first impression on the customers, the gym would probably lose money even if it opened. However, Star Bird Fitness was different. It took a different route. The gym was filled with smart fitness drying racks and aerobic equipment. The daily training schedule was arranged by Fitness Battle. Sales and private training could be axed. He only needed to retain positions like manager and front desk. At most, he would hire three or four professional fitness trainers to answer questions on the spot. Such personnel training was much simpler than traditional training. Whats more, the expenses of the gym had been reduced by a lot after removing the cost of these people. The timetable fees, monthly fees, and other charging models were very flexible. They were not as pressured as traditional gyms to earn money. They could also reduce the fees slightly. This lightweight fitness model was actually very popular among young people and office workers. Li Shi and the other investors had been buying a large number of properties in the name of the company over the past few days. Che Rong was working hard on expanding Star Bird Fitness and opening branches. Everything was progressing in an orderly manner. July 6th, Friday. Pei Qian was checking the reports of the various departments in his office. Dream Realization Ventures has already invested in Star Bird Fitness. He Desheng is still reliable. Yes, He Desheng did quite well. Not bad. Star Bird Fitness should be able to snatch some of Deposit Fitness market when it develops since we are both gyms, right? On the other hand, GOG The summer promotion has been running for so long. Whats Finger Games reaction?! Pei Qian flipped through Tengda Games reports for a long time, including Shang Yang Games. However, he could not find any information about their summer promotion. This meant that there were no problems with the summer promotion until now. Everything was smoothly carried out according to the original plan. However, that was the biggest problem! Was that what Finger Games was doing? Pei Qian had carefully prepared for this summer promotional event. He had bargained with the system and considered Finger Games bottom line. It had not been easy for him to come up with a friendly promotional plan for everyone. In the end, on June 26th, when Finger Games started their promotional activities, they insisted on giving 40% discounts to go head on with Tengdas 50% to 70% discounts. Pei Qian decided to wait as he felt disappointed. What if Finger Games did not reach a consensus and needed further discussion? He had waited for this day after so long. It had been more than a week since the summer event. It should end next Wednesday. Pei Qian could not sit still anymore. When will Finger Games burn money with me?! He could not wait any longer! Sigh, look at Finger Games. Im afraid we wont be able to squeeze out anything in the short term. Forget it, let them recuperate. Ill forget about it this time. Ill burn money with them in the next cycle. Pei Qian felt that this could not continue seeing no response from Finger Games. GOGs summer promotional activities had to enter the next stage even if Finger Games did not react. Finger Games might be fearless now and would not react no matter how stimulating it was but Pei Qian still had to continue spending money for the settlement. Previously, Pei Qian did not set the first stage of the summer promotion event to be too far-fetching in order to take care of Finger Games fragile soul. He left some room. Now, he could go all out. It was fine if Finger Games did not follow this time. In any case, there were still many opportunities in the future. Pei Qian quickly decided on the promotional plan for the second half of the summer promotional event. Pei Qian sighed silently as he read the proposal. Sigh, how hopeless. It was like he had agreed to compete with the other party but was stood up by the other party. He could only hit the sandbag helplessly that he had praised for three days angrily. It was hard to find a good friend! July 8th, Sunday. Shanghai high-speed rail station. Boss Zhao, theres no need to send me off. Go back. Its not my first time in Jingzhou. Eric held his suitcase and said goodbye to Zhao Xuming. Zhao Xuming was still a little sad. However, when you return, youll land in Shanghai and fly straight to Europe. We would not have a chance to meet again then. Youre making it sound serious, but I think this is most likely just a routine report. You might be overthinking. Eric shook his head. I have a feeling and know what the higher-ups are thinking. Nothing good will happen if they want me to go back before the summer event ends. Zhao Xuming said angrily, In my opinion, Boss Peis second-stage summer promotion event on Friday was definitely premeditated! This is a psychological attack! Its simply like playing with all the shells as fireworks after winning and showing off! Eric sighed. What can we do? Eric was helpless about this summer promotional event. He wanted to burn money with Boss Pei. It was easy to talk to Finger Games, but Dayak Corporation could no longer accept it. This time, Eric did not fly to Los Angeles to meet the upper echelons of Finger Games, but to Europe to meet the upper echelons of Dayak Corporation. There was a fundamental difference between the two. He might not have said what it was exactly but it was not a very positive signal to rush around the other higher-ups of Finger Games to summon Eric during the summer rush. Eric was fundamentally different from Chrtien as the person-in-charge of the China region. Chrtien was originally one of the core designers in Finger Games, but Eric was originally a high-level executive of Dayak Corporations media business. Dayak Corporation had rejected the person-in-charge of Finger Games original China region and parachuted Eric in when he first became the person-in-charge of the Chinese region. Eric might have to report to the upper echelons of Finger Games in his daily work but he obviously still represented Dayak Corporation. Eric had a premonition that he might still have a chance to return to Shanghai. However, even if he returned, it would probably not be the current situation. Thus, he planned to make a trip to Jingzhou before leaving. It would be best if he could meet Boss Pei. If not, he could at least see how Jingzhou looked now. Tengdas various industries were expanding rapidly from the discussions online. They were no longer satisfied with Jingzhou or even Handong Province. All sorts of physical industries had already taken root in first-tier cities like Beijing and Shanghai. Even Shanghai had opened branches of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Fish-Catching Take-Out, and Deposit Fitness. In that case, what would it be like in Jingzhou, where Tengdas headquarters was located? Eric walked into the high-speed rail station after waving goodbye to Zhao Xuming. Zhao Xuming got into the car with a melancholic expression. Sigh, actually working with Eric is not bad. At the very least, he would fight to take the blame. I hope you dont change the person-in-charge. IOIs current revenue might not be as good as expected but it is still making money. Zhao Xuming sighed. He knew that he could not say anything about this. Who knew what the upper echelons of Dayak Corporation were thinking? July 9th, Monday Pei Qian was still sleeping at 9 AM when his cell phone rang. He glanced at the caller ID. It was an unknown number from Shanghai. Pei Qian picked up his phone. Hello? A slightly accented foreigners voice came from the phone. Boss Pei, its not easy to get your phone number Pei Qian was stunned for a moment, but then recalled this voice. Eric! His voice was not very recognizable, but he was a foreigner after all. He had an accent, and Pei Qian knew very few foreigners who spoke Mandarin. Thus, he immediately remembered. Pei Qian instinctively felt excited when he heard Erics voice. Could it be? You want to burn money with me? Was he here to issue a challenge? He looked at the date. It was only July 9th. There were still three days until the end of July 11ths summer promotion. He might only have one tail left, but he would still be welcomed if he was willing to burn money with me! Pei Qian could not help but smile. So its you, Brother Eric! Why did you think of calling me today? Eric corrected him speechlessly. Not today. I arrived in Jingzhou yesterday. Ive been wanting to call you. In the end, I asked a few of Tengdas employees. They said that they did not work during the weekend and could not disturb your rest. They were unwilling to give me your phone number. I didnt get your number until it was time for work this morning. Its a good thing that the air tickets I booked are for around 8 PM tonight. Otherwise, I would have to change my visa just to meet you. I have to take the high-speed rail back to Shanghai at 1 PM. There are still a few hours. Boss Pei, can we meet? Pei Qian was a little embarrassed. Look at what happened! If I had known that you were here yesterday, I would have given up playing games at home to meet you. Now, there were only a few hours left. How rushed was that? It was too late to even have a good meal. Alright, lets meet at Ming House. Ill treat you to lunch. What a pity. If it was Sunday, he could have eaten at the nameless restaurant. Eric might not have a huge appetite, but he should not have any problems woofing down a few lobsters. However, there was no reservation today since it was Monday. He could only eat at Boss Lis restaurant. Pei Qian struggled to get out of bed and wash up even though he was still a little sleepy. He was going to meet an old friend who was burning money for him after all. His hair was a little messy. At first, Pei Qian was hesitant about whether he should wash his hair or something. However, he decided that it did not matter whether he washed his hair or not since he was going to meet Eric. He had been waiting the entire day. It was better to arrive earlier. Chapter 1140 - The Nightmare Eric Brought With Him Half an hour later, Pei Qian arrived at Ming House. They arranged for a quiet private room in the innermost area since they had already called in advance. The waiter had already brewed a pot of good tea. Pei Qian sat down in his seat and sized Eric up. Brother Eric, you look much more haggard. We have an old saying that good health is a prerequisite for work. Work has to be done in a balance of work and rest. You cannot tire yourself out. What Pei Qian meant was, who would burn money with me if you were exhausted? Eric looked up at Boss Pei. Boss Peis hair might be a little messy but it did not make people feel dejected at all. Instead, it gave people a relaxed feeling. It was just like he was in front of the two armies. Everyone was dressed in armor and ready for battle. Only one military advisor was gently fanning himself, yawning, and looking like he had just woken up. Anyone could tell that this strategist was either crazy or really awesome. Boss Pei was obviously the latter. Eric sighed. Im ashamed of my own mentality, Boss Pei. He was exhausted and succumbed to the night after he became the person-in-charge of IOIs China region again. Many times, he worked overtime with Zhao Xuming and his subordinates until midnight. Of course, it was not that Eric was very hardworking. It was mainly because he was under a lot of pressure and could not rest well. On the other hand, Boss Pei was resting as usual during the weekend. He did not feel any psychological pressure at all, as if nothing had happened. Their mentality was all too different! Boss Pei might have been mocking him by persuading him to rest more, but their many fights had all ended in Erics complete failure after all. Thus, Eric naturally had no desire to refute. Eric poured tea for both of them. Boss Pei, I didnt see you yesterday, but I took this opportunity to tour Jingzhou. I didnt expect such a huge change since the last time I came. Tengda Corporation is not just a games company. It is worthy of respect both within and outside the game industry. We might be competitors but I have to admit to this. Pei Qian sipped his tea, feeling that Eric was hinting at something. Why did it feel like he was indirectly scolding them? Why did it sound like Eric had something against his old client, Dayak Corporation? That was normal. As an employee of Dayak Corporation, Eric must have interacted with the outside world. Dayak Corporations reputation in the outside world was already so bad. They had done many things that were not human. These employees probably understood it as well. The difference was obvious compared to Tengda. Pei Qian did not care what Eric thought, but the key was Eric looked a little sad. Something was wrong! Eric, you have to pull yourself together! Who am I going to burn money happily with if you are down? After a moment of silence, Pei Qian said, Brother Eric, I think youve been under a lot of pressure recently. You need to rest. Eric shook his head. Theres no need to rest. Boss Pei, theres nothing to hide now. There is no official news, but I think I can congratulate you in advance based on my understanding of the company. The competition between GOG and IOI for MOBA games that began at the end of 2010 is finally going to be decided after a long year and a half. Boss Pei, you won. Eric spoke very seriously, but Pei Qian was so startled that he almost dropped the teacup in his hand. Dont say something so scary with a straight face! Do you know what youre talking about! Obviously, Eric did not know what the simple words GOG won meant to Boss Pei. If this really happened, Pei Qian would have no more money to burn with IOI! He could no longer be as extravagant as he was now if he wanted to organize promotional events for GOG in the future. Once the market share reached a certain level, GOG would continue to expand to other gamers. Its influence would only increase, and its income would only increase. Then, it would be much more difficult for Pei Qian to incur losses Just thinking about it made him despair. Of course, Pei Qian believed that he would be able to think of a solution if he really reached that step. However, even if he could think of a way, it would mean that he lacked a brainless way to burn money. How many brain cells would it take to think of another way to burn money to fill this gap? This was f*cking bad news! Pei Qian sipped his tea silently and calmed himself down. Then, he said, I think that conclusion is a little too early and too absolute. Thats not all. GOG and IOIs occupancy rate might be a little different in the country, but in the other regions overseas, IOIs situation is still not bad. Pei Qian had already been very careful to restrain himself so that the various overseas regions would not squeeze IOIs market too much. However, GOGs model was for Tengda to work with local companies after all. It was not entirely up to Tengda to decide. These local companies wanted to earn money, expand their market share, and increase their influence. Naturally, they would push out various publicity plans without any care and seize IOIs market share. Therefore, GOG had been constantly eroding IOIs market share ever since they opened the overseas market. It was just that it had not reached the exaggerated levels of the domestic servers. However, Pei Qian felt that IOI was still profitable. Dayak Corporation would not give up, right? Eric shook his head slightly. He felt that it was impossible for Boss Pei to not understand this with his intelligence. However, the traditional virtue of China was humility. Even if they had already won, they had to say its because you let me win. Take Boss Pei for example. Even though victory was already in his hands, he still had to be polite and say you still have a chance. Eric drank his tea and could not be bothered with these. He said what he wanted to say. Boss Pei, I was already very surprised by your previous methods. I didnt expect that these methods during the summer promotion would go up another level. At the beginning, your summer promotion did not look particularly ridiculous to lure us to follow. If we grit our teeth and follow through, you will immediately release a more favorable proposal to force us to continue following. At first, I thought that I had seen through your thoughts and decided not to follow you after discussing with the higher management of the company. However, I did not expect that it was not the end. I did not think that the previous communication would have such a deep impact. Youre using this summer event to plant a nail in the hearts of the upper echelons of the company. Tengda might not have burned more money during the summer promotion event, but Tengda had easily launched all sorts of attacks. It left a deep impression on the upper echelons of the corporation. It also made them realize the huge gap between GOG and IOI. There is also a huge gap between the determination of my company and Tengda. I said before that my company must see clear returns when burning money. Its not impossible to give up if we invest a lot of resources without seeing any effect, slow or even stagnant growth in market share. After all, even though the company has a lot of money, there are still many other ways to invest money. Theres no need to walk down a path with no value. I previously estimated that the company should burn about 100 million US dollars. The amount of money that IOI spent and indirectly gave up in order to promote IOI has already far exceeded this number. At that point, Pei Qian felt a little dazed. So much money had been burnt? Why didnt I feel anything? However, on further thought, they had never stopped fighting ever since GOG and IOI started a money-burning war on competitions and activities. It was indeed difficult to accurately calculate the money that they had burnt. Whats more, Pei Qian noticed Erics choice of words. Dayak Corporation had obviously included the money indirectly given up. For example, a skin could have been sold for 50 yuan and sold at a discount of 20 yuan. The sales volume might have increased but the expected income might have decreased. There were also two types of discounts. One was thin profits and quick sales. They might be discounts but earned more. The other was making losses and incurring losses. They earned less but could exchange for reputation, market share, and players stickiness. In the money-burning war between GOG and IOI, the latter was obviously the majority. That was because the party with the lower price would decide how much they would reduce in the money-burning war. Dayak Corporation and Finger Games could only helplessly follow up even if they knew that such a discount would reduce their income. Originally, IOIs skin price was very high. It was sold for tens or hundreds of yuan. However, GOG had repeatedly reduced it to a cabbage price of only ten yuan at a discount. Their income must have fallen drastically. If Dayak Corporation counted this portion of the money, the figure would be endless. Pei Qian had never thought about giving up profits or giving up money. He only thought about what he had actually spent. Thus, he felt that he had not spent much. However, for Dayak Corporation, what they could have earned but did not earn was naturally a loss. Eric continued, The most important thing is that the upper echelons of the company clearly recognize a fact. That is, for a long time in the future, perhaps three years, five years, or even more, it would be almost impossible for IOI to defeat GOG and unify the global MOBA games market. As long as Tengda continues to exist, the money-burning war will not stop. Such losses will continue. This is intolerable. As for burning money to defeat Tengda The previous attempt has failed. The upper echelons of the company are not determined or confident enough to invest more and bet on something with a slim chance of success. Pei Qian: He understood and realized his current dangerous situation. Dayak Corporation did not want to give up on Finger Games, and there was no reason to. Finger Games could still make money after all. However, Dayak Corporation did not want to continue burning money for Finger Games because it was meaningless. How could Dayak Corporation have such patience if there would be no foreseeable results in the future? A well-known company in the industry had been squeezed dry and dismembered nine months after being bought over by Dayak Corporation. It was already a miracle that Dayak Corporation only had such thoughts after acquiring Finger Games for a year and a half. Dayak Corporation was not giving up on Finger Games, but taking back the money that they should have received. In other words, Dayak Corporation would no longer engage in any money-burning activities with Tengda in the future to snatch the market. Instead, they would use the remaining market share to launch various paywalls and squeeze the potential of IOI at all costs to recover the money they had invested as soon as possible. Otherwise, it would be impossible to squeeze money out of IOI when its market share became too low. As for whether Finger Games higher management agreed? That was not important. Finger Games was a 100% subsidiary of Dayak Corporation. It did not have any say. The higher-ups could only choose to quit if they did not agree. Pei Qian could not sit still. Finished! He was quite optimistic before he came. He felt that Eric might just want to come and catch up with him. Even if he encountered a small setback, he would be able to quickly overcome it. Then, everyone would burn money happily together. However, after hearing Erics words, Pei Qian realized the seriousness of the problem. His best friend could not continue playing with him. Chapter 1141 - Jingzhou Metro Line 7 Brother Eric, take care. After lunch, Pei Qian sent Eric off at the entrance of Ming House reluctantly with a disappointed look on his face. Who could burn money with him so happily now that Eric was leaving? Pei Qian felt melancholic at the thought that Dayak Corporation would probably not play with him in the future. However, this melancholy had another meaning to Eric for some reason. At that moment, Eric was already in a taxi, preparing to head to the high-speed rail station. He could not help but roll down the window like an old friend and bid Boss Pei farewell. Indeed, Boss Pei and I are two peas in a pod. This shows that I have won his respect as an opponent. Eric felt an inexplicable sense of satisfaction. It was a pride recognized by his competitor. He knew very well that he would probably have to take the blame for IOIs failure together with Dayak Corporation in the future. In the future, when they bring up this period of time, they would probably come to this conclusion: Dayak Corporation was short-sighted and bought Finger Games, which had a bright future. However, they squeezed it dry in an extremely short period of time and finally caused a company that had hopes of becoming a global giant to die suddenly. Eric, who had been parachuted into the position of the person-in-charge of the China region, was the number one criminal. He had done a series of wrong moves to drag Finger Games down and give up victory. That was almost certain and unavoidable. After all, it would be impossible to know the intricate and complicated inside story if one wasnt personally involved. They would only simply attribute the failure to the ability of a certain person-in-charge. Eric had foreseen the infamy he would suffer, but so what? My biggest opponent, Boss Pei, would understand my value. Perhaps that would be enough. Eric watched Boss Pei gradually leave with such a mood. Then, he rolled up the window and prepared to embark on the return trip to Dayak Corporations headquarters to welcome his and IOIs final fate. Pei Qian felt even more melancholic after watching Eric leave. Lighting a cigarette now would be more appropriate according to the plot. However, Pei Qian did not smoke so he did not bother with it. From then on, he had one less true friend and brother. To Pei Qian, his true brothers were all outside the company, in his competitors companies. However, his competitors had decreased in recent years, and his good friends had naturally decreased. What a sad story. Pei Qian looked at his watch. It was already one in the afternoon. It was about time to go back and take an afternoon nap. He had just sat in the car when his cell phone rang. Eh? Why is someone calling me again? Who loves work so much? Its a Monday. I just sent my good brother away. Im feeling sad! Oh, my mom. Thats alright then. Pei Qian silently picked up the phone. Mom, whats wrong? His mothers slightly anxious voice came through the phone. I called you a few days ago to buy a house in the old industrial zone. Have you bought it? Pei Qian was a little speechless. Mom, why are you in such a hurry? Its only been a week. Mom: I asked if you bought it or not. You didnt buy it? Pei Qian: I bought it. I bought a 170 square meters unit from Auspicious Garden. His mother raised her voice an entire pitch. Auspicious Garden?! Is your house fully paid or bought on loan? Have the procedures been done? Pei Qian answered truthfully. Fully paid. The procedures are all done, Ive the property certificate. I just havent found the time to renovate it. No, Mom, why are you asking so much? His mother seemed to have put the phone aside and said to the person next to her, He bought it! He bought it! It just happened to be a unit in the Auspicious Garden District. Its 170 square meters and he has obtained the property certificate! Pei Qian: Mom? He felt like something was amiss. After a while, his Mom spoke into the phone again. Of course, Im just afraid that the seller would change his mind halfway through the procedures! Youre busy with work and dont know yet, right? Jingzhous new subway plan is out! Mom has been telling you that you have to listen to professionals like Boss Li when it comes to investing. He must know things that ordinary people dont! Would they have bought buildings and shops there with great fanfare if they didnt know in advance that the metro would be built there? The hand that Pei Qian was using to hold his phone froze. Met Metro? His mother said, Thats right! The new subway plan has just been released on the internet. Theres a site next to the Auspicious Garden District! This house can be considered a metro house now. Itll value would probably rise soon. Tell me, if not for your mom, would you have gotten such a good deal? Just go and have fun! She sounded very proud of herself. Pei Qian felt that something was amiss and quickly said. Alright, Mom, I have to see whats going on. Ill hang up first! After hanging up, Pei Qian quickly went online to check. Indeed, he found an official document: Public Participation in Social Stability Risk Assessment of the Second Phase of Construction Planning for Urban Rail Transit in Jingzhou City!! It had the construction period written on it, from 2012 to 2017. In other words, it would be opened in five years at the earliest. They also wrote a specific route plan. There were a total of seven projects in the metro project this time. Some of them had little to do with Tengdas current industry, but there were also a few lines that were closely related to Tengdas current industry! Pei Qian immediately saw the plan for metro line 7 in the upper right corner of the map. The last station would be near the Thriller Hostel! The subways 7th line was a straight, curved line. It was a little like a mirror image of the number 7. The eastern end of the line went straight to Thriller Hostel and then extended west. It did not set up a station directly at the snack market. Instead, it set up a stop at the south of the Auspicious Garden. This station was a little far from the snack market and snack street. It would take about three minutes to walk. The reason why the station was set here and not directly in the snack market or snack street might be in consideration for construction. The construction of the metros would take relatively long. It would take five years to build it. If they directly set up the site at the snack street, it might affect the normal operations. Whats more, the shops there were denser. It might not be convenient to build it. Moving north slightly so that it would be easier for construction. In the end, it just so happened to be shifted to the intersection of the south gate of the Auspicious Garden. Then they connected Metro Line 7 westwards and southwards to the original Great World Shopping Mall. However, there would be an additional metro station exit at Golden Prosperity Square. Great World was originally connected to the high-speed rail station through metro line 2. This was equivalent to taking the high-speed rail south station, changing at an interchange to reach the snack market and the Thriller Hostel. Of course, they could also connect to the airport express rail through other routes. In addition, there was an additional metro project along south metro line 4. There would be a new stop at Ming Yun Villas. Line 4 was also connected to line 2 and could reach the high-speed rail south station. In the future, various E-Sports Clubs would have another choice in taking the metro from to the high-speed rail station other than by car. There were only two lines directly related to Tengdas industry, but there were also indirect ones. Previously, Pei Qian had more or less deliberately avoided the existing metro routes when choosing locations for various physical stores. The new metro naturally had to be fixed where there was no existing metro. It was inevitable that they would bump into each other. Many branches of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Fish-Catching Take-Out, Sloth Apartments, Deposit Fitness, and other physical industries appeared along the new metro line. He could not count exactly how many there were. What the f*ck Pei Qian fell into a daze. He was struck by lightning! Even though the metro had to be built over five years, it was not a particularly long time! Whats more, Thriller Hostel and the snack market were connected to the metro. Traffic was more convenient. Several buildings in the snack market and Sloth Apartments were affected by the metro lines. The property prices would probably increase. The fixed assets would probably skyrocket during this settlement cycle! Of course, he could not tell exactly how much it would increase. He would only know when the settlement began. However, the explosion of fixed assets meant that the upper limit of the amount of money he could lose was reduced. What a huge loss! If there was any good news It would be that the price of the unit in the Auspicious Garden should be increasing soon. However, how much could one unit increase? Whats more, Pei Qian planned to live on his own. He had not intended to sell it. Speaking of which, if his mother had not called, he would not have bought this house. What was this? Pei Qian adjusted the closed-loop slightly. Li Shi had only decided that the land price was going to increase because Tengdas snack market and Thriller Hostel were built near the old industrial zone and had bought shops near the snack street. Thus, he had bought shops crazily as well. His mother had obtained insider information from Fu Hui Investments employees. She felt that it would be right to buy a house following Boss Lis footsteps, so she called Pei Qian and asked him to buy a house in that area for investment. Pei Qian had not thought about investing in it at first. He had only bought it because he felt that it would be more livable if he bought a house near the snack market for his parents. It seemed like Pei Qian was indeed the source of all of this. The problem was that Pei Qian had never felt that this place would appreciate in value, and he had never thought about the metro. How should he settle this? All in all, it was double bad news! The metro was about to be built after his good brother Eric left. It was conceivable that GOGs income would probably skyrocket in the future. The various physical industries in Jingzhou would probably also be doomed Pei Qian could not help but feel speechless and even a little regretful. He would have bought one more unit if he had known earlier! The snack market had been planned a few months in advance. It was too late to change it, but the unit was only bought a week ago. Whats more, Pei Qian has more than three million yuan now. He would have been able to buy two units and sell one of them. If that was the case, he would probably be able to make as much money as he would be able to earn from a settlement cycle Investment genius Boss Pei leaned back in his chair, speechless. He had never felt worse! Chapter 1142 - : What If The Movie King Insists On Being A Calefare? Chapter 1142: What If The Movie King Insists On Being A Calefare? Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios July 13th, Friday Pei Qian was in his own office, sighing as he read the work summary from the various departments. So difficult! The week had been too difficult. There was no need to bring up the news of the metro on Monday. It gave Pei Qian a heavy blow, causing him to stay at home for two days before he recovered. Immediately after that was the end of the summer promotional event on Wednesday. Pei Qian could only describe this summer promotional event as boring! He should have exchanged blows with Finger Games. He did not expect the other party to not take the bait at all. . That showed that it was wishful thinking on Tengdas part. Not only that, he had also received bad news. Eric had specially come to say goodbye. He should have returned to Dayak Corporations headquarters now. His future was uncertain. Pei Qian could not help but feel sorrowful. The most upsetting thing was that Pei Qian still had the mysterious reward that the system had not given him! During the previous settlement, the system had given Pei Qian a reward, allowing him to spend up to a hundred thousand yuan on his Personal Wealth. That would be converted into a hundred times of his income. It was also a permanent option. He could come once every cycle. In other words, at critical moments, Pei Qian could spend a hundred thousand yuan from his own pocket and spend ten million yuan unconditionally on users. Pei Qian had wanted to use this reward at the critical moment of the money-burning war with Finger Games. Imagine it, Finger Games was coming on aggressively. Both sides were desperately lowering the discounts and were inseparable. At that moment, Tengda suddenly spent tens of millions for nothing. How impressive would that be! It would definitely scare Finger Games. However, there was no chance now. The opponent had already decided to leave the battlefield. Who else could he give this quota to? Of course, he could not waste it. If he really could not find a way to spend money in the end, he could use this method to forcefully spend the last ten million yuan. However, it still felt a little boring. He had received bad news from the Zhongdian Chinese Network after that. Ever since the development plan of Eternal Reincarnation was announced, the copyright development plan of the inspiration class could not help but spread. During this period, a large number of authors entered the Zhongdian Chinese Network one after another. A large number of new authors appeared. Many authors who wrote well on other novel websites jumped over as well. That was because this copyright development plan had unwittingly achieved the effect of spend a thousand pieces of gold to buy the bones! What was the most important to the authors? The first in line was of course the readers. It was subscription and royalties. They had to provide for their families in order to continue writing. However, there was something else that could not be underestimated. That was a higher, seemingly illusory copyright development! Copyright development was beyond subscription data for a book. That was because it was equivalent to making a story completely different from words to images. Whether it was online dramas, comics, movies, or games, their performance and visibility would be much higher than pure words. For an author, this opportunity was extremely rare if his own work could be copyrighted and adapted. Many classic works were outstanding but they did not have the opportunity to develop copyrights. This was a pity. Many authors felt sour when they saw that work like Eternal Reincarnation could be developed by Tengda official and become the downloadable content of Repent and be Saved. It was too blissful for a fanfiction to be written as the official sequel! Many authors thought that with this standard, it seemed like they could do it too? Whats more, even if they did not succeed, Zhongdian Chinese Networks inspiration class would pay them a high fixed-rate contract. Their lives would definitely be guaranteed. Thus, Zhongdian Chinese Networks status in the online literature industry rose once again! Pei Qian was worried again. It looked like he had to think of a way to mess up the three works based on copyrights in the next cycle. On one hand, it was to incur losses. On the other hand, it was to dissuade these foreign authors! Otherwise, the readers would naturally come over if the authors were to come here and there were more and more good works. That was self-evident. Other than that was the VR glasses at Slow Movement Studio. Pei Qian read the public opinion online again and felt that the time was almost ripe on Thursday, which was yesterday. Thus, he told Slow Movement Studio to officially sell Doubt, the VR glasses. However, there were strict restrictions on the quantity for sale. They were sold twice a week, and only 1,000 units each time. VR might be a niche product and there were not many players who were really willing to pay for it, but this number was obviously far from satisfying the market demand. That was exactly what Pei Qian wanted to achieve. That was because the mainstream public opinion on Doubt VR glasses on the internet was not optimistic. Putting the specific quality of the glasses aside, most peoples negative comments on it were mainly focused on marketing, hype, and buying fake reviewers. Whats more, the game Animal Island was not yet released due to the special circumstances of the VR glasses. The streamers could not let the audience understand the awesomeness of the glasses through the live-stream. Many streamers were considered to be bribed when bragging about the VR glasses because of their past records. The sales volume was still strictly limited this time. It was to make sure that only a small portion of netizens who paid attention to this pair of glasses could buy the real thing. That way, even if netizens who bought the real thing changed their view of the glasses and said that the glasses were not bad online, others would still not believe them. That way, he could extend the negative public opinion to the maximum. At the same time, he could use hunger marketing to further arouse netizens disgust and improve the effect of reverse publicity. Of course, he could not let this drag on. Settlement was at the end of this month. They had to officially sell these products a month in advance. Animal Island VR had to be released. Slow Movement Studio had already developed the game after all. If they delayed it for a week and did not publish it, Pei Qian could also explain that he hoped they would test more and fix bugs. It would not be appropriate to delay it any longer than that. All in all, Pei Qians goal was to drag to the 18th, which was next Wednesday, and get Meng Chang a guaranteed commission. Why was life so difficult! Pei Qian leaned back in his chair, his mind blank. He did not know what to say. A few minutes later, someone knocked on the office door. Enter. Pei Qian looked up and was stunned. It was Lu Zhiyao. He might be wearing a baseball cap and mask that completely blocked his face but Pei Qian still recognized him at first glance since they had worked together many times after all. Lu Zhiyao took off his hat and glasses, looking very happy. Boss Pei! Pei Qian was a little surprised. Why are you here? Lu Zhiyao smiled. Oh, my schedule is free recently. Theres nothing much. Im thinking that the movie Mission and Choice will stop screening tomorrow. Its also a Saturday, and next Friday is the 20th I invited Uncle Zhang and the others to Jingzhou to play and freeload by the way! I heard that theres a snack market and Tengda experience shop in Jingzhou recently. Whats more, I heard that the metro is going to be built there? Boss Pei, congratulations! Pei Qi an: He came to freeload so confidently, simply shameless! They had worked together for so long after all. Lu Zhiyao understood the process very well. He realized that Boss Pei would treat them to a meal every time the movie was done. He would also treat them to a meal every time they gathered after the movie ended. Whats more, Boss Pei would usually arrange for private rooms on Saturday and Sunday every month. He would also arrange for gatherings on the 20th. The timing was just right! It was the weekend after the movie was screened. They could have a meal; they could play in Jingzhou for a week and eat again on the 20th. Perfect! The thought of the nameless restaurants delicacies made him salivate. Whats more, there was nothing to be embarrassed about. Lu Zhiyao felt that he was the main actor in Mission and Choice. At the last moment, the box office had squeezed to 1.6 billion yuan. It broke the record. Boss Pei had earned at least 500 million yuan, right? What was wrong with freeloading off Boss Pei for one meal! Wasnt that justifiable? Pei Qian felt a headache coming on when he heard the words Mission and Choice. It was finally over! The ending had been delayed for two months, causing the box office to rise slightly. However, Pei Qian had no choice but to postpone it. That was because the box office payment for the movie would only be returned next cycle after the delay. If he did not postpone it, given the speed at which this world was refunding money, what if another 500 million yuan suddenly appeared before settlement? Then, he would probably have no choice but to accept the 500,000 yuan with tears in his eyes. Not only was the amount of money less than 800,000 or 900,000 yuan converted from losses, but the most important thing is that the mysterious rewards that could be obtained with a wealth conversion value of more than 800,000 yuan will be gone. That was a huge loss! In short, that was all. The nightmare was finally over. Lu Zhiyao sat on the sofa very naturally and poured himself a cup of tea. Boss Pei, whats the next movie? I cant wait! Pei Qian nearly rolled his eyes in anger. What the f*ck! Are you addicted! The more money you earn, the more trouble you would cause! He was indeed addicted to filming. Where else could he find such a good opportunity to become popular? If they knew that the movie would definitely become popular before filming, everyone in the production team would probably be on steroids and want to start work immediately. Who could stand it? That was how it felt to film a movie with Boss Pei. It would have a good box office and reputation no matter how they filmed it! Pei Qian said, Not in the short term. Fei Huang Workspaces next project will be an online drama. Whats more, it will be filmed overseas. There wont be a suitable role for you. Lu Zhiyao was unhappy at that moment. He put down his teacup. How can there not be a suitable role for me? My foreign language is very good. Cant you just arrange a Chinese character for me? Pei Qian tried to persuade him patiently. The protagonist has been confirmed. They are all foreigners. Even if I arrange for you to have a Chinese character, you will only be a minor supporting actor and calefare. Pei Qian felt that Lu Zhiyao was very close to winning the Best Actor award. It would not be an exaggeration to say that you were the most popular male actor in the country now. Shouldnt many production teams be inviting you to be the protagonist? Did he want to film an online drama with Fei Huang Workspace instead of working with the other teams? And only as a calefare? Are you crazy? However, Lu Zhiyao said in all seriousness, So what if its just a calefare? Ive never looked down on supporting actors! Im not going to say anything else. Im going to act in it no matter what the theme is, no matter what kind of supporting role it is! Boss Pei, dont be too embarrassed to ask me. Im not an ingrate! It was obvious that Lu Zhiyao misunderstood. He felt that Boss Pei must have felt that he was too famous if he did not say anything. He would be a little embarrassed to ask him to act as a supporting actor in an online drama. Therefore, he had to make it clear. So what if he was just a calefare given his relationship with Fei Huang Workspace? He had to help! He would not shirk his responsibilities! Pei Qian looked at Lu Zhiyao, speechless. What a mess! He really wanted to post something online. The movie king insisted on being my calefare, unable to be chased away. What should I do? Ill wait online. Its quite urgent! Chapter 1143 - The Summary Of The Pei Family’s Publicity Method July 18th, Wednesday In the advertising department Meng Chang looked at his computer screen thoughtfully. He had summarized Boss Peis entire publicity plan and the effect of this plan. As the saying went, one would learn as they age. Meng Chang originally thought that he was already very good at playing with popularity and marketing. However, he realized that he was still far from it after meeting Boss Pei. This time, he had the opportunity to observe Boss Peis publicity operations up close. Of course, he had to watch carefully! His cell phone beeped just as he was deep in thought. Meng Chang picked it up and could not help but raise his eyebrows with joy. The bank card notification came in C 2,000 yuan! The 2,000 yuan was obviously the guaranteed commission for this month! That was because the publicity plan had been released for two weeks. Even Meng Chang could tell that the publicity effect was indeed not good. This time, Boss Peis publicity plan was targeted at the VR glasses. Until now, the VR glasses reputation on the internet was still very average. The people who bought them gave good reviews, but the problem was how could the players who did not buy them distinguish between these good reviews and the fake reviewers? In addition, Animal Island had not been released yet, and this pair of glasses had not been equipped with any particularly impressive VR games. Thus, even though they had done a lot of publicity, the results were minimal. Tengda was so efficient. The guaranteed commission for the two weeks was sent to him so soon. Considering that he had a base salary of 4,000 yuan at the end of the month, this meant that Meng Changs income this month had risen to 6,000 yuan! Of course, 6,000 yuan was not a lot. However, it was a historical breakthrough for Meng Chang. I didnt expect Boss Pei to easily do something that I found difficult to do. No matter how I look at it, this VR glasses project is a death project. I didnt expect Boss Pei to succeed in reverse publicity under such a difficult situation. I have to say that a genius is a genius. He is a genius no matter what he does. Meng Chang was completely convinced. He had been keeping an eye on Boss Peis publicity plan this time. At first, he was very worried that Boss Pei would do something behind the scenes and turn the publicity plan for the VR glasses project into an unreasonable success. If that was the case, Meng Chang would definitely not agree. However, Boss Peis series of methods were an eye-opener for Meng Chang. Whats more, it looked like he did not do anything behind the scenes. He completed it based on his own strength. Thus, Meng Chang worked hard and learned, hoping to use the techniques displayed by Boss Pei in future publicity plans. This feeling was like in many comics and movies. Master reluctantly said to his disciple who had reached a bottleneck, Ill only do it once. Watch closely. Such a demonstration was too precious! If he could learn Boss Peis method, why would it be difficult for him to work hard to get 200,000 yuan a month? Now, Meng Chang had summarized all the methods that Boss Pei used and listed them in the table. However, he still had one question. What benefit would Boss Pei bring to Tengda Corporation by doing this? To Meng Chang, he had only done the reverse publicity plan to get a commission for himself. However, wouldnt Boss Pei reduce Tengdas income if he allowed Meng Chang to do the opposite publicity and reduce the projects reputation? This question had been troubling Meng Chang. Previously, Meng Chang had been focused on the commission, so he did not pursue the matter. However, Boss Pei had even personally shown the reverse publicity method in order to retain him. This intensified Meng Changs suspicion. Did Boss Pei have to do this? What kind of motive and motivation was driving him? This confused Meng Chang. However, Meng Chang suddenly felt that he seemed to have grasped a direction after sorting out Boss Peis reverse publicity plan and listed it out. It seemed like as long as he studied the reverse publicity plan given by Boss Pei carefully and understood the deeper meaning, he would be able to find Boss Peis true motives! At that thought, Meng Chang looked at the computer screen again to check the Pei family publicity method that he had summarized after careful observation. The first rule of the Pei familys publicity method: choose carefully, refined segmenting. A very important reason for Meng Changs previous failure was that he did not separate different projects. Meng Chang had not realized this even though he could choose the publicity project himself, causing the difficulty of publicity to increase. On the other hand, Boss Pei immediately divided the VR glasses project from the game Animal Island after Meng Chang selected it for publicity. The publicity glasses would definitely not involve Animal Island at all. One had to know that Tengdas projects were highly connected. Many departments had natural connections. If they could not cut these related projects apart, the chances of failure of reverse publicity would naturally increase. On the other hand, the reverse publicity of a single product would be easier to succeed as long as it was divided. Of course, this division could not be done casually. He had to achieve the second point. Pei Familys publicity method number two: Undergo deep understanding and complete control. Previously, Meng Chang had only managed to understand these projects but not control them. Boss Pei forcefully delayed the release of Animal Island in order to promote the VR glasses project. This obviously provided assurance for the first point of division. This meant that if Meng Chang wanted to succeed, he could no longer just focus on publicity and ignore everything like before. He had to deeply participate in projects related to the plan. He had to even delay the release of the project. That would increase the success rate. The third rule of the Pei familys publicity method: Cutting reputation and cutting ties. Tengdas reputation was so good that netizens naturally had a good impression of projects that had Tengdas halo. Naturally, reverse publicity would not be successful. Thus, he had to think of a way to separate the reputation of this project from the reputation of the entire Tengda Corporation so that netizens could examine it objectively and fairly. He did not subconsciously think that this was definitely a good product. The fourth rule of the Pei familys publicity method: If you want to suppress it, first raise their expectations. He had to heighten the netizens expectations. That way, once the real thing was released, netizens would feel disappointed and feel that this thing was not worthy of its name. Even if it was a good product, the short-term response would not be good. The reverse publicity would naturally be completed. The fifth rule of the Pei familys publicity method: limited edition, guide reputation. In order to allow this bad review to continue, he had to limit the number of purchases in the beginning and guide public opinion through the fake reviewers. Most netizens would not buy the products. They were anxious because of the limited number of purchases. They could not tell if the people who said good things online were fake. This bad review would naturally continue. Pei familys publicity method number six: Split the time and plan accurately. No matter how much he tried to hide it, he could not hide it forever. Thus, he had to accurately plan the time. He had to let this state continue for two weeks, and then continue until the end of the month. He had to calculate the reactions of every time point in order to ensure the final success of the plan. Meng Chang realized that he could indeed complete the reverse publicity steadily as long as he could do work on the six points like Boss Pei. Even if the last point was not done so perfectly and there were some problems with time control, it would not be a big problem to last for two weeks to get the guaranteed commission. He would achieve nothing like before. In other words, Boss Peis publicity plan was indeed showing him an efficient and feasible reverse publicity method. Meng Chang could also get a commission steadily as long as he followed seriously, trained more, and imitated. He might even have a chance to charge a high commission after he became proficient. The most important question was why did Boss Pei do that? What would Boss Pei gain for himself if Meng Chang learned how to advertise every plan in the future, the project would not become popular, and Tengda would not make money? Meng Chang did not understand. He vaguely felt something, but it was still a little fuzzy and he could not be sure. There seemed to be other things that he had not summarized after the Pei Family Publicity Method. This thing was very important. It could even be said to be the core and essence of the entire Pei familys publicity method. It was also the ultimate answer that could answer all of Meng Changs questions. What exactly was it? Meng Chang frowned and fell into deep thought. Pei Qian heaved a sigh of relief in his office at the same time. He could relax after confirming that the guaranteed commission had been sent to Meng Chang! He had used all his means to achieve huge success in reverse publicity! It looked relaxed but Pei Qian was actually not confident. He had put in a lot of effort to last two weeks for the reverse publicity plan. He even hired fake reviewers out of his own pocket. It could be argued that he spared no expenses. Fortunately, all his hard work had paid off. Two weeks had already passed. According to the previous agreement, Meng Chang would definitely not leave. As for what Meng Chang would comprehend from this demonstration That was not something Pei Qian could expect or control. No matter what, one good brother Eric had already left. He could not lose another good brother, Meng Chang. Now that he understood this matter, the huge stone that had been hanging in Pei Qians heart was finally lifted. Alright, the game can be released. Pei Qian used the internal chat software to send a message to Slow Movement Studio, telling them that Animal Island could be officially released. Pei Qian especially found many reasons in order to ensure that the reverse publicity plan was foolproof. For example, he wanted to test Animal Island more and fix more bugs before publishing it. It dragged on for more than a week. He had already obtained the guaranteed commission that he had promised Meng Chang. Whats more, there were less than two weeks to the settlement. It was about time to let the game be released and cancel the limited sales volume of the VR glasses. In just two weeks, they probably would not be able to sell many copies. It was impossible to recoup their costs. Of course, the pressure on profits would extend to the next cycle. However, the next cycle was some time away. He would think about it when the time came. Chapter 1144 - Another Performance Art-Styled Announcement After 28 Months July 19th, Thursday At 8:55 AM, Qiao Liang was jolted awake by his cell phone alarm. He had two cell phones. One was Ottos G1 cell phone, and the other was POUIO cell phone. This time, the alarm clock on the cell phone was specially set using the POUIO cell phone. The sound of the POUIO cell phones alarm clock was like a curse. It was able to cause the heart to stop in a minute as long as soon as it rang. Thus, the wake-up effect was outstanding. Every time he heard this ringtone, Qiao Liang felt like he was a zombie that flipped up from the bed. He could even feel a chill run down his spine. He originally did not need an alarm clock as a freelancer. However, the situation this time was special. There were three words written on the alarm clock: Snatch VR glasses! Qiao Liang immediately switched off his alarm when he saw these three words. Then, he quickly opened the purchasing interface of the Doubt VR glasses. He had already snatched it twice before, but he had not managed to snatch it all. Qiao Liang might think that his hand speed was already fast enough, but the facts had stood that hand speed was useless if the manufacturer released limited quantities. That was because someone would always be faster than him! The glasses disappeared in seconds. Qiao Liang was highly suspicious. Could there be 2,000 of them? That shouldnt be the case. He had also met the product manager in charge of developing glasses, Old Song, when he was helping Slow Movement Studio test the game previously. Given Shenhua Corporation and Tengda Corporations financial resources, the VR glasses should be very sufficient this time. There was no reason for it to be so little. However, Qiao Liang had no choice but to continue snatching. He could have spoken to Lin Wan and thought of ways to get one for free, but he did not do that in the end. That was because he was worried that that would disrupt Boss Peis plan. He knew that Boss Pei was in charge of the publicity plan for the VR glasses this time. He also knew that dozens of VR glasses had been sent out this time to various UP Masters and streamers. Many of them were small streamers with thousands of fans, but they had not been sent to Qiao Liang. Has Boss Pei forgotten? Qiao Liang felt that it was impossible. Boss Pei probably did not give it to him on purpose for various reasons! In that case, Qiao Liang took the initiative to look for Lin Wan and tried to get a pair of free VR glasses, it would not match Boss Peis thoughts and might disrupt the entire publicity plan. Thus, Qiao Liang decided to fight for it based on his own ability! He might not have been able to grab it even though he had tried twice but as the saying went, those with ambition would succeed. He firmly believed that he would be able to successfully grab it sooner or later with his hand speed! He silently counted down in his heart. When there was less than a second left, he clicked the button wildly. The payment interface popped up at the speed of light! Qiao Liang jumped up from his bed excitedly when he saw that the payment was successful. Success! Qiao Liang had successfully reached the payment interface the previous two times. However, he had only failed when he was paying. The goods had been sold out. This meant that he was only one step away from success at that time. He might have been just a millisecond away from the last lucky person. This time, Qiao Liangs hand speed exploded at the speed of light. He had finally succeeded! Qiao Liang was satisfied as he watched the orders and products being completed. Upwind Logistics would probably send the young men home in a few hours. He returned to the product details interface, wanting to see the delightful sold out button. That was the psychology of humans. When they did not manage to buy it, they hoped that there would be enough so that they could pick it up. After buying it, they hoped that it would be sold out immediately so that no one could buy it. It was like queuing to buy a limited edition item where you managed to buy the last item. When you would feel an inexplicable sense of comfort when you see the long line of people behind you sighing as they leave. Qiao Liang returned to the information page with this mentality. However, the gray words sold out did not appear. The page still displayed the goods. That disappointed Qiao Liang. Why are there still stocks? Oh, perhaps there are more units for this batch of goods. Or perhaps those who were faster previously had already grabbed it. Therefore those with slower hand speed were grabbing them this time. No matter what, it will probably be sold out in another dozen seconds. Qiao Liang got up, brushed his teeth, and washed his face. He took a piece of bread from the refrigerator. However, when he opened his cell phone again, the page still had available stock. This Qiao Liang was speechless. This was really messed up! He would not have set the alarm to wake up so early if he had known that there would be enough stocks for the sale this time! I want to see when it will be sold out! Qiao Liang was not convinced and continued staring at his cell phone. Five minutes later, he was tired of staring at it. He put his cell phone aside and continued playing the game that he had not completed previously. He would take a look every few minutes. Available Stock. Available Stock. There was still available stock! He watched as his order status went from out of the warehouse to in transit, and then from in transit to out for delivery. It was almost lunch time, but the word sold out still had yet to appear on the page! Qiao Liang was completely speechless. What a scam! I thought that Id finally snatched it. In the end, they had so many stocks this time? Everyone has a share! He looked at the fan group and the internet. Indeed, not many people had managed to grab the Doubt VR glasses. On top of that, many old gamers who had previously won expressed that there was an additional promotional page on the front page of Doubt VR glasses. A new game called Animal Island has appeared! Qiao Liang suddenly understood. I understand now! It looks like weve entered the final stage of the publicity work! Qiao Liang had already suspected it when he heard that Boss Pei was in charge of this unreasonable publicity plan. Qiao Liang had a rough guess after thinking hard for so many days and combining the previous publicity method for Game Designer. However, this conjecture was not perfect. Qiao Liang wanted to find a suitable time to make a video to discuss this matter after he obtained the VR glasses. However, they did not manage to grab it, so this matter was delayed. Now, the time had finally arrived. Qiao Liang immediately began preparing the video. He would write the proposal and record a portion of the content first. He would supplement the remaining content after the VR glasses arrived and try to publish it as soon as possible! Of course, it would be too late for such a rushed video to introduce the game Animal Island in detail. Qiao Liang might have tried the game in advance and knew it very well but it would take a long time to record the materials and analyze the commentary systematically after all. Thus, Qiao Liang decided to disassemble it into two videos. The first short video would talk about Doubt VR itself, the publicity plan used by these glasses, and the true relationship between Slow Movement Studio and Tengda Corporation. The second video talked about the outstanding VR game, Animal Island in detail. The truth would definitely be revealed one after the other! In the evening Meng Chang was still worrying about the last step of the Pei Familys publicity method in his rented apartment. He would probably not be able to sleep in peace if he did not understand this. Meng Chang had a vague feeling that once he completely understood the Pei Familys publicity method, he would definitely be able to get a lot of commission in the future. What awaited him would be an infinitely bright future! However, he was stuck at this last step. It was very uncomfortable. Why did Boss Pei want him to do reverse publicity and teach him personally? What was Boss Pei trying to achieve? What benefit would that bring him? Meng Chang could not figure it out no matter what. He flipped through the latest comments online. During the day today, the limit of the Doubt VR glasses had been completely removed. Animal Island VR has also been officially released. The evaluation of this pair of glasses was completely warming up. Meng Chang was not very surprised by this. After all, Boss Pei had promised to keep it for two weeks and get a guaranteed commission. Now that the guaranteed commission had been obtained, Boss Pei no longer had to stubbornly suppress the sales of the VR glasses. He could sell them freely. Previously, the evaluation of the VR glasses was not good, mainly because there was too little quantity sold. The people who wanted to buy them had resentment, so the public opinion was very easy to control. Now that they were selling it openly and most people who wanted it had gotten the real thing, they naturally realized that the glasses were really good. Their reputation would naturally slowly warm up. That also meant that he could forget about getting a high commission. However, Meng Chang did not mind because Boss Pei had already fully displayed the Pei family publicity method. Meng Chang just had to work hard to extend the time after learning it. If he extended it from two weeks to a month, wouldnt that be a full commission? Boss Pei had already done his best. Meng Chang felt that he had nothing to be greedy for. His top priority now was to solve the last mystery and make his Pei Familys publicity method complete. At that time, he would be able to get as much commission as he wanted; he would get a few months if he wanted to. It would be the perfect scenario, right? Meng Chang had a vague feeling when he saw the players sporadic comments, but it was still not clear enough. After all, the glasses and Animal Island had just been released for sale. Most people were still experiencing it. The feedback of the players could not be reflected on the internet so quickly. At that moment, Meng Changs eyes suddenly lit up. Teacher Qiao had a new video! The title of the video was: Another performance art-style announcement after 28 months! Meng Chang clicked on it immediately without any hesitation. It was indeed a video related to the VR glasses! As an old acquaintance of Tengda Corporation, Teacher Qiao could always make unique interpretations from special angles. Previously, Meng Chang had been keeping a close eye on Teacher Qiao, afraid that he would ruin his plans. However, his mood was completely different now. Could Teacher Qiaos unique perspective be able to inspire him and answer his confusion? Hey, yall. I am still your Teacher Qiao. This video is not long. Im sure everyone can guess what Im going to say after seeing the title. To put it bluntly, the reputation of Doubt VR glasses this time is not good. However, this is actually the same publicity method as Game Designer more than two years ago, which is performance art-style marketing! Perhaps many people dont agree. After all, many people have not obtained Doubt VR glasses. Previously, they were affected by public opinion on the internet and felt that this is a product that is playing to the gallery and is passionate about creating hype. In fact, it doesnt have any real material. Then allow me to remind everyone: Have you noticed the name of this pair of glasses? Doubt, which literally means doubt, uncertainty, disbelief. Isnt everyone in this state now? Meng Chang could not help but be stunned after hearing this opening speech. Performance art-style marketing? Obviously, in Teacher Qiaos eyes, Boss Pei was not doing reverse publicity at all. Instead, he was doing positive publicity. However, Boss Pei had used a specific method. Before there was a twist, most people would not understand or accept it. That was why the publicity plan did not look effective. Now, Teacher Qiao was obviously going to do a bit of digging and explain this specific publicity method to everyone! Meng Changs first reaction was that he felt it was ridiculous. Impossible, right? Wasnt Boss Peis main goal to reverse publicity and keep me with commission? Whats more, how could this publicity plan be related to performance art? Meng Chang continued watching with doubts. Chapter 1145 - Meng Chang and Boss Pei’s ‘Win-Win’ Collaboration The original intention of the name Doubt VR glasses is actually not difficult to understand. It has been very well displayed in the promotional video of the glasses. Its implication is that these VR glasses will make the user blur the lines between virtual and reality. People cant help but wonder if they are in an illusion or in reality. Just like in the promotional video, the protagonist pressed the reality button and escaped from the imaginary world. He thought that he had arrived in reality, but in fact, he had only arrived in another imaginary world. What he sees is a world that is exactly the same as reality. It is actually another illusion. I have to say that this is a very ingenious name. It perfectly highlighted the characteristics of the VR equipment. However, it is obvious that this alone is not memorable enough. Therefore, just like before, Boss Pei used performance art-style marketing to make this concept more deeply ingrained in the hearts of people! Someone might want to ask why did Boss Pei appear here? Didnt it have nothing to do with Tengda? If thats what you think, then youve been fooled! I helped Slow Movement Studio for quite some time. I can guarantee to everyone that Slow Movement Studios relationship with Tengda is not as simple as what the internet says! Slow Movement Studio was jointly funded by Shenhua Corporation and Tengda Corporation. The person-in-charge of the workspace was the original person-in-charge of Shang Yang Games. At the same time, she was the producer of the most successful games in Shang Yang Games. The Doubt VR glasses project is handled by an experienced project manager in Shenhuas cell phone department. He once led the development of Shenhuas many flagship cell phones. The game Animal Island was designed by Slow Movement Studio with ideas provided by Boss Pei. During the design process, the core members of Shang Yang Games also provided a lot of help! Does everyone still think that Tengda and Slow Movement Studio are just in an investment relationship? Many people might want to ask, whats up with the news on the internet? Whats up with Tengdas official statement? Obviously, this is all carefully prepared and released fake news! Of course, its not accurate to say that its fake news. I should say that its partly real news. Tengdas announcement deliberately emphasized Tengda and Slow Movement Studios investment relationship. However, it did not mention who the person-in-charge of Slow Movement Studio was. It also did not mention that Shang Yang Games went to help out. Indeed, this news easily guided the direction of public opinion online. It reminds us: What you see and hear might not be real. What you doubt might be real, and what you think is real might be fake. Does it fit perfectly with the word Doubt? Its only when youre in a state where you cant tell whats real and whats fake, and feel confused that you feel like youre stuck between reality and illusion! Meng Chang was shocked. There could actually be such a thing? Boss Peis publicity plan actually had such deep meaning? Thats not right, right? Then, what about the promotional video? I was the one who filmed this video! Meng Chang was very sure that he did not think so much when he was filming the promotional video. However, when he recalled what happened before and after the video was shot, he became suspicious. The request that Boss Pei gave me at that time was that the promotional video should not show the true image of the Doubt VR glasses. Instead, it should be replaced with an exaggerated and high-tech virtual image. At the same time, it should be filmed with a sufficient stream of consciousness. It should even make people feel strange and puzzled. I only filmed this promotional video based on my own understanding. What if I changed my view or understanding? It would then be in line with Teacher Qiaos prediction! Meng Chang suddenly realized that the core point of this promotional video was actually the phrase stream of consciousness. Boss Pei said to make people feel strange and confused. Wasnt this exactly the same as the spiritual core that Teacher Qiao mentioned? Meng Chang had filmed it completely according to Boss Peis requirements. Therefore, even if he were to change its form, its core would still be puzzlement. It would still meet the requirements of performance art-style publicity. Teacher Qiaos analysis would still be valid! Meng Chang was shocked. Could it be that Boss Pei just casually gave me a very broad requirement and had already decided the fate of this promotional video? Meng Chang quickly continued reading. Actually, clues about the truth have always existed for quite some time. However, most people who were bewitched by the illusion did not notice it and were unwilling to believe it. Doubt VR first released 100 sets for some UP Masters and live streamers, but deliberately chose those with past records. These streamers actually spoke about the advantages of this pair of glasses very honestly, but everyone was doubtful and no one believed them. After the VR glasses were officially released, the players who bought them also spoke about the advantages of this pair of glasses in reality. However, most people were still doubtful and unwilling to believe it. Until now, many people still insist that Slow Movement Studio is working with Meng Chang because they want to hype up and not make good products, so Doubt VR glasses is embarking on hunger marketing, where the quality of the products are very poor. However, please take a closer look at the parameters of this pair of glasses with me. It has the high-quality lens with the highest resolution and refresh rate to date, Shenhua Corporations most mature investment screen transmission technology, the game controller that has undergone major innovations Did everyone suddenly guess that this is a very good product after my introduction? Then why did everyone think that it was bad before? Was it because of Tengdas announcement? Was it because of Meng Changs image? Or was it because of the stereotype caused by public opinion on the internet? After this incident, did everyone suddenly understand that the line between reality and illusion is actually very vague? Did you realize that our eyes, ears, and brain are very easily deceived? We need to use suspicion to approach the truth, but most of the time, suspicion will cause us to gradually drift away from the truth? If everyone remembers it, then you will naturally remember the name of these glasses: Doubt VR. Its just like the logo on the forehead cover of this pair of glasses: a horizontal line that runs through the logo of Slow Movement Studio. This is actually a hint. On the surface, this pair of glasses and game was developed by Slow Movement Studio. However, this horizontal line crossed out Slow Movement Studios logo, which means that this is not the entire truth. This pair of glasses was developed together with Tengda. At the same time, this line also represents overturning and breaking tradition. It represents the boundary between illusion and reality. It has an extremely deep symbolic meaning! Therefore, I hope that everyone can put down the stereotype of this pair of glasses and re-examine it. You will find that these VR glasses are completely worthy of the promotional slogan of its Epochal VR product! For the next video, I will combine the game Animal Island and talk about how these VR glasses have an epochal breakthrough compared to the previous VR glasses. Do look out for it! Meng Chang fell completely silent after watching the video. This Teacher Qiao was really something! He could interpret it this way? Indeed, he did not see the big picture since he was lost in the details. Meng Chang understood why he could not think of an answer for the last question of the Pei family publicity method. That was because he had gone off track from the beginning! Obviously, the impression that Boss Pei had left on Meng Chang had always been that he had been seriously working on a reverse publicity plan. This made Meng Chang, who was in the game, very determined that Boss Pei was only doing a reverse publicity plan to get a commission and continue to stay in the advertising department. However, this obviously conflicted with Boss Peis image. Boss Pei was a strategist who took care of the overall situation. How could he sacrifice a project that cost tens of millions just for Meng Chang? Therefore, Meng Chang could not figure this out. However, Teacher Qiao was an outsider. He easily saw through what Meng Chang could not. Boss Pei was only doing reverse publicity on the surface, but he was actually doing positive publicity! Previously, Meng Chang had mistakenly thought that Boss Peis publicity method was to raise it first if he wanted to. However, Boss Peis real process should be: raise it first, then suppress it, and then raise it again! In the end, he had to make the project popular! The last line of the Pei family publicity method was finally clear: strategizing and making the ultimate reversal! Everything that he had done previously had wasted the popularity of the publicity plan on the surface and had the opposite effect. However, after the last step was revealed, all the foreshadowing would be revealed. The heat that seemed to have been wasted would gather together, causing the entire publicity plan to have the best publicity effect! I see, I finally understand! Meng Chang suddenly stood up. The question that had been troubling him for a long time was finally answered. Why does Boss Pei want me to do reverse publicity? If I succeed in reverse publicity and the project loses money, wouldnt he suffer a huge loss? I thought that Boss Pei was playing with me on purpose so that I would fail at the last moment. However, I obviously misunderstood Boss Pei. Boss Pei is not such a boring person. Boss Pei saw that I could not understand it so he demonstrated it himself. Well do reverse publicity within a month. On the surface, well reduce the popularity, but well accumulate attention. A month later, well let the accumulated attention explode completely and achieve a better publicity effect! This way, it would be a win-win situation for Boss Pei and me. I did reverse advertisements, lowered the popularity, and insisted on getting a high commission for a month. When the publicity effect explodes next month, the project will be a huge success, and Boss Pei will earn money. Whats more, after this twist, it would have a better publicity effect than positive publicity. In other words Boss Pei had actually been hinting at me the entire time. However, I was too stupid and did not understand the deeper meaning. Instead, I made wild guesses about Boss Peis intentions Meng Chang suddenly understood. So this was the right way for him to be the person-in-charge of the advertising and marketing department! Chapter 1146 - It Looks like Meng Chang Has Turned Over A New Leaf? July 20th, Friday morning. Slow Movement Studio. Not long after the official start of work, Cai Jiadong saw Wang Xiaobin and Ye Zhizhou rush in from outside. Wheres Boss Lin? Wang Xiaobin asked. Cai Jiadong stood up and answered, Boss Lin isnt here today. Whats wrong? Ye Zhizhou shook the portable hard disk in his hand. The VR version of Fitness Battle has been tested and sealed. Ill give it to you one last time before officially selling it. Cai Jiadong said, Then send it directly. There definitely wont be a problem. Nothing would go wrong with Shang Yang Games in charge! Whats more, the game Fitness Battle had been operating steadily for a long time. There were no major problems. Now, they had only changed the original cell phone version to a VR version and the games display mode. This change would not induce any major malignant bugs. However, Cai Jiadong hesitated. Is it appropriate to publish it now? Should we wait for the VR glasses and Animal Island to become slightly more popular? Cai Jiadong had been paying attention to the market feedback of this pair of glasses ever since the VR glasses were released. However, to his surprise and disappointment, the feedback was not good! Meng Chang was in charge of the publicity for this pair of glasses. Boss Pei had specially informed Slow Movement Studio not to worry about publicity as long as they focused on improving the game. In the end, the netizens did not buy it after the publicity plan was released! This made Cai Jiadong extremely surprised and unacceptable. It was such a good product, but it had such a start? What a good hand but a lousy game! This made Cai Jiadong inevitably form some prejudice against Meng Chang. The popularity of VR glasses has not risen yet. It would probably be difficult to achieve the best effect even if he pushed out the Fitness Battle. It would be a waste. It would be more reliable to push this game after the VR glasses became popular. Ye Zhizhou smiled. See, this is because youre not familiar with the business, right? Cai Jiadong was a little confused. He did not understand what Ye Zhizhou meant. What do you mean by Im not familiar with the business? Wang Xiaobin explained, We have been paying attention to the changes in public opinion online since the publicity plan was released. We knew that the time was right the moment Teacher Qiao posted his video! Release Fitness Battle now and let the positioning of the Doubt VR glasses be done in one go. That would be the best publicity effect! This is the rule summarized from countless experiences. Cai Jiadong was enlightened. Teacher Qiao posted a video? I slept early last night and did not pay attention. Ill go and take a look! Cai Jiadong immediately opened Aili Islands website to check the video that Teacher Qiao posted last night. Qiao Liang had helped Slow Movement Studio for so long. Cai Jiadong was more familiar with him. He could tell that Qiao Liang was indeed a very smart UP Master and had a deep understanding of games. Otherwise, how could he have deciphered Boss Peis true intentions so many times and be regarded by everyone as Boss Peis confidant? This video would definitely change the current situation of the VR glasses! The video was not long. He finished watching it in no time. Cai Jiadong put down his cell phone, looking enlightened. I see! It looks like Ive misunderstood Meng Chang. Hes not playing tricks in the dark. Instead, hes strictly implementing this performance art plan according to Boss Peis instructions! Ye Zhizhou nodded. Yes. Meng Chang not only planned the entire publicity plan and filmed the promotional video according to Boss Peis intentions, but he also made use of his previous negative reputation. He himself became an important part of the performance art-style publicity. Previously, all of us did not trust Meng Chang much and felt that he would not do things honestly in Tengda. However, from the looks of it, he has changed after so long, being influenced and influenced by Boss Pei. The current him should have completely given up on the cleverness he was previously proud of. Instead, he should have turned over a new leaf, humbly asking Boss Pei for guidance and learning. Wang Xiaobin added, In that case, Meng Chang was also the one who helped Qiao Liang to create the game trial experience here. Were they already preparing for this publicity plan at that time? A portion of the credit is indeed Meng Changs. Theres no doubt about that. Everyone nodded. Obviously, this was another powerful evidence of Meng Chang turning over a new leaf and being changed by Boss Pei. If it was not to pave the way for the publicity plan in advance, why would Meng Chang suddenly decide to let Teacher Qiao try it out? At that thought, everyones impression of Meng Chang changed greatly. Cai Jiadong sighed. Speaking of which, Qiao Liang is really awesome! Take the line on the VR glasses for example. Previously, all of us had interpreted the line from the perspective of beauty and design from Boss Peis perspective. We thought that we had understood most of the meaning. I didnt expect Qiao Liang to have even interpreted the meaning that it symbolizes the boundary between illusion and reality. It has indirectly deepened the meaning of the Doubt VR glasses. As expected of the UP Master who understands Boss Pei the most. This way, the public opinion online would be completely reversed! Cai Jiadong casually flipped through the comments and comments of the players below the video. He knew that Teacher Qiaos video had once again played a turning point like before! Previously, many people had some stereotypes about Doubt VR glasses. Coupled with the anger accumulated by being played by monkeys after several limited purchases, it caused the reputation of the glasses to be bad after they were released. However, now that many misunderstandings had been cleared, netizens knew that Tengda Corporation, Shenhua Corporation, and Slow Movement Studio had invested a huge sum of money in the research and development of this product. Naturally, they would revisit it objectively. At that time, the rigid parameters and unique designs of the glasses would appear in front of gamers again. The numbers would not lie. A lens with a high resolution and refresh rate would definitely mean a better visual experience. As gamers went deeper into the experience and research, the reputation of Doubt VR glasses would definitely rise. At this critical juncture, releasing another heavyweight game, Fitness Battle VR would be able to burn another fire! While the two games, Animal Island VR and Fitness Battle VR, were very important and releasing them separately would be more conducive to maintaining the popularity of the VR glasses for a longer time, it was better to hold a news conference together. The VR glasses were a new thing. At the moment, most ordinary consumers were still in a wait-and-see state. It was difficult to convince them to grit their teeth and buy VR equipment with just one outstanding VR game. What if it were to collect dust after buying it? If they did not buy VR glasses, they would not be able to experience the advantage of VR. They would not be able to experience the super-strong realistic and immersive feeling. If they did not experience how fun VR was, they would not be able to make up their minds to buy it. This formed a cycle, it would be very difficult to breakthrough. Therefore, he had to show the players as much as possible the content of the VR glasses in the early stages. The more content there was, the stronger the players desire to buy it. Everyone agreed immediately and quickly decided to let the Fitness Battle VR be released immediately! This game would have several entry points at the same time. The original version of the Fitness Battle would have an entry point. Slow Movement Studios official website and the internal application store of the VR glasses would also have an entry point. He wanted all players to know about this immediately! At that moment, Qiao Liang had just woken up. He had spent a lot of brain cells yesterday to produce the previous video. Fortunately, the video was successfully released at night. After waking up in the morning, Qiao Liang immediately opened the video and checked the netizens comments and comments. Then, a smile appeared on his face. Success! Indeed, netizens are very smart and logical. With just a little guidance, everyone would understand the truth and Boss Peis good intentions. Boss Pei is not a businessman. He is a real artist. It would be very sad if the artist is not understood. Its a good thing that our netizens are all very good at appreciation and understanding. Its a blessing for all of us for gamers like that to have a talented designer like Boss Pei, and for Boss Pei to have a group of gamers like that! Alright, Ill work hard today and produce the next video as soon as possible! In the previous video, Qiao Liang only explained the performance art-style publicity this time and eliminated players misunderstanding and prejudice against this pair of glasses. He briefly talked about the advantages of this pair of glasses and briefly mentioned its various parameters. However, Qiao Liang knew very well that this pair of spectacles was definitely not a product that was useless apart from being made of material. Its various parameters were indeed higher than the current VR glasses products in the market, but its true outstanding points were definitely not limited to that. The most impressive thing about Doubt VR glasses was that it redefined the operating norms of VR games through the design of the controller. It also used the game Animal Island VR to guide players to adapt to the VR operating norms and showed the unlimited possibilities of the future of VR games. No one seemed to have praised these yet. After all, the game had only been released two days ago. Most people were still trying out the contents of the game. It was not enough to make such an analysis. Animal Island VR was a leisure game with a longer game flow. At the same time, considering that the VR glasses should not be used for too long and to prevent players from playing seriously, this game would separate the rich game content and unlock it in the first few days. This caused most UP Masters and streamers to not be able to see the games true appearance in the short term. They could only play a little. However, Qiao Liang was different. When he was helping Slow Movement Studio, he had already experienced all the gameplay of this game and had a rather deep understanding of the game itself. These contents were all at his fingertips! Chapter 1147 - Live-Streaming Animal Island VR” However, the problem was that he did not keep any video materials when he experienced the game previously. Thus, if he wanted the materials, he had to experience the game again and record it. Qiao Liang recalled that he had not done a live stream for a long time. It was just as well. He could play Animal Island for a while, explain to his fans, and record materials. Then, he would work as hard as he could to produce the video this weekend! He had to make preparations before the broadcast. Qiao Liang had learned from the lessons that many small-time streamers had previously learned from live-streaming VR games on this point. Ordinary system units, computers, and cell phone games could be transmitted to the audience in real-time with recording software and the like. However, this would not work with VR games. The video image of the VR game could become flat, but the camera would still move around with the hosts perspective. The live streamers would not feel any discomfort even if there were frequent shaking of his camera. However, the audience would feel very dizzy from the shake. Whats more, the audience could not see many of the live streamers actions. These would undoubtedly greatly weaken the live-streaming effect of VR games. Many small-time streamers did not have experience in the previous performance art-style publicity process. Thus, even though they did live-streams, the response was not good. Qiao Liang thought about it for a long time. These problems were difficult to solve, but they could be improved through certain methods. First, he had to stabilize his own neck as much as possible to lessen the shakes. This method might look simple and crude, but it was indeed very effective. Many people usually had small actions and habitually shook their heads, but they could not feel it. When playing VR games, such small habits would also be brought into the game. If he shook his neck as little as possible to stabilize the camera, the audiences dizziness would be greatly reduced. Whats more, in order to make it easier for players, Animal Island VR provided the ability to grab items. That way, players did not have to bend down frequently to pick up things. Most of the time, they just had to maintain eye level. That was also a benefit. Second, he would prepare an additional camera to record his actions in reality. He would also use a simple software to detect the press of the controller and display it on the screen. The audience could better know how the VR game was done through the realistic scenes. Many people who had not come into contact with VR games might mistakenly think that VR games were also controlled by buttons. It was not much different from computer games. Through this scene, they could realize that their thoughts were very wrong. Softwares that could detect buttons and pressure were also very common. Many streamers had used it before. Some were to let viewers better know their own operations, and some were also used to prove that they did not cheat. The function of this button detection coupled with realistic images could better show the audience the outstanding characteristics of VR. After everything was prepared, Qiao Liang combined all of the content onto the live stream. Unlike computer games, VR games UI was very simple because much content did not need to be placed in the field of vision. For example, the players state, number of bullets, and other data could be placed on the back of the players hand. It would only be displayed when the player looked at the back of his hand. Animal Island VR had done this to the extreme. There was almost no UI on the entire interface, further enhancing the sense of immersion. Qiao Liang placed the real camera image in the upper left corner of the entire image and placed the interface of the probe controller in the upper right corner of the image. The content of these two parts was not particularly important. It could be covered. The movements of the hands and various UI information on the arms had to be displayed in the bottom-left and bottom-right positions. After settling everything, Qiao Liang opened the live stream and prepared to enter Animal Island VR to experience the game. Not long after the live stream began, many fans flooded into the live stream. Sh*t! The no-show is live-streaming! Didnt he post a video yesterday? I thought that Old Qiao was going to give himself three months off! Wow, today is live-streaming Animal Island? Once they saw the live stream, many viewers understood what Teacher Qiao wanted to do. However, many viewers did not feel much anticipation or excitement from the content of the bullet screen comments. Old Qiao, dont broadcast Animal Island. Theres no point in live-streaming VR games. Just broadcast Repent and be Saveds suffering! You can also warm up Eternal Reincarnation in advance. Im going to leave if hes playing the VR game. Ill get dizzy. No matter how you make casual games, theyre just the same. I saw other live streamers play the start. Theyre not my cup of tea. Obviously, many players were not very interested in Qiao Liangs current live-stream content. On one hand, it was because VRs live-stream viewership was indeed not good. On the other hand, it was also because other streamers had already tried to broadcast a short segment of Animal Island. However, the effect was not very good, so Qiao Liangs fans did not want to watch it. Qiao Liang did not panic when he saw the bullet screen comments. Instead, he smiled. Everyone, watch patiently for a period of time. Ive already made sufficient preparations before the live stream. Of course, Im different from other live streamers! Qiao Liang did not explain much and entered the game directly. Some people left, but most of the audience were old fans. They stayed behind. Whats more, the number of people in the live stream was still increasing. The way they entered the game and the process were different from other games. When other games entered, they would click buttons, black screen, pop-up logos, walkthrough animations, and so on. However, Animal Island VR was different. Its entrance was in the scene of the VR glasses. The Doubt VR glasses had three initial scenes. The default scene was a beautiful island. The front was the sea, and the back was the forest of the island. In this scene, he could turn around and use the controller to click on it to open Animal Island. Of course, the prerequisite was that he had to download the game program in advance on the computer and complete the wireless investment screen connection between the computer and VR glasses. After entering the game, the scene would be seamlessly switched to the beach of the island. The surroundings remained the same. The games logos and animations would appear above players vision. Many small birds would fly out of the forest, and fish would jump in the waves. This was actually the loading process of the game. Before players realized this, they had already changed from the initial interface of the VR glasses to the game scene. After that, the controller shook slightly. Qiao Liang saw a slightly raised part on the ground moving towards him, like a tunnel. Two seconds later, the tunnel hit a huge rock next to it, making a Dong sound. Oh my! An anthropomorphic groundhog emerged from the ground. It was round, fat, and charmingly naive. It was carrying a pocket-sized hoe. There were some steam parts on the hoe and the logo of steam technology. A huge bump appeared on the groundhogs head. Obviously, it had just bumped into a rock. Im so stupid, I forgot to wear a hat again! The groundhog took out a miners hat from his backpack and put it on. It was just about to crawl back into the hole and continue digging when it saw Qiao Liang. It quickly said, Ah! Hello! I heard that someone has already booked this island. From the description in the information it should be you, right? Dont worry, the island has been preliminary developed by our steam technology company. Its still a long way from what we imagined the perfect island to be, but its already suitable for living on it! Youre free to develop this island. Ill bring you to the service department of steam technology to register first. This is the steam technology balance car prepared for you. Please get in! The groundhog clumsily pressed on its wrist as it spoke. A strange-looking balanced car drove over and stopped not far from Qiao Liang. At the same time, the groundhog continued to speak its lines, directing players to move. The hint was very simple. They were to use the joystick to move and change their perspective. They were to use the jumping key to teleport. The first two suggestions mainly guided players to move towards the balance car. There would be new guidance content after they got onto the balance car. Animal Island was a game that had to be as simple and natural as possible according to Boss Peis requirements. Thus, there was no separate interface introduction. Instead, when the groundhog spoke, it used the method of Please move to the side of the balanced car next (Use the left joystick icon or the left hammer key icon) to guide it. After standing on the balanced car, the groundhog began to introduce its driving style. The driving method of a balanced car is very simple. Do you see the button on your left index finger? If you press it, it will be to brake or reverse the car. The joystick on your left thumb will control the direction. The button on your right index finger will speed up After the character boarded the balance car, his hands automatically grabbed the two joysticks on the balance car. The layout of this joystick was very similar to the controller that the player was holding. Thus, when the groundhog introduced the function of the buttons on the joystick, it was equivalent to introducing the usage of the controller. During the introduction, the corresponding buttons on the balanced car would also light up, so that players could better confirm which button the groundhog was introducing. Alright, try opening it now. Come to the service area on the island with me! After the groundhog finished its introduction, it burrowed back into the ground and quickly dug a hole to lead the way. Qiao Liang controlled the balance car to follow behind. He arrived at the entrance of the steam technology service area on the island. The groundhog was waiting outside, teaching the player how to keep the steam balance car and enter the service area to settle the procedures. According to the settings in the game, steam technology had customized an island development plan for the small animals. The small animals only had to spend some money to become the owners of an island. They could cooperate with steam technology to develop the island and turn it into what they wanted. The service area was where steam technology companies could communicate with the contractors of the island and provide services. Chapter 1148 - This Game Is More Interesting If You Experience The Details! He came to the counter and automatically locked onto it with his mobility function. He could only look around. He entered the formal registration process under the guidance of the steam technology service staff. During this process, he had to determine the characters names, island names, choose the development direction of the island, and also preliminary customize the appearance of the characters. Every island was generated according to a certain rule. The starting islands of every player were completely different. However, the needs of every player would be different after all. Thus, players were allowed to choose the development direction of the island. For example, if gamers liked to fish, they could transform the island into an island with more water and rich fish resources. If gamers liked to hunt, they could transform the island into an island with lush forest and more animals. If gamers liked to farm, they could transform the island into a land with more variety of plants. Of course, players could also choose balanced islands to use in fishing, hunting, farming, and so on. After choosing this requirement, steam technology would develop and modify the island in the corresponding direction. However, this transformation would not be completed in a short time. There would not be any changes to the island when it was first selected. Instead, it would continue to change for a period of time. Of course, if he changed his mind in the future, he could still come to the service office to modify it. However, he could not modify it too frequently. Apart from this long-term modification plan, there was also a short-term modification plan: the moving service delivered by steam technology. Players could move the initial buildings on the island to their preferred positions. It was free for the first time but they would have to pay later. As for the appearance of the characters, they were all very cute little animals. These animals were all strange. There were ducks, penguins, dogs, crocodiles, rabbits, rams, cats, and so on. After choosing a small animal, they could also change its fur color, shape, and clothes. The clothes on small animals could be changed at will in the future. Whats more, there would be bows, quivers, gun holsters, mechanical watches, and other decorations. After registering, they could officially explore the island freely. The content of the first day was mainly to help players familiarize themselves with the operations, including the most basic movement, as well as basic gameplay like hunting, farming, mining, and so on. After that, the game would gradually guide players to carry out more complicated activities, such as fishing high-level fish, hunting for high-level animal materials, farming and producing high-level crop yields, and so on. During these activities, the corresponding NPCs would complete the guidance. For example, the one who taught hunting was a dog, the one who taught fishing was a cat, the one who taught farming was an old bull, and the one who taught mining was a groundhog Of course, they were all in the form of anthropomorphic animals. During the teaching process, these small animals would use very slow movements to show players some specific operations. For example, the puppies would show a series of processes of taking the arrow, setting the bow, pulling the bow, and shooting the arrow from the quiver. At the same time, they would explain the gameplay. Players would listen to the explanation and explore the gameplay. When they successfully shot an arrow, they would not help but exclaim, Holy sh*t, awesome. Qiao Liang was already very proficient in these operations. He could even use the bow and arrow to shoot quickly, making the dog who taught him to shoot continuously exclaim. However, the audience was very surprised. The audience could clearly see Qiao Liangs movements through the small screen in the upper left corner. His movements might be a little wretched in reality, but he was indeed setting up the bow and shooting. Coupled with the image in the game, many people finally realized that VR games were so different from ordinary computer games! In ordinary computer games, archery would move the mouse and click the button at best. There was no need to make it complicated. However, in VR games, even though the steps of archery were more cumbersome and the operation difficulty was higher, not only would it not make people feel bored and troublesome because of the highly realistic characteristics, but they would also enjoy it and find it difficult to extricate themselves! Many people previously felt that it was a waste for the Doubt VR controller to press so many buttons. That was because other VR games only needed one or two keys to play. They could only use one key to teleport and use another key to interact with the props in the game. Thus, so many buttons on Doubt VR would not be used in other games. However, after seeing the specific gameplay of Animal Island VR, these people realized that even though there were many buttons, none of them were redundant. They were all very useful! On the other hand, the other VR games did not need so many keys. It could only mean that the content of these games was not rich enough and the gameplay was not interesting enough! The controller of the Doubt VR glasses took into account the interaction of the players five fingers. Whats more, there were buttons such as reload clips and hammer. It simulated the structure of the firearms, making the game feel especially cool when simulating shotgun shooting. The feeling was particularly obvious when he was holding something in his hand. The other VR glasses handles only needed to press the trigger button to hold the thing in hand. However, there was a difference between the operation of the players and the movements of the characters in the game, so it would have a slight impact on the immersion. However, the handle of Doubt VR had to be held with five fingers. It made people feel that it was really holding something and not simply using one index finger to hook something. The sense of immersion would be stronger. He played for more than two hours in a row. Qiao Liang only reluctantly exited the game after the VR glasses indicated that the battery was low. He had to admit that the game version that was officially released was much better than the previous version that he had tried out. The main reason was that the entire game process had been smoothed out. The game guidance and transfer had been done in the early stages. There was no obvious gap between the various game boards. Everything was smooth as silk. The reason why he stopped was that his glasses were out of battery. Qiao Liangs neck could not take it anymore. In order to give the live-stream audience a better viewing experience, he constantly reminded himself not to look around. Even if he had to look around, he had to do it as smoothly as possible. That way, the audiences experience would be guaranteed, but Qiao Liangs neck would suffer. He needed to rest. Qiao Liang could not help but smile as he looked at the bullet screen comments in the live stream. Obviously, his efforts had paid off! The viewers comments on the bullet screen comments were completely different from before. I didnt expect that such simple content would be so interesting once it is moved to the VR platform! Fishing is too fun. I already want to buy this pair of glasses already! Just the fishing simulator alone is enough! This game can be used for hunting, fishing, and farming. Ive made a killing! Previously, I thought that this controller was flashy but useless. Now, from the looks of it, this controller is simply invincible! If you buy Doubt VR glasses, at the very least, the controller would probably be perfect for new VR games for the next few years. You definitely dont have to worry about not having enough buttons! However, if we want to play Animal Island, we can only use Doubt VR. The other VR glasses are not very good. Of course, I have to buy Doubt VR. Could there be other good glasses in the market now? Qiao Liang could not help but feel proud when he saw the bullet screen comments. Look! I, Teacher Qiao, am worthy of being the number one live commerce of Tengda! Only I, Teacher Qiao, am indifferent to fame and fortune. Otherwise, wouldnt Boss Pei have specially hired me to be the person-in-charge of the sales department? In fact, even if Qiao Liang did not do this live stream, the outstanding content of Animal Island VR would be introduced to players by other streamers or UP Masters sooner or later. The VR glasses and the quality of this game itself were high enough. Therefore, it did not matter even if there was a small misunderstanding in the early stages. As time passed, players would definitely recognize its value. However, Qiao Liangs existence undoubtedly greatly accelerated this process and expanded the final influence. Alright, todays live stream is about to end here. I have to continue editing the material and work hard to make a video. If everyone feels like they havent had enough, I suggest you buy a Doubt VR glasses to try it out personally. After all, you can only feel it if you experience VR games yourself. Watching live-streams and cloud experiences are too different from playing it yourself. Qiao Liang was prepared to take off his VR glasses to rest. For a no-show broadcaster, broadcasting for more than two hours was considered working overtime! However, after withdrawing to the main page of the VR glasses, he suddenly realized that there was an additional promotional page on the main page. Obviously, the content of the main page had secretly changed when he was experiencing the game. This promotional page was a huge game promotional poster. On it were the few game characters in the Fitness Battle. There was also a huge title: open download of the Fitness Battle VR version! Eh?! Qiao Liang was shocked. There was such a pleasant surprise? The VR version of Fitness Battle was developed by Shang Yang Games. Ye Zhizhou and Wang Xiaobin did not mention it at Slow Movement Studio because it did not involve changes in the gameplay and operations. They still placed their focus on the development of Animal Island. Therefore, Qiao Liang did not know of the existence of this project. He was overjoyed to see this title! He quickly clicked on it. There was a simple introduction on the details page of the Fitness Battle VR version and a few key points: The data of the entire platform was interconnected and could be used together with the smart fitness drying rack. The VR glasses themselves did not need a computer or cell phone to project! Qiao Liang was no longer sleepy after seeing that. Didnt that mean that he could break the dimensional wall and get close to the lady in the Fitness Battle? Animal Island might be very fun but it was a group of cute animals after all. They were mainly there to hunt and farm. No one would have any improper thoughts about the fox girl and the rabbit sister in Animal Island, right? However, the Fitness Battle was different. There were ready-made and well-dressed ladies inside. Qiao Liang had worked so hard in the Fitness Battle previously and created a full set of uniforms and dresses for the ladies. He could now see them in the VR! This was simply unbearable. Qiao Liang immediately chose to download it. The VR version of the Fitness Battle could be downloaded and operated in the VR glasses because its configurations and game capacity were lower than that of Animal Island. Thus, there was no need to use a computer to cast the screen. Fitness Battle was a mobile game after all. If players had smart fitness drying racks to begin with, they would only need to buy VR glasses to experience the Fitness Battle VR version. They would not need to have a computer. This undoubtedly greatly reduced the threshold of the experience. Chapter 1149 - It’s No Sweat At All, Providing Help When One Needs It The Most In the afternoon, Che Rong was instructing a few employees to make arrangements in one of Star Bird Fitness new shops near the Great World. Move this row of machines to the side a little closer to the floor-to-ceiling windows. The field of vision would be better. Attention, everyone. The new machine has a paging system attached to it. You will be able to see which location is calling once you touch it. You must come and answer it immediately. You cannot let customers wait for long, understand? Che Rong repeatedly reminded them. Of course, he already knew about Jingzhous new metro plan. He had sold a house on the eve of the announcement of the building of the metro. This sounded like an extremely huge loss, but Che Rong did not feel like he had made a loss at all. Instead, he felt that he had made a huge profit! Obviously, Boss Pei had probably known that the metro was to be built here. That was why he had bought the property here in advance to better observe Tengdas industry in the old industrial zone. However, Boss Pei was obviously someone who did not take advantage of others. He would repay the kindness that he had shown! When Che Rong bought this house, he had the intention of profiteering from real estate. However, he quickly regretted it and decided to sell the house to continue investing in his own gym. This view was obviously recognized by Boss Pei. That was why Boss Pei asked Dream Realization Ventures to invest a sum of money into Star Bird Fitness. Selling a house would earn him an investment and Boss Peis friendship. Where else could he find such a good deal? He could even give it to Boss Pei for free! However, Che Rong felt that it was not appropriate to give it away for free. Boss Pei was not short of money. What was the point of giving a house to him for free? Not only would he look like he was acting smart but he would also look unpresentable and not straightforward enough. Thus, this was good. Che Rong became bolder after receiving a lot of investments. He discussed with Boss Li and felt that Star Bird Fitness had to gradually establish a high-end image if it wanted to continue developing. It could not be holed up in its original corner. Thus, the location of the new store was bolder. This flagship store was located in the most prosperous commercial district in Jingzhou, near the Great World. The location was good and stylish. Naturally, the rent would not be cheap. Given Star Bird Fitness current business model, it would be more difficult for this shop to make a profit. However, Che Rong and Li Shi felt that this shop would help to establish the high-end image of Star Bird Fitness and open up the brands reputation. This shop was like a huge billboard. It might be difficult to make a profit because of the high rent of the shop, but it could increase the brands reputation and make other shops profitable. Whats more, he might be able to gain the favor of more investors and obtain more investments. No matter how he thought about it, the pros outweighed the cons. In terms of location, he had deliberately distanced himself from the two large shopping malls, Great World and Golden Prosperity Square. This was to avoid fighting Tengdas Deposit Fitness for business. They had also spent a lot of effort in renovating and decorating the shop, especially after learning a lot from Tengdas advanced experience. Everyone knew that Tengda experience shops transparent service was well received, and this service method was very suitable for Star Bird Fitness. He could set a call button next to all the smart fitness drying racks. He could directly inform the service staff to come and answer the questions. It would greatly improve the environment and atmosphere of the entire shop. Che Rong had been keeping an eye on this place for a few days. Now, everything was finally arranged. He could officially start operations. The other shops were almost ready. On the day of opening, there would definitely be a promotional event. Some people would also be arranged to distribute flyers and advertise nearby. Tengdas businesses never needed to distribute flyers, but that was because they were impressive enough. Che Rong did not think that he could reach Boss Peis god-like marketing level. Thus, he decided to follow the usual publicity method. It was the safest. He was just about to sit down and drink some water when he saw Li Shi walk quickly into the shop. Boss Li. Che Rong stood up and said, The arrangements of the shops have been arranged. They can open this weekend. Li Shi nodded slightly and asked, Have you encountered any difficult problems? Che Rong thought for a moment. Theres not much of a problem. However The only thing Im worried about is that the popularity on the day of opening would not be enough if consumers are not convinced. After all, the popularity of the smart fitness drying rack and the Fitness Battle has passed. Star Bird Fitnesss model has been operating steadily for a period of time. Its hard to say if the opening of the new store will cause a sensation like when Star Bird Fitness first transited. Che Rongs worries were obviously not unreasonable. Previously, when Star Bird Fitness had just transitioned to a business model that mainly used smart fitness drying racks, Fitness Battle and smart fitness drying racks were very popular. There was a lot of discussion online. On the other hand, because the smart fitness drying rack did not have enough production capacity and was relatively expensive and occupied a large area, many people wanted to experience it but could not. That provided the best business opportunity for Star Bird Fitness to stand out. However, now that the popularity of the Fitness Battle and smart fitness drying rack had gone down, those who were hot-headed and wanted to experience the smart fitness drying rack had also experienced it. They no longer had the strong demands from before. If he opened a new branch under such circumstances, would it still be as popular as before? Would he incur losses because there were not enough customers? That was Che Rongs greatest worry. Li Shi could not help but smile. You dont have to worry about this at all. Che Rong was stunned. Could it be that Boss Li, youve already thought of a solution? Li Shi shook his head. Im not that capable. Its Boss Pei! Do you think Boss Pei would not think of the problems that you can think of? Look at this. Li Shi handed his cell phone over as he spoke. Che Rong took it and realized that there was a very simple message on it: The Fitness Battle had a VR version! This! Che Rongs eyes widened in disbelief. He might not have played this game nor seen the games graphics but he could imagine what kind of state it would be in just by imagining it. The Fitness Battle was a very successful game to begin with. After changing it to a VR version, the basic gameplay of the game would not change. However, the way it was displayed had changed. It would definitely be a successful game! The only thing that confused Che Rong was when did this happen? Not even Boss Li knew about it! This was a pleasant surprise. Li Shi smiled. Actually, you dont have to be too surprised. I already said that if you cooperate with Boss Pei, Boss Pei will naturally give you more benefits as long as you show some goodwill. Cooperating with Boss Pei will never be a loss! You dont think that Boss Pei is going to help you just by giving you some investment, do you? Also, look at this. Li Shi opened Aili Islands website on his cell phone and found Lin Jiaqiangs video. In the video, Lin Jiaqiang was still insisting on using the smart fitness drying rack to work out and check in every day. His figure had undergone earth-shaking changes! Previously, Lin Jiaqiang had only used two weeks to lose 4kg. Now, two months have passed since he started using the smart fitness drying rack. Even though the rate at which he was losing weight had slowed down, his physique had undergone earth-shaking changes! The fatty from before was gone. His previous clothes could not be worn because he was too fat. After changing his dressing style, he looked like a middle-aged man who had taken good care of himself. His body might not have reached the level of a six-pack but everyone could see the change in his body. Obviously, Lin Jiaqiang was the live advertisement for the smart fitness drying rack! Putting the two photos before and after he lost weight, those who did not know would think that this was fake publicity. The change was huge! Obviously, with the release of the Fitness Battle VR version, Lin Jiaqiangs fitness video would probably start a discussion. This would undoubtedly add fuel to the fire of the Star Bird Fitness branch that was about to open. Previously, he had been worried that it would not be popular. Now, wouldnt it be extremely popular? Che Rong was extremely touched. Boss Pei was too kind! This was timely help. No, it was extremely timely help! Che Rong even felt that his worries were too unnecessary. It was just like playing games and going to dungeons. The tank in the team was worried that his equipment was not good and could not withstand the monsters. In the end, he saw the big boss mage in the team charge forward alone and pull the monsters together for an attack. It was so surprising that Che Rong began to doubt the authenticity of this matter. Boss Li, Boss Pei is too kind. I dont know what to say Could Boss Pei have thought of this in advance and specially made a game to help? Li Shi smiled. What are you thinking about? Impossible! The VR version of Fitness Battle must have been in the development plan from the beginning. After all, this game has been a huge success. The smart fitness drying rack has also been selling well. Now, Slow Movement Studio, which Tengda invested in, has made very successful VR glasses. Changing the Fitness Battle to a VR version can connect many industries. Lin Jiaqiangs video must have been planned from the beginning. Its a long-term publicity method. Boss Pei had already planned all of these, but it must be for Tengdas related industries. As for the benefits of Star Bird Fitness, it was just a side benefit. Li Shi paused for a moment and said, However, Boss Peis greatest strength is in that. The others would do their best to solve the problem. They would be busy and let you know that they have spent a lot of effort to help you. But Boss Pei is not like that. He had arranged everything a long time ago. He looked relaxed, satisfied, and logical. It was as if he had done nothing. However, the help he offers is much more than the help that others can give with all their might! Che Rong nodded. He finally understood how it felt to drink soup! It was actually so beautiful. No wonder Boss Li was addicted to the soup and could not stop himself! Then, Boss Li, should we buy a lot of VR glasses next? Li Shi nodded. Of course! Ive already spoken to Slow Movement Studio. Well buy a large number of them and equip every smart fitness drying rack with VR glasses! Whether the clients use it or not is their business, but we must have it! July 21st, Saturday It was the weekend. Pei Qian had intended to take a nap and rest at home. However, he felt inexplicably worried and could not sleep well. That was because there were only ten days left until settlement. However, Pei Qian really did not know how much money he could lose in this cycle. The problem was that Teacher Qiao had indeed worked hard again even though he had already planned the last week of spending money! Pei Qian had already seen Qiao Liangs video. Logically speaking, Pei Qian should have been severely hurt. However, Pei Qian did not feel that way. Instead, he was already numbed to it. It was not the first time that Teacher Qiao had posted a video. What was there to fuss about? It would only be something new if he did not upload a video. In fact, Pei Qian had already considered the reason why Teacher Qiao posted the video previously. He had even predicted the popularity of Doubt VR glasses. After going through so much, he naturally got over many things Even though he was still shocked that Teacher Qiao could misinterpret his intentions and that netizens were once again deceived and deceived by Teacher Qiaos flowery words, Pei Qian felt that he could completely tolerate it. That was because the investment in VR glasses and Animal Island VR was too huge. So what if it became popular in the week and sold out? It would be impossible to recover the development cost. He did not know how many cycles it would take to earn money. Whats more, the pricing of the VR glasses did not result in a high profit to begin with. It was true that Tengda had invested in Slow Movement Studio, but Slow Movement Studio would only split the money after it earned it. The split would definitely be small and slow. Therefore, VR glasses alone were not that much of a threat to Pei Qian. It would not be a problem as long as it did not spread to other places. After waking up, Pei Qian strolled around and thought about going to the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe for breakfast. However, Pei Qian felt that something was amiss the moment he walked to the Fish-Catching Internet Cafes entrance. Why were there so many people?! Pei Qian did not come to the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe every day to eat. That depended on when he woke up. However, in the past week, he had come at least three times but none of the trips were as lively as today! Moreover, there were many unfamiliar faces. Fish-Catching Internet Cafe had already set up many branches. Thus, customers who came often would definitely live nearby. They would feel that it was familiar if they came more often. It was strange to see so many unfamiliar faces. Fortunately, it was still early. It was not even 9 AM yet. There were still seats in the coffee area. Pei Qian found an empty table and sat down. He called the waiter over and asked in a low voice, Whats the situation today? Why are there so many people? The waiter said softly, Boss Pei, dont you know? The VR experience area on the second floor is officially open today! Pei Qian was stunned for a moment before he remembered. I almost forgot about that! Previously, he had told Xiao Peng to modify Fish-Catching Internet Cafe in batches. He would split half of the space from the online area and make it into the VR experience area. Subsequently, he did not keep an eye on this matter. Some time ago, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe began to be renovated in batches. The entire second floor of the internet cafe had been closed off for renovation. Now, Fish-Catching Internet Cafes VR experience area has also been officially modified with the popularity of Doubt VR! Chapter 1150 - Something Wrong With Star Bird Fitness! Pei Qian was a little flustered, but he quickly calmed down. Calm down, calm down. The VR experience area has just been opened. Its more gimmicky. Its normal and reasonable for everyone to come and play. After this wave of popularity passes, there will definitely not be many people in the VR experience area. Fish-Catching Internet Cafe will also be able to incur losses. A moment of popularity brings long-term losses. Its still worth it. After consoling himself, Pei Qian stood up, intending to sneak up to the second floor to take a look. He knew that the second floor was probably full now, but it was also important to obtain the feedback of the customers. What if there were high attendance but customers were not satisfied? He greeted the waiter and asked him to reserve a seat for him. He had to come down for a meal later. It was only noon, and the internet cafe was almost full. He had not seen such a grand scene in months. If Pei Qian went to the second floor just like that, his seat would probably be taken by someone else very soon. Thus, he had to ask the waiter to keep an eye on it. Pei Qian followed the crowd to the second floor and was shocked by the scene in front of him. So many people! Before coming, Pei Qian had expected that there would be many people and all the seats would be filled. However, he realized that he was still too inexperienced. Not only were all the seats taken up, there were also two people waiting in line! Every empty seat in the VR experience area was relatively spacious in order to make it easier for players to move freely within the VR range. There was a partition that separated players from the people on both sides. There was an aisle behind him, which was relatively spacious. Now, there were many people standing in the original aisle. Obviously, they were all waiting in line! Now, Pei Qian knew why there was so many unfamiliar faces downstairs. That was because familiar faces were already on the second floor to play or line up! Fish-Catching Internet Cafes queuing mechanism was similar to that of other industries such as the snack market and Thriller Hostel. If it was full, the queue would reach the bar counter. The bar counter would arrange everything based on the priority of the number of queues and the timing of each piece of equipment. There would not be a situation where they would find loopholes later on. This was also to take care of most peoples experience as much as possible. There would not be a situation where they came early but were snatched by others. Logically speaking, these people could just wait and have their numbers called out in the internet cafe below. However, it was obvious that they were too passionate about VR. Thus, they would rather stand upstairs and watch! The equipment in the VR experience area included keyboards, headphones, monitors, and a full set of Doubt VR headsets. Among them, the keyboards were fixed on a foldable table. They were unfolded when used and hung on the wall when not used. The monitor would show the image in the VR glasses. Of course, if players did not want others to watch it, they could also choose to close the screen. However, Animal Island VR was a cute casual game. There was nothing to hide. There was no need to close the screen. Thus, one person played the game while the other two watched it. Whats more, they watched it with gusto! The VR glasses were an all-in-one machine with a battery. They could be played wireless, but they could only last for more than two hours. In fact, the original intention of the design was for everyone to rest after playing for more than two hours and charge the glasses. They did not have to play for too long because it would be too tiring. That was the case for gamers at home. After all, the VR glasses were their own. They could just find some time to play them in fragments of their free time. However, that was not the case in the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. Many people came specially. How could they leave in two hours? Of course, he had to work hard! However, Xiao Peng had obviously considered this point. When designing, he had fixed the charging line and data line of the VR glasses to the right wall by hanging them. This line was hanging above their heads, so even if they used a wired method to play, players did not have to worry about being caught by this line. The experience was not much different from the wireless mode. The customers at the back watched as they chatted. Up close, I can see it even clearer than in Teacher Qiaos video. This game is too awesome. It can even simulate the movements of archery. I cant wait to get it. Sigh, I knew that the VR experience area would be open today, so I rushed over as soon as the internet cafe opened. I didnt expect to be late! Many people were queuing before the door opened. I dont know how long more do I have to queue. Its so uncomfortable. Its alright, Brother. I can play for at most an hour. If the experience is good, Ill go back and order a pair of VR glasses to play at home! There are too many people. Should I go to the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and take a look? Dont go. There must be a queue there. Dont think about it. Just wait here obediently. I think we can only play Animal Island here. Wheres the Fitness Battle? Theres no smart fitness drying rack here. How can we play? If you want to play Fitness Battle, you can go to the nearby Star Bird Fitness. Theres a full set of drying racks and VR glasses there. Is that so? Whats the charge then? There are all of them. They can be used for a month, a year, or per use. Whats more, theres a new shop nearby. I dont think there are many people. I wont continue queuing here then. There are still more than ten people in front. How long do I have to wait? Lets go there and experience it first! The people in the VR experience area came and went. New customers kept coming up from downstairs, wanting to see what the VR experience area looked like. However, there were people who could not wait and left from the second floor. Pei Qian was near the stairs. He was squeezed by everyone and felt a little suicidal. If it was normal times, he would often encounter people asking for his autograph. At that time, Pei Qian would feel quite annoyed. However, no one was asking for his autograph today. Everyone was staring at the VR glasses. Pei Qian felt even worse! What a sad story. Whats more, Pei Qian suddenly felt that something was amiss as he listened to these peoples discussions. Star Bird Fitness? Why is this name so familiar? Pei Qian was very sure that he had heard of this name before. He thought about it as he ate his breakfast downstairs and suddenly remembered. Wasnt this the gym that he had asked He Desheng to invest in previously? Previously, Pei Qian had coincidentally met Che Rong when he was buying a house. Che Rong had said that he was opening a gym. The situation in the past few years has not been good. Recently, his situation has improved with the help of a benefactor. Thus, he had taken out the money in the house and invested it in the gym. Pei Qian heard that the gym was not doing well. Even the boss had to rely on selling the house to earn money. Wouldnt he be making a loss by investing some money? Whats more, it formed direct competitiveness with Deposit Fitness. It was quite perfect to work on both sides. Thus, Pei Qian told He Desheng to invest some money into the gym secretly so that he could follow the normal investment process of Dream Realization Ventures. In the end Why was Star Bird Fitness related to the Fitness Battle? What the hell was with a full set of drying racks and VR glasses? Pei Qian ate his breakfast as he pondered. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that something was amiss. There seemed to be some hidden information that he had not noticed or ignored! Pei Qian felt that he would not be able to keep a low profile if he did not leave, seeing more and more people appear in the internet cafe. Thus, he immediately stood up and left after finishing his breakfast. After that, he took out a mask from his pocket and put it on. He searched for the nearest Star Bird Fitness on the map. It was about two kilometers from here, nearly three kilometers from the nearest Deposit Fitness. Pei Qian was a little dissatisfied with this position. Why are you so far away from Deposit Fitness? Get closer! It would be best if they could just face each other. A gym could cover an area of more than three kilometers. If the competition was intense, it could only cover a range of two kilometers. The distance was a core factor to consider when choosing a gym for customers after all. They were too far away. They were running to the gym with all sorts of luggage. They were exhausted even before they arrived. They were not in the mood to work out at all and could not persevere. Star Bird Fitness was five kilometers away from Deposit Fitness. It could be said that customers were basically not overlapping at all. They could not form a competitive relationship with Deposit Fitness. Naturally, there was no way to talk about snatching customers and reducing Deposit Fitness profits. Whats more, Pei Qian looked at the map and realized that Star Bird Fitness seemed to have chosen the location on purpose. Most of the branches were three to four kilometers away from Deposit Fitness! In terms of close distance, it was not considered close. The clients of the gym basically did not overlap. In terms of distance, it was not too far. Jingzhou was so big, and Deposit Fitness could not cover the entire Jingzhou. Star Bird Fitness new store was not very far from Deposit Fitness. It did not seem right to use coincidence to explain. According to the results of the map, the biggest flagship store in Star Bird Fitness was near the Great World. However, like the other branches, it was also a distance away from places like the Great World and Golden Prosperity Square that had Tengda industries. Pei Qian suddenly felt that something was amiss with Star Bird Fitness. Previously, he had thought that this was just an ordinary gym that was about to collapse. Thus, he had invested some money into it out of humanitarian reasons. However, from the looks of the current situation, the situation was definitely not as simple as he had imagined! There was no need to look at Fish-Catching Internet Cafe anymore. The VR experience area had just opened. It would definitely be popular. Given the current popularity, even if the future became cold and deserted, it would only be two or three months at most. There was no need to worry about such a place that had already fallen, but what was the situation with Star Bird Fitness? Pei Qian called Little Sun to drive over and decided to make a trip to the flagship store with the largest gym. He had to understand the situation of Star Bird Fitness clearly! At the same time, Star Bird Fitnesss flagship store had officially opened for business. Che Rong was extremely efficient. He immediately arranged for a large number of VR glasses to be purchased from Boss Li after receiving the news. He also configured them to various branches as quickly as possible. That was because Doubt VR glasses and smart fitness drying rack had long been compatible, so it was easier to install it. It could be a wired or wireless connection. Shang Yang Games had already planned it in advance when developing the Fitness Battle VR version. A line could be hung down directly from the smart module on the smart fitness drying rack. It also had the function of data transmission and charging. Whats more, it would not affect fitness movements. They could just hang it by the side when he did not need it. They were all in a set so it was very convenient to install them. The employees of the various branches of Star Bird Fitness took the time to work after receiving the goods and finally finished installing them successfully. Chapter 1151 - You Call This A Gym? The flyers of Star Bird Fitness and the publicity material had of course been adjusted in order to cooperate with the new equipment. The Doubt VR glasses and the Fitness Battle VR version were the main gimmicks to attract nearby customers. At the same time, it was only natural for the new branch to receive a huge reward for opening. All the stores of Star Bird Fitness would give new customers experience for two hours for free, and there would be discounts within a week. Old customers would also be given some discounts if they experienced the VR version or pulled friends over. It might be Saturday but it was the first day of operations after all. Che Rong did not expect a large number of customers to come. Fame had to be accumulated slowly after all. What Che Rong was thinking was that the gym would still be popular a few days before it opened for business by distributing flyers and giving huge bonuses. The gym would only slowly become popular after the week was almost over. What he did not expect was that more and more customers were arriving before noon! Whats more, most customers had never come to Star Bird Fitness before. At first, Che Rong was puzzled. Why were the flyers so powerful? It did not make sense! He had distributed a lot of flyers before, but the efficiency was very low. Most people only took one flyer out of embarrassment after all. It would be good enough if a hundred flyers could attract one or two customers to the shop. However, the young man who had sent out the flyers had not returned yet. Why were there so many people now? Che Rong asked carefully and realized that it was not because of the flyers. These people had all come from the nearby Fish-Catching Internet Cafe! One of the batches of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe had already completed the transformation, and half of the computers had been replaced with VR glasses. However, this transformation had to be done in batches after all. Whats more, it could only be transformed into Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 1.0. Fish-Catching Internet Cafe 2.0 and 3.0s Live E-Sports Museum was not suitable for such changes. Thus, there was still a shortage of VR equipment. Many Fish-Catching Internet Cafes VR experience areas had serious queues. At that moment, the name Star Bird Fitness was spread among these players. Fish-Catching Internet Cafe could only experience Animal Island. The game might be more fun than Fitness Battle but there was no space! Therefore, they had to settle for the next best thing. They would experience the Doubt VR glasses at Star Bird Fitness, look at the resolution of the glasses, and then look at the lady in Fitness Battle from the VR perspective. Fitness Battle was a mobile game. Even though only a few people could persevere and train, most people had downloaded it, had accounts, and drawn a few beautiful clothes. Therefore, it was normal to want to try the VR version. Che Rong was moved to tears. Previously, he had thought that Boss Pei had helped him enough. He had already given him a furnace in the snow. He could not repay him. Now, he realized that Boss Peis gift was not over! They even used Fish-Catching Internet Cafe to direct the portion of customers that Fish-Catching Internet Cafe could not eat to Star Bird Fitness so that Star Bird Fitness had a large number of customers not long after its opening! Of course, it was impossible for all these customers to stay. Many of them were only here to try it out. They would probably not come in the future. However, no matter what, it would be enough if only a small portion of these people remained! Che Rong and the staff were busy helping customers adjust the equipment and guiding them to better experience the VR version of the Fitness Battle. There were also customers who did not want to play after playing for a while. They felt a little stuffy and continued playing in ordinary mode. Star Bird Fitness had a huge television for every smart fitness drying rack. They could also obtain a good experience. To put it bluntly, the VR version only provided customers with an additional experience. This experience might not be particularly perfect, but it was essential. Che Rong was extremely busy, but it was all bliss. Previously, Star Bird Fitness walked in an ordinary gym model. No matter how hard he worked, business was just like that. Even if Che Rong wanted to be busy, he could not muster any energy. However, things had become completely different. Star Bird Fitness had changed to a new business model, making Che Rong feel that his future was bright. Even his work was filled with motivation! Indeed, most of the time, walking in the right direction was more important than anything else. Che Rong suddenly saw a familiar figure while he was busy. He might be wearing a mask but wasnt this Boss Pei?! The last time they met, Che Rong did not know Boss Pei. However, there was no reason for him not to recognize him this time. He might look like an ordinary young man on the surface, but he could easily do things that others could not do and create business miracles. His entire back view looked extremely tall! Boss Pei is worried about the situation here, so he specially came to take a look? Im really sorry about that! I really cannot repay your kindness. How should I greet Boss Pei Che Rong was very touched. Logically speaking, Boss Pei had arranged at least three layouts in advance. It was enough to ensure that Star Bird Fitness new store would be popular when it opened. Howewver, even so, Boss Pei had specially come to take a look. This was enough to show how much Boss Pei valued Star Bird Fitness! However, how should he greet him? Che Rong fell into a dilemma. Che Rong felt that Boss Pei already knew his identity but the two of them had not known each other on the business level. They had only interacted privately as property buyers and sellers. Should he address him as Boss Pei now? It did not seem appropriate. However, calling him Brother Pei was even more inappropriate! He definitely could not be too serious, but he could not be too casual either. It would be unforgivable if he did not want to make Boss Pei angry if he were to handle it too seriously. It was really difficult to grasp the speed. Che Rong saw Boss Pei walk around Star Bird Fitness and immediately turn around to leave just as he was struggling. This Che Rong was stunned. He was just about to raise his hand to stop Boss Pei when he retracted his hand. Boss Pei had come to take a look with a mask on. He must have wanted to keep a low profile. It was indeed inappropriate for him to shout out to him. However, Boss Pei had already walked away. That made Che Rong feel very regretful. He really should not have hesitated! If he had gone up earlier, he might have been able to talk to Boss Pei! However, on further thought, there might not be such a need. According to Boss Li, Boss Pei was a very clear-cut person. He never did anything unnecessary. Whats more, the time plan was very strict. He never wasted time. Boss Pei had probably come this time to confirm the state of Star Bird Fitness and see if his arrangements had worked. Since he had already seen it, he could leave. There was no need to stay. Thus, there was no need for Che Rong to greet him. Boss Pei did not like meaningless pleasantries. At that thought, Che Rong felt a little lucky. It might not be a bad thing for him to hesitate just now. When dealing with Boss Pei, we cannot use real-life human interaction rules to copy him. I have to be like Boss Li, understand Boss Peis temper and interact with him in the way that Boss Pei likes. Theres no need to go up and greet him this time. Its good that we understand each other. Ill do a good job at Star Bird Fitness. Tengdas investment will also make money. This is a win-win situation. Boss Peis arrival greatly boosted Che Rongs confidence. He continued to work enthusiastically. Pei Qian was speechless after walking out of Star Bird Fitness. Was this a freaking gym? It was a huge internet cafe! Even the charging format was similar to internet cafes. However, the equipment used in other internet cafes was computers, and the equipment used here was a smart fitness drying rack, a big television, and VR glasses. Business was actually quite good. That was the most ridiculous thing! The reason why Pei Qian left so quickly was that he only took a glance and realized that he had been fooled. Che Rong had never said that this gym used all of Tengdas equipment before! Che Rong only said that his gym had not been doing well for the past two years. Fortunately, he had a benefactor helping him recently. The situation had only improved slightly. Come to think of it, there was a problem with who this eminent person was! If Che Rong had said that he had bought a full set of Tengda equipment, Pei Qian might not have asked Dream Realization Ventures to invest in him. Thus, Pei Qian was cheated without a doubt. In the current situation, a gym was equipped with a smart fitness drying rack and VR glasses. That was equivalent to dozens of products. If Star Bird Fitness opened more branches, the purchase fee could not be underestimated. The most important thing was that Star Bird Fitness would also play certain publicity and promotional role! Perhaps someone would come to Star Bird Fitness in the future and play VR games for a while when they were tired from training. Then, they would be happy and buy VR glasses at home? However, at this point, Pei Qian did not have a good solution. Fortunately, Star Bird Fitness did not have a large scale now, and the number of equipment purchased was not huge. When the first wave of popularity caused by Doubt VR subsided, the popularity here should slowly decrease. Tengda had only indirectly invested in Star Bird Fitness. It should not make a lot of money. It was really a trap! How could everyone he met in his life stab him in the back? Pei Qian shook his head helplessly. He took the car back to continue thinking about how to spend money before this cycle ended. July 22nd, Sunday Star Bird Fitness flagship store. Che Rong was even busier today than yesterday because there were more customers! The gym might not be full yet but the attendance rate at peak hours had reached 80-90%. The usual attendance rate was also 40-50%. The model of Star Bird Fitness was different from other gyms. Other gyms had to apply for cards, but Star Bird Fitness was allowed to experience it on a per-use basis. The fees were more varied. It did not look like a gym, but more like an internet cafe. A single charge might be a little more expensive but it was obviously a safer choice for customers who wanted to try it out. Che Rong thought about outsourcing software for customers to check the gyms current situation in real-time if there was a chance in the future. He wanted to see if it was full and if there were still empty seats. It was impossible to arrange everyones fitness schedule like Deposit Fitness, but they could at least avoid queuing. Chapter 1152 - Establishing VR Game Rules! That was the difference between Star Bird Fitness and other gyms. The other equipment in the gym was all mixed. It was difficult to assess the specific load capacity of the gym. For example, there were a hundred people in the gym. How many of them wanted to use the dumbbells and how many of them wanted the back pullers? It was completely unpredictable. Naturally, it was difficult to accurately judge the popularity of the gym. It was difficult to guide customers. However, apart from the aerobic area, Star Bird Fitness was a smart fitness drying rack. The time that everyone worked on the drying rack and how much space there was in the drying rack could be calculated. That way, he could deduce the current capacity and state of the gym. He could even roughly calculate the waiting time. The crowd during peak periods could be dispersed through the application. Not only could it improve the customers user experience, but it could also improve the configurations and increase efficiency. Wouldnt it be a success if he used big data to guide fitness? Che Rong was fantasizing about the beautiful future of Star Bird Fitness when Li Shi arrived. Boss Li! Che Rong immediately went up to him. Boss Pei was the root cause of the change in Star Bird Fitness to Che Rong. Star Bird Fitness would not have its current model if not for the smart fitness drying rack and VR glasses developed by Boss Pei. However, Boss Li was definitely the most grateful. If Boss Li had not suggested this model and pulled the strings to get Star Bird Fitness related to Tengda Corporation, it would not have developed so smoothly. Thus, Che Rong was very grateful to Li Shi. Li Shi looked around at the state of the Star Bird Fitness flagship store and smiled. Business is good! I knew that Boss Peis arrangements would be foolproof. Theres no need to worry at all. Che Rong nodded. Thats right! By the way, Boss Li, Boss Pei came here yesterday but left after walking around. I wanted to go up and greet him, but Boss Pei left too quickly. I didnt have time. Li Shi was stunned. Boss Pei was here? It looks like Boss Pei is still very concerned about Star Bird Fitness. There are not many industries that Boss Pei will personally look after. Its right that you didnt greet him. Boss Pei is very busy and cant be bothered to chat. Whats more, Boss Pei doesnt like small talk. He likes people who work. You should focus on developing Star Bird Fitness. Che Rong nodded and said, Yes, I think so too! The two of them came to the resting area and chatted while drinking tea. Li Shi said, I made a trip to the old industrial zone yesterday. The houses that I bought are all being renovated overall. Ill consider renting them out as residential property. We can rent long-term or short-term. It can also be considered as providing accommodation benefits for those who come from overseas to play. After the news of the subway came out, the prices of the houses here inevitably increased. Fortunately, we made a move early and did not give the speculators too many chances. In order to prevent people from hoarding these houses and scamming others at high prices, we have to hurry up and provide high-quality accommodation services. That would be a small help to Boss Pei. Also, you have to keep an eye on Star Bird Fitness. It will only become more and more popular in the next few months. Che Rong was stunned. How many months can the popularity last? He was a little surprised. After all, VR might be a new thing, but its popularity would probably come and go quickly. It was not that he was looking down on the development trend of future games. The key was that there were only two Tengda games so far in the Doubt VR glasses. As for the other APPs and games, they were all there to make up the numbers. Could he expect Animal Island and Fitness Battle to maintain their popularity for a few months? That sounded unrealistic. Che Rong felt that this popularity would only last for a month or two before it would decrease. However, one or two months was enough for Star Bird Fitness. During this period, he could use the popularity to attract a lot of traffic. After the popularity passed, those who really had fitness requirements had already formed a habit. Star Bird Fitness could naturally stabilize its profits. How could it last for a few months as like what Boss Li said? Li Shi shook his head slightly. This is the limitation of our imagination and horizons! I had the same thoughts as you at first, until I watched the video. Li Shi handed his cell phone to Che Rong. There was a video on Aili Islands website. The title was Animal IslandThe Era of Virtual Reality Games! The UP Masters name was Teacher Qiao. Che Rong said, Teacher Qiao? I seem to have an impression of him. He seems to be quite famous in the gaming area. Li Shi sniggered. Hes not just quite famous. Youre completely speaking from a laymans perspective. However, its normal for you not to know since you dont pay attention to this field. He became popular by successfully interpreting Boss Pei. His interpretation was not only about games launched by Tengda Corporation but also about various game-related products and even corresponding marketing methods. I saw him at Thriller Hostel before. He might not look special, but he is definitely one of the people who understand Boss Pei the most in this world! I watch his videos every time. I might not understand the contents of many games but I can still learn a lot about Boss Peis business thoughts from him. It is very helpful to understand Boss Pei! Che Rong was a little shocked. Really? I failed to recognize a formidable person. What is this video talking about? Li Shi: Its about how this pair of glasses and these two games will start the VR era! Che Rong nodded slightly, but he subconsciously felt that this was a little exaggerated. This pair of glasses and two games were done well but it was too early to say that they were starting the VR era, right? It was just like the era of mobile games. It was also completed after several years. First, the hardware reached the standards. Then, within a few years, mobile games kept expanding, developing, and evolving. One by one, explosive games kept expanding the gamers. In the end, mobile games reached their current size. Now, based on the market share of VR equipment, it was basically a niche in the niche. It was far from being comparable to mainframes, computers, cell phones, and other platforms. That sounded like a sensational headline. However, since Boss Li thought so highly of it, it meant that the video probably had its merits. Che Rong did not say much and clicked on the video. My dear daddies, hello. I am still your father of games, Teacher Qiao. Welcome to the second half of the video. Join me to witness how Doubt VR and Animal Island will start the VR era! It was still the same iconic voice. However, it sounded a little hoarse perhaps because he had been working too hard recently. Qiao Liang had worked overnight to produce this video. Fortunately, he was filled with inspiration. The synopsis was written naturally, so it was produced relatively quickly. The previous video was released on Thursday night. The new video was released at midnight on Sunday. It might not be a big deal to some UP Masters who updated daily, but to Teacher Qiao, the no-show, it was already a high upload rate. Someone might say after seeing this title. Ah, Teacher Qiao, you are just trying to create a sensational headline! There are only two games, and youre already saying that you want to start the VR game era. Isnt this bragging too much? Thats not true. Dear viewers, please listen to me. I said that Doubt VR will start the VR game era. This is not a kind of prediction or judgment about the future. It is just an objective evaluation of this product. We all know whether the VR era will come or not and when it will come. This is not something that a person, a company, or a game can decide. If the hardware level is not up to standard, it might not come in the next five, ten, or even longer. As for whether the hardware would be up to standard or not, thats an unknown. Since thats the case, why should I say that Doubt VR will start the VR game era? The reason is very simple: Doubt VR and Animal Island have not only launched a fun, practical, and integrated VR product, but more importantly, they have also completely established standards for future VR games! Just like the initial FPS games established the rules for all FPS games in the future, such as left key shooting, right key aiming, WASD movement; just like the earliest RTS games established the basic rules for all future RTS games such as left key selection, right key movement, the fog of war; just like the earliest MMORPG games established the basic rules for all future MMORPG games such as massive missions, multiplayer dungeons, huge and rich worldview . The Doubt VR glasses and Animal Island also established the basic rules for future VR games and popularized the basic concepts. If VR technology improves by leaps and bounds in the future, the standards established by Doubt VR and Animal Island for VR games will definitely continue and be promoted. If VR technology stagnates in the future, then Doubt VR will probably be the best VR product you can buy for a long time. Animal Island will also be the most interesting VR game you can play for a long time. Therefore, no matter which situation it is, Doubt VR will be an epochal product that cannot be missed in the VR game era! As for how it made the niche VR games enter everyones vision by itself, and how it established the basic rules for future VR games? Please listen to me, dear daddies. Che Rong was shocked after hearing the introduction. He had not expected Teacher Qiao to start off this way! Whats more, it sounded very reasonable! No one could say for sure if the VR era would come. Logically speaking, as long as VR technology could continue to improve in the future, the resolution would gradually reach 4K, 8K, or even higher. The frame rate would also increase to 144hz or even higher. The price could be lowered to within 3,000 yuan. Then, the VR market would definitely expand further. The so-called VR era would also arrive. If there was a huge technological breakthrough and there was a mature and usable treadmill or even more mystical neural connection technology, VR games might complete a complete revolution in all existing game types. However, the problem was what if VR technology stagnated? If the VRs resolution could not be done higher, the price would be high, and the game experience would not improve much. Then, it would forever be a niche object. It would only shrink. How could it be called the VR era? Teacher Qiaos sneaky point was that he had hypothesized both scenarios and reached a conclusion: Doubt VR and Animal Island would be a rich and colorful event in the history of VR games no matter what. Chapter 1153 - Two Directions Of VR Games Since Doubt VR was very meaningful in both cases, it was a product that could not be avoided as long as VR was mentioned. Teacher Qiaos video title was not like a title. Instead, it made sense! If there would be a VR game era in the future, then Doubt VR would be the prelude to this era. If there would not be a VR game era in the future, then Doubt VR would be an existence similar to I thought it was the beginning, but I did not expect it to be the peak. It would be very memorable even as a tombstone. Thinking about it this way was really historical The only problem was Teacher Qiao exaggerating when he said that the Doubt VR glasses and Animal Island had jointly completed the basic standards of VR games? Che Rong continued watching patiently. Everyone knows that the current VR games are only a relative niche game type. Without large works, most VR games would not even be as big as cell phone games, much less close to the size of 3A games. At first glance, Animal Island looks similar to other VR games. They are all casual games, so many people subconsciously think that it is not special. This is obviously a misunderstanding! Animal Island is not only a very outstanding and playable leisure game, but it also has a more important meaning. It has confirmed the operating standards of VR games and allowed us to see the unlimited possibilities for the future of VR games! Its equivalent to a training ground. As long as everyone is used to this method of operations, they can naturally easily get used to it in the future when they launch general VR games with 3A level! Next, I will combine the game content and introduce in detail what is the operating standard of VR games. The latter part of the content mainly used the game graphics from Qiao Liangs live stream. He also introduced some basic operations in Animal Island in detail. For example, three different movement methods: the operation of changing bullets while hunting with the shotgun, the operation of archery, fishing, cutting trees, mining, the operation of using the steam claw to grab objects, and so on. During the explanation process, they also combined the structure of the Doubt VR controller and introduced the five different divisions of labor between the five fingers in detail, as well as the difference between this special controller structure and the traditional VR glasses controller. Che Rong had never played Animal Island. He had bought his Doubt VR glasses purely to cooperate with the smart fitness drying rack. He had not even unsealed the controller. He had kept them in order to prevent them from being lost. However, after listening to Teacher Qiaos explanation, he became interested in this game. This controller actually had so much complicated gameplay? It gave players the best gaming experience through the perfect combination of games and hardware equipment especially at the current level of technology. That was indeed surprising. Everyone should understand its important meaning after completely understanding the standard of this operation. Obviously, this is a standard answer. In the future, all VR games can be copied! Take the first-person shooting game that is most suitable for VR theme. There were originally similar games but they were not mature. For example, the operation of missing reload clips; the number of bullets displayed on the interface instead of on the firearms; the character could not move on his own but could only stand and shoot; there was no operation like picking up props However, if we want to develop a new FPS game on the VR platform now, we can follow the method of the shotgun in Animal Island! Similarly, if we want to do things like fishing, mining, collecting materials, picking up props, racing, and driving, we can also find the corresponding approach in Animal Island. For players, Animal Island is a fun leisure game. At the same time, it also shows us the unlimited possibilities of the VR future. It gives most people a comprehensive innovation in their concept of VR: It makes us realize that VR is no longer an illusory concept, but a more mature commercial game that we can already experience. For game merchants, Animal Island is equivalent to a VR games encyclopedia and textbook. No matter what the future VR games are, they can find the corresponding module in Animal Island. There is no need to think about the basic gameplay. They just have to follow the approach of Animal Island. Thats why I said that Animal Island has established the standards for future VR games. With its own strength, it has brought the original niche VR games, which are mainly gimmicks, to a practical stage where they can play and have rich content! On the other hand, the VR version of Fitness Battle is going in another direction, which is the direction of the pure simulator. In the Fitness Battle, he completely gave up the rich functions of the two controllers and used the smart fitness drying rack to play the game. This obviously points out another development direction for the VR headset: to use with professional simulators. Dont belittle the simulators, everyone. This category might be a little niche but the market potential is definitely worth digging deeper. At the moment, there are relatively common racing simulators. The steering wheel, feet, positioning, and hand brake. Coupled with the three monitors and even the GL seats, the price is also not cheap. In addition, there are also more niche flight simulators. At the moment, these simulators are basically used with three monitors or custom-made ring screens. The price of the ring screens is too high. Ordinary people cannot afford to play with them. The three monitors are more commonly used. However, the sides and vision of the screens are still unable to be highly realistic. This immersion will definitely far exceed the screen after using the VR equipment. The only problem might be that the resolution of the current racing game is not high enough. A 2K image would not be enough on the VR glasses. Whats more, it would not be able to fully utilize the resolution advantage of the VR glasses. However, I believe that these problems will be resolved in the future. It has been confirmed in Animal Island that the method of moving is very popular. It would not be as out of character as teleportation, nor would it be as dizzy as ordinary horizontal movement. This means that the combination of VR equipment and simulators is very promising! While I cant guarantee that everyone wont feel dizzy, at least the audiences level has been greatly expanded. In addition, the two VR games, Animal Island and Fitness Battle, have another outstanding advantage: they have fully utilized their existing functions, play to their strengths, and bring gamers the best gaming experience at the current stage! Due to the characteristics of the VR equipment, it is very easy to appear blurry when the resolution is insufficient. There is a clear particle sense and it will affect the game experience. On the other hand, Animal Island and Fitness Battle deliberately avoided the realistic style of painting and used a more relaxed cartoon style. At the same time, they meticulously polished the color, making players feel comfortable and relaxed when they were in the VR world. The particle sense was obviously weakened. At this point, everyone should understand the meaning of this video title. These two games were not made casually. They obviously came prepared! They respectively represent the two development directions of future VR games: One is to use the existing VR controller structure to develop some generalized VR games; the other is to match a special simulator and let the VR glasses be used only as a display equipment. Therefore, Im not exaggerating when I say that it establishes standards for future VR games! If theres a chance, I strongly suggest that everyone experience the Doubt VR glasses. Its various configurations are definitely the highest among the current VR glasses. The two games, Animal Island and Fitness Battle will definitely subvert your understanding of VR games! If youre afraid of buying VR glasses that will collect dust, you can also go to the offline shop to experience it. As far as I know, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe in Jingzhou has completely popularized the VR experience area. shops like Star Bird Fitness have also bought VR glasses in large quantities for customers to experience. I think the other cities will be doing it soon. You might as well go to a similar offline store and experience it. I believe it will definitely give you a completely different feeling! This episodes video will end here. I am still your Teacher Qiao. Please follow me and look forward to the VR era! Goodbye, everyone! Che Rongs face was filled with surprise after watching the video. He did not expect Teacher Qiao to mention Star Bird Fitness at the end of the video. This was a pleasant surprise! At first, Che Rong thought that the title of the video was a little exaggerated. However, after watching the video, he felt that he had been completely convinced by Teacher Qiao. Indeed, he had no foresight! According to Teacher Qiao, Animal Island was equivalent to establishing the rules of VR games. As long as players accepted this rule, it would be a matter of time before they developed other types of games in the future. Since that was the case, the popularity of Doubt VR glasses would definitely not disappear quickly. That was because other game manufacturers might also produce some VR games. Coupled with the new game developed by Slow Movement Studio, VRs popularity would continue for a long time. Star Bird Fitness would be able to obtain popularity as long as VR was popular. Whats more, Tengda might not only have the smart fitness drying rack in the future. Perhaps it would develop other simulators? For example, treadmills with 10,000 yuan treadmills, gun simulators, or snow simulators. Star Bird Fitness could also have many ways of working out then! As long as he could cozy up to Boss Pei, all of these would be easily solved. July 23rd, Monday Slow Movement Studio. The employees gathered happily to celebrate the success of Doubt VR and the two VR games. Look, a game media is introducing our product! This media has also used the words unveil the VR era, fully transforming into VR games, and the future is here. It looks like they have indeed achieved a very sensational effect this time! The official platform will probably publicize the corresponding resources sooner or later. Everyone looked overjoyed. Chapter 1154 - Slow Movement Studio’s Next Step? If everyone had been worried when the Doubt VR glasses had first been released, then now that the VR glasses had reversed with the game, everyones worries had dissipated. Not only did it succeed, but it was also even more successful than he had expected! In fact, in the beginning, most people had only expected to create successful VR glasses that could compare to mainstream VR equipment overseas. Many people even felt that with the current niche in the VR field, this pair of glasses would probably not be able to make money. It would be good enough to take the opportunity to make Slow Movement Studio famous. However, he realized that he did not have to worry about making money at all! According to the current market feedback, the popularity of Doubt VR could be maintained for at least a year. During this period, they would be continuously selling VR glasses. Coupled with the in-game purchases, not only could they recoup their costs, but they would also make a lot of money! Whats more, at this point, everyones first thought was not about money, but more important things. Historic status! If it was really as Teacher Qiao had said, Doubt VR and Animal Island could really start the curtains on the VR game era, then in the future game history, the name of Slow Movement Studio would definitely be mentioned when it came to works that were the first successful, popular among mainstream gamers, mass-produced, and established VR game production standards. Such glory was much more important than money! Over the past few days, he could clearly feel that the Doubt VR glasses and Animal Island had caused the VR industry, which had always been niche, to rise rapidly. All sorts of media were reporting on it and discussing it crazily on the various forums. It was foreseeable that more companies would make VR equipment and develop VR games in the future. A new wind outlet had appeared. Countless people were stirring, wanting to use this wind outlet to fly. This situation would probably continue for a long time. This also meant that Slow Movement Studio had already completed a perfect start. Its future prospects were bright! In fact, even if they did not have Tengda Corporation and Shenhua Corporation as their backing, it would be very easy for Slow Movement Studio to sell itself to a large company at an extremely high premium based on its current achievements. An ordinary entrepreneur would have reached the peak of his life if he had achieved this step. Cai Jiadong was especially emotional. Previously, he had also been the chief designer. However, he had always felt that it would be extremely difficult to make a project. That was because there were always too many restrictions. He could not do this or that. Many ideas could not be expressed. The products that he made, in the end, could not satisfy him completely. However, he realized that everything was so simple after arriving at Slow Movement Studio. Things that were completely impossible for other companies seemed to become natural here. He only had to do his job step by step. How could he easily achieve such huge success? It even felt unreal. Of course, the main reason why it could succeed without any suspense was definitely Boss Pei. Cai Jiadong deeply realized how important it was to have a good leader and an outstanding leader after arriving at Slow Movement Studio! If he looked back now, he would feel that the success of the Doubt VR glasses and Animal Island was natural. However, Cai Jiadong, who had personally participated in the project, knew very well that many choices seemed to be very dangerous in the beginning. Boss Pei had only finalized the ideal shape of the product after he went against everyones opinions. If he had followed the previous conservative plan, this VR glasses would not have reached the current level even if it was successful. Therefore, the most precious thing on Boss Pei should be his deep understanding of the industry and his courage to press forward. Cai Jiadong could not help but feel emotional. Indeed, all successes were not accidental. The other employees of Slow Movement Studio had similar thoughts as Cai Jiadong. It felt so good to win while lying down! However, Cai Jiadong knew that he had made a mountain out of a molehill seeing Ye Zhizhou, Wang Xiaobin, and the others expressions. This was just Boss Peis basic plan. He had been worried before when there was a small problem with the publicity plan. However, Lin Wan, Ye Zhizhou, Wang Xiaobin, and the others did not look worried at all. It was enough to see the gap between the two sides. This unconditional trust in Boss Pei was probably the biggest gap between the two parties! However why do I feel like Boss Lin isnt that happy? Cai Jiadong was a little puzzled. If they had been in the original company and had achieved such success, the boss would probably have been so happy that he would have disappeared. The entire company would definitely have fallen into a holiday mood. What was the point of working hard now that the project was done and he had made a lot of money? First, he would give everyone a holiday. Then, he would come back and slack for two to three months. He would casually make some adjustments to the bugs in the game, create some new versions, and so on. Wouldnt that be perfect? However, Lin Wan did not look too happy. Instead, she looked troubled. Old Cai, come to the conference room. I have something to discuss with you, Lin Wan walked over and said in a low voice. Cai Jiadong quickly nodded. Alright, Boss Lin. Both of them came to the conference room and sat down. Lin Wan frowned and fell into deep thought. She did not speak immediately. Cai Jiadong waited for a while and asked, Boss Lin, didnt our VR glasses and game succeed? Why do you still look worried? Lin Wan was silent for a while before she sighed softly and said, Previously, I did not understand why Boss Pei was so worried after every project succeeded. Now, I finally understand how Boss Pei feels. Before this, I was also the person-in-charge of Shang Yang Games. However, Boss Pei was above me after all. I felt very at ease. However, Slow Movement Studio is now operating independently. I cannot ask Boss Pei for help too often so I instantly feel a lot of pressure. Slow Movement Studios success has far exceeded our original expectations. This also means that we have to set higher standards for ourselves. It would be completely unacceptable if the next game is made and disappointed gamers. Cai Jiadong was enlightened. So that was the reason! If one worked in Tengda for a long time, they would naturally worry about the future. They would be like Boss Pei, worrying about the future. However, on further thought, it was normal for Boss Lin to have such thoughts. The success of the Doubt VR glasses might be the result of the joint efforts of various departments and employees, but at the end of the day, they still relied on Boss Peis guidance and Shang Yang Games help. If Boss Pei had not gone against everyones wishes, increased the budget estimate, and finalized the direction of the game, repeatedly polishing and editing the various details of the game, it would not have been able to achieve this level. However, Shang Yang Games could not keep coming to help. They had the game development task as well. Boss Pei was so busy with work that he might not be able to guide new games every time. In that case, could Slow Movement Studio carry the new project alone without Shang Yang Games help? This was a very serious test. Animal Island was a leisure game. It had linked gameplay and had a longer lifespan. Thus, it did not need to release too much downloadable content in the later stages. Soon, Slow Movement Studio would face a choice. Should they maintain Animal Island and make lousy money or should they start a new project as soon as possible? Given Boss Lins character, he would definitely choose the latter without looking back. However, it was a very risky thing to start a new project on the basis of the success of Animal Island. Cai Jiadong asked, Boss Lin, are you worried about the new project? Lin Wan nodded. Thats right. We dont have any clue yet. Cai Jiadong thought for a moment and comforted him. Theres no need to be too anxious about this. Lets settle down for two to three months and think about it slowly. Theres still time. Lin Wan immediately shook her head. That wont do. Boss Pei had already thought about what to do for the next project when one project had just succeeded. Only with such a long-term line of thinking could he control the various projects, devise strategies, and control everything. I might not be at Boss Peis level now, but I have to work hard to connect the two projects seamlessly. Time is precious, we cannot delay it. Im mainly conflicted about something now. Should we continue making VR games? Cai Jiadong was stunned. Of course, we have to continue making VR games! Why not? Lin Wans thinking surprised him. Slow Movement Studio had just made a name for itself by relying on Doubt VR and Animal Island. Now, the VR glasses were selling well. As long as they continued to release VR games and maintain the current quality, this success could be sustained. What was the reason for not planning to make VR games at this time? Lin Wan explained, Actually when Slow Movement Studio was first established, we did not intend to go in the direction of VR games. It was Boss Pei who suggested that we try it because we felt that it was alright. We might have succeeded, but after some thought, I feel that VR is not a long-term plan after all. The key is that I just called Old Song and had a simple chat. He said that the technology of VR glasses might not develop much in the next two or three years. Old Song is a professional. What he said is still very reliable. VR glasses are different from cell phones. The various new technologies of cell phones are being produced very quickly from application to mass production. Basically, we can estimate the form of the products a year later. For example, technology such as foldable screens, under-screen cameras, and so on has already shown some signs. We expect them to be officially mass-produced within the next one or two years. However, the situation with the VR glasses is different. Old Song said that unless there is a technological breakthrough beyond expectations, the resolution of the VR glasses would only remain at this level in two to three years. It would be very difficult to improve greatly. In other words, VR might be in a stagnant state for a period of time in the future. The success of the Doubt VR glasses can be said to have chosen the right time. They made a product that had achieved a huge success under the current technical level before the market recognized the VR game potential. However, if VR does not improve for a long time in the future, the popularity of the entire VR industry will only decrease. It is not a wise move for us to continue fighting VR to the death. We might as well make a few regular games and wait and see. Theres no need to bet all our treasures on an uncertain future. Cai Jiadong nodded. That made sense. If the VR industry would also develop rapidly in the future and technologies would continue to break through, then it would be a logical choice to bet all the treasures on VR. However, what if the VR industry became colder and worse in the future? In that case, it would be very not worth it to wishfully think about VR. This question stumped Cai Jiadong. How difficult was it to understand the future of an industry? Cai Jiadong was silent for a long time. Boss Lin, this question is difficult for me. How would I know? Why dont we ask Boss Pei Chapter 1155 - I Can’t Make Losses Even Though I’m In The Age of Losses Lin Wan and Cai Jiadong looked at each other and fell silent for a moment. They had clearly said to not trouble Boss Pei as much as possible and to complete his homework independently Cai Jiadong saw Lin Wans doubts and said, Boss Lin, you have to take things one bite at a time. You have to take things one step at a time. If you want to rush, dont. Of course, its a very good idea for you to want Slow Movement Studio to become independent as soon as possible. However, you still have to consider our current actual ability. If we act on our own and cause the company to go astray and incur losses, we might as well ask Boss Pei before making a decision. After all, half of our companys investment comes from Tengda. We have to be responsible towardsTengda. Lin Wan nodded. That made sense. She could not trouble Boss Pei too much when designing games. That was not a problem. However, she had to trouble Boss Pei if she wanted to understand the future of an industry! Apart from Boss Pei, no one else had the confidence to make this decision at the fork in the road that decided the companys fate. It was indeed a little difficult for Cai Jiadong to answer this question. Lin Wan might have obtained some information from Old Song but it was easier said than done to make decisions through this information. After much consideration, she decided that she could only consult Boss Pei because this was a very important matter. Even if Boss Pei could not give her a specific direction, she would definitely gain something by asking. Lin Wan sighed softly. Alright, Ill give Boss Pei a call. A few minutes later, Lin Wan hung up. Boss Pei said that he wants to come down personally. Cai Jiadong was overjoyed. Great news! It would be best if we can talk about this in person! Ill organize the current situation so that I can report to Boss Pei! A few minutes ago. Pei Qian had just finished his breakfast at a nearby bun shop. Why not go to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe? That was because there were too many people in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe! In the past, Fish-Catching Internet Cafes customer flow was relatively fixed. They were all regular customers. Thus, it was not a big deal for Pei Qian to have a meal there. However, many people were queuing at Fish-Catching Internet Cafe every morning because of the popularity of the VR experience area. Those who could not reach were waiting in the coffee area. It would be difficult for Pei Qian to find a place to rest if he was late. He could not go to the internet cafe that he opened. That was too despairing! Pei Qian missed the time when Fish-Catching Internet Cafe was first opened. HIt was great! He was the only one in such a huge internet cafe. He could order whatever he wanted to drink, play games whenever he wanted. The waiters in the internet cafe surrounded him. How good was that? It was a pity that the beautiful days were gone. Its the same for these games media. Why are they interfering! Teacher Qiao is just full of nonsense. He just said it casually. This fellow will feel uncomfortable if he doesnt brag about Tengda for a day. Other people can boast that Tengda has heat to ride on, but why are you boasting about Tengda! Pei Qian felt a headache when he saw the various games media and even news media praising the Doubt VR glasses, saying that it symbolized the arrival of the VR era and established the rules of VR games. Chaos, chaos! A few months ago, the reason why Pei Qian slapped his forehead and asked Slow Movement Studio to do VR was mainly because he felt that the VR industry was not mature and was still in the budding stage. It was a market that could not be more niche. If he invested so much money, he would probably only be able to earn reputation and not money, right? However, things were developing completely differently from what Pei Qian had expected! Why did he suddenly establish standards for VR games and start the VR game era? It was just an ordinary casual game! It was one thing for Teacher Qiao to boast about it, but Pei Qian was not very surprised by this. No matter what game Tengda created, Teacher Qiao would always find special points to boast about it. The key was that the other game media and gamers were really scammed by Teacher Qiao! Now, Doubt VR and Animal Island have started the VR gaming era. It had almost become a consensus in the domestic gaming circle and even other circles. Not only were many companies eager to develop VR games for Doubt VR, but they were also looking for opportunities to enter this blue sea. Many other internet companies were also thinking about taking a share of the profits. Develop a cheaper version of the VR glasses while the Doubt VR is popular? Make a VR panoramic video application? Or should he introduce some foreign VR content? Since the VR era had arrived, this was a huge investment opportunity. Everyone would definitely want a share of the profits. That was how the internet age was like. Everyone wanted to find the right outlet to be the pig that was being praised. They did not consider that 90% of the pigs would die after the crazy was over. The remaining 10% would probably be shelved and half-dead. Only one investment opportunity in a million could grow into a unicorn giant. These people are really suicidal. VR is definitely a dead end! Pei Qian could not help but feel sorry for their fates. That was because he remembered very clearly that VR had indeed been popular for a period of time, but it quickly went downhill. Of course, it was not appropriate to say that it went downhill. It was still developing slowly. There were still some new companies that made VRs. However, it quickly subsided compared to the initial craze. The main reason was that the equipment could not keep up with the markets demand. Many people liked to compare VR to cell phones, but on further thought, they would realize that the difference between these two devices was too huge. Cell phones were necessities, but VRs were not; cell phones developed very quickly and new models were released at neck breaking speed. On the other hand, VR technology improved slowly. It might not even reach the ideal resolution and refresh rates for new models within a few years. Pei Qian was very sure that Doubt VR had indeed started an era, but it had started a false VR era. The investment opportunity had indeed surfaced, but it would disappear soon. Companies that had been scammed and rushed in would most likely burn all their investment and lose everything in a year or two. How envious! Unlike other companies, Slow Movement Studio had already eaten its first piece of meat in the VR era. Whats more, this bite was so delicious. Even if the entire VR industry turned cold in the future, Doubt VR and Slow Movement Studio would be remembered as the pioneers of the VR era. The so-called pioneer here did not mean that Slow Movement Studio was the first company to make VR glasses. This was just like games. Those that had truly established the operating standards of a certain game type were most likely not the first game, but a certain game that had a huge success. Doubt VR had become a master of the VR industry. In the past, even though there were VR glasses and VR games, they did not unify all these rules and create a game with high visibility, mature product form, and wide range of equipment and games. Slow Movement Studios logo would probably be linked to the concept of virtual reality for a long time. In other words, it would be very difficult to incur losses. To Pei Qian, this was a very sad story. He had clearly started the Great Loss Era of the VR industry, but he could not benefit from this Great Loss Era. Just thinking about it made him sad. At that moment, Pei Qians cell phone rang. It was Lin Wan. Pei Qian did not want to pick up when he saw the caller ID. Needless to say, this was definitely to give him undesirable good news! Pei Qian struggled internally before picking up even though he was very reluctant. Boss Pei, Im sorry to disturb you. Im a little confused about Slow Movement Studios future development Pei Qian remained silent for a while after hearing Lin Wan explain her confusion. Doubt VR has just been confirmed to be successful, and youre already thinking about the new project? This is too rushed! Give yourself, give the company a break. It wont be too late to work after playing for two months! Work and rest have to go hand in hand! Pei Qian did not want to bother about Slow Movement Studio at all. Dont mess around. The settlement was not even over! Getting him to think about something that he would only have to think about in the next cycle. Did she think that his brain cells would not die quickly enough? Lin Wan said, Boss Pei, arent you used to thinking about your next step after a project succeeds? I think such great foresight is very worth learning from. Im just like you, Boss Pei. I want to be stricter with myself. Pei Qian laughed. Great foresight? There must have been a misunderstanding! I had no other choice. If a business failed and earned money, I could only think of other ways to put out the fire as soon as possible. Otherwise, the heavy responsibility of incurring losses during the settlement cycle would not be over! You dont even have a deadline for the loss settlement cycle. Why are you so anxious?! However, he could not say these clearly. After a moment of silence, Pei Qian said, Alright, Ill go over. It was not impossible to leave it alone. However, the key problem was that if he left it alone, who knew what Lin Wan would do? Slow Movement Studio was no longer as famous as before. No matter what he did, a large number of players would pay attention. It did not matter if Lin Wan made a new VR game or a regular game. As long as she did not lose her mind and worked hard to show her advantage, the chances of success would be very high. At most, it would not become popular. However, it would probably still be able to make money. Thus, Pei Qian felt that he could not be sloppy. He had to take a look personally. Half an hour later, Pei Qian arrived at Slow Movement Studio. He sat in the conference room with Lin Wan and Cai Jiadong. As for the future development of Slow Movement Studio Briefly tell me your views first. Pei Qian felt that he had to figure it out first. Lin Wan looked at Cai Jiadong. Go ahead. Cai Jiadong nodded. Boss Pei, my original idea was to continue developing VR games. Just as Teacher Qiao said, the Doubt VR glasses have been successful. Whats more, Animal Island has established standards for VR games. There are actually many ways to develop VR games next. For example, make a 3A shooting game or work with other manufacturers to develop VR versions of some successful racing games. The chances of success are high and the risks are small. Whats more, we can maximize the current VR popularity and further link the image of Slow Movement Studio with the VR industry. Chapter 1156 - The New Game, Real Estate Agency Model”! Pei Qian fell silent. It sounded so reliable! Since Slow Movement Studio had already become popular in the VR field, it was indeed a relatively safe decision to continue farming the VR field according to the operating standards established in Animal Island. After the game was created, the chances of making money were very high with the reputation of Slow Movement Studio and Tengda Games. Cai Jiadong was a little disappointed seeing Boss Pei fall into silence. Indeed, his idea was too simple. It was far from the standard answer in Boss Peis heart. Lin Wan continued, Old Cais choice is indeed the most reasonable choice under normal thinking. However, I think there is a certain risk to this choice. I spoke to Old Song, the product manager of the VR glasses. He said that the Doubt VR glasses have already used all the current VR glasses technology. Its a product that has been a huge success. However, in a pessimistic scenario, the shape of the VR glasses product might not change much in the next two or three years. What Im worried about is that once the development of VR glasses products stagnates, the VR industry will definitely cool down quickly. At that time, the games that we spent a huge sum of money on might not be able to recover their costs because the market is not big enough. Therefore, my idea is not to put all the eggs in one basket. We can alternately develop regular games and VR games, or we can make two versions at the beginning of the project. This way, even if the VR industry shrinks in the future, Slow Movement Studio can continue to make traditional games and live very well. Pei Qian remained silent. This also sounded reasonable! Lin Wans plan was more reliable. According to her method, Slow Movement Studio would be able to eat the dividends of VR games. At the same time, they could use their previous experience and advantages in developing traditional games to avoid risks and earn money steadily. What the f*ck, no matter how he chose, he seemed to be earning money However, Lin Wan still provided very useful information. The VR industry did not have much technical reserves. It was very likely that it would stagnate or even shrink in the future. This was completely in line with the VR industry state in Pei Qians memory. Due to technical reasons, the VR craze would only last for a very short period of time. After that, it would cool down rapidly. The VR game era that many people were looking forward to had ended before it even began. Thus, he could not use either of their plans. He had to think of a way to incur losses. Continue to spend a huge sum of money to develop VR games, and not develop VR games that look like they have a high chance of success! He could not develop a 3A FPS game as Cai Jiadong had suggested. The chances of success were too high. Pei Qian summarized the success of Animal Island mainly because this idea was not ridiculous enough. Previously, he had decided to work on the Animal Island project mainly because he had spoken in a hurry during the meeting. After rejecting realistic FPS, movie games, and other genres, he had inexplicably decided on the cartoon style and leisure game. Then, Animal Island was born after a lot of imagination. Looking back at Animal Island, Pei Qian realized that it was obviously too reliable. Why would he have allowed Slow Movement Studio to develop such a reliable game back then? It was no wonder that they had failed so badly. Therefore, Pei Qian felt that the reason why the VR game did not fail was mainly because he was lazy back then and his ideas were not ridiculous enough. He would definitely be able to incur losses by raising a particularly ridiculous VR game idea this time and invest a huge sum of money. Coupled with the upcoming trend of the VR industry gradually turning cold! At that thought, Pei Qian cleared his throat and said, Both of you have the right ideas. However Obviously, it still doesnt fit my previous definition of Slow Movement. Think about it. What did we discuss before you confirmed that you were going to create a VR game? Lin Wan and Cai Jiadong looked at each other. Cai Jiadong said, I remember at that time, everyone said that they wanted to make cell phone games. Boss Pei, you said that Slow Movement means making bold assumptions and carefully seeking confirmation. We have to have a long-term view when establishing a goal. You have to take one step at a time, but will still take the wrong path if we only care about whats below our feet and dont have foresight. Another thing is that you can only improve if you dare to breakthrough. None of the previous projects have succeeded because of stability. Could it be that Boss Pei, do you think my thinking is still too stable? Pei Qian nodded. The subject representative had summarized it well. He was a good sapling. Cai Jiadong fell into deep thought. Indeed VR games had not appeared yet when Slow Movement Studio just started. It was already quite risky to make games like Animal Island. However, now that the Doubt VR glasses have succeeded, its not considered a risk to make a regular VR game. Lin Wan thought for a moment and said, Then, Boss Pei, do you mean that we should continue to invest more in VR games? At the same time, we should create a very novel game that no one has ever done before? Pei Qian nodded in satisfaction. Thats right, thats the meaning! Dont be afraid of failure. If you are afraid of failure, you will never be able to achieve true success. In other words, he was implying that if they kept earning money, how could he take it? They had to take more risks and fail more in order to spend all his money. Lin Wan and Cai Jiadong nodded, looking enlightened. Indeed, Boss Peis way of looking at problems was still so unique and hit the nail on the head! However, what new ideas did Boss Pei have this time? Pei Qian cleared his throat and said, This time, my idea is to create a realistic game. The game will be based on Jingzhou as the background. It will have realistic graphics, detailed modeling, and real-life motion capture. The investment must be huge! As for the identity of the characters in the game They should be in a profession that is more annoying and boring. Placing the most annoying profession in reality into the game and letting players enter it should be able to make players feel disgusted, right? It was a realistic theme again. It was very boring just thinking about it. As for what this profession was There were many things that Pei Qian had not thought about. He looked at Lin Wan and Cai Jiadong. Obviously, he had to rely on their imagination now. Lin Wan and Cai Jiadong looked at each other. They could not guess what profession Boss Pei was referring to immediately. Cai Jiadong was silent for a moment before he probed, Er real estate agent? Pei Qian immediately slapped the table. Thats right, thats it! Real estate agents were definitely a rather annoying industry. Of course, it was still the same. It was not that most people who were real estate agents were bad, but the nature of this job and the nature of most real estate companies determined that this job was not easy. Many people would not choose to work in this industry if they had other choices. If he made this into a game, he would feel that it was very boring and would dissuade players. The games basic gameplay was nothing more than constantly bringing customers to look at houses and sell houses. It was just clicking on the dialog options on the screen. There was no depth to the gameplay. It would be a waste to use detailed modeling and real-life motion capture for such a boring game. There would also be a large number of useless dialogue and text in the game. All of them would be dubbed live. That would be another waste of money. Such a ridiculous game should not be able to make money, right? In fact, Pei Qian had not thought about what job simulator to make at first. However, after hearing Cai Jiadongs words, he suddenly felt that the real estate agent was quite suitable. Thats it! Pei Qian stood up and prepared to leave. Before leaving, he added, Of course, this is just an immature idea of mine. If you think its not suitable, you can do something else. Also, we have to be well-prepared before the development of the project. It will start next month at the earliest. In name, Tengda Corporation and Slow Movement Studio were only in an investment relationship. Pei Qian could not order Slow Movement Studio to develop a certain game. However, Pei Qian believed that Lin Wan and the others would definitely follow his instructions. After sending Boss Pei off, Lin Wan and Cai Jiadong went from one state of confusion to another. Boss Pei had given them directions, but why did it sound a little unreliable? Cai Jiadong said, Boss Lin, according to Boss Pei A game with a real estate agent as the protagonist can only be a real estate agent simulator But whats there to simulate? The work of real estate agents is very boring. They bring their clients for house viewing every day, post on the internet, find houses, and so on. Many people are not even willing to do this job in reality, much less turn it into a game? Lin Wan looked solemn as she fell into deep thought. Since Boss Pei said that he could do it, there must be enough gameplay to support it. Games must be based on reality but higher than reality. We can actually design it this way: At first, the protagonist was a new real estate agent who rented a house. His job was to show customers the house, introduce the houses to customers, and earn money through commissions. However, as the game progressed, he could also open his own company and build his own brand. In the beginning, the protagonist would focus on the apartments. Different customers would have different preferences. They would have to tell the shortcomings of the apartments truthfully or deceive the customers. They would have to bear the corresponding consequences. Once the protagonist becomes the branch manager, he would have a certain amount of autonomy. He would be able to modify the layout of the houses and some old houses. That would attract more customers and earn the difference in rent. After that, the protagonist builds his own brand, he can also customize his furniture with the furniture manufacturer and deeply renovate the house in the style that he likes. He can also save up money to buy his own house, rest in his own house, and have some simple entertainment. The gameplay is still very rich based on this. It can be a real estate agent simulator, judge the shortcomings of the house, communicate with customers to facilitate orders, or it can be a renovation simulator, plan the layout and decoration style of the room, and be evaluated by the system. We can even work with Sloth Apartments and other furniture manufacturers that meet the requirements. We can work together in the game. Players can clearly see the structure and layout of a house from the VR perspective. This would be very helpful for many people in reality who also need to buy or rent houses. Chapter 1157 - Third Round of Money-Burning Plan Cai Jiadong nodded in realization. I see. There are actually many ways to play it if we think about it this way. It looks like this game is huge and there is no way to start it, but in fact, we only need to make various types of apartments, outdoor scenes, and models of customers with different identities. The resources required for development are completely controllable. Whats more, the depth of the game can also be guaranteed. Looking at houses in the early stages is mainly to judge the quality of the current house type, choose different customers according to the decoration style, and at the same time introduce the customers correctly to accumulate some knowledge about the house type; During the mid-term, we can make minor adjustments and change the style of the house, making simple changes to the house; In the later stages, we can customize everything. We can even make our own unique apartments, customize all the furniture, and make the rooms look like what we like. Whats more, this game can also be combined with real-life brands to promote Sloth Apartments and cooperating furniture brands. Players can also plan their own home renovations in the game C provided that their game progress has entered the later stages. The most important thing is that this is indeed a theme that is relatively suitable for VR games. Players dont need to move frequently. They just have to use the controller to interact with the elements in the room and make changes. It should be considered a simulated management game, however, compared to the simulated management game on the computer, its advantage is that players can enter the room and see the results of their own room. The sword is indeed unconventional and is very in line with Boss Peis usual style! After Cai Jiadong analyzed it, he realized that this real estate agent simulator seemed to be quite promising! Real estate agents were indeed quite boring in reality. They found houses every day and brought customers to view houses. It was very boring. Changing the structure, layout of the house, and even designing the building from scratch were definitely not work content that real estate agents could come into contact with. However, the game was different. In the game, all the elements related to houses could be added for players to choose from! He would not think that the games gameplay was boring when he thought about it this way. It suddenly became rich! Lin Wan nodded. Alright, lets do some research. Well officially start next month. Slow Movement Studios second game will be called Real Estate Agent Simulator! Pei Qian returned to the office after leaving Slow Movement Studio. Slow Movement Studio should be fine in the short term. Real estate agent simulator? It would definitely incur losses! He had to start planning for the last week to spend as much money as possible. At that moment, Pei Qian was very grateful for his foresight. He had set a very high budget limit for the roller coaster project: 100 million yuan. In fact, the system had just ended the settlement when the roller coaster project was finalized. There was not much money in Tengda Corporations company accounts. However, Pei Qian still decided to set a budget of 100 million yuan for the roller coaster so that it would be in advance. He wanted to prevent making too much money in the future and not being able to spend it. From the looks of it now, this was simply too wise! If the budget was low at the beginning, the entire amusement park would definitely be smaller. That way, it would be difficult to increase the budget in the later stages. It would be very awkward if he could not increase the budget or if the increase in budget would cause the project to be delayed. Now, he could spend twenty to thirty million yuan more on a budget of a hundred million yuan. There would be nothing wrong with that. Many projects became popular during this cycle, but they did not make a lot of money. For example, the movie box office of Mission and Choice had not arrived yet. Doubt VR glasses and Animal Island might be selling like hotcakes, but they were still a long way from recovering the huge investment of tens of millions. Coupled with the continuous burning of money on the 515 Games Day and the summer promotion event, the current situation was still relatively optimistic. Of course, Pei Qians situation would be even more optimistic if there were not so many projects that earned money unexpectedly. He might even achieve his ultimate goal of lying down and losing money. It was a pity that there were not so many ifs. Under such circumstances, Pei Qian could only use his intelligence again and think of ways to lower the System Funds as much as possible before the settlement where many projects became popular. First, he had to spend all the additional funds that he could not spend in the plan on the roller coaster. As the saying went, wonders mislead countries. No amount of money would be enough to burn for such a huge investment project. It would not be a problem to eat a little money. It would be fine as long as they could finish it before the next cycles settlement and not affect the settlement. As for how the project was progressing Sorry, it had been half a year since the project started preparing in February but Pei Qian did not even know where the roller coaster was to be built. He had not been there at all. That was quite normal. Pei Qian did not exercise any oversight for the huge project Mission and Choice for months. He was too busy with the projects for this cycle. How could he have time to care about the projects for the next cycle! In any case, the general direction had been pointed out. There shouldnt be a big problem. Pei Qian still remembered the few requirements he had given the roller coaster at that time. It had to be far away from the three projects of Thriller Hostel. It had to be short and had to plan multiple routes. He thought about it. As long as Chen Kangtuo followed his requirements strictly, he would definitely design a remote location that was not exciting at all. He would also build many useless roller coasters. A roller coaster like that would probably not even be able to earn back the daily maintenance cost of the equipment, much less recoup its costs. Next was the new money-burning plan. Pei Qian missed his good brother Eric dearly after he returned to Dayak Corporations headquarters. There was still no news of him. There might be no one to accompany him but he still had to burn the money. After two rounds of burning money on the 515 Games Day and summer promotion, the amount allowed by the system had greatly reduced. He had been burning money for three consecutive months during May, June, and July. This was already repeatedly jumping the bottom line of the system. The good thing was that Tengdas profits were not bad. Thus, he could burn more in the end. This time, Pei Qian planned to use his special quota of a hundred thousand yuan as well. He wanted to end this cycle perfectly with the usual money-burning activities! He had already played all the tricks that he could previously during the 515 Game Festival and summer promotional events. There were not many ways to burn money now. The event for the 515 Games Day was to log in and randomly give in-game props, buy standalone games with a certain chance of being waived, accumulate game time with red packets, Bunny Tail live-stream to give gifts, and so on. In short, the main aim was to give away for free. On the other hand, the summer promotion event was a discount for all the skins. Accumulating points to change the avatars and frames in GOG, and give the operator half of the event funds when GOG was promoted in the overseas market. This time, it was mainly discounts and promotions. Pei Qian was a little at his wits end after playing so many tricks. However, Pei Qian had to continue working hard to stimulate his own intelligence in order to incur losses. Since he was going to use the 100,000 yuan pure giveaway quota this time, he naturally had to revolve around this quota to organize related promotional events. First of all, he had to spend a hundred thousand yuan out of his own pocket to exchange for ten million yuan to burn money unconditionally according to the Systems regulations. He also had to choose GOG as his target to burn money. He had no choice. He had to trouble GOG again. Boss Pei could not be blamed for this. GOG earned the most money and had the most players. Burning money in other industries could not achieve this effect. He did not need to find a reason to spend the ten million yuan, but he needed a reason to convince the system when he combined it with the other ten million yuan. Pei Qian quickly found a good reason: a few days ago, GOG had more than ten million active daily players in the world! The number of monthly active players had also exceeded 28 million. This figure was slightly lower than Pei Qians impression of LOL at the beginning of 2013, but it was already very impressive. There were more than ten million active daily players in the world. Shouldnt they organize an event to celebrate? It was just as well. The pure giveaway for the special event was also 10 million yuan. Pei Qian decided that he would choose 1,000 lucky people out of all the active users in GOG. All gamers who had been online for within a month and had reached a certain level of time could participate in the lucky draw. During the lucky draw, prizes would be distributed to different servers according to the number of players. For example, there were obviously more local players than other servers. Naturally, they had to arrange for more winners. After the lucky draw, 10 million yuan would be divided between the 1,000 lucky winners in the world. When splitting the profits, each person would not get ten thousand yuan. Instead, the price would fluctuate according to a set of random rules. The lowest price would be one thousand yuan, and the highest price would be one hundred thousand yuan. This money was given directly in cash. It was rather crude. After all, the System had given him an unconditional spending limit. He had to be crude. Ordinary money-burning activities also revolved around this. These 1,000 lucky winners could spread good luck to the surrounding players. The number of people spreading on the first level = the amount of money distributed by the lucky winners/100. In other words, if a certain lucky winner obtained 1,000 yuan, he could share his good luck with 10 players. If he got 100,000 yuan, he could share his good luck with 1,000 players. There was a prerequisite for sharing good luck. The two players had to have established a friend relationship in the game before this event. Adding as friends after the event did not count. This was to prevent people from deliberately selling slots online and changing the atmosphere. The first level lucky players that the lucky winners shared with them would obtain 30 unrestricted 10 yuan coupons. They could use this coupon to buy any GOG in-game product and deduct 10 yuan from it. It could be superimposed with any other discount. After that, the first-level lucky players could be shared with the second-level lucky players. The rules were the same. Each player could share with 10 second-level lucky players. The second-level lucky players would obtain 10 unrestricted 10 yuan coupons. According to the same rules, they could further branch out to 10 more third-level lucky players who would get five five yuan unlimited coupons. Pei Qian hoped to give more, but the system would not give in. That was the only way. In fact, this unlimited coupon was equivalent to giving it away for free. That was because GOGs skins were cheap to begin with. Chapter 1158 - Pulling Out A Few Gold Leaves Chapter 1158: Pulling Out A Few Gold Leaves Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios After this spread, it would cover an extremely wide group of players. One thousand lucky winners would split 10 million yuan; There would be a total of 100,000 yuan for level one lucky players. Each person would obtain 300 yuan in coupons, totalling 30 million yuan in coupons. There would be a total of one million level two lucky players. Each person would get 100 yuan in coupons, totalling 100 million yuan in coupons. There were a total of 10 million yuan for level-three lucky players. Eachtotalling 30 million yuan in coupons, which was a total of 250 million yuan in vouchers. The coupons that he distributed would be close to 400 million yuan in total. In addition, there would be 10 million yuan in cash. . Ten million yuan might not be able to cover all gamers because the daily active players exceeded 10 million. That meant that monthly active players were close to 30 million. There would be more gamers if he were to add in players who did not play for more than a month after registering. Those who had not played the game would definitely play it to participate in this event if they heard of it. Thus, the number of players who would benefit in the end would probably be one-fifth or even less. This ratio was not bad. These coupons would not directly spend the money that GOG earned. After all, the skins in the game were all virtual products. There would be no follow-up costs after they were developed. If it was a physical product that was being distributed this way, the system would definitely not approve it because it could go bankrupt in minutes. Players might not buy these skins even if they did not give them away. Thus, they could not use this number to measure the money that Tengda had actually spent. However, no matter what, this event would definitely dispel gamers enthusiasm to buy skins. Since they had given it away for free, they could get the skins they wanted. Who would still spend money on it? GOGs income would definitely plummet at this stage. It might even last until next month. Pei Qian could not wish for anything more. The less he earned, the better before the end of this cycle! The less money he earned, the easier it would be to incur losses during settlement. Pei Qian did a final check and felt that this plan was not bad. In any case, the System had allowed it and the money had been distributed. If he could incur losses during this cycle, there would be no problem. Pei Qian handed this plan to Min Jingchao after the plan was done. He asked him to inform the operators of the other servers around the world as soon as possible and post an announcement to warm up as soon as possible. He asked the players to quickly add each other as friends and prepare themselves. They had to finish the event before the end of this month! July 25th, Wednesday In Shanghai Zhao Xuming waited expectantly at the airport. Zhao Xuming immediately went up to Eric when he saw his familiar figure. Welcome back! Zhao Xuming was overjoyed when he heard that Eric was about to return to Shanghai. Fortunately, IOIs local server did not change its person-in-charge! Zhao Xuming was very satisfied with Eric as his boss after working with him for so long even though he had some conflicts with Eric in the beginning. Eric was willing to take the blame after all. He would never push the blame to his subordinates! This also meant that Zhao Xumings position was stable. Everything was Erics fault. He would also share the credits with him. How satisfying. Zhao Xuming was quite worried about Eric leaving this time. What if Dayak Corporation changed its person-in-charge? Now, it looked like he could finally relax. Nothing had changed! However, Eric did not bother, instead, he said, Boss Zhao, get in the car. Eric had obviously taken the first class. He had slept very comfortably on the way here. His suit was neat and he was in good spirits. However, he did not look happy. Eric sighed slightly before Zhao Xuming could ask. Boss Zhao, I might have returned to continue being the person-in-charge of the China region, but Im afraid It will be completely different from before. Zhao Xuming was shocked. What do you mean? Eric took out his cell phone from his pocket. This is the event that IOI will be launching globally in the next month. The update package and activities have been completed. They can be released after the update. Zhao Xuming took the cell phone in confusion. The local server did not have much say in the specific design and operations of IOI. Previously, Eric could talk to Finger Games. During the time that Eric left, Zhao Xuming had basically broken off contact with the upper echelons of Finger Games. Apart from some normal handover of daily work, there was no communication. He knew nothing about the updates. The document on the cell phone was the summary of the next stage of IOIs global operations. New heroes would be awarded liver tokens, and a portion of the tokens would be given to players when they spent money. The new series of skins contained a few popular heroes with good looks. The price of the skins would be 30% higher than the original high-end skins. They could be sold at a 90% discount if they bought them. There were new additions such as rims, avatars, towing special effects, teleporting back to the city special effects. They could not be purchased directly and required activities. However, if they wanted to obtain them quickly during the activities, they had to pay money. There was a lucky draw event. The skin would be randomly selected. The price of a single skin would be much lower than the price of the skin. However, other rewards such as fragments, coins, expressions, and so on could also be drawn during the lucky draw. There would be additional rewards after a certain number of lucky draws. Basically, there were similar changes. Zhao Xuming was dumbfounded. This The content of the event was more complicated and not all of it was about paywalls. However, one only had to scan it to know that this event was obviously prioritizing earning money. New heroes would no longer be unlocked directly. Instead, they would have to spend money to obtain them. If they wanted to obtain them as soon as possible, they would have to spend money. The price of new skins would also be higher than the original price of skins. The new skin looked cooler with special effects, but the increase in price was obviously worth in-depth interpretation. On the surface, a 30% increase in the price of the new skin did not seem like a huge increase in price. That was because IOI had been competing with GOG and the skin had been forced to be about GOGs level. Whats more, the new heroes had rich mechanisms, so they had to unlock the event. The new skin was even cooler than the original high-end skin. It was more expensive. These seemed to be understandable. However, this was a signal. A test. Players might curse at the beginning, but as long as most players gradually accept this setting, they could continue to add special effects to the new skin in the future. They would make it more detailed and sell it at a higher price. Let the previously priced too-low skins gradually return to the reasonable level that Dayak Corporation thought. Dayak Corporations goal was obviously to gradually increase profits and change the pricing strategy that gamers were already used to. If he continued digging deeper, Dayak Corporation would not want to fight a price war with Tengda. In the future, if GOG wanted to burn money, it would. If it wanted to reduce the price, it would. Do your own activities. Well earn our money. We wont follow! Of course, this behavior was still rather restrained. It did not immediately increase the price of the skin, nor did it produce many heavy paywalls. Players reactions would be smaller if they took it one step at a time. This meant that Dayak Corporation still thought highly of IOI, the money tree. They did not want to pull it up by the roots. Instead, they were trying to pull out a few golden leaves. Zhao Xuming also understood what Eric meant. Eric might have returned and continued to be the person-in-charge of IOIs China region but he obviously did not have as much autonomy as before. In the future, he would only be a tool that would unconditionally cooperate with Dayak Corporation to make money. He could only cooperate with these paywalls. It was absolutely impossible for him to take the initiative to fight Tengda. He would not be given the resources. Erics performance as the person-in-charge of the China region was really difficult to satisfy Dayak Corporation and Finger Games. Logically speaking, he should have been replaced. However, Eric was a member of Dayak Corporation after all. Dayak Corporation needed to hold IOI in their hands more firmly. Thus, they had to surpass the upper echelons of Finger Games and carry out some micromanagement. It was in Dayak Corporations interest for Eric to continue being the person in charge. Zhao Xuming sighed and said, After this version update, we will probably be scolded by the players. Sigh, its all Tengdas fault! Originally, IOIs prospects should have been bright. Wasnt it normal for a skin to be sold for 30 yuan, 50 yuan, or even 100 yuan? Wasnt it normal and logical for heroes to be bought? According to the original charging standards, IOI could have grown into a behemoth with annual revenue of more than a billion US dollars and become the ruler of MOBA games. However, he did not expect GOG to appear out of nowhere. They had forcefully reduced the price of skins to a cabbage price with a posture of heaven and earth sharing life and suffering losses. Finger Games was helpless. The market was being snatched up too badly. They could only lower their prices. It would be difficult for the price to rise again after it had been reduced. Eric and Zhao Xuming should have been making use of IOIs east wind to lie down and earn money. Why would they be as embarrassed as they were now? Eric did not have much of an expression. Well just do as instructed. The upper echelons of Dayak Corporation had already decided on something. There was no way they would change it. Thus, no matter how they complained, it would not affect what IOI would do in the future. Zhao Xuming nodded slightly. He knew this very well. However, on the bright side, with IOIs huge size, this bit of criticism would not hurt your nerves and bones. Whats more, its indeed beneficial to greatly increase revenue. The bonuses would definitely be higher if the camp were to be harvested. Whats more, Tengda has already organized two consecutive activities in the past two months. First, its the 515 Game Festival, and then its the summer promotion event. Such dense activities cant last forever. There shouldnt be any major movements within two months. It should be safer to release new heroes and skins at this juncture. Zhao Xuming had one advantage: he was more optimistic and adaptable. On top of that, he was not very loyal. He could only survive in a large company like Long Yu Corporation. The person in charge of Finger Games has changed several times in China. His strategy had also changed several times. He was the only one in charge of Long Yu Corporation. It was obvious that Zhao Xuming was still very capable. Eric was silent for a moment and said, With my understanding of Boss Pei I dont think that it will be that simple. Chapter 1159 - I Can’t Stop Now! July 26th, Thursday Min Jingchao had more or less arranged for the lucky winner event in Tengda Games. He would officially send a notice today to inform the global GOG players about the event. Boss Peis request was to inform the operator of various other servers around the world as soon as possible. He had to release the announcement as soon as possible to warm up and go online. He had to ensure that the event was completed before the end of the month. Hu Xianbin could not help but feel emotional as he looked at the new money-burning plan. I feel that the competition between GOG and IOI is getting more intense. Boss Pei is a little aggressive. Hu Xianbin had nothing much to do recently. The development of Mission and Choice had been completed. The next stages goal was to develop Eternal Reincarnation. However, according to Boss Peis request, the official project would only be established next month. It was now in the so-called accumulation of inspiration stage. Therefore, since he had nothing to do, he often paid attention to GOGs situation. Previously, GOG had also frequently engaged in money-burning activities and was inseparable from IOI. However, it had obviously increased in frequency recently. Mays 515 Game Festival, Junes summer rush, and Julys Koi event could be said to be wave after wave. The gamers had just had a good time last month. Now, they were having a good time again. Strictly speaking, such frequent promotional events did not make sense. That was because it was an overdraft for normal game tempo. Promotional promotions could greatly increase popularity in the short term, but it would also overdraft players future desire to spend. It was just like a shopping malls promotional event. Business was indeed very good during discounts, but after discounts, goods would return to their original prices. No one was willing to buy them anymore. For a game, it was best to organize events in an orderly manner. The interval between activities would be longer so that players would feel hopeful and not feel tired. GOG had been burning three waves of money in the past three months. Obviously, it did not fit this rule. However, everyone knew that Boss Pei definitely had a reason for doing things. Obviously, this was because IOIs arms race had reached its climax! It was just like two shopping malls. If both shopping malls did not promote sales, they would earn money at the original price. If one promotional shop did not promote sales, the business of the one that did not promote sales would plummet. The customers would be snatched away by the other party. Thus, both parties could only run promotions together, compete on who had more discounts and burned more money. Such an arms race would not stop once it started because stopping meant that all previous efforts would be wasted. It was just like how two exceptional experts would fight each other. They would definitely be faster and faster. The faster they fought, the faster it would be. It would not be long before the winner was decided. Now, Hu Xianbin felt that Boss Pei was the ultimate expert who was drawing his sword faster and faster. It was dazzling and overwhelming. Min Jingchao said, They are indeed aggressive, but IOI seems to be fearless. Finger Games did not react to Tengdas promotional event the previous time. They still completed the entire summer promotion according to the original 40% discount. They might have been scolded a little but it did not seem to have much impact on Finger Games. To Tengda, burning money could indeed poach players, but it also had to consider efficiency. Frequent activities would obviously reduce efficiency greatly. It would be disadvantageous for income. After all, after burning money for so long, most of the gamers who were swinging back and forth had been poached by GOG. The rest were loyal IOI gamers. Players like that would only scold GOG if they found out that IOIs activities were worse than GOGs. They would not really change the game. Thus, the more money GOG burned, the worse the effect would be. That was a problem that worried Min Jingchao. After a moment of silence, Hu Xianbin said, Dont worry. Boss Pei must have thought about these questions. Boss Pei must know that the more money you burn, the less efficient it would be. He must have some special considerations for making such arrangements now. Min Jingchao nodded in agreement. When it was about time, Min Jingchao informed his subordinates to announce the details of the lucky winner event on the official website. He could not delay any longer. He had to hurry. It was already Thursday. It would be Friday very soon. That meant that there would only be one day left for gamers to temporarily add each other as friends. On the weekend, they would officially start the event lucky draw, publicize, distribute money to the lucky winners, and then distribute coupons to level one, two, and three players. Time was tight, but this was a good thing for gamers. They did not have to wait for an event to last a month for popularity like some activities. At that moment, Hu Xianbin suddenly said, Eh? Look at this! I think IOI just had a small update today! Min Jingchao was stunned. Huh? Generally speaking, for MOBA games, small version updates were very frequent. Sometimes, fixing bugs and adjusting the values were considered small version updates. Min Jingchao had also been paying attention to IOIs situation. He knew that they did not seem to have a huge version update plan recently. Only a new hero and a set of new skins seemed to have been released recently. That was not considered a huge update. However, looking at Hu Xianbins slightly astonished expression, things were obviously not that simple. Min Jingchao quickly scanned the announcement for IOIs new version. His eyes widened slightly. This Wouldnt that be shooting Boss Pei in the foot? Hu Xianbin nodded. Thats why Im so shocked. Boss Peis judgment is god-like! Ordinary people would not organize events in July if they had already organized events in May and June. Without comparing with GOG, IOIs version update would not cause much opposition. Now, its a stark contrast to our event! If GOG did not do any activities this month, IOIs activities would at most be scolded a little. It would not be a big deal. After all, some of IOIs activities were paywalls, but some of the new content was obtained by daily life through their hard work. It might look a little ugly, but it would not arouse the general disgust of players. However, it was completely different now compared to GOGs event! It could be said that if GOG and IOIs activities did not clash, there would not be much impact. However, if they happened to bump into each other, the impact would be huge! Hu Xianbin was very impressed. It looks like Boss Pei knows Finger Games and Dayak Corporation like the back of his hand. He knew their next step through some clues! Thats why he specially arranged for this Koi event to be intercepted midway to deal a heavy blow to IOI? What are you waiting for? Make an announcement immediately! The more lively the event, the better! Both of them immediately understood why Boss Pei wanted to organize activities so frequently in such a short period of time. Obviously, Boss Pei had already seen through the other partys flaws. He felt that the critical time to determine the winner had arrived. Thus, he accelerated his attack and prepared to finish everything in one go! Could this be Boss Peis terrifying insight? At that moment, Pei Qian was in his office, checking the commission effect of the publicity plan for this month. Just as he had expected, the publicity effect for the first half a month was very bad. It had reached the established goal. The next half a month would be spent on the spot. There would be no additional commission. Sigh, thats the only way. I tried my best. Pei Qian sighed silently. He wanted to give Meng Chang more commission, but the difficulty was too high. It was not easy for the popularity of the Doubt VR glasses to be suppressed for two weeks. The explosion of the VR glasses at the back could only be said to be unexpected but reasonable. Pei Qian had expected the glasses to become popular but he did not expect it to become so popular. Fortunately, the Doubt VR glasses did not affect the settlement of this cycle. Based on the current situation, the settlement for this cycle should be relatively stable. It should not be a problem to convert hundreds of thousands. The exact amount would depend on the income of the various games next Monday and the exact amount of fixed assets during settlement. To Pei Qian, this was no longer a problem that could be changed by manpower. It was up to fate. I just dont know how Meng Chang thinks about the publicity plan this time That was the only thing Pei Qian was worried about. Even if he was as fierce as a tiger, he only obtained a guaranteed commission in the end. Would Meng Chang think that he had gotten the commission through underhanded means? Would he feel that he had no chance if even Boss Pei could only get a guaranteed commission? What if Meng Chang did not intend to keep his promise? How should he deal with him? He heard a knock on his office door just as he was thinking about this. Meng Chang arrived. Have a seat. Take a look at the publicity effect for this month. Pei Qian handed his laptop to Meng Chang and observed his expression at the same time. It would only be on the 31st next Tuesday. Strictly speaking, the final outcome of the publicity plan would only be settled then. However, based on the current situation, it was impossible for the Doubt VR to suddenly explode with negative news in the next few days. The publicity results had been confirmed, and the commission could not change. Whats more, it was also the day of settlement on the 31st. Pei Qian did not want the two things to happen at the same time, so he called Meng Chang over in advance to compare the publicity effect this month. Meng Chang took the laptop and quickly scanned it. Obviously, this outcome was exactly as he had expected. Boss Pei, I have no questions. Meng Chang handed his laptop back as he spoke. After a moment of silence, Pei Qian said, Do you still want to leave Tengda, then? Meng Chang shook his head. I was irrational previously. Ive already decided now that Ill continue to be the person-in-charge of the advertising and marketing department in the future. Ill learn your publicity skills and not let you down! Pei Qian was skeptical. Really? Meng Chang nodded confidently. Really! Pei Qian looked at Meng Chang thoughtfully, trying hard to judge the authenticity of his words. Logically speaking, Meng Changs statement was in line with Pei Qians previous expectations. He should be very satisfied. Meng Chang continued to be the person-in-charge of the advertising and marketing department. He would study hard on publicity techniques and work hard to do reverse publicity. He lowered the popularity of the product and obtained more commission. At the same time, he helped Pei Qian incur more losses. No matter how he looked at it, it was a win-win situation. It was just that Pei Qian instinctively felt that something was amiss. This change seemed a little too stiff? A month ago, Meng Chang was still running with mucus and tears. A month later, he was very determined to continue working hard to obtain commissions in Tengda? Boss Pei might have demonstrated during this period but he had only helped him get a guaranteed commission! Just a basic commission made him change from being hell-bent on leaving to being hell-bent on staying? This reason did not seem sufficient. However, after some thought, Pei Qian decided that there was no other possibility. Meng Chang decided to stay because he wanted to get a commission. Since it was for commission, he had to think of a way to do reverse publicity to lower the popularity of the product. No matter how he thought about it, it would be beneficial to him. Thus, after some consideration, Pei Qian decided that it should not be a big problem even though there was a small flaw. At that thought, Pei Qian nodded. Yes, thats good. Go back and have a good rest for the next few days. Starting next month, we will have to come up with a new publicity plan. Meng Chang nodded. Alright, Boss Pei. Pei Qian stretched in his chair after watching Meng Chang leave. He had already done what he could in this cycle. How much he could incur in the future would depend on fate. Eh, the announcement for the lucky winner event has been released? Ill register as well. Pei Qian signed up happily. The highest reward would be 100,000 yuan after all! Of course, the probability itself was very low. The total number of players participating in the lucky draw this time was estimated to be about forty to fifty million yuan. There was only one lucky winner with the highest reward of 100,000 yuan. It would be great if Pei Qian happened to win in the one-in-a-million chance. He guessed that no one would believe him even if he told them that he was behind the scenes. Pei Qian did not expect to win the top prize, but he could still win something. The key was to participate. It would be great if he really won. He would fork out a hundred thousand yuan, give the system ten million yuan for limitless burning, and then win another hundred thousand yuan. Wouldnt that be akin to a perpetual motion and he had wasted ten million yuan on System Funds? Of course, that was just a thought. Pei Qian might be very confident about his luck but he realized that his luck always seemed to be effective in some useless areas. His luck would not be effective once it involved his Personal Wealth. After registering, Pei Qian read the gamers comments on the event. Everyone, quickly add each other as friends! It would be awkward if we were to be selected but could not finish giving away all the lucky draw slots! Add me, add me! This event is too exciting! Theres an event every month for three months. Its so satisfying! Let me lower the winning rate! Actually, its good enough to get a level two reward. I can get a few skins for free. Its a blessing to be a GOG player! Look at the activity next door. Im dying of laughter! IOI players are so envious that their eyes are shining. A few diehard IOI players I know could not take it anymore. They picked up the GOG account that they had previously created. It cant be helped. IOIs performance this time was already a little ugly. It would be even worse compared to GOG! It was quite normal at first. Basically, they were all asking to be friends. The number of people who signed up would not change much, and the winning rate of becoming a lucky winner would not change. However, if the lucky winner wanted to distribute the coupons to first-tier lucky players, they had to establish a good friend relationship before awarding. If he won a hundred thousand yuan, he could give a coupon to a hundred first-tier lucky players. Wouldnt it be very awkward if he had less than a hundred friends? Thus, adding more friends today would be convenient for him. The probability of obtaining coupons would increase. However, there was something wrong with the scene at the back. Pei Qian was a little puzzled. Why was it related to IOI again? What did he mean by IOIs event this time is a little ugly? Didnt Eric left China? Where was the new event from? Pei Qian opened IOIs official website with confusion and checked the updates of the new version. A few minutes later, Pei Qians eyes widened in disbelief. He was speechless. What the hell is this! Its fine if you dont burn money with me, but why are you doing this? Dont do it now even if you want to make a profit! Pei Qian was completely speechless. This was too coincidental! Was Finger Games crazy? Why did they have to do this before the settlement? What a coincidence! Pei Qian had thought that IOI would continue pretending to be dead in the future. He had wanted to empty all the ammunition in his inventory as soon as possible so that it would not affect the settlement. However, he had not expected IOI to take the initiative to approach the target! Eric! Youre so miserable! Pei Qian felt terrible for accidentally injuring his good brother. However, he had no choice. He could not stop now because it was the critical moment before settlement. Even if he wanted to go easy on them, there was nothing he could do! He could only continue to hit him with tears in his eyes Chapter 1160 - Settlement July 31st, Tuesday Finally, it was time for settlement again. This weekend, there was a bloodbath outside. GOGs lucky winner event has been completed. Lucky gamers had been selected from all over the world, and nearly ten million players had been given discounts. As for Pei Qian Of course, he did not win the lucky draw. He might also have been given 100 yuan coupons for level two gamers but these coupons were completely useless to Pei Qian! His account had a complete set of skins to begin with because all expenses in the game could be reimbursed under the guise of experience game. Pei Qian was more concerned about IOIs situation. Logically speaking, if they had not bumped into GOGs lucky winner event, IOIs new version would not have been scolded so badly. This new version of the event was not just about spending money after all. There were also some benefits. It was better than nothing. Whats more, the new hero was doing well. The new skins were also very handsome. The discussion of the games content could cover the gamers criticism to a certain extent. However, the problem was that they happened to bump into GOGs lucky winner event. That was very awkward! The event that had been alright at first suddenly looked particularly scamming. More importantly, in the eyes of gamers, this was not the first time IOI was not treating others like humans. It had been three consecutive times! During the 515 Games Festival, GOG gave out freebies, IOI did promotions and was exposed even when the grand prize was a car. During the summer promotion, GOG gave a 50 to 70 percent discount for promotional events. IOI was indifferent and gave a 40 percent discount. After the previous two incidents, many players were already filled with anger. In the end, it was even worse this time. GOG had given ten million yuan and a hundred million yuan coupon for free. It was very generous to celebrate 10 million active daily players. In the end, not only did IOIs new skin not offer a discount, but it also increased the price! How could anyone tolerate that? As the saying went, one cannot make the same mistake more than twice. They had organized three consecutive activities in three months, but all of them had been beaten by GOG. That made people wonder if Finger Games was not capable enough or if their attitude was wrong. Based on the new versions paywalls, it was most likely the latter. Thus, the criticism online was overwhelming. It almost drowned Finger Games! Finger Games was also wronged. They shouldnt be blamed at all. It was all Dayak Corporations decision. However, they could not push the blame away. They could only silently endure the criticism. Pei Qian could not bear to watch the players scold them so badly that they did not dare to make a sound and could only be a coward. However, he had no other choice. In order to spend more money to complete the settlement, he could only let his good brother suffer. Hopefully, the situation next month will be more optimistic. The pressure to incur losses would not be so huge. He could go easy on his good brother and let IOI catch its breath! The system screen automatically appeared in front of Pei Qian. < About to commence reevaluation of the value of fixed assets > < System Funds: 6.72 million +32.03 million ( 11.48 million) > < Fixed Assets: 320.28 million > < Details: > < Ming Yun Villas Commercial Mansion (12.08 million > < 12 units in Dawn of Prosperous City (43.89 million) > < Shundong Garden Commercial Building 77 units (25.8 million) > < Binhu District Block 8 and Block 9 with 32 units (29.73 million) > < 30 units in Block 5 of the Golden Residences Huating District (77.83 million) > < 24 units in Huaxin Mountain District Block 3 (26.48 million) > < Old Industrial Areas Farming Market (11.7 million yuan) > < 62 shops along the street in the old industrial zone (92.77 million) > Pei Qian fell into a long silence when he saw the long string of numbers. F*ck you! Releasing news of the subway before settlement. Is this something a human would do? Pei Qian nearly vomited blood from anger. According to the value of the previous fixed assets update, the total value should be about 270 million yuan. That meant that the loss would be about 16.28 million yuan. That meant that Pei Qian could convert 1.6 million yuan into his Personal Wealth. However, it all went wrong when the news of the second stage of the subway came out. The shops along the street in the old industrial zone had all skyrocketed. In a short period of time, they had gone from about 60 million yuan to more than 90 million yuan. After the farmers market had been transformed into a snack market, its value had also skyrocketed from more than 7 million yuan to nearly 12 million yuan. Property prices around the other subways had also increased. Ming Yun Villas villa had also increased by more than two million yuan. They took off on the spot! Originally, he could have converted 1.6 million yuan. Now, he only had about 1.15 million yuan left. In other words, the increase in fixed assets would directly consume about 450,000 yuan of Pei Qians Personal Wealth The key was that the value of these fixed assets would not benefit Pei Qian. That was because he had to use these fixed assets as operations. He could not hoard them and sell them. Thus, whether their value appreciated or not would not affect the usual production operations. It would not help Pei Qian to create losses either. He could only say that this might be fate! That was the rule given by the system. Fixed assets would be recorded in the System Funds after being sold at a discount. That would provide Pei Qian with a quick way to spend money. However, there were side effects to this good method. It would take up a portion of the System Funds and reduce the amount of money converted. Indeed, there was no free lunch in the world. Just thinking about the 450,000 yuan that had just evaporated made Pei Qians heart hurt. I will never buy fixed assets again! Buying fixed assets is a complete scam. I might have spent the money in the short term but it will only become more and more troublesome if the value rises in the future. It will severely affect my settlement. Im not going to touch fixed assets in the future! Ill be a dog if you buy any more buildings! However, on the bright side, there is still about a million yuan left. Its not a wasted effort. Just look at Meng Chang and Ill find that life is very blissful. At the thought that Meng Chang could only get a few thousand yuan every month while he could get a million yuan every six months, Pei Qian felt that the system had already treated him quite well. Why would he complain? Indeed, happiness was derived from comparison. The system screen continued rolling. < System Funds: 6.72 million +32.03 million ( 11.48 million) > < Fixed Assets: 320.28 million > < Personal Wealth: 2.725 million ( 1.15 million x110%) > < If you convert more than 800,000 yuan per cycle, you will receive a mysterious reward with a huge impact (available to be received now) > < Unfinished project for now: Thriller Hostels roller coaster project. It must be officially opened for business during the next cycle. > Pei Qian felt much more at ease seeing the System Funds being converted into his Personal Wealth. He had spent a lot of money out of his own pocket during this cycle. He had spent nearly 1.5 million yuan on buying a house and exchanged 100,000 yuan for 10 million yuan to burn money. He had also spent money on fake reviewers in order to give Meng Chang the right example. It was a little painful coupled with the miscellaneous expenses. Fortunately, everything proved to be valuable now! He clicked on the mysterious reward for this cycle. < Mysterious reward: In order to meet the companys development needs, the relevant rules for infrastructure projects have been activated.> < Basic building projects: Specifically, daily operations, office needs, non-profit infrastructure, such as office buildings. > < The unfinished infrastructure projects will not affect the settlement cycle, but the additional investment funds must not exceed 30% of the original planning funds. If it exceeds that, the current settlement cycle will be delayed based on the proportion exceeded. > < Infrastructure building projects will be recorded in the System Funds in a 100: 1 ratio. > Oh? Pei Qians eyes lit up. This new reward was awesome! Infrastructure projects would not affect the settlement cycle. There was no need to engage in commercial activities and would not be profitable. It was still included in the System Funds in a 100: 1 ratio. It was simply the best way to spend money! What did I say just now? Er never touching fixed assets? Ahem ahem, this is not considered a fixed asset. Look, the system has categorized it into infrastructure projects. Its not the same thing. Pei Qian studied the rules in detail and realized that there were still some restrictions even though the restrictions on the surface were very broad. For example, Pei Qian spends 300 million yuan to build a building. This was definitely not something that could be done in one or two cycles. If there was no such rule previously, it would be very troublesome to build a building. It might even affect the settlement. However, now, he could slowly build the building after throwing the 300 million yuan in. It would not affect the settlement. Whats more, since it was a 100: 1 ratio recorded in the System Funds, the 300 million building would only be converted to three million yuan. It would not put too much pressure on the settlement. Of course, Pei Qian had thought the same when the fixed assets were first updated. At that time, he had thought that the System Funds would be converted at a 10: 1 ratio. A ten million yuan building would only be worth one million yuan. Wouldnt that be open buying? Now, he realized that he was not buying as much as he wanted However, there should not be any problems in the short term. He could not invest without limit after the infrastructure project was confirmed, even though there was no time limit. He could only invest 130% of the original budget. If he exceeded it, it would be delayed. The subsequent 30% might be to deal with some emergencies. A multi-million-yuan building could add another three hundred million yuan to the investment, but it would not increase indefinitely. Whats more, if he wanted to spend a lot of money on infrastructure, he had to have that much money first. If he did not have enough System Funds, he would not be able to do much. That was one of the restrictions. This was not a problem for Pei Qian because he was worried about how to spend the money for the next cycle! The box office of Mission and Choice, the follow-up sales of Doubt VR, and various incomes made the pressure to incur losses during the next cycle increase. However, the difficulty of incurring losses would be greatly reduced with this new rule! Not bad, not bad. This rule appeared quite timely. System, youre finally becoming humane. Pei Qian very much suspected that there was a new trap behind every time the system updated the rules. However, this update was after all a huge benefit to spending money. He could only fall into the trap even if it is one. The system screen continued rolling. As it loaded the information for the next cycle, it also displayed all the rewards that were available so that it could be easily checked. Chapter 1161 - Brainstorming < Next Settlement: Seven months later. > < System Funds will be topped up. Target amount: 60,000,000 > < Topping up 53,280,000 > < System Funds: 60,000,000+32,030,000 > < Fixed Assets: 320.28 million > < Infrastructural Projects: None at the moment> < Personal Wealth: 2,725,000 > < Detailed Permanent Reward regulations: > < Additional 10% increase in the original conversion amount. > < 50% of the starting sum in the current cycle can be used for charity. > < If you convert more than 800,000 yuan per cycle, you will receive a mysterious reward with a huge impact. > < You can consume a certain amount of Personal Wealth and increase a certain amount of income from a certain industry. The ratio is 1: 100. It can be used once in the current cycle. The amount of Personal Wealth consumed cannot exceed 100,000 yuan. > < Unfinished project for now: Thriller Hostels roller coaster project. It must be officially opened for business during the next cycle. > The System listed out all the existing rewards that were still in effect. Apart from that, there were some one-time rewards. For example, the System Funds would be deducted after completing the learning mission, random technological breakthroughs, and so on. These were not included. Pei Qian finally heaved a sigh of relief after completing the settlement once again. He finally relaxed. On the other hand, Pei Qian would sleep until he woke up naturally every day. He would also eat Fish-Catching Take-Out. It was nutritious and healthy. However, Pei Qian could not rest immediately. In order to ensure that the various projects before the next cycle would be completed smoothly, he had to assign tasks to the various departments first. After that, Pei Qian would have one to two months of rest where he did not have to worry at all. Pei Qian was a little emotional. Time passed really quickly. In the blink of an eye, this was the 10th settlement of the system. Pei Qian felt that his growth and improvement were rather obvious. He had been helpless when he made money at the beginning of the settlement. Now, he could steadily incur losses and obtain special rewards. Obviously, as Tengda Corporation continued to grow, the system would make some adjustments to the rules. However, he did not know when the next system update would be. Pei Qian felt that he had to grab more advantage of the system before it was updated. Otherwise, Pei Qian would not be able to take it if the System were to upgrade based on the Matthew effect. In terms of the specific management model of Tengda Corporation, Pei Qian was completely different from before. At first, Pei Qian only wanted to incur losses. He did not have a specific plan. Once an industry earned money, he would open a new one. In the end, the various departments joined forces for no reason. There were too many departments in Tengda Corporation now. Pei Qian could no longer manage them. Most of the time, he would let the departments that he could not care about free. Pei Qians current approach was to take things as they come. Previously, he had always wanted to court death and turn his already profitable businesses into losses. However, he had found that the effect was not good. Not only did he not lose money, he had earned even more. Thus, Pei Qian felt that he should not touch the profitable industries unless he had good ideas. It would be better for them to earn money slowly than for his guidance to suddenly become popular. He had to focus on the new industries that had higher chances of incurring losses. He had to finish them in one go and lose all the money earned by the other industries. That would be more practical. On top of that, Pei Qian could not be bothered with industries that involved the peoples livelihoods, such as Sloth Apartments, Fish-Catching Take-Out, and so on. It would be good if he made a loss. If he made a profit, he would not make a lot of money. He would take it as his contribution to society. There were many things to do during this cycle. Pei Qian had even found a small notebook to write down previously, afraid that he would forget. Where should we start? Hmm lets start with the games department. Pei Qian took out his small notebook and flipped through it. At present, Tengda Corporation actually has three games departments. They were the original Tengda Games department, Shang Yang Games, and Slow Movement Studio. Tengda Games had already decided to develop Eternal Reincarnation. Slow Movement Studio had also confirmed that they wanted to make the real estate intermediary simulator. However, he had not confirmed what Shang Yang Games wanted to do. I have to make a project with a very low chance of success this time! Pei Qian flipped through the game genres that Tengda had already created while thinking about what kind of new project he should arrange for Shang Yang Games. August 1st, Wednesday In Shang Yang Games conference room, Pei Qian was prepared to lead everyone to a brainstorming session. That was because he had thought hard for a long time yesterday and had not thought of a good idea. He could only say that a persons wisdom was limited. What if he brainstormed with everyone today and came up with a good idea? Ye Zhizhou, Wang Xiaobin, and the other core members were all present. Everyone was obviously looking forward to the new game that they were going to create. Tengda Games had already decided to make Eternal Reincarnation. It might only be Repent and be Saveds downloadable content, but anyone who understood the game mechanism would know that it was not just a downloadable content. It was only slightly smaller in size. In fact, the game mechanism has been greatly improved. It was not a problem to say that it was a sequel to Repent and be Saved. Shang Yang Games and Tengda Games had always been competing intensely. Since Tengda Games was going to create an outstanding game, Shang Yang Games must not fall behind! With Boss Pei around, this would definitely be a classic work. There was no doubt about that. However, the new project this time was different during the establishment stage. In the past, Boss Pei had pointed out a few directions to everyone. These directions looked a little blurry but they were all puzzles given by Boss Pei. In fact, Boss Pei had already thought of the ultimate form of this game. Everyone just had to follow the clues given by Boss Pei and work hard to restore the complete form of the game in Boss Peis mind. Then, the mission would be completed. However, the situation this time was slightly different. Boss Pei did not seem to have a very definite idea. Instead, he asked everyone to brainstorm and confirm the general direction of this game. Obviously, this would allow everyone to think more about the game design plan. Ye Zhizhou and Wang Xiaobin were both guessing if it was because Shang Yang Games had already produced many successful games and the entire workspaces design and production standards had improved. Was that why Boss Pei was consciously asking everyone to advance towards higher difficulties? Was Boss Pei not trying to reduce Shang Yang Games reliance on his own ideas? Was he trying to make Shang Yang Games leave his ideas so that it could continue to produce outstanding works that were universally appreciated? That should be the case. Thus, everyone braced themselves, hoping to keep up with Boss Peis train of thought. Pei Qian looked around at everyone at the conference table and felt that the atmosphere was a little subtle. What was wrong with these peoples expressions, as if they were on steroids! Was there a need to be so excited over a new project? Forget it, so be it. Remember the expression you are looking forward to now because it will become confused in a few minutes! Everyone was almost here. Pei Qian decided to officially start. Todays meeting will be to brainstorm. It will be used to decide what our new game will be. Everyone can speak freely and have a chance to speak. It doesnt matter even if you feel that your ideas are immature. Dont feel embarrassed. Many outstanding designs were born from these seemingly unreliable ideas. First Everyone, think about what type of game you should create first. Obviously, the first step was to confirm the game type. Even though it was made blindly with the aim of losing money, the game genre had to be clear. If the game genre was not clear, Ye Zhizhou and Wang Xiaobin would have a lot of imagination. The final game might be too different from what Pei Qian had expected. To other games companies, this often meant that projects would fail and lose money. However, to Tengda, this most likely meant making a killing. Thus, Pei Qian had to try his best to eliminate these uncertainties. Everyone looked at each other and quickly raised their hands to speak. I think action-based games are not bad! Doubt VR glasses are selling very well. The Fitness Battle VR version is also very popular. How about taking the opportunity to develop a VR game masterpiece? I think we can create an FPS game with two endings. MMORPG, can you consider it? Everyone was talking at once. Everyone present might be designers, but different designers had different game preferences. Under such unrestricted circumstances, everyones speech would obviously be affected by their own game preferences. Say whatever you can think of. Pei Qian listened quietly, his already messy thoughts getting even messier. Such a discussion method would not do! That was because everyone present was a core member of Shang Yang Games. They had been in the game development for so long and were very good at business. Their proposals might be influenced by their personal preferences but they were basically reliable proposals. Even if there were some proposals that seemed to have a chance of failure, such as making a relatively retro time charging MMORPG game, the chances of failure were still not high enough. Even if the game was created step by step, people would probably buy it. Thus, he had to think of a way to guide everyone back to the right discussion. Pei Qian gently knocked on the table. Please hold on. Everyone has their own thoughts. Thats a good thing, but its difficult to form a unified opinion in such a discussion. How about this? Ill give everyone a simple direction. Which genre do you think is the game that our company has produced so far where our foundation is relatively weak? It would be best if it was a standalone game. The reason why he added the last sentence was mainly to be safe. Indeed, Tengda had not done a large-scale multiplayer online role-playing game C MMORPG C so far. However, the risk of success was still too high if they were to develop this. Chapter 1162 - Racing Game! MMORPG might have been impacted by MOBA games but a starving camel would still be bigger than a horse. There were still many loyal players at this stage. Compared to standalone games, online games were more in line with mainstream players taste. Once the number of players increased, it would be easy to become a long-term money tree. The sales volume of standalone games would decrease after a few months at most. Everyone would get sick of it after playing for a while. Whats more, those who had paid for standalone games did not have any follow-up expenses other than buying some downloadable content. However, it was different for online games. There would be an endless stream of money entering the account even if it was a relatively conscientious time charge. If it became popular, it would be difficult to clean up in the future. GOG and Ocean Stronghold were painful lessons. Thus, Pei Qian was not willing to make online games unless there was an idea that could definitely incur losses. It would be easier for standalone games to incur losses. Previously, everyone had been talking at once and could not reach a consensus. One by one, they lowered their heads and thought carefully. Indeed, what Boss Pei said made sense! Everyone seemed to be able to do what they wanted, but it would be difficult to reach a consensus if they continued discussing like this. It was better to follow Boss Peis train of thought. In the field of standalone games, what game genre did Tengda make less? This question was really difficult to answer. Tengda had done many standalone games until now, some relatively popular themes, and many niche themes. Repent and be Saved was an action-based game, Struggle was an interactive movie game, Mission and Choice was an outdated real-time strategy game. There were also difficult games like Game Designer and Animal Island. What other game genres were there that Tengda made less of? Everyone lowered their heads and started calculating. Action games, shooting games, simulators, role-playing games, interactive games, strategy games, leisure games He seemed to have dabbled in most game genres. That was mainly because Boss Pei never ate his roots. After a certain game type succeeded, he would not touch it for a long time. Instead, he would immediately develop another type of game. Thus, it would be slightly difficult to find a field that Tengda had not stepped into. However, more people meant more power. Someone still managed to find a game genre that had not been created yet. A combat game? A music game? We have never done a sandbox game before. Theres also a racing game. There might be The Lonely Desert Road but this is obviously very different from a proper racing game Pei Qian could not help but praise them. Alright, this brainstorming meeting was not wasted! Everyone had indeed thought of something that he had not expected. Pei Qian silently noted down these types of games. He would not think about music games for now. The main reason was that it would cost too little money. There was no point in making them. Whats more, it was very difficult to mess up this thing. They could not possibly make it an out-of-tune sound game, right? On the whole, the chances of losing money were not high. Whats more, even if they lost money, they would not lose much. That was because it was very difficult to invest more money. Fighting games were a good choice, but it was still the same problem. It would not burn enough money. He could use it as a backup if he did not have a better idea. Forget about the sandbox game, the risk was too high. A successful sandbox game had a terrifying lifespan. Pei Qian did not want to take the risk. A racing game? Yes, that sounded like a good choice! Among these game genres that had not been created before, racing games spent the most money and were more difficult to create. If he wanted to create a racing game, the scenery had to be good, right? There had to be many maps, right? Just creating these beautiful scenes would cost a lot of art resources. Whats more, he had to make more cars, right? If he used real cars, he had to talk to the manufacturers of cars to cooperate and buy copyrights, right? He had to have a radio to drive and listen to songs, right? He had to spend money on the copyright of the songs. Whats more, it was relatively difficult to create speed games. That was because players had a high requirement for hand sensitivity for speed games. If they did not adjust their driving sense well, they would definitely be scolded by players. Many players could not tell what was wrong with the driver of a certain game, but they could clearly feel whether the car was easy to drive or not. If it was not easy to drive, it would definitely be the manufacturers fault. It was easier said than done to make it easy to drive. A long and meticulous process had to be done. That was because most players used keyboards or handles to play racing games. These two types of input equipment and the steering wheel of the real car were very different. Take the keyboard for example. Using the four keys of the WASD to control the accelerator, brake, and direction could only simulate four states: the accelerator to the end, the brake to the end, the steering wheel to the left or right. There was no way to simulate a linear operation like the steering wheel with a keyboard. Under such circumstances, in order to give players a better gaming experience, manufacturers had to achieve a certain level of auxiliary driving effect through complicated adjustments. Players could also use a few buttons to drive on the keyboard. They could deal with various complicated turns without linear operations. Whether or not this was done well would determine the players driving sense and whether the car in the game was easy to drive or difficult to drive. The situation of the controller was slightly better than the keyboard. It could be used to simulate the brake and the linear nature of the accelerator with the trigger key. The joystick of the controller could also slightly adjust the angle of the turn. However, the controller could only change to the left or right by 90 degrees. It was obviously impossible to use 90 degrees of change to simulate 900 degrees or 540 degrees change in the steering wheel. Whats more, in order to make it realistic, racing games had to calculate the ground strength of the tires and a series of parameters to ensure that players could complete difficult movements such as drifting and turning in the real world using similar operations in the game. Otherwise, this racing game would become a leisure game. In short, it was more difficult and easy to mess it up. The official games platform might sell some templates for racing games but these templates could not be too outstanding. Most of the work had to be done personally. Whats more, the employee who suggested the race was right. The Lonely Desert Road was not a racing game at all. It was an independent game at best. Tengda could be said to have no experience in developing professional racing games. At that moment, Pei Qian thought of a more deranged idea. After developing a racing game, he could make a steering wheel, a simulated driving suit that included scaffolding, monitors, and seats. That made sense, right? Wouldnt that be able to spend more money? At that thought, Pei Qian said, I think racing games are not bad. Everyone nodded. Indeed, among these choices, racing games were relatively reliable. Combat games were outdated, and they were as niche as sound games. The sandbox game was not bad. The key was that one had to have a good idea to make a sandbox game. Thinking about it this way, racing games were indeed a better choice. On this point, Boss Pei and everyones motives might be completely different, but they had magically reached a consensus on the final outcome. After deciding on the general direction for the racing games, everyone began to think. Racing-based games must be highly realistic! Why dont we link it to some competitions in reality and create a pulley or regular competition mode? Can we buy the copyright of F1? I dont think theres a need to make it realistic. Lets focus it on being cool! Reduce the operating threshold and add a few more luxury cars. Let players experience the joy of land flying transport inside. We can intensify the emotions! Arent there many movies about racing? We can also make more plots in the game to show our usual advantage. Or should I create a futuristic racing game? Pei Qian listened quietly and shook his head slightly. None of them sounded like good ideas! First, he had to get rid of the copyrights from F1. He could consider buying a portion of the copyrights for the car and spend more money. However, if he bought the copyrights for the F1 competition, the game would definitely naturally become popular and traffic would not do. Reducing operational standards, focusing on cool, adding plot These ideas sounded familiar. Wasnt that what Ocean Stronghold did back then? Reality proved that it did not seem to work. It would easily become a popular game that could not be stopped. As for the future theme For some reason, he thought about Mission and Choice. Perhaps this group of people had been waiting for the combined event with Mission and Choice. Pei Qian pondered for a moment and asked, What can you think of the most popular racing game at the moment? Ye Zhizhou pondered for a moment and said, That should be a tug-of-war, right? Everything in this game is very realistic. Many drivers are even practicing in the game. However, it is precisely because it is real that many settings are rather unfriendly to newbies. For example, the ground strength of the different tires in the game is different. You have to choose different tires according to the different venues and adjust the car. There is also car damage. You have to repair it if you hit the car. The worst-case scenario would be when the first picture clashes with the car and breaks the car light. The second picture would be the night road. The entire journey would be smeared and completed. It would be rather suffocating. Whats more, other racing games can switch off car damages. This game cannot be closed off. It only allows newbies to repair cars for free. This is very hardcore. Pei Qian nodded subtly. Yes, he cannot switch off car damages? That sounded like a good idea. Many players played speed games purely to race to release the wildness in their hearts that they had nowhere to put. It was common for them to hit the roadside flowers. Therefore, the first thing many people did when entering the game was to close the car tire and hit it at will. Players had to think about repairing cars instead of switching the damage off. Obviously, this was a good way to dissuade players. However The Rally Competition is quite successful, right? Pei Qian asked. Ye Zhizhou nodded. Yes, it was quite successful. Thats because it was made very real, and it restored the original appearance of the tug-of-war very well. Even many professional drivers used it to train, so it was very popular among hardcore players. Running a tug-of-war is very expensive. Its common for ordinary drivers to burn a few million yuan a year. Ordinary people would not be able to obtain such an experience. Thus, playing such games became a good choice. Chapter 1163 - Safe And Civilized Driving Pei Qian nodded subtly. After this brainstorming session, he was still very inspired. He would not afford to lower the difficulty of the game in order to avoid making the same mistake as Ocean Stronghold. Instead, he had to increase the difficulty of the game and ensure that it was very niche. However, he had to pay attention to another problem. He had to try not to get involved in the difficult competitions in reality. Take F1 for example. It would be best not to touch such topics. That was because racing was a very money-burning exercise, but it was very popular globally. Players would naturally choose to experience it in the game if they did not have money to run the racing track. It would be best if he could choose content that ordinary people often experienced. What was the content? Of course, it was to drive in the city! At the moment, there seem to be two types of most popular racing games. One was a tug-of-war, which was hardcore but completely restored the experience of high-end competitions. The other was to lower the threshold of the game, switch off the car damages, and players could drive freely into the city. After all, most people were already very vexed that they had to follow the traffic rules when they went to work and drove. They had to worry at all times not to drive too fast, not to run the red light, not to be stuck on posts. A slight scratch might cost hundreds of yuan to paint. They were trembling in fear. After work, he would go home and drive to the game. Of course, he had to drive and hit whatever he wanted! Reverse, chase, and run red lights were all run of the mill. Pei Qian pondered for a moment. If he could combine these two types of games, shortcomings could be made up, and the least popular content could be combined. Wouldnt that work? At that thought, Pei Qian cleared his throat and said, I have two directions. You can refer to them. Everyone stopped their brainstorming and looked over. At the same time, they looked very impressed. Indeed, the gap between us and Boss Pei was huge! How long had this brainstorm been going on? Everyone was still discussing and had no thoughts at all. Boss Pei had already chosen the direction for the new game? Good ideas came naturally to him. Was he a genius game designer? Hence, everyone was listening closely. Pei Qian cleared his throat and organized his thoughts. Then, he said, First, we have to create a fully realistic racing game, or a driving simulator. We have to invest a huge sum of money to create an extremely realistic physical engine for the game. Every car has to be modeled individually. The plates, AB columns, car body materials of different cars will be based on the situation in reality. There will be different data to ensure that the results after each car hits will be different. Whats more, the results would be exactly the same as the collision of the same car in reality. Other things like the horsepower of the car, the driving sense, the grip of the tire, and so on have to be consistent with the data in reality. When gamers use the steering wheel to experience the game, they have to be infinitely close to driving in reality. On one hand, it was to spend more research funds. On the other hand, it was to dissuade players. Divide the car into many different parts, the data of each car would be different. This workload would be very large, and it would be much more troublesome than all cars sharing a physical collision system. On the other hand, the damage of the cars during different impacts would be different. It could increase the players losses. For example, in many games, cars would collide at more than a hundred hours. The cars head would be concave, but it could still continue driving. However, in the game that Pei Qian had expected, the car would be crippled by the impact at such a speed. Secondly, the game has a car damage system and cannot be closed. Players would have to deal with it in real life if they hit the car in the game or were scratched. If you hit a car, you have to fix it. If you scratch it, you have to paint it. If you touch someone elses car, you have to be held responsible. You have to compensate them completely. Whats more, the driver in the car would also be injured after the collision. He would have to be hospitalized and pay for medical expenses. Lastly we can consider developing a steering wheel for this game and let Otto Technologies do it. After he finished speaking, Pei Qian felt that he had gone overboard. How was this a racing game? It was completely a driving simulator! Whats more, it was a driving simulator that simulated even the most upsetting content. There were many inconvenient places in the game that were exactly the same as in reality. He had to drive carefully and carefully. However, what about the satisfaction of this game? It could not be compared to driving in reality. After all, in reality, one would be able to feel the vibration of the car and feel the GL. The field of vision was especially wide. This experience was multidimensional. However, in this game, one could only stare at the screen while driving. Most players could only use the keyboard and controller. The sense of immersion was far from it. It was as troublesome as driving in reality and the experience was not as good. Who would play it? Whats more, driving in reality was not a particularly high threshold. Most families with slightly better economic conditions had cars. Many office workers were tired from driving to and from work. When they returned home, they continued to drive in the game. Why did they have to follow the regulations? What kind of spirit was this? How addicted was he to doing this? In order to obtain a better gaming experience, he had to buy a steering wheel. However, steering wheels were not cheap. Even entry-level steering, which he could play with slightly better, cost one or two thousand yuan. Those with better entry-level steering cost more than three thousand yuan. Some of the more advanced direct-driven steering were more expensive. Coupled with the pedals, hand brakes, H-tier, scaffolding, and other parts, the expenses were even higher. Whats more, steering and scaffolding took up space and were easy to eat dust. The cost was not just about money. Most people had to weigh the pros and cons before buying them. All in all, Pei Qian felt that this idea was very good. It had accurately dissuaded most players! For ordinary gamers, they would have to spend money to fix the car after touching it slightly. They would also have to abide by the rules. They would not feel good playing it at all. For most keyboard and controller players, it was probably a rather difficult task to control the car carefully and pass the subjective examination. It was not much fun. To those big shots with the steering wheel and other high-end equipment, the game content was very boring. It was no different from driving in reality. Many professional racing games were much more fun than this. The only ones who would be interested in this game should be those players who did not like to race but loved to drive normally, right? If there were such gamers, why not become chauffeurs? They could also earn money to support their families while satisfying their own interests. Wouldnt that be perfect? Pei Qian looked around at everyone. What do you think, everyone? Everyone exchanged confused looks. Obviously, most peoples first reaction was: Not good! These sounded like designs that went against common sense. However It sounded very convincing coming from Boss Pei. It was as if there was a brilliant idea behind this design that went against common sense and subverted the traditional game design concept. Wang Xiaobin probed, Then Boss Pei, what should the game be called? Whats its name? Pei Qian pondered for a moment. Lets call it Safe and Civilized Driving! Wang Xiaobin was speechless. What the f*ck did he mean by Safe and Civilized Driving! Wasnt this the name of the fourth subject on the drivers license test? Was it really alright to use it to create a racing game? Pei Qian was obviously very satisfied with this name. It fit the game perfectly! This game encouraged everyone to drive safely and in a civilized manner. It would be best if they followed the regulations and drove carefully, not rubbing against each other or speeding. They would be good citizens who followed the rules in the game. As for the gaming experience Hehe, Pei Qian had always been the last to consider the gamers gaming experience. Whats more, he had to think about making the experience worse for them. Pei Qian knew that this brainstorming success was a huge success seeing everyones confused and confused expressions on the surface! In fact, the so-called brainstorming was nothing more than asking everyone to gather and give themselves some inspiration to create loss-incurring games. Pei Qian looked at his watch and stood up. Alright, lets call it a day then. The results are quite significant. Everyone, digest the results of todays brainstorming. You can decide how to design it. Pei Qian felt that he had already decided on the ultimate form of this game. There should not be any deviations. On the surface, he seemed to be giving everyone full freedom to design. However, Pei Qian was very sure that everyone would still follow his instructions seriously. In any case, as long as the game was produced according to his requirements, the final outcome would be about the same. Everyone in the conference room had not recovered from their daze after Boss Pei left. There was a hint of admiration for Boss Pei in his confusion. Obviously, to Boss Pei, the brainstorm had been completed. That was because Boss Pei had already thought of the final form of the game and gave everyone sufficient hints. However, the brainstorm had just begun for the others! He could only say that Boss Pei was Boss Pei. The speed of designing the game was simply amazing. A game would only take tens of minutes to design from 0 to 100. Who else could be a genius game designer? However, they had not figured out the core problems of the game Safe and Civilized Driving to the other people in Shang Yang Games. According to Boss Peis current conditions, he could only recreate a very incomplete game. Obviously, there were still many details that Boss Pei did not make clear. This required everyone to work together to complete these details. However, this was not the first time Shang Yang Games had done something like this. Thus, everyone only felt strange for a short while before calming down. They were prepared to analyze the full picture of the game Safe and Civilized Driving in Boss Peis heart. Ye Zhizhou said with great familiarity, Lets follow the previous process. Well first find the suspicious points in Boss Peis design and then slowly analyze it. Coincidentally, this is a rare opportunity. Lets finish the questionable segment together. Little Yang, lets start with you. Chapter 1164 - An Outstanding Simulator Driving Game Previously, most of Shang Yang Games design plans had been completed by Lin Wan, Ye Zhizhou, and Wang Xiaobin. The other members had not participated in the trying to figure out Boss Peis intentions segment. Instead, they had waited for the three of them to complete the restoration of Boss Peis design before being in charge of the specific execution. However, now, both Ye Zhizhou and Wang Xiaobin felt that Shang Yang Games had to move on. He had developed so many games; he couldnt possibly not improve, right? Boss Lin had previously left behind a standard process to guess Boss Peis design intentions. This could be said to be Shang Yang Games and even Tengda Corporations most precious wealth. Now, Ye Zhizhou and Wang Xiaobin had already mastered this. It was time to pass it on and improve the design standards of the other designers. Everyone had been prepared before. They had all written down Boss Peis request in their notebooks. Now, they were talking at once, each of them saying the suspicious points in Boss Peis design. The base of the car, A and B columns, and other structures have to be designed separately. Whats more, the strength of each part of the car is different. It seems too wasteful for a racing game. Theres not much need. Investment and output are not proportional. The damage to the car cannot be closed. The collision would cost money. The driver might even have to be hospitalized These punishment measures seem to be too heavy. It might be more realistic but it would not help the improvement of the game experience at all. It would only have the opposite effect. Develop the steering wheel theres no need for that, right? There are many steering brands in the market now. Many foreign manufacturers are doing feedback on the steering wheel. There are also many professional direct steering. Isnt it enough as long as the game is suitable for this equipment? Is there a need to develop one yourself? I think this game would probably be very difficult to make a profit. According to the current plan, the investment would definitely not be small. However, it would be targeted at a relatively small group of people. It seems like it would not be able to support sales at all. The people in the conference room were all core members of Shang Yang Games. They quickly found many problems with the design plan. Ye Zhizhou nodded. Yes, everyone has done well. You must remember. If you want to accurately understand Boss Peis intentions, you must first remember it accurately. You must remember every word that Boss Pei said so that you will not miss out on key information. Next, everyone will revolve around these suspicious points and think about the benefits of doing this. After some thought, the speech continued. A bespectacled designer said, The strength and structure of the various parts of the car are different. The effect to be achieved is nothing more than the different consequences of different cars colliding. It is more similar to the real car accident in reality. That would make it seem more realistic and increase the authenticity of the game. At the same time, it could also educate players on a certain level of warning. Tell them that the wrong way of driving might lead to very serious consequences. That would also fit the theme of safe and civilized driving. However, this should only be one of the considerations. If its just that, we shouldnt have to invest so much resources. Another explanation is the collision of cars itself is also a selling point? His hypothesis was stuck at this point because he could not think of why the collision of cars had become a selling point. Wang Xiaobin pondered for a moment and said, What if the cars data is connected to the real data? For example, we can link the car data in the game to the collision data released on certain websites so that the collision results in the game would be infinitely close to the collision results in reality. That way, players would be able to clearly understand the safety of a certain car in the game. This might have some guidance for them to buy a car in reality. Everyone nodded. That makes sense! There were indeed many racing games, but no one took the collision and car data in the game seriously. That was because everyone knew that games were fake. While many games were trying their best to get the car data in the game closer to reality, they could not get that close because of the games restrictions. Take a sports car for example. In reality, a sports car would crash at a speed of one or two hundred mph. It would immediately rise to the sky on the spot. However, in the game, players would often bump into each other. If they were crippled after a single collision, it would definitely severely affect players gaming experience. Thus, even if there were car damage, many games would still make the car very solid. A few collisions would not affect its performance. Boss Peis idea was obviously to completely abandon gameplay and achieve extreme authenticity so as to fill in the gap in this aspect! The first problem was solved. Everyone quickly focused on the next problem. The problem of excessive simulation causing severe punishment should be directly related to the first question. You have to make up for the paint on the cars, and you have to repair the cars. The drivers might even be hospitalized. On one hand, this is to better popularize the concept of safe and civilized driving. On the other hand, it is also to deepen players impression so that players would know the serious consequences of dangerous driving. Whats more, these punishments would actually highlight the characteristics of different cars, such as the economy of maintenance, the safety of driving at high speed, and so on. Most other racing games can only show the performance of cars, especially the performance of super sports cars. The economic and safety of cars are not reflected at all. Safe and Civilized Driving can obviously allow players to use more dimensions to evaluate a car. Why do you want to study the steering wheel on your own? I think there are only two reasons. First, Boss Pei doesnt like the current steering wheel in the market and feels that it cannot meet his requirements. Second, there might be a follow-up plan around this steering wheel. It is not just a steering wheel but part of a large-scale plan. Given that there are no problems with the performance of the high-end steering wheels in the market at the moment, it can only mean that Boss Pei is not satisfied with their compatibility. This steering wheel should be like the controller of Doubt VR. Not only is it rich in function, but it should also be closely connected to the game content. Whats more, the steering wheel should be connected to future games or other industries. Just like the smart fitness drying rack was only used to match with the Fitness Battle at the beginning, but the Fitness Battle VR version can be used later on. This is equivalent to providing guidance to Otto Technologies, which designs the steering wheel Everyone realized that the efficiency of brainstorming suddenly skyrocketed after Boss Pei gave a clear direction! The details of the game became clearer as everyone came to conclusions based on Boss Peis requirements. However, there was another last question. The investment for this game was huge. It was targeted at relatively niche gamers. How could they recoup their costs? Everyone thought for a long time but could not think of a good explanation. Ye Zhizhou did not interject much. At that moment, he said, Let me tell you my opinion. First of all, no one dares to guarantee whether or not a game will make money. Just like how from the previous perspective, games like Struggle and Mission and Choice are also very invested and targeted at the minority. Logically speaking, they should not be able to recover their costs, but what happened in the end? Obviously, the general public and the niche are not absolute concepts. Popular games might have a wide audience but no one would play them even if they were made rubbish. As long as the niche games were made very well, they would attract many people who were originally not interested to buy them. Take this game for example. Boss Pei obviously hoped to use outstanding quality and unique game content to break out of the circle and expand the gamers of the game, turning niche games into popular topics. Secondly, this game can be regarded as a racing game or a simulation game. As far as I know, there are many loyal players in simulation games. They are all especially loyal. If this game succeeds, it wont be a problem for it to live for eight to ten years. Whats more, it can continuously update content and produce downloadable content. It can earn money while continuing to improve its quality. Simulation games are fun. This fun is different from pure sensory stimulation in racing games. Its fun but relatively complicated. I believe that as long as the game is outstanding, most players can feel the fun. Lastly, this game would probably have a certain linkage effect with reality. After all, in Boss Peis design concept, breaking the fourth wall is very important. It is also a secret that is often used. We dont know how the combined event will be like now, but we have to keep in mind that Tengda is not just a games company. Even if the game does not make money, there would be no problem as long as we earn it back from other places. Everyone nodded. It made sense! Indeed, the two people in charge had interacted with Boss Pei for a long time. They could understand Boss Peis true intentions better. This explanation made much more sense! Everyone quickly wrote down the analysis in their notebooks. Finally, Ye Zhizhou finished adding the rest of the details and summarized the game. According to Boss Pei, the main body of this game should be in a city. Apart from the traffic in the city, a few high-speed roads must be extended in the surroundings to be used for long-distance missions like pulling goods for players. You have to follow the traffic rules when driving in the city. There will be punishment if you violate the rules and you have to repair the car or stay in the hospital if there is a car accident. You have to compensate according to the transport responsibility. Since there are parts that lose money, there must also be parts that earn money. Players can drive rental cars or arrange for cars to pull customers in. They can also drive trucks for a long distances. Of course, some particularly powerful players can also participate in the competition to win prizes. These three ways of making money are definitely the cheapest and the incomes are relatively low for taxis or taxis. If you want to drive a bus or a big truck or participate in a competition, you must definitely go through training in advance and obtain the corresponding driver qualifications. Then since we need a city, lets set it as Jingzhou. After all, we can go to Jingzhou to collect materials. There are many local scenic spots in Jingzhou. Its hard to say if the game would be able to satisfy ordinary racing games. However, gamers who are passionate about simulating driving would definitely like this game! After the game is developed, we can also create a VR version in the future to further enhance the immersion and immersion of the game! Everyone nodded as they recorded. After perfecting the details, the game looked much more fun! Of course, no one could guarantee that it would definitely make money. After all, such a unique game was very rare. However, there was one thing that was undeniable: many of its designs had never appeared before. When this game was released, it would definitely make gamers eyes light up! Chapter 1165 - Boss Pei’s Third Favorite Segment Again Pei Qian returned to his office and reconsidered his work after he was done with Shang Yang Games. The work of the games department had been confirmed. Tengda Games had developed Eternal Reincarnation, Shang Yang Games had developed Safe and Civilized Driving, and Slow Movement Studio had developed Real Estate Model VR. Of these three games, it looked like only Eternal Reincarnation had a higher chance of making money. Those two games should be relatively safe. Eternal Reincarnation was not a big problem. After all, it was only downloadable content. It would not matter even if it made a small profit if it was priced at the first point as much as possible. Eternal Reincarnations main mission was to make Repent and be Saved free. As long as Repent and be Saveds main body could succeed for free, it would be worth it for Eternal Reincarnation to earn a little. As for the other departments, there were many tasks as well. Lu Mingliang had been preparing for Upwind Logistics for three months. The cross-city air transport business was about to officially begin. In addition to the game Eternal Reincarnation, Zhongdian Chinese Networks copyright development, Fei Huang Workspace had to go overseas to film the web series for Successor. In addition, they had to form an animation department and change the novel Executer Academy, which was based on GOG, to an animation. The publicity department had to continue working hard to make the reverse publicity effect more obvious. However, this was Meng Changs job. Pei Qian did not have to worry anymore. GOG had to pay attention to IOIs movements. Pei Qian thought that he could go easy on IOI and let it take a breather. He did not want to accidentally defeat IOI. That would be troublesome. Otto Technologies had to cooperate with Shang Yang Games to make a driving simulator steering wheel. Tengdas experience shop had to continue opening. The shop in Golden Prosperity Square had a lot of traffic at the moment, but it only looked lively and not profitable. Considering that this was the first shop and it was in Jingzhou, it was understandable that there would be a lot of traffic. If he continued opening more shops, he would probably burn more money. Pei Qian also planned to take care of Bunny Tail Live-Stream. Previously, after Pei Qian created a suicidal operation, the flow of Bunny Tails live-stream had greatly decreased. Even though Bunny Tails live-stream had also organized activities like the BP verification competition and warmed the website up, the overall development trend had indeed been curbed. Pei Qian was thinking that the situation with Bunny Tail Live-Stream was more optimistic now. He could consider letting it share some responsibility and burn some money. The last was the office building. However, there was no need to worry about this. According to the systems regulations, the infrastructure project would not be settled. It could start whenever. If they wanted to build a building, it would not be done in a few months. Thus, there was not much difference between whether they built it one day earlier or one day later. Pei Qian thought about it. He could first discuss with Liang Qingfan and let him choose a location for the building to come up with a preliminary design plan. Then, it would not be too late to start building the office building after the movie box office and other funds were in place. In any case, he just had to ensure that he spent the money before this settlement cycle. Other than that, there were many other projects. However, Pei Qian did not intend to pay special attention to them if there were no special circumstances. After all, he had already established a take it easy approach. He could not manage all the projects. He could only focus on a portion of the projects. Pei Qian stretched and scanned his work memo. Eh? Its August again before I know it. Doesnt that mean Im going to have my third favorite Bao Xu Travel segment again? Tengda had two outstanding employee selections each year, in February and August. Half a year had passed too quickly. In the blink of an eye, the scene of Bao Xu and Liang Qingfan going to Egypt to look at the pyramid was still vivid in his mind. It seemed to have happened yesterday. Bao Xus Travel has become a traditional retention project. It was Pei Qians third favorite segment. What were the first and second places? Of course, it was to settle the losses and Meng Chang getting the basic salary. If he ranked further down the list, Teacher Qiao going around haunted houses might be ranked fourth on the list for the four happiest events in Boss Peis life. I wonder where Bao Xu will choose to travel this time? Pei Qian did not even consider the possibility that Bao Xu was not going on a holiday. That was because it was basically a done deal from all the signs! Before this, Pei Qian had wanted to protect Bao Xu. He had already written the commendation letter. In the end, he only showed it to Bao Xu and scared him. He did not send it out. However, he did not expect the snack market to become popular and the television station to interview him. Bao Xus hard work for the snack market was immediately known by everyone! Pei Qian could not protect him anymore. Over the past six months, the most successful project should have been Mission and Choice. After all, it was a huge project that had been held back for nearly a year. The game and movie were very successful. The best employee would definitely be produced from this project. Huang Sibo contributed the most since he was the one who took the lead in the entire project. However, the problem was that Huang Sibo had already received the Dream Fund once and would not get it a second time. On the surface, this setting meant that since an employee had already received the Dream Fund, it meant that his dream had been realized. He would not take it a second time and leave the opportunity to others. However, Pei Qians real thoughts were that if an employee took the Dream Fund and was sent to other departments, and made huge contributions, it meant that this person would be able to succeed no matter how many times he changed positions. There was no need to repeatedly waste precious spots in the first-place-elimination system on such a person. It would be more practical to eliminate others. All in all, Huang Sibo would not win this award. If Huang Sibo was excluded, Hu Xianbin, Min Jingchao, and Zhu Xiaoce would stand a chance. However, considering that the gaming department was the core department of Tengda Corporation, it had always had the reputation of Tengdas elite and had a natural advantage in voting. Hu Xianbin had been in charge of more than one game. Even in terms of seniority, it was most likely his turn. Doubt VR glasses were also very successful, but Slow Movement Studio did not belong to Tengda Corporation after all. It did not participate in the selection. As for second place The other departments had their own bases, such as Otto Technologies making smart fitness drying racks, Shang Yang Games developing Fitness Battle, and so on. However, Bao Xu had a unique advantage in running for second place. The success of the snack market in the Cyberpunk style caused a warm response. The television stations reported it. At the same time, it indirectly caused Tengda to buy the snack street shops. After the announcement of the subway plan, it caused a complicated chain reaction. This result was very prominent. Bao Xu had made outstanding contributions in this project. He was the one who suggested the style, and he was also the one who designed the various interactive elements in the snack market. He was very busy and worked very hard. Zhang Yahui, the person-in-charge of the snack market, thought that Bao Xus contribution was far above his own. Whats more, as an employee of the games department, Bao Xu worked hard for the snack market. He had a very good role. Lastly, everyone wanted Bao Xu to go on a holiday. Many people would probably work hard to place him in second place. Thus, no matter how Pei Qian thought about it, Bao Xu was probably the only one who would get the opportunity to travel. The question worth considering now was what Hu Xianbin would do after obtaining the Dream Fund. Who would take over Hu Xianbins job and become the new person-in-charge of Tengda Games? Where would Bao Xu choose to travel? Pei Qian could not help but look forward to Fridays Best Employee Selection! August 2nd, Thursday Otto Technologies conference room. Wang Xiaobin and Ye Zhizhou were discussing the game Safe and Civilized Driving with Chang You and Jiang Yuan, as well as the development of the steering wheel. After yesterdays brainstorming session, Wang Xiaobin and Ye Zhizhou had quickly written the design draft for Safe and Civilized Driving. According to his understanding of Boss Peis initial design concept, the steering wheel was obviously very important to this game. Thus, on the second day after writing the concept draft, Ye Zhizhou and Wang Xiaobin arrived at Otto Technologies. They quickly arranged for the steering wheel so that the game would be released together with the game. The design concept draft had been printed out. Chang You and Jiang Yuan each had a copy. They read the design draft while listening to Ye Zhizhou and Wang Xiaobin explain the core gameplay of this game. This game is too realistic. Chang You could not help but feel emotional after understanding the various settings of this game. He did not know much about games, but he knew what these inhumane settings meant in a racing game. Using harsh punishment measures to make players obediently follow the rules in the game. Only Boss Pei could come up with such a design. Other game designers probably did not have such guts. Of course, Chang You and Jiang Yuan would definitely not raise any questions about this design plan. There were specializations in the industry. Game design was a matter for the games department. Whats more, this was Boss Peis design plan. Who would dare to question Boss Peis game design standards? To Chang You and Jiang Yuan, the most important thing was to cooperate with Shang Yang Games and set the exterior of the steering wheel well. Wang Xiaobin said, I dont know much about simulated steering, but our project team happens to have a brother who is very passionate about playing racing simulators. Thats why I learned from him yesterday. It can be said that Ive supplemented the relevant knowledge. Ill share the basic situation with everyone now. At the moment, there are many games on the market, ranging from a hundred yuan to more than ten thousand yuan. The difference is very obvious. There can be two types of game steering. Entertainment steering and simulated steering. The simulated steering wheel can also be divided into two types. They are the gearshift or belt-reaction steering wheel, as well as the direct steering wheel that steps into the motor or servo motor. Basically everything below a thousand yuan is an entertainment steering wheel. Such a steering wheel does not have the strength to give back. It is purely through primitive mechanical structures such as springs or elastic ropes to make the steering wheel correct. The steering wheel cannot turn by itself, and it cannot simulate the state of the tires. To put it bluntly, it is the controller changing the shell. The entry-level power feedback steering wheel and the direct steering wheel are both simulated steering wheels, but the specific structure is different. The mainstream power feedback wheels price is basically from 2,000 to 3,000 yuan. It can be considered an entry-level model of the simulated steering wheel. The power feedback of such a steering wheel is mainly transmitted through gears, straps, or a combination of gears and straps. Compared to the entertainment steering wheel of less than a thousand yuan, the experience will rise by a huge level. It will also be the first choice for newbies. The last type would be to direct the drive steering wheel. Chapter 1166 - Direct Drive Steering Wheel Solution Chapter 1166: Direct Drive Steering Wheel Solution Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Wang Xiaobin paused for a moment and continued, The front wheel has a step-in motor or a servo motor. Its effect would be better than the force feedback of the gears and straps. Thats because the feedback would be stronger and the reaction would be faster. The manufacturers who provide simulators for professional teams overseas basically use direct methods. However, its price fluctuates very much. Overseas steering is very expensive. Mainstream brands are basically around 1500 euros. The high price of a single steering wheel is more than 10,000 yuan. Most people cannot afford it. However, many hardcore gamers in the country would choose to do it themselves. The entire set would be DIY.. That way, the cost could be reduced by a lot. The pure cost would probably be less than 2,000 yuan. If they buy second-hand stuff like industrial servers and drivers online, they would be able to get it at 400 to 500 yuan after all. However, the process of DIY is extremely complicated and cumbersome. You still have to understand programming knowledge if you want to completely DIY. Even if you use the ready-made plan online, you have to spend a few weeks to adjust the school. It would be a pure waste of money for the noobs to buy it. Only the big shots with especially strong hands can play it well. Whats more, if we look for a DIY plan online, we dont have to count on the quality control and after-sales of the product. At the moment, the real simulated game steering wheel that domestic players can buy, be it the entry-level feedback steering wheel or the direct steering wheel, are all mainly foreign brands. There are some manufacturers in China who are making steering but they are all very cheap entertainment steering and have no power to give back. Actually, the cost of the steering wheel of these foreign brands is secondary. The key is that the parts are also expensive. The price of these parts is not lower than 1,000 yuan, be it the H-tier splint, serial-style splint, or special liquid pressure hand brakes. If you want to set up a full set, even if its an entry-level power return steering plan, you cant do it without 6,000 to 7,000 yuan. After all, the brand value, the license fee, the tax, and so on would make the price of the steering wheel overseas too high. Actually, the cost of many parts is very low. For example, the scaffolding, the liquid pressure hand brake, these things from foreign brands are generally more than twice the cost price. Domestic homemade liquid pressure hand brakes only cost two to three hundred yuan. It would be sold for close to a thousand yuan at foreign brands. The actual experience is not very different. Of course, the advantage of buying a ready-made brand is that everything is a set. It has the corresponding optimization for games. Once the steering wheel is connected to the computer, it can be played directly by installing drivers. For players who dont have professional knowledge, DIY will definitely not work. They can only buy ready-made products. Wang Xiaobin explained the current situation of the domestic game steering wheel in detail. Everyone nodded as they listened. These three different steering wheels gave players completely different gaming experiences. There was definitely a reason why they were expensive. There were only two reasons for buying the steering wheel. One was to improve the immersion and immersion of the game, and the other was to improve the accuracy of the operation. The simulated steering wheel had a rich vibration mode. The effect of the vibration would be different when cars passed by different roads. Players could clearly tell that their cars were passing through the gravel road or the mud road. Whats more, the steering wheel could be slightly adjusted from the angle of the wheels. Coupled with the feet and the joystick, it could achieve advanced techniques such as bouncy top-up drift, lowering the speed and finger movements. More importantly, the power feedback from the steering wheel could tell players the current state of the cars wheels. Players could judge the state of the cars grip by the strength of the steering wheels recoil. They would be able to discover the tire slipping immediately. This was very important for drifting over the turns and driving on special roads. Thus, many professional racing drivers would also use simulators to train. That was because outstanding steering wheels could indeed restore the driving feeling of a real car. Simply put, ordinary gamers had to work hard to give back since they had decided to buy a steering wheel. They could not touch plastic toys below a thousand yuan. They might as well buy a good controller with that money. Some people even said that it would be best not to experience it before you could buy the driver. That was because after experiencing the direct steering, returning to the ordinary steering wheel, controller, and keyboard might make you feel disappointed. You might even completely lose interest in racing games. Of course, the steering wheel did not improve your skills. When you first switched to the steering wheel, you might drive worse than a keyboard or a controller. However, as long as you were used to the operation of the steering wheel, most people would not use the keyboard or the controller to play racing games. Chang You nodded. According to Boss Peis usual style, he must do his best if he wants to make a product. In that case, the steering wheel that we are making must be a direct plan for the servo motor. Whats more, the market for direct steering is in a state of polarization. Foreign brands easily sell for more than ten thousand yuan. Players own DIY might be cheap, but the threshold is too high and it would cost time and effort. Theres a huge market gap here. If we can develop an outstanding driving model and control the price of all the parts at a price-quality ratio, it would still be very competitive! Perhaps Boss Pei saw this business opportunity and decided to turn the steering wheel? Jiang Yuan added, Perhaps Boss Pei decided to make it himself because he felt that the current steering wheel in the market cannot be perfectly compatible with the game. Ye Zhizhou nodded. Thats right, that must be one of the reasons. At the moment, there are some buttons on the game steering wheel in the market, but they are basically buttons to simulate the controller. Ordinary racing games require fewer buttons. They can also meet the requirements with such a steering wheel. However, there is a lot of simulation in the game Safe and Civilized Driving. For example, if you want to turn a corner, you have to turn on the turn signal. If you park a car when it is malfunctioning, you have to use a double flash. There is also a rain brush, a light far away, a windscreen to get rid of fog, and so on. If players want to drive large trucks or long-distance cars to earn money, they would need even more buttons. If there arent enough buttons on the steering wheel, we can only use the keyboard. Obviously, its not convenient. If we can create a special console and integrate the buttons required in various games, it would definitely be more convenient. It would also be beneficial to increase the sense of immersion. Wang Xiaobin agreed. Thats right. Speaking of this, I think that even though there are many steering wheels in the market now, there is still a lot of innovation in terms of hardware. Theres no need to talk about the most basic H-tier and hand brake. Under the steering wheel and on the base of the motor, you can actually add a monitor screen. This price is not expensive, but you can show different effects according to different cars so that players dont need to look at the screen. You can know the time and turn the car once you lower your head. The steering wheel has to be equipped with a switchboard that possessed a magnetic field, and there have to be a turn signal, a rain brush, and various other buttons. The disc of the steering wheel can be wrapped in Alcantara leather. It wont cost much, but it can improve the hand sensitivity. You can install a mini vibrator on your feet. If the steering wheel and feet vibrate together, it can better simulate the driving feeling. The four of them spoke one after another and quickly finalized the details of the steering wheel. There were many different parts to this steering wheel. They could be bought separately, priced separately, or bought together. There would be a certain discount for the price. The main body of the steering wheel was divided into a steering wheel and a straight base. The straight base had to be integrated into a control box and the small monitor of the instrument. Between the base and the steering wheel was the D1SPCE fast dismantling system used by real cars. It was reliable and safe. It was also very convenient to disassemble it. These two added up to the bulk of the price of this set of equipment. The steering wheel was about 1,300 yuan because the steering wheel was integrated with various buttons and dynamiters. The straight base required about 3,200 yuan. The pedals were made of pure metal. The accelerator, brake, and clutch could slightly adjust the distance between the top and bottom of the pedals. The clutch and accelerator relied on adjustable springs to rebound. The brake was a small preloaded spring and a large piece of rubber. This design was to simulate different foot feelings. There was also a small motor on the accelerator, brake, and clutch pedals to simulate the vibration of the car as it drove. The price of this board was relatively high. It was about 1,200 yuan. Even though it was similar to the price of many foreign manufacturers feet, the actual experience was definitely completely different. They were integrated into the H-tier and the serial-tier rods, as well as the liquid pressure hand brake. They were 300 yuan and 200 yuan respectively. There was also a special console with various commonly used buttons on it. It was mainly used to simulate some special situations in driving. It was actually a special keyboard, so it was not expensive. 100 yuan would be enough. In addition, there were three different types of scaffolding. They were foldable scaffolding without seats, about 500 yuan; adjustable scaffolding with seats, about 1200 yuan; including display scaffolding, the highest specifications of the GL seats, which was priced at 4,000 yuan. Of course, these GL seats were not in six directions. Instead, they were in three basic directions. In other words, they could only simulate back, left, right, and top movements. However, three directions were enough for ordinary experiences. The GL seats in six directions were too expensive. The demand was relatively small. Big shots who pursued this experience would basically form their own teams. There was no need to use them as mass-produced content. The GL seats could only improve the experience, and it did not help in improving the technology. Many racing drivers did not use the GL seats even if they opened simulators. The reason why they provided such scaffolding was only to satisfy the needs of some high-end players. If gamers already had a steering wheel scaffold or other brands hand-lock, brake, and other parts, they only needed to choose the new parts that they needed. On the other hand, if players were to experience the game from scratch, Otto Technologies would also provide three different package plans. The first was the entry-level package. They only needed the steering wheel, the pedals, the scaffolding, and the console. The original price was 6300 yuan, and the package was 5800 yuan. This plan was suitable for newbies. There was no need to change or use the hand brake. The seats could also be used with their own chairs. It was a relatively entry-level plan. The second was an advanced set meal. The steering wheel, pedals, brake, console, seat adjustable scaffolding. The original price was 7200 yuan and the set meal was 6800 yuan. This plan was suitable for players with a certain level of advancement requirements. The liquid-pressure hand brake was easier to drift, and the swap dial on the steering wheel could also be completed. If they preferred the H-tier, they could just add 300 yuan to buy a separate slot. At the same time, the seat and the frame were fixed together. They did not have to worry about the seat shaking. It was more comfortable. The third was a luxurious set meal. It had all the configurations and a GL seat. The original price was 10,300 yuan and the set meal was 9999 yuan. This set of equipment could basically meet the requirements of all professional gamers, and even some professional racing drivers. The discount for the entry package was relatively large. It was mainly to expand the players. If he wanted to upgrade after purchasing a low-level set meal, he just had to spend more money on the parts he needed. It was not that troublesome at all. Chapter 1167 - : Searching For A Scapegoat After finalizing the plan for each set of meal plan, Jiang Yuan could not help but feel emotional. Its really expensive. Previously, Tengda had also made some more expensive equipment, such as Fully-Automated Bickering and smart fitness drying rack. However, the price was far from this simulation equipment. This was still the result after Boss Pei lowered the price as much as possible according to his usual style. Whats more, even if they bought this equipment, it would not be the end. Players would also need a high-end computer, three monitors, a long ring screen, a fish screen monitor, or VR glasses. It would probably cost at least seven to eight thousand yuan to get three narrow 2K monitors. Based on this calculation, a set of satisfying equipment from Team Zero would probably cost about 30,000 yuan. Wang Xiaobin explained, Theres no way about it being expensive. Thats the reasonable price of the equipment. At this price, we actually dont make much money. This is only because Tengda can make money from games. Other manufacturers cannot achieve this price. In order to get a good experience, the steering wheels disc, the straight base, and the pedals must not be vague. Its actually very simple to reduce the price. Make the steering wheel into a gear, the disc into plastic, and it can be reduced to more than a thousand yuan. Make the pedals in plastic with springs. 500 yuan should be about the same. However, this way, the game experience will definitely be greatly discounted. The simulator takes up a lot of space. Since Ive bought it, I have to pursue the best gaming experience. Of course, if players feel that its too expensive, they can also buy the steering wheels on the market that are priced at two to three thousand yuan. Then, they can only spend a hundred yuan on a special console from us. They can also play Safe and Civilized Driving. However, if we want to do an external design, we have to do our best. We cannot make a cheap version. That would affect Tengdas reputation. Whats more, people who really understand the industry would understand that our plan is already very cheap. Compared to foreign plans, the price is at least cut in half. Whats more, this equipment would be perfectly compatible with our game. We can also provide home installation services like the smart fitness drying rack. On the whole, it would be very worth it. Chang You nodded. Understood. Ill decide on the general plan this way. Ive already noted down some key points. Next, Ill look for professionals in this field and then look for the corresponding manufacturers to see if theres anything to improve on this plan. Ill contact you immediately if theres any progress. Lets keep in contact. Ye Zhizhou and Wang Xiaobin nodded. Of course. Shang Yang Games and Otto Technologies often worked together. Previously, the Fitness Battle and smart fitness drying rack were produced after close communication. They were already very proficient in this aspect. Wang Xiaobins plan was done in a hurry. There would definitely be some shortcomings. Chang You had to consult some professionals and repeatedly consider the final state of the equipment before he could finalize it. At the same time, Tengda Games was already developing Eternal Reincarnation. After two months of accumulation, the design details of Eternal Reincarnation were very clear. Everyone knew what they had to do, so they entered the state of mind very quickly. Since it was downloadable content, most of the game resources were used to recreate the original scenes in the game. There was no need to make additional scenes. This way, the development time would be greatly shortened. Hu Xianbin estimated that they should be able to complete the new mechanism that Boss Pei requested in a month. They will be officially released in two months. As for what Tengda Games would do after the downloadable content Eternal Reincarnation was released? He was not sure, but he would ask Boss Pei when the time came. On the other hand, Min Jingchao was still working on GOGs daily development and maintenance as usual. Hu Xianbin put down the work in his hand temporarily and came to Min Jingchaos work desk. He pulled a chair and sat down. Then, he lowered his voice and said, The selection for the outstanding employee this time is on Friday, which is tomorrow. Do you know? Min Jingchao nodded, confused. I know. Hu Xianbin said, Then, dont you have any thoughts? Min Jingchao was even more confused now. After some thought, he said, I should have some ideas? Hu Xianbin sighed softly. Isnt that obvious? Were both high-risk people who get the best employee award! Min Jingchao suddenly realized something. Oh, so that was what he meant! His expression instantly became serious. Thats right! I havent thought about this before. Now that you mention it, the problem is indeed very serious! Outstanding employee was an honor and a reward, but many people in Tengda, especially the person-in-charge, did not want this reward. For example, Zhang Yuan, who had been in charge of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and ROFs computer-installation business, and Chang You, who had been in charge of Otto Technologies. That was because the industry they were in was their favorite industry. However, after getting the best employee award, they had to take the Dream Fund to another industry. They had to leave. Zhang Yuan had no choice but to give up on the ROF Computer-Installation that he liked and give Fish-Catching Internet Cafe to Xiao Peng. Then, he would be in charge of DGE E-Sports Club and Tengdas E-Sports Department. On the other hand, Chang You was much more crafty. He took advantage of the loopholes and stayed in Otto Technologies. However, the problem was that Boss Pei had already said last time that he would not make use of the loopholes again. People who obtained outstanding employees in the future could not do that anymore. On the other hand, Hu Xianbin and Min Jingchao were obviously high-risk people who had obtained outstanding employees. Hu Xianbin had already been the chief designer for a long time in the core Tengda Games department. Mission and Choice had also achieved great success. He was the first to bear the brunt under the premise that Huang Sibo had already been an outstanding employee once. Min Jingchao had always been the person-in-charge of GOG. GOG had been developing smoothly during this period, while IOI was deteriorating. The credit could not be ignored. However, both of them were obviously very satisfied with their current jobs. They did not want to get the Dream Fund to explore. Min Jingchao pondered for a moment and said, But theres nothing we can do. This is the companys rule. We cannot let Boss Pei change his mind. Chang You had already exploited this loophole once before. Boss Pei had already blocked this loophole. Unless we can find a new loophole. Hu Xianbin lowered his voice. I didnt think of a loophole, but I thought of another way. Whats more, its more feasible than looking for loopholes in the rules. Min Jingchaos eyes lit up. Oh? Tell me, what is it? Hu Xianbin put on an unfathomable expression. Look for scapegoats. Min Jingchao: Hm? Hu Xianbin looked around, afraid that he would be discovered. Its actually very simple. We just have to think of a way for others to get first place for the outstanding employee, right? Think about it. Who had the best chance of obtaining second place for the outstanding employee? Min Jingchao suddenly realized something. Brother Bao! Hu Xianbin smiled and nodded. Thats right. According to their contributions, Hu Xianbin, Min Jingchao, and Bao Xu had a chance to compete for outstanding employees. In that case, wouldnt Hu Xianbin and Min Jingchao be safe as long as Bao Xu was placed first? No matter whether he obtained second and went for a tour or third place, he did not have to leave the games department. How good would that be? Hu Xianbin continued, Whats more, this is a win-win situation! Both of us dont want to leave the games department. Brother Bao doesnt want to go on a holiday. Wouldnt it be perfect if Brother Bao were to get the Dream Fund and one of us were to go on a holiday? After a moment of silence, Min Jingchao said, Its not perfect. It would be best if we dont get outstanding employees, and Brother Bao travels. An Outstanding employee event without Brother Bao traveling has no soul! Hu Xianbin nodded. Alright, I think so too. Ill feel like something is missing if Brother Bao doesnt travel. I will not consider Brother Bao as long as there are other suitable candidates. However, the problem is that there are no suitable candidates now. If Brother Bao does not become the first, one of us will definitely leave the games department. Min Jingchao agreed. Hmm alright. It looks like I have no choice but to push Brother Bao out to cover for myself. Then what should we do? Hu Xianbin said, Thats very simple. Brother Bao has worked hard at the snack market this time. Zhang Yahui even praised him during the television interview. Many people would definitely vote for him and hope that he would go on a holiday. However, everyone would definitely work hard to keep his votes in second place. Well find someone to gather information in advance so that everyone would not vote first. When Brother Bao is basically in second place, and there is a small gap between you and me, we will arrange for these votes to be thrown at Brother Bao in advance! The gap is not big to begin with. For all we know, we only need a few dozen votes to turn the situation around and push Brother Bao to first place. Min Jingchao nodded. Sure, your idea seems to be feasible! The only problem is it would be a little difficult to persuade so many people to give up watching the traditional scene of Brother Bao traveling. Hu Xianbin said, Thats right. This is the only difficult part of the plan. However, based on our relationship with the other department heads, we can play two more cards. Lets say how tired Brother Bao is now, and how much he doesnt want to travel anymore. We should be able to get some support. We might not be able to succeed. It would be awkward if the votes were too far apart and could not be caught up. However, all in all, its worth a try. After some consideration, Min Jingchao nodded. Indeed, its worth a try! Theres nothing we can do if we fail, but what if we succeed? Lets split up and try our best to persuade more people to vote for Brother Bao! Chapter 1168 - Bao Xu’s Extreme Counterattack August 3rd, Friday The preparatory work for the Best Employee Selection had been completed. The heads of the various departments gathered together. The employees of the departments were also ready to vote on TPDbs application. The people in charge gathered again and chatted about the recent situation of the department. Bao Xu was the only one who was holed up in his desk. His expression was blank and filled with despair. He could already foresee his tragic fate. He could not blame others. If he had to blame someone, he had to blame himself for doing something ridiculous! Previously, Bao Xus idea was that if he had nothing to do in the department, others would think that he had nothing to do. That way, the person who obtained second place for the outstanding employee would assign him to accompany them. In that case, as long as he became busy, the others would be too embarrassed to ask him to accompany them, right? Thus, Bao Xu volunteered to go to the snack market to help, creating the illusion that he had something to do. However, he did not expect that he would accidentally use too much strength! The snack market was too popular. Not only was there a TV interview, but even the newly announced subway line was related to the snack market and Thriller Hostel. To Bao Xu, it would be a little difficult to get first place for this contribution. However, it would probably be more than enough to get second place. After all, Bao Xu had a natural halo when he obtained second place for the outstanding employee. Boss Pei had treated him to a meal at the nameless restaurant and showed him the commendation letter. When Boss Li mentioned the news report, Bao Xu had felt that he had died. It was just that he had only officially filled in the slot today. Bao Xu had been wondering if he should say that he was sick today and not come. However, on further thought, it seemed more tragic to be arranged to travel at home. He had to bear witness to his own fate! In a place that he did not see, Hu Xianbin and Min Jingchao exchanged a look, meaning that everything will go according to plan! Soon, the voting officially began! A constantly-changing bar chart appeared on the big screen. Everyone took out their cell phones, found the best employee selection channel, and cast their precious votes. The bar chart changed rapidly. Several names stood out, and the number of votes kept increasing. Among these names, there were some that rose very steadily, such as Hu Xianbin and Min Jingchao, who had maintained at the forefront. However, there were also special ones such as Bao Xu. The bar chart with Bao Xus name was often left far behind. Then, the number of votes would suddenly increase and catch up to a few places. In the end, it would stabilize in second place. Everyone suppressed their smiles and tried hard not to laugh out loud seeing the change in the bar chart. Look, Brother Bao was going on a holiday. This was the crowds call! On the other hand, Bao Xu nearly had a cardiac arrest. Obviously, Bao Xu was getting tanner and tanner. Everyone in Tengda was not innocent! Finally, the increase in the bar chart slowed down. Hu Xianbin, Bao Xu, and Min Jingchao were in the first three places. There was not much difference between them. The votes might still be changing slowly but the positions were basically fixed. Pei Qian could not help but feel emotional. Sigh! Bao Xu, you cant blame me for this. It looks like its the same whether I send that commendation letter or not. Everyone wants you to go on a holiday. I cant save you. Bao Xu, on the other hand, sat paralyzed on the chair. His face was expressionless, as if he had completely accepted his fate. Finished. There would be no more miracles. However, Bao Xus eyes widened in disbelief just as the voting was about to end. A miracle had happened! The bar chart on the big screen changed unexpectedly. Bao Xu, who was in second place, suddenly increased by tens of votes, surpassing Hu Xianbin to first place! That was because the difference in votes between the three of them was very small to begin with. The tens of votes might not be a lot but it had the effect of turning the situation around. The voting ended! Everyone fell silent as they watched the final ranking on the big screen. Erm What was going on? Bao Xu was not in second place anymore? Did something go wrong? Previously, when the results of the Best Employee Selection had been released, everyone had applauded enthusiastically. However, this time, many people had forgotten. It was only when Hu Xianbin and Min Jingchao led the applause that everyone regained their composure and followed suit. Pei Qian was stunned as well. He immediately looked disappointed. Bao Xu was not going on a holiday? The Best Employee Selection this time was soulless! Speaking of which, rules were rules. The votes were cast by Tengdas employees. The results could not be changed. Pei Qian held the trophy in front of Bao Xu. Congratulations! Think about how to use the Dream Fund. Bao Xu snapped out of his daze and took the trophy from Boss Pei excitedly. He was happy not because he had obtained the Best Employee Award and the Dream Fund. In fact, he was not interested in this at all. He was happy because he did not have to travel anymore! There was still a risk of accompanying him, but Ive already gotten first place for the outstanding employee. Why are you still asking me to accompany you? Is that appropriate? As long as you have a bit of humanity, you shouldnt do something like that, right? Thus, Bao Xu felt that he would be safe for at least six months. He could play games comfortably at home. Boss Pei, I havent thought about how to use the Dream Fund. Can you let me think about it first and let you know later? Bao Xu said. He had never thought that he would get the Dream Fund. Naturally, he had never thought about what industry he would use the money to start his own business. Pei Qian nodded. Of course, you can. Pei Qian looked at Hu Xianbin after speaking. Youve worked hard during this period. Put down your work and go out to have fun. Leave Eternal Reincarnation to your subordinates. Itll be a good time to nurture new people. As usual, you can choose a colleague to go with you. Have you thought about who to choose? Hu Xianbin was still immersed in the joy of not being eliminated by the first-place elimination system. As for who he chose to accompany him on the tour? That was not important at all. His first reaction was to choose Min Jingchao, but Min Jingchao had to be in charge of GOGs daily operations. He had more work to do. Whats more, Hu Xianbin had gone on a holiday. There were many things in the games department that required Min Jingchaos care. What if the two in charge went out to play together and something went wrong with the gaming department? Thus, Hu Xianbin had no idea who to choose. Huang Sibo cleared his throat. No suitable candidates? Look for Brother Bao! Hu Xianbin was stunned for a moment. Huh? But Brother Bao has already won first place for the outstanding employee. Huang Sibo asked back, Is there a rule that the first place employee cannot travel? Whats more, Brother Bao has contributed so much. Isnt it normal and reasonable for him to go on a tour after receiving the Dream Fund? Everyone was stunned. It could even be done this way? However, on further thought, everything made sense! The person who accompanied him could be anyone. There were no restrictions on the rules. Since that was the case, why couldnt it be Brother Bao? Bao Xu held onto the trophy and looked at Huang Sibo in disbelief. He hated that the trophy in his hand was not a knife. Shameless old thief! Good lord, Im already in this state, and youre still asking me to go on a holiday? Revenge, this was definitely revenge! Bao Xu still remembered that Huang Sibo had specifically asked him to accompany him when he obtained second place for the outstanding employee. Bao Xu brought Huang Sibo to the Great Rift Valley and the Sahara Desert in order to make an example out of him. Obviously, Huang Sibo held a grudge and wanted to take revenge! Bao Xu was speechless. Logically speaking, Huang Sibo had contributed greatly to Mission and Choice. He should be the one traveling. However, the final outcome was Bao Xu himself. What did this mean? It meant that the entire Tengda was targeting him! Bao Xu looked at the others, hoping to obtain some help from them. However, everyone was already agreeing with Huang Sibos suggestion. Thats right, Brother Huang is right. Theres no rule that the first place for outstanding employees cannot be the companion. Brother Bao is great at being a tourist. Its very reasonable for him to travel. If Traveller Bao Xu doesnt travel, would he still be called a Traveller? Dont hesitate, choose Brother Bao! Many people were adding fuel to the fire by the side, egging Hu Xianbin on to choose Bao Xu quickly. Hu Xianbin was still hesitating but he was obviously shaken by the public opinion. He stole glances at Bao Xu from time to time. Bao Xu was completely speechless. Good lord, is there no one in the huge Tengda that can stand up for me? That made a veteran employee feel sorrowful! Since you are so heartless Dont blame me for being heartless then! Before Hu Xianbin could decide who to accompany, Bao Xu suddenly spoke. Boss Pei, Ive thought about how to use the Dream Fund. Please approve it. Pei Qian: Oh? Let me hear it. Gritting his teeth, Bao Xu said, I think traveling is indeed a good thing. Not only can it broaden my horizons, but it can also train my body. Tengdas tourism activities might be a lot more than other companies but it is still far from enough. Many people who should have gone on holiday did not get the chance. Therefore, I decided to use this sum of money to set up a travel department to send Tengdas employees to the most special and challenging places in the world to travel! In the future, Tengdas tourism activities should be institutionalized and normalized. More and more colleagues will experience the joy of traveling to places like the Great Rift Valley, the Sahara Desert, Antarctica, the North Pole, and Siberia! Everyone who had been waiting to see a joke was instantly petrified. Huh? Finished! Finished! This was definitely using his position to take revenge! Initially, they had thought that Bao Xu was going to go on a holiday for sure. They had not expected Bao Xu to end up with a wave of self-destruction, turning it into heaven and earth! In the future, no matter who Bao Xu disliked, he would arrange for them to travel. Who would be able to tolerate that? Huang Sibos expression was ugly. This was bad! From the way Bao Xu looked at him, he guessed that he would be the first to leave on the trip once this department was established! It was hard to say whether he would go to the Great Rift Valley or Siberia. It might depend on Bao Xus mood, but it would definitely not be a good place! Pei Qian was shocked as well. Eh? Bao Xu was awesome! In such an extreme situation, he actually thought of a way to turn the tables and successfully kill everyone? The only pity was that he had also sacrificed himself. However, Bao Xu would probably not be able to escape the fate of traveling in the future no matter whether he set up this travel department or not. Since that was the case, he might as well take the initiative to be the person-in-charge of the travel department. That way, he could arrange for the others to be obedient. Awesome! Pei Qian nodded immediately. Alright! Your suggestion is very good and fits the Tengda spirit. Travel should indeed be institutionalized and normalized. More employees should see the vastness of the Sahara Desert and the beauty of the Egypt Pyramid. It has been approved! Alright, the Best Employee Selection has ended. Everyone, go back to work! Pei Qian, who was enjoying the show, felt satisfied. However, the others were different. Before this, when the Best Employee Selection ended, everyone had left happily and satisfactorily, leaving Bao Xu alone in the corner, dejected. However, the situation had completely reversed this time! Everyone looked confused. For a moment, they could not accept such an ending. On the other hand, Bao Xu held onto the trophy that Boss Pei had awarded him and left with his head held high like an imperial envoy carrying an imperial sword. When Bao Xu passed by Huang Sibo, he did not forget to show a proud smile. His eyes were filled with the pride and ridicule of a victor. Werent you plotting against me? See how Ill deal with you later! Get ready to eat sand in the Sahara Desert! Chapter 1169 - The Smart Hu Xianbin And Huang Sibo August 6th, Monday Pei Qian woke up naturally. Then, he laid in bed and played with his cell phone for two hours. He only woke up reluctantly when Fish-Catching Take-Out arrived at his doorstep for lunch. It felt so good to be a bum! Over the past two days, Pei Qian has been playing games at home. He had been playing the entire day. After all, the settlement last month was complete. He felt relaxed. This cycle was more than half a year. It was just the beginning. There was no need to rush. He would play for two months first! Of course, this was just an exaggeration. Pei Qian still had to keep an eye on the company. He was afraid that if a project unexpectedly became popular, he might be caught off guard. He had to discover it early and arrange it early. However, no matter what, he could relax for the next two months. Its obviously a summer holiday, but I have to work hard. Im so miserable! Pei Qian was very troubled. He had entered school in 2009 and it was already August 2012. School would officially start in a month and Pei Qian would be officially promoted to Year Four. He did not fail in his third year. The most dangerous period was over. To Pei Qian, not failing was a little abnormal. After all, he had missed a few lessons seriously in order to lose money. As for why he did not fail the subject, the reason might be very complicated. For example, Pei Qian went to the humanities course. It was very useful to borrow his classmates notes before the exam. Old Ma did not fail the subject, which gave Pei Qian a huge incentive. His belief that he could not lose to Old Ma drove him not to give up his own studies. Of course, the more likely reason was that the old professors in charge of the exam papers had lost a few more strands of hair. They had worked together with Pei Qian, who had been working hard to write the exam papers. They had achieved such a feat. Bao Xu started preparing for the travel agency after the selection last week. He had always been very resistant to traveling. However, he was actually very concerned about the preparations of the travel agency and was even filled with motivation. As for Huang Sibo and the others they were left trembling. Pei Qian felt that this was a very perfect ending. He did not lose the glorious tradition of Bao Xus travels, did not waste Bao Xus rich travel experience, and punished the evil people who liked to see Bao Xu travel. The most important thing was to arrange for more people to travel. Wouldnt Tengdas work be delayed again? It was perfect! However, it was obvious that the travel agency still had to prepare for a period of time. It would probably take another month to send the first batch of lab rats on their way. He really hoped that day would come sooner! After lunch, Pei Qian strolled to the office and prepared to sit for two hours symbolically to read the work reports from the various departments before returning to play games. It was Monday after all. No matter how busy Boss Pei was, he had to come to the office to take a look. That was a tradition. However, the moment he arrived at Shenhua View, he saw Hu Xianbin waiting for a taxi with his suitcase. Pei Qian was stunned. What are you? Hu Xianbin said, Oh, Boss Pei, Ive handed over all my work this morning. Im going to set off immediately to travel. Ive also found someone to accompany me. I got Brother Huang to come with me. Pei Qian was slightly confused. Huang Sibo? Er you guys are moving too fast. I mean, is Bao Xu ready? Whats more, are you planning to travel in China? Of course, it was not a problem for Huang Sibo to accompany Hu Xianbin on a holiday. As the person-in-charge of Fei Huang Workspace, Huang Sibo could slow down Fei Huang Workspaces work progress for a month. Of course, Pei Qian could not ask for anything better. The two of them moved very quickly and completed the handover in the morning. That was not a problem. After all, the faster the handover, the more problems there would be. It could also slow down the progress of work. Pei Qians problem was if Bao Xu was ready for them to go on a holiday? He could not go to work on the weekend. Bao Xu could not possibly finish up the travel agency within a day or two, right? He might not even be able to register for a company, much less recruit people. Whats more, this kind of trip that you can leave whenever you want was obviously very limited in terms of destination. They could only play in China or go to a few countries that could be waived. It would be the same both domestically and overseas. Why not go overseas to play? Hu Xianbin cleared his throat awkwardly. Ahem, Boss Pei, Ive been working too hard. I cant wait to go overseas and relax. Whats more, Brother Huang and I dont like going overseas. There are many fun places in the country that we havent been to. Thats why we decided to go overseas this time. Pei Qian did not pay much attention to it. This holiday was a place for the employees to choose. They only had to meet the standards for a long time. There were no restrictions on where they could go. As long as the employees were indeed on holiday this month and did not sleep in hotels or play games every day, it would be fine. Pei Qian had no reason to stop Hu Xianbin since he was too tired and could not wait to go out and play. As for whether it was domestically or overseas that did not matter. It depended on his personal preferences. Pei Qian nodded. Alright, go ahead. Be safe on the way and have fun. Alright, goodbye, Boss Pei! Hu Xianbin happily left with his suitcase. Pei Qian entered the building satisfied with Hu Xianbins back view and pressed the elevator button. Every time Bao Xu went on a holiday, he would look like he had a deep feud. It made people subconsciously feel that traveling was a very bitter thing. It was normal for him to travel happily like Hu Xianbin! In the future, he had to glorify the culture of happy travels in the company so that everyone could love traveling and the feeling of traveling all over the world. He pressed the button for the 16th floor and the elevator door closed. Pei Qian watched the number of floors on the elevator change in boredom. For some reason, Hu Xianbins last smile was etched in his mind. It was hard to erase it. Eh? Somethings not right. As the elevator door opened with a ding, Pei Qian suddenly realized that Hu Xianbins smile seemed a little complicated! That smile was definitely not the joy of traveling, at least not all. There were other mixed feelings inside! However, as for what exactly he was feeling In a hurry to leave, he even found Huang Sibo to accompany him on a holiday Pei Qian walked out of the elevator and suddenly realized something. F*ck! Hu Xianbin has grown up. He even dared to lie to me! Are you and Huang Sibo working so hard that you cant wait to go overseas to relax? Thats obviously because youre afraid that Bao Xu will settle the score later on! Pei Qian had not come to this conclusion before. However, he had been fighting with his employees for a long time after all. He immediately realized that something was amiss. Obviously, Bao Xu had already started planning for the department that would be in charge of traveling after he decided to perish together with everyone. Once this department was established, Hu Xianbin and Huang Sibo would be the first to bear the brunt. Hu Xianbin had only gotten second place as an outstanding employee. According to the rules, he had to go on a holiday. Huang Sibo, on the other hand, had a personal feud with him. He was definitely the first in Bao Xus notebook. Therefore, these two people had to slip away before Bao Xus travel agency was arranged! That way, when Bao Xu arranged for the first batch of names for the travel agency, Hu Xianbin and Huang Sibo would be able to escape the calamity because they were already on holiday. After all, if they chose it themselves, they could choose to play in some cities in the country. It would be relatively easier and more satisfying. If Bao Xu wanted to arrange it, he would probably have to do it in places like the Sahara Desert, the north and south extremes, Siberia, and the East African savannah. It would definitely not be comfortable. Was there a need to elaborate on how to choose these two plans? Pei Qian was very impressed. You two are quite crafty. Then I must let you understand what it means to be too smart for your own good! Ill inform Bao Xu later that the travel agency will plan slowly. It would be best if he were to plan for a month. Once these two people return from their holiday happily, Ill arrange for them to go out seamlessly! Ill also let you experience the joy of seamless connection! Pei Qian did not call them back immediately. Instead, he decided to make them happy for a month before settling the score. When he arrived at the office, Pei Qian took a cup of coffee and opened the work reports of the various departments. On the whole, there was nothing worth paying attention to. After all, Tengdas various departments projects were basically following Pei Qians settlement cycle. Many projects had just started to be developed. It was not time to show their true colors yet. Finally, Pei Qian opened Tengda Games report. Yes, just as I expected. Eternal Reincarnation has officially started its development. Theres nothing much at GOG either. Hmm? What the hell is this?! The work report contained not only daily work content but also some news related to the department. However, an inconspicuous piece of news struck Pei Qian like lightning! The official platform has once again raised the level of our company. Due to the outstanding contributions that Tengda Games, Shang Yang Games, and Slow Movement Studio have made to the game industry, the official platform has decided to change our split with the platform from 70 to 90%. We are 90%. The words in the report did not sound particularly exciting. Obviously, Hu Xianbin and Min Jingchao both thought that the change in the shareholding would happen sooner or later. In fact, it was a little late. The official platform had always supported outstanding creators with a strong attitude. As early as June 2010, they had already changed Tengdas share of the profits from 50: 50 to 70. However, it would be more difficult to move from 70% to 90%. Not only did the game need to have good sales, but it also needed to have a huge influence and an excellent reputation. After all, the official platform would only get 10% of the 10% share. This was a rather exaggerated discount policy. The official platform was not just a platform. Apart from providing various recommendation resources, it was also continuously updating, maintaining the official game editor, and also providing communication and communication channels for designers and art designers. The expenses for daily operations were also very large. Therefore, only very few games companies could get a 90% share of the profits. Tengda Corporation had also accumulated over two years and released many classic games that were universally appreciated. That was why it received this honor. Chapter 1170 - Their Own Game Platform To Hu Xianbin and Min Jingchao, this was a logical thing to do. A mere twenty percent of the income would probably not affect Boss Pei much. Thus, he only briefly mentioned it in his work report. He did not make it a big deal. Pei Qians heart did not fluctuate too much because he nearly had a cardiac arrest. Twenty percent of the income! You naive fools, do you know what an additional twenty percent means to Boss Pei! That meant that it would be much harder to incur losses! The key was that the official platform was too big. It would affect all games in Tengdas past, present, and future. Be it standalone games or online games, it would increase 20% of income equally. The specific multiplication rate should be 2 / 7. That was nearly 30% higher than Tengdas original income! This was no f*cking joke! Pei Qian was completely unwilling to accept this painful fact. He even opened the official platform that had not been logged in for a long time. In the end, he realized that the situation was even worse. Not only did the official platform change all of Tengdas games royalty contracts to ninety percent, but they also packaged all of Tengdas games into a compilation. They created a special column and vigorously promoted it, praising Tengda, the outstanding game company! Pei Qian quietly closed the official platform and pulled a small blanket to cover himself. The air conditioner today was really cold I really cant take it anymore. The official platform is going too far! I have to think of something. I cant let this continue! It was already ridiculous enough to change it to 70% previously. Wouldnt it kill him to change it to 90% now? Pei Qian was already very unhappy when he changed to 70% previously. However, he had no choice but to submit. However, he could not tolerate a 90% share. He had to resist! Pei Qian immediately began to think of countermeasures. The difficulty of this was that the other party was on the official platform. Why would the official platform reject more money? There was no reason! He could not possibly tell the official platform that he did not want a 90% share, but to change it to 50%, right? That was ridiculous. Since he could not change this share could he change his mindset? For example, could he stop playing the game on the official platform? It did not seem possible either. That was because the official platforms full name was ESROs official platform. That meant that the platform was still in charge of game vetting, grading, and so on. If a game wanted to be released normally, it had to be on the official platform. There was no way to change that. However Other than the official platform, they could also go to other channels! Pei Qian seemed to have found a breakthrough point. There were many other channels in the country apart from the official platform. For example, Shenhuas application market. Once a game passed the vetting process and went on the official platform, it could be sold freely through other channels. The official platform did not restrict this at all. After all, multiple channels of sales could increase the income of game merchants on the one hand. On the other hand, it could promote benign competition. A complete monopoly would not be conducive to the development of the industry. Take Tengdas games, for example. They have been released on other platforms. The official platform stipulated that these channels, which were other gaming platforms, could sell the game at discounts or even give it away for free. Can we do this then? Tengdas game might still be on the official platform but I can work with other platforms to encourage players to buy the game on this platform? Its impossible to give it away for free. The system has restrictions on the price of the game. The prerequisite for giving the game away for free is very strict. However, other platforms dont have as many rules as the official platform. Theres naturally more room for operation. However, theres a problem with this as well. Other platforms might not be so obedient. Why dont you create your own gaming platform? After much consideration, Pei Qian decided that working with others was better than working with himself. That was because the other gaming platforms had to earn money as well. It was not in line with Pei Qians goal. What if this group of people recommended Tengdas games to death? What would happen then? As a platform, he had the final say in the pricing and event. Of course, the pricing was still limited by the system. The pricing on the official platform was the lowest price that the system allowed. However, since it was their own platform and there was no need to split the money with others, the lowest price allowed by the system should also be slightly lower. Whats more, since it was their own platform, it was very reasonable to organize more promotional events and discounts to attract more players, right? The bottom line of the system for discount promotional events would definitely be different between the official platform and their own platform. Selling games at discounts on the official platform was just a small profit but quick turnover to the system. There were no other benefits. Naturally, there were more restrictions. However, if he were to organize an event on his own platform, apart from making small profits and quick turnover, he could also attract users for the platform. After taking this factor into consideration, discounts and even free activities could be done more frequently. Whats more, what if he created a platform and bypassed the official platforms approach? He might even anger the official platform and remove Tengdas recommendation spots on the official platform. It was unlikely, but it would be great if it could really happen! The more Pei Qian thought about it, the more he felt the need to create his own gaming platform. The main reason was that his entire life was now in the hands of the official platform. They were constantly doing special questions, recommending, and increasing commission. Pei Qian did not dare to say anything even though he was angry. That was too unbearable. Do something stupid and provoke the official platform! Whats more, if this gaming platform operated well, perhaps he could incur losses? Of course, lying down could also make money. That was everyones consensus. However, it was up to him. He could think of some ways to change this situation. Pei Qian fell deep in thought. As he was thinking about this, a knock on his door rang out. Pei Qian looked up and saw Meng Chang. Boss Pei, Im here to receive this months task. Meng Chang looked much more energetic. He had shaved his beard clean, had a neat hairstyle, and was dressed appropriately. Whats more, the calm and composed feeling that he once had seemed to have returned. Pei Qian was pleasantly surprised. It looked like Meng Chang was really getting better? It did seem very meaningful to help him get a guaranteed commission previously. After such a long period of adjustment, Meng Changs mental state seemed to have completely recovered. That was a good thing. It meant that Meng Chang could devote himself to reverse publicity in a more energetic state. However I havent had any publicity tasks for you recently. Pei Qian cleared his throat and said, Er at the moment, most of the projects are still in the development stage. They have not been completed. It seems too early to do the publicity plan. However, Ill give you a few choices since you took the initiative to ask. Pei Qian also knew that Meng Changs commission was calculated every month. A month of rest was equivalent to giving up the chance to earn a months commission. Meng Chang would definitely not accept it. It was rare for Meng Chang to take the initiative. He would forcefully find something for him to do. Pei Qian flipped through the current projects and said, Upwind Logistics is going to start the mailing business. Air transport should be able to start this month. Bao Xu wants to open a new travel club. Apart from being in charge of Tengdas employees traveling, he also wants to accept foreign customers. At the moment, hes still in the midst of preparation. I think itll take a month. GOG will have some regular updates. We can also publicize it. Meng Chang was silent for a moment. Boss Pei, are there other projects? He had eliminated Upwind Logistics and GOG first. That was because he knew very well that the key step of the Pei Familys publicity method was to separate the projects that were going to be promoted from Tengda Corporation as much as possible. However, Upwind Logistics and GOG were too famous. Basically, they were already deeply tied to Tengda. It was very difficult to achieve the third reputation cutting and cutting ties of the Pei familys publicity method. Meng Chang naturally would not choose it. Bao Xus travel agency could be considered, but Traveller Bao Xus name was very famous after all. It was still very difficult to complete the third rule of the Pei family publicity method. If he had no other choice, Meng Chang could only choose Bao Xus travel agency. However, there might be other projects. Pei Qian was silent for a moment. Wait, let me think about it. He also realized that the three projects were indeed a little difficult for Meng Chang. Pei Qian might not be able to succeed even if he were to do it himself. It was not easy for Meng Chang to adjust his mentality. If he were to film him with a hellish mission, he would easily knock him out and collapse. Thus, he had to think of an easier project for him. After some consideration, Pei Qian said, I have an idea. I want to create a gaming platform. However, I only have a preliminary idea at the moment. I havent thought about how to do it yet. What do you think of this? Meng Changs eyes lit up and he nodded immediately. Ill choose this! However Meng Chang paused for a moment and said, Since you havent thought about how to do it, can I give you some advice? Pei Qian was a little surprised and pleasantly surprised. Of course, you can. Alright, Meng Chang. Youve indeed improved in your thinking and know-how to take the initiative to share my burdens! Pei Qian knew that Meng Chang was probably the only one in the entire company who had the same intentions as him. Previously, Pei Qian only asked Meng Chang to be in charge of publicity work, mainly because publicity work was his forte. However, it would definitely be a good thing if Meng Chang could take the initiative to give him ideas to increase the failure rate of the new industry! Meng Chang was very happy to see Boss Pei agree. His guess had been confirmed! The second part of the Pei familys publicity method was to have a deep understanding and complete control of the project. Of course, it was best to participate in the planning of the project personally! Whats more, Meng Chang felt that Boss Pei must have hoped that he could learn the Pei family publicity method as soon as possible after personally showing it. Therefore, Boss Pei did not reject Meng Changs suggestion to help with the game platform this time. This meant that their brainwaves had successfully matched! Come, sit. Lets chat slowly. Pei Qian got Meng Chang to sit on the sofa and then poured some tea for him. They chatted while drinking. What do you think the gaming platform should do? Speak frankly. Pei Qian only wanted to create his own platform because he had been stabbed too hard in the back by the official platform. However, he had no idea how to do it. He needed some inspiration. Chapter 1171 - Catkeeper, Attack! He had to be cautious about the gaming platform. That was because he would make a killing once he went overboard. In order to get a high commission, Meng Chang would definitely rack his brains to make the games platform lose money. Therefore, his opinions were still worth reference. After some consideration, Meng Chang said, First of all, this platform must try its best to cut ties with Tengda. Pei Qians eyes lit up. Well said, Meng Chang! That was absolutely right! Pei Qian also realized that the reason why many projects became popular so quickly was mainly because they were related to Tengda. Users and customers naturally had a good impression of them. It was the same for gaming platforms. Wouldnt gamers rush over to register if they knew that Tengda had created a gaming platform? If other games merchants found out that Tengda had created a gaming platform, they would rush over immediately, hoping that their own games would be released. What would he do if the game collapsed halfway? Thus, it was very important to hide the bloodline of the platform and not let everyone know that it was actually Tengdas games platform. Of course, the truth could not be hidden forever. However, it was good to be able to hide it for a few months, a year, and burn more money during this period. Very good, continue. Pei Qian nodded in agreement. Meng Chang, who had obtained Boss Peis approval, was even more confident. Obviously, this meant that he had begun to enter Boss Peis field of thought! In order to ensure this, we cannot play Tengdas games in the early stages. Instead, we have to play other companies games first. Once the game library is relatively full, Ill secretly set up Tengdas games. Pei Qian nodded again. That was indeed the case. If he threw all of Tengdas games onto this platform right from the start, wouldnt that be admitting defeat? First, he would play games from other companies to confuse gamers. That would keep him hidden for a longer time. Once gamers did not think that this platform had anything to do with Tengda, they would pretend that Tengda had reached an agreement with this platform to play a portion of Tengdas games. A new platform had just appeared. There were many places to spend money. As long as one was courageous, they would definitely be able to burn a lot of money. However, a new problem arose. Wouldnt it mean that the platform could earn some commission by publishing games in other companies? It was impossible not to earn a single cent. If the system did not agree, the platform would at least want 10%. Then wouldnt it still make money as the number of games and users increased? Could he think of a way to solve this problem? Pei Qian asked, Do you have any special ideas about the specific rules and structure of this platform? Pei Qian felt that Meng Chang, who was aiming for reverse publicity, would definitely make some harmful suggestions to the platform, right? Meng Chang was stunned. Erm I dont have any good ideas. Make a community with a good atmosphere and let players share the creative content? Or should we come up with a better rating, ratings, and recommendation mechanism? Meng Chang could not understand what Boss Peis intention was either. However, since Boss Peis final goal was to make this platform profitable, he should definitely give a more positive answer, right? That was all he could think of in a hurry. Pei Qian was disappointed. What the hell are you talking about! They were all suggestions for me to earn more money. What was their motive? Forget it, forget it. It was obviously too difficult for him to ask Meng Chang this question. He had to take it one step at a time and not rush for results. It was already very good that Meng Chang could say the first two points. As for the last question, he would take it as an unintentional mistake. Meng Changs heart skipped a beat when he saw Boss Peis disappointed expression. He realized that he had said something wrong. However What exactly was wrong? What kind of answer did Boss Pei want? Meng Chang probed, Then, Boss Pei, what do you think we should do? Pei Qian sipped his tea slowly and pondered for a moment. From the looks of the current situation, the gaming platform must be playing games from other companies. It was impossible for it not to make money. The key question was how to make less money. As long as he made less money, he could spend a huge amount of publicity funds, create more subsidies and activities, and create more losses through spending more money. How should he decide on the split? Set a low share? It might appear especially conscientious among the gaming channels and attract the pursuit of game manufacturers. Set a high share of profits? If the platform became popular in the future, the game manufacturers would still send the game over. Wouldnt that earn more? Pei Qian pondered for a moment. He had to think about the future separately. They would set a very high commission for the early stages and split it evenly. Other game manufacturers would definitely not come when they saw that the new platform was so dark. Once the platform had a chance of becoming popular, he would lower the commission. He would only get 10% and earn less. All the games on the platform would only get ten percent of the profits. That was the bottom line allowed by the system. It could not be any lower. He could organize activities from time to time, subsidize some money to these game merchants, and give players some coupons out of his own pocket. Such a money-burning activity could also be considered. However, this was still not enough. That was because these measures would only make less money, not less. How could he not make money? Obviously, taking the game down would not make money! The more games they took off the shelves, the less money they would earn. However, he could not casually take the game down. He had to have a valid reason. It was definitely not possible to take down some outstanding games. It would be best if he could get rid of games with poor quality at the same time. That way, he could earn less money! After some consideration, Pei Qian said, I think we can do this. All new games on this platform have a week of trial period. Set the strictest test criteria for the game during the probation period. A week later, collect feedback from players. If the feedback is not good, the game will be removed and not be placed on the platform. During the trial period, the game also produced sales. For players who meet the refund conditions and propose a refund application, we will refund the game according to the normal process. For other players, we will refund half of the money for the game, and the other half will be refunded to the developer. In other words, the platform would not take a single cent from the games that were taken off the shelves during the trial period! That way, many games that could have been uploaded to the platform to make money would have been eliminated. The income earned from the trial period would not be taken by the platform at all. As for those games that had passed the probation period, there was no other way. After all, there had to be games developed by other manufacturers on this platform. Pei Qian could not find a reason to reject these games. However, on the bright side, these games must have been distributed through many other channels. Gamers might not necessarily come to such a new channel to buy them. As long as he spent more money than he earned, there would be no problem. Meng Chang nodded. Good idea! Obviously, Boss Peis words were completely in line with the basic tactics of the Pei family publicity method! Obviously, there would be a lot of negative effects in the short term. However, as long as he persevered for a period of time and welcomed a change in conditions, he would definitely be able to complete the twist! Of course, Meng Chang could not guess how to reverse the situation now. However, he smelled a familiar smell from Boss Peis operation. The taste of the Pei family publicity method. He only needed to follow the basic principles of the Pei Family Publicity Law to formulate the publicity plan. There was a high chance that he could get a commission! Pei Qian could not help but smile when he saw Meng Changs expression. Obviously, he agreed from the bottom of his heart. After this series of operations, the gaming platform should be able to burn money for a long time, right? There was no software like Tian Yan Cha. So what if Tengda was the one who created this gaming platform half a year or a year later? He had already lost money. Meng Chang asked, Boss Pei, what should the platform be called? Let me think about it. Pei Qian fell into deep thought once again. He had to think of a good name. Lets call it Dawn games platform! Pei Qians original intention was for this games platform to turn cold in no time. Dawn actually referred to the morning dew, which would evaporate in no time. It would be too straightforward if it was called Cool off fast games platform. Thus, Pei Qian thought of a poem: Mans life is but the morning dew, past days many, future ones few. It meant this platform would evaporate fast like the morning dew, disappearing in no time. This name obviously contained Pei Qians beautiful hopes for this gaming platform. Meng Chang savored the name carefully. Dawn Games platform He knew that Boss Pei must have had a deeper meaning when he named them. Take Doubt VR, for example. The names had a very special meaning. They could even be linked to the publicity plan. Dawn was a phrase that was widely used but he had yet to figure out the deeper meaning behind the name. He would go back and slowly comprehend it. Meng Chang stood up. Boss Pei, Ill go back and slowly consider the publicity plan. Pei Qian nodded. Okay, go. Ill arrange for someone to settle the matters on the Dawn games platform. Ill inform you when theres news. Pei Qian began to think about who should be in charge of this Dawn gaming platform after watching Meng Chang leave. Logically speaking, Tengda was indeed filled with talents in the game. However, those were not talents that Pei Qian needed! If he allowed these professionals to go, Pei Qian was afraid that the gaming platform would take off in a few minutes. Whats more, this person could not be too famous. Otherwise, people would easily think of his relationship with Tengda. Someone who did not know much about games and was not very famous There were some people like that in Tengda, but Pei Qian basically did not know them. They were not employees of the games department. The unknown meant risk. What if he was a hidden back-stabbing expert? Wouldnt it be a headache if he was only exposed after he was sent to be in charge of the drawing fat gaming platform? Thus, he had to get to know this person. Pei Qian thought hard for a long time and suddenly thought of a candidate. Should I send the catkeeper? Little Tang doesnt know much about games, and no one outside knows her. Whats more, she has her own bad luck attribute. What if the gaming platform collapses? Hmm its perfect from all aspects. Its settled on her! Chapter 1172 - Hiding the Relationship With Tengda Chapter 1172: Hiding the Relationship With Tengda Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios The more Pei Qian thought about it, the more he felt that Tang Yishu was very suitable. He could not wait to open the gaming platform to incur losses! However, opening a gaming platform was not that simple. He had to apply for the corresponding qualifications with the official platform. He had to have a sum of starting capital, rent a server, and create the official platforms operating system program He still needed to do some preparatory work all in all. However, to the current Tengda, these were problems that could be easily resolved. Professional work could be done by professionals. Tengda did not lack professionals in this area. They could transfer some people from various departments to be Tang Yishus tools and ensure that the gaming platform could run normally. The only difficult thing was how to hide this matter as much as possible so that everyone would not know the relationship between Dawn Games and Tengda.. At that thought, Pei Qian sent Tang Yishu a message and called her into his office. Not long after, Tang Yishu knocked lightly on the door. Senior, are you looking for me? Pei Qian could not help but smile when he saw Tang Yishu. Come, sit first. Little Tang had not been used as a killer weapon for a long time. Pei Qian mainly wanted to put her in Tengda Games to maximize its effect. That was because Tengda Games often invested the most and had the greatest risk of making money. Tang Yishu would be able to influence the two most important projects, Mission and Choice and GOG, while she was in charge. Thus, Pei Qian had tried his best to avoid sending her out over the past six months. He hoped to drag Mission and Choice and GOG down. From the looks of it now, the results were not very obvious. Of course, it could have been effective but Pei Qian could not tell. Mission and Choice had become popular, and GOG had been developing smoothly. On the surface, Tang Yishu did not seem to be of much use. However, perhaps these two projects would become even more ridiculous without Tang Yishu. He had to admit that it was possible. Now that Mission and Choice was officially released, everything had been settled. It was time for Tang Yishu to play a more critical role. I plan to give you a position. Tengda is going to open a new gaming platform soon. How about you work there? Tang Yishus first reaction was to shake her head. No, Senior. I dont know anything about games. Pei Qian smiled. It doesnt matter. You dont have to understand games very well for this job. Given your experience in Tengda over the past year, you should be qualified for this job. Even if you encounter some small problems, you can slowly figure it out and learn it. Tang Yishu pondered for a moment and nodded. Alright, Senior. Ill go there and intern with a learning attitude. Whos my direct superior? Pei Qian pointed at himself. Me. Huh? Tang Yishu was a little confused. I mean, shouldnt I be working under the person-in-charge of the games platform when I intern there? Who is the person-in-charge? Pei Qian pointed at her. You. Tang Yishu looked incredulous. Me? Wont I be there for an internship? Pei Qian shook his head. Who said you were going for an internship? I asked you to be the person-in-charge there from the beginning. Tang Yishu blushed and waved her hand. No, Senior, how can I be the person-in-charge? I dont know anything. Moreover, Im only in my second year! Pei Qian was nonchalant. So what if youre in your second year? When I was in my second year, I was already managing hundreds of Tengdas employees and making several games. Tang Yishu quickly said, How can I compare to Senior? I really dont know anything about games. Whats more, I have to learn Pei Qian sniggered inwardly. Do you think I understand games that well? If I did, why would I create a game that would become popular? Besides, Im only looking for you because you dont understand me! Pei Qian had expected Tang Yishu to reject him. Thus, he had already prepared his reply. Trust me. Youll definitely be fine. Everyone from Tengda can hold their own! Whats more, this job is not as difficult as you think. Its actually very simple. Ill transfer some employees to assist you. If theres anything you dont understand, just ask them. Whats more, if you really cant handle it, just look for me. Whats there to worry about? As for your learning task This job will not be very busy. You just have to take some time to deal with it normally. Whats more, for a top student like you, even if you study less for two hours a day, you will still get a scholarship. It wont affect you. Tang Yishu squeezed her fingers and struggled for a while. In the end, she nodded. Alright, Senior. Ill try. However, I have a request. Can you let me choose someone Im familiar with to go with me? If not, I can let her take over. Pei Qian nodded. No problem. He said that there was no problem, but Pei Qian was thinking that it was impossible to replace you. How could I relax when others are in charge of this gaming platform? However, Pei Qian knew that the success rate was not high if he forced it. He had to satisfy Little Tangs request as much as possible. In any case, he would first bluff her into becoming the person-in-charge. It would be difficult for her to come down after they boarded the boat. Then Ill briefly explain the situation on this gaming platform. Note it down. Tang Yishu quickly said, Wait, Senior. Ill get a notebook. She quickly stood up and left the office. A moment later, she returned with a laptop. Pei Qian nodded. Yes, a good memory is better than a bad pen. It was always right to remember things clearly. The gaming platform might be rather casual but some basic rules still had to be explained to Little Tang. These rules could ensure that the gaming platform could hide it for a longer time and burn more money. First, we have to register a new company. Tengda will invest through Dream Realization Ventures and take up 70% of the shares. The remaining 30% will be held by all the core employees of the new company. Do not reveal the relationship between this company and Tengda, and do not associate it with Tengdas various industries. For example, dont publish Tengdas games, dont go on TPDbs website, dont do joint publicity with Tengdas surrounding industries, and so on. Its not just you. All the employees on the platform have to remember this. As for why dont ask for now. Youll understand in the future. Pei Qian had thought about how to cut off the connection between the new industry and Tengda for a long time. Tengdas funds had to enter these industries. It would be easier to be exposed if it was a fully-funded subsidiary, but what if it was a company that Dream Realization Ventures invested in? That would be relatively easy to hide! For example, Che Rongs Star Bird Fitness and other companies that Dream Realization Ventures had invested in Most people would not regard them as Tengda departments. After all, Dream Realization Ventures was not picky about investing. There were too many companies that they had invested in, and there was no lack of companies that performed averagely. Wouldnt it greatly reduce the risk of being discovered if he hid the new industry in Dream Realization Ventures? If he were to deliberately instruct all his employees to keep it a secret, just like Qiu Hongs Destitution Plan back then, the chances of being discovered would be further reduced. TPDb was a hidden danger. After all, it had an employee entrance that could be found by Tengdas various departments. However, it would not appear on TPDbs website if it was not a fully-funded subsidiary. There were no websites like Tian Yan Cha. It would be very difficult for ordinary netizens to dig out the relationship between Zhaolu Games and Tengda Corporation without asking. Tang Yishu did not ask further. She lowered her head and recorded it in her notebook. Pei Qian continued, Theres also the problem of the games revenue and trial period Simply put, 50-50 of the published games had to be distributed. All the games had to be tested for a week. If the trial period was not over, they had to be taken off the shelves and refunded. Tang Yishu paused halfway through. Senior, I dont really understand. Its easy to understand that its fifty-fifty. Its also easy to understand the probation period. However, if the probation period is not over, does that mean that players have no game to play and can only get half of the refund? Pei Qian shook his head. Of course not. The game has a refund time limit. If players play the game without exceeding the refund time limit, such as if they only played for two hours, they would follow the normal refund process and refund the game in full. However, if we exceed the refund time limit, it would mean that players have already experienced the fun of the game and have even experienced the most interesting part of the game. It would definitely be unfair to the manufacturer if we refund the game in full. Therefore, half of the money will be given to players and the other half will be given to manufacturers. The meaning is that even though the quality of this game is poor and is about to be taken off the shelves, players can buy it at half price and keep it in their own game library. This way, players and manufacturers will not lose out. No matter who he gave it to, he could not leave it to his own platform. If he were to give it all to players, it would be too attractive to players. If he were to give it all to manufacturers, it would also be quite attractive to manufacturers. The effect of dissuading them would not be obvious. Thus, Pei Qian decided to open it and split it half. That would not only dissuade players but also manufacturers. Tang Yishu nodded, expressing that she understood. However, she soon raised a new question. However, if thats the case, if players dont recommend all the games and let all the games in the probation period be taken off the shelves, wouldnt that be equivalent to buying the game at half price? Pei Qian almost laughed out loud. Such a good thing actually existed? Youre too optimistic. I dont even dare to think about such things! Obviously, Little Tang was too naive and did not understand what was going on. Pei Qian explained, Such people definitely exist, but they will not be the mainstream of the players. If you consider such an extreme situation, players would crazily comment on an outstanding game during the probation period in order to buy it at half price so that it would be taken off the shelves. Then, the problem would be that this game would no longer be updated on our platform. There would be no more content like downloadable content. Whats more, players would not be able to buy this game in the future. Therefore, if you feel that a game is very outstanding and want to play it for a long time, you better not let it be taken off the shelves. If you feel that a game is not good and there will be no loss if it is taken off the shelves, you can vote for it to be taken off the shelves. We will not induce players to make choices. Players can choose and bear the consequences. Most players can still distinguish the immediate and long-term benefits. Chapter 1173 - : Is This The Mysterious Tengda? On the other hand, Pei Qian hoped that all gamers would be so short-sighted. They would want to take down all the games at half price. If that happened, the gaming platform would probably die. It would really become exposed. However, it was a pity that such a good thing was obviously unlikely to happen. That was unless the players on this platform were all sloppy. They could only see the small benefits in front of them. They could not see the future downloadable content update, version adjustments, and discount sales. They were also not considered by other players at all. It was conceivable that this system would not have much impact on truly outstanding games. That could not be helped. Outstanding games would be popular everywhere. Pei Qian could not find a suitable reason to get rid of these games. This mechanism was mainly to get rid of inferior games and accidentally injure ordinary games. No matter how trashy a game was, there would always be some players who would buy it. That would also generate income. The more games that were taken off the shelves, the less money they would earn. On top of that, this was a small and unknown rubbish platform in the beginning. It was black-hearted fifty-fifty chance. They should only be able to accept rubbish games. Thus, most games would be taken down by gamers crazily. After that, the platform would not be able to earn a single cent. Wouldnt that be perfect? It would be even more perfect if gamers were really like caterpillars, crazily taking down the game for the 50% discount to make the platform cool faster! Tang Yishu kept her laptop. Senior, Ive noted everything down. Pei Qian nodded. He trusted Little Tang very much. He was very assured in terms of being obedient and bringing the gaming platform to collapse. Have you asked anyone to be in charge of the gaming platform with you? Pei Qian asked. Tang Yishu had obviously thought about it. I want Big Sister Yada to come with me! Pei Qian: ? Good lord, are you waiting for me here? Li Yada was also one of the chief designers of Tengda Games. She had retired from the industry for a long time after transferring to Hu Xianbin. Bring Li Yada to be the person-in-charge of the games platform? No wonder Little Tang said that he could find someone to take over if he could not do it. It was all planned! That made things difficult for Pei Qian. However, on further thought, he had already agreed to it previously. If he did not agree now, Little Tang might not go either. Whats more, on the surface, it looked like Li Yada was retreating and slacking. Who knew if she was not lurking in Tengda Games, secretly causing trouble? He would transfer her away from the games department and help Little Tang with the games platform. It might be disadvantageous for the games platform but it was good news for Tengda Games. Li Yada had the least presence among all of Tengdas previous chief planners. Very few people outside of the company knew her. In fact, not many people in the other departments even knew her. Tengda was developing too quickly after all. After Li Yada abdicated, Tengda Corporation expanded rapidly and recruited a large number of new people. He did not have to worry about revealing the relationship between Dawn Games and Tengda. No matter how he thought about it, it did not seem unacceptable. Of course, there was a prerequisite for everything: Little Tang had to decide on the gaming platform. Pei Qian nodded in the end. Alright, but I have a request: You cannot ask Li Yada every single thing. She is only going to help you out. In a month or two, when the games platform is on the right track and you can officially take over, she will come back. Tang Yishu nodded lightly. Alright, Senior. She thought about going for a month or two to see how things were going. If she really could not do this job, she would think about it. Ten minutes later, Tang Yishu came upstairs and called Li Yada into the conference room. Then, he told her about the newly established company and the establishment of the morning sun gaming platform. Li Yada adjusted her thick spectacles, looking shocked. If you want to create a gaming platform, you have to completely separate yourself from Tengda? Putting aside the fact that Little Tang was the person-in-charge and had been named to help, just the gaming platform itself made Li Yada feel that it was ridiculous. In her opinion, it was only natural for Tengda to want to create a gaming platform. There were so many universally accepted good games and a large number of extremely loyal players. They could make money by lying down on the gaming platform. They should have done it long ago! However, the problem was, what was the logic of cutting ties with Tengda since they were going to create a gaming platform? That way, Tengdas reputation, gamers resources, and games would all be useless. This gaming platform would basically start from scratch. Apart from money, there would be nothing. Of course, he needed money to create a games platform. However, money alone was far from enough. He could have played a simple mode, but he had to make it hellish. What was he trying to achieve? There was another point that was very suspicious. Creating a new company for the games platform would be funded by Dream Realization Ventures. However, it would not be Tengdas fully-funded subsidiary. Instead, it would only take up 70% of the shares. The other 30% would be distributed to all the core members and veteran employees. Of course, Li Yada had a share in those shares. Before the company developed, shares were basically useless and could not be made into cash. However, that was still shares after all. All in all, Li Yada felt that this was a little strange. It was not like Boss Peis previous style of developing new industries. However, if one thought about it carefully, they would feel that this was something Boss Pei would do. After all, Boss Pei had always been unique. If people could easily guess that he was not Boss Pei. Li Yada tried her best to think but to no avail. Did Boss Pei say why he did that? Li Yada asked. Tang Yishu shook her head. No, Senior only said that I will understand in the future. Indeed, this was Boss Peis usual style. After some consideration, Li Yada nodded. Alright, Ill go with you. The reason why I stepped down as the person-in-charge previously was mainly because I felt that the gaming department was filled with talents and did not need me anymore. However, since it is of use to me now, I will definitely not shirk my duty! Tang Yishu was elated. Thats great, Sister Yada. I can relax with you around! Li Yada smiled. Dont celebrate too early. I will strictly follow Boss Peis instructions. I will only assist you and not give you more ideas. Boss Pei must have his reasons for choosing you as the person-in-charge. It must be because you have some merits that we dont have. Therefore, if you encounter any problems, you have to think independently. Dont rely on the inherent experience of us old employees. That might go against Boss Peis expectations. Ah Tang Yishu was a little disappointed. But I dont know anything. Li Yada said, When I was the person-in-charge of the games department, I knew nothing. Thats normal. Now that I think about it, it might be because I didnt know anything that I did well. Now that Im the person-in-charge, Im worried about gains and losses. I dont have that kind of drive anymore. Trust me, since Boss Pei said that you can, you definitely can. Tang Yishu nodded reluctantly. Alright. Initially, he had thought that with Li Yada around, he would be able to do nothing. From the looks of it now, things were not that simple. However, Li Yadas words gave her some confidence. Tang Yishu had also participated in a lot of work in Tengda for more than a year. Tengdas colleagues were very good people. She was no longer as autistic and introverted as before. Tang Yishu felt that she had been taken care of ever since she joined Tengda. However, she had only been clearing sh*t and doing meetings. The contributions she had made did not match the intern salary she had received. It would not be bad if he could really make this gaming platform good and share Tengdas worries. Alright, you dont have to worry about the gaming platform. Ill help you with the preparatory work. As the person-in-charge, you dont have to interfere in these things. Your main job is to figure out Boss Peis intentions. Once you figure it out, you wont be far from success. Tang Yishu nodded. Alright, alright. Go back and wait for my news. Ill hand over the work here. Well contact each other over the phone. After sending Tang Yishu off, Li Yada returned to her desk and fell into deep thought. After that, she called Hu Xianbin, who had already gone overseas. After a simple chat, she called the author of Eternal Reincarnation and asked him to come to Tengda Games. Yu Fei had always been in Jingzhou, working hard at the inspiration class to modify the content of Eternal Reincarnation. He had come to Tengda Games a few times and exchanged some details of the game with the person-in-charge of Tengda Games. He was more familiar with it. Yu Fei arrived half an hour later. Li Yada followed him to the conference room. Whats wrong, Big Sister Li? Is there a problem with the game plot that needs to be modified? Yu Fei asked. Li Yada shook her head. Its not the plot. I called you here this time mainly to ask you for a favor. Of course, Ill talk to the finance department about the salary. Its the daily settlement. Yu Fei smiled. Sister Li, what are you talking about? If you need help, I wont hesitate. Why are you talking about money? Just tell me what help you need. Li Yada paused. Youll be the chief planner for two months. Yu Fei almost thought that he had heard wrongly. Huh? Chief planner? What chief planner? Li Yada answered, Of course, the chief planner of Tengda Games. Are there other chief planners? Yu Fei pointed at himself. Me? Ill be the chief planner? I know nothing about game design! How can I be the chief planner! Yu Fei was shocked. If he had not known Li Yada for a long time, he would have thought that she was joking with him. Game design was a very professional job! Yu Fei felt that he was just an ordinary author. He was lucky to be selected by Boss Pei when he wrote this book. How could he be the chief planner? Li Yada explained, Im just here to take over temporarily. Yu Fei shook his head like a rattle drum. I cant even take over the shifts! Big Sister Li, you cannot joke about this! Its very serious! Li Yada nodded. Im very serious! Look, this is the situation. Hu Xianbin was originally in charge of Eternal Reincarnation, but he obtained second place for the outstanding employee and went on a holiday. He left in a hurry, so he entrusted this matter to me. Yu Fei nodded. This was very reasonable. After all, Li Yada was the chief designer of Repent and be Saved. It was only natural that Hu Xianbin would hand over the job to her. Li Yada continued, However, I just received an appointment to be transferred to another department. The work here is also very important. Therefore, Ive communicated with Hu Xianbin. Youll keep an eye on the Eternal Reincarnation project until Hu Xianbin returns. There shouldnt be a problem, right? Actually, its not that difficult. The design plan has been done. Everyone knows what to do. You dont have to rush us. You just have to make a decision when you encounter problems. If you really cant decide, just give me or Hu Xianbin a call. Yu Fei had nothing to say. Every step sounded reasonable, but what was it like to make an online author the chief planner? Whats more, he was the most awesome chief planner in the industry. It was ridiculous! Then Can Boss Pei agree to this? Yu Fei asked. Li Yada pondered for a moment and said, There shouldnt be a problem, right? Boss Pei has never been one to make use of his employees. Perhaps he would be quite happy. How about this? Ill give Boss Pei a call. Li Yada whipped out her cell phone and reported the situation to Boss Pei. Soon, she hung up. See, I told you that Boss Pei would definitely agree. Whats more, hes very supportive! Yu Fei: Was this the mysterious Tengda? The project was still being developed. The chief planner had gone on a holiday and found an online author to take over. That was ridiculous! However, what was there to say since Boss Pei had agreed? Yu Fei was also very excited to be the chief planner. Alright, then. Ill take over for a month. Ill do my best. Chapter 1174 - Suffering Travels August 7th, Tuesday afternoon Pei Qian woke up naturally, got up satisfied, and stretched. He did not have to worry about the settlement; it was very comfortable! Of course, saying that he was not worried was only temporary. It was just that these two months were relatively stable. Pei Qian called Liang Qingfan and told him about the construction of Tengdas headquarters after he arranged for the morning before. There was no need to rush this matter. He had to think about it at length. First, he had to let Liang Qingfan think about choosing a location and come up with the most basic plan. Then, he would start construction. This building would not generate profits but there was a huge difference in how the apartments would be built. The headquarters was where most employees worked daily. How were they going to build this building? Not only would they be able to spend more money, but they would also be able to reduce the efficiency of the employees. That would make them not want to work even if they were at home. This was a technical job. Thus, while Liang Qingfan chose the location and came up with the preliminary plan, Pei Qian had to think about how to build this building to meet his requirements. After all, almost all of Tengdas offices had been rented previously. The place might be huge, but it was not their own building after all. Many operations were limited. Now that he was building his own building, he had to make up for all his previous shortcomings! Pei Qian tried to find some information online and looked at the buildings of other companies, but it was basically useless. After all, other wealthy companies would build buildings and provide good working environments for their employees so that they could stay in the company to work overtime. This was obviously the complete opposite of Tengdas original goal. Thus, Pei Qian could not refer to the successful experiences of other companies. He could only rely on his own imagination. After eating the lunch delivered by Fish-Catching Take-Out, Pei Qian took out his laptop and continued to collect inspiration online. One in the afternoon, when he was feeling sleepy, his cell phone rang. It was Bao Xu. Boss Pei, Ive thought about the basic situation of the travel club. When do you think you have time, Ill report it to you in person? Pei Qian was very surprised. Bao Xu was very efficient! He had only obtained an outstanding employee last Friday and decided to set up a travel company. He had already thought of the specific arrangements on Tuesday. Pei Qian would be a little worried if it was other industries, but this was different. The earlier the travel agency prepared and completed the relevant procedures, the sooner they could send the core employees of the various departments on a holiday. Of course, the sooner the better! I have time in the afternoon. Come to the conference room on the 16th floor at 3 PM. After deciding on a time with Bao Xu, Pei Qian took another afternoon nap before heading to the office full of energy. In the conference room, Bao Xu handed a document over. Boss Pei, this is the plan that I thought of yesterday. Please take a look. I need more funds, so I want to ask you for instructions. Pei Qian reached out to take the proposal. He could not help but smile when he heard that it would require more funds. You dont have to worry about the funds. Just spend as much as you can! The original Dream Fund only had a million yuan, but that was the standard when Tengda had just been established. Given Tengdas current size, a million yuan would not amount to much. Thus, the actual amount of money it had received was much higher than that. Now that he had the Dream Fund, he could start a new company. He could just use the plan and follow Boss Pei if he wanted more money. If it was not enough, he could add more in the future. Pei Qian took a look at the companys name after receiving the proposal. Suffering Travels? Pei Qian looked up at Bao Xu. Bao Xu nodded. Yes, Boss Pei. This is the name that I have thought of. If you dont think its suitable, you can change it Pei Qian raised his hand to stop him. No, this name is very good. You dont have to change it! He was not only overjoyed, but also comforted. Finally, someone took the initiative to name the project and fit my requirements! Pei Qian had named most of the previous businesses personally. Even though all of those names contained beautiful dreams, if they kept naming names like that, even a minority would not be able to take it. It would be a waste of brain cells! This time, Bao Xu took the initiative to come up with a name that met Pei Qians standards. He was overjoyed. Suffering Travels. This name was not only straightforward but also faintly murderous. It was perfect! Pei Qian asked, Does Suffering Travels only host Tengdas employees or take orders from outside? Bao Xu answered, I havent thought about it carefully. It was not that he had not thought about it carefully, but he did not care if he wanted to accept orders from outside. To Bao Xu, the main task of this department was to arrange for everyone who had voted for him to go on a holiday previously. Therefore, the focus was naturally on internal employees! It did not matter whether the people outside received him or not. Pei Qian pondered for a moment. Lets take on external orders as well. That way, we can invest more. Bao Xu did not really understand what he meant, but he did not think too much about it. He only nodded. No problem. He felt that this travel agency might spend a lot of money and not make money by only receiving Tengdas internal employees, but it was nothing to the huge Tengda Corporation. Boss Pei might feel that it would be a little extravagant if he only received internal employees and invested a huge sum of money. Therefore, receiving customers outside would recover their profits. However, that was not the case at all. That was because the System was very strict about such things. If this department was only open to Tengdas employees, it would be a part of employee benefits. The amount of funds allowed to be spent would be very limited. However, if it was a normal company or travel club that was open to the outside world, it would be a legitimate and profitable industry. The amount of money allowed to be invested would greatly increase. Since he could spend more money, why not? Of course, opening it to the outside world meant that this industry had a possibility of making profits. This was a hidden danger. He had to see how Bao Xus plan was done. Bao Xu explained, Boss Pei, just like the name of this travel agency, Suffering Travel, I hope that during the process of traveling, I can give everyone a completely different experience from ordinary travels. Suffering travels would bring customers to places with bad environments, tough conditions, and unique scenery. In such extreme environments, they would be able to feel the hardships of real life and feel a sense of happiness. At the same time, you can also strengthen your body and improve your physical fitness. You can invest in work in a better mental state. In order to further increase the challenge, the contents of the journey must be completely confidential to customers. Customers would not know where the next destination is. They would be in a state of ignorance about everything in the journey. Just listening to it made Pei Qian feel hopeless. How could he say that he wanted to strengthen his body, improve his physical fitness, and invest in work in a better mental state? Good lord, why should I believe you? This was obviously revenge. He wanted all of Tengdas employees to feel his pain! However Well done! Pei Qian was completely enjoying the show. In any case, he was not the one suffering. What was there to worry about? However, there was a problem. Pei Qian asked, If the environment is really bad and the conditions are really tough, we still have to ensure our safety, right? Bao Xu nodded. Of course! This is a torturous trip, not a suicidal trip. We will definitely ensure safety. Ive already written everything in my plan for this. First, we have to find a professional with rich experience in wilderness survival to conduct special training for everyone before we set off. That includes physical fitness special training and professional learning. We have to ensure that everyones physical fitness reaches the standard before we set off. Secondly, when making plans, we have to make sufficient considerations and evaluations of the location. We will not go to more dangerous places. We will only go to more arduous but not dangerous places. On top of that, we must have a safe team when we travel. Apart from this professional with rich outdoor survival experience as the team leader, we must also have logistics support. Once something special happens, we must deal with it immediately. Lastly, considering how tired you are from traveling and how long you have to travel, you have to rest sufficiently during the journey. Raise your standards in food, rest, and other aspects, and plan your itinerary well to prevent over-exhaustion. Pei Qian scrolled down. The contents of the proposal were written in detail. For example, the last point. There might be some stages in traveling where one had to travel mountains and water, camp in the wilderness, and look for food, but this experience could not be too frequent. When one was more tired, they had to immediately return to rest. They would not be like many Wilderness Survival Masters who had to survive in the wilderness for a month. That would be more harmful to their bodies. Ordinary people could not do it, and there was no need to. All in all, this plan summarized how to make passengers suffer while ensuring their safety. Pei Qian could not help but nod slightly. Alright, it looked like Bao Xu had not completely turned dark. He still had some humanity left. Of course, he might also want to take it slow and steady so that he could fatten the pigs before killing them. After all, if the customers were really tired and fell sick, the trip would not be able to continue. On the contrary, it would only be able to make them suffer continuously if the customers were constantly full of energy. Even though this plan was extremely tragic, Pei Qian really liked it. That was because it could obviously burn money! According to Bao Xus plan, it was necessary to specially hire a wilderness survival expert, right? A logistics team was also indispensable, right? The hotels and accommodations outside must also be very high standards, right? All of those were extremely expensive! It would be fine if the company would reimburse Tengdas employees for their holiday. However, if customers outside the company wanted to come, the expenses would definitely not be small. How could ordinary people have so much spare money to spend on torture? In that case, wouldnt the travel company not be able to make money but incur losses instead? Losing money and affecting the employees work were killing two birds with one stone! Chapter 1175 - Create a Special Training Base! Pei Qian read Bao Xus plan twice more and was quite satisfied. He could not find anything to improve on! This was a very rare thing because in the past, no matter what industry it was, no matter who came up with the plan, Pei Qian would always be able to pick on many problems. However, this time, Pei Qian actually felt that this plan was perfect! Whats more, Pei Qian would try his best to draw a clear line between Tengda and the new industries. However, there was no need this time. On one hand, it would be difficult to draw a clear line because Traveller Bao Xus reputation was too good. On the other hand, it was not necessary at all. If someone was really willing to spend money to torture himself, he would do it! Pei Qian felt that very few people had nothing better to do. Indeed, Traveller Bao Xus travel plan was very reliable. If everyone in Tengda Corporation made the same plan as Bao Xu, Boss Pei would have to spend less brain cells, right? He had to reward him! Pei Qian was very satisfied with this plan. Very good, lets follow this plan! Other preparations are easy, but this professional with rich experience in wilderness survival where do you plan to find him? Bao Xu said, Ive found it. Pei Qian was a little surprised. Oh? So soon? After a moment of silence, Bao Xu said, Actually, I bumped into him when I went to the Sahara Desert. His name is Sa Ziran, and hes a retired special forces soldier. He once served at the south border. Survival outdoors is part of his daily training. He spent the longest half a month living in the primeval forest without supplies. Hes also very proficient in extreme sports like rock climbing, fast landing, skydiving, and so on. It shouldnt be a problem to arrange for the gaming geeks in our company. Pei Qian addressed him as an insider. Good lord, who said that Bao Xus trip was useless? Didnt he use his connection? From Bao Xus tone, it seemed like he had excluded himself from the gaming home? However, looking at Bao Xus muscular body and slightly tanned skin it did not seem appropriate to call him a gaming geek now. Boss Pei, do you want to meet him? I contacted him on Friday. He arrived in Jingzhou yesterday. Pei Qian sighed silently. He had called this master of outdoor survival immediately after being selected as the best employee on Friday? It looked like he had come prepared. Alright, since thats the case, lets meet. Chatting with him would dispel some of his doubts. Pei Qian was not worried about anything else. Those recognized by Traveller Bao Xu would definitely be very reliable. The main thing was that he was worried that Tengdas employees would be arranged in the early stages of the suffering trip. Perhaps they would be people in charge like Hu Xianbin. Everyone in the department knew that the boundaries between the person-in-charge and ordinary employees were very blur. However, to the outside world, the person-in-charge of Tengdas department was already a rather reputable identity. What if this Ziran felt apprehensive and did not dare to be ruthless? Thus, he had to meet him and tell him that Boss Pei was backing him up. He had to show him mercy! Bao Xu made a call. About an hour later, Sa Ziran arrived. He had a tall and straight figure with distinct edges and corners. He looked very energetic. It was obvious that he had trained. His every move seemed to have the swift and decisive style of the army. Pei Qian was very satisfied. As the saying went, only master teachers could produce outstanding students. He would get a professional like that to make arrangements, and then let Bao Xu keep an eye on things. He would definitely make the necessary arrangements! Boss Pei, how are you? This was the first time that Sa Ziran was meeting the legendary Boss Pei. He was very honored. After getting up and shaking hands, Pei Qian gestured for Sa Ziran to sit down on the sofa. In the future, you just have to listen to Bao Xu when it comes to suffering and traveling. The reason why Im meeting you this time is mainly to give you a few more instructions. Sa Ziran immediately understood and nodded. Dont worry, Boss Pei. I heard from Bao Xu that most of the people participating in Tengdas suffering trip are people who have made a lot of achievements. They are core employees of Tengda, and even higher level leaders. I know that this level of employee is definitely a very precious resource for the company. If something were to happen, you would definitely be very distressed. Thats why I dont need you to say anything. Ill definitely know my limits and show mercy when necessary. In any case, such activities are for experience. Its not a big problem to go easy on them. Pei Qian was silent for a moment. How should he put it? It was obvious from a glance that Sa Ziran did not understand Tengda at all. That was why she said such laymans words. What did he mean by Tengdas leaders? Boss Pei had always been the only one in Tengdas leadership The others? They were all rebels! What did he mean by If something were to happen, you would definitely be very distressed? Ill f*cking set off fireworks on the spot to celebrate! Ill ring it five thousand times first! Of course, safety and health had to be guaranteed. Apart from that, what was a little suffering? Only by suffering could one be superior! Pei Qian cleared his throat. No, youve misunderstood. What I mean is, dont be magnanimous and pity them just because they are Tengdas employees. You have to work harder! Sa Ziran was a little confused. Huh? Pei Qian said righteously, In the future, Suffering Travels will attract customers to the outside world. If we are lenient with Tengdas employees but are strict with ordinary customers, wouldnt that become discrimination? If we are very lax with Tengdas employees and customers, wouldnt that be completely contrary to the spirit of Suffering Travels? Therefore, we must treat Tengdas employees and customers equally. We must even be stricter with Tengdas employees! Im here to tell you not to worry. If you meet anyone who doesnt cooperate, look for me. Ill settle it for you! Sa Ziran looked shocked. In his mind, he could not help but build an image of Boss Pei as a strict father. Who said that Tengdas management was loose? It was complete nonsense! Would a company with loose management grow so quickly and achieve huge success? It was obvious from the trip that Boss Pei had the strictest requirements for his own employees! Ziran nodded. No problem, Boss Pei. Ill definitely complete the task! Pei Qian was very satisfied. He looked at Bao Xu and continued, Theres something else. Its also written in your plan. In order to ensure safety, everyone must undergo special training before setting off, including physical training and basic knowledge learning. Where should I give this special training? Bao Xu said, Er I havent thought about that yet. However, since physical fitness training is the main focus, lets train in Deposit Fitness. Pei Qian immediately shook his head. That wouldnt do! Physical training is only part of the training. More importantly, you have to adapt to the various requirements of the wild. You can lift iron and train your muscles in the gym. You can indeed strengthen your body, but it doesnt mean much when you travel outside. I think we should practice rock climbing, quick drop, catching fish, lighting fires, setting up tents, and other practical skills. Its very difficult to train your muscles quickly. Whats more, if you train your muscles, youll only be a reckless man. Youll definitely be better than ordinary people in that special environment, but it wont be of much use. Ziran, what do you think? She hesitated, and then said, Er Boss Pei, youre right, of course. However For ordinary people, as long as they are healthy, have good physical fitness, and have a bit of suffering spirit, it would be enough. After all, the professional team and I will take good care of everyone. Although professional rock climbing training would be very helpful, training for so many projects requires a special venue. Its not necessary to increase unnecessary expenses. Pei Qian was unhappy. What did he mean by adding unnecessary expenses? All expenses were necessary! Of course not! Tengdas motto is to strive for perfection. How can we make do? Suffering traveling is not only a physical requirement. More importantly, you have to master the corresponding professional skills. You cannot be sloppy! As for expenses? Thats not something you should consider at all. Pei Qian looked at Bao Xu. Ill give you enough funds to set up a special training center for torturous travels. Before going on a holiday, I have to come to this place for special training. I have to master a series of necessary skills such as rock climbing, quick drop, fish catching, fire, and so on. I have to master them! Whats more, you have to pay attention to various outdoor survival training, including endurance training. For example, walking on the pressure board so that your feet can adapt to a long distance In short, youre a professional. You can definitely think of more ways than me. We have to make sure that nothing goes wrong before we set off! I understand, Boss Pei. Youre right! He had to admit that he had been too simple. Before this, he did not have a deep understanding of this job. He thought that it was just like some variety shows that celebrities participated in. It was purely a formality and was based on experience. He had to go easy on it. However, Boss Pei obviously did not think so. On one hand, he had to be strict with the requirements after traveling. That way, the entire tortuous journey would be more meaningful. He had to not be superficial. On the other hand, he had to be meticulous and prepared before traveling. Boss Pei seemed to be strict to his employees like a father but also warm like a mother. What a good boss! Since that was the case, he could not let Boss Peis hard work be wasted. He had to cooperate with Bao Xu and let these Tengda employees travel to their hearts content so that they would not waste Boss Peis efforts! Looking at Sa Zirans expression, Pei Qian knew that his bluffing had succeeded. Coupled with Bao Xu being the person-in-charge, wouldnt he be able to arrange for everyone to go on holiday clearly? Hehe, Hu Xianbin and Huang Sibo ran quite quickly, thinking that they had successfully dodged. However, they would never have expected such a drastic change in one month! That way, I can relax. Hurry up and arrange it. Especially the training base. You have to hurry up and prepare. Try to settle it within a month. Pei Qian calculated that Hu Xianbin and Huang Sibo would be back about a month later. They would be able to make it in time. Any later and he would not be able to achieve the seamless connection. He was still lacking something. It was just like the operation when playing games. Even though the smooth operation and clumsy operation might end up the same, the former was more handsome! Bao Xu nodded and said confidently, Dont worry, Boss Pei. Ill definitely arrange everything for them. Chapter 1176 - The Game Platform Begins! August 9th, Thursday In an ordinary-looking office building in the southwestern region of Jingzhou Tang Yishu sat in the center of the conference table in the conference room. Li Yada and Meng Chang sat on either side of her. The other employees took their seats around him. Other companies might have more requirements for the seating arrangement, but in Tengda, the most central position was more important. It must be the person-in-charge of the department. The other seats were more casual. This was a tradition that had been passed down from Boss Pei. That was because Boss Peis seat was the most important. It did not matter where the others sat. As time went by, the various departments inherited this tradition. Li Yada took a look and saw that everyone was present. She then cleared her throat and said, The conditions here are more difficult. Please overcome them. We have to keep this a secret this time. We cannot reveal our relationship with Tengda. Everyone must remember this. Dont let it slip. Everyone nodded, looking very motivated. Everyone had shares! They did not have many shares, and it was just an empty check at the moment. However, they had Tengda as their backing after all. Who would dare to ignore the value of these shares? Of course, he had to set up a good gaming platform! However, speaking of which, the working environment here was indeed incomparable to Tengda. The work desks were not as spacious as Tengdas, and the desks and chairs were not as expensive as Tengdas. In short, they were considered above average in most companies. For people who were used to Tengdas office environment, the office environment here could only be considered barely usable. However, everyone could overcome it. He was here to carry out a secret mission! Everyones current mentality was like a spy pretending to be an ordinary person. So what if the conditions were more difficult? These were all work needs! These people were core members transferred from Tengdas various departments, including Tengda Games, Shang Yang Games, TPB website, and so on. They were all old employees who were deeply inspired by the Tengda spirit and followed Boss Peis lead. It should not be a problem to keep it a secret. Pei Qian had specifically instructed for this slightly simple office environment. After all, it was rare to see Tengdas luxurious working environment. Anyone who came to take a look would basically realize that something was amiss. Therefore, the details had to be handled well. No one would be able to tell that this was actually a stronghold of Tengda no matter whether it was the office or the office environment. Why was it so confidential? No one knew. However, since Boss Pei had requested it, there must be a special meaning. Everyone just had to follow it. They were all old Tengda people who had passed the mental test. They were very obedient. The office space was not specially chosen at Shenhua View. Instead, he found an office building slightly further away and rented an office area. The office tables and chairs in this place were left behind by the previous company. They could make do with it and further enhance the disguise effect. In addition, the number of games-related companies in Jingzhou has greatly increased in the past two years. Dawn Games platform should be able to be hidden very well. As for why the number of game-related companies increased significantly It was obviously because of a certain convergence effect caused by Tengda. Everyone knew that Tengda was the gaming company that most local talents wanted to join. Tengda had recruitment examinations twice a year, but very few people could enter Tengda to work. A large number of gaming practitioners could not enter Tengda. They could only settle for the next best thing and work in other companies first, looking for opportunities to continue participating in the next Tengda recruitment exam. At the same time, the entrepreneurial environment in Jingzhou was also changing. There were more and more young people, and the city was becoming more and more livable. Thus, many gaming companies, including art outsourcing companies and some internet startups, also chose to settle in Jingzhou. Ruan Guangjians workspace moved from Shanghai to Jingzhou was a good example. Therefore, these talents that Tengda could not absorb entered other games companies or related companies in Jingzhou. Other games companies saw that the environment in Jingzhou was not bad and chose to move over. This formed a virtuous cycle. Before this, the games industry in Jingzhou was not developed and Tengda stood out. It would be strange if a channel merchant and a gaming platform suddenly appeared. However, there were more local games companies in Jingzhou than before. There were also some small channels. Thus, Dawn Games platform would not stick out with its abrupt appearance. It could be hidden. Li Yada looked at Tang Yishu and reminded her. Introduce us briefly to our work for the time being. Tang Yishu had held many regular meetings with the Manage Loss Trainees before but they were her juniors after all. They were at the same level at most. On the other hand, most of the employees on Zhaolu Games were more than four or five years older than her. They were all experienced old employees. Tang Yishu was very pressured to give these people a meeting. Thus, as her assistant, Li Yada had to help guide her. Tang Yishu adjusted her emotions and kept trying to convince herself to take it as a regular meeting with the Management Trainees. She gradually calmed down and got down to business. Everyone listened intently without any contempt on their faces. Everyone knew that Tang Yishu was only an intern previously and was only in her second year of university. However, who would dare to have any objections to the person-in-charge that Boss Pei had personally appointed? As a Tengda employee, she had to keep this in mind: the line between ordinary employees and department heads was very vague. As an ordinary employee, she should not belittle herself. As a department head, she should not be arrogant. However, as long as it was the person-in-charge that Boss Pei had appointed, it must have made sense. It represented Boss Peis will. Thus, she had to ask less and do things steadily. When the person-in-charge achieved results and left with the Dream Fund, it might be his turn. Tang Yishu had already discussed the contents of the meeting with Li Yada in advance. Thus, she successfully arranged the early work. First, she reiterated the things that Boss Pei had repeatedly instructed her to take note of. Then, he set up some work like developing the Dawn of Games platform program, contacting various games companies in advance to discuss cooperation and fill up the game library. In fact, the person-in-charge had already started on these tasks. However, it was the first meeting after all. He had to emphasize it. It was mainly to let everyone know the work of others so that they could communicate in the future. Everyone might be Tengdas employees but they were transferred from different departments after all. Many people did not know each other so communication still had to be strengthened. Li Yada spoke after Tang Yishu finished introducing the work. At the moment, we have already discussed two local games companies in Jingzhou. They will bring the game over to discuss this afternoon. In the near future, there will probably be companies coming to talk about cooperation. Dont think that it is too complicated or feel uncomfortable. Just do what you have to do. Also, let me introduce everyone. This is Meng Chang. He will be deeply in charge of our platforms publicity in the future. He will work with us for the next one or two months. If you have any questions about publicity, you can ask him. Meng Chang, who was sitting on Tang Yishus right, nodded at everyone. This time, Meng Chang could participate in the specific affairs of the Dawn Games platform. That was what Boss Pei had agreed to. Since Meng Chang wanted to implement the Pei Familys publicity method, he naturally had to go deeper into the project. Otherwise, the chances of this publicity method succeeding would greatly decrease. The others were obviously not that passionate about Meng Chang. Meng Chang seemed to have helped Slow Movement Studio complete the publicity of the Doubt VR glasses previously but his impression of most people was still relatively negative after all. It was difficult to reverse this impression in a short time. Slow Movement Studio was a person with experience and had already accepted Meng Chang. However, these employees did not know the relevant inside information. Naturally, they had some prejudice. Meng Chang keenly felt this from the atmosphere in the conference room. He felt that he should say something to change everyones stereotype of him. Otherwise, if everyone was on guard against him and could not fulfill the requirement of in-depth understanding and full control, how would the Pei Familys publicity method be effective? The Pei familys publicity method was very particular about converting forces and was very particular about the process of becoming popular. If the games platform did not trust him, this process might very well meet with huge resistance from within. The chances of success would be too low. The success rate of the Pei familys publicity method would only be higher if they unified their thinking. Whats more, Meng Changs current goal was the same as Boss Pei and Tengda Corporation. Others might not know, but Meng Chang knew it very well. Thus, he had a clear conscience. Everyone might have some misunderstanding of me. I want to clarify. I did make some mistakes before, but Ive already realized my mistakes. Im now in charge of publicity in Tengda. Its not only to repay my debts, but also to learn. In the future, something that everyone might find difficult to understand might happen during the publicity process. I can guarantee to everyone that this is part of Boss Peis publicity plan. In the long term, it will definitely be beneficial to the platform and the company. Therefore, I hope that everyone can cooperate with me to do the publicity work together. Meng Chang sounded quite sincere. Many people were obviously interested. Someone asked, Something hard to understand? What exactly do you mean? Meng Chang explained, In the beginning, there might be some unsatisfactory situations. For example, we invested a lot of publicity resources but did not achieve the corresponding effect. The person who asked the question was silent for a moment. Then, he said, How should we judge if you did it deliberately or if it was a real publicity mistake? Meng Chang cleared his throat. This brother was rather straightforward. However, it did not matter. Meng Chang felt that he was upright and did not fear the shadows. Since thats the case, Ill explain a few simple questions to everyone so that everyone would have a certain understanding of the Pei family publicity method that I want to use. Naturally, they would not be surprised in the future. First, let me ask everyone the most basic question. Do you know why Boss Pei repeatedly emphasized that Dawn Games platform must cut off its relationship with Tengda? Everyones expressions became serious as they pricked up their ears to listen. That was because they really did not know! Even Li Yada felt confused when she first heard about this. Meng Chang smiled slightly. Everyone seated here are core employees of Tengda. You can understand Boss Peis intentions very well in terms of game understanding, but youre not as good as me in terms of publicity. This involves an important principle of the Pei familys publicity method: Cutting reputation and cutting ties! If a certain project were to publicize its relationship with Tengda from the beginning, it would attract a lot of attention and make the start smoother. However, it would also make everyone have high expectations for this project. However, how can you start off so perfectly after entering a new industry? Once something imperfect happens, its easy for everyone to feel disappointed. This popularity and attention have become a burden. At the same time, if the start is too smooth, it would be difficult to verify whether this new business model is really successful or just because it borrows Tengdas reputation. On the other hand, if we cut off our relationship with Tengda, it might look more difficult on the surface, but we can also freely trial and error and verify if this business model will work. It doesnt matter if we fail now. It wont have much impact. We can just change the mistake and start afresh. If we succeed, Tengdas reputation and resources will take off instantly! In fact, all the negative factors from before can be converted into positive factors. Through reverse, we can achieve the best effect that is far better than ordinary publicity methods! Everyone looked like they had just realized something. So that was why! That made sense! It was no wonder that Boss Pei had arranged for Meng Chang to be in charge of publicity. It looked like Meng Chang had indeed obtained Boss Peis teachings in publicity and knew Boss Peis way of publicity. Since that was the case, the misunderstanding was cleared! Meng Chang said, Therefore, I hope that everyone can cooperate with me to complete Boss Peis publicity goal together. I will definitely not disappoint everyone. Chapter 1177 - I Am Not Talented, But I Used To Be The Chief Planner Of Shang Yang Games After the meeting, the entire companys thinking was basically unified. Previously, everyone had some grudges against Meng Chang. However, after Meng Chang accurately analyzed Boss Peis intentions, everyone believed that he was indeed seriously following Boss Peis instructions for publicity. Since that was the case, what was there to worry about? Previously, many people had come to Dawn gaming platform with some uncertainty. That was because he could not figure out Boss Peis attitude towards this gaming platform. If Boss Pei was very supportive, why would he hide his relationship with Tengda and play hell mode from scratch? If Boss Pei was not supportive, why spend money on a gaming platform and transfer core members from various departments? He was conflicted. However, everyone understood after Meng Changs explanation. It turned out that it was not that Boss Pei did not support or care about the games platform, but he had a deeper plan! Since that was the case, there was nothing to worry about. As long as he did his job well, the gaming platform would naturally become popular in the future. Boss Pei had such magical power! Thus, everyone returned to their desks and did their own work. Tang Yishu and Li Yada returned to their desks and sat down. The office used to have an independent office. Li Yada hoped that Tang Yishu could work there since she was the person-in-charge. However, Tang Yishu refused no matter what. She insisted on working with Li Yada in the public area. Li Yada could not dissuade her as well. Thus, she had no choice but to turn the office into a guest room to receive customers from other games companies. There might be a large conference room but most of the time, two or three people would talk in person. The large conference room was too spacious. This small room was more suitable as a guest room. Li Yada began to briefly introduce the two gaming companies that were coming today to Tang Yishu after she sat down at her desk. These were two Jingzhou local gaming companies. They were not very famous and made mobile games that were not big. One of the companies games had already been released on many platforms and channels. It had been operating steadily for a period of time and was performing well. Things like channels were never too much for developers. After all, the more channels there were, the more users there would be, and the more income there would be. The game of another company was still being developed and was in the final testing stage. The quality might be average and it was not a popular work but it was still a new game. Li Yada briefly introduced the background of these two companies and the basic gameplay of these two games to Tang Yishu. Fortunately, the gameplay was relatively simple so Tang Yishu easily understood it. Li Yada planned to play the role of a tool. When discussing cooperation with other games companies, she would not participate or even show her face. After all, Boss Pei had given her the task of being a good tool. Whats more, this was to better prevent leaks. Logically speaking, most local games companies in Jingzhou did not know Li Yada. That was because Li Yada had not been Tengdas chief designer for a long time. She herself was very low-profile and rarely showed her face. Tengda had never interacted with other games companies, much less worked with them. Li Yada had not interacted with anyone from other companies, nor had she been interviewed. Basically, no information had been leaked online. Whats more, in Tengda, Boss Pei was always the one that everyone paid the most attention to. It was just like those very impressive workspaces. Everyone might be very familiar with the producers, but who would care about the number one under the producers? Whats more, the number one underling had been changed so frequently. However, one could never be too careful. For safetys sake, Li Yada decided to stick around and let others think that she was just an ordinary employee. That would be safer. It was obvious that Tang Yishu was very nervous. After all, she had never experienced working with the bosses of two games companies before. Li Yada comforted him. Dont worry, dont worry. At the moment, the people making channels in the domestic games industry are all big shots. Ordinary developers would be very polite to you. You dont have to be afraid of offending them. At the very most, you can play one less game. Its no big deal. That was definitely the truth. In China, game developers like Tengda, who was so strong-willed and did not rely on any channels, were extremely rare. Most small game developers did not have enough work to be able to stand out on the official platform. They could only work hard to channel more and have a higher chance of making money. When developers games were not very competitive, the voice of the channel would naturally be magnified infinitely. After all, the channel controlled the resources and the players. At the moment, it would not be an exaggeration to say that the small local channels were in chaos. Many of the channels might have to take more than 70%. Thus, even though the 50: 50 ratio of the Dawn Games platform looked very dark, it was not that dark either. The key was who to compete with. Tang Yishu tried her best to memorize the basic information that Li Yada had given her. However, before she could memorize it, an employee came over and said, Manager Tang, the people from the first company have arrived. They might have arrived ten minutes earlier than expected because there was no traffic today. It was also a problem with how Tang Yishu was addressed. Generally speaking, apart from a few people in Tengda who were called Boss X, everyone else called him by his name or by his name. After all, Tengdas working atmosphere was relatively harmonious. There was basically not much hierarchy. Everyone had their own jobs and were in charge of different specific tasks. However, the problem was that Tang Yishu was younger and less experienced than these employees. It did not seem appropriate to call her older sister but it was obviously not appropriate to call her by her name or Little Tang. Therefore, according to Tengdas habit, this situation would be called Manager Tang. This meant that Tang Yishu was the CEO of the company in name but was actually here to supervise the department on behalf of Boss Pei. Tang Yishu was a little flustered. Huh? I havent memorized it Li Yada said, Its alright. If you havent memorized it, so be it. What are you afraid of? Lets meet in the guest room. Dont make them wait. Tang Yishu struggled for a moment before standing up. She went to meet the representative of the games company apprehensively. An employee served tea in the guest room. Tang Yishu sat on the sofa and tried her best to straighten her back, showing the authority of a department head. The person opposite her was slightly bald. He looked to be in his thirties. He had a very good sense of himself temperament. Tang Yishu subconsciously felt a little uncomfortable. Why was it uncomfortable? Perhaps it was because this aura was incompatible with Tengdas aura! Tengdas employees would always be humble no matter how much they achieved. After all, no matter how outstanding a person was, no matter how outstanding their results were, they would naturally become humble at the thought that Boss Pei was above them. Tang Yishu tried her best to show respect even though the atmosphere was different. After all, she could not deny someone with a stereotype. Manager Tang, how are you? Its our first time meeting. Just call me Old Liu. Our boss has been rather busy recently. After all, the results of the game are not bad. Hes out on a business trip and cant leave. Therefore, as the chief planner, I came on his behalf. You might not know me very well. To be honest, Im not very talented. I used to be the chief planner in Shang Yang Games. Whats more, our game has already gone on many channels and performed very well. I believe that this cooperation will be a win-win situation! Old Liu spoke confidently to Tang Yishu. In fact, he was a little surprised and even a little disappointed when he first saw Tang Yishu. This little girl was actually the boss of this company? No matter how he looked at it, something was amiss! If someone wanted to create a gaming platform, they would have either money or resources. If they did not have them, they had to have experience. That was the only way to pull money from the investors and fight for resources from the human resources. However, Tang Yishu looked so young. How could she have the resources or experience? Obviously, the only explanation was that she had money. Another young rich second-generation heir? Eh, why another Obviously, the combination of a new company, a young boss, and a rich second-generation heir had dug up some bad memories in Old Liu. Back then, when he went for an interview not long after Tengda was established, he was also dissuaded by such a combination and was rejected. That made Old Liu instinctively feel that this Dawn Games platform was a little unreliable. However, on further thought, he felt that this might be a good thing. Since the boss of this gaming platform was a young lady, did that mean that she was easy to fool? Even if he bragged a little, the other party would not be able to tell, right? Thus, Old Liu laid his cards on the table and said that he had once been the chief planner in Shang Yang Games. Shang Yang Games was now very famous in Jingzhou and even the domestic games industry. Once he mentioned his resume as the chief planner in Shang Yang Games, who would not view him in a new light? Strictly speaking, Old Liu was not lying. He had indeed been the chief planner of Shang Yang Games before, but before Tengda bought Shang Yang Games over. If he said that, the other party would definitely think that he and the game project he developed were especially impressive. That would increase the bargaining chips in the negotiations. However, Tang Yishu did not react. In fact, she was very confused, but she did not show it. Shang Yang Games had someone called Liu? And he was so old? She had no impression. Tang Yishu had not been to Shang Yang Games much, but she had often heard reports from Manage Loss Trainees. She had a basic understanding of Shang Yang Games. Lin Wan, Ye Zhizhou, and Wang Xiaobin had always been in charge of that place. No one here had the surname Liu. Old Liu felt that something was amiss seeing Tang Yishus expression. Logically speaking, if the other party really did not understand, she should at least be polite, right? However, this little girl did not have any intention of being polite. He did not know what she was thinking. Did this little girl happen to know some inside information about Shang Yang Games? Impossible, it was impossible. Could it be that she had never even heard of Shang Yang Games? Did she not know how awesome this company was? That was a little ridiculous! They were in the gaming channel after all. How could they not have heard of Shang Yang Games? Too amateurish! This intensified his prejudice against this gaming platform. He felt that it was very unreliable. Old Liu immediately lost interest and changed the topic. Its alright Manager Tang, why dont we hurry up and look at a game? Tang Yishu continued probing and nodded. Alright. Chapter 1178 - One Look At This Platform And I Can Tell That It’s Not Reliable. Sorry To Disturb! Chapter 1178: One Look At This Platform And I Can Tell That Its Not Reliable. Sorry To Disturb! Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Old Liu took out his cell phone and handed it over. This is our game. If youre interested, you can try it out. He had left Shang Yang Games more than two years ago. At that time, Shang Yang Games was in a perilous situation. Old Liu saw that something was amiss and slipped away at the speed of light. Even though there were not many decent games companies in Jingzhou, there were very few professionals in the games industry. As the chief planner, Old Lius resume was quite good. Thus, he quickly found his next job. When he heard that Tengda had acquired Shang Yang Games, Old Liu indeed regretted it for a while.. However, he quickly recovered. After all, he still remembered that Tengdas young boss had a prejudice against him and did not like him. Thus, even if he stayed in Shang Yang Games, he would probably be fired by the boss. The outcome would be the same. Old Liu did not dwell on this matter anymore. Instead, he continued working hard on the new project in the new company. In the past two years or so, Tengda Corporation has undergone a drastic change. It went from an unknown small company to the biggest games giant in Jingzhou and even the entire country. Every game that it produced exploded. Even Old Lius previous underling, Huang Sibo, was doing very well in it. Old Liu did not deliberately pay attention to this news. However, the official platform and some gaming media had interviewed Huang Sibo before. Thus, Old Liu could not help but hear some of it. That made him very jealous. He had even thought about participating in Tengdas recruitment examinations a few times. However, Tengdas recruitment examinations were too difficult. His professional knowledge should not be a problem, but he would not be able to pass the written examinations. Then, he thought about how Tengdas boss actually did not like him. Perhaps he would be immediately rejected after entering the interview. Perhaps he would be made fun of. He might even be stepped on by his underlings who had previously bullied him Old Liu gave up on this thought and went to other games companies in Jingzhou. Fortunately, the gaming environment in Jingzhou has been getting better in recent years. More and more reliable gaming companies were appearing. Thus, Old Lius resume and salary were steadily increasing. He was quite satisfied with the current situation. Thus, he stopped thinking about Tengda. They were destined to meet again! About eight months ago, Old Liu had jumped over to this company and created a new game. His results were not bad. Old Liu used to work on web-based games. However, the boundaries between web-based games and mobile games were relatively blurry. Thus, he adapted very quickly after changing to mobile games. The current game was a mobile game with paywalls, which was more heavily-regarded. It was called Heroic Battle Song. Thats right. One look and they could tell that this was a copy of Bloody Battle Song. Many people felt the same way when they first saw the game. However, Old Liu felt wronged. He was the one who designed the first version of Bloody Battle Song! How could he be called a copycat if he were to imitate himself? Of course, Bloody Battle Song was originally a trashy game. Shang Yang Games later made huge changes and reset it. Its art resources were completely changed. Even its game mechanism was greatly changed. That was how it regained its vitality. However, to Old Liu, there were still many things about Bloody Battle Song that felt familiar. Thus, even though he could not make too much money by creating a similar mobile game, as long as the quality was passable, he would definitely be able to make a living. In fact, that was indeed the case. The monthly gross for Heroic Battle Song was about eight to nine million yuan. This was already quite good for a mobile game company. Old Liu was also appreciated by his current boss. The task of discussing cooperation with the new channel was on him. Old Liu was still very confident with this game. No matter what, it was a profitable game! It could not be compared to Tengdas games. However, how difficult was it for a new gaming platform to find a game that could earn money? Wouldnt they have to provide it well? The cooperation today should be very smooth. However, Tang Yishu stopped playing for less than five minutes after taking the cell phone. She repeatedly tapped the cell phone screen a few times before looking up in confusion. I think its stuck. Old Liu was a little surprised. Eh? Its stuck? Impossible. This was obviously a stable version that was operating on other games platforms. It had already been tested several times. There might be bugs in the official version of the game but this was a probability problem. Most players would not encounter it. How could it be such a coincidence that a bug appeared on the display? Old Liu took his cell phone back and realized that there was really a bug! For some reason, the characters on the screen could not move. They were stuck in place, twitching crazily. They had not even finished running the novice guide. Ah, this Old Liu scratched his head, speechless. He could still muddle through with other aspects. For example, if the gameplay was unreasonable, it could be said to be a game trait; if a certain art material was not good, it could be said that the aesthetics were more subjective. Some players liked this style. It could also be said that this was a temporary resource that would be changed in the future. However, bugs were bugs. If they encountered them, it could only mean that the companys hard skills were not good enough. The testing team was not reliable. It would greatly affect players gaming experience. It was really not easy to get over it. Manager Tang, this should be a very coincidental bug. After all, as you can see, our game has already been released on other gaming platforms. At the moment, our reputation is quite good. Some sporadic bugs cannot be completely avoided as long as they are within a certain range. Old Liu restarted the game. Fortunately, the progress of the newbie guide was saved. He did not have to play it from the beginning. Otherwise, if it was stuck at the same place twice, it would split on the spot. After making sure that there was a bug in the cell phone, Old Liu handed it back. Tang Yishu took it. How about this? If I dont encounter more than three bugs in half an hour, well sign the agreement and arrange for the game to enter our platforms first test list. This is the agreement. Please take a look. Tang Yishu took out the agreement that she had prepared beforehand and handed it over. This agreement clearly stated both parties share of the profits. It also stated other rules. For example, all games had a probation period. If they were taken off the shelves during the probation period, the manufacturer would still be able to get half of the income. On the other hand, Dawn Games would return half of its income to players. Tang Yishu played with her cell phone while Old Liu looked at the agreement. In fact, Tang Yishu knew herself very well. It was common for her to encounter bugs as a person with bugs. However, as long as there were not many of them, it would not affect players much after it was released. Old Liu nodded without any objections. Three bugs in half an hour? It was unlikely. This was a stable version. There were definitely more than three known bugs at the moment, but not every one of them would be 100% triggered. Whats more, how much game content could one experience in half an hour? In other words, they would only be able to transit the beginning part. Thus, Old Liu did not think too much about it. He began to read the specific rules of the agreement seriously. The more he read, the more ridiculous it seemed. Who would do that! The game could be taken off the shelves just because the players voted? Wasnt that nonsense?! The reputation of many games with paywalls was very bad. They were scolded badly by gamers, but that did not prevent them from making money. Giving players so much power, wasnt that cutting down their own money tree? Whats more, the developer who had the greatest impact after taking it off the shelves was not the game. After all, he could still get 50% of the income. It was not a wasted effort. On the other hand, the gaming platform had refunded all 50% of its income to players. They had done so many resource promotions but ended up with nothing much left. A gaming platform like that was bound to fail! Previously, Old Liu had thought that this little girl was just a little younger. Since she had become the boss of the company and created a gaming platform, she should at least have some common sense. However, it seemed like he had been overthinking. This little girl had no common sense at all! Could such a gaming platform really attract players? Would working with such a platform be good? Old Liu fell into deep suspicion. Ah, it hung. This time, Tang Yishu did not return the cell phone. Instead, she clicked on the games APP icon again and continued to experience it from the beginning. Old Liu: Three minutes later, Tang Yishu paused again and handed the cell phone back. Old Liu took it and realized that the game graphics had been used. There seemed to be a small problem with the art resources. Old Liu was completely speechless. What was happening? Why did the game suddenly drop the ball? In less than ten minutes, there were already three bugs! These bugs were indeed bugs that existed in the game. Old Liu even knew that some of the bugs would appear by chance under extremely small probabilities. However, under normal circumstances, the low probability should not affect the game experience, right? A situation where three bugs appeared in ten minutes was too rare. Those who did not know better would think that the game was filled with bugs! Tang Yishu comforted him. Actually, its alright. Its inevitable that bugs would appear. Why dont you go back and fix the bugs before signing the agreement? Dont worry. As long as we encounter less than three bugs in half an hour, we will officially sign the agreement. Old Liu was speechless as well. He nodded. Alright, Ill come another day. He had thought that he would be able to put on a good show if he were to discuss a partnership with this new games platform. Something was completely wrong! Old Liu stood up and bid farewell. Old Liu did not intend to come again after leaving the office of Dawn Games. Fix the bug? Fix what f*ck! This game has been tested many times. There were still some small bugs but it was not impossible to play it. Why spend so much effort to find and modify it? Whats more, Old Liu had studied the agreement on this gaming platform carefully and found that it was not reliable at all! Such a gaming platform would definitely not be able to develop. Even if they signed the agreement and went on this platform, there would probably not be many users. They would not be able to make much money. It was hard to say if they could even last a week. There were many channels in the game. Was it necessary to spend so much effort to fix some minor bugs for a newly established channel? It did not seem necessary. He would tell the boss that this platform was not reliable and give it up directly. Old Liu made up his mind and took the car to leave. Chapter 1179 - Dissuading Another Company Tang Yishu returned to her desk after sending Old Liu off. Hows the situation? Li Yada asked. Tang Yishu hesitated for a moment. There are a lot of bugs in this game so I asked him to go back and fix the bugs before coming back. Li Yada was a little surprised. Huh? Isnt this game already online? Why are there still so many bugs? That doesnt make sense, right? Tang Yishu twiddled her fingers. I Im not sure either. Li Yada nodded. Perhaps the other companies are not as good as Tengda in all aspects, so the testing team is not very good. Its alright, you did the right thing. Its normal for there to be one or two bugs in the game. However, there are so many bugs that it affects the normal game flow. That can only mean that this companys work cannot be done properly. The testing department is not doing their job. Theres a problem with internal management. If there are so many bugs that it affects players normal experience, they should not be released. Instead, they should be modified until there are no bugs before going up. Its right to dissuade them. Its alright. This is just one company. Lets look for another one. Li Yada had an ominous feeling even though she said that. That was because the first company had a game that had already been released. Logically speaking, there should be fewer bugs. The second companys game was still being developed. The game called Blade of the Empire was almost done. There was only the final finishing work left. The testing work was definitely ongoing, but the completeness would definitely not be as good as the projects that had been released. There was a high chance that there would be more bugs than Heroic Song, which was a copy of Bloody Battle Song. There was a big problem now. Was it just bad luck that he happened to encounter a bug in the game? Was this a coincidence? Or were all other games companies like that? Li Yada had started working in Tengda not long after entering the industry. Thus, she did not have much experience working in other companies. In her impression, Tengdas games had never been troubled by bugs. During every research and development period, bugs would pop up like bamboo shoots after a rain. The testing department kept lifting bugs, and the development department kept repairing them. Normally, bugs would be fixed before the game was released. Even if some follow-up modifications were required after publishing, the workload would not be huge. Therefore, she had always felt that changing bugs was nothing more than a physical job. If the bugs were not changed when the game was released, it could only mean that there was a problem with their attitude. If he could not even do this kind of physical work, what else could it be but an attitude problem? However, from the looks of it now, the companies outside really did not seem to be that good. Forget it, lets not think about this anymore. It might have been a coincidence previously. How could every company not fix bugs? Li Yada felt that she was overthinking. Thus, she shook her head and stopped thinking about it. Instead, she continued with her own work. Tang Yishu waited at her desk for more than an hour before the boss of the second company arrived on time. Tang Yishu invited him to the conference room as per usual. Manager Tang, hello, hello. My name is Yan Qi. I have sent over information about our company and my personal resume. Tang Yishu nodded. Yes, yes. Please take a seat. Tang Yishu read the information given by Li Yada carefully after Old Liu left. She had ample time this time so she remembered everything. Yan Qi and his company were basically the epitome of many mobile games startups. He had previously been the chief planner of a games company in Shanghai. The project that he had led had been considered a success. However, the boss was too stingy. He had earned six to seven million yuan a month. In the end, the entire project team did not give him a single cent in bonus. The boss put it nicely: He wanted to use the money he earned to advertise and earn more money. At the same time, he made a picture, saying that after a few months of advertising, the money earned from the game might multiply. At that time, everyone would be rewarded a huge sum. Yan Qi had been in the workplace for two or three years after all. How could he not know how ridiculous this was? Thus, he ran away decisively. On the day he resigned, he knew that he had done the right thing. That was because the boss had only verbally persuaded him to stay. He had not even mentioned a salary raise or bonus. Obviously, this boss did not care if his employees left or not. That was normal. After all, the game had already been created. It could earn a few million yuan every month with stable operations. Would it matter whether the employees left? If he managed to get rid of a chief planner, he could hire more people in the future. In any case, there was no shortage of people in this industry. After quitting, Yan Qi did not want to be a high-ranking employee anymore. Thus, he had the idea of starting his own company. He was from Jingzhou. He heard that Jingzhou had been developing very well in the past two years. The game entrepreneurship environment was not bad. Thus, he pulled a few friends from the industry to Jingzhou and established a new mobile game company. He also obtained a few million yuan in venture capital from local investors in Jingzhou. After half a year, the game was finally out. His game was called The Blade of the Empire. It was an ARPG mobile game, which was an action game. Logically speaking, this type of game had a relatively high threshold and was not suitable for start-ups. However, thanks to the official game editor and Yan Qis previous work experience, the development was quite smooth. Of course, he was limited by his investment and definitely not particularly outstanding. However, Yan Qi felt that his own game was still of decent quality. It should not be a problem to support the company after it was released and earned a little money. For most mobile games start-ups, the idea of becoming rich overnight was too unrealistic. The first thing they should consider was how to survive. The game was almost developed. Yan Qi had also contacted many game channels. For small companies, the more channels they had, the better. There was no need to think too much about the ratio. They would take as much as they were given. Small companies basically had no say. Therefore, when he heard that there was a new gaming platform in Jingzhou and that it was quite close to his companys office, Yan Qi was very happy and came immediately. This is the beta version of our game. At the moment, only a small portion of players are playing it. However, dont worry, Manager Tang. There are very few bugs left. It will not affect the normal game flow. Tang Yishu nodded and took the cell phone. Alright. Boss Yan, this is the agreement. Take a look. If you are satisfied with the conditions of the agreement and the number of bugs that appear in the game within half an hour does not exceed three, we can sign the contract today. Yan Qi accepted the agreement and felt a little surprised. That simple? He had also discussed it with other channels before. These channels were getting worse. Some gave very low dividends while others requested for huge changes to the game. In any case, they all raised conditions. However, some were particularly excessive while others were relatively alright. He had never seen a channel like Dawn Games where they requested for only three bugs to appear in half an hour. Half an hour? Three bugs? Yan Qi felt that there should not be any problems? Even though the game Blade of the Empire had not been officially released and there were many bugs, these bugs were basically concentrated in some large-scale and deep gameplay in the later stages. Half an hour was basically the early stage. When developing and testing the game, they had to optimize the newbie guide. Thus, they had made many changes to the early stages of the game. These had the least bugs. Yan Qi felt that as long as he was not particularly unlucky, he should not have encountered three bugs in a row in half an hour, right? One of them tried the game while the other looked at the agreement. The guest room was temporarily quiet, leaving only the sound effect of the fight in the game. Yan Qi had just looked at the beginning and saw that both sides were splitting the profits evenly. Tang Yishu had already encountered the first bug. The newbie guide was stuck. There would have been a gray cover on the screen during the guidance process, illuminating the places that players wanted to click and pointing with the arrow. However, after clicking the button, the cover did not disappear normally. The screen remained gray and translucent. Ah, this Yan Qi was a little awkward. It was not that there was anything strange about encountering bugs. The key was that it was too fast! Whats more, he had never seen a new finger causing a bug. Not to mention him, he had never even seen a test team in his company. Before Yan Qi could explain, Tang Yishu skillfully exited the game and re-entered. Its alright. You can continue reading the agreement. Yan Qi had a vague ominous feeling, but he could not say anything. He could only continue reading the agreement seriously. Half an hour later, Yan Qi had read the agreement carefully twice. The number of bugs that Tang Yishu had found had finally been settled. Tang Yishu found 12 bugs of various sizes within half an hour! There were four very serious bugs here. Once they appeared, the game flow would not be able to continue. The remaining bugs might not have such serious consequences but it would also have a very bad impact on the game experience. Yan Qi could not hold it in anymore. There were too many bugs. What was happening?! He even suspected that the program on his cell phone was installed wrongly. He did not install a stable version but brought the development version. Why else would the stable version have so many bugs in the early stages? That was illogical! Tang Yishu seemed to have expected this outcome. She handed the cell phone back. Its alright, Boss Yan. Its normal for games to have bugs. Go back and fix it. Well sign the agreement as long as we can control the number of bugs in half an hour to below three. By the way, have you read the contents of the agreement? Are you satisfied? Yan Qi nodded. Im satisfied. What can I not be satisfied with? These conditions are already very good for us. Dont worry, Ive already memorized the few bugs you encountered. Ill get them to make use of the time to edit them! Its our duty to fix the bugs. We even have to thank you. If we had not coincidentally encountered these bugs, we might not have known that bugs exist in this place. If these bugs were officially released, the losses would be huge. Yan Qi thanked Tang Yishu profusely and left with his cell phone. Chapter 1180 - Manager Tang’s Building is a Blessed Land! Chapter 1180: Manager Tangs Building is a Blessed Land! Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Tang Yishu returned to her desk and sighed softly. Li Yadas heart sank. In her heart, she wondered if the worst case scenario was true. Why, there are many bugs in this company as well? Tang Yishu nodded. Yes, I found 12 bugs in half an hour. Li Yada Good lord, there were a total of two companies today. In the end, both companies were dissuaded because of bugs. It was a little ridiculous. Logically speaking, these companies must have brought a stable version of the game. Some new functions with more bugs would rather not be released. Under such circumstances, there were still a bunch of bugs? That was really hard to understand. However, there was no point in saying anything now. Li Yada comforted him. Its alright. Our colleagues at the business side are still contacting other games companies. Whats more, Meng Chang will be launching a publicity event soon. More companies will come and talk to us about cooperation. These two companies are small companies after all. They might not be so serious about their work. Its not surprising that there are more bugs. It will definitely get better in the future. Tang Yishu nodded silently. In the afternoon, Li Yada sat at her desk, feeling a little bored. The initial job of the company was nothing more than to do the programming of the games platform and contact the various games companies. With others in charge, Li Yada was a little free. Initially, if these two companies succeeded today, they might be able to talk about the follow-up cooperation. However, they did not expect to be dissuaded by bugs on the first step It was really unexpected. More companies would come to talk about cooperation after Meng Changs publicity was done. However, they would have to wait at least two or three days. She was slacking at her desk when she suddenly saw a familiar figure walk in. Eh? Why does this person look familiar? Li Yada poked Tang Yishu. Look, isnt that Yan Qi who came in the morning? Tang Yishu turned around. Eh, thats right. Why is he back? Have the bugs been fixed? Li Yada shook her head immediately. How can that be? It cant be that fast! There might be something else. Go and take a look. Tang Yishu nodded and stood up from her desk to welcome him. Boss Yan, whats the matter? Yan Qi was a little embarrassed as he said, Manager Tang, this Sigh, how should I put it? Im a little embarrassed. After I returned to the company, I immediately showed these bugs to our developers and asked them to fix them immediately. In the end They checked the entire afternoon and only found two bugs. They quickly fixed them. However the remaining ten bugs could not be replicated at all, much less fixed. Thats why I suspect that the trial version I gave you previously was wrong. Thats why I removed it and re-installed the stable version. I ran a few times myself and did not meet any malignant bugs. How about you delay for a few more minutes and take a look? Yan Qi was very embarrassed. He went to look for channels to discuss cooperation. In the end, no matter who it was, they would be angry that the cooperation did not succeed because of the bug. Thus, Yan Qi went back and threw a tantrum at the developers. He said that they were not serious about their work and asked them to change the bugs immediately. In the end, he did not take a nap during the test and development lunch. He only ate a few bites and checked the game several times. However, these bugs could not be replicated! The so-called reproduction was to redo the operation when a bug appeared and trigger this bug again. Only then could he find the specific problem through the program and modify the problem. However, if he could not replay it, how could he modify it? Everyone began to doubt the existence of this bug, let alone making amendments. Even Yan Qi began to doubt himself. Could he have brought the wrong version? Did he bring the development version over instead of the stable version? Was that why there were so many bugs? The thought of causing everyone to miss lunch because of him made Yan Qi feel guilty. Thus, he removed the original game program and installed it again. He hoped that he could perform normally in front of Manager Tang this time. If there were so many bugs because he had made a mistake in the game version, he would hurry up and let Manager Tang play it again. If there were no bugs, he could sign the agreement! Tang Yishu remained silent for a moment before taking the cell phone. Alright, lets come to the guest room. Half an hour later. Tang Yishu handed the cell phone back to Yan Qi. Both of them looked at each other speechlessly. After running for another half an hour, he found fourteen bugs. There were two more than before! Whats more, Yan Qi had personally witnessed the entire process this time. Every time a bug was triggered, his heart would involuntarily tremble. When all 14 bugs were triggered, Yan Qis expression was obviously doubtful of life. He even felt like he was dreaming and falling for an illusion. Whats going on?! Before he came, he had checked three or four times. The cell phone was definitely a stable version with few bugs! Why were there more bugs than before? Yan Qi even suspected that it was lucky that it was only for half an hour. If he played a little longer, the number of bugs would probably double! Manager Tang, this I Im really sorry! Yan Qi felt very awkward. He could not wait to find a hole to hide in. It was not just a wasted trip. The key was that he had embarrassed himself in front of Manager Tang again. How unreliable an impression would that leave on Director Tang? Fortunately, Director Tang looked magnanimous and easygoing. She was not angry at all. However, Yan Qi still felt like a retard. Tang Yishu lowered her head and said, Its alright. Perhaps my physique is special Yan Qi could not help but laugh. Manager Tang, youre too humorous. What has this got to do with your physique? Youre still trying to comfort me at a time like this. It makes me even more ashamed. All in all, Im very sorry! Ill go back and ask them to edit it! Yan Qi apologized again and left with his cell phone. Yan Qi still could not figure out what was going on after walking out of the Dawn Games platform building. Does that mean that my first game is a stable one? I didnt do anything wrong with the development and testing? However I really cant make a comeback! Yan Qi found a step out of the office building and sat down. Then, he took out his cell phone and created a new account. He played it again. Half an hour had passed. Strange, there are no bugs! Why are there no bugs at all when I play it, but filled with bugs when Manager Tang plays it? This doesnt make sense! Yan Qi walked around under the office building several times. He was confused. He wondered if he should go back to his own company or look for Manager Tang again. What if these bugs could not be replicated if he returned to his own company? However, if he went back to Manager Tang he could not possibly find more than ten bugs, right? Then, no matter how good Manager Tangs temper was, she would probably be furious. As the saying went, you cannot make the same mistake thrice. Why wouldnt she be angry after the third time? However, Yan Qi tried again and indeed could not find any bugs! After wandering around the office building for ten minutes, Yan Qi finally plucked up his courage and returned. Yan Qi became smarter this time. He did not enter directly after taking the elevator to the floor where Dawn Games was located. Instead, he secretly played the game again in a place where no one could see him. After that, Yan Qis eyes gradually widened. An incredible expression appeared on his face. Finally, a bug appeared! Before this, no matter how hard he tried, he could not find a bug. Yet, now, it was appearing so naturally. In fact, it looked almost as if it had been there the entire time. It seemed like it was not Manager Tangs fault but the fault with this place? Yan Qi was silent. This idea was too mystical and challenged his worldview. However, the facts were right in front of him. A bug would not lie He quietly closed the game process and called his companys development team leader and testing team leader. You two, come to the address that I sent you. Now! Oh right, bring your own laptop. At five in the evening. Li Yada yawned and prepared to head to the restroom. She could have got off work by now if she was in Tengda. However, Dawn Games could not be like Tengda in order to stay hidden. It was postponed to 6 PM to 7 PM after work. This knock-off time was still a little out of place among the gaming companies but at least it was not so obvious. However, she heard someone talking in the corridor outside just as she walked to the door. Thats true! Looking for bugs here for two hours gets us more bugs than looking for bugs in the company for two days! Eh, this bug appeared once a week ago, but it never appeared again. It finally appeared again! Were not in a hurry to change it now. Note the reason for the bug and slowly change it when we get back. I know, Im taking notes. Li Yada was a little curious. She came to the door and saw three people sitting on the sofa in the public area. One of them was Yan Qi, and the other two were holding a laptop each and focusing intently on work? Li Yada was stunned. What was going on? She went to the restroom. When she returned, she realized that Yan Qi and the others were still there. Whats more, they had no intention of leaving. Li Yada returned to her desk quietly. Then, she asked Tang Yishu softly, Little Tang, what did you say to Boss Yan? Did you agitate him? Tang Yishu was stunned. What? I didnt say anything. Li Yada: Then why is he at the entrance of our company with two employees fixing bugs? Tang Yishu: Huh? Sh*t, was there something wrong with Boss Yans thinking? Had his mentality collapsed after finding too many bugs? Was that why he ordered his employees to change bugs on the spot and not to go home if they could not finish them? Tang Yishu was the same as Li Yada. She had some ridiculous ideas immediately. She quickly stood up and looked outside. Indeed, Yan Qi seemed to be instructing the other two to fix the bugs! Tang Yishu asked, Boss Boss Yan, what are you doing? Yan Qi had been seriously looking for a bug on his cell phone. When he turned around and saw that it was Tang Yishu, he quickly stood up. Director Tang, I realized that your office building is a blessed land! Once I arrived at this place, many hidden bugs appeared. Dont you think its amazing! Testing bugs in this place is too efficient! We found more bugs in two hours than in two days in the company! I just asked the property management of the building. There are still a few work desks on this floor. I plan to arrange for all our testing teams to come over and test here! Well keep testing until there are no bugs! I believe in materialism, but metaphysics does exist sometimes! Chapter 1181 - What Would The Core Point Of The Publicity Plan Be? August 10th, Friday afternoon Li Yada, Tang Yishu, and a few core members were watching Meng Changs publicity plan in the conference room of the Zhao Lu Games platform. If there was no problem with everyone going through it, Meng Chang would make use of the last working hours this afternoon to arrange the publicity plan and make use of the weekend. Everyone was still looking at the plan seriously. Meng Chang asked casually, I heard that two games companies came to discuss the cooperation yesterday? Hows the situation? He had to understand the specific situation of Dawn gaming platform. Meng Chang felt that even though he had a preliminary grasp of the Pei Familys publicity method and had a preliminary estimate of the game platforms change trajectory based on his previous experience, this was a new project after all. His past experience could not be completely copied. He had to keep track of the latest developments so that he could make minor adjustments to the details of the plan and ensure the best publicity effect. Of course, the so-called best publicity effect here referred to more controversies during the preparation stage and obtaining more commission. At the end stage, it could cause a greater twist and obtain more popularity and fame. In this aspect, Meng Chang knew very well that his and Boss Peis interests were aligned on a higher level. Li Yada answered, The situation is more complicated. There are many bugs in the games of these two companies, so I called them back and asked them to modify them. One of them has not contacted us so far. I think that the cooperation has most likely failed. The other party has guaranteed that all the bugs will be fixed. They even sent the testing team over to fix them, but But what? Meng Chang asked. He was a little curious. That sounded like a good thing. The second company had guaranteed that they would fix all the bugs and had even sent the testing team over to modify them. This was equivalent to being tied directly to Dawn gaming platform! What harm could there be? Li Yada paused and continued. However, the awkward thing is that they might have underestimated the number of bugs in the game. Yesterday afternoon, their boss, Yan Qi, brought the development and test here to find bugs all afternoon. He found more than 30 of them. This morning, Yan Qi called the entire testing team over and rented a batch of work desks on the same floor. I thought that I would be done with these 30 bugs. I didnt expect to find 30 more in just one morning. Whats more, they are all new bugs. Thus they were forced to postpone the original release date. It would take at least half a month to fix these bugs. Whats more, this is without considering that new bugs would continue to appear. It would be very optimistic if we can fix the stable version in a month. Changing bugs was different from changing the questions. That was because bugs could be interconnected. If a bug was modified, a new bug might be triggered. Thus, while there seemed to be more than sixty bugs at the moment, it was possible to fix more in the short term. Meng Chang also felt light-headed. Huh? What kind of companies are these? Theyre too unreliable. Why didnt they detect these bugs before? Li Yada shrugged. Dont ask me, I dont know either. Tang Yishu, on the other hand, lowered her head and pretended to be reading the publicity plan seriously. Meng Chang was very open-minded. Its alright. Its just two companies. Perhaps its just bad luck that we happened to meet two small companies that are not reliable. Once the publicity plan is out, the popularity of the game platform will definitely increase. At that time, there will be more players and game merchants who will talk about cooperation. Li Yada remained silent for a moment, and then said, Thats right However, we have to be mentally prepared in advance. If all the games are delayed because of bugs, our platform might not have any games to release in the beginning. We might only be forced to postpone it. Meng Chang immediately shook his head. That wont do! What a joke. How could the gaming platform be delayed? If I postpone it, it would mess up my publicity plan. What about my commission? The Pei Family Publicity Method might have unified Meng Changs commission and Tengdas success now but to Meng Chang, commission would always be the first priority. This would not change. Li Yada said, If the worst happens, we can only do this. Otherwise, if there is no game on the platform, how can we publish it? Meng Chang retorted, Who said that we cant post games if there are no games on the platform? The essence of the Pei familys publicity method is that you can casually court death in the early stages without considering the consequences. The more you court death, the better the publicity effect in the later stages. It might not work in other companies but it is completely feasible in the publicity method of the Pei family. Li Yada It sounded a little magical but she still chose to believe Meng Chang seeing how confident he was. After all, Meng Chang was the person-in-charge of the publicity department that Boss Pei had personally selected. As an employee of Tengda, Li Yada would definitely not interfere with the work of other departments and offer insider guidance. Alright, then I suggest that you think about delaying all the games on the platform from the beginning and come up with a publicity plan. Make preparations in advance. Li Yada reminded. In the worst-case scenario, this could happen. He could not have any wishful thinking. Meng Chang noted it down in his small notebook. No problem. Ill make some minor adjustments to the publicity plan later. Its not difficult. While the two of them were talking, the others had basically finished reading the publicity plan. This plan feels a little ordinary? Its not just ordinary. Its a little too mediocre. It would be alright to be mediocre if it were other platforms. However, our platform is not famous. We dont have users or resources. If the plan is mediocre, it would probably be a waste of money. At most, it would leave a slight impression on our name. It would not be of any help to the players. Everyone present was basically industry insiders, so they immediately saw the problem with this plan. Meng Chang only wrote some very basic publicity methods in his plan, such as buying web-based advertisements, video advertisements, or buying recommendation spots in some application markets. The plan for the advertisement was also very ordinary. Apart from the name of Dawn Games, there was not even a single memorable slogan. Whats more, Dawn Games had not been released yet. There was only one official website. Some advertisements could be found on the official website after clicking on it. Some advertisements could not even be found on the official website. Players had to search for Dawn games platform themselves. One could only imagine how low the conversion rate and drainage effect would be. Meng Chang smiled. Everyone thinks that this plan is normal because I didnt spend any effort on it at all. Everyone was stunned. Huh? Youre busy with another project? Meng Chang shook his head. Of course not. Im only busy with our platform this month. Ive spent all my time researching Teacher Qiaos videos. I want to better grasp the essence of the Pei familys publicity method through my research on Boss Peis previous publicity method. Everyone is right. This is indeed a very mediocre publicity plan. The publicity effect is very poor. However, as I said from the beginning, this is part of the publicity plan. In this publicity method, the early publicity effect need not be considered at all. The worse it is, the better. The first goal of the initial publicity is to let as many people have an impression of the name Dawn Games. As for whether they will download the game platform and become users, that is a question that needs to be considered in the next stage of the plan. Li Yada could not help but ask, Then what should we do next? Meng Chang: Keep it a secret for now. Youll naturally know when that time comes. Everyone instinctively looked at each other, confused. If Boss Pei had said that, everyone would have believed him without any hesitation. However, Meng Changs words would still be more or less suspicious. Li Yada looked at Tang Yishu, hinting that she was the person-in-charge. It was time for her to express her stance. Tang Yishu nodded slightly. Yes, I I believe in you. Meng Chang bowed. I cant thank you enough. Since the person-in-charge had spoken, the others did not question him anymore. They dispersed and went back to work. Meng Chang immediately rushed back to the advertising and marketing department to implement this publicity plan after leaving Dawn Games. After that, Meng Chang posted a Weibo post. A new business partner! Thank you to Dawn Games for trusting me and letting me provide them with marketing publicity plans. I hope that we can be mutually beneficial and win-win cooperation. I also hope that everyone can pay more attention to Dawn Games! It was similar to the previous Weibo post. It was still the same style. On the surface, it looked sincere, but in reality, it felt disgusting. That was the best way to make use of his bad reputation and drag down the reputation of the early stages of the Dawn Games. Of course, dragging it down now was not only for him to get a high commission this month, but also for him to fly higher in the future. After a period of time, Meng Chang opened the comments section of his Weibo and checked the netizens reactions. F*ck, which company are you harming now, you liar? Dont talk nonsense. Meng Chang seems to have really turned over a new leaf. Wasnt he also the one who promoted Slow Movement Studios VR game? F*ck, we have to attribute this credit to him? Isnt that Slow Movement Studios product doing well? Thats right. I think that this shameless person was just lucky to be forcefully brought away by Slow Movement Studio! No, no, no. Didnt you see Teacher Qiaos analysis? Slow Movement Studios publicity success was not a coincidence. It was inevitable. As the person-in-charge of the publicity plan, Meng Chang would definitely not be able to claim that all the credit was his, but he must have played a role. Thats right. Ive always felt that Meng Chang is definitely a smart person. However, his intelligence has not been used on the right path. Its hard to say if he has really turned over a new leaf now, but I dont think theres a need to look at this platform in a different light this time. Its better to be objective. Chapter 1182 - Bugs Don’t Work During The Weekend? This Meng Chang was very surprised to see the netizens comments. There werent as many people scolding him as he had imagined. The people who left comments below were obviously divided into two factions. Some people said that they did not believe that Meng Chang would do anything humane and continued to criticize him like before. However, compared to the previous Weibo post, there were much fewer people criticizing him. Others began to speak up for Meng Chang! Obviously, the publicity plan for Doubt VR glasses was a huge success. The final twist made many people change their stereotypes of Meng Chang and think that he might have turned over a new leaf. After all, he did not commit a heinous crime. If he really turned over a new leaf and contributed to society, they could consider forgiving him. Of course, whether he forgave them or not depended on their contributions. These people were still in the minority in terms of numbers, but at the very least, such voices already existed and could be heard. That made Meng Chang very disappointed. He even had the illusion that he had bought fake reviewers. He was not a masochist, and he did not want his reputation to completely stink. However, everything could be sacrificed in the face of commission! He would rather everyone despise him for the sake of commission. The more they despised him, the higher the chances of him getting a commission. Forget it. Fortunately, the mainstream voices are still scolding me. Thats enough. Ive achieved my basic goal. I should focus on the follow-up operations. Meng Chang did not pay attention to Weibo anymore. Instead, he clicked on the video in his collection and watched Teacher Qiaos videos again. It was mainly to learn the concept of performance art-style marketing and breaking the dimensional wall in these videos! Meng Chang had a rough idea of the publicity plan this time but he felt that there was still a very important point missing in the entire plan! What was the selling point? According to Meng Changs own summary, the basic process of the Pei Family Publicity Law was rise, suppress, rise. There was a corresponding method to support every step. However, the most important part of this was the core. It was the key step between suppression and rise. How could he reverse everyones understanding? It required a very convincing concept as support. The concept of performance art-style marketing and breaking the dimensional wall that Teacher Qiao summarized in the video was very convincing. Once these two concepts were used, the tables were turned. On the other hand, Meng Chang had to find a unique concept on Dawn Games platform. He had to use it to turn the tables. This was the last and most difficult step. Meng Chang firmly believed that this unique concept must exist even though he could not figure it out after thinking for a long time. The reason was simple. Since Boss Pei had given him this task, he would definitely be able to use the Pei Familys publicity method to complete it! This was just like the after-school exercise set up by the teacher after the teacher finished his routine questions. It must be related to the content of the explanation, right? He could not possibly leave a calculus assignment after the lesson after he talked about adding and subtracting within ten points, right? Therefore, the standard answer was there. The question was whether Meng Chang could find it. Meng Chang frowned and fell into deep thought. August 13th, Monday The testing team of the Blade of the Empire was busy on the same floor as Dawn games platform. Yan Qi was there as well. He watched the test for bugs the entire time and worked on editing them in case anyone was lazy. This is strange. I worked overtime over the weekend for two days. I played the game many times. My hands are sore. I only found five or six bugs. Whats more, they were very simple to fix. Why did I find five bugs after only half an hour of testing this morning? Its indeed quite strange. Could it be that the bug is also resting on weekends? Its not working? Holy sh*t, dont say that. That would make us suffer even more. Our lives are worse than bugs Sigh, its alright to work overtime now. Once the bugs in the game are fixed, we can have a good rest! Boss Yan, its a good thing that youre here this weekend. Otherwise, you would definitely think that were slacking. By then, we wouldnt be able to clear our names! The test team chatted as they measured bugs. Since it was almost time for the game to be released and there were too many bugs, Yan Qi requested everyone to work overtime during the weekend. They would continue to look for bugs for the test and develop new bugs. After all, it had not been easy for him to find a valuable place with such high efficiency in finding bugs. He should race against time and make full use of it. However, what was unexpected was that the efficiency of looking for bugs over the weekend suddenly became the same as before! Sunday afternoon was a holiday. It was a little ridiculous to find five or six bugs in a day and a half. Some people naively thought that they had found all the bugs. In the end, he was slapped in the face when he went to work on Monday. After a little test, bugs appeared again! It was a good thing that Yan Qi was a boss who set an example. He had also come to work overtime with everyone over the weekend. Otherwise, the test team would probably not be able to shake off the blame. How would he report this to Yan Qi? They only found five or six bugs in a day and a half over the weekend. Yet, they found so many in less than an hour on Monday? Obviously, he had gone overboard in slacking during the weekend! Whats more, all the employees in the testing department were slacking. The good thing was that Yan Qi had also worked overtime over the weekend. He had witnessed the entire bizarre process. Only then could the testing team wash away their wrongs. Yan Qi was also very puzzled. Do even bugs take the weekend off? You even chose the time to visit me? That did not make sense! However, on further thought, he had actually given up science and lowered his head to metaphysics the moment he decided to move the testing team into this building. Since he had chosen metaphysics, it did not seem that unacceptable for him to not work on weekends. After all, the only rule of metaphysics was that there was no specific rule. Everyone, work hard. Well only work for half a day this weekend. If we still cant find any bugs after Saturday morning, well rest for the weekend, Yan Qi said. The game had already been developed. There were only bugs left. Working overtime was also to rush the development process. What was the point of working overtime if no bugs could be found? They might as well take a break. Everyone immediately shouted, Boss Yan is awesome! It might be a small company that did not make very good games and could not avoid overtime like other games companies in the industry but most employees still thought that Yan Qi was a good boss. He could not compare to Tengdas Boss Pei, but compared to the other bosses of mobile games companies, Yan Qi still had a conscience. Yan Qi felt much more at ease seeing that the testing team had found more bugs. He was still worried over the weekend. What if it was really metaphysics and would not work this week? What would he do then? Wouldnt it be a waste of money to rent these work desks? Now that the bug had appeared again, he could finally relax. Yan Qi continued with his work. Last weekend, when he had worked overtime, he had learned about recent hot topics. There was still a lot of information worth paying attention to. First, he had to start advertising on Dawn Games! The entire publicity plan looked relatively conservative. It was mainly online advertisements and video advertisements. Sporadic offline advertisements were used as support. It looked like the battle formation was not small. It probably cost a lot of money. Logically speaking, Yan Qi should be happy. After all, the more advertisements they advertised on Dawn Games, the more players they would attract. The more they were released on the platform, the more money they would earn. However, the problem was that Yan Qi realized that the actual conversion rate of these advertisements seemed to be very low! Until now, Dawn Games platform had not even produced a software for the gaming platform, much less a game. Even if players clicked on these advertisements, they could only jump to the official webpage of Dawn Games. They could not play the game at all. How could he talk about the conversion rate? Dawn Games could use Tengdas account to log in but there were many applications that could use Tengdas account to log in. All the companies that Dream Realization Ventures had invested in basically supported using Tengda accounts to log in. Many companies that were not related to Tengda could also use Tengda accounts to log in. This was a slight advantage, but it did not have much of a decisive effect. After all, the most important factor was how many good games there were on the platform. However, no matter what, it was better to spend money on publicity than not. The efficiency of spending this money was very low, but at least he had a familiar face. He sent a message to all players and game developers: We might be a new platform, but we are still relatively rich. We welcome everyone to cooperate. Yan Qi was still hoping to cozy up to the Dawn Games platform. Under such circumstances, he could not say much. He could not possibly teach them how to do publicity, right? He could only wait and see. Secondly, Upwind Logistics could send parcels. Yan Qi lived in Jingzhou and inevitably interacted with Upwind Logistics. Such information could be understood through a flyer. According to Upwind Logistics official publicity, all cross-regional transports were air transport. The advantage of this was that it was fast. The disadvantage was that it was limited to certain areas. Whats more, the goods delivered were limited and the price was relatively high. For the time being, Yan Qi did not have much use for express delivery. Thus, he did not take this matter to heart and only briefly understood it. Lastly, there was something else. He heard that Eternal Reincarnation had officially started research and development! Yan Qi was an ARPG mobile game. He had played many action games because of his job requirement. Repent and be Saved naturally would not miss it. He had always thought that Repent and be Saved was the best action game in the country. Naturally, he was looking forward to the appearance of the new downloadable content. He was quite excited when he heard about Eternal Reincarnation previously. In the end, the official platform clarified that Eternal Reincarnation only officially began research and development in August. That made Yan Qi a little disappointed. After all, the research and development would only be completed in August. At the usual rate, it would only be completed by the end of the year or even next year. However, it was better to have news than not. They had waited for more than a year for this large downloadable content. Why would they care about waiting for a few more months? Now, he had to focus on his own project and fix all the bugs. Yan Qi realized that in the new week, there were obviously more people entering and exiting the games platform. Many of them seemed to be here to discuss cooperation. The advertisements had been released, and the business side was constantly contacting gaming companies. There must be an endless stream of people coming to discuss cooperation. These people wouldnt encounter a bunch of bugs like us, right? For some reason, Yan Qi had a very mystical idea. However, on further thought, he felt that this was unlikely. Were a startup company. We dont have much development experience. If there are so many bugs that we havent found, its probably because were not strong enough. If these companies had more experience in development, I dont think our situation would have happened right? Yan Qi did not think too much about it and continued with his work. Chapter 1183 - Fei Huang Workspace, Prepare to Set Off! At the same time, at Fei Huang Workspace Zhu Xiaoce brought the core members of Fei Huang Workspace, Cui Geng, Lu Zhiyao, Zhang Zuting, Lin Jiaqiang, and a group of actors who had worked with him to a meeting in the conference room. Huang Sibo was not around because he had gone on a holiday with Hu Xianbin. Whats more, he had left in a very peaceful no, in a hurry. It was a little difficult for Zhu Xiaoce to do it alone. Fortunately, Fei Huang Workspace had been consciously nurturing the next generation of directors. Thus, someone would be able to take over immediately after the person-in-charge left. Nothing would go wrong. The script for Successor had long been written. The preparatory work had almost been arranged. The meeting this time was to review the script for the last time, unify their thoughts, and then prepare to officially start filming. The filming this time was different from before. They had to work with the American team to film. The characters in the show were mainly foreigners. Naturally, they had to choose foreign actors. Thus, Zhu Xiaoce had not intended to find any local actors. However, Lu Zhiyao had obviously tasted the benefits of the previous cooperation. He had to act as a calefares in the movie no matter what. He would not leave if he did not give it to them. Zhang Zuting, Lin Jiaqiang, and the others also expressed that they had to help out, even if it was just a few minutes. Zhu Xiaoce found it difficult to turn them down. He could only think of a way to force all of them in. Fortunately, these peoples English was not bad. There was no problem in memorizing lines. Even if there was a small flaw in their accent, it would appear more realistic. If it really did not work, they could still dub over later. Thus, the problem was not big. Zhu Xiaoce briefly introduced the basic content of the shoot. This time, we are going to film in the form of a web series. There will be a total of 12 episodes. Each episode will be about 50 minutes to an hour. Ive sent the script for the 12 episodes to everyone. Theres also a simple story outline at the back so that everyone can better understand this story. After filming is completed, this drama will be released in China. It might cooperate with the video website in a unique manner and temporarily not have plans to be released overseas. The specifics are not the main point. After all, we dont have to worry about the quality of the movie. Its too early to think about these. We have a meeting today. The original author, Cui Geng, is here as well. If you have any questions about the story, feel free to ask. Cui Geng and our script writers will try their best to answer them. Lin Jiaqiang was also present. He was obviously not good enough compared to Lu Zhiyao, Zhang Zuting, and the others. However, he had worked with Tengda many times after all. Thus, he had come to ask for a bit of help. He had not expected to be paid much. If he still had the image of the fatty from before, he would only be a comedian. It was obviously not appropriate for him to guest star in this show. However, he was on a diet now. It would not be a problem for him to act as a passerby. However, as he flipped through the script, he revealed a slightly incomprehensible expression. Would that work? Fei Huang Workspaces filming this time was full of bad points. It had more bad points than any other time in the past! First of all, he had invested so much money and had to work with the production team in the United States to film the movie. It was only an online show, not a movie. Secondly, this web series was all dubbed in English. It acted in a story that happened overseas but did not have plans to be released overseas. The local market was a priority. Third, from the theme and content, it might be said that this was a movie with a superhero theme, but it was actually not related to traditional superheroes at all. There was not even a traditional good person in the entire episode, and the biggest protagonist was even worse. Lastly, the original work of this novel had been serialized on Zhongdian Chinese Network. The effect was not very good. The local online literature readers were not very receptive. Would that work? It looked like he was going to fail no matter how he looked at it. Lin Jiaqiang secretly looked at Lu Zhiyao and Zhang Zuting. He realized that even though both of them looked very determined on the surface, their small actions had exposed that they did not have 100% confidence in the script. Obviously, no matter how many miracles had happened, people would still be doubtful if the next miracle would happen. This was human nature. Whats more, the difficulty level this time was obviously higher than before. Zhu Xiaoce had obviously realized this. That was why he had held a meeting in advance to unify his thoughts. If even insiders were doubtful about whether this web series would succeed, there would probably be many detours during filming. They were all old acquaintances, so everyone stopped hiding and spoke truthfully about their confusion. Zhang Zuting was the first to speak. The script this time is quite special. However, are you sure you want to use online dramas? As far as I know, online dramas are normally done with low cost and small production content. After all, there is a limit to how much profits web series can generate. They want to recoup their costs even though they invested a lot. It would be best if they filmed a movie and earned money at the box office. Whats more, they want to earn money at the global box office. Web dramas, foreign themes, foreign actors, English voices, and subtitles for domestic broadcasts These restrictions have repeatedly reduced the audience to a relatively small audience. Can we really recoup our costs this way? To Zhang Zuting, Lu Zhiyao, and the other actors, it did not matter whether the movie could recoup its costs. After all, they were all getting fixed remuneration. If the movie became popular, it would increase their popularity. It did not matter if it did not become popular. However, they were worried that if they failed this time, it might cause a blow to Fei Huang Workspace, both in terms of funding and mentality. What if Fei Huang Workspace lost its unconstrained imagination and adventurous spirit because of this failure? Wouldnt it be a pity if the quality of its future works decreased? Thus, he had to remind them. Zhu Xiaoce answered, Uncle Zhang, these questions were specially requested by Boss Pei. In fact, at the beginning, I had the same idea. I felt that the success rate of doing this was not high. However, after some careful thought, I realized that this show had to be filmed this way! First of all, such a theme had to be shot overseas. Just like Struggle back then, it had to be shot overseas as the background. Otherwise, it would not have the taste. Secondly, this script contains a lot of information. There are also many key scenes. If it is divided into a movie, it would have to be at least divided into three parts. It would also cause a lot of key information to be lost. Even if the disassembly is successful, watching every movie alone is actually not enough. The entire story is cut apart. It must be made into a drama series to show the complete core to the audience. As for why we should consider the domestic market first its because this story can only be better understood from the perspective of domestic audiences. Its not that foreign audiences cannot understand, but that we have to prioritize domestic audiences. Based on the above few points, we can only make this choice. The chances of success might be reduced but I believe that we will definitely be able to stand out as long as we film seriously since Boss Pei gave us a script! Lu Zhiyao could not help but ask. What is the core of this story? Actually, I dont quite understand it. I read the story outline. I only know that a despicable bad guy executed a series of plans and succeeded in the end. Zhu Xiaoce answered, According to my personal understanding this story should be combined with realistic works like Tomorrow is Beautiful and Struggle. As for what its specific meaning is let the original author explain. He looked at Cui Geng after speaking. The situation this time was different from before. The previous script was mainly based on Boss Peis creativity. As for how to interpret Boss Peis creativity, that would depend on Huang Sibo and Zhu Xiaoce. However, the script this time was entirely Cui Gengs original work. Boss Pei was not involved, so the final explanation rights must still be with the original author. Everyone did not trust this script because the author was not Boss Pei. Cui Geng cleared his throat and said, Actually, my story was really inspired by Boss Pei. Simply put, Tomorrow is Beautiful, Struggle and Successor are common in some ways. They all have a certain impact on reality. Struggle and Tomorrow is Beautiful are related. The society in Struggle will develop for another few decades. Technology will make several leaps and breakthroughs. The entire social structure will become more extreme. It will become the social structure in Tomorrow is Beautiful. On the other hand, Successor is more like a story that happens in a parallel universe. The premise of this story is to make a hypothesis. If this is a world where superheroes rely on faith and super villains rely on mutations, thats how the story would develop. Just like the worry and mistrust in the expression of social structure in Tomorrow is Beautiful, I was surprised to find that the story in Successor was also filled with such worry and mistrust. This type of core is completely identical. In fact, Boss Pei chose the theme of this story for me. At first, I did not understand Boss Peis intentions at all. I felt that the superhero theme was actually a theme that could not be written at all. However, Boss Pei woke me up. He said three sentences: Superheroes can also be written for domestic readers to read, We dont have to make domestic readers like these superheroes, and We can write these superheroes until they are half-dead. I thought about it for a long time and finally understood. It turned out that Boss Pei hoped that I could use our own cultural perspective to overturn the popular superhero theme. He wanted to use Chinas cultural perspective to observe the Western story and deconstruct it. He wanted to tear apart the perfect outerwear of these works and completely show its inner nature! Just like Struggle, the meaning of Successor is to deconstruct the false ideal country in Western cultural works and show some social problems in a more absurd way. Getting out of the real world would make it easier to see many problems clearly Chapter 1184 - Choice Of Different Games Companies Everyone listened intently. When they first came into contact with this script, everyone felt that it was lacking in meaning and the chances of success were not high. However, now that he heard it, the creative source of this script was actually Boss Pei? And it had been recognized by Boss Pei? Then this story would be completely different! After Cui Geng explained his creative intent, many people followed this direction and realized that it was true. There was a lot of content in this script. There was actually a connotation if one dug deeper! Whats more, it was not only satirizing the system but also satirizing real economic and cultural problems. For example, the protagonist in the story, Phil, used a variety show named Successor to change peoples thinking to a certain extent. Most of their impression of him changed from an ignorant rich second-generation heir to a professional who really understands superheroes. He further became the only perfect superhero candidate who had hope of saving Hope City. In reality, wasnt some capital also changing peoples thinking through public opinion and various cultural entertainment activities to ultimately benefit themselves? In the story, Phils fans spontaneously entered the information cocoon room and only believed in public opinion that was beneficial to Phil. They ignored all public opinion that was not beneficial to Phil. In the end, Phil won every battle in the process of running for superheroes. In reality, wouldnt some capital be working hard to create an information cocoon house so that fans and users would become the best soldiers and the most indestructible walls to restrain their wealth? In the story, the wrong concept of The rich mans money comes from working hard, and the rich naturally have noble character was similar to the world where Struggle was. It was deeply rooted in the thoughts of ordinary people under repeated publicity. It was like a mental seal, adding an extra shackle to them. In summary Successor was a little like the superpower version of Struggle. However, its story was not about the rich struggling in the clouds and the poor struggling in the mud. Instead, it was about the rich thinking of ways to kick all the poor into the mud to defeat all the rich competing with them in the clouds and thus become the only god high above. After a long silence, Zhang Zuting said, I see. I understand what that feeling was about now. When I first saw this script, I did not think about it at all. I only saw a little irony. This irony was not enough to move me. Now, I understand. The reason why this story is not popular is that words are used as a medium. The dimensions of the performance are too lacking. The impact of much of the content is far lesser than the actual scene. Therefore, it is difficult to show such deep content. The reason why Tomorrow is Beautiful and Struggle could succeed was because their medium was a movie and game. They used a lot of content to display all sorts of details so that the audience could completely immerse themselves in it. Only then could the hidden content be unearthed. However, Successor is a novel. These satirical content cannot be explained too roughly. The immersion and influence of words alone are not enough. In addition, Zhongdian Chinese Network is ultimately an online literature platform. Your writing and creative habits are all from online literature. It is difficult to control this theme. You cannot display so many details, so you are not very popular. Actually, the framework of this story is quite deep. Zhu Xiaoce nodded. Thats why Boss Pei requested for this work to be adapted into an online drama. The true potential of this story can only be fully unleashed if it is adapted into an online drama! Of course, since this script was not written personally by Boss Pei, the depth might be slightly worse. However, after careful consideration, this is still a good script because the content it expresses is exactly the same as what Boss Pei wants to express. As long as our script writer team works hard together to make up for these shortcomings, this story can still dig out a lot of potential. Boss Pei seems to have a compassionate heart. He always worries about capital taking control of our lives and further controlling the world. This worry is reflected in some of his works. However, most people feel that this worry is groundless. Perhaps this makes Boss Pei feel a little anxious, so he is very supportive of such topics. I think Boss Peis attitude is that even if this online drama will lose money, it must be filmed. Thats because its meaningful and valuable! Everyone nodded. Those who had doubts about the script before stopped worrying about this problem. If Boss Pei felt that there was no problem, he would film it! Even if they lost money, it would not be a huge blow to Tengda. Boss Pei should be able to take it. For Fei Huang Workspace, even if the web series failed, it probably would not be a huge blow to them. After all, everyone knew from the beginning that it would be very difficult for the web series to make money. Some things could not be achieved concurrently. Since they had already made their choice and it was firm enough, they did not have to worry about regret after failing. It would not affect their creative mentality. Lu Zhiyao took the initiative to express his stance. Alright! What Boss Pei wants to do is very meaningful. Even if the chances of failure are very high, I will fully support it! Its not a problem to not ask for remuneration this time. Im not short of money. Im very honored to be able to participate in such a meaningful thing personally! Zhang Zuting nodded as well. Thats right. No matter what, we should help! Zhu Xiaoce quickly said, We definitely cant not take the remuneration! Not only the remuneration, but we will also cover all the cost of filming in the United States, including the air tickets, accommodation, and so on. We will follow Tengdas standards. Friendship is friendship, business is business. If Boss Pei finds out that you dont want remuneration, Im afraid I wont be able to continue being a director. Zhang Zuting and the others exchanged a knowing look, smiled, and nodded. Alright! Cooperating with Boss Pei was comforting. Not only would he be satisfied mentally and do meaningful things, but he would also not be treated badly in material aspects. It was a pity that Tengda Corporation only had Fei Huang Workspace as its filming department. The speed of filming was limited. How good would it be if Tengda had three teams that started filming together and could film six movies a year! Zhu Xiaoce said, Alright, well prepare then. Well officially set off in two days to complete the filming overseas! August 14th, Tuesday In Dawn Games Games platform. Tang Yishu sent the representative of another games company off and returned to her desk to take a sip of tea to moisten her throat. She had been a little busy over the past two days, but it was still acceptable. After all, not all games companies would personally come to interview him. Meng Changs publicity worked over the weekend. This publicity plan might not be effective and did not attract many players. It was equivalent to spending money to listen to it, but it had at least made a certain amount of popularity. To gamers, this platform had not even created an application and had not heard of any impressive monopoly games. Naturally, they would not pay much attention to it. However, to many games companies, large-scale advertisements meant at least one thing: this platform was quite rich. This kind of investment might be a little silly, but silly people had a lot of money Wasnt that just right? Thus, on Mondays and Tuesdays, more game developers came over with their own games, wanting to discuss cooperation with Dawn Games. In fact, some companies came over on Sunday but were rejected because they were not working over the weekend. Not only that, a large number of companies had also contacted the business side of Dawn Games through the official website and sent the demo that their game was being tested over. They hoped that they could try it out here. If they felt that there was no problem, they would meet again to discuss it in detail. In the end, more than 90% of the games were wiped out because of bugs! That was because he had received more games. Whats more, there were games that had been operating steadily for a few months. Thus, when it came to bugs, there was not a situation where no one died. After all, games that had been operating steadily for a few months might have hundreds of thousands or millions of gamers running around. Some bugs with very low probability would also be reflected and modified by the official platform. As long as the testing teams of these game manufacturers were a little more responsible, these bugs could basically be fixed. Tang Yishus halo would only speed up the exposure of bugs and increase the probability of bugs that did not appear easily. However, it would not create bugs that did not exist. Whats more, this was a matter of probability. A bug that did not appear even after millions of players had run the game through tens of millions of times could be regarded as non-existent. The probability was too low and would not be triggered. Even so, clearing more than 90% of the games was still a rather shocking result. At one point, Li Yada even thought that the latter was going to die before it achieved success. According to this ratio, how many games could the gaming platform release when it was officially released? If there were too few games on the entire platform that could be counted with two hands, would they still have the cheek to call themselves a games platform? However, there were serious bugs in these games. He could not force them to be released. Thus, he could only hope that these companies would do their best to repair all the bugs as quickly as Yan Qi. At the moment, these companies were obviously divided into two types. The first type was like Old Liu. He said that he would modify it, but there was no news after that. They felt that their game was running well on other platforms. There might be bugs sometimes but it was not impossible to play it, right? Was there a need to invest so much manpower and resources to modify these bugs for such a newly established small platform? Wouldnt it be better to have the energy to make a few more clothes and weapons to earn money? The other type was similar to Yan Qi. No matter how many bugs they found, they promised to modify it steadily until there were no serious bugs. From the looks of the current situation, the ratio of the companies that the person-in-charge had personally come to the Dawn Games platform to discuss cooperation was about 6: 4. Only 40% of the companies were willing to steadily modify bugs and maintain contact with Dawn gaming platform. Most of them were small companies. As for the companies that he had contacted online, the ratio was 9: 1 or even higher. Less than 10% of the companies expressed their willingness to modify these bugs. The remaining 90% had no follow-up. That was very normal. After all, they could see the appearance of these bugs with their own eyes at the scene. On the other hand, the companies that had sent the game demo remotely would not be able to discover these bugs after receiving feedback from Dawn games platform. They might think that Dawn games platform was deliberately nitpicking and had no sincerity in working with them. Naturally, they would not say anything. In order to avoid misunderstanding with these companies, Tang Yishu had no choice but to try out the game and record it at the same time. She also sent the video file that showed the bug. This way, the situation would improve slightly, but the improvement would be very limited. That was because these companies were not in Jingzhou. It was very difficult to communicate online. It was also very difficult to discover bugs. Since they would probably not be able to meet the requirements of Dawn Games after changing, they might as well not spend this effort. Now, Li Yada was like a hardworking mouse, diligently collecting chest rubs for the winter. After saving up a few companies that were willing to fix bugs, he would create a group and pull all the people in charge of these companies in to cheer them up regularly. What if other games companies gave up working together because of bugs that could not be fixed? There would be no way to open this gaming platform then! Chapter 1185 - Bug Communication Group August 15th, Wednesday Yan Qi continued to look for bugs with the testing team and submitted them to the development team to be modified. He had already fixed many bugs, but the new bugs that he found had not decreased at all! He had to say that this situation was indeed very frustrating. He felt like he was standing on a broken boat, scooping more and more water out! Only Yan Qi was more optimistic and could withstand it. Logically speaking, after the game Blade of the Empire was developed, a small range of players had been arranged to test it. There might be bugs but it was not to the extent that they could not play it, right? Now, a bunch of bugs were appearing out of nowhere. It was as if everything he had done before was useless. It was like doing a math question. He was about to figure out the answer when he realized that he had imagined an implicit condition, causing him to miss a huge step. He had to fill in the gaps in the steps. It was very difficult for his mentality to not have problems after suffering such a blow. However, Yan Qi felt that there were only so many bugs. It was better to discover them sooner than later. Since the bugs could not be fixed, he could postpone it. It had been developed for months. He did not mind waiting a few more weeks. Even Yan Qi, the boss, personally experienced the game repeatedly. Whenever he encountered new bugs, he would submit it to the development team and keep an eye on the progress. After finding a few more bugs, Yan Qi prepared to rest. He switched on his cell phone and realized that someone had invited him to a new group chat. Eh? Dawn Games Platforms Developers Conference? Do we have to create a group? Isnt that a little superfluous? After seeing the group name, Yan Qi felt that it was a little ridiculous. He had never heard of a gaming platform that created a special group and pulled all the game developers in it! That was because most games companies were only focused on their own games and did not care much about the situation of other games companies. Game platforms only needed to communicate with game manufacturers separately. Why did they have to create a group to pull everyone in? However, on further thought, Yan Qi felt that it was nothing much to add to such a group. He could also get to know other companies in the industry. The person who created the group was obviously a sub-account. Yan Qi guessed that this was one of the employees of Dawn Games. He guessed correctly. Li Yada had created this group using her alternate account. The reason why she did not use her alternate account was mainly to prevent leaks. Yan Qi did not think too much about it, because it was quite common to open alternate accounts at work. Many people separated their work and life accounts and specially used their work accounts to add business partners. He glanced at the list of members in the group. There were only a dozen of them so far, but they were still inviting others in. The group leader of the chat group, whose ID was staff of Dawn Platform, spoke first. Hello, everyone! Thank you for your trust in Dawn Games. I created this group because I hope to share some new developments of the platform with everyone in time and strengthen communication. In addition, everyone can also communicate and share daily experiences in the group. At the moment, the program for the Dawn of Games platform has basically been developed. The cloud server has also been arranged. I expect to start the trial operation before this weekend. The game that has been edited by bugs can be sent online by me in private. Theres no need to rush for those that have not been edited. After all, its still in the trial operation stage. All in all, do your best, everyone! He even sent a Struggle emoji at the end. Yan Qi was a little surprised. Dawn games platform was quite efficient. Due to the problems with technology in this world, game development and other programming were relatively fast. However, it was obviously not an easy task to complete the game platform in such a short period of time. It looked like the technical team at Dawn Games was also a more mature technical team. In addition, the behavior of building groups to communicate also made Yan Qi feel quite warm. Other games platforms basically did not chat with developers after all. They discussed business seriously. Some large platforms even had huge shelves and often ignored small game companies. Someone replied in no time. Ah, are we going to start the test run this weekend? I feel like our bugs cant be fixed! Its not just impossible to change, we cant even replicate those bugs +1, the situation here is the same. We want to vomit thinking about bugs! When they heard that the trial operation would start over the weekend, these companies obviously could not remain calm. There might not be many players during the trial run but there were very few games on the platform. The games that were released could basically obtain good recommendation spots. Thus, there were many benefits to participating in this test run. However, the problem was that the bugs could not be fixed! Many companies did not even know how to reproduce the bugs that had already been triggered, much less fix them. Change all the bugs was easy to say, but it was probably a long way to go. Of course, the conditions of Dawn Games were not to fix all the bugs, but for Manager Tang to not meet more than three bugs after playing for half an hour. Many gaming companies had some wishful thinking because of this. After fixing more than ten bugs, they brought the game to them again. In the end, reality ruthlessly taught them how to behave. Now, many people were highly suspicious. The gap between Manager Tang playing for half an hour and found no more than three bugs and fix all the bugs might be much smaller than everyone had imagined. It might not even exist. It would have been better if not for this group. After entering this group, everyone realized that they were all the same! They were all tortured by bugs. Yan Qi looked at everyones conversation silently and suddenly realized that the situation he was in might not be an exception. Whats more no one seemed to have realized that this building was actually a place with good feng shui? Yan Qi felt that he should do something to help them seeing how his colleagues were being tortured by bugs. Even though he could not reduce the number of bugs, he could still speed up the number of bugs that he would find! Whats more, this office building seemed to have many empty seats. It would not be a problem to come to a few more companies. At that thought, Yan Qi replied in the group. If everyone thinks that its difficult to find bugs again, I have a more mystical solution. You can just look for bugs in the Dawn Games platform. This seems to be a treasure ground. The chances of finding bugs have greatly increased! Yan Qi received a bunch of question marks the moment he sent the message. ? Brother, youre so humorous. Why did you choose the location for bugs? How is this metaphysics? Youre obviously lying to yourself Ah, dont tell me that a building management team just joined the group. Sh*t, it looks like there are too many bugs and the pressure of changing them is too great. The child is going crazy and is hallucinating! Bro, believe in science. No matter where it is, the probability of bugs appearing is the same. Its impossible for people who make games not to understand such a simple knowledge of probability, right? No one believed him at all. This was also within Yan Qis expectations. After all, what he had said was too bizarre. He would not have believed it himself if he had not tested it repeatedly. Why would I lie to you? Ive already moved all the testing teams over. Take a look. [Picture] You can come and try as well. Just send two testers to bring your own game over. Theres no loss anyway. Yan Qi did not say much. After all, this was complete metaphysics, and it was intermittent. The weekend did not seem to be working. He only wanted to help them because he saw that these companies had suffered from bugs. Forget it if they did not believe it. In any case, these companies could not complete the bugs and the game could not be released. It would not be in his way. I still think its ridiculous Im quite close. Forget it, Ill make a trip. If I cant find a bug, you have to treat me to a meal! Alright, everyone is in Jingzhou. Its not bad to take the opportunity to meet and gather. Ill go and take a look then. Can someone send a location? Obviously, most people still felt that it was quite nonsensical and did not believe it at all. However, these people were all small companies after all. They were all in the gaming circle of Jingzhou. It was good to get to know more people. Perhaps they would be able to help each other in the future. Thus, a few of the person-in-charge of the nearest companies discussed and decided to bring their own games over. If he could not find any bugs, he would just treat it as a face base. Yan Qi stopped looking at the group and continued looking for bugs. Half an hour later, the people in charge who had spoken in the group slowly arrived. There was the boss of a games company, the chief designer of the games, and the person-in-charge of the testing team here. He found the address Yan Qi gave directly. After greeting each other, Yan Qi led them to the workstation that he had rented last week. The testing team was still working nervously. Good lord, Boss Yan, did you really move the test team here? I dont know what to say. Boss Yan, you dont have to be so superstitious, right? I thought you were just joking previously. However, it looks like your problem is much more serious than nonsense These people might have come but they still did not believe that this place could detect bugs. Yan Qi could not be bothered to explain further. Youll know after playing your own game. Everyone was skeptical. They found a place nearby to sit down and took out their cell phones to start their own game. At the moment, most of the games on Dawn Games were mobile games. That was because the threshold for mobile games to be created was relatively low. Whats more, it was the development period of mobile games. There were many players, so mobile games were the best choice for these startups. Those who were willing to work with Dawn Games were basically Jingzhous local small game companies, so they were basically all mobile games. The representatives of various companies did not believe in such metaphysics at all. However, after playing their own game for a few minutes, their expressions changed. From disdain to shock, from shock finally to confusion. That was because they realized that bugs were appearing frequently in the game! In fact, bugs that had only appeared once before and never appeared again were now appearing again! He did not calculate deliberately but he felt that the probability had obviously increased a lot! However, his shock quickly turned into confusion. His long-standing concept of materialism and science was being challenged at this moment At first, everyone thought that Yan Qi was joking. He was just joking. After coming, everyone realized that the situation was more serious than that. Yan Qi was not joking. He really thought so and even moved the testing team over! Thus, everyone began to worry about Yan Qis mental state. Now, everyone realized that the severity of the situation had completely exceeded their understanding. That was because what Yan Qi said was actually true! Many people still found it hard to accept this fact. After closing the game process, they calmed down for a few minutes and opened the game again. In the end, he still met a bunch of bugs. Whats more, they did not overlap with the previous bugs! Everyone could not help but look at each other, feeling like their worldview had been overturned. There really is a place with good feng shui? The chances of bugs that did not appear previously are obviously higher here! Ill call the person-in-charge of the test in our company and ask him to bring two tests here for testing! Im going to look for the building management and see if there are other work desks Wait a minute, dont be anxious, everyone. I think that with the spirit of scientific, rigorous, and serious testing, we should try the other floors first and look for the floor with the best effect of this building. If there is a floor with better effect than this one, wouldnt it be better for us to rent that floor directly? Chapter 1186 - Publicity Even If There Was No Game! The company representatives who had just said that they believed in science immediately had a 180-degree change in attitude. That was because people who created games were very sensitive to probability. Everything else could lie, but definitely not probability! There was even a companys test team leader who wanted to focus on details and wanted to test all the office buildings in this area and the various floors to find the best location for feng shui. Otherwise, wouldnt it be a loss if they were to rent the wrong floor for similar rent? Everyone nodded after hearing the analysis of the testing team leader. Yes, that should be the case! This behavior might be ridiculous but everyone believed in metaphysics. Did it matter whether it was ridiculous or not? He had to quickly fix the bugs! Even Yan Qi was beginning to regret his decision. Good lord, why didnt I think of looking for a signal before renting a workstation! He should indeed look for the best location for this precious land. It was too rash. However, on further thought, it was not a big problem. At the very most, he could become a second-tier vendor in the future and rent these work desks out. Then, he could move to places with higher efficiency. Everyone quickly took action and dispersed to search the vicinity for the center of the treasure land. It might be more efficient if there was a crosstalk at this time, but it did not matter if there was none. In any case, the game on the cell phone was like a radar. After running to a new place for ten minutes to test the number of bugs, he would be able to roughly guess the feng shui of this place. Whats more, none of them could be sure if the geomancy was distributed at a certain center or in a certain area. Thus, he had to test a few more places in order to find the best location. Everyone measured from noon to afternoon and finally determined a general range. It seemed like the best location for feng shui had been taken over by Dawn Games platform! The effect of finding bugs was basically spreading from this area to the surroundings. The entire field was roughly shaped like a sphere. Thus, the effect would be better on the same floor of the Dawn Games platform, or on the upper or lower floors of the office of the Dawn Games platform. Any further and the effect would be greatly reduced or even completely disappeared. Everyone lost their cool after the test. Was there really such a mystical place in this world? Since that was the case, why did no one notice it before? After some investigation, he realized that this office building was located in a deserted and old location. Previously, the companies that rented this workstation were basically traditional industries. There were no internet companies or game companies. Obviously, this place had been buried! At first, many people were skeptical. However, after making a round around the surroundings, they completely bowed down in front of metaphysics. This message was immediately shared in the group. It was not that everyone was so selfless and willing to share the treasure land for others to use. The main reason was that this matter was too bizarre. It would be uncomfortable if they did not say it out loud! In Dawn Games Games platform. Li Yada had just finished her work. She took some time to look at the chat group. What were the gaming companies talking about? In theory, this was a workgroup, but it was formed between different companies after all. The atmosphere in the group was freer and more relaxed. Thus, there were many chatting messages and daily topics. Li Yada was busy with work. A few hours later, the chat notifications had reached 99+. She scrolled through their conversation and was stunned. Huh? What are these people talking about? Is this building a good place for feng shui? Is the chance of bugs appearing especially high? Whats more, the center of the treasure land is where we are? This is ridiculous! Why would such a thing be discussed in the group? Dont you have any scientific knowledge as a game designer? Li Yada was confused. How was this a good place to find bugs? We had moved here for a long time, but we did not feel anything? The program of Dawn Games had also been developing. The number of bugs was alright. It did not feel any different from when he was in Tengda. The others were basically transferred over from Tengdas gaming department and TPDb website. They had originally worked on the 16th, 17th, and 18th floors of Shenhua View. They did not feel anything strange when they came here. Li Yada was a little speechless. She quickly clarified in the group when she saw that a group of people was still trying their best to pull more people over to rent work desks and take advantage of the good fortune. The feng shui treasure should be a joke. Dont take it seriously, everyone. I dont feel any changes at all. However, the people in the group did not believe him at all. Weve tested it. Its really different! It doesnt matter. If you believe it, believe it. Otherwise, dont believe it. In any case, the location of the treasure land has almost been snatched up. Those who came late would not be able to rent it. Actually, theres no need to arrange for the entire testing team. We just have to arrange for one or two tests to keep looking for bugs here and then have the development team modify them at their own company. The money from two work desks can greatly increase the speed of discovering bugs. Its simply not worth it! Thats right. Its just two work desks. You wont lose out even if you buy it! I didnt believe it at first either Until I really came to try it out Are you serious? Im in Shanghai. Ill send two testers on a business trip there. Can you leave a seat for our company? Ill definitely reward you! There were some companies in the group that was not in Jingzhou. They could not help but feel curious when they saw everyone in the group chat. They wanted to send people over to take a look. What if it was true? How much was the rent for two work desks? It would be too profitable if it could greatly improve the efficiency of finding bugs! Li Yada tried to clarify the matter but to no avail. Forget it whatever. In any case, it wont cost me money to rent a workstation here. It doesnt matter if this place can improve the efficiency of fixing bugs. Its good to give these people some psychological comfort. Li Yada knew that it was meaningless to talk about science and reason in front of people with serious metaphysics. In any case, they would not believe him. He should focus on the gaming platform! However, even after working for a period of time, she could not forget about it. What if I take the test as well? Yes, just take a random companys game demo and run around this floor to count the bugs. Then, run outside the building and count the bugs. Wouldnt you be able to see if theres a difference? August 16th, Thursday morning. Meng Chang arrived at the games platform early in the morning and was prepared to discuss the publicity plan for the second step with Tang Yishu and Li Yada. He also wanted to know when the game platform would start its trial operation. However, he suddenly felt that something was amiss when he walked to the floor where the Dawn Games platform was. Why did it seem like things had become livelier? He remembered very clearly that there were still a lot of empty work desks on this floor when he first came to Dawn Games. There was still a lot of empty space even though a few work desks seemed to have been rented out later on. However, the desks seemed to be filled now? Not only that, there were also many people without work desks, sitting on the chairs in the resting area, or simply leaning on their laptops, doing something. Meng Chang was very confused. This office building was not a prime location and the environment was not particularly good. Why were there suddenly so many people renting it? Whats more, people were coming and going. They looked quite busy and excited. Meng Chang came to the conference room of Dawn Games with doubts and had a meeting with Tang Yishu and Li Yada. Why have so many companies moved in recently? What happened to this building? Did they reduce the rent? Meng Chang asked. Li Yada did not know to laugh or to cry as she explained what had happened recently. This building has good feng shui. The efficiency of finding bugs improved? How is that possible! Meng Chang was very surprised as well. So many people believed in such metaphysics? Ridiculous! Li Yada sighed. I was the same as you at first. I didnt believe it at all. However, I took a game with a bug and tested it. In the end, I found that it was real The probability of bugs appearing in this area has indeed increased. This is the real data that has been detected. However, our development process was not affected. It is mainly the games companies outside that are more affected. Whats more, I realized that there dont seem to be any bugs in games that have been tested. In other words, even if there are bugs, the probability of them appearing is very low. Basically, we wont be able to meet them. It doesnt affect the game experience. I dont know how to explain this now. Is it metaphysics or pure luck Tang Yishu lowered her head even more as Li Yada spoke. Meng Chang fell into deep thought. Theres such a thing? Li Yada waved her hand. Forget it. This has nothing to do with us. Anyway, its a good thing. These companies can find bugs faster and the game can be released earlier. Lets talk about the publicity plan first. Meng Chang nodded and got down to business. The first stage of publicity has been completed. There are two purposes. The first is to leave an impression on the netizens so that the morning show gaming platform can obtain a certain amount of attention and fame. The second is to let the gaming company know about our platform so that we can obtain as many games as possible before the platform test runs. I heard that the game platforms program has been developed. Then Do you have a clear idea on when to start the trial operation? Ive already prepared two plans for the second step of the publicity plan. Im just waiting for the platform to officially start the trial operation. After some consideration, Li Yada said, I had intended to start the test run on Friday, which is tomorrow. However The worst case scenario we predicted has happened. Before this, I thought that the two companies encountered a lot of bugs because they were unique. However, it seems to be a common phenomenon Most of the games that we worked with could not be released because of too many bugs. There are only three or four old games that fit the criteria. We can start the trial operation now, but there are only four games on the entire platform. How can that be? Whats more, these four games have been operating for a long time. We might as well not open this test run Meng Chang said, In that case, lets use the publicity plan that I prepared without a game! Four games and no games are the same plan. Li Yada was a little surprised. You really thought of a publicity plan without a game? Will that work? The gaming platform is testing the waters, but theres not a single game on it. Isnt that too ridiculous? Meng Chang smiled. Sure! However we need the platform to cooperate and make a small function. Li Yada asked, What function? Meng Chang: Open the information page and publicity page of all the games as usual according to the previous arrangements. However, players cannot download these games that have not been edited. On the details page of every game, the number of bugs that are being fixed is displayed. Real-time changes! Li Yada was a little surprised. That works? Hmm it might really be effective. On one hand, the game library looks more substantial. It wont look that shabby. On the other hand, the game is still fixing bugs. Its also in line with the trial operation situation on our platform. The most important thing is for players to know the current progress and have a sense of participation. However, this doesnt really solve the problem, right? Players still cant play the game. Whats more, some players might feel disgusted Meng Chang smiled. Of course, I expected that. Its alright. This is also part of the publicity plan. Whats more, combined with the fact that these companies are looking for bugs, I thought of a very good follow-up plan However, we have to further verify the authenticity of this treasure land. We have to confirm that there are no bugs after these companies fixed them. Only then can this plan be fully implemented! Chapter 1187 - Trial Operation Caught Off-Guard August 18th, Saturday As usual, Yan Qi came to the office building where the morning was at work and continued looking for bugs. To be precise, finding bugs was only his second goal. His first goal was to verify the authenticity and generalizability of his guess on the rules of metaphysics last week. Was this magical land ineffective over the weekend? Was the Bug not working over the weekend? He had to verify this question. Last weekend, Yan Qi asked his testing team to work overtime for two days in vain. In the end, the bugs that were found after two days of overtime were not as many as the ones found on Monday morning. The efficiency was really worrying. If he had known that the overtime efficiency was so low, he would have let everyone rest at home! Thus, Yan Qi told everyone that they would work overtime this weekend. If the efficiency of looking for bugs was still low on Saturday morning, they would just rest this weekend. They would continue looking for bugs after the working days and feng shui areas returned to normal. At that moment, almost everyone from the testing team of the Blade of the Empire had arrived. The testing team of the other companies had also moved over one by one. All the work desks in the office building had been rented out. Even the two floors above and below had been rented out. However, even though everyone was discussing enthusiastically in the group and had even attracted many companies from other cities, many companies in the group still did not participate. Perhaps it was because the person-in-charge of these companies had a stronger scientific quality and a stronger will. Thus, when it came to such metaphysical problems, no matter what others said, they were unmoved. Of course, Yan Qi did not care about these companies. To him, reminding them was already very kind. They could come if they wanted to. In any case, the efficiency of looking for bugs in this place was very high. Whoever came would know! The person-in-charge of the other testing teams basically recognized Yan Qi and greeted him one after another. However, when he passed by the work desks of other companies, he could clearly see that the test personnel had some doubts on their faces. Eh, thats strange. Why are there fewer bugs today? There arent many bugs left. Are they all done? That cant be. Obviously, they had noticed the huge change in the efficiency of looking for bugs on Friday and Saturday. Yan Qi suddenly remembered that he had not told other companies about this. He quickly sent a message to the group. By the way, I forgot to remind everyone about something. Last weekend, I realized that this places feng shui did not seem to work during the weekend. Therefore, I dont have to worry even if I cant find any bugs. It will be back to normal on Monday. I only arranged for the test to work overtime for half a day today to verify this matter. At the moment, it looks like this rule is satisfied. Therefore, if everyone doesnt have other work, you can go back and rest and conserve your energy. You can continue to fix the bugs on Monday. Soon, the people in charge replied. Huh? Bugs dont work over the weekend? That doesnt make sense! Thats not scientific, but its very metaphysical! Its already very unscientific for a space to have bell-shaped geomancy. Then, it shouldnt be surprising that this space exists in a certain time pattern I dont believe it! Look for more bugs. If the efficiency really decreases, it means that what Boss Yan said is true. Theres no need for everyone to look for bugs under inefficient circumstances. We might as well do something else. This time, the people in the group seemed to quickly accept this setting. Even though this still sounded very ridiculous, most of the companies that had moved here had gone through metaphysics after all. They had objectively recognized the existence of this special space. It did not seem like a big deal to add a little time rule Yan Qi sat down at his desk, took out his cell phone, and ran his game a few times. Yes, as expected. The bugs did not work on weekends! In fact, Yan Qi was a little conflicted before he ran away. Should he hope that there would be bugs or not? If there were bugs, it meant that they had to work overtime during the weekend. However, the progress of the game could be rushed forward by a large margin. If there were no bugs, they could not rush the progress, but they could rest during the weekend. Now that the dust had settled, he felt more at ease. That gave his employees a reason to rest for the weekend. Not bad. In fact, as the boss, Yan Qi was more conflicted about overtime. He was not like many unscrupulous bosses who forced their employees to work overtime without compensation purely to reduce costs and further squeeze their employees labor. However, even as a boss with a conscience, it was inevitable to ask his employees to work overtime. After all, as a small company and entrepreneurial company, they did not have many resources, abundant numbers of high-quality employees. Sometimes, if they wanted to catch up, they had no choice but to work overtime. The game industry was an industry that emphasized on efficiency. If two similar types of games were released and one game was released one or two months after the other, the income gap might be millions or tens of millions. For small companies, the difference in speed was enough to determine the life and death of the company. Thus, in order for the company to survive, Yan Qi wanted the employees not to find new jobs. In order to distribute more bonuses in the future, he sometimes had to ask the employees to work overtime in order to speed up the development process. He often felt conflicted about this. The employees might understand this behavior very well and be very cooperative but Yan Qi still felt a little bad. Great, there was no need to think about it now. Since there was no such thing as working overtime over the weekend, and there was no such thing as efficiency, he might as well give his employees a break to adjust their state. They could continue fighting bugs next Monday. At that thought, Yan Qi said, Alright, Ive verified it. Its indeed inefficient to fix the bugs over the weekend. Everyone, order Fish-Catching Take-Out this afternoon. Ill treat everyone. You can go home after eating! Of course, if you have an appointment at noon, you can leave early. The employees cheered. Boss Yan is awesome! Thank you for treating, Boss Yan! Thus, a small portion of employees who had arranged to meet their friends for lunch or wanted to go home for lunch left after greeting Yan Qi. The other portion of employees stayed and waited for lunch before leaving. Yan Qi no longer looked for bugs. Instead, he opened the official website of the Dawn Games platform to check the current state of the platform. He didnt know if he didnt check, but after he checked, he was shocked. Huh? The game platform started testing yesterday afternoon? I did mention this before, but isnt everyone still fixing bugs? Yan Qi vaguely remembered that the staff of Dawn Games had talked about the test run in the group chat previously. However, everyone was working hard to change the bugs. They were so busy that they subconsciously thought that the test run had to be postponed. There were only a few games. How could the platform test the waters? Now, he realized that he had to try! He opened the gaming platform and saw that everything was normal at first glance. There were also various recommendation spots on the front page of the platform and into different areas according to the game type and equipment. The content was not much and could not be compared to the hundreds or thousands of game platforms. However, it looked quite neat. Yan Qi opened the action game column out of habit. After all, he was in charge of action games. He wanted to see if there were any competitions with his own games on the platform. However, when he clicked on it, he realized that his own game, Blade of the Empire was there! Huh? Thats not right. Isnt our game still being modified? Why are they already on the gaming platform? Yan Qi quickly opened the games details page. There was a summary, information, and promotional pictures of the game on the details page. These had been given to Dawn Games previously, so it was not surprising that they appeared on the platform. The original downloadable game / Initial game buttons were not usable. There was a special notification column that showed the current number of bugs in the game Blade of the Empire! This number seemed to be directly captured from the games testing platform. Yan Qi asked the testing team leader, Eh, did Dawn Games ask us for the data interface in the testing platform? The testing team leader nodded. Thats right. We gave it to them after signing the contract. After all, they have to know about our bug repair in real-time. Yan Qi opened other games and found that most of the games were also modifying the state of bugs. The only difference was the number of bugs. Occasionally, there would even be changes in the number of bugs, which meant that this company was working overtime. After repairing a bug and submitting it, the testing team would verify that there were no problems and complete the modifications. This bug would be eliminated. Thus, the number of back-end bugs would also be fixed, reflecting on the game platform in real-time. On the other hand, most of the games on the Dawn games platform were in this state: they could see how many bugs there were left, but they could not play. Yan Qi flipped for a long time before he finally found a game that he could play. It was an old game that had been released on other platforms half a year ago. According to its lifespan, it should have entered the later stages of life. There were very few bugs in such games because the version of the game was very stable. However, it also meant that there was no new content. The attractiveness of new players was basically zero. Even though the games that had not been released like Blade of the Empire were mobile games developed by small companies, they were at least new games. They were still quite competitive in the mobile games circle. In the end, competitive games were all fixing bugs. Games that were not competitive could not attract many players. Whats more, even though Dawn Games platform had made some distinctions between games that could already be downloaded and games that were now bugs, such as making special labels on the games icons and screening games that could be played, it was not that obvious. As a result, gamers who entered the platform immediately found that they could not find a game to play. They clicked on one and found that it was fixing bugs. Then, they clicked on another that was still fixing bugs One could only imagine how painful it was. Chapter 1188 - What a Strange Game Platform Yan Qi could not help but break out in cold sweat for the Dawn of Games. Who would do that? This was nonsense! According to normal thinking, what was the rush for a new platform? Since the games on the platform had not completed the bugs, they could postpone it. It would not be too late to go online and promote it after the games were all modified and there were no bugs. The crux was, what was the point of trying the game out in such a hurry? They could not earn more money and could not accumulate players. If players could watch but not play, they might even curse. He really could not figure out what kind of brain circuit could do this. He went online to search for gamers comments and found that they were discussing quite a lot. There was criticism but most people treated it as a joke. This Dawn Games platform is simply lunatic! Some time ago, they advertised everywhere. I thought it was a large platform. I thought that they would give two games for free and organize some activities for the test run. Then, I downloaded it. I did not expect that not only was there no activity, but the games on the platform could not be played! I was fooled because I saw that this platform could use Tengdas account to log in Stunned+1, the bugs in the game have not been fixed. Whats the point of trying it out? Its so lonely. Are you playing us like monkeys? Ive looked around and only four games can be played on the entire platform. Whats more, they are all old and boring mobile games This Dawn Games platform is really confusing. If we say that it had no money, it kept advertising and seemed to have sufficient funds. If we say that it had money,why didnt it spend money to cooperate with large factories to release a game to promote itself? This is much more efficient than spending money! I feel like I can be selected as one of the top ten idiots in the gaming circle this year. The trial platform actually doesnt have a game, making players feel lonely. Ordinary gaming platforms really cant do such a thing! Im dying of laughter. I saw the advertisement on this platform before, but I didnt click on it. I originally thought that this was a new baller platform. Now, it looks like its actually a comedian? Thats right. He even wrote the number of bugs in the game and updated it in real-time. Is he going to organize a bug repair competition? Instead of calling it a game platform, it might be better to call it a test platform or a bug recording platform for these games Theres actually such a funny gaming platform in the world? I dont believe it. It cant be a joke, right? Its true. Go and search for Dawn Games platform. The data on the official website and the platforms application are interconnected. Youll be able to see it once you enter. Those who expressed their anger were most likely gamers who had been successfully directed by the advertisement. There were many small channels now, and most players had platforms that they preferred. However, there were also some players who wandered between the platforms and saw which platforms had more discounts and which platforms gave the game more ruthlessly. Thus, they wandered over and benefited. Many guilds that specialized in mobile games would also organize people to explore new platforms. After all, there were many new players on new platforms. Even if it was an old game, it would be easier to meet new players when new platforms opened servers. The game experience would be better. Therefore, Meng Chang had previously spent a lot of publicity funds to advertise. The conversion rate was very low but it was still converted to a group of people. These people were either looking forward to the new platforms trial operation where they could fleece the sheep or wanted to change the environment. In short, they were all waiting for the platform to officially open. In the end, when the platform opened, this was it? His hopes were dashed. He felt like he had been scammed. Naturally, he was furious. However, most people did not have high expectations for Dawn gaming platform in the first place. Thus, they did not feel angry. Instead, they treated this matter as a joke. There was a test run on a gaming platform, but there was no game on it. No matter how he heard it, it sounded like a lame joke segment from April Fools Day. Many people even went to the official website to search and found that it was not a joke, it was true! As the news spread, Dawn Games reputation really increased! However, this increase in popularity did not affect the platforms players much. Whats more, a gamer was right. Wouldnt it be better to find a large factory to monopolize or release with so much publicity funds? After all, the most precious resource on the gaming platform was the games content. New games from outstanding manufacturers often attracted a lot of attention. They naturally had a large number of players. Even if they could not sign a platform to monopolize them, they could at least sign a limited-period monopoly. For example, they could only go to Dawn games platform within a week and only go to other platforms after a week. That way, most gamers who were trying out the game on Dawn Games platform would be able to stay. Wouldnt the conversion rate be much better than advertising mindlessly? If he could discuss with Tengda and monopolize the new game Forget it, it was unlikely for Tengda to do so. After all, the gap in their status was too big. However, there was still hope if he could talk to a company like Sun Strike Studios in the country as long as he offered a higher price. However, it seemed like the people on Dawn Games platform had not considered this at all. They contacted game companies normally and did not reject games. They would be able to get on as long as they edited the bugs. They did not even have special preferential plans for relatively outstanding games. All in all, the more he understood about the games platform, the more Yan Qi felt that there was something strange about it. Compared to other platforms, it was simply incompatible. It was not the same style at all! Could it be that mentally-ill people had wide thinking and mentally-ill children were happy? It was hard to understand. Yan Qi could not help but worry about the Blade of the Empire. Would players come to play their own game on such a platform? Would they be able to make money? However, no matter how worried he was, he did not have a good solution. He could only hope that Dawn Games would be good. August 20th, Monday Meng Chang came to the games platform once again to see the current situation. Then, he went back to continue his next step of the publicity plan. This time, Meng Chang realized that there were not as many people in the office as before. It had become orderly. Hm? Could it be that everyone realized that the metaphysics had failed and stopped snatching work desks? Please dont do that. The publicity plan that I thought of this weekend was based on the establishment of metaphysics. If the metaphysics fails, what will happen to my plan? Meng Chang quickly walked to the conference room and asked Li Yada. Li Yada shook her head. No, the exact opposite. Not only did they not question metaphysics, but they also believed it more firmly. The reason why you seem to see fewer people is because these companies have reached an agreement. Meng Chang was a little confused. An agreement? What agreement? Li Yada explained, The companies that came later realized that the key locations of the treasure land had been occupied. They wanted to rent a workstation or two at a high price from the companies in front. After all, if they wanted to find bugs, they only needed two testers to test it here and then submit it to the development team to be modified. However, there are many new companies. It would definitely be very messy if all of them were to increase the price to rent the work desks. Whats more, it would be filled with vicious competition. Therefore, Yan Qi suggested that companies that have more seats but do not need so many work desks can only keep a small number of work desks and empty the rest. After that, every other company would be able to obtain two work desks. The prices would be clearly marked, and they would be slightly higher than the original rent. Whats more, these work desks would be prioritized for companies with higher completion rates, who would be released soon, and who would be more eager to fix bugs. It can be said that these work desks have been redistributed. The companies that came first can earn some difference in price by transferring their work desks. The companies that came later can also enjoy the benefits of a treasure land. In short with this rule, there is no need to snatch the work desks. Of course, it looks more orderly. Meng Chang: At that moment, he did not know what to say. Good lord, there were only so many work desks. These people had played so well! However, on further thought, they could play whatever they wanted. It would be good as long as their publicity plan was not affected. Alright, lets get back to business. Over the past two days over the weekend, Ive also paid attention to the situation on Dawn Games platform. Apart from the fact that the scolding was not harsh enough, the overall situation is in line with my previous expectations. Next, I will continue to invest in publicity funds to make this discussion more intense. It would be even better if we can create a bigger controversy. By the way, when will the bugs in these games be completed? Li Yada said, The first batch of game companies that we worked with, led by Blade of the Empire, has been fixing bugs for more than a week. If the situation is optimistic, they should be able to be released this Thursday or Friday. Meng Chang nodded slightly. Yes, I understand. Lets continue according to the original plan. You guys just have to focus on working on the gaming platform. Ill be in charge of the publicity plan. Before the publicity plan is completed, try your best not to say anything to the outside world. Dont clarify even if many people suddenly curse. You just have to wait patiently. My publicity plan has basically been completed. Im only lacking one key segment. However, I have to think about how to enter this key segment. Only by finding a perfect entry point can the publicity effect be explosive! At the same time, at Shenhua View Pei Qian came to the office to check on the various departments, as usual, every Monday. Hmm GOG and IOIs situation seems to be getting worse Pei Qian had a bad feeling when he saw the report from Tengda Games. During this period, Pei Qian deliberately instructed Min Jingchao not to organize large-scale activities for GOG for the time being and to take a break. On one hand, it was still early in the settlement cycle and there was no need to spend money now. On the other hand, it was also to allow IOI to recuperate. Even though everything looked peaceful at the moment, Pei Qian could sense a sense of danger from the recent changes in GOG data submitted by Min Jingchao. That was because the number of new players in GOG, the number of active players, the length of online time, and so on seemed to be increasing faster than before! Pei Qian might not be able to see IOIs data but he guessed that IOI was in danger from GOGs data changes. After all, these figures would not increase for no reason. They did not do any activities but still increased rapidly. This meant that other than natural growth, some players came from other games. Where did these players come from then? That was an obvious problem. At the moment, there were no other MOBA games that were larger in size The question was, what should he do now? What could he do to help them? Chapter 1189 - Boss Pei’s Commendation Over the Phone! Pei Qian thought for a long time but was completely helpless. This seemed to be a vicious cycle. That was because the root of IOIs criticisms by gamers was that it had increased the price of skins in order to make a profit. Thus, compared to GOG, it was not conscientious enough. It had a strong intention of scamming money. However, Pei Qian could not possibly allow GOG to increase prices with IOI! The price of GOGs skin and various fees had been lowered to a very low level. The slight increase would be very high. For example, if the 10 yuan skin was raised to 15 yuan or even 20 yuan, even though some players were dissatisfied, the price of the skin would not be too expensive. Those who wanted to buy skins would still buy them. However, GOG would earn a lot more money that way! Even though this would damage his reputation in the long term, how could Pei Qian think so far ahead? The settlement cycle would probably fail once the price increased. Thus, GOGs fees could only be reduced, not raised. There was no retreat for Pei Qian. No matter what, Tengda could not raise the price. Dayak Corporation could not lower the price. Wouldnt that be awkward? Thus, Pei Qian thought hard for a long time but could not think of a solution. Forget it. I cant think of a good solution in a hurry. What if I dont consider it well enough and cause the opposite effect, giving IOI another stab? That would be a huge problem. We should wait and think about it slowly. IOI has a solid foundation anyway. Dayak Corporation is a huge business. It should not be a problem to last a few months. Ill take advantage of these few months to think of a way to get IOI out. Pei Qian felt very sad. This cycle had just started and he was already receiving bad news. He continued reading the reports from the other departments. Suddenly, Pei Qians eyes lit up. Eh? Dawn Games is doing well. Its a perfect start! Good job, Little Tang! I was right about you! Meng Chang did well. My expectations of you were not in vain! The report from Zhaolu Games was almost all good news for Pei Qian. Due to Little Tangs existence, all the companies that went to look for Dawn gaming platform were dissuaded by the bugs. Some decided not to cooperate directly. Even the companies that stayed to insist on working with them fell into a long and boring process of looking for bugs. The gaming platform forcefully went online to test the game. In the end, there were only four games available on the entire platform. Many players were being played like monkeys and were furious. Meng Chang used a very mediocre publicity plan. Whats more, he specially chose when the platform was not online and when there were no games to advertise. This caused the publicity plans conversion rate to be very low and the effect was extremely poor. It was perfect! Whats more, even if these games were released, they would only be ordinary mobile games. It would not be enough to turn the situation around. All in all, the situation was great! Pei Qian had not encountered such a comfortable start in a long time. It looked like Meng Chang had completely enlightened himself after deciding to stay. He had finally found the knack of getting commission! It was worth celebrating. Pei Qian was very happy and decided to give Meng Chang a call to encourage him. From the current situation, Meng Changs guaranteed commission was basically stable. There was also a lot of hope for him to get the commission at the end of the month. He could encourage him to continue working hard to advertise in the opposite direction. After the Dawn gaming platform collapses this month, he could create a money-burning tree for himself. Then, he could create another industry next month and create another money-burning tree. If he continued to plant them one by one, he would sooner or later become a money-burning forest! It was very meaningful. Pei Qian immediately called Meng Chang. Hello? Boss Pei? Meng Chang sounded slightly surprised. Obviously, he did not expect Boss Pei to take the initiative to call. Pei Qian was very happy. Ive seen the current situation of Dawn Games and am very satisfied! It looks like youve figured it out and grasped the right publicity method. Im proud of you! Continue persevering and finish the work. The commission is beckoning to you! You have to remember this experience in the future, continue working hard and try to create glory! Pei Qian was not stingy with his praise. Whoever could make me incur losses would be my good brother! What was wrong with praising his brother? Meng Chang was silent for a moment at the other end of the line before saying excitedly, Thank you, Boss Pei! Previously, it was because I was too slow that I did not get commission many times. After seeing your operation, I finally understood how to do the publicity plan! Dont worry, Boss Pei. Ill finish the job and get a high commission! Pei Qian nodded in satisfaction. Yes, not bad. Meng Changs working attitude was finally right. He had received a basic salary several times before. Obviously, it had been a huge blow to him. He was gradually adjusting. Previously, Meng Chang was helpless even though he wanted to. Pei Qian trusted him very much but Meng Chang could not complete the mission very well. The current Meng Chang was the one with the heart and strength. Pei Qian felt that this was the script that he was looking forward to! Alright, Ill definitely prepare a medal for you to reward your contributions when you get the commission this month! Pei Qian felt much better after hanging up. He was just waiting for the day he would give Meng Chang a commission! At the same time, Meng Chang hung up. Boss Pei actually called me personally and praised me abnormally! This means that Boss Pei understood my publicity plan! Thats not right. You cant say that. Boss Pei was the one who taught me this plan. I cant say that Boss Pei understood it. Instead, Boss Pei taught me for a long time. He was very pleased to see that I finally understood it! Thats why he called! This means that the Pei family publicity method I summarized is completely correct and completely in line with Boss Peis expectations. However, there seems to be another problem. Until now, I have not thought about what the explosive point is. However, from Boss Peis tone, it seems like everything has been settled? And hes congratulating me in advance? Did Boss Pei mistakenly think that I had thought of that critical explosive point and entry point? Meng Chang fell into deep thought again. Before Boss Pei called, he had been thinking about the most important part of this publicity plan. He was thinking about how to make a comeback through a unique concept. This was the core of the entire Pei family publicity method. However, he had never found this point. Meng Chang would get the commission as long as he persevered until the end of this month. It would have nothing to do with him what Dawn Games platform would become later on because he would be in charge of publicity for other projects next month. Thus, he had to find this explosive point as soon as possible. That was because only by finding this explosive point could he burn money crazily around this explosive point before the end of this month. He did not have to worry about any accidents. He could put the entire publicity plan in a completely controllable state and pursue higher commission. If he did not find it right, he might mistakenly cause the explosion point to explode before the end of the month if he continued to burn money. That would directly clear the commission. It was the same for the previous publicity plans. That was because the publicity funds were invested too carelessly, causing a chain reaction in the entire project. It suddenly became popular, causing Meng Changs commission to disappear. If he could accurately find this explosive point, he could control the time it would explode and postpone it to the beginning of next month. That would maximize the commission he had. What is this explosive point? From Boss Peis tone, he seems to think that Ive found it. Is it the bugs in the game on the platform? It might have some impact, but it should only add fuel to the fire and not be able to play a decisive role. Boss Pei must have foreshadowed this from the beginning, waiting for me to find out. At that thought, Meng Chang immediately tried his best to recall Boss Peis initial requirements for Dawn Games. At that time, Meng Chang was in Boss Peis office. The two of them chatted a lot. What Boss Pei said the most was the probation period rule of the Dawn games platform. In other words, players could vote within the rules and decide which games to keep and which games to take off. At the moment, Dawn Games had just started its trial operation. There were very few players and very few games. This rule had not attracted much attention. However, as these games were fully opened and the number of players increased, this would definitely be discovered. Could it be that the core explosive point is in this place? I understand now! Therefore, I should follow up with the publicity based on this point. I should spend all the publicity funds and continue to create controversy. As long as I control this explosive point and make it explode at the beginning of next month, I can get a commission very smoothly! However Im still lacking a fuse. I have to deal with this fuse. If its short, it will explode this month. The commission will be ruined. This fuse can only be Teacher Qiao. He is a huge threat to my commission! After the call with Boss Pei, Meng Chang ran through the entire publicity plan from beginning to end and realized that everything was going smoothly! The only problem was the fuse. The so-called explosive point was that after one interpretation or incident, the foreshadowing buried by Boss Pei was known by everyone. The popularity accumulated by publicity previously exploded and turned into true popularity. This explosive point required a certain method to detonate, which was the fuse. For example, the fuse that made Repent and be Saved popular was Teacher Qiaos video. Through the interpretation of breaking the dimensional wall, players could completely accept this game. That was why the game was so popular. For Boss Peis projects, every one of them would be explosive. They would all be explosive. It would just be a matter of time. The reason why Meng Chang wanted to find this explosive point and detonate it personally was to prevent others from detonating it. If Meng Chang delayed it in order to get the commission, Teacher Qiao would suddenly post a video interpretation during this process and explode in advance. Wouldnt Meng Changs commission be over? Previously, Meng Chang had thought of a way to get Teacher Qiao to do other things and try playing games at Slow Movement Studio. However, from the looks of it now, this method would not work. It was not safe. Now, Meng Chang had thought of a better way: to discuss with Teacher Qiao! He did not know if Teacher Qiao had paid attention to the games platform, nor did he know if Teacher Qiao would suddenly produce a video to interpret the games platform. Thus, there was a certain risk. This time, Meng Chang decided to find a suitable time to contact Teacher Qiao in private and take the initiative to tell him the explosive points. The advantage of this was that Meng Chang could ask Teacher Qiao to postpone the detonation. For example, requesting Teacher Qiao to only publish a video next month. Wouldnt that be foolproof? Chapter 1190 - This Must Be A Hype! Fake Data! August 22nd, Wednesday Yan Qi looked at the last bug on the platform and finally heaved a sigh of relief. It was finally done! God knew what he had been through during this period. In fact, according to the original development process, Blade of the Empire should have been released a week ago. In the end, because many unexpected bugs appeared one after another, the game was delayed for more than a week. This was even under the premise that everyone seemed to be on steroids as they quickly found bugs and revised it. It might have been delayed for a week but it was a good thing for Yan Qi. He did not know how long it would have taken to find these bugs if not for the blessing of the geomancy. The game would have been released a week earlier but it would definitely be very busy after it was released. He had to continue changing the bugs. Whats more, it might affect the games reputation. As for how many bugs there were left in the game, that was hard to say. He could only say that bugs that were more likely to appear and easier to discover had been found. There might still be other bugs, but if they could not be found in the treasure ground state, it would be even more unlikely for players to encounter them under normal circumstances. Yan Qi packed the revised game and installed it on his cell phone before arriving at the Dawn Games platform again. Whether the game could be released or not depended on how many bugs Director Tang ran into while playing the game. Dont worry, Manager Tang. Weve fixed all the bugs that we can find in the game. There wont be a single bug this time! Yan Qi was very confident. Tang Yishu did not say anything. She only nodded and took the cell phone. Yan Qi watched from the side. The game was as he had expected. It was running smoothly. Accepting missions, entering obstacles, fighting monsters Everything was fine. Yan Qi finally relaxed seeing that half an hour was almost up. However, just as he thought that everything was settled, the games image suddenly paused. It was reported wrongly! It was exactly 29 minutes. Yan Qi was shocked. How could this be? After fixing the bugs, the testing team had clearly run several times but could not find any new bugs! There was more? How unlucky did he have to be to meet one? Tang Yishu handed the cell phone back. Yes Youve met the requirements. You can arrange for the game to be released. Yan Qi took the cell phone and suddenly felt very disappointed. Logically speaking, he should be very happy that the game could be released now that he had achieved a goal of less than three bugs in half an hour. However, Manager Tang still managed to find a bug! Yan Qi nodded. Alright, Manager Tang. Ill go back and fix this bug, and then arrange for it to be released! When he returned to his desk, Yan Qi immediately sent a screenshot of this bug to the testing team and the development team, asking them to modify it immediately. However, it did not happen again even after trying for more than an hour! If he had not seen it with his own eyes, Yan Qi would have suspected that this bug really existed. What the hell was happening? It was Wednesday. Shouldnt the bug be at work? Has the magical land lost its effect? However, look at the testers of the other companies. They were all eagerly looking for bugs. Everything looked normal. The only explanation was that this seemed to be a bug that was hidden very deeply and had a very low chance of recurring. It was very difficult to encounter it even in this magical place. Yan Qi was very conflicted. He felt that his OCD was acting up again. He knew that there was a bug in the game, but he could not find it. He did not know how to fix it either. It was like he had a small thorn in his hand. He could not find it, could not pick it out, and always felt slightly uncomfortable. His head was hurting! What was even more speechless was that there were interfaces in the backend of various games on Dawn Games platform. The number of bugs in the current version on the platform would be displayed in real-time on the games platform. The bug had become 0 at first, but it had now become 1. How was this the difference between 0 and 1? There was simply no difference! Yan Qi struggled for a long time before finally giving up. Forget it, it was just a bug. It would not be worth it to delay the game just for a bug that had a very low chance of reappearing and most players would not be able to encounter it. He released it online! Yan Qi notified the Development Team and communicated with the staff in charge of contacting the Dawn Games platform to let the game be officially released. It was very simple to be online, but he definitely could not go online dry. He had to arrange the corresponding recommendation resources. Wouldnt it be lonely if the game was released but no gamers saw it? At the moment, the platform had already gone through two rounds of large-scale publicity. The conversion rate was not high, but it had accumulated some players. Whats more, there were few games in the early stages of the platform. The competition was not that intense. It was very easy to get a better recommendation spot. It was enough for small companies. The staff on both sides quickly did the preparatory work and set the online time to be four in the afternoon. Yan Qi had nothing else to do other than to continue looking for the bug that was very difficult to replicate. Thus, he opened the webpage and checked the netizens discussions about the morning sun. Then, he was very surprised to find that netizens seemed to have engaged in a very intense discussion about the display of the number of bugs in various games on Dawn games platform! I realized that this Dawn Games platform is obviously deliberately creating hype and putting on a show! The so-called showing the number of bugs in all the games is simply fake data made to deepen the players impression and publicize themselves! How can we tell that its fake data? Its very simple. Ive been paying attention to the changes in the number of bugs. The bugs in these companies basically did not move on Sunday. Even if there were changes, it was very slow to find bugs and modify them. However, once its Monday or Tuesday, the speed is simply like cheating, increasing rapidly! Huh? Isnt that normal? The company is on holiday this weekend. Thats too laymans. What do you mean by holiday during the weekend? First of all, games companies usually work overtime at a high intensity before the game is released. Its normal for them to work overtime all night. On weekends? Dream on! Do you think all the companies in the industry are Tengda? Secondly, Ill take those games with no change in the number of bugs as holidays, but what if there are slow changes? Why are they slow to find during weekends and fast to find on Mondays? Now that you mention it, it is indeed very suspicious Yes, I also realized that the speed of looking for bugs and repairing bugs is not scientific at all! It feels like its obviously much faster than normal! Logically speaking, it should be harder and harder to find bugs in the later stages of the project test. However, the number of bugs on Dawn Games changed linearly. It has always been very fast! Therefore, I also suspect that this should be fake data prepared in advance. F*ck, whats the point of faking this? I cant understand. Its very meaningful! First of all, its because most people feel that the platform doesnt have to fake it on such a matter that fake acting would not be easily suspected and would not be exposed. Secondly, this marketing incident is nothing more than a gimmick. The games that are listed on their platforms are only up after bugs have been modified. Wouldnt it attract many players to set up a persona of very few bugs for their own platform? F*ck, thats very bad behavior! It might not be destructive but its extremely insulting! Isnt that treating us players as monkeys? Yan Qi was stunned as he watched these people discuss. They were arguing over this? Yan Qi knew very well that the reason why bugs were found so quickly was because of the existence of geomancy. However, the gamers did not know! They only saw that the speed of the bugs was obviously not right, so they suspected that Zhaolu Games was faking the data. Yan Qi wanted to cry out for justice on behalf of Dawn Games. These were all real data! It could not be more real! However, on further thought, no one would believe him since he was a nobody. Instead, they would be treated as lackeys and fake reviewers of the games platform. This is so troublesome. Why do I feel like Im stuck in bad luck on Dawn Games platform? Nothing seemed to be going smoothly since getting on the site. We spent a lot of money on publicity, but not much money landed in reality. Instead, I kept being misunderstood. Fixing bugs was originally a good thing, but it was also misunderstood as a publicity stunt. Sigh, forget it. I cant help much. Ill have a private chat with Dawn Games and tell them about this news. Ill let them deal with it themselves. Yan Qi did not know if Manager Tang knew about the public opinion on the internet, but it was always right to remind him. Thus, he opened his chat group and sent a message to the staff who had created the group chat. Soon, the other party replied. Yes, thank you for the reminder. We have noticed it and are thinking of a solution. Yan Qi shook his head slightly. It was too late to think of a solution now He looked at the discussion online. It had been arguing since Monday. At first, there were some gamers who were speaking to the game platform. However, it was already Wednesday today. Dawn Games had not appeared to explain. Thus, those who were convinced that the platform was faking the game had already gained the upper hand. It would be too late to clarify such public opinion events once they formed a stereotype. That was unless something big happened that could reverse public opinion at once. However, how could such things be encountered so easily? Yan Qi wanted to say something more, but on further thought, he had already done everything he could to say this. If he said anything more, it would seem like he was being a busybody. He could only let Dawn Games hope for the best. Yan Qi thought for a long time but did not say anything in the end. He prepared to close the chat software and continue with his work. However, at that moment, he saw someone send a few messages. Sh*t, something big has happened! The difference in our game ratings is very high. If this continues, we will be taken down on Friday! What should we do? He sent several messages and a screenshot. Yan Qi took a closer look. He knew the person who sent the message. He was the person-in-charge of a local games company in Jingzhou. This game was relatively old. It had been operating on other platforms for more than half a year, so there were very few bugs. It was one of the four games that had been officially released on the first day of testing on the Dawn of Games. However, this person-in-charge kept @ group leaders, wanting an explanation. Chapter 1191 - Malicious Taking Off Shelves Appeared! Soon, someone else spoke. F*ck, I didnt notice it before. Now that you mention it, I realize that our games recommendation rate has reached 47%. Erm were about to be taken off the shelves! Is our game that bad? There are obviously more than 80% good reviews on other platforms! This was the chief planner of another local games company in Jingzhou. It was different from the previous game. This was a standalone leisure mobile game that charged a fixed-rate system. Logically speaking, the reputation of standalone games should be better, but the problem was even more serious! Yan Qi opened the webpage of Dawn games platform. Indeed, the recommendation rate of these two games was very worrying. One was 44%, the other was 47%! There was no such thing as ratings on Dawn Games. There would only be very straightforward recommendation or no recommendation. If the recommendation rate did not reach 55%, the game would not be able to pass the probation period and would be taken off the shelves directly. On the other hand, if the game had already passed the probation period, but for some reason, the recommendation rate would not reach 65%, the game would still be taken off the shelves. It had only been a few days, but the non-recommending rate had already passed 40%. It could be said to be very dangerous! Yan Qi was a little puzzled. That shouldnt be the case. He knew that these two games might be old games but their operations were basically stable on other platforms and their reputation was not bad. The first game was a mobile game with paywalls. It might not be comparable to outstanding games but in the domestic mobile game circle, it should not have fallen to a 44% recommendation rate, right? The second game was a buy-to-play standalone game. It had a good reputation in the gaming circle as a whole. Its recommendation rate had reached 47%. That was even more ridiculous! Previously, when Yan Qi was signing the contract, he had noticed that Dawn Games had such a rule. If the recommendation rate exceeded 55%, it would be taken off the shelves directly. However, he did not pay much attention to it. On one hand, it was because he could refund half of the money and not suffer too much loss. On the other hand, there was a special weighted algorithm in the recommendation rate. Yan Qi felt that it was unlikely that he would end up like this. The specific recommendation rate and non-recommended rate were not calculated according to the number of players heads according to the rules of the morning exposure games platform. They were calculated after giving each player weight. Simply put, the longer a game was on a gaming platform, the more it would cost, and the more players would purchase a certain type of game. They would have higher weightage when recommending or not. There was a very important indicator in this. It was the experience of a certain type of game. For example, A and B players spent more money on A players, but B players played a large number of action games. B players recommendation or not would have a higher weightage when judging action games. All in all, this was a relatively objective and comprehensive evaluation mechanism. Even if there was a certain deviation, it would not be too big. However it seemed like this mechanism was not operating normally at the moment. The others in the group were also shocked. They all showed great concern. That was because the game platforms mechanism would also affect them! All of the game developers had signed an agreement with Dawn Games After the game was released, there would be a week of trial period. If the recommendation rate did not exceed 55%, they would all be taken off the shelves! At first, everyone thought that it would not be difficult. After all, the games recommendation rate was lower than 45%. That was equivalent to two points out of five points on other platforms. There werent many games on other platforms that had 2 points as well, right? Coupled with this weighted algorithm, as long as it was a good quality game with no bugs, wouldnt it be normal to pass when it was just released? However, looking at the situation of these two games, things were obviously not that simple. Whats going on? Why is the recommendation rate so high? Is it because this weighted algorithm is not working? After all, Dawn Games platform has just been released not long ago. Therefore, gamers are lacking in information on this platform. This weighted algorithm cannot distinguish gamers very clearly. Thats possible! Whats more, it might be because there are few players and few samples. Thus, there would be a huge deviation in the probability, causing the ratings to be wrong. Thats not right. Players have to buy the game before they can comment. Players who dont like this game type would not buy it at all. Why would they not recommend it? No matter what, I have to quickly perfect this rule. The bugs in our game are about to be modified. They will be released in two days. What if they are taken off the shelves? Everyone was very concerned. They helped to analyze and @ group leaders to think of ways. Before the group leaders could say anything, the person-in-charge of the first game spoke again. The new platform has very few players. Its true that the weightage algorithm is not accurate, but thats not the main problem! At first, I was also puzzled as to why the recommendation rate was so high. However, when an employee of ours infiltrated the gamer group, I realized what was going on! So its because some gaming guilds are exploiting loopholes. After charging in the game, they want to use this method to obtain half of the refund! Thats because other gamers would benefit from the game if it was taken down. Therefore, there are still many gamers supporting it. The recommendation rate is getting higher and higher! The person-in-charge of the standalone game suddenly realized something. I see! That can explain why our game is a quality standalone game, but the recommendation rate is so high! Some people did not understand and asked, Huh? But what benefits would it be for players to take the game down? Wouldnt they not be able to play it anymore? Someone immediately reminded him. No, even if the game is taken off the shelves, gamers can still play it. However, there will not be new servers and follow-up maintenance. The problem is that the current games will not have follow-up updates and maintenance! The people in the group were all the people in charge of various games companies. They did not know much about such inside information. Thus, they quickly analyzed the truth of the matter. Obviously, gamers had taken advantage of the refund system! According to the rules of the Dawn Games platform, if the games recommendation rate was too high, it meant that there was a very serious problem with this game. Taking the game down and refunding part of it was a responsible act for players. However, it was obvious that gamers were not rejecting the recommendation because of the games quality. Instead, they were refunding it! One of the two games was a Krypton Gold Online Game that was nearing the end of its life. On the first day of its launch, some gaming guilds were stationed there. After researching the mechanism of the platform, these people suddenly realized that it seemed to be more advantageous for them to take the game off the shelves! According to the platforms regulations, they could continue playing after the game was taken off the shelves. However, no new players would be added. This game would not be updated in the future. However, this old game would not have been updated in the first place! Even if it was updated, it would probably not affect the game itself. Whats more, mobile games were all operating on small servers. On average, they would open a new server every two or three days. Thus, to these old players, whether new players came or not did not affect their gaming experience. That was because even if new players came, they would go to the new server and not the old server. Removing the game meant that players who charged the game would get half of the refund. Dont belittle this half of the refund. How many games with paywalls would organize such an unlimited and 50% promotional event? Now, he had enough money to spend in one go. After the game was taken off the shelves, he would get half of the profits. He would not be able to top up the game in the future. However, he could use the money that he had previously spent to maintain the lead on other players and continue to do whatever he wanted. The gamers of that standalone game obviously had the same goal. To them, the restrictions were even less. That was because this standalone game was also at the end of its life. It would be very difficult for the developer to recoup their costs by investing in new versions of the game. They might as well develop new projects. Therefore, removing this game could save half of the money for these players without any negative impact. Since he could do it by clicking the not recommended button, why not click it? Whats more, as many people had analyzed, the new platform could not very well determine the true weight of players, and the newly directed players were players who were greedy for immediate benefits. These two points further fueled this phenomenon. That was why things had developed to this stage. Soon, the group leader spoke. Everyone, calm down. Weve already noticed this problem. The platform had an emergency discussion and decided to make some modifications to the agreement. After the game is taken off the shelves, they can modify it and apply to be put up again. However, there is a time limit. After being taken off the shelves the first time, they would have to apply a month later; after the second time was taken off the shelves, they would only apply two months later, and so on. The old gamers who had been evaluated previously would not participate in the game that was released after it was taken off the shelves. The original evaluation would only be used as a record and would not affect the data for the trial period when it was released again. If the game still does not pass the probation period, then continue to take it off the shelves according to the previous rules. The next application will be extended to two months later. If the game passes the probation period, old gamers can use the difference in price to obtain the latest version of the game. Yan Qi carefully analyzed this new rule and found that there was a part of a loophole. At the very least, the game would not be sentenced to death. Instead, it could be made to appeal. It was equivalent to going from instant death to unlimited revival. Some games that had too many bugs and incomplete game content could be released after being modified. Those games that had been maliciously removed by players could not be evaluated by previous players the next time they were released. Instead, they would be changed to a new batch of players. That would be fairer. However, the problem was this method seemed to treat the symptoms but not the main problem! Indeed, someone in the group quickly raised objections. That wont do. The most profitable time for a mobile game is one or two months ago. In the end, it would take a month for it to be released after it was maliciously taken off the shelves. Wouldnt that be a delay? Thats too long! Thats right. Whats more, changing a group of gamers might not be able to solve the problem. What if most of the gamers on the entire platform want to use this method to freeload the game? Wouldnt most of the games be taken off the shelves? Then, the platform would not be able to open! Dont blame me for being straightforward. In my opinion, this measure is too foreign. Obviously, someone who doesnt understand games thought of it. Thats right. This measure wont work at all. We might as well get rid of it! Itll be fine as long as we dont provide recommendation resources for games with low ratings. Theres no need to take them off the shelves! Its a loss to the platform as well! However, the group leader was unmoved. Im sorry, rules are rules. This cannot be changed. We already have a countermeasure for the gamers deliberately not recommending and maliciously taking the game down. However, we cannot announce it yet. Dont worry, everyone. We will definitely give everyone a satisfactory answer soon! Chapter 1192 - The Boss Of The Platform Obviously Doesn’t Understand Games! The group leaders repeatedly promised that they would definitely solve the problem of gamers deliberately not recommending and maliciously taking the game down. However, the bosses, producers, and chief planners in the group obviously did not buy it. That was because no one had much expectations for this! As game designers, most of them did not believe in gamers self-awareness. It was not that he had any misunderstanding of human nature or stereotypes. This was mainly because of the experience accumulated in the operations of most games and the bloody lessons. After all, games were not reality. Many people in games would often disregard the cost and consequences in order to pursue a special experience. Some orderly gamers might play some dirty tricks in the game, such as deliberately not following the recommended process to play, to see if there would be any difference, or repeatedly skip across the rules to see if there would be bugs or something interesting. On the other hand, some relatively malicious players might maliciously use the bugs in the game to profit. They might even maliciously cheat in online games. They might seriously destroy the gaming experience of other players for the sake of their own enjoyment. Long-term benefits? Maintain the game environment? It was not important to many players. In any case, there were so many games in the market now. At the very most, he could change his account and play another game. As the designer of the system, the game designer had to think of a way to prevent this from happening at the very beginning. The corresponding restriction system had to consider gamers very extreme and predict the worst-case scenario in advance. It was just like the ancient laws. The highest standards of punishment must not be missing. Thus, most designers did not approve of the approach of Dawn Games. Obviously, it had overestimated the players self-awareness and the lower limit of some players. The current decision of the Dawn Games platform was nothing more than giving these games a chance to revive. However, this revival had a cooldown time. The cooldown time was quite long. It would only be released a month later. It would probably be too late. It was obviously unreasonable for players to decide which games they could take down. Obviously, it gave players too much freedom. Without the corresponding system and responsibilities as constraints, the entire environment fell into chaos. That was why everyone felt that it was obviously something that only laymen could do. The real boss behind Dawn Games platform probably did not understand games at all. He was fooling around and was about to lead the platform into a bottomless pit. However, no matter how much they protested, the group leader was unmoved. Obviously, the internal department of Dawn Games platform had come to a conclusion. It was most likely decided by a big boss or higher-up. The designers in the group also knew that there was no point in making things difficult for this staff. Thus, they could only leave after arguing for a long time. Those who were more optimistic continued to fix the bugs in the game, hoping that the official platform could really deal with this problem. Those who were more pessimistic had already given up on this platform in their hearts and planned to find another way. The group gradually fell silent. What these designers did not know was that this measure was finalized after Li Yada consulted Boss Pei. Pei Qian was watching shows in his office earlier when he suddenly received a call from Tang Yishu. S-Senior, bad news! Something has happened on the platform! There are two games that are about to be maliciously taken down by gamers. The people in charge of the games companies that our platform is working with are messing around in the group chat. There is negative public opinion about our platform online now. Sister Yada cant make up her mind. Meng Chang said that we should call and ask for instructions on this. Senior, what should we do? Tang Yishu briefly explained the current situation and sounded flustered. Obviously, this incident had completely exceeded her capabilities. Li Yada could not come up with a 100% solution either. Thus, Meng Chang asked Tang Yishu to call and ask. Pei Qian could not help but look pleasantly surprised as he listened to Tang Yishus report. Such a good thing actually existed? There has been good news on Dawn Games platform recently! First, a large number of game manufacturers were dissuaded because of bugs. Then, the publicity effect was very bad. Then, the number of bugs aroused players doubts and felt that the Dawn Games platform was maliciously creating hype. Now, they were even maliciously taking down games? It was a pleasant surprise! Before this, Pei Qian had felt that even with this system, the chances of a good thing like a large-scale download of the game were negligible. That was because most players were not grassroots. With the weightage mechanism, the games ratings would ultimately be set at a relatively reasonable level. However, Pei Qian now realized that he had neglected a very important point when making this assumption: the player base! They had to talk about probability. That was because the larger the sample, the closer the real probability would be to the expected probability. If the sample was small, there would definitely be a huge deviation. As a new gaming platform, the first batch of gamers that were directed in were relatively special. Most of them did not have a specific gaming platform and had no sense of belonging to the platform. Most of them came with the mentality of freeloading. They would only think about having fun in the first one or two months. They would not think about the environment of the platform! This mentality would become even more serious without intervention. This was just like the scalpers on the shopping platform. They were all organized. If a certain product was marked wrongly, these people would immediately rush forward and directly pull the shop to tears. More players would be attracted to join this group after these players realized that the morning sun gaming platform could earn profits from the game at half price. As time went by, the composition of players on the entire platform would become even more unbalanced. Bliss had come too suddenly. Pei Qian could not suppress his joy. Didnt that mean that the money-burning tree, Dawn Games had become a success? According to his current situation, he could continue to advertise and burn money. He could contact other games companies to put the game on the shelves to burn money. In short, he could do anything he wanted! In any case, gamers would help him take down all the games! The most perfect scenario that he had imagined had happened? Pei Qian was elated. However, he was not overwhelmed by the good news. Instead, he suddenly realized a problem. Since the perfect situation had appeared, he had to adjust the previous measures. This was the mechanism for taking it off the shelves! Previously, Pei Qian had set the rule that games that did not pass the trial period would be taken off the shelves permanently and could not be released in the future. On the surface, this rule was too one-size-fits-all. It might kill many games that were modified later on. However, on the other hand, it was also a protection mechanism. The consequences of taking the game off during the probation period were too serious. Therefore, players had to think carefully and raise the threshold objectively. At the moment, gamers were removing old games from the shelves. Most of these games were not updated anymore, and there was no fresh blood added. After removing them from the shelves, it would not affect old gamers much. Thus, these gamers were relatively unrestrained. However, if there was a high-quality online game that would continue to operate and update in the future, requiring updates and new gamers to improve the game experience, would gamers still be so unbridled as to build games? Probably not. Thus, Pei Qian felt that he should tear the rules wider in order to stabilize the current situation. The game would no longer be taken off the shelves permanently. Instead, it could be revised and uploaded again! However, this mechanism had a certain cooldown time. That way, gamers would not have to think about the consequences when they download the game. They could download the game mindlessly. In any case, it would be uploaded again in the future! At that time, a small portion of players might regret making up for the difference in price and continue playing. However, many players would have gone somewhere else after finishing this wave. Wouldnt that be more of a loss? Whats more, changing the mechanism of taking off the shelves seemed to be beneficial to these games companies on the surface. It would not arouse anyones suspicion. Yes, that would be perfect! Pei Qian explained the plan to Tang Yishu directly. There was the sound of typing on the keyboard, obviously recording everything down. Thats all for now, then. Is there anything else? Pei Qian asked. Tang Yishu quickly said, Ah, Senior, is that all? Only to relieve the malicious taking off the shelf. The other problems wouldnt be resolved, right? Chapter 1193 - Let Meng Chang Make the Decision The other problems? There was no need to solve the other problems at all. The current situation was quite good! Pei Qian hoped that this situation would continue. That would be perfect. However, since Little Tang was asking, he had to give her a reply. Otherwise, she might think that he had messed up and quit. That would be a problem. He could not let Little Tang take the blame for the failure of Dawn Games platform, or she would definitely run away. Who should take the blame then? Pei Qian really wanted to take the blame, but he could not! Now, everyone in Tengda thought that Boss Pei was absolutely right. Even if there was a problem, it was the people under him who executed it. Even if Boss Pei took the initiative to say that he was to blame, he would only be interpreted as consoling his subordinates. Thus, he had to find a suitable candidate. Pei Qian quickly thought of it. Wasnt Meng Chang the most suitable? He was a natural scapegoat! His reputation was not good to begin with. Many people had prejudices against him. Whats more, as the person-in-charge of the publicity department, he was roaming around various projects. One could say that he changed places after every shot. He would take the blame and leave. There would not be any follow-up effects. Meng Chang himself should not care about taking the blame as long as he could get a commission. Whats more, Meng Chang had the same interests as him. He was not afraid that anything would go wrong if he pushed the blame to him. If others were to take the blame, they might work hard due to immense pressure and shame and suddenly turn the entire projects losses into profits. If Meng Chang were to take the blame, he would only calmly accept it and do nothing. Then, he would happily take the commission. Just now, after the game platform encountered a problem, Tang Yishu and Li Yada were at a loss. Meng Chang was the first to ask Little Tang to call and share the good news with Boss Pei. What a perfect candidate! Pei Qian made up his mind and said, As for the other problems Its not a key problem. Just let Meng Chang decide. There was a short period of silence in the conference room of the Dawn Games platform. Li Yada had already followed Boss Peis instructions and announced the new plan in the group. The designers in the group chat did not accept it. However, they could only leave after realizing that there was no more comment. However, Li Yada was a designer herself. How could she not understand what the group was saying? Boss Peis plan was indeed not perfect. No, thats not right. How could Boss Peis plan not be perfect? Obviously, he had not found the right way. However, she really could not think of how to open it. He turned to look at Meng Chang. Boss Pei had said that the other problems were not key questions. Meng Chang could make the decision. However, would Meng Chang really be able to do it? Tang Yishu also looked at Meng Chang. So what should we do? Meng Chang was silent for a moment and said, You dont have to do anything. You just have to wait. Li Yada was a little surprised. Wait? This kind of thing doesnt seem to be solvable by waiting, right? Didnt you say that your publicity still has a follow-up plan? Meng Chang made a hush gesture. Dont say it. It wont work if you say it. This matter must not be leaked. Even if people know about the existence of the follow-up plan, it might be a fatal blow to the entire plan. To Meng Chang, Boss Pei had already buried the explosives and was waiting for Meng Chang to detonate them. At a time like that, confidentiality was the most important. Not only could he not let others know where the appropriate detonation point was, he could not even let others know the existence of the explosives. Otherwise, it would not be so surprising after this point exploded. The effect would naturally be greatly reduced. Li Yada felt a little helpless. This feeling of being secretive made her very uncomfortable. Boss Pei might have the same style of doing things, but Boss Pei was confident after devising strategies. He did not have to worry about losing out at all. Meng Chang was also playing this style, which was rather worrying. However, on further thought, since Boss Pei had already said to hand it to Meng Chang, he would hand it to Meng Chang! Boss Pei was very good at judging people and definitely knew what kind of person Meng Chang was. Since Boss Pei chose to trust him, he must have 100% confidence. At that thought, Li Yada nodded. Alright, lets wait patiently. August 23rd, Thursday Meng Chang did not go to the games platform again. Instead, he went to the advertising and marketing department. He had already handed all the daily publicity work of the game platform to Yu Yao. In any case, they were all very conventional and ordinary publicity work. Yu Yao was completely capable of doing it. On the other hand, Meng Chang had to focus his energy and complete the most important part of the entire publicity plan! Indeed, everything was within Boss Peis plan. Boss Pei had even roughly planned the time I found this explosive point. No, it might not have been planned. Instead, it might have been estimated when the platform would maliciously take it down. As long as I see this phenomenon and combine it with what Boss Pei said before, I will naturally think that this place is the explosive point Both possibilities are valid. Forget it. Theres no point in worrying about this. In any case, Boss Pei has already guessed my plan. Thats why he told Li Yada that Ill be in charge of the entire plan. Then the time is almost ripe. We can start the final preparations! After learning about Boss Peis attitude towards the game and obtaining Boss Peis approval after the players maliciously recommended and removed the game, Meng Chang was completely certain that his plan was the standard answer that Boss Pei had planned. It was about time to finish up. There was still a week to the end of the month but he had to prepare for this job early. After all, Meng Chang knew nothing about Teacher Qiaos situation now. What if Teacher Qiao had already noticed the Dawn Games platform and had even prepared a video to release it? Now, the time was ripe. Meng Chang was prepared to contact Teacher Qiao and take the initiative to tell him the explosive points. That way, Teacher Qiao would definitely be very grateful. Meng Chang would naturally ask Teacher Qiao to move the time of the video to next month. The reason why he had to advance a week was mainly to prevent Teacher Qiao from posting the video on his own in advance and making ducks and drakes of Meng Changs commission. Whats more, he had more than enough time to make a video in a week. He could ensure the timely effect and the quality of the video. That would be the best publicity effect. It was conceivable that the popularity of all the early publicity would accumulate next month. All the negative discussions would be reversed and the Dawn Games platform would definitely soar! Meng Chang would get a high commission after this month. What happened next month had nothing to do with him. To Tengda, he had also obtained an excellent publicity plan. This commission was worth it. It was obviously a win-win situation. Meng Chang could not wait any longer and immediately prepared to contact Teacher Qiao. Of course, this way, Qiao Liang would immediately know the relationship between Tengda and Dawn Games. Meng Chang had already announced his cooperation with Dawn Games on Weibo, but no one had linked Dawn Games to Tengda Corporation so far. There were two main reasons. First of all, many people only knew that Meng Chang had signed a special agreement with Tengda in order to repay his debt. On the other hand, Meng Chang had gone to other companies to cooperate and come up with a plan to help promote the game. It was also to repay the money as soon as possible. This was not Tengdas official behavior. It was Meng Changs personal behavior that Tengda had tacitly allowed. Secondly, most people would not think that the Dawn Games platform had anything to do with Tengda Corporation. That was because it was too easy for Tengda to create a gaming platform. They could just hang their games on the platform and become popular. There was no need to fart. Therefore, even if Meng Chang came up with a publicity plan for Dawn Games, most people would not think that Dawn Games belonged to Tengda. However, if Meng Chang wanted to tell Teacher Qiao about it, Teacher Qiao would definitely understand the truth instantly with his intelligence. However, there was no big problem. He just had to instruct Teacher Qiao to keep this a secret. Once the relationship with Tengda Corporation was announced, Dawn Games would definitely become popular. However, this was obviously not in line with Boss Peis plan. Meng Chang speculated that the reason why Boss Pei repeatedly instructed him not to expose it was to temper the Dawn Games platform in such an environment. At the same time, he wanted to verify the new business model set by the games platform. It was obviously not the right time yet. Perhaps this was only the first round of publicity. There would be a second and third round in the future. Once the relationship between the gaming platform and Tengda was exposed, not only would it destroy Boss Peis plan, but it would also mean that the second and third publicity plan in the future would be ruined. Wouldnt that be a waste of the opportunity to get a commission? Teacher Qiao was a good friend of Boss Peis. He had a deep understanding. As long as he explained this to him clearly, Teacher Qiao would definitely keep his mouth shut in the short term. Perhaps this content would be leaked during the second or third round of publicity plans, but so what? In any case, it would be about the time that Boss Pei was looking forward to. Meng Chang sent a message to Qiao Liang after making up his mind. At that moment, Qiao Liang was preparing the materials. He planned to have a good chat with everyone about Dawn Games gaming platform for the new episode! Recently, Qiao Liang had not made any videos about games. That was because the game he had been looking forward to the most recently was Tengdas Eternal Reincarnation. However, this downloadable content has just been developed. He was afraid that he would not be able to play it in the short term. Thus, if he wanted to make a filler video, oh no, an actual video, he could only look elsewhere. Dawn Games had been quite popular in the gaming circle recently. On one hand, it seemed to have sufficient funds because of the publicity. On the other hand, it had created all sorts of seemingly brain-destroying operations, causing some players to discuss and mock it. However, Qiao Liang felt that things were not that simple. The series of operations on the Dawn Games platform gave him a sense of familiarity. Qiao Liang could not help but wonder if this matter was related to Tengda. Chapter 1194 - Young Master Tian” Qiao Liang did not think in this direction when he first knew about this gaming platform. That was because the only part of Dawn Games that was related to Tengda was Meng Chang. However, according to Meng Chang himself, he was working on publicity plans for various companies to pay his debts. Therefore, it was not surprising that he was working with any company. If this gaming platform was opened by Tengda, Tengda could put their own game on it and instantly make it popular. Therefore, Qiao Liang originally thought that it was more likely that this platform had nothing to do with Tengda. Meng Chang might really have just gone to earn extra money. He vaguely knew that the contract Tengda had signed with Meng Chang was a very special contract. It was not an official employee and there was no relationship. He could go to other companies to help at any time. It was probably to let Meng Chang pay up faster. Therefore, at the beginning, Qiao Liang only thought that Meng Chang had gone to Dawn Games to earn money. However, Qiao Liang suddenly felt that it was very familiar with the series of operations on Dawn Games platform. Meng Changs plan seemed to amount to something? Many people said that this publicity plan was very stupid. However, Teacher Qiao knew very well what kind of person Meng Chang was. He was a master at marketing! He had done many popular marketing plans previously. Now that he had learned from Boss Pei, his standard had improved by leaps and bounds when he made the Doubt VR glasses. Even if he did not do it seriously in order to make a quick buck, he should not be at such a level, right? Coupled with the series of special rules of Dawn Games platform, Qiao Liang felt that something was amiss. This was the instinct of an experienced reader. He was good at discovering the truth from various details. Qiao Liang felt that this matter could be discussed properly. Although he had not analyzed it very clearly, given Qiao Liangs ability, two days of analyzing and making videos was enough. This weekend, which was around the 26th or 27th, it would not be a problem to publish this video to meet everyone! However, just as he was seriously collecting materials, he noticed a new message. Eh? Meng Chang is looking for me? 30 minutes later. After a patient and detailed communication, both of them fell into temporary silence. Meng Chang felt fear! It was a good thing that he had found him in advance. Otherwise, Teacher Qiao would really have posted a video two days later! Teacher Qiao had similar thoughts as Meng Chang. However, he was not an insider and did not know the inside story after all, so his interpretation was not perfect. Even so, Teacher Qiaos video was enough to ignite a spark in advance. In other words, once this video was released, it would destroy Meng Changs entire plan. On one hand, it was to let all the popularity explode before the end of the month so that Meng Changs commission would be directly cleared to zero. On the other hand, it would cause the popularity to be less than expected because the interpretation would not be comprehensive. Meng Chang and Boss Peis careful preparation would result in a discount in the publicity effect. Meng Chang was a little afraid. He had almost fallen into Teacher Qiaos hands again. Fortunately, he had been prepared and was a step ahead! On the other hand, Qiao Liang was very surprised. Dawn Games platform was really part of Tengdas business? Meng Chang was actually following orders. Boss Pei was actually behind this publicity plan? Moreover, there was a deeper meaning to this plan? From the looks of it, his video was a little superficial. That was because he did not think that this was Tengdas business at all in the beginning. The target of his analysis was not Boss Pei. Naturally, Qiao Liang did not think so deeply about it subconsciously. Many of his analyses were shallow. It was a good thing that Meng Chang came over. Otherwise, his analysis would not have hit the nail on the head. That would have ruined his reputation! What if the truth was revealed to the world in the future? Everyone would know about the past and present lives of Dawn Games platform and the relationship between this platform and Tengda. Wouldnt Teacher Qiao be slapped in the face if he looked back at this video? Both of them remained silent for a while. Meng Chang said, Old Qiao, Ive already told you the general situation. I only have one request. Post this video at the beginning of next month. Make sure you edit the synopsis of the video during this week. Cut it out and prepare more. After a while, Qiao Liang replied. No, I dont intend to post a video. Meng Chang: ? Why? Qiao Liang answered, Even if these analyses were released, I did not interpret them myself. Instead, it was equivalent to making your mouthpiece. Im a principled UP Master. How can I do such a thing? Meng Chang felt a little dizzy. This Teacher Qiao was quite proud. Not making a video just because he did not analyze the content? Dont! If you dont make a video, the second half of my publicity plan wont be able to continue! I have to have a solver! I cant possibly interpret it myself, right? I might have some influence, but thats all negative influence. Ill mess everything up! It was just like an artist painting a famous painting. If no one appreciated it, wouldnt it be buried? The value of the famous painting would only be reflected by someone who could convince everyone. Qiao Liang said, You can interpret it yourself. Just open an alternate account. Ill share your video when the time comes. Meng Chang: This He did not expect Qiao Liang to not ride on the popularity. He was momentarily at a loss. Qiao Liang said again, Since you want to interpret it, you have to do it well! It looks like youve done it better than me this time. In order for the publicity to end perfectly, you must make the video yourself. Meng Chang: But my voice will be recognized. Qiao Liang: Find someone else to dub over the voice, or create it using electronic voice. Meng Chang had nothing to say this time. Teacher Qiao was determined not to make this video, so he could only make it himself. Meng Chang was worried if he left it to others after all. What if the video could not achieve a reverse effect after it was released? Wouldnt that mean that he had not learned the Pei Familys publicity method? Wouldnt that disappoint Boss Pei? Fortunately, making videos was a piece of cake for Meng Chang. As for his voice He might as well just use AEEISs voice. Alright, Ill do it myself. By the way, I have to keep the relationship between Dawn Games platform and Tengdas games, as well as my role in the publicity plan a secret. Qiao Liang agreed immediately. No problem. Im friends with Boss Pei. Of course, I have to help! Meng Chang had no choice but to do it himself if Teacher Qiao did not cooperate. However, he had to keep it a secret. He had to use his alternate account to post videos. He had no intention to gain any credit for the success of the publicity plan this time. Even if the public opinion reversed, he had to work hard to make everyone think that this was the platforms success and had nothing to do with Meng Chang. There were three main reasons for this. First of all, Meng Chang had a bad reputation. He was worried that using his real name to post this video might cause a negative impact and greatly reduce the publicity effect. Second, Meng Chang had to keep this bad name and keep it for future commissions. In the end, Meng Chang interpreted it personally. That was a little awkward. He was afraid that Boss Pei would be unhappy. When Boss Pei used the Pei familys publicity method, he did not have to do anything. A large group of people came to interpret it on their own. On the other hand, Meng Chang had to post his own video to interpret the publicity method using the Pei Family. That was a little embarrassing. After combining all these reasons, Meng Chang decided to use his alternate account to post a video. In the future, Meng Changs Weibo and this alternate Aili Island website account would be dual personalities. He would use Meng Changs bad reputation to get commissions and use this alternate account to interpret the plan for the Pei Familys publicity method. Not bad! Meng Chang thought for a long time and felt that this was a good choice. Thus, he immediately decided to build an alternate account. Hmm what should I name the alternate account? Lets call him Young Master Tian! Meng Chang slapped his forehead and thought of a small ID. He first thought of Meng Tengjun based on his own name, but this ID seemed a little too obvious. Thus, he changed to another name. Meng Tengjuns original name was Tian Wen. He was the head of the four young masters in the war, so he was called Tian Gong. Most people would only think that the person was a young man with the surname Tian when they saw the ID Young Master Tian. They would not think about Meng Chang. Theres still about a week until the end of the month. Theres no rush to make the video. Just make it before the end of the month and wait for it to be released. Ill ask Teacher Qiao to share it when the time comes. It should be able to gain good popularity soon. During this period, we can also release the follow-up plan for the bug and add more wood. Meng Chang sent a message to Li Yada, indicating that she could go online with the plan that she had previously worked on. Dawn Games platform would launch an event to find bugs. The games that could already be played on the platform were basically the same as the Blade of the Empire. There were one or two bugs. After all, the standard to be released was that Tang Yishu could only play within five bugs in half an hour. It was impossible for bugs not to exist. In this event, players would only have to find bugs in a game and reach the number of bugs recorded on the platform to be rewarded with 1,000 yuan. If they exceed the number of bugs recorded on the platform, they would be rewarded with 100,000 yuan! Take the Blade of the Empire, for example. The number of bugs recorded on the platform for this game was one. In other words, if players found this bug, they would be rewarded 1,000 yuan. If they found the second bug, they would be rewarded 100,000 yuan. It was conceivable that once this event was released, it would definitely attract huge attention and huge controversy. There would definitely be players who would scold them angrily, saying that this was malicious hype and that it was a trap. They would probably be scolded badly with the current bad reputation of Dawn Games platform. However, everything would change drastically once Meng Chang obtained the commission after this month! Chapter 1195 - : It Looks Good At First Glance But There Are Many Problems August 24th, Friday He had worked overtime until 10 at night yesterday. After work today, he had been busy until noon. The Blade of the Empire was finally going to be released! The game Blade of the Empire had been delayed for two whole weeks for the sake of publishing on Dawn gaming platform. Fortunately, other than the bug that could not be replicated, the other bugs should have been fixed. As he was about to go online, Yan Qi was very apprehensive. For a mobile game, the figures for the first two days after being released basically determined life and death to a certain extent. Unlike client-side games that were hugely invested and produced, mobile games had a unique operating mechanism. Most startups that made mobile games could not get too many resources to recommend or publicize games in the early stages. Thus, the only way to get more recommendation resources from channels was to talk about data. If the figures on the day of release were good, players were more active and charged more enthusiastically, proving the potential of the game to make money, the platform would naturally be willing to use more resources to promote it. The better the data, the more they could promote it. The more data they promoted, the better. That would form a virtuous cycle. On the other hand, if the figures were bad once it was released, it would fall into a vicious cycle. It would be very difficult to salvage the situation. That was because it was difficult to tell which part of the game players did not like. Even if it was modified, it was difficult to guarantee that players would like it after modification. On the other hand, the Blade of the Empire that Yan Qi and the others had developed was relatively less heavy and had a low paywall. As an action mobile game, even though there were charging points, they still spent most of their energy on the gameplay and quality polishing. He was worried that this would make the games top-up figures look bad, and thus delay the overall performance of the first day of the game. Coupled with the recent series of negative events on Dawn Games platform and the rule that the recommendation rate would be taken off the shelves if it exceeded 55%, Yan Qi was even more worried. Now, everything was finally ready. The state of Blade of the Empire on the Dawn Games platform had also become about to be opened. He just had to wait a few more hours to know the final fate of this game. However, at that moment, Yan Qi suddenly noticed a huge promotional page on the platform. Find bugs and win 100,000 yuan? What the hell is this! Do they mean it literally? Yan Qi was shocked when he saw the message on the promotional page. He quickly clicked on it. In the end, it was true. It was clearly stated that as long as they found a bug with the same number of bugs as the one recorded on the platform, they would be rewarded with a thousand yuan. If they found one more, they would be rewarded with a hundred thousand yuan! However, this event had a series of additional conditions. First of all, the definition of bug only referred to the programming bugs that affected the normal progress of the game. Mistakes like the wording and semantics in the text might be considered bugs in general but they were not included in this event. Secondly, this event would be based on the game version number recorded by the official platform of Dawn Games platform. The game version would be updated and the content would change. The number of bugs had to be tabulated again. Third, players would have to provide a full video to prove that the game was downloaded from the official platform and was a normal version that had not been maliciously modified. The bugs that they found could be replicated at least once. Lastly, the event would only last for two weeks. The same bug would only be given once. The order would depend on the time when the official platform would provide effective proof materials. The event might continue in the future. The specific time would be different. Yan Qi finally heaved a sigh of relief after reading the rules several times. Fortunately, this rule was quite complete. He was most afraid that there would be loopholes in the rules for such activities. Players would take advantage of the loopholes and not be able to clarify things. The series of conditions attached to this event basically blocked most of the loopholes that could be exploited. The first rule was to prevent players from playing word games and wrangling. It was inevitable for there to be mistakes in words, sick sentences, and so on in the game. Most testers tests would not focus on this. It would be a little difficult if players insisted that this was a bug because of a single mistake. It was limited to programming bugs that would affect the games normal progress. The boundaries would be clearer and more direct. It would not be easy to blur over. The second rule was to prevent game developers from faking it. What if an employee secretly spread a bug and found it to collect the bonus? The way to deal with the Dawn Games platform was to use the game version submitted by various game manufacturers to the platform. That was the version that Manager Tang had tried out. If the game developers wanted to make changes to this version, they would first have to obtain the approval of the platform. Secondly, they would have to leave traces of changes. Secretly making changes would definitely be discovered. If the platform allowed ordinary updates, the number of bugs recorded on the platform would naturally correspondingly change. The search for bugs would be based on this new number. Of course, during this event period, they had to avoid updating the game version as much as possible so that gamers would not find bugs for a long time and all their efforts would be wasted. Even though such efforts would probably be in vain. The third rule was to prevent some technical players from faking it by modifying the games client. They had to download the entire video from the official platform and provide a recording of the entire process. Whats more, they had to be able to replay it twice steadily. Whats more, the games on the platform would be connected to the internet the entire time. The automatic school client version would be tested for its integrity and to see if it had been modified. That way, the chances of players faking it through technical methods would become negligible. Of course, he could not rule out the possibility that some particularly impressive technical big shots could bypass these restrictions and forcefully fake it. However, the official platform would definitely have a way. For example, they would reimburse him for the travel expenses and let him prove with the official machine that he could record the entire process and live-stream it. As long as he proved that this bug really existed, they would give him an additional bonus. If it was a fake person, he would definitely not dare to come. At most, he would harass them online. The fourth rule was to determine the effectiveness of the event. Such an event would consume a lot of manpower and resources. It would definitely not last. It might only be two weeks but there would definitely be a lot of attention. Whats more, so what if someone really found a bug? They could just distribute money normally. This platform was not lacking in money at all from the marketing activities that morning. Giving a few players some money would be equivalent to buying popularity. What could it be compared to a large sum of publicity funds? Of course, there was a prerequisite. There could not be more bugs in the game than on the platform. Take the Blade of the Empire, for example. There was a bug written on the platform. If there were actually dozens of bugs in the game, and they could easily be replicated, the players would have to take care of these dozens of bugs dozens of times and directly take away millions. Then, they would definitely be done. However, Yan Qi knew very well that this place had good feng shui. It has been repeatedly tested by many game companies! If they could only find one bug in a treasure ground, the chances of players finding two bugs were negligible. Even if they really found it, he would just give them a hundred thousand yuan. This hundred thousand yuan would just be a publicity budget to achieve the effect of spending a thousand yuan on a fervent quest for talent. A hundred thousand yuan was nothing to some small mobile games that generated millions of yuan each month, much less gaming platforms. Thats a good thing! Once this event is released, a large number of players will definitely flood the platform to find bugs for the bonus. Our game will be able to enjoy this wave of dividends when its just released! Yan Qi could not help but feel emotional. He had used all sorts of bad moves on the Dawn Games platform previously. Now, he has finally organized a smart event online! This event might be completely dependent on feng shui and treasure land, and had nothing much to do with the strength of the platform itself, but so what? Every platform had to make full use of their advantage! Hold on. Doing this would indeed increase the popularity in the short term, but Im afraid it would still cause controversy after the event, right? No, dont talk about the end of the event. Im afraid that the controversy would reach its peak a week after the event. Once Yan Qi analyzed it, he realized that it was not as simple as he thought. In the beginning, the huge bonus from the bug-searching event would definitely cause a huge reaction online and attract a large group of players. These gamers were here to find bugs, and they were definitely very confident. However, they probably would not be able to find any bugs after searching for a few days with high intensity. At that time, people would definitely think of all sorts of tricks, such as making fake videos, criticizing online, and taking advantage of the situation. For example, they could say that they had found a bug but the official platform did not pay for it. Some people might also say that in fact, some games had already fixed all the bugs. The actual number of programming bugs was zero. However, in order to deceive players, Dawn of Games deliberately wrote the number of bugs into one. Even if players really won the prize money, others would suspect that it was an official request. All in all, those gamers who were rushing to get bonuses would definitely not give up as long as they did not get bonuses. They would definitely cause trouble. What if this group of people became angry because they could not find any bugs and did not recommend the game crazily, causing more games to be taken down? Doing an event might attract attention, but how could they quell the negative public opinion caused by a portion of players anger and humiliation? Yan Qi only thought about it for a moment before he felt a headache. He knew very well that public opinion like this was the most difficult to deal with. That was because once it fermented, the emotions of many players would be coerced. Even if the official statement was true, it would be very difficult to gain peoples trust. It would be very difficult to reverse public opinion. If the problem worsened, it would be difficult to solve it no matter how much publicity funds they spent. Yan Qi, who had been quite happy just now, became listless again. At first, he had thought that Dawn Games platform had suddenly become enlightened and made a good move. However, after careful observation, he realized that this move was not good either! There were benefits, but there were risks, and they were huge! It was simply dancing on the edge of a knife. If he was not careful, he would attract fire. Yan Qi could not help but sigh. Dawn games platform was really full of disasters! It might be difficult to create a gaming platform but it was not that difficult as long as there was money and resources. On the other hand, Dawn Games platform was obviously rich and had resources, but it had forcefully played through a series of tricks to become hellish difficulty. There would be no one else who engages in such operations with such a good hand. However, Yan Qi had no choice. He could only watch the changes while busy with his own game. Chapter 1196 - Meng Chang Really Puts Me At Ease! August 27th, Monday Pei Qian arrived at the office as usual to check on the situation of the various departments. Eh? Dawn Games platform actually organized a bug competition this weekend? And he was scolded? Pei Qian put down the discussions online and was shocked to find that Dawn Games platform was scolded again. Eh, why the word again? Obviously, Pei Qian could no longer remember how many surprises the morning had brought to him this month. The spark that led to the scolding this time was the bug-searching competition on the Dawn of Games. According to the rules, any game on the platform that found the same number of bugs as the one marked on the platform would get a 1,000 yuan bonus. Any extra bug would get a 100,000 yuan bonus. Once this event was released, it indeed caused a very enthusiastic response. That was because gamers had never seen such an event! Players were already used to the bugs in the game. Now, there was actually a gaming platform that allowed players to find bugs on the platform? Even if they found them, would they be rewarded? Whats more, he offered a sky-high bonus! At the moment, there were very few games on the platform. There were only about ten games in total, and all of them were mobile games. These games were submitted to Dawn gaming platform at about the same time as Blade of the Empire. They had just finished fixing the bugs and were officially released not long ago. The number of bugs in these games basically ranged from one to three. Some old games that had been operating for a long time and recorded bugs on the platform also participated in this event. However, players would not be able to get the 1,000 yuan bonus. They could only get 100,000 yuan. Finding one or two bugs in a specific game would earn him a hundred thousand yuan. How tempting was that?! Thus, news of this spread very quickly. A large number of players flooded into the games platform, wanting to get a share of the profits. Pei Qian looked at the time. The event was officially released on Friday. A weekend had already passed. This event caused a chain reaction. For example, the recommendation rate for the previous two games had stabilized! Initially, the recommendation rate of these two games had already reached the brink of being taken off the shelves. Whats more, the rate of growth was still increasing. However, after the event of looking for bugs began, they held on. The recommendation rate had even increased significantly. However, that was not because the gamers on the platform had found their conscience. Instead, it was because gamers wanted to keep these two games for bugs! These two games had been operating on other platforms for a long time. There were very few bugs in themselves. To gamers, the fewer bugs there were, the more cost-effective it would be to find them. According to the platforms regulations, if a game had zero bugs, players would only need to find one bug to get 100,000 yuan. If another game had three bugs, players would have to find three bugs to get 1,000. If they found four bugs, they would get 100,000 yuan. To gamers, it was obviously very difficult for these two games to find bugs. Thus, games with fewer bugs naturally became in high demand. Many players went in to experience the game. They even spent some money to unlock the specific gameplay in the game so that they could search every corner of the game for bugs! This weekend, another batch of games were released on Dawn Games platform. The bugs had all been modified and reached Tang Yishus standards, including the Blade of the Empire. The games with fewer bugs naturally became the main targets in these games. Players instantly rushed in and filled the new servers. On the surface, this seemed to be a good thing. After all, it had brought a lot of popularity to Dawn Games platform. However, things slowly changed over the weekend. The discussion online was not going in the right direction! Liar! This gaming platform is a complete liar! I found a bug, but the official platform did not reply to me at all after I submitted it! Big boss, awesome! Post the video on Aili Islands website. Well like it so that the official platform cant pretend to be dumb! This platform is really too bad. Why are you pretending if you dont have money? You boasted about a hundred thousand yuan as a bonus, but you refused to give it to me. Are you trying to cheat me again? Eh, have you found the bugs? I played for two days without sleep. Why didnt I find any bugs at all I found a few semantics, but the official platform is sneaky. They said that this is not a bug! It has to be a program bug! Dont worry about it. Everyone, curse it to death. This platform is completely playing us. It has no intention of paying at all! There were basically two types of people cursing online. The first was that they had found a bug, but the official platform did not reply. Obviously, they were going back on their word. The other was that the official platform was deliberately creating hype and casually wrote a bug, deceiving gamers to find a bug and using this gimmick to generate popularity. On the other hand, the latter was basically influenced by the former. Many people scolded them, but they might not have found any bugs in the game at all. They were only incited when they saw that everyone else was scolding. Pei Qian was pleasantly surprised. Who thought of this event? It was probably Meng Chang! Li Yada was so simple-minded. He only knew how to design games and probably would not be able to come up with such a bad idea. Whats more, this kind of activity that looked good on the surface was actually a scam. It was very in line with Meng Changs character and motives. This event was quite successful. At the very least, it brought up all the negative public opinion. The only bad thing was, how could he not give them money? He had to pay him! No matter how many bugs they found, they had to pay him! At that thought, Pei Qian immediately called Meng Chang. Hello? Boss Pei? There was the sound of typing on the keyboard. Meng Chang seemed to be busy with something. Pei Qian was 120% satisfied with Meng Changs working attitude. It was too reliable with Meng Chang keeping an eye on the Dawn gaming platform! It was too reassuring! Did you come up with this bug finding event? Pei Qian asked. Meng Chang: Thats right, Boss Pei. What do you think? Thats awesome! Its a genius idea! Pei Qian was not stingy with his praise. However, theres a problem. We have to keep our word. We have to give as much as we can. We cannot go back on our word. Meng Chang said matter-of-factly, Of course, Boss Pei. How can we go back on our word? However, we didnt go to work this weekend. We only started dealing with the videos submitted by these players this morning. We will record all the content one by one and publicize it on the official website. If someone really finds enough bugs, we will definitely pay the money in full. We will not save. Pei Qian was a little surprised. Since you dont intend to go back on your word from the beginning, why didnt you tell gamers that you were on holiday this weekend? Meng Chang smiled. Of course its for some special purpose. Boss Pei, you definitely understand. Pei Qian immediately understood. Oh! Of course. Very good. Im relieved now that you know your job very well and thoroughly. The publicity work this month is going well. Keep it up! Its almost the end of the month. If you persevere, the commission will be beckoning to you! Meng Chang was very excited. Alright, Boss Pei! Meng Chang was encouraged after hanging up. Indeed, no matter how unexpected his plan was, Boss Pei could see the intentions behind it with a single look. This meant that the publicity plan that he had racked his brains to think of was still in Boss Peis plan. Meng Chang checked the current public opinion online and shook his head in pity. Its a pity that we didnt have enough time. I thought that these gamers would wait at least a week before making a fuss. I didnt expect them to be so impatient. They cant even wait for two days. Can you at least find a few days to make a fuss? Meng Chang had originally planned it perfectly. He had started the bug-searching event last weekend for two weeks. He had predicted that gamers would completely lose their patience at the end of the weekend, which was the end of the month. The negative public opinion on Dawn Games platform would peak. That way, Meng Chang would be able to maximize the commission. However, because the gamers on the platform were very impetuous, they lost their patience in two days and caused a commotion. This caused Meng Changs plan to be slightly affected. It was impossible to delay it for another four or five days. The main reason was that he was afraid that gamers would not continue scolding if he did not respond. The negative public opinion would not continue to increase. If that was the case, it would be a little rushed when the video was released next month. This publicity plan was equivalent to three to five days of break. It was very imperfect. If he wanted to maintain the popularity of this matter, he could only clarify it. Meng Chang had already written a new official announcement and sent it to Li Yada. This announcement responded to players current doubts. It said that the reason why there was no reply over the weekend was that the company was resting normally during the weekend. Next, it would check and reply to the bugs that all players had submitted. He also reminded him again that the videos sent by players had to be in accordance with the rules. It had to be the official platforms game version. It had not been maliciously modified. The video had not been maliciously edited and made. It could also be replicated twice. If players were dissatisfied with the results, they could come to a specific location in Jingzhou and demonstrate. Dawn Games platform would conduct a live-stream on the internet. Once it was confirmed that not only would they be reimbursed for the travel and accommodation fees, but the bonus would also double. Of course, when gamers came to Jingzhou, they would definitely not arrange for him to be tested in the treasure land of the Dawn Games platform. Instead, they would arrange for him to be in a hotel venue and be far away. Meng Chang leaned back in his chair and sighed softly after making the arrangements. Im still not familiar with the Pei familys publicity method. I cant achieve the feeling of Boss Pei lifting weights easily and freely. I feel that my plan might be developing according to the expected plan on the whole, but most of the time, it would still be disrupted by unexpected situations. It might be remedial but it would not be so natural. However its much better than before. Meng Chang recalled how he was on tenterhooks when he made the proposal to get the commission previously. He was afraid that he would not notice anything if he was not careful and the project would become popular in advance. His commission would be completely wasted. However, Meng Chang no longer felt that way. That was because he had already grasped all the details of the entire project. He had already predicted when the project would become popular and how it would become popular. Naturally, he was no longer afraid. Meng Chang only had one feeling now: he could not wait for the end of the month to arrive! Chapter 1197 - Open More Experience Shop! August 28th, Tuesday Pei Qian took the car and prepared to head to Tengda experience shop. He was so bored in the car that he took out his cell phone and looked at the netizens discussion on Dawn Games platform happily. Pei Qian could not help but feel refreshed seeing netizens say that this platform would definitely collapse soon and be despised by everyone. So happy! It had been a long time since he had such a smooth-sailing feeling in his heart. In the past few months, he seemed to be able to hear the bad news that the industry had become popular every month. After suffering so many heavy blows, Pei Qian had even forgotten the joy of losing money in the beginning. He was a little used to the fact that projects were making money and becoming popular. That was not good! Humans had to be more courageous with every setback. As long as he persevered, wouldnt he be able to see a turnaround like how he did now? Take Meng Chang for example. If Pei Qian had given up on Meng Chang when he repeatedly received basic salary in the beginning and messed up the publicity plan, how could he have achieved todays success? Speaking of this, Pei Qian felt a little proud. All in all, the start of this cycle was not bad. As the first project in this cycle, Dawn Games platform gave the other projects a good start by incurring losses. In the future, as long as he summarized his experience on the Dawn Games platform and entered other industries, the chances of losing money would definitely increase greatly! Pei Qian had already planned everything for the future of the games platform. After the bug search ended this time, the traffic attracted by the bonus would definitely dissipate very quickly. The negative public opinion that had accumulated previously would definitely explode. Thus, the popularity of Dawn Games platform would definitely decrease at the speed of light. Pei Qian was going to take this opportunity to continue allocating more money for publicity so that he could do regular publicity for the Dawn of Games. However, his reputation was ruined after all. There were not many good games on the platform. No matter how much publicity funds he spent, it would all be wasted. It would not have a good effect. Wouldnt that be burning money lying down? Under optimistic circumstances, if the relationship between this platform and Tengda could be hidden for a year and a half, that would be a huge help. How many settlement cycles would he have to help Boss Pei? It was not an optimal situation but should not be a problem to last for half a year. At the very least, he could maintain the current settlement cycle. If one day, the relationship between the Dawn Games platform and Tengda was exposed, public opinion would probably reverse instantly. At that time, Pei Qian would move all of Tengdas games over and set a price that was lower than the official games platform. At the same time, he would change the share of the other game merchants to 10-90. The platform would only take 10%. While minimizing profits, he could also organize more publicity events to burn money. He had to work hard to make the profits of the games platform negative for a period of time. That way, he would probably be able to last for another year. That was enough. To Pei Qian, it would be perfect if the gaming platform could be maintained for two to three years without making money. As for what would happen in the future, that was too far away. It was not a problem that he had to consider now. Pei Qian planned happily. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that it was a wise decision to let Tang Yishu be in charge of this gaming platform and Meng Chang for the publicity work. He arrived at the experience shop just as he was thinking about it. Golden Prosperity Squares entrance was as crowded as before. Pei Qian was a little melancholic as he sighed silently. This time, the big screen outside the experience shop was no longer a promotional poster for the GPLs Spring Competition finals. Instead, it had become the focus promotional poster for the GPLs summer competition. Obviously, this big screen had become a huge promotional poster of the opposite GPL league venue. Whats more, it was dynamic. It could be seen from afar. The publicity effect was simply not good. Pei Qian really wanted to complain. I created this big screen for you, not for this purpose! However, he was very worried that Tian Mo would ask, Whats that for? Pei Qian really did not know how to answer. Forget it, forget it. Thats all for now. It was better to advertise for the GPL than to advertise for other merchants to earn money. After all, the GPLs influence was big enough and its popularity was high enough. There would not be a big difference whether they added the publicity from this big screen or not. Pei Qian put on his mask and went straight to the experience shop to find Tian Mo hidden in the crowd. After that, Pei Qian led him to a quiet cafe in Golden Prosperity Square. As for why he did not say it in the experience shop Obviously, there were too many people. The experience shop might also have a food and beverage area and a cinema area, but it was basically full all year round. Especially after the snack market became popular, the experience shop arranged for the food vendors to come over regularly. Many people would go to the food and beverage area to eat once they were tired of shopping. Thus, there were many people. There were too many people and it was easy to be exposed. Thus, he found a quiet cafe. Pei Qian looked around and saw that no one was around. He then took off his mask and took a sip of coffee. Pei Qian was a little speechless as he looked at Tian Mo. Three months had passed since the test run in the experience shop. In these three months, the popularity of the experience shop had completely exceeded Pei Qians imagination. The only good news was that the experience shop was not making money. Even though the experience shop also sold things, with Upwind Logistics around, most customers only watched and did not buy. Of course, they might have ordered it online after watching it. That was unknown. All in all, even though the experience shop was very popular, the actual money that it earned could only barely cover the various costs of normal operations. Sometimes, it even made a little loss. At first, Pei Qian was very disappointed when he saw that the experience shop had become popular. However, after some time, he realized that the situation was not that bad. If the first experience shop could not make much money, then wouldnt it be even less profitable to open more shops? The marginal effect was diminishing! Jingzhou could be said to be Tengdas base camp. It had many fans to begin with. This was Tengdas first experience shop. It was also located opposite the GPL stadium. It was understandable that it would be more popular. If he opened more, he could open more first-tier cities like Beijing and Shanghai. Wouldnt he be able to incur losses? After careful consideration, Pei Qian felt that he could not give up on the experience shop that was good at burning money. He had to open a few more to try it out even if he had to risk continuing to make money. The contemplative Boss Pei made Tian Mo feel a little uneasy. Boss Pei, is there anything about my work that youre not satisfied with? Pei Qian laughed. Nonsense! There were too many things he was dissatisfied with. The most dissatisfied thing was why he could not dissuade customers. However, he could not say it so directly. He could only vaguely say, Yes, I can only say that there is still some room for improvement. Tian Mo nodded slightly. It was normal to have room for improvement. After all, he was just a layman in the sales industry. No matter what, he had too much to learn from Boss Pei. Dont worry, Boss Pei. You can point out all the shortcomings I have in my work. Ill definitely change it seriously! Ill definitely continue to learn more sales knowledge from you in the future! After a moment of silence, Pei Qian said, Theres no need to follow me. Tian Mo: Huh? Pei Qian was a little melancholic as he said, I dont have anything to teach you anymore. Your next task is to open another experience shop in Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou. Choose the best location, spend the most money, and recruit new employees. In short, start from scratch and do it again! As for the employees of this experience shop in Jingzhou inform them that only a quarter of all core employees will be retained. The rest will be sent, oh no, to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. Each of them will be given an internet cafe. Choose one. Pei Qian had thought about this plan repeatedly. If he did it again, he did not believe that Tian Mo would be able to open the experience shop this time! The reason why Jingzhous experience shop was so successful was partly because of Tengdas long-term farming and accumulation in Jingzhou. On the other hand, it was also because of Liang Qingfans outstanding location and design. In fact, it might have been better if Tian Mo had been in charge of the experience shop from the beginning. However, Tian Mo was a talent that could only be chanced upon on the streets after all. They had only found him after the experience shop was renovated. There was no helping it. All in all, he would not let Liang Qingfan interfere this time. It should not be a problem to hand all the work to Tian Mo, right? With Tian Mos current ability, it would not be a problem for him to sell things in Tengda experience shop under the EASY difficulty. However, it would definitely be very difficult for him to open an experience shop. Whats more, he was unfamiliar with cities like Beijing and Shanghai. The chances of failure were even higher. Apart from that, Pei Qian also planned to send all the old employees of the experience shop out this time. After all, if he only sent one person-in-charge away, the experience shop might continue to operate according to the previous arrangements. However, what if he sent all the core employees away? The various Fish-Catching Internet Cafe branches had just made changes to the sales area. In the future, they would not sell any peripheral products from other parties. They would only sell Tengdas own products. There were not many products to begin with. Coupled with the sales of these dissuading services, they should not be able to sell much, right? Even if they sold some helplessly, the damage would not be as big as the experience shop. If he lost three-quarters of his health in one go, perhaps the entire experience shop would suffer a huge blow and collapse? Tian Mo was stunned. Huh? Boss Pei, thats not very appropriate, right? Ive just barely adapted to management. I still know nothing about how to open an experience shop! Whats more, if I leave, who will be the branch manager of this shop? Pei Qian had expected him to say this. The candidate for the branch manager is very simple. Isnt Zhuang Dong very good? Zhuang Zhuang Dong? Tian Mo was even more shocked. Others might not know, but how could he not know Zhuang Dongs situation? The fact that he could survive as a salesperson in the experience shop without causing major damage to the experience shop was the result of him working hard to maintain the upper limit of his IQ! Boss Pei, Zhuang Dong is my brother. Of course, I have no objections to him. However Can he be the branch manager? Tian Mo looked confused. Pei Qian smiled. If you can be the branch manager, why cant he? Tian Mo: Ah, this He wanted to say Boss Pei, dont insult me, but on further thought, it seemed like there was no problem with what Boss Pei said. He did feel that he was much smarter than Zhuang Dong though. However, in the eyes of others, he probably would not be much smarter than Zhuang Dong even if he was slightly smarter. On the other hand, Boss Pei had praised and biased Zhuang Dong many times. Obviously, he had found a certain trait in Zhuang Dong. This trait could be successful under Boss Peis catalysis. Chapter 1198 - Special Training Base Pei Qian continued, As for opening the shop, theres no hurry. You can take your time. If you feel that you are not well-prepared, you should prepare more; if you feel that the plan is not mature, you can spend more money to come up with a few more plans. Even if you regret halfway, you can inform me and redo it! In short, dont be afraid of making mistakes. There are no hard indicators for this mission. There are no particularly strict time restrictions. Whats there to worry about? The only requirement is to complete at least one experience shop within half a year. In other words, until February next year, at least one experience shop can be opened. Whats more, there cant be any experience shops that are under construction, understand? Tian Mo nodded. I understand. This request is very loose, but Pei Qian interrupted him. Since its very loose, whats there to worry about? Er Tian Mo was speechless. This request was indeed not difficult and was quite flexible. If he wanted to play it safe, he would go all out to an experience shop. From choosing locations to finding people to design and renovate, it would not be difficult to start the test run in the second half of the year with sufficient funds. If he took the risk, he could even arrange for two experience shops at the same time. However, that way, Tian Mo would have to run between the two cities often. Tian Mo thought about it. It would be good to open an experience shop first with his current ability and level. As for why Boss Pei requested for there not to be a construction experience shop in February? Perhaps this was to train his planning ability? Even if they had to prepare slowly, they had to have a clear goal. They could not delay it indefinitely. At first, Tian Mo felt that it was quite good to be the person-in-charge of this experience shop. He was very satisfied even if he had to do this job for life. However, it was obvious that Boss Pei was not satisfied and wanted to give him more tasks to train him further. Tian Mo originally felt that his ability was not enough to take on the task, so he subconsciously declined. However, on further thought, wouldnt he be letting Boss Pei down if he continued to decline? He had also given up on the career development plan for the future. At that thought, Tian Mo nodded. Alright, Boss Pei. Ill do my best. If I dont do well Pei Qian smiled. Thats alright. Remember, there are only two requirements. First, spend more money. Second, you have to complete it before February. Even if you find a random shop to renovate and start the test run, you cannot delay it until after February. Tian Mo nodded. Alright, Boss Pei. Ill remember! Ill make the arrangements now. After settling the matter with the experience shop, Pei Qian took a car again to the special training base of the suffering trip in Jingzhou. The special training base was located in an industrial park in the outskirts of Jingzhou. It was located in a relatively remote location, but the entire building was huge and imposing. This was Pei Qians first time here. After all, he was very assured about the torturous travel industry. That was because Pei Qian knew very well that Bao Xu would definitely not think about using this industry to earn money. He only wanted to arrange for a few more enemies to travel and suffer. However, he did not have to worry. He still had to take a look after the special training base was ready. The main reason was that he was afraid that Bao Xu would not think of anything and suffer sufficiently. Pei Qian would remind him and intensify his efforts. After getting out of the car at the entrance of the venue, Pei Qian looked up. The venue was quite imposing. It took up about seven to eight hundred square meters of space. It was not even twenty meters tall. It was about five or six stories tall. At first, Pei Qian was not satisfied with this location because he felt that it was too remote. However, that meant that the rent would be low and the expenses would be low. How could he spend more money? However, on further thought, if he opened it in a more prosperous area, the rent would indeed cost a lot, but the chances of it becoming popular would also be higher. Pei Qian pondered for a moment. There were risks no matter what, so he did not raise any objections to this location. Now, looking at the entire venue, Pei Qian was quite satisfied. Most importantly! How many employees of Tengda could participate in special training? Even if it was opened to the public, not many people would register. The location might be remote, but the venue was so big. The rent should not be cheap. Whats more, the stadium was huge. There would probably be many torturous activities inside. Bao Xu and Ziran were already waiting at the door, leading Boss Pei in. Walking through the main entrance, Pei Qian looked around. What was this place for before? Bao Xu answered truthfully. At first, it was a factory building. Later, it was rented and transformed into a rock climbing museum. After a period of time, because there was too little human traffic and we could not recover our costs, the rock climbing museum stopped working. Ziran and I saw that this place is more suitable for rock climbing. The previous rock climbing restaurant was almost renovated, especially this simulated landscape rock wall. It can be used directly. In addition, the venue is relatively large. It would be easy to expand in the future, so we rented it. Pei Qian nodded. Not bad. Previously, it was a rock climbing museum and it had closed down? That was a good sign. The entire venue was very empty and open. After entering through the main entrance, there was a huge simulated scenic climbing wall nearly 20 meters tall. There were also some short artificial rock walls around it. Obviously, they were left behind by the previous rock climbing gym. There was a huge difference in the appearance of these two rock walls. The biggest rock wall was the simulated rock wall. It looked like a real rock wall in nature, fully restored to the texture of the natural rock wall. The shape was very rich. It was probably no different from the rock walls in the wild. According to Bao Xus introduction, this kind of rock wall was not cheap. The process was relatively cumbersome. The resin and glass fiber had to be accumulated layer by layer on the double-layered baseboard. Finally, the resin had to be sprayed and the English sand paste had to be roughly processed. It had to be processed layer by layer to meet the engineering requirements. Obviously, the rock climbing restaurant had spent a lot of money back then, but it had still failed to escape the fate of bankruptcy. As for the other artificial rock walls, they were purely made of alloys, steel frame structure, professional points, and other parts. They could also simulate straight walls, push-ups, eaves, and other difficult climbing faces. Whats more, they could adjust the branches at any time to simulate different routes. This kind of rock wall looked like an ordinary wall. It did not have the realistic feeling of a landscape rock wall. However, it was suitable as the rock wall when newbies started training. In addition, there was also various safety equipment, including safety rope, protective equipment, comprehensive sponge mats, and so on. People were not allowed to climb the four-meter redline without wearing safety rope. They could climb rocks and naturally use a rope to drop quickly. These training projects could be adjusted according to needs. Pei Qian nodded slightly. Yes, not bad. Rock climbing is a necessary survival skill in the wild. Of course, you have to train well. What about the other zones? Bao Xu explained, The original rock climbing gym made the other areas into man-made rock walls so that a large number of tourists could experience it. However, we did not use so many man-made rock walls so we only kept this part as the rock climbing area. The other areas were used to train other skills. Bao Xu led Pei Qian in as he spoke. At the moment, the entire special training base can be roughly divided into several different areas. The rock climbing area is the area we saw just now. The physical area is mainly for basic physical training, including endurance training, strength training, balance training, flexibility training, and so on. The learning area will mainly learn some professional knowledge about outdoor survival. Come and learn such theoretical knowledge when you are more tired from training. The living areas are mainly training how to build camps in the wild, build shelters, cut wood, build a fire, skin animals, find food, and so on. Pei Qian took a look. The largest rock climbing area in the entire stadium was obviously the one he saw when he first entered. The second was the physical fitness area and living area. The learning area was the smallest. It was more like a small conference room with only twenty chairs, a lecture table, and a projector. There were also some health supplements in the wild, such as medicine, bandages, and so on. Obviously, there would be such content in the teaching. There were a few pieces of fitness equipment in the physical fitness area, but they were obviously different from the equipment in the gym. Obviously, the focus of the training was different. During endurance training, they would have to carry a heavyweight with a backpack. In addition, they would also arrange for a series of specialized targeted training such as frogging, weighted squat, balance on one foot, dynamic balance, and so on to simulate the situation in the wild. There was a small area in the physical fitness area with arrow targets and crossbows. It should be a place for shooting training. Pei Qian also saw the pressure board walking area that he had emphasized. It was used to increase the tolerance of the feet so that they could prepare for dangerous paths in the future. On the other hand, the content in the living area was even richer. There was training to build a tent, cutting branches to light a fire, or building a shelter. There was training to eat compressed biscuits, and there was also training to kill their own prey and barbecue. All in all, all the practical skills required for outdoor survival were trained here. Pei Qian was a little confused. Since there are compressed biscuits, why do they still have to kill the prey themselves? Boss Pei, this is to meet different training requirements. In terms of food and accommodation, our training is gradual. In the beginning, we would arrange for trainers to eat some compressed food and heat up the food quickly. Then, they would eat compressed biscuits and dry meat pancakes. Finally, they would kill the game and cook it themselves. Its the same with the living conditions. At first, we stayed in tents. Then, there were no tents. We had to build our own shelter and sleep in our sleeping bags. After that, we did not even have our sleeping bags. This gradual training would allow everyone to adapt step by step. Pei Qian looked curiously at the food sample that had been prepared. There was a grayish-white thing that looked like a brick inside. Is this the dry meat pie that you mentioned? Bao Xu quickly reminded him. Thats right, Boss Pei. However, I dont suggest you try it. It tastes like dog food mixed with hard paper plates. Pei Qians curiosity was immediately extinguished as he silently retracted his hand. It was obvious that Bao Xu had put in a lot of effort in order to arrange for Huang Sibo and his other enemies. Not bad, its quite satisfactory overall. However do you think theres more room for improvement in the future? Pei Qian was already very satisfied with this special training base. However, that did not stop Pei Qian from pursuing a better spending plan. After a moment of silence, Ziran said, If we improve further We can only go to special wilderness places to train. However, that would be even more troublesome. We have to modify the venue in all directions. It would be almost like building an ecology park from scratch. Pei Qians eyes lit up. This was not bad! It sounded like he was spending a lot of money! However, there was no need to worry about this. The indoor special training base could also be used for now. It would not be too late to invest in building a large-scale special training base in the wild after the situation of suffering travel stabilized. Whats more, there was a benefit to this. No one could cheat! Pei Qian could predict that some employees would definitely push away saying that they were not feeling well and escape training during training. For such employees, forcing them to go into the wild was still dangerous. However, if he had set up an outdoor special training base, there would be no problem. The safety would definitely be guaranteed! He would shortlist those who were physically well and send them to travel around the world. Those whose physical conditions were slightly worse could forget about running away. He would send them to the outdoor special training base to continue training. All in all, he could not shortchange them. He had to arrange everything clearly for them! Chapter 1199 - Just Waiting For The Fish to Take The Bait Pei Qian walked around the special training base again, feeling very satisfied overall. Boss Pei, thats the general idea. Do you think theres any room for improvement? Bao Xu asked. Pei Qian shook his head. Theres no need to change it. Its quite perfect. Bao Xu was both surprised and pleasantly surprised. As far as he knew, Boss Pei rarely said things like there was no need to change! It looked like he had done very well this time since Boss Pei could not find any problems! Was it because he was making a plan with strong emotions and making the plan perfect, or was it because he had accidentally done it to the extreme in certain aspects and perfectly met Boss Peis requirements? No matter what, this evaluation was too precious! However, the reason why Pei Qian felt that there was no need to change was mainly that his and Bao Xus thinking were completely on the right track this time! Boss Peis goal was to make everyone suffer, and Bao Xus goal was also to make everyone suffer. Bao Xus emotions were even more intense. Thus, Pei Qian felt that there was no need to make changes. Even if there was, he would consider it in the future. At the special training base in the first stage of the torturous travel, it was perfect to achieve this level. Pei Qian walked around again and sighed. The only pity is that the special training base is still quite empty at the moment. There are not many people. Bao Xu quickly explained, Dont worry about this Boss Pei. The relevant personnel for the special training base has more or less been recruited. That includes the cleanliness of the venue, the maintenance of the equipment, the coaches in charge of physical training, the nutritionist, the field survival expert, and other staff. They are all ready. They can start work in the near future. Pei Qian shook his head. Thats not what I mean. I mean, were short of customers! Ill make a call to ask when Huang Sibo and Hu Xianbin will be back. Pei Qian took out his cell phone and put it on speaker before calling Huang Sibo. After a few rings, the other party picked up. Hello? Boss Pei! Is there something you need me for? Pei Qian sniggered. Of course not. Its just that I remember that its almost a month since you guys went on a holiday. Im just concerned about you guys. How are you? Did you have fun? Did it go smoothly? Huang Sibo quickly said, Dont worry, Boss Pei. Everything is going well! The hotel is very comfortable, and were eating local delicacies. Were resting very well. Once I get back from the trip, I can start working immediately! Pei Qian sniggered inwardly. Enter work immediately after traveling? Dream on! How could there be such a good thing in the world? His cell phone was on speaker mode and Bao Xu heard everything clearly. The corners of his mouth twitched slightly, his eyes revealing killing intent. Huang Sibo, youre really something! I went on a holiday to suffer and yet here you are, touring and enjoying life! How could anyone tolerate that? Arrange, he had to arrange! I wont stop until you eat three tons of dry meat! Pei Qian cleared his throat. Theres no rush for work. You guys, dont be too tired from going out to play. Take care of your bodies. Theres no need to work so hard for the last few days. If you really cant, rest in the hotel. There will be many more opportunities in the future since its a trip. Huang Sibo quickly said, Alright, thank you for your concern, Boss Pei. We will take care of our energy and not tire ourselves out from playing. It will not affect our work when we get back. Pei Qian sniggered again. Who told you to conserve your energy because they did not want to affect your work? I was afraid that you would be too tired from playing and would not be able to take the special training, alright? If Huang Sibo played too much outside over the last few days and returned exhausted and even had some minor problems, wouldnt all of Bao Xus hard work be wasted? It did not matter if he misunderstood. As long as Huang Sibo and Hu Xianbin conserved their energy and did not tire themselves out in advance, it would be fine. Alright, have fun. See you in Jingzhou. Pei Qian hung up. Work was done! All the preparation work for the torturous trip was ready. They were just waiting for the fish to take the bait. Pei Qian looked at Bao Xu. How many people are you planning to recruit for this special training camp for suffering? Bao Xu answered truthfully. The maximum capacity of the entire special training base can accommodate about twenty people. It will last for a month. During that time, they will keep their cell phones. Daily training, food, accommodation, and so on will all be arranged. However, twenty people would be a little cramped. It might not be so free and smooth to arrange. Therefore, only ten people would come in the early stages. That would be relatively easier to take care of. In the future, when the entire process is more proficient, we will gradually add more people. Pei Qian nodded. He was very satisfied when he heard that he had to train for a month and that he had to keep his cell phone. That would definitely delay his work, right? Lets have ten people first then. Huang Sibo and Hu Xianbin have already reserved two seats. As for the other eight Pei Qian silently calculated the people in charge of the small notebook in his heart. Xiao Peng of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Rui Yuchen of Fish-Catching Take-Out, Ye Zhizhou of Shang Yang Games, Shen Renjie of the Nag artificial intelligence laboratory, Guo Licheng of Deposit Fitness, He Desheng of Dream Realization Ventures, Chen Yufeng of Bunny Tail Live-Stream, Ma Yiqun of Zhongdian Chinese Network Alright, thats all for now. It was a pity that there were not many slots. However, these ten people had basically covered all of Tengdas main businesses that earned more money. There were also other industries, such as Useful APP, Thriller Hostel, Upwind Logistics, and so on. However, these industries basically did not make much money and were even in a state of loss. Thus, they did not need to be prioritized. They just had to wait for the second batch. Take Lu Mingliang of Upwind Logistics for example. He was Boss Peis trusted right-hand man and would definitely be reluctant to send him to the training camp. What if Lu Mingliang handed his job to his subordinates and made Upwind Logistics profitable? Wouldnt that be a huge loss? He had to prioritize the profitable businesses. For key departments like Tengda Games, Shang Yang Games, and Fei Huang Workspace, they could even arrange for two rounds. The two main person-in-charge would play twice a year, once for half a year. The connection was truly seamless. Take Fei Huang Workspace for example. Pei Qian had been making arrangements for Huang Sibo previously but Zhu Xiaoce could use Huang Sibo as a shield and have no worries. He had to make arrangements for Zhu Xiaoce as well. He could not let him escape! Bao Xu silently noted down the name list and could not help but feel shocked. Good lord, Boss Pei was going to wipe out all the heads of Tengdas departments! Choose one popular department each. It could be said that they were impartial and suffered equally. You support my work so much! In Tengda, no employee was innocent when Bao Xu went on a holiday. The people in charge of these departments were especially not innocent. Therefore, arranging for them first gave Bao Xu the joy of taking revenge. He immediately expressed his stance. Dont worry, Boss Pei. Well start training them immediately next month. Well definitely arrange everything clearly! Pei Qian patted him on the shoulder in satisfaction. Alright! I dont have to worry about you doing things. Youll definitely train yourself to death! August 31st, Friday In the blink of an eye, another week passed. Pei Qian was quite comfortable this week. The special training base for the suffering trip was more or less ready. The first batch of special training names had also been selected. They would be ready for Huang Sibo and Hu Xianbin to return at the beginning of the month. The situation at Dawn Games platform was not bad. No good news was the best news. After the bug-searching competition officially began, a large number of players flooded into Dawn games platform. There was no lack of players who wanted to take advantage of the situation and profit. The staff of the Dawn Games platform went all out during this week. They exposed the fake videos that did not meet the criteria one by one and released them publicly. They repeatedly explained the corresponding rules and even invited a portion of gamers who were cursing on the internet to Jingzhou to find bugs. In the end, not a single person came. Obviously, most people who were cursing online also knew that they could not replay these bugs at the scene However, this did not affect them from continuing to bicker online. They cursed and swore that Dawn Games platform was marketing and playing tricks. The current situation was still in a relatively chaotic state. Many players did not find any bugs after searching for a long time, but there were still some players leading the way online for various reasons. A group of gamers had even threatened to take down all the games on the platform through non-recommended methods once the event ended to show the official platform. The official platform would decide whether or not to take a game off the shelves in the end. However, the official platform had already given the rights to take the game off the shelves to players after all. If they went back on their word, it would ultimately cause some very unfavorable public opinion. All in all, the future of the entire platform was not clear. Whats more, from the looks of the current situation, it was most likely a tragedy. Pei Qian was already very satisfied with this. It was worth celebrating that Dawn games platform was about to become a real money-burning tree! As he was thinking about this, a knock on his door rang out. Meng Chang arrived. Come, come, sit. Pei Qian could not help but grin when he saw Meng Chang. Ive nurtured you for so long in vain. Youve finally understood! How much commission could he get this time? Pei Qian opened the analysis report on his laptop and directly pulled it to reflect the specific amount of commission. 98,000 yuan! Pei Qian could not help but mutter Eh when he saw this number. It was slightly lower than he had imagined. After all, the maximum commission he would give Meng Chang was 200,000 yuan. The commission was proportional to the spent publicity budget. It was inverse to the publicity effect. Logically speaking, the case this time should be considered relatively successful, right? Pei Qians publicity plan for Doubt VR glasses had only gotten a guaranteed commission and did not last until the end of the month. In the end, it was less than 100,000 yuan? However, after taking a closer look at the detailed contents of the report, Pei Qian finally understood. The team in charge of data analysis was very rigorous. They strictly followed Pei Qians instructions. The so-called publicity effect might have a positive or negative effect. If negative news became too big, it would also create popularity for projects and achieve publicity effect. Thus, if he wanted to get the highest commission of 200,000 yuan, he had to spend a huge amount of publicity funds and then quietly do it. Chapter 1200 - Finally Got The Commission Obviously, even though Dawn Games platform had spent a lot of money on publicity and had been scolded, it was still not perfect because of the attention and popularity. This full commission was really difficult to get. Pei Qian thought that it would be useless even if he were to do it himself. Meng Chang had to think of something on his own. However, no matter what, the 98,000 yuan commission was already equivalent to Meng Changs base salary for more than three years. It was not bad. Pei Qian handed the laptop over. Yes, not bad. Youre finally enlightened! Youve found the right way to get the commission! Meng Chang took the computer and took a look. He could not help but tremble with excitement when he saw the number 98,000 yuan. It was exactly as he had expected! After several months of searching and countless days and nights of deep thought, he finally achieved something. Previously, Meng Chang had been thinking why Boss Pei wanted him to use reverse publicity to get a commission. He understood it later on. Obviously, it was to let him learn the Pei familys publicity method and achieve a better publicity effect through reverse publicity. On the other hand, Meng Chang recalled the reasons why his previous publicity plans had all failed. On one hand, it was because he was not good at learning and did not have enough understanding of the situation of the various projects. On the other hand, Boss Pei must have been behind it. Obviously, Boss Pei realized that Meng Chang did not publicize the project according to the Pei Familys publicity method. Instead, he planned for the project to die. He would choose the right time and gently blow up the popularity that he had buried previously without leaving a trace. Boss Pei often chose the end of the month to punish Meng Chang. Thus, the project was still popular. Boss Pei still achieved his goal, but Meng Chang could not get a commission. However, now that Meng Chang had already figured out the Pei familys publicity method, he naturally had to blow up the project after completing the last step. Boss Pei would not interfere anymore. Meng Chang felt that if he did not take the last step and did not turn the accumulated popularity and controversies into actual publicity effect, Boss Pei would definitely take this step and make the project popular. Therefore, Meng Chang had to do the entire set and practice the Pei Familys publicity method from beginning to end, including the final detonation segment. That was because he would be fulfilling Boss Peis requirements. He would not cause Boss Pei trouble and would feel more at ease with the commission. Now, Boss Pei was praising Meng Chang in person, saying that he had finally figured things out and found the right way to get the commission. This was no longer a hint but a clear indication. He had to do publicity in the correct way in the future! 98,000 yuan. Meng Chang could not remember how long it had been since he had seen so much money. That was tough! Meng Chang did not have any complaints even though he had only gotten half of the commission. That was because he knew very well that his Pei Familys publicity method was not particularly proficient. There were still many areas that needed to be improved and improved. Thank you for your guidance, Boss Pei! I didnt understand at first. I blamed you wrongly. Im very sorry! Meng Chang handed his laptop back and thanked him profusely. Pei Qian smiled and waved his hand. No need, no need. Were working together. Well help each other out. In that case, the publicity work for this month will come to a perfect end. You dont have to worry about the follow-up on Dawn Games platform. Come over next week. Ill arrange the latest publicity plan for you. Meng Chang nodded excitedly. Alright, Boss Pei! Meng Chang became elated after leaving Boss Peis office. This feeling was really nice! In fact, after he understood the details of the Pei familys publicity method, he had also compared his previous publicity method with the Pei familys publicity method. In the end, he realized that he was really inferior in all aspects! He admitted defeat. Meng Changs previous publicity method was just one word: freeload! He had to freeload on any hot topic. He had to create hot topics even if there were no hot topics. In short, he had to spend money crazily around a hot topic. He would always be able to attract peoples attention. Previously, Meng Chang thought that this was the best marketing plan in the Internet era. After all, in the Internet age, the most precious thing was always attention. A plan that could attract a lot of attention was definitely a good plan, right? However, Meng Chang realized that he was completely wrong after learning the Pei familys publicity method. The popularity that he had obtained from his publicity plan was fake. The wind would blow away. On the other hand, the popularity that Peis publicity method snatched was real. These classic marketing plans could even be recorded in textbooks and would still be discussed enthusiastically many years later! On top of that, Meng Chang had only paid attention to marketing and not products in the past. Thus, he had burned a lot of money and ended up feeling lonely. On the other hand, Boss Pei was not only much better at marketing, but he could also produce high-quality products. How could he have won? He could only say that he had lost completely. Meng Changs publicity plan previously might have found popularity but he still felt a sense of uneasiness in the deepest part of his heart. He might be constantly convincing himself but what was fake was fake and could not be real. When a person did something wrong, even though he knew that it was wrong, he would think of all sorts of excuses to convince himself for the sake of money and benefits. Sometimes, he would feel that he had been convinced and accepted this matter. However, the wandering feeling in his heart would still linger in his heart from time to time. Now, Meng Chang was at ease with this commission. That was because he felt that what he did with the Pei Familys publicity method was completely worthy of the 100,000 yuan commission. Of course, there was still one last step. He had to release this video and draw a perfect end to the Pei Familys publicity method this time. Come to think of it, Boss Pei must be looking forward to seeing his own results, right? September 1st, Saturday Yan Qi did not go to work today. He was resting normally. The Blade of the Empire had been developed. There were no bugs after it was released. It was operating normally. Naturally, the project team had no reason to work overtime. However, Yan Qis worries did not lessen at all. Instead, they became stronger. That was because he was counting the days. In another week, the Blade of the Empire would probably be taken off the shelves along with other games on the platform. The first batch of games that were released was basically on the verge of being taken off the shelves. The reason why they were struggling until now was that players were still keeping them to find bugs. Once the bug-hunting activity ended, many angry gamers would incite the game to die out at the speed of light. Other games would probably not be spared as well. The only way was to extend the search for bugs or to open more of them. However, the problem was that the games on the platform did not have any malignant bugs to begin with! If players could not find bugs after searching once, would they look for more next time? Would the activities still attract players? Probably not. Previously, Dawn Games platform had comforted the representatives of the various companies in the group chat, asking everyone to calm down. This matter would definitely be resolved. However, there was still no news even though it was already the weekend. Probably not. Yan Qi was a little melancholic. This bug-finding activity had indeed brought a large number of players to the Blade of the Empire. In fact, the games servers had been full during the early stages of the games operations. The popularity had far exceeded Yan Qis expectations. However, the key was that this popularity could not last at all! No matter how popular the game was in the short term, it would be taken down very quickly. What was the use? They had worked so hard to create a game, but it was now a one-off sale. That was too inappropriate. Yan Qi struggled for a long time but still could not think of any way to break out of the situation. He could only sigh and let nature take its course. He opened Aili Islands website and scrolled through the videos. Eh? Teacher Qiao has a new update? As a game designer, Yan Qi loved watching Teacher Qiaos videos. That was because they would always be able to learn new knowledge and gain new inspirations through Teacher Qiaos analysis of Tengda Games videos! Boss Peis game design idea was unconstrained and unconstrained. Ordinary people would not be able to follow it and would not be able to understand it. However, it was very helpful to be able to understand it a little through Teacher Qiaos interpretation. Eh? Its just a repost. Yan Qi was a little disappointed. He had thought that Teacher Qiao had updated the video. In the end, it was just a video that was shared by someone else. The other fans were obviously very disappointed as well and urged him to update. However, Teacher Qiao obviously did not intend to be caught alive in the comments section. At first, Yan Qi did not want to watch it. After all, many of the UP Masters videos were shared transactions. They were just worldly. The quality of the videos that were shared was uneven. They might not be worth watching. However, Yan Qi clicked on it without any hesitation after seeing the title of the video. Dawn Games platform: The Trial of Every Players Soul! Yan Qi was very surprised and curious when he saw this title. A UP Master had actually noticed the situation on Dawn Games platform and made a video interpretation? Dawn Games platform was a new platform, but it had been very popular recently. It was not surprising that there was an interpretation video. What surprised Yan Qi was that the title of this video was too ridiculous! How did he end up with the The Trial of Every Players Soul? This phrase was too heavy! However, it was because this title was a little exaggerated that it was shared by Teacher Qiao. Thus, Yan Qi clicked on it out of curiosity. The author of the video was Young Master Tian . The editing of the video looked very good. It was made using some material from Dawn Games platform. It matched perfectly with the beauty explanation. The only problem was that this Young Master Tian did not use his own voice. Instead, he used AEEIS artificial intelligence to automatically generate the entire audio! After constant updating and iteration of the artificial intelligence laboratory, AEEISs artificial intelligence had been optimized compared to the initial version. For example, its speech has become smoother, its sentences more reasonable, and so on. Of course, AEEIS still had the original neutral mechanical voice. The cheap and seemingly human intelligence mocking style was retained. This style always made people subconsciously feel that it seemed to have its own ideas. Thus, this video seemed to be made by AEEIS itself. Chapter 1201 - An Experiment The video officially began. The style of this Young Master Tian was obviously completely different from Teacher Qiao. No matter which series of videos Teacher Qiao made, the beginning would always be a familiar opening speech, a little cheap voice, and greeting the audience. He would then briefly explain everything that had happened before entering the main topic naturally. However, this Young Master Tians style was completely the opposite. He did not have any preliminary preparations or foreshadowing and entered the main topic directly. Yan Qi, who was used to quickly skipping more than ten seconds in front, nearly missed the key information. At the beginning of the video was a black screen with regular explanatory words. The sociological experiment on Dawn Games platform with huge cost finally came to an end. We dont know if they have achieved the outcome that they expected. Perhaps this result disappointed them very much. Perhaps this result was within their expectations. However, the final outcome might not be important to them. The important thing is that this experiment clarified one point for us: It is still a luxury to have a portion of the humans maintain their rationality for a period of time. This opening statement stunned Yan Qi. It was just like the title The Trial of Every Players Soul. The opening speech would be eye-catching enough. It would not be an exaggeration to say that it was an alarmist. Sociological experiments? Why was it a luxury for humans to remain rational? The last sentence was something that Yan Qi had seen in a classic domestic sci-fi novel before. However, the specific sentence and the scene of the application were different. Its original sentence should be: It is indeed a luxury to let humans remain rational forever. The original sentence was forever, and the one in the video was a portion of humans, a period of time. Obviously, he had lowered his requirements and discounted many things. In the video, the comments after lowering the requirements were obviously less sarcastic and more helpless. It meant: Lets not talk about having all humans remain rational forever. It would be an extravagant wish for some people to remain rational for a period of time! It felt different especially when it was said in AEEISs unique voice. It was as if there was really an artificial intelligent life standing opposite you, looking at all humans expressionlessly, expressing its helplessness. Of course, it was hard to say whether artificial intelligence had the emotion of helplessness or not. However, if it did not have the helplessness emotion, it might seem even more helpless. It had to be said that this opening had attracted Yan Qi. He was a little puzzled. How could there be any sociological experiments on Dawn Games platform? Hadnt they been playing bad moves one after another and playing bad cards? Could this be explained away? Really? Yan Qi continued watching with confusion. If you create a gaming platform to make money, there would be a mature, stable, and perfect template to be used with sufficient funds. Buy traffic from other channels, direct traffic from many users APPs, and talk to famous game developers about monopolizing the game These are all start-up plans with high price-quality ratios and zero risk. On the other hand, placing a lot of advertisements online and offline is a method with an extremely low price-quality ratio, extremely low conversion rate, and extremely poor effect. This is common knowledge in the industry. Even some small game companies know of this method. Dawn Games platform is a games platform with sufficient financial resources. The core members should be elites in the industry from the quality of the platforms program. Theres no reason for such a platform not to understand this content. The video briefly introduced the first few proposals with extremely high price-quality ratios, including the specific process and individual successful cases. Yan Qi nodded profusely. That was indeed the case! In fact, if they wanted to start out with the game channel, it would not be difficult as long as they had money. Many channels traffic was clearly priced. A recommendation spot in a specific area could continuously direct users into a certain APP or game. These traffic might look expensive, but the price-quality ratio was much higher than advertising. Similarly, they could also spend more money to cooperate with some application stores. They could hang it on the APPs recommendation list for a period of time. The effect would be far better than advertising. There was no need to talk about the method that most designers could think of with famous game developers. In short, insiders who were slightly more knowledgeable would be able to think of at least four or five more cost-effective ways to attract traffic. With enough money, they would be able to make the morning show gaming platform stable, smooth, and without much worries. However, Chao Lu Games chose the most inefficient and cheapest plan: Advertisements! Of course, it was not impossible to advertise. However, basically only large gaming platforms would reach this stage. When certain gaming platforms had already developed into very large channels and made a lot of profits, and the previous plans could no longer have too obvious effects, they would then advertise online. They would even do television advertisements, seeking to break out of the circle and attract more users. When were there small gaming platforms which advertised online? Thus, Dawn Games platforms behavior was indeed very abnormal. Previously, Yan Qi had been anxious and angry when he saw Dawn Games making bad moves. However, on further thought, it was obviously unreasonable to attribute this purely to the person-in-charge of the platform as an outsider and too stupid. No matter how stupid he was, there had to be a limit. Such a choice was not difficult. As long as he gave a simple explanation, ordinary netizens would be able to distinguish which was more cost-effective and which was cheaper. He could not possibly say that the boss of Dawn Games platform was a particularly ridiculous layman. He did not care and could not even listen to others opinions. He did not even have the most basic logical thinking and understanding, right? That was too unlikely. There were a total of four options for a certain multiple-choice question. The other three options could be confirmed to be the right answer with a single scan, but they chose the most ridiculous wrong answer. Could this mean that there was a high chance that it was chosen wrongly on purpose? Whats more, after thinking about it, Yan Qi realized that all the employees on Dawn Games platform seemed to listen to the boss. If it was a layman or an insider, these employees would more or less have some complaints and would not carry it out silently like now. Thus, there was most likely a problem! Yan Qi quickly continued watching. Obviously, there is only one explanation for this situation: Dawn Games platform is doing this on purpose. The presentation of the number of bugs in the game on the platform and the various regulations of take the game off the shelves if the recommendation rate exceeds 55% during the probation period are actually all special experiments. The verification content is that the gaming platform is focused on providing high-quality content, and the right to screen, judge, and even take down the game is given to gamers. Can gamers maintain their rationality, achieve effective self-management, and use these rights? Its a pity that the answer is no from the current results. Not only did a small number of players not maintain their rationality, but they also successfully incited most of the players on the platform to join this irrationality. Thus, this right was completely abused, completely opposite to the original intention of the platform. They obviously obtained more rights than other platforms, but these rights caused long-term benefits to be damaged because players placed too much emphasis on short-term benefits. In the end, the platforms that treated players well became worse than other platforms. Is this the sorrow of the games platform or the sorrow of the players? Yan Qis eyes widened. The contents were a little too shocking, causing him to fall into a state of confusion. At first, he wanted to drag the progress bar back and listen to this speech again. However, he found that there was a more detailed explanation at the back. First, it was the special treatment of bugs on Dawn Games platform. Other platforms, no matter whether there were bugs in the game or how many bugs there were, as long as they could run normally, they could be released. The bugs could be slowly repaired. Many players would play semi-finished games with bugs. Some of the bugs would even severely affect the game experience. Logically speaking, such a situation should not exist at all. That was because gamers would pay to buy game products, not semi-finished products. If they went to the restaurant for a meal and paid for it in full, only half a cooked dish would be served. Then, even if the chef repeatedly promised that he would add some ingredients after five minutes and stir-fry them, the customers would definitely fly into a rage on the spot. If a game was filled with bugs that affected the game experience, it should not be released. Instead, it should be continued to develop, fix loopholes, and be released after reaching a high level of completion. However, what were a few bugs to other platforms and game developers? The earlier they were released, the earlier they could earn money. Thus, the gamers interests were sacrificed. Unlike other platforms, Dawn Games platform had been very strict with the platforms games. It had dissuaded many semi-finished games and given up on the huge benefits brought by these games to ensure that gamers had a gaming experience. Whats more, in order to improve players sense of participation, everyone could see the bugs in each game in real time. This was just like the restaurants that had made transparent kitchens. It would not help the taste of the dishes, but it showed a great trust in the customers to be able to see the kitchen. However, were the gamers grateful? Not at all. Not only were they not grateful, all sorts of conspiracy theories had surfaced. Some said that this was a publicity stunt by the platform, while others said that this was fake data. It was a necessary move and important right, but most people did not care at all. They even suspected the platforms motives. Chapter 1202 - The Real Meaning Of ‘Dawn’ It was the same for the subsequent bugs. The original intention of Dawn Games platform was to prove to all players that there were few bugs on the platform so that everyone could play it without worry. If they found bugs, they would give a reward of at least a thousand yuan or a hundred thousand yuan. That was comparable to the classic a thousand taels of gold in the gaming circle. However, what did the gamers do? The gamers on the platform did not think that the platform was very conscientious after they could not find any bugs no matter how hard they tried. They also did not realize how much effort the platform had put in to eliminate these bugs with the developers. They only felt that it must be the problem with the platform that they could not get the prize money! Thus, many gamers spread rumors online that the official platform was not fulfilling their promises by falsifying them. They incited emotions and created chaos. When the official platform exposed the problem in their video and invited them to the live-stream to replay the bug, these people would play dead one by one. The best display of this was the off-stage mechanism on the gaming platform. According to the platforms regulations, as long as the game was not recommended for more than 55% of the time, it would be forced to be taken off the shelves. Half of the income would be returned to players and the other half would be given to game developers. Even if the trial period was over, the game would still be forced off the shelves if it caused public anger and caused the do not recommend to exceed 65%. This was obviously a good rule. It was equivalent to handing the final judgment of the developer to players. Players could decide the fate of the game on the platform themselves. Such a phenomenon could often be seen on other gaming platforms: a certain gameplay was lousy, there were many bugs, and maliciously cheated players of their paywalls. However, no matter how low the players scored or how much they recommended it, this game continued to earn money steadily. In any case, as long as a game with a low rating could get a recommendation spot and be exposed on the rankings, there would always be new players attracted by the promotional pictures and promotional videos. To the platform, these games would still give money to the platform. Why take them off the shelves? Some small platforms would even take the initiative to collect money to help these games change their ratings and ratings. They were very happy. However, such games would probably be killed by angry gamers during the probation period on the Dawn Games platform. There would be no chance to continue cheating new gamers. In fact, some old games that had been released for a long time would also do some tricks from time to time. For example, they would suddenly raise the price of the game or throw away their pride in the subsequent versions of the game to cheat people of their money. On other platforms, gamers were helpless. They could only curse a few times. Even if they crazily gave only one star, these games would not lose much. However, if old games wanted to take advantage of their seniority and wanted to deal with such activities at the end of their lives on Dawn Games platform, they had to weigh the consequences carefully. They had to think if they would be killed on the spot by angry gamers before they could raise their sickles. Obviously, Dawn Games platform had given up the rights of the platform and the huge profits that could have been obtained. It had given these rights to players without reservation. If players could treat this right well, they could use their own efforts to create a platform that was truly made by players, a platform that was not cut up by game merchants. However, what did the gamers do? After realizing that they had the right to do so, they had maliciously refunded the game, just to obtain a 50% discount. They had given up on the long-term benefits for the sake of the small benefits in front of them. Such behavior would not only remove good games from the shelves and prevent future players from obtaining these games, but it would also lead to more serious consequences. The environment of the entire platform was ruined because of this. It could not develop better. The rights were abused, so these precious rights could no longer be used. Instead, they became useless. What was most disappointing was that this behavior was only the behavior of individual players in the beginning. However, most players were gradually incited. This trend became popular and finally pushed many games to the edge of being taken off the shelves. After analyzing these contents, the topic of the video changed and entered the summary stage. There are many ways for Dawn Games platform to earn money easily, but it chose the most difficult one: working with game developers and players for a win-win-win situation. Limit the game developers and strictly limit the number of bugs in the game. Give up the right to players. Players can directly judge and attack the unscrupulous developers behavior. Let them suffer losses as a warning. Even when the game was taken off the shelves for refunds, Dawn Games platform did not take a single cent. Half of it was given to the developer and the other half to the players. If this goal could be achieved, the developers on the platform would not dare to fool the players anymore. Under the rational judgment of most players, those outstanding games would survive. The rubbish games would be eliminated. The environment of the entire platform would become better. There would be more and more players, and more games. By giving up a portion of the benefits, Dawn Games platform achieved a win-win-win situation. However, this is ultimately just a beautiful wish. Therefore, this is actually a deep question for players: You know what is right, but in the face of the temptation of benefits, can you persevere and do the right thing? What a pity. From the looks of the current results, most players on the platform have the same answer: No. The name Dawn Games platform also means that the creator of the platform had foreseen the fate of the platform from the beginning. Where the days are tough. The morning water is clear and pure, nurturing the flowers, but it will be dried by the sun and blown by the wind. It will dissipate in the air and be buried in the dust. Life is short. Obviously, this platform is the same in the eyes of the creators. It is clear and pure, not contaminated by dust, and not associated with any game merchants or channels. It remains pure throughout. It nurtures all games, just like the morning mist nurturing the flowers, so that every passerby can appreciate the beauty of the flowers and smell the fragrance of the flowers. However, it will not be able to exist for a long time. It will always disappear without a trace because of the influence of the outside world. Just as the beginning said: It is still a luxury to have a portion of humans maintain their rationality for a long time. Perhaps after this bug finding event, all the games on Dawn Games platform would be taken off the shelves by gamers very quickly. The platform would finally stop operations because it could not make ends meet and disappear silently. However, please remember that such a gaming platform once sacrificed a lot and made such an attempt. You were the ones who did not grasp the opportunity. The video ended there. There were no requests for likes, shares or subscribe. There was also no goodbye to the audience or the regular ending of the next episode. The video that stopped abruptly made people feel empty in their hearts. This added a hint of mystery to the author of the video, Young Master Tian. From this video, it was obvious that Young Master Tian was not a professional UP Master. That was because he did not seem to be trying to get close to the audience at all. He did not even mention his name in the entire video. He did not even use his voice. It was as if he could not wait to tell them everything without any other requests. However, Mr. Tians synopsis and video editing skills were very outstanding. He was even better than most content creators on Aili Island. In terms of video editing, even Teacher Qiao could not compare. Yan Qi was speechless after watching the video. This video was earth-shattering! His confusion, doubts, complaints, and other complicated emotions from before had all dissipated. Before this, he had always felt that it was really heart-wrenching for Dawn Games platform to play so many bad moves. However, after watching this video, he realized that the so-called bad moves of the Dawn Games platform were all intentional! Even this ordinary-looking name had a deeper meaning. It predicted the fate of this platform from the beginning. Before this, Yan Qi had always felt that the boss behind this platform must be an outsider who did not understand games to be able to make so many ridiculous decisions. However, from the looks of it now, this boss knew everything. He knew what the outcome would be if he did this, but he still did it without any regrets. This was obviously a resolution of nine deaths and no regrets! Yan Qi even subconsciously reflected on his own thoughts. Before this, he had always felt that Dawn Games platform was an amateur. At the end of the day, he felt that gamers were not worth trusting. There were too many examples to prove that there was a bad side to human nature. Humans might be rational and intelligent creatures, but they were sometimes very blind and short-sighted. There were many restrictions in reality. These aspects might not be so obvious, but in the online world, especially in the game world, because everything was virtual, the kindness and evil of human nature would be magnified. Thus, game designers would naturally consider the worst case scenario while competing with gamers. When designing a rule, he had to first think about how gamers would take advantage of the loopholes and bet on it in advance. When designing a plot, he had to first think about how gamers would interpret the worst case scenario and think about how to avoid this situation in advance. As time went by, it was very difficult for game designers to trust players anymore. Instead, they were inclined to take charge of all the content and decide everything for players like a big boss. However, was this really the right thing to do? What fun would it be if players could only play the marionette within the rules drawn by the designer? On the other hand, Dawn Games platform had chosen to trust players. They had believed that gamers would be able to distinguish the immediate benefits and long-term benefits. They believed in gamers rationality and wisdom. They believed that most gamers on the platform would give fair and just reviews. Based on the current situation, Dawn Games platform had paid an extremely heavy price for this trust. However, just as the video had said, the morning sun nurtured the flowers. Even if the sun quickly dried them and the wind blew them away, this behavior was still meaningful. The creator of Dawn Games platform had long predicted this. To him, this might be the best situation. The gamers should be the ones regretting. The opportunity was originally in their hands, but they did not grasp it. Chapter 1203 - Our Little Effort! After watching this video, Yan Qi felt an indescribable sense of disappointment. It was as if this video was really made by artificial intelligence AEEIS. It stood in the perspective of a third party with an artificial intelligence thinking, judged the entire event fair and objective, and mocked the short-sighted players on the platform from the bottom of its heart. It seemed to be saying: You humans claim to be high-level lifeforms and intelligent creatures, and this is the best you can do? You cant even distinguish the immediate benefits and long-term benefits, you cant even control your own low-level desires, you are just huge grassworms! He was furious, but he could not find a way to refute it. That was because that might be the case. In the internet age, this was a very helpless phenomenon: Everyone thought that they were rational and smart. They could distinguish between right and wrong, and would also be indignant about many things. However, on the internet, when countless rational and smart people gathered together, they would often do something that was even more short-sighted than grasshoppers, making other rational people laugh. Obviously, humans sometimes overestimated themselves. Yan Qi did not know how to solve this problem either. Or rather, no one in this world knew. Countless philosophers, sociologists, biologists, and artists had conducted many discussions on this problem. There were also a large number of classic works. However, the complicated topic of human nature would probably only have stage results and not a final conclusion. In fact, Yan Qi even asked himself, if he was not the designer of The Blade of the Empire and was just an ordinary gamer who mistakenly entered Dawn Games platform, could he persist in judging these games objectively and resist the temptation of refunding 50% of the game after it was taken off the shelves? He was shocked to find that his answer was no. Perhaps he would make the right choice, but he was not sure. That made him feel even more disappointed. However, Yan Qi quickly got rid of this disappointment because he realized that the appearance of this video was something worth celebrating in itself. He had indeed gained something from this incident. At the very least, he understood one thing: in many things, if everyone chose individually, this matter might never change; the first person to do something might seem very stupid, be misunderstood, and suffer huge pressure and losses. It might seem meaningless, but he at least woke more people up. It was just like the Dawn Games platform. This platform used its flashy existence to make many designers and gamers reevaluate themselves. Before this, Yan Qi had always felt that players could not be trusted. The designers mission was to make the restrictions of various bars so that gamers who liked to take advantage of loopholes could not find loopholes to make the game work normally. However, Yan Qi now realized that this might be the most efficient way to solve the problem, but it might not be the most correct way. It was just like the famous saying: There were only two ways to solve the problem in the world. One was the easy way, and the other was the right way. On further thought, wasnt it a very proud and honored thing for him to be able to witness the entire process of the game platform from its appearance to its demise? No matter what, so what if the game was taken off the shelves if he did the right thing with this game platform? He could earn more money, but meaningful things like this were not something that he could just do. Dawn Games platform had already done the most difficult part. The developer of the game only needed to finish the game, fix the bugs, and wait silently. However, even with such a simple task, many game merchants did not do it well. When he saw that his own game was about to be taken off the shelves, he ran over to put pressure on Dawn Games platform, asking them to change the rules of the platform. He only saw that his own interests were damaged, and he completely ignored that Dawn Games platform had actually sacrificed more and endured most of the pressure. Even Yan Qi himself had many doubts about the Dawn Games platform previously. He even wanted to give up on this platform and look for other places. That was really embarrassing. I want to contribute my meager strength to the platform and persevere to the end! At the very most, it will just be taken off the shelves. Once Im taken off the shelves, Ill wait for a month before putting it up again. Whats more, I can go to other platforms to earn money. I dont have to worry about starving to death. No matter what, we have done our best to keep our games in the library of Dawn Games platform! After figuring this out, Yan Qi felt enlightened. So what if this matter would not have any results in the future? It was enough to have a clear conscience. Yan Qi clicked on the comments section of the video after he figured it out. As he struggled with his thoughts, the comments and bullet screen comments on the video increased rapidly. This video was well-made and the content was exquisite. It was currently a hot topic in the gaming circle. After Teacher Qiao reposted and recommended it, the effect was naturally excellent. Obviously, the netizens in the comments section were the same as Yan Qi. They seemed to have been enlightened and realized something. Thats too well said! Previously, I felt that Dawn Games platform was too stupid. How could they be so stupid? Now, I know that its not because theyre stupid, but because they know that its impossible! Its so moving. It pains me to see it. Sigh, as expected, many people dont deserve such a good platform! Thats right. They strictly regulated the quality of the game and required all the games to be edited before being released. Whats more, they gave gamers the right to take the game down. In the end, the power was misused? Its hopeless! Im not convinced! Dont AOE all the players. Theres only a small group of locusts wandering between the various platforms causing trouble on Dawn Games platform. They dont care about the life and death of the platform! Most players can still distinguish right from wrong. Its just that this is a new platform, and most rational players did not go. Thats right. I only saw the advertisement on this platform online previously. I didnt know that there were so many stories behind it. Ill log in now! Such a good platform cannot be destroyed by these low-quality players. Ill help and do my best! Dawn Games platforms mentality of looking towards life even in death really moved me. It also made me think of Tengda. I originally thought that only Tengda would do such a stupid thing. I had always hoped that Tengda would create a gaming platform. This platform might not be created by Tengda but it is doing the same thing as Tengda. I have to support it just for this! Who on earth is this Young Master Tian? He gives people the feeling that he is just a puppet who posted the video. Could the real author of the video be AEEIS? This feeling is exactly the same as when AEEIS argued. It makes people speechless. Indeed, this aggressive posture is completely different from other UP Masters. It cant be. Is the AI crisis looming? Many players were guessing who this Young Master Tian was. He did not feel like an ordinary person. It was a pity that he could not find any relevant information on the internet. There was no information revealed in the video. It was like a completely transparent existence. Apart from that, a large number of players were obviously the same as Yan Qi. They were moved by this video and went to Dawn Games platform to help. Given the current situation of Dawn Games platform, a few more rational gamers would not be of much use. After all, whether the entire mechanism of the platform could continue operating or not depended on the decisions of most players on the platform. A few players were still not enough. However, what if there were enough gamers that could change the previous gamers structure? Yan Qi suddenly realized that things might not be as bad as he had imagined. The current situation of Dawn Games platform looked hopeless. After all, when the right to take down the game was handed to players, the platform no longer had a say in how things would develop. It was also impossible for the platform to break their word and retract this right because that would be equivalent to slapping themselves in the face. It would also make the platform completely lose its uniqueness. How could he expect these players to suddenly have a conscience? That was obviously not realistic. However, Yan Qi suddenly realized another possibility. That was to let the entire gaming platform undergo a complete revolution and completely change the structure of the players on the entire platform! At the moment, most gamers were only focused on the immediate benefits and did not care about the life and death of the platform. That was because Dawn Games platform was a new platform to begin with. The games on it were not attractive to many old gamers. They could only attract players with relatively poor quality. This video was obviously not enough to influence these players and make them give up the immediate benefits. To be precise, nothing was enough to influence these players. However, what if this video could publicize the behavior of Dawn Games platform, let more rational gamers join in, gradually dilute this group of short-sighted gamers, change the gamer structure of the entire platform, and spontaneously form a better environment? This might require a certain process. It was not something that could be done in a day. Whats more, the price was huge. It required long-term losses. However, there was still hope as long as they persevered. Whether this would succeed or not would depend on how one viewed the entire gamer community. If they thought that most of the players were short-sighted, irrational, and focused only on the immediate benefits, Dawn Games platform would definitely not last long; If they thought that most players were rational people who could distinguish the immediate benefits from the long-term benefits, as long as Dawn Games platform held on for a long period of time, it would slowly develop. In the later stages, it would become smoother and better. Yan Qi asked himself honestly. He would still choose to believe the latter. Reality and ideals were different. Similarly, reality and expectations were also different. Many people had to believe in something in order to have meaning in life. That was the only way to have goals and the motivation to persevere. I should learn from the people on Dawn Games platform. I dont want to live forever, but I want to have a clear conscience. Just continue working on my game! Yan Qi suddenly had a very optimistic feeling. The entanglement and melancholy from before disappeared into thin air when he thought about this. He figured some things out as if infected by some kind of optimism. If a certain goal was extremely difficult to achieve, dont think about it repeatedly. Instead, you should focus on taking the first step and let nature take its course. In any case, a company like Tengda had already stepped forward. How difficult could it be for him to follow silently? At the same time, in Guangzhou In the south of the incubation base of the Destitution Plan. Qiu Hong came to Shanghai and Guangzhou without stopping after the northern workspace was on the right track. He opened the eastern and southern workspaces in these two places. Everything was going well so far. Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou could be said to be the most developed places in the game industry in the country. There were a large number of talents. Therefore, the incubation base would definitely not be lacking in people. The only problem was how to find them. After the trial in Beijing, Qiu Hong quickly found people and quickly judged if a game should be funded by the Destitution Plan. He was already very familiar with it. Of course, this was not a difficult technical job to begin with. After all, Boss Pei had never cared if these games succeeded or failed. Whats more, Qiu Hong did not need to take the initiative to look for them. Naturally, a large number of independent game designers would come looking for him. Ever since the interview with the chief editor of the official platform, Xia Jiang, many people suspected that the real sponsor behind the Destitution Plan was Tengda Corporations Boss Pei. However, Qiu Hong kept Boss Peis teachings in mind and would not admit it even if he was beaten to death. Previously, the official platform had interviewed the incubation base for the Destitution Plan one after another. They had also interviewed Meng Chang, who was in charge of the promotional work of the domestically-produced game compilation. Only a day had passed in between them. This was obviously a hint. In addition, the layout of the incubation base of the Destitution Plan was similar to Tengda Corporation. They ate Fish-Catching Take-Out and used Deposit Fitness It was hard not to be suspicious. However, suspicion aside, Qiu Hong would not do anything even if he refused to admit it. Whats more, there were so many independent game designers in the Destitution Plan. Not every game was very popular. There were also some games that did not have good results and players did not like. The producers were still working hard to modify them. At the end of the day, pure emotions were definitely not enough. Players would only pay for outstanding games in the end. All in all, the Destitution Plan became popular for a period of time after that. The popularity gradually decreased and returned to stability. Apart from some gamers who were passionate about domestically-produced independent games who had been paying attention, they were more famous in the circle of independent game designers. The independent game designers now were proud of being able to obtain investments in the Destitution Plan. They also allowed the three studios in the incubation base to develop and grow rapidly. After half a year of development, another batch of new games appeared in the three studios of the Destitution Plan. The previously released and pre-sales games that had received good reviews, such as the Survival Guide for Working Dogs and Black Ink and Clouds, were still being updated and maintained. The production rate of independent game designers was far from comparable to large companies. After all, they did not have enough manpower. Thus, after a game was developed, it might take one or two years for it to fully express all the thoughts that it wanted to express. It was an inevitable process. No matter what, the Destitution Plan had hatched a batch of outstanding games as Boss Pei had expected. At that moment, Qiu Hong had just finished watching Young Master Tians video. Theres actually such a gaming platform? Isnt Boss Pei going to invest? Qiu Hongs first reaction was that it would definitely get an investment from Dream Realization Ventures after seeing the achievements of the games platform. That was because it matched Boss Peis style too well! Qiu Hong even suspected that this might be the gaming platform that Boss Pei created. Subsequently, after researching for a long time, he realized that Dawn Games platform did not obtain data on Tengdas accounts, nor did it release any of Tengdas games. Qiu Hong reluctantly recognized the fact that this platform had no direct relationship with Tengda. This kind of gaming platform is really precious! I have to help them! After all, didnt Boss Pei ask me to make a Destitution Plan to support the development of domestically-produced independent games back then? Then, its my duty to help and support good domestic games platforms, right? After all, Boss Pei has been imparting this concept to us! Qiu Hong immediately decided to pack all the games in the Destitution Plan and put them up on Dawn Games platform! How could such a conscientious gaming platform not have a few premium games? The Destitution Plan and Dawn Games platform sounded like a perfect match! Of course, there were also some games in the Destitution Plan that were not of good quality or had more bugs. They might not meet the requirements of Dawn Games platform. However, so what? If there were bugs, they could fix them. If the quality of the game was not good, they could change it. In any case, Boss Pei had high requirements for the games in the Destitution Plan. Failed games had to be redone. Compared to Boss Peis requirements, what was the requirements of Dawn Games platform? Qiu Hong felt that it was probably because Boss Pei was too busy with work that he did not notice the small platform. If Boss Pei saw it, wouldnt he be able to help and invest a huge sum of money according to the spirit of the Destitution Plan? He had to help sooner or later anyway. It did not matter if the Destitution Plan went first. At that thought, Qiu Hong immediately called Xi Hao. Pack up all the completed games in the current Destitution Plan and send them all to Dawn Games platform! I cant watch such a good platform collapse. Post all of our games on it. After all, the Destitution Plan has developed until now and accumulated a group of more rational and supportive players. It will definitely improve the ecology of the entire platform! It might not have too obvious an effect, but it can be considered our little effort! Chapter 1204 - Requesting For An Additional Investment! September 3rd, Monday Pei Qian spent a carefree weekend playing games at home for two days. It was the weekend. Tengda was on holiday. As the boss, Pei Qian had to rest well. What? Something might go wrong with some businesses over the weekend? So what? All the departments were not working over the weekend. There was nothing they could do even if he knew about it. It would only increase his worries and make him feel uneasy over the weekend. Therefore, he should rest during the weekend and not think about the company at all. No matter what happened, he would deal with it on Monday. Pei Qian felt that he had already arranged for the system to be obedient. He would be able to earn a lot from every settlement. Why should he be so afraid? It was Monday. As usual, Pei Qian arrived at the office after having lunch at home and prepared to go through the process. He read the reports from the various departments first, then wrapped himself in a small blanket to watch a show. He could get off work when it was time. Next time he enters the office would probably be Friday. Of course, that did not mean that Boss Pei was very free. He did not have to work, but he was still very troubled! When something went wrong with a certain department, he had to make a trip down personally. He had to rack his brains to plan the future development path for the various departments. He had to think about how to incur losses and observe all sorts of dangerous information How brain-damaging was that! If he did not rest more and sleep more, would he be able to recover? He went to get a cup of coffee first. Then, he sipped his coffee and checked the work reports of the various departments. On the whole, everything was going quite smoothly. There were only two things worth paying attention to from the reports of these departments. The first was from Upwind Logistics. The air transport business was gradually on the right track. However, there were many restrictions on mailing. Thus, most of the flights were not filled. In addition, the price was not very high. Thus, the air transport business was currently in a loss. Not only that, in order to cooperate with the air transport business and increase the coverage, Lu Mingliang was also continuing to set up Upwind Courier stations in important places like Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou. He wanted Upwind Logistics to increase the coverage of the three core areas other than Huanjing Province. Thus, during this period, the losses increased. Regarding this, Pei Qian was very satisfied. Lu Mingliang was indeed reliable; Pei Qian did not have to worry! The second was the development progress for Eternal Reincarnation. Pei Qian had not expected to receive such a pleasant surprise when Little Tang brought Li Yada away from the games platform. That was because Hu Xianbin handed the work of Eternal Reincarnation to Li Yada when he left. When Li Yada left, she handed the work to the original author of the novel, Yu Fei. Getting someone who did not understand games at all to be the chief designer. How did you come up with such a genius idea? It was amazing! Therefore, when Li Yada called to ask for instructions, Pei Qian agreed without any hesitation. He even wanted Yu Fei, the temporary chief planner, to work until the end of time. Even so, the development of Eternal Reincarnation was still beyond imagination. At the rate things were going, it would probably be able to be officially released at the end of this month and meet the players. Eternal Reincarnation was just a downloadable content. It contained a large number of scenes and monsters in Repent and be Saved. However, it had made some minor adjustments. In the plot of Repent and be Saved, the protagonist was an ordinary person. He slaughtered his way into the six realms of rebirth and existence and hell. The process was extremely difficult. In the plot of Eternal Reincarnation, the protagonist was a Martial God. He relied on his superb skills to enter hell and become the first Prison Keeper. Eternal Reincarnation was equivalent to a prequel story. The setting was the same as Repent and be Saved, but the prequel world looked more orderly. The protagonist was a disruptor of this order. The main story of Repent and be Saved would look more sinister, chaotic, and despairing. The protagonist was a struggling Dao Seeker. That led to a conclusion: all art resources could be highly replicated. For example, he could modify the scenes in the original work, change the style, and adjust the route. Then, he could use them as a prequel. The monsters in the original work could be turned into monsters or NPCs in the previous novels with a few new skills and movements. If it was in other games, this behavior could be summarized in one word: changing the skin. In fact, many games had such a phenomenon. There was a green-skinned brother at the front and a red-skinned brother at the back. However, the red-skinned brothers skills were much better. After all, the game and resources were limited. It would be too wasteful to only use one monster once. It would not hurt to use it a few more times. As long as it was done well and did not make players feel like it was too repetitive, it would be enough. How could he be lazy when it came to game design? That was project resource control. On the other hand, the amount of resources used in the downloadable content of Eternal Reincarnation was obviously very high. The actual development time was basically all in the combat system. On top of that, Hu Xianbin and the others had been accumulating inspiration and planning for two months before the official development. All the content had been finalized and everyone knew their work content. Thus, the development was smoother. Pei Qian thought that it was about time to arrange the early publicity work since the development was so fast. It was just as well. Meng Chang had already mastered the reverse publicity technique. He could trust him with the project of Eternal Reincarnation. Pei Qian had nothing to worry about this time. After all, the Eternal Reincarnation project had not intended to incur losses from the beginning. With Repent and be Saveds success first, no matter how bad Eternal Reincarnation was, this downloadable content would probably not be lacking. In fact, it had two main purposes. One was to put the downloadable content in front of the mainstream and buy the downloadable content first. That way, it could greatly reduce the sales volume of Repent and be Saved. That would reach the free threshold of the system and make Repent and be Saved stop earning money. Second, it could use the copyright to adapt this illusory thing to retain the authors in the inspiration class and prevent them from writing those profitable books. Therefore, even if Meng Changs plan failed this time, it would be completely acceptable as long as Eternal Reincarnation did not become too popular. Meng Changs mentality should have stabilized after receiving last months commission. Whether he succeeded or failed this time, Meng Chang should not run away. All in all, this months work seemed to be relatively easy. The overall situation was relatively optimistic. As for Dawn Games platform They would not send work reports here for the time being because they were not Tengdas subordinates. Pei Qian planned to call back and ask how things were going there. Just as he was thinking about this, he heard a knock on the door. Pei Qian looked up. It was He Desheng from Dream Realization Ventures. Eh? Whats the matter? Pei Qian was a little surprised because He Desheng had not been here for some time. Logically speaking, Dream Realization Ventures could operate on its own now. He Desheng just had to follow the corresponding rules and shortlist the projects in the queue. The profits and losses would all depend on fate. There was no need to ask for instructions. He Desheng obviously knew this as well. He said, Boss Pei, Dream Realization Ventures is not a big deal. Im here this time mainly because I feel that I havent reported for a long time. Ill also apply for an additional investment. Pei Qian nodded and said, Alright. He had indeed not paid much attention to Dream Realization Ventures for a while. It was good to listen. He Desheng first briefly reported the current work situation and then redo the projects that made more money recently. This was especially so for the projects that had failed previously. However, Dream Realization Ventures had been investing money and had finally turned its losses into profits. It had made a huge profit. In addition, he also mentioned Star Bird Fitness. At the moment, Star Bird Fitness was rapidly expanding to Jingzhou and even the surrounding areas. Its valuation was increasing rapidly. Of course, there were also some projects that were making huge losses. However, Dream Realization Ventures funds from other projects were enough to make up for these losses. They were still investing. On top of that, Dream Realization Ventures had invested in the company when it was in danger and left after turning the situation around. It had also won a good reputation for Tengda Corporation. Many companies were proud to be able to cooperate with Tengda. Pei Qian sighed silently as he listened. Sigh, when would Dream Realization Ventures be able to lose more money than it could make? That would be great! Alright, I understand more or less. Once Pei Qian heard that Dream Realization Ventures was still making money, he completely lost interest in this content and did not want to listen anymore. He Desheng nodded. He had not intended to say much. All of these were within Boss Peis plan after all. He just had to mention it briefly. If he said it too carefully, it would be a waste of Boss Peis precious time. Also, Boss Pei, I want to apply for additional investment in a project. Pei Qian was not very interested. He asked casually, Oh, what project? He Desheng might be the person-in-charge of Dream Realization Ventures now but he could only choose and not take the initiative to invest because of the companys special rules. In other words, He Desheng could only decide whether to invest after the other companies handed in their investment proposals and it was their turn to queue. That brought about a problem. He had submitted an investment proposal a long time ago, like Star Bird Fitness, but he had not been able to get it. Or perhaps some companies had not submitted an investment proposal at all. He Desheng could not invest. If he wanted to invest, he had to get Boss Peis approval first. These projects that had already been invested would definitely require Boss Peis agreement if they were to invest beyond the rules. This time, he must have set his sights on a project and come to ask for Boss Peis opinion. It was precisely because of this that Pei Qian lost interest. A project that He Desheng was interested in would definitely make money! He probably could not invest in it. However, it was obviously not appropriate to reject him directly without asking. Thus, he decided to just listen, go through the motions, and find a reason to reject him. He Desheng said, Boss Pei, I want to invest in Dawn Games platform! From the looks of the current situation, your plan for the early stages of the games platform has been a huge success. Your exploration of the platform model has also been verified! Now, the trial of every players soul has worked. A large number of players and game manufacturers have entered. It has also proven that the platforms mode is extremely compatible with Tengdas model! The next thing to do is to invest more and let it grow rapidly! Pei Qian was stunned. A question mark floated above his head. Chapter 1205 - Who Is Young Master Tian? Very few people in Tengda knew about the relationship between Dawn Games platform and Tengda Corporation. He Desheng was one of them. That was because Dawn Games platform was given funds through Dream Realization Ventures funds. Tengda had 70% shares. No matter who he hid it from, he could not hide it from He Desheng. Obviously, He Desheng had also been paying attention to the situation of Dawn Games platform. He realized that this platform was going to become popular. He was afraid that Boss Pei would be too busy and would not be able to pay attention to this information. Thus, he came to ask for instructions immediately to see if he wanted to increase the investment immediately so that Dawn Games platform could fly higher. Pei Qian was silent. He could smell extreme danger from He Deshengs words. He felt that something was very wrong! The Trial of Every Players Soul? A large number of gamers and game manufacturers were joining? What the hell? Pei Qian remembered it very clearly. He had just given Meng Chang a commission last Friday. The situation on Dawn Games platform could not be more optimistic. How did things change in just two days after the weekend? However, He Desheng looked very excited. Needless to say, he must have thought that Boss Pei had planned everything. Pei Qian forced himself to calm down. He said vaguely, Theres no need to rush this. Ill think about it again. You can go back and wait for the news. He Desheng nodded. Alright, Boss Pei. He had only come to remind Boss Pei because he was afraid that Boss Pei would not notice the news here. Since Boss Pei already knew about it and felt that the time was not right, he would listen to Boss Peis arrangements. Pei Qian could not remain calm after He Desheng left the office. He nearly exploded in his office. What was happening? What happened this weekend? Pei Qian walked around the office twice, sat down, and began searching for relevant information online to check what had happened on the morning show. 30 minutes later. This Young Master Tian Who is it?! Pei Qian gritted his teeth in hatred. It had not been easy for Teacher Qiao to not set his sights on the gaming platform this time. Why did a Young Master Tian appear? Whats more, this Young Master Tian seemed to be more lethal than Teacher Qiao! Take the content of this video for example. Teacher Qiao might not be able to achieve such an effect if he were to post it. That was because Qiao Liang was a kind and reserved person. He wanted to please the audience in his heart. Otherwise, he would not have become a father in the gaming area and address players as dear daddies. It was actually a little appropriate for Qiao Liang to talk about the Soul Trial. He did not have that overbearing aura, be it in terms of tone or style of writing. However, this Young Master Tian was different. His synopsis was clean and he even used AEEISs dubbing. He was simply like the cool swordsman from ancient times. He killed him in one shot and left in a huff, leaving only a cold back view. His movements were quite cool. The key was that it could be seen from the synopsis of the video that this Young Master Tian was completely different from Qiao Liang. Young Master Tian was obviously a courageous and ruthless character. He was also very smart. He was used to standing at a higher position and looking down on others IQ. He had a sense of superiority from the bottom of his heart. That was why he did not feel out of place when he used AEEISs voice to speak. Pei Qian began to think. When did he offend an enemy like Young Master Tian? Young Master Tian I know someone with the surname Tian? Pei Qian thought hard for a long time. He only knew one person with the surname Tian. He was Tian Mo from the sales department, Tian Heiquan. It cant be Tian Mo. How can he be so smart? If he had such ability, he would have been able to find a job instead of distributing flyers on the streets. Thats strange Pei Qian was speechless. He had yet to settle Teacher Qiao, now, another Young Master Tian appeared. How could he take this! Pei Qian had not expected that this Young Master Tian would be able to interpret the operations of Dawn Games platform in such a way. It was completely off track! Pei Qian knew very well that he had no such intention at all. However, after watching Young Master Tians video, Pei Qian began to doubt himself. It would not be surprising if he was deceived from the perspective of others. In fact, compared to Pei Qians original intentions, Young Master Tians explanation was more convincing At first, Pei Qian had been so happy that he had thought that the money-burning tree that was the Dawn Games platform had become a success. Now, it looked like everything had been ruined! What should he do? Pei Qian thought about how to salvage the situation, but found that he was a little helpless Just as he was worrying, he heard another knock on the door. Pei Qian looked up. It was Meng Chang. Boss Pei, Im here to accept this months mission. Meng Chang looked quite energetic. He had just obtained a commission. He had probably rested and relaxed during the weekend. He was now relaxed. Pei Qian should have been very happy and appreciative to see Meng Chang. Pei Qian was sincerely happy for Meng Chang after all. This meant that Dawn Games platform would never return from losing money. However, Pei Qian could not feel happy at all now. Happiness was Meng Changs and had nothing to do with Pei Qian! Dawn Games platform was now popular. It had nothing to do with Meng Chang anymore because Meng Chang had already gotten a commission. He could continue to work on the next project and get a commission. However, Pei Qian had to clean up this mess! He felt very unbalanced, but he had no choice. After all, this had nothing to do with Meng Chang. In Pei Qians opinion, Meng Chang also seriously wanted the reverse publicity plan. Whats more, it had indeed achieved a very good effect. The last twist who should he blame? The main culprit must be this Young Master Tian! It was probably Pei Qians bad luck that he was the one to blame After all, Pei Qian had been the one to decide on the arrangements of Dawn Games platform. If not for these rules, Young Master Tian probably would not have made such a crooked interpretation. No matter what, it was difficult to push the blame to Meng Chang. Pei Qian sighed inwardly, not wanting to appear too abnormal. However, his expression was still a little dark. Meng Chang keenly noticed Boss Peis expression and his heart skipped a beat. Could it be that Boss Pei was not satisfied with my last step? The last time Meng Chang saw Boss Pei was last Friday. At that time, the preparatory work for the publicity plan had been completed. There was only one last step. This weekend, Meng Chang released the video as Young Master Tian, causing the popularity to explode. The weekend had passed. Boss Pei must have seen this last step. Meng Chang was originally gloating and felt that he had done a perfect job of the Pei familys publicity method. However, looking at Boss Peis expression now, he seemed to be very satisfied with his previous steps, but not very satisfied with this last step? Did that mean that he was actually not good at learning and was happy too early? Meng Chang quickly asked, Boss Pei, is there any flaw in Dawn Games platform publicity plan? Pei Qian remained silent for a moment, not knowing how to respond. He was quite satisfied with this plan. The only thing he was dissatisfied with was the outcome. However, this outcome had nothing to do with Meng Chang. Meng Chang probably did not expect this to happen. Whats more, Meng Chang had already gotten the commission. He did not care at all. Pei Qian wanted to incur losses, but he could not say it so clearly. After a moment of silence, Pei Qian still did not think of a good way to put it. He could only say, On the whole, its alright. The final outcome was a little different from what I expected, but its not a big deal. Meng Chang perked up. Indeed, something went wrong at the last step! What was the problem? Meng Chang quickly asked, Boss Pei, what deviation is it? Pei Qian fell silent again. I cant tell you clearly! However since Meng Chang was asking, could he ask indirectly and see if he could obtain any useful information from Meng Chang? Or should he check on Young Master Tians true identity? Pei Qian pondered for a moment and asked, Have you thought about who Young Master Tian is? He felt that Meng Chang probably did not know Young Master Tians identity either, but he might have guessed. Meng Chang was stunned. He was very puzzled. Wasnt Boss Pei asking the obvious? Young Master Tian is me! Based on Boss Peis understanding of the Pei familys publicity method, he would definitely be able to guess that this Young Master Tian, who had finally ignited all the popularity, must have a very close relationship with me, right? Yet, why was Boss Pei asking the obvious? Meng Chang was very confused and felt that this problem was definitely not as simple as it sounded. Otherwise, wouldnt it be more direct for Boss Pei to ask Young Master Tian is you, isnt it? There was something wrong with this question! Meng Chang almost said its me, but he felt that Boss Pei was definitely not asking about this. Thus, he calmed down. Boss Pei why are you asking this? Before answering, he had to figure out Boss Peis true intentions. Pei Qian was confused. Why did he ask that? Of course, he wanted to know Young Master Tians identity. He wanted to meet him and recommend Tengdas new industry for suffering! Forget it. Looking at Meng Changs confused expression, he probably knew nothing about this Young Master Tian. Pei Qian waved his hand. Forget it. Youre probably very confused as well. How about this? While youre working on the plan, spend some time researching who exactly Young Master Tian is. He paused and added, This is very important, understand? It meant that he had to quickly find out the identity of Young Master Tian! Meng Chang blinked, not understanding what Boss Pei meant immediately. However, he soon had a flash of inspiration. He understood now! It was just like many philosophical people. When they ask who are you, they would definitely not ask about a name, a code name or an identity. Instead, they would ask about something more comprehensive and deeper. It would seem very stupid to answer his own name now. Boss Pei was a true philosopher. Boss Pei asked who Young Master Tian was. He was not referring to the real Young Master Tian, not the Meng Chang behind this alternate identity, but the virtual identity and alternate identity that existed on the internet. It was a complete persona, Young Master Tian! Meng Chang felt that Boss Pei must know that Young Master Tians alternate identity belonged to him. However, by asking this question, he was obviously hinting that Meng Chang did not really know and understand Young Master Tian. He did not perfect his character. At the moment, he was just a symbol, an ID, and a tool. This question looked simple, but it was actually a code! Boss Pei was hinting that Meng Changs image of Young Master Tian was not deep enough! There were many places where he was not self-consistent enough! Therefore, Boss Pei added that it was very important for Meng Chang to spend some time researching who Young Master Tian was while Meng Chang was working on the plan. He meant that Meng Chang had to find the accurate positioning of Young Master Tian. He could not let him be just a thin vest. Instead, he had to let this image be voluptuous, lively, and realistic. Meng Chang immediately understood. It turned out that Boss Pei was not satisfied with the last step. It was mainly because he had not shaped this Young Master Tian well enough and there were some flaws! He quickly nodded. Alright, Boss Pei! No problem! Obviously, digging deeper into Young Master Tians image and shaping him into a living, flesh and blood person would further separate him from Meng Chang. The effect of this last step would be better! Pei Qian nodded. He believed that with Meng Changs intelligence, it would only be a matter of time before he figured out Young Master Tians true identity. Alright, lets get down to business. The publicity task I arranged for you this month is Eternal Reincarnation. This is a more difficult task. Are you confident? Meng Chang nodded immediately. Yes! The reason why this was a more difficult task was mainly because it could not be separated from Tengda. As the downloadable content for Repent and be Saved, Eternal Reincarnation was naturally extremely popular, attention, and reputation. It was extremely difficult to advertise it in reverse under such conditions. If it was the previous Meng Chang, he would definitely be helpless and give up on the spot. However, now that Meng Chang had the Pei Familys publicity method, many problems could be easily solved! Chapter 1206 - The Split Downloads Of Eternal Reincarnation! Pei Qian was a little surprised and pleasantly surprised to hear Meng Changs straightforward answer. Eh, this young man is very confident! Meng Chang did not look blindly confident but confident with something in mind. Pei Qian asked, Do you have a rough plan? Meng Chang nodded. Yes, Ive been thinking about it for the past few days. Ive made some progress now. Ill go to the games department in a while and discuss with the chief designer of the project. I need their cooperation. Pei Qian nodded in satisfaction. Alright, Meng Chang was becoming more and more reliable! Previously, he had been passively accepting missions and doing publicity plans according to fate. Whether they could get the commission at the end of the month depended on fate. Now, he had taken the initiative to predict missions and plan the publicity plan in advance. He would get a commission based on his own skills at the end of the month. Not bad, this fighting spirit with fate has my style. He had not nurtured him for nothing! Alright, I wont ask about the specific plan for now. You can do whatever you want. The person-in-charge of the games department has just been changed. However, you dont have to worry. Just say what you have to say. After all, Ive already sent a notice previously to ask the various departments to cooperate with your publicity plan unconditionally. Meng Chang nodded. Thank you, Boss Pei. Ill get back to work, then. Pei Qian nodded. Okay, go ahead. If you encounter any problems, feel free to look for me. By the way, dont forget what I told you to do. Meng Chang quickly nodded. Its about Young Master Tian, right? I definitely wont forget. Pei Qian felt a little better after sending Meng Chang off. His nurturing of Meng Chang was finally successful. Even though something had happened to Dawn Games platform, indicating that there were still some loopholes and problems with Meng Changs reverse publicity method, it was only a coincidence after all. Whats more, Meng Chang had room to grow. If Meng Chang continued to be in charge of a few projects and trained, the chances of such failures would definitely decrease! Pei Qian did not want to dwell on this problem for the time being. Instead, he thought about how to salvage the situation on Dawn Games platform. Yes, he would probably waste a lot of brain cells again. Meng Chang went straight to Tengda Games department upstairs after leaving Boss Peis office. Meng Chang began to think about Boss Peis instructions about Young Master Tian when he waited for the elevator. Boss Pei is right. I was indeed not very particular about the last step of the Pei familys publicity method. Its mainly because the risk this time is huge. Its actually not safe. Young Master Tian is a new account after all. Whats more, this persona has not been truly established. Its too thin. If Teacher Qiao had not shared it, this video might have been buried directly. In order to ensure stability in the future, I have to create the Young Master Tian account that is on the same level as Teacher Qiao. It has to have a unique style, recognizable and have a group of fixed fans. Hmm this is a long term task, but I cannot be lazy. Meng Chang reflected on Boss Peis words and increasingly felt that there were hidden dangers behind this success. The exposure of the new account was still too little. If Teacher Qiao had not reposted it, Young Master Tians video would probably have been buried. Even with Teacher Qiaos sharing, there was still a chance that this video would be buried. Thus, if he wanted to be able to freely and 100% steadily ignite the popularity that he had buried previously, he had to create an account that was influential enough. Not only did he have to continuously export high-quality content, but he also had to have a specific character, character, and expertise in domains. While maintaining a certain level of style, he had to be more down-to-earth. Sigh, the Pei Familys publicity method is indeed profound. I actually thought that I had already grasped 70 to 80%. Now, it looks like I was blindly confident. Indeed, as Boss Pei said, I have to think about what kind of person Young Master Tian is and dig deeper. Whats more, this matter is very urgent. I cannot delay it. After all, the next time I use Young Master Tians account to post a video, I might not be as lucky as this time. Meng Chang came to Tengda Games as he thought. He knew Hu Xianbin and Min Jingchao, but Hu Xianbin was obviously not around. Everyone knew that Hu Xianbin had gone on a holiday. Thus, Meng Chang found Min Jingchao and asked who the new chief designer of Eternal Reincarnation was. Min Jingchao pointed. Thats the original author of the novel, Yu Fei. Original novel author? Meng Chang might have been in Tengda for a period of time and seen all sorts of strange operations, but he was still amazed by the operation of promoting a novel author directly to the chief designer. However, Meng Chang quickly regained his composure and came to Yu Fei. At that moment, Yu Fei was happily waiting for the shift to end. Based on his calculations, Hu Xianbin should be back soon after traveling for a month. Li Yada is a liar. Why would she need to take over for two months? Its obviously a month. Wouldnt I be able to escape once Hu Xianbin returns? Yu Fei had been on tenterhooks after he became the chief designer. Was the chief designer of Tengda Games a joke? At first, he was worried that he would not be able to do anything at all. He would be so busy every day. He did not expect things to go much smoother than he had imagined. Hu Xianbin had finished his work before he left. Boss Pei had also finalized the framework for the gameplay. The follow-up work would only be to change the plot direction, process route, and details of the various monsters in the game even if it had to be modified. These were not difficult to deal with. After all, he knew the plot too well. Whats more, he only needed to make the decision. The other designers would naturally do the work well. He did not have to do it himself. In fact, Yu Fei had the illusion that the person-in-charge of Tengda was so easy to fill. Of course, he woke up very quickly. That was only because Hu Xianbin and Boss Pei had designed the game in advance. He was only here to take over temporarily. If he wanted to design from scratch, that would not do. To Yu Fei, it was a pleasant surprise that nothing went wrong after taking over the shift for nearly a month. He would wait for Hu Xianbin to return and finish the handover before returning to write novels happily. He was daydreaming when he looked up and saw Meng Chang. Yu Fei? Hello, Im Meng Chang from the advertising department. I want to discuss the publicity arrangements for Eternal Reincarnation with you. Some details of the plan need the game department to cooperate. Yu Fei nodded and then shook his head. Ah, cooperate. Of course, cooperate. However Im only here to replace him temporarily. I have to hand over my work in two days. Why dont you wait for a while? When Hu Xianbin returns in a few days, we can talk to him directly? Yu Feis idea was to save Meng Chang some trouble. Even if he could finalize the plan now, wouldnt Hu Xianbin have to communicate again when he returned? It would be a waste to increase the communication cost for no reason. Meng Changs expression was serious. No, this is very urgent. Ive arranged the timing for each segment of the publicity plan. We cant wait. Yu Fei pondered for a moment and nodded. Alright, Ill listen to the rough plan first. Ill talk to Hu Xianbin later. Both of them arrived at the conference room. He might have only been the temporary person-in-charge for a month but he still knew a lot of basic knowledge as the person-in-charge of Tengda. Min Jingchao had taught him everything. As the person-in-charge, he had a few principles. For example, he had to do his best to cooperate with the requests of the other departments. Boss Peis orders were to be carried out seriously and not ask too many questions. However, he had to guess the true intentions behind it and so on. Therefore, Yu Fei did not think much about it after Meng Chang proposed to formulate a publicity plan for Eternal Reincarnation. He planned to cooperate fully and hand all the work in this aspect to Meng Chang. He could hand it over when Hu Xianbin returned. Thus, this was just a formality. Meng Chang was already prepared. He conducted a large number of meticulous research on Repent and be Saved and Eternal Reincarnation and used the Pei Familys publicity method to organize everything. He could be said to be very confident. However, he still had to cooperate with Fei Huang Workspace during the process. Meng Chang said, As far as I know, the main changes to Eternal Reincarnation as Repent and be Saveds downloadable content are in the combat system, right? Based on the current progress, how far have the scenes, monsters, and combat system been? Yu Fei answered truthfully. These two pieces are in sync and are handled by different designers. Overall, the scenes and monsters are modified faster. After all, they are using existing resources. The progress of the combat system is not bad. At the moment, the first version of the design has been completed. However, some details still need to be polished. According to normal progress, the modifications to the scene and the monsters before the middle of the month can be completed. The combat system can also be 80% completed. It can be played, but the experience is not that smooth. It should be completed before the end of the month. Meng Chang nodded. This was in line with his plan. My publicity plan has certain requirements for the sales rules of this downloadable content. Simply put, it requires splitting downloads. Yu Fei was stunned. Split the downloads? Yu Fei might be a novel author but he was a gamer at the same time. He still had some basic knowledge. How could the games downloadable content be split? Didnt they all update at once? Even the updates of mobile games were completed in one go. He had never heard of such updates being squeezed out bit by bit. Meng Chang nodded. Yes, I know that this doesnt match tradition, but this is necessary for publicity. Simply put, the release of the downloadable content Eternal Reincarnation will be divided into four parts, or four stages. From this week onwards, we will update a portion of the content and label the percentage of current updates. We will update about one-third of the downloadable content scenes, monsters, and downloadable content this week; the rest will be updated next week and next week respectively. At the end of the month, we will update the downloadable content combat system and related content. For every part of the update, we will explain to players the current progress of the downloadable content. From 25% to 50%, then to 75% and 100%. According to Boss Peis requirements, Eternal Reincarnation will be the prerequisite for Repent and be Saved. You have to buy Eternal Reincarnation first before you can buy Repent and be Saved. Therefore, we need to use pre-order to let players pay in advance. After players pre-order, we will update the content in Repent and be Saved in the first three stages so that players can experience it freely. Once the fourth part is updated, which is the entire content of the downloadable content, the downloadable content will be divided from the main body. Players can buy the content of Eternal Reincarnation alone. Then, they can buy Repent and be Saved, just like what Boss Pei requested. This rule was more complicated. The good thing was that Feis understanding was not bad. He figured it out after careful consideration. However, he was even more confused. Doesnt that mean that we have to come up with four different updates? Yu Fei said. That would increase the workload for no reason. Meng Chang nodded. I know. Thats why I need your cooperation. The workload has indeed increased, but its very worth it to achieve a better publicity effect. Yu Fei pondered for a moment. On the surface, Meng Changs plan only looked like it was to divide the content of the downloadable content into four parts. The scene and the monsters were divided into three parts. The last part was the combat system and plot. It sounded easy, but it was actually quite troublesome to do. For example, how to dismantle different scenes? From where? How to ensure the gaming experience after dismantling them? These were all questions Yu Fei had to consider. However, on further thought, he decided to go through the motions. At the moment, Hu Xianbin was not back yet. Since he was the chief designer, he had to be in charge of the work. He thought for a moment and said, I can do this, but it might not be so perfect. It might affect players gaming experience. Meng Chang smiled. Thats completely alright! Whether the first few parts would affect the game experience or not, they would not affect the publicity plan at all. You can dismantle them without any worries. If anything happens, Ill take responsibility. Yu Fei could not reject Meng Chang since he had already said that. He could only nod. Alright, Ill stand at the last position and do my best! Chapter 1207 - Little Sun Fetching Someone Personally September 5th, Wednesday Yu Fei sat at his desk and had just planned the changes that needed to be coordinated with Meng Changs publicity plan. He had also handed it to the designers. Strictly speaking, Meng Changs request was not difficult. It was just a little troublesome and needed some time. Whats more, it was a little strange. Yu Fei did not ask much. He only divided the entire downloadable content into four parts and handed it to his designers. After arranging his work, Yu Fei received a message from Hu Xianbin. Ill arrive in Jingzhou around 3 PM this afternoon. Ill make a trip to the office to hand over my work. Sorry to trouble you during this period! Yu Fei could not help but feel energized when he saw the message. Great! Hu Xianbin is finally back from his holiday! It was a pity that if he had returned two or three days earlier, the work given by Meng Chang would have been handed over to Hu Xianbin directly. There would have been no need to worry about it. The timing was not very coincidental. However, he just had to go through the motions. This bit of work was not a big problem. He had completed the last task before handover. It was also a perfect end to his cross-border experience! Yu Fei leaned back in his chair and stretched. He did not have much work on hand now. It could be said that he was relaxed and was just waiting for the handover. Based on his calculations, Hu Xianbin and the others had been gone for about a month, roughly 27 or 28 days. There were no particularly strict requirements for the specific days of travel. It did not mean that they had to play outside for the entire 30 days or about four weeks. Obviously, Hu Xianbin and Huang Sibo felt that the limelight was over and could return to continue working. They were eager to go home. Yu Fei also hoped that Hu Xianbin would come back early. He could continue to be an online author after the handover. He had been thinking about his new book for a long time. He had already thought about the world, the basic settings, and the outline many times. Now, he was very eager to start writing and let the new book meet the readers. Yu Fei made the decision to release an announcement after his designers confirmed that there were no problems. He would update the first part of Eternal Reincarnation on Saturday. At the same time, the announcement would explain the entire update process clearly and inform players in advance. After doing all of this, Yu Fei cleaned up all his traces on the computer. He left the place exactly the same as when he arrived. The one-month shift is finally over! Yu Fei heaved a sigh of relief. Min Jingchao came over and said, Ive already arranged for a meal at Ming House tonight. Take it as Hu Xianbins gratitude to you. Let him treat you. Yu Fei was stunned. Cant he claim expenses for it? Min Jingchao sniggered. How insincere is it? We have to slaughter him! At 3 PM in the afternoon Huang Sibo and Hu Xianbin walked out of the airport and found Little Sun, who was in charge of receiving them. Please, get into the car. Little Sun was very diligent as he helped to carry their luggage. Huang Sibo and Hu Xianbin sat in the car and felt emotional as they scrolled through their cell phones. Little Sun is actually here to pick us up today. Are the other drivers not free? I feel like the treatment has improved. Everyone knew that Little Sun was Boss Peis designated driver. Normally, his priority was Boss Pei. The other drivers would be the ones to ferry the others around. This time, it was Little Sun who came to pick them up. This made Hu Xianbin and Huang Sibo a little surprised. However, they did not think too much about it. Perhaps Boss Pei did not need to use the car today. Both of them leaned comfortably on their seats, took out their cell phones and began to surf the web pages. They were not that tired even though they had been traveling for a month. That was because they were playing in China. They ate well, stayed well, and played scenic spots that did not consume much energy. In addition, they had basically been resting in the hotel for the first two days of the return trip. Thus, their stamina had recovered very well. After a month of leave, they could not wait to get back to work. Huang Sibo was still thinking about the filming of Successor. He knew that the production team had already arrived in the United States. He planned to rest for a few days after arriving in Jingzhou and make preparations. Then, he would book a flight and fly over. As for Hu Xianbin, he was still thinking about the development of Eternal Reincarnation. As he browsed the webpage, Hu Xianbin suddenly exclaimed. Eternal Reincarnation released an update announcement? Isnt that too early? He remembered clearly that the development cycle of Eternal Reincarnation would be to be completed by the end of this month. Whats more, this was a relatively smooth situation. Why was there an update announcement at the beginning of the month? It couldnt have made it so fast, right? Hu Xianbin quickly clicked on it and read the details of the announcement. The announcement clearly stated these few points. First of all, the downloadable content for Eternal Reincarnation would be updated in stages. Four times, they would update one-third of the game setting and monster resources, as well as the games combat system and plot parts. The four updates were on the 7th, 14th, 21st, and 28th respectively. They were all on Friday. Second, the downloadable content would be pre-ordered. Players who had to pay the full amount in advance could download the corresponding updates during the corresponding time period. The downloadable content was not expensive. It was twenty-eight yuan. Players could also choose not to pre-order it. Instead, they could pay to buy the complete content of the downloadable content after the update on the 28th. Lastly, what needed special attention was that after the downloadable content of the 28th Eternal Reincarnation was updated, players could buy Eternal Reincarnation at will, but they could not buy Repent and be Saved at will. If they wanted to buy Repent and be Saved, they would have to first buy Eternal Reincarnation. Hu Xianbin frowned slightly. As the designer of Eternal Reincarnation, he naturally knew the situation of this game very well. He also knew that some of the content in the announcement was specially requested by Boss Pei. For example, after Eternal Reincarnation was updated, Repent and be Saved could not be bought casually. This was something that Boss Pei had specially instructed him. However, there was still some content that confused him. For example, this pre-order and updating in stages confused him. Even Hu Xianbin was confused, much less the gamers online. He flipped through the comments online and found that gamers were equally confused. Of course, there was also a little surprise. It mainly came from the early release that was far beyond their expectations. F*ck! Am I seeing things? Eternal Reincarnation can be played this Friday?? This is too f*cking fast. According to the official news, didnt they just officially start developing last month? I thought that it would take at least four to five months to develop. Whats the meaning of directly skipping three months? Bliss came too suddenly! Other games would easily skip two to three months, but Tengda would do the opposite for two to three months! We can play it in advance! Look carefully, its pre-sales and updates in batches. Only a quarter of the game content would be updated this Friday. A quarter would do. You dont know, Im almost bored to death waiting without Eternal Reincarnation! Updating a portion of the content every week is very good. Ill play a little every week and clear the game in a month. The time is perfect! I dont have to push the game progress in a hurry like before. Hurry up and update, I cant wait to suffer! This group of players was obviously very surprised. That was because they had been waiting for Eternal Reincarnation for a long time. This downloadable content had already been released in June. Everyone knew that Yu Fei, the original author, would personally participate in the development of the game. The loyal players of Repent and be Saved were all very excited. They had thought that they would only be able to play the game in half a year. In two or three days, they would be able to play it. How surprising was that! However, many players expressed their worries while feeling pleasantly surprised. Its not bad to be able to play the downloadable content as soon as possible, but the time is too tight! At the end of the day, the downloadable content has only been developed for two months. Can the quality of the game be good? Dont you trust Tengda? Its not a matter of trust. The key is that Tengda cannot violate natural laws. The larger the size of the game, the longer the development time would be. This time cannot be compressed casually! I dont think this is necessarily good news either. Does this mean that our expectations for Eternal Reincarnation are too high? This might just be a small downloadable content update. It might not be a huge update that can match the original work flow and length like what we expected previously. It can also be seen from the price. Repent and be Saveds original work is priced at 128 yuan. The downloadable content is only priced at 28 yuan. This means that the downloadable content is probably only a quarter of the original work. It might not even be enough! At the very most, they would create a large-scale setting Thats not right. Wheres the Martial God in the original work? Didnt he say that he would enter hell and become the first Prison Keeper? If we show all of these plots, it would not be any smaller than Repent and be Saved. I can understand the pre-order, but why cant I buy Repent and be Saved alone after Eternal Reincarnation is updated? Why can I buy Eternal Reincarnation as a standalone? Which is the main body and who is the downloadable content? What if you dont want to play Eternal Reincarnation but only want to play Repent and be Saved? That cant be. Are there still people who havent bought Repent and be Saved? If you dont want to play Eternal Reincarnation, buy Repent and be Saved before the end of the month. Actually, just think about it the other way. You can treat Eternal Reincarnation as the main body. It is only sold for 28 yuan. You can only buy the Downloadable content, Repent and be Saved at 128 yuan if you buy the main body. You can use 28 yuan to get the main body. Wouldnt that be a killing? F*ck, what a logical genius. Im convinced! Obviously, the players were all confused. They did not understand the meaning of such an arrangement. Wasnt this just chop and change? Whether the downloadable content was disassembled and updated four times or the positions of the main body and downloadable content were reversed, it all looked a little superfluous and meaningless. What was even more worrying was that the development period was too short. The game content would definitely be reduced correspondingly even though the price was cheap. They had been looking forward to a large downloadable content that was the same size as the main body, but in the end, it was just a minor update. That was too disappointing. Chapter 1208 - Another Month! After reading the gamers comments, Hu Xianbin sighed. It looks like many things happened in the month that I was gone. Its alright. Ill go back and ask Yu Fei and Min Jingchao. Well definitely understand these questions. He kept his cell phone and prepared to rest for a while. When the company arrived to rest and regroup, Yu Fei would hand it over to them. Then, they would be able to work directly. Huang Sibo was also a little sleepy. Little Suns car was driving very steadily so he was very assured. Thus, he leaned back in his chair and closed his eyes. After some time, Little Sun said, Gentlemen, were here. Eh? Have we arrived? So fast. Hu Xianbin was a little surprised because the distance from the airport to the company was quite long. He might have taken a short nap but it should not have been an hour. He looked out of the window and was stunned. Where is this?! It looked quite desolate outside. It seemed to be an industrial park on the outskirts. Looking out of the car window, it was a huge and imposing stadium. It took up about seven to eight hundred square meters of space and was about five or six floors tall. Hu Xianbin and Huang Sibo exchanged a knowing look, thinking that they had just been kidnapped. Something was amiss. Little Sun was Boss Peis designated chauffeur. How did he become a kidnapper? He would kidnap Boss Pei up even if he wanted to. How rich was Boss Pei? The two of us were just workers. How much profit could he get if he kidnapped them? Before the two of them could imagine a more ridiculous plot, they saw a familiar figure walk out of the stadium. Bao Xu! At that moment, Bao Xu was smiling mysteriously. Anyone who looked at him would feel their hair stand. Huang Sibo and Hu Xianbins hearts thudded as a bad feeling overwhelmed them. Something was wrong, something was very wrong! Something was going to happen! While they were traveling, Huang Sibo and Hu Xianbin did not contact the others much. Their wishful thinking was that Bao Xus tour group had definitely been prepared. The first batch of tourists had definitely been decided. They would not have anything to do with them anymore. However, from the looks of it now, this thinking was obviously too simple. Bao Xu was waiting for them very patiently! The automatic door of the commercial car opened. Bao Xu looked at Hu Xianbin and Huang Sibo, who had just returned from a trip. He was confused and frightened. He smiled. What are the two of you waiting for? Hurry up and get off. Huang Sibo forced a smile and said, Brother Bao, are you kidding me? Weve traveled such a long distance and are exhausted. We still have to go back to have work handed over to us and report to Boss Pei. Even if we want to catch up, it would take another two days. Little Sun, why arent you driving? Huang Sibo kept trying to shrink in but it was a pity that the business car had an electric door and could not be manually pulled. Otherwise, he would have closed the door long ago. Bao Xu sniggered. Theres no need to report to Boss Pei, much less have any work handed over to you. Think about it. Who asked Little Sun to pick you up? Huang Sibo and Hu Xianbin froze as their hearts sank. Who else could it be? It must be Boss Pei! Apart from Boss Pei, who else could command Little Sun? If not for Boss Peis instructions, would Bao Xu dare to be so brazen? Didnt that mean they were finished? The two of them knew very well that if Bao Xu was the one who did this, there might be some room for negotiation. They could think of ways to avoid it with work matters. However, if it was arranged by Boss Pei, there would be no way to avoid it. They could only suffer here Bao Xu smiled knowingly as the two of them got off the car very reluctantly and followed Bao Xu into the impressive-looking venue. Bao Xu led the two of them around the venue and introduced the various uses of the venue. At the same time, he told them about the special training time. One month! In the next month, they would have to undergo training in this stadium to adapt to the wilderness survival environment in advance. A hotel? No such thing. They had to sleep in the tent or sleeping bag here. He was more tolerant when it came to food. In order to ensure nutrition, they could have a feast every now and then. However, during daily training, they could only eat compressed biscuits, meat, and other food. After walking around, Hu Xianbin and Huang Sibos expressions and mentality changed subtly. The last bit of wishful thinking dissipated into thin air. He could tell that Bao Xu had set up an inescapable trap and was waiting for them to return! Want to run? No way. Hu Xianbins face was as long as a bitter gourd. At first, he had wanted to go back to have Yu Fei hand over back to him and continue being the person-in-charge of his games department. However, from the looks of it now, it was probably impossible for him to do so for the next month. Huang Sibo refused to give up. He forced a smile and said, Brother Bao, this is such a huge venue. It wouldnt be right to just train the two of us. How about this? Let us go back and rest for a while. Arrange our work. Well come again about it after everyone is gathered. What he was thinking was that he would drag it out as long as he could. As long as he let him go, he would book a flight to the United States immediately and participate in the filming of Successor with Zhu Xiaoce and the others. Then, no matter how capable Bao Xu was, he would not be able to come to the United States to catch him, right? Bao Xu sniggered. Do you take me for a fool? The expression of wanting to run was written all over his face. How could I let you succeed? Dont worry, everything has been arranged. Everyone will be here soon. The first batch of names has been decided by Boss Pei. We can officially start training this week. We wont miss a single one person. Hu Xianbin asked, Really? Who are they? Bao Xu took out a piece of paper from his pocket. It was the name list for the first special training session of the torturous trip. Hu Xianbin took it and Huang Sibo followed suit. Xiao Peng, Rui Yuchen, Ye Zhizhou, Guo Licheng, He Desheng Good lord, none of the core department heads of Tengda were left behind. The two of them looked at each other and completely understood their situation. Give up on all fantasies and resign to your fate! These people might be people whom Bao Xu hated to the core but Bao Xu obviously had no right to arrange for them to be together for a special training for a month. The only one who could finalize this list was Boss Pei. Since Boss Pei had decided, there was no turning back. Hu Xianbin heaved a long sigh, took out his cell phone, and sent a message to Yu Fei. After sending it, Bao Xu happily kept their cell phones. During the special training period, I will keep the cell phones. Dont worry. If you have any problems at work, you can look for me. Ill convey them. Hu Xianbin and Huang Sibos eyes were filled with despair. Bao Xu sniggered inwardly. Look, you two have to experience my despair now! At that moment, Yu Fei had already packed his things and was prepared to leave. He had just been working in Tengda Games for a month. Whats more, the working conditions here were very good. The keyboard and mouse were very useful. Thus, he only had a few items like a glass of water and a small bag to take away. The small amount of paper documents used in the work were all sorted and placed on the desk. The various documents used on the computer had corresponding modifications and submitted records. They had also been sorted out in various folders. The handover would be complete as long as Hu Xianbin came and brief him about the work completed for this month. Based on Hu Xianbins understanding of Eternal Reincarnation, the handover should be very smooth this time. Half an hour should be enough. After the handover, everyone from the games department planned to go to Ming House to bid Yu Fei farewell. It would be considered a farewell party. At the same time, Hu Xianbin would treat them to a meal as an extortion. Yu Fei browsed the webpage for a while and then looked at the time on his cell phone in confusion. Its almost four. Where is he? A delay in the flight? Or was there a traffic jam on the way? Yu Fei did not pay much attention to it. After all, Jingzhous traffic was very unreliable. The road from the airport to the company jams up easily. It would be normal to be 20 minutes late. Yu Fei was not in a hurry. He put on his earphones again and prepared to watch a few videos on Aili Island. At that moment, his cell phone rang. It was a message from Hu Xianbin. Brother, Im afraid I cant go back. I can only trouble you to replace me for another month. Yu Fei was stunned. What did he mean by I cant go back? Why did these words sound like his final words? He quickly replied, Whats wrong? Is there a problem with the flight? Hu Xianbin: I was kidnapped by Suffering Travels when I had just arrived in Jingzhou. I will be here for the next month for special training. I cannot leave. Brother, please help me tide over this for another month. If anything happens, call Bao Xu and ask him to convey the message. Dont reply me. My cell phone is about to be handed over. Yu Fei: ??? He wanted to ask more but after sending a few messages, there was no news from them. This Yu Fei looked at the message on his cell phone and then at his personal items. He fell silent. On the other side, Min Jingchao kept looking at the time. Eh, thats strange. They should be here by now. Where are the Old Hu? Yu Fei leaned back in his chair silently. Im afraid we wont be able to extort this meal Both of them were speechless after understanding the situation. Yu Fei did not speak because he knew that he would be working in Tengda Games for another month. It had been a month. Another month was no big deal. However, the key was he was exhausted! He had intended to leave, but he suddenly had to stay. It was just like when he was in school. The electricity suddenly stopped at night. The form teacher had just said that he would not study late today and end school early. In the end, the electricity came back on before he could finish packing his school bag! Yu Fei was having the same feeling now. As for Min Jingchao, he was silent mainly because he smelled a very dangerous smell. Something was amiss! He was picked up as soon as he landed. The two tours connected seamlessly No matter how he looked at it, it looked familiar. It was like revenge! Everyone in charge knew that Bao Xu had created Suffering Travels. However, they did not know how far this Suffering Travels had gone. That was because Bao Xu refused to reveal any information in the chat groups of the people in charge. It was very uncomfortable. Back then, Min Jingchao had often cheered with these people to send Brother Bao on a holiday. Now that Hu Xianbin had been arranged, would the other peoples turn be far away? Min Jingchao suddenly shuddered Chapter 1209 - New Results Of The Nag Laboratory September 6th, Thursday The employees were busy developing the new VR game Real estate agent simulator in Slow Movement Studio. After the tempering and grinding of Animal Island, the entire development team had obvious improvements. Their cooperation was more tacit, and the development process was smoother. Even Cai Jiadong, the chief designer, was more proficient now. He seemed to have gradually gotten a hang of Tengdas design ideas and methods. He was becoming more and more compatible with Lin Wans ideas and gradually became a qualified chief designer. After working on the computer for a while, he took the printed document and went to report to Lin Wan. At that moment, Lin Wan was focused on her computer screen. She was frowning slightly, as if she was thinking about something very important. When she saw Cai Jiadong, Lin Wan temporarily looked away from the computer screen. Boss Lin, have you seen the small program that the Nag artificial intelligence laboratory sent us? How does it feel? If it can be used, not only can it greatly shorten the development time of our entire project, but it might also have a certain impact on the specific design plan of the game. Lin Wan was stunned for a moment. Oh, Ive been thinking about other things recently and havent had the time to see it. What do you think of the effect? Cai Jiadong answered truthfully. I think the effect is unexpectedly good. Lin Wan did not expect Cai Jiadong to give such a high evaluation. This small program was sent to Tengda Games and Shang Yang Games by Nag laboratory two days ago. They said that it was an artificial intelligence program that was still in the trial stage. They were to try it out and give their opinions. That was because Lin Wan had a close relationship with Shang Yang Games. Naturally, this program was sent to Slow Movement Studio. In any case, they were all Tengdas internal businesses. There was no need for them to say anything. Lin Wan had been a little busy over the past two days so she had not had the time to see it. The reason why she did not pay much attention to it was mainly because she felt that this thing would definitely not be reliable. At the moment, interactive movie games, or RPG games that had more dialogue and required close-up display of characters expressions and words, were all done using motion capture technology and actors. Motion capture technology not only captured physical movements, but also captured the subtle expressions on the faces. During the process of the actor speaking the lines, the facial expression could be captured while recording. Then, these data could be applied to a model created with the actor as the prototype. That would show a very realistic effect in the game. Of course, if they were not satisfied with the actors voice, they could also find someone else to dub the voice and achieve better results. However, there was also a problem with this method. It was too much work and not very free. Once the plot dialogue was set, they could not change it randomly. Otherwise, even if they only added one sentence, they would have to hire the motion capture actor to record it again. The program in the Nag artificial intelligence laboratory was said to be an alternative to facial motion capture technology. The specific principle was to automatically generate the characters facial movements through intelligent analysis of voice content, the past motion capture data in the comprehensive editor. In other words, it could also be regarded as automatic lip-synching. It was similar to some softwares that made pictures sing, but it was said to be more effective. Lin Wan was a little doubtful about this. The program was automatically generated. How could it be the same concept as the motion capture actor acting personally? Boss Pei had very high requirements for the real estate agent simulator. It had to be as precise as Struggle. At the same time, all movements had to be captured with real-life movements, so as to bring players a real feeling. If the NPCs movements and expressions were stiff and twisted, it would be too much. The entire game would be flawed. For all he knew, there would be a terrifying valley effect that would scare gamers. After all, the immersion of VR games was far better than ordinary games. A slight misstep could lead to a huge fall. However, hearing from Cai Jiadong now, the effect was unexpectedly good? Lin Wan could not help but feel intrigued. She checked her own computer. The real estate agent simulator had been developed for a month. Until now, many character models have been produced. Due to the existence of the official platforms simulator, making this character model was actually a process of squeezing people. There was no need to make it from scratch. Whats more, the game that Boss Pei had once made, Struggle, might be mostly Westerners but after some slight modifications, many characters could still be used directly. The moment he received this program, Cai Jiadong arranged for the designer to make a few transitions with the current models and record them. Lin Wan quickly finished watching the scene. After a moment of silence, she asked, This was automatically generated by a new program? Its not a motion capture? Cai Jiadong nodded. Its completely automatically generated. However, the current support for foreign languages is not particularly good. Lin Wan fell silent. It did not matter if the support for foreign languages was good or not. In any case, the game real estate agent simulator was only meant for domestic players. Even if the response of the game was good and it was planning to produce a multilingual version, it would only be released a few months later. The effect was really amazing! The characters expression in the game was very natural. There was no stiffness in his movements or twisted expression. Of course, it was impossible for it to be as seamless as real motion capture. The voice and facial movements would not be perfect. However, as long as one did not focus on the characters lips, they would not notice anything amiss. In fact, it was enough to achieve this level. After all, many foreign movies and dramas did not match the shape of their mouths at all after dubbing. The audience would not find it strange if they were used to it. The facial expressions automatically generated by this program were naturally more than those of movies and dramas that dubbed voices. From the looks of the current situation, this technology can be used directly in the real estate agent simulator. Whats more Lin Wans eyes suddenly lit up. Wouldnt that solve the problem that had been troubling us previously? No wonder. Previously, we always felt that this problem was not resolved well and that we did not feel at ease. Now, it looks like Boss Pei was well-prepared. He knew that the new results from the Nag laboratory could solve this problem? The appearance of new technology often affected the thought process of game design. Previously, Lin Wan and Cai Jiadong had been very worried about the design details of the core gameplay in the real estate simulator. According to the original settings, one of the core gameplay of this game was to sell houses. The basic process of this gameplay was for players to get a new house, renovate this house, and redo it. They would use the funds in their hands to renovate it, change the furniture, and then receive guests. They would answer different questions during the introduction. Finally, the price would fluctuate to a certain extent and facilitate this transaction. This gameplay was consistent throughout the game. However, at the beginning, they might not have money on hand and could not make changes to the room. After customers pointed out their problems, they could only reduce the rent to facilitate the transaction. In the later stages, they could discover the problem of the house in advance and solve it before customers came to see the house. However, Lin Wan and Cai Jiadong encountered a small problem in the process of designing this core gameplay. Obviously, this was a repetitive gameplay. If it was not done well, players would quickly feel bored. If the customers who came each time looked similar and asked similar questions, their dialogue, actions, and behaviors would be very similar, players would probably feel bored very quickly. This core gameplay would not be able to support the game experience at all. Thus, how could this game be like MOBA games? No matter how many times it was repeated, it would still be novel? At the very least, players would feel that every customer they met would be brand new. They would be filled with anticipation for the next customer. This was the most important factor that determined the game experience. There were many aspects to this problem. In order to solve the problem of appearance, the program could automatically generate the appearance of the customer. Many games had similar functions in the face modification system. They were not difficult to make. Of course, the face that was automatically generated by the face modification system might be more uncoordinated. For example, no matter how one looked at it, it must be strange for a female to be dressed in a professional suit to have a Moxigan hairstyle, piercings, and exaggerated tattoos on her forehead. Thus, they had to add a few more patches on the system to limit the persons identity through the algorithm and correspondingly lock some specific elements in the face so that the appearance of the person would not deviate too far from the original persona. Now that the problem of looks was solved, the next step was movement. That was relatively easy to solve. After all, there were only a few movements that NPCs could do in the room: sit on the sofa, drink tea, look into the distance by the window, lean over to observe the corner, and so on. These movements could be arranged in advance. A few supporting movements could be done according to the characters gender, size, and age. They could be automatically triggered according to the algorithm in the room. In addition, the NPCs would also have corresponding body movements when speaking. This was very easy. All in all, these problems could be solved with quantity. As long as he increased the number of actions, the random algorithm would automatically draw it. Coupled with different appearance, body size, and other factors, he would be able to make a huge difference. The most important problem was the content of the speech. In the core gameplay of the game, every house had corresponding problems. For example, the north and south were not clear, the bedrooms were too small, the bathroom was not clean, the windows were not soundproof, and so on. Of course, there were corresponding advantages. Players could look at the houses themselves before customers came. After looking, the system would give players a few choices. For example, whether the houses were square, whether they were north or south, how to collect light, and so on. The choices that players made now represented the correct level of understanding of this house. It would also affect the choice of answering NPC questions. When bringing NPCs to view the houses, the NPC would raise questions about the house. Players would have to choose the corresponding options to respond. If they chose the right house, there would be no problem. If they chose the wrong house, they would lower the customers evaluation of the house. At that time, they would either reduce the price or blow up the deal. Of course, these questions had been set and used with a lot of professional knowledge. These contents were not difficult to make. Communicate more with Sloth Apartments and they would be able to set a standard answer for each apartment. However, the biggest problem was how should he deal with the specific words used by NPCs? Different people would definitely have different answers to the same question. For example, some people might say that the lighting was not good, some would say that it was too dark, and some would say that the opposite building was blocked. If all the NPCs said that the lighting was not good, it would look very stiff. However, this problem could not be solved by quantity. If he continued to use the same method as before, he would have to capture every change in expression. Different body types would have different expressions when they spoke. He could not mix the motion capture. He might have to record the various expressions under the same meaning several times. It would not be a big problem if it was other interactive games that were driven by plots. It would just be more work and recording a few more times. However, the real estate agent simulator was different. There were too many questions. Yet, there was no critical improvement to the game experience. If he did not do it, it would not be perfect nor exquisite. It would be easy for players to act. Doing it would cost too many resources. It was too much to bear and the price-quality ratio was extremely low. Thus, they became awkward. It was not appropriate to do it, and it was not appropriate to not do it. However, with the artificial intelligence program of the Nag laboratory, this problem was easily solved! That way, there would be no need to capture every sentence, dubbing would be enough. The work of simply dubbing was much smaller. They could even be solicited online directly and ask many passionate players to help with the dubbing. After inserting the dubbing, this program would automatically generate the facial movements of the characters according to the audio. Coupled with a certain amount of body language and movements, it would create a feeling of a thousand people with a thousand faces. Cai Jiadong sighed. What did I say! When I was working on the design details previously, I was wondering if this problem could not be solved under the current conditions! Didnt Boss Pei think of this when he was designing this game? From the looks of it now, Boss Pei had obviously thought about it long ago. He must have known about the recent research results of the Nag laboratory. Thats why he asked us to create such a game! Lin Wan nodded. Of course. Then theres no need to hesitate. Lets do it this way! By the way, Sloth Apartments has sent a new batch of house types over. Check them and hand them to the designers. Cai Jiadong nodded and said, Alright. After establishing a project to develop this game, Lin Wan went straight to Liang Qingfan and asked him to cooperate with development. Speaking of this knowledge, who could be more professional than Liang Qingfan? Sloth Apartments had many architects and designers, who were specially researching how to modify the apartments. As long as they sent people to collect information on various types of houses online, and then sorted out the advantages and disadvantages of these houses, they could send them to Slow Movement Studio and directly put them in the game. Of course, Lin Wan did not have to worry about these things. It was the job of Cai Jiadong, the chief designer. Lin Wan leaned back in her chair and heaved a sigh of relief after watching Cai Jiadong leave. Phew fortunately Liang Qingfan was not kidnapped. If he was kidnapped, even though I can look for other architects in Sloth Apartments, he would definitely not be as reliable as him. Speaking of which Boss Pei suddenly kidnapped the people in charge for special training. Whats going on Lin Wan felt that something was amiss yesterday. She might have arrived at Slow Movement Studio but she was still in Tengdas chat group. Normally, everyone would chat about the current situation of the various departments. The group was quite lively. In the end, the entire group suddenly became quiet yesterday. The few people who usually appeared did not say a word. Lin Wan felt that something was amiss. After asking Wang Xiaobin today, she realized that the person-in-charge of the ten core departments, including Ye Zhizhou, had been kidnapped Lin Wan was shocked. She thought that Boss Pei had caught them red-handed for doing bad things behind their backs. However, on further thought, she realized that they had been sent to the special training base Shen Renjie, the person-in-charge of the Nag artificial intelligence laboratory, was also taken away by one set like the other person-in-charge. Fortunately, Liang Qingfan from Sloth Apartments had survived. Otherwise, the development of Slow Movement Studios game would probably be affected. Lin Wans senses were very sharp. She immediately felt that this was no small matter. After asking around in the group, she successfully obtained the first list of people from the special training base. There were a total of ten people. They were Huang Sibo, Hu Xianbin, Xiao Peng, Rui Yuchen, Ye Zhizhou, Shen Renjie, Guo Licheng, He Desheng, Chen Yufeng, and Ma Yiqun. The special training base has just been opened. We have to progress slowly. We cant train too many people at once. Therefore, it is reasonable that there are only ten people in the first batch. However Why these ten people and not the others? Tengda has so many people in charge. There has to be a corresponding standard for evaluation, right? Boss Pei attaches great importance to this matter. Whats more, he did not hesitate to temporarily affect the work of the core department to arrange for all the person-in-charge to enter. Obviously, he had a special purpose. This purpose is even more important than short-term work or even profits. Purely to support Bao Xus work? Thats impossible. Boss Pei is someone who distinguishes public and private affairs. What he does will ultimately be beneficial to Tengda. If there are short-term drawbacks, it means that there will be benefits in the long term. What is Boss Peis true intention Yes, perhaps I should start with this list. I should be able to roughly deduce Boss Peis true intentions as long as I figure out the standards of this list Lin Wan looked at her computer screen again and fell into deep thought. She might not be a person-in-charge of Tengda anymore but she had also been paying attention to Tengdas internal movements. After all, every movement within Tengda represented Boss Peis will. Boss Peis actions often contained deep meaning. It would definitely be beneficial to learn more. Chapter 1210 - The Current Situation Of The Game Platforms Lin Wan was obviously not the only one trying. Zhang Yuan was also holding the list in DGE Club. Beads of sweat formed on his forehead. As the people in charge were apprehended one by one, Zhang Yuan first felt a sense of fear that a disaster was impending. Then, it became a feeling of relief after surviving a calamity. Zhang Yuan felt even stronger when he saw Xiao Pengs name on the list. Phew thats terrifying! If I had not given up my position as the person-in-charge of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Xiao Pengs name would probably be mine on the list now. Zhang Yuan did not know what kind of place Bao Xus special training base for suffering and suffering was or what kind of training it was. However, he knew that it was definitely not a place to enjoy. After Bao Xu became evil, he went from being sent out on holiday to being useless and furious. He became the mastermind who held the power to decide the life and death of the people in charge. This feeling was a little similar to that of a manufacturer. The name list contained the current person-in-charge of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Xiao Peng. Whats more, he was in the front. Zhang Yuan was very grateful. If he had been in charge of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, he would have been on the list. Fortunately, after leaving Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and becoming the person-in-charge of DGE Club and E-Sports Industry, Zhang Yuan escaped the calamity. Xiao Peng, who replaced him, was the one sent instead. However, this did not make Zhang Yuan feel at ease. Instead, he felt even more uneasy. Since this group of people in charge had already been arranged, wouldnt the same situation with the other people in charge still be far? Zhang Yuan thought about it. Based on his understanding of Boss Peis character, this matter would not be so easy to let go. In the worst case scenario, Boss Pei might normalize and systematize this matter and arrange for all the core department heads. In other words, Zhang Yuan might already be on the next list. It was just a matter of time. No, I have to think of a way to save myself. Boss Peis arrangements must have a deeper meaning. It might be beneficial to us and the entire Tengda Corporation, but I dont want to go for special training! Zhang Yuans current mentality was like a high school student sleeping in his bed on a cold day. He knew that it was good for his body to wake up early in the morning and run laps, it was one thing to know, it was another to be willing to do it! Hurry up and study this list. Lets see how similar these ten people are. I have to research it quickly so that I can avoid being kidnapped. Zhang Yuan listed the characteristics of these ten people on the computer and the recent work situation of their departments. He began to analyze them seriously. He was more serious about this than his work. The other people in charge of Tengda, who were lucky not to be selected, were more or less doing similar things. The group chat with the person-in-charge of Tengda became very quiet. September 7th, Friday At the office building where Dawn Games platform was located. Yan Qi looked at the various statistics of Blade of the Empire on Dawn Games platform seriously. The corners of his mouth curled up into a satisfied smile. It was better than he had expected! The situation was not bad after Blade of the Empire was officially released. As it was a game that was released on the platform earlier, it obtained a very good recommendation spot. It could even be considered the best mobile game on the platform for a period of time. After looking for bugs, a large number of players flooded in. As a game with good quality and few bugs on the platform, Blade of the Empire was naturally favored by a large number of players and was full every day. The new servers were opened one by one, and the games popularity naturally increased. Before this, Yan Qi had been worried that the popularity of the bug search would pass. What would he do? Then, the games popularity would plummet. The game might even be taken off the shelves. However, he did not expect the situation to completely change after Young Master Tians video was released! A large number of gamers and designers responded one after another. The influx of new gamers had a huge impact on those old gamers who were not recommended for malicious points. On the other hand, the Destitution Plan had continuously released a large number of outstanding independent games. It had also injected a large amount of fresh blood into the game library of Dawn Games platform. This way, Dawn Games platform would slowly be revived! Of course, there would not be drastic changes in the short term. However, everyone could feel that the situation was changing. Previously, almost all the games on the platform were on the verge of being taken off the shelves. However, after this new batch of players flooded in, the recommendation rate gradually decreased. Many games, including Blade of the Empire, left the danger zone of being taken off the shelves. Obviously, this group of new players were working hard to fight. They were using their own votes to protect these games as much as possible for the platform. Players who wanted to profit from the game could not succeed. Of course, some old gamers on the platform could not accept it. They had spent so much effort and were finally about to vote in the game off the shelves. They were just about to get a 50% refund for free when a new group of players suddenly flooded in and pushed the recommendation rate back. How could they tolerate that? Both sides worked their magic and did not recommend on the platform, or attacked each other and cursed each other on the forum outside. The battle was very intense. However, the situation still inevitably leaned towards those rational gamers. That was when the outstanding aspects of the ratings mechanism of the games platform were revealed: it was not rating from 1 to 5 or 1 to 10, but purely recommended or not. Most people would not be able to maintain an objective and logical rating under extreme circumstances even though ratings could better distinguish the quality of the game in many cases. Once both parties with different opinions fell out, they would either mindlessly farm 1 point or mindlessly farm 10 points. Both would aim for the most extreme direction. Whoever gave 7 points objectively would lose out. His original intention was to show the true ratings of a game or movie more accurately, but the results were often contrary to his wishes. Therefore, it was better to directly choose between recommended and not recommended. It would be easier to deal with extreme situations. During this process, some games were indeed taken off the shelves. However, they were basically old games with poor quality. Even though the number of bugs in the game could be strictly limited in the morning, it was impossible to limit the gameplay and quality of the art resources. Thus, it was inevitable that some old, unpopular games would be uploaded. The main purpose of the new group of gamers was to protect the outstanding games on the platform. Naturally, they left these outdated and boring old games to themselves. However, this was not a big problem. On one hand, survival of the fittest was the mission from the establishment of the Dawn Games platform. On the other hand, even though these games had been taken off the shelves, they could also obtain half of the profits that belonged to them. Whats more, they could be uploaded again after a period of time. As long as most of the outstanding games on the platform could be saved, there would be no problem. Yan Qi knew very well that the most dangerous period for the platform was over after watching the godly operation of Dawn Games platforms death courting move. If Young Master Tians video did not cause much of a reaction, or if gamers only verbally supported him, the discussion about this matter would quickly reach a freezing point. It would only be a matter of time before the platform collapsed. In the current situation, game developers and gamers were continuously pouring in. On the surface, it looked like the struggle between gamers on the platform would continue for a long time, but it at least meant that the platform had passed the biggest crisis. The situation would definitely improve in the future. Naturally, he could sit back and relax with the game, Blade of the Empire! Just as he was thinking about this, he heard the leader of the testing team mutter, Why doesnt this place seem to be working again? Thats strange. Isnt it Friday today? The main body of the Blade of the Empire had indeed been developed, but there were still updates. For a mobile game, the first few months after being released was the most profitable time. Thus, even though they could relax compared to the development period, they still had to continue developing new content. They would release more new content while there were more players and enthusiasm would increase. The profits would also increase. Once the game reached the later stages of life and new content would not stimulate the income much, the entire project team would enter a completely lazy state and start preparing for new projects. Yan Qi said, If it doesnt work, then do something else and write a work summary. Eternal Reincarnation will be officially updated in a while. Its alright to relax, work and rest. Chapter 1211 - Recommended Mechanisms And Game Evaluators Ever since they moved here, Yan Qi and his employees working habits had changed. It was mainly because the efficiency difference between different time periods was too huge if there were bugs in a land with good feng shui! If working overtime over the weekend was not as much as finding bugs in an hour on a workday, what was the point of working overtime? Of course, he could not rule out the possibility that some bosses were black-hearted. They knew that their employees would not be of any help to the project, but they insisted on working overtime. However, Yan Qi was obviously not such a person. After moving here, he realized that the rules of this place were not constant. Not only were there no work on weekends and spheres, but there would also be some exceptions. For example, some workdays did not work either. At first, Yan Qi thought hard about what was going on. However, after searching for a long time with the other designers in the group, he found nothing. He had no choice but to give up. After all, even if one wanted to find a pattern in metaphysics, they could only guess. If they really could not find any traces, they could only leave it to fate. Thus, Yan Qi did not dwell on this point. In any case, the game was already confirmed to be profitable. There was no need to be so anxious. When he was efficient, he would work. When he was not efficient, he would do something else. Today was the first update of Eternal Reincarnation. Yan Qi had already pre-ordered this game when the announcement was released. He was waiting to download the content and experience it when the time was up. In any case, it was only 30 yuan. To Yan Qi, it was no different from giving it away for free. After all, in mobile games, thirty yuan was equivalent to a monthly card. Eternal Reincarnation is Repent and be Saveds downloadable content. Logically speaking, the gameplay should be similar. However, I heard that Boss Pei personally made the decision and even allowed the original author to participate in the development. Its worth looking forward to. Yan Qi saw that it was about time and began to download the game. At the same time, in an inconspicuous coffee shop Pei Qian, Li Yada, and Tang Yishu were staring at each other by the corner table. Sir, your coffee has arrived Aiya! The waiter walked over with a tray with coffee ordered by three people. However, the moment he walked to the table, he staggered and looked like he was about to fall down. Pei Qian and Tang Yishu, who were near the waiter, reached out at the same time and grabbed the coffee cups on the tray. However, Tang Yishu was so flustered that she almost toppled the chair when she stood up. Pei Qian, on the other hand, was very fast and calm. The three cups of coffee were saved. However, the third cup of coffee was not held directly. Thus, it knocked against the other two cups and spilled a little. Pei Qian calmly took down the two full cups of coffee and handed them to Li Yada and Tang Yishu. The waiter quickly apologized. Im sorry, Sir. Ill get you another cup now. Pei Qian waved his hand and sent him away. Heh, its a good thing that Im observant and attentive. I had a premonition that something would definitely go wrong. Pei Qian took a tissue from the side and wiped the coffee stains from his hand. He looked at the two people sitting opposite the table and felt a little emotional. Why did it seem as though his own employees were from the underground gang Pei Qian had been thinking about how to turn back to safety ever since Dawn Games platform became dangerous. After thinking about it for a few days, he finally made some progress even though he could not think of a good solution. Thus, he wanted to meet Li Yada and Tang Yishu for a chat. Pei Qian pondered for a moment. It did not seem appropriate for him to go to Dawn Games platform or for Li Yada and Tang Yishu to return to Tengda. There were too many people and too many eyes. It would be terrible if the secret was leaked. Thus, he had no choice but to find a random cafe by the roadside for a secret chat. Boss Pei, let me first report on the situation of Dawn Games platform Li Yada was already prepared to report before she arrived. Pei Qian shook his head. Theres no need. Ive already understood what I should. Li Yada nodded slightly. Indeed, Boss Pei attached great importance to this gaming platform! He was always watching every move of the platform! This further confirmed Meng Chang and her guess: Dawn Games platform was obviously a large-scale experiment. It was an innovation in the gaming platform model. Once it succeeded, it would be completely connected to Tengda Games and skyrocket! Pei Qian did not know about Li Yadas mentality. He was just sorting out his thoughts and thinking about how to worsen the situation at Dawn Games platform again. After all, the current situation of the platform was only a lucky escape. It might not have died suddenly but it was still far from being a complete explosion. There was still room to salvage the situation. Soon, a new cup of coffee was brought over. This time, there was no more trouble. Pei Qian picked up the coffee and took a sip. He asked, The current recommendations on Dawn Games platform how did you arrange it? Li Yada was stunned for a moment before she celebrated inwardly. Indeed, Boss Pei saw that the first stage of Dawn Games platform had achieved success. Thus, he began to arrange for the second stage of work! She immediately answered truthfully. Its similar to other games platforms. Artificial vetting and data screening. For games that have already passed the bug test, we will first give a rough rating based on the quality of the game. The higher the rating, the better the initial recommendation spot. After reaching the initial recommendation spot, we will be able to see the corresponding data, such as clicks, retention rate, payment rate, and so on. After that, we will follow up with arrangements according to these data. Those with good data will continue to the next round of recommendations. Those with bad data will be recommended after a period of time. Of course, we will also give special benefits to particularly outstanding games. For example, the outstanding standalone games and independent games in the Destitution Plan will tilt in the recommendation resources. Pei Qian sipped his coffee, not commenting. Obviously, this was the recommendation mechanism used by most mainstream platforms, including official games platforms. Some novel websites and video websites basically had similar recommendation mechanisms. All sorts of data could be more comprehensive and objectively reflect the popularity of a game. It was not easy to be influenced by subjective factors. On the basis of objective data, combined with the judgment and analysis of professionals and the corresponding intervention in areas where the data was not accurate, a better result could be achieved. Of course, different platforms placed different emphasis on data and manpower. Some platforms trusted data more and were completely based on data. No matter how good a games reputation was, as long as the profits were not good, they would not give them recommendation resources. Such benefits could be based on results and make more money to avoid mistakes caused by subjective judgment. On the other hand, some platforms would give the staff a lot of weight. The recommendation spots would completely depend on the internal arrangements. Sometimes, after making transactions with the game developer, a not so good game would occupy the best recommendation spots for a long time. This was also a common occurrence. After all, the platforms ultimate goal was to earn money. It would not be embarrassing to openly price the recommendation spots. As for the impact and losses that might affect the platform It was actually not a big deal. Everything would be negotiable as long as the developer gave them more money. To Pei Qian, this was a dilemma. Rely completely on data? However, most of the time, the figures were quite accurate. Overall, it was still a very fair system even though a small portion of good games would be buried. Putting everything else aside, games that relied on figures to push to the top were most likely very profitable games at the moment. The platform would definitely make a lot of money with 50% split. However, it was not appropriate to rely on manpower. That was because Li Yada understood games. She was not the only one who understood it. Many people on the entire platform understood it as well. Even if Pei Qian arranged for a few people who did not understand the game to manage this matter, they would definitely be influenced by the Tengda spirit. They would be guided by other employees and would ultimately choose some outstanding games. Data and human combinations? Wouldnt that be returning to the original point Pei Qian pondered for a moment and said, I think we should leave the recommendations to the players! Li Yada was stunned. Leave to the players? Pei Qian nodded. Thats right. My consideration is to choose a small number of players among the players through a certain mechanism as the leaders of opinions. These people would have a special label on the platform. It can also be called a judge. Reviewers have the right to decide on the games recommendation spots. The recommendation spot in the game does not rely on the specific data of the game at all. Instead, it depends on the thoughts of these critics. Of course, the evaluators have a certain screening and firing mechanism. Think about this carefully and let me see it after you think of a plan. Pei Qians idea was very simple. He wanted to use this system to induce internal strife among players! If all the players voted publicly, it would only be a rating system with greater power. Most of the games selected for the recommendation spots would be games that had more people and earned more money. They would not achieve the desired effect at all. Thus, he had to think of a way to divide the gamers. He had to make a small portion of the gamers into good judges so that they could arrange recommendation spots for the game. Most of the gamers could only watch. There were different preferences by critics. They would definitely fight for the recommendation spots. On the other hand, various game merchants would also think of ways to suck up to these critics and exert influence on them. Ordinary players would also think of ways to pull the existing critics down and take over. All in all, the other platforms had the right to recommend the game. No matter how they arranged it, the end result would most likely be making money. The only difference would be whether they used this game to make money or that game to make money. After Pei Qian this maneuver, Dawn Games platform recommendation spot would basically be given irresponsibly to a few players. Now, many players looked very righteous and said that they wanted to judge these games fairly. However, if the minority became good reviewers and obtained the power to manipulate the recommendation spots, would they still stick to their previous ideas? Could those who became critics stick to their original beliefs? Could those who had not become critics accept it calmly? Pei Qian felt that it was unlikely! Chapter 1212 - Eternal Reincarnation CG Li Yada and Tang Yishu lowered their heads to take notes without asking any questions. If the two of them had had a little doubt when Dawn Games platform was just established, then all their doubts had disappeared at this stage. The gaming platform had already taken off. Boss Pei would definitely make it fly higher next. As for why such an arrangement made it soar higher It did not matter. Everything would be fine when the time came. No matter how many setbacks, difficulties, and misunderstandings the system faced during its implementation, it would definitely achieve great success as Boss Pei had planned it out. Since that was the case, what was there to worry about? Of course, this system was still very vague at the moment. As for how to screen, how to fire, and how many people to maintain, these content had to be carefully considered and planned in the long term. However, they definitely could not expect Boss Pei to take charge of everything with such details. That was Tang Yishu and Li Yadas task. Pei Qian could not help but feel complicated seeing that the two of them did not raise any questions. Every time he came up with a new idea, Pei Qian would feel conflicted. If his subordinates raised questions, he would be worried that his subordinates would not understand him well. He would also have to use Great Deceit to deepen their mistaken impression. If his subordinates did not raise any questions, Pei Qian was afraid that they would misunderstand on the spot. After some imagination, they would deviate from his original intention. All in all, he could not relax! However, on further thought, Dawn Games platform start was already fragmented. There was not much pressure now. At the very most, he would take the last step in advance and drink poison to quench his thirst! It was not the first time he was doing something like that anyway. Pei Qian looked at the time. It was almost time to knock off. Thus, he finished his coffee and stood up. Alright, lets arrange this way for the gaming platform. Once youve decided on the system, report to me immediately. Its the weekend. Get off work and go home! At the same time, Yan Qi had already downloaded the updated content of Eternal Reincarnation. He entered the game with a very hopeful attitude. As the creator of the mobile version of Blade of the Empire, Yan Qi was also a loyal fan of action games. His psychological endurance was not particularly good. The frequent suffering in Repent and be Saved often made him helpless and furious. However, the unique combat mechanism in Repent and be Saved, the excitement of defeating strong enemies, the design of the stages filled with plots, the design concept of breaking the dimensional wall All of these made him love and hate this game. He could not stop. Now that he was tired of playing Repent and be Saved, the new downloadable content naturally placed all his hopes on it. The official platform had already said that only 25% of the content in the downloadable content was updated this time. Many players felt that 25% was too little and not enough. However, Yan Qi did not think so. 25% of the game content was enough to play for a long time. The key was that it could be played in advance! It was always a happy thing to play Eternal Reincarnation a month in advance. Of course, the downloadable content had to be good enough. Yan Qi would definitely not agree if it was purely to speed up and seek popularity but to reduce players gaming experience by disassembling the downloadable content. He entered the game. Yan Qi had thought that he would enter the title page directly, but he did not expect it to be a black screen that played a new cutscene. In the quiet temple, the blood-red maple leaves slowly fell. A soothing melody sounded. Repent and be Saved had a similar melody at the beginning. However, the melody was mellow and had a unique sad atmosphere. The melody was calm, harmonious, and Zen-like. If one listened carefully, they would feel that the passion that had been hidden in the bottom of their hearts was slowly awakening. There was a faint sound of battle. This seemed to hint at the difference between Repent and be Saved and Eternal Reincarnation. Bam! A black piece landed on the chess board. The one holding the black piece was a pair of calloused, weathered hands that were filled with strength and confidence. After the black piece was played, a skinny and wrinkly hand reached out from opposite the chessboard. The white chess piece fell. The bony right hand was retracted, and the monk robes flashed past. On the board, the black pieces dragon was killed by the white piece. It was almost certain death. An aged voice sounded. I have long heard of you, benefactor. The scene changed and the figure of a young swordsman appeared on the screen. Under the setting sun, his shadow was drawn very long, and his sword was hidden in its sheath. They were all alone but they seemed to contain an extremely terrifying sharpness. Countless sharp swords were unsheathed around the camera as ferocious-looking pugilists surrounded them. However, in the next second, the young swordsman gently waved his sword. The blood on the sword gathered into beads of blood that rolled down. He put his sword back into its sheath, stepped over the corpse on the ground, and walked towards the sunset. The corpses were scattered around. There was a look of horror and disbelief on their faces. When you were 17 years old, you wielded a sword and lived a heroic life. You killed thieves and bandits. The scene changed. In a gorgeous palace. Theres an assassin! Protect the Emperor! The imperial guards raised their spears or long knives. They retreated uncontrollably even though they were in a neat formation. The jungler, who looked to be in his thirties, with a stubble beard, walked steadily across the tall threshold. His hands were empty, but his body was covered in blood. A guard suddenly rushed over from behind with a long sword in his hand. However, in the next second, a sword somehow appeared in the hands of the jungler. A stream of blood spurted from the neck of the guard as he collapsed. The guards raised their spears and stabbed at the jungler. However, the jungler only opened his eyes and looked drowsy. The long sword in his hand swept across and the long spears were immediately cut into two. He stepped over the guards corpse and came to the emperor who was running for his life. He looked at the long sword in his hand and threw it aside. After that, he dodged the dagger-axe of a guard. After snatching it, he tossed it lightly and nailed the emperor to the red beam pillar of the palace. At thirty years old, you destroyed an entire country in the blink of an eye. You killed an incapable ruler and crafty ministers. The scene changed again. There was a vast field with corpses scattered everywhere on the battlefield. The armored foreign cavalry formed a battle formation. The horses hoofs moved slightly, and the heads of the innocent people in the border were hung on the saddles. On the other side of the cloud-like battle formation, there was a person wearing heavy armor. He had a huge iron spear on his shoulder. His left hand was a long saber that was dragging on the ground. The cavalry formation charged forward with the sound of the aliens horn. The horses hooves raised dust in the sky, like an earthquake. A figure in heavy armor entered the enemys formation like a tiger entering a flock of sheep. At forty years old, you were fierce and indestructible. You killed an entire army. The scene changed and finally arrived at a wine shop in a deserted town. A bowl of cloudy alcohol reflected his mottled white hair. A knight wearing a bamboo hat and holding the seven-star treasure sword came to challenge him. His long sword shone with a cold light as it was pointed at the old mans throat. However, in the next second, he held a pair of chopsticks with two fingers and faced the sword edge. There was a sound of metal clashing. The seven-star treasure sword broke inch by inch and became a pile of scrap metal. At sixty years old, you plucked leaves and flowers fluttered. You had a mystical battle technique that could kill everything in the world. At that point, the old voice paused for a moment. Another chess piece landed on the board. However, Benefactor, no matter how superb the martial skills are, it is impossible to cut off life and death. Life, age, illness, and death, the six realms of rebirth and existence are fates that all beings in the world cannot escape. Benefactor, you are about to be bewitched, why not repent and be saved? On one side of the chessboard, the old monk with a withered appearance pressed his palms together and persuaded patiently. The declining Martial God was silent for a moment before he placed another black chess piece on the board. The black dragon, which was almost strangled to death, actually managed to fight his way out of the blockades of the white pieces. He had to survive in the face of death! How can you know that you cant cut through life and death if you have never tried? The Martial God asked calmly. The old monk knew that there was no turning back. He could only mutter, Amitabha. The Martial God opened his left hand. A black and white pill that blended yin and yang appeared in his palm. He slowly stuffed it into his mouth and swallowed it. After that, he took the ugly demon sword that had been placed beside the chess table. The moment the sword was unsheathed, blood-red light spilled everywhere. It was an ominous sign. Chapter 1213 - This Is The Martial God? Bloody light filled the entire screen. The Martial Gods eyes slowly closed in the background melody. The bloody light that filled the sky was originally a close-up of his two eyeballs. At that moment, as his eyelids fell, the camera zoomed out and the bloody light gradually dissipated. However, there was still bloody smoke emitting from the Martial Gods eyes, like blood tears floating in the air. The camera zoomed out. The Martial Gods eyes were tightly shut. He was still sitting cross-legged opposite the chess table. He held the demon sword in his right hand and pressed it against the ground. Blood dripped down the demon swords blade, painting the entire demon sword blood red. On the chess table, the black and white pieces were still in their final state. However, they were already covered in blood. The old monk was still sitting cross-legged opposite him with his palms pressed together. However, his old head was lowered. The monastic robe and monk robes on his body were dyed red with blood. Obviously, he had passed away. The entire scene fell silent. Only the red maple leaves were still falling slowly. This silence lasted for a few seconds. After that, a crisp ding ding broke the silence. At first, it was a barely noticeable sound. However, a second sound soon sounded. This time, it was much louder. It seemed to be right next to his ear. The Martial Gods body and the old monks body shook at the same time. Nothing appeared on the old monks head because his three immortal souls and seven mortal forms had been destroyed by the demon sword. The blood of an eminent monk had given the demon sword the power to kill the ghostly soldiers. On the other hand, the Martial Gods spirit fire appeared above his head. That was his three immortal souls and seven mortal forms. The three immortal souls and seven mortal forms of the Martial God in his twilight years were no longer as strong as when he was young. He was a little like a candle in the wind, as if he would be hooked away in the next second. However, at that moment, the Martial God suddenly opened his eyes! The demon sword in his hand suddenly released a monstrous demonic aura. As the sword blade waved, it brought with it bright red and filthy black flames that filled the sky, slashing towards a certain place in the yard! The sword did not cause any damage to the chess table even though it slashed across the table. Instead, it was like a flash of light, as though they were in a different time and space. Demonic energy surged into the sky as two figures appeared in the yard. One was black and the other was white. They were spitting out long tongues. They were handcuffed in their left hand and holding a mourning stick in their right. The white tassel on the mourning stick swayed as it tried to hook the wandering soul. The bell at the top of the mourning stick once again let out a crisp sound. In front of the two tall and sinister ghostly soldiers, the Martial God gradually adapted to the state of the two worlds. His right hand held the demon sword tightly. After that, he made a please gesture with his hand. After this opening move, he seamlessly entered the real battle scene in the game. The old monks corpse, chess table, and other elements remained the same. However, the Black and White Impermanence were already there. There were two extremely tall and imposing bosses with two long boss health bars above the screen. The sudden battle caught Yan Qi off guard. Fu * k, its starting already? Battling the Black and White Impermanence right from the start? Thats too exciting! Fortunately, Yan Qi had already held the controller in his hand. After all, he had suffered many times in Repent and be Saved. He subconsciously became nervous and excited when playing such games. He did not dare to daydream. Even so, these two bosses still gave him a huge pressure that he had never felt before. He had already played the Black and White Impermanence in Repent and be Saved before. However, the Black and White Impermanence he met this time was obviously different from the one in Repent and be Saved. In Repent and be Saved, the Black and White Impermanence was in a more crazed state. They had lost their sanity. They had completely forgotten their mission to guide souls. They were wandering aimlessly as the boss in the game. The Black and White Impermanence in Repent and be Saved looked even scarier. Their ghostly uniforms were torn and tattered, and they were stained with blood. Their eyes were crazed, blood-red, and they could not communicate with anyone. All they could do was shout incoherently, and their attacking styles were even more crazed and chaotic. The Black and White Impermanence in Eternal Reincarnation looked much more normal on the surface. Their uniforms were neat and tidy. One could even see the words Money at first sight and Peace in the world written on their official caps. Their movements looked very rational. They did not have such a strong desire to attack as they did in Repent and be Saved. Not only that, they had lines. A malicious spirit that captures ones soul, a life that is unpredictable. Insolent yin spirit! Surrender quickly, come back with us to judge your sin! Resist us and well send you to hell, never to be reborn! The sinister voice was even scarier than the Black and White Impermanence in Repent and be Saved. After all, the Black and White Impermanence was considered a mid-stage boss in Repent and be Saved. Players would fight their way out of the mass grave. They would defeat the crazed townspeople in the initial town and step onto the Road to the Underworld. They would only meet the Black and White Impermanence after suffering countless times. He was already mentally prepared when he saw it. However, Eternal Reincarnation was different. They had to directly fight with two bosses from the beginning. Whats more, it looked like a boss at its peak. The pressure immediately came out! Yan Qi was a little confused. How can I fight this? Im only level one. I dont have anything! At the very least, Repent and be Saved would only face a boss battle after leveling up, obtaining a weapon, and healing items. However, the protagonist had nothing on him now. How could he fight? Could it be that the protagonist of Eternal Reincarnation be far stronger than Repent and be Saved in terms of setting, so he arranged for a powerful enemy like the Black and White Impermanence from the beginning? Yes, that makes sense. After all, the setting is Martial God. Whats more, he has a powerful demon sword. It shouldnt be difficult to kill the Black and White Impermanence. Whats more, Im not a new gamer. Ive already completed Repent and be Saved! At that thought, Yan Qi rushed forward confidently. Less than a minute later, Yan Qi watched as the so-called Martial God was smashed onto the ground by the Black and White Martial God. The two mourning sticks smashed him to the ground until he could not get up. The iron chains passed through his collarbones and were locked by the Black and White Impermanence. Sh * t, somethings not right, right? These two bosses are ridiculously strong. Is this a plot kill? Yan Qi realized that things were very different from what he had expected. He had originally thought that the Martial God with the demon sword should be very impressive. However, after charging forward, he realized that it was not the case at all! The Black and White Impermanences stats seemed to be higher than Repent and be Saveds. Its health was thicker and its damage was higher. The AI seemed to have become smarter even though their desire to attack was no longer so strong. Instead, the difficulty of the 1V2 battle increased! From a setting point of view, this made sense. After all, the Black and White Impermanence was now in a normal state of rationality. At its peak, it was understandable to adjust its stats higher. However, the key was that how was this Martial God a Martial God? It would shatter with a single touch! Yan Qi had originally thought that the damage of this demon sword would be very high. He had hacked at the Black and White Impermanence to lose health. However, he realized that the damage was not high at all! He might have lost some health but he would probably need a lot of perseverance to kill the Black and White Impermanence. Whats more, the margin of error in the battle was extremely low because there were no healing items. Once one of the Impermanence Warriors defeated him, the other Impermanence would definitely follow up with a continuous attack. This bit of health was not enough. It would be cleared to zero in minutes. After being locked up, the protagonist was brought to the netherworld by the Black and White Impermanence. Hmm it looks like it was indeed a plot kill. He deliberately arranged for characters that players could not defeat. The real plot of the game should start from the Road to the Underworld. Compared to Repent and be Saved, Eternal Reincarnation skipped a portion of the game content. For example, the initial village, town, and gate started from the Road to the Underworld. There were a large number of ghosts on the Road to the Underworld, who were led by the ghostly guards to the River of Three Crossings and the Bridge of Forgetfulness. The Black and White Impermanence left the protagonist there, handed him to the ghostly guards, and went to the rest of the world to collect the other ghosts. On the other hand, the protagonist broke free from the shackles once again. Obviously, he wanted to kill the ghostly soldiers on the Road to the Underworld and continue advancing. Compared to the scene in Repent and be Saved, the scene in Eternal Reincarnation was obviously closer to the norm in hell. The ghosts were led to the netherworld by the ghostly soldiers. They were in an orderly manner. They were not like Repent and be Saved, which was filled with Road to the Underworld. They were not guided. The ghostly soldiers were not crazy either. Yan Qi quickly shook off the frustration of the plot kill from before. He held the demon sword and rushed towards a deviation in front of him. He would probably be able to successfully deal with the first ordinary monster he met in the game, right? However, half a minute later, Yan Qi fell into deep thought as he looked at the Martial God whose soul had scattered on the screen. Something was amiss! Production Team, are you sure this thing is the Martial God? Chapter 1214 - Demon Swords Are Trash! Calm down. Perhaps I started it wrongly. Calm down and bring out my best state. Yan Qi adjusted his breathing and continued playing the game. This time, he had finally gotten rid of the first monster that he had met C an ordinary and trashy-looking ghostly slave. In Repent and be Saved, even though the Road to the Underworld was the third setting, players had already been through a lot in the past. Thus, the chances of them dying in the hands of ordinary monsters like the Ghost General was negligible. Needless to say, the difference in attributes in Eternal Reincarnation had definitely been adjusted. Compared to the original version, the current version was faster, had higher attack frequency, and had higher damage. The extremely fast speed of the attack coupled with extremely high damage made Yan Qi really want to diss this ghostly soldier for being like an exceptional saber user. He directly killed the Martial God with one blow. If the protagonist was the Martial God, then the deviant should be the Martial Gods father. The good thing was that they were small monsters after all. Their damage was high but their moves were very simple. They would fight after adapting for a while. After that, Yan Qi followed the games instructions and let the Martial God pierce the demon sword into the ground of the Road to the Underworld. Eternal Reincarnation was different from the revival mechanism after Repent and be Saveds death. In Repent and be Saved, the protagonist was an ordinary person. He relied on the Buddha statues guidance to advance step by step. The Buddha statue was equivalent to a save point. Players could restore their state and refresh the surrounding monsters. The Land Statue could collect nearby remnant souls. However, there were no Buddha statues or Tudi statues in Eternal Reincarnation. Instead, there would be a special anchor point every time they traveled a distance. The Martial God would pierce the demon sword into these places and leave a mark with the demon sword. After he stabbed it, red and black demonic energy would seep out of the crack. The Martial God could revive in these places through the demon sword. He could also kill enemies nearby and dissipate their souls. After inserting the demon sword in these places, he could collect souls and use them to improve his own ability. If he died before activating the first storage point, the demon sword would automatically compress the Martial Gods three immortal souls and seven mortal forms. It would also automatically revive behind the gate of hell and at the entrance of the Road to the Underworld. Strictly speaking, it could not be considered a revival. It could only be said to restore the half-life and undying state of the two worlds. Yan Qi continued moving forward. Soon, he encountered a second ghost assignment. He solved it using the same method as before. Eh? He dropped something? Yan Qi could not help but feel energized. He went over to pick up the props that had fallen to the ground and found a soft weapon: a shackle. Such a weapon existed in Repent and be Saved, but no one used it because it was too weak. What a pity. It might be better if I dropped a knife or a long weapon. There should be a chance of this drop. The ghostly soldiers on the Road to the Underworld wielded all sorts of weapons. The common weapons were swords and knives. There were also shackles, spears, axes, and forks. The deviant could only drop the type of weapon that he was holding. Yan Qis luck was not very good. The first deviant was the one who held the knife but did not drop the equipment. The second lost the equipment but the most uncommon shackles. However, Yan Qi still opened his inventory to check the stats of the shackles after some thought. Huh? Something doesnt seem right. Yan Qi glanced at it. The stats of the shackles seemed to be the same as in Repent and be Saved. They had not been strengthened in the downloadable content. It was probably still an unpopular weapon. However, even an unpopular weapon had better stats than the demon sword in the hands of the god! That was because even though the enhancement coefficient of each attribute was very low, at the very least, there was still an enhancement. The demon swords enhancement column was C , which meant that there was no enhancement at all. It seems like I can dual wield them? Yan Qi immediately equipped the chain in his left hand. According to the settings in Repent and be Saved, the right hand was the main hand and the left hand was the assistant. When the left hand used a weapon, it was naturally slower than the right hand and only 70% of the damage. However, some special weapon skills could be used in the left hand. In other words, weapons with high damage should be used with the right hand while functional weapons should be used with the left hand. In Eternal Reincarnation, perhaps because the protagonist was the Martial God, the speed of the weapon in his left hand was the same as his right hand, and the damage was 90%. Even so, his right hand was still stronger. The reason why Yan Qi placed the chain in his left hand was that he still looked down on this chain in his heart. He felt that the Martial Gods awesome demon swords damage had to be higher than the chain no matter what. Perhaps the demon sword had some hidden attributes. The data written on the interface might not be all. After that, he continued moving forward. He played a few more ghostly soldiers and the grievous spirits who had been summoned by the ghostly soldiers to deal with him. After the battle came to an end, Yan Qi stopped once again, doubting life. This demon sword, are you f*cking kidding me? Yan Qi realized that the chain in his left hand still had much higher stats than the demon sword in his right hand even though the damage of the secondary weapon was lowered Whats more, at this distance from the Road to the Underworld, the weapon drop rate of the Ghost seemed to be very high. He already had a Ghost Blade in his backpack, a Ghost Blade. After comparing the stats, Yan Qi silently removed the chain and demon sword and changed them to the Ghost Generals saber and sword. However, the demon sword that was removed was not kept in the luggage like a chain. Instead, it was on his back. It would be used when he needed to activate the teleportation point. After dual-wielding the saber, Yan Qi resumed his journey. This time, he was shocked to find that the difficulty of the battle seemed to have plummeted! Of course, he still had to die if he was hacked to death. These two weapons did not help to improve the Martial Gods defense. However, the attacking strength had been significantly improved. The efficiency of killing monsters had been greatly improved. This is the normal tempo of the game It might still be as crisp as a piece of paper but at least I dont have to shave the monster like before. The monsters health is still higher than Repent and be Saveds but this is at least considered playable. However, this is a little strange. It might make sense from the settings but the experience it gives players is a little bad. Yan Qi did not pay much attention to it. He was an old gamer of Repent and be Saved after all. He had higher tolerance and continued playing the game. Two hours later, Yan Qi temporarily exited the game. He rotated his sore neck due to fatigue. According to the length of Repent and be Saveds game, the entire games pure plot process could be completed in 12 to 13 hours. Of course, this could only be done by people who were more familiar with the game and were not stuck at all. In fact, since most players were crazily lost and suffering, it was not strange for the game to extend to tens of hours. Not to mention that he could continue with the second try after clearing it. Yan Qi estimated that according to the official platforms current saying, Eternal Reincarnation had been updated by about a third. In other words, the pure plot flow should have been more than four hours. Considering that he was not very efficient in killing monsters and that he had taken a detour in the middle due to the change in route, the current game progress should be about one-third of the published progress. Yan Qi looked at the time. It was about time to knock off. There was no need to work so hard to finish all of them at once. He should savor this game slowly. Continue working hard over the weekend. There might not be a lot of content in the experience but Yan Qi had a few general feelings. First of all, the changes to the downloadable content were not big. It looked like a change of skin. From the looks of the current situation, the biggest change was that the protagonists identity had changed. A new opening had been made. The performance mode of system functions such as save points, upgrades, and so on had been changed. The appearance of the monster, the fighting style, the appearance of the scene, and the route had been modified. However, the world was still the same. The scene was still the gate to the netherworld, the Road to the Underworld, and the Bridge of Forgetfulness. There might be some changes but there was no new scene at all. It was still a little disappointing. Second, it seemed like there was a certain problem with the games combat system and basic settings. The demon sword had so many scenes, but the damage was so low? It was even lower than the chain of rubbish in the hands of the ghost operator. This made sense from the setting: No matter how powerful the protagonist was, he was only the Martial God of the mortal world. In the netherworld, he could only be beaten by the Ghost General in terms of the strength of his soul. No matter how impressive the demon sword was, it was only a weapon in the mortal world. Of course, it could not compare to the spirit weapon in the Ghost Generals hand. However no matter how reasonable it was, the combat experience was completely fragmented. Forget about the Black and White Impermanence. After all, it was a plot kill. It did not matter if they could not win. However, the damage of the demon sword was so low that it was difficult to kill small monsters in front of it. Thus, the demon sword quickly became a tool sword. It only stabbed the ground to create a teleportation point. It completely lost its original high-end style. I feel a little disappointed. It might still be the same but I feel like Ive lost that sense of amazement. This downloadable content is not expensive at all. You wont lose out or be fooled by it, but it doesnt seem to be Boss Peis standard? Yan Qi opened the forum and read the other players comments. This demon sword is too despicable! Its completely rubbish! I think so too. In the beginning, they said that he was a Martial God. In the end, the Martial God was directly pressed onto the ground by a small monster. Its completely lacking in class. It feels like his character has collapsed! I think theres a huge problem with the system design of the game. Previously, the system design for Repent and be Saved was already too much. However, as a torturous game, it was stuck at the limit that most people could accept. That was why it became a classic. On the other hand, Eternal Reincarnation is a little too much. The monsters damage is too high, and the protagonists damage is too low. This is no longer a form of training. Its completely disgusting. Theres no sense of achievement after suffering. The announcement said that the last patch would update the combat system. Perhaps it would change? Yes, I think so too. Well suffer in the early stages before releasing the modifications to the combat system. Thats not good either, right? The combat system is the essence of the entire game. Since all aspects revolve around the combat system, we have to update the combat system first, right? Whats the point of making us suffer? Whats more, there doesnt seem to be a new setting for this game. The original monsters and scenes have been changed to be downloadable content. How disappointing! Its alright. This downloadable content is very cheap to begin with. Its not a matter of whether its cheap or not. The downloadable contents publicity was very loud. Everyone was looking forward to it based on Repent and be Saveds game size. In the end, this situation cannot be considered satisfactory, right? Thats right. Tengdas core spirit is not cheap, but worth the price. It seeks perfection! What we want is not cheap, but actual game content! Obviously, many players had the same thoughts as Yan Qi. Based on the current updates, the gaming experience was obviously not satisfactory. Yan Qi shook his head slightly, not understanding what Tengda was up to. Perhaps Boss Pei was too busy. He was just involved in name and did not participate in the design of the games detailed experience. That led to a huge deviation from Boss Peis plan in the end? Perhaps the original authors participation had affected the game project? Perhaps the chief designer wanted to play some tricks, but he did not have Boss Peis ability and went overboard? It was possible. However, there would be four updates after all, this was only the first. Just as some players had emphasized, the combat system seemed to be the last update. It seemed too early to say that Eternal Reincarnation was not good. Yan Qi browsed the forum casually again and prepared to go home after work. However, at that moment, he discovered a post. Holy sh * t! I dont know if Im hallucinating, but I saw the Martial God move on its own just now! Yan Qi was stunned. The character moved on its own? Are you seeing things? Or perhaps the joystick had drifted? Or was the owner of the post playing to the gallery? Yan Qi had played for two hours and had never encountered a situation where the character moved on its own. Thus, he instinctively did not believe this post. However, his curiosity spurred him to enter. The person who posted the post introduced his game process in detail. At first, he was the same as Yan Qi. He was also beaten up and captured by the Black and White Impermanence. The difference was that Yan Qi was only killed by the ghostly soldier with the knife once. After that, he advanced smoothly. However, no matter how hard he tried, the original poster could not defeat the little monster with the sword. He was trampled on and died a horrible death. After dying many times, he challenged the ghostly soldier again. However, he realized that the Martial God seemed to move and blocked the ghostly soldiers long sword. However, the Martial God was still dead, so the original poster was not sure if he was seeing things. Everyone who posted below obviously did not believe it and raised doubts. Before Yan Qi arrived, this post had been debated on many floors. In the end, the post creator released a video in order to prove himself. It was a video taken with a cell phone. The clarity was worrying, but one could see the computer screen and the OPs hand movements as he held the controller. In the video, it could be clearly seen that the Martial God moved automatically in the face of the long sword from the ghostly soldier. He used the demon sword to push the long sword away. This movement was very light and inconspicuous. Whats more, he was not completely immune to damage. The ghostly sword still hacked him to death. However, on closer inspection, one could tell that the Martial God had indeed parried and was not controlled by the player. Obviously, players only sent the Martial God to the monster before putting down the controller. He did not know how many times he was hacked to death before this strange but rare phenomenon appeared again. Yan Qi was stunned. Whats going on? There is definitely no such setting in Repent and be Saved. It looks like a new combat mechanism. Somethings not right, right? Didnt they say that the combat system would only be updated at the end of this month? So whats this? Yan Qi was deeply confused. Obviously, Tengda had deliberately buried this suspense. The person who buried the suspense was either Boss Pei or the person who decided to split Eternal Reincarnation into four parts to publish it. What Yan Qi did not know was that Pei Qian and Meng Chang were also looking at the post with confused expressions. Their minds were as confused and lost as Yan Qis. What the f*ck is happening?! Chapter 1215 - Something Went Wrong! Pei Qian and Meng Chang were naturally paying attention to Eternal Reincarnation after it was officially released. Of course, one of them was in the advertising and marketing department while the other was in his office. They were all surprised by the discussion online, but there was a huge difference in the points they were surprised about. Meng Chang sat at his desk in the advertising and marketing department and scratched his head in confusion. What is happening? Didnt you say that you would only update the combat system in the last week? The automatic block settings of the demon sword should be part of the combat system, right? Why did it appear now? No, I have to look for Yu Fei! Meng Chang could not sit still. Obviously, this automatic block would disrupt his plan to a certain extent after it was released! In fact, Meng Changs original publicity plan was very simple. It was still the standard application of the Pei familys publicity method: praise, suppress, praise. First, through the overwhelming advertisements, the popularity of Eternal Reincarnation was hyped up while burning money. It made everyone feel that it was a large downloadable content that was comparable to Repent and be Saveds main body and had made a huge innovation in the gameplay. It naturally buried some black seeds while accumulating a lot of attention. Right on the heels of that, he divided the entire content of Eternal Reincarnation into four parts. The first three parts would be to update the new map of the game, the new monsters, and finally the key to the combat system. He would string all the previous content together. The entire game of Eternal Reincarnation was about the same length and size as Repent and be Saved, but the scenes and monsters inside were all modified from the original materials. It was very easy for players to feel like they were changing skin. And changing skin could often be equivalent to patronizing. In the first week, players dissatisfaction might not be so high. They were still looking forward to the rest of the content. In the second and third weeks, gamers would find that everything was the same. They would definitely lose control of their emotions. Whats more, even without updating the combat system, the overall stats of the monsters and bosses on the map had been raised. Initially, Repent and be Saveds stats had already reached the maximum that players could afford. Now that the stats had been raised again, players would find it difficult to have fun without the support of the new combat system. It might even cause some hardcore and loyal gamers to go against ordinary gamers. For example, hardcore gamers would mock ordinary gamers for being too lousy and not worthy of playing. Ordinary gamers would vent their anger on the game Eternal Reincarnation. This way, controversies about Eternal Reincarnation would definitely accumulate. In the last week, players would suddenly realize that Eternal Reincarnation was not a simple change in appearance after updating the new combat system. This combat system really had the power to turn something rotten into something magical. It made it completely different from Repent and be Saved! At that time, Meng Chang had already obtained a high commission. He would leave after things were done and hide his identity. After that, all the popularity and praises for the game were left to Boss Pei. Of course, Teacher Qiao and Young Master Tians interpretation of the game could not be missing. For example, the setting of the demon sword, the improvement of the new combat system, the various changes in the plot, and so on. Meng Chang originally thought that his plan was perfect. However, he never expected that something would go wrong the first week it was released! Wouldnt it be equivalent to hinting to gamers that there was a brand new combat mechanism in the game if the demon sword was exposed immediately? How could he accumulate the players dissatisfaction then? Would the combat system be that amazing when it was updated? If players firmly believed that Eternal Reincarnation would definitely not disappoint them, and even found more suspense in the process of constantly digging the games content, and thus maintain their expectations for this downloadable content In that case, Meng Chang could forget about getting a commission. Even if he did, it would definitely not be much. Therefore, Meng Chang was very anxious. He immediately stood up and prepared to make a trip to Tengda Games to ask Yu Fei what was going on. At the same time, he wanted to think if there was any way to remedy the situation. The advertising and marketing department and Tengda Games department were both at Shenhua View. Meng Chang arrived very quickly. He went straight to Yu Fei, who was working, and explained his intention. Huh? Demon sword? Yu Fei scratched his head in surprise. Obviously, he did not understand the relevant situation. Wait a moment, Ill ask the designer in charge. Yu Fei did not dare to be negligent and immediately got up to check. After all, Yu Fei had patted his chest and guaranteed that he would definitely cooperate with Meng Changs publicity work. In the end, something went wrong in the first week. That made him very embarrassed. After about ten minutes, Yu Fei finally checked the situation and returned. Im really sorry! Its like this, Brother Meng. When I was working on the updating plan and dissecting the games content, I only wrote about putting the combat system part in the final update. However, something went wrong during the specific execution. The automatic block mechanism of the demon sword was a relatively independent lower-level design when it was created. Therefore, the colleague in charge of disassembling the game forgot to disassemble it. After all, this was not written in detail in my plan Brother Meng, what do you think we should do? Yu Feis face was riddled with guilt. He had only been the chief planner for a month. At first, he had thought that this job was quite easy. He had not expected to get into trouble after coming up with a slightly bigger plan! Strictly speaking, this was indeed his responsibility as the chief designer. That was because there was more work for the designers below. They would definitely strictly follow his plan when completing the task. As the chief designer, Yu Fei should have realized the speciality of the automatic block mechanism of the demon sword immediately. He should have written the way to deal with this mechanism in the plan alone. That way, the current situation would not have happened. As the chief designer, he naturally had to bear the responsibility with the people below since he did not write the scenario down. In fact, he should be the main responsibility. Meng Chang could not help but hold his forehead. That was a little troublesome! It was not easy for him to blame Yu Fei for this. That was because Yu Fei was only the temporary chief planner. He had been writing novels before and took the job temporarily for half a month. It was obviously a little difficult for him to do all the work as perfectly as Hu Xianbin. Secondly, Yu Fei had shown this plan to Meng Chang. Meng Chang had not realized the problem with the automatic block mechanism of the demon sword at that time. How can you blame others if he himself could not discern it? He could only say that the automatic block mechanism of the demon sword was a very hidden mechanism. Everyone subconsciously thought that even if this hidden mechanism was discovered by players, it would only be a matter of time after the game was completely released. Thus, they did not pay much attention to it. Thus, the current situation happened. Meng Chang was a little conflicted. How should he deal with the current situation? Update the game and remove the automatic block mechanism of the demon sword? It was possible, but how could he explain it to players? If he did not admit that this was a game mechanism and said that it was a bug, he would be lying through his teeth. Players were not stupid and would not believe him. If he admitted that this was a game mechanism and was released wrongly, it would not only be embarrassing, but it would also make Tengda Games internal management chaotic. The most important thing was that the new combat system had been exposed in advance. Once players knew about the games combat mechanism in advance, Meng Changs commission would basically be greatly reduced. He would not be able to get it. Therefore, Meng Changs idea was to try his best to hide this matter. However, he had no idea how to hide it for now. At that moment, Meng Changs cell phone vibrated. He took out his cell phone and took a look. Then, he said to Yu Fei, Ill go to Boss Pei first. Since it has already happened, you dont have to worry. Well continue discussing countermeasures later. Yu Fei returned to his desk, feeling restless and apprehensive as he watched Meng Chang leave in a hurry. Why dont you take this opportunity to replace me? I dont want to be the chief planner anymore. At the same time, Pei Qian was in his own office, running around in circles anxiously while cursing in his heart. He had not expected things to turn out this way! He did not ask about Eternal Reincarnations publicity plan at all. On one hand, it was because he trusted Meng Chang very much. He felt that the commission he received last month was a reflection of his strength. Even though the gaming platform was revived because of Young Master Tian, that was an accident and not Meng Changs fault. On the other hand, it was because he did not have much expectations for Eternal Reincarnation. He would probably earn money but it was alright as long as he did not earn too much. Thus, no matter what the publicity plan looked like, Pei Qian felt that it was acceptable as long as it was not too popular. In any case, Meng Chang was the one who did not get a commission when it became popular. Pei Qian was not the most unlucky. What was there to feel bad about? However, after updating a quarter of the content, the automatic block mechanism of the demon sword was exposed. That was completely unacceptable! As Pei Qians exclusive cheat tool, he had hoped that gamers would never be able to find the demon sword. They would only be able to suffer in the game. After all, the original intention of such a difficult combat system was to dissuade players. However, the combat system had not been played yet. The method to cheat had been exposed first. How could he dissuade them? He heard a knock on his office door just as he was feeling frustrated. Meng Chang arrived. Pei Qian went straight to the point. How did the mechanism of this demon sword be exposed so quickly? Is this part of your publicity plan? Meng Chang coughed awkwardly. Boss Pei, Im sorry. This is my mistake! The thing is He explained in detail the problem of his communication mistake with Yu Fei, causing the demon swords block mechanism to be updated wrongly. Pei Qian fell silent. He immediately understood what was going on. In order to prevent gamers from finding the demon sword and achieve the effect of darkness under the lamp, Pei Qian had put in a lot of effort to arrange three layers of insurance. The damage of the demon swords weapon was completely lower than other weapons. Moreover, it could not be automatically blocked under dual mode. Players would be able to obtain a demon weapon after killing the ghostly soldiers on the Road to the Underworld. They would definitely replace the demon sword. There was a limit to the number of bewitched points at every game stage. It was impossible to trigger an automatic block even if one died many times in the early stages. At most, they would make an imperfect block action under extremely coincidental circumstances. However, it was not 100% immune. They would still die if they deserved to die. Even if the big boss wanted to clear the game with a low damage weapon, he would not die many times because he had already mastered the combat mechanism. Naturally, he would not trigger the automatic block mechanism. However, these three levels of insurance had been messed up because of Meng Changs new strategy! Chapter 1216 - Boss Pei’s ‘Remedy’ Method That was because Yu Fei had only been the chief designer for a month and was relatively inexperienced. Thus, he had a problem when arranging work. It was a huge and cumbersome task to divide the content of a game into four parts and update it in turn. He had to keep the original basic design. Otherwise, the game might be stuck and collapse for various unknown reasons, bringing players a bad experience. They might not even be able to operate it. Whats more, the various scenes, monsters, gameplay and mechanisms in the game were closely related. He had to be careful when disassembling them. In addition, Yu Feis plan had not been explained in detail, so the designer in charge of disassembly ignored the automatic block mechanism of the demon sword under the huge workload, letting it be updated in the first part with the lower level mechanism. This looked inconspicuous, but it caused a suffocating chain reaction. The games system design had been updated, but the combat mechanism had not been updated. Thus, players were actually using Repent and be Saveds traditional combat mechanism to fight monsters that had been strengthened. That was why the difficulty had suddenly increased. Whats more, some newbies who had not played Repent and be Saved were also playing Eternal Reincarnation. That way, the number of players who could not defeat the monsters would increase. They would not be able to get any weapons. They would only be able to hold the demon sword and die over and over again, right? If the combat system was updated, players would be able to do all sorts of block movements. This would form a natural and perfect cover effect. That was because players could manually block. Thus, an automatic block that happened by chance would not attract much attention. Players would think that they had accidentally pressed it and would not consider the game mechanism. However, players could not block at all. The occasional automatic block would naturally become particularly eye-catching. As long as players saw it, they would definitely become suspicious! Thus, after a series of coincidences, the demon sword automatically blocked the hidden mechanism. It was even exposed before the combat system He could only say that plans could not keep up with changes. This was a sad story. Who could he blame? Should he blame Meng Chang? Or Yu Fei? Or the other designers? It seemed like they all had a little responsibility, but it was not the main one. Pei Qian had made the decision to promote Yu Hang to chief designer. He had even hoped for some mistakes in work. It did not seem appropriate to blame it on flying now. Not only should he not be blamed, but he should also be encouraged. That was because work failures would cause losses most of the time. Only very small cases would cause profits. He should comfort Yu Fei and let him maintain his current state. Perhaps he would be able to incur losses the next time he made a work mistake? No, wait. The publicity plan that Meng Chang mentioned just now Pei Qian was originally thinking about the exposure of the automatic block mechanism of the demon sword when an idea flashed in his mind. He realized that there seemed to be a huge problem with Meng Changs publicity plan! Meng Chang briefly explained his publicity plan when he reported. He divided the game into four parts and updated the combat system at the end. Of course, Meng Chang did not say the specific intentions of such a plan. After all, Meng Chang had tacitly recognized Boss Pei as the master of Boss Peis publicity method. Boss Pei would definitely understand such intentions without any explanation. However, even the dry publicity plan was enough to make Pei Qian wary. Somethings not right. According to Meng Changs publicity plan, it can indeed cause some criticism from players in the beginning. It can even last until he takes a commission However, wouldnt it be equally popular once the combat system is updated? It might even be more popular than ordinary updates! Meng Chang, this fellow, the publicity plan that he came up with this time is evil! Pei Qian suddenly realized a serious problem. The publicity plan that Meng Chang arranged for Dawn games platform previously was a plan that satisfied Pei Qian. Even though the final outcome was not good, it was mainly because Young Master Tian was causing trouble. Meng Changs plan might have a little flaw and there was room for improvement, but it was not a big deal overall. It was different this time. How could Meng Chang do something like that? If this plan was really executed perfectly, Meng Chang would indeed be able to get a commission. However, wouldnt Pei Qian be scammed? At that thought, Pei Qians expression darkened. He looked at Meng Chang with hostility. Meng Chang looked at Boss Pei in deep thought for a long time before looking at him with a strange expression. His heart could not help but skip a beat. He did not know what Boss Pei meant. Did he express his dissatisfaction with the publicity work? Or was it for some other reason? Pei Qian said with a serious expression, I trusted you very much before, so I didnt ask too much about the publicity plan for Eternal Reincarnation. I didnt expect you to come up with such a plan! I wouldnt have noticed if something went wrong during the execution. Think about it carefully. Is this publicity plan suitable? Meng Chang was stunned and looked confused. Was the plan suitable? It would definitely be suitable! Boss Pei, I have followed your Pei Familys publicity plan and had succeeded once. How could it not be suitable? Meng Chang subconsciously wanted to defend himself, but he swallowed his words silently seeing Boss Peis unfriendly expression. Something was amiss. Boss Pei must have seen the huge problem in the plan. That was why he was so serious. It would be both rash and stupid to fight Boss Pei to the death now. After some consideration, Meng Chang felt that he could not ask or explain because it would make him look stupid and unable to understand Boss Peis intentions. It would also make him look irresponsible. Thus, he decided to solve the problem by asking, Boss Pei, I know I was wrong. Then how should we deal with this situation? He did not know what he had done wrong, but as long as he obediently admitted his mistakes, calmed Boss Peis anger, and consulted Boss Pei on how to deal with it, he would be able to find out where his mistakes were through reverse analysis of this method. Pei Qian felt a little better seeing Meng Changs sincere repentance. Yes, it was great that he knew his mistakes. Fortunately, he had discovered it early this time and did not cause more damage. He should still have time to remedy it. As long as Meng Chang remembered this lesson and stopped playing such tricks in the future, he would still be Boss Peis good brother. Pei Qian pondered for a moment and said, Post an announcement to admit your mistake. The games combat system will be urgently updated next week. Since the demon swords automatic block has been discovered, its impossible to continue hiding. We should publicize it however we want. Of course, theres no need to make the announcement so clear. Just be more sincere. Since the mechanism of the demon sword had been exposed, there was no way he could hide it anymore. Pei Qian only had one important thing now: to disrupt Meng Changs original publicity plan! That was because according to the original plan, Eternal Reincarnation would definitely become popular at the end of next month. There would be no accidents. The development of the combat system had been completed. The reason why Meng Chang placed it in the last update was purely to gain more popularity. Pei Qian requested for the combat system to be updated in advance. It would also explode in popularity, but it would be equivalent to spreading the popularity of Eternal Reincarnation for a month. There would not be that explosive popularity. To Pei Qian, this was the best option. Of course, it might be more awkward for Meng Chang. The commission this month would probably leave him again. However, who asked him to mess around? Pei Qian was also trying to teach him a lesson so that he would not do such bad things that harmed others and benefited himself in the future. Meng Chang had happily gotten a commission at the cost of my huge profits. How could that be? He had to stop this evil trend! Pei Qian originally thought that Meng Chang would immediately jump up and down in protest. After all, in the current situation, Meng Chang might be able to get a commission if he were to put up a resistance and do some tricks to forcefully continue with the previous publicity plan. However, according to Pei Qians method, the entire publicity plan would be wasted. He would probably not get a single commission. However, Meng Chang did not say much. He only looked a little pained. Alright, Boss Pei. I understand. Ill arrange it now. Meng Chang was just about to leave when Pei Qian stopped him. Thats right, remember to appease Yu Fei. Hes just the person-in-charge after all. Hes not familiar with many businesses. He needs to take it slow. Whats more, its not a big problem this time. Tell him not to blame himself. Pei Qian was very worried that Yu Fei would run away. Meng Chang nodded. Alright, Boss Pei. Pei Qian could not help but feel a little heartache and a little strange after watching Meng Chang leave the office. The part that hurt was that he only had this one good brother in the company after all. Even though he was up to no good this time and almost cheated him with some dirty tricks, the punishment for letting him return his commission to zero this month was indeed not small. The strange thing was that Meng Chang should not be so accommodating. Shouldnt he be holding the contract and arguing with him now, saying that even Boss Pei had no right to interfere and that the plan had to continue? Why did he give up on the commission so obediently and change it according to his instructions? Hmm Perhaps Meng Chang also felt that he was in the wrong? Or perhaps it was because the mechanism of the demon sword had been exposed and Meng Chang felt that he could not hide it anymore, so he decided to give up? Pei Qian thought about it and felt that it was possible. He should continue to observe the follow-up development of Eternal Reincarnation. Meng Chang went straight to Tengda Games department upstairs after coming out of Boss Peis office. Meng Chang had been thinking about why Boss Pei arranged it this way when he was climbing the stairs. If the combat system was updated in advance, wouldnt that completely destroy the entire publicity plan? Why did Boss Pei make such a decision? Obviously, there must be a huge loophole in his publicity plan which made Boss Pei very angry. He might even overturn the entire plan. However, Meng Chang did not know where the loophole was and did not know why Boss Peis current actions could plug this loophole. He was very confused. He could only take one step at a time. Thus, Meng Chang found Yu Fei and explained Boss Peis request. Yu Fei was very embarrassed. Im sorry, Brother Meng. I made a mistake in my work, causing your plan to be affected. I can only redo it Meng Chang shook his head. You dont have to blame yourself. Boss Peis attitude has already made it clear that there is a problem with my plan. There might be a problem with the execution level but this would expose the problem earlier. Therefore, this is actually a good thing. Whats more, Boss Pei said that youre just the person-in-charge. Its inevitable that there would be some mistakes. This is very normal. Just let nature take its course. Yu Fei could not help but feel moved. Why did Boss Pei trust him so much? Wouldnt it be irresponsible of him to leave? He immediately nodded. Dont worry, Brother Meng. Ill definitely put in 120% effort this time to complete the task assigned by Boss Pei. I wont be as careless as the last time! Ill make arrangements to draft an announcement for the update of the combat system next week! By the way, Boss Pei said that since we cant hide the matter about the demon sword anymore, we should publicize it as much as possible. Can we also arrange for the Prison Keeper of GOGs new hero to be released? Min Jingchao has already done it. Hes been waiting. Meng Chang thought for a moment. I think so. Yu Fei nodded. Alright, Ill let Min Jingchao know now. Chapter 1217 - : Drop Off The Altar? Chapter 1217: Drop Off The Altar? September 10th, Monday Yan Qi sat down at his desk, still yawning. He had spent some time this weekend and finally finished writing all the updates for Eternal Reincarnation. According to the current information he had, the entire game process of Eternal Reincarnation was highly overlapping with Repent and be Saved. The overall scene was basically the same. However, the appearance of the monster, skills, the style of the scene, and the route had changed. The entire scene process for Repent and be Saved could basically be divided into initial villages, malicious spirit towns, gateways, Road to the Underworld, River of Forgetfulness (Bridge of Forgetfulness), Home-Viewing Pavilion (Three-Life Stone), Yamas palace, six realms of rebirth and existence hell, and a few scenes that had been updated before Eternal Reincarnation. Eternal Reincarnation was a game that started directly from the Road to the Underworld. The first part of the content was updated to the Bridge of Forgetfulness. The end of the Bridge of Helplessness was still used as the scene of the Boss battle. However, after defeating Boss Granny Meng, they could not continue advancing. The white fog door behind Granny Meng was not opened even though the teleportation point had been activated. Obviously, they had to wait until the next update. This new version of Granny Meng made Yan Qi suffer a lot. The changes to the Boss were similar to other small monsters: compared to the original version, the new version of Granny Meng was no longer in a crazy state. Her attacking desire had decreased. She maintained her rationality according to the settings. However, its AI seemed to have been adjusted higher. The combo attack and immediate death throwing skill were more threatening. Yan Qis feeling was that the current combat experience of Eternal Reincarnation was very difficult. However, the fun did not improve. Instead, it decreased. He could not tell if it was because the system design this time was not done well which caused the Martial God to hurt a little. Or was it because he was actually tired of Repent and be Saveds combat method and this tiredness completely exploded in Eternal Reincarnation. After all, Eternal Reincarnation was replicating the game scenes in Repent and be Saved. If they changed to a new game setting and a new monster, they would still be able to obtain a new combat experience even if they replicated the previous combat system. However, even though the appearance of the monsters had changed, they still gave people the feeling that they were playing a second round. This was relatively boring for many old players. Yan Qis thinking was obviously not an exception. This weekend, gamers online had also launched an intense debate about Eternal Reincarnation. They were arguing non-stop. Conflicts between veteran gamers and ordinary players instantly erupted. In fact, when Repent and be Saved was first released, this conflict had already begun. Veteran gamers had to pursue higher difficulties. They hoped that their superb skills could be distinguished from ordinary gamers. Thus, the more difficult the game was, the better. The fewer people who cleared the game, the better. The more challenging it was, the more their skills would be highlighted. On the other hand, ordinary players did not have that kind of patience. They only wanted to obtain limited challenges while maintaining the game ability. Once the difficulty of the challenge was too high, they would lose their patience and become frustrated. Thus, this situation often happened: ordinary players felt that the difficulty was too high and complained online. Veteran gamers mocked that the game was not meant for lousy players. Both sides began to argue. They had already argued once when Repent and be Saved was released. However, that argument was resolved by Teacher Qiaos video. Players with terrible skills would be able to understand the true meaning of the game better. Thats because struggling in the bitterness would allow them to become one with the protagonist. This sentence gave ordinary gamers a reason to continue playing. That was why Repent and be Saved could fulfill the demands of both gamers and become a classic. However, Eternal Reincarnation seemed to be unable to use this reason to avoid it. That was because the difficulty level of Eternal Reincarnation had actually exceeded the threshold of ordinary players. They did not have the patience to experience the so-called true meaning of the game. Thus, ordinary gamers who complained about the games design problems began to debate with core gamers who could not wait for the game to be more difficult. Ordinary players thought that the game was meant to serve the masses. If most people could not derive joy from it, it would undoubtedly be a failed game. Repent and be Saveds previous success was because it balanced the relationship between difficulty and pleasure. Eternal Reincarnation did not do this well. On the other hand, veteran gamers thought that Repent and be Saved was a difficult action game to begin with. Under the premise that the main body had already taken care of ordinary gamers, it was understandable for the downloadable content to increase the difficulty and give gamers a higher challenge. They could choose not to play with their lousy hands and glass hearts. Both types of players fought until their faces turned red. On top of that, there were other gamers studying the special block mechanism. Many players had realized that a special block mechanism would indeed be triggered in the game. There was a very small chance of activating it only after using only the demon sword and dying many times. After triggering it, there would be a certain amount of damage reduction effect, but it could not completely prevent injury. That was because the monsters in the game had extremely high damage, so the meaning of this reduction was negligible. However, this automatic block mechanism would change as the game progressed: the chances of blockage would be more frequent and the block immunity effect would gradually increase. However, since there was no complete process at the moment, it was still unknown what it would look like at the highest stage. Thus, gamers began to guess if the block mechanism was related to the new combat system. At that moment, the updated content of Eternal Reincarnation caused a huge controversy. It obtained a lot of discussion and attention online. Yan Qi sat at his work desk. He read the work reports and work plans submitted by the various departments as he ate his melon on the internet. Tengda is really a company that is constantly popular. It can actually do something like updating downloadable content so shockingly. Ive lived long enough to see this. You can always jump back and forth at the brink of death. The key is that in less than the last second, you will never be able to tell if it is really courting death or playing performance art for everyone. Forget it, Ill be logical. Its just a downloadable content. Its not enough to make Tengda fall off the pedestal. Logically speaking, the downloadable content would not be scolded as long as the price was not too outrageous and it was not too badly done. However, the current situation of Eternal Reincarnation was obviously different from ordinary downloadable content. Recently, there have been many comments about Tengda has fallen off the pedestal on the internet. This meant that the update of Eternal Reincarnation had not managed to please enough players of Repent and be Saved. Some people were leading the way, while others were really disappointed in the downloadable content. However, no matter what, this was just cheap downloadable content. Yan Qi felt that it was still too early to say that it had fallen off the pedestal. Yan Qi, who had already seen many of Tengdas tricks, felt that it was better to wait for the entire downloadable content to be updated and analyze it seriously before coming to a conclusion. At that moment, Yan Qi saw a new announcement on Dawn Games platform. Eh? A game judge? When he first saw the announcement, Yan Qi did not think too much about it. After all, the concept of critic existed on many gaming platforms and even film review websites. It was not rare. The so-called judges were nothing more than giving high-quality users certain rights so that they could become leaders of opinion. To a certain extent, it would affect other users first impression of a game and a movie. Their job was to write reviews and enrich the content on the platform. As a platform where players had a lot of autonomy and could even take down games, it was perfectly normal for the exposed gaming platform to launch this tasting system. At first, Yan Qi thought that this was normal. However, after carefully reading the contents of the announcement, he was shocked. That was because Dawn Games platforms critics were completely different from other platforms critics! The announcement clearly stated the details of the entire system. First was the number of evaluators: one in ten thousand of the active players on the entire platform. If he could earn five hundred thousand yuan a month, he would have fifty critics; if he could earn two million yuan a month, he would have two hundred critics. In the future, as the scale of Dawn Games platform expanded, the number of active players would increase. Naturally, the number of reviewers would increase. Different game types would be distributed based on the number of players. There would be more critics for popular games and fewer critics for niche games, but there would not be a situation where there were no critics for unpopular games. The second was the evaluation method of the critics: There were three main criteria: the length of the game, the number of trophies, the number of praises for the game. In other words, the more games there were, the longer the period, the more achievements and trophies they would obtain, and the wider the influence of the game evaluation that they would write. That would make it easier for them to win the critics election. A key point to note was when selecting good critics, they were particular about specializations in the industry or professional competitions. For example, a critic who was good at action games could only play in the field of action games. He could not extend his hand to other unfamiliar fields. Of course, he could not rule out the possibility that some players would specialize in multiple fields at the same time. As long as their data reached the standard in the corresponding fields, there would be no problem. Then it was the job of a critic: write a game review and decide on the games recommendation spot. There was no need to say much about the game review. In fact, there was no restriction on this. Every player on the platform could write it, but the evaluation of the critics would be prioritized. Whats more, Dawn Games platform would also take the initiative to ask these reviewers for manuscripts so that they could play the games that had not been released in advance. If the game reviews they wrote were enthusiastic, they would also receive a certain amount of cash. The most important thing was the recommendation spot. Critics could decide on the game recommendation spots that they were good at. The specific mechanism was that critics would vote on the games that they were good at every week. Finally, they would arrange for the best, second best, ordinary, and other recommendation spots based on the number of votes. If the votes were the same, they would decide on order based on the games own recommendation rate. Most of the recommendation spots on the entire platform would be distributed according to the critics votes. Only a small portion of the recommendation spots would be distributed by the platform. This was mainly to allow some new games to have minimal exposure. Chapter 1218 - Game Platform’s Critics System On top of that, they could not recommend the same type of game for two months. In other words, if a game was always first place by the critics it could not always rely on the best recommendation spots. Instead, it had to be alternated between the top eight recommendation spots. In other words, if he wanted to get the best recommendation spot on the website, he had to enter the top eight of the entire site. At the same time, since there were recommendation spots within each game category, some niche games could be found within the sorting board. In order to allow critics to better predict the results of the current recommendation spots, the platform would have a special preview entrance. It would clearly show how many votes each game would get based on the number of votes the current critics had. If the critics felt that this result was debatable, they could change their own votes. While individual votes were not enough to directly change the final outcome of the recommendation spots, the situation of the recommendation spots would change if more people changed it. Lastly, it was the policy of the critics to use and dismiss. They would also choose the candidates based on 50% of the number of candidates. Every player had the right to supervise and report the critic. If the critic was doing something inappropriate, such as arranging recommendation spots for specific trash games for a long time, there would be suspicion of a private transaction, or if he had too strong a personal opinion on the game review. If he could not evaluate the game objectively, players could note down evidence and report it. Once a certain number of reports were made, and the official platform verified that there was indeed a problem with the reports, the critics would be removed from his position and replaced by a candidate. Those who were fired from their jobs would have a lot of weight deducted from them. In other words, during the following evaluation, their priority would be lowered. However, they could still participate in the selection by writing more excellent game reviews. If he was fired multiple times, the deduction of rights would increase until he could not participate in the evaluation. Yan Qi could not help but feel emotional after reading the detailed rules of the critic system. It was as expected of Dawn Games platform! This critic system could be seen as an extension and supplement of rights to players. Not only would they have the right to take down the game, but they also handed the right to arrange the recommendation spots to the players! Whats more, this system seemed quite reasonable? In fact, letting all players control the right to take down the game was to ensure the lower limit of the entire platform. When a game was done badly and was despised by most players, it had to be taken down and modified. This could effectively remove the rubbish games on the platform. However, they could not rely on this method to raise the upper limit of the entire platform. This was especially so for recommendation spots. Recommendations could not be the only indicator. Games were not purely for entertainment after all. They were also a special art form with a certain threshold. Most of the time, games with deep meanings and cumbersome gameplay would not be welcomed by the public in the beginning. A small number of players had to take the lead and critic the game. Only then could the gameplay be gradually accepted by the public. In the beginning, many of Boss Peis games were not understood. Later on, they rose up the pedestal. That was the process. On the other hand, the recommendation spots represented the taste of the entire platform. If gamers voted one by one, they would definitely vote for popular games. Those with niche and higher artistic value would not be able to stand out. The critics could achieve a good balance between the taste of the general public and the profoundness and artistry of the game. It was equivalent to raising the standard of the entire platform. In addition, critics were constantly supervised. If ordinary gamers felt that a certain critic was biased or received a sum of money, they could write a small essay to report him. Once the number of reports reached a certain level, the official platform would intervene and judge. That was equivalent to a double insurance: They would only be fired from his job if gamers and the official platform felt that there was a problem with a certain critic. That would minimize the chances of maliciously reporting him. Of course, Yan Qi also knew very well that there was one thing that was indispensable to make this critic system operate perfectly: the meticulous control of the players identity. There would definitely be players or studios who would see the huge business opportunity hidden behind the critics system. One had to know that the recommendation spots on many gaming platforms were clearly priced, and the price was not cheap. It would definitely be a profitable deal if bribing evaluators could make their own game a good recommendation spot. Therefore, the platform had to separate every player. Which real players, which might be small accounts opened by the workspace, and how to maximize the authenticity of the data, were all problems that the staff of the morning exposed games platform had to consider. This was a little difficult, but it should not be completely impossible. After all, Tengdas TPDb website had done a very good demonstration. It looks like theres an expert guiding Dawn Games platform. This critic system is definitely not something that ordinary people can think of! Yan Qi could not help but silently raise his evaluation of Dawn Games platform. At the same time, Pei Qian was also in his office reading the announcement about the critics system on the games platform. Eh? Its quite efficient. The announcement has been released. He had just arrived at work this morning when Li Yada sent him the notice. Pei Qian took a look and saw that there was no problem. Then, he asked Li Yada to publish it. Of course, the critics system could not be implemented immediately after the announcement. First, they had to make early preparations, including modifying the game platforms procedures, optimizing the algorithm, screening the critics, encouraging players to write more game reviews, and so on. It would take some time before this system was officially released. However, to Pei Qian, it did not matter how the reviewers chose. The key was whether this system could meet his expectations! The few critics controlled most of the recommendation spots on the entire platform. Ordinary players, reviewers, and game manufacturers would definitely cause many conflicts for this portion of benefits. At that time, gamers would fight internally and fall into chaos. Wouldnt that be able to disrupt the order of the entire Dawn Games platform? Pei Qian felt that this was simply the same as killing three birds with one stone. He was looking at the beautiful future of Dawn Games platform when he heard a knock on his office door. He looked up and saw Yu Fei. Boss Pei, the new announcement has been written. Please take a look. Pei Qian reached out to take the printed announcement and quickly scanned the entire document. Yu Fei was a newbie after all. He was not as efficient as Li Yada. The same document would have been vetted by Boss Pei and sent it out when Yu Fei was done with his. However, that did not matter. Pei Qian liked how unprofessional Yu Fei was. This announcement was generally written according to Pei Qians instructions last Friday. It only said two things: First, due to the mistakes in internal communication and work coordination, the update of Eternal Reincarnation did not achieve the expected effect. It caused the players some trouble and apologized deeply. Second, it would be updating the combat system of Eternal Reincarnation on Friday. The other updates would not change. This apology was rather vague. He only said that there was a mistake internally. He did not say who made the mistake or where. Pei Qian had specifically instructed this. They had to apologize. After all, there were adjustments to the update plan. He had to give players a sincere and reasonable explanation. Pei Qian was not worried that admitting he was wrong would affect Tengdas glorious image. It would be better if it was affected. However, some details did not need to be said so clearly. It was not important whether this blame was on Yu Fei or Meng Chang. Some things involved Tengdas internal department. It was not appropriate to say it in detail. Pei Qian did not care about what people were saying about Tengda falling off the pedestal. He only had one thought: Ill count on your blessings! It would be great if they could really fall off the pedestal. Wouldnt that mean that Tengda Games could finally start to lose money? Forget it, such a good thing would probably not happen. What was there to think about? Pei Qian nodded. No problem. Post it. Yu Fei took the announcement and said with some guilt. Also, Boss Pei, I want to apologize for last weeks work mistake. Pei Qian did not care about the negative comments and criticism online at all. He was even a little happy, but Yu Fei obviously did not think so. He felt that Tengda Games had a reputation and had never had any problems with so many projects. However, something went wrong once he took over. Whats more, he made a relatively stupid mistake. That was really letting Boss Pei down. Meng Chang had comforted him last Friday but Yu Fei still felt very guilty and wanted to apologize when he met Boss Pei again. Pei Qian immediately said seriously, Work mistakes? What work mistakes do you have? Thats all Meng Changs fault. His publicity plan was not reliable to begin with. If not for that small flaw to expose the problem of the publicity plan early, the entire plan might have had a more serious impact. Therefore, not only did you not do anything wrong, you also contributed! You dont have to worry about this. Just follow the previous process. Hmm Ill give you a raise later. Yu Fei nodded in surprise. Er Alright, Boss Pei. Yu Fei felt even worse after leaving Boss Peis office. Boss Pei is too magnanimous. In order to comfort me, he even pushed the blame to Meng Chang. However, this just happened to show the difference in my status with Meng Chang. Thats because Meng Chang is an old employee. Boss Pei felt that he had a stronger tolerance, so he got him to take the blame and take care of my feelings. He did not name me, the person-in-charge in this announcement. Instead, he muddled through it. This is a form of protection for me. My mentality was not right before. I kept feeling like I was a substitute, so I did not work 100% seriously I cannot let this continue in the future. I cannot let Boss Pei down! Yu Fei silently made up his mind. Chapter 1219 - The Suffering People-In-Charge September 12th, Wednesday Suffering Travel special training base. The people in charge stood in a row in front of the huge realistic-looking wall that was nearly 20 meters tall in the stadium. Their faces were filled with sorrow. It was too unfair! Hu Xianbin and Huang Sibo were kidnapped last Wednesday while the other people in charge had been brought back last Friday or this Monday. They had already spent three to five days in this special training base after taking away their weekend break. Bao Xu was still rather benevolent. He kept in mind the Tengda spirit of not working over the weekend. He did not arrange training missions on Saturday and Sunday. Instead, he let these people go back and reunite with their families. In any case, he was not worried that they would run away. However, this level of benevolence was obviously not enough to offset the pain of training. How could these people in charge have experienced such suffering? They were all angry but did not dare to speak up. Their expressions were constipated. The schedule of the special training base was quite scientific. Wake up at 6.30 AM for breakfast; Learn about wilderness survival from 7 to 8 AM; Warm-Up jog from 8 to 9 AM; Rock climbing and abseiling from 9 to 10 AM; Physical training from 10: 30 to 12 PM; Lunch from 12 PM to 1 PM; There was an hour to rest from one to two; From 2 PM to 5 PM, they would simulate field training. For example, they would do jumping, weighted, balancing on one foot, and shooting. At 5 PM to 7 PM, it would be a special training for outdoor living skills, such as setting up a tent, building a shelter, killing chickens to get rid of their feathers, killing fish to skin fish scales, and so on. They would have dinner at 7 PM. After that, they would learn about wilderness survival for a short period of time. Then, they would officially rest around 9 PM. Sleep time had been sufficiently guaranteed and nutrition was not a problem but this experience was still a form of torture. On one hand, there was a lot of training. They would be exhausted after training every day. On the other hand, the food and accommodation conditions were not good. In order to adapt to the living conditions in the wild, everyone had to sleep in tents and sleeping bags. The food they ate might be nutritious but they had to be equipped with certain compressed biscuits, canned food, meat, and other less delicious emergency food. Whats more, they had to finish it. However, such suffering was maintained at a very weird positioning, at a level that could be endured and could be overcome with a little effort. In any case, it would only be a month. They would grit his teeth and pass it. Bao Xus expression was serious as he walked around in front of everyone. After two days of training, everyone has learned the basic skills of rock climbing. Today is the first time everyone is trying to climb this twenty-meter simulated rock wall. Those who climb the highest within the time limit will be rewarded C they can play with their cell phones during their break from one to two in the afternoon! Everyone who had been dispirited perked up when they heard this. That was because they had not touched their cell phones for three days! Who knew what kind of torture this was? They could only play with his cell phone for an hour, but that was already a huge temptation. Bao Xu was very satisfied with everyones reaction. Alright, remember the key points that you have learned previously. Take safety measures and start climbing! Once he gave the order, the people in charge quickly put on their protective gear. Since they had already warmed up and stretched in advance, there was no need to prepare for activities. Sa Ziran, the special instructor, had already discussed about the protective equipment. It could not be too tight or too loose. It was best to maintain an index fingers distance from the width of his legs. After checking the safety belt, helmet, and crash retractors, the protectors checked them carefully and protected them one-on-one. Then, they could start climbing. Bao Xus whistle sounded and the people in charge immediately used their hands and feet to climb up the wall of the simulated landscape. On the other hand, Bao Xu revealed a satisfied smile. Ah, this job was really too good, too good! Bao Xu watched as the people in charge climbed up the cliff slowly and arduously. He felt that this was even more enjoyable and fascinating than a game. As expected, Guo Licheng took the lead. Among these people in charge, Guo Licheng, who was a professional fitness trainer, was a demotion blow to others. He was an instant kill in most physical training sessions. However, there was not much difference in the rock climbing project. That was because rock climbing was a sport that resisted gravity. It had higher requirements for the strength of the fingers. The strength of the fingers was different from other large muscles in the body. It was very difficult to improve. The limit of strength increase was very obvious. Under such circumstances, too much muscle and fat would have the same effect in rock climbing. It would only increase weight and become a burden. Whats more, excessive muscles might also affect the flexibility of certain movements. Rock climbing itself was a particularly strong exercise in flexibility and flexibility. Some muscular people would find it difficult to cross their arms or thighs adequately because of their huge muscles. Their flexibility and endurance would become worse. Coincidentally, Guo Licheng was a man with very developed muscles. He was very muscular all over, and his weight was more than 100 kilograms. Thus, he did not have an obvious advantage in rock climbing. Hu Xianbin followed closely behind, using both hands and feet, as if he was trying his best to surpass Boss Pei. Eh? Hu Xianbin is quite motivated. Not bad, not bad. Bao Xu nodded approvingly. The people in charge of Tengda basically had a fitness plan in Deposit Fitness. Even though they did not look like they had achieved results from training, their physical fitness was still alright. Hu Xianbin was the younger one among them. His physical fitness was relatively outstanding, so he climbed very quickly. Rock climbing was indeed a very physical exercise. Some people in charge were already panting after a while. They gave up after persevering for a while and grabbed the rope to descend. Sa Ziran silently recorded the height that everyone climbed. Hu Xianbin gritted his teeth and persevered to the end. Whats more, he surpassed Guo Licheng. He did not know if he relied on his own strength or if he secretly made a deal on the top to make Guo Licheng go easy on him. However, on account of Hu Xianbin working so hard, Bao Xu turned a blind eye and tacitly allowed it. After rock climbing and abseiling training, they would rest for a period of time and start physical training. The physical training in the morning was regular physical training, so the people in charge could only be beaten by Guo Licheng. It was the same for Hu Xianbin. He had expended too much energy during rock climbing, so his physical training had been wasted. Hu Xianbins hands were still shaking even during lunchtime. He could not hold down his food. It was finally time to rest. Hu Xianbin snatched the cell phone from Bao Xu and lay down in his tent. Quick, quick, quick How is Eternal Reincarnation doing Hu Xianbin was surfing the webpage anxiously. Last weekend, he realized that a portion of the content of Eternal Reincarnation had been updated, but the combat system had not been updated. Thus, there was a huge controversy online. Hu Xianbin did not understand what Meng Chang and Yu Fei were doing at all. He was already overseas last month. He had not been able to meet Yu Fei and ask him about it until now. Now, another three days have passed. He had been completely isolated from the world for these three days. He was very eager to know the current situation of Eternal Reincarnation. An announcement? Huh? You want to update the combat system in advance again? This Hu Xianbin scratched his head. He felt that this method was not very appropriate, but he could only be anxious and could not help. Previously, he was the chief designer of Tengda Games. If he encountered any problems, he could ask Boss Pei directly. Even though there were occasional twists and turns, the final outcome was always good. The most important thing was that he was always within Tengda. Even if he could not understand Boss Peis deeper intentions, he at least felt at ease. However, Hu Xianbin knew nothing about Tengda Games internal situation now. Naturally, he was filled with worry. It could be seen from the players feedback that this announcement had calmed the players original debate to a certain extent, but it had triggered a new debate. They did not achieve the expected effect because of a work mistake? Thats too vague. What exactly was the mistake? What was the expected effect? Would a games company like Tengda make mistakes? Thats rare. It should be a gaming experience problem that many people are complaining about! I already said that theres a huge problem with the gaming experience of Eternal Reincarnation. People have been saying that it is because they were bad at gaming! Now, look at it. Tengda has recognized its mistake. Dont protect it! I think it should be a problem caused by the split updates. It might not be like this if it was done in a single update. No matter what, its a good thing that the combat system has been updated in advance. Everyone is not a saint. How can we not make mistakes? Boss Pei is not the only one in Tengda. Even if Boss Peis plan is perfect, his subordinates would inevitably encounter problems while executing it. You dont have to worry too much about this. It is not a principled mistake. There is no need to keep harping on it. Sigh, I think this is a bad sign. Does this mean that theres a problem with internal management? Im afraid its really going to become the beginning of Tengda falling off the pedestal! Players were discussing all sorts of things. There were sporadic quarrels but most people were focused on the update on Friday. If Eternal Reincarnation updated the combat system and the entire gaming experience improved greatly, that would be over. If the gaming experience still did not change, it would be over. Hu Xianbin sighed silently. Given the current situation, there was nothing he could do to help. Hurry up and end the special training. I cant wait to get back to work! Sigh, on the bright side. I should be free after this one month of special training. There are so many people in charge of Tengdas various departments. At the very least, they will be able to gather two more groups of people for special training. There are even more core employees in the various departments. In other words, the earlier I die, the earlier Ill be revived. As long as I survive this months special training, I might not come and suffer for the next six months. Yes, if thats the case, life is still filled with hope. Hu Xianbin felt like a prisoner who had been locked up. He could not wait to engrave dates on the wall every day to record how many days he had left. He felt a sense of despair from the bottom of his heart when he thought about how less than a week had passed since his one-month sentence. Sigh, he regretted making the arrangements for Bao Xu with the others back then! Chapter 1220 - I Apologize For Being Paralyzed In Bed, Unable To Give Full Rites After the lunch break, it was followed by field simulation training and field life skills training. It could not be compared to the physical training in the morning. The field simulation training also required a certain amount of physical fitness, but it was not completely reliant on physical fitness. There were projects like Frog jumps, weighted squats, balance on one foot, archery, and so on. Of course, for the current Hu Xianbin, even projects that did not rely on physical fitness were still strenuous. That was because he was almost crippled from the mornings rock climbing. He might be able to recover a certain amount of physical strength during the lunch break, but it was far from enough to let him return to an energetic state. The other people in charge were not much better. The mornings rock climbing and physical training had squeezed them dry. Thus, the afternoon training was basically supported by willpower. After they squatted down with the weights on, the people in charge could not wait to take off the heavy backpacks on their backs. They lay down on the ground and sprawled on the ground. They looked at the ceiling of the stadium like salted fish who had lost their dreams. Bao Xu looked at everyone and smiled coldly. Thats it? This was not much! Back then, I walked in the Great Rift Valley in Africa and traveled in the Sahara Desert Hmph, youre just doing some preparation in the indoor venue and you cant do it anymore? They were a bunch of scumbags. They had to be trained harder! Bao Xu obviously did not intend to let these people off. He looked at the time and prepared to chase these people up immediately once the break time was up. He wanted them to continue the next step which was balance, archery, and other follow-up projects. It had to be said that the training program arranged by Sa Ziran was quite reasonable. There were a total of four major projects from morning to afternoon. First, it was rock climbing that consumed the most energy. Then, it was the physical fitness training that consumed more energy. After resting in the afternoon, the two projects in the afternoon were also done with the ones that consumed the most energy before the ones that consumed the least energy. The amount of exercise gradually decreased and slowly squeezed out all the physical fitness of this group of people. This process was like filling an empty glass. In the beginning, they would use large rocks, followed by sand, and finally, water All in all, this relatively scientific training schedule allowed Bao Xu to be at ease and be bold. Bao Xu looked at the timer on his cell phone and calculated how much rest time the in-charge had left. At the same time, he could not help but feel a sense of happiness from the bottom of his heart. In the past, when he was forced to travel, he could not play with his cell phone for a long time while the other people in charge were enjoying themselves in Jingzhou. Now, he could play with his cell phone as he pleased, but the other people in charge could only watch. This feeling was really good! At that moment, Bao Xu saw a familiar figure walk in. Bao Xu was stunned for a moment and quickly went up to him. Boss Pei! Bao Xu sounded elated as though he was asking for credit. Pei Qian scanned the audience and could not help but smile. One by one, the people in charge lay on the ground with their limbs facing the sky. They have been twisted around. Obviously, they had been squeezed dry by Bao Xu. At that moment, they had also seen Boss Pei arrive. However, they could only stretch their necks and move their eyes even if they tried their best. They could not stand up and greet him. Pei Qian suddenly thought of something when he saw the current situation of the people in charge. I Apologize For Being Paralyzed In Bed, Unable To Give Full Rites! It was quite similar to the current scene. Guo Licheng still had energy left. He sat up in a flat position and was about to stand up to greet them. Pei Qian quickly walked over and held him down. Its alright. You dont have to get up. Have a good rest. Guo Licheng was pushed back. For some reason, he felt like he was a critically ill person. Boss Pei was here to visit him. Seeing Bao Xu train Guo Licheng to this level, Pei Qian looked at Bao Xu with some appreciation. Indeed, I knew that I was right about him! The people in charge looked listless, as though they had been hollowed out. Obviously, this was all Bao Xus credit. Heh, to think that even a group of traitors like you would have such a day! Pei Qian was practically gloating. At that moment, Pei Qian heard a weak voice by his feet. Boss Pei, I saw many people online arguing about Eternal Reincarnation. Whats going on? Did something go wrong Pei Qian looked down and saw Hu Xianbin asking listlessly. He looked like a critically ill person lying on the ground, asking the doctor if he could be saved. Pei Qian could not help but snicker. Youre already in such a state, and yet youre still thinking about work? It seemed like he had not trained enough. There were still distracting thoughts in his mind. Bao Xu, continue arranging extra training for Hu Xianbin! Pei Qian smiled slightly, half-squatted, and patted Hu Xianbins shoulder. Dont worry, I arranged all of this. Theres no problem. Dont worry about unnecessary things and work since youre in the special training base, train hard. Bao Xu, Hu Xianbin obviously still has energy. Increase his activities! Hu Xianbin had felt fuzzy at first when he heard the first two sentences. However, his face turned ashen when he heard the last sentence. Boss Pei, you cannot do that! However, Boss Pei had already stood up and was prepared to leave. Bao Xu lowered his head and looked at the time. Alright, everyone, get up. Boss Pei is here. Ive let you rest for five minutes. Start training immediately! Hu Xianbin, in the following archery training, draw the bow twenty more times and shoot twenty more times! There were two stages in archery training. One was simply pulling the bowstring. They had to ensure that the bow was pulled for a certain period of time. This was to correct everyones posture. The other was archery to see the accuracy and ring counts of the final target. Hu Xianbins face fell when he heard that he had to draw the bow twenty more times and shoot twenty more times. Sh * t, looks like I wont be able to carry my food for dinner today Pei Qian looked at the state of the special training base and nodded in satisfaction. Good! Very good! This special training base should indeed be glorified so that the various department heads and core members could enjoy it. This was only the first batch of the special training list. It had proven that Bao Xu was a reliable person. The training program at the special training base was completely trustworthy. Pei Qian could not wait to see more training camps. September 14th, Friday Yan Qi waited in front of his computer again. He downloaded the new update of Eternal Reincarnation while waiting to get off work. This time, Yan Qi was both excited and apprehensive. The reason why he was so excited was that he had already known that the update of Eternal Reincarnation would adjust the combat system. He was looking forward to what the game, which was known as a combat game, would change. On the other hand, he was apprehensive because gamers were debating about Eternal Reincarnation at the moment. He could not be sure that gamers would be satisfied after changing the combat system. Whats more, the update of Eternal Reincarnation was a little messy this time. Obviously, there was a small problem in Tengda. This also made people worry about whether the quality of the game would be affected. In addition, GOG had also released an update announcement that they would release the new hero Prison Keeper this weekend. Obviously, it was a joint update with Eternal Reincarnation. At the moment, he did not know the specific skill mechanism of this new hero. The official platform had not disclosed it. Yan Qi guessed that it was because the combat mechanics of Eternal Reincarnation was related to the hero skills of the Prison Keeper in GOG. The official platform did not want to spoil the story in advance. Instead, they wanted players to experience Eternal Reincarnation first. Then, they would publicize it through GOG and let more players know. Before downloading the update package this time, Yan Qi went online to read the gamers comments. As expected, everyone had temporarily shelved their controversies and was waiting for the update this week. Soon, the download was completed. Yan Qi entered the game immediately and read the save file. He still remembered last weekend, he had spent a lot of effort to get through the first part of the game. He had just finished playing Granny Meng, waiting for the white fog door behind Granny Meng to unlock. However, after entering the game, it did not appear in the scene of Granny Mengs Boss battle. Instead, an option to recall the combat skills you knew when you were alive appeared. It entered a place similar to a martial arts training hall. Another Martial God sat cross-legged opposite him. However, his entire body was emitting a faint red glow to differentiate between enemies. Eh? A special training mode for this combat system? Yan Qi was a little surprised. That was because Repent and be Saveds game series would not be so detailed in explaining the combat system. Repent and be Saved itself was very difficult, but there was no training content. After players entered the mass grave, they only left simple instructions on the ground or on the tombstone. After that, they relied on players to figure it out on their own. Obviously, Boss Peis design concept for this game was for gamers to think of their own ways. Their deaths in the game had nothing to do with him. However, Eternal Reincarnation actually created a training mode. Did that mean that the new combat system was too complicated that players without training mode might not be able to master it at all? Yan Qi felt that this was the only possibility. However, on further thought, he felt that this possibility should not be high. He was thinking too much. Eternal Reincarnation was only a downloadable content after all. Even if he wanted to update the combat system, the most he could do was pick the values, make minor adjustments to the functions of the various buttons, and adjust the details of certain movements. There should not be many changes to the combat mechanism at the bottom. What kind of downloadable content would it be if the combat mechanism at the bottom was changed? Wouldnt it be better to develop a new game and earn more money? After entering the training mode, the system began to guide players to try various operations step by step. First was the aura value setting. The system introduced the difference between the current physical strength and the original physical strength concept. It also introduced the meaning of the aura value. It also asked players to attack the enemy according to the pattern of breathing and straighten out their aura value. The four colors of green, white, yellow, and red represent the state of the different breath values. Expansion of the icon represents inhaling, contraction represents exhalation Why does this look like a sound game? Yan Qi realized that just the addition of a simple aura value made the combat system of Eternal Reincarnation undergo a drastic change. With the aura value, players would have an additional dimension to think about. Initially, he only had to consider the attacking, defense, and movement dimensions. However, now, he had to consider the dimension of timing or rhythm. The difficulty level suddenly increased! Chapter 1221 - A Unique Combat Mechanism After trying a few times, Yan Qi basically adapted to this rhythm. This was not difficult. After all, when the breathing icon changed, the game background sound would also have a faint breathing sound effect. This breathing rhythm would not become messy because of vigorous exercise. Thus, he only needed to familiarize himself with it a few times and remember the breathing frequency. The timing of the knife turning into muscle memory would be enough. However, Yan Qi felt that this change did not seem to be very outstanding. It might be novel in terms of setting but the actual effect might not be good. It would increase the difficulty level of the players by one dimension. It might cause the already slightly long battle to become even longer. That was because players could not immediately attack after the boss made its move. They had to consider if the Martial God was still breathing. That would obviously waste some time attacking. Therefore, whether this was a good setting or not depended on other aspects. Right on the heels of that was the explanation of the strength value and the kill settings. Simply put, the aura value would affect the physical strength recovery. When there was a gap in the physical strength of both sides, the combat strength would become huge, and the party with too low physical strength would be killed. Yes, that would be equivalent to further emphasizing the importance of the aura value. The stamina of slow use and slow return replaced the stamina of quick use and quick return. It would be closer to the concept in reality. The difficulty level will increase further, but its still the same problem. The fun might not increase. Yan Qi continued watching. Next was the conventional response method for the three types of attacks. The enemys attack was divided into three parts: upper, middle, and lower. The first part of the attack was dodged with a step, the middle part was parried, and the next part was jumped. These three attacks required players to judge based on the other partys raised hand movements. Whats more, this method did not need to lock onto the target. It could be triggered immediately as long as he pressed the corresponding button. The Martial Gods step and dodge might be closer than the rolling distance of Repent and be Saveds protagonist, but his speed is faster and more flexible. Its equivalent to dancing on the edge of a knife. It fits the Martial Gods character setting. The enemys attacking method has become three types The response is even more complicated. The timing that was originally not much was further compressed. Initially, in the battle of Eternal Reincarnation, it was enough to see the enemy raise his hand and roll to avoid it. The only thing that needed to be paid attention to was that the enemy might have a fast and slow sword. In other words, the faster and slower movements of the enemy would be used continuously. This might cause players to find it difficult to grasp the timing of their rolling and hit the blade. However, he had to respond according to the enemys raised hand movements. The consequences would be extremely serious if he saw wrongly. Obviously, the difficulty had increased. Yan Qi was even a little worried. He was afraid that after changing the combat system, he would not be able to defeat the monsters that he revived on the Road to the Underworld. Next was the explanation of counter-attack, which was a precise parry. After locking onto the target, use the right joystick to choose the direction and press the Parry button at the appropriate time. Then, you can parry perfectly and disrupt the opponents aura value? Eh? Isnt this the parry of the demon sword! Yan Qi finally knew how the parry that many players had died too many times before was used. Training in this mode was done step by step. They would first practice the same direction repeatedly before gradually increasing the number of attacks in the same direction. However, even so, Yan Qi was still hacked until he was dizzy. That was because the judgment mechanism of the perfect parry was relatively strict. If he did not grasp the rhythm of the attack, he might not be able to achieve the perfect damage protection effect. It would seriously disrupt his aura value. In fact, he would even be killed by the other party after his aura value was messed up. The Martial God with the red light opposite him made a very cool execution gesture. He turned around and put his sword back into its sheath, leaving only a handsome back view. What a scam! Theyre both Martial Gods. Is this the difference between the buyers and sellers? Theres also this combat system. Was this designed by a carbon-based creature? Its enough that you have to grasp the right timing to parry. You even have to push the joystick to differentiate between different parries. The parries in different directions are even different You have to use the left joystick, the right joystick, the parry key, and the attacking key. Whats more, you have to remember the aura value in your heart. You can only attack when you are breathing. If the aura value is chaotic, you have to think of ways to open a distance and calm down This f*cking change is completely unrecognizable! Yan Qi threw the controller on the table, his mentality a little broken. The tricks that he had worked so hard to train in Repent and be Saved were completely useless in Eternal Reincarnation! He was in a good mood today. He planned to continue advancing after Eternal Reincarnation was updated. In the end, after nearly ten minutes, he was still adjusting to basic operations in training mode The feeling of retreating on the spot was really unacceptable. It was just like a student who had been studying hard for several years. He had already more or less grasped the knowledge of the various courses. Every day, he would work on sample problems and wait for the exam. In the end, he suddenly realized that the outline of the exam had changed drastically. What he had learned previously was useless. He had to learn everything from scratch! Just thinking about it made him despair. However, Yan Qi could not possibly skip the training mode to fight monsters because he knew very well that the combat mechanism in the game must have been changed. No matter what, it was just masochism in training mode or in the normal process of the game. Thinking about it this way, it was better to be tortured in training mode. At the very least, he did not have to revive over and over again. After calming down, Yan Qi quietly picked up the controller and continued to familiarize himself with the new combat system. In Repent and be Saveds original combat system, the right joystick was not very useful. It could only adjust the perspective without locking onto the enemy. Once he locked onto the enemy, the right joystick would be completely useless. However, in the combat system of Eternal Reincarnation, the right swing would only be effective after locking onto the enemy. Yan Qi had been subconsciously reciting the words top left, top right, bottom left, bottom right and other positions. His right thumb was also pushing the right joystick at the same time. For some reason, he felt like he was playing a fighting game and making big moves. Metal clashing sounds were endless. Yan Qis parries became smoother and smoother, and his timing became more and more accurate. Yan Qi breathed according to the frequency of the Martial God in the game and chanted the positioning to parry. Coincidentally, after the opponents series of attacks ended, he found a breathing state and slashed. Clang! The other party parried the blow, but even so, he staggered and lost his balance. Eh? Ive struck the killing line! Yan Qi subconsciously pressed the button to attack. The Martial God directly made a clean killing move and ended the other party. Thats too fast! Yan Qi was also very surprised other than being happy. That was because the other party still had a lot of HP. Previously, Yan Qi had been fighting with his saber and had been failing. The other party was simply an invincible God of War. It made him seriously suspect that there was no killing mechanism at all because this was a training mode. Now, he understood that there was also a killing mechanism in the training mode. It was just that he did not activate it! Previously, the perfect parry frequency was too low. It was not enough to disrupt the opponents aura value. Instead, it messed up his own aura value. That was why the other party looked so impressive. I understand now. Simply put, this combat mechanism is that either you die or I die. It would take a long time to disrupt the opponents aura value if we only used regular methods like stepping, dodging, and jumping. The entire battle would become extremely long. However, if you fight the other party frequently, you would trigger a perfect parry. Soon, you would be able to disrupt the other partys aura value and achieve the killing conditions. In other words, the number of times I strike is not important at all, but the timing of the strike is very important. I would rather not strike for a minute, but as long as I strike, I have to strike at the right time. Interesting! After understanding the correct way to open this combat mechanism, Yan Qi suddenly realized its pleasure. Repent and be Saveds original combat mechanism could be seen as an optimization and continuation of the traditional combat mechanism. Even though there were some improvements in hand sensitivity and operational details, it ultimately still emphasized the correct number of attacks. He hacked the enemy to death one by one without being greedy and avoiding the enemys attacks. Both sides had very high attack power. The consequences of every mistake were very serious. This required players to control their rash urge and take rational action. Even so, it still emphasized number of times. In other words, it did not matter if the battle dragged on for a longer time. The key was not to make mistakes. In any case, it was certain how many times he would kill the boss. He just had to think of a way to achieve this number of times. However, the combat mechanism of Eternal Reincarnation was equivalent to subverting all of these. It no longer emphasized number of times but time. Parrying or attacking ten times at the wrong time was not as good as parrying or attacking once at the right time. It was no longer realistic to use Repent and be Saveds method to torture the boss to death. That was because the benefits of killing the boss at the wrong time were very low, even negative. These two core experiences were completely different combat mechanisms, which also gave players completely different combat experiences. Repent and be Saveds battle was more like an ordinary persons. The battle was mainly about stability. They moved carefully, thinking of all ways to avoid the other partys attack. Then, they would catch the loopholes and counterattack. They would kill the other party bit by bit. On the other hand, the battle in Eternal Reincarnation was truly like a Martial God. He was dancing on the edge of a knife at every moment. Even if the outcome of losing the fight was instant death, he had to continue fighting and adjust his breathing to wait for the right time. Once he found a suitable opportunity, he would kill him with a single blow! This was a little like a showdown between two ancient heroes. They had to watch the other partys moves seriously and counterattack every move. They had to find the other partys flaws in the crossover of weapons or force the other party to have flaws through strong pressure and then decide the winner with one blow. Chapter 1222 - Could the Pei Family’s Publicity Method be Wrong? This combat system is too awesome! At first, Yan Qi felt that the combat system had been changed beyond recognition and was very unhappy. However, after adapting to this rhythm, he suddenly felt a unique sense of satisfaction. At that moment, he was no longer an ordinary person who acted submissively towards small monsters in the mass grave. Instead, he had become a true Martial God, an ultimate killer who wielded powerful skills and danced on the edge of a knife! He had found a reason why Eternal Reincarnation could become more popular than Repent and be Saved. That was because Eternal Reincarnation had this special killing mechanism. In order to prevent too simple killing, it had made a comprehensive adjustment to the monsters health, stamina, and other attributes, making the rhythm of the entire game more in line with expectations. This was also to encourage players to fight a perfect parry and not kill the Boss with one blow. This was not in line with the designers original expectations. Think about it this way. Can the plot kill of the Black and White Impermanence also be resisted in this way? Previously, I could not defeat the Black and White Impermanence mainly because the damage was too low. However, the current combat mechanism does not matter whether the damage is high or low. No matter how much blood the other party has, I would kill them directly once they strike a flaw. Yes, lets try it out! Yan Qi immediately saved his current save and created a new save file. He went to the initial small yard again and challenged the Black and White Impermanence. In less than two minutes, the Martial God was once again smashed onto the ground by the Black and White Impermanence. The iron chain went through his clavicle and was taken away. Yan Qi: Indeed, while dreams were voluptuous, reality was harsh. The image in his mind was very perfect. He would first find the White Impermanence and fight it out with the mourning stick. At the beginning, the Black Impermanence would only throw skills at the side. As long as he waited for the right time to dodge, he would be able to deal with the Black Impermanence easily after getting rid of the White Impermanence However, the first parry failed after they really started fighting. They were slammed onto the ground by the mourning stick. The mourning stick that the Black and White Impermanence held was considered a heavy weapon. Thus, the attack time was longer than the long sword in the training mode. The rhythm of the attack was different. Yan Qi had trained well in the training mode and felt good about himself. However, he had only adapted to the attack rhythm of sword and sword weapons. He was immediately blinded when he encountered the mourning stick. Alright, as expected, Im not worthy Yan Qi silently restored the save file and continued to play in his original save file. At the same time, in the advertising and marketing department. Meng Chang was also paying attention to the gamers feedback after the update of Eternal Reincarnation. What the hell is this new combat system?! I cant even defeat small monsters! Thats right, these little monsters also know how to parry. They cant be beaten at all. Whats more, as they fight, they would kill me with a single blow. Im going crazy! The Martial God is even more useless Previously, I could still fight Granny Meng. Now, I cant even fight the little monsters outside. You didnt go to the training stage, right? The teaching said that you have to use the rhythm of your breathing to attack. Otherwise, you will be killed by the small monsters once your breathing becomes chaotic. This new combat mechanism is to encourage close combat. If the playing style is right, it would be very fast no matter whether it is killing small monsters or Bosses. Im already a little addicted to the feeling of rubbing the joystick! Indeed, this change is not like an action game. Instead, its like a sound game and a fighting game: find the rhythm and timing and push the direction to parry. Its too complicated. I cant play it I think its very fun. Theres really a sense of satisfaction that other action games would not be able to experience. Especially the moment when the other partys aura was disrupted and the execution was done. Its simply too exciting! As Meng Chang had expected, the gamers on the internet had very different comments on the battle. Some gamers who especially liked Repent and be Saveds combat system felt that it had been modified beyond recognition. It was difficult to adapt and accept. However, other gamers felt that this combat system was very novel. It was faster and more satisfying. That was normal. After all, everyone had different tastes. There were also many players who preferred traditional combat modes like Repent and be Saved. However, on the whole, gamers overall rating was gradually increasing after the update of the combat system. That was because Eternal Reincarnation provided all players with another combat experience. Even players who were not used to it would feel a very novel feeling. Not only that, the automatic parry mechanism of the demon sword had also been studied and understood. Before this, players had already discovered that if they only used one demon sword, the more deaths they would die, the more frequent the parries would be. Of course, only about one-third of the map was released in the first part. Thus, the demon sword had an upper limit. It could not reach the effect of Fully-Automated Parry at all. After this update, the scene of the entire game had reached two-thirds of its completion. Players could already enter some mid to late stages. Under such circumstances, the automatic parry skill of the demon sword was triggered more frequently. Whats more, the type of parry slowly changed from a perfect parry to a perfect parry. The damage reduction effect was becoming more and more obvious! Many people guessed that the demon sword might be able to achieve a perfect parry as long as they died enough times in the last one-third of the game content area. That meant that it was easier to cheat than Repent and be Saved! Many people cheered. This was Boss Peis pity! Previously, Repent and be Saveds Pudu was hidden very well. It was only found a few days after the game was released. Obviously, the pity this time was even more obvious. Boss Pei had opened a convenient door for the players with terrible skills. Of course, the players with terrible skills would continue to suffer in the beginning. It was impossible to win against the boss just by relying on the pitiful automatic parry. However, as the difficulty level of the game increased, the frequency of automatic parries would also increase. This was equivalent to having a bottom line for players with terrible skills. As long as he was willing to suffer, he would be able to clear it sooner or later. Many players with terrible skills did not have a burden anymore. At the very most, they could slowly train their skills and die with the demon sword. Even if they died, they could accumulate demon points. All in all, after the combat system of Eternal Reincarnation was updated, the previous controversial topics quickly calmed down. Players expressed one after another: How fragrant! However, the more he saw the comments improving, the more Meng Chang felt his heart ache. My commission! Meng Chang felt like his heart was being stabbed. He could vaguely see a huge sum of money leaving him. He reviewed his plan again and still felt that it was perfect without any problems. First, he would update the games settings and monsters three times, so that gamers would accumulate dissatisfaction during the torture. Then, he would update the combat system, instantly turning something rotten into something magical. However, the gamers dissatisfaction did not accumulate because of the unexpected situation. It dissipated because of the update of the combat system. This was equivalent to the time for the Pei Familys publicity method to explode. The explosion instantly did not cause such a huge sensation. Instead, it caused the popularity to spread for a long time. Meng Chang probably would not be able to get a commission. Boss Pei did not seem to have achieved the best publicity effect either. Eternal Reincarnation was considered a success, but it could have obtained a greater popularity! The downloadable content would not make much difference in the end, it was not perfect. It was not a big problem to lose a months commission. However, the key was that Meng Chang had deep doubts about himself. My plan is obviously in line with the requirements of the Pei familys publicity method, but Boss Pei attacked mercilessly and disrupted my plan. However, Boss Pei did not say anything during the publicity for the game platform previously. He even praised me? Could it be that my understanding of the Pei familys publicity method is completely wrong? Could it be that the publicity method I summarized only misunderstood the meaning behind Boss Peis agreement with me? Meng Chang could not figure it out no matter how hard he thought. Eh? Someone send me a message. Dont you know that Im frustrated? Eh, Teacher Qiao. Meng Chang did not want to read the message at first, but he still clicked it after seeing that it was from Teacher Qiao. Are you planning to make a video for this game? I dont have any other intentions. Im just asking, I dont want to clash. Obviously, Qiao Liang intended to make a video for Eternal Reincarnation. After all, from the current situation, the combat system of Eternal Reincarnation had been updated. The core content had also been mostly exposed. He could start preparing the materials for the video in advance. He would add the corresponding content in the video when he updated the last third of the scenes next week. He would be able to publish it after deriving it. Qiao Liang did not know if Meng Chang would still analyze the video in the name of Young Master Tian, so he called in advance to prevent the video from clashing. Meng Chang replied weakly. I dont intend to make a video. Do whatever you want. The publicity plan had been ruined, and there was no commission. How could he make a video! Previously, Meng Chang had been ambitious and wanted to listen to Boss Peis advice and create an account like Young Master Tian that had a character profile like Teacher Qiao and a fixed fanbase. However, he was like a deflated ball now. He could not muster any energy at all. Not long after, Qiao Liang sent another message. I understand now. Leave the interpretation task to me. By the way, I have something else to ask you. Eternal Reincarnation doesnt seem to have been updated according to the previous plan. Did something go wrong in the middle? Why did the content that was originally scheduled to be updated at the end of the month be updated in the second week? Is there a problem with the internal communication or did they change their minds for some special reason? Obviously, Qiao Liang was very curious about this. He knew that Tengda Games was a very mature department. Any ordinary employee in it was not ordinary. Even an idiot could become a master game designer if he followed Boss Pei in game making right? However, many of the hugely invested AAA games did not go wrong. Instead, they went wrong on a small downloadable content. That was indeed strange. Meng Chang did not want to say it at first. After all, it would be considered a work mistake if this matter were to be said. It would be a little embarrassing. However, on further thought, Qiao Liang might be able to resolve his confusion. Until now, Meng Chang still could not understand why Boss Pei messed up his publicity plan and detonated the accumulated popularity in advance. Qiao Liang might not know about marketing, but he knew games and Boss Pei! The Eternal Reincarnation this time was a game project after all. Qiao Liang might be able to see some clues. Meng Chang also felt that his actions were a little desperate, but this was a serious matter after all. He was very eager to know what was going on. Thus, he briefly explained how Yu Fei was forced to put a square peg into a round hole and became the chief planner, his publicity plan, and the blunder that he had caused. Qiao Liang fell into a short silence after listening to it. I see. I understand now. I have two ideas about the deeper meaning behind Boss Peis actions, but its difficult to prove them at the moment. I have to think about it again and verify it from many angles before I can have a definite answer. How about this? Just wait for my new video! Chapter 1223 - Misaimed At My Brother Again Meng Chang was very surprised after reading Qiao Liangs reply. However, he felt like he had expected this. Previously, he had only given Qiao Liang a simple explanation of the situation with the thought that he was in a desperate situation. He did not have much expectations about whether there was really something hidden behind this. He did not expect Qiao Liang to really analyze something! Perhaps this is the so-called the bystander sees more? Its precisely because Im in it and constantly thinking about the commission that I cant think rationally and objectively. Thats why I cant understand the deeper meaning behind this matter. On the other hand, Qiao Liang, as a bystander, can think of some possibilities that I cannot discover based on his understanding of Boss Pei and his analysis of the game. Meng Chang would definitely not admit that he was stupid than Qiao Liang. Or rather, he felt that he was smarter than everyone in the world. Apart from the unfathomable Boss Pei. However, he had to admit that Teacher Qiao, a bystander, could see things much clearer. Real smart people should not self-righteously refuse to listen to others suggestions. On the contrary, they should know that everyones ability has its limits. Sometimes, in certain fields, they would still require professionals in this field. A monster like Boss Pei, who was proficient in all fields, strategizing, and planning far-reaching plans could not be treated as a model for imitation after all. Meng Chang felt much better after figuring that out. Qiao Liangs words were like a straw to clutch at. Meng Chang, the person who had fallen into the water, had a new confidence in the Pei Family publicity method that he had summarized. Perhaps it was not the Pei familys publicity method that was problematic, but his summary of the Pei familys publicity method was not comprehensive enough? Then What are Boss Peis deeper intentions? Can you briefly reveal them? Meng Chang could not hold back his curiosity. Qiao Liang only replied after a while. I cant make it too clear at the moment. I have to go back and straighten it out. However, I can briefly explain the general direction: One is the personal experience that the game flow gives players, the other is the relationship between products and marketing. However, these two points might be the same thing at the end of the day. Meng Chang savored Teacher Qiaos words. Even though he still had no clue, it was obvious from Teacher Qiaos point of view that Boss Peis violent interference in the publicity plan was obviously directly related to Meng Chang. Alright, thank you very much. Ill wait for your new video then. Meng Chang thanked Qiao Liang from the bottom of his heart. Meng Changs attitude towards Qiao Liang gradually changed without him knowing. At the beginning, Meng Chang felt that Qiao Liang was a stumbling block because Qiao Liang could always interpret the deep meaning of Boss Peis projects through videos or other methods. He could make the projects popular quickly and make ducks and drakes of the reverse publicity plan that Meng Chang had carefully prepared. For this reason, Meng Chang tried his best to divert Qiao Liangs attention, but things always went against his wishes. Now, Meng Chang was unknowingly on the same side as Qiao Liang. He realized that what Qiao Liang was doing was actually beneficial to him. Qiao Liang lived up to his name. He was like a bridge, building a bridge of understanding for Boss Pei. Borrowing Qiao Liangs analysis, Boss Pei was no longer an indescribable, elusive, and helpless terrifying existence in Meng Changs heart. Instead, he had become a person who could try to understand and analyze even though he was extremely intelligent. As Meng Changs understanding of Boss Pei deepened, he began to gradually master Boss Peis way of doing things and the deeper meaning of some seemingly bizarre actions. This in turn helped his publicity plan and summarized the Pei family publicity method. When Meng Chang was shaken by the Pei familys publicity method, he could use Qiao Liang to complete and correct it. It was now a process of mending and correcting. The results might not be known but it at least gave Meng Chang some hope. In any case, the commission for this month was gone. Meng Chang could calm down and wait for Teacher Qiaos video. At the same time, he could organize and reflect on the Pei Familys publicity method. Perhaps the more correct interpretation of the Pei familys publicity method was brewing. September 17th, Monday Pei Qian sipped his coffee in his office as he read the work reports from the various departments. When he saw the report from Tengda Games from Yu Fei, Pei Qians brows first relaxed and then furrowed again. F*ck At that moment, he could not find a suitable word to describe how he felt. Last Friday, Eternal Reincarnation was updated for the second time. According to Pei Qians request, Eternal Reincarnation had updated the combat system that was supposed to be updated at the end of the month. He had thought that this difficulty would make gamers so angry that they would jump. However, the feedback after the update was quite positive. Many gamers expressed that this combat rule was very novel. It completely exceeded their expectations. Sigh, plans cannot keep up with changes. However, on the bright side, the worst case scenario did not occur. In fact, the combat system of Eternal Reincarnation should not have received good reviews so quickly. At the very least, he should have been scolded for a period of time in the beginning. That was because the battle of Eternal Reincarnation was very difficult both in terms of system design and system design. Not only did the system design increase the strength of the monsters, but the new complicated mechanism also had an extremely high learning cost to players. It was not something that could be grasped after one or two days of suffering. However, the bad thing was that the automatic parry mechanism of the demon sword that Boss Pei used to cheat had been exposed in advance because of the wrong update! That was bad enough. According to Pei Qians original plan, gamers would definitely turn the game upside down and find a weapon similar to Pudu. During this process, they would not be able to find it no matter how hard they tried. Coupled with the unfamiliarity of the new combat system and the suffering caused by the powerful monsters, they would definitely be gradually enraged and might even curse. However, now, with the automatic parry mechanism of the demon sword, players were equivalent to having a calming pill. They knew that even if they kept dying, as long as they persevered in suffering and pushed forward, the demon sword would always bring them to pass. This mentality was immediately different! In other words, Meng Changs messed up dismantling plan and the loopholes that appeared during the dismantling process caused Pei Qians plan to make players suffer to go down. The originally good plan became fragmented. However, on the bright side, he did not trigger the worst case scenario. If they followed Meng Changs original plan, the outcome would be expected: They would update the scenes and monsters of Eternal Reincarnation first, but not the combat system. Thus, gamers would suffer hard and accumulate negative emotions. The topic of Eternal Reincarnation on the internet would also become very high and accumulate a lot of negative popularity. Lastly, the combat system of Eternal Reincarnation was updated. The entire games experience suddenly underwent a world-shaking change. This novel combat experience would have the effect of turning something rotten into something magical. It would turn all the negative emotions that had accumulated previously into positive popularity. Players would express how good it was That would be terrible. It would probably be like Dawn Games platform again: Everything was great before Meng Chang took the commission, but collapsed on the spot after Meng Chang taking the commission. Eh, why say again? There was obviously a fundamental difference between the two publicity plans. All in all, he had escaped this time. Pei Qians forceful intervention had finally ignited the popularity that was supposed to explode at the beginning of next month, causing it to be dispersed to the second half of the month. Both were explosions, but the latter was much less dangerous. That way, Pei Qians bottom line goal would be to use Eternal Reincarnation to reduce Repent and be Saveds sales. He should be able to achieve a free goal. That was a blessing in disguise. Pei Qian did not have any more requests for Eternal Reincarnation. The reason why he frowned was mainly because he saw the part in the report that Min Jingchao was in charge of. This weekend, GOGs new hero, Prison Keeper, was also released and received good reviews. Logically speaking, this was not a big problem. However, the key was that it had severely affected the situation between GOG and IOI! That was a little unacceptable. Every time IOI lost some players, Pei Qian felt like his flesh was being cut off. His heart hurt! Things had been a little strange ever since Eric returned from Dayak Corporations headquarters. IOI had started to spend money frequently. Obviously, they did not intend to continue playing with GOG. Instead, they were focused on earning money. Pei Qian had been thinking about how to help his brother, but no matter how he thought about it, he had no good ideas. They could raise the price together. The two brothers could indeed be scolded together, but how much more would Tengda earn? Pei Qian had long lowered the profits of GOGs skin by working hard. Any increase in price would cause the income to increase rapidly. However, if he did not raise the price together, he could only watch as his good brother left and never returned. Pei Qian was in a dilemma. He could not think of a good solution. He could only hope that Dayak Corporation would be able to last for a few more months at the very least. As long as he could think of a countermeasure in these few months, his good brother would be saved. However, the Prison Keepers announcement intensified the conflict once again. GOG was not under any pressure. Min Jingchao had nothing to do every day but browse the forum, look for interesting hero designs, arrange for the game content to be updated according to the prescribed order, and spend all his time studying the gameplay. There were more and more players, and there were more and more heroes design reserves on the forum. The GPL league was becoming more and more popular. These factors had all formed a positive feedback. Min Jingchao just had to be careful with the helm, and GOGs huge ship would be able to sail away. On the other hand, IOI was completely different. Eric had to complete the performance indicators given by the higher-ups. Finger Games research and development team had also spent a lot of effort on the design of new skins and paywalls. There was even a certain divide within Dayak Corporation. Under such circumstances, how could he concentrate on better content? On top of that, IOIs gamers were weak and little to begin with. They lacked a crowdfunding design mechanism like GOGs, and various other problems. As time went by, Eric would only be able to turn the boat around even if he paddled desperately. It was not a big deal for the new hero, Prison Keeper, to be released. However, it had become a landmark. It had become a shrinking point between the two games. Due to the new version of GOG, the number of people online had skyrocketed. That meant that IOIs days were definitely getting worse. What should we do? We cannot delay any longer. If we delay any longer, our good brother might not be able to take it at any time. Once it collapses, there would be no turning back. I have to quickly think of a way Pei Qian frowned and fell into deep thought. Chapter 1224 - GOG and IOI Joint Event? My previous thinking was not right. I should not limit my thinking to the price. I cannot afford to increase the price. My good brother cannot afford to reduce the price. Therefore, the price is a dead end. Starting with the price would never solve the problem. Lets think about it from another perspective. The key now is how to transfer GOGs players back to IOI. Even if these gamers dont give up on GOG, as long as they can bring some traffic to IOI and some income, wouldnt my good brother be able to hang on? Whats more, this is not a violation. It can only be considered a normal business exchange. The system should be able to muddle over. Pei Qian had been conflicted for a long time before, but he had not thought of a good solution. However, he suddenly had a flash of inspiration and found another idea. Perhaps this was what they meant by quick wits? He suddenly thought of a new therapy seeing that his good brother was about to die and that the previous therapy could not be effective. His good brother seemed to have some hope again! Pei Qian immediately switched on his computer and recorded his general thoughts. Simply put, it was to push GOG and IOI to cooperate. GOG would organize some official activities and direct their players to IOI. Of course, gamers would definitely be too lazy to move. At that time, they would need a certain amount of reward and excitement. For example, they could play IOI for a period of time and come back to collect skins. If GOG was the only one doing this, it would definitely look strange. It would also easily make people doubt their motives. Thus, he had to liaise with Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation and ask them to cooperate and symbolically organize similar activities. However, during the process of negotiations, Pei Qian would do his best to make the greatest concessions. For example, GOG would give very good rewards in this event, driving gamers to play IOI to get rewards. On the other hand, IOI would give ordinary and useless rewards. That way, IOI gamers would be unmoved, and GOG would be a one-way flow to IOI. On the surface, it looked like two games had reached a cooperative relationship and expanded the cake together. However, it was actually GOGs unilateral transfusion of IOI. Yes, this idea should not be a big problem. If I can achieve this goal, IOI will definitely be able to last for a while. I dont think any games of the same genre have done such a combined event before. However, Tengda must dare to go first! In Pei Qians impression, the link between games often only existed between games of the same company or games that did not have direct conflict of interest. For example, some standalone AAA games would organize a combined event. That was because there was not much competition between 3A games. Players would spend tens of hours to get through one game before looking for the next. However, MOBA games were different. There was intense competition between them. Playing such games did not mean completing it. Every MOBA game could not wait to trap players in the game for 24 hours. Thus, in Pei Qians memory, there had never been a combined event between two MOBA games. Things like your hero guest starring in my game and creating a special skin together had never happened before . However, that obviously could not stop Pei Qian. In fact, it even made him speed up. The only question is whether Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation will accept my suggestion. Hmm If IOI is still at its peak, they will definitely reject it. There is no doubt about it. However, GOGs market share, especially the domestic server, has far exceeded IOIs. As long as I make enough concessions, it would be equivalent to GOG giving IOI a unilateral transfusion. Finger Games upper echelons should be able to accept very realistic interests. Yes, lets do that. I might not be able to save my good brother, but I have to give it a try. Pei Qian was a very active person in trying to incur losses. He immediately decided to give Eric a call. Fifteen minutes later, Pei Qian hung up. Indeed, Eric is still very suspicious of my motives However, the good thing is that he cant make the decision on this alone. He will ask the upper echelons. This way, there should still be hope. Eric fell silent for more than a minute after Pei Qian explained his intention and made a few simple suggestions for cooperation. Obviously, Eric had been extremely wary of Pei Qian. Boss Pei proposed a plan, a plan to link up in the game and guide players. He very generously offered generous reward conditions on GOGs side. He also specially emphasized that IOI did not need to give equal reward conditions, as long as it was passable. How to direct players was the problem that Eric and the entire Finger Games had been worrying about. For MOBA games, active players were everything. That was because the number of active players would directly affect the game experience. Having fewer players meant that there were fewer rookies. It also meant that the matching mechanism was harder to match opponents with similar strength. Once the bottom layer of the matching mechanism collapsed, mid-tier players would be reduced to low-tier players. They could originally carry the entire game, but now, they were always matched to opponents who were obviously stronger than them to be beaten. This mental imbalance would further aggravate the situation of players disappearing. Conversely, the increase in active players could improve the game experience and enter a virtuous cycle. That was why MOBA games were a winner-take-all game. Only a few giants would be able to reach the end in the same field. The latecomers would not be able to shake the position of ruler. On the surface, Boss Peis suggestion was obviously very tempting because it could bring active players to IOI and income. However, Eric knew Boss Pei all too well. He had a feeling that there must be a conspiracy behind Boss Peis actions. On the surface, it looked like he was giving help in a time of need and helping each other out. Who knew if he would end up destroying the country and entering the city? If Eric had the final say, he would definitely reject Boss Peis suggestion immediately. However, he was just a tool now. In order to better let IOI play its role and earn profits, Dayak Corporation had unknowingly tightened its control over Finger Games headquarters and various distinct companies. Now, Eric had to report this matter truthfully. Whether he wanted to cooperate or not depended on the decision of the upper echelons of Dayak Corporation. This would definitely be accompanied by battles between the upper echelons of different factions. In the end, they might come up with a more neutral or twisted plan. However, no matter what, this was not something Eric could participate in. Pei Qian did not mind even though his good brother Eric had deeply misunderstood him. In any case, he would only do his best and leave it to fate to lend a helping hand. If the other party did not appreciate it, he could only let it go. Given the efficiency of Dayak Corporations upper echelons, this matter would probably not be settled for a while. However, Pei Qian was not in a hurry. In any case, it would not be easy for IOI to die even though its current situation was not optimistic. Pei Qian took two more sips of coffee and continued to check on the other departments. At that moment, there was a knock on the office door. Pei Qian looked up. It was Liang Qingfan. This person-in-charge of Sloth Apartments had not been selected to be on the special training list for torturous travels. Thus, he had been able to cooperate with Slow Movement Studio some time ago to provide data support related to the house type for the real estate intermediary simulator. Pei Qian did not choose him for special training mainly because of two considerations. On one hand, Sloth Apartments was very popular, but it did not make much money. It was a long way from recovering the money that he had spent on buying fixed assets. On the other hand, Liang Qingfan had the important task of designing the location of Tengda building. This job could not be delayed. Boss Pei, regarding the location and design of the headquarters building, I have a preliminary idea after a period of research. Ill report to you. Liang Qingfan handed the proposal to Pei Qian as he spoke. Pei Qian took it over. Liang Qingfan said, First, its about the location. From the looks of it, Jingzhou can actually be used as a large piece of land for the headquarters building. There is not much land. Our choices will naturally be limited. On the whole, Jingzhou is expanding to the west and south. However, the locations in these popular areas are either already being built or have been auctioned off and are waiting to be developed. Even if we are Jingzhous taxpayers and can enjoy certain conveniences on some issues, we cannot bypass such procedures. It would be easy if it was just a building, but Boss Pei, your request is to take up as much space as possible. Ordinary small pieces of land would naturally not meet the standards. Therefore, the location I am considering is in the north-east of Jingzhou City, near the old industrial zone. Coincidentally, there is already a snack market, Thriller Hostel, and other related industries here. The subway lines have also been planned. After comprehensive consideration, it is a more suitable location. Pei Qian fell into deep thought and did not say anything. He was not satisfied with this location. That was because it was too close to Thriller Hostel and the snack market. Everyone knew that it was very easy for strange chemical reactions to occur between Tengdas industries. Especially in terms of geographical location, it was easier to cause unpredictable changes. However, just as Liang Qingfan had said, there were not many options. City planning was a very long-term thing. The purpose of a certain land might have been decided a few years ago. Now, the economy was developing rapidly and property developers were booming. All sorts of useful land in the city were being snatched up. It might not be difficult to find a small plot of land, but it would probably not be easy to find a plot of land big enough to accommodate the entire Tengda Corporation. That was because Pei Qians goal was to spend more money. The bigger the business, the better. It was obviously not enough for Boss Pei to spend money on a single building. Pei Qian even had an idea. He wanted to use this opportunity to build the headquarters to clean up his fixed assets. So many fixed assets had already affected the settlement. If he did not have enough funds during the construction of the headquarters building, Pei Qian could naturally sell a portion of the buildings to reduce the burden of the settlement. On the whole, this place was the most suitable. As for being too close to Thriller Hostel and the snack market It should not be a big problem. After all, Tengdas headquarters building could not be profitable. At the very most, it would become an internet celebrity building. As long as it did not make much money, there would not be a problem. Liang Qingfan continued, As for the building Ive also designed a few simple designs. Boss Pei, which one looks more pleasing to the eye? Or we can add some more clear design elements. Chapter 1225 - Mission Of The Headquarters Building If he were to give others a design plan, Liang Qingfan would hope that his plan would pass directly. It would be best if he did not make any changes. As an architect, he was very confident in his own plan. Of course, he did not want the client to interfere and ruin his meticulously designed beauty. However, Liang Qingfan could not wait for Boss Pei to make more requests. That was because he felt that Boss Pei had the power to turn something rotten into something magical. Even if Boss Peis true professionalism lay in game design, business, and investment, and other fields, and he did not have the relevant architectural knowledge, it could be seen from the series of projects such as Thriller Hostel and Sloth Apartments that Boss Pei could often see what Liang Qingfan, the architect, could not see from a higher level. Such a high-level perspective could often give Liang Qingfan some inspiration and improve him further. Pei Qian flipped through it briefly and found that Liang Qingfans plan was quite considerate. He only drew a sketch of the buildings appearance and briefly pointed out the key zones in the building. He did not elaborate on the details of the internal structure. Obviously, Pei Qian could not understand the details Liang Qingfan gave three different designs, and these three designs had something in common. For example: The main building was very tall, and the surrounding empty spaces were designed with grass and gardens for beautification. The design of the building was very strong. A large number of glass walls and unique shapes were used. It looked very suitable for high-tech companies; There was an entertainment space on every level of the building, deeply embodying the Tengda spirit. Considering the location of Tengdas headquarters, this building would definitely stand out after it was renovated. It would be quite eye-catching and would become a landmark building nearby. Pei Qian fell silent after reading the three plans. How should he put it? From all aspects, Liang Qingfan had completed the task perfectly. No matter which plan he used, it would not feel strange to hang Tengdas logo after the building was built. It would not be inferior to the headquarters of some other internet companies in the country. However This did not seem to be able to meet Pei Qians requirements at all! For other companies, the two points of the headquarters building were the most important: the convenience of function and the uniqueness of style. The headquarters building integrated the various departments together. It could make communication between the departments more frequent and convenient, increasing the efficiency of the employees. The restaurants, coffee shops, and various entertainment facilities in the building were partly to adjust the working conditions of the employees and partly to make them work overtime. On the other hand, the unique design and grandiose aura of the building could show the outside world the powerful financial resources of the company, making employees feel a certain sense of belonging and pride when they went to work. That was also part of the brand image. All in all, there were many benefits to building buildings for wealthy companies. However, Pei Qian did not care about these benefits at all! Make communication between the various departments more frequent? Increase employees work efficiency? Make the employees work overtime? Pei Qian did not want that to happen. The only thing that satisfied Pei Qian was that there was an entertainment area on every floor. However, this approach seemed a little old-fashioned because that was what Tengda had now. Some other large internet companies had also incorporated it. Tengdas employees were all seasoned veterans. It was no longer tempting for them to arrange for a small entertainment area on the same floor. He had to intensify his efforts! Thus, Liang Qingfans plans were not a problem according to the standards of ordinary companies. However, it had not met his requirements at all! If the demand and plan were misaligned, no matter how good the plan was, it would be useless. Pei Qian had not set a rule for Liang Qingfan previously so that he could use his imagination without any restrictions. The main reason was that he did not want outsiders to guide the insiders. After all, the headquarters building was not making money. It was not a big deal for Liang Qingfan to express himself freely. However, from the looks of it now, Pei Qian still had to give some pointers and not be lazy. That was because Liang Qingfans own plan was still considered from the perspective of an architect. Obviously, he did not really understand the actual use of this building. After a moment of silence, Pei Qian said, The plan is very good, and the building looks good. However It seems to be lacking in some creative ideas. Liang Qingfan was not angry at all. Instead, he was very happy. Boss Pei, how do you think we should change it? Creative ideas were not as readily available! As an architect, Liang Qingfan felt that he had been very active and relaxed when designing these plans. However, after completing the plan, he looked at it. It did not give off the bright feeling that Tengdas other industries had. He could only say that good ideas that pop up constantly like Boss Peis were a gift. Ordinary people really could not make it. Thus, Liang Qingfan stopped struggling and listened carefully to what Boss Pei had to say. Pei Qian fell into deep thought once again. How should he change it? For other companies, the buildings functionality and logo were the most important. To Pei Qian, the functionality of the building was also the first priority. However, the specific function should be completely opposite to that of other companies. The effect of the Tengda headquarters building should be to make it as inconvenient for the various departments to communicate, reduce the efficiency of the employees, and let the employees work as little overtime as possible. Of course, he had to spend more money. The question was, how to design this building to achieve these goals? Pei Qian cleared his throat and said, How about this? Ill talk about a few key points first. Take note. These key points are the most basic requirements. Satisfy these key points first, and then slowly consider the specific shape of the building. First, Tengdas headquarters should be as low rise as possible, not to develop higher and higher. Pei Qian had thought it through very clearly. The higher the building, the more conducive it was for communication between the departments. That was because the elevator would arrive between the departments. It was very convenient. However, if the building was flat and expanded in a standard direction, the various departments could only use transport tools like balanced cars to communicate. Obviously, it would be very inconvenient and would naturally reduce the efficiency of communication. Pei Qian would also try his best to allocate some departments that had connections to the two ends of the building. Want to collaborate? Its alright, prepare to run out! Previously, even though some departments were scattered in other places in Jingzhou, they could take taxis and were relatively faster. If they were all placed in the headquarters building, they would not be able to take taxis. They could only walk. It would be more inconvenient as long as the distance was far enough. Apart from that, he could also take up as much space as possible by laying the building flat. If he built a building and turned the surroundings into a green land or garden, he might be able to use it in the future to build other buildings. However, if he opened the entire area and took up all of the land, he would only be able to buy other land in the future if he wanted to expand. Wouldnt that be spending more money? Liang Qingfan quickly noted it down. Indeed, Boss Peis design concept from the beginning was different from mine! However, why should he level the buildings? Arent companies now pursuing skyscrapers to become city landmarks? Many companies even began to compete on a higher level, proud of building the first tall building in XX City. Yet, Boss Pei had done the opposite. He did not care about heights at all? He was indeed different! Liang Qingfan could not figure out why Boss Pei wanted to level the building for the time being. Tengda was not selling pancakes. However, he did not have time to think about it now. He had to listen to all of Boss Peis requests first. Then, he would combine them and analyze them together. Pei Qian continued, Second, the gaming entertainment area should not be scattered on every level. Instead, it should be concentrated. The entire building is divided into two large areas: a work area and an entertainment area. The entertainment area must also take up half of the building! On top of that, we have to think of ways to increase the contact area between the work area and the entertainment area as much as possible so that it would be very convenient for employees to cross zones. Er, to be precise, it should be very convenient to go to the entertainment area, but not very convenient to return to the work area. Placing a portion of the area on a single floor as an entertainment area was always insufficient. That was because many large-scale entertainment projects could not be done on a simple floor. Combining the entire entertainment area could allow employees to play one project after another after entering. They could not stop at all, so much that they completely forgot about going back to work. In other words, they would be more immersed. In fact, Pei Qian had wanted to set up a twin tower with two buildings, one purely for work and one purely for entertainment. That way, as long as employees mistakenly entered the entertainment building, they would immediately enter a sea of happiness and it would be very difficult to swim out. However, on further thought, this way, the connection between the two buildings would not be close enough. It would not be convenient for employees to go to the entertainment building. What if they found it too troublesome and did not want to go to the entertainment building? Thus, he had to think of a way to increase the contact area between the work area and the entertainment area so that employees could easily walk through the entertainment area. If they were not careful, they would forget to come back. Liang Qingfan scratched his head, feeling that Boss Peis request was a little abstract. Increase the area of contact? How should he increase it? Make it very convenient to go to the entertainment area, but not too convenient to return to the work area? Could it be that he wanted to create a one-way passage? He could go directly to the entertainment area, but he could only take a detour if he wanted to return to the work area? He found it even harder to grasp the specific shape of the building. However, he did not say anything and continued recording seriously. Pei Qian continued, Third, the building must have multiple different entrances. Each entrance must be facing a different location in the building. The entertainment area of the building has to face the subway station and the transport hub. It will be more convenient to enter from there but one has to detour to the work area. The underground carpark If you go to the entertainment area, you can get an elevator. However, if you want to go straight to the work area, you have to walk through an underground maze. In other words, there were only two ways to go to the work area after parking the car in the underground carpark: either take the elevator and pass through the entertainment area and endure all sorts of temptations, or walk a maze in the underground car park and take the elevator to work after finding the way. Chapter 1226 - Preliminary Plan for the Building The underground maze and the entertainment area were both soft and hard approaches. The entertainment area was meant to be a soft approach. They had to think of ways and means to lead the employees into the entertainment area. They would be tripped up by all sorts of fun things so that they would forget about returning to work. If the entertainment area was located on one side of the transport hub, employees would definitely pass by the entertainment area first when they went to work normally. They would be tempted by all sorts of temptations. However, he could not rule out some special circumstances. For example, what if his employees were to drive to and from work? As Tengdas headquarters, it was impossible not to build a parking lot. Pei Qians attitude was not only to build a carpark, but to build a huge one! After all, the car park was not an office space. The more parking spaces and sizes there were, the more money would be spent. Whats more, investment in the parking space was basically a waste of money. He could not miss such a good thing. However, if the employees drove to work and went upstairs from the underground carpark, wouldnt the design be wasted? Whats more, Tengdas benefits were so good. There were also sufficient parking spots. There must be a lot of employees driving to and from work. That was why Pei Qian came up with this idea. Liang Qingfan noted this down seriously as well. At the same time, as Boss Pei continued his requests, a brand new design began to appear in his mind. Pei Qian pondered for a moment and added, Lastly, we have to divide the building into several different areas. On top of the existing holidays, we have to arrange additional holidays in each area regularly. However This division must be justified, understand what I mean? Pei Qian felt that Tengdas employees had too few holidays. The System was quite strict when it came to giving eaves. Otherwise, Pei Qian would have long changed Tengdas working hours to two days a week and five days of rest. However, holidays could still be adjusted within a certain limit. For example, he could give his employees two more days of paid leave or find a reason to take a day or two off on special holidays. There would be no problem. Pei Qian wondered if he could use this building as an excuse to think of more holidays from the system. It would be best if these holidays were long and institutionalized. They would be more valuable than temporary holidays. Liang Qingfan quickly recorded it down. After a moment of silence, he said, Boss Pei, according to your requirements, my previous three plans did not match at all Its no different from overthrowing and redoing it. However, dont worry, Boss Pei. I suddenly had a general idea! I have a design that is especially suitable for your requests. Pei Qian was elated. Oh? What style? Liang Qingfan said, The Taiji Shape. As he spoke, he drew a simple sketch and explained it to Pei Qian. Boss Pei, look. The taiji diagram is circular, and there is a divination of the eight trigrams around it. The circular area of land is the largest from the perspective of taking up space. It is very in line with your previous request to level the building. At the same time, the work area and the entertainment area are separate, but the two zones have to be interacted as much as possible. This is very in line with the structure of the taiji diagram, black and white. White is Yang, which is the work area; black is Yin, which is the entertainment area. The divinations around the taiji diagram can also correspond to the north, south, west, and other eight directions according to the specific divinations. These can be seen as the eight entrances of the building. Four of them correspond to the work area, and four correspond to the entertainment area. The four entrances of the entertainment area happen to be on the side of the transport hub. Employees would be the first to enter. The S-shaped arc in the middle can allow maximum contact between the work area and the entertainment area. The positions of these two yin-yang fish eyes can be designed as elevators. The work area has a regular elevator, and the entertainment area is the sightseeing elevator. At the same time, this S-shaped arc can also be used as a central atrium. Just like in many shopping malls, it can be connected from the bottom up. On one hand, we can see different floors. On the other hand, we can also increase the lighting and make the interior of the building more abundant. Pei Qian tried to imagine the style of the building. Looking down from the sky, it should be a huge taiji diagram. Whats more, there would be a clear division between the lines of yin and yang. It would be like a crack, used to increase the light within the building. Liang Qingfan continued, As for what you said, Boss Pei, its convenient to go to the entertainment area, but its more troublesome to return to the work area. It can be resolved appropriately. First of all, at the center of the entire taijitu, which is the contact position of the waist of the yin-yang fish and the center of the central atrium area, we will make a scenic falls that divides the entire floor. After that, we will make this arc position at the head of the yin-yang fish into two areas that are connected. We will arrange for the turnstile and the escalator to be in this place. However, be it the gate or the escalator, they would be all one-way: from the work area to the entertainment area, walk through the gate and go to the same floor. You cannot walk through the gate from the entertainment area to the work area. You can only go to the upper floor or the next floor through the escalator. The escalator connects the different levels of the yin and yang fish. It also symbolizes the balance of yin and yang and endlessness. That way, it would be very simple to go from the work area to the entertainment area. However, it would take some effort to return to your original work desk. Pei Qian continued to imagine. A scenic falls was made in the center, just like the cars on the city ring island, drawing everyone towards the head of the yin-yang fish. From the work area to the entertainment area, they could just walk through the gate. They could go directly to the same floor. However, from the entertainment area to the work area, they had to walk the escalator. They could only go to the top or bottom floor. In other words, it was easy to get to the entertainment area, but he could not return by the same route. Yes, that sounded good. Liang Qingfan focused his gaze on the underground area of the building. As for the parking lot according to the previous plan, the transport hub and main road are near the side of the entertainment area. Therefore, the bottom of the entertainment area is a normal parking lot. After parking here, you can take the elevator directly to the entertainment area. Its more convenient. Below the work area is the maze. If the employees want to find the elevator in the work area after parking, they have to enter the maze to search. Pei Qian nodded slightly. This was in line with his previous expectations. Liang Qingfan continued, As for Boss Pei, I also have a preliminary idea about splitting the building into several areas. According to the positioning of the Bagua, there can be 24 solar terms These 24 solar terms can divide the entire taijitu into 24 small fans. Of course, according to this method, half of the solar terms will be at the entertainment area. These solar terms would be able to shift their holidays to the work area. The specific arrangements will depend on you, Boss Pei. At that point, Pei Qian said without any hesitation, Of course, we have to transfer the holidays from the entertainment area to the work area. That way, everyone will have two solar term holidays every year. The interval between each holiday is exactly half a year. There were 24 solar terms every year. One in 12 employees in the building were on holiday during each solar term? It was amazing! The number 24 made Pei Qian very happy. It was beyond his expectations. The most important thing was that this setting could be related to traditional solar terms. It could also be related to this Tai Chi building. That way, the possibility of convincing the system would greatly increase. After all, this was to promote and inherit traditional culture so that every employee could obtain benefits from traditional culture. Pei Qian nodded slightly after hearing Liang Qingfans new plan. Yes, this plan is more in line with my requirements. However I have two small problems, or rather, suggestions. First of all, the entrances are located around the building and represent eight directions. From the top of the map, it should be squarish. Even if the height cannot reach the height of the main building, it cannot be too short. If these eight buildings are only used as entrances, it would be obviously a little too empty. We have to think about what else I can use for other than office uses. The second is the taijitu plus the eight trigrams formation might be more in line with the traditional concept of culture but I feel like its suppressing something Isnt it a little strange? Pei Qian could not wait for this building to slightly suppress his luck and make Tengdas luck worse. That way, the difficulty of losing money would plummet. However, he was afraid that, as Liang Qingfan had said, the balance of yin and yang would be endless, and directly gather destiny. Wouldnt it be a scam if he had success in one project after another in the future? Pei Qian believed in science, but he still had to think about metaphysics sometimes. Liang Qingfan nodded. Yes, Boss Pei, what you said makes sense. The first question is about the use of the surrounding buildings. I have to go back and think about it carefully. However, dont worry, Boss Pei. Tengdas headquarters is so big. It has a lot of capacity. I will definitely be able to think of additional uses for these eight entrances after sorting out the functional areas of the entire building. As for the second question, there is no need to worry. I will definitely not throw a taiji diagram at it rigidly. As an architect, I will try my best to add a sense of technology and modernity to the appearance while retaining the Tai Chi elements in the general structure and layout, so that tradition and modern elements can be combined. In other words, this building would definitely not give people an old-fashioned feeling on the outside. It would be a very beautiful modern building rich in technology. Perhaps you will only realize that it is actually a standard Tai Chi diagram when you look down from above. I think this can also display Tengdas philosophy to a certain extent: the integration of traditional culture and modern technology. We will not blindly throw away tradition and lose ourselves because we are conservative and refuse to change. Pei Qian nodded. Yes, sure. Then, perfect this plan. Its mainly about the internal division, the number of floors the building has to be built, the size of the area, the overall price etc. Liang Qingfan nodded. Alright, Boss Pei. Ill work on the details now! Chapter 1227 - The Direction of Useful APP After sending Liang Qingfan off, Pei Qian continued reading the work reports from the various departments. Since most of the projects were still in development stages, Pei Qian could not see many clues. Thus, he only took a quick look. It was not the critical moment before the project was completed and the product was released. Pei Qian could slack for at least another month. At that moment, Pei Qian flipped through a report and noticed a department that he had not paid attention to for some time. The Useful APP that Yu Pingan was in charge of. Yes, what a good department that does not have a strong sense of existence but is responsible and can really help me share my burdens! 6 Pei Qian could not help but feel emotional after reading the work report from Yu Pingan. Yu Pingan had been diligently pushing forward related work ever since the establishment of the Useful APP. First, he expanded from Handong University, from the field of poetry and ancient literature to other universities and other majors in the country. After that, Useful APP also began to cooperate with Bunny Tail Live-Stream. They selected clear-headed and eloquent young scholars from their partners and recommended them to Bunny Tail Live-Stream. They would teach ordinary viewers, mainly to conduct basic knowledge. At the same time, the content of these lectures would be edited by professionals and accompanied by subtitles. They would be retained on Bunny Tail live-stream in the form of a public lecture for everyone to watch repeatedly. From the beginning of the creation until now, the form of Useful APP has basically been fixed. The next task was to fill in the content. However, this was not something that could be done overnight. It might be an intellectual website but the knowledge inside required many scholars to enter it bit by bit. Professionals in various fields also needed Yu Pingan and the others to connect them one by one. To put it bluntly, this was a knowledge website. However, completing it was a huge physical job. Until now, the initial field of ancient poems had reached a relatively high level. The information and content of the famous poems could completely meet the needs of most ordinary people. As a website mainly targeted at ordinary people, Useful APP did not need to be as advanced as academic magazines, at least not now. Therefore, the completion rate in this field could be about 80%. However, that did not mean that 80% of the people in the relevant fields had completed their work. It only meant that this section had basically achieved its initial goal. However, apart from these famous articles, there were also a large number of less famous poems, articles, and even the same article. As academic research improved, the analysis of it also increased and upgraded. The relevant young scholars could continue to fill in the content or expand in a specific direction. This job could be a lifetime. Apart from that, Yu Pingan was also expanding to other fields, but this expansion method was a little disorderly. He could not be blamed. After all, the purpose of Useful App was to collect all useful knowledge and popularize them to ordinary people in a simple way. There were too many options. Yu Pingan was at a loss as to what to do. Most of the time, he was busy putting on airs and advancing in multiple fields at the same time. Pei Qian was very satisfied with the current situation of the Useful APP. It did not have a strong sense of existence. This software had already started operating officially. Tengda Life App and Bunny Tail Live-Stream had also directed a large number of users to it. However, the number of active people was still a long way from being popular. It was still a minority group even though many students were using it. Time and spending power were limited. For others, even if they wanted to look up relevant information, Useful APP would be a very practical piece of software. However, this requirement was not common after all. Ordinary people probably log in two or three times a year at best. This was consistent with Pei Qians initial estimates: Useful APP would be a huge and long project. It would not be a threat in the beginning. Of course, the combined event of Useful App and Bunny Tail Live-Stream caused a certain amount of popularity. However, this popularity was mainly directed to Bunny Tail Live-Stream. It was not much help to Useful App. It might not be very popular but the Useful App has helped Pei Qian spend a lot of money. Yu Pingan was very responsible in spending all the funds every month without leaving a single cent. He would even report every now and then and apply for additional funds. Thats great! Since thats the case, Ill allocate more funds! Yu Pingan, youre so capable. Why did you create the Tengda Life APP back then? You should have made a useful APP long ago. Yes, it was the right decision to let Yu Pingan take the lead in developing a useful APP! Apart from funding, I have to reply to his questions. In this report, Yu Pingan not only introduced the current situation of the Useful APP, but also raised a question. Specifically, he hoped that Boss Pei would give him some advice. What direction should the Useful App choose next? That was because there were too many things he could do. Yu Pingan did not have difficulty in choosing, but he still chose difficulty. Pei Qian gently rubbed his chin and pondered for a moment. According to his thinking, he definitely hoped that Yu Pingan would do something in all fields and not be outstanding in any field. It was just like a forest. If a tree was particularly tall and broke the world record, it would quickly attract attention. However, if all the trees grew on average, no one would notice that the forest was growing at an extremely fast speed. That way, he could minimize the possibility of a Useful App becoming popular. He could delay time as much as possible and burn more money. However, he could not be too direct. That would be very strange. He had to describe it in another way. After choosing his words carefully, Pei Qian replied, Theres no need to be constrained to a single direction. You have to observe more and pursue some hot topics appropriately, but they cannot be common hot topics on the internet. This statement might seem a little vague but Pei Qian felt that the meaning had been expressed. Whether Yu Pingan could understand it or not would depend on his comprehension. There was no need to be constrained to a single direction. It meant that Yu Pingan could expand his business and do things in many fields, but they would not be too outstanding and attract unnecessary attention. Observe more and chase some hot topics. In fact, he also hoped that Yu Pingan would not dig too deep into one field and be conflicted for too long. He would chase after a hot topic when he saw one. He would change if there was a new hot topic. He would stop in every field and further reduce the possibility of success of a Useful APP. Of course, chasing hot topics would inevitably bring about a problem: riding on popularity. Thus, Pei Qian added another sentence, asking Yu Pingan not to try and ride on the popularity of the internet. It would be best if he could choose some small hot topics. There were many hot topics like that and they were quite fragmented. They would not be able to ride on the popularity. That was Pei Qians ideal choice. That way, even if the Useful App was developed, it would probably continue to run on a niche platform and not suddenly become popular. It could be said to be multiple insurance coverage. Pei Qian thought about it carefully again. He felt that this hint was quite scientific and should not have any outrageous misunderstanding. Thus, he clicked the send button. Alright, todays work is over, knock off! Pei Qian stretched and prepared to eat some good food to reward himself for working hard. At the same time, Yu Pingan was thinking hard in front of his computer. Even someone who did not have difficulty choosing had difficulty choosing because of work. As Useful Apps developed, there were more and more options. Even though Yu Pingan had already expanded the knowledge of various fields by working with universities, there had to be a direction of specialization like the ancient poems. However, Yu Pingan had selected at least a dozen fields that could be used for specialization. How to choose them was a headache. Thus, he mentioned in his work report that he hoped Boss Pei would be able to resolve his confusion. If Boss Pei made a move, the problem would definitely be resolved. However, Boss Pei was busy at work after all. He might not be able to spare the time. Yu Pingan did not have much hope for this. At that moment, he received a new work email. It was a reply from Boss Pei! Indeed, no matter how indifferent I looked before, Boss Pei will definitely take action when I need guidance the most! Yu Pingan was overjoyed and immediately clicked on it. There are two sentences in total. He did not say which direction to choose Its indeed Boss Peis usual style. He gives directions but doesnt make it too specific and restricts the person-in-charges performance. I have to rely on myself to dig out more information. That way, I can improve my ability to think independently and follow Boss Peis thoughts. Yu Pingan began to seriously figure out the deeper meaning behind Boss Peis words. Dont be constrained to a single direction. It must be regarding the current overall strategy of Useful APP. As a platform dedicated to providing professional knowledge in the entire field, the overall framework must be set up in the early stages. It will be slowly perfected later. This is in line with what Im doing now. Its a form of affirmation and support for my work. The key should be in the last sentence. Chasing hot topics while not chasing the hot topics that are commonly seen on the internet. What is the meaning of this Yu Pingan frowned slightly, vaguely realizing that this should be the key to the problem. After all, there was a key point in Boss Peis interpretation method: There must be deep meaning in every unreasonable point. On the surface, it seemed to be encouraging Yu Pingan to freeload on less famous hot topics. However, this did not make sense! That was because the act of making it popular was in itself to make it popular. They wanted to make it popular, but they did not want to make it as popular as possible. Wouldnt that be making it worse? Ahem, I cannot think of Boss Pei in that light. Yu Pingan quickly stopped himself from thinking that way. Thus, Boss Pei definitely did not mean that. Instead, he had a deeper meaning. Yu Pingan began to analyze seriously. Chapter 1228 - Loss of the Spiritual Core of Eternal Reincarnation? Why not chase common hot topics on the internet? Think about it from another perspective. Whats wrong with the hottest topic on the internet? Yes, there are still many problems when you think about it carefully. For example, if the truth is not clear, it is easy to turn around. If you express your stance in advance, you might be implicated. The most popular hot topics are often superficial and completely contradicting the mission of Useful App. These popularity often comes and goes quickly. Once the popularity passes, there would be nothing left Yu Pingan quickly found a series of problems and hidden dangers. The current online world was made up of huge information cocoons. Most people only cared about the part that they were interested in. This would lead to a problem. The most popular topic would definitely be able to pull all the people in the information cocoon out and participate in the discussion. This topic would often be limited to a few very limited areas. For example, emotional and genders. After all, each person had different hobbies such as games, movies, comics Every hobby corresponded to a small circle. They could ignore the circle they did not like, but they could only be males or females. It was impossible to bypass the circle of gender topics. Another example was that the topic of the entertainment circle would always be higher than the academic circle. That was because academia was something that only a small number of people could grasp or come into contact with. Ordinary people would more or less have seen some movies, variety shows, and know a few celebrities during the entertainment process. The wider the topic, the more popular it would be. However, in the discussion area, it would be easier to turn it into similarities and attack each other in the end. The characteristics of the online world was that no one could convince anyone. It was purely a competition of who had the louder voice. The size of the voice often depended on the technique of arguing. Whoever had the lower limit during an argument was more likely to win. Thus, the biggest hot topic for a period of time was often a topic that ordinary people generally participated in but was extremely boring. At first glance, these seemed to be very delicious melons. However, when he looked back after eating, he felt that he had been lonely. This was obviously completely contrary to the purpose of the Useful App. Useful APP was to create a pure land without rubbish information on the Internet. Repeating and over-discussing the war-like hotspots was itself creating rubbish information. At that thought, Yu Pingan understood. Therefore, Boss Pei is reminding me to pay attention to the magnitude. It is necessary to pay attention to hot topics because to a certain extent, they would reflect the collective demands of ordinary people. Useful APP as a software serves most ordinary people. Therefore, paying attention to hot topics is a process to understand the collective demands of ordinary people. However, we cannot pay attention to those war-oriented, over-discussed, and meaningless hot topics because it is completely opposite to the purpose of Useful APP. Yes, Boss Peis teachings are very reasonable. It makes me think deeply. However Boss Pei did not specify how to choose the hot topics. At the moment, there were too many hot topics on the internet, but very few were valuable and meaningful. The most popular hot topics often covered a wide range, had no specific connotations, led battles, and stimulated different groups to attack each other. However, was it different for the less popular hot topics? Obviously not. In the less popular hot topics, such garbage hot topics that covered a wide range, had no connotations, led battles, and stimulated different groups to attack each other were also everywhere. Boss Pei said to observe more. However, how should I choose among so many hot topics? I dont have that strong insight! If Boss Pei were to choose it personally, he would definitely be able to choose the best direction. However, how could Boss Pei spend his precious time on choosing hot topics for a Useful App Yu Pingan felt like he had fallen into a dead end: Boss Pei had proposed a solution, but only Boss Pei himself could use it. Wait a minute. Who said that Boss Pei did not have time to help select? Hasnt Boss Pei always been choosing! Yu Pingan suddenly realized that he seemed to have fallen into a mistake. He felt that Boss Pei was so busy that he would definitely not have time to help the Useful App choose the general direction. However, the key was what was Boss Pei busy with? Wasnt he just finalizing the general direction for Tengda Corporations development! As the leader of Tengda Corporation, Boss Pei had Tengda enter various fields. These industries looked unrelated to each other. They looked like they were going to die when they first started. However, they quickly formed a close connection and were proven to be the direction of future development! Boss Pei could change the business model of this field every time he entered a field. It caused a certain sensation. Wasnt this a meaningful hot topic as well? At that thought, Yu Pingans horizons broadened. What game is Tengda Games developing? Oh, Eternal Reincarnation This doesnt seem to be reliable. What about Shang Yang Games? Safe and Civilized Driving! This seems to be a game related to cars, transport, and city planning. Useful APPs can also start from this field and study the car-related fields. On one hand, it can ride on the popularity of the game Safe and Civilized Driving. On the other hand, it can also provide some theoretical support for this game. Yu Pingan suddenly understood the future direction of Useful APP. First, he had to cooperate with various universities step by step, continue to enrich various basic fields, and build up the entire framework as soon as possible. Second, he had to cooperate closely with the industries that Tengda planned for the future. Not only could he provide theoretical support, but he could also use the popularity of the industry to promote useful APPs. This has formed a complete closed loop! Its perfect! Yu Pingan was suddenly no longer confused. His difficulty in choosing had been completely cured. After receiving Boss Peis revelation, he stopped struggling and immediately devoted himself to work, preparing to find relevant professionals! September 21st, Friday Meng Chang did not go to work today because he had long realized that he would probably not be able to get any commission this month. That meant that his work had ended early. Who would work without a salary? However, Meng Chang was not as dejected as the previous few times. He was still paying attention to the progress of Eternal Reincarnation even though he was back at home. That was because he wanted to know why Boss Pei disrupted his publicity plan. He was still waiting for Teacher Qiaos explanation in the video. If this answer did not satisfy him, Meng Chang would have to re-examine the Pei family publicity method that he had summarized. That was because this incident might mean that he had entered a very wrong area. If this answer could satisfy him, it would mean that the Pei familys publicity method was correct on the whole. However, there were some mistakes in some details. Boss Pei had disrupted his publicity plan to correct this mistake. In short, no matter what the situation was, Meng Chang had to perk up and pay attention to it seriously. The comments and feedback of the players on the internet had also changed since they updated the combat system of Eternal Reincarnation last Friday. However, this change was not exactly what Meng Chang had expected. At first, Meng Chang thought that updating the combat system in advance would be equivalent to detonating the popularity at the wrong time. It would cause the popularity not to reach the highest point during the detonation. Instead, it would spread steadily and continuously to the next period of time. At the beginning, the situation was exactly as he had expected. Players were very excited because of the brand new combat system. The difficulty problem that had been criticized previously did not seem to exist. Everyone was seriously training their parry skills. All sorts of big shots also posted their injury-free speed video online. He had to say that there were indeed many talented big shots. After only one week of updating the combat system, someone had already completed killing the Black and White Impermanence at the beginning. He did not know how many times they had trained. Of course, defeating the Black and White Impermanence would not have a decisive impact on the games process. They would only obtain the weapons and props on the Black and White Impermanence in advance. In the plot, the protagonist would no longer be locked up by the Black and White Impermanence and brought to the Road to the Underworld. Instead, he would use the props on the Black and White Impermanence to head to the Road to the Underworld. Apart from that, in the original process, the game would encounter the Black and White Impermanence again when it progressed to the mid-stages. If they had already killed the two Bosses from the beginning, there would be no need to fight this place again. All in all, it did not affect the games content. It only had an additional achievement. However, no matter what, being able to defeat a mid-stage boss in the game with only a demon sword in the preface was enough to show how powerful these players were. Many players were discussing this combat system. They thought that it combined the gameplay of action games with the rhythm of the sound game and the direction of the combat game. It was another breakthrough in action games. All of these were exactly as Meng Chang had expected. However, something surprising happened very quickly: Some players began to naturally compare Eternal Reincarnation with Repent and be Saved. In comparison, even though Eternal Reincarnation had made some innovations in the combat system, it was far inferior to Repent and be Saved! Meng Changs first reaction to this was very confused and even puzzled. Thus, he found the source of this saying. It was a post by a self-proclaimed elite gamer of Repent and be Saved. This player even posted a screenshot of Repent and be Saveds complete success at the end of the post, as well as a screenshot of the achievements of killing the Black and White Impermanence in the preface of Eternal Reincarnation. This proved that he had a deep understanding of the two games and was not just trying it out. To be honest, I was very excited when Eternal Reincarnation first updated the combat system. However, Im a little disappointed now. I know many people who would say that one-third of the games content has not been updated. Whats more, this is only downloadable content. We shouldnt use the standards of a new game to request for it. After all, as a downloadable content that only has a fraction of the original price, its current performance is already very worth the price. However, I still want to briefly explain my opinion and why I feel that Eternal Reincarnation is not as good as Repent and be Saved. Many people repeated this point on the scene and monsters previously. I wont emphasize it anymore. After all, this is only downloadable content and the price is cheap. What makes me feel a little regretful is the combat system of Eternal Reincarnation. I think this combat system is very novel, but there are two biggest problems: First, the operation difficulty is too high, so most people cannot obtain enough fun like in Repent and be Saved. Second, to a certain extent, it is actually different from the spirit of Repent and be Saved. It has lost the effect of breaking the dimensional wall that Teacher Qiao mentioned. The mental core of infinitely suffering in this helpless world has been weakened to a certain extent. In Repent and be Saved, every gamer can feel despair. However, after suffering for a period of time, they can immerse themselves in it. Just as Teacher Qiao said, the game has broken the boundaries with reality. Gamers will be baptized mentally. However, after Eternal Reincarnation changed the combat system greatly, I lost this feeling. For gamers who cannot master the new combat system and find it difficult to adapt to block operations, this journey has become pure suffering. It is very difficult to obtain the joy of growing after suffering. In other words, the threshold for combat is too high. For gamers who have adapted to such battles, they might be able to obtain strong joy from it, but they would lose the feeling of struggling in the sea of bitterness. Therefore, there is no problem with the game itself. It is still of high quality as usual. The combat system is also refreshing. However, in terms of breaking the dimensional wall and digging deeper into the spiritual gameplay, I think there is a huge gap between it and Repent and be Saved. Not only was it not passed down, it is the complete opposite. To me, this is a very disappointing point. Chapter 1229 - The Ending Of Eternal Reincarnation Meng Chang fell into deep thought after reading the players post. His first impression was that it was a little far-fetched, but not unreasonable. It was indeed as most players had said. From the current situation, Eternal Reincarnation was undoubtedly a downloadable content that was worth its price. The only flaw was that a large number of scenes and monsters had been replicated. However, due to the drastic changes to the combat system in Eternal Reincarnation, the redesign of the routes of all scenes and the details of the monsters, it painted a story that happened many years ago in Repent and be Saved for players. Thus, it would not seem repetitive. It would still give players a sense of novelty. This price, this volume, this drastic change and innovation As a downloadable content, this was considered a perfect completion of the task. He really could not ask for more. However, what this player said made sense. If he had to say something about the shortcomings of Eternal Reincarnation, it should be that it was lacking the appropriate suffering like Repent and be Saved and the shock of breaking the dimensional wall. The experience of Eternal Reincarnation was relatively polarized for different players. Those big shots who could adapt to the new combat system would kill everything in their way. They would parry perfectly and kill everything in their way. They would play it as a hack-and-slash game. On the other hand, those players with terrible skills who could not adapt would have to suffer frequently and advance slowly. They could only rely on the automatic block mechanism of the demon sword to barely maintain life. On the other hand, Repent and be Saveds suffering should be moderate, especially for players with terrible skills. They would be able to experience the feeling of an ordinary person struggling in this helpless world. However, after struggling, they would obtain hope. On the other hand, the feeling of Eternal Reincarnation had been weakened to a certain extent. In addition, Repent and be Saved had given people a sense of amazement when it first appeared. On the other hand, Eternal Reincarnation had carried high expectations from the beginning of its project. Thus, it was naturally expected that the two would have different evaluations. Of course, this made people feel that gamers were spoiled and made unrealistic requests. For most games, the downloadable content was a continuation of the games main body. It would be enough as long as they made a few new scenes, some new monsters, and some new plots to supplement the games main body. From this angle, Eternal Reincarnation was obviously a perfect mission. However, gamers were no longer satisfied with this. That was because the popularity and publicity previously made them see Eternal Reincarnation as the same as Repent and be Saved 2. Their requirements for Boss Pei and Tengda Games had unknowingly increased. Whats more, everyone knew that Boss Pei loved to surpass himself and constantly strived for perfection. Perhaps in Boss Peis heart, he wanted to use Eternal Reincarnation to make a breakthrough in Repent and be Saved. Thinking about it this way, Eternal Reincarnation could indeed be said to be in a white and flawless state. On the whole, it was very good, but it was not perfect. Meng Chang thought about it. It was really difficult to refute this point because it seemed to be a problem with Eternal Reincarnation. However, he did not dwell on it. Instead, he thought about other things. This players speech provided him with a new perspective. For the current Meng Chang, if he wanted to do his job well and get more commission, he had to master two abilities: one was the ability to nitpick on projects, and the other was the ability to dig deeper into projects. He had thought that he had done well in both aspects. However, after reading the players post, he realized that he was still far from it. Take Eternal Reincarnation for example. Meng Chang had not expected such an angle previously. He could not help but think of his initial publicity plan. He vaguely felt that this plan seemed to be a little inappropriate. However, what was inappropriate? He was not sure. Obviously, there was something he could not control in the publicity plan for Eternal Reincarnation this time. This seemed to hint to a certain extent to why Boss Pei did not approve of this publicity plan. Meng Chang thought about it seriously for a long time but still had no clue. Forget it, let the professionals do it. Ill wait for Teacher Qiaos video. Meng Chang gave up struggling and waited patiently for Teacher Qiaos video, hoping to gain some inspiration. Of course, he also knew that this video would not be released so quickly. The main part of the video might have been completed but he had to add some materials and content after the update of Eternal Reincarnation. After the ending of the game was revealed, the content of the video should be supplemented. However, this should not affect the overall framework of the video. After all, the ending of Eternal Reincarnation had been fixed by the original novel from the beginning: The Martial God woke up at the last moment and went deep into hell to become the first Prison Keeper. Meng Chang had nothing to do while waiting, so he planned to see the games ending first. He first considered clearing the ending himself. After all, there was a demon sword automatic parry mechanism in the game. It was a cheat weapon. However, he quickly gave up on that idea. Why suffer? Cloud Clearance! At that thought, he found a random live-stream on the internet and began to watch how the novel god had cleared the game. The last part of the content was very different from the first two parts. First of all, in the relevant plot of hell, the monsters would become stronger than Repent and be Saved. Whats more, the original shortcuts had disappeared. Players would have to use the demon sword to clear them. In the plot, this was because the protagonist in Repent and be Saved had arrived in hell. In fact, he had been killed by the Martial God several times. Thus, the monsters strength had been severely weakened. The second was the first two scenes: a small village and a town. These two scenes had been skipped at the beginning of the game. However, in the third part, the Martial God would return to these two places. That was because the Martial God had slaughtered all the ghostly soldiers and magistrates, causing the entire Six realms of rebirth and existence to almost collapse. Thus, the mortal world was also affected. The Martial God returned to the mortal world after killing the ten Yama kings and disrupting the six realms of rebirth and existence. He wanted to rebuild his body, but he realized that this place had already become hell on earth. All sorts of powerful demons were wreaking havoc and slaughtering commoners. The Martial God tried his best to kill the demons, but many people had already died miserably in the claws of the demon. Things had become irreversible. He realized that he had made a huge mistake. In the end, he entered hell and sacrificed himself to become the first Prison Keeper. However, the streamer also had another save file. That was the save file where he used the demon sword to die. Under this save, the Martial God might also kill his way into hell, but he could not become a Prison Keeper. He could only be controlled by the demon sword and turn into a hellish demon. The entire mortal world would become hell. From the plot of Repent and be Saved, the Prison Keeper ending was obviously the official ending. This Eternal Reincarnation ending was echoing the title of the game. It could better reflect the tragic side of the entire plot. After completing the ending, the host did not immediately enter the second round. Instead, he opened a bottle of beverage and chatted with the bullet screen comments, sharing his insights. Thoughts about clearing the game? On the whole, it feels good. This combat system is much better than Repent and be Saved. I think its very immersive! Its much better than Repent and be Saved! Ive seen the post on the internet as well. How should I put it? Most of the people are nitpicking. Of course, this depends on what perspective youre looking at from. If it was a Faithful fan of Repent and be Saved who did not allow the downloadable content to make any changes to the style of Repent and be Saved, the post would make sense. However, from the perspective of a pure gamer, this post doesnt make sense. We have long been sick of Repent. Whats the point of downloading the downloadable content based on Repent and be Saved? Making a new attempt would bring about a new feeling. How good would that be? If youd hoped that while Eternal Reincarnation has new content while inheriting and even extend the meaning of Repent and be Saved to a certain extent I think youre too strict. Its a little too much. Its only a downloadable content after all! Whats more, I prefer the combat system of Eternal Reincarnation. This streamers view seemed to be able to represent a large number of players views. They felt that Eternal Reincarnation had completed the mission perfectly to this extent. For downloadable content, this was already a 100 marks answer sheet. However, everyone was demanding it to make it 120 marks. Meng Chang exited the live-stream as he pondered. The live-stream was not short. The last one-third of the content and two endings had been live-streamed for nearly five hours. It was already ten at night. According to Boss Peis requirements, the current Eternal Reincarnation had actually been completed after the combat system was adjusted to the second part. Since the entire downloadable content was complete, it was about time to finalize it. In the following period of time, the discussion of Eternal Reincarnation would obviously reach a peak. Meng Chang scrolled through Aili Islands latest developments a few more times and finally saw Teacher Qiaos update on a new video. Its finally here! Meng Chang was a little sleepy from the live-stream just now. However, he immediately perked up when he saw Teacher Qiao update the video. That was because he knew that there might be an answer to his question in the video! At the beginning, it was still the familiar opening speech that would never change. There was also a small piece of nonsense content. Meng Chang simply dragged the progress bar and went straight to the main topic. This time, I will analyze the downloadable content of Eternal Reincarnation, or rather, the two aspects of this game: First, the deeper reason for its three updates. Second, it has different content from Repent and be Saved, but it has the same ideology and core! Say no more, let us start solving the mystery! Hmm Has the interpretation turned into solving mysteries? However, solving mysteries was not too exaggerated for Boss Peis game. Meng Chang originally thought that Teacher Qiaos main content for this video would be on the interpretation of the game. He did not expect Teacher Qiao to mention the three updates. That didnt seem too good, right? Chapter 1230 - : So I Misunderstood Boss Pei! That was because Meng Chang knew the real reason behind this matter very well: First, he had forcefully dismantled Eternal Reincarnation into four parts in order to get a commission. Then, Boss Pei had forcefully updated the last part of the combat system for some reason that he did not know about. That was how the current situation became. In other words, the fundamental reason was that Meng Chang wanted to deliberately save popularity for commission. The direct reason was Boss Peis intervention. However How could these be mentioned in the video? Meng Chang was not afraid of being scolded. Whats more, the more he was scolded, the easier it would be for him to get a commission. However, the key was that Teacher Qiao had no feud with Meng Chang. There seemed to be no need to mention this in the video. Whats more, only Meng Chang and Boss Pei knew about the commission. It was impossible for Teacher Qiao to know about this inside information, right? Or did Teacher Qiao misunderstand and start spouting nonsense in the video? Meng Chang continued watching with doubts. First, its the deeper reason why Eternal Reincarnation is being updated in three different packages. Many players were confused about this and gave their guesses. However, as far as I know, these guesses are all wrong because they did not have first hand information from Tengda like me! I learned from a core employee of Tengda that the original update plan for Eternal Reincarnation was to be updated four times: the games setting and monsters would be divided into three updates. Finally, the games combat system will be updated. After that, for some reason, the combat system was updated in advance. It was updated with the content of the second part. That was why it became what it is now. If you did not know about this in advance, then all the analysis would be in the wrong direction. You would definitely not be able to reach the right conclusion. In other words, the original four updates plan looks similar to the three updates plan later on, but the motive and method are completely different! Here, I want to emphasize that Eternal Reincarnation was actually developed by the original novelist. The original person-in-charge of Tengda Games was not in charge of the follow-up work of this game because he was traveling. In addition, the people who formulated the publicity plan for Eternal Reincarnation have a certain understanding of this game, but it is obvious that their understanding is not deep enough. Therefore, the three updates were actually a correction by Boss Pei! Of course, there is also a deeper meaning behind this. He completely changed the nature of the entire plan through a very simple method. At first, Meng Chang was a little shaky because he felt that Qiao Liang seemed to be on the wrong analysis path. Why are you so conflicted about Yu Fei and me? Were just tools! Well take the blame. Thats not a problem, but does it have anything to do with your video? However, towards the end, especially when he heard that this was a correction by Boss Pei, Meng Chang realized that Teacher Qiao did not deviate. That was because this was indeed a correction made by Boss Pei. He still remembered Boss Pei asking him unhappily in Boss Peis office back then. Think about it carefully. Is this publicity plan suitable? At that time, Meng Chang thought that his plan was a perfect performance of the Pei familys publicity method. There was no problem at all. However, after some consideration, he chose to follow his heart and admit his mistakes honestly. He also asked Boss Pei how to deal with it. Thus, Boss Pei changed his plan to this state and updated the combat system of Eternal Reincarnation in advance. However, Meng Chang could not figure out why Boss Pei had changed it. After seeing the players express their happiness after updating the combat system, Meng Chang felt that there was no problem with his plan. According to his original plan, the last update of the combat system could link up the previous popularity, reverse the controversies, and complete a perfect Pei family publicity method. Boss Peis modification not only allowed the commission to leave Meng Chang, but also prevented the early stages of Eternal Reincarnation from accumulating enough controversy. The popularity when it exploded was not high enough. It looked like a lose-lose situation. Therefore, Meng Chang had deep doubts about this. From Boss Peis attitude, this was indeed a correction. However, Meng Chang could not figure out what he had done wrong. Qiao Liang seemed to understand Boss Peis way of doing things? Meng Chang continued watching. Actually, the reason why it was to be updated four times was very simple. It was to highlight the earth-shaking changes that the combat system of Eternal Reincarnation brought to the game. Let players use the original combat mechanism of Repent and be Saved to clear the game first. Then, they can change to the combat mechanism of Eternal Reincarnation. Gamers can clearly feel the difference in these two combat modes and play the finishing touches. From the original motive, this is a good and kind goal. However, as I said before, Yu Fei is a chief designer who took over work in the middle. The person in charge of developing this publicity plan is not a professional gamer. Thus, even though their plan looks like theres no problem, its actually differed by 1,000 miles! Boss Pei only made a move decisively after seeing it. He posted an apology announcement and made changes to the update plan to bring forward the update of the combat system. The fundamental difference in this is: publicity effect and gamer experience, which is the priority? Teacher Qiao then gave a detailed explanation in the video. If he followed Meng Changs method, he could indeed accumulate a lot of controversy during the first three updates. It would trigger widespread discussion. There might even be topics like Tengda fell off the pedestal. In the end, the combat system would be updated. Eternal Reincarnation would be like the finishing touches. It would undergo a transformation. Doing this would indeed gain huge popularity and achieve a good publicity effect. However, gamers gaming experience would not be guaranteed. That was because the entire system design for Eternal Reincarnation was based on the new combat system. If players were forced to use the Repent and be Saveds combat system, they would definitely not be able to obtain the best gaming experience. Whats more, the combat system of Eternal Reincarnation was an inseparable part of the game experience. What was with hiding it and not giving it to players? The new updating method was much more reasonable. He would first release a small portion of the content so that gamers could use a week to briefly recall the combat system of Repent and be Saved. Updating the new combat system of Eternal Reincarnation would also give players a pleasant surprise. He would let players use the new combat system to clear most of the content in the game. He would not waste players time and try his best to ensure that players gaming experience would be the best. After introducing the fundamental differences between the two plans, Teacher Qiao gave a simple summary. In short, the difference between these two plans is whether to sacrifice some gamers gaming experience for popularity or some popularity for some gamers gaming experience? Some people would choose the former, but Boss Pei would definitely choose the latter. Boss Pei is indeed a master at marketing. You can tell his excellent talent in marketing from many previous marketing cases. However, this incident proves one thing even more: Boss Pei might know about marketing and is good at marketing, but he never relies on marketing and blindly marketing. To him, even if a marketing plan can bring about a lot of popularity, it cannot give users the best experience. He should decisively give it up. Users, or players, will always be the priority. At that point, Meng Chang felt a bolt of lightning flash in his mind, dissipating all his previous confusion. So that was what happened! He recalled Boss Peis question to him again. Think about it carefully. Is this publicity plan suitable? Meng Chang stood up and walked around the room quickly to think. He realized that many clues had been connected. No wonder Boss Pei looked so unhappy back then. My plan went wrong completely! After the promotional plan for the Dawn Games platform, I felt that my Pei familys publicity method had been completed. From Boss Peis happy attitude, he probably thought so too. However, I messed up the publicity plan for Eternal Reincarnation. It instantly exposed the fact that I did not know the Pei familys publicity method at all. I only saw the surface and thought that I understood. The confidence and accidental success that I displayed made Boss Pei overestimate my ability. That was why Boss Pei was so angry after I made this serious mistake! On one hand, it was because Boss Pei wanted to solve this mess for me personally. On the other hand, it was also because Boss Pei was very disappointed in me Im so stupid! Boss Pei had already acted for more than two weeks, but I had not understood his deeper intentions. I had even misunderstood him and suspected him. It was only after Teacher Qiao analyzed the video that I realized the key to the problem Meng Chang completely understood the problem with his plan. That was: He had used the Pei Familys publicity method too dogmatically to generate popularity, but he had completely deviated from the core and original intention of the Pei Familys publicity method! This kind of behavior was like studying the cliffhanger of the Nine Yin True Sutra and came up with the Nine Yin White Claw. He thought that this kungfu was very powerful and was very complacent. He had no idea that the real Nine Yin True Scripture was an extremely profound and serious martial art. He had only learnt the evil art because he had gone astray while researching it. Previously, Meng Chang had always felt dissatisfied and sad about his loss of commission. However, from the looks of it now, he was not wronged at all. Boss Peis loss was greater than his own! Eternal Reincarnation was a good project that could earn both fame and fortune. It was a good game that could be recorded in the history of domestic action games. The gaming experience of the first batch of gamers had almost been ruined by the Pei familys publicity method that he had mistakenly understood. He had almost smeared Tengda Games glorious image Was it too much to make such a huge mistake and only deduct a months commission? It was not overboard at all. In fact, it was a little too benevolent. Meng Chang deeply understood his mistake. His complaints about Boss Pei and the pain of losing the commission dissipated. It looks like Im still very far from mastering the Pei familys publicity method. I have to work hard again! Whats more, the method of praise, suppress, praise that I summarized is more of a technique or a move, then Boss Peis concept of always using users as the foundation, players as the foundation, and products as the foundation is a Dao, an internal energy. I mistakenly understood the simple move as the entire Pei family publicity method. That is obviously wrong. The complete Pei family publicity method is only if the technique is combined with the Dao, move and internal energy. That is the publicity method that Boss Pei really wants me to master Chapter 1231 - A DLC Could Actually Achieve This! Meng Changs mentality took a 180-degree turn. He suddenly did not care about the commission for this month anymore. That was because what he got from Boss Pei was priceless! The complete Pei family publicity method could not be measured with tens of thousands of yuan. At that thought, Meng Chang relaxed and continued watching the second half of Teacher Qiaos video. Second, lets return to Eternal Reincarnation and talk about its different spiritual core from Repent and be Saved. Some people say that Eternal Reincarnation has lost the experience of struggling in the sea of bitterness like Repent and be Saved. Whats more, this complicated combat system has polarized the experiences of different players, causing that feeling to disappear. I think that this phenomenon does exist to a certain extent. However, my view is different: I think that this is the designers intention. Thats because the content that Eternal Reincarnation wants to express is fundamentally different from Repent and be Saved! Lets start with the game content and simply compare the difference between Repent and be Saved and Eternal Reincarnation. The story of Repent and be Saved happened after that. It was a broken world. The protagonist was an ordinary person. He did not have any brilliant combat skills. He had to go through painstaking means to enter hell. The story of Eternal Reincarnation happened in the beginning. It was a world that had not collapsed yet. The protagonist was a Martial God. His combat skills were at the peak. He defeated various powerful enemies along the way. It could be said that he killed everyone in his way, be it human or God. He only realized that he had made a huge mistake when he reached the end. The identities of these two protagonists are obviously different. How can we use Repent and be Saveds situation to link them together? Think about it. If the Martial God was like ordinary people in Repent and be Saved, struggling and sinking in bitterness, how could he be called the Martial God? In the game, there are also strengths and weaknesses in the role of the Martial God because of the difference in players standards. However, when discussing this question, we will definitely focus on the image of the Martial God in the official novel. In other words, the players who could kill the Black and White Impermanence without any injuries at the beginning and clear the game like cutting melons and vegetables would then be able to show the true state of the Martial God. Similarly, Repent and be Saved and Eternal Reincarnation have two different combat systems. They correspond to the protagonists identity. The protagonist of Repent and be Saved is an ordinary person. Thats why he could only roll awkwardly to avoid the enemys attack. He found a suitable time to strike. After experiencing countless deaths and rebirths, he finally broke the destined rebirth. The protagonist of Eternal Reincarnation is the Martial God, so he can quickly step and dodge. He can avoid fatal attacks through a millisecond of movement. He can proficiently use various weapons, control his own aura, deflect the opponents attack, find flaws, and kill them in one blow. Many details in the game are also constantly reminding players. For example, the Martial God used the power of the demon sword to leave marks in suitable places. After dying, he was revived there through the power of the demon sword. The protagonist in Repent and be Saved used the damaged Buddha statue. A conscientious player would realize that the position where the demon sword left its mark would be exactly where these damaged Buddha statues are. Coupled with some information in the game, its not difficult for us to know that the mark left behind by the Martial God is constantly emitting a demonic aura, affecting the surrounding area. In order to eliminate this influence, a certain eminent monk carved a Buddha statue to suppress the demonic aura. After many cycles, when these Buddha statues became severely damaged, the protagonist shouldered the mission in Repent and be Saved. There are many places where Eternal Reincarnation and Repent and be Saved intersect. This means that Eternal Reincarnation is not like the downloadable content of other games. It only increased one more piece of the original game content. Instead, it directly walked through another time line and formed a unified whole with Repent and be Saved. It became two sides of the same coin! Therefore, some people want to find the feeling of Repent and be Saved in Eternal Reincarnation. This is impossible. Eternal Reincarnation has the same principle as Repent and be Saved in breaking the dimensional wall, but the target audience is different! Meng Chang might not understand games and would definitely not suffer in games like Repent and be Saved or Eternal Reincarnation but he still watched it with interest. He had long heard that Repent and be Saved had the effect of breaking the fourth wall. Players died time and time again in the game. They could empathize with ordinary people who were the protagonists. They could be closer to and understand the despairing world. However, what was up with Eternal Reincarnation? Meng Chang continued watching. I said in my previous video that the more noob the player is, the more he should play Repent and be Saved. Thats because they would only be able to understand the protagonists despair and pain after dying repeatedly with terrible skills. If you give up, you will actually achieve the ending of repent and be saved. If you give up on the game, the protagonist in the game will sink into bitterness forever. As for those true experts, because they died very few times, they easily passed. They would not be able to experience the feeling of struggling to survive. This time, Boss Pei created Eternal Reincarnation to make up for this regret for these experts. He wanted them to feel like they had broken the dimensional wall! Compared to ordinary players who died time and time again, the game journey of an expert player is more in line with the Martial Gods original story. Thus, the mentality of the two is more in line. I think that many players who could kill the Black and White Impermanence in the preface should feel the same way as me. They should have a strong sense of pride and feel that they are omnipotent and invincible. What Ten Yama, what Life and Death Magistrate? Arent they all dead souls under my sword? With this mentality, well kill our way through the Road to the Underworld, walk over the Bridge of Forgetfulness, and walk leisurely through Yamas palace, clearing the six realms of rebirth and existencea| We relied on powerful martial skills to kill enemies who dared to block in front of us one by one. We ignored them even though they kept sending us warnings. The old monk once told us that even a superb martial skill could not cut through life and death. He told us that we were about to be bewitched and persuaded us to repent and be saved. The Black and White Impermanence denounced us angrily. We reject them and are sent to hell, never to be reborn. On top of that, Granny Meng, the Magistrate, and the Ten Yamaa| all of those bosses said some lines, threatened, or tried to dissuade players when they were fighting and dying. However, none of us cared. We just waved our weapons and cut them down one by one. It was only when we cleared the six realms of rebirth and existence and returned to the mortal world to see the tragic state that we realized that we had already made a huge mistake. Thus, he entered hell and sacrificed himself to achieve Dao Integration, becoming the first Prison Keeper. During the entire process, our emotions were exactly the same as Martial Gods: We had strong power, but we swelled because of this power. We thought that we were doing the right thing, but in fact, we made a huge mistake. On the other hand, those who are willing to give up and entrust everything to the demon sword can also be seen as Martial Gods who have no responsibilities. Their situation is even more tragic. They can only be controlled by the demon sword and fall into eternal rebirth. This is obviously another way to break the fourth wall! Eternal Reincarnation and Repent and be Saved are fundamentally the same ways to break the dimensional wall. They both resonate emotionally by connecting players actions with the protagonist in the game. They also unknowingly drive players to follow the protagonists style. That way, they would have a deeper understanding of the plot. Thats why I said that Eternal Reincarnation is not an ordinary downloadable content. It and Repent and be Saved are one and the same. It covers all players with the feeling of breaking the dimensional wall! Unbiased. Now that you understand this, you will know why Eternal Reincarnation is placed in front of Repent and be Saved as downloadable content. Thats because for a gamer who has never come into contact with Repent and be Saved, playing Eternal Reincarnation might not be better, but it would be more reasonable! Qiao Liangs meaning was not difficult to understand. The combat system of Eternal Reincarnation was more complicated, so the difficulty of playing it might be higher. Of course, there might be an example. This was only a relatively common situation. Thus, the experience of playing Eternal Reincarnation might not be better. That was because if he could not adapt to this combat system, he might die even worse than Repent and be Saved. However, this arrangement was more reasonable. That was because the story of Eternal Reincarnation was in front and the story of Repent and be Saved was in the back. This arrangement would allow them to better understand the development of the entire story and the ins and outs of the story. The difference between the Martial God and ordinary people would strengthen the suffering of ordinary people. It would catalyse players deep understanding of Repent and be Saveds story. Finally, Qiao Liang made a simple ending. In my opinion, Eternal Reincarnation did not just achieve 100 points as downloadable content, but 120 points! It is not simply and roughly taking out a portion of the content and forcefully grafting it to the main body of Repent and be Saved. Instead, it used a more brilliant method to redo the combat system, redesign the timeline, use the reused scenes and resources to show us another possibility of two sides of the same coin! At first, I felt that it was a pity. I felt that such a novel combat system could be used to create a new game or Repent and be Saved 2. That would definitely make more money. However, Boss Peis thinking is indeed different. He used the original material and cornerstone of Repent and be Saved. After polishing it, he combined the two different games and the different combat system perfectly! This shocked us. Can a downloadable content actually achieve this? Perhaps the content of Eternal Reincarnation is not enough to produce an episode of Products of the Gods. However, I think that it has shown us a perfect answer to downloadable content. It has achieved 120 points out of 100 points. This is the true way forward for downloadable game contents! Chapter 1232 - Strict Condition September 24th, Monday Long Yu Corporations headquarters. Eric sipped his coffee as he read the discussions about Eternal Reincarnation online. It might only be downloadable content, but this downloadable content has caused too much popularity online. Eric found it difficult to ignore it and more or less tried to understand it. Apart from the new hero, Prison Keeper, GOG had collaborated with it, this matter was not related to IOI. However, Eric still instinctively felt panic and fear. That was because the more such things happened, the stronger Boss Pei would become! There were so many people in Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation. All of them were racking their brains for a countermeasure to defeat GOG for IOI. However, Boss Pei did not need to spend much effort to resolve all the attacks one by one. He even had the energy to do something else while launching a counterattackfor example, design a downloadable content that had high ratings. The more Boss Pei played with ease, the more Eric felt that his strength was unfathomable, so powerful that it was difficult to win. Of course, from another perspective, perhaps Boss Peis achievements in other games had given GOG a huge boost. Initially, GOG was completely suppressed by IOI because its heroes were too Chinese. However, Boss Pei quickly turned the situation around by acquiring Hurricane Comics Company and launching a series of new characters that suited foreign players taste. At this stage, GOG and IOI already had a huge user base. It was very difficult to have a decisive impact just by buying a few IPs. Under such circumstances, original IPs were extremely important! Tengda Corporation made use of the success of their other games to continuously use GOG and other games to launch new heroes. It was the same for the new hero, Skylark, released jointly with Mission and Choice and the new hero, Prison Keeper released with Eternal Reincarnation. They were not only redirecting traffic to the new game through GOGs popularity, but also redirecting traffic to GOG through the popularity of the new game, or rather, consolidating GOGs players. That was something that IOI would find difficult to achieve. There might be many game manufacturers who made 3A games in the world but they were very careful with their own trump IPs. It was impossible to sell them. Even if Finger Games wanted to buy it, they could only buy some marginalized copyrights. How could it be like GOG, where Tengda released a new game and combined it with a new hero? Whats more, as Boss Pei had meticulously designed different gameplay, these new heroes had very unique mechanisms. For example, the new hero, Prison Keeper, was compatible with the novel combat mechanism of Eternal Reincarnation. It enriched the gameplay and created a huge discussion. Whats more, Boss Peis plan was not just a new hero, a new game. The related publicity plans and linkages of various industries were all part of the plan. It was impossible to achieve this compatibility just by buying IPs. This was the effect of a business genius and genius designer on the situation These current situations might not be able to deal an extremely famous blow to IOI, but Eric could already vaguely feel that the situation was worsening bit by bit. Eric fell into deep worry, but he was helpless. At that moment, there was a knock on the door. It was Zhao Xuming. Eric took a document from his desk and handed it over. The headquarters have answered Boss Peis previous proposal for cooperation. These are their conditions. Zhao Xuming took it and flipped through it seriously. Then, he looked shocked. This What harsh conditions! Zhao Xuming might be on IOIs side but he still felt that the conditions given by Dayak Corporations higher management were too harsh. It could be said to be an unfair agreement! The upper echelons of Dayak Corporation made very detailed rules about the cooperation plan on this document. Cooperation area: All regional servers around the world. The method of cooperation: GOG and IOI would add a new section in their respective game clients. After players logged in, they would be able to register an account for another game through this section and bind the two accounts. GOG had to abide by the following conditions: In the eye-catching position of the client and the official website, the event would be exposed and promoted, and IOIs eye-catching logo would be added. GOG had to give generous rewards to gamers who registered and entered IOI, including but not limited to rare skins, head portraits, limited expressions, and so on. These rewards were not distributed at one go. Instead, they had to be distributed for a long time, at least two weeks. In addition, certain rewards had to be obtained after spending a small amount of money in IOI. The terms that IOI had to follow were quite vague. He did not say that he wanted to publicize GOG on the client or on the official website. He also did not say what rewards would be given to players from IOI to GOG. Obviously, the reward would not be good. In fact, it might not even be necessary. In laymans terms, this clause was: We could arrange for our players to play with each other, but GOG would use a very good reward to tempt players to come to IOI. Whats more, there was a time limit. They could not just register and run. They had to play for a period of time. On the other hand, IOI was just messing around. It was not my fault that no players went to play GOG. Zhao Xuming shook his head after reading the document. Boss Pei is not stupid. How could he accept such conditions? Even a three-year-old can tell that theres no sincerity in working together. Eric nodded. It was not sincere to begin with. What do you think? The headquarters are also very vigilant against Tengda. If Boss Pei took the initiative to propose such a cooperation, using your proverbs, it would be like weaselly cat and mouse. It would definitely not be a good thing. However, if we reject them directly, we would seem too timid. We would not even dare to raise conditions. Therefore, I might as well propose a condition that the other party would definitely not agree to and dissuade him. Zhao Xuming nodded. Yes, thats right. Whats more, if Boss Pei really agrees, we shouldnt lose out. It was just like a certain someone had a very precious family heirloom. If someone came to ask how much it was, he would look a little stunned if he said that he would not sell it. The best way was to directly say a sky-high price that the other party would definitely not be able to afford. For example, this thing was obviously only worth 10 million yuan, but wanted 200 million yuan. If the other party retreated in the face of difficulty, he could say that it was not that he did not want to sell it, but that he could not afford the price. He could blame himself for not being sincere enough. If the other party really wanted to buy it, he could use this opportunity to ask for a huge sum and obtain an extremely high premium. Eric was stunned. Do you think Boss Pei will agree? Zhao Xuming shook his head. I dont know, but who can say for sure? No one knows what Boss Peis thinking is. Eric was silent for a moment and nodded. Thats right. I might have been stripped of my rights and become a transmission tool, but that might not be a bad thing. At the very least, I dont have to rack my brains to fight Boss Pei anymore. Ill send the document to Boss Pei now. Whether he accepts it or not is his business. Eric sent an email to Boss Pei first. After a while, he called. Hello? Boss Pei, the headquarters have already replied about the cooperation plan that you mentioned previously. The specific requirements have been sent to your email. Hehe, there are a little too many terms. If you dont think its appropriate, theres nothing I can do. After all, I cant make the decision on this matter. Its all decided by the headquarters. Eric took the initiative and blocked the possibility of bargaining. However, Erics smile froze on his face after two seconds. What? You completely agree?! Eric looked at Zhao Xuming, who was looking at him with the same confused expression. They had indeed thought of the possibility that Boss Pei would agree, but that was probably based on a negotiation. Unexpectedly, Boss Pei agreed without any hesitation! The time was so short that people wondered if he had seen the specific terms in the plan carefully. Over the phone, Boss Pei sounded relaxed. Yes, I completely agree. When can we start? Ill let them arrange once the time is set. Boss Pei had actually agreed so readily. This made Eric panic. Something was amiss! He quickly emphasized. Boss Pei, are you sure youve read the terms seriously? I suggest you spend another two minutes to take a closer look so that we wont have any unhappiness in the future. Chapter 1233 - Accept Everything! Of course, Eric did not have good intentions. He was only worried that Boss Pei would suddenly change his mind halfway through the preparation. If Boss Pei changed his mind midway, Erics preparation work would be wasted. No one wanted to work in vain. On the other hand, if Boss Pei verbally agreed before reading these terms, the possibility of him changing his mind midway was very high, even inevitable. That was why Eric specially reminded him. Hmm alright, Ill read it again. Boss Pei seemed a little helpless on the other end of the line. After two minutes, Boss Pei said, Alright, Ive read it again. These clauses are no problem overall. I completely agree. Of course, there are some things that are not appropriate. Eric heaved a sigh of relief. This is it! At the very least, you should act like youre bargaining. Who would dare to cooperate with you if you accepted everything so readily? Who doesnt know that you, Boss Pei, are sinister and crafty and full of evil tricks? Boss Pei paused for a moment and continued. I think theres a problem with the cooperation method. The main problem is that its not written clearly. It says: Through the games version, register an account for another game and bind the two accounts together through the in-game section. Then, must it be a registered new account? Can it not be an old account? As far as I know, many gamers in GOG have IOI accounts. However, they have not logged in for a long time. We have to tie in email, cell phone, and IDs when registering an account. Whats more, we cant repeatedly tie this information to multiple accounts. If we already have an IOI account, it would be a little troublesome to register for a new account. Whats more, theres no need. In my opinion, players who dont have IOI accounts can register for new accounts. If they already have accounts, they can link them to their original accounts. Eric was stunned for a moment. Then, he carefully considered Boss Peis question. It seemed to be the case. In the past, many gamers were Dual Cultivation parties with GOG and IOI. However, slowly, many people began to lean towards GOG. Even so, their account in IOI was still there. According to the current registration rules, mailboxes, cell phone numbers, and ID numbers could not be repeatedly tied to multiple accounts, especially cell phone numbers. They were often the only mark of the account. Once the code was lost, he could use his cell phone to send a verification code to change the code. It was very convenient. In that case, if a GOG player already had an IOI account and wanted to participate in this event, would he have to register again? Obviously not. For gamers who had already accumulated a certain amount of wealth in IOI, they could not continue playing with old accounts. Instead, they had to create new accounts to obtain rewards. That was too inhumane. It would create a huge obstacle for them to transfer from GOG to IOI. This was obviously the opposite of IOIs original intention for participating in this event. Thus, just as Boss Pei had said, he should not restrict only new accounts to participate in the event. Instead, he should extend the scope to all accounts so that old gamers who had played IOI before could use this opportunity to return. What Boss Pei said made sense, but Eric fell silent again. That was because he felt that something was amiss! Eric had been relieved when Boss Pei said that there was something wrong just now. He felt that Boss Pei was finally going to start bargaining. Things had become normal. However, he now knew that Boss Pei was not bargaining. He was obviously thinking about IOI! Things had become even stranger! Eric felt that the best solution now was not to study this plan at all with his understanding of Boss Pei. He should not think about the motive behind Boss Peis actions because it would probably be meaningless. He should have hung up directly and rejected the cooperation! However, the problem was that Eric did not have any autonomy now. He was just a mouthpiece. Whats more, this event was a global one. He was only the person-in-charge of the China region. He could not decide whether to organize this event or not. He had to ask for instructions. Eric wanted to persuade the higher-ups to give up on this cooperation, but he could not think of a suitable reason. After struggling for a while, Eric said, Alright, Boss Pei. Ill report this suggestion to the higher-ups. If there are no problems, we will officially sign the agreement and cooperate. Eric had figured it out. Since he was only a mouthpiece now, he had to have the sense of a mouthpiece. He would report the facts and let his superiors decide. If something really went wrong, they could not possibly blame it on a mouthpiece, right? After hanging up, Pei Qian heaved a sigh of relief. Fortunately, there was still good news! He had to count on his good brother Eric every time he met with such a crisis. Last weekend, Eternal Reincarnation became popular without any accidents. Pei Qian might have been prepared for the worst but Teacher Qiaos fancy operation pushed the evaluation of Eternal Reincarnation up a level, making it repeatedly jump at the edge of Pei Qians tolerance! However, these were no longer important to Pei Qian. If something unfortunate happened once, it would be a tragedy. However, if it happened 10,000 times, it would be a daily occurrence The only thing Pei Qian cared about now was whether Eternal Reincarnation could complete its initial mission. That was to reduce Repent and be Saveds sales to less than one-fifth of the month after it was released. That would allow Pei Qian to happily free Repent and be Saved. At first, Pei Qian was filled with confidence. However, from the looks of the current situation, he was unsure. It was all Teacher Qiaos fault! Qiao Liang had closely linked Eternal Reincarnation and Repent and be Saved in the video. He said that they were two sides of the same coin. They were only complete together. This directly caused many players who had not bought Repent and be Saved to buy Eternal Reincarnation and Repent and be Saved together. The official platform also pushed out a bundled package at the right time, making Pei Qians situation even worse All in all, whether Repent and be Saved would be free would depend on the bluff next month. Pei Qian could not wait to announce to gamers that as long as they did not buy Repent and be Saved this month, it would be free next month! However, this involved the internal rules of the system. He could not say it out loud. It was Monday. Pei Qian had been quite desperate about the current situation of Eternal Reincarnation. Fortunately, Eric had sent him good news. Dayak Corporations upper echelons made exorbitant requests. However, that was exactly what Pei Qian wanted! Pei Qian was especially satisfied with GOG players can only receive specific rewards in GOG after spending a certain amount of time in IOI. Simply put, gamers could spend on IOI and collect rewards from GOG. It was equivalent to GOG paying for rewards and encouraging players to spend money on IOI. The Great Transfer of Money! Thus, Pei Qian agreed without any hesitation. At the same time, he found a small bug for the other party very carefully so that the effect of the event would be better. Eric had to ask for instructions. If both parties wanted to reach a consensus, it would have to be tomorrow at the earliest. After that, they would have to sign the agreement, develop the corresponding event sections on the client, and access some data between the two games, including the account information Fortunately, these contents were not particularly complicated. GOGs blood transfusion to IOI should be done by the end of the month or at the beginning of next month. If he allowed his good brother to stay longer, Pei Qian himself would be able to stay longer as well. Hmm Dawn Games Platform wont send a work report, but according to the previous plan, the evaluation house system seems to be officially released today. Theres no need to be nervous. Were still in the early stages of preparation. The first batch of evaluators should be selected next month at the earliest. Two weeks ago, Dawn Games platform released a relevant announcement about game critics on its platform. It began to make major changes to the platforms recommendation mechanism. Many players were eager to try this. They began to play the game on the platform and write game reviews in private. They would post these game reviews after the platforms modification was complete. There were three main criteria for a reviewer: the length of the game, the number of trophies, the number of praises for the game. There was an unofficial algorithm behind these three criteria. It was mainly to screen out players who maliciously scrolled. For example, if a player kept a certain niche game and used this opportunity to play a very long game, but he did not have a precious trophy and the game review articles he wrote were ignored, it would be useless no matter how long the game was. To proper gamers, the way to obtain the right to evaluate a game was actually very simple. It was to play more of a certain type of game, farm more trophies, obtain rare achievements, and write more high-quality game reviews. Today, the revised version of the exposed games platform was officially completed. It should be the peak period for players to be active and a large number of game reviews to be uploaded. The initial popularity was actually expected. After all, the evaluator system is a beautiful system that cannot be criticized in all aspects. The key is that after operating for a period of time, under the temptation of benefits, would human nature be exposed? Would the powerful power to arrange the recommendation spots cause internal strife among players? The rules and system of the entire platform would be imbalanced and develop in an uncontrollable direction Pei Qian decided to take a look at the current situation of the Dawn Games platform. He did not expect the platform to become deserted. He only hoped that the popularity of the platform would be within a reasonable and controllable range. As long as he did not pull any stunts, it would be a small matter even if the popularity steadily increased for a period of time. Yes, the number of active people on the website has obviously increased. The average length of online time has also increased. New players would be entering the various games. This might cause more games to be uploaded onto the exposed games platform However, there shouldnt be too obvious changes in the short term. The review article has been updated so much. How many reviews did these gamers write recently? Are they so free? Its alright, its alright. There arent many reliable reviews. Most of them are just there to make up the numbers. Eh? Wait, what the hell is this! At first, Pei Qian kept consoling himself that everything was within his expectations and that there was no big problem. However, he could not remain calm after reading the last message. 37 well-known game reviewers, including the UP Master of the well-known gaming area and the game reviewer, Teacher Qiao, have entered the Dawn Games platform! Chapter 1234 - For The Sake Of His Reputation Pei Qian quickly clicked on it and realized that Dawn Games platform had specially done an interview for these people! There were a total of 37 well-known game reviewers. Among them were UP Masters like Teacher Qiao, who were more famous standalone game live-streamers on the internet, and some game media personnel who were in charge of ratings, analysis, and fame. He could not say that he had captured all the people who were good at criticizing in online games, but he had indeed pulled a group of very famous people over! In this interview, the avatars of the 37 game reviewers were arranged in order. A small portion of them were more famous and used larger avatars. The others avatars were smaller and varied. He clicked on the icon, and the reviewers script appeared. Pei Qians first reaction when he saw this page was confusion. The relationship between Dawn Games platform and Tengda should still be kept a secret, right? If their relationship was exposed, it was understandable that these people came to support them out of love for Tengda. However, wasnt the dawn games platform just an ordinary small platform on the internet now? It might be popular but it was far from being ranked! Do you have to be so supportive? Dawn Games platform might have never showed mercy when offering money but these people should not be that short of money, right? Of course, there would never be too much money. However, the key was to be a critic on the games platform. That would distract and affect your job. Take Teacher Qiao for example. Since he had established a cooperative relationship with Dawn Games platform, he definitely could not just create a product reviewers account and not work there. He had to write more game reviews and recommend them to the game row. There was a minimum workload that had to be completed. These tasks would definitely distract him from live-streaming and making videos, and take up some time. On the other hand, the popularity of the video and the sponsored partnerships were Teacher Qiaos main source of income. Wouldnt that be equivalent to the income of his job being affected and decreased? Thus, Pei Qian was a little puzzled. Why were they interfering? Critics might be attractive to other gamers, but they should not be that rare to you, right? Or could it be that these people were determined to use the recommendation spots to make money? Hmm that was too unlikely. That was because these people had a certain reputation in the gaming circle. They were not random people who cared about their reputation. If they were to mess around on Dawn Games platform, it might cause a large number of people to leave their fans and even affect their own jobs. No matter how he looked at it, this was a thankless choice. What were they after? Pei Qian clicked on the interview manuscript of a few people with doubts. Im very honored to be invited to be a critic on the Dawn Games platform! Dawn Games platform is a very special platform. It gives all its power to players. This magnanimity is admirable! However, a man cannot be without a head while a bird cannot fly without wings after all. Players would still do something rather blindly without guidance. I feel honored to be able to participate in the evaluation family this time. I will definitely not let down my mission! Players are already working hard to reverse the atmosphere of the platform and maintain the games recommendation rate to its appropriate level; various game companies, especially the independent games of the Destitution Plan, have entered and provided fresh blood to the morning market. Now, since they have used us as game evaluators, we naturally cannot shirk our responsibilities! Being a critic is a brand new identity to me. Its also a brand new challenge. However, Im confident that I can definitely complete this task well! He randomly selected a few peoples interview manuscript and skimmed through a few paragraphs. Basically, they were expressing similar meanings. Pei Qian was utterly confused. Were these people so responsible? However, wasnt this level of responsibility a little too much? This is just a small platform! Its not an official platform. Do you have to be so serious? Pei Qian was very confused. He felt that these peoples motives did not seem sufficient even though they sounded legitimate. Something was missing. He refused to give up. He went online to search for discussions about this matter and finally found an analysis from a netizen. This move by Dawn Games platform is very smart! I was very worried when I first heard about the critic system. Thats because this system looks very good, but its a little too trusting of human nature. Especially behind these recommendation spots, there are huge interests hidden. Pessimists are easily tempted! If were not careful and the start of the game collapses, it would be difficult to reverse the situation! At that point, Pei Qian could not help but nod. Thats right, thats what I thought! According to his original plan, the critics would be automatically screened according to the data. In the beginning, it would take a lot of time to play games on the morning disc games platform and achievements. Those particularly famous and outstanding game reviewers had their own serious work and familiar gaming platforms. They would probably not come to the exposed gaming platforms in the beginning. That way, the judges would definitely be more hardworking and idle ordinary players. It was not easy for these people to control themselves after obtaining the power of recommendation. If game manufacturers approached them in private and promised to buy a vote, pushing their own games to the recommendation spots, the chances of these people falling would be very high. First of all, as long as the quality of this game was passable, no one would be able to see much of a problem with one vote or two votes. Secondly, even if it was exposed, what if he did not want his identity as a judge? In any case, he would have earned money. However, if everyone thought that way, the game launched by Dawn Games platform would definitely be tragic. Once this atmosphere was formed and became normal, the follow-up critics would probably be affected and gradually play the role of bad money expelling good money. At that time, it would be even more difficult to completely cleanse this atmosphere. This player was obviously worried about this at first. However, it seemed like he was no longer worried about his tone? Pei Qian quickly continued reading. However, I have to say that Dawn Games platform is perfect in this matter! When the Dawn Games platform was first established, it insisted on giving players the right to take down the game, causing many players to play tricks. The platform nearly collapsed. Fortunately, there is a world for good. The situation gradually stabilized with more conscientious players entering. Coupled with the entry of many premium games, the situation gradually improved. However, this is not the core of the problem. The most important thing is that Dawn Games platform established its own reputation through its initial risky behavior. Gamers are willing to believe that it is indeed a platform that keeps its word. This behavior might seem very stupid but it is filled with the romantic color of idealism. It might still be a small platform but its every move is already being watched by a large number of players! Therefore, for game evaluators, they would no longer be a hardworking and unrewarding volunteer if they were invited to be critics at Dawn Games platform. On one hand, they were inspired by this spirit and contributed their own strength. On the other hand, they also hoped to use this opportunity to show their own character and establish a fair and objective image for themselves! The value of such an image is far more than money to them. Pei Qi an: He understood now. At first, Pei Qian was puzzled. Why were these reputable people here if the critics were not paid? Ordinary people would be able to think of ways to earn some money if they became critics. However, it was impossible for these reputable people to do such a thing. The loss outweighed the gain. Now, he understood. It was for the sake of their reputation! Obviously, this was a chain reaction caused by the series of events that happened before the Dawn Games platform. He continued reading. This is also a brilliant move by Dawn Games platform! At first, the problem that I was worried about was that the first batch of reviewers were tempted by benefits and started to operate behind the scenes. They fundamentally destroyed the credibility of the entire platforms recommendation mechanism. Its easy to destroy many things, and its even harder to recover. However, the problem was solved perfectly by inviting these 37 critics to the Dawn Games platform! Some people might be confused. 37 isnt a lot of people. They cannot take up the majority of the critics slot. If others work together to mess up the recommendation spots, these 37 people should be helpless, right? It would be a huge mistake if you think that way! First of all, these 37 people are the leaders of the players opinions. Their right to speak is far greater than the ordinary evaluators selected by the platform. Secondly, even though the 37 people are not a majority, they have the same goal and are very united. The ordinary evaluators selected by the platform would not be very organized. Therefore, in the beginning, these 37 people are actually enough to influence the direction of the entire platform. Any ordinary judge would have to weigh whether they would be caught and exposed by these 37 people if they wanted to cause trouble. As time goes by, the value of a judges account will become higher and higher. Whats more, it will become more and more difficult to obtain it. This is truly one in a million. He was disqualified just for one recommendation. Thats not worth it. Even if some games companies want to think of their own ways to create critics accounts, the cost would be much higher than the benefits. It would not be worth it. Of course, under-the-table operations where ordinary players could not tell the difference might be unavoidable. It would indeed not be discovered if we dont collect a little money and vote for some players of good quality. However, this situation would not be too dangerous: If a game itself is worth being recommended, then bribing the reviewers would be a little superfluous. It would be easy to be exposed. On the other hand, if a game is not worth being recommended, bribing the critics would cause the critics to suffer together. The platform would quickly correct its mistake. Therefore, Dawn Games platforms method is very appropriate to solve this hidden danger! Now, there is a group of upright gamers on Dawn Games platform, a group of good quality independent games, and a group of critics who dare to take responsibility. Before this, I thought that this platform was too idealistic and would probably not take long. However, from the looks of it now, it is not as simple as I imagined. In fact, Dawn Games platform has already obtained the art of slaying dragons. Next, they only have to wait for the appearance of the true dragon! Chapter 1235 - Gods’ Fantasy, Coexistence At The Peak! Pei Qian rested his head in his hands and fell silent. He had to admit that there were experts amongst the netizens. They had actually analyzed the cause and effect of this matter so clearly and were even more clear headed than Pei Qian, the boss hidden behind Dawn Games platform. However This was not a good thing! Did the Dawn Games platform possess the art of slaying dragons? How was this slaying a dragon? Its obviously going to kill me! Of course, Pei Qian knew very well what the netizen meant. When he said dragon slaying, he meant that the mechanism of the Dawn Games platform had formed a certain dimensional reduction attack on other gaming platforms. It was a magical technique that was completely different. It was extremely powerful and difficult to imitate. That was why it was called dragon slaying. On the other hand, as long as he obtained a perfect opportunity, such as a super explosive game, the Dragon Slayer Art would be useful. However, that made sense. No matter how Pei Qian looked at it, he felt that the dragon slaying knife was always ready to hack at him. What a scam! I was hoping that this critics system would be able to turn the tables. In the end, they announced that I was dead before it officially began? Pei Qian refused to give up. He had been pressed under Five Finger Mountain and had thought that he was about to turn the tables. However, after struggling for a long time, he realized that he was still within the range. Whats more, he went from crawling to lying down. The pressure was even more dead weight However, he could not think of a good solution for now. Many things were out of his control when he handed the rights to players. Since we cant think of a good solution for now, we shouldnt act rashly. Lets wait and see. After all, the popularity of the games platform is not something that can be achieved overnight. There should still be time to consider it carefully. Pei Qian quietly closed the relevant webpage and fell into deep thought once again. September 26th, Wednesday Pei Qian received a call from his good brother Eric not long after he woke up. Why are you calling me so early in the morning? Cant you let me rest? Pei Qian looked at his watch. It was only past 9 AM. He had just woken up and had not even brushed his teeth. However, he had to pick it up immediately since it was a call from his good brother. Boss Pei, uh Eric was silent for a moment after exchanging greetings on the other end of the line. He was a little hesitant. Pei Qian could not help but feel nervous. He quickly asked, Whats wrong? Your higher management did not agree? Eric paused for a moment and explained, After I reported, the upper echelons of the headquarters had an emergency meeting to discuss. Yes they accepted most of the conditions. Obviously, Dayak Corporations upper echelons did not expect Boss Pei to fully accept this condition. They felt a little guilty. They quickly held a meeting to discuss if there was a trap behind this. Pei Qian continued asking, What about the outcome of the discussion? What are the conditions that they cannot accept? He was a little puzzled. This was obviously an unfair agreement. There were a lot of obligations for GOG to fulfill, but there were basically no obligations for IOI to fulfill. What was there to reject from Dayak Corporations higher management? Eric explained, To be precise, they hoped to add another condition to the original conditions. Both parties will jointly fund this event. The name of this event is Gods Fantasy, Coexistence At The Peak. Of course, this name was suggested by Boss Zhao Xuming. The content of the event is to set a popular target for the two games. The popularity mainly refers to players being active and the number of online players. When the two games achieve their respective goals, players will be able to obtain generous physical rewards. Of course, this physical reward will be given by both of our companies Erics voice became softer and softer. Even he felt a little lost. It was indeed a little inhumane to ask for sky-high prices time and time again. However, there was no helping it. He could not be benevolent in business. Whats more, the other party was the cunning Boss Pei. He could not be sympathetic. Thus, he seriously introduced the details of the event. Pei Qian nodded. Eh? The name of this event is not bad. Boss Zhao, not bad. He pondered seriously for a moment and quickly understood the intentions of this event. The name of the event, Gods Fantasy, Coexistence At The Peak was quite good. He could not tell that Zhao Xuming was talented in naming. However, on further thought, Zhao Xuming was the overall-in-charge of Long Yu Corporations IOI agent after all. This was his old profession. It was not surprising that he had come up with a beautiful name. Why did he come up with such a name? That was because GOGs full name was Glory of Gods, IOIs full name was Image of Infinity, which was Endless Fantasy . As for why the names of these two games were similar, it was because Pei Qian had named GOG based on this format. The event this time took a name from each side to become Gods Fantasy from both games. After adding the words Coexistence At The Peak, it hinted at the two games holding hands and making a huge profit together. Of course, these were all done for gamers on the surface. Even if they could not wait to beat each others brains out in private, they had to save face. That was because in the end, the event this time was meant to direct traffic from GOG to IOI. Thus, they had to put on a we are good brothers attitude. If they deliberately emphasized the competitive relationship between the two parties, it would definitely cause GOG players to feel disgusted. At that time, they would rather not be rewarded than play IOI. Wouldnt that be very awkward? As for the specific content of the event, it could be seen as the original content that became more intense. This event was jointly funded by both parties to provide physical rewards. The way to obtain these rewards was for both games to reach their respective popular goals. However, the problem was that GOG was more popular than IOI. In order to make IOI as popular as possible, gamers had to visit IOI more often, play more games, and top up as much as possible. In fact, he was still thinking of ways and means to lure GOG players to IOI. Eric was also thinking about his own matters while Pei Qian was seriously thinking about the specific details of this plan. He was silent for a moment on the phone. Eric was considering the thoughts of the higher-ups. There were many GOG players, but few IOI players. Whats more, gamers were losing from IOI to GOG. That was a fact. If he organized such an event, he would have to take the risk that IOI players would continue to disappear. However, there were risks and opportunities. It might be more difficult for GOGs gamers to convert to IOI, but it was impossible for there to not be a single gamer left after attracting a batch of them, right? Even if only a small number of gamers remained, wouldnt that still be a fresh source of income? Someone had to be tired of playing GOG and want to change their taste. What was IOI struggling for if it thought that none of GOGs players could be retained? It might as well give up resisting and directly surrender. The upper echelons of Dayak Corporation still felt that IOI had a fighting chance from the bottom of their hearts. Otherwise, they would have sold it long ago. This confidence made them feel that IOI players would not lose a large number of players because of such an event. Whats more, during this event period, IOIs various data, be it in terms of activity, popularity, or charging data, would definitely be very good. There were tangible economic benefits. The main problem that Dayak Corporations upper echelons were thinking about now was not to fight GOG to the death. That would prevent them from earning money. They hoped to make more money while IOI was in its current state and try to salvage the losses. This combined event was actually a good time. After all, the event had a data goal that could only be achieved by charging money in IOI. It was normal to take risks in the face of such benefits. Whats more, IOI had sneakily put on two faces: In order to prevent players from losing players in the game, IOI would not give good rewards to gamers who went to play GOG. However, in the Gods Fantasy, Coexistence At The Peak event outside the game, IOI had to bear half of the reward. The latter was mainly to shut players up so that they would not be at a disadvantage in terms of morality. The former was to reduce their losses as much as possible. Eric looked at the stakes and felt very apprehensive. He did not know if such a choice was appropriate. However, the good thing was that he was only a mouthpiece now. He did not need to worry about such things anymore. He also did not need to face Boss Pei directly. In any case, he could not push the blame away no matter what. After both of them considered for a while, Pei Qian said, Alright, I agree to this condition. Lets generate some popularity together and win together. Pei Qian spoke very sincerely. From a certain perspective, his actions were indeed win-win cooperation. GOG would make less money, IOI would make more money, and IOI would last longer. Wouldnt that be a win-win situation? Eric chuckled. Of course. He might say of course, but he did not believe a single word in his heart. Boss Pei was not telling the truth. Whoever believed him would have to count the money on his behalf if they believed him! In fact, Eric had been thinking hard for a long time now. He had probably guessed Boss Peis intentions. Perhaps he was going to poach more players from IOI through this event? However, this was like two experts competing in internal energy. You might have stronger internal energy, but you could only use 30% of your strength. I could use 100% of my strength. It was unknown what the final outcome would be. After hanging up, Eric reminded himself again that he was just a mouthpiece anyway. He would not be held responsible if something went wrong. He should not get involved blindly. Zhao Xuming stood by the side and asked, So Boss Pei agreed? Eric nodded. He agreed. We can start preparing for the relevant activities. By the way, Boss Pei also praised you for the events name. Zhao Xumings eyes lit up. Eh? Really? Its my honor to be praised by Boss Pei! Eric teased him. Actually, based on Boss Peis appreciation for you, Boss Zhao, you might be able to get a job when IOI really becomes a failure. Zhao Xuming quickly waved his hand. You cant say that nonsense! Im a loyal subject of Long Yu Corporation! Why would I seek refuge with my old enemy, Boss Pei? Thats impossible! Ill go and prepare for the event now. Zhao Xuming immediately turned around and left the office quickly. Chapter 1236 - Cross-Server Chat September 28th, Friday Pei Qian came to the special training base for the suffering trip again, wanting to see how the people in charge were doing. In the huge hall, the people in charge were training daily. Pei Qian stood in the corner and observed silently. He realized that these peoples climbing speed seemed to have improved significantly compared to the last time he came. Boss Pei. Bao Xu had been supervising the rock climbing of these people. When he saw Boss Pei, he quickly came over to greet him. Pei Qian nodded. Yes, how was the training? Did you encounter any problems? Bao Xu smiled. Dont worry, Boss Pei. Everything is going well. These peoples improvements are visible to the naked eye. However, Guo Licheng lost some muscles during training. His heart hurts. The training program at the special training base was very different from the training at the gym. Guo Licheng trained in the gym mainly to train his strength so that his muscles would be bigger and more beautiful. On the other hand, there was very little time to do strength training in the special training base every day. There were some changes in his diet, so his body had lost a little weight overall. This made him, who valued muscles as much as his life, very distressed. Pei Qian smiled. It doesnt matter. Hell slowly train them back when he leaves. However Happiness is always too short. The special training is almost over. Half of the beautiful time has passed. Pei Qian felt melancholic. The special training started at the beginning of the month. The original plan only lasted two months. It had been a month. These people in charge had been tortured by Bao Xu but they were finally going to make it through the tough times. Bao Xu nodded. Indeed. However, dont worry, Boss Pei. This is just special training. The next month will be the highlight. Pei Qian sighed. However, theres only one month left. Bao Xu was moved as well. Exactly. After he finished speaking, he realized that it would be inappropriate to speak so directly. He quickly added, However, I think two months of training is about it. Pei Qian could not help but smile. It looked like Bao Xu still had a conscience. However, on further thought, even though Bao Xu had gone overseas so many times, he had only gone on a holiday for a month at most. After torturing this group of people for two months, his anger had more or less dissipated. It was time for a new batch of people to be tortured. Pei Qian pondered for a moment and asked, Where are you planning to pull these people next month? Bao Xu was already prepared. He said, Considering that its their first time going out to suffer, we wont choose those places that are too far away. Lets make a trip to Shennongjia first. Dont worry, Boss Pei. This is my current plan. The first half of the trip will be simple field survival. The second half will be a very safe scenic spot to tour. Sa Ziran has already gone to the wilderness to carefully inspect. Safety measures will also be done. This time, it will mainly be an experience. They will not be allowed to do things that are too difficult or too dangerous. Pei Qian nodded. Yes, the prerequisite for a torturous trip must be safety. Otherwise, it would not be a torturous trip. It would become a suicidal trip. Im not worried about your work. Just let me know if you have any problems. By the way, at the end of next month, this group of people will all return to Jingzhou. Summarize the experience and lessons of the first batch of special training. Ill discuss creating an outdoor special training base. Pei Qian had already briefly mentioned this idea to Bao Xu previously. Considering that everyone in the special training camp had different physical conditions and had different mastery of outdoor survival skills, someone would definitely fall behind if they wanted to go for more difficult training. Thus, Pei Qians idea was to find a suitable place to transform it into an outdoor training base near Jingzhou or Handong Province. At the moment, there were many training projects in this special training base. However, they were only indoors after all. The atmosphere was lacking. Once the new base was built, they could split the members into two groups. First, they would train their bodies and learn skills in the special training base indoors. A month later, based on the training and adaptability, they would send people who met the criteria and had an adventurous spirit to all over the world. Those with weaker physical conditions and survival skills would be placed in Tengdas own outdoor special training base for another month. In short, everyone had to train for two months. No one could run. However, the current level of suffering was enough. There was no need to consider the upgrading of suffering. Pei Qian was very satisfied with the situation of the torturous trip. He left happily after giving Bao Xu a few more instructions. After lunch, Pei Qian arrived at his office. Not long after, there was a knock on the door. Meng Chang had arrived. This was the last Friday of the month. It was time for the commission again. Pei Qian opened his laptop and took a look. Indeed, there was only a basic salary. Meng Chang reached out to take the notebook, glanced at it, and handed it back. Both of them looked at each other speechlessly. Pei Qian was very angry when he first realized that Meng Chang had a serious problem with the publicity plan for Eternal Reincarnation. He even said a few harsh words to Meng Chang. However, Eternal Reincarnation was still popular. Meng Chang did not get a commission. Pei Qian had long been appeased. His only hope was that Meng Chang could reflect on his pain and think about what good deeds he had done. He did not want to cause any more trouble for the publicity next month. At that thought, Pei Qian observed Meng Changs expression. Meng Changs expression was still considered normal. It was not like before. He was either hysterical or ashen. Do you know where you went wrong? Pei Qian asked. Meng Chang nodded and answered confidently, Got it! Yes, its good that you know. Pei Qian was quite satisfied with Meng Changs attitude. He emphasized again. I didnt give you a commission this time. Its also to teach you a lesson. Dont do such things again in the future. Pei Qian felt that he had made it very clear. These words might be a little vulgar but the logic was not rough, which was easy for Meng Chang to understand. Tell me, you suppressed the popularity until it exploded next month, but you took a commission. When the popularity exploded later on, you asked me to clean up your mess and made me earn money. Wasnt that doing nothing? Er somethings not right. Why do I sound like Ive become bum? Forget it, forget it. This was not a key problem. It was enough as long as the meaning was reached. Meng Chang nodded again. Dont worry, Boss Pei. Ive completely understood this principle. I wont make the same mistake as before. He did not care about being a bum Boss Peis words might be a little straightforward, but they were quite down-to-earth and fitting. He had only wanted to put on a strong show for the Pei familys publicity method, but he had neglected the gamers gaming experience. Wasnt it just caring about their heads and not their bums? In the future, he would definitely have to plan more comprehensively. He could not make it so stiff. The two of them stared at each other, feeling that they were both smart people. This communication was very effective. Pei Qian pondered for a moment and moved on to the next topic. How about Young Master Tian? Meng Chang was a little ashamed. Oh Im sorry, Boss Pei. Theres still no progress. Its mainly because Ive been reflecting on the previous plan. It requires more energy. Pei Qian nodded slightly. Yes, we cant rush it. Im just reminding you to remember this. Meng Chang was so miserable this month that he did not even get a commission. He must not be in the mood to investigate Young Master Tians identity. That was completely understandable. At the moment, it looked like Young Master Tian was a threat as well. However, he had only posted one video after all. He could not be considered a threat. It was not too late to plan slowly. Meng Chang was a little touched. Boss Pei was really worried. He was afraid that he would be defeated by the failure of the previous months plan. He even reminded me to dig deeper into the connotation of the role of Young Master Tian and continue to glorify the Pei familys publicity method. Yes, he was hinting to me that even though I encountered some setbacks during my learning process, I should not be discouraged. The process is tortuous and my future is bright. Both of them reached a consensus once again. Alright, next is the work schedule for next month. Pei Qian flipped through it on his computer. Hmm theres actually no particularly suitable project for you to publicize next month. Why dont you consider Suffering Travels? Pei Qian hoped that Suffering Travels would become a part of Tengdas employee benefits, but that obviously would not work. The system defined it as one of Tengdas businesses. It was still the same reason: the System was very clear about the boundaries between employee benefits and profiting industry. Employee benefits and investments were severely limited. However, there was no possibility of profits and they could only spend money. On the other hand, for profitable industries, there were only a few restrictions on investment. They might lose out but there must be a possibility of profits. If it was purely for employee benefits, there was too little space for him to show off. Whats more, the suffering trip was a company that Bao Xu had set up with the Dream Fund. From any angle, it was a proper travel company. They could publicize it or not. However, based on Pei Qians experience, even if he did not publicize it, with Traveller Bao Xus reputation, the torturous travel would sooner or later be seen by the public. Since this ending was unavoidable, he might as well let Meng Chang do up a plan for publicity. If the reverse publicity was successful, he could spend a huge sum of money on publicity. Of course, it also depended on whether Meng Chang was willing to accept this job. After all, considering the influence of Traveller Bao Xu, it was very difficult to achieve the reverse publicity of this project. However, Meng Chang did not seem to be conflicted at all. He immediately nodded. Alright, Boss Pei. Ill take it. Of course, he knew the difficulty of this project very well. However, if he wanted to completely master the Pei familys publicity method, he must not have any fear. The harder it was to do reverse publicity, the more benefits they would gain after success! Pei Qian was very satisfied seeing that Meng Chang was still full of motivation and did not seem to be affected by what happened this month. Alright, thats settled then. Go back and prepare! Ill call Bao Xu later and ask him to cooperate with you. If you need anything, you can look for him or me directly. Chapter 1237 - Event Announced! Pei Qian looked at the time after sending Meng Chang off. His work for the day was almost done. He had to come again tomorrow even though it was a Saturday because of the special arrangements for the National Day holiday this year. This years Mid-Autumn Festival was September 30th, which was the day after tomorrow. It was just as well as the National Day after that. Thus, the schedule for this years holiday was a very rare eight-day long holiday. They had to work normally on Saturday tomorrow. The rest would be from September 30th on Sunday to October 7th. He had to wait for October 8th before he officially started work. At first, Pei Qian had decided not to come tomorrow. He would give himself a nine-day long holiday to rest and relax. However, it was impossible. That was because, according to the original plan, the Gods Fantasy, Coexistence At The Peak event that he had worked with IOI would officially begin tomorrow. Coincidentally, it was the long weekend of Golden Week. In fact, Pei Qian had originally thought that there was no need to rush this matter. He had suggested that if there was not enough time to prepare, he could postpone it until the holidays. However, IOI did not agree. Obviously, they felt that the long weekend could produce a better chemical reaction with the event and could use this opportunity to gain more popularity. They did not want to give up so easily. Thus, Pei Qian could only cooperate with them and ask his employees to work harder so that the event would be released tomorrow. September 29th, Saturday, the last working day before the holidays. This time, Pei Qian did not go to his own office. Instead, he came to Tengda Games floor and prepared to find Min Jingchao to understand the preparation of the Gods Fantasy and the Summit event. He wanted to prevent any accidents from happening. Pei Qian felt that the risk of this event was very low and that there would not be any accidents but it was necessary to observe more. After all, the employees were about to go on holiday. Even if something really happened during the long holiday, it would be too late to fix it. He saw Yu Fei first when he walked to the office of the games department. At that moment, the former web novelist and current head designer of Tengda Games was looking at the design manuscript on the computer screen with a complicated expression, seriously learning the relevant knowledge. Obviously, the disassembly of Eternal Reincarnation previously had a certain impact on him. Boss Pei had repeatedly emphasized that this was not a huge mistake and that it was a blessing in disguise in terms of the outcome, but Yu Fei obviously could not completely let it go. He felt that his position was very important. If he did not do it well, it would affect others. It might even make his colleagues efforts go to waste. Thus, he had been working hard to supplement the relevant knowledge recently. However, he could tell from his expression that things were not going well. Game design was a more professional industry after all. Huang Sibo, Min Jingchao, and the others basically had basic administrative planning experience before being promoted to chief planner. They might have been promoted a little quickly but they were industry insiders after all. It was not ridiculous. Yu Fei was at most a game enthusiast! It would be easy to arrange for him to be the chief designer. However, if the situation was slightly more complicated, it would be very difficult to deal with. The only good news for him was that Hu Xianbin would be back soon after persevering for a while. Pei Qian was very satisfied with Yu Feis current situation. This was obviously what he was looking forward to seeing! Tengda Games has changed its chief planner so many times. Putting old wine in new bottles?! No matter how the chief planner was changed, male or female, no matter where he was promoted, the game would still become popular. Who could he reason with?! Boss Pei had his reasons as well. What kind of people were they? They were Huang Sibo, Bao Xu, Lu Mingliang, Li Yada, Hu Xianbin all of them were imaginative freaks. They were all multi-talented and valuable employees. Previously, they had not shown their talents and looked just like ordinary executing planners. Was he worthy of this ordinary position? He wasnt worthy. He was too capable, alright? Any chief planner would be able to create a good game that would be recorded in history. Why should they all be gathered in Tengda Games? However, it was great now. The script was finally normal after Yu Fei was replaced. However, Pei Qian was also a little worried. Hu Xianbin would be back in a month. Then, he would lose Yu Feis talent. Send him back to write novels? That would not do. He would make money for the Zhongdian Chinese Network while Hu Xianbin would make money for Tengda Games. That would be a huge loss to Boss Pei. In fact, according to the previous rate at which Tengda Games chief planner was being updated, Hu Xianbin should have left with the Dream Fund long ago. However, something went wrong with the voting last time. His and Bao Xus positions were switched for no reason. Pei Qian pondered for a moment. The next vote would take another half a year. Whats more, even if they did vote, they might not be able to vote for Hu Xianbin. He had no choice but to manually correct the mistake. Wouldnt Yu Fei stay if he found a reason to send Hu Xianbin away? Of course, Pei Qian could guess that Yu Fei would definitely decline. However, this was very easy to solve. Pei Qian only had to tell him that the selection of the chief designer was very important. He had to think about it long-term and use the word drag. That would be enough. Let Yu Fei take over the job. Dont ask where the new chief planner is. If you ask, it means that he is still screening. You can last for another month. Someone will replace you soon. Yes, that was a good plan! Satisfied, Pei Qian walked past Yu Fei, who was frowning and thinking hard about the design manuscript, and went to look for Min Jingchao. On the other hand, Yu Fei did not know that his fate was already decided. He was still looking forward to Hu Xianbin returning after the holiday. He would also be able to return to Zhongdian Chinese Networks inspiration class to write his new book happily. Min Jingchao quickly stood up when he saw Boss Pei. Hows the preparation for IOIs event going? Pei Qian asked. Min Jingchao answered truthfully. Its almost ready. The relevant functions have been completed, and the content of the event has been finalized. They will announce it on the official website in a while. In fact, Min Jingchao was very unhappy when he first knew the specific content of this event. He might not be able to feel the content verbally, but it would be very obvious once it was put on paper and everything was sorted out. It could be seen clearly on the terms of the cooperation between the two parties. Tengdas terms were long, and every one of them was stipulated very clearly. It was very difficult to muddle over. On the other hand, Dayak Corporation and Long Yu Corporations terms were only three or four simple ones, and they were written in detail. It was even more obvious from the number of pages. Tengdas relevant requirements and restrictions were four to five pages, while the other party only had one page. In such a contract, the more vague the content, the more room for explanation. At that time, even if it was a court case, there would be a lot of room for improvement. Min Jingchaos first impression of the contract was very bad. He even felt a little strange. GOG was developing very well now. He could organize his own activities to expand the user base. Did he need to get involved with IOI? It was normal for two games to never interact, right? However, after hearing that this was Boss Peis request, Min Jingchao calmed down and thought about it. He felt that Boss Pei had other intentions. Thus, he had no objections. Pei Qian was very satisfied with Min Jingchaos attitude. He briefly went through the announcement of the event again and did not find any major problems. After all, Boss Pei had personally signed this unfair agreement. His main purpose was to transfuse blood to IOI. What big problem could there be? Alright, lets make an announcement. By the way, keep an eye on the movements of this event during the holiday. Report to me immediately if anything happens. Ill give you three times the salary if you work overtime on holiday. This job was not big and would not affect profits. It would help them to discover problems immediately. Whats more, they could distribute more salary. It was killing three birds with one stone. Min Jingchao nodded. No problem, Boss Pei. This is my job! After Boss Pei left, Min Jingchao arranged for his subordinates to make an announcement. He also communicated with Zhao Xuming from Longyu Corporation and prepared to officially update the client tonight to start the event. Once everything was arranged, Min Jingchao glanced at the gamers response to the announcement. Indeed, GOGs gamers were confused. Huh? Am I seeing things? GOG and IOI, these two arch-enemies, actually organized a combined event in their lifetime? Shocking! They are even encouraging us to play IOI? This event was probably arranged by the companys mole, right? Heh, IOI is already on the decline. Do we need to work with them? We might as well work with other game manufacturers with this money. No! Im a loyal subject of GOG. How can I be a traitor? You want me to play IOI? Dream on! However, the reward is too generous. Theres even skin to be given. Huh? Really? Where? They really gave me skins! Ill download IOIs client now Some gamers did not understand GOG and IOIs combined event and were even dissatisfied. However, when they heard that there was a generous reward, they immediately expressed great and downloaded IOIs client. On the other hand, IOIs gamers looked very different. Eh? Theres actually a combined event with GOG? But thats all? Thats too perfunctory! Obviously, the official platform did not intend for us to play GOG at all Whats the point of this event then? Its very meaningful. If GOGs gamers come to play IOI, the number of gamers would definitely increase. Our local server has very few gamers to begin with. Even if we want to match them, we would have to wait in line for more than three minutes. Now, the matchmaking queue is even faster. If we meet more new players, the game experience would definitely improve! Its obviously beneficial to IOI in the long term! However, Im a little confused. The two games said that they were working together. Why does it look like they were trying their best to lead GOG players to us from the rewards? Logically speaking, the rewards from both sides should be similar, right? Im so envious of GOG players they can earn skins by playing IOI! However, we will be rewarded even if we dont go! Obviously, IOIs players were in a state of bliss. According to the rules of the event, GOG players would definitely be encouraged to play in IOI. It would definitely improve the gaming experience of IOI players. That was because the more players there were, the more lively it would be. At the same time, IOI would also reward GOG! The difference was that GOG had to play at IOI for a certain period of time before it could be rewarded. On the other hand, IOIs gamers were different. There were two types of rewards. The first was to go to GOG and obtain rewards. It was very perfunctory. The second was a reward that could be obtained without doing anything. It was similar to GOGs reward. This was obviously the careful plan of Dayak Corporation and Long Yu Corporation. The second type of reward was not in the content of the event but was opened at the same time as the event. That was to tie up IOI players through the reward so that they would not be greedy for the reward GOG players obtained in the event. The first reward was purely to fulfill the contract. In other words, there were a total of several rewards for this event: For GOG players, they would first be able to receive a new reward from IOI if they played IOI. This was a way for IOI to retain these new players. Second, they would be able to obtain a reward when they returned to GOG. This was to induce players to play IOI. To IOI players, the rewards for playing GOG, be it in GOG or IOI, were very average. They were not very attractive. However, outside of the event, IOI players could also obtain a reward for other activities. It had nothing to do with the combined event this time, but the reward was very generous. Obviously, it was to prevent people from disappearing. Chapter 1238 - Bunny Tail Live-Stream’s Current Situation Min Jingchao watched the event for a while more to ensure that there were no major problems or bugs. He also looked at the players general feedback. When everything was done, it was about time to get off work and go home to enjoy the holiday. Before leaving, Min Jingchao looked at GOGs figures. As expected, the number of online users and other figures had decreased. This was expected. After all, the purpose of this event was to lure gamers to IOI by all means. The event reward was so good. It would be strange if gamers did not go. Considering the computers performance, most gamers would definitely not choose to open both. They would play IOI. GOG would naturally go offline. Min Jingchao knew that this was normal but he was still a little worried. After all, as a game designer, he was already very used to checking the current situation of the game through the data. Many times, he was even more reliant on the datas performance than on players feedback. After all, players opinions could only represent individuals, but data could represent a group of people. While the figures could also be lying or appear very one-sided, the figures were definitely a necessary factor for the designer to understand the games situation. Now that the figures had slipped, Min Jingchao still felt worried even though he knew that this was an inevitable result of the event. He was in a rather conflicted mood. Since he already knew that this was an event that Boss Pei had decided on, he naturally hoped that it would be as popular as possible. However, he would instinctively worry when he saw that the more popular it was, the less online gamers GOG would have. Forget it, lets not think about this for now. Boss Pei looks very confident. He must have a backup plan for this event. Dont worry too much. Enjoy your holiday first. If you discover any problems, ask Boss Pei for instructions. After some consideration, Min Jingchao decided not to look at the figures anymore. Instead, he switched off his computer and got off work. October 2nd, Tuesday Pei Qian woke up naturally again. He laid on his bed very comfortably and played with his cell phone. This kind of mentality was quite strange. He did not go to the office usually and would sleep until a certain point. However, no matter how he slept, he could not sleep as well as this long holiday. Perhaps it was because he would always see his employees working hard on their work days, so that he could not rest well. It was just like a primary school student pretending to be sick and not going to class. He might be staying at home but he still felt very flustered at the thought that the other children were learning in class. He would only be able to completely relax mentally during holidays when there was no burden. The number of people online seems to be gradually decreasing from yesterdays summary. Thats a good thing. It looks like this event has achieved a good effect. I wonder what todays figures will be like. Ill know in a while. Before the holiday, Pei Qian had instructed Min Jingchao to pay attention to the Gods Fantasy activity. He had also asked him to triple his salary based on overtime. Min Jingchao was also very responsible. Every morning, he would tidy up the data from the day before, make it into a few lines of summary, and send it to Pei Qian. On the 30th, 1st, and 2th, more than two days had passed since the event started. Based on the data from the past two days, GOGs online users had been increasing, but on the whole, they were decreasing. It was a national holiday. There should be more people playing games. Therefore, the results were very clear. These players must have been directed to IOI by the event! Pei Qian could not see IOIs figures, but he guessed that it would be quite good. Of course, Pei Qian only saw the domestic servers data at the moment. The data of the servers in the other regions of the world also needed the local operator to send it over after helping to tabulate the data. This was more troublesome and required someone from the company to do the docking. It was a holiday now so there was no need to struggle. However, he should be able to roughly infer the situation of the other regions from the data of the local server. That was because the local server was hell for IOI. It was the biggest gap from GOG and the most difficult to poach players. If this event could achieve such good results in the local server, the effect should be better in other areas. Pei Qian looked at the time. It was almost 11 PM. Min Jingchao sorted out the data of GOG in the morning and sent it over usually after 12 AM. He was in no hurry. The figures were there anyway. He would not run away. He had arranged to meet Ma Yang for a meal today. It was about time to get moving. Fifteen minutes later, Pei Qian and Ma Yang arrived at a relatively high-end buffet restaurant near the school to eat barbecue. As for why he chose this place there were two main reasons. Firstly, he had eaten too many good things. Sometimes, he had to eat simple and crude roasted meat. It might not be healthy or exquisite, but it could improve his happiness. It was just like how many people would not reject fast food even if they ate at many so-called high-end restaurants. The second was to reminisce about the past. Pei Qian could not help but recall that he had pulled Old Ma to be Tengda Games first employee. After Ghost General unfortunately became popular, he had fulfilled his promise and brought Old Ma to eat a buffet that cost more than 30 yuan near school. Unknowingly, he was about to graduate. As the new term started, Pei Qian and Ma Yang officially entered their final year of university. In year four, the entire school felt different. On one hand, he felt that he was already the oldest group of people in the school (the postgraduate students were not included in the consideration). He was indifferent to various student activities. For some reason, he felt that things had changed. He had completely lost the fresh feeling that he had when he first entered the university. On the other hand, it was also because there were fewer classes. They would not be taking attendance in class. Students would be guaranteed post-graduate studies, examinations, jobs Many students might not see each other more than a few times in an entire year. Basically, they would not have any social activities. The sense of impending farewell was even stronger. In autumn, the autumn breeze was bleak and the fallen leaves fell. The more time passed, the more emotional he felt. Under such circumstances, Old Ma could actually persevere to attend class without missing a single lesson. Pei Qian was really impressed. That was especially so considering that Old Ma was now a successful person, a true Boss Ma. He could still persevere to attend classes. That was indeed admirable. Ma Yangs long face was filled with smiles as he happily stuffed all sorts of roasted meat into his mouth. Sometimes, Pei Qian was particularly envious of Ma Yang. Everything he ate smelled delicious. Whats more, even after eating so much, he did not feel like his weight had changed at all. Perhaps it had grown on the length of his face. Brother Qian, I recall the time when you first invited me to join Tengda. We went out for a meal very extravagantly and added an egg and a portion of meat for the egg fried rice. We talked about the way Ghost General made its cards. At that time, I was still suspicious of you. I was afraid that you would lose all the fifty thousand yuan that your family gave you. In the blink of an eye, three years have passed. Tengda has developed so well unknowingly. I knew that I was not wrong about you back then! You were not wrong about me back then either! Pei Qian was a little melancholic. Em If he had not given Old Ma the task of writing cards, or had accepted his suggestion to turn all the generals into women at dinner, would Ruan Guangjian not have been able to produce original art like Ghost General, which was highly acclaimed? Would the situation change? Perhaps I have long lost money and financial freedom! Forget it, forget it. It was already like this. There was no point in thinking about all that. Whats more, on the bright side, the current situation was not that bad. There was food, drinks, and fun. Life was quite blissful. It was nothing much apart from being stabbed in the back frequently. Pei Qian ate as he asked, Hows the situation at Bunny Tail Live-Stream? Ma Yang said confidently, Dont worry, Brother Qian. The situation is very good! I dont even think Im needed anymore. Does the company have other more important projects? Or more challenging missions? Dont worry, leave it to me! Pei Qian was relieved to see that Old Ma was still so confident after three years. It had been three years, but no one had managed to plant a B-tree in Old Mas heart! In fact, Pei Qian had been observing the situation of Bunny Tail Live-Stream through the report from Chen Yufeng. He asked Ma Yang this question purely to test if he had this B-tree in his heart. Now that he had tested it out, he really did not. Ma Yang had been watching Bunny Tails live-stream for several months. The results were obvious: Bunny Tails live-stream results had not changed at all. At most, they had increased slightly and were as stable as old dogs. He could only say that as expected of his trusted brother. Initially, Bunny Tails live-stream was showing signs of becoming popular. Pei Qian took decisive measures and forcefully added learning time to Bunny Tails live-stream, causing a large number of users to disappear. In the end, even though Chen Yufeng had also organized some activities, such as the BP verification competition, attracting some viewers again, he still exited the battlefield with the most intense battles on several live-stream platforms. As a second-tier and niche platform, he gradually stabilized. Now, the initial intense battle between live-stream platforms had gradually come to an end. The tragic money-burning war had already entered the latter half of the process. Some platforms went bankrupt, some platforms reorganized, and some platforms even disappeared silently. Originally, there were so many live-stream platforms fighting each other. Now, the situation was gradually becoming clearer. Only Waiwai Live-stream and Wolf Fang Live-stream were growing stronger. The other platforms were obviously declining. The better ones could barely maintain their appearance and struggle at deaths door; the worse ones could disappear silently in the long river of time. After all, these platforms were burning too much money. The faster the money burned, the easier it would be for the platform to collapse. Of course, the benefits of persevering were also the greatest. The number of users on the platform had also reached new heights with the live-stream platforms money-burning war. The hosts sky-high signing fee had also shocked people time and time again. On the other hand, Bunny Tail Live-Stream was an anomaly on these platforms. They did not poach live streamers from other platforms. Other platforms were also too lazy to poach live streamers from Bunny Tail. They maintained a very stable ecology. Chapter 1239 - Hu Xianbin’s New Homecoming The current live-stream content on Bunny Tails live-stream was mainly divided into two types. One type was knowledge science content that was working with Useful App. These scholars were live-streaming and recording videos. They did not want to go to other platforms, and other platforms did not have any motivation to poach them. The other type was the live-stream of E-Sports competition. It had already formed a fixed audience. Without a live-streamer, there was no way to poach them. Of course, some streamers who were not satisfied with the current situation would still be poached. However, at the moment, these streamers were not the main content of Bunny Tails live-stream. They were not the core competitiveness. Boss Peis attitude had always been that you could poach as much as you wanted. I would definitely not stop you. The contract was not stuck at all. You could come and go freely. Thus, the streamers who remained after poaching were basically streamers who played with their passion and were used to the environment here. Whats more, Bunny Tail Live-Stream was not stingy and was rather generous. It entered a relatively stable state. The platform outside seemed to be offering very high prices, but there were also many additional terms. If he was accidentally cheated, there would be no way to explain. Thus, many streamers decided to stay in their own fields and operate in peace, maintaining a relatively free state. The audience was even more so. Those who could not adapt had already run away. Those who had adapted to the focus mode or learning mode every day had already become extremely loyal to the platform. It was easier said than done for other platforms to snatch them away. Of course, it was also very difficult for Bunny Tail Live-Stream to snatch viewers from other platforms. Other live-stream platforms would not cast their sights here during the period of the money-burning war. Bunny Tail Live-stream was like a lonely island, far away from the right place. It was about time. The reason why he insisted on quitting the money-burning war previously was because he was afraid that he would burn money at that critical juncture. What if other platforms collapsed quickly and became giants? After all, most live-stream platforms at that time had just started and were relatively inexperienced. Pei Qian was afraid that he would accidentally hit them too hard. Now, Waiwai Live-Stream and Wolf Fang Live-Stream have already stood out. They had money, live-streamers, viewers, and viewers They were two very powerful giants. After a period of observation, Pei Qian was certain that the Bunny Tail Live-Stream was safe. That way, he could burn money for Bunny Tail live-stream without worrying about accidentally injuring friendly merchants and suddenly making profits. Of course, he had to think about where to start so that he could spend the money without damaging the balance. At that thought, Pei Qian felt a little regretful that Chen Yufeng was not around. If Chen Yufeng was around, he should be able to help get rid of the wrong answer. In any case, the direction that Chen Yufeng wanted to develop would definitely be wrong. However, it was a holiday after all. It was not appropriate to disturb him over the phone. However, he could also ask his brother Ma Yang. After all, they had worked together for so long. Ma Yang was someone who was easily hoodwinked. He must have heard Chen Yufengs suggestions and ideas. After some consideration, Pei Qian said, Old Ma, if we have a huge sum of money now for Bunny Tail Live-Stream, where do you think Chen Yufeng will spend this money? Where do you plan to spend this money? When Ma Yang heard that, he temporarily stopped chewing on his chin. After taking a sip of his drink, he said, Chen Yufeng will definitely use money to poach more scholars to teach. He might even start a Bunny Tail Public Lecture or something. He keeps talking to me about this, saying that hell be able to show his advantage and turn Bunny Tail Live-Stream into a real knowledge platform. Pei Qian nodded. This was indeed something that Chen Yufeng would do. Now, Bunny Tail Live-Stream only had two general directions. It was very difficult to come up with anything new from the competition live-stream. Thus, they could only continue to fill up knowledge-related content and differentiate competition. That was good. He could eliminate this wrong answer. Since knowledge-related content was the strength of Bunny Tail Live-Stream, he should give up on this strength and use the weakness to challenge large live-stream platforms. That way, the chances of failure would be higher. Pei Qian nodded. Its still the same. What do you think? Ma Yang was obviously excited when he heard this. I dont think we should be afraid. We have to fight it out with big platforms like Waiwai Live-Stream and Wolf Fang Live-Stream! Why dont we burn money to poach their streamers?! Pei Qian was silent for a moment. Hmm your idea is right, but we have to discuss the specific approach. Logically speaking, this method could burn money. After all, the contract for Bunny Tail Live-Stream would not trap the streamers. It was very easy for other platforms to poach the streamers for Bunny Tail Live-Stream, but it was more difficult for Bunny Tail Live-Stream to poach other platforms streamers. He had tried to poach them at a high price, but he had been easily poached back. This time, he had indeed spent money like water. However, the key problem was that the penalty was not easy. Some platforms liquidated damages for the streamers were very unreasonable. They were basically sky-high prices. Bunny Tail Live-Stream would not be able to fork out this money. First, he could negotiate if it was some other example. However, the system would definitely not agree if he were to widely poach live-streamers and pay damages. Second, Pei Qian did not want to give money to these live-stream platforms for free because he did not have a good impression of them. Wouldnt it be good to give benefits to his own platforms audience with this money? Whats more, poaching a popular live-streamer could have a wide and far-reaching impact. If the commotion was too big, it could easily bring about a lot of popularity. It would not be in the direction of Pei Qians silently burning money. Pei Qian sipped his drink and said, Theres no point in forcefully poaching live streamers from other platforms. In my opinion, instead of poaching live streamers, we should poach live streamers. Go online and look for people who have hopes of becoming streamers. Or perhaps, new streamers who are currently just playing around and have not signed long-term contracts with other platforms would be attracted to our platform bit by bit. On top of that, this sum of money can also be used to publicize and develop new functions for the website. As the saying went, eggs could not be placed in the same basket. This sum of money would be split into three parts. One would be used to nurture live streamers, the other would be used for publicity, and the other would be used for developing platforms. On the other hand, the so-called nurturing streamers only looked beautiful, but the results would definitely be minimal. That was because Bunny Tail Live-Stream would not sign contracts that bound people to them. The streamers would come and go freely. The streamers that they cultivated would most likely be poached by other platforms. After nurturing it for half a day, it would probably cultivate loneliness. Ma Yang nodded, expressing his agreement. Yes, Brother Qian, youve thought it through. However What is the specific function of the development platform you mentioned? Pei Qian sniggered. How the f*ck would I know! Im just saying. I would have told you if I had any specific ideas, right? Think about this yourself, Pei Qian said. The only requirement is that it should not be associated with the current academic content. He was not particularly worried that Ma Yang would come up with any particularly explosive ideas. After all, the function of the platform was to serve the main streamers at the end of the day. What was the point of the new function if there were not many outstanding streamers to begin with? There should not be any major problems as long as it was not related to the current academic content. Ma Yangs long face was filled with confusion. Obviously, he had no clue at the moment. Brother Qian, I really cant think of anything Why dont you arrange for a helper for me? I think Chen Yufeng is too stupid sometimes. He comes up with bad ideas. I need more opinions. Pei Qian was drinking his fruit juice and nearly spat it out. Good lord, Old Ma, youre actually despising Chen Yufeng? Alright, as expected of you. However, on further thought, Old Mas suggestion was indeed worth considering. Everyone knew that Old Mas thinking was more easily influenced by others. Basically, anyone could fool him. Previously, when Old Ma was in charge of Bunny Tail Live-Stream, he had almost made wrong decisions that would make the platform earn money because of Chen Yufengs bluff. There was only one voice in Old Mas ear. It was ultimately a very dangerous thing. Whats more, Pei Qian happened to have someone on hand who was in urgent need of deportation At that thought, he had an idea. What you said makes sense. How about this? Ill transfer another person over to help you. Hu Xianbin from the games department, what do you think? Ma Yang immediately smiled when he heard that. Really? Thats great! This Hu Xianbins wisdom might not be a ten-thousandth of yours, Brother Qian, but hes a talent worth nurturing in the person-in-charge! However isnt he the chief designer of the games department? transferring him to live-streaming is considered a demotion, right? Pei Qian waved his hand. Sigh, what promotion? Tengda doesnt care about this. We just have different positions. Every employee should be mentally prepared to be transferred to another position at any time! Whats more, his various benefits and benefits would improve compared to before. Hes only here to help for a period of time. We can take our time to think about how to arrange the work in the future. Its not like we can lock him up with Bunny Tail Live-Stream forever. In fact, Pei Qian was a little worried. Hu Xianbin was the chief designer of Tengda after all. He was considered one of the best in the person-in-charge. Would Bunny Tail Live-Stream become popular if he were to do it? However, seeing that there was only one month left, Hu Xianbin was going to release the tiger. In order for Yu Fei to continue being the chief designer, he had to find a partner for Hu Xianbin as soon as possible. No matter how he thought about it, going to other places had the same risk. Whats more, there were no good spots. Thus, he could only arrange for Bunny Tail live-stream. On one hand, three people were in charge of Bunny Tail Live-Stream. Ma Yang, Chen Yufeng, and Hu Xianbin could restrict each other. Ma Yang was sandwiched in the middle and was constantly brainwashed by the two of them. It might cause Bunny Tail Live-Stream to fall into a state of wavering. On the other hand, Pei Qian realized that something was amiss. He could also find a new home for Hu Xianbin and transfer him away in time. All in all, under the current circumstances, this was a relatively reasonable arrangement. Since Yu Fei had already taken over and the effect was not bad, he could not let Hu Xianbin return to Tengda Games! Chapter 1240 - Players: I Want All of Them! After having a huge meal with Ma Yang, Pei Qian arranged the future development direction of Bunny Tail Live-Stream and found a good home for Hu Xianbin. He allowed Tengda Games to retain a good designer like Yu Fei. It was killing three birds with one stone. After the meal, Ma Yang said that he was prepared to go back and digest it. It was not only to digest the food, but also to digest the work that Brother Qian had arranged for him. It was obvious that Old Ma was very concerned about this. However, Pei Qian was not worried because whether Ma Yang was concerned about this or not had nothing to do with whether it would succeed. Pei Qian, on the other hand, slipped a little and prepared to find a nearby Fish-Catching Internet Cafe to have a cup of coffee. He wanted to sit there and digest his food. It had been nearly two months since the Doubt VR glasses were released. At first, the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe was fully-booked. Now, its popularity has finally decreased a little. After all, it had been two months. No matter how high the addiction, it should stop. Many people had already bought VR glasses. They did not go to the internet cafe every day. Those who came to the internet cafe more frequently basically played here and passed. Thus, the flow of people in the internet cafe gradually returned to normal. This was especially so for some relatively deserted branches. There were often empty seats left in the coffee area. However, even so, the traffic in the VR experience area was not much different from the internet area of ordinary computers. The popularity was still not low. He did not know when it would become completely deserted. He could only blame Animal Island VR for being too fun Pei Qian sat down at the coffee area and sighed silently. Forget it. There was no need to be too conflicted since things had come to this. Pei Qian took out his cell phone after asking for a free cup of coffee. Indeed, Min Jingchao had sent him todays event data. Pei Qian placed his cell phone on the table. He held the coffee cup to his mouth with one hand and prepared to drink it. His other hand swiped the screen to check. Hm? Pei Qians right hand had just brought the coffee cup to his mouth when he put it down again. That was because he noticed that something was amiss with the figures he had received today. In the first two days, the drop in GOGs data was relatively obvious. Todays data might still be decreasing, but the decrease seemed to be less obvious? Pei Qian picked up his coffee cup again and brought it to his mouth. Hmm I can find a lot of reasonable explanations for such a change in data. For example, gamers who are more sensitive to reward stimulation would most likely play IOI at the beginning of the event. There would be more people participating on the first and second day. The number of new gamers participating in the event would definitely decrease gradually. Another example would be the players who participated in IOI on the first day. They might be a little tired after playing for two days and want to return to GOG to take a look. This might also cause the decline in GOGs data to slow down. From the third day of the holidays to the sixth day of the holiday, gamers have the most gaming time. They dont have to go out or visit their friends. Therefore, many gamers who had not played before have also been online or playing GOG with their friends There are still gamers who are being directed to IOI but the overall trend of the decline in data has slowed down because there are more gamers online If it was the data from IOI, the increase should be more obvious. The coffee was a little hot. Pei Qian held the coffee cup and quickly thought of many possible explanations. However, he immediately put down his coffee cup. Somethings not right. I cant think that way! All of these might make sense, but what if the real reason is not this? Wasnt I blinded by myself again? We have to take it seriously. We have to analyze and investigate seriously if there are problems with the preset activities! It would be best if you were overthinking. However, if something really went wrong, you would know immediately! At that thought, Pei Qian immediately picked up his cell phone and began scrolling through various game forums, checking the discussions of gamers, especially IOI gamers. After all, Pei Qian was actually on IOIs side. It did not matter how GOG was doing. As long as there was no problem with IOI, everything would be fine! The matchmaking over the past two days has indeed been much faster, but what happened to the many newbies joining? My head is almost smashed! I cant play at all in the rankings. This ranking competition is completely based on looks. Which sides big brother kills faster Whats going on? Its not the end of the season. Why are there so many trainers? I have nothing to do. Im an old IOI beta gamer and a current GOG King gamer. Ill start from zero for the live-stream. Ill go wherever I go until the event ends. Youre welcome to watch! I feel that the players on IOI are doing alright, but their awareness is a little bad. The support is obviously half a beat slower. Why do they like to farm? Its not obvious if they play solo. If they have good friends and partners, its very simple to get points. At that point, Pei Qian could not help but tremble. Good lord, the gamers of GOG seemed to be up to no good! In fact, this was completely foreseeable. After all, IOI required the game to be long. They could not run away after receiving a reward. Many GOG players were tired of playing matchmaking. They would always consider ranking. In the end, something went wrong. GOG and IOIs game mechanisms might be slightly different, but after many modifications, the complicated mechanisms of IOI and GOG were much simplified. Many GOG players could adapt quickly. Whats more, many old GOG gamers had played IOI before. However, they had stopped playing midway. How could it not be chaotic with so many high ranking GOG players all participating in IOIs regular competition and competing with the original IOI players? Many rookie players had no choice at all. They could only watch which side had more big shots. There would even be situations where immortals on both sides would fight. Both sides had one or two big brothers who were developing very well. The others could only watch on trembling by the side as ATMs. It was really boring. Many IOI players were looking forward to seeing a large number of new players and improving the game environment. They did not appear at all. That was because this event was not attractive to GOGs new gamers at all! Even though all gamers could participate in the event, only hardcore gamers who had played the game for a long time would be willing to spend time and energy pursuing the rewards. For many new gamers and slackers, it was good enough to play two rounds of GOG with their friends on holiday. Happiness was the most important. They were too lazy to struggle. This caused most of the people who came to IOI to be core gamers of GOG. It was not that there were no new players, but there were relatively few of them. On the other hand, GOGs overall faster pace and more intense competitive atmosphere allowed GOG players to have a sharper game sense and a more bloody game rhythm. It turned IOIs low-quality fish pond upside down, causing many IOIs low-quality players to start doubting life. Pei Qian was helpless. Who would have thought that GOGs gamers would be so strong? Logically speaking, there had to be an adaptation period for a new game, right? It should be about the same level as the original fish pond players in the game within the adaptation period. However, from the looks of it now, that was not the case at all! Calm down, calm down. This shouldnt be a big problem. After all, IOIs ranking system is similar to GOGs. If players like that wreak havoc in the fish pond, their hidden points would definitely increase very quickly. Soon, they would be matched to diamond or even higher enemies. The environment of the entire fish pond would slowly recover. Pei Qian comforted himself and continued watching. IOI is quite generous this time. Its so generous that I feel like its a little fake. It must be because hes holding an event with GOG. Im sorry if Im not generous, right? After all, theyve given so many rewards. If IOI doesnt show anything, wouldnt the comparison be obvious? However, no matter how I calculate, we are still lacking a reward! Isnt the reward for going to GOG too trashy? Didnt I use other activities to make up for it? Long Yu Corporation is so scheming. Would Tengda really not sue them? Others worked hard to do activities, give rewards, and direct players to you. In the end, you gave such trashy rewards. Obviously, you dont want your own players to go over. Its just business. Theres nothing to criticize. I can only blame Tengda for being too honest. Thats not right. I think the other activities are other activities. The combined event is a combined event. How can we replace the reward? We should want all of them! I found a good idea! Actually, everyone can do this: register an account for GOG first. Play it casually and find the event page. Then, link it to your own IOI account. That way, the system will deem you as an old gamer who lost IOI to GOG. The big account for IOI will be able to obtain generous rewards! Holy sh * t? Thats true! Youre really a genius! Pei Qian had been about to drink his coffee when he saw the post. What the f*ck?! He quickly opened the post and studied it carefully. After reading a few replies, Pei Qian understood. There was a very troublesome loophole in this rule! Of course, Dayak Corporation and Long Yu Corporation had also been on guard against this special situation of eating both ends repeatedly when writing detailed rules. How players could obtain rewards depended on which game they entered from. For example, if he tied an IOI account to GOG, he would be regarded as a GOG player. Whether the IOI account was a new or old account, he would be rewarded according to the rules of GOG transferring to IOI. That was so that GOG players would have enough reason to stay after transferring to IOI. It was the same logic for gamers to be bound to GOG accounts in IOI. They would be rewarded according to the rules of IOI to GOG. As Dayak Corporation and Long Yu Corporation did not want IOI players to run around at all, the reward was very low. However, what replaced it was that they had created generous rewards in other activities to eliminate the imbalance that IOI players might feel. He had thought that there would be no problem with such rules. However, he did not expect the gamers attitude to be I want everything. Chapter 1241 - Voice Transmission Gives Up On Resistance Anyone could tell that IOI was using the rewards of other activities to supplement the rewards of the Gods Fantasy event. However, why not take a double? Thus, some gamers thought of such a method: He would register an account in GOG first. That would be equivalent to giving up the reward of IOI to GOG. However, it did not matter. The reward was quite trashy to begin with. Then, he would link his account to IOIs old account in GOG. That would be judged by the system as losing old IOI players to GOG . That was because the system would not make a comprehensive judgment of the account time and other data to analyze the players identity. After all, the preparation time for this event was very short under the urging of Dayak Corporation and Long Yu Corporation. There was no time to make such complicated functions. That way, IOIs old gamers would be able to obtain all the rewards in IOIs game. That would be double the happiness! However, the only problem was that GOGs new players had to be guided by newbies and played a few rounds. Their levels had to be improved before they could participate in various fancy activities. This was not a design for the Gods Fantasy event. Instead, it was a basic design that GOG had in the first place. It treated all activities equally. In fact, most games had such rules. It was mainly to protect the gaming experience of new players so that they would not be able to come into contact with too many things and become confused during the newbie period. Therefore, it was easy for gamers who already had GOG accounts to link directly with GOG accounts. On the other hand, IOI gamers who did not have GOG accounts could only register another account and play for a period of time before they could obtain these rewards. Pei Qian was stunned. He was even confused by the gamers manipulation! Now, Pei Qian finally understood why GOGs online statistics were repeatedly appearing despite the continuous flow of events. That was because some IOI gamers had discovered this loophole. However, they did not have GOGs account. Thus, they created new accounts at GOG! F*ck! What a lousy teammate! How could gamers find loopholes in an event? Pei Qian was speechless. He felt like he was just one step away from putting his neck on the other partys sword when two swordsmen exchanged blows. In the end, the other party suspected that there was a trap and dodged! It was ridiculous! After going crazy for a while, Pei Qian still picked up the coffee and took a sip to calm himself down. If we wait and see, things might not be completely hopeless. After all, IOIs gamers came to GOG to play because they wanted to receive IOIs reward. Once they finish the newbie content and successfully link their accounts to the reward, they should be able to return. It wont take too long. I hope that Long Yu Corporation can do something Pei Qian did not have a good solution now. After all, Tengda was already on holiday. Whats more, this loophole had nothing to do with Tengda. Dayak Corporation and Long Yu Corporation had created it themselves. He only hoped that they would find this loophole as soon as possible and repair it! At the same time, Zhao Xuming had just rushed to Long Yu Corporation and entered the conference room. Eric had already arrived. The other people in charge of the Gods Fantasy event were also present. Logically speaking, it was a legal holiday now. Any problems would basically be communicated and resolved through telephone meetings. However, this matter was obviously not something that could be explained in a few words over the phone. Thus, he called the relevant person-in-charge for an emergency meeting. Everyone basically had a grasp of the current situation before rushing to the meeting. All in all, it was not optimistic! It was hard to tell which gamer would be the first to discover this operation. However, a large number of IOI gamers already knew about this operation and had taken action. This caused many IOI players to go to GOG for rewards. From the looks of the current situation, this was only the beginning. The follow-up situation might be more serious. After all, IOI gamers would be able to receive a new reward by registering an account at GOG. Why not? IOIs official platform might have given rewards through other activities but the rewards were not too much. Even if it was just a few more lucky draw chances, it would be very tempting for players! Whats more, it was not just domestic servers. Similar situations were basically happening in other servers around the world. It was not particularly serious from the statistics, but Dayak Corporation and Long Yu Corporation were already very wary of this event. Thus, they did not dare to be negligent. They were afraid that Boss Pei had a back-up plan. Now, it seemed like there was indeed a trap! Thus, this meeting was to urgently discuss countermeasures. Obviously, Dayak Corporations headquarters and Finger Games headquarters were probably discussing or about to start. Zhao Xuming looked at Eric and said indignantly, Your hunch was right indeed. Boss Pei is sinister and cunning. He hid bad ideas in such a place. The people at the headquarters are too simple. They fell for his trap indeed! Boss Peis suggestion seemed to have been thrown out casually after asking, but it was obviously a disguise! He would speak first and direct the blame to Boss Pei so that he would not cling to the blame. In any case, if there was a problem, it must be because Boss Pei was sinister and cunning. It was definitely not because he was stupid. Zhao Xuming had rich experience in shifting the blame. He subconsciously cleaned up after himself the moment he opened his mouth. Eric nodded, and then shook his head slightly. The direct reason is indeed Boss Peis suggestion. However, what Boss Pei said actually makes sense. If we did not take his suggestion, we would have other problems. I can only say that its hard to tell whether its real or fake! Thinking back, Dayak Corporations headquarters had made many very excessive suggestions. Boss Pei seemed to have accepted them all without thinking. Eric was afraid that he would change his mind and let him watch it again. In the end, Boss Pei casually made a small suggestion: considering that most of GOGs gamers had registered with IOI accounts before, it seemed inappropriate for only new accounts to enjoy the benefits of the event. It should be expanded to all accounts. This suggestion led to IOI gamers using loopholes to register GOG accounts and farm rewards! Whats more, this event accurately locked onto IOIs diehard fans, who had never played GOG before. That was because gamers who had already played GOG had accounts. If they wanted to register a new account, they had to tie up a new cell phone number. It was relatively cumbersome. On the other hand, it was relatively convenient for gamers who had not played GOG to register. Thus, the group of IOI players with the strongest will also try to register GOGs account and play the game. It could be said that a small crack had appeared on the solid dam. The effect did not seem obvious, but the impact was very far-reaching and very targeted! But then again, if he had not accepted this suggestion back then, it would have had a very serious impact. Many gamers in GOG had played IOI before and registered for IOI accounts. If they did not follow Boss Peis advice and could only get rewards if they were new accounts, they could indeed prevent IOI gamers from doing this. However, the problem was that that would create huge difficulties for the traffic! GOG players had wanted to participate in the event, but they realized that they could not use the old IOI account. They had to register a new account and create a new cell phone number Many players must have been so angry that they did not want the reward and could not be bothered to spend so much effort. That way, the effect of the event would be greatly reduced. Something was wrong! Of course, if he could predict these two problems in advance, there would still be solutions. For example, he could create a specific program. He could assess the state of each account based on the length of the game and the recent online time. He could also adopt different measures against different accounts. However, that would be too much work. It would be impossible to be released during the holidays. Whats more, everyone had been a little muddle-headed in order to catch up. They had not thought so deeply and seriously about this matter. That was how this awkward situation happened! Erics attitude was very calm. He was not furious. On one hand, it was because the blame was not on him. He was already a mouthpiece and a tool. There was nothing to be angry about. On the other hand, it was because he had a bad premonition and was mentally prepared. Lets think about how to solve this problem, Eric said. There was a moment of silence in the conference room, and then everyone began to share their countermeasures. Someone suggested, Hurry up and develop a software to test the account and plug this loophole? However, this statement immediately attracted opposition. Definitely not! Firstly, this would definitely affect players who want to use this rule to profit and cause them to feel disgusted. Secondly, the working period would not allow it. After the development test was completed, more than half of the event had passed. It might be a loophole but it was a benign loophole that could be used by IOI players. Whats more, the official announcement did not say that they were not allowed to register new accounts at GOG. At most, he could only be considered to have exploited a loophole. It was fundamentally different from cheating and maliciously using bugs. Even if he apologized and compensated them to eliminate the impact to a certain extent, he would still be scolded. Whats more, he could not make an accurate estimate of the working period at the moment. Perhaps the event would be almost over after the update. Someone else said, How about we ask Tengda to cooperate and do a screening Eric immediately shook his head. Impossible. First of all, the contract did not agree on these contents. Secondly, Tengda never worked overtime. They did not even make an exception when they were so anxious that they almost sold the building. The conference room fell into a temporary silence. Obviously, when they heard the words Tengda never works overtime , they felt an inexplicable sour feeling. Zhao Xuming thought for a moment and said, This is really difficult because we will definitely not be able to make any adjustments to the content of the reward. On one hand, it is because of the existence of the contract. On the other hand, it is also because we will be scolded by players. The only way is to screen and separate the players. However, we are back to the initial problem. There is not enough time for development. Eric nodded reluctantly. That was really the case. This was a dead end! It seemed like Boss Pei had blocked every path perfectly. An unprecedented eight days long holiday was the right time; The constraints of the agreement were geographical benefits; Players mentality was naturally harmonious. Initially, he had thought that both sides would compete using 30% of their strength. However, the results were uncertain. However, now that IOIs gamers had gone to GOG to play, GOG was no longer 30%. Instead, it had become 50%, 70%, or even more! He could not control it! Eric thought hard for a long time. In the end, he was relieved. Thats it, then. Everyone, go home and rest. Zhao Xuming was stunned. Huh? Pretend that nothing happened? That wouldnt be good! Eric continued, This is not something we can solve. I will report the relevant situation. I believe that the higher-ups at the headquarters will definitely give a suitable solution. Eric had something to say as well. Im just a mouthpiece now. What do you want a mouthpiece to do?! Have you ever seen a mouthpiece jump out to save the world? Whats more, Erics problem was not entirely with his attitude. In the current situation, he really did not have the ability to solve this problem. That was the situation. He was stuck. What could he do? He could only let nature take its course. Chapter 1242 - Repent and be Saved Is Finally Free October 8th, Monday The holidays were over. It was the first day of work. Pei Qian sat in his own office, doubting himself. Eric and Zhao Xuming really did not do anything! Did he not notice this problem at all because he was on holiday? Or did he feel that this problem was not serious and was too lazy to work overtime to modify it? That was too much! Pei Qian had already noticed the problem with the Gods Fantasy event early on during the holidays. However, this problem had nothing to do with Tengda. He could only hope that Eric and Zhao Xuming would give him some strength and quickly close the loophole. Tengda did not work overtime, but if Long Yu Corporation encountered such a problem, they would definitely add on, right? Yet, nothing happened? On the third, Pei Qian felt that Long Yu Corporation might have realized something. After all, IOIs figures should have been quite good over the past few days. It was understandable that it did not show any obvious decline. On the 5th, Pei Qian felt that Long Yu Corporation must have realized the problem, but it was difficult to think of a good countermeasure in a hurry. They must be working overtime to study the plan. It would definitely not be a problem to wait. It was already the 7th of yesterday. The holidays were over, but there was still no news! Pei Qian was puzzled. Something was not right. GOGs figures were obviously going against the trend. Whats more, the matter on the internet was already abuzz. Eric and Zhao Xuming had to hear about it even if they were blind, right? In the end, IOI did not make any announcements to respond to this matter even until today. It seemed like nothing had happened, but it also seemed like there was no problem with the event at all, completely tacitly agreeing with players behavior. His behavior had been very confusing. It was understandable that the other regions in the world reacted slowly. After all, there were still many gamers in IOI in these regions. This event itself was tilted towards IOI. The data fluctuation would not be so obvious. This loophole was not considered serious. There was no need for him to change the event, announce it, or even breach the contract for such a loophole. He would be slapping himself in the face. However, the domestic server was different. There were not many gamers left to begin with. The fish pond had been bombarded by GOGs gamers. IOIs most loyal gamers had finally been tempted to register an account in GOG How could he sit still? Pei Qian could barely sit still. Thus, Pei Qian was doubting life in the office. He could not understand what Eric and Zhao Xuming were doing at all. He really wanted to call and ask, but he was afraid that Eric would misunderstand. If he were to make a call at this juncture, it would inevitably make people feel that he was mocking him and attacking him with his face Thus, Pei Qian suppressed the urge to play. The event was not over yet. It might be its peak period during the long holiday but IOI had set the event time to two weeks in order to let the traffic effect continue. In other words, many players would only be able to obtain the final reward after this week ended. This was originally to let GOG gamers develop the habit of online IOI every day to achieve better conductivity. However, from the looks of the current situation it was hard to tell what would happen. Pei Qian did not have any good ideas. He could only take it one step at a time. After all, Boss Pei was very busy. He had a lot of work on hand. He could not possibly sit around and do nothing every day, staring at IOIs activities and thinking blindly, right? Ive already been so cooperative with you. If you still mess things up, Boss Pei can only say: Theres no hope, just wait for death! He temporarily put aside the Gods Fantasy event and calmed down. Then, he checked Repent and be Saveds official statistics. Finally! Repent and be Saveds sales volume had fallen drastically last month. Coincidentally, it was stuck at the critical value that the system could stipulate: less than one-fifth of the revenue after the release! Alright, alright. Ive finally achieved the most basic goal. Pei Qian could not help but heave a sigh of relief. Originally, the success rate of this plan was quite high. Eternal Reincarnation attracted gamers attention. Many gamers who had not played it and were prepared to buy Repent and be Saved temporarily chose to hold on to their coins. They temporarily gave up on the idea of buying Repent and be Saved. They planned to buy Eternal Reincarnation to experience it first. After all, there was a huge gap in their price. Unexpectedly, Teacher Qiaos interpretation made Eternal Reincarnation and Repent and be Saved perfectly compatible! In any case, once words like one with two faces and perfect downloadable content were used, players would feel that it was a waste of gods gifts to only buy Eternal Reincarnation and not Repent and be Saved. Thus, in the last week of last month, Repent and be Saveds sales skyrocketed once again. Pei Qians heart began to tremble. Fortunately, the results were out now. Pei Qian was just one step away from being consigned to eternal damnation. If the sales volume had not fallen last month, it would not have fallen this month either. It would probably be a long time before Repent and be Saved would be released for free. He did not know when it would be released. Of course, it was not as simple as just changing the price to make Repent and be Saved free. On one hand, he had to submit the corresponding application to the official platform. On the other hand, he had to appease players. It was very easy to pass the free application. After all, the official platforms first goal was not to earn money but to promote the healthy development of the entire industry. It would naturally be more beneficial to promote a premium game after it was free. The key was to appease players. A large group of players had just been hoodwinked by Teacher Qiao. They had bought Eternal Reincarnation and Repent and be Saved. In the end, Repent and be Saved was free after two days. Who could stand that? As a reasonable person, Pei Qian had to think of ways and means to return the money. He would not take a single cent from players! After coming up with a general direction, Pei Qian prepared to call Yu Fei to his office and briefly explain this problem. However, on further thought, he decided to make a trip to the games department. That was because he looked for Yu Fei not only for this matter. A few minutes later, Yu Fei followed Boss Pei into the conference room. During this period, Yu Fei had been counting the days to see when Hu Xianbin would return. Another month had passed. The special training base should be coming to an end. Hu Xianbin should be back even if he had to go home to tidy up and rest for a few days, right? Of course, the people in charge of the special training class were also on holiday during this long holiday. He could see them appearing in the internal group chat of the people in charge again. However, for some reason, all the people in charge of participating in the special training were very secretive about this special training. They basically would not reveal any key information and could not find out anything. Yu Fei thought about it. Since no one was willing to say anything, he would not ask first. In any case, it would not be too late to ask around when Hu Xianbin returned from special training and handed over his work. During this period of time, Yu Fei had been seriously learning about game design, reading the design manuscript, and arranging the follow-up matters of Eternal Reincarnation. For example, fixing bugs, adjusting the game content, refining the plot, and so on. They were not particularly complicated work so nothing went wrong. At first, Yu Fei was under a lot of pressure. However, now that he felt that he was about to leave, the pressure naturally disappeared. He wondered why Boss Pei was looking for him today. Was it to express his affirmation for the two months of work that he had taken over and send him off? Well, that was possible. After all, Boss Pei was famous for being humane. He would bring himself and the entire gaming department to the nameless restaurant for a feast when he sent them off. That seemed like something Boss Pei would do. Or perhaps he was arranging a simple task for himself? After all, Hu Xianbin might not be back in time. The gaming departments work could not possibly be stagnant. They had to stand at the last position. Yu Fei sat opposite Boss Pei as he thought about this. Pei Qian organized his thoughts and said, I have two things for you. The first thing I want is for Repent and be Saved to be free. This month, Repent and be Saveds content will be free. However, I have to discuss this with the official games platform and go through the process. You dont have to do it yourself. Just assign the task to your subordinates and keep an eye on the progress. Of course, considering that a group of gamers just bought Repent and be Saved, we should compensate them. My idea is to compensate gamers based on the time they spent purchasing the game. Refund the game that they had just purchased this month in full; refund 80% of the game that they had purchased last month; refund half of the game that they bought in August; refund a quarter of the game that they bought in July. If it was any earlier, I would not have cared. Chapter 1243 - Yu Fei’s Condition of Crisis The system did not allow players to refund the game in full. After all, Repent and be Saved would only reach the free standard this month. However, in order to take care of players emotions and maintain the companys reputation, some refunds were not a problem. As the saying went, buy earlier to enjoy it, and buy later to enjoy it. Otherwise, it would be wasted. Games were always the most expensive when they were first released. After that, the discounts became stronger and stronger. This was not only a promotional strategy for merchants to maximize benefits, but also a habit and consensus among players. Many e-commerce companies had also introduced a price retention policy. If the price of goods was greatly reduced in the short term, the difference would be refunded. Of course, there were many reasons. Pei Qian could not tell what they were, and he did not care. He only used this reason to refund the players. What could be happier in the world than to be able to send the money that had been placed in the systems pocket back? Yu Fei could not help but look shocked. That was so conscientious! Boss Pei was indeed Boss Pei. He was always so different! In fact, most players were still very receptive to the fact that the game was free. Even if they had just bought the game at the original price and it was free, even if the manufacturer did not have any compensation measures, most players would not make a fuss. At most, they would diss it online and mock their luck. After all, it was a good thing for the gamers if the manufacturer gave the game a discount or free of charge. It would be too much to ask the manufacturer to compensate the gamers who bought the game previously. However, Boss Pei did not even need players to say anything. He took the initiative to refund and compensate! As an old game, Repent and be Saved often appeared on the official platforms hot-selling charts. It was also a regular on the action games hot-selling charts. Many gamers were puzzled as to why someone had not bought Repent and be Saved. A game like that was a stable source of profit for the company. Whats more, Eternal Reincarnation was a huge success. It was a perfect match with Repent and be Saveds main body. Most players already had the consensus that they had to buy everything together. There was no need to talk about the old gamers. The key was that the new gamers who had recently entered the pit had to buy Repent and be Saved even if they bought Eternal Reincarnation. That was another huge income! In the end, Boss Pei actually gave Repent and be Saved a free pass at the critical juncture of its flashback? He could only describe it as awesome. Yu Fei immediately nodded. Alright, Boss Pei. Dont worry, Ill definitely arrange this! He thought that even though he was about to leave, if he could facilitate this matter before he left, it would be a good deed for players. His short experience as Tengdas chief designer had come to a perfect end. Pei Qian nodded, satisfied. En the second thing is for you to call everyone over. Well have a meeting to talk about the new game. Huh? Yu Fei was stunned and confused. After a while, he said, Boss Pei, theres no need to rush this, right? Hu Xianbin will be back soon. Please wait for him to come back before you hold this meeting. Otherwise, Ill have to hand over my work to him. Whats more, I might not be able to convey the design intentions very well. Eh, why does this scene look so familiar Yu Fei suddenly remembered that he seemed to have done this at the beginning of last month. Boss Pei asked Yu Fei to cooperate with Meng Chang to do the publicity plan for Eternal Reincarnation. Yu Fei had wanted to wait for Hu Xianbin to return before he spoke. However, he did not expect Hu Xianbin to be pulled away halfway before he even arrived at the company. He did not even meet him. Yu Fei could only bitterly replace them for another month. This time Yu Feis eyes were suddenly filled with vigilance as he realized that something was amiss. Boss Pei, could something have happened to Hu Xianbin again? Didnt we agree to a month of special training? Dont tell me that I cant even meet him this time? Pei Qian pondered for a moment. Ah, not really. What he meant was that they should be able to meet. It was said that Bao Xu had arranged a three-day holiday for the people in charge so that they could settle their affairs. Oh, no, before they embarked on the journey to Shennongjia, they could return to their respective departments and briefly deal with the relevant work. After all, he had left his own department for some time. It was only natural for him to go back and take a look. Thus, Yu Fei would definitely be able to meet Hu Xianbin. He would not be able to not meet him. However, after seeing it that was hard to say. Yu Fei heaved a sigh of relief after hearing Boss Peis words. Alright, alright. He had almost imagined himself being replaced for three months. Pei Qian continued, The main reason is that there would often be some changes in the schedule of the special training class. Its normal to be two days in advance or delayed. However, the work of the games department cannot be delayed, especially the creative ideas of the new game. They have to meet early and decide on the plan early. Otherwise, it would be easy to drag the entire development cycle down. Yu Fei nodded, thinking that what Boss Pei said made sense. Tengda Games had always been famous for being thoughtless, imaginative, and strictly controlling the development cycle. This was a tradition that Huang Sibo had left behind when he was the person-in-charge. It was also the mission of the entire Tengda Corporation. The prerequisite for diverting their thoughts was that they had to have a meeting to finalize the general direction of the new game. That way, everyone could go in the same direction and brainstorm under a certain framework to design the original version of the game. In order to strictly control the development cycle, he had to cherish every working day. After all, every working day was precious under the premise that he could not work overtime. In that case, it would be very irresponsible of him to wait for Hu Xianbin to return before holding a discussion about the new game. It would not fit the Tengda spirit. Yu Fei was once again sweating at his own unprofessionalism. Sigh, this work attitude is not right! Boss Pei trusts me so much that he wants me to take over. At first, I thought that I had to stand at the last position. In the end, he would still naturally feel that it was better to avoid trouble. That would let Boss Pei down! At that thought, Yu Fei stood up. Alright, Boss Pei. Ill call them over. Soon, all the core members of the games department arrived and took their seats in the conference room. He was going to make a new game again. Happy! Previously, when everyone developed Eternal Reincarnation, they were quite excited but they knew very well that this was only downloadable content. It was ultimately a little boring. He was finally going to develop the next large-scale game! What kind of idea would Boss Pei come up with this time? Pei Qian was very worried as he looked at the people in the games department who looked like they were waiting to be fed. He had to rack his brains to mess with this group of people every single time. It was too tiring! Whats more, even though they successfully managed to muddle it, it was precisely because of that that they would often confidently make the game. As time went by, he fell into a vicious cycle. What game should he arrange for the gaming department to make this time? Pei Qian had tried going in too many directions before. There were popular ones and unpopular ones. However, be it popular or unpopular, they all succeeded in the end! This was f*cking ridiculous. Thus, Pei Qian has more or less figured it out now. Whether the game succeeded or not might not have much to do with his own choice. He might as well treat it as a purely a matter of luck and mess it up casually. Before this, Pei Qian had kept a plan for Shang Yang Games meeting. At that time, everyone calculated the game genres that Tengda had not produced yet. They summarized some of them like combat games, sound games, sandbox games, and so on. In the end, he chose a racing game like Safe and Driving for Shang Yang Games. The main reason was that Tengdas previous version of The Lonely Desert Road was not considered a racing game. There was still a chance of failure in this direction. On the other hand, sound games were difficult to incur losses. The risk of the sandbox game becoming popular was too high. Thus, Pei Qian did not want to do it for the time being. In the end, he kept the option of fighting games. It was just as well that Tengda Games had spent some time developing Eternal Reincarnation this time. There was not much time left in this cycle. Wouldnt it be good to arrange for a niche game to be made during this time? Of course, Pei Qian had no idea what to do with this combat game because he was not a combat game player at all. He had not even memorized the playstyle. However, so what? In any case, the games that Pei Qian played were just that He would let everyone brainstorm before causing trouble. A very strange game would probably be born, right? Chapter 1244 - Ghost General 2 Pei Qian cleared his throat and went straight to the point seeing that everyone was here. The development cycle this time is five months. Since there is not much time, we will not make particularly large-scale games. I took a look. Tengda has not done any combat games yet. Lets set it as a combat game. Yu Fei, youre the chief designer. Tell me your thoughts first. The atmosphere immediately became awkward. Yu Fei looked around in disbelief and pointed at himself. Me? Pei Qian nodded. Why, is there a second person named Yu Fei in this place? Yu Fei was speechless on the spot. He almost acted like he was denying it. Boss Pei, Im just a substitute! Hu Xianbin was the one who wrote the design manuscript of Eternal Reincarnation! Whats more, Ive never played a fighting game before. What ideas could I have? Pei Qian frowned slightly. You sound too humble. What do you mean you havent played a fighting game before? I dont believe you havent played one or two rounds with your classmates when you were young. Yu Fei was speechless. Indeed, it would be a little nonsense to say that they had not played a single combat game at their age. After all, combat games had been popular all over the country when they were young. They had more or less played it in game halls on the streets and in game consoles bought at home. Whats more, there were many similar street simulators on computers in high schools and universities. It was common to play two rounds with their classmates. However, for a game like a combat game, so what if he had played a few rounds? He was no different from a pure novice! Yu Fei continued to shake his head. Boss Pei, if I have to be stingy with my words, I have indeed played a few rounds. However, my understanding of combat games is limited to knowing that this game has a playlist and can produce a slight wave. I know nothing about other games such as standing back, choosing, and combos! At this point, Pei Qians eyes lit up. Eh? Do you actually know about these concepts? Not bad, you already know a lot. Its more than enough to make this combat game! Pei Qian had never heard of any of the words Yu Fei said. In fact, Pei Qian was also worried that Yu Fei would not be able to develop this project if he did not know anything about fighting games. From the looks of the current situation, there shouldnt be much of a problem. In any case, as long as Yu Fei knew these basic concepts and understood a little, it would be enough. It would be the best outcome to create the game and not delay it. He could not do it if he did not understand it at all; he could not know too much either. It was just right for Yu Fei to understand a little. The corners of Yu Feis mouth twitched slightly. Boss Pei, dont make fun of me! Even if you want to give me confidence, you dont have to say that I know enough! Whats more, I only heard about these concepts when I went online to watch videos by chance. I dont know what they mean at all! I was the one who wrote the plot of Eternal Reincarnation. Ive also written the design draft. I can accept being a substitute, but a combat game, this Yu Fei felt that this matter was too ridiculous, so much that he did not know what to say. Who would do that! Forget about Eternal Reincarnation. After all, Yu Fei was the original author of the plot. Whats more, he was an avid lover of action games. He knew Repent and be Saved very well. In addition, Hu Xianbin had already finished writing the design manuscript. He had come to take over and deal with some minor problems. There was no big problem. It was barely reasonable. This was a combat game! He did not understand at all! Whats more, Yu Fei felt that he was about to leave. Hu Xianbin was about to come back and take over. You want me to talk about my views on combat games now? What can I talk about? Yu Fei felt that he was bearing pressure that he should not have at this age. Pei Qian sniggered. The more Yu Fei resisted, the more he did not understand and the less confidence he had. Since that was the case, he had to squeeze out some good ideas that would definitely incur losses from him! In the conference room, the other designers could not bear to see Yu Feis tragic state. Wasnt Boss Pei a little too eager to force him to put a square peg into a round hole? Boss Peis original intention was good. He hoped that Yu Fei could grow a little in the process of being the class planner. After all, Boss Pei had requested this from all the previous chief planners. However Yu Fei was just an ordinary person with no experience in the industry after all. It was normal for him to have nothing to say about a game type that he did not understand. Thus, someone wanted to raise his hand and talk about his opinion. On one hand, he wanted to answer Boss Peis question. On the other hand, he wanted to give Yu Fei some inspiration. Of course, none of the designers present knew much about combat games. Many gamers had played combat games before, but very few gamers were truly professionals. Tengda Games employees were relatively young. They did not have such talents. Seeing that the other designers were getting restless, Pei Qian raised his hand. Dont interrupt. I just want to hear Yu Feis thoughts. He then looked at Yu Fei. Dont belittle yourself or think youre afraid of losing face. Actually, every idea has its merits. Many ideas are more constructive and more valuable because you dont understand. Dont worry. Tengdas tradition is to speak freely. No one will laugh at you if youre wrong. Yu Fei was a little speechless. Boss Pei had already said so much. There was no point in refusing. At that thought, Yu Fei reluctantly nodded. Alright, Ill just say it casually. I think that Tengda has a unique advantage if we have to make combat games. That is the IP in our hands. Combat games are also a game type that pays a lot of attention to IPs. On Tengdas side, we can actually add many classic characters of successful games, such as Skylark, Prison Keeper, and some deeply popular hero characters in GOG, such as Modest, into combat and make it into a chaotic battle. That way, we should be able to maximize the number of players. We should not be unable to recoup our costs because combat games are too niche. Yu Fei looked carefully at Boss Pei after he finished speaking. However, his heart quickly thudded. Boss Peis expression did not change much, but he could not hide his disappointment! Indeed, my suggestion is still too unprofessional Yu Fei was a little melancholic. Pei Qian was indeed very disappointed. He did not expect Yu Fei to propose such a reliable plan. If he continued developing according to Yu Feis thinking, wouldnt he be able to create a game like Tengdas Great Battle? That would not do! If they really did that, most loyal gamers would definitely want to add one. They might not make a huge profit, but they would definitely not lose out. Whats more, the various games would definitely link up logically. GOG would not stand by and do nothing. Pei Qian did not want to use the ready-made IPs in his hands, but he had to find a suitable reason why not. Pei Qian pondered for a moment and said, Ah, Im sorry. I forgot to say something just now. Actually, we have always had a very important group of gamers: the old gamers of Ghost General. These players can be said to be true fans. They had already become our players in the early stages when there were only two people in Tengda. They are true veteran players. So many years have passed. Ghost General has updated some of its generals cards and improved on the gameplay of card games. However, its still the same old game and Im sick of it. Its really touching that gamers are still unwilling to give up under such circumstances. I think that developing Ghost General 2 for them could also give back to the support and expectations that old gamers have for us. Therefore, well use Ghost General as the background for this game! Pei Qian had specially looked at Ghost Generals figures previously. Until now, there was still a small group of die-hard fans playing. He really could not figure out what drove them to persevere. One had to know that Ghost Generals gameplay was nothing more than swiping data and cards. Whats more, the probability of card drawing was not that difficult. Under a situation where there was almost no desire, these people could actually go online and do activities every day. It was really unbelievable. Thus, after some thought, Pei Qian decided to reward them with a combat game since it had not been easy for them! In any case, Ghost General 2 would definitely not be made into a mobile card game. Given Tengdas current research and development capabilities, it would definitely make a gold-drawing demon that would sweep the mobile games industry. Even if he did not create a paywall system but maintained Ghost Generals fixed-rate contract and permanent membership fees, as long as the gamers were big enough, the income would be terrifying. However, what if he asked card games players to play combat games? That was definitely not right. That was killing three birds with one stone. First of all, he had created a sequel to Ghost General in name to account for the persevering old gamers. Secondly, turning from a card game to a combat game could wash away all the old gamers of Ghost General; Lastly, with this setting, it could also logically dispel Yu Fei and the others thoughts of making Tengdas Chaos Battle. Then, he could tell the veteran gamers of Ghost General: If you keep urging Ghost General 2, wouldnt I be doing it for you! What? You want a mobile card game? Aiya, arent all games the same? Look at this combat game. The graphics are so beautiful, the attack movements are so smooth, the special effects are so good. Isnt this much more fun than card games? What? Youre lousy? Cant play? Cant you experience the fun? You can only blame yourselves for being lousy. I made it for you because you dont like it. What has it got to do with me? Just thinking about it made this scene a little beautiful. Chapter 1245 - Rough Design Pei Qian looked at Yu Fei again after deciding on the general direction of Ghost General 2. This is mainly because I did not make it clear at the beginning. Your idea is actually quite good. Thats settled on the games background. Tell me more about the gameplay. Dont feel restricted. Say what you have to say. Yu Fei was silent again. Boss Pei, that was a little unkind. You asked me to speak my mind, but you rejected me as soon as I finished speaking. On the surface, he seemed to be saying that he had forgotten, but he obviously did not agree with me. That was why he suggested modification! Didnt you agree to seriously consider my proposal? Liar! Now that Boss Pei was asking about the details of the game, this really involved Yu Feis blind spot in knowledge. He had used his superficial gaming knowledge to come up with the idea of Tengdas Great Battle. That was the most reliable idea he could think of. As for the details of the game, he had no idea at all. Where could he start? Yu Fei seemed to be constipated for a few minutes. He said reluctantly, Alright, Ill really speak my mind, then. I think there are many reasons why combat games become less popular. One of the biggest reasons is that it is too hardcore, and almost all of the fun is concentrated on PVP. For ordinary players, it is difficult to learn, difficult to train, and difficult to experience the fun. There might be PVE gameplay but it is relatively boring. On the other hand, even though the fun of PVP is strong, it is very easy for new players to be tortured to give up quickly because there are few players and a huge gap. In order to change this, I think we should consider the following points. One is to consider changing the perspective of the combat game to a perspective like Repent and be Saved. The combat mechanism will also make some adjustments so that players can use more popular and familiar methods to fight. Second, increase the PVE gameplay. You can consider adding a large number of small soldiers in the battle. At the same time, expand the battle scene and strengthen the Boss stats. Third is to introduce two sets of operating mechanisms. One is the original operating mechanism, the other is to simplify the operating mechanism and reduce the threshold of newbies. Fourth, it is to establish a more perfect training model. It is not just for players to explore on their own, but to be clearer and clearer so that players can repeatedly practice to form muscle memory. At the same time, it would be to explain some professional content in depth. It would save players time to find videos online to learn. Yu Fei spoke freely, whatever he thought. Didnt you ask me to say it casually? Ill really say it casually then! In any case, whether he accepted it or not was Boss Peis business. No matter how unreliable I sounded, Boss Pei would definitely carefully distinguish and choose the right plan. Everyone had different expressions after hearing Yu Feis words. However, designers who knew a little more about combat games shook their heads slightly. Obviously, Yu Feis idea was purely considering problems from his own perspective. He did not consider the thoughts of the target players at all. Yu Feis change of perspective had exposed his absolute amateurism. How could a combat game be called a combat game if the perspective was changed? Change it to a third-person perspective like Repent and be Saved, make a bigger map, add some little monsters, and increase the difficulty of the boss in the plot Wasnt this the same f*cking action game as Repent and be Saved? He had only changed it to the Ghost General. Of course, he could not be blamed. That was because Yu Fei was an avid lover of action games. He had already said that he did not understand combat games. Whats more, everything had happened so suddenly. It was impossible for him to have the time to understand and research. Thus, this plan was very reasonable. In a certain sense, the game model that Yu Fei suggested would definitely be more profitable than pure combat games. After all, Repent and be Saved and Eternal Reincarnation had the foundation. Whats more, this type of game was more popular. However, Boss Pei had already said that this was a combat game. It was impossible to adopt Yu Feis plan. Pei Qian listened intently, trying his best to learn from what he could lose. After listening to everything, Pei Qian remained silent for a moment and said, According to you, this game seems more like an action game than a fighting game. Yu Fei: Ah, this That does seem to be the case. Can we add some tricks to the movements? Its just Hmm The more he spoke, the less confident he became. Yu Fei slapped his head and said whatever he thought of. However, looking at the atmosphere at the venue and Boss Peis reaction, it was obvious that what he said was very unreliable. The key was that he was gradually coming to terms with it. How could it be called a combat game if it was changed this way? It was obviously an action game. Whats more, even if he added a strategy, he could not salvage the situation. On one hand, the operation mode of combat games and action games was completely different. The way the joystick was used was completely different, it could not be compatible at all. The idea of rubbing moves in action games was basically impossible. On the other hand, even if it was created, it could only be considered an action game with some fighting elements and not a combat game that looks like an action game. There was a fundamental difference between the two. Pei Qian rubbed his chin, thinking that this plan would not do. The key was that if you turned a combat game into an action game, wouldnt I be making money? The reason why Pei Qian decided to make combat games was because he felt that it was niche and not profitable. At that thought, Pei Qian cleared his throat. I think there are still many merits. However, the first point you mentioned is open for discussion. The perspective of the game cannot be changed. If it is changed, it will not be called a combat game. Of course, the problem of perspective is not so absolute. We can make slight adjustments to a certain extent and make a difference from traditional combat games. Apart from that, I think theres nothing wrong with what you said. It fits my expected general direction. I feel that the setting of adding new soldiers is especially novel! However, we have to pay attention to something. The small soldiers cannot be placed on a cross section. It might be a combat game but we have to do it in pure 3D. The small soldiers will come from various directions. All the operations of the combat game are done in the cross section of the 2D perspective. How to balance the relationship between the two and let them combine together would have to show your intelligence. Everyone was shocked. Huh? Boss Peis explanation of the first point was in line with their expectations, but that was not the case after that! The perspective could be slightly adjusted, but not too drastically. That was for sure. However, it was a little difficult to understand the rest of it! The key was that it was very difficult to imagine what it was like to add soldiers in a combat game. How messy would that be! Of course, many people would subconsciously think from the perspective of the horizontal version of the game. That was to let all the soldiers focus on the same horizontal cut or add a certain amount of Jing Shen on the horizontal cut. However, from Boss Peis words, he definitely did not want it to be a horizontal version of a game that could be passed. What he wanted was a combat game. This also meant that the setting of rubbing moves had to be retained. In order to retain rubbing moves, whether players used a joystick or a direction key, the operation habits had to be in line with the combat players habits. Whats more, the soldiers could not all be in the same cross section. Boss Pei said that the game was actually 3D. The soldiers would come from all directions, but the players would only see the side of the character, which was in line with the perspective of traditional combat games. Thus, it was hard to understand how he should add this. Looking at everyones confused expressions, Pei Qian could not help but smile. Alright, the effect had been achieved! In fact, Pei Qian was most worried about two things: First, he was afraid that Ghost General 2 would become an action game like Repent and be Saved, or a matchless hack game. That would not be considered a combat game at all and would greatly increase the chances of making money. Second, he was afraid that Ghost General 2 would become a purebred combat game and be sought after by die hard gamers. Thus, Yu Fei smacked his head and came up with this plan. He would mess it up again and turn the game into nothing. Coupled with Yu Fei, the chief designer who did not understand combat games at all, everything was done! Do you have any other opinions? Very good, lets follow this plan. If you think of any ideas in the future, you can tell Yu Fei. He will give me feedback because of the unification of the ideas. Pei Qian only asked a symbolic question. At that moment, everyone was still thinking hard about what Boss Peis design meant. No one stood up to express their thoughts. That was good as well. When they had ideas, he would get them to feedback to Yu Fei. Yu Fei was not good at fighting games to begin with. He had no idea about the ultimate form of Ghost General 2. If his subordinates kept giving him suggestions, he would definitely become very confused. However, it should not be impossible. After all, the entire Tengda Games team was relatively professional. The biggest possibility was that it would be completed at the deadline. Then, they would create a strange-looking splicing monster. They would spend money to buy many resources so the graphics were not bad, but it would not be fun. That was the ultimate goal that Pei Qian wanted to pursue. Pei Qian was very satisfied with his own plan. He stood up and prepared to leave. Yu Fei nearly panicked when he saw Boss Pei leave. Wait, Boss Pei! Youre leaving this job to me like that? Pei Qian nodded. Of course. Arent you the chief designer? Who else would I hand it to? But Yu Fei looked confused, not even knowing what to say. Ive said so much just now. Cant Boss Pei tell that Im a scumbag? Cant Boss Pei tell that I really dont understand combat games at all? Why did Boss Pei still hand this important task to me? Boss Pei patted Yu Feis shoulder lightly as if he could see his confusion. Look, you were the one who suggested the main idea of this game. There shouldnt be a problem, right? Youre the chief designer of Tengda Games now. There shouldnt be a problem, right? The Eternal Reincarnation that you were in charge of just now was a huge success. It might not be a combat game but it is also a difficult operating game. There is a certain degree of commonality. There is no problem with this, right? If theres no problem, what other problems do you have? Yu Fei was tongue-tied. He did not expect Boss Pei to summarize three points to prove the reason behind the Ghost General 2 being handed over to Yu Fei. At that moment, he did not think of a good way to refute. Pei Qian smiled. Good luck, then! He turned and left the conference room, leaving Yu Fei in the conference room, looking confused, like he was daydreaming. Chapter 1246 - We Have A Combat Game Expert October 10th, Wednesday Yu Fei sat at his desk. On his computer screen was information about Ghost General. In his hand was a small notebook filled with scribbles. His face was filled with despair. This was really messed up! He had no idea at all! After the meeting on Monday, Yu Fei was forced by Boss Pei to work on the initial design of Ghost General 2. This was Yu Feis first time participating in the creative sharing session of Tengdas new game. It was completely different from what he had imagined! As a fan of Repent and be Saved, Yu Fei had always been interested in Tengda Games. He was originally very curious about how these classic games were designed. However, after he really came to Tengda Games, and even participated in the research and development as the substitute designer, Yu Fei suddenly realized that this was very different from what he had expected! What was the difference? There might be many differences, but the most outstanding point was the style! He kept feeling like he had opened it wrongly. He should not be in Tengda Games but somewhere else. One had to know that Tengda Games was very famous. It was well-known. In the games industry, Tengda Games could be said to be the elites of the domestic games industry. There were so many successful games that there were no overlaps. This was mainly because of the talented designer, Boss Pei. However, the employees in the games department could not be underestimated since they could achieve Boss Peis ideas to such an extent. One of them would probably be able to beat the producers of other companies. Everyone in Tengda knew that the people in the gaming department were direct subordinates of Boss Pei and elites among elites. They had received so many outstanding employees that once they were nurtured, they would be arranged to other industries. Huang Sibo, Lu Mingliang, and the others were all in the same situation. However, he realized that something was amiss after entering a department with so many halos. Yu Fei felt that as a layman, he had no game development experience at all. However, Boss Pei had entrusted him with an important task. This was ridiculous enough. Now, Boss Pei was even asking him to be in charge of designing and developing a combat game? What was he thinking? Of course, even though he was confused, Yu Fei, who had repeatedly told himself that he had to live up to the position, finally gave up struggling and started work step by step. His idea was that since the mission had been assigned, he would do as much as he could. It was normal that he had not completed it. He would more or less be worthy of the salary Boss Pei gave him. Repent and be Saved was made free of charge. The official platform was very supportive. Repent and be Saved was a Chinese-style background story after all. It was also a rare top-notch game under the category of action games. It was completely in line with the official platforms mission to promote traditional culture and promote the development of the game industry. However, this news had not been officially announced because the official platform had said that there was going to be a huge event! For a game like Repent and be Saved, it had to be free. It could not be done after the price was changed. That would be too shameful. Whats more, Tengda had taken the initiative to give a refund back to players who had recently purchased the game. The refund quota for players who had different purchase times were different. This had to be considered at length. It had to be perfected and dealt with by the relevant functions. Thus, the official platform decided to prepare for a period of time. They would officially publicize this news next week and open the official refund channel. At the same time, he promised that he would package Repent and be Saved and Eternal Reincarnation together after free. He would make the best recommendation in a month! Of course, he had to organize such a good thing. He could not let a good company like Tengda contribute silently. Yu Fei naturally had no objections. In his opinion, Repent and be Saved was still very influential even though it was made free which made the official platform have less of the profits. Whether it was attracting traffic to the platform, expanding the gamers, or promoting traditional culture, the invisible benefits that it brought to the official platform were very considerable. It was far greater than the small share. Under such circumstances, wasnt it normal for the official platform to give some good resources to publicize? Therefore, this matter had come to an end. Yu Fei handed the docking matter to the others and started racking his brains on the design plan for Ghost General 2. As for why he did not consult others He tried but to no avail. Everyone else in the gaming department spoke in unison: There was nothing they could do! It was not because people were indifferent. Everyone had good reasons. First of all, this idea was suggested by Yu Fei. Different people had different ideas and could not provide opinions. Everyone in the creative industry knew that different people had different ideas, so it was easy to turn their opinions into stitched up monsters. For example, when writing a novel, an author would write a plot outline for another author to write. What he wrote would definitely be unrecognizable. Since Boss Pei was adopting Yu Feis idea, no one else would be able to think about this problem for him. Secondly, Boss Pei had specifically asked Yu Fei to be in charge of this. This meant that Boss Pei must have seen a certain shine in him that was directly related to the game. Yu Fei could only think of ways to dig out this sparkle. Others might do something bad with good intentions if they helped, so that Yu Fei could not dig out this sparkle. Lastly, there was another important reason. Others did not know much about combat games! Having a little knowledge about combat games and being proficient in combat games were two completely different concepts. He could say that he knew a little about a few combo moves, but compared to those god-like players who were truly proficient in it, the gap might be even greater than between golden players and king players. MOBA games could sometimes be mixed and wait for teammates to carry them after all. On the other hand, combat games depended purely on ones skills. If one could not win, they could not win. Thus, for these complicated reasons, no one could provide suggestions. Yu Fei could only write all sorts of scribbles in his little notebook in despair. Some ideas surfaced in his mind, but he quickly rejected them. Just as he was feeling helpless, he suddenly heard Min Jingchaos surprised voice. Eh? Old Hu, youre back? Old Hu? Hu Xianbin?! Yu Fei jumped up and looked at the door. It was really Hu Xianbin! They had not seen each other in two months. Hu Xianbin was tanner and thinner. He looked very energetic. However, the expression on his face, which seemed to be from a lifetime ago, still exposed the inhumane treatment he had been receiving during this period. Yu Fei was overjoyed. It was not an exaggeration to say that he was in a desperate situation. After two whole months, Hu Xianbin was finally back! Do you know how I spent the past two months? However, it was good that he was back. Old Hu coming back at this time was no different from a savior. Yu Fei knew that he finally did not have to kill his brain cells over the matter of Ghost General 2 anymore. He would be free if he handed this task to Hu Xianbin and briefly explained Boss Peis request! At that thought, he immediately rushed forward. Brother Hu, you came back at the right time! Come quick, Ill briefly explain the design direction of Ghost General 2 to you. Lets hand over some work and Ill go back to write a novel! Sigh, I wont hide it from you, Brother Hu. I cant take it anymore as the substitute team leader. If you had come two days later, I would have been tortured to death. Yu Fei was overjoyed. He was beaming with joy, as if he had finally hailed a taxi after standing in the cold wind for more than an hour. Hu Xianbin looked at him with a strange expression. He wanted to speak a few times but Yu Fei was too happy. He kept talking to himself but Hu Xianbin did not find a chance to interrupt. Hu Xianbin finally seized the opportunity when Fei was really about to pull Hu Xianbin to the workstation to hand over his work. He sighed softly and said, Erm, calm down and listen to my explanation. Actually, I came back this time because the special training camp gave us a holiday. They asked us to rest, reorganize and deal with the remaining affairs of the various departments so that we can prepare for the journey to Shennongjia. Therefore, you are unable to handover work to me. You will probably have to continue for another month. Yu Feis expression froze instantly. He might still have a surprised smile on his face, but his eyes were filled with doubts. Shennongjia? What are you going to do in Shennongjia? Hasnt a month already passed? Hu Xianbin explained, Last month, we only conducted physical fitness training at a special training base in Jingzhou. That was not considered official content. After the physical fitness training is complete, we have to go to Shennongjia to suffer for a month. Everything that happened previously was foreshadowing. This trip to Shennongjia is the main highlight of this event. Yu Fei was dumbfounded and lost the ability to speak for a moment. Hu Xianbin patted his shoulder sympathetically. Trust me, Im more upset than you Yu Fei still did not give up. Must you go? Cant they make an exception? Hu Xianbin forced a smile. Do you think I wouldnt try it if there was a way to make an exception? Its almost as if I want to go to Shennongjia! I envy you so much. You just have to think about the new game at work every day. I am really going to suffer! Why dont we change positions and you go to Shennongjia? I have no objections! Yu Feis face darkened. Theres no need for that! Sigh, how about this, Brother Hu? Since you still have a short holiday, why dont you help me think about the prototype of this game? Im mainly worried that Im not capable enough. What if I mess up the game and destroy Tengda Games golden reputation? Wouldnt I become a sinner? Im really not good at fighting games! Hu Xianbin sniggered. What a coincidence. Im not good at it either. Theres nothing I can do. Yu Fei: What should we do then! Good lord, no one in the project team was good at fighting games. How could they do that? Boss Pei might be good at it, but he no longer did the specific design work. Learn and understand now? It would be too late. How could he master it in a day or two? Hu Xianbin rubbed his chin and pondered for a moment before saying, Actually, Tengda Games had a big boss who was good at fighting games previously. Yu Feis eyes lit up. Oh? Who is it? Tengda Games was indeed filled with crouching tigers and hidden dragons. If Hu Xianbin had not revealed this information, he would not have known. After a moment of silence, Hu Xianbin said slowly, Brother Bao. Yu Fei : Alright, it was as good as not speaking. Chapter 1247 - Hu Xianbin’s Mind Yu Fei had long heard that Bao Xu was a god who was proficient in almost all games. It was reasonable for him to study combat games. However, the key was that Bao Xu was no longer in the gaming department. He was in charge of Suffering Travels! They fell into a deadlock once again. Suddenly, Hu Xianbin had a flash of inspiration. Eh, speaking of Brother Bao, I suddenly have a good idea! If this idea can be realized, the two of us might be able to achieve a win-win situation! Wait, let me think about the details. Yu Fei looked confused. He did not know what Hu Xianbin meant by win-win situation. Hu Xianbin seemed to be calculating something as a genuine smile spread across his face. He would definitely suffer during this trip to Shennongjia. Hu Xianbin knew this very well. It was impossible not to go, but there would be differences even if they were to suffer. The schedule was basically set. Bao Xu would be going on this trip as well. When they first heard about this, Hu Xianbin and Huang Sibo were shocked. Didnt Bao Xu hate traveling the most? Logically speaking, Bao Xu was in charge of the Suffering Travels now. Shouldnt he send the others out and leave himself in Jingzhou to play games happily? Why was he going there himself? After everyone analyzed it, they realized that this was a very dangerous signal. Indeed, Bao Xu did not like to go out and run around. He basically could not get any fun from traveling. In that case, the reason why he took the initiative to go out this time must be because he would be able to have more fun than staying in Jingzhou. Where was the source of this pleasure? Obviously, he wanted to watch others suffer Bao Xu might be very comfortable staying in Jingzhou but how would he be able to see these people suffer up close? That was why Bao Xu decided to follow them and watch them suffer up close! After thinking about this question, Hu Xianbin and the others shuddered. Obviously, this trip to Shennongjia might not be dangerous, but he would definitely suffer What if Bao Xu did not go? Even though Sa Ziran was very professional in wilderness survival, he would definitely not be as ruthless as Bao Xu. The people in charge could naturally suffer less. However, it was not so easy to keep Bao Xu in Jingzhou. That meant that Bao Xu had to willingly give up watching them suffer. However, there was now a more suitable reason. Tengda Games was in trouble and needed Brother Bao to save it! Hu Xianbin had a better understanding of Bao Xus character. Bao Xu might have been a little overwhelmed by revenge but he should not stand by and do nothing when the games department encountered problems. Then He would probably be able to persuade Bao Xu to stay and help as long as he tried to reason and move, design time was tight and the development task was serious. Even though he could not cancel the trip to Shennongjia fundamentally, as long as Bao Xu did not go, everyones suffering would definitely improve greatly! After all, Sa Ziran did not dare to be so harsh. Everything would be fine as long as Bao Xu was not there. At that thought, Hu Xianbin said, How about this? You can ask Brother Bao for help, but dont say that I asked you to go. Otherwise, it might arouse his suspicion. As long as you can convince Brother Bao to help, this design problem will definitely be resolved! Yu Fei was a little hesitant. Will this work? Im not familiar with Brother Bao. Hu Xianbin nodded. Sure, its because youre not familiar with him that you can persuade him. Almost everyone who was familiar with him had voted for him before. They were all recorded in his little notebook. If Hu Xianbin went to look for Bao Xu, Bao Xu would definitely suspect his motives immediately. However, Yu Fei was different. Firstly, he had never voted for Bao Xu and did not incur a direct hatred with Bao Xu. Secondly, on the surface, he looked like he had nothing to do with the Suffering Travels. He would not be suspected if he looked for Bao Xu to help. Lastly, Yu Fei indeed did not understand combat games and was not good at game design. He really needed help. Considering the situation, Bao Xus heart was actually very likely to turn soft! Hu Xianbin could also use this opportunity to reduce the difficulty of his tortuous journey and suffer less. Yu Fei nodded. Alright, Ill try. Since Hu Xianbin was not here to take over, he could only hold out for another month. He had wanted to give up at first. However, since Hu Xianbin had pointed out a clear path, he might as well ask Bao Xu. What if Bao Xu had a better idea? As long as he had a general direction and was not completely blind, it would not be difficult to last for another month. At that thought, Yu Fei sorted out his thoughts and prepared to go and ask Bao Xu for guidance. Dont say that I asked you to go! Hu Xianbin reminded him again worriedly. At the same time, at the special training base of Suffering Travels. Meng Chang had just finished touring the entire special training base. Under Bao Xus passionate recommendation, he tasted the compressed biscuits, canned food, and compressed meat pancakes. In the end, he drank two large bottles of water but could not cleanse his mouth. Alright, thank you for the introduction. I basically understand the situation of this special training base. Meng Chang had a complicated expression. He had long heard that Bao Xu had created a Suffering Travels after receiving the Dream Fund. However, he had not expected to suffer so much! After all, the people participating in this project were the most expensive in-charge of Tengdas various departments. All of them did not have to worry about food and drinks. They had achieved something in their own fields. It was simply too miserable to be forced to participate in such a masochistic project. Bao Xu did not give them any face at all. He was practically training them to death. Of course, the most amazing thing was that Boss Pei was fully supportive of this. He did not seem to be worried that this would affect the daily operations of the various departments. One had to know that the bigger a company was, the more things there would be. The person-in-charge of the departments was the backbone of the entire company. They would be in charge of handling various things and uploading various news. Many department heads of other companies were extremely tired from working from morning to night. Yet, the person-in-charge of Tengda could take two months to suffer? That was ridiculous. Meng Changs mission this month was to publicize Suffering Travels. He had no idea how to publicize it even though he already knew some things. Perhaps it was because after his previous thoughts were denied, the entire knowledge structure of the Pei family publicity method was gradually reorganizing and recovering. Thats all for today, then. Thank you very much. When you guys go to Shennongjia later, Ill arrange for someone to accompany you guys. Well shoot some materials that might be used or they might not. I have to go back and think about how to publicize it. I might need your cooperation in the future, Brother Bao. Meng Chang was prepared to leave. Bao Xu nodded. No problem, well definitely cooperate! After sending Meng Chang off, Bao Xu waited for a while at the special training base before Yu Fei arrived. Before he came, Yu Fei had already contacted Bao Xu and briefly explained his intention. Bao Xu did not agree directly nor did he reject it. He only said that he would talk about it and make a decision after confirming the specific situation of the game. Come, please take a seat. Theres nothing much to host you here. Theres only mineral water. Make do with it. Bao Xu brought Yu Fei to the training room in the special training base and sat down. This was mainly to teach the students about outdoor survival knowledge. It was currently acting as a guest room. Yu Fei subconsciously looked around. Was this the special training base that Tengda was in charge of making the people-in-charge suffer? According to Hu Xianbin and the others descriptions, this place was like the dungeons of the East factory. Those who did not know would think that it was a dark place. However, it seemed like the conditions were still alright. Brother Bao, let me briefly explain the current situation Yu Fei explained Ghost General 2s situation, including the few design points that Boss Pei had raised and his own confusion. Of course, he did not mention Hu Xianbin. Hu Xianbin had repeatedly emphasized this before he came. Bao Xu fell into deep thought after listening to Yu Feis explanation. Yu Feis eyes lit up when he saw Bao Xus expression. Theres a chance! He knew that Bao Xu might be famous as a Traveller but he was actually a gaming expert. At the same time, he was one of the people who could understand Boss Peis intentions the best. When Ocean Stronghold was first developed, Huang Sibo was only the chief planner while Bao Xu was the one who interpreted Boss Peis thoughts and designed the game concept. When they heard about the requirements for Ghost General 2, most of them were confused and had no clue at all. On the other hand, Bao Xu did not look surprised at all. Instead, he was seriously thinking about the feasibility. That was enough to show that he had found the right person. After some consideration, Bao Xu said, I can roughly guess a rough design prototype. However I cannot make it so clear to you. That is not in line with my principles. Yu Fei was stunned. Huh? Isnt Tengdas mission to help each other? As far as he knew, Bao Xu was a warm-hearted person. He had even gone to the snack market to help out. Why did he decline this time then? Bao Xu explained, Theres a prerequisite for helping each other. We cannot affect the original person-in-charges thinking. Boss Peis selection of project managers is very particular. The essence of certain projects can only be designed by a specific person-in-charge. When I helped out with the snack market. I might have raised some of my own ideas, but Zhang Yahui was the last gate. We have a division of labor. However, your situation is different. We are all working on game creativity. Our work content overlaps. If my thoughts affect you too much, it would become my design and not your design. This might go against Boss Peis original plan. Yu Fei said, But What design can I have now? Im completely confused. Brother Bao, if you dont help me, I dont think this game will be produced at all Bao Xu thought about it and nodded slightly. Thats true. The prototype of the game that I came up with in my head is indeed very difficult to develop. Its not a job that you can do now. However, I definitely cannot take on everything and design for you. What if Boss Pei doesnt think that way? Wouldnt that be a mess? Hmm You should give Boss Pei a call at a time like this. Chapter 1248 - Small Adjustment for the Suffering Journey After observing for a period of time, Yu Fei realized that there was an unwritten rule in Tengda: Ask Boss Pei if you meet with any problems. Many people in charge would report to Boss Pei when they could not make up their minds. However, this behavior was not like some companies that would report everything. The people in charge of Tengda seemed to have their own screening mechanism. They would definitely not ask Boss Pei about some problems. Even if they had to think hard for a few days, they had to rely on their own ability to solve them. Some problems would be asked immediately after they encountered them. Until now, Yu Fei still did not understand what the screening mechanism behind this was. Perhaps the necessary quality of being the person-in-charge of Tengda was to be able to distinguish which problems needed to be reported and which problems did not need to be reported? Yu Fei thought about it. He might only be the chief designer of the substitute job now, but he still had to work for a month after all. A month might not be long, but he still had to master many necessary skills. Otherwise, wouldnt he be dragging others down? Yes, perhaps Bao Xu, a veteran employee, would know about this? At that thought, Yu Fei asked his question and gave a hint. He said that Boss Pei seemed to want him to slowly understand. Would it not be good to call him to ask? Bao Xu pondered for a moment and said, Are you saying that you dont understand when you should call and ask for instructions? Yes, this is indeed a learning point. Then Ill briefly explain it to you. These are the rules that Ive summarized from observing the various department heads. Now that youre the person-in-charge, you must grasp this rule as well. According to my observations, the people in charge might encounter three situations in their daily work. The first is the trivialities of daily work. If this is not done well, it will be purely a problem of personal ability. You must think of ways to overcome it. You cannot disturb Boss Pei. The second is a very high-end problem that involves the future direction of the entire industry. We must ask Boss Pei for instructions on this. Thats because only Boss Pei can combine the situation of the various industries and come up with the most reasonable plan. The third situation is between these two. Its not purely daily trivialities, nor is it a huge matter that would directly affect the decision of the entire industry. Instead, it would be a certain amount of damage after making a mistake, but it would not be a problem of eternal damnation. You dont usually have to ask Boss Pei such questions. Thats because Boss Pei often gave certain restrictions and hints when assigning tasks. The reason why he did not make it so clear was mainly to nurture the ability of the people in charge to think independently and improve their vision, horizons, and business level. Boss Peis goal is to nurture every person-in-charge into an all-rounder. Not only would he have a deep understanding of the industry and insights, he would also become a true leader. At the same time, he would also be able to work in different fields. After assigning the tasks, the people in charge would use the conditions Boss Pei gave to reverse engineer Boss Peis true thoughts. This is equivalent to training. If you train too much, your work ability will naturally improve. Yu Fei nodded. He had already joined Tengda for a period of time and was in Tengda Games. He had heard many old employees talk about the behind the scenes story of Boss Pei developing games. The person-in-charge of the games department had gone through painstaking means to solve every riddle. This was indeed a form of nurturing, a test, like a complete question. Bao Xu changed the topic. However, there are special circumstances where you have to consult Boss Pei. For example, there is indeed no progress. It might even affect the working period and cause the project to be incomplete. Or perhaps, the situation and environment changed after Boss Pei assigned the task. The original plan might not be suitable anymore. Boss Pei might be able to see the pros and cons of everyone, but he cant be 100% accurate. Sometimes, he would overestimate or underestimate his employees. If you encounter these problems, you have to report them in time. Boss Pei will decide if you want to make some adjustments to the plan. Yu Fei nodded, completely understanding. Obviously, he had to ask for instructions now. On one hand, Yu Fei had made no progress after two days of hard thinking. If he continued to be so conflicted, it might affect the working period and the progress of the project. On the other hand, Boss Pei might have indeed trusted him too much. Or perhaps he had overestimated Yu Feis talent in game design. It was too difficult to complete the question. He should indeed ask for instructions. Thank you, Brother Bao! As expected, after listening to Brother Baos explanation, I understand much more! Yu Fei could not help but feel emotional. He did not expect to gain something from this trip. After mastering this reporting mechanism, he would not be blind when he encountered problems at work. There was no need to worry about it: this problem did not feel big or small. Should he alarm Boss Pei? Soon, Bao Xu called Boss Pei and briefly explained Yu Fei to him. Boss Pei, thats about it. I might have a rough and vague idea but from my point of view, the difficulty of this mission is a little too high for Yu Fei. He might not be up to the task. If the progress is not smooth, we might not be able to complete it within the working period. So, Im going to confirm with you how to deal with this matter? Should I let Yu Fei continue his research or should I help him? On the other end of the line, Pei Qian fell silent. Erm This was a little difficult. Pei Qian did not know that Yu Fei and Bao Xu had only called after repeatedly arguing about feasibility. He had always hoped that his employees would ask more questions. That was because the more he asked, the clearer the communication would be. It would be easier to misunderstand his meaning! Whats more, Pei Qians motive for giving Yu Fei this task was very simple. It was purely to incur losses. However, it seemed like this difficulty was indeed a little high for Yu Fei? That was because previous chief designers had at least had basic working experience and were relatively capable. They had never encountered problems with the lags. However, Yu Fei was a half-baked designer after all. He had only been the substitute designer for two months. He was also in charge of combat games that the other people in the department were not good at. According to the current script, there was indeed a huge risk that the game would not be completed before settlement. The delayed resolution was definitely unacceptable. After some consideration, Pei Qian said, Yes, what you said makes sense. I didnt consider it well enough. How about this? You stay and help Yu Fei. However, you must take note that you cannot do everything on your own. Instead, you must focus on guidance, support, and inspiration. You must not interfere too much with your own design. Pei Qian was very clear about Bao Xus capabilities. His brilliance might have been overshadowed by his travels but in Pei Qians eyes, Bao Xus danger in the game was comparable to Huang Sibo and the others. After all, Bao Xu was the one who had completed Ocean Strongholds original design back then. Huang Sibo was only in charge of the overall planning and execution. That was why Pei Qian repeatedly emphasized that Bao Xu was only a safeguard so that the game could be completed as scheduled. He wanted him and Yu Fei to balance out. Bao Xu immediately said, Dont worry, Boss Pei. Ill know my limits. After all, Im now the person-in-charge of Suffering Travels. I still have work to complete. I wont overstep my boundaries. At that point, Pei Qian suddenly realized a problem. Eh, thats right. You have to go to Shennongjia this month for the torturous trip. Didnt you say that you want to accompany them? The timing seems to conflict. Bao Xu was silent for a moment. Sigh, that cant be helped. The gaming department is more important. If it doesnt work out, I wont go. Let Sa Ziran keep an eye on them. Theyll benefit this time. Ill follow them next time. It was obvious that Bao Xu had made a huge sacrifice. Pei Qian pondered for a moment. That wouldnt do. If Bao Xu did not go, Sa Ziran would definitely not bear to be ruthless. Pei Qian had already given orders time and time again to not be polite to the people in charge. However, after observing from the special training base, Sa Ziran still could not be as cruel as Bao Xu. That was normal. After all, the most ruthless were the experienced ones. The trip to Shennongjia would last for a month. If Bao Xu did not go, wouldnt the person-in-charge have escaped a calamity? The suffering would be greatly reduced! At that time, as long as they complained about being tired or uncomfortable, Sa Ziran would definitely let them rest. That would definitely not do! It was completely opposite to the original intention of suffering! Whats more, for Bao Xu to stay in the games department for a month was too dangerous and uncontrollable. Pei Qian pondered for a moment and quickly thought of a good solution. How about this? I cant let you sacrifice too much. Ill give you a week to think of a way to help Yu Fei complete the design plan. As long as you have a clear plan and am sure that he will definitely be able to create the game within the time frame. You dont have to stay here for a month. The trip to Shennongjia is still ongoing as scheduled. I remember that the previous schedule was to arrange for a simple field of survival in the first half of the journey. The latter half would then be to tour the nearby popular attractions? How about this? Go one week later and make up for this time. In other words, the previous schedule was calculated as a week: survival in the wild for two weeks, touring the popular attractions for two weeks. Now, it has become: 1 week of wild survival (without Bao Xu), 1 week of wild survival (with Bao Xu), 2 weeks of touring popular attractions, 1 week of wild survival (with Bao Xu). Bao Xu was stunned. Huh? Is that alright? Pei Qian said, Why not? These are all work needs. The work of the games department is very important, but the work of Suffering Travels is also very important. You have to take care of both ends. You can only make some insignificant adjustments to the schedule. Its just spending more money. Its no big deal. Everyone has been working too hard. Its not easy for them to travel and play for a few days. It doesnt matter if they play for a week or two more. Dont you think that such a schedule is more scientific? Its like a piece of oreo, with emotions fluctuating like waves. According to the original schedule, the first half a month was torturous, and the next half a month would be completely relaxing. The sensory stimulation will not be rich enough. The new arrangement would leave a deeper impression on everyone. Chapter 1249 - Doesn’t Anyone Have to Take Responsibility? Bao Xu was very touched. As expected of Boss Pei. He did not ask me to silently contribute and sacrifice. Instead, he found a perfect solution! This time, Bao Xu had no more regrets and hung up happily. After that, he conveyed Boss Peis arrangements to Yu Fei. The matter has been resolved! Ill briefly arrange the work here first. The Suffering Travels plan will be carried out as scheduled. Ill go to Tengda Games tomorrow or the day after tomorrow to study the design plan for Ghost General 2 with you. Yu Fei was overjoyed. He immediately went back to organize the relevant information and waited for Bao Xu to arrive. Yu Fei returned to Tengda Games and found Hu Xianbin still there. He seemed to be waiting for news of his victory. Indeed, Hu Xianbin immediately stood up expectantly after seeing Yu Fei. How is it? What did Brother Bao say? This movement and expression were exactly the same as when Yu Fei saw Hu Xianbin return. However, their roles seemed to have reversed. Yu Fei grinned. Brother Bao agreed to help! Really? Thats great! Hu Xianbin almost jumped with joy. Obviously, he was genuinely happy. That was because the game had to be developed for at least half a year. If Bao Xu wanted to help here, it meant that he would not go to Shennongjia. Of course, they could suffer less under Sa Ziran. Yu Fei added, However, it might be a little different from the script you expected. Hu Xianbins smile froze on his face. Huh? Whats the difference? Yu Fei said, Brother Bao will only stay in Jingzhou for a week. He will go to Shennongjia after helping me complete the design draft. Hu Xianbin froze. However, he immediately patted his chest and heaved a sigh of relief. It was alright, it was alright. He would be making a profit if he could skip a week. The first two weeks of the trip to Shennongjia was for wilderness survival, and the second two weeks were for tourism. In other words, the first week of wilderness survival in these two weeks was relatively easy. Yu Fei continued, At first, Brother Bao was already prepared to give up on going to Shennongjia. However, Boss Pei said that this is also a serious job. He cannot suffer and travel because of the games department. Thus, even though Brother Bao went a week later, he would make up for it in the end. In other words, the field survival content has been extended to three weeks. There will be two weeks in the first and one week in the last. The schedule to visit the famous scenic spots in the middle will not change. Hu Xianbin froze. Finished. Everything was finished! He had tried to gain an advantage only to end up worse off! He had thought that it would be easier if Bao Xu did not go. He had not expected Boss Pei to make up for it directly! Compared to before, there was an additional week of wilderness survival! Was this what they meant by you reap what you sow? After a long time, he finally recovered and said to Yu Fei, Brother, lets discuss. You have to keep this a secret for me. Dont let other people in charge know If others found out that an additional week of wilderness survival was because of Hu Xianbins suggestion, the consequences would be dire! Hu Xianbin did not want to be beaten to death in Shennongjia by the angry people in charge October 11th, Thursday Pei Qian refreshed IOIs official website like a routine and once again posted the soulful question. What are these people doing! What are Eric and Zhao Xuming thinking? No, I have to call and ask. Pei Qian could not sit still anymore. The original plan for the Gods Fantasy, Coexistence At The Peak event was for two weeks. It was already at the end stage. The first week was during the holiday. Eric, Zhao Xuming, and the others might be on holiday or might not be very sensitive to data changes. They did not come up with any plans. That was fine. However, they should have already started working normally during the second week? It was already Thursday and there was still no movement. Was something wrong? The original intention of this event was to give IOI some fresh blood. However, because of that loophole, it became a flow between the two games. A large number of IOI loyal gamers had registered for GOGs account in order to obtain rewards. In order to participate in the event and obtain rewards, they had to go through the newbie process. During this process, it was inevitable to play with some real friends. Many of IOIs loyal gamers in reality knew how to play GOG. Even though they could only start the event after completing the newbie match, there was no level restriction for the initial teams. If his own liver was still his liver, why not play with his friends in the online game? In the end, this event became more and more problematic. On GOGs side, there were fewer and fewer gamers going to IOI. There were still two or three days before the event ended, but gamers who insisted on going online to get rewards were just one step away. They had already met all sorts of requirements like online time. They were just waiting to go online on the last day to get rewards. On the other hand, on IOIs side, the gamers who came to GOG were showing signs of being overwhelmed. They did not seem to want to go back. There was not much difference in the prizes between the two sides in this event, but GOGs daily benefits were much more intense than IOIs! In addition, there were many players. The matching mechanism would be more effective. Thus, overall, the game experience would be better. All these situations were displayed on the data. It was obvious that IOIs data was still higher than before the event but it was gradually going downhill. IOIs data would probably fall drastically when the event ended and GOG gamers obtained the reward in GOG as they wished. On the other hand, GOGs figures had already caught up to their original figures two days ago. The drainage effect of this event was actually quite obvious considering that some players would return after the event ended. Or rather, he had successfully converted a group of players who were originally extremely loyal to IOI and determined not to touch GOG Look at how things had turned out Pei Qian wanted to vomit blood. Everything was going wrong! He had wanted to transfuse blood to IOI, but why were the blood veins flowing towards him after connecting? All the preventive measures did not seem to be effective at all! The most ridiculous thing was that even though there was a loophole in IOI, they still ignored it. Their slow reaction was simply incomprehensible. Pei Qian could not wait any longer. After much consideration, he finally called Eric. It did not matter even if the other party misunderstood him. He had to make this call. If he could not figure out the truth, Pei Qian would not be able to eat and sleep well. He would die for no reason. The phone rang for a while before picking up. Hello? Boss Pei. Erics voice was calm on the other end of the line. Pei Qian: Er If Eric had lashed out or sounded confused, Pei Qian would have had something to say. However, Erics attitude seemed to be filled with nonchalance. Pei Qian did not know what to say for a moment. Both of them remained silent for a few seconds. Pei Qian pondered for a moment. He could not be so awkward. He had to ask the questions that he had thought of. Dont you realize that this event is different from what we planned before? Thats too strange. Pei Qian regretted it immediately. There seemed to be some ambiguity in his words Pei Qians original intention was to ask sincerely, but to the other party, these words seemed to carry a sense of dullness after victory. It seemed to be saying that I had buried a trap in the event. I thought that you could find the trap and add some fun to our battle. In the end, you stepped into it?! However, since he had already said that, he could not explain it clearly. Indeed, Eric had misunderstood. Boss Pei, your move is indeed brilliant. You deliberately led us to change the setting of an event, causing the entire event to have a completely opposite outcome from what we expected. However I noticed this problem the day after the event began. Pei Qian was confused. Why didnt you do anything about it? Eric smiled helplessly. Thats because Im powerless. Didnt I say it after I returned from my previous report? I might still be the person-in-charge of IOI in China in name, but Im actually just a puppet. Dayak Corporation wants to strengthen their control over Finger Games and obtain more benefits from IOI. This event is in line with the higher-ups expectations. Whats more, IOIs local server is completely different from other servers. The other servers might also have loopholes, but the gap in the number of players is not that big. While the two-way flow is happening, IOIs local data is also increasing. For the upper echelons, there might be some small loopholes in this event, but it is operating well. The cost and negative impact of closing this loophole are too great. The loss outweighs the gain. All the data during the event was not bad. Who could predict that the data after the event would definitely plummet? Whats more, Boss Pei, not all companies have the same structure as Tengda. If someone is determined to block this loophole, he would have to take full responsibility once something goes wrong in the process. No one would do such a stupid thing. If we dont do anything, this is a decision made by everyone. Even if something goes wrong, we will bear the responsibility together. From the looks of the situation in the other regions, doing nothing is the best choice. Of course, the only exception is the China region. The consequences are dire because there is a huge gap in the number of players on both sides. However, Ill say it again. Im just a mouthpiece. I can only choose to report such problems. Whats more, this is a global event. Its definitely impossible to change the activities in the China region alone. That would make players feel that they were treated differently. Therefore, after I reported this question, the higher-ups did not give a clear answer. They could not reach a consensus. Pei Qian: He had nothing to say. Perhaps this was the so-called big company disease As he had been in Tengda for a long time, Pei Qian always had the illusion that the will of a certain company was actually shifted by the will of the leader. In Tengda, Pei Qians meaning was often misunderstood by the employees. However, overall, he still maintained absolute control of the entire company. He could basically push whatever he wanted to do very smoothly. It would not be a problem even if it was something outrageous. However, Dayak Corporation was different. They were a large corporation. High-level leaders would not pay attention to the activities of a certain subsidiary under them. The upper echelons who were directly in charge saw that the activity was doing well elsewhere and lacked motivation. They did not want to take the blame because of rash actions. Eric might have realized the problem, but he could not do much during the process. In short, those who understood the problem might not be in charge. Those who had the final say were too far away and could not understand the seriousness of the problem. Thus, after some time, he was stuck. That made Pei Qian think of the famous joke. In the first stage, we claim that nothing has happened; In the second stage, something might happen, but we should not take action; In the third stage, we might say that we should take action, but because of various problems, we actually cant do anything. In the fourth stage, he said that he might have been able to do something back then, but it was too late now. Pei Qian felt that this was very strange. So, this is over? Isnt there anyone who would take responsibility for this? Eric: There is. Pei Qian: Who? Eric sounded helpless. Me. Chapter 1250 - Treat You to a Meal! Obviously, Eric was the best candidate to take the blame for this matter. The figures in the other regions might have changed as well but the number of players in the two games were not that big after all. During the event period, IOIs data would increase before decreasing. This could be explained as a normal phenomenon in the event. It was just like how the flow of customers would increase when the supermarket was discounted. After the discount, the flow of customers would definitely decrease. All in all, the person-in-charge of IOIs other regions could find a lot of things to say, and everyones interests were basically the same. The upper echelons of the corporation did not take any action against this event out of various considerations. Thus, everyone would bear the responsibility together. The upper echelons would not pursue the matter if the other regions were slightly muddled. However, the situation in China was different. The number of people in GOG and IOI games was huge, so the data change was especially obvious. It was too eye-catching compared to the data in other areas. It could not be muddled. Whats more, Eric was the one who submitted the plan for this joint event. Was there anyone more suitable than Eric to take the blame? Eric had thought about it more idealistically previously and felt that he was just a mouthpiece. There were many things that did not need to be decided and naturally did not need to be responsible. However, he was obviously still wrong: Many a time, the mouthpiece would naturally become the scapegoat. After all, a mouthpiece was dispensable. It was logical to take the blame. Pei Qian was utterly speechless. Awful, absolutely miserable! Eric looked like he was willing to admit defeat and did not complain too much. However, Pei Qian thought about it carefully. Ever since he got to know Eric, this brother seemed to be on the decline At the beginning, he was a high-level executive in Dayak Corporations media business. He was parachuted into Finger Games and became the person-in-charge of IOIs China region. He should have made a big splash. However, he did not do well in the beginning. He did not improve after a long time. Eric had been lying low for a period of time after being removed for the first time. He had finally made a comeback. In the end, he was going to be removed again not long after. Eric might not have said it explicitly but Pei Qian could guess what would happen to him. He would definitely not be able to be the person-in-charge of the China region. He would not be fired directly, but he would probably not be responsible for work related to Finger Games and IOI anymore. The most likely outcome would be that he would be demoted symbolically and go back to work. However, Pei Qian could not do much. He could not possibly ask Dayak Corporation for Eric to continue being the person-in-charge of the China region, right? Wouldnt that confirm their inappropriate relationship? Pei Qian pondered for a moment and said, Do you want to come to Jingzhou again before you leave? Shall I treat you to a meal? Eric thought for a moment. Alright, Ill be on plane the day after tomorrow. I will be on time if I take the high-speed rail to Jingzhou today and go back tomorrow night. Pei Qian was elated. Alright, let me know before you come. Ill arrange for someone to receive you! He had to be better to his good brother. If not for Eric, IOI would not have accompanied GOG to burn money for so long. Pei Qian had relied on this to survive through so many cycles. If not for IOIs help, Pei Qian would have gone crazy over GOGs profits. However, his good brother had also burned himself in his selfless contributions and became a scapegoat. Pei Qian was a loyal person. How could he let his good brother shed blood and tears? He did not know when they would meet again. No matter how poor Pei Qian was, he could still afford a full meal. Whats more, the System would reimburse him. At the same time, Bao Xu arrived at Tengda Games. Brother Bao is back? Hello, Brother Bao! As one of the oldest employees in the gaming department, Bao Xu had a good relationship with these people. Many people were greeting him. Unlike the people in charge who would tremble when they saw Bao Xu, these ordinary employees were not that afraid of him. The people who suffered in Suffering Travels were the People-in-charge. What has that got to do with people like us? Even if many people had voted for Bao Xu before, those were anonymous votes. Bao Xu could not find out who had voted and not voted for him. Thus, no one was worried that Bao Xu would catch them and torture them. Under such circumstances, everyones attitude towards Bao Xu was still relatively friendly. After exchanging pleasantries with everyone, Bao Xu arrived at his desk. Hmm For some reason, he felt like a lifetime had passed. Tengda Games had many empty work desks now, but some personal items were retained. The computers were not formatted or re-installed. For example, Huang Sibos work desk, Lu Mingliangs work desk, Lin Wans work desk, Li Yadas work desk Amongst them, Lin Wans work desk was especially special. Even though she was currently at Slow Movement Studio, she had a used work desk in Tengda Games and a used work desk in Shang Yang Games. Keeping the workstations meant that every employee who left Tengda could come back often to take a look. This was their eternal home. However, Bao Xu felt that the empty seats were like tombstones Of course, this might just be an illusion. He pulled a chair over and began discussing Ghost General 2 with Yu Fei. During this period of time, Yu Fei had already sorted out some information. It was mainly the original arts and settings of the various generals. He had also downloaded some classic combat games on his computer, such as Boxer. However, from the looks of the current situation, there was not much progress. If one only played the game for a while, they would only have a superficial understanding of it. It would not be of any help to the game design. The area where Yu Fei was progressing was that he had sorted out all the concept art for the heroes in Ghost General and studied their character summary and life details carefully. Hmm He had to say that the person who wrote this story background is really a talent. Of course, more accurately put, Ghost General did not have a story plot or background. It only had the character of a general. However, he could still imagine a lot of things through the character of a general and some historical events in the three kingdoms. Yu Fei was very curious about the original author of Ghost General. He found an old employee of the gaming department and found out that this was the work of the two Boss Ma. The first Boss Ma was called Ma Yang. He was Tengdas first employee and Boss Peis right-hand man. He was once in charge of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Dream Realization Ventures, E-Sports Club, and many other important projects. It was said that he was an investment genius driven by interest. The most outstanding investment case was for Finger Games. He earned 500 million yuan with one investment. Boss Ma had probably been in charge of Bunny Tail Live-Stream recently. He had also achieved results. Even though Boss Mas work did not have much to do with words, his casual performance had given the game Ghost General a soul. One could say that his work was natural and was a stroke of luck. The second Boss Ma was an old acquaintance of Yu Fei. After all, Ma Yiqun was the person-in-charge of Zhongdian Chinese Network. Yu Fei himself was an author of Zhongdian Chinese Network and an outstanding member of the inspiration class. It was said that Ma Yiqun had previously worked in Tengda Games as well. He had revised the background introduction of all the generals in Ghost General and also rewrote the background introduction for the new generals that joined in. On top of retaining this unique style, the content was filled up and expanded. After that, the background story of Ghost General was more or less confirmed. Yu Fei suddenly felt proud for being in charge of this project. He was standing on the shoulders of a giant! Even though his surname was not Ma and could not be summarized as a three horses legend, that was not important. The key was to contribute to a satisfactory game for players. Yu Fei was very confident in the plot. After all, Boss Pei had praised the plot of Eternal Reincarnation very much. Whats more, the game had been created. The response was not bad. In terms of plot, Ghost General 2 should have a lot of potential. The key was still how to design the game. Bao Xu sat beside Yu Fei and seriously considered how to help. In fact, he already had a rough idea, but he could not tell Yu Fei directly. This was what Boss Pei had specifically emphasized: to let Yu Fei think independently, Bao Xu was only playing a role of inspiration. However, to what extent? This was a technical job. Going too far was as bad as falling short. It would definitely affect if he said too much. It would not be effective if he said too little. After some consideration, Bao Xu decided to start with the characteristics of combat games. He would briefly talk about some basic knowledge that was easy to ignore. Then, he would slowly expand on this foundation to help Yu Fei complete the entire design smoothly. Combat games are actually rather unique. You are an old gamer of Repent and be Saved. You might think that action games and combat games are similar, but in fact, they are very different in the eyes of combat games enthusiasts. Boss Pei repeatedly emphasized that he would design a combat game this time, so he would definitely not agree to make it into an alternative version of Repent and be Saved. That would be equivalent to a mismatch and overlap with existing games. Yu Fei listened intently and nodded repeatedly. He had indeed made a suggestion during the meeting. He had thought about making Ghost General a third-person perspective similar to Repent and be Saved. However, Boss Pei had immediately rejected it. Now that Bao Xu had said that, his idea did not meet Boss Peis requirements. Bao Xu continued, Combat games are a game that looks simple but is actually very difficult to operate. If you cant train systematically and targetedly, no matter how long you played the game for, you will not improve. Whats more, you wont be able to experience the fun at all. You have to continuously practice repeatedly and boringly. You also have to fight people who are better than you. You have to repeatedly be tortured to improve and have fun. It might look like Repent and be Saved on the surface, suffering but there is actually a huge difference. One is PVP, the other is PVE. The main pleasure of Repent and be Saved is in PVE. The key to defeating the boss is the backboard. As long as you can remember all the moves and movements of the boss and know how to choose a targeted strategy to deal with it, you will always be able to win. Even though such games can also be made into PVP content, the fun of fighting is completely different from PVE. You should know this very well. On the other hand, combat games are mainly focused on PVP. Its useless to have a backboard because every opponents habits are different. They rely on counter-attacks when theyre playing. Thats hardcore strength. Chapter 1251 - Basics of Combat Games Bao Xu paused for a moment and continued. Some professional terms in combat games, such as stand back, choose, and so on, often emphasize not one thing but a very broad and very general concept. The strength of players is in their mastery and flexibility of these abilities. For example, the concept of return is very difficult to translate. It refers to all the movements you do before attacking the other party or defend against the other partys attack. Whether you walk back and forth, restrict, or deceive others, you can be regarded as part of stand back. In other words, the goal of setting up a stand back is to do everything possible to enter a situation that is beneficial to yourself and let the other party fall into a more unfavorable situation. If you really cant understand it, you can roughly understand it as the pre-prepared ability that includes consciousness and operations. Its just like how you use frequent small positioning to deceive skills in MOBA games and lead the enemy to a terrain that is beneficial to you. Therefore, even though action games like Repent and be Saved are also very torturous, its growth curve is relatively scientific. At the very most, it is a little difficult to play it. Once it is on the right track, it will gradually adapt. On the other hand, combat games are different. Their growth curve is very low, and their growth is very slow. Whats more, the upper limit is far away. During this process, its very difficult for you to accurately assess how much youve become. Its very likely that youll be tortured to death by a big boss. Compared to action games where the memorisation can make you stronger, combat games are not only limited to that or training the reaction speed and rubbing movements. It also requires a lot of targeted practice. Many times, every movement has to be dismantled into a frame through muscle memory. If we compare the figures, many players would be able to become proficient in games like Repent and be Saved after playing for 30 hours. They would become veterans in 100 hours. If we add more time, they would only be able to play quickly or kill the boss in seconds. However, combat games are different. 100 hours is normal. 1,000 hours might still be torturous. 3,000 hours or 5,000 hours might not be the limit. Yu Fei could not help but be dumbfounded. 5,000 hours He did some simple calculations. If he played daily and played for five hours on average, he would still have to play for three years. If they played for an hour on average, it would take more than ten years. Just thinking about it scared him. There might be something like the Ten Thousand Hour Law but it was a discussion about very complicated and profound professional fields. Games were different. Even if they were to squeeze out so much time, it would always be boring and lose its fun. After all, they did not have the depth of a professional. The key was that the improvement that many games could obtain after playing for hundreds of hours was negligible. Perhaps his ability had reached its limit, or perhaps the games mechanism was not supporting it. MOBA games and shooting games also had characteristics that could be played again. However, even in shooting games, they could at least be shot once or twice by big shots. If it was a combat game, it would probably be difficult to even move when facing a real big boss. Bao Xu continued, Therefore, there is a very important problem here. Fighting games must have a certain heritage. Those real big shots played for thousands of hours in all the combat games because all combat games actually had certain common points. The original experience could be used in new games. They could get used to it quickly. These people are the most loyal to fighting games and are also the most picky. If a combat game conflicts with their existing experience, they would think that the game is not good enough and would not play it at all. Of course, from another perspective, this also saved us some time in the design process: We dont have to worry about them after knowing that certain traditions must be continued. For example, the basic combat system, tricks, and other operations must not be greatly modified. Yu Fei nodded. He was more deeply aware of the mistake of his original idea. For combat gamers, rubbing moves had become muscle memory and an instinctive reaction. In a flustered state during battle, rubbing a super kill every midnight was a skill that every combat gamer had to master. If all the hard work that he had put into training did not exist in Ghost General 2, why would he play it? Therefore, since Ghost General 2 was a combat game, it could not be forcefully modified in terms of basic combat. It could only be slightly modified on the basis of traditional classic combat games. Any changes had to be done carefully. Character designs, movements, moves, and so on could be changed, but the core could not be changed. The operation method could not be changed. The reason why the game genre was strictly divided into action games, crossover games, and combat games was because every game had a very clear restriction that could not be confused. Yu Fei thought for a moment and said, Therefore, Ghost General 2 must continue the operation of the combat game. The joystick must be able to accommodate movement, jumping, and rubbing. It cannot become the operation method of an action game. Bao Xu nodded. Thats right. That would damage the fun of combat games fundamentally. It would no longer be called a combat game. He took a game controller from Yu Feis table as he spoke. The regular game controller has four zones on the front. They are the left right joystick, left functional zone (top, bottom, left, right), right functional zone (ABXY). However, in combat games, there are only two zones that are really used. Put your right thumb on ABXY. You dont have to use the right joystick at all. Use the cross key or left joystick on the left thumb. That depends on your personal habits. However, no matter which one you use, you dont use the other. On the other hand, the special controller for combat games in the market directly canceled all the joysticks that were not needed and added two more keys to the A-BXY area. The combat controller in your hand is a floating cross key, which is easy to use. On the left side of the controller that is similar to a large game machine is a large joystick. The principle is the same, but how to choose depends on your personal preferences. However, no matter the difference in form, they have one thing in common: players hands can only care about two zones, and the functions of these two zones are very fixed. Bao Xu spoke in detail, and Yu Fei quickly understood. The pace of the combat game was too fast, so he could not spare time to do anything else. In action games, players could let their left thumb leave the left joystick to press the cross button to use the prop. They could also let their right thumb stop to press the attack button or the tumbling button to adjust the perspective of the right joystick. It might affect the original movements but there would not be any fatal consequences if they lost a few milliseconds after all. They just had to make time to do it during the battle. However, it was different for combat games. That was because a mistake in a fraction of a second could be caught by the opponent and cause huge losses. Therefore, players could not take their hand out to press other keys. Of course, the layout of the combat game controller even appeared earlier than the main controller now, and much earlier. Thus, the operation mode of combat games and the shape of the controller were independent. Moreover, it was difficult to be completely compatible with the current mainstream controller method. He could use the mainstream controller to simulate the controller of the combat game, but he could not design the gameplay of the combat game according to the mainstream controller. Yu Fei suddenly realized a problem. Doesnt that mean that we can only walk back and forth on a flat surface? In fact, we can become two-dimensional creatures? The cross keys of the combat game were front and back movements, as well as jumps and squats. That way, there would be no key to be responsible for moving horizontally to the left or right side of the screen. Of course, this would not be a big problem if it was in other 2D combat games. However, Boss Pei said that Ghost General 2 was a pure 3D game. Whats more, the small soldiers might come from all directions! If he wanted to hit the soldiers on the side, how could he? Bao Xu said, Actually, some combat games have already solved this problem. The solution is to press the button twice. The effect is to move to the left, which is to move horizontally towards the screen. Not only would it allow the character to dodge the opponents attack, but it would also make the entire image rotate and move. Similarly, if you press the button twice in a row, it would be to the right side, which is to dodge out of the screen. The camera would also turn. We can go one step further. We can continue to move horizontally through double-click and press, or use combination keys to complete the horizontal movement. This method of operation was relatively scientific. In combat games, single hits, double hits, and press were different operations. For example, after pressing the right key, it was movement. After the double hit, there was a fast rush of pressing. Yu Fei nodded in realization. I see. That means that the operation itself can be completed, and there is a ready-made design plan. However, it is still under the operating system of combat games. Compared to other games, especially action games, it is two completely different systems. In that case, we can actually not design much for the most basic combat system. It is mainly to continue the classic gameplay of combat games. We can only fix some minor details. Hmm Ive said so much and gained a certain amount. Ive eliminated many impossible directions. However, this is just a minesweeper. I have no idea how to do it. Bao Xu smiled and explained, Of course, this is equivalent to building a foundation. Design games are not something that can be done in a short time. We have to repeatedly weigh the pros and cons and think about the details. Its just like building a building. This is a complete project. If you dont handle it well in any area, the entire project might be affected. In serious cases, you might even have to start over. Now that the foundation has been set, the next step is to perfect everything bit by bit. As for the specific approach, its actually very simple. Well start from Boss Peis needs and analyze it bit by bit. Well first confirm a prototype and then slowly fill in the details. I cant help you too much in this process. You have to have enough time to think independently. Yu Fei thought for a moment. In that case, I have some ideas. However, the combat system is still very difficult. Even if we have to follow other games, the characters, skills, and movements have to be based on the settings of Ghost General. Theres no way to copy it. Bao Xu said, Thats very simple. Since youre not good at it, look for someone who is. There are many champions in domestic combat games competitions. Wouldnt it be enough to spend some money to invite them as an action coach? Boss Pei asked you to be in charge of the design of this game, definitely not to fight to the death with these content. After all, this would require thousands of hours of game experience. You should change your direction and dig out the difference between yourself and others. You should find a breakthrough point from Boss Peis words and from there, complete the design of the entire game bit by bit. Chapter 1252 - Poaching People! At night, in Ming Houses private room. Brother Eric! Come, please sit. Pei Qian warmly invited Eric to sit down. Eric was a little emotional when he came to Jingzhou again. He had been to Jingzhou several times. It seemed like every time he came, he could feel that the city was changing. Obviously, it was related to Tengdas existence. Whats more, it seemed like Boss Peis attitude towards him would become more passionate every time he came. They had not met at first, and then bumped into each other later on. Now, Boss Pei was taking the initiative to treat them to a meal. Eric wondered if this meant that Boss Pei had recognized his ability and regarded him as a respectable opponent. It might seem like wishful thinking on his part but he had to say that there was obviously a change in Boss Peis attitude. Pei Qian said regrettably, Its a pity that you came a little suddenly and did not make it in time for the weekend. If its a weekend, Ill reserve a seat at the nameless restaurant. Otherwise, if I decide on the itinerary two or three days in advance, I can inform the person-in-charge of the restaurant in advance and change the time with the customers. Coincidentally, we can only make do here. Let me know in advance when you come back from Europe. Ill definitely arrange for you to have a good meal at the nameless restaurant! The nameless restaurant still had to queue. Pei Qian only reserved five days for himself every month. On the 20th, he booked the entire place. He also reserved the biggest private room every weekend. If he had to use it on a work day, he could also communicate with the customers that he had booked on the day. He could exchange the customers for weekends and compensate them with some dishes. Basically, the customers would agree readily. However, today was Thursday. Whats more, Eric had come in a hurry, so he did not have time to arrange. He could only come to Boss Lis place to eat. The food was not as good even though he did spend quite a lot of money. Eric had mixed feelings. For some reason, he felt that Boss Pei was especially passionate towards him. This passion came from the bottom of his heart and was not a facade at all. That made him feel strange. Shouldnt they be competitors? Was Boss Pei too broad-minded or too confident? This attitude was a little too warm even if he saw himself as a respectable opponent. Soon, good dishes were served one by one. Pei Qian did not stand on ceremony. He ate and chatted with Eric. Brother Eric, to be honest, this event was an accident. I didnt expect to implicate you. Pei Qian spoke very sincerely. This event was indeed an accident. Perhaps if Eric had not reminded him to look at the details of the event back then, he would not have suggested changing the new account to all accounts. Then, the event might not have caused such a huge harm. He had sincerely given IOI a blood transfusion, but everything had gone wrong. Of course, if Pei Qian had not raised it, this event would probably have caused some new problems for IOI. However, the effect of the event would have been very poor at best. It should not have become like this. Thus, even though Pei Qian did not think that it was his fault, he still sympathized with Eric and felt that he should not implicate him. The key was what would happen if IOIs domestic server collapsed after Eric left? Pei Qian would be very lonely. Eric nodded. I understand what you mean. Perhaps you are not targeting me, but the higher management of the company, the actual controller of IOI. However, that cant be helped. Under such a struggle, chess pieces might be sacrificed. Boss Pei, as a chess player, of course you dont care about these things. Pei Qian: Alright, there was no way to communicate. Eric had obviously misunderstood the meaning of accidentally injuring. Pei Qian pondered for a moment and decided not to explain further. He had no choice but to change the topic. How long will it take you to get back this time? Eric was silent for a moment before saying, I might not come back. My punishment can be light or heavy, but I will definitely not be in charge of IOI anymore. I will probably not be involved in Finger Games business anymore. The most likely outcome would be demotion and return to the media department. Pei Qian said angrily, Thats too much! How can Dayak Corporation treat a veteran hero like this? The leader is not doing his job well, but he wants his subordinates to take the blame. Speaking of which, its a multinational company. Theres no structure at all! In fact, Pei Qians true thoughts were that Erics ability was not that great. It was still a threat to Pei Qian even though not to Tengda as a whole. However, speaking of which, he felt that the upper echelons of Dayak Corporation were even more useless than Eric. The upper echelons of Dayak Corporation, Finger Games, Long Yu Corporation, Eric, and Zhao Xuming were all trash. Only Eric was slightly useful. Eric seemed to be a little outstanding amongst them. Yet, such a person was forced to take the blame. There was no justice in this world. What was even more infuriating was who would continue burning money with him when Eric was gone? Dayak Corporations upper echelons had a very clear attitude: GOG, do what you have to do. We are going to use IOI to make money anyway. It would be a daydream to think of burning money together with such a group of people and a new person-in-charge. On one hand, Pei Qian felt indignant for Eric. On the other hand, he felt sorry for himself. A living God of Fortune had left! Eric sipped his tea silently, wondering why Boss Pei was acting so indignant. Those who did not know would think that Boss Pei had received some unfair treatment. There is still a difference between companies. Eric could not say it too clearly. He still had professionalism. Even if he was dissatisfied with his own company, he definitely could not complain openly in front of his competitor. He could only express his admiration for Tengdas employees through vague means. Both of them ate their own food and were momentarily speechless. When Eric was removed for the first time, he did not forget to spy on Boss Pei when he saw him. He was prepared to make a comeback in the future. However, he did not have such thoughts at all now because he knew that it was impossible for him to make a comeback. After some consideration, Pei Qian said, Brother Eric, why dont you work in Tengda? How much did you get from Dayak Corporation? Ill poach you at a premium of 30%! To be honest, I have long wanted to replace the person-in-charge of GOGs operations department! Pei Qian was speaking the truth. He had indeed wanted to replace Min Jingchao a long time ago. Min Jingchao was in charge of GOGs project from the beginning. At first, he was in charge of systems, game balance, and design heroes. Later on, he also worked with Zhang Yuans E-Sports Department to arrange some competitions or operations. Logically speaking, GOG had only decided to create a game to go against IOIs risks and incur losses. Yet, it had ended up on such a huge scale and earning so much money. Min Jingchao had to bear the blame. However, the problem was that there would always be someone more dazzling than him. Tengda Games had been developing new games and making each game popular. Even if they were to hold the Best Employee Selection, the popularity would be sucked away by Hu Xianbin and Bao Xu. Min Jingchao had been in charge of GOG for so long, but he was safe and sound. That was ridiculous! It was still too early for the next Best Employee Selection. Whats more, it was hard to say which outstanding employee would be eliminated. Thus, Pei Qian could not wait any longer. He had to get Hu Xianbin and Min Jingchao out so that he could relax! As long as these two people were around, Tengda Games would be as stable as a mountain. Boss Pei would not be able to eat. Thus, Min Jingchao had to leave. After he left, he would promote a new person from the games department to be in charge of GOGs daily updates and balance. Then, he would naturally separate the research and development process. Previously, Min Jingchao had been in charge of research and development while managing operations. Thus, he had been able to arrange for version updates based on the contents of the operations. Many operations had reacted strongly and were popular. This situation should be greatly improved after they were separated. Whats more, Pei Qian felt that Erics ability was passable in Dayak Corporation, but was not as dangerous as Tengdas old employees. Given Erics dismal results in charge of IOIs domestic server, he might be able to achieve a miraculous effect in GOG and earn less money. It would be even better if he could keep the last spark of IOI. Whats more, Eric was a high-level executive of Dayak Corporation after all. His salary was definitely not low. It was reasonable to give him some mental damage compensation for working in foreign countries all year round. The system would not object to spending more money to poach him. Thus, after some thought, Pei Qian decided that this poach could work! Chapter 1253 - Anti-Competition Agreement Eric was stunned. He had not expected Boss Pei to say something like that. What did I do to deserve this? Eric knew very well that even though there were many objective factors in his failure, sometimes he was held back by the higher-ups, and sometimes it was because IOI was indeed different from GOG no matter what, he had lost! He was completely defeated by Boss Pei. He was beaten up badly. Whats more, Tengda was filled with talents. GOG was such an impressive game. Version update, system design balance, operational activities, E-Sports competitions, and other aspects. Boss Pei would definitely not be able to do these things himself. These tasks were all handled by Tengdas internal employees. These employees could not be underestimated even if Boss Peis huge role was excluded! Why else would Tengda Games be said to be the core department of the entire Tengda Corporation? Anyone could open a new industry and expand Boss Peis business empire. In the end, Boss Pei was not satisfied with the person-in-charge of GOG? He even said that he had wanted to replace him a long time ago? Give me this seat? Eric felt that this was quite unreal. However, looking carefully at Boss Peis expression, he seemed to be very serious. He was not joking at all. Thus, he began to think about this possibility. Pei Qian suddenly realized a problem seeing Eric fall silent. Aiya, I overlooked a problem. Youre considered a high-level executive of Dayak Corporation. Dont tell me youve signed an anti-competition agreement? How much would we have to pay for breaching the contract if you were poached? It was fine if it was small companies, but large companies basically signed anti-competition agreements and confidentiality agreements with the higher-ups to prevent competitors from maliciously poaching them. The confidentiality agreement was very easy to understand. In other words, even if employees left their jobs, they could not leak or take away company secrets. Otherwise, they would have to bear the corresponding responsibility. Otherwise, wouldnt it be a complete mess if the higher-ups jumped ship and brought the companys secrets to their competitors company? As for the anti-competition agreement, it had similar restrictions, but the specific restrictions were different. Generally speaking, competition agreements were mainly targeted at key positioning and indispensable upper echelons. They were limited to not being able to do part time jobs in similar businesses during their working period. They could not join companies in the same field as competitors after leaving. Different companies had different regulations as to how long this period was. However, it was usually two years. After all, it would be meaningless if it was too short. Of course, the contents of the agreement could not be too broad. For example, a certain company had written in the anti-competition agreement that employees were not to join any internet companies domestically or overseas for the next two years after leaving. That was too much. That was because the concept of internet companies was too broad. Didnt that mean that employees could not go to any company with any form of digital business? Therefore, they would usually be precise to a certain area, such as social media software, shopping websites, and so on. Games companies would often state that they were not allowed to join other games companies nor were they allowed to create their own games companies. Alternatively, he could also clearly state that he could not join a few companies and clearly write the names of the companies. These companies were often large companies in the industry. Their main business might be different but it was normal for them to have a competitive relationship. After signing the anti-competition agreement, employees were restricted. Thus, the company had to provide a certain amount of compensation: employees had to continue paying monthly after leaving. Normally, more than 30% of the original income would be paid. It could be seen as the hush money and compensation fee that followed the competition agreement. If the company did not pay for a few months, the restrictions on employees by the competition agreement would fail. However, Dayak Corporation was a serious big company. These aspects must be very formal. It would be a little troublesome if Eric really signed the anti-competition agreement. If he wanted to poach people, he had to pay a penalty. The situation of each company was different, but it would probably cost a few million yuan at least. The key was that the System might not allow Pei Qian to spend the money to poach people. Eric nodded. There is an anti-competition agreement. Pei Qians head was hurting. What should he do? Get Eric to talk to the upper echelons of Dayak Corporation and cancel this agreement? Wouldnt that be equivalent to telling others that I want to jump ship to a competitors company? The upper echelons of Dayak Corporation were not stupid. How could they agree? It was a little difficult. Eric pondered for a moment and said, However, if I really want to jump ship to Tengda, the anti-competition agreement might not be able to restrict me. Pei Qian: ? At that moment, he could not think of a background for someone to say something like that. Why, could it be that the European judge was a relative of yours? Eric knew that Boss Pei must have misunderstood seeing Boss Peis slightly stunned expression. He quickly explained, Of course, I cannot violate the contents of the competition agreement. However, if I want to jump ship to Tengda, I will not be limited by the anti-competition agreement. Thats because Tengda does not meet the conditions set in the competition agreement. Pei Qian still did not understand. Tengdas GOG and Finger Games IOI were competing with each other. That was a solid fact, right? In that case, Eric jumping ship to GOG as the person-in-charge of IOI would trigger the anti-competition agreement, right? Eric explained, My situation is a little special. Actually, there are anti-competition agreements in both Dayak Corporation and in Finger Games. The anti-competition agreement with Finger Games stated that the senior management and core designers are not allowed to join any other games company for the next two years after leaving. Naturally, that includes Tengda. However, Im not considered an employee of Finger Games, so I did not sign this anti-competition agreement with Finger Games. As for Dayak Corporations anti-competition agreement, the situation is different from Finger Games. Dayak Corporations main business is in water, transport, energy, media, and so on. It might have bought some gaming companies but its not considered a main business at all. Whats more, my original department was the media department. Therefore, my anti-competition agreement mainly prohibits me from joining other media companies in Europe and America, as well as companies like water, transport, and energy that form a direct competitiveness with Dayak Corporation. In addition, we are also restricted from joining some more famous internet companies internationally, such as the large companies in Silicon Valley. This range is very wide, Tengda is indeed not among them Pei Qian was stunned. It could even be done this way? He thought about it carefully. It seemed like he was really unaffected! In fact, previously there were also some senior executives in the country who jumped ship between various large companies. Those who signed the anti-competition agreement basically could not escape. They were sued successfully. After all, it was obvious at a glance whether the two companies were competing or not. However, Erics situation was obviously very special. He was not originally in the game industry. Instead, he was in charge of some matters at Dayak Corporations media company. Dayak Corporation wanted to strengthen their control of Finger Games and also to better expand IOIs domestic server business after acquiring Finger Games. That was why they sent Eric to be the person-in-charge. Eric might be in charge of the game business first but it was not in his anti-competition agreement. It was just like a company that developed cell phones. They would not make it clear in the anti-competition agreement that they were not to be designers of a games company, nor would they make it clear that they were not to wash dishes and be waiters in restaurants. That was because even if other executives wanted to jump ship, they had to jump ship to such businesses. The so-called competition agreement was to hope that employees would not jump into the same industry to become competitors with themselves. It was also to prevent large companies from maliciously poaching each other and spoiling the employment environment. Wouldnt he be acting like a hooligan if he were to change industries and not let them work? The law would not support him at all. However, Eric had crossed industries because of his business expansion. This caused the content constrained by the original anti-competition agreement to be ineffective Of course, this agreement had named many large companies and had them in all fields, but Tengda was not included. That was because Tengda was a Chinese company. Whats more, it had only truly risen in the past two or three years. Dayak Corporation had never even heard of it before. How could they have predicted Tengdas name and put it in the competition agreement? Pei Qian had not expected this to happen. Whats more, he suddenly realized that both Eric and him were seriously discussing the possibility of jumping ship That made Eric fall silent as well. He felt that something was amiss with the topic. Perhaps Boss Peis thirst for talents was beyond his words, causing Eric to be infected subconsciously. Pei Qian suddenly raised his voice. Thatll be easy! Brother Eric, when can you start work? It shouldnt take you long to go back and settle your resignation, right? Eric was a little shocked. There was no need to be so anxious, right? Boss Pei was really unrestrained. He did not have the airs of a leader at all. However, wasnt that precisely where Boss Peis charm lay? Eric pondered for a moment and said, Boss Pei, this is too sudden. Im not mentally prepared. I have to think about it. Whats more If I were to really want to join Tengda, I have a small request. Can we poach Boss Zhao from Long Yu Corporation as well? I have a tacit understanding with him. I hope we can continue working together. Of course, forget it if you think hes not capable enough, Boss Pei. Whats more, Boss Zhao probably really has the anti-competition agreement on his back. This matter might not be easy to deal with. Pei Qian nodded immediately. Sure! No problem! Pei Qian had an impression of Zhao Xuming. He did not seem to have much ability. The only outstanding ability was that he did not like to take the blame. If such a person could continue to combine with Eric, wouldnt the chances of losing money increase greatly? At that time, Eric would be in charge of the overseas market and Zhao Xuming would be in charge of the domestic market. They would work together! Of course, Pei Qian did not know how to solve the problem if Zhao Xuming really had an anti-competition agreement. He could only think of a way to see if he could reach some kind of cooperation with Long Yu Corporation and exchange for Zhao Xuming. If it really did not work, then forget it. He could only say that it was not fated. It would not be perfect if there was only one Eric, but it should be enough. Chapter 1254 - Inspect Ghost General 2’s Design October 12th, Friday Little Sun had sent Eric to the high-speed rail station according to Pei Qians arrangements early in the morning. Pei Qian was not sure if he could really poach Eric over. This matter might be very smooth, but there might be some changes. The atmosphere when they ate was not bad but Eric might be just being polite. After all, he had been working in Dayak Corporation for so long. All sorts of relationships, business accumulation, and so on were very precious. Joining Tengda meant that the prospects were more unstable. Anyone would be cautious. However, no matter what, Pei Qians attitude had been shown. Whether Eric returned or not would depend on fate. Pei Qian had long wanted to reorganize GOGs employees and get rid of Min Jingchao, but there was no need to rush things. It would not be a problem to wait for a month or half. Thus, he decided to wait patiently. After breakfast, Pei Qian decided to make a trip to Tengda Games. He was worried about Yu Fei. He was worried that he would suddenly come up with some strange ideas and make the game popular. At the same time, he was worried that his progress would be too slow and that the game would not be able to be completed. Pei Qian could not help much but he could only relax after taking a look. When he arrived at Tengda Games, he could see everyones state from afar. Min Jingchao was still doing his job as usual. On the other hand, Bao Xu was playing games happily. Obviously, he remembered Pei Qians instructions and did not do everything step by step. Instead, he was only in charge of the checkpoints and left most of the design work to Yu Fei. Then, he looked at Yu Fei. He was staring at his computer screen with a serious expression. His hands were quickly tapping on the keyboard as he wrote the design concept draft. Sometimes, he would stop, frown, and think hard for a while. Then, he would delete some content in large paragraphs and write again. Eh? It looks good. Its developing according to the script I expected. Pei Qian was quite satisfied. Bao Xu did not interfere much. Yu Fei was the one who took the initiative to design. Whats more, he seemed to have made some bad designs during the design process which he deleted. At that moment, some employees saw Pei Qian and quickly greeted him. Boss Pei! Yu Fei, who had been unaware, heard it as well. He turned around and saw Boss Pei. He quickly stood up. Sit, continue with your work. Im just here to take a look at the progress. Pei Qian smiled and sat down. Yu Fei felt quite warm. Obviously, Boss Pei was worried that he would not be able to understand the design intentions well. Thus, he came to see the progress and ensure that this project would be completed flawlessly. Hows the concept of the new game? Tell me briefly. Pei Qian smiled and said. Yu Fei quickly pulled the design plans document to the front and explained, Brother Bao briefly explained some professional knowledge of combat games to me, making me deeply recognize my previous mistakes. I have to keep the essence of the combat game to meet your needs, Boss Pei. Therefore, we have more or less decided on some red lines that cannot be touched. As for the other parts, I currently have some fragmented and incomplete ideas. At the moment, Im working hard to string them together. However, the overall progress is still quite optimistic. I think we should be able to come up with a large framework by tomorrow at the latest. Then, we can hand it to other designers to write the design manuscript for each module under this framework. We can start developing it after another week. It shouldnt be a problem for the working period. Pei Qian nodded, satisfied. Alright, it was still completely within his expectations! Pei Qian was most worried about two things. First, Yu Fei was letting himself loose and accidentally caused the game to succeed. Second, the progress was too slow and the game could not be developed. That would affect settlement. Yu Feis progress was still relatively fast. He should not worry about the development cycle. Yu Fei kept the essence of the combat game strictly and completed more than half of the first requirement. After that, Yu Fei began to talk about these red lines that cannot be touched. He mainly kept the basic gameplay of combat games. To put it bluntly, it was the set of traditional combat games. The upper and lower stages of the attack, defense, killing moves, and so on were basically retained and strived to be original. Pei Qian nodded his head at the criticisms. Yes, yes, yes. Thats exactly what I want! He was still worried if Yu Fei would really make Ghost General 2 into an action game with a third-person perspective. Wouldnt that make money like Eternal Reincarnation? Now, it seemed like he had been overthinking. As long as Yu Fei obediently followed the foundation of a combat game and made this game, it would definitely be a niche game. It would not have much sales. After all, the threshold and fun of fighting games naturally dissuaded many ordinary players. Very good, what about the other parts? Pei Qian felt that there was no problem with the content in this area and could pass. Yu Feis confidence could not help but increase after hearing Boss Peis approval. Indeed, Brother Baos analysis was right! Since Boss Pei had agreed, it meant that he was on the right path. Yu Fei continued, The rest of the content is mainly designed based on Boss Peis previous requirements. First of all, the perspective. Boss Pei, you previously said that small soldiers have to come from all directions. Therefore, I took Brother Baos suggestion and used some combat games to process it. I changed the direction key on the double-click and the bottom direction key to flash in and out of the screen. That gave players an additional dimension. After adjusting my perspective, I can naturally hit other small soldiers. On top of that, Im also considering changing all of the characters attacks to fan-shaped AOE attacks to add attacking range to the skills on the surface. While dodging and sprinting, the hero would move inside and outside the screen. At the same time, he would release fan-shaped attacking skills. That way, he would be able to hit the soldier on the side. Yu Feis description confused Pei Qian. He seemed to have heard of such a flash setting in some combat games. The intention to dodge was actually to move quickly left or right, so that he could avoid the opponents attack. At the same time, the connection between the two characters would be angled. In traditional combat games, the two characters lines were cut vertically, and the cut was the scene seen by players in combat games. On the other hand, the characters on the left moved into the screen, causing the segment to rotate clockwise. Even though players saw that the relative positions of the two characters on the screen did not change, the positions in the scene had changed. In other words, the characters were actually moving in a fan shape. That would solve the 3D movement problem and he would be able to fight small soldiers in all directions. In that case, would such changes be dangerous? Would it lead to profits? After some thought, Pei Qian decided that there shouldnt be much harm. That was because other games had indeed done so. There was a sideways dodge setting, but it had not become the mainstream setting of combat games. That was enough to show that it was not that important. Yu Fei continued, Then, there are two ideas that I raised in the meeting previously. One is to increase the PVE gameplay, consider adding a large number of small soldiers in the battle, expand the battle scene, and strengthen the Boss attributes. The other is to introduce a simplified operation mechanism. This is actually very easy to understand. It is to arrange a large number of stages for players to control the generals to go through. During the process of clearing the stages, they will encounter enemy generals whose attributes have been enhanced. The difficulty of the stages will continue to increase through adding attributes. Its similar to the design of ordinary action games. Pei Qian nodded. These two were indeed suggested by Yu Fei. Pei Qian agreed with these two points very much because such a design was incompatible with combat games to begin with. Many combat games had PVE gameplay but it was often used as a guide for the plot process. It was not much more fun than combat games. Whats more, the PVE gameplay of these combat games was nothing more than computer AI controlling characters to fight players. There were no small soldiers, the Boss stats and body size would not change ordinarily, let alone the settings of the stages. At the end of the day, it was because gamers of combat games did not care about this. That was why Pei Qian had requested for Ghost General 2 to have such content. He wanted to spend more effort and money on these unimportant areas so that they would not be perfect. Pei Qian nodded and gestured for Yu Fei to continue. Chapter 1255 - Operational Mode and Plot At this point, there was no design draft. Yu Fei could only think about it. In addition, there are two operating systems. One is the standard attack mode, and the other is the simple attack mode. The standard mode is just like common combat games. You can only release the corresponding skills after making a small half circle or a large half. For example, the operation of + A The simple attack mode is for players to be able to play the corresponding combo attack when they mindlessly press the AB button. Considering that there are many moves in combat games, there might be more than twenty or nearly thirty skills including light punch. Its undoubtedly unrealistic to add fast keys to all these skills. Traditional attack modes can indeed distinguish these movements, but the operation is more difficult. New players cannot play it. Therefore, we will design a combo attack for players. The AI program of the Nag artificial intelligence laboratory will calculate in real time so that players can choose better attacking methods when continuously attacking. For example, when they should be comboing, players will automatically release the combo attack even if they were just foolishly pressing the A and B keys. Super Kill will be directly fixed on a basic key and can be released after pressing. That way, even players who have never played combat games would be able to enjoy the smooth combo. At that point, Pei Qian frowned slightly. Er wait. He felt like something was amiss. Wasnt this the same nature as the demon sword in Eternal Reincarnation? Hardcore gamers would obediently play combo attacks while rookie gamers would blindly press and could also play gorgeous moves and enjoy the visual feast that only top experts could play. If the movements were more handsome and the special effects were more beautiful, it would be a hack-and-slash game for ordinary players. Wouldnt the threshold be greatly reduced? If the difficulty level was not high enough, how could he dissuade some players with terrible skills? At that thought, Pei Qian said, I dont think thats appropriate. In my opinion, simple moves can be done, but they can only be simplified to a limited extent. For example, simplifying the original KK+A to to K+A and simplify the original K+A to K+A. Whats more, the moves produced using a simple attack mode would be less powerful. The simple mode could not be too simple. The demon sword of Eternal Reincarnation was a lesson. If it was possible, Pei Qian would choose to cancel the simple mode and only use the regular mode. Players who did not know how to play fighting games would not be able to defeat the boss even if they bought it. They would have to train for half a month! However, the problem was that since this game was relatively difficult and had a story mode, Pei Qian himself had to complete it If there was only a standard mode, it would be difficult for Pei Qian to complete the plot. Thus, he decided to compromise. The simple mode could not be too simple. If that was the case, it would be very easy for Pei Qian to pass. Ordinary players would also play very well. The sales would definitely not be low. The simple mode had a certain level of difficulty. It required hard training for a certain period of time to master. It would still have a dissuading effect on players who did not like fighting games. At the same time, it could ensure that Pei Qian could clear it himself. Pei Qian had played some fighting games when he was young. They were very lousy but it should not be a problem for a combo like K+A. Whats more, the damage of the simple mode was low. This was to slightly disgust ordinary players. It was to constantly remind them that the ultra kill damage that was produced by the simple mode was short. It made them unhappy. Yu Fei nodded. Er alright, Boss Pei. Well change it this way. Obviously, he did not have any thoughts on his own. If Boss Pei said that he would change it this way, he would change it. In any case, he did not understand. On top of that, I intend to create a complete story for Ghost General 2! The prototype of this story is derived from the background story of the original generals in Ghost General. At the same time, it was integrated with some historical stories from the three kingdoms period and modified these stories. Whats more, these stories can be combined with the skills of generals. Ghost General is just a card game. Thats why its original skills are relatively simple. Each general only has one special skill. However, if its to be made into a combat game, there would be at least a dozen or twenty skills. These would have to be redesigned. Take Zhuge Liang for example. According to the description of the general in Ghost General, he is a great inventor, physicist, mechanical engineer and electrical engineer. His research involves many cutting-edge fields such as environmental weapons, aircraft, automobiles, and robots. After researching for a while, I realized that this is precisely the corresponding invention such as borrowing the east wind, Kong Ming Lantern, wooden cows and flowing horses, Zhuge Liang Crossbows, and so on. Thats why I want to add these skills into Zhuge Liangs moves. For example, his skills can borrow the east wind to summon a large number of guided rockets to wash the ground. He can concentrate on bombarding a certain range. At the same time, he can generate a violent shock wave that will sweep the surrounding area like a gust of wind. Kong Ming Lantern, on the other hand, is a small aircraft. It can lift him up to a certain height. It can also emit dazzling light while avoiding enemy attacks and temporarily dazzling the enemy. Whats more, since he has an automatic carrier, he would definitely not be able to walk on the battlefield. Instead, he would be sitting in without moving, which is something similar to a wheelchair. In the game, it can be packaged as a high-tech hover car. Whether he moves forward or retreats, he would not need Zhuge Liang to do it himself. That would be more in line with his character. Of course, Zhuge Liang definitely cannot really fight with him in close combat. Ordinary attacks should be completed through the huge mechanical arm floating in front of him. On the other hand, the trojan horse can summon a mechanical army, and the Zhuge repeating crossbow can summon heavy machine guns to wash the ground. In order to allow players to better accept these skills, I also consider gradually unlocking these skills according to the stages. For example, in the stage of the Red Cliff Battle, players would control Zhuge Liang to use the Eastern Wind skill. Players would have to stand on the seven star platform, which is the guided attack on the Missile launch base. They would only be able to use the skill to wash the ground and clear the stage. Before that, players would not be able to release this skill. They would only be able to use fire attacks, which is a simple skill like a burning bomb. Players would be able to familiarize themselves with the heroes main skills by fighting like that. At the same time, we can integrate the plot into the stages and make the entire game richer. Yu Fei became more and more excited as he spoke. Obviously, he had enjoyed the process of smoothing out the plot of Ghost General over the past few days. The more he thought about it, the more he was amazed by Boss Ma who wrote the plot for Ghost General. How did they think of this? Theyre too talented! If he looked at the requirement document now, he might think that the document was rubbish. There was no reference picture. It was just a few simple descriptions. Whats more, it was written quite casually and unreliable. However, it was precisely because such a requirement document that not only did it perfectly fit the style of Ghost General, making it stand out amongst the originally rampant mobile card games of the three kingdoms, it was still effective three years later! Yu Fei was going to make Ghost General 2 now. He had to design many skills for these generals. This should have been a huge job and a very brain-consuming task. However, now, as long as he followed the heros background and combined it with the information in the three kingdoms history and novels, he would immediately be able to think of many suitable and interesting plots! Could Boss Ma have predicted that such a day would come when he wrote the requirement document? However, at that time, Tengda was still a small company without much money. The previous game was still The Lonely Desert Road. Who would have thought that many years later, they would change Ghost General to such a complicated game? If Boss Ma had predicted this in advance, it could only mean that he had strong confidence in Boss Pei, Tengda, and himself. It would be even scarier if Boss Ma did not predict this. That meant that Boss Ma had only casually designed it and thought of all the content logically. In short, there was only one word for it: awesome! What about Boss Pei, who arranged for Boss Ma to write the requirement document for Ghost General and then decided to change Ghost General to a combat game many years later? Tsk He could not overthink. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that Boss Pei was too unfathomable. Pei Qian fell silent after listening to Yu Feis long speech. Yu Fei was indeed high in the plot from his elated state. He had completely let himself go. That was normal. Yu Fei was an online novel author after all. It was natural for him to be interested in the plot. However, the key problem was why did it sound more reliable after hearing what Yu Fei said? Zhuge Liangs skill sounded quite interesting Pei Qian had wanted to persuade Yu Fei, but on further thought, his idea seemed invulnerable. What reason could Pei Qian use to make Yu Fei give up on this setting? After all, Pei Qian had been the one to decide on Ghost General 2 back then. In the end, Yu Fei had only used the ready-made settings in Ghost General. There shouldnt be any problems, right? Whats more, Pei Qian told Yu Fei to focus on the plot and stage design mainly to distract him so that he would not think about the combat system of this game. If he told Yu Fei now not to make the plot so complicated and change it day and night, the key would be that Yu Fei had turned his attention to the combat system. Wouldnt that be more dangerous? Pei Qian thought about it for a long time and felt that he had to choose the lesser of two evils. In order to make the combat part slightly worse, he could only allow Yu Fei to think more about the plot. Whats more, Old Ma was the one who had written the plot in the first place. Back then, he had written the plot in fragments. Ghost General had only succeeded because of Ruan Guangjians artistic style. He should not be able to achieve much now even if he were to fight to the death with the plot. At the very least, it should not be enough to make a niche combat game that required techniques to become popular and make a huge profit. Making such a complicated plot meant making some animations for real-time calculations. The interactive characters, dubbing, and so on were all part of the workload. That meant that he had to spend more money. At the same time, the difficulty of making profits would increase. If they were to follow the prescribed order and create a regular combat game, the investment would not be huge. They might be able to recoup their costs and make a small profit just by relying on the die-hard fans of the combat game and the veteran Faithful gamers of Ghost General. However, what if there was a huge plot and checkpoint for combat games? The investment would skyrocket, but there were only so many die-hard fans of combat games and old gamers of Ghost General. If the cost increased but the sales volume did not increase, it would not make money. Pei Qian pondered for a moment and said, Alright, theres not much problem on the whole. Lets follow this route first. If you encounter any problems, feel free to ask me. Chapter 1256 - Design Completed! After watching Boss Pei leave, Yu Fei silently clenched his fists and made a YEAH gesture. Bao Xu, who had been pretending to play games by the side, immediately took off his earphones and came over. How is it? What did Boss Pei say? Yu Fei was very excited. Boss Pei said that theres no problem, so he asked me to continue in that direction! Bao Xu was elated as well. Thats good! It looks like our understanding is not wrong. Boss Pei had such a design idea to begin with. Boss Pei was right to not let me take charge of everything. If I were to design this game, the most exciting parts of the plot, the character skills derived from the plot, the design of the stages, and some special game mechanisms would definitely be much worse. Yu Fei quickly said, However, Brother Bao, you have a very clear grasp of the general direction of the combat game, especially the boundaries of the basic content. If you did not control the direction, I might still be fighting the basic combat system. In the short term, I would not have thought that the direction that Boss Pei arranged for me was to dig out the plot. After praising each other, both of them felt light-headed. Bao Xu said with emotion. I can finally confirm what the perfect Ghost General 2 in Boss Peis heart is like now. I have to say that every time I solve a riddle, I would be shocked by Boss Peis imagination. Yu Fei nodded. Thats right. As a player who doesnt understand combat games at all and isnt very interested, Im also interested in this game. I cant wait to play this game! Bao Xu and Yu Fei had conducted a series of brainstorming before Boss Pei arrived. They had roughly confirmed the prototype of the game. However, at that time, neither of them were particularly confident. Now, Boss Peis affirmation had strengthened their resolve. Of course, Yu Fei did not explain their thoughts very clearly. The main reason was that he had not finished the design manuscript. Many ideas were piled up in his head in a mess. He spoke about them wherever he thought of them. It was inevitable that he would miss out on a lot of content. However, since Boss Pei was a master game designer and the inspiration for Ghost General 2, he must have had a perfect game prototype in his mind. Since that was the case, why should he worry that Boss Pei would misunderstand? It would not affect Boss Peis understanding if he ignored some details. It was like a high school student asking a university professor for mathematics questions. The high school student spoke vaguely and missed out on a few steps. Could it be that the university professor did not understand? Impossible? As long as the questions were known, the professor would know if the high school students path was right and if he could solve the correct answer. Now, the entire design plan for Ghost General 2 could finally be finalized! Of course, he had to continue writing the design plan and develop it step by step. However, in Tengda Games, designing this step was the most important step. This game would not deviate only if he could deduce Boss Peis true intentions. As long as the first step was completed, the game would be 90% successful! Both of them proudly reviewed the entire process again. They were simply proud of themselves. Bao Xus breakthrough point was: Why did Boss Pei repeatedly emphasize that they had to make a fighting game? Whats more, it was the traditional fighting game of rubbing skills? Fighting games were outdated. This was a fact that ordinary players could tell. Other than overseas game developers who had accumulated rich combat games and a large number of IP fans who were still insisting on producing sequels for combat games, other game companies basically would not touch this game type at all. It was obvious that it was thankless for Boss Pei to refer them to combat games. If they were not careful, they would lose money! However, did Boss Pei want to lose money? Which game of Tengda did not make a huge profit! Which game did not have full confidence at the start of its design? Based on the current conditions, Bao Xu guessed that Boss Pei probably had two motives for doing this. One was to expand the boundaries of the Tengda Games. Everyone knew that Boss Pei was a game designer who loved to challenge himself. He would not spend time on developing successful games. Instead, he would enter a new game type. On the other hand, figuring out a new path and saving a combat game that was already in danger was a form of performance for Boss Peis challenge. The second was thinking for gamers. To the Faithful gamers of combat games, they were suffering too much. They had been playing various old combat games for decades. Whats more, they would only be able to play fewer and fewer new combat games in the future. If a well-made new combat game appeared at this time, and it was a game developed by a domestic company, how exciting would that be! For gamers who had briefly interacted with combat games before but had given up, and gamers who had not interacted with combat games at all, this game could also let them experience the fun of combat games. It had always been Tengda Games mission to provide players with a whole new experience. That way, Ghost General 2s mission would be clear. It was so that the fun of fighting games could be spread to ordinary gamers! Actually, this was not the first time Boss Pei had done this. Didnt the previous games like Struggle, Mission and Choice also have niche and large production models? The theme of the game was indeed niche, but as long as the design was brilliant enough, niche games could also break out of the circle. Obviously, Ghost General 2 was a game like that. It wanted to retain the essence and core fun of combat games so that experienced combat gamers would be able to feel the fun and would be willing to spend thousands of hours repeatedly playing it. At the same time, it had to satisfy the needs of non combat gamers so that they would be willing to play it. The former might be difficult but it was relatively easy. After all, the combat game had been developing for so many years. Gamers had already done a lot of research on it. It had met the requirements of experienced gamers. The games combat system had passed. The most difficult was the latter. It was no longer the era of street games. Players had more and more fun game forms. The attractiveness of combat games was no longer as high as before. How to snatch players from other game types was a huge problem. It would definitely not work to continue the model of traditional combat games. That was because ordinary players would find it difficult to obtain pleasure directly, quickly, and efficiently from the core gameplay of combat games. They would only be able to gain entry after a long period of research. Yu Fei combined the clues given by Boss Pei and finally thought of two key solutions: excellent newbie guidance, simple operations, rich and unique PVE content! In fact, this was summarized from the experience of the game Mission and Choice. Mission and Choice also relied on this method as a game type that was also more niche and declining. Coupled with the excellent production and appropriate publicity, it stood out. He could set two different operating modes for newbies and experts so that newbies would not have to come into contact with such hardcore content in the early stages. He could reduce the difficulty of getting used to it and slowly experience the joy of the game. Once gamers interest was nurtured, they would naturally delve into higher difficulty game content and move towards hardcore gamers. The rich and unique PVE content was also necessary for the game to break out of the circle. PVPs gameplay had an extremely high upper limit, but the biggest problem was that the difference in strength was very vague. It was difficult for new players to increase the difficulty step by step. MOBA games could avoid this problem as much as possible through a large number of players and a perfect matching mechanism. If the players were not strong enough, they could choose heroes to play or let their teammates carry. However, since there were very few combat games to begin with and the game mechanism was too fair, there were not many variables. Thus, players either won in a boring manner or were tortured to the point of being helpless. Many players were dissuaded because of this. The outstanding PVE content could solve this very well. Through the stages, system design, and changes in the opposing general AI, the difficulty level of the players would be increased bit by bit. Players would have a smooth learning curve so that they would not be tortured by experts to the point of doubting life. This principle was actually the same as Repent and be Saveds players suffering and obtaining improvement. After players cleared the story mode, they could continue to challenge the more difficult story mode. If he were to fight players now, players who had similar progress would not be unilaterally abused because he was too lousy. Whats more, the PVE content designed this way could also be used as the main content of the game. Many gamers did not want to hone their combat skills at all. They could also view Ghost General 2 as a standalone game that depended on the plot. He would control the generals that he liked by using a few big moves and cutting grass among the small monsters. He would briefly experience the combat fun of games. This game was worth the basic ticket price. As for this story system, it was obvious that it would be the most outstanding if he flew over to design it. Bao Xu could not do it. This was obviously the deeper meaning behind Boss Peis decision for Yu Fei to be in charge of the lead design! Yu Fei quickly recorded in the document and said, This way, the two unresolved problems can be confirmed. First, the handling of the small soldiers. Boss Pei approved of such a horizontal movement method, which means that theres no problem with our thinking. Small soldiers should be a very weak existence. Ordinary attacks by generals would have a fan-shaped attack effect. Moving horizontally would also emit waves or collisions, cutting the small soldiers into pieces. In other words, it should have the effect of cutting grass when fighting small soldiers. After all, if small soldiers come from the side, it would be very difficult for players to deal with them if they are very strong. According to the current design, players would focus all their attention on the enemy generals, and the generals on both sides would always be on the same level. Those soldiers would cause a small amount of damage to players, but players can use their generals to cut grass and sweep across thousands of soldiers and horses. After all, the games name is Ghost General. Its normal for generals to be able to defeat small soldiers. Its very reasonable. That way, we can better reflect the epic feel of the battlefield. It would be different from the monotonous scene of other combat games that would always be one-on-one. The combat styles of generals would definitely not be limited to using their fists. Only a few generals would use hand to hand combat while the others would have weapons. For example, Guan Yus weapon would be the Green Dragon Crescent Blade. Whats more, the attacking distance and movements of each general would be slightly different. Next is the simple combat system. Boss Pei rejected my proposal and did not agree to use the AI combo. Instead, he wanted to keep the minimum controlling. However, the logic should be similar. They should lower the threshold and attract ordinary players. Bao Xu nodded. In my opinion, this is inevitable. Boss Peis plan is obviously more reasonable. Your plan might give people more sensory stimulation on the screen but it might cause players to lose interest. Players would feel great at the beginning if they only kept pressing the A button to automatically launch moves. They would watch the generals release all sorts of moves to cut the grass, but they would feel bored after a while. Thats because he has only been pressing AAA. He has not improved. Then, the gamers gaming experience would not change much. If he attempts to use his own moves, he might be much weaker than AIs automatic release of skills. The graphics would be ugly, and it would be difficult to continue the plot. All in all, most players would choose to finish the plot under such circumstances. It would be difficult for them to experience the joy of fighting games. However, the simplified attack mode is different. Even though the difficulty of the operation is reduced, players still have to rub it in. They have to weigh the order of the combo moves themselves. They will only have a sense of growth and sense of achievement when they defeat enemies of different difficulty. This way, he would be able to experience the joy of fighting games. After clearing the story mode, he would pursue higher challenges and try the more cumbersome and powerful standard attack mode. Whats more, according to your previous settings, the skills of generals are unlocked based on the stages. If its an AIs attack mode, whats the point of unlocking it? Its nothing more than letting the general have an additional movement when you press the A button brainlessly. Its not much different and exciting for players. Players would still be able to experience the joy of obtaining new skills under the simple attack mode, so that the fun in the game could be retained to the maximum. Yu Fei nodded seriously. Yes thats right. Boss Pei is indeed more considerate! After some analysis, Yu Fei and Bao Xu only had one feeling: heartfelt admiration! Indeed, Boss Pei was still the same Boss Pei. He was still an inexhaustible treasure chest with good ideas! Yu Fei suddenly felt full of motivation. When he wrote the design draft, he actually had the passion to write a novel! Of course, he was only passionate about Ghost General 2 and did not intend to remain as the chief designer. This game had indeed caught his fancy. What about the next game? That was hard to say. At that time, he would probably continue to suffer. Fortunately, Hu Xianbin should be back next month. In any case, he would take the last shift this month and finish the design content for Ghost General 2. When Hu Xianbin returned, he would be able to hand the design plan to him without any worries. Then, he could go back and write novels without any regrets! When Ghost General 2 was officially released, Yu Fei could still boast in his readers group chat: was Ghost General 2 fun? I designed it! Of course, it was designed under Boss Peis guidance. However, so what? As a web novelist, he was actually able to participate in Tengda Games design and contribute decisive plans and ideas. He could boast about it for a lifetime. Yu Fei was elated. He was very satisfied with his temporary career as the chief planner. Chapter 1257 - Long Yu Corporation’s Condition October 15th, Monday After confirming that there were no more major problems with Ghost General 2 and that it could be developed as scheduled, Pei Qian felt much more relaxed. Bao Xu would keep an eye on them for a few more days. They would be setting off for Shennongjia soon. Then, he would not have to worry about Suffering Travels for now. He could focus his energy and solve the key problem at this stage. That was to poach talents! Eric returned to Europe last Friday. He did not know when he would be back. Perhaps two or three days if he was fast, or a week if he was slow. Of course, it was also possible that he still wanted to stay in Dayak Corporation after some consideration. This was also a possibility, but the possibility was not high. That was because Erics attitude had obviously been shaken when Pei Qian was eating with Eric. As a person who had no real power and still had to take the blame, Eric could not have any complaints. Apart from waiting for Eric, Pei Qian had another important thing to think about next. He had to think about how to poach Zhao Xuming, the living treasure. It was still a little dangerous with only Eric. What if his subordinates took him away? Eric was facing the most ruthless group of employees in history. They had been baptized by the Tengda spirit and had a strong sense of honor and mission. Two words were written on their heads: Success! In such an environment, it would be troublesome if Eric was assimilated. Thus, it was also very important to get Zhao Xuming to be Erics assistant so that this pair of golden partners could bring Tengdas success with their experience in Long Yu Corporation. Sometimes, two swords working together could maximize efficiency. However, it was a huge problem as to how Zhao Xuming should poach them. Eric took advantage of the loophole and did not have to care about the competition agreement, but Zhao Xuming could not. He was a true high-level executive of Long Yu Corporation. He would definitely not be allowed to jump ship to domestic games companies in the competition agreement. Should he resign based on physical reasons? These senior executives had been working for a long time. Their bodies were more or less problematic. It should be very easy to muddle through a physical examination report. However, the problem was that Zhao Xuming could resign, but he could not join Tengda. Once he entered the company, Long Yu Corporation would definitely come knocking since they were not stupid. Whats more, they had signed the agreement in black and white. It would be useless even if they invited the best lawyer in the country. They would still lose the case. What if Long Yu Corporation still insisted on continuing to enforce the contract and not let Zhao Xuming work in Tengda even if the breach of contract was not given? That was very possible. After much consideration, Pei Qian decided that he could not force the issue. That was because it was not right to secretly poach Zhao Xuming. The only way was to talk to Long Yu Corporation and exchange some benefits for them to voluntarily give up on Zhao Xuming. They were all mature companies. They did things based on interests. There was no need to be emotional. Long Yu Corporation would definitely be eager to send Zhao Xuming over as long as the conditions were enough to move them. However, the problem was: what conditions could move Long Yu Corporation? Pei Qian really did not know. Take out a Tengda game for Long Yu Corporation to represent? That would not do. Long Yu Corporation would definitely agree, but Pei Qian felt that the sacrifice was too huge. Zhao Xuming was not worth such a huge sacrifice. Pei Qian might be thirsty for virtuous but he was not that thirsty. Putting aside whether it would damage Tengdas image, the key was that it would be very difficult to make more money! He should let Long Yu Corporation make some requests. Once they made their requests, they would then negotiate the price. As long as they did not violate the systems regulations and reached an agreement, there would be no problem. After some serious consideration, Pei Qian decided to give a call to Zhou Muyan from Sun Strike Studios. Pei Qian was not familiar with the bosses and higher-ups of Long Yu Corporation because he had no business dealings. Whats more, he was quite unhappy because of IOI. It would be awkward if they went to him directly. Their communication efficiency might be lower. As far as Pei Qian knew, Long Yu Corporation had once represented Sun Strike Studios game. Both parties had worked in depth before, and Zhou Muyan had a better relationship with them. Letting Zhou Muyan be the middleman might be more effective. After making the call, Pei Qian briefly explained his thoughts. The meaning was very clear: communicate with Long Yu Corporation, they can name a price for me to poach Zhao Xuming over! Make it clear and straightforward, and not beat around the bush. Zhou Muyan was also very surprised. It was not because Boss Pei was openly poaching people. After all, this was rare but not uncommon. What surprised him was that Boss Pei had spent so much effort to poach Zhao Xuming? Tengda lacked such a person? GOG had obviously beaten IOI until it could not find its way around. Even if there was a vacancy in the position, wouldnt it be enough to promote it directly from Tengda? Why would they want to poach Zhao Xuming? In Zhou Muyans impression, even though Zhao Xuming was considered a reliable person, was he very capable? Strong enough for Boss Pei to point him out? That was not possible. Boss Pei, are you sure you want to poach Zhao Xuming? Long Yu Corporation will definitely not let him off easily. What if they ask for too much? Zhou Muyan asked. Pei Qian sniggered. Thats why I found you. I need you to communicate with them. All of us, including Long Yu Corporation, know how much Zhao Xuming is worth. If Long Yu Corporation makes a not too excessive request, everyone will be happy. Everyone will take what they need and cooperate happily. If Long Yu Corporation were to ask for too much They wouldnt think that Tengda really lacks Zhao Xuming, right? Its almost 1024 Digital Day. If Im in a bad mood, I dont mind organizing some activities for GOG and various games a few days in advance. I think Long Yu Corporation should understand this. Boss Zhou, help them understand if they dont understand. Zhou Muyan: Good lord, he could hear the threat in Boss Peis words. Boss Peis intention was very clear. If Long Yu Corporation let him go obediently, the two companies could cooperate. If Boss Pei was unhappy, he might target Long Yu Corporation. Of course, there would not be too serious consequences. At the very most, GOG would organize an event to cause the figures and income of IOIs local server to plummet for a period of time or target the other games that Long Yu Corporation was representing. However, there was no doubt that the impact would waste money. What Zhou Muyan wanted to do was to be a messenger and help Long Yu Corporation sort out the pros and cons. At the same time, he wanted to coordinate with both parties and ensure satisfactory compensation. As for Zhao Xumings intention Zhou Muyan felt that he should not be that interesting. Boss Pei had personally asked for him. He should be jumping for joy. Whats more, if he went to Tengda, the treatment and prospects would definitely be better than Long Yu Corporation. Zhou Muyan thought about it and nodded. Alright, Ill give it a try. Ill call if theres any progress. He was considered an old acquaintance of Boss Pei. Sun Strike Studios had a GPL team of its own. They had been taken care of by Boss Pei a lot in recent years. It was nothing difficult for them to make a call and link up. After hanging up, Pei Qian flipped through the work reports of the various departments while waiting patiently. An hour later, Zhou Muyan finally called back. Boss Pei, Long Yu Corporations conditions are: Boss Pei, you design a game. Sun Strike Studios will be in charge of developing it. Then, we will hand it to Long Yu Corporation to operate. The three of us will cooperate and win. We can discuss the split. In fact, Long Yu Corporation wanted to be an agent for one of Tengdas games in the beginning. I said at that time that it would definitely not do. This request was too much. Thus, after some negotiations, I confirmed this condition. I think this condition is quite reasonable. What do you think, Boss Pei? Pei Qian nodded slightly. It looked like Zhou Muyans communication had achieved some results. This condition was not overboard. In Zhou Muyans opinion, requesting to represent Tengdas existing games was basically equivalent to forcefully splitting the money. Tengdas games were all proven by the market, successful, and profitable games. Wouldnt Long Yu Corporation be lying down and distributing money if they were to represent them? Even if Zhao Xuming was a high-level executive, the penalty would only be a few million yuan at most. The benefits of a game would far exceed a few million yuan. Thus, Zhou Muyan called back directly and told Long Yu Corporation that they were thinking of nothing and that they should not play with fire in front of Boss Pei. If Boss Pei was angry, he might not be able to do anything. However, the current conditions were actually still alright. The development cost was jointly borne by Sun Strike Studios and Long Yu Corporation. Pei Qian was only in charge of designing it. Once the game was created, all three companies would split the profits. To be precise, Pei Qian was doing a technical investment. Even if the game failed and he incurred losses, he did not have to bear any losses. Sun Strike Studios and Long Yu Corporation would be the ones to back him up. There was a risk of failure but this risk obviously did not exist in Long Yu Corporations view. Who didnt know that Boss Pei was a genius at game design? Every game he made became popular? Even if he did not make a lot of money, he would not lose too much. Changing Zhao Xuming for a game that might make money would definitely not be a loss. Pei Qian fell silent. Obviously, everyone had misunderstood his game design ability Zhou Muyan and Long Yu Corporation must have thought that Boss Peis games were all painstakingly designed by him without sleep and spent a lot of effort to design them. However, Pei Qian did not put in much effort and the design was very casual Pei Qian pondered for a moment and said, I can accept this condition, but I have three requests. First, I cannot guarantee the success or failure of the game. Second, I want to parachute a designer into your workspace to complete my design. You have to follow his instructions and develop the design. Third, hand him over first. What Pei Qian meant was to say the ugly things first, dont look for me if you lose money. Whats more, Pei Qians idea was relatively incomplete. If he were to hand it to Zhou Muyan, the latter would definitely be shocked and not know how to develop it. Thus, Pei Qian decided to give Min Jingchao a job when the time came. After Eric and Zhao Xuming took over his job, Min Jingchao went to Sun Strike Studios to complete the design of this game. Whether it made money or not, he had to at least develop the game. That would count as fulfilling the contract. Chapter 1258 - Boss Zhao, Don’t Act like You’ve Not Received A Benefit Zhou Muyan immediately agreed. No problem! Ill talk to Long Yu Corporation now. I would have taken the initiative to request it even if you dont say it. After all, Im afraid that your design idea would be too profound and different, Boss Pei. I cant possibly keep watching the development of the project. What if I cant keep up with your thoughts and understand your intentions? It would be best if I could arrange for an experienced chief designer to advance the project. Ill just observe and learn by the side and assist him. Pei Qian was silent for a moment. Boss Zhou, we had thought about the same thing, but the process was a little different. Zhou Muyan was very happy. Alright, thats settled then. Ill talk to Long Yu Corporation and ask them to quickly settle the resignation procedures for Zhao Xuming. Ill try to send him to Jingzhou in two days! The matter was considered resolved. Pei Qian came up with an idea and successfully exchanged for Erics best partner, Boss Zhao. Next was to wait patiently for Long Yu Corporation to send him over. As for how to design the game It did not matter. Boss Pei would always perform at will when he was there. Min Jingchao would be able to complete it no matter how he performed. Pei Qian could not control whether the game would mess up or make a huge profit. If he could control it, wouldnt he have lost blood long ago? Thus, he decided to follow the previous process. Whether he succeeded or not depended on fate. The Sun Strike Studios situation was different from Tengda Games. Even if Boss Pei was the one who came up with the idea, Min Jingchao might not be able to succeed even if the idea was pushed forward. If he succeeded, he could only say that this was fate. If he failed, he could learn from this and provide some material for future losses. Pei Qian was in no hurry at all. He waited patiently. October 16th, Tuesday Zhao Xuming went to work as usual. He drove to the company parking lot. After switching off the engine, Zhao Xuming saw that it was not time to go to work yet. Thus, he lit a cigarette and planned to sit in the car for a while. Eric left. He missed him. At the moment, he was the one keeping an eye on IOIs local server. He did not know anything about Erics situation for the time being. In the past, Eric had been in charge of everything. Zhao Xuming had just been a happy assistant. They would share the credit together. Eric would take the blame. There was no need to mention how happy he was. Now, he felt like he was being exposed under the pot and could be held down at any time. He was very uneasy. Sigh, for work. Zhao Xuming stubbed his cigarette, locked his car, and walked towards the elevator in the parking lot. He was also a person who went through the motions every day. What else could he do? From what Eric said before he left, the chances of him coming back and continuing to be the person-in-charge of the China region were not high. Zhao Xuming felt that he had to be prepared to cooperate with someone else as soon as possible. However, he wondered what the new person-in-charge of China was like. What if he did not cooperate well? That worried him. He arrived at his office and heard someone knock not long after he sat down. He looked up and saw the Management Director of Long Yu Corporation. Of course, he was the senior Vice-President of the HR and administrative department. Zhao Xuming quickly stood up. Eh? Boss Kang? What brings you here? Please take a seat. In terms of position, Zhao Xuming was lower than Kang. The human resource director had to deal with his boss frequently. He had control of the appointment and promotion of everyone in the company. Thus, Zhao Xuming did not dare to be negligent. Boss Kang smiled and sat down on the sofa. Boss Zhao, how has work been recently? Zhao Xuming did not call for his subordinates anymore. He personally poured some tea. Thanks to Boss Kang, everything is going quite smoothly. I just hope that Dayak Corporation can send the person-in-charge back as soon as possible. Otherwise, it would be difficult to deal with things that require communication with Finger Games. Boss Kang nodded. Yes, thats right. Its just not convenient to deal with foreign companies. Sigh, lets not talk about useless pleasantries. Lets get straight to the point. Boss Zhao, I have an agreement. Sign it if theres no problem. Boss Kang took out the agreement that he had prepared beforehand and handed it over. Zhao Xuming was confused and reached out to take it. Termination agreement??! What What does this mean? Zhao Xuming was stunned when he saw the title of the agreement. You want to fire me? Somethings not right. I pushed the blame quite well oh no, Ive been doing quite well recently. I havent made any major mistakes. Why would they terminate my contract? This was a voluntary termination agreement. In other words, both parties had agreed to terminate the contract. It could be considered a peaceful break up. Apart from the confidentiality clause that had to be followed, the contents of the competition agreement had been terminated. Zhao Xuming was confused. What should he say? Encourage me to jump ship? Why else would he deliberately terminate the anti-competition agreement? From the contents of this agreement, it should not be because of a major work mistake. Otherwise, the contents of the agreement would not be so friendly. However, if it was a so-called peaceful break up, why did I not receive any news previously? That was too sudden! Zhao Xumings expression kept changing. At that moment, he did not know what to say. Boss Kang saw it and asked, Boss Zhao, are you dissatisfied with anything? We can discuss if you are dissatisfied. Zhao Xuming looked up at Boss Kang and then at the agreement. He looked at the agreement and then at Boss Kang. He felt that this scene was very strange. It was like the boss was about to fire you. He was very considerate and asked if you were dissatisfied with the terms of the firing and if you wanted to modify them. He felt that it was a little strange. Zhao Xuming read it all and took a deep breath. Boss Kang, I dont quite understand. Can you explain a little? Is there a mistake in my work or what happened? Even if there is a mistake, it should be demotion and transfer. Theres no reason to terminate the contract directly, right? Boss Kang was stunned as well. He looked confused. He hesitated for a moment before asking, What? Boss Zhao, dont you know about this? Zhao Xuming asked, What should I know? Boss Kang was silent. He carefully observed Zhao Xumings expression and realized that he was not pretending. That would be amazing! Boss Kang and the other higher-ups of Long Yu Corporation thought that Zhao Xuming had already linked up with Tengda! Logically speaking, Boss Pei had to meet Zhao Xuming many times and talk to him before he would personally poach him. He had to confirm that he wanted this person after meeting him many times, right? Thus, the upper echelons did not inform Zhao Xuming at all during the meeting. Boss Kang came today and took out the agreement directly, saving the explanation segment. That was because everyone felt that Boss Zhao definitely knew everything. What was there to explain? It was unnecessary. However, looking at the current situation, Boss Zhao seemed to know nothing Boss Pei actually asked for Zhao Xuming without even communicating with him? This this was a little too rash. Or was Zhao Xuming acting? However, there was no need for him to act! Boss Kang tried asking, Dont you know that Boss Pei personally asked our company for a person? Zhao Xuming: For For a person? Boss Kang nodded. Thats right. He named you. The higher-ups have already reached a consensus to let you go to Tengda. However, the condition is that we have to develop a game with Tengda and Sun Strike Studios. Sign this contract. Boss Zhao, you are free to join Tengda. Zhao Xuming was shocked. Wait! Why hasnt anyone asked for my opinion on this! I never said that I wanted to go to Tengda! In fact, Im quite satisfied with our company. I dont intend to move! Boss Kang gave a meaningful smile, as if saying stop pretending. Boss Zhao, is there anyone from domestic game companies or even internet companies who wouldnt want to go to Tengda Games? I wont hide it from you He lowered his voice. I want to go as well. Zhao Xumings jaw dropped. You He looked at the agreement in his hand. What if I dont sign it? What if I dont go to Tengda? Boss Kang was a little troubled. In that case the game that we worked with Tengda would be ruined. The bosses above would probably be very angry Zhao Xuming : Alright, thats enough. Even if he wanted to stay, he would be made a scapegoat! Zhao Xuming suddenly understood the feeling of the princesses who had been married into the feudal society of the Great Deserts. The agreement for a ceasefire had been signed, and the tributes from other races had been accepted. How could you not go if you didnt want to? How was that possible! He had to go! But my family is in Shanghai. My wife and children are also in Shanghai. I Zhao Xuming still felt that this was too sudden and was not prepared. Boss Kang patted his shoulder. Old Zhao, youre overthinking. Do you still have to worry about these things when you go to Tengda? Whether you take a plane, a high-speed rail, or move your family over, isnt it all very easy to solve? Its not like you dont know Tengdas status in Jingzhou. How could Boss Pei not arrange such small matters? All in all, hurry up and sign it. The earlier I send you over, the earlier the new game will be developed. The earlier we develop it, the earlier we can release it to make money. When it comes to games, the earlier you play it, the later you play it. The amount of money you might earn would be a few million yuan less. You know what to do. Dont pretend to be innocent after benefitting. Hurry up. Zhao Xuming : Why do you mean by pretending to be innocent after benefitting from this?! I am a loyal subject of Long Yu Corporation! I already said that Im not going anywhere! Forget it, Tengda is not bad either Zhao Xuming struggled for a moment and suddenly felt that his conflict was meaningless. He would definitely not go to Tengda for the interview. He could not afford to lose face. However, now that Boss Pei was the one asking for him, he felt that yes he was quite important. Why wouldnt he go? At that thought, Zhao Xuming took his pen and signed his name on the agreement. Boss Kang flipped through the agreement and nodded in satisfaction. His mission was completed. Alright, I wont disturb you then. Boss Zhao, hurry up and pack your things. Zhao Xuming felt like he was living in a dream after watching Boss Kang leave. If not for the agreement that belonged to him on the table, he might really think that he was dreaming. After being stunned for a while, Zhao Xuming silently opened his cell phone and booked a high-speed rail ticket to Jingzhou. Chapter 1259 - Reunion October 17th, Wednesday The high-speed rail was about to reach Jingzhou. Zhao Xuming felt inexplicably nervous. This was too sudden! Yesterday, he had gone to Long Yu Corporation to work seriously. In the morning, he had completed the resignation procedures at the speed of light. After a simple handover of work, he had informed his family in the afternoon and arrived at the high-speed rail to Jingzhou today. Jingzhou was not far from Shanghai. Even though it would take much less time to take a plane, the journey to the airport, security, waiting, and other processes were more troublesome than high-speed trains. Thus, Zhao Xuming chose high-speed trains. The entire process was too fast and rushed. Zhao Xuming was not even mentally prepared. Long Yu Corporation was in a hurry, and Tengda seemed to be in a hurry as well. Zhao Xuming received more attention than when he was working. That was ridiculous. This time, Zhao Xuming did not bring his family along. He only brought his most basic luggage like a daily business trip. He planned to take a look at Tengda first and simply adapt to his work. If it really stabilized and the time was ripe, he would consider moving. I wonder what it would be like to meet Boss Pei This time, Boss Pei actually used a game design idea to exchange for me. Its really surprising Zhao Xuming was inexplicably flustered, afraid that he would not be able to meet Boss Peis expectations. For example, Boss Peis ideas were like gold mines. They were very valuable. The only problem was that they had to spend a certain amount of time and effort to dig them out. Now, Boss Pei was handing over a gold mine to others. He had given up on digging on his own. Instead, he was handing it over to others to dig. Everyone could split the money. That was a huge sacrifice. In the eyes of Long Yu Corporation, Zhao Xuming was obviously not as good as a profitable game. Zhao Xuming felt the same. In that case, wouldnt it be too embarrassing if he did not achieve outstanding results after arriving at Tengda? Speaking of which, Boss Pei had exchanged a gaming idea for him. In the end, that was the extent of his abilities? Just thinking about it made him feel like he would die in society. It was nothing much to hang around in Long Yu Corporation previously. In any case, the upper limit of whether one could hang around was just like that. No one could tell. However, at Tengda, the employees here were all elites among elites. Wouldnt it be easy to be discovered if they continued to slack here? This made Zhao Xuming feel an inexplicable sense of danger. It was like a student in the ordinary class had been named by the form teacher to be transferred to the key class. It was a great deal! Just as he was struggling internally, his cell phone rang. It was Eric. Eh? Eric is back? Zhao Xuming calculated the time and felt that Eric should be done with his work there. But Im no longer in Long Yu Corporation! Zhao Xuming felt a little awkward. He felt that Eric had probably come to him to talk about IOI, but he had already resigned and was about to betray Boss Pei His old partner had become his enemy. What should he do? Zhao Xuming still picked up the phone after some hesitation. Hello? Eric said, Boss Zhao, I just got off the plane. I have something to tell you. mentally prepare yourself. Boss Pei might look for you during this period to discuss poaching you to Tengda. Ive already decided to go to Tengda. Ive already quit my job at Dayak Corporation. I told Boss Pei that I wanted him to poach you over so that we can work together. He agreed at that time. This matter might not be easy to deal with. After all, you have signed the anti-competition agreement and have no freedom. In short, when Boss Pei contacted you, cooperate with him. I still hope to continue working with you. Zhao Xuming opened his mouth slightly and was speechless. Boss Zhao? Eric thought that Zhao Xuming was too surprised to hear this news so he did not say anything. Zhao Xuming remained silent for a moment and said, To be honest, Im on the high-speed rail now. Ill arrive in Jingzhou in less than an hour. Boss Pei has already arranged everything. It was Erics turn to be silent this time. Zhao Xuming could feel Erics shock through his cell phone. That was too fast! In fact, Eric had indeed become the scapegoat after returning to Dayak Corporations headquarters. However, the headquarters arrangements for him had only been a transfer and a minor criticism. They had not reduced his salary. After all, the headquarters understood that Eric had already taken the blame. It would be too much to reduce his salary. However, Eric immediately resigned. The headquarters tried to persuade him to stay two or three times, but to no avail. They could only allow Eric to hand over his work and complete the resignation procedures. During this process, the human resource department did not forget to remind Eric that he had the anti-competition agreement. However, Eric did not care at all. So what if there was an anti-competition agreement? The place I am going to would not be included! Dayak Corporation might have a huge business and did not lack him but Eric only completed the procedures after a relatively cumbersome process. Eric only remembered to call Zhao Xuming after he landed on the plane and flew straight to Jingzhou. It was about time for Boss Pei to poach him. He wanted to inform Zhao Xuming in advance so that he could prepare. However, he did not expect Zhao Xuming to arrive in Jingzhou at the same time as him Whats more, it was much smoother over there than on his side. That made Eric feel very complicated. On one hand, he was envious. On the other hand, he was touched. Did Boss Pei really poach Zhao Xuming because of a single sentence from him? He placed too much significance on him! Dayak Corporation had never placed so much significance on him. After a few seconds of silence, Eric said, Alright, lets meet in Jingzhou. An hour later. Zhao Xuming and Eric settled down in the hotel and took a car to Tengdas headquarters to meet Boss Pei. Both of them looked at each other speechlessly. Last week, they had been fighting side by side against the powerful Tengda Corporation. However, this week, they had both betrayed their previous company. It felt like there was a program effect. When they arrived at the entrance of Shenhua View, the two of them alighted from the car and saw Boss Pei walking up to them with a smile. Welcome, welcome! The heavens are really helping me for you two to come to Tengda! Ive arranged a welcome feast for the two of you at the nameless restaurant on the 20th. You must be honored when the time comes. Ill bring the two of you to hand over your work today. If you need anything, you can let me know directly. Both of them felt overwhelmed by Boss Peis enthusiasm. An idiom silently appeared in their hearts: A general who lost dare not speak about courage! After exchanging a few pleasantries, Pei Qian brought Eric and Zhao Xuming directly to the 17th floor of the building, which was Tengdas games department. Pei Qian introduced as he walked. At the moment, Tengda Games is mainly divided into two parts. One is in charge of the development of the new game, and the other is in charge of GOGs operations and maintenance. However, this floor has long been filled with people. The work desks that cannot be filled have been arranged on other floors. There are some core employees on this floor. I wanted to make some adjustments and get rid of GOGs project team a long time ago, but I just didnt find an opportunity. This is just as well. Well make some changes to the personnel and distribute the people in charge of GOGs development and operations. The space would be enough once Tengdas headquarters building is built. However, the building has just started planning. Its still a long way from completion. Zhao Xuming looked at the sparse work desks and wondered if Boss Peis position of full of people had deviated slightly. Eric did not look down on the entire department seeing so few people. Instead, his expression became serious. Long Yu Corporation had many people in charge of operations in order to operate IOI well. On the other hand, Tengdas development, operations, and other employees added up to only dozens of people! That meant that all of Tengdas employees were well-hidden. One of them could rival two or three people outside. Eric felt pressure working with these outstanding people and being in charge of them. Pei Qian brought the two of them to Min Jingchaos desk. You will not be in charge of GOG from tomorrow onwards. I have other plans for you. Hand over the work and find an old employee to be in charge of GOGs follow-up development. Leave GOGs domestic and overseas operations to these two. Theyre all old friends. Theres no need to introduce them. Boss Eric, Zhao Xuming, and Boss Zhao. Min Jingchao: Huh? His expression was filled with surprise. Obviously, he was not mentally prepared at all. I just arrived at work not long ago. The chairs at the work desk have not even been warmed up yet. Why did Boss Pei suddenly come and drag me down?! However, Min Jingchao did not say anything. He just stood up and nodded. Alright, Boss Pei. Pei Qian said, Finish the handover as soon as possible and then follow me to Guangzhou. On top of that, organize the current list of employees for GOG. Well change the office location in the near future. Alright, hand over your work. Look for me if you have any questions. Pei Qian left very elegantly after he finished speaking. Eric and Zhao Xuming looked at each other, obviously confused. That was it? Looking at Min Jingchaos confused expression, Boss Pei had obviously not communicated this to him before! He changed his job immediately. The key was that Min Jingchao did not raise any objections or questions and carried it out directly? Such efficiency and execution were a little scary. At the same time, he was even more certain that Boss Pei had astonishing control over Tengda. This kind of control was not just power or oppression. It was obvious that Min Jingchao had no complaints about this arrangement. He seemed to approve of Boss Peis arrangements from the bottom of his heart. That meant that Boss Pei had a terrifying reputation within Tengda Working in such a magical company, most of his previous work experience, including his colleagues interactive relationships, would probably be useless. He had to learn from scratch. Of course, Min Jingchao had heard of Eric and Zhao Xumings names before. They were old rivals after all. However, he had no idea when Boss Pei had poached them over without anyone knowing. Gentlemen, Ive heard a lot about you. Min Jingchao smiled. Zhao Xuming quickly said, No, we should be the ones saying that weve heard a lot about you. Weve always been beaten up and have never won. Eric nodded. Thats right. Were mainly here to learn. Please guide us! Chapter 1260 - The Person Who Knows The Opponent The Most October 22nd, Monday Eric and Zhao Xuming had arrived in Jingzhou last Wednesday. In the blink of an eye, three working days had passed. Today was the first week that Eric and Zhao Xuming had taken over GOGs operations. The entire process of handover was much faster than Eric and Zhao Xuming had imagined. They even had the illusion that Min Jingchao had left before they were ready. Ordinary companies, such as the handover process at Long Yu Corporation, would have to hand over such an important job for a month or two, right? Two to three weeks minimum was a must, right? One had to know that GOG was currently Tengdas most profitable project with the most players. In fact, after defeating IOI in the future, it had a high chance of becoming the game with the most players in the world. That was because GOG and IOIs players had reached this goal. Once IOI collapsed, most players would be eaten by GOG. Why was Boss Pei handing over such an important project so hastily? The entire process was a little too tight with the last three days for handover. The main items were: He would separate GOGs operations and hand the domestic and foreign parts to Zhao Xuming and Eric. Introduce the daily work of operations to the two of them, as well as how to deal with special situations; Introduce the businesses that the core members of each project were mainly in charge of so that it would be easier for them to arrange missions and work assignments in the future. He introduced the other projects, mainly Zhang Yuan and the work content of the E-Sports Department and the corresponding core business person-in-charge, so as to facilitate future collaboration and cooperation. He had decided on a moving plan for the entire GOG department. All the research and development staff related to GOG would be moved to a new floor. There would be an exclusive area when the Tengda headquarters building was built in the future. As for the work desks that had been vacated after moving away, except for Min Jingchaos work desk as the cenotaph and the work desks of the other person-in-charge that had been permanently reserved, they were all transferred to Tengda Games research and development department to recruit new people. Eric and Zhao Xuming were a little confused after arranging so many things in just three days. They had only noted it down with Min Jingchao and had barely figured out the current mode of operation of the entire GOG project team. It was impossible for them to be proficient in these tasks. Who could master it in such a short period of time?! Eric and Zhao Xuming were a little flustered. They wanted Min Jingchao to teach them for a few more days, but Boss Pei was urging them very urgently. Of course, Pei Qian did not want Min Jingchao to tell them too much If these two really replicated Min Jingchaos work model complete then what was the point of Pei Qian spending so much effort to poach them? All in all, Min Jingchao quickly explained all the work, handed it over, and left within these three days. Eric and Zhao Xuming were the only ones left sitting at their desks, stunned. They had a good experience of the Tengda speed. At that moment, the two of them were seated at their work desks. They had just arranged to move their work desks. Over the weekend, all of GOGs research and development staff and operations staff would move to the 22nd floor of Shenhua View. Considering that there might be more people in the future, the 23rd floor would be reserved in advance. In any case, given Tengdas current rate of expansion, there was not much difference between renting one more floor and renting one less floor when renting work desks. It did not matter to pay an additional months rent. Soon, it would be filled. Eric and Zhao Xuming finally found an opportunity to sit down and talk about their work after settling down. Zhao Xuming sighed. The difference in the work flow is too huge! On GOGs side, the person-in-charge has the final say. Min Jingchao has a lot of work to do. He doesnt need to hold meetings to prove or test it out. In fact, he doesnt even need to report it to Boss Pei most of the time. He can arrange for it to be done directly! The key is that Boss Pei doesnt seem to care at all. He would only come over to give pointers under certain circumstances, but he only requested a special event. This method is too small Uh, too efficient. Zhao Xuming had wanted to say small workspace, but on further thought, something was amiss. Even though this felt like a small workspace, he had been beaten to the ground by the small workspace model for the past year. It would be too embarrassing if he thought about it this way. Tengda Corporations working model was a stark contrast to his time at Long Yu Corporation. If he wanted to make an operation there, he had to first report the proposal to the upper echelons. Then, he had to communicate with the Development Team. If it was a game from a foreign company like IOI, he had to communicate across countries. They had to give some opinions on every level. The entire plan had to be changed three or four times at the very least. Whats more, it might be directly rejected by Finger Games in the end. That was because many operations had to be developed in the game. Long Yu Corporation could not mess with the client. They had to obtain Finger Games permission first. It would be difficult to organize a new event this time. Basically, more than half of the time was spent running various processes. However, it was different for GOG. The person-in-charge could do whatever activities he wanted! Previously, Zhao Xuming had thought that the heads of Tengdas various departments were Boss Peis marionettes. They would do whatever Boss Pei asked them to do. However, from the looks of it now, that was not the case at all! When Boss Pei had needs, they were indeed the marionettes. However, such a situation was actually not common in daily work. Sometimes, Boss Pei would raise two or three needs a month, and sometimes half a year would pass without him mentioning anything. When there was no need, the person-in-charge would do as he pleased! Some activities targeting IOI were not Boss Peis idea at all. They were all Min Jingchaos own ideas. Of course, both models had their pros and cons. Long Yu Corporations model might be very inefficient but the biggest advantage was that it was not easy to make fatal mistakes. Whats more, no one needed to take the blame if something went wrong. After all, it was vetted layer by layer. In other words, the goal was not to do things well, but to not do the worst. However, Tengdas model would be a huge problem once something went wrong. The person-in-charge would be responsible. In other words, it would require more courage than Long Yu Corporation. The biggest benefit of such a model was that it was efficient and the plan would not be changed randomly! As long as the person-in-charge thought that it was something that had to be done, he could quickly gather the strength of the entire department to do the best. Zhao Xuming could not help but feel emotional. It was no wonder that IOI was always beaten to the ground when comparing with GOG. In the world of kungfu, speed defines the winner! While IOI was still going through the process with Long Yu Corporation, GOGs event had been prepared. They were waiting for their employees to be exhausted. Their efficiency and speed were completely different! Eric nodded. Indeed, Tengdas structure can maximize the ability of the person-in-charge. Whats more, it can often have strange effects when dealing with companies with big company diseases. At the moment, GOG and IOI are in close combat. Its no wonder that such a structure can be used to go against everything. Zhao Xuming complained. Thats right, but shouldnt that give us more time to hand over? The person-in-charge has such a heavy responsibility, but the handover is over in three days. Isnt he waiting for us to make a mistake? As a person who was used to pushing the blame and was naturally cautious, Zhao Xuming keenly felt the weight on his shoulders. A huge black pot seemed to be hanging above his head at any time. If he was not careful, it would be pulled down and locked up tightly. That made him feel very dangerous. Eric shook his head. I think thats definitely not what Boss Pei meant. Zhao Xuming was stunned. Huh? What does that mean? Eric sighed. You can often see more from another angle. When he first came to be the person-in-charge of IOI, he had not been partners with Zhao Xuming. He had fought Tengda alone. In the end, he was quickly tortured. Subsequently, he began to study Tengda, the unique company consciously. He studied Boss Peis strategy in the business war. Gradually, he made some progress. However, no matter how hard he studied it, he could not see many things from the outside. Thus, even though he had a grasp of the situation, he still had a vague understanding. Most of the time, he would come to misleading conclusions. However, now that he was in Tengda and had truly come into contact with the core structure, Eric suddenly understood many things that he had not understood previously. Eric continued, Ive been thinking about why Boss Pei wants to poach us. Whats more, he seems to be willing to pay a certain price. This seems a little unreasonable because GOG has been winning. Min Jingchao has arranged all sorts of work well as the person-in-charge. Whats the point of changing two defeated opponents to break up his work? It cant be because he doesnt like him, right? Which boss wouldnt like an employee who has no problems, completes his job perfectly, and is subjective and dynamic? Now, I roughly understand. On one hand, its because the people in charge of Tengda will be on shift soon after training. They will be moving to more important fields to expand. Min Jingchao has more or less met Boss Peis requirements. On the other hand, once GOG reaches a certain stage, the two of us can play a greater role than Min Jingchao. The two of us have our advantages. Zhao Xuming nodded in realization. Yes thats right. That should be the only possibility. In order to poach him, Boss Pei had even given up a game idea. That was enough to show that there was something special about him that Boss Pei was interested in. However, Zhao Xuming had not thought of it yet. Eric continued, We are definitely not as good as Min Jingchao in terms of game design. Fortunately, we dont have to worry about GOGs version update. Naturally, the original designers of the project team will be promoted and continue to be in charge of the new version and new hero. Then our advantage must be in game operations! Chapter 1261 - Boss Pei’s Game Design Method Eric continued, My understanding is that this advantage is mainly in two aspects. First, we know IOIs internal operations very well. We are very familiar with Dayak Corporation and Finger Games behavior patterns. Therefore, we can predict IOIs movements when we encounter some activities. Of course, Boss Pei can do that as well. However, Boss Pei is very busy after all. He cant keep watching IOIs movements. We understand both IOI and GOG very well at the same time. Therefore, when the two games are competing, we can specially target the other partys weaknesses and continue to maintain GOGs complete suppression of IOI. We can even expand! Second, we have more experience in coordinating large teams. At the moment, GOGs entire project team is basically still in the initial stage. The person-in-charge has absolute control. The advantage of this model is that it is efficient and quick to react. It is easier to win in intense competition. However, the downside of it is that as the business extends and the number of people increases, the workload of the person-in-charge will continue to accumulate. Under huge work pressure, it will be difficult for him to deal with problems in all aspects. It will be easy for him to make mistakes. In the future, if GOG defeats IOI and becomes the only winner in MOBA games, the entire GOG project team will definitely continue to grow and have more people. Under such circumstances, the original efficient model would no longer be adaptable. We still have to slow down the pace and inevitably move towards the institutionalization model of large companies. Then, we can use our own experience to combine GOGs previous working model and gradually develop a new model that combines efficiency and institutionalization to better adapt to the work requirements of the new period! Thats why Boss Pei wanted to poach both of us! Erics analysis was very one-sided. Whats more, combined with Boss Peis previous actions, it was quite convincing. Zhao Xuming nodded in realization. Indeed! He felt that he could not compare to Min Jingchao in any aspect but his understanding of IOI was much better than Min Jingchao! After all, Min Jingchaos main focus was on GOG. There was no need for him to study in-depth into IOI. Who would be more suitable than Zhao Xuming and Eric, the former IOI operators, if they wanted to attack IOI any further? The reason why so many monarchs in history attached so much importance to rebels was because they understood their enemies very well and could provide very useful information. Eric and Zhao Xuming could be more ruthless than Min Jingchao in dealing with IOI! What? Have mercy on your old boss? That was impossible. He had to be ruthless because of his old employer! Otherwise, wouldnt it prove that the previous failures were not his old employers fault but his own? Whats more, in the long term, he would have to integrate two different management models. In other words, conquering and defending were different. One emphasized on attacking, while the other emphasized on defending. On the eve of victory, he would transfer Min Jingchao, who could fight well, away and continue on the new journey. Then, he would replace Eric and Zhao Xuming, who were relatively good at managing, and prepare for the next great unification. Eric continued, Therefore, there is a reasonable explanation for the hasty handover. Boss Peis attitude is actually hinting to us not to completely follow Min Jingchaos work model. We have to understand the previous work model more and integrate it. We cannot completely inherit it rigidly. If the handover takes too long, such as half a year, our thinking patterns would definitely be changed. It would be difficult to change back. The handover time now looks very short. In fact, we can ask the other people in the project team at any time when we encounter problems. Whats more, we wont limit our thinking. Its completely just right. Zhao Xuming nodded in realization. He was no longer flustered. He was completely relieved after hearing Eric speak so logically. Whats more, he had found a way to push the blame. One of them was in charge of overseas business while the other was in charge of domestic business. However, Zhao Xuming could completely copy and stick to them! Zhao Xuming would do whatever Eric did then. This was definitely not plagiarism. This was a combined event, this was treating everyone equally, this was a game of chess. In any case, Eric would definitely hurt IOI internationally. Zhao Xuming would copy his homework. Given GOGs current dominance in the country, the effect would definitely not be bad. He would normally give suggestions for Eric to adopt. One would come up with ideas and the other would make the final decision. How perfect would that be? Alright, the feeling of a golden partnership was back! Zhao Xuming was very happy. Alright, well start preparing for the event now. 1024 Digital Day is almost here. We have to organize a huge event to snatch a group of players! They had to let Boss Pei see that there was a huge value in spending so much effort to poach the two of us! At the same time, Pei Qian and Min Jingchao were already on the plane to Guangzhou. He had to get Sun Strike Studios a new game! In fact, Long Yu Corporation and Sun Strike Studios did not rush him. They only hoped that Boss Pei would make time to go over as soon as possible without limiting the time. The main reason was that they did not dare to rush him. Game design was a purely creative thing. Sometimes, the overall design was quite good, but a small flaw could destroy the entire plan. If he made Boss Pei unhappy, what if Boss Pei deliberately left a pit in the design plan? Even though everyone felt that Boss Pei was not someone without morals, it was better to avoid unnecessary trouble. Thus, they had to be polite and work on the game together to earn money. Of course, they were overthinking. That was because Pei Qian himself could not predict what the game he designed would become. He knew this very well. It could succeed even if the design was bad, it could fail even if the design was good, vice versa. Since the design was completely unrelated to the final outcome it was meaningless for Pei Qian to secretly play tricks. This was completely up to fate. Pei Qians idea was that since everyone had reached an agreement, he would design it according to the normal process in Tengda. Whether the game would make money or not depended on their character. You would be lucky to make money. Dont blame me if you cant make money. Ive tried my best. Thus, the earlier he went, the earlier he would return. Min Jingchao showed no complaints about him no longer being in charge of GOG. He was indeed a little surprised at the beginning, but he had figured it out over the past two days. If it was any other company, based on his results at GOG, he would probably have continued working for a lifetime. However, Tengda was no ordinary company. Anyone who made a career in their own position would be transferred to other places by Boss Pei. That was because the training obtained from the same position was repetitive. The people in charge kept doing repetitive and similar work. They did not improve much. While this could allow various projects to develop steadily, it was ultimately a waste of talent. In the later stages, the person-in-charges business ability would not improve anymore. It would only improve his management ability. However, it was obvious that not all people in charge needed such strong management ability. Not all people in charge were good at management. Boss Pei obviously wanted to nurture the people in charge into polymaths so that Min Jingchao could continue on the path of designers and not frame himself to death in GOG. After poaching Eric and Zhao Xuming, GOGs work was handed over. Min Jingchao naturally had to face a greater challenge. This time, Min Jingchao heard from Boss Pei that he was going to help Sun Strike Studios in Guangzhou design a game. He was both expectant and nervous about this. Boss Pei seemed to want to nurture every core member of Tengda Games into a gold medal designer, but Min Jingchao only had relevant work experience with GOG after all. He had not really led the development of games. The good thing was that he was an old employee. He also dealt with Hu Xianbin every day. He was very clear about how to perfect Boss Peis creativity and how to analyze Boss Peis design intentions. Thus, this job should not be too difficult. However, how was Sun Strike Studios doing? Could they cooperate with him? That was a question as well. The seats in the business class could be laid flat and were very comfortable. Min Jingchao wanted to ask Boss Pei about his work after Sun Strike Studios since he had nothing to do. What game should he create? Did Boss Pei have any special requests for him? What should he do if something unexpected happened? After all, Boss Pei would be returning to Jingzhou after finalizing the game plan there. He would have to stay in Guangzhou for a few months and only return after the game was developed. It was best to ask many things in advance. Otherwise, it would be more troublesome to call and ask later. Boss Pei, how is my main job over there? Also, the working time and overall development process should we base it on Sun Strike Studios situation or on ours? How much work should be done by them? It was not that Min Jingchao wanted to be lazy, but he had to understand the importance of this project. If Boss Pei took a liking to it, it would be a very strategic action. He would definitely do his best and try to make it as perfect as possible. If something went wrong with Sun Strike Studios, he had to think of a way to resolve it. However, if this was not important, or if Boss Pei did not intend to make the game too profitable, Min Jingchao would not have to spend so much effort. He would just have to do his job. Whether the game succeeded or not was not up to him. Pei Qian pondered for a moment. Yes of course, well follow Tengdas pace. Do the same as you would have done here. If you run into any problems, look for Zhou Muyan and ask his subordinates to cooperate with you unconditionally. Of course, we have to be like Tengda when it comes to holidays and rest. Dont tire yourself out. To Pei Qian, this was an experiment. Of course, he had to follow Tengdas plan. If they were to pull a fast one and develop half of the game in Tengdas way and half of it in Sun Strike Studios way, the final outcome would be meaningless! That was because he could not tell why he had succeeded or why he had failed. Whats more, Pei Qian only wanted to fulfill his promise. Whether he succeeded or not depended on fate. Thus, he would not give Min Jingchao any hard requests. He could not cripple the lazy spirit that he had worked so hard to cultivate just because of this poverty alleviation. What if Min Jingchao returned from working overtime and became a hard worker? Wouldnt that be a huge loss? He was already so dangerous even in his lazy state. Wouldnt it be even more impossible to clean up if he became a hardworking person? Therefore, the process should be the same. There was no need to change it since it could not be changed. Min Jingchao nodded slightly, expressing that he understood. In any case, it was equivalent to Tengda opening a new department and recruiting a new group of people for development! The only thing he had to take note of was to ensure that he had complete control over the entire project. He had to ensure that everyone would unconditionally cooperate with him. If there were any who did not cooperate, he would just give Zhou Muyan a call to get rid of him. What was there to be afraid of with Boss Pei backing him up? Chapter 1262 - Watching And Learning When they arrived at Guangzhou, Sun Strike Studios specially sent a commercial car to pick them up at the airport. This was normal. Whether it was for work or for personal reasons, Zhou Muyan should have arranged it this way. Pei Qian instructed Min Jingchao on the business car. Sun Strike Studios working conditions are slightly worse than Tengdas. However, its not much different. Try your best to adapt and treat it as poverty alleviation. Each company has its own situation. Dont ask too much, understand? Min Jingchao nodded. Dont worry, Boss Pei. I understand. This was Min Jingchaos first time visiting Sun Strike Studios. When he was developing Ocean Stronghold, Pei Qian had organized a public holiday and arranged for his employees to come to Guangzhou to play. At the same time, he had visited Sun Strike Studios. However, Min Jingchao had not joined at that time. He had only joined when GOG was up. Pei Qian was not worried about anything else. He was only afraid that Min Jingchao would ask the same questions as Ma Yang: Why are you still working on Saturday? Do you have overtime pay? Why are the work desks so cramped? He did not want to accidentally ruin Zhou Muyans mentality. Min Jingchao might not be as lacking in EQ as Old Ma but he would not go wrong by giving a few instructions in advance. Sun Strike Studios had its own seven-storey office building with greenery surrounding it. The environment was not bad. The commercial car stopped at the entrance. Zhou Muyan and Sun Xi were already waiting at the entrance. Both of them welcomed Boss Pei warmly when they saw him arrive. Pei Qian had a vague impression of Sun Xi. He was also the one in charge of receiving him the last time. His previous position seemed to be the core designer of a large MMORPG project within Sun Strike Studios and he had also participated in the development of Bullet Hole. He was a core member to begin with. After two years of training and nurturing, he was now Zhou Muyans right-hand man and the chief designer of the workspace. They passed through the bamboo forest in the front yard, passed through the front desk, and arrived at the fourth floor. The last time he came, there was still a visitation segment. This time, he skipped it directly. That was because Zhou Muyan felt awkward at the thought of this He had actually flaunted the benefits and treatment of his employees in front of Tengda previously. What was he thinking then! Back when Tengda was still a small company, the benefits were already better than Sun Strike Studios. Now that it was getting bigger, the benefits were way too good. Zhou Muyan knew that he could not compare at all. Thus, they tacitly stopped talking about what had happened previously and pretended that nothing had happened. Once Min Jingchao settled down, he would ask Sun Xi to bring him around to familiarize him with the working environment. Boss Pei, should we sit down and rest first? Shall we chat casually or? Zhou Muyan tried asking for his opinion. After all, Boss Pei had just taken a plane over. He should be a little tired. The more friendly schedule would be to sit in the guest room and arrange a time in advance. Then, he would ask Boss Pei and Min Jingchao to return to the hotel to rest. They would come for the meeting the next day. Pei Qian waved his hand. Theres no need. Lets start directly. In any case, he came here in business class. It was not tiring. Whats more, Pei Qians design method was based on fate. He did not need to use his brain cells or accumulate ideas. He was completely dependent on fate. Min Jingchao might have more work to do, but not for him. He could note down the main points today and perfect them later on. The earlier the meeting ended, the earlier Pei Qian could return to Jingzhou to rest. Zhou Muyan nodded. Alright, Ill get a few chief designers to come and listen. Then, Ill choose the most capable ones to assist Brother Min. Please have some tea, please. Give me a moment. Zhou Muyan stood up and instructed Sun Xi to inform the designers. On the surface, he said that he wanted to choose the most capable designer to be Min Jingchaos assistant. However, in fact, he hoped to take this opportunity to let the chief designers listen to Boss Peis lectures and improve. This opportunity was too precious! This was like watching a real martial arts master train. Even if you did not understand it at all, you would still improve. At the very least, one would be able to broaden their horizons and learn how martial artists trained. They would be able to understand the general direction. It was the same for game design. Everyone knew that Boss Pei was a genius at game design, but how did he design the game? There were many rumors in the outside world, but people who were not insiders could not come into contact with the truth. He had to make good use of this precious opportunity and learn from it. Of course, Zhou Muyan had only recruited a few core chief designers. They were all people he trusted very much. The reason why he did not call for more people was partly because Zhou Muyan felt that the others were not at that level or were not core members that he could trust and were not worthy to listen. On the other hand, he could not go overboard and arouse Boss Peis disgust. It would be too obvious and impolite if it was a large conference room filled with people. All in all, this was not just a collaboration with Tengda to create a game. It was also a learning conference for game design knowledge. There might not be a second chance like this. How could he not take it seriously? As for Pei Qian, he sipped his tea as he considered where he should start with the design. No matter how he thought about it, he seemed to only know one way to design it. That was to design it while incurring losses. However, in the end, he made money He had to admit that this made him feel sad. Actually, Pei Qian was a little confused. Logically speaking, there were so many ways to make games to incur losses in the world. Why did he always make games that earned money? Was it because he was so lucky that he coincidentally caught up with the way to earn money? There seemed to be no other possibilities apart from this. He couldnt possibly be a genius game designer, right? Then should he try a few more times and he may finally be able to incur losses? The development of his ability in Tengda was limited after all. They could only make four or five games a year. Many loss-incurring ideas could not be verified. However, if he had the help of other companies, he could develop a few more games at the same time. Perhaps one of them would succeed? Thus, Pei Qians plan this time was still to incur losses. If they made money, it would mean that Long Yu Corporation and Sun Strike Studios were lucky and were just fulfilling their contract. It did not matter. They would give Tengda some money but Tengda already had so many profitable games. It did not matter if there was one more or one less. What if he incurred losses? That would be very meaningful! Pei Qian would then have to study this loss-making model carefully and try to use it for himself. It would be even better if he lost badly. Pei Qian could use the opportunity to continue working with Sun Strike Studios and Long Yu Corporation as compensation next time. At that time, Tengda would be able to take the bulk of the research and development and monopolize the opportunity to incur losses. All in all, this could be regarded as an additional attempt. No matter the outcome, it was acceptable. After a while, Sun Xi returned. Boss Zhou, Boss Pei, the conference room has been arranged. Zhou Muyan looked at Pei Qian. Boss Pei, shall we take a walk then? Pei Qian nodded. Yes, lets go! Everyone arrived at the conference room on the same level. The designers who had come to listen had already arrived in advance. When they saw Zhou Muyan and Pei Qian arrive, they stood up and greeted them. Zhou Muyan left the middle seat and gestured for Pei Qian to take a seat. Pei Qian rejected politely but did not continue to reject him after seeing Zhou Muyans insistence. After everyone took their seats, Zhou Muyan cleared his throat and gestured for everyone to quiet down. Boss Pei has traveled a long way. Our workspace is honored by your presence. I have already introduced this new project to everyone previously. It is a project jointly developed by Tengda Corporation, Sun Strike Studios, and Long Yu Corporation. The opportunity is very precious. Everyone present should know how important such a large-scale project is to designers. Designers were also particular about gold-plating. A designer who had participated in a successful project and a designer who had not participated in a successful project would go for two completely different prices when applied outside. Not to mention the designer who played a key role in a successful project. After all, there was no clear measurement of ability in creative fields like this. Successful experiences were the greatest highlight under the premise that the basic abilities were similar. There was no need to talk about Boss Peis status in the gaming circle. Everyone present knew it very well. To these designers, it would definitely be a rare moment in their career if they could participate in this project. If this project succeeded as expected, just the resume would be enough to push their career plan up a huge level, not to mention the bonus and commission. However, it was not certain how many people would enter this project and be Min Jingchaos assistants. In the end, he might have to rely on Zhou Muyan and Min Jingchao to shortlist and vet the applicants. Therefore, these designers were all rubbing their hands together, hoping to listen carefully and think seriously. Then, they would propose some unique views and views to improve their chances of being selected. Zhou Muyan looked at Pei Qian. Boss Pei, shall we start then? From now on, we will follow Tengdas development process and cooperate fully. Of course, Sun Strike Studios had its own development process. However, since Boss Pei was here and there was a better process, why not? Sun Strike Studios was determined to be both a student and a tool. They would do their best not to let their habits interfere with Boss Pei and Min Jingchao. Otherwise How embarrassing would it be if Tengda Games undefeated legend failed because of them! Boss Pei was in Tengda, making every game popular. In the end, he failed the moment he came to Sun Strike Studios. How could that be? If that really happened, no one would think that Boss Pei was bad. They would only think that Sun Strike Studios was too trashy and a burden. How lousy was this team that even Boss Pei could not manage? Zhou Muyan could not take such a blow. Pei Qian nodded. Alright, lets start. Have you thought about what type of game we should create? That was how fateful design worked. From the game genre, it was up to fate. This sentence sounded normal to Min Jingchao, but it sounded completely different to other designers. They looked shocked. Did Boss Pei mean that he had not even thought about the game genre? They had thought that Boss Pei had already thought about the game design before coming! Didnt that mean that Boss Pei was confident of designing any type of game? Chapter 1263 - Bullet Hole 2 At that moment, everyone felt like Boss Pei was a master. The disciples asked, Master, what Kung Fu did you teach me today? Boss Pei replied: What do you want to learn? That meant that he would teach them whatever they wanted to learn! Otherwise, if his disciple said that he wanted to learn swordplay while his master said that he did not know how, he would change to another. How could this be?! He must know everything they wanted to learn so that he could ask so confidently. Thus, Boss Peis question stumped everyone. The designers who had been rubbing their hands together earlier had temporarily lost the courage to stand up and fell silent. That was because they had never thought that they could participate in the discussion. According to the normal process, the producer should first decide on a game type or even a rough prototype of the game. Then, on this basis, everyone would start discussing and expressing their opinions. They were even discussing the game genre now? Everyone did not know what to say about such a huge and vague topic. Coupled with Boss Peis invisible pressure, everyone was afraid that they would say something wrong. It would be even harder for them to speak. Pei Qian was a little confused. Why was this question too much? I was just asking what game genre you wanted to create, just say what you want! Why were none of them speaking? Some even lowered their heads in shame? He could not help but look at Zhou Muyan, thinking to himself, Are you sure that these are the best designers that Sun Strike Studios has selected? Zhou Muyan cleared his throat. Boss Pei, lets just follow Tengdas process. Dont worry about our opinions. Obviously, Zhou Muyan had some misunderstanding of Tengdas working model as well. No matter what, the game genre should have been decided from the beginning, right? It would be too strange to only discuss it at the meeting. Pei Qian said, This is Tengdas process. Everyone has their own opinions towards the game type. You can say whatever you want to do. It doesnt matter if you say something wrong. Everyone was even more certain of their previous guess after hearing Boss Peis words. Boss Pei could really design anything! Such a talent could only be described as awesome Obviously, it was not a coincidence that Tengda made games that did not overlap. Zhou Muyan was silent for a while before he recovered from his shock. He could only speak when he saw that no one else was too embarrassed to speak. At the moment, our studio has three main categories of games: the first two are more traditional. They are MMORPGs and shooting games. They have all been successful projects. The last one is a mobile game. There are many types of mobile games here. There are projects that were previously modified, card games that were developed independently, and mobile games of war. It would be best if Boss Pei can choose from these game genres so that we have some experience of so we wont be too blind. Zhou Muyan was also afraid that it would be a little strenuous if Boss Pei were to come up with a design plan for action games like Repent and be Saved. It was not that he could not make it, but he was worried that it would not be good. Pei Qian nodded. Alright, since thats the case, lets make a shooting game. He also felt that it was best not to make standalone games, but the reason was completely different. The main reason was that he felt that standalone games did not have much difficulty. The more outstanding and niche a game was, the more likely it would be to make people feel like they had successfully broken out of the circle. On the other hand, Sun Strike Studios had the experience of the failure of Bullet Hole first. At the same time, they had strong competitors like Ocean Stronghold on the market. The chances of failure were greatly increased. Of course, if he was more ruthless, he could ask Sun Strike Studios to develop a MOBA game to compete with GOG. However, Min Jingchao was GOGs chief designer of course, this plan was a no-go. All in all, shooting games fit the requirements of Sun Strike Studios and Long Yu Corporation. The chances of success were not high, but this probability still existed. Pei Qian felt that it was the most suitable choice after considering it all. Zhou Muyan perked up the moment he heard about FPS games. This was a unique skill that belonged to Sun Strike Studios! Bullet Hole might not be able to make it anymore but it was still popular for a period of time when it first came out. It would not lose money. Whats more, Sun Strike Studios had a huge pool of talents in the FPS genre. Boss Pei also had a proven idea like Ocean Stronghold Wouldnt that be almost 100% success? Pei Qian pondered for a moment and said, I remember that you used to have a game called Bullet Hole. Dont waste the good IP. Lets call the new game Bullet Hole 2. Zhou Muyan: His enthusiasm was instantly doused with cold water. Wasnt that name a little unlucky? Even though Bullet Hole did not lose much money back then, it was not considered a successful project! It was completely smashed by Ocean Stronghold and could not move. Was there a need to continue using such an IP? Couldnt he use something better? Zhou Muyan looked at Min Jingchao and realized that Min Jingchao did not say anything and was just recording. Could this be Tengdas workflow? Zhou Muyan pondered for a moment. He had already said that he would not ask too many questions and would fully cooperate. It would not seem appropriate for him to raise the topic now because of the name. Thus, he could only silently accept it. Pei Qian was not used to seeing no one raising opinions. Say something! You have to reject my proposal! If you dont speak, where would I get my inspiration? How can I design if I dont have the inspiration to reject your rejection? At that thought, Pei Qian said again, If you have any questions, feel free to ask them. Dont be embarrassed or afraid of saying something wrong. Ill make the decision for everyone. Dont feel burdened. Min Jingchao, demonstrate to everyone. Min Jingchao, who had been keeping his head down, nodded. Alright, Boss Pei. Is Bullet Hole 2 still going to follow the same design as Bullet Hole? For example, hand sensitivity, art style, charging mode, and so on? This question stumped Pei Qian on the spot. It was not that he did not know how to decide. There was nothing in the world that Pei Qian did not dare to decide on. The key was that he had forgotten what kind of game Bullet Hole was It was more than two years ago after all. How could he remember it so clearly? However, he could not express it, much less ask Zhou Muyan directly. Otherwise, how could he want to make Bullet Hole 2 without knowing what kind of game Bullet Hole was?! Pei Qian fell into a short period of silence. He was trying hard to recall what kind of game Bullet Hole was. Hmm I remember when I came to Sun Strike Studios, Zhou Muyan seemed to have introduced the design intentions of Bullet Hole. When Pei Qian had been listening to the comments, he had felt confident that Ocean Stronghold would definitely incur losses. In other words it should be the opposite of Ocean Stronghold. Oh, I remember now. Bullet Hole had maximized the replay of Counter Strikes hand sensitivity and achieved an 80-90% similarity. The art style was realistic and definitely replicated the weapon. The charging mode seemed to be using MMORPG, free + props. Bullet Hole would indeed incur losses now that he was wiser after the fact. They did not do a perfect job of imitating Counter-Strike. Instead, they dissuaded some rookie gamers because of the high difficulty. The realistic style was not as cool and pleasing as the Red Kilin. The charging model looked like it had a conscience but it was much worse than the Ocean Stronghold It was a pity that Zhou Muyan had already used such a perfect loss-incurring model once. It was no longer usable. How about Bullet Hole 2 continue that trajectory? Pei Qian glanced at Zhou Muyan silently. He dismissed this idea silently seeing his hopeful expression. It would be too obvious if he were to continue with the setting of Bullet Hole. Zhou Muyan would probably be the first to raise his knife and fight him. Thus, it would be best to keep the most critical parts of Bullet Holes failure as much as possible and only make some adjustments to the irrelevant parts. It was a sequel to the spirit after all. It was reasonable to continue the previous settings. Pei Qian quickly thought about it and said, Since its a sequel, of course, we have to inherit a portion and modify a portion. In my opinion we can inherit the hand sensitivity. We have to change the style. The charging mode sells some very cheap skins. Dont sell them at a high price. The hand sensitivity of Bullet Hole was similar to Counter-Strike, but it could not be that perfect. Thus, it did not please either side. The core players felt that it was lacking, and the rookie players were dissuaded. To Pei Qian, this was obviously the core element of the failure of Bullet Hole. No matter what, he could not change it. It had to continue. In terms of charging mode, even though props would be scolded more, they would still make a lot of money! Players in the gaming circle would scold as they spent money. He could not let their guard down. Whats more, there was a precedent for the success of the Red Kilin. The spending power of ballers in FPS games could not be underestimated. Therefore, like GOG, they would definitely make less money if they made it into cheap skins. Of course, GOG earned quite a bit. However, that was only because there were many players. That was why it had a thin profit and quick turnover. There were only so many FPS gamers. A large number of them were still at Ocean Stronghold. If Bullet Hole 2 sold the skins cheaply, it would be difficult to make money. A good-hearted game might not be able to generate small profits and quick turnover. It could also be possible that the income would not be enough to support the cost. Game Designer had already introduced such a way of dying. Of course, these two changes were still too little and not obvious enough. In the end, he only changed the charging mode. How was that any different from not changing it? The same dish was only sold at a different price? That would not be able to confuse an old fox like Zhou Muyan. It would easily make him doubt his motives. Thus, Pei Qian decided to go all out with the packaging in order to shut Zhou Muyan up. In any case, it was just packaging. It would not affect the core of the game no matter how it was changed. This was a huge change. It looked like a huge change, but in fact, it was a change in soup but not the medicine. That was perfect. Min Jingchao lowered his head and quickly recorded it down. Zhou Muyan and the other designers looked at each other. At that moment, they had many questions in their hearts. Boss Pei, you did not do that when you designed Ocean Stronghold! We now highly suspect that you have deliberately avoided Ocean Strongholds design. You are trying to lead us astray so that Ocean Stronghold would continue to make money! Chapter 1264 - Design Direction Zhou Muyan hesitated for a moment before saying, Boss Pei, I have some questions. Can you please explain? Its not that I dont trust you. I just want to learn more advanced design concepts. He was too embarrassed to say it out loud because he did not believe it. It was not that he did not believe in Boss Peis ability or his integrity. The key was that integrity was not absolute. There was a saying that there was a difference between family and friends. When Boss Pei designed Tengdas game, he had definitely gone all out. However, Boss Pei was only in charge of one idea now. The specific development and operations were completed by Sun Strike Studios and Long Yu Corporation. Could Boss Pei still go all out? Would he come up with his best idea? Would he analyze the market situation and dig into the details seriously? Whats more, as an FPS game, Bullet Hole 2 was directly competing with Ocean Stronghold. If they snatched too many users, would Ocean Strongholds income plummet? Considering these factors, it was completely understandable for Boss Pei to hold back on the design of Bullet Hole 2. He could not ask such things too directly, but he had to ask. After all, he would have to invest a few million yuan in the game no matter what he did. He would be able to spend tens of millions of yuan with just a few details. If he really made ducks and drakes of all that money, he would feel the pinch. Pei Qian sniggered, not flustered at all. He had experienced similar scenes too many times. He would feel uneasy if no one asked about it. All you had to do was ask and all sorts of twisted logic would definitely come out of your mouths. I guarantee that I would arrange for you to be obedient. Pei Qian smiled and said, Where are your doubts? Zhou Muyan pondered for a moment and said, First, the hand sensitivity of the game. When Bullet Hole was compared to Ocean Stronghold back then, a huge disadvantage was that the hand sensitivity was too similar to Counter-Strike, causing newbies to not feel so comfortable playing it. At that time, I kept thinking that if I were to make FPS games in the future, I would definitely learn from Ocean Stronghold and try my best to lower the threshold for newbies. Why are we continuing the hand sensitivity of Bullet Hole? After the failure of Bullet Hole, Zhou Muyan had practically led the entire project team to learn from Ocean Stronghold. He had analyzed many problems very thoroughly. Learning about successful experiences was a must for every designer. That was why Zhou Muyan felt that Boss Peis words were unreasonable. Pei Qian remained silent for a moment and then said, Times are different now. Ocean Stronghold was a game from two or three years ago after all. Wouldnt it be akin to asking for a sword to row a boat? The corners of Zhou Muyans mouth twitched slightly. Boss Pei, do you mean that the design of Bullet Hole is actually two or three years ahead of the times? It failed because it was born at the wrong time? That sounded ridiculous, but that was exactly what Boss Pei meant! Otherwise, why would the hand sensitivity of Bullet Hole continue after two or three years? Pei Qian smiled awkwardly but politely. Well you cant use such a still and one-sided method to analyze games. Trends are recycled. Take the fashion world for example. When a new trend reaches its peak, it often becomes retro. However, this retro is not a complete replay and imitation of the past. Instead, it is a spiral that rises and surpasses Think about it. Ocean Strongholds model has been for gamers for two to three years. Many gamers are sick of it. Their standards have improved. Shouldnt we change to something more difficult? Therefore, it is not very accurate to say that your design was born at the wrong time. It should be said that you chose the wrong coordinate on the spiral where the trend is constantly evolving. You can touch the trend if you retreat a little or rise a little. Pei Qian did not dare to talk about the details because the more he spoke, the easier it would be to be exposed. On one hand, he did not have much professional knowledge in this area. On the other hand, the more details there were, the easier it was to show flaws. It was just like how fortune-tellers could not make things too clear when they were bluffing others. They had to talk about it in a big empty space. It was very mysterious. It would only be good if explanations made sense at any point in time. Wouldnt it be easy to be slapped in the face if there was a particularly accurate result? After listening to Boss Peis explanation, all the designers quickly lowered their heads and recorded it in their small notebooks. Indeed, Boss Peis thoughts were very different from the other designers. They were obviously on different levels! It was akin to kungfu, ordinary experts would often be obsessed with techniques and specific kungfu moves when discussing kungfu. Thus, they would talk about very details. However, real experts had already mastered all sorts of moves. What was the point of talking about the details? What he was talking about at this time might be some concepts about martial arts. On the surface, it looked like something big and empty, but it represented a higher level and had a strong guiding effect. It was just as Boss Pei had said. The fact that the trend was in a constant spiral was enough to provide major guidance to the future when everyone chose projects and studied the market trend. Zhou Muyan nodded slightly, his confidence greatly increased. In fact, he would not be particularly satisfied even if Boss Pei replied affirmative or negative if Bullet Hole was two or three years ahead. If he answered yes, Zhou Muyan would think that he was just humoring him. He knew himself very well. If he said no, it would be contradicting Boss Peis previous statement. However, Boss Peis answer was between yes and no. The trend was not a straight line, but a spiral. The design of Bullet Hole was actually very close to the trend in a straight line, but it was actually very far away. Boss Pei was indeed Boss Pei. Even a simple explanation was so philosophical! Zhou Muyan immediately repeated this sentence. Boss Pei, do you mean that we have to follow the design of Bullet Hole but we cant completely follow it? We have to make some changes based on the continuation of this concept? Pei Qian: Um Yes. At first, he wanted to say no, because once he edited it, he might not be able to incur losses. However, on further thought, he had just said so much. Wasnt that what Zhou Muyan understood? At that moment, he could only bite the bullet and admit it. However, he added on. However, you have to take note. Such modifications have to be done carefully. You cannot pass if you modified too little. Too much is as bad as not enough. We have to maintain the original core as much as possible and to grasp the magnitude. This was a little remedial so that the game could stay on this wrong path for as long as possible. Zhou Muyan nodded. He had no problem with that anymore. Boss Peis exquisite explanation had completely convinced him. However, there were other problems. Zhou Muyan cleared his throat and looked at Sun Xi. As for the paywall of Bullet Hole 2 Sun Xi, what do you think? Were not outsiders here. Speak your mind. Sun Xi was very smart. He understood immediately. Are you trying to question the doubt you have?! Obviously, the person with the real question was Zhou Muyan. However, he was a producer after all. He could not always ask questions like a primary school student. That would be too shameful! Whats more, the other designers were watching coldly from the sidelines. It would not be right for Boss Zhou to ask around. Thus, his underlings had to step out and help him resolve his problems. If Sun Xi dared to reply that I think Boss Peis design is quite good and there are no problems, he would probably be able to pack up and leave tomorrow. It just so happened that Sun Xi indeed had questions, or rather, the more normal designers seated had similar questions. Boss Pei, I do have some questions about the charging model. The charging method for Bullet Holes props has been scolded badly. We cannot follow this model anymore. We have to change the charging model. We know this very well. But why not use Ocean Strongholds charging format? Ocean Strongholds free game and Red Kilins high paywall model have proven to be a rather successful model. It is indeed very popular and gamers have basically accepted it. The charging mode would not be suspected of borrowing and plagiarism. Gamers would not feel disgusted just because the charging mode of the two games is similar. Why isnt Ocean Stronghold selling epic weapons at the same price now? Why is it selling skins? After all, players cant see their own bodies in FPS games. They can only see the gun in their hand. The effect of selling skins is very different from MOBA games. Sun Xis meaning was very clear. The charging mode was not a copy. Why not follow the method that players were already familiar with? For example, there was already a MOBA game that sold skins and a MOBA game in the market. Was he not going to make skins to charge? Was he going to make other charging points? That obviously did not make sense. It was the same for FPS games. Facts had proven that these gamers especially accepted the charging mode of Ocean Stronghold. It was an epic weapon that limited the number of free games. At the same time, it satisfied ordinary gamers and whales. The income was not bad, and the reputation was not bad. Whats more, the charging mode was not related to the spiral rise of the game design concept. There was no technique to this. It was purely a matter of choice. Why should he change it then? After a moment of silence, Pei Qian said, There is indeed no such thing as plagiarism in the games charging mode. However, if there is a sense of deja vu, players would still feel disgusted. Time, prop fees, skin fees, and other modes. Other games use too many of them. Its already normal. Therefore, it wont be strange to use them again. However, Ocean Strongholds epic weapon is only used by itself. Most of the other games failed after using it. Thats why gamers would still feel disgusted by the deja vu. Whats more, Ocean Strongholds charging mode is related to its gameplay. Its hand sensitivity takes care of new gamers. Thus, on the whole, its not a professional shooting game. It doesnt matter if its a little unfair. Players are more tolerant. However, if it was a game with a more professional positioning, any unfairness could cause players to feel disgusted. When these two types of disgust are added together, the first impression that Bullet Hole 2 gives players would be very bad. Chapter 1265 - One Dared To Send Missions, The Other Dared To Accept Missions Sun Xi nodded. I see. I understand. However, I have another question: the price of the skin. As you said, Boss Pei, you can use the skin to charge. Why dont you set the price higher? Bullet Hole 2 and GOG are not competing. Theres nothing strange about the price of the skin of two different game types being different. Bullet Hole 2 has very few players as an FPS game to begin with. If the price of the skin is low, the profits would naturally be low. If the sales do not rise, wont we fall into a vicious cycle? I think its better to set the price of the skin higher at the beginning. If the profit situation is more optimistic, we can slowly discount and lower the price. It can also stimulate consumption and be more stable. Pei Qian: Good lord, it was indeed not easy to fool the people outside. The people from Tengda Games were very professional but overall, they trusted Boss Pei too much. Thus, even if they had questions, they would not ask them. Instead, they would think about it themselves. The questions with Sun Strike Studios were evidently much sharper. However, this small problem was obviously not enough to stump Pei Qian. He could even hoodwink a veteran in the gaming circle like Old Master He An. Wouldnt it be easy to deal with a few young people? After some consideration, Pei Qian said, I think this is a matter of whether there is a chicken first or an egg. Players say: If your skin is cheaper, I will buy more. The game merchant said: You buy more and then my skin will be discounted. No one is willing to give in first. That would be a vicious cycle. If its as you said, well sell it at a high price first and then slowly discount it in the future, then let me ask you: If the skin sells well at a high price at that time, would you still be willing to give a huge discount? If we give a discount, would we still give a 50%, 70%, or even lower? Im afraid we would only give a 20% discount or a 30% discount muddled along. If the skin is not sold well, would the discount make the price of the skin seem too high, making players gloat and not buy it? Therefore, your idea is very optimistic and beautiful, but it is not practical. Some things would be unimaginable if you did not do it in the beginning. As for the gaming community This is also a question of whether there is a chicken or an egg first. If a certain game is not attractive enough to players, there would naturally be fewer players. If there are few players, the income of the game would be low, and there would be no money for follow-up updates. The appeal of the game to players would decrease further. As time goes by, this will become a vicious cycle. Therefore, its fine if we dont succeed. If we want to do it, we have to do it to the best of our abilities. We have to lower the price from the beginning so that gamers would feel embarrassed if they didnt spend money. We have to make them feel that its inhumane not to buy such cheap skins. That would form a virtuous cycle! Pei Qians expression was rather serious. His aura conquered everyone. Sun Xi nodded, speechless. What Boss Pei meant was that even though there were not many players now, as long as Bullet Hole 2 was done well and had a conscience, there would be more players in the future. This was something that would happen in the future. No one could tell, so there was no way to deny it. Otherwise, wouldnt he be cursing himself? Before the game was released, he had to think about what to do if no players came to play it. That would be too discouraging. Thus, the topic stopped there. Zhou Muyan cleared his throat. Hmm, thats settled then. However, I think Long Yu Corporation should have some complaints about this charging model The skins were priced cheaply. It was obviously not conducive to making money for Longyu Corporation. Sun Strike Studios was a research and development company while Long Yu Corporation was an operations company. Obviously, the operations company was more concerned about this. Pei Qian sniggered. Why should we care so much about their thoughts? We cant let the operations company set the price for the game. Its just like asking the cat if it would eat a small biscuit. There will only be one answer. To put it nicely, the goal of the operations company was to make the game better. To put it bluntly, it was to earn more money. These two arguments looked the same on the surface, but there were often huge deviations in the real operation. They were getting closer and closer to the latter, and farther away from the former. Zhou Muyan nodded and gave Boss Pei a thumbs up silently. Indeed, an impressive game designer like Boss Pei could completely ignore the operators views. In fact, Boss Peis own operating skills were unparalleled. Why bother thinking about what Long Yu Corporation would think? GOG could beat IOI to the ground, which was enough to explain the problem. Alright, the problem with the charging mode has been resolved. The only problem left is the art style. Boss Pei, what style do you think is more suitable? Pei Qian smiled. Lets hear everyones opinions first. Zhou Muyan looked at Sun Xi. Sun Xi pondered for a moment and said, Ocean Strongholds success lies in the relatively exaggerated and cool appearance of the Red Kilin and Barrett epic weapons. It can be seen that most players say that they want to write it down but it would be really nice after adding the special effects. I think we should work in that direction as well. Make it more exaggerated and cool. The designers, including Zhou Muyan, nodded. This was something that they had analyzed when they were summarizing the experience of Bullet Holes failure. It could be said to be a consensus within Sun Strike Studios. However, at that moment, a voice said faintly, Really? I think that theres nothing wrong with keeping a low profile, being simple, and being realistic with weapons. Everyone turned around in unison and realized that it was Boss Pei. The conference room fell silent. It felt like they had switched roles? Shouldnt Tengda be crazily talking about Ocean Strongholds success and Sun Strike Studios saying that they should stick to their own ideas? Why was it the other way around? Now, it has become Sun Strike Studios trying their best to use Ocean Strongholds successful experience. However, Boss Pei kept rejecting them. Ridiculous! Sun Xi tried asking, Boss Pei, are you saying that we plan to sell our skins to make money, and then make the skins of our guns low-key, plain, and realistic? Pei Qian nodded. Whats wrong? I think its low-key, simple, and realistic. It doesnt conflict with how well done and unique it is. Everyone fell silent. Good lord, youve said all the right things! Boss Peis words reminded everyone of the unscrupulous client. He would say multi-colored black and multi-colored white directly. He would give a contradictory request. In any case, they could find fault with the freelancer in the end. Zhou Muyan sighed. Boss Pei, you really do whatever you want with Big Boss Ruan around Can you lend Big Boss Ruan to us for a few days? I think only he can fulfill this request. Let Ruan Guangjian draw it? How could he allow that to happen?! Pei Qian immediately shook his head. Ruan Guangjian might not be able to leave. Tengda has many projects for him. Besides, doesnt Sun Strike Studios have its own animation artist and model artist? Theres no need to give up whats near for whats far away. I think your artist here is quite something. Zhou Muyan was a little helpless. But they are only good at thesis assignments! Sun Strike Studios artists were basically following the designers requirements strictly and were already used to this working model. Give them a broad concept and let the artists express themselves freely? It would be too difficult for them. Ruan Guangjian had been designing on his own from the beginning, and he had been working with Tengda for a long time. Thus, his ability to control the flow of the art was not something that ordinary artists could compare to. Pei Qian smiled. There will always be a first time. I think that Sun Strike Studios artists are all rather outstanding. Since weve worked together for such a long time, we should trust them. Let them give it their all and try. For all we know, they might be able to achieve something. Zhou Muyan and the designers looked at each other and saw similar expressions on each others faces. Boss Pei, do you think everyone is Big Boss Ruan? We really dont trust our companys artists! They had already made their requests very clear, but the results were still very easy to wrangle. Wouldnt it be even more ridiculous if they were allowed to design freely? However, they could not say it directly. Otherwise, the art director would fly into a rage if news of this got out. Then, it would be too much for the art team to protest against them. Thus, everyone exchanged confused looks. No one spoke. That was exactly what Pei Qian wanted. Im going to slip away since you have no more questions! He looked at Min Jingchao. How is it? Do you have a general idea? Pei Qian did not want to say much because he would definitely make a mistake if he said too much. What if he ended up contradicting himself? Therefore, he would leave immediately once Min Jingchao said that it was about time. Min Jingchao looked at the contents of the small notebook and recalled the Boss Peis Intent Analysis and Hu Xianbins previous design experience. He said, Hmm I have some ideas. Pei Qian immediately stood up when he heard that. Alright, lets start the work! Everyone is dismissed. Min Jingchao will come out with the game plan after two days and then assign you your tasks. Boss Zhou, you can slowly decide on the chief planner for Bullet Hole 2. If you cant make up your mind, you can discuss it with Min Jingchao. Zhou Muyan was stunned. This series of words confused him from the bottom of his heart. What the hell was this? The meeting was over so quickly? They had not decided on anything at all! Until now, they only knew that the hand sensitivity of the game was similar to that of Bullet Hole. The charging mode sold skins, and the style was simple, realistic, and unique They had not even decided on the prototype of the game. As for the chief planner who could work under Min Jingchao, he had no clue at all. Zhou Muyan had wanted the designers to come and listen and give their opinions. He wanted to see who was more confident and suitable for this project. Now, these designers were just like him, understanding nothing. The meeting was over before he could even find a chance to speak. These people must have looked confused as well, not knowing what to do with this project. It would be a waste to ask. Everyone turned to look at Min Jingchao. The meaning was very clear: Its fine if we dont understand, but keep Boss Pei around if you dont understand as well! After all, you are the chief designer. You will be the one to develop this game. However, Min Jingchao nodded. Alright, Boss Pei. I think its about time. Everyone fell silent. This hierarchy was amazing. One was daring to send missions, and the other was daring to accept missions! Wasnt that too rash! Chapter 1266 - Project Bonus? October 23rd, Tuesday At the entrance of Sun Strike Studios, everyone said goodbye to Boss Pei. Of course, this reluctance to part was not entirely due to friendship but mainly because of the game. We were not done discussing the game, Boss Pei, how could you leave! However, Boss Pei did not seem to care about this at all. It was as if the game had been completed. After the meeting yesterday, Boss Pei returned to the hotel to rest. At night, he brought Min Jingchao, Zhou Muyan, and the others for a meal. This morning, he packed up slightly and immediately flew back to Jingzhou. In fact, during the meeting yesterday, Zhou Muyan and the other designers had wanted to ask Boss Pei more about the details of this game. However, Min Jingchao was the chief designer after all. If he said that it was about time, the others would not ask further. Secondly, Zhou Muyan and the other designers wanted to go back and figure out Boss Peis deeper intentions. They wanted to see the gap between themselves and the top designers. In the end, everyone had dark eye circles after trying for the entire night. Obviously, they had been trying so hard to figure out life. They were still not able to understand! If it was someone else saying this, no one would think about it even if they could not figure it out. At most, they would just laugh it off. However, this was Boss Pei, the God of Game Design! If they could not figure it out, they would naturally continue thinking about it. In the end, it would be akin to going down a dead end. He might still have no idea about the game but it did not seem appropriate to stay and ask questions since Boss Pei was leaving. Everyone wanted to speak up, but no one dared to. Thus, everyone looked inexplicably conflicted. It was as if they wanted to sneeze but forced them back. It was very uncomfortable. Ill make a move first, then. If fate allows it, well meet again. Pei Qian smiled, looking indescribably confident. At that moment, Min Jingchao said, Boss Pei, I sorted it out after the meeting yesterday. I came up with a few questions. Can I ask you some more questions? Sun Strike Studios perked up the moment they heard that. Great! It looked like Min Jingchao could not take the pressure anymore and asked anyway! Should they return to the conference room and discuss it further? That would make the atmosphere more normal. How could he design something with such a broad requirement? He had to refine it. Everyone was waiting for Pei Qian and Min Jingchao to go to the conference room. However, they did not seem to have such thoughts and remained where they were. Pei Qian nodded. Alright, ask away. Min Jingchao hesitated for a moment. Boss Pei, should Bullet Hole 2 have a story mode like Ocean Stronghold? Pei Qian immediately shook his head. No! Ocean Strongholds success was a very important story mode. On one hand, the outstanding story mode had the effect of guiding a newbie. On the other hand, it had also improved the reputation of the game. It could be said to be the finishing touch for Ocean Stronghold. Whats more, Pei Qians original intention for Ocean Stronghold to create a story mode was to spend more money. However, Huang Sibo and Bao Xu had cleverly used the scenes and simplified the supporting roles to save money. They did not spend much money. Pei Qian did not intend to do something like that a second time. Min Jingchao nodded slightly. Then there will be more budget that were supposed to be from the original plot. We cant possibly cut it off. Pei Qian sniggered. Spend it somewhere else. Dont save the money. For example yes, we can make more maps. If there isnt enough funds, Tengda can make up for it. This is not a big deal. Zhou Muyan quickly said, Dont worry, Boss Pei. The budget will definitely be enough. Sun Strike Studios and Long Yu Corporation had agreed to fork out money. How could they let Tengda fork out money again? If news of this were to spread, where would Sun Strike Studios and Long Yu Corporation put their faces? Pei Qian did not argue with Zhou Muyan. The reason why he said that he wanted to spend the money on the map was because it was not appropriate to spend it on other places. Spend more money on firearms? Make character clothes? Make skins? Those were all purchase options! Dont turn it into Bullet Hole Warmth. That would be a tragedy. Spend more money on the gameplay? That wouldnt do either. It would directly affect the game experience. Only the games setting and map were alright. No one could not tell if they were slightly better or worse. They were not related to purchase options. It was not dangerous to spend more money there. Min Jingchao asked again, In that case, we definitely cannot learn from Ocean Stronghold in terms of gameplay. Pei Qian pondered for a moment and said, Hmm I think we can get rid of the apparition mode and biochemical mode. If the conditions allow, we can remove the explosive mode. At that time, Ocean Stronghold became popular. It was also because these novel models attracted many ordinary gamers. If their shooting skills were not good, they could jump into biochemical mode and fight zombies. That was why it was very popular. As for the explosive mode, it was the most experienced and professional mode in shooting games. It was deeply loved by hardcore gamers. The hand sensitivity of Bullet Hole 2 was more towards hardcore gamers. They would definitely like the explosive mode. Min Jingchao pondered for a moment. Wouldnt that leave us with the basic gunfight mode? The content would be too little. Or can I come up with some original modes? Pei Qian hesitated, and then said, Er sure. Pei Qian instinctively panicked when he heard the word original. However, on further thought, he realized that his panic made no sense. Compared to these mature modes that had been tested many times, the chances of Min Jingchao failing to develop a mode by himself were obviously higher. In any case, this was not his own project. He did not have to worry about losing money or earning money. It would not be a big deal to let Min Jingchao play freely. Min Jingchao nodded. Okay, I have no other questions. Zhou Muyan and the others from Sun Strike Studios were even more stumped. Everyone had been very happy when they heard that Min Jingchao wanted to consult him. They had thought that they could ask Boss Pei to stay for a meeting. After all, asking a few questions was usually a humble way of asking. It was not strange to ask for a couple of hours. In the end, Min Jingchao only asked him a couple of questions! Even though the conversation between the two of them had gone back and forth several times, it was mainly focused on two issues. First, the game did not have a plot. Second, the game had cut off many successful game modes that had been verified by Ocean Stronghold. It had to create an original game mode. Moreover, the whole idea was still foggy after the discussion! Min Jingchao had indeed raised the question, but had Boss Pei answered it? Whats more, why was Min Jingchao so satisfied? Pei Qian looked at his watch. Alright, I should be leaving soon. The timing is just right. You can call me if you have any questions later on. Min Jingchao nodded. Alright, Boss Pei. Leave this to me. Zhou Muyan could not say anything else, seeing the two of them complementing each other perfectly. He might have many questions but Min Jingchao was the chief designer of Bullet Hole 2 after all. He would ask Min Jingchao to consult Boss Pei when the development was in trouble. There was no better way. At that thought, Zhou Muyan boarded the commercial car with Pei Qian, intending to send him to the airport personally. After watching the commercial car drive away, Sun Xi tried asking, Brother Min, are you really going to let Boss Pei leave just like that? Many matters can be explained face-to-face, not necessarily over the phone. Shouldnt we take this opportunity to ask more? Min Jingchao looked at the notes in his notebook. Actually, its about there. Even if I call and ask again, it would only take a few sentences. It would not affect me at all. Sun Xi fell silent. Good lord, everyone in Tengda was indeed not normal. Actually, it was understandable for Boss Pei to be unique as a boss. The key was that the designers under Boss Pei were all so unique. That was very ridiculous Since that was the case, he had to prepare himself and see how Min Jingchao would perform! On the commercial car, Pei Qian looked at the scenery outside the window. He was in a good mood. Ah, it had been a long trip. He had to hurry back to Jingzhou and have a good sleep. Zhou Muyan suddenly thought of something and leaned over slightly. By the way, Boss Pei, I forgot to mention something. Previously, we simply confirmed that after the game is completed, the net profit of the game will be divided into 35%, 35%, and 30%. Even if the follow-up adjustments are done slightly, the range will not exceed 5%. Pei Qian nodded nonchalantly. Long Yu Corporation and Sun Strike Studios had already discussed this ratio from the beginning. These two 35% were the split between Long Yu Corporation and Sun Strike Studios while the 30% was Tengda Corporations split. Logically speaking, Tengdas share should not be so high. On one hand, the research and development budget and publicity funds were all from Sun Strike Studios and Long Yu Corporation. Tengda did not need to take any risks. On the other hand, the cooperation this time was to exchange for Zhao Xuming. Tengda should have taken less. However, after a discussion between Long Yu Corporation and Sun Strike Studios, they decided to give more. There were three main reasons. First, they were worried that if they gave Tengda too little a share of the profits, Boss Pei would not be concerned. That would cause the game to not be able to make money after it was created. If they could not earn money, how could they think about splitting the profits? Give Tengda a bit more of a share of the profits so that Boss Pei would pay more attention. Then, the more he earned, the more he would get. There was not much point in worrying about the specific ratio. Second, ideas were the essence of a game. Finding the right direction was sometimes more important than executing. Third, the game had to be publicized with Boss Pei and Tengdas reputation. When this game was released, it would definitely be under the guise of Tengda and Sun Strike Studios jointly developing. It would also be slightly promoted that this was a game design by Boss Pei. This was not fake publicity. It was completely true. Using Boss Peis reputation alone would be able to generate a lot of popularity. This would save a lot of publicity funds. This was just like many companies buying copyrights. They would either give a huge sum of copyright money at the beginning or give a high share of the profits. In any case, they had to show some gratitude. Thus, all in all, Sun Strike Studios and Long Yu Corporation felt that giving 30% of the revenue would slightly increase Boss Peis importance and make him pay more attention to this project. However, Pei Qian did not feel anything. He did not care about how much the game would be split. In any case, it would be in the System Funds and not in his pockets Zhou Muyan continued, However, other than that, Sun Strike Studios should do something as well. After every game makes money, the project team would get a commission. Bullet Hole 2 is no exception. At the moment, the project teams bonus is 15% of the profits after splitting the profits with other companies. Im a designer myself, so I respect talents. To put it bluntly, this bonus is higher than most other games companies. Of course, it cant be compared to Tengda. Amongst them, the most important chief designer, chief art designer, and other core positions would get about 2%. They would basically be leading in the industry. Pei Qian nodded. He roughly knew these numbers, but he did not understand why Zhou Muyan was telling him these. Generally speaking, gaming companies did not have overtime pay. Most employees could only hope that projects would be released to make money, become popular, and obtain bonuses. The more popular a project became, the more bonuses they would get based on proportion. Many newbies were lucky to enter the right project. They would be able to get more than ten thousand yuan or even higher bonuses every month for a year or two. That was very normal. Of course, the exact internal distribution also depended on the importance of the position. A core employee like the chief designer would definitely get the most. Many bosses of games companies were not designers themselves. They often did not pay much attention to their employees. The median bonus was about 5% to 8%. There were even stingy bosses who did not give a single cent after making huge profits. Zhou Muyan was a designer himself and valued talents more. To give a bonus of 15% was already very competitive in the industry. It was no wonder that his reputation in the industry was not bad. When gamers evaluated a company, they mainly looked at how messed up its game was. However, when insiders evaluated a company, they mainly looked at its benefits for employees. As long as the salary was sufficient, it was a good company for employees. Zhou Muyan continued, Therefore, as the chief designer, Brother Min will definitely follow the rules for the bonus. Not a single cent less. Boss Pei, you are the inspiration and producer of this project. Of course, you should have a bonus. According to our ratio, Brother Min should get 2%. Boss Pei, you get 4%. In general, the project bonus was 15%. The producer would get 4%, the chief designer, the chief art designer, and three or four core members would get about 2%. The rest of the money would be split between 4% and 5%. Dont think that 2% was too little. If a game could earn 10 million yuan a month, 2% would be more than 200,000 yuan. As a worker, being able to get two hundred thousand yuan a month was already a dream. Whats more, a lot of money would be distributed as year-end bonuses. As long as they could create a successful game and the company was not stingy, the reward would be relatively generous. Of course, this was based on the extremely low success rate of the game. As for Zhou Muyan and the companys leaders their bonuses were naturally distributed from the companys overall profits. Only 15% of the profits of a game would be distributed as bonuses. The remaining 85% would obviously be used for the companys various expenses, daily operating expenses, additional performance prizes, and so on. Pei Qians expression turned serious. 4%? Holy sh * t, thats a lot! If the game earned ten million yuan a month, wouldnt he be able to earn four hundred thousand a month? Based on six months, wouldnt that be 2.4 million yuan? Of course, he also had to consider tax deductions. However, no matter what, it was equivalent to losing 24 million yuan or earning 24 billion yuan during settlement? Ah, this Pei Qian was confused. Zhou Muyan quickly added, Of course, this money is definitely not important to you, Boss Pei. Its just a gesture. We have to follow the process. Putting aside the fact that Tengda had so many profitable games, Tengda could also get 30% profits of Bullet Hole 2. It was actually about the same as Sun Strike Studios share of the profits. Boss Pei could split Tengdas income with a single word. Thus, this matter was a little superfluous. If it was someone like Lin Chang, they would not mention this. However, Zhou Muyan was a designer himself so he looked at the problem from a different angle. He felt that he actually had two identities. One was a management level and the other was a producer. As a game designer, obtaining a project bonus was a form of affirmation of his labor and design. It was not a lot of money, but he could not save this segment. He would earn from two different areas but the characteristics were different. Since Boss Pei was a designer as well, this additional sum of money was a form of affirmation for his work. It should be considered icing on the cake. Of course, Zhou Muyan did not think that this was very important. The meeting yesterday was in a public place. There were so many people watching. It was not appropriate to discuss this openly. Thus, he only seized the opportunity to say a word when he sent Boss Pei to the airport today. Pei Qian froze on the spot. That was because he realized that the System had not given him a warning. In other words, the Systems attitude towards whether Pei Qian was qualified to take the commission as a producer was rather vague. At the very least, it did not prohibit or oppose it. The sudden happiness made Pei Qian dizzy. However, there was only one thought in his mind. Why the f*ck didnt you say so earlier! Tell me before the meeting, I dont mind spending more effort to help you design the game seriously and come up with some fun ideas! Its impossible for me to turn back now! From Zhou Muyans point of view, Boss Pei had already decided to go to the airport. Yet, when he heard that there would be a 4% project bonus, he decided to turn back for a meeting and redesign the game? How could this be?! He had already finished showing off and was prepared to go to the airport freely. Now, he could only continue to show off with tears in his eyes Pei Qian felt melancholic. His mood suddenly changed 180 degrees. At first, he did not want the game to make money. After all, there was a 30% share of the profits. Whats more, this was an experiment to incur losses. After succeeding, he could learn from his experience and continue incurring losses. However, when he heard that he could get a share of the profits from Sun Strike Studios, Pei Qian lost his cool. If the game incurred losses, the bonus would be gone. Even though he could obtain experience when he failed, it was still hard to say if he would be able to profit from the experience of failure! Pei Qian sat on the seat of the commercial car and looked at the scenery passing by outside the window. He suddenly choked silently. What the f*ck Life was unpredictable Chapter 1267 - A Simple Filling In The Gap In the afternoon, in Sun Strike Studios conference room After struggling internally, Zhou Muyan decided to choose Sun Xi as Min Jingchaos assistant. He had wanted to shortlist them based on his understanding of Boss Peis design intentions. However, he realized that everyone had handed in their zero marks. Since that was the case, he could only choose a chief designer that he trusted the most and had more experience in FPS games. No matter how he chose, he was still the most satisfied with Sun Xi. At that moment, both of them looked at Min Jingchao, wanting to say something but hesitated. Now that Boss Pei was gone, Min Jingchao was his only hope Zhou Muyan and Sun Xi knew very well that Min Jingchao was GOGs chief designer. This should be his niche. In other words, even if he left Boss Pei, the game that he designed would not fail too badly if something went wrong. However, the game this time was not just a passable requirement. If the three top companies worked together and produced a game with average response, it would be equivalent to failure. Given Boss Peis broad requirements, could Min Jingchao design a game that would not sully Tengdas reputation? That was rather suspicious. Zhou Muyan said very considerately, Brother Min, its alright if you dont have any ideas for the design plan now. You can think about it for a few more days. Designs cannot be rushed. Its easy to make mistakes in your busy schedule. Once the design deviates, it would be difficult to repair it in the future. Do you need anything here? If you are not used to the food here, I can ask the chef in the company canteen to make more of your favorite dishes. Zhou Muyan had to serve Min Jingchao well. On one hand, it was because he had a top working environment in Tengda. He might not be able to adapt here. On the other hand, he was afraid that he would be in a bad mood and affect the design of the plan. Min Jingchao smiled and said, Oh, its alright. Thank you for your care, Boss Zhou. Dont worry about the design. My design has basically taken shape. I just need to simply perfect it. Sun Xi was shocked. Huh? So fast?! It might only be a frame, but it was very difficult to think of a frame so quickly! That was because this framework determined the basic pleasure and core principles of the game. It was like the foundation of a building. This thing could be muddled but the consequences of it would be very disastrous. You thought of it so fast? Was there really no need to think further? Sun Xi and Zhou Muyan were stunned. If he did not trust Boss Pei and Min Jingchao, he would have thought that they were here to team up to cheat research funds. Min Jingchao was a little surprised to see their shocked expressions. Why? Is this fast? Oh, perhaps the work flow of each company is different. You dont understand Tengdas situation. I did not design it from scratch. I answered it based on Boss Peis hint. This is not an independent thesis. There is a certain pattern to fill in the gaps. As long as you grasp the method, you will be able to complete it very quickly. My speed is only average or subpar among Tengdas chief designers. After all, Im at GOG all year round. I dont have many chances to participate in other types of games. Zhou Muyan and Sun Xi were still stunned. Min Jingchao gave an explanation, but after he finished, the two of them became even more suspicious. You call this filling in the gaps? One generally only needed to fill in a few words for most articles, right? Boss Pei was doing the complete opposite. He only gave a few words for you to write the entire article! Whats more, he gave him ambiguous and unimportant words. What should he do? Your ability is simply heaven-defying, alright? Whats more, youre telling us that such a heaven-defying ability is the standard among Tengdas chief designers? Youre even subpar? What the f*ck? The talent pool of Tengdas designers could only be described as terrifying Zhou Muyan cleared his throat. Then, Brother Min, why dont you tell me the specific timeline and plan now? Im too curious! Sun Xi nodded as well. Thats right. How did you come up with a design plan based on Boss Peis broad conditions? Its a miracle! Min Jingchao smiled. Well, its not difficult for those who know how to do it. Boss Pei has been training us in this area. Ive been working in Tengda for so long. Its time for me to be enlightened even if Im a block of wood. Then, Ill briefly explain how Boss Pei wants to design Bullet Hole 2. Do you remember what Boss Pei said at the meeting and the questions that I asked later on? Zhou Muyan and Sun Xi nodded. They were all very simple questions. They were not profound. Whats more, they had recorded them. Min Jingchao said, These requirements are enough. Boss Pei had already explained the games hand sensitivity and charging mode. Simply put, Boss Pei would never repeat his own design. Ocean Stronghold has already used it once. It will definitely not be used again. Whats more, the current market situation has changed compared to before. Ocean Stronghold has nurtured and recruited a group of FPS enthusiasts. The entire gamer group has expanded since then. Whats more, Ocean Stronghold has been operating for two to three years. Many gamers are already tired of it. If we were to copy Ocean Stronghold now, we would definitely not be able to make it in time. The gameplay is not attractive. Even if we change the appearance, would the pirated version be able to beat the original? Thats impossible. Therefore, there must be changes and breakthroughs. Everyone says that Tengda Games is a golden signboard. Players would buy it once the game is released. However, this golden signboard is also built on constant innovation, constant change, and always surprising players. If one day Tengda produces a game that does not give people a sense of novelty, this golden brand would probably become rusty. Zhou Muyan nodded, expressing his heartfelt admiration. The logic was simple and everyone understood it. If he did not innovate and kept to himself, it was equivalent to rowing a boat against the current. He would not advance but retreat. However, knowing this at times did not mean that one could practice it. Most problems in the world would not be a problem if they could do it. In reality, innovation often means risk, and risk means failure. It was not difficult to advocate the creative spirit. The difficult thing was that a company always pursued innovation at all costs. Whats more, the minds of the boss and employees were all highly uniformly pursuing innovation. Min Jingchao continued, Boss Pei said that the skin of the game must be completely changed. He also said that it must be low-profile, realistic, and unique. Actually, combined with the requirements for hand sensitivity, I can see that this is a very clear hint. It can even be said to be a clear hint! Zhou Muyan and Sun Xi were stunned. Huh? What do you mean? Its unique meaning was to make it as cool as the Red Kilin. However, if it was low-key and realistic, how could it be unique? They were both guns that existed in reality. How could they be unique if they were more similar to real guns? Min Jingchao shook his head slightly, as if he could not understand their slowness. Its very simple, change the packaging! Who said that we have to make FPS games with modern backgrounds? Isnt a futuristic background better? Think about it carefully. The path of modern firearms is no longer feasible. Counter Strike, Bullet Hole and Ocean Stronghold are in front of us. Well run into them no matter what. However, if it is made into a futuristic sci-fi style, wouldnt it be able to be both realistic and cool? What Boss Pei said is realistic. He doesnt specifically mean that modern firearms must be realistic. It can also be realistic about future firearms. Make the future high-tech firearms simpler and more realistic. Dont add so many strange special effects. It will look more realistic. Whats more, this would solve the problem of hand sensitivity. The reason why the hand sensitivity of Bullet Hole is not popular is because the gun is the same as Counter Strike, but the hand sensitivity is slightly different. This subtle difference makes players feel a little uncomfortable. Thats why theyre not on either side. But what if we change it to a futuristic gun? As long as we change the packaging of these weapons, players would not feel this awkward. They would not think that AK47s hand sensitivity is not like this. They would only think that the hand sensitivity of this gun is more similar to AK47 or this is a future version of AK47. Since technology has improved, isnt it normal for the hand sensitivity of the firearms to change? Min Jingchaos explanation stunned Zhou Muyan and Sun Xi. They were stunned and a little enlightened. So that was what Boss Pei meant? Previously, they had not thought in this direction at all, mainly because their thinking was limited. Once Boss Pei said that he wanted to make Bullet Hole 2, they followed his train of thought. It was just like how the previous game was based on the three kingdoms. The sequel would definitely be considered with the background of the three kingdoms. If it suddenly became a high-tech three kingdom, would that be appropriate? However, Min Jingchaos explanation made sense. Thats right, if it was made into a sci-fi game, it could indeed solve these problems perfectly! Sun Xi was confused. But cant Boss Pei just say that he wants to do a sci-fi background? Why do we have to go around it? Min Jingchao shook his head slightly. Say it directly? Why not tell you the entire design plan then? This is what Boss Pei tested. He wanted to see if you could jump out of the restrictions and think of the perfect solution. If you had said from the beginning that you wanted to create a sci-fi background, would you still have delved into why you wanted to create a sci-fi background? Would you still have thought about the interconnected problems of style and hand sensitivity? Zhou Muyan quickly asked, What about the plot and game mode? Could it be that Boss Pei has already given a corresponding answer but we havent understood it? Min Jingchao nodded confidently. Of course! However, the freedom that Boss Pei gives to these two questions is different: the former is clear and the range is relatively narrow; the latter is vague and the range is relatively broad. Boss Zhou, you can try to interpret it. Do you remember what Boss Pei said when I asked him if he wanted to do a plot? Sun Xi immediately answered, I remember. Boss Pei said that he doesnt want to do the plot. The funds can be used in other places. For example, the map can be used. Min Jingchao nodded. Thats right. In Boss Peis speech system, the directions that are clearly pointed out are basically more important. What do you think Boss Pei meant by creating a map? Sun Xi thought for a moment. Combined with the sci-fi background that we summarized previously Do you want to make a few more maps of the PvP mode? The sci-fi style to be stronger and the structure to be more complicated? Min Jingchao replied with a question. No matter what background we make, we have to make a map for battles. Can we spend more money on sci-fi backgrounds? Is there any fundamental difference from making a modern war background? Sun Xi was speechless. After some thought, he said, No. A painting was definitely art. Painting a sci-fi background might require some original content, but the workload would not be much higher than ordinary modern war backgrounds. Thus, it was impossible to spend a lot of money just based on this. Min Jingchao continued asking, So how can we spend more money on the map? Zhou Muyan thought about it seriously and said uncertainly. Make the map big enough? If it was a small map, changing the style, or increasing the quantity, it would not be enough to spend a lot of money. The only way was to make one or a few huge maps so that he could spend more money. However, Zhou Muyan said this with some hesitation because he felt that this idea did not seem reliable. What was the point of creating a huge map? They had to have the corresponding gameplay to support it, right? Min Jingchao nodded. Yes, thats it! Of course, Im not sure either. Thats why I asked Boss Pei about the gameplay. Boss Pei said to get rid of the apparition mode, biochemical mode, and explosive mode. Then, I asked if I could create other modes. Boss Pei said yes. The answer is very clear after summarizing it this way: The Bullet Hole 2 that Boss Pei wants is a shooting game with a futuristic sci-fi background. It is different from the current mainstream FPS game play. A large number of players have to be placed on a huge map to undergo a new PvP mode. Sun Xi looked shocked. He did not expect that he could really figure out the framework of Bullet Hole 2 with just this information. Whats more, it made sense However, Boss Pei did not say what this new game mode is, right? You cant figure it out either, right? Zhou Muyan asked hesitantly. That was because Min Jingchao had interpreted too many things from Boss Peis words. That made him very uncertain. Min Jingchao nodded. Indeed not, because Boss Peis goal is for me to design freely. If you say that the fill in the gaps part is complete, the last part is the thesis assignment. Thats because the designers of Tengda would not find it difficult to fill in the gaps. Boss Pei had long since begun to consciously increase the difficulty, giving the designers full autonomy and allowing them to design their own models. I have a preliminary idea now, but I still need to focus on it and implement this idea as much as possible. It will take about three to five days. Chapter 1268 - GOG’s Skin Increasing Price? Pei Qian returned to Jingzhou on the afternoon of the 23rd. Since it was still early and Pei Qian was in business class, he was not very tired. Thus, he decided to sit in the office for a while to see how the various departments were doing during this period. Someone knocked on the door not long after he arrived. Pei Qian looked up to see Assistant Xin. Eh? Whats the matter? Pei Qian asked. Assistant Xins role in the company was actually constantly changing as Tengda Corporation expanded. At the beginning, Tengda was just a small company. Pei Qian handed over many trivial matters in daily operations to Assistant Xin. Thus, her job at that stage was mainly as an assistant. However, as Tengda expanded, the HR departments recruitment examinations were on the right track. Thus, they had formed a huge professional team in terms of manpower, administrative, finance, and so on. Naturally, Assistant Xin did not need to ask about these trivial matters. Thus, her job naturally became the coordination, contact, and distribution of resources between the various departments. In fact, she was doing the job of Vice-President. The benefits were also akin to a Vice-President. It was just that Pei Qian used the designation too often, so she was still an assistant in name. Of course, everyone in Tengda knew that she was definitely not just an assistant. Generally speaking, everyone tacitly assumed that Boss Pei knew everything about Tengda Corporation. Thus, they would only report on more important matters. This time, Assistant Xin had probably come because there were some more important things that needed Pei Qians approval. Assistant Xin took out a document and handed it over. Boss Pei, this is the event plan for 1024 Digital Day this year. On the whole, the event is still in the same style as before. The benefits have been slightly upgraded. However, GOGs activities this year are different from before. I think you should confirm it. Pei Qian reached out and took the proposal. Eh? 1024 Digital Day was Tengdas traditional retention program. It was held every year. However, it was a promotional event after all. There were only so many ways to go about it. It was difficult to come up with new ideas every year. For most people, tangible benefits were much more important than gaudy activities. It would not be good if the activities were too complicated. Ever since the first years response was not bad, Pei Qian had treated this as a normal method of spending money. He wanted to maximize the benefits, which was even more impressive than last year. It was a relatively stable event after all. Thus, Pei Qian had not paid attention to it for some time. 1024 Digital Day involved many departments in Tengda. According to the normal process, these departments would first formulate their own activities plan and then summarize it to Assistant Xin. Now, Assistant Xin realized that GOGs activity had changed significantly from last year. That was why she came to ask for instructions. Pei Qian quickly flipped through the proposals and quickly found GOGs location. There were a lot of words in the entire plan, which gave Pei Qian a headache. After all, 1024 Digital Day was held every year. There had to be more variations to the event than last year. Thus, the content of the event gradually became richer. Pei Qian had already ordered time and time again that the event should not be so complicated and that gamers should not waste too much energy to distinguish how to make it more cost-effective and not discriminate against price. However, as the event accumulated, it was inevitable that there would be more content. GOGs activities were obviously longer and more complicated than other departments. This Eric, what the hell? The event is so complicated. Dont you think your eyes are sore? I told the in-charge a long time ago that the event should be simple. How tiring would it be to write three pages at once? Oh, hes new and doesnt understand the rules. Thats alright, then. Pei Qian felt a headache coming on when he saw the densely packed words and terms. He even wanted to call Eric back and ask him to rewrite everything. However, on further thought, he dismissed that idea. Why did he want to poach Eric? Wasnt it because of his ability in this area! What would be the point of poaching him if he poached him over but did not allow him to continue his working method and used Tengdas things to modify him subconsciously? If Eric really deteriorated like the others, wouldnt that be a huge loss? Thus, after some thought, Pei Qian realized that Eric looked out of place compared to the other people in charge. That was a good thing. This meant that Eric was still living up to his previous failed tradition. He had not been assimilated by Tengda. It would only be meaningful to poach him because of that. At that thought, Pei Qian did not say anything. He tried his best to force himself to continue reading. Eh? Double the price of the skins for the event? Among the many terms, numbers were the easiest to catch peoples attention. Thus, Pei Qian could see the change in the price of the skin at a glance. GOGs skin was always sold at the same price: brave skins would be given to the heroes for free after the heroes reached top-level proficiency. Epic skins would be sold for 18 yuan, and legendary skins would be sold for 45 yuan. In addition, there were some limited skins that could be obtained in various ways. Subsequently, Min Jingchao created a creative community. Any hero that the official platform created based on gamers creativity would have a ten percent discount for the first skin, fifty percent for the second skin, and twenty percent discount for the third skin. It would be effective for a month from the day the skin was released. From then on, GOGs skin became extremely cheap. Whats more, every time they organized an event, the skins would be sold at a 50% discount. Sometimes, they would even be sold at a 30% discount. Many players felt that the skins were so cheap that it would be inhumane not to buy them. Under such a pricing strategy, the bulk of Tengdas profits were actually in the legendary skins and limited skins of some heroes. The brave skins were all free. They could not recover the production cost of the skins. They were completely spent on advertising. However, under Pei Qians request, the brave skins were made a lot. They would not only produce one or two blanks just because they did not make money. Epic skins did not make much money. It was basically still a loss if he used it to subsidize the cost of the brave skin. The profits were basically concentrated on the cool legendary skins of some popular heroes and the limited skins during the event. Tengdas activities were very frequent and intense, but it did not affect players enthusiasm for the first purchase. That was because the interval between these activities was relatively clear. For example, 1024 Digital Day was a traditional retention project. Gamers knew that there would definitely be an event on this day. They would wait until this day to buy skins. Tengdas strategy was to refund the price of the skin if it was discounted within the short term. Of course, they would not refund the skin if it was longer. Therefore, to gamers, on one hand, they could buy at various event points. On the other hand, it was also because they had to buy earlier to enjoy it. Even if the price was higher, they could either refund the difference in price or buy earlier to enjoy it. This was especially so for the limited skins for the event. They were all released during various events. There would not be any new activities in the short term, and there would not be any discounts. The time to make up for the difference would basically be over by the next event. Thus, they would basically sell them for 45 yuan. The profits were not bad. To put it bluntly, these skins were specially prepared for gamers who did not care about the price but liked to get new skins immediately. They did not care about the discounts. They only cared about the latest skin and how comfortable it looked. The theme skin for 1024 Digital Day had been completed when Min Jingchao was still around. It had not been announced until now. They were just waiting for 1024 Digital Days event. The skin theme was light and darkness. On one side was the angel theme that looked bright and righteous, and on the other was the dark and evil demon theme. The theme itself was more practical. It was easy to make color combinations with specific heroes, so the quality of the skin was definitely not a problem. The problem was this price. Pei Qian realized that the price of the skin had increased. It had gone from the original 45 yuan to 68 yuan! Whats more, normally, Tengda would give a discount for the first week when new skins were released. It might not be very high, but it was basically a 20% discount, which was 36 yuan. Based on this calculation, the price of skins on 1024 Digital Day this year had almost doubled! Pei Qians first reaction was dissatisfaction. Wasnt this fooling around! Selling the skins would generate profits. Once the price was raised, how much more money would he earn?! The scale of the event this time was huge, and GOGs event was happening at the same time globally. I cant eat and sleep well while earning money like this Pei Qian was just about to tell Assistant Xin to send the plan back for Eric to redo, but on further thought, he realized the previous problem. Eric and Zhao Xuming were the best partners in failure. He had to respect the professional opinions of professionals! It would be easy to cut the price back now, but GOGs situation would not change that way. What was the point of poaching Eric and Zhao Xuming? Perhaps this hack would affect Erics original work thinking and make him completely change to Tengdas working method No, no, no. He could not do that. Pei Qian felt that he had to support and encourage Erics thinking. There might be some pressure to make money in the short term but perhaps Eric could really make GOG fail slowly? Of course, it would be too optimistic if it failed. It was unlikely. However, wouldnt it be good to be scolded a little to make room for IOI to survive? At that thought, Pei Qian decided to spoil Eric this time. I will earn this money with tears in my eyes. I hope you wont disappoint me in the future! Theres no big problem with the plan. Lets do it this way. Pei Qian handed the plan back. Assistant Xin nodded and did not ask further. Alright, Boss Pei. It was already the 23rd today. The event content would be revealed in front of players at midnight on the 24th. Pei Qian decided to sleep a little late tonight to see how the players were reacting and whether they were scolding him or not. Of course, even if they were scolded, Eric and Zhao Xuming would probably be the scapegoats. That was because some rumors had spread since Eric and Zhao Xuming joined the company. However, some players were not willing to believe that Boss Pei would poach two active players. What was there to poach a defeated opponent? It sounded a little nonsensical. However, the rumors were all true On the other hand, Pei Qian was quite happy. If Eric and Zhao Xumings bad reputation in IOI could help GOG, he could not ask for more! October 24th, midnight. Pei Qian immediately clicked on the event on GOGs official website. The name of the event was slightly different from what he had seen on the plan previously. The theme on the plan was Light and Darkness, but the name of the event on the web page for players was Descent of Light. Perhaps it was because the name light and darkness was a little too straightforward and was not suitable as a name for the event, but light descending sounded more imposing. The specific description of the event was similar to the plan that Pei Qian had seen previously, but there was a huge difference in the description. That was normal. After all, writing a plan for the internal department was different from writing an explanation for players. The former would definitely be relatively simple and straightforward. The latter would require some modification of the words to bring players a more polite and respectful feeling. Apart from the skins, there were also other activities. However, these activities were more conventional. Thus, Pei Qian went down directly and found the relevant content regarding the new limited skins. Price: 68 yuan! He looked at the gamers comments and feedback. Indeed, most people were focused on the price of the skin. Whats more, the response was rather intense! Whats with the pricing of this skin? 68 yuan? Its twice as expensive as the previous events skin! Could it be that the skin this time is a little cooler? Oh, it seems like these skins have some exclusive activities in the game, but these activities are not considered rewards! Did I spend money to buy an opportunity for a liver event? Crazy! It really doesnt make sense. Isnt GOGs skin at 45 yuan? Ive never heard of there being more advanced skins on the skin. Now youve seen it. If the quality of the skin is very good, just make it more expensive. Thats not how you put it! If we sell the skins at double the price with some special effects, wouldnt it be the same as IOI? Previously, IOIs skin price had already been boycotted. Wasnt it scolded badly enough? Why did GOG start playing this trick? Thats right. Doubling the price with some special effects? It would look ugly if its true! Youre right. Are you familiar with it? This is IOIs operation! Rumor has it that GOGs project team has poached the original person-in-charge of IOI, Eric. Isnt it normal to do IOI now? F*ck! Isnt that a fake? GOGs project team was doing well in the beginning. Why did they poach the useless Eric? If not for him, would IOI have died so quickly? Its really not fake. Many channels have verified that Eric has indeed been poached by Tengda! Hes courting death! Many players could not remain calm anymore. They were even a little angry. The increase in skin prices was only one of the reasons. More importantly, they did not trust Eric at all. There had been rumors online about Eric taking over as the person-in-charge of GOG. However, most players did not believe it and did not even pay much attention to it. They subconsciously felt that this was nonsense. Poach this person, was he afraid that his company would not die quickly? Boss Pei definitely knew about poaching people of this level. Boss Pei was wise. How could he do something that even gamers thought was unreliable? However, gamers began discussing this matter again after the 1024 Digital Day event was released. After discussing it, they realized that it seemed to be true! Many channels could verify with each other that the person-in-charge of GOG had indeed been changed! Considering the series of stunts IOI had done before, Erics reputation among the players was not good. Coupled with the fuse for the skin price this time, this conflict was stimulated all of a sudden. Many gamers even protested on the forum while urging everyone not to buy skins and to boycott them with their actions. As long as the official platform saw that the sales of the skins did not meet expectations after players boycotted, the skins would naturally return to normal prices! Chapter 1269 - Waiting To Take The Bait Pei Qian almost laughed out loud seeing the players resistance. Such a good thing actually existed? Indeed, he should trust professionals. Eric was reliable! Initially, Pei Qian had thought that the increase in income would definitely skyrocket. However, from the looks of the current situation, that might not be the case. That was because GOGs gamers were already used to the previous pricing. Even if it increased, it could not increase too much. A 30% increase was already a lot. It was indeed possible for players to buy it while cursing, but the premise was that the price could not be too ridiculous. Even players who were not sensitive to prices felt uncomfortable now. It caused widespread resistance online. Raising prices might not bring more profits. In fact, there was other content in the Descent of Light event. It was mainly in the game. For example, using the skin to engage in a certain number of rounds and achieve certain conditions could unlock new rewards. These rewards were not displayed directly, but most players could guess. That was because such activities were very common. Many games had done it before. The rewards might be unimportant things like head portraits, avatars, expressions, and so on as additional promotional methods. Therefore, the players did not buy it at all. I spent money on skins, and yet I have to spend time on it? Youre going to give me some head portraits and expressions as rewards after youre done? Ridiculous! Boycott, he had to boycott! Whoever bought the skins for this event would be the public enemy! Once he entered the game and saw someone using a new skin, he would definitely not hold back! That was because buying skins from these people would be equivalent to fueling the arrogance of the game merchants. It would make them more confident in increasing the price in the future. They could not let it go even if it was Tengda, they had to criticize what needs to be criticized! He had to let Boss Pei see the public opinion online and quickly remove Eric. Otherwise, with this person around, GOG would definitely not do well in the future! Pei Qian was elated when he saw the fierce public opinion online. Good job, Eric! I didnt poach you for nothing! The next morning, Pei Qian went straight to GOG project team after waking up. He was not there to criticize or reward him. Pei Qian was very happy. Those who could make him earn less money were his loved ones and brothers. However, it was not appropriate to reward him. After all, the event had been so big on the internet. No matter how he looked at it, it was a mistake in Erics work. It would be too obvious to reward him now. Pei Qian was here to observe and appease them. First, he wanted to observe the entire GOG project teams reaction to this incident. He wanted to see if they would complain about Eric and affect his work in the future. If he really had complaints, he would appease everyone and tell them not to complain even if they met with problems. They had to listen to the arrangements of the person-in-charge, Eric. All in all, he did not support this specific incident. However, on the surface, he was still very supportive of Eric and helped Eric solidify his position in the project team. Eric would have to put in a lot of effort in the future to help Pei Qian incur losses. How could he be restrained? After changing the person-in-charge, the entire GOG project team had been moved out of Tengda Games to the 22nd floor of the building. He had already rented the 23rd floor so that he could expand his employees in the future. At the moment, all the moving work for the new workstations had been completed. Apart from the original GOG project team, the operations team and the people in charge of communication with the E-Sports Department were also here. The recruitment plan for the expansion of people had also been put on the agenda. Pei Qian scanned the work desks and did not find anything strange. Everyone was working normally. They did not look like they had a deep feud and wanted to overthrow Eric. However, Pei Qian was still worried because this might just be on the surface. Even if they did not like the new leader and were dissatisfied with this event, who would write this matter on their faces? Pei Qian thought about it and decided to talk to Eric and ask about the situation. If Eric felt that there was no problem, the project team would listen to him. There would be no need for the follow-up segment. If Eric felt that it was not good and someone did not cooperate, Pei Qian would support him and appease the employees. Eric and Zhao Xuming had a special office mainly to separate them from the other employees and maintain their pureness. Pei Qian came to the office door and knocked lightly. At the same time, Eric and Zhao Xuming were reading the feedback of the players on the forum in their office. We are indeed scolded quite badly. Its worse than I imagined. Zhao Xuming was a little worried. The situation is a little serious. Will there be a problem? Zhao Xuming was obviously timid compared to Eric. He was more afraid of taking the blame if something went wrong. Eric shook his head. Ive already shown the plan to Boss Pei. Boss Pei did not say that he wanted to change it. That means he supports our plan. Whats more, if we want to lead the enemy into an ambush, we have to pretend to escape. Its inevitable that there would be some casualties. This time will not be too long. According to my previous estimates, it will be within one or two days. Thereafter, the final reward for our event will be unlocked in two days. Zhao Xuming asked, How confident are you of this event? Eric chuckled. About seventy percent. Actually, the upper echelons of Dayak Corporation have been trying to increase the price of IOIs skin. However, they have not found a good opportunity. They have basically given up on a direct confrontation with GOG, but that does not mean that they are not paying attention to GOGs activities. On the contrary, they are paying more attention to it than before. Its precisely because they want to increase the price that they have to pay more attention to GOGs movements. They have to be cautious about many things and choose the right time to salvage their reputation. If we happen to bump into Tengdas promotional event when we raise the price, wouldnt we be sending ourselves to the edge? Therefore, they must also be paying attention to 1024 Digital Day and have prepared the corresponding activities. They cant possibly do nothing and let their market share be snatched up too much. Even if the event is done, it wont be released immediately. Most likely, well wait and see. Well see the specific content of GOGs event and make some minor adjustments to the content of our own event. If GOGs activities are very conscientious, they can only lower the discount on the skin, at least on the surface. What if GOGs price increases? They probably wont let this opportunity go either. Of course, this is all my guess. The other party might not take the bait. They might not even be able to react so quickly due to their slow efficiency. However, it doesnt matter even if the other party did not take the bait. This event would not be harmful to us. We can continue to fight for IOIs market share. Zhao Xuming nodded. He knew very well that IOI would not let go of this opportunity. That was because Dayak Corporation desperately wanted to obtain more profits as soon as possible after realizing that they could not defeat GOG or even IOIs own market share in the short term. However, they would be scolded every time they raised the price of the skin. They could not act rashly. However, what if GOG took the initiative to increase the price and the increase was huge? That would give IOI an opportunity to increase its price! Many things were afraid of comparison. If GOGs skin increased in price, and IOIs skin increased in price, but the increase was not that big, they might be able to achieve a situation where both the price increased and the reputation improved. This was obviously a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Dayak Corporation. They would not miss it again. Whats more, the event had been prepared in advance. They just had to change a few numbers before going online. Ordinary people would find it difficult to resist such temptation with such low cost and high returns. Whats more, just as Eric had said, even if the other party did not take the bait, the event itself would not be too bad. It could still seize market share as a normal marketing event. Zhao Xuming felt that the only problem with the entire situation was Boss Peis attitude. The two of them were newcomers after all. They had just taken over GOG. It had only been less than a week, but they had already changed Min Jingchaos original plan for the event. They had also changed it very boldly. GOG had even received a lot of criticism in the early stages of the event. It was ultimately a little irregular. If this had been any other company, Pei Qian would not have done this. However, Tengda was obviously not an ordinary company. Thus, he felt that there was no problem with this. Instead, it was more reasonable. Zhao Xuming was still struggling when he heard a knock on the door. Once he said come in, he saw Boss Pei enter. Zhao Xuming and Eric quickly stood up. Boss Pei! Boss Pei walked in happily. Take a seat. Theres nothing else. I just came to take a look. The changes to the new activity are quite bold. It looks like youve adapted to Tengdas working model. However, I still have to ask one more question. Did you encounter any situation where the old employees are not cooperating during the work process? If you do, you have to tell me. Ill help you solve it. This might be a very difficult problem for others. If there was a conflict between superiors and subordinates, they had to support their superiors. However, it was difficult to guarantee that their subordinates would not feel angry. However, this problem did not exist for Pei Qian because all the employees trusted him too much. With one word from Pei Qian, all the employees would support Erics work from the bottom of their hearts. Eric quickly shook his head. Thank you, Boss Pei, but we havent encountered such a situation. Tengdas employees are the best at their job. They are very efficient and never ask too many questions. They are much more efficient than we were before. We have not even encountered a situation of procrastination, much less deliberately not cooperating. Pei Qian nodded subtly. It looked like there were benefits to Tengdas employees style of not asking too much. At the very least, sending a leader who could incur losses would ensure that these employees would seriously carry out his loss-incurring policy. It would be much less troublesome. Pei Qian felt much more relieved. He asked again, I think the event was scolded badly. However, it doesnt matter. The person-in-charge has to be responsible. Most of the time, he has to withstand the pressure and do what he thinks is right. Dont deny yourself just because you were scolded. Most of the time, you have to stick to your inner thoughts. Pei Qian was afraid that Eric and Zhao Xumings skin would become thinner after arriving at Tengda. How could they change the event after being scolded by players? However, Pei Qian could not say it too clearly. He could not directly say that they were continuing to mess around like this. He could only think about it indirectly so that both of them could persevere. Eric nodded immediately. Alright, Boss Pei. I know. Zhao Xumings previous worries had all dissipated. He was also ashamed of his superficial self. What had Boss Pei not experienced before? Boss Pei had created a performance art-style publicity when he was developing Game Designer. He had spent money to buy over UP Masters to collect Wa-Oh. Hadnt he been scolded like a dog before? The tricks that he and Eric had thought of were insignificant to Boss Pei. Alright, since theres nothing else, Ill make a move first. Dont work too hard, focus on work-life balance. Pei Qian was very satisfied with the current state of the GOG project team. He felt that he had poached the right person, given a few simple instructions, and left. After Boss Pei left, Eric said, See, I told you that Boss Pei would definitely fully support this! Tengdas scale has not reached the level of supergiants, but as a leader, Boss Peis vision and decisiveness are definitely top-notch. He is not comparable to the mediocre upper echelons of large companies. Zhao Xuming agreed deeply. Eric browsed the webpage again. The next day will depend on whether IOI will be fooled. At noon, Pei Qian went to the nearby Fish-Catching Internet Cafe for lunch. At the same time, he browsed the gamers comments. Indeed, the popularity seemed to have risen again. After all, this event opened in the morning. Some players slept early because of various reasons. They only knew about this in the morning. The popularity might have risen again but most players were still the same old. They either scolded Eric in the forum or called for resistance. There were no new tricks. That disappointed Pei Qian. How could you call yourself a keyboard warrior when you dont even have the strength to criticize others? Work harder! Do more tricks! Speaking of this, Pei Qian especially missed the fake reviewers that he had previously paid for or publicized. He felt that these fake reviewers were indeed professionals. Their angles were very tricky. If he were to find fake reviewers to reimburse him, Pei Qian would definitely arrange for 24 hours to maximize the effect of the show. As he was browsing, he suddenly saw a new post. IOI next door is also having an event! I never thought that IOIs event would be more conscientious than GOG one day Conscientious my a * s. IOIs prices have also risen! Thats still less than GOG! Pei Qian was stunned. Eh? There were activities and new skins there? The timing was very tight! He quickly opened IOIs official website and found that the event had indeed just started. Of course, they were not called 1024 Digital Day, but another name. However, their intentions were obvious. They were to match GOG. This event also produced new skins and increased the price. Compared to the original skin, the new skin this time had some special effects and special movements. The price had increased by 30%. Initially, gamers would have scolded them badly. However, with GOG in front, IOIs reputation has improved! Of course, looking at all the good comments and sentences, Pei Qian felt like he was looking at familiar fake reviewers. Obviously, IOI had secretly hired fake reviewers to add fuel to the fire. They wanted to use this opportunity to increase the price of the skin and set up a memorial arch to snatch some players from GOG! The timing is very good, but dont set it up again! If we dont raise the price or even offer discounts, wouldnt it be a perfect counterattack? Forget it, forget it. There are some flaws, but its not a big problem. Pei Qians first reaction was regret. If IOI did not increase the price of the skin but took the opportunity to give a discount, wouldnt it be able to create a comprehensive downturn on GOG? Wouldnt Eric and Zhao Xuming be able to cooperate perfectly? In the end, IOI took the opportunity to increase the price. That was a little suspicious. However, on further thought, Dayak Corporation had to eat after all. They had been preparing for the price increase for a long time and could not hold it in anymore. If he did not make use of this excellent opportunity to increase the price, it would be extremely difficult to increase the price in the future. After all, one could say that Tengdas IQ had lagged this time. What about next time? He had to take this opportunity to set the price increase so that gamers could get used to the new price. He could only say that the cooperation was not perfect, but it was not bad. Pei Qian did not have high expectations. He only felt that IOI should be able to catch its breath this time. Chapter 1270 - It Was All A Scheme October 25th, Thursday Pei Qian ordered Fish-Catching Take-Out. He thought about the situation of the various departments as he ate. I wonder how Suffering Travels is going? Bao Xu had already set off for Shennongjia after helping Yu Fei design Ghost General 2. Based on his calculations, the suffering of the people in charge should be entering the most exciting part soon. Since Bao Xu had stayed for a week, the schedule for this torturous trip was a total of five weeks. The first week was the wilderness survival that Ziran led. The second week was the wilderness survival that Bao Xu led. The third week was sightseeing at the nearby scenic spots. The fifth week was the wilderness survival that Bao Xu led. At the moment, it should be in the middle and late stages of the second week. Compared to the darkness before dawn of the fifth week, this should be the time when the people in charge were at their lowest. Pei Qian suddenly wanted to see how things were going over there. Thus, he sent a message to Bao Xu. I wonder if the signal there is good and if he can receive it. After a while, Pei Qian realized that his worries were unnecessary. That was because Bao Xu had replied and sent a video. After all, the local signal coverage was very wide now. Whats more, Bao Xu and the others were not going to a particularly remote place. They had to consider safety issues when choosing locations. They had to ensure that they could send a doctor nearby as soon as possible if something went wrong. Pei Qian clicked on the video. The video showed a natural rock wall. Compared to the special simulated rock wall in the special training base, its shape was obviously much more complicated. However, the slope was not so steep anymore. The rock walls of the special training base were basically vertical, and the rock walls here were about seventy to eighty degrees. However, even so, it would definitely be much more difficult to climb and descend in the wild. At that moment, a few people in charge were climbing up the rock wall one by one under the care and protection of Ziran. They would descend quickly after they reached the top of the mountain. The people in charge were all in line, shivering. On the other hand, Bao Xu stood at the foot of the mountain at the best location to film a video for Pei Qian. Considering the speed at which he replied, Pei Qian highly suspected that he had not filmed it for his message. It was possible that he had filmed this video earlier on and had sent it to him when he saw Boss Pei asking. It was also possible that Bao Xu had chosen a perfect location to watch the people in charge suffer. He had coincidentally recorded this after reading Boss Peis message. However, no matter what the situation was, it meant that Bao Xu had chosen an excellent viewing spot for himself. He was obviously enjoying it. Pei Qian was relieved to see Bao Xu so happy. What could make the boss happier than bringing joy to his own employees? Pei Qian could not help but feel emotional. Sigh, Im such a kind person and a good boss. He replied immediately. Well done, maintain it! He looked at the date and counted with his fingers. Meng Chang should be back soon. Meng Chang had gone to Shennongjia with Suffering Travels to come up with the marketing plan for this project. Given Meng Changs efficiency, he should be able to edit the promotional video in nearly two weeks. There was still a week until the end of the month. Meng Chang would definitely release this promotional video. Otherwise, the commission would have nothing to do with him. There were actually no particularly detailed rules regarding the release time of Meng Changs publicity plan. However, overall, there were advantages whether it was earlier or later. It was easy to accumulate popularity if it was released early, and it might explode in popularity if it was released late. In any case, the difficulty of getting commission was similar no matter whether it was morning or night. I wonder if Meng Chang can get a commission this time. Ill wish him the best. Pei Qian was not anxious. In any case, given Meng Changs efficiency, he would probably only be here for a day or two. After that, Pei Qian opened the forum again to check the situation of GOG and IOI. After GOGs event on 1024 Digital Day yesterday, Descent of Light, it caused a huge controversy online. The rise in the price of skins had caused players to be dissatisfied. Coupled with the influence of IOIs activities and the added fuel to the fire, it had become a hot topic. Some people had also targeted Tengda but most players still thought that Eric should take the blame. This made Pei Qian feel a little regretful. This meant that the storm this time would probably not affect other industries. However, he could not be too greedy. After all, this was a good start. However, Pei Qian was happily scrolling through Erics posts when he suddenly saw a post. The title was: Holy sh * t! Theres another skin as the reward for the Descent of Light event! Pei Qian was stunned. He suddenly realized something! The internal information that GOGs project team had shown him had said that the theme of the event was light and darkness. However, after it was truly released in the game, the name became Descent of Light. Pei Qian had originally thought that the name was changed because light and darkness did not sound domineering. However, it seemed like that was obviously not the case! The Descent of Light event this time was actually not complicated. There were special skins for sale in the game shop. Each of these heroes had a light theme skin. No matter which one they bought, they could open a special event page. Some daily tasks would be refreshed on this event page. There was also a progress bar. The missions were very simple. For example, they could use this skin to play one or two rounds and obtain a certain number of kills or assists. The progress bar increased in stages and was unlocked according to the day. In other words, the reward for the day would be unlocked after the daily mission reached the standard. The reward was divided into seven stages. In other words, the event would take at least seven days to complete. However, the reward for each day was not written clearly. Instead, there was a question mark icon. On the explanation page, the rewards for this event included avatars, avatars, expressions, teleportation animation, special effects, and so on. On the first day, he only gave a very ordinary portrait. Thus, there was no discussion. Players had seen similar activities many times after all. In order to promote sales, producers would definitely sell the skins as the main body. As for the other rewards, they would at most be a filler. In fact, most players did not care about this event at all. Their eyes were all focused on the price of the skin. Many gamers were calling for a boycott, but GOG had such a huge group of gamers after all. There were many loyal gamers. Many gamers still chose to buy the skins even though the price of the skins had increased. In the end, many people realized that the reward for unlocking the lock today was another skin! It was the light version of the dark version that they had bought previously! Many players could not believe it when they first saw it. They knew that they had entered the game. These two skins were of the highest quality! The light and dark versions of the skin had certain similarities in shape, but the overall style was very different. It was especially obvious under the contrast of the light and dark special effects. Take Modest, the classic hero, for example. He in the light form was dressed in silver armor. He had an angel-like halo on his head, shining with golden light. He in the dark form was dressed in demon armor. He had two horns on his head and black smoke rising from his entire body. This level of change was definitely not something that could be done with a simple skin change. It was equivalent to making another skin from scratch! Many players did not look forward to the reward for the next days event at all. They thought that it would be a small reward like a statue or a return animation. In the end, they realized that it was a skin. They could not believe their eyes. The comments on the forum took a 180-degree turn! F*ck, buy one get one? Whats more, the dark skin is exactly the same as the light skin in terms of quality and special effects. Its also the best level! Now I understand why the price is so high. Thats because there are two types of skins! If it was an ordinary active skin, it would be priced at 45 yuan. Considering the discount for the first week, it would also be 36 yuan. The two pieces added up to 72 yuan. Now, its only selling at 68 yuan. Its even cheaper! Its a misunderstanding! I thought that the price of the skin had increased. Its actually not increased at all. Its still the same price as before. F*ck, the reward for this event is ridiculous. What do you mean by this event includes avatars, expressions, teleportation animation, special effects, etc? Youve rated this guys most important skin reward as an etc? The official platform is simply fishing. Who would have thought that they would give another skin for such an event? Thats strange. Cant they just write it out in the open? Why did they have to hide it so well? Wouldnt it have a better publicity effect if they said it from the beginning? You dont understand. This is the romance of the Tengda Games. It always brings new surprises to players! Could they be targeting IOI? Many fake reviewers have been focusing their firepower on GOG over the past two days to wash the ground of IOIs increase in price. How could that be? GOGs event was the first. Look at these two types of skins. One is bright and the other is dark. Their styles are similar. Obviously, they were developed together. The event this time should have been arranged long ago. In other words, IOI took the initiative to come up to you and ended up knocking itself down? I can only say that they deserved it! If IOI did not raise the price or even offer discounts, even if GOG reversed the situation, it would not be a substantial blow to them. Instead, the reputation that they earned in the beginning could be retained. However, now, they are raising the price and scamming. They have become a joke! The gamers were obviously wowed by Tengdas operation. Who would have thought that they would only market one of the two premium skins and hide the other in the event! The key was that it went against the instincts of many players. In the past, game merchants did not do this. Other game developers would definitely put the two pieces together for publicity. How could they hide one piece and let players find it themselves if they could not wait for the entire world to know? The event reward icon would only be used as a question mark, and the reward description would only emphasize regular rewards such as avatars, and so on. The skins would also be removed. Pei Qian had to admit that it was very deceptive. Some players suspected that this was targeted at IOI, but someone quickly refuted. That was because GOG had released the event first. The skins had been prepared in advance. If it was targeted, it had to be colluded with IOIs insiders to achieve it. How could they cooperate so well? However, these players did not know the true situation inside Tengda. Pei Qian thought about it for a while and quickly understood the cause and effect. This was Eric targeting IOI! Obviously, Eric and Zhao Xuming knew IOIs development and operations very well. This event was a judgment. He purposely separated the two skins, hid the dark skin in the event reward, and went fishing! The time limit for fishing was a week, which was seven days. If IOI did not do anything during these seven days, the event would continue as usual. Apart from being scolded, there would not be any substantial losses. In any case, once the skin was released in the end, the players would definitely still be happy. Or IOI might have an event, but the new skin would be discounted. Then, GOGs event reversal would not cause them any substantial damage. However, not only had IOIs skin prices risen, but they had also hired fake reviewers to set the pace online. That would be awkward! They were killed on the spot. Whats more, the more they struggled the more they slapped themselves in the face! As for why the timing was just right Obviously, there was a plan. All the reward icons in the event were question marks. In other words, the daily rewards could be adjusted. He could give whatever he wanted first. If IOI discovered it on the first day and took action, GOG would exchange the next days reward for skins. If IOI only found out on the fifth day, GOG would change the reward for the sixth day to skins. In short, GOG would distribute skins whenever IOI took the bait! The reason why this event could succeed was ultimately because Eric had completely grasped IOIs weakness: the price! Dayak Corporations upper echelons had always been eager to increase the price and earn money. However, they could not find a good time. Thus, Eric cleverly delivered this opportunity to them. Dayak Corporations upper echelons did not have an omniscient view. Seeing that GOG had already released the event and there were no abnormalities, they thought that GOGs market share was high enough and planned to increase the price to cut leeks. Thus, they immediately followed up happily. In the end, something went wrong! Public opinion on the internet had completely reversed in an instant. Previously, many people had been praising IOI for being more conscientious. The quality of the skin had improved, there were many small rewards, and the price had not increased much. However, GOG was now giving one for free. These people had nothing to say. Anyone could tell that GOG was better! It was so much better that it was incomprehensible! Many players showed a change in expression on the spot, indicating that they want to buy this skin out. As for IOI He could only say that those who were looking forward to its rise would be disappointed again. Pei Qian only had one thought at that moment. Ive been duped as well! He had thought that Eric would make things easy for him. After all, he had a lot of failed experiences with Zhao Xuming. Unexpectedly, this motherf*cker was much more ruthless than Min Jingchao! Chapter 1271 - The Person Who Throws Blames Away Was Poached? Chapter 1271: The Person Who Throws Blames Away Was Poached? Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios In the afternoon, Shanghai. Not long after Chrtien alighted from the plane and switched on his cell phone, he received a series of messages. Chrtien, who was dragging his suitcase out, stopped and frowned looking at the English and Chinese messages. It was all bad news! His expression turned ugly and his mood worsened. Mr. Chrtien! Hello, we are meeting again. Welcome back! There were already people waiting at the arrival gate. Chrtien looked up. He had an impression of this person. His name was Jin Yong. He was Zhao Xumings right-hand man in IOIs operations and cooperation department. Since IOIs operations and cooperation department was considered a key department in Long Yu Corporation, Jin Yongs position was not low. He was considered a high-level manager even though he was not at Zhao Xumings level. When Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation had just reached a cooperation with IOIs local server, Chrtien was the person-in-charge of the China region. That was why he had interacted with this group of people before. Lets get into the car first. Well talk as we walk. Many things have happened in the past six months Jin Yong sounded obviously emotional. Chrtien nodded and followed Jin Yonghe and the chauffeur to the parking lot. They took the commercial car. He had just been appointed a few days ago and became the person-in-charge of the China region again. However, Chrtien could not feel happy at all. That was because the situation this time was even worse than when he was the person-in-charge previously! At the very least, he was still ambitious when he replaced Eric as the person-in-charge of the China region. He worked with Long Yu Corporation to organize the first IOI global finals and the series of measures pushed forward because he firmly believed that his successful experience in the European market could resurrect IOIs local server. Yet, now? There was no such fantasy at all. Chrtien returned to Finger Games to continue his old profession after Eric replaced him after the IOI Finals were not doing well and were in charge of the subsequent development of the game. To him, this outcome was not unacceptable. After all, he was already a little exhausted from fighting GOG on the local server. Of course, in his eyes, they were fighting and fighting. However, in the eyes of the upper echelons, it might be a one-sided beating. Thus, to Chrtien, going back and designing the game quietly was more comforting. However, he gradually realized that something was amiss. He began to receive frequent development requests from Dayak Corporations higher management, such as new payment content, operations, and so on. Immediately after that, bad news came from IOI. Chrtien and Eric might have different ideas but he knew very well that Eric was definitely a capable person. If Eric had studied Tengda for so long but still could not make any changes, even if there would probably not be any changes in the future Dayak Corporations frequent interventions also revealed more and more intense profitable intentions. This made Chrtien feel uneasy. He was not promoted to be the person-in-charge this time because everyone knew that IOIs local server had become a mess. The person-in-charge of China had become the scapegoat, so they were not willing to come. Chrtien knew very well that he probably did not have any say as the person-in-charge of the China region. He must be carrying out whatever task the upper echelons of Dayak Corporation assigned him. Take this event for example. Tengdas 1024 Digital Day promotional event was happening at the same time globally. Dayak Corporation, Finger Games, and Long Yu Corporation had people watching them, so they received the news immediately. As the position of the person-in-charge of the China region was temporarily empty, Chrtien had not had the time to take over. Thus, the decision this time was jointly completed by the three upper echelons. After the three parties communicated remotely, they immediately decided to use this opportunity to launch the new skin that they had been preparing for a long time and increase the price. Of course, the opinions of Dayak Corporations upper echelons in this decision might account for more than 70%. Chrtien instinctively felt that this might be a trap. After all, he had interacted with Boss Pei before. Boss Peis unpredictable but fatal moves had left a deep impression on him. However, he had left his position for a period of time after all. He did not know the current situation and could not guess what tricks Tengda was going to play. Whats more, even if he expressed his worries, this suggestion was dispensable to the upper echelons of Dayak Corporation. It was impossible for him to give up the precious opportunity to increase the price just because of Chrtiens worries. In the end, it became like this. Chrtien realized that the black pot was already hanging over his head before he even got off the plane. He could not help but break down. Chrtien sighed softly in the business car. No matter what, he had to take things as they came. If his fate was to take the blame, he could only carry this blame and move forward. He looked at Jin Yong. He was quite satisfied with this person. From his previous experience working together, Zhao Xuming was obviously a slippery old fox. He might be smart but he was good at pushing the blame away. Chrtien was born a designer and his concept was inherently different from Zhao Xumings. After working together, he had a lot of opinions on him. On the other hand, Jin Yong was more pragmatic and efficient. He had left a good impression on Chrtien when they worked together previously. At that thought, Chrtien said, Theres something Im hesitating whether to say. Jin Yong was stunned for a moment. Just say it. Were old acquaintances. Theres no need to be so polite. After some consideration, Chrtien said, I want to talk to the upper echelons of your Long Yu Corporation and let you take over as the person-in-charge of IOIs operations and cooperation department. To be honest, Boss Zhao and I dont seem to have a tacit understanding. If we continue working together, it might be a burden to both of us. It would not be conducive to working. He was being more tactful. He was actually despising Zhao Xuming for not being helpful. Zhao Xuming might be good at pushing the blame, but he only did it to show the superiors. In the eyes of the management, Zhao Xuming had indeed thrown all the blame away. He was clean and had no problem. However, his partner, Chrtien, had thrown the blame onto himself! Thus, Chrtien had a lot of opinions on Zhao Xuming. The first thing he did was to change him. That was not a ridiculous request. Previously, Long Yu Corporation had a very good attitude towards Finger Games. Basically, they would accede to any request. After all, IOI was a project that Long Yu Corporation attached great importance to. Finger Games had a lot of say in this game. Chrtien did not want to push Zhao Xuming to the end. He only wanted him to change jobs to a more suitable position. The upper echelons of Long Yu Corporation should be able to satisfy this requirement. After hearing this, Jin Yong fell silent. He hesitated for a moment before saying, Mr. Chrtien, theres something that Im also hesitating if I should say. Chrtien could not help but smile. Didnt you just say that were old acquaintances and dont have to be so polite? Just say it. After some consideration, Jin Yong said, Im now the person-in-charge of IOIs operations and cooperation department. Chrtien looked pleasantly surprised. Really? What about Boss Zhao? Has he been transferred to other departments? In his opinion, this outcome was not very surprising. How many times had Zhao Xuming been defeated? He had made so many mistakes, but he was still in the position of the person-in-charge. It was ridiculous. He did not know what the upper echelons of Long Yu Corporation saw in him that was so guaranteeing. However, Long Yu Corporation was finally enlightened now. Changing Zhao Xuming might not be able to fundamentally change such a situation, but Chrtien felt very happy when he thought that the person-in-charge was changed to Jin Yong. Not only could he cooperate in peace, but he would also save himself the trouble of looking for the upper echelons of Long Yu Corporation. That was the only good news recently. Jin Yong looked slightly awkward. Er Ill be direct. Boss Zhao has been poached by Tengda. Hes now the person-in-charge of GOGs local server Chrtiens eyes widened in disbelief. He froze. He was beginning to doubt his own ears. What the hell?! Zhao Xuming had been poached by Tengda and was now the person-in-charge of GOG? Tengda wanted something like that? Why did Boss Pei want to poach his defeated opponents? Whats more, they were defeated more than once and had never won before. If not for Jin Yongs serious expression, he would have thought that Jin Yong was joking with him. In order to prevent any misunderstandings, Jin Yong quickly finished speaking at once. It seems like Eric has been poached by Boss Pei as well. Chrtien fell into a long silence, as if he was fully digesting this information. It was so unreasonable that he would subconsciously resist it. It was unacceptable. After a long time, he asked weakly, Dont they have an anti-competition agreement Jin Yong explained, I only know that Boss Zhaos competition agreement has been resolved appropriately. Boss Pei will definitely not forcefully poach people. He will not ignore things like the competition agreement. Chrtien fell silent again with a complicated expression. He was still despising Zhao Xuming, but Zhao Xuming had gone to GOG to be the person-in-charge! Why, does that mean I am weak? Im dragging Zhao Xuming down? Is the Clown is actually myself? Otherwise, why would I be forced to take over this business while Zhao Xuming climbed up step by step and even became the person-in-charge of GOG? Anyone with eyes could tell that being the person-in-charge of GOGs domestic server was much more promising than IOIs domestic server. After all, one was at the peak of his career and was winning steadily. He had entered a perfect virtuous cycle. The user group was expanding. The other was on his deathbed. After a moment of silence, Chrtien decided to change the topic and stop discussing it. After all, the more they discussed, the more dejected they felt. Actually, as the person-in-charge of the China region, there is not much that we can do. However, we still have to complete the task that should be completed. We have to cooperate and do our job diligently. Of course, to be honest, it will probably be a little difficult to turn the situation fundamentally. I can only hope that the higher-ups will make some moves. Chrtien knew that if he wanted to reverse the current situation, not only would the quality of the game have to keep up, but more importantly, Dayak Corporation had to be willing to give him resources and continue to spend money. Otherwise, given GOGs spending power, this tragedy would probably happen more than once. It was just like marching to war. Apart from the armys combat ability, the key was in terms of logistics supply. Tengda had always been leaning towards GOGs huge resources. They were willing to give up huge profits to seize the market. It was simply a heavenly jinx to Dayak Corporations eager desire for profits. Wait a minute. Could Eric and Zhao Xuming be the ones behind the recent event? At the thought of this event and the fact that Zhao Xuming had been poached, Chrtien suddenly had a flash of inspiration and thought of this possibility. He did not know the details of this event. He was on the plane after all. However, after reading the message briefly, he understood the cause and effect. He was in despair to clean up this mess when he just took over. The key was that there was no way to clean it up. What could they do now? It was impossible to apologize and reduce the price because it was difficult to salvage the reputation that had been damaged. It would be impossible to increase the price in the future after lowering the price. If gamers were to benefit from it, they would scold them crazily once the price of the skin increased. What should he do? If he really did that, he would definitely not be able to answer to the upper echelons of Dayak Corporation. Whats more, he could not say anything about lowering the price. The final outcome of this matter would probably be to pretend that nothing had happened. He would not apologize nor change the price. He would only be scolded. At the very least, the price of skins had risen. At most, Chrtien would organize some activities to compensate the players. There was no other way. At the thought that such a fatal blow had come from Eric Chrtiens mood was very complicated and even a little sour. Jin Yong thought for a moment and said, Im not sure about that. However, Boss Zhao has only been gone for a week. He shouldnt take over the job so quickly. Chrtien felt slightly better. If he knew that Boss Zhao was killing everyone, his mentality would collapse! Jin Yong continued, As for our side, dont worry. Im very clear about the current situation. Ill definitely do my best to cooperate with you. In fact, both of them knew IOIs current situation very well. However, some things could not be said even if they were true. While Jin Yong could not feel the change in attitude from Dayak Corporations upper echelons from Finger Games like Chrtien, he could feel the change in the attitude of the upper echelons of Long Yu Corporation. The current IOI operations and cooperation department were no longer that important. That was because IOIs local server was about to collapse. There was no point in investing more resources and energy! GOG had dealt a heavy blow to IOI this time. IOIs local server had also been greatly affected. Logically speaking, Long Yu Corporation was the party whose interests had been damaged. They should hate this matter to the core. After all, IOIs domestic servers income would probably be severely affected. However, the upper echelons of Long Yu Corporation were indifferent to this. So what if he was angry? IOIs local server was hopeless in its current state. Since that was the case, he might as well keep the resources and prepare to hand them to Sun Strike Studios and Tengda for the new game. Thus, using Zhao Xuming to exchange for a new game would be very profitable as long as the new game could succeed and replace IOIs local servers position in Long Yu Corporation. Long Yu Corporation would transfer most of IOIs resources over as long as the data for this new game was not bad. Jin Yong knew about this as well. Thus, he was the same as Chrtien. They had the mindset of doing what was expected of him and completing his tasks step by step. Chrtien nodded. Alright, lets go to the office first.. I have to familiarize myself with the work here. Chapter 1272 - Boss Pei’s Three-Tier Plan At the same time, Zhang Yuan had just arrived at the GOG project team and was looking for the new person-in-charge, Zhang Nan. Zhang Nan entered Tengda at about the same time as Min Jingchao. That was the first batch after Tengdas recruitment examinations and the Tengda Spirit test. Both of them had no experience in the games industry before entering Tengda. One was in accounting, the other was in fashion design. Both of them changed their careers midway. Min Jingchao became a systems designer after joining the GOG project team. Zhang Nan was mainly in charge of the heroes styling and the theme skin design. She would communicate directly with Ruan Guangjians workspace and take care of the art requirements of other games apart from GOG. Now that Min Jingchao had been transferred away, GOGs project team needed a new person-in-charge. Eric and Zhao Xuming were only in charge of operations while Zhang Nan was in charge of game development. No matter which direction these designers focused on, they would basically have some knowledge about the design of the game function. Min Jingchao was an example. Even though he was mainly doing systems, he was also responsible for designing new gameplay and new functions. Zhang Nan was the same. Pei Qian did not think too much about promoting her because she looked familiar. She was one of the few people he could remember. The reason why he did not promote people he did not know was mainly because he was worried. He was afraid that he would accidentally draw an SSR and make it fly. Tengda Corporation was filled with crouching tigers and hidden dragons. They did not dare to draw randomly. Whats more, Zhang Nan had been in charge of the skin and art needs previously. Designing game functions was not her forte. Pei Qian felt that she should be more relieved than Min Jingchao if she was the person-in-charge. Pei Qian was a little emotional when he decided that Zhang Nan would be the new person-in-charge. Back then, Hu Xianbin, Min Jingchao, and Zhang Nan were the first to enter Tengda Games. Hu Xianbin, who performed the best, was suffering in Shennongjia. Min Jingchao, who performed second, was sent to Guangzhou. Only Zhang Nan, who performed relatively mediocrely, remained in the GOG project team. Perhaps this was what people meant when they said that the tallest tree in the forest would be destroyed by the wind! It looked like he still had to understand how to be mediocre when working in Tengda. Pei Qian really wanted to compile the case studies of these three people and distribute them to Tengdas employees to learn from them. Zhang Yuans current identity was still the person-in-charge of DGE Club and the person-in-charge of the E-Sports Department. His work was very closely related to the GOG project team, so he came over often. Whats more, there was a work desk here. Recently, Zhang Yuans presence in Boss Peis eyes had been very low. That was because he had been deliberately keeping a low profile, afraid that he would be caught again. He had already lost Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. He could not continue to lose DGE Club and E-Sports Department anymore. Whats more, Suffering Travels was established. Zhang Yuan noticed that the entire GOG project team was brimming with joy. That was normal. After all, they had just won a huge battle. Zhang Yuan did not know much about the internal changes in the GOG project team, but he would definitely pay attention to GOG online. This time, GOGs beautiful fishing punishment lured IOI to take the initiative to lean over and slap it. Not only was the damage huge, but it was also extremely insulting. It also expanded GOGs market share. This is GOGs next version of the development plan, as well as the relevant event plan that requires the E-Sports Departments corporation. The electronic version has been sent to your email. Zhang Nan saw Zhang Yuan coming and took a document from the desk and handed it over. Zhang Yuan took it and flipped through it. The E-Sports Industry Department had to cooperate often with the GOG project team. For example, they had to warm up the new versions, new heroes, organize professional players to try out the new versions, organize new entertainment models, and so on. In fact, they had originally sent the electronic version. However, Zhang Yuan had wanted to come and visit today, so Zhang Nan had printed another paper version. The GOG project team did look a little different after moving to the new floor. Speaking of which, the personnel changes this time was rather drastic. I actually had a premonition that Boss Pei would transfer Min Jingchao away, but I didnt expect it to be so soon. Whats more, I didnt expect Boss Pei to poach the two people-in-charge from IOI Zhang Yuan originally thought that even if Boss Pei transferred Min Jingchao away, he would probably promote a new person-in-charge directly from the original project team. Zhang Nan smiled. Indeed, I didnt think of it either. Otherwise, why would Boss Pei be Boss Pei? From the looks of it now, the personnel transfer was unexpectedly successful! I can clearly feel that Eric and Zhao Xuming are completely different from Min Jingchao. They might not be stronger, but they have improved significantly! Zhang Yuan: Hm? What do you mean? Zhang Nan explained, When Min Jingchao was in charge, his main focus was on the development of the new version and the internal affairs. All sorts of publicity and operations are done around the new content of the game. Most of the time, they would not take the initiative to do some activities for IOI. They would only plan the corresponding activities because of Boss Peis requirements. However, Eric is different. He pays more attention to the outside world. It can be said that he is always watching the movements of the competition game. Whats more, the operating plan he gave is especially targeted! Obviously, most of this success is due to this personnel transfer. Zhang Yuan nodded. Indeed. Min Jingchao and Eric were different mainly because of two reasons. First, Min Jingchao was in charge of development and operations at the same time. It was often difficult to manage both. He could only focus most of his energy on development. After all, developing new content was the foundation of operations. In terms of operations, he did not want to make any mistakes. He wanted stability. However, after this personnel transfer, Zhang Nan was in charge of the development aspect. Eric and Zhao Xuming paid attention to the operations of the overseas and domestic server at the same time. The division of labor was more reasonable and clear. The cooperation between development and operations might not be as smooth as one person, but it could ensure that the work was deeper and more detailed. Second, Min Jingchao did not have much in-depth research on operational activities. He was not good at personal ability. Most of the time, he did not dare to do more aggressive activities. However, Eric and Zhao Xuming were both operators and knew IOI very well. Naturally, they were more passionate about catching IOIs flaws and dealing critical damage. To the employees of the project team, this personnel transfer was obviously a stroke of genius. It was a very natural transformation. Previously, GOGs main goal was to consolidate itself and ensure the quality of the game. It was not too aggressive. However, the gap between the two parties had widened. It was time to attack the enemy mercilessly! Needless to say, this was all thanks to Boss Pei. Zhang Nan added, I also noticed something else. It was a chain reaction caused by the personnel transfer! Boss Pei got rid of a formidable enemy like Long Yu Corporation for GOG! Zhang Yuan was a little surprised. What do you mean? Long Yu Corporation wont be hurt because of IOI, right? Long Yu Corporation was considered a large company in the country and had a lot of resources. Previously, many of IOIs activities were jointly organized by Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation. It had indeed brought some trouble to GOG. However, Long Yu Corporation was still doing well. How could it be considered as removed ? Zhang Nan explained, Its very simple. Long Yu Corporation will no longer go against us. Isnt that equivalent to turning enemies into friends and solving the obstacles? Dayak Corporation, Finger Games, Long Yu Corporation, these three companies might be directly related to IOI but their attitude towards this game is also very different. As long as we make good use of this difference, we can effectively divide and attack! At first, I was a little confused. Why did Boss Pei pay such a huge price to poach Zhao Xuming? You have to know that Zhao Xuming had a business competition agreement. Boss Pei agreed to give Sun Strike Studios and Long Yu Corporation an idea before Long Yu Corporation released him. How precious is Boss Peis idea? I feel that it would be a loss to use it to exchange for Zhao Xuming. Zhang Yuan nodded. He had heard about this a long time ago. Do you mean that there are other benefits to this? Zhang Nan nodded. Of course, its killing three birds with one stone! First of all, the internal department of the company, as I said just now, optimize the personnel configurations so that Min Jingchao can continue to grow and design new games so that the personnel structure of the GOG project team can be further optimized. The second is to rope Long Yu Corporation in. At the moment, Long Yu Corporation has always been more hostile to us because GOG and IOI are direct competitors, right? However, anyone with eyes can tell that IOIs local server is getting worse by the day. Long Yu Corporation has no other choice. We can only hang on for the sake of the profits of IOIs local server. However, Boss Peis new game has given Long Yu Corporation other choices now. Once this game is released, Long Yu Corporation will definitely transfer a lot of resources to promote it as long as the figures are not bad. Who would still care about IOIs local server then? I think Long Yu Corporations internal attitude will definitely relax soon and gradually lean towards us. This is a successful division! Once Long Yu Corporations attitude changes and gradually moves towards us, the subsequent battles would definitely be easy! The last point is my guess. It might not be right. I think there might be many good ideas for Boss Pei. The reason why he threw this idea out this time might be to test a model. Tengda Corporations research and development capabilities are ultimately limited. No matter how much research and development Tengda Games and Shang Yang Games do, they only make four or five games a year. There is always a limit to the number of people you can recruit. You have to nurture the new people slowly. It is impossible to finish them in one day. Many teams of other games companies have been working together for a long time. Its unrealistic to poach them all. The efficiency of poaching people alone is very low. In short, time had limited Boss Peis imagination. However, if we can use this outsourcing method to promote this model, wouldnt we be able to quickly develop many good games? Whats more, Boss Pei only came up with an idea and could get a good share of the profits for Tengda. This is a win-win model. If this model can be widely promoted, not only can it bring a considerable income to the company, but it can also gradually influence the game environment in the entire domestic market! Zhang Yuan nodded as he listened. Yes, that made sense! Boss Pei could not have spent so much effort just to poach someone. All along, Boss Pei had been taking every step of the way. He must have gained many things before he did it. Zhang Nans explanation was indeed more reasonable. The first two points had been quickly verified, but the last point was still unclear. However, once it succeeded and the Tengda model was promoted domestically, it would definitely have a huge impact! In fact, on further thought, one would realize that Boss Pei had already set up a plan for this field. Whether it was the independent game incubation base of the Destitution Plan or the exposed game platform that he had sent Li Yada to be in charge of, they seemed to be laying the groundwork for a huge plan. Zhang Yuan could not help but feel emotional. Boss Pei was indeed too unfathomable! The departments were growing in Tengda, and the development of each department and project was getting faster. Previously, Zhang Yuan could still grasp the movements of the other departments, but he could not do it anymore. There was already a situation of different professions are different worlds in Tengda. Zhang Yuan could no longer understand Boss Peis true intentions in the GOG project team. Every person-in-charge could only understand Boss Peis intentions in the field that they were in charge of. However, Boss Pei could manage so many departments and always guide them at the right time. What a powerful planning capability! Zhang Yuans impression of Boss Pei improved tremendously. However, after sighing at Boss Peis exciting operations, the question that was troubling Zhang Yuan surfaced in his heart again. But How do you explain Suffering Travels? Youre a person-in-charge now. You wont be able to escape sooner or later. Zhang Nan: At first, she did not pay much attention to Suffering Travels. However, after hearing Zhang Yuans words, her face fell. Indeed, sometimes, being the person-in-charge of Tengda was not as good as being an ordinary employee. That was because the person-in-charge often had to be on tenterhooks. He was either worried about being replaced or worried about traveling. In the past, it had been alright. At the very most, he had gone on a holiday. However, now that Bao Xu had arranged everything, it was too difficult since he would choose those deserted places! This Perhaps Boss Pei wants to hone the willpower of the people in charge Zhang Nans voice became softer and softer. They looked at each other silently. At the same time, the boss behind the scenes that everyone had in mind was staring at Eric and Zhao Xuming in the conference room. Eric and Zhao Xuming were obviously very happy. They had just joined the company for a week and had perfectly used the new skin that Min Jingchao had made previously to deal a heavy blow to IOI! It should be considered a small achievement even in Tengda, right? This proved that Boss Pei had a unique insight when he poached us. Whats more, we did not let Boss Pei down. We won the trust of GOGs colleagues! Boss Pei must be here to praise us today! However, all Pei Qian wanted to do now was shout at them. They were all liars! I fell for a huge trap! I didnt poach you to make a lot of money for me! The situation was a little different from what he had expected. Pei Qian felt that he had to think of something. If Eric and Zhao Xuming were so ruthless, wouldnt IOI die before long? First, he had to find out who the culprit was. That must be Eric. Given Zhao Xumings character, he should not have made such a big move a week after taking over. Pei Qian thought about how to gradually change their positioning. The current situation was that Eric was killing everyone. Zhao Xuming was his assistant. The two of them cooperated perfectly. That would definitely not do. The two of them had previously worked together in IOI in this way. It was very stable and there had never been a problem. If he allowed it to continue, he would be waiting to die. What if he switched their positions? What would happen if he found a way to get Zhao Xuming to provide a plan? Zhao Xumings plan would definitely not be as aggressive as Erics as a person who did not dare to take the blame. He should be able to give IOI some breathing room. Chapter 1273 - Seeing Boss Zhao’s Nature At A Glance The two people who had been looking forward to Boss Peis praise did not hear the praise they wanted to hear. Boss Pei was not very happy. His expression was as usual. That made Eric and Zhao Xuming suspicious. What the hell was happening? Why did Boss Pei have such a reaction and attitude? Could it be that our event this time seemed to be very successful, but there were actually loopholes and flaws? It did not even meet Boss Peis expectations for us? Both of them had jumped over from their own companies. In the past, they had dealt with Boss Pei as competitors. They had only been Boss Peis subordinates for less than half a month. They did not know Boss Peis temper. He only knew that Boss Pei was a meticulous person and was very good at planning. Whats more, Boss Pei was very good at discovering the advantages of his employees and nurturing them judging from Tengdas talent pool. Sometimes, these employees did not even realize that they had been trained by Boss Pei. Thus, both of them calmed down and wanted to hear what Boss Pei had to say. They would definitely not think too much if it was Dayak Corporation or Long Yu Corporation. The event was very effective and very successful. If the boss did not reward him, he would definitely be crazy. However, in Tengda, Boss Peis image was already indestructible. Thus, the two of them began to examine their own problems. Pei Qian pondered for a moment and looked at Zhao Xuming. Eric came up with the idea for this event, right? Zhao Xuming nodded immediately. Yes, thats right! I actually only did a little work and cooperated a little. Im ashamed. I even felt that this event was a little risky. At first, I tried to dissuade him. Zhao Xuming was not someone who would fight for credit because there was a risk that he would be blamed. This was a double-edged sword. This was especially so for new companies that had yet to stabilize their footing. They had not figured out Boss Peis character yet. It was even more impossible for him to fight for credit. The key was that Boss Pei had always given people the impression that he was extremely smart and had a flawless plan. It was meaningless to play these tricks under Boss Peis nose. The best outcome would be that Boss Pei would not expose him on the surface but remember him in his heart. Eric asked, Boss Pei, is there a problem with the event this time? Problem? There was a huge problem! You cant wait for IOI to die. Pei Qian actually had a lot of opinions on this event, but he could not express them clearly. I cant possibly say that you guys were too ruthless, right? After a moment of silence, Pei Qian said, Theres nothing much to say about the event itself. However, I realized that you dont seem to be very active, Boss Zhao. Youre the person-in-charge of GOGs domestic server now. Youre on the same level as Eric. You cant just be in charge of being an assistant. Pei Qian felt that he had to suppress the energy in Erics body. If he had to choose a less dangerous person between the two of them, it would be Zhao Xuming. Zhao Xuming looked shocked after hearing that. What was going on? Could Boss Pei have seen my true colors in less than half a month? Whats more, he had not even come to GOGs project team. He had not even taken the initiative to ask about the work here. That was too fast! Indeed, the one who understands you the most is your opponent. Boss Pei is indeed an insightful person Previously, Zhao Xuming had always been in such a working mode in Long Yu Corporation. He had achieved remarkable results and hid it perfectly. The person-in-charge that Finger Games had sent to IOIs China region had been changed from Eric to Chrtien. However, no matter what, Zhao Xumings position was stable. The main reason was that he never took the blame. Even if he was the one who suggested the plan, he would definitely not fight for the lead credit. Instead, he would help Eric or Chrtien after telling them the plan. That way, even though he would give away the main credit, he would have some credit as long as it succeeded. Whats more, it would show that his ideas were very constructive and effective. If the plan failed, the person in charge of the decision would be the first to bear the responsibility. Zhao Xuming might also be responsible but most of the time, he was always dealt with lightly. In fact, many smart strategists in the ancient times had done this. In any case, strategists only had to come up with ideas. The one who made the final decision was the master. There was going to be a war. A wave of strategists said that they wanted to fight, and a wave of strategists said that they should not fight. After that, the lord hesitated for a long time and decided to fight. If they lost, the strategists who said that they should not fight would seem very wise. The lord would appear very stupid. Zhao Xuming had also learned from the ancient people. However, this set of ideals seemed to be a little difficult to play in Tengda! Zhao Xuming was very shocked that Boss Pei said this at this point in time. On one hand, it was because Zhao Xuming had only joined Tengda Corporation for a short period of time. On the other hand, it was because the plan had succeeded this time. Ordinary leaders would only knock Zhao Xuming down after he joined for at least half a year or a year and his work stabilized. However, Boss Pei was not. He chose the critical juncture of the plans success and pointed it out directly. Zhao Xuming carefully read the meaning in Boss Peis words. Obviously, he was very dissatisfied with his non-stick work mode! There was nothing much to say about the event itself. What it meant was that it was completely normal in Boss Peis opinion. Any person-in-charge would have done that, let alone Eric and Zhao Xuming. It would be very disappointing if he did not see this opportunity. What made Boss Pei unhappy was that Eric was doing something, but Zhao Xuming himself was not active enough. He was obviously on the same level as Eric, but he was just standing behind and shouting. Zhao Xuming understood. Boss Peis warning was so clear. It would be stupid if he did not understand it. Zhao Xuming looked a little awkward. Boss Pei, youre right. In the future Ill definitely take the initiative to think about the plan. The environment of every company was different, and so was their way of survival. A true non-stick contributor could perfectly integrate into the environment and achieve non-stickability in any environment. In Long Yu Corporation, as long as he used the same method, he could continue to push the blame. Why not? However, it was obviously not possible in Tengda. That was because Boss Pei saw through this at a glance! He definitely could not use the previous method. Otherwise, he would definitely want to not stick to the blame. However, the blame would fly over and be firmly held onto his head. Zhao Xumings way of working was to satisfy his superiors requirements as much as possible and complete the tasks assigned to him. That would protect his position as much as possible and gradually promote and increase his salary. He did not need to walk very quickly. He only hoped that every step would be steady. Now that he had a new boss, he naturally had to get used to it. Eric nodded silently. Boss Pei was indeed very clear. He immediately saw the key problem! Pei Qian was a little surprised to see both of them nodding repeatedly. Eh, it was fine if Zhao Xuming agreed. Why did Eric not have any objections at all? Did he really have no objections or was he keeping them in his heart? Yes, perhaps he did not have any room to refute what I said just now. After all, they were on the same level in terms of work. Eric would not go so far as to go against his boss and challenge the company system. However, as work progressed, their differences would definitely be revealed. The seed of internal strife had already been planted. Pei Qian was beginning to regret poaching these two people. However, poaching people was easy, but sending them away was difficult. It had only been less than half a month since he started poaching Eric. However, he could still observe Zhao Xuming. Perhaps IOIs failure was mainly due to Zhao Xuming? Theres nothing else. Continue your work. Pei Qian decided to call it a day after some thought. He could not expect this to happen overnight. He had to take it slow. Eric and Zhao Xuming sent Boss Pei off and returned to their seats. After some consideration, Zhao Xuming said softly, I have an idea about Boss Peis request. The process from now on will be the same as before. Youll decide on the plan, but Ill hand it to Boss Pei later on. Well split the plan slightly. Of course, if something goes wrong when its my turn to submit the plan, Ill take the main responsibility. Zhao Xuming thought of a solution the moment Boss Pei left. Since Boss Pei had already told him to take more responsibility and come up with more plans, he could not hide behind like before. However, in order to prevent a conflict between their opinions, they could always discuss upfront. At that time, Eric would not do the plan that Eric did not agree to. The plan that both of them felt that there was no problem would be assigned to Zhao Xuming. At the same time, Zhao Xuming would also bear some responsibility. This was a huge change for Zhao Xuming. Eric frowned and immediately shook his head. How can that do? Havent you realized, Boss Zhao? Boss Pei values every employee and hopes that every employee can show their potential. Otherwise, he would not have replaced Min Jingchao. Do you think this little trick can hide from Boss Peis eyes? I might as well be direct, Boss Zhao. Tengda is not a place where you can just do your job and slack. Boss Pei obviously hopes that every employee can shine here. Your previous method might not have any problems in Long Yu Corporation, but do you think its still applicable in Tengda? Zhao Xuming was a little awkward. But Ive always been like this. How can I change it overnight? Eric shook his head. You belittle Boss Pei. I believe you can feel it as well. Tengdas atmosphere is completely different from other companies. Its very special. Here, everyone can be extremely malleable because they have a lot of freedom in their work. Perhaps your cautious character limited your career development? Boss Pei actually wants to change your character and show your true potential. Zhao Xuming was a little conflicted. What if our plans conflict? Eric smiled. Whats there to worry about with Boss Pei around? Eric knew Zhao Xumings non-stick nature very well. How could he not know after working together for so long? However, Eric did not care before this because he needed someone who was obedient enough to be his assistant. He did not want opinions to be divided and cause the plan to fail. All the resources would be wasted on internal consumption. Thus, Eric would not have many opinions on Zhao Xuming like Chrtien even though he knew that he was not sticking to the blame. This was a two-way choice. However, after hearing Boss Peis words, Eric realized that the situation in Tengda was different. Chapter 1274 - Suffering Travels Publicity Previously when they were at Long Yu Corporation, the ending would often be difficult to clean up once Eric and Zhao Xuming had any difference in opinions. That was because there was no authoritative arbitrator. They were already the highest person-in-charge of IOIs domestic server. If there were any opinions, they could only get the upper echelons of Long Yu Corporation and Finger Games to mediate. However, the upper echelons rarely interacted with the specific business below. How could they understand the specific situation here? They could only try to smooth things over and punish both parties equally without considering guilt. Thus, once there was a disagreement, the most likely outcome would be internal strife and wasting time on meaningless communication. However, things were different in Tengda. It would be easy if their plans were to differ. Look for Boss Pei! Boss Pei only needed a minute to judge who was right and who was wrong. Whats more, the wrong side would definitely not be indignant. Under such circumstances, it would not be appropriate to use the previous cooperation model. There was a limit to a persons ability. It was a waste for Zhao Xuming to be his assistant. Boss Pei pointed out their positions as a reminder. Eric was in charge of overseas business while Zhao Xuming was in charge of domestic business. Since the situation of the different servers was different, the two of them should deepen their respective fields. At the same time, Zhao Xuming should take the initiative to be in charge of some activities. The two of them had to cooperate more naturally. What if their plans clashed? With Boss Pei around, there was no need to worry about internal strife. Eric suddenly felt that Boss Pei lived up to his reputation. He had long heard that Boss Pei was good at discovering problems in success and remaining optimistic in failure. Now, it seems to be true! He pointed out the crux of the problem in a few sentences. Eric and Zhao Xuming had different thoughts, but they were all sincerely convinced by Boss Pei. It was meaningless to make such an arrangement. Eric did not feel that his position had been challenged. Instead, he felt that he could heave a sigh of relief and put most of his energy into the international server. Zhao Xuming understood after hearing Erics explanation. I see. Sigh, theres really no other way Zhao Xuming knew that it was probably impossible to muddle through. Boss Pei had a keen eye. He could not be muddled. The plan this time was so successful, but Boss Pei pointed out his problem mercilessly. He had to make some changes. Fortunately, this was Tengda, not Long Yu Corporation. He heard that Boss Pei was very tolerant of employees who made mistakes in Tengda. Whats more, with Boss Pei watching over them, employees rarely had the chance to make mistakes. After all, everything had been planned by Boss Pei. Most of the plans could be said to be without mishaps. Zhao Xuming sighed and helplessly thought about his first plan to reach Tengda. Fortunately, the opponent was a very familiar IOI. He would be more ruthless and leave a good impression on Boss Pei. It should be easier to deal with him in the future. Meng Chang arrived not long after Pei Qian returned to his office. Boss Pei, this is the promotional video for Suffering Travels. Please take a look. Meng Chang handed his cell phone over. Pei Qian took the cell phone and asked casually, Hows Suffering Travels? Are the people-in-charge adjusting well? Meng Chang was silent for a moment. Those who hear about it will be sad, and those who see it will shed tears I watched the documentary over there and watched them suffer. I feel like Im experiencing it for myself. I cant imagine what it would be like to experience it for myself. Pei Qian smiled slightly and thought to himself, Meng Chang, you dont have to suffer now. Whats more, I hope that such a day will never come. That was because it would mean that his good brother would leave him Meng Chang added, Whats more, these people in charge seem to be deliberately acting badly in front of the camera. Perhaps they want to arouse sympathy and be relieved as soon as possible. Oh? Pei Qian raised his eyebrows. Youre worrying for nothing, then. The more miserable you all appear, the more meaningful Suffering Travels would be! If all of you were willing to endure hardships and feel the joy of suffering, I would have to think about whether I should let you come back as soon as possible. Pei Qian asked, How did you do it? Meng Chang: Of course its a normal documentary that is true to the last bit. Whether they acted or not, the suffering is real. The publicity plan this time is divided into two parts. The first part is the current promotional video. It will only be a few minutes. If there are no problems, it will be released today. The second part is a relatively long documentary. It will be about 30 minutes to an hour. It will record the content of the trip in detail. It will be released two or three days after the promotional video is released. It has not been edited yet. Pei Qian nodded. Remember the final goal of your publicity plan. This was to remind Meng Chang that the final goal of the publicity plan was to spend a lot of money and achieve a negative publicity effect. He had to think carefully and not let the commission disappear. Meng Chang guaranteed confidence. Dont worry, Boss Pei. Ive thought about the plan this time. Final goal? Of course, the final goal was to show everyone the suffering side of Suffering Travels in the short term. It would dissuade most people who wanted to participate. However, in the long term, everyone would realize the value of Suffering Travels! Meng Chang had long understood this point without Boss Pei explaining it. Pei Qian opened the video and watched the promotional video this time. The content of the video itself was more conventional. It could basically be divided into two types of scenes: one was aerial shots or beautiful scenery shot from various angles, and the other was scenes of everyone climbing rocks, descending quickly, surviving in the wild, and so on. The melody in the background was relatively faint, but it was not very artistic. Instead, it was a little passionate. Accompanying these images was a male voice reciting the voice-over. There are many experiences in life that you have not experienced before. Places that you have not been to, they are waiting for you, regardless of whether you can see them or not. You can travel many times. There can be many types of beautiful places. When they meet you, they will become unique. Dont let the smoke and fire of life turn you into a mediocre person. Travel is not for beautiful scenery and encounters, but to use fatigue to get rid of the trivialities of life. Dont forget what you promised to do. You have to go far away and experience the beauty. In the jungle, in the wilderness, in the bitterness of suffering, let go of the heart bound by the steel jungle, and search for the true meaning of life. In the bitterness of the journey, meet the soulmate that accompanies you throughout the entire journey. Suffering travels bring you to use your soul to see the distance. The voice-over was more positive, making people feel impassioned. There was a little bewitching in the voice as if it was tempting the audience to travel immediately. Of course, these were only the more representative few sentences in the video. In fact, for a promotional video that lasted a few minutes, the synopsis would not only have a few sentences. However, the overall style was consistent and had the same meaning. Pei Qian could not help but frown after watching the promotional video. Erm He looked up at Meng Chang. Are you sure this will work? It seemed like a normal promotional video from all aspects. The content of the video was a beautiful aerial shot. Shennongjia itself was a scenic spot. It was not difficult to find some nice scenery. When everyone was climbing rocks, descending, and surviving in the wild, they had all the equipment on them. Whats more, this scene would naturally give people a feeling of hot-bloodedness and motivation. Whats more, from the proposal of the promotional video, it looked quite positive. It had completely beautified Suffering Travels as a form of challenge. Meng Chang, are you sure you can get a commission if this film were to be broadcast? Pei Qian was quite doubtful about this. Meng Chang smiled. Boss Pei, you dont know. Theres a deeper meaning to this video. First of all, I did not choose to use a more cultured female voice as a voice-over. Instead, I chose a male voice that was relatively filled with yang energy. Whats more, I added words like suffering in the document. That was to dissuade ordinary tourists as much as possible, especially cultured female tourists. That way, the only people who would be attracted by this promotional video would be hardcore tourists with a challenging spirit and a natural compatibility with the characteristics of suffering travel. Secondly, this promotional video is only the first step. Next is the documentary. The documentary can show the audience a more realistic situation. Further down the road, our official website will also announce the price of a trip Pei Qian immediately understood after hearing Meng Changs explanation. So that was why! This set was obviously a multiple screening. First, he had to promote the concept of suffering to filter out ordinary tourists. He would emphasize suffering in the promotional video so that most people would know what it meant to suffer. Of course, he could not rule out the possibility that some people suddenly became masochistic and insisted on coming when they heard that they were suffering. At that time, they had to use the real situation of the documentary to show the most realistic side of the Suffering Travels in front of them. They had to use the cruel reality to break their beautiful fantasies. Basically, tourists who were curious and observing would retreat after this screening. Only tourists who were truly determined, determined, and passionate about such a high-difficulty challenge would remain. At that moment, he had one last trump card: the price! The last group of people would be dissuaded at this price. It was not that they could not afford the money. The key was if a person had determination, perseverance, and initiative, why would he want to follow a team? He could also organize a few friends and plan his own route. He could use very little money to achieve his goal of challenging himself. In fact, after the price was released, the original content of the promotional video would arouse everyones disgust. After all, many people naturally hated the artistic saying and thought that it was a scam. Some products were priced differently: the rich could not use them, and the poor could not afford them. On the other hand, the positioning of Suffering Travels was more or less the same. After screening here and there, only a small group of people remained. These people were obviously not enough to support the huge expenses of suffering travel. Pei Qian was overjoyed. This Meng Chang was good. He was improving rapidly! This way of thinking is becoming closer and closer to mine! Chapter 1275 - The Classic Mode Of Bullet Hole 2 Chapter 1275: The Classic Mode Of Bullet Hole 2 Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios October 26th, Friday In Sun Strike Studios conference room, Zhou Muyan, Sun Xi, and a few other designers had arrived. Sun Xi was distributing the design drafts. That was the design plan for Bullet Hole 2 that Min Jingchao had just submitted this morning. Zhou Muyan deliberately gave up the center of the conference table and looked at the designers. What happened previously disappointed me. Boss Pei personally came to design the game, but not only did you not give any constructive opinions, but you also did not even gain anything! The design plan is out this time. Min Jingchao will explain it again. How much you can understand depends on your luck. The designers looked ashamed as they nodded. Yes, Boss Zhou, dont worry, we will listen intently! Zhou Muyan had been in despair at first, but Min Jingchao gave him hope. Thus, he called the designers back. Previously, Boss Pei had spoken with too deep a meaning. There was no way he could not understand, but Min Jingchao should have spoken more simply, right? He would definitely benefit from listening to Min Jingchao talk about the games design concept. As for these designers, they were more or less a little indignant. They did not think that Boss Pei was undeserving of his reputation. Instead, they felt that Boss Pei might be targeting them. Was it because this game was developed for Sun Strike Studios that Boss Pei was so vague? Was he deliberately not making it clear to us? Do you want us to mess up the game? That was definitely not the case when Boss Pei told his own designer! However, they felt guilty when they heard that Min Jingchao had really designed the game. It looked like he had misunderstood Boss Pei! How could Boss Pei be someone who deliberately wanted the game to fail? Indeed, it was because they were too lousy. They had to watch and learn well this time! It was impossible to get to Boss Peis level. That was pure talent. However, it was still possible to learn from Min Jingchao and draw some nutrition from Boss Peis thoughts. Everyone present, including Zhou Muyan, adopted a learning attitude. Min Jingchao pushed the door open and was stunned. Eh? There are so many people. He knew that designers would be here to listen, but he did not expect there to be so many people. The conference table was almost filled. Zhou Muyan smiled warmly. Brother Min, come here quickly. Min Jingchao looked at the empty seat in the middle and said subconsciously, Boss Zhou, you should sit in the middle. Zhou Muyan immediately shook his head. That wont do. Youre the chief designer of the project. You should sit here. Whats more, were learning humbly now. Dont decline. Min Jingchao quickly waved his hand. Boss Zhou, youre too kind. Since it was useless to decline, Min Jingchao could only sit down in the empty seat and get to the main topic of the meeting. Everyone has already seen the first draft of the design plan for Bullet Hole 2. Basically, they have simplified the few points that Boss Pei requested previously. I have already spoken to Boss Zhou and Sun Xi about this previously. The main purpose of this meeting is to talk about the game that was not finalized previously, the core gameplay of this game, and the relevant mechanisms of the big map. Everyone nodded and listened intently. Previously, Min Jingchao, Zhou Muyan, and Sun Xi had only gone to the big map stage when they interpreted Boss Peis thoughts. However, they did not have a specific design plan for the big map. Min Jingchao said that this was the result of Boss Peis test gradually upgrading. Now it was up to him to give a constructive idea. Min Jingchao sorted out his thoughts and said, Since we are going to make a big map, there will definitely be a lot of players. At least thirty to forty, at most seventy to eighty, or even more. The exact number of players would definitely depend on the size of the map, and the density of the players on the map would determine the rhythm of the game. If the player density is too high, the rhythm of the battle would be very fast. Many players might die very suddenly. If the player density is too small, the rhythm of the battle would be too slow. The battle would not be intense enough. Players would feel that they were playing solo. Whats more, we have to take into account that different players have different demands on the games tempo. Some players prefer to kill more and need a higher density of players; some players like to plunder good things and improve their resource allocation first, hoping that the density of players would be lower. Therefore, if we want to make a big map, we have to solve a few key problems. For example: how to dynamically adjust the density of the players on the map; how to adjust the pace of the game at different stages; how to distribute resources to players in various ways, and so on. Everyone nodded, some even taking notes in their notebooks. Min Jingchaos questions were all real problems. The reason why the big map model was not easy was that it was difficult to control the rhythm of the game. Traditional FPS games were basically mini-map models. The battles were more intense, which could stimulate players to the greatest extent so that they could maintain a relatively active and excited state. However, on a large map, if the player density was low and no one was seen for a long time, players would feel bored. If the player density was high and both were abrupt, what was the difference between that and a small map? Obviously, he had to think of a game that had to be completed using a huge map and could maximize the retention of FPS games. Min Jingchao continued, Actually, my initial idea was that since there is a big map, there must be a rich map mechanism on the big map. For example, the airbase can provide reconnaissance and air investment supplies. The blockhouses can provide fire suppression to a small area nearby. The combat hospitals can speed up the revival of the injured. These unique map mechanisms are the core advantage of the big map being different from the small map. In other words, I was just thinking about providing players with two types of game modes: one is a pure gun shooting mode, and the other is a multi-person cooperation mode for large-scale battles. However, I immediately realized a very important problem: the problem of balance. Its actually very difficult to make the matching mechanism of the game so perfect in a large-scale battle with so many people. Especially in FPS games, there are many luck and variables, which increases this uncertainty. The existence of the map mechanism is to widen the gap between the two sides so that the battle would not continue. However, if the strength of both sides is unbalanced, this might cause the game to become a one-sided crushing. This is a problem faced by veteran MMORPGs like Fantasy World. Its also a problem that I have been thinking about while I was in charge of GOGs balance. The designers nodded. That was obviously understandable. It would definitely be very boring for gamers to purely shoot on the big map. They had to join the strategic location. On the other hand, the strategic location could not simply just add points. It had to have practical functions and bring benefits to the game mechanism to players. Take the hospital for example. It would definitely be able to push the players resurrection point forward or provide a first aid kit for players to recover their health. However, the existence of the map mechanism would make the already unbalanced sides even more unbalanced. It was very easy for the battlefield to be one-sided. That was because FPS games were very random, and players historical data could not completely explain their strengths. For example, there was a player who was terrible at shooting but had a strong commanding ability. KDA might be bad but he could win. How could such a player be matched? It was not appropriate to use the game mechanism to forcefully strengthen the weaker side. After all, to players with an advantage, my advantage was painstakingly created. Why should the game mechanism target me? GOG could be used to solve this problem with heroes. For example, some heroes would-be be heroes in the later stages of the game. They could be 1v5 later on. However, FPS games relied on their marksmanship. Players with good marksmanship would not suddenly become worse, and players with bad marksmanship would not suddenly become better. If they really designed a very strong mechanism in the later stages, the final outcome would probably be that the rookie would choose it to die immediately. The expert would choose it to be very strong in the beginning, and it would be even stronger in the later stages. The difference between FPS games and MOBA games brought about this problem. If it was not resolved well, it would severely affect players gaming experience. Min Jingchao had been in charge of GOGs design and game balance. He was very sensitive to balance. Thus, he immediately realized the problem with this gameplay. My idea is to use the game mechanism to screen. Let the players fight freely first, and then assign them to two different camps based on their performance in this match. Chapter 1276 - Three Game Mode Min Jingchao paused for a moment and continued. The background of the game can happen in an abandoned battlefield in the future. Players are playing the role of soldiers who are undergoing special training. They need to win the exercise. In my mind, games can be split into two stages. The first stage can be called the exploration stage or the stage of chaos. Players can choose their own identities before entering the game: ordinary soldiers, team captains, battlefield commanders. There are two options: main and backup. In the game, its a team of four. Theres a captain. Players can play solo or choose to play together. The system will adjust based on the actual situation of the players in the current match. For example, if there are not enough players for the main team leader on the battlefield, then we will screen them from the candidates for the team leader. If it is still not enough, we will choose players with better figures from the ordinary soldiers. After forming a team, the team leader will choose a location on the map to land. They will start collecting resources nearby to look for better firearms, more bullets, medical supplies, and so on. Whether we want to fight now depends entirely on the players personal preferences. If players want to fight, they can go to strategic locations with rich resources, such as war hospitals, airports, blockhouses, and so on. Places like that would meet other players very early on, and the battle would be intense. If the players dont want to fight, they can go to places where there are relatively few resources, such as camps in the wild and strongholds. If a team member dies in the early stages, the teammates can go to the designated location to revive him. If the dead team member exits the game, they can summon new players to enter. Of course, players can freely choose whether to join the match that is already in the middle of the match interface. If the entire team is wiped out, they will be eliminated from the match. The first stage of the battle is 100vs100, which is a total of 200 people. 50 teams were sent into the map. In order to prevent players from hiding and dragging the time, I added a setting for the anti-radiation suits battery. Players must find the battery of the anti-radiation suit to maintain full blood. Once the battery is exhausted, blood will be deducted due to the radiation until death. They will be eliminated on the spot until there are only 100 people left. That is, half of the teams were eliminated. Or perhaps the game entered the second stage after some time. At that moment, the system will combine the results of the players in the first stage, the distribution of players in various strategic locations, and other factors. The battlefield will be divided into two evenly matched sides. In the initial state, both sides must be mixed together. Some teams might be naturally in the depths of the enemy camp and occupy a key fortress. Some teams might be behind their own camp and are very safe. At that time, the commander selected by the system can start commanding the battlefield and give instructions to all the teams. In order to facilitate players communication, we have to make a very complete signal marking system. Captain and commander can directly give orders through the marking system or shout through the voice chat. At this stage, players could be revived in the camp or the hospital even if they died. However, they would need to consume resources, such as the batteries of the anti-radiation suit. The resources on the map are limited. They would not be able to revive after they were exhausted. In the end, the winner and score would be calculated based on the number of strategic locations occupied by both sides, the number of kills, and the number of points obtained by collecting resources. After hesitating for a moment, Sun Xi asked, Wouldnt that take too long to play the game? Most FPS games would only take a few minutes to play a small game. It would stimulate players emotions quickly and directly. If they were divided into two stages like this, they would definitely not be able to finish in a few minutes, right? Min Jingchao nodded. Yes, I expect the entire game to be about 30 minutes. Actually, this time is not bad. Its basically similar to the time in GOGs bladder game. Whats more, unlike games like GOG, Bullet Hole 2 has a screening mechanism. Not every player will be able to play it for 30 minutes. The first stage is the screening stage. If players jump to the crowded area to engage in an intense battle right from the start, they might kill everyone and let their own team directly occupy a strategic location. They might also be directly wiped out and forced to exit. Therefore, for players who like fast-paced games, they dont need to last until 30 minutes. For players who like to slow down and like to slowly plunder, they can jump to places where there are fewer people in the first stage. As long as they survive the first stage and dont die, they can continue to revive in the second stage. They can also keep their good weapons, resources, and so on. Whats more, if he died in the first stage, he would die. If he left, he would immediately start another round. It would not delay anything. If he survived the first stage, he would be able to revive in the second stage. The weapons and equipment he had would be better. In addition, he would be rewarded after the battle. The driving force would be very sufficient. He would not leave halfway. As players become better at shooting and understand the game mechanism more and more, they can gradually try to choose places with more intense competition so that the players can achieve a natural flow. This mechanism is equivalent to dividing different types of gamers so that gamers can find suitable gameplay in this mode. Zhou Muyan and the others nodded. Min Jingchaos idea seemed to work. In fact, the reason why MOBA games were so popular was that there were different types of joy in the first, middle, and later stages of the game. In the early stages of the solo battle, they would establish a preliminary advantage through their own skills; in the mid-stages, they would wander around to support and help the entire team open the situation; in the later stages, they would fight for resources or find an opportunity to turn the tables in a desperate situation and win. Whats more, in such games, players levels and equipment were constantly increasing. It was similar to MMORPG growth. Therefore, in the mid to late stages, unless the situation was completely one-sided, players would not easily give up the sinking cost of the first twenty minutes as long as their equipment was mixed and they had the strength to fight. They would think of ways to turn the tables. The huge map mechanism that Min Jingchao designed for Bullet Hole 2 had obviously referenced some of the ideas in MOBA games. On one hand, it was screening players through the game mechanism and segregating the players so that different types of players could experience different fun. On the other hand, it was ensuring that there would be enough fun in the later stages through the game mechanism. Min Jingchao continued, However, theoretically speaking, the design of this huge map mechanism takes into account the experience of different players. However, there might be some unexpected situations when it is actually operating. For example, the matching mechanism did not balance the strength of both parties after the initial screening because of insufficient data. Or perhaps it was because the mechanism in the game was not perfect, causing the progress at different stages to be too fast or too slow, affecting the players actual game experience. Actually, I dont have a good solution to this problem. I can only adjust it slowly. However, during the adjustment process, it might cause players to lose out. This was actually very easy to understand. A game mechanism needed a lot of data to operate perfectly. For example, for MOBA games like GOG, the reason why its experience was outstanding was because of the number of soldiers it killed every minute, the amount of experience it gained, the amount of money it earned, the stats of the wild monsters, and so on. All of these data had been carefully and complicatedly modified and adjusted to become what it was today. Once something went wrong in a certain segment, such as if the player leveled up too quickly, the rhythm of the entire game would be ruined. A serious chain reaction would be produced, even completely disrupting the initial concept. Min Jingchao had been working on the balancing for GOG for so long. Of course, he knew this very well. Whats more, it was unlikely that he could completely avoid these problems from the beginning. He could only constantly adjust according to the players feedback and collected data in the game. Zhou Muyan said, Thats actually not bad. At the very most, well run a few tests after the game is developed. Well only go online after making adjustments. In any case, other games have to be tested for a long time before they are officially released. Min Jingchao nodded and said, Theres one way to test it, but Ive thought of another way. Its to make use of the existing big map and open a few new game mechanisms. Split and simplify the existing mechanisms. That would ensure that even if the classic mechanism of the big map met with some problems in the beginning and affected players experience, they would have other modes to play. Boss Pei had cut off many modes previously so we definitely wont do it. Compared to Ocean Stronghold, we only kept the most basic gun point mode. I thought about it and came up with three models. The first is a pure sudden attack mode. Choose a small area on the big map and players can continue to revive. They can tacitly hold their favorite gun and fight anyone they see. Finally, they can calculate based on the number of heads. In any case, we will collect materials from the big map. The map can be used after some slight modifications. Divide the big map into many small maps. Not only can it satisfy our needs, but it can also guide players to familiarize themselves with the topographic features of the big map. Players play in this mode many times. They will naturally know the way on the big map. The second is to only retain the model for one stage. It just requires some adjustments to the details. Thats because teams will fight in the first stage. Theres basically no need to balance out their strength. In any case, the one standing at the end will be the winner. However, since there is no longer a second stage battle, it is obviously meaningless to have so many players left on the big map. I want to speed up the death and withdrawal of players. Therefore, Im considering adding a mechanism for mechanical army invasion. In laymans terms, after a certain period of time, the mechanical army would continuously refresh from the surroundings of the map, and its stats would gradually increase. Players have two choices. One is to run into the map. That way, they will naturally encounter other players and fight. The other is to plunder resources and seize advantageous terrain and strategic locations to fight these mechanical armies. If you dont want to fight with gamers, you can just stand in a fortress and farm a mechanical army. Its similar to the zombie mode in Ocean Stronghold. The former is the gameplay of escape while the latter is the gameplay of perseverance. That depends on the location of the players at that time and their personal gaming habits. The third way is the classic gameplay that I just introduced. Different gameplay can bring different enjoyment to players during the game process and complement each other. That way, Bullet Hole 2 would be able to give players a rich and unique gaming experience! Chapter 1277 - Professional Design The designers looked at the design plan and Min Jingchaos explanation with different expressions. Obviously, this design plan was quite subversive for traditional FPS games. Whats more, it was not a sudden overhaul. It was a kind of improvement to the FPS gameplay after Min Jingchao accumulated a lot of game balance and mechanism innovation experience at GOG. Would such a game be more fun than the traditional bomb and pop mode? That might not be the case. That was because the classic model was known as the classic model because its fun might gradually dissipate, but it would never be outdated. At the very least, within a few years, FPS games would still have a large number of players. However, the mission of Bullet Hole 2 was not to surpass it, but to walk another path. Just as Min Jingchao had said before, Boss Pei had hinted very clearly that continuing on the classic mode path would definitely clash with games like Ocean Stronghold and Counter Strike. As a latecomer, Bullet Hole 2 did not have any accumulation of players. It was actually very disadvantageous. Thus, choosing this new PvP mode was equivalent to providing FPS gamers with a different gaming experience. It would become a mismatch with other FPS games. From this point of view, Bullet Hole 2 did not need to surpass Ocean Stronghold and Counter Strike. It only needed to do its best in this segment and generate steady profits. That would achieve its goal. Some designers were moved by Min Jingchaos idea. They felt that this plan was bold and subversive. Some designers were filled with doubts. Would a new game with such a high level of originality work? Sun Strike Studios was under the influence of Zhou Muyan. In order to make the game profitable and to avoid risks, they had to prioritize stability. It would be best if he could find the prototype of a successful game before developing the game so that he would have no doubts. Otherwise, if they failed, millions or even tens of millions of yuan would be wasted. This was not something ordinary games companies could afford. However, they looked at Zhou Muyan and realized that he did not raise any objections. Thus, they remained silent. Of course, Zhou Muyan felt nervous as well. That was because everything from the start of the project to the development of Bullet Hole 2 was unreliable! At first, Boss Pei only gave a few simple suggestions during the meeting. Then, Min Jingchaos unconstrained design produced the prototype of the game. A successful games prototype? Market research? Verification? Nothing! This was completely different from the development process that Zhou Muyan was used to. However, he could not say much. After all, this concerned Boss Peis reputation. Min Jingchao was a very capable designer under Boss Pei. He had GOGs successful experience as the foundation. That was not something he could question. Whats more, this plan looked relatively perfect in theory. Min Jingchao had considered all sorts of problems. It was not risky. Sun Xi raised his hand and said, I saw some special character mechanisms written on the design plan. For example, professional settings. This profession is different from the one I understood. At first, I thought it was a combat profession. I didnt expect it to be closer to a living profession. Do you have any special considerations? The so-called combat profession was a profession that directly affected combat ability. For example, traditional Warriors, Assassins, and Mages had different combat styles. Some ran fast while others had high long-range damage. In Bullet Hole 2, the profession that Sun Xi understood would also affect combat ability. For example, when a sniper used a sniper rifle, the damage would be higher. At the same time, it would have a certain amount of stealth and detection effect. Assault soldiers might mainly use submachine guns and have rapid displacement skills. Heavy armor soldiers would move slower but have stronger firepower. It was not easy to make a professional distinction in games with modern war backgrounds, but it would not be a problem in the future battlefield. All of these skills could be explained using high-tech. In Sun Xis opinion, Min Jingchao was the designer of GOG since these mechanisms had been made on the map. Wasnt it normal to give players some skills? However, the profession written in Min Jingchaos design plan was more like a living profession, which would not directly affect combat ability. For example, a doctors job would be to save lives faster. At the same time, it would be easier to obtain medical supplies if he opened the box when he was plundering. The medical supplies scattered on the map would also be displayed highlights. They could carry more medical items. They could also use a certain amount of time to modify these supplies so that they could recover more blood or have other beneficial effects. The engineers had the mechanical ability to repair the stronghold. They could use resources to increase the lethality of some stronghold weapons and repair the outer wall of the stronghold. The only thing that was slightly related to combat ability was the machine gunner. He could reload faster and hit more accurately when operating the heavy machine guns in the stronghold. However, this increase was very limited. In order to use this ability, he had to first occupy the next stronghold and only use it after occupying the fixed machine guns. There were also a series of restrictions such as blind spots and limited number of bullets. Some of the abilities that could be made into professional skills did not become in the profession. Instead, they were made into props or conventional skills, such as anti-detection. There were two different anti-detection methods in the game. One was the optical camouflage effect, the other was the anti-radar effect. The former could integrate himself with the environment and make it difficult for other players to discover him with the naked eye. The latter would make himself disappear on the radar. He could only choose one of the two types of detection effects. Whats more, he had to change according to the actual situation. For example, large bases had radars covering them. It would be better to use optical camouflage in areas that could not be covered by field radars. Of course, these resources would be limited in order to prevent the situation of optical camouflage everywhere. At the same time, players could also have the countermeasure of small portable radar. This ability could actually be used to develop a career similar to apparition, but Min Jingchao did not do that. Instead, he made it into a universal prop. Everyone could use it once they found it. Of course, there was a certain number and time limit. Min Jingchao said, In this aspect, my consideration is the combat profession might look more distinct and have more gameplay, but it would easily have the opposite effect in FPS games. It looks like there are more gameplays, but it actually makes the gameplays more singular. Its very difficult to balance FPS games with combat classes. It might even conflict with the core of FPS games. FPS games must be a game that you can kill me and I can kill you instantly. Thats a prerequisite. If its made into a MOBA game with the same level of balance, you have to let the long-range professionals scratch the short-range professionals. Thats obviously not appropriate. In MOBA games, many archers had guns, but they still had to shoot many tank heroes and assassins to kill them. That was because the range of the archers was long, to begin with. If the damage was higher, the group battle might become brainless. It would depend on which archer was more ruthless in attack. If he wanted to ensure the balance of the game, he had to form a cycle restraint and restrict the archers output. However, FPS games could not do that. Otherwise, the basic fun would be gone. It would be very difficult to maintain the core gameplay of FPS games and add combat classes. Min Jingchao explained, Let me give a more common example. Lets say that there are several different types of FPS games: Tank classes have slow movement speed, high defense, and many bullets; advanced classes have fast-displacement speed; sniper classes have a certain level of stealth effect and high long-range damage; healing classes can heal teammates. Let me ask you, which profession should a newbie choose? Sun Xi pondered for a moment. A tank or a healing job? Min Jingchao shook his head. If you choose a tank job, you will find that you have become a live target. You will not be able to catch the expert if he chooses a charging job to fly around. Then, you will be lying down even if he hurts your tank job. If you choose a healing job, you will find that you followed behind your teammates obediently the entire time. However, any enemy will be able to kill you. Thus, when the healer asked, Why didnt you protect me? Others might be thinking, This healer is so noob, why did he die so easily? At this time, you might think that since the sudden profession is so powerful, I will also play it. Here comes the problem. Even though you are indeed stronger than before, you will still be useless if you meet other experts who also play the sudden profession. Sun Xi was confused. Thats not right. If the advancement is so strong, the game would be unbalanced. We have to weaken it. Min Jingchao asked, How much do you think is suitable? The setting of a sudden job is to be agile in positioning. When an expert uses it, he kills people invisible. If you change its damage to be very Gua Sha, the expert might as well play a tank or a sniper. This game might become the world of tanks or snipping again. MOBA games make different professions because they can make a cycle restraint relationship. Players can accept things like a long-range razor. However, in FPS games, everyone uses a gun. Ranged weapons would be used for close combat. That would be equivalent to directly spoiling the fun of FPS games. However, under the premise that this kind of fun is retained, FPS games are a game that you can kill me in seconds, I can kill you in seconds. There is a huge natural advantage in attacking the profession. You can either cripple them with one blow and kill them until no one wants to play them anymore, or you cant achieve the effect no matter how you hack. There is still no way to deal with experts. For newbies, it would be a vicious cycle. If they dont play the advanced class, they would be beaten by the big boss. If they play the advanced class, they would still be beaten by the big boss. Players gaming experience would be destroyed apart from those who can really play dirty. The pleasure of FPS games is to kill quickly and die quickly. Newbies can also kill experts through underhanded means. As long as the level difference is not too big, they would have no way to fight back. Therefore, these special mechanisms must be restrained. The displacement ability, be it teleportation, acceleration, or sliding, they must not be given if they can. The more they are given, the greater the gap between players. The new players would have no gaming experience. The distinction between the living classes is very obvious. It is to allow players to have a division of labor in the second stage of the battle. Some are in charge of opening the autocannons to guard the points, some are in charge of plundering medical supplies to save people, and some are in charge of repairing machinery. If we want to occupy a stronghold and quickly make it operate, we need players of different classes to cooperate. The commander must also distribute manpower. No matter what profession it is, the gap in battle would not be too big. That would ensure the gaming experience of new players to the maximum. There would not be a situation where veteran players kill dozens of people in one game. Chapter 1278 - Not Working Overtime? Everyone nodded after hearing Min Jingchaos explanation. Obviously, Min Jingchao sounded very convincing. That was because Min Jingchao was GOGs designer. He had been in charge of the balance of data and game mechanisms. His understanding in this aspect was definitely beyond that of ordinary people. Many times, a persons ability did not depend on their own talent or hard work. It also depended on the platform they were on. When a person reached a suitable platform, his ability would skyrocket even if he did not have many talents. On the other hand, if a person was very talented but did not have a suitable platform, it would be very difficult for his talent to be activated. It was just like history. Why did all the celebrities in Hanchu appear in one small place? It was not because this small place had outstanding talents and nurtured so many talents. It was because they followed Liu Bang and had a sufficiently high platform to constantly improve. At the same time, they were famous generals in chaotic times because they grew faster in frequent wars. GOG was an excellent platform. Min Jingchao had been here for so long. It could be said that he had witnessed the rise and flourish of this game. He had thought about it at different stages. As time went by, he had a deep understanding of this. Of course, GOGs balance was not without problems. It was often criticized by players. That was very normal. After all, the strong heroes had to be cut. However, it would not hurt if they were cut too little. If they were cut too much, they might be crippled in one blow. On the other hand, the weak heroes would be strengthened so much that there would be no qualitative change. If they were strengthened too much, they might suddenly be so strong that it would not be able to be stopped. On top of that, there were huge differences between different gamers to begin with. A hero might be completely different in Fish Pool Bureau, high-end games, and professional competitions. This made it even more difficult for the balance to be problematic. However, on the whole, Min Jingchao had been doing quite well in terms of the balance of the game while he was in charge of GOG. On one hand, it was because he could obtain suggestions from DGE Clubs professional players and professional tactical analysts. He could also listen to opinions from the players. Min Jingchao realized that it was best not to copy MOBA games or MMORPG games when he thought about the balance of the professional FPS games. That was why he made the current design plan. At this point, the entire design plan for Bullet Hole 2 was explained. There would definitely be a lot of work to follow. For example, what kind of layout would this map be, how the stronghold would be distributed, how many resources would be refreshed at each stronghold, and how many special ways players could use However, other designers would help to complete these. For example, the big map was the work of the stage designers. As the chief designer, Min Jingchao only had to ensure that the general direction did not deviate. The conference room fell into a short silence. After a while, Sun Xi said, I have no problem here. The other designers did not say anything else. Zhou Muyan took a look and nodded. Alright, its settled then. If it was someone elses design plan, the designers might have to raise more questions and discuss it. However, there was nothing wrong with Min Jingchaos plan, given his credentials. There might be no precedent for some innovative gameplay but no one dared to guarantee whether it would succeed or fail. Since that was the case, he might as well trust Min Jingchao and Boss Pei completely. If he kept offering suggestions, who would be responsible if the game failed? Min Jingchao looked at Sun Xi. Ill continue to work on the details then. Please distribute the design drafts that you want to make to the designers in the team. Keep an eye on the progress. Well start on Monday. Sun Xi nodded. Alright, thats my job. He paused, and then asked, Monday? Er What about Saturday? According to Sun Strike Studios default process, the designers have silently agreed to the 996 working hour system when the game was first established. Some designers were even in charge of more design plans. They had to work overnight to change the design manuscript the day before the meeting to ensure that it would be completed on time. This situation could only mean that the workload was unreasonable but everyone had gone through this process after all. Thus, most of the designers were already used to it and had no complaints. Thus, Sun Xi thought that he would definitely have to work overtime to write the design plan tomorrow Saturday. However, Min Jingchao did not mention this at all. Min Jingchao answered matter-of-factly. Rest during the weekend. This Sun Xi looked at Zhou Muyan instinctively. Zhou Muyan cleared his throat. Brother Min, Ive heard about Tengdas working model, but every company has its own situation. We cant blindly follow it, right? The designers in our workspace are not as capable as Tengdas. They are also used to working slowly and producing fine work. Sometimes, they would spend more time polishing it. The details of the plan would be better. How about this, Brother Min, you continue to work and rest according to Tengdas work. The other project team will follow the original process of our workspace. What do you think? Zhou Muyan obviously did not want to do that. On one hand, he was worried about the quality of the game. After all, in his opinion, Tengda was only able to maximize their holidays because the employees were very efficient. However, Sun Strike Studios was not that efficient. What if the development node could not be completed on a normal holiday? On the other hand, he was afraid that it would affect others mentality. Everyone had come to work overtime on Saturday, but not a single person from the Bullet Hole 2 project team had come. Did that mean that everyone else felt it was unfair and did not want to work overtime? Time was money. It was the same for game development. It had not been easy for him to save up time, and yet he was returning it now. Zhou Muyans heart hurt. Of course, he did not feel that he had treated these people badly. After all, he had always been generous compared to other old versions when games earned money. Min Jingchao shook his head. I dont think thats necessary. I believe that Sun Strike Studios designers are also very competent. That includes art, programming, and other project staff. They are also the best in the industry. The reason why progress is sometimes slow might be because frequent overtime caused your mental state to be low. Your body did not reach a perfect state, so it subconsciously delayed efficiency. I hope that we can still follow Tengdas development model and strictly prohibit overtime outside of normal working hours. Well follow the normal workload when deciding on the work plan. If we cant finish it, well add more people. If we cant finish it, well postpone it. Boss Pei once said that there are many ways to solve the problem, but it definitely does not include overtime. Overtime only solved temporary problems on the surface, but in the long term, it would cause many new problems. Zhou Muyan hesitated for a moment and finally nodded. Alright, lets do that. The game plan had already been finalized. There was no need to argue with Min Jingchao over such a small matter. Even though not working overtime would definitely slow down the development progress, as long as the game was successfully created and could earn money, it would not be a problem. Zhou Muyan looked at Sun Xi. Thats all for todays meeting then. Go back and choose a few designers that are most suitable for Bullet Hole 2. Bring the proposal to my office after youve chosen. Sun Xi nodded. No problem, Boss Zhou. The meeting was considered over. Everyone left the conference room one by one. At the moment, the position of the Bullet Hole 2 project team had been vacated. Min Jingchao also had his own work desk. His daily job was to organize the design draft and prepare for the early stages. The selection for the lowest level members of the project team was almost complete, but there were still some gaps in the middle level. The main reason was that the gameplay had not been finalized yet. He could not be sure which designer would be better at it, so he delayed for two days. Zhou Muyan attached great importance to this project so he carefully selected the candidates. Sun Xi had just sat down at his desk when he heard someone say, Brother Sun, I want to take the initiative to apply to work on the system design for Bullet Hole 2. What do you think? Sun Xi looked up and quickly stood up. Brother Han, thats not very appropriate, right? Youre the chief planner now. This Brother Han had joined Sun Strike Studios earlier than Sun Xi and was now leading an independent project team. His game had been released a while ago and his results were not bad. He had participated in the two meetings as well. However, Zhou Muyan had considered that his own project was doing well and that he did not have a particular advantage in FPS games. Thus, he had not chosen him but Sun Xi. Logically speaking, the name list that Sun Xi wanted to finalize this time was a mid-tier list. It was meant to be his assistant. Brother Han was more experienced and in a higher position than Sun Xi. It was not appropriate for him to be Sun Xis assistant in Bullet Hole 2. Brother Han shook his head. Whats not appropriate? My project is on the right track. I can also give the position to young people and give them more opportunities to grow. Whats more, my son has just been born recently. My time there is relatively tight as the person-in-charge. If I were to switch over here Hehe, of course, Im definitely not trying to take advantage of this holiday! I just think that Brother Mins plan is especially good. This project is very special. I should be able to gain some inspiration. At this point, Sun Xi naturally understood. Alright, Brother Han. Ill put you on the list first, but whether this list will pass or not depends on whether Boss Zhou agrees. Brother Han nodded. Thank you, Brother Sun! I hope you can put in a few good words for me when Boss Zhou asks about the name list when you send it over. I really value this opportunity! Sun Xi: Alright, Brother Han, I understand. According to Sun Strike Studios regulations, once they left the original project team, they would only get three more months of bonus at best and would not be entitled to anymore after that. After all, he was no longer on this project. What reason was there to continue distributing bonuses? A games lifespan was at least half a year to a year. As the chief designer, Brother Han gave up a lot of bonuses. However, it was obvious that there were three factors that made him more interested in Bullet Hole 2: First, there was no need to work overtime. Second, working on this new project with Min Jingchao would give him some inspiration and growth. Third, once Bullet Hole 2 succeeded, wouldnt there be a bonus as well? If he stayed in the original project, even if Bullet Hole 2 succeeded, it would have nothing to do with him. Thus, after some consideration, he decided to take the initiative to sign up for the Bullet Hole 2 project. After sending Brother Han off, Sun Xi wrote his name on the system design column as a backup. However, he saw several messages pop up on the companys internal chat software after he finished writing. Brother Xi! I heard that the Bullet Hole 2 project team doesnt work overtime? Is that true? Brother, when will the name list be released? You have to bring me along. Im considered one of the top designers in the companys stages. Theres no reason not to bring me along! Brother Sun, can I join the project team for Bullet Hole 2? Sun Xi did not know to laugh or to cry as he read the series of messages from these people. Good lord, everyone came when they heard that they did not need to work overtime! Chapter 1279 - Tengda Has Matters That Are Worrying Too Half an hour later, Sun Xi knocked on Zhou Muyans office door. Boss Zhou, this is the name list for the entire project team of Bullet Hole 2. Sun Xi hesitated for a moment, and then said, There might be a few candidates on the list. The main reason is that everyone is very eager to sign up. Its not easy for me to decide who to use, so I wrote it all down. Please decide. Zhou Muyan took the proposal, not too surprised. After all, everyone knew that Bullet Hole 2 was a key project for the workspace to work with Tengda and Long Yu Corporation. The chances of success were very high, so it was reasonable to apply here. Zhou Muyan quickly scanned through the name list. He might be the manager of the workspace but he might not know everyone. Thus, apart from the name, there was also a note on the list. It clearly stated which project team they were in. Basically, Zhou Muyan had a rough idea of the capabilities of this person once the project team and position were mentioned. He looked from the back to the front because the name list at the back was more or less confirmed. There were not many empty positions. Anyone who could be selected to be on this list was a young man with potential in the various project teams. Anyone who could be remembered by Zhou Muyan among so many people was definitely not an ordinary person. Therefore, Zhou Muyan focused on the positions that he had not decided on previously. Liu He I remember that he performed quite well during the checkpoints previously. He was a very creative young man. Yes, its a good idea to train with Bullet Hole 2. Zhu Yan did a good job with the art resources when she was developing Bullet Hole. I think Bullet Hole 2 should not be a problem. Eh? Wasnt Yang Yuhua working on the function of the Dark Fantasy project? The project is nearing its end and is about to be released. Does he not want the bonus anymore? Why is Old Han here? Isnt this nonsense! There were no problems at the beginning. Zhou Muyan had an impression of most of the new names he saw. They were all young people with potential in the workroom. It was very reasonable for them to take the initiative to apply to join the Bullet Hole 2 project team. However, Zhou Muyan was shocked when he saw the candidates for those key positions. That was because there were names beyond his expectations! Take the Dark Fantasy project for example. It was a mobile game that was established half a year ago. If nothing went wrong, it would be officially released within two months. For game designers, the official release of the game was equivalent to a new year. That was because it meant the end of overtime, a period of relaxing work, and generous project bonuses. Even though the quality of this mobile game could not be said to be the best, Zhou Muyan felt that it would not be a problem for the monthly gross to be above 10 million yuan after it was released. In the end, several people from the Dark Fantasy project team actually voluntarily joined Bullet Hole 2? According to Sun Strike Studios regulations, if they left halfway, they could still get three months of bonus from the old project team. However, the game would only be released two months later. Didnt that mean that these people had given up on all the bonuses other than the first month of release? On the other hand, he was more or less done with developing Dark Fantasy. Even if two or three people left, it would not affect the overall situation. However, these peoples choices confused Zhou Muyan. As for Old Han, he was even worse. He was the chief designer, and he had a huge bonus every month. How could he be willing to give up his position as the chief designer and go to Bullet Hole 2 to be the system designer? Ridiculous! Zhou Muyan suddenly realized that he seemed to have completely underestimated the attractiveness of Bullet Hole 2. Otherwise, why would the name on the list be more than three times the quota? Everyone is so confident in this game? Especially Old Han, does he feel that the bonus from being a systems designer here is more than the original chief planner? Thats not right Zhou Muyan looked at the name list and then at Sun Xi. He asked uncertainly, Could it be that these people dont want to work overtime? Sun Xi huffed and puffed but did not say anything. Obviously, he had tacitly agreed. It was not easy for him to deny it. After all, this was too obvious. Zhou Muyan was not stupid. How could he muddle over? He could not possibly say that these people were purely for dreams, right? Zhou Muyan was furious. How can this be? Ive repeatedly emphasized that Bullet Hole 2 is the studios key project. A game that has invested a huge sum of money and used Boss Peis ideas cannot fail! In the end, this group of people is good. All of them plan to retire here! How good can this project be if you dont have any fighting spirit? Get rid of all of them! I can tell at a glance that theyre here to avoid working overtime. I cant accept any of them! Zhou Muyan had his reasons for being angry. He had agreed to the Bullet Hole 2 project team not working overtime mainly to give Min Jingchao face. He did not really agree with the working method of not working overtime. It was just like the famous saying of many people: It did not matter whether it was money or not, nor did it matter if they worked overtime. The key was in their attitude. This might be nonsense but many people still believed it. The people on the list were not registering for overtime. To Zhou Muyan, their working attitude was obviously suspicious! Sun Xi quickly said, Boss Zhou, dont be angry. I think we have to ask for Jingchaos opinion on this. To be honest, its human nature not to want to work overtime. Jingchao should have considered the problems that this brings when he made this request. If Jingchao doesnt mind, it shouldnt be a big deal to let these people join. It wont be too late to change if they really have a problem with their working attitude. At least from the looks of the current situation, the name list is indeed filled with our studios elites. Such a project team is very capable. Whats more, its hard to tell which people are here for the sake of not working overtime and who really want to achieve results After hearing Sun Xis words, Zhou Muyan fell silent. That was indeed the case. Old Han and the others had obviously been treated much better than Bullet Hole 2 in their original projects, but they had voluntarily demoted and jumped over. Their intentions were too obvious. However, what if others signed up because they did not want to work overtime? He could not use a lie detector to test everyones true thoughts. Even if he did, he might end up disappointed. Think a little bolder, perhaps everyone was here for no overtime? Zhou Muyan was speechless. He handed the name list back. Alright, go and communicate with Min Jingchao. The people on this list are definitely capable enough to take on these positions. It might even be a waste. If Min Jingchao has no objections, youll coordinate and make the decision. Just send me a list at the end. Sun Xi nodded. Alright, Boss Zhou. Ill ask Min Jingchao for his opinion now. At that moment, Min Jingchao was sitting at his desk, seriously editing his design draft. Sun Xis work desk was right next to him. This was to facilitate communication between the two of them. In terms of positioning, Sun Xi was the chief planner. He was in charge of pushing forward work progress and coordinating the work content of the various departments. This configuration was similar to that of Ocean Strongholds Bao Xu and Huang Sibo. One was in charge of designing while the other was in charge of pushing. Jingchao, I have something to tell you Sun Xi explained the selection process in its entirety. Then, he asked, What do you think about choosing these people? Min Jingchao was a little confused. Whats there to be conflicted about? Cant we just shortlist them based on their actual ability? Pay attention to the ability to innovate and learn in functional design positions. Also, their ability on accumulation and experience in systems and design. Sun Xi reminded him. What Boss Zhou means is that he is afraid that someone inside would not work overtime and affect the working atmosphere of the entire project team. Min Jingchao was in disbelief. How would it affect the working atmosphere of the project team? Isnt it normal to not want to work overtime? Everyone in Tengda doesnt want to work overtime. It doesnt affect our working atmosphere. Whats more, this is a form of motivation and a screening mechanism. In order not to be kicked out, everyone will definitely work hard. Sun Xis jaw dropped. You can understand it that way? Indeed, from another perspective, the answer seemed to be completely different? From Zhou Muyans point of view, joining the Bullet Hole 2 project team in order not to work overtime was obviously a show of wanting to slack off and slack off. His working attitude was a problem. However, from Min Jingchaos point of view, joining the Bullet Hole 2 project team without overtime was obviously a form of motivation. The working attitude had even improved! Sun Xi vaguely felt that something was amiss, but he could not put his finger on it. He thought about it for a while but could not figure it out. He decided to listen to Min Jingchao. After all, Min Jingchao was the one who had the final say in this project. Boss Zhou had to listen to his decisions. Alright, Ill set the name list according to this standard. Sun Xi did a simple screening and eliminated some people. Soon, he finished the list. He scanned the list. It could be said that it was very luxurious. All of them were very capable people. Sun Xi suddenly thought of something and asked softly, Jingchao, Ill ask you a question privately. Does Tengda really not work overtime? Not even for a day? Min Jingchao pondered for a moment, shook his head, and said, Its impossible not to work overtime. Sometimes, we have to add some urgent missions. Sun Xi nodded slightly. Thinking that was more like it. How could they not work overtime in an emergency? Tengda could not change the objective rules of the game industry. Thus, it was just a matter of how much overtime he worked. It was alright, it was alright. That was still acceptable. Min Jingchao added, However, the overtime pay is three times the salary. Whats more, this situation is very rare. There is an overtime quota. Sun Xi: He was already envious of three times the salary. Why was there a quota for overtime? What amazing rules! He asked again, What about the special departments? For example, Upwind Logistics cant not work overtime, right? Min Jingchao answered, They schedule their working hours. The overall working duration is about the same. Even though he had already expected this, Sun Xi was still shocked and did not speak for a long time. He nodded silently. No wonder Tengda is called heaven. Everyone wants to go. Its perfect for the employees! After a moment of silence, Min Jingchao said, Not really. There are also some very frustrating things. Sun Xi: For example? Min Jingchao: A paid holiday. Sun Xi: Chapter 1280 - Arrange For Everyone in the Project Team At Least Once! What the f*ck was there to worry about a paid holiday?! Leave all these troublesome things to me. The more, the better! Sun Xi would never have thought that Min Jingchao, who looked very reliable with thick eyebrows and big eyes, was actually Master Versailles? Especially when his expression was completely serious when he mentioned this. It was impossible to tell that he was in Versailles at all. Instead, he was sincerely expressing some distress. It was just like how many people would complain that their work was too heavy, that they had worked overtime too much, and that their leaders ignored them. Min Jingchao saw Sun Xis constipated expression and knew that he had probably misunderstood. He explained, Tengdas paid holiday is different from what you think. Look at this video. Min Jingchao clicked on his cell phone a few times and opened a video on Aili Islands website. It was the promotional video that Meng Chang made for Suffering Travels. After a moment of silence, Sun Xi reached out and took it. That meant I want to see how you can continue pretending after this! The video was not long. In the beginning, he heard a deep male voice reciting the voice-over. There are many experiences in life that you have not experienced before. You have not gone to a faraway place. Whether you see it or not, they will wait there. You can travel many times and there can be many types of beautiful places. When they meet you, they would become unique Coupled with the voice-overs, there were all sorts of beautiful scenery. There was a sea camera view of a lush forest. Some people were climbing rocks, quickly descending, and treading water to challenge the natural scene. The video was very professional in terms of filming equipment and technique. It was a very standard promotional video. Whats more, it was simpler and more direct than other travel promotional videos. Many promotional videos of travel agencies were often more artistic. There were many beautiful girls walking in the wild in long dresses, picking wildflowers, writing in notebooks with fountain pens, and so on. After all, females were a very important and high-quality target user group for the travel agency. It was a key target that they had to fight for. Filming more beautiful girls would also make the entire promotional video look more pleasing to the eye. These were all conclusions that he had reached after continuous exploration in order to comply with market demand. However, this promotional video did not film anything unrelated to travel. There was only beautiful scenery and realistic challenging natural scenes. Even the voice-over was a low male voice. However, other than that, it was no different from other travel agencies promotional videos. Sun Xi was a little surprised. Suffering Travels? Why havent I heard of this travel company? Traveller Bao Xu might be a little famous but Suffering Travel was still an internal project at the moment. It had not been promoted on a large scale. Therefore, people who paid close attention to Tengdas various new industries might know that ordinary people like Sun Xi who only paid attention to Tengda Games did not know much about Suffering Travel. Min Jingchao briefly explained the reason for the suffering trip and said, The people you saw in the video are all the people in charge of Tengdas various departments. They have been suffering outside for two months including the special training last month. I came to help and escaped a calamity. I can be said to be very lucky. Sun Xi: Hard to understand! How was this suffering? It was obviously a benefit! Jingchao, I think youre going a little overboard. Whats this bit of suffering? Its nothing more than walking in the wild and playing rock climbing. How interesting! Isnt it good to experience natures scenery and relieve the fatigue caused by overtime? Min Jingchao was silent for a moment. You think this way because this promotional video is a little deceiving He knew what Hu Xianbin had encountered during his torturous travels. Thus, he knew very well that the promotional video was only showing the best side of himself in advance. It was just like how many big shots posted videos of themselves climbing rocks and surfing on the internet. At first glance, they felt that it was especially impressive and exciting. Once they really started, it was completely different! Sun Xi was completely nonchalant. What kind of deception can there be? No matter how much deception we do, the nature of paid travel will not change! Sigh, Im so envious. I really hope that Boss Zhou can arrange such benefits for us. Min Jingchao sniggered. If you really want to go you can give Boss Zhou a nudge. After the development of Bullet Hole 2 is complete, you can arrange something for everyone and let them suffer together. Of course, I wont go. Those who want to go can enthusiastically sign up. Sun Xi was elated. Really? Thats great! However theres not much hope if I were to raise it. There might still be hope if Jingchao, you were to do it, ! A paid holiday was too blissful. He did not dare to think about it. However, it was not completely hopeless. If the game succeeded and earned money, Zhou Muyan would still be very generous. However, it would be best if Min Jingchao were to raise this request given his status. It would not be effective for others to raise it. Min Jingchao chuckled. No problem. Ill tell Boss Zhou later and Ill definitely satisfy your wishes. He could not ask for anything better. That was because the number of people that could be accepted in each cycle of suffering was limited. Min Jingchao might have gone to Guangzhou but he did not completely escape the shadow of the Suffering Travels. What if one day Boss Pei decided to send him to the latest episode on a whim? Since Sun Xi and Sun Strike Studios were so envious and wanted to go, he could ask Boss Zhou to let them go. Wouldnt Min Jingchao be safe with the quotas filled? What a great plan! Sun Xi did not expect to gain from the casual chat. He happily said, Thank you! He happily scrolled through the comments below the video. More than a day had passed since the video was released. There were already many comments below. Whats more, the comments were similar to Sun Xis attitude. They had developed a certain interest in Suffering Travels. Tengda is finally entering the tourism industry? This promotional video gives people a good feeling. There are not many hypocritical scenes. Everything is pragmatic. Thats right. Its fundamentally different from the promotional videos filmed by the travel agencies outside. Its not flirtatious at all! Im a little tempted. What should I do? Ive been too tired from working recently. I do want to travel and experience the beauty of nature Why is it called Suffering Travel? Did he deliberately come up with this name to make himself look unique? I cant tell how he suffered in this film. I heard that it is still in the internal beta testing stage. It will be open to the outside world in the future. I will definitely be the first to sign up! Min Jingchao also saw these comments. His reaction was different from Sun Xis. He shook his head helplessly. Sigh, everyone was indeed too young. They did not understand the evil of human hearts. Sun Xi did not think too much about it. He only treated this as a small interlude in Min Jingchao words. He sent the name list to Zhou Muyan after sorting it out and began to busy himself. In the afternoon, Zhou Muyan came to invite Min Jingchao and Sun Xi for lunch. Sun Strike Studios had a canteen and the food was quite delicious. Zhou Muyan was afraid that Min Jingchao would not be used to the food here so he often asked him to eat with him. Once the project development was on the right track and Min Jingchao became familiar with the other members of the project team, Zhou Muyan could relax. Zhou Muyan brought the two of them to the private room in the company canteen and ordered a few simple dishes. They chatted as they ate. Min Jingchao did not forget what he had talked to Sun Xi about previously. He said to Zhou Muyan, Boss Zhou, I would like to request that if Bullet Hole 2 becomes popular after it is released, I want to arrange a paid holiday for all the project team members. Its just as well. Tengdas Suffering Travels has officially started operations. It will be officially opened to the outside world in a month or two. Boss Zhou, look. Suffering Travels is mainly to temper the physique of the employees and the spirit of hard work. Theres a promotional video here. Min Jingchao clicked on the promotional video for Suffering Travels on his cell phone and handed it over. Zhou Muyan frowned slightly. Eh? A paid holiday? The project had just been established. The game was not even complete yet, and yet he was already thinking about traveling? The project team had already gathered a group of people who did not want to work overtime. How suspicious were their work efficiency and working attitude? How could they tell them in advance that there would be a paid holiday after the project was completed? He briefly watched the promotional video and took out his cell phone very perfunctorily to click on Follow. It would be too careless of him to hand the cell phone back directly. At the very least, he should pay attention to it so that Min Jingchao felt that he was indeed considering this matter. Alright, Ill take note of this. However, Brother Min, this matter cannot be rushed. After all, the game has not started developing yet. It is still in the struggling stage. It is a little too early to talk about paid travel. Dont worry, as long as the project is successful, these small matters are easy to deal with. On the surface, he said that it was temporarily shelved. However, he was actually rejecting him. Sun Xi listened by the side and knew that Boss Zhou must have had such a reaction. It was only because Min Jingchao had brought it up that Boss Zhou replied politely. If they had brought it up, they might have been scolded long ago. However, being rejected was normal. Sun Xi did not have much hope in the first place. Min Jingchao did not say much seeing that Zhou Muyan did not agree. He changed the topic and continued eating while chatting. In the afternoon, Min Jingchao and Sun Xi returned to their desks. They took a break and continue working. The designer was the busiest when the game was first established. Both of them were writing the design plan with their heads down. For a long time, they only heard the sound of typing on the keyboard. After a long time, Sun Xi stretched and went to the water bar to get a cup of coffee. He swiped his cell phone while drinking. Eh, another new documentary for the Suffering Travels? Sun Xi had followed the Suffering Travels account previously. Even though Zhou Muyan had rejected the request for a paid holiday, it did not affect his yearning for a paid holiday. However, after watching the documentary for a few minutes, Sun Xis expression changed. What the hell was this! What was filmed in the documentary was completely different from what he had imagined! Sun Xi could not help but break out in cold sweat. He suddenly understood why Min Jingchao was so afraid when it came to paid travel. This Suffering Travel was really pure torture! He could empathize with their despair just by looking at their painful expressions as they climbed the rocks. The promotional video was a lie. The camera zoomed out as if everyone was trying their best to climb and enjoy themselves. However, when the close-up shot was released and the details of everyones helpless expressions were released, he knew that this was definitely not a pleasure! Sun Xi patted his chest, feeling like he had narrowly escaped a calamity. Its alright, its alright. Its a good thing that Boss Zhou did not agree. If Boss Zhou really agrees, well be in trouble! It would be too despairing if the game succeeded but they still had to suffer. Whats more, he had suggested for the entire project team to go together. If they really went, wouldnt the others strangle him to death? Fortunately, Boss Zhou was wise. He could tell at a glance that this Suffering Travel was not a good thing. He rejected this suggestion. However, not long after he put down his phone, he saw Zhou Muyan walk out of his office and walk straight towards Min Jingchao. Brother Min, I just watched the documentary on Suffering Travels. I think your suggestion is very good! It looks like this Suffering Travels can indeed train your willpower. I promise you that once Bullet Hole 2 is developed, I will arrange for everyone in the project team to go through it no matter whether it succeeds or not! Chapter 1281 - Grasshopper on a Rope After hearing Zhou Muyans words, Sun Xi was stunned. Boss Zhou, you usually dont partake in such matters! Previously, when he heard that it was a paid holiday, his first reaction was to reject it. Now that he saw this documentary, he realized that it was to make his employees suffer and agreed readily! Sun Xis only thought now was regret. Why did he mention this! Now that he thought about it, Min Jingchao had not been to Versailles at the beginning. He had been sincerely advising them! He had mentioned from the start that it was not a good thing. It was just a paid holiday on the surface, but in fact, it was a paid torture! Nature was vastly different even though they are both paid! Sun Xis expression turned sour. He was tongue-tied and speechless. He really had nothing to say. It was too late to regret now Zhou Muyan looked at Min Jingchao. Brother Min, as the chief designer of the project, you must go together and cultivate your relationship with the team. Min Jingchaos expression changed immediately. Thats not necessary! Boss Zhou, Im going back to Tengda after this project is done. I have too many such opportunities in Tengda. You should leave this opportunity to your colleagues at Sun Strike Studios! Zhou Muyan waved his hand. Sigh, how can that be? Tengda is Tengda, Sun Strike Studios is Sun Strike Studios. What you do in Tengda is Boss Peis business. However, I cannot treat you badly in all aspects. A paid holiday is a benefit for everyone in the project team. How could I just leave you out? Wouldnt Boss Pei say that Im treating you badly if he found out? Theres no need to reject. Sun Strike Studios might not be rich but we still have this bit of money! Min Jingchao: Finished. Initially, he had wanted to divert the trouble. However, he did not expect to be the one who caused the trouble! After Zhou Muyan left, Min Jingchao and Sun Xi looked at each other and saw despair in each others eyes. Finished! This matter has blown up! One could only describe this in one sentence. When would the cycles of vengeance end? At first, both of them had had some thoughts about it. However, now, both of them had fallen into it together. They had become ants on a rope and could not move anymore. Min Jingchao cleared his throat and asked, Is there any way to salvage the situation? Given Boss Zhous character, what do you think will make him cancel the trip? Sun Xis face was also filled with despair. Since he has already decided, Im afraid he cant cancel However He suddenly had a flash of inspiration. There might be a method, the price! If the price of Suffering Travels is so high that it is ridiculous Boss Zhou might give up then! Or perhaps, he would look for alternatives that are relatively cheaper. However, the prerequisite is that the price must be very high. It must be so high that it would look ridiculous at a glance. The official website of the Suffering Travels had only updated the promotional videos and documentaries. They had not introduced specific factors like price and schedule. What if the price was particularly high? Zhou Muyan did his calculations and arranged for the entire project team to have tens or hundreds of people. The price was especially high and the cost was especially high. Naturally, he would consider giving up or changing to other alternatives. If it was another paid travel project, even if the content was still survival in the wild, it would be much more comfortable than Suffering Travels. This was the difference between going deep into the Eighteen Levels of Hell and walking around the Bridge of Forgetfulness. Min Jingchaos eyes lit up. That makes sense! This was a stroke of genius. He immediately thought of a solution when he heard that he would be arranged to suffer. Whats more, this method was indeed feasible. Zhou Muyan was not like Boss Pei. Even though he was rather generous to his employees after the projects earned money, he was still a meticulous person. The generosity of distributing bonuses was also based on meticulous planning. The exact amount of the bonus was very fixed. If he found that Suffering Travels was indeed beyond his budget, he would probably cancel this trip or change to another travel company. Needless to say, the price of Suffering Travels was definitely very expensive. Based on Min Jingchaos understanding of Suffering Travels, not only did he have to undergo special training, but he also had to choose locations carefully and come up with a complete safety plan. He also had to make his own special training base in the future. All of these were arranged and the expenses were huge. The price was unlikely to be cheap. Whats more, Min Jingchao could think of a way to make Bao Xu raise the price further. Of course, he could not raise the price explicitly, but he could raise the quality of the treatment! If the quality of the service increased, the price would naturally increase. At the thought of this, Min Jingchao felt like he had just been rescued from a hopeless situation. This method is feasible! We can still be saved! Min Jingchao felt much more at ease now. As he worked, he slowly thought about how to hoodwink Bao Xu so that he could raise the price. That would prevent the entire Bullet Hole 2 project team from suffering with salaries. There was no hurry. After all, it would take a few months for Bullet Hole 2 to be developed even if they were to suffer. During this period, he would wait and see. He would choose the most suitable time to strike so that he would not be too obvious and be targeted by Bao Xu. October 29th, Monday At Fei Huang Workspace Fei Huang Workspace, which used to be very lively, now looked a little deserted. Many work desks were empty. At a glance, it looked like a holiday. In fact, it was because Huang Sibo was still suffering in Shennongjia while Zhu Xiaoce had brought a group of people to the United States to film Successor. Thus, there were not many people left in Fei Huang Workspace. A large portion of them was in charge of the animation project. The Executer Academy was also on Zhongdian Chinese Networks adapted works list. Whats more, Pei Qian had requested to acquire an animation workspace to produce it. At that time, he did not think too much about it. He purely felt that buying over the animation workspace would cost more. Subsequently, Pei Qian was extremely busy. Thus, he decided not to bother about this matter and left it to Huang Sibo and Zhu Xiaoce. The two of them were quite busy as well. One was suffering in Shennongjia, and the other was busy filming Successor. Thus, this job was given to an old employee who was relatively good at animation, Wu Chuan. There were many animation workspaces in the industry, but not every one of them could be bought over. Some animation workspaces were doing very well themselves and were very popular. Why should they sell themselves to others? As for those animation workspaces that could be bought over, there were more or less some problems internally. They had to be carefully inspected before deciding. The workload was huge. Therefore, Wu Chuan began to understand the situation from industry insiders ever since he received this task. He flew around the country to understand the specific situation of these workspaces. Subsequently, he produced some reports and submitted them. However, he did not receive any news. That was because Zhu Xiaoce did not understand these contents and could not make a decision. He could only share it with Boss Pei, and Boss Pei might not be able to see it On top of that, the animation studios matters were considered to be at the back of Pei Qians priority. Thus, he had not paid much attention to it and had delayed it slightly. However, that did not matter. There was still time. Whats more, there was no harm in inspecting. Now, Pei Qian finally had time to make a trip to Fei Huang Workspace to settle this matter. In the conference room, Wu Chuan handed his research report to Pei Qian. Boss Pei, this is the situation of the few animation companies that I have inspected. These animation companies operating conditions are average. We can consider acquiring them. Apart from these, we can also consider some outstanding animation companies in the industry. We might not be able to acquire them directly but we can use them as a direction to raise their needs and let them create an Executor Academy. Boss Pei, which workspace do you want to know more about? I can focus on the answers. Pei Qian flipped through the research report casually. It was obvious that Wu Chuan had done a lot of homework. The information on it was quite detailed, including the year of establishment of these workspaces, the content of the representative works, and so on. Whats more, Wu Chuan was right. The acquisition was not the only choice. They could also choose to outsource. In other words, they would not buy a studio. They would purely work together based on animation. That way, even though his control over the workspace would be greatly reduced, the workspace that he worked with would definitely be top-notch and top workspace in the industry. As long as he gave enough money, the quality of the works would be guaranteed. He quickly scanned the workspaces and frowned. It seemed too reliable! He had heard or seen the representative works of many studios before. He knew that they were all very reliable choices in the circle of domestic animations. What would happen after the acquisition, coupled with Tengdas reputation? While Pei Qian felt that the script for Executor Academy was quite ordinary, with the addition of these animation workspaces, it might become popular for no reason. There was still a risk. Pei Qian pondered for a moment and said, These animation workspaces seem to have their own problems. Wu Chuan nodded slightly. Boss Peis requirements were indeed high. So many of the top workspaces in the industry actually had their own problems. It was enough to show how unique and sharp Boss Peis eyes were. However, the problem was he had no other choice. Wu Chuan said, Boss Pei, thats all we have at the moment. If youre not satisfied, theres no better option. How about I look for foreign companies? However, it would definitely be more troublesome for foreign companies to cooperate. Pei Qian waved his hand. Theres no need for that. What I mean is that we might as well build an animation studio from scratch. He had wanted to buy a ready-made one. It would be best if he could buy one that would incur huge losses. However, after some observation, he realized that such a good thing was not easy to pick up. The risk was still a little high. Since that was the case, what should he do? On the whole, animation was a field that required accumulation and professional talents. Wouldnt it be more likely to fail if he built an animation studio instead of acquiring a ready-made workspace that had already been polished up and had a perfect workflow? Wu Chuan hesitated for a moment and said, But Boss Pei, as we said at the beginning, we dont have any technical accumulation in this area. It would probably be more difficult for this studio to get on the right track. Many things cannot be solved with money. Pei Qian sniggered. Thats great! Problems that could not be solved with money were the most expensive! Chapter 1282 - We Can Cross Over! Pei Qian smiled. Technology accumulation cannot be forced. Since we dont have any technical accumulation, we can also choose not to learn from traditional animation workspaces. We can use new methods to do it. Wu Chuan was a little confused. A new way? There were many ways to classify comics. Simply put, they could be directly divided into 2D and 3D. Traditional 2D animations were mainly Japanese, while most domestic animation workspaces were made into 3D. The core difference between these two comics was that the former was a hand-drawn picture, the latter was a model, tied up the movements, and the animator would adjust the movements of each scene, create special effects in the later stages, and so on. 2D was more expensive than 3D but it still depended on the genre. 2D was purely hand-drawn. The artists manpower expenditure was huge. However, if 3D wanted to be particularly detailed, they would also have to spend a lot of money to render it. It was just like the CG in the game. If it was really done well, the expenses would not be limited. 3D was only referring to it being cheaper because it could be reduced in quality. Even if it was bad, it would be average and not so easy to be discovered. 2D animation had to be done one by one after all. It was easy to collapse if they cut corners. 3D rarely had such a serious collapse that was intolerable. It was also for this reason that domestic animation workspaces were still mainly 3D. On one hand, there were not enough talents in 2D animation. On the other hand, 3D animations were relatively easy to control. Many low-cost 3D animations could also ensure the most basic quality and become popular under the premise that the script was not bad. It was definitely not possible for Tengda to make 2D because there were not many talents related to it in the entire domestic circle. They could not possibly spend money to poach people overseas, right? On the whole, 3D would be easier. Wu Chuan had originally wanted to buy domestic 3D animation workspaces, but Boss Pei was not satisfied with these workspaces. What was the new method? After a moment of silence, Pei Qian said, We can use the games immediate calculation method to make comics. Its similar anyway. After all, technology is developing so quickly now. Theres no need to keep holding onto the past. Mission and Choice is a good attempt. Wu Chuan was stunned. This It sounded feasible, but on further thought, it did not seem feasible. However, it did not seem completely impossible. It was almost equivalent to a cell phone manufacturer making electric scooters. They had similarities, but the connection was not that strong. Wu Chuan hesitated for a moment before saying, Boss Pei, the games immediate calculation of CG is still significantly different from anime. Im afraid it wont be very effective to force it. Our games model is very precise now. It cannot be compared to the precision of those animated films that cost more than a hundred million yuan. However, it is more than enough to compare with ordinary 3D animations. However, relatively speaking, the CGs in the game are very fragmented. The time is very short, and there are very few lines. It mainly plays the role of connecting the game plot. Therefore, it is actually a state of playing to ones strengths and avoiding ones shortcomings. If we really want to use this method to make comics, it doesnt seem like theres such a precedent. Wu Chuan did not have a clear idea of whether this method would work. In theory, it was definitely possible to do it. Tengda had accumulated talent in this area. It would not be a big problem to transfer a portion of people from the games department to form an animation studio. However, the main problem was the details. For example, the investment and output ratio of this workspace, the cost of production was proportional to the income it would generate after production. Tengdas games could invest a huge sum of money because there were enough players to support the game. Once the sales volume increased, they could recoup their costs. However, not many people would be willing to pay for anime. Another example was how to handle some details during the production process. Executer Academy was a relatively relaxed and humorous script. It was directly related to the heroes in GOG. Wu Chuans original idea was to let the domestic 3D animation workspaces do it. However, if they were to use the games transition method, would these hero characters have to be remodeled? Would they have to find motion capture actors to act? What if they did not act well? On one hand, it would not be easy to control the cost if he were to do it himself. On the other hand, it would not be easy to grasp the revision of the script and some details. Wu Chuan briefly explained these questions. It was not that he felt that Boss Pei knew nothing about this. The main reason was that no matter how erudite a person was, there would always be things that they were not good at. Wu Chuan felt that as a subordinate, he had to remind him a little. After all, this was a huge matter. It was the most expensive plan for him to build an animation studio. Whether it was spending money to hire others to do it or spending money to buy over an animation studio, it might be less difficult than building it himself. Pei Qian could not help but smile slightly. Difficult? Thats great! I love such difficult games! After a moment of silence, he asked, Let me ask you this. If you build your own studio, can you guarantee that at least one episode will be released in four months? The time for this episode can be long or short. Even fifteen minutes would be considered an episode. Executer Academy was more like a light comedy. An episode should not be too long or it would look draggy. Whats more, it would make the audience tired of watching it. Fifteen to twenty minutes would be enough. A few updates might make the audience feel better. The reason why Pei Qian asked this was to confirm if this thing would affect the settlement cycle. Everything would not be a problem if it did not affect it. Wu Chuan pondered for a moment. Boss Pei, are there no restrictions? For example, in terms of quality and plot content Of course, it would not be a problem if there were no restrictions. In fact, it would be more than enough to create the finished product with the transfer of some people from the games department and some outsourced work. The only thing to worry about is the cost, final effect, and profits. Pei Qian had a rough idea now. Dont worry about that! Dont save on the cost. Since were trying a new path, we should be bold and make mistakes. If you dont have enough money, ask me. Its expected that the initial effect would not be good. We can adjust it slowly. As the saying goes, one learns from ones mistakes. It will slowly get better. As for the profit problem, there is no need to worry. As long as the quality is high, we will be able to find a way to make profits. As for the difference between the games CG and 3D animation, that is indeed a problem. However, I feel that at the end of the day, this is a question of perspective. Why are many game companies doing very well in CG but not making animations? Why are many animation companies so capable but not making games? At the end of the day, its because theyre used to the original field. Its the safest, and crossing over means uncertainty and risk. Theyre unwilling to take this risk. However, I feel that different art forms are interconnected. Theres nothing bad about trying to cross over. Even if you dont succeed, you can always get some inspiration from it. It might be helpful for your future work. Thats why we have to do this even more because no one else does! Wu Chuan was a little dumbfounded and his expression froze. Why did it feel like what Boss Pei said was ridiculous but reasonable? Most companies would indeed choose the safest way to earn money for themselves. That was right. It was just like how many people asked why there were huge investments and high risks in AAA games. Domestic game manufacturers were not willing to do it, but foreign manufacturers were producing it as frequently as if it was annual produce? Was it because foreign game manufacturers were more noble than domestic games? Of course, this was very one-sided. That was because, compared to games with paywalls that charged props, 3A games were the most familiar and easiest way to earn money. Forcefully making games with paywalls might ruin their reputation and incur losses. On the other hand, for domestic producers, a 3A masterpiece was a high-risk model, while games with paywalls were a low-risk model because their target group and market were more inclined to games with paywalls. After tasting the sweetness of games with paywalls, some foreign manufacturers were very ruthless. They were not worse off than domestic manufacturers. This meant that many manufacturers wanted to earn this money. They simply had evil intentions but did not have the courage to do so. It was not that many manufacturers could not do it, but they could avoid risks. Since making games made a lot of money and already had a relatively mature profit model, why should he invest a huge sum of money into animation? Wouldnt it be good to have the money to continue producing games? Even if they were to cross over, they would definitely play around and not invest huge sums of money rashly. However, Boss Pei obviously did not think so. Boss Pei was a person who loved taking risks. He always liked to try to make a breakthrough in art while constantly crossing over. Perhaps the reason why he emphasized using the games method to create comics this time was because he did not want to follow along with the existing experience. Instead, he hoped to use this cross-border method to find some new inspiration. After all, if he handed this script to the animation studio, the things that they produced would definitely be relatively traditional and conservative. There would not be so many unconstrained changes. However, the problem was that Wu Chuan did not think he had the ability He was not even the person-in-charge. He was just an ordinary employee in Fei Huang Workspace. He felt that he had endured too much pressure that he should not have. However, the first thing that had to be clear in Tengdas work was that Boss Peis requirements had to be fulfilled at all costs. This was the core of the Tengda spirit that every employee had to understand. At last, Wu Chuan reluctantly nodded. Alright, Boss Pei. Ill do my best. Pei Qian was very satisfied. Yes, very good. Dont be afraid of spending money. If you need anything, let me know at any time! Chapter 1283 - Advertisements for Suffering Travels After settling the matters at the animation workspace, Pei Qian returned to the companys headquarters. The moment he walked into the elevator, he saw that the new advertisement had been released. The documentary about Suffering Travels was playing on the screen. Many office buildings had small screens as advertisements. These screens were usually placed in the elevator in the hall, in the elevator, or in other places with dense traffic. They were used to promote ordinary office workers. There were also some small screens on public buses and subways to playing advertisements for various products. The advertisements that were played on it were usually brainwashing advertisements. For example, recruitment, selling second-hand cars, taking wedding photos, renting houses, moving, and so on. There were also some advertisements from travel agencies. However, even though these advertisements were of different types, they were all similar boring, and even a little low-class. Of course, there was a reason for this. On one hand, the people facing the small screens were usually office workers on the commuter route. The best target customer group of these businessmen happened to be office workers. On the other hand, the screen was too small. Sometimes, even the sound could not be heard. Thus, the effect of a high-end and over-the-top film would not be good. It could only leave a deep impression on people through direct images and repeated brainwashing advertisements. As time went by, advertisements for similar places would become similar. They would be boring, boring, brainwashing, and even a little low-class. Pei Qian had to take the elevator when he got off work. He had to endure the mental pollution. The small screen in the elevator in Shenhua View had been muted, but there was a realm achieved by advertisements: silence prevailed. You just had to listen to some brainwashing advertisements once. Next time, even if you did not hear a sound and only saw an image, the voices would automatically echo in your ears. It was simply mental pollution. However, the mental pollution had been wiped out. That was because all of the advertisements in Shenhua View had been changed to documentaries about Suffering Travels! It was not only Shenhua View. Meng Chang had also spent a huge sum of money on publicity this time to put this documentary on the advertisement screens of public transport, subways, and other office buildings. This was part of Meng Changs publicity strategy. After all, he had to spend more money if he wanted to get a high commission. Spending money had to be done with technique. Pei Qian was very satisfied with this and felt that Meng Chang was getting better. This was practically a textbook example of spending money without effect! First of all, the display effect on such small screens was not good, to begin with. There might not even be a sound on public transport or the subway. Thus, most manufacturers would choose more brainwashing and monotonous advertising slogans to deepen the effect of the advertisements and deal with such a complicated environment. However, the promotional video for the torturous trip was obviously different from these advertisements. They had to listen to the voice and watch the subtitles to know what was going on. However, the small screen was often silent and the subtitles were not easy to see. Second, the advertisement was mainly targeted at office workers, who were usually more pragmatic. Look at the other types of advertisements, such as recruitment, second-hand cars, rental, moving, wedding photos They were all the type that was more demanding in life. Even the advertisements of the travel agency would emphasize a subtle tone. The hint would be: Youve worked so hard. You should travel and take a break. In the end, the Suffering Travels documentary made the office workers feel that it seemed better to work! All in all, the documentary on the Suffering Travels was placed on these small screens as an advertisement. It was simply amazing! The key was that this operation had indeed cost a lot of money. After all, these advertisements had to be snatched from recruitment, second-hand cars, rental companies, and moving companies. Which company lacked money? There was no price-quality ratio for advertisements. However, after snatching them, they could cleanse the environment and reduce the torture of brainwashing advertisements. It could be said to be a merit. More importantly, not only could he dissuade customers from outside, but he could also make an example out of Tengda Corporations employees! Torture travel would be fully opened in the future. They could sign up with money. He had already explained this reason before. It was because making a torturous trip into a commercial activity would burn more money and incur more losses than purely employee benefits. Thus, it was crucial to dissuade potential customers in advance. On the other hand, it was another matter for Tengdas employees. After all, outsiders could register as long as they did not spend money. On the other hand, Tengdas employees could not even go if they wanted to. Suffering was a company benefit to them. Whats more, it was a benefit that could not be rejected. When the employees saw that they would suffer as the person-in-charge, they would think that the benefits of being an ordinary employee would not be much worse than the person-in-charge. Why should they work hard and perform as the person-in-charge? At that time, everyone would slack off. Even the original person-in-charge would start to keep a low profile. Wouldnt that be better? Therefore, the more Pei Qian thought about it, the more appropriate it seemed. He was quite satisfied with Meng Changs arrangements this time. Pei Qian clicked on the documentary again when he returned to his office. He was prepared to relive it. Such a delightful video should be filmed for 80 to 30 seasons! In fact, this documentary was not very long. Whats more, the content of the challenge was not very exciting. Rock climbing and outdoor survival were relatively professional projects. There were even many television programs that were used as themes. Compared to those professional gamers, the group of people on the suffering trip was obviously far from them. At most, they were considered entry-level. However, it gave people a very down-to-earth feeling. After all, it was obvious at a glance that the gamers who lived outdoors and climbed rocks were not ordinary people. They would naturally give people a sense of alienation when working on difficult and challenging projects. For office white-collar workers who lacked exercise all year round, a survival master like Boss Bei has already considered a different species from him. Watching such television programs was more of a curiosity. He would not be included at all. However, it was different for Suffering Travels. These were all ordinary people. Just eating compressed biscuits and dried meat was a very serious challenge to some of them. Thus, it looked very immersive. Once it was immersive, he felt that he would not go even if he was beaten to death. The challenge content in the documentary was relatively simple. It was mainly rock climbing, fast diving, swimming, setting up tents, starting a fire, cooking food, and so on. Food was a farm bird bought in the nearby farmers market. It would be placed in a specific area for these people to catch. They could shoot arrows or make traps. If they could not catch it, they could only eat compressed biscuits. It sounded interesting, but in the end, they would often be so busy that they would be covered in dust and would be so tired that they would pant. However, they would end up empty-handed. They could only watch others eat the roasted chicken and eat their own compressed biscuits. The damage was not huge but it was extremely insulting. These did not look difficult, but in fact, it was already torture for ordinary people to just sleep in the wild. Pei Qian paid special attention to the performance of the people in charge. Hu Xianbin performed the best in comparison. Perhaps it was because he was younger and had better stamina. He adapted faster. Huang Sibo might not be very good at physical fitness but he was in a state where he was resigned to his fate. He did not complain much as though he knew that it was useless to say anything. He had an expression that said, Brother Bao, what other moves do you have? Just use them. Ill do whatever you want. Xiao Peng was still trying to get close to Bao Xu, as if hoping to use favors to break Bao Xus psychological defense. At the very least, he could relax. After all, he was relatively less hated by Bao Xu among these people in charge. He Desheng was the most talkative. He deliberately acted badly in front of the camera. He had also been talking about how hard he had been during the interview. He seemed to want to arouse sympathy and get out of his misery as soon as possible. As for Guo Licheng, his physical fitness was the best. However, it was obvious that the joy of survival in the wild was far inferior to playing with iron. Thus, he only fulfilled Bao Xus requirements very perfunctorily and waited for the event to end with nothing to live for. A documentary fully expressed the life of these people in charge. However, on the whole, there was a tone and prerequisite that no one was enjoying it apart from Bao Xu. Everyone was suffering and could not wait to stop the event and return to Jingzhou. The documentary did not mention the names and identities of these people. After all, it did not matter who they were. What mattered was the pain they were suffering. The goal of this documentary would be achieved as long as everyone saw that the torturous travel was real and had a natural dissuading effect. Until now, the documentary had become quite popular on Aili Island. More and more comments were appearing as well. Previously, when he had released the promotional video, some people had expressed yearning. However, it was quite rare now. When I watched the promotional video, I was wondering why it was called a torturous trip. Now, I understand. Its really torturous! The people we invited are not very professional. Shouldnt they work hard to look like they are enjoying themselves? Why do all of them look bitter? Perhaps this is Tengdas motto? Must it be realistic? What I mean is that the first batch of beta users should be people who are more interested in outdoor survival, right? Why do these people give people the feeling that they are being pointed at by guns to participate in the event? Anyway, one thing is clear. This Suffering Travel is really torturous. That promotional video is the lie! Its quite good. I hope that we can produce more seasons in the future! Its quite interesting to watch others suffer even though Im not going! Many viewers were puzzled by the existence of this documentary. Logically speaking, since this documentary was produced by the official platform, it should at least show a more positive side, right? Whats more, there was no need to deliberately film this. Since it was an internal test, they must have carefully selected people who were interested in outdoor survival to participate, right? Then, the documentary would naturally be very optimistic and enjoyable. In the end, he did not know where the official platform found these people. All of them had a look on their faces that was more bitter than a bitter gourd. They really interpreted the word suffering to the extreme. The audience did not have any objections. After all, they enjoyed watching others suffer. The key was, would this thing still be able to earn money in the future? Wouldnt that be dissuading all target customers? Chapter 1284 - The Confident Meng Chang Is Back! October 31st, Wednesday Meng Chang came to Boss Peis office in high spirits. He tidied his appearance and knocked on the door very steadily. Knock, knock, knock. Enter. Pei Qian naturally smiled when he saw that it was Meng Chang. Come, sit. The publicity for Suffering Travels has won my heart! Its a plan that Im very satisfied with. Take a look at the commission this month. Pei Qian handed his laptop over as he spoke. Meng Chang reached out to take it and scanned it briefly. This months commission was about 110,000 yuan. It was more than the 98,000 yuan that he had obtained from the Dawn of Games platform previously. The last time he did not get a full commission was because the promotional plan for the Dawn Games platform did not burn much money. Whats more, there was too much negative news. It caused a wide range of hot discussions and had an objective publicity effect. Negative popularity was also popularity. On the other hand, the publicity plan for Suffering Travels had been bought in large quantities into office buildings, public transport, subways, and other advertisements. The expenses were huge, but it had not caused much popularity. Many people just laughed it off when they saw it and knew that there was something called Suffering Travels. As there was no negative news, the netizens did not fight it out. Everyone treated it as a joke and enjoyed it. Thus, the publicity effect was even worse than when they recruited the game platform. Of course, since he did not get a full commission, it meant that there was still a flaw in the plan this time. The biggest problem was time. The entire publicity plan for Suffering Travels was released a little too late, so the heat at the end of the month had not completely passed. The residual heat slightly affected the commission limit. However, this was a huge improvement for Meng Chang. Whats more, Meng Chang was already very indifferent to the commission problem now. Meng Changs mentality had become very stable after so many ups and downs, and he had passed by commission so many times. He had slowly understood Boss Peis deeper intentions. Commission? That was just a number. Boss Pei was teaching him how to publicize! Whats more, this was not just a simple theory teaching. Boss Pei obviously combined theory and practice, and he paid a lot of attention to the method of teaching. He got Meng Chang to be in charge of publicity for Tengdas various industries. Boss Pei would correct any deviations in the process. Boss Pei would even back him up when he was about to mess up. Whats more, Boss Pei was not filling in the gaps between the lessons. Instead, he was letting Meng Chang comprehend it bit by bit. This method of teaching was so in-depth that Meng Chang improved rapidly! Meng Chang felt that his way of thinking had changed a lot during the time he looked back and joined Tengda. Previously, his eyes had only been staring at the commission. It was just like when he was working on the publicity plan. He only knew how to stare at the popularity. However, he did not know that he had only seen trees, no forest, picked up sesame seeds, and lost a watermelon. The original way of thinking could bring him popularity, but it also planted the seed of failure. Now, Meng Chang has learned to look at the problem in the long term. Naturally, he no longer cared so much about the commission. As long as he understood Boss Peis publicity method, wouldnt it be easy to get as much commission as he wanted? Whats more, Boss Peis teaching was priceless. Many people wanted to learn it, but they did not have the means! From this perspective, not only did Boss Pei not accept his tuition fees, but he even gave him a commission. This was simply a mountain of kindness. Once he figured this problem out, Meng Chang no longer cared about the commission. He only wanted to learn from Boss Pei as soon as possible. Then, he would be able to show what he had learned in Tengda and other places. He would be able to make everyone look at him differently! Therefore, Meng Chang only scanned the number briefly and had a rough idea. He handed the laptop back. Boss Pei, whats the plan for next month? Pei Qian took the computer and could not help but look at Meng Chang in a new light. Yo, this young man is getting better and better! Meng Chang used to look like he had nothing to live for at the end of every month when the commission was calculated. He would not be able to lift his spirits at all after receiving the new mission next month. It was just like a criminal on death row choosing a different way to die. But now? After receiving the commission, he nonchalantly and proactively asked about the contents of the next months project. He began to plan the publicity plan in advance. Perfect! Meng Chang, Meng Chang, youve finally been nurtured by me. I didnt waste so much effort! Pei Qian had wanted to talk to Meng Chang about Suffering Travels and discuss the deeper intentions behind this plan. He wanted to analyze the pros and cons with him. However, on further thought, it was a little unnecessary. Meng Chang had already gotten a commission. Didnt that prove that their brainwaves were synchronized? Meng Chang was more passionate now. He could not let him be immersed in past success. He had to enter the preparation stage of the next project as soon as possible. At that thought, Pei Qian nodded. The project next month will be the real estate agent simulator. According to the previous development progress, this game will be officially released at the end of next month. You can understand the details of this game in advance and think about how to publicize it. Actually, I also held back the publicity plan I made for the VR glasses the last time. It was not particularly successful. This time, Im going to work with Slow Movement Studio. You have to summarize the experience and lessons from the last time and try to do better. Pei Qian was personally in charge of the publicity of the VR glasses the last time. Meng Chang was only in charge of filming a concept promotional video. That was because Meng Chang always failed and was very determined to leave. Thus, Pei Qian only had to personally show him the right way to get commission. However, it did look very difficult to get a commission. Pei Qian had worked so hard for a long time only to get an additional 2,000 yuan guaranteed commission for Meng Chang. In addition to his base salary, it was a total of 6,000 yuan. Pei Qian had put in a lot of effort, but in the end, Teacher Qiaos video had still ignited popularity. The Doubt VR glasses and Animal Island VR had become popular together. That was why Pei Qian said that the previous plan was not perfect. However, he definitely could not say that he had tried his best because that would severely affect Meng Changs confidence. Wouldnt it make Meng Chang feel that Boss Pei was making things difficult for him if he did not get a full commission after spending so much effort? That was why Pei Qian said nonchalantly that he had held back on his publicity plan the last time, so it was not particularly successful. He wanted Meng Chang to summarize his experience and lessons so that he could do better. Meng Chang nodded immediately. I understand, Boss Pei. In his opinion, the publicity plan for the Doubt VR glasses could not be more successful. Boss Peis performance art-style announcement simply gave the VR glasses a soul. The entire process also showed Meng Chang the textbook-like standard operating method of Peis publicity method. Yet, Boss Pei said that he was not particularly successful? He was still holding back? It looked like Boss Pei had set the standards for success too high. Boss Peis true standard was too unfathomable. Such a perfect plan was not perfect in Boss Peis eyes. There was still room for improvement. Indeed, Boss Pei did not get a full commission at that time, but that was obviously because he did not want Meng Chang to reap the benefits without working hard. Thus, he only took a guaranteed commission. The method had been completely displayed. As long as Meng Chang controlled the timing, it would only be a matter of time before the two thousand yuan became two hundred thousand yuan. Boss Pei asked him to summarize the experience and lessons from the previous time. Obviously, he wanted to revise and digest the lessons at that time. He did not want to be complacent and slow down because of the commission this time. Instead, he wanted to continue learning and improve. Meng Chang had already experienced the profoundness of the Pei familys publicity method. Previously, he felt that he had already understood the essence. In the end, Eternal Reincarnation gave him a blow on the head. He nearly stabbed a hole in the roof. Boss Pei was the one who dealt with it. Now, he knew that he had only grasped the surface. He did not dare to be arrogant. The next publicity plan was Real estate agent simulator. This was a VR game that Boss Pei had given creativity and Slow Movement Studio was in charge of. Previously, Meng Changs biggest headache was the publicity plan for the game because it was too difficult. Tengdas other businesses might not be able to make money for now, but it was very rare for games to not become popular once they were released. Therefore, Meng Chang wanted to die when he encountered the game project previously. However, the situation was different now. Meng Chang was no longer afraid of challenges after mastering the Pei familys publicity method. This was just like a question. When one did not know how to solve the problem, they would only want to tear the paper when they encountered difficult questions. However, if they knew how to understand the problem, simple questions would be meaningless. If they really began to study difficult questions, they would feel immersed. Meng Chang was in such a state at that moment. He had become positive and full of fighting spirit again as if he had returned to his high-spirited self. However, he had been in high spirits because he had been young and frivolous. He had been arrogant because of his talent. He had not known that there was always a higher mountain. In his current state, he had seen the highest mountain and found the path to climb. Thus, he regained his fighting spirit. It looked like they were in similar states, but there was a fundamental difference. Pei Qian was very happy to see Meng Chang so confident. Alright, go back and prepare well. Make sure youre well-prepared. If you have any questions, feel free to ask me. Meng Chang successfully obtained the commission which improved Pei Qians mood. The current state of Suffering Travels was a good sign! At the moment, the suffering of the people in charge should have come to an end. There would be two weeks of relaxation followed by another week of suffering. Since the suffering of this group of people was about to end, the suffering of the next group of people could almost be put on the agenda. This time, not only did Pei Qian want to bring the department heads who had slipped through the net, but he also wanted to arrange for a few enemies in his notebook. For example, people like Ruan Guangjian and Qiao Liang. There was no need to talk about Qiao Liang. It was definitely exciting to watch him suffer. Ruan Guangjian was a rather formidable person. Even the haunted house and roller coasters could not hold him down. Pei Qian wondered if Suffering Travels could make him feel tortured. There had to be something he was not good at, right? However, there was another important question: how to lure them over. Tengdas internal employees were easy to deal with. They could be arranged with a single sentence. However, if people outside the company did not want to come, they could not possibly be kidnapped, right? He had to think of a good way to lure them in. Chapter 1285 - The Notebook for Tengda’s Recruiting Examination November 1st, Thursday It was Tengdas recruitment season again. Wu Bin from the HR department came to invigilate the exam as usual. He looked at the bustling crowd outside the examination hall and felt a little emotional. Wu Bin could sense the rapid development of Tengda Corporation every time the recruitment examinations were held. He was one of the first batch of employees to enter Tengdas recruitment examinations. At that time, Tengdas recruitment examinations had only been a prototype. Compared to other companies, Tengdas recruitment examinations had been very formal and large-scale from the beginning. However, compared to the recruitment examinations that followed, they only contained the most basic content. The HR department naturally did not slack off either. That was because the Tengda recruitment exam was the most critical step in selecting talents. They had to control it from the source. Every year, the examination questions would be updated. Some new questions would be added, and the contents of various professional knowledge would be refined. Whats more, the examination process was stricter and more confidential. Ever since the Tengda recruitment examinations, the contents of the examinations had changed slightly. That was the first time he had added the contents of the Tengda Spirit test in the written test! Wu Bin was the one who had pushed for this. That was because Wu Bin felt that it would be a pity if the employees were eliminated because they could not pass the Tengda Spirit test after going through the written test, the interview of the person-in-charge, and so on. To Tengda, this was a waste of resources. To the interviewees, this was a wasted effort. It was a little too cruel. Thus, Wu Bin suggested adding some content for the Tengda Spirit test during the written test. He would eliminate a portion of those who did not fit the Tengda Spirit from the beginning and try to reduce the unhappiness on both sides. Of course, as the interpreter of the Tengda spirit, Wu Bin knew very well that everyones understanding of the Tengda spirit, including his own, was relatively one-sided and incomplete. The person who truly and completely grasped the Tengda spirit was Boss Pei. In other words, the Tengda Spirit test that Boss Pei had set was the real test. In order to prevent mistakes, Wu Bin only came up with questions that were relatively confident and had relatively standard answers based on his understanding of the Tengda spirit and Boss Peis original questions. These questions did not take up a lot of points in the entire written test. They only took up about 15 points out of 100 points. Wu Bin felt that this share was just right. Not only would the ratio not be too high, but it would also not be able to detect the basic abilities of the candidates. At the same time, it would be able to play a shortcut. 15 marks might not be a lot, but sometimes, the results of a key position were only one or two marks away. That was because more and more people were taking part in Tengdas recruitment examinations. Everyone had cleared the questions and were very capable. Under the premise that everyone was outstanding, sometimes it was really just the difference in a few points. This had the effect of screening: choose the group of people who were more in line with the Tengda spirit among people with similar basic skills and professional skills. The questions for the Tengda Spirit test had been released half a year ago during the Tengda recruitment exam. At that time, it had caused a certain amount of controversy in the candidates circle. However, there was no widespread discussion online. That was because these questions were not directly written as questions for the Tengda Spirit test. Instead, they were cleverly dispersed into different types of questions. Most people only felt that they suddenly encountered a free point question while doing it. At most, they left some impression, but they did not leave too deep a memory. Most people did not realize the meaning of these questions at all. They did not delve into their deeper meaning. Many questions were more worth discussing. For example, in Tengda Games, the final question every year would be a game design question. It required one to design a game that was completely different from the games on the market under the premise of limiting a few key conditions. This question was the most hotly discussed every year. Thus, the questions for the Tengda Spirit test that were inserted into various modules were less obvious in front of so many unique questions. Wu Bin was very satisfied with this. He felt that this was a small contribution that he had made in the HR department. Wu Bin kept his Employment pass and walked out of the examination hall. He liked to walk around during the recruitment examinations every year, see the attitude of the candidates, and feel the enthusiasm of everyone when they took the recruitment examinations. Sometimes, he could even gain something from this private visit. For example, during the recruitment examinations last November, Wu Bin discovered that some organizations were already doing the real questions and analysis for Tengdas recruitment examinations. They were selling them as guide books. For example, Detailed Answers for Tengdas Entrance Examination, The Encyclopedia for Tengdas Entrance Examination, Prediction of Professional Knowledge Questions for Tengdas Entrance Examination, and so on. These did not come from internal leaks but were compiled by many training organizations after seeing the benefits. There were similar situations in many examinations. Training organizations would specially organize people to sign up. They would not answer the questions after entering. Instead, they would memorize the questions. Everyone would memorize a small part of it. Combined, it would be a complete set of questions. After that, these organizations would organize people to answer questions. They would compare the results with those who took ordinary examinations and be able to come up with a general standard answer. Of course, this was only limited to the objective questions. The deviation from the subjective questions would be too huge. That was also why candidates who did not recommend the domestic examination spent too much time on the test questions for the thesis. That was because those were not real standard answers. Instead, they were answers written by training organizations themselves. They would improve after reading it, but the improvement would not be huge. Comparatively, the standard answers for the objective questions were more meaningful. This situation was basically unavoidable. The candidates had to use their brains to memorize the questions. They could not possibly cause them to lose their memories when they left the examination hall, right? A blow to the back of each persons head? That wouldnt do either. The only way to effectively delay this situation was not to announce the specific scores but to only announce the results of the admission. However, doing so would obviously do more harm than good. That was because most objective questions had roughly answered with the questions. The questions could not possibly violate objective rules and common sense. On the other hand, if he did not announce the specific scores, it would easily make people feel that the exam was not formal. If he played under-the-table operations, fairness would be doubted. Most of them were less transparent than those who could score high marks for questions. Boss Peis Tengda Spirit test questions were completely closed off. However, Boss Pei had personally set them up after all. Whats more, he had targeted interns in the company. No one would have any questions. However, Tengdas recruitment examinations were for the entire society after all. It was unrealistic to make it completely closed. Thus, the only way was to update the question bank every year so that the impact of the questions would be reduced. He could not reduce it too low either, because preparations for the examinations were very important. Wu Bin did not dislike the existence of these tutors. Their existence was still reasonable. It was just like how the country did not directly ban the tutoring organizations for the domestic examinations. It would be good as long as this guidance did not mislead people. Wu Bin walked around the examination hall and saw many touching scenes of people cheering each other on and entering Tengda. As he walked, a man in a coat suddenly walked up to him and said in a low voice, Brother, are you here for the exam? Do you want a guide? For some reason, Wu Bin felt like someone was trying to sell him a porn disc. Wu Bin suddenly felt sympathetic as he looked at the guide seller in the coat. Bro, isnt it a little late for you to be selling a guide now? This was just like going to sell sword skills to a swordsman who was about to go to Mount Hua. It could not be done in a short time. Its almost time for the exam. Isnt it too late to sharpen up now? Wu Bin asked. The guide seller smiled mysteriously. Its not too late! Im not selling the regular guide. Im selling the answers and analysis of the special questions that were newly released during Tengdas exam! Wu Bin was stunned. Special questions? What are those? The guide seller explained, Didnt you do the real question from the last time? Its about whether you want to work overtime. These questions are scattered in different sections. They might be in different positions, but they can be roughly classified as one type. Whats more, we havent seen them in other exams. Thats why we call them special questions. Wu Bin was stunned for a moment before he reacted. Werent these the new questions for the Tengda Spirit test? Did someone notice so quickly? On further thought, it was normal to be noticed. After all, the style of these questions was completely different from other questions. They were like fireflies in the night, difficult to be ignored. It was one thing that there was no widespread discussion online, but it was another thing if no one paid attention. Tengdas question bank would be changed every time. Even if these organizations could rely on the elimination method to confirm some answers, it would not be useful. However, the key was in the analysis. This academic advisor actually said that there was an analysis of these mental test questions? Could it be that the Tengda spirit manual had leaked? Impossible. The Tengda spirit manual that Wu Bin had summarized previously was an internal publication. Only trusted employees could obtain it from the person-in-charge. It should not be leaked out. As a summary of the Tengda spirit, Wu Bin had always attached great importance to confidentiality. Give me one. Wu Bin felt that he had to buy one for work. Alright, fifteen. The guide seller took out a small booklet about the size of a palm from inside his coat. It looked like it only had ten pages. Fifteen? This is daylight robbery! Wu Bin was shocked. He already knew that guides were more expensive. After all, knowledge was priceless It would be good enough if they were willing to sell it to you. There was no need to be calculative about whether it was expensive or not. Whats more, the guidance was targeted at people who were in need after all. It did not matter if it was more expensive. Most people had invested so much time in the exam. Why would they care about 20 to 30 yuan? However, such a small book was actually sold for fifteen yuan? This was simply outrageous and incomprehensible. The guide seller smiled. Brother, dont think that its expensive. There are only a few pages, but weve put in a lot of effort behind the scenes! Think about it. Memorizing the questions from the examination hall, combining the scores to confirm the correct answers, and then summarizing the common purpose of the questions from these correct answers. Get a general analysis. How much work is that?! Whats more, the competition for Tengdas recruitment examinations is so intense. The difference in score might be the difference between getting in and failing. Think about Tengdas salary and treatment. Isnt it good to buy a dream for fifteen yuan? Whats more, this thing is a speedy process. Theres a summary rule in it. You can see the effect after flipping through it before the exam. Dont you think its worth it? Wu Bin was speechless. All of a sudden, he felt like the seller made sense. Alright, Ill get one. Wu Bin took out his cell phone and obediently scanned the QR code to pay. Chapter 1286 - A Ridiculously Wrong Formula Bro, youre still clear about things. I think youll definitely make it! The guide seller happily took the money and handed the little book over. Wu Bin reached out, took it, and read it. Since he had only added the questions for the Tengda Spirit test during the previous exam, there were only a dozen questions. The objective questions for Tengdas recruitment examinations had a full score of 100. There were about 120 questions, so the score for each question was 0.5 to 1.5. Some questions would also depend on the number of correct answers. The score would fluctuate slightly. On the other hand, this little book was a regular publication produced by a guide organization that had been working on the questions for Tengdas recruitment examinations. Wu Bin felt that his IQ had been taxed severely looking at the bright five yuan pricing behind the book. He looked at the guide seller again. He had long disappeared. Obviously, he changed his place of work. Wu Bin was speechless. Tricksters were everywhere. He had to say that this guide seller was quite smart. This booklet might be a formal magazine produced by a guide organization, but it was easy to ignore it when buying it. After all, many people did not pay enough attention to the so-called special questions here. On the other hand, the guide seller knew this point. That was why he had gone to the examination hall for a second time to sell. He had deliberately deceived those who had neglected this point and wanted to sharpen their guns at the last minute. He could use a little art to promote it. He could cheat one as he pleased. It was not a big problem even though he had been cheated of some money. Wu Bin mainly wanted to see the contents of the book. After flipping through the questions and correct answers, Wu Bin found that they were indeed the original questions. Whats more, the answers were eighty to ninety percent correct. That was because there were many multiple choice questions here. The rule of multiple choice questions was to choose the wrong answers and not score. If you chose one of the correct answers, you would get a portion of the points. If you chose all the right answers, you would get full marks. Obviously, the people who picked the questions could not be completely sure of the rules for this score. Some parts were added with their imagination, causing some deviations. However, on the whole, it was already very impressive to ensure 80-90% correctness. Speaking of which, this was the real question from the previous time. The questions this time had all been changed. It was not difficult to reverse-engineer the standard answer by relying on points. The key was whether the analysis was correct or not, and whether they could maintain a higher correct rate when they encountered new questions. Wu Bin flipped to the analysis section behind the small book. I dont have a clear idea of the new questions for Tengdas recruitment examinations for now. Thats because these questions dont seem to be in any other examinations. They seem to be original questions of Tengda Corporation. However, after summarizing the answers to these questions, I found a certain pattern. It might seem too reasonable but everyone can answer according to the following rules. Not working overtime seems to be one of the right codes. As long as you see the not working overtime option, as long as it is not a particularly important urgent mission, you can basically choose it brainlessly. It might sound a little strange, but these questions seem to encourage employees to be lazy, skive, slack, and play games. Therefore, if you really dont have a clue, answering them based on laziness and laziness would be better than hypocritically choosing to work overtime. This statement is in violation of common sense and does not match the thriving state of the entire Tengda Corporation. However, it seems to be understandable from the standard answer of the question. Therefore, when you encounter such questions, you must remember the mantra: Dont work overtime if you can. Remember the lazy rules. The leader has requested for us to work overtime and reflect overtime until the end. In case of emergencies, you have to work overtime and ask for overtime pay; Work is a little cumbersome. Throw the blame away in time. Treat benefits and benefits seriously and enjoy them. Dont save on snacks and coffee; If you run into any problems, ask Boss Pei. He will give you the right answer. As long as you memorize the mnemonic, there should be hope for you to get a high score in this section. Wu Bin was dumbfounded. Your smooth-tongue is not bad. Selling it for five yuan is not expensive. But whats with your content? Misunderstanding, absolutely misunderstanding! How could he interpret it this way? How could he interpret the sacred Tengda spirit as slacking? It was too much! Wu Bins own interpretation of the Tengda spirit was relatively open. Everyone could have their own way of interpretation. It did not mean that his own interpretation was the only standard answer. However, the problem was that the analysis on this booklet was not only ridiculously wrong, but it also caused a complete shortfall and slander of the Tengda spirit. The key was that the answers were all correct! He would follow the instructions in the booklet and think of himself as a lazy bum who did not want to do anything. Then, he would answer the questions. He would choose the right answers! That would be very dangerous! If the interpretation was wrong and the wrong answer was chosen, the candidates would naturally realize that they had been fooled and would not believe it. However, if the interpretation was wrong but the correct answer was chosen, wouldnt that be better than misleading people? Wu Bin could not sit still anymore. What should he do?! If this booklet really spread and all the new employees who joined Tengda believed it, what would happen? The Tengda spirit had gone astray from the source. Could he think of a way to clarify and correct it? It did not seem to work because the Tengda spirit that Wu Bin himself controlled was also a one-sided and incomplete interpretation. The real Tengda spirit was with Boss Pei. Change the questions? Make the correct Tengda spirit choose the right and wrong Tengda spirit? This was too difficult. After all, Boss Pei had personally set the questions for the Tengda spirit. Wu Bin did not have the ability to change them because the change would cause the meaning to change. However, this problem was obviously very important. He could not ignore it and had to solve it as soon as possible. Otherwise, it would definitely be far-reaching and harmful. Wu Bin had no choice. After some thought, he decided to ask Boss Pei for instructions. Only Boss Pei had the correct Tengda spirit and could definitely think of the most appropriate way to deal with it. Wu Bin might still be an examiner now but he was no longer in charge of the specific invigilation. He was mainly in charge of overall planning for the entire exam. Thus, he immediately stood up and prepared to report to Boss Pei. At the same time, Pei Qian was in his office, sorting out the next list of candidates for Suffering Travels. I didnt know about this previously, this is rather scary. There are actually so many people in the list of candidates. The people in Tengda alone would not be able to finish everything in two or three episodes. Lets not even talk about external enemies like Ruan Guangjian and Qiao Liang. This list gave Pei Qian a headache. Now, he finally understood why there were always fish that slipped through the net previously. There were too many fish and the net was too small. It was difficult not to miss them. He had arranged for the people in charge in this batch, but there was also another batch of reserves. Apart from that, the various departments also had some core employees who were extremely dangerous. None of them could be let go. Not to mention the enemies who thought that Boss Pei treated them as friends but actually hated them to the core outside. Ruan Guangjian, Qiao Liang, Li Shi, Lin Chang, Zhou Muyan, Xue Zhebin, and the others. Wouldnt it take all of them to get rid of the hatred in his heart? Of course, it was a little difficult to arrange for these people. They could not use force and could only deceive. However, they had to be on the list first. He could not let it go at the beginning. That made the choice of the people in the second episode of the Suffering Travels very difficult. Just as he was struggling internally, he heard a knock on his office door. He looked up and saw Wu Bin, whom he had not seen for a long time and whom he had no impression of. Wu Bin was not the person-in-charge of the HR department. He rarely reported directly to Boss Pei. Previously, he had explained the Tengda spirit on behalf of Boss Pei. Thus, Pei Qian still had an impression of him. Boss Pei, I have an emergency to report to you. Look at this little booklet. Its too much! Wu Bin handed the booklet to Boss Pei and briefly explained the entire situation. Of course, he did not mention his interpretation of the Tengda spirit. After all, it would be too stupid to show off in front of Boss Pei. He only said that the HR department had come up with a few very shallow test questions based on their understanding of the Tengda spirit. They had used them for the initial screening. The only way to determine if a person really fit the Tengda spirit was to enter the company after the interview. However, this preliminary screening segment had been misinterpreted by some teaching organizations. There might be some consequences from this. How should they be dealt with? Boss Pei, please give me your instructions. Pei Qian flipped through the booklet and almost laughed out loud. Such a good thing actually existed? What kind of talent is this to be able to understand my intentions so accurately? Thats right, Im encouraging my employees to slack! It was a pity that none of Tengdas employees could understand this. Instead, they felt that I was encouraging them to work hard. On the other hand, the person in the teaching organization understood it correctly! Indeed, changing an environment was different. This person had not joined Tengda and had not been influenced by the environment here. He still had the rational mindset that a normal person should have. The HR department had clearly misunderstood the Tengda spirit! However, Pei Qian could not say it out loud. He would be warned by the system. It was precisely because he could not say it out loud that Pei Qian secretly created a Tengda spirit test. In the end, it did not achieve the effect he wanted. Great, now that the outside guidance organization had given him a godly assist, after two levels of misunderstanding, the two ends of his brain were magically matched! That was ridiculous. He could not stop them. Not only could he not stop them, he had to deliberately condone it. It would be best if it could be brought to greater heights! It had not been easy for him to finally understand the Tengda spirit correctly. He could not just extinguish it. Pei Qian smiled slightly. Theres no need to interfere too much. Tengdas interpretation is varied. Whats more, I think this booklets understanding of the Tengda spirit is quite right. It has its merits in many places. Pei Qian could not say that it was completely correct, but to a certain extent, it was not a problem to confirm its correctness. Wu Bin was shocked. Boss Peis reaction was beyond his expectations. It was quite right? How could that be true? This had obviously completely distorted the essence of the Tengda spirit! They might be doing the same thing but the core had gone from a positive fighting spirit to a dispirited lazy spirit! Different things might mean different things, but the danger was the greatest. However, Boss Pei did not seem angry at all. Instead, he looked very happy. Wu Bin was very confused. It seemed like his understanding of the Tengda spirit had returned to its original state. At that time, he had just joined the company not long ago. He had died immediately after coming into contact with the Tengda Spirit test. After that, he studied and drilled into it seriously. His understanding of the Tengda spirit kept increasing. He felt that he was on the right path. However, he realized that he seemed not to understand again. Chapter 1287 - Is The Tengda Spirit Getting Another Update? After a moment of silence, Wu Bin tried asking, Boss Pei, I have some questions. You said that there are certain merits in this booklet. Where is it exactly? Pei Qian fell silent. This question was very good and sharp. It hit the nail right on the head. I really want to tell you the merits, but I cant say it out loud! Pei Qian pondered for a moment and asked, What do you think is undesirable about this booklet? Wu Bin answered, I think the most important thing is the essence of the core of the Tengda spirit! If you look at the more superficial details, such as the choices, it seems quite right. However, the interpretation of the core of the Tengda spirit is very different. In my understanding, the Tengda spirit should be a high-spirited fighting spirit, not a lazy spirit of indulgence. If there is a problem with the most fundamental understanding, then we will naturally reach a completely wrong conclusion. The final outcome will naturally be very different. Pei Qian sniggered inside. Thats exactly what I wanted! Your high-spirited interpretation was the misinterpretation, alright? Before this, Pei Qian had always wanted to ask if there was a problem with the interpretation of the Tengda spirit by his subordinates. Now, everything was confirmed. There was indeed a problem. Whats more, there was a huge problem! He could use this opportunity to correct it. Before this, Pei Qian did not have a suitable opportunity to correct it even if he wanted to. That was because there were some things that he could not say too clearly. If he suddenly did this, it would seem abrupt and suspicious. Whats more, Pei Qian had not found any concrete evidence to prove that everyones understanding of the Tengda spirit had deviated. Naturally, he did not know where to start. However, this was a very good opportunity. He could not say it too clearly, but he could at least take the opportunity to think about it from the sidelines and let everyones understanding of the Tengda spirit be relatively correct. Pei Qian retorted, Must the lazy spirit be wrong? Why do you have such prejudice against the lazy spirit? I think that theres nothing wrong with being lazy. Not only should we not object, but we should also promote it. On the surface, it looks absolutely right to be proud of work and to be ashamed of pleasure. However, if you think about it carefully, is it really absolutely right? How did enjoyment become shameful and unspeakable? Wu Bin: Huh? The lazy spirit should be promoted? Something was not right. The original intention of a lazy bum was Whats the difference between a lazy bum and a lazy bum if he lost his dream. It meant that a person had to have dreams, goals and work hard. Promoting the spirit of laziness was to let people give up their dreams and goals, stop fighting, and live their lives? How could such thoughts come from Boss Pei? Pei Qian said again, Have you ever thought about why the starting point in this book was wrong in your opinion but came to the right conclusion in the end? Shouldnt you reflect on yourself? Pei Qian felt that there was no way he could say this more clearly. What he meant was that the answer in the booklet was correct. Why dont you reflect on it? In fact, the answer you gave was a misinterpretation? Instead, the answer in the booklet was the standard answer? Reflect well, did you make things complicated? Wu Bin was dumbfounded. He seemed to understand a little, but on further thought, he did not understand at all. Boss Peis words seemed to be very philosophical and profound. He felt that he had been too one-sided previously. Pei Qian asked, Have you figured it out? Wu Bin was a little ashamed. Boss Pei, I seem to understand a little. Ill think it over when I get back. Pei Qian was speechless. Sh * t, what a waste of effort. If he did not understand it on the spot, he would only understand it more ridiculously after the fact. Actually, Im just encouraging everyone to slack and not work hard. Is it that hard to understand? Dont think about it so complicatedly. Many principles are very simple. Dont always drift so high when you think about problems. Connect more to the earth, understand? Wu Bin still did not fully understand, but he had a good memory. He noted down everything that Boss Pei had said and slowly tried to figure it out. Thus, he nodded. Alright, Boss Pei. Ill remember everything. Pei Qian sighed inwardly. Sigh, where did I find these funny employees from? All of them have huge problems understanding me. Hopefully, the training organizations godly assistance could be salvaged. Wu Bin felt genuinely confused as he walked out of Boss Peis office. His own brain waves seemed to be different from Boss Peis again. What was going on? He must have misunderstood the Tengda spirit. Wu Bin immediately returned to the HR department and secretly took out the manual hidden under the drawer. He looked at the contents of the Tengda spirit on it and compared it to the small booklet from the training organization. He thought seriously about what Boss Pei said today. It had to be said that the two books interpretation of the Tengda spirit was very close, but the deeper meaning was very different. Wu Bin summarized the Tengda spirit. At the end of the day, he encouraged everyone to work hard and fight. As for entertainment, it was just a diversion after work. It was a rest and adjustment that was made for everyone to work better. However, the training organizations booklet directly understood it as slacking and enjoying. There was a fundamental difference in their attitudes. However, to Wu Bins surprise, Boss Pei did not deny the book at all. Instead, he denied Wu Bins own view. What does Boss Pei mean? Is it really as this booklet says, that Boss Pei encourages laziness and slacking? How is that possible? If Boss Pei was really such a person, how could Tengda have developed to its current scale? Did I miss something? Wu Bin noted down everything that Boss Pei had said and thought about it repeatedly. Boss Pei asked, must the lazy spirit be wrong? Why should we be biased against the lazy spirit? It might not be right to be proud of work and to be ashamed of pleasure. Enjoyment should not be a shameful thing. You also asked me why the starting point of this little book was wrong in my opinion but came to the right conclusion? You asked me to reflect on myself Hm I think Boss Peis interpretation of the Tengda spirit should be very broad and tolerant. This little booklet is definitely not completely correct. It just happened to notice a blind spot that I did not notice previously. This blind spot was emphasized by Boss Pei. It is also where Im lacking. In other words, Boss Pei has affirmed the relatively novel interpretation of this book, telling me not to be in a hurry to deny it, but to seriously draw nutrition from it. Wu Bin frowned and entered deep thought. Wu Bin felt that no one in Tengda Corporation had a deeper understanding of the Tengda spirit other than Boss Pei. However, it was obvious that even he did not have a complete understanding of the Tengda spirit. Boss Pei said that it might not be right to be proud of work and to be ashamed of pleasure. What is wrong with that sentence? These two sentences are of course not a problem if we separate them. Could it be that we have to combine them to see? Boss Pei is actually hinting to me that we shouldnt separate them and stand against each other? Wu Bin felt that Boss Pei was definitely not a person who was indulging in pleasure based on his workaholic physique. He should be very immersed in work and working hard to develop Tengda and change industries. Thus, Boss Pei was definitely not someone who hated work and enjoyed it. Since both sentences were correct, it could only mean that they were wrong when they were combined. The only explanation was that these two should not be so clearly distinguished! Wu Bin suddenly thought of a point of view: The dissimilation of labor. Labor was supposed to bring people happiness. Labor was the process of making use of ones intelligence to create value for the entire world. It was just like sculptors carving works, painters painting, and craftsmen creating tools. In the process, they turned the raw materials into valuable art pieces and condensed their own intelligence. They should feel a sense of achievement after completing it. However, for a long time, labor became a kind of pain, a kind of squeeze. What people felt in labor was not the joy of creation, but physical torture and mental destruction. It was precisely because of this that he began to emphasize frequently: Work was painful in itself, but adults should work hard to overcome this pain and should take the initiative to endure it. Consumerism, on the other hand, turned this pain into motivation for consumption. Youre already working so hard. Why dont you buy some luxury goods to reward yourself? Thus, a perfect closed loop was formed. The pain brought by labor was due to the alienation of labor, which was used in turn. Work and entertainment were strictly separated, and they could have been one. Wu Bin had seen this view before and thought that it was reasonable. However, inertial thinking was difficult to reverse after all. Now, after careful consideration, he realized that Boss Peis words had the same effect! That made him take this view seriously again and put it in Boss Peis theory. In other words, Boss Peis appreciation of this little book is mainly because it points out the rationality of the entertainment itself? Previously, I divided work and entertainment into two distinct things. I completely regarded entertainment as a conduit and support for work. At the end of the day, there is still no correct understanding of the value of entertainment. However, Boss Pei told me that entertainment is not only about pleasing the body and mind, but also about adjusting the working state. Sometimes, entertainment is the work itself! Why did the little booklet come to the right conclusion even though its starting point was wrong? Thats because it accidentally interpreted Boss Peis importance for entertainment and raised it to a higher position. My direction might be correct, but its precisely because it looks too right that I naturally ignored some equally important content. In that case theres no need to clarify the contents in the booklet! Once a new employee enters the company, as long as he combines the contents of the booklet with the Tengda spirit manual, wouldnt he be able to understand the Tengda spirit more fully? This booklet is wrong, but it is very typical. It is very inspiring and educational! Wu Bin suddenly understood Boss Peis intentions. He had thought that Boss Pei was emphasizing how entertainment could improve work. However, that did not seem to be the case. Boss Pei thought deeper. He thought that entertainment and work might be one and the same. He wanted to change the mutated state of labor and turn it back to its original form! That would no longer make Tengdas work pure, painful, and exhausting. Instead, it would become the original creation of labor. Without a doubt, this idea was raised to another level. It looked like the Tengda spirit manual was going to be completely overturned and updated! Chapter 1288 - Programming Preparations for the Real Estate Agent Simulator November 2nd, Friday Meng Chang arrived at Slow Movement Studio and was prepared to study the current situation of the game Real Estate Model to prepare for the publicity work. In fact, Slow Movement Studio had always been an independent operating company. Tengda Corporation and Shenhua Corporation might have funded it, but they would not interfere with its operations. Of course, Boss Pei would still give some ideas every now and then. However, this was not considered an intervention. After all, Lin Wan had the freedom to use or not. If he did not want to use Boss Peis ideas, he could create his own. Both parties had discussed the publicity budget previously. Simply put, Boss Pei wanted Tengda to fork out the money for publicity. However, Lin Wan would not agree no matter what. Now, Slow Movement Studio has already made money. Animal Island VR and Doubt VR glasses have been a huge success. It was even more impossible for Boss Pei to fork out money. Not only that, Slow Movement Studios profits would also continuously give Tengda Corporation money. Given the popularity of Doubt VR and Animal Island, as well as the series of chain reactions that followed, such as the additional profits of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and Star Bird Fitness, most of the money that Tengda had invested in Slow Movement Studio had been recovered. After making one or two more explosive games, it would be pure profit. Of course, Boss Pei would also be very willing to lend a helping hand if Slow Movement Studio encountered some games that were particularly difficult and inconvenient. Meng Chang was the one who came up with the publicity plan this time. On one hand, it was because Boss Pei trusted him very much. On the other hand, Lin Wan trusted him more now. They might not trust each other on the same frequency, but they did trust each other. Meng Chang was still a little uncertain about whether he could make it into this publicity. On one hand, Meng Chang was naturally a little worried after hearing that the games name was Real Estate Agent Simulator. Boss Peis games might not be unsuccessful but the theme of the game itself still made Meng Chang feel a little suspense. If there was no good product, no matter how hard Meng Chang tried to publicize it, it would become a source of nothing. This was a core point of view that Meng Chang had learned from the Pei familys publicity method. If this game was niche and did not attract enough attention, the publicity plan would be very difficult. On the other hand, Meng Chang was afraid that the game would be too successful and attract too much attention. His commission would fly away. Since they were going to use the Pei familys publicity method for publicity, it might not necessarily be a success even if it became popular in the end. They had to first raise it and then raise it again. Only after this complete operation could they achieve a perfect publicity effect. The standard of success for many things could not be purely based on the results. It had to be combined with the process. It was very difficult for a poor person to earn a million yuan from being penniless, but it was as simple as eating and drinking for a tycoon with a hundred million yuan. The results of these two things looked the same, but the process was different. The difficulty was also different. If they were to compare, the rich had to at least increase their assets by several times. Only then would the difficulty be comparable. Therefore, Meng Chang was a little apprehensive and nervous on one hand. On the other hand, he felt that this was a high difficulty challenge that could very well verify his understanding of the Pei familys publicity method. Meng Chang went straight to the chief designer, Cai Jiadong, after arriving at Slow Movement Studio. He was here mainly to understand the details of the game. There was no need to trouble Lin Wan with such a small matter. Brother Meng, how have you been? Ill have to trouble you with the publicity again. Cai Jiadongs attitude towards Meng Chang was still relatively warm. Previously, many old employees of Tengda were more or less biased against Meng Chang. However, after Meng Chang made so many outstanding publicity plans, this prejudice had long changed a lot. Whats more, Cai Jiadong was not an old employee. He did not have such prejudice. The promotional video of the Doubt VR glasses was filmed by Meng Chang previously. The publicity effect was very good. This also made Cai Jiadong have a good impression of Meng Chang. Meng Chang smiled. The key is that your products are good. Im just adding flowers to the brocade. They exchanged a few pleasantries and got straight to the point. Cai Jiadong brought Meng Chang to a relatively empty experience area and handed him a VR glasses. The real estate agent simulator is now left with the final finishing job. However, the main game content has been released. It will not affect the game experience. You can bring this VR glasses back later and experience it slowly. You can ask me anytime if you have any questions. Meng Chang reached out and took it. Alright, thank you. One day was definitely not enough. The game that Boss Pei designed had rich connotations. If one did not play it well enough, they would easily understand a little. It was far from the actual core. If Meng Chang wanted to make a publicity plan, he had to understand it in depth. Otherwise, it would be very easy for there to be deviations. His main purpose for coming today was to chat with the designer, Cai Jiadong, and solve the bigger doubts and problems. Meng Chang put on his VR glasses. Just like Animal Island, the real estate intermediary simulator was the official game of Slow Movement Studio. Naturally, it also left an entry in the initial login interface. There was a unique login scene when the Doubt VR glasses were first released. There were three choices. It was undoubtedly the scene of Animal Island. In addition, there was also the command ship space scene of Mission and Choice and the scene of Repent and be Saved filled with spider lilies. Of course, the development department did not idle during this period. They added two new scenes: one was the realistic setting of the real estate agent simulator, and the other was the cartoon gym scene of the Fitness Battle. The styles were all different. Players could choose the scenes they liked on their own. Any VR game developed by Slow Movement Studio had a special entrance in the initial scene of the Doubt VR glasses, perfectly integrated with the game scene. For example, in the realistic setting of the theme of the real estate agent simulator, the entire scene was a suite, and one of the doors was the entrance to the game. The entrance was different in other scenes. For example, Mission and Choice had been changed to a holographic projector. After the release of Animal Island, many gaming companies began to create VR games and logged into the Doubt VR glasses. However, these VR games did not have such a treatment. They were all thrown into the game market and allowed players to download them. The quality of these VR games was definitely not as good as Slow Movement Studios games, but they could at least fill the game library and be very helpful for the sales of the VR glasses. Meng Chang first looked around at the default login scene. He had to admit that it was quite realistic. He was standing in a spacious living room by default. The sun was shining brightly outside, and there were flowers and birds singing. The sofa, television, and other furniture in the living room were all fully stocked. The huge television was an interface that could be interactive. Some basic settings functions of the VR glasses could be displayed on it. In addition, this interface could also be customized, change the layout, style of the furniture, and so on. Cai Jiadong explained, The living room that youre looking at now has an initial image. The various customized content has to be gradually unlocked in the game Real Estate Agent Simulator. Players can unlock new sofas, new props, and so on in the game. They can move them into this login scene and create a login scene that belongs exclusively to them. Of course, the login scene also has to take care of other players who dont play this game so its initial decoration level is relatively high. It wont make people feel that it is shabby. In other words, he had simply placed the house upgrading gameplay in the Real Estate Agent Simulator in the login interface. However, it was not 100% copied. The initial houses of the Real Estate Agent Simulator were very dilapidated. The furniture was old, the electrical appliances were old, the walls were unclean, the windows were leaking, and so on. Players had to level up step by step. However, the houses in the starting scene were in a relatively high-end state from the beginning. On one hand, it was to take care of gamers who did not play the game Real Estate Agent Simulator. On the other hand, it was also because the performance of the VR glasses itself was limited. It was impossible to take out so much space to run the login scene. He pushed open a door and entered the game of the Real Estate Agent Simulator. The specifications of this game were still relatively high. That was because all the characters were high-definition models and the graphics were very detailed. Thus, the performance of the VR glasses alone could not be carried out. Similar to Animal Island, it used a computer to run the game and project a screen onto the VR glasses. Meng Chang, who had played Animal Island before, did not feel the shock of the first time he played VR games. However, the Real Estate Agent Simulator was a very realistic game after all. It was obviously different from the cute cartoon style of Animal Island. Chapter 1289 - : Searching for the Right Entry Point Meng Changs first impression was that it was more realistic! It was as if he had truly transmigrated to another real world. Of course, there were still shortcomings. That was the resolution. At the moment, the resolution of the VR glasses was still worrying. There was still a particle sense even though the Doubt VR glasses had reached 4K. Animal Island used a special cartoon style to make up for the lack of resolution to a certain extent. However, Real Estate Agent Simulator was a realistic drawing style. There was no other way about it. Technological problems could not be solved in the short term. Therefore, the VR field was actually very special. Those who liked it were especially passionate about it, while those who did not would think that it was a complete scam and useless. Those who were 3D dizzy, could not accept the VR glasses grille effect and had high requirements for various operations and details were not the current audience of VR games. They could not feel the joy of VR games at all. However, apart from these people, there were also some players who could tolerate these shortcomings. They enjoyed the immersion caused by VR games even more. This group of players was the main consumer force in the VR game market. Meng Chang did not play the final version of the game, so the connection between some scenes was still a little stiff. Basically, it was still a black screen, a screen, and a transition. Cai Jiadong explained, We have specially made some scenes, but we have not updated them into this DEMO. Actually, its nothing special. Its just a satellite camera. After exiting the door, the camera will be raised to the sky above the city. After moving to the destination area, it will descend quickly. After adding a slight blur effect, it will arrive at the entrance of the destination. On one hand, it would make the transfer more natural. On the other hand, it could also make players more familiar with the layout of the entire city and know which area their houses are in. Meng Chang nodded. He could roughly imagine this feeling. This was not a particularly critical segment. It did not matter whether they experienced it or not. Meng Chang was already inside an intermediary shop. The basic operation method of the game was obviously following the standard operating mode of Animal Island. There were different movement modes such as pushing the joystick and teleportation. The interaction logic of the props and items in the scene was also to use fingers to touch and grab. Meng Chang had also heard that Boss Pei had previously confirmed a complete set of operating standards for VR games through Animal Island. Real Estate Intermediary Simulator had obviously followed this set of rules and saved him trouble. Meng Chang looked around. The space in this shop was not big, and the structure was quite simple. There was only an office area similar to the front desk, a coffee table, and two single sofas. There were also some simple furnishings. So the player is actually the boss of this small intermediary company? Meng Chang asked. Cai Jiadong nodded. Thats right. In fact, at the beginning, we also considered whether to let players start as an ordinary employee of an intermediary shop. They would open their own shop in the middle of the game. However, this plan was rejected after much discussion. On one hand, being an ordinary employee in a shop might inevitably result in a large number of interactions with other colleagues. They are all unnecessary content. Investment and output are not proportional. On the other hand, it might also cause players to be impatient. We should skip this unnecessary content and let players experience the core fun of this gameplay directly. Thats why he made the protagonist the boss of a small intermediary shop. Of course, the conditions are relatively simple. Gamers have to save up a little to unlock the new decorations in the shop. They can also rent new and wider shops. Players residence and shop are two independent systems. Players can focus on their own preferences. Meng Chang understood now. In fact, the real estate intermediary simulator had obviously not completely simulated real estate intermediaries. Instead, it had done some artistic beautification and processing. That was normal. After all, there had to be a choice in the gameplay. They had to give up on content that was not necessary. It was just like many other simulation games. They would only pick out the essence of the game and simulate it. Those unimportant content would naturally be saved. The main difference between the real estate agent simulator and reality was that the protagonist was a boss of a small intermediary company that had the final say. He could freely decide the direction and development strategy of the company. There was a computer on the front desk and a high chair. It was just right to stand and look at the computers angle. That was obviously to take care of gamers who stood and played the game. The computer had a touchscreen. One could open the document and program on it by clicking directly. The basic gameplay was to check the house source through the computer program, accept the commission, link the house and tenants together, go to the house to do field research and understand the situation. Once the tenants came to the door to introduce the tenants, they would get a commission. On the internet, one could only briefly see the house age, floor plan, and other information. At the same time, they could receive several commissions. They could conduct preliminary screening on the computer and then conduct field inspections. There was no limit to the number of field inspections. However, gamers goal was to complete high-end commissions as soon as possible and level up. Thus, there was not much point in worrying about these low-level houses. They still had to screen and verify them. After conducting field inspections, he would arrange to meet with tenants and answer their questions. Meng Chang experienced it for about an hour before taking off his VR glasses. To be honest, I dont quite understand how this game could be fun. Meng Chang spoke more reservedly and did not directly say that the game was more boring. Cai Jiadong smiled. Its normal. Similar simulated management games are quite picky with players. Some players might find it especially fun, while others would not feel the fun. Youre not a simulated management game player. You might feel weaker in this aspect. Whats more, simulated management games are relatively slow to become popular. Its relatively difficult to get started in the early stages, but once you feel the pleasure, you can play it for a long time. The pleasure of the game differs from person to person. Most of the time, you cant force it. Meng Chang was a little melancholic. But how can we make a publicity plan if we cant feel the fun Cai Jiadong: Oh, thats right. Dont worry, you can experience more and feel it even more. You might suddenly have inspiration. If you really cant, you can ask for some advice from more serious simulation management game enthusiasts and learn from them. As a designer, Cai Jiadong naturally knew as well. However, his perspective was a designers perspective after all. There was still some gap between it and the players perspective. Meng Chang would still not understand if he said it. Thus, it was best to find players to discuss it. It would be better to understand the fun from the perspective of players. Meng Chang nodded. Alright, I understand. He did not know gamers who liked simulated management games, but he knew Teacher Qiao. If he really could not, he would ask Teacher Qiao. As a professional gamer, Teacher Qiao would be able to understand most of the fun in the game. Whats more, he did not need to really feel this pleasure. He just needed to understand it. In the afternoon, Meng Chang returned to his desk and began to consider the publicity plan. He did not look for Teacher Qiao immediately because he wanted to use his own strength to think of a prototype. He could not be too affected by Teacher Qiaos concept and cause the plan to deviate. In other words, Teacher Qiao would either not use it or use it as the finishing touches. He could not let Teacher Qiaos words affect Meng Changs original plan. Before this, I only summarized the basic process of the Pei familys publicity method, Yang-Dong. However, Im not very familiar with this process. After careful analysis, the key lies in the middle step. The last step is very easy because Tengdas products are strong to begin with. As long as the products obtain the appropriate evaluation, the first step is relatively easy to achieve. It would be enough as long as we hold back and give a relatively good publicity start. The key is the suppression in the middle. How to not cause real trouble for consumers and not cause actual damage to the product under the premise of controversy is the key. Therefore, we might as well start from this step. What we can know is that when Boss Pei used the Pei familys publicity method, the step of suppression was very restrained. It was all just right. There must have been a long time to think and prepare for this. How should I suppress it? Continue using my bad name? Thats not good. My bad reputation is no longer useful Meng Chang realized that his bad reputation was really better utilized when Boss Pei used it for the first time. It was becoming increasingly useless. The main reason was that many peoples impression of Meng Chang had changed after the publicity plan succeeded several times. He still hated it, but this hate was no longer enough to have a fatal impact on the product itself. Thus, his bad reputation was not completely useless. However, it was very sad that it was no longer effective. Why not make use of others bad reputation? Does any company in the field of intermediaries have a bad reputation? Home Corporation? Not very good. Boss Pei doesnt seem to like this company. At first, Meng Chang thought that he could take advantage of the bad reputation of Home Corporation. However, on further thought, it was not appropriate. Home Corporations concept was fundamentally conflicting with Boss Peis. Even if he wanted to suppress it, he did not have to dirty himself. Whats more, the ultimate goal of the Pei Familys publicity method was to achieve the best publicity effect through such controversy and misunderstanding. It would be easy to not be able to whitewash it if he cooperated with the Home Corporation. That would be a huge problem. Meng Chang gave up after a moment and thought of other ways. Actually, we dont need to use the bad reputation of Home Corporation. We just need to make use of everyones prejudice against the real estate industry. Hmm thats a good entry point. However, I have to think carefully about how to combine it with the game itself. Meng Chang tried his best to put himself in Boss Peis shoes and thought about how he would design the publicity plan if it was Boss Pei. He tried the details of the game and savored it carefully. Chapter 1290 - International Invitational Tournament Broadcasting Rights November 5th, Monday Pei Qian arrived at his office as usual and prepared to flip through the work reports of the various departments. At the same time, he wanted to pay attention to the recruitment process. Would the employees recruited this time be different with the influence of the booklet? Of course, Pei Qian knew that this thinking might be too optimistic, but he could always look forward to some changes. Whats more, Wu Bin went back after being scolded. Pei Qian wondered how his self-reflection was going. It would be best if he could fundamentally reverse the thinking of the people from the HR department. If not he could only think of other ways. Pei Qian began to think about how to correct everyones understanding of the Tengda spirit and correct the deviation. However, this matter could not be rushed. After all, if he used too much force, it might be even more crooked. He had to think about it carefully. He was just thinking about it when he heard a knock on the door. Pei Qian looked up. It was Zhao Xuming. Eh? Pei Qian could not help but feel surprised. That was because he knew very well that Zhao Xuming was used to working hard to reduce his presence. Eric would usually be the one to report or ask for instructions. He did not do it often. Whats more, the report this time was obviously not routine. It was quite rare for them to take the initiative to approach him under such circumstances. Zhao Xuming was obviously a little uneasy. This was the first time he had reported one-on-one work to Boss Pei since he joined Tengda. Thus, he could not help but feel nervous. Eric had been present in the past. Eric had been under pressure. It was more comfortable for him to play support behind. However, now that he had to face Boss Pei directly, he could not help but feel nervous. He was afraid that Boss Pei would catch him if he said something wrong. Whats the matter? Pei Qian asked. Zhao Xuming nodded. Boss Pei, Ive already sent the live-stream plan for GOGs international invitational tournament to your email, but I havent gotten a reply. Thats why I came to ask if this plan is feasible. Pei Qian was very confused. The global finals? Live-stream plan? Oh, thats right. It was indeed time for the international invitational tournament from the looks of the time. Pei Qian did not pay attention to these things because he had too many departments to pay attention to. Of course, strictly speaking, Pei Qian could still do it if he really wanted to squeeze out some time to understand the situation of all the departments. However, he did not want to do that. It would be too tiring! My goal is just to lose some money. Why should I work so hard? Wouldnt he be making a huge loss if something went wrong with him after working so hard? Thus, Pei Qian had been working hard to establish the independence of the various departments from the beginning so that these departments could operate normally without his instructions. Even if the person-in-charge of these departments made mistakes, Pei Qian never criticized them. Instead, he praised them. Pei Qian felt that the best state was for the various department heads to be at ease and be bold to court death and not to consult him about everything. However, when he wanted to interfere, these people would strictly follow his instructions. As time went by, the various departments got used to arranging work without Boss Peis instructions. He could not possibly not do it even if Boss Pei did not agree. Otherwise, he would not be called the person-in-charge. He would just be called the mouthpiece. Now, Pei Qian has achieved his initial goal. However, it was slightly different from what he had expected Pei Qian flipped through the previous email on his computer and realized that GOGs second international invitational tournament had been prepared a long time ago. Zhang Yuans E-Sports Department was mainly preparing and Min Jingchao had given some cooperation. After Eric and Zhao Xuming joined Tengda Corporation, some work naturally moved to them. At this point in time, everything that needed to be decided had been decided. In other words, there were still some minor details that needed to be finalized. There was a lot of content. It was a headache. Pei Qian decided not to read it. It was more convenient for Zhao Xuming to report directly. Hows the international invitational tournament going? I didnt pay much attention to it. Tell me briefly, Pei Qian said confidently. Zhao Xuming was a little surprised. Huh? Boss Pei was not even paying attention to this? Thats not right. Didnt Boss Pei always have sharp eyes and ears, and he knew everything about Tengda Corporation like the back of his hand? Whats more, this was GOGs international invitational tournament. It directly determined the competition between GOG and IOI next year. Didnt Boss Pei pay attention to such a huge matter? Something was amiss, right? Oh, he understood now. There could only be two possibilities. One was that Boss Pei felt that GOGs international invitational tournament would definitely be a win. Thus, he did not need to pay much attention to it. He should focus on other departments that were more worth paying attention to. Thus, he only had a rough understanding and did not delve deeper. Another possibility was that Boss Pei knew that I had just taken over and wanted to test me on purpose. He wanted to see how I had grasped the working situation in this area, and especially use this opportunity to listen to my understanding of GOGs E-Sports business. Obviously, the latter was more likely. It could also be both. Zhao Xuming did not dare to be careless. If Boss Pei said that he did not pay attention, it did not mean that he did not pay attention. If Boss Pei asked him to briefly explain, it was not as simple as saying that. After some consideration, he said, Boss Pei, from what I understand, GOGs second international invitational tournament is obviously the key to consolidating and further expanding the market share. The E-Sports Industry Department is obviously taking this very seriously as well. Therefore, the global invitational tournament this year is no longer a stable position. Instead, they chose to take the initiative to attack: from the first competition to Jingzhou to Europe. This time, we will hold a competition in three European cities: the group competition will be in Paris, the elimination competition will be in England, and the finals will be in Berlin. The international invitational tournament this time is held under the strong request and strong support of local operators. The E-Sports Department has also participated in the planning and early preparations of the competition. It should be able to bring global players a feast! Coincidentally, Finger Games has also set the venue for the IOI global finals to be in Europe. Obviously, both parties think that the European market is a must-have location. I think the E-Sports Departments decision is very correct! It also laid a solid foundation for GOG to further expand the overseas market. Next, GOGs primary goal is to speed up its expansion to the overseas market under the premise of consolidating the domestic market. It wants to seize the global MOBA games market share as soon as possible and achieve a comprehensive victory! Zhao Xuming briefly explained GOGs second international invitational tournament and added some of his own understanding. In his opinion, they had obviously reached the stage of a comprehensive strategic counterattack. GOG and IOIs two games had been in a drawn-out war for more than a year. On the other hand, IOI had Dayak Corporation behind it and had a high enough start. It had died one after another after being severely injured, but it was now showing its decline. Given Boss Peis ruthlessness, he would definitely not let go of such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. That was why he wanted to brave the remaining and chase the poor to win the battle. Of course, Boss Pei might not have participated in the actual rules of the international invitational tournament, but Boss Pei must have set the big policy. The E-Sports Industry Department and Min Jingchao must have come up with such a plan for the international invitational tournament under Boss Peis big plan. Zhao Xuming looked at Boss Pei apprehensively after saying that. He did not know if he was right or not, if the view was high enough, and if he had missed anything. Pei Qian fell silent. Holding the competition in Europe sounded like a good thing at first glance. After all, if he held it overseas, he would probably spend more money. The first Global Invitational was held in Jingzhou. Whats more, it was held at the venue for the GPL regular competition. How much would it cost? If he were to set it in Europe, he would have to rent some large stadiums. He would definitely spend a lot of money. However, the key problem was that according to Zhao Xuming, the global invitational tournament was held under the strong request and strong support of the local operator. GOGs foreign servers were all working with local operators, and they were all relatively strong local operators. Since it was Europes operator who strongly requested and supported it, it meant that not only would the competition be grand, but the benefits would most likely outweigh the costs! Of course, European operators hoped that large-scale competitions like the Global Invitational would be held on their own home ground. That would be very meaningful for GOG to further develop the European market. Then, he would distribute all sorts of publicity materials. He did not know how many new players in Europe would be attracted to the pit. What worried Pei Qian even more was what Zhao Xuming said after that. The words complete victory made Pei Qian feel uncomfortable. They must not achieve a complete victory! How was this a complete victory? It was obviously a lose-lose situation! Who could stop GOG from making money if IOI was gone? At that thought, Pei Qian felt a headache coming on. It was as if he was seeing a death timer. After a moment of silence, Pei Qian knew that there was no good solution at this point. After all, these plans had been prepared months in advance. It was impossible to change them. There was no appropriate reason. Yes, I understand. Tell me about your problem, then. What live-stream plan? Pei Qian decided not to worry about the details of the international invitational tournament. He would do whatever he wanted. Finger Games was not stupid. They would probably do their best to organize the IOI global finals. It should not be too different. Zhao Xuming was a little confused. Was Boss Pei satisfied with what he said just now or not? Did I give the perfect answer in Boss Peis heart? I dont think so. Otherwise, Boss Pei would have at least nodded and praised me, right? However, there should not be any major problems. Otherwise, Boss Pei would have corrected him. In other words, there was no big problem, but it was not outstanding. Alright, that was almost my goal. Zhao Xuming did not think too much about this. In any case, he just had to say that he had passed. The key to mediocrity was not to stand out but not to take the blame. Eric and I just took over GOGs work. Eric is more familiar with Europes business, so we let him busy himself with the international invitational tournament. Ive taken on more work according to your previous requirements. Its mainly related to domestic operations and marketing. Several live-streaming platforms are fighting for exclusive broadcasting rights in the country for GOGs international invitational tournament this time. Waiwai and Wolf Fang live-streams are paying the most. They are already showing signs of exceeding a hundred million yuan. Therefore, there are actually three solutions for domestic broadcasting rights: The first is to choose one from Waiwai Live-Stream and Wolf Fang Live-Stream to sell exclusive broadcasting rights. The exclusive broadcast rights should be able to exceed 100 million yuan; The second is to sell the broadcasting rights for a few more companies, each of which would earn 30 to 40 million yuan. The final sum might not be much different; The third is to consider the situation at Bunny Tail Live-Stream. If you want to convert more users to Bunny Tail Live-Stream, you can also not sell these exclusive broadcasting rights and let your own platform broadcast it alone. I just dont know if it can stomach so much popularity. Whats more, Bunny Tails live-stream is different from other live-stream platforms. Its not something that can be watched just by clicking on it. You have to watch it for a certain period of time in the learning area. If its broadcasted alone, you might be scolded. Thats a problem. Zhao Xuming definitely did not dare to make a decision on this. After all, it was related to Bunny Tail Live-Stream. What if Boss Pei wanted to take the opportunity to promote Bunny Tail Live-Stream but he sold the exclusive broadcasting rights to other live-stream platforms? Wouldnt that disrupt Boss Peis overall plan? Zhao Xuming would not dare to make a decision even if he had a hundred guts. If not for the fact that Boss Pei had not replied his email and time was tight, he would not have taken the initiative to ask for advice. He could only say that Zhao Xuming had indeed been forced to do something that went against his character. Once again, Pei Qian fell silent. These three options were a little soul-stirring The exclusive broadcasting rights for GOGs global finals was already so expensive? Pei Qians impression was still on the price of the broadcasting rights for the GPLs Spring Competition. Back then, the live-stream platform had given the broadcasting rights about 12 million yuan each. However, that was a broadcast, not an exclusive broadcast. GOGs international invitational tournament was far more popular than the GPLs Spring Competition in terms of scale and attention. Whats more, Waiwai Live-Stream and Wolf Fang Live-Stream were the lucky survivors of many live-stream platforms. They were not short of money after several rounds of financing. In order to increase their influence, these two live-stream platforms had to win large-scale competitions like GOGs international invitational tournament. It would be best if they could get the exclusive broadcast rights. If they could not, they had to at least buy the broadcast rights. Whats more, they were not very sensitive to prices. Even if it was slightly more expensive, they would probably buy it. After all, if you didnt buy it and someone else bought it, wouldnt that make your platform look like it had no money and was about to fail? This was just like many rich businessmen. Perhaps the economic situation this year was indeed not good, but they still had to show off. Otherwise, it would send a bad message to the outside world. Pei Qian did a rough calculation. If these two platforms were to bid, it would not be a small figure no matter whether it was selling exclusive broadcasting rights or broadcasting rights! Zhao Xuming proposed the third plan. He did not want to sell it at all and let Bunny Tail live-stream alone. It sounded like a good plan because he would definitely be scolded. Whats more, he had to spend a lot of money to increase the bandwidth of the platform in order to deal with such a huge traffic flow. However, the problem was that Bunny Tail Live-Stream was doing quite well now. Pei Qian was quite satisfied with it. What if the global finals forcefully brought Bunny Tail live-stream to success? Wouldnt that be a double loss? That was very confusing. Chapter 1291 - Related to Popularity Zhao Xuming did not dare to ask further, seeing that Boss Pei seemed to be in deep thought. He waited patiently. Obviously, this was no small matter. It must have involved some other industries of Tengda Corporation and the overall plan. Otherwise, wouldnt it be enough to just raise the price and sell the exclusive broadcast rights? Given Boss Peis intelligence, he would not have thought for so long. Zhao Xuming was once again relieved. It looked like he had made the right choice to check with Boss Pei. Now, the tricky problem was left to Boss Pei. He could make the decision. That would be great. However, after a moment of silence, Boss Pei asked, Boss Zhao, let me ask you a question. Speak freely. Zhao Xuming was stunned. Huh? What happened to Boss Pei making the decision and I just have to cooperate? Why is Boss Pei testing me? He was stunned for a moment before he could only nod. Alright, Boss Pei. Please speak. Pei Qian rubbed his chin and pondered. Boss Zhao, do you think theres a way Give the broadcasting rights very cheaply, or even for free, to these live-stream platforms. At the same time, make it look reasonable. The result of Pei Qians careful consideration was that these three methods were not stable. There was no need to talk about the first two. They would make too much money. It was possible to sell the exclusive broadcasting rights at a sky-high price. It would not be at a sky-high price if they were to sell the broadcasting rights. However, the money offered by so many platforms was not a small number. The third method looked good, but Pei Qians long-standing sense of smell told him that this method was the most risky. It was very likely that all the money earned would be earned later. Bunny Tail Live-Stream had finally achieved initial success under his wise guidance and Old Mas leadership. It had just grown into a seedling that could burn money. What if it burned the seedling before it could die? He could not bear the consequences! After all, no matter how high the price of the broadcasting rights was, it was just a one-off sale. However, if the money-burning tree was gone, there would be endless trouble. One false step brings everlasting grief. Therefore, Pei Qian was not willing to choose these three methods. He hoped that he could give the broadcast rights away as cheaply as possible. The less he earned, the better. However, the problem was that giving such valuable items to live-stream platforms for free? Not to mention whether people would be suspicious or not, the system would not be able to pass it. Pei Qian could not think of a good solution, so he approached Boss Zhao. He wanted to see if he could sell the broadcast rights at a cheaper price and earn less under reasonable circumstances. It would be best if all the platforms were broadcasting GOGs international invitational tournament without spending much money. Then, Tengda would not be able to earn much money. Bunny Tail Live-Stream would not be able to earn much popularity. That would be perfect. Zhao Xuming was stunned for a moment before his brain worked quickly. Why, it looks like Boss Pei is not satisfied with the three plans I have? Boss Pei sounded like he was making a bold assumption and asking for my opinion. He seemed to be hinting that this method might not exist. It would be better if it did not exist. How could that be?! When the leader asked if you could do it, he only hoped to hear an answer from you. Zhao Xuming was not stupid. He would definitely not think that Boss Pei was asking casually. Boss Pei was obviously testing me with his general ideas! This was a hint. If he could not even understand this, he would probably be done as the person-in-charge. Zhao Xuming did not dare to be negligent. He began to analyze Boss Peis words carefully after confirming that Boss Pei had thought of a better plan. Obviously, Boss Pei was not satisfied with those three plans. Zhao Xuming thought about it. Perhaps it was because these three plans were too ordinary. They were completely the way of a mediocre company. They did not match Tengdas surprising design. That was why Boss Pei hinted to me to use a special method. How? Boss Pei had said that he wanted to give the broadcast rights very cheaply, almost for free to these live-stream platforms. At the same time, it looked reasonable and reasonable. On the surface, this request seemed unreasonable. Who would take the initiative to sell their own broadcast rights? Boss Pei was obviously hinting that money was not the first goal that needed to be considered. Instead, he should look further. This deal could not incur losses, but the content of the deal had to be changed from money to something else. What was more important than money? That was obviously popularity, or rather, long-term money. In other words, Boss Pei was hinting at them to give up on selling the exclusive broadcasting rights in front of them and think of a way to gain more popularity or wider influence so that they could earn more money in the future. The money in the future might come from the expansion of the GOG market, the popularity of Bunny Tail Live-Stream, or from other industries. Zhao Xumings brain worked quickly. At that moment, many plans surfaced in his mind. He was quite good at coming up with proposals. He had proposed many plans before, but Eric had been the one to decide. Now that Boss Pei had inspired him, he immediately thought of some ideas. Boss Pei, what do you think? If we want to achieve the effect you mentioned, the best way is not to state the price clearly, but to give a dynamic price range. Pei Qians eyes brightened up. Indeed! If the price was clearly indicated, the income was actually very stable and expected. These live-stream platforms were not big or small. If they could afford it, they could afford it. If they could not afford it, they could not afford it. The system would not agree to a uniform price. However, if the rules were complicated and vague, and he set a dynamic price range, wouldnt it be normal to bluff his way down within the rules? The system would not say much. Once the rules were complicated, it would be easy to do something. Pei Qian nodded. Continue. Zhao Xuming was much more confident after receiving Boss Peis confirmation. He continued, The final effect of this dynamic price range would definitely be that the large platforms pay more and the small platforms pay less. Otherwise, it would not be in line with what you said about reasonable and justified. This is what Im thinking. Well charge according to the number of viewers on each platform. The platforms that watch more competitions will collect more, and the platforms that watch less will collect less. Of course, we have to have a specific transformation formula to ensure that this coefficient is more reasonable. What Zhao Xuming meant was that the large platform had many resources on its own and had obtained a lot of popularity from GOGs international invitational tournament. Thus, it was not wrong to spend more money; the small platform had few resources and could only spend less. However, he could not completely follow the popularity. After all, the popularity of large platforms was naturally high. If large platforms spent a sky-high price to obtain the broadcast rights, and small platforms also obtained the broadcast rights despite paying very little money, that would seem very unfair. Thus, even though the fees were dynamic, he had to give a relatively fair formula. In addition, we can also request for these live-stream platforms to cooperate with the corresponding publicity resources based on these data. We can use this to reduce the price. That would satisfy your previous requirement to give the broadcasting rights to these live-stream platforms relatively cheaply. Pei Qian could not help but nod slightly. Great, Boss Zhao! That sounded feasible. In fact, Zhao Xumings plan was key in two things. The first was to count the number of people watching the competition into the fees. The second was to exchange the money for publicity resources. These two points perfectly met Pei Qians requirements! First of all, Zhao Xumings original intention was to be linked to the real number of people on the live-stream platform. However, Pei Qian felt that it would be better to change it to popularity. That was because the number of people watching the competition was fake on all platforms. Pei Qian did not want to ask these platforms for the actual number of people. He would only follow the popularity figures. The heat could obviously be adjusted. If the live-stream platforms wanted to spend less money, they could just adjust the popularity index on the live-stream page. It would not have any substantial impact on the platforms. Wouldnt Tengda take less money if the live-stream platform secretly changed? Whats more, this method also included small platforms that had not been able to bid for the broadcast rights previously. On one hand, it could appear that Tengda was very generous. On the other hand, it could also say that this was a small profit but quick turnover. Second, converting the money into publicity resources was a good idea as well. In other words, each platform could use the platforms publicity resources instead of allocating money. However, even if they did not have this requirement, these platforms had to spend a lot of publicity resources on GOGs international invitational tournament. That was because they were pouring resources into GOGs international invitational tournament. That was equivalent to directing traffic to themselves. If Tengda were to ask for more resources, it would obviously be a repeat. That was equivalent to buying something. The seller had already intended to buy one for free. Wouldnt it be a waste of five yuan if you gave the seller an additional five yuan? However, this theory was reasonable and convincing. It seemed to be a plan that was more satisfactory than the previous three plans! Pei Qian was very satisfied with this. Good job, Boss Zhao. This plan is not bad! However, there is a detail that needs to be changed. The fees should not be based on the actual number of viewers but on the popularity data of various platforms. At the moment, almost all live-stream platforms in the country no longer displayed the actual number of viewers. They had all been changed to popularity data. Except for Bunny Tail Live-Stream. However, Bunny Tails live-stream was a special situation. It was originally his own business. Unless he sold the exclusive broadcasting rights, the contract would definitely not allow him to broadcast Bunny Tails live-stream. Zhao Xuming was stunned. According to the popularity figures of various platforms? Those were fake figures! They could be easily modified! If any company lowered the figures, wouldnt they be able to spend less? Boss Pei could not even think of this? Impossible, he must have thought of it. However, why did he specially point it out and change it this way? Zhao Xuming was a little confused, but he did not ask further. That was because it would show that he did not understand. He agreed to it first and went back to study it carefully. If he really could not, he would ask Eric and Min Jingchao. It did not matter even if he did not understand in the end. After all, this decision was made by Boss Pei. He did not need to take the blame. At that thought, Zhao Xuming nodded. Alright, Boss Pei. Ill go back and come up with a plan. Well do as you say! Chapter 1292 - An Image of Each Live-Streaming Platform Zhao Xuming immediately returned to his office and began drafting a plan after returning from Boss Peis office. This plan had been delayed for a long time. The main reason was that Zhao Xuming had been struggling. He could not completely finalize the general direction, and he had no way to talk about some details. Now that Boss Pei had decided, it was very simple to perfect these details. The entire plan was suggested by Zhao Xuming. Boss Pei only made some minor changes to the plan, so he wrote it very quickly. Zhao Xuming quickly sorted out the plan while digging deeper into Boss Peis deep meaning behind the changes. Boss Pei did not make any major changes to the content of the plan, which means that my understanding is correct. Boss Pei agrees with this. However, there were some flaws in my plan that Boss Pei pointed out. I have to analyze it. Zhao Xuming started from the original goal of his plan. He combined it with the adjustment plan given by Boss Pei and analyzed it comprehensively. First of all, the purpose of this plan was definitely to give up some short-term benefits in exchange for longer-term benefits. More accurately put, he would sell a portion of the broadcast rights in the short term in exchange for the popularity of GOGs competition. It would be even better if Bunny Tail Live-Stream could also get some popularity. That was what Zhao Xuming had been thinking. How could it become more popular in the long term? Obviously, the more live-stream platforms there were, the more people could see the competition. A small portion of the audience was used to watching competitions on a certain platform. They might not be used to it once the platform was changed. Whats more, some viewers might have simply forgotten the official start date of the competition or might not have paid much attention before. However, they would naturally click on it when they saw it on their commonly used platform. Thus, in order to maximize the popularity of GOGs international invitational tournament, it would be best if all live-stream platforms had live-streams on their homepages. If they really sold the exclusive broadcasting rights and only one platform could broadcast it, it would definitely make a lot of money in the short term. However, the popularity would be slightly affected. Of course, it did not matter whether it was right or wrong. After all, it was necessary for many viewers to watch this world competition. It was just a change of platform. It was not a big deal. Even if they sold the exclusive broadcast, it might not reduce their popularity. The question of how to decide on popularity and money was a more complicated question. Every company had a different answer, and these answers might not be wrong, but a question of choice. However, for Boss Pei, who had always looked at the long term problems, the future popularity was obviously prioritizing short-term profits. That was why Zhao Xuming suggested this plan. The central idea of this plan was to lower the threshold as much as possible so that small platforms could also obtain the broadcasting rights of the competition at a relatively affordable price. On the premise that the minimum value was guaranteed, small platforms would spend less and large platforms would spend more. The price was within everyones acceptable range. Whats more, letting various platforms use their publicity resources to reduce the price would also use short-term profits to exchange for long-term popularity. Many people felt that the live-stream platform had already spent a lot of money on the broadcasting rights of the competition. They would definitely spend the best publicity resources, right? That might not be the case. That was because live-streaming platforms had more complicated considerations for recommendation spots. They would be affected by many factors. The competition might be very popular, but it brought popularity to the platform. It might not be a real income. The price-quality ratio might not be high for the recommendation spots. If the same resources were given to a live-streamer that the platform wanted to support and could drive the audience to spend money, perhaps keeping such a live-streamer would bring more value to the platform. Whats more, there was a marginal reduction effect in recommending this thing. For example, there were three big recommendations on the home page. The first big recommendation might be very effective for GOGs competition, but if there was a second or third one, the effect might plummet. If these resources were given to other competitions or some big broadcasters, the overall effect might be better. Thus, after live-streaming platforms bought the competition broadcasting rights, they might not necessarily maximize the recommendation resources. Instead, they would make adjustments based on the platforms actual situation. Some platforms would even purposely lower the recommendation resources. That was because they felt that the players in the competition were just needed. They were just like the group of people in the shopping mall who bought home appliances. Since they had entered, they would definitely go even if they were on the top floor. It was the same for gamers who were watching the competition. They had already arrived on this platform. They could casually place an entrance at the corner of the front page. As long as everyone could find where GOGs international invitational tournament was, they would be able to enter. Thus, the best recommendation spot for GOGs international invitational tournament was redundant. They could just give a rolling banner. The other recommendation spots could be used to give other streamers an opportunity to rope in other websites and support their own people. It would have been better if GOG had dominated alone. However, there was still IOI after all. Whats more, the two games were playing the international competition at the same time. There would definitely be some competition on live-stream platforms, causing GOG to be unable to maximize the recommendation resources. The current plan could legitimately put the recommendation spot in the contract. After all, on the surface, Tengda had already compromised on the problem of money. It would be a little unreasonable to ask for recommendation spots from these platforms if it was a one-off sale with a price. Zhao Xuming sorted out the entire plan and was very satisfied. I must be awesome to have thought of this plan in such a short time! Of course, he did not forget that it was all because of Boss Peis hint. In the beginning, Zhao Xumings thoughts were not flexible at all. The three proposals he proposed were all conservative and standard. After Boss Pei gave him some inspiration, Zhao Xumings thoughts were opened. That was why he thought of such a special plan. Now, Zhao Xuming finally understood why the people in charge of Tengda were so ferocious. That was because he would be able to obtain Boss Peis guidance for every plan he made. That was all personal guidance! Over time, such an improvement was no joking matter. Of course, there was still something that Zhao Xuming did not understand about the entire plan for the time being. That was the change that Boss Pei had pointed out: The request was to change the rules of the fees, from the actual number of people watching the competition on the platform to the popularity of the platforms live-stream. There would definitely be a loophole in such changes: Some platforms might deliberately reduce the popularity so that they could spend less money. Perhaps Boss Pei finally decided that these live-stream platforms would rather spend more money to increase the popularity? Yes, thats possible. After all, these large live-stream platforms care about face the most. The more popular they are, the better the profits. Thats why their platforms seem to be prospering. Whoever takes the initiative to reduce the popularity would basically lose face equivalent to actual loss. Thats because sending a relatively negative signal to the outside world would have many negative effects. But is that all? Those large platforms might want face, but it might not be the same for small platforms! Zhao Xuming felt that this might be one of the reasons, but it should not be the entire reason. That was because this would have a certain restriction on large platforms, but it might not be the same for small platforms. Small platforms were not very popular to begin with. So what if they gave up? In any case, they would get the broadcasting rights for GOGs international invitational tournament for free. Boss Pei did not think about this? Or perhaps he did not care about the small platforms free time? I dont think so. Boss Pei has never been soft on his competitors. He will not give them mercy just because they are small platforms. I understand now! The requirement this time is not only for big and reputable platforms but also for small platforms that dont care so much about reputation! This matter should not be specific to a small platform. Instead, it should be expanded to the overall situation! From the perspective of a small platform, it would just be a little more shameless, lower its popularity, freeload on GOGs broadcast rights, and give Tengda less money. No matter how one looked at it, this was an unavoidable situation. However, if he raised the perspective and looked at the overall situation, the situation would be different! That was because the broadcasting rights this time were too broad. Almost every platform had a share. Naturally, there would be a competitive relationship between the platforms. Changing the popularity statistics of small platforms would not only lose face, but more importantly, it would cause a chain reaction. First of all, everyone would definitely use this opportunity to compare the situation of various platforms through the popularity of GOGs international invitational tournament. Previously, everyones popularity was fake and they were all wearing underpants. However, if he took the initiative to reduce the popularity now, it would be equivalent to taking off his own pants! Your competition was not very popular, which meant that your entire website was not very popular and could not be ranked in the live-stream circle. This would directly affect the audience and streamers first impression of this platform. Secondly, this popularity would cause viewers to question the popularity of other live-streams. If the platform lowered the popularity of GOGs invitational tournament and increased the popularity of other live-streams, the data falsification would be too obvious. Everyone did not believe in the popularity of other live-streams to begin with. Now, they did not believe it either. They even suspected that the entire platform was already dead. The popularity was all fake. In other words, this was not just a matter of face. It would also have a huge impact on the other live-streams of the platform and the rankings of the other platforms! Large platforms suppressing their own popularity was equivalent to turning from heat to cool; small platforms suppressing their own popularity was equivalent to having a cooling effect! Zhao Xuming continued digging along this line of thought and suddenly realized that Boss Pei had thrown a difficult situation to these platforms. The information highlighted by this dilemma was also valuable! Apart from that, there should be another purpose. That is to test the waters! Boss Pei should be using this opportunity to test the style of these live-stream platforms. In the future, when Bunny Tail Live-Stream becomes popular, it can target the style of these live-stream platforms and launch targeted attacks. If live-stream platforms chose to bite off more than they could chew, they would rather spend more money to build popularity. That meant that this platform attached great importance to popularity. On the other hand, if live-stream platforms deliberately lowered the popularity in order to freeload on the broadcasting rights, it would mean that this platform was relatively short-sighted or that the economic situation was indeed very worrying. These were very precious data! Under normal circumstances, the live-stream platform would not make such a difficult decision. In fact, before such a thing really happened, the platform itself did not know how to make a decision. Tengda naturally could not obtain this information. However, when faced with such a decision about money, the choice that live-stream platforms made was definitely the most realistic. These could be used as a reference for tactics when he really became hostile with a certain platform. This was equivalent to giving all live-stream platforms an image profile. It was just like when Boss Pei was competing with IOI previously. Why did he grab onto IOIs soft spot and not let go? Why did he keep holding various promotional events and fighting price wars? That was because he was certain that Dayak Corporation behind IOI was money-minded and had different internal opinions. Their perseverance and determination to burn money were far inferior to Tengda. The plan this time could be said to be a foundation for all live-stream platforms. He could confirm the temper of these live-stream platforms based on their actions in this event. He could divide their threat to Bunny Tail live-stream into three, six, nine levels to prepare for the future. Zhao Xuming did not know what tricks Boss Pei had up his sleeve to deal with these live-stream platforms. However, he shuddered at the thought of this. An image inexplicably surfaced in front of his eyes. In the jungle, a lion and a tiger were licking their wounds while looking at each other, ready to attack each other. Beside them were the corpses of cheetahs, jackals, and various other animals. Further away, small animals were shivering. They were either injured or naturally small-sized. They had no power to participate in this cruel competition. However, there was a harmless-looking rabbit among the shivering animals. Behind it was an old Hunter hidden in the bushes, his muzzle reflecting cold light. Boss Peis move is a little ruthless. Perhaps this is the strength of Boss Pei? If you want to make such a decision, you must first make up your mind to give up on many immediate benefits. Ordinary people cant do it because they are blinded by the immediate benefits and are controlled by inertial thinking. Yet, Boss Pei is completely unaffected. His mind is clear, and his decision-making is decisive. Ive never seen anything like that. The more Zhao Xuming thought about it, the more he felt that Boss Pei was too scary. It looked like he did not care about anything, but he actually knew everything in his heart. He had even thought of a countermeasure. Here came the problem. Was Boss Pei prepared for this plan or had he decided on it at the last minute? Either way, it was terrifying Zhao Xuming was a little lucky that he was now with Tengda. If he continued to stay in Long Yu Corporation, he would probably have to take the blame after the IOI global finals! Zhao Xuming could only sigh silently. My old colleagues, dont blame me for being ruthless. I had no choice Chapter 1293 - So Boss Pei’s Target was IOI! Chapter 1293: So Boss Peis Target was IOI! Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios A few hours later, Zhao Xumings plan was completed. Zhao Xuming had dealt with these live-stream platforms all year round and knew the personalities of the upper echelons of several platforms very well. He knew very well that this plan was perfect. Most live-stream platforms had no reason to reject it. That was because on the surface, these platforms were actually taking advantage of the plan. Of course, it was hard to say if he was taking advantage of them. No matter what, Tengda was the one who earned it. Even if it was a win-win situation, Tengda would definitely win more. He sent the plan to Boss Pei again. This time, he quickly received an affirmative answer. The speed of his reply made Zhao Xuming wonder if Boss Pei was reading the details in the plan seriously. However, considering Boss Peis outstanding talent and the fact that the general framework of this plan had been decided previously, it was not strange for Boss Pei to read it quickly. Zhao Xuming would definitely not ask Boss Pei to watch the details again. Wouldnt that be crazy? He looked at the time. There was still more than an hour to go. There was no time to lose. He quickly took this opportunity to communicate with the Vice Presidents of several live-stream platforms and finalize the framework of this cooperation to avoid unnecessary trouble. As far as Zhao Xuming knew, several live-stream platforms were fighting wildly for the broadcasting rights of GOGs international invitational tournament. They were even seeking to broadcast it alone. However, they had also made two preparations in secret. There was a plan for not being able to obtain the broadcasting rights for GOGs international invitational tournament. After all, the competition between these platforms was too intense. What if one platform really went all out to buy the exclusive broadcast rights? What would happen to the other platforms? Of course, he had to make two preparations so that he would not be caught unaware. This two-pronged preparation was actually a helpless move after failing to obtain the broadcasting rights for GOGs international invitational tournament. He could only give some resources to IOIs competition. If these live-stream platforms did not even understand this, it would be very difficult for them to remain so far. Initially, if the broadcast rights were sold normally, it would be fine if these platforms made two preparations. Zhao Xuming would not care. However, the plan had changed. Boss Peis attitude was obviously I want all of them. Zhao Xumings method of advancing the plan naturally had to change. He first called Zhu Yan, the Vice-President of Wolf Fang live-stream. Hello, Boss Zhao. Do you have some idea about the broadcasting rights yet? Zhu Yans attitude was rather warm. The two of them had worked together a long time ago. However, at that time, Zhao Xuming had been trying his best to promote the domestic broadcasting rights of the ICL league. Now, Zhao Xumings identity has changed. He had become the person-in-charge of GOGs local server. Zhu Yan had to establish a good relationship with him. Zhu Yan might be very confused about Boss Zhaos promotion but it might not be a bad thing to continue dealing with Boss Zhao. After all, they were more familiar with each other. It would be more reassuring to deal with Boss Zhao than with Boss Pei. Wolf Fang Live-Stream was one of the two platforms that had been created after intense competition in the country. It also started out as a game business. Naturally, it was very eager for GOGs exclusive broadcast rights. It was also the most willing to pay a high price among the few platforms. Wolf Fangs highest goal for live-streaming was to get an exclusive broadcast. However, this was a little difficult. After all, even though they were rich, it was difficult to offer a price that Tengda could not reject. Thus, Zhu Yan felt that a more realistic situation was to achieve the lowest goal, which was to obtain the broadcasting rights. However, how to spend less money on the broadcasting rights was the key. Zhao Xuming smiled. Boss Zhu, Ive sent the new plan to you. This is a plan that Boss Pei has agreed to. If theres no problem on your side, we can do it according to this. Zhu Yan perked up when he heard that Boss Pei had agreed to it. Boss Pei nodded. This plan was probably not far from the mark and would not be changed. No problem, please hold on, Boss Zhao. Zhu Yan immediately opened the plan on the computer in his hand and quickly scanned it. Then, Zhu Yans eyes widened in surprise. Initially, Zhu Yan had high expectations for GOGs international invitational tournament broadcasting rights. That was because it should be worth that much! If it was an unknown small competition, the broadcasting rights would actually be very flexible and manageable. However, GOGs international invitational tournament was different. It was not only because the international invitational tournament last year had been very successful, but also because the GPL league and GOG leagues around the world had accumulated a lot of popularity. These popularity would explode in GOGs international invitational tournament. The popularity was completely expected. If GOGs operator was not Tengda but another company, they would probably raise the price as much as possible until the live-stream platforms could afford it. These live-stream platforms did not have a good solution yet. They could only sell everything they had. However, the plan that he was seeing now made Zhu Yans jaw drop. He was deeply surprised. First, they agreed on an extremely low guaranteed amount of 10 million yuan. This guaranteed amount would not be difficult for a small platform to squeeze out this money, let alone the wealthy Wolf Fang live-stream. After all, the GPLs Spring Competition cost more than 12 million for broadcasting rights. Of course, there was an additional requirement. Apart from keeping the bottom, they also had to calculate additional money based on the popularity of the live-stream. The more popular the live-stream was, the more money would be paid. There was a specific calculation formula. However, popularity would fluctuate and change. Zhu Yan estimated the amount to be about 35 million yuan based on the expected popularity. On the other hand, Zhu Yan had expected the broadcasting rights to be between 30 million to 40 million yuan. The exclusive broadcasting rights would be over 100 million yuan. Whats more, his psychological expectations could fluctuate slightly. There was even a more shameless choice: he would reduce the popularity, and the money he would give would decrease accordingly. That was because the plan only showed the popularity of the live-stream to all viewers. There was no mention of the live-stream platform changing its popularity. If it was not written clearly in the contract, it would leave room for debate. Boss Zhao and Boss Pei would definitely not make such a low-level mistake. That would be hinting that this was not important. Of course, he had to spend more money if he wanted to make it too popular because of his pride. However, no matter what, the decision was in the hands of the live-stream platform. He could control if he wanted to spend more or less. Not only that, the proposal also stipulated that they could use the platforms recommendation resources to convert the money. For example, if he had originally calculated based on the popularity, he would have had to give 40 million yuan. How much was a homepage recommendation spot worth? After hanging it for a few days, the money would have been deducted from 40 million yuan. Of course, the value of these recommendation spots was decided by Tengda. They were roughly calculated based on the popularity of various platforms. They would not be much different from the true value of these recommendation spots. However, no matter what, Zhu Yans platforms recommendation spots were not worth any money! Of course, the recommendation spots would affect the overall recommendation resource arrangement. If they did not push it well, it would be equivalent to a loss. However, no matter what, it was not as valuable as real money. Zhu Yan read this plan several times. No matter how he looked at it, he felt that he had profited greatly. It was a little difficult to understand. Boss Pei had suddenly become a charitable person? That was impossible. It did not fit Boss Peis character. Boss Zhao acted on his own? That was even more impossible. Boss Zhao was not such a person. Whats more, Boss Zhao had said from the beginning that Boss Pei had agreed to it. Zhu Yan was a little surprised. Boss Zhao, this plan is great! I cant believe it! Is there Anything particular about this plan? Please let me know, Boss Zhao. The plan was so generous that Zhu Yan was worried if there was a pit. Zhao Xuming smiled. Theres no special meaning. On one hand, this plan allows everyone to freely grasp the popularity. The international invitational tournament is a very lively thing after all. Everyone can bask in the good luck. On the other hand, it is recommending resources. Boss Pei values it, especially when it comes to IOI Do you understand what I mean? Zhao Xuming was obscure, but Zhu Yan quickly understood. What did he mean by everyone should bask in the good luck? In other words, he was using this method to sell GOGs broadcasting rights to a few platforms to gain more popularity. Why mention IOI? Obviously, he was saying that Boss Pei hoped that the recommendation resources obtained from various live-stream platforms would completely surpass IOI! All in all, Boss Peis intentions were very clear: I can take less money from the broadcasting rights, but the popularity of GOGs international invitational tournament had to be maximised, especially if it had to crush IOIs global finals! What? You said it was crushing to begin with? How to crush them would depend on everyones performance. Zhu Yan had a rough idea now. Zhu Yan would feel very strange if Boss Pei did not have any requests and only lowered the price. However, it was no longer strange now. That was because Boss Pei had given up a portion of his benefits for something. It was just that he wanted popularity. He wanted to completely crush IOIs global finals and give IOI a final blow! That was easy. Zhu Yan was really afraid of offending Boss Pei. After all, all live-stream platforms had to rely on Boss Peis game. Whats more, Boss Pei was a rather strange person. No one could guess his thoughts. Many times, they could not cooperate even if they wanted to. It was best not to offend someone like that. The most important thing was to get along well with him. Zhu Yan quickly made a decision. Since GOG wanted recommendation spots, he had to give them to them! In any case, IOIs broadcast rights had been finalized. They were bought at a price. There were no requirements for the recommendation spots. Since these recommendation spots could be sold at a discount to GOG, they would have to give GOG more spots. This was obviously the best option for live-streaming platforms. They might not have bought the exclusive broadcasting rights, and other platforms could also buy the broadcasting rights at a cheap price, but to Wolf Fang live-stream, everything was negotiable as long as the price was low. The price that Boss Pei had given them was enough to dispel most of their dissatisfaction. They even had to feel grateful. As for whether IOI would have any objections First of all, the live-streaming platform and IOIs broadcasting rights did not have so many twists and turns. They were all clearly priced. They had already given him money. What could he do about the recommendation spots that he arranged? Second, Long Yu Corporations attitude towards IOIs local server was obviously not as positive as before. He heard that Long Yu Corporation was working with Tengda to develop games. It was hard to say if they would be angry about this. From Tengda Corporation to various live-stream platforms and Long Yu Corporation, he probably would not react much to this matter. The ones who reacted might be Finger Games and Dayak Corporation. But so what? These live-stream platforms would not deal with them directly. Thus, no one cared if IOI would have any opinions. Given the dual factors of popularity and money, giving GOG more recommendation spots for the international invitational tournament was inevitable. Zhu Yan immediately said, I understand, Boss Zhao. We will definitely maximize the recommendation resources! I dont care about other platforms, but in Wolf Fang live-stream, I guarantee that the first thing the audience will see is GOG! Chapter 1294 - Boss Pei Was Right On Point Again! November 6th, Tuesday Shanghai, Long Yu Corporation. Chrtien and Jin Yong were also busy preparing for the IOI global finals. IOIs global finals might be held in Europe this time but there was still a lot of work done in China. For example, the domestic server would be running operations, organizing offline competition events, communicating with various live-stream platforms about the competition live-stream, and so on. Comparatively, they were actually more tired than Eric and Zhao Xuming. That was because Zhao Xuming was reporting directly to Boss Pei. He could decide on many things on his own and save a lot of time for inefficient communication. On the other hand, Chrtien and Jin Yong had to report to Finger Games, Long Yu Corporation, and even Dayak Corporation respectively. Many normal plans had to go through the process. Some plans could only be dealt with steadily, while others had to be completed as soon as possible. At that moment, the two had just finished their work. They had a chance to meet. Chrtien asked, Is there any new news from GOG? Jin Yong shook his head. I havent. Chrtien sighed. Boss Pei is really calm. At this point in time, theres still no news. I heard that even the broadcast rights have not been finalized. I feel like there must be a conspiracy behind this. Jin Yong comforted him. That might not be the case. Perhaps Boss Pei is too busy and cannot be bothered about GOGs international invitational tournament for the time being. Chrtien did not believe him at all. Thats impossible. Who wouldnt be able to handle it? Boss Pei would definitely be able to as well. You must not underestimate Boss Pei under any circumstances. Otherwise, you will suffer the most serious consequences! This time, Im 100% sure that Boss Pei will make a big move against us. I can tell from GOGs international invitational tournament schedule GOGs international invitational tournament and IOIs global finals last year were staggered. GOG would start in September, and end in September. IOI would start at the end of December, and end at the end of January. These two large-scale competitions were nearly three months apart. In fact, Finger Games had originally planned to organize the international competition around September and October. However, they had not thought about organizing a huge event at that time. They had only wanted to find an ordinary venue to mess around. He had not expected GOG to create such a huge scene. Thus, Finger Games overthrew all the original plans. After delaying it, they set the time at the end of December. On one hand, they had to prepare more before they could make a bigger scene and surpass GOG. On the other hand, they had to divert as much time as possible from GOGs international invitational tournament. They had to avoid the after-effects of the popularity and differentiate it. Facts had proven that IOIs global finals had indeed reached the expected popularity. However, most of the popularity had been won by the FV Team This year was different. It was a little too late for Finger Games to only play the global finals at the end of December. It was already January next year. Which year was the global finals? Thus, he had to bring forward the schedule for this year. September, October, November. These three months were more suitable. They could not be delayed to the end of December at the latest. They wanted to be fast, but there were various regional competitions before the global finals after all. GOG and IOI were in a similar situation. They had only started planning for the other regions in the world this year. Thus, the start times for each region were different. Some competition zones started later. They could not possibly cut off half of the competition schedule, right? It would not be good to compress it forcefully. Thus, after taking into account the time in each competition zone, the global finals were set to be in November. Next year, he would definitely have to work hard to move forward. It would be best to move it to October. What surprised Finger Games was that GOGs international invitational tournament had been delayed! On the surface, GOG seemed to be facing the same problem. They had to wait for the competition schedule of the other regions. However, Chrtien felt that things were definitely not that simple. They had purposely arranged it so that IOI would die! It looked like Boss Pei was very confident in GOG and his own international invitational tournament. He must have been prepared to play some tricks. Thus, Chrtien did not dare to be negligent and kept observing. However, after observing for a long time, there did not seem to be much movement there, especially in the domestic business. It had always been calm and peaceful. From the news from various live-stream platforms, they had not even decided how to sell the broadcasting rights for GOGs international competition. This was a little psychedelic. After all, IOI had already discussed the conditions with various live-stream platforms and sold the broadcasting rights for IOI World Competition. What was Boss Pei waiting for? Chrtien could not eat or sleep well knowing this. He was the one who organized the international competition last year. Boss Peis unpredictable methods made him still feel a lingering fear when he thought about it. He might not be the one hosting the international competition this year, but he recalled the fear of being completely suppressed by Boss Peis IQ. Whenever he encountered something slightly abnormal, he would worry if Boss Pei was up to something bad. The two of them were chatting when Jin Yongs cell phone suddenly rang. His expression changed slightly. He stood up and went outside to answer a call. After a while, Jin Yong rushed back. Its a move, Boss Pei has made a move! I received news from the live-stream platform that Boss Zhao signed a contract with more than ten live-stream platforms in one go from yesterday to today. He has included all the major and minor live-stream platforms, without missing a single one! Chrtien frowned when he heard that. Did you see that? That was Tengdas efficiency! Even someone like Boss Zhao became so efficient in Tengda. It was really surprising. This further confirmed Chrtien and the others thoughts: Tengda had been delaying obviously not because Boss Pei was too busy to take care of it, but because it was secretly preparing for something, waiting for the right time! Otherwise, he would not have been so swift and decisive. Jin Yong continued, Whats even scarier is that Tengdas contract terms with these live-stream platforms are very strange. They allow these live-stream platforms to use the recommendation resources on the platforms to convert the broadcast rights fees! Chrtien was stunned. That can happen?! He did not ask if the source of the news was accurate because there was a high chance that it was not wrong. Long Yu Corporation had a certain amount of influence in the country and had its own channels for information. Whats more, Tengda had looked for so many live-stream platforms to sign the contract this time with great fanfare. They could not keep it a secret, and it was obvious that they did not intend to keep it a secret. Of course, the contents of the contract were confidential. Jin Yong and Chrtien could not see the specific details of the contract, but they could roughly understand the general content as long as they spoke. Chrtien could not sit still anymore. He stood up and walked around twice. Boss Peis move is as sinister as ever! I can imagine the consequences. Other platforms will definitely spend most of their publicity resources on GOG. On the homepages of various platforms, the spaces occupied by these two world competitions will definitely differ greatly This is heartbreaking! The key is that we cant seem to do anything. We have already signed a contract with various live-stream platforms. We have already discussed the money. We did not mention the recommendation spots at all. It would probably be very difficult to supplement the agreement now. Chrtien and Jin Yong were both helpless. That was because IOI had already signed with various live-stream platforms. They had not considered the recommendation spots when they signed them. The live-streaming rights of these live-stream platforms were all bought with money. They had to give a similar recommendation spot, right? Otherwise, wouldnt that be spending money to buy loneliness? There might be GOGs international invitational tournament but there were so many recommendation spots on live-stream platforms. At that time, Chrtien had thought that, with so many recommendation spots, even if the best were all given to GOG and left some for IOI, it would be enough. Take the rolling banner on the homepage for example. Each page was on the other. You might be in front but you were slightly better. However, overall, we were considered passable. However, with Boss Pei doing this, it would not be a matter of one page per page. Then, the rolling banner would be canceled, and all the publicity materials for GOGs international invitational tournament would be released! After all, the higher the recommendation, the higher the discount. These live-stream platforms had also spent money on IOIs broadcasting rights, but money had been spent after all. How could they dig out more money like GOG? Jin Yong said, Boss Pei has obviously been waiting. Once weve signed the contract with all the other live-stream platforms and cant change it anymore, well sign this contract with these platforms at lightning speed. Itll directly block our retreat! Both of them looked at each other speechlessly after their analysis. Chrtien probed, Can we talk to these live-stream platforms? Didnt Tengda not mandate how many recommendation spots to be given in the agreement with them? Jin Yong shook his head. Its not enough. There were no mandatory requirements indeed, but the recommendation spots and prices were all clearly priced. Boss Pei could not be stingy in this aspect. On the other hand, IOI had already signed a contract with the live-stream platform. Whether they gave recommendation spots would affect the live-stream platform to a certain extent, it was incomparable to real money. IOI could not possibly put money on the live-stream platform to make them give up the money that Boss Pei promised, right? Who would fork out the money? Long Yu Corporation? Or Dayak Corporation? It would be unrealistic no matter who it was! The key was that IOIs broadcasting rights had already been sold. Would they have to spit out the money they had obtained because of Boss Pei? He was probably thinking too much. Eric and Jin Yong did not count on this matter. Whats more, they knew very well that even if they reported this situation and gave suggestions, they would most likely not be of any use. The higher-ups would definitely not accept it. It would be strange if the higher-ups could pass since it involved spending money for nothing. Boss Peis move accurately hit IOIs Achilles heel! Chapter 1295 - Meng Chang and Tian Mo’s Meeting November 7th, Wednesday Meng Chang sat at his desk and racked his brains for the publicity plan. He had roughly found the direction previously, but he had spent more than a day sorting out the details and still had not figured it out. Most importantly, he did not know much about this industry. Meng Chang had been living a smooth life ever since he graduated. His starting salary was very high, so he rented apartments directly in high-end districts that were very expensive. Basically, he had not been cheated by intermediaries. Meeting unreliable intermediaries was a probability event after all. It was harder to meet people with more money. Whats more, even people who had been scammed by intermediaries might not be able to meet Meng Changs current requirements. The so-called being cheated was nothing more than being deceived by the intermediary into renting a house that he was not satisfied with. Or perhaps the intermediary had been full of nonsense and signed the contract without recognizing it. Or perhaps there had been problems with the rental of the house and they had been wrangling. These alone were not enough to support Meng Chang in producing this promotional video. The effect Meng Chang wanted was that on the surface, the promotional video looked normal, but on closer inspection, something was amiss. However, if he said that it did not feel right, he would look back after some time and feel that there was no problem with this film. That was the only way to fulfill the requirements of the Pei familys publicity method. However, it was obvious that this was still difficult. It would be difficult to grasp the speed without a deep understanding. Meng Chang definitely could not do it himself. He asked a few colleagues in the advertising and marketing department and basically did not get the answers he wanted. That was because the benefits of Tengdas employees were too good. New employees who had just joined the company had the employee dormitory of Sloth Apartments to live in. After joining the company for a period of time, their economic conditions had improved. Most of them chose to buy their own houses. At most, he would be scammed by other unreliable intermediaries once or twice before he joined Tengda. However, this was obviously far from enough. Meng Chang needed someone like that: He had to have a deeper understanding of this industry. He had to be able to dig out the essence of this industry that was hated by everyone and was very familiar with some details. Only then could the promotional video achieve the effect Meng Chang wanted. Meng Chang cast his sights on the group of people in charge after his department failed to find anything. In Tengda, if they encountered problems that their own department could not solve, they would seek help from the other departments. Often, they would be able to obtain the full cooperation and strong support of the other departments. There were very few problems that could not be solved as long as the departments were linked. Meng Chang knew this very well. He immediately sent a message to the department heads. Everyone, the advertising and marketing departments new plan is facing some difficulties. We need everyones help. Please ask around, everyone. Is there anyone in the department who knows the profession of rental agent or who worked as a rental agent personally? If there is, I hope to be able to talk about it in depth. This is very important. Thank you all for your help! He had to say that Tengdas department head group was very active. Everyone was very passionate. Meng Chang received many replies not long after he sent the message. Zhang Yuan: I asked but we dont have any in our department. Ma Yiqun answered, Most of our applicants are direct school applicants. No. Yu Fei: We have been scammed before, but in terms of in-depth understanding, we have even worked as intermediaries No. Liang Qingfan: Sloth Apartments has a similar position, but it should not match your requirements at all. The people in charge replied one by one, giving negative answers. It might be more accurate to say that the apartments had been scammed before, but it would be too difficult to understand them in depth. That was because Tengdas overall development was relatively smooth. Not to mention the old employees who entered in the early stages, most of the people who entered in the later stages had gone through examinations and layers of selection. They were all very capable and had no interaction with people like Meng Chang. Sloth Apartments was related to rental, but everyone knew that Sloth Apartments model was completely different from traditional rental intermediaries. Some of the people in charge did not say anything. The intermediary replied. After all, the people in charge were still suffering in Shennongjia and could not reply. Meng Chang was a little melancholic. He had not expected to be stuck at this step. Could it be possible to find a rental agent outside the company to understand the situation? However, the people outside the company might not be trustworthy, their cooperation might not be good, and their confidentiality might be a problem. It would be best if he could find this person from within the company. Someone replied just as he was struggling. Tian Mo: Ive worked as a rental agent for a period of time, but I dont think Im a qualified intermediary. I dont know if the charm fits your requirements. Meng Changs eyes lit up. Tian Mo? He seemed to be the person-in-charge of the sales department! The advertising, marketing, and sales departments were similar in nature. He could get closer to them so that he could cooperate in the future. Tian Mo had worked as a rental agent before? That was great! How could he be an incompetent intermediary if he could be the person-in-charge of Tengdas sales department? That would definitely be appropriate! Meng Chang replied immediately. No problem. Where are you now? Ill go and look for you! Someone in the group asked, Tian Mo seems to be in Shanghai, right? Tian Mo: I just returned to Jingzhou two days ago. I have something to deal with here. Im in the experience shop now. Meng Chang was very happy. Thats great. Give me a moment. Ill be right there! Half an hour later, Meng Chang came to Tengda experience shop and found Tian Mo. Tian Mo had previously received orders from Boss Pei to open the experience shop in first-tier cities in the country. They would open one in Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou. The requirements were very loose. He just had to open a shop before February next year. In fact, Tian Mo could have chosen two shops to prepare together. However, he felt that that would be too risky, so he chose Shanghai first. After all, Shanghai was considered an economic center. It was prosperous. There were also Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Upwind Logistics, Deposit Fitness, and other physical industries. Building this experience shop could obtain some support from other departments. Tian Mos attitude was to actively prepare and leave enough room for advancement. He did not want to open the shop quickly, but he wanted to be safe. On the other hand, even though Zhuang Dong was in charge of the experience shop in Jingzhou, Tian Mo was still a little worried about his good brother. He would return to Jingzhou every now and then to ensure that there were no problems with the experience shop in Jingzhou. At the same time, he would go home to visit his parents. After all, Jingzhous experience shop was the main base. All future salespeople had to be transferred from here. Meng Chang happened to be in time for this trip back to Jingzhou. Meng Chang and Tian Mo did not go to the experience shop. Instead, they chose to find a cafe in the Great World Shopping Mall opposite and chose a seat by the window to chat while drinking coffee. There were too many people in the experience shop. It was difficult to chat quietly. Meng Chang could not help but feel emotional. The experience shop has been open for so long, but its still so popular? Logically speaking, the experience shop could not remain popular forever. At most, it would become popular when new products were released. The flow of people should gradually stabilize. However, Tengda has not released any new products recently. All the departments were in a state of holding back their ult. The experience shop was still full. That was a little ridiculous. How popular was he? Tian Mo smiled. Thats mainly because of the location. Thats because the GPL competition venue is opposite the experience shop. Spectators from all over the country who come to watch the competition would walk around the experience shop after watching the competition. Thus, human traffic has been maintained at a relatively high level. Meng Chang asked, However, there shouldnt be any GPL competitions recently, right? The international invitational tournament seems to be about to start. Tian Mo nodded. There are indeed no GPL competitions, but there are offline viewing activities. The E-Sports Department has spoken in advance this time. They have arranged for offline viewing activities in many places so that audiences who cannot go to Europe can feel the atmosphere of watching the competition live. GPL venue, the big screen outside the experience shop, and some cinema chains, including Shenhua Film, have all organized offline viewing activities. This screen is the biggest, and the square outside can accommodate many people. Of course, its an important place to watch the competition online. Meng Chang nodded, once again recognizing the power of Tengdas various departments combined. Even if GOG organized a global invitational tournament overseas, it would still be as popular in China. That was all thanks to the solid foundation that Boss Pei had laid. After exchanging a few pleasantries, both parties got down to business. Meng Chang briefly introduced his requirements, mainly because he needed to know where the most annoying part of the rental agent was. He had to think of a way to integrate these contents into the promotional video. In order to film the effect of positive and negative, there had to be another interpretation angle so that it could be reversed in the future. This request was actually very complicated. It could be said to be full of twists and turns. Any problem with any detail would cause the entire publicity plan to completely deviate. If they went off track, the publicity plan would naturally fail. Tian Mo could not help but frown after hearing Meng Changs request. His expression was solemn. The requirements are actually so high? Previously, I could only be considered the shoddy rental agent. I only managed to get two contracts. One of them was a good deal, and the other was given to me by someone else Meng Chang was a little surprised. Huh? That cant be. Arent you the person-in-charge of Tengdas sales department? He was the person-in-charge of the sales department. Had he only agreed to two orders when he was the rental agent? Dont tell me you only worked for half a day before leaving? Meng Chang asked. Tian Mo shook his head in shame. No, I actually worked for more than a month. I was very introverted. At that time, I could not even speak properly. Of course, I could not get a deal. The reason why I can be in this position now is all because of Boss Peis exploration and nurturing. If not for Boss Pei, I would probably still be distributing flyers on the streets. Hmm it could also be because we cant distribute the flyers. Meng Chang was stunned. Good lord, how could he be fired for distributing flyers? How ridiculous was that! His first reaction was that Tian Mo was being humble. However, looking at Tian Mos expression, it did not seem like it. He was speaking sincerely. Whats more, was there a need to be humble about something like that? It would be terrible if this was true. According to Tian Mo, he had been distributing flyers on the streets previously. Whats more, he had been an intermediary for a month. He had signed two orders in total. One was luck, and the other was someone elses help. How could Boss Pei find someone like that and force him to become the person-in-charge of the sales department? Either Boss Pei had an eye for talent and saw his potential at a glance, or Boss Pei had taught him well and turned a stone into a raw gem. Either way, it was terrifying! Chapter 1296 - Service And Intermediary Meng Chang did not belittle Tian Mo because of what he said. Instead, he valued him more. No matter what Tian Mo had been like before, the talents that Boss Pei had personally unearthed were definitely extraordinary! Whats more, did Tian Mo have a deep understanding of the profession of rental agent? He would only know if he could give Meng Chang the answer after chatting. Meng Chang decided to get down to business. So, do you have any thoughts about the profession of rental agent? For example, everyone now has a certain prejudice against this profession. Do you think its the problem of people, the company, or the entire industry? Tian Mo took a sip of his coffee and said after some consideration, Actually, if you asked me this question when I was an intermediary, I would definitely not be able to answer it. That was because I did not know anything at that time. I could not analyze many things even if I saw them. However, after being the person-in-charge of Tengdas sales department for a period of time, I suddenly had some realization under Boss Peis guidance. Looking back at my experience as an intermediary, I suddenly have some new ideas. Meng Changs eyes lit up. What was this? This was a 100% success rate! The original Tian Mo could only be considered a very shoddy rental agent. He only signed two forms a month. It was impossible to say that it was not because he was not capable but because he had a conscience! However, now, Tian Mo could do so well in Tengdas sales department and receive good reviews. Obviously, he had learned Boss Peis true teachings and was enlightened. The working nature of the sales department was similar. Tian Mo, who had already been enlightened, would naturally obtain some new inspiration if he looked back at his previous experience. He could naturally tell the difference when he compared his experience working in Tengda with his experience working in the intermediary shop. Meng Chang suddenly looked forward to what Tian Mo was going to say. Tian Mo hesitated for a moment before saying, The sales method that Boss Pei taught me is actually the most ideal method. Tengda has the best products. As a salesperson, as long as I introduce the products to customers truthfully and treat them sincerely, I will naturally leave a good impression on customers. I will build a kind of invisible trust. Trust in sales and the outstanding quality of the products naturally dont worry about sales. Treat others with sincerity and serve with sincerity. This is the sales path that Boss Pei taught me. However, when I put this sales method into the intermediary job I was previously in, I realized that it would not work at all. It might not even fit. Now that I think about it, the reason why some rental intermediaries are annoying is partly because of the uneven quality of their employees, partly because intermediaries are profit-driven, and partly because of the uniqueness of the entire industry. Meng Chang nodded happily and took notes in his small notebook as he said, We have time. Theres no hurry. Tell me slowly. Tian Mo continued, Most people leave bad impressions on various sales and intermediaries. They are all left behind when dealing with specific people. Recruitment requirements for similar jobs are relatively low, especially for some small black intermediaries. Their quality is uneven, so its easy to leave a bad impression. However, I think the root of the problem is still from top to bottom, from industry to company, and finally reflected on someone specific. Recruitment requirements are relatively low. The quality of the people I recruit might not be high. My education level is also very low. I cant survive in ordinary intermediary companies, but I can do well in Tengda. It can be seen that most of the time, it is not a problem for humans, but for industries and companies. The environment has misled people and it is difficult for individuals to change the entire environment. As time goes by, it will become the current state. A pool of muddy water. No one can remain alone. Meng Chang nodded. Then what do you think is the root cause of everyones prejudice against this industry? Tian Mo thought for a moment. Its in its operating mode. At first, I did not realize this. However, after comparing it to Tengda, I understand that Tengdas sales seem to be of the same nature as some intermediaries of small intermediaries. In fact, there is no similarity. Tengdas sales are service-oriented and icing on the cake. Our job is to objectively introduce the advantages and disadvantages of the product under the premise that the product is too strong. Whether customers want to buy it or not depends entirely on the customers independent will. However, thats not the case for intermediaries and sales from other companies. Their job is to induce, to send fans in the snow. They are not sending charcoal in the snow, but fans in the snow. They work hard to induce and distort customers needs. When customers are in urgent need of something, they use words and other methods to make customers believe that the thing in front of them is what they need and facilitate the transaction. Customers need timely help, but sales work hard to sell the fan to customers. Its just like how many real estate agents hang fake photos online or hang real estate information that doesnt exist. Customers would think that this house is not bad after seeing it. They would call and ask. The intermediary would say that the house is still here. You can come and Ill show you the house. When customers come, the intermediary will bring them to another house. Theyll say that the house they saw previously had just been booked, but theres a similar one. Since customers are already here, they can only follow. The so-called roughly is actually worlds apart. Many intermediaries use this method to facilitate transactions. They think of ways to promote lousy renovations and poor environments to customers. This is a very common method. In fact, it is almost becoming mainstream. Customers cannot be sure if the photos they see on the website are real. There is a high chance that they are not. By hiding and lying, customers would naturally remember after being cheated once. They would not want to be cheated a second time. The bad impression would naturally be formed. Meng Chang nodded. Yes, Ive heard of this before. Its indeed infuriating. Should this be blamed on the employees, the company, or the industry? Tian Mo said, I think it should be attributed to the industry and company. To Boss Pei, intermediaries and sales should be service industries. Many rental companies main job scope should be to serve tenants, meet the tenants needs, provide them with good housing and good security services, and draw commissions. However, many companies now, such as Home Corporation, are no longer service providers, but intermediaries. They monopolize the surrounding property through the way they set up shops. The landlord hangs up the information and instructs intermediaries to call non-stop to snatch the property. Ordinary tenants would not be able to contact the landlord and would be forced to find intermediaries to rent the house from them. After that, the intermediary company would use their superior position to coax or deceive tenants into signing contracts. They would change from services to tenants. They would even lower the price of the landlord, raise the price of the tenants, and maximize profits. On the surface, its a service. In fact, the service provided is not proportional to the actual value. In essence, it is an information gap that is monopolized by the industry and man-made. It is separated from the real demand parties, which is the landlord and the tenant. Thus, it becomes a food intermediary. Once such a change occurs, the nature of the service would change to that of a middleman. Then, in order to earn more money, these companies would naturally urge all sorts of tricks. Just as I said before, I lured customers over by creating fake apartments, renting the apartments in segments to many people, renovating and renting them at high prices using inferior materials, and even threatening and extorting customers who tried to bypass intermediaries. There were all sorts of methods. There might be differences in methods because of the companys difference, big companies are relatively prideful while small companies have no bottom line, but in the end, its all because their nature is no longer in the service industry. They have become intermediaries who are unscrupulous in monopolizing channels. At the end of the day, there was only one purpose for all of this. They did everything possible to earn money. They even came up with a plan to hoodwink tenants to sign a loan agreement, use the loan to monopolize the house, and do things without regard for the consequences. Many people say that these companies suck blood because the services they provide are not worthy of the profits they actually reap. The industry is like that, the company is like that, and the employees below can only naturally do everything possible to pursue profits and commission. Thats how it became what it is today. The real culprit should be the business genius who first converted the nature of the intermediary business from service to intermediary. On the surface, many people are creating new business models. However, in reality, they are adding rat sh * t to the pot and causing the entire industry to be foul. They are earning black-hearted money. What Boss Pei has been doing is exactly the opposite. He has been working hard to replace the current mainstream, deformed, and twisted business models with a new business model, so that these industries would return to their original state. Meng Chang nodded repeatedly as he recorded it. After hearing Tian Mos words, he felt that he had found the right person. It was penetrating and hit the nail on the head! Indeed, many peoples bad impression of intermediaries might come from an intermediary of poor quality. However, the source of this phenomenon was actually the entire large company and even the entire industry. When the nature of a company changed fundamentally, every employee would be willing, forced, or proactively do these things because of commission. The results would not be much different. Many times, bad money would drive out good money. Companies wanted tools that would do anything to earn profits. Even landlords and tenants were trying to squeeze them dry, much less their own employees. Under such circumstances, many people could not do this kind of work. After constantly changing blood, the people who stayed would naturally be assimilated. Chapter 1297 - Smart Person” and Stupid Person” Meng Chang asked again, In the long term, if this model continues, it will definitely cause damage to the company because of the accumulation of negative reputation, right? Have these companies never considered this problem? Tian Mo said, Of course. However, they will definitely not give up on this business model. They will use another method. Meng Chang: What way? Tian Mo did not answer directly. Instead, he asked, Do you know the method of express delivery companies and take-out platforms? There are four words: divert conflict. Meng Chang thought for a moment. I can roughly guess. Tian Mo explained, Actually, express delivery companies and take-out platforms are also closer to middlemen from the service direction. However, relative to them, the situation is better and more restrained than in the rental industry. Many times, express delivery companies and take-out platforms would reduce their services in order to earn profits. For example, express delivery companies would not send every parcel to their doorstep. Instead, they would throw them all into the express delivery cabinet in the district. Two people would be able to finish the work of three people. That would save one persons salary. Its the same for take-out platforms. They distribute more orders to the delivery men and pile up all sorts of orders forcefully. These delivery men have no choice but to rush through the red lights and deliver them in a hurry. They can increase the delivery fee while reducing the commission given to the delivery men for each delivery and squeeze out profits from it. Their actions would naturally cause the service to decrease and cause customers to be dissatisfied. At that time, they would use a method called diverting conflicts. Ask customers to complain about express delivery men or delivery men. After complaining, they will be severely punished and deducted money. Many delivery men and delivery men would vent their anger on customers because of this. They would think that I worked hard every day. In the end, my wages would be gone because of one report from you. That would aggravate the conflict between customers and deliverymen. Then, he would publicize how hard the express delivery men and delivery men worked every day and how difficult it was. He would ask everyone to understand. Im calling for customers. Dont be angry even if the delivery is late. Wait a bit more and try not to complain. Thats because if you complain, the young man might have worked for nothing in a day. You have to understand if the delivery is not delivered to your doorstep. Go to the express delivery cabinet and collect it yourself. Many people would not take this issue seriously once their hearts softened. However, this is actually a trap. The fundamental reason for customers complaints is that the service is worse. They spent money and did not buy the corresponding service. The fundamental reason for the services deterioration is that the platform is squeezing profits. However, the platform transferred this conflict to customers and low-level employees through severe punishment of delivery men or delivery men. They could leave and stay out of it. While calling for everyone to be more understanding of the express delivery men and delivery men, it completely hid the fact that the root cause of this situation was the exploitation of the platform. Meng Chang nodded frequently in agreement. He might not know these things very well but he had long heard about them. Meng Chang was a smart person. He understood many principles once he pointed them out. Whats more, this was not a complicated principle. Many people had discussed it before. However, no matter how many times they discussed it, it could not change reality. He thought for a moment and said, Therefore, intermediary companies use similar methods. By constantly advertising how hard the intermediaries work, and emphasizing that intermediaries actually run around and provide value to customers, tenants should actually pay for the service. In fact, he completely avoided the fact that he was a middleman who monopolized the property and market. He transferred the conflict to tenants, landlords, and intermediaries so that he could stay out of it. Many news reports say that tenants are strange, messing around in the houses; landlords are strange, rising prices frequently in order to collect more rent; intermediaries are strange, their quality is different, and they are chaotic. However, the strangest thing is the intermediary company. However, the company cleaned itself up and used some extreme examples to direct all their attention to the tenants, landlords, and intermediaries. Tian Mo nodded. This cannot be resolved fundamentally, but it can cleverly resolve the crisis of public opinion. Misled people often have two reactions. The first is to transfer his anger to the group of people who are real estate agents. He thinks that they are not of good quality, scamming and committing all sorts of evil. The other is that they are filled with sympathy for the intermediaries who have worked hard for a living. They think that they are doing this for a living and have no choice but to understand. However, they overlooked the culprit who caused all of this in fact. It was the platforms that called for more understanding from delivery men, delivery men, and intermediaries. They ate from both sides and squeezed them crazily. At the same time, they called for both sides to understand each other. That was because as long as both sides understood each other, no one would mention the platforms squeeze. Meng Hao quickly noted it down and could not help but feel emotional. Well said! Im beginning to doubt the authenticity of the fact that you made two orders a month ago. Youre not stupid at all. Instead, youre very smart! Can ordinary people think of these things? How did you end up distributing flyers with your brain? Meng Chang was certain that there was indeed no problem with Boss Peis taste. This Tian Mo was completely worthy of being the person-in-charge of the sales department. Other things aside, his understanding of traditional business models and his grasp of Boss Peis spirit were enough for him to be a person-in-charge. However, this also made him feel a little strange. How could such a talent be discovered by Boss Pei when distributing flyers? With this brain, what could he not do? Did he have to distribute flyers? Tian Mo smiled in embarrassment. Sigh, you might not believe me. Im finally enlightened under Boss Peis guidance. Of course, I did not understand these principles at once. I was originally in a muddle-headed state. I would be the intermediary and listen to whatever others say. Those old employees told me that I should do this, that I should do this, tell me some of their tricks in their work, asked me to be full of nonsense and use these tricks to get clients. Ive learned it, but I cant do it no matter what. I know that I might be able to get the contracts signed if I lie, but I just cant say it. Ive always been very ashamed. I feel that this is my own problem. Im too stupid. I cant do anything well. Its such a simple job. Everyone else has already told me what to do, but I cant even do it. I told myself that this is how work is. Thats the unspoken rules. Perhaps they are the rules of society. I have to adapt. However, no matter how hard I try, I cant adapt or accept it. Ive been dealt blow after blow. Ive been doubting myself and dont know what to do. However, at that moment, Boss Pei appeared. Boss Pei not only provided me with a job, but also established my confidence through this recognition. More importantly, Boss Pei showed me what correct sales are! The transparent service at Tengda experience point was a huge success. It made me realize that I might not have a problem. The problem is with them and the industry! I was so ashamed and guilty before. When I think about it, I feel so indignant. Thus, I kept thinking about what the problem was. I watched the analysis of many professional big shots on the internet. I also repeatedly compared the situation in these industries with Tengdas situation. Im not a smart person, and Im not very eloquent. However, Im a rather serious person. I keep thinking about problems that I cant figure out. One day, Ill figure it out. Meng Chang nodded. Indeed, if he was Tian Mo, he might not be able to think through these problems. It was not that he was stupid. The key was that he did not have the opportunity and motive to think about it. First of all, he could not be reduced to being an intermediary and distributing flyers. Secondly, even if he really became an intermediary, he would quickly recognize and accept this working model. He would integrate into it and even become the champion of intermediaries. If Tian Mo had not happened to have such a character and met Boss Pei when he was looking for a job, he would not have thought about these problems. Could it be that this was also within Boss Peis plan? Boss Pei saw the one-track trait of Tian Mo and saw that he was not suitable for traditional sales. However, he completely fit Tengdas requirements for sales. That was why he made an exception to promote him to be the person-in-charge of the sales department and taught him his ultimate martial arts in sales? Yes, that was possible! Boss Peis understanding of human nature was not something that ordinary people could understand. Meng Chang felt like he had been completely seen through by Boss Pei. Even a thoughtful actor like him could be seen through by Boss Pei, much less someone as simple as Tian Mo. Whats more, it looked like a coincidence that Boss Pei chose Tian Mo. However, it was actually inevitable. There was definitely more than one person like Tian Mo. If Boss Pei did not dig out Tian Mo, he would naturally dig out another person and pass on his ideas. Meng Chang even had a feeling that he was far inferior to Tian Mo in certain aspects. This thought was very ridiculous to him. That was because Meng Chang thought that he was the best no matter whether he was a worker, a scam investor, or an entrepreneur. However, perhaps it was precisely because he could do everything well that he had always been successful. Thus, he would sometimes naturally walk the wrong path. Perhaps the first business genius to think of turning a service provider into a middleman was someone like Meng Chang? It was a good thing to be smart. However, if one was smart and used the wrong place and took the wrong path, then being smart would only cause one to walk further and further astray. Meng Chang looked at the content recorded in his little notebook with mixed feelings. He even felt inexplicably ashamed. Thank you so much! These content are very inspiring to me. Ive probably thought about how to do this publicity plan. Meng Changs plan was in fact to jump repeatedly between ordinary intermediaries companies and the really correct industry standards, causing controversy and attention. In the end, he would be able to complete the Pei Familys publicity method. At the same time that he obtained commissions, he would also draw a perfect end to the publicity of the Real Estate Model. This kind of repeated jumps had to be based on a deep understanding of both sides. Otherwise, he could easily jump out of the problem and burn himself in the fire. Tian Mos analysis actually provided Meng Chang with theoretical support. It also made him think of a perfect entry point. Tian Mo quickly waved his hand. Its nothing. We have to help each other in Tengda. Actually, I just had some insights by chance. Its good to share it with you. Meng Chang: One of us is the advertising and marketing department, and the other is the sales department. We wont be able to avoid working together in the future. We have to chat more in the future. Tian Mo nodded. Of course, no problem! Meng Chang was a little emotional. Normally, a smart person like him would not have interacted with stupid people like Tian Mo. However, Meng Chang felt that there were many things worth learning from Tian Mo in Tengda. Some of Boss Peis ideas were things that he could not learn while Tian Mo could. Chapter 1298 - Candidates For The Publicity Film They stood up and prepared to leave after chatting. Meng Chang suddenly thought of something and quickly said, Wait, theres something else. I suddenly remember that the protagonist of the promotional video has not been decided. Tian Mo was a little surprised and did not understand why Meng Chang was talking to him about this. The protagonist of the promotional video? Invite a celebrity or something? I definitely wont be able to help. Meng Chang shook his head. At first, I did plan to hire a celebrity. However, after talking to you, I suddenly realized that its not appropriate. Its more troublesome to explain in detail, but celebrities dont meet my requirements in many ways. I need someone with a good image now, but I cant reach the level of celebrities. It would be best if he had a more down-to-earth image among ordinary people. However, he looks more positive, bright, and positive. Both male and female would be suitable. It would be even better if I have experience in similar industries and can grasp some emotional details during the filming process and try my best to show a sense of authenticity. Using celebrities to film this promotional video would definitely not meet Meng Changs requirements. That was because Meng Chang wanted controversy and authenticity. He also wanted to leave enough room for a twist in the future. Celebrities were too popular in the beginning and it was difficult to turn the tables in the later stages. That was because using celebrities would naturally leave an impression that this was a very serious commercial promotional video. It would be very difficult to explain the meaning of this promotional video from multiple angles in the future. What Meng Chang needed was a sense of reality and down-to-earthness. That way, the film would be closer to reality. In the future, he could interpret it from many angles. The Pei Familys publicity method would only be perfect. Whats more, he could not have a good image or acting skills. If the image was good and the acting was good, it would easily move the audience. The outcome that Meng Chang wanted to achieve was to make the audience feel moved. That way, people would question him and he would be able to see the problem behind the touching. Thus, the promotional video had to be 70% real and 30% fake. The acting skills could not be too outstanding or the balance would be broken and the direction would deviate. However, these were not easy to explain to Tian Mo. Even if he did, Tian Mo probably would not understand. The Pei familys publicity method was a very special and profound knowledge after all. It was not something that could be summarized in a few words. Meng Chang had only learned a little after so long, let alone Tian Mo. Fortunately, Tian Mo did not have the habit of asking questions. Instead, he followed Meng Changs instructions and thought seriously. In that case I do have a candidate that fits your requirements. Do you remember when I was at the intermediary shop, I had two orders, one of which was given to me by my colleague? Previously, a sister took care of me over there. She might not be particularly beautiful, but she was also bright, cheerful, and cute. I just contacted her recently. Shes not working in that intermediary shop anymore. Im thinking of poaching her to the sales department. Tian Mo took out a photo for Meng Chang to see as he spoke. Meng Chang scanned the photo and nodded immediately. Alright! Ill go back and prepare and arrange for the filming to start immediately! Tian Mo sent his contact number to Meng Chang. Shes Ding Xiyao. Ill let her know. You can contact her directly later. The sales department has not officially arranged a job for her. In fact, Tian Mo had always remembered Ding Xiyao. The reason why he only wanted to contact her now was mainly because he did not have a good opportunity previously. In the beginning, he had done a little too well as the person-in-charge of the sales department. He felt that he could be fired at any time. His work every day was filled with unrealistic feelings. Thus, it was not easy to drag others down with him. His good friends did very bad work, so Tian Mo did not have any burden at all when he went to get them. However, Ding Xiyao did quite well in the real estate industry and was relatively popular. Tian Mo could not poach her rashly. Subsequently, Tian Mo had a lot of work on hand. He had been busy with work at the experience shop and did not have time to do anything. It was only when his work had stabilized slightly recently and Boss Pei had especially emphasized that the sales departments situation was special that he could expand the team from his friends and relatives. There was no need to go through the normal recruitment process that Tian Mo began to carefully screen the people around him and recruit those who felt that they met Boss Peis requirements. He was afraid that the people he hired would not meet Boss Peis requirements, so he had to choose carefully. He had only decided to pull Ding Xiyao into the sales department some time ago. In the end, he found out that Ding Xiyao had also tired of working in that shop and was prepared to change her job. Their requirements matched. Ding Xiyao immediately entered Tengda happily. Meng Chang was quite happy. Wasnt he just in time? They needed such a person to film the promotional video! Alright, let her know. Ill go back and arrange for the filming. The content is very simple. There are not many lines. There are only a few simple scenes. Ill act as myself! Meng Chang entered a high-speed working state after returning to the advertising and marketing department. First, he quickly wrote a simple script. Then, he found a few suitable venues for outdoor scenes. The scenes that Meng Chang chose were relatively representative. There was a small, specialized intermediary shop and a scene in a rented apartment. Other than that, he had to find a few more representative extras. The problem with the rental apartment was very easy to solve. They could just use the model room of Sloth Apartments to film it. It was also easy to deal with the group actors. They had worked with many actors before. It would not be a problem to let internal employees guest star in it. The only thing he needed to set up was the intermediary store. That was easy. He could just set up an indoor setting based on the appearance of the shop in the Real Estate Model. It was nothing more than a front desk, two high chairs, a computer, a coffee table, a sofa, and so on. They were all very common things. He did not want a perfect replay. As long as it was similar. Meng Chang first arranged for Yu Yao to choose people and arrange the setting. Then, he ran the entire script of the promotional video from beginning to end in front of his computer. He ensured that every scenes plot met his requirements and carefully buried many foreshadowing. He worked all the way until the afternoon. The script was almost done. That was because Meng Chang had a clearer idea when he was talking to Tian Mo. He was only writing this idea out now, so it was very efficient. He checked the script from beginning to end and was quite satisfied with it. Of course, it was hard to say if the product would be able to perfectly express the content in the script. He had to watch it as he filmed. Perhaps they had to make some adjustments to the contents of the promotional video at the scene. Meng Chang called Yu Yao and found out that the setting for Sloth Apartments had been arranged. The other scenes were still being arranged. The set of the shop was still being set up. They could film a portion first. When the scenes at Sloth Apartments were done, they would film the other parts and finalize them. Meng Chang felt full of motivation. He said to Yu Yao over the phone, Alright, continue with the setting and filming. Ill contact the actors. Well officially start filming tomorrow morning! November 8th, Thursday Ding Xiyao followed the address sent by Meng Chang and arrived at the Sloth Apartments model room where the filming was being held. The entire model room had been redecorated and decorated in the way that Meng Chang requested. The cameras, lights, and other equipment were all in position. Many staff were busy entering and exiting. They looked very efficient. Ding Xiyao was a little flustered. Ding Xiyao could not believe it when she heard Tian Mo explain the entire situation over the phone. It was one thing to be a salesperson, but to be the protagonist of a promotional video? That was too strange! Ding Xiyao knew her own conditions very well. She could only be considered an ordinary person. She could not be compared to celebrities. Many people look beautiful in real life but would not be able to make it in shots. That was because of what many said: Not photogenic. Many people who were obviously very skinny and had very small faces would also be widened when they were on camera. They would become more ugly. She could actually film a promotional video with his conditions? That made Ding Xiyao feel unreal. However, Tian Mo promised that this matter was definitely reliable. Ding Xiyao received a call from the person-in-charge of the advertising and marketing department, Meng Chang, before coming over suspiciously. Chapter 1299 - As Long As It Feels Real! Ding Xiyao? Im Meng Chang. Welcome, welcome. Come, let me explain the script to you. Meng Chang called Ding Xiyao aside and sized her up. She was not particularly beautiful, but she had a round face, short hair, nice features, big eyes, and slightly plump cheeks. She naturally gave people a warm feeling. Meng Chang had specifically instructed her to wear a professional suit yesterday. After all, she had to highlight the identity of the intermediary. Meng Chang had seen the photo before and was originally a little worried that the photo was photoshopped. Now that he saw the real person, he realized that it was not much different from the photo and heaved a sigh of relief. Looks were still quite important. Meng Chang might have made it clear that he did not want celebrities and only wanted ordinary people who were down-to-earth, but there were requirements for the image of ordinary people. If the audience hated them at a glance, the Pei Familys publicity method would collapse from the beginning and they would not be able to continue playing. The two of them sat on the sofa next to the model room of Sloth Apartments. Meng Chang handed the script to Ding Xiyao. The script was very thin. There were only a few pages. Most of the content was about the setting, movements, expressions. There were almost no lines, only voice-overs. Ding Xiyao quickly scanned the script. These scenes were quite familiar to her: working hard at the work desk and screening the house sources; walking through the alleys, walking around the corners to look at the houses; introducing the characteristics of the houses to her clients diligently but the client turned around and went to rent other places. She hung up the phone with a disappointed expression. She was not understood by the client and was even scolded by the client. She could only lower her head and apologize, returning home to wipe her tears secretly On the surface, this seemed to be a promotional video that emphasized how tiring and difficult intermediaries were. It was a warm path, hoping to use these lifestyle segments to invoke peoples tolerance and understanding. The only thing that made Ding Xiyao feel like she had just entered reality was the setting related to shops and work desks. The script was not very detailed, but there was a picture attached. In the picture was a very small shop. Unlike other intermediaries, there were not many work desks and intermediaries coming and going. Instead, there was only a relatively tall front desk, two high chairs, a coffee table and an armchair as the guest area. From all angles, this small shop could only accommodate one person. Such an intermediary shop would definitely not exist in reality. However, Ding Xiyao did not think too much about it. She felt that this was a promotional video after all. The promotional video would definitely beautify the reality of the situation. It was just like many movies and television dramas. They definitely could not be exactly the same as the real workplace when filming in the workplace, right? All sorts of work desks were squeezed together. The people at work were sleepy and listless. It might be realistic when filming, but the audience would not buy it. This promotional video was probably taking into account that if it was shot truthfully, the other colleagues would appear redundant. The scene would be more messy, so they might as well cut it all off and only leave the protagonist alone. Ding Xiyao did not understand these but she guessed that this should be the reason. It was a promotional video after all. It was just publicity and beautifying. What complicated tricks could there be? Meng Chang said, We have to talk about something first. You might be scolded after this promotional video is released. However, its only a possibility. The possibility is relatively small. Whats more, even if you get scolded, you will quickly clear your name. Im just reminding you that the risk is not huge, but it does exist. Ding Xiyao was confused. Get scolded? That cant be, right? I think the contents of this promotional video are quite normal. Whats more, Im just an actress. Theres no reason for me to be implicated, right? Meng Chang smiled. Thats why I said that the risk is not high. Some more extreme people might attack you. Do you have Weibo? If you do, for safetys sake, close the private message. Ding Xiyao relaxed a little. I think theres no problem. This promotional video gave the main actress a lot of money. Ding Xiyao felt that this was not something that went against her conscience. Even if someone cursed the promotional video because of the stereotype of the intermediary, it would not affect her. It would not have much impact even if there were more extreme people. She had experienced many prejudices and cold looks when she was a real estate agent. She still had this tolerance. Then, Boss Meng, is there a deeper meaning to this promotional video? Im afraid that I wont be able to understand it. Can you briefly explain it to me? Even if you havent eaten pork, you would have seen a pig run. Ding Xiyao might not have filmed a promotional video before, but filming a promotional video and a movie should have the same principle. Filming was only the surface. The entire film had some deeper meaning. This was grasped by the director and script writer. As a non-professional actor and a complete layman, Ding Xiyao did not understand this at all. Thus, she asked Meng Chang so that she could better grasp the script and act according to the requirements. Meng Chang shook his head. Theres no deeper meaning. Oh, no, even if there is any deeper meaning, it has nothing to do with your performance. As for your acting, I only have one request: you have to act as yourself. Try to act out what you felt at work previously. As long as its real, you dont have to worry about anything else. Ding Xiyao nodded. Alright, let me feel and let it brew. Meng Chang asked Ding Xiyao to hold the script and build up her emotions while he checked the set up. He returned about half an hour later. Alright, lets officially start filming. Meng Chang looked at the time. It was about time. Ding Xiyao was a little flustered. Huh? I havent even memorized the script? Meng Chang smiled. Its alright. Just film it. I know what to do. Attention, everyone! Get into position and prepare for filming! At the same time, at Dawn Games platform. Yan Qi was worrying about what to do with the new game. After the initial series of twists and turns, the exposed gaming platform had completely stabilized and occupied a place in the domestic games channel. There were no bugs in the games on the platform, gamers were in charge, and game critics. These were all unique memories that the disclosed games platform gave gamers. It was very distinct from other game channels. If there was controversy at the beginning, more and more gamers and developers were now recognizing Dawn Games platform. At first, Yan Qi was worried that the morning sun would set on Dawn Games platform. He was prepared to find another place to hide. However, he no longer had such thoughts now. That was because he realized that after the Dawn Games platform had stabilized, not only was it a rather comfortable place, but its prospects were also quite good! Some time ago, a batch of outstanding independent games from the Destitution Plan had been released. It had enriched the game library of the platform. Other outstanding manufacturers also began to seek cooperation. The only thing that made Yan Qi feel that it was a pity was that Dawn Games platform did not take the initiative to look for large manufacturers to cooperate. They almost did not sign any super masterpieces for monopoly or release. It was a completely passive waiting attitude. That also temporarily stopped Dawn Games platform from being a niche platform. Players on the platform might have a strong sense of belonging and identity with the platform but it was ultimately a pity that there was not enough of a phenomenal masterpiece. Many gaming platforms became popular rapidly because they had signed on to a certain super explosive game. They developed step by step from the XXX game activator. Without the support of super explosive games, the platform would always lack some confidence. Logically speaking, given the current size and financial resources of Dawn Games platform, it should be able to negotiate a cooperation with some large factories and take the initiative to make some concessions. However, Dawn Games platform never did that. Yan Qi felt that it was a pity. That was because his game would naturally be able to bask in the light if Dawn Games platform became more popular. However, on further thought, this might be the special characteristic of Dawn Games platform. They would always do unexpected things. If he really followed his plan and contacted those large manufacturers to discuss cooperation, Dawn Games platform would definitely have to make some compromises. Perhaps they would not be able to maintain their current state. It was not bad to fight steadily like now. After the game tester became popular, Dawn Games platform did not take the opportunity to increase publicity, finance, or cooperate with other large manufacturers. They did not make any big moves and continued to deepen the content of the platform. As more and more games were uploaded, the vetting process became more and more difficult. In order to ensure that there were no bugs in the games reputation, Pei Qian naturally had to screen them more closely. Of course, the so-called no bugs was just a saying. In fact, there were no malignant bugs that severely affected the operations of the game. It was difficult to completely eliminate a small mistake. However, no matter what, it was fundamentally different from other gaming platforms. Yan Qi had been very busy with what platform to go to previously because the game Blade of the Empire was like his own flesh and blood. He could not entrust it to the wrong person. To a certain extent, this had severely affected his energy in developing the game. However, he had already made up his mind. It was enough to only go to Dawn Games platform and the official platform. He would not force them to go onto the other platforms even if they could not go. With Dawn Games platform as a guarantee, he could think of new games without any worries. The Blade of the Empire was still being updated and earning money, but Yan Qi did not want to continue indefinitely. At the end of the day, the game Blade of the Empire was a game with paywalls. Even if it charged a higher price, it was not what Yan Qi wanted to do the most. During this period of time, Yan Qi suddenly felt that he should make more meaningful games as he watched independent games being released on the morning show games platform one by one. Previously, he had created games with paywalls to earn money to support the company. There was no better way. However, now that he could make money and support the company with the Blade of the Empire, and he had a very good platform, why not make a game that he liked more? Chapter 1300 - Li Yada, An Ordinary Employee Yan Qi decided to start thinking about his next game. Of course, as a mature game designer, games could not be childs play. They could not be done so easily. After all, game designers did not make games for themselves. They did it for all the employees in the company and for the players. If he had started a project on a whim, everyone would have worked overtime to complete it, but the game would have died in the end. How could he let everyone down? If Yan Qi was very rich and gave everyone all sorts of benefits, overtime pay, and bonuses, then the game would fail. He would not feel too guilty. After all, he had compensated everyone enough in terms of materialism. However, the key was that Yan Qi did not have much money. The amount of money earned from the game Blade of the Empire was not small. However, if he wanted to develop a new game, especially a standalone game, it might not be enough even if spent all that money. Under such circumstances, there was no need to think about benefits, overtime pay, and various bonuses. He could only count on it once the next game was successful and popular. Thus, he had to be cautious and think carefully. Yan Qi created a new document. He wanted to accumulate inspiration, organize his thoughts, and determine the basic form of this game. At the moment, he only had one clear direction: action standalone games. He might not be able to reach the 3A quality, but he was a hardworking goal. Other than that, he had no other ideas. Previously, when he was working on Blade of the Empire, he had done it based on the taste of mobile gamers. It was a Western fantasy theme. However, standalone games were completely different. On one hand, standalone gamers had very different tastes from mobile gamers. On the other hand, the development difficulty of the two games was also different. Simply put, mobile games require relatively low quality art materials. The cell phone screen was small, the details were slightly worse, and the movements were slightly stiff. It could not be seen on the small screen, and mobile gamers were not picky. However, if he were to put it on the computer screen and let players who had played many 3A action games and had a picky taste play it, that would be another matter. Thus, Yan Qi was a little helpless. Theres no rush. Take your time. Action-based games can be said to be one of the most difficult games to develop. Any shortcomings could lead to the failure of the game. At the moment, it looks like I can shrink in any area except for the combat system and the basic graphics quality. The hand sensitivity, the impact, the smoothness of the movements, the special effects As long as there are places where I cant do it well, the ratings would be greatly discounted. Its a good thing that our current technology level is relatively high. Its not like we cant do it completely. The length and content of the game can be slightly reduced or filled with repeatable content. As long as the price of the game is adjusted accordingly, it would be fine. The key is to make players eyes light up and make them feel that this game is very special and irreplaceable. Speaking of which arent Repent and be Saved and Eternal Reincarnation the perfect answers? Boss Pei is indeed amazing. He saw through all of this when we were developing Repent and be Saved. He came up with the only standard answer for domestically-produced standalone action games. Until now, he has not passed. Eternal Reincarnations combat system is so novel! How good would it be if I could think of such an idea? The more Yan Qi thought about it, the more he admired Boss Pei. He was a fanatic of action games and a loyal gamer of Repent and be Saved and Eternal Reincarnation. After thinking about it for a long time, he realized that Repent and be Saveds model was simply the best for domestic companies, especially small companies like theirs. Since it was a small company, it did not have much funds and could not withstand risks. Thus, it was a good way to reduce the games length and game capacity and fill it with repeatable content. In order to stand out among all the outstanding action games, there must be two points: First, the quality of the game was too high, the hand sensitivity and graphics reached the standard, the higher the better; second, there must be unique memory points and characteristics. The high difficulty level of Repent and be Saved, the deep plot of breaking the dimensional wall, and the unique combat system of Eternal Reincarnation. These were unique memory points and characteristics. He had to achieve both points in order to succeed. Otherwise, if the quality of the game did not meet the standards, players would not buy it. On the other hand, if they did not have a memory point, they would not be able to cooperate with the announcement to become popular. They would probably not be able to recover their capital in the end. Why else would Boss Pei be called a genius game designer? I have no choice but to be convinced. I have to learn something. Yan Qis thoughts subconsciously turned to Repent and be Saved. It looks like Boss Pei has decided not to make any action games for a long time. After all, he likes to challenge himself. He likes to breakthrough and never indulges in past successes. For example, the combat system of Eternal Reincarnation can be used to make Repent and be Saved 2 or another new action game. However, Boss Pei only made a downloadable content. Obviously, he felt that the level of innovation was not enough to make a new game. This is good news for me. After all, the domestic market is relatively empty. After Repent and be Saved and Eternal Reincarnation, there were no more outstanding works. There might be action-type 3A masterpieces overseas but domestically-produced games naturally gave marks. After all, due to the cultural gap, sometimes only domestic designers would understand domestic players the most. Its just like Repent and be Saveds cultural heritage. It should be very difficult for foreign designers to create it. Therefore, working hard in this direction should be a good choice. Make a game like Repent and be Saved? Yes, Repent and be Saved has already nurtured a group of die-hard action gamers. labels like high difficulty and suffering will no longer dissuade gamers. Instead, it has gradually become a popular game type. In action games, if the difficulty is not high enough, I would be too embarrassed to greet others. If I create a more difficult action game and combine it with the heritage of traditional Chinese culture, and the quality is good, there should still be sales. Then what should I use for the game background? Yan Qi sorted out his thoughts and recorded them on the document. As he thought about it, he realized that there were not many options for him. Repent and be Saved seemed to be the most correct answer. He even felt that the game was good in every way and could not be changed. It seemed like it would be best to keep the core of Repent and be Saved, change the packaging, and change the stages. Such thinking might be backward but he still had the livelihood of all the employees in the workspace on his shoulders. There was nothing wrong with being more conservative. As long as the quality of the game was good and he could earn money, it would be considered a success. If he wanted to make a breakthrough, he could try the next game. Transitions should be as stable as possible. However, as he wrote, he felt that it was always foggy and his thoughts were not clear enough. He was not as excited as when he suddenly slapped his thigh and shouted, This is definitely not a problem! That made Yan Qi very conflicted. He wrote, stopped, and sighed subconsciously. Whats wrong? Is there a problem with the game? Someone asked. Yan Qi had been so immersed in his own thoughts that he did not realize that there was someone beside him. At that moment, he turned around and realized that it was a staff from the Dawn Games platform, Li Yada. The reason why he said he was a staff was because Yan Qi did not know Li Yadas exact position on the platform. The positions of everyone on the Dawn Games Platform, including Director Tang, were relatively clear. Yan Qi did not know the specific names of their positions but he could roughly know what a department was for after interacting with them. Only Li Yada was special. She was the group leader of the communication group that Dawn Games platform had with the various producers. She was directly in charge of communicating with these producers. Whats more, she seemed to be involved in whatever was happening within Dawn Games platform. Whats more, everyone respected her and valued her opinions. Her position was a little similar to a consultant? Yan Qi felt that this was definitely not an ordinary person. Li Yada would occasionally appear in the group chat to chat with the producers. Yan Qi was closer to Dawn Games platform. so they were more familiar with each other. Oh, Big Sister Li, Im worrying about the new game. Its so difficult to make a game. I have no idea at all. Yan Qi did not know who was older between him and Li Yada, but everyone at the Dawn Games platform addressed Li Yada as Big Sister Li. He followed suit and addressed her as Big Sister Li. It was just a form of address. Eh? Is it very difficult to make games? I think its actually alright. What is your new game? Action game? Li Yada asked. Yan Qi nodded. Yes, I want to create an action game similar to Repent and be Saved. The document contains some ideas that Ive smoothened out. Theyre not very mature yet. If youre interested, you can take a look and give me some suggestions. Li Yada nodded slightly. I know a little about action games, especially Repent and be Saved. In fact, how could she understand a little? She was the one who made Repent and be Saved. She was the one who took over Eternal Reincarnation for a period of time after Hu Xianbin was captured. Then, she handed it to Yu Fei. Coincidentally, there was nothing much to do at the games platform. Li Yada walked around and heard Yan Qi sighing. She came over to take a look and chat. He pulled a random chair over from the side and sat down. Li Yada quickly scanned the contents written by Yan Qi. This is Repent and be Saved with a superficial makeover. Li Yada could tell at a glance. Yan Qi was a little embarrassed. Ahem, theres still a lot of room for improvement. This is the first draft, first draft. The main reason is that I think Repent and be Saved is the standard answer for domestically-produced action games. It really cannot be changed. Li Yada shook her head slightly. How can you do that? Im not talking about imitations. Actually, there are only so many ways to play the game. Its normal to have similarities. The key is that there is no innovation, no breakthrough, no courage to change, how can you conquer players if you cannot even conquer yourself? Chapter 1301 - The Story Behind Tengda Games Chapter 1301: The Story Behind Tengda Games Li Yadas words made Yan Qi feel a little ashamed. It might be a bucket of cold water over his head and was very hurtful but it also objectively sobered his brain up. That was indeed the case. He did not have a strong urge to create this game. He only felt that it was good enough to pass. How could he conquer players and make them feel like they could not stop? However, on further thought, Yan Qi felt that Li Yada was being too blunt. They could innovate just because they said so? If innovation was like cabbage being sold on the streets, would there be so many rubbish games every year? Did he really think that the producers of rubbish games were all evil? Of course, some producers or investors might not understand, or they might really be hell-bent on making money. However, many of them were just not capable enough. What could they do if they could not make good games? If I had the same brain as Boss Pei, I would also make different types of games. Then, gamers would rush to buy them all. How awesome would that be? Who did not want to create a game that belonged exclusively to them? Who did not want to set up a sect? Who wanted to learn from others? The key was that he did not have the ability. After all, he was responsible for the livelihood of dozens of people in the entire workspace. The price of failure was too high. He could not afford it. Yan Qi felt that Li Yada might be an insider in the gaming industry but she was after all a channel. The channels and development were two completely different worlds. According to their current relationship, the channel was equivalent to the client. They could pick and choose among a bunch of games and choose games that they were satisfied with. If they encountered areas that they were not satisfied with, they could ask the game developer to change them. On the other hand, development was equivalent to freelancers. It was worse. Apart from a few companies that had especially strong research and development capabilities and had a say, most small companies did not allow themselves to have their own opinions. After all, they would only have recommendations and publicity resources if they changed according to the requirements of the channel. Dawn Games platform was indeed a platform that stood to earn money. It was qualified to be tough. As a staff of the games platform, Li Yadas character was understandable. However, the key was that he had to consider Yan Qis objective situation. Otherwise, wouldnt it be a mistake of why not eat minced meat? Yan Qi cleared his throat. Big Sister Li, I want to make epochal innovations as well, but I have to consider the objective conditions, right? Blade of the Empire is just an ordinary mobile game. I intend to transit to an action standalone game. Thats already a huge risk. If I continue to be unstable and blindly pursue innovation and innovation, Im afraid that I might take too big a step and end up dragging my feet. How can you force an action game without any accumulation? Isnt there a transition? Li Yada adjusted her spectacles and said, Before we worked on Repent and be Saved, our team had no experience in action games at all. The previous game was Game Designer. Its not close at all. Yan Qi was speechless. This Big Sister Li, arent you thinking too highly of me by comparing me to Boss Pei? If I had a brain like Boss Peis, I would dare to take the risk, but I dont. After a moment of silence, Li Yada said, Have you considered that you might have made a mistake in causation? The Boss Pei you think had the courage to change only because he had ideas. However, perhaps Boss Pei only had the courage to change his mindset? Does ability determine ones mentality or mentality determine ones ability? Do you think a person must have the right mentality or mature ability? Li Yadas words were obviously from the bottom of her heart after working in Tengda for so long and learning about game design from Boss Pei. Was Boss Pei not a genius game designer? Of course he was. However, it was obviously not objective to say that Boss Peis success was entirely because of his ability. In fact, what amazed Boss Pei the most was not his game design ability, but his determination and courage. Take Repent and be Saved for example. Boss Pei had not interfered much with the games design details. He had only repeatedly emphasized that the games difficulty should be raised. The reason was very simple: perfecting the game design details was a job that every chief designer, even the ordinary functional designers of the Development Team, could do. Raising the difficulty of the game and taking the risk that a large number of players would be dissuaded to persevere with this design concept was something only Boss Pei could do. Boss Pei was the only one with such determination and a broader perspective. Only Boss Pei could take on such a responsibility. It was not just Repent and be Saved. In fact, most games in Tengda were playing with fire. They would risk failure and repeatedly skip. However, without such determination, these games would not have been created at all. There would not even be a design draft. Whats more, Boss Pei encouraged his subordinates more than he guided them in daily work. Boss Pei rarely taught his subordinates what to do, how to design, and how to think about problems. Instead, he encouraged his subordinates to think independently and solve this problem in their own way. At most, he would give his subordinates some hints and let them figure it out on their own. Boss Pei repeatedly told his less confident subordinates, Dont worry, youll be fine. The successive chief designers of Tengda Games had been growing under this encouragement. Thus, these were Li Yadas heartfelt thoughts. She felt that she had grown so much because she had gained the courage to change under Boss Peis leadership. First, he would not be restrained by the rules and regulations that sought stability. Then, he would be qualified to talk about design and innovation. Li Yadas words stunned Yan Qi. After careful thought, he realized that it made sense! On the surface, ability and mentality were equally important. Both were indispensable. However, it was impossible for someone with a bad mentality to have the ability. That was because the ability was nurtured and trained, not produced out of thin air. If a person had a bad mentality and could not even nurture the most basic abilities, how could they succeed? Making up his mind to change might not succeed, but if he was cautious, the outcome would definitely fail. Yan Qi was silent for a long time before he suddenly realized a problem. Eh, Big Sister Li, why do you sound like you know Tengdas situation very well? She might not have revealed Tengdas internal situation but she sounded confident as if she knew the inside story very well. Li Yada was stunned for a moment. I also have a friend working in Tengda. I heard him talk about some internal matters, especially the story of Repent and be Saved. Oh! Really! Can you tell me about it? I want to hear it too! Yan Qi perked up instantly. He had worked in Shanghai before. After that, he had quit his job to start a studio and come to Jingzhou. Based on what he knew, Li Yada had been working in Jingzhou. The gaming circle in Jingzhou was not big. It was not surprising that she knew friends who worked in Tengda. The story of Repent and be Saved was too attractive. Since Li Yada was the one who started the conversation, she could not turn him down. Thus, she nodded and said, Alright, Ill briefly explain one thing. I heard that the designer made a demo when they developed Repent and be Saved. The designer then showed it to Boss Pei. Boss Pei hasnt even started playing yet. He wants her to triple the attacking strength of the monsters. Then, Boss Pei got to work. Initially, the games positioning was already very difficult. When the initial village monsters attacked players, they had about 20% HP. Everyone thought that was already very high, but they did not expect Boss Pei to change it to 60%. Yan Qi was instantly interested. I see. Is that how the high difficulty level of Repent and be Saved came about? Did Boss Pei only change it after seeing the demo? Thats true. I remember that the initial monsters dealt 80% damage to players. What about after that? Didnt Boss Pei play the monsters in circles after a series of operations, and then increase the damage because he felt that the difficulty was still too low? Yan Qi had watched many videos of big shots clearing Repent and be Saved without being injured. As an old gamer, even though it was very difficult to clear the game without being injured, it was very easy to defeat the monsters in the newbie village. After all, the movements of the monsters in the newbie village were slow and their moves were stiff. The damage was high but players who were slightly more experienced would not be touched. As a designer, Boss Pei might not be able to play it easily, but he should at least be at the level of a veteran, right? Li Yada shook her head. Yes the results are similar to what you imagined, but the process is different. Once Boss Pei started, he was killed by the little monsters twice at the speed of light. Then, he multiplied the damage of the little monsters by 1.3. Yan Qi was stunned. Huh? Was Boss Pei alright to be tortured by small monsters? Why was Boss Pei so determined to increase the difficulty of the little monsters? In other words, Boss Peis determination and courage were indeed admirable. Yan Qi asked himself if he had created a game but was killed twice by the monsters of the newbie village once he left. He had to lower the difficulty level. Not only did he not reduce the difficulty level, he even added damage to the small monsters. Ordinary people would not do such a thing. Boss Pei was indeed a genius. Li Yadas story proved what she had said before. It sounded a little strange but Yan Qi felt that Li Yada was quite reliable and would not lie to him. Alright, I agree with you. Courage is indeed more important than ability. Courage is the first step to change. However, the problem is that courage alone is not enough. Even if I want to innovate, I dont have a suitable direction. After a moment of silence, Li Yada said, Well Actually, there is a certain pattern and trick. The rules and tricks that she spoke about were actually some game design concepts that she had learned from Boss Pei. She had worked on many successful projects with a gaming master like Boss Pei. Naturally, she would gain something. At first, Li Yada was a little hesitant. Would it not be good to reveal this concept to Yan Qi? However, on further thought, Boss Pei had never been a closed-off person. There was a saying in the old society that masters starved to death after teaching their disciples. Many craftsmen hid their skills. Some martial arts families also taught their skills and never taught it to outsiders. However, that was in the past after all. In the game industry, Boss Pei had always had the attitude of if you can achieve it, you should also help the world. For example, the Destitution Plan, Dawn Games platform, the deployment of Min Jingchao to develop games with Sun Strike Studios Boss Pei had been working hard to influence the domestic games industry. He had changed the entire environment on his own. A more reliable producer like Yan Qi should receive some help. If it was Boss Pei, he would definitely not be stingy with his guidance. Now, he was imparting knowledge on Boss Peis behalf. It was equivalent to imparting knowledge to another disciple. It was all to practice the Tengda spirit and to improve the game environment. Whats more, Boss Peis design concept was more advanced. It was just like internal energy. Yan Qi would have to depend on his own ability to comprehend it. Chapter 1302 - Anyone Of Tengda’s Designers Knows This. Yan Qi could not help but frown. Rules and tricks? He was very confused. He had been in the game industry for so many years. Why had he never heard of such a thing? The games industry was the same as the novels and movies industry. Strictly speaking, it was a creative industry. Creativity was very important. What was there to talk about when it came to creativity? Wasnt it all based on a flash of inspiration? If ideas could be replicated in batches, the creation of the cultural industry would be much simpler. It would just be around ideas and constantly build manpower. The fact was that there would never be a lack of labor, and creativity would always be rare and irreplicable. That was why real game design big shots were respected in the game industry. That was precisely their scarcity and irreplaceability. Thus, Yan Qi instinctively did not believe Li Yadas words. Li Yada saw Yan Qis suspicion and knew that it was normal for him to have such doubts. Most designers in the outside world would think that creativity depended on a single pat on the head and a flash of inspiration before working with Boss Pei. It was completely based on luck. Any designer that Boss Pei brought out would see the problem from a different perspective. Indeed, creativity could not be mass-produced, but that did not mean there was no pattern or trick. Boss Peis design method was actually to look at the problem from another perspective while copying the game design rules. Coupled with rich experience, powerful game design ability, and precise control of players mentality, a miracle happened. Li Yada knew that he would definitely not believe her if she told Yan Qi directly. After all, Li Yada was now just an ordinary employee on the morning show. What she said would not be convincing. He could only continue to ask his friend working in Tengda for help. Li Yada adjusted her spectacles and said, Actually, I heard about this from my friend who works at Tengda. She participated in Tengdas new game discussion and participated in the design process of several successful games. These rules and tricks were summarized by her based on Boss Peis design process. Of course, this is no secret within Tengda. The designers of the games department basically know. Yan Qis expression changed from suspicion to anticipation. Was this Boss Peis design? Thats right! Yan Qi would definitely not believe it if others said that they had grasped the rules and tricks of game design. That was because these people could not produce outstanding games steadily. How could such words be convincing? It was just like someone who told you that he knew the stock market like the back of his hand. However, on closer inspection, his own income in the stock market was not even as much as the interest in bank deposits. If that was not a scam, what was it? In the entire domestic gaming circle, Yan Qi only admired one person: Boss Pei. That was because Boss Pei was not only good at a certain game genre, but he was also omnipotent. They made all sorts of games and they were all extremely popular. Yan Qi believed that Boss Pei had grasped the rules and tricks of game design. That was because Boss Peis achievements and contributions in this industry were enough to prove that. Sister Li, tell me, what is the pattern and trick? Yan Qi showed strong curiosity. Looking at Yan Qis expression, Li Yada knew that the preparation was almost complete. Even if Yan Qi still did not believe it after hearing it, he would at least think about it carefully. That way, Li Yada would have achieved her goal. At the very least, she would not be playing the lute to a bull. In Tengda, every time Boss Pei decides to create a new game, he would make a few particularly unreasonable requests for the designers to follow these requirements and recreate the entire game. Designers would think and think about these requirements repeatedly before finally deciding the final form of this game in Boss Peis heart and design it. Yan Qi was stunned. Particularly unreasonable requests? Li Yada nodded. Take Repent and be Saved for example. Boss Pei has five requirements: First, a Chinese background, a large number of ancient Chinese puzzles and text content; second, it is extremely difficult; third, a large-scale action game; fourth, the longest refund time limit; fifth, the games name is Repent and be Saved. After giving these requests, Boss Pei did not ask about the specific design of the game. Instead, he allowed the designers to express themselves freely. However, after the game DEMO was created, Boss Pei adjusted the difficulty of the system design and added the Pudu weapon. Li Yadas memory was still fresh on this. Lu Mingliang was still around when Repent and be Saved was first established. Li Yada participated in the meeting as an ordinary designer. At that time, after hearing Boss Peis requests, she was completely confused. She could not think of a way for the game to become popular. She had not expected that not long after, she would become the chief designer and personally take over this game. Whats more, he had not expected to come to the Dawn Games platform to use Repent and be Saved as an example to explain Boss Peis relevant skills. Yan Qi frowned slightly and listened intently. His expression was very serious, as if he was unwilling to miss out on any word. His brain worked quickly, thinking about the meaning behind these five requests. At that time, Lu Mingliang and Li Yada had been very confused. They had not understood Boss Peis design intentions at all. In fact, they had developed the game in a daze. It was only when the game demo was released that they finally understood Boss Peis design intentions. Yan Qi might not have grasped the standard analysis method of Boss Peis intentions but he had played Repent and be Saved before. He had also analyzed the details of this game and even the series of events when it was first released. Using the finished product to compare the few requirements was equivalent to looking at the standard answers before looking at the contents of the questions. It was naturally much easier to interpret it than Li Yada. The plot content written in ancient Chinese backgrounds is to highlight the cultural connotation and establish the label of domestically-produced action games. On one hand, the high difficulty is to let players challenge themselves and make the game more recognizable. On the other hand, it is to break the dimensional wall Yan Qi went through everything from beginning to end and realized that Boss Peis five requests were really indispensable. Everything from the game design to the initial publicity was related. After DEMO came out, the difficulty adjustment and the addition of the Pudu weapon had the finishing effect. Repent and be Saved had gone from an outstanding work to a masterpiece. However, Yan Qi was even more confused after the analysis. Big Sister Li, I can roughly guess the reason for these requirements. However Boss Pei must have planned the final form of the game from the beginning, right? I can only say that Boss Pei is a genius. Hes too strong. The other designers of Tengda relied on Boss Peis ideas to create these games. Where is the pattern and trick you mentioned? Li Yada smiled. At first, I had the same thoughts as you. However, after thinking about it carefully, I felt that it was not the case. Ill ask you two questions. First, Boss Pei only had these few requests, but he never asked about the details of the game design. Then, how can Boss Pei be sure that the game will be as he expected? Second, how did Boss Pei come up with these requirements? Yan Qi looked confused as he fell into deep thought. Thats right. How could Boss Pei be sure that the game would turn out as he had expected? Yan Qi had indeed inferred Boss Peis intentions based on the completed Repent and be Saved game. However, that was equivalent to a hindrance. In fact, just based on these conditions, the general direction was set, but there were many ways to do the details. Boss Pei did not care after giving these conditions. How did he know that the game would not deviate? There were only two explanations: First, he felt that the designers were of the same mind as him. They would definitely be able to make the game that he had expected through these conditions. Second, he might feel that it did not matter what the details were. As long as he ensured that these few main points did not deviate, Repent and be Saved would still be Repent and be Saved no matter what the details changed. Or perhaps, both. What caught Yan Qis attention was Li Yadas second question. How did Boss Pei come up with these key points? It must have appeared from somewhere. There must be a source. Suddenly, Yan Qi had a flash of inspiration. Are you saying that these few requirements are not only Boss Peis control of the general direction of this game, but also the cornerstone that Boss Pei can analyze Boss Peis inspiration from when he designed this game? Li Yada smiled and nodded, satisfied with Yan Qis understanding. Thats right. Yan Qi looked even more shocked. So this was how Tengda Games was created? Boss Pei only gave a few requirements. The person-in-charge would follow these requirements and perfect the entire game. These few requirements were not only Boss Peis control of the general direction of the game, but also the cornerstone that he had derived from the inspiration. Why did Boss Pei do that? Obviously, on one hand, it was to nurture and train the designers under him so that they would not become tools. On the other hand, it was because Boss Pei was busy with work. There were too many things to consider. It was not realistic to design games personally. It was no wonder that Tengda Games was so popular. It was no wonder that Boss Pei could produce high-quality games so frequently while managing various industries. It was all because of this development model that was different from other games companies! Yan Qi had always been puzzled before. He was a producer and Boss Pei was a producer. Why did Boss Pei produce one good game every few months and keep popping up? He was only making one game and was still exhausted? Obviously, there was not only a gap in design and management ability between the two of them. There was a huge difference in the fundamental concept! After confirming this, what happened next was even more important. He could analyze Boss Peis inspiration through reverse analysis of these requirements, which were the cornerstone of the game design. This was the pattern and trick that Li Yada had emphasized before! Chapter 1303 - Boss Pei’s Design Philosophy Yan Qi asked very urgently. Big Sister Li, how should we analyze Boss Peis inspiration? Li Yada paused for a moment and said, Actually, my friend cant be 100% sure about this. Its just some speculation. I felt that it made sense after hearing it from her. You can verify it yourself. Yan Qi nodded immediately. Of course. It was hearsay after all. It was inevitable that there would be mistakes and omissions after hearing it second hand. Whats more, no one knew what Boss Pei was thinking. Even the designer who worked with Boss Pei could only guess Boss Peis true intentions. There would definitely be some deviation as long as it was a speculation. Yan Qi would definitely not believe everything that Li Yada said. What Li Yada said made sense. He would listen to it and perhaps be inspired. What she said made no sense. He would just not listen. Yan Qi would not lose out. Li Yada typed the disclaimer and then said, Actually, if we want to come up with Boss Peis inspiration, we have to start with the few basic requirements that Boss Pei gave us. Obviously, Boss Pei derived these requirements from his inspiration. These are the cornerstone of the game design. Then, he confirmed the ultimate form of the game. The core of this ultimate form has been completely locked by Boss Pei. Only the external expression can change to a certain extent. This change actually does not affect the essence of the game. After Boss Pei decided on the general direction, he only needed to check on the work from time to time. Once he confirmed that the game was not too far away, there would be no problem. This is the basic process for Tengda to develop games. Of course, its difficult to reverse engineer Boss Peis inspiration from these basic conditions. There are few sources of inspiration after all, and there are many basic conditions. Its very difficult for us to determine which basic condition was directly derived from the source of inspiration and which was supplemented by Boss Pei based on the final form of the game. This is also the difficulty that has been troubling my friend for a long time. Yan Qi nodded in agreement. That was exactly what he was confused about. According to the prediction of Boss Peis design process, he should first have a few inspiration sources, then derive the basic requirements of the game based on the inspiration source, and then design the true form of the game. However, there was another step after that. He would add a few basic requirements based on the games true form. That was because these basic requirements were for the designers to see. They had to ensure that the game would not deviate. For example, if Boss Pei wanted to build a building, he would first set up a few pillars on the ground. Then, he would think of what the building would look like after it was completed based on these pillars. However, if there were only these few pillars, other designers might not be able to meet Boss Peis requirements. Thus, Boss Pei built a few additional pillars based on the state of the building after it was completed. The two batches of pillars added together could completely lock the appearance of the entire building. Other designers could build Boss Peis building based on these pillars. What confused Yan Qi now was how to distinguish the two batches of pillars. He had to identify which were Boss Peis inspiration and which were supplemented later. It was just like when he was building the house. The walls looked similar, but some were load-bearing walls that could not be dismantled. Some were not load-bearing walls that could be removed. If he made a mistake and treated the non-bearing heavy wall as a load-bearing wall or knocked the load-bearing wall off, the consequences would be very serious. Li Yada said, Actually, this is very difficult, but its also very simple. It would be indistinguishable if there was only one design plan. However, if we can go through every game that Boss Pei designed and put all of his requirements together, compare and analyze them, we would naturally be able to extract their commonality. Yan Qi could not help but feel enlightened. Yes! That made sense! It would not do if there was only one game. However, if he could come up with the requests that Boss Pei had made when designing all the games, he would be able to summarize the requests and screen them out. Then, he would naturally be able to find the right answers! The more samples there were, the closer the deduction would be to the truth! Although he had not come to a conclusion, Yan Qi was already quite convinced by Li Yada. He felt that she was indeed a well-hidden talent. It was almost as if she had opened a door to a new world for him. Li Yada continued speaking. There were too many games involved, and my friend didnt explain all of them to me. However, she told me some of the rules that she had come up with. Yan Qi nodded. This was very reasonable. After all, Boss Pei had worked on so many games before. Even if Li Yadas friend was a designer and had thought through all the games, he would definitely not have told Li Yada the details. The key was still the final outcome. Li Yada answered, All in all, Boss Peis decision to create games had its own merits. Some could not be referenced or learnt, but some could be referenced and reflected the game design rules. First of all, Boss Pei likes to create games that he had never done before. Even if they are of the same genre, you have to choose a completely different entry point. Amongst the many types of games, Boss Pei preferred unpopular niche games. He tried his best to make niche games that suited the taste of the public, thereby breaking out of the circle. Secondly, Boss Pei likes to go against the popular competitions in the market and choose unexpected methods. However, this is different. The prerequisite is that we cannot go against the core fun and objective laws of the game and achieve a on the surface, it looks bizarre but it is reasonable to analyze it carefully effect. On top of that, Boss Pei thinks that we should not follow the gamers habits and ideas on the surface. Instead, we have to work hard to find deeper demands from them. In other words, working hard to find the same gameplay can bring players deeper pleasure. Lastly, in terms of packaging, Boss Pei would choose the background story that would best represent traditional Chinese culture and be more representative. He would also add some philosophical thoughts that would resonate with domestic players. Simply put, Boss Pei is very good at doing the exact opposite of whats popular in the market. On the surface, it looks like it is going in the opposite direction of players taste, but in fact, it has broken the stereotype that players are tired of playing. It uses another kind of deeper pleasure to guide players and stand out among the games. Yan Qi listened as he quickly recorded it on his computer. These contents sounded relatively empty, more like pure theory content. It was actually very difficult to understand if there was no corresponding case to make annotations. Yan Qi could not understand it very deeply yet, but he could slowly understand it based on Tengdas games. After recording everything down, Yan Qi quickly scanned the rules and seemed to have realized something. Therefore, my previous thinking was completely wrong. I think Repent and be Saved is perfect in domestically-produced action games. In fact, Im looking at the problem with a rigid and still eye. What I saw was actually what Boss Pei saw two years ago. If Boss Pei decided to create an action game now, the game he created would definitely be very different from Repent and be Saved. If I want the game to succeed, I have to learn from Boss Pei and think from his perspective. Li Yada nodded in satisfaction. Thats right, thats the logic. Yan Qis previous thoughts were completely overturned. He frowned and began to think seriously. Repent and be Saved was indeed not outdated until now, but he could not create a game that imitated Repent and be Saved. That was because Boss Peis games could only succeed because they were ahead of time. If Yan Qi wanted to succeed, he had to learn from Boss Pei and design a game that was ahead of time. It had to be very different from Repent and be Saveds style. Yan Qi knew very well that he would not be able to achieve Boss Peis level. The action games he made would probably not be able to reach Repent and be Saveds level. However, there was a saying that one had to try his best. If he worked hard for 100 points, he might end up with 90 points. However, if he worked hard for 60 points, he might end up failing. Thus, Yan Qi had to work towards Boss Peis direction. That way, even if he could not become popular, he could at least earn money and lay a solid foundation for future explosive games. Then Big Sister Li, how should we do the opposite? Repent and be Saved is indeed the opposite of the previous domestically-produced action games. It forcefully increased the difficulty. If I were to do the opposite again and reduce the difficulty, wouldnt I be back? It doesnt seem to work either. Li Yada smiled. Of course not. The so-called thinking in reverse is not a straight line, but a spiral rise process. Thinking in reverse is not to let you walk back, but to continue pursuing higher development after consolidating the existing rules. As for how to spiral upwards, thats the question you have to think about. I cant help you. Actually, Li Yada could design it, but she did not want to interfere too much. It was better to teach a man how to fish than to teach a man how to fish. She had already imparted the methodology to Yan Qi. Whether the game could be made or how far it would go depended on Yan Qi himself. Yan Qi quickly said, Thank you so much! If not for you, Big Sister Li, I might still be thinking about creating a game to imitate Repent and be Saved. I would probably have failed in the end. We might not have a clue about the new game now but the general direction is much clearer! I really dont know how to thank you for sharing such precious content with me! Li Yada smiled. You dont have to thank me. You can thank Boss Pei if you want to. Making more and more outstanding domestically-produced games is Boss Peis long-cherished wish and what Boss Pei has been pushing for. The fact that you could create an outstanding domestic action game is a form of repayment in itself. In my opinion, you dont lack anything. What you lack is the right method, confidence, and courage. Now, you have also grasped the method. As long as you maintain confidence and courage, there will definitely be no problem! Chapter 1304 - Complicated ‘Official Fault’ System Li Yadas words doubled Yan Qis confidence. Even though it was hearsay and Yan Qi could not be sure of the authenticity of this statement, he had to admit that these words were very inspiring to him. Whats more, it had indeed given him an idea for designing games. He could follow this train of thought and give it a shot. If he could not get through, he would think about it again. In any case, he could try and write a design draft without spending money. Yan Qi carefully saved the document that recorded these contents, afraid that he would lose it. After that, he began to compare the contents and think about what he should do with his new game. First, find a suitable entry point. Hmm it should be the difficulty level of the game. For action games, the specific difficulty level is very important. Whats more, we can consider it using the spiral rise method that Big Sister Li mentioned. Yan Qis brain worked quickly as he fell into deep thought. He tried hard to put himself in Boss Peis shoes. He imagined what Boss Pei would do if he were to make an action game. One thing was certain: Boss Pei would definitely make major changes to Repent and be Saved. Such a huge change was not a reversal but a spiral rise. The initial difficulty level of domestically-produced action games was too low. It was not challenging for players. The monsters did not deal enough damage. Therefore, it did not matter even if players stabbed them a few times. They would not die. There was no punishment mechanism after death. Boss Pei had created Repent and be Saved based on this point. Now, Yan Qi was going to do the exact opposite of Repent and be Saved. He had to innovate. Of course, he could not do the opposite. How to differentiate Repent and be Saved without regressing was a problem. The difficulty level cannot be reduced, at least not too much. Thats because players would only be forced to study the games combat system and stage design under the premise of ensuring a certain level of difficulty. If players were purely cutting grass the entire way, they would not need to dodge skills or use props. They would be able to pass the game by pressing the attack key. No matter how good the combat system and stage design was, players would not be able to experience it. However, to maintain the difficulty level, I have to make a difference to Repent and be Saved Hm Play truant? That seems to be the only way. However, we cannot escape casually. There must be a limit. It doesnt have to be constantly difficult and getting harder. In the later stages, it can be simpler. Of course, this simplicity is built on a certain method and the cheat mechanism that the official platform gave. Thats right, the official platform is playing truant! Players can feel the hardcore charm of the action game and also figure out various ways to pass it. In the later stages, this kind of fun can become the fun of matching and playing tricks. Its equivalent to providing players with more diversified methods of clearing and playing! Yan Qi quickly thought of a solution. Of course, the main reason was that he had already walked on other paths. Repent and be Saved was right in front of him. In order to make a difference to Repent and be Saved, he only had one path to walk. Yan Qis idea was to play truant officially. This kind of official cheat was different from the Pudu in Repent and be Saved. Pudus method of playing truant had not jumped out of Repent and be Saveds combat system. It was a pure system truant. This weapon had high damage when dealing with specific enemies. It could play truant because it could attack quickly. The reason why Pudu existed was not only to allow lousy players to complete the game, but also to highlight the philosophical value of Repent and be Saved. There were advantages and naturally corresponding flaws. Game design was not perfect. It could only satisfy a portion of players taste and sacrifice another portion of players. Repent and be Saved was actually a game that one could not play truant with. Or rather, you could play truant but you would have to make up for everything afterwards. Using Pudu to cheat meant that you could not have a perfect ending. However, what if the designer added more complicated systems to the game so that players could use spells, long-range attack methods, or special assembly methods to clear the game? This way, the biggest problem would be losing the philosophical connotation of Repent and be Saved. However, what Yan Qi did was not Repent and be Saved. He could not inherit this philosophical connotation, let alone reach the level where Repent and be Saved broke the dimensional wall. The benefit of this was that the gamers would be wider. Some gamers would find the fun in the later stages more intense. Repent and be Saved emphasized on the growth of players themselves. The growth of characters in the game was very limited. This was the reason why some big shots could use their initial weapons to fight the final boss or clear the game without any injuries. If the final bosss stats were tens or hundreds of thousands of times higher than the starting weapon, players would not be able to complete the game with the starting weapon. In order to allow players to better experience their own growth, Repent and be Saved had deliberately reduced the growth of the characters in the game. In other words, upgrading could allow one to suffer less, but not avoid suffering. On the other hand, once ones own skills matured, they would be able to complete the game with an initial weapon. This was the special characteristic of Repent and be Saved. At first, Yan Qi did not dare to deny it. However, he now realized that he had to deny it. Otherwise, the game he created would be a clumsy imitation of Repent and be Saved. There would be no meaning to it. Yan Qis idea was to add the characters stats back and give players another way to clear the game. It did not matter if players with terrible skills skipped classes all the way. They could play however they liked. Big boss players could still challenge themselves and achieve all sorts of injury-free results. They would be worshiped by others. In the later stages, after players skills reached a bottleneck, they could continue to play character assembly, explore the game mechanism, and extend the games lifespan. After deciding on this, Yan Qi began to think about how to officially cheat. The games basic combat system can be regarded as martial arts. There are knives, spears, swords, halberds all sorts of weapons that have different uses. Its just like how Repent and be Saved has different weapon skills. On top of that, the combat system can be seen as an official cheat. It can also be seen as a way to reduce the difficulty and make it easier to clear the game. Actually, the way to cheat is very simple. Its nothing more than spells, long-range attacks, and some game mechanisms with powerful effects like rebirth, short-term invincibility, and so on. The packaging of these content, combined with the Chinese culture background, can be made into different systems such as dao techniques, Buddhist Dharma, Confucianism, military tactics, and so on. For dao techniques, the keywords are elixir refinement, charms, mediumship, formation, and so on. Buddha Dharma, the keywords are body tempering, cultivating the heart, guarding the precepts, transcendence, and so on. Confucianism, the keywords are class and substance, self-awareness, etc. In terms of tactics, the keywords are archery, formation, efficient use of various weapons and armors, and so on. These four systems have to be distinguished. They have to have their own characteristics. Whats more, players cannot take care of all of them. They have to choose suitable systems to match their weapons and playstyles. These four systems are actually to support and improve the characters strength. However, the focus is different. Dao techniques and pills can provide buffs to characters. The effect is outstanding, but it can last for a certain period and requires consumption of materials. Charms can add buffs to oneself and also restrict demon enemies. They can summon ghosts and monsters. On the other hand, the setting up of the formation can be done through the prerequisite of the charm. You can obtain a specific effect when fighting within a certain range. Dao techniques are more suitable for players who like to make sufficient preparations before battle and pursue maximum improvement. Buddhas Dharma emphasizes the training of the character itself. Body tempering can increase attacking strength and reduce injury. The effect would be more durable and would not require materials, but the value would not be as high as Dao techniques. When attacking specific monsters and enemies, Buddhas Dharma might also have an additional damage bonus. Buddha should be more suitable for lazy players to provide a permanent buff effect. There should be no need for complicated pre-battle preparations and no need to worry about using up all the materials in the middle of the battle. Confucianism, you can see the bosss weaknesses through your knowledge. You can strengthen your attack to target the bosss weaknesses. It would not improve the players defense. However, it would be the best choice to kill the boss quickly for players without injury. Confucianism is more suitable for big boss players because Dao techniques, Buddhist Dharma, and military tactics all have certain ways to increase ones defense and survival ability. However, Confucianism does not. Under the exquisite operations of big boss players, Confucianism can quickly achieve a targeted kill on the boss. On the other hand, the art of war allows players to better improve the lethality of the bow and arrow, the defense of the armor, and the effect of group enhancement when summoning NPCs. It is also a permanent buff and is more versatile. The art of war is more suitable for players who have just entered the game. It might also consume materials and require preparation before the battle, but the method of use is relatively simple. The effect will be especially obvious in the beginning. In the later stages, it will also have a good effect on some unorthodox gameplay, such as archery. Players can choose freely from the four systems according to their own preferences. However, there must be a limit in the distribution of points. Its just like talent. For example, a system must have 100 points to point out the ultimate talent. Players can only obtain about 220 points in total. You can choose to point out the Ultimate Talent in the two systems, or you can choose to give up on one of the Ultimate Talents and use the points on the mid-level skills of other systems. You can even average the four systems if you dont use the Ultimate Talent. There is no standard answer to the point. The key is to match your own outfit and playstyle. Yan Qi looked at the prototype of the core combat system that he had designed and nodded in satisfaction. It felt quite interesting. At the very least, it had made a very obvious area with Repent and be Saved. Chapter 1305 - Game Background In fact, when they were discussing Repent and be Saved, many people had mistakenly thought that skipping classes would be wrong. That was indeed the case in this game. He had to play truant and had to make up for it later on. It was only a matter of time before he suffered. However, if it was placed in a large category like an action game, this saying would not be valid. Was skipping classes always wrong? Of course not. At the end of the day, games were meant to be a form of entertainment. Everyone had their own way of enjoying themselves. Some people hoped to constantly hone their skills in the game and enjoy the sense of achievement of winning the boss with their hard skills. Some people were naturally crippled and reacted slowly. However, they could also use the game mechanism to win the boss. That was also a kind of joy. Overly emphasizing a certain pleasure was actually one-sided. Repent and be Saved was at the peak of its first milestone, but that was not the only way. Yan Qi felt that he could dig deeper on the second point. This was completely in line with what Li Yada had said before. Boss Pei thinks that we should not follow the habits and thoughts of the players on the surface, but work hard to find deeper demands of the players. Playing truant was one of the gamers deepest desires. It was a good innovation to have a good mechanism for truant. Next is the background story of the game. If you want to show the different characteristics of the four systems, you must let them target different monsters. Therefore, apart from human-shaped enemies, you must also let there be monsters and monsters. Demons, devils, and ghosts, these are three different monsters. In terms of catching demons, subduing demons, exorcising ghosts, and so on, Dao techniques, Buddhist Dharma, Confucian arts, and military tactics must have different methods and focus. Pure framework of the world. Alright, choose a suitable historical stage. However, the background story must be in an era where demons are rampaging and wars are frequent. Whats more, it must be in an era where Confucian, Shi, and Dao soldiers are all prosperous and have an intense competition. Hm If were looking for a historical model, the Wei and Jin Dynasties would be the most suitable! Yan Qi had not studied history before, but this historical knowledge was common knowledge. The period of Wei and Jin Dynasties was a period of war that had lasted for a long time. The major events at this stage included a series of iconic events like Hu Luanhua, Buddhist destruction, and so on. It was very compatible with the system that Yan Qi had conceptualized for the four Confucian Daoist weapons. In a war-ridden world, all sorts of monsters were rampant. However, if you choose this historical period as the background story, you will face a problem: it is not easy to choose a cut. Characters that are recognizable cannot link stories, and characters that can string stories are not famous. What should we do with the plot? I have to come up with an original story background. Yan Qi quickly encountered a new problem. As the saying went, heroes appeared in troubled times. However, there were times when heroes did not appear in troubled times. It was pure chaos. The reason why history during the three kingdoms period was repeatedly adapted by various literary works and film works was because this historical story was rich in details and had a refreshing character. The theme itself was suitable. However, at historical stages like the Wei and Jin Dynasties and the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, the theme itself was not suitable for acting because there were not many iconic events and a large number of famous heroes. If Yan Qi really wanted to choose this historical period as the background story of the game, should he join the historical characters in this period? Should he strictly follow history if he joined? According to history, these peoples images would not be recognizable, and it would not be easy to distinguish them. If he spent a lot of effort to check historical information, the final outcome might be a waste of effort. Players would not buy it at all. Whats more, according to history, the war era had been going on for too long. It would be strange if the plot had not been unified. It would make the protagonist look like he had been working for a long time without achieving anything. The entire story had no end. If the plot was unified, the positioning of the era would seem to deviate from the Romance of Sui and Tang Dynasties. If he did not follow history and make sufficient modifications and redo creation They might even be criticized for not respecting history. Why not just be original? Yan Qi thought about it and felt that it would be better to create an original framework history. Of course, this historical period was not useless. It could be used as an original material. It would be more troublesome to make many iconic events and details of the entire social environment in the game if they were to start purely from scratch. However, compared to this historical period, integrating many key elements into the game could make the entire story background more voluptuous. There were many core contradictions in this story. For example: Countries were divided, wars were frequent and people were dying; The foreign races at the border invaded, killing, plundering, internal and external threats; The hatred and resentment caused by the war caused demons and ghosts to run amok; Buddha, Taoism, Confucianism, and war. The fight to subdue demons and participate in the war between countries had a profound impact in this matter. The excessive flourishing of Buddhism caused a series of Buddha-killing exercises; Among the four families, there were true experts who wanted to save the people from fire and water. However, there were also degenerates who encouraged war and seized power to achieve unspeakable goals. In short, it was a mess! In such a chaotic world, the protagonists position was that of an ordinary person who was determined to kill demons and monsters. He would constantly learn the combat ability of the Confucian, Shi, and Dao soldiers, constantly train his own martial arts skills, kill demons, participate in the war between countries and countries, and be involved in a series of major events. According to the players choices in the story, the story would also lead to many different endings. Repent and be Saveds background story was relatively clear, so there were fewer endings. The game that Yan Qi had conceptualized had a complicated background. Two or three endings would definitely not be enough. He thought that he could explain several different aspects and then combine them. The first was the unification state of the country. There were three types: wise emperors completed their unification; ambitious schemers who nearly completed their unification; failing when unity was about to be completed and the entire world fell into disunity again. Second was the state of the alien race. There were two types: if the alien race was successfully stopped, the alien race would be expelled; if the alien race failed, a large area of land would fall and a large number of commoners would be killed. Then, it was the state of Buddha, Dao, and Confucian soldiers: It could be that one of them was the most prosperous and occupied the dominant position, or it could be that a portion of them were declining and a portion of them were living together. Lastly was the protagonists ending. There were four types: become the real ruler behind the emperor or the country; become a knight who traveled all over the world and killed demons and monsters; become the embodiment of demons and the demon king of the dark world; become Buddha, Daoist, and saint of the four Confucian families and glorify them. According to the players journey in the game, the choices at some key points, as well as whether or not they had completed the ultimate challenge missions of various schools, the final outcome that players would achieve would be a combination of these endings. The game encouraged players to play for a long time. At the same time, the game would also have different equipment entries, set stats, the secret heritage of the four schools of Buddhism and Confucianism, fate and other systems. Players would be able to farm equipment in the later stages and freely match them. Players would also have different goals in the later stages. Of course, in order for players to farm better, an endless mode of repeatedly fighting bosses was indispensable. Yan Qi thought about it as he recorded. He suddenly realized that he had already written so much. Whats more, the general framework of the game had been set up! Start with the difficulty level and try to change Repent and be Saveds approach. After walking down another path, Yan Qi was surprised to find that the subsequent derivative combat system, story background, and other content were all produced logically. Whats more, they were quite smooth and natural! After looking through the design plan, Yan Qi was a little surprised. He could not believe that he had designed it. That was because this game made his eyes light up. It was the same feeling he had when he saw Repent and be Saved and Eternal Reincarnation! Big Sister Li did not lie to me. This method is indeed useful! Look at the problem from another perspective. If you smooth it out, you will naturally be inspired. Yan Qi thought about it again. In fact, Li Yada had not told him the specific design method but had provided him with the right general direction. This general direction was: He could not imitate Repent and be Saved. Instead, he had to take a spiral path. He had to retain his advantages and make differences. Find different entry points, work hard to dig out players deep enjoyment, use traditional Chinese culture as the background story Yan Qi had used every single one of the instructions that Li Yada had given him to design the game. Whats more, they had proven extremely effective! Yan Qi dispersed his thoughts in this direction and the design draft of the game naturally came out. Now, Yan Qi could confidently say that this game was completely different from Repent and be Saved. Whether it succeeded or not, it would at least be a very special game. However, one could only imagine how difficult it would be to develop a game like that. Different weapons, four auxiliary systems for Buddhism and Confucianism, different monsters and humans, different scenes designed around key events That was a lot of work. Compared to the mobile game that he had developed previously, the difficulty level was many times higher. The amount of manpower and development budget he needed were all problems that Yan Qi had a headache over. Even though he had foreseen these problems, Yan Qis attitude was more determined than before. He was very eager to create this game. He had to do it even if he had to sell everything! That was because Yan Qi felt very excited when he thought about the state of the game after it was completed. It did not matter even if gamers did not buy it. He felt that as a game designer, it was worth it to create a game like that even if he had to sacrifice everything! What if he really could not do it then? Then, he would beg them to look for investors. In any case, Yan Qi would not sit back and do nothing after writing such a publicity plan. Forget it, Ill make this new game! Hmm theres another question. What should be the name of this game? Yan Qi fell into deep thought once again. Chapter 1306 - Choice Of Name It would be more difficult to name the game. That was because the theme was not particularly clear. Yan Qi had designed this game. Its emotional tone should be the sorrow of chaotic times. It was white bones exposed in the wild, no sound in a thousand miles. It was Better to be a dog at peace than to be a man in troubled times. It was the feeling of demons running amok and human lives being worthless. Comparatively, it was not appropriate to name him as the protagonist. That was because in the game, players could choose four different identities for the protagonist. The endings would also be different. It was very difficult to take into account four different identities as the protagonist. After all, there was a huge gap in the concepts of Confucius, Shi, and Dao soldiers. It was very difficult to find common points. If they found common points, they might not be suitable enough. It would not be good to name it after the protagonists actions. That was because the protagonists attitude depended on the players attitude. The players attitude could be positive, taking the initiative to pursue a perfect ending, saving the people in this world from fire and water. It could also be relatively casual. They would fight wherever they went. They were purely acting as a knight, not thinking of changing the world. Therefore, it was not easy to fix the protagonists behavior. It could only be named after the entire cultural tone, highlighting the feeling of this chaotic world, emphasizing that players in this chaotic world would follow their own path and choose their own path. Apart from that, this name had to have a certain Chinese heritage. It could not be too direct or it would easily dilute the games style. The games name had to be easy to remember. It had to be catchy and not too unfamiliar. Yan Qi racked his brains to search for his pitiful knowledge of ancient Chinese but found nothing in the end. He could not think of anything! The names that appeared in his mind were either too straightforward, not classy enough, or not appropriate enough. Some of them were biased. Yan Qi knew that his standard of ancient Chinese history was only at this level. There was no point in thinking about it anymore. He could only ask the audience for help. But from where should he ask for help? This was not like writing a novel. How could he copy books and comments? Ask around in the gamer group? Let that group of players who played the mobile version of the Blade of the Empire do such a brain-consuming, difficult, and high-tech job? Yan Qi was highly suspicious. Suddenly, he had a flash of inspiration. How about going to Bunny Tail live-stream? There was a large group of young scholars and postgraduate students on Bunny Tail Live-Stream! This group of people did not live-stream every day, but a few of them were often online. Wouldnt it be good to ask for help? This was a technical job after all. Professionals were more suitable. At that thought, Yan Qi immediately switched on Bunny Tail Live-Stream and chose a big bosss live-stream. At that moment, the big boss was chatting with the audience in the live-stream, from poetry to ancient Chinese. There were not many people in these scholars live-streams usually. After all, live-streams had a very low information density. Coupled with academic cooperation, live-streaming was indeed ineffective. However, the compilation that they had previously taught had very high views. Whats more, it was still increasing. These scholars could earn money from the videos they taught. They could also take money from the content of the useful APP. The live-stream also had a gift income. More importantly, it was more interesting to chat with his netizens and share their knowledge. Thus, a few liver emperors often live-streamed and became familiar with each other. The scholar in this live-stream was called Murong Tieshuan. It could be seen from his online name. He was a prankster and was more humorous. He had spoken about ancient literature and history. He was also one of the liver emperors on Bunny Tails live-stream platform. He was quite popular and was the first choice for many people to hang out for a long time. Yan Qi thought for a while and gave a small gift first. Then, he sent a bullet screen comment that he hoped that the big boss could talk to him because he had questions. There were not many people in the live-stream to begin with. Yan Qi gave a small gift, so it quickly attracted Murong Tieshuans attention. He sent a phone number to him in a private chat. Soon, both of them spoke on the phone. Yan Qi explained the background story of the game and emphasized a few requirements. First, he had to highlight the sorrow of chaotic times. Second, it would be best if there was a story behind it. It would be classy and cultural. Lastly, it had to be easy to remember and not be too unfamiliar. The name should not be too long. In other words, he had to use a classic, but he could not be too arrogant. He had to show a certain cultural connotation and not be too unfamiliar. Murong Tieshuan fell into deep thought. Obviously, this requirement was quite high. However, he was a professional after all. He had sorted out and summarized the relevant topics when he was working on the content of the Useful App. Thus, he quickly had an idea. Ive thought of two names. You can choose one. The first name is called The Great Dao is Concealed. This story is from The Book of Rites. It talks about two different states of society. One is The world is for the public, and the other is the Great Dao is hidden and the world is home. Since the Great Dao is hidden, it means that we are not in an ideal society. Instead, we are in a society where everyone cares about themselves, is selfish, and is filled with contradictions and struggles. It is the terrifying fact that the weak go and everyone thinks they are collateral damage. In this state, in order to compete for power and wealth, ministers kill their monarchs, sons kill their fathers, brothers hurt each other, and uncles harm each other. Its just like whats recorded in Spring and Autumn: 36 kings died, 52 kingdoms were destroyed, and marquises ran wild. Those who dont protect their countries are uncountable. Of course, the interpretation of this article is more complicated. As the mindset of the ancients, the social outlook it reflects is not completely correct, but it can show what you want to express. The second name is called Shu Li. This story originated from Lessons from the states, Odes of Wang from The Book of Songs. It is a poem that resonates with the rise and fall of the country. Those who understand me know that my heart is troubled, and those who dont ask what I want originated from Shu Li. The background of this poem was that a traveller passed by Western Zhou Gaojing and saw the ruins of a temple and palace. There was no more flourishing city, only a field of lush millet growing to his hearts content. Thus, he wrote a poem to express his sorrow about the rise and fall of the country. This poem has been around for a long time and has a huge influence. Future scholars would often use it as long as they write a poem about history. For example, Cao Zhis A Poem of Love , Xian Xius Recording to the Old , Liu Yuxis Wu Yi Lane , Jiang Kuis Yangzhou Slow Huai Ming Du , and so on. Subsequently, this sentimental feeling towards the rise and fall of the country was known as the sorrow of Shu Li. What do you think of these two names? Youre the original author. Youll have to decide which name is more suitable. Yan Qi was overjoyed. He was indeed a big boss. He had thought of it so quickly and had two names to choose! After some consideration, he said, I think Shu Li is better. On one hand, its because The Great Dao is Concealed talks about Confucian thinking. Comparatively, its slightly more important. On the other hand, in the game, there are four systems of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Daoism. We cannot have obvious tendencies. On the other hand, the words Great Dao is hidden and Shu Li are two simple words. Whats more, I suddenly realized that the entire story is blank. However, the historical background can be further explained. It makes people feel that it was in ancient times. It can fit the background of the name Shu Li better. Thank you so much! Its nothing. Its a small matter. Its a good thing that youve decided to create a game with a Chinese background. Im looking forward to it, too! If you have any questions in the future, feel free to ask me. Ill be very happy to answer them! After thanking him profusely, Yan Qi exited the live-stream. Before this, Yan Qi had always thought that Bunny Tail Live-Stream was an alternative live-stream platform. However, at this critical moment, he realized that it was really useful! There was also the Useful APP with Bunny Tail Live-Stream. If he really wanted to do something serious, he could really find the answer he wanted in a specific professional field. The only pity was that the content on the Useful App was still filling in too slowly. It made people unable to wait. After all, it involved knowledge of various industries. Professionals had to be recorded bit by bit. This was a physical job. Once the name was finalized, Yan Qi spent some time to complete the concept draft for Shu Li. He had even thought of a promotional picture for the game. An ordinary person with nothing better to do entered a chaotic world and saw demons running amok and the people were dying. Naturally, he felt sympathetic. The protagonists back view was in the ruins of a palace filled with lush millet. He walked forward with his sword in hand. In the distance was the faint red sky, which was caused by demons and smoke. Many details that had not been confirmed previously were smoothed out. However, Yan Qi quickly realized a more serious problem. The game seemed to be too big. It was completely beyond his small workspace! Of course, it was not completely impossible if he had to do extreme operations. Under the prerequisite that they had the official game editor and their skills had improved greatly, everyone in the workspace worked overtime. They would then sell everything they had and spend all the previous income from the Blade of the Empire, or mortgage the house He might be able to develop it, but it was not easy to confirm the timing. It could be a year, or two to three years, or even longer. This was even under the premise that there was an official game editor and the game development time was greatly shortened. However, that would be too much. Or rather, he was too stupid. He had not left a way out for himself at all. Yan Qi felt that he could not be as stubborn as a country bumpkin. He had to think of other ways. For example attract investors and recruit people? Now, he was lacking in both money and manpower. If he were to forcefully develop it and the quality of the game was not up to standard, wouldnt that be a waste of a good idea? If this idea was only half-done, it would make Yan Qi very miserable. Recruiting people was relatively easy. After all, it was all about money. Chapter 1307 - Boss Zhang Sings Really Well! Before this, Yan Qi had also invested in this studio and earned money. He had given this investment firm a certain return. Logically speaking, it should not be difficult to pull in another investment. However, the problem was that this investment firm was not considered one of the best in Jingzhou. It did not have such strong financial resources. He had invested in Yan Qi previously because Yan Qis Blade of the Empire was his best mobile game. He had taken a step towards a standalone action game. There were not many investment firms who were willing to take on such a huge risk. Everyone knew that there was a high risk of failure for standalone games. It was even more so for standalone games that were hugely invested. Boss Pei was the only one in the country who could ensure that a standalone game would become popular. Other companies were not that good. Whats more, mobile games and standalone AAA games were not on the same level. It might only cost a few million yuan to create a mobile game. 20 to 30 million yuan was considered quite a sum. They could also cover a portion of the publicity budget. However, for a AAA game to ensure a standard 20 hours game time, it would easily cost hundreds of millions even with the current level of technology. Even if he could compress the process and use some repetitive gameplay, assembly and other systems to extend the game time, at the end of the day, tens of millions of yuan in research and development budget was the limit. Repent and be Saveds research and development budget was relatively low because the entire story was purer and not as complicated as Shu Li. Boss Pei had already walked this path. Yan Qi could only walk another path. Once he left, he would not have enough money. Where could he get so much money from? Yan Qi fell into confusion again. Eh? Why are you still struggling? You havent thought of it? Li Yada came out to take a look and happened to see Yan Qi sighing in his seat. In her heart, she thought that his comprehension shouldnt be that bad, right? Ive already explained it so clearly to you. Even if the details of the game were not done, there should be a general direction and a large framework, right? Was there a need to sigh here? Yan Qi smiled awkwardly. Big Sister Li, I have an idea, but I have an even more serious problem No money. Li Yada was stunned. Huh? Do you have an idea? Let me take a look. Yan Qi stepped aside and Li Yada pulled a chair over to take a look at the design draft of Shu Li. After reading it, Li Yada raised her thumb. Not bad! I think this idea is quite good. At the very least, it makes my eyes light up. At the moment, there are no games of this genre in the market. Yan Qi smiled bitterly. But its useless. If we want to complete this idea without castration, the research and development budget must be at least 100 million yuan, right? Our small workspace will definitely not be able to fork out anything. We can only look for investors. However, the game industry is a high-risk industry after all. Who would be willing to invest a hundred million yuan in a single-player game? Even if we invest three to five million yuan into a mobile game, we would have to think twice! After a moment of silence, Li Yada said, Perhaps I can help you think of something. I happen to know a few investors, especially Dream Realization Ventures. My relationship with them is not bad. Yan Qi was stunned. His expression gradually became shocked. Good lord, that works too? Big Sister Li was really well-hidden! At first, he had thought that she was just an ordinary employee on Dawn Games platform. In the end, Dream Realization Ventures knew people inside Tengda. Wasnt Dream Realization Ventures Tengdas investment firm? Could it be that Li Yada quit Tengda to start her own business? That was impossible. Tengda had such good benefits and treatment. How could anyone take the initiative to leave? Yes, it could also be related to Dawn Games platform. Yan Qi did not know who the sponsor behind Dawn Games platform was. The boss of this depth was very mysterious. However, he knew that he was definitely not short of money. Anyone who dared to play like Dawn Games platform was definitely not short of money. Or perhaps the boss behind Chao Lu Games knew these investors. As the backbone of the platform, Li Yada also knew these investors and could speak to them. At that thought, Yan Qi seemed to see a glimmer of hope. Really? Thats great! However Yan Qi still felt a little weak. I heard that Dream Realization Ventures is also a very unique investment company. There is a rule. You have to queue if you want to get the investment. Whats more, the amount of money invested is fixed. Its impossible to invest more than a hundred million yuan at once. Whats more, the game Shu Li is only at the concept draft stage. It doesnt even have a demo. Even with your connections, it would be difficult to get an investment Investment was a serious matter to investors. They had to talk about returns. They could not possibly invest hundreds of millions of yuan just because of a word from a friend. If he had been so rash, the investor would have bankrupted himself long ago. Thus, it was not that he did not trust this relationship. The key was that this was not a small matter like borrowing three to five hundred yuan. Li Yada pondered for a moment. Yes, we do have to make some preparations. How about this, follow Dream Realization Ventures format and write a simple plan. Ill help you lubricate it and introduce this game from my perspective. See if I can move investors. Li Yada almost said, Lets see if we can move Boss Pei. That was because she knew very well that He Desheng would definitely report such a huge investment to Boss Pei. According to Boss Peis character, he would probably support domestically-produced games. However, as his subordinate, Li Yada had to truthfully report the risks and problems of this game so that Boss Pei could make the best decision. If Boss Pei felt that it was not possible, it meant that this idea was not reliable. It would be a failure even if it was produced. He would persuade Yan Qi not to do it. If Boss Pei approved and was willing to invest, it meant that there was no problem with the game. He could then develop it without any worries. Yan Qi nodded. Alright, Ill write a plan. He did not have much hope. However, with Li Yada as his backing, he had to give it a shot. It would not take much effort to write a plan and a design draft. What if he could really get investments? If he could not get a hundred million yuan, he could get fifty million yuan. That would be fine too! Then, he could sell a trial version and make a pre-order. Perhaps he could persevere. Both of them went back to work. November 10th, Saturday GOGs international invitational tournament has officially started! On the other hand, IOIs global finals were also held at the same time. After all, both competitions were in Europe. There were only a few weekends to choose from. However, even though both competitions started on Saturday, the timing was different. GOG would start at 9 AM in Europe, which was equivalent to 5 PM in China. IOI would start at 3 PM in Europe, which was equivalent to 11.30 PM in China. Obviously, this was a simple choice. There was a six to eight hour time difference between Europe and China, so the viewing time on both sides would inevitably be different. GOG was because Tengda was the organizer and had deliberately requested for the competition to start in the morning. This way, even though it was not particularly friendly to the European audience, it was relatively neutral and took good care of domestic players. Whats more, most of the domestic teams had been arranged in advance in the competition schedule. Players who were unwilling to stay up late could sleep after watching the domestic teams group stages. They did not have to stay up too late. As for IOI, they would obviously not take care of domestic players. They wanted to snatch the European market. Of course, they had to arrange the competition to be in Europes prime time. As for the domestic audience, let them stay up late. Indeed, they could not be taken care of. In the afternoon, the empty space in front of the big screen of Tengda experience shop in Golden Prosperity Square was filled with viewers. GOGs offline competition was in full swing. Many large shopping malls across the country had huge screens set up in the halls on the first floor. Many cinemas had also used empty halls to watch the competition. The most lively place offline was obviously the empty space in front of Tengdas experience shop. On one hand, it was because the screen here was big enough to accommodate enough people. On the other hand, it was also because the opposite side was the GPL competition venue. During the GPL regular season, a large number of people gathered here every day to watch the competition. It had already become a trend and habit. It might be November now and the weather had turned cold but the audience was still very enthusiastic with the crowd. The competition would only start an hour later, but the event had already been arranged. Chen Lei went on stage to sing. The situation at the venue was live-streamed at other offline viewing spots. It became a special benefit for domestic audiences. In the square, a few viewers were listening to Chen Leis performance as they discussed. Its not bad to be able to invite Chen Lei to sing for the domestic audience and to adjust the timing for the competition. I feel that the domestic players in GOG are very good. Its completely different from IOI. Back then, Chen Lei only became popular because of Boss Pei. He came back to sing and show his face in front of gamers to increase his popularity. That was a win-win situation. Who is the guest that sang with Chen Lei? His singing is not that good. Hes just a bar singer. How can he stand on stage like that? And hes singing with Chen Lei? That? Thats Boss Zhang from the E-Sports Industry Department, the previous person-in-charge of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, the person-in-charge of ROF Computer-Installation, the current person-in-charge of DGE Club and E-Sports Industry Department. In theory, GOGs competition is all under him. Holy sh * t? What a big deal! Speaking of which, Boss Zhang is really awesome. Such a big boss could actually sing to this level. Tengda is really filled with talent! Thats right. According to sources, Boss Zhang was originally the part-time bartender and resident singer at Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. Before Chen Lei arrived, he was the resident singer. What happened next? After that? After that, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe nearly went bankrupt. Fortunately, Chen Lei took over and Fish-Catching Internet Cafe was revived. Nonsense, I dont allow you to slander my beloved Boss Zhang! Thats right! Boss Zhang sang so well! Even better than Chen Lei! Boss Zhang, I cheer for you! Boss Zhang, can you arrange for the autographs of all DGE players? Can we have a draw near the limited number of GPL teams? Here? Ill get one of the most compatible machines in ROF? Boss Zhang, Ill leave the account of all heroes with all skins to you! I want to play professionally! Boss Zhang, look at me! Once they heard of Zhang Yuans identity, the comments immediately took a 180-degree turn. Everyone expressed one by one that with Boss Zhangs status and position, he actually went on stage to sing for everyone to get a free pass. Whats more, he sang quite well. He was simply making a killing! Chapter 1308 - The Use Of The Fruits Of The Latest HR Departement Theory Resources Research After finishing another song, Chen Lei and Zhang Yuan left the stage. The audience was still waiting for the next song. However, Chen Lei did not return to the stage. Instead, he walked up to the host of the GPL league. The main venue of the GOG international invitational tournament this time was in Europe, so most hosts and commentators of the GPL league had also gone to Europe. However, everyone did not go at the same time. They went there in batches. Whats more, a small number of people did not go because of the visa problem. Some of the hosts who did not go were pulled over to the GPL league venue to guest star in it. Some went to various places in the country and cities to walk the caves. The live commentators opened the second, third, and N venue. This could be said to be killing two birds with one stone. Not only would they have work to do, but they would also be able to take care of the audience in various cities. They would be able to hear different official commentators on the spot. All the performances on stage this time, including Chen Lei, Zhang Yuans singing, and the emcee on stage, were all done in the GPL stadium. They were also live-streamed at all the offline viewing points in the country. There were also special live-streams. Many viewers were unhappy when they saw the host walk up. Eh? Wheres Chen Lei? Get Chen Lei to continue singing! I havent had my fill yet! Its about time. Chen Lei has sung so many songs. How tiring is that? Does he really think were holding a concert? I suggest that Boss Zhang come up and play the lucky draw! Well draw a thousand skins for all the heroes! Theres still an hour until the start of the competition. If Chen Lei goes down now, should we start the second half? Dont arrange for awkward dancing or cosplay! The audience was still wondering what was going on when the host revealed the answer. Under the hosts introduction, ten players in DGE Club uniforms went on stage one by one. After exchanging pleasantries with the audience, they sat in front of the computers on both sides. This was an exclusive benefit for domestic competitions. It was a warm-up for DGE Clubs two teams! These two teams were already the nth team that DGE Club had nurtured. It was hard to tell which team they were. That was because these two teams had always been leading new models. Their personnel came and went, and not all of them were sold out at once. In any case, as long as the clubs lacked people, they would buy from DGE Club. Then, DGE Club would go to the green training camp to continue looking for good seedlings. At first, the audience was quite unwilling to see Chen Lei go on stage. The bullet screen comments expressed their dissatisfaction. However, the direction of the bullet screen comments changed instantly when they saw that DGE had come to play a hot competition. This is good! Let Chen Lei rest! I wonder how DGE will do this time. Dont embarrass Huang Wang, Jiang Huan, and the other seniors! Welcome to DGE Clubs live introduction conference. Players who obtain MVP will be favored by various clubs and earn tens of millions of yuan a year! Bosses, the new batch of DGE players has been produced. Were prepared to pay for them! Good lord, isnt this putting pressure on the participating teams? When the international competition is not good, the boss will pay for a new DGE player on the spot. The old players will be too motivated! The atmosphere that had warmed up because of Chen Leis singing had improved by another level. The legend of DGE Club had always been circulated in the industry as the strangest club in the country and even the world. When GOG was still in its initial stages, the members of DGE Club had relied on their strong strength and muscular muscles to conquer the audience. The ten members had been divided into various teams, causing the level of the entire GPL league to skyrocket. Many people had thought that DGE Club would gradually fall into silence and decline after the first ten star players were bought out. However, the reality was the opposite. On the other hand, DGE Club maintained such high standards! That was because DGE Club had become an excellent springboard, becoming a place where even the most talented young players in the country fought to enter. Everyone knew that one could become teammates with the most outstanding young players after entering DGE. Whats more, after training for a period of time, as long as they performed well, they would be signed away by various platforms at a high price. They would not have to worry about their peak period working for the clubs at a low price because of the contract. For other clubs, DGE Club was Boss Peis business. It had an official background and had to be taken care of appropriately. Secondly, DGEs nurturing and screening allowed them to minimize the risk of failing to poach players. In any case, any player who made a name for himself in DGE would buy it with his eyes closed. All of these factors combined to cause most of the new generations most outstanding young players to be gold-plated in DGE Club. It was hard to say now whether it was because DGE Club had good training or because DGE Club was so famous that their source of students was too good. The trainees they recruited were all talented and could stand out easily. In any case, most clubs and audiences would focus on DGE Club as long as they wanted to dig out newbies with potential. Placing a warm-up competition for DGE Club this time could be said to be killing many birds with one stone. To the audience, warming up the venue in advance would allow them to enter the viewing state in advance. It would be more interesting to watch the competition than to comment awkwardly. For DGEs players, they could go to the competition to train their mentality and pave the way for them to officially play professionals. For the major clubs, they could use this opportunity to see the quality of the new batch of DGE players, see the outstanding players inside, and prepare to pay for them. It was indeed quite difficult to arrange for a warm-up program for E-Sports competition. That was because the audience in E-Sports competitions did not like many things. A cosplay club or a dance club might not be popular. Singing was a slightly better activity. It was considered a more general and acceptable activity. However, the audience would get tired of singing for more than an hour. What everyone wanted to see the most was the competition. Thus, it would be best to arrange for a warm-up competition. Whats more, both sides had to have a certain amount of weight to maximize the emotions of the audience. From the looks of it now, this arrangement could be said to be quite successful. It attracted the unanimous praise of domestic audiences. DGE Team One and Twos competition officially began amidst the cheers! The young men on both sides had worked very hard for this day. They worked hard to play everything that they usually trained. They were not inferior to the operation and execution of professional teams at all. In particular, the drive unique to young people made the shouts at the scene become louder and louder. Occasionally, there would be people who ate because of nervousness, causing everyone to laugh and boo. Every time they played an exciting scene or played a meal, there would always be bullet screen comments in the live-stream. This guy went up and down the tower to kill two people. His net worth has doubled! Why did this support suddenly run into a wall? His net worth is zero! Team Ones jungler is not bad. Hes estimated to be worth five million yuan. Is there a higher price? The bullet screen comments began to estimate the value of the live-stream, making it seem like a market. The program effect was maxed out. The domestic audience had already entered the viewing state in advance while the other regions were still watching the competition and listening to the commentary! At the backstage of the GPL venue. Zhang Yuan was browsing the forum and reading the audiences comments on him going on stage to sing. The review was quite positive, but many people were urging him to draw. Obviously, everyones motives were not simple. Chen Lei teased him, Brother Zhang is as good as ever. Are you interested in being my guest singer for the next concert? Zhang Yuan sniggered. Forget it. I know my place very well. Actually, to tell you the truth Zhang Yuan lowered his voice. Im not going on stage to show off this time. I just want to avoid trouble. Chen Lei paused. Avoid trouble? Why do you say that? He was confused. What kind of trouble could Zhang Yuan have? DGE Club was the most profitable club in the country because other clubs had to keep spending money on people in order to get results. The expenses were huge, but DGE Club was purely selling people, and they sold all sorts of peripherals. As for the E-Sports Division, it had also organized the GPL league very well. Zhang Yuans transition from Fish-Catching Internet Cafe to E-Sports was obviously very successful. It was the time to take advantage of the situation and move up smoothly. What was the situation like avoiding trouble? Whats more, how could he avoid trouble? Why did he avoid trouble by singing on stage? Zhang Yuan looked around and saw that no one was around. Chen Lei was also his trusted brother. Thus, he lowered his voice and said in distress, Isnt it all because of that torturous trip that Bao Xu made?! The first batch of people-in-charge have already gone to Shennongjia. Im guessing that theres only one or two weeks left. The second batch will be on their way. The first batch of names were all important people in charge of Tengdas core department. Huang Sibo, Hu Xianbin, Xiao Peng, and so on, none of them ran away. They were all caught! I think Xiao Peng is taking the bullet for me. If I were still in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Xiao Pengs name would be mine. However, I cant avoid it forever. Im afraid I cant escape Boss Peis gaze now that GOGs world finals have been released Zhang Yuan was filled with sorrow. He had already felt a chill run down his spine when the first batch of names was released. He had a bad feeling about this. In order to save himself, Zhang Yuan racked his brains and thought hard. How could he not be anxious now that the chopper was about to fall for the torturous journey? Chen Lei was shocked. Huh? Theres such a thing? Are you sure you can go on stage and sing without suffering? Zhang Yuan shook his head. Im not sure, but its worth a try. Actually, this is the latest theoretical research result from my colleagues in the HR department. Im experimenting with the pioneer concept. I dont dare to say that it will definitely succeed, but what if it succeeds? Chen Leis interest was piqued. The latest research results? Good lord, is your HR department in charge of theoretical research? Zhang Yuan nodded. Of course. The Tengda spirit was summarized by the HR department. I have to say that its quite useful. The content summarized by the HR department changed again this time. I took a look. Isnt this the original intention of Boss Pei for the torturous trip? This is probably the standard answer! Thus, I immediately decided to copy it and try it out. Chapter 1309 - Temporarily Take Out Zhang Yuan! Chen Lei was even more interested now. He asked, Brother Zhang, tell me. Im very curious! Youre saying that Boss Pei did not travel on a whim, but with a deeper purpose? Zhang Yuan nodded. Yes! Wu Bin from the HR department also saw someone distributing a booklet on the Tengda Spirit test during the recruitment drive. Thus, he went to look for Boss Pei. In the end, he was taught a lesson by Boss Pei. That was why he wanted to redo the Tengda spirit, especially to explore the relationship between work and entertainment. His theory is a little profound. There are some views like labor is mutated. I dont remember them nor do I understand them completely. However, after listening to Wu Bins explanation, I remember a simple and common explanation. Before this, we all thought that work and entertainment are two distinct things. Work should be tiring, tiring, and painful. Working hard is for better entertainment. Entertainment is the diversion and support of work. However, it is obviously wrong in Boss Peis eyes. Work and entertainment should be one and the same. Work should be happy, and entertainment can be work itself! Boss Peis goal is to change the mutated state of labor, return it to its original form, so that work is no longer a painful and exhausting thing, but full of fun. Wu Bin said that both of these views look similar and encourage entertainment, but there is a fundamental difference in their thinking. Chen Lei was stunned. Good lord, I always thought that playing games at work was ridiculous enough. Now, playing games at work is so philosophical? Your HR department is also filled with crouching tigers and hidden dragons. Is Boss Peis thinking really that deep? Hmm thats right. I wouldnt believe it if it was someone else, but it would be very reliable if it was Boss Pei. But what has this got to do with you avoiding trouble? Zhang Yuan explained, I was very inspired after hearing Wu Bins theoretical research. Ive been looking for similarities between the people in charge of the first batch of suffering trips. I wanted to develop a common rule and see what kind of people would be sent to suffer by Boss Pei. In the end, after researching for a long time, I found that they were all in charge of important departments and had achieved good results. I did not find anything else in common. Im a little confused. Logically speaking, the other departments are making a lot of money. Why did Boss Pei choose them first? After that, Wu Bin said that I understood. It was because the group of them divided work and entertainment the most widely. It was most inconsistent with Boss Peis philosophy! Look, Huang Sibo from Fei Huang Workspace, Hu Xianbin from the gaming department, Xiao Peng from Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Rui Yuchen from Fish-Catching Take-Out, Ye Zhizhou from Shang Yang Games, Shen Renjie from the Nag artificial intelligence laboratory, Ma Yiqun from Zhongdian Chinese Network These people have one thing in common: they are all very responsible for their own work. All of them are focused on their own work and rarely entertain themselves. Their work is done very strictly and only know how to earn money. They rarely do any work. This is obviously not in line with Boss Peis expectations for them! Look at the person-in-charge who was not selected. At Thriller Hostel, Chen Kangtuo would visit the haunted house every now and then. As for Upwind Logistics, Lu Mingliang might have completed his job well, but he was free and easy. He never thought about earning money. It was only recently that he decided to expand the market and accept delivery packages. At the snack market, Zhang Yahui is managing the snack market while selling cold noodles personally. Hes enjoying it; Me too. I used to watch competitions on the spot or play with DGEs players with Boss Ma. The difference is very obvious! The ones selected by Boss Pei are all focused on work. There are few entertainment activities, even none. There is a clear distinction between work and entertainment. The ones not selected are all happy work, combining work and entertainment well and are full of creativity! Therefore, Boss Peis torturous trip obviously had a deeper meaning. Hes obviously urging the people in charge to change their incorrect working attitude as soon as possible and not to continue being so serious. Instead, he wants labor to return to its original state of fun. He wants to enjoy more fun at work so that he can better create value! Chen Lei looked like he had just heard a fairytale. Good lord, this theory sounded ridiculous at first glance! Boss Pei actually complained that the people in charge were too serious about their work? However, after listening to Zhang Yuans analysis, especially when compared to the person-in-charge who went on a torturous trip and the person-in-charge who did not go on a torturous trip, it was quite convincing! Chen Lei was silent for a moment, and then said, In other words, Boss Pei thinks that while these people in charge seem to be working hard on the surface, it is beneficial to the company. However, in reality, their rigid working mindset would limit their upper limits and suppress their inspiration during work. Therefore, they need to be corrected? Zhang Yuan nodded. I think thats the only logical explanation. Therefore, I have to make more changes in order to not be on the list for the next suffering trip. After all, the first batch of people who need correction have already returned from suffering. The next batch would have relatively smaller problems but still need correction. Its very likely that I will still be on the second list because I have obviously not reached the working state that Boss Pei wants me to be in. Therefore, I have to make use of this critical juncture of GOGs competition to show Boss Pei my changes. That way, I can avoid suffering! Chen Lei completely believed him and could not help but nod. Its not easy being the person-in-charge of Tengda. Ordinarily, those with bad brains would not be able to do it. Ordinary people would not understand the depth of Boss Peis thinking. Zhang Yuan said, Thats why we still have to rely on the heads of the various departments to jointly interpret it! A persons strength is limited after all. If not for Wu Bins reminder, I would never have thought that Boss Pei would have such an idea. Sigh, lets not talk about it. The warm-up competition is almost over. Were preparing to go on stage. Lets sing another song together. Then, Ill give the audience a prize. We should have enough of our presence today. Well continue tomorrow before the competition starts. Zhang Yuan stood up, adjusted his costume, and prepared to go on stage again. At that moment, Pei Qian was eating his chips at home while watching the competition on the big television. Pei Qian could not help but be stunned when he saw Zhang Yuan go on stage. What is Zhang Yuan doing? Is he letting himself go? Hes tired with ordinary work. Thus, in order to relive his time as a resident singer, Boss Zhang decided to become an idol? However, such behavior is still worth advocating and encouraging! Pei Qian could not help but laugh as he looked at the bullet screen comments in the live-stream that said Boss Zhang sang very well and suggested that Boss Zhang debut on the spot. The people in charge should learn from Zhang Yuan! Dont just think about earning money, earning money, and earning money all day long. It would be good to do more work and entertain the masses within the scope of your job, right? It was worth encouraging him to spend his time on these things and take up company resources to complete his hobbies. In any case, you can do anything. Dont keep thinking about earning money for me. That would be no problem. It looks like transferring Zhang Yuan from Fish-Catching Internet Cafe to DGE Club was the right choice. If he had stayed in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, he would probably be suffering in Shennongjia like Xiao Peng. Now, he no longer has the dream of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and ROF Computer-Installation. He has become a slacker. The only fun thing left is to sing. He can only sing while GOG is competing. Yes, not bad, not bad. It looks like I can remove him from the next list temporarily and replace him with someone else. Pei Qian calculated that the first event of the torturous trip was almost over. The people in charge would be back soon and return to work. After all, happiness was short. However, he could then start to arrange for the second batch of people in charge. He could catch all the people who had slipped through the net previously, such as the second-in-command of the various departments. He could also catch all the people who had been secretly stabbing their backs. Zhang Yuan was originally on this list. After all, DGE Club had been selling players to make money. It might not make much money but it was extremely insulting. It would have been fine if DGE had spent a lot of money and resources to nurture players. However, the current situation was that many players were selling at a high price because they were very talented. They were only being gold-plated in DGE Club! The value of these players skyrocketed just by plating this layer of gold. Before entering DGE Club, as a trainee, his annual salary was only a few hundred thousand yuan. After leaving DGE Club, he would be bought over by other clubs. That would increase his salary by ten times. Coupled with DGE Clubs uniforms and peripherals, the money earned made Pei Qian want to vomit blood. As for the E-Sports Department, the various competitions were doing very well. Zhang Yuan was obviously part of the blame. Therefore, no matter what, he could not let him go on the next torturous trip. However, looking at the situation today, seeing how Zhang Yuan was letting himself loose on stage and entertaining the audience, Pei Qian felt that his illness was not that serious and could still be delayed. Perhaps it was not all Zhang Yuans fault that DGE Club and the E-Sports Department had become like this? These two departments started off very well after all. Zhang Yuans work attitude was worth observing. As long as he continued to maintain his position as the person-in-charge and pursued his dream of becoming a singer, he should keep him as the person-in-charge. That was because even if he were to make money for the department, it would definitely be less than the newcomers promoted. Pei Qian did not dare to try promoting newbies anymore. Every time he promoted newbies, they would earn more money than the old. It was just as well that he could dig Zhang Yuan out from the list and replace him with someone who needed to suffer more. Pei Qian made up his mind and decided to finalize the list on Monday. If the slots were allowed, Teacher Qiao and Ruan Guangjians priority could be brought forward. Of course, the prerequisite was that he had to think of a good excuse to bluff them into participating willingly. Chapter 1310 - Adjustment of Members For The Second Season Of Suffering Travel Chapter 1310: Adjustment of Members For The Second Season Of Suffering Travel Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios November 12th, Monday morning Pei Qian arrived at his office as usual and began his new week of work. It was quite lively watching GOG and IOIs international competition last weekend, but there was nothing worth memorizing. These two competitions were still in the group stages after all. In order to take care of the various competition zones around the world, there were many new teams and new faces. Their standards were uneven. It was inevitable that their competitive standards would fall. Of course, speaking of which, even though the group stages might not be as good as GPL and ICL in domestic leagues, it was a collision between different competition zones after all. It was not a pleasure to watch their own team torture noobs. At first, Pei Qian was worried that Finger Games would not make the international competition very shabby in order to save money, right? After watching the competition, Pei Qian realized that he had been overthinking. They were not that stupid. Obviously, Dayak Corporation and Finger Games knew very well that the international competition was a problem on the surface. They could not be muddle-headed. Thus, the standard this time was almost the same as GOGs international invitational tournament. Even the food and accommodation conditions that were relatively stretched last year had been made up. All in all, the competition had only started not long ago. Apart from watching the competition online and GOGs schedule, which had obvious advantages, there was not much gap between the two competitions in other places. Pei Qian did not ask IOI to surpass them. He would maintain his current state until the end of the competition. Then, everything would be fine. He could burn incense. The first thing Pei Qian did after work was to think of the name list for the second season of the torturous trip. The first season was about to end. The people in charge were going to return. They had to hurry up and finalize the second seasons name list. It was difficult to connect seamlessly since Bao Xu had to rest after all. It would take time for the other people in charge to hand over work and gather. However, overall, the sooner the better. A good place like Suffering Travels had to have people suffering at any time. That would be the best use of resources! There was a list on the computer. It was the first draft that Pei Qian had decided on last week. However, from the looks of it now, he could make some minor adjustments to the first draft. The first name list for the first Suffering Travels was: Hu Xianbin, Xiao Peng, Rui Yuchen, Ye Zhizhou, Shen Renjie, Guo Licheng, He Desheng, Chen Yufeng, and Ma Yiqun. The name list for the second season was originally set to include Zhu Xiaoce, Zhang Yuan, Wang Xiaobin, Chang You and Jiang Yuan of Otto Technologies, Yu Pingan of Useful App, Chen Yufeng of Bunny Tail Live-Stream, Qi Yan of Cold-Faced Lady, Hao Yun of the HR department, Li Yaling of Deposit Fitness. Compared to the list for the first, the biggest feature of the second was that there were three more female people in charge. If women could take up half of the sky, why couldnt they attend Suffering Travels? Men and women had to be equal! Of course, he had to take care of them to a certain extent considering the difference in physical conditions between men and women. Thus, he arranged for Li Yaling to go with him. Logically speaking, Li Yaling should only be a coach in DGE, giving lessons to the players of other clubs from time to time. She would not make much money for the company and would not be dangerous. However, she was a professional fitness trainer after all. This time, she went on a suffering trip. If she adapted well, he would transfer her to the suffering trip and arrange for the women to be in charge. After all, DGE Club did not need her anymore. Talents like Yaling had to be arranged where they needed her the most. The training content of the male and female in charge could be different, but the suffering spirit had to be treated equally! Soon, Qi Yan and Hao Yun would probably be grateful that they were on the list for the second season. That was because this was the first time he was bringing a female in charge to suffer. They would definitely show more restrain. After some time, Bao Xu and Li Yaling would be able to figure out how difficult it was for women to suffer. Then, they would probably suffer even more. These two heroes among women made Pei Qian very cautious. Qi Yans Cold-Faced Lady had entered a high-speed development period after being cleared up by a series of events, especially with Fish-Catching Take-Out. The delivery men were shared, the menu was also shared, and with good taste and publicity, the branches were opening very quickly. Pei Qian could almost see the possibility of Fish-Catching Take-Outs tragedy happening again. However, he could not do anything about it. He could only hope that Qi Yan would restrain herself after suffering. As for Hao Yuns HR department, Pei Qian felt that something was amiss with it. It was slightly different from what he had expected. The HR department could be said to be the culprit especially when it came to misinterpreting his own spirit. Pei Qian struggled with Hao Yun and Wu Bin for a long time about the specific candidates. However, on further thought, Hao Yun was the person-in-charge. Wu Bin had to share some of the blame. You were not managing your subordinates well! You can go and suffer this time. Ill arrange for Wu Bin next time. Other than that, Pei Qian had always wanted to send Zhu Xiaoce and Wang Xiaobin over. They were among the top few on the list. Zhu Xiaoce had been hiding behind Huang Sibo the entire time. It was ridiculous that he could remain so reserved until now. Wang Xiaobin was in a similar situation. Ye Zhizhou had already been there. It was definitely his turn next. Chang You and Jiang Yuan were quite destructive at Otto Technologies. They could pack up and go together. They could take care of each other on the way. As for Yu Pingan with the Useful APP, Pei Qian was quite satisfied with him at first. However, recently, he felt that his path had gone a little astray. He had to send him on a suffering trip to wake him up. He would change if he had to. As for Chen Yufeng Even though Bunny Tail Live-Stream was doing well, that was mainly because Pei Qians own wisdom and prowess as well as Old Mas presence had nothing to do with Chen Yufeng. On the other hand, Chen Yufeng was a huge unstable factor that needed to be treated with the Suffering Travels. There was a special situation here: Zhang Yuan. Zhang Yuan was originally the person-in-charge of DGE Club and E-Sports Industry. He could not escape no matter what with GOGs international invitational tournament. Thus, Pei Qian had long arranged for him to be in second place on the list, second only to Zhu Xiaoce. It was obvious how much he valued him. However, after watching Zhang Yuan sing yesterday, Pei Qian changed his mind. All of a sudden, he felt that even though this guy did not do anything, his attitude towards entertaining the masses seemed to be better than other people in charge. He could remove his name from the list first, postpone it, and observe it. Of course, apart from Zhang Yuan, there were other people in charge who did not appear on the list at all. For example, Chen Kangtuo and Hao Qiong of Thriller Hostel, Lu Mingliang of Upwind Logistics, Liang Qingfan of Sloth Apartments, and people who took the initiative or became peripheral personnel for various reasons, such as Qiu Hong, Min Jingchao, Li Yada, and the others. These people had either worked hard for Pei Qians loss-incurring plan or their positions were important and irreplaceable. Some of them had already been sent out and were not in the way. Their priority could be postponed. Of course, there was a strong subjective factor in this list. Take Chen Kangtuo of Thriller Hostel for example. Pei Qian felt that it was already quite miserable for him to be hanging around the haunted house every day. He had more or less earned some money but the priority of sending him to suffer was not so high. Pei Qian thought about the general situation and realized that he had too many people to arrange. Two seasons were not enough for him to complete the arrangements for the person-in-charge. What if he included the core members, core members, and core members of the various departments? Good lord, it was hard to imagine. It looked like he had to make Suffering Travels a norm. Otherwise, he would not be able to keep up with the speed at which Tengdas talents were emerging. After some consideration, Pei Qian decided to remove Zhang Yuan, Yu Pingan, and Li Yaling from this list. Zhang Yuans mentality was worth encouraging, and Yu Pingan was not that dangerous. Li Yaling still had to go, but she would no longer be a member. Instead, she would be sent along as a staff member. She would be put in charge of training, taking care of the female in-charge, and assigning training volumes based on the females physical condition. That way, there would be three empty seats. Pei Qian thought about bluffing a few people in from the outside world. Qiao Liang, Ruan Guangjian, Li Shi, Lin Chang, Xue Zhebin, these were all old enemies. There was also Yao Bo from the Jinding Corporation. He had helped a lot back then regarding the experience shop. These people could be arranged on the list. Of course, the chances of them being fooled were not high. However, he would bluff as many as he could and fill up the remaining three slots. Pei Qian sorted out the name list and nodded in satisfaction. They could start preparing now. After the first batch of people returned from the torturous trip, they would immediately connect with the second batch seamlessly! In any case, the first month was indoor training in Jingzhou. To Bao Xu, it was more tiring but he was obviously enjoying it. He had just saved the name list when he heard a knock on his office door. Pei Qian looked up. It was Li Yada. Whats wrong? Is something wrong with Dawn Games platform? Pei Qian was instantly alerted. However, on further thought, even if something was happening on the gaming platform, Tang Yishu should be the one coming, right? Li Yada explained, Boss Pei, Im not here for the games platform. Im here to report on an investment plan for a game project. He Desheng should have reported this to me, but after I went to Dream Realization Ventures, I realized hes still in Shennongjia. Pei Qian was a little surprised. The investment plan for the game? Let me take a look. Li Yada handed him an investment proposal and a risk analysis report that she had written. Shu Li? Pei Qian looked at the title of the game and felt that it was a little unfamiliar. It did not look like the type that would become popular. However, Pei Qian instinctively became wary of the games that Li Yada recommended. After all, she was Tengda Games third-generation heir. Pei Qian could not trust Li Yadas foresight. After flipping through the documents, Pei Qian felt like he was nodding off. The information was very complicated. It looked like a game similar to Repent and be Saved. Had the system changed beyond recognition? The four support systems of Confucianism and Daoism, the background story of the war in troubled times, the rampage of demons, and the dozens of endings after this arrangement It was a little foggy. More importantly, be it the proposal or the risk analysis report written by Li Yada, the terms were more refined. The content was quite complete but not that detailed.. Many of the contents were summarised. Chapter 1311 - : I’d Better Not Guidance You Anymore Pei Qian felt a little dizzy and confused. It was mainly because Li Yada had not intended to write in detail when she was writing. She had chosen the core content to write. Who was Boss Pei? A master game designer! Why would she be long-winded? Boss Pei should understand everything in a single sentence. If she wrote too much, he would be easily annoyed. Thus, the contents of the paper were relatively simple. Pei Qian scanned it and his first impression was that the game had mixed a lot of content. It was a little bloated. The focus was on the risk of the game. As long as Li Yada could prove that the game was risky enough, Pei Qian could consider it. Tell me your opinion first. Pei Qian looked at Li Yada. Li Yada organized her thoughts. Boss Pei asked me to report, obviously there was something he did not understand. Boss Pei quickly finished reading the plan. He seemed to have a general understanding of the games content. After all, as a master game designer, he could imagine the entire game from a single framework. That should be considered a basic ability. So, what should she report now? It should be something that was not written in the report plan and something that Boss Pei was unable to imagine. At that thought, Li Yada said, The one who suggested this plan was a small workspace. Previously, the game was called Blade of the Empire. It was released on Dawn Games platform and its results were quite good The chief designer is called Yan Qi. He has entered the industry for quite some time. His previous design experience was mainly in the mobile game industry This game was designed by Yan Qi in a flash of inspiration. I think the content is quite interesting. However, as I wrote in the risk assessment report, this game is too large. It has completely exceeded the tolerance of Yan Qi and his workspace. The estimated development funds are at least a hundred million yuan. Whats more, there are high risks in this game. The risks mainly come from the following aspects. It would be very difficult for Yan Qi and his studios development experience to be up to the task of such a large-scale project. They might encounter many unexpected problems during the development period; Due to the huge investment, the purchasing power of the domestic games market might be a little insufficient. Even though the reputation of this game type among the niche players would be very good, it might not be able to recover the research and development costs and publicity costs; Whats more, compared to the purer game content in Repent and be Saved, theres more content in the game. This is a form of innovation, but its also risk taking As for whether it is feasible or not, whether we want to invest money or not depends on your judgment, Boss Pei. The key is whether this idea and idea is worth the risk. Li Yadas introduction was mainly focused on Yan Qi and his workspace. After all, the gameplay for this game had been clearly written in the plan. It was nothing more than inspiration from Repent and be Saved. However, it had been integrated with much gameplay, added with various official encouragements to cheat, and created a game that was of its own. Boss Pei took a look at the few points on the plan and should be able to imagine the entire game. Boss Pei should be able to give a more comprehensive evaluation if he were to truthfully introduce the risks of this game. Once Pei Qian heard the risks, he no longer felt sleepy. This project sounded quite reliable! The chief designer and the entire development team used to make mobile games? They had no experience in developing standalone games at all? Whats more, he had only done a few million yuan small projects at most. This time, he was going to make it to hundreds of millions? The key was that the game itself sounded like a hodgepodge. If it could replicate Repent and be Saveds success, these two games would be too far apart. On the surface, it looked like they were suffering. However, on closer inspection, the difference was huge. Whats more, the background story was blank. There were no IPs. The original material was a relatively rare dynasty in history. This background story should not have any points for players. It felt good! Pei Qian read the proposal again. It did not seem to be completely impossible to play the game in the early stages of suffering. However, there were two things to consider. First, similar games were rarely made into popular games. Second, the investment in the game itself was huge. Whats more, the development team was inexperienced. Thus, the possibility of making money was actually very low. Whether the game made money or not was relative. The higher the investment, the more difficult it would be to earn money. That was because there were only so many gamers. It was difficult to break the upper limit of the games pricing. The more investments there were, the higher the guaranteed sales volume. The difficulty would increase exponentially with every increase in sales volume. All in all, it was worth a try! After some consideration, Pei Qian said, You can invest. Li Yada rejoiced inwardly. If Boss Pei agreed, it meant that there was nothing wrong with the gameplay. It could become popular! However, after a while, he did not continue. Li Yada hesitated and asked, Boss Pei, do you have any opinions or suggestions? Is there anything that can be improved on with the gameplay? Pei Qian looked at the proposal and then at Li Yada. Anything to improve? In fact, he wanted to give some instructions. However, on further thought, based on the results that he had given to Tengda Games and Shang Yang Games, he decided to take a break. What if a casual pointer had the finishing effect and brought this game to success? That would be infuriating. Thus, Pei Qian shook his head. As an investor, you shouldnt always interfere. Everyone has their own ideas for games. After all, this is not Tengdas game. Whats more, I think this game is alright. Theres no big problem. The only thing Im worried about is whether a hundred million yuan is enough. It might be better if I could add more. Imagination is priceless. How can money limit a designers imagination? Logically speaking, a hundred million yuan was a lot. However, for a game like that, the more they invested, the harder it would be to recoup their costs. In other words, every additional hundred million yuan would increase the difficulty of the game. However, Pei Qian could not directly say that he wanted to give more money. That would not make sense. After all, they only wanted a hundred million yuan. Whats more, the System was still watching him. He had to think of a way to confuse it. One advantage of such a project was that the system would not use it to settle accounts. To Pei Qian, the money would be spent and he would not have to worry for a long time. However, Pei Qian could not think of a specific reason to spend more money. He could only let the game designer think about it himself. Li Yada nodded. Really? Boss Pei thinks so too? Indeed, we have to have sufficient research and development funds for such games to achieve the desired effect. How about this? Ill go back and ask Yan Qi to refine the plan. Ill add back the content that was cut off previously. Ill also add more equipment, props, NPCs, monsters, and so on to the games process and design. Pei Qian added, We should also arrange for the recruitment as soon as possible. In any case, we have to recruit sooner or later. We shouldnt only recruit halfway and find that the progress is too slow. Then, we wont be in a hurry. For a gaming company, manpower was the bulk of the development cost. The more people he recruited, the more daily expenses he would have. The earlier he recruited, the earlier he would spend money. The more people he hired, the more money he would spend. In any case, such a huge project and a new team needed to be familiarized. The development period would not be short. Hiring people early would not make the development process much faster. Instead, it would spend more money. Li Yada was a little moved. She might have expected Boss Pei to invest in this game and support Yan Qis dream but she did not expect Boss Pei to be so generous. Not only was it a hundred million yuan, but he also wanted to increase the amount. However, to be honest, similar game effects were indeed produced with money. When Tengda was working on Repent and be Saved, it did not have a strong foundation. Thus, the content of the game was relatively pure. The game flow was not long. In the end, the price of the game was not high. However, Tengdas size was no longer the same as before. Perhaps Boss Pei had seen the predicament of Yan Qis small workspace and recalled Tengdas initial state. That was why he decided to lend a helping hand? He could not let the project of Shu Li leave any regrets! Indeed, Boss Peis understanding of investment was different from other investors. Other investors were all thinking about how to scrimp on the cost and how to seek the best returns with the lowest cost. Thus, when encountering such a project, their first reaction would definitely be to lower the cost. Their second reaction would be to interfere with the project and interfere with the creation. However, Boss Pei was different. When faced with such a problem, his first reaction was to consider if he had enough money and if he wanted to recruit as soon as possible. Whats more, even if Boss Pei was a master game designer, he fully respected the original designers thoughts and had no intention of interfering with the creation of the game! One could only say that Boss Pei was a game designer before he was an investor. Or rather, even if Boss Pei was an investor, he would be an investor completely different from other investors. Alright, Boss Pei. Ill tell the designer to redo the plan and add all the ideas that were axed previously to complete the game. Er or should I wait for He Desheng to come back and let him speak to him? I have to keep my identity hidden. Li Yada had told Yan Qi before that she knew people from Dream Realization Ventures and could speak. However, it would be beyond the scope of friends if she were to directly send a message. It would easily arouse suspicion. Therefore, it would be better to wait for He Desheng to return and talk as the person-in-charge of Dream Realization Ventures. Pei Qian nodded. Yes, sure. We have to keep your identity a secret. Speaking of which are we still able to keep Dawn Games platforms identity from the public? Li Yada pondered for a moment and said, Its alright. Its still safe for now. Pei Qian relaxed a little. Alright, continue hiding it. Keep hiding it for as long as you can. This is very important. If he continued to hide it, he could continue burning money. He could not expose it in the short term. He could burn more money. Once Dawn Games platforms relationship with Tengda was exposed, they would be forced to enter the next stage. Chapter 1312 - It’s Better to be Happy Together Instead of Happy Alone After Li Yada left, Pei Qian called Assistant Xin over and handed her the name list for the second episode of the Suffering Travels. Send an internal notice to announce this list. Ask the person-in-charge on the list to rush back within a week no matter where they are now. On top of that, we can take the opportunity to clarify some work arrangements. For example, we can transfer Hu Xianbin to Bunny Tail Live-Stream. Assistant Xin took the list and read it. Boss Pei, Zhu Xiaoce should still be filming in the United States. In other words, he was trying to say that he had rushed back too quickly. Pei Qian sniggered. This notice is mainly for him. Otherwise, why would we have to go through so much trouble to invite others back? Assistant Xin asked again, There are only seven people on the list this time? Pei Qian nodded. Yes, the remaining three will be selected from outside the company. The personnel have not been decided yet. Assistant Xin did not ask any more questions after understanding everything. She nodded and sent the notice. Pei Qian felt much more at ease after finalizing the name list. He rested for a while and continued to think about how to tell Teacher Qiao and Ruan Guangjian about this so that they would willingly join in Suffering Travels to make up for the shortcomings that he had left for them. At the same time, in Shennongjia On the top of a cliff, the people in charge lay down awkwardly, looking at the sky with confusion. There was a saying that one would climb to the top and see other summits smaller. However, they were not in the mood now. They only missed Jingzhou, GOGs global finals, and the departments work. Bao Xu glanced at the time. Alright, thats the end of todays training. Pack up! Rest for a while. Well set off for Jingzhou tomorrow. After saying that, Bao Xu turned around and left to arrange for the people in charge to go down the mountain. That gave the people in charge ample personal space. Bao Xus identity was special after all. With him around, the people in charge would be panting nervously on the rocks. Once he said that, the people in charge immediately perked up and regained their spirits! Previously, the few of them had been paralyzed in a ball, feeling like they were in black and white, incompatible with the surrounding scenery. However, now, their joy was beyond words. It was finally over! Who knew how we survived the past month! Huang Sibo nearly cried out in excitement seeing Bao Xu walk away. Were free! Were finally free! We agreed on one month back then. Why did it only add one week? I wonder which b*stard kept Bao Xu in Jingzhou for an additional week, causing us to suffer for an additional month! If I catch him, Ill fight him to the death! Hu Xianbin cleared his throat. Hehe, Brother Huang, cell phone. Huang Sibo quickly took it. Alright, thank you, Little Hu. The other people in charge also took their cell phones. They could not wait to take a picture of the mountaintop and announce their official release to the world. During the torturous travels, cell phones were kept under lockdown and could not be played casually. Of course, before coming to suffer, these people in charge had already spoken to their families and friends. If there was an urgent matter, they would call someone and inform them. The first thing the people in charge did after posting on their WeChat moments was to open the internal chat of their department to see if their departments work was affected. In the end, they did not know if he should be relieved or disappointed. Everything was normal in the department It was a good thing that nothing unexpected happened, but did that mean that the department had them or not? That made the people in charge feel a little awkward. The mountaintop fell into a temporary silence. Fatigue and joy filled the bodies of the people in charge, making them only willing to move their fingers, swipe their cell phones, and not move other parts of their bodies. Suddenly, Huang Sibo broke the silence. Eh? Look at the internal notice! The new list is out! Everyone immediately opened the internal notification at the speed of light and discussed excitedly. Zhu Xiaoce! I was wondering how this guy could be so lucky all the time. This is what it means to have the eyes of the heavens! He can avoid one, but he cant avoid fifteen! Huang Sibo had long seen how unbalanced Zhu Xiaoce was. As the person-in-charge, he was bombarded every two or three days, but the director, Zhu Xiaoce, was completely unscathed. Was that reasonable? It did not make sense! The good thing was that the second episode of the Suffering Travels had been arranged! Xiao Peng was a little surprised. Isnt Zhu Xiaoce in the United States? What if he doesnt come back? Huang Sibo sniggered. Would he dare to not return? Ill naturally go to the United States to hand over my work to him. At first, everyone shivered in fear. Then, they felt that there was nothing wrong with what Huang Sibo had done. It was very reasonable. We have to treat everyone equally when were suffering. How can we be the only ones enjoying such meaningful activities? Everyone had to do it together! It was better to have fun alone than everyone else! After taking a closer look at the list, some people expressed interest in the names on the list. However, there were also some who expressed confusion. Everyone had different attitudes. Wang Xiaobin is here as well? Very good, I will keep an eye on Shang Yang Games for him. Ye Zhizhou could not help but smile. Shen Renjies expression was serious. Otto Technologies has been wiped out in one fell swoop. Chang You and Jiang Yuan are both here. Yes, thats the way. I still dont understand why Im the first batch while theyre the second. Rui Yuchen was a little surprised. Why are there girls? Qi Yans Cold-Faced Lady is in Beijing and is also being brought to Jingzhou? Guo Licheng was in a good state. However, the muscles that he had lost over the past few days made his heart ache. I must tell Yaling when I get back so that she can bring more food Ma Yiqun looked at the name list and frowned. Why are there only seven people? What do the remaining three empty seats mean? Selection from the outside world? Thats not right. Arent there still many people in charge in the company that have not been arranged? Many people noticed this blind spot when he said that. Xiao Peng was the first to disagree. Thats right, why didnt Zhang Yuan come! Hehe, Boss Zhang is my professional guide. Im here as his underling. How can he not come as his guide? Huang Sibo agreed, Thats right, why isnt Lu Mingliang here? Hu Xianbin was not convinced either. Min Jingchao is not on the list either. The games department cant possibly just catch me and arrange for it, right? Eh? Why are there still work arrangements after that? I Im not in the games department anymore? At first, Hu Xianbin was still conflicted about why Min Jingchao did not come to suffer. However, as he read, he suddenly realized that there was another message below. It was about his work transfer. He had been transferred from the games department to Bunny Tail Live-Stream! It was like a bolt out of the blue, making him speechless for a long time. What evil! Initially, Hu Xianbin had felt that he had accumulated a lot of inspiration and motivation for work during the month that he had been suffering in Shennongjia. Now, he wanted to quickly return to Tengda Games and take over the development of new games. Whats more, Yu Fei kept asking Hu Xianbin when he would be back. He could not take it anymore. Even though Hu Xianbin could not play with his cell phone normally, everyone could still play in the tent for an hour at night when he occasionally won rewards or when Bao Xu was very kind. The signal in the mountains was very bad here. It was intermittent and it was quite cold at night. However, this could not stop everyone from pulling their hand out of their sleeping bags to play with their cell phones. Hu Xianbin had been waiting to suffer so that he could continue developing the game. Now, he had been transferred away before he could even go back! He Desheng studied it for a moment and said, It feels like a seamless connection. Look, the person-in-charge of Bunny Tail Live-Stream, Chen Yufeng, has been arranged to suffer. You can take over his job if you go. It wont delay anything. Hu Xianbin was absolutely flummoxed. What the f*ck do you mean by not delaying either side?! Whats so good about live-streaming platforms? Im not interested. I want to make games! Xiao Peng patted him on the shoulder. Transferring to another job means that Boss Pei has recognized your ability to work. He thinks that youve been in the games department for so long and have outstanding results. You wont improve much if you continue working. You might as well go around and nurture your other abilities. Try to become a polymath as soon as possible. As a person of Tengda, you have to adapt to circumstances, do a job, love a job. Youre also very promising on the live-stream platform! The corners of Hu Xianbins mouth twitched slightly. What the f*ck do you mean by polymath! Since you like transferring jobs so much, Ill go back and report to Boss Pei. Ill say that you feel that Fish-Catching Internet Cafes work is no longer challenging and ask Boss Pei to transfer you to Fish-Catching Take-Out to deliver food! Rui Yuchen cleared his throat. Sigh, I dont like what youre saying. Whats wrong with our take-out department? After suffering together for a month, the people in charge inexplicably felt that their relationship had improved a lot. Their relationship had improved. Speaking of which, suffering together was a form of friendship! The only problem now was that he hoped that this suffering could be spread quickly so that more people would have this kind of friendship. At that moment Pei Qian was thinking hard about how to lure Teacher Qiao into Suffering Travels when he heard a knock on his office door. He looked up and saw Yu Fei standing at the door, his face full of doubt. Boss Pei, the new internal notice Whats going on? I saw that Hu Xianbin had been transferred to Bunny Tail Live-Stream?! Yu Fei broke down when he saw this news. How many times had it been? A month later and another month later. He, the substitute planner, had been working on behalf of others since August. He had said that he would only work on behalf of one month. In the end, he had been forced to work until the middle of November. It had been three and a half months! In the first month, he said that Hu Xianbin was going on a holiday after winning the Best Employee Award. In the second month, Hu Xianbin was brought away seamlessly for Suffering Travels. In the third month, he realized that there were two stages to Suffering Travels. The second stage was to go to Shennongjia. At the beginning, everything was fine. Yu Fei just had to follow the design plan left behind by Hu Xianbin and keep an eye on the development of Eternal Reincarnation. The job was very simple. After that, when Eternal Reincarnation was completed, he said that he could not delay the development period and let Yu Fei do the design plan for Ghost General 2. Great, now he could stop pretending! What was the meaning of transferring Hu Xianbin to Bunny Tail Live-Stream?! Chapter 1313 - Tengda Games’ Fifth Generation Plan Pei Qian had a kind smile on his face. Yu Fei? Come, sit. Have some tea first. He had expected Yu Fei to come looking for him. After all, he always had various reasons to avoid it. Yu Fei was not stupid. He should realize that the situation was not right. However, Pei Qian had no choice. Wasnt that because you were too important to the games department and could not be let go? Now, the person-in-charge of the games department was really none other than Fei. Pei Qian could not relax with the others. Thus, Pei Qian had already thought of an excuse. He had to think of a way to continue bluffing Yu Fei into staying. Yu Fei sat down on the sofa reluctantly and took a sip of tea very perfunctorily. Previously, he had at least had some hope. He felt that he would be able to leave the games department in a week at most and go back to writing books steadily. Now, Hu Xianbin had been transferred away. How long would he, the chief designer of the games department, have to work? There were no accurate predictions at all! Yu Fei looked at Boss Pei and prepared to lay his cards on the table. He could not go on anymore. Boss Pei, I really cannot take over the job anymore. My readers call me a no-show every day. I told them about my new book three months ago, but they havent even seen me. Previously, I had just taken over the games department and was not familiar with many jobs. Thus, I was very busy every day. Then, I said in the reader chat that I am now the current chief planner of the games department. I am designing a new game and have no time to write a new book. In the end, none of my readers believed me. They even said that Im either stupid or bad. I dont even know how to make up reasons. All I do is slack and confuse my readers Boss Pei, Im so wronged! Ive already decided on my readers this month. I have to start on a new book. I cant delay any longer! Whats more, the design draft for Ghost General 2 has been completed. You can just promote someone from the gaming department to be the chief planner and continue advancing. Theres no difficulty at all! Yu Fei was really wronged. Previously, when he was working on Eternal Reincarnation, he said that he was helping out in Tengda Games and had also participated in the design of the game. The readers group gave him likes and said that he was really awesome. He wrote it as an official history. However, when it came to Ghost General 2, the situation was not right. That was because readers felt that it was reasonable for a writer like him to participate in his own creation of Eternal Reincarnation. However, what had developing a new game got to do with him? Tengda Games is filled with talent. How could they ask you for help? Oh, I understand now. This lousy author must have felt comfortable using Eternal Reincarnation previously. He must have become used to slacking. Thats why he lied to the readers that he wanted to continue helping and the games department did not allow him to leave. To put it bluntly, he was too lazy to write and wanted to slack for a few more months. How could that happen? Even the donkeys of the production team did not dare to rest like that! Thus, the atmosphere in the reader group became more and more abnormal. Everyone suspected that Yu Fei was actually slacking even though he said he was helping. Yu Fei was very helpless. The key was that he could not talk about the contents of Ghost General 2 in the reader chat. The new game had to be kept a secret. The readers would not believe it even if he said that he was the chief planner of Tengda! Thus, Yu Fei had spoken to Boss Pei openly. His intentions were clear. In any case, the design for Ghost General 2 had been completed. Boss Pei, the chief designer of the gaming department could just find someone to replace him. He would not do anything! Pei Qians expression immediately became serious. Theres such a thing? How about this? Ill get Assistant Xin to give you a commission or a letter of appointment. Well stamp it and officially assign you to be the person-in-charge of the games department! When the time comes, show this contract to the readers. I believe they will definitely have nothing to say. Yu Fei nodded. Yes, if there is an official appointment, then it is indeed However, he quickly reacted. Thats not right, Boss Pei. Im not talking about the appointment contract! Good lord, I was nearly hoodwinked by Boss Pei. What the hell? Yu Fei tried his best to get the topic back on track. Boss Pei, my new book is really going to be released! I cant break my promise! Pei Qian pondered for a moment and said, Didnt you just say that the design draft for Ghost General 2 has been completed? You just have to get someone to keep an eye on the rest of the work. Since thats the case, you can start writing your new book. I wont hold you up. You can also get people from the games department, oh no, even the people in charge of Tengda to tip you with your new book. We might as well ask Ma Yiqun to put your new book on Zhongdian Chinese Network for half a month. What do you think? Yu Fei was speechless. This This suggestion might be tempting, but why do I feel like something is amiss? Yu Fei could not understand. Logically speaking, if he was the person-in-charge of the games department, wouldnt he be using his power to distribute books on Zhongdian Chinese Network and take up the recommendation spot on the home page? However, his main identity was an author of Zhongdian Chinese Network. There was nothing wrong with recommendation resources. Pei Qian saw that Yu Fei was obviously tempted and decided to strike while the iron was hot. Also, you were originally an author of Zhongdian Chinese Network. Do you have to tread carefully around Ma Yiqun for everything? However, if you become the person-in-charge of the games department, that would be amazing. Not only would you be on the same level as Ma Yiqun, you would also be the person-in-charge. Whats more, the department would be more core than him. Wouldnt he have to suck up to you? From now on, you can write as many novels as you want and cut them off whenever you want. You dont have to look at the editors faces anymore! Its a lot of benefits for you to keep your position as the person-in-charge of the games department! Whats more, youve been busy for more than three months. Youve already adapted to the work in the games department and become familiar with it. Now is the best time to do it. It would be a loss if you leave just like that. When you go to work, which is when you start on a new project, you have to be busy for a few days to design. Normally, other designers would keep an eye on your progress. You can write during working hours. Your efficiency would be higher. Every now and then, when I dont feel like writing anymore, I would ask my readers to grant me leave, saying that Boss Pei has given me a new task and that the new game is about to be released. I dont think your readers would have any objections. Yu Feis mouth was slightly agape. Obviously, his mentality had changed subtly. He had to admit that Boss Peis words had moved him a lot. Pei Qian continued, Whats more, youre considered the fifth-generation heir of Tengda Games now. The fifth-generation heir is not bad! Yu Fei was a little confused. Huh? Why? Pei Qian: Er this is mainly because its big? Ahem ahem, thats not important. In any case, the Five Dynasties is a place where the top and bottom are underway. Its a place where the future generations will follow. I believe that you will definitely be able to achieve glory! Whats more, we havent found a suitable person to replace you yet. You should work first and write novels while working on the game. Try it out first. What if theres no problem? Ill ask Assistant Xin to give you a commission later to clarify things with the readers. Yu Fei nodded silently. Alright. He had to say that what Boss Pei said made sense. Before Yu Fei came in, he had had a mentality of cutting off all means of retreat. He thought that he had to let Boss Pei let him go today no matter what. However, before he left, he suddenly felt that it was not that unacceptable to watch the game develop while writing. He would work on it for a while more then. After all, Ghost General 2 was the busiest time for him to produce the design draft. The design draft was already out. He was no longer as busy as before. If he left now, wouldnt he be making a loss? Whats more, what Boss Pei said made sense. With the identity of the person-in-charge of the games department, many things would be much easier. Take leave, for example. If he did not want to write anymore, he could push the blame to Boss Pei. How perfect! Hardcore Reviews took leave to ensure that no readers would find fault with them. Pei Qian could not help but smile as he watched Yu Fei leave. You little brat, you want to leave after coming to Tengda? Go to hell! It was a good start for Yu Fei to integrate into Tengda successfully. Perhaps the selection of the person-in-charge of Tengda could be more unique in the future. Wouldnt it be a killing if he could find more talents like Yu Fei? At the same time, in the GOG project team Eric had already gone to Europe. Zhao Xuming had been traveling all over the country recently to arrange for offline competitions. He had also brought some subordinates with him, so the project team looked much quieter. Zhang Yuan came over as usual to discuss GOGs version update plan with the current person-in-charge, Zhang Nan. However, the moment he met Zhang Nan, he was pulled aside by Zhang Nan secretly before he could talk about the version update. Youre really not on this Suffering Travels? How did you do that?! Zhang Nan looked shocked. After the new list of suffering travels was released, it caused a huge uproar in the group of people in charge. Some people were struck by lightning, some secretly rejoiced, some people were like the members of the first cycle of suffering, wondering why a few people were not selected. Zhang Yuan was obviously the most glaring. They had already created such a huge scene, but they were still not selected to suffer? What was going on? Could he have struck a deal with Boss Pei? That wouldnt do. Boss Pei was an objective and fair person. He could only say that Zhang Yuan must have a secret! When Zhang Nan had just taken over as the person-in-charge, Zhang Yuan had told her about his worries. He had said that he felt that he would definitely not be able to escape the next cycle of suffering and was thinking of ways to avoid this kind of misfortune. Now, he has succeeded! Zhang Nan became very curious because this concerned her own safety. She realized that apart from Li Yaling, there were two other females in charge of the Suffering Travels! As the person-in-charge of GOG, Zhang Nan immediately felt immense pressure. She had just taken over as the person-in-charge not long ago after all. She had not been on the list of suffering yet. However, according to the current trend, GOG project team would probably be on the list of the third and fourth episodes with her name given her important status in Tengda. Zhang Yuan was her straw to clutch at. Zhang Yuan smiled knowingly. Of course I know how to save myself! Chapter 1314 - The Relationship Between Work State And Suffering Travels Zhang Yuan used a slightly proud tone to explain his experience to Zhang Nan in detail. He also used the three steps method. The first step was to introduce the latest theoretical results of Wu Bins research from the HR department to Zhang Nan. Step Two, combine the list of suffering and traveling, find commonality between the people in charge who were selected to go on Suffering Travels and those who were not. Step Three: Comprehend and find a way to deal with it. If he had not been particularly sure before, now that the name list for the second suffering trip was out, Zhang Yuans speculation had been fully verified. On one hand, he had confirmed that the few people who were safe, such as Chen Kangtuo of the Thriller Hostel, were still safe. On the other hand, none of the people in charge whom he had previously felt were spared. On the other hand, he had successfully relied on his performance during GOGs international invitational tournament to escape the calamity! Zhang Yuan was extremely confident in his own theory after so many validations. He could even be said to be completely convinced. Boss Peis deeper intention was to guide everyone to escape the mutation of labor, work happily, creative labor, and display the greatest potential! Zhang Nan was stunned. At first glance, this theory was quite ridiculous and completely unreasonable! However, after Zhang Yuan explained the inference process of this theory, especially after every step was perfectly matched, Zhang Nan felt that this theory was too comprehensive and perfect. It was simply invulnerable! After some consideration, Zhang Nan said, Now that you mention it, it does make sense! This should be the closest explanation to Boss Peis original idea. However, I still dont understand something. The logic at the beginning is very smooth. For example, the alienation of labor, the division of work and entertainment, and the division of the people in charge are very clear. However how do these theories relate to torturous travels? Why does correcting labor mutation means suffering? Zhang Yuan seemed to have thought about this question before. He smiled and said, This is actually very easy to understand. I didnt understand it at first either. However, after the second list was released, I looked for Wu Bin to discuss it carefully and understand his latest theoretical results. After that, I suddenly realized that everything was related! Actually, Suffering Travels itself is a standard template for labor mutation. Zhang Nan was stunned. Why? Zhang Yuan explained patiently. Isnt traveling a happy thing? Happy, of course. When people take the initiative to travel, they can choose the time, place, and travel method themselves. In this state, traveling is naturally a happy thing. When you arrive at a new place and see a new scenery, even if you walk a long distance, bumpy and tired from traveling, you will still be happy. On the other hand, Suffering Travels has completely changed the nature of travel. It has changed from an active trip to a forced trip to a very serious matter. You cannot choose the time, place, and travel method by yourself, but by someone else. Strict schedules and goals have been planned for the journey, and it must be done. The purpose of travel is no longer to be happy, but to complete established tasks Comparatively, do you think it has many similarities with the alienation of labor? Zhang Nan nodded thoughtfully. Yes thats right. Compatibility is still very obvious. Labor and travel were originally subjective, free, and creative activities. However, after mutation, they became passive, forced, and painful activities. The process of this change and the outcome of the change are quite similar. Zhang Yuan continued, Its actually very difficult to realize this because of the inertial thinking. Most people naturally think that work and entertainment are separate and distinct. Their nature is completely different. In the inertial thinking, we think that work is tiring and painful, while travel is free, relaxed, and entertainment. Therefore, it is difficult to think of the common point between work and travel. However, the two are actually very similar in their original state. This is actually very difficult to comprehend, but once you understand it, you will have a feeling of enlightenment. Zhang Nan thought about it seriously. So, Boss Pei arranged for the suffering trip so that the people in charge could understand this? Change their mentality? However, this seems a little far-fetched. After all, these people in charge might be workaholics, but work has indeed brought them some fun. On the other hand, traveling through suffering has no fun at all? Zhang Yuan shook his head slightly. There might be fun, but the nature of it is different. The pleasure that a workaholic derives from working is not the original pleasure of working. What motivates a workaholic to work is often a sense of responsibility, a habit cultivated from childhood, the goal of promotion and salary promotion, and the stimulation of various complicated factors. The original pleasure of labor is the joy of creation, the joy of smarting being played. These two types of fun are fundamentally different. They cannot be mixed together. If we mix together, its easy to fall into a state of creativity being suppressed without knowing. Its precisely because labors mutation state is deeply ingrained in people and is habitual that Boss Pei wants to change to a carrier like travel. That would make it easier to understand the irrationality of labor mutation. Zhang Yuan briefly explained. Obviously, most of the theoretical knowledge came from Wu Bin. Zhang Yuan only repeated it based on his own understanding. On the surface, a workaholic could also obtain joy from work, but what he obtained was not the original joy of labor. Working lunatics would also feel a sense of satisfaction after completing their work, but this satisfaction came from the following aspects: First, a sense of responsibility. Since work and entertainment were strictly distinguished, work was regarded as legitimate, reasonable, and noble . Entertainment was regarded as inappropriate, dispirited, and time consuming . Thus, work had a strong sense of legitimacy to work in the eyes of workaholics. They might not be able to feel the original joy of work when they spent a lot of time working but they would obtain the satisfaction of I have been doing business and have no false time. Secondly, this was a habit. The education that most people received from a young age was that you could not play, you had to learn, you had to work hard to earn money, learning and work were painful in itself, but you had to endure and endure this pain because that was what outstanding people did. As time went by, enduring pain became a habit. People would not be used to changing this painful state. Lastly, it was the stimulation of the goal. Many peoples goal in working was to complete the KPI, achieve results, be good in the evaluation, be promoted and paid, and improve step by step in the workplace. This goal made them like donkeys with carrots hanging from their necks, grinding continuously. Of course, it was not wrong to pursue a promotion or emphasize work and responsibility. It was a professional spirit to work hard. It should be encouraged. However, from another perspective, emphasizing the pain of work and the legitimacy of work actually cut the joy of labor apart, making people naturally accept the alienation of labor. Zhang Nan was a little confused. But wouldnt that be the final goal? If the ultimate goal was for employees to work hard, be promoted, and have a pay raise while the company developed rapidly, Tengda had already achieved this goal. Why was he so conflicted about its nature? Zhang Yuan shook his head again. Of course not! These two states are actually fundamentally different. People can tolerate pain and even ignore the pain. However, such pain will backfire sooner or later. Its just a matter of how much. Some people dont even feel the consequences at all, but that doesnt mean that the consequences dont exist. If you think that work itself is a painful thing, and that completing a job is based on a sense of responsibility, that it is to complete the KPI and the established goal, then on the surface, you would indeed do a very good job. However, in fact, you would not have the motivation to advance further. Thats because the spirit of innovation requires immersion, fun, and forgetfulness. If you think that work is painful, then the pain will accumulate during work. If you think that the goal of work is to earn money, then you will hate work to a certain extent. Some people say that they enjoy life once they earn enough money. At the end of the day, its because they set their jobs against their lives. They regard their jobs as a painful means of making a living, and not as part of their lives. Only by truly feeling the joy of labor can you fully utilize your imagination and creativity without exhausting yourself. Boss Pei does not need people who only care about KPI, tools who only care about performance, but people who are filled with imagination and creativity and can take charge of things on their own. A realization dawned on Zhang Nan. I see! In other words, suffering and traveling is actually a reflection of the labor mutation state. After the people in charge feel this pain, they can understand the wrong direction in their work better and take the initiative to correct it. Zhang Yuan nodded. Thats right. Actually, I can already feel this change. Previously, I went on stage to sing two songs because of the performance. I suddenly realized that the effect was not bad! Of course, I know how my singing is, but why are the audience so happy to see it? Obviously, this attitude of playing with the netizens and the spirit of entertaining the public has been affirmed by everyone, closing the gap between me and everyone. This is very inspiring for my next job! If even a relatively less creative department like the E-Sports Department is like this, then how much would the creativity of games, movies, and other departments improve the people in charge? Chapter 1315 - Home Corporation Seeks Cooperation! Zhang Nan was sincerely convinced after this explanation. It made so much sense! She followed Zhang Yuans train of thought and continued. In other words, suffering travels is essentially correcting the wrong work and labor view. For the people in charge of the goal-driven project, suffering and traveling is a very painful thing. This will make them reflect on this mutation state. Once you truly understand this principle, you will walk the path of happy work. At that time, you will naturally not be able to find them on the suffering trip. Therefore, if we dont want to go on a torturous trip and meet Boss Peis expectations for us, we have to work hard? At the very least, we have to show Boss Pei that our thinking has changed and have entered a happy working state? Zhang Yuan nodded. Thats right, that must be it. However, the specifics of how to perform would depend on the person-in-charge coming up with a more suitable plan based on the practicality of the department. Zhang Nan nodded slightly and fell into deep thought. Her original goal was very simple. She only wanted to ask Zhang Yuan for guidance so that she could escape Suffering Travels. He did not expect to obtain an unexpected benefit from this question! The key was to clarify a more correct and brilliant working state. In comparison, avoiding torturous travel became relatively secondary. Zhang Nan asked, Can we share this method with other people in charge? Zhang Yuan nodded. Of course! Didnt Boss Pei go through so much trouble to remind us so that we could remind and supervise each other after we understood on our own? Whats more, I did not come up with this idea alone. Wu Bin built the theoretical foundation first. I verified it with the actual situation at work. The credit does not belong to me alone. Since it is an important supplement to the Tengda spirit, of course we have to popularize it as soon as possible. We cannot let Boss Peis efforts be wasted! Of course, it is also very important for everyone to suffer less. The first batch of people in charge of suffering are gloating. Im different from them. Dont look at how happy these people are now. If they dont correct their working attitude, they will enter the palace again sooner or later. Zhang Nan agreed deeply. The two of them were prepared to cooperate with Wu Bin with a selfless spirit and share the latest theoretical research results with all the person-in-charge. Of course, he could not make this sharing too obvious. Otherwise, wouldnt Boss Peis efforts be wasted? He had to be subtle and silent. November 14th, Wednesday In the advertising and marketing department, Meng Chang watched the edited promotional video seriously. Meng Chang was very satisfied with this promotional video. It was exactly the effect he wanted! The promotional video was not long, and the scenes were relatively simple. They were all the daily work of intermediaries. Ding Xiyao had been an intermediary for a long time. She was extremely familiar with these scenes. Thus, she acted as herself at the scene. She was not overly exaggerated nor did she perform badly. Of course, it could not be compared to professional actors, but that was the effect Meng Chang wanted. He could not let the audience really be moved. He had to make the film feel special. After tasting it and feeling that it did not taste right, that would do. Yes, no problem. Arrange for the publicity plan immediately. The entire advertising and marketing department became busy again, advancing steadily according to the established publicity plan. Of course, according to Meng Changs usual style, he was not stingy with his publicity funds. In the afternoon, in the directors office in Home Corporations marketing department Boss Gao! Look at this! The marketing director took the cell phone from his subordinate and watched the video from beginning to end. This Which company produced this promotional video? His smart first reaction was that he was facing a formidable enemy. That was because the promotional video looked quite good! Whats more, from the popularity of the video, there must be someone behind this video. Otherwise, it would not have been able to become so popular in such a short period of time. The facts had also proven that similar publicity content had appeared in many video websites and offline advertisements. It was enough to prove that this was a complete publicity plan and not something that some people filmed out of interest. The content of the promotional video was actually very simple. It was to film the daily life of a real estate agent. It was to film the more tiring and incomprehensible side of her. However, the length of the entire film was moderate, and the rhythm was smooth. This actor in particular acted quite realistically, which was more emotional. It might not be absolutely perfect and could not reach the level of a movie king or movie queen, but it had already met the requirements as a promotional video. The question was, who filmed such a promotional video and spent so much money on it? They were probably competitors! Home Corporation might have a high market share in the country, but it was not without competitors. Many intermediary companies with new models were a threat to it. Whats more, he could not rule out the possibility of new capital entering. Filming such a promotional video to build momentum and then take the opportunity to promote their own companys brand. This was a very normal process. Of course, Home Corporation had to be wary. The subordinate who came to report explained, Boss Gao, the strange thing is that it was not filmed by a competitor! The one who released this video is Slow Movement Studios official account. This is a game studio. Its said that Shenhua and Tengda have invested in it. However, this studio has nothing to do with Shenhua Real Estate and Sloth Apartments! This video is said to be a promotional video for their new game. I did some research. The credibility is still very high. The game they are working on is indeed related to intermediaries. Its called Real Estate Agent Simulator. Its almost completed. Gao Ming was at a loss. Obviously, if this advertisement was posted by Shenhua Real Estate or Sloth Apartments, Gao Ming would definitely think that they were entering the real estate industry and would have a direct competition with Home Corporations current main business. Yet, it was posted by a games company? Whats more, there should not be a possibility of a smokescreen, because Slow Movement Studio was indeed making VR games. The game itself was related to intermediaries and was almost completed. It was reasonable to use such a promotional video to make the audience feel like a real estate agent, and then publicize their own new game. Then we can talk about cooperation! As the marketing director, he was very sharp in this aspect. Slow Movement Studio might have the investment background of Shenhua Corporation and Tengda Corporation but it was still very independent in terms of investigation. There was no logo of Shenhua Real Estate or Sloth Apartments on the promotional video this time, and no other companies were reposting it. It was enough to show that Slow Movement Studio had purely done the promotional video for their own game. Wouldnt that mean there was a possibility of cooperation? Gao Ming said, Slow Movement Studio is considered a more famous VR studio in the country. Whats more, VR follows the house. Theres a possibility of linkage in itself. We can fork out a sum of marketing funds to tie us to Slow Movement Studios game for publicity. At that time, not only can we market the gamers, but we can also increase each others popularity and further improve our companys brand image. Quick, ask Slow Movement Studio if they are willing to cooperate with us immediately. Make the conditions higher! The subordinate nodded, but he did not do it immediately. Instead, he hesitated for a moment before saying, However, Boss Gao, there are some comments below this video that are not very friendly. Gao Ming was stunned. Huh? He took his cell phone again and scanned the comments below the video. There were indeed some comments expressing understanding and support for the intermediarys hard work, but there were also a considerable number of comments scolding. Whats more, they were cursing badly. Of course, not all of them were venting their emotions. There were also some people who put the facts and were reasonable. They said that the intermediaries they met were so bad and completely disagreed with the direction of acting pitiful in the video to cheat sympathy. However, everyones controversy was not about the video itself, but about the real intermediary industry. There were even a few comments that pointed out Home Corporation. Gao Ming was nonchalant. Thats normal. There are many haters on the internet. You can find haters for all sorts of promotional videos. Dont worry. Well publicize ours as per normal, as long as its popular. Our marketing plan has a clear target group. As for these haters, they have a prejudice against us to begin with. It doesnt matter if they accept it or not. Whats more, these people might be scolding us, but when they rent the house, they would still have to obediently go to our shop. The subordinate nodded. Alright, Boss Gao. Ill contact Slow Movement Studio now. Gao Ming leaned back in his chair, thinking that there was actually such a good thing in the world? Wasnt this a free gift? Slow Movement Studio had to publicize the new game. If they were willing to spend money, the popularity would sooner or later become popular. No matter what, Home Corporation had some face in the country. Wouldnt it be a win-win situation with Slow Movement Studio? Come to think of it, as long as the price was high enough, Slow Movement Studio should have no reason to reject it. However, his subordinate knocked on the door and returned not long after he was fantasizing. Boss Gao, they rejected it! Whats more, the boss of the workspace, Boss Lin, personally rejected it. He did not even negotiate the terms. He directly said that we would misunderstand and that there was no possibility of cooperation. Gao Ming could not help but frown. Huh? Wasnt that too straightforward? Only a few minutes had passed? He highly suspected that the call had just reached Boss Lin and the other party had rejected it. Why was he rejecting such a win-win situation so readily? The subordinate tried asking, Boss Gao, what should we do? Should we give up, or should I call a few more times to talk? Gao Ming waved his hand. No need. The popularity has already risen. Even if we dont cooperate, we can take advantage of this popularity to publicize ourselves! Well shoot a promotional video as well and release it during this period! Wouldnt the popularity come naturally? Chapter 1316 - You Still Dared To Dissipate Before Completing the Game and New Book? November 15th, Thursday afternoon The people in charge of Suffering Travels returned to Jingzhou. They felt like a lifetime had passed. Everyone quickly said goodbye and returned to their workstations impatiently. Hu Xianbin watched everyone leave with mixed feelings. Everyone was fine. Why am I the only one who lost my job? Hu Xianbin sighed silently and took a car back to Shenhua View building. He planned to check on the gaming department and pack his things before reporting to Bunny Tail Live-Stream. At the same time, Yu Fei had just received his appointment contract from Assistant Xin. He immediately sent it to his own reader group and the comments section of his book. In the end, he was still worried that some readers would not be able to see it. Thus, he specially posted a clarification. After some manipulation, Yu Fei opened the reader chat group, wanting to see the readers reactions. As expected, the group chat was flooded with question marks after Yu Fei posted this picture. ???? [Black question mark] What the hell? Sh * t, the lousy author did not start a new book in order to slack off. He did not hesitate to fake it in order to deceive old readers like us! Its fake. One look and I can tell that its fake! Ive never heard of Tengda having a mandate. A novel writer helped the gaming department for three months and became the chief planner? F*ck, isnt that ridiculous? Even novels dont write such fiction! Its illegal to create fake chapters! I advise you to quickly turn yourself in and try to deal with it lightly, lousy author! Yu Fei was speechless seeing the feedback of the group. Good lord, no matter what kind of evidence I show you, you dont believe me, right? This was really Tengdas mandate! It was really Tengdas stamp! Yu Fei had no choice but to explain again helplessly. I know that its illegal to fake the public seal. Is there a need for me to do that? Its true! Whats more, Boss Pei approved it personally. He even sent a notice within the company. If you dont believe me, ask your friends who work in Tengda. This is also in the internal announcement about the personnel changes in the games department. Why did I become the chief planner for three months? I want to know too, ask Boss Pei! After a long time, the readers in the group finally accepted this fact. The main reason was that Tengda had indeed released an announcement. All the employees could see it and verify Yu Feis words. This time, the attitude of everyone in the group took a 180-degree turn. Finally, no one was rushing him for the new book! The lousy author is awesome! Holy sh * t, a small author actually wrote and became the chief planner of Tengda Games? This is f*cking more satisfying than novels! I suggest that the lousy author nerf his previous rubbish creativity and stop writing. He has no future. His new book is titled Regarding My Help to Become the Chief Planner of Tengda Games in Three months. This theme is good, I strongly support it! Rubbish author, tell me quickly what Tengda Games internal department looks like. Are there any photos? Whats the working state usually? I heard that all employees computers are top-quality ROF, and theyre all filled with games. Is that true? What genre is the new game? Let me know! When will the new game be released? Whats the completion rate? When will Repent and be Saved 2 be developed? Please tell GOG to strengthen Happy Ruan. He really cant get tough now! Nonsense. Happy Ruan can still enter the competition, but he cant make it in a passerby match. Whats more, this hero should be hacked into the sewer. After all, the person who played this hero had already obtained extreme joy. So what if he won? Stupid author, can I ask for a recommendation? My ultimate dream is to work in Tengda Games! Before this, everyone had been urging him to write a new book. Now? No. Many people even felt that it did not matter whether the new book was opened or not. There was something more worth caring about now! Yu Fei was a little helpless as he explained them one by one. The internal department can take two photos for you. In short, its similar to the photos taken online. Empty seats? Oh, thats not because they took leave and did not come to work. Those are the cenotaphs left behind by the person-in-charge who was transferred from the games department to other departments. There is no development plan for Repent and be Saved 2 for now That depends on Boss Pei. I cannot divulge the contents and timing of the new game. That is a secret. I can only say that the new game is still in a tense development stage. There is still a lot of follow-up work to be done. I estimate that it will take at least two months. Everyone, please wait patiently. After all, we have to ensure the quality of the game. They heard that they had to wait for another two months. Everyone was quite optimistic and felt that this was already very efficient. Alright, isnt it just two months? I can totally wait. Ill clear Eternal Reincarnation 10 times. So why are you still in the water group, lousy author, since were still in the development phase? Hurry up and go develop the game! Thats right! Hurry up and work hard. The person-in-charge of Tengda Games cannot slack at work! If you slack at work, we will be the first to disagree! Development of the game is very tiring, but you cant not start on a new book! At most, Ill allow you to write less. Yes, I wont ask too much from you. Ill give you 10,000 yuan a day. Now, Ill give you 9900 yuan a day! The game is not done, and the new book is not open. How can you be so shameless? Hurry up and work! Yu Fei nearly vomited blood seeing these heartless readers talk like that. Good lord, he had only been urging them to update the novel previously. Now, he was even urging them to update the game! This was different from what he had imagined! Shouldnt everyone understand my hard work and be very tolerant to say that I can write whatever I want and update a thousand or two words a day? Indeed, people were unreliable! These black-hearted readers had no sympathy at all! Yu Fei quietly went offline. He was just about to start work when he looked up and saw Hu Xianbin. Hu Xianbin was slightly tanner and thinner than when he first arrived last month. He looked quite energetic, as if he had just been given a new lease of life. Brother Hu is back? Yu Fei looked pleasantly surprised. However, on further thought, what was there to be surprised for? Previously, he had pined for Hu Xianbin to return. He had hoped that he would be able to complete the handover and go back to writing steadily. Now, Hu Xianbin has been transferred to Bunny Tail Live-Stream. His appointment letter had also been issued. He was no longer a substitute. He was now the chief designer of Tengda Games. The others in Tengda Games also noticed Hu Xianbin. Old Hu! You look quite energetic! Lets have a farewell meal tonight. Ill book a table now. Ming House should be able to book a table. Hows the experience of Suffering Travels? Can you tell us? After all, he was going to be transferred to another job. He had to eat this farewell meal. This was the departments tradition. Strictly speaking, this tradition should have been passed down from Boss Pei. No matter whether it was a big or small matter, as long as it was reasonable, he had to have a meal. Every department had special funds for similar activities. Of course, the gaming department was no exception. Hu Xianbin almost wanted to complain to everyone about the inhumane torture and torture he had been through on the Suffering Travels. However, on further thought, something was amiss. Who would go after telling the truth? After a moment of silence, he said, Ill talk to you in detail about the suffering trip during dinner. Ill pack up and report to Bunny Tail Live-Stream first. After catching up with everyone briefly, Hu Xianbin picked up a glass of water, a laptop, and other personal items, preparing to report to Bunny Tail live-stream. The computers in the company might be high-end ROF but they still had to work at home or deal with important matters occasionally. Thus, most employees had their own laptops. According to previous practice, some less important personal items were kept at the workstations. The traces of computer use remained unchanged at the workstations. It could be considered a memento in the games department. It was said to be a report, but Shenhua View and the building where Bunny Tail Live-Stream was located was not far away. They arrived in a car for about ten minutes. Hu Xianbin was a little apprehensive. That was because he had not interacted much with Boss Ma. As far as he knew, Boss Ma was Boss Peis right-hand man. His status was rather high. At first, he seemed to have worked in Tengda Games for a short period of time. However, Ma Yang had been transferred to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe before Hu Xianbin entered. After that, Boss Ma had been in charge of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Dream Realization Ventures, Bunny Tail Live-Stream, and many other departments. Whats more, he had made major contributions to every stage. That investment in IOI made 500 million yuan in Dream Realization Ventures was something that people had always been talking about. He wondered what Boss Ma wanted from him. Chapter 1317 - Boss Ma Is Really A Man Of Character Hu Xianbin hugged his laptop and walked through the same sparse work desk as Tengdas Bunny Tail Live-Stream. He came to Boss Mas office and knocked lightly. He could vaguely hear the sound of a competition live-stream coming from the office. Please come in! Hu Xianbin pushed the door open and entered after a loud response. There was a huge projector in the spacious office. It was playing the latest GOG international invitational tournament today. Both sides were in the midst of an intense battle while Boss Ma sat in an armchair and watched the competition very excitedly. Hu Xianbin could not help but feel emotional. Boss Ma loved his job. Previously, he had been in charge of investing. He had invested a huge sum of money without any hesitation. Now, he was in charge of Bunny Tail live-stream. He did not forget to watch the competition live-stream even though he was busy. It was enough to show that he was quite serious and responsible for his job. A smile appeared on Ma Yangs long face when he saw Hu Xianbin. He immediately stood up. Youre finally here. Ive been waiting for you! Come, sit down and watch the competition. Theres a drink over there. Take whatever you want to drink. At that time, I complained to Brother Qian that Bunny Tail Live-Stream was lacking people and needed a good assistant. In the end, Brother Qian arranged for you to come over without any hesitation. Im relieved that youre here! Boss Mas enthusiasm overwhelmed Hu Xianbin. Previously, he had many doubts about this work transfer. It felt like he was being sent to jail? Hu Xianbin asked himself. He had worked in Tengda Games for a long time and his game results were quite good. However, it felt like Boss Pei was targeting him deliberately no matter how he looked at it. Hu Xianbin was confused. Was Boss Pei not satisfied with me? However, no matter how bad I am as the person-in-charge, I shouldnt make Yu Fei replace me, right? Now that Boss Ma said that, he understood. Obviously, he was not going to be sent to jail. Instead, he was going to put me in a good position! It turned out that Boss Ma had complained to Boss Pei that Bunny Tail Live-Stream lacked talents. That was why Boss Pei arranged for me to come here. In other words, Boss Pei highly approves of my work in Tengda Games. He thinks that Ive grown to a certain extent. I can stop being restricted in the games department and come to a brand new environment to display my talent! At that thought, Hu Xianbins disappointment dissipated. He suddenly felt motivated. Thus, he sat down on the sofa and watched the competition with Boss Ma. It was obvious that Boss Ma was quite engrossed in watching the competition. Sometimes he clapped and cheered, sometimes he sighed and shook his hands. He also often commented on the situation of the entire competition. He did not have the airs of a Vice-President at all. He was quite down-to-earth. However, the content he posted about the competition did not seem right at all Min Jingchao might be in charge of GOG and Hu Xianbin did not participate much, but he had a professional understanding. To put it bluntly, Boss Mas understanding of the game was on the same level as many bullet screen comments When Boss Ma was shouting, Why are you not fighting? Youre too cowardly. Basically, the other party would take advantage of the situation in advance and their heroes would not be strong enough. They could not fight. Boss Ma was shouting why dont the mid-laner support because the mid-laner was targeted by a wave, causing the minions to be coincidentally under their own tower; Boss Ma said that he was optimistic about a certain lineup. The correct rate was basically floating around 50%. It did not even seem like toxic milk. It seemed to be purely random All in all, Boss Mas opinions on the competition situation had no reference value. However, Hu Xianbin did not belittle Boss Ma because of this. There were specializations in the industry after all! As a management manager and an investment genius, it was normal for him not to understand games. Boss Mas positive participation attitude and down-to-earth viewing of the competition was very commendable! Hu Xianbin suddenly had an idea as he thought about it. Eh? Could this be one of the reasons why Boss Pei arranged for me to live-stream Bunny Tail? Boss Ma obviously doesnt understand games! Whats more, Chen Yufeng, who was caught on Suffering Travels from Bunny Tail Live-Stream, is not a professional in the game industry. Is this a hint from Boss Pei? Is he hinting that Im moving my position to make up for the shortcomings of Bunny Tail Live-Stream and work hard in the game industry? The more Hu Xianbin thought about it, the more he felt that something was amiss. If Boss Ma knew games very well, Hu Xianbin would not understand why he came to Bunny Tail live-stream. After all, he did not have any special abilities. He had only learned about game design after working under Boss Pei for so long. Was this a hint now? It undoubtedly pointed to the future development of Bunny Tail Live-Stream! Soon, the game ended. Ma Yang picked up the 1,600 milliliters cup next to him and gulped it down. He had no choice. He had been too engrossed in the competition just now. He had used up too much water and his mouth was dry. Hu Xianbin could not help but feel emotional when he saw the cup that was similar to a small water bottle. Boss Ma was indeed a man of character. He could even drink water with such character. Boss Pei and Boss Ma were two completely different sides of the same coin. Boss Pei was the type who was calm and collected and had everything under control. If this was in the ancient times, he would be considered a wise general. He would be able to smile and talk as the enemys fleet was reduced to ashes. On the other hand, Boss Ma was especially straightforward and sincere. He would probably be a ferocious warrior in ancient times. He might be rash but he could also achieve something. Why else would Boss Pei and Boss Ma be good partners! During the break, Ma Yang asked, By the way, lets talk briefly about business before the competition starts. The last time I had a meal with Brother Qian, he briefly explained the future development of Bunny Tail Live-Stream. Ive noted it down. Previously, Chen Yufeng said that he wanted to turn Bunny Tail Live-Stream into a real knowledge platform, but Brother Qian rejected him. Then, I suggest that we fight Waiwai Live-Stream and Wolf Fang Live-Stream to the death and burn money to poach their live-streamers. Brother Qian said that instead of poaching live-streamers, we should poach live-streamers. We should find some new people and gradually attract them to our platform. Lastly, we have to spend more money on the development platform function, but not on academics. Get the hang of it and think about what to do. Ma Yang had recorded everything that Pei Qian had said during the buffet until now. However, until now, he had not figured out what function he should use Chen Yufeng had been arranged to dig out the live streamers, but such things would not have much obvious effect in the short term. Whats more, Bunny Tail Live-Stream had been busy with the broadcast of GOGs international invitational tournament and other competitions recently. Ma Yang himself was watching the competition very intently. Sometimes, he would forget to think about the specific functions. Thus, he delayed it for a while. Now that Hu Xianbin was here, work could continue smoothly. Hu Xianbins eyes lit up. Boss Pei made it clear! Boss Ma, you dont have to say anything. I understand! I think there are two reasons why Boss Pei said that we should burn money on the development platforms functions, but not on academics. First, dig deeper into the platform function in terms of academic content. It would be difficult to dig out anything no matter how hard you work. Thats because creating the effect of students and lecturers interacting face-to-face through live-streaming is the most direct and effective way of spreading academic content. Doing other fancy functions would not improve the actual experience. At the moment, the live-stream content of Bunny Tails live-stream and the recording of the lecture are enough to meet academic requirements. We just have to wait for the content to gradually fill up. Second, Boss Pei obviously did not restrict the positioning of Bunny Tail Live-Stream to death. He limited it to the academic platform. While highlighting this point would be more conducive to creating labels and leave a deep impression on the audience, if you emphasize it too much, it would naturally dissuade many potential users. If we link Bunny Tail Live-Stream and the learning platform together, many people would subconsciously not want to watch it. How can we do that? Our ultimate goal is to let everyone know that there is some academic content on Bunny Tail live-stream so that they can learn about it. At the same time, we are not lacking in other aspects, such as entertainment and games. Thats good! After analyzing these two points, Boss Pei is obviously hinting that the new function that Bunny Tail Live-Stream wants to develop must be a huge investment, obvious effect, and unique competitive entertainment content! With the help of this new content, we have to further broaden the audiences understanding of Bunny Tail Live-Stream. We have to create new branches apart from the main academic content and E-Sports Live-Stream! Ma Yang nodded repeatedly. Yes, that makes sense! Thats right, I also think thats what Brother Qian must be thinking! Hu Xianbin was very pleased with Boss Mas approval. He continued, Whats more, Boss Pei has decided on the general direction. Actually, I dont have any special talents. Compared to the other person-in-charge, Im just closer to the games department and have a deeper understanding of the game. Thats why I think Boss Pei is hinting to me to strengthen the link between Bunny Tail Live-Stream and the games department. He should design some new functions for Bunny Tail Live-Stream based on the game content! Ma Yang listened intently. Such as? Hu Xianbin pondered for a moment. For example, we can ask the games department to cooperate and develop the function of live-streaming in the game. We can get through the game client and live-stream platform. I remember that some RTS games had already achieved the effect of recording a game with a few hundred kilograms for tens of minutes. Thats because the live-stream platform transmits images with high-yield rates, and the game records a series of data. If players have a client, as long as they use a small amount of game data and mobilize the games graphics resources to display on the local computer, they can achieve an excellent effect. Of course, this method cannot replace the current mainstream live-stream method. After all, most people watch live-streams on cell phones or websites. However, it can be used as a supplement. On one hand, it would give the audience another choice. Let them choose to use their own computers to play games. They would be free to OB and see more details. The quality of the painting would definitely improve. On the other hand, it would reduce the pressure on the platforms bandwidth and carry a larger user base! Chapter 1318 - Only Tengda Can Do It After Hu Xianbin finished speaking, he focused on observing Boss Mas reaction. Yes, Boss Ma looked quite interested, which meant that this idea was feasible! Thus, he briefly explained his idea. To put it bluntly, this function is to work hard to break through the barrier between the game client and live-stream platform to form the effect of integrating resources. Take GOG for example. Well install the live-stream software for Bunny Tail Live-Stream in GOGs game. Well use Bunny Tail Live-Stream to read the data in GOGs game. Then, well combine these data with the hosts camera image and the microphone collection sound. The audience will receive these data in their own GOG client. The data in the game will be played out by GOGs client. They will use the original resources in the game. Whats more, they can switch freely and view the various game data. In the game, you can freely turn on or off the hosts camera image and microphone sounds. This is equivalent to directly removing the game graphics that originally needed to be transmitted with the original arts code. You only need to transmit sound and camera graphics, greatly reducing the pressure on bandwidth. For players, the amount of data transmitted in the game is greater. If it was a traditional live-stream mode, the audience could only see what was happening on the screen. However, under this new model, viewers can freely check all information in the games match, including the opponents appearance, attribute information, specific operations, and so on. We can also create some additional functions. For example, real-time display key operations show the streamers key buttons in a specific area while operating. The replay function can be used to drag the progress bar to watch exciting scenes. There is also a richer OB function. If the audience wants to watch the streamer from the first-person perspective, they can watch the first-person perspective. If they want to watch the overall perspective or the opponents perspective, they can also switch. Of course, just like normal live-streams, we also have to make a delay function to prevent situations like peeping screens or reporting points. In terms of GOG viewing the competition, this function would be more practical because more things would happen in the competition, and the audience would want to know more details. For Bunny Tail Live-Stream, many games have Bunny Tail Live-Streams. This is equivalent to a perfect promotion. For these games, adding live-stream functions can also provide more things for players to do when they hang their client. Whats more, this method is not limited to GOG. Other games like Repent and be Saved and Mission and Choice can also be done. Players can even play the game on their clients screen to suit their own preferences by playing the Mod and personalized settings. For example, Repent and be Saved. Players would watch the live-stream after playing the appearance of the Mod. They would also see the game graphics after playing the Mod. That would provide richer options. On top of that, the games client can also be recommended by the host. Gamers of Repent and be Saved can look for streamers who specialize in Repent and be Saved on the client. Many streamers are ranked very low on live-stream platforms because they are not popular. There is no traffic at all. However, the chances of being discovered would greatly increase if they were divided into every game. Isnt this in line with Boss Peis requirements, which is to dig out live streamers, and perfectly fit? The more Ma Yang listened, the more reasonable it sounded. However, he still had doubts. It sounds perfect! However, could other games companies or live-stream platforms imitate or copy us? Hu Xianbin smiled. Boss Ma, you might not know much about games. Only Tengda can do this. Thats because only in Tengda can the gaming and live-stream departments not distinguish each other and have no conflicts of interest! In order to do that, we have to get through the live-stream platform and game client. Thats a lot of work, and theres a certain amount of technical content. However, the workload and technical content are not the biggest problems. After all, they can be solved by burning money. The biggest problem is that the interests of the game merchants and live-stream platforms are completely different. How can we cooperate? At the moment, the companies in the country only make games. The live-stream platforms are purely live-stream platforms. There are no companies like Tengda that make both. Were assuming that if IOI wants to cooperate with Wolf Fang live-stream and do similar functions, they would encounter such problems. First of all, to IOI, changing the client requires a lot of work. Why should I develop such a function for your live-stream platform? I have the time to develop new versions and new heroes, right? How many practical benefits can this function bring to me? How many benefits do you have to give me to be able to add so many useless things to the live-stream platform? Objectively, I have to guide your platform? Can Long Yu Corporation agree? Even if Long Yu Corporation agrees, can Finger Games and Dayak Corporation agree? Secondly, to live-stream platforms, this might have improved the audiences experience to a certain extent and reduced the pressure of bandwidth, but the problem is, how much would it cost to make game merchants willing to do this? Whats more, this is equivalent to transferring your audience to the client of various games. Wouldnt it be better to keep these people in your hands? Its completely thankless. Therefore, if the game developers and live-stream platforms are regarded as two individuals with highly separate interests, this function would be much more invested than returns for them. Moreover, both would feel that they have lost out. However, if it is like Tengda, the gaming department and live-stream platform are highly unified as a whole. Looking at the problem in the overall interest, this function would indeed help to improve the audiences experience in the long term. The effect at the beginning might not be obvious, but the further you go, the richer the function, the better the experience. At that time, this would be the core competitiveness of Bunny Tail Live-Stream compared to other games platforms! Whats more, companies like Tengda that have so many successful games are rare even in the world, let alone in China. If it was just one or two games, the effect might not be obvious. However, Tengda has GOG, Ocean Stronghold, and many standalone games with excellent sales. It can be said that Tengda occupies a large part of the content of the live-stream platform. This rich family is our biggest source of confidence in this function! Ma Yang nodded immediately. Alright, that makes sense. Lets do it this way! However Does our platform have a rule that we have to learn for an hour to affect this function? Of course, Hu Xianbin knew about the rule of Bunny Tail Live-Stream. After some thought, he said, It must be affected. This is a threshold after all. However, we can also install a live-stream platform in the client and watch learning videos for an hour through pop-up windows. In other words, players can freely switch between two modes in the games client: one is displayed with game resources, and the other is displayed on live-streams. Of course, we can only use the latter when learning mode, but we can use all the functions freely after an hour. Ma Yang said regrettably, This one hour limit is a little redundant. Should I ask Brother Qian and report our plan to him? Let him make a decision and see if he can remove the one hour limit in this function. Hu Xianbin quickly shook his head. Of course not! If watching the live-stream with a client can bypass the threshold of this hour, wouldnt it be completely opposite to Boss Peis requirements? Boss Pei will definitely not agree! Whats more, I feel that Boss Peis rule must have a deeper meaning. We cannot change it randomly before we fully understand it. It will affect Boss Peis overall plan. Ma Yang: Deeper meaning? Hu Xianbin nodded. Thats right. Even though I cant think of a deeper meaning now, I can think of it this way: learning for an hour has become the label of Bunny Tail Live-Stream. A huge price has been paid to form this label. If we want to tear this label off, it would bring a huge loss to Bunny Tail Live-Stream. Not only would it be difficult to recover the users that were lost previously, but it might also cause the existing users to lose even more. Weve already come this far. Its not easy for the audience at Bunny Tail Live-Stream to adapt, get used to it, and accept it. We cannot change it randomly. The impression of Bunny Tail Live-Stream being unique was gradually formed on many live-stream platforms. On the other hand, the requirement of learning for an hour was the most recognizable point of Bunny Tail Live-Stream compared to other platforms for viewers who had truly chosen to stay and were already used to it. He also felt that he had gained something from playing live-stream for at least an hour. This feeling was where their sense of belonging to Bunny Tail Live-Stream was. In order to create such a label, Bunny Tail Live-Stream actually gave up the opportunity to expand rapidly and also lost a large number of users. However, these lost users might still come back in the future. If they were to cancel or bypass this rule rashly, it would be equivalent to Bunny Tail Live-Stream slapping themselves in the face for viewers who had already left. It would completely overturn their previous decision and prove the mistake of this decision. For viewers who had stayed and were already used to this rule, it would also make Bunny Tail Live-Stream lose its uniqueness. In short, he could not change this situation no matter what. If he changed, all his previous efforts would be wasted. Ma Yang nodded. Yes, that makes sense. Actually, I was just saying. I fully support Brother Qians decision. Brother Qian is right, you are indeed a genius! Sending you here really solved my urgent problem! Get ready and come up with a plan. Theres no time to lose. Well start planning next week! Chapter 1319 - I’m Just Going Through The Process At night, Hu Xianbin arrived at Ming House and had a farewell meal with everyone in the games department. In the afternoon, he had a very good chat with Boss Ma. At first, he was a little dissatisfied with being transferred to the live-stream department. However, he no longer had that feeling. He felt that Boss Ma was a very reasonable person. He agreed with his views and was very good at executing them. With Boss Ma and Boss Peis relationship, it was very convenient to ask for resources. That way, Hu Xianbin felt that he could also show off on the live-stream platform! There were many people having dinner tonight. Apart from his old friends from the gaming department, there were also some old acquaintances from GOGs project team, including Zhang Nan. After all, GOGs project team and the gaming department had not been separated previously. They were very familiar with each other. Everyone ate as they discussed recent events, from GOGs international invitational tournament to the new game, and finally, inevitably, Suffering Travels. Someone asked curiously, Old Hu, how much suffering did you go through during Suffering Travels? Was the documentary exaggerated or was that your true state? After hearing his question, many people, including Yu Fei, could not help but listen intently. Who could guarantee that the area of suffering and travel would not extend to core members of the department? Whats more, the contents of Suffering Travels were too mysterious. It indeed made people curious. Hu Xianbin put down his chopsticks and cleared his throat solemnly. Suffering Travels It is indeed a little torturous, but it is also important. The documentary that you guys saw was a little exaggerated. After all, it was a program effect. However, looking back at it carefully, there are actually still many benefits apart from suffering. Everyone was a little surprised. Many benefits? Thats right. Hu Xianbin nodded. First, walking outside would indeed help to strengthen your body and relax your mind! This kind of opportunity to completely relax and interact with nature is rare. Think about it. This experience might not happen even once in your lifetime. Isnt it good to have a paid experience now? Secondly, even though its suffering, its actually training. Theres a sense of achievement after completing the goal. Lastly, after the people in charge experienced hardships together, their relationship improved greatly. This would also greatly improve the cooperation and help between the various departments in the future. I think this is Boss Peis way of selecting outstanding employees! You can only have a strong will and become a talent that Boss Pei truly trusts after going through the baptism of torturous travel, physical and mental tests! Therefore, if someone wants to be noticed by Boss Pei as soon as possible and wants to challenge themselves, they might as well take the initiative to participate in Suffering Travels. Actually, those projects are not that difficult. I often get first place in rock climbing competitions. Hu Xianbin was full of nonsense as well. He had no choice. If it was really that bad, who would dare go again? He couldnt possibly become one of the few people who suffered, right? That would be too miserable. Of course, everyone had to have a share in such meaningful activities! Thus, before they returned from the torturous trip, the first batch of people in charge had already spoken in advance. No one could badmouth the torturous trip when they returned! Of course, he could not be too fake. He had to bluff as many people as he could while ensuring that people would believe him. Everyone had different reactions after hearing Hu Xianbins words. There were indeed people who believed him. That was becuase Hu Xianbins words made sense. Apart from Zhang Yuan and a few other person-in-charge, the other core employees had not come into contact with Wu Bins latest theoretical research results. They had different opinions on the deeper meaning of Suffering Travels. However, everyone could tell that the people who went on a trip were all the people in charge of Tengdas various departments. Whats more, they were the people in charge of the core departments who had made major contributions! Boss Pei would rather delay their working hours than arrange for them to suffer. Why? Obviously, according to Hu Xianbin, this selection and test of outstanding employees was a challenge to himself. Whats more, if he were to think from another perspective, if everyone who participated in the torturous travel was in charge and an ordinary employee joined in Wouldnt that be a chance to show his face in front of Boss Pei? At that time, if Tengda wanted to start a new project or the person-in-charge of the department was transferred away for various reasons, people who had left an impression on Boss Pei would definitely have a chance to be promoted and promoted! Some people felt that it was good to be an ordinary employee, but others still hoped to display their talents in higher positions. Thus, Hu Xianbins words obviously made sense. Others were indifferent. Dont even think about making me suffer! These people did not want to be in charge. They felt that the current position was quite good. The benefits were maxed out, and the workload was just right. As for Zhang Nan, she was secretly laughing. That was because he knew that it was ridiculous after hearing Wu Bins theory from Zhang Yuan and Hu Xianbins explanation. He had completely misunderstood Boss Pei. This group of people in charge had put in a lot of effort to deceive others into suffering. The corners of Hu Xianbins mouth twitched when he saw Zhang Nan laughing. What was with all the sarcasm? Dont gloat. Youre the person-in-charge now. You wont be able to escape the torture since youre in charge of GOG! Hu Xianbin cleared his throat. Why, do you think Im wrong? Zhang Nan smiled. Of course not. Actually, the way to verify it is very simple. You just have to take the initiative to apply for Suffering Travels and see if Boss Pei would approve it. According to Wu Bins theory, Suffering Travels was meant to correct the wrong views of the workaholics. If he took the initiative to apply for a torturous trip, it would prove that he was beyond cure and a workaholic. At that time, it would not be strange to be made to suffer, let alone travel. Hu Xianbin was very indignant. Its indeed possible that it might not be approved, but thats because torturous travel is an elite selection system. Not everyone has a chance to go! They signed up. If they dont have enough experience and ability, they might not be selected. Isnt that normal? Both of them had their own opinions and felt that there was no problem with their interpretation. The others looked at each other, not knowing who to listen to. That was because it was rare for the people in charge to have such huge differences in their interpretation of Boss Peis intentions. In the past, one person-in-charge would be the one to explain while the other person-in-charge would nod and agree. They would quickly reach a consensus after adding on. However, this time, both of them seemed to make sense, and neither could convince the other. Zhang Nan had wanted to explain Wu Bins theory to Hu Xianbin at first. However, there were too many people at this venue. It was not appropriate to be too flamboyant about content that involved the core of the Tengda spirit. It could only be spread in the small circle of the person-in-charge. Secondly, she felt that Hu Xianbin was obviously up to no good. He wanted to cheat others because he would not suffer in the short term. She did not want to share the correct answers with him. Thus, Zhang Nan did not explain much. Neither of them could convince the other. They did not continue arguing and quickly ended the conversation. However, there were two different voices in the interpretation of suffering travel. Everyone present silently noted this down. November 16th, Friday In Dawn Games Games platform. Yan Qi, right? Hello, Im He Desheng, the person-in-charge of Dream Realization Ventures. In the guest room, He Desheng shook hands warmly with Yan Qi. Yan Qi felt a little overwhelmed by the favor. That was because his proposal had only been sent to him for slightly more than a week. It had actually replied so quickly. In fact, Li Yada had already briefly spoken to him previously. She said that there would be a reply over there after some time. Whats more, she had already told Yan Qi to modify the design manuscript and make up for all the designs that had been axed because of the budget problem. Li Yada did not fill in the details. Instead, she described the game in detail. In the end, if the budget estimate was not high enough, the game could be axed again. The key was for the investors to see that the game was in its best state. Even though he had greeted them in advance, Yan Qi had not expected them to arrive so quickly. More importantly, the person-in-charge of Dream Realization Ventures had come personally instead of letting Yan Qi go. There might be thoughts of inspecting Yan Qis workspace here but it could still be said to be giving him face! Was his plan too well-written? Yan Qi did not think so. He only refreshed his understanding of Li Yada again. He felt that this person was too scary. The power behind him was beyond imagination. In fact, he did not know that the reason why it had been delayed for so long was mainly because He Desheng was still in Shennongjia. He might have come over a long time ago if he had returned a few days earlier. Let me briefly explain the supplementary content. Yan Qi briefly explained the changes he had made to the design plan for Shu Li, mainly adding some new content. He Desheng nodded. Alright. According to Dream Realization Ventures regulations, we have to send your companys finance department to ask about some operations. However, dont worry, we will definitely not interfere in the game design. If there are no problems, we can officially sign the contract. Well transfer a hundred million yuan in two batches. We can add on to the follow-up development of the project. The main requirement for sending the finance department is to be explained in advance. Think about it. Yan Qi was stunned for a moment. He quickly said, Of course, theres no problem. Our small workspace did not do very well in this area. Of course, I would be more than happy to have professional help to check it out. Then, I can focus my energy on developing games! However, thats all? Arent you going to study the design plan again? Such a huge investment had been made so easily. Yan Qi was very surprised and even a little unreal. He Desheng smiled. Theres nothing to see. I dont understand games. This investment has been decided a long time ago. Im just here to go through the process. Actually, Boss Pei has already seen your proposal and quite approved of it. You dont have to care about anything. Just work hard on creating this game. Chapter 1320 - The Pei Family’s Marketing Method to Save Popularity! He Deshengs casual words stunned Yan Qi. What? Boss Pei had seen it? And it was highly validated? At first, Yan Qi was shocked by Li Yadas ability. However, on further thought, he realized that it probably had nothing to do with Li Yada. Even if Li Yada and He Desheng had a relationship in private, He Desheng could not make the decision for such a huge investment involving hundreds of millions of yuan. He had to ask Boss Pei. In other words, Li Yada and He Desheng were both considered mouthpieces. They could not decide anything. In the end, Boss Pei had to make the final decision. Everyone knew that Boss Pei was the boss behind Dream Realization Ventures. Thus, it was not strange for Boss Pei to see the design draft. What shocked Yan Qi was that Boss Pei did not laugh it off. Instead, he looked at it seriously. Not only did he approve of it, but he also took the initiative to increase the budget! What kind of trust was this! After all, Yan Qi and Boss Pei had never met before and did not understand each other at all. They trusted each other so much just based on a game design manuscript? That made Yan Qi feel like a romantic. It was just like in ancient times. The two poems might be thousands of miles apart and did not know each other, but after reading each others poems, they would naturally feel like they were two peas in a pod. On this matter, it was obviously the romance of a game designer! It could be said that Boss Pei, who had given this investment, was not really an investor at that moment. Instead, he was a big boss designer who was filled with care for his juniors. He had the feeling that if he could achieve it, he would help the world. Wouldnt it be great if Boss Pei used this sum of money to develop games? Given Boss Peis high success rate in developing games, it would be more worth it than destroying a small workspace. However, Boss Pei did not do that. Instead, he very generously gave the money to Yan Qi, showing full trust and anticipation. Yan Qi did not see how Boss Pei looked when he made this decision but he could roughly imagine it. Boss Pei must have a warm smile on his face, like a god overlooking the world. Boss Pei was the savior of the domestic games industry! Yan Qi could not help but feel encouraged. He immediately expressed his determination and said, Dont worry, Boss He. I will definitely make this game well even if I have to sacrifice my life. I will definitely not let Boss Pei down! In the afternoon, in the advertising and marketing department Meng Chang continued to read the reactions of the promotional video online. Three days had passed. The debate about the promotional video online was basically set. It had barely achieved the effect Meng Chang wanted, but it was still far from the best effect. First of all, on the surface, this promotional video looked like it was hard on the publicity intermediary staff, but most people actually found it difficult to sympathize with this point. Second, because Meng Chang had deliberately used some special methods to film this film, the audience would always feel a little upset after tasting it. The current public opinion on the internet could be said to be a small scolding. Many people were analyzing why this film made people feel that something was wrong. They then pointed out the various chaos in the intermediary industry. However, it was not to the extent where they could scold it badly. After all, the content of this film was quite standard. It had not reached the level of public anger yet. However, Meng Chang did not have a good solution. He could not break the delicate balance now because that would be too deliberate. It would easily backfire. At that moment, Yu Yao suddenly said, Brother Meng, look, Home Corporation also released a promotional video! Meng Chang was stunned. Huh? He had just opened the link sent by Yu Yao and realized that Home Corporation had indeed released a video, and it was longer than the video he had made! Home Corporation is committed to providing high-quality housing for young people The professional intermediary team created by Home Corporation is always on standby, analyzing the actual needs of tenants, providing a huge amount of real estate, and letting countless young people who come to big cities to find a place to live Accompanying the clean and tidy background of the promotional video, a low and elegant male voice spoke tirelessly. The entire video was considered relatively long in the promotional video. It was more than seven minutes and was roughly divided into three parts. The first part was about the growth rate of Home Corporation, market share, the number of tenants and landlords they had signed contracts with, and so on. As one of the top corporations in the industry, the figures in this area were obviously very good. The second part was about the experience of young people in Home Corporation, especially in the Safe House project. From the selection of houses, viewing of houses to the signing of contracts, it was stated that they were real houses and served patiently. Both intermediaries and butlers were professional teams that had been trained so that young people could work outside without any worries. The third part was similar to the promotional video that Meng Chang had filmed. It was mainly emotional and focused on the trivial matters of the intermediaries and butlers of Home Corporation. It was not understood by others after working hard but it still maintained a positive attitude. Previously, Home Corporation had called Slow Movement Studio Lin Wan after seeing the promotional video that Meng Chang had filmed. They did not continue pestering her after being rejected. Instead, they chose to film the promotional video themselves. Obviously, Home Corporation knew very well that the popularity was fleeting. They had to seize the opportunity. Thus, they worked day and night and produced the promotional video in a very short time. However, Meng Chang did not know that Home Corporation had once approached Slow Movement Studio for cooperation. Thus, he was a little surprised to see the promotional video. Meng Chang frowned slightly. Coincidence? Thats not right. This obviously came prepared! Meng Chang was smart and instantly understood the intentions of Home Corporation. During this period of time, Meng Chang had already spent a huge amount of money on publicity for the promotional video that he had filmed. He had made his presence known in front of netizens. However, this promotional video did not directly promote real estate intermediary simulators or rental companies like Sloth Apartments. On the surface, it looked like it had nothing to do with any brand. It purely reflected intermediary life. Thus, this popularity was equivalent to no one recognizing it. Home Corporation had obviously seen this opportunity. If they took the opportunity to publicize it under such a popularity, wouldnt they be able to absorb the popularity onto themselves? Meng Changs promotional video looked quite pure after all. It looked harmless and there was no danger to it. As for being scolded, Home Corporation had been scolded too many times. They were actually not afraid of being scolded. As long as he spent a lot of money on publicity and triggered popularity, he would definitely increase the reputation of Home Corporation. Indeed, not long after the video was released, there was a commotion below. Whats more, it was much more intense than the promotional video that Meng Chang posted! F*ck, this is a scam advertisement! Are you really not mocking yourself? Real property? Service patiently? Ask yourselves, which one of you is this? Hehe, Home Corporation, a professional team of intermediaries, always on standby to cheat people, distort the tenants actual needs, use good photos to deceive tenants, use a huge amount of rubbish housing to make up the numbers, monopolize the rental market, harass the landlords with their phones, let countless young people who came to the big cities have their first lesson, feel the dangers of society Has the matter with formaldehyde been resolved so quickly? In my opinion, the fine is too little and the punishment is not strong enough. Companies that ignore the lives of tenants should collapse on the spot! However, the comments section was not one-sided. There were still many people speaking for Home Corporation. Its about time. I already said that the matter with the formaldehyde room was caused by the local branch. Now, theyve punished and edited it. At the very least, the service of the Safe House has improved. Isnt it too much to keep criticizing it? To be honest, Home Corporation is not bad among the rental companies I met. At the very least, intermediaries are still considered serious and responsible. Those small intermediaries are really scamming people without any discussion. They cant wait to eat you up together! Its just a normal promotional video. Theres no need to be so angry, right? The keyboard warriors are scolding the heavens and the earth. You can directly buy a house or look for the landlord. Who forced you to rent a house from Home Corporation? Theres a platform to provide you with service. Why are you still picking on it? It could be seen that there were signs of reviews and fake reviewers. Many comments with high likes and curses disappeared in the blink of an eye. However, no matter what, the popularity of the video was increasing very quickly. Many people felt that the video that Meng Chang posted previously did not taste right. However, on account that the lady was very cute and the video was not particularly popular, they did not go all out. However, this time it was Home Corporation. That was different! All the pent up anger from before was released. However, Home Corporation obviously did not care. The more popular it was, the better. In any case, my one-handed control review and fake reviewers would guide the trend. The negative popularity would also increase my popularity. What could happen if a few netizens cursed online? Meng Chang looked at the comments below the video and his eyes suddenly lit up. How cooperative! He was just worried that the popularity would not be enough and that there would not be enough discussion. Home Corporations intervention solved his urgent problem! In Meng Changs opinion, Home Corporations decision was not considered wrong. If he had been the previous him, he would have chosen the same way as Home Corporation. At that time, he had thought that marketing was about using the least amount of money to get the most popularity at all costs. However, Meng Chang no longer thought so after learning the Pei familys publicity method in depth. Meng Chang suddenly realized that the Pei Familys publicity method seemed to be specialized in marketing methods that relied on popularity? Not only would he be able to recover all the popularity in the end, but he would also be able to create a dimensional reduction attack from a higher dimension. Not only would he be able to gain both fame and fortune, but he would also make the other party lose all their hard-earned money! At that moment, Meng Chang suddenly had a feeling. The current him was like the previous Boss Pei; The current Home Corporation was just like him in the past. So the me in the past was so weak in front of Boss Pei. I did not even take the initiative to attack. I only laid a very simple trap and the other party came in Meng Chang suddenly perked up because he realized that this was not only a huge benefit to the publicity plan this time. It was also an excellent opportunity for him to practice the Pei Familys publicity method of extermination! Now that Home Corporation had taken the bait, the next problem would be how to be stable, accurate, and ruthless enough to bait a big fish! Chapter 1321 - The Lucky Draw Prepared Exclusively For Teacher Qiao! November 20th, Tuesday Last weekend, Pei Qian stayed at home and watched the competition for two days. GOG and IOIs two competitions were very exciting. Scrolling through the forums after watching the competition was double the happiness. Until now, IOIs global finals had been doing well. It had completely met Pei Qians expectations. GOG had a huge advantage at the beginning. The live-stream platform had maximized the recommendation resources and squeezed IOI to various corners. The offline viewing activities were also done like fire. However, IOI was not unprepared after all. From the view of the competition venue this time, Dayak Corporation and Finger Games spared no more than the previous time in order to save face. Thus, there was no obvious difference from GOGs international invitational tournament. To IOIs gamers, watching the competition was necessary. Thus, even though there was a gap between live-stream platforms and live-streaming competitions and GOG, they still had to watch it. Passers-by who were observing from both sides would be more affected. Pei Qian did not expect IOI to be so sharp. He just had to withstand GOGs sharp attack in the early stages. IOI should still have a chance to show off when the finals enter the latter half of the competition. Pei Qian had walked around the office on Monday, but nothing much had happened. The various departments work was progressing steadily. There were no abnormalities in the work report. He had also noticed the promotional video posted by Home Corporation, but he did not pay much attention to it. He might not have a good impression of Home Corporation but it was not illegal for them to publish a promotional video. It would not have any substantial connection with Sloth Apartments or Tengdas industries. It was fine to publish it. Pei Qian had more important things to consider now, such as the arrangements for the second episode of the Suffering Travels. After the first batch of members returned, the Suffering Travels was temporarily in a rest period. Zhu Xiaoce had already booked the air tickets to return to China. He would be able to rush back within this week. Pei Qian was very satisfied. It looked like his twelve gold medal recall were quite effective. He still maintained perfect control of Tengda. On the whole, the people in charge of Tengda could still be controlled by him other than when the Heavens were not doing their job well and there were some freak combination of factors. When Zhu Xiaoce returned, the person-in-charge of the second batch of the Suffering Travels would be present. There would be three vacancies left. Once everyone was here, special training would be arranged immediately. They could not waste any time. After all, if this episode of Suffering Travels was delayed for one more day, the next episode of Suffering Travels would start one day later. Time was squeezed out! Now, Pei Qian was thinking about how to fill in the gaps. Whats more, Qiao Liang and Ruan Guangjian were among the people who would fill in the gaps. Pei Qian had intended to tell Qiao Liang himself by using his Great Deceit. However, on further thought, the success rate of doing so would definitely be very low. After all, there had already been a promotional video for the Suffering Travels. Everyone basically knew what the Suffering Travels was about and what it was like. Who was Qiao Liang? A veteran gaming geek! In terms of homebodies, he was at most slightly weaker than Bao Xu, but not much weaker. It would be too difficult to fool such a person into Suffering Travels. Whats more, there has been a negative factor recently. The VR game, Real Estate Agent Simulator, was about to be officially released. Other players might not know this news, but it was impossible for Qiao Liang not to know since he had a close relationship with Slow Movement Studio. Qiao Liang must have hoped to play this game as soon as possible and produce a video or something. At this critical juncture, if he were to cut off his internet connection for two months and suffer outside, Qiao Liang would definitely reject him. No matter how glib Pei Qians tongue was, the chances of him getting him to move would be very low. Ruan Guangjian was relatively easy to deal with, but it was still unknown if this Suffering Travels would make Ruan Guangjian suffer. Thus, Pei Qian had to bluff Qiao Liang into coming. First, it was to make Qiao Liang suffer. Second, it was to make Qiao Liang unable to make a video of the real estate agent simulator. It would greatly reduce the chances of this game becoming popular. What can I do to make Qiao Liang come voluntarily or be forced to participate in the Suffering Travels? It would be best if he could do two things. On one hand, it would make him feel that he would lose out if he did not come. On the other hand, it would put pressure on him by his surroundings, including his fans and friends, so that he had no choice but to come. Under what circumstances would he feel that he would lose out if he did not come? Suffering Travels itself might not work. It can only give a unique label and meaning to the suffering travels and give the person who participated in this trip a unique identity Aha! Pei Qian thought hard for many days and finally thought of a solution that was effective. He immediately called Yu Fei over. Well organize a lucky draw immediately. The range of the lucky draw is for all Tengda Games players. As long as players who register a Tengda account and log in to Tengda Games recently have a chance to participate. Tengda accounts have V-certifications. These verified accounts are based on the size of their contributions to Tengda Games and set different weights. Those who do not have V-certification are to set different weights according to the length of the game, the contribution, and so on. Well draw according to the weightage. Well round up the total number of prizes drawn until we win Qiao Liang and Ruan Guangjian. Then, we will rank Tengda Games based on the contribution of these accounts. Those who are ranked at the top will be given priority to participate in the Suffering Travels. Then, tell Bao Xu to announce the plan for the next stage of Suffering Travels. From the third episode onwards, Suffering Travels will allow outsiders to register freely. Bao Xu will decide on the fees himself. After recruiting outsiders, the upper limit of the number of people on Suffering Travels will be increased to 20. The configuration will be changed to: five Tengda employees, five lucky players from the lucky draw, and 10 people from the outside world to sign up. Amongst them, Tengdas employees and lucky players are free. The applicants from the outside world have to pay for themselves. Whats more, they have to be screened. They dont want those who dont meet the criteria. Internal employees, lucky players, and registration personnel from the outside world are in three different lines. Line up separately. You can participate when you reach the line. Post a schedule function that can be checked at any time so that everyone can roughly know which episode you are in so that it can be easier to plan and arrange the schedule. That was Pei Qians plan for Teacher Qiao. If he said it directly, Qiao Liang would definitely be able to tell that this was a trap and would definitely reject him on the spot. The key was that Suffering Travels itself was not tempting at all. How could it be possible for Qiao Liang to give up the opportunity to play the release of the real estate intermediary simulator and go to the sewers to eat dirt? Therefore, he would organize a lucky draw and package it. Theoretically speaking, the lucky draw would involve all Tengda players. The probability of drawing Teacher Qiao was very low, but the rules could be slightly modified. Tengdas account had a V-certification, Qiao Liang and Ruan Guangjian had both entered V-certification. Both of them had made huge contributions to Tengda Games with their identities. This weightage would definitely skyrocket. It would be very easy to draw the two of them during the lucky draw because of weight. Tengdas gamers, excluding foreign gamers, already had more than ten million users in the country alone. That was not even including standalone games that had a million sales. Even if he were to draw 10,000 people in this group of people, it would only be one in a thousand, or even one in ten thousand. Thus, there were two labels for the people who won the lucky draw this time. Tengdas ultimate veteran gamer and the lucky winner! At that time, the people who would be selected would either be lucky winners among lucky winners or people who had made huge contributions to Tengda Games development. No matter what, the scarcity of being selected would be enough to brag about it on WeChat moments for a year. Qiao Liang had always thought highly of his identity as a hardcore player. He would definitely be excited if he was really selected. Whats more, the results of the lucky draw this time would be made known. At that time, all of Qiao Liangs fans would be able to see him on the rankings. At that time, even if Qiao Liang did not want to come, his fans would definitely not agree. They would kidnap him even if they had to. Who did not want to see Teacher Qiao suffer? At this point, he still had to worry about Qiao Liang not coming? This was an open plan. Qiao Liang might feel that something was amiss but he had no choice! It was the same for Ruan Guangjian. The only pity was that it was impossible to lure Li Shi over. That was because Boss Li did not play Tengdas games. It was unrealistic to want to draw him from the lucky draw. If he did it behind the scenes, it would be too obvious. Thus, he could only give up helplessly. The third spot would be left to the lucky players! In any case, those who were selected and ranked so highly after being ranked were definitely people who were qualified to be recorded in Pei Qians notebook. The meaning of the number of people selected was that if Qiao Liang and Ruan Guangjian were selected on the 1,500th draw, then they would be selected to 2,000 and 2,000. That would be more natural so that Qiao Liang would not realize that it was actually targeted at him. Of course, these lucky players were free of charge. The system did not give them a warning because this could be seen as a return to Tengda Games players. After all, the people who were selected had either contributed a lot of popularity to Tengda Games or contributed a lot of money. Whats more, the probability of being selected was very low. It was very reasonable to give back to this small benefit. The remaining 10 registration personnel from the outside world had to fork out money, and the cost would not be low. This ensured that there was a channel for profit for Suffering Travels and met the systems requirements. With the official announcement of this lucky draw event, the registration of the outside world for the Suffering Travels would definitely be opened. The price would definitely have to be confirmed. Once the high price was announced, most people would not sign up. Who had nothing better to do than to spend money to torture themselves? However, he could not rule out the possibility that some peoples brains would suddenly cramp up. It should not be a problem to gather dozens of people to register for something. Thus, Pei Qian had also explained to Bao Xu in advance to write the relevant rules on the website clearly. The schedule could be checked at any time. Even if the Suffering Travels was used to incur losses, these necessary steps could not be omitted. Chapter 1322 - Teacher Qiao Won A Award! After arranging for Suffering Travels in the morning, Pei Qian had lunch. He wrapped himself in a small blanket in his office and took a good nap. Then, he woke up and watched some drama. He began to think about IOIs global finals before knocking them off in the afternoon. From the looks of the current situation, IOIs global finals had basically held out. There were no major problems. However, due to live-stream platforms and offline viewing activities, IOIs current popularity was still far less than GOGs. Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation seemed to have not found a good solution for the time being. Or perhaps they were preparing and had not taken action yet. However, if he did not do anything, the popularity would obviously not be able to catch up. That was because even though E-Sports competitions were the most popular in the semi-finals and finals, they were also accumulated by the popularity of the first group stages. If the popularity had been dismal at the beginning, it would not have exploded in the semi-finals and finals. Pei Qian wondered if he could think of a way to help them. He might not be able to interfere with the specific arrangements of IOIs global finals nor could he give them money openly, but he still had another card in his hand: FV Team! FV Team had also participated as the representative team of the ICL league this time. Whats more, from their performance in the group stages over the past few days, they still had a good dominance. They were strong competitors for the champion of this competition. Of course, Finger Games had put in a lot of effort to not let FV Team win the championship. They had cut down all the heroes that FV Team was good at and strengthened the heroes that European and American teams were good at. That made it difficult for FV Team to reach the level that they did not even lose a small game last year. However, FV still maintained its dominance as a strong team based on the players efforts, hero pool, and tactical execution. That made IOIs global finals even more suspenseful this year. Pei Qian decided to call the boss of FV Club, Wu Yue, to ask about FV Teams current situation. He looked at the time. It should be morning in Europe now. Wu Yue was probably up already, so he sent a voice request. Wu Yue picked up not long after. Boss Pei? Wu Yue was obviously surprised. He did not expect Boss Pei to call him personally. Pei Qian asked, Hows FV Team in Europe? Wu Yue quickly answered, Thank you for your concern, Boss Pei. FV Teams logistical support here is completely fine. The team members are all very lively and in good condition! The version changes in the international competition might have cut off many of the team members best heroes and are still being adjusted, but dont worry, Boss Pei. The team members are adjusting very quickly. There are also special data analysis teams studying IOIs new version day and night. We will definitely work hard this time to bring back the trophy for IOIs global finals! Pei Qian remained silent for a moment. Alright. FV Team would definitely make the clubs value rise again if they were to win another championship. He did not know how much money they would earn, but Pei Qian could not stop them even if he wanted to. Secondly, winning the international competition would bring glory to the country. Thus, Pei Qian had nothing much to say. It would depend on FV Teams own performance! Dont give the players too much pressure. If you win, you win. If you dont win, forget it. Its E-Sports after all. Winning or losing is normal. Dont force yourself to improve your goal this year just because you were the champion last year. You have to do something. Maintain a relaxed mentality. Wu Yue quickly said, Alright, Boss Pei. I understand! Pei Qian sniggered inwardly. Understand my a * s. Forget it, lets not worry about this. This was not the main problem. Pei Qian decided to get down to business. Im calling you this time mainly to arrange a task for FV Team. Well try our best to create some program effect before, during, and after the competition. Of course, we just have to do it along the way. Theres no hard goal. Wu Yue perked up when he heard about the performance. Boss Pei, we plan to do that even without you saying! After all, weve already done it last year, and the effect is not bad. The performance is FV Teams excellent tradition. How can we give it up? However, the version of the international competition this year has been quite different. Everyone in our club is preparing for battle, so the performance has been shelved for now. Dont worry, Boss Pei. Weve already been in the group stages for some time. We should be able to spare some time on our side. Well definitely continue to carry out the tradition of putting on a good show! Well continue to maintain the character of FV Teams antagonist, the great demon king! Pei Qian nodded. Alright, Im relieved. FV Team had been working crazily during IOIs global finals last year, bringing much popularity to the global finals. FV Team might have stolen most of the popularity after winning the championship but that was last year after all. Finger Games had worked very hard against FV Team this year. The version changes were so huge. The veteran teams in Europe and America had been strengthened at the epic level. The chances of FV Team winning the championship had greatly decreased. Thus, Pei Qian allowed FV Team to continue their performance mainly to generate popularity for IOIs global finals so that they would not be suppressed by GOGs international invitational tournament. As long as FV Team could not win the championship in the end and was won by the European and American teams, the popularity would go to the European and American teams. It would be very helpful for IOI to expand the European and American market. Then, he could continue to compete with IOI in the European and American markets to burn money. Wouldnt that be perfect? Pei Qian would not ask about the specifics of the performance because FV Team had already tried it once last year. They were familiar with the entire performance and the effect was very good. It was trustworthy. At the moment, the group stages of the two competitions were coming to an end. The elimination competition was about to start. It was the best time to perform. As for the specific effect of the performance, he would be able to see it this weekend! November 22nd, Thursday As noon approached, Qiao Liang continued to sleep soundly in bed. The main reason was that he played games while watching the competition last night. It was a little too late to stay up late to cultivate. The weather today was not bad, the sun was shining, and he slept quite well. Suddenly, his cell phone vibrated. A notification popped up. Qiao Liang opened his sleepy eyes and glanced at it. The winning information? Where did this liar come from? How boring. Qiao Liang threw his cell phone aside and continued sleeping without taking a closer look at the winning message. In the end, he could not fall asleep at all because more chatting messages came every now and then. Who is it! Why are you sending me messages instead of sleeping so early in the morning? Qiao Liang was very angry. He took his cell phone and glanced at it. He realized that it was not one person who sent the message, but several friends. Awesome, Old Qiao, youre the lucky winner! How did you win something like that? Quickly, rub it in my good fortune! You have to record the entire process when you get there. It would be even better if you can start a live-stream. Hurry up and buy it if you dont have the equipment. Recommended water-resistant equipment that can be hung directly on you. Show first person perspective! These messages confused Qiao Liang. What just happened? What did I win? Wait, was the winning information real? Qiao Liang quickly opened the message and followed the address of the message to the official website of the Suffering Travels. He saw the latest announcement. Tengda Corporation had conducted a lucky draw based on the weight of all the active players, and Qiao Liangs name was among them! There were a total of 3,000 people selected for the lucky draw this time. According to the weighted algorithm of fame and contribution, Qiao Liang and Ruan Guangjian were ranked first and second. Three thousand people might seem like a lot but Tengda Games still had many players! Strictly speaking, the chances of winning were almost the same as winning the lottery. Of course, the official platform had clearly stated that there was weightage here. Players with greater contribution would have a higher chance of being selected. The queue after the draw was based on contribution points. Thus, Qiao Liang was not the first to be selected. Instead, the name list after the draw was based on contribution points. He was the first, so he could participate in the Suffering Travels first. However, the players would not be dissatisfied with this. After all, the lucky draw would not cost money. It was purely a benefit. It was not unacceptable to give these outstanding players a chance. When Ocean Stronghold first drew its epic weapon, it had the same rules. Most players approved of it. Whats more, the prizes themselves were not that desirable Qiao Liang was elated at first. Then, he looked at the specific reward and wilted again. He was elated because he felt that he had finally made it once after so many years. It was worth celebrating. At the same time, he was ranked so high. It meant that he had indeed contributed greatly to Tengda Games. He was worthy of his identity as a core player. However Why was the prize a free experience of Suffering Travels? The promotional video of the torturous trip previously was still fresh in Qiao Liangs memory. He did not want to go at all. Whats more, the Real Estate Agent Simulator was going to be released at the end of the month. He had to play games! Thus, Qiao Liangs first reaction was to reject it and give this opportunity to someone who needed it more. He opened his fan group. Indeed, the fan group was exploding with discussion about this. Many fans were even looking forward to the live-stream of Qiao Liang suffering. They could not wait for Qiao Liang to set off now. Qiao Liang quickly posted in the group. Dont talk about it, everyone. I dont intend to go at all! Ill post on Weibo right now to announce that Ill withdraw from this event and allow the quota to be postponed to the next person! However, the fans in the group immediately quit. Not going? How can you not go? F*ck, Old Qiao, dont you know that theres a saying that The heavens give but dont take the blame? Its not easy for you to get this lucky draw. If you dont go, good luck will never favor you in the future! Just wait for you to eat instant noodles without condiments! How can you not go? Im the first to disagree. You have to go! Thats right. As long as you go, it doesnt matter if you dont upload a video for two months. We forgive you! Live-streaming on the spot. Wouldnt it be uncomfortable to make a video when you get back? Youve been using the excuse that you dont have any material to not make videos. Now that the material has come knocking on your door, you dont want it? I can tell that you purely want to slack off! You liar! Chapter 1323 - Target: An Unmanned Island! Qiao Liang had not expected the fans to react so strongly. No one supported him at all. They were all urging him to move quickly! Whats more, everyone had good reasons. You were a no-show previously. You said that you did not make videos because there was no good material and was waiting for Tengdas new game. The material came knocking on your door now! Free Suffering Travels was such good material. Everyone could pay attention to it! Yet, you became paralyzed with fear? It was obvious that saying that there was no material was an excuse. That was your nature as a no-show! Qiao Liang was speechless because these people were right. He could not refute. As a famous UP Master, Suffering Travels was indeed a good opportunity to collect materials. Whats more, the video would definitely have a lot of views. However, the problem was he had to suffer! This was different from the suffering in games like Repent and be Saved. It was physical suffering! He might have died many times in games like Repent and be Saved, but it was a game after all. They suffered mentally, but their bodies remained in the air-conditioned room, comfortably holed up. They could also drink Coca Cola. If he were to go on a Suffering Travels, he would have to be exposed to the sun and rain. He would have to climb rocks and build a fire outside. He might not even be able to eat anything else. Qiao Liang quickly explained, You know that Im just a gaming geek. My body is not very good. I really want to challenge myself in Suffering Travels, but what if my physical condition is not supporting me? What if I really get injured from exhaustion and Im sent to the hospital? Then, I wont be able to update the video! Everyone in the fan group made funny expressions. Hahaha, the official platform obviously expected you to say this. Its written clearly on the announcement. Go and take a look at yourself! You know that youre a gaming geek and lack training, right? Shouldnt you take this opportunity to improve yourself? Dont worry, there will be women participating in the Suffering Travels this time. Whats more, they will be led by professionals. They will undergo physical fitness training indoors before going to the wild. I guarantee that I will arrange everything for you well. Apart from suffering, I will not make you sick nor will it affect your health. You will even find that your body has become stronger after coming back! Old Qiao, stop pretending. You eat Fish-Catching Take-Out every day now and play Fitness Battle every now and then. Previously, you even posted dynamics to show off your achievements and weight reduction results in the game. Youre no longer the fat geek who takes one step at a time. You have no problem dealing with Suffering Travels now! Qiao Liang looked at the announcement on the Suffering Travels website again and realized that it really wrote about safety. The first month of Suffering Travels was indoor training. The location for outdoor training was carefully selected. With strong logistical support, they could eliminate all worries and not have to worry about not being able to persevere. Whats more, there would be a female participating this time. As a man, he could not possibly be inferior to a girl in terms of physical fitness, right? Whats more, Qiao Liang had indeed been playing Fitness Battle previously. He had a smart fitness drying rack at home. Every now and then, he would go to the small dress that would be refreshed for girls in the game. It was not that he liked training. The main reason was that it was difficult to resist the temptation of collecting mini skirts for the girl to wear. Coupled with the improvement in his diet, Qiao Liangs health improved over time. He lost weight and often boasted about his results in the group. Yet, boosting has become a problem now. Everyone knew that he was in good health. It would not be a problem for him to participate in the Suffering Travels! Qiao Liang was speechless. He did not expect this to happen when he was showing off his weight loss results in the group! Great, there was no retreat now. He could not find an excuse not to go. It was not even useful to try to muddle through. That was because the announcement had already been released. All the players in the country were staring at these lucky people. Teacher Qiao was a famous UP Master after all. If he retreated now, where would he put his face? However, Qiao Liang took a closer look at the announcement and realized that three lucky people had gone this time. He then looked at the names of the other two people. They were Ruan Guangjian and Yao Bo! Eh? Big Boss Ruan is going too? Wouldnt that mean that someone will be suffering with me? No, no, what am I thinking Who is Yao Bo? Oh, oh, the Crown Prince of Jinding Corporation. Why was he selected as well? Is he spending too much on Tengdas games? At first, Qiao Liang was glad that he could suffer with Big Boss Ruan. However, on further thought, something was amiss. It was hard to say if Big Boss Ruan would suffer. He still remembered the time when he had barged into the haunted house with Ruan Guangjian. Ruan Guangjian had screamed and walked around excitedly, but Qiao Liang had been so scared that his face had gone pale and his soul had left his body. Perhaps Ruan Guangjian would still enjoy this Suffering Travels. However, Yao Bo was a rich second-generation heir after all. He shouldnt be as perverted as Ruan Guangjian, right? Whats more, he heard that Tengdas internal employees had two girls participating. Qiao Liang felt that it was acceptable as long as he did not perform badly. After struggling for a long time, seeing that everyone in the group was still unwilling to let him off, Qiao Liang could only express his stance. Alright, Ive decided to go! However, let me tell you something ugly first. Dont expect me to produce a video for Slow Movement Studios new game immediately! Everyone in the fan group expressed that they did not care. Its alright. Isnt it just a video of a new game? Whats the difference between a few days earlier and a few days later? This Suffering Travels is more important. Thats right. In any case, there will be other UP Masters in other games zones who will produce videos. However, you will be the only one to suffer and live-stream! These peoples comments made Qiao Liang grit his teeth. Good lord, his fans were too kind. It was equivalent to giving himself a parachute bag on the plane and kicking himself down! However, what could he do? Once the lucky draw was out, all the players in the country would watch it. Qiao Liang could not be afraid. He could only log into the official website and fill in the form to confirm his participation. November 23rd, Friday Not long after Pei Qian arrived at the office, Bao Xu arrived and shared a piece of good news with him. Boss Pei, the three lucky players who won the lucky draw have already filled in the confirmation form and communicated with us about their itinerary. Zhu Xiaoce has also returned to the country. Huang Sibo had already flown to the United States to hand over all his work to him. My idea is to officially start training on the 1st of next month for two months, which is December and January. Zhu Xiaoce said that he wanted to briefly report his filming work in the United States, so I gave him a week. Considering that the weather is relatively cold now, we have to find a warm place to train in the wild. For example, we have to find an isolated island in Jingzhou. Good news came one after another, making Pei Qian overjoyed. Oh? The three of them have already filled in the confirmation form? Let me see, Qiao Liang, Ruan Guangjian, and Yao Bo Tsk, Yao Bo gave us so much money? After reading the name list, Pei Qian finally knew why Yao Bo had been shot for no reason. This fellow had crazy paywalls in games like Ocean Stronghold, GOG, and Fitness Battle. He had not missed a single one of Tengdas standalone games. He had basically spent all the money he could. He might not have played all of these games but he obviously spent money on every game that he entered. Even if Tengda Games had a conscience when it came to charging money, such a paywall would still be a terrifying figure to ordinary players. Alright, it looks like the selection this time was a huge success. The people selected are very suitable. Pei Qian gritted his teeth as he celebrated the genius plan that he had thought of. Even someone like Qiao Liang had signed the confirmation letter. Obviously, this lucky draw method directly hit his soft spot, making him unable to reject it. Theres no time to lose from the training. Dont wait for another week. Itll start soon! Theres no need to give Zhu Xiaoce a week to report. Im very satisfied with Huang Sibo keeping an eye on the work over there. Tell him that theres no need to report. Pack up and prepare for special training immediately! Let them train for one more week without raising the price! After all, they trained for one more week in the previous season. As for the location, the deserted island in Jingzhou is indeed a good choice. However, Im worried about two things. First, is there any suitable place on the island for rock climbing? The highlight of training now is rock climbing. Dont make them unable to show off their training there. Second, wouldnt this Suffering Travels be too easy compared to Shennongjia? Wouldnt it not be torturous enough to go to the island to bask in the sun and sea breeze? Bao Xu smiled and answered, Dont worry about that. Ill definitely arrange it well. There are many islands over there. Ill definitely choose an island with more complicated conditions, suitable for Suffering Travels, and all training projects. Traditional projects like rock climbing must be retained. In terms of suffering, we can only say that they each have their merits. Shennongjia might be suffering in the wilderness survival segment, but theres still two weeks of travel segment left after all. We can eat, stay in the hotel, and play in the scenic area. However, when we reach the deserted island, there will only be wilderness survival and rest segments. There wont be any travel segments. Of course, the overall environment on the deserted island might be better than in Shennongjia. After all, theres sunlight and the beach. Its not like deep mountains and forest. Whats more, I heard that A Residential Island Development and Expansion Method has been released in Qiongzhou in the past two years. It allows units or individuals to apply for development and utilization of Residential Island. I plan to use this opportunity to inspect it. If the conditions are suitable, I can apply to the relevant department to see if I can book an island as a training place for suffering travels. Pei Qian perked up when he heard that. Eh? Book an entire island? Thats a good idea! Do your due diligence and report to me in detail when you get back. Remember, you must book a huge one! Chapter 1324 - Meng Chang’s Other Way Of Making Money November 24th, Saturday It was a rest day and Meng Chang did not have much work on hand. After all, the publicity for the Real Estate Agent Simulator was already prepared. He only lacked the right opportunity and was just waiting. However, he did not stay at home this weekend. Instead, he went out to meet an old classmate who had just returned from overseas and had not seen him for two years. Both of them met at a nearby Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. Fan Xiaodong! Over here! Meng Chang raised his hand to greet his old classmate when he saw him enter. Fan Xiaodong was tall and wore a long trench coat. He had a little western feel to him. He smiled when he saw Meng Chang. However, after smiling, he quickly looked surprised. He sat down at Fish-Catching Internet Cafes coffee area. Puzzled, Fan Xiaodong asked, Brother, I havent seen you in two years. How did you end up like this? I heard that you managed to get an investment and set up your own fast food brand. Whats going on now? Fan Xiaodong and Meng Chang were university classmates. They had a good relationship after bed. Whats more, both of them were very smart. No matter what they did, they were very similar. They were well-deservedly outstanding in school. Their trajectories were completely different after graduation. Meng Chang chose to stay in China and joined a large company, preparing to accumulate experience and wait for an opportunity to start a business. Fan Xiaodong, on the other hand, went overseas to study and was currently in a financial company in the United States. In Fan Xiaodongs impression, Meng Chang had always been very concerned about his image. He exuded an elite aura from inside out. Whats more, they had heard that he had started a fast-food brand in China and was doing very well. That made Fan Xiaodong very envious. After all, even though he worked in a finance company and had a lot of income, it was incomparable to the expected income of a successful entrepreneur like Meng Chang. However, Fan Xiaodong was not sure what happened after that. Firstly, he was very busy with his own work. Secondly, Meng Chang silently broke off contact with most of his friends and classmates after his entrepreneurship failed. He was also in seclusion in Tengda, so they did not share their situation in time. It was only when Fan Xiaodong was about to return to China that he contacted Meng Chang and specially made a detour to Jingzhou to meet him. In the end, Fan Xiaodong was very surprised when they met. What was wrong with Meng Chang? He still looked very energetic, but he was obviously much more slovenly now. He was no longer as exquisite as before. Whats more, his aura seemed to have changed. Meng Chang had no reason to be in his current state no matter whether he succeeded in entrepreneurship or failed in entrepreneurship. According to Fan Xiaodongs understanding of Meng Chang, if he succeeded in his entrepreneurship, Meng Chang would definitely make a huge splash and hold his head high. If his entrepreneurship failed, Meng Chang would probably be discouraged and collapse. However, the current state felt much more peaceful and calm. What was going on? Meng Chang smiled and called the waiter over to order two cups of coffee. Then, he said, Cold-Faced Lady has failed. Ive taken a huge debt. However, theres good news. Fan Xiaodong was stunned. Good news? What good news? He was very surprised. After all, he knew the risks of entrepreneurship in the country. It was definitely not a small figure if Meng Chang said that he had a huge debt. Meng Chang paused and said, I met an expert. Do you know Boss Pei of Tengda? My entrepreneurship might have fallen into his hands but he has also taught me many things. I think Im about to graduate. Once I graduate, Ill definitely be able to make a comeback, much less easily repay these debts! Fan Xiaodong was silent for a moment. Its good that you can maintain such an optimistic mentality. However, I still dont understand. Why are you thanking him even though your entrepreneurship has been plotted against by him? You even said that youve learned something from him? You sound like PUA or Stockholm Syndrome The corners of Meng Changs mouth twitched. Dont talk nonsense. Do I look like a fool? I can tell if its brainwashing or learning the real thing. Forget it. Its too complicated here. What Ive learned is too deep. I cant explain it to you in a few words. Lets talk about you instead. How has work been recently? Fan Xiaodong took a sip of his coffee. Ill leave it at that. Its floating overseas. I wont starve to death even if I dont live well. The income is alright, but in my current environment it doesnt matter how much I earn. Apart from working, I also play with the US stock market occasionally. In any case, I can earn some money. Based on Meng Changs understanding of Fan Xiaodong, he knew that he was definitely being humble. His so-called money might be the salary of some salarymen for several years. However, Meng Chang did not think that Fan Xiaodong was acting cool. After all, they were both such people. Once they earned more money, they would not be so sensitive to the quantity of money. Perhaps this money was only a small sum in Fan Xiaodongs eyes. At the mention of the US stock market, Meng Chang suddenly thought of something. Eh, thats right. Is Home Corporation listed on the US stock exchange? Fan Xiaodong nodded. Yes, it has been rising quite well recently. Do you want to buy some? I can help. Meng Chang shook his head immediately. Buy? Of course not. If you trust me, my suggestion is to short the stock. Fan Xiaodong was stunned. Short it? Home Corporation just released the third quarters financial report at the beginning of this month. Its developing well, and there are small increments in the market share. Its still too early for other similar companies to threaten Home Corporations market share. Previously, the storm of formaldehyde houses had basically calmed down. It was not considered a huge injury. The stock prices that fell previously had also begun to rise. It seemed like there would not be many public relations events recently. Instead, their recent publicity has created good popularity. No matter how I look at it, it looks like its going to increase. How can I short them? In laymans terms, it was buy the fall. If the stock fell, it would make money. If it increased, it would lose money. Whats more, the risk of shorting was extremely high. In theory, there was no limit to the amount of losses he would incur. Would he be tired of living if he were to short Home Corporation under such circumstances? Meng Chang took a sip of his coffee. Its difficult to explain the specific situation in a few words. I can only say that the project Im working on now might directly destroy the reputation of Home Corporation and create a huge public opinion crisis against them. Of course, its hard to say how much we can achieve. After all, Home Corporation is huge. Its very difficult to hurt them. However, Im certain that the storm this time will not be small. Fan Xiaodong blinked. Your current project? How much funding can cause a huge public opinion crisis for Home Corporation? What do you have on them? Meng Chang shook his head. Theres no direct evidence against them, and theres not much scandal. I cannot divulge the amount of funding. I can only say theres a lot. However, thats not the main point. There is a better way to attract enough attention and create a crisis of public opinion. I cant explain it to you in detail now, and its very difficult to explain it clearly. I can only say that if you believe me, you can consider using a small sum of money to empty out Home Corporation. Dont blame me if you lose money. Just treat me to a meal after you earn it. Its just that I dont have money on hand now. Ill definitely spend all my money on shorting it if I did. Fan Xiaodong was in disbelief. Are you that confident? Meng Chang nodded. Thats right. Where did your confidence come from? Fan Xiaodong asked. Meng Chang said confidently, From a higher dimension. Home Corporation might look like a monster on the surface, but it actually has a fatal weakness from the root. However, ordinary people would not be able to catch it nor do they have the ability to. Thats because they either dont have the voice and influence, or they dont have a clean butt. However, Boss Pei happens to have this ability and this idea. This is a method that only Tengda can use. I happen to be an executor. Fan Xiaodong did not ask further and fell into a short silence. A moment later, he nodded. Alright! Ill take out a sum of money to short it. I believe you! I wont blame you if you make a loss. Ill split the money with you if you make a profit! You dont have to be polite with me given our relationship. You can tell me if you receive such accurate news in the future. Wouldnt it be good for us to earn money from these big companies together? He would definitely not believe it if others told Fan Xiaodong that they were going to short Home Corporation. However, he and Meng Chang were old classmates after all. They trusted each other very much. Whats more, he knew that Meng Chang was very smart. What he did might be risky sometimes but the risks and benefits were proportional. There must be a reason why he sounded so confident this time. Whats more, people like him had a much stronger thirst for opportunities than ordinary people. Meng Chang nodded and did not say much. In any case, the results would be clear at the end of this month. Fan Xiaodong asked again, Eh, you said that Boss Pei had this idea and you happened to be an executor? Could Boss Pei have made up his mind long ago? Meng Chang did not expect him to ask such a question. He was stunned for a moment before saying, I dont know about that. However, Ive never heard of Boss Pei touching the stock market. If he wants to, he can open his own securities or funds company to play. I believe many people would fight to give him money. Perhaps hes too high-class and doesnt care for these low-class tricks. He used money to make games, movies, physical industries, or investments. None of them could make less money than playing in the stock market. Whats more, there was no risk because the success rate of him making these was too high. Fan Xiaodong nodded. Thats true. If we can achieve 100% success with a 90% success rate like entrepreneurship and venture capital investment, who would want to play in the stock market? Only poor people like us can earn some quick money from the stock market. Then, when will this public crisis that you mentioned be exposed? Meng Chang thought for a moment. Its very difficult to accurately determine the date at the end of this month or at the beginning of next month, but it wont be later than the 15th of next month. That was because there was still a certain amount of time for public opinion to ferment after the real estate intermediary simulator was released. Meng Chang himself was not sure how long this time would be. It might explode in two or three days if it was fast. It might also take a week if it was slow. However, no matter what, it would not be delayed for long. Fan Xiaodong quickly said, Its precise enough! Ill arrange it immediately! Chapter 1325 - IOI’s Popularity Begins! Going Down Again! At that moment, Pei Qian had just woken up. He casually browsed the news and found that the shares and funds had fallen recently. Many people on the internet were screaming that they had fallen by thousands or tens of thousands of yuan. Its a good thing that I dont understand at all. I never buy these. Humans have to have self-awareness. Dont rashly enter areas that you dont understand. Otherwise, if I were to lose more than ten thousand yuan, how painful would that be? It would be worse than me earning a million yuan for the company. Pei Qian could not help but praise his own intelligence. After washing up, he waited for take-out and checked the IOI world finals on various forums. Many gamers were discussing it on the forum. Some posts were posted during the competition two days ago, and some were new posts at noon today. However, there were relatively few of them. FV Team is starting their performance again? The foreign teams are also starting to interact! FV Team is very popular now after all. Its true that they are very popular. They lost a game in the group stages last week. In the end, the popularity in China and overseas was off the charts. The post-match analysis program in Europe and America used more than 70% of the time to discuss this competition and FV Teams weakness It cant be helped. The impression that the international competition left on everyone last year was too deep. It has always been a demon king character. Shouldnt the other teams brag about winning a game? FV Team should make adjustments as soon as possible. Finger Games is really too shameless. This version update is too targeted! The performance now is really worrying! Sigh, how can it be popular if we dont perform? Everyone is low-profile. Theres no gunpowder before the competition. It cant be exciting. The competition organizers and other clubs are obviously cooperating as well. Didnt you realize that there are more and more interactions between the clubs? Whats more, the competition organizers promotional video can also be seen. It seems like they are working hard to create a demon king image for FV Team. How can they be so biased towards ICLs team? Preference? Dont joke around. We have to elevate the antagonist first. That way, the protagonist who defeats the antagonist would have more glory, understand? I understand now the official platform is so scheming! FV Team had continued to perform well ever since Pei Qian made that call. Not only did they review the competitions of other teams, but they also interacted crazily with their opponents or other popular teams before and after their competitions. The competition parties and other clubs were also very cooperative. Obviously, they were hyping up FV Team. This trend could obviously be seen on Weibo and various forums domestically. However, the domestic audience was also very smart. They could tell that this was not the official platform supporting FV Team. He could only say that there was no other way about the current situation. That was because FV Team was the champion last year. They had a lot of attention and traffic. Whats more, FV Team was very good at performance. They had a lot of influence on foreign forums. It would be a little difficult to avoid FV Team and forcefully support other European and American teams? On one hand, the effect would be poor. On the other hand, the opportunity to move would be too obvious. Therefore, IOIs organizers had actually adopted a more reliable method. On the surface, they looked like they were openly expressing their approval of FV Team and gave them many opportunities to show their faces. However, in fact, once FV Team lost, the team that won against them could instantly snatch all of their popularity away. Then, the organizers of the competition would be able to make use of these popularity to create enough topics to transfer all these popularity to themselves. There was no other way. At the moment, there was too little discussion about IOIs international competition. It was being suppressed by GOGs international invitational tournament. If he did not hype it up, he would really enter the elimination round without making a sound. Facts had proven that doing this was indeed effective. The key was which team would ultimately win the championship. Pei Qian heaved a sigh of relief when he saw this. There was no need to talk about who won the championship. At the very least, IOIs international competition was becoming popular. What Pei Qian was most afraid of was not FV Team winning the championship, but that the popularity of IOIs international competition would never become popular. It would not pose a threat to GOG at all. He had to choose the lesser of two evils. It would be an acceptable outcome if FV could bring IOIs international competition to success. After flipping through a few more pages, he did not see any new posts. IOIs competition would only start at night after all. The discussion about yesterdays competition was almost done. The popularity of the forum had obviously decreased by a huge margin. However, just as Pei Qian was about to leave, he saw a new post. This new post was not discussing IOIs competition, but GOG! ??? Pei Qian had an ominous feeling as he quickly clicked on it. GOGs version has been updated. Theres a new viewing system that directly cleared the game and live-stream platform. Even though its still a testing version, gamers are already playing happily, waiting for todays competition. Sigh, IOI really cant do anything. This matter is always one step slower than others. Its no wonder that GOG has been riding on it. Soon, many people started leaving messages. Slow down? Are you sure youre just one step slower? I think its good enough that IOI can be created within half a year! Clearing the game client and live-stream platform? Whats the use? Arent we still watching the competition? Of course not. The details of the competition can be seen at a glance, but there are too much content to be discussed! Lets not talk about anything else. IOIs competition is only the last damage panel. You cant see the other data, such as injury, treatment, eye contact, player skills plus points, current experience points, right? You cant even find it on the website, right? However, GOGs system allows you to directly OB the game in the client. You can switch between the camera freely and check the stats of the heroes. You can see everything! Wouldnt we not be able to hear the commentary then? Do you think people who think you can think of cant think of it? It has its own functions. You can listen to different commentators from different sources. You can also directly pop up the window and open the official live-stream. Its simply two things! It sounds a little advanced! What black technology? I heard that they are not particularly advanced technology. Its just that the interests here are more complicated. Its very difficult for game companies and live-stream platforms to cooperate. I think it has something to do with GOGs complete viewing system. IOI doesnt seem to pay much attention to this. Many players have given their opinions, but they havent changed it. Its still so difficult to use! This post quickly received a lot of replies. While IOIs gamers expressed their envy, jealousy, and hatred, they also expected better from IOI. This feeling was very complicated. He should have been used to it long ago, but he was still very jealous. Did this function improve the viewing pleasure of the competition? There must be. Those who watched the competition on live-stream platforms could only follow the official OBs camera. Many details could not help but be overlooked. Many viewers could only watch the official video over and over again if they wanted to review the game. They could not see the details that they should not. That included a lot of time and skills, the details of the line, and the impact of every player when they made a decision. It would take a lot of patience to dig out this information through the official video. However, GOGs audience could freely OB and watch whatever they wanted. All the information in the games match could not be hidden. More information would inevitably bring more topics and higher discussion. There had never been a shortage of venues in the audience. They were best at finding the key points that affected the flow of the competition in very subtle places. GOGs new function was undoubtedly to give the venues a higher-definition microscopy! Many people were also discussing when this function was developed. Some said that this function had definitely been developed a long time ago. They had been preparing for it for at least a few months just for the international competition. Some people also said that this function was not difficult with the current level of technology. Whats more, GOG had long made a very complete OB system in the game. It could be made very quickly with a sudden attack after leaving an interface. Others said that the development of this function itself was not the key. The key was to cooperate well with the live-stream platform. Both sides had to work together and could not wrangle with each other. Otherwise, it would be impossible to create it. Pei Qian was puzzled as well. Thats right. When did he create this function? It looked like he had been preparing for a long time. Could Chen Yufeng have done it secretly? The Suffering Travels was not wronging him. In fact, he had to give him more! As he was browsing the posts, the posts disappeared. They were being deleted! Obviously, the owner saw that the post was getting more and more popular and the gunpowder was getting stronger, so he deleted the post. That was because as the number of people discussing increased, many people would naturally start comparing GOG and IOI and scolding IOI. The two groups of people would easily argue and cause a foul atmosphere. The founder also knew that there was no point in arguing about this. The key was that it was impossible for Finger Games to scold this function even if they scolded Finger Games. They might as well delete the post and let everyone continue to discuss the game and the competition. There was no other way. If he allowed everyone to continue discussing, would the forum be IOIs or GOGs? In the end, this was obviously meaningless because everyone had gone somewhere else to discuss! Pei Qian felt light-headed. Something was amiss! This was not a simple viewing system. This viewing system allowed the audience to see more details in the competition. In other words, this would provide them with a lot of discussion materials. This would definitely increase the popularity of certain key competitions! That was because if one really wanted to take a microscopy and look at each players performance, they would be able to make up for several posts. The linear performance in the competition, the key team battle, and so on could make up for several posts. In addition, many UP Masters could create their own OBs after the competition. It would also greatly increase the popularity of the competition. Another important point was that this function was directly tied to Bunny Tail Live-Stream. It was equivalent to having a platform for Bunny Tail Live-Stream in all GOG clients! If GOGs international invitational tournament became extremely popular before, during, and after the competition, wouldnt IOIs hard-earned popularity be suppressed again? Chapter 1326 - Am I Worthy Of Climbing Such A High Rockwall? In the afternoon, at Long Yu Corporation. Chrtien, Jin Yong, and IOIs operations and cooperation department held an emergency meeting. Everyone took their seats. The atmosphere in the conference room was rather solemn. For some reason, Jin Yong felt a sense of deja vu. This scene seemed to have happened often before. However, at that time, Eric was sitting at the head of the table. Zhao Xuming was sitting next to him. Jin Yong was only attending the meeting and did not express his opinion. Now, Eric and Zhao Xuming were no longer good partners. If it was Chrtien and him, the positions would still be the same. However, it was different from before. Previously, he had often been resting at home and being urgently called to the company for meetings because Tengda seemed to like making such a big deal out of holidays. However, this time, everyone was working overtime on Saturday to keep an eye on IOIs global finals. Thus, it was quite convenient to drive. He did not know if this was considered lucky or unlucky At that moment, it was as if everything had changed. Even Chrtiens frown and troubled expression seemed to be carved from the same model as Erics. After a long time, Chrtien heaved a long sigh. This move is really ruthless! He looked at Jin Yong. How did we arrange our future marketing plan? Jin Yong answered truthfully. There are no changes to the current arrangements. It is still around the popularity of FV Team, hype up their relationship with other teams, and drive the discussion of the entire competition online. What should I do? Should I change it? Chrtien was a little frustrated. The key is how to change it! There was no other way for them to bring popularity to FV Team. FV Team was the previous defending champion. They were good at performance and had a lot of attention both domestically and overseas. It would be too obvious if he skipped FV Team to market other teams. It seemed like he was deliberately targeting them, and the effect might not be good. That was why Finger Games decided to use the current marketing method after researching: marketing around FV Team to drive the popularity of other teams. Then, they would weaken FV Teams strength through the version changes. That way, the new champion would be able to completely inherit the popularity from FV Team. Such marketing would only make the protagonist more legendary if FV Team could not win the championship. For example, if IOIs global finals was a mountain range, FV Team was the highest mountain in the mountain range. Now, it was actually very stupid for FV to pull another mountain up if they wanted to raise this mountain group. Instead, they might as well try their best to raise FV Team. That way, they would be able to raise the mountain group together and the other mountains would be able to share the popularity. However, something unexpected happened! GOGs new function had fundamentally increased the discussion and popularity of GOGs international invitational tournament. On the other hand, the popularity on the internet was limited. If you took more, I would take less. This was equivalent to a huge flood. The top of the mountain was pulled up very slowly, but the water level was rising very quickly. Slowly, the shorter mountains were flooded by the water. Only the highest mountain remained above the water. Didnt that mean that only FV Teams popularity was left?! Now that Chrtien was holding this meeting, it was a program. He had to hold it. He could not possibly be indifferent when the problem was right in front of him, right? However, how could he solve the problem? Take down FV Teams popularity? Dont let FV Team profit from it? The popularity of the entire IOI World Competition would be affected. The marketing funds that they had invested previously would be wasted. Develop a similar viewing function here? However, the key was that the problem with this function was not in technology, but in whether there was a platform to cooperate. Based on Chrtiens understanding of Finger Games, they wanted to come up with the plan during the IOI World Competition, discuss cooperation with the platform, and develop this function It was almost impossible. This function could be completed in half a year, let alone during the international competition. He could not think of a similar way to completely increase IOIs popularity, much less similar functions. Maintain the current state? Even if they gained some popularity, the popularity would benefit FV Team. That was unless the other teams won in the end. That would be a more acceptable outcome for Finger Games. Everyone looked at each other and entered a familiar rhythm once again. It meant, dont look at us. What can we do? Chrtien wanted to say that he could not do anything either! Everyone looked at each other speechlessly. Jin Yong suggested, Forget it, lets call and report it. I can only hope that the other teams can do a little more to win FV Team. Then, everything would be fine. Chrtien nodded helplessly. Alright, thats the only way. November 26th, Monday At the special training base of Suffering Travels. Qiao Liang looked at the rather imposing venue in front of him and suddenly wanted to retreat. Something was amiss! Previously, it was one thing to make mental preparations. However, it was another thing to see the indoor rock climbing walls that were several floors tall in the stadium! Qiao Liangs mind was filled with question marks. Who am I? Where am I? Why am I here? Im going to climb such a tall rock climbing wall? Am I worthy? Im not worthy! Whats more, this was only indoor training? Was the official Suffering Travels even more difficult than this? Now, Qiao Liang understood why there were so many deserters. They had so many opportunities to escape before entering the battlefield, but they did not escape. They were killed on the spot when they arrived. That was because there were some things that could not be done well no matter how well they prepared themselves! Qiao Liang could not help but think about escaping at the last minute. At the same time, his two legs began to retreat uncontrollably. Old Qiao! Youre here too. So early. I can tell that you cant wait either. Qiao Liang turned around to see Ruan Guangjian getting out of the car, grinning. Similar to Qiao Liang, he did not bring much luggage and only carried a small bag. According to the rules of Suffering Travels, those who participated in the Suffering Travels would be fine as long as they arrived. They did not have to bring anything. Everything from the clothes they wore, the food they ate, and the equipment they needed for training were provided by Suffering Travels. Qiao Liangs lips twitched. I fu*king cant wait! The reason why I came a little earlier than planned was mainly to observe the situation in advance. I had to slip away in time if the situation was not right! It might be a little unreasonable but his life was more important after all. At the very most, he would apologize to Boss Pei and his fans, even if it meant losing some money! Everyone would understand. Hehe, go in first. I dont think Im mentally prepared. Qiao Liang could not help but retreat. Ruan Guangjian was a little surprised. Youre not mentally prepared? Its alright, Im not mentally prepared either. Actually, Im the same as you. I didnt want to come at all. Apart from being afraid of ghosts, Ive been pampered since I was young. I havent suffered much. However, I feel that its a pity not to come since Ive already drawn it. Come, lets support each other and encourage each other to persevere together! Ruan Guangjian was about to drag Qiao Liang in. Qiao Liangs mouth was twisted in anger. How dare you mention that youre afraid of ghosts! Are you afraid of ghosts? He was obviously very excited! It was probably the same this time. He might say that he had not suffered, but in fact, he would probably climb rocks and swim faster than anyone else. Liar! I wont believe you anymore! Qiao Liang was unmoved. His desire to survive made him resist Ruan Guangjians pull and continue to work hard to get out. At that moment, another car stopped at the door. Yao Bo alighted from it. Eh, are you here to participate in the Suffering Travels as well? Im Yao Bo, you are Ruan Guangjian and Qiao Liang paused and briefly introduced themselves. The three of them felt like friends at first sight. Yao Bo was very happy. Ive long heard of your names. Nice to meet you, nice to meet you! I didnt expect it to be so coincidental. Sigh, Ive been living a pampered life since I was young. I havent suffered much. I heard that both of you have been trained in Tengdas Thriller Hostel. I hope that you can help me survive this. Lets go in then? Ruan Guangjian nodded. Alright, lets go! Both of them dragged Qiao Liang in without any explanation. Qiao Liang had been quite resistant at first. However, his heart was shaken when he saw Yao Bo. He was pushed in by the two of them. That was because he had a rough understanding of the people on the list previously. He knew that Yao Bo was a young master of Jinding Corporation. He said that he had led a good life and had not suffered much. This was much more credible than Ruan Guangjian. Qiao Liang still believed him. Especially when Yao Bo said that he had been trained in Thriller Hostel. Qiao Liang could not bring himself to do it. He had just been praised, and yet he had disappeared. How could that be? Whats more, looking at the composition of this team, there were pampered young masters and girls. Qiao Liang thought about it. How embarrassing would it be if he became the only one in this team to escape?! Thus, his shame temporarily defeated his rationality and was dragged into the hall. Chapter 1327 - What Monsters Are All Of You? Bao Xu, Sa Ziran, Li Yaling, and the other staff had been waiting for a long time. There were special staff in charge of receiving, registering, distributing clothes and equipment, and explaining various precautions in the training to them. Qiao Liang was confused. Why are there only three of us? Where are the others? No one is not coming, right? Bao Xu sniggered. Ill be right there. Not one less. Qiao Liang could not help but feel a little ashamed after hearing Bao Xus confident words. Thats right. Tengdas employees have probably trained hard under Boss Peis leadership. Why would they want to desert the army like me? His thinking was a little too hypocritical. The moment he finished speaking, he saw a small bus parked outside. Tengda employees who had participated in Suffering Travels got off it. All of them had happiness written all over their faces, as if they were criminals being sent to jail. The chauffeur got off the car and shook Bao Xus hand seeing that everyone had alighted. There are a total of seven people. Everyone is here. The handover has been completed! Bao Xu nodded. Thank you for your hard work! The two of them connected seamlessly as if they were changing jobs. Qiao Liang did not know what to say. He had misunderstood. He thought that Bao Xu was so confident and confident because he trusted Tengdas employees very much. He believed in their courage. However, from the looks of it now, that was not the case at all! It was purely because no one could escape from a minibus. That was why Bao Xu said that not a single one of them would be missing! Soon, the ten of them changed into training uniforms and put on their rock climbing equipment. Come, everyone. Warm-up with me and stretch your bodies. Li Yaling began to warm up with these people. Qiao Liang could not help but raise his thumb silently. This Suffering Travel was good! It should not be so tiring with good girls leading the team! Whats more, it looked like men and women were sparring. They were not separated. That way, Qiao Liang did not have to worry about being the last. No matter what, he had to be slightly stronger than the girls because of the innate physical difference, right? Qiao Liang had brought live-streaming equipment this time. However, he did not intend to use it now. Firstly, he had to determine if he would allow the live-stream here and when he would allow it. Secondly, he had to determine the situation first. He could not broadcast his most embarrassing side. Everything was still alright until now. However, Bao Xus gaze seemed to be filled with killing intent, making people feel uneasy. What Qiao Liang did not know was that Bao Xus gaze at him was indeed filled with killing intent. That was not his illusion. That was because Boss Pei had already instructed in private that he had to make important arrangements for a few people! Qiao Liang was in first place. Ruan Guangjian, Chen Yufeng, and Zhu Xiaoce were behind him. There was no helping it. They were so outstanding that people bore grudges against them. In fact, to Pei Qian, the most hated person-in-charge had already been appointed in the first batch. The people in charge in the second batch were not that serious. He mainly wanted to deal with Qiao Liang and Ruan Guangjian. However, Ruan Guangjian might not be able to torture him. This person could enjoy whatever he did. Thus, it was more effective to torture Qiao Liang. As for Chen Yufeng, it was mainly because GOGs viewing system had caused the popularity of the competition to skyrocket recently. At the same time, it had dragged down GOG and Bunny Tail Live-Stream, making them have too much of a presence in front of Pei Qian. Thus, Pei Qian felt that this person should be carefully arranged. Bao Xu naturally had no objections. To Bao Xu, it would definitely be wrong for all of Tengdas employees to be dragged into Suffering Travels. However, there would definitely be gaps between them. Since that was the case, why be polite to them? Arrangement! Soon, Li Yada brought everyone to warm up. Bao Xu took a step forward and cleared his throat. He emphasized the things related to Suffering Travels again. Next, well officially start training. Well start from rock climbing! Since many of you dont have the foundation to climb rocks, lets do something simple first. You climb this wall one by one. We will record your performance and formulate the corresponding training plan targeted at you. Bao Xu pointed to the shortest man-made rock climbing wall next to him as he spoke. This special training base was modified from a rock climbing museum. Thus, there were a few rock climbing walls of different sizes. The shorter ones were for everyone to train. They could only climb the highest natural rock wall when they were almost done. Of course, the higher the rock climbing wall, the harder it would be. This depended on the specific shape and route. This rock climbing wall used for newbies happened to be the shortest. Qiao Liangs eyes lit up when he heard this. Recording performance and formulating the corresponding training plan targeted at him? Does that mean that my training volume would decrease correspondingly if I perform badly? As if reading Qiao Liangs thoughts, Bao Xu added, We will give those with poor results tuition so that they can join the army as soon as possible. Qiao Liang did not know what to say. Stealing bamboo shoots! They could only give it their all if they were to do badly? What if he was at the bottom even if he went all out? Qiao Liang felt that his future was bleak. Bao Xu scanned everyone. Qiao Liang, youll be the first to go! Qiao Liang was stunned. Huh? Everyone looked at him encouragingly. Teacher Qiao, do your best! You can do it! Qiao Liang thought about it. The earlier he died, the earlier he would be revived. He would be able to rest after being the first to go on. That was not bad. Thus, he gritted his teeth, came to the man-made rock wall, and began to climb under the protection of the staff. Once he started, he realized that even though it looked simple, it was actually very difficult. As a person with no foundation, he felt that he could not climb no matter how hard he tried. He had no place to put his strength, no place to put his hands and feet. It was not a problem to stand on the ground for an hour. He felt a little breathless after climbing up and hanging for a few minutes. Qiao Liang was also going all out in order not to be tutored. He used both hands and feet to climb up. The people watching below were also cheering him on. Finally, Qiao Liang felt that he really could not climb anymore. He looked up and saw that the man-made rock wall was not tall. He was just one step away from the top. That was not bad, right? Thus, he began to descend awkwardly with the help of the staff to adjust the rope. Finally, he managed to get his feet on the ground again. Qiao Liang felt that his legs were a little weak and he was exhausted. Everyone immediately applauded warmly. Good job, Teacher Qiao! Qiao Liang was a little embarrassed, but he also felt a little proud. He felt like Im really awesome. Bao Xu scanned everyone. Chen Yufeng, youll be second. Chen Yufeng could not help but shiver. In his heart, he wondered why he was ranked behind Teacher Qiao. In terms of experience and performance, many people here were much better than him, right? He still felt that he had achieved nothing in Bunny Tail Live-Stream. Logically speaking, he should not be so important. However, he had no choice since he had already taken attendance. He could only climb in front of the man-made rock wall. Qiao Liang might be exhausted but he was happy inside. It was just like how a teacher would examine ancient Chinese. He would feel despair if he was the first to be selected. However, after memorizing it, he would sit down. At that moment, he would feel relaxed and otherworldly. However, Qiao Liangs expression froze as he watched Chen Yufeng climb higher and higher. What was going on? Thats not right. Shouldnt Tengdas employees be ordinary office workers? I might be an UP Master, but Im a freelancer after all. When I have nothing to do at home, I can use the smart fitness drying rack to train. Why should he climb faster than me? Obviously, it was Chen Yufengs first rock climbing. Many of his movements were not standard, but his physical fitness was obviously better. In the end, he successfully climbed to the top and descended smoothly. Qiao Liang was speechless. I forgot that Tengdas employees are all members of Deposit Fitness. Fitness with a mandatory schedule is indeed much better than me, a slacker who only knows how to do things day in and day out Its alright. My goal is not to be at the bottom. No matter what, Yao Bo and the two girls have no reason to surpass me, right? Bao Xu did not say anything and continued to name the next person. Ruan Guangjian. Ruan Guangjian came to the bottom of the man-made wall and looked up with a pained expression, as if he had no idea how to proceed. Then, he climbed up. Qiao Liang did not know what to say. Heh, I knew it would be like this. Men. He could not count on Ruan Guangjian anymore. Qiao Liang highly doubted that this man was a carbon-based being. Was there anything in the world that he was not good at? Fortunately, he had someone to back him up. Finally, it was Yao Bos turn. Qiao Liang perked up again and watched intently. Yao Bo was not very tall on the surface. He was also relatively weak. He did not look like the type who was particularly good at sports. However, Qiao Liangs heart turned cold the moment Yao Bo climbed up the man-made rock wall. From this standard posture, he was obviously a veteran who had climbed up many times! As expected, this small artificial rock wall was a piece of cake for Yao Bo. He took it down easily. The feeling of climbing was like some risky games. It seemed like as long as he moved his fingers and pressed the X button, the protagonist could easily climb to the top. Qiao Liang was dealt a huge blow. Until now, everyone in the team had climbed to the top, but he was the only one who had not! However, there was still hope. After all, there were two girls However, Qiao Liang was completely speechless after Hao Yun and Qi Yan climbed up the man-made wall and successfully reached the top. I must be crazy What kind of monsters are Tengdas employees Qiao Liang was in complete despair. At first, he thought that he would not be at the bottom no matter what. There had to be one or two huskies that were similar to him. However, he now realized that this was a true wolf pack. He was the only husky! On further thought, that made sense. All of Tengdas employees were members of Deposit Fitness. They had mandatory fitness missions. The girl might not be as strong as the man but she had a light body, coordination and balance would only be stronger than Qiao Liang after training. As for Ruan Guangjian and Yao Bo, one was talented, the other was because they were rich and could not avoid activities like rock climbing. What should we do?! There are still two months to go! Qiao Liangs expression was blank. He felt uncomfortable all over. Bao Xu patted Qiao Liangs shoulder gently when he saw his expression. Dont worry. Your starting conditions might be the worst but we will conduct special training for you this month. You will definitely be able to keep up with the main army! Qiao Liang slowly turned to look at Bao Xu, speechless. Chapter 1328 - The Sales Of The Real Estate Agent Simulator On the second day of Qiao Liangs torturous trip, the real estate agent simulator was officially released! Slow Movement Studio, including Cai Jiadong, was busy. Everyone still felt rather lacking in confidence even though the development and early publicity work of the game had been completed. Strictly speaking, it was nothing much at the time of release and the current public opinion. At first, Cai Jiadong had wanted to wait until next months 1st. That day was Saturday, and he felt that the timing was the most suitable. However, it was still released today, November 27th, at Meng Changs strong request. This time was very unpopular. It was the end of the month and also a workday. The data was naturally shorter. Whats more, in terms of publicity and the environment of public opinion, it was popular. However, it was not good popularity. Meng Chang might have spent a lot of publicity resources but he was only messing with the promotional video. This film did not directly mention the real estate intermediary simulator. On the surface, it was just showing everyone the difficulties of working as an ordinary real estate agent. The publicity by Home Corporation made the public opinion environment even more chaotic. Yes, chaos, not sharp deterioration. That was because Home Corporation actually had a role in guiding and controlling public opinion because of its huge size. Even though the promotional video that Home Corporation had filmed and the series of publicity that had been launched had been scolded, it had indeed stolen a lot of popularity under this guidance and control. Now, the focus of everyones discussion online, be it positive or negative comments, was most likely shifted to Home Corporation. As for the original promotional video? On the other hand, people gradually ignored it because it was not extreme enough. Some people even mistakenly thought that this promotional video was filmed by Home Corporation. They even cursed it together. As for the real estate intermediary simulator that had been hidden behind, only a small portion of core players who had been paying attention knew that it was going to be released today. Many of those passerby players did not even know about this. After all, most passers-by had their own work normally. They received too much information about the new game daily. It was very normal for them not to know about the real estate intermediary simulator under Slow Movement Studios publicity plan. However, everyone still trusted Meng Chang no matter what. Therefore, the real estate intermediary simulator was still as Meng Chang hoped. At the end of the month, at this relatively unpopular time point, it silently went on the game shop and homepage recommendation of the Doubt VR glasses. In the evening Not long after Ding Xiyao returned to the Sloth Apartments that she rented, there was a knock on the door. Most of Tengdas employees were housed in Sloth Apartments. Of course, many of them had already bought their own houses. As a new employee, Ding Xiyao was also assigned to Sloth Apartments as an employee dormitory. The conditions of Sloth Apartments were obviously much better than the place she rented previously. Thus, Ding Xiyao moved in without another word. Hello, your express delivery. A young man from Upwind Logistics walked in. Ding Xiyao was a little surprised because she had not bought anything in her impression. Whats more, the delivery man had two large boxes and several small boxes behind him. Ding Xiyao was a little confused. After confirming that these were indeed for her, she let the delivery man in. The delivery man first handed a small box to Ding Xiyao and began to open these large boxes. The large box contained the entire ROF system unit as well as the accompanying monitor and mouse. The delivery man assembled them and placed them on the desk to be adjusted. Ding Xiyao opened the small box in her hand and found a card and an unopened Doubt VR glasses. Meng Chang had written the card, mainly to thank Ding Xiyao for her help when filming the promotional video. The real estate intermediary simulator was officially released today, so he had sent a set of computers and VR equipment for her to experience if she was interested. Aiya, youre too kind. Weve already given him remuneration Ding Xiyao was a little embarrassed. He had given her too much! She felt that she did not do anything in the promotional video. She did not have any acting skills to speak of. She only made a few movements and expressions according to Meng Changs requirements. Whats more, the promotional video had not achieved much so far. Ding Xiyao was even blaming herself for not acting well. After all, she was the only main actor in the promotional video. It was hard to guarantee that the promotional video would not achieve the desired effect because people did not like her face. The delivery man quickly completed the task and left. Ding Xiyao adjusted the VR glasses and prepared to experience this game. It was related to him after all. Whats more, the other party had sent all the equipment to him. He should support him no matter what. The entrance of the game could be found on the main interface of the Doubt VR glasses. It was very convenient. It was Slow Movement Studios biological son game after all. This treatment was definitely still there. He pushed open a door and officially started the game. As he loaded the game, he first played an opening CG. Strictly speaking, this was not a CG, but a real promotional video. Ding Xiyao was a little surprised. Huh? Isnt this the promotional video that I filmed? This promotional video did not change much compared to the version released on the internet. The last scene only showed the game title of the real estate intermediary simulator and the logo of Slow Movement Studio. The promotional video that was uploaded online previously did not have a game title or studio logo. Ding Xiyao felt a little awkward when she saw her own performance. She felt that her acting skills were not good especially when she saw her secretly wiping her tears at home. That could not be helped. After all, she was not a professional actor. Even if she acted according to the real situation, it would be difficult for her to express her emotions deeply and on a higher level. Naturally, it would be difficult for her to infect the audience. Fortunately, the promotional video was not long. Soon, they entered the game scene. Ding Xiyao found herself in a small intermediary shop. The shop was not big, and the structure was quite simple. There was only an office area similar to the front desk, a coffee table, and two single sofas. There were also some simple furnishings. These scenes were obviously completely different from Ding Xiyaos previous work as a real estate agent. However, it made sense. This was a game after all. He had to beautify the working environment. If it was made according to the real intermediary shop, it might dissuade players from playing it at the beginning. There was some basic operations guidance in the game. Since this was a casual management game, the operations in the game were very simple. Ding Xiyao, who rarely played VR games, could also get used to it very quickly. Next was to come to the computer at the front desk. He would open the document and program on the computer screen through clicking. He would check the house source, accept the commission, link the house and tenants together, go to the house to do field research, and understand the situation. Once the tenants came to the door, he would introduce the characteristics of the house to the tenants, facilitate the transaction, and finally draw commission. Perhaps he was worried that some new gamers would be at a loss, but the game very considerately displayed the entire process in the form of a flowchart. It could also show how far the players had progressed in real-time. There was a special interface that could be checked at any time. For Ding Xiyao, who had once been a real estate agent, this entire process was simply too easy to understand. She could not be more familiar with it. She could play it smoothly without these hints. Ding Xiyao used the controller to simulate her hands and moved the computer screen in the game. Soon, she confirmed the house type and target client. Due to the fact that it was the beginning of the game, Ding Xiyao had a very limited amount of house resources. There were only three sets, and there were some hard injuries in these houses. One was too small, one was not facing the south and lacked light, and another was not clear enough. Ding Xiyao chose the last set after some consideration. At the very least, this flaw was relatively acceptable. He had to say that this game was quite benevolent. Players only needed to choose one of the three that they were most satisfied with. They did not have to worry about the other two. According to the settings in the game, this house was shared. It was equivalent to two other apartments being arranged for other intermediaries. In reality, Ding Xiyao often encountered old houses that could not be rented out for a long time and were problematic everywhere. Under such circumstances, the shop still had to think of ways to rent it out. Be it lowering the price or bluffing, they were all depending on their magic at this point in time. Some intermediaries were forced by the pressure of performance and could not help but start to use some dishonest methods. After confirming that the house type was only the first step, he had to choose his clients and conduct field inspections in advance. There were many clients for him to choose from among the computers in the game. Some lived on their own, some were rented by friends or couples, and their ages and income were all different. Clients were different. They were also picky about the house and the specifics. For example, some young people did not know how to cook their own meals. They only ordered take-out. The small kitchen in the house was not a flaw at all. In any case, it was not necessary. However, it was very unacceptable for some people who liked to cook and cook. Ding Xiyao chose three sets of clients after some consideration. This was also the hard rule of the game mechanism. Each house could only choose three groups of customers at most. If none of them were successful, the mission would fail. If more than one group of customers succeeded, both sides would increase their prices and increase the commission of the intermediary. This was different from reality. Obviously, it was for gaming reasons. Of course, this could also be because they were currently in the initial stages of the game and the newbie experience stage. Thus, the various systems and gameplay had been simplified to a certain extent so that newbies could get used to it quickly. In the future, as the game progressed, more difficult missions might appear. The corresponding restrictions should be gradually removed. The three groups of clients that Ding Xiyao chose were a young couple who had just graduated and started looking for a job, a salaryman who had been working for several years with relatively high income, and two girls who had been working for more than a year to change houses normally. Of course, other than that, the system also recorded some details of their requirements. For example, the young couple had the need to cook, and the two girls had a cat. These three groups of people were relatively good tenants that Ding Xiyao had subconsciously selected. That way, the chances of them being sold would be higher. Of course, these three groups of clients had different focuses on the house. They needed some improvisation. After choosing these contents, he could set off for his house inspection. Previously, he had only briefly looked at the floor plan of the house on his computer and saw some problems with the house type. However, he still had to do field research to know many details. After conducting field inspections, they would meet clients, introduce houses, answer clients questions, and facilitate the transaction. Ding Xiyao pushed open the intermediary shops door and the camera zoomed up to the target area. Chapter 1329 - Show House In The Game Ding Xiyao had already arrived at the entrance of the house after the camera changed. Players who were intermediaries could inspect the house before asking customers to visit it and know what to do. At the beginning of the game, there was no time limit for inspecting houses. Whats more, there would be some hints in the game so that gamers with a lack of knowledge in this area could understand the advantages and disadvantages of this house. As the game progressed, there would be a time limit for inspecting the houses. There would also be fewer hints. It was equivalent to increasing the difficulty for players. Players could even choose to challenge themselves. They would not participate in this segment at all. They would receive customers on their first visit to the house. They would not prepare in advance and would rely on improvisation. The higher the difficulty, the richer the reward. Ding Xiyao had been a real estate agent before. She had much more professional knowledge in this area than ordinary players. However, the content of this game was relatively unfamiliar to her after all. Thus, she decided to follow the standard process. If he could adapt to the gameplay quickly, he could try to increase the difficulty. Ding Xiyao walked around the various rooms according to the most basic movement method that she had already contacted previously. He could only say that the situation was worse than he had imagined. Previously, the computer in the shop had the floor plan and photos of these house types. However, when he arrived at the scene, he realized that the photos could often be photoshopped. He could not believe it at all. It was obviously noon when they took the photo. The sun was shining brightly, and the entire room was bathed in warm sunlight. As long as they adjusted the light and found a good angle, the photo would be very confusing. However, it was a cloudy day outside, and the lighting was not that strong. Thus, the entire room looked much worse. In addition, many details were naturally exposed. For example, there were some nails and dual glue marks on the wall. They were probably left behind by the previous tenant. The kitchen stove and cabinet were filled with aged oil stains. There was a second bedroom window that did not look too closed. There would definitely be a leak, and so on. Details that would not be displayed in these photos would be exposed during the viewing of the house. However, whether customers could see these problems depended on the person. After Ding Xiyao raised her hand and pointed with the controller to some areas, there would be a probability of a notification icon appearing. At that moment, she could consume the number of notifications and obtain the official notification. For example, in the kitchen, tenants who were passionate about using the kitchen to cook and had higher requirements for hygiene would have higher opinions on these aged oil stains. tenants who did not need the kitchen would probably not come in to take a closer look. However, this function was not omnipotent. It was just like how many detective games or secret rooms escape games looked for clues. If players did not realize that there might be a problem here and did not point the controller to the key area, there would not be any hints. Of course, some extreme players could point out all the rooms with their controllers if they did not find it tiring. After discovering these problems, intermediaries could choose to solve these problems or choose to ignore them in order to facilitate the transaction. The solution would be to pay out of his own pocket and take out a portion of his own funds to hire cleaning or repairing the furniture to fund this problem. If he chose to ignore it, he might be exposed by the tenants who came to see the apartments. That would prevent the transaction from being achieved or he might not be discovered. Of course, there was a way to make up for being exposed on the spot. They could try to bluff him or reduce the rent. In this aspect, the protagonist in the game had much more authority than the intermediary in reality. After all, in the setting, the protagonists identity was not to hit workers. Instead, he would be the boss and employee at the same time. He would be responsible for profits and losses. Ding Xiyao quickly looked around the house and found a few key questions. This was her old job after all. It was a breeze for her and there was no need for system notifications. She even had some strange ideas. Ding Xiyao switched on all the lights in the room and felt the brightness of the room. Then she looked up and pointed the controller at the light bulb in the living room. Indeed, the light bulb became highlights and an interface popped up. That meant that the light bulb could be changed! After a simple selection, Ding Xiyao chose a relatively cheap but very bright ceiling light. She easily replaced it after choosing. In fact, it was not just the lights. All the furniture and appliances in the room could be changed. The problem was that the sofas, television, wallpapers, and the like were too expensive. Ding Xiyao did not have much money to change them now. This was a small trick that Ding Xiyao had learned when she was an intermediary previously: If the lighting in the room was not good, the lighting was not good, or the air was not smooth and there was a strange smell, then all the lights would be switched on before customers came to the room, and the windows would be opened in advance to dissipate the smell. That way, tenants would ignore the problem of light and poor ventilation to a certain extent. Even if they found it, it would be after signing the contract. At that time, even if most tenants were not satisfied, they would have no choice but to live here. Ding Xiyao was not sure if the game was that smart or not, and if increasing the lighting would increase the probability of customers completing the transaction, but it was worth a try. After all, wouldnt such a free management simulation game be playing tricks and freedom? As the original light in this house was relatively dim, there was no substantial improvement even if it was opened. Thus, Ding Xiyao spent her own money to exchange for the living room light to increase the brightness as much as possible. There was no good solution to the problem with the kitchen. He could not afford to hire cleaning services, but there was an option to do it yourself in the game. He held the controller and gestured at the oil stains. It was equivalent to wiping them personally. Even though some aged and stubborn stains were difficult to completely remove, it looked much better than before. Of course, not all problems could be solved on their own. Some problems had to be improved at a high price. Just like that, Ding Xiyao handled everything in the room within the scope of the funds. She tried her best to understand the flaws in the room. After that, he could invite tenants to view the apartments. Ding Xiyao was still a little nervous while waiting for the tenants to come over even though she was already considered an old fox. After all, this was her first time bringing someone to view a house in the game. Not long after, the doorbell rang. The first person to come was the man who had worked for several years and had a higher income. Ding Xiyao had arranged for these three groups to come one after another. The reason why she let this brother come first was mainly because Ding Xiyao felt that she had the highest chance of negotiating the highest price with him. The other two groups were a couple who had just graduated not long ago and two girls who had just been working for more than a year. Their financial conditions were not good. Whats more, young couples placed more emphasis on cooking. It was just that the kitchen in this house was not very hygienic. On the whole, the man who had worked for several years and was in the working class had the best economic conditions. He also did not have high requirements for the kitchen. It was most likely that they would be able to reach a deal at a high price. Of course, it was precisely because this brother had been working for several years that he might not be weak in terms of nitpicking. He was not easy to fool. That would depend on Ding Xiyaos ability. Ding Xiyao could not help but be stunned when she opened the door with the VR controller. This brothera?| was so realistic! That was because this was the first time Ding Xiyao was seeing someone in this game. Doubt VR glasses were the same as all VR glasses. They were limited by technology. At the moment, it was still difficult to achieve clarity that could be passed off as fake. There was even a slight grille effect. However, there was a clear difference between the scene and the characters in different games. The real estate intermediary simulator had obviously reached a relatively extreme level of clarity for the characters within the technical level. After entering the viewing mode, players would tacitly follow the tenants who came to view the houses and answer their questions. The tenants, who were NPCs in the game, had a certain pattern of movement. There was a relatively fixed route when looking at different rooms. However, the focus of ones attention on the room, the questions one would ask, and how one would respond to players answers would depend on the characters settings. It was extremely random. During this process, players naturally did not need to really speak. Instead, they used the controller to choose the options on the screen to introduce and answer. First, he briefly introduced the basic situation of the house. Then, customers would ask questions about some details. The gameplay at this stage was similar to Interactive Fiction. The conversation options that players could choose depended on their observations in the room, their preparations in advance, the players level, experience, and other factors. At the same time, many follow-up conversations could only be triggered after the corresponding options were selected. What surprised Ding Xiyao was that the NPCs every move was quite realistic. He moved naturally, spoke smoothly, and was very eloquent. The voice chat between NPCs and players had obviously been recorded in advance. That was because the automatic voice would definitely feel like it was forcefully pieced together. It could be heard immediately. The NPCs in the game would not give people such a feeling. Ding Xiyao was a little curious. Could this game have dubbed and motion captured the voice of all NPCs? Wasnt that too extravagant? Would there be similar situations in the future? For example, would there be similar problems back and forth? Just as she was thinking about this, she heard the employee ask, The lighting in this room looks good, right? It was not a direct question. It sounded more like a casual question. Three options appeared in front of Ding Xiyao. They were three different attitudes. The first was a positive attitude and brainless praise. The second was a neutral attitude that spoke vaguely but would not deny it. The third was to tell the truth. Ding Xiyao could not help but hesitate. Obviously, the first attitude would help to facilitate the transaction. However, this brother would definitely find problems after moving in. If he had a third attitude, he would feel more at ease. However, he might lose this client. In order to salvage the situation, he would probably have to reduce the rent. Ding Xiyao found it difficult to make a decision. However, seeing that the conversation was about to end, she could only choose the second attitude. Chapter 1330 - This Game Is Toxic! This method was also Ding Xiyaos usual attitude when she was at the intermediary shop. Being an intermediary was a serious profession after all. The difficulty and pressure could not be compared to a game. If she had told the customers the truth about all the problems in the houses, Ding Xiyao would have been fired a long time ago. She would not have been able to work in the shop for so long. She would even have the energy to give the order to Tian Mo. However, Ding Xiyao would not give up her job at the intermediary store and choose to resign if she were to blindly deceive customers for the sake of results and choose good things to say without feeling guilty at all. Most of the time when she was an intermediary, she would choose a compromise plan. She would try her best to facilitate the transaction and maximize her conscience. After entering this game, she subconsciously brought her previous work habits over. The working-class man did not ask any questions, nor did he dwell on the topic. Instead, he continued to look around the house. Obviously, Ding Xiyaos preparation for changing the light bulb had worked. The tenant might have raised some questions about the lighting of the house, but the lighting was bright, so the lighting looked passable on the whole. Ding Xiyao gave a relatively positive affirmative answer, so the tenant subconsciously thought that there was no big problem with the lighting here and focused on other aspects. Immediately after, the salaryman raised a few more small questions. Ding Xiyao responded appropriately. When answering tenants questions, players could choose many options. However, that did not mean that they were easy to choose from. That was because many options were confusing. Whats more, Ding Xiyao suspected that the tenants identities were most likely related to the tenants identity. Simply put, he had to judge people by their looks. For example, some young tenants would be easier to fool. The choice of bluffing could facilitate the transaction. However, some experienced tenants could see through these tricks. Forcefully bluffing would only backfire and leave a bad impression on the other party. As for the response to the shortcomings of the house, even if it was a bluff, there were several different options. Choosing the most correct options required professional knowledge. For example, tenants might say that the aisle of the house was too long, too narrow, and was a waste of space. There would also be several different options in response. He could start with the structure of the house. It would be inevitable to say that it was a transparent design. He could start with practicality and say that this aisle would increase the privacy and practicality of the bedroom. He could start from an artistic point of view. He could say that some murals or photo walls could improve the atmosphere very well Of course, he could also deny the tenants questions and say that most houses were like that. Or he could simply admit the problem and reduce the price to solve it. There was no only correct answer to this point. Players could even choose the most brainless method: choose the more deceiving option the entire time. It would be over if they were bluffed. If they were exposed, they would reduce the rent. As long as they were not particularly ridiculously wrong, they could also guarantee that the house would be rented out. It would only make less money. Soon, the first tenant finished looking at the house. He was basically satisfied and expressed that he would consider it when he returned. It was the same in reality. There were not many live transactions. Most tenants would choose the most satisfactory house after comparing three houses. After all, renting a house was not a small matter. It would affect the living environment for the next few months. It would affect one-fourth or even one-third of his salary. He had to be cautious before making a choice. In reality, tenants might only make final decisions a few days later, unless a certain house was too rare and popular. This situation was replicated in the game, but it greatly shortened the time. Tenants would make a decision a few minutes later and send a contract application on the computer system of the store. Ding Xiyao also took this opportunity to receive the remaining two groups of tenants. The gameplay was similar, but the content was very different. Their characters were different, their movements and tone were also different, and their focus on the house was also different. For example, this couple who had a need for cooking focused on the kitchen problem and repeatedly struggled with the oil stains in the kitchen. Ding Xiyao spent a lot of effort to settle it with her glib tongue. The two girls were very concerned about the leaking window. Ding Xiyao did not have a good solution and could only promise to reduce the rent. That was because he would have to spend too much money if he were to find someone to repair it. In comparison, lowering the rent was a more economical and cost-effective choice. Of course, after all the tenants finished viewing the apartments, they would each give a price. Ding Xiyao could choose the highest bidder to sell the apartments. Apart from that, the routes of these tenants to the house, the questions they raised, and the response to Ding Xiyaos explanation all had a certain randomness. It was a probability event. For example, after Ding Xiyao gave an explanation, she would give the probability of doubt based on the tenants character and other factors. Then, the system would randomly choose according to the probability and decide the tenants final actions. Players could muddle through or be rendered speechless by the tenants. Ding Xiyao returned to her intermediary shop to check the final rent price of these three groups of tenants after sending these three groups of tenants off. As expected, the salaryman who had been working for several years offered the highest price. This was just as Ding Xiyao had expected. She chose to agree without any hesitation. She completed the first transaction and began to look at the next house. As the game progressed, Ding Xiyao began to understand more about the game mechanism. He could get a certain amount of commission for every transaction, and these commissions could be freely distributed. He could make some improvements to the house, such as changing the furniture, repairing the windows, painting the walls, adding home appliances, and so on. After improving the living environment of the house, rent could naturally be increased. He could also choose to expand the house channel online or advertise his intermediary company. The former could increase the number and quality of the house while the latter had more tenants to choose from. He could also learn some courses online. These courses were more expensive, but after learning them, characters in the game would obtain some professional knowledge. When introducing houses to tenants or bargaining with tenants, he could unlock some dialog options that he had not seen before. In addition, players could also convert a portion of the intermediary companys profits to their legal income at the end of every month. However, they had to pay taxes according to a certain proportion, and the proportion was limited. This portion of money could be used to renovate his own house. The completed house would not disappear directly. Instead, it would be stored in the systems database. Players could check the house that they had already signed the contract at any time. These houses had a certain period of time. For example, a certain house would be rented for a year. tenants might choose to refund the rent midway or might continue renting. If players wanted to, they could keep a certain house and constantly modify it and increase the rent. If players felt that this house type was too lousy, they could also choose to give it away. The game said that it would be given to other intermediary companies. In fact, it would permanently delete this house type from the game and randomly generate new house types. The number of houses that players had at the same time was limited. As the size of intermediary shops increased, this number would also increase. At the same time, the probability of getting good houses and high-income tenants would also increase. Ding Xiyao played for more than two hours in one breath. She only reluctantly took off her glasses to charge them when the Doubt VR glasses indicated that there was insufficient battery. In fact, he could continue playing after receiving the call. However, he would feel a little dizzy if he played the VR game for too long. He should indeed rest for a while. Ding Xiyao looked at the time and was a little surprised. At first, she had only wanted to play and support the game. However, she had not expected that she would not be able to stop playing! This game is toxic! Ding Xiyao did not have professional game design knowledge and did not have much gaming experience. However, she could roughly summarize the outstanding advantages of this game from her own subjective feeling. First of all, this game had a good upgradeability and playability. Players were only in charge of one small shop at the beginning. They did not have many types of houses. The tenants they met were relatively poor. Whats more, they did not have much money. It was very difficult to modify these houses in depth. This meant that players choices were more limited. However, there were more and more orders from players. The shop gradually expanded and began to come into contact with new houses and customers. There were also more and more ways to facilitate transactions. This growth was like many farming games, bringing a strong sense of achievement. This game had obviously put in a lot of effort in redoing the game. Every house type has its advantages and disadvantages. Every customer had their own preferences. Each time they signed a contract, it was a different challenge for players. Obviously, the game designer had a lot of data as support in this aspect. Coupled with the internal special algorithm and some black technology that could not be explained clearly for the time being, this game completely displayed the usual strength of managing simulated games. Secondly, this game was very professional. As a former intermediary, Ding Xiyao did not have much hope for the professionalism of this game. That was because the intermediary industry looked very simple and anyone could do it. However, there were still many ways to make it clear. For example, switching on the lights to increase the lighting when customers looked at the houses, or responding to tenants doubts. Of course, these were all tricks. However, their authenticity was often hidden in these details. If the game designer himself did not understand these contents, how could he put them in the game? However, it was obvious that someone in the game production team understood. Or at the very least, professionals provided professional knowledge for them as reference. Ding Xiyao brought the tactics in reality into this game and realized that it could still be effective. Some of the options in the game were things she had never heard or used in reality. That was amazing! Chapter 1331 - Why Wasn’t The Publicity Good For Such a Good Game? The so-called simulation had to be as realistic as possible. In fact, the ultimate goal would be to match reality and surpass reality. In a certain sense, this game had obviously done that. Lastly, it was the characteristics of the VR game that gave this game additional points. If the same theme was made into a PC game or cell phone game, the sense of immersion would be greatly reduced. After all, on the PC side, gamers would be facing a screen when they played games. There would be an unreal gap between moving, talking, and interacting. However, after receiving the VR platform, this game vividly displayed the immersion of VR. Players could walk back and forth in the virtual room, freely observe the various corners of the room, and also communicate with NPCs face-to-face. Compared to other simulation games, it would seem more realistic. Many of them might be very boring on the PC side, but they would become very fun on the VR side, such as drying the kitchens oil. If it was on the PC side, players could only shake the mouse to complete the wiping motion. On the VR side, players could really do the wiping. Other movements such as opening windows, opening doors, and moving rooms like the configuration of vases had to be done by players themselves. These movements could only be fun on the VR side. Even Ding Xiyao, a player who did not play games often, could experience its fun and enjoy it. It was enough to show the production teams skills. However, the more Ding Xiyao understood the fun of the game, the more confused she was about a problem. Why was the publicity for such a good game so draggy? Initially, Ding Xiyao did not know the specific content of this game, so she could not evaluate this publicity plan. However, from the looks of it now, there were many other ways to publicize this game! For example, he could play a short video in the game to show the huge changes that happened before the house was renovated. He could also hold a news conference and let some famous streamers try it out on the spot. The worst-case scenario would be making a beautiful publicity CG. However, Meng Changs publicity plan was a live-stream promotional video. The focus was not on the games content at all. Instead, it used many pages to show the hard work of intermediaries. In the end, they did not even mention the games name. Until now, many people still thought that this was a promotional video produced by Home Corporation. The game was a good game. He had spent a lot of money on publicity, but this was the only thing that he had done? Ding Xiyao might have played a huge role in becoming the heroine of this promotional video but this did not affect Ding Xiyao from feeling that Meng Changs publicity plan was a failure. Forget it, this is not something I should worry about. The heads of Tengdas various departments are very professional. They might have some special plan. Ding Xiyao did not think too much about this. After all, what she said did not count. Instead of worrying about these, she might as well wait for the VR glasses to be charged before pushing the game progress. He could only say that the game was really fun! November 28th, Wednesday The real estate agent simulator had been released for more than a day. Everyone in Slow Movement Studio had been paying attention to the game. Many gamers discussions about the real estate agent simulator could be seen on the game forums. This game is so fun! Its toxic! I played it for more than four hours after buying it yesterday. My glasses are out of battery, and I cant stop playing! Stop talking. Im going to buy liver protection pills now. Im really addicted to playing. I told myself time and time again that I would rest after finishing this job. In the end, after I finished this job, I saw new houses, unlocked new furniture, and earned enough money to learn new knowledge A few hours passed unknowingly! After working so hard all day, I basically figured out the games routine. I think this game should be called the black-hearted intermediary simulator! If you want to make more money, the best way is to choose the right house type, the right customers, and then think of a way for tenants to ignore the hard damage of the house and find the right sales technique. That way, you can make money faster! Arent you ashamed to call yourself a black-hearted intermediary? Thats not much! You should learn from me. In fact, the furniture in these houses can be changed freely. They can be dragged to the warehouse to be saved or given to other apartments. My solution is to dig out such furniture. Each apartment will only keep the smallest amount of furniture. The furniture will be slightly balanced. That way, we wont have to buy new furniture ourselves. We can save a lot of money! Ive chosen some high-quality tenants jobs and identities. You can compare them to this list. These people have higher expectations of the psychological price. Choosing them would still be profitable even if the price is cut. Dont choose some problematic tenants. It would be a waste of your time! Ive summarized a house type problem table. There are some common problems with house types on it. Even though the house types in the game are randomly generated from the database, there is a certain degree of similarity. This table should be able to bring everyone some reference. Is there a big boss who can develop a Mod so that the automatic highlights would show the interactive options in the room? For example, the leaking window, the dirty stove, and other places that can be fixed so that I dont have to look around the house. I cant afford to hurt my OCD! I have to say that the effect of this game is a little unexpected, especially when there are so many different characters and voice-overs. How did you do it? Some of the characters are reused. After all, the tenants in the same area are relatively fixed. Some old customers would come to the door again. As for the different customers, I guess the producers hired many people to give different dubbing for the same meaning. For example, there are at least ten different NPCs or even dozens of different ways of saying that the window is leaking. It doesnt sound like the system automatically generated it. The only thing Im puzzled about is that its not difficult to find many people to dub the voice. How can I match them in the game? I really didnt expect the game with this theme to be so fun! Thats why I say that life is not lacking in beauty, but in discovering! The game industry is not lacking in topics, but in designers who know how to make good use of them! Based on the current situation on the forum, most players had a positive evaluation of the real estate agent simulator. That was because the first batch of players were basically fans of Slow Movement Studio, fans of VR games, and core players of simulated management games. The real estate agent simulator obviously suited their taste. However, Cai Jiadong did not look too happy when he saw the praises for the real estate agent simulator. Instead, he looked melancholic. Theres not enough discussion The sales volume on the first day is only average. Its not optimistic. Indeed, the exposure is still not enough. Its still lacking even with the platform of Doubt VR glasses as support. Its enough for an ordinary game. However, the investment in the real estate agent simulator is too huge. Unless it becomes popular to a certain extent, it would be very difficult to recoup its costs. Whats more, this game used Boss Peis idea. Not becoming popular would be equivalent to failure Boss Peis golden brand cannot be destroyed in our hands, right? Otherwise, if people talk about it, we will be a team that even Boss Pei cannot manage. That would be too embarrassing! As the chief designer, he was naturally very concerned about the current situation of this game. However, the situation was indeed not optimistic since it was released. The games ratings were very high. It had not fallen below 8.5 points since it was released. However, what worried Cai Jiadong was that the game was still only a small group of players so far. The reason why it was so high was that those who bought the game loved this. However, Cai Jiadong knew very well that as a VR game with huge investments, if the real estate agent simulator wanted to succeed and become popular, it had to break out of the circle. He could not just rely on these gamers who were passionate about simulating management games. Whats more, it was useless for game manufacturers to work hard on breaking out of the circle. They had to rely on passerby gamers who liked to play and were willing to do running water. Cai Jiadong and Slow Movement Studios designers had left a pit in the game mechanism, but gamers had not discovered it yet. Now, many players were considering the problem. They were still thinking about how to make more money. They would spend as much money as they could to fool tenants. Sure, they would be able to obtain a lot of benefits in the short term, but there was a hidden setting in the game called trust. The tenants system in the game was relatively fixed but would flow. This was similar to the situation in reality. In other words, there were only so many tenants in this area. The tenants of the old houses might continue to rent in the future. Players might deal with the same tenants many times. Of course, there would also be new tenants. If players kept thinking of ways to cheat tenants, they could succeed on the first try. However, the price was that the trust level would decrease. The conditions given by the tenants on the second try would change. The tenants might even run away on their own and would not appear in the system of the players shops. Apart from that, players also had a hidden reputation. It depended on the trust of all tenants who had worked with players. A single trust in tenants might have minimal impact on players reputation, but if it accumulated, it would also have a certain impact on the games content that could not be ignored. On one hand, this setting was to enrich the gameplay and prevent the game from having the only standard answer. On the other hand, it was to follow the Tengda spirit and advocate a correct value direction. However, this was a hidden setting, so gamers would not be able to discover it in the short term. Cai Jiadong vaguely felt that if this hidden setting could be displayed as an explosive point, it might be able to push the game out of the circle to a certain extent. However, what should he do? He could not tell. He could only pin his hopes on Meng Chang and wait patiently like the previous project. Chapter 1332 - The Compassionate Butler of Home Corporation Unlike Ding Xiyao and Cai Jiadong who were slightly anxious, Meng Chang was now sitting steadily and did not panic at all. That was because he had already arranged for a backup plan. He had also completed all the videos recorded in the name of Young Master Tian. The reason why he did not make a move was not because he still had mercy on Home CorporationMeng Chang basically did not have that kind of emotion, let alone a big company like Home Corporation. Meng Chang could not wait for such a large company to die quickly. He would let himself have a huge bite of meat before he died. He had been waiting for the past two days mainly because he had not gotten the commission yet. Meng Chang looked at the date. It was the 28th today. He would be able to make a move once he finished matching the commission with Boss Pei on Friday on the 30th. Over the weekend, he would be able to count money happily at home and watch how Home Corporation was overwhelmed by negative public opinion. Of course, Meng Chang was not waiting blindly. He was also constantly paying attention to the news and public opinion on the internet, be it the Real Estate Agent Simulator or Home Corporation. That was because he knew very well that the key to the Pei familys publicity method was to accurately grasp popularity and public opinion. It was a four taels to solve a thousand pounds technique. How to detonate these popularity, when to detonate it, and how to do it cleverly without leaving any traces. This was a learning point. Early or late, if the movements were stiff, the publicity effect would be greatly reduced. Meng Chang was a perfectionist. He had to work hard to achieve the best in everything he did. Of course, he had to perfect an exquisite move like the Pei family publicity method. Everythings normal with the real estate agent simulator. Indeed, there is more content in this game. There might be some things buried but it is impossible for players to dig them all out in two or three days. Let players realize that theres a problem, but they cant tell what the problem is. This state is the best. Its most conducive for Young Master Tian to perform. Look at Home Corporation. They shouldnt be making any big moves recently Eh? What is this?! Meng Chang briefly looked through the new news from Home Corporation on the internet. He originally thought that Home Corporation would continue to stir up those old topics like before. However, to his surprise, Home Corporation released a new official announcement and promotional video this morning! Meng Chang immediately realized that there was a problem and quickly clicked on it. Compassionate butler business? Home Corporation is launching a new business at this juncture? Meng Chang could not help but frown after watching the official announcement and promotional video of Home Corporation. This was beyond his expectations. This so-called considerate butler business was obviously the publicity focus of Home Corporation in the future. It was also a new business that was launched to further consolidate their market position and suppress other intermediary companies. In the words of Home Corporation itself, this considerate butler business was to further strengthen intermediaries and tenants mutual trust, establish a long-term stable cooperative relationship, create thoughtful services for tenants needs, improve team professionalism, implement the responsibility system service, and so on. Apart from these official traps, in laymans terms, Home Corporation hoped to start from the publicity of the intermediary team and open a new breakthrough in their business. According to the publicity of Home Corporation, thoughtful butler business was a transformation of the traditional intermediary model. First, he had to screen, eliminate, and train the existing intermediary team to improve their business ability and quality. Secondly, after the intermediary team improved their business ability, they could choose more suitable housing for tenants, analyze the needs comprehensively, and find the best rental options. Lastly, the intermediary team would provide one-on-one services to customers. The person would be responsible. The intermediary (now the butler) would be in charge before and after the tenants signed the contract. That way, the intermediary would be able to avoid the intermediary thinking of ways to sign the contract and subsequent irresponsibility. Meng Chang could not help but feel enlightened. Why was Home Corporation so eager to ride on the popularity of the real estate intermediary simulator? They did not even hesitate to shoot their own promotional video and create hype online. Obviously, there was a purpose! If Home Corporation had no relevant business to advance, they would not be in such a hurry even if they wanted to ride on its popularity. Obviously, Home Corporations thoughtful butler business had been planned for a long time. The promotional video of Real Estate Agent Simulator had caused heated discussion online. It could be said to be exactly what Home Corporation wanted. It completely satisfied their needs. They could use this wave of popularity to promote their new business! Meng Chang speculated that Home Corporation had two main reasons for launching such a new business. The first was to salvage the losses during the Safe House period and improve the companys image and reputation. The second was to explore new models to further improve the competitiveness of Home Corporation in the intermediary market. In fact, when the Safe House was first launched, it was also for this purpose. Home Corporation saw that most of the houses rented in the market were old and small. They had been neglected for a long time. Young people did not like to live in them. Thus, they used the Safe House model to rent for a long time. They simply renovated the house and rented it to tenants. Not only did they improve the living conditions of the house, but they also earned profits from it. This was a good business model. At first, Safe Houses reputation was not bad. However, in order to pursue profits, Home Corporation turned Safe House into a formaldehyde house. That was why its reputation collapsed. However, no matter what, if the business model of Safe House did not deteriorate, it could be considered a commercial innovation and breakthrough in the rental industry. It could succeed. Now, Safe Houses reputation was already bad. Home Corporation was already preparing to change its name. It definitely could not be used as a focused publicity. That was why Home Corporation came up with the new promotional point of Compassionate Butler. Since he could not make an issue out of the house, he could only make an issue out of people! Home Corporation was very smart. The house indeed had formaldehyde. They could only admit that they were unlucky to be exposed. That person would not have formaldehyde, right? Whats more, the compassionate butler business model had solved a huge problem in the current rental market. The identity of real estate intermediaries was indeed not very glorious due to the existence of many small intermediaries and black intermediaries. If Home Corporation could reverse peoples views and make tenants feel that Home Corporations intermediary was not an intermediary but a butler with strong business ability and was serious and responsible, it would definitely be a huge advantage for Home Corporation. That was why Home Corporation had been showing the hard work and ignorance of intermediaries in the promotional video. It was to build momentum for this new business. Of course, just because the slogan was loud did not mean that it could be done. Meng Chang did not understand this familiar feeling of marketing. Meng Chang knew very well that it was impossible for Home Corporation to fundamentally change the working state of intermediaries. At most, they would make a superficial matter. He might be changing his uniform, emphasizing polite words, or adjusting the personnel structure. The best outcome would be to implement a superficial responsibility system. What was a superficial responsibility? In other words, if something really went wrong with the house, you could indeed find an intermediary, and the intermediary would think of a way to help solve it. However, this solution could only float on the surface and could not touch the essence at all. For example, after signing the rental contract, tenants would find that the window was leaking, and so they would find their own butler. The butler would definitely apologize to you sincerely and promise to solve the problem, but the best way was to find someone to come to your door to find some materials to simply close the window. Change windows? Change houses and refund rent? That was impossible. That was because the root of this matter was not with intermediaries but with Home Corporation. As a listed company, Home Corporation pursued profits. Then, intermediaries could use any method to sign contracts with tenants. Since they had already obtained the money, they could forget about making Home Corporation spit it out. Home Corporation would definitely think of a way to transfer the conflict to tenants and intermediaries. For example, increase the rent and sell the responsibility service to tenants, telling tenants that you have a lot of rights. If you are not satisfied with the butler, complain. We will definitely deal with you seriously. When something really went wrong and the tenants complained, Home Corporation would deduct the money of the intermediary (the butler). However, the intermediary could not completely satisfy the tenants requirements, so he could only solve this problem for the tenants themselves or beg them bitterly. The problem with the apartments had not been resolved fundamentally. For example, most of the areas that had leaks were blocked, but only a small area had leaks. However, tenants saw that the intermediary was in such a miserable state. Considering that it would be difficult to have a better outcome if they continued to make a fuss, they could only compromise and make do. Home Corporation achieved its goal with this move. Not only did he show his impartiality in front of tenants and prioritize the customers, but he also maintained the reputation of thoughtful butler service and earned profits in the end. Meng Chang knew these tricks very well. He had even thought of possible development in the future as soon as this business was launched. However, Meng Chang knew very well that not everyone was as crafty as him. Home Corporations meticulous butler business was indeed very confusing, especially compared to other rental companies. Whats more, Home Corporation had already done enough foreshadowing and publicity previously. Many peoples impression of intermediaries had indeed changed. If nothing went wrong, once this news was announced, the shares of Home Corporation would skyrocket. Meng Chang could not sit still. Two days might not seem long, but the Pei familys publicity method had the most suitable node. It might not achieve the best effect sooner or later. If Meng Chang only made a move after a long time after Home Corporations event was released, would Home Corporation counterattack and say that this was discrediting the compassionate butler business? Would the originally unilateral massacre become a war of words with both sides covered in mud? Meng Chang stood up and walked around the room quickly. I cannot delay any longer. Things might change if I delay any longer. Chapter 1333 - Young Master Tian Posted a Video Again! Meng Chang kept weighing the pros and cons. The timing is fleeting. If it is forced to wait until Friday night before it is released, then it would be very difficult to dismantle and attack Home Corporation at the most suitable point after the public opinion has fermented. It might cause a chain reaction, causing a huge risk of Fan Xiaodong emptying Home Corporations shares. My commission is nothing. Even if it becomes popular in two days and caused my commission to collapse, I would only lose thirty to fifty thousand yuan. However, if something goes wrong with the stock, that would be a huge problem. How would I have the face to face Fan Xiaodong? Im not waiting anymore! Post the video! Meng Chang quickly made up his mind. He logged into Young Master Tians account and posted a video. At the same time, he made the follow-up arrangements as soon as possible! The popularity would explode two days earlier and would definitely affect Meng Changs commission. It would not be to the extent of clearing 0, but it would probably be cut in half or at least evaporate by one-third. However, Meng Chang had no choice. On one hand, he had to complete the perfect Pei family publicity method process once to gain knowledge. On the other hand, he had promised his hard workers, Fan Xiaodong, that it would definitely not be a problem to empty the shares of Home Corporation. He could not mess it up now. Meng Chang did not know exactly how much Fan Xiaodong had invested. It might not be particularly fatal if he were to strike two days later, but Meng Chang did not want to take the risk. Everyone knew that villains died from talking too much, and those who were killed were often because of greed. Therefore, Meng Chang was not greedy at all. He would not do anything fancy. He would deal with it first! He had to knock him on the head before Home Corporation made the thoughtful butler business successful! At night, Ding Xiyao went home from work. After making a simple dinner, she watched videos on Aili Islands website while eating. She had been a little poisoned recently. She had watched many walkthroughs of the real estate agent simulator. He had to say that the gamers were indeed too talented. They had even thought of many tricks that Ding Xiyao, the previous businessman, had not thought of. Many players became capitalists and tried all ways and means to increase the rent and fool tenants. There were even players who were already trying to challenge themselves by using the least transaction volume to continuously upgrade and using the money they earned to renovate their houses. On one hand was renting an old, dilapidated house to tenants, and on the other was a spacious, bright, and expensive house with expensive furniture. It was simply unreal. Some gamers also noticed that there was a pattern to the houses and tenants in the game. Some people often had good houses and high-quality tenants, while others did not have such good luck. There was even a saying that the starting account is lucky on the forum. It suggested that players with bad luck would delete their account and train again. There might be no direct evidence but the account with bad luck had always been bad luck. There was no good solution other than to delete the account. Some suspected that this was a game mechanism, while others said that this might be a bug. However, Ding Xiyao had not encountered such a situation yet. He swiped his hand and a batch of videos about the Real Estate Agent Simulator appeared on the homepage. Ding Xiyao had watched too many similar videos, so the website kept pushing it to her. Eh? This video Ding Xiyao saw the title of this video: Deeply analyzing social reality with a game: A Brief Intermediary Simulator. This title looked quite serious and serious. It looked out of place among the live-streams. He clicked on it and saw that it was a new video. It had just been released. Although the viewership was not very high, the popularity, bullet screen comments, and likes were all very high. It looked like a high-quality video. An in-depth analysis of social reality? Thats a little too much. This game reflects reality at most. How is it dissected? Ding Xiyao was a little confused because in her opinion, the real estate agent simulator was just like the games name. It was mainly a simulation of reality. There did not seem to be any dissecting components. This game did not make anyone reflect? Ding Xiyao clicked on the video with curiosity. The author of the video was Young Master Tian . The video had been edited well. The material used was mainly the promotional video of Real Estate Agent Simulator and the actual graphics of the game. However, the content creator did not use his own voice. Instead, he used AEEIS artificial intelligence to automatically generate the entire audio. The content of the entire video was very refined. There was no opening speech or greeting of the audience. It went straight to the point. Real Estate Agent Simulator, an ordinary-looking VR game. Its gameplay is not complicated. It looks not much different from other simulated management games. Its early publicity makes people feel a little strange. It seems to be severely mismatched with the game content. However, from publicity to content, this game actually completely replicates the current situation of the domestic rental industry. Through subtle and in-depth methods, players can be brought into the identity of intermediaries, understand the deep secrets of the industry that were originally difficult to come into contact with, and understand the crux of the chaos in many industries. Perhaps some people have already felt this while others have not. Thats normal. After all, an outstanding game would definitely have extremely strong gameplay and rich fun. This fun might temporarily overwhelm players thinking about the meaning of the game. Players who are willing to rack their brains to think about it might as well explore the deeper meaning of this game together. Ding Xiyao noticed that the tone of this UP Master was different from most UP Masters. Other UP Masters, in order to increase the affinity of their videos, would often use biased and lifestyle language. They would first get close to the audience, close their relationship, and even insert some interesting paragraphs and emoji packs. Then, they would gradually invoke their own arguments and unfold them. However, this Young Master Tian video was very direct. He did not seem to care about the audiences ability to accept him. He was not worried that the beginning would dissuade the audience. He also did not care if the audience would think of his video as a sponsored video. The entire video was written objectively like a textbook. Whether you believe it or not, so be it. Whats more, for some reason, there was a feeling that my video was made for smart people to watch. Stupid people, please consciously withdraw. Logically speaking, this attitude itself was not very pleasing. After all, most viewers watched videos for fun. This UP Master seemed to have a sense of IQ superiority. Who could watch it? However, to Ding Xiyaos surprise, the bullet screen comments on the video did not react this way. Not only did they not scold him, they looked very excited! Wow! Big boss finally uploaded another video! First row! This UP Master is updating monthly now? I feel like the big boss should be very busy. Making videos is just a hobby. Otherwise, he would not be so casual. Its alright, as long as the quality is good! The videos produced by the big boss are all top-notch. Its worth watching! It was only then that Ding Xiyao realized that the account Young Master Tian had a video with a few million views previously. It talked about Dawn Games platform and caused a warm response. Many people were paying attention to him, and most of them were gamers. Thus, when the second video was released, everyone realized that it was a video about the game. Naturally, they came to support it. Ding Xiyao still felt that the title was a little far-fetched and suspected of being an attention catcher. However, since it was a video made by a big boss, it was still worth watching. Talk about the promotional video before you talk about the game Real Estate Agent Simulator. When the promotional video was first released, no one knew that it was a promotional video for the real estate agent simulator. Many people questioned the content of the promotional video. In many peoples view, this promotional video is completely incompatible with the game itself. It is completely mismatched in terms of publicity, but in fact, that is not the case. This promotional video is actually intentional. It is to take care of each other with the content in the game! After watching the promotional video, some people felt sympathy for the intermediaries who worked hard, while others were stimulated by the disgust in their hearts. And this superficial sympathy and deep disgust complex mentality is precisely a catalyst. With it, you can better substitute in the identity of tenants and intermediaries in the game Real Estate Model to find the crux of the industry! Ding Xiyaos expression was a little blank. Was this promotional video deliberately trying to make people feel moved and disgusted? Thats not right. Im the main actor. Why cant I feel it? I was acting very seriously, hoping to gain everyones sympathy! Whats more, Director Meng Chang did not mention this. He only asked me to act it out. Ding Xiyao felt that this Young Master Tian was probably over-interpreting. He would definitely not have been able to say something like that if he had been at the filming location. However, Ding Xiyao was also very curious about how he would overinterpret it. Thus, she continued watching patiently. I believe many players have already noticed that when they were tenants, they always hated the intermediarys cheating behavior. However, after playing the role of a real estate agent, they began to naturally use all sorts of tricks for profits. For example, when tenants look at the houses, they try their best to cover up the problems with the houses. They dont even hesitate to deceive customers in order to facilitate the transaction. When renovating the houses, they think of all ways to save money. They dont consider the actual living experience after tenants move in. After all, they dont live in their own houses. When renting tenants into three, six, or nine levels, they spend more time and energy to entertain those who are more likely to pay a high price. Those customers who dont seem to be able to afford the high price are patronizing Of course, there are also many people who can persevere and operate on their conscience. However, it is undeniable that every player must have experienced this temptation: If removing an armchair would not affect the rent much, why not store this sofa in the storeroom and give the next house to use? This is the first core of the real estate agent simulator: Let players be able to enter the identity of intermediaries and do similar tricks to intermediaries, let both parties have the same motive, and better understand each other. Chapter 1334 - : Analyzing the Source Ding Xiyao could not help but feel a little ashamed. That was because the video was right. That was what she had done. In the past, when she was a real estate agent, Ding Xiyao had either taken the initiative or passively learned the tricks of intermediaries. Even though she had always been working hard and restrained to find a middleman, she had to hide her conscience sometimes in order to facilitate transactions. It was just like when customers asked if the lighting of this house was good. In fact, they would only answer not good and seriously explain how not good it was. That would be an honest answer. Answers like very good, not bad, or enough were all vague, but they were of different levels. When Ding Xiyao was an intermediary, there were not many cases of her lying through her teeth. However, there were many ambiguous and non-committal situations. In fact, this could be considered a trap, but it was much more restrained. In the game, even though Ding Xiyao knew in her heart that this was all a game and that they were all fake, telling the truth would not cause the company to close down and the game to fail, she still subconsciously continued the previous work method. It could even be said that games had a magnifying effect on ones nature. Perhaps it was precisely because gamers knew that the tenants in the game were all a series of data. They were not real people, and they could not feel the pain of living in a broken house. Thus, it was very difficult to think from another perspective. That was why the gameplay of this black-hearted intermediary simulator was created? Ask yourself, why would gamers choose to play this way? It was actually very simple, for profit. The profits in the game would directly affect the level of intermediary companies and the money in the hands of players. The former would allow players to unlock more house types and contact more high-level tenants. The latter would determine how much money players could use to modify their own homes and intermediary shops. After most players came into contact with this game, their first goal was to earn profits and develop shops. Thus, according to the video, the first layer of the real estate intermediary simulator was to allow players to play as real estate intermediaries through simulating the work model of real estate intermediaries. They would also choose the way to earn profits. That would let players realize that the chaos in the intermediary industry could be attributed to a fundamental reason: interests. However, Ding Xiyaos question came very quickly. From the looks of it, the real estate agent simulator had indeed shown this point very well. However, it was still not enough to analyze social reality, right? Could this Young Master Tian continue to dig out the second and third points in the game? Whats more, he could ensure that nothing behind would be deeper than the first point. She perked up and continued reading seriously. Some might say that this is an over-interpretation. How else would the promotional video of the real estate agent simulator be explained? The promotional video is obviously emphasizing the hard work of the intermediary and the identity of the intermediary as a serviceman. This is a beautification and praise, not exposing and criticizing? If you think so, youre wrong. I can tell from a few obvious facts that this promotional video is not as simple as most people think. The key breaking point is with the female lead in the promotional video. In fact, Slow Movement Studio has invested a huge sum of money in publicity for this promotional video. This can be seen from the popularity on the internet. Logically speaking, it should not be difficult to invite a more down-to-earth and popular celebrity to act as an intermediary in the promotional video with such a huge publicity budget. Or we could take a step back and hire a relatively niche actor with superb acting skills to act. The effect and appeal of the movie would definitely be better than this version. However, Slow Movement Studio did not do that. They chose a real former real estate agent to film this promotional video. Before this, this female lead had never had any acting experience. She had not even filmed videos or VLOG herself. Why is that? Theres a promotional plan with a higher price-quality ratio that we dont use, but we have to save money in the most critical role? Even ordinary people who dont understand marketing knowledge can see that this choice is unreasonable. After eliminating other possibilities, the answer is about to come out: This is what the promoters intended. The goal of this promotional video is not purely to show the difficult and positive side of the intermediary, but to show the two sides and authenticity of the intermediarys job! The promotional video deliberately made a design of empty spaces so that the audience could fill in the image of the intermediary in reality and complete this shape! Ding Xiyao was stunned. That was because Young Master Tians words had asked the question in her heart at that time. If they had so much publicity funds, why did they have to invite me to act instead of a celebrity? If the promotional video was based on the hard work and respectability of the intermediary, hiring actors would obviously be a more cost-effective choice. Find an influential, down-to-earth, and popular actor to act in it. That would naturally dispel the disgust that intermediary profession and identity would cause to the audience. It was just like in many movies. Some movie kings would play small roles, and might even play gangsters. However, through their exquisite performance and the reasonable arrangements of the plot, the audience would feel that the gangsters were quite cute. They had a forced side. If such an image was worn on intermediaries, it would undoubtedly close the gap with the audience. If a big-name movie king was too expensive, then they could just find a second and third-tier actor with superb acting skills. As long as he could act out this sincere feeling, he would be able to achieve similar effects. It would be enough to move the audience and make everyones evaluation of this film more positive. It was just that it would be weaker in terms of spreading. It would not have traffic and fame like big-name movie kings. However, Meng Chang did not choose it that way. Instead, he chose Ding Xiyao who had no acting skills at all and spent money to promote it. He chose the least effective and cost-effective plan. Ding Xiyaos only advantage might be that she acted more realistic. After all, she had really been an intermediary. However, reality often did not mean strong influence. Sometimes, the two were opposite. That was why this promotional video had an empty spaces effect. The audience was not completely moved after watching it. Instead, they recalled their experiences of being cheated by intermediaries in life. No matter how he thought about it, this was a choice with a poor price-quality ratio. Ordinary people could tell. In that case, the only explanation was that it was done deliberately. This promotional video was meant to cause controversy. This is the second core of the real estate intermediary simulator: allowing players to leave the first-person perspective of intermediaries and examine their inherent impression of the intermediary industry from an outsiders point of view and realize the crux of the problem. In the promotional video, many people vaguely realized the problem. There was even a kind of instinctive resistance and disgust, but they could not tell where this emotion came from. In the official content of the game, players can personally experience the daily work of intermediaries and understand the tricks that exist in reality. They can also run up and down and introduce houses to tenants. That way, they can instantly eliminate the image of the intermediary in the promotional video and let players experience the two sides of the intermediary profession. In the promotional video that was filmed in reality, it emphasized the hard and busy work of intermediaries; however, in the game, it also vividly displayed the tricks deep in the intermediary industry. Those who have been working hard to bring their clients to view the house are intermediaries. They are intermediaries who play tricks one by one. Its a simulated game, but it uses a real video as a promotional video. Its equivalent to giving players a special psychological hint, opening up the border between the game and reality. At that point, Ding Xiyao could not help but nod. Even though she had personally experienced the entire filming process and instinctively felt that this explanation was a little nonsensical, she had to admit that it was indeed possible. This promotional video was obviously hinting that the game itself highly reflected reality. Whats more, it was not a beautified reality that emphasized a certain side of reality. Instead, it was a comprehensive, overall, and unadjusted reality. Combining the first and second layer is the third layer of the core that the game Real Estate Agent Simulator wants to express: the root of this phenomenon. Chapter 1335 - The Fundamental Difference Between Game Content and Reality Some people might think that the root cause is the corruption of morality, the loss of integrity, and the disregard of the interests of tenants in order to pursue personal interests. Just like the choices of many players in the game, I only care about renting the house out. As for how the tenants live, it has nothing to do with me. However, that is not the case. The answer has been given in the game, but most people have not discovered it yet. Have you noticed that the intermediary of the game is fundamentally different from the intermediary of reality? The intermediary of the game is in fact both a boss and an employee. He is responsible for his own profits and losses. The real intermediary is purely an employee. Whats more, it is replaceable, an employee with almost no bargaining rights. It can only implement the will of the upper echelons. This difference is the main point of this game. Ding Xiyao was stunned. She instantly realized the scene of the intermediary shop that she had seen when she first entered the game: the shop was completely different from reality. It could only accommodate one person without any other colleagues. As the game progressed, the intermediary shop would continue to expand. It would become wider and more exquisite, but he would still not see other colleagues. Previously, Ding Xiyao had thought that this was purely a problem with the game mechanism. However, after hearing what Young Master Tian said, it seemed to have a deeper meaning. In the game, players play the dual identity of a boss and employee: When deciding how to serve customers and how to earn profits, the identity is the boss; when implementing this service method and personally answering customers questions, the identity is the employee. In reality, intermediaries only have one identity: employees who listen to their bosses and contact customers on the first line. Therefore, a small portion of the chaos that appears in the intermediary industry in real life is definitely due to the personal quality or moral problems of the intermediary itself, but most of it is due to the company and boss behind it. Thats because the boss doesnt care about the actual living experience of tenants. Instead, he only cares about performance and profits. Therefore, intermediaries can only show their magic under the pressure of performance. The tricks of scamming are the most helpful for performance and earning profits during the period of disorderly expansion. Highly-produced intermediaries would become the champion of sales. Naturally, they would obtain the boss high bonus and notification commendations. Those with low results would only be able to get the most basic commission even if they were to put their hearts into their customers. They would not even be able to guarantee their lives. As time went by, those who were not used to this environment would be forced to leave. Most intermediaries who stayed would know what to choose. Ding Xiyao read the content twice, wanting to praise this Young Master Tian. That was so true! Many people simply blamed this on intermediaries, thinking that intermediaries were generally poor and immoral. That was why there was so much chaos. However, the root cause was not the intermediary at all. Even if some intermediaries had worrying qualities, they were probably not innate. They were forced out in this environment and were nurtured. The one who made the final decision was the boss. The boss wanted a single volume and performance. As for conscience and reputation, if they could increase profits, they could hypocritically emphasize that they could not increase profits. What was the use of these things? The boss actually turned a blind eye to the various chaos in the intermediary industry. He even tacitly condoned it. He said that he wanted to reorganize, but in fact, even if he complained, he would only raise it up and put it down gently. If they were to really reorganize and the interests slipped, who would be in charge? What was interesting about the real estate intermediary simulator was that it did not separate the boss and employees. Instead, it shaped an image of an individual household, making players proud of their profits and losses. At the same time, it played the dual role of the boss and employees. If the two identities were separated, on one hand, the fun of the game would be greatly reduced. On the other hand, it would also be too serious. Players would not accept it at all. The current method not only allowed players to have fun in the game, they could not stop playing it. It also allowed players to think after calming down and understand the root cause of this chaos. However, that was obviously not the core of the video yet. This Young Master Tian did not only stop the topic of the gameplay and the connection with social reality. Instead, he continued to clarify and dug out more content. If you research deeper, you will find a hidden mechanism in the game. Once the agreement for the rental is reached, tenants will still be satisfied with the accommodation. If the satisfaction is lower than expected, this tenant will pick on more problems and ask for more rent. He might not even come again. Not only that, the satisfaction of a large number of tenants would also affect the reputation of the players shops. It might not be seen in the short term, but it would become more and more obvious after accumulating. In other words, choosing profits to cheat tenants could indeed accumulate huge profits in the short term. However, the price would be a decline in reputation. There would be fewer and fewer high-quality tenants, and it would be harder to earn money. On the other hand, sincere people might have given up on profits in the early stages, but over time, the reputation of the shop would gradually accumulate. More high-quality tenants would appear, and it would be easier to sell them. This is obviously in line with the rules in reality: Most tenants would be easily fooled by the first rental. They would naturally be careful after being deceived once. They would most likely not find the shop that deceived them to rent a house. However, a new question might arise at this time: Why do many intermediary companies seem to be developing and growing without being punished even though they have been deceiving people? Why is it that in the game, when players cheat tenants, there would be fewer tenants on the door and development would be slow? Why are intermediary companies that cheat tenants in reality still living well? Is this only because the game beautified reality and gave a reasonable but unrealistic setting? Ding Xiyao was stunned. She had not thought about this before. However, after Young Master Tian mentioned it, she realized that it was indeed a problem after careful consideration. Logically speaking, if intermediary companies cheated tenants, no tenants would come to them in the future. However, companies like Home Corporation might have repeatedly cheated people and even caused events like formaldehyde houses, they still occupied the dominant position in the intermediary market. They did not even show much signs of wavering. The formaldehyde house incident might have caused the shares of Home Corporation to fall and been reorganized and fined but it seemed to have recovered very quickly. Its market share was still very high and had not changed fundamentally. Did that mean that real people were not as smart as the NPCs in the game? Young Master Tian quickly gave his answer. This problem has to be attributed to the identity of the players in the game. In the game, players are both bosses and intermediaries. They are responsible for their own profits and losses. Therefore, in the game, players can only be in charge of a small area of housing. Whats more, they have to compete with other intermediary companies. Under such circumstances, tenants actually have many choices. After being cheated by players, they will naturally look for other intermediaries. The number of customers that players receive would also decrease. Under such circumstances, the adjustment mechanism is still working. We might as well clarify that on the assumption that there is a new gameplay of consolidation expansion in the game. Players are no longer the boss of a small intermediary shop, but a large corporation or hold a lot of capital. Then, do you still need to follow the existing game rules? Of course not. At that time, the best solution for players would be to swallow all the surrounding shops, or think of ways to squeeze out other intermediary companies. Then, they would open their own branches throughout the entire city, or even the entire country. At the same time, using these shops as the branches, let your intermediaries constantly call and harass the owners, monopolizing all the surrounding property. That way, the tenants would have no other choice because all the apartments are in the companys hands. If you dont rent from them, where can you rent from? Thus, the adjustment mechanism seen in the game would not be effective at all because tenants would have no choice. Even if they were cheated, they would only be able to change shops. No matter how they struggled, they would not be able to escape the control of this company and this industry culture. Therefore, the identity of the players in the game is obviously carefully considered, not just in terms of game ability. More importantly, it creates a special comparison. In the game, players can be bosses and employees at the same time. However, in reality, the bosses and employees of intermediary companies are completely separated from each other; In the game, the intermediary industry that players work in is the original appearance of this industry. It is fully competitive and can only succeed if the service quality is improved. However, in reality, the real agent industry is the appearance after mutation. It is an industry that has a certain degree of monopoly. It is an abnormality of the company and large capital that can completely ignore the actual living experience of tenants for the sake of profits. In other words, the identity of intermediaries in the game does not seem to be annoying. You can even choose whether to protect your conscience or not. In reality, the identity of intermediaries would make people feel disgusted, and intermediaries often have no choice. At the end of the day, it is because there is a change in the source that caused the identity of the intermediary to also change: from a service provider to a middleman who wants to eat cards. By comparing games with reality, we can better understand the difference between the two, so that we can accurately determine the crux of the problem in the real intermediary industry! Chapter 1336 - Young Master Tian’s Character At that point, Ding Xiyao was filled with admiration for this Young Master Tian. He might not know who this Young Master Tian was but from the content of the video, he obviously had a deep understanding of the intermediary industry. He was filled with real knowledge! Why was it that Home Corporation did not suffer from any negative news? That was because many people scolded Home Corporation in the wrong way! If something went wrong with the intermediary, most people would scold the intermediary for being immoral and heartless; After the formaldehyde scandal, Home Corporation released the person-in-charge of the relevant business as a scapegoat to attract the publics hatred. They changed it hypocritically, and this matter passed. However, the crux of this series of events was not someone within the company but the higher management of the entire company. Without the tacit approval, support, and even encouragement from the higher-ups, these things would probably not have happened. At the very least, they would not have acted like they were looking for scapegoats and making changes after the uproar. Ding Xiyao suddenly understood where the helplessness she felt when she decided to leave Home Corporation came from. That was because intermediary companies, led by Home Corporation, had actually monopolized and kidnapped the entire industry, causing small companies to start to take action. Intermediaries and tenants seemed to have many choices, but they actually did not. They could choose this company or that company, but the results would be the same no matter which one they chose. On the other hand, these large companies could also transfer conflicts by inciting opposition, causing tenants to hate intermediaries, intermediaries to hate tenants. Then, the upper echelons of large companies could easily stay out of it. They would only think about expanding the scale, not thinking about how to improve the service quality. If they continued like this, they would still make a lot of money. However, the video was not over yet. There was still a quarter of the progress bar left. Therefore, I might as well make a hypothesis and deduction here. As long as the nature of the domestic intermediary companies does not change fundamentally, the upper echelons of these companies would still be focused on seizing the market through monopolizing the property market. They would condone intermediaries to use cheating methods to sign contracts to squeeze profits from tenants. They would maintain their public opinion environment by picking on the opposition of tenants and intermediaries. Then, any new business they launch would only change the packaging of eating the flesh of tenants. Just like the formaldehyde scandal a while ago. The concept of Safe House itself is good, but in the process of chasing benefits without a bottom line, Safe House became Formaldehyde House. They said that they wanted to provide a better living environment for tenants, but in the end, they could not even guarantee the most basic health and safety of the living environment. Perhaps in the future, these intermediary companies will have new business. I cannot predict what business this will be, but I can predict: through the analysis of this video, everyone can guess the final outcome of this new business through their understanding of the game Real Estate Agent Simulator. All the new models that say service tenants and eliminate hatred would finally reveal the true appearance of pursuing profits, better squeezing tenants and intermediaries, and inciting opposition. Many tenants might feel despair when they see this. When all intermediary companies are similar pits, and some companies that create formaldehyde become outstanding and lead the industry, when they occupy 99% of the market, form a monopoly, and leave tenants with no choice, what can tenants do? Its very simple. Look for companies that have jumped out of this model. If not, Ill look forward to its appearance. If we already have it, but its not big enough, well look forward to its development. I am Young Master Tian, an insignificant person. An ordinary person who can sometimes see the world but does not have the ability to change it. Ill share what I have learned from my observations with everyone, in the hopes that I would be able to ignite some thinking. Thank you all for being willing to listen to me in such an impetuous environment. Well meet again if fate allows it! Compared to the first video, the ending of this video was obviously different. Meng Chang followed Boss Peis suggestion and found a persona for Young Master Tian. It was just like Teacher Qiaos a little funny, hard headed, and professional game tester UP Master. Meng Chang took another route. A small character who coldly observed the world and whose content might involve any field but who had some wisdom but felt insignificant. There was obviously a reason why he had set up such a persona for Young Master Tian. Meng Chang thought about using his character as Young Master Tians character for a moment, but he quickly rejected this idea. First of all, Boss Pei had clearly said that he wanted Meng Chang to dig out Young Master Tians character and not replicate his own. Second, Meng Chang felt that his persona was not likable. In terms of function, Young Master Tians account should be cooperating with the Pei family publicity method to expose the deeper reality of some industries. In that case, Young Master Tians persona had to be a wise and transparent persona. In laymans terms, it had to make the audience feel that he was a wise person. They could not feel that there was a problem with his intelligence or motives after watching the video. He could not be stupid or bad. It was actually quite difficult to do this. After all, communication had a cost. People could easily be misunderstood during the expression process. Sometimes, you did not mean that. However, because of the way you expressed it, some viewers would think that you had received black money or that your hidden values were not showing. That would cause the audience to reflect. After some consideration, Meng Chang felt that in order to achieve this, Young Master Tian had to be humble, low-profile, and even think of himself as ordinary. It was only a matter of time before he failed if he continued to act like he was teaching the masses. Therefore, after considering all aspects, Meng Chang set up a persona of a small character with some wisdom but thinks himself insignificant for Young Master Tian. The more he deliberately kept a low profile, the more the audience felt that this person was really talented and was willing to listen to what Young Master Tian was saying. This was an improvement compared to the first video. That was because many viewers obviously liked this character design from the bullet screen comments. Amazing! Theyre all amazing! Im so impressed! Home Corporation: You can just report my identity. Why do you have to go through so much trouble? Eh, could he be referring to the new thoughtful butler business of Home Corporation? Its not a subtle jab. To be precise, it should be a prelude! Look at the timing of the video. Its basically just a few minutes away from the Zhu Jia Corporation announcing the thoughtful butler business. The quality of this video has to be done for a few days at least. Therefore, either Young Master Tian had grasped the internal information of Zhu Jia Corporation in advance or it was a coincidence. If you have internal information in advance, you can make it clearer. Im leaning towards the latter. At first, I had some expectations for the thoughtful butler business. However, after watching this video, I understood that I should not have any expectations at all. Just as the UP Master said, any new model that uses the name of service tenants would finally reveal the true appearance of squeezing more profits from tenants. Its not hard to guess. The considerate butler is probably raising the price of intermediary fees, and then transferring the conflict further to tenants and intermediaries. The tenants have indeed spent more money, but its hard to say how much of the money can be used to buy better service. Is that why there is no intermediary company that is human? Sigh, it is very difficult for consumers to vote with their feet. A human intermediary company? No, but a human rental company does. Sloth Apartments! Thats right. I heard that Sloth Apartments has been developing in a city outside of Jingzhou recently. I hope this model can be opened earlier! I dont know much about the situation in Sloth Apartments, and I dont have a brother who lives in it. Is it really as good as the rumors say? The tenants of Sloth Apartments came to answer you. Actually, I regretted it after moving in. I regretted not moving in earlier. I regretted not asking my friends to rent more! Living in it is simply not good. It might be more expensive than ordinary rented houses, but it is really easy. You dont have to worry about anything! It is simply too convenient with Fish-Catching Take-Out and Upwind Express! Once the video was released, its popularity skyrocketed! Some people were discussing the game itself, while others were discussing the real intermediary industry under the guidance of the video. In fact, many people had analyzed the problems in the intermediary industry and Home Corporation before. However, they did not have enough influence and did not become hot topics of discussion online. Now, things were different! First of all, Meng Chang had spent a huge sum of money on publicity after filming the promotional video back then to maintain the popularity of the relevant topics. Immediately after, Home Corporation had spent a lot of money for the compassionate butler business. The attention had increased further. Then, once the VR game, Real Estate Agent Simulator, was released, it was done with the preparation work. In the end, Young Master Tians video ignited all the popularity! Compared to rigid preaching and instilling policies into them, the real estate intermediary simulator had actually played a guiding and buffer role. It had the effect of teaching and pleasure. If Meng Chang posted this video directly, the effect would definitely be very poor because the content was too dry. Most people would not have the patience to listen to the end. However, after many people played the real estate intermediary simulator and experienced the various tricks and made different choices, they immediately compared them one by one when they heard the explanation in the video. They could even quote themselves! Chapter 1337 - I’m Not, I’m Not! Chapter 1337: Im Not, Im Not! Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios November 29th, Thursday Cai Jiadong went to the water bar to indirectly get a cup of coffee. Then, he sat down at his desk and checked the changes in the sales volume of the Real Estate Agent Simulator. He took a look before knocking off yesterday. The sales volume had increased slightly on the day itself, but there were not many changes. It was still a long way from the number they were looking forward to. Therefore, Cai Jiadong did not continue paying attention to this matter after arriving home. Instead, he rested early. In fact, Cai Jiadong knew very well that even Slow Movement Studio had not arranged for follow-up publicity work, nor had they applied for additional publicity funds. Why would things suddenly change? He had been looking forward to what Meng Chang could do, but it was impossible to cook a house without rice. The initial publicity was not very smooth. It was not an easy task to reverse the situation now that the game had already been released. Cai Jiadong did not have much expectations at first. However, after opening the platform to take a look, he realized that the sales of the real estate agent simulator seemed to have improved significantly! He would be able to see this change more clearly if the sales figures were precise to every hour. Cai Jiadong realized that the trend of this increase in sales had started from last night until this morning. The increase was obvious compared to yesterdays data! Whats more, the sales figures were obviously still increasing. There was no sign that they would fall! It was still difficult to say that the game would make a huge profit in this current situation, but compared to the previous state, there was a fundamental improvement. Whats going on? Are the players finally enlightened? Have they realized how fun this game is? No, there must have been an opportunity. It must have attracted the widespread attention and discussion of players. Thats why the sales volume increased! Cai Jiadong quickly clicked on the various forums to check the discussion about the Real Estate Agent Simulator. He quickly located the source of all of this: Young Master Tians new video! After watching the video from beginning to end and seeing the audiences bullet screen comments and comments, Cai Jiadong was completely clear. Young Master Tians video had connected all the popularity together and successfully directed it to the Real Estate Agent Simulator and Sloth Apartments! Based on the results alone, this could be said to be luring him into a trap. First, Slow Movement Studio had done a series of publicity including the promotional video in order to promote the Real Estate Agent Simulator. Then, Home Corporation saw the change in popularity and happened to be warming up their new butler business. Thus, they joined in and invested a lot of publicity resources. The topic of intermediaries was highly followed online. However, most of the Home Corporation would not have expected that the popularity that they had worked so hard to create had not been used by the meticulous butler business. Instead, Young Master Tians video had directly dismantled the foundation of this business. All of its popularity had returned to the Real Estate Agent Simulator! All of this seemed too coincidental. Cai Jiadong could not help but have an idea. This Young Master Tian cant be Meng Changs alternate account, right? This game was so exquisite. Any problem would lead to the failure of the plan. Everything else was fine. The key was how to ensure that Young Master Tians video would be released at the most appropriate time? The timing was so perfect. Meng Chang must have intended for this to happen. In other words, it was very likely that this Young Master Tian had posted this video under Meng Changs instructions. In fact, Young Master Tian was Meng Changs alternate account. This was completely in line with Meng Changs character after learning about marketing from Boss Pei. At that thought, Cai Jiadong decided to give Meng Chang a call to express his gratitude. From the looks of the results, the publicity effect this time was perfect. Even though they spent a lot of money on publicity, every cent was spent wisely. It was only right to thank him for his success. The phone call was connected in no time. Cai Jiadong said happily, Brother Meng! I watched your video. It was done very well! I didnt expect you to have such a backup plan when you were filming the promotional video. Im impressed, Im impressed! However, Meng Chang was silent for a moment on the other end of the line and said, What video? Why dont I understand what youre saying? Cai Jiadong was stunned. What did that mean? Could Meng Chang be saying that he did not know Young Master Tian at all? Impossible. Suddenly, inspiration struck Cai Jiadong. He understood. Even if Meng Chang was Young Master Tian, he could not publicize this matter! That was because some things would change if he changed his identity. Young Master Tian had posted the video analysis from the perspective of an objective, neutral, and outsider. That was why the audience was willing to listen. However, if everyone knew that Young Master Tian was Meng Chang, the position and motive of this video would change. Even if every word was from the bottom of his heart, the audience might not listen. Therefore, Meng Chang would definitely not admit his identity as Young Master Tian. He would even try his best to hide it. That was because exposing his identity at this time would be equivalent to committing suicide. It would be equivalent to wasting all his previous efforts. At that thought, Cai Jiadong quickly corrected himself. Oh, right, right, right. I mean, Young Master Tians video is too coincidental! Im really grateful that he produced such a video! Meng Chang coughed lightly. If you want to thank him, thank him. You can even give him a video like, invest, or charge money. Theres no need to specially inform me. I dont know him. Whats more, I only briefly completed the job assigned by Boss Pei. Alright, if theres nothing else, Ill hang up first. I have to report to Boss Pei later. Cai Jiadong nodded. Alright! Ill charge the video now. See you. Cai Jiadong was even more certain that Young Master Tian was Meng Chang after hanging up. However, he did not intend to mention it to anyone. He would even help Meng Chang hide this matter. After all, this was beneficial to Slow Movement Studios future business. What if Young Master Tians identity was exposed and Meng Chang could not play it well? Who could he ask to help promote the next game to achieve such a good effect? Wouldnt that be equivalent to cutting off his own arm? Cai Jiadong would not do that kind of stupid thing. Cai Jiadong felt filled with motivation as he watched the discussion and sales of the game rise rapidly. Work began! The real estate agent simulator might have achieved initial success but it was still a long way from becoming popular and making a killing. Cai Jiadong began to seriously plan the subsequent version development plan. In fact, Cai Jiadong had already made a preliminary version development plan after the game was developed. It mainly included some small functional optimization, richer dialogue, and so on. After all, it was the first version of the modifications. It was mainly focused on the optimization of the existing content of the game. There were no new functions planned. At that moment, Lin Wan sent a message. The plan for the new version has been shelved for now. There will be a meeting tomorrow. There are more important things to discuss. It might cause the plan for the new version to be completely redone. Dont make it useless. Cai Jiadong was stunned. The meeting tomorrow might cause all the plans for the new version to be redone? Cai Jiadongs first reaction was a huge change in the game. However, the key was that the game had not failed. After a round of publicity, the sales volume had obviously increased. The situation was great! In other words, the so-called overthrowing and redoing was not overturning the games content, but the original plan for the new version? He had not planned for new functions before. Now, he had decided to develop more new functions at the last minute? What new function? Cai Jiadong had some guesses, but he did not ask further. He only replied, Understood! November 30th, Friday afternoon Meng Chang walked confidently to Boss Peis office. He had paid attention to the United States yesterday and realized that Home Corporations shares had fallen. Obviously, it was because of public opinion! Young Master Tians video was a fuse. Slow Movement Studio and Home Corporations overwhelming marketing and publicity for intermediaries previously were fuel. In the end, it ignited all the tenants in the countrys anger towards the deformed rental market that had accumulated for a long time. Home Corporation had thought that the Compassionate butler business would go smoothly and receive good reviews. However, they had not expected to be scolded badly and even met with general resistance! The tenants were not buying this Compassionate butler business at all. They were not willing to pay a single cent more! That was because everyone had a consensus after Young Master Tians analysis: On the surface, the so-called considerate butler business was to provide better service to tenants. In fact, it was nothing more than a pretext to collect more money. Whats more, the conflict would ultimately be transferred to tenants and intermediaries. All in all, you can dream of deceiving me no matter how flowery your words are! Not only were the players angry, but many competitors of Home Corporation also took the opportunity to buy fake reviewers and hit them while they were down. Their butts might not be clean, and they might not even be as good as Home Corporation, but that did not stop them from taking the opportunity to promote themselves. At that moment, Home Corporation became the target of public criticism! What was worse was that Home Corporation could not explain anything. They had only released a minor statement. That was because the compassionate butler business this time was really as Young Master Tian had said. It was purely a business. It was not an upgrade in service. Even if there was a so-called service upgrade, it was just a superficial matter. It was impossible for Home Corporation to change all of this fundamentally because they were counting on this to make money. If they really changed the service method of intermediaries, opened up the internal reorganization, and launched a real Safe House or compassionate butler business, it would not be something that could be done in a day. Whats more, it would definitely mean that the profits would be greatly reduced, and the stock price would fall even more. However, if he did not make any substantial changes, it would be useless no matter how he explained. The predicament of Home Corporation gave Meng Chang an unprecedented feeling. He had never imagined that a listed company that looked so huge would be so weak and fragile. Chapter 1338 - There Seems To Be A Person Who Completely Fits Young Master Tian’s Character! Chapter 1338: There Seems To Be A Person Who Completely Fits Young Master Tians Character! Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Of course, from an individual point of view, the power that such a large company controlled was unimaginable. Meng Changs own power would not be able to move a single hair of such a large company even if it was magnified ten or a hundred times. However, if he had resources and attention, he could use appropriate methods to take advantage of the situation and defeat these large companies. This was the Pei familys publicity method, Boss Peis art of slaying dragons! Therefore, Meng Chang felt better seeing the decline in the shares of Home Corporation. He did not know how much Fan Xiaodong had invested in the empty Home Corporation, but it would definitely make more than the commission he had lost. That was enough. Whats more, this was a successful practice of the Pei familys publicity method. From any angle, Meng Changs gain was far greater than the insignificant commission. At that thought, he knocked lightly on the door. Then, he suppressed the smile on his face. He might have achieved initial success but he was still far from Boss Peis expectations. The most perfect situation would be to have Home Corporation, publicize the game, and get a full commission. Now, Home Corporations unexpected situation has disrupted my plan. That meant that my skills had not been perfected. He could not be too arrogant and complacent and leave a bad impression on Boss Pei. He had to remain humble in front of Boss Pei. Enter. Boss Peis voice came from the office. Meng Chang had already sorted out his expression and pushed the door open. Pei Qian was thinking hard before Meng Chang arrived. He even suspected life. Who the f*ck was this Young Master Tian?! He was causing trouble again! Initially, the situation of the real estate agent simulator was perfectly in line with Pei Qians expectations. It might have an excellent reputation in the small circle but it did not have enough influence and could not break out of the circle. In addition, the investment in the game itself was huge, so it could not recover its capital. Whats more, Teacher Qiao was suffering. He would not be able to do anything for the next two months. Even if Teacher Qiao posted a video two months later, the popularity of the real estate agent simulator would have passed. There would not be much of a problem. However, he still missed out on this Young Master Tian! The main reason was that after the video on Dawn Games platform was released, this Young Master Tian disappeared without a trace. Pei Qian thought that he had gotten rid of this nightmare. Great, now that Young Master Tian was back, the popularity was even higher than the previous video! Whats more, this matter was really strange. The key was that this Young Master Tian had released the video at such a good time. It was just in time for Home Corporation to announce the compassionate butler business. It could be said that he had perfectly used the remaining popularity of the previous video to give Home Corporation a blow to the head. No matter how he looked at it, it seemed like a plan. What was especially suspicious was that Young Master Tian mentioned the hidden mechanism of the game in the video. In other words, cheating tenants would cause the reputation of the game to decrease. Pei Qian specially searched for gamers posts on the internet according to the date. He realized that there were some posts discussing this hidden mechanism at the same time. However, they were all guesses. They were not as confident as Young Master Tian said. After all, this hidden mechanism was very well-hidden. It would be very difficult to be sure if it was not through a large amount of data. However, Tian Gong said it very confidently, as if he already knew this. Could it be? Young Master Tian was actually a mole? Was he lurking around him? Pei Qian could not be completely sure about this, but it was still a breakthrough point. Who would know about this hidden mechanism? Everyone in Slow Movement Studio knew. In addition, it was very likely that the departments that had cooperated with Slow Movement Studio knew. Those who had spoken to these two groups in private might even know. Slow Movement Studio had also allowed a portion of players to experience the game in advance before the game was released. It was hard to say if anyone here had noticed this mechanism, but they had not discussed it on the forum and had directly posted a video. This range was a little big and difficult to determine. However, no matter what, it was considered a preliminary reduction. Suddenly, Pei Qian had an idea. This Young Master Tian was not Meng Chang, right? He interpreted the promotional video so clearly as if he had the same thoughts as Meng Chang. The key was whether Meng Chang had the intention of filming this promotional video like what Young Master Tian had said. If there was, these two would definitely be related! However, Pei Qian quickly rejected this idea. He felt that it was unreasonable. That was because the video had been released the day before yesterday. If it was only released tonight, Meng Chang would be able to get a commission of about 120,000 to 130,000 yuan. The popularity would explode two days earlier, causing Meng Changs commission to be cut off directly. There would only be about 30,000 yuan left. A commission of 100,000 yuan should be an astronomical figure for Meng Chang, who only had a base salary of a few thousand yuan. If Meng Chang was Young Master Tian, he would not have been so anxious. If the video was released tonight, Pei Qian would immediately be able to lock onto Young Master Tians identity. He would definitely be related to Meng Chang. Now, Pei Qian was confused. No matter how he looked at it, Meng Chang looked like a pure victim. Pei Qian felt that something was amiss. He seemed to have gone in the wrong direction or missed some wrong information. Meng Chang arrived just as he was worrying. Pei Qian did not feel conflicted anymore. He decided to ask the person involved what he was thinking. This months commission has gone to waste. Pei Qian handed the laptop over as he spoke. Meng Chang shook his head slightly as he read the report. What can I do? I can only blame myself for not being good at learning. His original intention was that I was not familiar with the Pei familys publicity method enough, causing the timing of the explosion to be forced in advance and losing commission. However, from what Pei Qian heard, Meng Chang was saying that he had not expected Young Master Tian to suddenly appear and misunderstand his promotional video. The corners of Meng Changs mouth twitched when he saw the commission figure. Meng Chang could not help but feel pain when he saw such a huge loss even though he was mentally prepared in advance. Pei Qian had been paying attention to Meng Changs expression. When he saw the corners of his mouth curl up, he felt the pain. From the looks of it, Meng Chang was indeed innocent? Many suspicious points were pointed at him but Meng Chang was more trustworthy as long as there was the restriction of commission. Meng Chang handed the computer back and had no objections to the commission. Still worried, Pei Qian decided to ask a few more questions. Is there any progress with Young Master Tian? Previously, Pei Qian had asked Meng Chang to investigate Young Master Tian. When he asked the last time, Meng Chang said that he had some ideas. Given Meng Changs ability, even if he did not completely understand it, there should be some new content that surfaced, right? Meng Chang was stunned for a moment before replying, Er some. Now, Ive confirmed that Young Master Tian should be a humble, low-key, and very ordinary person. However, he can see things very clearly. This might be because hes standing at a special angle. This was the persona that Meng Chang had set for Young Master Tian after much consideration. Pei Qian nodded slightly. What Meng Chang said made sense. He could roughly guess from the video. However, Pei Qian was not satisfied with this. That was because he could not confirm who Young Master Tian was just based on this bit of information. There were too many people who fit the criteria but still had no clue. Pei Qian asked again, Thats it? What else? What you said can be seen from the video. The key is in reality? He felt that with Meng Changs ability, he would not have simply made a special character for Young Master Tian from the video after investigating for so long, right? He had to have something more specific and pointed to a clearer gain, right? Meng Chang blinked and wondered what Boss Pei meant. Wasnt this character enough? You want to dig deeper and be more detailed? You even want to bring it to the state of reality? However, Young Master Tian was an alternate identity! Wasnt he me in reality? Oh, I understand now. Boss Pei must have told me that I have to put on a show. Since it was an alternate identity, he had to clarify the online image and realistic image. The two images would compare and influence each other. That would make it more realistic and less easy to be exposed. Indeed, Boss Pei had thought everything through. After some consideration, Meng Chang said, In reality, Young Master Tian should be a relatively silent person. I cant even associate him with Young Master Tian after seeing him in person. This was a summary based on his previous persona. He was in charge of Meng Changs character profile of Young Master Tian. Pei Qian was still not satisfied. He still could not figure out who Young Master Tian was with this bit of information! He thought for a moment and asked, Have you considered this problem? All sorts of signs indicate that Young Master Tian might be within Tengda Corporation or closely related to Tengda Corporation. Meng Chang blinked and could not react in time. Thats right. Young Master Tian is indeed in Tengda Corporation. Its me! Boss Pei, didnt you know about it long ago? What did that mean? Oh, I understand! Boss Pei was hinting to me that Young Master Tians identity was actually very easy to be exposed. It made me hide it even more carefully! Boss Pei said, All sorts of signs show that Young Master Tian might be inside Tengda. This means that even though I have made a good persona of Young Master Tian, I still left some clues in the process, leaving hidden dangers. He was hinting to me that I had to work harder to completely separate Young Master Tian from Tengda Corporation. I must not let others find out that Young Master Tian is actually an alternate account that Tengda is nurturing. Otherwise, once Im exposed, the consequences would be very serious and difficult to clean up. At that thought, Meng Chang nodded immediately. It does look a little at the moment. Dont worry, Boss Pei. Ill continue to work hard! What Meng Chang meant was that he would continue to work hard to eliminate this connection so that Young Master Tian would be more independent and hidden more perfectly. He would definitely not be discovered by the outside world. Pei Qian nodded in satisfaction. Alright, since Meng Chang said that he wanted to continue investigating along this line of thought, there would be no problem. The identity of Young Master Tian would be revealed sooner or later. Thats all for today, then. You can choose one of the two publicity plans for next month. One is the roller coaster project at Thriller Hostel, and the other is Fei Huang Workspaces new online drama Successor. Its still early. You can inspect both projects before deciding which one to work on. Even though the publicity for the real estate agent simulator had failed again, Pei Qian could feel that Meng Chang had tried his best. He could only blame this Young Master Tian for confusing the right and wrong! However, at this point, there was no point in continuing to think about it. It was better to arrange a new mission as soon as possible. Alright, Boss Pei. Ill inspect these two projects next week! Meng Chang took the task and turned to leave. Pei Qian sat in front of his computer and continued to ponder. Meng Chang also agrees with my point of view. He thinks that from the current situation, Young Master Tian might indeed be within Tengda or someone closely related to Tengda. Whats more, according to Meng Changs speculation, this person is humble, low-profile, and thinks himself to be very ordinary. In reality, hes probably a silent person who doesnt show off. Its even very difficult to associate his image in reality with the online image of Young Master Tian. The difference between the two is huge. In other words, the real Young Master Tian might not be as smart as in the video. Instead, he looks stupid on the surface? Whats more, from this video, Young Master Tian seems to have a deeper understanding of the intermediary industry. He might know the employees in this industry or he might have worked in this industry before Hm? Pei Qian suddenly realized that someone in Tengda fit these conditions perfectly! Chapter 1339 - Sloth Apartments’ New Design Pei Qian could not remain calm at the thought of Tian Mo. He really met all the conditions! The most important thing was that Tian Mos surname was Tian. He was the only one in charge with the surname Tian. Pei Qian had already placed Tian Mo on a highly suspicious list when he found the person-in-charge with the surname Tian. However, he felt that Tian Mo was too different from Young Master Tians character profile at that time, so he temporarily dispelled this idea. With the appearance of the second video and the gradual improvement of Young Master Tians image, Tian Mo became more and more suspicious. Pei Qian nearly planned the name list for the third Suffering Travels on the spot. However, on further thought, he felt that there was still something suspicious. First of all, Young Master Tians first video was about Dawn Games platform. Whats more, he seemed to have a certain understanding of the game industry. There were only two explanations for this: either Young Master Tian had rich gaming experience, or he was very smart and knew everything. He had a deeper understanding of various industries. Based on what Pei Qian knew, Tian Mo did not have much gaming experience before coming to Tengda. He did not have a deep understanding of this. He could tell from Tian Mo playing games in the experience shop. Someone who had been playing Repent and be Saved for days and could not leave the newbie village did not seem like the former. Tian Mo did not look like the latter from the hardships of looking for a job. Secondly, Young Master Tians video editing skills were very good. This was not something that could be trained overnight. Tian Mo did not seem to be good at this either. Unless During Tian Mos time in Tengda, he suddenly understood the game industry. Whats more, he found a partner with superb video production skills and jointly created the Young Master Tian account? Could this high-tech video production partner also be hidden in Tengda? He had to be even more cautious if the incident with Young Master Tian was not a personal crime but a gang crime. It was simple to arrange for Tian Mo to suffer now, but this would also alert his partner. What if they went deeper into hiding? Thus, after much consideration, Pei Qian decided to take his time to think about this. However, he had to keep an eye on Tian Mo in the future for things related to Young Master Tian. Perhaps he could follow along and pull out the force behind him by the roots! Pei Qian put Young Master Tians matter aside for now and continued to think about Home Corporation and Sloth Apartments. I didnt expect this matter to blow up so much. I just decided to make Real Estate Agent Simulator. I didnt want to have anything to do with Home Corporation at all Now, it looks like everyone has been suffering in Home Corporation for a long time. I thought that after the previous formaldehyde house incident, large companies, including Home Corporation, would restrain themselves and change. However, it looks like I was overthinking. If you expect the capital to be kind, you might as well expect the sun to rise from the west and set from the east. I didnt expect so many people to call Sloth Apartments. However, the Sloth Apartments is still expanding too slowly. Buying building after building and expanding all over the country. Im afraid it would be difficult for me to complete it even if I were to lose money to become a tycoon. After some consideration, Pei Qian called Liang Qingfan and asked him to come over. By the time Liang Qingfan arrived, Pei Qian had roughly organized his thoughts. We have to make some adjustments to the next stage of development of Sloth Apartments. Provided that quality is guaranteed, we can expand to other cities like Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Fish-Catching Take-Out, and Upwind Logistics. We will no longer be constrained to buying buildings. We can also sign a long rental agreement with real estate developers or ordinary landlords and transform it into Sloth Apartments. In terms of price, as long as we can theoretically maintain the lowest profits, it would be fine. In the short term, we will focus on expanding the scale. There is no need to be too calculative about whether we make money or not. After some consideration, Pei Qian felt that there was no point in keeping the Sloth Apartments in its current state. Buying a building might burn money but wouldnt he be able to lose money if he bought a building to do other business? On the other hand, Sloth Apartments had become the conscience of the rental market after several peers. It had a lot of attention and fame, far exceeding its current scale. Apart from Jingzhou, tenants in other cities were all waiting expectantly. Pei Qian could understand this feeling very well. Since that was the case, why not change the model of Sloth Apartments, break the restrictions that could only be expanded by buying buildings, and do it in a long-term rental way? Of course, there were bad things about long-term rent compared to buying. For example, it was easy to argue with the original owner. What if the other party wasted their time on the reputation and renovations of the Sloth Apartments and broke the contract before it opened for business? That was not impossible. If it was before, Pei Qian might have had a headache over this problem. However, it would not happen now. That was because Liang Qingfan had already figured out a solution when he signed the long rental agreement with the merchants in the snack market. That was to raise harsher conditions! The tenants were definitely disadvantaged compared to the landlords. However, Tengda was not a disadvantaged group compared to the landlords and even real estate developers. Tengda would step in and pay a relatively generous rent, sign a long rental contract, and then renovate these houses. Finally, they would rent them out at a price higher than the market price. Unlike Home Corporations Safe House, Safe House was actually meant to pursue more profits. That was why they would spend as much money on renovating materials and furniture. However, Sloth Apartments would strictly minimize the profits allowed by the system. Even if this price was higher than the houses on the market, tenants would understand that it was worth it in the end. Of course, most landlords and real estate developers would definitely not agree to such harsh conditions. However, it did not matter. In any case, Tengda was not trying to seize the market and expand. There was no reason to compromise on this. Sloth Apartments was now famous enough. He did not have to worry about not being able to find a partner. Whats more, no matter how harsh the conditions for long-term rent were, it was much more convenient than buying a building. Liang Qingfan nodded immediately. Understood! Ill arrange for someone to advance this matter seriously! To Liang Qingfan, Boss Pei was showing his true colors. Sloth Apartments had been farming in Jingzhou for so long. Finally, it was going to enter other cities in such a high-profile manner! This time, there was a huge discussion on the internet about the rental model. The shares of Home Corporation had suffered a huge setback. The biggest beneficiary of this public opinion storm was undoubtedly Slow Movement Studios Real Estate Agent Simulator and the only conscientious brand in the domestic rental industry, Sloth Apartments. Taking this opportunity to enter other cities was undoubtedly a god-given opportunity! It looked like Boss Pei had planned everything. He had to say that Boss Peis plan was indeed exquisite. On one hand, he was calm. He was not overwhelmed by victory when Sloth Apartments achieved initial success. Instead, he accurately judged that Home Corporation was not yet injured and still wanted to continue accumulating strength. On the other hand, he dared to make a decision. He made such a bold expansion plan the moment the storm erupted! Liang Qingfan felt his blood boil. He had been unhappy with Home Corporation for a long time! Sloth Apartments entering other cities this time was equivalent to declaring war on Home Corporation. It would definitely trigger their intense counterattack. But so what? Had Tengda been afraid of anyone? Had Dayak Corporation heard of it? So what if it was a multinational capital? Wasnt it still because of Boss Pei? No matter how much capital you have, it would not be as big as the people in this land! What was Home Corporation compared to Dayak Corporation? Companies that could only be unreasonable in their own homes, companies that squeezed blood, sweat, and tears from tenants domestically, and listed their companies in the United States, looked like huge monsters. However, in Boss Peis eyes, they were probably chicken and dog. They did not even have the desire to do it themselves. Liang Qingfan happily accepted this task and turned to leave. At the same time, at Slow Movement Studio. Lin Wan, Cai Jiadong, and the other core members were in a meeting. Everyone can take a look at this plan. Many players made some suggestions and ideas. I suddenly had inspiration after reading it. I made this simple plan. Do you think this plan is feasible? Cai Jiadong looked at the plan in front of him seriously. Indeed, this plan overthrew all the new version plans that he had previously planned. At first, the new version only wanted to make up for the games content. However, this plan had a huge change in functionality. The reason for this was that many players had moved their real house type into the Real Estate Agent Simulator. After all, this was a simulated management game. The game mechanism itself could be done. However, he could not share such a satisfactory design with other players. That was quite uncomfortable. Thus, many people were asking for Mod or design drawings online. Since players had this requirement, why not make an official function to satisfy them? Lin Wan even thought of a deeper layer. Since she could choose outstanding room layout through gamers likes, and there were even many real house types, could she improve further and use this game to provide a communication platform for gamers? Everyone knew that most of the property in the market was now controlled by large intermediary companies. The way to control it was also very simple. It was to harass humans. The landlord had posted online that the house had to have his own number. The intermediaries were searching for a new house every day. When they found it, they would call the landlord constantly, hoping to rent the house to them. That was the daily job of intermediaries. The landlord had received too many harassment calls. He could not even receive the calls of real tenants. It had even severely affected his daily work and life. Only a few hardheaded landlords could persist in not renting to intermediary companies. Most of them finally compromised. However, no matter what, the landlord and the tenant hoped to skip the wish of the intermediary company. It had always existed. It could be seen from many forums and group posts that contacted tenants of their own accord. However, it was still too difficult to buy houses on these forums. It was very inconvenient. What if he could create a platform that eliminated intermediaries and allowed landlords to contact tenants directly? Not only would he be able to eliminate intermediary companies interference, but he would also be able to allow tenants to see the details of the house directly in the game. That would save a lot of trouble. Of course, it was not easy to do this. That was because intermediaries could disguise as landlords and tenants and blend in. Once landlords and tenants fell out, they would also have to be adjusted. If he wanted to do this, it would not be simply developing a new version. Instead, it would be equivalent to creating a new industry from scratch. Given Slow Movement Studios current manpower and financial resources, it was very difficult. Thus, at the end of the plan, Lin Wan wrote two expected partners, hoping to complete this model together. These two partners were Shenhua Real Estate and Sloth Apartments. Chapter 1340 - You Call This A Game Update Plan? Cai Jiadong continued reading the specific plan for the cooperation. First, he had to develop a new module for the game Real Estate Agent Simulator. It could operate independently on VR glasses and escape the restrictions of the computer. Initially, the Real Estate Agent Simulator had to be run by a computer and displayed on a cell phone because the configuration of this game was relatively high. However, according to Lin Wans latest plan, she would remove all excess parts such as bringing NPCs to look at houses. Only the basic functions of visiting houses would be retained. Of course, they had to add a list and a screening menu so that players could screen different house types in different cities. They could pre-view the floor plan of the house type so that they could find houses that met their needs faster. That way, the amount of calculation required would be greatly reduced. He would be able to run this module on the VR glasses after some adjustments to the graphics configurations. In other words, the VR glasses version was purely a house-type observer. There were no tenants inside, and they could not change the specific arrangements of the house type. If he wanted to experience other functions, he had to experience the complete version on the computer. This was equivalent to opening a separate quick entry for people with demand for houses, lowering their costs. Second, he would jointly fund a new department with Tengda Corporation and Shenhua Corporation to operate the rental platform of the Real Estate Agent Simulator. This department had to hire a large number of carrier personnel and supervisors. The carrier personnel were in charge of updating and maintaining this platform in the future. The regulator had to supervise and review the information on the platform, regularly delete false information and block violated accounts. Whats more, all accounts had transaction records. The contents of the previous transactions could be found so that the landlord or tenant could use these data to check the other partys past transaction records. Whether it was honestly keeping his word or being bad, it could be clearly seen what the previous tenant or landlord had said about him. Some tenants were most afraid of meeting unreasonable landlords. Similarly, landlords were also afraid of meeting tenants who did not cherish their houses. Under the control of intermediary companies, the landlords and tenants did not have many channels to understand each other. That was because intermediary companies were afraid that the two would bypass intermediary companies so that they would not be able to earn intermediary fees. Thus, they only allowed both parties to meet at the end of the contract. However, on the new platform of the Real Estate Agent Simulator, it encouraged landlords and tenants to understand each other without revealing their contact details. It would tilt resources to high-quality landlords and tenants and warn unpopular landlords and tenants. On one hand, these regulators were in charge of vetting the authenticity of the information. On the other hand, they would arbitrate when the landlord and tenant were in conflict to maintain the fairness of the platform. Lastly, it was the specific cooperation model with Shenhua Real Estate and Sloth Apartments. Shenhua Real Estate had residential buildings all over the country. Most of them were being sold. Lin Wan did not intend for Shenhua Real Estate to change its operating model. She only hoped to take out a small portion of the buildings to rent. Even though the rent of this part of the buildings would not earn money, the key was to establish a brand. Shenhua Real Estate would be no different from other real estate companies if they were only sold but not rented. Even if the quality was better and the property services were better, it would be difficult to widen the gap with other real estate companies in this era where property prices were rising rapidly and supply was lower than demand. However, if he took out a small portion of the buildings to cooperate with the Real Estate Agent Simulator to rent out, it would be equivalent to a display effect. He might not have any advantage over other real estate companies, but wouldnt it be very easy to fight intermediary companies? As long as he could establish an excellent reputation in the rental market, this reputation would naturally affect the selling market. After all, even though many young people would be renting houses in the short term, they would most likely still want to buy houses after starting a family. If a young man rented a house from Shenhua Real Estate in Beijing and lived in it for a period of time, he would be very satisfied. He would also tell his friends that Shenhua Real Estates quality and service were not bad. Then, whether he decided to stay in Beijing or return to his hometown, he would prioritize Shenhua Real Estates house when buying it. The cooperation with Sloth Apartments was even simpler because Sloth Apartments was a rental brand to begin with. At that time, the real estate agent simulator would separate the houses of Shenhua Real Estate and Sloth Apartments on the home page. It would also give these houses special highlights. All in all, using these high-quality housing to support the platform and using the platforms resources to feed these high-quality housing sources would ultimately drive other ordinary houses and let ordinary landlords join this new platform. That way, the Real Estate Agent Simulator would not be limited to the game market. Instead, it could be expanded to the real world and use another model to make profits! The market for games was still too small after all. The Real Estate Agent Simulator itself was limited by the equipment. If it was only targeted at game players, then even if Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and entertainment venues like Star Bird Fitness bought a lot of VR glasses, the best outcome would only be a small profit. However, if he could really enter the rental industry and snatch food from Home Corporation, it would not be a small sum! Not only that, if the model of the Real Estate Agent Simulator could really replace the Home Corporation, which would do anything to earn money, it might be a good thing for landlords and tenants. Cai Jiadong was a little shocked after reading this plan. You call this the games new version update plan? It was like a company that made war simulators suddenly had a meeting to say that the development plan for our next version was to buy a factory and start to arm their troops. They would start the real war simulation after completing training. Ridiculous! A VR game company had created a Real Estate Agent Simulator. Now, they were really going to use the game as a springboard and enter the rental industry? This crossing was too far! However, Cai Jiadong had to admit that this plan was still feasible. Who asked Slow Movement Studio to be born with a golden spoon in their mouth and have a close relationship with Tengda Corporation and Shenhua Corporation? There was a high chance of success if this plan could really obtain the full support of Shenhua Corporation and Tengda Corporation. After all, Tengdas Sloth Apartments had a good reputation, and Shenhua Real Estate had a lot of funds and houses. Coupled with the current rental market, landlords and tenants disgust for intermediary companies like Home Corporation had reached a critical point. This emotion would attract the attention of the new project that Lin Wan had planned. Of course, the only risk was whether this platform could maintain its principles and bottom line. Would the warriors who killed dragons become evil dragons in the future? If this new platform really replaced Home Corporation, would they walk down Home Corporations old path in order to obtain more profits in the future? Cai Jiadong did not think so. That was because Lin Wan was similar to Boss Pei: they were both extreme idealists. Such peoples ultimate goal was not to earn money, but to change the world and make the world better. Whats more, their first profession was game designers. Their ultimate goal was to design the best games. As for this rental platform, it was only a casual job after the opportunity arrived. It was not their main job. Whats more, if this platform really changed, it would probably not be able to defeat Home Corporation. Everyone finished reading the plan. Cai Jiadong was the first to express his stance. I think this plan is very good. I have no objections. The only problem is when will we talk to Shenhua and Tengda about this? We will definitely not be able to complete such a huge matter alone. Lin Wan said, Ive already called Liang Qingfan. Hes available at any moment. As for Shenhua Real Estate, theyll be here this afternoon. Thats why well try out the games functions in the morning. Well talk about Shenhua Real Estate and Sloth Apartments in the afternoon. Its Friday. We have to rest over the weekend. Time is of the essence. I hope we can reach a consensus in the afternoon and release the notice as soon as possible. After all, time waits for no one. If you have any thoughts about the new version, feel free to speak your mind. After all, there will be more and more players in this game in the future. We have to plan for the long term. Everyone became excited and began to raise suggestions. I think we can develop a multiplayer mode in the future. Based on the geographical location in reality, players can act as different intermediaries in the same area. With a few days as a cycle, players can complete a certain amount every day. They can complete it in about two or three hours in the game. The final outcome of the cycle will be decided based on profits, reputation, and other comprehensive data. It will make players who are a little tired of playing feel competitive and more fun in the later stages of the game. I think we can make the current big map more detailed. The current cities are generally based on Jingzhou, but the other cities are not involved. We can develop a map for other cities so that players can better determine the location of the houses they see. We can also create a sorting mechanism and a push function. Thats because some tenants might not be in a hurry for a day or two. They would look at the new house one or two months in advance of the old house. We can let the tenants set their own requirements and push it to them after they have suitable houses. I think that in addition to vetting information and prohibiting accounts, the supervisors can also communicate with landlords or tenants through voice chat. They can also take on the role of customer service. This can obviously improve our service quality. Everyone raised their opinions while Lin Wan took notes seriously. There were some opinions that might not be such a priority. They could not be done in the short term, but they had to be recorded. After all, according to Lin Wans current plan, the real estate agent simulator would not be a game in the future. Instead, it would be a rental application with a high occupancy rate. They would definitely have to constantly update it. This content could be in the Real Estate Agent Simulator in the future to make it more convenient and fast. The entire meeting lasted nearly three hours. Everyone spoke freely. Not only did they agree internally, but they also accumulated many ideas for improvement. Lin Wan looked at the time. Alright, thats all for the meeting in the morning. Hurry up and eat. Well talk to Shenhua Real Estate and the representative of Sloth Apartments in the afternoon about the cooperation plan! Chapter 1341 - Integrating New Model In the afternoon, the core employees of Slow Movement Studio had lunch and arrived at the conference room early to wait. The agenda today was a little rushed, but the topic was very important. Everyone had studied Lin Wans plan in the morning and felt that it was very promising. On one hand, it had followed the current trend and directly attacked the pain points of tenants and landlords in the process of renting houses. On the other hand, it had also made good use of the characteristics of the VR game Real Estate Agent Simulator and made a huge innovation in the online viewing of houses model. The only problem now was whether Shenhua Real Estate and Sloth Apartments would support this project or not. Liang Qingfan was an old acquaintance of everyone. Slow Movement Studios people had dealt with him a lot when they developed the Real Estate Agent Simulator. The Real Estate Agent Simulator could only be made so hardcore with the various professional data given by Sloth Apartments. It had withstood the test of many professionals. Whats more, Liang Qingfan had implemented Boss Peis will by managing Sloth Apartments. Boss Pei would probably fully support such a heavy blow to Home Corporation. What worried everyone was what the representative of Shenhua Real Estate would think. Many people in Slow Movement Studio knew about Lin Wans relationship with Shenhua Corporation. After all, Lin Chang had come here a few times when the studio was established. He had taken good care of her. However, brothers had to settle accounts clearly in the business world. Shenhua Real Estate was one of Shenhua Corporations three main pillars. Every decision was not a childs play. Previously, Shenhua Real Estate had funded the establishment of an E-Sports team for Tengda. However, that had been casually allocated from football. It was not a big deal. However, Shenhua Real Estate might have to make some adjustments to its own operating model for this plan. This was a huge matter that would affect the entire situation. It was not something that could be done by looking at favors. If Shenhua Real Estate only symbolically supported it or did not approve of this model at all, then this model would start very slowly with Slow Movement Studio and Sloth Apartments. After all, Sloth Apartments current influence was mainly in Jingzhou. It could not quickly spread to the entire country. Thus, everyone felt nervous. Not long after, footsteps came from outside. Lin Wan and Cai Jiadong took the person over. Please take a seat. Cai Jiadong led the two of them to their seats. There was no need to talk about Liang Qingfan. Everyone knew him. The other person was not the Lin Chang that everyone had met before. Instead, he was older. Many people had already seen his photo online before and recognized him: Shenhua Real Estates President Lin Zhou had come personally! Everyone could not help but sigh inwardly. How impressive He had just come up with a simple plan, but Shenhua Real Estates President had already turned down other jobs and came to Jingzhou for a meeting. Indeed, she was treated like a biological sister. Lin Wans expression was as usual. She went straight to the point as if she had a meeting in the morning. She briefly explained the results of the real estate agent simulator and then analyzed the current rental market in depth. She also explained the specific model of cooperation between Slow Movement Studio, Shenhua Real Estate, and Sloth Apartments in detail. Lin Zhou and Liang Qingfan listened intently without interrupting. Liang Qingfan was a little surprised at first, but he quickly accepted it indifferently. The reason why he was shocked was mainly because he did not expect Lin Wan to not be constrained to the game itself. Instead, she used the game as a springboard and gave such a huge plan. However, on further thought, wasnt this completely in line with the development plan that Boss Pei had set for Sloth Apartments? Boss Pei had just given instructions to drive Sloth Apartments to other cities and start expanding. Slow Movement Studios Real Estate Agent Simulator had been cooperative and had the effect of driving. It was possible that Boss Pei had planned it when he designed this game and had spoken to Lin Wan in advance. It was also possible that Lin Wan had been working in Tengda for so long and had been influenced by Boss Pei. She had also seen this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity and made the same decision as Boss Pei. However, no matter what, this was in line with Boss Peis strategy. Of course, Liang Qingfan fully supported it. As for Lin Zhou, his mentality had also changed subtly, but he did not show it. Lin Wan had an older sister and two older brothers. Including Old Master Lin, Lin Zhou could be said to be the most doting towards Lin Wan in the family. Lin Zhou had always been very generous in this matter, be it when he reduced Tengdas rent or when he later funded the establishment of GOGs team to support GPL. Lin Wan would give whatever she wanted. However, at the beginning, Lin Zhou did not think much of Lin Wans choice. However, he felt that no matter how much trouble Lin Wan caused, his family would be able to back her up. Thus, he had nothing to worry about and let her struggle outside. However, he did not expect to make a name for himself. Lin Zhou did not underestimate Tengda Corporation anymore as he watched it develop at an incredible speed and achieve success in many fields. Of course, Lin Wans position was also rising. However, Lin Zhou felt that Lin Wan was lucky to have joined a company that was bound to take off in the future at the start of her career. The company took off because of Boss Peis talent. It should have nothing to do with Lin Wan. However, hearing Lin Wan talk about her new plan at the meeting today, Lin Zhou suddenly realized that he might have been wrong. Lin Wans growth and improvement in Tengda over the years was terrifying! From the games introduction to reality and integrating Shenhua Real Estate and Sloth Apartments resources to take the opportunity to enter the rental market, one had to say that this was a rather bold decision. Such foresight and courage seemed to have been taught by Boss Pei. From the details of this plan, be it the initial market analysis, accurate insight into the industry, or the specific cooperation plan, they were all quite brilliant and foreseeable. This showed that Lin Wan had indeed achieved incredible growth in Tengda. This growth was even longer than the growth she had gained after taking over Shenhua Corporation! After all, Shenhua Corporations entire model was mostly set by Old Master Lin. Of course, there had been no problems in the past, but now, it looked like it was a little conservative. Many symptoms of large companies diseases were gradually surfacing. On the other hand, Tengda was one of the best in the new era. It had slaughtered its way out from the bottom of the hierarchy. Compared to Shenhua Corporation, it was more representative of the trend of the new era. In fact, Lin Zhou had been working hard to change after taking over Shenhua Real Estate a few years ago. He had been pushing Shenhua Real Estate to a higher level and trying to fit in with the lifestyle of young people. Shenhua Real Estate was the first to launch a house type for young people compared to real estate developers who were passionate about renovating the style of middle-aged and old. The effect was not bad. However, the effect was only good. He did not achieve a breakthrough in essence. Lin Zhou had always been very troubled by this because he could not think of how to improve. However, after hearing Lin Wans words today, he suddenly felt enlightened. Why couldnt Lin Zhou find a good way out? That was because it was too thin if he were to purely work from the perspective of real estate! Once Lin Wans plan could really be formed, it would be equivalent to opening up games, renting houses, buying houses, and other dimensions. At the same time, it would integrate Tengda Games, Slow Movement Studios game brand, Sloth Apartments reputation in the rental industry, and Shenhua Real Estates accumulation in the real estate business. For Shenhua Real Estate, they had to give up a portion of the profits to make a rental model and display it. However, he had to take into account that Shenhua Real Estate had to spend astronomical publicity funds every year, including the funds for buying teams. If he could use this opportunity to obtain a good publicity effect, what was the harm in giving up some profits? At that thought, Lin Zhou looked at Lin Wan in a new light. He had not expected Lin Wan to learn so much about creating games from Tengda. Lin Wan might not know much about Shenhua Real Estates business details or even know a thing or two, but the thinking mode that Tengda had cultivated was extremely precious. The keenness of the market, the linkage of many industries, the high reputation among young people All of these were undoubtedly Tengdas label. Now, it seemed like Lin Wan had learned a lot from Boss Pei. In some places, she had even surpassed Lin Zhou, the older brother. That was exactly what a leader needed. As a leader, he could be less proficient in the specific business but he had to be able to see the general direction and make the right decisions. Of course, the current Lin Wan was still far from being Boss Peis match. This was especially so in terms of long-term planning, wisdom, and responsibility. However, there was no need to worry. Given Lin Wans current rate of growth, it was only a matter of time before she became an all-rounder like Boss Pei. Soon, Lin Wan finished explaining. She looked at Lin Zhou and Liang Qingfan. This is the preliminary plan. It will be further refined in the future. Do you have any opinions or suggestions? Liang Qingfan said, Its just as well. Sloth Apartments has plans to expand to other cities in the next stage. I fully support it. However, I can add on to something: As far as I know, Dream Realization Ventures has invested in Star Bird Fitness. Star Bird Fitness has been doing business around Doubt VR glasses and has been developing very quickly. I think we can cooperate deeply with Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and Star Bird Fitness. For example, we can subsidize the price or promote the shop. It should be able to achieve twice the results with half the effort. Lin Wan nodded. Yes, that makes sense. Ill add it to the plan now. She looked at Lin Zhou after speaking. Lin Zhou nodded. Alright. I will make this project the focus of Shenhua Real Estates next stage. I will push it with all my might. I hope that we can integrate Shenhua Real Estate, Slow Movement Studio, and Sloth Apartments brands together and open a new channel. Lin Wan was elated. Alright, lets make the best use of our time to come up with the specific cooperation plan. Well try to make a bang under the current public opinion environment! Chapter 1342 - Boss Pei Probably Has A Backup Plan! Lin Zhou and Lin Wan were biological siblings after all. There was no need to talk about many things. Lin Wan knew that given Lin Zhous character, if this plan was not feasible, he would definitely not agree. Lin Zhou had always been very open about business and personal affairs. Now that Lin Zhou had agreed to it and said that he would fully promote Shenhua Real Estates next phase of the project, it meant that he was very optimistic about this plan. He also felt that this plan was in line with Shenhua Real Estates transformation that he had been promoting. Since that was the case, there was no need to waste time talking nonsense and study the details of the cooperation. After all, the current public opinion environment was not common. This was the popularity that Boss Pei had obtained from strategizing with the Sloth Apartments, the real estate intermediary simulator, and the exquisite publicity plan. There was a time limit to the popularity on the internet. Even though everyone was scolding Home Corporation online badly now, coupled with other competitive companies adding insult to injury, causing the shares of Home Corporation to deteriorate, if they did nothing, this popularity might quickly subside and not be able to cause much of a stir. Once Home Corporation survived this wave, they would do whatever they had to. If he waited for the popularity to pass before launching this business, there would be a severe lack of attention and popularity. Thus, he had to take advantage of this critical juncture to let everyone see the possibility of change in this industry. Whats more, it was companies with strength and reputation like Shenhua Corporation and Tengda Corporation that made a move. That way, it would be equivalent to burning flames to make the popularity truly useful! It had always been said that the people were the creators of history. The times created heroes, but he had to admit that sometimes, heroes would play a leading role in the trend of history. In times of peace, large companies should bear the heavy responsibility of leading society. However, many companies developed with good environment and support. They did not consider taking on social responsibility at all. Instead, they only wanted to continue expanding, monopolizing, and lying down to make money. They could be said to have completely taken the wrong path. Home Corporation was a typical representative of such large companies. Lin Wan had always hated such companies. She even felt that Shenhua Corporation had this trend and tendencies. Thus, Lin Wan was repulsed by the idea of taking over Shenhua. On one hand, it was a conflict with her career ideals. On the other hand, she felt that Shenhua Corporation might be doing better than other companies, but there was a limit to how much better it was. She did not think that she could change everything fundamentally. However, after working in Tengda for so long, Lin Wans mindset was also changing. She felt that she could work more with Shenhua Corporation on the basis of persevering with the Tengda spirit. On one hand, he could use Shenhua Corporation to leverage more resources to better complete his goal. On the other hand, as both parties cooperated in depth, the Tengda spirit might gradually influence Shenhua Corporation and treat its large company diseases. Slow Movement Studio, Shenhua Real Estate, and Sloth Apartments had the same interests. They each had a certain amount of resources and quickly finalized the preliminary cooperation plan. Some of the details had not been finalized, but these minor details did not affect the announcement of the three parties. Lin Zhou decided to hold an emergency meeting with the higher-ups after returning to Shenhua Real Estate. After all, he had to inform them about such a huge matter. If they really encountered a problem, this matter might be delayed slightly. However, the possibility of encountering a problem was almost zero. There was no need for Slow Movement Studio and Sloth Apartments because their structure was different from Shenhua Real Estate. The smaller the boat, the easier it was to turn around. In the end, the three parties decided to release a joint statement on Monday afternoon to officially announce the cooperation plan. There would be a series of publicity activities around this plan in the future. However, that was all in the future. At night, Meng Chang finished his work and went home happily. The work for this month has ended perfectly. He looked at the date. Saturday was December 1st tomorrow. He would start working on the publicity plan for the new month on Monday. Meng Chang felt an unprecedented sense of satisfaction even though he only obtained thirty thousand yuan after working for a month. How could the knowledge that he had learnt from Boss Pei be compared to tens of thousands of yuan? However, his cell phone rang not long after he arrived home. It was from Fan Xiaodong. Brother, youre so well-informed! Youre awesome! The storm of public opinion has been brewing over the past few days. Home Corporations shares have already fallen by more than 13%. Its a pity that I did not dare to empty too much back then. Until now, Ive only earned 200,000 US dollars. Well split the 200,000 US dollars! Meng Changs first reaction was surprise. You earned 200,000 US dollars? You invested so much money? Or are you leveraged? Fan Xiaodong smiled. Hey, isnt that what our industry is like? The bold die of bloatedness while the timid starve. Its meaningless to earn that little bit of profit. If you want to play, play big. Meng Chang was a little touched as well. Fan Xiaodong had taken a huge risk even though he had made money this time. At that thought, he shook his head. We cant split the money equally. Youre the one who took the risk. Youre the one who paid for it. I only leaked the news to you. Its not worth that much money. You should just treat me to a meal. Fan Xiaodong immediately said, How can that do? Were brothers C why are you still treating me like an outsider? Well earn money together. As long as we have similar opportunities to become rich in the future, what would a mere 100,000 US dollars count for? Why, brat, youre not trying to shake me off and monopolize everything, are you? Meng Chang was a little speechless. How can that be? I dont have the capital to monopolize everything. Fan Xiaodong smiled. Isnt that settled? You provide the news, Ill operate the operations, and well split the profits evenly. Theres nothing wrong with that. Im not a petty person. Dont look down on me. Obviously, Fan Xiaodong was so righteous partly because of his original relationship with Meng Chang and partly because he was really shocked by Meng Chang. At that time, Meng Chang promised that he would not exceed the 15th by the end of this month. Fan Xiaodong did not believe him. It was not that he did not believe in Meng Changs news. The key was that he felt that the time was too precise. He did not expect it to be so effective in less than a week! If Fan Xiaodong did not trust Meng Chang very much and arranged the stock to be shorted after meeting him, he would probably not be able to earn the money if he hesitated for a few days. That also made Fan Xiaodong look at Meng Chang in a new light. Meng Chang might be in debt now but he could really influence the stock price of a listed company with a single move. That was terrifying! Was it important for someone like that to be in debt? Thus, Fan Xiaodong split the money evenly, hoping that there would be no gap between him and Meng Chang. Meng Chang would not say anything if he did not distribute the money this time. However, if he received any news later, Meng Chang might find someone else. Fan Xiaodong was not that stupid to offend his friends and cut off his career path just for this bit of money. Now that Meng Chang had accepted this sum of money, it meant that their alliance had been established. It was unbreakable. Fan Xiaodong was elated. Alright, Ill find an opportunity to transfer the money to you after Ive made a new two days. There was no limit to the amount of time they could empty the warehouses, but generally speaking, the cost of clearing the stock was calculated by the day. The longer they could borrow the shares, the higher the cost of borrowing, and the less room for profit. Obviously, Fan Xiaodong felt that the closing down period was the perfect opportunity. When he made the shares empty, he was at the high point of Home Corporations shares. Now, the shares have fallen by more than 13%. As a matter of fact, the drop in the shares was not small. Subsequently, Home Corporation would probably not sit back and do nothing. They might do some public relations. Whats more, some retailers or organizations in the financial market might feel that Home Corporations shares had hit rock bottom and decided to buy some, causing the share price to rise. If he continued to wait, even if Home Corporations shares remained stable, he might not be able to earn more considering the cost of borrowing. If something went wrong and the shares of Home Corporation increased, the two hundred thousand US dollars would shrink. Meng Chang was silent for a moment and said, Theres no hurry. Lets wait. Fan Xiaodong was stunned. What? Do you have a back-up plan? Can you make the shares of Home Corporation fall again? Meng Chang shook his head. I dont have a backup plan, but Boss Pei might. Based on my understanding of Boss Pei, this is not the first time hes targeting Home Corporation. I feel that it wont end so easily this time. Its just that the stock price has fallen by 13%. Its still too light. It doesnt seem like Boss Peis style. Fan Xiaodong was confused. Boss Peis style? Meng Chang explained, Boss Peis style is to never show mercy to such companies. Hes as cold-hearted as winter and will definitely kill them. When the Safe House happened the last time, Boss Pei did not have enough chips in his hands, so he did not cause much damage to Home Corporation. However, this time, Tengda Corporation is developing rapidly, and its strength is growing. I think Boss Pei will not let this matter end so easily. So I suggest we wait for another two weeks or at least a week. If Boss Pei had other plans, he would definitely take advantage of the current popularity to give the Home Corporation a fatal blow. These plans would probably appear within two weeks. Otherwise, the popularity would pass and we would not be able to make it in time. We might make a small loss if we wait, but we can still make more money if we make the right bet. On the other end of the line, Fan Xiaodong fell silent. At least he had a plan and plan for Meng Changs previous decision. However, the decision this time was directly based on understanding of Boss Pei. It would be too unreliable based on this. However, on further thought, Fan Xiaodong realized that the money was earned from Meng Changs news. Since that was the case, why not trust him more? Whats more, he would only be waiting for a week. There would not be much risk. Alright, Ill listen to you. Ill observe for another week! Fan Xiaodong agreed readily. Chapter 1343 - Why Is Teacher Qiao’s Shortcoming Getting Shorter As He Improves? December 1st, Saturday It was another satisfying weekend. Pei Qian woke up naturally. Then, he woke up and ate his breakfast while thinking about how to arrange for this beautiful holiday. GOG and IOIs international competition were still ongoing. However, there were no competitions at this time. They had to wait until the afternoon at the earliest. The question was how he should spend the morning. Pei Qian pondered for a moment. At the moment, there did not seem to be any games that he particularly wanted to play. Thus, he quietly opened the Aili Island website and refreshed the status. When he refreshed the page, he was shocked. Teacher Qiaos account has posted a new update! Pei Qians heart began to race. Teacher Qiao, youre not going to cause trouble for me while Im suffering, are you? Could he have used his cell phone to edit a video? Or perhaps he had released his previous stocks regularly? If you continue to say that, the threat level in the notebook would increase! If Suffering Travels cannot satisfy you, I can only think of other more exciting projects! Considering that the Thriller Hostels roller coaster project was about to be completed, and that he could build a larger wonder next, Pei Qian did not mind expanding the Thriller Hostel. He would create another Ultimate Horror on the basis of the Ultimate Horror project to optimize Teacher Qiaos gaming experience. He clicked on it and heaved a sigh of relief. Fortunately, it was not a new video. It was just a simple text dynamic. My dear daddies, dont rush me. Its live-stream today! The same old place. It was seven in the morning. Pei Qian looked at his watch. It was already past nine. Logically speaking, the live-stream had already begun, right? However, where did he live-stream it? Teacher Qiaos live-stream avatar did not light up on the website of Aili Island. He opened the replies below the text status and followed Teacher Qiaos fans replies to find the live-stream location. Finally live-streaming? Great, I thought Old Qiao was going to stand us up! Has Suffering Travels been going on for nearly a week? Why are you only live-streaming now? Thats right. Youre not showing us the days when youre suffering the most? Youre treating us like outsiders! Where are you live-streaming? Youre not on Aili Island. New viewers? They dont even know where Teacher Qiaos live-stream is? We cannot mention the name of the enemy platform. We just have to know that it is the most unique platform. Oh! I understand. Its the platform that has to learn for an hour and can still connect seamlessly with GOGs competition, right? Aili Islands website was also doing live-streaming business. However, it was still far from Wolf Fangs live-stream. It was still in the zone. Teacher Qiao spent most of his time live-streaming at Bunny Tail. Of course, given Qiao Liangs reputation, if he wanted to go to platforms like Wolf Fang Live-Stream, he could get a good live-stream contract. However, Qiao Liang did not go. That was because he was a lazy dog. Signing a huge contract meant that the live-streams had to be guaranteed. Whats more, they might have to PK, play rankings, and ask for gifts every now and then. Teacher Qiao felt very tired. In his heart, he still treated himself as a video creator and UP Master. Making videos was his main job. Now, the efficiency of making videos was scolded by fans daily as no-show. What would happen if they lost a lot of energy because of live-streams? They would have even less time to make videos! It was easy to sign the contract. If the live-stream time did not meet the standards and his salary was deducted, he would have to pay a high penalty if he wanted to change the platform. Wouldnt that be awkward? Thus, Qiao Liang felt that it was quite good to live-stream Bunny Tail. Whats more, the atmosphere of Bunny Tails live-stream was quite good. There were obviously much fewer haters. Perhaps it was because those who could watch the live-stream were people who had withstood the test of one hour of learning. They were not so impetuous. They were very polite when they started the bullet screen comments. Of course, there was another important point. Bunny Tail Live-Stream was not meant to be a live-streamer. Teacher Qiao could just broadcast here and receive gifts. He could leave whenever he wanted. There was no burden. Pei Qian did not know Teacher Qiaos thought process for choosing Bunny Tail Live-Stream. He only felt confused. Ive already tortured Bunny Tail Live-Stream to this state, why are you still doing it? Was there a problem with Bunny Tail Live-Stream or was it you? Alright, I cant stop you even if you insist on broadcasting here. I can only tell Bao Xu to train you and Chen Yufeng more. Pei Qian silently opened Bunny Tail Live-Stream. He wanted to find Teacher Qiaos live-stream, but he realized that he had to study learning mode or focus mode for an hour before he could watch the live-stream. F*ck you! Pei Qian was speechless. What did he mean by shooting himself in the foot? He had no choice but to watch an hour of learning videos. In fact, as the boss, Pei Qian could have asked Bunny Tail Live-Stream to open a backdoor for him and skip the one hour limit. However, he did not do that. That was because it would mainly be difficult to convince the masses. He was the one who suggested this one hour limit. It was not appropriate to bypass it now. As the saying went, the crime of the Son of Heaven was the same as the crime of the common people. Boss Pei had set the rules himself, and he had to follow them. Otherwise, wouldnt that be a mess? Fortunately, an hour of learning was actually still acceptable. Now, many big shots on Bunny Tail Live-Stream would post videos or live-stream videos that talked about news, facts, finance, historical stories, and professional knowledge in various fields. They were also considered in the learning area. These videos were basically from 20 to 30 minutes. Two or three videos would be enough time. Pei Qian flipped through it casually and realized that there were all sorts of content in the learning area of Bunny Tail Live-Stream. There were even many content about car knowledge, such as driving skills, car insurance, car reviews, and so on. There were even some car critics who entered, but the number of views was not high. Pei Qian was not very interested in this and did not pay much attention to it. He found a video about finance and watched it. Soon, he had spent an hour. When he saw that the countdown had ended and the live-stream area had been unlocked, Pei Qian felt an inexplicable sense of relief. This feeling was a little like when a primary school student finally finished his homework and could play happily. Pei Qian immediately locked onto Qiao Liangs live-stream. The live-stream was quite popular. Obviously, not only were Teacher Qiaos fans here, but many viewers of Bunny Tail Live-stream were also attracted! After all, it was the morning of the weekend. The competition would only start in the afternoon. There was not much interesting content on the platform. Teacher Qiaos live-stream should be the only one. Not only would they be able to see Teacher Qiao suffer with the other big shots, but they would also be able to unveil the mystery of Suffering Travels. Who could resist such a good thing for free? In the live-stream, Qiao Liang was filming the huge rock climbing wall in the special training base hall. Everyone climbed up one by one. Their movements were clean and agile. After a week of special training, everyones physical fitness might not be able to improve greatly in the short term, but their rock climbing skills had improved a lot. In fact, rock climbing was not entirely based on physical fitness. Most of the time, it was based on strength skills. Tengdas employees had good physical fitness since they worked out all year round. They improved very quickly with professional guidance. Only Qiao Liang was getting further away from everyone else The bullet screen comments in the live-stream were basically divided. A group of people said, Holy sh * t, everyone is so good at rock climbing. Didnt they say that most of the trainees in this training camp are Tengda employees? Theyre all so well-hidden? Another group of people said, It doesnt look difficult. Theres no requirement to climb to the top. Wouldnt it be good as long as you have hands to climb for such a short distance? After all, most people had not come into contact with rock climbing in reality. Thus, they did not have a clear concept of the specific difficulty of rock climbing. They either thought it was too difficult or too simple. Bao Xu stood by the side to supervise like an impartial and evil supervisor. Qiao Liang, its your turn! Qiao Liang stood up reluctantly and handed the filming equipment to Bao Xu. Bao Xu smiled and took it. Qiao Liang came to the highest man-made wall and sighed silently. He was the only one who had not finished climbing the entry-level wall on the first day. He was the shortcoming of the team. Then, Bao Xu said that he would definitely do special training for him so that he could join the army as soon as possible. In the end, it was completely useless! He had improved, but others had improved faster. How could he reason with them? Since everyone was improving so quickly, the training naturally had to increase the difficulty. In a week, it had already reached the highest artificial rock wall. Of course, no one could climb to the top in one go now. However, at the current speed, it was only a matter of time before they reached the top. On the other hand, Qiao Liang had yet to climb the other rock climbing walls. He had to grit his teeth and climb the highest one. In fact, according to Bao Xu and Sa Zirans intentions, Qiao Liang was allowed to not climb the highest artificial rock wall. He could continue practicing on other rock climbing walls. It did not matter when he trained. However, Qiao Liang firmly rejected this suggestion. He had no choice. He was a prideful person. It was just like going to a swimming museum. Everyone else had gone to the deep water area to swim happily. In the end, only you were still rowing in the childrens area. How could ordinary people bear such humiliation? Whats more, he had to do a live-stream! Teacher Qiao could not afford to lose face. Of course, it would indeed be embarrassing if he forced his way up the highest man-made wall now. However, at least he could still show his courage. They were all embarrassing. He had to choose one that was less embarrassing. It was normal that the bullet screen comments unified seeing Qiao Liang start to climb clumsily. Ah, so this is the real situation of ordinary people climbing rocks? Sorry for disturbing! I feel like something is amiss with this Suffering Travels. Why does it seem like Teacher Qiao is the only one suffering? The others adapted quite quickly? That might not be the case. The others might have adapted very quickly, but they are obviously suffering from their expressions. Apart from Big Boss Ruan and Yao Bo, who seem to be enjoying themselves, the others have only adapted to the Suffering Travels physically. They have not adapted mentally This thing should prohibit live-streaming, right? Once the live-stream is released, coupled with the previous documentary, who will sign up in the future? However, he obviously did not prohibit live-streaming. Look at Traveller Bao Xu. Didnt he take the initiative to take photos of Teacher Qiao with his camera? Its as if he was afraid that others would not know. Chapter 1344 - Watching The Competition Mobile Version! Chapter 1344: Watching The Competition Mobile Version! Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios After watching Teacher Qiaos live-stream for a while, Pei Qian felt very happy. Alright, the second episode of Suffering Travels was also a huge success! The first episode of the Suffering Travels arranged for the main person-in-charge of Tengda. The publicity funds that Meng Chang spent were basically wasted. He did not see any good effects. The second episode of Suffering Travels had successfully expanded to the enemies outside the company. Whats more, from the looks of the current situation, the Suffering Travels had also served to dissuade ordinary consumers. The general attitude of the viewers in the live-stream now was: Ill watch if you go, I wont go anyway! For Suffering Travels, as long as they maintained this momentum and the people in the future were dissatisfied, they would be able to lose money. Not only did he burn money, but he also arranged for someone in his notebook. Perfect! After having lunch, the satisfied Pei Qian took a nap and played games for a while. Then, he connected seamlessly with GOGs international invitational tournament. Especially when he thought about how Teacher Qiao was still suffering while he could sit on the sofa and watch the competition. A sense of happiness arose in his heart. Bliss was often derived from comparison! I just happened to have enough learning time for Bunny Tail Live-Stream today. Ill watch the competition on Bunny Tail Live-Stream. Otherwise, wouldnt the learning period be a loss? Pei Qian had not used Bunny Tail live-stream to watch competitions before. He would use whichever live-stream platform he found. He used Wolf Fang live-stream more often. On one hand, it was because Bunny Tail Live-Stream required time to learn. He was too lazy to do it. On the other hand, it was also because he did not want to increase the popularity of Bunny Tail Live-Stream. A persons popularity was also popularity. It might not affect much but it also represented an attitude. However, since he had already used the learning time today, he would watch the competition on Bunny Tail live-stream. He could also watch the specific response to the new function that Chen Yufeng had planned previously. GOG and IOIs competition had already reached the elimination stage. Compared to the group stages, it should be much more popular. In fact, the most interesting things in the entire international competition were often in the top eight or top four competitions. That was because this period was a showdown between the strong. Everyone was well-prepared. It was not easy to have a one-sided crushing situation. There were even scenes of the strong team failing. It was highly anticipated before the fight, and there were still expectations after the fight.. However, it was very easy for the finals to be one-sided. Whats more, after the dust had settled, it was inevitable that there would be a strong sense of disappointment. Thus, even though the popularity was high, it might not be good. Before the competition began, it was a special benefit program for the local server audience: DGE Clubs internal war. Pei Qian had only intended to watch casually. After all, DGE Clubs internal war had started in the group stages. They played many rounds every day. It was no longer new. Apart from hearing that a few newcomers with outstanding performances had been pre-ordered by various clubs, there was no worse news. However, Pei Qian realized that something was amiss when he saw the bullet screen filled with comments. Look at the top lane! Its starting the torture! Youre so detailed. Ive learned everything. The eye position below is the main point. Hurry up and take notes. Its probably foreshadowing. You can lie in bed and watch the competition on your cell phone. You can watch the details and listen to the commentary. Amazing! Pei Qian was looking at the official website, so he was quite confused when he saw the bullet screen comments. What were they talking about? The eye level of the bottom lane? The official OB did not have any eye level of OB. Perhaps they were using the game to observe the details? How did that involve the cell phone? Could it be? Pei Qian suddenly had a bad feeling. He had been watching it on the big television. When he saw the bullet screen comments, he quickly took his cell phone and opened GOGs client. He had been playing GOG on his computer and had almost forgotten that GOG was a dual-terminal game! As expected, GOG on the cell phone had been updated with a new version. The functions of watching the competition on the computer had also been transferred to the cell phone! The matching of players on the PC and cell phone were not interconnected, and the calculation of rankings were calculated separately, but there was not much difference in the game content of the two. Even the version update was done together. Of course, due to the different operating methods, the PC side was different from the popular heroes on the cell phone, and the playstyles were also different. However, the two could be seamlessly connected in terms of viewing the competition! After GOGs mobile game client connected to the Bunny Tail Live-Stream account, he could directly enter the live-stream and use the resources on his cell phone to show the games match. Whats more, there was a lot of freedom in the match. They could not listen to the commentary, but they could also freely switch to different commentators. There were official commentators and streamers in this. They could follow the official OB perspective, or they could use their free perspective. They could watch whatever they wanted. Whats more, this function was obviously more complete than the PC! After all, the PC was equivalent to testing the waters. They would only serve the cell phone once there were no more problems. The cell phone was where the true power of this function was coming from! GOGs configuration requirements on the PC side were very low. Many low-end laptops could even run without pressure. However, it was indeed too harsh to watch the competition with one person. Only some game media or professional competition critics had hard requirements. Thus, they were insistent on using this function to watch the competition on the PC side. Most people were too lazy to turn on their computers. It would be better to watch it on cell phones or television. However, now that this function had been activated again, it was different. Many gamers who had only played the PC version and not the cell phone version of GOG had also downloaded GOGs client on their cell phones for no other reason than to watch the competition! Comparatively, the cell phone screen was relatively small. It was not as convenient to check the details of the data. However, the key was that it could be seen at any time and anywhere. Whats more, the bullet screen comments had developed a unique culture around this viewing function. For example, there would often be bullet screen comments like take note of this eye or the spring water flashed. The person who sent the bullet screen comments was in itself to attract peoples attention and attract everyones attention. On other platforms, since everyone saw the same content and information, many bullet screen comments could only be used to send bullet screen comments in a low-end way. They could use regional criticism or retarded memes to make their presence known. The learning content and focus mode of Bunny Tails live-stream dissuaded many of such viewers. The remaining way for the audience to attract peoples attention also became to dig out the details in the game. In such a critical competition, perhaps a wave of team battle or even an eye level would determine the outcome of a game. Many reviewing UP Masters raised their magnifying glasses to observe, not letting go of any details. Now, many bullet screen comments were doing the same thing. They tried their best to observe every small detail in the match. Then, they could not wait to send bullet screen comments, attracting the attention of others. The official sources used the same OB, so the audience saw the same information. However, under free OB, some viewers would choose to watch the players from the first-person perspective. Some would explore the details themselves. Once they found something interesting, they would immediately share it with the bullet screen comments, causing the bullet screen comments to repeat. That way, the audience would be able to accept much more information! This made the bullet screen comments on Bunny Tails live-stream fundamentally different from other platforms. Other live-streams were filled with all sorts of regional haters, retarded fishing, baseless cursing, life attacks, brainless spam 666, and so on. On the other hand, Bunny Tail Live-stream might be unavoidable, but the situation was much better. Most of the content was analyzing the game. After all, people followed the masses. The environment would also affect people. The same person might subconsciously curse at others on a forum with very strong hostility. However, they would become much more cultured and restrained on a platform with relatively high average quality. Bunny Tail Live-Stream was in such a good state. After a long period of adaptation, the remaining viewers were trained in the focus mode or learning mode for an hour. They were not that anxious in themselves and were more polite. The live-stream environment was better. After the live-stream platform and GOG won, many players came to watch the competition and analyze the details of the game. This also made all the bullet screen comments form a positive trend for discussing the game. Those who entered later might have inevitably brought the impetuous and personal attack style of other platforms over, but under the influence of the environment, this situation was gradually improving. After all, the bullet screen filled with comments was quite quality. If you suddenly sent a bullet screen comment and no one paid attention to you, you would turn around and report you. That would be quite uncomfortable for the people who sent the bullet screen comments to fish. If there was no profit in the bullet screen comments, the people who went fishing soon would become bored and stop fishing. Whats more, the new function of Bunny Tail Live-Stream was gradually open. It would start with the PC and then the cell phone. It would gradually expand the audience. This ensured that the new audience would not have much impact on the original atmosphere. Pei Qian felt that something was amiss as he watched the live-stream becoming more and more popular. Something was amiss! They had been forced to study for an hour, and yet it was still so popular? Compared to the number of live-streamers in the GPL league previously, the number of live-streamers during the international competition had at least doubled or tripled! Whats more, this was only the top eight. There were still the semi-finals and finals after that. What about the GPLs Spring Competition? The viewing function of Bunny Tails live-stream had only been released not long ago after all. The number of viewers that had been converted from players was still relatively limited. However, if players cultivated a habit and watched all the competitions on Bunny Tails live-stream, and the number of people gradually increased, how popular would that be? Pei Qian could not remain calm. He quickly opened Wolf Fang live-stream to see how the popularity of Wolf Fang live-stream had changed. The number of people watching Bunny Tails live-stream was three or four times more than the number of people watching the GPL league. What about Wolf Fangs live-stream? However, the moment he opened Wolf Fang Live-Stream, Pei Qian remembered. No, Wolf Fang Live-Streams popularity would definitely be very ugly. That was because he had spoken to these live-stream platforms at that time and paid according to the popularity of the live-stream! Wouldnt Wolf Fang Live-Stream be able to suppress the popularity of the live-stream? There would be no real data changes then! However, Pei Qian realized that he had guessed wrong. The most eye-catching website of Wolf Fang Live-Stream had GOGs live-stream promotional page, and it was extremely popular! On the other hand, the live-stream of IOI World Competition could not be found on the home page at all. They had to be screened according to category or search in the search frame. He clicked into the live-stream and saw that the bullet screen comments were completely different from Bunny Tail Live-Stream! Chapter 1345 - Home Corporation’s Crisis Public Relations All sorts of meaningless bullet screen comments flooded the live-stream. What was more ridiculous was that many bullet screen comments were discussing the popularity of the live-stream. The popularity increased again? Why do I feel like there are fewer bullet screen comments? The bullet screen comments must have split. Thats normal. Thats not right. After GOGs new viewing function and live-stream were released, many people went to watch it. I think the number of people in the live-stream has skyrocketed by two or three times over the past two days. He could not play the names of other live-stream platforms in the Wolf Fang live-stream. There were blocked words, but all viewers knew that this was referring to Bunny Tail live-stream. However, the popularity of various live-stream platforms did not decrease. Instead, it increased. This is very magical. Where did this audience disappear from? In any case, the number of live-streamers is definitely real. As for other platforms, hehe. According to insider information, GOGs broadcasting rights are charged based on popularity. Popularity fees? Then wouldnt the various platforms be able to adjust it artificially? This is where GOGs official business genius is at! Which live-stream platform is willing to reduce their own popularity? They are all biting off more than they can chew. They would rather change their popularity and spend more money to make it popular than to lower their popularity! Does this mean that the willing ones will be hooked? This gossip might be very dramatic but I dont believe it! That might really be the case. Thats because I noticed that the popularity of GOG competitions on several small live-stream platforms is ridiculously low. Even though there are recommendation spots on the home page, they are not as popular as some small streamers on the platform. If GOGs broadcasting rights are really charged according to the popularity of the live-stream, that would really make sense! What is this called? Tengda does not earn the money of the poor? The big platform does not lose a single cent, but can the small platform do as it wishes? No, I should say its just to earn some face money. If you cant bear to part with it, then spend more. If you cant bear to lose face, then spend less. Thats very righteous! The competition was still ongoing. A small group of people were still discussing the popularity of the live-stream platform during the breaks. It was considered a clear stream. Pei Qian fell silent after reading their discussion intermittently. That was because he knew that GOGs broadcasting rights were indeed charged based on popularity! However, he did not expect such an outcome! Not only would the income from the broadcasting rights not decrease, but the key was also to label platforms other than Bunny Tail Live-Stream. The real impression of Bunny Tails live-stream data was already deeply ingrained in peoples hearts. That was because no matter how low the data was in the past, Bunny Tails live-stream had never been beautified. They had also used this opportunity to label other live-stream platforms. Those who were more popular were data falsification platforms that loved face and were willing to spend money. Those with low popularity were stingy and shameless data falsification platforms. In any case, they were all fake platforms. Only Bunny Tails live-stream data was the most realistic and the viewing function was the most advanced! This was obviously a far-reaching impact. It would have happened even after GOGs international invitational tournament ended! Zhao Xuming! Youre scamming me! Pei Qian was furious. This bad idea was thought of by Zhao Xuming! I treated you as a trusted aide and asked you to think of a plan. How could you cheat me like this? Pei Qian almost wanted to arrange for Zhao Xuming to be on the third episodes list. However, he dismissed that idea after recalling the scene. Er wait, no. Pei Qian suddenly realized that what Zhao Xuming had said back then was that the broadcast fee was related to the real number of people on the live-stream platform. Pei Qian had changed it to be related to popularity on a whim because he felt that the platform could change its popularity on its own. Now that he thought about it, if it was linked to the actual number of people he might be able to earn less! That was because a large number of viewers had been snatched away by Bunny Tail Live-Stream. The actual number of people on these large platforms had decreased. Naturally, the broadcasting rights had been paid less. However, now that the actual number of people had decreased, the large platforms still had to bite off more than they could chew to maintain their popularity. This caused Bunny Tail Live-Stream to make one profit, and GOGs broadcasting rights to make another profit Pei Qian fell into deep thought. In other words I should take the blame? Did I wrong Zhao Xuming? Zhao Xuming is indeed my trusted aide. He gave me a good suggestion, but did I use it wrongly? This dealt a huge blow to Pei Qian. He felt helpless, as if he had just thrown all the blame away and was now taking the blame all over again. Forget it, the blame does not seem to be Boss Zhaos. Thats alright. Pei Qian had nothing to say. He could only continue watching the competition listlessly. The fries in his hand no longer smelled nice December 3th, Monday Home Corporations marketing department, Directors office. Gao Ming had been so busy over the past few days that he could not even rest last weekend. Of course, he was not the only one in the entire Home Corporation who was working overtime. The higher-ups were also working overtime, and so was the public relations department. After all, the crisis of public opinion and the plummeting share prices had caused the investors to suffer. The higher-ups of Home Corporation would not have a good life. Although the public relations department was in charge of this crisis, Gao Ming, the marketing director, could not escape. After all, he was the one who had caused this mess. If Home Corporation had not forcefully tried to ride on the popularity of the promotional video Real Estate Agent Simulator, they would probably not have been in such a sorry state in the future. However, Gao Ming also felt wronged. How could he guess that this was actually a bait? Home Corporations compassionate butler business model was a new business model that the higher-ups had decided on a long time ago. It was approved by the higher-ups at the meeting. Gao Ming, the marketing director, was only cooperating with this business to advertise. Now that things had come to this, the internet was abuzz with the profit model of Home Corporation. How was this a problem that could be solved with intelligence? The public relations department was the same. They had scolded him many times in secret. From the perspective of a bystander, Gao Ming was simply giving his life away to others. However, from Gao Mings point of view, this series of operations was completely reasonable. Who would have guessed that Home Corporation had always had no feud with Slow Movement Studio, but they were suddenly stabbed? And it went so deep! It was not about morals! The moment public opinion exploded, Home Corporations public relations department responded urgently and sent a crisis public relations draft. The general idea was to pay a lot of attention to this public scandal. The internal department of the company would conduct deep self-reflection and self-reflection. They would further reorganize the relevant business and promise to give the public a satisfactory answer in the near future. Apart from that, there were also some tricks. For example, Home Corporation helped tens of thousands of tenants solve their living problems, constantly paying attention to the tenants living experience, and so on. This script might not have much effect but it did not add fuel to the fire and made more mistakes. The public relations department had no other choice. Even a clever housewife cannot cook without rice! There was the so-called 5S principle in the public relations of a crisis. That was the responsibility principle, the sincere communication principle, the first principle of speed, the operating system principle, and the verification principle of authority. Simply put, when a crisis appears, the companies that are the main focus of the crisis cannot escape or refuse to take responsibility. They should face it calmly; Communicate sincerely with the media and the public. Dont communicate with them on the surface, but reject ambiguity. He had to respond as soon as possible and make good use of the golden time for public relations crisis; He had to plan and work comprehensively, taking care of the various sections; It would be best if he could obtain the backing of the relevant authorities, authoritative organizations, or individuals with a certain amount of credibility energy. Generally speaking, if these five points were done well, the crisis public relations would be considered successful. It might even reverse the crisis and turn it into an opportunity. On the other hand, Home Corporations crisis public relations had fulfilled the first principle of responsibility and speed without any discount. It had barely achieved the sincere communication principle. After all, the public relations department of Home Corporation had already made a statement in the short term when public opinion appeared. They were not stubborn. Instead, they lowered their heads and admitted their mistakes, saying that they would conduct internal checks and make changes to give the public an explanation in the short term. It was not easy to react in such a short period of time. It was much better than the crisis public relations that were getting worse. After all, what had been denied this time was the profit model and values of Home Corporation. These were the most fundamental things of a company. The bad impression that Home Corporation had left on tenants was a little hard to turn back. How could it be changed with a few words from the announcement? Thus, the crisis public relations recognized their mistakes immediately and gave the internal department some time to study. Finally, they gave a complete modification plan. This was the best solution in the short term. As for the operating principle of the system and the verification principle of authority, this was completely beyond the ability of the public relations department. Fortunately, after working overtime over the weekend for two days, he finally found a solution. It was definitely impossible for there to be any fundamental changes to the current business model because this concerned the interests of Home Corporation from top to bottom. Not only would minor changes be useless, but they would also cause the profits to fall, causing the stock price to become even worse. Thus, to put it bluntly, he had to think about how to get through the current difficulties. He would first make a serious gesture of repentance and make a superficial article. In any case, after enduring this public opinion, when the popularity on the internet changed and the netizens gradually forgot about this matter, Home Corporation would slowly recover. This time, Home Corporation decided to release a complete announcement and an internal open letter. The former was to propose some modification measures to explain to the public. The latter was to show the company, emphasize on values, and increase internal cohesion. Of course, the so-called internal open letter was ultimately meant for outsiders. This round of measures included the following: a serious modification of the intermediary team, strict punishment for all sorts of deception and deceiving tenants to sign contracts; checking the false house sources on the internal network to ensure the authenticity of the house; paying attention to methods when discussing cooperation with the landlord to reduce phone harassment; establishing complaint mailboxes to listen to the opinions of tenants more. Another point was that emphasizing thoughtful butler business would also help to change the current situation. He hoped that everyone would be more patient, understand and support him. This was Home Corporations promotional business after all. They had made so much preparations and spent so much publicity resources. They could not possibly give up directly, right? These changes might not have touched the fundamental problem, but the key was that it was much better than other intermediary companies, right? He should be able to gradually calm the public opinion this time as long as he cooperated with the public relations department to create the atmosphere of other intermediary companies are worse and Home Corporation is the most conscientious. After all, there were only a few intermediary companies in the country. The others might as well be Home Corporation. Wouldnt the tenants only be able to choose from them? This was just like that story. You did not need to run past the tiger when being chased by the tiger. You only needed to run past your partner. Home Corporations current method was to show everyone that they had won against their peers. As long as everyone agreed with this point, Home Corporation would be safe in this crisis. Chapter 1346 - Slow Movement Studio’s Real Service Department” Gao Ming finally heaved a sigh of relief when he saw the new announcement. He could postpone it for now. Home Corporation also made a statement the moment the public opinion incident exploded. However, that statement did not have much substance. It was just a stalling tactic. They would admit their mistakes first and calm the public down before offering a solution. This announcement also gave a passable solution. There might still be people who would curse but the entire public opinion should gradually calm down. Of course, this was not just about the public relations department. The brilliant marketing department had to cooperate. He had to buy fake reviewers to bring the trend and control the comments, right? Gao Ming knew very well that netizens public opinion seemed to be very strong, but they were actually very weak. That was because everyones power was insignificant, let alone on the internet. While fake reviewers and reviewers would not be able to reverse public opinion in an instant, they could at least stir up public opinion and change the attention of different netizens. Some netizens saw the comments of the fake reviewers and felt that Home Corporation had made a compromise. They were satisfied that the struggle had improved. As for those who were still harping on it, they would quickly feel bored and give up without so much noise. The moment he released the video in the morning, Gao Ming stared at the relevant public opinion online. As he had expected, the matter had stabilized. There were still people cursing but it was obvious that many people had lost interest in this. Perhaps everyone did not have any hopes of completely changing the current situation. Thus, they reluctantly accepted the concessions of Home Corporation. It was a good sign. Gao Ming heaved a sigh of relief. He could not let his guard down completely, but at least nothing would go wrong in the short term, right? In the afternoon, Gao Ming temporarily finished his other work and checked the public opinion on the internet about this matter. The public relations crisis over the past two days had made Gao Ming very busy. It had also delayed the original work flow of the marketing department. In the next few days, Gao Ming had to continue working hard and complete the original work. Gao Ming sighed. He had no choice. The outside world felt that the executives of a listed company had power. The social resources and energy they had far exceeded that of ordinary people. That was a fact. However, Gao Ming knew very well that he was just a high-level worker who had not escaped the scope of social animals. Most of the time, he still had no choice. He subconsciously opened various social media and forums to check the netizens reactions to the new announcement by Home Corporation. Logically speaking, the situation should have been more or less stabilized after a series of operations in the morning. However, to Gao Mings surprise, there were much fewer people scolding him previously. However, there were more sarcastic and sarcastic voices! Not only did the public opinion not improve, but it was even worse than in the morning! Whats going on? Gao Ming was very confused. There was something wrong with the netizens this year. Why didnt you follow the plan? At that moment, there was an urgent knock on the directors office door. Boss Gao! Look at Shenhua Real Estate, Slow Movement Studio, and Sloth Apartments joint statement! Gao Mings heart dropped. He did not know the specific content of the statement but the three names alone were enough to make people feel that the situation was very bad! He quickly searched online and realized that these three companies had really released a joint statement not long ago! The content of the statement was more official, but it could be summarized into the following points. For Slow Movement Studio, they would expand and upgrade the existing functions of the real estate intermediary simulator. For example: He could also achieve the viewing function with VR glasses alone. There was no need to be restricted by the PC. It was equivalent to disassembling the game into an experience version and a complete version. Nature would also be upgraded from a pure game to a game-oriented software. Players could freely upload real houses, or screen different types of houses in different cities to establish a virtual platform for landlords and tenants to view houses online. They would no longer be interfered with by third parties. He would jointly fund a new department with Shenhua Real Estate and Sloth Apartments to be in charge of the operations and maintenance of the platform to ensure that the platforms information was real. Of course, the platforms recommendation resources would definitely tilt towards Shenhua Real Estate and Sloth Apartments houses. That was very normal. After all, these were high-quality houses. On the other hand, Shenhua Corporation and Sloth Apartments tasks were relatively simple. They mainly paid, produced resources, and jointly endorsed brands. Apart from that, Sloth Apartments also announced the next stage of the plan. It would change the model of buying buildings and renting in the past, change to renting and buying, and expand to other cities faster. In other words, Sloth Apartments had also started its rental business. Sloth Apartments might not have emphasized that they were different from other rental companies but netizens spontaneously recognized that Sloth Apartments was definitely different from traditional rental companies like Home Corporation. Sloth Apartments had always had an excellent reputation and was deeply trusted by tenants. The most interesting thing was that the new department that the three companies had jointly established was called the Real Service Department! This department was actually still under Slow Movement Studio because Slow Movement Studios shares structure already contained Tengda Corporation and Shenhua Corporation. The new business was still jointly funded by three companies, so it made sense to put it in Slow Movement Studio. However, anyone with discerning eyes could tell that this departments business was completely incompatible with Slow Movement Studios main business! Your Slow Movement Studio developed VR games. The new department was a platform. This crossover was too ridiculous! However, this name magically clarified the relationship between the new department and Slow Movement Studio. The reality service department meant that this department was mainly using Slow Movement Studios game to better serve reality! He immediately felt like the dimensional wall had been broken. This announcement had not been released for long, but it had already caused a heated response online! The employees of Gao Ming and the marketing department were even a little late. He could not blame them. On one hand, it was because they had been working overtime too much recently. They were about to faint. They were overwhelmed by various matters. On the other hand, it was also because they had not paid attention to these three companies at all. That was because in their concept, these three companies did not have the motivation to directly go down. That was because everyones business model was too different. It would not directly form a competitive relationship! Shenhua Real Estate made shopping malls, office buildings, and residential buildings. Slow Movement Studio, a game designer; Sloth Apartments might also be in charge of renting apartments, but their rental was to buy a building and rent it out. Apart from the rent, they also cooperated with real estate developers in model rooms and some furniture manufacturers. It was fundamentally different from Home Corporations second property earns a difference model. Only Sloth Apartments had a reason to interfere. However, Sloth Apartments had always been quite Buddhist. Ever since it was established, it had been in the vicinity of Jingzhou, affecting Home Corporation. At first, Home Corporation was quite cautious. However, when they realized that Sloth Apartments had been strictly following the model of buying a building before renting it out, they thought that there was a fundamental difference in the business model of the two. They could not be considered a huge threat. However, who would have thought that these three companies would reveal their true intentions directly and ruthlessly! It was just like an old tiger in the forest who was used to calling himself king. When he saw other carnivores, he felt that he would not be afraid of anyone if he were to fight them one on one. Whats more, everyone ate their own food, so he had not been too vigilant. However, one day, other carnivores suddenly joined forces to surround the old tiger. It was then that the tiger realized that it was going to die! Gao Ming himself was in a state of confusion. He even suspected the authenticity of this matter. The netizens were obviously confused as well, but it was a different kind of confusion compared to cleverness. Gao Ming was in a panic that was about to face a disaster while the netizens were elated. Oh my god, Dream Crossover! This departments name is actually called the realistic service department. Thats ridiculous! In my opinion, it might as well be called the realistic intervention department. Games interfere with reality, and the Machinery crisis is coming! A game manufacturer and a real estate developer doing rental business together? Boss Pei is an insider. Youre even better at breaking the fourth wall than I am! Im afraid you dont know that Slow Movement Studio is funded by Tengda. The core members are Shang Yang Games former employees. Its said that the game idea came from Boss Pei. Coupled with the cooperation of Sloth Apartments, would you believe me if I said that Boss Pei did not plan for this place? Thats great! Ive been thinking about when Sloth Apartments would open here. Now, I can finally see hope! Shenhua Real Estate is considered a general among the real estate developers. Its reputation is relatively good. At the very least, there are no serious quality problems. The service level of the property industry is also relatively high. To be honest, I dont really trust Shenhua Real Estate. However, I believe in Boss Pei and Sloth Apartments. As long as Boss Pei is involved in this new platform, it will definitely be reliable! Previously, Young Master Tians video said that we should not despair. We have to look forward to the appearance and development of companies that break the current situation of rental houses. Wouldnt that be it? This time, it would not be a small fight but another innovation in the business model! In comparison, Home Corporations statement is nothing. Sigh, we really shouldnt have too much expectations for such a company. Actually, Young Master Tians video has already been analyzed clearly. Who would still have expectations for Home Corporation? Its just some fake reviewers spending money to wash the ground. Home Corporations shares are falling rapidly. They cant sit still. I only have one thing to say about this: intensify your efforts! I cant wait for all the intermediary companies in the country to die! Chapter 1347 - I’m Very optimistic, So I Won’t Give The Publicity Plan After reading these comments, Gao Mings heart turned even colder. That was because the situation this time was fundamentally different from the previous public sentiment crisis! Previously, Young Master Tians video had been hotly discussed and reposted repeatedly. This could be said to be a theoretical battle. It exposed the chronic illness of these intermediary companies at the moment, explained the fundamental reason why intermediary companies would not change no matter how they reformed, and even predicted the future development changes of intermediary companies. That was to let tenants understand that these intermediary companies were thinking of ways to earn more profits even though they said that they were serving tenants. Of course, it was only natural for companies to earn profits. Without profits, companies would not be able to develop. However, a company has its own values. Was there a bottom line in pursuing profits? If he placed profits and responsibilities at two ends of the balance, which was more important? At the moment, most intermediary companies in the country saw profits far more than responsibilities. That was why there were all sorts of incidents that harmed the lives and health of tenants. That was why there was the saying that renting a house was actually finance. Even if he emphasized responsibility, it was just to make a superficial article to better expand the market and form a monopoly. At the end of the day, it was still for more benefits. Before netizens really reached this consensus, they might have been confused by Home Corporations changes. After all, he was a mid-tier general. Other companies were not as good as Home Corporation. However, netizens realized that these measures were far from enough after this theory was widely spread and widely recognized. However, if that was all, Home Corporation would only be scolded a little more. After all, without theory and without practice, it was equivalent to not being able to use your strength. You knew what was good in your heart, but you could not find a place to support it if you really wanted to take out real money. However, the situation was different now. A new model had appeared! Slow Movement Studios realistic service department had created the real estate intermediary simulator to a platform that was completely different from Home Corporation. It was equivalent to jumping out of the business model and evaluation system of traditional intermediary companies, giving everyone a brand new choice. The content that had been hotly discussed online previously naturally became the support of this new platform! Of course, once a new platform appeared, just having popularity and attention was not enough. They still had to have enough resources on hand. After all, the business rules in real life were very strict. It was destined to be difficult to do anything without resources. They could not avoid the layers of vested interests. However, Slow Movement Studios realistic service department had resources. It integrated the resources of Shenhua Real Estate and Sloth Apartments! He did not lack funds, reputation, or popularity. The only thing he lacked was time. Shenhua Real Estate had projects all over the country. As long as they took out a small portion of it to make a rental house, it would form a very good advertising effect. It was nothing to their massive annual marketing budget. It might even improve the sales of the house. Once the Sloth Apartments started to be rented, the expansion speed would definitely increase. It was just like Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Fish-Catching Take-Out, Deposit Fitness, Upwind Logistics, and the other physical industries of Tengda. They had taken root in Jingzhou and built a long reputation. During this period, they did not show any signs of being aggressive. However, once their reputation and model matured, they would expand outward. That would be a wildfire! This time, the blow would be even heavier for Home Corporation. That was because the previous setback was only because of the public sentiment crisis. Now, a powerful competitor had directly declared war on them. Whats more, behind this competitor were two giants and countless ordinary tenants who had been accumulating resentment for a long time! Of course, in terms of size and the entire rental markets occupancy rate, Home Corporation had nothing to worry about. However, the problem was that after the environment of this public opinion war was set, Home Corporation had naturally fallen. Whats more, for a long time to come, these would be shortcomings that Home Corporation would never be able to make up for. Everyone knew that Boss Pei was best at dealing with his competitors weakness. GOG and IOIs competition was a fresh example. Gao Ming sat paralyzed in his chair, his mind blank. At that moment, the phone on the table rang. An urgent meeting! Waves came one after another. He had thought that after this announcement was released, at least the public opinion storm would come to an end. He had not expected that this was only the calm before the storm. A greater crisis was brewing. Gao Ming stood up silently and rushed to the conference room. At that moment, he suddenly felt like he was a reflection of Home Corporation: He was obviously helpless, but he still had to act like he was working hard to change something December 4th, Tuesday In the guest room of Thriller Hostels office, Meng Chang was drinking tea and chatting with Chen Kangtuo. Meng Chang had already inspected the Thriller Hostels roller-coaster project the entire day and morning yesterday. The roller coaster named Skylark Operation has been completed. Whats more, it had been running for a while. It was a roller coaster after all. They had to ensure its safety. Next was to officially open for tourists at the end of this month. There was a confident smile on Chen Kangtuos face. How is it? This project is great, right? Is it enough to become the next project of Thriller Hostel? Meng Chang nodded. Indeed. The smile on Chen Kangtuos face widened. Then about the publicity resources Of course, he knew what Meng Chang was here for. He had to decide on the publicity plan after the inspection! Now, Meng Chang was in charge of marketing publicity for most of the projects in Tengda Corporation. Many companies that were not directly affiliated with Tengda Corporation, such as Slow Movement Studio, were also in charge of publicity for the new products. He had to admit that this authority was very important. Publicity funds determined the popularity and fame of the project in the beginning. At the same time, it would affect the success or failure of the project to a certain extent. To Chen Kangtuo, the roller coaster of Operation Skylark had gathered a lot of his hard work. Whether it was the initial explosion of inspiration or the long construction a year later, he had invested a lot of feelings into this project. Thus, he naturally hoped that this project would be supported in publicity. The more resources there were, the better! Now, Meng Chang seemed to be quite optimistic about this roller coaster. Since that was the case, shouldnt they give more publicity funds? There should be no problem with this logic. However, Meng Chang took a sip of tea. I dont intend to do publicity for the Skylark Operation project. Chen Kangtuos smile disappeared from his face. Huh? Didnt you just say that you were optimistic about this project? Meng Chang nodded. Thats right. We dont do publicity plans precisely because we think highly of it. Chen Kangtuo scratched his head, his eyes filled with confusion. Meng Chang explained, Tengda might have a huge business but the publicity resources that it has are limited. It has to be used in the most important places. Chen Kangtuo nodded. Thats right. Operation Skylark invested more than a hundred million yuan. Its considered a key project in Tengda. Whats more, Thriller Hostels operating situation is good. Its been a long time since it received marketing help. Shouldnt we take care of it? Meng Chang said indifferently, Dont be anxious. Let me finish. According to Boss Peis thinking about marketing, he has always spent a small sum of money to achieve the best publicity effect. Tengda has more marketing funds now, but we cant spend too much. You have to know that Tengdas project category is not based on investment, but on a deeper nature. Some projects would become popular naturally without having to worry about anything. Some projects might not be accepted in the beginning, but after a certain method of operation, everyones view of them would completely change. That would welcome greater success. We naturally cannot give marketing funds to the former, but to focus on the latter. Now, the Skylark Operation project is obviously the former. It will naturally become popular. Theres no need for me to come up with a marketing plan. Its unnecessary. Of course, we will also have marketing funds to do regular publicity. However, this has nothing to do with my plan. Whats more, there are other investors behind Thriller Hostel. We wont lack publicity funds. In my opinion, Successor needs me more. Meng Chang was indeed talking about one of the reasons, but not all of them. Another important reason was that he felt that the Skylark Operation project could not be promoted using the Pei familys publicity method at all. It could not be suppressed at all! Apart from safety issues, roller coasters were fun. If they were not fun, they were not fun. It was very difficult to have a middle state. In Meng Changs opinion, Operation Skylark was obviously a very fun type. There was no need to use the Pei familys publicity method to promote it. That was because the Pei familys publicity method was a dragon slaying skill. In other words, it would definitely not be effective to kill chickens and ducks. Whats more, Meng Chang still wanted to get a commission. Chen Kangtuo could not be happier. After all, who would not want to fight for more publicity resources for their own project? However, after some thought, he felt that what Meng Chang said made sense. As the person-in-charge of the advertising and marketing department, Meng Chang had to coordinate everything. Now, Successor obviously needed more publicity funds than Operation Skylark. Whats more, Chen Kangtuo could think of a way to publicize it himself. Whether it was using the original reputation of Thriller Hostel, looking for Boss Li to discuss cooperation, or thinking of a way to link with Tengda Games to make use of the popularity of Ocean Strongholds downloadable content and Mission and Choice, this was a good idea. As a person of Tengda, he had to take care of the overall situation and could not have sectarian bias. That was what Boss Pei had always emphasized. At that thought, Chen Kangtuo nodded. What you said makes sense. Alright, go back to Successor. Ill think of something for Operation Skylark on my own. Chapter 1348 - Boss Pei’s Work Efficiency is So High! Meng Chang locked onto Successor after leaving Thriller Hostel. In fact, Meng Chang was more inclined towards his successor at the beginning. However, he still needed to inspect his attitude towards facts. Now that he had inspected and confirmed that this roller coaster project was indeed not suitable for the Pei familys publicity method, of course, there was no need to use it. There was no need to use the art of slaying dragons as long as they were to engage in regular publicity. As far as Meng Chang knew, filming for Successor was going quite smoothly. They had already filmed the first three episodes and were still filming the rest. In fact, he already knew the details of the story. Zhongdian Chinese Network had the original novel Successor after all. However, there was still a huge difference between the performance of movies and novels. As for how to publicize it, he could only make further plans after seeing the details of Successor. Meng Chang was just about to take the car back when his cell phone rang. It was from Fan Xiaodong. Brother, youre really amazing! When the announcement of Shenhua Real Estate and Sloth Apartments working together to create an intermediary platform was released yesterday, the shares of Home Corporation fell drastically that night! However, Im very confused. Do you know about this insider information? Did he hear about it in advance or did he purely predict it? Fan Xiaodong was elated to see this news. That was because it meant that Home Corporations share price would continue to fall. Whats more, it might fall even more drastically within the next few days! He had made a huge profit this time. The only thing that confused him was what Meng Chang said when he asked him to level the warehouse later. Based on my understanding of Boss Pei, this matter will not end so easily. In other words, Meng Chang did not seem to have obtained any relevant information at that time. That made Fan Xiaodong feel double puzzled: Meng Chang seemed to be well-informed, but why did he not seem to know about such a huge matter in advance? However, if Meng Chang did not know, how did he predict that this would happen? He felt that the money was very strange. Meng Chang smiled and explained, I did not hear anything about it in advance. Dont think its strange. This is Boss Peis style. He attaches great importance to the confidentiality of the multi-national linkage. Many plans were completely planned before others realized it. Even within Tengda, the people in charge only know things related to their own departments. They know very little about the other departments. Unless we need multiple departments to work together. Boss Pei is the only one who can truly grasp all the details of Tengda Corporation. I might be in charge of some work but Im still far from Boss Pei in this aspect. Im not at that level at all. However, based on my understanding of Boss Pei, we will definitely have a backup plan. The cannon has already been set up. It will not only be fired once. I can guess that Boss Pei has a backup plan, but I cant guess what it is. This time, he used Slow Movement Studio as a stepping stone, integrated Shenhua Real Estate and Sloth Apartments resources, and expanded Sloth Apartments business on a large scale. This is indeed beyond my expectations. Fan Xiaodong: Alright, Im convinced. At first, Fan Xiaodong was skeptical of what Meng Chang said and suspected that he had been deceived. Now, he was completely convinced. After all, he was earning real money. Money would not lie. Whats more, the combination attack on Home Corporation was indeed too lethal. Anyone who brought themselves into the role of Home Corporation would feel a chill run down their spine and feel Boss Peis deep malice. Fan Xiaodong paused for a moment and said, How about this? Ill find a suitable time to close the warehouse and then transfer the money to you. Itll be the same as what we agreed on previously. Well split it evenly. Meng Chang quickly said, Dont transfer money to me so quickly! Im an executor now. My accounts have been frozen. I can only use the minimum amount of money. If you transfer the money to me, I wont be able to use it. Take it for me first. Well put our money together. If we encounter such an opportunity in the future, we can earn more. I cant always put you in danger alone. Thats not appropriate. Of course, Meng Chang hoped that this sum of money could continue to produce money. If it landed in his hands, he would not be able to produce money. Whats more, compared to before, Meng Changs desire to repay the money and leave Tengda as soon as possible was not that strong. There were places to eat, drink, and live in Tengda. They might not be able to spend much, and their travel was limited, but they could at most pretend to be students. It was equivalent to training and learning. While he was learning about art, Fan Xiaodong was earning money. Once he returned, perhaps not only would he be able to repay his debts, but he would also be able to make a comeback. It would be the perfect scenario, right? After a moment of silence, Fan Xiaodong said, Alright, lets sign a simple agreement later. Even brothers had to calculate accounts clearly. Whats more, they were just good friends, not brothers. Fan Xiaodong did not know how much money he could earn in the future. Meng Chang was trusting him by handing the money to him for safekeeping. What if he could not resist the temptation? Thus, they decided to follow the business plan and sign an agreement for everything. Both of them would feel at ease and would not have any grudges. After all, they were friends. In the future, they would earn money together and benefit together. There was no need to create a gap in such things. Meng Chang sat at his desk for a while and prepared to look for Boss Pei after returning to the Advertisement and marketing department. It was said that the contents of the first three episodes of Successor had been released. However, it was currently in a highly confidential state, so Huang Sibo had personally brought it back. Meng Chang wanted to watch it with Boss Pei. There were a total of 12 episodes in this film. Each episode was about 50 minutes. In terms of size, it was equivalent to the amount of a certain rice drama season. However, such a series was still relatively rare in China. That was because domestic dramas often had a short time and a lot of episodes. The advantage of this was that it was easy to turn around. The cycle of filming and editing for every episode could be shortened. At the same time, there would be more episodes and they would be updated diligently. It could also maintain its popularity as much as possible. There were even some online short videos that had been released for almost ten minutes. They were showing signs of becoming similar to comics. However, Director Zhu Xiaoce thought that Successor was not suitable for this model, so he insisted on filming according to the current episode. These were all homework that Meng Chang had done previously. Meng Chang could not help but be shocked when he arrived at the door of the conference room. That was because Boss Pei had arrived. Meng Chang quickly looked at the time. There was still five minutes to the meeting. Obviously, he was not late. Boss Pei might have come earlier because he happened to be in the office. The projector screen in the conference room had been put down. Huang Sibo and the original author of Successor, Cui Geng, were present. There were also a few employees of Fei Huang Workspace. As for Director Zhu Xiaoce, of course, he was still suffering and could not come. Boss Pei was chatting with Huang Sibo as he briefly asked about the filming of Successor. After all, the entire production team was far away in the United States. They could not understand the situation there normally. Meng Chang quietly found a seat and sat down. At that moment, a figure appeared at the door of the conference room and knocked lightly. Boss Pei, Ill put the specific plan for the next stage of Sloth Apartments in your office first. Liang Qingfan was obviously here to show Boss Pei the plan. However, seeing that Boss Pei had something on, he decided to put down the plan and leave first. Pei Qians face fell when he saw Liang Qingfan. Good lord, you still have the cheek to meet me! How much trouble have you caused with Slow Movement Studio and Shenhua Real Estate! However, on further thought, he was dealing with Home Corporation after all. That was fine. Pei Qian looked at the time. Its alright. Show me the plan. There was still five minutes before the meeting. Five minutes was enough. It did not matter whether he read it or not Liang Qingfan nodded immediately and handed the plan over. Pei Qian took it and flipped through it. Alright, anyway, on the whole, it was still what he had instructed previously. Expansion to other cities, especially big cities, was nothing more than having more cooperation with Slow Movement Studios realistic service department and the like. For Home Corporation, this might be a huge enemy. However, to Pei Qian, this was not a problem at all in Tengda Corporation. It would probably not be in the top ten of what he was most worried about. Based on Liang Qingfans antics, after making up for his mistakes, it would not be enough to arrange for him to suffer. Thus, he flipped through it and handed the plan back. Alright, lets do that. Its not something very important anyway. Liang Qingfan nodded. Okay, Boss Pei. It took only three minutes to finish flipping through the entire plan from beginning to end, making people wonder if Boss Pei was watching it seriously. However, if Boss Pei said that he had, he must have. Whats more, this plan had been done according to Boss Peis guidance. Thus, Liang Qingfan did not say anything. He nodded and left with the plan. However, Meng Chang could not help but look shocked as he sat by the side. Forget about everything else, Boss Pei was still so calm after everything that had happened. He finished reading a plan in three minutes. The work efficiency was simply inhumane! It was no wonder that Boss Pei could manage a huge company like Tengda so well even though he strictly implemented the eight-hour work system. Meng Chang felt that he was still too inexperienced. He was only so happy because he obtained insider information and made hundreds of thousands of yuan from his good brother. The real Boss Pei, the mastermind, only spent three minutes looking at the plan and said that its not important anyway. What was a structure? He had to say that Boss Peis success was no coincidence. It could be seen from the small matter of the plan. After sending away the irksome Liang Qingfan, Pei Qian looked at Huang Sibo. Lets watch the film, then? After closing the door of the conference room and switching off the lights, the projectors big screen began to play the first three episodes of Successor. Chapter 1349 - Episode Planning The opening episode of Successor was a push-up shot in the sky above the city. It was just like the push-ups that appeared in many superhero movies. A magnificent modern city sat on the east coast. Several cruises floated on the vast sea, and there were tall buildings built of steel and concrete. It was a prosperous scene. The sky was already dark. The sky was a little dark, and there were still pattering raindrops, causing the entire city to be covered in a layer of fog. The camera gradually lowered. It could be seen from the appearance of tall buildings and the details of the billboards on them that this was a city in Western countries. The camera continued to lower as they arrived at a wide and deserted street. This city might be very prosperous but there were no cars on the road on rainy nights. It gave people an inexplicable sense of danger. A sports car zoomed by, with loud music playing inside. A handsome young man with blond hair and a tall figure was showing off his sports car driving skills with one hand. His other hand was rubbing the voluptuous thighs of his female partner, who was wearing silk pants. This was obviously the protagonist, Phil. The camera panned forward from the back seat. Phils handsome side profile and his partners charming and welcoming expression could be seen. The rain brush swayed. The visibility of the road in front of him was not high, but the obviously empty road, the music that made his adrenaline surge, and the touch of his hand made Phil very excited. After he stepped on the accelerator, the sports car roared, and the speed meter and time table began to swing crazily. However, at that moment, a burly man suddenly appeared in the middle of the road and blocked Phils way! Phil subconsciously cursed as he slammed on the brakes amidst the womans screams! The friction between the tires and the road on the rainy night made a sharp sound. The sports car still hit this strong man who was like a small mountain. After a loud bang, the camera spun, and the airbag exploded. Phil fell into a semi-coma. However, the car door was violently pulled open and a thick arm dragged Phil out of the car. Phil, who was held by one hand, swayed in front of the camera. The bright red tie floated back and forth like the long tongue of a hanging ghost. The following content was the plot that Meng Chang had already seen in the original novel. The strong man brought Phil to the rooftop of a nearby building. Phil was so scared that he was crying. Fortunately, two superheroes arrived in time. The next day, Phils ugly picture of him crying and his image destroyed was on the front page. Obviously, Director Zhu Xiaoce had respected the original content during filming. He had only maximized the performance of the entire story with the camera. For example, in the beginning, the camera kept lowering from the sky above the city. Finally, it showed the scene of Phils car accident through the perspective of the car. Many details were hidden in the camera. There was rich information hidden while entering the topic. In terms of the plots performance, the specific graphics and sounds were obviously much better than the thin text. Phils frightened soul had also been completely displayed through the camera. It even gave people some slight discomfort under the exquisite acting of this young actor. After all, it was rare for a protagonist to be so cowardly right from the start. The plot after that was roughly based on the original work of Successor. However, there were some changes in the specific narrative order. Director Zhu Xiaoce used the method of movies and dramas to slightly disrupt the original linear story, creating more suspense. At the same time, many classic scenes became more infectious and performanceful. Whats more, the specific format of the same plot was different for novels and movies. For example, there was a part of the text that explained Phils motive for personally sponsoring a superhero talent show. There was a natural disadvantage for rich people to participate in talent shows. The audience preferred ordinary heroes with tragic backgrounds and strong sense of social responsibility. If a rich man participated in a talent show and gave money to the judges, he would easily be boycotted by the audience. That was why Phil decided to make his own talent show, Successor. In the original text, Cui Gengs description of this paragraph was very normal. It was explained based on Phils conversation with his father and Phils own thoughts. Such an expression method was not particularly outstanding in novels, much less in movies and dramas. Thus, Zhu Xiaoce changed his expression and arranged for Phil to watch and observe the plot of other superhero talent shows. The plot showed the difference in treatment of the audience when rich and common heroes participated in the talent show. The entire plot seemed smoother and more natural to the audience. The specific details had also changed. When Cui Geng wrote the original story, he had looked up a lot of relevant information and planned the entire story background for a long time. However, there was a limit to a persons efforts after all. Cui Geng had never lived in the United States, so he definitely did not perform well in many details. There were even mistakes. Director Zhu Xiaoce brought the scriptwriter team of Fei Huang Workspace to redo the details of the entire story. He also exchanged opinions with the script writers in the United States and made up for the gaps in the details. Three hours passed quickly. The lights in the conference room were switched on again. After that, Huang Sibo sent the outline of the story to everyone in the conference room. Meng Chang also got a copy. He flipped through it briefly and matched the original plot that he had seen before. According to the plan of the Successor series, there were a total of 12 episodes. The first three episodes were equivalent to a quarter of the plot. The first three episodes mainly included: Phil was kidnapped and made the headlines, flew into a rage in his mansion, smashed things, and even beat up the maid and butler; He proposed to his father to become a superhero and observe other talent shows; He began to plan his own talent show program. The talent show Successor was put on the agenda and began to plan the pre-selection program for publicity. There was a lot of ridicule online. The next three parts of the plot were: Episode four to six: The viewership of Successor continued to soar, and there were many tricks in the program. Phil became like a fish in water; The black man in Phils team obtained second place with outstanding performance. Phil had also changed everyones impression of him through the Successor talent show. However, he did not use this opportunity to become a superhero and hid himself. There was a kidnapping in Hope City. The daughter of a rich businessman was killed. Phil began to bombard the three superheroes who participated in the rescue online. Episode seven to nine: Phil was in charge of everything behind the scenes. He stood in the perspective of God and harvested the peoples trust in him. However, he was still unwilling to become a superhero. He only reluctantly agreed to review the relevant events on Twitter. Phils black apprentice fell into a coma when he was carrying out a mission. Phil used this opportunity to finally decide to become a superhero, but he was rejected by the Superhero Association. Not only was Phil not angry, but he was also very happy. He even began to prepare the superhero program to participate in the Superhero election. The last three episodes: Phil chose the right representative group and won the first battle of the election. However, he quickly welcomed the crazy counterattack of the superheroes. Both sides exploded in dirt and scandal, but Phil had already firmly tied his fans to him through the information cocoon house. In the end, Phil successfully pulled down the current strongest superhero and replaced him through a huge public safety event, reaching the peak of his strength. Compared to Cui Gengs original novel, the content of Successor was considered half done. That was because according to Cui Gengs plan, Phil becoming the strongest superhero was only the first half of the story. It could also be regarded as Phils dirty history. In the second half of the plot, Phil would be attacked by traditional interest groups and emerging superheroes. He would face even more serious challenges. However, Phil continued to suppress his dissidents through various dirty methods and the power in his hands. He squeezed the superheroes dry, made them his vassals, and deceived the people with fake criminal data. Instead, he sat steadily on the supreme throne of superheroes. The current 12 episodes of Successor only planned the part of Phils Dirty History. On one hand, it was because the capacity of the series was limited. That was why it could only show so much content. On the other hand, it was also because the latter half of the plot was not as exciting as the first half. It was not difficult to feel this. The latter half was the strengthening and supplement of the first half. It was just like the sequels of many outstanding series. It could only be said that the plot was quite standard and passable. However, it no longer gave people the fresh feeling that the first half of the plot gave. Thus, he only planned the first half of the revision for Successor. He was still in the midst of investigating if he wanted to release the second half. If he did not produce it, it would not be bad to leave half of the plot empty as the ending. Phil had become the strongest superhero, but he was facing the double challenge of the old and new factions. Would he be driven off the pedestal by the traditional factions and the anti-Philist, or would he firmly rule and cause the entire Hope City to fall into endless darkness? Everyone should have different answers in their hearts. Obviously, the audience had less room for similarity according to the original ending. Soon, everyone finished watching the last few episodes. Huang Sibo asked apprehensively, Boss Pei, what do you think? In his heart, he thought that even if there was any blame, it would be Zhu Xiaoces fault. After all, he was still suffering during the filming of this episode. In fact, when Huang Sibo took over, the filming was almost done. It would be difficult to change it even if he wanted to. They could edit the video again, but they had already decided on the filming materials. Forcefully editing the video would only make it worse. Huang Sibo paused for a moment and said, The first three episodes might look more sullen, but thats the story structure. Its very difficult to change. Chapter 1350 - Star Bird Fitness Must Expand Together The authors story would change from concept to words. It might be very different from what he had expected. Similarly, changing from a novel to a drama might cause the final product to be very different from what he had expected. Huang Sibo actually did not have much confidence in the first three episodes of Successor. On one hand, the story of Successor itself was a satirical theme. Many of the plots in it might make people feel that it was unreasonable, and it would be difficult to evaluate it with traditional standards. On the other hand, the first three episodes of Successor should be the worst. As the protagonist, Phil was trampled by the strong man the moment he appeared on the stage. He knelt on the ground, crying and begging for mercy. In the subsequent plot, they would beat up the maids and butler at home to vent their anger. They would also be helpless and furious. That would definitely make the audience feel uncomfortable. It was necessary for Phil to inspect the plot of the superhero talent show. Without this plot, the subsequent plot would not have been established. However, it itself was relatively weak with the main plot. There were more or less some big scenes in the later episodes. Whether it was the students competing with each other in the talent show program, the final series of public safety events, or the superheroes standing up to show off their special effects, they were at least very lively. There was no lively fighting scene in the first three episodes. Generally speaking, this series might have been unconventional to begin with. It did not suit the taste of the public. The first three episodes were all just foreshadowing. It could not be satisfying at all. Huang Sibo might have seen the original plot, he had gone to watch it with the intention of revising it. Whats more, he could read ten lines at a glance and skip these plots. That was why he had not thought that the problem was that serious back then. Now that the video was out, he was suddenly worried: Would he be scolded like a dog after these three episodes were released? Huang Sibo himself could find many criticisms, much less the audience. However, strictly speaking, these criticisms were not criticisms. The key was how to understand this story. Some of the content that the audience did not accept at all was the essence of the story in the eyes of others. That made Huang Sibo very conflicted and he had never felt so unsure before. It would be fine if this series was a short film with a low cost, but the key was that it had huge investments! If they were to make a huge loss, would Fei Huang Workspaces reputation be alright? However, to Huang Sibos surprise, Boss Pei actually nodded slightly and smiled in satisfaction. Yes, very good! Not bad! Pei Qian had the same feeling as Huang Sibo. After watching the first three episodes, the plot was rather unpleasant! Of course, the details of this film were not bad. The actors acting skills were good, all sorts of details were maxed out, and the filming method was very mature. It was a completely high-quality drama series. Lu Zhiyao, Zhang Zuting, Lin Jiaqiang, and the others also went to play calefares. Amongst them, Lu Zhiyao played a Chinese superhero with more scenes. Zhang Zuting was acting as a judge for a talent show. After all, he was a professional judge. Lin Jiaqiang played a passerby with more scenes, representing the ordinary people who were completely fooled by Phil in the information cocoon house. Other than that, a few of Zhang Zutings old friends and even the crew staff went in to play calefares, acting as passers-by. This series had indeed displayed the original core of Successor very well. However, the problem was that it was not that great! It was ultimately a drama series that did not meet the mainstream aesthetics. Phils image and his actions were very annoying to begin with. It would have been alright if it was in a novel, but if it was really displayed using an image, the disgust would double. This series was shot in the United States. There was a lot of investment. It was only released in China but in English. It naturally had a dissuading effect. Once these three episodes were released, wouldnt it be a good start, oh no, a bad start? Very good, there was finally good news! Pei Qian even wanted to reward Zhu Xiaoce a little, so that he could be released from the torturous trip in advance. However, he dismissed that idea temporarily after thinking about it. Firstly, this series has not been released yet. It was hard to say if it would become popular. Back then, Tomorrow is Beautiful had thought that it would not become popular, but who would have thought? Secondly, his merits could not be contradicted. Zhu Xiaoce was suffering now because of the box office earned by the previous movies. Even if Successor really incurred losses, it would be a matter of time before he was rewarded. Seeing Boss Peis satisfied expression, Huang Sibo could not help but doubt his own judgment. Boss Pei thought so highly of it? Im obviously not confident enough! On further thought, it made sense. Successor was a copyright adaptation project that Boss Pei had personally selected. Naturally, it was highly recognized by this story. What was there to worry about now that Zhu Xiaoce had completely produced the original essence? As the first work of Zhongdian Chinese Networks adaptation plan, Eternal Reincarnation had already become popular. It was enough to show how precise Boss Peis eyes were. Successor would definitely not be a problem! Pei Qian looked at Meng Chang. How is it? This theme should be very easy to play, right? The opening was so fragmented. Wouldnt he be able to get a high commission just by casually doing it? Meng Chang nodded. Yes, the difficulty is moderate. Ill do my best. In his opinion, this drama indeed fit the tone of the Pei familys publicity method. The path was very clear. However, he did not have much experience in movies and dramas after all. It might be relatively easy to get a commission. However, it might not be that simple to become popular in the end. The current Meng Chang was no longer satisfied with how much commission he had. In his opinion, he had taken the commission and perfectly implemented the Pei familys publicity method. It would be truly perfect if the project finally became popular. Thus, he felt that this project was moderate in difficulty. It was not difficult, but he had to think about it. Pei Qian was not particularly satisfied with Meng Changs response. How could you say that the publicity plan was moderate in difficulty? Are you still the confident and smart Meng Chang? However, on further thought, Meng Chang might have been afraid of rope once bitten. He had failed too many times previously. The painful experience of getting a commission and flying away made him less confident. That was understandable. It looked like he had to encourage him in the future. Pei Qian looked at Meng Chang. You have to be more confident in the future. How can such a simple plan be considered moderate in difficulty? Meng Chang nodded in shame. Yes, Boss Pei. Ill definitely work harder in the future. Meng Chang could not help but feel emotional as he watched Boss Pei leave. No matter how much he learned, he still felt like an unsatisfactory stupid student in front of Boss Pei! It looked like he had to work hard on the publicity plan for Successor this time. He had to let Boss Pei see his improvement! At the same time, at Star Bird Fitness flagship store. Che Rong was explaining the expansion plan for the next stage of Star Bird Fitness to Li Shi. Boss Li, Ive thought about it. As for the latest Real Estate Agent Simulator, I plan to buy an additional batch of VR glasses and arrange them in the resting area. They will be specially used to look at houses in the game. No additional fees, but you can only use it on the day you spend in the restaurant. You can even buy one bottle of mineral water. Its still the same guidance as before: Dont fight with Tengdas Sloth Apartments for business, develop in a different position. Whats more, I think Star Bird Fitness can expand to other cities outside the province together with Sloth Apartments and Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. As long as it is compatible with Tengdas industries, the development will definitely be very smooth! Li Shi nodded repeatedly as he sipped his tea. Star Bird Fitness entered a high-speed development period ever since it took the right path. Tengdas Dream Realization Ventures, Boss Li, and the other investors had all invested in Star Bird Fitness. Now, Star Bird Fitness has ample funds. Its shops were almost all over the main cities of Handong Province. Che Rong had been insisting on the initial guiding idea that was to compete with Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. It was not far from Tengdas industry, but the core business of operations would not conflict with Tengdas various industries. It would naturally integrate into Tengdas system. The branches had been opened one by one, and the benefits were not bad. They were lacking an opportunity to rush out of Handong Province and into first-tier cities. After all, the popularity of Doubt VR glasses had fallen slightly some time ago. Star Bird Fitness was being promoted completely by Fitness Battle and smart fitness drying rack. It was a little lacking in confidence. However, now, with the establishment of the Real Estate Agent Simulator and Slow Movement Studios reality service department, Star Bird Fitness naturally had a new business model! Che Rong knew that Star Bird Fitness would definitely seize this opportunity to serve the game Real Estate Agent Simulator. However, he still had to think carefully about how to do it. Finally, Che Rong decided to separate from Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and emphasize two different experiences. Fish-Catching Internet Cafe had a VR gaming area. The experience was complete without any castration. Players could watch houses in the real estate intermediary simulator after arriving. They could also upload their own house type or experience other content of the game. Since Fish-Catching Internet Cafe had already done it, it was not appropriate to do Star Bird Fitness anymore. On one hand, it was because the two businesses could not overlap. On the other hand, it was also because Star Bird Fitness was still a fitness industry. The complete experience of the real estate intermediary simulator required a lot of space. It was very difficult for Star Bird Fitness to be evenly distributed. Thus, Che Rong made use of the resting area in the shop. Customers could use the VR glasses to look at the house in the resting area as long as they spent any amount in the shop on that day. This was equivalent to a very llow-cost guide. For Star Bird Fitness, this was equivalent to providing additional benefits to their own customers. At the same time, it could also attract more people to the shop to spend. They might turn into customers after a while. For those tenants, if they could not bear to buy VR glasses, it would not be a bad choice to wear VR glasses to look at the house after spending some money here. After all, if they were only looking at the house, they could use the VR glasses to complete it. Whats more, it did not need much space. They could stand or sit. If tenants became interested in this game or other game content in the VR glasses because of this, they could also go to the nearby Fish-Catching Internet Cafe or simply order a VR glasses online to experience the complete content. Li Shi nodded in satisfaction after listening to Che Rongs explanation. En, thats right. You have to remember that Star Bird Fitness has actually started to integrate into Tengdas industries after receiving Dream Realization Ventures investment. As long as you remember to compete with Tengdas existing industries and focus on being a green leaf as a contrast, and follow Tengdas usual style, you would be able to drink a lot of soup. Dont be like Home Corporation, completely opposing Tengda Corporations mission. That would be terrible. Gentlemen love money and are good at obtaining it. You have to learn Boss Peis business model. Otherwise, Boss Pei can turn a blind eye and let Star Bird Fitness develop. He can also deal with you mercilessly like dealing with Home Corporation. Che Rong quickly nodded. Dont worry, Boss Li. I understand this principle. Star Bird Fitness can only develop because of the new opportunity brought by Tengda. I wouldnt dare to go against Boss Pei even if my brain was fried! Chapter 1351 - Wasn’t This A Scam? Li Shi and Che Rong were very satisfied with the current situation of Star Bird Fitness. In fact, after Dream Realization Ventures had also invested in Star Bird Fitness, investors, including Li Shi, had lost their control of Star Bird Fitness. As the boss of Star Bird Fitness, Che Rong actually had a lot of autonomy. However, Che Rong was still used to reporting to Li Shi often and listening to some suggestions from Li Shi. That was because Che Rong knew very well that Star Bird Fitness could achieve its current success not only because Li Shi paid for it, but more importantly, Li Shi gave him a clear path! If he had not used the smart fitness drying rack to completely modify Star Bird Fitness business model according to Li Shis words, found his position in the gap between Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and Deposit Fitness, and boarded the fast lane that Tengda had created, Star Bird Fitness would not have developed so well even if he had obtained the investment. After all, it was the difference between teaching a man how to fish and teaching a man how to fish. Investing money would only help Star Bird Fitness temporarily survive the difficulties. However, they still had to rely on a profitable model to develop it. Both of them drank their tea in silence. After some consideration, Che Rong said, Boss Li, I have another question to ask you. Now, Star Bird Fitness has undergone a period of rapid development. Its shops have already been opened in other cities in Handong Province. Do you think Star Bird Fitness will continue to burn money and expand, or should we stop for a while and make profits first? At the moment, Star Bird Fitness was not profitable. It might have earned money, and other investors were continuously investing in it, wanting to take a share of the profits. However, in the rapid expansion phase of the business, all the money was used to open branches. At first, Che Rong could be said to be ambitious. He first renovated all the shops, then opened more shops in Jingzhou, and even expanded to other cities in Handong Province. However, now that the scale of the shop had expanded to a certain extent, Che Rong naturally felt lazy. He wanted to rest and earn money lying down. After all, from Che Rongs point of view, being able to get so much investment and open branches in the entire Handong Province was enough success as a gym. Many gym owners had only opened a few chain stores in a city and had already begun to make money lying down, let alone the current situation of Star Bird Fitness. If Che Rong could enjoy his life in peace, investors could also quickly obtain rewards. It might seem like he was not thinking about improving by lying down and eating his old books, but he was focused on stability. If he continued to expand, even though it looked very motivated, what if he failed? If he expanded blindly, once the capital chain ruptured, he might completely fail. It was impossible to expect a miracle to happen twice. Thus, Che Rong was very conflicted about this. He was very hesitant, so he wanted Li Shi to make the decision. Li Shi frowned and put down his teacup. Why are you hesitating on such a problem? Of course, we have to continue expanding! This is not a matter of courage. Its purely a matter of vision. The fact that youre asking this means that you dont understand the situation at all. Youre short-sighted! Che Rong was a little ashamed. Boss Li, I really dont have much experience in entrepreneurship. At most, I have some experience in managing gyms. Therefore, please give me some pointers. Li Shi nodded. He knew that Che Rong was indeed not very good in this aspect. Otherwise, Star Bird Fitness would not have ended up on the verge of bankruptcy. An ordinary person would not be able to suddenly become enlightened and become a business genius like Boss Pei. He would have to rely on Li Shis guidance now. You want to stop expanding because you are afraid of risks, right? Talk about short-term benefits or long-term benefits. Those are all empty words. If we expand, we will definitely succeed. We will definitely be able to earn more money in the future. Even fools would choose to continue expanding. Che Rong nodded. Yes, that makes sense. On the surface, it looked like he was tired and did not want to work hard. In fact, it was because he felt that the price-quality ratio would be too low if he continued to work hard. The risk he took and the effort he put in were not worth it compared to the possible returns. Li Shi continued, However, as long as you look at Tengdas business model and Boss Peis style, you will know that the benefits of Star Bird Fitness continued expansion are far greater than risks. The chances of failure are actually very low! He sipped his tea and began to combine the actual situation of Tengdas various industries to analyze Che Rong in more detail. First of all, Dream Realization Ventures model was to withdraw the investment once the companys profits reached a certain level. If it was not profitable, they would continue to invest. Putting aside what the other companies would think, putting it on Star Bird Fitness, this was encouraging expansion! In other words, if you maintain your ambition to expand, I will continue to invest in you. If you feel that you have opened enough shops and want to slack, we will bid you farewell. In other words, if you remain humble, we will always be friends. If you want to enjoy life, you can take away the previous income. You can enjoy life, but I have to continue moving forward. Dream Realization Ventures would take this sum of money and continue to invest in a company that dared to advance. Wasnt this attitude clear? Even if he looked at the problem from the most utilitarian point of view, he could continue to spend money from Dream Realization Ventures if he continued to expand. Wasnt it nice? Giving up on expansion was actually equivalent to giving up Dream Realization Ventures financial support, Tengdas protection and Boss Peis friendship! Second, stopping expansion was nothing more than fear of risk. However, this risk was actually very low for Star Bird Fitness. That was because the business model of Star Bird Fitness had been verified in Jingzhou and even Handong Province, which meant that consumers approved of it. Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Fish-Catching Take-Out, Deposit Fitness, and the other industries of Tengda were all first in Jingzhou, then Handong Province, and finally expanded to the entire country. They had already taken this route countless times, and they had all succeeded. Star Bird Fitness was also following this old path steadily! Whats more, Tengdas shops had already been completed in the early stages of site selection, publicity, and market development. Star Bird Fitness was very convenient. They could just open new shops near Tengdas industries in the new city. How simple was that? They would not be afraid of stepping into pits as long as they followed closely behind Tengda! Given Boss Peis layout ability and high success rate of entrepreneurship, Star Bird Fitness could win by lying down and shouting awesome as long as it was not stupid. Since that was the case, what reason was there not to expand? Things in the business world were also rowing a boat against the current. If one did not advance, they would retreat. If Star Bird Fitness did not expand with Tengda, other companies would naturally see this business opportunity. At that time, they would think of ways to squeeze Star Bird Fitness away. At that time, would Boss Pei take care of a company that did not have any ambition? Would he talk about favors with a boss that did not have any ambition? That was hard to say. Li Shi took another sip of tea and finally summarized. Therefore, Star Bird Fitness must follow Tengdas footsteps from any angle and continue to expand until it spreads across the country with Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Fish-Catching Take-Out, and other industries. Che Rong nodded in realization. I see, I understand! Boss Li, now that you mention it, Im enlightened. In other words, not only should Star Bird Fitness expand objectively, but even Boss Pei is actually encouraging Star Bird Fitness to continue expanding? Li Shi nodded. Of course! Otherwise, why do you think Boss Pei specifically asked Dream Realization Ventures to invest in this? The projects that Boss Pei thinks highly of must be unique! Boss Pei thinks highly of your project, but you dont think about making it big at all. You only think about earning a little money. Do you think Boss Pei would be happy? Che Rong quickly nodded. I understand, I understand! Then, I have nothing to worry about. Ill definitely work with Boss Pei to drive Star Bird Fitness across the country! Li Shi could not help but nod slightly seeing Che Rong being so proactive. It did not matter if he did not understand at first. As long as he could make sense and closely surround Tengda, this entrepreneur would be saved. Li Shi sipped his tea and suddenly thought of another problem. By the way, I have a project here. Do you want to participate? Che Rong perked up. Oh? What project? In Jingzhous investment circle, Boss Li was the person closest to God if Boss Pei was a god. The project that Boss Li mentioned was definitely a good project! Li Shi said slowly, Thriller Hostels roller coaster project. Che Rong was stunned. Huh? This Im afraid its not something I can participate in, right? Thriller Hostel is Tengdas business. Even if others want to interfere, they cant, right? Li Shi shook his head slightly. You dont know about this. The Thriller Hostel project might not be able to be directly involved but it can be indirectly involved. The restaurants, shops, and hotels around Thriller Hostel were actually funded by me and other investors. The benefits are very good now. Recently, Boss Pei has also spent more than a hundred million yuan on Thriller Hostel to build an indoor roller coaster. The person-in-charge of Thriller Hostel, Chen Kangtuo, came to me at noon. He said that the roller coaster would be officially open at the end of the month. He did not have any publicity funds, so he hoped that we investors could help him with publicity. Che Rong was confused. Huh? Why does that sound like extortion? The corners of Li Shis mouth twitched. What are you talking about! Tengda Corporation invested more than a hundred million yuan into Thriller Hostel. Would Boss Pei not give us the publicity funds? Would you believe Chen Kangtuo if he said that he did not have publicity funds? Obviously, Boss Pei is not reluctant to give us money for publicity. Instead, he is hinting at us to give up our profits! Che Rong blinked, his face filled with confusion. He hadnt heard wrongly, right? The person-in-charge of Thriller Hostel had come to ask the people in charge to pay for the publicity of the roller coaster. Wasnt that asking for money? Why did it become a concession? Boss Li, are you sure theres nothing wrong with your thinking? Chapter 1352 - Min Jingchao’s Distress Che Rong might be cursing silently but he did not dare to show it. Instead, he asked, Boss Li, how do you plan to do publicity? After some consideration, Li Shi said, Thats very simple. First, we have to pay for traditional advertisements based on the standards of Thriller Hostel when it first opened. The second is investment. Open more supporting industries around this roller coaster project. Lastly, Ill finalize the type and location of these industries with Chen Kangtuo and take out a small portion of the profits to split with Tengda. Thats about it. As for you, I think you can consider opening a shop nearby. Of course, you cant use the Star Bird Fitness model. It would be best to open an experience shop or peripheral shop related to Tengda Games. At the moment, there are no similar shops around Thriller Hostel. Opening one would make up for the gap. Of course, we have to plan the specific layout and operations. Che Rongs expression was serious as he fell into a long silence. Wait, Boss Li, let me think about it. In other words, Chen Kangtuo wants the investors to fork out money to promote the roller coaster of Thriller Hostel. The way you do publicity is to fork out your own money for publicity, spend your money on the surrounding businesses, and finally give Tengda a share of the money that you earned. Li Shi nodded. Yes, this is soup. Whats wrong? Che Rong scratched his head. Whats the difference between that and giving money directly to Tengda? Is this called Tengda giving way to us?? This is obviously what it means. We serve our own wok, produce our own meat and various ingredients, then give the cooked meat to Tengda, and then drink the soup ourselves! Li Shis nose nearly crooked from anger. How can you understand it that way? Its ridiculous! Why dont you think about the huge cost that Tengda has already invested in this project? These are hidden costs that you cannot see. If not for Thriller Hostel, would you be able to make money by opening your shop in the old industrial zone? Did the hundred million yuan spent on building the indoor roller coaster fall from the sky or grow from the ground? Let me put it this way. Thriller Hostel has already planned a subway plan. Whats more, it will definitely not be purely a haunted house in the future. It will also develop in the direction of a comprehensive amusement park. It will only become richer in content and have greater human traffic. Under such circumstances, any shop nearby would be able to make money as long as it is not particularly ridiculous! Under such circumstances, why dont you think Chen Kangtuo found me first? Do you think he would find someone else if Im not willing to pay and show off? If you dont understand, think about the shops in the food street. What happened to the shops that were unwilling to work with Tengda? I dont have to say much, right? Che Rong could not help but feel a little ashamed. Boss Li, youre right. My words are indeed not worth considering. How about this? Ill think about what model to make in the shop near Thriller Hostel. Ill try my best to make use of Tengda Games elements. Boss Li, Ill do whatever you say. Ill drink soup with Boss Li! Li Shi nodded in satisfaction. Yes, dont worry. Even though working with Boss Pei will only get you soup, Boss Peis projects are more nutritious than others! Since youre already on Tengdas boat with us now, you have to learn Tengdas business model and understand the rules of cooperation with Tengda. As long as you understand Tengda, you dont even need to study the market. You just have to follow behind Tengda. How simple is that! Che Rong nodded again, deeply convinced by Li Shis guidance. December 7th, Friday Guangzhou, Sun Strike Studios. Min Jingchao had just finished lunch and was about to enter his lunch break. After the establishment of Bullet Hole 2, the development had been very smooth. Min Jingchao, the chief designer, did not have to worry. Sun Strike Studios was a mature games company after all. They did not lack money or manpower. They also did not lack FPS development experience. Thus, everything went smoothly. Of course, the development of certain functions in Bullet Hole 2 had encountered some setbacks. That was because the designers of Sun Strike Studios were used to looking for similar finished games to borrow before making them. Now that they had a pure original plan, they would often be at a loss and caught off guard. However, under Min Jingchaos guidance, these small problems were quickly overcome. Sun Strike Studios designers also began to slowly get used to this design model that displayed their imagination to their fullest. They even took the initiative to suggest some modification for Min Jingchao to accept. Amongst them were some rather constructive good suggestions that greatly improved the details of the game. In addition, the entire project team had been sticking to Min Jingchaos principle of not working overtime. At first, many designers were not used to it. They were used to working in the afternoon until they forgot to knock off. Some employees made a mistake on the weekend. They came even though they did not have to work. Of course, had he really forgotten or was he afraid that Boss Zhou would bear a grudge and hence came to work? That was hard to say. At first, no one thought much of it. It was just one or two hours late, and they would work overtime on weekends. Compared to the high-intensity 996 development state previously, this was already considered a small matter! However, Min Jingchao attached great importance to this. He repeatedly requested everyone to follow the normal working hours and chase them out every day. He would not allow everyone to stay in the project team for a minute longer. Those who were too embarrassed to not come to work overtime saw Min Jingchaos persistence and that no one else was here. They gradually relaxed at home. The initial efficiency of development had indeed been reduced because of this. However, Min Jingchao resisted the pressure and was still determined not to let everyone work overtime. As for low efficiency of development postpone it, it was not a big deal. In the end, after a month, the development progress improved. It was quite magical. Until now, the development of Bullet Hole 2 had stabilized. It should be completed and released as scheduled. After eating, Min Jingchao felt sleepy for a while. He opened Bunny Tail Live-Stream on his cell phone and watched Teacher Qiaos live-stream today. For a work person like Min Jingchao, the one-hour limit did not matter at all. He had already hung up an hour of focus mode on his cell phone when he was working in the morning. Not only would it not delay anything, but it would also increase his work efficiency. Just like before, Teacher Qiao was at the bottom of the entire team. However, Min Jingchao was not concerned about Teacher Qiao at all. Instead, he was concerned about Suffering Travels! Many details of the Suffering Travels were clearly displayed in front of everyone with Teacher Qiaos live-stream. Even though he had produced promotional videos and documentaries on Suffering Travels before, it was still a level away from live-streaming. Seeing Teacher Qiao suffer, the live-stream room filled with happy bullet screen comments. However, Min Jingchao could not laugh at all. He only felt bitter. That was because Zhou Muyan had said that he would send everyone in the project team on Suffering Travels once the development of Bullet Hole 2 was complete! At that time, Min Jingchao would suffer the same fate as Teacher Qiao. Who would be able to laugh? Therefore, he had to save himself! Previously, Min Jingchao had already discussed with Sun Xi that as long as the price of the torturous trip was high enough, Zhou Muyan would definitely cancel this trip if he was distressed about the money. Or he would replace it with other plans. Anyways, he could go anywhere as long as he did not have to suffer. However, how could he make Bao Xu set the price very high such that Zhou Muyan would feel pain? He had to think of a suitable excuse. If he made it too obvious and Bao Xu saw through it, not only would he not be able to achieve his goal, but he might also lose his life. Min Jingchao worried about this every day apart from working. He had been worrying until today but still could not think of a good solution. Min Jingchao became more and more anxious seeing that the second Suffering Travels was about to be officially opened. I cant delay any longer. I have to think of a solution in the next two days! Hurry up and think about what extremely expensive business Tengda has. Think about the pricing standards. You might be able to get some inspiration. Min Jingchao ran through Tengdas current businesses and summarized the more expensive businesses, trying hard to find common points. From the looks of the current situation, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Fish-Catching Take-Out, Deposit Fitness, and other physical industries all met this standard. ROF Computer-Installation, Otto Technologies, and other digital products also met this standard. However, this was not brainlessly expensive. Instead, it was because a lot of additional value had been added. Take the Otto cell phone for example. The reason why the first-generation heirs were so expensive and people still bought it was because they had many Tengdas accompanying services. If all of these were taken into consideration, the cell phone would be quite worth it. It was the same for other industries. The price had gone up, but the service, quality, and experience had also increased. Therefore, it would definitely not work to force Bao Xu to increase the fees for Suffering Travels. He would be suspected. However, if we start from the side and explain the pricing rules to Bao Xu, suggesting that he add more supporting services in the Suffering Travels, it would be reasonable to increase the price. Yes, this way, we wont be exposed. After all, Bao Xu doesnt know that Zhou Muyan is arranging Suffering Travels for us. Min Jingchao quickly thought of an excuse. Soon, Teacher Qiaos training came to an end. It was lunchtime. The winning team could make their own roasted chicken while the losing team could only eat canned food and various compressed food. It might be full and nutritious but it was really not delicious! Needless to say, Teacher Qiao was from the failure team. He watched as the winning team roasted the chicken until it was sizzling. He could almost hear him swallowing his saliva through his cell phone. Awful, absolutely miserable! The bullet screen comments also showed their lunch. What skewers, fried chicken and milk tea made Qiao Liangs mentality collapse. He was so angry that he almost broadcasted it on the spot. Since it was already lunch break, it meant that Bao Xu had nothing else to do. Min Jingchao took a deep breath and thought about what he had prepared in his heart again. He wanted to finish everything in one go. In order not to suffer, he had to persuade Bao Xu to increase the price! Chapter 1353 - Brother Bao, We Have to Increase the Price! After thinking of an excuse, Min Jingchao called Bao Xu. Brother Bao, how have you been recently? Have you been busy? Min Jingchao asked carefully. Its alright. Im a little busy, but Im very fulfilled! Why, are you here to support my work? Bao Xu was obviously a little surprised on the other end of the line. That was because ever since he became the person-in-charge of Suffering Travels, these old friends were filled with fear for him. The number of times they contacted him on the phone plummeted. It was as if they were afraid that once they contacted him, they would remind Bao Xu and someone like him to be arranged for a new cycle of Suffering Travels. Bao Xu really felt wronged about this. The name list for the torturous trip was set by Boss Pei. I didnt participate at all! Of course, if Bao Xu were to decide on this list, he might be even more deranged. However, now, the blame was still Boss Peis. Min Jingchao had not contacted him since he went to Guangzhou. Thus, it was a little suspicious for him to call him now. Min Jingchao quickly said, Support your work? Oh, no, no, no. Brother Bao, youve misunderstood. No, actually, its not a misunderstanding. Its like this. My new colleague at Sun Strike Studios is more interested in Suffering Travels, so he asked me to ask you for some information. Min Jingchao could only make friends out of nothing in order not to attract trouble. However, this seemed more realistic. After all, Bao Xu knew very well that Min Jingchao must have been afraid of Suffering Travels. It would seem more reasonable if it was someone from Sun Strike Studios who did not know the inside story who was asking. This would help Min Jingchao to hide his true intentions. Bao Xu did not doubt him. Instead, he was very happy. Really? If you have any questions, ask them. Tell your new colleagues that the registration for Suffering Travels is going to be opened soon. Youre welcome to participate! Were all familiar faces. Its easy to negotiate. Ill definitely take good care of him once he arrives! Ahem ahem. Min Jingchao cleared his throat. He felt that Bao Xus personality had changed drastically after being completely tanned. He was completely different from before. Actually, they know a little about the daily training. However, they are most concerned about the price. What are the specific standards for this Suffering Travels? Bao Xu introduced, At the moment, theres a general charging plan within the Suffering Travels, but it has not been announced to the public. After the official release of the Suffering Travels, every episode will last two months. One month will be spent training in the base, and the other month will be spent traveling. The food and accommodation conditions must be very good. In addition, the air tickets and various travel expenses, the support of professional staff, and some hidden costs, such as the design and logistics support team of the scientific training plan At the moment, Suffering Travels is in China. Everyones charging standard is 35,000 yuan. This is the price after discussing the agreement price with the relevant merchants on the Suffering Travels and lowering the profits as much as possible. However, the places you go to for every torturous trip would be different. The price would definitely change. If you want to go overseas, the cost of air tickets, food, accommodation, and so on would all increase. The price would definitely increase accordingly. Suffering Travels also has a plan to establish an outdoor special training base. If it can be formed, this price should be lower. However, it is mostly floating around this price range. Min Jingchao fell into deep thought. Yes, 35,000 yuan How should he put this price? It was neither expensive nor expensive. The key was how to compare it. It was two months after all. Some European tours would cost about 30,000 yuan for two weeks. As for some attractions in China, according to the price of the tour group for five days, it would cost about 20,000 yuan to play for two months. There was no need to talk about those particularly scamming low-priced travel teams. They would more or less induce consumption. They were more scamming and the experience would definitely not be good. The food and accommodation conditions arranged by Tengda were definitely better. He had to consider the fees for training. After all, the private training session at the gym cost two to three hundred yuan an hour. Suffering travel also taught rock climbing and various outdoor survival skills. He could roughly confirm two points with the price of 35,000 yuan. First of all, Bao Xu definitely did not think about earning more money. The current price was purely not a loss, or not too much. Perhaps this was Boss Peis idea. Or perhaps Bao Xu himself wanted to attract more people to suffer by lowering the price and achieve his unspeakable goal. Secondly, the food and accommodation standards should be on a high-quality route. However, there would also be a certain price-quality ratio. They would not mindlessly arrange for places like five-star hotels. After all, it was a torturous trip. He still had to suffer. Bao Xu must have felt that he had to ensure that all the team members could rest well. However, he could not go overboard. That would go against the original intention of Suffering Travels. To Bao Xu, this was obviously a good price to pay. For those who were not interested in Suffering Travels at all, this price was not affordable. 35,000 yuan. Wouldnt it be better to go overseas to play? Why suffer in the sewers? Whats more, time was a very important factor. Which working adult could take two months off from a torturous trip? Those who had more time often had no money. It was even more difficult to accept the 35,000 yuan charge. Thus, when they saw the price, most netizens would definitely say that they were disturbing. Of course, Min Jingchao was definitely not looking at this price from the above. What he wanted to consider was if the price of 35,000 per person would hurt Zhou Muyan. Hmm it might hurt, but he might not be able to make Zhou Muyan give up. After all, once the project succeeded, Sun Strike Studios might distribute tens of thousands of yuan to everyone. Given Zhou Muyans attention to Suffering Travels, it would be a little difficult for him to change his mind with a price of 35,000 per person. Thus, he had to think of a way to bluff Bao Xu and raise the price! Min Jingchao had already thought of an excuse in advance. Brother Bao, I think oh, no, my colleagues think that this price is not good. It might dampen their enthusiasm to participate. Bao Xu was a little surprised. Huh? How can that be? This price is already very low. Lets not talk about anything else. Even if I went to a private rock climbing class, it would at least cost two hundred yuan, right? Even though it is one-on-one, I have a one-on-one situation. However, considering the various logistics and other expenses, its very difficult to reduce this price Min Jingchao quickly said, Brother Bao, listen to me. Im not saying that this is expensive, but its too cheap! Bao Xu: Huh? Min Jingchao explained, Brother Bao, what are the employees of Sun Strike Studios? The benefits and treatment are not as good as Tengda but the employees are not lacking in money either! If a project is completed, the monthly bonus would be tens of thousands. Two months is much more precious than thirty thousand yuan to them! Your 35,000 yuan is obviously not on either side. For people without money, they would be exhausted working hard every day. How could they have the leisure and money to suffer? For such people, they would not come even if you reduced it to 20,000 yuan. People with money would be willing to suffer for two months. Would there be a huge difference whether the price is 35,000 yuan or 50,000 yuan? The key is that you have to provide enough good service to them so that they feel that they have gained a lot in the past two months. The services you are providing now might look good to ordinary people, but to these people, it is probably not enough. When people hear that it would only cost 35,000 yuan in two months, they feel that it would definitely not be able to arrange any interesting special content. It would not be classy at all. They might as well fly to Europe to take a photo and post it on their WeChat moments. After a moment of silence, Bao Xu probed, So, you mean we have to increase the price? Min Jingchao nodded. Yes, we have to increase the price! And more! I think 50,000 yuan per person is more appropriate! Fifty thousand yuan was not a small figure. It was the salary of many working-class people for half a year. Whats more, after reaching 50,000 yuan, it was obviously different from ordinary travel and travel expenses. Zhou Muyan would definitely be able to afford it. However, in his opinion, the price-quality ratio would probably become very poor. It was just like how many people would feel when they were spending. It would be nice if they could reduce the price by 500 yuan for the same product. It would be bad if they increased the price by 500 yuan. Bao Xu pondered for a moment and said, However, the service we provide now should not be able to reach this level of 50,000 yuan. In other words, I have to upgrade the content of the service? For example, increasing suffering? Min Jingchao shuddered when he heard this. Good lord, did he even increase the sufferings? You must not let others know that I was the one who suggested this. Otherwise, Ill be finished! However, since he had already said that, Min Jingchao could only say, Think about it yourself. He did not want Bao Xu to upgrade the service. However, it did not make sense for the service not to be upgraded after the price was raised. Bao Xu was silent for a while more. Then, as if he had figured it out, he said happily, Thank you. This suggestion is very inspiring to me. I will seriously consider it! Help me thank your colleagues. When they come to participate in the Suffering Travels, I can give them a huge internal discount! Min Jingchao sniggered inwardly. My colleagues? Im sorry, they would not be going. When Zhou Muyan saw that the price was so expensive, he might choose other alternatives. At that time, everyone would be happy. The colleagues in the Bullet Hole 2 project team would happily bring their salaries and escape the fate of suffering. Alright, Brother Bao. Go back to work. Well talk later. Min Jingchao heaved a sigh of relief after hanging up. Now that he was halfway through, he had to look for Zhou Muyan to complete the other half. After the lunch break, Min Jingchao came to report the development progress to Zhou Muyan as usual. After reporting, Min Jingchao pretended to unintentionally mention Suffering Travels. Thats right, Boss Zhou. When I was chatting with Tengdas friends, I asked about the price of Suffering Travels. Zhou Muyan was originally looking at the proposal but he immediately looked up. Oh? How much? Min Jingchao said, Everyone should be above 50,000 yuan. Tsk Zhou Muyan frowned and sucked in a deep breath. 50,000 yuan per person? That would be too much. Zhou Muyan might be very satisfied with the contents of the Suffering Travels but did he have to spend so much money just to train rock climbing and survive in the wild? If he were to organize his own employees to travel, that would be much better. Zhou Muyan frowned and said, Its a little expensive. I think its acceptable if the price is about 30,000 yuan. How about you discuss with Sun Xi and we change our plan? Min Jingchao was overjoyed, but he could not make it too obvious. He tried hard to remain calm. Yes, of course, we have no problem. Well listen to your arrangements, Boss Zhou. Zhou Muyan said, Alright, Ill get someone to check on the other alternatives. Whether its paid travel or paid leave, Ill think about it again. Whats more, Suffering Travels is not in a hurry to deny it. The price is not out yet. Of course, I can trust you with your news. However, the price has not been set yet. There might be changes. Min Jingchao could not help but snicker inwardly. The price would indeed change, but Bao Xu had obviously been deceived by him. Even if the change happened, it would only be higher and not lower. Alright, the escape from Suffering Travels has been a huge success so far! Chapter 1354 - The Additional Value Of Suffering Travels After hanging up, Bao Xu fell into deep thought. He had to say that Min Jingchaos words made sense. The current business model of Suffering Travels was not very mature. It was not related to either side. Perhaps the first two episodes were mainly Tengdas internal employees. At most, they would add a few free slots from the lucky draw. Thus, Bao Xu lost his sensitivity in this aspect. Whats more, ever since the establishment of the Suffering Travels, Bao Xus main energy had been placed on daily training and the various details when he was traveling. He had been thinking about how to bring everyone a better suffering experience all day. Thus, he had not considered the business model. Bao Xu had already tried his best to minimize the price of 35,000 yuan per person. However, that was not a good price. For ordinary people, they basically did not have the need to suffer. This sum of money could make them very happy no matter whether they signed up for a travel team or were free to travel. There was no need to suffer at all. Time was even more precious to rich people. There was not much difference between 30,000 yuan and 50,000 yuan in the face of two months of travel. The key was whether Suffering Travels could provide them with a unique experience. This was just like the pricing of Ottos cell phone back then. The cost of a cell phone filled with materials was there. If the price was normal, the poor would not be able to afford it and the rich would not take a liking to it. That would be awkward. At that time, Chang You added a lot of additional value to Ottos cell phone under Boss Peis guidance. That was how he successfully completed the job. If Suffering Travels wanted to succeed, it had to replicate this model. Bao Xus primary goal might not be to earn money but he did not want to lose money on purpose. If Suffering Travels failed badly, there would only be fewer and fewer people participating. If there was a shortage of traffic, wouldnt the source of happiness be gone? Conversely, if Suffering Travels became popular, they could buy more training bases and continue to expand. In the future, they would not only accept 20 people, but also 100, 200, or even more. Their business could also be all over the country and all over the world. Wouldnt that be double the happiness? Of course, it was still too early to think about those things. In any case, as long as Suffering Travels could become popular and obtain enough attention and fame, he would not have to worry about earning money at all. Thus, Bao Xu had to think about this business model. The key now was to think of a problem: What was irreplaceable about Suffering Travels? Apart from the label of suffering, could he dig out something more valuable from it? Bao Xu had proposed creating Suffering Travels back then with a very simple goal: to arrange for the people in charge of Tengdas various departments. However, Boss Pei strongly supported and praised this. Then, Boss Peis goal would obviously not be as simple as Bao Xus. In other words, since Boss Pei had agreed, it meant that the idea of Suffering Travels had a possibility of success in business. However, Bao Xu had been blinded by hatred and had not seen this possibility for the time being. According to Ottos experience with cell phones, more value should be added to Suffering Travels. What additional value should I add? Hmm Past experience tells me that we can only rely on teamwork when we encounter problems. Bao Xu quickly found the direction. Otto Technologies was also poor in the beginning. It did not have many resources. However, as long as it was linked to Tengdas other industries, it would obtain many additional values. It would be significantly different from other cell phone brands. Suffering travel should obviously take this route. Increase the price of 35,000 yuan per person to 50,000 yuan. Then, through linkage with other industries, Suffering Travels would obtain additional content that was different from other tours. Thus, it would be irreplaceable among consumers with better economic status. He would first establish a brand at a high price, then gradually lower the price and expand the user group. This was a method that many brands had used before. It was very effective. Of course, not everyone could play this method. After all, if they wanted to enter the high-end market from the beginning, they would need rich funds, strong marketing and publicity ability, and unique resources. Tengda Corporation happened to have all of these! He had the backing of a huge tree like Tengda Corporation. He had such good resources but did not know how to make use of them. How stupid was he to think of relying on his own department to fight alone? Bao Xu carefully went through all of Tengdas businesses. Suffering Travels should be a very glorious thing. Those who can complete Suffering Travels are all people with strong will, can suffer, and can fight. Just like society should have many preferential policies for soldiers, those who complete Suffering Travels should also obtain special treatment in Tengdas various industries. Whats more, this kind of benefits and treatment should be differentiated from the benefits at Ottos cell phone. It cannot be repeated. Otherwise, it would not show the value of Suffering Travels. Ottos cell phones special treatment is mainly for various benefits. Internet cafes, take-out discounts, and movie tickets. Then the benefits of Suffering Travels should give him preferential treatment in terms of identity. Others should be able to tell at a glance that this person has participated in Suffering Travels! Bao Xu had a general idea very quickly. First of all, in places like Tengda Games, TPDb website, and useful APP accounts that used Tengda accounts to log in, those who had participated in Suffering Travels would obtain a special title: ascetics. This title was very precious. Only people who had participated in Suffering Travels could obtain it. Whats more, there was detailed information. It would highlight which Suffering Travels they had participated in and the final results. Secondly, after the Suffering Travels ended, everyone would be able to obtain a custom-made commemorative stamp. It would be huge and beautiful. Coupled with a certificate, it would be very valuable as a collection. Third, the ascetics would also obtain special treatment in Tengdas other surrounding industries. For example, ascetics would tacitly obtain the preemptive experience rights for all new games in Tengda; He would obtain priority experience in entertainment places like Thriller Hostel, which was similar to fast passageways for Fast Pass. Customers with the identity of ascetic would be specially taken care of in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Fish-Catching Take-Out, Deposit Fitness, and other related industries. They would obtain true VVIP treatment. He could bypass restrictions in certain places. For example, he could not be restricted by the one-hour learning mode when using Bunny Tail Live-Stream. After all, they had even survived the hellish difficulty of Suffering Travels. It was reasonable to enjoy preferential treatment. If youre not convinced, come and participate in the Suffering Travels! As long as you participate, you will receive these preferential treatments. The difference with the benefits of Ottos cell phone was that the benefits of Ottos cell phone were mainly discounts and were economic. The benefits of Suffering Travels was a special identity that could not be bought with money. Finally, Bao Xu felt that he should strengthen the agreement between the ascetics group. Whether it was building groups, keeping each others contact details, or the official regular gatherings, he had to make the ascetics in the same period feel like comrades. That way, the ascetics in the different stages could also get closer to each other. If two members of Suffering Travels met one day, they might have the following conversation. Eh, youre an ascetic too? Which Suffering Travels did you participate in? Im on episode 19. How about you? Im on episode 27, Senior! Nice to meet you! I wouldnt dare to, I wouldnt dare to. Sigh, only outstanding members can get this medal. Youre still the best. If he could do that, Suffering Travels would have unique value. Whats more, after the price increased, the various benefits of Suffering Travels could also be improved. That included food, accommodation, training, event location selection, equipment purchased, souvenirs released after the end, and so on. They could be fully updated and improved. At the very least, customers would not feel like they were degrading at all after participating in Suffering Travels. They would even feel like they were high-class. That would work. The more Bao Xu thought about it, the more he felt that it made sense. A plan quickly formed in his heart. Of course, if he wanted to obtain these benefits, he still had to communicate with the heads of the various departments to obtain support and cooperation from them. Bao Xu was very confident about this. Who would dare to not cooperate? They would be pulled into a torturous travel experience on the spot! Hehe, it was not appropriate to say that. It seemed like a torturous trip was a special organization. However, no matter what, Suffering Travels had a lot of say in Tengda Corporation. Ordinary person-in-charge did not dare to reject Bao Xus request. Otherwise, what if Bao Xu arranged for all the department members to suffer? Whats more, the better the development of Suffering Travels, the more tourists they would absorb from the outside world. Then, the people inside Tengda would be relatively safer. What if he could not recruit anyone from outside on the Suffering Travels? Wouldnt he only be able to increase his efforts to arrange for someone from Tengda? That was something that all the department heads did not want to see. Therefore, this plan should be fully cooperated by the other departments. Of course, Bao Xu did not forget Min Jingchao and his colleagues at Sun Strike Studios. Wouldnt it be a huge contribution to make such a constructive suggestion and completely improve the business model of Suffering Travels? How should he repay him? Yes, since Min Jingchao said that a few colleagues from Sun Strike Studios were interested in Suffering Travels, he would contact Zhou Muyan someday and tell him that he could give Sun Strike Studios an internal discount. It would definitely not be appropriate if the discount was too little. It would not look bright. He would give a 50% discount directly. The price would change from 50,000 to 25,000 yuan. It was just right. Bao Xu immediately stood up excitedly and went to the lounge to change the plan with his laptop. The original plan was to announce the registration price for Suffering Travels to outsiders in the near future. The announcement had already been written, but they had to make urgent changes now. However, it was not a big problem. There was still more than a month to the next episode after all. They could change the announcement first and release the announcement next week. Everyone could sign up first. They could arrange the linkage activities of the other departments within a month! Chapter 1355 - Let’s Choose The Splitting Model December 10th, Monday The door of Tengda Corporations Presidents office was still open. Meng Chang and Huang Sibo were waiting in the lounge next to them. Eh, why is Boss Pei here so late today? Doesnt he always come on Monday? I dont know. Perhaps he has other work to do? Yes, hows your publicity plan going? Its alright. We have general ideas. Have you decided which website Successor will be on? Not yet. A few websites are fighting for it, and offering different prices. Thats why Im asking Boss Pei for advice. Both of them started chatting as they felt bored. After some consideration, Meng Chang had already decided to choose Successor for publicity. This also meant that he would spend most of his publicity resources on the Successor project. After some consideration, he had a rough idea of the publicity plan. However, he still had to ask Boss Pei to check if it was feasible. As for Huang Sibo, he had already contacted a few local video platforms. Needless to say, several video platforms, including the Aili Island website, showed strong interest in Successor and offered high prices. Of course, Huang Sibo knew very well that this was probably not because he thought highly of the content of Successor, but purely out of respect for Fei Huang Workspaces previous results. Ever since Fei Huang Workspace was established, they have starred in short videos, documentaries, and movies. All of them had been successful. Even documentaries that were not very profitable had caused a heated response online. They did not make money, but their reputation had improved. This time, Fei Huang Workspace had gone astray again. They had invested so much money in the United States to film an online drama in the country. This behavior itself seemed a little unreliable, but these video websites were still willing to spend money to buy this episode considering the miracles that Fei Huang Workspace had repeatedly created. Of course, he had to pay a high price for the exclusive broadcast. He had to consider the details of the cooperation carefully if he wanted to buy the series and how much platform resources he could give as publicity. Different platforms gave different conditions. Huang Sibo could not make up his mind, so he still came to ask Boss Pei. However, Boss Pei, who should have appeared in the office on time this morning, did not come. The two of them could only wait and chat. In any case, the two of them were in charge of the Successor project at the end of the day. They had to work closely together, so it was necessary to share a lot of information. Meng Chang asked Huang Sibo about the conditions offered by various live-stream platforms in detail and fell into deep thought. I think Boss Pei will probably still choose to work with us on Aili Island. Huang Sibo was stunned for a moment. Oh? Is that so? However, compared to the bids from other video websites, I dont think I have an obvious advantage. Are you saying that we should focus on the number of users and the level of activity on Aili Island? Meng Chang shook his head. Thats only one aspect. I think Boss Pei cares more about the environment and atmosphere of Aili Island. This is a more mystical thing, but the audience of every video website is different, and their habits are different. Different user groups would also have different comments on the same series. This kind of evaluation would affect the impression of the people who came later on. Successor is more suitable for the style of Eric Island, and it is more compatible with my publicity plan. As for the price thats not a problem. Boss Pei will definitely not accept a fixed price. Instead, he will probably adopt a split mode that is linked to the number of views and ratings. Huang Sibo looked worried. That might be the case but Im a little worried. Now, the fixed-rate contracts offered by various video websites are very high. It is enough to cover our filming costs. It is indeed a safer choice. However, if we use the splitting mode, wouldnt it be a loss if we make a small loss? Its fine if Successor is a very serious commercial film. The key is that it is a very special niche film. The probability of such a commercial failure is not low. Meng Chang said, Its not Boss Pei whos afraid of losing money. Wasnt Boss Pei very satisfied with the sample last week? Its enough to show that hes very satisfied with this show. Huang Sibo nodded. That makes sense. By the way, what is your publicity plan? Meng Chang took out his plan. The plan this time will be slightly different from before, but the core will still be the same. Its just Before he could finish speaking, he saw Boss Pei walk past the lounge and into his office. Meng Chang and Huang Sibo quickly kept their respective plans and prepared to report to Boss Pei. Huang Sibo was confused. Why do I feel like Boss Pei doesnt look too good today? Did something happen to one of his businesses? Meng Chang thought for a moment. That might not be the case. He might be thinking about a long-term plan and estimating the worst-case scenario in advance. Thats why he displayed it on his face. Er you first? Huang Sibo shook his head. You go first. Meng Chang: Lets set up a website for Successor first. That way, we can roughly guess Boss Peis publicity intentions. Then, I can make some minor adjustments to the publicity plan. Huang Sibo thought about it and felt that it was right so he did not decline. Alright, Ill do it as soon as possible. At the same time, Pei Qian was sulking in his office. Why were Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation so disappointing?! Last weekend, Pei Qian continued watching competitions at home. In the end, he was filled with anger. It had been more than a week since the quarterfinals. Why was there still no movement from Finger Games? They had not done anything! Previously, GOG had cooperated with Bunny Tail Live-Stream to launch the viewing function of PC and cell phone clients. It had simply received good reviews. As a result, the relevant discussions and analysis of GOGs competition on various forums and video websites had skyrocketed. It had squeezed the popularity of IOIs international competition to the point that it could not be seen. There were many players in GOG to begin with, and there was a lot of attention. In addition, this viewing function had exploded with many microbiologists from the audience. All of them were watching the competition with magnifying glasses, causing the discussion to explode. If this function had been released for a few months, everyones popularity might have decreased. However, it had only been released for a short while. Players were still playing happily. Even foreign countries were falling, much less domestically. In the end, IOI did not do anything despite facing so much pressure. It was ridiculous! Of course, it would not be objective to say that they did not do anything. They still spent some publicity funds, but they did not produce any results. The only thing worth praising was to market FV Club. They successfully put on a the other clubs in the world surrounded FV Demon King posture and barely managed to retain some popularity. However, the problem was that GOGs confrontation was not bad either! Last week was the top eight, and last week was the top four. GOG had five foreign teams in the top eight, and there were two foreign teams in the top four. In the end, the two domestic teams from GPL stood out and entered the finals. However, foreign teams had also maxed out in the top eight and top four competitions. This was especially so in the semifinals. These two foreign teams also worked hard and used some tactics. One team won a small game, and the other team almost won two rounds. That was because as GOG became more popular overseas, the clubs placed more emphasis on GOGs branches. The establishment of the league system allowed these foreign teams to gradually catch up. GPL teams no longer had such a huge lead. These teams had also contributed very exciting competitions to foreign audiences. Whats more, they could be said to be honored even though they had lost. The discussion for the top eight and top four competitions was also full. On the other hand, on IOIs side, FV Team made it into the top four without any mishaps and entered the finals. The process was a little bumpy and was no longer as crushing as last year. However, on the whole, it could be seen that FV Team was still very strong even though they had been weakened by Finger Games. While it was a very good suspense as to whether FV Team could win the championship or not, this topic was nothing much compared to GOGs topic. There was no qualitative change. Coupled with the influence of the viewing model, IOIs popularity was rather worrying. Pei Qian stayed up late at night to watch IOIs competition and surfed the forum. The more he read, the angrier he became. That was because no one was discussing IOI at all. Even if they were discussing whether FV Team could win the championship. How could he not be angry! Many IOI viewers were still looking forward to the finals, hoping that it would be more popular. After all, IOI was an external platform, and GOG was an internal battle. However, the problem was that the popularity of the top eight and top four competitions had been crushed. Was it possible to suddenly surpass them in the finals? The more Pei Qian thought about it, the angrier he became. In the end, he could not get up this morning and came an hour late. Just as he was sulking, he heard a knock on the door. Pei Qian looked up and saw Huang Sibo. Boss Pei, Ive spoken to a few video platforms. They are very interested in Successor. This is the initial price that I have discussed with them. Please take a look. Pei Qian frowned subconsciously when he saw the prices of the various platforms on the plan. What did very interested mean? Why are you so interested in such a series? Why are you spending so much on exclusive broadcasting? Dont you have your own aesthetic pursuits? Dont you have the most basic judgment of the quality of the series? Ridiculous! Dont mindlessly buy it just because you saw Fei Huang Workspaces brand! I cant help you if you want to do this. Dont blame me for losing money! There were some websites that Pei Qian had not visited in the past two years, such as Potato Web. Ever since the rise of the Aili Island website, Potato Web had been going down the original route. It had not removed the advertisements at the beginning of the video. Thus, Pei Qian rarely visited it. Although he could advertise as a member, Pei Qian would rather spend money on a member of the Aili Island website than a member of Potato Web. One was voluntary while the other was forced. There was a fundamental difference in nature! I can give you money, but I dont want to. You cant snatch it. At first, Pei Qian thought that Potato Web was out of stock. However, when he saw the price, he realized that it was not out of stock. Instead, it was still alive and well. Obviously, the advertising fee was very profitable. Pei Qian flipped through it casually and said, Lets work with Aili Island. However We have to change this specific cooperation model. Dont buy it out. We have to calculate money based on the number of views, bullet screen comments, ratings, and other data of the series. Since video websites offered similar prices and they would be scolded no matter where they went, Pei Qian decided to choose Aili Island. However, he definitely could not buy it out because it would mean that he would be able to recover his capital. How could he do that? In any case, once this drama was released, he would probably be scolded badly. It was hard to say if there would be many bullet screen comments. After all, even if they were scolded, there would be more bullet screen comments. However, the number of views and ratings would definitely not be good. The audience for the first three episodes were so disgusted that they would definitely not continue watching. The probability of a sudden reversal in ratings was also negligible. The ratings of most series would only gradually decrease. There were too few cases of such a reversal from low ratings to high ratings. Based on this, he could incur losses! After all, very few readers came to watch Successor. Most of them were netizens who did not know the plot at all. The plot of Successor was definitely worth scolding and there were many criticisms for it. Huang Sibo was a little surprised. Eh, Meng Chang guessed everything correctly? It was no wonder that he felt that Boss Pei was paying more attention to Meng Chang recently. Meng Chang was indeed something! Chapter 1356 - The Worst Superhero’s Publicity Plan As for the details of the share of profits, you can talk to the Aili Island website. We often work together. Its alright to give them some benefits. Pei Qian handed the proposal back after he finished speaking. He wanted to give as much profit to Aili Island as possible, but he could not say it too obviously. He could only do it this way. He would earn less anyway. There was not much difference in how they split the profits. The key was still the performance of Successor after it was released. Huang Sibo took the proposal. Thats right, Boss Pei. Theres something else. The filming of Successor s subsequent episodes is also going very smoothly. We think that we will broadcast one episode a week, one live-stream until the end of next month, and finish all 12 episodes. There shouldnt be a problem with this progress, right? Pei Qian looked at the calendar on his computer. At the rate that one episode per week was going, it would indeed be broadcasted at the end of January and the beginning of February. Can you increase the pace? Pei Qian asked. He looked at the time. If the entire episode was to be broadcasted for nearly two months, the popularity would actually continue. Many popular movies and dramas were released this week and next week. That way, live-streaming for a month would maintain the discussion online. Otherwise, if everyone only discussed the ending after the video was released, the popularity would quickly pass. However, when it came to Successor, Pei Qian definitely hoped to do the opposite. The longer he delayed, the easier it would be for the situation to change. It would be best if he could release the entire episode at once. Then, the audience would watch it all in one breath. Then, they would gather and curse it. Then, they would be done. Huang Sibo looked pained. Erm we can shorten it to two episodes a week at the very most. We can release the last two episodes at the same time and finish them in about a month. Until about January 12th. However, this would not be good for accumulating popularity. It might feed the audience too much at once. After all, the content of each episode is nearly an hour Pei Qian raised his hand. Its alright! I think the timing is quite good! Its decided then. Well broadcast two episodes a week. Well finish them on January 12th. If it was short, the publicity would not be able to achieve a good effect. Whats more, it would be difficult for netizens discussions to accumulate popularity. It felt like a good choice. Huang Sibo was a little confused. Er Boss Pei, are you saying that something might happen during the period around January 12th, which would help the popularity of Successor? Why else would you be in such a hurry? Pei Qian: Who asked you to understand it this way! However, on further thought, Huang Sibo could only understand it this way. After all, no matter how he thought about it, there was no reason for him to finish the entire series so quickly. Pei Qian could only say noncommittally, Well it might be useful or it might not be. You dont have to have any expectations, but it doesnt matter if you try your luck. Huang Sibo nodded immediately. Understood! Thats settled then. Ill talk to the Aili Island website about the details of the cooperation now. Huang Sibo left Boss Peis office and followed Meng Chang, who was waiting in the lounge. When he saw Meng Chang, Huang Sibo said in a low voice, Youre right. Boss Pei chose Aili Islands website. Whats more, he requested for us to change the fixed-rate contract to a royalty contract. Meng Chang nodded slightly and could not help but smile. Alright, this meant that he understood Boss Peis intentions. Then, the publicity plan for Successor would probably meet Boss Peis requirements. The chances of success would greatly increase! Huang Sibo left quickly, preparing to return to Fei Huang Workspace to continue discussing the details of the cooperation with the employees of Eric Island. Boss Pei might have finalized the plan for splitting the profits, but he still had to study carefully how much and how to calculate each type of data. He had to consider carefully what kind of viewership and ratings Successor had reached. It would be able to make up for the fixed-rate contract. However, overall, if this series could be more successful, the income would definitely be higher than the fixed-rate contract. After all, if it was a fixed-rate contract, the ones taking the risk would be the Aili Island website. If it was a royalty contract, Fei Huang Workspace would be the one taking the risk. It was natural for the party who took more risk to obtain some compensation. Meng Chang came to Boss Peis office, knocked, and entered. Boss Pei, this is the initial publicity plan I made for Successor. Meng Chang handed the plan over. Boss Pei, please take a look and give me some suggestions. Pei Qian took it with satisfaction. Meng Chang was doing well. He was getting better and better. Previously, Meng Chang had always hidden the publicity plan and tried everything not to let Pei Qian know. After the plan failed, he still felt that Pei Qian was targeting him. That was quite sad. However, now that Meng Chang had taken the initiative to bring the plan over and was listening intently to his opinions, this was an improvement! Pei Qian was very satisfied with this. He felt that Meng Chang was different from others. He could entrust him with important tasks. Meng Chang was very happy to see Boss Peis satisfied expression. He also realized that his previous approach was wrong. That was because Boss Pei looked at his plan only to see how much he had grasped the Pei familys publicity method. He had good intentions. If he took the initiative to show Boss Pei the plan, he might be able to learn more useful things. Pei Qian briefly looked through the plan. Meng Changs plan could be said to be quite simple and crude. It could even be said to be a little rough. The theme of his publicity was The ugliest superhero! There would be many ugly photos and deflated scenes of the protagonist Phil in the publicity material. They would also publicize this series with the alternative superhero theme. In addition, there were also some seemingly unrelated and even contradicting slogans as cooperation such as real superhero movies, deconstructing the essence of superheroes. Apart from that, there was no lack of promotional videos. In fact, when they were editing the main video, Fei Huang Workspace had also edited the promotional video. However, since they did not know the specific effect, they had edited several versions. Meng Chang specially chose a promotional video that was edited with Phils plot as the main camera. The first half was the scene of Phil being defeated and showing his ugly state vividly. The second half was the scene of Phil seizing power through various dirty methods. All in all, these were not serious scenes. There was no special publicity method. It was the same as before. He was spending money roughly to pile up materials. Pei Qian could not help but nod after reading this plan. Alright, as expected of Meng Chang. This plan was still very reliable! If he were to pile up publicity materials roughly, he could obtain a bad publicity effect on the premise that he would spend more money. It would help the audience to feel disgusted and disgusted by the protagonist if he were to show Phils ugly state completely. His first impression would dissuade many viewers. These contradictory slogans could also achieve the effect of the title to a certain extent. Some viewers would deviate from the estimates of the contents of the series. They would be fooled after seeing the first three episodes and would be criticized on the spot. However, to Pei Qian, there were some imperfections in this plan. The overall idea of the plan is right. However, I have a question. Original Superhero movies and deconstructing the essence of superheroes are two completely opposite slogans. The former hinted that this is an authentic superhero movie that can deceive the audience. The latter hinted that this is a movie against superheroes. Why use such a contradictory method to promote it? We can also consider advertising in the opposite direction and mislead the audience. Meng Chang was not nervous when he heard Boss Peis question. Instead, he was very happy. Alright, it looks like Boss Pei is going to test my results! This was just like how many teachers would find that there was a lack of a verification process in a certain segment after receiving the students homework. They would directly give the results. At that time, they would ask how the results were derived. They would test if the students really grasped this knowledge or if they planned to muddle over. Boss Pei was obviously doing something similar now. Meng Chang answered confidently, Boss Pei, arent you referring to the publicity method used in Struggle back then? Actually, I thought about it at the beginning. In other words, the content that was completely misplaced at the beginning of the publicity would mislead the audience or players. That way, after they understand the real situation, they would be fooled and would completely lower their evaluation in the beginning. However, after some detailed analysis, I realized that the current situation of Successor is different from Struggle. It cannot be used in this way. Thats because Struggle was highly confidential before it was released. Players knew nothing about the games content, so they could muddle over. However, the original novel of Struggle was hung on Zhongdian Chinese Network. Many old readers had read it. It was impossible to deceive everyone. If we do this forcefully, it might make the audience realize the problem and stimulate their reverse psychology, causing the results of the initial publicity to be opposite of what we expected. In other words, if Meng Chang purely used this is a real superhero movie to advertise, he would definitely be exposed by the old readers of Successor. There would be some unpredictable consequences. Using two different methods to promote the movie would have a very confusing effect, making it difficult for the new audience to grasp the essence of the movie. After all, not everyone had the patience to finish a novel that did not look good. Pei Qian nodded, very satisfied with Meng Changs answer. Meng Chang considered using Struggles publicity method. This was an improvement. Struggle might have succeeded in the end but the publicity method of Struggle still attracted many bad reviews. On the other hand, Meng Chang could see the shortcomings of this publicity method and did not use it forcefully. Instead, he combined his own understanding to give a new plan. That was something worth praising. The method that Meng Chang was using now was essentially the same as Struggle. He was using the wrong publicity direction to build a false expectation for the audience. Once this expectation fell through, they would angrily give bad reviews. However, his method was more subtle than Struggle. It was harder to guard against and would not be easily exposed. Chapter 1357 - Custom-Made For Qiao Liang’s’ Second Entry ‘ If it was as Meng Chang said, the different groups would definitely fight after Successor was released. When people read the publicity content, they often picked what they were interested in. The promotional process of many movies was a little like stitched up monsters. It was to attract as many viewers who liked different topics as possible. However, he would often be scolded badly. Take Successor for example. Through this publicity method, viewers who liked superheroes would come to watch. They might not have heard of the original version at all and think that Successor was a normal superhero movie. Those who had some understanding of the content of Successor would come back to watch it. It would be another different kind of anticipation. This inevitably caused a polarized evaluation. These two types of people would definitely react differently after watching the first three episodes. Some people might curse and even argue with each other. At that time, some people would inevitably give low ratings in revenge. That would achieve the goal of someone being deceived by the publicity content even though they already had the original. Those who gave bad reviews watched the first three episodes or ran away after the first episode. Not only would they not generate much views, but they would also lower their ratings. Wouldnt that be perfect? Pei Qian nodded and handed the plan back. Alright, lets follow this plan. It might not be perfect but reverse publicity was very difficult. Pei Qian had done so much reverse publicity and failed many times. Now, he was quite satisfied with this plan. Meng Chang took the proposal with both hands and was very happy. Alright, the plan was recognized by Boss Pei! This meant that there was no problem with his understanding of the Pei familys publicity method. Of course, he only wrote half of his plan. He did not write how to reverse the popularity of the publicity. On one hand, it was because Boss Pei would definitely be able to guess the second half after seeing the first half. There was no need to do anything unnecessary. On the other hand, it was also because the second half of the plan had not been completely confirmed. In fact, he had to wait for the publicity plan to be released. He had to see the actual feedback of the audience and make some minor adjustments to the subsequent operations. No matter what, Meng Chang felt that his improvement was obvious. It was indeed very difficult to work in Tengda to pay off your debts, but what if he changed his mind? He owed Boss Pei money, and Boss Pei had to teach him real skills. Wouldnt that be a killing? The one who owed money was the boss! Meng Chang happily advanced with the plan. Pei Qian briefly looked at the work reports from the various departments after watching Meng Chang leave. There were too many departments now, and there were more and more of them. Thus, even though Pei Qian emphasized that these departments should be as simple as possible when writing work reports, the volume of the report would inevitably become longer. Pei Qian felt light-headed. After going through it briefly, he could not wait to watch more dramas on Aili Island. After having lunch, he took a nap. After drinking a cup of coffee to refresh himself, he browsed the forum and read everyones discussion about GOG and IOI World Competition. Pei Qian glanced at the time. It was almost three. It seemed a little early to knock off early after finishing a day of hard work. What should he do then? He suddenly remembered that he had not seen the source of happiness today. Thus, he quickly opened Bunny Tail Live-Stream and began to watch Teacher Qiaos live-stream. He had already ended the focus mode when he slept in the afternoon, so he could watch it directly now. Pei Qian could not help but feel a long-absent joy when he saw Teacher Qiao still at the bottom of the second episode no matter how hard he tried. Ah, Old Qiao is really my source of joy! What else in the world could make me happier to see Teacher Qiao suffer? No, definitely not! Its a pity that this will only happen once. What if I want to reminisce about this joy in the future? I cant watch the recording, right? That would be too boring. Pei Qian knew very well that Qiao Liang had come this time mainly because the lucky draw that he had rigged had won him. There were so many people watching, and he had no choice but to come under everyones gaze. Whats more, Qiao Liang had obviously underestimated the level of suffering here. I cant lie to him next time. Firstly, the lucky draw method could only be used once. It would be a scam if he drew Qiao Liang next time. It would be too fake. Secondly, Qiao Liang had already experienced the Suffering Travels. Even if he drew it the next time, he could legitimately say that he had already experienced it and give the opportunity to others. All in all, this should be Qiao Liangs first performance in his Suffering Travels. It would also be his last performance. Cherish it! After watching for a while, Pei Qian felt a little strange. Eh, why dont I see Bao Xu today? Sa Ziran is training this group of people. Could Bao Xu be addicted to games and playing games? Just as he was feeling puzzled, he heard a knock on the door. Pei Qian looked up. It was Bao Xu! Why are you here? Pei Qian was a little surprised. No wonder he did not see Bao Xu. He had come looking for him. Bao Xu handed him a plan. Boss Pei, this is the new plan I made for the Suffering Travels. Its mainly to increase the price from 35,000 to 50,000 yuan. At the same time, I added some additional content. Additional content? Pei Qian took the proposal and quickly scanned it. This Pei Qian frowned, not knowing if these measures were good or bad. The price had indeed increased a lot, from 35,000 to 50,000 yuan. It should be able to better dissuade those who came to participate with their own expenses. However, the problem was that the benefits were too much! He had the title of an ascetic and could obtain special preferential treatment wherever he went. That was very attractive to many hardcore fans of Tengda. Pei Qian had wanted to reject him, but he suddenly had an idea when he saw Qiao Liang suffering in the live-stream. Eh, with this rule, wouldnt Qiao Liang be able to take the initiative to repeatedly Suffering Travels? Given Qiao Liangs character, he would definitely not be willing to be the last. If not for Bao Xus plan, Qiao Liangs ranking would not have mattered. However, after implementing this plan, Qiao Liang would probably have come to the farm for a ranking! Then, he would be able to see Qiao Liang suffer every one or two months. That would be too happy! It would be worth it to make some money in order to obtain this joy! Whats more, Pei Qians notebook had many people other than companies like Li Shi and Lin Chang. The lucky draw could not draw them. However, once Bao Xus identity as an ascetic was widely recognized, he might be able to lure them in. They would be able to cheat their way in the second time since they would want to be ranked. Thinking about it this way, this plan still had some merits. At the very least, it would be easier to lure people outside and increase the price legitimately! At that thought, Pei Qian nodded slightly. Yes thats a good attempt. However, theres a problem. These benefits need the cooperation of the various departments. Have they agreed? Bao Xu nodded. I agreed! I sent this plan to all the relevant department groups this morning. They replied to me very quickly. They completely agreed and cooperated fully! Pei Qian: Good lord, Boss Bao, your authority is not small. Once a plan was sent, everyone would cooperate fully. They would look very afraid of you. However, that was not a big problem. As long as Bao Xu was committed to making everyone suffer, he would be his right-hand man. It did not matter if he had more power. Whats more, Pei Qian was the one who had the right to decide on Suffering Travels. After some consideration, Pei Qian said, The entire plan is OK, but theres a small problem that needs to be modified. Its just that there are too many benefits for the ascetics now. I think the reward of the ascetics should be more focused on identity recognition than direct benefits. In my opinion, the titles, records, commemorations, certificates, and communication between ascetics should all be fine. However, we should make some changes to the benefits: Firstly, if we cant participate in one Suffering Travels, the benefits would be maximized. There should be a process of upgrading. Of course, this level cannot be set too high. The maximum would be after participating in three Suffering Travels. The experience of participating in the Suffering Travels would be greatly reduced after that. Secondly, these benefits have to be greatly nerfed. For example, directly skipping the one hour limit for Bunny Tail Live-Stream would be a little lacking in flexibility. I think it would be alright to send some time-free vouchers to the ascetics regularly. Some would take a few minutes, some would take half an hour. We can make some flexibility based on the ascetics level. Also, you can also consider giving these benefits to core users to a limited extent within the industry so that users can obtain these benefits at once apart from becoming ascetics. They can also obtain them through limited channels within these industries. There are also special VIP treatments for ascetics in industries like Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and take-out. We can do this, but dont write it in the announcement. Dont let everyone participate in Suffering Travels because of this. That would be a little different. Suffering travel should emphasize an internal sublimation of the spirit. It should not have so much utilitarianism. Everything that Pei Qian had done was tailor-made for Qiao Liang. Qiao Liang was more concerned about the title. As for the benefits, they were definitely not that important to him. Since that was the case, he would do his best to hack and hide so that the ignorant passers-by would not be tempted. He would accurately attack people like Qiao Liang and let them come a few more times. It was quite good. Bao Xu hesitated for a moment. But Boss Pei, that way, Suffering Travels would be much less attractive to everyone. It would be a pity if not many people suffer Pei Qian smiled. Its alright. Havent you arranged enough people in Tengda? Whats more, the capacity of Suffering Travels is limited now. If you attract so many people at once, they would have to queue slowly. You might as well dissuade a portion of them. If you lack people in the future, you can think of other ways. Bao Xu pondered for a moment and nodded slightly. Yes thats right. Ill make arrangements now. Ill try to make an announcement today and officially sign up tomorrow. Other departments had to agree to add benefits, but there was no need to cut benefits. Thus, it was very convenient to build it. Pei Qian nodded. Yes, go! He could not wait to see Teacher Qiao enter the palace again. Happy! Chapter 1358 - Jingchao, Bao Xu Greets You December 12th, Wednesday Guangzhou, Sun Strike Studios. Min Jingchao was busy with his work and did not notice Sun Xi pulling a chair over to sit beside him. Brother Chao, the Suffering Travels seems to be officially open today. Are you sure everything has been arranged? Sun Xi looked apprehensive. He panicked! Previously, Zhou Muyan had already said that he wanted to arrange for everyone in the project team to suffer. Sun Xi could not help but watch Teacher Qiaos live-stream for a few more days recently. The more he watched, the colder his heart became. This was only the first month of training, but it was already so miserable. What would it look like if he were to suffer next month? However, things had taken a turn for the better two days ago. Min Jingchao said that he had already resolved this problem. Sun Xi would wait and see. Min Jingchao did not disclose how it was resolved, so Sun Xi could not help but feel worried. Min Jingchao could not help but want to laugh seeing Sun Xis panicked expression. Who was the one who said that he was envious that Tengdas employees could suffer? It was the same for humans. They would only watch the thief eat meat, not watch the thief get beaten. He would only know regret when it was his turn. Fortunately, Im here! Min Jingchao patted his chest. Dont worry, Ive already done both! I also checked with Boss Zhou and set a price that Boss Zhou would most likely give up. If it was just one or two people, Boss Zhou would definitely not bear to give the entire project team this price. Dont worry! Sun Xi smiled. Really? Ill wait and see then! After he relaxed for the time being, Sun Xi returned to his desk and continued working. After more than an hour, Sun Xi returned. However, he no longer looked apprehensive. Instead, he looked excited. Brother Chao, youre really awesome! I just released an announcement about Suffering Travels that reservation registration to the public has officially begun. The price is 50,000 yuan per person! Boss Zhou would definitely not be willing to give this price to the entire project team. Thats great! Min Jingchao could not help but smile. Hehe, its a small matter, a small matter. Its all in my plan. On the surface, he looked calm. However, in his heart, he was already praising himself. So what if it was Bao Xu? He was still deceived by my words! Min Jingchao put down his work for the time being and opened the official website of the Suffering Travels to check the announcement. Oh, theres a lot of additional benefits. It looks like its connected to the other departments. Its expected. After all, if we want to increase the price, we have to add value. Tsk dont say. Its quite attractive, but its not a big deal. These benefits are very tempting to individuals, but its not attractive to someone like Boss Zhou who plans to hire an employee team. Why does this mechanism seem to be tailor-made for someone like Teacher Qiao? Its upgrading, gaming experience privileges, and even a huge reward. In other words, its especially attractive to someone like Teacher Qiao, an UP Master, a live streamer, and a self-proclaimed loyal gamer of Tengda Games, right? Could it be a deliberate target? Hehe, not to that extent. He cant, at least not to this extent of black-heartedness. I believe Brother Bao still has a conscience in his heart. Whats more, he has no feud with Teacher Qiao. Why would he target him? Min Jingchao did not read the contents of the benefits carefully because he did not care at all. Wasnt it just some fake titles? No matter what, he would still live. As a clear-headed person, he could not be tempted by such small benefits. No matter what, he had achieved his goal of persuading Bao Xu to increase the price. Min Jingchao and Sun Xi were secretly celebrating when they saw a message from Zhou Muyan on the internal chat software. Jingchao, come to my office with Sun Xi. Hm? Min Jingchao could not help but feel elated. He was obviously calling us over to talk to us about canceling the Suffering Travels! On the surface, Zhou Muyan was still a boss who fully respected his employees opinions. Previously, he had agreed to invite everyone in the project team to suffer. Now, he was going to cancel because of the price. He definitely had to pretend to communicate with them. He would definitely not cancel it completely. Instead, he would replace it with other plans. It was just as well. Min Jingchao and Sun Xi could take this opportunity to go down the bottom lane. They would express their strong support for Zhou Muyans wise decision and take the opportunity to propose a few comfortable and constructive alternatives. He could easily turn over the huge crisis of this Suffering Travels. Min Jingchao and Sun Xi looked at each other and smiled. They quickly agreed and went to Zhou Muyans office. Zhou Muyan looked a little conflicted. When he saw the two of them, he said with some embarrassment, Ive started to sign up for the Suffering Travels today. The price has also been released. Do you know? Sun Xi quickly shook his head. No, I didnt pay attention to this at all. Boss Zhou, you can arrange it as you see fit. Actually, I think this Suffering Travels is just that. It doesnt matter whether we go or not. Were still prioritizing development now. Zhou Muyan cleared his throat and looked at Min Jingchao. Hehe, Jingchao, your insider information is quite accurate. The price of Suffering Travels is really fifty thousand yuan per person. I think that 50,000 yuan per person is indeed lacking in the price-quality ratio. Actually, there are many better plans to choose from. Whats more, its not appropriate to arrange for the entire project team to go with such specifications. On one hand, the price-quality ratio is very poor. On the other hand, everyone has different habits and hobbies. Its a little inappropriate to do this one-size-fits-all. Why dont we inspect other plans? Each person can play very well with a budget of twenty to thirty thousand yuan. Min Jingchao and Sun Xi nodded immediately. Thats right, we think so too! The price-quality ratio of Suffering Travels is indeed too low. Boss Zhou, please make the arrangements. Well listen to you! Zhou Muyan was very satisfied with their attitude. He nodded slightly and said, Alright, actually, Ive asked someone to preliminary inspect a few plans previously. We can play in China for a relatively long time. We can go to some scenic spots. If we go overseas, we can consider going to Europe to snow or to the neon spring. Its not a bad choice to find an island for a holiday. What do you think? Min Jingchao and Sun Xi tried hard not to show their joy. Boss Zhou, you can make the arrangements. Well listen to you! Good lord, he was going to enjoy the snow and hot spring. Any one of them would be a hundred times more blissful than Suffering Travels! Were not picky. As long as we dont suffer, we can go anywhere! Sun Xi knew very well that it would be impossible for the previous Zhou Muyan to organize such a large-scale cohesion event. Obviously, he had benefited from Min Jingchao this time. Zhou Muyan had previously agreed to send the entire project team on a torturous trip. He felt a little embarrassed after changing his mind, so he gave these plans as compensation. All in all, hell to heaven! However Zhou Muyan changed the topic. As the boss, I cant go back on my word easily. Back then, you were the ones who especially suggested that you wanted to go on Suffering Travels. Its fine if the other project team members dont have such strong demands, but I think you should satisfy this requirement. Therefore, what Im thinking is that the other members of the project team will follow the replacement plan. Your core members will still go for Suffering Travels! Your standards and treatment might be higher than others but you have contributed a lot to the project team after all. I believe the others will not have any complaints. Sun Xis expression changed on the spot. Finished! What was Boss Zhou up to? Dont scare me. My small heart cannot take such a beating! Min Jingchao reacted quickly. He had trained in Tengda after all. He quickly said, Boss Zhou, thats very inappropriate! As core members, all the more we cannot have special privileges. We should be closely associated with ordinary members. We will go wherever they go. We cannot make them special! Sun Xi also reacted and immediately chimed in. Yes, Boss Zhou, we definitely wont make it special. We have to suffer together with the other members of the project team! Zhou Muyan was still a little hesitant. Thats not good. Actually, I think Suffering Travels is quite good. Its just that its a little expensive. You guys strongly requested it back then Min Jingchao quickly said, No, no, no. We did not have strong requests at that time. We only mentioned it casually. Boss Zhou, dont think too much about it. It doesnt matter whether we go or not! Just as he was struggling internally, his cell phone rang. The three of them stopped discussing for the time being. Obviously, Boss Zhous business was more important. Zhou Muyan picked up the phone on the table. Hello? Ah, yes, its me. You are? Oh, oh, oh, oh! Ive heard a lot about you. I remember meeting you once before. Aiya, things have changed. What a pity. Min Jingchao and Sun Xi looked at each other silently, thinking that this was Boss Zhous old friend? They were a little hesitant about whether to go out and avoid it. However, they did not leave after seeing that Boss Zhou did not seem to have that intention. What? This I had this plan before, but this price is a little beyond my budget, so Eh? Discount? Half price?! Aiya, I have too many people half price for all of them? How can I? Thank you, thank you so much! Sigh, alright, alright. Ill definitely treat you to a drink when we come to Guangzhou one day! Min Jingchao was a little confused. What was Boss Zhous old friend talking about? Was he talking about what Boss Zhou wanted to buy from his old friend? Zhou Muyan was all smiles. Thats settled then. Leave a seat for me and help me wish Boss Pei well. Bye. Min Jingchao and Sun Xis hearts dropped when they heard the words greet Boss Pei. Sh * t, sh * t. Somethings not right! Boss Zhou, this so-called friend that he had met oncecould it be Zhou Muyan was still grinning from ear to ear. Alright, this problem has been resolved! You dont have to suffer! Jingchao, Bao Xu asked me to greet you. He arranged for a 50% discount for the entire Bullet Hole 2 project team! Chapter 1359 - Connections Is Key! Min Jingchao immediately understood. It was Bao Xu! No wonder Zhou Muyan said he had met him once! Min Jingchao heard that when Tengda developed Ocean Stronghold, they had organized a cohesion event in Guangzhou and visited Sun Strike Studios. They must have met at that time. Of course, Bao Xu was just an ordinary employee back then. He was very inconspicuous. Zhou Muyan might not have noticed him. Saying that was more of a courtesy. However, what they were talking about was too scary. What did they mean by half price? Seeing that Min Jingchao was stunned, Sun Xi instantly exploded with a strong desire to survive. Ahem, Boss Zhou, thats not good, right! We feel bad for making you owe us such a huge favor just to go out and play! Why dont we choose an alternative? I think the alternative is quite good! Zhou Muyan shook his head. Sigh, thats not right. The alternatives are the alternatives. Since the original plan doesnt have a budget problem now, whats the point of the alternatives? Given my relationship with Boss Pei, theres no need for us to be so distant. Whats more, Bao Xu said over the phone that this is also to repay a favor from Jingchao previously. Didnt you say it yourself? Youre very interested in Suffering Travels. At the same time, you have to go through thick and thin with the other employees. Isnt the current solution perfect? Min Jingchao and Sun Xi were speechless, not knowing what to say. Finished. All the excuses that he had used before had been strung together by Boss Zhou! There was no reason not to go now! Zhou Muyan waved his hand. Alright, this matter has been resolved perfectly. You dont have to worry about registration. Ill apply for it all at once. Continue working hard and develop Bullet Hole 2. Go! Min Jingchao and Sun Xi walked out of Zhou Muyans office in a daze and returned to their desks, stunned. Finished. Everything was finished! Min Jingchao could not wait to slap himself. He had outsmarted himself! If he had known earlier, he would not have mentioned Suffering Travels to Zhou Muyan. Now, he had no choice but to go! Suddenly, Sun Xi seemed to have thought of something. He asked suspiciously, Brother Chao, what did Boss Zhou mean? Why did Bao Xu want to return the favor? Min Jingchao was just about to take a sip of water to calm himself down when he nearly choked on his drink. Hehehehehe! Its nothing. Its just that I helped Bao Xu with a small favor previously Its very insignificant. I didnt expect Bao Xu to remember Sun Xi said indignantly, Hes returning kindness with hatred! Min Jingchao nodded awkwardly. Yes, who says not! He did not dare to tell Sun Xi the details of how he convinced Bao Xu to increase the price. Wouldnt he be killing himself if the project team knew the details? Fortunately, Bao Xu did not tell Zhou Muyan the details. He spoke very vaguely. If he explained it in detail, he would be in deep trouble! Now, Sun Xi was only slightly suspicious. However, he was obviously immersed in sorrow and did not pursue the matter. Min Jingchao might be in a terrifying situation where danger was everywhere but the main blame was on Boss Zhou. All in all, he could only keep a low profile and do things with his tail between his legs. He would pretend that he did not know about all of this. Zhou Muyan would take all the blame Once he got through this and left Sun Strike Studios, these people would not be able to settle scores with him even if they knew the truth Min Jingchao had been completely disheartened. Now, he suddenly had motivation. Work quickly! Develop Bullet Hole 2 as soon as possible! Whats more, he had to become popular. Bullet Hole 2 had Boss Peis name after all. Wouldnt Boss Peis reputation be ruined if it did not become popular? If that was the case, he would definitely continue to stay in Sun Strike Studios to modify the games content. Every extra day meant more danger! Now, Min Jingchao was thinking about something. He had to quickly complete Bullet Hole 2 and leave this place. He had to run as far as he could! At the same time, Pei Qian was also paying attention to the netizens discussions about the torturous trip and the registration of the torturous trip. The situation was quite optimistic from the netizens comments. The strategy of raising prices had worked! Most people were still discussing this matter in a joking manner judging from the netizens reactions. They did not really want to sign up. Fifty thousand yuan had indeed dissuaded most people. Good lord, I wont ask for more from you. Ill give you 50,000 yuan! What cant I do with 50,000 yuan? What was so wrong with my brain that I would have money to suffer! I was quite curious about what the content was, but after watching Teacher Qiaos live-stream Sorry for disturbing, I wont go even if I get a free pass Such a project can actually make it to the third episode? Is there a problem with me or with this world? Its ridiculous! No one will really sign up, right? No way, no way, right? There seem to be 200 slots for registration this time. Can they bring so many people? I think they signed up for the appointment first. Then, they would contact the staff one by one to confirm the time. Its not easy for some people to have two months of leave. They might have to wait until a year later. In short, theres a lot of work to arrange for the personnel list. In any case, were not full yet. I think itll be good enough if we can fill 200 people within a month. Actually, these benefits are quite attractive. The identity of this ascetic is quite classy. If you can get it, you should be very proud of the game. Hehe, youre going to spend fifty thousand yuan on torture just to get a title? Whoever wants to go can go. Im not going anyway. I think we can let the streamers challenge themselves. What do you think, everyone? Ill go to the live-stream now to boost my popularity! Pei Qian nodded in satisfaction after seeing everyones discussion. Yes, it looked like everyone was very clear-headed. The title ascetic might be tempting but most people were clear-headed in the face of 50,000 yuan and two months of suffering. As for some people saying that they wanted to fan the flames in the live-stream and let the streamers participate, that was indeed a problem, but it should not be a big problem. On one hand, the streamers were not stupid. On the other hand, streamers were ultimately very few people. Even if some of them were suicidal, it would not affect the long-term loss-incurring plan of Suffering Travels. Alright, this was a good start! Pei Qian was very happy, but he did not dare to let his guard down. He planned to check the number of applicants tonight or tomorrow. At the same time, Fu Hui Investments. Li Shi had just finished working on Star Bird Fitness. He began to read the investment plan that he had accumulated during this period. After searching for a long time, Li Shis head began to hurt. He stopped and rubbed his temples. It was too difficult to find a good investment project! Many people in the outside world who did not know the truth would say that Li Shi, the investor, was not worthy of his reputation. He was investing in Tengdas related industries. That was it. He could do whatever he wanted. However, the problem was that the other projects really had no investment value! Li Shi wanted to invest in other projects as well, but he could not find a project with enough potential and value after flipping through so many investment proposals. Since that was the case, he might as well invest everything in Tengdas related industries. Sometimes, Li Shi felt that flipping through these investment proposals was a waste of his time. He might as well drink soup from Tengda and enjoy life. After resting for a while, he heard a knock on his office door. Enter. Li Shi looked up. It was one of his employees. Boss Li, you asked me to keep an eye on the Suffering Travels previously. Today, there was an announcement. It said that the registration has been opened. The price is 50,000 yuan per person. Li Shis eyes lit up with interest. Really? Let me look at the announcement first. Go and inform the core employees of the various departments. Well have a meeting in the big conference room in a while. The employee nodded and left. Li Shi immediately found the official website of the Suffering Travels and read the announcement from beginning to end. He knew what to do and then came to the big conference room for a meeting. Everyone was confused. They did not know what big project was going to be done this time. They actually called all the more experienced employees in the company for a meeting. Li Shi did not keep them in suspense. He said directly, Ive been paying attention to the Suffering Travels. Its finally open for registration today. You are all old employees of the company, the backbone of the company. Now, I will provide everyone with an additional benefit: Those who want to participate in Suffering Travels, I will give you two months of paid leave and an additional 20,000 yuan. You only need to pay 30,000 yuan to go. Its purely voluntary. Those who want to go can register at HR. The HR department will give me a list later. Everyone in the conference room was stunned after hearing Li Shis words. They looked at each other. Boss Li, we have no feud with you. Whats more, we have worked in Fu Hui Investments for so long. We have worked hard even if we dont have any credit. Why do you take us for fools? The benefits were quite good. He would have two months of paid leave and an additional reimbursement of twenty thousand yuan. That way, he could spend thirty thousand yuan from his own pocket to join Suffering Travels that cost fifty thousand yuan. However who the f*ck would go to Suffering Travels! Was that a good place? Everyone exchanged confused looks. No one raised their hand. Li Shi was in no hurry. He waited calmly. Finally, someone could not hold it in anymore. He raised his hand to break the silence. Boss Li, I have a question. Why do you want us to suffer? Whats so good about this place? Or is it purely to support Boss Peis new industry? Li Shi shook his head slightly. Supporting Boss Peis new industry is a very small reason. Its not the main reason. Its mainly for you and the companys long-term development. You are all the backbone of the company. It would be good for the company to develop better. The employee who asked the question was even more confused. Boss Li, you dont believe that Suffering Travels can train ones will, do you? Li Shi shook his head again. Training ones will is very insignificant. Of course, thats not what I care about. What I care about is connections! Chapter 1360 - It’s Full? Personal connections? They were all confused. Li Shi could not help but sigh silently. His own employees were more satisfactory overall. They were reliable and hardworking. However, in terms of diverting their thoughts and thinking deeply, they were far from Tengdas employees. They were on a completely different level. There was no helping it. There was a gap between Fu Hui Investments and Tengda Corporation after all. There was also a gap between Li Shi and Boss Pei. He could not rush these things. He could only teach them slowly. Li Shi explained, What is the most important thing in making investments? The vision of the project. What do you rely on to have a keen eye for projects? Your understanding of the latest business model and people you know. If you know a business genius, then communicate more with him, learn more, or invest directly in his project. This is also part of your investment ability. I keep emphasizing that you should not always work on these repetitive tasks. You have to use your brain more, think more, and expand your connections. It is also necessary to do. However, how can such talents be easily interacted with? Let me ask you now. Who were the people in the first and second episodes of Suffering Travels? Everyone could not help but look at each other. Most of them really did not know about this. That was because they had not deliberately advertised these things on Suffering Travels. Until now, everyones understanding of Suffering Travels came from three aspects: the promotional video, documentary, and Teacher Qiaos live-stream that Meng Chang had filmed previously. The members of the first two episodes had indeed appeared on screen, but their identities were not indicated on the top. Many people did not pursue this point. They thought that they were just ordinary employees of Tengda. However, there were still people who knew. The employee who had been paying attention to the Suffering Travels according to Li Shis request previously raised his hand and said, The first batch of people on the Suffering Travels are all the heads of Tengdas various departments. Apart from the heads of the various departments, there are also outsiders who have made major contributions to Tengda from the lucky draw, such as Ruan Guangjian and Teacher Qiao. Li Shi nodded. So, do you understand? Everyone was stunned for a moment before realization dawned on them. So that was why! This was what Boss Li meant by connections! Boss Pei was a business genius, and Boss Lis most successful investments were all invested with Boss Pei. According to his connections, Boss Pei was Boss Lis biggest connection. However, how could ordinary people come into contact with Boss Peis level? Thus, many people envied Boss Li for being able to rope Boss Pei in. Some people also said that Boss Lis brainless investment method would not be a problem for anyone else. However, Boss Lis words today were earth-shaking. It made everyone in the conference room realize the huge mistake they had fallen into previously. Finding useful connections was part of his investment ability! Everyone only saw Boss Li investing mindlessly with Boss Pei. However, who would have seen Boss Lis foresight before Tengda developed completely and established a deep friendship with Boss Pei? Ordinary people would not be able to reach Boss Peis level, but what if they could contact the heads of Tengdas various departments? These people in charge were all able to take charge of things on their own. They made their own business very good and were deeply trusted by Boss Pei. He could not invest in them directly but wouldnt it be beneficial to chat with them, understand their way of thinking, and talk about their views on the current popular business model? Under normal circumstances, Fu Hui Investments would definitely not be able to come into contact with the heads of Tengdas various departments because there would not be direct business dealings. It was even more impossible to contact you in private. Who are you? Why would they want to talk to you? However, it was different in a place like Suffering Travels. Everyone had suffered for two months. During this period, they trained together, suffered together, and could not play with their cell phones. When they rested, they could only chat. In addition, they had enough common topics to talk about. Naturally, they became familiar with each other. Whats more, the announcement of the torturous trip said that it would provide more ways for the ascetics to communicate. Wouldnt they get to know each other after a while? Whats more, they would not like nodding off and having a superficial relationship. Everyone had suffered together. This friendship was relatively more bearable. It would be a great thing if he could establish this connection with the heads of Tengdas various departments! Many people in charge had suffered in the first episode but it was entirely possible that Boss Pei would arrange for them to participate in the torturous trip a second time. Of course, this might only happen once. However, according to the current situation, even if the heads of Tengdas various departments had been arranged, they would definitely continue to arrange for the candidates and core employees of the various departments. It was also very valuable to be able to contact these people. Tengdas various departments had changed so quickly. What if one day, this potential stock became the person-in-charge? Whats more, on further thought, the earlier they signed up, the more they would be able to come into contact with Tengdas higher management and core employees. If they signed up late, they might encounter ordinary employees. There was also a certain amount of network value but compared to the first few episodes, the value of connections was greatly reduced. It was not very worth it. Many people finally understood Li Shis foresight. This was undoubtedly a benefit to the core employees of his company, a form of nurturing! Of course, once these core employees matured, they would also bring tangible benefits to Fu Hui Investments. Li Shi would also be able to spend less effort. However, no matter what, it was indeed generous of Boss Li to be willing to fork out money for two months of paid leave and twenty thousand yuan for each person. Boss Li was right. This was indeed for everyones good. Everyone immediately raised their hands after figuring this out. Sh * t! Me too! People would be willing to go, even if the company did not give them subsidies, as long as they were allowed to take two months off. Suffering was secondary after all. Mental training was secondary as well. The key was for connections and future career development! If he thought about it this way, a mere 50,000 yuan was not considered expensive for those who worked in investment firms. That was because connections were priceless and could not be bought with money. Li Shi could not help but smile when he saw everyone raise their hands enthusiastically. Very good, these people were the core employees of Fu Hui Investments after all. They were not too stupid. They understood immediately. Alright, since thats the case, the HR department should come up with a name list as soon as possible to sign up. The earlier you sign up, the more valuable the 50,000 yuan would be. At the same time, at the special training base of Suffering Travels. Everyone who had just ended their training obtained a short break. Yao Bo obtained the privilege of playing with his cell phone because he obtained first place for rock climbing. That was reasonable. After all, he was the most professional among everyone. If he had not deliberately given in to others, his privileges would probably have been snatched away every time he played with his cell phone. Everyone looked at Yao Bo with envy as he played with his cell phone. Yao Bo scrolled through the messages and suddenly perked up. Bao Xu left previously to do something. The Suffering Travels is finally open for registration! Ill send a message to the HR department and ask them to arrange for our companys people to come and build a Suffering Travels! Yao Bo realized that Zhu Xiaoce, Hao Yun, and the other Tengda employees were looking at him strangely the moment he said that. Qiao Liang obviously still had a conscience. He cleared his throat and said, Boss Yao, dont do what you dont want! Can you bear to let your subordinates come to such a torturous place? Yao Bo was very surprised. Why are you suffering? I think this place is quite good! I might have played rock climbing for many years but this place is quite standardized. The training schedule is very reasonable. Our Jinding Corporations main business is fitness clothing and drinks. How can it be reasonable for the employees not to work out or train? We should organize more activities like that! Ive calculated. Rock climbing classes are quite expensive to begin with. An hour of private training would cost at least two to three hundred yuan. Not only can you learn rock climbing during Suffering Travels, but you can also train in various wilderness survival activities. It would help to nurture the spirit of working hard. Its quite worth it! Whats more, Ive already set an example. What reason do they have not to come? Qiao Liang was speechless after hearing Yao Bos words. Indeed, Yao Bo had already set an example. Whats more, he had quite a good time on Suffering Travels. He had arranged for his own employees for a completely different motive from Bao Xu Yao Bo continued, Whats more, theres so much official verified content on Suffering Travels. Even if our employees are allowed to sign up voluntarily, someone should want to come. Look. Yao Bo showed the announcement of the Suffering Travels to Qiao Liang as he spoke. Qiao Liang was stunned. The title of ascetic? There are various benefits? Holy sh * t He suddenly felt that Suffering Travels did not seem to be that torturous anymore. As a gamer, I might not be interested in you telling me about suffering. However, if you tell me about complete success and upgrading, I wont be sleepy! Qiao Liang felt that as a gamer, his genes had recovered and he was suddenly filled with motivation. Wasnt the title ascetic tailor-made for him? However, Qiao Liang panicked when he saw that there was one that would record the results of this episode. At that time, he would not add a line of words like bottom-tier member of the second episode behind his title of ascetic! That title would not be an honor. It would be completely embarrassing! Of course, there was no detailed description of recording results in the announcement. Clarifying the ranking was considered a record. The titles such as outstanding and outstanding were also recorded. The latter was more acceptable mentally. However, no matter what, Qiao Liang felt that he had to work hard. He could not end up at the bottom after coming to suffer! Qiao Liang was cheering himself on when he heard Yao Bo say in frustration, Hey! The registration is full! Jinding Corporation only signed up for ten-odd people, and theyre already full? I didnt expect netizens to think that it was too much. They were more eager than the other when they signed up. Forget it, I can only wait for the next episode. Ill ask the HR department to pay attention. Ill try my best to register for the next episode. Yao Bo felt very regretful. The quota of 200 people had only been filled up a few hours ago. It was enough to show the popularity of Suffering Travels. He was still too slow! Its full? Yao Bo and everyone else, including Qiao Liang, were very surprised. Zhu Xiaoce and the others were especially shocked. That was because most people in Tengda felt that this Suffering Travels was purely created by Bao Xu to torture people. If it was really open to registration, no one would come even if it was free, let alone fifty thousand yuan. Boss Pei probably supported this industry out of love and indulgence for Bao Xu. However, from the looks of it now, the people outside were actually so eager to sign up? Could it be that Boss Pei really saw the commercial value behind the torturous trip? Did he really make the project that Bao Xu used to torture people a brand new business model? Was this the charm of the God of Commerce? Chapter 1361 - How Did Boss Pei Do It? Zhu Xiaoce said to Wang Xiaobin in a low voice, Boss Pei is really amazing. How can he make suffering an industry? Could we have wronged Brother Bao? Brother Bao really wants to make a career out of it? Wang Xiaobin sniggered. Even if Im wrong, Im wrong about Boss Pei. What has it got to do with the person surnamed Bao?! How can a petty person like Bao Xu think of turning Suffering Travels into an industry? I think Ive overestimated him. Isnt he relying on Boss Peis foresight? Zhu Xiaoce nodded. Yes, that makes sense. Think on the bright side. This is good news for us. After all, we were meant to suffer. Now, we can get the title and benefits of being an ascetic. Its equivalent to freeloading! However, Im still very confused. Where did so many people sign up? The title of ascetic and the benefits are more attractive, but 50,000 yuan is real after all. The two months suffering is real as well. There shouldnt be so many people snatching it, right? Wang Xiaobin shook his head slightly. Youve touched on my blind spot. If I knew, I would have reached Boss Peis level. Zhu Xiaoce thought for a while but could not think of a particularly convincing reason. He could only give up temporarily. At the same time, he felt emotional. As expected of Boss Pei, no one could compare to his business sense! At the same time, in Tengda Corporations Presidents office No, where did so many people register? The spots are taken up? Are these people crazy? Is there something wrong with their brains? Fifty thousand yuan for two months of suffering? Do you have too much money to burn? If you think you have too much money, you can transfer it to my private account! Whats so good about giving Tengda money for free! Ah, Im so pissed off! Pei Qian had nowhere to vent his anger. Everything had been fine in the morning. However, within a few hours, the situation had changed drastically! Pei Qian had been happily waiting for the registration for the Suffering Travels to be unsatisfied. In that case, he would either arrange for more employees in Tengda Corporation or form a team with fewer people. No matter which one it was, he would be able to burn more money. However, he did not expect it to be full! Whats more, based on the current number of people, not only could he not burn less money, but he might also have to consider expanding the scale of Suffering Travels. He could not possibly ask them to wait for a year, right? No, I have to call Bao Xu to ask whats going on. Did he do something shameful in secret that caused this outcome! At first, Pei Qian trusted Bao Xu very much. After all, Bao Xu had reported the increase in price and the title of ascetic in advance. Pei Qian felt that Bao Xu was not like the other person-in-charge who always hid things and was trustworthy. However, the problem was that this change alone should not be enough to fill the Suffering Travels, right? There must be a hidden reason, a reason that he did not know about. The key was whether this was a coincidence or Bao Xus intention? It would have been fine if it was the former. However, if it was the latter, Bao Xu might look loyal on the surface but he was actually very bad on the inside. Pei Qian did not mind adding more difficulty to the Suffering Travels so that Bao Xu, the person-in-charge, could take the lead. The phone call was connected in no time. Bao Xu sounded surprised. Eh? Boss Pei, I was just about to call you to report. Ive received a huge order for Suffering Travels. Pei Qian was stunned. Huh? What big order? Bao Xu said, Its like this. Boss Zhou of Sun Strike Studios said that he wanted to arrange a Suffering Travels for his employees. At that time, I offered a friendship price of 50% off. I thought there were only a few people, but Boss Zhou said that the entire Bullet Hole 2 project team is coming! There are more than a hundred people, and these are only the core development members of the project team. The peripheral members are not included. This discount is a little too much, so I wanted to report to you just now. Pei Qian was elated when he heard that. Oh? No problem! Boss Zhou is our old friend. Its reasonable to give him a discount! You can decide on the discounts in the future. You dont have to report to me. Pei Qians mood improved after hearing Bao Xus words. It was no wonder that the quota of 200 people had been filled up so quickly. Sun Strike Studios had taken up more than a hundred! He did not have to worry too much if it was just a friendly visit. After all, there were only so many companies that had a close relationship with Tengda. Even if there was a situation of friendship and support, it should not last long. Zhou Muyan would not send his employees to Suffering Travels time and time again, right? That would be too inhumane. Even Pei Qian could not do something so deranged. Whats more, the registration price of these people was not the original price. It was a 50% discount for friendship. If it was 25,000 yuan per person, Suffering Travels would definitely incur losses. Even though the loss would not be considered a lot of money for the entire Suffering Travels, it was always good to incur losses! Bao Xu continued, Alright, Boss Pei. Ill open another episode for them outside of the current name list. After all, the current 200 people have been fully registered. They cannot join the current 200 people. Pei Qian was stunned. His mind was filled with question marks. ? Wait a minute. The hundred over people from Sun Strike Studios are not among the current two hundred? Bao Xu answered matter-of-factly, Thats right. When Boss Zhou contacted me to confirm the number of people, 200 people had already been reported. Thats why I thought that after this episode of Suffering Travels ends, I have to make some adjustments to the structure of the entire Suffering Travels. Otherwise, I wont be able to eat the high demand now. Even if we bring 40 people in one cycle of Suffering Travels after that, 10 internal Tengda employees and 30 external employees would take more than 10 cycles to bring over these 300 people, which is two years. This time is completely unacceptable. I think we should expand the team as soon as possible and divide the suffering travels into three to four classes, or even more. We have to hurry up and prepare new indoor venues and outdoor venues Of course, we have to follow up with personnel training. We can open more classes, but we cant sacrifice the quality of training. The name is Suffering Travels. That suffering will definitely be deserved. Of course, there are benefits to expanding. We can arrange for more Tengda employees according to the proportion of people. Tengda has so many employees. It would take years to arrange for ten people to work in each cycle. The efficiency is too low Pei Qian did not hear a single word that Bao Xu said after that. There was only one huge question mark in his mind. Why? Why! The Suffering Travels had already become like this. The price was high and the suffering was high. Yet, there were still so many people who wanted to enter? The key was that there was a limit of 200 people. If there was no limit, wouldnt the queue be ten years later? Bao Xu finally finished explaining his plan for the Suffering Travels. After a moment of silence, Pei Qian asked, Do you understand why Suffering Travels is full? Bao Xu was stunned for a moment. Then, he said in shame, Im sorry, Boss Pei. Im not very talented. I dont understand how you plan the Suffering Travels. Actually, Im also very confused about the popularity of Suffering Travels. Or can you give me some pointers? Pei Qian: You dont know, I dont know either. Who would know? Why did Suffering Travels suddenly become popular? Alright, continue making arrangements. Pei Qian hung up silently. There was a problem with Suffering Travels, but he did not know where the problem was. Whats more, the problem was probably with him. What should he do now? Ill wait online. Its quite urgent! At the same time, netizens began their second round of heated discussions about Suffering Travels. Whats going on? I said in the morning that no one would sign up for this thing. Its already full in the afternoon? I just spent a lot of effort to make the live-stream popular. I wanted the host to participate in Suffering Travels. The others followed suit. The host finally had no choice but to sign up. In the end, the number of people was full? WTF? The host must have been so happy that he escaped. No, he seems to be in a complicated mood. Hes grateful that he escaped the calamity, but he also suspects that he missed a very precious opportunity After all, the fact that the Suffering Travels can be filled so quickly means that many people approve of it very much. They even feel that 50,000 yuan is quite worth it. Sh * t, I dont understand this crazy world anymore It cant be fake, right? Impossible. Tengda would never do something like that. Tengdas data is all real data. If its full, it would really be full. It would definitely not be discounted. Thats strange. Are there really so many masochists in the world? Whats the point of spending 50,000 yuan to suffer? The netizens could not figure it out no matter how hard they thought. They could only say that the world of rich people was so magical. The way they spent money was completely different from ordinary people. However, this confusion made the topic of suffering travel continue to be hotly discussed. Previously, during the first episode of Suffering Travels, although there were promotional videos and documentaries released, not much discussion was stimulated online because everyone treated it as a joke. At most, he would joke about it and then stop paying attention. However, things were different now. This thing was fully registered to the public at the speed of light. To a certain extent, it meant that its business model had been successful! He could not guarantee that this popularity would continue, but at least it was a good start. This huge contrast aroused the curiosity and discussion of netizens. Their strong desire for knowledge also made them want to work hard to dig out the details and deeper business logic of Suffering Travels. Thus, it became a hot topic online! Many self media, Big V accounts, public accounts, UP Masters, and so on also saw this incident. They felt that it was a very good material that would definitely catch peoples attention! Thus, many analyses of Suffering Travels began to increase. These analyses might be one-sided or even contradictory. However, this was obviously not a bad thing. Instead, it would continue to increase the internets discussion of Suffering Travels! Everyone was very curious. What did Boss Pei do to make suffering a business model? Chapter 1362 - Eric and Zhao Xuming’s Victory Conference December 13th, Thursday Pei Qian had a head of bed hair. He sat on his sofa with his laptop in his arms, focusing intently on something. Those who did not know would definitely think that Boss Pei was working hard! He woke up early in the morning and began to think about work without even washing his head. However, Pei Qian only had one thought in his mind. Whats going on with the Suffering Travels? Can you self-media unify and give me the right answer? The Suffering Travels was hotly discussed on the internet yesterday. It was on the hot searches of various websites. All sorts of media that rushed for popularity naturally took advantage of it at the speed of light, making it difficult for Pei Qian not to see it. Whats more, this situation might continue for a few days. After all, the UP Masters who made videos were still editing videos and waiting for vetting! Pei Qian read many netizens discussions and self-media analysis articles out of trust in the netizens. He wanted to find the truth about the Suffering Travels. The more he read, the angrier he became. This batch of netizens was not good enough. They were not reliable at all! He could either analyze the situation aggressively without being able to withstand the process, or give up on analyzing and boast about Boss Pei. Say that this was Boss Peis exquisite plan again and again, subverting the business model of travel, and that the future of Suffering Travels was very promising. Pei Qian was furious. He was conflicted inside. On one hand, he was looking forward to someone similar to Teacher Qiao stepping forward to interpret the true reason for the success of the torturous trip like a game so that he could completely understand this matter. It might be a misunderstanding of his original intention but it could at least explain why the market would give such a reaction. On the other hand, he was a little worried. What if more netizens agreed with this explanation and the Suffering Travels became even more popular? Pei Qian put his laptop aside and gave up helplessly after a long time. Forget it, its a total waste of time The media outlets raised many shocking points of view in order to attract attention. However, these contents could not be tolerated and had no reference value to Pei Qian. He still could not understand why Suffering Travels would become popular. He could only set it aside for now. Pei Qian calmed down and turned his attention to another matter. The publicity work for Successor was going to be fully opened today! Huang Sibo had already discussed the specific plan for the cooperation with Aili Island. Today, they would start to promote it overwhelmingly. Not only would Tengda promote it, but Aili Island would also provide enough publicity resources. At 8 PM on Sunday night, all three episodes of Successor were released. After that, there would be two episodes per week. They would be released on Saturday and Sunday night. The last two episodes would be released together. That way, they would be done on January 13th. Pei Qian wanted to put the premiere on Saturday night because it was GOG and IOIs finals. It could steal a lot of popularity. However, Eric Island definitely did not want to fight for popularity. After all, they had given publicity resources to many websites in Successor. Pei Qian naturally did not say much. He came according to the time set by the Aili Island website. In any case, Successor failed purely based on strength. The outcome would not be much different no matter what time it was released. The promotional video for Successor has been released on Aili Islands website. All sorts of publicity materials had been released. The drama board had also given Successor a huge recommendation and list of recommendations. The words Fei Huang Workspaces New Workspace were particularly eye-catching on the promotional material. All in all, he had given all he could. Pei Qian opened the promotional video and took a look. As it was released by Fei Huang Workspaces official account and was recommended by the algorithm of the Aili Island website, there were already many bullet screen comments and messages not long after the promotional video was released. Is the successor finally going to be released?! Im looking forward to Zhongdian Chinese Networks second copyright adaptation! The original party is here. The episode looks quite similar. Good review! This is a superhero movie? I dont see any superheroes at all. To put it bluntly, the blond man who peed his pants was the protagonist. Hes the protagonist? Then why arent there any fighting scenes in the promotional video? The first half was miserably tortured, and the second half was secretly scheming This I have a feeling that this film might be quite messed up. Its too strange and doesnt suit my taste Its normal for the original party to say that it doesnt suit the taste. This theme itself is a niche theme. Whats more, the no-show, who was the original author, deliberately ugly the protagonist. It would be a huge problem if you really like this protagonist. The original party doesnt want spoilers! Let the audience who have not seen the original enjoy the plot from the beginning. At a glance, the comments section of the promotional video could be said to have all sorts of comments. They could not even form two opposing opinions, much less form a unified opinion. The audience had at least several different attitudes. On one hand, it was because Meng Chang had deliberately misled the audience when he was working on the publicity plan so that the new audience could not see the essence of the movie from the publicity content. On the other hand, it was because the spoilers had maintained their restraint. Many people who had never seen the original poster would definitely have a variety of understanding when they saw this title and promotional video. Those who had read the original script did not spoil the story or explain much. That was because it was obviously a very tasteless act. Some of them wanted to explain, but this explanation would definitely involve spoilers, so they forced themselves to say it. Whats more, the original work of Successor was not a popular work on Zhongdian Chinese Network. It was at most a niche masterpiece. It was too small to be put on the internet. The original party and new audience formed two different attitudes. There were many types of new audiences. Some came for the Superhero theme, some liked alternative stories, and some were purely fans of Fei Huang Workspace All in all, even though the publicity was not small, it was not very popular. That was because there were only two possibilities for popularity to explode. One was that it would be well received and most people would be crazily running water. The other was that there would be mixed reviews. Both sides would be diametrically opposed, neither would be convinced of the other, and would be arguing non-stop. Given the current situation of Successor, it was not on either side. At that point, Pei Qian finally nodded in satisfaction. He temporarily put aside the suffering trip. It looked like Meng Changs initial publicity strategy was a success. Once Successor was released, many viewers would cry out and curse. That would be even more stable! December 15th, Saturday Europe, IOI International Finals Arena. Boss Zhao, over here! Eric was all smiles as he accurately found Zhao Xuming amidst the crowd. Both of them clapped, representing their victory. Eric had been keeping an eye on GOGs international invitational tournament in Europe ever since it began. Zhao Xuming was in charge of domestic offline activities and broadcasting. Now that the competition was finally coming to an end, GOG was making rapid progress. IOI looked like it was going downhill. Naturally, the two of them could relax. After the semifinals last weekend, GOGs two domestic teams had made it out of the qualifiers. The process had been a little difficult, but the results had been good. There was no need to worry about GOG since it was an internal battle. It was the same no matter who won. Whats more, from the looks of the current situation, GOG had already stolen all the popularity with its new viewing function. It could be said to be completely crushing domestic popularity. Its popularity in the world had also completely surpassed IOI. It could already open champagne in advance. Eric and Zhao Xuming had already booked tickets for the IOI finals in advance. They were just in time to watch the finals. There was obviously more suspense here. Of course, no one could guarantee whether FV Team would win or not. However, this was only a local battle. Once the dust on the entire battlefield was almost settled, even if FV Team lost, it would not affect GOGs complete victory. Of course, it was best to win. Zhao Xuming looked at the time. The competition would only start later, but they had to enter. It was a pity that Eric and Zhao Xuming had bought the tickets separately. They were not in the same location, so they could only find their own seats and take their seats. Zhao Xuming had just sat down when he heard someone say in surprise, Boss Zhao? He looked up and realized that it was his old partner in Long Yu Corporation, Jin Yong. Eh, youre here too? Zhao Xuming only realized that there was a problem when he asked this question. He smiled as well. Jin Yong had taken over his job now and was considered the person-in-charge of IOIs local server. What was so strange about him appearing at the IOI World Finals? On the other hand, he was the strange one appearing here as the traitor! Jin Yong nodded. Yes, Ill sit over there. Im about ten seats away. He did not say much. He was his old superior after all. His friendship was still there. Coincidentally, the seat next to Zhao Xuming was not here yet. It was empty. Jin Yong sat down temporarily and chatted with Zhao Xuming. Boss Zhao, the viewing function that you guys created is really amazing. It caught us off guard! Whats more, after holding a meeting and researching for a long time, I really could not do anything. The popularity that I had worked so hard to gain was all eaten up by you silently. Did you come up with this idea or did Eric come up with it? Or perhaps Boss Pei thought of it? Jin Yong had always been very curious about this. Now, he could finally ask. Why had Eric and Zhao Xuming been passive defense when they were on IOI? They had been beaten by Tengda until they could not tell north from south. However, they suddenly seemed to have understood GOG. All sorts of tricks came to them? You two havent been acting, have you? If you line up at my side, youll be happy. If you line up opposite me, youll go all out? Jin Yong instinctively thought that he should not second guess his superior like this, but the current situation was too similar. It was hard not to be suspicious. Zhao Xuming smiled. Neither. It was thought of by the previous person-in-charge of Tengda Games who was transferred to Bunny Tail Live-Stream. Chapter 1363 - What Are You So Proud About As A Traitor! Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios What? The previous person-in-charge of Tengda Games who was transferred to Bunny Tail Live-Stream? Jin Yong nearly fainted from Zhao Xumings words. What was going on? Tengda Games was not the same as GOGs project team. Tengda Games had specially developed a series of standalone games like Repent and be Saved and Struggle. The person-in-charge of this department had been transferred to Bunny Tail Live-Stream? This was a demotion, right? The gaming department was Tengdas core department. Whats more, this person had come to Bunny Tail Live-Stream and even dominated the development of the live-stream viewing function, thus giving IOI a fatal blow? That was very ridiculous! If it was Zhao Xuming or Eric, or even Boss Peis idea, Jin Yong had nothing to say. They were better and could only admit defeat. However, he now knew that the person who stabbed him in the back was someone who had nothing to do with this business. That was unacceptable! It was like two armies were in the midst of an intense battle when a passerby suddenly appeared out of nowhere and directly killed a general on their side, causing their side to instantly fall like a mountain. Ridiculous! Jin Yong was completely silent. He seemed to understand why IOI could not fight back. Tengdas talent pool was too scary! Someone like Zhao Xuming did not need to think of any tricks to be the person-in-charge of GOGs domestic server. As long as he followed his job and achieved 60 points, the other departments would naturally bring him to 80 or even 100 points. Jin Yong was extremely envious. Why didnt I encounter a time when I was lying down and winning? He could not chat anymore. The more he spoke, the sadder he became. Jin Yong exchanged a few more pleasantries with Zhao Xuming. He could not continue chatting considering their different positions. Jin Yong returned to his seat and sat down. Chrtien was an insider, so he was sitting by the side, waiting for the competition to start. He did not know what to think. Jin Yong said, Boss Zhao is here as well. Eric might be here as well. Chrtien could not help but frown. What are they doing here? Is it because theres no more suspense in GOG, so they came to watch FV stand? Jin Yong nodded. Thats probably the case. He hesitated for a moment and said, Boss Zhao looks very good. I asked. He said that GOGs viewing function was done by the former person-in-charge of Tengda Games, who was transferred to Bunny Tail Live-Stream Chrtien fell silent as well. He really wanted to say, What are you showing off for, you traitor! However, that would make him look sour. Thats right. If they could win while lying down, who would be willing to be the loser? Lets watch the competition. Chrtien sighed silently. It had to be said that IOIs global finals were still very well-received. In order not to lose to GOG in the field, Finger Games had spared no expense this time. They had even invited a very famous foreign rock band to perform. Previously, the publicity surrounding the two finals teams had even reached a peak when the two teams appeared. However, it was obvious that FV Teams cheers were higher than CEM Teams. That was very normal because FV Teams food was more popular than CEM Team! Previously, Finger Games had wanted to create a demon persona for FV Team. Thus, there was no way they could tilt the FV Teams image in terms of publicity resources. FV Team was the previous champion with well-liked performances perviously. They had many fans around the world. Whats more, from the performance of the elimination round, even though FV Team no longer had the same dominance as last year after being targeted by the version, their strength was still there. It was still very likely that they would enter the finals. CEM Team was different. In the elimination round, they were only one of the foreign teams that Finger Games thought highly of. Whether it was Europe or Northern American Region, the teams that came seemed to be quite strong. Three or four of the strong teams might enter the finals. Therefore, Finger Games would be very conflicted when promoting them. Who should they bet on? There was only so much popularity. What if a certain team was eliminated and did not even make it to the finals? Thus, he could only take advantage of the popularity. Thus, this created an awkward situation: Everyone had exposure, but it was far less than FV Team. Fortunately, CEM, a veteran European team, entered the finals in the end. They still had the home ground advantage. Thus, the cheers at the venue did not sound particularly crushing. It was a blessing in disguise. CEM was the team that was won by FV Team 3: 0 in the top eight competition last year. They had been scolded by their fans when they lost the competition. The team members had also suffered a huge blow. They had participated in the international competition with the intention of at least making it to the finals. However, they had been eliminated in the top eight. Whats more, they had been eliminated at 3: 0. Who could tolerate that?! In the end, he suddenly felt better after watching the competition. That was because everyone had 3: 0 Wasnt FRY Team in the finals also crushed? Their performance was even worse than his! Thus, he felt better. This year, Finger Games had eliminated a few heroes that they were good at for FV Team. They had also strengthened the few heroes that the European and American teams were good at. Coincidentally, they were all in CEM Teams hero pool. Thus, they had also eaten the dividends that Finger Games had modified. Their strength had improved by another level. Soon, the competition officially begun. Jin Yong realized that Chrtien seemed a little nervous and was sweating. Finger Games definitely hoped that CEM Team would win. If FV Team won again, wouldnt all the popularity that they had accumulated previously benefit FV Team? Whats more, Finger Games had already adjusted the version target so much, but FV Team could still win. That was too embarrassing If FV lost, the strange version would be useless. Everyone would only criticize them. However, if they won, the consequences would be unimaginable. Chrtien looked a little nervous at the beginning, probably because the PTSD from watching the competition last year had acted up. At that time, no one thought that FV Team was a strong team. In the end, they came up with tricks one after another. Not to mention the opponents, even the audience and commentators were stunned. It completely subverted everyones understanding of IOI. Some of IOIs designers did not expect the game to be played this way. Chrtien was obviously afraid that FV Team would be like last year, acting submissively in the group stages and going all out in the finals. It would be too despairing if they were to pull out some new tricks that they had never seen before and torture CEM with 3: 0! However, after watching the BP segment, Chrtien visibly relaxed and wiped his sweat. Alright, alright. It was finally normal. FV Team did not give a particularly shocking BP and tactics this time. Their lineup might have changed slightly compared to the semi-finals, but they were more adaptable and counter-attack. All the choices were still within the understanding of the audience and commentators. This also meant that FV Team was going to compete with CEM in strength. That was normal. That was because Finger Games could be said to be determined to win the world finals this time. They had confirmed the version in advance and cut down FV Teams best heroes, giving foreign teams enough time to do tactical research. It was not like last year where the version of the international competition had changed too much. Many foreign teams had not adapted well, causing the FV with strong tactical reserves to take advantage of the loopholes. At the finals stage, the two teams had studied the current version thoroughly. Even if there was a gap in the lineup and tactics, it was not enough to have a decisive impact on the results and trend of the competition. At the end of the day, it was still a competition of strength. Strength was nothing more than the level of control the players had of the heroes, the cooperation and execution of the entire team. The former was definitely because CEM Team had the advantage. That was because these strong heroes were the best heroes of CEM players. FV team members had been training hard after the modification, but there was still a gap no matter how hard they trained. That gave Chrtien hope. There was a chance to win! Once CEM Team won, they would be able to snatch FV Teams popularity. It would have a certain positive effect on boosting the European and American markets. Finger Games would also have face. This IOI World Competition would be considered a success. Such success would definitely affect the attitude of the upper echelons of Dayak Corporation towards IOI. They would definitely be more peaceful and would not think about how to squeeze out the remaining value like before. Chrtien watched the progress of the competition with nervous anticipation. In the first round, CEM was next first, but FV Team quickly made tactical adjustments and returned to their original state in the second round. Both sides exchanged blows, not giving in to each other. In the end, they actually reached the deciding round! Jin Yong was also enjoying watching it. He had not watched such an exciting competition in a long time! He might be the person-in-charge of IOIs domestic server now but it did not affect him from the perspective of a pure audience to enjoy the exciting competition. Whats more, his attitude was different from Finger Games. Finger Games did not like FV Team, but Jin Yong still had a good impression of FV Team. He was actually looking forward to FV Team being the champion. Before the final deciding round began, Jin Yong glanced at Chrtien, who was sitting next to him. He suddenly realized that Chrtiens face was pale. He seemed to be even more nervous than before the first round. Whats more, this did not seem to be just nervousness. There was also a very strong worry? Jin Yong was a little confused. He asked, Were already at the deciding round. That means that FV Team and CEM Team have a chance. Even if we really want CEM to win, we dont have to worry to this extent, right? Chrtien shook his head. No, thats not it. I suddenly realized a very serious problem. The outcome of the last round is no longer important. Whether CEM Team loses or wins the last round, we have already lost to Boss Pei! Jin Yong was stunned. How is that possible? A win is win, a lose is lose! Chrtien said, Our only chance of winning is CEM Team 3: 0 or 3: 1 to win FV Team cleanly. The current situation is a dead end! Chapter 1364 - Boss Pei Is In A Better Place Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Jin Yong was very confused. How did he fall into a dead end? According to Chrtien, there were actually only four conditions for this finals: FV Team crushed CEM, CEM crushed FV, FV won with difficulty, and CEM won with difficulty. Only if CEM crushed FV Team would it be acceptable for Finger Games. Why? Even if CEM did not win so decisively, they would still win if they won 3: 2. Wouldnt they be able to snatch the popularity from FV Team even if they won the world championship? Chrtien shook his head and explained, The key is that the version changes in the international competition are too obvious for FV Team. This has indirectly added a lot of emotional points to FV Team. Even if FV Team loses with 2: 3, not many people would recognize the value of CEM as the champion. On the other hand, if FV Team wins 3: 2 Chrtien did not continue speaking because that was the last thing he wanted to see. Jin Yong finally understood. His eyes widened slightly. I see! If the finals this time were absolutely fair, then the winner would undoubtedly be the biggest winner. However, the key was that Finger Games version of the international competition had dealt a heavy blow to the heroes that FV Team was good at. It had also greatly enhanced the heroes that European and American clubs were good at. This was equivalent to writing I dont want FV to win the championship on their faces. When this version change was first announced, players had actually become excited about it. They thought that even though Finger Games actions were completely within the rules, it still seemed a little shameless. If a games company adjusted the games balance not to make the competition look better but to lean towards certain teams, it would obviously be an unfair position as the organizer. In fact, this was also the case in traditional sports. For example, ping pong ball kept changing the rules. However, the changes to traditional sports were not so obvious. It was not like IOI, where everyone understood which heroes were strengthened. There was some controversy but the international competition had not started yet. No one could tell how the plot would develop so there was not much opposition. Many foreign clubs would not pretend to be innocent after benefitting. Since Finger Games had already made changes that were beneficial to them, they would accept it in peace and prepare for battle seriously. It was most practical to win the championship with fewer words. However, that did not mean that the audiences thoughts had completely disappeared. It was only temporarily hidden. However, after the competition started, FV Team had been playing competitions all the way to remind the audience about this. From the scare of the group stages to the stumbling in the elimination round, to the finals where they could compete with the CEM team that was best at strong heroes with the version lineup, FV team members had used a lot of practice to improve the proficiency of these heroes to the extent that they could go on the finals stage. The audience would not be surprised that CEM Team took out their version of strong heroes because everyone knew that they played well to begin with. However, the audience would be very surprised if FV Team took out the version of the strong heroes. That was because FV Team did not play these heroes in the first place. Everyone wanted to see how they performed after taking them out! On the other hand, if it was a hero that they did not play well in the beginning but achieved results, it would be enough to let people see the hardships and efforts that FV Team had put in behind the scenes. That was why Chrtien said that there was only one acceptable situation: CEM Team crushed FV Team. The audience would not have much sympathy for the failures who had no resistance at all. If FV Team really suffered a crushing defeat, there would definitely be more people mocking them and adding insult to injury than people who understood them. At that time, if the audience raised the issue of the version, they would only be mocked by others. Who can you blame if you dont know how to create new heroes? However, FV Team had forcefully trained these heroes now. They might not have reached the proficiency of the ultimate warrior but they had relied on their good team cooperation and strong tactical execution to play the fifth round with CEM Teams version of the favorite. In that case, even if they lost the last round, FV Team would become a tragic hero, an innocent sacrifice in the battle between IOI and GOG, an ironclad proof that Finger Games had changed its version and eliminated the championship! The value of the champion of CEM Team was naturally a question mark. There was a lot of controversy. It would be even worse if FV Team won in the end! It would even be worse than FV Team crushing CEM Team. That was because if FV Team crushed them again and won the championship easily, it would prove that this team was strong. No matter how the version changed, it would not be affected. That way, Finger Games modification of the version would not seem so deliberate. FV Teams fans would not keep harping on the teams that had failed. They would just laugh it off. However, now that both sides were playing 2: 2 with such similar strength, the global audience would definitely have many opinions on Finger Games version modification. No matter the outcome after the competition, it would probably be impossible to avoid arguing online. Jin Yong thought about this matter from beginning to end and realized that Finger Games did not have a good solution. FV Team, which Boss Pei had invested a lot of resources into, was like a nail that was nailed into the heart of Finger Games. There was no way to deal with it! FV Team had gathered the best batch of players in the country to begin with. Then, they used strict training, generous conditions, and GOGs professional data analysis team to train them. Their standards were unique compared to other teams in the country. This team was so eye-catching in the declining environment of IOI domestic server. If FV Team won, it would highlight Boss Pei and GOGs strong strength in nurturing the team even more if the local server, IOI, was in a bad state. If FV Team lost, they would only be considered alone. It was the problem with IOIs domestic server being dispirited. At the end of the day, GOG was still impressive and had snatched IOIs market. On the other hand, Finger Games could not do much against FV winning the championship. If the version did not change, continued, or if the changes were small, hoping that foreign teams would steadily beat FV Team through a year of natural development? That was actually not realistic. They would catch up at most, but they might not be able to surpass FV Team. Whats more, the version could not remain the same. That was because gamers had to play new things. After the version changes, it would definitely be weaker for FV Team. They would definitely hope that other teams would win the championship. However, that would leave everyone the impression that Finger Games was the only seeded team for FV. The anxiety of the finals especially strengthened this impression This seemed to be a dead end. He could not go through! All the decisions that Finger Games had to make could not bypass FV Team, and it seemed understandable whether FV Team lost or won. As long as FV Team maintained their original beliefs, did not self-explode, did not become arrogant, did not expose huge negative scandals, and did not experience a cliff-like decline in the strength of the players, then to Finger Games, this was a nail that could never be removed. It would always be in their heart, hurting faintly! The atmosphere had reached its peak even though there was already a passionate war song at the venue. However, Jin Yongs excitement had already dissipated. He began to worry about the public opinion after the competition like Chrtien. Congratulations to FV Team. Everyone thought that they would lose the championship two consecutive times because of the changes in the version. However, they relied on their strong perseverance and perseverance to successfully adapt to the version. In the end, they won against CEM Team in five rounds and finally won IOIs global finals! Let us congratulate FV Team once again and give warm applause to CEM Teams exciting performance! The commentator on stage was a professional commentator after all. He did not completely lean towards CEM Team like the upper echelons of Finger Games. Instead, he was objective and fair. Perhaps the commentators were more or less moved by FV Teams performance. After all, they understood the competition. The fireworks and golden ribbons on the stage instantly spurted out. Accompanying the tsunami-like applause and cheers in the venue, the five members of FV Team hugged each other excitedly and stepped onto the podium! The big shots of Dayak Corporation and Finger Games could only smile and present the prizes to them. Perhaps some of them were still frustrated: Why was CEM Team so disappointing? If he persevered a little more and made fewer mistakes, what if he won another round? Wouldnt he win? However, it was useless to say anything now that things had come to this. Jin Yong looked at the empty seat next to him. Chrtien had learned his lesson from the previous time. He slipped away in advance when he saw that the situation was not good. He did not witness the awkward scene of FV winning the championship. Whats more, Chrtiens stand was different from last year. Last year, he was the organizer. This year, he was just a calefare. There was no need for him to stay and create trouble for himself. After the award ceremony, it was time for the interview. The big shots of the organizers might be very reluctant but they still had to go through this necessary process. Unlike the previous interview, FV team members interview this time was more touching. After all, it sounded very difficult for professional players to use their bodies to fight against the version. In fact, it was even more difficult. Compared to last year, when they had relied on their version advantages and tactics to win the championship, this year was obviously more touching. Finally, the host came to FV Teams captain, Pan Ying. As the teams support and commander, Pan Yings character of interviewing the Black Hole was quite likable. He could be considered an old acquaintance of the audience and the host. After asking a few conventional questions, such as tactical understanding, team cooperation, and so on, the host suddenly had an idea and decided to improvise on the spot. During the championship interview last year, you said that the most important thing to thank is your boss, Boss Pei. Thats because he arranged for all of this. Who do you think you should thank this year? After some consideration, Pan Ying said, I want to thank all the fans and players who support us this year, especially the players in the local server. Dont worry, FV Team will definitely fight with you to the last moment to protect the honor of the ICL league! For some reason, even though it was supposed to be a happy award ceremony, Pan Yings words had the tragic color of a hero in his twilight. It made people sigh.. Chapter 1365 - Support FV Team’s Transformation to GOG Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Fans from all over the world were watching FV Teams award on the live-stream and forum. It might be late at night in China but there were still many viewers watching the live-stream and witnessing this scene. After hearing Pan Yings final words, many fans, especially domestic fans and IOI players, could not hold it in anymore. Holy sh * t, Team Pan, dont say that. How sad is that? You just won the world championship! I want to see you win three consecutive championships next year! What triple championship? I hope that FV Team will represent ICL league every year in the future! Indeed, theres no need to be so dejected on the day of winning the championship. Why is it fighting to the last moment? Sigh, everyone, dont deceive yourself and others. Dont you understand IOIs current state? FV Team is the last glory of the local server, IOI. If FV Team really cant make it one day, theres no need to watch this international competition. ICL teams would probably not even be able to make it out of the group stages. The key is that Finger Games will definitely continue to target FV Team next year. They definitely dont want to see the same team win three consecutive championships. This might be good news for other competition zones, but for ICL hehe. Theres no other way. Theres no one in IOIs local server! Theres no fresh blood at all. The ICL league has been established for almost a year. In the end, all the teams are still old people. All the clubs are working hard to poach new people, but how can they poach them? The high ranking passers-by are too severely lacking. GOGs treatment is better. Newbies with some ability are playing GOG. Why would they play a career league like IOI with no future? To put it bluntly, IOI is not good enough. GOG is rubbing it in both countries, much less domestically. Sigh, watching such exciting competitions diminish day by day. Everyone, cherish it. All the posts on the forum felt like they were mourning. Even though FV Team won the championship this time, everyone could tell that it was very difficult for them to win this time. They could be said to be stumbling. The championship this time was indeed partly hard work, partly strength, but also partly luck. What if CEM Team handled certain details better than the opponent? What if they were stronger? Would the outcome of the competition change? After all, from the looks of the results, both sides had been very anxious. If Finger Games continued to weaken FV Team next year, it would be defeated by foreign teams sooner or later. The only problem was which team to defeat. That made the domestic fans feel unacceptable. That was because FV Teams players were still very hardworking and still had strength. However, in MOBA games, being targeted by the version was really impossible. FV Team had won this time successfully with their previous foundation, team members hard work, and tactical adjustments, but what about the next time? In other words, at the moment they won the championship, everyone, including the players and audience, knew that FV Team would probably not be able to win next year. Those who thought that they could win the championship either overestimated the team members limits or overestimated Finger Games lower limit in this matter. Almost all IOI players in the country were FV Teams fans. After all, there were no other teams in the entire competition zone apart from FV Team. Thus, even though FV Teams championship was a good thing and IOIs local server had already released various championship events to celebrate, to players, this joy was ultimately incomplete. It was always mixed with deep worry. However, at that moment, someone posted a new post. I dont think everyone should be too sad. This is the best result that I can think of so far. Everyone knows that Finger Games doesnt like FV Team to begin with. Dont tell me everyone has forgotten that Finger Games secretly hired a stats analyst to give FRY Team special treatment before the finals last year? However, the version at that time was already set. FV Team understood the version thoroughly. Therefore, even though Finger Games lost people by doing this, it did not change the fate of FRY Team being swept away in the end. Its different this year. Finger Games released a new version a long time before the international competition. They specially cut down the heroes that FV Team is good at. To be honest, I think no team in the world can achieve FV Teams level when facing the game developers. If FV Team loses, I think Finger Games can be nailed to the pillar of shame. Ive never seen any company as the organizer of the competition with such a crooked butt and so many disgraceful methods. The current situation is actually just right. FV Team has proven through their hard work and strength that they can still win the championship even if they are targeted by the organizers! This is a perfect end. I suggest that everyone doesnt have to watch IOIs competition next year. Since Finger Games is focused on letting European and American teams win the championship, let them take it. We wont play with them anymore. People like us who are still playing IOIs local server are more or less brain-damaged. You say that GOG has better benefits and richer gameplay. The number of players is even more overwhelming. IOI can only start a game after matching for five minutes. The other party can enter in seconds. IOI, ask yourself, how can you compare to GOG? What makes you think you can retain these players? Everyone is just used to playing IOI. They are still persevering even if they see their friends transferring to GOG. Everyone was very excited when FV won the championship last year. After all, this is winning glory for our domestic server players. It also makes us feel that we are not lonely. After all, these five old generals persisted in IOI and won the championship. But what about now? Their peak period is almost over. Finger Games is also targeting them unscrupulously. Just like IOIs domestic server, they will always be the last group to be considered in various activities. I really feel bad for them and for all the players in IOIs local server. On the other hand, GOG really treats domestic players like its father. Both players and professional players can only be the grandson in IOI! Thats why Ive figured it out. Its been almost two years. The joy and emotions that I felt when I first met IOI have basically been wiped out. I think its not bad to end it with FV Team winning two championships in a row. Ive decided to go to GOG. Many of my previous friends are waiting for me there. As for IOI, Ill buy another set when FVs new champion skin is released, but I wont touch this game in the future. I also hope that FV Team would not play ICL league. Finger Games is not worthy. Since everyone in Finger Games hates FV Team so much, I hope that FV Team can be transferred away directly. Its Boss Peis team anyway. Its good to add it to play GPL. We might be beaten by those perverted domestic teams when we get to the GPL, but it doesnt matter. At the very least, that side is absolutely fair. Even if we lose, we lose convincingly. Its not like here, where we lose miserably and win miserably. It would be too boring if a teams opponent is not another team but the organizer of the competition. I understand the tragic feeling of FV Team and ICL league, but I still sincerely suggest that forget it, theres no need to be forcefully tied to such a hopeless league and game. All in all, I want to tell the members of FV that youve worked hard. Its been very good. Its the only point in my IOI game career that is worth recalling. I will support you no matter what you choose next! This post was only sent by an ordinary player, but it resonated widely in the forum. Especially the gamers of IOIs local server. They could empathize with what the gamer said! All the unfair treatment he had encountered when playing IOI surfaced in his mind. It could be said that FV Team carried the hopes of IOI domestic server players. At the same time, it could be seen as a reflection of IOI domestic server players. FV Team had always been targeted, how could the local players be valued? GOG had to consider domestic server players for everything. There were more and more players, the game functions were perfect, and the popularity on the internet was getting higher and higher. On the other hand, IOI was obviously in a vicious cycle. The more players the local server lost, the less they would value it. The less they valued it, the more it would lose it. Wanting to watch FV Team win two consecutive championships was one of the reasons why many viewers had been persevering. Now, they have already won two consecutive championships. It was almost impossible for them to win three consecutive championships. Many viewers asked themselves why they continued to stay in IOI to torture themselves. Whats more, just as this audience had said, FV Team had already been targeted. Why should they continue to suffer in IOI? Instead of FV Team being targeted by Finger Games and losing their heros twilight, being stepped up by other teams in next years international competition and being mocked by some audience with ulterior motives, they might as well not play it. The entire team could just transfer to the GPL! They would start from scratch there. No matter whether they won or lost, no one would blame them. Whats more, it would be an absolutely fair competition environment there. Does Finger Games want to continue targeting FV Team next year? Must you distribute FV Teams popularity to other foreign teams so that they can step on FVs corpse to become gods? Sorry, Im not playing with you anymore! The two topics entered the hot searches of the players. One was # FV Team won two championships #, the other was # Support FV Team to Transit to GOG! Chapter 1366 - IOI’s Worst Situation Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios December 16th, Sunday Pei Qian woke up and saw all sorts of hot searches. He was completely stunned. # Support FV Team to Transit to GOG #??? How did this thing get on the hot searches? This is ridiculous! Pei Qian fell asleep after watching FV Teams competition yesterday and did not pay much attention to the discussions on the forums. The only thing that comforted him yesterday was that FV Team did not thank Boss Pei after winning the championship. As for whether FV Team won or lost, it was acceptable to Pei Qian. It was not a big problem. However, when he woke up and saw the hot topic on his cell phone, Pei Qian could not remain calm anymore. What was going on? Why would they support FV Team to transit to GOG? At first, Pei Qian thought that the gamers of GOG had started this topic. They were fanning the flames and poaching IOI. However, he realized that he had guessed wrongly after reading everyones discussion. After the competition yesterday, GOGs gamers were enthusiastically discussing the exciting internal battle between the two domestic teams in the international invitational tournament. They did not pay attention to FV Team at all. In other words, those who had notified Boss Pei of the news had come to GOGs forum to congratulate Boss Pei for obtaining the double championship of GOG and IOI once again. They wanted to celebrate. The first thing that changed was the forum on IOI. If FV Team lost, it would seem a little sour to go through Finger Games version change and secretly send Balancer to other teams. However, now that FV Team had won, they had to talk about the new and old hatred! That was because in E-Sports, only those who won would have the right to speak. Those who criticized others would feel confident. FV Team had already proven that they could still win the championship under the influence of Finger Games version. However, this also meant that they would be targeted more next year. Thus, IOIs players were unhappy and felt that FV Team was not worth it. Thus, they started a topic, hoping that they would invest in GOG. As players, of course, they would follow suit. This topic had only been hotly discussed in IOIs circle. However, many GOG players saw that it was a good thing! They welcomed it with both hands! You IOI players had obviously made a wrong decision. The mistake was that you had decided too late! You should have turned to GOG last year! Thus, GOGs players were naturally happy to add fuel to the fire of this topic. In just one night, the topic of #Supporting FV Team to Change to GOG# had become a hot topic. It had even surpassed the topic of GOG and IOI winning the world competition. Even the first few hot comments under the Weibo post where FV Team won the championship were all feeling that it was not worth it for them and hoped that they would transfer to GOG early. Pei Qian was stunned when he saw the contents. This was completely unexpected! What if FV Team really transferred to GOG? One had to know that FV Team was the two champions of IOIs international competition. They had two sets of champion skins. Wouldnt it be equivalent to pressing Finger Games face to the ground before the champions skin was made? What now? Should he do something? Pei Qian was the boss of FV Team after all. No matter what he said, no matter whether he asked FV Team to transfer to GOG or stay in IOI, FV Team would probably listen. However, after some consideration, Pei Qian decided not to bother about this matter. If FV Team wanted to transfer to GOG, they would transfer. If they did not want to transfer, they would not transfer. It was up to them to decide. Pei Qian could not bear to force FV Team to stay in IOI if they felt that it was a little unfair. Even if FV Team really transferred to GOG and brought a group of players, they would probably bring some players from IOIs local server. There were not many players left in IOIs local server. Thus, Pei Qian did not dwell on this matter. Since GOG and IOIs international competition had ended, this matter could be over. He could continue to worry about other things It was 2 PM in Europe and 8 PM in China. In the hotel where the staff of Finger Games were staying, the upper echelons of Chrtien, Jin Yong, and a few other Finger Games were holding an emergency meeting. Logically speaking, Jin Yong should not participate in a meeting of this level. However, the problem was that the main problem this time was the domestic server. After FV Team won the championship yesterday, the public opinion on the domestic internet exploded. However, the activity of domestic players decreased! The operations staff of IOIs local server had sent a message today. They said that the player activity on the second day of the championship was similar to the same period. It had plummeted! That was even under the circumstances that IOIs local server had already opened various benefits such as half price of the champions skin, additional experience when playing games, and so on. Whats more, it was Sunday. There should be more players. For other regions, it was one thing for the championship to be snatched away by FV Team and for it to be difficult to ignite the passion of the players. Why did the players in the local server also plummet? Why did they fall even more severely than other places? That was unacceptable! One had to know that IOIs local server did not have many players left. If this continued, it was hard to say if there would be enough people in the local server to open the game. If it was a standalone game, it did not matter how many active players there were online. In any case, everyone played their own games and would not affect each other. However, the gaming experience of players in MOBA games depended completely on the number of players in the total number of players. If there were too few people, they would not be able to match opponents with similar strength. Low-level players would be easily beaten and crushed. This would further aggravate the collapse of the entire pyramid from the bottom up! If this continued, the domestic server would probably stop operating in a few months. There was no point in gritting their teeth and holding on. They would only be able to get one round in ten minutes. It would be no different from closing the server. This emergency meeting was to solve these two main problems. First, if he could prevent IOIs local server from losing players? Second, how should the negative comments on the domestic internet that encouraged FV Team to fight GOG be resolved? As the person-in-charge of IOIs local server, Chrtien and Jin Yong naturally could not escape. They were pulled over for a meeting immediately. Jin Yong sat in a corner of the conference table, listening to the upper echelons of Finger Games and Chrtien chatter. He felt like he had nothing to live for. His language skills were not bad, but he still felt uncomfortable at such an event. He had thought that he would be able to take a plane back tomorrow since the IOI World Competition was over. There should not be any major missions in the near future. He did not expect that the blame would fly to him before he could fly away! They were not even in China, but he still had to take the blame if something happened to IOIs local server. That was ridiculous. Jin Yong felt that he was really unlucky. Previously, he had felt very lucky to be selected as IOIs cooperation department. After all, this was a key project decided by the upper echelons of Long Yu Corporation. However, he now deeply realized that this was a pit! He had not stopped since he joined this department! There would always be strange and serious problems in unexpected places. He had to deal with it. He could not deal with it! Take this matter for example. Jin Yong could not think of a solution even if he racked his brains. The only way he could think of was for Finger Games to honestly admit defeat. Then, they would adjust the content that they had cut off FV Team in the next version. They would make a show of we are indeed seriously doing data balance and not target FV Team. However, was that possible? If Finger Games wanted to do this, it was indeed possible to salvage a portion of IOIs local server players and retain FV Team. However, it might also cause another series of losses. Would foreign players and teams think that you were submitting to the might of domestic players? Would they think that this was a crying child has milk to eat? What if foreign players threatened to leave the game? If he strengthened the heroes that FV Team was good at and really gave FV Team three consecutive championships next year, would the teams in the other competition zones still play? One had to know that Finger Games current strategy was to let IOIs local server slack and wait for death. They would focus on the European market. At the very least, they had raised a CEM this time. They were only one step away from winning the championship. Wouldnt all their previous efforts be wasted if they changed them back? The current situation was that IOI domestic server players felt that they had received unfair treatment and did not want to play with you. However, the players in Europe and America could not win the championship every year. They could not see hope every year. They were very unhappy. It would have been fine if IOI was the only game in the world. He could only blame himself for being too lousy. However, GOGs current expansion in the European and American markets was also very strong. The league had also been established. The European and American teams had been beaten last year to enter the top four this year. Their improvement was obvious. If they could not win the championship, wouldnt it be the same for European players? GOG was ahead of IOI in many aspects. Whats more, its momentum in the past few months was obviously much more fierce than IOI. No matter how one looked at it, it was more worth investing and looking forward to than IOI. Thus, a very strange situation happened in IOI. Everyone felt that they should be taken care of. If they continued to target FV Team, the local players would quit; if they changed back, the European and American players would quit. There was no way to solve this root problem at all. This ending had already been decided when Finger Games targeted FV Teams heroes to make European and American teams win the championship. If CEM Team could win the championship, they might be able to protect Europe. Now, they could not get any advantage from either side. Everyone discussed and discussed about some very superficial methods. For example, they wanted to make the champions skin look good, organize more activities in the country to promote FV Team, change the heroes that FV Team was good at to the international competition before considering whether to cut them off. However, everyone knew very well that these measures could not solve the problem fundamentally. Even if they could be effective, the effect would probably be limited. After a period of silence, Chrtien said, Perhaps we have to prepare for the worst in advance. If the local servers players are lost and its difficult to operate normally, and the value of the ICL league is on the verge of collapse, what should we do? Chapter 1367 - The New Champion Skin Once he asked that, everyone fell silent. Even though these words did not sound nice, everyone knew that such an extreme situation might really happen. Whats more, it might happen soon. There were not many people in IOIs domestic server to begin with. Would it be able to support an entire server after the last struggle? The large number of players lost would further aggravate the collapse of the matching mechanism and ranking mechanism. It would be difficult for players to be matched to a match with similar strength. The game experience would become worse. Naturally, the loss would cause a chain reaction. Once the number of players decreased, the number of people watching the competition would naturally decrease. If the popularity decreased, the commercial value of the entire league would decrease. At that time, the major capitalist would no longer look favorably on the ICL league, and the clubs would no longer be able to see profits from the IOI branch. Would the entire ICL league still be able to be held? One of the upper echelons of Finger Games said, If that really happens, we can only transfer the players data through the servers and merge with the newly opened Southeast Asian servers or Korea servers to become sub servers. We can cancel the ICL league and merge the ICL league team with the other competition zones nearby to maintain the commercial value of the league. Another executive frowned and said, However, this is equivalent to closing the server. It will cause players to lose more players. After all, most people are not willing to play with players who are not in their own language, and they dont want to be very troublesome to migrate data. Chrtien sighed. That cant be helped. Weve already suffered a crushing defeat in the market of the China region. No matter what we do now, we can only choose a more presentable ending. Jin Yong understood this situation all too well. This was just like many games. In the later stages, players in the server would naturally be lost. Whether it was the uniform or not, it would be a wrong choice. If they were not convinced, many players would say that the entire servers ecology had become rigid. There was no competition, there was no fun to play, and they wanted to give up more and more. Combining the servers would arouse the disgust of those players who only wanted to slack off and farm. They were originally ranked near the top in the old servers, but they were bullied in the new servers. They felt that they had become weaklings again and might lose them immediately. Whats more, the event for the servers was very intense. It would indeed be exciting for a period of time after it was done. However, it would quickly enter a rigid state because of the loss of players. Thus, gamers would complain about continuing to integrate the game. Once they do, another batch of gamers would be lost. It would be a vicious cycle. In other words, he would not be able to stop once the server was closed. In fact, he would be drinking poison to quench his thirst. IOIs local server was in a similar situation now. No matter what they did, players would be lost. Changing the way they handled it would only be to change the way they lost players. However, if it really reached that stage, it would not do if they were not convinced because the players basic gaming experience might not be guaranteed. Chrtien looked at Jin Yong. You havent expressed your opinion since just now. What do you think we should do? Jin Yong could not help but shrink his neck. Dont ask me, how would I know! Given the current situation, unless Boss Pei personally came, no one would be able to save him! However, everyone looked over. Jin Yong could not shrink anymore. He could only bite the bullet and answer, I think FVs new champion skin can be made faster. Make it look better He did not dare to discuss the matter of the uniform. He had no right to comment. The final decision would be whether the server was suitable or not. It would probably only be finalized after the upper echelons of Finger Games discussed and reported to the upper echelons of Dayak Corporation. Thus, Jin Yong could only talk about such unimportant things. In any case, I spoke at the meeting. Please give me less blame. Thank you. However, Chrtiens eyes lit up. Eh? Thats a very important point. We overlooked it previously! The champion skin of FV Team this time should indeed be new. It should be obviously different from last years. No matter what, this will definitely be useful to retain players and FV Teams fans. Its also a relatively easy and risk-free measure. Everyone nodded without any objections. The upper echelons of Dayak Corporation would definitely support him with both hands if he could make skins and earn a wave of money from IOIs local server. When the time came to make the skin look better, it would be easy to say and nice to hear. It would also show that Finger Games respected and valued the championship that FV Team had painstakingly won. Chrtien said to Jin Yong, Communicate with FV Team about the champions skin. Satisfy all their requirements as much as possible. There would still be some language and cultural gap if he were to directly let the skin designer of Finger Games communicate. Thus, Chrtien wanted Jin Yong to be the middleman and push the production of the champions skin. He wanted to ensure that FV Team members were as satisfied as possible. Jin Yong nodded. Alright, Ill start pushing this matter immediately when I get back! At the same time, FV team members were shopping in the biggest shopping mall in the area, happily enjoying victory. FV Teams boss, Wu Yue, and Captain Pan Ying, were a little tired from shopping. They found a cafe and prepared to sit down and rest for a while. Did you see the topic online? What do you think? Wu Yue asked. The competition might have been very bumpy but the players were still very excited after the competition. All of them held their cell phones and scrolled for a long time. They must have seen the hot searches. Pan Ying thought for a moment. Transfer to GOG? I think everyones original intention is good, but its still a little too idealistic. The five of us have always been playing IOI. We have to train from scratch to transfer to GOG. Were already at this age. Im afraid we cant even play the A-Level Competition. We might as well retire directly. Whats more, FV Team won two IOI world championship no matter what. Isnt it a little hard to say that they transferred to GOG? Boss Peis original intention for buying FV Team was for us to enter IOI. If we transfer to GOG, would Boss Pei agree? Wu Yue said, Ive called Boss Pei. Boss Pei said that he will respect the decisions of the players. It doesnt matter to Boss Pei whether FV Team continues to stay in IOI. Boss Pei is very open about this. Dont worry. Pan Ying still shook his head. Lets think about this at length. Finger Games might not be human but we still have some feelings for IOI. We cant make up our minds for now. Wu Yue nodded. Yes, theres no hurry. We can think about it at length. By the way, have you thought of a theme for the champions skin this year? Pan Ying shook his head. I havent thought about it. The used heroes are heroes that I dont like. Whats more, they all look strange. Theres really nothing to choose from. The strong heroes in this version were all the unique heroes of some teams in Europe and America. Everyone knew that the games produced by Europe and America would have strange characters, but the players in Europe and America liked them very much. Thus, FV Team had been training hard for a long time to win the championship. They had been training since the group stages and had not chosen the hero they liked at all. That was because they had never thought that they would definitely win the championship. They did not dare to slack off in every match. Thus, they basically did not like the heroes that they could choose. Naturally, he was not interested in making champion skins for heroes that he did not like. He could only make generals out of nothing. Wu Yue pondered for a moment. Sigh, I suddenly thought of a solution. Can you make the champion skins of these heroes into your favorite heroes? Pan Ying was stunned. Huh? Catching children? Will that work? Wu Yue said, Tell the official platform its their business whether they agree or not. Whats more, this is completely within the rules. Why cant they do it? Pan Ying did not expect such a method. He could not react in time. What Wu Yue meant was that he could make these heroes that he did not like into their original heroes. Wouldnt that make them more pleasing to the eye? As for how it would look, that was Finger Games skin designer. He had to trust Finger Games professionalism. After some consideration, Pan Ying said, It seems to be an idea. Ill talk to the other team members later. If they agree, we can try it this way. For example, add some of our favorite hero elements in the skins of these heroes, such as weapons, style, characteristics, and so on. It should feel quite interesting. Pan Ying thought about it and suddenly felt that this approach was quite interesting. He imagined that the scene would be more interesting, so he agreed to this plan. At the same time, it was already night time in China. Pei Qian switched on the television of the Aili Island website. As he waited for Successor to broadcast, he flipped through the discussions about Successor on his cell phone. The good news was that even though GOG and IOIs international competition had ended, everyones enthusiasm for discussion was still very high. It would still occupy the entire internet for a period of time. There were also a large number of UP Masters doing video analysis and summarizing the international competition on the Aili Island website. Professional analysis and teasing were basically a harmonious state. There were also comments below many slightly related video areas. To Pei Qian, this was a blessing in disguise. After all, the more popular it was, the less popular Successor would obtain. It was a good way to split the profits. There was nothing new about everyones discussion of Successor. Obviously, everyone was waiting for the premiere on Aili Island. There were actually many posts that did not understand the truth and expressed anticipation. Pei Qian smiled. Everyone, continue looking forward to it. In any case, once these three episodes were released, the audience that should have run away would have run away.. Chapter 1368 - Buy a Black Script! Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios The first three episodes of Successor were quickly done. Pei Qian might have watched it once but he felt that it was not enough to watch a series that could not make money with one look! He had to say that watching a drama series on the big screen of a television was very satisfying. Whats more, he could choose to open the bullet screen comments on Aili Islands website to interact with other viewers in real time. The watching experience would improve. It might have been quite popular and had just started airing. The number of bullet screen comments might not be as high as some anticipated and popular series, but it could basically be seen from the bullet screen comments and comments what the first batch of viewers thought about the drama Successor. Huh? Is this blond really the protagonist? Isnt he too cowardly? I dont really understand what it means to make a rich man into such an ugly and useless person. I think the rich protagonist in Struggle is more similar to the situation in reality. In fact, there are many rich second-generation heirs in reality who are capable. There are very little pure trash like him. Thats right. I also thought that Fei Huang Workspaces drama series would be similar to Struggle. Im disappointed This Phils character is really making me very uncomfortable. Its fine if he was scared sh * tless by the criminals, but hes not that good to the people around him. Hes really a pure piece of trash with a fake face Sorry for disturbing you. I dont even want to see such a person counterattack! The protagonists character can be summarized as pure trash wearing a rich and handsome skin. Im not wrong, right? Thats right. This is the character that the author decided on. Of course, you can have other interpretations. For example, hes not very handsome. Whats with this world theme? Superheroes obtaining superpowers from fans is too strange. I think this setting is alright. The key is that it has severe brain damage. The ordinary people here are so stupid to a certain extent. The crime rate is so high and the superheroes are suspected of acting, but they are still trusting superheroes? And falling deeper and deeper? Are they all brainless? Im here for Lu Zhiyao. Where is he? Lu Zhiyao and Zhang Zuting are both guest actors. They will probably appear later on. However, dont expect too much. It would be good enough if they could run two or three episodes of the so-called calefares. Most of the time, we will definitely only watch this protagonist Sigh, forget it. Its not my cup of tea. Ill give it up. If fate allows it, well meet again. Dont do that. The original party said that the first three episodes were quite well filmed. They really showed the content of the original work. Everyone, watch two more episodes. I think the plot will definitely not disappoint everyone! It showed the original content very well? Im sorry, I have to run away! If its still like that, why should I torture myself! Pei Qian could not help but smile as he looked at the bullet screen comments and comments. Not bad! Everyone could see the annoying aspects of this film at a glance. That meant that everyones brain circuit was normal. It was worth celebrating. This also showed that it was a very wise move for Pei Qian to find Fei Huang Workspace to invest a huge sum of money in the adaptation of Successor. However That was not very interesting. Pei Qian looked around at these comments and realized that he did not know if it was because everyones quality was too high or because they had a natural good impression of Fei Huang Workspaces brand. Everyone was not scolding directly and were a little tactful. Many things were obviously not harsh enough. Until now, most of the audiences dissatisfaction with the series was mainly focused on the protagonists character, worldview, when Lu Zhiyao, Zhang Zuting, and the other bit-role actors would appear It was not that he could not criticize them. The key was that the effect would not be so obvious after he criticized them. Take the hatching setting for example. It might be a hatching point but it was not lethal enough. Whats more, as the subsequent episodes were broadcast and the plot continued to progress, the haters would gradually change. These haters were not enough to stabilize the situation now. There might still be a possibility of a change in reputation in the future. It would be better to attack the core of this story directly from the source. However, until now, no film critics had done anything like that. Pei Qian pondered for a moment. Since there was a loophole in this place, he had to make up for it. If there was no film review, he could create his own! Previously, Fei Huang Workspace had already filmed many movies. Pei Qian remembered a few influential film critics. He could even find fake reviewers to cooperate. Ever since Pei Qians personal pockets were filled, he became very confident. Then who should I look for Pei Qian thought about it for a long time and suddenly found a suitable candidate. Just Qian! When Tomorrow is Beautiful premiered, this person had written many negative comments from various angles. Although he had also been scolded, the response had been quite good. Of course, when Pei Qian gave him money to brag about it awkwardly, he ended up being praised to the skies instead He could only say that the cooperation was not very good. Pei Qian pondered for a moment. It was mainly because he had been too serious back then. Whats more, he had coincidentally bragged about the advertisement in Tomorrow is Beautifuls movie. That was why he had accidentally failed. It would be quite stable if he only wanted him to hack it and give a clear direction this time. At that thought, Pei Qian immediately found Just Qians contact details and decided to pay him out of his own pocket to write a negative review of Successor. He had no other choice. The System would not allow him to reimburse the game. In order to ensure that he could incur losses for Successor, he had no choice but to spend as much as he could. Fortunately, Pei Qians bank account was gradually filling up. He did not have much expenses on his own. Spending three to four thousand yuan to buy a black draft might be a little painful but it was still necessary to think about the commission after losing money. Pei Qian was also very direct. He said that he would get Just Qian to write a bad review of Successor. The main reason was to attack the core of the irony of this game. If he felt that the content of the first three episodes was too little and not enough to be analyzed, he could take a look at the original. There was no response after a long time. Hes already sleeping? Pei Qian was a little surprised. It was still early. The beautiful night life had just begun, right? Just Qian finally replied after a while. I looked through the chat history. Arent you the sponsor of Tomorrow is Beautiful? Obviously, Just Qian did not reply immediately. He went to look through the chat records. He was very confused after flipping through it. Something was amiss. Previously, this person claimed to be a sponsor of Tomorrow is Beautiful. Wasnt that someone from Fei Huang Workspace? Successor was also a series from Fei Huang Workspace? Why was he spending money to defame his own series? Was he crazy? Pei Qian was stunned as well. He did not expect Just Qian to look through the chat history. That was indeed awkward. Hehe, its actually like this. Ive already resigned from my previous company. My current position is a little subtle, you understand? Just Qian suddenly understood. Oh, I understand. No problem then. It turned out that his love turned into hatred after he left his previous company. Oh no, he might have been poached by his competitor so it was normal for him to spend money to buy a bad draft. Just Qian: 5,000 yuan per shot. You can jump ship, but you cant possibly cut down on the money you gave me, right? Pei Qian: What the f*ck. Just Qian did not want to change his film review previously because Pei Qian used his paywall method and increased the price from 1,000 to 5,000. He forced Just Qian to change his review. Now, Just Qian was asking for money confidently. You gave me five thousand yuan before, but I have to give you five thousand yuan now! He could not possibly go back on his word by changing companies, right? Pei Qian was filled with regret! It was the same back then. He did not feel the pinch when he spent the System Funds at all. He would increase it by 1,000 yuan. Now that he thought about it, perhaps 4,000 yuan was enough for him? Forget it, forget it. Five thousand it was. They were all old acquaintances. There might be opportunities for cooperation in the future. Pei Qian gave him a 1,000 yuan deposit first. He would wait for him to finish writing the script before he closed the deal. Just Qian quickly took the money. No problem. Ill make up for the series and novels now. Ill give you the script within three days. He had to say that the spending experience was not bad. At the very least, Just Qian was very efficient in collecting money to do things. Pei Qian felt slightly better. Since that was the case, he would wait patiently. In any case, Successor would probably continue to be scolded in the next week. Then, its popularity would gradually decrease. Three days later, this film review would be released to drive the trend and make Successor cool down faster. The timing was just right. December 17th, Monday GOG and IOIs international competition had ended. The team members and staff would return to China this week. Of course, Pei Qian did not forget to let everyone play in Europe for a few days. He would spend as much money as he could, especially FV Team. FV Team had earned a bonus from IOI after all. They would also give the club a share of the profits. He had to think of a way to spend it. Successor did not cause much of a stir. It was basically developing according to plan. Pei Qian had nothing else to do while waiting for Just Qian to write his review. All of a sudden, he realized that he should visit Thriller Hostel soon. He had already said that he would build a roller coaster here. What did the roller coaster look like? Pei Qian really did not know. The main reason was that there were too many other things. Thriller Hostel was originally very remote. The construction area of the roller coaster was a distance away from the original Thriller Hostel. Traffic was not very convenient, and there was nothing much to see during the construction process. Thus, Pei Qian had never come. Now that the roller coaster had been completed and was waiting to be opened, he could come over and take a look. Of course, the experience was definitely off the table. Even if Pei Qian had deliberately emphasized that this roller coaster had to be smaller and less exciting to dissuade tourists, it was still a roller coaster no matter how short it was. It would be a little scary to go up. He looked at it from afar and roughly knew what to do. He just had to determine if Chen Kangtuo wanted to enter the next Suffering Travels list.. Chapter 1369 - We’ll Solve The Publicity Resources Ourselves! Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Pei Qian went straight to the service area of Thriller Hostel and found Chen Kangtuo and Hao Qiong, who were busy. It was Monday morning. There were much fewer tourists in Thriller Hostel compared to the weekend. Thus, Chen Kangtuo and Hao Qiong were mainly busy with the roller coaster. Before the roller coaster officially opened for business, the Thriller Hostel would definitely have to make a series of arrangements, including various guidance and publicity. It would also have to emphasize the many details of the management of the venue to the employees to ensure that nothing would go wrong. After all, the most important thing about such an amusement park was safety. Whether it was fun or not would depend on the number of options available later on. If safety was not guaranteed, there would be no need to talk about playing. Boss Peis sudden appearance surprised Chen Kangtuo. Eh, Boss Pei, why are you here! Chen Kangtuo was even a little excited for some reason. He had not seen Boss Pei for more than a year after all. He had not visited Thriller Hostel ever since Boss Pei gave him directions for the roller coaster project. That showed his full trust in Chen Kangtuo and Hao Qiong, and gave them ample room to express themselves, but he still felt a little neglected If not for the huge investment in the roller coaster project, Chen Kangtuo would have thought that he had really become an isolated marginal department. Now that the roller coasters were done and they were in the early stages of publicity, Boss Pei finally came to inspect. Pei Qian sat down on the sofa and asked casually, Hows the roller coaster project going? Have you encountered any difficulties? Chen Kangtuo immediately shook his head. No, everything is going well! After all, the construction team we found is very reliable. Theyre progressing very quickly, and the quality and safety are guaranteed. As for the effect of the roller coaster, Ive experienced it many times and made some minor adjustments. The current situation has basically met my initial expectations. Chen Kangtuo did not dare to speak too confidently. He could not say that he was 100% satisfied with this roller coaster either, right? He could not be so flamboyant in front of Boss Pei. It would make him look like he was half a bottle of water. Thus, he decided to be more humble and say that the roller coaster had basically met his initial expectations. Pei Qian nodded, not surprised by Chen Kangtuos answer. He had not expected Chen Kangtuo to mess up the project. That would have been too optimistic. Previously, Chen Kangtuo had been in charge of the series of projects in Thriller Hostel. He had accumulated a lot of experience. This roller coaster project might have more investments than the previous three projects combined but it was still working with a professional construction company after all. There was no fundamental difference in the difficulty. Chen Kangtuo came from the games department with his own ideas. It would be strange if he was not satisfied with the roller coaster. Pei Qian could only hope that the restrictions that he had raised for the roller coasters could reduce the fun of the roller coasters to a certain extent and reduce the passenger traffic. That would make it difficult for the entire project to recoup its costs. By the way, Meng Chang doesnt seem to have arranged for publicity for this project, right? Pei Qian asked. Previously, he had asked Meng Chang to choose one from the roller coaster project and the Successor for publicity. Meng Chang chose Successor after inspection. At the moment, the publicity work was done well. It did not have a good publicity effect at all. Whats more, Meng Chang seemed to be rubbing his hands together and accumulating strength, preparing to start the second round of publicity attack to consolidate the results. Since Meng Chang had spent all his publicity funds on Successor, the roller coaster would definitely not have much publicity funds. Pei Qian completely agreed with Meng Changs approach. After all, there was more than a hundred million yuan in investment for roller coasters. The bottom line of the experience could definitely be guaranteed. The more publicity resources he gave, the more dangerous it would become. Meng Chang must have seen this as well. That was why he decided not to give Thriller Hostel any publicity resources. However, Pei Qian was a little worried. Chen Kangtuo would not feel imbalanced because of the lack of publicity resources and become suspicious, right? He had to quickly appease Chen Kangtuo if there was such a sign. However, Chen Kangtuo smiled very generously. Its alright. I think the publicity resources should be given to projects that need it more. Successor obviously needs these resources more than us. As for the publicity resources for Thriller Hostel Meng Chang doesnt have to worry. We can solve it ourselves. Pei Qian was quite happy after hearing the first sentence. Chen Kangtuo was enlightened! It would be good if employees like you were more enlightened in Tengda. That way, I could save a lot of lip service and not have to spend so much effort explaining to my employees every time. However, after hearing the last sentence, Pei Qian suddenly felt that something was amiss. A question mark floated above his head. Solve it yourself? How to solve it? This publicity budget was not a small amount. The money that was allocated to Thriller Hostel previously was used for construction. There should not be much funds available here now. He could not possibly engage in cheap publicity, right? Chen Kangtuo looked very confident. Obviously, he had not compromised with the publicity. In fact, he was quite satisfied. Chen Kangtuo said, Boss Pei, do you want me to show you the current publicity? Pei Qian nodded. Yes. Chen Kangtuo immediately stood up and brought Pei Qian out of the service area of Thriller Hostel. He called a sightseeing car in the park and drove towards the roller coaster. The park of Thriller Hostel was getting bigger and bigger. It was a little tiring to walk around the entire park alone. Thus, Chen Kangtuo was actively planning the various transport facilities in the park, such as sightseeing cars, balance cars for individuals, and so on. Apart from that, the rail sightseeing cars that surrounded Thriller Hostel were also in the midst of planning. However, they had not put forward the construction schedule yet. Pei Qian sat in the sightseeing car and looked around. First, he saw some billboards inside Thriller Hostel, directing the location of the roller coaster. However, the content of these billboards was quite low-profile. They did not give the specific appearance of the roller coaster. They only gave route guidance. The advertisements were also relatively simple, such as Unique indoor roller coasters, original IPs, interactive plots bring unique experiences, believe me, you will not only come once, and so on. There was also a black picture of a roller coaster on it. It looked a little complicated, making it difficult to guess the specific route. Chen Kangtuo introduced proudly. Boss Pei, this is the billboard that Hao Qiong and I designed for the roller coaster project. Indoor roller coasters have several advantages compared to traditional roller coasters. For example, we will not be affected by the weather. We can open the restaurant on a normal basis for both wind, rain, and snow. The temperature would not be affected as well. It is easy to tell stories and make them into themes. It is easier for the indoor roller coaster to create a relatively realistic scene, giving people the feeling of transmigrating; Another important point is spoilers. You will be able to see the entire trajectory of the roller coaster once you enter the amusement park. The indoor roller coaster is hidden. Even if you have already sat on it, you will not be able to guess the subsequent route. It retains a sense of mystery to the greatest extent. Therefore, there are no spoilers on the billboards here so tourists can experience it themselves in the project. Pei Qian nodded slightly. He could accept this. After all, he had pulled the budget very high previously and limited the height of the roller coaster. It was not strange for Chen Kangtuo and the others to think about the idea of indoor roller coasters. However, how should he create their original IP? He would only know if he watched it live. The sightseeing car continued moving forward and soon saw the exterior of the indoor roller coaster project. It was a little far from the main park of Thriller Hostel. There was a lot of space in the middle, which left a lot of room for expansion. If the roller coaster and the Thriller Hostels park were next to each other, it would be very difficult to insert other small projects or shops in the middle. Whats more, it would be very cramped and not so atmospheric. The Thriller Hostel was located in the old industrial zone. It was also a key project supported by Jingzhou. Location was not an issue. Of course, this was only the surface reason. In fact, the reason why Pei Qian had specifically requested for the roller coaster to be as far away from the original project of Thriller Hostel as possible was mainly because he was afraid that the Thriller Hostels traffic would make the roller coaster popular. Thus, he had to maintain a distance. There might be sightseeing cars, balanced cars, and other transports in Thriller Hostel, but there might still be some people who needed to walk over with their legs if there was a lot of traffic. If they were in other parks where the projects were more compact or there were other shops, tourists could walk while shopping. The experience would be better. There was only a lonely roller coaster here. There was nothing between the original project of the Thriller Hostel. It must have been a form of torture for tourists. Pei Qian felt that this strategy should still be useful. However, after driving for a distance, Pei Qian suddenly felt that something was amiss. Why were there more shops along this route? There were all sorts of shops. Some were restaurants, coffee shops, and some were selling things. However, their styles were more uniform. It was more compatible with the overall style of Thriller Hostel. It did not look out of place at all. It was as if they were meant to be here. There was a larger shop in the middle of the route from Thriller Hostel to the roller coaster project. It was also renovated and modified with the previous factory. VR sensory equipment could be vaguely seen inside. These shops were still undergoing intense renovations and renovations. Although they had made use of the original buildings in the old industrial zone, they still had to make major changes. However, looking at the current progress, it should not be a problem to open it at the end of the month with the roller coaster project. Pei Qians face was filled with confusion. Something was amiss. Its different from what I imagined. Pei Qian had thought that the buildings would not be used in the short term. Chen Kangtuo would probably set up a simple wall on both sides of the road to guide the audience to the roller coaster. After all, Tengda did not have additional funds to renovate these buildings and build shops. However, on the way to the roller coaster, buildings of various sizes were basically working hard. It was a scene of full swing. Pei Qian suddenly had a bad feeling. Dont tell me Pei Qians guess was quickly confirmed because he saw Li Shis figure at the entrance of the biggest shop with VR sensory equipment.. Chapter 1370 - Set It At Full Speed! The corners of Pei Qians mouth twitched. He was in a very bad mood. I knew it was that scammer Boss Li again! Why do you always get into trouble at Thriller Hostel? Needless to say, Boss Li must have brought a group of strange and unknown investors to package this route and the shops around the roller coaster project. No wonder Chen Kangtuo said that he was not lacking in publicity funds. Someone else was paying for him! When Li Shi saw Pei Qian, his eyes lit up and he walked towards him briskly. Boss Pei! Li Shi was in a great mood. He could almost see the future of these shops as he watched these shops being renovated one by one, with reasonable planning and perfect layout. Boss Pei was obviously a walking God of Fortune! Li Shi was a little worried when Chen Kangtuo came to talk to Li Shi previously. After all, Boss Pei did not give any instructions. Chen Kangtuo seemed to have taken matters into his own hands. Chen Kangtuo might be the person-in-charge of the Thriller Hostel project but what did Boss Pei mean? Was Boss Pei willing to let them drink this soup? That was a problem. However, after walking around the venue, he confirmed that Boss Pei would definitely approve or even support him. That was because the roller coaster project was so far away from the original Thriller Hostel project. There were so many empty places in the middle. The road had been built. Even the weeds of the old buildings by the side had been cleaned and the outer wall had been beautified. Only the renovations and renovations inside could be used directly as shops. Wasnt this a hint? Of course, Chen Kangtuo had no other choice. This road led to the roller coaster project. The surrounding environment had to be beautified. He could not possibly continue to be deserted like before. That would be too unglamorous. However, in Li Shis opinion, the position of the roller coaster project and the surrounding environment were obvious to everyone to participate enthusiastically. Since that was the case, there was no need to say anything more. Get all the investors here immediately to open more shops! Pei Qian got out of the car and walked towards the roller coaster project with Li Shi. He listened to Li Shi talk about his outstanding achievements. Li Shi waved his arm. Just like before, the investors chose their respective locations under Chen Kangtuos supervision. They divided up the surrounding shops and renovated them. Even the boss of Star Bird Fitness, Che Rong, was pulled over by Li Shi. At the golden location in the middle of this route, there was an experience shop for VR equipment. Of course, the VR equipment was still using the Doubt VR glasses. However, the structure and layout inside were very different from Star Bird Fitness. That was because in addition to the smart fitness drying rack and other equipment, they had also purchased some more expensive VR equipment in the market, such as the simulated drivers cabin, VR shooting platform, and so on. These equipment were specially used for amusement parks and shopping malls. They took up a lot of space and were expensive. Ordinary players could not afford them. Secondly, ordinary players could not afford them at home. However, it was very suitable to put these equipment in the experience shop of Thriller Hostel. Whats more, after these devices were adjusted, they could be used with the Doubt VR glasses. The joy would be doubled. The only pity was that the games supported by these equipment were a little draggy. For example, simulated racing games. The graphics could only be said to be passable. The equipment had a rather rich feel to it, but the gameplay was far from those outstanding racing games. However, this was not a big deal. In any case, Slow Movement Studio was still continuously developing new VR games. There would be a lot of expansion in the future. As for the other shops, they could open whatever they wanted. Restaurants, cafes, and even internet cafes would do. The only requirement was that the style had to be uniform. Whats more, the content had to be slightly similar to Thriller Hostel. They could not directly open a shop that was too different from gold accessories. After this operation, Thriller Hostel did not look like a traditional amusement park. Instead, it looked vaguely like a small commercial district. It seemed like an amusement park had been stuffed into a group of shops. After explaining his surroundings, Li Shi looked at Pei Qian proudly. Pei Qian sniggered inwardly. Why, Boss Li, are you asking me to send you a little red flower? Yes, quite good. Pei Qian said quite good as he moved Li Shis position in his notebook forward. Li Shi became even more excited after obtaining Boss Peis approval. Also, Boss Pei, Ive already arranged the publicity for the roller coaster project! Ordinary publicity methods, buying advertisements and pushing these up, just like when Thriller Hostel first opened, maximize them all. Also, we didnt think that we would be able to use the shared phone booth to advertise previously. Boss Pei, you were the one who thought of it. Therefore, we learnt our lesson this time and put advertisements in all the shared phone booths in the country! In short, the publicity this time will only be greater than the previous time. It will definitely not shrink. Dont worry! Li Shi was not very good at publicity. Thus, when Chen Kangtuo asked him to help with publicity, his first reaction was a little difficult. However, on further thought, hadnt Boss Pei already done a demonstration when Thriller Hostel opened? He just had to copy it! Whats more, he could also continue his previous experience and adjust the publicity method with a lower price-quality ratio. He could spend more money on publicity methods with higher price-quality ratio. This publicity plan might not be very outstanding. It could not be compared to Tengdas advertising and marketing department, but it would not be a problem to pass, right! Pei Qian looked at Li Shi silently and said through gritted teeth, Youre quite smart. Li Shi obviously took this as a positive evaluation. He smiled and said, Of course! Thats right, Boss Pei. Ive already arranged for the employees of Fu Hui Investments to go to Suffering Travels. Please take care of them. Pei Qian looked at Li Shi in disbelief, speechless. ? Good lord, I was wondering why the Suffering Travels was inexplicably full. Both you and Zhou Muyan were behind it! How many spies did I not find out about among the 200 people who signed up for the Suffering Travels? Alright, there was no need to say anything else. At that moment, hatred exploded in his heart. Boss Lis ranking in his notebook might not have reached the level of Qiao Liang and Ruan Guangjian, but at least this triple mocking had already steadily pulled the current hatred away. Hehe, no problem. Ill let Bao Xu know. Ill definitely take special care of your employees! Pei Qian gritted his teeth and thanked him for his support while thinking about how to arrange for him. It was a pity that Li Shi did not sign up for the Suffering Travels himself. Thus, it was impossible for him to arrange for the Suffering Travels. Coincidentally, the two of them slipped forward and arrived at the periphery of the indoor roller coaster. The so-called indoor roller coaster would definitely have a huge external building. Normally, the exterior of the indoor roller coasters in the main theme park would make a specific setting based on the IP content. For example, there would be a huge wizard castle built outside an indoor roller coaster with a wizard theme. There was also a huge miniaturized wizard town outside the castle, a magic book shop, a shop that sold staff, and so on. Everything was complete. Once the tourists arrived, they felt like they were really in the world of magicians. Of course, Thriller Hostel could not afford to build so many things because of its budget. Whats more, even if it had enough funds, there would not be enough time. Thus, the indoor roller coaster project did not look that fancy from the outside. However, it took up a lot of space after all. Thus, it looked extremely imposing. From the outside, the exterior building looked like it was made of a large amount of steel. The steel structures framework supported each other, forming a grille-like framework that looked like gray mineral. Whats more, the lines of the steel structure were not that hard. Instead, they had a certain arc, giving off a feeling of fluctuation between high and low. There was a translucent shell covering the steel structure, which undulated with the steel structure. Some parts were raised, and some were lowered. The highest point of the building from the outside was about 20 meters, but there was also nearly 10 meters below. The biggest difference was exactly 30 meters that Pei Qian had requested previously. From the outside, not only could it show a sci-fi feeling from the material, but it could also show the theme of the Zerg nest. In fact, when Chen Kangtuo first designed it, he had also considered whether he should restore it on the surface and make it into a scarlet planet surface appearance. However, after some consideration, he felt that it would be more old-fashioned and would look too low. Thus, he chose the current plan. When he arrived at the entrance, Pei Qian looked up at the entire building. Yes, he did not feel anything from afar. However, it was still relatively high when he looked closer. He should be able to retain some degree of shock, right? A roller coaster of thirty meters was still a roller coaster! At that thought, Pei Qian looked at Li Shi. Boss Li, have you experienced this new project? Li Shi shook his head. No. The last time I came, this project was not completely completed. After that, I was busy with the shops outside and did not have the time to experience it. Pei Qian could not help but smile. Thats great. Why dont you call all the investors over to experience it together? Li Shi was stunned. Now? Pei Qian nodded. Yes, call as many as you can. It was fine if those who happened to be busy and could not come, but those who could come, do not run away! Li Shi looked hesitant. But roller coasters are more scary. Im not as young as you. Why dont we let it go? Pei Qian smiled. Hehe, its alright. This roller coaster is not scary at all. Instead, its very fun. Isnt that right, Chen Kangtuo? Chen Kangtuo nodded. Thats right. Its not scary at all. Dont worry, Boss Li! Pei Qian nodded approvingly at Chen Kangtuo. In his heart, he felt that this brat was quite smart and knew how to help. Alright, on account of you being so sensible, I can let Bao Xu pay less attention to you when you go on the Suffering Travels. Li Shi struggled for a moment. In the end, he found it difficult to turn them down. He called the people in charge of investing in Thriller Hostel over. A few people happened to be busy and could not leave. For example, Che Rong was in other cities discussing with his partners about opening chain stores. At the same time, he was inspecting the new experience shop and purchasing a batch of physical VR equipment. Thus, he could not come. Li Shi did not force them. He only called the few investors who were free over. Pei Qian pulled Chen Kangtuo aside and whispered while Li Shi was making the call. Can the roller coaster speed be adjusted? Chen Kangtuo nodded. Yes, but only slightly. Pei Qian was a little disappointed, but he still said, Alright, set it at full speed for me! Chapter 1371 - Skylark Plan” Tour experience Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Half an hour later, the investors arrived. All of them were like huge chickens with their tails raised, coming to Pei Qian for credit. It was as if they have been carved out of Li Shis skin. Pei Qian had a fake smile on his face as he sent them and Li Shi onto the roller coasters one by one. He helped them put on their seatbelts very warmly. The investors were flattered that Boss Pei had personally put on their seatbelts. However, they felt like he was sending them on their way looking at Boss Peis expression. Perhaps it was because this place was too dark that the shadow on Boss Peis face looked scarier The starting point of the indoor roller coaster was pitch black. There was nothing inside. It was a little scary. The roller coaster was a row of four. There was a relatively large gap between the four people in the same row. Their feet were in the air. They could sense each others existence but would not interfere with each other. Apart from that, this roller coaster project was also different from other roller coasters. For example, there were many fragments on the hanging chair. There was a technological display in front of the head. There were various UI messages on it, indicating Skylark Plan, Prepare for action, and so on. There was also a three-dimensional topographic map that marked the exact location of the nest. The structure of the entire nest looked intricate and complicated. All sorts of routes surrounded it. This picture was not to show tourists the structure of the entire Zerg Nest. Thus, it was deliberately very messy and had a lot of information. It was only to let tourists roughly know their location. At the same time, it felt like the structure of this Zerg Nest is so complicated and awesome. There was a special magnetic rail rifle model by the side of the seat. It was obviously used for battle scenes. Li Shi weighed the magnetic rail rifle slightly. It was not light. It looked like it had been weighted. Whats more, it felt very good. It did not feel like a crude toy. Li Shi felt like he was fully armed and rushing to the battlefield after the entire armory was arranged. The four of them formed a team and set off. There was a certain interval between each group. After all, each group might take a different route during the actual game. They would not be able to see each other and would not affect each other. Of course, everyones general completion time was similar. All the routes had been carefully planned. There would not be problems of late arrival, route fight, and so on. It was only when the last group was about to set off that Chen Kangtuo asked in surprise, Boss Pei, arent you going to experience it? Pei Qian shook his head. Theres no need for me. A thirty-meter roller coaster was also a roller coaster. Whats more, this roller coaster seemed to be a Zerg theme. It would be a little scary if the overwhelming Zergs really rushed over. He would let Boss Li and the others suffer. Pei Qian felt that he could just watch silently by the side. In any case, he would be able to see Boss Lis pale face and flustered expression in a while. Then, he would truly be happy. Chen Kangtuo was very confused. This project was not scary. Why wouldnt Boss Pei experience it? Could it be that he had to determine the specifics of the roller coaster through Boss Li and the others expressions? This gameplay was a little fancy! Could this be the highest level of Cloud Players? You can dig deeper into the essence of this project just by watching others play it? This ability is a little impressive. I have to learn it well and nurture this ability Chen Kangtuo could not help but think of strange ideas. Li Shi hugged his magnetic rail rifle as his feet hovered in the air. He continued to advance deeper into the cave after entering it. The surrounding scenery began to change rapidly. The narrow entrance began to sink from the beginning. As it gradually became wider, the tension it gave people became stronger. At first, the entire roller coaster moved slower. Whats more, it was extremely quiet around them. The display in front of them did not make any notifications. It was as if they were really carrying out an infiltration mission. Everyone could not help but focus on their surroundings. They saw some unborn eggs, Zergs in hibernation, and in the distance, many Zergs were busy moving in and out of various caves and routes. They did not know what they were moving. There was even a segment where huge Zergs that looked like tanks could be seen below. They were either hibernating or crawling slowly. It made people feel scared and shiver. The setting here basically used a combination of reality and illusion. The closer ones were basically physical setting. For example, the material of the wall of the nearby cave, the Zerg crystal that emitted a dim glow on it, the Zergs eggs not far away, and so on. The scene in the distance was displayed on a huge projector screen. Due to the light and distance, and the psychological hints of the tourists, it was enough to achieve a realistic effect. Soon, the four of them arrived at a relatively open area. The roller coaster slowly rose to a high point. The four of them felt like they were slowly flying up in Skylark combat uniform at that moment. They stopped at the high point of the Zergs open nest and looked around subconsciously. This was an extremely wide scene. He could see the dense swarm of insects below him working clearly, making him feel goosebumps all over. A figure in Skylark combat uniform appeared from a cave next to them. At the same time, a voice transmission reached everyones ears. Be careful, were about to go deep into the nest. We might be discovered at any time. Open the optical camouflage of your combat uniform and prepare for battle! This figure was obviously Captain Qin Yi. There were two ways to do this NPC interactive model. One was to act as a real person and participate in the entire process through hanging wires. The other was to make the virtual image into a huge projector screen. The former looked more realistic, but it was dangerous. Whats more, it was more troublesome. It was also restricted. It was impossible to move it widely. Thus, Operation Skylark still used the latter. However, this also brought about a problem. Captain Qin Yi could only appear in core scenes with similar projectors. He could not appear when transferring and walking. However, this was not a big problem. He could explain it with the plot. Under Captain Qin Yis lead, the roller coaster began to slowly move along the right wall. It gave people the feeling that the entire team was on a sneak attack mission. They quietly bypassed the dense swarm of insects in the cave below and went deeper into the nest. Suddenly, Captain Qin Yi raised his hand and the roller coaster slowly stopped. A team of Zergs suddenly rushed out of the cave in front of him and climbed towards the distance along the wall. On the huge projection, the details of the Zergs were displayed. The rustles of the Zergs crawling on the walls made people feel numb all over. They did not even dare to breathe. Just as the entire team of Zergs was about to leave, the worker bees walking at the end seemed to realize something. They suddenly turned their heads and crawled towards Captain Qin Yi. Captain Qin Yi turned on the optical camouflage on his combat uniform. At that moment, it was as if he had become one with the rock wall. The Zergs were crawling around him, almost touching him. Everyone broke out in cold sweat. After walking around, the worm did not find anything strange. Thus, it burrowed into the previous hole and left. Everyone heaved a sigh of relief. They finally relaxed slightly from their extremely nervous state. However, at that moment, a huge Zerg suddenly emerged from the rock wall cave next to everyone. Obviously, the Zerg from before had returned and came out of another cave! Previously, when they were crawling around Captain Qin Yi, it was the image on the huge projection. This time, what appeared beside everyone was a real model. The Zergs on the huge projection were very realistic, and it was almost impossible to distinguish the two. However, the real model had a stronger three-dimensional feeling after all. It looked more realistic. Li Shi and the others were instantly shocked! Just as the four of them were stunned, there was a loud bang. The Zergs let out a violent roar and shrank back from the cave. It turned out that Captain Qin Yi had no choice but to shoot seeing that his team members had been exposed. Enter combat mode! Captain Qin Yi shouted impassionedly as he led everyone forward. At that moment, the roller coaster started moving rapidly! Before this, the magnetic rail rifles in everyones hands were locked onto the target. The trigger key could not be pulled. Now, they could fire freely. The dense swarm of insects below were instantly stirred and rushed over! The cave was very wide. Some Zergs climbed up the wall. There were also some Zergs with wings that were similar to cicada wings. They could fly for a short distance and fly towards everyone in the sky. When facing the projector directly, everyone could clearly see the sharp mouthpart of the Zergs and the green and yellow mucus that exploded when they were hit by the bullets! The seats on the roller coaster seemed to have also begun to let themselves loose. They were no longer flying smoothly like before. Sometimes, they would rise up on their backs, sometimes they would swoop down, and sometimes they would slide sideways on the wall. They would even rotate level and cooperate with the image on the projection to do multiple angles. The image in front of him was spinning, giving people a feeling that it was very fast and very thrilling. The adrenaline was soaring, but in fact, the speed of the roller coaster was not fast. This was the visual effect created by the movement of the roller coaster and the big screen. Li Shi and the others began to shoot crazily subconsciously. There was a strong vibration and recoil from the body of the gun. The gunshot, the sound of the Zergs screaming, the sound of various sound effects, Captain Qin Yis command, the electronic prompt on the screen All of them were interwoven together, making people fall into a state of forgetfulness, immersing themselves in the intense battlefield! After that, the roller coaster would follow a different route according to the battle situation in each scene. For example, everyone would focus on attacking a certain direction so that the Zergs here would be weak. Then, Captain Qin Yi would bring everyone to break out of this direction. The emotions in the entire process were not always so excited. Instead, they were rising and falling like waves. Intense battles often caused the world to spin. During the transfer, the speed of the roller coaster would decrease slightly, allowing everyone to calm down. Just when everyone thought that they had temporarily gotten rid of the crisis, an even greater crisis suddenly arrived. It caught them off guard! Coupled with the randomness of the route selection and the series of unexpected events in the system, no one could guess what would happen next. They were highly focused the entire time.. Chapter 1372 - Can We Try It Again? Chapter 1372: Can We Try It Again? Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Whats more, Li Shi noticed that even though the roller coaster was said to be less than 30 meters high, he could not feel it at all during the experience. He even felt that it was much higher than 30 meters! That was because the huge screen projection could play the image of a rapid rise. Coupled with the movement and vibration of the roller coaster itself and the incoming airflow, it made people feel like they had really risen or diving a few hundred meters upwards and down the huge underground world of the Zergs nest. Coupled with the rotation of the roller coaster seats, it gave people the feeling that a Skylark Warrior was charging at the swarm of insects from time to time, shooting crazily, flying backward, and stopping the swarm of insects that caught up. The entire process of the battle could be said to be thrilling. The effect of making it realistic made people wonder if we were really only in this stadium? This indoor roller coaster was not that big from the outside. It was not just Li Shi. The other three investors were obviously shocked as well. They exclaimed from time to time throughout the entire process. They might be big bosses but they had completely lost their usual poise in such an event. Finally, everyone successfully slaughtered their way out of the overwhelming Zergs nest under Captain Qin Yis lead. Captain Qin Yi expressed his approval of everyones brave battle. At the same time, his tone was a little regretful. He had successfully escaped this time, but he had not completed the task of killing the Zerg Queen. He could only think of a solution for the next mission. Li Shi continued to hug the magnetic rail rifle in his hands, unable to completely calm down from his excitement. This feeling was very strange. He had obviously felt that he had been in there for a very long time, as if he had experienced countless battles. His body and spirit were exhausted. He could really feel the feeling of the Skylark Warriors surviving after entering the Zergs nest However, after coming out and realizing that the entire project was over, he still felt disappointed and wanted to redo everything. The roller coaster slowly moved towards the finish line. The investors could not calm down as they expressed their gratitude. This is too interesting! A roller coaster can actually be made into a game? Boss Pei is really a genius! Ive played indoor roller coasters in foreign amusement parks before. Compared to this, how should I put it? The theme is all different, but Ive never experienced the feeling of interactive shooting! Indeed, there are many indoor roller coasters that can achieve similar immersion, but this is the first time Ive seen someone with such strong interaction! Whats more, the time feels longer than other amusement parks indoor roller coasters. The route is also more complicated. It looks like they spent a lot of effort in the content design. Its too exquisite. Isnt there someone in the game who specializes in the design of the stages? They pay attention to how to stuff enough content in the limited space. They also have to let players be played like a maze. Boss Pei is a master game designer himself. Chen Kangtuo definitely knows the design of the stages. No wonder everyone from Tengda Games can hold their own. They are indeed capable! Boss Li, I was a little hesitant when you asked me to invest brainlessly. Now, I know that I was ridiculously wrong. As long as Tengdas project is brainless, I can follow it. Theres no need to inspect it! These words were very pleasing to Li Shi. These investors might be praising Boss Pei and Tengda but they were indirectly praising Li Shi. After Chen Kangtuo found Li Shi, Li Shi contacted the investors immediately. Some of them hesitated. The shops that he had opened in Thriller Hostel had been profitable before, but the situation this time was different. A new roller coaster project was very far from the original project. What if it was not so fun and there were very few people? Wouldnt he be making a loss by investing so much money to renovate these shops? Whats more, why did Boss Pei purposely keep these shops? Was he trying to make us drink soup or did he not have full confidence in this roller coaster project and wanted us to share the risks? The investors might have decided to invest with Li Shi in the end but some of them were still not confident. They were not as firm as Li Shi. However, after experiencing the roller coaster project, the investors were convinced. It was indeed a money tree! Boss Pei was indeed generous to leave these shops for us! It was only right to give Tengda more shares. At the moment, indoor roller coasters of this level were basically only available in large amusement parks in super-large cities in the world. Whats more, there would often be more than two hours of queue in those amusement parks. It was enough to show how much demand it had. Take a roller coaster on a certain wizard theme for example. Many people traveled thousands of miles to the amusement park there. Other projects could only be considered additions. It did not matter if they played it or not. However, they had to experience this wizard theme roller coaster. In other words, this indoor roller coaster alone was enough to attract tourists! Whats more, the original project of Thriller Hostel was very outstanding. It satisfied the needs of different tourists. Apart from Thriller Hostel, there were many other places in Jingzhou that were worth visiting. For example, GPL stadium, Tengda experience shop, nameless restaurant, the training bases of various clubs, and even the GOG hero phone booth that Ruan Guangjian had personally drawn. This Skylark Plan roller coaster was equivalent to raising the tourist resources that Tengda had built for the entire Jingzhou. There were many places to check in when they came to Jingzhou previously, but many people lacked a reason to come. Thriller Hostel might be unique, but it was a haunted house after all. Even if there were relatively less scary and interactive projects inside, it would not satisfy everyone. However, now, this roller coaster project could satisfy almost everyones needs. It was suitable for both men and women, young and old! Come to think of it, Boss Pei had personally helped everyone put on their seatbelts when they entered. Some people even felt that Boss Peis smile was malicious. Now, it seemed like a pure misunderstanding! It was all because the lighting here was too dim, making Boss Pei look like he had many shadows on his face. That was why he gave people the illusion. Boss Pei was obviously very confident in his roller coaster project. He was telling us that our investment was right so that we could experience it to our hearts content! He had misunderstood Boss Pei. He deserved to die. I have to be like Boss Li, determined to follow behind Boss Pei without wavering! Pei Qian waited at the finish line and suddenly felt a little regretful. He should experience it with these investors. That was because they could not hear their screams or see their dejected expressions in this place! That was the bad thing about indoor roller coasters. You would not be able to see the details of the project even if you entered the project, much less outside. Perhaps this was the reason why Bao Xu had to personally lead every Suffering Travels even though he hated traveling. However, Pei Qian did not think too much about this. After all, he would be shocked if he were to do it himself. When everyone came out and saw everyones pale faces, he felt much better. After about ten minutes, the rows of seats came out one by one and slowly returned to the starting point. Generally speaking, the indoor roller coasters in other amusement parks would end in about five minutes. The outdoor roller coasters might be even faster. The real queue for two hours and experience three minutes. However, Skylark Plan had arranged a whole set of intricate and complicated routes. Some large scenes might be experienced twice, but the content of the two scenes were different. For example, the first time was stealth, the second time was battle, or the first time was a group of ordinary enemies. The second time was elite enemies. Sometimes, even the scenes changed. Thus, even though there was a certain degree of repetition in the route, tourists would not feel it. This kind of familiar feeling would make people feel even more excited. The four people in the first batch had obviously not recovered from their previous excitement. They were still discussing enthusiastically. Not long after, the investors arrived. Pei Qian felt that something was amiss when he saw the four people in the first batch with ruddy expressions and excited expressions. At that moment, he thought about Ruan Guangjian. Obviously, these people were not afraid at all. They were enjoying it! That was obviously going against Pei Qians original intention for letting them take the roller coaster. It was as if he had deliberately given a bad gift, but the other party had happily said thank you and happily accepted it. Unbearable! However, Pei Qian still felt a little lucky. Perhaps it was because the first four investors were more courageous and could adapt to such relatively exciting projects? In the end, the investors returned. All of them looked ruddy and excited, no different from the first batch of people. It was impossible for everyone to like such exciting projects, right? Pei Qian had to accept this fact: Perhaps there was no problem with these investors, but there was a huge problem with the roller coaster project The investors began to discuss. This roller coaster is so fun! So interesting! The last scene that rushed straight into the sky was really too shocking and magnificent. There were starships circling in the sky, and endless red soil below. There were also dense swarm of insects. It was as if we were really on the battlefield. The Zerg Queen is the hardest to fight. I feel like my shoulders are almost numb from the recoil of the gun. Its a pity that I didnt manage to kill her in the end. I was just about to succeed. I still have to practice shooting! Wait a minute, what sky scene? What Zerg Queen? Why dont we see her? As the investors chatted, they realized that something was amiss. Why did everyone experience something different? Chen Kangtuo smiled and explained, The route of this roller coaster is random. It will also be affected by the choices of tourists. You can only complete the decapitation operation on the Zerg Queen if you work together and make the right choice. The investors were stunned for a moment before they said in unison, Can we try it again? Chapter 1373 - The Black Script Is Out Chapter 1373: The Black Script Is Out Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Chen Kangtuo smiled. No problem. You can repeat it as many times as you want. Go back and sit if you want to experience it again. Without another word, the investors returned to their seats to experience it a second time. Could they really behead the Zerg Queen? You should have said so earlier. You should have said that we would have been more serious about shooting and not skive off. Previously, some investors had thought that this project was the same as other indoor roller coasters. It was a fixed route. This gun was only to increase the sense of immersion and immersion. It would probably not affect the route. However, from the looks of it now, that was not the case at all! The four of them formed a team. Their performance on the battlefield determined their future route. Once they heard that there was still a lot of content that they had not experienced, these investors could not take it anymore. He wanted to experience it again, but he felt that there was no need to repeat it. Now that he knew there was new content, he could not wait to make another one! Pei Qian was stunned. Something was amiss, right? At first, Pei Qian had thought that if the investors returned and were scared stiff, he would have to show his gift of the gab and bluff them again. In the end, there was no need to lie at all. They took the initiative to sit up, not leaving a single one! That was very uncomfortable. Chen Kangtuo asked in a low voice, Boss Pei, are you really not going to experience it? Pei Qian shook his head. He might be curious about what was going on inside but it was the second time Boss Li and the others were playing it. It was his first time playing it. Wouldnt his character collapse if he screamed Boss Li and the others were having fun today. They would probably only leave after they had their fill. It was better to come and experience it secretly when no one was around! December 19th, Wednesday Pei Qian was in front of his computer, waiting for Just Qian to hand in his manuscript. There was no need to count on the roller coasters. Pei Qians heart had completely turned cold after walking around the day before yesterday. The key was that the venue had been stimulated. Two days after he returned, he had been stimulated several times. On the way, he could see the billboard of the bus advertising the roller coaster. If he were to surf the web, he would be able to see the advertisement for the roller coaster. Even Ocean Stronghold and Mission and Choice had advertised the roller coaster and made joint publicity! Of course, these two games did not really put the contents of the roller coaster into the game. That was to prevent spoilers. However, just advertising the roller coaster in the games announcement was fatal enough! After all, there were too many gamers in these two games. Any random guide would be enough to eat at Thriller Hostel for a long time. Pei Qian even heard that there were tourists in Jingzhou who could not wait to try it out. The roller coaster project would only be officially opened to the public a week later. There were already many people outside, filming the scene. Obviously, the roller coaster would probably be full the entire day when it officially opened. Pei Qian was very helpless. He did not expect that he would be able to give Chen Kangtuo such a good inspiration by creating such an interactive game type of indoor roller coaster. There was no need to say anything. Chen Kangtuo had already made it on the list for the next suffering trip. Now, he could only bring Pei Qian some comfort when Just Qians bad review arrived. Finally, Just Qian sent the black script over. He was obviously quite efficient. He said that he would do it in three days. This spirit was very worth learning from some professional reviewers. Pei Qian was elated. He accepted the script and quickly read it. Pei Qian nodded in satisfaction after reading it. Perfect! Just Qian indeed had something up his sleeve. This was the dirt that he desperately needed! Once this negative review was released, it would definitely cause a good response. It would make the situation of Successor worse! Alright, send it out. Ill pay you the balance now. Pei Qian was also very straightforward. He would never shortchange such a good brother who could really help him incur losses. Just Qian took the money. Happy working together! You can look for me if you have similar work in the future. Im quite professional in this! Pei Qian sniggered. I can tell. What he had to do next was to wait. At first, Pei Qian was considering if he should spend more money to buy fake reviewers to boost the popularity of the manuscript. However, after reading the entire manuscript, Pei Qian felt that there was no need. That was because Just Qians popularity was top-notch. Once this film review was released, it would definitely cause a huge controversy. At that time, netizens would be arguing non-stop. There would be no need for fake reviewers. Since that was the case, there was no need to waste money for nothing. In the evening Cui Geng was playing games happily in the nearby Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. After writing Successor, he had been slacking and had not started on a new book. The readers were rushing him, but Cui Geng was indifferent. That was because he had an excuse. Cui Geng said that he was helping Fei Huang Workspace to film as the original author, so the new book could only be opened later. Actually, this was purely an excuse That was because Fei Huang Workspace was filming in the United States. He did not follow them at all. Occasionally, Director Zhu Xiaoce would ask him a few questions. Often, he would not be able to answer them and would let Fei Huang Workspaces scriptwriter team make the decision. However, with the successful precedent of Eternal Reincarnation after all, readers were still deceived by this no-show. They thought that he had really played a huge and irreplaceable role in the filming of the Successor series. Actually there was no difference between him and him. The series for Successor might have started screening on the Aili Island website but the filming was not over yet! Cui Geng made up his mind. He would think about starting a new book after the entire Successor was broadcasted. It would take at least a month. Whats more, he would only be starting to conceptualize his new book a month later. When would he really be able to conceptualize it? That would take at least a month. It would not be enough to show how serious, meticulous, and tiring his concept was if it was short. Of course, Cui Geng was still seriously drawing inspiration from the inspiration class in the day. Ever since the three revision plans were put on the agenda, Eternal Reincarnation was a huge success, and even became Tengda Games chief designer, the inspiration class underwent a drastic change. In the past, the authors of the inspiration version had all wanted to leave. Now, they were all filled with motivation. It was as if the next revised work was their own. Whats more, the other authors of Zhongdian Chinese Network were also proud of being able to enter the inspiration class. They worked hard to write results. Zhongdian Chinese Network was much more attractive to the authors. Many authors from other websites even came over. However, as a slacker, Cui Geng obviously did not feel much pressure. After playing one round, his cell phone rang. Cui Geng saw that it was Huang Sibo and quickly picked up. The situation is not good. Ive sent a film review online to you. Hurry and take a look. This film review is no ordinary negative review. Do you think you can refute it? Huang Sibo sounded serious. That was because the situation was not optimistic after the first three episodes of Successor were released on Aili Island. There were many negative comments online, and the popularity and viewership had not risen yet. Meng Chang might have spent a lot of money on publicity for Successor but from the looks of it, the publicity plan did not have a good effect. It even misled some viewers and further lowered their reputation and ratings. At the moment, Successor was at about seven points on Aili Island. Compared to those dramas that easily had 9.5 or 9.8 points, 7 points could be said to be rather shabby. However, it was still passable and not particularly low. On one hand, it was because some of the audience in this film had seen the original version. The original party was still very supportive of the quality and high reduction of the series. On the other hand, it was because the quality of this series was indeed high. It was pure English. It might look more classy and give people the feeling of watching a rice show. Thus, this was also a bonus in the eyes of some viewers. However, this review was out now. Once the viewpoint in the film review was widely recognized by the audience, the ratings would probably continue to fall. Then, the situation would be ugly. Fei Huang Workspace had not signed a fixed-rate contract with Aili Island. Instead, they had calculated based on the popularity, views, and ratings of Successor. How could he face Boss Pei now? Cui Geng quickly said, Brother Huang, dont worry. Ill take a look at this review. He opened the webpage that Huang Sibo had sent and found this film review. The title of the film review was: Briefly analyzing the deeper reason why Successor failed: reverse superhero but appear arrogant because of excessive dementia. Cui Geng could not help but frown when he saw the title. He felt pressure. He glanced at the author. His name was Just Qian, and he was quite a famous film critic online. Just Qian could be said to have mixed reputation online. There were many people who supported and scolded him. Whats more, many people said that he would accept money to write negative comments. However, he had to admit that this person was indeed something. Whats more, the manuscript he wrote could indeed have a good influence on the internet. Just Qian had come prepared seeing this title. First of all, the words the deeper reason why Successor failed were very sneaky. Strictly speaking, Successor had not failed yet. As a series, it had only broadcasted the first three episodes. The story had just begun. The ratings now were indeed not good, but who knew if it would be able to make a comeback in the future? However, Just Qian directly put the lid on the coffin. It was equivalent to treating the failure of Successor as a huge prerequisite and as a fact that had already happened. That way, he would not be criticizing it, but analyzing the reason for its failure. The second half of the sentence was directed at the core of the story of Successor: an anti superhero theme. Just Qian used the words self-righteous to describe it. Obviously, he wanted to directly eliminate the value of Successor from the core of the story. That would cause the entire series to collapse from the foundation of ideas. Cui Geng did not dare to underestimate his enemy and continued watching.. Chapter 1374 - Go To Meng Chang Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios The first half of the film review briefly introduced the story outline. The readers would be able to roughly understand what kind of story it was without spoiler. This also meant that Just Qian had not only watched the first three episodes, he had also watched the original version of Successor. That meant that the situation was even worse. That was because if he was only conflicted about the first three episodes, there would be nine more episodes. Many viewers would think that his view was relatively one-sided. They would still retain their opinions and continue watching the later episodes. However, Just Qian was now criticizing the original version of Successor. If the readers agreed with his views, there was no need to watch the last nine episodes. Cui Geng glanced at it and found that Just Qians summary of the entire story of Successor was relatively accurate. He did not misunderstand. Successor was an anti-superhero theme. In other words, through this story, one had to mock the concept of superheroes itself or dispel the ideology foundation of superhero movies to criticize traditional superhero concepts. Just Qian thought that this irony and criticism was a form of self-righteousness. Successor is nothing more than a story about a superhero who did evil, the people were deceived, the public opinion was controlled, the good system was useless, and the unscrupulous person succeeded in taking over. We cant find a single good person in the story. Theres no need to talk about the protagonist, Phil. He scolded the people around him. He naturally did not want to become a superhero to save the world and make the people in Hope City safer and better. Instead, he wanted to obtain his own selfish interests. It can be said that he was the worst person in this evil society, so he became the strongest superhero. What about the other superheroes apart from Phil? Obviously, they are the same as Phil. They look bright on the surface, but they are actually stingy and committing all sorts of evil. They show their acting skills in front of the people, but they are highly tied to the large financial group in secret. They are not worthy of the words superhero at all. As for those large financial groups that are in charge of the media and superhero talent shows, they increased their control of Hope City by supporting superheroes. They enjoyed the fat of the ordinary people. The so-called Superhero talent show and Superhero election are nothing more than these large financial groups and superheroes with ulterior motives. They are maliciously distorting and using the rules left behind by Captain World to make the model of the people choosing superheroes to indirectly control strength become the model of superheroes being controlled by the large financial group and acting talents to deceive the people to obtain strength. The final winner would be the superheroes and the large financial group. The people think that they have rights, but in fact, they have nothing because this rights have been controlled and stolen. Many people might say that this is a very normal anti superhero movie. Why is it self-righteous? Thats because the hypothesis of this story seems very reasonable. The logic seems very clear, but it is actually completely unable to withstand investigation. It can also be said that there are many loopholes. First of all, this story portrays the IQ of ordinary people too low. It even makes people feel that even a group of monkeys would not be deceived by these large financial groups and superheroes for so long. Superhero talent shows have always been a scam. Pools of superheroes would show off their character on stage and harvest the support of the people to obtain strength. Then, their character would collapse one after another and explode into scandal. Such a cycle has been going on for decades. How can the people not realize that they have been deceived? How can they not have doubts about these superheroes? How can they not find a way to change this situation? Indeed, they changed. The result of changing is to choose a strange person like Phil. I can only say that there is a clear act of lowering ones intelligence in this area. After all, the people are stupid enough. It would be reasonable for Phil to take over. However, this kind of reduction in intelligence would greatly reduce the rationality of the entire story. If a story model cannot be realized in a group of normal people, and can only be realized in a group of monkeys, or even a group of pigs, would this model still be meaningful to us? Secondly, the large financial group and other superheroes in this story are too stupid. There are also serious dementia. First, superheroes mocked and humiliated Phil mercilessly, and they were not afraid of being retaliated against. Then, some large financial groups were easily convinced by Phil and created a successor variety show with him. Cant they tell that Phil has other intentions? Dont they know how to be cautious? The counterattack against Phil later on was even more ridiculous. Logically speaking, a stronger superhero could have crushed Phil. However, these large financial groups and superheroes fought for themselves and restrained each other. Phil managed to defeat them one by one. Such a person can actually rely on the Superhero election to become the strongest superhero? Thats as ridiculous as a circus clown becoming the President! All in all, the entire story of Successor is built on a huge halo of wisdom reduction. Not only does it reduce the wisdom of all ordinary people, but it also reduces the wisdom of all the large financial groups and all the superheroes. Phil, a unscrupulous rich second-generation heir, can only reach the peak of superheroes with this indiscriminate halo. The entire story can then be established. Let us think about a movie with a superhero theme. What kind of values would it convey? It would be positive, positive, and responsible. Its not that superhero movies cannot exist. The key is that they have to be reasonable, profound, and truly analyze the problems. They have to unfold the story on the basis of the normal IQ of all characters. They dont have to slap their heads and think of some gods to unfold and create some gimmicks to oppose for the sake of opposition, thinking that they have the wealth code. Lets not talk about the power of superheroes that surpasses the understanding of ordinary people. Even if you choose a building manager in a residential building, the relationships would often be intricate and complicated. Most people are smart. In the end, the results would be after a few households played a game. The ones selected would often be relatively respectable and truly capable people. Such a huge Hope City, such an impressive group of superheroes, but the standard displayed is not even as good as an ordinary residential building. Thats really too funny. Therefore, the filming of Successor is very good. Theres nothing much to say about the production. The key is that the entire story went astray from the root. The entire plot was crooked. Therefore, it is useless no matter how well done it is. From this, it is reasonable for this series to fail because it is neither good nor deep. Cui Geng could not help but frown after reading this review. His expression was solemn. He felt that the other party had come prepared after reading the title. He was even more certain after reading the content. The key was that the situation was a little difficult! Did this film review make sense? It could not be said to be completely unreasonable. On the surface, he seemed to have said so much, but in fact, he was grabbing onto something that was attacking him aggressively: Reducing his intelligence! Just Qian felt that the entire story of Successor was reducing intelligence. Superheroes reducing intelligence, large financial groups reducing intelligence, and ordinary people reducing intelligence. Whats more, it was reducing it very ridiculously. That was why Phils plot succeeded. That was why the anti superhero story was established. Of course, Cui Geng did not think so. He thought that this was the normal IQ of these people. No one could convince anyone about this, and no one could prove themselves. He could only see if the audience would accept the former or the latter. If the audience felt that this was not brain-destroying, Just Qians film review would definitely not have any effect. However, if the audience felt that this was brain-destroying, then this film review would have a huge impact on Successor. It would further reduce the ratings and reputation! From the current situation, it was obvious that many viewers agreed with Just Qians point of view. Many people took the situation in reality as an example. How fair, fair, and fully participated in the series of elections was the science. Even if there were such or such problems, it was definitely impossible for it to be as young and stupid as the plot of Successor. Cui Geng pondered for a long time before calling Huang Sibo back. Brother Huang, I thought about it, but I had no choice This itself is something that cannot be explained clearly. No matter how much you explain the rationality of the story, people who think that it is unreasonable will not change their minds. We are raising a hypothesis, while others are standing on a high point to nitpick. How can we debate this? Whats more, this matter itself is meaningless. Huang Sibo sighed softly. Sigh, I think so too. He did not have much hope when he called Cui Geng. He only felt that Cui Geng might be able to think of a good solution as the original author. However, from the looks of it now, there was indeed no good solution. Cui Geng suggested, Brother Huang, why dont you discuss it with the Advertisement and marketing department? Theyre in charge of the publicity plan for Successor. We might be able to think of something. Realization dawned on Huang Sibo. Oh, thats right. Alright, Ill give them a call. Meng Chang was the one who made the publicity plan for Successor. Even though the publicity plan looked like a failure at the moment, the entire episode was not done airing after all. It was not enough to give a final judgment. Meng Chang was very smart and many of his previous publicity plans had been successful. He might really have a solution. Logically speaking, there was no reason for Fei Huang Workspace to be so nervous over a single film review. However, the problem was that the opening of Successor was indeed a little cracked. The ratings and reputation were completely lower than expected. He had to think of a way to reverse this reputation even if he did not have Just Qians post. Otherwise, the popularity of the first three episodes would have been so cold. Even if the next few episodes were broadcasted and gave the audience a few grand scenes, it would not be enough to change this situation.. Chapter 1375 - Meng Chang’s Formula Is Not Working Anymore December 20th, Thursday afternoon Advertisement and marketing department. Meng Chang went to the water bar and got a cup of coffee. He sat at his desk and sipped his coffee slowly while thinking about the second round of publicity for Successor. The first three episodes of Successor were broadcasted last weekend. There would be two more episodes this weekend. From the looks of it, the beginning of Successor could be said to be quite ideal. The first round of publicity did not have much effect. The series ratings and views were relatively low. If this trend continued, it would definitely not be a problem to get commission. Therefore, Meng Chang felt that he should work harder. According to the guidance of the Pei familys publicity method, he should continue to increase the publicity investment at this time! From the perspective of the commission, the initial stages of the project were already confirmed to be difficult to make a comeback. Thus, if he increased the publicity budget now, he would definitely be able to obtain more commission. From the perspective of the Pei familys publicity method, even though nothing could be seen at the moment, the publicity funds invested seemed to have sunk to the bottom of the lake. However, as long as the publicity plan succeeded in the end and evaluated the reverse, the popularity that had sunk to the bottom of the lake would naturally be released. It would play its effect again, and the entire plan would explode even more completely. All in all, no matter how one looked at it, this was a great opportunity to increase publicity. At the moment, Meng Changs follow-up publicity plan was similar to the first round. It was mainly direct publicity. In his concept, the final twist might still require Young Master Tian to appear and properly interpret the deeper meaning of this series. He would explain the core of the anti superhero of Successor clearly and then specifically explain the large number of details left behind by the series. It did not matter if the audience did not have a good first impression of this series. After all, the first three episodes were meant to pave the way. They were indeed not very good. However, Meng Chang was still very confident about the rest of the plot. The reputation of Successor should gradually rise as the next few episodes were broadcasted. Once they were all broadcasted, all the audience would have a complete impression of it. It would be time for Young Master Tian to appear. Meng Chang was thinking about his plan happily when Huang Sibo arrived. Theres a situation with Successor. I couldnt think of a good solution and could only ask for help. Huang Sibo found Just Qians film review on his cell phone and handed it to Meng Chang. Meng Chang was stunned. This is Huh? Meng Chang was stunned when he saw this review. Immediately after, he frowned and looked confused. Obviously, this matter had completely exceeded his expectations. Zhu Xiaoce explained, This film review directly attacks the core of Successor s story. Whats more, its very confusing, so its very difficult. I asked Cui Geng yesterday. He did not think of a good solution. Im afraid you are the only one who can solve this problem now. If this problem is not resolved, the viewpoint of this film review will affect more and more viewers. The overall evaluation of Successor will definitely become worse. In the worst case scenario, many people might start criticizing Successor without watching it at all. Those who have already watched the first few episodes would become impatient. Once they form a stereotype, the follow-up results would be unimaginable. Meng Chang did not say anything, but his expression became even more solemn. He understood what Huang Sibo meant very well. The entire story of Successor was an ironic story based on an anti superhero theme. If you wanted to fully understand the meaning of the entire story, you had to completely understand the cause and effect of the entire story and pay attention to some details in the story. If he only looked at a portion, his understanding would easily deviate. Normally, at the beginning of the episode of Successor, everyone would be dissatisfied and there would not be many ratings. However, this bad reputation was completely acceptable because most of the audiences dissatisfaction was purely an emotional outlet. It was also very difficult to condense it into an unbreakable unified opinion. Once all the episodes were played, the correct interpretation of Successor could easily resolve the audiences dissatisfaction. However, Just Qians review had completely disrupted this process! What was different from ordinary viewers first impression of being unhappy was that Just Qians review pointed to the core of the story of the drama Successor and showed a trend of unifying. Those who were dissatisfied with Successor only felt that it was unacceptable in terms of emotions or subjectively felt that it was not good. However, after seeing Just Qians review, they might agree with it and think that this was the reason why they did not like Successor. That would form a unified saying. This view would continue to spread and affect more and more viewers, forming an impression stream. Those who had watched a few episodes, or those who had not watched at all and had only heard rumors, would be easily affected. Once most people formed a stereotype, they would not take the initiative to watch the series and form their own ideas. Instead, they would continue to spread this stereotype. At that time, Just Qians film review would affect the viewers view of Successor on a large scale, making it difficult for Successor to make a comeback. Meng Chang knew the seriousness of this matter better than Huang Sibo and was even more flustered than Huang Sibo. That was because this film review would directly disrupt his publicity plan and cause his Pei familys publicity method to fail at the last step! At first, Meng Chang felt that the audiences dissatisfaction with Successor was actually all due to some minor details, such as Phils character profile or other plot scenes. However, these were actually highly related to the core of the story. The audiences dissatisfaction could be eliminated as long as the correct interpretation was released. However, Just Qian was now attacking the spiritual core of the entire series. It was very confusing and had been released so early! According to Meng Changs original plan, he would only publish the video as Young Master Tian in the middle of next month after the series was all released. That would reverse public opinion. However, there was still a month to go! During this month, Just Qians dark script was enough to form a stereotype for the audience. At that time, even if Young Master Tians video was released, the effect would definitely be greatly reduced or even completely ineffective. That was because Just Qians view and Young Master Tians view made sense. No one could convince the other and no one could completely prove themselves. Thus, whichever viewpoint was produced first and could obtain the support of a large number of people earlier would obtain absolute advantage. It would be bad if that scene really happened. According to Young Master Tians account, if a video was not popular after it was released, it would severely affect its persona. It was just like how once an everlasting general lost a battle, his legend would be broken. Many things would be difficult. Some people even suspected that Young Master Tian was collecting money to awkwardly praise Successor and raise his attack to the level of character. The consequences for Successor were equally serious. Once Young Master Tians video failed to reverse its reputation, this episode might never be able to rise up. The stereotype would directly suppress it until it could never be revived. All in all, the situation was critical! Huang Sibo and Cui Geng also realized the seriousness of the problem, but their understanding was obviously not as deep as Meng Changs. Whats more, the two of them were still hoping that Meng Chang would have a backup plan even though Meng Changs publicity plan did not have much effect in the beginning. However, what they did not know was that Meng Changs so-called backup plan had actually been blocked by Just Qians film review! Meng Chang frowned and fell into deep thought. At that moment, he was in an awkward situation. It was just like a person who only knew how to memorize the game records. It was his first time playing with a real person, but the other party did not play according to the game records. He was stunned and would not play anymore. It could also be said that players in the game who had been playing wood piles and attacking methods were very good at wood piles. However, if they were to fight with other players, they would be completely messed up and would not know how to play. Previously, when he was using the Pei familys publicity method, Meng Chang would put the formula in and would be able to come up with the right answer after he was done. However, during the process of his formula, he knew that the conditions had changed! Meng Chang thought about it and struggled for a long time. He could not think of any solution. Just Qians appearance had disrupted his entire plan. Whats more, it had blocked the path that he wanted to use Young Master Tian to post a video to interpret. It made him helpless! Huang Sibo panicked when he saw that Meng Chang thought hard for a long time without any results. However, he was an old employee of Tengda after all. He had seen all sorts of storms and could still remain calm. He could even appease Meng Chang. Dont be anxious. It doesnt matter if you cant think of a countermeasure for now. We still have time. Based on my experience, if you encounter such a difficult problem, dont try to solve it yourself. You should think about what Boss Pei would do. If I can stand in Boss Peis perspective and review the entire situation, I might be able to gain something. Meng Chang was stunned for a moment before nodding. What Huang Sibo said made sense! It looked like he understood Boss Pei very well even though he did not understand the Pei familys publicity method. What would Boss Pei do if he encountered such a situation? It would definitely not be like me, where the entire plan would be stuck because of the appearance of a variable. Boss Pei was either reacting to the situation at random and making adjustments to the plan; or he was strategizing and had already thought of this situation in advance and left a backup plan. Of these two scenarios, the latter was obviously more brilliant. That was because no matter how random they were, something unexpected would always happen. Only by considering various possibilities in advance and making plans in time could they encounter any problems calmly and methodically. Boss Pei was a gifted genius, therefore he must deploy the second scenario. Doesnt that mean Could Boss Pei have predicted this would happen? Could he have even have set up a brilliant plan? Meng Chang quickly asked, Think about it.. Has Boss Pei given you any special instructions about Successor? Or any special requests? Chapter 1376 - Something Thousands of Kilometers Away Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Huang Sibo was stunned. No. The Successor project should be the project that Boss Pei asked the least about. Its basically done according to the original plan. Boss Pei did not give many requests or suggestions. Meng Chang shook his head. Definitely. Think about it carefully! Meng Chang was still a little confused when he did not think about this previously. However, he suddenly became extremely confident after thinking about this. There were people who wrote bad reviews and attacked Successor from the core of their minds. This was actually a very likely event. Meng Chang felt that he did not think that it was because he was too lousy or that he had been overwhelmed by the victory of the Pei familys publicity method and lost his vigilance. It was impossible for Boss Pei not to think about it. Since Boss Pei had thought of it, he definitely had a backup plan and a hint. Huang Sibo might have said no because his senses were not sharp enough. He did not expect Boss Peis ordinary words to contain hints of breaking out of the situation. This please hold on, Ill think about it. Huang Sibo could only try his best to plunder his memories seeing how confident and determined Meng Chang was. He dug out everything that happened when he went to report to Boss Pei. After a long time, Huang Sibo said uncertainly, The only thing that Boss Pei changed about the Successor project should be the broadcast time I originally booked one episode a week, but Boss Pei said that the timing was not suitable and wanted to change it to two episodes a week. It will be done on January 12th. This is actually a little strange because it would be more conducive to accumulating popularity if we extend the time. Every episode of Successor is nearly an hour long. The content is rich enough. It would not be a problem to use it for the audience to discuss for a week. However, Boss Pei still requested for it to be changed to two episodes a week. I asked Boss Pei if something would happen on January 12th. Why else would he be in such a hurry? Boss Pei said it very vaguely at that time. He said that it might be useful or it might not be useful. He did not have to have much expectations. However, it doesnt matter if we try our luck This is the only special requirement. Meng Chang frowned slightly. January 12th? Is this a special day? Whats more, Pei Qians overall style is very strange. Its too ambiguous. Logically speaking, with Boss Peis vision, he should be able to accurately understand the results of ordinary things. Something as uncertain as Boss Pei is definitely not a small matter. After some analysis, Meng Chang felt that Huang Sibo might have been the backup plan of Boss Pei. Thus, he immediately opened Qiandu search engine and began to find out what would happen around January 12th. It seemed like this was just an ordinary weekend. It was not even a good day. Meng Chang refused to give up. He began to expand the search area again, extending the date to January 8th to January 15th. The content of the search was no longer limited to China. Instead, it expanded to the world and even searched some foreign websites. Half an hour later, Meng Chang scanned an inconspicuous foreign information as he quickly flipped through the webpage. A certain countrys election in the west? The second round of voting results would be announced on January 13th. That basically means the end of the election. Meng Changs first reaction was that he did not pay much attention to it. That was because even though this country called Yuklaia was not a small country in Oudong, its presence in the country had always been relatively weak. There were so many countries and regions in the world after all. It was normal for people not to know the names of countries when they were watching the domestic football competition. However, Meng Chang felt that something was amiss after scrolling through the news. He quickly flipped back. Perhaps the word election had touched his nerves, causing him to subconsciously think about the Superhero election in Successor. Meng Chang originally had no idea about Yukaras election, so he began to dig up more information from foreign websites to supplement the relevant knowledge. The more he made up for it, the more he felt it was magical! Yuklaia held an election once every four years. This year was the perfect time for the previous President to seek reelection. This President might not have any particularly outstanding political achievements, but he had not made any major mistakes in the previous four years. Logically speaking, it should not be a problem for him to be re-elected normally. After all, he was very experienced and had good political results. No one else among the other candidates should be able to pose a direct threat to him. The situation was gradually becoming clearer. The first round of voting would be held this weekend. If everyones votes did not exceed 50%, the second round of voting would be held on the third Sunday. The third Sunday happened to be January 13th. Could it be related to this? However, it feels like its very difficult to be related to Successor. Even if it could be related, how many people would recognize it? It would not be easy to spread the news without any explosive news. This country called Yuklaia was not very famous in the country. It was too lazy to even touch public knowledge, let alone the legend of an oil paper package. Take this election for example. Meng Chang had found some relevant information on the internet. Not many people in the country paid attention to him. How could he use it? However, the timing was very suitable. Meng Chang refused to give up and began to check on these participants. Suddenly, his eyes lit up. That was because there was a brother here who was obviously different from the others! This brother was quite handsome. He could even be said to be upright. He was born in a rich family. He studied law in a famous foreign school. After graduating, he entered the entertainment media industry and became a famous actor and program host of Yuklaia. Three years ago, he starred in a movie and played the role of an ordinary history teacher. He became popular online because he attacked the authorities and was accidentally selected as the President of Yuklaia. Thus, he formed a grassroots team and finally defeated the corrupt prime minister, who represented the oligopoly interest group, with this random army. This movie had caused a huge reaction in Ukiah. He had also become a national comedian with this movie and was deeply loved by the people. Of course, even though he performed well in terms of polling, the mainstream media on the internet did not think that he would be selected at all. They felt that the current polling was not accurate. Many people expressed their dissatisfaction with a joking attitude when they were interviewed. There was no doubt that the final election result would be the successful reelection of the current President. Could Boss Pei be referring to this? Hmm that does make sense. Boss Pei only said that he could not be sure about something of this level and gave such a vague explanation. However, if Boss Pei cant be sure, the risk of this matter is too high, right? Meng Chang fell into deep thought again. Huang Sibo watched Meng Chang search online the entire time. He even searched some English information pages. He felt that it was a little impressive. It shouldnt be that difficult to find, right? Since Boss Pei chose something as a support publicity method for Successor, it must mean that it must be a hot topic that would cause widespread discussion. If its too unpopular, it would not be able to cause a heated discussion. It would be useless no matter how good the timing is. Meng Chang shook his head. What if its not popular now but it will suddenly become very popular in the future? Ive found the important event that Boss Pei mentioned. Thats it. Yuklaias election. Look at this candidate named Dawa Xili. Hes handsome and born in a rich family. Hes a law major and is in the media field. Hes a famous actor and host. Hes known by everyone through a movie. Now, hes participating in the election and even obtained the support of many people Isnt it very similar to Phil? It can even be said to be carved from the same mold. His name is also very interesting. Its very similar to the word comrade. It just so happens that he also views himself as a public slave. The most important thing is that he was able to participate. On one hand, it was because he obtained a lot of fame through television programs. On the other hand, it was because he made a movie and played a good President who turned the situation around in the movie. Isnt this more bizarre than the story of Successor? Phil at least paved the way for three or four steps. He first started a talent show as a judge, then commented on the hot topics of superheroes, and finally reluctantly became a superhero. All in all, he spent several years climbing up step by step. He also had to get rid of his competitors through various schemes. He went through so much trouble and almost bankrupted the entire family. In the end, Dawa Xili is much simpler. They participated in the election after filming the movie. There was not much preparation at all. It has been proven that novels need logic, but reality doesnt need it at all. Think about it. If this person were to really be selected a month later what would happen? Huang Sibos eyes widened. This isnt this too coincidental? Could it be that Cui Geng used him to make Phils prototype when he wrote this book? Meng Chang shook his head. I think not. Thats because he was just an actor before the election. He only announced that he was participating before the election this year. Cui Geng wrote Successor much earlier. The Dawa Xili is very famous in Yuklaia, but no one in our country has heard of it. Cui Geng probably has not heard of it either. Whats more, even if he has, its impossible for him to predict the future and guess that hes participating in the election. This might be a pure coincidence. However, Boss Pei noticed it before us. Boss Pei obviously thinks that this Waxilli is very likely to win the election. Thats why he requested for Successor to be broadcasted before the results of the election are out. Thats because once the election ends, all sorts of media would definitely report this matter everywhere. A comedian without any experience was successfully selected. This can be said to be a huge piece of news around the world. On the other hand, Successor has to be broadcasted before that to create the illusion that the reputation has been settled. That would be the perfect twist after this incident! Huang Sibo: But according to the current reports, his chances of winning are not high, right? Meng Chang nodded. Thats right. Thats why Boss Pei said that hes not completely sure about this. After all, he should have known about this earlier. At that time, Great Waxi just announced that it was going to run. However Even if the success rate is very low, I still believe in Boss Peis judgment! Chapter 1377 - Boss Pei’s Foresight and Guts Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Huang Sibo did not expect Meng Chang to trust Boss Pei so much. However, he felt that the risk of this matter was too high. This was an election for a country, not a childs play! There were at least twenty to thirty million people in Yuklaia. How could Boss Pei be so sure that they would vote for a comedian as the President when so many people were voting? Most media also felt that there was a high chance that the current President would be re-elected! However, now that he thought about it, Boss Pei should have thought of tying the episode of Successor to this foreign drama at the beginning of Successor. Otherwise, he would not have deliberately limited the time. How was he different from a gambler? If Waxili was selected, it would be a huge profit. Successor would take off on the spot. Yet, what if he failed to be selected? That would not be news at all. It would be best if people were to mock Successor with this matter. Whats more, no one in the country would pay attention to this matter. Boss Peis preparations would be wasted and wasted. In other words, Boss Pei was pinning the fate of Successor on a country thousands of kilometers away. He won the bet and became a god on the spot. If he lost the bet, the huge investment in the early stages of Successor would be wasted. He would even have to put up the brand of Fei Huang Workspace. However, there was no other way now. Huang Sibo came to discuss with Meng Chang because he hoped that Meng Chang would think of a way to reverse this situation. Meng Chang thought for a long time and realized that Boss Pei had already left a brilliant plan. However, the contents of this brilliant plan were to continue waiting for the results of the Yuklaia election. At the end of the day, he could not do anything. Alright, I can only choose to trust Boss Pei now. Huang Sibo had no choice but to leave and continue with his work while waiting patiently. When he reached the entrance of the advertising and marketing department, Huang Sibo took out his cell phone and called Cui Geng. Have you paid attention to the election at Yuklaia? Huang Sibo asked. Cui Gengs confused voice came through the phone. The election for Yuklaia? Is it this year? Huang Sibo: Its alright. It looked like Meng Changs guess was right. Cui Geng knew nothing about this at all. There was no hint of this when he wrote Successor. It was purely a coincidence. It looked like Boss Pei had everything under control. He was keenly aware of the connection between these two matters and had arranged the link between the two without anyone knowing. However, he could not guarantee this. He could only wait patiently. Meng Chang began to modify his publicity plan after Huang Sibo left. Since the situation had changed, he had to improvise and adjust immediately. It was just like the publicity plan the last time. When he realized that Home Corporation wanted to ride on his popularity, he used his identity as Young Master Tian to upload the video in advance. Even though this directly caused the commission income to decrease, the Pei Familys publicity method was still a huge success. Meng Chang also obtained income that far exceeded the commission through Fan Xiaodong emptying the shares of Home Corporation. It was the same this time. The original plan would no longer work. Just Qians review blocked Meng Changs path tightly. However, it did not matter. Boss Pei had already pointed out a clear path. Meng Chang decided to adjust his plan and use Young Master Tian to post a video at the end of this month to directly refute Just Qians words! While Just Qians words had a large influence on the audience and formed a stereotype of Successor, the last public opinion position of Successor was maintained through tit-for-tat debate. At the same time, they waited for an opportunity to counterattack. Once the last episode of Successor was broadcast and the final outcome of the election on Yuklaia was released, it would be the time for Young Master Tian to counterattack with Successor! Of course, all of this was based on the prerequisite that the comedian, Great Wasil, really won in the Yuklaia election. If they did not make it, they would be completely GG. At that time, Successor would be crippled. All the filming funds and publicity funds would be wasted. If Young Master Tians account was crippled, Fei Huang Workspaces reputation would not collapse, but it would definitely be affected. The most important thing was that Boss Peis undefeated golden body within Tengda would be exposed. He had to admit that this was a huge gamble. However, Meng Chang did not care at all. After all, Boss Pei was the one who paid for the publicity funds. If Boss Pei was willing to bet on a huge project, so be it! Of course, this was definitely not encouraging him to bet mindlessly. He would definitely bet on the dog to be biased. Under any circumstances, the gamblers mentality would not be good. There would only be one outcome for stupid bet. That was to have a ruined home and die. However, Boss Peis huge gamble obviously originated from his analysis of social reality, his insights into human nature, and his estimates of what would happen in the future. It was just like how venture capitalism and buying stocks were not based on illusory probability and luck, but on their own logical judgment. Boss Pei was very stable when he should be. He strategized and did not make any mistakes. However, he did not hesitate when he needed to take risks. Meng Chang felt that it did not matter even if Young Master Tians account was useless. In any case, he did not invest much in this account. It was just a derivative of the Pei familys publicity method. Next, Meng Chang would invest a lot of money into the second round of a publicity campaign around this publicity plan, increasing the discussion and popularity of Successor. That was to invest more chips on the table. If he won, he would earn more. If he lost, he would lose more. After deciding on the plan, Meng Chang was already prepared to cut his commission in half this month. Initially, Successor was extremely unpopular. Its ratings had also plummeted under the attack of Just Qians dark manuscript. Meng Chang could get a high commission without doing anything. On the other hand, if he posted a video as Young Master Tian and went against Just Qian, the popularity of Successor would definitely increase. The reputation might also increase slightly. The popularity would only completely explode next month, but there would definitely not be much commission this month. Meng Changs heart ached, but he had to abandon these commissions like the last time for the success of the Pei familys publicity method. Is there any way to earn some extra money like the last time? Ever since he tasted the benefits from Fan Xiaodong the last time, Meng Chang had gone out of control. The commission did not look that good anymore. After all, the Pei familys publicity method, a dragon slaying skill, was really a waste of gods gifts to only use it to earn some commission. However, this had nothing to do with the company after all. It was unlikely that they would empty their shares. Meng Chang thought about it for a long time. Suddenly, he had an idea. He searched for the compensation rate for the Yuklaia election on the internet and realized that the odds in Great Waxili had reached more than five! Of course, this was definitely illegal in China. Meng Chang would definitely not dare to mess around. However, Fan Xiaodong was overseas. According to local law, this was legal. Meng Chang immediately called Fan Xiaodong. Little Dong, how much money do you have now? Meng Chang asked. About two hundred thousand US dollars. Meng Chang paused for a moment, as if he had made up his mind. If you agree, I want to bet all of this money on Yuklaias Dawa Xili. Fan Xiaodong looked confused. Why would I disagree? This is your money. You can use it however you want. However Yuklaia? Whos the Great Waxili? Why dont I understand what youre saying? Meng Chang said, You can check for the Yuklaia election yourself. There was a moment of silence on Fan Xiaodongs side. Then, he exclaimed, The election? You want to bet on this person to be the President of Yuklaia? Brother, are you crazy? This person is an actor. He came to participate in the election to be a joke. The payout at five oclock might look tempting, but so what if the payout is high? Youre committing suicide! Thats two hundred thousand US dollars! Or did you get some news from Tengda Thats not right either Tengda is only an ordinary company. How can it control the Ukiah selection Meng Changs actions stunned Fan Xiaodong completely. Fan Xiaodong was indeed convinced about the matter with Home Corporation previously. However, that was a commercial action after all. It was equivalent to Boss Pei setting a trap for Home Corporation through Slow Movement Studio. Fan Xiaodong believed that Boss Pei could control such things. However, what was up with Yuklaias election? It was impossible to obtain insider information, much less influence. This thing depended on the final outcome of the voting. Everyones judgment could only be said to be a prediction. It might be accurate or not. There were too many uncontrollable factors. There was no way to ensure the accuracy of the prediction. To throw two hundred thousand US dollars in at once was simply too crazy. Meng Chang was very determined. I cant explain too much, but since Im going to do this, there must be a reason. If he really fails, it would just be two hundred thousand US dollars making ducks and drakes. Just take it that what happened with Home Corporation did not happen. Its just a worldly possession. You wont feel the pinch even if you lose it. However, if I succeed, I will be able to repay all my debts directly. I might even have some left! If I dont fight now, I wont get another chance like this in the future. Meng Chang felt that Boss Pei dared to bet on so many things, including the filming and publicity funds for Successor and even the reputation of Fei Huang Workspace. If he failed, wouldnt the loss be greater than his own? What was two hundred thousand US dollars compared to Boss Peis investment? Whats more, Meng Chang was very passionate about taking risks. He had the mentality of a gambler. It would be fine if he did not know about this opportunity, but he would definitely not let it go if he did. Boss Pei said that he was not confident. There must be a certain humility. It was worth a try no matter what. Fan Xiaodong was silent. Obviously, he was completely shocked by Meng Chang. He even began to doubt Tengdas background. He wondered if Meng Chang was working for Tengda or if he had joined some strange and mysterious organization After a long time, Fan Xiaodong said, Alright, lets do as you say. Ill symbolically invest 50,000 yuan. If it really succeeds, well make a huge profit.. Chapter 1378 - : Second Round of Publicity Plan Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios December 24th, Monday Pei Qian arrived at the office in a good mood as usual. That was because Successor had broadcasted two more episodes last weekend. However, the ratings for Successor continued to fall on the Aili Island website and other ratings websites! Even Tengdas own TPDb websites ratings had fallen significantly. The situation was not much better than other websites because of the existence of original parties. Now, the rating of Successor on Aili Islands website had fallen to 6.3. It was nearly one point lower than when it first premiered. For the series on Aili Island, six marks was considered a pass. That was because the ratings on these video websites were high to begin with. Many outstanding dramas often obtained high ratings like 9.8 or 9.7 points and were already considered quite mediocre in many peoples eyes. Now, it has reached about six points. That was already considered a lousy film. He did not know how many people would be dissuaded by this rating alone. The fourth and fifth episodes of Successor had obviously started on the main topic. The plot should have started to become more exciting. He knew from the bullet screen comments that this was obviously the work of Just Qians bad review! The content of the fourth and fifth episodes might be more exciting than the first three episodes, and Phils plan was gradually starting. However, the key problem was that Just Qians dark manuscript was attacking the core of the story of Successor. To a certain extent, it could be considered a prediction. Those who had read this manuscript already had expectations of what happened after Successor. Thus, they were not excited when they saw the fourth and fifth episodes. Instead, they felt disinterested and even had reverse psychology. The influence of this dark manuscript was not limited to a certain website. Instead, it had become a material that everyone would use when discussing Successor. In other words, it would be to defame the weapon and ammunition of Successor. Someone online was debating whether Successor was good or not. Someone would definitely post the content of the manuscript. At this rate, even if the plot behind Successor gradually got better, the scene got bigger, and the pace of the story got faster, it would be meaningless to these people who had already given up. They were not even watching the rest of the plot. How could they specially come over to change the ratings? All in all, the situation was great! In addition, the various teams, including FV Team, and the staff of the GOG project team who had gone to Europe to organize the international competition, would also return to China within this week. After the international competition ended, Pei Qian allowed everyone to play in Europe for a week. Logically speaking, the international competition was very successful. These people should be suffering. However, as the saying went, one thing was another. It was one thing to let them play in Europe for a week and spend more money. It was another matter to send them to Bao Xu to suffer in order to reward their merits. The two would not affect each other. However, Pei Qian was extremely worried about the future of GOGs project team. It was the same international competition. FV Team had snatched the championship from IOI, and the popularity of the local server had plummeted. It could be said to have suffered heavy losses. This comparison made GOG seem to be making huge profits. To the players in the local server, it was naturally a great thing for the domestic teams to win two consecutive championships. The pre-match activities that were exclusive to local players had also gained extremely high popularity. For foreign players, even though the European team had not made it into the finals this time, they had improved a lot compared to last year. It gave people hope. Whats more, the international competition was in Europes home ground this time. Tengda as the organizer had given them enough face. The new viewing function had completely improved the viewing experience and discussion; Servers in various regions had also launched a series of activities in the international competition. GOGs influence in the world had increased further, and IOIs market share had been squeezed out a lot. All in all, he won, he won badly. However, what should he do next? Pei Qian had spent so much effort to poach Eric and Zhao Xuming. Wasnt he hoping that they would work hard to curb GOGs rapid expansion? In the end, the two of them came and expanded even more. With this, GOGs market share and income had increased in the past one or two months. It was more than the previous half a year. What should Pei Qian do? Eric, Eric. I was wrong about you. Pei Qian was very helpless. Some people really could not be judged by their appearance. Eric, who looked so reliable, was actually a scammer. However, the only good news was that Zhao Xuming, who he had poached from Eric, was still reliable. Zhang Yuan was the one who arranged for the offline viewing of the competition on the local server. GOG updated the viewing function. That was done by Bunny Tail Live-Stream. Even the live-stream platforms plan to buy the competition copyrights was ruined because of his guidance. Boss Zhao was doing nothing! That was an outstanding performance. Thus, Pei Qian felt that he had to strengthen the internal battle between Zhao Xuming and Eric. He had to let Zhao Xuming gradually take the initiative and suppress the bewitched Eric. Pei Qian had already hinted to Zhao Xuming previously to let him know that he was on the same level as Eric. He should not listen to Eric every time. He had to have his own ideas. Now, it seemed like that was not enough. Pei Qian decided that he had to praise Zhao Xuming when he returned with Eric. He had to nurture his confidence and give him a hint. At that time, Zhao Xuming would realize that he had been doing well and had been praised by Boss Pei. He would definitely continue to do well in the future, right? He would even drag Eric down with him. That way, Pei Qian would have achieved his goal and would be satisfied. Pei Qian was still thinking when he heard a knock on the door. He looked up and saw Meng Chang. Boss Pei, this is the publicity plan for the second round of Successor. Please take a look. Meng Chang handed the plan over with both hands. Pei Qian was elated. Yo, Meng Chang was getting better. The ratings of Successor had fallen drastically, and its popularity could not rise. It could take this opportunity to increase publicity funds to obtain higher commission? Not bad, not bad. This style of brave leftovers chase poor bandits was very similar to my style back then. Pei Qians smile widened as he quickly scanned the plan. This plan was reliable! The plan was similar to before. They continued to release advertisements and publicity resources according to the original channel. However, there was a change. They had to like and share some film reviews that analyzed the meaning of Successor through the official account. Successor had made so much noise at the beginning of its screening. There were so many people watching it, so there must be no lack of film critics. Some film critics who criticized it for being useless naturally liked Successor. Some of them might also be the original parties of Successor. However, from the looks of the current situation, these film critics who liked Successor did not have such a huge reaction like Just Qians film review. The reason was very simple. It was more acceptable to criticize others than to preach. Why was it that so many people watched many lousy movies that dissed movies, but not many people paid attention to them when they analyzed movies seriously? That was because shooting lousy movies with reason would give people a mental sense of satisfaction, even a sense of superiority. These film reviews that gave positive comments about Successor were all trying hard to explain how good the connotation of this series was. This would give people a feeling of preaching and would cause reverse psychology. It would not be easy to accept. In addition, the first three episodes of Successor gave people a very bad impression. The two emotions overlapping gave Just Qian a huge space to showcase his film review. In Meng Changs plan, he had to approve these film reviews through the official liking. Pei Qian was very satisfied with this move. That was because such a method would obviously not help to increase the popularity. Instead, they would be scolded even more badly. Which official platform would personally interpret the meaning of their own work? Wouldnt it be too degrading for him to personally interpret the series performance? Whats more, this would make the audiences reverse psychology even more serious: Why, your official liking of these content, are you hinting that Successor is indeed this connotation? Are you hinting that we are all stupid and cant understand your connotation? However, we can understand it, we just cant accept it! It was conceivable that this move would definitely anger those viewers who gave low marks further. Some of them might be more motivated and spend more effort on various forums and websites to defame Successor. That was a good thing! Pei Qian could not help but give Meng Chang a thumbs up silently. It looked like Meng Chang had spent a lot of effort this month to get the commission. Meng Chang originally wanted to explain a little, but he knew that Boss Pei must have understood this plan seeing Boss Pei smile and even nod from time to time. If that was the case, there would be a lot more to explain. Meng Changs plan was also very simple. It had two purposes: First, maintain popularity; second, start a debate! That was because he had already placed all his hopes on three weeks later. The first round of the election was held at Yuklaias side last week. The votes in the Great Vassili were in second place among all the candidates. It was lower than the current President, but there was not much difference between the two. Since none of the candidates had more than 50% of the votes, the first two would be given the second round of voting. The voting would be finalized this time. This result also made many people on the foreign websites jaw drop. That was because they did not expect to get so many votes in the Great Vassili. The various predictions on the foreign websites also began to change. The odds had also changed from about five to about 1.8. Meng Chang was very lucky that he attacked quickly. However, the mainstream media outlets of the internet still thought that the Great Vassili would not be selected. Many people might want to vote vengefully in the first round of voting, but they would definitely recover their sanity in the second round of voting. However, this result further confirmed Meng Changs judgment of Boss Pei.. He was also more determined to continue his publicity plan! Chapter 1379 - It’s Better To Post A Dynamic Post Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios The reason why Meng Chang thought of the official method of personally liking the film review was to further create controversy. At the moment, there were fewer film reviews praising Successor, and the response was not strong enough. That would definitely not do. The official liking was equivalent to giving these positive film review stations a platform to change the strength of both sides. So what if they were to attract hatred? The higher the level, the better. The more support the film critics who criticized Successor received, the stronger the response. The slap in the face in reality next month would be even more intense. However, there was another key problem. Meng Chang did not write it in the plan. That was the cooperation of the Young Master Tian account. The reason why he did not write was mainly to play it safe. Young Master Tian was Meng Chang. This could not be discovered. What if someone from the Advertisement and marketing department leaked the secret? That would destroy everything. Therefore, Meng Chang would definitely not admit that he was Young Master Tian in any public or private venue, much less write anything about Young Master Tian in his work plan to eliminate any possible danger. If there was a problem, he would ask Boss Pei in private. He could not leave any record. It would be best if only Boss Pei and him knew about this. Whats more, he could not expose it when he chatted. Instead, he had to think about it indirectly and discuss it with a nonchalant attitude. That would be the safest. Meng Chang pondered for a moment and said, Boss Pei, what do you think Young Master Tian will do under the current situation? Eh? Pei Qian looked up at Meng Chang. Alright, Meng Chang. He knew how to plan ahead. He had to be wary of Young Master Tian before the second round of publicity began. Obviously, Meng Chang was afraid that Young Master Tian would publish a video again and make ducks and drakes of his commission. That was why he asked this question, wanting to avoid it in advance. After some consideration, Pei Qian said, Young Master Tian cant do much in the current situation. I dont think its possible to post a video. It would be a dynamic post at best. Pei Qian felt that Young Master Tian would probably not post a video and go down directly because his chances of winning were too low. Just Qians film review was actually very difficult to refute. If Young Master Tians video could not achieve a decisive effect, he would definitely be backstabbed. It was just like a sage-like wise man personally going to battle others. Whether he could win or not, he would put it aside and his image would collapse. That was really not worth it. Pei Qian felt that someone as smart as Young Master Tian should not do such a stupid thing. He would at most post something. Oh? Boss Peis words surprised Meng Chang. That was because he had originally planned to use his Young Master Tian account as a video to bet on everything. He was not afraid that Young Master Tians character would collapse. That was because as long as he won next month, Young Master Tians character would be restored. However, Boss Pei said that he would only post one dynamic. Meng Chang thought about it and suddenly felt that what Boss Pei said made sense. It was even more appropriate than he had thought. Whether Young Master Tian made videos or posted dynamics, he was on the surface. He had his pros and cons. Posting a video would gain more attention and popularity, but it would seem more deliberate and forceful. On the other hand, he seemed to be very casual and nonchalant when he posted his opinion. Next month, everyone would naturally be shocked by Young Master Tians foresight and foresight. Which way was more casual? Obviously the latter. Whats more, Young Master Tian did not rely on long theories to win. Instead, he relied on hard facts. Since he was speaking the truth, there was no need to make a long speech. Meng Chang could not help but feel enlightened. Boss Pei was indeed scheming and thought so much! He immediately nodded. Yes, I also think that Young Master Tian should choose to post dynamics. Then I have no other questions. Ill follow this plan later. Pei Qian nodded. Okay, go. Pei Qian was very satisfied as he watched Meng Chang leave. This Meng Chang was becoming more and more handy. He was really far-sighted. Why had he decided to exchange this talent for his publicity job back then? That was too wise! Pei Qian counted with his fingers. According to Meng Changs current progress, it would take him several years to repay all his debts even if he got a hundred thousand yuan a month. According to Tengdas development, once Meng Chang paid off all his debts, he would probably be able to incur losses and become a tycoon, right? It was so worth it! Pei Qian was basically relieved seeing that the situation with Successor was very optimistic. He began to study GOG. December 26th, Wednesday Eric and Zhao Xuming returned to GOGs project team. Once he entered, the project team applauded warmly. Welcome back! Youve worked hard! Zhang Nan led the applause. Now, GOGs research and development department and operations department have formed a GOG project team. In fact, it was a close-knit cooperation. The success of GOGs international invitational tournament was of course a good thing for GOGs development department. This was the result of everyones joint efforts. Eric and Zhao Xuming were obviously very happy as well. This meant that the two outsiders had been recognized by the entire GOG project team! His hard work over the past few months had been worth it! Gentlemen, Boss Pei left you a gift, Zhang Nan said. Eric and Zhao Xuming were stunned. Boss Pei? A gift? The two of them came to the office and found the gift boxes on their desks. The one on Erics desk was relatively small, and the one on Zhao Xumings desk was very big. He had not heard that anyone else had it. This was probably a special reward for Eric and Zhao Xuming, the two outsiders and generals who had surrendered. Both of them were a little confused. They opened it and found that the box was filled with trophies for commendation. However, the problem was that these two trophies were exactly the same. There was no difference in their styles at all. However, Zhao Xumings one was obviously bigger. One looked like a father while the other looked like a son. Zhao Xuming subconsciously thought that the box was in the wrong place. However, on closer inspection, he realized that the trophy had a name engraved on it. This huge trophy was indeed for him. This Zhao Xuming was very uncomfortable. That was because Eric had always been the one to take the blame. When splitting the credit, the bulk of the blame was also given to Eric. His trophy was bigger than Erics? What kind of logic was that? He had not done much for GOGs international invitational tournament this time. Eric had always been in charge of Europe. The local server had only organized an offline competition based on the original plan. Whats more, much of the content had been done with Zhang Yuans E-Sports Department. It was not his credit. Zhao Xuming was stunned and uncomfortable. Eric looked at the small trophy in his hand and his first reaction was confusion. However, he immediately understood. I know, Boss Zhao. Boss Pei must have distributed this trophy to recognize your viewing function. Zhao Xuming was stunned. Huh? But this idea was thought of by Bunny Tail Live-Stream? Eric explained, Its not easy to think of an idea, but its even harder to advance it! After Bunny Tail Live-Stream suggested this plan this time, you coordinated with them in the middle and got Zhang Nans research and development department to cooperate fully. That was why you released the viewing function during the international competition. This viewing function can be said to have a huge impact. Not only did it completely increase the popularity of GOGs competition, but it also suppressed IOIs popularity online. It also laid a good foundation for GOG to further expand the market worldwide. On top of that, Boss Zhao, you suggested to Boss Pei to use the popularity of various platforms to calculate the broadcasting rights. That was a huge contribution. Zhao Xuming quickly corrected him. No, no, no, no. Im talking about the price of the broadcasting rights using the real number of people. Boss Pei corrected me and changed it to popularity. A difference of a millisecond is miles. Obviously, Boss Pei is to blame. Eric smiled. I only organized GOGs international invitational tournament in Europe according to my original plan. I did some hard work but there was no breakthrough. Boss Zhao, you might have been in China, but the things you did were a huge help to GOGs popularity in the international invitational tournament. You deserve this trophy. Boss Pei must also be reminding us not to always be constrained to our current work. We have to think more, develop new ideas, and strengthen our cooperation with other departments. Take this time for example. If not for Bunny Tail Live-Stream and GOGs development department, the international invitational tournament would definitely not have been so successful. Boss Zhao, dont be too humble. Boss Pei has already expressed his approval of you. Of course, you have to work harder! Zhao Xuming was still not used to this feeling, but he felt a little light-headed. Did Boss Pei really think so? Boss Pei encouraged me to take more responsibility previously. Didnt it look like empty words? Did Boss Pei really see what I did? Zhao Xuming was elated. He suddenly felt proud of being recognized. He had never felt this way when he was at Long Yu Corporation! He had to work harder in the future. Wasnt the trophy that Boss Pei had sent him a spur? Zhao Xuming and Eric had been thinking that they should take a break after returning to China. However, how could he rest after seeing these two trophies? Boss Pei had worked so hard, but he had not felt tired at all. Eric would definitely not be able to accept being overtaken by Boss Zhao. He had to work harder. To Zhao Xuming, Boss Pei had just given the trophy a reward, and he was already being sarcastic. That was not appropriate, right? Thus, both of them sat back down at their desks and got to work. At the same time, Long Yu Corporation. Jin Yong was discussing the skin of FV Teams champion with the designer team sent by Finger Games. Chrtien was also there. The FV Team had already returned to China yesterday. Boss Pei might have told FV Team to play in Europe for a few more days but FV Teams players felt that there was nothing fun there. They would be done after playing for a week. They might as well return to China as soon as possible to broadcast and meet their long-lost fans. On the other hand, Jin Yong had already returned to China after the IOI World Competition ended. He had been waiting. When he heard that FV Team was back, he went to them immediately and listened to their thoughts about the champions skin. The reason why he was in such a hurry was because IOI was in a hurry. The loss of players in the local server did not show any signs of stopping. The public opinion environment did not improve either. The situation was rather bad. Finger Games was in urgent need of publishing the champion skin of FV Team to reverse this situation.. Chapter 1380 - There Should Be No More Scams For The Champion Skin This Time, Right? Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Finger Games had already confirmed that FV Teams champion skin had to be made urgently because the earlier it was released, the better the current situation of IOIs local server. If they were to delay it for half a year, IOIs local server would probably have to be converted into a sub server. Wouldnt it be too late to get the champions skin then? Of course, Finger Games was still very cautious about the champions skin. That was because he had suffered a setback from FV Team previously The previous set of champion skins looked alright on the surface, but gamers saw through it at once. This was completely paying respect to Boss Pei, Tengda, and GOG! That made Finger Games feel like they had eaten a fly. They had obviously paid for the bonus and the skin themselves, but everyone had been thinking about Tengdas good taste when the skin was made. How infuriating! Thus, even though he was letting Jin Yong communicate this time, in fact, Chrtien and Finger Games skin designer had to keep an eye on them the entire time. They could not allow the same situation as the last time to happen again. To put it bluntly, he was rejecting all elements related to Tengda! Now, Jin Yongs preliminary communication with FV Team has been completed. He had to inform Chrtien and the skin designers. Jin Yong introduced, This time, FV Team did not raise any elements related to Tengda. However their requests are still a little strange. They want to make skins for a few popular heroes, but they have to follow the image of their own heroes. Take the jungler for example. The hero he chose last year was the original hero, Storm Swordsman. However, Storm Swordsman cannot play this year, so he chose the stronger jungler heroes in the version. The hero he chose this time is the void hermit taken out in the finals. His request is to make the void hermit look like the Storm Swordsman. It has to be close to the appearance, and it has to reflect the elements of the Storm Swordsman in the teleportation special effects: When returning to the city, the armor of the Storm Swordsman would be broken, and the long sword would fall to the ground. The void hermit would crawl out from inside. Others have similar requests. Everyone looked at each other and fell into a short silence. This request was indeed a little strange. The key was that the image of the two heroes, Space Hermit and the Storm Swordsman, was too different! According to the settings, the Storm Swordsman was a relatively normal human image. He was dressed in armor that was surging with wind. He held a long sword in his hand and was agile. It could be said to be a hero used to torture noobs. On the other hand, the void hermit was a void creature similar to the Zergs in the settings. It could barely be considered a human form. In the settings, it might be the Zergs but it had extremely high wisdom. Its weapons were two sharp front claws. It could use the void power to become invisible and move. It was a popular hero that the current version of the European and American teams loved. After being strengthened, this hero could be said to be the current jungler of the first tier. FV Team could only train crazily in order to win the championship. In the end, the finals were also won by this hero. Yet, the two heroes with such different images had to be stitched together? Chrtien was a little speechless. How much does he like the hero Storm Swordsman? He already made the champion skin last year. This year, he changed his hero and actually wants to make another one. Jin Yong asked, Then Can we do it? Chrtien nodded. I can definitely do it. Make the void hermit into a human shaped hero similar to the Storm Swordsman. If you cant change the attacking movements of the claws, then change them to holding two swords. You can also make some slight adjustments to the movements and attacks of the Storm Swordsman. Of course, I cant be exactly the same as the Storm Swordsman. That would be a mess in the game. I have to try my best to retain the characteristics of the void Hermit. The key now is, there shouldnt be anything wrong with this, right? Jin Yong thought for a moment. I think not. The champion skin last year used many GOG elements, so it has a certain deja vu. However, cant we just use IOI elements for all of this skin? Storm Swordsman is IOIs hero no matter what. This is nothing more than the element swap skin that we produced previously. That skin is quite successful. The Elemental Conversion skin that Jin Yong mentioned was a set of skins that Finger Games had previously produced. For example, there was a character in the game that was similar to a beast tamer or a Hunter. A human shaped hero could summon wild beasts. This set of skin was worn by wild beasts, and the beast tamer was dressed in animal skin to achieve the effect of Elemental Conversion. Of course, the response was quite good. Many people bought it. Chrtien thought about it. That made sense. The skin last year was because of GOGs elements. However, even though FV Teams request this year was a little strange, it was completely in line with the rules of the champions skin production. Secondly, everyone knew that FV Teams players indeed preferred the heroes. Whats more, he did not use any GOG elements this time. No matter how he struggled, he would only struggle between the heroes in IOI. The idea of the upper echelons of Finger Games was to satisfy as long as FV Teams requests were not particularly excessive. After all, he was still hoping to use FV Teams skin to save the domestic market. What if they did not meet FV Teams needs very well and the skin was released, and players did not buy it? What would he do? Then, they would expose that FV Team originally wanted a certain skin, but Finger Games was unwilling and asked them to change their requirements. That would be the end. It was a small matter to be crushed by angry IOI players. The most terrifying thing was for everyone to resist this skin and even aggravate the loss of players. At such a critical juncture, it was better to avoid unnecessary trouble. Alright, lets follow this plan. Ill report it later. There shouldnt be any big problems. Chrtien agreed. At night, Meng Chang returned to his residence. The second wave of publicity for Successor had already begun. After spending more publicity funds, the publicity for Successor on the internet was not reduced at all. They could still see the publicity material for Successor on many websites. At the same time, Fei Huang Workspaces official account also began to share and like some film reviews or videos that analyzed the meaning of Successor. Movie reviews were subjective after all. Some people would scold him, and others would naturally praise him. Just Qians film review had caused such a huge reaction on the internet. There must have been many original parties of Successor or people who recognized the core of the story of Successor who had posted film reviews or videos to refute it. However, no very influential people had stood up to speak for the time being, so there was no effective cooperation. Of course, now that someone wanted to stand up for Successor, they had to think carefully about the pros and cons. That was because it would be very easy for people to criticize him. Although Fei Huang Workspace had a good reputation, there was no need for any reason for haters to criticize others. Even if some people wanted to speak up for Successor, they had to think carefully about what they could say. Otherwise, if they said something wrong, the consequences would be very serious. Fei Huang Workspaces official platform for these people was to give the supporters of Successor more confidence. On the other hand, it angered those viewers who did not like Successor even more. Thus, the smell of gunpowder was released. The haters of Successor had been venting their emotions one-sidedly. They had successfully pushed Successor to about 6 points. Now, there were suddenly different voices. There was even a trend of the official platform ending. How could they tolerate that? Thus, the debate online intensified. This debate was not about whether the production of Successor was good or whether the actors acting skills were good. There was nothing to argue about. Everyone was debating whether this story was reasonable or not. It was very difficult to come to a conclusion about this. Meng Chang thought that it was about time to express his stance as Young Master Tian. The dust would only settle next month, but he could not remain silent now. That was because the earlier he expressed his stance, the more foreseeable it would be. Whats more, the people who supported Successor were being suppressed too badly. The situation was a little one-sided. They had to support a leader of opinions and directly go against Just Qians film review. Of course, Meng Chang did not forget Boss Peis instructions. It would be meaningless for Young Master Tian not to debate with the other party directly. It would be enough as long as he posted a simple dynamic, expressed his stance, and maintained his unfathomable image. Im taking advantage of the situation, right? On the surface, Young Master Tian looks confident and strategizing. In fact, Boss Pei is the one who arranged everything. Im just a mouthpiece. Meng Chang opened the Aili Island website and sent a post. Successor is a masterpiece that surpasses our generation. On the second day after the entire video is played, all debate about it will naturally disappear. This dynamic will not be deleted. Everyone can bear witness with me. Meng Chang was afraid that he would be misunderstood as being sarcastic, so he said it seriously without any ambiguity. He even deliberately looked like a scammer. He still bet on this account, but the dynamics that Boss Pei mentioned was much better than directly posting a video. It was meaningless to post a video to explain Successor. Those who approved would still approve it, and those who did not would still not approve it. It would not be fundamentally different just because Young Master Tian posted the video. However, the effect would be different if this dynamic put on an unfathomable posture. Although there would be a lot of cynicism, the effect would definitely be much better than working hard to make a video. Soon, this post was crazily commented on and reposted. Huh? hacked? Why did he only post a dynamic? Wheres the video? Dont tell me he got a sponsored partnership! A work that surpasses our generation? Will the debate automatically disappear after the complete broadcast? Dont lie to me, Ive already seen the original! If you werent so serious, I would have thought that you were being sarcastic Alright, Ill leave my name at the front row. If Successor really becomes popular next month, Ill make sure that it becomes popular. Since I wont delete the post, Ill wait for 99 + likes on this comment! Youre pretending to be mysterious. Are you a yin-yang person? Cant you make a video to make it clear? Some people were very excited and expressed that they were waiting, but some people started scolding. Obviously, this dynamic would be reposted very soon and cause a heated discussion. Meng Chang did not pay much attention to these. He would not log in again after this account was released. The next time he saw him would be January 13th. Meng Chang had already bet everything that he could. If he failed, he would take it as everything returned to zero and nothing happened. Success would prove that Boss Pei indeed had foresight that ordinary people could not compare to.. Meng Chang would also make a lot of money because of his absolute trust in Boss Pei! Chapter 1381 - New Famous Painting Chapter 1381: New Famous Painting Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios December 28th, Friday 8 AM Pei Qian woke up early today and called Old Ma to the Thriller Hostel. He wanted to secretly experience how fun the roller coaster of Operation Skylark was. The last time he came, Pei Qian had wanted to arrange for Boss Li and the investors to suffer on the roller coaster. However, they were not frightened at all. Instead, they were all very excited and clamored to do it again. Subsequently, Min Jingchao said that this group of people played for the entire afternoon. They only left reluctantly at night. Pei Qian was a little curious. How fun was this roller coaster project? However, Pei Qian did not experience it with these investors previously because he was afraid that it would ruin his character. Thus, Pei Qian purposely pulled Old Ma along today, wanting to experience it in the morning. Pei Qian was mainly worried that he would be so scared that he would shout out once or twice when he played with others. That would really not match Boss Peis character. However, there would definitely not be such a problem playing with Old Ma. At that time, the entire venue might be filled with Old Mas loud shouts. It would definitely become the focus of the entire venue and could effectively cover up any sound from the others. Whats more, there was no way Ma Yang would ruin his character. According to the plan, Thriller Hostel would be open for business today, and the roller coaster project would officially start at 9 AM. Pei Qian thought about arriving an hour early to experience it. That would be about it. It did not seem right for him to not have played the roller coaster that he had invested more than a hundred million yuan in. Of course, the prerequisite was that the attribute of this roller coaster was fun and not exciting. If it was the latter, Pei Qian would definitely not experience it. He would only think of ways to send his enemy up. The car could not drive into Thriller Hostel. It could only be parked at the parking lot at the entrance. However, there were public transport like balanced cars and sightseeing cars in the parking lot. They could be used in the park of Thriller Hostel. He had already greeted Chen Kangtuo, so the staff waited in the parking lot in advance. Pei Qian and Ma Yang boarded the sightseeing car and entered Thriller Hostel. Then, they walked towards the roller coaster project. However, Pei Qian was shocked the moment he entered Thriller Hostel. So many people?! Compared to normal times, Thriller Hostels human traffic had skyrocketed! It was only Friday morning! There were people queuing in front of the three projects. The queue did not look long because those who were queuing were about to enter. Thriller Hostel was an electronic queue. You could collect your number when you arrived at the venue. You did not have to wait at the same place after receiving your number. Instead, you could wander around. You would only have to rush to the venue to queue when you saw that you were almost on the application. Otherwise, you would not be able to wait for your number to pass. There did not seem to be many people in front of the three projects, but they were all about to enter the experience. There was still an unknown number of people waiting elsewhere! Fortunately, these three projects were not the only ones available in Thriller Hostel. Tourists could also go for coffee or wander around the Golden Maze. Thats strange. Why are these people playing these three old projects instead of queuing at the roller coasters? Logically speaking, you should be tired of playing these three old projects, right? Pei Qian had never played these three projects, and he did not want to at all. Fortunately, even though there was more traffic today than usual, it was Friday morning after all. Thus, the sightseeing car passed through the original park of Thriller Hostel without any obstacles and headed towards the roller coaster. Now, Pei Qian finally understood why people were still playing with old projects. There were more people here! The original three projects of the roller coaster and Thriller Hostel were very far away. Both sides of this road had been blocked by various shops. Of course, Boss Li and the investors had done it. Now, these shops were filled with people, just like some popular commercial streets! The situation was even more tragic if he walked any further. The entrance of the roller coaster project was filled with people. Even though this roller coaster project was also a live number and an APP number, these people were obviously too passionate. The earliest group of people were squeezed at the entrance of the project, waiting to experience it once it opened at 9 AM. There were already so many people waiting an hour in advance. Pei Qian could not imagine what time these people would arrive. Fortunately, there was a staff passage, commonly known as a back door. Pei Qian was afraid that he would meet familiar faces so he wore a mask as usual. Pei Qian reminded Old Ma when they were about to reach the back door of the project. I told you before to wear a mask. Did you bring it? It would be too strange if the two of them kept a low profile together. Yes! Ma Yang was rather reliable when it came to such things. He took out a mask from his pocket and put it on seriously. Pei Qian: There was nothing wrong with the mask or the way he wore it. However, the crux was that Ma Yangs face was too long. The mask could not cover the lower half once it covered the upper half. Ordinary people would wear it like that. After the mask covered their noses, a part of their chin would still be exposed. It looked very strange, making people think of the perverted person wearing underpants. It was no wonder that Old Ma rarely wore a mask. This objective condition was indeed not very supportive. However, that was not a big deal. As long as the meaning was there. He arrived at the staff entrance. Indeed, it was deserted. There was almost no one here. Obviously, everyone had either gone to queue at the entrance of the project or to shop in the surrounding shops after receiving their number. Who would be so free to squat in the employee passage? Tourists could not enter after all. There was no point in blocking the door. However, there were only almost no one. From time to time, one or two passers-by would pass by curiously. Perhaps they were lost. Pei Qian did not pay much attention to it as he brought Old Ma through the staff entrance. Chen Kangtuo had arrived a long time ago. He brought the two of them in to experience the roller coaster of the Skylark Plan. Soon, the round ended. Ma Yang had obviously not recovered from his excitement. He was still holding onto his magnetic rail rifle and aiming it in all directions, making beeping sounds as he spoke. Wuhu! Brother Qian, this roller coaster is really too fun! Lets go again! Pei Qians face darkened. Im not coming yet. Lets talk about it another day. The roller coaster was indeed quite fun. It was very immersive, especially when the roller coaster was moving quickly and spinning. Zergs rushed over from all directions. Coupled with some realistic models, it made people nervous and excited. They could not even tell which were illusionary and which were reality. The interaction was also very strong. They pulled the trigger with all their might to shoot at the Zergs and tried their best to fight their way out of the siege. It made their adrenaline soar, and they felt like they were playing an immersive VR game. Whats more, this was even more exciting than VR games because it had a physical feel. Firearms could vibrate and produce realistic sounds. There was a surround sound effect around them. The graphics were extremely immersive. Coupled with the weightlessness brought by the roller coaster itself, the experience could be said to be maxed out. However, the bad thing was this very interactive . Pei Qian already knew that there were different routes on this roller coaster. Tourists had to shoot hard to enter different routes. The worst outcome would be not doing anything and being brought out of the Zergs nest by Captain Qin Yi. The best outcome would be that all four of them were very supportive and chose the right route. That way, they would be able to kill their way into the depths of the Zergs nest and behead the Zerg Queen. Other than that, there were other endings that could be simply regarded as different levels. They had also failed to complete the decapitation operation. Some ended up leaving the depths of the cave in dirt. Some ended up killing their way out of the siege, breaking through the surface of the Zergs nest, and soaring to a height of thousands of meters. They could see the dense human fleet in the sky and the sea of insects below, which was addictive. Pei Qian pondered for a moment. They might not have enough firepower to hit the Zerg Queen even though there were two of them. However, it should not be difficult to look at the scene in the sky after playing a little, right? In the end, they realized that Old Ma did not seem to be here at all! He heard Old Ma shouting, screaming, and shooting at him. However, after a long time, where were his bullets? Pei Qian had been working so hard with the magnetic rail rifle, but he could not feel any fire support from Old Ma. Pei Qian could not help but recall the scene when he played Gods Rising and GOG with Old Ma. It was as if he did not exist the entire time He could only say that Old Ma was still Old Ma. He might have changed from the long-faced Ma to the current Boss Ma but his initial intentions had not changed. He was a pure slacker no matter what game he played. He ended up with the worst ending. Was there a need to experience it again? One had to know that this ending was something that all tourists could achieve by not doing anything, not shooting, only watching the scenery in their seats! Play it again with Old Ma? That was simply a form of torture. Seeing that Old Ma was still not satisfied, Pei Qian persuaded him. There are so many people queuing at the entrance today. Let the tourists experience it first. We can experience it any time we want. When we get back, find an opportunity to organize a cohesion at the Sealed Garden of Thriller Hostel. You can pull the employees from Bunny Tail Live-Stream over and let them play this roller coaster with you until you kill the Zerg Queen. Pei Qian knew himself very well. He would definitely not be able to bring Old Ma along. It was better to let Old Mas exclusive team complete this. Ma Yang was elated. Alright, thats a deal! Ill wait for your arrangements, Brother Qian! Pei Qian called Chen Kangtuo over. If theres no problem with the equipment, lets start it in advance. I think everyone is waiting outside. Theyre very passionate. Opening it an hour earlier would allow tourists to experience it. Those who can come so early are all true love. Let everyone play two more rounds. In any case, at this point, the popularity of the roller coaster was already set. There was no point in hiding it. Let nature take its course! Chen Kangtuo was stunned for a moment before he nodded. Alright, Boss Pei. Ill arrange it now. Pei Qian brought Old Ma and the others out of the staff entrance. However, this time, the people who had been wandering around the employee entrance discovered the two of them. Didnt you just go in not long ago? The staff should be busy today, right? Why are you leaving? Tsk this persons face is too long, even his mask cant cover it? Isnt this Boss Ma? Ma Yang was now considered an internet celebrity. After all, he used to live-stream live commerce and had spent money on Weibo before. Many people had seen Boss Ma online before. Logically speaking, he should not be able to recognize him with a mask on. However, his face was too long and was too recognizable. He would not be able to hide this obvious characteristic even with a mask on. If it really is Boss Ma, then wouldnt the other one be No wonder this back view looks so familiar! The onlookers were instantly excited.. They could not contain their excitement as they took out their cell phones and took a picture of their backs as they left the employee passage. Chapter 1382 - Boss Pei’s New Model for the Amusement Park Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios The photographer took a look and nodded in satisfaction after filming. Yes, the composition was not bad. There was no problem with the focus. He might have taken a back view but he could see Boss Mas side profile. This long face was very recognizable. As for Boss Pei, this back view was very familiar. Old fans should be able to recognize him. However, he quickly thought of a problem. What was Boss Pei doing here at this time? The roller coaster would only open at 9 AM. Boss Pei would arrive at 8 PM and then leave very quickly. It was too short to inspect the project at this time. At most, he would sit around. However, shouldnt Boss Pei have experienced such a project before? Why did he have to sit around now? Just as he was feeling puzzled, he heard cheers from the main door. The photographer rushed over and realized that people were already starting to enter the roller coaster. Many people who were queuing at the entrance of the project had already arrived early in the morning. Thus, they were all overjoyed to find that the project had been opened an hour earlier. Of course, some people also went to the surrounding shops after taking a number. Since it was a special situation for the roller coaster project to be opened in advance this time, Chen Kangtuo very considerately left a special channel for these people. He got someone to send a message on the application and suspended the rule of not waiting. Those who queued up at the entrance of the project in advance could enter until 10 AM. Of course, those with the highest number of queues would be given priority. The tourists at the venue were all excited. They had only heard of amusement parks temporarily closing down or delaying their opening due to special circumstances. They had rarely heard of reverse delay! Charge! When the photographer saw this scene and compared it to what he had seen before, he could not help but feel enlightened. Boss Pei must have experienced this project before. Thats for sure. Theres no doubt about it. In that case, Boss Pei specially came over to take a roller coaster today that the roller coaster project is officially open for business. Then, he opened the roller coaster to everyone in advance. That can only be said to be a ritual, right? Boss Pei must experience it himself before giving the project to tourists? Just like how Boss Pei used Fish-Catching Take-Out, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, and Otto cell phones every day? Yes, thats the only explanation! Whats more, Boss Pei saw that the tourists at the venue were so passionate, and specially asked the staff to open the project in advance. Thats also a kind gesture! Ordinary bosses would not care about this. Even if tourists queue for an hour outside, everyone would come early voluntarily. Normally, they would not be bothered to change the rules. However, Boss Pei is different. He always puts user experience first! The photographer suddenly realized that this photo was very historical! It was obviously similar to the previous world famous paintings! Take the picture of Boss Pei was at Fish-Catching Internet Cafe for example. On one hand, Xiao Peng was explaining the E-Sports live museum model of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. It received good reviews, and the crowd flooded into Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. On the other hand, Boss Pei left in the opposite direction, leaving only his back view. Another example was the photo of Boss Pei in Fish-Catching Take-Out previously. On one hand was Jingzhou TV interview with Fish-Catching Take-Out. Rui Yuchen gave the lunchbox to the journalist. On the other hand, Boss Pei ate Fish-Catching Take-Out silently. He only left his back view. The new picture that he had taken: On one hand, the roller coaster project had been opened in advance, and a large number of tourists had flooded in to experience it with smiles on their faces. On the other hand, Boss Pei and Boss Ma had left against the crowd. They were extremely low-profile, and no one had even noticed that they had been here. Thats right, thats right! This had always been Boss Peis style! The photographer became excited. He immediately attached the photo with a simple introduction and posted it online! At the same time, the shops around the roller coaster project were also filled. Li Shi and Xue Zhebin were drinking coffee in a nearby cafe. There were many tourists outside, and the cafe was about to be filled. Many people would come in to rest after registering, so business was booming. Xue Zhebin sighed. Boss Li, youve opened several more shops nearby, right? It looks like these shops are going to make a lot of money. Li Shi waved his hand very humbly. Its not crazy. Its just a small profit. Dont you realize that all the shops, including this cafe, are very affordable? Xue Zhebin was stunned for a moment before he realized that it was true. He did not think much of it when he ordered the coffee previously. Now that he thought about it, wasnt it the same price as the coffee shops in ordinary shopping malls or Fish-Catching Internet Cafe? It was even cheaper than some foreign coffee brands in the shopping mall. Logically speaking, Thriller Hostel was an amusement park. Wouldnt it be natural for things in amusement parks and attractions to be more expensive? After all, this place had a lot of traffic. Whats more, there was a saying that everyones here. Most people wanted to find a place to rest. Even if the coffee in the cafe was twice as expensive as ordinary shops, they would only feel the pinch. They would still spend what they had to. However, according to Boss Li, all the shops in Thriller Hostel were very cheap? That was a little magical. Raising the price slightly would not stimulate tourists too much, but it could greatly increase the profits. Why maintain the current low price? It doesnt make sense to make small profits and quick sales. The profits are indeed thin, but its impossible to make more sales. Thats because the capacity of each shop is limited. Under the circumstances that its always full, the higher the price, the better. Whats more, not one shop is doing this. All the shops Could it be that Boss Pei specially requested for this? Xue Zhebin suddenly realized this. These shops belonged to different investors. It was not something Boss Li could do for these investors to reach a consensus and not increase their prices. Of course, Boss Li could use some methods to suppress these investors. However, he would only suppress them after all. He would not be convinced. Whats more, Boss Li did not have the motivation to do so. That was because Boss Li definitely wanted to earn more money. The only possibility was Boss Peis request. Li Shi nodded. Actually, when Thriller Hostel was first opened, Boss Pei had already emphasized that all shops cannot raise their prices. They must be sold at normal market prices. No one understood at first, but no one dared to go against Boss Peis wishes. Thus, they could only follow his instructions. However, now, with the development of this roller coaster project and the opening of the second batch of shops, I roughly understand what Boss Pei means. Xue Zhebin pondered for a moment. Given Boss Peis intelligence, he must know very well that he can earn more by raising the price of Thriller Hostel. Whats more, these shops will give him a share of the profits. The benefits are actually the same when it comes to making money. Then there is only one explanation. Boss Pei wants long-term benefits. However, that doesnt make sense. Thats because there are only so many shops. The number of tourists is far greater than the capacity of the shops. Even if the price is reduced, the sales volume would not increase further. This is an amusement park, not a shopping mall. Tourists cannot come here every week. It would be good enough if they come twice a year. Under such circumstances, they would not be very sensitive to the price of shops. Maintaining a normal price would indeed win a certain reputation. However, whats the use of improving the reputation of the Thriller Hostel with its current popularity Xue Zhebin could not figure it out. On the surface, Boss Pei seemed to have made a very conscientious and considerate decision for the tourists. However, everyone knew that Boss Pei was a business genius. It was not that Boss Pei had no conscience and did not understand tourists, but that Boss Pei must have mature business logic behind him to support tourists while understanding them. That would achieve a win-win situation between Tengda and users. Li Shi nodded slightly. It was obvious that Xue Zhebin had improved. The problem was becoming clearer. However, he was still far from understanding Boss Pei. Of course, your judgment is not a problem, but it is based on two premises: First, there are only so many shops, and the number of tourists is far greater than the capacity of the shops. Second, the amusement park is not a shopping mall, and tourists cannot come every week. For most amusement parks and attractions, these two premises are valid. Therefore, most amusement parks and attractions have very expensive shops, be it food, drinks, or accommodation. But what if these two premises are not established in Thriller Hostel? Think about it. Why did Boss Pei build the roller coaster so far away from Thriller Hostels original project? What type of roller coaster is it? Xue Zhebin was stunned. He had not thought about these problems in depth before. Logically speaking, the amusement parks could not be too far away from each other. After all, tourists had to walk between various projects with their legs crossed. If they were too far away, everyones gaming experience would become very bad. However, Boss Pei did the opposite on the roller coaster project. Now, from the looks of the results, the roller coaster project was far away. They could stuff more shops around. Whats more, there was a huge area in the old industrial zone that had been transformed bit by bit. It would probably not be used up in eight to ten years. At the moment, the shops had only been renovated along the main road from Thriller Hostel to the roller coaster. They could expand further in the future. In other words, as long as the shops continued to expand, the point of the number of tourists is far greater than the capacity of the shops would gradually be overturned. This roller coaster project was very different from other roller coasters. On one hand, it was as fun as many indoor roller coasters in large amusement parks. On the other hand, it could be repeatedly experienced. In fact, many people could only play at popular foreign amusement parks once or twice a year purely because the cost was too high. If it was convenient, many people would not get tired of playing these fun projects once a month. Whats more, Thriller Hostels roller coaster had many endings. Even after experiencing all the endings, he could bring his friends to play. As they were very interactive, there would be different novel experiences every time he played. In that case, the point of amusement parks are not shopping malls and tourists cannot come every week was overturned. A realization dawned on Xue Zhebin. Boss Li, I understand! Boss Pei wants to break the original focus mode of the amusement park and create an open amusement park? Through Tengdas IP and game design thinking, we can make most of the amusement parks into repeatable projects. Then, we can stuff a large number of shops between the projects. Then, we can use similar pro-popular pricing to further attract human traffic. Can we create a new model where amusement parks and commercial streets are integrated? In other words, Boss Pei is not pursuing immediate benefits, but long-term benefits, not even long-term benefits in three to five years, but long-term benefits in ten years or even longer? This is to forcefully turn an old industrial zone that has been abandoned for a long time into a combination of an amusement park and a commercial district! Chapter 1383 - The Shops Came Naturally! Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Xue Zhebin was shocked by this deduction. His first reaction was that it was a little ridiculous. Turning an old and deserted industrial zone into a commercial zone? Was that something a human would do? That was because the desolation of the old industrial zone was the result of a series of factors such as urban development, industrial upgrading, and so on. The best outcome of renovating the old industrial zone in other cities would be to transform it into an entrepreneurial park or something. It would not be a problem to attract tourists after making a certain amount of reputation through special artistic means. However, it was impossible to really become prosperous and lively. You cant possibly point a gun at the tourists, right? However, Boss Pei obviously did not think so. Otherwise, why would he build the roller coaster so far away from the original projects of Thriller Hostel? It could not be to let tourists walk more, right? Wasnt that crazy? Definitely not. Obviously, Boss Pei was very confident. Once the roller coaster was built, various shops would naturally appear in the surroundings to drive the development of the entire area. The positioning of amusement parks and commercial streets actually conflicted. Whats more, it was very difficult for the two to combine. For ordinary tourists, they could visit the commercial street often, but they would definitely not visit the amusement park often. However, amusement parks also had a unique advantage: some special entertainment projects that commercial streets could not enjoy, such as large roller coasters and other amusement parks. However, once these two things became one, it would be amazing! That was because Jingzhous old industrial zones transport was not that convenient. It was not like many large shopping malls that opened in the more prosperous areas in the city center. However, its transportation conditions were not particularly remote. Whats more, the subway lines had been planned. If it had a large roller coaster project like Operation Skylark, a gourmet, a cinema, a hotel, a clothing store, and various digital products stores, it would be very worth it for many Jingzhou locals to come and play on the weekend! First, he would go to the roller coaster to queue. Then, based on the time that he had to queue, he would decide to drink coffee, have a meal, shop or watch a movie nearby. Otherwise, he would go to the internet cafe to play with his friends. Wasnt this better than many large amusement parks? Many large amusement parks had many projects, but many of them were just there to make up the numbers. In fact, they were not that fun. Whats more, even with Fast Pass, most projects still had to queue. They would queue for two hours and experience for three minutes. They would not be able to complete many projects in a day. Their legs would hurt the entire time. He arrived on the first day. He wanted to come again the next day, but he was too tired to move in the hotel. There was no such problem in Thriller Hostel because they could shop or surf the net while queuing. The amusement park was integrated into the entire commercial district. The experience was also not bad for foreigners. They would choose to stay in the hotel in Thriller Hostel over the weekend and choose the projects that they were interested in to experience. The rest of the time could also be freely arranged, such as watching a GPL competition. Whats more, as Thriller Hostels projects increased in scale, the experience would become better! That was because according to Boss Peis plan, the more fun projects Thriller Hostel had, the more shops there would be around it, and the more tourists there would be. A positive cycle would gradually form. Of course, while this positive cycle looked beautiful, it was actually extremely difficult to achieve. First of all, he had to have a company like Tengda that could spend a lot of money and take huge risks to create these amusement projects. These projects had to be unique and fun enough to attract enough tourists. Secondly, the organizers of these amusement facilities had to be especially generous. They had to be open and tolerant so that the shops could be moved in at will and the surrounding space could be fully opened. Ordinary amusement parks could not achieve the first point, and huge amusement parks could not achieve the second point. For example, many large amusement parks would definitely hold the entire land in their hands because of the huge investment. They would easily spend billions or tens of billions of yuan. The entire construction project would last for several years or even more than ten years. There was no need to let the shops get involved if they were not allowed. However, Boss Pei cleverly used this new model under the premise that Tengdas current funds could not reach that size. That was why he had a win-win cooperation with these shops. It could also give tourists a better experience! After this analysis, Xue Zhebin was even more convinced of Boss Pei. One could say that Boss Peis most admirable point was that he would never be constrained to his current successful field. Instead, he would always expand into new fields and propose a new business model every time. The most amazing thing was that only Tengda could play this new business model. No other company could. That was amazing! It was no wonder that Boss Li had been investing with Boss Pei. If he could copy the standard answers, why would he have to work so hard to solve the questions? Li Shi said, If you have spare cash on hand, you can also open a shop nearby. You just have to give Tengda a share of the profits as per the rules. Chen Kangtuo has already spoken to the other departments in Tengda. Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Fish-Catching Take-Out, and other Tengda businesses will also open branches here. Xue Zhebin asked, Would others see a business opportunity and come over to take advantage of it without paying? Li Shi smiled. Thats impossible. A few investors and I were the first to open shops in this area. We consciously followed the rules set by Boss Pei. Would the latecomers dare to cross the line? If someone really had the courage, the shops abandoned by Tengda in the snack market would be their lesson! Whats more, the development of the old industrial zone is something that has to be approved by the relevant authorities. Do you think Tengda is better at speaking or do you think other speculators from god knows where are better at using this place? Look, the interview is here. Xue Zhebin turned around and saw someone who looked like a journalist walking past the entrance of the cafe. He was interviewing tourists, and someone was filming with a camera behind him. As a successful project of the old industrial zone, the response in the group is so enthusiastic. The television station will definitely spend a lot of time reporting on it. There will definitely be more support in the future. If Boss Pei wants to build a new project on this land, it will definitely become smoother. Xue Zhebin nodded, as if he could see the old industrial zone rejuvenating. The success of the Thriller Hostel previously was already very impressive. Now, he realized that it was only the beginning of Boss Peis plan! The two of them sipped their coffee and silently experienced the drastic changes that Tengda had brought to Jingzhou. Xue Zhebin took out his cell phone and browsed Weibo for a while. Suddenly, he said, Eh, Boss Li, look, Boss Pei is here today! Someone took photos of him! Li Shi took the cell phone from Xue Zhebin. It was indeed a new back view picture. Whats more, the photographer had done a series of analyses on this back view picture. He had summarized the previous world famous paintings and reached a conclusion: Boss Pei would only allow users to use Tengdas projects after personally experiencing them! Not only did this mean that Boss Pei had always been strict with his own project and set an example, but it also meant that he had always been concerned about his customers and placed consumer interests first. The most important thing was that Boss Pei had been doing all of this silently from the beginning to the end. He had protected the rights and interests of the customers and had always used this as an excuse to promote and marketing. Instead, he had maintained a low profile and was even unknown. The back view of Boss Pei walking against the traffic in these pictures was the best proof! Xue Zhebin could not help but feel emotional. Boss Pei is really an amazing person! This kind of carefree and humble life is really admirable. Compared to Boss Pei who started from scratch, Im really ashamed that I cant even do a good job now. Li Shi comforted him. Its alright. Youll learn from Boss Pei from now on. Invest in more projects related to Boss Pei. Youll grow slowly. Talents like Boss Pei, who are self-taught, are rare after all. Its not easy for ordinary people like us to work hard to catch up to the footsteps of geniuses. Xue Zhebin nodded. Alright, Im prepared to invest some money and open a shop nearby! December 31st, Monday Pei Qian looked at the overwhelming discussions about Thriller Hostel in his office with a confused expression. What was going on? Its fine if you guys were discussing how fun the Skylark roller coaster is, but why are you guys talking about the new model that created the combination of amusement parks and commercial zones for Thriller Hostel? And who took this photo! I didnt think so much. Im just going to experience the roller coaster with Old Ma. Do you have to brag about it to me? Pei Qian was about to die from the praise. He could not wait to dig out a two-bedroom apartment with his toes. The key was that so many people believed it. It was ridiculous! Of course, these superficial titles were not the most annoying thing. The worst thing was that another large number of shops had to enter the old industrial zone. Whats more, all of them were fighting to submit their protection fees. Pei Qian was puzzled. If you want to open one, so be it. Why are you giving me money? The key was that he could not reject them. The more he did not accept them, the more uneasy he would feel. He would only increase the share. Pei Qian had no other choice but to let Chen Kangtuo decide. In any case, every sum of money that Chen Kangtuo earned now would be credited to him in the future when he suffered. It was almost the end of the month. Half of the time had passed since the Suffering Travels. Pei Qian felt that he could start thinking about arranging the name list for the third suffering trip. He could arrange for all the fish that had slipped through the net previously.. Chen Kangtuo and Tian Mo could forget about escaping! Chapter 1384 - Who Is Most Likely To be Young Master Tian In Tengda? Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios He was just thinking about it when he heard a knock on the door. He looked up and saw Meng Chang. Obviously, it was the end of the month again. Meng Chang was going to calculate the commission. Pei Qian took a look and handed the laptop to Meng Chang. That last move was a pity, Pei Qian said. The publicity plan for Successor had been maintained very well. They had spent a lot of money, but the popularity had not risen. The rating had also fallen to 6 points. All in all, they were fragmented. According to the previous progress, Meng Chang might really be able to get a full commission if he maintained this state of spending money without making a splash after the second round of publicity. Unfortunately, it was that Young Master Tian again. This Young Master Tian really posted something. Actually, Pei Qian had just mentioned it casually. He said that Young Master Tian would definitely not post a video. At most, he would post a dynamic. More accurately, there was a very small chance that Young Master Tian would post a dynamic post. That was because Pei Qian felt that it was too risky for Young Master Tian to get involved in this messy situation. The benefits were too low. It was not something a smart person should do. However, he did not expect Young Master Tian to not only participate, but also take the bait! The lethality was no less than posting a video. Pei Qian was also very confused. Was this Young Master Tian crazy? Tengda did not give him money? Why did he make Successor an epochal masterpiece? Whats more, he said that on the second day after Successor finished playing, all debate about it would naturally disappear? Pei Qian was very nervous. He searched for this date on Qiandu but could not find anything. The search results were filled with content such as What holiday is January 13th, January 13th calendar query, Analysis of the Destiny of the birthday on January 13th, What Constellation is January 13th, and so on. Every time this happened, Pei Qian would feel like saying something. The first sentence was: Get lost! The second sentence was: Trash Qiandu! He hated the fact that the Useful App might be more useful now, but it was not completely useful. It could be imagined that for a long time in the future, Pei Qian would still say rubbish Qiandu. Young Master Tian might have been a hateful riddler for once and the netizens had not guessed what special day January 13th was, but the popularity had been brought up. Previously, many people had criticized Successor online and gave it low ratings. This had aroused the disgust of many viewers or old readers who liked Successor. In addition, the official platform for the film reviewers who supported Successor and Young Master Tians statement. The gunpowder between the two parties became stronger and more intense. Young Master Tians simple dynamic could not reverse the situation, but it did add fuel to the fire. Such a god-like statement attracted many peoples attention. The haters took this matter as a joke and mocked the people who supported Successor. They waited for January 13th to pass and nothing would happen. Then, they would continue to attack Successor and start to party. All in all, it was getting more and more popular. This directly caused the commission that Meng Chang could get to shrink drastically to 76,000 yuan. It was not bad compared to when he received the base salary previously. However, Young Master Tians dynamic had at least cut his commission by half after all. Those who did not have any psychological tolerance would not be able to withstand it. Pei Qian felt that Meng Changs attitude towards Young Master Tian was most likely the same as his attitude towards Teacher Qiao. Absolutely irreconcilable! Thus, Pei Qian empathized with it and expressed his pity from the bottom of his heart. Meng Chang sighed silently. Thats right, but theres nothing we can do about it. The Pei familys publicity method would not be perfect if he did not use Young Master Tians account to post any updates. He could only cut off more than half of the commission. The two hundred thousand US dollars had already been spent on it. If the profits completely crushed this commission, the loss would still be more than a hundred thousand yuan! It was impossible for Meng Chang to say that he did not feel pain at all. However, after following Boss Pei for so long, Meng Chang had long learned the principle of giving up and obtaining something after repeated painful lessons. After reading it from beginning to end, Meng Chang had no objections to the commission. Pei Qian kept his laptop and said, Choose one of the two publicity plans for next month. They are Shang Yang Games Safe and Civilized Driving and Tengda Games Ghost General 2. I heard that the engineering samples for the steering wheel and hardware equipment have been produced. They are currently being mass-produced. There is already a DEMO for the game, but the complete version will be released in the middle of the month. Ghost General 2 should be released at the end of next month or the beginning of next month. The two projects are a little difficult this time. Go and inspect first. The difficulty level was mainly due to two considerations. First, both of these were gaming projects. Tengdas gaming project would definitely be very popular. It would be very difficult to suppress it. While the gameplay of Safe and Civilized Driving was more boring and Pei Qian hoped to dissuade players with the gameplay, it did not seem safe to rely on this alone. Second, the timing was relatively awkward. Safe and Civilized Driving would be released in the middle of the month. At that time, the game, steering wheel, and other peripherals would be released. It would be too difficult to maintain a very low popularity before the end of the month. On the other hand, even though Ghost General 2 was released at the end of the month, its biggest disadvantage was that it was a combat game. The games content itself was not much of a disadvantage. It was actually not easy to perform in reverse publicity. Fortunately, Meng Chang was no longer the same Meng Chang as before. He was getting better at getting commissions. Therefore, he decided to let Meng Chang choose himself. Meng Chang hesitated for a moment before saying, Boss Pei, I dont want to choose either of them. I think these two games are very difficult to play. Can I continue with the publicity plan for Successor? In Meng Changs opinion, it was not easy to publicize these two games with the Pei familys publicity method. That was because Tengda Games reputation was naturally good. It was difficult to suppress its popularity in the early stages. Once the game was released, it would definitely be filled with good reviews in less than three to five days. Such a project basically had no use for the Pei familys publicity method. He would not get any commission at all. He might as well continue working on the publicity plan for Successor instead. There was a benefit to doing this: he could slightly hedge against the risks. If Successor became popular on the 13th, the commission for this month would definitely be gone. However, his 200,000 US dollars would be earned! Who would care about the two hundred thousand yuan commission then? If the worst case scenario happened, Successor would not become popular on the 13th. Even though two hundred thousand US dollars would be wasted, the commission would definitely be full. Compared to Safe and Civilized Driving and Ghost General 2, which had a negligible success rate, choosing to continue promoting Successor was obviously more worth it. Whats more, Meng Chang wanted to continue keeping an eye on the situation of Successor. He could adjust the publicity plan at any time and pull Young Master Tian out if necessary. Meng Chang wanted to use the Pei familys publicity method perfectly this time after learning it for so long. On the other hand, the publicity plan for Successor was only half done. Meng Chang wanted to make up for the other half. If he were to completely use the Pei familys publicity method on Successor, Meng Chang felt that his strength would definitely improve by a huge margin and undergo a qualitative change. Pei Qian pondered for a moment and said, Alright. He could not help but laugh inwardly. This Meng Chang was quite smart. He knew that the publicity for the two games was difficult, so he wanted to continue fighting Successor. Pei Qian had no objections to this because there were two purposes for letting Meng Chang do the publicity plan. The first was to lower the popularity of the project and reduce the chances of the project succeeding. The second was to burn more publicity funds. The first goal could not be forced because the success or failure of the project mainly depended on the project itself. No matter how fragmented the publicity plan was, a good product would only temporarily suppress its popularity and make it unknown. It would still become popular later on. Therefore, Pei Qians current expectations for Meng Chang were mainly on the second point. It would be fine as long as Meng Chang could guarantee that the publicity funds would be wasted and that he would not be able to receive the response. On the other hand, Successor was already a sure failure from the current situation. It would be a waste to invest more publicity funds. Since that was the case, why not let Meng Chang continue burning money there to play? In any case, it was all publicity funds. It would burn anywhere. Meng Chang felt that Successor was more confident. Pei Qian thought so too. Meng Chang nodded. Boss Pei was still considered benevolent. He knew that he was not very proficient in the Pei familys publicity method. He did not force himself to choose a difficult game project. Instead, he tacitly allowed himself to delay the middle difficulty racing track for another month. Just as he was about to leave, Pei Qian recalled something else and stopped him. I have a question. Im just asking. Speak your mind. If I mean if. Young Master Tian is in Tengda Corporation. Who do you think is most suitable to be Young Master Tian among Tengdas employees? Pei Qian had been suspecting that Young Master Tian was hidden in Tengda, and that he might be Tian Mo. However, the reason why he did not alert the perpetrator and send Tian Mo on Suffering Travels was mainly because he felt that this might be a gang crime. Someone had edited Tian Mos video and edited the proposal. After all, Young Master Tians video was too exquisite. It did not seem like Tian Mo could make it alone. However, he could not let it drag on like this. Tian Mo was not in Jingzhou now. He had gone overseas to open a new experience shop. The sky was high and the emperor was far away. It was unrealistic for Pei Qian to want to observe and catch him. Pei Qian felt that it was better to listen concisely and to listen in secret. Perhaps he would be able to gain something if he were to communicate with others? Meng Chang was the only good brother in the entire company who had the same goal as him. He had also been investigating Young Master Tian and had already deduced his character and character in reality. Naturally, he was the first to ask. Meng Chang was stunned when he heard this question. He was confused.. Chapter 1385 - That Person Could Only Be Tian Mo Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios What was Boss Pei up to again? Wasnt Young Master Tians true identity me? Didnt Boss Pei already know about it? This question was unnecessary! No, there was something wrong with Boss Peis way of asking. Boss Pei said two ifs. This was a very strong hypothetical tone. Boss Pei still asked me to identify others even though he knew that I was Young Master Tian Could it be that Boss Pei was taking precautions? Meng Chang suddenly had a flash of inspiration and understood. He could not expose Young Master Tians identity. He could not let others know that he was actually an employee of Tengda. That was for sure. However, what if it was really exposed? That person must not be Meng Chang! That was because Meng Changs reputation was too bad. It might have improved a lot but he was doing advertising and marketing in Tengda after all. This position was too sensitive. If people really suspected that Young Master Tian was an employee of Tengda and Tengda had no choice but to respond, he had to push someone else to take the blame. He could not admit that Meng Chang was Young Master Tian no matter what. Then, this candidate was almost out. After some consideration, Meng Chang said, If thats the case I think this person could be Tian Mo. Boss Pei was obviously thinking about an emergency plan for a small probability event. The probability of Young Master Tian being revealed as a Tengda employee was actually very low. After all, Meng Chang had always been careful and never left any paper information. He would not even say it out loud when talking to Boss Pei, much less with others. However, Boss Peis attitude was right. He could not ignore something just because the probability of something happening was very low. That was because of Murphys law. In that case, since he had to consider this extreme situation, he had to think of remedies. Even if he could not make up for it, he had to minimize the losses. Once the news that Young Master Tian is Meng Chang was exposed, the consequences would be too serious. However, if Young Master Tian was someone else, the consequences would be completely controllable and acceptable. To put it bluntly, this person had to be a more likable image. He could not be too aloof. He had to be more down-to-earth and appear more friendly and practical. That way, the impact would be minimized. Whats more, the persona that Meng Chang had given Young Master Tian previously was also a humble, low-profile, and ordinary person. That was because he had always been high above and acting like he was teaching the people . Sooner or later, he would fail. Some people with wisdom but think of themselves as insignificant characters was Young Master Tians character. If both were combined Tian Mo was obviously the most suitable candidate. On one hand, he came from a humble background and had a low education level. When he looked for a job, he would run into walls everywhere. He looked like an ordinary person. On the other hand, after joining Tengda, he quickly became enlightened and grew rapidly. The most valuable thing was that he did not become arrogant because of this change. Instead, he maintained his original mentality. Wasnt this a very realistic inspiring story? It was too in line with Young Master Tians character! His surname was Tian. Pei Qians eyes turned cold when he heard Meng Changs words. Indeed, great minds think alike. Everyones vision was clear! Tian Mo was the biggest suspect! Pei Qian asked again, What basis do you have for saying that? There should be a deeper connection between Tian Mo and Young Master Tian. Meng Chang was stunned. A deeper connection? Oh, he understood now. Boss Pei said that if the worst case scenario really happened and told everyone that Tian Mo was Young Master Tian, what if they did not believe him? It was not enough to just match the persona. There had to be a deeper connection to increase the credibility of this matter. After some consideration, Meng Chang said, Previously, when I was working on the publicity plan for Real Estate Agent Simulator, I specially asked Tian Mo for guidance. Tian Mo told me about many real estate agents. Many of his views are indeed enlightening. Pei Qian frowned and scoffed inwardly. Uh-oh! It was not easy for Meng Chang to say the word enlightened. This meant that Tian Mo indeed had many realizations about the real estate industry. He was completely capable of making Young Master Tians video. More importantly since Tian Mo had real insights into the real estate industry, what about other industries? It might be an analogy! Pei Qian did not believe that Tian Mo was pretending in the beginning. However, it could be that he suddenly understood. If he made such a hypothesis, Tian Mo and Young Master Tians images would be even more in line In Pei Qians heart, he basically treated Tian Mo and Young Master Tian as the same person. He could even imagine his confident smile when he posted the video. Pei Qian could not help but hate him. Alright, Tian Mo. I trust you so much, but you treat me this way! Its fine if you created trouble for me during normal work, but you even secretly created Young Master Tians account in secret and caused trouble for me for no reason! It was unbearable! Pei Qian calmed down and asked, However, Tian Mo should not be able to produce such a good video. Who do you think he might be if he has an assistant? Assistant? Oh, oh, thats right. Meng Chang was stunned for a moment before he could not help but feel emotional at Boss Peis meticulous thoughts. He had to do a full set of acting. He could not leave any obvious flaws. Tian Mo could not edit such a good video. Then, someone might catch on to this in the future and expose everything. After some consideration, Meng Chang said, If we deduce it this way this matter should be relatively confidential to Tian Mo. He wont brag about it. Then, he will definitely only run this account with closer and more trusted friends around him. Considering that the experience shop is not very close to the other departments, the friends that Tian Mo trust should be the employees of the experience shop. After all, these employees are his childhood friends and classmates. They have a very good relationship and should be trusted. The more Pei Qian heard, the more excited he became. Alright, Meng Chang. The logic was too smooth. The more he heard, the more reasonable it sounded! He could not wait to ask. Who is it exactly? Meng Chang was in a dilemma. He thought to himself, I dont know these people at all. How would I know who to choose? However, on further thought, Boss Pei did not have to be precise to a certain person. He just had to give a screening method. Thus, after some consideration, Meng Chang said, Ill find an excuse later to get Tian Mo to produce a promotional video. At that time, Tian Mo will naturally find the most trusted and best person in the department to create it. That way, we can lock onto this candidate. Pei Qian almost wanted to applaud Meng Chang. Thats awesome! The problem with Young Master Tians identity that had been troubling him for a long time was finally resolved! He had to admit that Meng Chang was quite smart. It was very difficult to investigate Young Master Tians true identity, but Meng Chang still completed it with his strong deduction ability. All sorts of clues indicated that Young Master Tian was Tian Mo. Whats more, he was a gangster. The person who helped him edit the video was hidden in the sales department! As long as Meng Chang found an excuse to get them to produce a promotional video, he would be able to dig out the entire Young Master Tian Small Team to see whose editing ability was the best! When the time comes, hehehe. Suffering was too benevolent. He had to arrange for the haunted house project of Thriller Hostel as well! Of course, Tian Mo would definitely not admit it. He probably would not be able to ask anything. Thus, Pei Qian did not ask. There would be no results even if he did. He would strike when he should and arrange it directly! At that thought, Pei Qian nodded. Yes, your hypothesis is not bad. Go and busy yourself with the publicity plan. I have nothing else to do. Meng Chang heaved a sigh of relief. Boss Pei had thought it through thoroughly. I was too confident and felt that Young Master Tians identity would definitely not be exposed. That was why I did not consider the emergency plan if this situation happened. Fortunately, Boss Pei fixed this loophole for me. Whats more, Im doing quite well, right? At the very least, Boss Pei gave the right answer as he expected under the guidance of Boss Pei. Meng Chang was just about to leave when he thought of something else. By the way, Boss Pei, what if the two games departments ask me for publicity funds? The roller coaster project for Thriller Hostel this month did not give him publicity funds. However, Chen Kangtuo managed to get publicity funds from Boss Lis group of investors. He completed the publicity task very well. However, he could not always do this, right? After all, not every department had the conditions of the Thriller Hostel. Pei Qian thought about it and agreed. It would be strange if he did not give any publicity resources for the two games. Since that was the case, he would symbolically give a little! At that thought, Pei Qian said, How about this? You can freely arrange the publicity for each project in the future. You can allocate some publicity funds to the two games departments so that they can do it themselves. The money that you allocate would not affect your commission. However, if you allocate more money, the funds that you use on the Successor project would be lesser. You can decide how much you allocate. If he used less funds for the Successor project, the commission might decrease. However, excessive publicity funds might also cause the commission to plummet. Meng Chang could only grasp the magnitude. Pei Qian felt that Meng Chang was already so smart. It was about time for him to bear more losses. He would distribute these publicity resources. For the sake of commission, he would definitely distribute the resources to the projects that were least needed. Those projects that could earn money would definitely be distributed as little as possible. That way, Pei Qians task would be easier. Wouldnt it be perfect for Meng Chang to take the blame? Meng Chang nodded, feeling more and more trusted by Boss Pei. Previously, he had been passively accepting projects and making plans. Now, he could actually decide how to distribute the publicity funds! Since that was the case, he could not let Boss Pei down. He had to arrange for publicity for all the projects to be maximized. Otherwise, Boss Pei would naturally be able to retract the authority he gave him.. Chapter 1386 - A Sample Outside Of Safe and Civilized Driving Chapter 1386: A Sample Outside Of Safe and Civilized Driving Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios January 4th, 2013, the first day after New Years Day 1 Meng Chang came to the Advertisement and marketing department. He was already prepared to go all out after he recovered. Without another word, the publicity resources for Successor continued to be maximized! The New Years Day holiday was over. There was still no sign of the debate over Successor calming down. However, it was obvious that everyone was tired of arguing. That was because the two sides that were arguing were just saying that. The views that they wanted to express were already very clear. If they continued to argue, it would only be infinitely repeated. Of course, the essence of humans was repeater machines, and the essence of arguing with people online was to say different things. Everyone was trying hard to convince each other. No one was willing to accept each others concepts and change their own concepts. Thus, in the end, they could only say that they were chicken and duck. The argument escalated into cursing. In the end, they would pull each other down. In other words, if he went online to discuss problems with others now, there would probably be no results apart from anger. At the moment, Successor was probably in such a tired state. Neither side could convince the other. They would temporarily give up and rest. However, Just Qians haters still had the upper hand. That was because the supporters of Successor could not raise convincing arguments to prove their views. Young Master Tian might have jumped out to gain hatred but he did not really start attacking. Instead, he predicted a date like a scammer. After that, he completely pretended to be dead. Anyone who @ him or sent him private messages would be like sinking into the sea. At first, everyone was still discussing Young Master Tians dynamic. However, they did not manage to figure it out. They slowly put it down. Under such circumstances, Meng Chang felt the need to continue investing in publicity resources to revive the popularity and ignite the fighting spirit of both sides who were already tired of fighting. It would be best if everyone could bicker every weekend when the new episode of Successor was released. That would be the ideal situation. In fact, Meng Chang had originally wanted Zhu Xiaoce to personally record a video and post it on Fei Huang Workspaces official account to put Successor on the platform. Huang Sibo might be the person-in-charge of Fei Huang Workspace but his position in the audiences heart was far inferior to Zhu Xiaoces. Zhu Xiaoce was the director after all. Most peoples first reaction after seeing an outstanding movie was to attribute the credit to the director. Next was the actor, script writer, and finally the investor and boss. If Zhu Xiaoce were to stand on stage, it could further cause debate and make the battle more exciting. However, Meng Chang only knew that this was a little difficult after asking Bao Xu. That was because the indoor training phase had ended this month. They had officially begun to suffer in the wild. Compared to the location of the previous torturous trip in Shennongjia, this Suffering Travels looked much friendlier. It was chosen on the deserted island near Qiongzhou. Of course, it was just that there was no one on the island. In order to ensure the safety and health of the members, there was a boat beside them that was always on standby. There was a doctor on the boat. Whats more, once something went wrong, they could send people to the nearby hospital to be treated as soon as possible. However, there would probably not be any problems. That was because their physical fitness had improved greatly during the indoor training. Even Qiao Liang, who had the worst physical fitness, had improved significantly. He would suffer the most on the island. After all, the sun was very hot and the sea breeze was very strong. It should not be a problem for him to persevere. Zhu Xiaoce had already reached the deserted island. His daily suffering was very serious. Whats more, there was no cell phone on the island. All the communication was on the boat. How was he to film a video? Whats more, even if they really squeezed out some time to film it, netizens would probably laugh at the environment and the current situation of suffering when they saw Zhu Xiaoce filming. They would think that Zhu Xiaoce was doing a good job. The focus would completely deviate and would not achieve the effect that Meng Chang wanted. Thus, after some thought, he decided against it. It was best not to play any other tricks if it could be solved with publicity funds. Meng Changs highest goal might be to achieve the best effect of the Pei familys publicity method, but burning funds was also an important task. There was no need to save. Therefore, after some consideration, Meng Chang gave up on this idea and chose to continue burning money mindlessly in the publicity plan. The cell phone on the table vibrated as he was modifying the plan. Meng Chang picked it up and saw that it was a message from Ye Zhizhou. Over at Shang Yang Games, Ye Zhizhou was one of the members of the previous suffering trip. He had already returned from suffering. On the other hand, Wang Xiaobin was a member of this suffering trip. He was suffering on the deserted island with Zhu Xiaoce and Qiao Liang. The two of them handed over seamlessly, just like Huang Sibo and Zhu Xiaoce had done for Fei Huang Workspace. The message from Ye Zhizhou was to invite Meng Chang to Shang Yang Games to experience the DEMO of the game Safe and Civilized Driving. He wanted to experience the steering wheel and other external settings so that he could better design the publicity plan. The person in charge of Tengda Games was Yu Fei. Ghost General 2 had been developed later than Safe and Civilized Driving. However, because it was smaller than Safe and Civilized Driving, it had been completed this month. He would probably invite Meng Chang to Ghost General 2 in a few days. Now, the heads of Tengdas various departments knew that Boss Pei was gradually handing all the publicity work to Meng Chang. Therefore, they would wait for Meng Chang to inspect the project and come up with the publicity plan when the project was almost completed. If Meng Chang did not come, everyone would definitely send him a message anxiously and invite him. After all, the entire department had put in a lot of effort into these projects. No one wanted to see the popularity fall because of insufficient publicity resources. Meng Chang hesitated for a moment when he saw this message. That was because when he met Boss Pei previously, he had already said that he would not do the publicity for these two games and would continue to spend the publicity resources on Successor. Boss Pei had also agreed. Of course, he still had to distribute some publicity funds to these two games. However, he did not have to come up with the plan. Since they were only paying and not producing a publicity plan, was there a need to experience it? Meng Chang pondered for a moment and finally decided to make a trip. Boss Pei had officially handed the task of distributing publicity resources to him. Thus, he could not only think about his commission now. He had to think about the overall situation of Tengda Corporation. Should he give up on the project that would not affect his commission? In theory, Meng Chang could do that, but Boss Pei would definitely be very disappointed if he really did that. Meng Chang did not accept the publicity plan for these two games because they were not suitable for the Pei familys publicity method. However, he still had to have the usual publicity. The employees of Tengda Games and Shang Yang Games were only good at research and development. They were not good at publicity. Thus, if they were only given publicity funds and allowed them to express themselves freely, the effect would not be controllable. Meng Chang thought about helping others to the end. Since he was the person-in-charge of the advertising and marketing department, he had a duty to teach them. As long as the person-in-charge of these two departments learned a little marketing knowledge and used the leftovers of the Pei familys publicity method to make full use of these publicity resources, it should not be a problem for these games to become popular. It was better to teach a man how to fish than to teach a man how to fish! 1 At that thought, Meng Chang decided to make a trip to Shang Yang Games to experience Safe and Civilized Driving. Then, he would come up with a targeted publicity plan. However, this publicity plan would not be given directly to Ye Zhizhou. Instead, it would be like Boss Pei, guiding Ye Zhizhou through his own comprehension. That way, the natural transmission of the Pei familys publicity method would be completed. Otherwise, Tengda already had so many departments and projects now. There would definitely be more departments and projects in the future. Wouldnt Meng Chang die from exhaustion if he had to come up with publicity plans for every project? Therefore, Meng Changs future method would definitely be to take it easy. He would personally come up with a publicity plan for some major projects. He would allocate some publicity funds for some conventional projects and let the department head come up with a publicity plan himself. He did not have to worry about not being professional. When the time came, the other employees of the Advertisement and marketing department could help and cooperate. They could perfect the prototype of the department heads plan and then fully advance. Meng Chang felt that Boss Pei must have been looking forward to handing the right to distribute publicity resources to him. Meng Chang took a car to Shang Yang Games. Ye Zhizhou welcomed him warmly. Come, please take a look. This is the entire set of equipment that we have prepared for the new game! Shang Yang Games had a special gaming room. It was very spacious. At that moment, the entire exterior of Safe and Civilized Driving was already set up. We can purchase the peripheral products on our own, but we would recommend purchasing set meals. There are three types of package options. The first is the entry-level package that is priced at 5800 yuan. The second is the advanced package that is priced at 6800 yuan. The third is the luxury package that is priced at 9999 yuan. If you want to get the best experience, you should try the luxury package first. Ye Zhizhou briefly introduced the equipment difference between the three types of combo meals to Meng Chang. Meng Chang scanned the three different combinations. Obviously, the GL seat of the luxury set meal was the most eye-catching. The three combo meals used the same steering wheel, pedals, and console. The difference was that the entry package only had a frame without a seat and needed to be equipped with ones own seat. The advanced combo had an additional hand brake, and it could adjust the frame and the seat as one. The luxurious combo meal had all the parts and a GL seat. It looked obviously more impressive. Needless to say, these three sets were targeted at three different gamers. Comparatively, the entry package had the highest price-quality ratio and was the most practical. That was because it did not take up space. It could be placed in the study room or next to the computer table. When you wanted to play, you could make do with the computer chair. When you did not want to play, you could leave it. There would not be an additional racing seat to take up space. The price of the advanced set meal did not increase much. In fact, the difference of 1,000 yuan was mainly in this liquid-pressure hand brake and the scaffold chair. Its advantage was that it could obtain a better drifting experience with the liquid-pressure hand brake. At the same time, the seat and scaffold were connected. It would not worry about the seat sliding due to the excessive movements of the accelerator.. Whats more, the seats sitting posture would definitely be adjusted to the most suitable angle for driving. Chapter 1387 - Drifting, From Entry to Exit As for the luxury package, there was an additional 3,000 yuan difference compared to the advanced package. This difference was mainly reflected in the GL seats. Obviously, this luxurious set meal was the choice of players who were really not lacking money. In order to buy this set meal, one had to first be able to afford the price of 10,000 yuan. Secondly, one had to have a big enough place at home to put this entire set of things and a GL seat. Some people might feel that there was no need for the advanced version. They had already spent 7,000 yuan, why not spend 3,000 more on the GL seats? However, not everyone thought so. Firstly, 7,000 to 10,000 yuan was nearly 50% of the budget increase. Not everyone would be willing to add this money. Secondly, some people liked the GL seat. They felt that it could simulate a real driving experience. However, there were also people who did not like it. They felt that it would affect their performance. Thus, these three sets were considered people who had different spending power. The price of the entry package was actually very cheap in the field of driving simulators. If they could not even afford the entry package, they would not recommend obtaining any driving simulators. They would just use the controller to play racing games. Of course, if he did not want any of the three sets, he could also buy additional hand brakes or other parts based on the first two sets. This was still relatively flexible. Whats more, not being able to afford it did not mean that he could not experience it. It was just like the smart fitness drying rack. He could experience it in the public outside. Apart from that, the monitors attached to these three sets were also different. The entry-level version was an ordinary fish screen monitor. The advanced version was a high-level fish screen monitor, and the luxurious version was a custom-made narrow-framed three-screen E-Sports monitor. Ye Zhizhou also briefly introduced Meng Chang to the different monitors. Otto Technologies had looked for domestically-produced factories to design and produce these peripherals, including the steering wheel. However, none of the package packages had display screens. That was because the technical content of the display screen was relatively high. Players could directly buy ready-made ones. They would determine whether to buy a fish screen or a triple screen based on their own needs. If Otto Technologies produced a substitute monitor and added it to the set meal, it would be suspected of bundled sales and would be criticized. As for how different players would choose, that would depend on themselves. If players wanted the most basic experience, the entry-level version with a fish screen or a cheap version with three screens was indispensable. If they wanted a better experience, they would have to use an ultra-large E-Sports Fish Screen. This was more expensive. Large brands had such a long Fish Screen that was about 50 inches long. It was about 10,000 yuan. Of course, he could also choose a triple screen plan. The advantage of a triple screen compared to a fish screen was that the field of vision was wider. A fish screen was equivalent to two screens, and three screens had an additional screen of vision. Whats more, the price of all three screens added together was basically the same as high-end E-Sports live-stream screens. However, the disadvantage was that there was a frame, affecting the sense of immersion. Otto Technologies did not need to create a special monitor on its own. However, there were ways to improve the experience. The specific approach was to cooperate with domestic display manufacturers. They had specially launched an ultra narrow frame E-Sports monitor that targeted triple screens. Whats more, they had matched it with an optical package. The so-called optical package was actually a special crystal similar to a triangular prism. Placing it between the gaps of the three monitors could make the sides disappear in human vision through the mechanism of optical refraction. However, the usage requirements of this optical package were relatively strict. The corners of the three monitors, the width of the frame, and so on had requirements. Thus, Otto Technologies only cooperated with the monitor manufacturer to give such a solution. As for which screen to choose, players could choose according to their own preferences. There would be no bundled sales monitors in the package. Meng Chang sat down on the luxurious GL seat. He felt very comfortable. It was as wrapped as a racing car seat. Whats more, it was very considerate and had a seat belt specially meant for racing. After putting it on, he really felt like he was driving a racing car. It was filled with ritual. He touched the steering wheel again. He had to admit that this steering wheel was indeed very handsome. The black, straight motor was squarish. The steering wheel was wrapped in Alcantara leather. It felt very good to the touch. It was neither cold nor slippery. It even made people want to have a game. The entire steering wheel looked very similar to luxurious sports cars and racing cars. In addition, there was also a switchboard with a magnetic field (to make the dial more crisp and sound better when it is moved), a monitor screen, a turn signal, rain brush, and various other buttons. Meng Chang had also rented a sports car to give roasted cold noodles back then. He had also driven many luxury cars. To be fair, there was definitely a difference between the hand sensitivity of this steering wheel and luxury cars. However, it was already quite good. What caught Meng Changs attention was the small screen. It was just like the drivers seat of the car. This was equivalent to placing the instrument panel that used UI in the game on the small screen below. This would obviously strengthen the immersion in driving. Some people might say that it was inconvenient to look down when driving, but wouldnt you have to lower your head to look at the bottom right corner of the screen if you put the instrument panel as the UI? You would be distracted as long as you look at the instrument panel. This was unavoidable. You would also be distracted when driving to look at the instrument panel in reality. It was impossible to not look at the instrument panel at all. He could only glance at it from the corner of his eyes after confirming that it was safe while driving. Placing the UI in the bottom right corner of the screen on a separate display screen would be bigger and clearer. It would be just like how there was a screen on the F1 racing steering wheel to display some key data. The overall feeling would be better. Whats more, he had to avoid putting the instrument panel on the screen to block the view. The entire screen would look much cleaner, and the immersion would become stronger. There was a special console at the side with various buttons on it. It looked like it was used to simulate more buttons. This made Meng Chang feel like he was a veteran of public transport. Meng Chang took another step and felt that it was very realistic. According to Ye Zhizhous introduction, the three different pedals used different plans. The clutch and accelerator pedals were adjustable springs to rebound. The brake pedals were a small preloaded spring and a large piece of rubber. The feeling of light and heavy feet would be very different, very similar to the feeling of driving in reality. On the computer screen was the games DEMO. Some details were not perfect but the game had been mostly developed. Meng Chang could not wait to go for a round when he saw the equipment! After all, many people said that they did not like to race, but they were actually afraid that something would happen. When they really entered the game, they would step on the accelerator harder than the other. All things aside, if he did not drive the steering wheel, the entire metal foot, and the GL seat, wouldnt he be letting down the equipment if he did not drive it? Ye Zhizhou explained, At the moment, we can choose a different game mode directly. The official version of the game requires a series of preparatory tasks. The so-called different game models were mainly divided into the following: regular driving mode, delivery mode, passenger transport mode, venue competition mode, tug-of-war mode, and so on. The regular driving model was roughly equivalent to the normal driving model, while the delivery model and passenger transport model corresponded to large vans and large passenger cars. The venue competition and tug-of-war corresponded to different racing lanes. Meng Chang chose the venue competition mode without any hesitation. What a joke. Of course, he had to race on the racetrack with such good equipment! Whats more, Meng Chang was quite confident in his driving skills. He had previously learned how to drift in the racing arena and felt quite good about himself. Whats more, in racing games, drifting should be optimized, right? Just like in many racing games, they would float after casually pressing the hand brake button. Now, they were just changing the equipment, changing the joystick to the steering wheel, changing the key to the real hand brake. The operation was still the same. He entered the competition ground and skillfully started pulling the tire on the hand brake! After entering the first right turn, Meng Chang followed the techniques he had learned previously. He aimed left and quickly struck right. At the same time, he pulled the hand brake! Then, the car crashed into the roadside fence. After a loud bang, the image changed from the inside view of the car to the outside view. The safety air bag popped out, the driver was stunned in his seat, and the staff ran out to save him. The audience around him exclaimed. Some were afraid, while others were mocking and confused, as if wondering how such a noob managed to get onto the racing track. Meng Chang: ??? Something was amiss. The games script should not be like this, right? First of all, ordinary racing games would cause ones hand to brake even if they were to steer in the right direction. Shouldnt they drift over smoothly? Secondly, even if I touch it, I should be able to continue driving, right? Why did the driver give up directly? The last and most ridiculous thing was that the audience was still mocking me? If it was any other racing game, the audience by the roadside would basically be in the background. They would only raise their sign and jump around. Yet, this game actually gave the audience a different reaction? Are you crazy! Why are you doing this! Whats more, after the collision, a page would pop up. It would tell players the damage of the car and the cost of repair. There would even be the drivers injury and medical expenses. Meng Chang had just started when the GL seats vibrated. The steering wheel and pedals had just felt something when there was no more. Ye Zhizhou cleared his throat. Hehe, you used to play racing games for fun, right? You havent played simulated racing games before, have you? Meng Chang nodded. Is there a huge difference? Ye Zhizhou did not know to laugh or to cry. Of course, its huge. Its a completely different concept! The car in this game is basically a real racing car in reality. Its highly realistic. Its like the crude drift method you used just now. No it cant even be considered a drift. It can only be said to be courting death. It would be strange if you didnt run into it. Therefore, I suggest that we play other normal driving models first in this situation.. Going to the racing track is not something that can be done overnight Chapter 1388 - The Lessons Of The Pei Family’s Publicity Method! Chapter 1388: The Lessons Of The Pei Familys Publicity Method! Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Meng Chang was a little helpless and nodded. Alright, Ill try out the normal driving mode. Fortunately, this was DEMO and not an official version of the game. Otherwise, the medical expenses and repair costs might make Meng Chang feel the pinch. Meng Chang entered the regular driving mode again. Meng Chang drove much more carefully this time with the previous tragic lesson. He drove completely according to the feeling in reality. After changing the gameplay, the game looked much more normal! He carefully maintained a safe distance from the car. He had to brake when he needed to. He had to stop when he saw the red light. He had to pay attention not to drive too fast when there were no cars on the way Meng Chang drove for a few minutes and finally experienced the fun of this set of equipment. The realistic feeling was indeed quite strong! There was no need to talk about the steering wheel. Not only could it simulate different feelings of the road, but it also had a strong power feedback. It could be used to judge the state of the cars grip on the ground. There was a slight vibration from the pedals under their feet, and the feeling of their feet touching the real car. The most exciting thing was the GL seat. When they stepped on the accelerator, brake, and turn, they could feel the strength coming from the corresponding direction. Coupled with the screen image, the immersion was simply soaring. He could actually feel the back pressure even while sitting on the spot. That was quite amazing. However, the more he drove, the more Meng Chang felt that something was amiss. Wasnt it a waste to drive in the city with such an impressive driver steering wheel and GL seat? The setting in the game seemed to be based on Jingzhou City. Meng Chang saw many iconic Jingzhou City buildings when he opened the game. Whats more, the entire game looked quite beautiful, but No matter what, the things on the screen could not be compared to reality! It would be better to drive directly to reality. Many domestic cars were not expensive. The prevalence of private cars in the country was already very high. Which person who was willing to spend thousands of yuan on the entire simulator did not have a car at home? Buying such a set of equipment without driving could only drive like in reality. What kind of talent would do that Of course, to be precise, it was not that this equipment could not be sped up, but the consequences of failure would be very serious. It was fine if the car was damaged, but he was being mocked by the onlookers. It was unbearable. Meng Chang was a little aggrieved, but he was not angry. That was because he kept in mind what he had come here for. He was not here to play games this time, but to do publicity! The more frustrated he felt now, the easier the publicity plan would be, right? It was quite in line with the requirements of the Pei familys publicity method! Meng Chang was a little regretful. Previously, when he heard that it was a project between Shang Yang Games and Tengda Games, he subconsciously felt that the attention was too high and that the Pei familys publicity method would be very difficult to succeed. Thus, he did not want to accept it. However, from the looks of it now, even though this game was produced by Shang Yang Games, it seemed like there was still room for operation under the framework of the Pei familys publicity method! Obviously, no matter how difficult the task given by Boss Pei looked, there was definitely a way to complete it. However, the difficulty varied. When he heard that it was a game project, he thought that it was very difficult. Then, he rejected it. Obviously, he was being rash. He would only have the right to speak after thorough investigation the next time. Of course, he did not regret it. That was because the game was released in the middle of the month. How could it ensure that it would only become popular next month? The difficulty level was actually very high. Comparatively, Successor was still better. Now, Meng Chang was certain that this game was actually very suitable for the Pei familys publicity method. It would be very easy as long as he did not suppress the popularity until next month and did not consider the commission. Ye Zhizhou saw Meng Chang stand up and asked expectantly, How is it? When will the publicity plan be released? Meng Chang coughed lightly. Ahem, Im only in charge of the publicity plan for Successor this month. I cant come up with the publicity plan for the other projects. You have to solve it yourself. Ye Zhizhou was stunned. Huh? He was confused. Why didnt you come up with a publicity plan for me? Why did you come here to make fun of me? Dont tell me he hated me because he lost me in the car just now. Ye Zhizhou looked at Meng Chang with suspicion. Meng Chang quickly explained, Listen to me first. The publicity funds are given as usual. Dont worry about that. The publicity plan is actually very simple. I can briefly explain the publicity method that Boss Pei personally taught you. You can follow this route and give the plan to the Advertisement and marketing department. Thats because the game departments publicity difficulty is much lower than Successor, so I wont do it myself. I have to focus most of my energy on it. Ye Zhizhou nodded. So that was the case. He had misunderstood Meng Chang. He just had to give him publicity resources. However, on further thought, he felt that something was amiss. Wait, Ill do the publicity plan? I dont understand this at all! Meng Chang smiled. Its alright. This is actually very simple. The publicity method that Boss Pei personally taught me is what I call the Pei family publicity method. Its basic principle is to make the entire project look less reasonable and unnatural through the early stages, stimulate everyones attention and discussion, and obtain a better publicity effect Meng Chang briefly explained the essence of the Pei familys publicity method. Of course, he did not explain the various details. Instead, he emphasized the core and essence of this publicity method. That was because Meng Chang felt that it would be very easy for these people in charge to find the specific measures as long as they had the core. With their deep understanding of Boss Pei, Tengda Corporation, and the projects on hand, it would be very easy for them to find the specific measures. Saying too many details would mislead them. Ye Zhizhous expression changed from astonishment to deep thought, to agreement, and finally to appreciation. Is this the publicity method that Boss Pei personally taught you? Indeed, it is very compatible with the publicity plans for the previous projects. But its not good for you to tell me something so precious, right? Ye Zhizhou felt that the Pei family publicity method was quite ridiculous at first glance. He wondered if Meng Chang had imagined something and created a term to deceive him. He was too lazy to do the publicity plan himself. Then, he asked me to do the publicity plan myself. He pushed the job that originally belonged to him to me. Then, he pretended to teach me something? That would be too bad if that was the case! However, Ye Zhizhou completely dismissed this idea with Meng Changs in-depth revelation. The more he heard, the more he felt that it made sense! The name Pei Family Publicity Method might have been created by Meng Chang. It sounded a little old-fashioned and did not match Boss Peis temperament. However, he had to admit that Tengda Corporations publicity plan for most projects had really followed this route from the past to now! Boss Pei did this, and so did Meng Chang. Meng Chang also achieved success by following this method. This was enough to show that the Pei familys publicity method had been tested. In that case, Meng Chang sharing the Pei familys publicity method with him or the other person-in-charge was not being lazy, but a very generous action! However, he could not spread such a precious publicity method. The consequences would be very serious if it was spread. Meng Chang nodded. Therefore, only the people in charge know about the Pei familys publicity method. It must be kept highly confidential! I would never reveal anything if it was an outsider. However, since Boss Pei is willing to impart the Pei familys publicity method to me, he must still hope that the Pei familys publicity method can be promoted within Tengda. As long as it is spread among the person-in-charge of Tengda and can bring popularity to Tengdas various projects, there would be no problem. Ye Zhizhou nodded. Dont worry about that. The people in charge of Tengda will definitely be trustworthy in terms of confidentiality! There was more than one thing that needed to be kept a secret. For example, the previous Tengda spirit manual was actually kept a secret by the various person-in-charge. Whats more, the confidentiality effect was very good. Of course, this was no exception. Alright, Ill briefly explain my thoughts on the games publicity. After reminding him about the prerequisites, it was time to guide the Pei familys publicity method. Meng Chang might have already finished explaining the core and principle of the Pei familys publicity method but it was obviously unrealistic for him to study calculus directly after teaching 1 + 1 = 2 since Ye Zhizhou indeed did not have any marketing experience. Therefore, Meng Chang specially came to experience the game so that he could understand the project in depth. He could think of a publicity plan and use a more ingenious method to guide Ye Zhizhou so that he could help Ye Zhizhou with the publicity work. The essence of the Pei familys publicity method is to start from the most unacceptable point on the surface of a project. I briefly experienced this game just now. The point that my first reaction was not accepted should be the best publicity point. Youre a game designer. You should know this better than I do. Ye Zhizhou pondered for a moment. If thats the case I think there should be three unacceptable points about the game Safe and Civilized Driving. Weve already discussed it when we were developing the project. First, many players want to be able to vent their emotions by playing games. They want to do things that are different from reality. Therefore, games that can rampage through and destroy cars in the game are born. Even if you cant snatch a car and smash it, most racing games will try their best to reduce or close the car damage. They will reduce the price that players have to pay after the collision. On the other hand, Safe and Civilized Driving is just like his name. Everyone in this game has to follow the traffic rules. They have to repair the car and be hospitalized if they are scratched and in a car accident. Players have to receive similar restrictions in the game. This is obviously unacceptable to some players. Second, in order for players to drift better, many racing games would make some adjustments to the driving sense so that keyboards and controllers could also drift simply. This would greatly reduce the threshold for players to play. On the other hand, Safe and Civilized Driving is as difficult as some realistic racing simulators. Not only that, but its threshold is even higher because it has to complete strict training stages and repair car failures. Third, the peripheral design is very expensive for ordinary players. For gamers who understand the industry, our equipment is considered cheap compared to foreign direct steering, hand brakes, and GL seats. However, for gamers who have not come into contact with the price of these equipment before, the cost is high. Meng Chang nodded. As the person-in-charge of the project, Ye Zhizhou obviously knew the situation of the project very well. The publicity plan can also revolve around these points. Chapter 1389 - Split the Publicity! Chapter 1389: Split the Publicity! Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Publicity around these points Yes, Ill think about it carefully. Ye Zhizhou frowned and fell into deep thought. It was indeed very difficult for him to study these publicity plans because they had not been involved before. Fortunately, Meng Chang had already given a clearer direction, just like how Boss Pei had given a clear direction when designing the game. He would create a publicity plan based on the direction Meng Chang gave. It would be like designing a game based on the direction Boss Pei gave. The two would have similarities in certain aspects. I think the slogan can be You can enjoy driving even if you dont step out of the house. This slogan can be used from beginning to end. This sounds a little stupid, but in fact, after experiencing the entire peripheral setting and playing the game, you will know that this slogan is actually quite appropriate. In addition, it can promote everyone can become an F1 Racer. Everyones first reaction when they see this slogan might think that it is a racing car type of satisfying game, but in fact, it is a realistic game with very strict requirements for driving skills. Players can indeed become car gods, but they need a lot of hard training. It might be much better than in reality in terms of car repair and safety, but the actual training will not be much lesser. The slogans about the equipment are not very good. I think we can emphasize the price and gray attribute of these equipment. On the surface, it looks like a form of dissuasion, but in fact, after deeper research, we will feel that it is actually a very cost-effective long-term investment if the conditions allow. Meng Chang listened to Ye Zhizhou patiently. At the same time, he gave a simple evaluation of the methods Ye Zhizhou mentioned in his heart. The direction was right, but the details were too different. Whats more, there were some conflicts between publicity strategies. However, it was his first time using the Pei familys publicity method after all. It was not easy to find the direction and achieve this level. It was just like creating creation. The things that were created were very rubbish. That was alright. It would slowly become better in the future. He was afraid that there would be nothing in his brain that he could not even create rubbish. Creating rubbish could be improved by criticizing it. However, if he could not create anything and his mind was empty, how could he improve? In Ye Zhizhous current situation, even though the ideas that he had thought of were very immature and had a lot of room for improvement, he had still thought of some things in the end. He was walking the right path according to the Pei familys publicity method. Meng Chang pondered for a moment and reminded Ye Zhizhou to think about some details. Its very good that you could think of these in a short period of time. However, these ideas that you raised are too scattered. Its impossible to form a complete and complementary marketing plan. Some of the contents are even conflicting. For example, if you want to use the pleasure of driving without stepping out of the house and everyone can become a car god to promote it, it would mean that you want to use the one-sided method in the Pei familys publicity method. In other words, you want to emphasize the attributes of a certain product one-sided. That would cause consumers to be misled and be fooled after they discover the full picture. However, immediately after, consumers would realize that the shortcomings that we deliberately did not mention became advantages, or rather, unique advantages. The emphasizing the price of the equipment and the eating gray attribute is actually the dissuading method in the Pei familys publicity method, or it can be called the honest method. In other words, they are deliberately honest and even emphasize the shortcomings of the products. They dissuade gamers immediately. However, in fact, gamers would find that these shortcomings are often accompanied by benefits after experiencing it in depth. Or perhaps, it is not the shortcomings of the products but the shortcomings of the users themselves. That way, many people would have reverse psychology. The more they dissuade, the more they would want to buy it. However, the problem is that these two methods are actually conflicting. Thats because the former has to emphasize the advantages, guide consumers to discover the shortcomings themselves, and then reverse it. The latter has to emphasize the shortcomings so that consumers can discover the advantages themselves. If you mix them together, its easy to interfere with each other. You either use one or separately. Ye Zhizhou: Separately? Meng Chang nodded. Yes, separately. For example, Shang Yang Games would publicize the game while Otto Technologies would publicize the equipment. The timing of the two publicity can be slightly different. We can make a difference in the publicity method. The game can be used with special publicity methods for the game, such as the publicity material on the game platform and the introduction of the details page. On the other hand, the equipment can be used with publicity methods unique to technological products, such as a news conference. A realization dawned on Ye Zhizhou. I see, I understand now! In other words, the game is actually more suitable to be promoted with the one-sided method, just like the publicity plan for Struggle at that time. These peripherals can be promoted with the dissuasion method, just like the first-generation Otto cell phone and smart fitness drying rack. Meng Chang was very happy. Eh? Its great that you can think of these cases. It saved me a lot of time explaining. Thats right, this is the classic case of the Pei familys publicity method! You can spend some time researching these cases later and imitate the specific process of these cases. At the same time, combine the characteristics of this game and external products to come up with a new publicity plan. Ye Zhizhou nodded. I understand! Thank you very much! Now, I understand Boss Peis good intentions. It would indeed be better for the various department heads to master the marketing techniques and come up with the publicity plan on their own! He originally thought that Meng Chang did not publicize the publicity plan for Safe and Civilized Driving because he wanted to be lazy. However, that did not seem to be the case. If Meng Chang wanted to be lazy, he could have just done it perfunctorily. Why did he have to come all the way here to specially impart the Pei familys publicity method to him?` Ye Zhizhou would not think that the publicity work had nothing to do with him. After all, Boss Pei always hoped that the people in charge could become polymaths. Publicity and marketing were actually part of the product. As the person-in-charge of the project, it was definitely not appropriate for him to rely on the Advertisement and marketing department to arrange everything. Firstly, the Advertisement and marketing department had limited manpower. It was impossible for every project to be done in every aspect. It was inevitable that there would be some areas that were not in place. Secondly, the people from the Advertisement and marketing department would experience the project in a short period of time. Their understanding would not be deep enough, and the plan they gave might not be the best. The person-in-charge knew the products the best. As long as he had the right method, the plan that he made would definitely be the most suitable. Meng Chang smiled. Indeed. Whats more, if you let me do the publicity plan, there will be some methods that I cant use. There will be some restrictions, but it doesnt matter if youre the person-in-charge. Ye Zhizhou was stunned. Huh? What exactly do you mean? Meng Chang shook his head. Nothing. What he meant was that if he was asked to do the publicity plan, he would definitely consider the commission. That way, many publicity methods with especially explosive effects and especially fast results after suppression could not be used. Meng Changs current publicity method was mainly based on large investments and inefficient channels. For example, he could buy advertisements for Successor online. Of course, this was not Boss Peis problem. That was because Boss Pei had taught Meng Chang to use the Pei family publicity method through reverse commission. It was mainly because it was easier to get started. After Meng Changs initial setbacks and failures, he could deeply understand the power of the Pei familys publicity method through such huge differences and contrast. However, there was no such restriction for the people in charge. They would be more free to use the Pei familys publicity method. These publicity funds could naturally choose the most efficient publicity plan while using the Pei familys publicity method. Meng Chang could not help but recall his entire experience in Tengda after leaving Shang Yang Games. He did not think so before, but the more he thought about it, the more he felt that something was amiss. There were many coincidences. It really seemed like Boss Pei had planned everything! Boss Pei should have noticed that he was very talented in marketing when he was the Cold-Faced Lady. However, his path had completely gone astray. He placed too much emphasis on marketing and completely ignored the products. To put it nicely, he loved to brag. To put it bluntly, he was cheating money. Thus, Boss Pei stared at him silently. The Cold-Faced Lady had gone through several twists and turns and had indeed successfully deceived some investors. However, Boss Pei had long seen through everything. He had been watching Meng Chang perform with a smile the entire time. When the Cold-Faced Lady was about to become popular, he poured some cold water on her. When Meng Hao could not persevere anymore, he had gently helped him to maintain hope. After that, the Cold-Faced Lady became bankrupt and Meng Chang shouldered a debt. Boss Pei very generously transferred the debt to himself and naturally accepted Meng Chang into Tengda to be in charge of Tengdas marketing. It looked like a lot of effort on the surface, but it was actually just a matter of time for Boss Pei. Whats more, the collapse of the Cold-Faced Lady gave many entrepreneurs a revelation. At the same time, it warned those who wanted to cheat investments from Dream Realization Ventures. Of course, these were far-fetched. The key was that Boss Pei wanted Meng Chang to be the person-in-charge of Tengdas marketing department. Meng Chang only realized that Boss Pei must have had a headache about Tengdas marketing back then. That was why he came to him. That was because from the looks of the situation at that time, Tengda looked very talented. However, no one could be Boss Peis successor in terms of marketing and publicity! The Pei familys publicity method was irrational and logical. It required extremely strong reverse thinking. Not only did it require a very smart mind, but it also required a very special brain circuit to control. Previously, Boss Pei had personally done most of Tengdas outstanding marketing plans. However, Boss Pei was the leader of the entire Tengda Corporation. He could not always do this himself. That was because if there were to have projects later on.. Even if Boss Pei gave a few simple pointers to each project, it would take a lot of time. Chapter 1390 - : Tengda’s’ Automated ‘Process Chapter 1390: Tengdas Automated Process Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Thus, Boss Pei found Meng Chang to take over logically. However, Meng Chang knew very well that he had not only taken the wrong path at that time. The key was that he still did not repent after failing. He felt that he had been tricked by Boss Pei and was filled with hatred for Boss Pei and Tengda. He would definitely not accept it if Boss Pei told him these things in an open, tolerant, and honest manner. At that time, Meng Chang was focused on how to make money quickly and repay his foreign debt before making a comeback. If he really paid off his debts in that state, he would just be walking down the same old path. He would probably fall into the same pit twice. Boss Pei had seen through his thoughts and proposed a reverse commission plan! This money looked very easy to earn. As long as he made ducks and drakes of the publicity funds, he would be able to earn two hundred thousand yuan easily in a month. This price was far higher than the salary Meng Chang could get from outside. Thus, Meng Chang took the bait as expected. He was tempted and signed the agreement. That was exactly what Boss Pei wanted: Boss Pei wanted to use the early stages of the game to continuously set him up and use iron-like ruthless facts to correct his wrong views! Previously, Meng Chang felt that the product was not important. It was enough to rely on marketing. However, after joining Tengda and failing time and time again, Meng Chang had to admit that marketing publicity was just icing on the cake. The most important thing was that the product had to have enough product strength. As long as there was a strong product strength to support it, the publicity plan would become popular no matter how good it was. If there was no strong product strength to support it, it would show its true colors in the end. After this change in Meng Changs mentality, he began to gradually realize the existence of the Pei family publicity method and began to study it spontaneously. In other words, Boss Pei had actually taken a big detour. Boss Pei could have taught Meng Chang the details of the Pei familys publicity method directly and tempted him with a positive commission. However, that would not change Meng Changs understanding at all. He would not study the Pei familys publicity method in depth. He would still work in Tengda with the mentality of slacking and paying his debts early. He would not really be of the same heart with Tengda. However, now, Meng Chang had understood many principles and his mentality had changed after many setbacks and obtaining a basic salary. Such a person-in-charge of the advertising and marketing department was what Boss Pei needed! After confirming that Meng Chang was trustworthy, Boss Pei asked him to distribute publicity resources. Obviously, he hoped that he could publicize the Pei familys publicity method in the group of people in charge so that the heads of Tengdas various departments could master this dragon slaying method. Then, the entire Tengdas advertising and marketing work would be on the right track on their own. Boss Pei would not have to worry at all. Therefore, this was actually an automated process! Obviously, Boss Pei had worked hard to nurture all the people in charge into polymaths, hoping that he would not have to do it himself. Instead, the various departments could formulate their own development plan, cooperate with each other, and promote their own marketing. In the past, Boss Pei had worked hard to manually assemble it. However, he had also been working hard to build an automatic production line. Once this automated production line was built, Tengda would really not rely on Boss Pei at all. Instead, it would develop on its own under Boss Peis guidance and the guidance of the Tengda spirit! At that time, anyone who wanted to change this model would be attacked and resisted by the entire company from top to bottom. Meng Chang felt an inexplicable sense of shock when he suddenly thought of this. Boss Pei was no ordinary entrepreneur indeed. He was on a completely different level from what the other bosses thought! The other bosses were only thinking about how to earn more profits. They would change their cars this year, change their houses next year, or think about how to emigrate with more money. However, Boss Pei was not. Boss Pei never considered these things. He only thought about one thing from beginning to end: how to turn Tengda into a true invincible company! The entire Tengda would become an extension of his personality. That way, even if Boss Pei retired, as long as he continued to pass down this spirit, Tengda would be able to develop according to the route that he had planned. That way Perhaps it would be time for Boss Pei to retire when Tengda Corporation reached that level. Meng Chang suddenly looked forward to that day. Whats more, Meng Chang suddenly felt his blood boil at the thought that he could be selected by Boss Pei and be the person-in-charge of Tengdas advertising and marketing department to witness all of this. What kind of ability did he have to cheat a few investors with his glib of the tongue previously? To create an invincible corporation like Boss Pei, that was what a man should do! Learn, continue learning! Obviously, Boss Pei had too many secrets on him. Meng Chang decided that he had to stay in Tengda no matter what. The more he learned from Boss Pei, the more he would earn! After Meng Chang left, Ye Zhizhou began to carefully consider the publicity plan for Safe and Civilized Driving and these external equipment. Previously, Meng Chang had already pointed out the general direction and helped Ye Zhizhou organize his thoughts. The rest of the work was relatively simple. He would come up with a first edition plan and then hand it to the advertising and marketing department to be refined. According to Meng Chang, its best to advertise the game and its exterior design separately. That way, when they fit together, the best effect would be achieved. Of course, everyone knows about the relationship between Shang Yang Games and Otto Technologies. It might not be effective to advertise separately. We have to consider this carefully. The game can use the method of Struggle, the one-sided method, and the outside is the path of the smart fitness drying rack, the dissuasion method Whats more, I have to tell Chang You to prepare the powerpoint for the news conference. Hes the best at performing at the news conference. Yes, lets write the slogan on the games details page for Safe and Civilized Driving first. Everyone can become a god of cars. They can enjoy the joy of driving without leaving their house. They have a diverse driving experience, a highly concentrated driving feeling, a reckless behavior, and a world of unlimited possibilities These should work. Everyone can become an F1 Racer, making gamers feel that this is a good racing game. However, in fact, it means that in theory, people can become an F1 Racer by training hard for a long time here. Most people cannot train hard for a long time. Players might think that there are many tricks to a diverse driving experience. Actually, there arent. The so-called diversity is just choosing to drive a bus or a large van. Players might think that the game is too fun and make people very focused on the driving feeling of high concentration. However, in fact, the losses in the game are too huge to bear, so they have to focus. The reckless driving world with unlimited possibilities. Gamers must think that this is a game that they can touch at will. In fact, its true. They can touch it at will, but they have to be hospitalized after touching it. Players would only be able to experience the deeper fun of this game after playing for a period of time. These fun points could actually be displayed in the slogans, but no one could experience it in the beginning. As for the news conference, they emphasized that the peripheral products are expensive and easy to eat dust. They sincerely dissuaded players and told ordinary players not to buy them. Or perhaps it would be simpler to say that this equipment is specially purchased for various driving schools, experience shops, shopping malls, and amusement parks. That way, we should hold a equipment news conference first. Once the popularity of the equipment passes for a period of time, the publicity of the game will be released. That way, the process would be smoother, and the effect should be the best. Ye Zhizhou had gone through the entire publicity plan from beginning to end. He had learned some experience from the publicity plan for Struggle and the smart fitness drying rack, so that the process would be more natural and smooth. Works done! Indeed, the person-in-charge knows his own project best. Its much better for him to come up with his own publicity plan than to rely on the advertising and marketing department for everything. Ye Zhizhou was elated. The publicity plan that had been troubling him had been resolved so smoothly. He planned to send the plan to the advertising and marketing department and Otto Technologies after perfecting it. He wanted to make preparations in advance! He had to rest for New Years Day this weekend, so he went to work normally. Otto Technologies had actually been holding a news conference for these foreign products previously. The time was set to be 8 PM on the 10th. There was no need to change the time. They just had to modify the content and powerpoint of the news conference for the new publicity plan. January 7th, Monday Pei Qian came to work as usual after resting for two days. What? You said that last weekend should be a New Years Day holiday and work normally? Sorry, weekends were meant to be holidays. New Years Day was New Years Day, and weekend holidays were weekends. That was a separate matter. How could it be considered a break? As the boss, the companys money had nothing to do with me. I should have the right to work and go to work freely, right? Of course, Pei Qian was not such a selfish person. He had actually already researched whether he could let his employees go in and out with him before. They could let the New Years Day holiday last weekend. However, that was not possible because the system stipulated that Tengdas current working hours had to be done according to the legal holidays. An additional holiday was fine, but there had to be a valid reason. Obviously, Pei Qian could not think of a strong reason this time, so he could only think about it next time. Pei Qian wondered when he would be able to come into contact with some restrictions. How long would the employees be able to rest for? That would be great. The receptionist reminded him as soon as he arrived at the office. Boss Pei, Wu Chuan is already waiting. Go to the office first. Ill inform him. Pei Qian was stunned. Who is Wu Chuan? He almost blurted out. Oh, whats up with him? Pei Qian changed his question. The front desk: They said that an episode of animation has been released by the animation team. They want to show it to you. Oh. Pei Qian recalled that Wu Chuan was in charge of the animation team at Fei Huang Workspace. He was in charge of the Executer Academy. However, Pei Qian had only met this person once or twice, so he did not have much of an impression of him. Alright, let him come to my office in five minutes. Chapter 1391 - The Short And Minimal ‘Executer Academy’ Chapter 1391: The Short And Minimal Executer Academy Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios A few minutes later, Wu Chuan knocked on the door and entered. Boss Pei, this is the first episode of Executer Academy according to your previous instructions. Wu Chuan handed the tablet computer over as he spoke. Pei Qian took it and clicked on it. Less than fifteen minutes later, Pei Qian watched the video that he had just finished playing and fell silent. Good lord, this length! It was gone if one did not pay attention, it would really catch one off guard Pei Qian had watched Successor for an hour per episode. After work in the afternoon, he would watch three episodes of Successor in the conference room. Then, he would be able to get off work. Yet, this Executer Academy was good. The first episode, including the introduction, lasted 14 minutes! In other words, removing the films title and ending would only take ten minutes for this episode. Even though he had already expected the shortcomings of Executer Academy, he had not expected it to be so short! Of course, Wu Chuan could not be blamed. After all, that was what Pei Qian had requested from the beginning. Back then, Wu Chuan had spent a long time inspecting all the animation workspaces in the country. In the end, Pei Qian was not satisfied. He felt that the possibility of making money by handing them over to these animation workspaces was too high. Thus, he slapped his head and decided to use his own method of making games and using real-time calculations to make comics. Of course, Wu Chuan raised many suggestions. The general idea was that these models might have to be redone if they wanted to do real-time calculations. They would have to find special motion capture actors. It would not be easy to control the cost. The difficulty would be too high. Thus, Pei Qian was elated. That was exactly what he wanted! In the end, Executer Academy was forced to use instantaneous calculation. Wu Chuan pulled a group of people from Fei Huang Workspace and a group of people from outside to start production. Of course, Pei Qian would definitely provide the most financial support. How could he stand by and do nothing with such a good thing that could burn money? Back then, Pei Qians request was that an episode could be done in fifteen to twenty minutes. That was quite a suitable time. He would be considered to have completed the task as long as he made one episode before settlement. At the very least, this project was considered online. The system could not pick on this, right? Now, it looked like Wu Chuan had completed the task in advance. However, his completion of the task was a little discounted. What happened to fifteen to twenty minutes? It was only ten minutes! Short and helpless! Pei Qian said, It seems to be shorter than I imagined. Wu Chuan quickly explained, Actually, I originally planned to make it more than 15 minutes. However, during the actual production process, I realized that the original plot of Executer Academy was relatively fragmented. It would be more suitable to make it more than 10 minutes. It would be difficult to break it in a particularly perfect place if it was 15 minutes. Whats more, this is a new method of making comics after all. Its filled with risks. Make the first episode shorter. Lets produce a finished product to see the effect first. It would be easy to correct it in time if we discover problems. Of course, Boss Pei, if you think that the time is too short and the audience might not be able to accept it, I can go back and edit some of the content for the second episode. I can make it fifteen minutes or even twenty minutes. Pei Qian raised his hand. Forget it. Actually, ten minutes is not bad. He suddenly realized. The shorter it was, the more cliffhanger it would be. Wouldnt the audience hate it? There was nothing bad about being short. To be fair, the quality of the first episode was alright. It was neither particularly good nor bad. GOGs game might have ready-made heroes modeling, and the modeling was very detailed, but it was still not enough to directly use them as comics. After all, GOGs perspective determined that there was no need to achieve the precision of standalone games. That would instead take up more resources. It would be stuck on some low-end computers and reduce the players. Thus, even though the production team of Executer Academy could directly use GOGs hero model and some background materials, they still needed to make some refinement and adjustments. From the finished product, Executer Academy must have improved qualitatively compared to some domestic animations and short videos. After all, the entire animation production team had been transferred from Fei Huang Workspace. They had also poached some professional talents from outside. This regular army was not something that ordinary amateurs could compare to. However, on the other hand, the production level of the first episode of Executer Academy was still very far from some foreign dramas and top-notch animation production companies in the country. Then, he thought about the huge amount of resources Tengda Corporation had invested in the Executer Academy and the speed of content production This project seemed alright? It seems like it could still incur losses? Pei Qian counted with his fingers. The last time Wu Chuan came to him to officially finalize the Executer Academy was at the end of October last year. Then, the official production should have started at the beginning of November. It had been more than two months since then. Only one episode every two months? Every episode is only 10 minutes? That efficiency was really touching. Of course, Pei Qian did not blame him at all. Instead, he felt that Wu Chuan had done very well. He could only lose money if he had more of such employees! Even if he became proficient in the process and the production speed increased, the efficiency would at most double, right? One episode a month, no more. һʮ,ⲥ,жǮ? Since Executer Academy was a short film and animation, it would definitely be the same as Successor. They could only discuss cooperation with the video website. They would either buy it out at a fixed price or calculate profits based on the number of views and popularity. However, Executer Academy was not as good as Successor! No matter how much criticism Successor received now, it was still a large production with high standards. There were also guest stars of Lu Zhiyao and the other movie kings among them. It could fool the Aili Island website. What virtues and capabilities did the Executer Academy have? At most, it would have the same treatment as other domestic models. At that time, whether it was fixed-rate contracts or royalty contracts, it would not make much money. Considering the production cycle and the quality Steady! Of course, there was another thing he had to consider: the plot of Executer Academy. Pei Qian felt that this plot was not bad. It was a good replay of the original plot. In short, it used the hero characters in GOG as the background. It talked about the funny daily lives of a group of Executers (which was players). Many of the memes were used with relatively widespread memes in reality. It also created some jokes. It was more than enough to make food videos. However, was it particularly exciting? That was all. All in all, this was a cartoon with a good plot and quality. However, time, investment, updating frequency, and other factors determined that it would definitely not become popular. That was comforting. Alright, I think its quite good. Just broadcast it! Pei Qian handed the tablet computer back. Wu Chuan was stunned. Were going to broadcast it now? Boss Pei, are you not going to give any more suggestions and change it? Pei Qian shook his head. Whats there to suggest? I dont know much about this. Youre all professionals. Youll definitely do better than me. Whats more, from the perspective of an experienced audience in Aili Island, I think its quite good. Theres no problem even if it was to be watched during a meal. Since the quality has reached this stage, theres no need to improve. Hurry release it, that is the most important! Pei Qian tried his best to instill in Wu Chuan the concept of as long as its not too bad. He hoped that the quality of Executer Academy would stop there and not improve. Even if there was a small problem, he could not change it. As long as it was not too much. Wu Chuan nodded. Alright, Boss Pei. Well do as you say. Ill contact the video website now. Then what kind of charging mode should we use for Executer Academy? If we buy it out, Im afraid it wont be very expensive for our first animation Pei Qian waved his hand. Thats easy. Go look for Huang Sibo and talk to the Aili Island website. Itll be the same as Successor . Well split the profits according to the number of views and ratings. However, its still a little different from Successor. The impact of the ratings should be as low as possible. The overall viewership and the overall viewing duration should be higher. Pei Qian thought about it. The production level of Executer Academy was quite good. It might not be as good as some of the top animated movies in the country, but it was still considered good in the domestic animation section of the Aili Island website. On top of that, GOGs gamers were biased towards this theme. Coupled with the fact that funny short videos might naturally benefit from it, the ratings might not be low. It was completely incomparable to the situation in Successor. Since that was the case, he would focus on the total number of views, especially the total number of views. According to the updating frequency of Executer Academy, how many views could there be for a ten-minute-long film that was as short as an Needle? Even if the viewership was good, there shouldnt be any problems with the total length, right? Wu Chuan was stunned for a moment, but he did not say anything. He nodded. Alright, Boss Pei. Ill arrange it now. Pei Qian could not help but feel happy as he watched Wu Chuan leave. Double joy! Successor had broadcasted two more episodes last weekend. Meng Changs publicity resources had also been pouring in, but the situation was still not profitable. The ratings were fluctuating, but it was still very low overall. Now, he had to strike while the iron was hot. Even if the reputation of the Executer Academy was good, as long as he could not make money, everything would be fine. In that case, Zhongdian Chinese Networks inspiration class would have three copyrights and adaptations projects. Two would incur losses, and one would earn money. Eternal Reincarnation was the only one who made money. That was completely acceptable. After all, Repent and be Saved had become popular first. Tengda Games had also developed it. It was understandable that it would make money. Whats more, he had also gained Yu Fei, the chief designer. It was not a loss to arrange for Hu Xianbin to go back and forth. It was quite optimistic thinking about it this way! Chapter 1392 - Remote Live-Stream News Conference Chapter 1392: Remote Live-Stream News Conference Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios January 9th, Wednesday afternoon At Otto Technologies news conference. The location was still the same, in the banquet hall of the Oasis Four Seasons Hotel. Many reporters from the tech media and Tengdas fans had already arrived. There were no empty seats at the venue. Some had not even obtained tickets and were standing at the door to watch. The news conference had not officially started, so the audience in the venue were discussing. They were filled with anticipation for the new product that Otto Technologies was going to release. Ah, its another year. Oh, no. Its Boss Changs monologue crosstalk performance thats held once every half a year. I wonder what work Boss Chang is going to give us this time? I gave 99 points for the smart fitness drying rack previously. I was afraid that Vice-President Chang would be proud if I gave him less! Indeed, I feel that the smart fitness drying rack should be at the peak of its performance. Its very difficult to have such epochal products again. I just have to not deteriorate this time. Speaking of which, at the smart fitness drying rack last time, I thought that it was a performance after watching the entire news conference. I didnt expect it to really sell out in the end. It was even out of stock for a period of time. Thats ridiculous! I hope that the thing released this time will take up a smaller space. Im quite envious of the smart fitness drying rack, but I really dont have any space to put it at home. Hmm I think your expectations might fail. According to my observations, Otto Technologies new products must be unexpected. If you already have the expectation that I hope this thing is small, things would definitely go against your wishes in the end. Its also possible that youre looking forward to Otto Technologies performance, but Vice-President Chang isnt? Those who were not chatting were a little bored because the content on the big screen was the same as before. It was still keywords like Otto Technologies, intelligent life, healthy life, convenient life, and efficient life. He did not reveal any information about the new product. However, this made the entire news conference even more mysterious and exciting. Please take your seats and remain silent. The news conference will start soon. Thank you for your understanding and cooperation. AEEISs electronic voice came from the sound system. The lights in the venue were gradually extinguished, and the audience quietened down. Hello, everyone. Im a friend often. Welcome, everyone, to the news conference of Otto Technologies new smart products. On behalf of all the employees of Otto Technologies, I thank everyone for coming! Hearing Chang Yous familiar voice, the audience immediately burst into warm applause and cheers. Vice-President Chang! I missed you so much after not seeing you for half a year! What is Vice-President Chang up to today? Come, I can take it! Hurry up and tell me the price. Ill order it once youre done! Eh, wheres Vice-President Chang? After the applause and cheers, the audience realized that something was amiss. Why did he only hear his voice but not see him? Chang You greeted the audience, but the stage was empty. No one could see him. Most of the audience fell silent. Only a few people thought of something and laughed. Immediately after, an image appeared on the big screen. On an deserted island, the sea breeze blew. There were a few coconut trees nearby. One could also see the beach and the rising and falling tide. Chang You was dressed in a set of Suffering Travels training clothes. He greeted everyone in front of the camera. Chang You looked much better than before. However, he was obviously tanner and thinner. The audience hesitated for a moment before bursting into laughter. Hahahaha what the hell! Vice-President Chang, where are you? What did I say! I watched Teacher Qiaos live-stream previously. Boss Chang was among them! We just changed the indoor training ground to an outdoor venue. Its an deserted island. Good lord, its not easy for Vice-President Chang to work overtime to sing monologue to us while suffering! I strongly suggest giving Vice-President Chang one more month of paid leave to play on the island for one more month! They could have held a news conference directly at the news conference, but they started the performance without even announcing the product? It cant be said to be a performance. I believe Boss Chang wants to come to the scene more than any of us. Do you want to come to the scene in person? As long as you can stop suffering on this island, Vice-President Chang will definitely be willing to go anywhere! Vice-President Chang is working too hard. Just suffer. It doesnt matter if Jiang Yuan were to hold the news conference once in a while. That wont do. Were listening to Boss Changs monologue. A news conference without Boss Chang would not be complete! Jiang Yuan? Do you think Jiang Yuan is not on that island? Hahaha, thats right. They went together! The audience could not hold it in anymore seeing Chang Yous state. They could feel the rich atmosphere of joy. If other companies encountered such a situation, they would definitely either replace him at the news conference or arrange for Chang You to fly back in advance. However, Tengda was different. They directly created a connection and transported the live-stream equipment to the island over there. Then, they asked Chang You to hold this news conference remotely. In any case, this project had been more or less developed before Chang You went to suffer. Chang You knew the project very well. Whats more, the powerpoint content for this news conference had been prepared. Chang You could talk about it as long as he was prepared. He could also escape the torture of the afternoon. There was no reason to reject him. Chang You said helplessly, To be honest, I didnt expect to meet everyone under such circumstances. I have to start from Suffering Travels After briefly explaining his experience of suffering, the audience burst into laughter and applause. However, Chang You did not say much. After all, the entire news conference was limited to one hour. He had to control the time and race against time. Soon, Chang Yous video was cut into a small window and placed in the corner of the big screen. The main part of the big screen displayed the contents of the news conference. Alright, let us directly enter the price segment of this news conferences new product! Entry Set Meal 5800, Advanced Set Meal 6800, Luxury Set Meal 9999! As Chang You explained, three different set prices appeared on the screen. The audience laughed again when they saw this familiar missed two hours segment. Somethings not right. We should announce the price directly. After this segment, we can watch the performance without any burdens! The price this time is even more expensive. The smart fitness drying rack was only sold for 4,999 yuan the last time. The price has increased again this time? The entry-level version is 5800 yuan? The luxury version is directly 10,000 yuan! What new product would it be this time? I really dont want to go through the process. Ill say sorry directly, but Ill guess what it is first! Its still acceptable if its something like 85 inch high-end television that is sold at this price. Chang You did not stay in this segment for long. He continued to enter the guessing game section. The specific size of the product appeared on the big screen: 130 cm x 130 cm x 115 cm, taking up 1.69 square meters of space. There was also a bracket explanation at the back: There was a difference in size of each package. This 130 cm was mainly considering the width of the entire equipment with a fish screen monitor or three monitors. There would be differences if different plans were used. It might be longer or shorter. Everyone was even more confused when they saw this size. Its much smaller than the smart fitness drying rack, but this size doesnt seem like a serious product. Why are there fluctuations in different package sizes? It looks like this set meal is made up of many products. The size of the set meal will also change according to the size of the different products Immediately after, the image of Chang Yous small window disappeared. A video started playing on the screen. However, what confused people was that the video did not look like a promotional video. That was because the promotional video would definitely be very detailed and have a good scenery. There would be handsome men and beautiful women inside. However, the clarity of this video was very poor. It seemed to be a scene in a car. The person in the mirror was also an ordinary person. It looked like a rough image taken by a car camera. The electronic sound system sounded. Ive successfully verified your identity. Please start. Complete the exam according to the voice message. You did not put on your seatbelt. The exam ended. You did badly. The man in the video looked left and right, his face filled with confusion. He even checked the seat belt beside him. There was no problem. Wasnt it already done? Thus, he looked right and extended his head out of the window, as if asking for the help of the examination hall staff. At that moment, the voice of the examination hall staff came from outside the car. Candidate number 54, why are you sitting in the passenger seat? Everyone burst into laughter when they saw this. Hahahaha! Im dying of laughter. This is the fastest way to fail! I felt that something was amiss. At first, I thought it was a mirror image, but he was actually sitting in the passenger seat! The seatbelt was indeed set, but there was no one in the main driver! Hahaha, why are you asking why Im sitting in the passenger seat? Of course Im sitting in the passenger seat if I dont have a drivers license! Dont mess around. This must be a new test with a drivers license! Right on the heels of that, the video showed even more confusing behavior. For example, the coach stood outside looking like he had nothing to live for when the car went into the warehouse. The warehouse had been filled with cell phones. However, a coach had crashed into it when it was being emptied. The other students had rushed over to save the cell phones under the wheels, but they had failed. Someone was in the waiting hall with his eyes closed, holding a stainless steel washbasin with both hands as the steering wheel. His left foot and right foot alternated between stepping on the pedals, as if recalling driving skills out of thin air. In addition, some crashed into the outer wall of the driving school, some drove the car into a ditch, and some drove the driving school coach up a tree. Eight of the ten students of the driving school died with a look of despair All in all, there were all sorts of driving licenses and strange recordings of the driving examination. Whats more, this was not a promotional video that had been specially filmed. They were all real videos found online! Chapter 1393 - Such Expensive And Niche Equipment? Are you still feeling tortured for the drivers license? Are you still afraid to train because youre afraid of being scolded by the coach? Are you still worrying about the long queue and the inability to master better storage skills? Are you still worried about losing money if you accidentally hit the coach? Otto Technologies new product, a safe and civilized driving simulator will solve all your problems! After the promotional video finished playing, Chang Yous image appeared again. Chang You explained, After the smart fitness drying rack conference the last time, everyone left us messages. They said that even though they really wanted to see us do the job, they had to take out something really useful. Therefore, we decided to reflect on our painful experience and brought everyone our new smart product: Safe and Civilized Driving Simulator Set! This Safe and Civilized Driving Simulator uses the highest-end motor steering wheel. The entire metal slightly moving pedals fully simulate the real feet. It has extremely rich functions! Chang You began to introduce each part of the package. Direct steering, scaffolding, seats, liquid pressure hand brakes, pedals, console, GL seats, and so on. There were also detailed instructions on the difference and difference between the three types of combo meals. Safe and civilized driving simulator sets allow you to master proficient driving skills even if you dont step out of your house! Whether its people who have never touched cars, people who are working hard to obtain a drivers license, people who have just obtained a drivers license but dont dare to go on the road, or people who have been driving for many years but still want to improve driving skills, they are all your best choices! Next, we will work hard to cooperate with various driving schools. We will strive to fill all the driving schools in the country with safe and civilized driving simulators to completely eliminate the worries of everyones difficulty in learning car! The audience might still be very supportive of him, but once this product was released, it was obvious that no one was very passionate. Especially after hearing Chang You say that this simulator set treated the driving school as an important target customer group, more people were not interested in it. People were already whispering before the news conference ended. The news conference today was not very good. The first half was quite interesting, especially when I saw Vice-President Chang appear on the island. However, I did not feel anything in the second half. Thats right. In terms of performance alone, the smart fitness drying rack has reached its peak. Its indeed very difficult to surpass it. Whats more, the product itself this time is a little too serious. It doesnt feel like the smart fitness drying rack. What if we look at this product in a normal style? The promotional video at the beginning was quite interesting. I didnt expect learning a drivers license to be so difficult for many people. However, no matter what, a simulator is very different from a real car. Can this thing really help a drivers license? It would definitely not be objective to say that its not. However, I think it should be similar to not having it. I dont think itll work from the perspective of normal products. This price is too expensive. The area it occupies is so big. Ordinary people shouldnt be able to afford it. Those who like to play driving simulators will definitely sell it. The foreign direct steering wheel is at least 40% more expensive than this. Some large brands even doubled the price. Otto Technologies has Tengdas ecosystem. The steering wheel would definitely be sold out. However, the problem is that this set meal plan is not very good. Whats the use of this console inside? Most current simulated driving games can be done with the buttons on the disc. Its useless to spend money on this console. I feel like its a little neither here nor there. Normally, they would just buy a large factorys power return steering wheel. Two to three thousand yuan would be suitable for a game on the main computer. If they really had fanatics, they would definitely have their own direct steering wheel. They cant possibly buy this after selling it, right? In other words, it would be attractive to some new driving simulators players, but this group is too small. Indeed, there are so many controllers and keyboards in racing games. Very few people actually use the steering wheel, let alone an entire set of equipment. Isnt there a driving school? Thats even less likely! There are indeed some driving schools that have simulators, but a driving school can only buy a few at most, right? Whats more, the simulators in the driving school are all messed up. The graphics are so small, and the operation is very different from real cars. To put it bluntly, the simulators in the driving school were purely because they recruited too many students. They could not train the real cars at all. Many students queued for too long in order to train the cars. That was why the driving school thought of such an idea and asked the new students to train the simulators first. On the surface, it was to make it easier for you to get the real cars. In fact, it was a helpless move after compromising. It was to divert the human traffic so that you could have something to do even if you did not have to learn the cars after registering. We can definitely sell a portion of it to the driving school, as long as this simulator is more useful than other simulators in the market. That might not be the case. The quality of the other simulators in the market might not be good, but the price to purchase them is low! Your direct steering plan is much more extravagant. Why would the driving school spend so much money if it was just to let the students have something to do? Ordinary small driving schools would definitely not be willing to spend so much money. Only the big driving schools are not lacking in money. It was not only the audience in the live-stream who were discussing. The results of everyones discussion were about the same. Apart from a few gamers who had been paying attention to the driving simulator field and who had strong requirements for it were elated, most ordinary gamers felt that this had nothing to do with them. Most people felt that they could indeed sell a portion of this thing, but the main target audience was simulators players and driving schools. It had nothing to do with ordinary players, and the sales would not be very high. Of course, someone also mentioned that Tengda might display traditional skills and create a new game for this equipment. After all, the success of the smart fitness drying rack was due to the Fitness Battle. However, could a racing game really make a steering wheel that cost nearly 10,000 yuan the highest set meal? No one could guarantee that. After all, there had never been such a precedent. Many national racing games were popular enough, right? However, that was only the popularity of the games. It was not obvious at all to the outside world. Many people should use keyboards, controllers, or keyboards. They would not specially buy a steering wheel that occupied a space. Thus, even though there was a lot of attention on the news conference this time, it did not achieve a very enthusiastic response in the end. Instead, everyone paid more attention to how Chang You was suffering on the deserted island. Even many tech media who came to the venue focused on Chang You held a news conference remotely while suffering when writing manuscripts and making video planning. They did not pay much attention to the specific products released at the news conference. January 10th, Thursday Pei Qian ate his breakfast at Fish-Catching Internet Cafe while scrolling through his cell phone to see if there was any news recently. Eh? Otto Technologies new product launch was held yesterday? Chang You is holding a news conference remotely to perform? There seems to be a reaction to external products? Wow! Pei Qian was delighted with his unexpected good fortune. He had been worrying about the settlement next month and had not paid much attention to the two games departments and Otto Technologies. That was because GOGs revenue was rising after the international competition. The success of real estate intermediary simulators and roller coasters had given Tengda more avenues to earn money. That made Pei Qian feel pressured. Fortunately, Pei Qian had learned his lesson. He had at least three or four different ways to spend money during this cycle. However, he had to think carefully about how to use these methods. Previously, I watched every news conference of Otto Technologies. In the end, it became popular. This time, I missed it, and the response was average. Could it be that its really my problem? Something will happen just by looking at it? He saw big things at the scene, saw small things in the live-stream, didnt he? No, no, no. How is that possible? You cant use metaphysics. Pei Qian quickly dispelled this thought and carefully read the netizens evaluation of Otto Technologies new products. Some gamers who were passionate about playing with simulators were elated. After all, the direct steering wheel of this price was too fragrant. The price of other parts was also a huge cut compared to foreign brands. On top of that, Otto Technologies had Tengda as its backer. Its quality control, after-sales, and supporting software were not bad. It had become the most delicious product in the field of steering even before the news conference and the products were officially released. However, the problem was that this group of players was ultimately relatively small in the entire gamer group. Otto Technologies must have followed Boss Peis usual instructions: stock as much as possible! The more stocks they had, the more they would be placed in the warehouse. Wouldnt they be able to take up a huge sum of money if they were to sell them very slowly? Pei Qian was very happy. It looked like there was still good news. He scrolled through the Aili Island website and saw the exclusive promotional page of the Executer Academy section. Fei Huang Workspace had already discussed with the Aili Island website. It was different from Successor. The revenue this time was mainly based on the number of views and the length of the broadcast. Even though Successor had a rather bad reputation, Fei Huang Workspace had worked with Aili Islands website for a long time after all. Whats more, since Executer Academy could ride on GOG, it naturally had a good amount of attention. Thus, Aili Islands website gave a good share of the profits. However, the prerequisite for splitting the profits was that this animation not only had a good reputation, but it also had to be played for a long time. That was obviously impossible. The first episode of Executer Academy would be broadcasted tomorrow night, but as for the next episode who knew how many years it would take? After all, given Fei Huang Workspaces animation teams efficiency and the original word count of Executer Academy, it would definitely be a lifetime series. Pei Qian could even imagine the bullet screen comments after the first episode was released.. It must be filled with short and helpless! Chapter 1394 - January 13th Safely Past! Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios January 11th, Friday Fei Huang Workspace, animation production team. Huang Sibo and Wu Chuan were busy with the release of the Executer Academy. The situation with Successor was basically the same. It would be done this weekend. However, the ratings and views of this episode were indescribable. Based on the current situation, the failure of Successor was almost certain. It would not be able to recoup the initial investment based on the number of views and ratings. Of course, not every episode of Successor was particularly bad. The number of views and bullet screen comments increased when Lu Zhiyao and a few other movie kings appeared later on as well. However, overall, it did not affect the ratings of the entire series. Even if there was a fluctuation in the ratings, it would basically be 0.1 or 0.2. The ratings would always be around 6.0. That could not be helped. At this stage, the ratings for Successor could no longer be considered fair or objective. It had become a battlefield for two groups of people. Some gave high marks brainlessly while others gave low marks mindlessly. The more the original party wanted to pull back the ratings, the more the haters wanted to pull back the ratings. Thus, Successor became a C-shaped rating of one star and five stars. That was commonly known as the standard marketing lousy film ratings. Ordinary lousy movies had L-shaped ratings, which was a large number of one-star bad reviews. However, marketing bad movies had many five stars because of the existence of fake reviewers. However, this could not change the fact that they were bad. Therefore, this C-shaped rating has been ridiculed for the longest period. Huang Sibo no longer cared about Successor. He had been helping Wu Chuan arrange for Executer Academy recently. That was because he already had a rough idea after looking for Meng Chang the last time. Whether Successor became popular or not actually had nothing to do with the publicity team. It all depended on the results of the election at Yuklaia. Thus, worrying was useless. He just had to wait. Instead of worrying about this, he might as well think about how to make the Executer Academy good. Even if Successor failed, as long as Executer Academy succeeded, Zhongdian Chinese Networks inspiration class would have two successes and one failure. It sounded quite passable. Copyright adaptation was a high risk after all. It was good enough that the success rate was more than 60%. However, if the Executer Academy failed as well and only had a 30% success rate, that would be a little unreasonable. The authors could not ask for anything better than to be able to adapt. Even if the adaptation failed, the inspiration class would still be very attractive to them. However, to the outside world, this was undoubtedly a huge blow to the inspiration class and Fei Huang Workspace. They had already agreed to work with Aili Island. The first episode would be broadcasted tonight. Huang Sibo was obviously still a little worried. The broadcast strategy that we set should be alright, right? Youve confirmed it with Boss Pei, right? Wu Chuan nodded. Dont worry, Brother Huang. Boss Pei made it very clear. Boss Pei said that as long as the quality of the videos reached this level, it would be enough. We have to broadcast it as soon as possible. Speed is the main reason. Boss Pei also said that we have to calculate based on the total number of views and the total number of views. Doesnt that mean that Boss Pei had already planned it when he finalized this production method? Whats more, this method of production would slow down when making materials in the beginning. However, once the materials are almost done, the speed would be very fast. Its obviously our unique advantage to have a lot of food. One episode a day, use diarrhea-style updates to pave the way! Huang Sibo nodded. Yes, its good that Boss Pei agreed. When he had first started planning this project, Wu Chuan had inspected many animation companies and reported to Boss Pei. In the end, Boss Pei was not satisfied at all. He proposed to make it using game modeling, motion capture, and instantaneous calculation. Wu Chuan was a little confused, but he still strictly followed Boss Peis instructions and formed a team to poach people to start the production of Executer Academy. He had to admit that it was very difficult to start from the beginning. That was because even though the game modeling in GOG was very detailed, it was very difficult to use it directly in the production of animations. After forming a team, Wu Chuan, in addition to letting the scriptwriter team spend time changing the script, he also organized people to make major changes to the models and various art resources required in the animation. Of course, the gaming department and GOG project team had also helped a little. After completing most of the resources, Wu Chuan began to work on the animation. It was much simpler with these resources. In any case, they were all instantaneous calculations. They would use action actors to make motion capture. An episode would only be ten minutes. In a day, they would link motion capture to the later stages of the production. If they were fast, they could make more than one episode. If they were slow, they could also make an episode. Based on this calculation, seven episodes would be released on a five-day working day. As long as everyone was more efficient, there should not be a problem. It was also because of this that Wu Chuan decided to follow Boss Peis instructions and update with diarrhea-style! Boss Peis positioning of Executer Academy was quite accurate. It was just a video to eat. There was no need to make it so detailed. The most important thing was to fill it up. One episode a week, strived for perfection, and still seven episodes a week to guarantee the basic quality. Obviously, he should choose the latter. Filming had been ongoing while discussing cooperation and early publicity with the Aili Island website. They had already filmed three episodes. Wu Chuan decided to release one episode a day from the premiere of Executer Academy. The number of updates would be maximised! Shouldnt online authors be uploading daily chapters? Of course, he had to create this style as an online literature comic! When many dramas were released weekly or even monthly, anime that could maintain daily updates would definitely surprise the audience! January 13th, Sunday night Pei Qian had dark circles under his eyes as he swiped his cell phone and yawned. Ill wait until midnight on the 14th! I dont believe that something will happen on the 13th. Its obviously almost over on the 13th. What happened? I feel that theres something wrong with Young Master Tians speech, which is like a scammer. Nothing big happened on the 13th. Ive been waiting the entire day. Forget it, netizens will scold him for me. Pei Qian scrolled through Aili Islands website and saw that the ratings for Successor was still around 6.0. He relaxed. The last two episodes of Successor had been broadcasted yesterday Saturday. The information volume of these two episodes could be said to be very large. The last episode ended the public safety event that Phil had created previously. The second episode ended in detail about Phil reaching the peak of superhero power. The entire public safety event took about two and a half episodes to describe, taking up a rather important part of the entire episode. That was the most deranged thing Phil had ever done. This public safety incident had caused a large number of commoners to die, and Phil had used this opportunity to pull down the superheroes who had been at the top and successfully take over. In the previous episode, the audience had just seen Phil use a plot to cause a large number of commoners to die. He had gotten rid of many superheroes in the way of disgrace, and his hands were covered in blood. In the next episode, Phil had already announced his victory under the protection of a large number of supporters and people. He vowed to all the people in a sanctimonious manner that he would fulfill his duty and take the throne that symbolized the highest power of superheroes. This contrast successfully continued the discomfort that Successor had brought to the audience previously. It could also be said to be the highest peak in the entire Successor story. Did Phil win? He won, and he won quite thoroughly. If he looked at the problem from Phils perspective, from the perspective of a winner and loser, he had eliminated dissidents, deceived the people, and successfully seized the power that belonged to superheroes. However, if one stood from the perspective of a bystander and looked at the problem from a purely utilitarian point of view of the winner and loser, Phil would be a complete rubbish chicken without any virtues that people would like or appreciate. All in all, there was no bad ending. This ending could be said to be one and the same. It was in line with most viewers expectations. However, it was precisely because of this that the polarization of the comments of Successor did not change at all. Those who accepted the core of this story gave it high ratings, while those who did not could not wait to give it negative ratings. Now that the entire episode had been broadcasted and had been fermenting all day on Sunday, Pei Qian felt that the ratings should be more or less settled, right? Even if there had been some discussion when the last episode was released and the audience had argued a little more, the popularity had obviously decreased now. The publicity resources for Successor on Eric Islands website would definitely be removed. There should not be a large number of new viewers entering in the future. Under such circumstances, could Successor still make a comeback? It should be impossible, right? The only change was Young Master Tians worrying divine prediction. Thus, Pei Qian waited until midnight on the 14th. He scrolled through the ratings of Successor, as well as the comments and news online. He did not find any changes. On Aili Islands website, Young Master Tians prediction was still hanging. Many people went to dig graves after midnight and mocked Young Master Tian. However, Young Master Tian did not know if he was sleeping or pretending not to see it. In short, he did not respond. He seemed to be playing dead. Sigh, a false alarm. Didnt I say that with such a huge advantage, how can we turn the tables in a day? Thats impossible. I might have been on tenterhooks today but it was worth it to see Young Master Tian fail! Pei Qian went to bed satisfied.. Chapter 1395 - Just Qian Wants to Delete The Post and Run Out Chapter 1395: Just Qian Wants to Delete The Post and Run Out Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios January 14th, Monday morning Pei Qian only woke up at 10 AM. The main reason was that he had slept a little late yesterday. The weather today was not bad, and he had a very comfortable sleep. Thus, he woke up slightly later than usual. After washing up, Pei Qian decided that it would be noon soon. Thus, he ordered Fish-Catching Take-Out and went to the office after eating. While waiting for take-out, Pei Qian habitually took out his cell phone, opened the Aili Island website, and swiped the ratings of Successor. Hm? Thats not right, right? Pei Qian was stunned when he saw the ratings. He thought that he was still sleeping or that the way he opened the website was not right. He closed the application and re-opened it. Thats right, Successor s rating had skyrocketed from about 6.7 points last night! Although a rating of 6.7 was still rather shabby, the rate at which it was increasing was obviously abnormal! It increased only 0.7 points after sleeping? Wouldnt the ratings skyrocket in a few days? What went wrong?! Pei Qian began to panic. His instincts told him that he had celebrated too early last night! This score was obviously related to Young Master Tian. Pei Qian quickly opened the comments section of Successor to check the latest comments. Theres no explanation! Im sorry, Teacher Cui. I mocked you before. Now, it looks like I was the one being childish. Ill change the ratings now! Youre laughing at the characters in Successor losing their intelligence. Teacher Cui tells you that no, not only did Successor not lose their intelligence, but it also increased their IQ Novels require logic, but reality does not. I thought that Successor was a joke from a novel to an online drama. Now, I realize that I was wrong. This is a true masterpiece! Teacher Cui, Im sorry. The Clown is actually myself! Ive changed the ratings. I would be letting my conscience down if I dont give a full rating for such a masterpiece! Apart from that, there were many simple comments like Products of the Gods, divine predictions, and prostrating themselves on the ground. It was filled with full marks from the newest page of the review! It was no wonder that the ratings had increased so much in such a short period of time. Many viewers who had previously given low ratings ran over to change it to full rating. Many viewers who had never seen it before also gave it full marks. How could the ratings not increase quickly? However, Pei Qian was still very confused. What was going on? Why did their reputation change overnight? He quickly found Young Master Tians dynamic and realized that the mocking comments at the beginning were basically still there. After all, the likes and weightage were high and had not been eliminated in the short term. That included the person who said that Successor would become popular next month and then it would become dilapidated. He was still at the forefront of the hot comments. However, the latest replies had all become Brother, give me a live-stream room number and Brother, eat a gastric digestive film before live-streaming. The latest reply was the same as the film review section of Successor. The doubts from before disappeared, replaced by one-sided praise! Young Master Tian, the eternal god! You can even predict this? Thats awesome! You know Successor better than Teacher Cui! Where are the people who said that Young Master Tian is trying to gain popularity? Come out and apologize! This is Young Master Tians true Products of the Gods. The previous videos might have rich content, but from the looks of it now, it is still a little superficial. It did not exceed the scope of an outstanding UP Master. However, it is different now. Young Master Tian has become a prophet in a single leap. The identity of a UP Master has changed qualitatively! Im thinking, what kind of person is Young Master Tian? How did he link the two seemingly unrelated matters together? How did he realize that this matter has a deeper connection with Successor when very few people in the country are paying attention? Forget it, Im only left with worship. Perhaps this is the real big boss! Im going to give Successor full marks now, and then look through the entire work. Such a masterpiece should not be buried! If I have to say, Young Master Tian has some problems on timing. He said it would be on the 13th, but it only became popular on the 14th. You dont understand, right? Young Master Tian said that its the 13th, but he did not say which place it is! Yuklaias local time is also the 13th! All in all, I only have admiration for Big Boss. Ill link all of his previous videos three times to show my respect Pei Qian was even more speechless after reading the beautiful comments. This was unstoppable! He had been hoping that Successor would fail. If Young Master Tians image collapsed, he would be very happy. Now, the reputation of Successor had suddenly exploded. Young Master Tian had relied on a dynamic to become a god. To Pei Qian, the double happiness had become a double ghost pat on the door! However, Pei Qian finally found some clues from the netizens replies. Why would anyone mention Yuklaia? Was this a country? Pei Qian immediately searched for the keywords Yuklaia, and then exploded on the spot. Qiandu, who had been ignorant before, immediately found a big screen filled with news about the Yuklaia election! In the election yesterday, the Great Vassili crushed the current President of Yuklaia with sixty percent of the votes. It was a huge success! At first, Pei Qian was a little puzzled. Wasnt this a normal election? This was something that happened once every few years. What was there to pay attention to? In the end, he made a few more searches. After reading the life story of this Great Wassili written by a few marketing accounts, Pei Qian fell silent. He was handsome, born in a rich family, graduated with legal majors, entered the media field, became an actor and host, successfully won the love of the people by filming a movie, won the general election This was simply Phil! His resume was practically carved from the same mold! However, Phil had done it through a variety show, and this was through a movie. In fact, the process of this brother taking over was smoother and more ridiculous than Phil. F*ck, this world seems to be targeting me! Who would have thought that something like that would happen? Whats more, its so coincidental! Pei Qian was speechless. This was the first time he was so clear that the memories in his head had not only not helped him in many cases, but had become a burden to him, dragging him down! That was because many things in this world had changed drastically. Most of the time, the slightest misstep could lead to a huge fall. Take this incident for example. In fact, something similar had happened in Pei Qians memory. However, he was very sure that it could not have been 2013. Thus, Pei Qian did not think in that direction. Once the results were out, Pei Qian was stunned. In fact, similar tragedies had happened before. For example, Pei Qian felt that he could not do Mission and Choice with his current technical level. However, he did not expect a technological breakthrough to happen. What a coincidence! That naturally gave Pei Qian the illusion that he was being targeted by the world Obviously, the popularity of this matter would continue to ferment. That was because it was too entertaining! All sorts of marketing accounts and UP Masters would definitely see this opportunity and tell this matter to domestic netizens in detail. During this process, be it the UP Masters taking the initiative to mention it or the netizens discussing it on their own, Successor would definitely gain a lot of popularity from it! It was only a matter of time before the reputation of the restaurant took a 180-degree turn considering the current situation. It was not impossible for the rating to exceed 9.0 or 9.5. Pei Qian looked sorrowful. Finished! Successor had signed a contract with Eric Island to split the profits. The number of views and reputation would affect the share. Now, it seemed like it was impossible to lose money. He would be thankful if he could earn less Pei Qian was feeling melancholic when someone sent him a message. He saw that it was from Just Qian. Boss, I cant take it anymore! Can you delete the post and leave? Ive been scolded too badly. I can keep this post, but I have to pay more! There was no need to think about how high Young Master Tian was praised and how badly Just Qian was stepped on. Just Qians previous opinion was completely overturned with the matter of Yuklaia. Didnt you say that the plot in Successor reduced intelligence? Didnt you say that the large financial group, superheroes, and ordinary people in it were very stupid? However, you think that they are stupid because you are looking at them from Gods perspective. However, if you dont have a Gods perspective in reality, how can you really judge if a person is sincere or fake? Many people in reality could not even expose the lies of some sponsored partnerships. How could they talk about exposing the lies of someone like Phil, who had the power of a superhero and could manipulate public opinion at will? Once Just Qians theory of attacking Successor collapsed fundamentally, his film review would basically be GG. Just Qian looked quite professional. He could not take the pressure and wanted to delete the post and leave. He even specially came to tell him. In fact, he had already sent the balance. So what if Just Qian deleted the post and left without saying a word? It was indeed a little embarrassing for him to be scolded like this for a few thousand yuan. His entire account was almost stinky. Pei Qian thought about it. Even if Just Qian continued to keep this film review, he would only be nailed to the pillar of shame. It would not reduce the popularity and ratings of Successor at all. Instead, it would have the opposite effect. Since that was the case, Pei Qian would allow him to leave. He would leave some room for negotiation. He might have a chance to work with Just Qian in the future. Thus, Pei Qian replied, Delete it. I know youve tried your best. Just Qian replied quickly. Boss, youre so generous. Thank you for your understanding, Boss! Boss, Im sorry for your loss. Its really unlucky to have encountered such a small probability event. A few words of comfort moved Pei Qian. Look, look, look. My employees are not even as enlightened as someone who collected money to write negative comments! Under such circumstances, the comfort of a stranger on the internet seemed so precious. However, the next second, Pei Qian refreshed Just Qians review and was stunned. Just Qians so-called delete the post and run away did not really delete the film review. Instead, he changed the review and replaced it with a new film review! Chapter 1396 - I’m Sorry, Teacher Cui! Chapter 1396: Im Sorry, Teacher Cui! Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Just Qians new film review title was: Teacher Cui, Im sorry! The masterpiece that surpassed the times, Successor! This was originally a one-star film review but after watching it a second time, I decided to change the rating. First, I want to apologize to Teacher Cui. Previously, I said that the original version of Successor was rubbish. Fei Huang Workspace restored it very seriously, so the Successor series is also rubbish. I also said that the plot of Successor is completely an IQ test. The characters in it, from superheroes to large financial groups to ordinary people, are all severely retarded. The development of the entire story is not logical at all. It cannot withstand any investigation. But now, I know that I was wrong! I should be the one doing the IQ testing! I laughed because Teacher Cui doesnt understand novels, Teacher Cui laughed because I dont understand reality. Now, I only want to use a classic poem to praise Teacher Cui: Full of ridiculous words and bitter tears; Du Yun author is a fool, who can understand his meaning? I really didnt expect Teacher Cui to be able to write such a realistic masterpiece so predictably a year ago. This is completely different from me who was short-sighted and only realized it after the Ukrainian election! Since my previous film review had a very bad impact on Successor, I decided to write a new film review. While expressing my apologies, I also correct my attitude and re-explain to everyone that this magical realism that has surpassed the times is a huge thing, so that it can obtain true objective evaluation! I wont go into too much detail about the thing related to Successor in reality. Many marketing accounts and UP Masters have already made it very clear. What I want to do is to use reality as the foundation point and analyze Successor again. Many people feel that reality is often more absurd than novels because novels need logic, but reality doesnt. When a realistic version of Phil like Great Wassily really won the election from an actor to become the President of Yuklaia, I think no one will doubt the reason behind the story of Successor because their resumes are exactly the same! From its appearance to its family background, to its educational background and work experience they are all very similar. The only difference might be that Ukiah made people familiar with him through a movie, and Phil through a variety show related to a superhero. Strictly speaking, the road to the Great Waxi is much smoother than Phils! The movie is a complete fiction. The creators thoughts might be expressed in the movie, but he is just an actor after all. The boundaries between movies and reality are very clear. Phils variety show would directly affect the superheroes in reality. It is a show that is very related to reality in itself. Phils character in the show is a mentor. This is fundamentally different from actors. Whats more, Phil not only has a variety show, but he also continues to comment on the facts online and the actions of other superheroes, obtaining the recognition of many people; He even personally carried out a mission after he became a superhero. Most of the missions he carried out were arranged in advance, but the people did not know. They only saw him solving the crisis, rescuing people and punishing crime. In addition, Phil also seriously analyzed the situation in Dawn City, found the basic disc and urgent demands of his fans, and made a lot of preparatory work around this. Even so, Phils path was quite difficult. He was faced with the strangulation of many large financial groups and superheroes. One wrong move might consign him to eternal damnation. Thats because once he lost his trust, all the power he obtained would disappear. At that time, what awaited him would be a fate more tragic than bankruptcy. Compared to Phil, once the television station announced that they were going to participate, the support rate immediately skyrocketed. They even won with a 60% advantage in the final vote and skipped all the stages in front! Some also say that Great Waxi is much better than Phil. These two people cannot be compared. However, I want to ask two questions: First, do you really think that Great Vassili can turn the situation around given Yuklaias current situation? Yes, in peoples hearts, no matter how bad he is, as long as hes a normal person, he would definitely do better than his previous self. However, I can only say that his previous self was too lousy. Whats more, after Phil becomes a superhero, the lives of the people in Dawn City might not become worse. Its possible that Phil might do some measures that are beneficial to ordinary people in order to make superficial articles? At the very least, Phil defeated the large financial group in Dawn City. As for whether the Great Waxili defeated the financial group of Yuklaia or overthrew the current financial group with the support of another financial group? That itself is probably a question mark. Second, everyone thinks that Phil is a true scumbag because he has an omniscient view. In the original, Teacher Cui wrote about the disgusting, despicable, and hateful things that Phil did many times, so that he could clearly tell everyone what kind of person he was. It would be too funny if someone really misunderstood and thought that Phil was a hero without writing these. However, this omniscient view also allowed readers to grasp all the information. They would not really consider problems from the perspective of the people in the drama. What kind of image does the people see of Phil? There might be many criticisms and attacks on Phil, but his performance in front of his supporters is perfect. Now, many people feel that the Great Waxi is different from Phil. May I ask if you have an omniscient view? Do you know what kind of person the Great Waxi is? Dont you think that he is actually a good leader based on some deeds and his opinions? Then, whats the difference between you and the ordinary people in Successor who chose Phil to be a superhero? Whats more, Teacher Cui wrote Successor not to attack a certain person, a certain group, what kind of person Phil is, or whether the people in Dawn City would live better or worse. These are not the key points that he wants to express. The reason why Phil wrote so hatefully is to let everyone not misunderstand and lower the cost of understanding. What he wants to say is that in such an environment, people would only make choices from the bad or worse options. A persons victory might not be because he is outstanding enough, but because another option is more unacceptable to everyone. It doesnt matter who the superhero selected by Dawn City is, what kind of person he is, and what changes have taken place in Dawn City. The important thing is that the situation in Dawn City will never change fundamentally. It doesnt matter if Phil wins or Phil loses. It doesnt matter if one big financial group comes together or the other goes down. It doesnt matter who the first superhero is. The important thing is, can we see the essence of things through the surface? Can we obtain some inspiration from this story? I wont say much about this. Its not easy to say. You can understand it yourself. Lastly, I want to emphasize something. Its about the superhero theme. All this time, movies with superheroes have been sweeping the world and obtaining countless box office. They are exporting their consciousness culture in a unique manner. Its true that some of the values in superhero movies are positive and meaningful. For example, With great power comes great responsibility. It can resonate with people. Of course, its good. However, is the superhero theme really perfect without any problems? Is there really no fault in terms of values? Im afraid not. Actually, some anti superheroes have also appeared overseas. In these series, not only did superheroes not protect the people, but they also committed all sorts of evil. On the surface, they look sanctimonious, but in private, they changed completely. The reason is also because reality tells us that superheroes have a strong beautification and falsehood. Superhero movies are like the superheroes in the anti-superheroes genre. They have been beautified and beautified. People love superheroes and logically fall in love with the city and cultural background that gave birth to the superhero world. However, is it really as beautiful as everyone thinks? If there really is a superhero, everything about him would be above ordinary people. He would have combat effectiveness that could not be restricted by conventional weapons and would have influence. Then, why should he give up luxurious enjoyment, fame, and fortune and work for ordinary people without any complaints? Is he relying on the conscience of a superhero? Personal heroism is meaningful in many cases. People should indeed take responsibility and stand up for others in certain circumstances. However, if we emphasize individual heroism one-sidedly, we would fall into another mistake. Successor stands in a different perspective and offers another view and view. As for what it is trying to express, I think everyone will have different answers in their hearts. For our countrymen, perhaps the answers would be consistent to a certain extent. Finally, I want to express my sincere apologies to Teacher Cui, to all the staff of Fei Huang Workspace and to Successor! Successor can be made into a movie and make a lot of money when its released. It can also be filmed in China, reduce the filming cost, and reduce the possibility of losing money. It can also let Lu Zhiyao and the other movie kings film a few more scenes. However, Fei Huang Workspace still chose to film overseas. They used a lot of foreign actors. The movie kings can only play supporting roles within the scope of the plot. In the end, Successor met everyone in the form of a drama series. It risked huge losses and presented the entire story perfectly. Therefore, I want to express my respect to Fei Huang Workspace.. You have been challenging and surpassing yourselves, not remaining stagnant, but constantly trying new fields and genres. You are the pride of the domestic film industry! Chapter 1397 - The Fence Sitter Would Definitely Be Spoiled! Chapter 1397: The Fence Sitter Would Definitely Be Spoiled! Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Pei Qian was shocked after reading Just Qians new film review. Shameless old thief! Didnt you say that you wanted to delete the post and leave? Who would delete their posts and run away? He did not delete the post at all. Instead, he sold his friends and surrendered to his enemies! 1 Look at you. Its fine if you became a deserter on the battlefield. In any case, the main battlefield had already collapsed. You would die if you stayed. Its human nature to escape. I dont blame you. However, not only did you raise your hand to surrender, but you also attacked your previous family members? Shameless! Such a person should be despised by everyone! However, he did not have to be too angry. In any case, in a battlefield where life and death was at stake, this kind of backstabbing sect would definitely be the most disliked. Just Qian had criticized Successor so harshly previously. He had been recommended by the haters to be the leader of the dissers. This hatred was already very strong. Do you think that everyone would forget your dark history just because you admitted defeat and bragged about Successor? Do you think they would forgive you for what you did previously? Dream on! It was impossible! Pei Qian opened the comments below the film review and searched for netizens criticism of Just Qian. He could not possibly curse himself, but he would feel much better looking at the netizens criticism. Hehe, think about your previous film review. Youre just a fence sitter. Now that youve seen that the trend is wrong and youve been criticized, you know how to change your words. What were you doing earlier? The gap between you and Young Master Tian is completely different. Theres no comparison! A person who is criticizing others for no reason has found his conscience again? Eh, why did I say again? Thats normal. I remember this person also dissed Tomorrow is Beautiful mindlessly. However, when he saw that the trend was not right, he changed his film review. Hes so easily swayed. How can he compare to Young Master Tian? Hes a film critic. Its obvious at a glance that Young Master Tian is someone who does big things in reality. Making videos is purely for fun. Its too bully to compare the two of them. I think everyone should not be too harsh on him. Its a great thing to be able to correct your mistakes! Indeed, knowing that youre wrong is much better than those stubborn people. I dont think Just Qian can be blamed entirely for this. The reason why his previous film review became popular was because he said what many people were thinking. At that time, too many people felt that the plot in Successor was too ridiculous and too stupid. If something similar had not happened in reality, Im afraid no one would have changed their minds. I think so too. As the saying goes, the truth is always in the hands of a small number of people. Very few people like Young Master Tian, who can see through the essence of story and reality with a single look. Most of them are at the same level as Just Qian. You might scold Just Qian for being a fence sitter, but arent those who change their ratings also easily swayed? Everyone is a fence sitter, but its a good thing to know their mistakes. Whats more, I think Just Qians new film review is quite well analyzed. Its better than the mindless praise for Successor that I saw previously. Of course, its not that I cant brag. Since its a masterpiece, its worth bragging about. Its just that most of the film reviews did not hit the nail on the head. I only realized that the story of Successor is actually satirizing the content in two aspects after reading the film review. It satirizes both superheroes and reality. Interestingly, superheroes are actually an extension of reality. This detail is very interesting All in all, we owe Teacher Cui an apology for not explaining the novel! Previously, when Teacher Cui joined the inspiration class, how many people did not think highly of him? They all felt that Teacher Cui was going to slack off and retire? When he first wrote Successor, many people mocked him. They said that an online author had given up his strong point and wrote blindly. He was basically not far from failure. What about now? Teacher Cui has already evolved from a no-show to a huge master of magical realism and literature! I have to say that this inspiration class is indeed impressive. First, it was Eternal Reincarnation, and then Successor. They all succeeded. The last was Executer Academy. Even though it only broadcasted three episodes now and I cant tell much, the quality is not bad. It will definitely not fail considering GOGs influence. All three copyrights and adaptations were successful. Whats more, they succeeded in different fields. Thats awesome! At this point, I have to praise Fei Huang Workspace! Thats right. Fei Huang Workspace has always been constantly exploring, from web series to documentaries, from movies to web series, constantly trying various new themes and new forms of expression. Whats more, it always gives us a surprise. This exploration spirit and professional attitude really makes some companies in the country who only know how to film big male leads and big female protagonist idol dramas sweat! Why do I feel that we should brag about Boss Pei? I heard that Boss Pei was the one who selected these three projects. The episode of Successor was even filmed with a huge sum of money by Boss Pei. How would it have achieved its current success without Boss Pei? Thats because bragging about Boss Pei is already a basic operation. No one would feel strange if Boss Pei did anything, so everyone must have neglected it. Obviously, all of Tengda Corporations success can be attributed to Boss Pei. Lets not talk about it. Why cant we watch a godly drama like Successor three or four times? We can even download the entire game and keep it forever? Im going to watch dramas now! Hurry up and change the ratings if you havent changed the ratings. Such a drama has not even passed 9.5 points. Are you trying to nail yourselves to the pillar of shame and create a meme that Aili Island users do not understand movies? Successors ratings on Aili Island rose rapidly amidst the praises! Sometimes, the ratings would even increase as the game refreshed every few minutes. Pei Qian was stunned. What happened to netizens attacking Just Qian with heavy blows? What happened to being easily swayed? What was going on now? Why could Just Qian change his film review and brag awkwardly before retreating? Whats more, everyone was very magnanimous and did not pursue the matter? Damn it, this doesnt make sense! However, on further thought, Pei Qian realized that it made sense. That was because too many people had criticized Successor previously. Their ratings had been pulled to 6.0. It was enough to show that most people had the same view as Just Qian. It was just like what a certain reply below the film review said: These viewers who changed their ratings actually did nothing different from Just Qian. Since that was the case, why scold Just Qian? scolding Just Qian was equivalent to scolding himself! A fence sitter would indeed be attacked by groups, but what if everyone was a fence sitter? In that case, it was obvious that the grass on the fence was worth forgiving! Ive miscalculated! I didnt expect Just Qian to be able to escape unscathed? Wouldnt that become a world where only I am injured??? Pei Qian had thought that Just Qian was a friendly soldier. After all, he had specially come to comfort him before he was prepared to delete the post and leave. However, he did not expect this so-called friend to turn around and stab him severely! The key was that he had already switched sides, and the enemy still accepted him readily. That was ridiculous! This feeling was like there were two people in the original trench who were holding the line of defense. In the end, one of them suddenly ran away and surrendered. He even mocked himself, the last person who held on in the trench. So angry! Wait, no, Im not the only one injured. Isnt Meng Chang doing quite badly as well? He lost his commission again! At that thought, Pei Qian felt much better. He was indeed quite miserable, but Meng Chang was not much better! Successor had signed a contract to split the profits. Even though its viewership and ratings would definitely increase after it was named a classic work of magic realism, it still required a process and a certain amount of time. Money for the next cycle, money for the next cycle. However, Meng Changs commission disappeared on the spot! Thinking about it this way, Meng Chang was still the worse off. Meng Chang is too miserable. He caused so much trouble at the end of the first two months. That caused the two months of commission that he had hopes of getting a full commission to be cut in half. This month, he exploded on the spot because of Young Master Tian. The commission was directly cleared to zero. Hes so miserable, so miserable. Those who hear about it will feel sad and those who see it will shed tears. Even I feel sympathetic towards him. What should we do? Such a series of major setbacks wouldnt severely dampen his work enthusiasm, right? It would be too pitiful if he really cant repay all his debts in twenty to thirty years. In fact, Pei Qian had not intended for Meng Chang to be tied up in Tengda for the rest of his life. He wanted him to be a judgment debtor for a few years and work for him for a few years. It would be almost complete and he could be released into society. He believed that with this deep lesson, Meng Chang would be able to turn over a new leaf. Since that was the case, it would not be good if he could not repay the debt completely. It would be a huge sin if Meng Chang suddenly saw through the mortal world and became aimless. I have to think of a solution as soon as possible. The pressure to make money in this cycle is increasing. I have to implement the rescue plan that I thought of previously. We have to improve Meng Changs commission model as well to protect his fragile soul. Reflecting on his painful experience, Pei Qian stopped worrying about Successor. The most important thing now was to spend as much money as possible. In fact, Pei Qian had already thought of a way to spend money previously. He was just observing. That was because he originally had a wishful thinking. What if Successor and the game projects of the two departments did not become popular? In that case, he would not be able to spend all of the money. He would only use one or two, and leave the rest for the future. However, given the current situation, he had no choice but to use them all! He even had to increase the spending power. Pei Qian opened his laptop and began to finalize his spending plan according to his previous plan. Once the plans were completed in the afternoon, he would call Meng Chang over and tell him about the modifications to the commission plan.. He would appease him so that he would not be too agitated and have some mental problems. Chapter 1398 - Meng Chang’s Joy and Worry Chapter 1398: Meng Changs Joy and Worry Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios At that moment, Meng Chang had just woken up. He had been too excited last night. He had not fallen asleep until three or four in the morning. Meng Chang knew that the dust had settled the moment the results of Yuklaias election were out. Everything that happened after that could be predicted. Of course, the most important thing to Meng Chang was money! Was this the feeling of being relaxed after paying off his debt? Of course, the money from Fan Xiaodong had not been transferred to him yet. That would take some time. Whats more, the prerequisite was that Fan Xiaodong was a friend who was reliable. He would not run away and disappear on the spot when he saw the money. However, Meng Chang felt that this should be an unlikely event. He might not have finished paying all his debts, but he would be able to pay them back very soon as long as Meng Chang wanted to. This was the first time Meng Chang felt so relaxed since he became a deadbeat. He even slept better. As for this months commission? What a joke. Who would care about that commission? Meng Chang was so excited that he did not sleep late last night. He kept flipping through all sorts of news about the Yuklaia election while thinking about what he had to do after paying all his debts. He had already thought of many options but Meng Chang changed his mind when he woke up. He suddenly thought of a problem. If he finished paying all his debts, would Boss Pei continue to make him the person-in-charge of Tengdas advertising and marketing department? This looked like a very unreasonable problem. Since Boss Pei thought so highly of him and had gone through so much trouble to personally impart the Pei familys publicity method to him, it was obvious that he had nurtured him as the successor of Tengda Corporations future advertising marketing. He would definitely continue to stay in Tengda since he was the successor. However, Boss Peis actions had always been surprising. What if Boss Pei did not approve of Meng Changs method of taking the wrong path to earn money and chased him out of Tengda in a anger? It was not entirely impossible. That was because Meng Chang realized that Boss Peis current way of spending money was very straightforward. The cultural industry, physical industry, investment Everything he was doing was very meaningful. As for stocks, property speculation, and other obviously easier ways to earn money, Boss Pei would not touch them. On the other hand, Meng Changs income was obtained within the scope of foreign law. There was no such thing in the country. Even if there was, Boss Pei would definitely not support it. Then how would he explain the source of the money to Boss Pei? If it was the previous Meng Chang, he would definitely not dwell on this problem. What had Boss Peis anger got to do with me? I couldnt wait for him to drive me out of Tengda! After paying my debt, the outside world would be vast. I could go anywhere. However, Meng Chang no longer thought that way. He realized that he could learn many things in Tengda, especially the Pei familys publicity method. At his current level, he was only an amateur. He could not say that he had only learned the surface of the Pei familys publicity method. He must have gone deeper than that. However, he was still far from completely mastering the essence of the Pei familys publicity method. How could he give up halfway after learning half of the dragon slaying skill? This always made Meng Chang think of the plot in some novels: His disciple learned art under his master, but he was expelled from his master because of his bad intentions. He did evil outside with the martial arts he learned, but he was actually not good at learning. His martial arts had innate flaws In similar plots, such peoples endings would usually be especially tragic. Meng Chang was very sure that he would not have any chance to completely master the Pei familys publicity method once he left Tengda. At that time, he would be someone who had learned half of the ultimate martial arts and had a natural cover. Therefore, Meng Chang fell into a dilemma. He wanted to repay all his debts immediately, but he was afraid that he would not be able to continue learning in Tengda. He was very conflicted. Just as he was struggling internally, his cell phone rang. It was from Fan Xiaodong. Brother, so awesome, so awesome! Five folds! Your two hundred thousand US dollars became one million US dollars! I might have deducted a fraction of the cost but thats still a million US dollars! You brat, youre really too bold. I have no choice but to submit to you. I really regret it now. I also made 50,000 US dollars with you back then. I really regret not making more even though I made a profit now! Fan Xiaodong could not hide the envy and excitement in his voice. He could only say that he was still too timid. However, he could not help it. It was human nature. Fan Xiaodong did not know Boss Pei. It was impossible for him to trust Boss Pei unconditionally like Meng Chang did and bet everything he had. However Brother, I have a question. Its impossible for Tengda to have so much power to control other countries selection, right? Thats too ridiculous. I wont believe it no matter what! Obviously, Fan Xiaodong was both excited and confused. How did he do that? Meng Chang smiled. Of course, Tengda doesnt have that kind of energy yet. Dont think too much about it. What happened this time was completely Boss Peis foresight and insight. I can only say that true geniuses would not be constrained to a specific field when it comes to problems. Instead, they would rise to the height of philosophy and sociology. They would be able to understand everything. Boss Peis success in business is definitely not a coincidence, nor is it definitely not just the success of the business rules, but the success of understanding deep rules and human nature. Its not difficult to guess the results of the Yuklaia election with such foresight. Fan Xiaodong sighed. Boss Pei is really a strange person. Im completely convinced this time. Is there anything that Boss Pei cant do? Meng Chang was silent for a moment and said, I want to ask this question too. Based on my observations of Boss Pei for so long its probably not that he cant do it, but he doesnt want to. There was a short silence on the other end of the line. Obviously, Fan Xiaodong was also filled with emotion. After a while, Fan Xiaodong said, Do you want to pay all of your debts now, or do you want to invest the money somewhere else? You can pay your debts first. In any case, you can still have some left after paying your debts. If this kind of success can continue, it would only be a matter of time before the money rolls up. It would be the same sooner or later. After paying your debt, at least get rid of your identity as the judgment debtor. Its not convenient for you to come out now. After some consideration, Meng Chang said, Theres no hurry. I still have some things to confirm with Boss Pei. Its possible that I cant continue staying in Tengda after paying my debt. At that time, these opportunities would naturally be gone. Fan Xiaodong was stunned. Why? Isnt Boss Pei your creditor? He probably cant wait for you to pay up, right? Meng Chang smiled helplessly. Thats because you dont understand Boss Pei. Forget it, its not easy to explain this. In any case, you should take the money first. Ill think about it later. Fan Xiaodong: Alright, look at you. After hanging up, Meng Chang felt that his stomach was rumbling with hunger. Thus, he ordered Fish-Catching Take-Out and planned to walk around the office after lunch. This month, his main job was to promote Successor. However, since he had already achieved great success and the commission was gone, his work for the next half a month did not matter to him. He could just catch fish and not work in the company. However, after lunch, he received a message from Boss Pei. Boss Pei asked me to look for him in his office at about three in the afternoon? This Are you praising the publicity plan I made for Successor? Or did Boss Pei find out about my cheap tricks outside? Meng Chang was suddenly a little nervous. Logically speaking, even if the results of the publicity plan were out and the commission was zero, he would definitely only match the plan at the end of the month. Something must have happened for him to call him over in the middle of the month. Meng Chang did not dare to delay and quickly got up to head to the office. It was nearly three in the afternoon. Pei Qian was typing away at his keyboard in his office, planning his spending plan for this cycle. At the moment, Pei Qian still had four cards to play. First of all, the construction work of the Tengda headquarters building that was being planned required a lot of funds. This would not affect settlement. He could spend more money. Secondly, there was a project that could be postponed until next months settlement. As long as he thought of a project that could spend more money in the short term and guaranteed that it could be officially operating before next months settlement, he could spend a huge sum of money. On top of that, Pei Qian had thirty million yuan C half of the starting sum for the System Funds. Lastly, he could spend a hundred thousand yuan out of his own pocket and convert it into an additional ten million yuan for free. Now, there were many ways to spend money. Pei Qian was no longer like before, where he could only lie down when it was time for settlement. He could definitely struggle again. However, Pei Qian did not have a specific idea how to execute these plans. It was easy to deal with Tengdas headquarters building. He could stuff money into Liang Qingfans hands and let him plan. Pei Qian had more or less decided on the charity limit. At the beginning, Pei Qian donated the charity amount directly to the needy students of his alma mater, Handong University. Later on, when the charity amount increased, the needy students of Handong University did not have enough. Thus, he donated it to the other universities and even the needy students in high school in Handong Province. However, it would not be enough soon. That was because the amount of charity would basically increase in half a year. Whats more, it would increase compared to before. Thus, Pei Qian wondered if he should include primary and secondary school students. Whats more, there might be some survivor bias when helping needy students. The so-called needy students were indeed poor, but they were all needy students who could attend school. What about needy students who could not attend school? Wouldnt they not be able to be saved? It might be nine years of mandatory education but there were indeed some children who could not attend it. Since he had to extend it to primary school students, he had to change the method of subsidies.. Chapter 1399 - You Can Leave After You Pay Your Debt Chapter 1399: You Can Leave After You Pay Your Debt Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Previously, he had directly transferred his living expenses into the school cards of the needy students. Now, Pei Qian was thinking that it would not be enough to donate enough money to build a primary school. However, it would not be a problem to provide some resources for some primary schools. For example, giving each primary school student a bag of milk every day should not be a problem, right? They could also distribute some necessities like rice, oil, fish, meat, vegetables to the needy students at the end of each semester. That way, more needy families might change their minds and send their children to school. Whats more, for these necessities, they had to ensure that the child would finish nine years of compulsory education. That was because as long as parents wanted to freeload, they had to ensure that the child would continue to school. Handong Province was considered a strong economy, and Jingzhou City had been developing very quickly in recent years. However, in many remote villages, there were still shockingly poor families. Thus, he did not have to worry about not being able to spend money. No matter how much charity he had, it would not be much. However, Pei Qian had not thought about the other two ways to spend money. One was what cross-cycle projects should do to burn money as quickly as possible. The other was the ten million yuan that he had converted from his own pocket to a profit margin. Which industry should he invest in with the least impact? He was just thinking about it when someone knocked on the door. He looked up and saw Meng Chang. Boss Pei, are you looking for me? Meng Chang tried hard to get some information from Pei Qians face but failed. Pei Qian was also observing Meng Changs expression. It seemed like Meng Chang had adjusted his emotions well? Meng Chang was not particularly depressed even though the commission had disappeared. That was a good thing. It looked like he had been overthinking. After so many blows and tempering, Meng Changs mental strength had become as strong as his. He could withstand even more blows. However, he still had to change the commission method. I asked you to come this time mainly to discuss with you to change the specific model of the commission. This is the new agreement after the changes. Take a look. Pei Qian handed over the new agreement that had been prepared previously. Meng Chang was stunned and reached out to take it. After flipping through it briefly, his eyes widened in surprise. This There were many words in the new agreement, but there were not many changes. Simply put, it gave Meng Chang a revival armor. The new agreement stipulated that if Meng Changs first publicity plan failed within a month before the 15th of the month and he did not get a commission, he could continue to make the second plan. The second plan was not affected by the previous plan. However, the highest commission would be reduced to 100,000 yuan. Of course, if the first publicity plan did not fail, it would be the same as before. The highest commission at the end of the month would be 200,000 yuan. Take the situation this month for example. Meng Chang had originally wanted to make Successor, but its popularity had exploded. According to the original agreement, no matter what he did next half a month, the outcome would be the same. That was because Successor was too popular. No matter what he did for the next project, it was impossible to reverse the entire review. Naturally, he would not be able to get any commission. However, according to the new agreement, it did not matter if Successor became popular. A new publicity plan could be made in the second half of the month. As long as the plan this time did not have any effect or popularity, he could still get a commission. However, the highest limit for the commission had been reduced to 100,000 yuan. Pei Qians consideration was that creating this disappearing twice in a row was equivalent to giving Meng Chang an additional life. On one hand, it could save Meng Chang from being so miserable that he would not be able to get a single cent at the end of the month. On the other hand, it could also be considered making the best use of his resources. According to the original agreement, Meng Chang would be lying at home like a corpse after the publicity of Successor failed. He would have nothing to do for the next half a month. This was definitely a huge loss to Meng Chang and Pei Qian. On the other hand, Meng Chang looked at the agreement as his brain worked quickly, thinking about Boss Peis intentions. This new agreement will undoubtedly be more advantageous for me to get a commission. The upper limit has not changed, but the lower limit has greatly increased. But whats the meaning of this? Could it be that Boss Pei thinks that its too difficult for me to get the commission, so he reduced the difficulty for me? It cant be. The Successor project might not have gotten a commission, but Ive completely maximized the Pei familys publicity method with one move. Its impossible for Boss Pei not to notice, right? Its not difficult for me to get a commission now. Why did you reduce the difficulty for me? Yes, there must be another reason! Meng Chang began to think. Previously, if a publicity project failed at the beginning of the month, I would be slacking this month. According to the new agreement, if the plan at the beginning of the month fails, I can create another plan in the middle of the month. Is this hinting to me that I should take on more responsibilities now? Combined with the fact that he gave me the power to distribute the publicity funds, Boss Peis attitude is very clear! Meng Chang understood. This meant that Boss Pei thought more highly of him! In the past, Meng Chang had not grasped the Pei familys publicity method very well. Thus, Boss Pei only gave him one project a month. After all, he had limited abilities. It would be good enough if he could make a good project. Even if he failed a long time ago, Boss Pei would not assign him new projects. That should be to give him time to learn and reflect. However, Boss Pei saw that Meng Chang had improved significantly. He had the energy to work on two projects in a month. Thus, he changed the contents of the agreement so that he could work more! Meng Chang was not alone. He was now the person-in-charge of the advertising and marketing department even though he had more work to do. He only needed to think of ideas. With his subordinates to execute him, this bit of work would not tire him out. Whats more, this way, Meng Changs use of the Pei familys publicity method would not be so rigid. Previously, he had to make sure that the popularity would not explode before the end of the month and would only explode next month. However, plans often could not keep up with changes. Sometimes, they had to explode at the end of the month, causing the commission to be cut in half. What if he had to become popular in the middle of the month for various reasons? Wouldnt the commission be gone? Meng Chang might not care about this commission now but it was obvious that Boss Pei cared about it. Boss Pei did not want to see him working for nothing. Thus, with this new agreement, Meng Chang could more freely choose the time to explode in popularity. It would no longer be a complete conflict between getting commission and generating popularity. He could try to take care of both. All in all, this was Boss Peis reward for Meng Chang learning the Pei familys publicity method. The gameplay had been upgraded! At that thought, Meng Chang was very happy and handed the agreement back. Alright, Boss Pei. Of course, I completely agree! Pei Qian reached out to take the agreement. He nodded silently seeing Meng Changs attitude. Yes, thats right. I think youll definitely agree happily. That was because he had no reason to reject! Yes, theres nothing else. Go back and continue preparing the plan for the next half a month. Of course, if you feel tired and dont want commission or rest for the next half a month, you can also not do it. This is not a mandatory requirement. Meng Chang quickly nodded. Alright, Boss Pei. I understand. He had to say that Boss Pei knew how to understand his subordinates. Meng Chang was just about to leave when he suddenly realized that he had a question to ask. He stopped. Oh Boss Pei, I have a question. Pei Qian looked at him. Just say it. Meng Chang hesitated for a moment before saying, Suppose. I mean if I can stay in Tengda and continue being the person-in-charge of the advertising and marketing department after paying my debt one day? Pei Qian was stunned and confused. What did Meng Chang mean? Why was he asking such a question? Could Tengda be a good place for you? You want to stay so badly? Oh, I understand. In order to earn more commission, right? Obviously, a commission of 200,000 yuan a month was quite generous to Meng Chang. Until now, Meng Chang had already tasted the sweetness of the commission. He would be able to get a high commission by casually doing reverse publicity plans in Tengda. He would also be especially free during working hours. He could come and go as he pleased. Where could he find such a good job? Therefore, Meng Chang must have realized how good Tengda was and was a little forgetful. His previous bravado had probably been wiped out. He only wanted to retire in Tengda. The reason why he asked this was mainly because he was afraid that he would leave once he obtained enough commission to pay his debt. At that time, he would not be able to find such an easy and satisfying job. That was why he wanted to stay and easily earn commission after paying his debt. After some consideration, Pei Qian said, If youre done paying your debt, theres no need for you to stay in Tengda. Saying that it was unnecessary was actually dont stay in Tengda. Pei Qians words had two layers of meaning. The first layer was that Meng Chang was so capable. Since he had already paid off his debt, he had to go out and make a comeback. Even if he felt like he wanted to slack for now, a person like him would definitely think about something once he finished paying off his debt. At that time, his thoughts would probably change. Therefore, I will definitely not keep you because of your character. The second layer was that if Meng Chang really finished paying his debt, Tengda would not need him. Why? That was because once Meng Chang obtained so much commission, it meant that Tengda had already done many failed projects and burned a lot of publicity funds. At that time, Pei Qian would have already achieved his goal and incurred losses to become a tycoon! Then, Pei Qian would have financial freedom and retire. In other words, Pei Qian did not have to think about how to incur losses anymore. Tengda would continue to develop normally. What was the point of Meng Chang then? Therefore, the day Meng Chang finished paying his debt was basically the day he and Tengda parted ways. That was because he and Tengda would no longer need each other. Meng Chang could not help but be shocked. Boss Peis attitude was obviously very clear: Leave after paying your debt! Chapter 1400 - Animal Wouldn’t Backstab Me, Would It? Chapter 1400: Animal Wouldnt Backstab Me, Would It? Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios He was stunned for a moment before asking, Is it the same when you finish paying your debt? Pei Qian nodded. Yes. Of course, the timing was the same. The earlier you repay your debt, the earlier you complete more reverse publicity. Then, I would lose money faster. What was the difference between earlier and later? Meng Chang was a little confused. He had thought that Boss Pei would say things like you can come and go freely when the time comes and let him choose. That way, Meng Chang could relax and repay his debt. If he were to choose, he would definitely continue to stay in Tengda. However, he did not expect Boss Pei to say that. What did that mean? Wasnt Boss Pei nurturing me as the successor of the Pei familys publicity method? Why did he say that there was no need to stay in Tengda after paying the debt? That was strange and illogical. However, Meng Chang did not say anything more. This question was very deep. It was definitely not something that could be figured out in two or three minutes. He could not possibly keep thinking about this question while staying in Boss Peis office, right? Thus, he decided to leave first. Then, he would slowly think about what Boss Pei meant. Meng Chang came to the Advertisement and marketing department and sat down at his desk after leaving Boss Peis office. He did not think about the new publicity plan immediately. Instead, he thought hard about what Boss Peis previous words meant. At first glance, Boss Peis words were very strange. They did not match Meng Changs previous deductions about Boss Pei. However, Meng Chang believed that Boss Pei definitely did not say that for no reason. There must be a deeper logic behind it. If we want to understand Boss Peis deeper intentions, we have to start with Boss Peis overall plan. Boss Pei has a clear plan for Tengdas development. He imparted his game production method, marketing publicity method, investment method, Tengda spirit, and so on to the people in charge under him through nurturing the various department heads. Once the people in charge are nurtured into talents who can take charge of things on their own, the entire Tengda can continue to operate on a set track without Boss Peis will. Then, Boss Pei can relax and retire. Boss Peis arrangements for me should be the successor and promoter of the Pei familys publicity method. However, as the successor, shouldnt Boss Pei hope that I remain in Tengda? Theres definitely no problem with my understanding of Boss Pei. In other words theres a problem with my understanding of the successor? The successor that Boss Pei is considering is different from the one in the general sense? Yes, that should be the reason! Boss Pei needs the Pei familys publicity method to continue and spread, not to stop at me. Other things like game production methods, investment methods, Tengda spirit, and so on have to be passed on. Once it spreads, it cannot stop at being the person-in-charge. Thats why Boss Pei kept transferring the person-in-charge of the games department to other positions, hoping to speed up this heritage! Meng Chang could not help but feel emotional again after figuring this out. Boss Pei was indeed Boss Pei. He could see so far! Ordinary people would not realize that anything was amiss. There was a problem with Boss Pei! Many bosses of large companies often faced the predicament of not having a successor, so that they had to work until they died of old age and could not retire at all. That was because there was no suitable successor. Once he retired, the company would collapse. Thus, the presidents of many large companies would consciously nurture successors. As long as the successors could succeed, large companies would be able to live well with their previous good foundation and market advantage. Whether or not he could nurture an outstanding successor was obviously an important criterion for whether a big companys president was outstanding. However, that alone was obviously not enough. Boss Pei was not satisfied with this at all. Instead, he went one level higher. It was far from enough to nurture one or a few successors. That was because some successors might look good at first, but they would become worse as time went by. This kind of failure could be due to ability or attitude. Either their ability had slipped or their thoughts had changed. Even if he was lucky and the successor he nurtured succeeded, what about after that? Could he have such good luck after nurturing a successor? It was just like the feudal countries in the ancient times. Of course, it was a good thing for the emperor to have a wise son. However, could you guarantee that the prince of every emperor in the future would be very wise? If this continued, he would regress sooner or later. It would become worse with each generation. This was an irreversible process. According to the easiest way, Boss Pei could have imparted his game production method to the person-in-charge of the games department. Then, he would not have allowed him to move away. He would have been working on games and taking over his job. It was just like some sect grandmasters in martial arts novels. If their disciples qualifications were not good, they would impart many of their ultimate skills to different disciples. That way, his ultimate arts would not be lost and the sect would not decline in a short period of time. However, this way, the final outcome would definitely be worse than the previous generation. Boss Pei knew human nature very well. Thus, he did not trust people. That was not to say that he did not trust the people in charge under him. Instead, it was to say that he knew the weaknesses of human nature, knew how to plan ahead, plan in the long term, and try to minimize the impact of subjectivity on the route that he designed. Boss Pei chose a more long-term method. By constantly mobilizing the people in charge and nurturing their comprehensive abilities, everyone would be able to take charge of things on their own. At the same time, people with potential in the department could be promoted quickly and master the skills of the person-in-charge. That way, there would be no risk of a sudden gap. What if Boss Pei only passed the Pei familys publicity method to Meng Chang? What if Meng Chang was poached away midway? What if he started his own business? What if he simply betrayed the Tengda spirit? Meng Chang realized that he should be a springboard in Boss Peis eyes to pass on the Pei familys publicity method. After figuring this out, the meaning behind Boss Peis words was not difficult to understand. It would definitely be many years later if Meng Chang paid off his debt according to Boss Peis plan. The Pei familys publicity method should already have branches all over Tengda. Meng Chang was not the only one who had it. Under such circumstances, there was indeed no need for Meng Chang to stay. That was because anyone could do the publicity work, and Meng Chang should go to society and play a greater role and value. He should not continue to stay in Tengda and work in the old profession of marketing publicity. In that case, Boss Pei still highly approves of me. He did not completely see me as a subordinate and successor. Instead, he saw me as an independent person who was not attached to Tengda? He encouraged me to start a business in society after I graduated and to show greater value? However, if I end my debt now, what should I say Meng Chang added before he left, asking if it would be the same when he finished paying his debt. Boss Pei gave an affirmative answer. That confused Meng Chang. According to Boss Peis plan, it would take at least a few years for the Pei familys publicity method to spread in Tengda. Meng Chang was so smart that he had only learned something after learning the Pei familys publicity method for more than a year. How could it be done in a day if he wanted to pass it down layer by layer? However, if Meng Chang were to pay his debt now and leave Tengda before the Pei familys publicity method was completed, why was that? Could it be that Boss Pei thinks that Im not on the right track because of this? Meng Chang suddenly thought of this possibility. Obviously, according to the normal process, Meng Chang would spend a few years learning and promoting the Pei familys publicity method in Tengda. After promoting it, he would be able to rely on commission to pay his debt. However, if he had paid his debts much earlier, it would mean that he had used the surplus of the Pei familys publicity method to cheat others. Boss Pei obviously did not support these methods. Was Boss Pei letting Meng Chang leave immediately because he felt that he could not fuel this evil trend and could not cause problems to the conveyance of the Pei familys publicity method? Meng Chang broke out in cold sweat at that thought. Fortunately, he did not tell Boss Pei about the debt. Otherwise, he would be in deep trouble! Boss Pei would definitely chase him out of Tengda then. To Meng Chang, paying his debts was no longer his first goal. He was more concerned about how to learn true skills from Boss Pei. Thus, he could not repay his debts now! Not only would he not be able to repay his debts, but he would also have to think of a way to distribute a portion of the money that he had earned previously. It was impossible for him to completely give up earning extra money. Meng Chang was not as smart as Boss Pei, but he could still use this money to do something within his means in order to feel at ease. At that time, even if Boss Pei really found out that Meng Chang was earning extra money, he would probably let him off as long as he knew that he had used this money to do a good deed. Meng Chang felt enlightened and quickly made a decision after figuring all of this out. Pei Qian continued to think about spending money after sending Meng Chang off. Who would have thought that something would go wrong with the reliable Successor? Sigh, these people in charge are really unreliable one after another! I might as well raise an animal instead of these people in charge. At the very least, the animals would not think about stabbing me in the back after they were full. However, humans are different Eh, wait a moment Animal? Pei Qians eyes lit up as he had an idea. Since the amusement park was already open, could he open a zoo? The animals were so simple-minded. They would only eat and sleep every day. They would not stab him in the back anymore, right? Whats more, the cost of the zoo was huge. It had to give the animals the best living environment, food, accommodation, and transportation Oh no, the animals did not have to think about clothes and activities. However, just staying and eating was very expensive! Whats more, there was no limit to providing a better living environment for animals. Opening a zoo would cost a lot in the early stages. It would also require a lot of funds to maintain operations. The follow-up expansion would also be very strong. It was perfect! Chapter 1401 - Ten Million Quota, Apply On Your Own! Chapter 1401: Ten Million Quota, Apply On Your Own! Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Pei Qian was enlightened when he thought of this idea. Opening a zoo to raise animals was definitely a good idea! Of course, this matter was not that simple. A series of preparatory work was still needed. After searching for relevant information online, Pei Qian roughly grasped some basic information. At the moment, there were many private wildlife parks in the country. All he had to do was obtain the corresponding photo permissions. For example, a certain crosstalk actor had bought 60 mu of land in the outskirts of Beijing and opened a private zoo. That was also something that people would take delight in talking about. Of course, burning money was also burning money. At the moment, it was not difficult for Tengda to obtain the corresponding permission. After all, there were so many successful projects in Jingzhou City. Whats more, they would definitely invest in the zoo. He could not ask for more money. Other people often set up private zoos out of love and true love for animals. It was just like many people who opened cat cafes. In fact, the cat cafes did not make much money. That was because very few customers went there every day. The individual prices of each customer were not high. They could not make ends meet by selling coffee alone. 1 The expenses of the cat cafe were actually huge as well. Apart from necessities such as cat food and litter, every time a cat fell sick, it would cost thousands of yuan more. If they really kept cats according to high standards, most cat cafes would go bankrupt. Therefore, many cat cafe owners could only think of secondary businesses such as filming short videos to obtain some income and subsidize the expenses of the cat cafe. In the end, they worked so hard. Not to mention exploiting the cat, they were actually exploited by the cat and worked for the cat. 1 It was even more so for the private zoo. It was much more difficult to run than the cat cafe. On one hand, animals were very expensive. Ordinary beasts would not cost less than 20,000 to 30,000 yuan, and ordinary birds would not cost less than thousands. Whats more, some rare and valuable protective animals. Whats more, if he wanted to take good care of these animals, he would have to cage them, feed them, transport them, the expenses of the breeders and cleaners, and the money for treating the animals. All of these were definitely not a small sum. In addition, the zoo was an industry with a very obvious cluster effect. Some small private zoos only had about ten animals, and there were no particularly precious animals. No matter how cheap the price was, no one would visit it. Since tourists wanted to see animals, they would definitely go to some large city zoo. As time went by, the small wildlife zoo would incur more losses and would naturally not be able to continue. This was obviously bad news for others, but it was obviously good news for Pei Qian! The more losses he incurred, the better! If these animals could really eat to their hearts content and collapse Tengda, Pei Qian would probably have to bow to them on the spot to express his gratitude. After some consideration, Pei Qian decided to put the construction of the zoo on the agenda. However, there was a problem. No one in Tengda seemed suitable to be in charge of this zoo at the moment. 1 That was because in Pei Qians opinion, the most important thing to be a zoo director was to love animals sincerely. He really wanted to work in this industry for the rest of his life. Whats more, he had to master basic professional knowledge. He had to respect animals and raise them scientifically. However, Tengda really did not have such a person. Most people had grown up in the city from a young age. They basically liked wild animals like a dragon. It was not a problem to look at the Great Lions and Great Tigers from afar. Occasionally, they would feel that it was very fresh to see monkeys jumping up and down and reaching out for food. However, ordinary people would definitely not be able to persevere if they really spent a long time with animals and had to worry about food, drinks, and poop of these animals all day long. Little Tang was probably the only one in Tengda who had anything to do with rearing animals. After all, she was the cat keeper and the chief catkeeper. However, the problem was that rearing cats was worlds apart from rearing wild animals. Whats more, even though Little Tang was a top student, she did not major in vetting. Wouldnt it be a waste of talent to become a zoo director? Thus, he had to think of a way to find the person-in-charge from outside. Whats more, he had to think about the specific construction method of the zoo. After that, Pei Qian began to think about the last question. Which industry should he invest the ten million yuan that he had converted from his own pocket into a profit margin? This was really a problem for Pei Qian, who had difficulty choosing. That was because the profit margin was neither too much nor too little. If he wanted to save time, he could just find an industry to spend it on. In any case, they would only distribute coins. It would be the simplest not to use their brains. However, the problem was that pure distributing coins would definitely increase the attention and reputation of this industry. projects that were not popular might become popular, and projects that were already popular might become even more popular. If he made a wrong choice, the 100,000 yuan that he paid out of his own pocket would trigger a chain reaction. Then, he would be tricked by the system again. How should he choose? Pei Qian looked at Tengdas dazzling array of industries and felt a headache. Im dying laughing. I cant even choose! Forget it. Why should I use my own brain on this? Wouldnt it be better to let the heads of the various departments think about it? Ill ask them to apply themselves. Ill write down the reason why they need this sum of money clearly. Then, Ill choose an industry that doesnt need this money the most. Pei Qian was completely impressed by his own wits. If a certain department needed this money, it would mean that it would be the most effective and influential after obtaining it. Since that was the case, he could not give it to him! On the other hand, the departments that did not need this sum of money and were only here to make up the numbers would definitely not be able to write any particularly convincing reasons. They would not be of much use after obtaining it. Pei Qian could do the opposite and give the money to them without any worries. The more Pei Qian thought about it, the more he felt that something was amiss. He immediately wrote a simple notice and asked the person-in-charge of the department who was interested in obtaining this sum of money to write a report. January 16th, Wednesday Pei Qian arrived at his office and continued his unfinished work. Pei Qian would become very busy every time settlement approached. That made him a little depressed. ѧУҪź,¸¾Ҫ,ƫƫظڽ. Pei Qian wanted to be as happy as his other schoolmates. However, he could not. In order to rest well during the Chinese New Year holiday, he had to arrange the settlement in advance. If he were to lie flat, he would have worked for nothing for half a year. First, he switched on his computer and checked the applications from the various departments. Pei Qian had already paid ten million yuan out of his own pocket for the profit margin. Two days ago, he had also asked the various departments to send an application to explain in detail the reason why his own department needed this money and the use of it after obtaining it. The various department heads were very efficient. They had already sent the applications over today. Whats more, the contents of the application were very detailed. All of them patted their chests and guaranteed that as long as they obtained this sum of money, they would definitely be able to use it appropriately. They would maximize the popularity, let their own departments industries expand rapidly, and seize more markets! It was especially so for Fish-Catching Take-Out, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, and other physical industries. It was written very sincerely. The other departments were not inferior either, and they had their own reasons. Some departments that were not very popular at the moment thought that this sum of money should be given to them. That was because the development of the various departments was uneven. They should be taken special care of. Once they developed, they would naturally not fight for similar resources. Those departments that were already very popular at the moment also thought that this money should be given to them. They would be able to obtain better returns after receiving this money. The veteran departments felt that they were not as popular as the new department. They should give some subsidies. The new department thought that developing and growing was an important direction for Tengda Corporations industrial layout. It should focus on resources and strive for a breakthrough. Pei Qian spent a lot of effort reading all the reports from these departments. In the end, not only did it not treat his difficulty in choosing, but it also aggravated his situation! What a scam! I really cant decide who to give this to! For the departments that are not making money, you promised me that you would definitely improve the situation of losing money; for the profitable departments, you promised me that you would definitely make more money. I think youre making things difficult for me, fatass! Pei Qian was speechless. He knew that the people in charge were all unreliable. They could not even share his burdens with a small sum like 10 million yuan, much less a huge project that would lose hundreds of millions. He had to rely on himself in the end! After flipping through the applications, Pei Qian fell into a dilemma once again. However, as he flipped through, he suddenly had an idea. Eh? My way of thinking doesnt seem right. Ive fallen into a survivor bias. The departments that are willing to spend so much effort to write this application must be departments that need the money. Since they have written it, they must write it beautifully. Since thats the case, Ill see which departments did not apply at all. Not submitting applications means that we dont need the money. In other words, throwing the money to these departments would not affect their profit situation much. Pei Qian suddenly had an idea. He immediately ran through the reports of these departments, matching them with Tengdas main departments. However, he realized that GOGs project team was the only one in the larger department who did not send this report. Eh? GOG did not publish it. Hmm that makes sense. After all, GOGs revenue is too fierce. At the moment, its market share in the country is almost reaching the ceiling. If we distribute this money to the local server, it would actually be a pure benefit. It would basically be useless for GOGs market expansion. As for revenue it will definitely not be effective because this is a pure benefit event, not a discount event. GOGs project team must have considered the low price-quality ratio of the money and felt a little embarrassed. Thats why they did not apply. Alright, Ill give it to you! Chapter 1402 - But It Doesn’t Matter, You Can Be Forgiven Chapter 1402: But It Doesnt Matter, You Can Be Forgiven Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios You dont want it, I insist on it! Boss Pei was just that wilful. Of course, there was a reason for this wilfulness. After comprehensive consideration, it was indeed the smallest improvement to GOG project. It was already very profitable. If he spent 10 million yuan on it, the improvement would be negligible. Thus, the matter was happily decided. As for whether the other departments would feel confused and lost after knowing this outcome, that was not something Pei Qian had to consider. Boss Pei never needed to explain his actions to anyone! After all, the system was not considered human. Pei Qian might have been more restrained if there were some particularly suspicious operations. However, this money could be spent in any industry. Pei Qian believed that his subordinates, who were good at diverting their thoughts, would definitely be able to imagine a reasonable answer. Pei Qian sent a message to GOGs project team, and then the matter turned over. Let me take a look at the situation at the Aili Island website next. I wonder how Successor and Executer Academy are doing Pei Qian carefully opened the webpage for Successor. However, Pei Qian closed the page after it flashed past. What the f*ck, 9.7 points! The rate at which the ratings were increasing was like a rocket. The ratings for Successor had been hovering around 6.0 last weekend before the results of the Ukiah election were released. However, after this weekend, the ratings suddenly skyrocketed! Obviously, various media hype and added fuel to the fire played a key role in this process. Successor had already spent a lot of money on publicity previously. The response might not be enthusiastic but it was familiar in front of most people. Many people might not be interested in this theme at all and did not go to the Aili Island website to watch it, but they knew that such a series existed. In the end, after what happened last weekend, all sorts of public accounts, UP Masters, and self-media rushed forward like wolves that had smelled meat! Not many people had been paying attention to Yuklaia at first, but they had been spamming the news on Sunday and Monday. They were all discussing it! Every video or article that mentioned this would inevitably mention Successor because the two were too similar. Successor was originally a book from a year ago. It could not be said to be riding on popularity. It could only be said to be a divine prediction. Coupled with the debate caused by Successor when it was first broadcast on the internet and the hot topic of 6 points to 9 points, it was simply the best material for explosive articles and videos. All in all, the popularity that he had spent money on previously had now completely changed. It caused the best spread effect! Naturally, more people came to watch Successor. Perhaps many people did not like this theme and felt that the plot was not particularly satisfying, but that did not stop them from giving full marks. That was because many peoples previous evaluation criteria had been based on the standards of good novels or popcorn blockbusters. It was normal for an unhappy drama like Successor to get 6 points. However, if they were to use the standard of magical realism that prophesied reality to evaluate it, they should get full marks! Many people who had not watched the entire episode and had not even watched it were willing to give it full marks purely for the effect of the program. The original low scores had been changed to high scores, and those who had not come to watch had been given high scores. Of course, the ratings for Successor could not be controlled anymore. It took off on the spot! On top of that, the contract signed between Successor and Aili Island was based on ratings and views. Looking at the current situation On the bright side, theres not much room for this rating to continue rising Bullsh * t! How can you comfort yourself like that? Its already GG! Forget it, forget it. Ill take a look at the Executer Academy. Pei Qian had completely given up on Successor. Everything had been fine when he first came out. No matter how he looked at it, he did not look like he was going to become popular. Why did something happen after he changed it to a drama series? Executer Academy should be much better. After all, its quality was there. No matter how high the upper limit was, it could not be as high as Successor . However, when Pei Qian opened the webpage for Executer Academy, he was stunned once again. It had a rating of 9.3. It was considered above average in the web series. It was slightly higher than what Pei Qian had expected, but not by much. It was completely acceptable. However, what was with the viewership?! It had only been broadcasting for a few days. How did it reach tens of millions of views?! Pei Qian felt incredulous. The number of views was much higher than he had imagined. Logically speaking, even if GOGs gamers came to support, the limit would be one million people chasing after them, right? The number of people watching had to be accumulated as well. It was impossible for an ordinary animation to attract tens of millions of viewers watching the drama after the first episode was released. That was impossible. According to the updating efficiency of Executer Academy, they would release one episode a month. Perhaps they had released two or three episodes because they had saved up previously. The number of views would only be about two million yuan. Why was there an additional zero! Pei Qian felt that something was very wrong. He must have missed something very important. He quickly switched to the option of chasing the number of people. He realized that there were more than 1.7 million people chasing Executer Academy. This was more than Pei Qian had expected. Even so, wouldnt two or three episodes only get five million views? Why was there an entire order of difference? Pei Qian quickly opened the series list and was stunned. Six episodes had been broadcasted since Saturday! Daily updates??? If it was two or three episodes, it could be said that they were released together because they had stocks. The beginning was to let everyone watch more. However, what did updating everyday for six consecutive days mean? It showed that this was the normal updating speed! That was because, according to common sense, if one did not have any stocks in the future and only made two episodes a month, then the audiences taste would be picky with the six episodes in the beginning. It would definitely not be appropriate for the updates to be slow. Huang Sibo and Wu Chuan would definitely not make such a low-level mistake. Pei Qian had a bad feeling about this. Obviously, the rapid updating speed had become a reason for many people to chase after them. Initially, Pei Qian had already expected a million people to catch up. Now, it was 70% higher than his estimated number. This was obviously an advantage brought about by the large number of updates. The other dramas were one episode a week or even one episode a month. They were updated slowly and would definitely be less sticky. While there were many more overseas dramas bought by Aili Island, many people had already watched them through other means. Only Executer Academy was very punctual. Watching it every day could cultivate habit and improve stickiness. Those who liked to watch it after taking care of themselves would definitely watch it in large quantities. It would be much better than other comics! According to current trends, there would definitely be more and more people watching similar videos. These people would probably watch more videos than other dramas. Considering the frequency of Executer Academy being updated The number of views was going to explode! Pei Qian quickly opened the comments section of Executer Academy and checked the netizens comments. People who dont normally chase videos are attracted by GOGs recommendations. I didnt expect it to be so interesting. I cant stop watching it at all! Im uploading even more chapters each day! This is an eye-opener for me! What sort of divine workspace is this? Do they work overtime for seven to four hours a week? A product of Fei Huang Workspaces animation team, working overtime? What are you thinking about! They work five days a week and work eight hours a week. They would need Boss Peis approval for an additional hour. Huh? I thought they were working overtime like me! I felt mentally balanced watching Executer Academy when I was working overtime. Now, I realize that the clown is actually me! F*ck, in other words, were not doing seven episodes in seven days, but seven episodes in five days? This is completely breaking the human limit and subverting the objective laws of the industry, right? Are you really not bragging? Actually, this is not very difficult to talk about. Thats because Executer Academy has a ready-made copy. You dont have to think about the plot again. Whats more, the format itself is very suitable for short animations, so its easy to obtain materials. Whats more, Executer Academy is made using real-time calculations. Once theres a model, you just have to hire motion capture actors to perform movements. An episode of 10 minutes would be enough to record and edit it. Thats right. This approach can be said to have advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is that it is done quickly. The disadvantage is that quality and details might not be able to be done to the extreme. At first glance, the quality might be good, but you will be able to find a clear difference in the details when you compare it with those large works. However, how should I put it? There is such a huge amount of updates. Why would you still need it? Its not impossible for other animations to be learned, but there are two prerequisites. First, there has to be a million words like Executer Academy that is suitable for animation. Second, there has to be a high precision model, a special motion capture studio, and a large number of professional talents in sorting, movement, editing, and so on. Let me add something else. The theme itself has to be very famous. If Executer Academy was not based on GOG but an original story, would everyone be so tolerant of its quality? Would they have gained so much attention in the beginning? Thats hard to say. The comments section was filled with lively discussions about the successful model of Executer Academy. Everyone had different opinions. Some people felt that the quality of Executer Academy was actually not good. It only became popular because of the large number of updates. Some people felt that the quality of Executer Academy was actually very good. The key was that the plot was very interesting. It also made the hero character model in GOG more detailed. It was worth watching for GOG players. However, at the end of the day, everyone had reached a consensus on one thing: the Executer Academy would definitely become popular because it was much more popular! The details were a little worse, but it did not matter. He could forgive them if they updated daily. The transition was not that smooth, but it did not matter. Daily updates could be forgivable. Some plots were slightly less interesting, but it did not matter. He could forgive them for updating daily. All in all, he could forgive them! For many people, watching an episode at lunch and dinner every day was enough. Looking at the entire Aili Island website, there was only one such animation that updated daily. What was there to be dissatisfied about? Chapter 1403 - : Immediate Expansion Of Suffering Travel Chapter 1403: Immediate Expansion Of Suffering Travel Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Pei Qian was filled with sorrow as he read these comments. He was fooled big time! Didnt they say that they would only produce one episode a month? Good lord, its one episode a day. Are you laying eggs here! Even an old sow from the production team could not be so fast! Everyone in Fei Huang Workspace was a traitor! This Wu Chuan looked very honest, but his true colors were revealed the moment he became the project manager! Arrange, he had to arrange! There was another target that needed to be taken care of on the next suffering trip list. Speaking of which I was the one who did not ask clearly. I heard that he only made one episode for ten minutes. I subconsciously thought that this was the time for one episode. Wu Chuan only found some reasons why the model was difficult to make. If I had asked how long a season would take, the situation might have been different Thats not right. How can I find problems with myself? The ones with problems are obviously the subordinates of these crafty people! Forget it, I have to arrange for the Suffering Travels! Pei Qian silently took out his small notebook and added Wu Chuan behind Tian Mo. After adding them, Pei Qian could not help but feel emotional. There were more and more spies! He had thought that he would be able to arrange for the various department heads to be more or less done after two torturous trips. He would then be able to arrange for more external enemies like Teacher Qiao and Ruan Guangjian. However, he did not expect there to be more and more spies! That made Pei Qian wonder how many spies were there in Tengda Corporation. At the same time, he hoped that the Suffering Travels could be expanded as soon as possible. It would be much more efficient if there were hundreds of people in each episode. Many people in charge could go there a few more times! There might be no clear rules now but the heads of the various departments could only go once. For this matter, it was not a problem of scarcity but of uneven distribution. The core employees had not gone yet. The person-in-charge had already gone twice. It did not make sense. Thus, he had to expand! Of course, expansion also had serious consequences. He had to eat the people who signed up online. It should not be possible to turn losses into profits in the short term. However, if such a large group of people outside paid the registration fee, they would definitely recover a lot of blood for the torturous trip. However more people would cost more. It was hard to say if it would be a loss or a profit. Thus, after careful consideration, Pei Qian decided not to give up his food for fear of choking. He could not give up letting his employees suffer just because this thing had a chance of making money. That would not do! Taking ten thousand steps back, if the torturous trip really earned money one day, he would continue to expand. Dont you like to suffer? Dont worry, Ill satisfy you! Ill see if I earn money first until I cant take it, or if you suffer until you cant take it. Pei Qian felt that he would not lose out no matter what. That was because he had a strong tolerance for making money, and these people might not be able to tolerate suffering. All in all, the inspiration class was considered useless. Initially, this inspiration class was almost successful. Many authors had already given up on it. The works that they produced were not accepted by the mainstream readers on Zhongdian Chinese Network. The response was very average. Pei Qians original intention was to paint a pie for the authors and adapt these works. On one hand, he wanted to keep them in the inspiration class to continue slacking. On the other hand, he could use the failure experience of these works to incur losses in another art form. However, he did not expect to make a profit! It was ridiculous. As a result, Pei Qian began to doubt himself. How could he have casually selected three books and earned them all? If the probability of making money from each revision of a book was 50%, wouldnt that mean that he had casually picked out 12.5% of the probability? How f*cking unlucky! Forget it, forget it. Theres no hope for the inspiration class in the short term. Lets wait for this period to pass. If the new adapted works can fail a few times in the future, then there would be a possibility that this inspiration class would be saved. Lets see how the games department is doing. Ghost General 2 has not been developed yet. According to the previous plan, it should be released at the end of this month or at the beginning of next month. Meng Chang should have already gone there to arrange the publicity plan. As for Safe and Civilized Driving it should be released this week, right? Why do I only see the external news conference but not the game-related publicity? Pei Qian remembered that Otto Technologies external news conference had been held last Thursday. It had been a week, but there had not been much movement from Safe and Civilized Driving. Many players thought that there would not be related games in the short term, so not many people bought these peripherals. Of course, the key was how to compare this so-called not much. Compared to ordinary steering wheels, many of them had been sold. After all, the price-quality ratio of this direct steering wheel was too high compared to domestic brands. Many driver game enthusiasts would choose to buy it. However, most people bought individual products, not combo meals. This so-called not much was mainly compared to Tengdas stocks. Otto Technologies had written excessive stocks in their genes from the beginning of its birth. Be it cell phones, Fully-Automated Smart Bickering Machine, or smart fitness drying racks, they had all been filled with warehouses before they were officially released. If there were not enough warehouses, they had to continue renting. In short, the more stocks there were, the better. It was the same for the driving set this time. There were fewer spare parts like the GL seats that took up space and were more expensive. The steering wheel and basic set pieces were basically all maxed out. It would be foolish to rely on these driving enthusiasts to empty Tengdas inventory. Of course, many people guessed that Tengda would most likely come up with an accompanying game. That was a very natural association. Even the smart fitness drying rack was out of the game, what more this obviously served was a driving game? Someone even guessed from the name Safe and Civilized Driving Simulator that Tengdas new game was most likely related to Safe and Civilized Driving. However, most people did not have much expectations for this. They were still watching because they did not mention this at the news conference. Everyone thought that even if the game was to be released, it would not be within a week or two, at least for a month, right? Why else would he not mention it when introducing the peripherals? Pei Qian was puzzled as well. Thats right, why didnt he mention it when he was introducing the peripherals? He thought for a long time and finally thought of a relatively reasonable explanation. That was because Meng Chang stopped caring about the publicity work for Safe and Civilized Driving this time! This caused Shang Yang Games and Otto Technologies to be in charge of their own publicity. Ye Zhizhou did not have much experience in publicity. He would definitely be conflicted about the publicity plan. Otto Technologies only knew how to promote the products that they were in charge of. Thus, the publicity on both sides were mismatched because of the lack of coordination! A week had passed, causing the initial popularity to be low. Consumers wait and see attitude was obvious. Yes, that should be the only reasonable explanation! At that thought, Pei Qian could not help but smile. It looked like handing the distribution rights to the publicity resources to Meng Chang was indeed the right choice! That was because Meng Chang only cared about his commission, so he would only focus his energy on the few projects that he was in charge of. The other projects might be able to get some funds, but the publicity effect would definitely be greatly reduced without a special plan. However, no matter how slow Ye Zhizhou is or how much he doesnt understand publicity, the publicity plan should be out within these two days. I cannot let my guard down too much. I need to continue paying attention. Pei Qian was cautious. He quietly followed Shang Yang Games official account on the official games platform and waited for the promotional material for Safe and Civilized Driving to appear. At the same time, in the GOG project team Eric and Zhao Xuming were busy with their own work. After GOGs international invitational tournament ended, the various regions began their follow-up operations after the servers. The number of online people, sales, and other data had all increased. Naturally, GOGs project team entered a win-win situation. That was because the busiest period of the year had passed. The players were also tired. It was not appropriate to continue making some big moves now. The effect would not be good. Of course, Eric and Zhao Xuming were greatly encouraged after receiving Boss Peis trophy. Their work became more passionate. However, their work was still focused on regular operations. They diligently completed the cleaning up of the activities and planned the overall strategy for the future. As for the short-term, he had no plans to make any big moves. At that moment, someone knocked on the door. Zhao Xuming looked up. It was the person-in-charge of the research and development team, Zhang Nan. Whats wrong? Zhao Xuming realized that Zhang Nans expression was a little strange. There was a strong confusion in her happiness. Zhang Nan said, Boss Pei just sent me a message. He said that the ten million yuan was given to GOGs project team! Zhao Xuming was stunned as well. Huh? Thats not right. We didnt even write an application, right? Zhang Nan nodded. Thats right. Im very puzzled as well, but Boss Peis message said clearly that the money is for us. Whats more, he doesnt have any requirements for us. He just has to spend it before next month. Zhao Xuming and Eric looked at each other and fell into deep thought. I dont have any requests. I just have to spend it before next month Anyone who had been in charge of Tengda would know that the so-called Boss Pei did not have any requirements only said that Boss Pei did not have any requirements. However, no one would think that Boss Pei did not have any requests. Boss Peis request was obviously hidden. The people in charge had to think of ways to dig it out themselves! This time, GOGs project team did not even write an application, but Boss Pei still gave them the only and precious share of the profits. This seemed very bizarre, which meant that there must be a deeper meaning behind Boss Pei! Chapter 1404 - Boss Pei Ordered an All-out Attack! Chapter 1404: Boss Pei Ordered an All-out Attack! Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Zhao Xuming thought for a moment and asked, What did the other person-in-charge say? Zhang Nan: They were very envious, but they did not say anything. After all, Boss Pei must have his reasons for giving us this sum of money. Ten million yuan was not a small sum. That was because it was not marketing funds, nor was it subsidizing funds. Instead, it was making profits. The marketing budget was spent to achieve the publicity effect. It was to sell more goods and earn more money. Subsidizing funds was essentially a promotional method. It could be thin profits and quick turnover, or it could expand market share. However, the money that Boss Pei gave this time was very clear. It was called giving profits, which was to give profits to consumers. To put it bluntly, it was free! The usage of marketing funds and subsidies was fixed. They had to see results after spending it. On the other hand, giving profits was not considered results and returns at all. This fund did not consider the marketing effect at all, nor did it consider whether it could be earned back. It was purely to thank players and give players profits. Many other departments were greedy for the money. Yet, GOGs project team did not need this money at all! On one hand, GOGs project team was already the most profitable project team in the entire Tengda Corporation. It had high income to begin with, and the resources and publicity funds that they could use were unmatched in all departments. There was no need to talk about money. Given GOGs current size, any announcement in the game to advertise their own industry would affect millions of players. Therefore, everyone in GOGs project team unanimously thought that they had already developed so well. They had been tilted so much by Tengda Corporations resources. There was no reason for them to snatch such precious funds from other departments. On the other hand, GOG had already done it once before! GOG had organized a money-splitting event before. The response at that time was not bad, but in hindsight, the effect of money-splitting was only that. It might have had some effect on publicity and market expansion, but the effect was not to the extent that it could be clearly felt. Even without this event, GOGs market share and number of active players were rising rapidly. It was also because of these two considerations that Zhang Nan, Eric, and Zhao Xuming reached a consensus. They would not blindly participate in the transfer of profits this time to avoid leaving a bad impression on Boss Pei that they were insatiable. Unexpectedly, Boss Pei took the initiative to give him the money without even submitting the application! Ordinary people would use the funds since they had approved it. There was nothing to worry about. However, to the person-in-charge of Tengda Corporation, this was obviously a signal. This meant that Boss Pei had completely overturned their previous judgment! After some consideration, Zhang Nan said, I think Boss Pei is hinting at something by giving us this sum of money. Our department actually needs this money very much. We even need it more than all the other departments. Otherwise, Boss Pei would definitely not forcefully give us money without us applying for it. Eric and Zhao Xuming nodded in agreement. Indeed, this should be the only reasonable explanation. Boss Pei had always done a perfect job of allocating resources. Sometimes, Boss Pei would invest a huge amount of resources in a field that did not seem important, marginalized, or even unrelated to his current business. On the surface, it looked like a waste of resources. However, after that, almost all cases proved Boss Peis overall vision and foresight. From a local and one-sided point of view, they would naturally think that Boss Peis resource allocation was messy and unreasonable. However, if they looked at the problem from an overall and comprehensive point of view, they would be amazed by Boss Peis powerful layout ability. It looked like there was no plan, but everything was under control. The question is why is this money so important to us? Honestly, I cant think of anything. GOGs current situation is doing well. To us, this sum of money can indeed give profits to players and improve our reputation. However, our reputation is already very good. Theres not much room for improvement. Zhang Nan still could not understand. Eric was silent for a moment before saying, If we have no problem on our own, we have to find the reason from our opponents. Zhang Nans eyes lit up. You mean IOI? Eric nodded and began to analyze seriously. Boss Pei gave us a weapon. That weapon can either greatly improve us or cause huge damage to the enemy. Since the former is impossible, it can only be the latter. Everyone knows that the days after IOIs international competition ended were not good. FV Teams championship made all the preparation work that Finger Games had done in the beginning go to waste. It even made FV Teams transition to GOG popular. Finger Games has been pretending to be dead, and FV Team has not reacted too strongly, so that the anger of domestic players has not been further intensified. However, players have still been lost. Finger Games must do something to salvage the current unfavorable situation. Otherwise, they would be sitting ducks. Zhao Xuming nodded. Yes, that makes sense! However We dont know what Finger Games is preparing to do. They have too many options. There are discounts, promotions for the champion team, or special activities to appease domestic players We cant be sure what they want to do. We cant possibly spy on our old acquaintances, right? Boss Pei will definitely not support this behavior. We have to win fair and square! After some consideration, Zhang Nan said, Its possible to have discounts and promotions, but the possibility of filming a promotional video is negligible. Thats because Finger Games has always disliked FV Team. Its impossible to salvage the domestic players now that theyre sucking up to FV Team. Instead, they look like theyre trash. Whats more, didnt all their hard work to suppress FV Team go to waste? I think that Finger Games will only give FV Team what they deserve and not give unreasonable rewards. They might even do it better and give FV Teams fans and domestic server players a little explanation. They will definitely not give any rewards that they can. The reward that cannot be explained away is actually the champions skin. Zhao Xuming was enlightened. Thats right! Zhang Nan was also preparing the champion skin for GOG, so she naturally thought about this. Eric asked, How long will the champion skin be out? Zhang Nan thought for a moment. GOG will be next month. According to the situation last year, IOIs development speed is similar to ours. However, IOI should be eager to use this opportunity to recover the players lost in the local server this year. Therefore, it might be released next month. I can confirm with FV Club later. They will definitely get the news. Zhao Xuming nodded. Thats the right time! Next month, IOI will release the champion skin. There must be a series of accompanying marketing activities. However, I boldly predict that these activities will definitely not include direct concessions like ours. Eric chuckled. Do we still need to make bold predictions? Dayak Corporation and Finger Games will never be able to give to players without reason like Tengda. This is the nature of the two companies. Zhang Nan: Therefore, at that time, our profit-sharing event would be a killing machine for Finger Games! They would have no way to resist it. Not only that, we can also directly target IOIs activities, greatly reducing their effectiveness, and even achieve the opposite effect. Then, we can prepare to accept IOIs last batch of escapees At this point, all three of them fell silent. After a while, Eric heaved a sigh of relief and said, Boss Pei is indeed Boss Pei. Obviously, he was preparing to kill IOI! Everyone knew that it was better to brave the remaining and chase the poor. However, it was difficult to be so determined when it was really implemented. That was because most people would feel that they had earned enough after winning in stages. They would stop when they were satisfied. However, that was not what Boss Pei was thinking. Whether he continued to attack or not depended not on the results that he had already achieved, but on the enemys movements. So what if they had already achieved great results? If they were more courageous, the results could be expanded! Ill go and prepare the plan now! Zhang Nan turned to leave. Eric and Zhao Xuming quickly began to work. Boss Pei had already given the order to attack. Next, he wanted the entire department to work together and finish everything in one go! January 17th, Thursday Pei Qian had just opened the official games platform on his cell phone when he received a notification. Shang Yang Games new work, Safe and Civilized Driving is about to be released! [Click here to view] Pei Qian could not help but feel energized. Hes finally here! He took a closer look at the time. The game had been released at 8 PM tonight, but the publicity resources had only been released. This further confirmed Pei Qians previous speculation. It must have been Ye Zhizhous first time being in charge of the publicity plan so he must have been flustered. He quickly clicked on it. After going through the tempering of many games, Shang Yang Games was no longer the little sidekick behind Tengda Games. Instead, it had become a developer account that also occupied a place on the official games platform and had a weightage. The official platform had given him enough face this time. The various publicity resources on the platform were quite generous. Shang Yang Games would definitely buy some advertisements on other websites to promote the game. Pei Qian was already used to these. After all, there was nothing he could do to stop this. The key now was what kind of publicity material Shang Yang Games had prepared? As long as the quality of the publicity material was not good, giving more publicity resources would not do much. In any case, it would not be able to promote it. He opened the games details page and quickly noticed some key slogans. Everyone can become a God of Cars! Enjoy the driving without stepping out! Diversified driving experience, highly concentrated driving experience! A reckless driving world with unlimited possibilities! The other comments were similar to the above. Pei Qian felt a little old-fashioned when he saw the first two sentences, but the style was normal. Considering that Ye Zhizhou had no experience in marketing, it was good enough for him to come up with this slogan. At the very least, it showed the selling point of the game truthfully. However, Pei Qian became confused as he read on. Somethings not right.. I havent given Ye Zhizhou any pointers. Chapter 1405 - Ye Zhizhou’s Hopeless Situation Chapter 1405: Ye Zhizhous Hopeless Situation Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Pei Qian was very confused because he felt that this publicity plan seemed to be made by him. The last two sentences were complete lies! Players did not know what kind of game Safe and Civilized Driving was, but Pei Qian knew it very well. The phrase diversified driving experience was still barely acceptable. After all, there were household cars, public buses, and large trucks in the game. There were also various luxurious sports cars and tug-of-war cars. It was not wrong to say that this was a diversified driving experience. The only problem was that most players would not be able to experience the gameplay of various racing cars if their driving skills were not up to standard. However, the slogans became more and more ridiculous. Players would definitely think that the game was very immersive because of the highly focused driving feeling. However, Pei Qian knew that this was saying that the losses from the collision in the game were especially huge, so he had to be very focused. It was even more ridiculous for him to be unscrupulous and have unlimited possibilities. There were indeed unlimited possibilities in the game. You could drive your own car into any strange shape, you could also let your driver receive various hospital bills, and even death notices. If these slogans were combined, gamers would definitely imagine a charging and extremely exciting racing game. However, in fact, Safe and Civilized Driving was a real driving simulator that was similar to driving in reality. One had to be careful when driving on the road and not dare to hit anything at all. Most of the time, one could not drive at all! The feeling of the publicity material and game being mismatched made Pei Qian naturally think of the publicity plan he made for Struggle. It was not right! Such false advertising was obviously useful. At the very least, players would be fooled immediately after playing the game. Of course, Struggles publicity plan failed later on. However, that was an extremely rare accident and could not be regarded as a normal occurrence. Pei Qian was not worried that Safe and Civilized Driving would take the old path of Struggle. After all, the two games genres were completely different. The reality theme of Struggle naturally had more space to be distorted and misunderstood. Safe and Civilized Driving was just a racing game. What confused Pei Qian was why Ye Zhizhou gave him such a publicity plan. Didnt he understand that this publicity method was very disadvantageous for the initial popularity and reputation of the game? I understand now! Hes imitating and making a fool of himself! I want to do the same when I see Struggle becoming popular because of this publicity method. After all, Ye Zhizhou doesnt understand marketing at all, and he cant tell if marketing plans are good or bad. Meng Chang is also washing his hands off. If he wants to come up with a special publicity plan, he can only learn from the past. Then, I made a mistake! I came up with a perfect publicity plan in my heart! At that thought, Pei Qian was elated. What a pleasant surprise! He continued to look through more game promotional material, such as the games promotional video. Indeed, this promotional video also continued this publicity idea. In the video, a sports car was racing wildly on the racing track. The driver was driving in the right direction, pulling the hand brake, lowering the speed of the car, and adding fuel to the fire. All sorts of cool driving skills made peoples blood boil. It was a standard promotional video for racing games. Of course, apart from the images in the game, there were also some external images in the promotional video: After a drive in the game graphics, the scene changed. The driver was actually driving on the safe and civilized driving simulator. The more Pei Qian watched, the happier he became. Something was amiss! He looked at the gamers comments and comments. Indeed, this simulator has a accompanying game! Why didnt you say so earlier? Tengda is finally making a racing game? The Lonely Desert Road: What do you mean finally? I was the one who Somethings not right. Isnt the game called Safe and Civilized Driving? Why is the promotional video filled with racing cars? It doesnt match, right? Perhaps its because the image of the car in the game is too violent that its called Safe and Civilized Driving for easy vetting? Whats more, it also emphasizes that the game is a game and reality is reality, reminding everyone not to bring it in casually. Somethings not right. Tengdas game name has always been very straightforward. Its directly connected to the game content. The game is called Safe and Civilized Driving. Its very likely that the game content is the same. This publicity information is a lie. That cant be. How can the publicity materials lie? Could it be that this game is not a racing game? Instead, it is a torturous game like The Lonely Desert Road? I dont believe it. All in all, theres another reason to choose peripherals. Tengdas games and hardware are invincible together! Theres no need for that, right? Many people dont even use the steering wheel when playing racing games. Arent many big shots keyboards and controllers car gods? I think we have to buy the game to play, but we just have to use the controller. Thats right. Not buying the steering wheel doesnt mean that its not useful. The key is that I cant bear to give it such a huge space. In any case, Ill be eating dust if I buy it. At the very least, the smart fitness drying rack can really work out, but no one would think that racing games can really train driving skills, right Im afraid it would not become useless once they learn it. If they really bring the things in the game into reality, they would probably not be super roadkill. After reading everyones comments, Pei Qian felt much more relaxed. Alright, alright. The response was average. There was no enthusiasm at all! Obviously, everyones expectations and evaluation of Safe and Civilized Driving was still because of Shang Yang Games previous success. It was enough to maintain the current lukewarm popularity. In any case, once the game was released, players would definitely fall for it! At 8 PM that night, in a live-stream room in the standalone game area of Bunny Tail Live-Stream. Zhang Yan started her live-stream as usual. However, unlike before, she had prepared a completely different live-stream content this time: in front of the computer screen of the triplet screen was a set of safe and civilized driving simulators. Whats more, it was a luxurious set with GL seats. Zhang Yan had a good family background and had a wide variety of hobbies. She liked to do live-streams and chat with netizens. Even though not many people were watching live-streams, this feeling was much better than working. Her main job was working in the television station. She might not like this job but she would still be pressured by her parents if she were to resign rashly. Thus, she would only take time out every day after work to broadcast it. From time to time, she would stand them up. Small streamers like her would not be noticed by other large platforms, let alone spend a lot of money to poach her. To Zhang Yan, signing a contract with a large platform meant losing her freedom. Thus, Bunny Tail Live-Stream was the most suitable platform for her. Apart from that, she also liked to drive. Apart from going to work and driving daily, she had also been to professional racing fields a few times. She had roughly learnt drift and other skills. The coach said that she was quite talented. However, racing was a sport that burned both money and time after all. Thus, Zhang Yan was not allowed to do this no matter whether it was economic or family environment. One had to know that the expenses of racing were not something ordinary families with good conditions could afford. One could forget about it without spending millions. The cost of nurturing a top racing player was astronomical. Whats more, even though Zhang Yan had only graduated a year ago and was considered young, she had already started very late for racing drivers. Racing drivers nowadays had been nurtured from a young age. Many children had been training in the car park when they were very young. As time went by, there would definitely be a huge gap between them and half-baked racing drivers. Of course, there were also racing drivers who made a name for themselves midway. However, all of them were extremely talented. Zhang Yan might be quite confident in her driving skills and talent, but this level of confidence obviously did not support her giving up everything to pursue an illusory goal. However, as a hobby, he could still play more racing games. He could also buy some racing simulators. Zhang Yan originally had a leather belt-production steering wheel and pedals made by a foreign game manufacturer. The price was about 4,000 yuan when she bought it. After playing for a period of time, her mood for updating the equipment became even more inflated. That was because after watching the video of the direct motor, the leather steering wheel in his hand felt increasingly weak. However, the foreign direct motor steering was too expensive, which made her very conflicted. Of course, Zhang Yan knew that the equipment would only make people feel better. It would not help to improve driving skills at all. Many professional racing drivers were also using the entry-level game steering simulator. However He could not control it! Especially when she saw that the luxurious set of 9999 yuan for the safe and civilized driving simulator, she could not hold it in anymore. He immediately used his original set of steering wheels twice and decisively placed an order to purchase it. Of course, she did not buy it immediately. Instead, she waited and read the first review online. In any case, this simulator was not lacking in anything. There was no need to worry about not being able to get it. After several veteran domestic simulators unanimously recommended and agreed that it would be profitable to buy it, Zhang Yan finally decided to make a set. In the three or four days after buying it, Zhang Yan ran some of the driving games from before, but the experience was not very good. That was because of the compatibility of the game. It was not that he could not use it, but there were obviously many details that could not be done so perfectly. The original foreign game steering wheel was a classic after all. It was supported by many classic racing simulators. It was very well adjusted, and it was very convenient to press and operate. However, even though the hardware of Otto Technologies steering wheel was good, these foreign racing games did not specially make suitable specifications for it after all. They could only simulate other steering wheels. That would not be able to perfectly show the standard of the hardware. The accompanying game was finally released today! Zhang Yan must have bought it without any hesitation. Chapter 1406 - A Car Accident Full Of Educational Warning Chapter 1406: A Car Accident Full Of Educational Warning Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios The game download was completed after chatting with the audience in the live-stream for a while. There were not many viewers in Zhang Yans live-stream, but they were basically old fans. Their posts were relatively active, so the popularity of the live-stream looked quite good. Whats more, with the recent drainage of GOGs international invitational tournament system, the traffic in Bunny Tails live-stream had improved greatly compared to before. Whats more, viewers who could persevere in learning mode and focus mode every day were basically more kind. The phenomenon of fishing and arguing in the live-stream was much better than other live-stream platforms. Thus, Zhang Yan especially liked the current atmosphere in the live-stream. It would be even better if there were more viewers. Today, Ill broadcast Tengdas new game, Safe and Civilized Driving. Eh? Has anyone already played it? What? This game is quite unfriendly to the mouse and controller? Er Its alright. As a professional racing gamer, Ive already bought the steering wheel and its a luxurious set. What? Youre saying Im a female driver? I can tell at a glance that its a new audience. Im obviously a female car god! Old viewers know that Im very good at racing games. The number of people in the live-stream was constantly increasing. Most of the old viewers who should be here were here. Zhang Yan officially began the game. The first thing he saw after entering the game was the logo on the black screen, including Tengda Corporation, Shang Yang Games and Otto Technologies. Right on the heels of that, the camera panned back, and the black screen slowly turned into a huge screen. At the same time, the camera panned to the drivers side of the car. The black screen logo on the huge screen disappeared. A white line spread out in the middle of the black screen, as if a door had opened in a flash. The beautiful city view entered his eyes. The bustling tall buildings, the traffic on the city road, the highways that extended in all directions, the country roads of golden wheat fields on both sides, the professional racing venue in the outskirts, the tug-of-war racing track Many scenes appeared one after another. From these scenes, the graphics of Safe and Civilized Driving were definitely top-notch. The optimization was not bad either. The most important thing was that it seemed to be different from other racing games. Other racing games basically had a large number of beautiful scenery. There were only two cars on the road, and there were very few cars on the road. Basically, they would only encounter one every now and then. On one hand, it was to slightly increase the difficulty of players so that it would not become a pure racing line. On the other hand, it was also to prevent players from playing so lonely. However, overall, the impact of the cars on the road on players normal driving would definitely be minimized. However, in the scenes presented by the opening CG of Safe and Civilized Driving, the traffic was much denser than in other games. Whats more, the road plan was the same as in reality. There were many car lanes. There were all sorts of cars on the city road, but they were mainly home-made cars. The tall buildings on both sides looked very real. He felt that the art teams work in the citys scenery was not inferior to the beautiful environment in the wild. There are so many cars? It should only be the program effect of the opening CG. It looks very lively. For a racing game to have so many cars, Ill be thankful if theres no traffic. How can we race then? This initial car what car is it? Ive never seen this interior. It might be an original car model of the game. Thats normal. In reality, car license fees are too high. If its worth it, well buy it. If its not worth it, well modify it. Thats normal. However, a racing game does not have many classic car models in reality. I have to say that it hurts a little. In any case, they were watching the opening CG. They had not really entered the game yet. Zhang Yan only commented casually. Many outstanding racing games would cooperate with real car manufacturers to buy the license of these car models. For players, would they not be able to afford luxury cars in the game? Even if they had to spend money, it would be quite worth it to experience the driving feeling of luxury cars with ten yuan. Thus, the luxury car type that existed in reality was an important factor that attracted players to many racing games. However, there were also some games that could not afford or could not buy the license for various realistic car models. The only way was to modify. The cars brand name was changed, and the appearance and interior design of the car were slightly modified. However, players who knew cars would still be able to roughly distinguish which car it was. That would achieve similar effects. However, this was ultimately a bit of a marginalization and was not the best solution. There was only one reason why he could not afford the authorization. There might be all sorts of reasons why he was not willing to buy it. For example, he felt that the authorization price was not worth it; He felt that it was not worth it to advertise for the car merchants because he felt that his game was very impressive. The game might cause a certain negative impact on these cars by repeatedly trampling them so the car merchants were not willing to sell them. He could buy the authorization, but he wanted to create a completely virtual game world, and so on. Zhang Yan did not pay much attention to this because she noticed that there seemed to be some brands that existed in reality in CG. However, most of the cars were modified. Perhaps it was because most of the funds had been spent on the game and had not deliberately bought the license of a large number of cars. After showing the scenery in the game, the camera switched back to the big screen to show the full picture of the car that players were currently controlling. This should also be a car that had been modified in the game. However, Zhang Yan did not have much research on the various car models, so she did not recognize its original model. She only knew that it was a super sports car with a very handsome appearance. At the same time, a simple operation notification appeared on the big screen in front of him. The system had automatically detected that Zhang Yan was using a safe and civilized driving simulator. Thus, it would automatically teach according to the buttons of the simulator. The accelerator, brake, clutch, switch, brake, and other buttons were all operated in turn, and the screen briefly explained their purpose. These were very basic concepts for people who understood driving skills. However, it was also possible that someone who had never touched a car in reality and knew nothing about this knowledge would play this game for the first time? Thus, simple science was necessary. Of course, for players who did not understand at all, the system would also very considerately ask if it should be changed to an automatic mode. Even though most of the functions of the simulator, hand brake, and slot would not be used, it was obviously more important for new players to let the car run normally. Changing perspectives and other operations were all integrated onto the console of the set meal. It was very convenient. If not for this console, he would have to use the keyboard or the key on the controller. Zhang Yan had a full set of luxury equipment. Of course, she had to set it up as the perspective of the steering wheel in the car so that she could obtain the best sense of immersion. After teaching a simple operation, the last step was to step on the accelerator and charge towards the game world on the big screen in front of him. Zhang Yan was very excited. She stepped on the accelerator and hit the big screen! Everything transmigrated in an instant and arrived at the city road that he had seen previously. The tall buildings on both sides quickly passed by. The moment they entered, it was night time. There were not many cars on the wide three-lane road. There were only a few other sports cars scattered in all directions, seemingly racing against Zhang Yans car. Zhang Yan immediately became excited. Im familiar with this scene! It was just the warm-up and racing segment of the game. This segment was actually to let players adapt to the driving hand sensitivity in the game as soon as possible. They would remember the keys that they had just learned. At the same time, players would immerse themselves in the game as soon as possible through the exciting competition. This competition segment should not be long. It should be done in a few minutes before entering the official game segment. Sports cars sped by, with cameras and cameras flashing above the road. Its quite realistic. Zhang Yan could not help but feel emotional. This game actually made these unimportant details. However, just as she was daydreaming, she subconsciously reduced her car speed. She saw another sports car speeding past the car beside her, instantly surpassing her. How could anyone tolerate that? Zhang Yan stepped on the accelerator to the end and drove back! It had to be said that the performance of the sports car was really good. The acceleration was indeed fast. Whats more, even though the GL seat could not simulate the exaggerated GL strength of the real car, it still had a back pushing feeling. Whats more, it was very consistent with the response of the accelerator. This made Zhang Yan feel even more nervous. However, both cars were super sports cars after all. They were very fast. It was very difficult to surpass them in a straight line. Zhang Yan was even more regretful now. If she had not been distracted by the speed monitor above her just now and subconsciously loosened the accelerator to reduce the car speed, she would still be leading the way now. However, he would still have a chance to overtake them as long as he held on tightly. Finally, there was a turn in front of them. Zhang Yan had estimated that the turn would slow down. She was prepared to drift beautifully and overtake them! However, the moment she turned the steering wheel, she realized that something was amiss. First of all, the brake lights of the front car were switched on, and the speed of the car decreased much faster than she had expected. Secondly, she realized that the control of this car was completely different from what she had imagined. The car did not drift smoothly like she had expected. Instead, there was a serious push. The front wheel slipped, causing the turnaround to be insufficient! Bang! There was a loud bang. Zhang Yans car hit the butt of the front car solidly. The two cars were severely deformed under the huge impact. Their parts shattered on the ground, and then hit the roadside guardrails. That was not the end. The collision of the two cars almost blocked the entire road. The few sports cars that followed behind naturally did not manage to brake in time and collided one after another! Zhang Yan was in the cars perspective. She only saw the safety balloon pop out and felt the steering wheel and the intense vibration of the GL seat. Then, the perspective quickly drifted away. She did not know how many cars had hit her butt. Finally, everything stopped, but the image stopped moving. No matter how Zhang Yan stepped on the accelerator and turned the steering wheel, there was no reaction. The screen gradually darkened. Chapter 1407 - Second Place In The Game?! Chapter 1407: Second Place In The Game?! Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Zhang Yan was stunned. Something was amiss, right? If it was in other racing games, they would only touch it and chase after it. At most, they would hit the engine cover and run, right? The game should even provide the option to close the car tire or flash back and run again? Wasnt this the newbie teaching stage? Why did it end with a serial collision? Or perhaps, this was a plot kill? Thats not right. The car hit me because of my control mistake. If I had driven the car honestly and did not want to overtake the car, this should not have happened, right? Zhang Yans mind was filled with question marks. She could not understand the current situation. Immediately after, the black screen lit up and a news video was broadcasted. At 8:07 PM on 17th, Jingzhous traffic police department received a report from the masses that a traffic accident happened during a car chase. We have found that seven cars are suspected of being in pursuit. The cars involved in the case were arranged to drive in the nearby road on that night. Two of the cars collided at the corner, causing the cars to chase after them continuously, causing two to die, four to be severely injured, and one to be lightly injured. At the moment, the injured are still being treated in the hospital. The police have already investigated the suspected crime of driving in a car. The case is still being processed. The chase caused a major traffic accident. Nature is bad and severely affects road transportation and the lives of citizens. A few drivers have already constituted a dangerous driving crime. It might even constitute a traffic crime and endanger public safety with a dangerous method. I believe they will definitely be severely punished by the law! Zhang Yan looked at the news broadcast on the screen in disbelief, her face filled with doubts. What was going on? She looked at the time. Wasnt it 8:07 on the 17th? Doesnt that mean I caused the car accident? Obviously, he had read the current time in the game directly. If there was a real-time report, the educational significance would be maximized on the spot. All of this was quite natural and logical. The car accident caused two deaths and four serious injuries. That was already a very serious accident. They would not be able to take the exam in their lifetime, let alone revoke their drivers license. It was normal for them to be sentenced to a few years after being treated. Zhang Yan knew these very well because she had learned them during the drivers license test. However, the problem was this was a game! Was there a need to make the game so realistic?! The photos used in the news were obviously real scenes in the game. Several cars had been hit until they were scattered. The entire car had been indented or unrecognizable. It was as miserable as possible. It was a stark contrast to other racing games where even if they clashed seven or eight times at high speed, the hood would only fly off and the car would continue to drive. The game continued, and a line of words appeared on the black screen: Two years later. It was still the first-person perspective on the drivers seat. However, Zhang Yan realized that the interior design of the entire car had changed. It was no longer the luxurious sports cars internal design. Instead, it had become a torn and old internal design. On closer inspection, it looked familiar. Eh, isnt this a coach car, oh no, an examination car? He looked up and saw the examination hall for subject two. In the game, the driver took out a wallet from his pocket and opened it. There was a family of four on it. His parents smiled kindly. The two sisters were very beautiful. Two years ago, my sister passed away from racing. The new car that she bought was completely scrapped before it could even repay the loan. The racing competition caused a major safety accident, so the insurance company did not pay for it. We could only bear with our sorrow and continue to repay all the car loans. Thats why I keep reminding myself to take the drivers license well and learn about safe and civilized driving. I wont make the same mistake as my sister. After keeping his wallet, an interviewer came over to indicate that the exam could start. A notification started appearing on the screen, guiding players to complete the examination for subject two. Zhang Yan looked confused. This Theres something wrong with the game, isnt there? She paused the game and searched for other gamers comments on it online. Then, he roughly understood the specific principle of the games opening. At the beginning, it looked like a serious racing car on the surface, but it was actually fishing. Previously, Zhang Yan had seen the speed camera taking photos. She had thought that the game would be so realistic. It had even produced a useless speed camera and really took photos. Of course, many other racing games also had speed cameras. However, they were all used to farm data for players. The higher the speed of the car, the better the reward. Thus, Zhang Yan did not pay much attention to it. Now, he knew that this speed probe really knew how to measure speed and would really be fined! Different players would have different endings. Some players had already discovered that players at the initial stages had a default character. This default character had a luxury car that was still on loan and had a certain amount of savings. If he did not drive with other luxury cars but ran the entire 10 minutes calmly without speeding or default, he could keep his drivers license, inherit all his savings, and not change his character. If he was caught by a camera but did not get into an accident and finished the entire journey, he would only receive a speeding fine and deduct points. If the collision was not serious, he could find an insurance company to compensate. However, he would have to spend more money to increase the insurance premium. Of course, it could also be that the car behind caught up to him or that he hit the fence and caused the driver to be injured. Specifically, if it was the responsibility of the back car, he would pay for the medical expenses. If it was his own responsibility, he would pay for the medical expenses. However, most players did not have any of the above outcomes. That was because they were all like Zhang Yan, they started racing once they started! How could he not drive if he did not have the skills? Once they hit the car, the game process would end immediately. At this speed, it would be a dangerous drive. They would either die or be severely injured. Then, the car would be scrapped. The insurance company would not compensate them. If the protagonist was still alive and his drivers license was not revoked, he would be able to skip the first stage of the test. After all, if he could still insist on following the traffic rules and driving to the end point under such circumstances, there would basically be no need for another drivers license test. However, if the protagonist was severely injured or died, or his drivers license was permanently revoked, the protagonist would be his brother or sister. The specific gender would depend on the gender verified on the players Tengda Games account to strengthen the sense of immersion. Zhang Yan was speechless. She suddenly had the urge to delete her account and practice again. Wasnt that a scam? You did not tell me to follow the traffic rules in the game at first. In the end, the collision caused such a huge loss? However, on further thought, she could not blame the game designer. That was because he did not encourage racing. She subconsciously felt that she was racing. Whats more, Zhang Yan checked. If there were zero accidents at the beginning and they reached the end point, they could indeed avoid some losses. However, there would not be such an irreversible difference between this worst start. They would be able to make up for it after playing for a few hours. It was quite difficult and boring to start the entire process safely without any reason. It might not be friendly to the audience if they were to run one more time. The audience obviously wanted to see the drivers license test more. Forget it, forget it. Ill try out the drivers license test first. I actually took a drivers license in a racing game. Its really Zhang Yan looked at her own steering wheel, the full metal pedals that simulated the real feet, and then at the cool GL seats. She felt that something was amiss with this style. The cool exterior did not match the game at all! However, he had no other choice. Since the audience loved to see his drivers license, so be it! The first was to go into the warehouse. There were also subtle differences in the drivers license examinations in different cities. Even the examinations in different examination halls in the same city were different. For example, the car loading project might be the first or the second. The game was based on Jingzhous drivers license test. However, most of the projects were similar. 10 minutes later Reverse the car to enter the warehouse and qualify. 100 marks will be deducted. If you fail the exam, please continue to work hard. Zhang Yan looked at the computer screen silently, her expression becoming blank. Both of her chances were wasted! She had not expected this situation. That was because she passed the test on her first try. He did not expect to fail in the game! Of course, the reason was not the game but herself. That was because the drivers coach had told her to look at various lines and memorize the inverted bank when she applied for the drivers license previously. She had also looked at the inverted image when she drove. In the end, the examination car in the game did not have a reverse image at all. There were no lines taught by the coach at all. It could not be done at all! In the game, the in reverse car entering the warehouse was basically based on strength. Looking at the left and right side mirror to determine the trajectory of the car wheels, then comparing it with the warehouses side line, adjusting the angle of the steering wheel, and then pouring it in continuously. Whats more, Zhang Yan realized that the more difficult things were not only the backlog, but also the subsequent projects! Take the S curve for example. It would be very easy if he had to memorize the mnemonic taught by the coach, find a line, and know how many directions to play in advance. However, if he did not have these mnemonics and relied on feeling to turn the corner, the difficulty would be very high! Whats more, Zhang Yan had used the steering wheel and pedals. The steering wheels turn was much more precise than the mouse and controller. The pedals could also control the cars speed to the best speed that they needed. If this was a controller and keyboard, how could he pass the subjective examinations? Wasnt this fooling around? It was no wonder that there were bullet screen comments previously saying that this game was very unfriendly to the mouse and controller. The operation needed to test the drivers license was not something that the mouse and controller could easily do! The bullet screen comments in the live-stream were filled with joy seeing the streamer fail the subject at the speed of two lights. Good lord, is a driving game more difficult than driving in reality? Its so ridiculous to change the protagonist directly after he died at the opening ceremony! All of a sudden, I feel like this game is quite fun. I want to try it out and challenge myself! The steering wheel is indeed much better than the controller. You all think that the streamer is very lousy at laning the line, but I cant even drive to the warehouse with the controller! Lets not talk about it. Ill also set up a steering package to play with! Zhang Yan was stunned when she saw the bullet screen comments. What was going on? Shouldnt he have been dissuaded? Why did everyone seem to be interested in this game? Chapter 1408 - Becoming A Game Of Suffering Chapter 1408: Becoming A Game Of Suffering Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios A good racing game had become a torturous game. Zhang Yan was not willing to give up. She did not believe in the supernatural and tried other methods. He tried using the keyboard and controller but finally returned to the steering wheel. That was because it was more difficult to use the keyboard and controller! Of course, as a qualified racing game, Safe and Civilized Driving had also adjusted the keyboard and controller so that players could better control the car. This was the basic optimization that all racing games had to do. That was because the keyboard and controller lacked the precision of the steering wheel. For example, the keyboard could only be beaten to the left, beaten to the right, stepped on the accelerator to the end, and stepped on the brake to the end. At this time, if they wanted to make a precise turn and drift, they had to rely on the optimization of the game itself to make it easier for players to achieve their true goal. Even so, it was still very difficult! That was because this was subject two, not top laner driving. The road was very wide. It would not be a problem as long as they followed the traffic rules and walked according to the signs. However, the second requirement of the subject was high precision control of the car. Many old chauffeurs who had been driving for many years suddenly had to go back for subject examination. It was very difficult for them to adapt at once, much less newbies. At most, they would familiarize themselves much faster than newbies, but this familiar process could not be omitted. Could he pass the subject number two in Safe and Civilized Driving with a keyboard and controller? He could pass, but he needed very good driving skills. Take the car that was placed in the warehouse for example. He had to seriously observe the rear-view mirror, guess the trajectory of the car wheels, and make minor adjustments to this trajectory. The slight adjustment alone could dissuade many impatient players. That was because it was much more difficult to make minor adjustments using the keyboard and controller. The method of driving the school was actually a test. Most students did not really know how far away the inverted car was from the warehouse. They only remembered the signs by rote memorization. In reality, many people still had to rely on the inverted car images. On the other hand, the inverted version of the game did not have those signs. It depended on the players strength. Of course, perhaps game designers thought that this operation was indeed very difficult, so they maintained a certain level of pity for players: players could choose to use other perspectives to pass the drivers license test, such as the car tail view. That way, the difficulty level would greatly decrease. However, Zhang Yan did not believe it. She would use the perspective of the car to complete the exam! After all, there was no such thing as a car tail perspective in reality. Whats more, some people on the internet had already passed the drivers license test and were sharing it. According to them, the system would record the passing of the drivers license with different equipment and perspectives. The inside and tail view were two different records. Obviously, the value of the drivers license test in the car would be higher. Zhang Yan continued to try stubbornly. Fortunately, this was a game and not reality. There was no need to ask for examinations repeatedly. If you could not pass the examinations, you could continue to do so until you passed. As the sound of failing the exam, please continue to work hard continued, Zhang Yan felt that her driving skills were improving bit by bit. She recalled a lot of knowledge during the drivers license test and many muscle memory were stimulated. Finally, after six or seven tries, she successfully passed the subject test! What surprised her was that the projects in the drivers license examinations that seemed to have been given for free previously had instead caused her trouble. For example, the straight corner and S bend. Previously, when she was taking the drivers license, she had directly memorized them. Now, there was no point to refer to. Instead, she would not. If she was not careful, she would press the line. There were three subjects and four subjects after the examinations. The subject three was much simpler. It was to drive normally on the top lane and follow the instructions on the screen to make right turns, overtake cars, and other corresponding operations. It should not be difficult to use the keyboard and controller, much less the steering wheel. It was much easier than subject two. After subject three, there was subject four, which was related to safe and civilized driving and road transportation rules. In the game, the first subject and subject four were actually combined into one. Whats more, these examination projects were not called subject two, subject three, or subject four. Instead, they were called venue driving skills examination, road driving skills examination, and transport rules and safe and civilized driving knowledge. The number of questions had also been reduced. There were only 50 questions. This should be to streamline the game process. Otherwise, the game experience would be terrible if players passed the subjective examination right from the start. After all, many players had not memorized the subject before. They had to browse the questions or ask Qiandu first. That would make the game experience too bad. Many old chauffeurs would still be able to easily pass the subject, but answering so many questions would still severely affect the game experience. There were still 50 questions after all! First, he had to take subject two and subject three. At the very least, the players were driving. However, Zhang Yan seriously doubted that it would be of any use and whether it would have the opposite effect. That was because it was much more difficult than memorizing questions for subject one and subject two! Wasnt putting the subject matter at the front to dissuade players? Still, no matter what, he had finally gotten his drivers license! Zhang Yan heaved a sigh of relief, feeling a sense of achievement from the bottom of her heart. Of course, this sense of achievement could not be compared to the sense of achievement of obtaining a driving book in real life. After all, this was a game, but there was a very special feeling. She was extremely confident! That was because there was a certain degree of compatible education in reality. Many subjects had to be memorized by heart, and the exam in Safe and Civilized Driving relied on hard skills to pass. Thus, after passing the drivers test in reality, it might still be a little difficult to get on the road. Some people might even need the old driver to accompany them. However, in the game, Zhang Yan felt that she had no problem at all. She could definitely go steadily! After obtaining the drivers license, Zhang Yan obtained a starting sum of 240,000 yuan in the game. She was free to choose a home car. Zhang Yan took a look. The car models that could be chosen were not as rich as in reality. About 70% of them were fictitious brands, but she could vaguely recognize their original models in reality. The remaining 30% were existing brands. Obviously, they had been authorized, but most of them were domestic car manufacturers. There were only a few foreign manufacturers, and they were not famous brands. There were no columns of parameters like in other games when choosing cars. They clearly displayed the control, acceleration, and other content with direct graphs. Instead, they used the parameters data when buying cars in reality. Of course, due to the price restrictions, these car types were basically domestic cars and SUV cars. There were no sports cars, and their appearance were similar. With a budget of 240,000 yuan, there were not many car models to choose from. Whats more, it would be best if he could not spend all 240,000 yuan. The official notification said that he could earn more money in the future. However, he had to keep some money in his account for emergencies such as punishment and compensation for accidents. He could have a certain amount of credit and delay time, but he had to pay it back in the end. Zhang Yan felt like she was having difficulty choosing. There was no need to be so picky when the budget was enough. In any case, they could just buy the classic models of those branded cars. They would not be much worse in all aspects. However, it would be very awkward when the budget was short. That was because there would always be such or such small flaws in these car models. It was either insufficient motivation, slightly less safe, or it did not look good on the surface In short, there was not enough budget. These would definitely not be able to be done in all aspects. Instead, it would stimulate Zhang Yans difficulty in choosing. A mini legendary car? Wow, I really want to buy this. It must be very easy to park such a small car. Whats more, the accompanying version is only about 40,000 yuan! Sigh, but would buying this car affect the subsequent game process? Its cheap, but its performance is a little too weak. Forget it, Ill think about a safer choice. Eh? Isnt this the Volkswagen Passat? The price is quite suitable. The new business version is 190,000 yuan. Coupled with car insurance and miscellaneous expenses, its just within the budget. Theres still some urgent money left. Thats it! Zhang Yan looked at a few car models and some cars with new energy. In the end, she chose the current reputation of the Passat as her first car. Of course, that was not the name of the game. The cars logo had also been slightly modified. However, one could roughly see its prototype. This car might not be suitable for girls to drive but it was said that in this game, one could make money by running online and asking for a car. This car was very suitable. If he really bought a god-like car, he would have a lot of fun driving it. However, would the cost of driving it be very low? It would be awkward if the same mileage made very little money. Whats more, the car MINE was too cheap after all. It would not be very safe. In the future, they would not dare to go on the expressway even if they wanted to run a long distance job. After all, in this game, driving was both work and entertainment. The first car would satisfy work needs first and ensure a certain degree of business and safety. Once he saved some money, he would seek higher pursuits. After choosing various combinations and decorations according to his own preferences, he could drive directly to the top lane. The license plates were also automatically installed. Whats more, players were allowed to customize them freely. They were made up of random copies, alphabets, and numbers. It was a game after all. That saved Zhang Yan a lot of trouble. It even gave Zhang Yan the illusion that everything was going so smoothly. On further thought, shouldnt that be the case?! This was just a game! Perhaps it was because the drivers license examinations had been too torturous that Zhang Yan felt grateful when it was slightly more convenient later on. After driving on the road, Zhang Yans first thought was awesome! This feeling was very different from other racing games. Other racing games had been racing on the top lane from the beginning. It was indeed satisfying, but the subsequent experience had not improved much. It was just more complicated racing lanes and faster-racing enemies. However, Safe and Civilized Driving was different. It was the first time they were on the road after receiving the drivers license. For some reason, they felt nervous and apprehensive. Whats more, they did not even touch it after running for a while! One had to know that it was inevitable for Zhang Yan to drive in other games. Chapter 1409 - Don’t Drive If You Are Fatigued Chapter 1409: Dont Drive If You Are Fatigued It would also give people a sense of satisfaction to not have any friction even though they were a long distance away! There were several reasons why there were no such small clashes in Safe and Civilized Driving. First of all, Zhang Yan had been traveling between subject two and subject three miles for a long time before officially starting the game. She was very familiar with various operations. Thus, it was not easy for her to make mistakes after she went on the road. Secondly, the car was an ordinary home car. It was not a sports car. It did not have enough motivation and the speed of the car was not that fast. Whats more, there was a traffic restriction. It was impossible to race even if they wanted to. The last was about his consciousness. Zhang Yan knew very well that according to the nature of this game, if there was a bump on the car, it would definitely cost money to repair it. Even if they bought insurance, the premium would definitely increase after the risk. Thus, he drove very carefully. In fact, if other driving games were careful enough, they could not touch it. However, most people did not have the patience. Whats more, there was no need to worry about whether to touch it or not. At first, Zhang Yan felt quite aggrieved. Why did she have to drive in the game like in reality? However, after driving for a while, Zhang Yan found that she slowly adapted to this feeling. That was because not touching it once would give people a sense of achievement! It would give people the illusion that Im very good at driving or even the car controls in this game are very good. Driving and stumbling in other games would be rare in Safe and Civilized Driving. Does this mean that my driving skills have improved? Does it mean that the game Safe and Civilized Driving is closer to the real driving experience? This feeling made people feel that Safe and Civilized Driving was different from ordinary racing games. After driving for a while to satisfy herself, Zhang Yan could not help but want to experience more game content. She took a look. There were many ways to make money in the game, but they were basically related to driving. The most basic thing was to use his own car to drive an internet car. He would follow the mileage and run back and forth in the city. Other times, they would be able to receive urgent work that required them to travel a long distance. They would drive their own cars to drive their customers to another city nearby. Such work would take a long time. If they gave up halfway, they would not be able to get money. However, the benefits would obviously be much higher. There were also substitute drivers. It was similar to the game of driving internet cars. However, there might be all sorts of cars. They might be addicted to driving luxury cars. Higher levels were long-distance delivery and long-distance passenger transportation. These two types were similar to long-distance running. They also required a long time and could not be given up halfway. Whats more, long-distance delivery and long-distance passenger transport had to complete other exam projects. Of course, it could also be regarded as a newbie teaching. He could choose to buy his own truck or work as a driver for others. However, his profits would definitely decrease greatly if he was a driver. He still had to have his own car to earn more money. Zhang Yan felt that it would definitely be more difficult for her to get a drivers license for a large car after taking the exam for so long. Thus, she temporarily dismissed this idea. The highest level was the venue competition and tug-of-war. In order to carry out this game segment, one also had to pass the examinations. Some racing tracks had to run for as many minutes before they could participate. If they won, the bonus would indeed be very generous. However, the car damage and tire losses from daily training required a certain amount of financial resources to support. If his driving skills were not good enough and he could not get a bonus from the competition, it would be pure burning money. The system design in the game was not strictly adhered to in reality. Instead, it was adjusted. First of all, the time was greatly shortened. Ordinary cars would drive for about five to ten minutes. Long-distance driving was also divided into short-distance, mid-distance, and long distance. Short-distance was usually 30 minutes, one hour in the middle, and more than one hour in the long distance. During this period, they could rest in the service area. The game could also be suspended. The map was definitely not strictly following the real map. Instead, it was shrinking in comparison. After all, if the long distance really was seven or eight hours, most players would not be able to take it. There was no need. Of course, he earned more in the game. He could earn a few hundred yuan from a trip to the internet cafe. In other words, he could earn thousands of yuan per five minutes of travel. It would be even more profitable if it was a long distance. He could earn tens of thousands of yuan per hour. If he ran the racing track, he could earn hundreds of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even more from each competition. However, there was no limit to how much money he could spend in this game. If he violated the rules, he would have to deduct points and fines. He could continue to drive after deducting points. However, if he violated the rules again, he would have to double the fines. The more he punished, the more he would be punished. If there was an accident to the car, he would not have to pay for it himself if the insurance was to compensate. However, if the insurance did not compensate, he could only pay for the car out of his own pocket. It was not a small number to repair. The biggest expenditure was buying new cars, more expensive household cars, more expensive trucks, and more expensive racing cars It was all money. Of course, if he was more confident in himself, he could also lend. However, the loan in the game could not be default. Money would be deducted directly from his account at fixed times. All in all, the gameplay of this game was to drive normally. As much as possible, avoid accidents, earn more money, and earn more money to buy better cars. Of course, during this process, he would also constantly improve his driving skills. If one was very confident in their driving skills, they could go to the racing track. That would make the most money. If they were not confident in their driving skills, they would not be able to drift or run the racing track. That would not matter. It would not matter if they opened long distance cars and large trucks to make money. It would ensure that the road was safe and peaceful. That was also a gameplay. Zhang Yan had thought that she would get sick of it if she kept driving the internet cafe. However, after playing for a while, she realized that she was not tired of it at all. Instead, she was very excited! That was because compared to other racing games, even though the game fun on the surface was different, the deeper game fun was the same. Other driving games might look like they were driving wildly on the surface, but in fact, they were also running more racing lanes, obtaining better rankings, earning money to buy more cars. This cycle continued. On the other hand, on the surface, Safe and Civilized Driving was a proper way of driving. However, in fact, it was also to drive more routes and earn more money to buy a car. That was the cycle. In other words, apart from the fun part of driving, they were all using systems to drive players actions. Other racing games seemed to have different racing lanes, but they were actually similar to ordinary players. In order to pursue faster speed and a better ranking, they blindly accelerated. In the end, they frequently bumped into each other. This experience was not very good. Of course, there was no need to talk about the real big shots. They were equally impressive in any racing game. On the other hand, Safe and Civilized Driving was also traveling on different city routes. Every time they arrived at a new place, Zhang Yan would focus on driving and maintain zero accidents. Every time she sent customers to their destination and saw the increase in her account balance, she would feel a sense of happiness from the bottom of her heart. This numerical driving sense of achievement was similar to some simulated management games. It was even stronger than other racing games! Three hours passed unknowingly. Zhang Yan yawned and looked at the 50,000 yuan in her account. She felt like a hamster enjoying his winter. Previously, he had more than 20,000 yuan left from buying the car. After running for three hours, he had earned nearly 30,000 yuan. A notification popped up on the screen, reminding Zhang Yan that she would be exhausted after driving for four hours. She had to rest in time. Zhang Yan looked at the time. It was not four hours yet. They could still make one more order. However, the order he received this time was different from before. It was a long distance order! The estimated travel time for this order was 1 hour and 15 minutes. If it was completed, he would be able to earn more than 40,000 yuan! Zhang Yan could not help but feel energized. Theres life! Running for an hour was more profitable than running for three hours previously! There were not many long distance jobs like this for taxis. They were randomly refreshed. Once they gave up, they would not know when they would meet again. If she wanted to earn money by running a long distance regularly, she had to pass the drivers license examinations for large passenger cars or large vans. Then, she had to run long distance passenger transport or long distance passenger transport. Zhang Yan had no plans to take the exam yet. Thus, she cherished this opportunity. Ill persevere for one more hour. Its not a big problem. Zhang Yan immediately took the job. Then, she ran to the designated location to pick up the customers and began to run on the high-speed. Such a long distance order route was randomly generated. Not all of them ran on high-speed, but they would also sometimes go to various provincial roads. Comparatively, the high-speed would definitely be more spacious and easier to run on. However, the scenery would not be much better. On the other hand, the provincial road could also look at the scenery on both sides of the road. Their mood would be more pleasant. Of course, Zhang Yan did not care about this difference at all. All she cared about now was earning money. There were not many cars on the expressway. It was very monotonous to drive in one direction. Zhang Yan yawned as she drove. Soon, she felt her focus plummeting. She might not sleep immediately but her brain was not very sharp. At that moment, she suddenly saw a huge truck that had broken down because of an accident in front of her. Perhaps he was too distracted previously. Perhaps he had not seen the warning sign at all because he had just broken down. AH! Zhang Yan was shocked. She quickly stepped on the brake, but it was too late! She did not dare to hit the steering wheel because she was afraid that the car would flip 360 degrees. Thus, she only hit a small direction. In the end, she hit a standard 25% default collision and hit the protective fence behind the truck. Fortunately, the protective fence of this large truck had been strengthened. It was not like many large trucks that had cut corners and entered directly under the car after touching it. Unfortunately, even with the guardrails, the impact was still firm! There was a loud bang, and all the air bags in the car exploded. The screen went black again. Ah! My zero accident! Zhang Yan was frustrated. She should have gone to rest instead of driving because of fatigue! Great, now he did not earn forty thousand yuan and he even hit a car, what a loss! Whats more, this car collision was obviously his full responsibility. Insurance would definitely pay but it was hard to say how much would require to be spent for medical expenses. He hoped that there would be a corresponding deduction for the medical expenses in the game. Otherwise, if he were to spend a million yuan on medical expenses, he would be finished. However, to Zhang Yans surprise, she received a death notice instead of a medical bill! Chapter 1410 - Headshot In A Car Accident? Chapter 1410: Headshot In A Car Accident? Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios What whats going on? Zhang Yan was at a loss. She had thought that the worst case scenario would be severe injury. She had not expected to die so quickly! Logically speaking, she had stepped on the brake when she realized that she was about to hit it. The car might not have slowed down completely, but considering that there was a crash beam, a safety air bag, and the safety belt, she should not have died directly under the protection of various safety measures, right? It would have been fine if the god-like car Mini had crashed into it and died on the spot. After all, the safety of a car that cost more than 30,000 yuan could not be counted on. No one would drive this thing at high-speed. However, Zhang Yan bought a Passat that cost more than 200,000 yuan! This brands car had always been famous for the sound of the car door closing. Of course, Zhang Yan did not understand these. She only said this after reading some posts online: The sound of the car door closing was very loud, which meant that the steel used was more solid. Then, the safety would definitely be more reliable. Yet, what was the result? How was it reliable? Fortunately, the game was very benevolent. It even allowed players to watch the death flashback so that players could die clearly. The death notice said that the head, neck, legs, and other parts of the body were severely damaged, especially the head and neck. There was basically no possibility of disability because they would die directly. It would be clearer from the cars remains. The beautiful new car had become a scrapped car. The most eye-catching thing was that the cars A column had almost broken. It had a very obvious invasion of the drivers seat space. It would definitely cause a serious squeeze to the passengers in the car. That way, it was not surprising that the drivers legs, feet, and other parts were severely damaged. Thats not right either. If his legs or feet were severely injured, he would at most be amputated. He would still be able to survive, right? Zhang Yan was still confused. Of course, no one was willing to make a choice between death and severe injury. Everyone wanted to be safe. However, if they had to choose, they would definitely try their best to keep their lives. Even though he would save on medical expenses if he were to die he would have nowhere to spend the medical expenses if he were to lose his life. Zhang Yan looked again. Good lord, this game not only had death data, but also a death replay! In the replay of the accident, Zhang Yan clearly saw the entire process of the car accident. The truck in front of him suddenly had a flat tire, causing the car to lose control and stop on the road. Everything happened so suddenly that the driver did not have the time to put the warning logo on it. Zhang Yan did not observe the road situation because of her fatigue. It was already too late when she realized it. She still hit it firmly even though she stepped on the brake. The main point was after they hit it. Zhang Yan watched the entire collision in slow motion, wanting to know where the severe injury to the head and neck came from. Logically speaking, even though he was wearing a seatbelt and there was a safety balloon in the car, it should have a very good buffer effect, right? It shouldnt be that the safety balloon did not pop out and his head hit the windscreen, right? However, after taking a closer look at the video, Zhang Yan was stunned. After the violent collision, the safety air bag indeed sprang out. However, perhaps because the A column was severely deformed or because of the drivers cabin invasion, the safety air bag did not catch the drivers face! This caused the drivers head to pass by the airbag and hit the broken and severely-invasive column A! As for the side safety air bag, Im sorry, there is no side safety air bag for this car model. Of course, he might have considered not scaring the children, so he did not cause them to bleed. The driver looked like a dummy. However, just seeing this scene was enough to imagine how much damage it would cause in reality. He must have exploded on the spot. His face was unrecognizable, and his neck had been crushed. There was no need to look up to him. He might as well cremate him. This is too ridiculous! Zhang Yan could not accept this. There was a safety air bag but it did not catch the drivers head? That was unheard of! Whats more, the Passat, which always boasted about its own safety, ended up like this. Was the game really not being despicable? The car was gone, and so was the person. The only good news was that the tens of thousands of yuan left behind by the previous account could be inherited after the new account was opened for training. Whats more, since there was no violation of the rules for the new account, the new account did not need to test the drivers license again. However, the starting sum was not 240,000, but 200,000. Obviously, even though he could inherit the assets of the previous account after opening the new account, the initial funds would be reduced. After a few times, it should be reduced to the lowest value, such as 50,000 or 80,000. Then, he would have very few cars to buy. He would still have to save money from scratch. This should be to prevent people from deliberately creating car accidents to spend money. Each time, they would buy a car that cost tens of thousands. After dying, they would inherit the remaining money to their next account. Then, they would repeatedly hit and swipe. Whats more, this preferential treatment could only be given to car accidents caused by normal driving. If they took the initiative to violate the rules and caused a car accident, they might have to inherit the fines and retake their drivers license. Zhang Yan could accept this result. At the very least, her previous efforts were not wasted. She had nearly 260,000 yuan on hand and could buy a good car. However, she could not accept the outcome of the collision at all! It was about time to take a break. Zhang Yan prepared to rest for half an hour and check out everyones comments online. There should be many people who chose a Passat in the first car like her. No one would be able to accept this collision result. Of course, he could also see which car was better. He could not spend the 260,000 yuan he had on hand anymore. He had to choose a car that was safer. Otherwise, no matter how much money he earned, he would still lose money. There were already many discussions about Safe and Civilized Driving online. Its really too difficult to get a drivers license. I give up! I think its not even that difficult in real life! Is there anyone who can help me get a drivers license? Thank you! Safe and Civilized Driving s driver license must be taught! Ill lose out if I dont watch it! F*ck, I tested for two whole hours before I finally passed! For some reason, I suddenly recall the feeling of playing Repent and be Saved. I was also stuck in the newbie village for two hours Its alright. The drivers license test for the back passenger car and big truck are still waiting for you. Thats even harder. Forget it, Ill just obediently ask for a car. Is there something wrong with this game? Ive been driving all day. After work, I want to play games and entertain myself at home. In the end, Im more nervous than I am in reality? I think the most ridiculous thing is the car damage. Why do I feel that the car cannot be touched more than in reality? It would become severely deformed after just a slight collision. Its too scary! Actually, this is the real impact effect. It would be ridiculous if the engine cover flew off the car after other racing games with a speed of 200KM/H hit. However, everyone is already used to the hard body of other racing games, so they are not used to this game. Its said that a large part of the huge investment in Safe and Civilized Driving is in the engine. The base of the car, the A column, and other structures are designed separately. The strength of the different structures is different. In addition, the real physical effect of the engine is close to 90% of the results of the collision in reality. Nonsense! This is a gimmick. I used a Passat to hit it and lost the person. How can a Passat be so rubbish in reality? Either this collision system is not perfect and is not as impressive as they brag, or they deliberately defamed the Passat! Me too. The Passat was raised to the sky on the spot. Thats too unreasonable! Yes, especially the deviation collision. This result is too ridiculous. The air bag did not even catch the drivers face. This must be a problem with the physical engine calculation in the game! Why isnt it reasonable? Have you bumped into each other in real life? F*ck, who would dare to drive it this way in reality? However, the Passat has always been known for its safety. The old car owners are all well-known. Could it be that so many of them are under the supervision of the masses? Dont be so confident. The new Parasite hasnt been released in the IIAS, right? It should be released in two days. What if this generation loses out? The results of the collision of the United States version of Pashat are out. Its perfect. How can the domestic reduction be reduced to such a state? Thats right. No matter how much we reduce the compatibility, we can still reduce the safety air bag crooked? If the test results are good, how should we explain the game Safe and Civilized Driving? Are we receiving black money from our competitor? Stop arguing, everyone. The game did not say that this is a Volkswagen Passat. This car logo and this style might have been changed a lot, but anyone with discerning eyes would be able to tell. Do you still want to go back on your word? Apart from those discussing the drivers license test online, there were also those discussing the results of the car collision. After all, those who could not pass the drivers license test had already been dissuaded. Those who had passed the drivers license test had also accepted this gameplay. They would more or less pay attention to the safety of the car. There was a saying that walking fast was nothing. One would only succeed if they did not fall. This was not like many other racing games. Once the car was bought, it would be permanent. Whats more, it would not be damaged no matter how it hit. There would not be a need to repair it, and the driver would not be injured. In Safe and Civilized Driving, safety and maintenance would directly affect players income. You worked so hard for an hour to earn forty thousand yuan, but in the end, a car accident brought you back to square one. How could you not pay attention to the safety of the car? As the car with the biggest difference in expectations and collision results, Passat naturally received the most attention. The IIAS that netizens were talking about was the Insurance Institute for Automotive Safety. It was the publicly recognized objective and fair Automated Safety evaluation organization in the world. That was because it was established by the insurance association, and the interests of insurance and car manufacturers were naturally contradictory. The safer the car was, the more insurance companies would have to pay after the accident. Thus, they would basically not be bribed by car manufacturers.. Most people treated it as an important consideration for buying the car. Chapter 1411 - Indeed Improving Driving Skills! Chapter 1411: Indeed Improving Driving Skills! Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Of course, the new Passat would be tested by IIS. At the moment, the rice version had already produced a collision result. It was perfect, and the domestic results were said to be out in the next two days. Of course, the configurations of the same car type in different areas would also be different. Many joint car models in the country would be worse than the rice and European versions. This was a very common phenomenon. They would be scolded badly when they were released. He was no longer surprised by things like steel being replaced with artificial intelligence. However, many consumers were still willing to believe in Passat because the brand had a good reputation in the country in recent years. Whats more, everyone felt that it would not be able to reduce to the level of performance in the game even if it was reduced. Was a human capable of not taking an air bag or face? Those who supported Passat and those who supported Safe and Civilized Driving were arguing online. Of course, apart from these quarrels, there were other more valuable posts. For example, someone had selflessly tested a few entry-level car models for everyone to refer to. The one with the best results was actually a domestically-produced electric car. The model was HF6s SUV. Even though it was more than 50,000 yuan more expensive than the Passat, the safety of the test in the game was much better than the Passat. Whats more, this HF6 has already been tested by IIS. The results were indeed close to perfect. It was very similar to the results in the game. Many other similarly-priced cars actually had such problems. Of course, this result also caused a lot of controversy. Some people suspected that the Development Team of Safe and Civilized Driving had taken the money from this domestic new energy car manufacturer. This payment might be done in a more subtle manner: Ill show your car truthfully and not exaggerate, but Ill make the premium cars at the same level as you. Wouldnt that highlight you? Whats more, it would be less dangerous to do so. It would not be easily noticeable. It was not surprising for him to have such doubts after combining his exaggerated reaction to the Passat. It would be fine if the game Safe and Civilized Driving was more difficult, but it would be a huge stain if they were to collect money and discredit car brands. Zhang Yan read the relevant discussions online and did not participate. After all, the facts were not clear yet. The results of many collusion car models had not been released. It did not mean that Safe and Civilized Driving was just criticizing it. What if Safe and Civilized Driving was not working with car manufacturers but with IIAS? What if he made adjustments to the car in the game after obtaining the internal collision data of IIAS? That was hard to say. After all, Slow Movement Studios Real Estate Agent Simulator had already started the Real Estate Service Department . It was not strange for Shang Yang Games to do Safe and Civilized Driving to link with reality. After resting, Zhang Yan returned to the game. She had learned her lesson this time. She chose the HF6 as her new car and was much more careful on the way. After running a few more errands, she suddenly wanted to try driving a huge truck. She had never tried it! That was because she had also driven sedans and SUVs in reality. That was what happened in games. There was not much novelty and fun. She was just earning money. However, if she wanted to make money, it would obviously be more profitable to run long distance passenger transport or goods! At that thought, Zhang Yan perked up again and began to prepare for the new exam. Initially, she had already gotten a drivers license for a small car in the game. It shouldnt be that difficult to get a drivers license for a large car, right? However, she realized that that was not the case. It was much more difficult! The passenger car had to ferry customers and take responsibility for the lives of the passengers. Thus, the examination project was far more difficult than the domestic car. It was even more difficult for the large van because the half hanging cars head and body were not one and the same. Instead, they were connected. The difficulty of pouring the car was simply sky high! Zhang Yan had tried many times, but the fall into the warehouse had dissuaded her. That was because the car behind her was not moving as she had imagined. All the skills she had used to fall into the warehouse were useless! There were even a few times when she drove the car in the shape of Whats wrong with you, little brother. The front of the car and the back of the car were at a 60-degree angle, completely stuck. Its too difficult! Is this even operable by humans?! Zhang Yan began to doubt her life. After trying for nearly an hour and failing all of them, Zhang Yan exited the game angrily. However, after quitting, she quietly searched for teaching videos on the Big van drivers license test online and began to learn. Even though failure would make people feel very defeated, the sense of achievement once they succeed was incomparable. Zhang Yan felt that she was already very skilled. There should be hope if she worked harder. Whats more, after calming down, she realized a problem. Safe and Civilized Driving was indeed very helpful in improving driving skills compared to other racing games. Could other games improve driving skills? Of course, they could as well. However, these games seemed to have some obvious shortcomings. There was no need to talk about some racing games that were purely for fun. Basically, they were not realistic. Even if they used the steering wheel to play, they would at most train their control of the direction. Some specialized racing simulators could improve driving skills. Many professional drivers also conducted daily training in these games. However, the biggest problem with these games was that the threshold was too high and the difficulty curve was too smooth. How many newbies could not make it out of the competition right from the start, much less pursue time and ranking? In some tug-of-war games, it was a question of whether newbies could complete the entire process before the car completely broke down. These games basically had no teachings. Even the most basic routes, drifting, and other operations had to be learnt by players online. It was really unfriendly to newbies. Some driving simulators were equipped with very complete auxiliary driving systems that could automatically help you brake, turn, and so on, giving you the illusion that I drive well. However, the problem was that not only would the auxiliary driving system not improve your driving skills, but it would also make you reliant on it and develop wrong driving habits. On the other hand, a huge advantage of Safe and Civilized Driving was that it used this restriction method to build up the difficulty level for players. The process of getting a drivers license was actually the process of a newbie teaching. Players might feel very impatient at first and would really want to skip the testing drivers license step and drive directly. However, if players were to really drive on the road, what would happen? They would go on a rampage and destroy the car. They would also quickly lose interest in the game. That was because zero accidents was the core fun of the game. This was similar to a torturous game like Repent and be Saved. If players really allowed players to cut grass all the way, players would quickly lose interest. However, if they increased the difficulty of the game and forced players to train their skills, even though they would dissuade many players in the beginning, once they played it, the joy of such technological improvement would be much better than cutting grass! After taking the drivers license, most players would have a certain level of confidence in their driving skills. That way, they would be able to integrate into the game smoothly. Next was earning money, changing cars, and pursuing higher driving skills. At the moment, Zhang Yan could already earn money by running for rides steadily. However, she knew very well that there was no upper limit to the game. If you were tired of driving online, you would have to apply for a drivers license, right? Driving heavy trucks to pull goods would be much more difficult than running online cars. There would be at least a hundred hours to play. After getting tired of long distance cars and huge trucks, there would be venue competitions and tug-of-war. There would be no upper limit to this thing. Whats more, the venue competition and tug-of-war in Safe and Civilized Driving was different from other driving simulators. Other driving simulators did not have enough foreshadowing. It would be too unfriendly for newbies to run on their own. On the other hand, Safe and Civilized Driving was different. After hundreds of hours of training in the beginning, the basic driving skills were already very strong. At this time, using the newbie tutorial to let players familiarize themselves with the basic operations such as walking lines, drifting, and so on, it would be much easier to drift around the training ground for a fixed circle or eight words, and then run the venue competition or tug-of-war. At the very least, there would not be a situation where the car broke down and did not complete the journey. Simply put, through a lot of restrictions in the early stages of Safe and Civilized Driving, it forcefully smoothened out the difficulty curve of the driving game. That allowed players to experience a huge improvement in the game experience after they really played it! This was especially so for gamers with a set of steering wheels. Once they played it, they would not be able to stop. Zhang Yan secretly made up her mind. She would work as hard as she could tomorrow to get the drivers license of the truck! January 18th, Friday Ye Zhizhou came to Bunny Tail Live-Stream and saw the long-lost Hu Xianbin. The two good comrades from the first episode of the torturous trip met again. For some reason, they felt sad. The functions that you wanted have been completed. Dont worry, we will definitely not favor one over the other! Hu Xianbin was very happy. The two of them came to the entertainment room. There were two safe and civilized driving simulators here. They were both luxurious combo meals with exactly the same configurations. Both of them took their seats and put on their seatbelts. After that, Hu Xianbin began to drive. Ye Zhizhou placed his hands under his car, not touching the steering wheel at all. Hu Xianbins driving skills were not very good, so he only drove casually in the city. The function they were testing had nothing to do with driving skills: While Hu Xianbin was driving, the steering wheel in front of Ye Zhizhou was also turning! In addition, in the corner of the screen in front of Ye Zhizhou, Hu Xianbin was stepping on the accelerator and the brake pedals, changing the controls, and so on.. Chapter 1412 - Characteristic Live-Stream Function Chapter 1412: Characteristic Live-Stream Function Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Hu Xianbin explained as he drove. The direct steering wheel can operate on its own by reading the data in the game. However, the pedals and the slot cannot be done. Thus, it can only be displayed on the screen. At the same time, in order to ensure safety, we will request that the players watching cannot place their hands on the steering wheel. Once the steering wheel feels external force, it will automatically exit the viewing mode to prevent the direct steering wheel from quickly turning and touching the players hands. All in all, through this built-in live-stream function, players can see on their own equipment how the big boss plays the direction and how to step on the brake oil door. These recordings can even be studied and analyzed repeatedly. Ye Zhizhou nodded. Yes, thats enough. We can slowly improve it in the future. For a long time, the thing that troubled racing players the most was that the learning cost was too high. Many people wanted to learn how to drift, but how? This thing sounded simple, but it was actually very difficult to do. There might be many video tutorials online, explaining the principle of drifting and the movements of the hands and feet, but most people still knew how to do it with one look. They would be useless once they learned it. He could not even drift in a fixed venue, much less estimate the distance. Apart from the poor driving foundation, another important reason was that it was not direct enough! In the video of the big boss drifting, one could only see the big boss turning the steering wheel. There were even some who let the steering wheel automatically turn back before grabbing it. Then, he floated over with smooth movements. After watching it, he only cared about shouting awesome. However, on further thought, how did the big boss operate? He could not remember at all. That was because the image in the video itself was small. The big bosss hand movements would also block the steering wheel. If one wanted to watch the game graphics, they would not be able to see the hand movements. If they wanted to watch the hand movements, they would not be able to see the actual scene. It was very difficult to combine the two. Some people put the data of the steering wheel on the screen, but it was still the same problem. It could not be seen clearly! Whats more, most of these videos were videos of running the venue. Each bend had a different operation when they were too curved. The big shots could clearly distinguish which turns to use, but the newbies would only be confused and did not know where to start. Thus, after discussing with Hu Xianbin, Ye Zhizhou decided to link up with Bunny Tail Live-Stream and install a live-stream system! It could also be said to be a long-range teaching system. In fact, this live-stream system was similar to GOGs viewing competition system. They combined live-stream software and games to open up deep data. That way, the streamer would operate the steering wheel on his own computer, and the audiences steering wheel would also turn on its own. There was a return logo on the steering wheel. Whats more, it was very close. One could see it very clearly. They could see the subtle changes in the steering wheel in detail. They could even see it clearly after playing a few rounds. Its biggest advantage was its visualization! The host could definitely start teaching. Once all the audience were in place, he would go to the venue and float in a circle to showcase the specific operations. The audience could then jump out of the framework of that small screen. They could watch the game graphics and observe the steering wheel while feeling the feeling of the GL seat. This comprehensive learning method was far more direct than staring at the small screen and watching the streamers hand movements. Whats more, this teaching system could not only teach high-end racing skills like drifting. It was very universal. He could teach them how to make every turn in the venue competition and tug-of-war, how to increase the circle speed, and how to operate the inverted car in the warehouse! As long as there were enough live-streamers on Bunny Tail, they would naturally seek to differentiate and teach different content. At that time, gamers would only have to buy a steering wheel to find the teaching content they needed on Bunny Tail Live-Stream and learn it slowly. Driving itself was still a learning cost that was very high and required boring practice and perseverance. However, with such a convenient learning method and the gameplay of different difficulties in the game, players would only have to pass the drivers license test at the beginning. Then, everything would become smoother. This was different from other racing games. Other racing games might be very easy to get used to at the beginning. They were nothing more than brakes, accelerator, and turn. They could drive after adapting slightly to these operations. However, the more they played, the more fun they would be. The more they played, the more boring it would be. That was a huge difference between Safe and Civilized Driving and other racing games. Ye Zhizhou was very satisfied. Yes, very good. This is the function I need! Ill go back and make arrangements to update the Safe and Civilized Driving live-stream as soon as possible so that players can enjoy this function as soon as possible. Hu Xianbin asked, Hows the situation after Safe and Civilized Driving was released? Ye Zhizhou smiled. It was all within my expectations. I used the publicity plan that Boss Pei had passed down, so it caused some controversy in the beginning. I saw many people online arguing about the results of the Passat collision. However, it doesnt matter. Our data was taken from IIS. We have also adjusted these cars according to the results of the IIS collision. When the results of the IIS collision are out, the truth will naturally be revealed. The quality of Safe and Civilized Driving is good enough. Theres no doubt about that. Hu Xianbin took out his cell phone and looked at the date. But when will IIS publish the collision results? I remember that it will only be released next Monday, right? Is it really alright to be scolded for so long? Ye Zhizhou shook his head. No problem. The more people curse now, the more intense the twist in the outcome. Whats more, Safe and Civilized Driving is only a game after all. Fans who have reached the top would cling to this point. Most other players would not give bad reviews or refunds because of this. They would still prioritize game content. In other words, as a game, Safe and Civilized Driving had its own shield when it was criticized, and it had its own amplifiers when it was praised! The negative comments now are all small-scale. Weve been in Tengda Games for so long. What havent we seen before? Back then, Game Designer, Repent and be Saved, and Struggle were all scolded badly. In the end, everyone still followed suit. Hu Xianbin nodded. Thats true. Lets wait patiently, then! At the same time, in Zhongdian Chinese Networks inspiration class. Cui Geng was surrounded by the authors the moment he appeared. Teacher Cui is here! Brother Cui, thats amazing. How did you know about the election? Quickly impart your experience. How can you write a work that is suitable for copyright adaptation? Cui Geng had been slacking ever since the schedule for Successor was put on the agenda. He had a great time. Successor had even premiered. He was still in the nearby Fish-Catching Internet Cafe every day, playing so happily that he forgot about home. Of course, apart from being lazy and not wanting to start a new book, his game also had a sense of escape. That was because the reputation of Successor was indeed not good after it was released! The episodes viewership was not going up, and the ratings were not going up either. Many people were also cursing online, especially the group of people led by Just Qian. That made Cui Geng, the original author, doubt this story. As the original author, he could not do it himself. He could only hold it in. Thus, he was in a bad mood some time ago. In the end, he did not expect Successor to turn the tables when the results of the election far away from Yuklaia were released! Many people online had been calling Cui Geng a no-show one second ago, and then they had become Teacher Cui the next. It was all too realistic. Just Qians lead apology caused a wave of apologies. Cui Geng even felt a little embarrassed. Successor s ratings had skyrocketed. It had a good reputation and viewership. It was obvious that Fei Huang Workspace should be able to make money from this episode. Cui Geng could relax. After all, if this series failed, it would definitely not be Fei Huang Workspaces fault. It would definitely be his fault as the original author. If the adaptation of other works failed, they could also shift the blame and say that the director did not do well, the script writer lost the essence of the original work, the sponsors forcefully interfered with the script, and so on. The original author could remove himself completely. However, Successor was different. Fei Huang Workspace was completely loyal to the original filming! Things like the director not doing well, the script writer changing randomly, and the sponsors interfering did not exist at all! Not only that, Fei Huang Workspace had also offered extremely high standards for filming this series. Not only had they collaborated with foreign film companies in the United States, but they had also invited Lu Zhiyao and other movie king level actors to play supporting roles in this series. If he messed up, he could only blame it on the original author. At that time, everyone would say that the original work was too trashy that even Fei Huang Workspace could not handle it! Fortunately, the dust had finally settled. That was why Cui Geng finally relaxed. He came to the inspiration class and wondered if his new book could officially start. Of course, it was actually a new folder. Now, Cui Geng did not want to write a single word in any other place apart from the inspiration class. In any case, he would start playing games uncontrollably once he arrived at Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. He could not control his own hands. Only in the environment of the inspiration class could he truly inspire and have the motivation to create. Obviously, these three copyrighted adaptations had long become the main topic of discussion among the authors of the inspiration class. First, the huge success of Eternal Reincarnation allowed the authors to see the bright prospects of revising the copyright and were extremely excited. However, right on the heels of that, Successor did not have a good response. It was about to fail, which made all the authors worried. They were afraid that the failure of this project would affect Boss Peis enthusiasm for copyright adaptation, causing the inspiration class to have fewer opportunities to adapt in the future. Lastly, the reputation of Successor had taken a turn for the better. Executer Academy had also become a popular animated series on Aili Islands website because of its terrifying daily updates. Everything had been settled! The three copyrights and adaptations had all been successful, causing the authors of the inspiration class to worship Boss Pei to the peak! Successor was obviously the most worrying and most dramatic of the three projects. Eternal Reincarnation might be very successful, but the author, Yu Fei, was now the person-in-charge of Tengda Games. He had no time for the inspiration class. Thus, the authors could only learn from Cui Geng. Chapter 1413 - The Creation Direction Of The Inspiration Class Chapter 1413: The Creation Direction Of The Inspiration Class Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Cui Geng felt a little awkward seeing that the authors of the inspiration class were like chickens waiting to be fed, eager to obtain some knowledge about creation from him. That was because he did not know what to say! He could also talk about traditional online literature. However, all the authors who came to the inspiration class had good results in traditional online literature. Each of them had a set of unique skills. Cui Gengs experience was more than enough to teach ordinary authors who did not have much results. However, the authors in the inspiration class were about the same level. What was the point of teaching? Whats more, these authors wanted to listen to Cui Gengs mental journey of creating Successor. They wanted to know how to write it so that they could obtain the opportunity to change the copyright. After all, they were all reputable authors. How many of them came to the inspiration class to slack off? They were all aiming for the copyright to be adapted. Take Cui Geng for example. The success of the adaptation of Successor could not only increase the popularity of the entire story by several dimensions, but the income of this episode would also give him a considerable share. That would earn much more than him writing a regular web novel! Under the stimulation of fame and fortune, these authors looked at Cui Geng with admiration, as if they were looking at a living God of Fortune. However, the problem was that Cui Geng himself could not explain it clearly! Cui Geng coughed awkwardly. Ahem, erm, to be honest, I have nothing much to say. Everyone has successful works. Everyones writing skills are different from everyones. My experience might not be suitable for everyone. Whats more, I obtained Successor by chance. I wrote it on my own and did not have much expectations after writing it. If Boss Pei had not said that this could be adapted, I would have thrown it aside long ago Cui Geng spoke his mind very honestly, but the authors did not believe him at all. Wow, youve become arrogant! Youve written such a successful work on your first try? Let me tell you, you would have been arrested if its not because its currently not illegal to be so arrogant! Is that 110? Report, someone is being a snub here. I cant control the situation! Old Cui, dont be so humble. Is this the time to be humble? What did you say when we went to the internet cafe together to play games? We can enjoy blessings and endure hardships together. When we become rich, we cant forget to bring our brothers along. Have you forgotten? Yes, dont be humble. Speak whatever you have to say! The authors were still unwilling to let him off. Obviously, no one believed that Cui Geng was just being humble. Cui Geng was helpless. No one would believe him in this day and age! It was all those pretentious idiots fault. What was the point of showing off for no reason? It caused the trust cost of the entire society to increase. People who were honest would not be trusted. He had no choice but to say something casually. Cui Geng tried hard to recall the motive and inspiration he had for creating Successor. He really did remember something. At that thought, he nodded. Alright, Ill briefly explain. The authors became excited when they heard that Cui Geng wanted to teach. The inspiration class was not lacking in anything. There were large conference tables and a film studio. Since there were too many people, the large conference table could not accommodate so many people. Thus, everyone decided to go to the film studio. Once he opened it, he would give Cui Geng a microphone and turn it into a lecture venue. Cui Geng was a little helpless seeing this. However, what else could he do? Tell him! In any case, he just had to tell them the process of the birth of Successor in detail. It would be up to the other authors to understand. We have to start from the morning after the inspiration class was established. At that time, Boss Pei came to inspect. After rejecting several of my creative directions, he gave me a clear path Cui Geng spoke tirelessly about his conversation with Boss Pei. At that time, his first choice was to write a fanfiction about Mission and Choice. His second choice was to write stories about the traditional domestic IPs that GOG had bought. In the end, Boss Pei rejected all of them. Boss Pei had given him a path: to write about the superhero theme of Hurricane Comics Company! Cui Geng felt that this was unrealistic at all. Superheroes were the playground of the top two comic companies in the United States. Only they could play it well because it was a theme rooted in the Western liberal culture. All in all, the path that Boss Pei had pointed out looked like a dead end. However, Boss Pei said something: A superhero theme that only targeted domestic readers might not necessarily fail! Whats more, Boss Pei also said why did he have to make the readers like these superheroes? They could also write these superheroes to death or suffer a fate worse than death. In any case, the readers would not like those superheroes. Wouldnt that give you more room to show off? It was precisely these two requirements that drove Cui Geng to analyze Boss Peis deeper demands and finally finalize the anti superhero theme. That was how the story of Successor came about. The authors below the stage nodded repeatedly. There was actually such a complicated story behind Successor? According to Cui Geng, the story of Successor had never been his first choice, but his third choice! It was Boss Pei who had insisted that Cui Geng write this direction that led to Successor. If Boss Pei had not intervened, Cui Geng would probably have been writing the same person as Mission and Choice. Of course, the same person in Mission and Choice might not necessarily not be successful. They might even obtain the opportunity to adapt and appear as the downloadable content of Mission and Choice. However, that way, the work Successor would not have appeared. Comparatively, Successor was obviously more successful because it had created a new IP and was not attached to the existing IP of Mission and Choice. The authors in the front row looked obviously disappointed. After so long, it turned out that the theme of Successor was decided by Boss Pei? A large part of the success of this story was due to Boss Pei! However, such treatment was not common. As a veteran author and the first batch of members to join the inspiration class, Cui Geng could obtain Boss Peis guidance. No one else could! There would be no reference at all. As if reading the thoughts of these authors, Cui Geng changed the topic. However, after this period of reflection and analysis, I suddenly gained something. I have a deeper understanding of the creative direction and creative concepts that Boss Pei encouraged! I can share this with everyone. The authors in the audience perked up again. Good! This was the essence! Everyone might not be able to obtain Boss Peis guidance but Cui Gengs analysis, interpretation, and transmission of Boss Peis creative ideas were equivalent to obtaining Boss Peis guidance! As long as they followed Boss Peis train of thought and created it, the content would definitely meet Tengdas adaptation standards! Cui Geng smiled and said, I think that the three revised works were not randomly selected by Boss Pei. Instead, they represent the two creative directions that Boss Pei encouraged. The first is something like Eternal Reincarnation and Executer Academy. They are based on Tengdas existing IP content and derive the theme from other fields. Novels, games, comics, and different art forms would cross over. It would be very meaningful to expand Tengdas cultural industry. Of course, this is simple gameplay. There should be many authors choosing this path in the future inspiration class, so the competition will be more intense. Only better works can be adapted. The second type is the type of Successor. Considering that Boss Pei personally guided me before, its obvious that hes more inclined to this creative direction. Simply put, this direction is to establish the traditional cultural heritage and social phenomenon of our countrymen and create works that fit the taste and preferences of young people! There are two key elements here, neither of which can be missing. If it is only based on traditional cultural heritage and social phenomena, but is not in line with the taste and preferences of young people, it would become empty preaching and cannot be spread widely. Whats more, we have to be upright and clear about our positioning. We are not traditional writers. We have to ensure that young people can read and even enjoy what we write. On this basis, we can pursue other things. If you dont base yourself on traditional cultural heritage and social phenomena, but blindly cater to the taste of young people, you might fall into a situation where the content is empty. Of course, this is not a problem for ordinary web novels. After all, we can earn royalties. However, for the inspiration class, it would require a lot of investment to adapt it into other genres. Only works with rich connotations would need to use such a huge amount of resources to adapt it. Successor just so happens to fit these two points. Thats why theres a possibility of a change in reputation in the end. Everyone, you have to pay attention to something else. If these two works fit the bill at the same time, peoples first impression of them might be that they are not popular or likable. On one hand, its because its difficult to balance the two. On the other hand, its because the cultural invasion of the Western world is all-encompassing and subtle. Many of our habits might have been changed subconsciously. No one thinks that theres anything wrong with it. At that time, a work portrays a content that is completely different from what people think. It will definitely cause these people to resist and oppose it. Just like the content described in Successor, how many people would have thought that it was reasonable if not for the election results of Yuklaia? They were all scolding it, saying that it was deliberately discrediting. Therefore, as long as everyone chooses this path, no matter how many people were not optimistic at the beginning, they must persevere. Everyone must believe that as long as we persevere on this path, Boss Pei will believe it even if no one thinks highly of it. As long as Boss Pei thinks highly of it, the work will be adapted and will definitely succeed! Chapter 1414 - The Attractiveness Of The Top Author Chapter 1414: The Attractiveness Of The Top Author Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios The authors were listening intently, their eyes burning with hope. Well said! Didnt I say that Old Cui was in Versailles previously? Dont you have so much to say? Why do you insist that you dont have any experience? If you dont have any experience, what are we? Thats right, thats right. Do you have anything else to say? Stop hiding it. Raise the Tengda spirit and guide us! So Boss Pei had already planned the creative direction of the inspiration class, but I never knew Thats right. When I think about how I used to watch dramas all day in the inspiration class, even though I was collecting material, I was actually slacking. I feel like Ive let Boss Pei down and nurtured me Old Cui is still the most reliable. When Yu Fei returned the last time, we asked him to talk about his experience. In the end, not only did he not talk about it, he even tried his best to ordinary it. Im so angry! Cui Geng was a little surprised. Yu Fei came back? What did he say? Cui Geng had not seen Yu Fei since he became the chief planner of Tengda Games. The authors were indignant as they said, We asked him to talk about his creative experience and creative concepts, the connection between games and novels. Guess what he said in the end? He said that he did not have any creative experience at all. Eternal Reincarnation was purely written as a fanfiction. He did not have any creative concept at all. He also said that the success of the game adapted by Eternal Reincarnation was all thanks to Boss Pei. It had nothing to do with him at all. Oh, he also said that he is now a chief designer who is very muddle-headed. He does not know how to design games at all. He can only barely complete his work with the help of Boss Pei, the project team, and the others. Old Cui, please be reasonable. How can such a person exist in this world? Its fine if you say that youre posturing, but you have to at least pretend to be rounder. However, Yu Fei is good. He doesnt pretend to be rounder at all. Instead, hes very stiff! Dont you think hes deliberately making me angry! Cui Geng nodded in agreement. Yes, it is indeed infuriating! However, I feel that his words still have a little credibility. Boss Pei must have brought him to do a lot of design work. Otherwise, he would not have been able to get used to it so quickly. The authors sighed. Sigh, I became the chief designer of Tengda Games by writing. Im so envious! Of course, that was what everyone said. The chief designer of Tengda Games had indeed earned more and made bigger projects. However, everyone felt that not everyone could be qualified. Yu Fei said that he did not know anything. He must have had the potential to be unearthed by Boss Pei. Instead of being envious of Yu Fei, it was better to continue writing seriously and write the next work that could be adapted from copyright. If the authors could choose between the two options, they would still choose Cui Geng, not Yu Fei. Cui Geng felt so good. Every day, he would slack off and happily take the commission. It was the perfect life that the authors had imagined. Cui Gengs previous speech had also encouraged the authors of the inspiration class! Zhongdian Chinese Networks authors were extremely eager to sign up for the inspiration class ever since all three works were successfully adapted. Many outstanding authors who had written well in the past year wanted to join the inspiration class. Previously, authors who had not produced much in the inspiration class had lost the qualifications for the inspiration class. They were filled with regret. At that moment, they were buried in preparing their new books, thinking that they would obtain the opportunity to study in the inspiration class again after the results of the new book were released. Even many foreign authors chose to jump ship to Zhongdian Chinese Network! The discussion about the inspiration class online also increased Zhongdian Chinese Networks website traffic. Apart from the top-tier writers on Zhongdian Chinese Network, there was still a gap between them and large stations like Infinite Chinese Network. Mid-tier and low-tier writers were already earning about the same or even better. After all, Zhongdian Chinese Network gave more authors. Zhongdian Chinese Network was equally attractive to the top writers. That was because royalties were a very important source of income for most of them. However, the revision of copyrights with a high success rate was even more attractive to them! Most reliable websites could consider selling copyrights and revising copyrights as long as they produced results. However, the question was, what would they change to? The author was actually not confident at all. Some of the revised works ended up with poor results. Perhaps it was because the production company was not good enough or because of capital intervention that the essence of the original works was not filmed. Such a situation did not exist in the inspiration class because the three successful copyright adaptations had proven that Tengda was the best in animation, film, and games in the country! In fact, copyrights mainly involved animation, film, and games. At most, he would add comics. However, the domestic comic industry was not very popular at the moment. Thus, he did not expect the comic version rights to be sold at a high price. There was no need to talk about other audio books or physical books. Thus, many top writers were very shocked to see that all three works of Zhongdian Chinese Networks inspiration class had been adapted successfully. Even works like Successor that looked completely contradicting the traditional online literature concept had been successfully adapted. This was obviously not a production company that was a burden, but a production company that could fly! In terms of filming, there were a few large companies in the country that could compete with Fei Huang Workspace. The game adaptation was Tengdas only one. The other domestic game merchants were not useful at all! Whats more, Tengdas copyright profits were very tempting. Most of the copyrights of other websites were at the same price. The losses and profits of the movies basically had nothing to do with the original author. However, Tengda was different. The original author participated in the commission, and the commission was very high! How much commission could Yu Fei, Cui Geng, and the others get from their own works? They would definitely not tell the outside world about this, but anyone could guess that it would definitely be an astronomical figure. It would definitely crush the royalties of these top authors. It would probably also be higher than the copyright funds of those famous works. To put it bluntly, these three people would be able to live a stable life with these three adapted works. How could the other authors not be tempted? Even the authors from other websites were scrambling for it, much less the authors who were already in the inspiration class. Cui Gengs previous guidance had enlightened them and given them a direction to work towards. Previously, everyone had been confused. They did not know what the inspiration class was going to create. They only collected inspiration aimlessly without a clear direction. However, they had a direction now! After Cui Geng finished his lecture, some authors could not wait to collect inspiration and start writing. Some authors surrounded Cui Geng and asked him more questions. Cui Geng was also very passionate and did not refuse anyone. In the end, they chatted from morning to lunch, and then from lunch to afternoon. This lesson had exhausted Cui Geng. It was almost five in the afternoon when everyone left. Sh * t, Im screwed again today. I thought that I would at least be able to create a new folder today. However, this is not my fault. I can only say that the other authors were too passionate. I had no choice but to delay my writing time in order to convey Boss Peis creative concept to them. Sigh, Im such a selfless person. I can only think about it next week. Cui Geng was prepared to slip away. The inspiration class did not work during weekends, so Cui Geng could only create new folders for his new book on Monday. He was just about to leave when he received a call. It was from Huang Sibo. Old Cui, theres a gathering at the nameless restaurant on Sunday, which is the 20th. Will you come along? Yu Fei, Lu Zhiyao, Zhang Zuting, and the core members of Fei Huang Workspace will all be there. Cui Geng perked up when he heard that. Ill definitely go! Who would reject a feast at the nameless restaurant? He had to admit that Lu Zhiyao, Zhang Zuting, and the others were very crafty. They had obviously figured out the rules. Everyone knew that Boss Pei would book the entire nameless restaurant on the 20th of every month. They would definitely be able to eat there! Needless to say, these two movie kings must have come to freeload in order to thank the production team and Boss Pei. Was that thanks? It was obviously for the food at the nameless restaurant! I wouldnt hesitate to expose you! However, that was good as well. Please increase your strength! How could Cui Geng go to the nameless restaurant legitimately if they did not come to freeload? Cui Geng walked straight to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe happily and continued playing games. Then, he looked forward to the feast on Sunday. January 20th, Sunday Zhang Yan sat in her GL seat as usual and started live-streaming. She had been grinding for three consecutive days ever since the game was released. He could not stop! When she first started playing the game, she felt that it was quite strange: Preface fishing and law enforcement. If she wanted to officially get a drivers license, she had to start over if she accidentally killed the driver on the way Ridiculous! Other racing games did not dare to do this at all. This Safe and Civilized Driving was the only one. However, once he accepted this setting, it actually felt quite exciting! It was precisely because there was a drivers license examination before the top laner and a car collision punishment that Zhang Yan would drive seriously. That was why she would work hard to pursue zero accidents and improve her driving skills. Maintaining zero accidents on the road could also bring people a strange joy. Zhang Yan began to work hard on obtaining the drivers license for large trucks and long distance cars after completely adapting to the rankings. She also began to learn about racing. Zhang Yan had previously gone to the racing track to practice drifting, but she had only trained for a few hours in total. The skills she had learned were very basic and shallow. After all, in reality, the expenses for the racing track were too huge. Even if Zhang Yans family background was not bad, she could not bear to spend so much money. Whats more, her family did not support her at all. On one hand, her parents felt that it would be unacceptable for girls to play racing games. On the other hand, they felt that such sports were dangerous. Zhang Yans parents were even less supportive after watching many videos of racing drivers failing. However, there was no problem in the game! Zhang Yan was obviously engrossed. Apart from live-streaming and driving, she would also search for the tutorials released by professional drivers online.. The live-stream system that Bunny Tail Live-stream released for Safe and Civilized Driving greatly reduced her learning cost. Chapter 1415 - It’s So Fun To Drive A Big Truck! Chapter 1415: Its So Fun To Drive A Big Truck! At that moment, Zhang Yan was trying hard to obtain a drivers license from the truck. This place should be half a round first, then observe the rear-view mirror, walk a little slower After Safe and Civilized Driving opened the live-stream function in the game, it really broadcasted everything. There were really truck drivers in reality. They would live-stream here and teach others how to test their drivers license. Zhang Yan watched for a long time as well. She noted down all the key points of the exam that the teaching streamer had mentioned in her notebook. Then, through the special live-stream function of Bunny Tail Live-Stream, she could clearly see the steering wheel and the details of various operations. She also tried her best to memorize them. His ideals might be voluptuous, but reality was harsh. He would still be a little flustered if he really went to the examination hall. However, he was much better than before when he was completely blind. At first, Zhang Yan had no idea how to control the butt behind the truck. Now, she had found the knack of it. Of course, there were also some who were teaching in the live-stream about racing cars and drifting. However, Zhang Yan had not decided on the games racing track yet. That was because the racing track in this game was very expensive. The threshold was too high. She had to drive a huge truck to earn more money before she could go. The number of people in the live-stream was obviously more than before. As a female host with good looks, Zhang Yan obviously had some advantage among the streamers of Safe and Civilized Driving. Of course, another important reason was that she was different from other female streamers. She was not here to ride on Pei Qians popularity, but because she genuinely loved the game. Some female live-streamers might say that it was a game, but to put it bluntly, they were live-streaming themselves. He would play a torturous game. He would not do his homework before the live-stream, would not study the game mechanism, would not listen to the pointers of kind people on the bullet screen, and would not practice technology. He would just die continuously. When he died, he would either be useless and furious or pretend to be pitiful and act cute. He would put it nicely as the program effect. It was just like how it was natural for girls not to play games. It was the same for the game Safe and Civilized Driving. Many female streamers followed the trend and played the game. One drivers license could be tested for three days. Zhang Yan did not like the saying female drivers. In this world, drivers should not be divided into male drivers and female drivers. They should be divided into responsible drivers and irresponsible drivers. However, he had to admit that there was something wrong with the attitude of these female streamers towards the game or the driving. Sometimes, it was not that he was not capable, but that his attitude was wrong. Zhang Yan was a clear streamer in this category: She did not engage in those unorthodox ways and drove seriously. The audience in the live-stream could see that she was serious and working hard to learn. She kept improving her driving skills. She was improving every day. The driving skills that she displayed in the game made many viewers feel ashamed. The popularity of Zhang Yans live-stream increased very quickly. The increase in the number of viewers triggered the recommendation mechanism of Bunny Tails live-stream and gradually formed a positive cycle. Compared to other live-stream platforms, Bunny Tails recommendation effect was much better. The reason was very simple. Bunny Tails live-streams popularity was not fake! Any live-stream that had rising statistics definitely had something unique about it. It would definitely not be a problem to give recommendations. The audience could also relax and find live-streams on the recommendation spots. They would not have to worry about being deceived by the fake popularity. All in all, Zhang Yan had gained many fans over the past two days with her live-streaming of Safe and Civilized Driving! Congratulations for passing the exam! Zhang Yan nearly jumped out of her chair in excitement, but unfortunately, she had a seat belt on. Great, its finally over! I can finally drive a huge truck for a long distance to collect goods! Let me see which truck is better. Over the past few days, not all of Zhang Yan had been taking the drivers license of the large trucks. She had also spent a lot of time running for cars. She had saved a sum of money so that she could afford the large trucks as soon as she finished taking the drivers license. That was because whether they had their own trucks or not, the final price of long-distance delivery would be different. Thus, this initial investment was very necessary. Zhang Yan learned from her previous lesson. She first went online to watch the evaluation. On one hand, it was to observe the driving experience of the truck. On the other hand, it was to observe its safety and economy of repair! Zhang Yan was not the only one who checked the evaluation before buying the car. This had almost become common knowledge for all players of Safe and Civilized Driving. The owners of the cars that had purchased the Passat in the game had already experienced this bloody lesson. When they first came into contact with this game, everyone casually bought a car. They all felt that since it was a car in the game, there was at most a slight difference in performance. There would definitely be a huge difference in other places. However, he realized that it was much worse after playing! Some cars could last a few months in the hospital, but some cars would die on the spot. Of course, there were also many people cursing online, especially the car owners of Parshat. They felt that this game should be biased against the cars of certain brands, especially the joint car. The data given was too harsh. It was obviously deliberately defaming. Many people also understood why there were so few car brands in the game Safe and Civilized Driving. How could other brands be willing to let their own cars be tortured in the game? Many car brands had clear rules when authorizing racing games: car damage could not exceed a certain limit. That was why many racing games would only have the situation of 200KM / H smashing into a front cover. After all, in the game, a single touch from a car would result in a mess. It would easily leave a bad impression that the quality of the car was very poor. The car companies would definitely not be able to accept the subtle negative impact of the game on players if they were to authorize the car to the game merchants. That was why Safe and Civilized Driving did not obtain any authorization. The authorizations of a few real-life brands were from some small domestic car manufacturers. For example, the domestically-produced HF6 that Zhang Yan had driven previously. The other foreign brands and car models had been modified by demons. There were also many haters who were making an issue out of this: If you defame others brand, of course they would not give you authorisation! However, for gamers like Zhang Yan, it was just an interlude even though there was a lot of criticism outside. He still had to play the game as usual. However, there was an additional step to look at the evaluation before purchasing the car. Many UP Masters took the opportunity to produce videos of testing and interpretation of various cars in Safe and Civilized Driving. It was very popular. After a few selections, Zhang Yan finally chose the latest flagship car model of a veteran domestically-produced car manufacturer. The entire car cost a total of 450,000 yuan. According to the evaluation, this car model was considered a high-end car model in Europe. It was still safe and practical. Of course, if they were really rich, it would be best to buy the top foreign brands trucks. They had to look at the gap while supporting domestic products. However, Zhang Yan did not have that much money yet. She was not in a hurry. In any case, using this car to run a long distance transport should make money quite quickly. She could think about changing the car then. I can finally drive a huge truck to make a living! Zhang Yan looked at the drivers seat of the truck on the screen. It was completely different from the previous home car. First, there was a huge difference in vision! The floor of the drivers seat of this car was 1.6 meters away from the ground. When he sat down, he felt like he was high above. If it was the first time he felt this vision, he would always feel that the left side seemed to have lowered the line, and the right side had also lowered the line. He needed to adapt. Zhang Yan had exerted so much effort to get a drivers license previously. Of course, she was already used to this. In fact, for large heavy cards like this, the comfort level in the drivers seat was also an important aspect. For example, whether the bed was comfortable after sleeping, whether the height of the car allowed people to walk freely in the car, whether there was a small table with water bottles, and so on. After all, many long distance drivers in reality had to eat and rest in the drivers seat. There were no such problems in the game. They were more concerned about control and safety. The only pity was that the console in the package previously could not play its full role. That was because many of them were buttons for long-distance cars, such as switchboard doors. He would only be able to experience all its functions after he finished taking the long distance drivers license. Of course, Zhang Yan felt that she had already passed the most difficult drivers license. She would make preparations later on. It should not be a problem to get the long distance drivers license. Then Dear viewers and friends, lets go! The old chauffeur is on his way! Zhang Yan still felt nervous and excited even though she had been driving online for a long time and had run to tell others many times before. Fun! Many people who did not play simulated driving games might find it difficult to understand. What was so fun about this? Hadnt they driven enough in reality? However, for gamers who really liked such games, driving in the game was completely different from driving in reality. The scenery in the game was better, the road was smoother, and they could play more freely. Even though they had to follow the rules, it was a game after all. Overall, they were still enjoying driving. However, in reality, after driving for a long time, his body was tired, and he could not stop at any time. The scenery on the road might not be good, or he might not be in the mood to look at the scenery on the road at all. He was very tense the entire time. Whats more, how many people in reality would really have a chance to drive a huge truck for the long distance? In Zhang Yans opinion, Safe and Civilized Driving had obviously achieved a very good compromise. It would not be as nervous and tiring as driving in reality. It still maintained a certain degree of entertainment. Whats more, through the adjustment of the value of driving for a long time and driving to earn money, players would not feel so tired driving in the game. They would feel more fun. At the same time, it was not as unreal as other racing games. It would not let players have a play whatever you want attitude. For zero accidents, they would still maintain a certain level of vigilance. This feeling was just right. In fact, feelings in gaming could be simply and roughly understood as the best balance between reality and reality. On one hand, it was the games content that guided and restricted players behavior. On the other hand, the games content provided players with realistic sensory experience. If the former was emphasized too much, it would become teaching players how to play games. That would cause the fun of the game to be greatly reduced and become boring. If the latter was emphasized too much, it might cause the game to be too unreal. It would indeed be satisfying in the early stages but it would quickly become boring. On the other hand, Safe and Civilized Driving might not be perfect on this point, but it would already surpass most racing and driving simulators in the market! Chapter 1416 - Being A Calefare Gives Me A Huge Windfall! Chapter 1416: Being A Calefare Gives Me A Huge Windfall! Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios At the same time, at the nameless restaurant Cui Geng arrived at the nameless restaurant and found that Lu Zhiyao, Zhang Zuting, Lin Jiaqiang, and the other movie kings who had played supporting roles in Successor had arrived. Huang Sibo and Fei Huang Workspaces production team had also arrived, and a few authors, including Yu Fei, had also arrived. Eh, Teacher Cui is finally here. Come, sit at the C. Teacher Cui, are you arrogant? Youre not even eating at the nameless restaurant. Quick, Ill punish you to eat a huge lobster! Everyone greeted Cui Geng warmly, leaving him an empty seat in the crowd on purpose. Cui Geng felt a little helpless. He had probably been writing for years without anyone asking and became famous overnight! Previously, everyone around him had addressed him as Old Cui or someone he was not familiar with had addressed him as Big Boss. However, he had never been referred to as Teacher Cui . Obviously, Successor had been raised to the altar, along with him, the original author. Everyone looked at Cui Geng now. They did not think of him as an innocent author. Instead, they thought of him as a great prophet and social scholar. After all, he was the person who predicted the outcome of the Yuklaia election a year ago. Only Cui Geng knew that this was all a dream. It was all based on luck. However, he could not explain this. There was no need to. He could only accept it silently. Cui Geng sat down in his seat and said, Its not that Im not eating enthusiastically. I was just collecting materials and forgot about the time. Huang Sibo asked, Were you beaten again after playing GOG? Cui Geng cleared his throat awkwardly. Hehe, its actually nothing much. Its just that his teammate had a huge advantage. The game could have ended in twenty minutes, but it dragged on for fifty minutes. He lost. Huang Sibo could not help but look serious and indignant. Theres such a thing? Ill send a message to Zhang Nan now and ask her to punish her severely! Cui Geng quickly said, Theres no need. Ive already reported it. GOG will be automatically punished as long as the system detects that it hung. Whats more, the punishment is not small. The game has already compensated me with substitute coins. Theres no need to trouble the person-in-charge for such a small matter. Huang Sibo nodded. Yes, thats good. Such evil influences cannot be allowed to grow. Tengda will definitely not spoil such players. Cui Geng looked at everyone. Eh, wheres Director Zhu? Then, he realized something. Oh! The Suffering Travels is not over yet? Huang Sibo looked sorrowful, but he could not help but smile. Thats right. Itll only end at the end of this month. I wonder if Director Zhu is doing well on the island. However, its better than our time. We went to Shennongjia! Why should they be able to play with sand and sun on the island? Thats not fair! Cui Geng cleared his throat. Not necessarily. At the very least, we dont have to suffer from the sun in the forest in Shennongjia. I watched Teacher Qiaos live-stream a few days ago. Everyone seemed to have become tanner. Everyone was exhausted after training, but they still forced themselves to put sunblock on themselves. Whats more, the rock wall on this island is higher than the rock wall on Shennongjia at that time. I can only say that it was torturous. Both of you have your merits in suffering. Huang Sibo: Oh? Really? I feel better now. Lu Zhiyao was also a little regretful. Aiya, Director Zhu cant come. We can only force him to eat his portion! Speaking of which, the Suffering Travels that you mentioned has been quite popular recently. A few days ago, I wanted to find a slot to sign up. In the end, I went to the official website to take a look. Good lord, its not open at all. I checked online and said that the reservations are completely full. I couldnt snatch them if I was slower. I dont know when the next appointment will be released. Whats more, even if it is reported, I dont know how long it will last. Cui Geng was stunned. Huh? You want to go? Whats so good about going? Going would be pure suffering! If you dont believe me, ask Huang Sibo. He has been there. Lu Zhiyao looked at Huang Sibo. Really? How was Suffering Travels? Was it really that torturous? After a moment of silence, Huang Sibo said in all seriousness, Yes it was indeed a little torturous, but I gained a lot Cui Geng could not help but be stunned. Good lord, Im amazed! These people who had been on a torturous trip had all become so deranged! Whats more, the most bizarre thing was that everyone who had been on a Suffering Travels would become a magical superimposed state. It could also be called Schr?dingers Suffering. When he went or chatted with irrelevant people about Suffering Travels, these people would definitely complain. They would say that it was completely spending money to torture themselves. It was too torturous. However, if they were to talk to people who were interested or curious about the Suffering Travels, they would say in all seriousness that the Suffering Travels had a very rich cultural heritage and deep spiritual meaning. It was very worth going. Bad, too bad! Do you think others cant see through your tricks? Dont you just want to deceive others into suffering with you? Anyone with normal intelligence would not fall for such a clumsy trick, right? However, the more he looked at Lu Zhiyao, the more interested he became. Oh? Rock climbing? wilderness survival? Theres even diving for this episode of the island? Teacher Qiao, Ruan Guangjian, Yao Bo, and the people in charge of Tengda are all there? This is actually a Tengda elite training camp. Its no wonder that ordinary people dont have the means to go there! Can you tell Boss Pei to give us an exclusive episode? Huang Sibo suppressed his smile and said in all seriousness, I can give a report to Boss Pei. I believe that Boss Pei is a loyal person who will definitely overcome his difficulties and arrange an episode for everyone. Lu Zhiyao was elated. Thats great! Teacher Cui, come with us? Cui Geng shook his head like a rattle drum. Im sorry, Im sorry. Goodbye! Good lord, these people must be crazy. It was so comfortable playing games in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. Who would want to suffer in the wilderness and on an isolated island overseas?! Dont drag me down with you if you want to die! Cui Geng was afraid that they would not stop talking about this topic. When he saw that the food was served, he quickly said, Alright, alright. Lets eat, everyone! Everyone arrived early. They were a little hungry after chatting for a while and started eating immediately. The precious ingredients on the table were all unlimited. They could eat whatever they wanted, and every single one of them was delicious! Cui Geng was even finding it difficult to choose. He felt that it was very delicious after eating one of the delicacies and wanted to eat another one. However, the other delicacies were also very delicious. If he ate another one, it would probably fill his stomach and he would not be able to eat anything else. After having some food and filling his stomach, Zhang Zuting raised his glass first. Its a pity that Boss Pei is busy today and did not come. However, I believe that Boss Peis heart is with us. I suggest that we raise our glasses to Boss Pei! Everyone responded and raised their glasses. Gathering at the nameless restaurant had always been completely free. They could drink alcohol if they wanted to. They could drink water or beverages if they wanted to. Everyones main goal was to eat. Whether it was alcohol or beverages, they were all used for meals. No one could force others to drink alcohol. This was the rule set by Boss Pei for the first gathering. Thus, it had become an unspoken rule that everyone consciously followed. He was proud of eating more, not of drinking more. Everyone started talking as they ate and drank. Lu Zhiyao was also filled with emotions. Actually, I wanted to support Boss Pei with the Successor series. After all, the movies Tomorrow is Beautiful and Mission and Choice had helped me a lot previously. I should have given Successor a free calefares out of gratitude. I didnt expect the benefits of being a calefare to be so huge! He said that he wanted to show his support for Boss Pei, but he ended up being led by Boss Pei and Brother Huang. Im really ashamed. There was no need to talk about the money Lu Zhiyao earned after the success of Mission and Choice previously. The key was that it became more popular, more well-known, and wider the acting path. There were too many production teams who came to him to invite him to film. He was having a headache choosing the script. However, Lu Zhiyao had a very firm principle: Everything was based on Boss Peis film schedule. He would not accept anyone whose schedule conflicted with his! The last time he came to Jingzhou to freeload, Lu Zhiyao asked Boss Pei about the new drama. In the end, Boss Pei said that the new drama would be filmed in the United States. Whats more, there would be no suitable role for Lu Zhiyao. He had to act in it, so he could only act as a calefares. Lu Zhiyao immediately thought that Boss Pei must be treating him like an outsider. Did Boss Pei think that he did not want to take on bit-role roles because he was so popular now? No way! The other teams would definitely not accept the supporting roles, but they had to accept Boss Peis supporting roles no matter what! Humans could not be ingratiated. Even if they did not get remuneration, they had to act in order to repay the favor of the previous two movies. Not only would he be acting, but he would also be acting with Zhang Zuting, Lin Jiaqiang, and the others! Thus, this group of people went to play supporting roles for Successor. Director Zhu Xiaoce was also very talented. He forcefully arranged enough suitable scenes for these people in Successor. Lu Zhiyao played a Chinese superhero, Zhang Zuting played a judge in a talent show, Lin Jiaqiang played a commoner, Phils hardcore supporter. The others, including Zhang Zutings old friends and some of Fei Huang Workspaces staff, also became extras. Whats more, they did not look out of place at all. Nobody could tell! That was because Hope City in the movie was a fictional city to begin with. It was an environment where various ethnics were mixed. There was room for improvement. In fact, during the filming process, Lu Zhiyao, Zhang Zuting, and the others had already had a premonition that the film would not become popular. Even if it did, it would not be of much help to them. After all, they did not have many scenes in the entire episode. The real main actor was the foreigner acting as Phil. However, they did not expect that not only would this drama become inexplicably popular, but it would also be very helpful for their acting career! Lu Zhiyao, in particular, benefited the most. There were even many film reviews and media praising Lu Zhiyao. He had more scenes than the main character in Successor! Chapter 1417 - From Actors To Movie Kings And Then to Actors Chapter 1417: From Actors To Movie Kings And Then to Actors At first, Lu Zhiyao was confused about what was going on. He was obviously a supporting actor. Why was he receiving so much attention? However, after reading these reviews, he finally understood Boss Peis good intentions. Cui Geng was very curious. The benefits of being a calefares are huge? More than the two movies you starred in previously? That doesnt make sense, right? He could not understand. Lu Zhiyao took out his cell phone, found a film review on it, and handed it to Cui Geng. Look at this review and youll understand. Cui Geng reached out to accept the cell phone. This film review was extremely popular. The title was: The current Lu Zhiyao was not only a real Best Actor, but also a real actor! Even though Lu Zhiyao doesnt have many scenes in Successor and is far inferior to Tomorrow is Beautiful and Mission and Choice, I think that this movie is much more meaningful than the previous two movies. Thats because it means that Lu Zhiyao has completed his transformation from an actor to a movie king, and then from a movie king to an actor. Once a person becomes famous, they can easily float and lose themselves. Its especially so for actors. Lets not talk about famous movie kings and queens. Even those young celebrities who had just debuted but had a lot of resources would be very picky about the script. Of course, as a good actor, you should choose scripts. Its normal to reject lousy scripts and act in better scripts. Its also a very right choice. However, many fresh meat actors dont pick scripts like that. They pick scripts based on remuneration and positioning. If they dont have enough money, they dont film it. Its not like they dont want to be the main actors. In fact, the production team cant revolve around them completely. They dont even film it! They dont care and cant tell if the script is good or bad. Thats why fresh meat celebrities often hit off with some lousy film directors. In any case, fresh meat celebrities want positions and are big shots in the production team. Rubbish film directors have to rely on fresh meat to earn money. The two hit off immediately. Can the movies they produce still be watched? In fact, when the movie premiered, the fans would fight for a spot. They would also slander and attack other actors who did not know how to act. They would also praise the actors non-existent acting skills. There are even actors who complain publicly that there are too few good scripts now. They cannot get good scripts at all. Why dont you think about it? Is it because there are too few good scripts or because there are too few good scripts in your eyes? Why dont you reflect on it? You took away most of the funding for the entire show, leaving only a little leftovers for the script writers. They could not even be muddled, and the scripts that they wrote had to be criticized and criticized by you. You changed it over and over again. How can there be a good script? The good script that you call good script is not really a good script in the true sense of the word. It is just a good script in your hearts. What you want is to be the main actor in the drama. Your scenes will be maxed out. All the supporting actors and casts will revolve around you. You have to show your role fully. On this basis, you also hope that the audience will like to watch it. It will sell out in the box office. Dont you know why you cant get a script like that? Dont you know why some so-called Best Actor and Best Actress spent so long choosing scripts to shoot lousy movies? Thats because youre too selfish. You only think about yourselves. You dont think about the script at all, you dont think about the production team, you dont think about what the audience wants to see or what they want to see. It would be strange if you can use this mentality to get a good script! On the other hand, Lu Zhiyao undoubtedly showed us the professionalism of an actor. Hes also a movie king. Whats more, hes the most popular movie king in the country at the moment. Not only does he have good looks and looks, but his acting skills are also better than those of fresh meat celebrities. Lu Zhiyao has been challenging more acting paths from Tomorrow is Beautiful to Mission and Choice. From the toxicity of the box office at the beginning to being able to familiarize himself with all the difficult characters, Lu Zhiyao has obviously put in much more effort than ordinary people in secret. Many people admire Lu Zhiyao because he has scripts like Tomorrow is Beautiful and Mission and Choice, giving him a perfect stage. If not for these two good scripts, Lu Zhiyaos acting skills would not have such a huge breakthrough. Thats why many actors might feel jealous and indignant in private. They might think that they would be popular by these two movies even if they acted themselves. I want to say that I know what to say! Lu Zhiyao and these two movies achieve each other. Take Mission and Choice for example. A movie is all one-man show. Youll do it? You really cant do it! Whats more, Lu Zhiyao only succeeded because he abandoned this mentality! When it comes to choosing scripts, no one is more qualified than Lu Zhiyao. He is no longer a toxicity in the box office, but a true Best Actor. He is the most popular male actor in the country who alone can carry a box office of more than a billion yuan. Some fresh meat celebrities would definitely request to act as Phil after seeing the script of Successor. Why? Thats because Phil has the most scenes. Hes the main actor! However, Phil is a foreigner. What should we do? Change the script to Chinese? Everyone, think about it carefully. If that really happens, wouldnt the episode change? Would it still be as successful as it is now? But what did Lu Zhiyao do? Does he care if hes the main actor? He doesnt care. He just played a calefares honestly and honestly. He acted as an ordinary Chinese superhero in it. His scenes were completely within the reasonable range of the entire series. His acting skills were solid, and his performance was appropriate. He did not act like he was stealing the limelight or stealing the show. That includes Zhang Zuting and the others. It was precisely because they had lowered themselves and played their roles well that the entire Successor series was harmonious and perfect. Thats why I said that Lu Zhiyao has completed his transformation from an actor to a movie king, and then from a movie king to an actor. At first, Lu Zhiyao was just an ordinary actor. He became a Best Actor through constant training. After becoming a Best Actor, he was not proud or complacent. He did not keep to himself. Instead, he continued to be down-to-earth. He did not forget that the Best Actor was just an empty title. He was still an actor in essence. A real actor should act like whatever he plays, not like himself. Therefore, we should pay respect to Fei Huang Workspace and Lu Zhiyao! Thats because they always put artistry first, put the audiences feelings first, and put money, position, and reputation behind. And the facts have proven that the more artistic and audiences feel first, the more money and reputation you can obtain. The selfish and always putting yourself first will definitely lose both wealth and fame in the end! Cui Geng nodded in realization after reading this review. I see! No wonder Lu Zhiyao was so grateful. For an actor, this kind of reputation and evaluation was much more precious than remuneration! Reputation might be superficial but it would affect the box office appeal of an actor. Many actors overdid their reputation and filmed movies to earn money. They might be able to earn money in the short term, but they would quickly lose the trust of the audience. It was a complete mess. On the other hand, if they continued to accumulate reputation and used premium works to move the audience, they would definitely rise steadily, with a good reputation and a good box office. Lu Zhiyao did not make much money from filming Successor. Boss Pei might have been generous but his part was only a calefares after all. A calefares remuneration was basically dispensable to Lu Zhiyaos current net worth. However, the key was that as a movie king, he was willing to be a calefare, a supporting actor for others, only to show the audience a better performance. He had attracted countless fans! This was a stark contrast to those impetuous actors who only wanted to be the main actors. With the halo, Lu Zhiyaos popularity and box office would definitely increase. Everyone would think that if Lu Zhiyaos calefares were so good, wouldnt the films that he starred in be amazing? In the future, as long as Lu Zhiyao participated in it, he could consider it no matter how long it took or how many scenes there were. What could be more praising than this for an actor? Lu Zhiyao explained, Actually, I thought about it. Theres another reason. Most of the faces in Successor are foreigners, so domestic audiences and film critics do not have a deep impression of them. As old acquaintances of the audience, we will naturally obtain more attention. From this point of view, I have benefited greatly from Successor! Cui Geng suddenly understood. Indeed, that was a very important reason. The actor who played Phil had many scenes and good acting skills, but he was ultimately a foreign actor. He had to develop in the international entertainment circle. For domestic audiences, he had many scenes but he was still an outsider. Lu Zhiyao and the rest were his own people. It was impossible for the domestic popularity to cross the ocean to be reflected on foreign actors. Then, it would naturally be eaten up by domestic actors like Lu Zhiyao. That was why Lu Zhiyao felt that he had earned a lot from acting as a calefares. He had thought that it was a duty to help Boss Pei. He had not expected to be brought away by Boss Pei in the end. Cui Geng could not help but feel emotional. Boss Pei is so awesome! He can even predict this! Huang Sibo shook his head slightly. You cant say that. It would be too deliberate if you were to say that Boss Pei had arranged this matter meticulously. Its not that Boss Pei does not have the ability, but it is not necessary. These minor details are all within the scope of skill. Boss Pei has long reached the stage where he can win without using any skills. He can just rely on his internal energy alone. As for Fei Huang Workspace, filming very different good films is of paramount importance. However, if we can achieve this, all other benefits, be it money or reputation woudl be waiting for us. Therefore, as long as everyone works hard to film the film, everything will naturally be there! Chapter 1418 - Domestic Re-Export Of The ‘Successor’? Chapter 1418: Domestic Re-Export Of The Successor? Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Everyone nodded and chimed in. Yes, as long as the film is done, everything will be there! Its just like the other departments of Tengda. As long as the product is done well, it will become popular even if we dont deliberately publicize it! Cui Geng looked at Yu Fei, who was eating happily. He asked, Hows the situation on your side? When will the new book be released? Yu Fei held the huge lobster in one hand and took a bite. New book? My game will be released at the end of this month. Do you think I have time to write a new book? Old Cui, what about you? Cui Geng did not expect Yu Fei to ask this. He was stunned. He cleared his throat and said, Im on it, Im on it. Yu Fei observed his expression and probed, Is the folder new? That stumped Cui Geng. If Yu Fei asked him how many words he had written, he would say that he had more or less figured it out at the beginning. However, Yu Fei asked so specific and basic questions that he felt a little embarrassed to lie Cui Geng laughed dryly and said, Look at what youre asking. Have you created a new folder? A folder not yet. Ill do it next Monday. Yu Fei chuckled. I know youre a no-show. I think youre really unlucky. You finished your novel earlier than me and started your book later than me. I might have to develop the game every day but Ive already thought about the outline when I have nothing to do. I just dont have time to write. In the end, youre good. You have nothing to do all day. Youre just being stubborn! I should expose you in your reader chat! Cui Geng was a little awkward. Dont scold me, dont scold me. The child is going to be scolded silly. Ill build a new folder when I get back. Itll be done! Huang Sibo smiled. Yu Fei, Im afraid its useless for you to expose Cui Geng because your readers are urging you every day. Thats because they know that you can write. You can squeeze out some time to write even if youre working on a game. However, Cui Gengs readers are not urging him because they know that its useless even if they are. Thats because they would not write even if they were to rush him! Everyone could not help but burst into laughter. Cui Gengs face turned red. He kept saying things like can you call it a pigeon collecting materials, Now, Im accumulating materials for my new book to shock everyone, and the important thing in writing a book is to find the right direction and not to foolishly pile up. The venue was filled with happy air. Lu Zhiyao asked, Brother Huang, when will we start filming the next movie? What will we film? Cui Geng took the opportunity to change the topic and chimed in. Thats right, what should we film next? The authors in the inspiration class are also looking forward to it. After confirming the adaptation plan of Eternal Reincarnation, Successor, and Executer Academy, the authors of the inspiration class had already seen hope. Thus, they were very motivated. A new batch of works had surfaced in the inspiration class. Most of the works were not done yet, but he could already see some clues. Huang Sibo said, We havent decided yet. It depends on Boss Pei. Fei Huang Workspace still has a lot of follow-up work to do in the short term. For example Were talking to the companies in the United States. Successor might be sold in the United States! Cui Geng was stunned. Huh? Theres such a thing? Export transfer? Oh no, internal distribution transfer? Oh no, thats not right He was stunned as the original author. That was because most people in Fei Huang Workspace, including him, had not thought that this series would be sold in the United States. Back then, when they were filming, they had placed the filming location in the United States. They had only considered the appropriate scenes and easy to find actors. The effect of the filming would be more original. However, this series had not been considered screening in the United States because its spiritual core was an anti superhero theme. It was incompatible with the cultural soil of superheroes. Thus, it could be said that this was a drama series that had a Western cultural background and the core was a domestic cultural background that was specially meant for domestic audiences. Would the audience buy it if they sold it to the United States? Everyone felt that it was unreliable. However, since Huang Sibo had said that, it was obvious that some companies in the United States were interested in this series. That was why they were discussing cooperation. Huang Sibo explained, At the moment, the biggest streaming platform in the United States, NLX, has already contacted us through the joint filming of Successor. They said that they intend to buy Successor at a high price and broadcast it exclusively online on NLX platform. Apart from that, two television stations have also extended an olive branch to us, hoping that Successor can be broadcasted on their television stations. For example, there is a very famous HPO television station. Were still discussing the price at the moment, but we can confirm that it wont be too low. Successor has very beautiful data in the country and is very popular. The platform in the United States is also very interested in the content of this series. Even Cui Geng, the original author, was in disbelief. Theyre actually interested in this content? That doesnt make sense, right? This is completely incompatible with the traditional superhero theme! Its defaming them! Huang Sibo smiled. At first, I was confused as well. However, after talking to them, I understood why they liked this series. Indeed, they are from a different perspective from us. They cannot understand what domestic audiences like about Successor. However, they have another evaluation dimension. Youll know why once I say two keywords: conspiracy theories and mistrust of the higher-ups. Therefore, foreign audiences might have huge differences in understanding of this show compared to domestic audiences. However, the interesting point is that they would think that this is a good show! Cui Geng savored Huang Sibos words carefully. Conspiracy theory? Dont trust the higher-ups? Oh, I understand now! A realization dawned on Cui Geng. Foreign audiences might like Successor, but their understanding would definitely be the complete opposite of domestic audiences! Counter-intelligent and conspiracy theories abounded in a large number of foreign audiences. They were filled with deep distrust of the higher-ups. That was because the long period of implementation of happy education and reverse psychology had caused many people in the middle and lower classes of foreign countries to lose the most basic scientific quality in such an environment. However, they definitely could not push all the blame to the people. On one hand, this was the result of long-term foolish policies. On the other hand, it was also because the upper echelons of the West had always been bad! Many foreign citizens liked conspiracy theories. Why? That was because foreign executives were really capable of such things! For example, using vaccination as an excuse to conduct human experiments and remove organs for illegal immigrants, many news had been released. How could there not be conspiracy theories under the baptism of such news? How could they trust the higher-ups? This widespread trend provided the ground for Successor s success overseas. The magical thing about the story of Successor was that it had two completely different interpretations under the cultural background of the East and the West. Whats more, they could be understood! There was no need to talk about the image of Successor in the eyes of domestic audiences. The previous film reviews had already analyzed it very thoroughly. In the eyes of foreign audiences, it might be another image. First of all, it fit the foreign audiences mentality of conspiracy theories and distrust of higher-ups. Superheroes were hinting at the foreign higher-ups, but not only would the foreign audience not be angry, they would find it reasonable! Secondly, some domestic audiences felt that the film, especially those who felt that it might stimulate foreign audiences, foreign audiences might not feel it at all. For example, in the world of Successor, money was the mark of evaluating a persons success or failure. A persons value depended on his net worth. Phil had done all sorts of bad things but he had succeeded. On the other hand, the detailed and political correct labels of various ethnics were stuck on the Successor talent show To the domestic audience, this was sarcasm. However, to foreign audiences, this was not sarcasm at all. Instead, it was a very normal setting. It was part of the basic settings of the show. It was reasonable! They might even be moved by Phil and the black students relationship because it was too in line with their political correctness standards That was because Successor displayed the entire story from an objective and neutral point of view when filming. There was no particularly personal tendencies. Thus, it could be interpreted from any angle. Some foreign audiences might even like Phil, thinking that he was very active and executing very well. He had won the game within the rules. He might have played some tricks that could not be seen in the light, but this was enough to prove that he was a capable leader. He was much better than the previous superheroes who were in charge of nothing. There was another important point even if these content were not included. There were too many stories on superheroes and too few stories on reverse superheroes. These television stations had to make something different from other television stations to attract viewers for the sake of popularity and viewership. Successor was obviously a very suitable choice! Cui Geng followed Huang Sibos train of thought and realized that his thinking was actually quite smooth? From the standpoint of foreign audiences, there might really be people who would understand it this way! As for what the original meaning of the Successor series was, it was not important at all. That was because foreign audiences would not watch domestic film reviews. They would not care how domestic audiences interpreted the series. They would only care about what they saw and interpret it in their own way. Yu Fei was a little confused seeing Cui Gengs enlightened expression. Arent you the original author? Its fine if others understood it, but you understood it? Do you think its appropriate? Did you write this book? Cui Geng was even more awkward now. Indeed, his good brothers critical hit was heart wrenching. He quickly cleared his throat. Of course, I wrote it. However, Boss Pei pointed out the general direction to me I can only say that I had some inspiration from Struggle in the process of creation. I focused more on the expression of reality than on empty preaching. Thats why there are two completely opposite interpretations However, thats quite good. No matter what, its a huge improvement for Successor to be released in the United States! Many domestic big production movies want to release in the United States but dont have the means to! Yu Fei sighed. Sigh, at the end of the day, Boss Pei is the one who carried us. Alright, lets have another toast to Boss Pei! Everyone raised their glasses. To Boss Pei! Chapter 1419 - 80 Million US dollars! Chapter 1419: 80 Million US dollars! Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios January 21st, Monday Achoo! Pei Qian sneezed not long after he woke up. Whos thinking about me again?! After a simple breakfast, Pei Qian arrived at his office as usual. He was prepared to spend as much money as he could for this cycle. He had to say that things had not been looking good recently! Pei Qian had not expected the three works of the inspiration class to become popular. However, on the bright side, the situation with the inspiration class could not be worse. After all, the popularity of Eternal Reincarnation had completely gone down. It was almost sold out. The follow-up sales had stabilized. The ratings and popularity of Successor had already reversed on Aili Islands website. There was no room for further improvement. What was more troublesome was Executer Academy. According to this old sows updating speed, a long period of stable updates in the future would provide more stable benefits to Fei Huang Workspace. However, no matter what, stable income meant that it was controllable. It could be solved by brainstorming, so it was alright. As for Safe and Civilized Driving, he could only say that the situation was worse than Pei Qian had expected. The many dissuasion segments that he had set up previously did not seem to have much effect. However, on the whole, it was still acceptable. There were still some complaints that should be there. Many people were criticizing Safe and Civilized Driving online. This was mainly focused on its excessive collision punishment mechanism, overly strict drivers license examinations and newbie teaching, slightly monotonous core gameplay, and maliciously discrediting some brand collision effects. Based on the current situation, if it was based on ordinary game evaluation standards, Safe and Civilized Driving would be considered popular and successful. However, based on Tengda Games evaluation standards, Safe and Civilized Driving was far from the previous Tengda Games. The sales of the safe and civilized driving simulator had also increased because of the release of the game, but the inventory was still piled up like a mountain. That was good news. Pei Qian planned to use this opportunity to allow Lu Mingliang to rent a few more warehouses across the country. They were filled with all sorts of products from Otto Technologies, especially the safe and civilized driving simulators. This was the most difficult to sell. Of course, they had to pile up the most! That would greatly reduce the pressure on settlement for this cycle. In addition, Pei Qian had already handed over the matters of charity and the zoo to Assistant Xin. He had to discuss the charity with the relevant departments and the various schools. However, this matter should be very smooth. The zoo required the approval of the relevant departments to let the architect design and to find a qualified gardener. He could not rush these. He just had to make some progress in two weeks. Of course, this zoo would definitely not be able to expand so much in the beginning. Pei Qian thought that he would find a random plot of land near Thriller Hostel, even if there were only a few animals. He would open the zoo as soon as possible and spend as much money as possible without affecting the settlement. After this settlement cycle, he would slowly expand like Thriller Hostel in the future. Just as he was thinking about his future plans, he heard a knock on his office door. Pei Qian looked up and saw Huang Sibo. Huang Sibos face was filled with excitement. He was just one step away from writing I have great news on his face. Pei Qians heart nearly dropped. This was bad! What good news was this? Huang Sibo, youve just returned from a torturous trip. Dont force me! However, on further thought, Pei Qian realized that something was amiss. Hadnt the two projects that Fei Huang Workspace had been in charge of this cycle been settled? Successor and Executer Academy had already signed an agreement with Aili Island. They would be exclusive. They could not sell them to others, right? Pei Qian calmed down and asked, Whats wrong? Huang Sibo raised his thumb, his admiration overflowing. Boss Pei, the copyright for Successor has been sold! Pei Qian was stunned. Copyright? Hadnt it been sold a long time ago? To Aili Island. How could he sell a second one? Huang Sibo continued, The overseas copyright of Successor was fought over by several overseas streaming platforms and television stations. In the end, we decided to sell the copyright to NLX because they would be in charge of translating Successor into 28 languages and broadcast it to viewers in 190 countries and regions around the world! Whats more, as the largest streaming platform overseas, NLX has the most users and the most influence. Of course, their bids are not the highest. However, they are not much different from the first bid. Pei Qian looked shocked. Trembling, he asked, How much? Huang Sibo: 80 million US dollars! Pei Qian lost his expression. Only confusion was left. Mad, this world has gone mad! Successor might have gone to the United States to film with the filming company there and had spent money to make some big scenes, but all the investment added up to only about 200 million yuan. That was about 30 million US dollars. After all, unlike other series, the remuneration of the main actors in Successor was not high. The protagonist, Phil, chose a young actor with superb acting skills from overseas. Lu Zhiyao and the others were guest actors who took the bit-role money. It was not much even if they included the friendship price and the premium of the movie king. It could not be compared to movies and dramas where some main actors easily earned more than a hundred million yuan. The 30 million US dollars was spent freely, ensuring that the shows focus reached first-tier standard. At first, Pei Qian had thought that it would cost two hundred million yuan. If they could not sell the foreign copyrights, they would only sell the domestic copyrights. How could they recoup their costs? The best case scenario would be no loss or profit, right? However, he did not expect that the website would use ratings and viewership ratings to split the profits. Soon, he would be able to recoup his costs. In the future, he would be making pure profits. Secondly, he did not expect foreign companies to be willing to buy this thing. Whats more, he had doubled it! Of course, given the wealthy situation of NLX as a streaming platform, it was not surprising that they spent 80 million US dollars on copyrights. After all, they had bought more expensive things before. They spent 10 billion US dollars on copyright every year. However, the key question was why they bought Successor. Pei Qian was very confused. He asked, What do they think of Successor? Huang Sibo exclaimed, Its exactly as you expected, Boss Pei! Pei Qian: ? What should I have expected! I did not think that anyone would buy it! Huang Sibo explained, I remember that before we started filming Successor, Boss Pei gave us some simple instructions. He said that Successor should not have strong emotional tendencies and should not show too much irony. Instead, it should be expressed from a realistic and neutral point of view. The audiences eyes are sharp. Naturally, they can understand. Pei Qian: He wanted to ask if he had really said that before. However, too much time had passed. He could no longer remember. However, on further thought, this did seem like something he would say. The reason was very simple. When Successor was first released, Pei Qian did not think that it had any chance of making money overseas. He filmed it for domestic audiences. The core of Successor was an anti superhero. Pei Qian asked the production team not to show too much irony during the filming process because he wanted to weaken the performance of this core and reduce the possibility of it becoming popular domestically. In the end, it turned out to be true! The audiences eyes were really sharp. They could tell at a glance even in such a situation. They forcefully gave a nearly full rating. However what had this got to do with overseas copyright? Huang Sibo continued, At first, I was wondering why. However, after talking to overseas platforms, I realized that Boss Pei, your move is too ruthless! If we really deliberately express this irony, the foreign audience would definitely not be able to accept it and think that we are defaming them. However, if we use a realistic and neutral perspective to express the entire story, the foreign audience would resonate! Domestic audiences think that it is the content of irony. Foreign audiences think that this is very in line with the political correct content. Instead, it is a plus point. On the other hand, the conspiracy theories, the medias control of the public opinion, and the content of the upper echelons mocking the people resonated with foreign audiences! This series makes the eyes of foreign audiences who are tired of watching superheroes shine. They feel that it is a good drama that reflects social reality! Of course, there are also many voices of dissent overseas, but the voices of dissent are also popularity! In addition, the film company that the United States filmed with us is pulling the strings. All major media platforms and television stations have a strong interest in Successor. Thats why it was sold at such a high price! No matter what, Boss Pei, your guidance allowed Successor to complete its historical assignment beyond its means! Its unbelievable that a satirical episode can conquer both domestic and foreign audiences at the same time! Pei Qians eyes widened. How could this be my fault? I was not the one who wrote this script. I did not ask about it when we were filming. In the end, it still had something to do with me when it became popular? Pei Qian could not accept this! Thats eighty million US dollars! Are you trying to kill me on the spot? Eh, thats not right. The money would only be in my account during the next cycle. Whats the rush? At the thought that the money would only be transferred to his account during the next cycle, Pei Qian calmed down and felt that things were not that serious anymore. Alright, I understand. Is that why youre here? Pei Qian asked. Huang Sibo was stunned. Er thats right. He was a little puzzled. Why, did Boss Pei feel that this was not worth reporting? 80 million US dollars! Youre not even allowing me to report good news? Pei Qian nodded. Alright, if something like that happens again in the future, just send me a message. You dont have to come all the way here. Pei Qian was doing this for Huang Sibos own good. He was afraid that he would not be able to control himself and cause Huang Sibo to suffer on the spot. Huang Sibo was stunned and then a little ashamed. Everything was within Boss Peis expectations. It was indeed making a mountain out of a molehill to specially report the good news! He should learn from Boss Peis strategizing and calm state! Wasnt it just 80 million US dollars? Looking at Boss Peis casual attitude, that was what all Tengda employees should learn! Huang Sibo reflected on himself as he turned to leave. Chapter 1420 - How Could It be So Similar? Chapter 1420: How Could It be So Similar? Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios In the evening Zhang Yan finished her work for the day. After having a simple dinner at home, she went to her computer and prepared to drive. Previously, many people had doubted online that he would continue to drive in the game after driving for the entire day. How addicted was that! Now, Zhang Yan could confidently reply them: Thats the addiction! Of course, even though she had to concentrate on driving in Safe and Civilized Driving, Zhang Yan felt that driving in reality was labor, and driving in the game was entertainment. Even though this seemed a little incredible to some people, gamers who had truly experienced the fun of Safe and Civilized Driving felt the same as Zhang Yan. Well be able to fight for the racetrack tomorrow after running the passenger car today! Zhang Yan took some time to apply for a drivers license. The driving experience of driving a large van was very helpful to her. Needless to say, driving a long distance passenger car was obviously different from the fun of a large van. The fun of driving a large van was mainly to control the car behind the car. That was because if the large van wanted to transport more goods, the back of the car would become longer and longer. How to turn or collapse the warehouse while dragging such a long car was definitely a technical job. Once there was a mistake in the operation, it would be good if they could use the power rod or a fire hydrant when they turned the corner. At most, they would lose money. If there was a situation where the corner of the road was stuck, it would be over. The rescue services in the game were not cheap. However, the longer the car behind him was, the more goods he would get, and the stronger the sense of achievement he would feel when he reached the finish line! The long distance car was another kind of fun. It could fully utilize the operating panel in the set meal. Unlike large vans that were only transported between two points and did not need to stop midway, there would be many boarded and left guests on the way. For example, in an hours drive, a batch of passengers would be released every ten minutes. At that time, parking, switching, and car doors had to be done by players. In addition, the big van only needed to pay attention to the driver himself, but the long distance passenger cars had to pay attention to the entire car. In addition to parking at the station and switching on the car door, players had to pay attention to the situation in the car and adjust the temperature of the air conditioner. They might encounter an emergency where passengers would press the parking button. At that time, they had to find a suitable place to park. In addition, they had to change the movie playing in the car based on the age of the passengers in the car. For example, most of the people in the car were old people or most of them were children. Naturally, the movies that they wanted to air were different. That was because the rules of evaluation of the passenger car and the van in the game were different. The driver only needed to transport the goods to their destination. If there were car damages or violations in the middle, they would be fined. The faster they arrived, the faster they could start the next order. However, the passenger car did not just pull the passengers to their destination. Apart from the damage of the car and the violation of the rules, there was also the satisfaction of the passengers. They could only get richer remuneration when the passengers were more satisfied. As for the duration of the car, whether they responded to the passengers urgent requests in time, whether the temperature in the car was appropriate, whether the driving was stable, whether the movies in the car suited the passengers preferencesa| These would affect the satisfaction of the passengers and affect the final income. At first, Zhang Yan was not used to it. She felt that they were simply a group of crafty people! He had clearly brought them to their destination safely, but he had lowered his evaluation because the movie did not meet their expectations and the temperature of the air conditioner in the car was too low. That had caused the final income to decrease. It was ridiculous! However, after making a few trips, Zhang Yan felt that this design was not bad. It made it more challenging for her to drive a long distance car. Whats more, every time he dealt with all sorts of unexpected situations perfectly and obtained a high degree of satisfaction, he would see the money earned this time increase by 20%, 30%, or even more. This feeling was simply not good. After several days of continuous live-streaming, the number of people in Zhang Yans live-stream also increased. There were now tens of thousands of people. One had to know that this was the real number of people watching Bunny Tail Live-Stream. There were tens of thousands of people. It was completely different from the tens of thousands of popularity of other platforms that were injected with water. The bullet screen comments had obviously become denser. Good lord, the last time I came, I was still driving a Passat. I havent seen you for a few days, and youre already driving a big car? Its really a visible improvement in driving skills. The heavens reward hardworkers. Its simply the example of a female driver! I still remember the first day of live-stream. Good lord, the newbie tutorial started a chain of events. After that, the Passat started again. I just want to know how many sisters the protagonist has to spend like that. Dont criticize him. The host has already done well. There were zero accidents yesterday and today. Watching the live-streamer drive a huge truck for a long distance gives me an inexplicable sense of security. I suggest that if youre bored, you can play a song, a crosstalk, or a crosstalk. That would be enjoyable. Has the streamer seen the IIS collision test? Its a perfect replay! If not, go and take a look. Youre really not responsible for the Passat! Zhang Yan could not help but feel a little proud when she saw the bullet screen comments praising her driving skills. Of course, she was not arrogant or complacent. She knew very well that these viewers had subconsciously lowered their standards for her because she was a female streamer and a female driver. If the male streamer had driven like her, he would definitely not have received so much praise. Thus, he had to continue working hard to improve his driving skills! Zhang Yan decided that once she was tired of driving the long distance car and had more or less saved up her money, she would try out her racing drivers license. She would systematically learn professional knowledge such as drift, line reduction, and oil reduction. That was because the real God of Cars was definitely trained on the racing track. The most profitable part of Safe and Civilized Driving was also the racing track. The long distance passenger cars and large vans made money by pulling the living. The upper limit was there even though the specific income would fluctuate. Only venue competitions and tug-of-war where there would be high bonuses and sponsorship if they won would truly make a lot of money! Other streamers might be proud and complacent here. They might feel that it was not bad to drive long distance cars and large vans every day. It was good to mix in. After all, the learning cost of racing was too high. He did not know how much hard work they had to put in to make a name for themselves. However, Zhang Yan was very clear-headed. She was not overwhelmed by these praises. Instead, she chose to continue advancing. However, the last line caught Zhang Yans attention. The IIS collision results are out? After this long trip, Zhang Yan did not start on the next mission. Instead, she found the IIS collision test video on Aili Island. Previously, she had driven a Passat so badly. She had also searched online. It seemed like everyone was very controversial about this matter. Many people felt that the Passat should not perform so badly! At that time, Zhang Yan had hit a large van, and the large vans in the game had a collisionproof window at the back. Thus, this was a very standard 25% deviation collision. However, such a poor result was really unacceptable. Thus, many people said that Safe and Civilized Driving was obviously criticizing it. Some even said that they might have been rejected by the manufacturer when they bought the rights. That was why they conveniently defamed the game. One important reason for these supporters was that they had already touched the rice version of the Passat. The results were perfect. It would be impossible for the domestically-produced version of the car to be reduced to this extent, right? After arguing online for the entire weekend, the results of the IIS collision test were finally out! Zhang Yan opened the video. 25% deviation collision, deflation of the wheels, the A column bent, the driver seat invaded, the steering wheel turned, the safe air bag escaped perfectly to the passenger seat, dodged the dummys head, and made an intimate contact with the car bodya| After watching this video, Zhang Yan was stunned. Thisa| is this really not the death replay in the game? Its exactly the same! At that moment, it felt like they had traveled through time. Zhang Yan could not help but want to ask: They were actually so similar? Of course, it was definitely impossible to achieve uniform details. However, it was simply similar on some key issues, such as the bending of the A column, the invasion of the drivers seat of the front wheel, the drifting of the steering wheel, and so on. The bullet screen comments and comments of this video were obviously exploding. F*ck, this is definitely a world famous painting! A column folding technology! A large suction area! Safe back row! The car door iron will not move! Im stunned. Can it really be reduced to this extent? The rice version is perfect! In the end, the domestically-produced joint-venture version is the worst record of the two IIAS? The only car model with bad head and neck damage in history is the only car with bad head-on collision? F*ck! Are you here to break the record? Reverse record breaking, awesome! The mysterious steering wheel and air bag drifted, and the drivers head and neck were completely unprotected. Thats the lowest rating of IAS. In reality, this thing exploded! Safety airbag: Youre a noob. You deserve to die. Im going back to protect the co-pilot seat! I really think Safe and Civilized Driving is in the atmosphere. Isnt this a little too mystical? Is there really a great prophet inside? You can even predict this? I heard that its because this game uses a very real physical engine? Its different from other racing games. It models the various structures of the car, the various parts, and the physical effect. Therefore, the performance of each car is different after touching it. Thats not right either. How does it know the strength of each structure in reality? He didnt spend his own money to buy all these cars, right? I think Tengda can do something like that. Not really. After all, theyre busy developing games. The collision test is a more professional field. Tengda has not stepped foot into it yet. Its said that the data in Safe and Civilized Driving was obtained after working with IIS internally.. After all, these data have to be released to the outside world sooner or later. Chapter 1421 - : The Management Trainee Boss – An Expert! Chapter 1421: The Management Trainee Boss C An Expert! Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios After someone raised a relatively reliable guess, other netizens began to agree. Thats right. They must have adjusted the strength of the various structures of the cars in the game after receiving the collision data in advance. They must have ensured that the results after the collision were consistent with reality. Thats why theres such a high degree of replay. For all we know, if IISs data is not accurate in the future, Tengda will hit itself! (sarcasm) Sigh, I got excited for nothing. I thought that there really was such a black technology that could perfectly simulate reality. Your focus has obviously gone off track. Whether it defamed technology or not doesnt matter. The key is the goal and meaning of Safe and Civilized Driving! Many players were extremely surprised that the collision results of IIAS were so consistent with the collision results in Safe and Civilized Driving. In the beginning, many Parshat car owners questioned the results of the collision in the game. Many players explained that this was only a game. It was impossible to be so serious. Some changes in the game data or small bugs might cause a huge deviation in the results of the collision. There was no need to be too conflicted. We have a real physics engine was just a meme after all. No matter how real a physics engine was, it was still just a physics engine. There would be unexpected problems. Yet, now, the people who criticized Safe and Civilized Driving were stunned. Those who helped Safe and Civilized Driving use game mechanisms or game bugs were also stunned. Do I need your help? There was no need. Who said that games could not be rigorous? Tengdas games had always been so rigorous! Obviously, when Shang Yang Games Development Team developed Safe and Civilized Driving, they really used the car collision as a core content to develop it. They invested a lot of energy and time and achieved a very similar effect to reality. At first, some players thought that it was some kind of black technology that could perfectly reproduce reality in the virtual world. However, on further thought, that was impossible. Even if it could be replicated, they had to first know the strength of the steel in reality. Now, he finally understood. It turned out that Safe and Civilized Driving had long been cooperating with IIAS. The collision effect in the game was based on the collision effect in reality! What interested gamers even more was why Safe and Civilized Driving had spent so much effort on this. This did not seem to be the core fun of the game. Even if Safe and Civilized Driving was like other racing games, making the car damage very low or closing the car damage directly, players would not feel anything strange. They might even be happier. Someone said that this might be the producers decisiveness of the game Safe and Civilized Driving: Reality! Everything had to be realistic, so the collision results of the cars had to be realistic as well. However, this statement was obviously not completely convincing to the public. Many people guessed that there were other purposes to this design. All in all, once the results of the IIS collision were released, it caused a huge uproar online! The collision video had become the treasure of the Eric Island websites car area. The memes about the black luxury car instantly spread across the internet. As various self-media and UP Masters reposted and reported this incident, the game Safe and Civilized Driving became a material that they took delight in talking about. It spread widely online January 22nd, Tuesday Thriller Hostel, in the experience shop near the roller coaster of Skylark Plan. Come, Boss Xu. This way please. Li Shi warmly invited a slightly bald and slightly plump middle-aged man to the VIP experience hall in the experience shop. This boss was Xu Hu, the boss of the Heng Yuan driving school. Heng Yuan driving school was currently the biggest chain driving school in the country. It was established in 2015. It was first established in Beijing. At the moment, it had already opened a branch in a major first-tier city in the country. It had developed very quickly in recent years. Of course, there was also a large-scale driving school in Jingzhou. Compared to other driving schools, Heng Yuans driving school had always pursued a premium operating strategy. It proposed the concept of friend-like teaching, smiling service, quality above all, and used high-quality differentiation services such as learning first and paying later , one person one car , and obtained a good reputation. Of course, the driving coaches in the driving school were of different levels and personalities. The students driving talents were also different. It was inevitable that there would be friction between students and coaches. However, the key was whether the driving school could cooperate with the relationship between the two very well. The friction would gradually be reduced by increasing the service level and teaching level. At the moment, Heng Yuan driving school was doing quite well compared to other driving schools in the country. On top of that, the Heng Yuan Driving School was the first to propose intelligent management. While other small driving schools were still letting students queue for car training, the Heng Yuan Driving School had already completed the distribution and appointment functions of the students through their own application. It ensured that the students could train one car per person after making reservations. Thus, Heng Yuan driving school had been more popular among young people in recent years. This experience shop was the experience shop that Star Bird Fitness boss, Che Rong, opened. It was filled with VR equipment for amusement parks, shopping malls, including simulated driving capsules, VR shooting platforms, and so on. After the safe and civilized driving simulator was released, Che Rong naturally bought more than ten luxurious simulators at once to let tourists experience it. Ever since the roller coaster project became popular, the business of this experience shop was extremely good! Tourists could wander around after taking the number on the spot after all. Apart from shopping and drinking coffee, playing in the experience shop became the best choice for many tourists. Che Rong knew that Xu Hu was coming today. Thus, he reserved a VIP room for business. Xu Hu entered the private room and immediately saw the luxurious set of driving simulators. Xu Hu sat on the G force seat while Li Shi guided him to experience the second and third examinations in the game. Good lad! This is much more advanced than the batch of simulators we bought at the driving school! F*ck, Ive been cheated! Refund! I want a refund! Xu Hu lived up to his name and spoke rather directly. As early as last year, Heng Yuan Driving School had bought a batch of driving simulators for all the schools. They were slightly simpler than the large simulators in the amusement park and shopping mall, but they were not cheap. A small screen, a simulation software for the drivers license test developed by the manufacturer, and a steering wheel, a joystick, and other parts that were similar to real cars. It took up more than one square meter of space. For something like that, the retail price was 16,800 yuan and the wholesale price was 13,800 yuan! At that time, Xu Hu thought that the wholesale price was quite worth it. That was because this simulator solved a very critical pain point for the driving school. The rapid expansion period of Heng Yuan driving school was just in time for the craze of everyone learns driving. As the number of cars in the country increased, the demand for cars to travel on behalf of cars increased, and the number of people learning drivers licenses also increased rapidly. For these driving schools, they could not possibly not accept students who delivered themselves to their doorsteps, right? Those were all wasted profits. Of course, he would not reject anyone! However, if he were to accept more students, there would be a very serious problem. There would not be enough venue and cars! That was because the driving schools venue was only so big. Even if they could open a school and a new venue, it would not be able to be built in a short period of time. Whats more, the driving school would usually recruit nearby students. Even if they opened a school, they might not be able to distribute these students: they might want to learn nearby at home and not travel so far. Many small driving schools did not care about their capacity at all and accepted students with their heads down. In the end, they were filled with people. The students were all queuing up to get on the cars. They waited for two hours and got on the cars for five minutes. The students complained and their satisfaction level collapsed. In order to solve this problem, Heng Yuan driver school first developed an APP to make reservations. After making reservations, they would learn how to drive for an hour. The students would not have to queue anymore. The satisfaction level would increase. However, the fundamental problem had not been resolved. There were more people and fewer cars! In the past, they would queue for two hours and drive for five minutes. Now, it was different. They could not get classes even after registering for a month. Even though the application had been changed, reservations had to be snatched. It was alright during the day on work days, but when it came to night or weekends, the classes that were pre-ordered would become popular instantly. Those with slow hands would not be able to snatch them. In the end, it still did not solve the fundamental problem. That was why he thought of a new method at Heng Yuan Driving School: purchasing simulators! The mandatory rule was that all students had to train on the simulator for ten hours before they officially entered the car for training. At the very least, they had to train on the simulator for the back-up, turns, and other projects. They had to go to the real car after passing the simulator software test. That way, the students would be divided. The new students would go to the simulator first. Once they passed the simulator, they would get on the real car. To the students, even though the learning time had become longer, the queue situation would be greatly relieved. After getting on the real car, they would be able to get on faster because of the simulators foundation. The overall satisfaction level would obviously increase. At first, Xu Hu thought that this batch of simulators was quite worth it. However, after seeing the safe and civilized driving simulator, he realized that he had fallen into a huge trap. They were not even on the same level! What kind of lousy game was that simulator that he bought previously? It was even asking for 13,000 yuan? What kind of configuration was the Safe and Civilized Driving Simulator? Direct steering, GL seats, and games that Tengda had specially developed. Be it the hardware experience or software experience, werent they all better than the previous simulator? Yet, this G force seat seat was only selling for 9999 yuan! Even though it did not have a monitor, it was so much more worth it than the previous simulator. What kind of lousy monitor was that simulator from before equipped with? It would cost more than 1,000 yuan. How much money was I cheated of previously? Xu Hu could not help but think about this question.. He felt more resentment on remaining strands of his bald head. Chapter 1422 - Matchmaking Chapter 1422: Matchmaking Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Xu Hu personally experienced the second and third samples. They all passed in one go. Li Shi could not help but raise his thumb. Boss Xu, not bad! You havent aged at all! Xu Hu sniggered. Im also a gold medal trainer in my own driving school. How can something like second and third subject stump me? However, Boss Li, this simulator is indeed different. Its completely different from the ones I bought. I fell for a huge trap! The obvious difference between the two simulators could be seen from their appearance. The simulators that Xu Hu had purchased previously looked ugly. It was easy to associate them with the huge-headed computer monitors at the beginning. It was obvious that they were filled with compromise and age. On the other hand, the Safe and Civilized Driving Simulator, whether it was the three monitors, the squarish steering base, the steering wheel that was similar to the hand sensitivity of the sports car, or the all-metal feet and joysticks All of them had a new feeling and a sense of technology. This was not a product of the same era! The difference after truly mastering it was even greater. Xu Hu said, I had many opinions on the simulators that we bought at the driving school previously! Theres no help for the steering wheel. Theres only a belt movement inside. At most, it can be restored to its original position. It cant do anything else. The pedals are loose and without any strength. The partition rod is often broken. Its very easy to relax. Theres no feeling of hanging. Its fine if the seat doesnt have GL. The key is that the software of the simulator is not doing well. It looks even worse than the game more than ten years ago! I wanted the manufacturer to change it. The manufacturer said that it was impossible. That was the most they could do. It would be too much and troublesome to change it. I thought it was because of technical reasons that it could only be done to this extent. I went online to look at the other driving examination simulators. They were about the same level, so I could only let it go. Now, I know. Its not because the investment is huge and its too troublesome. They are just not willing to spend this money. They are not willing to sell the machines at all! Li Shi smiled. Boss Xu, I think youve wronged them. They might not be capable enough. Those who make these simulators are small teams. What good products can they make? Can they order in large quantities and lower the price of the supply chain? Can they hire professional designers to design products? Can they analyze the driving simulators in the market and give the best solutions? Can they have a group of top game designers like Tengda to make a game with exquisite graphics and realistic physical engines? Obviously not! How can these small teams compare to Tengda? They are all small workshops. Tengda is a regular army. Any scene would be a dimensional reduction attack! Actually, everything on this simulator can be produced domestically, but the question is whether or not you have the ability to integrate all of these things and use a lot of money to mass produce them. You can use your strong right to make suppliers and factory manufacturers what you want. You can also develop the corresponding software to perfectly show the strength of the entire hardware. Take the feedback and vibration of the simulator. These have to be coordinated with the game content! At the moment, Tengda is the only one with this equipment and game. Some of the top driving simulators overseas naturally have powerful feedback and vibration feedback. However, the problem is that they are all driving racing simulators. Even if the service is in reality, they are specially developed for racing drivers. There is no drivers license examination function. Therefore, in the short term, there will probably not be any new products that surpass this equipment in two years! Xu Hu was elated. He asked, Then the after-sales problem Li Shi smiled. Dont worry about the after-sales problem. Tengdas after-sales service has always been of the highest standards! Now, Tengdas Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and Upwind Logistics are already all over many cities in the country. Its very convenient for repairing customers and changing new branches for free. The most important thing is that the game Safe and Civilized Driving will continue to release new content in the future. For example, new car models and exclusive driver examination rules in various places Xu Hus eyes lit up. Eh? Thats good! Previously, Xu Hus biggest headache was that the contents of the simulator were different from reality. Of course, this was not entirely the fault of the simulator. That was because the examination content and examination methods across the country would indeed be slightly different. There was no need to talk about subjects one and four. They were all doing questions. The question bank was the same. However, there might be huge differences in the second and third subjects in different cities. This was a historical problem. In some cities, the equipment was very advanced, and the examination content was very backward. For example, if they could drive the entire electronic system without any safety personnel on the car, they would have to rely on the students to drive the car back to the finish line. However, they did not require time. Apart from having to complete a speed reduction operation, it would not be a problem for them to slow down the entire process and complete the turtle climbing process. In some cities, they would require them to run quickly. Three was the bottom line. It was normal for four to five cars to run to sixty to seventy. Including the order of the subjects in subject two, there were even differences in the new and old venues in the same city. Most of the examination venues were in the first project, but some were in the last project. For a chain driving school like Heng Yuan Driving School, they had to understand the local examination rules in advance when opening a driving school in a new city. Whether it was the new examination venue or the designated teaching standards, they had to be appropriate for the land and follow the local objective conditions. However, it was impossible for the simulator manufacturer to make it so specific. They could only make it according to the local driving examination rules or the main city driving examination rules. Xu Hu could only make do with it. The students would train their car, which was also psychological training. However, Safe and Civilized Driving was different. It could completely follow the different driver examination rules in various places. It could also make minor adjustments to the driver examination in the game and release the versions of the various cities. At that time, players would only have to choose the corresponding cities after entering or determine their location based on the IP. Then, they would naturally follow the local rules. That would be more conducive to the connection between the simulator and the real driving examination! Xu Hu immediately decided. Thats great! Tengdas equipment is definitely trustworthy! Thats it! Let me calculate how many units we need. At the moment, our group has more than a thousand trainers. There are nearly two hundred in the shop and training ground. One to two in the shop; more than ten in the training ground. In that case lets order 1,000 units! Two hundred of them are luxury versions with G force seat. They are specially placed in the shop for recruitment. The other 800 units can be bought in ordinary versions and are placed in various training grounds for students. Do you have enough inventory? Li Shi smiled. inventory? Dont worry, Ive asked Vice-President Chang of Otto Technologies. The inventory is definitely complete! Tengda has always been a inventory freak. Take this Safe and Civilized Driving Simulator for example. There are stocks in the warehouses in all the major cities in the country. Theres no need to talk about Jingzhous local stocks. Several large warehouses are already filled! Send the money immediately! Ill give you Otto Technologies Vice-President Changs contact details now. Li Shi patted his chest, looking like the spokesperson of Safe and Civilized Driving Simulator. After pushing the contact details, Li Shi suddenly thought of something and added, Oh, thats right. Vice-President Chang is still suffering on the deserted island. He will only be back at the end of the month. Ill give you the contact of the person in charge of the driving simulator business in Otto Technologies. Look for him first. Ill introduce him to you when Vice-President Chang returns. Xu Hu was confused. Good lord, are you still suffering on the deserted island? Tengda was a strange company. Was work more important or suffering more important? However, Xu Hu was too embarrassed to ask more. He stood up and shook Li Shis hand warmly. Thank you! Thank you so much! Im still out of news. If you had not specially informed me, Boss Li, I would not have known that technology has developed to such a level and that it has such useful things! As the boss of the driving school, Xu Hu had many things to do. Thus, he did not pay attention to the gaming circle. Safe and Civilized Driving was only more popular in the gaming circle at the moment. It had not yet become so influential in reality. Thus, it was normal for him not to know. Of course, he would know about this sooner or later as Safe and Civilized Driving became popular in reality. However, that would be too late. He would not be able to make it in time. If he could know, other driving schools would naturally know as well. What advantage would he have then? Now, the earlier they bought a safe and civilized driving simulator, the earlier they would be able to make a name for themselves. That would better attract the main group of driving school students: young people. Xu Hu said, Boss Li, youve done me such a huge favor. I really dont have any thanks. If you need any help in the future, just tell me. I wont hesitate to help! Li Shi smiled. Boss Xu, lets be honest. I do have a request. I heard that Hengda Games is seeking to be listed? I havent heard any follow-up news, but with the current size of Hengda Games, its only a matter of time before they approve the application. I intend to pull strings and let Fu Hui Investments and Tengdas Dream Realization Ventures invest a sum of money together. Lets make a fortune together, how about that? Once its listed, Hengda Games will have sufficient funds to open more branches in various cities in the country. Otto Technologies will naturally prioritize the supply and post-production of driving simulators. For the students of the faraway driving school, they can use better simulators. For us, wouldnt it be good to make money together? Xu Hu was elated. Sure! If any other investor had said that he wanted to invest, Xu Hu would probably have rejected him on the spot. What a joke. My company is about to be listed. Do I need you to invest? Whats wrong? You saw that I was about to be listed and came to this hypocritical place to earn a sum of money. Once Im listed, you can sell the shares and cash out. You dont have to take any risks and just pick fruits. Do you think Im stupid? That was not the way to fleece! However, Li Shis suggestion made it difficult for Xu Hu to reject. On one hand, it was because Li Shi was a middleman. He had the effect of connecting the dots and introducing Tengdas Dream Realization Ventures into the game. Fu Hui Investments and Dream Realization Ventures investing together was equivalent to pulling Tengdas long-range driving school into it. This certification identity was very important because it would directly affect the views of young people. On the other hand, Li Shi and Dream Realization Ventures were obviously not here to pick fruits. They were optimistic about the performance of Hengyuan driving school after it was listed. They definitely planned to hold these shares for a long time. There was no problem since it was a three wins! Chapter 1423 - Boss Li Would Not Let Any Potential Gains Off Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios After sending Xu Hu off, Li Shi said to Che Rong, We have to make some corresponding changes. My idea is to change the brand name of Star Bird Fitness to Star Bird Fitness. On the basis of the original smart fitness drying rack and Doubt VR glasses experience area, Ill expand and purchase a safe and civilized driving simulator to open a driving zone! It doesnt matter if we dont have enough space. We can open another store next to each store, opposite, or upstairs. Well form a model of a twin store or a subsidiary store. Well consider the two stores as a whole and plan the equipment. Well adjust the equipment according to the number of customers. Che Rong was stunned. Arent we going to work with Heng Yuan Driving School? Well do it ourselves? Whats more, the Safe and Civilized Driving Simulator is not related to fitness or virtual exercise, right? Che Rong obviously did not expect this. He had originally thought that Star Bird Fitness would not be a problem this time. After all, the safe and civilized driving simulator was naturally compatible with the driving school. It did not overlap much with Star Bird Fitness current business. In the end, he did not expect Li Shi to start thinking about eating some safe and civilized driving simulators after sending the boss of the Hengda driving school, Xu Hu, off. Was that appropriate? Li Shi shook his head slightly. Boss Che, dont be so rigid. Who said that we cant do it ourselves if we work with Heng Yuan? Think about it carefully. Can a long-distance driving school eat all the requirements on the market for safe and civilized driving simulators? Lets not care about personal customers who are willing to spend money and have places to put simulators at home first. Lets talk about players who have to experience it outside because they have no money or space. Can these people eat all of them in the Heng Yuan driving school? The Heng Yuan driving school would put luxury simulators with G force seats in the shops that they signed up for, but that was only for recruitment. They would also put simulators in the driving school, but that was to serve the students of their own driving school. But what if someone doesnt want to sign up for the driving school? What if they already have a drivers license and purely want to experience the simulator equipment or continue to improve their driving skills on the racing track? Who can satisfy this requirement? Of course, we have to satisfy it! Therefore, there is a difference between Heng Yuan Driving School and our needs. Wouldnt it be good if they make a profit there and then? Li Shi paused for a moment and said, Of course, the concept of virtual exercise can be related. You probably dont know much about direct steering. Ive checked. This thing is called a fitness equipment by many fanatics. It specializes in arm strength. Its alright if its normal driving mode. Its almost as tiring as driving in reality. However, once its on the racing mode, the power feedback of the steering wheel would be very terrifying. It would require a lot of strength to control. If we really focus on running for two hours, the exercise would not be small at all! Look at the racing drivers in reality. None of them are very obese, right? Most of them are skinny and full of muscles. Thats because driving in reality consumes more energy. Not only do they have to fight the steering wheel, but they also have to fight the powerful G force. The simulator is indeed unable to simulate that strong G force seat. The existing G force seat can only simulate the feeling. However, no matter what, playing this game will definitely not be easy. In reality, racing is also a form of exercise. Of course, the racing simulator can be called a virtual exercise! All in all, we have to think of a way to cover Tengdas new products. This is not only a market expansion, but also a strategic defense plan. As long as we include the safe and civilized driving simulator, we can effectively prevent other brands and other stores from using the simulator to overtake us. It doesnt matter how much more we earn if we introduce the simulator. The key is to block the way of others! Che Rong was enlightened after Li Shis analysis. I see, I understand now! It does make sense! Che Rong could not help but be convinced. He was taught another lesson by Boss Li. What did he lack as a boss? What he lacked was imagination and the ability to establish a connection between different fields! Who said that one had to try their luck to hit the wind outlet? Someone like Boss Li was forcefully capturing the wind outlet for his own use! On further thought, it seemed quite appropriate. That was because the game Safe and Civilized Driving was the same as the previous Animal Island and Fitness Battle . It could be played repeatedly. If they really played it, they might not be able to play it for hundreds of hours. This provided objective conditions support for Star Bird Fitness internet cafe model. If the game was only a moment of novelty and gamers lost interest after playing for a few hours, the follow-up passenger flow would be difficult to continue. There would be a huge risk that Star Bird Fitness would model. However, now, after the trial of the smart fitness drying rack and Doubt VR glasses, this model had been accepted by many people. Coupled with the safe and civilized driving simulator, it could form a cluster effect. Whats more, from the experience shops situation, the tourists recognition of the Safe and Civilized Driving Simulator was obviously higher than other large-scale equipment. The high repeatability also made Che Rong more confident. Alright, Boss Li. Ill arrange it now! Che Rong was filled with motivation once again. It was indeed good to follow Boss Li. As long as he followed Tengda, he did not have to think about any business model. A mature business model would naturally come knocking on their door! At the same time, in Tengda Games Yu Fei finished watching the video that he had just sent and said to Meng Chang worriedly, Will that really work? Meng Chang said confidently, Yes! Yu Feis computer screen was a trial video of Ghost General 2. This video was specially played by a famous combat game player in the country, Cai Hong. When the DEMO of the Ghost General 2 was just released, Tengda Games project team had already contacted some domestic combat game gods and asked them to experience Ghost General 2 together. The project team pondered carefully and revised the suggestions made by these combat game gods. When they encountered some changes that they felt were inappropriate, they would also organize a meeting with the designers on the internet, exchange their opinions, and finally finalize the modification plan. That was to make Ghost General 2 an outstanding combat game that could not be avoided. The group of combat gamers, including Cai Hong, learned it very quickly. That was because Bao Xu had said before when he was developing Ghost General 2 that there was an unspoken rule for combat games in the world at the moment. They followed this unspoken rule and made innovations in some details. That was outstanding combat games. Those that did not follow this unspoken rule were failed combat games. On one hand, it was because the combat game had been around for too long. The gameplay and mechanisms were very mature, and the core players had completely adapted. On the other hand, it was because the veteran gamers had invested more than 1,000 hours in combat games to form muscle memory. If a new game did not meet their muscle memory and commonly used habits, they would not play it at all. Since Ghost General 2 was developed according to the taste of these old gamers, they naturally got it very quickly. In the video, Cai Hong was playing a boss battle segment in the games Battle of the Red Cliff stage. In Ghost General 2, the Battle of the Red Cliff was an entire chapter. It was divided into many small stages in the middle. There were also several different parts within the stages such as Chain Plan , borrowing the east wind , Bitter Meat Plan , Huarong Way . Yu Fei adapted the background story of Ghost General based on the historical and novel stories. For example, after Phoenix Orphan Pang Tong boarded Cao Weis warship group, he proposed a series of strategies to use the phoenix bloodline to activate the performance of the demonic warship, giving the warship group the effect of sharing damage. However, he deliberately did not mention that this move would cause the fire resistance to become worse. Whats more, the flames would ignite the hidden flame power in the phoenix bloodline. In the game, players had to control Pang Tong and complete the operations at the designated location. At the same time, they had to repel the enemies during Cao Weis warship exercise. They had to prove to Cao Cao that this move would indeed increase the strength of Cao Weis warship group. On the other hand, using the east wind was Zhuge Liang stepping onto the seven star platform to summon a large number of guided rockets to wash the ground. It would cause a devastating blow to Cao Weis warship group. In the process, players would not only have to operate Zhuge Liang to release guided rockets, but they would also have to take the time to deal with Cao Weis army, who had rushed over to obstruct them. Players would have to operate the yellow cover to cover warships filled with high explosive fuel and collide with Cao Weis warship group. All in all, these stages had combat content, cutting grass, fighting enemy generals, or completing countless specific moves within a certain period of time to meet the plot requirements. On the other hand, the Boss battle that Cai Hong was fighting was after a warship with a yellow cover filled with high explosive fuel crashed into Cao Weis demonic warship group. At the same time, Zhuge Liang used the east wind to wash away a large number of guided rockets to cause the Phoenix bloodline in Cao Weis warship group to explode and cause a continuous fire. The Lonely Shadow Swordsman Zhou Yu charged into the sea of fire warship and met the Tie Weihu fanatic Xu Zhu. Thus, a boss battle erupted. According to the plot, after the Black Lion King Hua Xiong was killed by the Martial God of the Green Dragon, Guan Yu, the centaur race competed with the White Tiger race. In the end, Ma Chao of the centaur race won. The son of the White tiger races patriarch, Xu Chu, led his people to seek refuge with Cao Cao. Cao Cao combined his demonic skills with the white tiger races genetic sample to create the most elite biochemical army, the tiger leopard cavalry. Xu Chu was the strongest of them. Even though the fleet of warships had already been covered in flames, Xu Chu had relied on Cao Weis unique skills in the demonic path to obtain bloodline enhancements in his home ground. He had grown in size and become extremely strong. Not only did he have to cover Cao Caos retreat, but he also had to kill Zhou Yu, who had rushed over to pursue him. Cai Hong had to force Xu Chu back within the time limit. Whether he died or exceeded the time limit, the mission would fail.. Chapter 1424 - The Pei Family’s Publicity Method, Fake And Real Chapter 1424: The Pei Familys Publicity Method, Fake And Real Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Ghost General 2 itself was a difficult game. After all, Pei Qian was still thinking about how to dissuade gamers. If it was too simple, it would become a hack-and-slash game. How would he dissuade gamers? However, it would not be too difficult. At the very least, Pei Qian had to ensure that he, someone who only knew how to use simple combo moves, would be able to complete it after suffering. Thus, similar stages basically had two ways of playing with high and low difficulty. The difficult playstyle was not to use a simple attack mode. Instead, it was to use conventional and complicated moves. When dodging the Boss attack, it would continuously suppress and attack the Boss, so that it could pass in the shortest time. However, the margin of error for such a playstyle was very low because the Boss damage was very high. It would be very easy to die if touched. On the other hand, complicated rubbing skills mode was very easy to make mistakes. If the output did not meet the requirements, it would still fail. The low difficulty playstyle was to interact with the map mechanism while using the simple rubbing mode. Getting rid of the demonic core on the warship could weaken the Boss while extending the game time. However, these demonic core were not so easy to fight. They would be interfered by the Boss and would only be exposed after a period of time. Using a low difficulty playstyle would definitely be much slower than a high difficulty playstyle. In this trial video, Cai Hong displayed a difficult playstyle. In other words, he would not touch the core of the demonic path. He would use brute force to win against the strengthened Xu Chu. During this period, he was even beaten up by Xu Chu. His health bar dropped like a roller coaster, making his heart jump. However, he had done this on purpose. Meng Chang and the project team of Ghost General 2 had specially requested for it. Cai Hong could fight without injury, but how would players see how high the Boss damage was? All in all, this video was indeed more beautiful, but Yu Fei was very worried. There were three main worries: First, this Boss battle was not that outstanding among all the stages in Ghost General 2. In terms of handsome scenes, it was much more handsome and cool than this scene. Second, Cai Hong had displayed a high difficulty playstyle, but the game actually had a relatively low difficulty playstyle. No one would think that the game was too difficult and be directly dissuaded, right? Third, was it appropriate to only release such a video for publicity? It was not that it was not possible to publicize it this way, but this was only a very conventional publicity method. He did not see what the Pei family publicity method that Meng Chang mentioned reflected. Yu Fei was very happy when Meng Chang came over and said that he wanted to do a publicity plan for Ghost General 2. He felt that this project was very important to Boss Pei. Whats more, Meng Chang told him a lot of details about the Pei family publicity method. He meant for Yu Fei to watch and learn it well. He would make the next publicity plan himself. However, the plan did not show it even after Meng Chang said so much. Yu Fei told Meng Chang his worries, especially the last point. Where did this video show the Pei family publicity method that you mentioned? Meng Chang smiled when he saw Yu Feis puzzled expression. You dont understand. The art of war is real and fake, fake and real. The most important thing is to make people confused. I know what the Pei family publicity method youre looking forward to is like. If we had done this in a normal way, we would have announced with great fanfare that Ghost General would be producing an authentic sequel. We would have made a huge investment and Tengda Games would have done it personally. They would have also released some concept art, models, and some story backgrounds of the generals to lead players astray. I have to make them feel that this might be a large-scale card war game that follows Ghost General or an action game like Repent and be Saved. That way, I can expose the mystery when Ghost General 2 is really released and make them fall for it. Right? Yu Fei nodded. This was indeed a more basic plan according to the Pei family publicity method that Meng Chang had mentioned previously. Meng Chang explained, However, you have to consider that this method cannot be used continuously. We cant shout too frequently when the wolf comes. We have to develop it continuously. At the beginning of this month, Ye Zhizhou used a similar method for Safe and Civilized Driving. It had a certain effect but it was much less effective than Struggle. This is enough to show that the application of the Pei familys publicity method must be judged by the situation and appropriate for the situation. It must be adjusted according to the characteristics of different projects. You must not make dogmatic mistakes. The reason why Struggle was so successful in this way was because the false publicity of Struggle was deeply tied to the meaning of the game. This made its publicity method a part of breaking the dimensional wall. That was why it resonated. As for Safe and Civilized Driving, Ye Zhizhou had just entered the game after all. He could not do much. In addition, he had already shouted when the wolf came. Naturally, the effect was not that good. Therefore, we cannot do this anymore, we have to make some changes. Yu Fei nodded in realization. I see! There are so many tricks here? However does the current plan also fit the Pei familys publicity method? Meng Chang nodded. Of course, cant you tell? Yu Fei was a little ashamed as he said, No In my opinion, this is a very conventional combat game publicity plan, right? Well tell them directly. Ghost General 2 is a combat game. Then, well release the actual combat scene. The key is that this scene is not the most exciting part Meng Chang smiled. Thats right. The essence of the Pei familys publicity method is to suppress ones desires first. On the project of Ghost General 2, the best suppression is its combat game attribute! Well tell gamers honestly that this is a combat game, and a very difficult traditional combat game. That way, the core gamers of combat games would definitely be very happy, but they would be very small. Most ordinary gamers would probably not play it once they heard that it was a combat game. However, after everyone delved into Ghost General 2, they would realize that it is completely different from ordinary combat games. It can satisfy the high difficulty requirements of hardcore players and allow ordinary players to experience the fun of combat games! Therefore, the essence of the Pei familys publicity method is: confusion. We have to be extremely confused so that our users cannot distinguish the true intentions of the publicity. We also have to not know where the biggest advantage of this game or product is for the Pei familys publicity method to succeed. Thats why its more possible to show the profoundness of the Pei familys publicity method only in the real world! Yu Fei was enlightened. It was obvious that Meng Chang was filled with confidence. Whats more, what he said made sense! He felt that Meng Chang had improved after researching the Pei familys publicity method. Previously, Meng Chang had always been a little formulaic. He was stuck at every step. The changes in his routine were not as varied as the publicity plan that Boss Pei had personally made. However, Meng Changs publicity level was gradually approaching Boss Peis. Since that was the case, there was nothing to worry about. Lets follow this plan! The most comfortable thing Yu Fei felt as the person-in-charge of Tengda was that he could always find professionals to help him with all his heart no matter what kind of support he needed. Even if he did not take charge of everything, he would at least provide many professional advice. On the other hand, Tengdas culture was to value professional talents. The in-charge respected each others professionalism and learning from each other. That was why Yu Fei could still support the work of the games department even though he had crossed so much. At that thought, Yu Fei nodded. Alright, lets follow this plan. January 23rd, Wednesday Pei Qian was in his own office, watching Ghost General 2s promotional video with a confused expression. He was a little confused about Meng Chang. The publicity plan for Ghost General 2 could be said to be quite conventional this time. First, it cooperated with the official platform to release the publicity material for Ghost General 2, including the promotional picture, the game summary, and a trial video. At the same time, it also did some regular publicity on the internet. For example, on Weibo and Aili Islands website, they had done a joint promotion with the current top combat game professional player in the country, Cai Hong. They said that this game was jointly developed with a group of top combat game professional players in the country, and it took full care of the hand sensitivity of combat game enthusiasts. In addition, Cai Hong had personally played that combat video. There might have been two minor mistakes in the middle, but the overall play was still quite beautiful. It could be seen that the skills were indeed not bad. It was quite worth watching. Pei Qian did not think much about these two minor mistakes. Cai Hong might be a professional player but he was really proficient in veteran combat games. Ghost General 2 was a new game after all. Cai Hong did not know the various mechanisms of this game so it was inevitable that he would make one or two mistakes. However, this publicity plan confused Pei Qian. Pei Qian knew Ghost General 2 very well. That was because he had already followed the Systems instructions and spent a lot of effort to complete the game. Of course, Pei Qian had used a simple attack mode. In other words, he had simplified the move and and + A. Whats more, he had fully utilized the game mechanism during the process of going through the picture. For example, when he used Zhou Yu to fight Xu Zhu in the Red Cliff Battle, Pei Qian only passed after defeating all the core demons. As for the fun of this game He could feel it a little. However, combat games were not Pei Qians cup of tea after all. Thus, he did not feel it that deeply. As for Meng Changs publicity plan, if one looked at it from the first layer, they would think that he had betrayed them. Wasnt this a very ordinary frontal publicity plan completely based on the advantages of combat games? Was Meng Chang crazy? Dont ask for commission? However, if one stood on the second floor, they would feel that this plan still had a certain dissuading effect. It had indeed displayed the advantages of combat games, but that would only make the core players of combat games excited. Other players would lose interest as long as they knew that this game was a combat game. Thus, Pei Qian was confused. Previously, he had indeed hoped that Meng Chang could evolve faster. He wanted to get more commission and destroy the publicity plan as much as possible. However, after several rounds of evolution, Meng Chang felt like he had returned to basics. It was very confusing.. Even Pei Qian could not understand his true intentions. Chapter 1425 - Why Are They Still Restocking? Chapter 1425: Why Are They Still Restocking? Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Well know after seeing the players feedback in two days. Pei Qian did not pay much attention to this. As long as Meng Chang was still working hard to pursue commission, he was trustworthy. He could not tell if this publicity plan was feasible yet. Even though news of Ghost General 2 had been released and the demonstration video of actual combat had caused some response among the gamers of Ghost General, the popularity had not spread yet. Most of the people who expressed their anticipation below Ghost General 2 were old gamers and combat enthusiasts of Ghost General. This group of people only accounted for a small portion of the gamers. Their attitudes did not represent anything. The investment for Ghost General 2 was huge. Whether it could recoup its capital depended on how far it had broken out of the circle. How many players from non combat games could be willing to pay for it. If only combat gamers liked it, the best outcome would be not earning it. Thus, Pei Qian was in no hurry to observe. At the moment, he had many more important things to do. Let me see how Safe and Civilized Driving is going. Hm The game is very popular, but the sales volume is alright. Its slightly better than I imagined. Pei Qian first looked at the sales volume of Safe and Civilized Driving and realized that it was not as popular as many other Tengda games. Safe and Civilized Driving itself was a huge investment. These sales would indeed not be able to recoup their costs in the short term. Pei Qian could roughly guess why the sales volume was optimistic. The main reason was that this game model had made a contribution! At the moment, most of the racing games in the market were similar. The difficulty of the early stages was very low. The keyboard and controller could be better used. Even some particularly hardcore driving simulators would at least add a driving support system so that players could successfully complete the entire process after entering the game. Yet, Safe and Civilized Driving was not only a very hardcore driving simulator, but it was also a novel driving license test! This segment was the ultimate dissuasion for opponents and keyboard players. Of course, some keyboard and controllers could pass the drivers license test with their superb micro-management skills. However, such gamers were rare after all. Whats more, they had to spend a lot of time and effort. Thus, this drivers license test dissuaded many people. He tested his drivers license several times but failed no matter how hard he tried. Then, he glanced at the time. Coincidentally, it was still within the refund allowance period. What was there to hesitate about then? Refund it! This time, there was no official ridicule like Repent and be Saved. Players were very determined to refund the game. After buying the steering wheel and passing the drivers license test, the game experience would indeed rise in a straight line. However, most players would not be able to persevere to this step. Spending a few thousand yuan on the steering wheel in order to play games meant that if you gave me a plate of vinegar, I would specially make dumplings, right? Many people had this mentality. Thus, they would rather become cloud players and watch the streamers fail the test time and time again than suffer in the game. That was why the current situation happened: Many keyboards and controllers were dissuaded, and many players were hesitant about buying the steering wheel and watching. Even though the game Safe and Civilized Driving had caused a heated discussion online, it had only temporarily brought its popularity to the live-stream circle and the hardcore driving simulator circle. It had not really broken out of the circle and reached the level of national games for some racing games. Pei Qian could not help but heave a sigh of relief after reading this. It was still alright! Pei Qian had been in a state of fear for a long time after the results that the Passat made. He was afraid that the collision function of this game would cause a terrifying chain reaction that would cause the game to become popular. However, from the looks of the current situation, the situation did not seem that bad. Even though the game had gained in popularity, it did not seem to be working on sales for now. Many people on the internet were treating the Passat matter as a joke, dealing a huge blow to the domestic sales of the new Passat. However, most people would not choose to buy it because a game had exposed the quality of the Passat, right? Pei Qian could not help but relax. Hows the sales volume of the Kangkang Safe and Civilized Driving Simulator? Hmm not bad. From the sales figures, it did not look as popular as the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine and smart fitness drying rack. There was no shortage of goods on the product details page. It looked quite good. Its perfect! Pei Qian could not help but feel surprised. The current situation had already exceeded his expectations. Wouldnt it be a huge success if the game did not become popular and the simulation equipment did not become popular? Pei Qian was no longer looking forward to good things like the games sudden death. He did not want no one to care about the game. As long as it remained within a small group of people, it did not matter how good its reputation was. In any case, he could not break out of the circle. He would not be able to recoup the huge investment. Given Tengdas current size, they were investing all their efforts in every new project. Thus, the definition of success was becoming higher and higher. It was no longer considered a success just to achieve the level that ordinary small companies could. Since thats the case, can we rent or buy a few more large warehouses? I have to check on the warehouse! On a whim, Pei Qian decided to check on his inventory. Tengda had several large warehouses and many warehouses in Jingzhou. The storage system was an internet layout: there were large warehouses in the outskirts of Jingzhou City in different directions. There were smaller warehouses near the Tengda physical industry integrated body of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. Finally, there were also some goods in Upwind Courier stations. The other cities were similar and were all planned according to this plan. This level-three storage layout was like a dam upstream of the river. It could ensure that Upwind Logistics could send the products to customers as soon as possible. At the same time, it could ensure that there was no shortage. Of course, the accumulation of goods in the inventory of these stocks was also very terrifying. Once the price fluctuated, they had no choice but to reduce the price of sales. So much inventory was enough to make some small companies that were weak enough to die a few times. However, that was exactly what Pei Qian wanted. From the looks of the current situation, as long as no one bought the accumulated prices, it would be a win-win situation: Pei Qian would win twice! Whether he was forced to reduce the price and sell the stocks to incur losses, or whether he insisted on not lowering the price and allowed the stocks to continue to depreciate in the warehouse, Pei Qian had won everything. Of course, the worst case scenario would be that all of these goods would be successfully sold. Whats more, they would not be able to stop bleeding no matter how they prepared. That would be too scary. However, that should not have happened yet. Of course, not all of these warehouses were equipped with driving simulators. They were filled with various Tengda products. There were furniture and home appliances in the inventory, be it new products, old products, the digital products developed by Otto Technologies, or the furniture and home appliances that cooperated with other manufacturers. Upwind Logistics was working hard to achieve the best of delivering parcels to customers as soon as possible. Pei Qian wondered if he could rent a new warehouse legitimately if all the driving simulators in the inventory were not sold. The more warehouses he had, the better! At that thought, Pei Qian called Ye Zhizhou, saying that he wanted to take a look at the warehouse in the outskirts. After seeing the warehouse, he decided to talk to Ye Zhizhou about the game. An hour later, Pei Qian arrived at the biggest warehouse in Tengdas outskirts. Ye Zhizhou should already be waiting in the warehouse. In fact, Pei Qian had wanted to call Chang You over. However, Chang You was still suffering on the island and would only be back at the end of this month. Thus, he did not call the others from Otto Technologies. However, Pei Qian felt that something was amiss the moment he got off the car. There were two huge trucks parked at the entrance. One was unloading the goods, and the other was assembling the goods! The huge truck that unload the goods was filled with safe and civilized driving simulators. There was a set meal version that was packed together in large boxes. There was also a steering wheel, a joystick, and other small items that were packed separately. Several forks and workers were unloading the goods in full swing. The drivers of the two large trucks looked quite young. They found a random place to sit at the side and smoke and chat while looking at the unloading of the goods. Have you played Safe and Civilized Driving? What is that? Ive never heard of it. Never heard of it? Its the thing we are pulling. There are simulated steering equipment behind it! Is this a game? Why do I feel like something is amiss with this name? Its just a game with huge trucks. Its very fun. Huh? You drive daily to get more goods. Havent you had enough? Are you going to continue driving a truck in the game? Is your brain fried? Yi, what are you saying? Its really different. Youll know once you try. The two of them chatted happily and did not notice Pei Qian. They only treated him as an ordinary passerby. However, Pei Qian lost his cool when he heard their conversation. What was going on? Even truck drivers pulling goods were playing this game? Ridiculous! However, on further thought, he was the driver of Tengda after all. He understood the use of this simulator and bought it out of curiosity. It seemed reasonable to train his driving skills at home when he had nothing to do. It was not a big problem for truck drivers to play Safe and Civilized Driving. The key was why there were still large trucks loading and unloading goods now? That was the real reason why Pei Qian was on high alert. Logically speaking, Tengdas stocks had been set up before the safe and civilized driving simulator was officially released. After they were imported from the factory, they were first transported to Tengdas large warehouses and then gradually spread to other cities, including some small stocks and Upwind Courier stations. In other words, the warehouses should have been filled up long ago. What was going on with such a large-scale production? There shouldnt be so much sales, right? As he walked further in, Pei Qian noticed that the warehouse was also busy. As Tengda expanded, so did the warehouses. When Tengda first started to set up its own warehouse, it only had a small warehouse. The shelves were filled with digital products, internal storage, graphics cards, and the like. It was quite compatible. Now, not only had the number of warehouses greatly increased, but the warehouse had also changed drastically. It had become a neat and tall shelf. All sorts of products had been placed in different categories, and small forks had been packed to collect goods. Several small forks were busy sorting out various goods. Ye Zhizhou had already arrived. When he saw Pei Qian, he quickly walked up to him. Boss Pei! Pei Qian looked at the situation in the warehouse as if he was facing a formidable enemy. Recently the sales volume of the Safe and Civilized Driving Simulator has increased significantly? Ye Zhizhou nodded. Yes, Boss Pei, you already know? Pei Qian was stunned and did not know how to respond. What do you mean by I already know? Know my a * s! I guessed it based on the abnormality in the warehouse! A realization dawned on Ye Zhizhou when he saw Boss Peis expressionless face. Oh! Boss Pei, you didnt know, you predicted it, right? Pei Qian: While feeling incredulous, Pei Qian was also puzzled. The sales volume of the game did not seem to have skyrocketed. Logically speaking, the number of people buying the safe and civilized driving simulator should be positively correlated with the number of people buying the game. The proportion of players playing racing games with the steering wheel should be roughly stable. The sales volume of the game had not skyrocketed, but the number of people buying the simulator had. What was going on? Chapter 1426 - What A Huge Market! Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Ye Zhizhou said excitedly, Previously, I was wondering if gamers could eat so many simulators. I didnt expect Boss Pei to have thought of it long ago. He wants to eat both gamers and driving schools at the same time! A unique game like Safe and Civilized Driving can be said to have completely cleared the two types of racing games and simulated driving games. It also cleared the software and hardware through the simulator package, causing the driving simulator gamers who used the steering wheel to expand greatly. However, that alone is obviously not enough. The key is to connect with other industries in reality! Heng Yuans driving school has already ordered 1,000 simulators from us. I dont know where the other driving schools in the country got the news from. They either ordered them online or contacted us directly and submitted a large number of orders. Even some small driving schools are nothing compared to the money spent on buying cars, cars, and venue maintenance. They can also effectively improve the impression that the driving school leaves on students, making the driving school seem very new and professional. Therefore, the sales of the simulators are very good! Even though the Hangzhou driving school is currently the biggest chain of driving schools in the country, it is impossible for them to eat up all of our production capacity. After all, the driving schools in the country are located in various cities. They are quite loose. Therefore, Otto Technologies, Boss Li and He Desheng have discussed. They will give the Heng Yuan driving school priority and give some small benefits in the name of official cooperation. However, they will not prohibit other driving schools from buying safe and civilized driving simulators. In addition, Star Bird Virtual Games also ate a large number of safe and civilized driving simulators. Otto Technologies also directly supplied them with goods, so that gamers who did not have money or space at home could use similar methods to surf the net to experience Star Bird Games! Its indeed meaningless to be conflicted about the players territory. Only breaking out of the circle would be true success! Ye Zhizhou was very excited because he saw that the future sales route of the safe and civilized driving simulator was simply smooth! The reason why he knew so much was because Shang Yang Games had to continue updating the content of Safe and Civilized Driving. This included the different driving examination rules of the various cities and some adjustments to the driving school model. They had to be refined in the follow-up game content. Heng Yuan driving school was the first driving school to purchase a safe and civilized driving simulator on a large scale. This was because Boss Li was the connection. However, no matter how much Xu Hu tried to hide it, he could not hide this matter. When other driving schools heard this news, they would naturally consider buying a safe and civilized driving simulator. In fact, Heng Yuans driving school was not the only driving school that had simulators set up in the training ground. Other driving schools were also facing the same problem as Heng Yuans driving school. Naturally, they would make the same decision. Those driving schools that did not have simulators could not sit still anymore. That was because the simulators set up by other driving schools had been muddled previously. These driving schools did not set up simulators. They could explain to the students that those things did not have much effect. However, Tengdas simulator was different. It was really useful! Whats more, this simulator was of high quality. It had also attracted widespread attention and extremely high popularity on the internet. If he were to tell his own students that the simulator was useless, he would feel like he could not eat grapes and say that they were sour. This had quickly become a trend. If he could not keep up, wouldnt he be telling his students that his driving school was out of stock? There were indeed many students now, but they could not recruit all of them. However, the competition between various driving schools was also getting more intense. They were all racking their brains to find points that were better than other driving schools. There would be driving schools that earned huge sums of money, and there would naturally be driving schools that would be neglected. We have a safe and civilized driving simulator was a huge gimmick and advantage. At the very least, he could not turn it into a disadvantage, right? Therefore, those driving schools that had not bought simulators before also had thoughts about not falling behind. Even if the venue was limited and they could only buy three or five to fill the gap? There had to be! There was no need to talk about a large chain driving school like the Heng Yuan Driving School. Apart from the training ground, there was also a shop. The shop was the most needed to do some face engineering. Setting up a safe and civilized driving simulator was the best face engineering! Thus, this undercurrent was going on for a long time. It was quickly engulfing the entire countrys driving school. Those third-tier cities or small county driving schools might not be very well-informed. They would be slower, but they would realize this problem sooner or later. What a huge market this was! According to the data statistics of the relevant departments, the domestic driver training organization had already broken through 11,000 units last year. It was very likely that they would break through 16,000 units in the next five years. Whats more, this was only considered a formal registration. There were also some small driver schools that were even more numerous. However, even so, the driver training industry could not completely meet the current huge market demand. There were still many driver schools with serious queues. Driving simulators that cost thousands or tens of thousands of yuan were more expensive for ordinary people. It would not be easy to solve the problem of taking up space. However, what problem would it be for driving schools? What was this bit of money compared to the cost of purchase, oil, and care of the coach? What was the size of the simulator compared to the training ground? It would be an immeasurable huge market even if each driving school only bought two or three units to fill the market. Pei Qian was stunned. Would that work? There was actually a driving school purchase option? And it was a large-scale purchase? He had miscalculated! Pei Qian had learned about drivers license in his memory, but that world was very different from this world after all. He was in a small driving school, and there was no need for simulators. As for this world, he would be chauffeured when he went out. Why would he need to learn his own drivers license? That was why he did not think of this at all! However, what was done was done. There was no way to change it! Pei Qians face was a little green as he watched the forks being busy moving the safe and civilized driving simulator up and down the shelves. How was this forklift moving goods? It was obviously moving stack after stack of bills! Here came the problem. Why had he come all the way to the warehouse? Pei Qian had wanted to see how the storeroom was doing. If all the stocks were already filled up, he could naturally ask Ye Zhizhou to rent more storerooms and continue stocking up. However, what he saw was a huge problem! The warehouse was not filled. The goods inside were still moving quickly. There were even signs that there was a shortage of supply. He had to ask the factory to continue increasing production capacity! What a mess. He had come all the way here to see how lonely it was. Ye Zhizhou said, Boss Pei, apart from the driving school, I have something else to ask you in the game. At the moment, several domestic manufacturers have taken the initiative to authorize the cars data to us without charging any license fee. Previously, some manufacturers who did not let go of the authorization at all seemed to have loosened their tone. They are no longer so dead about the car collision performance. Perhaps we can fight for it with some money. Coincidentally, we have to introduce more car license in the future. This is the trend for all racing games and driving simulators. What do you think Pei Qian was stunned. Huh? Youre giving us the authorization? Ye Zhizhou nodded. Thats right. This is obviously because of the previous incident with the Passat. Actually, IIS has all of these collision data, but their influence is not that big after all. Apart from car enthusiasts and fanatics, ordinary people would not go to IISs official website to look at the collision data. The manufacturers who came to us basically met in IIS. They are more confident in the collision data of their own cars. Thats why they came to us. The two domestically-produced electric car brands that were working with have already gotten the dividends. Thats because there were only a few car types that could be chosen when the game was first released. The cars that clashed with outstanding results also formed a sharp contrast with car types like Passat. Everyone praised the domestically-produced car model with outstanding results after the test. Objectively, it also brought them popularity and increased their sales. Whats more, as the safe and civilized driving simulators are being promoted in various driving schools, the gamers are also expanding. This advertising effect is obviously becoming more and more obvious. Whats more, its not like reality in the game. In reality, many people cant afford a car that costs hundreds of thousands. However, as long as they save up more in the game, they will be able to afford it. Therefore, there is actually a chance for players to try out the car in various price tiers. This is actually a very good brand output opportunity. Of course, there are also some car companies that are not interested in this. Perhaps it is because they are indeed not confident in the results of the collision, or perhaps they are not interested in our game. However, there are indeed many car companies, especially domestic car companies, with a stronger tendency to cooperate. After all, Safe and Civilized Driving is a little special compared to other racing games. To a certain extent, it can slightly simulate the sense of car and safety. Its equivalent to providing players with free test drive. After testing the car, some players might be interested in a certain brand and affect the sales in reality. Ye Zhizhous so-called uniqueness referred to the difference in the driving sense and safety of different cars in Safe and Civilized Driving. In other games, players would drive different cars. There would be a huge difference in the driving sense, but the difference would not be that big. For example, top sports cars could drive above 280KM/h. There might be a difference in hand sensitivity and turns, or some cars could drive past 300KM/ h. However, it was very difficult to affect reality because no one could drive so quickly in reality.. Chapter 1427 - Let Them Give Us Money! Racing-based games were games. Their connection to reality was relatively weak. The difference in driving experience between the two was huge. It could even be said to be completely different rules. Whats more, many racing games had modification systems that could modify cars according to their own preferences. After modification, the cars various values would be maxed out, and the difference between the cars would be even smaller. He could not blame those racing games. After all, the ultimate goal of all racing games was to let players pursue the fastest maximum speed. Very few games like Safe and Civilized Driving limited the speed of the game to exactly the same as in reality, and did not allow players to collide with the car at will. This was a fundamental difference in gameplay, not a matter of design standards or production standards. However, this would indeed make players feel completely different when playing. Generally speaking, when players played Safe and Civilized Driving, their perception of a certain type of car driving and safety would be far higher than other racing games. It would also be slightly higher than other simulated driving games. He had no choice. He had been forced by the strict game mechanisms. This feeling was not entirely from the game engine and game rules of Safe and Civilized Driving. A large part of the reason was psychological. Since gamers would experience a driving experience that was more similar to reality in Safe and Civilized Driving, their willingness to pay attention to the safety, control, and discussion of various car types would naturally be much higher than other games. Coupled with the huge popularity caused by Safe and Civilized Driving on the internet, the attention of the domestically-produced cars increased unprecedentedly because of the linkage with IIAS and the collision with the Passat. In fact, the domestic manufacturing industry had developed rapidly. There might be a gap between technology accumulation, technical heritage, and some high precision technology compared to first-tier foreign brands, but domestically-produced was no longer synonymous with the previous rough production. He had to take the gap seriously, but there was no need to belittle himself. Whats more, how could he explain the phenomenon of compatibility reduction in cars in China time and time again? Were domestic companies that collaborated with foreign companies all dirty? Of course not. At the end of the day, these things were decided by foreign companies. It was because foreign companies did not respect domestic consumers. They saw domestic consumers as second-class people and leeks. They did not serve God in the way that they should. Instead, they felt a magical sense of arrogance and superiority. This was a historical problem. In the past, the domestic industry was not developed. In addition, unscrupulous companies that cheated subsidies and did not value quality had ruined their reputation. Thus, domestic consumers had the inertial thinking that foreign products are of good quality, advanced, and high class. He could only say that this was a historical problem. It should be reversed, but it could not be done overnight. He needed batch after batch of grounded companies and high-quality products to reverse this inertial thinking. That was how the cell phone industry was like. From foreign brands to the rise of domestic brands, they experienced this process. Even if domestic cell phone brands were competing intensely in the internal market and fighting happily among themselves, one had to admit that the domestic cell phone industry was already comparable to first-rate foreign brands. In the foreseeable future, domestic brands would continue to improve until they completely surpassed them. The domestic car manufacturing industry would also experience such an inevitable process. The arrival of the new energy era would definitely accelerate this process, so that some outstanding car companies in the country would be able to overtake them. Now, the biggest problem that troubled outstanding car companies was reputation, publicity, and trust! Cars were different from cell phones after all. They were not small things that cost a few thousand yuan. There were easily two to three hundred thousand of them. Whats more, they were directly related to ones life and safety. Many people would buy a cool new product out of curiosity for a cell phone that cost a few thousand yuan. As long as it did not explode, was weaker in performance, and had a poor system, it would not be a big problem. They would only curse it online. However, very few people would buy a car worth three to four hundred thousand yuan out of curiosity. The poor would definitely choose carefully while the rich would buy famous luxury cars to play with. If domestically-produced cars wanted to attract customers, they could only take the path of low prices. At that time, the biggest problem for domestically-produced car companies that were more confident in their own products would be how to prove to consumers that their products were alright and trustworthy. Publicize by himself? Someone might say that marketing was of low quality and that money was used to advertise. That would be bragging and not be believed. Get someone else to evaluate it? There were people who said that you gave money to the reviewers. It was not reliable. All consumers recognition of the brand required a long time to accumulate. It was impossible to establish it in a short six months or a year. It would be even worse if this car company happened to cause negative effects a few times previously. It was one way to find IIS for a collision test, but not many people would pay attention to it apart from car enthusiasts. On the other hand, the collision test could only prove safety. Nothing else could prove it. That would not meet the marketing requirements at all. Therefore, the best way for these car companies was to find brands that consumers trusted to cooperate! This was equivalent to using these outstanding brands to memorize their own quality. Consumers trusted a certain brand and would naturally have a good impression of the car model that they were working with. They would not support it brainlessly, but they would at least be interested in it. It would be enough if they wanted to understand and test the car. He had to take the first step in breaking the ice. The rest would be easier. Therefore, it was not strange for these car companies to want to work with Tengda. On one hand, Tengda was currently the brand that domestic players and consumers trusted the most. It could even be said to be one of the best. In the Sloth Apartments project, Tengda had worked with various furniture manufacturers to establish a supervision and inspection mechanism. It had already proven that Tengdas cooperation and linkage with other companies were responsible and trustworthy. On the other hand, Tengda had achieved success across many fields. Many people were even more convinced of Tengda. There was no problem of forcefully crossing over. On the other hand, Safe and Civilized Driving had a unique advantage. It provided players with a relatively simple but infinitely low cost test drive platform. It was certain that games were different from reality. Cars that were easy to drive in the game might not be so easy to drive in reality. There were also no elements like comfort, internal decor, and so on in the game. However, cars that were not easy to drive in the game would probably not be easy to drive in reality If players drove a car in the game too much, they would naturally have a good impression of it. Perhaps they would consider it more when they bought a car in reality. He did not have to worry about the game causing too much misleading. In any case, before consumers decided to buy a car, they would definitely go back to the physical store to try it out. Think about it more was the effect that these car companies spent a lot of effort and money to achieve. All in all, many car companies realized that as long as the quality was high, wouldnt it be good to cooperate with Safe and Civilized Driving? This was a win-win situation! Thus, many car companies that had been rejected previously because of the severe car losses in the game threw new olive branches. Some car companies that Ye Zhizhou had not looked for before also expressed their desire to cooperate. Pei Qian was stunned. What should he do? He had not intended for Safe and Civilized Driving to have many real car brands authorizing it. That was because everyone knew that the more real car brands authorizing a racing game, the more popular the game would be! The license fee could be spent but what was that compared to the income of the game? He could earn it back very quickly. No way, I cannot accept this! If there were more and more real-life brands in Safe and Civilized Driving, and the game became more and more popular, it would definitely make more money! Pei Qians expression was serious. If you dont want the authorization, you dont have it. If you want the authorization, you can do it? How can there be such a good thing! Weve changed the rules! Not only are we not giving a single cent for authorization, but we also want the car companies to pay our platform instead! Well collect them according to the license fee we discussed previously, but we wont give it to them. Theyll give it to us. On top of that, the car manufacturers will also give us a model car to complete the collision test, structure dismantling, and research. What if we dont hit the IIS accurately in the future? What if the data is not rich enough? Whats more, we have to fork out more money to buy a car from the market for testing to prevent them from sending us fake models. On top of that, we refuse to accept any suggestions or interference. If car companies are not satisfied with the performance and safety of the cars in the game, they can hold it in! If they are not satisfied, we will not refund their money! If they can accept all of our conditions, thats fine. If they dont, well leave. Pei Qian was very determined. He was thinking that with such harsh conditions, no more idiotic car companies could come and ask for cooperation, right? In fact, he had said so much to dissuade these car companies tactfully: You just have to sell your cars to make money. Dont keep thinking about me. Im already in a mess, and youre still here to cause trouble for me. Is that appropriate? Thats not appropriate. It would be better for both of us to live our own lives. Ye Zhizhou was stunned. Ah, this Indeed, Tengda had been rejected by the other party when they were discussing the authorization previously. However, now that the other party had taken the initiative to approach them, Tengda had refused to accept it and even wanted money. No matter how he looked at it, it was a little like a child throwing a tantrum Whats more, this was no longer a simple increase in price. They had even made some unreasonable requests in the outside world. As an employee of Tengda, Ye Zhizhou naturally trusted his own company and Boss Pei unconditionally. However, it was hard to say what the other companies would think about this. He was too embarrassed to say it directly. Boss Peis statement was simply too much! However, as a person-in-charge of Tengda, he quickly began to correct his own views. Boss Pei is definitely not an emotional person, nor is he someone who only cares about the immediate benefits and does not care about the long-term benefits. In other words, Boss Peis request must have a deeper meaning. I have to study it carefully to reach a conclusion Ye Zhizhou did not understand the deeper meaning immediately, but he nodded immediately. Alright, Boss Pei. Lets do that. Pei Qian nodded. He was very satisfied with the obedient and execution of the people in charge of Tengda. Alright, thats all for now. Pei Qian found the warehouse boring. He had traveled such a long way only to see the safe and civilized driving simulator selling like hotcakes? Bad luck! Pei Qian gave Ye Zhizhou a few more instructions before turning to leave.. Chapter 1428 - Preparing To Write My Graduation Thesis Chapter 1428: Preparing To Write My Graduation Thesis Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios After watching Boss Pei leave, Ye Zhizhou looked at the safety and civilized driving simulators on the shelves and fell into deep thought. Boss Peis attitude towards the game Safe and Civilized Driving could be said to have changed significantly. Boss Peis attitude was more Buddha-like before the game was released. He could buy the authorization, but he would definitely not pay a high price. He had also made it very clear to the car business in advance that this game was different from other games. After collision, it would indeed cause serious car damage. If they accepted the price and conditions, they would pay for the authorization. If they did not accept it, they would leave. Now that the game was released, Boss Peis attitude had changed. Not only did he not give them the authorization fee, but he also wanted the car manufacturers to pay. He even wanted the car manufacturers to provide samples for the collision test. The conditions were much stricter than before. He knew that Boss Peis change in attitude was definitely not emotional. What deeper considerations were there? Ye Zhizhou felt a little regretful. It was a pity that Wang Xiaobin was still suffering and could not give him advice. However, it did not matter. As a qualified person-in-charge of Tengda, he had to have the ability to answer Boss Peis puzzles and complete the task independently. Boss Peis change in attitude means one thing. The objective environment for working with car companies has changed before and after the game was released. How exactly did it change? Yes, before the game was released, there was already a screening effect because of the uncertainty about whether the game would become popular. Therefore, there was no need to screen it again? After the game was released, many car companies followed the trend because the game had already become popular. Thus, there might be people who took advantage of the situation. That was why they had to strictly control and be responsible to players? That should be the reason! Ye Zhizhou suddenly understood this. The objective environment for the game to be released had indeed changed! Before the game was released, no one knew if the game Safe and Civilized Driving would succeed. Due to the characteristics of the game, car companies would feel that the serious car damage in the game would affect their corporate image. Thus, they were unwilling to cooperate. This in itself had already played a screening role. Any manufacturer who signed a contract with Shang Yang Games and approved of the games car damage would most definitely need to make use of Tengdas popularity and be more confident in their own brand. They knew that Safe and Civilized Driving would work with IIAS and would put the real collision data in the game. However, choosing to cooperate was enough to explain the problem. However, the situation was different after the game became popular. Many car companies only relaxed when they saw that they could ride on the popularity. The problem was that some car companies might want to take advantage of the situation and bargain. Shang Yang Games would have to spend a lot of time negotiating with these car companies one by one. Whats more, it would be very difficult to achieve a draw. Some car companies might rely on their good brand advantages to ask for some superior conditions, asking Shang Yang Games to make concessions in some details. Some car companies might be more simple and follow Tengdas rules completely. The final outcome would probably be that the wrangling car business would obtain some advantage. The car companies that were not wrangling would instead be at a disadvantage. Wasnt this bullying honest people? Boss Peis attitude was very simple. All car companies were treated equally. He directly used a seemingly strict screening condition to complete the screening of all car companies! Behind this was obviously Boss Peis strong confidence in the game Safe and Civilized Driving. Boss Pei thought that such mandatory screening conditions would save time and effort. It would maximize the fairness and justice of the performance of different cars in the game. Whats more, there was no need to rush the authorization for car brands. In any case, as more and more gamers appeared and the influence of the game became greater, car companies that did not accept these conditions would accept it sooner or later. The earlier a car company accepted this condition, the more sincere they would be in working with Tengda. They would show their confidence in their own products. Naturally, they would be able to obtain more opportunities to expose themselves in the game. At that thought, Ye Zhizhou finally understood. It was not Shang Yang Games place to worry about whether the car companies would authorize it or not. You dont have to authorize it even if you want to. In any case, other companies would come to ask for it. The game was already a success. What was there to worry about? Now, the first goal of Safe and Civilized Driving was not to obtain the authorization of many car companies at all. Instead, it was to be responsible to players and the social impact of this game. It was to ensure that the information that players obtained about cars in the game was real, effective, and reliable. He would only have the right to think about other things if he could make the game good and realistic. Boss Pei is indeed amazing. He saw through the essence of the problem at a glance! Ye Zhizhou felt emotional from the bottom of his heart. He immediately got up and returned to Shang Yang Games to work on the follow-up. After lunch, Pei Qian returned to his office, feeling sorrowful. What happened in the morning had dealt him a blow. Bad news would come one after another every time it was almost settlement. What should he do?! The key was that after Safe and Civilized Driving, the crisis was not over yet. There were also extremely lethal games like Ghost General 2 and Bullet Hole 2 that had not been released! Even though Pei Qian felt that these two games would not become popular, he was no longer confident in his judgment. Just as he was struggling internally, he heard a knock on his office door. He looked up and saw his face before he heard his voice. It was Ma Yang. Brother Qian! I have something very important to tell you! Pei Qians heart nearly stopped when he saw Ma Yangs serious expression. Sh * t, could something have happened at Bunny Tail Live-Stream again? Dont scare me. I just had a scare in the morning. My small heart cannot take such stimulation! 1 Whats the matter? Pei Qian asked. Ma Yang paused for a moment and said, Im going to start writing my graduation thesis! Pei Qian was stunned. Huh? He did not react immediately. After resting for a while, he heaved a sigh of relief. That scared me to death. Its just a graduation thesis, right? Its not a big deal. I thought Bunny Tail Live-Stream was making money again! Look at how flustered you are. Its just a graduation thesis. Were in the humanities course. Its not as troublesome as postgraduate design. The reason why Pei Qian said this was because he had worked on a graduation thesis in his memory. It was not that difficult. Undergraduate students did not have such high requirements for their graduation thesis. After all, Handong Universitys employment, overseas, and postgraduate students accounted for about one-third of the students. The school could not wait for the students to graduate and increase their employment rate. They would not deliberately make things difficult for them. As long as the thesis was not particularly ridiculous, he could basically pass. In other words, at the masters and doctoral stages, the thesis requirements would suddenly become very strict. Whats more, Pei Qian had donated so much money to his alma mater and provided a lot of jobs. He had not even failed his exams, much less his thesis. After all, he still had to memorize many closed-book examinations. He could also check the materials for the thesis. He could get his supervisor to check it. He could fix it a few more times and check it out. It was almost impossible to be stuck because of this. Of course, even though it was simple, it would take some time. Pei Qian felt that it would not be too late to do it after this cycle ended. Ma Yang could not help but raise his thumb. As expected of Brother Qian. Youre so calm unlike me. I panicked when I heard that I had to write a graduation thesis. The thesis was submitted before April 10th. It was written in May. Now, many students have contacted their mentors. Brother Qian, lets hurry up. Its a little late. We can hire any subject teacher as a mentor for our undergraduate thesis. Brother Qian, which one should we choose? Pei Qian sniggered. Which one should he choose? Old Ma, you think too highly of me. I have only attended a few classes; I dont even know these people! If the first question on the test paper was choosing the photos of the teachers, I would definitely get zero points! Youre still asking me to choose a mentor? You must be mistaken. Pei Qian cleared his throat. Thats easy. We dont have to choose. Ill look for the instructor one day and ask him to assign us a reliable mentor. He should be more concerned about our graduation than we are. Ma Yang: Eh that makes sense! Brother Qian, youre so smart! Im not worried about hanging out with you then! You can call me along when we get back. Pei Qian felt a little guilty seeing how much Ma Yang trusted him. Old Ma, are you sure you can trust me? When it came to learning, Pei Qian felt that he was basically the same as Ma Yang. Sometimes, he was even less reliable than Ma Yang. However, since he had already bragged, it was not easy for him to suck it back. Forget it, the thesis should not be that difficult. He would discuss it with the instructor and it would be fine as long as he could barely pass. In fact, Pei Qian did not need such a graduation certificate. Tengda Corporation was already so big, and he did not need to find a job. What was the point of obtaining a graduation certificate? However, the problem was that it would be strange if news of Boss Pei not graduating from university spread. Pei Qian was not afraid of being mocked. No one would probably mock him. After all, Boss Pei did not need a graduation certificate to prove himself. He was mainly afraid that this matter would turn into a magazine joke. Then, he would become like the big shots of the giants and the founders of POUIO. He would become a successful entrepreneur who did not graduate from university. Some people with ulterior motives would use it to promote reading is useless. That scene would be a little awkward just thinking about it. Whats more, he had already overcome many difficulties in his four years in university. How could he not pass the graduation thesis? He could not let all his efforts go to waste. In any case, after this last stage, he could say goodbye to his university life. At the thought that he had not attended any proper classes in his four years of university and had only racked his brains to incur losses, he immediately felt lonely. Chapter 1429 - Prof Kong Leading You Personally! Chapter 1429: Prof Kong Leading You Personally! Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios January 25th, Friday Pei Qian arrived at the instructor, Zhang Weis office. It had been a long time since he last visited. Generally speaking, the third and fourth year counselors would be busier. After all, they had to worry about the entire year. Some had to be guaranteed post-graduate studies, some had to work, and some had to go overseas. All sorts of matters required the counselors to appear. Naturally, students came to look for counselors more frequently. However, Pei Qian was different. He had no such requests. Zhang Wei looked for Pei Qian less and less. Why? Perhaps it was because he was too embarrassed Previously, when Tengda was still relatively small, Zhang Wei had asked Pei Qian to help solve the employment problems of some seniors. Subsequently, he had donated money to the needy students and found postgraduate students to help Tengda with recruitment examinations and markers. These were all done by Zhang Wei. However, Tengdas scale had already reached a ridiculous level. It was already the most important company in Jingzhou City. It had even subtly changed the employment and living environment in Jingzhou City. A big boss of such a big company, even as an instructor, would be too embarrassed to address him. Zhang Wei knew very well that anyone who still treated Pei Qian as an ordinary student would definitely be crazy. Zhang Wei was even a little conflicted. Should he inform the school leaders to receive him the next time he came to school? If Pei Qian had already graduated, given Tengdas current status in Jingzhou, it would be reasonable for the school leaders to receive him. However, Pei Qian was still a student. That was a very troublesome problem. Pei Qian came to the door of his office and found that there were already customers inside. He could vaguely hear the conversation inside. There were students and staff on duty outside. These were usually the work of the students in the college. They were here to help the instructor run errands and do miscellaneous work. It was obvious that he did not know Pei Qian. He thought that he was just a year four student asking about graduation or post-graduate studies. After all, such things often happened. Thus, he asked Pei Qian to sit on the sofa outside and wait. Pei Qian was in no hurry. He sat down on the sofa and took a magazine from the school. After a while, Zhang Weis office door opened, and three people walked out, chatting and laughing. Senior Brothers, the venue for the lecture has been arranged. The time is set for three in the afternoon. Ive already sent a notice to the students in the college. You can go directly. You dont have to prepare too much in advance. Just briefly explain your experience working in Shenhua. Zhang Wei said to two people who looked to be in their early thirties with a smile on his face. They nodded. Dont worry, Teacher Zhang. We will tell you everything we know without holding anything back. We will definitely guide you well and answer your juniors questions! Pei Qian immediately understood what they were here for. This was an outstanding graduate from previous batches who had returned to give lectures on employment guidance. From Zhang Weis words, he could tell that these two were outstanding graduates of the college who had graduated earlier than Zhang Wei. It looked like they had already reached the middle level in Shenhua Corporation. They had probably been invited by the college to share their experience and increase their employment rate. As a first-tier factory in the country, Shenhua was the goal of many students after graduation. It was normal for them to give lectures and share their experience in joining. These two people looked at least four or five years older than Zhang Wei. It was no wonder that Zhang Wei called them senior brothers. At that time, students liked to refer to themselves as seniors. However, at Pei Qians current stage, students liked to refer to themselves as seniors. Pei Qian did not know what the rules were. The moment the three of them walked out, Zhang Wei saw Pei Qian sitting nonchalantly on the sofa. Zhang Weis expression changed instantly. Eh? Why didnt you let the students in to tell me that you were here? Why are you still waiting outside? Pei Qian smiled. No problem, Im not in a hurry. Thats not right of you. Why are you being so polite to me? Senior Brothers, go and rest first. I wont send you off. Once Zhang Wei finished speaking, he led Pei Qian into his office and closed the door. The three people outside looked at each other, not understanding what was going on. The two seniors softly asked the students on duty outside softly, Who is this person? The student on duty looked confused. I dont know. He said hes a year four student. The two seniors obviously did not believe it at all. As a year four student, how could Zhang Wei invite him in as if he was inviting a god? Something was amiss. The two of them looked at each other and whispered. I havent heard of any children from the school leaders attending our school, right? No matter what kind of leader you are, you dont have to personally go to the instructors office. Whats more, Zhang Wei seems to be taking this more seriously than that. The two of them could not figure it out no matter how hard they thought. In the office, Zhang Wei stood up and poured some tea. Pei Qian quickly waved his hand. Theres no need for that. Teacher Zhang, Im just going to say something. Ill leave soon. Zhang Wei was very warm. Its alright, its alright to have some tea. Pei Qian: Im not used to ordinary tea. Zhang Wei: Pei Qian also felt that his words might have pricked his heart. He quickly said, Ill bring some tea from my office later for Teacher Zhang to try. Zhang Wei helplessly gave up on pouring the tea. Alright. Pei Qian did not think too much about exchanging pleasantries. He got straight to the point. Teacher Zhang, Im here mainly for the graduation thesis. Could you recommend a mentor to me? Also, how should I choose the materials? Zhang Wei was also an outstanding graduate of the school. He was also a top student back then. Otherwise, he would not have been able to remain in school as an instructor. It would be right to ask him about this. Zhang Wei nodded. Oh, I wanted to tell you about that as well. The college has already contacted Prof Kong and asked him to bring you to write your graduation thesis. You dont have to worry. Prof Kong is relatively approachable because he has a good impression of you with the Useful App. You can write your thesis normally. The professors in the college will not be able to stop you as long as you review it. Pei Qian was stunned. Professor Kong Zhemin? Zhang Wei nodded. Thats right. Does our department have a second Prof Kong? Pei Qian was shocked. Teacher Zhang, thats not necessary! Wasnt this a joke? What kind of person was Prof Kong to be his supervisor for a graduate thesis? Am I worthy? No, Im not worthy! Professor Kong Zhemin was a first-level professor of humanities and social sciences at Handong University, a doctoral supervisor, and concurrently the Director of the Institute of Chinese Education of Handong University, the Chief Editor of Chinese textbooks for primary and secondary schools, and a member of the Basic Education Expert Committee. He was also the convener of the expert group for revision of Chinese curriculum standards This long list of titles basically represented the highest level of knowledge in humanities majors of Handong University. With Prof Kongs status, he would be one of the top few universities in the country. In theory, undergraduates could choose any professional lecturer who had taught them as a mentor for their graduation thesis. Professor Kong Zhemin had once taught Pei Qian and the others a lesson. Even though it was just one class, theoretically speaking, he could choose Prof Kong as his graduation thesis mentor. However, most students did not do that. They knew their limits. Prof Kong was leading the best group of PhD students. Wouldnt it be ridiculous for him to bring undergraduates to write essays? Arent you embarrassed to trouble the old man? Pei Qian did not even think about asking Prof Kong to write his thesis. On one hand, he felt embarrassed. On the other hand, he was afraid of embarrassing himself. What kind of academic level was Prof Kong at? Pei Qian knew how much he was worth. He was a warrior with paywalls who relied on giving money to the college to barely pass. Wouldnt it be embarrassing if he handed his undergraduate thesis to Prof Kong? It was just like how everyone would feel awkward if someone who did not know anything were to perform in front of the dancing king. If he really wanted to do this, he had to choose the beach because he could awkwardly dig out a villa by the sea. Pei Qian had originally wanted to find a young lecturer who was relatively young. He would write whatever he wanted, and the lecturer would read whatever he wanted. As long as he could pass the graduation thesis, he would be fine. He would also save himself and the college. Unexpectedly, he was a step late. Zhang Wei and the college had already invited Kong Lao to join them! That was extremely awkward. Pei Qian quickly said, Teacher Zhang, its not like you dont know my standard. Its just a graduation thesis. Is there a need to alarm Professor Kong? The college is not helping me. Theyre roasting me on a fire! In my opinion, you should just arrange for a young lecturer to supervise me. It would be fine as long as I can graduate successfully. Zhang Wei was unhappy. How can that be? I know youre busy with work and dont have time to study academic affairs, but your graduation thesis is not your own business. Its our entire college! Even theses of undergraduates have to be uploaded onto the Knowledge Network. At that time, all students in the country, including your juniors, would be able to find your thesis on the Knowledge Network. Youve been well-hidden now, but someone will find out about you sooner or later after you graduate. When they find out about your graduation thesis, theyll see that youre the President of Tengda Corporation, an outstanding graduate from Handong University, and a famous alumnus. Is your graduation thesis at this level? When we see that the instructor is just an ordinary lecturer, wouldnt that show that our college is blind and did not nurture talents well? Thats not nice at all! It would be fine if you were just an ordinary student. No one would pay attention to you, but you are not.. If that really happened, not only would it affect Tengdas image, but it would also affect the college and the entire school. How can you make do with it? Chapter 1430 - May Teacher Kong Becoming Two Fault Disciples Chapter 1430: May Teacher Kong Becoming Two Fault Disciples Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Pei Qian could not help but be speechless. All things aside, Zhang Weis words made sense The difficulty of this was that all students graduation thesis had to be uploaded online. If it was found out in the future, it would be a dark history! He really could not be muddled! Pei Qian could not help but feel a headache coming on. I just want to be like an ordinary university graduate, writing a random thesis to make do. Is it that difficult? Creating this lousy company was really bad luck! As if reading Pei Qians thoughts, Zhang Wei said, Dont worry about the thesis. Youre an undergraduate after all. No one will really use top-notch academic standards to requirements you, as long as you can do better than other students. I can give you a suggestion about the direction of the thesis. Since youre not good at existing professional research, you can do more trending research. For example, Zhongdian Chinese Networks online novels and Fei Huang Workspaces movie script. These can also be included in the research category. The choice of questions is actually very broad. In fact, the content you research is much more meaningful than the topics studied by ordinary students. Think about it. The existing questions have been studied many times by various experts, scholars, professors, masters, and PhD students. Even if undergraduates choose an angle that no one has studied before, would they be able to find anything very valuable? Its unrealistic to expect an undergraduates thesis to make an academic breakthrough. Comparatively, it would be more meaningful for you to study Tengdas artistic creation a little. Whats more, you dont have to worry about troubling Prof Kong. How about this? Once you write the thesis, show it to me first. Ill find a few young lecturers from the academies to check it out for you. Finally, Ill show it to Prof Kong. How about that? Pei Qian thought about it and felt that it was not impossible to do this. Zhang Weis research direction was especially reliable. In fact, there was a very small part of modern literature that spoke about online literature. It might be a simple passage, and he was not talking about the publicly recognized online literature on the internet at the moment. Instead, he was talking about the older and wider concept of online literature. However, choosing this as a topic was not impossible as long as it could be said to be reasonable. It should not be too embarrassing for Zhang Wei to give it to Prof Kong after he briefly went through it with the young lecturers. Whats more, Pei Qian could not think of a suitable research direction. He did not even know how to pass these courses. He had long returned many contents that he had learned in his first year to his teacher. Now, asking him to write graduation thesis from a professional perspective was no different from starting research from scratch. He might as well take another path instead of embarrassing himself in these professional fields. For example, if he analyzed Fei Huang Workspaces movie scripts, even if something went wrong, who would dare to testify? It would be great if he could obtain the final explanation rights! At that thought, Pei Qian did not insist. He nodded. Alright, thats all. Ill research and conceptualize it later. Once I have a general idea of the thesis, Ill look for Teacher Zhang to give me some advice. If I forget, Teacher Zhang, remember to call me to hasten the process. Zhang Wei nodded. No problem! He paused for a moment and said, Thats right. Ma Yang has also arranged for Teacher Kong with you. In any case, one sheep will be rushed, and two sheep will be released. Both of you have similar results and are in high positions in Tengda. Its quite suitable to accompany you. Pei Qians mouth opened slightly as he fell into a state of confusion once again. Ah, this He wanted to say that it was not appropriate, but after considering his words for a long time, he still did not say anything. Zhang Weis reason was too sufficient. Old Mas results were indeed similar to his own. Strictly speaking, Old Mas results were better than his own Under such circumstances, Pei Qian had no right to ask Prof Kong to only accept him and not Old Ma. He had no other choice. He could only hope that Kong Laos mentality would be better. Then, he would not be so angry by these two unfilial disciples that he would explode on the spot Pei Qian silently took out the information on Tengdas artistic works on his computer when he returned to his residence. He was prepared to study it. This concept was very broad. For example, the original novels of Repent and be Saved, Eternal Reincarnation, and Successor, the script of Tomorrow is Beautiful and Mission and Choice, and the more popular online novels on Zhongdian Chinese Network could all be used as research categories. Apart from that, he also found the textbooks and notes that he had been eating dust for a long time. He revised the knowledge that he had learned, tested, and was about to forget completely. He wanted to find a relatively less ridiculous point to combine. Zhang Wei might have given him directions but he still had to think carefully about which direction to write in this general direction. Previously, Pei Qian felt that it was still early to hand in his graduation thesis. There was no need to worry at all. He just had to make it vague. However, he had completely changed his mind now. The current thesis supervisor was Prof Kong! This thesis would be on the Knowledge Network in the future. He did not know how many people would read it! However, he could not confuse it. Not only could he not be muddled, but he also had to perform as well as possible to protect his and the colleges image. He did not have to make Prof Kong unable to protect his integrity. At that thought, Pei Qian felt immense pressure. He could no longer remain as calm as before. After buried his head in his research for two hours, Pei Qian collapsed on the sofa, feeling a little suicidal. He had no idea at all! How did he write the graduation thesis in his memory? He had completely forgotten. Forget it, I cant rush this matter. Ill think about it at length. Lets see how the feedback of Ghost General 2s players is. Pei Qian put the graduation thesis aside for now and checked the gamers discussions of Ghost General 2. When Ghost General 2 was first advertised, Pei Qian had already briefly seen the players reactions. However, that reaction was not accurate and could not be counted. That was because at that time, those who paid attention to Ghost General 2 were core gamers of Tengda Games or core gamers of combat games. They represented the taste of relatively small audiences. They also had the backing of Cai Hong and some professional combat gamers. It was expected that they would obtain a good reputation in this small circle. However, that did not mean that Ghost General 2 would definitely become popular and make money. That was because the ones who really decided all of this were the mass players. Now, Ghost General 2s publicity plan had been fermenting for two or three days. Many popular players who had not paid attention to it previously should have noticed the news of the game and observed their reactions. It was quite worth reference. Soon, Pei Qian found what he wanted to see. I heard that Ghost General was going to release a sequel and came over excitedly. In the end, I realized that it was a combat game? Excuse me? I really have a face full of question marks. Logically speaking, theres nothing wrong with creating a combat game with the theme of Ghost General 2. It can be done. However, combat games are all old game genres. How many people are still playing them? Dont tell me that Tengda wants to make game genre producers like what many people said? Theres no need for that! Wouldnt it be good to make more popular games? Indeed, I personally have no feelings for combat games. Even though mobile card games are scolded daily, Ghost General is completely different from other mobile card games! I think it would be good if Ghost General 2 can follow the charging mode and game mechanism of Ghost General. Turning the card into a high quality model coupled with these cool special effects and plot would create a dual-terminal game with PC. Wouldnt that be a dimensional reduction attack? It would definitely make a lot of money! Forget it. Ill skip this game and support the next game. Its not that I dont want to buy it. The key is that Im really lousy and cant play combat games. I also discovered something even more terrifying. I dont know if youve noticed, but when Cai Hong fought this stage, his various moves were indeed very beautiful. However, he was attacked twice by the boss in the middle. Each time, he lost more than half of his health. He sucked blood very quickly but Cai Hong made two mistakes. This Could this be a super difficult combat game? A very hardcore one? Its very likely. Even an expert like Cai Hong cannot fight without being injured. Whats more, the monsters stats are so high I can already imagine how Ill suffer infinitely after entering. Isnt that great? Just like Repent and be Saved. Its completely different, alright! Repent and be Saved is an action-based game. The operation is relatively simple. Its nothing more than attacking and rolling a few keys. Newbies would suffer in the beginning, but it would be alright if they adapted. They would be able to understand after suffering for tens of hours. However, what about combat games? Do you want to understand after playing for tens of hours? A few hundred hours would not be enough! Indeed, the operating threshold of combat games is too high. Just rubbing moves would require a lot of time to practice. Its too unfriendly to newbies. If we follow Repent and be Saveds approach, this game would most likely fail. After all, there are so many difficult hardcore games in this world. Not every game can succeed. We have to trust Boss Pei! Its not that I dont believe in Boss Pei. The key is that Boss Pei is now managing too many businesses. How would he have the time to be in charge of the design details of these games? It must be done by the designers of the games department. Whats more, the current chief designer of Tengda Games is Yu Fei. He only worked on Eternal Reincarnation. He was born out of nowhere. I really have no confidence I think Tengdas new game is released too quickly. Its so fast that Im a little flustered. Compared to before, Tengdas new game has been like a geyser in the past few months. Can the quality be guaranteed? I think Tengda doesnt have to blindly ask for quantity. It should slow down and settle down.. Chapter 1431 - Try To Drift! Chapter 1431: Try To Drift! Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Many players expressed their worries for Ghost General 2. Obviously, the publicity method this time really worked! Meng Chang did not play any tricks at all. He honestly told all players that Ghost General 2 was a combat game very honestly. He did not do anything that would make them misunderstand. However, it was precisely because it was too realistic that it triggered all sorts of worries among players. Pei Qian could not help but smile. This Meng Chang, not bad! I didnt trust you in vain! Now, youve even learned to draw inferences and play tricks! Youre no longer as rigid as before, and youve used every trick to death! Not bad, it looks like commission is the biggest source of creativity. Pei Qian was satisfied. It looked like the publicity plan for Ghost General 2 had been completed. The next step would depend on the performance of the game after it was released. January 27th, Sunday Bunny Tail Live-Stream, Zhang Yans live-stream. At that moment, Zhang Yan was in the racing venue, trying hard to drift. All he saw was her staring at the screen with full concentration. She held onto the steering wheel with both hands, stepped on the accelerator with her right foot, and then operated skillfully! In the end, he only saw the car start to spin uncontrollably. Finally, it stopped far away from the center of the stadium. Fortunately, the venue was very wide and there was no collision. Zhang Yan felt defeated. Ah! The accelerator is too big! Damn it, I was already very familiar with the coach previously, but now that Ive changed to my own car, Im back to square one Am I supposed to sell this car and buy a coach car of the same size? No, no, no. Are you crazy? Continue training with this car! I dont believe that you will definitely reach the level of one with the car after my hardwork! Zhang Yan did not believe it and continued practicing. Drifting was a very difficult technique for ordinary people. They would definitely not be able to practice on the racing track from the beginning. At the very least, they would only be able to master it after the two stages of regular drift and eight-point drift. On the other hand, Zhang Yan had said that she had trained a little drift in reality. In fact, she had only trained a little circle drift. She had not trained for so long and had long returned all the knowledge to her teacher. As for the racing license in reality, she had not passed at all. In reality, racing licenses might not be difficult, but it was not simple either. The key was to see which level one would be tested. Low-level driver licenses only needed to find a training base to spend tens of thousands of yuan and train for a few days. Basically, they could obtain it. However, some high-level driver licenses were difficult. The money spent on the car alone was bottomless. Whats more, there were many types of racing licenses in reality, such as tug-of-war, venue, drift, and so on. Some of the lower-level driver licenses were mainly based on racing culture, theoretical knowledge, safe explanation, start, change, emergency mechanism, hand brakes, turn, walk line practice, travel route training, circle speed timer assessment. Some of the content seemed to overlap with the drivers license test, but it was actually not the same. The examination for a racing license was mainly to teach people to drive in a racing car. It was also a start-up and a change in gears. Driving a racing car was definitely different from driving a private car. The drivers license test in the game was different from reality. There were many simplifications. That was because Ye Zhizhou felt that many of the steps for the racing examination in reality were more cumbersome. It was not suitable for the specific situation in the game. Of course, it made sense for the test steps to be cumbersome in reality. After all, if something were to happen in reality, the driver would be severely injured if it was light, and the driver would be severely injured if it was serious. It might even affect others. Thus, he had to be cautious. He could only enter the next stage after everything was foolproof. On the other hand, even though it would cost more to have a car accident and money, the money in the game was made by players. It was definitely not the same as in reality. Ye Zhizhous understanding of Safe and Civilized Driving was that it had a high degree of authenticity, difficulty level, and strong punishment measures. There were no requirements to completely follow reality. It was just like how the drivers license exam in the game combined the first and fourth subjects and turned them into 50 questions. It showed Ye Zhizhous design concept. In the game, players had to test three racing driver licenses. The first was the basic racing license test. The content of the test was relatively simple. There were only three items in total: professional knowledge answers, drifting circles, venue training. Professional knowledge answers were mainly to test some professional knowledge related to racing. It would take some time to set the stage and use the examination car to maintain the circle for a certain period of time. Venue practice was to run an entry-level racing track. It would be done within the time limit. After completing all of these, they would obtain a basic racing license and could participate in more entry-level competitions. After that, there would be a special venue competition and a tug-of-war license. However, those were not problems that Zhang Yan could consider at the moment. The basic racing license was not difficult. Zhang Yan learned some theoretical knowledge online and looked at the teachings of other live-streamers. She passed after two days of hard work. After obtaining a racing license, she excitedly used the money she earned from driving a long distance car to buy a new racing car. Then, a tragedy happened. She realized that she could no longer float! That was because the car type that had been tested for a racing drivers license was different from the car she was driving now. The performance of each car was different, and the operations that had to be done when drifting would naturally change. The so-called fixed loop drift was actually a series of operations such as steering the accelerator, the rear of the car facing outward, and the direction. It ensured that the car would continue to drift in a round trajectory. On the other hand, drifting in eight directions was equivalent to drifting in two circles and changing freely between different trajectories. He had to learn these two types of drift and form muscle memory in order to achieve different curved strategies for different turns in the racing track. Otherwise, the so-called drifting and turning would be purely blind. During the process of fixing the drift, if the angle of the back of the car did not match the angle of the steering wheel, the car would lose control and turn around, just like what Zhang Yan had encountered just now. Thus, if he wanted to master the drift, he had to be able to see the cars trajectory. He had to adjust and control the car through the steering wheel and accelerator so that the car would always be in a fixed trajectory. Some experienced drivers could only control the cars trajectory through the depth of the accelerator without touching the steering wheel. If the cars trajectory was obviously farther away, they would have to increase the accelerator. On the other hand, they would have to reduce the accelerator. Of course, the content was easy to say but difficult to do. Zhang Yan might have passed the racing license test previously but the car model was different now. The familiar feeling on the car model of the previous examination car was not applicable on this new car! He had to familiarize himself with it again. However, she did not feel discouraged. Instead, she continued to practice patiently in this round venue. There were more viewers in the live-stream than before. The popularity had also improved. Obviously, to most viewers, watching a racing car was more interesting than driving a large truck or a long distance car. Zhang Yan was discovering the highest difficulty level of the game bit by bit. I really admire the host. Not everyone can have such patience. Many male streamers cant even compare to him. Its really difficult to drift. Its just a simple floating circle, much less a racing track. I spent the entire afternoon practicing, but I didnt get to practice! Driving might seem simple, but the threshold is really high. Its not useless if you have brains. Its alright. Looking at the hosts current state, he should be able to float after familiarizing himself with the new car. Driving requires one to become one with the car. Even if you let a racing driver get a new car, he would have to adapt first. However, compared to other racing games, Safe and Civilized Driving is indeed considered a very low learning cost. Many driving simulators do not even provide a training ground for drifting. They do not have tutorials or such an internal live-stream system. They rely on players to figure it out on their own. You can only figure it out in the years to come! I look forward to the day when the live-streamer starts drifting! You dont say. I looked for so many tutorials online previously. I also bought the steering wheel. I went to the driving simulation game to practice drift. In the end, I could not train no matter how I trained. After watching the live-stream, I suddenly had some realization. Ill try it out when the live-stream ends. I think I can do it again! The audience in Zhang Yans live-stream was more complicated now. It could be roughly divided into several categories. The first was those who had purely come to watch the female streamer drive and play the game Safe and Civilized Driving. They could also be considered Cloud Players. The second was those who saw Zhang Yan constantly practicing and improving, from a small streamer with more fans to enjoying this growth with the streamer; The third was really coming to this live-stream to learn skills. However, no matter which type of audience they were, they all agreed that Zhang Yan was indeed a more representative type of player in Safe and Civilized Driving. She really relied on this game to constantly improve her driving standards. From the first car, to the big trucks, long distance cars, and now the racing car, every type of car required a lot of practice to gradually adapt and improve driving skills. Zhang Yan took every step very steadily and did very well. From the looks of the current situation, he was not far from conquering the racing track and becoming a true racing car driver. Many players felt a little strange: Among all racing and driving simulators, Safe and Civilized Driving was definitely not the best nor the most difficult. However, it was the most conducive to improving driving skills. That was because Safe and Civilized Driving allowed players to experience the game content more intently through a good ladder setting and a moderate punishment mechanism.. This was something that other racing games and posture simulators had not been able to achieve. Chapter 1432 - Is This Racing Or A Form Of Nourishment? Chapter 1432: Is This Racing Or A Form Of Nourishment? Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Zhang Yans revision was successfully completed under the attention of all the viewers in the live-stream. First, he successfully floated a few rounds around the circle. Then, he successfully floated eight words a few times. His control of the car became more and more proficient. Alright, next is to run the racing track! Well start with two simplest racing lanes, a venue competition and a tug-of-war. You would only be qualified to challenge more difficult pictures if you are familiar with these two basic pictures. You might even get a high-level license for the examination halls competition and tug-of-war. The tug-of-war should be a huge difficulty for me. Ill survey it and familiarize myself with the books according to what I learnt when I tested my racing license. Of course, different racing venues and tug-of-war had to be used. They even had to change the corresponding tires according to the different competition venues. However, Zhang Yan was not flustered at all because she had bought both cars. He could do whatever he wanted with money! After all, driving big trucks and long distance cars previously were basically zero accidents. After driving for a few days, he had saved a lot of money. The speed of making money in this game was quite fast. Of course, even though they were earning money quickly, there was no upper limit. Running a racing car was very burning money. Only people with good results could rely on the competition bonuses to support cars. Thus, training their driving skills became very important. Zhang Yan could only say that she had a richer start among the players who had just entered the racing field of Safe and Civilized Driving. First was the racing survey. In the game, the racing survey could be done from a free perspective. The cameras would automatically follow the route of the racing track. One could also hear the recorded Chinese road books. This Lu Shu moved Zhang Yan to tears. The mother tongue sounded more comfortable! In fact, all tug-of-war simulators had road books because they could not be lacking in them. The venue competition was still alright. After all, the route was relatively short and easy to remember. On the other hand, the route for the tug-of-war was often very long. It was unrealistic to expect the driver to memorize all the details of the entire route. During the process of driving at high speed, it was impossible to react after seeing the turns. Thus, the navigator was basically indispensable. However, the problem was that the foreign tug-of-war simulators were all foreign language books. It was not difficult to grasp these words. There were various symbols that represented the topographic and turns on the screen. However, it was still very difficult for Chinese players who were not big shots to adapt. That was because the drivers mental state was already very tense. When he heard a foreign language book, he had to translate it in his mind. It was very easy for him to not be able to react or react, but it would affect the drivers operation. On the other hand, the Chinese road books were different. That was because they were in their mother tongue. It would not affect the driving operations at all. Zhang Yan used her free perspective to look at the racing track that she was going to run over and over again. She tried hard to remember the details of the racing track. She had to familiarize herself with every difficult corner, every hill, and every pit. Although he had a book on the road, he could not completely rely on it. She did not dare to be careless. In this game, cars had to be fixed if they bumped into each other. Racing would be much more expensive than ordinary household cars! Even though racing car safety measures were usually better and the chances of changing brothers and sisters were not high, the repair costs and medical expenses were still unbearable. After reading it several times, Zhang Yan silently memorized the map of the racing track in her heart. Then, she drove slowly onto the road. She did not dare to drive too fast. In fact, she did not even dare to drift in the first few rounds. She only moved forward at the speed that she thought was the safest, slowing down and making turns as per normal. Some high-difficulty sharp turns made the audience feel like they were about to park the car and crawl over like a tortoise. Then, he ran three times the standard circle speed in the first round. Zhang Yan did not mind. She continued to run in this direction. However, she silently increased the speed of the car in certain places. The bullet screen comments were filled with ridicule. Good lord, this is a racing car? Are you recuperating here? I think I can complete the turtle-speed journey. Doesnt the streamer know how to drift? He floated for so long with the word round and 8. He even thought that he wanted to show off his hands on the main competition road. In the end, he did not dare to use drifting I dont think you understand. Sometimes, simply walking the line would be faster than your immature drift. Dont think that its impressive just because you know how to drift. Most of the time, you only drift for the sake of being handsome. It might not be fast enough. Indeed, different turns have different ways of passing. If you want to drift when you see a bend, thats all naive behavior. However, no matter how fast he is, he is still faster than the live-streamer, right? The live-streamer ran out of the standard circle three times faster than the live-streamer. Is his outstanding performance alright? The streamer is called stable, understand? Steady! What is this game called? Safe and Civilized Driving. First, it has to ensure its own safety. Then, it has to pursue speed. Otherwise, if you were to hit a car, would you pay the streamer for repair? You cant do that even if you have a few sisters. I suddenly realized something after watching the streamers running! Its not difficult to run a racing track. I think I can do it! Ill test my racing license now! The bullet screen comments were very lively, but Zhang Yan was completely unaffected. She continued to train herself. She knew very well that the current running speed looked very slow, just like a tortoise. That was because there was a huge difference between driving in the game and driving in reality. In reality, driving could feel the speed of the car from GL, sound, vibration, and so on. On the other hand, the game could only feel the speed of the car from the two dimensions of image and sound. Even with the G Force, it was still incomparable to reality. Therefore, in reality, many newbies might feel that it was very fast when they reached 70-80. However, in the game, 70-80 gave people the feeling that it was like a tortoise crawling. They would only feel a little excited when they reached 200. That was also why other racing games would ultimately feel like land flight. That was because it would be impossible to stimulate players effectively if they did not achieve this level. However, Safe and Civilized Driving was different. It would also be very exciting to drive to seventy or eighty. It was mainly because he could not afford the repair costs! Zhang Yan knew very well that the audience watching the live-stream could not feel this. However, it was useless to explain such things. She had to try it out herself. Thus, Zhang Yan did not explain much. She drove her car step by step. What she wanted was to improve slowly and increase the circle speed. She could not get into a car accident because of her urgency. Even though car accidents could also create a program effect, touching a car would mean spending money to fix it. Without money, it would mean going back to the truck to pull goods It was obviously not worth it in the long term. Zhang Yan patiently ran in circles. She was still a long way from the standard range, but compared to her previous results, she was doing better and better. January 28th, Monday In the morning, Ye Zhizhou ran to Hu Xianbin to discuss the matters after Safe and Civilized Driving with him. Most people were busy in the huge office. On the other hand, Hu Xianbin was yawning at his desk, looking like he had nothing to do. The seat opposite him was empty. Ye Zhizhou was a little surprised. Boss Ma isnt here today? Hu Xianbin nodded. Yes, he didnt come last Friday. Boss Ma said that hes going into seclusion to write his graduation thesis. He wont come for now. Let me see what I can do. Ye Zhizhou was speechless. Good lord, how could the Vice-President neglect his work for the graduation thesis? He felt that this was a little ridiculous. Fortunately, Boss Ma handed all his work to Hu Xianbin before he left. It was not delayed. Im mainly here to convey Boss Peis spirit this time. The follow-up promotion of the game Safe and Civilized Driving requires more cooperation from Bunny Tail Live-Stream. Ye Zhizhou said. Hu Xianbin nodded. No problem. You can cooperate in any way you want. Go ahead. Ye Zhizhou thought for a moment. Tell me briefly about the live-stream of Safe and Civilized Driving on Bunny Tail Live-Stream. After all, what players say and think might be different. I dont want to be wrong. Hu Xianbin immediately took out some platform data and began to analyze it. Both of them were game designers and naturally knew what the other was thinking. Ye Zhizhou wanted to use the popularity of the live-stream to verify his own guesses and thoughts. He wanted to understand the true mentality of players. He might be able to find many players discussions about Safe and Civilized Driving on the forum, and he could see players attitude towards this game from this, but it was not enough. That was because many players were upright in their words. They might say that they did not like a certain setting, but they were actually enjoying this game setting. Whats more, if he paid too much attention to the comments online, he might ignore the silent majority and misjudge the situation. On the other hand, the data in the live-stream could better reflect the players true attitude. Chapter 1433 - Outstanding Characteristics Chapter 1433: Outstanding Characteristics Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Hu Xianbin said, At the moment, the number of streamers, rooms, and viewers on the Safe and Civilized Driving section is increasing rapidly. From the looks of it, there are mainly four types of streamers that have stood out. The first type is pure technical streamers. For example, some professional drivers and professional driving simulators can drive very well once they start. Thus, many viewers came to watch their high-end operations. The second category is for teaching live-streamers. Those who teach everyone subjects two or three can be included in this category. The third type is live-streamers who purely focus on programming effects. For example, those who deliberately hit cars and test the safety of the cars because their driving skills are too lousy and often get into car accidents Some are real noobs, and some are deliberately creating program effects. However, I have to say that many viewers really like this script that once they return to their peak state, the live-streamers would become furious on the spot. 1 Some of them even made car review programs in the game to evaluate the performance, safety, and so on. Compared to the car model in reality, the videos released were actually very popular. It was ridiculous. The fourth is more special. Its a streamer with technical growth. He will improve his driving skills bit by bit and experience all the game content step by step. This type of streamer has the least number, but the momentum of growth is the best. For example, this female streamer, Zhang Yan, is this type. She can be considered to have eaten the dividend of the game Safe and Civilized Driving. She will gain popularity very quickly. This is the number of viewers of different types of streamers, the number of bullet screen comments, and the change in popularity. It can be studied and might be worth reference. Ye Zhizhou looked at the figures and nodded slightly. The figures would not lie. If the data was a lie, he could only say that the data was not comprehensive enough or that the interpretation was wrong. Both of them were game designers and naturally knew the importance of data. Ye Zhizhou studied the figures closely and began to analyze the game Safe and Civilized Driving. The first type of technical streamers attracts fans very quickly, but it seems to be difficult to retain these fans. Their popularity will decrease very quickly in the future and the durability is not good. In other words, the audience can get tired of watching it. Thats not difficult to understand. After all, no matter how handsome these big shots drift was, it was only a visual effect. There are many big shots who can drift and run very well in other simulated driving games, but it did not cause a lot of popularity. There were not many people who paid attention. Perhaps this is because these content are relatively boring. Ordinary players might not understand the specific difficulty of this, nor can they learn technology to improve their driving skills. Thus, they came to broaden their horizons. They lost interest after watching these big shots run a few rounds. The third type of streamers who are creating program effects have a more obvious increase in popularity, but the fluctuations are also relatively large. After all, everyone is aiming to watch the streamers bump into each other. When they bump into each other, returning to the beginning of time is indeed very programming. However, the process before the collision is relatively boring. This is a little like some of the previous torturous games that return to their original point of view. It might have a good program effect but it can also easily make the audience so angry that they have cerebral hemorrhages. The second type of teaching live-streamer has stable fans. Obviously, they are all for practicality. New players are continuously pouring in. The number of viewers of such streamers should be able to maintain. However, the problem is that the content of this live-stream is relatively simple. Most people might not watch it again after watching the teaching for a few days and successfully passing their drivers license. If there are fewer new players in the future, there might be a situation where there would be a lack of continuity and fewer people would be broadcasted. From the statistics, the one with the most prospects is the fourth type of live-streamer. On one hand, players can fully understand the game content. It would have a certain program effect, but it would also allow viewers to obtain a sense of growth with the live-streamers. On the other hand, it would indeed provide some guidance to players. It can be said to be a more versatile live-stream direction. However not everyone can play this model. It must be someone who is talented in driving and live-streaming. Hu Xianbin nodded. Yes, and we can come to some conclusions after analyzing Zhang Yans live-stream. From the feedback of the bullet screen comments, her live-stream content has indeed affected many players playing Safe and Civilized Driving. Those who did not intend to play it also played it, and some that were originally put down were picked up again. This should be related to the characteristics of the game itself. You can see the core difference between Safe and Civilized Driving and ordinary racing or simulated driving games. Many players said that Safe and Civilized Driving is the most conducive to improving driving technology. This is obviously not a coincidence. Ye Zhizhou agreed deeply. Indeed. The strong punishment characteristic of Safe and Civilized Driving has instead extended the games lifespan. On one hand, it has made the players learning curve smoother. On the other hand, it has also helped to nurture players confidence and reduce their sense of failure. Therefore, our next goal must be around this point to better show its advantage! Every time they analyzed the game in detail after that, Ye Zhizhou and the other designers would respect Boss Pei even more. Many settings that did not seem reasonable before the development turned into an exquisite system after the release and played unexpected roles! Why did many players feel that Safe and Civilized Driving was the most conducive game to improving driving skills? It was not only because it had a drivers license test, a fixed circle, an eight-word drift, and other training grounds, nor was it just because it had made arranged cars, long distance vans, racing cars, and various difficulty racing tracks. There was another finishing touch: its punishment characteristics! This point was vividly displayed during the live-stream. That was because the punishment measures for bumpy in the game were very strict. That was why gamers were cautious. Take Zhang Yan for example. Before she officially went onto the racing track, she had to survey it several times carefully to familiarize herself with the terrain and the road books. She would drive very slowly on the top lane. She did not ask for circle speed, but did not want to run into anything. He only slowly increased his circle speed under the premise that he did not bump into it. That led to two outcomes. First, players were more well-prepared; second, players could feel more improvement. In other simulated driving games, players basically drove onto the racetrack unprepared. After they went up, they did not care about the specific route. They started pulling the hand brake and stepped on the accelerator to go straight for 7,000 yuan. As for what kind of cleavage they encountered on the road and heard the road books, they did not care if they heard it or not. In any case, they relied on spontaneous reactions. How could they not bump into each other? After the collision, players basically would not review and reflect on their mistakes. Instead, they would press the replay button and continue running. He might have run a picture many times but in the end, he still did not remember the route and did not think of the way to deal with the difficult turns. He still had to rely on luck to increase the circle speed. As time went by, players would feel that they were in the same place. Their results would become worse each time. Naturally, they would feel a strong sense of failure and would not be able to continue training. However, Safe and Civilized Driving was completely different. Due to the serious consequences of collision, players had to familiarize themselves with the route and books. They had to be careful and well-prepared when passing through difficult turns. Naturally, they would be memorable. Whats more, he would only speed up if he were to run slowly in a route that he was completely confident in. Basically, he would be able to ensure that the results of every round would improve slightly. These improvements were a very positive feedback to players. It made them feel the improvement in their driving skills and persevere. In addition, for the streamer, it was a good program effect for him to return to his previous state after the collision. Other viewers would have the illusion that the streamer was running at full speed. They would think that I can do it, I can do it, I might be better than the streamer. That would make a large number of viewers turn from cloud players to real players, wanting to try it out. That would greatly extend the lifespan of the game, allowing ordinary people to play it. Players who did not like the racing mode could also drive large trucks and long distance cars.. That was another kind of fun. Chapter 1434 - What Happened To Boss Pei And Boss Ma? Ye Zhizhou said, Therefore, we should continue to work on this. Many driving schools in the country are now purchasing safety and civilized driving simulators. This has become a trend. Our games and simulators can bring them more students, but isnt it the same for us? Driving school is equivalent to the entrance for everyone to get in touch with driving. Its equivalent to advertising our product in front of all students! Next, Shang Yang Games has to specially set up a department to serve these driving schools. They have to add the functions of these driving schools in the game so that Safe and Civilized Driving can firmly grasp the driving school entrance and eliminate all possible competitors. Apart from creating different venue maps for the drivers license test, I also thought of creating a local internet teaching model for the driving school. The driving coach would be allowed to teach all students through simulators like the current live-stream function. The effect of the teaching should be better. In addition, Slow Movement Studio is developing the VR version of Safe and Civilized Driving. They should be able to meet players before long. Weve also finalized the details of our cooperation with Star Bird Virtual Movement. In order to increase their attractiveness, we will develop something similar to internet cafe privileges and encourage players to experience physical stores. After all, those who go might develop into the next potential user of the simulator. Hu Xianbin listened intently, nodding from time to time. There was a lot of content that required Hu Xianbins cooperation. If he cooperated well, he would be able to further increase the popularity and popularity of Bunny Tail Live-Stream. Ye Zhizhou changed the topic. However Im not sure how to proceed. Its about working with car companies. Boss Pei said before that we have to increase the threshold of cooperation between car companies and us. We have to work hard to keep an eye on the players and try our best to ensure that the quality of the cars in the game is the same as in reality. For this point, Boss Pei only said that he wanted Che Corporation to pay our platform and let Che Corporation pay for the collision test. However, these seem to be relatively passive measures. They are not in line with Tengdas usual style of taking the initiative to attack. Is there something deeper that I did not understand? The Tengda spirit had always been thoughtless and pioneering. They had to do it even if there were conditions! At the moment, he was only working with car companies to wait passively. That was not the Tengda spirit. What if the car companies did not come knocking? Were they just waiting? However, Ye Zhizhou could not think of a way to take the initiative to attack because he could not force it. Hu Xianbin fell into deep thought. Hmm let me think. He stood up and walked around the office twice. Then, he said, I think we cant do this ourselves. After all, were playing the role of a platform. However, we cannot wait passively and do nothing. This kind of job is the most suitable for Che Corporation, which is currently working with us. Ye Zhizhous eyes lit up. Oh? Hu Xianbin explained, Only gamers generally agree that cars that dare to get onto Safe and Civilized Driving are cars that have confidence in themselves. Our platform is a platform with unique value. How can we make players agree with this concept? Its not easy for us to speak on our own. We have to let various car companies speak. If they cant speak, we have to teach them. On this point, I think we can use Slow Movement Studios method to establish a realistic service department. Didnt you plan to split a department from Shang Yang Games to be in charge of these matters? Ye Zhizhou was stunned. Real life service department? Teach these car companies to speak? Oh! I understand! At first, Ye Zhizhou was a little confused. However, he immediately understood when he thought of Slow Movement Studios realistic service department. Boss Pei had raised the threshold of cooperation for the game Safe and Civilized Driving to this extent so that he could strictly supervise and be responsible for players. However, this would definitely bring a serious problem. The willingness of various car companies to cooperate would be greatly reduced. Not only did he have to pay the platform, but he also had to produce a sample car for a collision test. There were also a lot of rather unreasonable terms. Of course, this was a good thing from the perspective of players and consumers. However, would they be willing to do it for car companies? Definitely not. Thus, if Shang Yang Games waited passively, the outcome would definitely be cold and deserted. Boss Pei might have given such harsh conditions to screen these car companies well, but was Boss Peis intention to not let the car companies cooperate? Obviously not! Thus, he had to think of a way to facilitate the cooperation with various big companies! As for how to facilitate it, that was a technical job. Tengda would definitely not be able to handle this on its own. That would be too stiff. They needed a catfishing effect to create a trend and sense of danger, prompting these car companies to work with Tengda. It was just like the role of the long-distance driving school for other driving schools. If the concept of the manufacturers who cooperated with Safe and Civilized Driving could be deeply ingrained in the hearts of people, more and more car companies would accept the conditions and cooperate with Tengda. If he could go one step further, the concept of manufacturers who did not work with Safe and Civilized Driving are probably guilty and lack confidence in their own cars would also be deeply ingrained in peoples hearts. Then these manufacturers would probably have no choice but to work with Tengda. He needed a manufacturer to achieve this catfish effect at this time, just like a long distance driving school. After Heng Yuans driving school bought safe and civilized driving simulators on a large scale, the other driving schools heard the news and were afraid that they would be forced to purchase them. It was the same for car manufacturers. Ye Zhizhou frowned. However, we dont have such a car company at the moment. The first batch of car companies that we worked with might also be relatively famous new energy car companies in the country, but in terms of market status, they are far from being comparable to Hengyuan driver schools in the domestic driving circle. If it cant generate enough popularity, there would be no cat and cat effect. After all, it has to be a stronger cat and cat fish first. Hu Xianbin fell silent as well. He thought for a moment and said, I cant do anything about that. I dont know much about the car industry either. However if you encounter something that you cant solve, ask the person-in-charge. Perhaps the other person-in-charge can think of a way. Thats true. Ye Zhizhou nodded. Alright, thats all for today. Ill go back and ask Slow Movement Studio for guidance. Ill see what the realistic service department is doing and if they have any ready-made experience to learn from. At 9.30 AM, on the 16th floor of Shenhua View Pei Qian arrived at the office and entered his office as usual. A few minutes later, Ma Yang arrived and entered the office as well. The two of them stayed in the office all morning until noon. They only asked the young man from Fish-Catching Take-Out to send the food to his office and did not come out. Over at the HR department, Wu Bin and Hao Yun guessed as they ate the work meals delivered by Fish-Catching Take-Out. Boss Pei had a meeting with Boss Ma which lasted the entire morning? He even had to eat in the office? Good lord, how big of a matter is this! I dont know. Whats more, I saw Boss Ma change his usually optimistic expression when he came out to take the work meal. He looked so serious. Im afraid its something huge. Could he be worried about Ghost General 2? I dont think so. Ghost General 2 is just one of many games. Why would Boss Pei and Boss Ma be so nervous? In my opinion, it must be related to the companys future development plan. It must be making some extremely important strategic decisions. Hmm Tengda is so big now after all. We often feel like we are out of strength in every department, let alone Boss Pei and Boss Ma. Its alright, we just have to trust in Boss Pei. No matter what difficulties we face, he will definitely be able to save us! Wu Bin and Hao Yun finished their food and took a short break before returning to work. How could the people in charge slack off when Boss Pei was working so hard for the companys development? Work hard! At that moment, in the presidents office Pei Qian and Old Ma were staring at the empty document in front of them. How was he going to write his graduation thesis?! He thought about it for the entire morning but still had no clue! Pei Qian had originally wanted to write it in his own residence. However, from his experience over the weekend, the efficiency was obviously too low under the temptation of large televisions and various games. Pei Qian thought about going to the study room in school, but he woke up too late. There would be no more space at this time. The students of Handong University loved to learn. Their ability to grab seats was not inferior to their learning ability. No matter how he thought about it, he had to go to the office! It was spacious and comfortable. There was a small blanket to wrap around if it was cold. He could bring Old Ma along so that he could have a learning atmosphere. However, this move did not have much effect. He still could not write the thesis that he should not write! Facts had proven that the environment had nothing to do with the fact that he could not write a thesis. It had a lot to do with people Pei Qian sighed silently. Old Ma, what should we do? Ma Yang looked up, his long face filled with surprise. Eh? Brother Qian, werent you so confident before? Why are you suddenly so dejected? Pei Qian sniggered. It looked like Old Ma had no idea how serious the situation was. It made sense when he thought about it. After all, no one had told Ma Yang this tragic news yet: He was the same as him C he had been assigned under Old Kong! This graduation thesis went from simple difficulty to hellish difficulty.. Chapter 1435 - A Powerful New Energetic Car Company? Chapter 1435: A Powerful New Energetic Car Company? Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Of course, this difficulty did not only come from Prof Kongs serious attitude and training, but also from all aspects of attention. Boss Peis thesis was fragmented? It made Prof Kong bald? This would be made into a joke that would spread online! Whats more, Pei Qian felt very guilty. Strictly speaking, Old Ma should have been implicated by him accidentally after all. That was why he was dragged onto the boat. Pei Qian could not help but think that if he had not created Tengda, he would not have created such a huge industry. If the scale had not been so big, his graduation thesis would not have attracted the attention of the school. Then, he and Old Ma would not have been assigned to Old Kong. In that case, he and Old Ma should be playing happily now. They just had to float past 60 marks for their graduation thesis like usual exams. Thus, Pei Qian was a little embarrassed to tell Ma Yang about this nightmare. However, Pei Qian had changed his mind now. Why should he be the only one under pressure? He had to ask Old Ma to share the pressure. Good brother should not be so polite with each other! At that thought, Pei Qian cleared his throat and said, Old Ma, do you know why Im under so much pressure? Teacher Zhang Wei said that both of us are under Prof Kong! How can I not panic if Prof Kong personally supervises the graduation thesis? Think about it. At your level, what would happen if Prof Kong sees your thesis? Ma Yang looked elated. Huh? Really? You mean my thesis can be confirmed by Prof Kong? Thats great, Brother Qian. I knew I was with the right person! You actually managed to establish a relationship with Prof Kong. Thats awesome! I wonder which professor would dare to block my thesis with Prof Kong around! Ill make him feel like he has a mountain full of wisdom! Pei Qian froze as question marks floated above his head. ? No, Old Ma, is there something wrong with your thinking? Was that what I meant? Why are you so confident that your thesis will definitely be recognized by Prof Kong! Why did you think that no one would dare to block your thesis? Ridiculous! Indeed, no matter what problems he faced, Old Ma had no idea what to do. Sigh, Im used to it. Im used to it. Pei Qian felt that he had made a mistake. Not only did Old Ma not help him to share his pressure, but he also increased his pressure. He could only change the topic. So, do you have a general direction for your thesis? Old Ma answered confidently, No! Pei Qian was speechless. Why are you so calm then! Ma Yang said, Thats because I suddenly thought it through. Brother Qian, I can cozy up to you! Look, Tengda has already achieved so much success in the cultural field. What does that mean? It means that youre very confident! As long as you bring out the power you have in the cultural industry, wouldnt it be easy for you to write a graduation thesis? When the time comes, I just have to follow behind you and choose a subtle angle to study it, right? Therefore, at the end of the day, you have to work hard, Brother Qian! Pei Qian was stunned. Huh? So you are calm because of me? On further thought, Old Mas words made sense. What was Tengda like in the eyes of outsiders? It had opened up many cultural industries such as novels, movies, animations, games, and so on. There were domestic games that had a lot of discussion, and outstanding movies that had swept the box office in the world. These successes could be said to be created by Boss Pei! Huang Sibo, Zhu Xiaoce, Hu Xianbin, Cui Geng They were all tools under Boss Pei. What was there to worry about graduation thesis if he could achieve such huge success in the world and at the cutting edge of culture? He could just take out a project and write it simply. It made so much sense! However, Pei Qian knew very well that the success of these projects had nothing to do with him! He even wanted to know how these projects became popular! Pei Qian researched all of the projects at home last weekend, but he could not find any leads, much less back then. One could say that Ma Yangs confidence came from his trust in Pei Qian. Pei Qian was not confident because he did not trust himself This formed a magical and confusing closed loop. Pei Qian deeply realized that the clown was himself. Even his good brother Old Ma could not solve his problems this time. Instead, he was creating pressure for himself. It could be seen that the challenge of this graduation thesis was far better than any previous settlement. This was too difficult! At that moment, Pei Qian even thought about throwing the thesis directly to Assistant Xin. However, he quickly dismissed this idea. No, he had to have a bottom line. How could Boss Peis graduation thesis be written on his behalf? He might as well hand in his blank script! At the very least, people would think that Boss Pei was too awesome and would not write such a thesis. Thus, he had to complete the thesis on his own! Even if it was rubbish, it would be nothing more than letting Kong Lao lose a few more strands of hair. Then, he would visit him and give him some supplements. Pei Qian sighed silently and continued to bury his head in a pile of Tengdas successful projects, looking for possible entry points in the thesis. January 29th, Tuesday In the conference room of Slow Movement Studio. The development of the VR version of Safe and Civilized Driving is progressing steadily. Theres no need to worry. It should be released next month. As for the relevant information about Slow Movement Studios realistic service department, its all here. You can take it back and study it slowly. Lin Wan handed a document to Ye Zhizhou as she spoke. Ye Zhizhou took it and said, Thank you. Lin Wan smiled. Youre too polite. No matter where I am, I will always be a member of Shang Yang Games. Ye Zhizhou flipped through the document casually and found that it summarized Slow Movement Studios current work content and current situation in the real service department. After the real estate intermediary simulator became popular, it began to gradually move closer to an independent rental platform. Slow Movement Studio established the real service department. The first task was to push the game Real Estate Agent Simulator into reality. On the surface, it looked like what many real estate companies were doing. However, there were obvious differences in many details. Other real estate intermediary companies were also working hard to develop their own application software to constantly fill up the house sources above. However, in terms of technical strength, they were far from Slow Movement Studio. He could not blame them. After all, their development team was only the development team of the Internet APP, and Slow Movement Studios development team was the proper VR game development team! The functions of these real estate intermediary apps, Real Estate Agent Simulator, and Real Estate Agent Simulator had functions, these APPs might not have them! Whats more, both parties profit models and final goals were completely different. For real estate intermediary companies, earning platform fees and intermediary fees were their only way of making profits. Thus, this APP was, to put it bluntly, a simple money-making tool. Then, all of the functions of this APP naturally had to serve profits. This was not difficult to explain why these real estate intermediary companies turned a blind eye to the fake houses on the platform. It was also not difficult to understand why no matter how these APPs were optimized, they only improved and not fundamentally changed. That was because real estate companies were counting on it to make money! Of course, it was necessary to optimize the APP, but these companies would carefully calculate the price-quality ratio. If the investment was too big and the risk was too high but the improvement was not big, it would be impossible for such an APP modification plan to be passed. However, that was not the case for Slow Movement Studio. Just like the name of the realistic service department, this department was not Slow Movement Studios main source of profits. It was just a supplement. Slow Movement Studios main profit came from the sales of the game and Doubt VR glasses, as well as the derivative value that might be produced in the future. The existence of the real service department was to serve players better. Thus, Slow Movement Studio could achieve a blow to the fake house. It could also achieve continuous iteration and development of the real estate intermediary simulator because there were other charging points that were continuously transfusing blood. This made the Real Estate Agent Simulator enter a positive cycle. The snowball was getting bigger and bigger. It was constantly poaching users from other real estate intermediary companies. More and more people were buying games and VR glasses. This money was supporting the realistic service department to do better Now, the development speed of the real estate agent simulator had far exceeded Lin Wans estimates, the development would continue. Thus, Lin Wan had agreed to open a real service department for Shang Yang Games with both hands. After all, this was a successful model that Slow Movement Studio had already verified. Perhaps in the future, the real estate agent simulator and Safe and Civilized Driving would further deepen cooperation and link up? Of course, that would take a long time. After all, there were still many follow-up functions to be done for the two games. He could only consider deepening the cooperation after the expansion functions of the two games themselves were completed. Ye Zhizhou scanned the document briefly and prepared to study it closely. However, he had other problems before that. Thats right, theres another problem. Safe and Civilized Driving wants to work with relatively powerful new energy car companies in the country. I dont know much about these new energy car companies. Have you recommended them? Lin Wan pondered for a moment. How capable must a new energy car company be? Ye Zhizhou answered, The stronger the better. Our skills, market share, and brand value are all indispensable. If he wanted to introduce a catfish like the Hengda driving school to drive other car companies into Safe and Civilized Driving, this catfish would not be weak and would not be able to cause much of a stir. Lin Wan frowned. The technology level, market share, and brand value must be indispensable Is there really such a new energy car company in the country Eh? I got it! There might not be a single car company, but if the two companies were to combine, it would barely be considered there! Ye Zhizhou looked confused. Huh? Lin Wan explained, There was an automatic driving cooperation with between Shenhua and Stamford five years ago. However, the automatic driving technology had never been too mature, so it had always been in a closed development stage. Very few people knew about it. However, I heard that the automatic driving technology has matured recently. There is also a mass-produced car model to be released. Stamford has technology and a certain market share, while Shenhua has brand value.. If you add it all up, it can meet your requirements. Chapter 1436 - : The Medal for Suffering Travels Chapter 1436: The Medal for Suffering Travels Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Ye Zhizhou could not help but look surprised. Oh? Theres such a thing? Ye Zhizhou had heard of this Stamford car before. This name might sound western but it was actually established in 1960 as a native company. It was a high-tech company that specialized in new energy, batteries, IT, cars, and other technologies. It had seven large production bases in the country. In the field of domestic new energy cars, Stamfords technical accumulation was second to none. The market share was not bad. However, the problem was that its name sounded very fake and low-class. It severely held it back. The official explanation for this name was STF, which meant Seize the future. As a new energy car company, the meaning of this name was quite accurate. However, the problem was that no one bought it. That was because this explanation was forced to find an explanation after Stamfords car really expanded and realized the brand problem. In fact, someone had interviewed the founder of the Stamford car a few years ago. The founders answer at that time was that the reason why this name was named was because the two and four names that he had originally thought of had been snatched up. The three names were easier to pass, so this name was finalized. To put it bluntly, the creator of Stamford car had not thought about the brand at that time. That was normal. There were so many startups in the country every year. There were many companies that went bankrupt. As a new companys primary goal was to survive, who could have thought so far ahead and predicted that they would develop into a top company in twenty years and be troubled by the brand problem? It was just like many web novel authors. They would try one name but fail again but still fail again. They would try again and again until they lost their name and passed. Many years later, when he became famous, his fans were fixed, and his pen name could not be changed. He could only participate in various activities with strange online names. Those who heard about it would feel sad, and those who saw it would shed tears. Whats more, many people guessed that there was a hidden reason why the founder was too embarrassed to tell them. The company had set up the Stamford Cars in 96. At that time, companies liked to come up with westernized names that were disguised as foreign brands. That was because that was the atmosphere in the entire market at that time. Consumers generally thought that western brands were good. The quality was reliable and the technology was strong. Thus, many companies at that time deliberately named them as foreign brands. They said that they were deceiving consumers or adapting to the market environment. In any case, they were all for the initial survival problem. However, with the rise of domestically-produced goods in recent years, domestic consumers gradually stopped being superstitious about western brands. Instead, they did their best to support outstanding products in the country. The change in environment made the problem of the brand of Stamford car the biggest shortcoming. In the past, many consumers would have a good impression of foreign brands once they heard their names. However, now, a domestic brand that was similar to foreign brands would only give people a strong feeling of copycat. It had become a synonym for Low. Even though Stamfords boss was a practical person, he was not very good at bragging. The products that he launched were relatively cheap. Thus, even though he was very technical and had a good market share, the brand could not be built. The cooperation with Shenhua Corporation this time was obviously because of Shenhua Corporations brand strength. Shenhua Corporation might not have much brand appeal in the field of cars but they had a lot of brand appeal in the internet and smart hardware! One of these two companies was good at hardware and the other was good at software. The best combination point was the automatic driving technology of new energy cars! Ye Zhizhou had not expected to receive such a pleasant surprise. Obviously, they did not publicize the fact that they were working closely with Shenhua Corporation. Thus, many people in the outside world did not know about it. However, given the strength of the two companies, many people would definitely be shocked once the research results were released. Ye Zhizhou was elated. Alright, if the new car that Stamford and Shenhua made can also take the initiative to enter Safe and Civilized Driving, then it would obviously be a very competitive catfish! Lin Wan took out her cell phone. Ill give you the contact of the person-in-charge now. Yes, lets ask the person-in-charge to come over. Well talk in person. Based on what I know so far, even though the two companies are about to enter the mass-production stage, we have not completely reached a consensus on the name, brand positioning, marketing strategy, and so on regarding this car model. We have not thought of a particularly suitable plan. If we can get in touch with Tengda as well, with Shenhua and Tengdas dual support, the brand value of this new car will definitely skyrocket. This cooperation will definitely become a triple-win situation. Once he heard the words marketing strategy, Ye Zhizhou perked up. Isnt it just a publicity plan? Im good at it! Meng Chang has already taught me all the Pei family publicity methods that he had carefully summarized. Safe and Civilized Driving is considered a small test. The effect is still alright. Lin Wan was stunned. The Pei familys publicity method? Theres such a thing? She felt confused. She had worked in Tengda Games and Shang Yang Games for so long, but she had never heard of this concept. Ye Zhizhou nodded. This concept has only been around recently. It was summarized by Meng Chang in Tengdas long-term publicity work. However, Boss Pei has actually used the Pei familys publicity method many times. Its just that we are not very talented in this area and dont understand it. Think about the publicity plans for so many projects in the past. Which one of them did not look extremely ridiculous but have unexpectedly good results? A realization dawned on Lin Wan. I see! Ill contact the person-in-charge of the project over there now. However, they are also rather busy over there. After all, they are about to be released and there are some details that need to be adjusted. How about this? Ill discuss with them and ask them to come to Jingzhou next week at the latest! January 30th, Wednesday On the nameless island where the Suffering Travels was located. Qiao Liang was the last to climb the cliff of Shanghai Island. He was so tired that he lay on the ground. He looked at the others. They were not much better. All of them were twisted around, feeling like their bodies had been hollowed out. Everyone had become tanner after an entire month of exposure to the sun. This group of people might have taken the opportunity to apply sunblock on their faces and bodies, but sunblock was not omnipotent. Their skins would inevitably become bronze if they were to be exposed to the sun in such an environment. On the other hand, Bao Xu was slightly tanner, but he could not tell. After all, he had been through hundreds of battles. Bao Xu pressed the timer in his hand and said, Alright, thats all for todays training program. I announce that the second episode of Suffering Travels has ended perfectly! Everyone immediately felt relieved and revived. It was finally over! People like Qiao Liang, Yu Pingan, and Chen Yufeng, who had relatively weaker tolerance, almost cried tears of joy on the spot. A month? Do you know how we spent this month? Huh? They had suffered too much on this deserted island. They had instinctively forgotten that there was still a month of indoor training before the island. Now that they thought about it, indoor training was as easy as a holiday! Sa Ziran took out the memorial and certificate that he had prepared beforehand. Bao Xu looked saintly. Now, I present the ascetics medal. Please stand in a row. Previously, everyone had been lying on the ground, exhausted and did not want to move. However, when they heard that the medal was going to be awarded, they quickly got up from the ground and stood in a row. Sa Ziran and Li Yaling helped Bao Xu with the medals and certificates. Bao Xu took the corresponding medals and certificates and awarded them one by one. Qiao Liangs face was filled with anticipation. One of the most important reasons why he could persevere in the tough training of Suffering Travels was that he was filled with expectations for the title of the ascetic and the various benefits that it brought. Of course, the most important reason was that this was an deserted island. He could not escape even if he wanted to. However, no matter what, this was an honor! Youve worked hard! Bao Xu took the medal and certificate from Sa Ziran after shaking hands with Qiao Liang. He handed them to Qiao Liang and continued to send the next person. Qiao Liang played with the ascetic medal happily. The workmanship was very exquisite and was very valuable for collection! This was an irregular medal with three levels of engraving on it. At the bottommost level was a huge shield. There were many long swords under the shield. The hilts were facing up and the tips of the swords were facing down. It was in the shape of a Peacock Screen. There was another layer of engraving on the shield. There were tall mountains, steep mountains, and swift rivers flowing into the sea. In short, it reflected the godly work of nature. On the topmost level, on top of a steep cliff, a small person was trying hard to climb, representing the image of an ascetic. Qiao Liang loved this medal to the core. Absolute! It had to be said that Tengda was Tengda. This commemorative stamp was so exquisite and very memorable because it had a deep cultural connotation. When he saw it, he would naturally recall the outstanding years that he had spent on Suffering Travels! Qiao Liang decided that this medal must be kept as a family heirloom forever. Then, he would be able to brag to his son and grandson. Do you know about Suffering Travels? This is your daddy/grandfathers military seal! Then, he looked at the certificate. The cover of the certificate was also special. There was also a metal engraving process. It felt heavy in his hand. The symbol on the cover was also related to the symbol on the commemorative stamp. When he opened the certificate, the words written inside were very pleasing to Qiao Liang. The ascetic, Qiao Liang, in the second episode of the Suffering Travels (December 2012 C January 2013), he worked hard and persevered. He displayed an indomitable fighting spirit and specially awarded the title Tenacious ascetic! There was also an inscription, time, and stamp below. It was very formal. Qiao Liang could not help but feel elated. At the same time, he heaved a sigh of relief. Alright, alright. I thought the final title would be something like bottom-tier member! Tenacious ascetic? This title was not bad. It showed his outstanding quality very well! Qiao Liang could not help but look at Ruan Guangjian. What is your title? That was because the announcement had said that they would record the results of this episode. If this rule was not canceled, everyone should obtain different titles.. Chapter 1437 - The Video Is Not Bad. Who Edited It? Chapter 1437: The Video Is Not Bad. Who Edited It? Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Ruan Guangjian tilted the certificate so that Qiao Liang could see it clearly. The ascetic, Ruan Guangjian, in the second episode of the Suffering Travels (December 2012 C January 2013), he was motivated and daring. He performed well among all the ascetics and was ranked among the top. He was specially awarded the title outstanding ascetic! Qiao Liang paused, his mind filled with question marks. Something was amiss! He looked at Chen Yufeng on his right. Wheres your certificate? Chen Yufeng leaned over to show him as well. On it were the words: The ascetic, Chen Yufeng, in the second episode of the Suffering Travels (December 2012 C January 2013), he pushed forward and fought his way up. He can be said to be the mainstay and is specially awarded the title outstanding ascetic! Qiao Liang felt that something was amiss. He could clearly feel the difference in the words of these different titles! At that moment, Bao Xu had already distributed the souvenir and certificate. The two months of Suffering Travels is over. Everyone is doing well. Even though time is short and I cant bear to part with you, I believe everyone has already trained hard. I hope that everyone can remember the spirit of Suffering Travels. In the following days, you can transfer the tenacious will cultivated by Suffering Travels into your work and life and pass down this spirit! If you want to pursue higher challenges, you can sign up again. At that time, there will be higher-level commemorations! Finally, I would like to sincerely congratulate everyone on behalf of Boss Pei and all the staff on the suffering trip! Everyone, you can rest on the spot. Well set off tomorrow! Everyone heaved a sigh of relief after the warm applause. They sat on the ground and relaxed. However, Qiao Liang obviously could not sit down as calmly as the others. He walked around and read the certificates of the others. After reading it, Qiao Liang sat down on the sand and silently drew circles on the sand. This was really messed up! At first, Qiao Liang was quite happy to see his certificate. Look, brave, hardworking, persevering, indomitable, tenacious ascetics Werent these all good terms? Qiao Liang felt that this comment was completely correct. It perfectly displayed his heroism in the Suffering Travels. He felt extremely good about himself. However, after reading the comments of others, Qiao Liang realized that he had misunderstood. That was because everyone else were outstanding ascetics! There were relatively few outstanding ascetics. Three out of ten people had obtained outstanding ascetics like Ruan Guangjian and Yao Bo. They represented the top level of this Suffering Travels. It could be seen from the wording of this certificate that it was meant to be sharp, bold, outstanding, and so on. It was basically expressing this meaning. The other six people, such as Chen Yufeng and Jiang Yuan, were in charge of Tengda. They did not perform as well as Ruan Guangjian and Yao Bo, but they were still alright. Thus, they evaluated outstanding ascetics. They also used words like pillars of strength in their comments. On the other hand, Qiao Liang was the only one who had obtained the title of Tenacious Suffering! On top of that, he had always been a key supporter. When he read this comment again, his mood changed. Why did they keep emphasizing Qiao Liangs fighting spirit? Wasnt it all because he had always been at the bottom! It was precisely because he had always been at the bottom, persevering and continuing to at the bottom that people could see the hard work and fighting spirit in him. Of course, it could also be because the last person to give the outstanding ascetics was too forced. How could they be outstanding if they were already in the last place? He could only praise him from another perspective. It was just like in the game. The top big shots were all titles like Extraordinary Masters, Greatest King, and the like. If there were words like tenacious, unyielding, and so on, they would be at the bottom Qiao Liang was completely melancholic after learning this sad fact. He could not help but think about how he would answer if others asked him if he had participated in the Suffering Travels when he returned. He participated, but he did not participate much. He only participated a little. If others were to ask, they would hear that there would be medals, certificates, and titles. What was your title? Is it outstanding or outstanding? Qiao Liang replied that he was a tenacious ascetic. How could that be? At that time, people would ask, Eh, Ive never heard of the title Tenacious Ascetic. How many people would be able to obtain it? How were they to continue chatting then? There was no way to continue! He could not possibly tell others, This is a rare title. Im the only one who obtained it in the entire episode! That would become a laughing stock. What should he do? Qiao Liang could feel a dangerous thought taking root in his heart. Bao Xu had already hinted that the medal they had won was beautiful but it was only the most basic of medals. The medals obtained from participating in one, two, or three Suffering Travels were completely different. Those who conquered three Suffering Travels were the real ascetics! He could obtain other titles by participating in another Suffering Travels. Whats more, Qiao Liang felt that his physical fitness had improved greatly. If he were to do it again, he would definitely not be at the bottom Damn it, stop, I cant think anymore! Quick, think about Fish-Catching Take-Out, Coca Cola, ROF Computer-Installation, and huge television at home! I have to resist temptation. I cannot come to Suffering Travels a second time! An intense battle ensued in Qiao Liangs heart. He was swinging wildly about whether he should come and suffer again. At that moment, Zhu Xiaoce said in surprise, The internal list for the next suffering trip is out! Eh, there are so many people this time. Whats more, its going to be delayed for a month. It will only start in March? Brother Bao, is the Suffering Travels going to be expanded? Bao Xu, who was seated at the side, nodded. Yes, it has to be expanded. The outside registration for the Suffering Travels is already full. The employees arranged by the internal department have also begun to spread from the person-in-charge to the core members of the department. Boss Peis final goal is to let everyone in Tengda suffer. Everyone suffer. If he wants to achieve this goal, he can only bring ten people every two months. The efficiency is too low. This month is just in time for the Chinese New Year. Its just as well that the staff can take a break and settle down. They can summarize the experience and lessons of the first two stages of suffering. At the same time, they can conduct personnel training and expand the current team into several teams. Try to start a team in the future. Bring tens or hundreds of people so that everyone can feel the joy of Suffering Travels! Everyone silently scrolled through their cell phones, trying hard to hide their shocked expressions. Brother Bao, youve changed completely. You werent like this before! Was this human language? What did he mean by everyone should suffer? He even pushed the blame to Boss Pei? This was obviously what you were thinking! However, no one dared to speak up even though they were angry. After all, once the mechanism of the Triple-Tier Medal was released, everyone knew that it was not impossible for them to enter the palace twice. Once he offended Bao Xu, there was a high chance that he would enter the palace twice! Zhu Xiaoce quickly changed the topic. Let us see who we know in the next episode Hey, Tian Mo, Wu Chuan, Chen Kangtuo! Somethings not right. Zhang Yuan isnt here yet? Why did this internal list leave an empty seat for the sales department? Everyone focused their attention on the next episode. Was there anything in the world that made him happier than being tortured? Obviously, there was. That was to see his acquaintances appearing on the list of the next suffering trip! At the end of the previous cycles torturous trip, the people in charge looked at the name list of the new batch of people in charge of suffering happily and smiled in satisfaction. This was obviously a cycle. He had to say that this was mainly thanks to Boss Pei. He would always be able to finalize the name list of the next suffering trip in advance before the end of this cycle, so that they could obtain double the joy. However, many people fell into confusion when they saw the names on the list. There were many people on the list this time. They were no longer the person-in-charge of Tengda. Instead, they had added a large number of core members of the various departments. Among these people in charge, the selection of Tian Mo, Wu Chuan, Chen Kangtuo, and the others made everyone smile. They felt like you can forget about running away, brat. However, Zhang Yuan was still not on the list That made his imagination run wild. After all, some of these people in charge had heard that Zhang Yuan had found the true meaning behind Boss Peis implementation of Suffering Travels. He had also found a way to avoid Suffering Travels. However, when they first heard it, many people thought that it was nonsense and did not believe it at all. However, there was no way he could not believe it now. This list was proving Zhang Yuans point of view! Apart from that, there was another very interesting point. There was actually a vacancy in the name list that was reserved for Tian Mos sales department. Logically speaking, Tian Mos sales department had performed well. They had opened the experience shop in Jingzhou very well. It was reasonable for Tian Mo to suffer. Such an achievement obviously should not be attributed to him alone. It made sense to send two core members to suffer together. However, why was there a vacancy that was to be determined? Why was it pending? The only possibility was that someone had made huge contributions but did not locate the specific person and left a position. There was still a month before the next Suffering Travels officially began. It was enough to find this person. However, on further thought, he felt that this did not make sense. The people in charge looked at the name list on their cell phones and fell into deep thought. Suffering Travels gave people a feeling of increasing mystery. He had to go back and ask Zhang Yuan for guidance. At the same time, in the advertising and marketing department. Meng Chang had just received a promotional video from Tian Mo. Brother Meng, the promotional video has been edited. Please check and accept it. Obviously, Tian Heiquan had not realized the seriousness of the problem at this point in time. He thought that this was just a routine task completed by the advertising department. The video was actually nothing special. It was just shooting the Tengda experience shop, showing the structure and layout of every level, some new trend experiences, the goods that were constantly being sold in the inventory, the surging crowd, and so on. What Meng Chang told him was to film a promotional video for the experience shop. Then, he could specially allocate a sum of money from the advertising and marketing department to put it on Aili Island and other websites to increase the popularity and customer flow of the experience shop. Tian Mo did not have any doubts at all. After all, it was always a good thing to be popular! After a period of careful filming and editing, this video finally reached a point that satisfied Tian Mo. He then sent it to Meng Chang. After a while, Meng Chang replied. He asked in a seemingly logical manner, The editing is very good! The rhythm is very good. Who edited it? Tian Mo answered proudly, Ding Xiyao edited it! At first, I wanted to find someone outside to edit it. However, after asking around in the department, I realized that she was very good at this. I left it to her. Meng Chang: Understood! Chapter 1438 - The General Direction Of The Thesis Chapter 1438: The General Direction Of The Thesis Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios January 31st, Thursday Pei Qian was still in his office, racking his brains for his graduation thesis. During this period of time, he had already revised the key works on Zhongdian Chinese Network, including the original version of Successor, the synopsis of many games and the scripts of movies. What should he say after he was done? He could not say that it was completely useless, but he still did not find the most suitable direction. Pei Qians greatest feeling was that these things were really made by them under his inspiration? Why do I feel so foreign when I read it It felt like he had found his primary school exercise book many years after graduation and was reading the composition on it. He felt that he should have been very familiar with these words a long time ago. However, there was only a sense of unfamiliarity and confusion now. Ah I need some inspiration and help. However, this is a little hard to talk about! Pei Qian felt that the best way was to ask Zhu Xiaoce or Cui Geng. However, the problem was that this matter was a little awkward. It might destroy his character, and he might not be able to get the results he wanted. That was because all of these people were imaginative monsters! If Pei Qian were to ask, they would definitely think: Would Boss Pei not understand these connotations? He would definitely understand! Why would Boss Pei ask then Was Boss Pei hinting something? Did he want me to work harder to create better works? Pei Qian had no doubt that this was indeed something they could do. In other words, Pei Qian himself could not predict the kind of answer he would get and the uncontrollable consequences. If you want to obtain the right answer as much as possible, the best way is not to go there as Boss Pei, but to understand it from the perspective of a bystander and obtain relevant information from the side. We can only try our best to eliminate everyones imagination and not let the objective environment be affected by my intervention to ensure the authenticity of the answers as much as possible. Thats right! Its just like when I learnt game design from Old Master He An. In that case I actually need an online authors class or inspiration class. Whats more, I dont have to come to the scene personally. It doesnt matter if its a video or a story. I just have to obtain valuable information from the side. Eh, thats right. Didnt Zhongdian Chinese Networks weekly report mention that Cui Geng gave a talk in the inspiration class recently and received some response online? Pei Qian quickly found the weekly report from Zhongdian Chinese Network on his computer. Indeed, he found a message in it: Cui Geng had opened a talk in Zhongdian Chinese Networks inspiration class after the success of Successor. The content was the creative direction of the inspiration class. At that time, Pei Qian did not take a closer look. He only remembered Cui Geng spouting nonsense on stage, saying that it was something like Boss Peis personal guidance, traditional cultural and social phenomena of the countrymen, creative creation that suited the taste and preferences of young people At that time, someone recorded the video and posted it online. The most infuriating thing was that the number of views for this video was quite high! Many authors were reposting it! The authors who had not entered the inspiration class treated it as a stepping stone to enter the inspiration class. The authors who had already entered the inspiration class treated it as their creative direction in the inspiration class. Ridiculous! Pei Qian was very angry. However, this video had only been spread in the authors circle and did not cause such a high popularity. Pei Qian had many more things to worry about. Secondly, Pei Qian had not confirmed the next step of the inspiration class. It was not appropriate to interfere rashly, so he did not bother. But now Pei Qian suddenly felt like he could draw some inspiration from it. It feels very strange. Others misinterpret my meaning, but I have to watch the content of his misunderstanding be used to write my own thesis F*ck, simply! What is going on! Pei Qian felt that his actions were extremely low-class. However, he had no choice. He had to do what he had to do for the sake of Prof Kongs health and for the sake of Prof Kongs safety. After finding the video, Pei Qian watched it from beginning to end. Hmm even though from my personal point of view, everything is wrong, everything makes sense from a bystanders point of view Whats more, if you think about it from this perspective, you can indeed dig out something and find a point that can be combined with professional knowledge. Pei Qian fell into deep in thought. Of course, Pei Qian could not copy Cui Gengs theory completely. That would be ridiculous. That was because this video could be found online. Wouldnt it be very awkward if Pei Qian were to copy it completely? Of course, even if they were found out, everyone would probably think that this theory was Boss Peis to begin with. It was just that Cui Geng had spoken about it in the inspiration class after he inherited this theory. In other words, they would think that Boss Pei was copying himself and not himself. However, Pei Qian could not do that because he had a bottom line. He could refer to a general direction for the thesis, but he had to have his own unique insights and work. He could not listen to everything else. Cui Gengs speech is mainly based on the reality of the inspiration class. He explained the creative model of the inspiration class to other authors. In other words, it can also be seen as a large-scale experience sharing session of Successor. It only has a certain guiding effect on novels. Whats more, the content he spoke was relatively simple. There was only one ready-made direction, but he did not mention the specific environment, the problems that existed, and the need to solve these problems If I can abandon Cui Gengs influence as much as possible and continue digging in this direction, I might be able to gain something. Hmm this way, the title of the thesis can be the creation and transmission theory of new-age art works. Hmm no, the word new-age is too big. More accurately, it should be internet age. Whats more, the scope of the artistic works is too broad. The serious literature includes it. It should be called a popular artistic work. So the title should be the creation and transmission theory of popular literary works in the online age? Temporarily set this question. If you feel that its not appropriate halfway through, you can change it. This can include the difficulties faced by the transmission of traditional literary works in the online age and background, the need to solve this problem, and the necessary factors and historical mission for the transmission of popular literary works in the online age Pei Qian briefly followed this direction and found that there was indeed a lot of content that could be written. It was more than enough to support an undergraduate thesis. However, there were two problems. The first question was that this question was a little too big. Every level of a thesis had its scope and scope. As an undergraduate, he had to know what to do. It would be best if he could choose a small field as an entry point. If he wanted to write more, both his ability and the length of the thesis would not be enough. He would be able to expand the scope of his thesis only if he were to study masters and PhDs in the future. That was common knowledge. This thesis might have included the two restrictions of internet age and popular category but this range was still very wide. It could include general popcorn blockbusters, online novels, animation comics, online short videos, and so on. It felt like he was overestimating his own abilities to write a thesis on such a large scale. The second problem was that Pei Qian could only bite the bullet and write in this direction. The level of the thesis he wrote was completely uncontrollable. He hoped that he was really as good as everyone imagined him to be, but he did not! Even the previous works like Tomorrow is Beautiful and Struggle had been blindly produced. He had to re-explain himself. These two were more serious problems but Pei Qian could only choose this after some thought. That was because he really could not think of a better direction. Whats more, he could think of ways to overcome these two shortcomings. It did not matter if he could not control what he wrote. He would write it first. In any case, someone would keep an eye on it when the time came. He could slowly modify it in the future. There shouldnt be a problem if the questions were too big. Undergraduate students might not be qualified to write such a huge question, but the requirements for undergraduate thesis were also low! Others might be beaten back for writing such questions, but Pei Qian was Pei Qian after all. He believed that the professors during the dissertation would give the school and Prof Kong face and would let him off. All in all, this was the most feasible direction that Pei Qian could find at the moment. After smoothing out his thoughts, Pei Qian decided to follow this direction and come up with a general framework. Not long after he saved the document, he heard a knock on his office door. Pei Qian looked up and saw Meng Chang. At the end of the month, Meng Chang came to match the commission. Pei Qian found the commission figure on his laptop and handed it over. Not bad, work harder. He had just changed his commission mode in the middle of this month and put a revival armor on Meng Chang. The publicity for Successor in the first half a month was naturally a complete failure. However, the publicity for Ghost General 2 in the next half a month seemed to be quite effective. Ghost General 2 was about to be officially released. Meng Chang had also spent a lot of money on publicity. However, no matter how much money he spent, the popularity of this game remained lukewarm. He had to say that this was a good sign! Pei Qian might not understand how Meng Changs publicity strategy for Ghost General 2 was done but it was obvious that Meng Chang already knew the art of war. He had become a shape that no one could guess. Pei Qian could not guess it either, but he believed that Meng Chang was on the same side as him. The publicity plan for the second half of the month would only cost 100,000 yuan even if he obtained a full commission. This time, Meng Chang obtained 70,000 yuan from Ghost General 2. It was not much, but it was not little either. Compared to the previous one sudden death and the entire month GG model, it was already quite benevolent. Meng Chang only glanced at it and handed the laptop back. He no longer cared about how much commission he had gotten. He had only come to see the commission for a formality.. More importantly, he could not miss the opportunity to listen to Boss Peis instructions and impart the Pei familys publicity method. Chapter 1439 - Charity With Some Business Elements? Boss Pei, which project will we work on for next months publicity plan? Meng Chang took the initiative to ask. Pei Qian nodded slightly. Yes, this Meng Chang is not bad. Hes getting more and more proactive. It looked like his incentive had been very effective. Yet Pei Qian had not thought about which publicity plan to do next month. That was because settlement was next month. Most of the projects had been developed and the dust had settled. Even some unfinished projects were mainly done with finishing up. It was not that these projects could not destroy publicity resources. The main reason was that the timing was relatively special. Pei Qian was afraid that it would be too difficult to control. It did not matter even if he messed it up and made a huge profit. He could think of ways to spend all the money before settlement. There was still room for salvage. However, there was only one month left until settlement. How would he clean up if he created more trouble? Wouldnt the entire cycle be wasted? However, it was not appropriate for Meng Chang to stop there. After all, the advertising and marketing department was now the key department that was helping Pei Qian burn money. With Meng Changs help, the settlement of this cycle should be smoother. Pei Qian pondered for a moment, and then his eyes lit up. Thats right, there was a project that fit perfectly! It was the charity project for this cycle! Before this, Pei Qian had already thought about how to spend the charity quota for this cycle. He would provide resources directly to some poor primary schools in Handong Province. Each student would get a bag of milk, an egg, rice, oil, fish, meat, vegetables, and the like. It might be more difficult to improve their results. After all, the students utilisation and learning capabilities were different. The most important thing to improve their results was to have master teachers, while master teachers were a rare resource that was lacking in everything. However, providing some living supplies like this would at least allow the needy children to fill their stomachs, ensure nutrition, and grow well. It could also be considered a charitable act with low investment and high returns. Of course, the high returns were not economic but for the growth of the child. Until now, this matter had been more or less done. Whether it was the school or the suppliers of these food products, they had all been carefully selected. Tengda was equivalent to a sponsor and intermediary. They had pulled the strings and brought both parties together. At the same time, they were in charge of supervising and guiding them. Of course, the current coverage was not very wide. However, the charity quota would continue to increase in the future. The better Tengda developed, the more charity quota there would be. There shouldnt be any serious consequences if he were to use this charity project as publicity, right? It would definitely not affect settlement, right? Pei Qian felt that it was promising! However, after thinking about it carefully, he still had two problems to solve. First, according to the Systems judgment, charity and business were two completely different fields. Naturally, they were applicable to different rules. On the other hand, publicity funds could not be burned indefinitely on charity. There were many restrictions. Otherwise, it would be too simple to burn money. Wouldnt it be done if he could spend as much money as he could on publicity after doing charity? There were also solutions. They could either burn less money or try to blur the nature of this charity and bypass these restrictions. The best way was to divide it into half charity and half business. On one hand, he could let it retain the characteristics of pure charity. The charity limit could still be smashed brainlessly. On the other hand, he could let it have some business attribute. That way, he could use the loopholes in the systems rules and spend a lot of publicity funds to achieve the goal of burning money. Of course, that triggered the second problem. Would it suddenly make a huge profit after destroying the publicity funds? It was a huge problem as to how to add business attributes and ensure that it could not make money. Whats more, even if he did, there were still risks. If the publicity was done too well and the influence of this matter spread throughout the country, it would definitely increase Tengda Corporations reputation! Pei Qian was deeply affected by this and was almost annoyed to death. The reputation that Tengda had established was so strong that this influence expanded to all aspects of the entire company. Every time they entered a new field and developed a new product, under the blessing of this reputation, they would become everyones attention and everyones expectations. It was impossible to keep a low profile. Coupled with the strange luck that products always succeeded for no reason, it could be said to be adding fuel to the fire, burning Pei Qian all over. Thus, even if he changed the nature of this matter and bypassed the systems rules, he had to be cautious and try his best to make the publicity plan ineffective. It was commonly known as doing good deeds without leaving a name. To be honest, this was very difficult. Previously, Pei Qian had donated all his charity funds to his alma mater, but he had kept a very low profile and did not burn any publicity funds. That was also why. Not advertising was the safest way. However, Pei Qian decided to take a risk now for settlement and to explore more ways to spend money. Pei Qian briefly explained the plan for the charity plan to Meng Chang and said, I want you to do the publicity plan for this charity plan next month, but I have two requirements. First, I hope to change the nature of this charitable plan slightly so that it would no longer be a pure charitable event but a certain commercial nature. However, Im not asking it to make money. You can think of the commercial nature as a purely economic act without any economic demands. Charity is still its first goal. It occupies more than 90% of the market. Even if there is a slight chance of success in business, it cannot affect charity itself. Second, the publicity plan this time will still be considered a commission like before. There will be some changes in the details under the premise that we spend as much publicity funds as possible: What I need is for the publicity effect to be as good as possible in the poor rural areas that the charity plan can cover. It would be best if no one knows about it on the internet and in unrelated fields. How is it? Are you confident in completing this task? Meng Changs first reaction was confusion. What the h*ll, what the h*ll is this? Wasnt this charity plan already quite complete? It was a good thing to give nutrition to the children of poor primary schools! The suppliers and primary schools had already been in contact. Wouldnt it be done if they were to implement it directly? Why were there two more requirements? He looked at these two requirements. The second requirement for publicity effect was understandable, but the first requirement was a little strange. Charity was charity, and business was business. Why did charity have to have a business nature? Whats more, charity was still the first goal. It did not matter if the business part was profitable. Wasnt that a little contradictory? He really could not understand what Boss Pei was thinking! However, Meng Chang became excited after a short period of confusion. He might not have figured out Boss Peis true intentions but he felt something: Boss Pei attached more importance to him now. The difficulty of the task that he had arranged for him had increased! This task was worth studying. Whats more, Meng Chang naturally made some connections when he heard that the person in charge of publicity was a charity project. When he came the last time, Boss Pei had already hinted for Meng Chang to go on the right path. If he went on the wrong path and paid off his debt in advance, he would be kicked out of Tengda. In just half a month, Boss Pei asked him to publicize a charity project. Was this a coincidence? No, how could it be a coincidence! This was almost a clear sign! Obviously, Boss Pei had probably guessed that he was using various methods to earn extra money. He was giving him a chance to make up for his mistakes! Previously, Meng Chang had already thought about whether to distribute a portion of this money and do something within his means. On one hand, he wanted to have peace of mind. On the other hand, he also wanted to show mercy on account of taking money and doing good deeds if Boss Pei found out in the future. However, Meng Chang thought about Ghost General 2s publicity plan as he worked. He thought about it for half a month but still did not have any good ideas. There were many ways to do charity, but what kind of method was Boss Pei more approving of? It was really hard to say. Great, there was no need to worry now. Boss Pei had arranged everything! It seemed like he had underestimated Boss Pei. Previously, Meng Chang had a wishful thinking that Boss Pei probably did not know that he had relied on Fan Xiaodong to earn extra money. However, he now realized that he was ridiculously wrong. Boss Pei was just giving him face and did not expose him directly. The task this time was to guide him back to the right track. As for how Boss Pei knew Meng Chang did not think that Fan Xiaodong was a mole, nor did he think that Boss Pei was so well-informed. The biggest possibility was that Boss Pei knew Meng Changs character too well. He knew that he would definitely do something beyond commission. These thoughts quickly flashed through Meng Changs mind before he nodded and said, Alright, Boss Pei. Ill do my best for this! Thats right, Boss Pei. The video from the sales department has been produced. Ive already reposted it to you. Oh? Not bad, not bad. Ill watch it in a while. Pei Qian nodded, very satisfied with Meng Changs work. He could finally confirm the candidate for the mole to suffer with Tian Heiquan! One of them made content and the other edited videos to create Young Master Tians account. Neither of them could escape! Meng Chang did not stay any longer and turned to leave. After leaving Boss Peis office, Meng Chang walked towards the Advertisement department and pondered about the deeper meaning behind Boss Peis mission this time. It is very complete based on the standards of a charitable event. Why add some commercial factors? Whats more, the primary goal of these commercial factors is not to make profits. Thats very strange. What is business? From a very utilitarian point of view, business is about how to make money. However, this is definitely not the concept of business in Boss Peis eyes. The business that Boss Pei understood must have a more serious and positive meaning. Commerce is the transaction of goods, currency flow, and various economic activities. Introduce, business is the process of communication and connection between different economic actors. The meaning of business is to optimize resource allocation, better gather the productivity of different individuals, and better promote social development. What advantage does business have over charity, then, that Boss Pei must add business elements to charity? Yes I have it. Cohesion and drive! If this event is just a very simple charity event, then Tengda can only be the one doing the work. Boss Pei is the one doing the work. No other company has the motivation to participate. The impact would definitely be very limited. On the other hand, business itself is something that has cohesion and drive. If we can bring business elements to this charity event, we can attract other companies to join this charity. That would help more people and achieve better results! What Boss Pei means is to let more companies or individuals participate and gather more power through the attribute of business. Relatively speaking, Tengda must also give a certain amount of returns. Think about it this way Is Boss Pei hinting to me to take the lead? Chapter 1440 - Charity That Boss Pei Understand Chapter 1440: Charity That Boss Pei Understand Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios The more Meng Chang deduced, the more he felt that it made sense! First, he could confirm that this was definitely not a simple charity event. That was because the contents of the event this time had been planned very clearly and clearly. If it was purely charity, he would do it directly. Even if he wanted a good reputation, he would only spend more money on publicity. There was no technical content here. There was no need to use Meng Chang. However, Boss Pei had made additional requests on this basis. That meant that Boss Pei must have a deeper meaning! Boss Pei emphasized again that this deeper meaning was not to make money. That must be for a bigger, long-term, and positive goal. Coupled with his in-depth analysis of the business field, Meng Chang gradually restored the final effect that Boss Pei wanted to achieve. In other words, Boss Pei thinks that Tengdas one company is too thin and inefficient. I heard that Tengda seemed to be insisting on doing charity previously, but it did not attract much attention. It was quite effective, but Boss Peis character would definitely not be satisfied. Its not that Boss Pei is greedy for these superficial fame. The main reason is that Boss Pei cannot accept such low efficiency. If we develop at this rate, when will we be able to push charity to the entire country? This charity event should be considered a bold attempt by Boss Pei. Charity might be a good thing, but it also requires efficiency. To put it bluntly, inefficient charity can be regarded as a waste of resources. For example, when he gave a high-level milking bull to an ordinary poor person, his original intention was for him to be a milk farmer on his own. However, a few days later, he had already killed the milking bull to eat meat. This is a kind of inefficient charity. Not only did it not help the needy, but it also caused resources to be wasted. Of course, you cant blame the poor for being short-sighted. As the saying goes, ones ambition is short when they are poor. Poverty often restricts ones horizons and makes people narrow and blind. Thats why its very easy to do something like burning the zither and cooking the crabs. Most of the time, the initiator of the event has to set a reasonable and perfect rule. Its just like a game. The designer has to balance the rules and freedom. If they only emphasize freedom but not the rules, the game will definitely become very chaotic. Boss Pei is a game designer. Of course, he knows this very well. The more you want to do charity seriously, the more you have to do charity well. If the so-called charity is to spend huge sums of money in poor areas and then post the photos on the internet, it would be meaningless. This itself is indeed a form of charity, and it is indeed more meaningful than donating a single cent. However, this behavior is ultimately for yourself. Whether it is for reputation or to satisfy your own love, your first goal is not to truly do charity and help the poor. True charity should be extremely efficient. Only then would we not waste limited charitable resources. On the other hand, it would only be sustainable if we make use of charitable resources efficiently. That would continue to expand the scope of charity and benefit more people. Therefore, we have to pay attention to methods! What kind of plan does Boss Pei want me to come up with? Hmm First of all, it would be best for many companies and individuals to actively participate. If you want to do this, you have to give them some benefits other than economic benefits. That would be able to fully mobilize their enthusiasm. After all, not every company puts social responsibility first like Tengda. Survival problems are still an urgent problem for many companies. Secondly, the publicity effect of this project must be good in the poor rural areas that it covers. The publicity effect must be bad in the Internet and irrelevant fields. In other words, it must be done in real life and not seek false reputation. At that thought, Meng Chang could not help but feel enlightened. He understood, he completely understood! He had to admit that Boss Pei was Boss Pei. Not only was he unique in business, but he could also find a way to do charity! What was very interesting was that Boss Pei emphasized social benefits in business. It was a win-win situation for manufacturers and consumers. When it came to charity, he emphasized a certain commercial attribute. He used business thinking to maximize the efficiency of charity. This focus was very interesting. This was completely different from some people saying that business is the best charity. If one had to be stingy, there was nothing wrong with the saying that business is the best charity. That was because business could promote economic development and employment. With employment opportunities, peoples income would increase. Naturally, they would spend and build a positive cycle in an area. The economy of the entire area had developed because of business. Naturally, the living standards of the people in the area had improved. They had also achieved the goal of getting out of poverty. It could be said that business and charity had the same effect. However, the problem was that for this matter, it could not only depend on what he said or did. If he were to say that business is the best charity and put a saintly coat of charity on himself to earn money, emphasize one-sidedly and exaggerate the positive meaning of companies in promoting economic development in the region, and stretch his profitable hand towards the vegetable basket of ordinary people and the interest on borrowing from young people, not directly create value, but through the platforms monopoly and advocating consumerism for profit, not mentioning the bad things that companies did to social stability, distort the values of young people, and the negative impact brought about by this, it would still be very difficult to be convinced no matter how high-sounding these words were. However, what Boss Pei was doing now was obviously completely different. For some companies, charity was a cover, and business was a goal. For Boss Pei, business was a means, and charity was a goal. There seemed to be some similarities between the two behaviors on the surface, but they were worlds apart in terms of nature. After thinking about this, Meng Chang had a general idea of how to do this plan. He returned to the advertising and marketing department and immediately began to formulate a plan. The charity event this time is still mainly based on the content arranged by Boss Pei. In other words, it is to give meat, eggs, milk, and other resources to the primary school students in the poor area. On one hand, it is to ensure the nutrition they need to grow. On the other hand, it is also to maintain their parents through this method to reduce the possibility of these children dropping out of school. However, on this basis, we have to raise funds to the outside world targetedly so that more companies or individuals can participate in this event. We can use Tengdas link to make better use of this money. We have to set up a charitable organization or a charitable organization. However, this is easy. Tengda has a special position in Jingzhou and is a good deed. It is very easy to apply for it. Any company or person who pays to join this charity organization or charity organization must have certain benefits. That is, Boss Pei said that there must be a little business rules. Otherwise, it would be very difficult for pure charity to achieve higher economic benefits. For example, companies that participate in this charitable event can develop deep cooperation with Tengda on the basis of their high quality and reliable brand? Those who participate in this charitable event would be able to obtain some additional preferential treatment when purchasing Tengda products or using Tengda services? There might be many types of charity projects. We can compete and improve quality and efficiency? We can even consider supporting the poor in the future? We can find sales routes for some high-quality produce in the poor mountains? Yes, we still have to finalize these details. We can think of a more suitable name and show it to Boss Pei later. When the time comes, Ill definitely be the first to fork out money to support this charity event! Of course, I cant donate all the money. I have to leave some money and continue to generate money. As long as I continue to use the money I earned to do charity, Boss Pei should not pursue the matter. After all, even though I earned unfairly, it did not affect ordinary people. I earned it from big companies and gamblers. It might not be very glorious, but it should not be a problem to use it for charity, right? Perfect! Meng Chang found a direction to work towards again and began to plan seriously. Chapter 1441 - Could Boss Pei be Targeting Me? Chapter 1441: Could Boss Pei be Targeting Me? Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios At the same time, Pei Qian had just finished watching the video from the sales department that Meng Chang had shared. This video would definitely not reach the level of large enterprise promotional videos in terms of quality. That was because that was not what Pei Qian wanted from Meng Chang. The reason why he wanted this video was mainly to catch the mole and find out the person who created the Young Master Tian account with Tian Mo in the company. Young Master Tians video editing skills were good, but it was not as impressive as large-scale company promotional videos. At most, he was at the level of an outstanding UP Master on Aili Island website. Therefore, Pei Qian and Meng Chang used this as the standard when assigning tasks to the sales department. If he really wanted to turn it into a large-scale company promotional video, Tian Mo would definitely find a professional team to edit it if he could not handle all his subordinates. Wouldnt that be a waste of effort? Therefore, Pei Qian and Meng Chang specially set a relatively low requirement at that time. It was enough to edit the video to the level of Young Master Tians video. Of course, they did not say it so directly. They only said that this video had to be as above-average as the average UP Master on Aili Island website. The important thing was that it had to be completed by the internal department of the sales department. The reason was, of course, that the people in the sales department understood the current situation of the department the most. The videos that they made could better reflect the spiritual core of the sales department. Of course, this was all to fool Tian Mo. Tian Mo was still simple. He did not expect there to be a pit here. He would do whatever the higher-ups wanted. Perhaps Tian Mo thought that he had done it flawlessly and thought that he had hidden his identity as Young Master Tian very well. However, he did not know that Boss Pei, who had a keen eye, had already penetrated through the layers of fog and locked onto him. This way, the new Suffering Travels list would be complete! Satisfied, Pei Qian added Ding Xiyaos name to the list. Since all of you are one and the same for Young Master Tian, go and suffer on his behalf! Look at you. Do you think I wont be able to catch you just because you hide behind the internet and within Tengda? No one can escape from those who have stabbed me in the back! At night, Qiao Liang took out his key, opened the door of his Sloth Apartments, dragged his suitcase and walked in. Qiao Liang wanted to cry from joy seeing everything in front of him. Finally, he was back! He had left for two whole months! Do you know how I spent these two long months? For some reason, Qiao Liang felt like he had been cut off from the world for a long time. Everything in the apartment felt so familiar and unfamiliar. He missed it terribly. He took out the clothes from his suitcase and threw them into the washing machine. After changing into his home clothes, Qiao Liang collapsed onto the comfortable sofa in the living room. He switched on the big television and did not want to move anymore. Money was not even as good as his own dog house! Previously, when he was distributing the medals, Qiao Liang had a very ridiculous thought for a moment. That was to watch the Suffering Travels again and work hard to obtain higher medals and the title of outstanding ascetic. However, he had completely changed his mind. Going to such a lousy place twice? Are you crazy? Wouldnt it be better to stay at home? Look at the huge television, ROFs high-end computer, smart fitness drying rack, Fish-Catching Take-Out, which was always on call which was not more fragrant than Suffering Travels? Qiao Liang really wanted to turn on his computer and play the game that he had not played in a long time. However, two months of suffering and traveling were too tiring. He only wanted to lie down on the sofa and not move. Even if he moved, he could only move his fingers. Order take-out! Supper! Serve half a kilogram of barbaque first! Er I have to weigh myself before I eat. After ordering supper, Qiao Liang struggled to stand up. He went to the bathroom to take out the weighing scale and weighed it. The reason why he could overcome the gravity of the sofa and stand up was mainly because Qiao Liang knew that he should be at his peak weight now. If he continued to eat this barbecue, his weight would only increase in the future. At that moment, he had to take a photo as a souvenir. Holy sh * t, Ive reached 70 kg! Qiao Liang was still shocked when he saw the specific number even though he had expected it. When he was in Beijing, he weighed 90 kg at the peak because of his irregular work-life and overeating. When he arrived in Jingzhou, his weight hovered between 77.5 to 82.5 kg because of his improved diet and the training of the smart fitness drying rack. After two months of hard training, he realized that his weight had reached 70 kg. This was simply his peak! For many skinny people, 70 kg might not be considered skinny. However, for Qiao Liang, it was already considered skinny as a ray of light. Whats more, this was not reduced by diet. It was based on physical exercise. Qiao Liang might not have reached the stage where he could see his abdominal muscles at that moment, but his figure was well-proportioned and firm. His already loose clothes made his figure look quite slim. He had already changed drastically from the dead fatty before. Qiao Liang snapped a few photos, satisfied. After that, he returned to the sofa and swiped his cell phone while waiting for his kebab. Sigh, these two months have been too much of a hindrance. Ive missed so many things! International invitational tournament, real estate agent simulator, successor, roller coaster of Thriller Hostel, safe and civilized driving, Executer Academy Theres so much material. If I had not gone on a Suffering Travels, I might have already released ten, oh no, twenty videos! Its all because of the Suffering Travels. I missed all the popularity! Qiao Liang was heartbroken. During the Suffering Travels, he could play with his cell phone, but only a little. At first, Qiao Liang thought that there might not be a signal on the deserted island. However, he realized that he had been overthinking after arriving on the island. Perhaps he had chosen an unmanned island to cover with a signal considering the safety of Suffering Travels! It was precisely because of this that Chang You could hold a news conference on the island and do a huge job. Qiao Liang was quite happy at first because this meant that he would not be completely isolated from the world for the next two months while he was suffering. He would also be able to know what was happening in the outside world. However, as Tengdas projects piled up like bamboo shoots after a rain, Qiao Liangs mentality collapsed. How was this a Tengda project? It was obviously a stage for him to perform perfectly! It was fine if they could not ride on the popularity of the international invitational tournament and roller coasters. It was not a big problem. However, the popularity of the Real Estate Agent Simulator, Safe and Civilized Driving, and the drama Successor did not increase. That was simply killing Qiao Liang. Those were two Tengda games! Of course, the game was here. He could make videos at any time. However, the problem was that he would not be able to make it once the popularity passed! Players had been playing for so long. There were a lot of walkthroughs and interpretations videos online. The streamers were almost changing the game. How could Teacher Qiao produce another video now? How could that be? The key was that after many UP Masters had analyzed it, there was very little room for Qiao Liang to play. He could not support the content of the video at all. Forcefully making a video like that would be equivalent to smashing their own brand. When the first project was released, Qiao Liang could barely comfort himself. However, seeing the heavy projects being released one after another within two months, and the peak of popularity passing one after another, Qiao Liang could not take it anymore. During the day, he would suffer on an isolated island. At night, he would scan his cell phone and find out that Tengda had entered a new project. His heart would suffer! After thinking about it, he felt that it was better not to have internet. He would still receive the bad news when he returned, but that would be equivalent to giving him a good time. At the very least, he would not have to endure such torture on the island. It would be like being tortured to death! This situation even gave Qiao Liang an illusion. Boss Pei isnt targeting me on purpose, is he? Before I went on a Suffering Travels, Tengdas new projects were released. However, they were basically one big project a month. There were more than two of them, but it was still acceptable. In the end, after I went on a torturous trip, I made six or seven major projects in two months? Needless to say, there were many smaller projects. Could it be that Boss Pei did not want me to make videos, so he specially sent me away to publish these projects, so that he can watch me suffer?? No, no, no, that shouldnt be possible. First of all, Boss Pei is definitely not such a bad person. Secondly, this motive doesnt make sense. Coincidence, most likely a coincidence. The planning time for these projects is varying from long to short, from early to late. They should be just right. Qiao Liang could not help but feel guilty. How could he use such bad thoughts to guess at his good friend Boss Pei? People could not, or at least should not. Perhaps Ive been suffering for too long and my mentality is a little twisted. Thats not good. I have to adjust. The suffering made me realize how happy and decadent my previous life was. I should pull myself together and use my precious time to do more meaningful things! Hmm Ill see if Tengda has any new projects to work on Eh? Theres another game! Qiao Liang was shocked to find that after Tengdas real estate agent simulator and Safe and Civilized Driving, another game was about to be released: combat game, Ghost General 2! The old sow in the production team lowered her head in shame at Boss Peis high production rate! Isnt this a coincidence? I might not be a combat game player, but its definitely worth a try since its Tengdas combat game! Qiao Liang was suddenly filled with motivation. At that moment, the hardships on the deserted island and the frustration of missing so many good materials had all become the motivation for creation. Qiao Liang decided to start with Ghost General 2. Once the game was released, he would experience it and create a video! Chapter 1442 - Ghost General 2’s Opening CG Chapter 1442: Ghost General 2s Opening CG Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios February 1st, Friday Ghost General 2 was officially released! Qiao Liang was more tired after arriving home last night. He had supper, water, and preloaded Ghost General 2 before going to rest. Today, Qiao Liang woke up naturally. After having sufficient rest, he revived. He glanced at the time. It was just past 9 AM. Ghost General 2 was officially released at 10 AM. After having breakfast, they would start live-streaming Ghost General 2. At the same time, they would gather video materials to prepare for the new video. Perfect! Its been a long time since Ive lived a homebodys life. Honestly, Im not used to it. Qiao Liang ate his take-out and sighed silently. It seemed like the sky outside the window had changed. The morning sun seemed especially warm. Oh, so it was because he rarely saw the morning sun. Sorry for disturbing. Previously, Qiao Liang always slept until 11 in the afternoon. They would eat lunch together after waking up. Then, the beautiful day would start in the afternoon. However, now, Qiao Liangs face was pale as he slept. He felt like he had slept for a century. When he opened his eyes, it was only nine in the morning. Obviously, his biological clock had been adjusted during the two months of Suffering Travels. After getting used to waking up early, they would naturally enjoy the warm morning sun. It was obviously different from the afternoon sun. After falling in love with this feeling, they would naturally be filled with motivation. After eating, Qiao Liang looked at the time. It was going to be broadcasted immediately! He was actually a little excited after not live-streaming the game for so long. Qiao Liang had already uploaded a post last night, announcing that he would be live-streaming Ghost General 2 at 10 AM this morning. Thus, not long after the live-stream started, a large number of fans flooded in. You just arrived home yesterday, and youre already broadcasting this morning? Youre too hardworking. Youre definitely not Old Qiao. Tell me, who exactly are you? The live-stream actually started on time without any doves? F*ck, something is wrong with this world! Its reasonable to suspect that Old Qiao was possessed by the demons on the deserted island during his Suffering Travels. Bold demon, show your true colors! After this monster possessed Old Qiao, it must have wanted to hide and integrate into human society. However, I did not expect it to be exposed on the first day. Perhaps the monster thought that an UP Master should seriously make videos and live-streams every day. It did not expect humans to stand him up to such an extent. The monster actually exposed his tracks when he disguised himself according to normal working hours! Demons are shocked, why are you humans not playing by the book? Dont engage in feudal superstitions and nonsense like that. Can you respect science? Old Qiao, if youve been kidnapped, blink and tell us where the hijacker is hiding and how much his account is. Well give him money! Qiao Liang did not know to laugh or to cry as he looked at the live-streamers. Look at this group of people, trying to snatch the bamboo shoots! They were both fans, why was the difference between them so huge? Look at other peoples fans. Their own idol would be heartbroken if he accidentally cut a small hole. The fans would rush him to rest if he was slightly tired. Even if the movie was not good, at least the fans would understand the efforts of their loved ones. Look at his fans! Sigh, I cant compare, I cant compare. The key was that these fans seemed to be putting on a show on the surface, but they actually did not trust him! Why did these fans think that I would only work hard if I was possessed by a monster and kidnapped? Im a very hardworking person, alright? Im just not that hardworking! How could Qiao Liang tolerate this? He immediately said, Some peoples comments are too much! I, Teacher Qiao, dont have much talent. However, I firmly believe that hard work can make up for my lack of talent! In terms of hard work, Im definitely one of the best on Aili Islands website! Hehe, alright. Perhaps it was indeed because of physical and mental fatigue that my working hours were affected to a certain extent. However, its different now. I obtained dual training in my body and spirit during my torturous trip. I obtained the official recognition! Now, my body and spirit have been adjusted to their best state. Next, Ill show you what a workaholic is like. What a high-speed production teams donkeys are like! The bullet screen comments expressed their disbelief. Good lord, hardworking can make up for your lack of self? How thick-skinned are you to say something like that?! One of the top few hardworkers? Hmm youre too humble if you count backwards. Theres nothing wrong with that. Its impossible for the production teams donkeys to lower their heads in shame. They probably could not help but laugh. Therefore, Suffering Travels can indeed change the body and spirit and increase the work efficiency? Thats great. The next time Old Qiao slows down, well apply on the official website of Suffering Travels. Well ask the official platform to directly capture him and modify him! Lets see how long each modification will last. Can it last three months? Be confident. Three days at most. Old Qiao, didnt they say that there are medals and certificates for Suffering Travels? I think Big Boss Ruan has already posted it on Weibo. Not bad. What about yours? Do you want to share it as well? Qiao Liang cleared his throat and took the medal that he had carefully kept. Hehe, this is my precious medal. Look at the details, the workmanship, the meaning of the symbol He held the medal and gave a long speech. After that, he took out the certificate, showed it in front of the camera, and then put it away. Ive already shown you the medals and certificates. Actually, theres nothing much to see. Suffering travel is more important to temper your body and spirit. Only people who have truly participated in it would understand this feeling. Eh, we can play Ghost General 2 now. Let us officially start todays live-stream! Qiao Liang did not show too many certificates because he had not thought about how to explain the concept of Ascetics Suffering to his fans. Many people on the bullet screen said that they did not see the certificate clearly, but Qiao Liang played dead and stopped worrying about this problem. You want to know whats written on the certificate? You can participate in the Suffering Travels! Youll know once you participate. Entering Ghost General 2 was an opening CG. In the wasteland that looked like a burnt land, the sun hung high in the sky. The farmland was dry and cracked. Only desolate wild grass was still growing tenaciously. The unmanned bones were pecked and eaten by the crows. White bones exposed in the wild, there was no sound in a thousand miles, it was an extremely apt picture. All of a sudden, the crows pecking at the corpses seemed to hear something. Their dark green eyes turned as they flapped their half-rotted wings and flew into the air. A soldier with a yellow scarf walked forward and broke the corpse on the ground, but he did not notice it. He, or rather it, had a burly figure. However, on closer inspection, one would realize that this burly figure was more like a bloated after death. Dark green pus was flowing on his body, and his damaged armor was mostly filled with holes and wounds caused by swords and knives. At its heart, there was a monster core emitting black smoke and a few layers of amulets, making the scene even stranger. All of a sudden, a bullet whizzed by, piercing through its body and causing a huge amount of flesh and blood! The yellow-scarved soldier let out an angry roar and looked in the direction of the bullet. However, before it could see it clearly, it was hit by the rain of bullets. However, this was just a yellow-scarved soldier. More yellow-scarved soldiers quickly appeared in the camera. They were densely packed, causing ones heart to race. Immediately after, the camera zoomed in, showing the entire battlefield. A large number of people were advancing towards the city in front of them. In the depths of the group, the Heaven Duke General Zhang Jiao sat in the middle and commanded the battle. Its upper body had completely turned into a zombie or even a skeleton. Its lower body was completely fused with the altar by relying on flesh and paper. It had a few thick demon horns on its head, and its empty eye sockets shone with a faint green fire. Four arms that were only bones and covered in talisman papers extended out from under the yellow robe that covered its entire body. They waved as if they were executing some secret technique! The four arms of Zhang Jiao raised high up in the sky and let out a terrifying roar. All the soldiers of the Golden Crow seemed to have been beckoned by something. They shouted together and rushed towards the city in front of them! However, on the other side, the volunteer army also appeared instantly. Both sides began to fight! Many characters in the game appeared one after another. For example, the Demonic Lord Cao Cao led his subordinate biochemical transformation unit, the tigers and leopards, to charge forward. Xiahou Dun took the lead. The Dragon clans Martial Saint, Guan Yu, followed Zhang Fei to charge forward. There was also Dong Zhuo, Sun Jian, and so on. All the characters who had participated in the suppression of the Golden Crow appeared one after another. At last, the Heaven Duke General Zhang Jiao roared angrily. The countless talisman papers on his body emitted a strange green fire. They burned up and in the few large pots on the battlefield, the dark green juice also began to steam. The smoke and steam from the talisman paper and the juice gathered in the air and mixed together. Finally, it became a downpour that poured down! Peace Secret Art: Scattering Talismans! The yellow-scarved soldiers on the battlefield became even more crazed. Not only that, the talisman papers on the bodies of these yellow-scarved soldiers also began to burn. The corpses on the ground suddenly emitted a strong killing aura. They gathered from the battlefield towards the corner, turning it into a huge monster dozens of feet tall! At the same time, heroes from all over also successfully slaughtered their way into the main formation and faced the huge demonized horns. The final battle was about to begin! The entire video came to an abrupt stop with the impassioned background music. The title of the game appeared on the screen: Ghost General 2! After watching the opening CG, Qiao Liang could not help but feel emotional. Tengda was indeed Tengda. No matter what game they made, the quality would definitely be good! Whats more, this opening CG had indeed shown the background story of Ghost General very well. Previously, Ghost General 1 was just a card game. Even though there were many outstanding original arts and background introduction of generals, it was still lacking in graphics. However, now that Ghost General 2 had used a high quality CG to showcase the battlefield of the Yellow Wolf, there was naturally a strong visual impact! Chapter 1443 - Teacher Qiao is Full Of Motivation Chapter 1443: Teacher Qiao is Full Of Motivation Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios After the opening CG, it was time for the official plot segment. After playing the opening, Qiao Liang immediately realized that his understanding of this game was a little different. Ghost General 2 was created completely according to the process of action games. Whether it was the plot transition, character modeling, map design, game mechanism All sorts of details could be seen. The shadow of action games such as Repent and be Saved could be seen. The only difference was that this was a combat game with the perspective and combat system of a combat game. Many action games that started with combat system teaching in the game also became system teachings for combat games. They taught players how to move, jump, and rub moves. However, it was different from action games like Repent and be Saved. Under certain circumstances, it could be unparalleled. For example, during the process of going through the picture, a large number of small soldiers would often come from all directions. At that moment, players could control the generals to start cutting grass. A large number of small soldiers would be cut off like leeks. It was extremely comfortable. Even when the general dodged to the side, he would release fan-shaped attack skills at the same time. He would be able to directly hit the small soldiers on the side, knocking them around like they were unstoppable! This dodge was a double-click on the direction key or the bottom direction key. In other words, it moved towards the screen or outside the screen. After the double-click, it continued to move. This was obviously a reference to the settings of some of the latest combat games. At the same time, it made some changes to the characteristics and needs of Ghost General 2. When pressing the right button to move forward, the general would always move towards the next critical juncture. It might be an enemy general, or it might be some special map mechanism and mission goal. This was equivalent to adding a new dimension on the surface of traditional combat games. The entire battlefield changed from two-dimensional to three-dimensional. He had to say that it was quite interesting to play more difficult action games! Whats more, due to the special stage map design, players could experience the content of the two-dimensional horizontal version of the stage. They could also experience the content of the three-dimensional action games. It was different to play. He could not cut grass when he reached the Boss battle stage. Players had two ways to pass. The first was to fight the Boss head on and die. The second was to find a special map mechanism in the battlefield and strengthen their own generals or weaken the enemy generals. In short, relying on skills was one way, and relying on wisdom was another way. The difficulty of the game could be said to be relatively moderate. People like Qiao Liang, who had not played much action games, could die a few times as long as they found the map mechanism of the Boss battle under the simple rubbing mode. For some combat game gods, if they wanted to pursue a more difficult challenge, they could try using the standard rubbing mode to fight the Boss. It was just like the game promotional video that Cai Hong had played at that time. Whats more, this suggestion rubbing move model was not extremely simplified. It was not like frantically pressing the A system to automatically help to connect moves. Instead, it still needed to do some simple rubbing movements. It was not possible to press A brainlessly. Apart from that, there were two more things worth praising: the skills of generals and the background story of the game! Previously, Ghost General 1 had shown a certain extent in these two aspects. However, it was relatively weak since it was a card game. The generals only had one skill. The storyline of the stages in the game was very simple. They could even be explained in one sentence. In Ghost General 2, every general had more than ten different skills. For example, Zhuge Liang. Apart from the conventional light attack, there were also different skills like borrowing the east wind, Kong Ming Lantern, wooden cows and flowing horses, Zhuge Liang Crossbows, and so on. Whats more, they were perfectly combined with his character settings! In terms of plot, the stages in Ghost General 2 were adapted from familiar historical stories and righteous stories. They were very well integrated into the historical background. For example, Kong Mings borrowing the east wind made Qiao Liang exclaim that it can actually be like this. After finishing the first stage, Qiao Liang prepared to rest in satisfaction. Then, he looked at the bullet screen comments. Then, he was surprised to find that the popularity of the bullet screen comments had decreased. There were many people in the live-stream when it first started. There were also many bullet screen comments. All of them were mocking the no-show for starting the live-stream. The bamboo shoots on the mountain had been snatched up. However, now that Qiao Liang had been playing the game for a while, the number of people in the live-stream had decreased. Whats more, the content of the bullet screen comments was a little strange. Only half of the people were discussing Ghost General 2. There were also some very infuriating bullet screen comments. Obviously, many viewers had not caught up with the bamboo shoots competition that had just started. They had just arrived not long ago. He arrived late, but he was not late either. That was because there were still bamboo shoots left, and he could continue to fight for them. Whoa, why is Old Qiao suddenly so hardworking today? Has he started playing games to gather materials? Isnt that obvious? He must have felt the pressure. He went on a torturous trip for two months. In the end, Tengda released two games in a row. Old Qiao did not get a single one. This is like cutting off his flesh for Old Qiao. The no-show feels pain. Of course, he has to work overtime! If Old Qiao did not work harder, he would have been surpassed by Young Master Tian! Look at the video that Young Master Tian made for the Real Estate Agent Simulator. How good! It was penetrating and deeply analyzed. Not only did the game content sound good, but it also analyzed the pros and cons of the industry in reality! Coupled with AEEISs voice and excellent video editing skills, its amazing! Im sorry, Old Qiao. Im Young Master Tians person now. I cant go back! Hurry up and produce the video, Old Qiao. Otherwise, Tengdas UP Master title would probably change its owner. Qiao Liang was furious when he saw these peoples comments. You fans are really despicable, coming wave after wave? Whats more, the angle of each bamboo shoot was different? If they were both rubbing salt in their wounds, wouldnt they be rubbing salt in their wounds in the previous wave? Not only was the damage huge, but it was also extremely insulting! However, what could he do? These were his fans and fathers. They were all dependable. Even if there was a mistake, it was his sons fault. He could only bear with it. Qiao Liang explained patiently. Look, look. Isnt that narrow? As an outstanding UP Master and a puzzle solver of Tengda, I will definitely not be as narrow-minded as you. Outstanding UP Masters keep appearing, and there are more and more good content in the videos. Even if we discuss the same thing, there will definitely be different perspectives. It is obviously a good thing for the audience to understand the problem more fully! Everyone competes based on their own skills and benign nature. Whoever produces better content would be able to gain more fans. I, Qiao Liang, might have left early and achieved some insignificant results, but I cant just sit back and do nothing, can I? Its wishful thinking on your part to try and sow discord between me and other UP Masters! I, Old Qiao, am not that kind of person! His righteous statement moved the fans in the live-stream. However, even though Qiao Liang said that he did not care, he was actually drawing circles in his heart and was very resentful of Meng Chang. I asked you to imitate me, not to surpass me! Qiao Liang knew that Young Master Tian was Meng Chang. He even used AEEISs voice to make videos. It was also Qiao Liangs idea for Meng Chang. At that time, it was because of Dawn Games platform. Qiao Liangs video might have been made but the details were not in place, so he gave Meng Chang the opportunity to interpret it. Qiao Liang originally thought that Meng Chang had a serious job. He would only make videos occasionally and explain Tengdas industries. It was impossible for him to be a threat. Now, he realized that he had been wrong. Meng Chang released videos while working, but his output was not lower than his own This time, Qiao Liang was forced to go on a torturous trip. Young Master Tian had no opponent and was killing everyone online! The video that interpreted the real estate intermediary simulator had been on the homepage of Aili Islands website for a few days. It had also reached the top three and was extremely popular. What was even more infuriating was that Qiao Liang had shared it with Young Master Tian previously. Many fans had found it on the way. Qiao Liangs own video was updated too slowly. No one could watch new videos. They could only watch Young Master Tians video. Objectively, he completed a perfect channel. All in all, even though Qiao Liang said that he was alright, he was furious inside. Who would have thought that Meng Chang would have so much time to make videos apart from working seriously? He did very well and posed a threat to him! However, he had no choice. Meng Chang was Boss Peis person after all. There was no point being angry. He could only encourage himself to produce more videos to snatch back the attention. Qiao Liang looked at the bullet screen comments discussing Ghost General 2 and basically understood why the popularity of the live-stream had decreased. That was because the combat game theme would naturally dissuade players. Many people saw that Qiao Liang was starting the live-stream. They came in to chat for a while, and then left when they saw that he was playing a combat game. It was not targeted at Ghost General 2 but purely because it was not interested in combat games! Whats more, everyone had seen the actual combat video of Ghost General 2 previously. So much blood had been wiped out. It was obviously a torturous game. It was fine if action games suffered, but combat games suffered? Many people were not interested. It was no wonder that Tengda had invested so much publicity resources into Ghost General 2. In the end, they had only become familiar with players. It had not achieved good publicity at all. I realized that these people have a huge misunderstanding of Ghost General 2! This game is not like what they think. Actually, this game can be made into an action-based game like Repent and be Saved. How good would it be if an action-based game made money? However, Boss Pei still insisted on making it into a combat game. Why? Obviously, there is a deeper meaning here that most players did not understand. Heh, but it doesnt matter because I, Teacher Qiao, am back! While I was suffering and traveling, Boss Pei released two games. They had nothing to do with me. However, once I came out, Ghost General 2 was released! Was this a coincidence or a hint? I dont care anymore. In short, Im going to release the video this time. I cannot give it to Young Master Tian! Qiao Liang suddenly felt full of motivation. He had to work hard! Chapter 1444 - Home Corporation Choose To Do Nothing Chapter 1444: Home Corporation Choose To Do Nothing Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios February 2nd, Saturday This was bound to be another 996 weekend for the brilliance of Home Corporation. Sigh, Im too sullen being the marketing director! These problems are not solvable by me at all. Whats more, if you use the marketing department as the public relations department and the public relations department as the ground-cleaning department, who would do that! Gao Ming was in his own office. Since there was no one around, he could not help but complain. His work had not been smooth recently. When he had first become the marketing director of Home Corporation, he had been very complacent and smooth sailing. Being able to become the marketing director of a listed company, even if it was in first-tier cities like Beijing and Shanghai, could be considered lucky, right? Of course, he knew that he was a high-ranking employee, but how many people in the world were not employees? Whats more, he was a high-ranking employee. He had stocks and a high salary. He was much more comfortable than the bosses of small companies. However When did the situation start changing? Gao Ming recalled that if he wanted to trace the source, it seemed to be when Tengda established the Sloth Apartments brand. At first, Gao Ming and the higher-ups of Home Corporation did not care at all because this business model was obviously not good. However, after that, it was the formaldehyde house incident and the real estate intermediary simulator. The public relations crisis caused the share price of Home Corporation to plummet time and time again. There was a lot of criticism online, and all the higher-ups were overwhelmed. In fact, the upper echelons of Home Corporation were very confused. Home Corporation had developed step by step from the initial small company. They had used this strategy. Now that the company had grown stronger, had a high market share, and was listed, the same plan should be more effective. Why did it suddenly fail? At the end of November, the Real Estate Agent Simulator was released. Right on the heels of that, Young Master Tian posted a video. Slow Movement Studio announced that they had cooperated with Sloth Apartments and Shenhua Real Estate to establish a real service department. They built a new rental platform with the game as the carrier. Then, Sloth Apartments began to sell on behalf of rent and began to enter a rapid expansion phase On the other hand, Home Corporation was having a bad time. It was not only the stock price that had suffered a setback, but more importantly, there were two consecutive heavyweights in the new business. The Safe House and the meticulous butler business had all been dealt a huge blow. They had invested so much resources, but in the end, only negative effects remained! Such a heavyweight core business was not something that could be done with casual publicity. It would affect the entire companys organization structure, personnel nurturing, business direction, and so on to a certain extent. Once the business was abolished, it would easily be painful. That was because Home Corporation could withstand it. Any other small company would have been dead a long time ago. As the marketing director, Gao Ming had many meetings and worked overtime. However, they watched helplessly as the real estate intermediary simulator became more and more popular, and the house sources increased. Shenhua Real Estate and Sloth Apartments business also expanded rapidly to first-tier cities. However, they were helpless. Did he try to resist? Of course, he did. For example, he could activate all the intermediaries in the shops to fight for the house source with the real landlord on the real estate agent simulator. He could register an account to harass the real landlord on it or disguise as the landlord to post the house source information in order to deceive tenants. In the end They were all banned. What was worse was that even the Doubt VR glasses had been banned. Obviously, Slow Movement Studio had already thought of this possibility. They had recruited many people to set up a reality service department. One of the most important tasks was to supervise the platform. If they found unrealistic information, they had to delete it immediately and warn them. Of course, verifying false information was a technical job and a physical job. Apart from allowing the uploaders of the information to provide rich and detailed information, users who reported false houses could also obtain good rewards to mobilize everyones enthusiasm. Apart from Home Corporation, other rental brands and even some small intermediaries wanted to screw up the real estate intermediary simulator. That was because they would be the worst under layers of pressure! After the real estate intermediary simulators, Shenhua Real Estate, and Sloth Apartments were integrated, a large amount of market share would definitely be snatched up. These market shares were mainly high-end markets, and they were targeted at quality tenants with higher requirements for living conditions. On the surface, this did not seem like a direct competition for some small rental brands and local intermediaries. However, the problem was, once Sloth Apartments snatched Home Corporations market share, and their profit and market share decreased, what would they do? He could not defeat Sloth Apartments, so he could only continue sinking and fight those small intermediaries! Home Corporation was huge. Even if their business was affected to a certain extent, they could persevere just by relying on the shops all over the country, a large number of intermediaries, and the houses in their hands. However, these small intermediaries might not be the case. Once Home Corporation decided to snatch food from them, they would only starve to death! Thus, many people were trying their best to mess up the real estate agent simulator. They all felt that how could the real estate agent simulator be done if so many rental applications had not settled the real estate? There might be so many fake houses on these rental applications, and many of them were deliberately condoned by the platform, but he had to say that it was indeed very difficult to supervise this. That was because releasing fake information to fish was a low-cost and high-income thing. Naturally, there were many restrictions. However, when they sent some fake information on the real estate intermediary simulator, they realized that that was not the case at all! This thing was fundamentally different from ordinary rental applications! It was a VR game that needed money! In order to take care of players, the real estate intermediary simulator had released a game version that was independent of the computer and operated independently on the VR glasses. The price had been reduced, but there was still a cost no matter how low it was. If he wanted to send fake messages or harass the landlord above, he had to first register a game account, tie his identity card, and buy the real estate intermediary simulator. This process was very troublesome. Once the account was blocked, not only would the money spent be wasted, but the key was to find another identity card to register. Wouldnt that still take a lot of effort? Wouldnt he be making a huge loss if he spent so much effort just to send a fake message or harass the landlord? What was even scarier was that the Doubt VR glasses were also from Slow Movement Studio. If they found that the accounts on a certain pair of glasses always posted fake information or were frequently reported by high-quality players, the ultimate punishment would be triggered: the BAN machine! These VR glasses would permanently prohibit the online function of the real estate intermediary simulator. Slow Movement Studio was still relatively benevolent in this aspect. They did not directly turn the Doubt VR glasses into bricks. However, this was already an unbearable cost for intermediaries who wanted to cause trouble. They could either keep the glasses for themselves to play with or sell them at a low price online after the glasses were banned. It was hard to say if anyone would sell them, but it was certain that they would be scolded. Both intermediary companies and individuals could not withstand this set of blows. The key was that the losses were much greater than the profits. Was he thinking of ways to mess up the real estate intermediary simulator or was he trying to push the sales volume of Slow Movement Studios game and VR glasses? Whats more, no other company could learn this method. They would definitely be courting death if they dared to let their own rental applications charge, such as a deposit of tens of yuan before playing. That was because even if the Real Estate Agent Simulator had separated the platforms attributes, it was still an outstanding VR game. Its own quality could support this price. Whats more, with Tengdas reputation as a backer and indeed providing a platform for real information, players, tenants, and landlords would buy it. Other companies did not have such conditions at all. Therefore, Home Corporation and the other intermediary companies had worked for a long time. In the end, they had worked in vain. Not only did it not have a huge impact on the Real Estate Agent Simulator, but they had also hoarded a pile of Doubt VR glasses that had been removed by BAN. They could not deal with it and could only force it on the shop employees as benefits. What was even more ridiculous was that some employees who played the real estate agent simulator because of their work and watched Young Master Tians video suddenly realized that intermediary companies ate people up. The dissatisfaction that they had been suppressing exploded instantly and resigned! Many shops showed signs of intermediaries escaping. At once, they felt like they were nearing the end of their days. It could be said that the real estate intermediary simulator, combined with Shenhua Real Estate and Sloth Apartments, had achieved the effect of a dimensional reduction attack in all sorts of ways. Every move was unpredictable for traditional intermediary companies and could not be dealt with at the same time! Last month, the first batch of houses that Shenhua Real Estate and Sloth Apartments had worked with the real estate agent simulator had been released. They had been snatched up and rented out. Shenhua Real Estate did not care about the rent at all. They were in the brand effect, so the price and quality were very competitive. As for Sloth Apartments, the ones that had previously limited its size had always been housing. Now that they were allowed to rent long-term, the number of houses had increased. The reputation that had accumulated previously and the expectations of the tenants had instantly changed. Naturally, it became popular. The real estate intermediary simulator highly recommended these two high-quality houses. It also attracted more and more people to rent houses in this game. All in all, there was no hope. Home Corporation struggled for a long time before finally choosing to do nothing. To Gao Ming, this was a good thing because he could finally not be tortured by endless meetings and overtime. As for what Home Corporation would do in the future Who knows? Im just a lowly worker. Chapter 1445 - : Zoo Site Visit Chapter 1445: Zoo Site Visit Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Gao Ming sighed, feeling unlucky. Why was he being targeted by Tengda and Boss Pei? Now, many internet companies in the country were living in fear every day, afraid that they would be targeted by Tengda. That was because once Tengda targeted you, you would not feel good no matter whether you were a big or small company! What was more ridiculous was that Tengdas current ambitions had been completely revealed. In the past, it had only made transitions in the fields around the game. It had done business like internet cafes and e-sports. It did not seem to form a direct competition or conflict with many internet giants. However, it was different now. The dagger was revealed! Tengdas approach had completely changed. It started from the game and began to affect reality! The Real Estate Agent Simulator and Safe and Civilized Driving were basically laying their cards on the table. The key was that many big companies that looked very powerful suddenly became weak. There was no way to counterattack! Boss Pei is really a terrifying person Gao Ming could not help but feel emotional. It was like a nightmare when compared to Boss Pei. That was because you would never know what he would do next! What happened this time seemed to have nothing to do with Boss Pei. After all, Slow Movement Studio was only a VR game company that Tengda and Shenhua had invested in. It was operating independently, and Sloth Apartments was only a subsidiary brand under Tengda. Basically, it had its own development plan. However, who could separate themselves from Boss Pei for the change in Sloth Apartments model and the method of using games to influence reality? They would definitely not believe that Boss Pei was not the one who instructed them! However, there was no helping it even if they knew. Boss Pei was too strong. It would be fine if he did not make a move, but once he made a move, he would definitely win. Other companies could only lie flat when they encountered such a situation. Of course, even if he said he was going to do nothing, he would only do so for Sloth Apartments. For other companies, he would go all out! After careful consideration, Gao Ming also provided a countermeasure to the higher-ups. Sloth Apartments was aggressive, and they had Shenhua Real Estate and the Real Estate Agent Simulator. It was impossible to turn the tables in the short term. If Sloth Apartments continued to snatch the high-end market that belonged to Home Corporation, the market share and profits would definitely decrease, and the stock price would decrease That was absolutely unacceptable. Thus, Gao Ming thought of a way: to snatch the business of other small intermediaries! Home Corporation might be the biggest rental platform in the country at the moment, but the market share was only about 60%. There were other rental brands and small intermediaries in the market. These people also had many clients and property. For Home Corporation, the high-end market would probably not be able to compete with Sloth Apartments. They could not move up, but they could sink. As long as these small intermediary companies could be squeezed out, the market share and profits would be stabilized! Of course, this could only be said to be a helpless solution. Once the strategic focus was adjusted downwards, the gap between the two companies in the high-end market would only widen with Sloth Apartments deep in the high-end market. There would probably be no possibility of making a comeback in the future. However, he had no choice. Home Corporation had no better choice. Was he going to fight the high-end market with Sloth Apartments now, and then do useless work, causing the market share and share prices to continue to fall, so that those small intermediary companies would take advantage of the loopholes? Or would he give up fighting Sloth Apartments to snatch those small intermediaries to maintain the market share and share prices? This was a dilemma. However, after struggling for so long, Home Corporation realized that the former was impossible. They could only choose the latter. If nothing went wrong, the brilliant plan should be passed very quickly. Sigh, how good would it be if Boss Pei did not exist in this world Gao Ming felt that many bosses of companies should have the same thoughts as him. At the same time, the culprit Pei Qian was at home, trying hard to resist the temptation of the big television as he continued to conceptualize his graduation thesis. On work days, he would go to his office to write his thesis. That was slightly more efficient. However, he had no choice. It was the weekend. The office was not open. Although Pei Qian could come and go as he pleased, as the boss, he could not give his employees such bad ideas! When everyone saw that Boss Pei was working overtime, the trend would change! If they all came to work overtime, something big would happen. F*ck! I cant concentrate during the weekend! After struggling for a while, Pei Qian gave up resisting helplessly. He would think about the thesis on Monday. However, he did not give in to the temptation of the big television and game machine. He began to think about arranging something meaningful for this weekend. For example, he roughly finalized the matter of the zoo that had been delayed for a long time. In fact, the inspection of the candidates for the zoo director had been going on for a period of time. Liang Qingfan had also received a lot of advice on the location and structure of the zoo. However, Pei Qian had not made his decision yet because he had been busy writing the thesis on his work day. It was the weekend and he was not in the mood to write a thesis. He might as well spend two days to finalize the zoo so that he would not keep thinking about it. After all, the zoo project was the most important part of spending money. After lunch, Little Sun followed Pei Qian to a private zoo in a county city near Jingzhou. There was nothing special about this private zoo. The reason why Pei Qian came all the way here was mainly to inspect the director of this zoo. They finally arrived after an hour of long journey. Boss Pei, were here, said Little Sun. Pei Qian took two naps in the car before turning to look out of the window. Good lord, this place was much more deserted than he had imagined. Of course, it did not seem appropriate to say that it was desolate because this place looked like the outskirts of a very ordinary small county. It was not deserted. There was a small market nearby. It was quite lively. Pei Qian felt that this place was deserted mainly because of his preconceived notion. Previously, he had heard that this was a private zoo that the retired soldiers had built on their own. He had even thought that it should not be that bad even if it was worse than some small eighteenth-tier cities zoo. Now, it seemed like he was still lacking in imagination. The entrance to the zoo was quite simple. There was not even a door. There was a wooden table on the three or four-level concrete steps. On the table hung a hand-written sign. On it were the original ticket prices of 20 yuan. The childs half price was 10 yuan. On the outer wall on either side of the entrance hung a faded animal poster. On the other side was some things to pay attention to after entering. The white wall had been removed, revealing a concrete pillar on one side. The other side had also become mottled. It looked like it had been there for twenty to thirty years. This was also consistent with what Pei Qian knew: This private zoo was established in 79 years by a retired soldier named Pan Yingjiu. It had been thirty years. Behind the sign was a man who looked to be in his thirties. When he saw Pei Qian and Little Sun, he quickly stood up. Hello, are you Boss Pei? Im Dan Xinzhang. The director, Pan Yingjiu, is my father. Someone from Tengda had already come by while he was checking the candidates. Little Sun had specially called today before he came. That was why Dan Xinzhang was waiting outside. He had not expected Boss Pei to come personally. Previously, when Tengdas staff came to understand the situation, they only asked casually and did not explain the specific intentions. Tang Xinzhang felt that a large company like Tengda would have nothing to do with a small zoo like his own. At most, they would organize some employees to visit. That was already a lot of support. Thus, he did not take it to heart at all. It was only when Little Sun called today that he realized that Boss Pei was coming. Pei Qian shook hands with him and sized him up. Yes, he was burly and strong. He must have done a lot of work in the zoo. If something really happened, it should not be difficult to suppress ordinary animals. Boss Pei, please come in. Our zoo is very simple. Please forgive us. As he walked in with Pei Qian and Little Sun, he introduced the history of this private zoo. My father was in the army when he was young. He changed jobs in 1979. He was originally arranged to work in a cinema. However, he did not like this kind of job. In his words, he often remembered the instructions of the chief in the army: When he returned to his hometown, he had to do something meaningful for the local people. My father thought, What is meaningful? Were just a small county. There are less than 50,000 people in the entire city. Its closed off and outdated. Theres no zoo. The citizens have never seen or known wild animals apart from domestic animals like cats and dogs. Thus, my father thought about building a zoo. At first, he purely wanted people in our county to observe and understand wild animals up close. He wanted people who liked to eat wild animals to kill fewer wild animals. He felt that it was meaningful. Then, my father tried it out. He used his free space to display a small number of wild animals. In the end, he was warmly welcomed. Thus, in year 88, my father used his own money to set up an official private zoo in this place. He worked there for thirty years. At the moment, there are basically twenty types of animals in my zoo. For example, pythons, black bears, crocodiles, kiwis, and other wild animals. There are also relatively common animals such as Tibetan Mastiff, Mule, and so on. When it was at its most popular, it kept lions and ostrich birds. However, as the number of people decreased and the expenses increased, it had no choice but to transfer them to Jingzhou Zoo. The only animals that are still living are pythons, crocodiles, and kiwi. As he introduced the animals, he brought Pei Qian around to visit them. Pei Qian might have been mentally prepared before he came but he was still a little shocked when he saw the conditions here. The so-called beast bars were only a few small houses. Some were fence posts, some were glass windows, wild animals such as pythons, kiwis, and so on were raised in the houses, while animals such as Mastigas, mullet, and horses were raised directly outside. An old man with white hair and a hunchback who looked about seventy years old was seriously feeding animals and cleaning up. Chapter 1446 - You Be the Director! Chapter 1446: You Be the Director! Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Thats my father, Pan Yingjiu. However, hes old and has very bad ears. He cant hear what others are saying. He doesnt communicate with people usually. He serves these animals all day long. Hes not only the director of the zoo, but hes also the purchaser, cleaner, ticket seller, vet, farm keeper, and interpreter Every morning, he would take the tricycle to buy food for the animals at 5 AM. When he returned, he would clean the column, feed and water, and occasionally receive visitors. He would work from morning to night. Thats how he spent his days. I like animals and often help him, but he wants me to take over. I dont think I can do it. When my father is really a hundred years old, I might pack all of these animals up and send them to other zoos. I wont do this anymore. Pei Qian asked, Not good economic benefits? Its not just bad. Its purely losing money. The cost of keeping animals is too huge. pythons and crocodiles have to eat living things, be it chickens or fish. How much do they have to eat in a day? Its relatively better for hides, horses, and monkeys, but my father doesnt want to save money on it. In addition to the income from the tickets, my father also put in a lot of his retirement fees so that these animals could eat well. However, that was all. It was not easy for them to eat well. As for renovating the column, I dare not think about it. The key is that my father is living a worse life than animals. Do you see that lousy house next to the column? My father lives there usually. He can just deal with his meals. It would have been fine if he was tens of years younger. Now, hes older. How can he continue to struggle like this? When I was young, my parents got a huge part of the reason why they got a girlfriend in this zoo. To be honest, Im quite conflicted. I know that its not easy for my father, so Im trying my best to help him with his work. However, if I help him too much, he would always want me to take over. However, I feel that there is no need for this zoo to continue existing. In the past, this zoo was quite popular. That was because the environment was relatively closed. No one in this small county could go anywhere else to see animals. However, now that the economy has developed, lets not talk about large-scale wild animals parks. Wouldnt it be quite convenient to drive to Jingzhous zoo to see animals? Who would still come to this zoo? The money for the entrance tickets is getting lesser and lesser. Its enough to show that private zoos like this are no longer popular. They should be eliminated. I like animals more, but Im still human. I have to live normally. I cant be like my father, spending thirty to forty years on these animals. Sigh, I accidentally said too much. Actually, we shouldnt talk about this. Come, Boss Pei, let me show you these animals. He brought Pei Qian to a few horses. They looked very energetic and were happily eating grass. There was a brown horse that came over to him after seeing him. It happily snorted after being touched by him. After that, he looked at the kiwi and pythons in the room. They looked very energetic, especially the monkeys. They were jumping up and down asking for food. They looked even livelier than the monkeys in large zoos. He did not know if it was an illusion. However, inevitably, there was a strong taste. The entire environment was not good. Even though Tuan Yingjiu cleaned every day, it was impossible for there to be good hygiene conditions under such conditions. However, Pei Qian was not thinking about these now. He had been thinking about what Pan Xinzhang had said. This was pure loss! It was more optimistic than he had imagined! Take this zoo for example. The entrance tickets were only 20 yuan. What could 20 yuan do in this day and age? Whats more, just eating these animals every day was a huge expenses. Many carnivores had to eat living animals. Their food expenses were higher than humans. It would cost even more if these animals caused more problems. Many people could not even afford to open a cat cafe. The difficulty of keeping wild animals was many times higher than the cat cafe. On the other hand, Old Man Pan Yingjiu had persevered for thirty years. She had even raised lions and ostriches. She would definitely not be able to persevere if not for her strong will, beliefs, and love. However, Pei Qian gained some inspiration from what he heard. How could the zoo lose money? The most important point was that it had to be small and not too big. There were very few types of animals in the small zoo, so it did not look interesting. It was impossible to achieve a thin profit and quick turnover even if the ticket prices were lowered. In the past, people would visit some small zoos because of their economic Development and poor transport. Now that transport was so advanced, not to mention the zoos in foreign or super first-tier cities, just the zoos in each prefecture city would be able to eat most of Handong Provinces needs. Therefore, small zoos with few animals would only become more and more hopeless and gradually fall into a vicious cycle. The old man had spent most of his life in this zoo. Of course, he was not willing to accept such a reality. However, he was a young man who saw things much clearer than his father. That was why he said that after his father passed away, he would close the zoo and send the animals to other zoos. He was human as well. He had to live. At that time, even Tuan Yingjiu had gotten a marriage contract with the zoo. Given Tuan Xinzhangs current situation, it was probably impossible for him to even get married if he continued to fight to the death with the zoo. Pei Qian could not help but smile. Dont you think this is a coincidence? If you meet me, we can have a good talk! Pei Qian walked around the zoo and nodded in satisfaction. Yes, not bad. I intend to move the entire zoo to Jingzhou. What do you think if you become the director? Tuan Xinzhang was shocked. Huh? He had not expected Boss Pei to say something like that. According to the most optimistic estimates, Boss Pei could have arranged for some employees to come and visit. Otherwise, if they felt sympathetic and decided to donate some money, it would already be very good for Tang Xinzhang. What was the point of moving the zoo? Anyone could tell that this zoo had no value at all. These dilapidated houses should have been demolished a long time ago. As for the animals inside, there might be some wild animals but which zoo outside did not have them? They were not rare or precious. Whats more, he was not fit to be the director. The zoo director had to be at least a university graduate, right? Boss Pei, thats not appropriate. If you want to set up a zoo, just do it. These animals are not rare. Its not worth it. As for the director, its even more inappropriate. If we start a zoo now, we have to pay attention to scientific feeding. We have to let professionals do it. My father and I are both unorthodox. We might have learned some knowledge on our own, but were still far from being the director of a large-scale zoo If Boss Pei wanted to set up a zoo, it would definitely not be small. Otherwise, it would not fit Tengdas style at all. Pei Qians expression was serious. Sigh, thats not right. Animals are not rare or rare. They are all equal. How can you favor one over the other? These animals have been with you and your father for so many years. No matter what, they have some feelings for you. It would be difficult for them to be treated like they are now if you send them to other zoos with so many animals. My zoo is mainly meant to try things out in the beginning. I wont rashly raise rare animals. I think these animals are quite good. They might be ordinary but they are very energetic and happy. Thats enough. As for being the director, you dont have to worry. I think the most important thing is to have a heart that truly loves animals. Professional knowledge is easy to deal with. Ill arrange for a few professionals to assist you when the time comes. The breeds and vet are all professionals. If you need any advice, just ask. Youre the director. You dont have to worry about these minor details. The key is the spirit of you father and son. Im very touched! Of course, I understand the current situation very well. Dont worry, the place we are moving to this time is not far from Thriller Hostel. It might be in the outskirts of Jingzhou but it is quite lively nearby. Traffic is also convenient. When the time comes, the two of you will be Tengdas official employees. The various benefits and benefits will not be lacking. These animals will also be better taken care of. At the very least, their food and living environment will be greatly improved. He looked confused. This of course, everything sounded good. However, the question was, what was Boss Pei after? No matter how he looked at it, this was a pure burning of money and completely meaningless behavior. How about this? You can sign the contract with Tengda first. Then, Ill give you some funds. You can hire a few people to help Old Master manage the zoo here. When you arrive in Jingzhou, you can participate in the construction of the new zoo. That way, theres nothing to worry about, right? Pei Qian said seeing that Tuan Xinzhangwas still a little hesitant. It was true after some thought. He could not think of a reason why Boss Pei would do this, but he also could not think of a reason why he would reject it. Alright, Boss Pei. How about this? Ill talk to my father about this and give him some thought. Ill settle down in the zoo here and then go to Jingzhou to look for you. Pei Qian nodded. Alright, you can contact me directly. Pei Qian did not delay any further after selecting the zoo director. He took a car back. He might have decided on the director but he still had to think about the specific operating model of this zoo. Even though the zoo was already losing money, Pei Qian did not intend to copy this model completely. After all, there were changes in the objective conditions. If he continued to open this zoo, how much would he be able to burn even if he bought the entire place? That would be a drop in the ocean. What Pei Qian was thinking was to move the zoo to Jingzhou and explore an expanded money-burning path. Once this model was successful, he would only need to continue expanding.. Then, he would be able to burn money indefinitely. Wouldnt that be perfect? Chapter 1447 - The Preliminary Plan for the Zoo Chapter 1447: The Preliminary Plan for the Zoo Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios When he reached home, Pei Qian took out his laptop. First, he briefly looked up some information about the zoo online. After understanding some basic knowledge, he began to think about what to do with Tengdas zoo. First of all, it was definitely not a large-scale zoo, at least not at the moment. Many large-scale zoos overseas had requirements for locations and climate. For example, some tropical countries would set up tropical zoos because of the suitable climate and the large location. However, Pei Qians idea was to open this zoo near Thriller Hostel, which was Jingzhous old industrial zone. Strictly speaking, this place was not a good location for the zoo at all. The climate in Jingzhou itself was not suitable for keeping some tropical or cold-blooded animals. Of course, he could set up an indoor unit. He could adjust the temperature through the air conditioner. However, that would definitely increase the working period and expenses. Pei Qian did not mind the huge expenses, but he still had to consider the working period. After all, the first stage of the zoo project was to spend as much money as possible. It had to be completed before the next settlement. Whats more, the larger the zoo was, the more rare animals there would be, and the more tourists there would be. The chances of making profits would also greatly increase. All in all, the first goal of this zoo was to make it smaller under the premise of ensuring the working period. It would be best if there were no rare animals. On this basis, burn as much money as possible. If the first step was successful, they could try something more challenging later on. For example, they could build air-conditioning houses on a large scale and put some tropical or cold animals in. Second, he had to think carefully about the choice of animals. In order to reduce the number of tourists, he had to arrange for fewer rare animals. Many small zoos did not have much to look at themselves. However, there would be an endless stream of tourists because there were two pandas in the park. Many especially rare animals shipped from other countries would become the treasure of the zoo. It would become a reason why most people had to go. The most precious item in the zoo had to be the animals. If he wanted to become popular, he had to work on animals. Thus, since he did not want to become popular and wanted to lose money, he could not ask for too many rare animals. At the very least, he could not ask for them at this stage. Even if he wanted rare animals in the future, he had to fully assess and discover that the expenses of nurturing them far exceeded the benefits. The question was, if he did not keep rare animals, what would he keep? The entire zoo could not only have horses, cows, sheep, and the like, right? Would that be called a zoo or a farm? Pei Qian could not allow others to tell at a glance that there was a huge problem. Thus, he had to find a balance: While keeping some wild animals to fill the gap, he had to keep as many common and boring animals as possible. This zoo could also not be called a zoo, but also an animal museum. What kind of animals would be more cost effective? It would be best if it was between domestically-produced and precious wild animals such as the Serval cat, Arctic fox and Angru marten. There was a difference between domestically and overseas when it came to farming wild animals. Some domestically-produced wild animals such as cheetahs and American lions were not allowed in China. For example, the Serval cat was a protected animal in China which could not be raised casually. Some animals, such as North Pole foxes and Angru martens, could be kept as pets. However, no matter what, any animals that could be domestically were definitely more common and not that rare. How could ordinary people raise rare animals when they were all protected? Thus, according to this train of thought, it was more appropriate to raise these animals in the zoo. On one hand, they were not very rare and would not attract tourists from afar to come and take a look. On the other hand, they were indeed genuine wild animals. It would not seem strange to put them in the zoo. It would not make people feel that the zoo was actually a cat cafe or a farm. All in all, as a zoo, he could spend money anywhere but on rare wild animals. Where should he spend the money? It was very simple, spend it on venue, food, and personnel! First was the venue. Pei Qian had been to many small zoos. These zoos took up a lot of space but there were too many animals after all. There was not much space for activities on each animal. Of course, there were standards for the activities of all animals. They had to follow the Zoo Design Regulations. There were strict requirements for the specific proportion of land that would be occupied by animals exhibition area buildings, science education buildings, animal security facilities buildings, and so on. There were also strict requirements for the size of tourists and the area of tourable buildings, green land, and so on. All the zoos must have followed the corresponding rules. However, this rule only stated the lower limit. There was no upper limit! Space would never be enough. After all, wild animals were originally wild. They ran around in the forest. No amount of space would be enough if they were locked up. Thus, Pei Qian decided that each animal in this new zoo would take up at least 50% more space than the other zoos! Take baboon for example. The smallest cage area was 80 square meters, the fence was 4 meters high, and the basic number of groups was 2 adult individuals. The area of the inner house would increase by 25% to 50% for every additional adult individual. In laymans terms, two baboon would take up 80 square meters of space. Every additional one would cost at least 20 square meters. However, this area was only the lower limit of the national cage design parameters. It would definitely be a little cramped. Pei Qian decided to raise this standard by 50%, which was 80 square meters to 120 square meters. For every additional adult individual, the maximum area would be increased by 50%! Of course, he could not go overboard. It would be too strange if he said that the area would only increase by three or four times. It would be too strange if he only raised two baboon in a cage that was more than 300 square meters. Tourists would not look at animals but look for animals. They would not know where the two baboon went. Pei Qian did not mind this situation, but if he went overboard, the motive would be too obvious. The system might not agree. Whats more, if it was too ridiculous, it might become a heated discussion online and inexplicably accumulate unnecessary popularity. The cage was larger, but it could not be too eye-catching. The environment in the cage had to be the best, that was for sure. Next was food. This was also based on the highest standards and specifications. There was nothing much to say. There would definitely not be a situation where animals food would be deducted under the watchful eyes of Tang Xinzhang. Whats more, letting animals eat better would only increase their fats. Tourists would not be able to tell much. The money would be spent very covertly and was very worth it. Lastly was the personnel. The zoo required a large number of people, such as breeders, fertilizers, vet, cleaning, and so on. These were all the supporting facilities that were necessary for the zoo. There were more or less a fixed number of animals and vet needs. Pei Qian could not hire more than that even if he wanted to. There would always be a limit to how much he could give them. Thus, it would be difficult to burn more money in this area. However, Pei Qian had another way: to add more service staff! Ordinary zoos did not need many service staff. At most, they would guide tourists. The animals were also raised in the cage. Tourists could just walk by and take a look. There was no need for service staff to guide them. Pei Qian thought that even though the zoo did not have this requirement, it could create demand! There was an indoor zoo now, mainly raising small animals. Some small animals, such as sharks, serpents, hamsters, owls, Angru martins, and the like could be touched directly. If tourists were allowed to touch these animals, wouldnt they need staff to guide them? Take the owls for example. There was an owls cafe overseas. They could play with them, but they could only touch the feathers on their heads and not other places. At that time, he could ask the staff to guide the tourists. First, they could disinfect their hands with hand soap. Then, they could touch the cats head according to the staffs requirements. Or they could wear special braces and let the cat stand on it to interact. If he arranged for two or three staffs to receive all the interactive animals, wouldnt that make a lot of employees? These employees were usually very free and received a lot of salary. Werent they perfect tools? Of course, considering this point, the shape of the zoo had to change as well. It would be best if it was divided into two different exhibition areas. One side would display wild animals that could only be seen through cages, and the other side would be like many indoor zoos. The exhibition would show animals that could be touched and interacted up close with the staff. It just so happened that there were many abandoned factory buildings in the old industrial zone. It would be good to turn them into indoor zoos. Apart from that, he would take out a portion of the space and insert it into various areas of the zoo to give tourists rest. He would avoid the awkward situation of having nowhere to rest in the zoo that he had been shopping for a long time. More importantly, he could take up more space! At that time, there would not be many animals in the huge zoo. Whats more, they would be very common animals. No one would come, right? Pei Qian nodded in satisfaction after finalizing these points. Hm, not bad! According to the current plan, it would definitely not become popular within a year, right? As long as the initial process was smooth, it would prove that this model was feasible. Then, he could continue to expand, increase the investment, and burn money happily. Of course, the content that Pei Qian was thinking about was very crude and simple. After all, he was not a professional and did not know the details. He had only formulated this strategy based on information found online. Pei Qian planned to have a good chat with him when he arrived in Jingzhou in two days. On one hand, he wanted to share his thoughts with him and determine the direction of the zoo.. On the other hand, he wanted to ask for his opinion and see if there were any better plans for improvement in this zoo. Chapter 1448 - No Animal Performances But Put On Human Performances Chapter 1448: No Animal Performances But Put On Human Performances February 4th, Monday Tengdas presidents office door opened apprehensively. Boss Pei. Pei Qian looked up. Eh? Youre here. Have you settled everything at home? Theyve all settled down. I hired two people to help my father manage the zoo. They also managed to convince my father. That was why I came. It could be heard that at the beginning, Teng Yingjiu was quite resistant to moving the entire zoo to Jingzhou. Perhaps it was partly because he was reluctant to part with the zoo and did not want to see the place that he had spent most of his life on become empty. On the other hand, he was worried if the animals were doing well after moving away and would not be able to adapt to the big city. However, Old Master agreed after Tang Xinzhang explained the details of the moving to him. That was because Tuan Yingjiu knew very well that the zoo was getting worse. The animals might be able to fill their stomachs under his care but the living environment and conditions were still very different from some large-scale zoos. Whats more, since Boss Pei had asked Tang Xinzhang to be the director of the zoo, he did not have to worry about the animals suffering. These animals might be the flesh and blood of Teng Yingjiu and she was reluctant to part with them. However, since moving home could obtain better conditions, it was not impossible. Pei Qian nodded and handed the printed plan over. This is the preliminary plan for the zoo. Take a look. Tuan Xinzhang took it and quickly scanned it. A warm and cold pet paradise? Confusion appeared on her face. One look and she could tell that the name of the zoo was rather inappropriate. Most of the other zoos were named after places, such as Jingzhou Zoo. The benefit of this name was that one would roughly know where the zoos were. Of course, there were also some indoor zoos that would name better and easier to remember. These names might sound varied, but at the very least, they would be catchy and would be more in line with the zoos positioning. However, he had to understand the meaning behind this. He felt that this idiom did not match the zoo! It might be a neutral term but he felt that it was more or less inappropriate to use it in this place. It was only slightly better than Skylark Pet Paradise. However, he looked up at Boss Pei and realized that Boss Pei seemed to like this name. He could not say much and could only continue watching. After all, he did not think that he had more say than Boss Pei in naming. Pei Qian could not help but nod slightly. Yes, very good. Not asking too much was the first basic quality of an outstanding person-in-charge. Tang Xinzhang had finally reached the standards. Why did he come up with such a name? Obviously, it had two layers of meaning. The first layer of meaning was for tourists to know their own fates. This zoo looked good on the surface. It took up a lot of space and had a good location, but there was nothing fun inside! It was just like the famous dishes look clear and eat blurriness. The zoo was just an empty shell. No one would be able to play it well. Thus, tourists would know their own coldness and warmth. The second layer of meaning was self-evident to Boss Pei. Just as everyone thought that the zoo had screwed up, failed, and felt sorry for Boss Pei, they did not know that Pei Qian had already earned a lot from the loss of the zoo. He was secretly happy. Thus, he knew his own situation. Look at the name C how fitting! As for whether this strange name would be able to dissuade tourists or not, Pei Qian did not have much hope. If it could dissuade tourists, so be it. If it could not dissuade tourists, so be it. In any case, this zoo was incurring losses based on its own ability. The more he read, the more surprised he looked. What kind of strange rules were these? It was understandable for Tengda to be rich. However, it did not raise any rare animals even though it invested so much in a huge zoo. Instead, it fought to the death on more common animals. What logic was that? The layout of the park was also incompatible with the basic rules of ordinary zoos. The entire park looked huge and empty, giving tourists a lot of rest space. It was as if they were afraid that they would finish touring the park in one breath. They could not wait for them to be annoyed by the two projects and turn around to go home. The only thing that made sense to him was the interactive experience. This seemed to be a very novel point. Some animals warm up easier to humans. Naturally, they could interact under the guidance of the staff. Take the North Pole foxes for example. They were family by nature. Many Arctic foxes in the zoo would look at tourists passionately through the glass and stick their tongues out. They would follow tourists from one end to the other, just like domestic pet dogs. However, it was not suitable to be kept as a pet because it was relatively low in intelligence and had a larger taste. The faeces were not easy to deal with. In fact, apart from cats and dogs, there were many animals in the world that had family. However, only cats and dogs had become mainstream pets. That was precisely because other rare pets more or less had some unacceptable points. However, this problem did not exist in zoos. There would be more space for these animals to move around. There would be special staffs to provide scientific food and education. Tourists could skip the irksome dung picking stage and just play with them. Whats more, if he could add some beast taming performances, perhaps this could become a unique gimmick? Boss Pei, I have a small problem. There doesnt seem to be any beast taming performances written on it? I think there are breeders, vet, and other classes. Why isnt there a beast tamer? If there is a beast tamer, it should be able to further increase the competitiveness of the zoo and cooperate better with the current interactive experience. Pei Qian could not help but frown. Eh? Beast tamer? That wont do! Pei Qian blurted out. Why? Tuan Xinzhang was stunned Their familys original private zoo did not have any animal training performances, but that was because neither father nor son knew how to tame it. Beast taming had to first have a suitable animal, followed by a scientific method. However, once it succeeded, it would greatly increase the popularity of the entire zoo. Many zoos would arrange for beast taming performances during golden times. The venue would often be crowded and very popular. Before this, he had thought about how to salvage the situation of this zoo that was on the verge of bankruptcy. One of the ways was to perform beast taming. However, he did not know how to tame it and the cost of hiring a beast tamer was too high. He could not afford it and had no conditions. He could only give up. However, since Boss Pei had already spent so much money to open a zoo, wouldnt it be normal for him to hire a few beast tamers to perform beast taming? Pei Qian cleared his throat and explained, What should I say about beast taming performance? It depends on the individual. No matter whether we raise pets, farm or open a zoo, it is undoubtedly to satisfy ourselves. If you want to give animals the best living environment, you should seal a mountain and let animals run freely in the mountains instead of keeping them in a circle. However, it would be unrealistic to turn all of the places into natural protection zones. Thats because human society has to continue to develop, and many people have not left poverty. We have to solve the survival of humans first. I also dont agree with the behavior of treating animals as their own father and stopping cars on the high-speed road to save their father. Thats very hypocritical. Humans protect animals for themselves. Theres nothing to be ashamed to admit. Therefore, I think that the existence of the zoo is of course necessary. It can allow people in the city to not only see photos or videos of wild animals through the screen, but also be able to interact with animals up close. At the same time, protecting animals in the zoo would prevent some animals from becoming extinct. They might even obtain better living conditions than in the wild. These are the functions of the zoo. However I dont think the beast taming performance is part of it. If it was some naturally smart animals who completed their training by feeding, that would be fine. However, if it was through the lash of the whip that forced some animals to do things that went against their nature just to create a gimmick and attract more people to watch, I would feel that it was very unnecessary. I dont care what other zoos do, but I dont want that to happen in our zoo. If we have to perform we can let the employees of the zoo perform on stage! At the very least, we can increase their salary. Pei Qian paused after he finished speaking because he had accidentally said what he was thinking. Of course, not forcing these animals to do things that were against their nature was his true thoughts. However, another important reason was that he felt that this was too profitable. How much would it cost to hire a beast tamer? How much money would a beast tamer earn if he were to produce a popular program? The key was that Pei Qian could not add money even if he wanted to. He could not possibly give the bonus to these animals, right? A raise for a beast tamer was not much. This was definitely not a good deal! If he was not careful, he would make a lot of money. The entire zoo might even become popular! Thus, Pei Qian decided to stop these beast training performances. It was fine to use a more gentle and natural method to train dogs, but there was no need to use whipping to force training. If he had to perform, he would get the employees of the zoo to perform on stage. He could perform anything. What talents could he have if he worked in the zoo? Then, he would distribute more prizes to the performers. Let animals perform. No, that would be oppressing animals. However, letting people perform would be alright because they could pay more. Giving more money would not be oppression. Yan Xinzhang scratched his head, feeling that this zoo was a little strange. However, he was too embarrassed to question Boss Peis decision. He could only nod and do as he was told.. Chapter 1449 - Extremist K1 At the same time, at Shang Yang Games Wang Xiaobin was in the entertainment room at that moment. He was happily drinking Coca Cola while playing Safe and Civilized Driving. How blissful! This happiness had been going on for several days ever since he returned from the torturous trip. Whats more, it showed no signs of dissipating. For some reason, he felt like his soul had been elevated. In the past, he had not thought that working was a happy thing. Now, he suddenly enjoyed it. There was a sense of happiness and satisfaction both in work and in playing games. It was really a little magical. Based on his calculations, the Chinese New Year holiday would start in three or four days. This also meant that from December last year, Wang Xiaobin had not been working in the company for more than three days. First, he had suffered two months of paid work. After returning from work for a few days, he should be on holiday. A person who wanted to work hard was always troubled by various holidays. Sigh, how annoying! The key was that after he returned, the game Safe and Civilized Driving had been completed. There was nothing else for him to do. Apart from playing games, he had nothing else to do. That was quite uncomfortable. As he was driving, he heard footsteps outside the lounge. Ye Zhizhou walked in with a document in hand. Wang Xiaobin immediately stopped playing the game. He stood up and asked, Has the cooperation plan with Stamford and Shenhua been finalized? Ye Zhizhou nodded. Yes, its been finalized. Its very efficient. Wang Xiaobin was not surprised. Shenhua, Steff, and Tengda could be said to be working together by force. They would easily win three games. With Lin Wans relationship, the cooperation would definitely be very smooth. He was more concerned about the specific cooperation plan. Ye Zhizhou pulled a random chair over and sat down. Then, he handed the document in his hand to Wang Xiaobin. Wang Xiaobin flipped through it. This was the specific plan for the three parties to cooperate. So, this new brands name is called Extremist? This mass-produced car is called Extremist K1? Ye Zhizhou nodded. Yes, there are three meanings to the name Extremist. First of all, from the literal meaning, there is a sharp image that emphasizes a state of making technology to the extreme and showing its edge. Secondly, extreme would make people think about electrodes, and the sharp edge would think about the Blade battery that Stamford is about to release. Lastly, the extreme wind is a special term in terms of climate. It is a large cold wind, a semi-permanent sharp wind between the extreme air group and the tropical air group. It is the line between the cold extreme airflow and the tropical airflow. There are often cyclones, heavy rain, and strong wind. It also heralds that this car will bring new trends to domestic car companies. It will be a collision between tradition and new trends. This car logo is also derived from this meaning. As for the K1 model, it means that there will be three types of cars under the branding of Extreme Peak. They will be the K series of regular household cars, the L series of long comfortable cars, and the M series of dynamic sports cars. Only the K series will be released this time. Wang Xiaobin looked at the car logo and realized that it was made up of two parts: the bottom layer was a cold V, and there were two semi-circular arcs on the upper layer of the V, which was ) (, which intersected with this V. V represented cold wind and sinking cold airflow, while ) ( represented rising hot airflow. Cold and hot air converged. This was the extremity. Wang Xiaobin nodded. Yes I think this name sounds much better than Steff. Its easy to remember and has a good metaphor. Most importantly, this logo is quite good. It also suits the future of the new energy car. He flipped through the document. AEEIS system and AEEIS voice package on the car for user selection? Good lord, is that appropriate? Ye Zhizhou smiled. How could it not be? AEEIS has already achieved great success in smart homes and cell phone assistants. Its image is deeply ingrained in peoples hearts. Whats more, AEEIS is only an option. You dont have to use it if you dont like it. Wang Xiaobin thought for a moment. Then if I meet a car owner on the road who is driving randomly and I dont know how to scold him, can I let AEEIS take action? Ye Zhizhou was silent for a moment. In theory, we dont agree with such behavior. However, if the car owner wants to use it, our suggestion is to use it appropriately to ensure our own safety. Tengda was the only cooperation project on the content of this car. That was normal. After all, this car had been jointly developed by Stamford and Shenhua Corporation for several years. It should have been mass-produced. There was no way to change many contents. It was already good enough to have an AEEIS. However, that did not mean that Tengda was here to be a calefare because there were other details of the cooperation. This cars news conference is going to be held during the Chinese New Year period? This isnt that a little too much? Wang Xiaobin felt very uncomfortable because this was very not the Tengda spirit. Ye Zhizhou nodded. Theres no other way. This is the time set by Steff and Shenhua Corporation. The Chinese New Year holiday is actually a very good time. It is more conducive for the popularity to ferment quickly. The only problem is that some staff will rush back to prepare for the news conference on the second day of the Chinese New Year. However, they have already arranged for the employees to rest. It shouldnt be a problem. This is a project that Struggle and Tengda Corporation have been planning for several years. Of course, we have to choose the best time to publish it. As for the employees holidays, we can only suffer for a while. However, Shang Yang Games is not affected. The model of the car before the new year should be completed and updated in the game. Wang Xiaobin realized a problem. Wait a minute, lets go in the game first, and then hold the news conference for the new car in a few days? Ye Zhizhou nodded. Thats right. This Wang Xiaobin scratched his head, feeling that something was amiss. Even if it was authorization, the game would only be released after the new car was released, right? Which car in reality would become a game release? How could that be? Ye Zhizhou smiled. This involves a special publicity plan. In the game Safe and Civilized Driving, we will deliberately hide some information. This time, the three cars from Stamford will be up together. There will be a K1 in between the two old cars. Whats more, it will make this K1 automatic driving technology. At the news conference, Steffer and Shenhua will officially display the blade battery and automatic driving technology. All in all, well wait for the show to start during the Chinese New Year period! February 5th, Tuesday Pei Qian continued to rack his brains in his office for his graduation thesis. This years Chinese New Year was on February 10th, which was this weekend. There were only a few days left. Pei Qian thought about staying at home during the Chinese New Year holiday. He would definitely not be able to write a single word on the thesis. He wanted to work hard for the next two days before the holidays to put up as much of the framework of the thesis as possible. He had been struggling for so many days. He had to make some progress, right? The sooner he settled the thesis, the sooner he could incur losses! He heard a knock on his office door just as he was thinking hard. He looked up and saw Yu Fei. Eh? Whats the matter? Pei Qian asked. Yu Fei looked a little embarrassed. Erm, Boss Pei I want to say something Pei Qian immediately became cautious. Huh? Youre not thinking of leaving again, are you? Yu Fei cleared his throat. Ahem, Boss Pei, I might have let you down and nurtured me, but youve seen the situation with Ghost General 2. I think its not at the level it should be compared to Tengdas previous games. At the moment, this game is basically more popular in the niche of combat games. From the sales volume and popularity, it is very different from Tengdas previous games I think Im still not used to being the chief designer. Coincidentally, this game has been released. Its almost the new year. Ive already written the beginning of my new book intermittently so Pei Qian was unhappy. Leave? How can you leave! It was a good thing that Ghost General 2 could not make money now! If it were to make huge profits, I might not stop you if you were determined to leave. However, how could I let you go in this situation? Impossible! Pei Qian smiled. Why do you think Ghost General 2s situation is not optimistic? I think it has completely met my expectations! Look, to be able to satisfy core players means that the quality of this game is quite high. Since theres no problem with the quality of the game, wouldnt it only be a matter of time before ordinary players like it? So, its the new year. Whats the hurry? I think youre just giving yourself too much pressure. Youre too strict with yourself. You obviously do well in your work. Why do you always belittle yourself? All in all, let the bullet fly for a while. Well talk about it after the new year. Yu Fei opened his mouth, looking conflicted. He could not understand why Boss Pei was so determined to retain him. When he was working on Eternal Reincarnation previously, he could be said to be the original author of the novel. He knew the story better, so he left him behind. Later on, because of the success of Eternal Reincarnation, it was reasonable for him to develop Ghost General 2. However, the problem was that now that Ghost General 2 had been released, the sales volume was not good because the game genre was less popular. He had already proven that he was not cut out for this with his actions. The iron-like data was already in front of him. He had repeatedly insisted. Boss Peis attitude should have relaxed a little, right? However, he did not. Boss Pei resolutely did not agree to Yu Fei leaving as usual. That was ridiculous! Yu Fei could only compromise again seeing Boss Peis determined attitude. Alright, Boss Pei. Ill take it for a while more You have to start choosing the new person-in-charge of the games department after the new year! I really cant take it anymore! Pei Qian nodded.. Alright, definitely after the new year! Chapter 1450 - Quitting Weibo! Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Yu Fei returned to his desk and sat down, sighing silently. Sigh! How terrible. Even though Boss Pei kept asking him to stay and his colleagues and readers were very supportive, he did not want to be the chief designer anymore. The poor sales of Ghost General 2 had strengthened his emotions. However, Boss Pei was still unwilling! What should he do then? He could not possibly continue like this, right? Yu Fei highly suspected that Boss Pei was delaying it. However, why did Boss Pei want to delay it? Why did he think so highly of himself? Yu Fei could not figure it out. If he could not figure it out, he could forget about it. Yu Fei sat at his desk and thought for a long time. Finally, he made up his mind. He could not let this continue. He had to leave! However, it was probably impossible to go through the normal process. Boss Peis attitude was very clear. He wanted to retain him. Under such circumstances, the entire Tengda, including the games department and the HR department, belonged to Boss Pei. If Boss Pei did not want to let them go, would he be able to leave smoothly? It was obviously impossible. What should he do? Yu Fei had actually thought of a good idea. He was prepared to write a resignation letter, but it was not for Boss Pei but for the netizens! If he were to show it to Boss Pei, Boss Pei might just throw it into the trash can. It would be meaningless. However, if he were to show the netizens that he wanted to blow this matter up and publicly express his intentions of not wanting to do it, Boss Pei would definitely not be able to force it under the netizens attention. He had no choice. Sometimes, he could not go through the proper process. He could only go through the less formal process. Yu Fei felt that this path seemed to be feasible and immediately decided to write! As a web novelist, the most important thing was his ability to execute his words. Of course, that was excluding no-show like Cui Geng. Dear readers and gamers: Hello, everyone. Im Yu Fei, the author of the novel Eternal Reincarnation. At the same time, Im the designer of the second half of the downloadable content of Eternal Reincarnation and the designer of Ghost General 2. Of course, even though Im a designer, Im actually just a half-baked designer. Most of the credit for this game should be attributed to my colleagues in Tengda Games. I did not play a decisive role in it. I think Im to blame for the poor sales volume of Ghost General 2. I also deeply feel that my ability is not enough to take on the role as the chief designer of Tengda Games, nor is it enough to complete the important task of Tengda Games subsequent development. I am also an experienced gamer of Tengda Games. Repent and be Saved is my favorite game. However, it is precisely because of this that I think I cannot drag the entire Tengda Games department down because of my personal desires. Tengda Games has a huge mission to revive the domestic games industry. It wants to develop more high-quality games for domestic players. To me, I have this vision but I dont have the ability to match it. My first goal is to be an ordinary web novelist and write my own book. However, now, there is a serious conflict between the two jobs. It has also caused me some trouble. Therefore, I have already submitted my resignation to Boss Pei many times to express my desire to leave. Boss Pei might have tried to retain me for various reasons but I have made up my mind. I hope that everyone can support Tengda Games and my new book as usual. Thank you everyone! After writing it, Yu Fei read it from beginning to end. He edited a few words and finally nodded, satisfied. It might not be so formal but the meaning of the expression had been expressed clearly. If he posted this on Weibo and asked his readers to share it, it should cause some waves, right? Once everyone knew about this, Boss Pei would definitely be too embarrassed to force him to stay. At that thought, Yu Fei immediately released it. He had thought about waiting until after the new year. However, on further thought, it was better to avoid unnecessary trouble. What if it was released after the Chinese New Year? What if there was not enough time and could not generate enough attention? What if Boss Pei had a new development task on the first day of the work day after the Chinese New Year? That would be very troublesome. Thus, there was no time to lose! After publishing this news, Yu Fei waited patiently for a while before reading the netizens comments. The first few messages were quite normal. I support your decision! A web novel author has really become the chief designer and created the game. Thats worth bragging about for the rest of his life! Its also your personal choice to go back and continue writing web novels. We all support you. I also think that the chief designer is a very professional position. Its a little forced for a half-baked author to be the chief designer. I hope that the next chief designer can continue to bring outstanding works to all of us! Eh, does that mean that the new book can be uploaded? 20,000 words a day is not too much, right? However, after a few minutes, Yu Fei refreshed again and suddenly realized that the style of the comments seemed to have changed. Huh? Dont go! Thats not right. Werent you contradicting yourself when you said that most of the credit goes to your colleagues in Tengda Games and then said that Ghost General 2s failure cant be blamed? If you feel that you dont have any credit, you dont have to take the blame. If you want to take the blame, its equivalent to admitting that you played an important role. What do you mean by the failure of Ghost General 2? How did this game fail? Is there any combat game that can be compared to it at the moment? In any case, as a combat game player, I like this game very much! How is there a serious conflict? Dont you have time to write novels during the development of the game? Thats slower, but its alright. Everyone can wait. Thats right. Dont think too much about it. Since Boss Pei wants to retain you, it means that youre up to the task. You can even be said to be the best candidate now. If you insist on leaving, what if the chief designer is not as good as you? I think youre too humble and lacking in confidence. Even Teacher Qiao has praised you. Is there a need for you to belittle yourself? Yes, sometimes excessive humility equals pride. If youre too arrogant, everyone will think that youre in Versailles! Yu Fei was a little confused when he saw the new hot comments. What was going on? These people were actually asking him to stay? And they were even more passionate than Boss Pei? Especially the last line, Teacher Qiao specifically praised?? What the hell was this? Yu Fei felt that something was amiss and quickly went to his fan group to ask. Someone quickly sent him a link to Teacher Qiaos video. Yu Fei clicked on it and realized that it was a video that had just been released this morning. However, it was becoming popular very quickly! It wouldnt be long before he could reach the homepage! Of course, given Teacher Qiaos status in the gaming area and the quality of his videos, this result was not surprising. However, the key was the title of this video: Look at the great structure of Boss Peis games empire from Ghost General 2! Good lord, Yu Fei exclaimed. Even the structure was out? As for Ghost General 2? As a combat game, wasnt it just a drop of tears that could only satisfy the generation of small groups of players even though it was of good quality? Now that the plot was out, it was ridiculous! What was the point of talking about a structure for a soon-to-be outdated combat game? The act of spending a huge sum of money to develop a combat game could be described in two words: The structure was small! It was no wonder that some people went to Yu Feis Weibo post to persuade him to stay. Obviously, Teacher Qiaos bragging about Ghost General 2 made many people mistakenly think that Yu Fei was a truly capable chief designer. That was why they went to persuade him to stay. Yu Fei could not accept this. Not only was it difficult to accept rationally, but it was even more difficult to accept emotionally. No, I want to see how this is related to the structure. Yu Fei clicked on the video indignantly. My dear daddies, greetings! I, Teacher Qiao, am finally back! Two months of torturous travel has benefited me a lot In the first paragraph, Qiao Liang briefly shared his experience of Suffering Travels with the audience. In particular, he emphasized his body that had changed drastically, as well as his abdominal muscles that were forced to be tense and could only be vaguely seen in the shadows of the light. Qiao Liang also boasted about the Suffering Travels. At the same time, he showed his medal. Obviously, this was within the scope of the Suffering Travels Syndrome: When infected people participated in Suffering Travels, they would cry as if their lives were in danger. However, after leaving Suffering Travels, they would become alive and kicking. They would even praise Suffering Travels. Such Suffering Travels Syndrome had frequently appeared in the members of the first and second episodes. Teacher Qiao could not escape it. However, there was still no scientific explanation for the cause and theory of this disease. After five minutes of showing his condition, Qiao Liang entered the main topic of the video. In other words, he began to officially review Ghost General 2. Alright, lets return to the main body and talk about Tengdas new game, Ghost General 2. While I was suffering, many fans expressed regret and even gloated. That was because I did not make it in time for the two explosive games Real Estate Agent Simulator and Safe and Civilized Driving . Whats more, I did not even make it in the popularity of Successor ! Everyone thinks that this is a huge loss to me. To this, I want to say that the scale is too small! Why would a mature UP Master have such sectarian views? Why would he have such narrow ideas? As a content creator, you cannot be jealous. I think it would be a good thing if others could better answer Tengda Games and provide the audience with another perspective! I have never thought of monopolizing Tengda Games explanation rights! The real estate agent simulator and Safe and Civilized Driving are highly connected to reality. Its not difficult to interpret them. Theres no need for a top student like me to not do such simple family homework. However, Ghost General 2 is different. I realized that many people have not realized the importance of this game and the grand structure behind it! I can only do it myself since no one else has solved this question! Chapter 1451 - The Triple Setup of Ghost General 2! Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Yu Fei was a little confused. Ghost General 2 had a grand structure? It was a puzzle that was more difficult than the real estate intermediary simulator and Safe and Civilized Driving? I dont think so? Yu Fei was the chief designer himself. He had participated in the entire design of Ghost General 2 from beginning to end and knew the current data of this game very well. Why should it be compared to the real estate intermediary simulator and Safe and Civilized Driving? Both of these games had a huge impact on reality. One had penetrated the traditional intermediary industry, and the other had triggered changes in the driving school system. What virtues and capabilities did Ghost General 2 possess? Just the sales volume alone could not be compared to these two games. Yu Fei continued watching with confusion. Ghost General 2 is a combat game. On the other hand, combat games are already on the decline. They are about to become outdated. Its not wrong to say that they are niche. Since its a niche game, the player base is already small. Wouldnt it be obvious that we would lose money if we invest a huge sum of money in developing it? This is a fact that all players know. Could it be that the game designer doesnt know? How is that possible? The only explanation is that the designer knew that it was a niche game but for some reason, he still invested a huge sum of money and was willing to risk losing everything. Everything that looks unreasonable on the surface must have a deeper motive. If this is a large combat game factory with many classic IPs, then this move can be explained with inertia and perseverance. The problem is that Tengda Games has never developed a combat game. The first combat game was directly in Soha: The three game studios used the most elite development team; they used the famous IP that had become famous during Tengdas initial stages; and they invested a lot of money in research and development. Considering that the chief designer, Yu Fei, is not a designer with a particularly strong voice, Boss Pei must have directly pushed all of this behind the scenes! This way, the deeper motive behind Boss Peis actions is worth investigating. Many people say that Ghost General 2s sales seem average. If you think so, I can only say that its too small. Who gave you the illusion that Boss Pei thinks that sales are the only dimension of the game? In terms of making money, how many games can make more money than GOG and Ocean Stronghold? Other large factories might not make games with paywalls, but wouldnt Tengda? Tengda would do anything, but they still insist on games like Game Designer, Struggle, and Mission and Choice. Therefore, there must be a deeper meaning behind the appearance of Ghost General 2! That is the structure of the entire Tengda Games empire! That is: Maintain the games diversity, explore the games boundaries, and influence the games environment! Boss Pei definitely knows about these contents, but the designers might not. Let me analyze them for everyone next! Yu Fei blinked, looking confused. He had to say that Teacher Qiao was right. As a designer, he really did not know about this so-called big structure! Of course, it was hard to say if the other old designers in Tengda Games knew. Perhaps this was a tacit understanding in Tengda Games? After all, the entire Tengda was heavy-handed and bragging. A topic like big structure was obviously not something that would be brought up at any department meeting. However, not saying it did not mean that it did not exist. A company without a structure would not be able to go far. A company that only bragged about its structure and did not do anything would not be able to go far. On the other hand, Tengda had formed a unique atmosphere under Boss Peis lead: There was a huge structure, but it never spoke of it. Yu Fei continued watching. One of the layouts is to maintain the diversity of the game. Thats actually very easy to understand. Everyone knows that we humans have to protect rare animals and the diversity of the natural environment. Many people might think that whats the point of it? Many rare animals would not interact with normal peoples lives at all. So what if they are extinct? So many animals are already extinct, but it doesnt affect our human lives? We humans protect rare animals to maintain the diversity of creatures. Perhaps we might not be able to see how important and decisive it is now, but at least it protects biodiversity and presumes one more possibility for our future. Otherwise, if a large number of species really go extinct and only remain in the museum, if it were to be useful in the future, would it be too late for us to regret? We might not be able to use it if we keep it now, but its gone now. What if we use it in the future? Its the same in the game industry. Have you all realized that games are becoming more and more homogenous now? The phenomenon is not obvious on other platforms, but on mobile game platforms, there are basically three or four limited games that have completely eaten up all the players on the entire platform. This is like a species invasion in nature. When a species is too strong and has no natural enemies, the living environment of other animals will suffer a devastating blow until the entire forest is occupied by a strong species. In the game industry, certain games are naturally short and fast. They can stimulate peoples senses and create stronger stickiness through anxiety, hatred, and greed. Such games expand very quickly. They have a huge advantage in competition and can also bring more generous profits to game merchants. Of course, Im not criticizing a certain type of game. What players like to play is their own choice. However, the problem is, if all the game manufacturers make such games at once, what about other types of games? What about players who like other types of games? Perhaps in the past, you had more than ten different types of games to choose from. However, as you play, you will realize that there are only three or four types of games left. Further down the road, you might not even have a choice. Thats because even if there are only three or four types of games, there would only be some differences in the gameplay mechanism. The internal paywall and retention injury liver systems have also become severely homogenized. If a game type dies, it would be impossible to develop or evolve. It would be equivalent to the spark being completely extinguished. Perhaps in the short term, it would look like a species gone extinct. It would not seem to have much impact on our lives. However, in the long term, it would be an irreversible loss. Perhaps it would play a huge role in the future if it remains? No one can predict this. Therefore, the reason why Tengda Games kept investing huge sums of money and using the best teams in the industry to develop these relatively unpopular niche games is to arouse the attention of ordinary players on this game type so that it would not completely perish in a specific soil, leaving a spark for game diversification. This is an arduous and thankless task. Most companies are not willing to do it. There are no large combat game manufacturers in the country. If Tengda doesnt do it, the domestic gaming circle might lose this type of game forever. Therefore, this is the first point to maintain the game diversity. Second, explore the boundaries of the game. Not only does Tengda want to pass down a niche game genre, but it also wants to dig deeper into this genre on the basis of its predecessors to find the design answers of the new era! This was reflected in Mission and Choice: Tengda made use of clever designs to allow gamers who did not like instant strategy games to continue playing, allowing this game to successfully break out of the circle. Its the same for Ghost General 2. On one hand, it perfectly replicated the hand sensitivity and combat mechanism of the combat game, retaining the essence of the content, making the experts of the combat game feel that this is an original combat game. There was no serious deviation. On the other hand, it changed the niche of the combat game to a certain extent, so that ordinary people could better play it, so that it has the possibility of breaking out of the circle! How did Ghost General 2 do it? There are three main reasons. First of all, the meticulously designed PVE combat system and stages. In the past, combat games dissuaded players more because of the high barrier of learning and the weaker fun. Even though traditional combat games are also divided into PVE and PVP, the design of the PVE part is relatively conservative, so it is very difficult to give players outstanding experience. Thats because the values are conservative, and the players and the monsters stats are similar. That makes it very difficult to adjust the difficulty level: If the monster AI is too weak, players can easily pass it without being challenged. However, if the monster AI is too strong, it would bring players huge difficulties and a strong sense of failure. For traditional combat games, PVP is the true core pleasure. However, the problem is that PVP is even more difficult to balance out and dissuades newbies. Without thousands of hours of training, one would not be able to experience the true fun of combat games. Therefore, Ghost General 2 made a drastic improvement on this point. The most obvious example is that PVE introduced the design concept of Repent and be Saved, strengthened the enemys stats, and weakened the enemys AI. The focus is to test the players basic operations. That way, the difficulty level would be maintained at a more reasonable level. Players would be able to feel the challenge and would suffer a little, but they would not be too defeated. They would be able to see their own growth and improvement every time. In addition to the little monsters cutting grass, horizontal movement, and exquisite stage design, Ghost General 2s PVE is filled with fun. It allows a player who has never come into contact with combat games to get used to it quickly. In other words, PVE is a newbie tutorial and the guidance of the core fun PVP. Other combat games did not do this well, but Ghost General 2 did it! Chapter 1452 - Ten Thousand People’s Petition To Retain Yu Fei! Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Second, a fascinating plot. I have to say that the plot is a huge plus point for Ghost General 2. Not only does it showcase the difficult parts of the plot in Ghost General 1, but it also makes the entire IP more complete and valuable. It also makes the PVE part of the game very fun and can attract players to play it more. Many generals in the game make people laugh. At the same time, they feel that it is quite reasonable in the background of this story. Take the Battle of the Red Cliffs for example. First, the Phoenix bloodline and Pang Tong strategy were used to modify Cao Caos demonic warship. Then, Zhuge Liang used the east wind at the Seven Stars Platform to wash the ground with guided rockets. Finally, the Lonely Shadow Swordsman Zhou Yu chased after him and was stopped by the demonized Xu Chu. The Dragon clans Martial Saint, Guan Yu, intercepted Cao Cao on the Huarong Road The story is based on history and acting novels, but it makes people feel that the logic is very consistent. There is even a feeling of dark humor. It turned out that Zhuge Liang did not borrow the east wind, but the east wind missile. It turned out that Cao Cao adopted Pang Tongs plan because the phoenix bloodline could indeed greatly strengthen the defense and power of the demonic warship. However, Pang Tong deliberately hid the fact that the phoenix bloodline would be stimulated by the power of fire In that case, Cao Cao lost the Battle of the Red Cliffs without being wronged. He was not brainwashed. It was not that the Cao army did not work hard, but Sun Liu had Guangda! I cant help but sigh at the plot. The creator of the IP for Ghost General is really creative! Of course, we also have to see the important role that the chief designer, Yu Fei, played in this. Ghost General 1 was only a card game. The initial version did not have much description of the generals at all. There was only one card image. The current person-in-charge of Zhongdian Chinese Network, Ma Dubiao, had increased the background story. However, even so, this story is still relatively simple. As an outstanding web novelist, Yu Fei expanded the simple background story and perfectly combined the historical story, the magical modification background, and the skills of generals. That was how the plot flow was so fascinating! On this point, the chief designer Yu Fei has a lot of credit. It also means that Boss Pei has a keen eye and did not choose the wrong person! Looking back now, what is Ghost General 2 lacking? Is it a professional design concept? Obviously not. Thats because Tengda Games is the most elite game design team. Every old designer can be the chief designer of other ordinary games companies and hold their own. In such a situation, even if Yu Fei doesnt care about anything, these old designers can do their own jobs and complete the basic content of the game. However, Yu Fei is unique and irreplaceable in terms of plot design! He has already shown good potential during the development of the downloadable content Eternal Reincarnation. Writing novels and designing game plots are two completely different things, but he happens to be good at both! Boss Pei obviously insisted that he be the chief designer to develop Ghost General 2 because the plot is the finishing touch of this game and the key to breaking out of the circle! Lastly, the appropriate simple operating mode and clearing mechanism. A simple operating mode would simplify the players techniques and retain the basic pleasure of rubbing moves. If you just kept pressing the AB button, the computer would automatically connect. Then, players would become ruthless connectors. They would not improve their skills at all, and they would not experience the fun of fighting games. The simple rubbing mode might still retain a certain threshold of proficiency, but it also allowed players who persevered to feel the pleasure of this combat game. When Seven Star Platform borrows the east wind, the feeling of personally rubbing out a super kill, isnt it very good? This is a joy that can never be experienced by a brainless mode that only buttons AB. What is compatible with this simple operating mode is the Boss Battle Pass mechanism in the game. It doesnt matter if you have terrible skills. You can still win the Boss as long as you interact with the map mechanism honestly. This official cheat mechanism is the legendary Boss Peis pity. It maximizes the game fun of players with terrible skills. At the same time, it ensures the possibility of the game breaking out of the circle. Lastly, the impact on the environment. We cant just look at Ghost General 2. We have to look at Tengda Corporations other games as well. Everyone should have noticed by now that Tengda Games has appeared like a geyser in the past few months. In half a year, Tengda Games released Eternal Reincarnation and Ghost General 2. Shang Yang Games made Safe and Civilized Driving, and Slow Movement Studio made the real estate intermediary simulator. Apart from that, I heard that Tengda has also sent designers to jointly develop the new project with Sun Strike Studios. It has also been developed and is about to be released. Why is that? Some people might say that Tengda is very efficient. However, the point is that Slow Movement Studio is not a subsidiary of Tengda. Needless to say, Sun Strike Studios is purely a business partner with Tengda. In fact, Boss Pei is very generous in distributing his ideas to these studios to guide them in the development of the game! This is enough to show that Boss Pei is no longer satisfied with Tengda developing its own game. Thats because no matter how much Tengda develops, there is a limit to the team. The development speed is not that fast. However, if we can cooperate with other outstanding game design teams in the country to ensure that the quality of the game is high and the direction of the game will not deviate, we can quickly turn these ideas into reality and bring more outstanding game works to players. Not only that, Tengdas design concept would also affect these companies, gradually affecting the atmosphere of the entire domestic games industry. Slow Movement Studio is a very good example: It is a company that specializes in VR games. The person-in-charge might have worked in Tengda Games before, but Tengda does not have absolute control over it. It only has the right to advise. The designers of Slow Movement Studios core team are basically newly recruited. However, Slow Movement Studios game is still in the same style as Tengda Games. It can be said to be the same. Theres no deviation at all! This is enough to show that Boss Pei carefully selected his partners. Boss Peis game design concept is very infectious. Boss Pei is consciously distributing less difficult and profitable projects to cooperating studios. On one hand, he is developing more works at the same time to save time. On the other hand, he is also influencing and guiding these studios to correct their previous wrong game design concepts. For example, Animal Island VR, Real Estate Agent Simulator, and the new project of Sun Strike Studios are all similar. For extremely difficult and risky projects, such as Mission and Choice and Ghost General 2, Boss Pei handed them directly to his trump card, which is Tengda Games! Therefore, dont mock Ghost General 2s sales and influence. Its not as good as real estate intermediary simulators and Safe and Civilized Driving because they were not on the same racing track from the beginning! Alright, thats all for todays analysis. After watching this video, do you still think Ghost General 2 is a failed game? Will you only talk about heroes based on sales? I hope that as a rational and tasteful player, you will not be so narrow-minded. You will focus on sales and profits. If you only focus on making money, then compared to GOG, all games are rubbish and have no meaning to exist. We should learn to observe and analyze games in more dimensions, as well as the meaning of the games existence. Lastly, I want to say that Ghost General 2 is really fun! Many players would not touch it once they saw that it was a combat game. This is obviously a loss. Many people would think, sigh, Ive never come into contact with combat games at all. How can I play them without any foundation in them? Its exactly the opposite. Its precisely because you havent come into contact with combat games that you should play Ghost General 2. Thats because its the best entry-level option for combat games that you can play! Ghost General 2 has only been released not long ago. Its still a long way from being finalized. Please patiently let the sales fly for a while. I believe that smart and tolerant gamers will definitely be able to give it an objective, fair, and comprehensive evaluation! In addition, I have a bold prediction: Everyone, dont have too much prejudice against Sun Strike Studios and Long Yu Corporation. Since Boss Pei is willing to cooperate and has sent a designer, this new game will probably be a Tengda-like game. It will also be a game worth looking forward to. Let us wait and see! I am Teacher Qiao, who has just returned from suffering. I wish all of you a happy Chinese New Year in advance. See you next time! After watching the video, Yu Fei opened his mouth slightly and could not close it for a long time. His face was filled with shock. So that was what happened? Ghost General 2 looked ordinary, but there were so many tricks behind it? Teacher Qiao was right. He was too small-minded indeed. As the chief designer of this game, Yu Fei had indeed only paid attention to its sales and popularity. He had not seen anything deeper. He had also not figured out why Boss Pei insisted on creating a combat game. Even though he was not sure if Teacher Qiaos analysis was all Boss Peis motive, it was at least the most reasonable explanation that Yu Fei had seen so far. The reason why Boss Pei kept asking him to stay was very obvious: Tengda was not lacking in talents in game design. However, Tengda was still lacking someone like him who could achieve the plot of the game to the extreme and make it into a selling point. Yu Fei could not help but feel surprised. Could it be that not only did I not do anything wrong with Ghost General 2, but I also contributed greatly? He opened the Weibo post that he had previously and realized that there were already a lot of comments below, all of them were trying to persuade him! It was obvious that many of them had come from Teacher Qiaos video. Huh? You cant leave! The poor sales of Ghost General 2 is a problem with the quality of the game. It has not started to break out of the circle. Wait patiently! Youve done very well in the plot. Dont belittle yourself! Thats right. Boss Pei has high hopes for you. Our players also hope that you can stay! Look, the chief designers hard work has not paid off. Hes already planning to leave. Why arent you buying Ghost General 2 to boost his sales? Dont let him shed blood and tears! Written petition by ten thousand people to let Yu Fei continue to be the chief planner of Tengda Games! This made Yu Fei feel a little awkward. He had originally wanted to put some pressure on public opinion and tell the public that he was leaving so that Boss Pei would agree to his resignation. However, he had not expected things to turn out this way! It would be inappropriate for him to continue insisting on leaving! Chapter 1453 - : Boss Pei’s Lessons Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Yu Fei was completely conflicted. Boss Pei and the passionate gamers were indeed hard to turn down, but he still wanted to leave in his heart. Qiao Liangs video had specifically praised him and highly confirmed his important value in the game plot design. He also thought that Yu Feis plot had the finishing effect on Ghost General 2. However, Yu Fei did not think that he had a reason to stay. Previously, 80% and 20% of the factors in his heart were want to leave and dont want to leave. Now, this ratio was 50% and 50%, half and half. It would be even more difficult! Yu Fei felt that even though the plot he wrote for Ghost General 2 was indeed not bad, game design was a very professional thing after all, right? He had only written a plot after all. The core idea of the game was completed by Boss Pei. The details were completed by the other designers in the games department. If it was just the plot, Yu Fei could actually accept the outsourcing model. In other words, he could continue to accept the plot requirements of Tengda Games after leaving Tengda Games. With Boss Peis generosity, he would definitely give a lot of money. If that was the case, there would be no reason for him to remain in Tengda. Whats more, he had just posted on Weibo that he was leaving. His attitude was quite firm. Yet, less than half an hour had passed, and he was already saying that he was not leaving? That was not appropriate. Wasnt that playing with players? Yu Fei was in a dilemma and was at a loss. He scrolled through Weibo, feeling conflicted. He saw more and more people replying to him and @ him. He clicked on it habitually while thinking about what he should do. Should he continue to insist on leaving despite everyones attempts to persuade him to stay? Or should he pretend that he had not posted the previous Weibo post and directly felt that it smelled good? How difficult! After some thought, Yu Fei decided to write another Weibo post. Thank you for your love and concern, everyone. As a half-baked designer, I am very touched to receive the support of so many players! Ghost General 2s plot has indeed gathered some of my hard work. Im very happy to see that everyone likes it. However, my help for Tengda Games is limited to the plot. I dont have much achievements in other aspects. In my current state, I should be saying that Im in the position of the chief designer, but Im working as a plot designer. Thats obviously not appropriate. The truly qualified chief designer should be omnipotent and not just write plots. Therefore, I appreciate everyone for asking me to stay, but Im more inclined to leave. However, please rest assured that I can work with Tengda Games in a freer way in the future, such as outsourcing the plot . I believe that Tengda Games new chief designer will definitely bring more outstanding works to everyone! This Weibo post was edited. Yu Fei placed his mouse on the send button but did not send it immediately. Think about it more carefully. If you change your mind after sending this message, the effect of the show would be maximised Yu Fei became cautious this time. After all, his first Weibo post had already attracted a lot of attention. Now, he could leave or stay. However, it would be inappropriate to change his mind after he posted the second Weibo post. Just as he was struggling internally, someone else tagged him. Yu Fei opened the notice and was suddenly stunned. That was because among these new @, there was a name that he was more familiar with: He An! Yu Fei was not unfamiliar with this name. In fact, anyone who knew a little about the domestic gaming circle would know He Lao. He was a big boss-level character in the domestic gaming circle back then. Yu Fei was very shocked. Why, was his Weibo so influential? It had even exposed He Lao, who had retired for a long time and did not care about worldly affairs? He quickly opened it and realized that He An not only simply @ him, but also posted a long Weibo post! The title was: Look at Boss Peis human art from Ghost General 2! Yu Fei was very surprised. Human art? Are they referring to me? Yu Fei quickly read on. I have gained something from playing Ghost General 2 recently. Ill share it with everyone. Many people have already spoken very well about the content of the game itself. Im not very professional in combat games, so I wont repeat it. However, I would like to use this game to discuss Boss Peis art of hiring people! I saw some people saying that as an online author, Yu Fei is indeed very accomplished in the game plot, but he is very weak in other aspects. He even needs Boss Pei and the old planner of Tengda Games to complete this game. In other words, they think that he is only a qualified plot designer, not a qualified chief designer. I have a different opinion on this. May I ask how to define the difference between the plot designer and the chief designer? If the plot designers plot design now conflicts with the games basic gameplay, stage process, and other content, how should the Development Team choose? Is it to better show the plot and modify the basic content of the game? Or is it to modify the plot for the game itself? Thats what I want to emphasize: the right to speak! Generally speaking, the plot designer that we mentioned would definitely have a lower status in the development team than the chief designer. The plot designers task is to put a reasonable plot coat on the game mechanism according to the requirements of the chief designer. Once there is a conflict, they would definitely listen to the chief designers requirements and change the plot. Conversely, what if the plot designer has a higher status in the Development Team than the chief designer? Then, when there is a conflict, the chief designer will listen to the plot designer. The plot will not change and modify the game function. Many people might say that its the same no matter how they change it. In any case, itll be fine as long as the game can be made in the end. The slight changes would not affect anything if there are conflicts. However, I want to say that this is obviously something that only laymen would say. How can you say that a little change might not affect anything? A finished game can be seen as a precision machine that is closely interconnected with various gears. It would move the entire body. Sometimes, if you change a small detail, it might cause a chain reaction and cause the entire game to collapse. If an outsider were to guide an insider, a tragedy like a game that focuses on the plot but feeds gamers sh * t in the plot would appear. On a smaller scale, it would leave flaws in a game that originally had the chance to pursue perfection. On a larger scale, the flaws in the plot would be enough to destroy all the hard work on the game mechanism and the quality of the game. It might even cause a god-like IP to fall into a bottomless pit! Someone might want to ask, do you support the plot designer or the chief designer? I can only say that the specific analysis of the problem depends on how much the plot plays in a game. If a game is an interactive movie game with a plot orientation, then the plot is of course very important. If the game itself is not the main plot, then the plot has to give way to the game mechanism. However, I want to emphasize something here: Some games might have the entire PVE content and many game mechanisms built on plot settings. Then, the plot might not seem that important on the surface. It seems like its not a big deal to modify the game mechanism. However, in fact, the importance of the plot is on par with the plot-oriented game in such games! For example, Eternal Reincarnation and Ghost General 2. They are not interactive movie games that focus on plots. The former is an action game, and the latter is a combat game. On the surface, their highlight is the combat system, as well as rich PVE and PVP content. However, they are games that are built on plot settings. For example, all the game mechanisms in Eternal Reincarnation originated from the original settings. The various generals skills, stages, and combat systems in Ghost General 2 also came from the games plot and worldview setting. Thats because the plot of these two games is natural. People would naturally ignore the role of the plot. However, everyone, think about it carefully. Have you ever played games where hero skills are incompatible with hero settings? For example, some card games with relatively low quality. You can clearly feel: Some skills seem to be applicable to other heroes; some skills are obviously a basic mechanism that is related to this hero. You can put it on other heroes with a change of skin. When everyone sees a heros skill in the game, they feel that it is especially appropriate and natural. It seems to be a part of the heros setting. Does this feeling appear often? Obviously, the former is a common phenomenon, and the latter is rare. Eternal Reincarnation and Ghost General 2 are the latter. Why did this happen? Its still the same as before. The right to speak is problematic. Thats because the plot designer has enough right to speak. Thats why the game background and game mechanism can be perfectly combined. Its not to turn the game plot into a simple skin. The difference in such details is the key to determining whether a game is an outstanding game or a top game. Someone might ask after seeing this: So? What does this have to do with Boss Peis method of using people? Of course, it has something to do with it. Thats because Boss Pei boldly used Yu Fei as the chief designer for Eternal Reincarnation and Ghost General 2. It officially reflects Boss Peis kindness and understanding! In order to achieve the current perfect state of these two games, Yu Fei must sit as the chief designer. He cannot sit as the plot designer because he would only have enough say if he sat as the chief designer! Chapter 1454 - I, Yu Fei, Am Actually Talented? Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios In other words, if we want to make the two games, Eternal Reincarnation and Ghost General 2, we have to put the plot at a very high position. The plot designer has to have more say than other designers. Therefore, the chief designer of this project has to be Yu Fei. Someone might want to ask Yu Fei to be a plot designer, but cant we give him the highest say? No. A plot designer is a plot designer. Yu Fei is in the position of plot designer. He will not think about problems that only the chief designer needs to think about. Then, the plot that he designed will still be a skin plot. It will not be able to stimulate his potential. Someone else might ask, cant we let other outstanding chief designers lead this project? My answer is still: No. That doesnt mean that Tengda does not have outstanding game design talents. On the contrary, Tengdas outstanding game design talents are completely overkill compared to other games companies. However, the problem is that some abilities are innate. No matter how much resources we spend the day after tomorrow, we will not be able to nurture them. No matter how outstanding a game designer is, he is only good at what he is good at. As long as we spend enough money and give enough resources, would we be able to create an outstanding director, author, and comic artist? Obviously not. This thing has to be talented. There is only a possibility of nurturing it in the future. There are very few talents like Boss Pei in this world after all. Most people are severely talented. Therefore, if you want to diversify the game and complete different development tasks, you have to let different people be in charge of different projects to achieve the ultimate! Boss Pei made an exception to promote Yu Fei as the chief designer because his talent is very compatible with the game characteristics that Tengda is going to develop. Therefore, I say that this is Boss Peis performance of being kind. I hope that the keyboard warriors on the internet would give less pointers if they dont understand. You think Yu Fei is not important in the project team. He is just a plot writer. Do you know more than Boss Pei? Why does Boss Pei keep asking someone to write a plot? Is he bored? There are only two reasons. First, the plot is very important. Second, not everyone can write this plot! If there was a better choice, why didnt Boss Pei choose someone else? Since when did Tengda become a place that talks about favors? Obviously, its because Yu Fei is indeed very talented in game plot design. Boss Pei saw this talent and felt that it would be a pity to waste it. Thats why he repeatedly tried to persuade him to stay. He hoped that he could achieve something in game design and walk a different path from Tengdas previous chief designers. Therefore, I hope Yu Fei does not belittle himself. You cannot only look at the sales volume of Ghost General 2 when you evaluate it. It is more meaningful in other aspects. Your role in this game is not dispensable, but irreplaceable! After reading He Ans long Weibo post, Yu Fei quietly deleted the second Weibo post that he had edited previously. No way! If Teacher Qiaos previous video had only made him secretly happy, then Old Hes Weibo post could be said to have enlightened him. It had enlightened him and cleared his long-standing confusion. He did not have any special abilities. Why did Boss Pei try to persuade him to stay over and over again? Now, he understood. He was quite talented and important! Boss Pei could not find a more suitable candidate indeed. That was why he kept asking him to stay! He had to say that Boss Pei was indeed the best game designer now. His vision was indeed very sharp. He An was indeed a veteran in the industry. He could see through problems so clearly. He was completely incomparable to the keyboard warriors who gave directions online! Since that was the case, there was nothing else to say. Im not leaving yet! If he left now, he would not only let down the expectations of the players, but he would also let down Boss Peis nurturing. Yu Fei preferred to write novels compared to designing games. However, he thought about it carefully. There were so many outstanding authors on Zhongdian Chinese Network. However, he was the only author that Boss Pei chose and made the designer! Yu Fei felt that his talent in online literature was not bad. He was considered above average. However, from the looks of it, his ability in game plot design was definitely top-notch! Obviously, he could not waste this talent casually. Yu Fei no longer hesitated and posted another Weibo post. Thank you everyone, I have decided to continue working in Tengda Games. Ive read everyones messages, and Im very touched. I will definitely create more outstanding games in the future to give back to everyone! At the same time, Pei Qian was in his office, watching Teacher Qiaos video while trembling in anger. What the f*ck This Teacher Qiao was hopeless, completely hopeless! How many days had he been back from Suffering Travels? He had created trouble by posting a video again! Pei Qian counted with his fingers. This video might have been planned from the first day of the torturous trip. It would be released today! Strictly speaking, this video should have been released before he flew over to Pei Qian. If Pei Qian had seen it earlier, he might have agreed to Yu Feis request! However, at that time, he had been racking his brains in his office thinking about the thesis. He had not been surfing Aili Islands website. Naturally, he had not noticed Teacher Qiaos update. Wasnt Ghost General 2 released two days late? It was caught by Teacher Qiao again! It looked like he had miscalculated. He had not done a good job of controlling time. This Suffering Travels and the new game were not very cooperative. After watching this video, Pei Qian suddenly suspected that he had made the right choice to persuade Yu Fei to stay. He would keep it. According to everyone, Yu Fei indeed had a set in plot design. If he did not keep him, who could guarantee that he would be able to transfer someone from the games department to be the chief designer? What if he earned more? At the very least, Ghost General 2 was still very famous and had average sales. What if the new game sales exploded after the chief designer was released? That was a difficult decision. Forget it, lets think about it after the new year. Its useless to rush this. We have to think about it at length. You cannot make a bigger mistake in order to remedy a mistake in a moment of impulse! It was almost the new year. It was almost the new year and the company was on holiday. There was no point in continuing to worry about work over the last two days. He might as well quickly come up with some ideas for the thesis. February 7th, Thursday night Bunny Tail Live-Stream, Zhang Yans live-stream. After two weeks of hard training, Zhang Yan finally achieved the standard results in the tug-of-war! There might still be a gap compared to the outstanding racing drivers but this was a huge improvement for Zhang Yan. Of course, the expenses were huge if they kept running on the racing track. Zhang Yan might have been driving carefully but she still accidentally scratched herself a few times in the process. Coupled with the tires and various normal expenses, the repair fee was still very considerable. If not for the fact that she had saved up a lot from traveling for a long time, she would not have been able to afford this. He had already spent so much money carefully, much less those who were careless and drove around. Every once in a while, people would post about their car accidents online. Some would collide in the city, some would collide during the long distance drive, and some would collide during the tug-of-war and venue competition. In any case, the results of the collisions were varied. Some people were furious and scolded the Development Team. Some were very calm and showed their tragic joy with the people. The netizens attitudes changed from unlimited sympathy to joy. This mentality was a little like watching many ballers draw tens of thousands of yuan in card games but feel lonely. Even though it was indeed miserable, everyone liked to watch this program effect. Look at the name of the game. Who asked you not to drive safely? Zhang Yan looked at the number of people in her live-stream. It had decreased compared to before. On one hand, it was almost the new year. The live-stream websites traffic was naturally decreasing. On the other hand, Zhang Yans racing car did not have much program effect. That was because he was too focused on driving a car. Zhang Yans standard was not top-notch in Bunny Tail Live-Stream. There were some very powerful big shots on Bunny Tail Live-Stream when it came to top driving skills. Some were car gods in simulation games and were very good at it. There were also some professional car drivers in reality. These people were much better than Zhang Yan. As for Zhang Yans previous live-stream, be it for a drivers license, a car, or a long distance, the program effect was very good. That was because she was a female driver. Whats more, the process of driving for a long distance was relatively boring. She could chat with the audience and work hard. Thus, she gained popularity very quickly. However, in the past two weeks, Zhang Yan had been training on the racing track once she started live-streaming. She had been training on the same racing track for several hours. Whats more, she might not have made any obvious improvements over the past few hours. In addition, the racing spirit had to be very focused. Zhang Yan basically could not read the bullet screen comments and communicate with the bullet screen comments. The live-stream effect would naturally decrease. However, Zhang Yan did not pay much attention to this. That was because her first goal was to hone her driving skills and become a true car god. As for live-streaming, it was just a matter of time. If she had hoped to make a lot of money from live-streaming, she might have gone to other platforms long ago. At that time, she would have created a gimmick as a female driver, put on heavy make-up, and find a guild to boost her ranking. Wouldnt it be nice if she returned the money of the ballers as if it was counted and split the audiences money evenly? Thus, Zhang Yan did not pay much attention to this situation. She was already very satisfied to be able to use the trend of the Safe and Civilized Driving simulator to become popular. She had gone from an unknown small streamer to a slightly famous streamer in the special zone of Safe and Civilized Driving live-stream. Eh? The new version of Safe and Civilized Driving will be updated tonight? Whats more, it will be updated for free. Zhang Yan was a little surprised. That was because Safe and Civilized Driving was a standalone game without any additional value-added services. Chapter 1455 - A Surreal Car? Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios For example, there was no such thing as spending money to exchange for game currency. It also prohibited transactions between players. Of course, there were pros and cons to this approach. The most obvious outcome was that apart from directly buying other peoples accounts, anyone who wanted to earn money in the game to buy a car had to earn money in the game themselves. They could not speed up this process by charging money or buying game coins from other players. For some people, it might mean fairness; for others, it might be rigid, rigid, and unreasonable. However, no matter what, the official platform did not seem to have the intention of changing this rule. Thus, players could only accept it. Since there was no internal purchase service, it would most likely follow the model of traditional games: maintaining subsequent income by relying on downloadable content. After all, the game itself was a one-off sale. The income would only decrease in the future. If the downloadable content was not charged, how would it support the cost of developing downloadable content? Hmm Perhaps there is less content for this update. Tengda will be more generous. Let me see what kind of updates there are Eh? Theres quite a lot of updates! Zhang Yan scanned the updates and found that there were a few rather heavy updates. First of all, there were seven different new cars updated in the game. Among them, domestically-produced manufacturer Stamfords new cars accounted for three of them. There were also some updates on high-speed roads, saving road sections, and competition maps. Second, the game was officially released as a VR version. You would be able to experience it after connecting the Doubt VR glasses. However, the current version was not perfect. It was still in the midst of further optimization. The game had also updated the support of the eye motion machine. This was good news for ordinary players. The so-called eye motion machine was to track the movement of the players eyes. The data of the players eyes moving could further affect the game graphics. The game graphics would change wherever the player looked. The reason why it was a good news for ordinary players was because it was a better alternative to the three screens. Many people might have financial problems or space problems if they wanted to form three 2K screens. However, the price of the eye motion machine was much cheaper than three 2K screens. However, driving games required better vision. For example, when driving a large truck, if there was only one screen, it would be difficult to look at the rear mirror and the instrument panel. The driving experience would be worse. In other words, the game currently had three different experience models: The best effect was still three screens or an ultra-width fish screen because the display effect was the best and the field of vision was relatively wide. The second was VR. Even though the display effect would be worse and it would look a little mosaic-like, and some people might feel dizzy, the immersion was indeed very strong. Finally, there was the eye motion machine. If there was only one screen, there would be no need for both hands to leave the steering wheel and use the mouse to adjust the field of vision. You would be able to see the rear mirror if you moved your head. Finally, he updated some Chinese New Year activities. For example, there were some special decorations outside the car. There were also some mascots related to the Chinese New Year in the car. There were also some decorations related to the Chinese New Year on the road and in the building of the city. It looked like these were all regular updates that had been arranged beforehand. Tengda Games was doing very well in this aspect. It was very good at continuing its popularity. Once a new game was released, most of the time, an update would be arranged in the short term to allow players to sense it clearly. That way, players would feel like they were being valued. It would effectively increase players stickiness. For example, some manufacturers did not make any moves for two to three months after the new game was released. They finally made a patch in the fourth month. In the end, players saw that they were all fixing bugs. At that time, they hid the game away and were not in the mood to play it. We can try the VR version someday, but the driving experience might not improve much. After all, the current VR glasses are still lacking in display technology. I can only hope that the Doubt VR glasses will be released as soon as possible. The update should be on the car then. Zhang Yan flipped through it and realized that what was more interesting about this update was that there were three new models of Stamford. Two of them were car models that existed in reality. There was also a K1. It looked quite good, but she had never seen it online. Struggle was considered a more famous brand in the country with a better reputation. Since Safe and Civilized Driving had updated its car this time, it naturally meant that both parties had reached a strategic cooperation. Someone will definitely test Stamfords car, right? I wonder if we can continue to be called a road tank in the game. Zhang Yan could not help but tease. Road Tank was a meme. It originated from the photos of many Stamford cars colliding with other cars. After colliding with various brands, Stamfords cars performed well. The other partys appearance was severely deformed, while Stamfords car only had a slight depression. Of course, he could not say that the safety of Stamfords car crushed all his peers. However, the results of Stamfords car in various collision tests were indeed not bad. In the end, Zhang Yan glanced at the bullet screen comments and realized that the audience seemed to be focused on this new car model K1. F*ck, streamer, buy this K1 quickly. Its too ridiculous! Its simply an official cheat! Im so envious that the streamer still has so much savings. He can buy a car on the spot. I bought a new car because I was cheap previously. I cant return it. Forget it, Im going to move bricks! With this car, we can use the Fully-Automated PC to farm money. I have a feeling that this game might become the world of studios in the future I think this is a little too much. Safe and Civilized Driving is obviously a game that emphasizes authenticity, but it actually created such an unrealistic car for endorsement and sponsored partnerships? Zhang Yan was confused. What were they talking about? She opened the details page of the K1 car curiously and found that it was quite expensive. It had reached 450,000 yuan. However, after various parameters, it was written: Under current laws and regulations, level L2 automatic driving! There were a total of five levels for automatic driving. At the moment, there were already many companies developing the technology for automatic driving both domestically and overseas. Whats more, there were already initial results. A level one automatic driving was actually a very simple driving support. For example, it could detect when the car was about to hit and help the driver to brake. A level two automatic driving could assist in turning, accelerating, changing lanes, and other operations. However, it still required the driver to be in charge of most safety functions, environmental monitoring, and had to be prepared to control the car. Level 3 automatic driving was more impressive. The car itself controlled all surveillance of the environment. This process could be through the pure visual plan of the camera, or through the joint detection of the camera and the laser radar. Normally, there was no need for humans to take over on the road below 37 miles per hour. A level 4 automatic driving was highly automated. Cars would consciously change lanes, turn, confirm the traffic signal light, consciously use the turn signal, and so on. They could complete the complicated road conditions for a long distance without the drivers intervention. On the other hand, a level 5 automatic driving did not need any driver. It could also complete the driving task under any harsh conditions. It was safer than human drivers. At the moment, level five automatic driving was still the highest goal of this technology. It was also very difficult to achieve level four. As for level three automatic driving, some companies claimed to have achieved it. However, when they saw the description of level three automatic driving, they could guess that many people said that they were L3 automatic driving. There was room for exaggeration. Thus, the current domestic law only supported automatic driving at L2 level. In other words, under any circumstances, the driver had to constantly observe the road and place his hands on the steering wheel to wait for orders. She had to ensure that she could immediately take over the car if something went wrong. It would be a violation if her hands left the steering wheel. The K1 model did not say what level of automatic driving it was exactly. It only highlighted that it reached L2 level automatic driving under current law. It was obviously a conservative saying. The game did not explain this car was at which level. Perhaps it was afraid that people would think that they were bragging? However, no matter what, from the reaction of the bullet screen comments, this was definitely not an ordinary car. It seemed like the production team had given it some very excessive parameters in the game. It had even reached the level of arousing public anger. Zhang Yan looked at her game balance and immediately bought it. She could do whatever she wanted with savings! However, this car that was priced at 450,000 yuan was indeed not cheap. It was tens of thousands more expensive than the first-tier branded car. Zhang Yan had almost been squeezed dry by this car. She would not be able to run on the racing track anymore and could only continue to earn money. She had just bought a new car after all and had to try it out even though large trucks and long distance cars could earn much faster. Whats more, Zhang Yan had not gone on a fixed race online for a long time. She actually missed it. Here was to driving the new car on the road! Chapter 1456 - The Erudite And Easygoing Driver AEEIS Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios At first, everything was normal. There were indeed automatic driving options in the car, but they could only be activated after the car reached the public road. Zhang Yan did not pay much attention to it. She drove to the public road as usual and accepted the online appointment. After that, on the way to pick up the passengers, she switched on the automatic driver. She placed his right foot on the brake, palms up, and hung naturally on her knees.She was less than two centimeters away from the steering wheel, ready to take over the car. The official platform only said that this was an L2 automatic driving machine after all. No one dared to guarantee whether this thing was reliable or not. This might be a game, not reality, and they would only spend game coins to fix it if they really bumped into each other. Even if they killed each other, they would only find another sister. However, Zhang Yan had already formed a habit of zero accidents throughout the long game. She had tried her best to avoid all sorts of small clashes even she was racing. How could she go against that policy when it came to city roads? That would definitely not do. She could not let her reputation be ruined by this car! The situation was more normal after the top laner. The car was going very smoothly according to the navigation route. It would stop when they saw a red light. It would also pay attention to whether there were passers-by when they made the right turn. It was also very flexible, smart, and safe. Not only that, the cars navigation was also better than other cars in the game. On the premise that the instrument panel was retained, K1 carried a relatively large car carrier display. There were two screens on it. The left side was the detection of the road situation of the car, including cars in front, passers-by on the roadside, and so on. It would be displayed in real time. The right side was the current navigation route. It was very clear. The steering wheel of the safe and civilized driving simulator would turn with every car turn. Zhang Yan did not need to do anything. She just had to stare at the screen and pay attention to the surrounding car. This driving experience was rather magical to Zhang Yan. Of course, it could also be because there were fewer pedestrians and cars on this road. The car situation was not that complicated, so it was going smoothly. The first order was completed very quickly. Customers were successfully sent to their destination. This automatic driving is a little powerful? I dont think it can achieve this level of automatic driving in reality, right? It has been driving for so long, and there is no need for manual intervention at all? In fact, Zhang Yan was already prepared to take over at any time. However, the actual automatic driving experience of this car was a little beyond her imagination. Its no wonder that everyone says that this cars automatic driving is a little ridiculous. However, thats not its limit. We can still find a more complicated place. Hmm lets go to the Tengda experience shop in the game! There were a few places in the game where there was a lot of traffic and traffic. It was near Tengda experience shop. That was because there were two huge shopping malls here, a subway entrance, GOGs competition venue, and the biggest Tengda experience shop in the country. They might have created a miniaturized Jingzhou City in the game but these key landmarks would definitely be displayed perfectly. This time, Zhang Yan did not accept the order. That was because she might not be able to receive the order that happened to be there. Thus, she made a trip on her own. In any case, the car was made of electricity. The electric bill in the game was very cheap. Soon, Zhang Yan drove K1, oh no, K1 drove itself and Zhang Yan to the destination according to the navigation. The road conditions here were indeed complicated. Especially at the crossings, there would often be pedestrians walking randomly on both sides of the road. There was even a pedestrians playing with their cell phones as they walked forward, closing in on the cars driving. Of course, she did not court death by sticking his head out. Instead, she turned back in time. However, K1 still detected it in time and quickly reduced the speed of the car while giving the driver a warning to avoid an accident. Zhang Yan broke out in cold sweat even though this person did not really run in front of the car. This car also handles complicated road conditions very well. Its even better than human drivers in certain aspects? Thats indeed quite ridiculous! Zhang Yan finally understood why the bullet screen comments were saying how awesome this car was. That was because it completely relied on itself to pass a very complicated road segment. Nothing happened even if there were people and cars mixed together. Those who could pass would pass normally. There would be no slow tortoise climbing. Those who could not pass would park and wait patiently. If there were passers-by who suddenly rushed out from the side, they would be able to detect it in time and reduce the speed of the car to avoid danger. Of course, the car itself had given several hints, reminding the driver to concentrate on the complicated road situation and suggested taking over. However, Zhang Yan did not take over, and the car continued to drive normally. In emergency situations, such as when a ghost poked its head out, the reaction speed of this car even surpassed that of a human driver. After all, human drivers had a visual blind spot, and the car had a camera and a laser radar. It could be seen more clearly. The cars screen had already been displayed on it when the passers-by were still in the blind spot of Zhang Yans vision. It was also marked with red, reminding them to avoid it. Of course, the automatic driving of this car was not particularly perfect. In Zhang Yans opinion, there was still some gap between it and human drivers, especially old drivers. For example, it was not very fast. It was certain that it would not exceed the limit. However, sometimes, if the road situation was not clear, it would lower its speed slightly. It would not be as slow as a tortoise, but it would also be slower than the old driver. This way, the time after running the same distance would become longer, but the advantage was that it would not reduce its speed frequently. He would not be able to experience it in the game. However, in reality, this would obviously bring him a better riding experience. He would not be easily dizzy. In addition, its compliance with the traffic rules would be a little too stable. There was no need to talk about things like giving way to the right path and letting the other party go first. Some places could obviously be plugged, but it did not add it. It did not increase its speed when it was plugged. Instead, it slowed down and let the other party add it. This caused time to become longer when passing through some blocked roads. However, he could not be blamed for this. That was because many old drivers behavior of saving time was in itself uncivilized. Not allowing others to stuff themselves could indeed make them faster when they were stuck in a traffic jam. However, the problem was that on one hand, it would increase the probability of accidents. On the other hand, it would also play the role of bad money expelling good money, making the roads in the city more chaotic. If everyone did not stuff themselves, the road conditions in the city would definitely improve. However, if you did not stuff yourself when others did, or if you gave in when others did, the final outcome might be that others might rush to the front but you were stuck in place. It was just like queueing. If others cut in line, it would be very difficult for you to not cut in line. When she was being stuffed by others, Zhang Yan was not anxious? Of course, she was. Sje had to say that the cars in the game were quite smart. They made all sorts of complicated road conditions, including the drivers who were adding stuff randomly. Obviously, this was to increase the difficulty of the players on the road and maximize its authenticity. Therefore, when they encountered a plug in the game, many players would speed up and not let it pass when they were angry. They would even flip it. In any case, the other party would be responsible. In reality, she was afraid of getting into an accident and did not want to fix a car. However, she could not care so much in the game. She could not let this happen! However, Zhang Yan did not do that because she realized that the AEEIS in the car system would comfort her! AEEIS decided to give way. After all, hes in a hurry to reincarnate. Every driver has the same number of times they plug in. Whoever finishes first should leave first. Seeing how eager he is, AEEIS decided to give up. Even though he should give way directly when making a turn, and he did not give way to AEEIS, it doesnt matter. There will be a time when his turn will become a side collision or a 25% deviation collision. Zhang Yan was quite angry when her path was blocked and snatched. However, after hearing AEEIS, she was not angry anymore. Instead, she wanted to laugh! This was a little like when the driver was driving. It was inevitable that there would be road rage and want to curse at the stupid driver. However, if the co-pilot cleverly dissed him at this time, the drivers anger would naturally quickly subside. AEEIS was not scolding angrily, but gracefully. The effect was better. In addition, this car was actually driving automatically. It gave people the feeling that AEEIS was talking about monologue while driving, making Zhang Yan feel especially interesting. This AEEIS voice package is awesome! I think we should install one in every car in the future. It can effectively reduce road rage. Yes, the test is over. I can go back and continue working. Ill drive it myself. I havent driven a car in a long time. Hurry up and leave the downtown area to collect the bill to earn money. Zhang Yan gently stepped on the brake, took over the car, and prepared to drive out of the downtown area. The logic of automatic driving was that gently braking or moving in the direction would be equivalent to taking over. However, lightening the accelerator would not count. Heavy stepping on the accelerator would count. K1s automatic driving could also deal with complicated road conditions, but it was too important for safety after all. It would be slower to drive. It would be too slow to earn money by opening internet cafes and cars in this place. It was better to take orders at places with better road conditions, run a longer distance, and earn more money faster. Whats more, the automatic driving had been driving for so long. Zhang Yan had not had the time to test the performance of this car. He stepped on the accelerator. Go! Zhang Yan was now a true veteran driver. Even though she would not drive the racing track on the city road, she was still very good at regular operations of experienced drivers, such as plugs. AEEIS was still navigating normally at first. However, as it opened, Zhang Yan suddenly realized that something was amiss. Please maintain the distance between the cars. Youre just one step away from the accelerator to send you off with the car. Now, youre only one step away from a full time pursuit.. AEEIS thinks that you should have a clear estimate of the driving level of human drivers and reduce the standards appropriately. Chapter 1457 - The Driver’s Second Pair Of Eyes Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Youll be held responsible for catching up later. Theres a recording in the car. AEEIS has completed the reminder task and is not in the automatic driving state. The responsibility is completely on the driver. AEEIS will truthfully report to the traffic police officer. The image of the car recording will be uploaded at the same time. Theres a speed camera in front. Please slow down. Overtime estimates: If you exceed the stipulated time limit by 10%, you will not reach 20%. You will be rewarded with 3 marks and fined 50 yuan. After overtime, AEEIS will automatically generate fine orders. Detected that there seemed to be abnormal acceleration in the back of the car just now. I suggest you stay away from him and avoid him. Driving habits algorithm detected that the car danger index in the front right is B-rank C more dangerous. It is recommended to stay away. Detected that you are undergoing dangerous driving behavior. Recommendation to revise subject four: The speed cannot exceed 30 kilometers per hour through sharp turns, non-automated car lanes, iron road intersections, home roads, narrow bridges, downhill roads, sharp turns, snow roads, and mud roads. Your driving speed is not lower than 30. Do you want to book a new drivers license test? Zhang Yan exclaimed. She had thought that AEEIS had changed. Now, he realized that it was still the same. How pure! AEEIS would immediately start reminding if it detected the drivers dangerous driving behavior. However, such reminders were indeed infuriating most of the time Fortunately, Zhang Yan had experienced the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine before and had a good understanding of AEEISs temper. Thus, this apology did not make her feel angry. Instead, it was quite interesting. After all, everything AEEIS said was based on the traffic rules. The AEEIS intelligent system in this car obviously had two models: one was an automatic driving mode. At this time, apart from knowing how to drive, AEEIS would also diss the behavior of other cars. The other was the driver mode. AEEIS would target the driver. Once the driver showed signs of not being safe, it would ruthlessly criticize. How did AEEIS judge these dangerous driving behavior? That was because the automatic driver system of the car was also working when the driver was driving. Even though the driver had the highest authority, when in extreme emergencies, such as when he was about to catch up and hit someone, the driver would not have time to react. The automatic driver system would also help to stop. Even if such an extreme situation did not occur, the screen on the car would still show the cars, pedestrians, and other information that appeared nearby in real time. It would also calculate the best way to drive in the current situation. The reminders and warnings would help the driver obtain more road information. It had not taken over the driving of the car, but the relevant calculations were still ongoing. Whats more, Zhang Yan noticed that not only could this car detect the dangerous driving behavior of this car, but it could also detect the dangerous driving behavior of other cars. For example, if a car outside frequently slowed down, plugged in, or accelerated in places that should not have been accelerated, after being scanned by the smart system on K1, AEEIS would think that this car had a certain degree of danger. It would be marked on the screen and used as a voice message to inform the driver. It would estimate the damage rating based on the cars dangerous driving model to remind the driver to pay attention. Some people might think that this thing was useless. If he met a car on the way, he might not be able to see it for a few minutes. What could he do with this bit of data? However, it was better than nothing. In fact, when driving, especially when there was a traffic jam, they would often encounter a situation where several cars were blocking the same road. Perhaps a car snatched the car lane and went first, but after a period of time, they would see it in another car road. This situation was quite common. Under such circumstances, the system would remember the car for a period of time as long as it made any dangerous movements. It would remind the driver to stay away and try to avoid accidents. Whats more, this was only the initial function. It would be very expandable in the future. If there were more and more K1 outside, the data collected would become richer, and the data stored would become more and more numerous. Then, he would be able to judge the risk level of a car based on a large number of calculations. The more data there was, the more accurate the specific number would be. In fact, one day in the future, it was possible that the car owner of K1 would be able to see the danger of most of the surrounding cars once he went on the road. The car owner would know. Not only that, there was another benefit to this smart driving system. It was a more accurate reminder than the navigation. The navigation would only remind them of the road in front. However, they did not know that the driver was driving wrongly. The navigation would only discover it when it was completely biased. Then, they would redesign the route. However, K1s automatic driving system was very clear about when to change lanes and make preparations. Thus, if the driver did not do these movements in time, AEEIS could remind her first and even tell her where she went wrong. For example, some intersections in the city road did not allow left turns. The navigation might have directly indicated that they had to go straight. The driver might not have seen the logo that prohibited left turn. She might still be puzzled. Wasnt this just a direct left turn? She might have turned left without thinking too much. The navigation would not react at this point in time. However, once AEEIS discovered that the driver had switched on his left turn signal and turned the steering wheel, it would know that the driver wanted to turn left. It would remind the driver immediately that a left turn was not allowed at this intersection. After turning left, three points would be deducted and two hundred would be fined. At that time, the driver still had room to salvage the situation. He would not look so confused when he received the ticket. There were many similar things. All in all, AEEIS drove very standardly and strictly followed the traffic rules. It was slow but very safe. AEEIS would also constantly remind people to correct their wrong driving behavior when they were driving. It might be quite annoying for some drivers who were used to it and would turn off AEEIS, but it might not be a bad thing for others. After all, how could ones shoes not be wet when walking by the river? If you kept stuffing yourself, you would be fine even if you added it for ten years. However, if a drivers head was relatively hard and did not let you go at all, you might be met with a car accident or a side trip. This game was called Safe and Civilized Driving. It was indeed worthy of its reputation. While driving, Zhang Yan also realized that apart from automatic driving, this car actually had another advantage. That was to expand the drivers vision and increase the safety of the car! It was safer than other cars even if he did not drive the automatic driving mode. There was actually a paradox in automatic driving technology: automatic driving required high-definition cameras and sensors, powerful carload chips and algorithms. All of these required money. Then, new energy cars that carried automatic driving might be more expensive than traditional branded oil cars. If one did not use the automatic driving, the equipment would not be used. Wouldnt the money be wasted? However, if the driver used automatic driving, he would naturally let down his guard. What if something went wrong with the automatic driving system? In other words, the driver had to keep a close eye on it. Even if this automatic driving system had run for tens of thousands of kilometers without any problems, it did not mean that it would not have any problems in the next second. The driver could not relax completely. How much more convenience could this automatic driving technology make for the driver? Use, not safe enough; dont use, waste money. This paradox was also an important reason why many people thought that automatic driving was a long way from being truly mature. However, while driving K1, Zhang Yan realized another role of this technology: expanding the vision of the driver. Due to the high-definition sensors and cameras, the cars could monitor the drivers blind spot and remind him in time. In other words, even if you dont use automatic driving, buying this car would be equivalent to having an artificial intelligence old driver watching you on the passenger seat and giving you suggestions. The money spent on these sensors and cameras was worth it because it was equivalent to the drivers second pair of eyes. It was indeed useful! As long as you could hold back AEEISs BB. Zhang Yan drove the car out of the downtown area and was banned by AEEIS all the way. Alright, alright. Youre so awesome. You should drive. Ill continue to open the competition path later. The racing drivers were driving very fiercely on the racing track, desperately fighting for that fraction of a second. However, when they reached the city road, they all drove very orderly, completely different from the competition ground. That was because the racing drivers were professionals. They knew very well that the racing track and city road were different. The racing car and home car were also different, so the two driving methods were naturally different. The more noob a person was, the more they liked to be brave and ruthless on the city roads. They would race wildly and play drift. That was because they had no idea about their own skills at all. At the same time, they did not take their lives and safety seriously. Zhang Yan might not be a racing car driver in reality but she had already had a similar mentality after training in the game for so long. She changed the car to an automatic driving mode and continued to run the internet cafe while chatting with the bullet screen comments. At that moment, the comments were all focused on the automatic driving of K1. This is too ridiculous. Why do I feel like AEEIS is better at driving than humans? This doesnt make sense, right? It reminds me of the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine Previously, I couldnt win AEEIS in an argument. Now, I cant even drive it Is this automatic driving technology almost at L4 and L5? It has been operating for so long but it has not taken over even once, right? There were so many people at the entrance of the shopping mall. I thought I had to take over. In the end, they really drove over slowly? It was even more stable than driving! Thats why I said that this car is an official cheat. Wouldnt it be invincible to drive it and ask for a car? It might be a little slow to earn money, but it can be hung up! Buy a K1 and let it earn its own money by making an online appointment. I know why this downloadable content is free. It cant be because youve received Stamfords advertising fee, right? Even though the Stamford car is indeed alright, isnt it a little too much to do this? Chapter 1458 - There’s No Way to Hang Up On The Automatic Driving To Spend Money Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Someone on the bullet screen quickly tried to smooth things over seeing the gunpowder. This is just a game. Dont bring too much reality into it. How can I not? If this car is a fictitious car logo, it would be alright. At most, it would mean that some sci-fi elements were added in the game, which would surpass the current technology in reality. However, it is under Stamford. Wouldnt that give many people who dont know the truth a misleading feeling? The key is that this caused the inequality of the game. Wouldnt K1 have one each in the future? Thats right. Why should Stamford be better than other brands in the game? This advertising effect cannot be underestimated. Can the workspace create many very rich initial accounts? Will there be log-in services in the future? I feel that this K1 update is a failure! Most people had similar feelings but felt uncomfortable. That was because Safe and Civilized Driving was a game that boasted authenticity. However, this car seemed to have exceeded the current technology level. It looked unreal! Previously, everyone had understood that in reality, automatic support driving was at most following cars, parallel lines, and so on. There were very few automatic driving cars that could luckily complete the intersection without protection and turn left. However, not only did K1 easily complete several unprotected left turns, but it also dealt with complicated road sections that even human drivers found troublesome. That made people feel that it was very ridiculous! In that case, what was the purpose of updating such an unreal car in the game under Stamford? It was hard not to guess randomly. It was hard not to worry about the studio spending money. Aiya, everyone, stop arguing. This automatic driving cannot get paid. Everyone, dont argue. Youll know once you try. Look. Zhang Yan had been researching the specific mechanism of automatic driving since just now. Now, she was finally researching the exit path. She made three different movements. The first was to leave the steering wheel completely with his hands and his feet not touching the brake or the accelerator at all. He would leave completely. The second was that his hands did not touch the steering wheel, but his palms were placed on his lap, ready to take over. The third was to place both hands on the steering wheel but not compete with the automatic driving of the car. It was only then that the audience noticed that this car did not completely care about the driver during the automatic driving process. During the process of automatic driving, the car would send out reminders every once in a while and judge the drivers state. The content of the reminder was: This car was in automatic driving. However, please note that under current law, only L2 automatic driving was supported. The driver still had to constantly monitor the road conditions and state of the car and be prepared to take over at any time. This hint would be shown every once in a while. At the same time, the car would judge the drivers state and make the corresponding test. If the drivers hands were on the steering wheel, no hint would be triggered. The automatic driving would be carried out normally. As for how to judge this? It was very simple. As long as the driver placed his hands on the steering wheel and the automatic driver moved the steering wheel, there would naturally be a very small resistance. This resistance would not affect the automatic driver, but it would let AEEIS know that the drivers hand was on the steering wheel. The simulators steering wheel was a direct steering wheel with feedback. It was very sensitive to this. If he could not tell, or if the drivers hands were not on the steering wheel, the car would make a test request for the driver. For example, in a safe road, the driver had to step on the accelerator slightly or move the steering wheel slightly and input a little strength. The requirements would be different each time according to the different sections of the road. The system would also give different feedback according to the time between the driver completing this operation. If the driver quickly completed this operation, the system would determine that the driver was in a highly concentrated state and the automatic driving would be carried out normally. If the driver was slower, the system would broadcast a reminder again to the driver to pay attention to the road situation and not rely on automatic driving. If the driver reacted slowly or did not react at all, the system would choose a safe place to park and not drive. Of course, during this process, the driver could obtain control of the car through human intervention and start the automatic driving again. However, if the driver did not do anything, the car would stop by the side of the road. If they did not move for a long time, the car would automatically send a signal to call the police. A car would come and drag the car away. In other words, this automatic driving was not like what many cloud players in the bullet screen comments had guessed. It did not have any requirements for the driver and could not make money. It was impossible to hang up the phone. Once the system caught him, the automatic driving would stop. If there were still customers in the car at that moment, then he did not know how much money would be deducted from this order. He would even deduct the existing deposits and savings, much less the car fees. To ordinary players, this was obviously not worth it. If one had to keep an eye on the road situation during the automatic driving period and respond to the systems requirements, why dont I drive myself? Of course, even if he wanted to respond, automatic driving would save more time and effort. The player could relax a little. However, this advantage was obviously not enough to destroy the balance of the game. Therefore, many cloud players felt that this thing would be a godly weapon to run online and arrange for cars. This was obviously a misunderstanding caused by not understanding the specific mechanism. Of course, there was another possibility: using cheat. They could cheat the system of transmission signal and achieve the goal of hanging the phone. However, this world dealt a strong blow to cheat. Production, transmission, and use of cheat programs would be severely punished. The official games platform had encryption of the game program, and the game data would be connected to the internet to constantly monitor abnormal data. Spending so much effort to create a cheat just to use the automatic driving car to earn more money in the game One could only say that the loss outweighed the gain and the brains were fried. If one had the energy, why would he fight an ordinary standalone driving game to the death? They could instead harm FPS games. Zhang Yans test results were that the best sitting posture during the automatic driving was the second type: placing her palms on her legs, ready to take over. That was because it was more tiring to hold the steering wheel for a long time. On the other hand, if her hands were completely off the steering wheel, she would not have enough time to react. She would either be in danger or it might cause the automatic driving system to stop. Obviously, the attitude of the game was very clear: automatic driving could indeed save the driver some effort, but he could not rely too much on it. This was your own life. You still had to pay attention to it. The car could be said to be the most powerful killing weapon that ordinary people could obtain under the current legal framework. Any slight mistake might cost a life. He had to take it seriously. After Zhang Yan verified the details of the automatic driving technology, her doubts about the fairness of K1 disappeared, leaving only doubts about fairness. Obviously, the automatic driving technology in the game had not become a money gap. However, why did Stamford obtain an automatic driving technology that was completely ahead of time when the other car brands did not? At the end of the day, they had taken Stamfords money! Zhang Yan was helpless about this. She could deeply verify the automatic driving mechanism of the car. However, she really could not guess why Shang Yang Games wanted to release such an automatic driving model for Stamford. She could only wait for public opinion to ferment and see how Tengda would respond. February 8th, Friday. The controversy about the new version of Safe and Civilized Driving on the internet was brewing. Many comments online were blaming the game Safe and Civilized Driving for losing its original beliefs and losing the fairness and authenticity that it should have. It was equivalent to slapping themselves in the face. This criticism increased significantly during Friday. The reason was not difficult to guess. It was definitely the outcome of a group of interest! In fact, to gamers, the update of Safe and Civilized Driving was quite conscientious. Even though some gamers felt that K1s automatic driving model was very inappropriate and should muddle the car logo and not put it under Stamford, this emotion was not that intense. Everyone was still willing to wait for Shang Yang Games to give a reasonable explanation. However, the relevant parties did not think so. Safe and Civilized Driving had offended many car manufacturers. Stamford Cars had many enemies both domestically and overseas. Many car models had been smashed in Safe and Civilized Driving, causing the entire internet to mock them and cause a certain public sentiment crisis. How could these car merchants let it go? Yes, IIAS was also doing a collision test. They had also smashed their cars into pieces and even uploaded the video and collision results online. However, IIASs influence on ordinary consumers was not that big. Many people only went back to IIASs website to take a look before buying a car. Apart from some popular key car models, this collision outcome would not cause much of a stir online. Secondly, IIAS had a strong backer and had always been fair. Even if these car merchants wanted to fight back, they could not find a breakthrough. If IIAS made a seemingly unfair review one day, there would definitely be a large-scale attack on it online. This was almost inevitable. However, your Safe and Civilized Driving is a lousy game. What virtues and capabilities do you have to take it up like IIAS? The key was that the negative public opinion generated by Safe and Civilized Driving was greater than IIAS because the influence of this game was too wide! Now, all the driving schools in the country were promoting the safe and civilized driving simulator. There were too many active players in this game. If the manufacturers car was weak and had poor safety here, it would directly affect the car sales in reality. Whats more, previously, Safe and Civilized Driving was supposed to work with some car merchants, but these car merchants rejected it. Subsequently, these car merchants took the initiative to seek cooperation. Safe and Civilized Driving actually asked for too much, asking them to pay! That was obviously intolerable. Good lord, you defamed me. Ill authorize the car to you, but I have to give you money in the end? I cant interfere with the performance of this car in the game? Im a car company. Wouldnt I become a beggar? The key was that they had not come into contact with Boss Pei, not Tengda Corporation, but only Shang Yang Games, a subordinate of Tengda Corporation. Many car merchants could not tolerate being messed up by a game merchant. Now, they had finally seized an excellent opportunity! Chapter 1459 - An Immovable Holiday! Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios In just one day, the internet was abuzz. On one hand, it was because the game Safe and Civilized Driving was indeed too popular. It had already broken out of the circle. Naturally, there would be more discussion after the new version was released. On the other hand, it was also because many car merchants had added fuel to the fire and deliberately hyped it up. At first, many players did not think much of it. After all, this was just a game. It was not a big deal to update a car model that did not match reality. They would explain, apologize, and turn off the automatic driving of this car if they could not play it. It was not a big deal. However, as more and more discussions online became more intense, many gamers could not sit still. Hurry up and explain, Development Team! Was this car custom-made by the manufacturer? Or did the Development Team want to add the automatic driving function in the game and happen to choose Stamfords car? No matter what, he had to clarify. He could not keep pretending to be dead, right? However, after worrying for a long time, everyone realized that there was no movement from Shang Yang Games. Then, rumors spread online: The entire Tengda Corporation was on holiday! Many netizens were shocked. It would only be New Years Eve the next day, wouldnt it? The Chinese New Year holiday would only start the next day? Why was the holiday a day in advance? Someone then came out to correct him and said that the holiday started on February 7th. The new version was automatically updated. The netizens were speechless. Good lord, they were now handed lemons? At the thought that he was still working hard in the company, he wondered if the train home tomorrow on Chinese New Year Eve would be extremely crowded. In the end, Tengda had already taken a break two days in advance. Not only did it miss the peak of Chinese New Year, but it also had two more days of holiday. How could it not be sour? Since they were on holiday, they could forget about hoping that Tengda would clarify things. That was because Tengdas holidays were real holidays. Other than the departments who went to work normally and took turns to rest during holidays, the other departments strictly implemented the holiday rules. Even if the employees wanted to work, there was no way! It would have to wait until the end of the Chinese New Year holiday even if Tengda were to officially respond to this question, which was the 16th. Many people seemed to understand why the rhythm was so big this time. Obviously, these manufacturers would reap the most benefits if they made a move now! On one hand, it was because Tengdas new version had indeed given the opponents a chance to attack them. On the other hand, it was also because many people knew Tengdas character. It had a long holiday. Whats more, it would definitely not work even if the sky collapsed after the holiday! In that case, even if Tengda clarified this problem after the Chinese New Year holiday, these manufacturers could also create rumors, exaggerate, incite, and attack without any restraint during the Chinese New Year holiday. During the Chinese New Year period, most people would stay at home and have nothing to do. At that time, the hot topics on the internet would ferment faster and obtain greater popularity. After the Chinese New Year holiday, everyone would quickly be busy with other things. At that time, the efficiency of information spreading online would be greatly reduced. Whats more, there was a saying that rumors move the tongue and stop rumors from spreading. Negative rumors would spread much faster than positive ones. These car companies had set a storm-like tempo for Safe and Civilized Driving during the Chinese New Year period. It would be useless even if Tengda released a clarification statement immediately after the Chinese New Year. That was because the damage to Safe and Civilized Driving had already been formed. It was very difficult to reverse it! This was obviously a theres no time to waste mentality. Even if Tengda reacted in time and clarified quickly, this hot topic would quickly dissipate. However, it would not be at a disadvantage to secretly lead the way! After this analysis, many hardcore gamers of Tengda could not sit still anymore. We cant continue like this. The person-in-charge of Tengdas relevant departments can just come out and make an announcement. Is there a need to set the rule of not working overtime so dead? Thats right. At the very most, you can just pay more overtime. This is an emergency. You cant be so slow! Sigh, could Tengda be getting bigger and bigger, and its fighting spirit is getting weaker and weaker? Dont be dragged to death by your own benefits in the end. That would be too stupid! The netizens watched as the popularity of this topic increased day by day. All of them were anxious and could not wait to call Boss Pei and rush him to get his subordinates to make an announcement. However, it was useless to be anxious. Tengda still did not react as if nothing had happened. The netizens had no choice. Forget it, lets leave it at that! It would be ridiculous if the emperor was not anxious while the eunuch was. At the same moment, Sun Strike Studios. Min Jingchao stretched. Alright, Im done! After nearly five months of intense development, Bullet Hole 2 was finally completed as scheduled. Whats more, it had been conducted a highly confidential small-scale internal test. At the moment, it was a relatively stable version. Sun Strike Studios had hired many FPS gamers in the country for testing when they were developing Bullet Hole previously. It was the same this time. In order to prevent leaks, everyone who participated in the internal beta test had signed a confidentiality agreement just to prevent leaks. The outside world did not even know that this game was called Bullet Hole 2. The reason why Zhou Muyan was so careful was mainly because of the uniqueness of Bullet Hole 2. Everyone knew that Tengda, Sun Strike Studios, and Long Yu Corporation were jointly developing a new game. Whats more, it was Boss Peis idea. Naturally, there was a lot of attention. Yet, Bullet Hole 2 was a FPS game with a orientation. In other words, its model could be replicated to a certain extent. The patent did not protect the gameplay. If other companies wanted to copy this model, it was completely within the legal scope. If this game was exposed too early, other games companies might work overtime to develop it. What if it was released before Bullet Hole 2? Even if it was later than Bullet Hole 2, it would still cause players to be divided. Therefore, Zhou Muyan had to keep it a secret as much as possible. That way, he could seize the market as soon as possible after Bullet Hole 2 was released and establish a strong moat. After two to three months, the game that followed the trend was released, and Bullet Hole 2 finished eating these players up, it would be very comfortable. Of course, the prerequisite for all of this was that Bullet Hole 2 had successfully become popular. If this game did not become popular, it would not follow suit at all. It would not be able to make money at all. Now, Bullet Hole 2 had been handed over to Long Yu Corporation. There was a special operations team that would promote and distribute it during the Chinese New Year period. Min Jingchao and the development team of Bullet Hole 2 had already completed their task and could enjoy the entire Chinese New Year. Sun Xi was obviously not used to his current state seeing Min Jingchao look like he was completely relieved. Jingchao are we really on holiday? Dont care about anything? Min Jingchao nodded. Thats right. What else do you want to interfere in? Sun Xi asked, What if something goes wrong with the game? What if there are malignant bugs? What if players are not satisfied with some gameplay? Min Jingchao was confused. Havent we already fixed countless bugs and tested the AI program many times? There shouldnt be a huge malignant bug. As for players who are dissatisfied with the gameplay, we can finetune it after the Chinese New Year. Theres no need to be in a hurry. You have to believe that as long as the quality of the game is high, a little bug would not be a big problem. Even if theres a huge problem, can it be resolved in the few days that is Chinese New Year holiday? You might as well rest well. Look. Previously, many people were worried that they would not be able to complete the project on time if they did not work overtime. However, what about now? It was still successfully developed! Sun Xi opened his mouth to say something, but he could not refute. Sh*t, that sounded reasonable! However, this was indeed completely different from the thinking that Sun Xi had formed all year round. Logically speaking, the development team had to be on standby the entire time for at least a week or two after the game was released. If any bugs or problems appeared, they could repair it immediately. Whats more, during the period of development of the game, in order to catch up on 996, it had become the default rules in the industry. Employees would basically abide by them, much less companies. However, under Min Jingchaos strict requirements, the project team did not work overtime for even a day and even developed the game! Of course, they encountered some setbacks in the beginning. Everyone felt that the development progress was obviously laggy. The project team felt that they had to work overtime. However, Min Jingchao forced himself to endure the pressure. He could either hire people or postpone it. In any case, he could not work overtime. These people had no choice. They could only rush as the deadline approached. Yet, his progress was catching up! Min Jingchaos initial plan might be a little slower but developing games would always encounter various unexpected problems. It was normal to delay and skip the ticket. Whats more, Min Jingchao had left some room for advance when formulating the plan. Therefore, being able to develop it before Chinese New Year meant that the entire team was very efficient. Many people in the team were shocked by this efficiency. Now that Min Jingchao had said that he did not have to worry during the Chinese New Year period and hand all the publicity work to Long Yu Corporation that was it. Everyone might be very concerned about the situation after Bullet Hole 2 was released since it concerned their bonus after all, but who did not want to spend the new year at home? Sun Xi nodded and ended his work slightly, preparing to go home. Suddenly, he thought of something. By the way, I saw many controversies about Safe and Civilized Driving on the internet recently. Some people even said that Tengda is already on holiday? They dont intend to clarify? Is that true? Sun Xi was very curious. If there was no problem with Bullet Hole 2, so that they could relax and take a break, what would happen to Safe and Civilized Driving? Min Jingchao did not care at all. Oh? Dont worry about that. Sun Xi was confused. Why is there no cause for worry? Even if Boss Pei is clear-headed and doesnt make mistakes, he cant possibly watch every department without making mistakes, right? Min Jingchao smiled. Tengda might make mistakes, but its impossible to make mistakes on such a problem. Many people say that they are advertising after accepting Stamfords black money. Then, I can say very clearly that its impossible. Thats because it is impossible for anyone from Tengda, from Boss Pei to the heads of the various departments, and then to all the employees, to do this. Thats because no one but Boss Pei can benefit from this. Whats more, Boss Pei has the final say. In my opinion, this is probably a very ordinary trick. Tengda people are used to it. Dont worry.. Chapter 1460 - Bullet Hole 2’s Operational Strategy Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios That night, Long Yu Corporation. Jin Yong came to the door of the Management Directors office and knocked lightly. Boss Kang, are you looking for me? Jin Yong was very cautious and did not dare to be negligent. The Management Director of Long Yu Corporation was the senior Vice-President of the HR and administrative department. He directly managed the appointment and promotion of all the heads of the company. He reported directly to the boss. He was definitely in a high position and most of his words often represented the boss meaning. Previously, the upper echelons had discussed and allowed Boss Kang to handle the matter of Zhao Xuming being poached by Tengda. Jin Yong replaced the position that Zhao Xuming had left behind. In terms of work and experience, he was lower than Boss Kang. Naturally, he had to be more polite. Youre here? Quick, take a seat. Boss Kang invited Jin Yong to sit on the sofa at the side and asked, How are things going with IOI? Jin Yong was a little puzzled. Why was Boss Kang asking about this? However, he still answered truthfully. Everything is going quite smoothly. FV Teams champion skin has been created. I took a look and saw that the quality is excellent. Whats more, FV Teams players are very satisfied. They will be updated with our Chinese New Year version according to the original plan. Boss Kang nodded slightly. Yes, then you shouldnt have much work to do next, right? Jin Yong was a little confused. Er thats right. Finger Games hasnt had any work arrangements recently. The notice that the company gave our project team is also on holiday normally? To be precise, everyone else in IOIs operations and cooperation department had already left. Some of them were trains tomorrow, while others had already left this afternoon. Of course, Chrtien had no reason to stay. He had already taken a plane and left on holiday. Only Jin Yong was called over by Boss Kang. Boss Kang smiled. To tell you the truth, the operations team of Bullet Hole 2 has been assigned. All the preparatory work has been completed. Were just lacking a person-in-charge. The companys leaders have discussed briefly. Youre the most suitable person to take over this position. As for IOIs operations and cooperation department, we are already prepared to replace your candidates. You dont have to worry about them. Jin Yong was stunned. Huh? He already knew that Long Yu Corporation was forming the operations team for Bullet Hole 2. He also knew that this game was being developed and might be released before Chinese New Year. However, he did not expect himself to be the person-in-charge of the operations team! After all, Jin Yong was still the person-in-charge of IOIs operations and cooperation department. He had done well. He had not made any mistakes. How could he change just like that? Whats more, the person who replaced him was someone whose ability and position were not as good as his. Unless The upper echelons of the company had a clear tendency? Boss Kang smiled. This is no secret. Theres no need to hide it from you. The company now values Bullet Hole 2 more than IOI. We will pay close attention to the data of the two games during this Chinese New Year period. After all, the companys publicity resources are limited. We cannot waste them on unimportant projects. Jin Yong could not help but be shocked. What do you mean by unimportant project? Which project was not profitable and was not popular enough was insignificant! Obviously, Long Yu Corporation had tolerated IOI for a long time. Long Yu Corporation had spent a lot of money on publicity resources on this project ever since they had spent a lot of effort to obtain IOIs operating rights from Finger Games. However, the benefits were not high. It had not reached the initial expectations of the upper echelons. Previously, Long Yu Corporation did not have any good projects on hand. Even though they knew that IOI was not good, they could only pinch their noses and push its resources. After all, no matter how bad IOI was, it was more influential and profitable than some domestic companies. What else could he do? However, the situation was different now. Boss Pei had come up with something, produced a designer, and brought Sun Strike Studios to develop Bullet Hole 2! Humans loved the new and hated the old. Long Yu Corporation was obviously not sure if this game would succeed or not. It was also impossible for them to give up on IOI at once. Thus, they decided to take the opportunity during Chinese New Year to give the two of them a chance to PK. If Bullet Hole 2 failed, there would be no need to talk about it. However, if Bullet Hole 2 crushed IOI, then sorry, the publicity resources in the future would be completely tilted towards Bullet Hole 2. After all, Long Yu Corporation was not a charity company. There were only so many publicity resources. They would definitely give as many profitable projects as possible. Jin Yong was a little hesitant. Boss Kang, is that not appropriate? I did not participate in the preparations for Bullet Hole 2 previously. Now, Im parachuted in to be the person-in-charge. This Boss Kang smiled. Its alright. With your experience, you should be able to get to Bullet Hole 2. Actually, if Zhao Xuming had not left, he would be the most suitable candidate for this position. However, he has already gone to Tengda. Whats more, we dont have much say in the operations of Bullet Hole 2 this time. Theres not much we can do. In this aspect I hope you can ask Zhao Xuming in private. He has been working in Tengda for a period of time. He should be more experienced in this. Jin Yong finally understood why he was chosen as the person-in-charge. On one hand, it was because he was indeed qualified and capable. However, more importantly, he had a good relationship with Zhao Xuming! On the other hand, the rights of the game Bullet Hole 2 were with Tengda. When he signed the contract previously, he had already said that Boss Pei had absolute power. Tengda would be the one to decide how the game would be developed. Sun Strike Studios was only responsible for manpower. Tengda would be the one to decide how the game would be operated. Long Yu Corporation was only responsible for destroying publicity resources. This working model was actually similar to IOIs operations and cooperation department. However, the target of cooperation changed from Finger Games to Tengda Corporation. If he wanted to understand Tengda Corporations operating strategy in depth, he had to contact Tengdas people. Zhao Xuming was coincidentally in charge of this business in Tengda, and Jin Yong was very familiar with Zhao Xuming Zhao Xuming might not have bothered if it was someone else. Jin Yong nodded. Alright, Boss Kang. Ill definitely complete the task! The next day, Jin Yong moved directly to the workspace of Bullet Hole 2. There were some old acquaintances and unfamiliar faces in the operations team. However, everyone was very polite to him. Obviously, they were quite convinced that he was the person-in-charge. Boss Jin, I have already forwarded the operating request from Tengda to your email, the employee in charge of contacting Tengda Corporation and Sun Strike Studios said. Jin Yong nodded. Alright, Ill watch it in a while. After completing the handover, Jin Yong returned to his desk and sat down. He opened the operating request. However, after reading it from beginning to end, Jin Yong could not help but frown. This isnt this too simple? Jin Yong had a lot of experience in Long Yu Corporation. He had taken over no less than two digits of the games that he had operated. Some were directly responsible, and some were assistants. However, no matter what, he had seen many operating plans. However, looking at Tengdas operating request It was too simple! The price of various appearances in the game was clearly requested on the top. The so-called appearance, including the entire skin appearance, also included the skin of firearms and other props. The entire set of appearance was obviously the most expensive because there were professionals in the game. For example, there were ordinary male military doctors on the surface, more beautiful female nurses, and female medical doctors who looked both righteous and evil. In short, these skins were still very outstanding. Many of these characters were female. Obviously, Sun Strike Studios designers and artists understood the usage of LP. In addition, Bullet Hole 2 had two models, TPS and FPS. In other words, it could freely choose the first-person or third-person title. These skins would obviously be a very important winning point. However, all the chargeable contents, including the character skin and firearms skin, were sold at a very cheap price! On top of that, Tengdas operating request had a clear requirement: If they were to organize operations, they could only reduce the price and not recommend anything else. What were other activities? It was very simple. Payment lucky draw, signing rewards, paywalls, mysterious shops, payment permits, and so on were all within the scope of other activities. In other words, apart from selling skins and offering discounts, there were no other activities in the game. This Jin Yong scratched his head, feeling confused. His skills were completely useless! Chapter 1461 - Win Lying Down But Not Lazy! Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios As an experienced operator, Jin Yong knew how to observe the various data of the game very well. He also formulated the corresponding operating strategy for the KPI set by various leaders. He very cleverly sold various products to players in the most cost-effective way. According to the traditional operating strategy, the skills of operations were a little like pulling out wool, pulling out the most wool while listening to the least fleece. However Tengdas request seemed to be unreasonable? Of course, Jin Yong knew that GOG only did that. The skin was cheap and there were flowery discounts. However, the problem was that Bullet Hole 2s situation was more special. Could it be compared to GOG? At that time, GOG had a strong competitor, IOI. In order to maximize market share, GOGs player base had been counted. It was large enough, so it could seize the market with minimal profits and quick turnover. However, what about Bullet Hole 2? It could not have defeated Ocean Stronghold like GOG did with IOI. Whats more, Ocean Stronghold had already nurtured players purchasing habits. The players of FPS games liked the epic weapon that was 888 yuan. Even if Bullet Hole 2 priced the skin slightly higher, it would not easily arouse everyones disgust. On the other hand, if the price was set low, it would be difficult to cover the development cost if Bullet Hole 2 did not manage to grab a large number of players. Jin Yong suddenly understood why Boss Kang did not tell him about this early in the morning. Instead, he suddenly transferred him over when Bullet Hole 2 was about to be officially operating. Obviously, the higher-ups were worried about Tengdas marketing plan! He had not intended to let Jin Yong come at first, but everyone could not handle it. They had no choice but to transfer Jin Yong over. Of course, they did not think that Jin Yong could settle it. Instead, they thought that Jin Yong could ask Zhao Xuming, who was already far away in Tengda. After all, they had a good relationship. Jin Yong was a little helpless and could only call Zhao Xuming. Hello? Boss Zhao, long time no see, hahaha. I heard that Tengda is on holiday? Hehe, Im sorry to disturb you. Its like this. Ive just been transferred to the operations team of Bullet Hole 2 recently. I have a question to ask They were old acquaintances after all. Whats more, Bullet Hole 2 was in a partnership with Tengda. Thus, Jin Yong did not beat around the bush and directly voiced his doubts. In fact, his confusion was very simple. There were only two: Why was Tengdas operation plan for Bullet Hole 2 so simple? How should he cooperate? Zhao Xuming was silent for a moment on the other end of the line before asking, Isnt that very clear? Just do as I say. Jin Yong: Huh? Well do it completely? However, the situation of Bullet Hole 2 is different from GOG, right? We might not be able to follow GOGs method, right? No matter how I look at it, this operating event is too simple. It doesnt seem to have any technical content Zhao Xuming asked, Do you want a really useful operating plan or a very complicated plan that makes people feel that you, the person-in-charge of operations, are playing an important role? Jin Yong was speechless. Ah, this Zhao Xumings words stumped him. This principle was actually very simple: If you were the client, the freelancer would have already given a very outstanding work that completely met the clients requirements. However, if you did not raise any opinions at all, accept this work and transfer money, the leader would probably think that you were completely useless in this process. However, if you forcefully raised some amendment opinions in order to make yourself look like you had done something, it might cause the freelancer to change this work even worse, and even have to use the first version in the end. How should the client choose? Jin Yong hesitated for a moment and said, But Boss Zhao, thats not quite the same, right? The plan for Bullet Hole 2 is It He could not come to a conclusion after stammering for half a day. Zhao Xuming smiled. Are you saying that this plan is too simple? Then here comes the problem. The more complicated the plan, the more effective it will be? If you operate as an operation and always think that a complicated plan must be more effective than a simple plan, you have to modify the simple plan into a complicated plan. However, you dont analyze the real reason behind it and dont analyze the specific situation of the project. Then, your personal position might still rise step by step. However, can such an operation bring out a real explosive game? Youre basically asking: Im on the right path now. What should I do to show that Im working in this process? My answer is to do nothing! Since its the right path, continue walking. When it really becomes a problem, think of a solution. This is what I learned after coming to Tengda: Not doing anything is not a crime. The key is to see the situation clearly and only do it when it is confirmed. As long as you walk the right path, not doing anything is the best solution. It is much better than doing something chaotic. Actually, ask yourself. This plan might be simple, but it is the most correct and highest limit plan, right? Jin Yong was silent for a moment, obviously in deep thought. A moment later, he asked uncertainly, But Boss Zhao, why does that sound like encouraging slacking Zhao Xuming was unhappy on the other end of the line. What do you mean by slacking? Can you not be so narrow in your vision of problems?! Why are you blindly struggling if you can win? Let me ask you, what kind of teammates are the most infuriating in games? Noob teammates, teammates who dont know how to play are definitely infuriating. However, as long as they have some level of self-awareness, obediently start a team, eat damage, and create a harvester for teammates who know how to play, they can be considered good teammates. The most infuriating thing is that kind of teammates who feel good about themselves. They could have won by lying down and playing, but they insisted on leading the rhythm themselves. In the end, they were caught by the other party and caused a chain reaction. They lost the advantage game alive! Actually, many people in Tengda are in a state of lying down to win. However, they would not cause trouble for Boss Pei in order to find a sense of existence for themselves. Instead, they would quietly enjoy and accumulate strength while lying down to win. That way, when they really need to make a move, they would be able to show their edge and kill him with one blow! Do you understand? Jin Yong suddenly felt a little ashamed after being taught a lesson by Zhao Xuming. Indeed, what Boss Zhao said made sense. He was stupid! Jin Yong reflected on it. He had been in Long Yu Corporation for a long time. He had indeed naturally been contaminated by this messy behavior and making his presence known bad. From the perspective of promotion alone, this might be a good thing. However, from the perspective of the entire project and even the entire companys overall benefits, it would play a certain destructive role. On the other hand, Boss Zhao had the idea of self-preservation. He would be like a fish in water in Tengda! Not only did he have a summary of the previous operating strategy, but he also had a brand new understanding! Since Tengdas operating thinking was ahead of Long Yu Corporations, and its view of the problem had reached a brand new height and level, it was indeed the best solution to fully accept it. At that thought, Jin Yong nodded. I understand, Boss Zhao! My next task is to strictly abide by this operating plan and not mess around! February 11th, Chinese New Year holiday, the second day of the Chinese New Year. Since Pei Qian had nothing to do, he went to Fish-Catching Internet Cafe to surf the net. Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Upwind Logistics, and other physical industries had already been opened all over Jingzhou. Pei Qian had specially arranged for many larger shops near his residence and company to prepare for emergencies! At first, he had thought about opening two more shops in such a remote place. If he opened more shops, there would be fewer people. Then, he would definitely have a place to surf the net. Whats more, he would be able to incur losses. How good would that be? In the end, he realized that it was quite popular! There were two Fish-Catching Internet Cafe branches nearby. One was in 1.0 mode, and the other was in 3.0 mode. They were both huge. The second floor of the Fish-Catching Internet Cafe in 1.0 mode had also been changed to the VR gaming area. It was the same as other Fish-Catching Internet Cafe branches. However, even so, there were many people in these two branches! Since when did it become the peak season for internet cafes and cinemas during the new year? Pei Qian opened GOG and played two happy rounds with Happy Ruan. Then, he was killed 0-10. It was not that he was lousy and could not beat Ma Yang. The main reason was that he had the title of Designer of Literary Genius of the Winds, Ruan on his head However, it did not matter. Death was not the endpoint. As long as he was happy, that was enough. After switching off GOG, Pei Qian protected the disadvantaged and opened IOI as if he was taking care of his own son. Eh? IOI is also having a new spring event. Not bad! Very motivated and energetic! Humans have to maintain this fighting spirit in the face of adversity. They have to remain motivated to have the possibility of turning the tables against the wind. I told you that IOI is my biological son. Leave it to me. How is it like GOG, this unfilial son? Im so pissed off! Pei Qian opened IOIs update announcement and checked the content. Chapter 1462 - The Last Straw To Crush IOI Players Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios This update announcement seemed to have been released on the first day of Chinese New Year. However, Pei Qian was still at home at that time and did not come out to surf the net. Thus, he did not pay attention. There was quite a lot of content in the announcement. It could be divided into three parts. The first part was the new spring event. As the domestic games market had been developing rapidly in recent years, many foreign games companies had also placed more emphasis on the domestic market. Thus, Chinese New Year activities had also begun to appear in more and more games. IOIs new spring event this time was not bad. It included a set of limited skins for the Chinese New Year and a set of limited skins for Valentines Day. There were also some messy activities like login rewards during the Chinese New Year period. These two sets of skins were relatively well-made. The event was considered conscientious. There should be nothing to nitpick on this area. The second part was a routine version adjustment. It was a large version after all. It had to make some adjustments to the balance. Otherwise, players would be tired of playing those strong heroes. The weakening this time also looked like a conventional weakening. It had eliminated the more popular heroes in the previous international competition. This should be treated equally between domestic and foreign teams. After all, IOI World Competition had mainly strengthened the heroes that foreign teams were good at previously. Now, it had been cut back a little. The strengthened heroes were unpopular heroes that domestic and foreign teams did not use often. Obviously, Finger Games was also very conflicted. How to cut and strengthen this hero was a dilemma. Continue to strengthen the heroes that foreign teams were good at? Cut down the heroes that domestic teams were good at? Then the intention to target FV Team would be too obvious. Was he afraid that there would be too many domestic players? Did he want to continue adding fuel to the fire? However, if they strengthened the heroes that FV Team was good at and cut down the heroes that foreign teams were good at, foreign players would not do it again: Who won the championship in the international competition previously? FV Team won the championship but continued to strengthen? The one who did not win the championship was weakening instead? Was he crazy? It was inhumane. However, balance had to be done. He had to do it. Therefore, they could only treat everyone equally. There should be no problem to cut down last years strong hero and strengthen the unpopular hero that no one liked to use, right? The third part was FV Teams champion skin. The reason why he took it out alone and did not put it together with the two sets of skins limited by Chinese New Year and Valentines Day was because Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation were very generous this time. They specially made special activities for FV Teams champion skin. That was obviously to please domestic players. Previously, after IOIs international competition ended, many players expressed their dissatisfaction, thinking that FV Team had suffered unfair treatment. Finger Games and Long Yu Corporation did not dare to make any rash moves in order to take care of the emotions of foreign players under those circumstances. They could only work hard to make the champions skin good, looking forward to the champions skin to recover some reputation and favorability. Now, the champions skin was finally made. Of course, he had to make it big so that all the gamers in the country who were still insisting on playing IOI could see the sincerity. Pei Qian looked at the announcement and could not help but praise Finger Games. Alright, Im quite smart! This Chinese New Year event might not be particularly eye-catching and there were no huge additions, but it was not considered a deduction, right? It should not be a problem to increase the number of active players during Chinese New Year, right? Its a pity that I cant see IOIs data. However, I should be able to know if the event succeeded after looking at the feedback of the players online. Even if we dont succeed, theres no reason to be scolded, right? Pei Qian randomly found an IOI forum to check the players feedback on the Chinese New Year event. However, Pei Qian was stunned when he saw these posts. Hehehehe, I knew it. Its the same old. Finger Games will always be like this. They will never be able to look forward to bringing players any surprise! FV Team worked so hard to train a hero, but you f*cking cut it off? Is there something wrong with you? Are you really going to hack whatever FV Team train until they cant train anymore? Thats right. You might as well cancel FV Teams qualifications to participate in the competition. You can just write it on the announcement: We will not allow any ICL team to win the finals championship! Then, domestic teams can entertain themselves in the domestic league and not participate in your international competition. Let other foreign teams compete for the championship! Slash, hack, hack, hack, hack every time. Is your Balancer useless? I can do it even if Im on this balance. In any case, I just want to pull a watch to see the winning rate of the heroes in the professional tournament. Ill hack at the front one by one and strengthen the back one by one, right? Yes, Balancer should balance the game mechanism and hero characteristics and learn from GOG! Indeed, there is a reason why IOI is not good. Heh, dont talk about it. Look at the bulk of the Chinese New Year event. One set of limited skins for the Chinese New Year, and one set of limited skins for Valentines Day. Obviously, theyre using this opportunity to continue making money! Just like before, theyre just producing skins in different ways. Dont you have any idea how lousy your game is? Why are they still producing skins? However, this is not the most infuriating thing. The most infuriating thing is FV Teams champion skin! Obviously, FV Teams attitude is very obvious. Such a trashy company is not worthy of the support of players! Sigh, look at GOG next door. Its another annual huge return! Its just as well that its the new year. They distribute all sorts of red packets as if they dont need money. What do they mean by down-to-earth operations? Red packets during the Chinese New Year are down-to-earth operations! Im going to buy FV Teams skin. Goodbye, IOI. Im not reluctant to leave anymore! There were many similar posts. All in all, the entire forum was filled with the atmosphere of farewell! Pei Qian felt light-headed. What was going on? There didnt seem to be any problems with the new year event. Why was everyone so excited? What went wrong? Pei Qian leaned back in his chair after studying the content of these posts carefully. He seemed to understand a little. It would not be a big problem if he only looked at the content of the update this time. If the event was done by GOG or other games with better reputations, he would definitely be praised. At the very least, he would not be scolded. However, IOI was different. These seemingly no problem activities accurately stabbed the gamers wounds! First of all, it was completely conventional to set a limit on skins for the Chinese New Year and Valentines Day. GOG had also done it. However, the problem was that Dayak Corporation had done such skin activities too many times in order to recoup their costs as much as possible ever since Finger Games lost part of IOIs autonomy! It was not a bad thing to have many skins, but if he focused his energy on the skins, the other updates would naturally be lesser. For a long time, IOIs game mechanism was updated, its balance was updated, and the new hero development plan were all compromised by the skin. Players were not stupid. They could tell what was going on: to earn money! It was alright to make money, but the game content had to be good, right? Therefore, when they saw that IOI was producing skins again, gamers had no desire to spend money at all. They categorized it as IOI is scamming money without any bottom line. How could that be good? Secondly, this routine balance update angered everyone. Logically speaking, it was normal to kill the strong heroes in the previous international competition. However, the problem was that FV Team had received too much unfair treatment. That was why all domestic players had lost their trust in Finger Games. No matter what Finger Games did, it looked like they were targeting FV Team! This time, FV Team spent a long time and put in a lot of effort to train these strong heroes. They stood on the same level as other foreign teams, but Finger Games cut them off in one blow. Why? The key was that the strengthened heroes were not heroes that FV Team was good at. That made people feel very targeted. The players did not care what the other foreign companies thought, but the treatment that FV Team received was really infuriating. Many people could not help but think that if the champion was not FV Team but SUG or some other foreign team, would Finger Games still be so anxious to kill those strong heroes? Once this guess appeared, it would be very difficult to clean up. On top of that, the comparison between IOI and GOG made the gamers of IOIs heart ache. GOGs Chinese New Year event was called the New Spring Red Packet of the Executers. It was a red packet with a total value of 10 million yuan. All players would fight for it in the game! It was a competition of luck, not hand speed. The accounts that were logged in on the first day of the Chinese New Year were divided up. There were a total of five million yuan red packets. The lowest red packet was 0.88 yuan, and the highest was 888 yuan. As for who would get the 888 yuan red packet, that would depend on luck. Of course, according to Tengdas usual lucky draw rules, similar activities had certain requirements for activity. In order to prevent scalpers, the higher the weight of players in the game, the corresponding increase in luck. The key was that players could even choose to cash out directly! If they did not choose cash, they could also choose to multiply the money by 10 to turn it into a coupon for buying skins and support the deduction of use. Simply put, if he drew a 0.88 yuan red packet, he would be able to exchange for a 8.8 yuan coupon. This voucher could be used to buy any skin. If you drew a 188 yuan red packet, you would exchange for a 1880 yuan coupon. This coupon could be used multiple times. For example, if you bought a skin that was only 10 yuan, you would be given a skin and a 1870 coupon until the entire coupon was consumed. Considering the price of Tengdas skin, those lucky people who received 888 yuan in red packet would probably be able to buy all the skins in GOG for the next year if they did not mention it as a cashier. There would still be a sunny coupon as comfort even if he did not get a 0.88 red packet. One was earning money by producing new spring skins, while the other was distributing new spring red packets. The difference was obvious. Wasnt it obvious which game would be more popular? Lastly, FV Teams champion skin became the last straw to crush IOI players! Chapter 1463 - Bullet Hole 2 Begins! Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios FV Teams champion skin this time was a little strange. Take the jungler for example. The champion skin last year was the Storm Swordsman, and this years champion skin was the Storm Swordsman C the void hermit! The Storm Swordsman was a normal human image. He was dressed in armor that was surging with wind. He held a long sword in his hand. The void hermit was a void Zerg that looked more like a human. His weapons were two front claws. The two images themselves were quite different. There was not much comparison, but they were still forced together. The created Storm Swordsman C The skin of the void hermit. The action module was still the original module of the void hermit. However, with the Storm Swordsmans armor, the original Zergs claws had become two short swords. There was still the special effect of the storm on their bodies. Moving, attacking movements, skills, and so on still retained the characteristics of the void hermit as much as possible. It was only similar to the Storm Swordsman in terms of appearance. It was reasonable for the action module not to be changed. After all, players had to be able to tell which hero it was. Apart from that, there was the teleportation animation: The Storm Swordsmans armor was broken, and his long sword was thrown on the ground. The void hermit burrowed out and entered the void. It was the same for the other four peoples skins. In fact, this approach was quite common. Previously, IOI had also produced a element swap theme skin, which was to swap the elements of beast tamers and pets. The response at that time was not bad. However, he realized that that was not the case after this skin was released. The gamers were all too imaginative. They had completely misunderstood! Players guessed that there were at least three layers of meaning in the champions skin. First of all, this meant that compared to the void hermit, the Storm Swordsman was the true love of the players. It was beyond their control to choose the void hermit to make skins. The official platform forcefully strengthened the void hermit, so that they could only use it in the finals. What else could they do? However, no matter what, the hero in his heart would always be the Storm Swordsman. Secondly, the Storm Swordsman was already dead. His armor was broken, and his long sword was thrown on the ground. Was he killed by the void hermit? Of course not. He was killed by Finger Games. Finger Games had crippled the Storm Swordsman in one blow, making it meaningless for him to continue living and forcefully replace the void hermit. Lastly, was the void hermit the end? Perhaps this time, the void hermit came out of the Storm Swordsmans body, and next time, another hero would come out of the void hermits body. This time, Finger Games had cut the void hermit because of the balance of the game. In fact, this ending had already been foreseen. To sum up, this skin was to remind everyone to remember the good deeds that Finger Games had done during the two World Competitions. In any case, every player had their own way of interpretation. Everything was indescribable. He thought about how FV Team slaughtered their heroes in IOIs first global finals. He thought about the scene of FV Team winning the championship with the strong hero that they had worked so hard to train in the second global finals of IOI. Finger Games dirty tricks were behind all of this! Pei Qian watched the gamers discussions with mixed feelings. He wanted to cry out for justice on behalf of Finger Games! In fact, could all of these blame be on Finger Games? That couldnt be. Some things might not be Finger Games original intention. Perhaps it was because of some objective factors or simply been misunderstood by players. However, the problem now was that gamers no longer had any trust in Finger Games! This was the so-called Tacitus Trap: Once the emperor became hated by everyone, everyone would hate him no matter whether he did good or bad. In other words, once a certain organization lost its credibility, everyone would think that it was lying whether it was telling the truth or not. No matter whether it did something out of kindness or malice, everyone would think that it was out of malice. Take this event for example. What would happen if GOG produced the same event? Nothing would happen. Everyone would happily spend money on new spring skins, Valentine skins, and champion skins. As for the champions skin, no one would maliciously interpret and guess it. Instead, they would purely see it as a performance. He had no choice. This discrimination was the result of the previous reputation. It was useless no matter what he did. All in all, the comparison between GOG and IOIs new Spring Festival made Pei Qian feel that something was amiss. Wait, somethings not right. This ten million yuan seems like something I gave it to GOG personally? Pei Qian felt that this new year red packet event was a little familiar. On further thought, wasnt this the ten million yuan profit margin? At that time, Pei Qian had even asked the various departments to submit a report to explain how to use the ten million yuan profit margin. In the end, GOG did not apply. It felt like they did not need the ten million yuan. Thus, Pei Qian forced the ten million yuan over. However, he did not expect it to be used here! In fact, if not for GOGs red packet event, IOIs Chinese New Year event would not have been scolded so badly. With GOG as a comparison, IOIs gamers immediately could not take it anymore and ran away. GOGs ten million yuan was adding fuel to the fire! However, could he blame Eric and Zhao Xuming? It seemed not their fault. Pei Qian had already given them the ten million yuan. What could they use it for? It seemed like a reasonable choice to organize a Chinese New Year event and distribute red packets What should we do? Can IOI take it Let me take a look at Long Yu Corporations official website. Brothers, dont lose your confidence. I was still hoping that you would lend me a hand Pei Qian opened the official website of Long Yu Games and was stunned when he saw the home page. The huge banner on the official websites homepage was basically various games that Long Yu Corporation was representing. Previously, IOI had always been the first and was also promoted as a key game. However, the biggest game on the homepage had changed hands! Finger Games IOI was squeezed behind. The first game had become Bullet Hole 2! Whats going on? Even IOIs recommendation spot has been removed?? The tea dies when people leave! Long Yu Corporation is too unloyal. Isnt that adding insult to injury to IOI? This is too much! I have to! Er somethings not right. Hold on. Were pushing Bullet Hole 2 now? This game has been developed? I have a share of the profits of Bullet Hole 2 Thats alright, please work harder! At first, Pei Qian was still feeling indignant for IOI. After all, he had high hopes for it. If IOI could not stop GOG, it would really unify the MOBA circle. Pei Qian did not want to see that happen. Then, GOG would lose its final opponent. It would make money lying down! They wanted to burn money to fight a price war, but they were no match! The skins might be cheap but there were many players! Whats more, apart from the fees for the skins, various derivative industries, including the E-Sports industry, were also making money. This was a very complicated chemical reaction. It was definitely unbearable for Pei Qian. IOIs recommendation spot on the official website of Long Yu Games had not been changed. That was because it showed Long Yu Corporations attitude. The publicity resources that would be given in the future would naturally decrease! Wasnt that a terrifying nightmare? However, on further thought, Pei Qian realized that something was amiss. Long Yu Games was promoting Bullet Hole 2. As the designer of Bullet Hole 2, he could get a 4% bonus from this game! Of course, this 4% referred to the 4% net profit that Sun Strike Studios had obtained from this game. However, that was not little either! Pei Qian had just started developing Bullet Hole 2 to lose money. His main intention was to test waters. If he could summarize the experience of failure, Tengda might be able to use it. However, Pei Qian had completely changed his mind after knowing that he had a share of the bonus. If this game incurred losses, Sun Strike Studios and Long Yu Corporation would be the ones to fork out the money. Tengda would not be able to share the loss. However, if it earned money, it would be a real bonus! The key was that as a direct competitor for Ocean Stronghold, it might be able to reduce Ocean Strongholds income. It was quite good. Make it popular! The more popular it is, the better! Tengda might have a 30% share of the profits but I can bear it! Im willing to spend more brain cells thinking about how to spend the money for the sake of the bonus! Pei Qian instantly forgot about the unhappiness from before. He clicked on Bullet Hole 2 and began playing. Min Jingchao, Im pinning all my hopes on you. You better design this game for me. If you dont get the bonus, you can wait to go to the VIP class for Suffering Travels! At the same time, news of Bullet Hole 2 being officially released spread like wildfire in many FPS gaming groups. Many people were also discussing in Chen Shas fan group. Chen Shas online name was Broken Halberd Sinks Into Sand. He was a veteran FPS gamer with good skills. He was originally a famous character in the circle of Counter Strike. Previously, when Sun Strike Studios developed Bullet Hole, they had asked him to be the leader of the gamers opinions to experience the game. Later on, he had also worked hard for Ocean Strongholds publicity and promotion through Lin Wan. Of course, he slowly stopped playing Counter Strike and Bullet Hole. Instead, he focused on Ocean Stronghold. As live-streams became more popular, Chen Sha also signed with Wolf Fang live-stream. He was now one of the top live-streamers in the section of Ocean Stronghold. In fact, Chen Sha had considered Bunny Tail Live-Stream at the beginning. However, he had no choice. Wolf Fang Live-Stream had given him a huge contract. It was better to make money. His fan group was basically filled with loyal FPS gamers. Apart from playing games together every day, they would chat in the group. Whats more, everyones game time had been significantly reduced recently. The main reason was that Ocean Stronghold was indeed a little old. It was a game from 2009 after all. It was now 13 years old. Even though the content of the downloadable content and daily updates were not bad and there were some new epic weapons, it was unavoidable for your interest to decrease. However, over the past two days, the gamers in the group had obviously found a new focus of discussion. That was because Chen Sha was an old friend of Sun Strike Studios and Tengda Corporation.. He was also a veteran gamer of FPS games. He had participated in the internal beta testing of this new FPS project a while ago! Chapter 1464 - How Does This Look Like Bullet Hole 1’s sequel? Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Chen Sha had signed a confidentiality agreement so he did not disclose the details of the test in the group. However, gamers knew that this game was jointly completed by Tengda Games, Sun Strike Studios, and Long Yu Corporation. It used Boss Peis idea and Tengdas chief designer. Sun Strike Studios contributed, Long Yu Corporation paid and publicity resources. Sun Strike Studios and Long Yu Corporation might not be reliable, but it would be different with Tengda and Boss Pei! Players were guessing what kind of game this would be. I heard that Bullet Hole 2 has been released. Has anyone played it? Not yet. I was busy with my family over the new year and didnt touch my computer. Im planning to find an internet cafe with a few childhood friends to play with. Why hasnt Old Chen started broadcasting recently? Didnt he say that he would start broadcasting on the afternoon of the second day of the Lunar New Year? I still want to see how Bullet Hole 2 is doing. I dont think we can have too much expectations look at this unlucky name. Bullet Hole 1 has already failed so badly. It was hung up and beaten by Ocean Stronghold. Bullet Hole 2 is probably the same old. It will probably be beaten by Ocean Stronghold. What is this called? father and son going into battle? Both father and son going to waste? That might not be the case. Bullet Hole 2 was the idea and designer that Boss Pei came up with. This is going to be a struggle. Sigh, I dont think you understand. Let me analyze it for you: Ocean Stronghold is Tengdas money tree. Do you think Boss Pei will cut down this money tree himself? Whats more, this time, all three companies are developing it together. Tengda will only take 30%. If they really have good ideas, Boss Pei will use them himself. Why would he be so generous to others? Yes, I also dont think we can have too much expectations for this game. It cannot be compared to Tengdas biological son game. According to sources, Boss Pei used this idea to change a higher-up with Long Yu Corporation. From various angles, Boss Pei has no reason to do his best. I dont think so. Dont always use your own thoughts to guess Boss Pei. They are all as petty as you. Can Tengda develop so big? Alright, alright. Stop arguing. Old Chen is starting his live-stream! Whats the point of discussing among the clouds? Go and watch the live-stream. Youll know if this game is fun after watching it! The fans in the chat group flooded into Chen Shas live-stream. At that moment, Chen Sha was already lying in wait. He had already downloaded Bullet Hole 2 in advance and figured out the gameplay during the internal beta testing. However, he did not spoiler too much and did not brag. His main intention was for gamers to discover how fun the game was. Chen Sha was shocked by the unique game mechanism and unconstrained imagination of this game when he first tried it out. He really did not expect FPS games to do this? Logically speaking, FPS games should be gradually going downhill after a series of classic games like Counter Strike and Ocean Stronghold. Many people thought that the decline of FPS games was inevitable. As Ocean Strongholds gamers aged, FPS games would probably gradually withdraw from the historical scene. The future gaming circle might be the world of MOBA games and cell phone games. However, Chen Sha dismissed that idea completely after seeing Bullet Hole 2. He saw the unlimited possibilities of FPS games! As a live-streamer, Chen Sha had to give the audience the best live-streaming effect. As a veteran FPS gamer, he had to promote good FPS games and try his best to expand the gamers of FPS games. Bullet Hole 2 happened to be such an excellent game. Bullet Hole 2 supported many ways to log in, including accounts from Long Yu Corporation. Naturally, there were also options for Tengda accounts to log in. That was inevitable. After all, Bullet Hole 2 had always promoted with great fanfare that the game was Boss Peis idea and that Tengdas high-level designer had personally designed it. It was natural to support Tengdas account to log in. The cooperation between the three companies this time was huge. It was hard to say what Tengdas attitude was exactly. However, Long Yu Corporation and Sun Strike Studios must have worked hard to turn the tables through Bullet Hole 2 and make a huge profit. After entering the game, he did not have a story mode like Ocean Stronghold. Instead, he entered the waiting hall after quickly making faces. This face modification system was not complicated and was divided into two parts: When he first entered the game, he could only adjust the characters base, hairstyle, clothing, and other limited options. In the game, he could make slight adjustments to this character and pinch it for as long as he wanted. The good thing was that the characters backgrounds that were provided at the beginning were very good. The aesthetic sense was completely online. This setting was also a form of guidance: It encouraged players to end the face modification and experience the core gameplay of the game as soon as possible. Of course, if it was some people who would die if they did not pinch their faces, they could also slowly pinch them in the game hall. He had to admit that Sun Strike Studios staff were a bunch of LPs. They knew very well what to do. They did not do many male characters. Whats more, they were not particularly outstanding. They were quite standard. However, female characters were different. They looked good no matter how they were moulded. This was the traditional strength of domestic games companies, or rather, the strength of Asian games companies. They were far ahead of the European and American. Chen Sha was very experienced. Of course, he had to choose a female character. That was because there was a third-person TPS model in the game. No one wanted to look at the butt of a male character every day from this perspective. The sound of BGM echoed in the preparation hall. The background of this hall was also worth noting. Behind the character was an empty field. The surface of the ground looked desolate and yellow, but there were occasionally grass like oases as embellishments. It looked a little like an abandoned battlefield but also a little like an alien surface. In the distance were tall mountains that reached into the clouds and tall and high-tech buildings. From afar, one could see the details of the buildings and the surface. Some buildings looked mottled and old, while others were bright and clear, as if they were future technology or extraterrestrial technology. Many different styles had been cleverly combined together. Moreover, one could roughly judge the background story and use of this area through the environment and the appearance of the buildings. When the character was pinching his face, he was only wearing an ordinary military uniform. Now, he was wearing a combat uniform that looked more high-tech. This high-tech combat uniform was still different in style from the previous combat uniform in Ocean Stronghold and Mission and Choice. It looked like the technology of Bullet Hole 2 was far higher than Bullet Hole 1, higher than Ocean Stronghold and lower than Mission and Choice. Apart from that, there were some more special parts on the character. The parts that were equipped in different parts of the body would change with the characters positioning and the resources that they had obtained. For example, on the chest was the battery of the anti-radiation suit. It would change color with the battery. The sleeve logo on the right arm would be used to highlight the difference between battlefield commanders, team captains, and ordinary soldiers. Some professional tools would also be hung on the waist and back. For example, the doctor would be hung with a medical box, and the engineers would be hung with a tool box. To players like Chen Sha who had played the game before, these were all details. Those who had not played the game before might not know that these details corresponded to the gameplay in the game, but they could feel that this game was completely different from Bullet Hole 1 and Ocean Stronghold. Wait a minute, this is Bullet Hole 2? What has this got to do with Bullet Hole 1? I cant find any similarities from the image. If I have to say that its related perhaps both games used special training as the background of the game? However, this is not the characteristic of Bullet Hole, but the characteristics that most domestic FPS games share Could this be the right way to develop sequels: First, claim to develop a sequel to Bullet Hole. Then, develop a random game. Finally, forcefully call it Bullet Hole 2? It looks like a sci-fi style. It reminds me of Ocean Strongholds downloadable content. It should be quite interesting! However why isnt there a story mode? Many viewers were still very concerned about the story mode. Ocean Strongholds success had already made the story mode more popular. An outstanding story mode could give players better guidance and let them familiarize themselves with the basic operations and weapon system. As a new FPS game, the story mode should be released for everyone to experience because that would greatly reduce the threshold. Chen Sha smiled. Why was there no story mode? That was because there was no need for Bullet Hole 2! Ocean Strongholds story mode was ultimately because the game mechanism and gameplay of Ocean Stronghold were not enough to differ sufficiently from other FPS games. Ocean Stronghold might have a apparition mode and a zombie mode but it would not be able to kill Counter Strike and Bullet Hole with just this. The facts had proven that Ocean Strongholds story mode had indeed made gamers eyes light up at that point in time. It had become one of its greatest advantages. However, the game environment had changed. The game mechanism of Bullet Hole 2 was very rich. It was completely different from all the FPS games in the market at the moment. This difference was enough. There was no need for a plot anymore. Instead, they had to focus on the presentation of this new mechanism. Ive created a team. Ill open it once its full. It depends on everyones hand speed. Chen Sha logged into the game using his Tengda Games account. He had many fans and friends who played Ocean Stronghold with him. That was why he was full in an instant after he started the team. He clicked on the button to start the game and found three different models with a simple introduction. The first was the deathmatch mode. As the name implies, this is a sudden attack mode. Choose a small area on the big map and go in to purely shoot. The second was the survival mode. After entering, they would plunder resources and work hard to survive. The one who survived to the end would be the final winner. The third was the Battle Campaign Mode. On the basis of the Survival Mode, they would be transferred to the battle between the red and blue sides. They would be able to make full use of the map mechanism and map resources. They would be revived after dying and obtain strategic locations under the command of the battlefield commander.. They would also obtain the final victory. Chapter 1465 - Beta Testing Everyone, choose your classes first. You have to have a doctor, an engineer, and a machine gunner. The rest of the brothers, you can choose a reconnaissance soldier, and then a doctor or a machine gunner. Everyone can choose whatever you want. It wont affect your combat ability. As a veteran driver who had already taken the internal test, Chen Sha assigned his teammates jobs. The classes in Bullet Hole 2 were important, but not important either. That was because the classes would not affect combat effectiveness. They would only strengthen and develop the ability to interact with the map mechanism. Every job could play its advantage in a specific environment. How to choose depended on the tactical arrangements. If a certain team decided to occupy a point and empty the strongholds enemies from the beginning, they would definitely focus on engineers and machine gunners. They might even be able to strengthen the suppression of firepower by dual machine gunners. On the other hand, if a certain team did not want to attack a city and only wanted to fight a field battle and eat alone, it would be indispensable to expand the range of the portable radar. Of course, it did not matter even if the professional compatibility of a certain team was not that reasonable. After all, they still relied on tactics and shooting. Im officially queuing. Everyone will listen to my instructions when the time comes. This game will only be interesting if there are certain tactics to play! Friends in the live-stream can also learn a little. After mastering the game mechanism, it can greatly improve everyones gaming experience! Soon, Chen Sha matched the match. It was a classic match. The number of players in the three modes were different. The classic mode had the most number of people, 200 people. Perhaps it was because the game had just opened, they did not match very quickly and entered the game after five minutes. However, Chen Sha was already satisfied. He had been playing in testing grounds before. Sun Strike Studios might have found a hundred players to test but it was not always very crowded. Whats more, he had met familiar faces before. Now, he had met passers-by. The game experience was definitely different! Chen Sha and his teammates were battling intensely in the game. The viewers in the live-stream were commenting on the game while observing it from the perspective of new players. His first impression was that the game mechanism was very novel. He had never seen it before! At the beginning of the game, the route of the two transport planes would be randomly generated on the big map. Players would be evenly distributed to these two transport planes and choose the right time to jump. Of course, due to the sci-fi background of Bullet Hole 2, skydiving was not a traditional packaged skydiving. Players in combat uniforms could quickly descend and change their direction of flight with the jetpack on them after jumping off the transport plane. They could quickly arrive at the ground area they wanted to go to. By default, the team members would take off with the Captain. They could also leave at any time. Before they even landed on the ground, Chen Sha had already started making various marks on the map. There were clear marks on the map, including where each team member would fly to and where they would obtain supplies. There were clear marks on the areas where the nearby enemies would land. That way, the team members would be able to quickly plunder the target area that they were in charge of and prepare for battle as soon as possible after landing. The process of searching was filled with surprises. All the resources were marked out according to different colors. It perfectly fit the a pistol in the beginning and relied on picking up equipment. The joy of quickly plundering was something that many FPS games did not have. The meaning of the plunder segment was that it gave players an additional strategic choice and game fun. In other FPS games, players only had the choice of shooting. It was relatively monotonous. However, after adding the plunder segment, players had to weigh the pros and cons: when to plunder and when to fight? Players with poor skills could also defeat players with good skills by plundering resources, making ample preparations. This was a little like the development stage in MOBA games. Players could make up for the shortcomings of operations through tactical choices, which was the so-called game intelligence. Players would also obtain a unique joy when they win through the game mechanism. Whats more, the process of plundering was very random. Randomness always had an irresistible attraction to players. The joy of finding good equipment could be experienced several times in every round. This undoubtedly made the games pleasure points denser. After a simple plundering, it was an intense battle. Chen Shas team chose a strategic stronghold. It was very eye-catching and was obviously a must-have location. Thus, the competition was very intense. A few teams were forced to start a melee with all the weapons they could obtain from hand to hand. If they were lucky enough to pick up an automatic rifle or a shotgun once they landed, they could chase after others and fight. However, they might also be killed by the enemy who was lurking around the corner with a pistol. It was simply thrilling! Chen Sha briefly commented on the hand sensitivity of the firearms. They were more realistic. Even though the packaging of the firearms were sci-fi, they were inexplicably logical. Many firearms could find the prototype of real weapons. In other words, if one randomly picked up a gun, even though it looked sci-fi and cool, one could basically tell its correct usage from its appearance. As for the difficulty of using these guns, it was between Counter Strike and Ocean Stronghold. It was not as easy to suppress the guns and hit their heads as Ocean Stronghold. There was a lot of room for improvement in technology. At the same time, it was slightly simpler than Counter Strike. Considering the rich map mechanism and the variety of resources, newbies could play happily even if their marksmanship was not good in the game. In the game, if his teammates were defeated, he could pull them up. If his teammates were stabbed in the back, he could also take the core on him and revive at the designated location. There would still be hope unless the team was completely wiped out. Soon, Chen Sha cleared all the enemies in the stronghold with his superb marksmanship. He brought two fully armed teammates to revive their dead teammates, went to the nearby wilderness to plunder some resources, and finally returned to the stronghold to occupy it. During that period of time, a team of players tried to sneak in using optical camouflage. However, they were discovered by the radars of the stronghold. Both sides fought intensely. Chen Sha killed three people on his side, and the remaining one escaped. Fifteen minutes passed in no time. Chen Shas team was plundering, engaging in street battles, rescuing people, plundering and defending. The fifteen minutes were fully booked and there was nothing to pee for the entire process. The key was that there was a very clear goal during these fifteen minutes. They did not shoot the entire time. The players hands and brains were in an active state. Immediately after that, the game entered the second stage. The remaining 100 players were divided into two camps and carried out a small-scale battle of 50VS50. The full team was still keeping the current configurations while the incomplete teams were combined and completed according to the systems matching rules. Finally, the strength ratings of the two camps were about the same level. Chen Sha was lucky to be selected as the commander on his side. At the same time, he briefly explained the games screening mechanism for commanders to the players. The interesting thing about this screening mechanism was that it would be based on the performance of the teams and players in the previous stage. The system would combine whether players took the initiative to choose the position of commander when they were matched, the performance of the players when they were previously the commander, the performance of the players team in the previous match, and so on. After a certain weightage calculation, the best candidate for commander would be chosen. Whats more, after the first stage of the battle, the results of the various teams, the resources on them, the positions they occupied, and other factors could be used as weightages to measure the true strength of these teams. Therefore, the strength of both sides after distribution would definitely be relatively balanced. It was much better than the methods that were matched according to the players historical results before entering the game. The resources that players had obtained in the first stage and the strategic locations that they had obtained would still be retained in the second stage. This would allow the benefits of the first stage of risky behavior to continue. Places with more people would become high-risk and profitable. Should he jump to places with more people and risk high risks to kill a path so that he could take the initiative in the second stage of the battle? Or should he jump to places with fewer people and plunder resources to stay in the second stage of the battle? Players could choose different strategies according to their own preferences. After the 50 VS 50 battle officially started, Chen Sha started commanding the various teams to obtain the strategic locations on the map. The strategic locations on the big map were all different. For example, the air base could be investigated. On the map, it could temporarily display the enemy situation of a certain area. It could also be invested in supplies so that the soldiers on the front line would obtain bullets, armor, and firearms. The blockhouses could be used to suppress the firepower of the nearby area. The machine guns in the blockhouses that the machine gunners operated could be said to be able to hold the fort alone. A huge price had to be paid to attack. The combat hospital could provide players with first aid bags and recovery medicine. It could also speed up the revival of the injured. After the first stage of the free-for-all, these stronghold were in the hands of both sides. It was basically a state of dog Fang difference. Whats more, the strength of both sides were similar. As long as they gathered their advantage in numbers and attacked, they would basically be able to take down the stronghold. Thus, the battle would be especially intense. Some important stronghold might have been changed owners repeatedly. Both sides had gathered a large amount of combat power and kept sending reinforcements, forming a meat grinder. There were also some bases that seemed to be on the edge of the battlefield. However, it was possible that small groups of enemy troops would suddenly infiltrate and seize them because of the relaxation of the defending troops. That would cause the situation on the battlefield to suddenly reverse. Whats more, the battle between the two sides might not be within the stronghold. A truly outstanding commander would know how to choose the battlefield to be at some unique mountain pass in the terrain according to the functions of the stronghold and the firepower suppression range. On the other hand, if the other party wanted to break through this mountain pass, it was meaningless to rush foolishly. They had to know how to use their brains. Whether it was to focus their advantageous troops and attack from multiple sides, send a small group of troops to take a detour, or choose another main attack direction to avoid the edge, everything had to depend on the specific situation at that time. The situation on the battlefield was ever-changing. The captains of all teams had to report the situation on the battlefield to the commander in real time while commanding the team to fight. The commander had to think of ways to analyze the enemys intentions and react immediately. He had to even predict in advance so that he could lead his players to win.. Chapter 1466 - Each Of The Three Models Has Its Own Joy! Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios For a full 15 minutes, both sides fought back and forth, not giving in to each other, very nervous and exciting. Many viewers even felt that 15 minutes had passed so quickly? Chen Sha was an outstanding commander but the other partys commander was not inferior. Obviously, the other party should also be one of the players who participated in the Sun Strike Studios test. In the future, as the game became more and more popular, the number of players would increase explosively. More and more players would be proficient in the game mechanism, and more and more players would be able to be the commander. After the game was officially released, some games in the early stages might be more one-sided because of the difference in commander level. However, the further they went, the gap in strength between the two sides would naturally become closer and closer. The battle would also become more tense and exciting. After the game ended, Chen Shas team members and the audience in the live-stream were still not satisfied. This is so exciting! This scene is so exciting! The rain of bullets makes me feel like Im at the front line. Its even more immersive than large-scale battles made by standalone games! Indeed, its completely different from other FPS games where there are only ten or twenty people in one round. I feel that this game not only relies on marksmanship but also on brains. I really cant play it without any military knowledge! The time is a little short, it is not enough. Its a pity that we cannot directly attack the other partys base camp and win. We can only keep fighting. This means that the matching mechanism is done well! Its only interesting if we are evenly matched. If we were to directly push to the other partys base camp, we would indeed be satisfied. However, the other party would not have any fun playing. As time goes by, players in this model would only be lost. It feels like a 40 VS 40 battlefield like Fantasy World? It reminds me of the outstanding years when I played the battlefield with the national team a few years ago Everyone generally felt that the second stage of the battle was a little like the huge battlefield in Fantasy World. However, compared to the large-scale battlefield in MMORPG games, the model of Bullet Hole 2 had improved. That was because there was basically no balance mechanism in MMORPGs battlefield. Both sides would only start when there were 40 people. However, the difference in equipment, operations, and command between the two sides might be like heaven and earth. Therefore, it was rare for such a battlefield to be evenly matched. There were only two possible scenarios. First, both sides would collide in the most critical stronghold in the center of the map. Those who lost would basically lose their fighting spirit and start playing their own. The side that occupied the key stronghold would be able to win this battle step by step. Second, both sides would walk separately and head straight to the other partys lair. Everyone would save time and compete in speed. Whoever killed the other partys general first would win. A match that was truly at a disadvantage but did not give up, a match that was united in looking for an opportunity to turn the tables could be said to be rare. However, Bullet Hole 2 was different. This game did not separate the factions from the beginning. Instead, it eliminated and screened players through the intense battle in the first 15 minutes before redistributing the factions. That ensured that the strength of both sides were relatively close. Both sides could see hope of winning even though they were evenly matched. Naturally, they were unwilling to give up. Whats more, FPS games and MMORPGs were different. No matter how powerful a player was in MMORPG, he would only be able to fight one, two, or three at most. It would be very difficult to determine the winner even if they were to fight one on one with the same equipment. Therefore, in MMORPGs battlefield, it was very difficult for a single player to change the situation on the battlefield. It would be very easy to become a state of disunity. However, in FPS games, one could kill a person in seconds or be killed in seconds. A powerful team might instantly change the situation on the battlefield. This made the entire battlefield filled with uncertainty. Even if they were at a disadvantage, players would not lose their fighting spirit. Instead, they would continue to organize attacks. Whats more, players would snatch stronghold on the map and defend strategic locations. The goal and process would be different every time. It would always bring a sense of novelty and would not be boring. There might be a problem of not enough players to match the team battle with large numbers of people but he had to say that the epic feeling of such a large-scale team battle was definitely not brought by a small fight between 20 to 30 players! It was far more exciting to brave the rain of bullets from the enemy and enter the defensive line alone behind the enemy and dance on the edge of a knife! Chen Sha experienced the other two modes with his team. There was nothing much to say about the deathmatch model. It was just a sudden attack. Its main meaning was not only to provide players with a straightforward combat mode, but also to allow players to better adapt to firearms, familiarize with the terrain, and prepare for the other two models. At first, the players in the team and the audience in the live-stream did not have much expectations for these two modes. However, what everyone did not expect was that the survival mode actually gave everyone a huge surprise! At first, everyone thought that it was the castration version of the classic model after reading the summary of the survival model. They only had to cut off the content of the second half of the classic model and keep the first half. Then, they would make a basic system balance. In the end, he realized that even though the two game modes looked similar, there was a huge difference in the gameplay. The feeling was completely different! Comparatively, the focus of the classic model was still on the army battle in 15 minutes. Therefore, the game content in the first 15 minutes was mainly for players to prepare for the army battle at the back. There were not many burdens. Therefore, players were more relaxed when playing the classic mode. They fought very frequently. In any case, there was no point in dragging it out if 100 people died quickly enough to enter the next stage. Those who survived would fight the army battle. Those who died would start the next round quickly. Some people would deliberately stay in the second stage, but there were fewer such people. However, in the survival mode, players final goal had changed. They had to live to the end as much as possible. This was equivalent to the game mechanism encouraging players to stay longer. Therefore, the number of players who chose to remain hidden increased significantly! In other words, other than some popular places with especially rich resources, the intensity of the battles in other places had decreased. However, that did not reduce the fun of the game. Instead, it made the game more exciting and diversified! That was because everyone was careful and did not expose themselves easily. Therefore, players had to be extra careful when entering a new area. No one could say if there were enemies hidden behind this door. There might be small portable radars but the enemy could also choose between optical camouflage and radar invisibility. The success rate of trickery was still very high. Many experts would find it easier to fail in the survival mode than in the classic mode because there were too many lib! This created a feeling of dark forest. Everyone had to weigh whether there were other Hunter around before shooting. Everyone felt like they were being watched when they entered the new area. In order to speed up the pace of the game, there was a special mechanical army invasion mechanism in the survival mode. The mechanical army would continuously attack from the periphery every once in a while. Players would either be collecting resources, fighting the mechanical army in the stronghold until the last bullet, or running in and being forced to fight the other teams to the death. Different players had different ways of playing and the fun was different how to choose. As for whether players preferred the survival mode or the classic mode? That depended on the taste of different players. The classic mode would be bigger and the battle would be more intense. It would give people a sense of epicness. However, there would also be some formulas during the battle process. After all, most commanders would still surround those important bases in commanding battles. Most people would make similar judgements when facing the same situation. Only those commanders with diverging ideas and unconstrained commanding skills could create a classic battle that was completely unexpected. That was something that could only be chanced upon by luck. Whats more, the classic model could be revived if it died. Thus, based on the results, the joy of victory was not that strong. There might not be so many big scenes in the survival mode, but players could not be revived even if they were dead. It would never be formulaic to players. Every decision they made had to be carefully considered. The sense of achievement of living to the end was incomparable. Fortunately, the three models in Bullet Hole 2 were not conflicting relationships. Instead, they were independent and complementary relationships. If players were tired of playing a certain mode, they could change to another mode. Even though there were only three modes in this game, it was comparable to FPS games like Ocean Stronghold that had several modes! The viewers on the bullet screen comments were becoming livelier as well. They found it interesting just watching Chen Sha play! It looks so interesting. Im going to download it now! This is the first time Ive seen a FPS game with multiple people interacting on a big map. It feels quite interesting! The main reason is that the live-stream effect of this game is also very good. It feels very refreshing every time I watch it. The host can also chat with the bullet screen comments during half an hour. Its simply a perfect live-stream game. Does this game have a Red Kilin? Im a little worried about the charging mode of this game. Everyone knows that Sun Strike Studios and Long Yu Corporation are not good people. I dont trust them to represent this game Its alright. This game is a skin charging mode, and the price is not high! It might be more expensive than GOG but this is an FPS game after all. The character model is more detailed. This price is completely acceptable. What about Sun Strike Studios and Long Yu Corporation? Dont lie to paywalls? Thats unlikely, right? Heh, how can they not cheat people with paywalls? Its just that this game has just been released not long ago.. It hasnt revealed its fangs! Just wait. As long as this game really becomes popular, there will be no lack of paywalls! Chapter 1467 - Jin Yong’s Dilemma Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios After fully understanding the gameplay, the audience in the live-stream showed great interest in Bullet Hole 2. Many people even downloaded it. However, at the same time, many people also showed deep worries because of Sun Strike Studios and Long Yu Corporations past records. To put it bluntly, these two companies were the type that dogs cannot change their shit! There was no need to talk about Sun Strike Studios. 99% of the games that they made were games with high paywalls. They were the typical representatives of the few dont play if you dont have money at home domestically. As a game operations company, Long Yu Corporation could also be said to be bad. In the games that they were operating, other than IOI who had no choice but to be kind due to competition pressure, the other games were scolded a lot. What would happen if these two games companies worked together? Just thinking about it scared him! It could be said to be a nature or an addiction. Once a gaming company caught it, they would not be able to quit. That was because liver and paywalls could indeed be directly retracted and increase online data and revenue data. Whats more, the improvement was very obvious. However, the price was that it would greatly reduce the upper limit of the game. However, most gaming companies had not considered the upper limit, right? In any case, the retention data and revenue figures had been raised. The company was making a lot of money and giving the employees some bonuses. That was enough. Once he chose to spend money, he would not be able to quit in the future. That was because if they really changed it, it would definitely cause the various statistics to plummet. The companys income would plummet, the employee bonus would be gone, and players might not even appreciate it The entire company would definitely not allow such a situation to happen. Thus, it became a habit to spend money. This was just like a person. Once he tried to earn fast money, he would no longer have the ability to earn slow money and calculate the long term. His upper limit would be useless. Of course, Bullet Hole 2 did not show any signs of scamming money. However most players did not think that these two companies had changed. Many players felt that this was a trap! They wanted to lure the dog in to kill him! He had to take care of the leeks first. Then, he would suddenly wave his sickle and slash it. He would be caught off guard. That was because everyone felt that it was impossible to change ones nature to cheat people of money. That meant that there must be another reason why the game was so conscientious in the beginning. This game might have been jointly developed with Tengda but it was only using Boss Peis idea and one of Tengdas designers after all! Tengda must not have put in a lot of effort. Otherwise, Tengda would have developed it on its own. Why would it give such a good project to Sun Strike Studios and Long Yu Corporation? Since Tengda did not interfere much, it probably did not have a strong say. Sun Strike Studios and Long Yu Corporation would definitely find it difficult to resist the temptation. As the game gradually became popular, they would gradually increase the price of skins, constantly testing players and increasing the revenue of the game It was hard for gamers not to think that way. They could not be blamed for being dark. The key was that they had seen similar things too many times. He could not count on the games companys promises. After all, their priority was to earn money. However, did the players have a choice? He had no other choice! That was because the game mechanism of Bullet Hole 2 was currently the only one in FPS games. There were no similar games domestically or overseas. Players could not find alternatives even if they wanted to. Therefore, even if gamers were filled with worries for Sun Strike Studios and Long Yu Corporation, they could only take it one step at a time. At the same time, in the headquarters of Long Yu Corporation Jin Yong was on duty and staring at the game data of Bullet Hole 2. These figures could no longer be described as good . They were simply explosive! The large number of players entering even caught him off guard. The plan to add servers that he had fully utilized his imagination seemed a little conservative. He decisively added a few more servers. He even temporarily moved the servers of some of the unpopular games in Long Yu Corporation over. Only then could he barely withstand the enthusiasm of the players. Bullet Hole 2 was spammed on various live-stream platforms and websites. At an unimaginable speed, it became the most hotly discussed game during the Chinese New Year period! However, as the person-in-charge of the operations department, he did not have anything special to do. At most, he would keep an eye on if there were any emergencies and not have malignant bugs or operations accidents. Working overtime during the Chinese New Year holiday was quite bitter, but Long Yu Corporation was still considered bright this time. The overtime pay was maxed out, and they had also promised a bonus after the game became popular. The entire operations department was both painful and happy. Jin Yong also very generously distributed all the red packets for the Chinese New Year out of his own pocket. The overtime scene was also filled with a harmonious atmosphere. At that moment, Jin Yongs phone rang. His expression instantly became serious. Wasnt that Boss Ding? Why was he calling him personally? Jin Yong did not dare to be negligent and quickly picked up. Hello? Boss? Yes, the figures are completely unexpected. This is definitely a super explosive game. It might even surpass Ocean Strongholds market share and revenue! Theres no problem with the server as well. There might be some pressure but Ive urgently transferred some from other projects. The rest can be considered after the Chinese New Year holiday. Er a new operating plan? But Boss, Tengda Alright, Boss. I understand. After hanging up, Jin Yongs expression was no longer as optimistic as before. Instead, he fell into a dilemma! At first, the boss of Long Yu Corporation only briefly asked about the situation of Bullet Hole 2. However, that was obviously asking the obvious because Jin Yong had already sent him a summary of the various data. After exchanging pleasantries, they got down to business. The boss of Long Yu Corporation wanted Jin Yong to work overtime to come up with a new operating plan! According to the old rules, there was nothing wrong with that. After all, once the game was released, the data would be explosive. It would be best to strike while the iron was hot to organize some activities. Not only would it promote players retention, but it would also increase revenue. That was a routine. However, Jin Yong could understand the meaning behind the boss words. Obviously, if this new operating plan was not something new, it would definitely not be able to be muddled. Jin Yong also spoke about Tengdas requirements immediately. However, the boss said that it was not like he could move all the activities over at once. He could do it bit by bit. There was no need to work hard from the beginning and paywalls. They could slightly increase the price of the skin or do something that looked very cost-effective. However, in essence, it was still a scam. Tengda might have requirements for the operations plan, but they could not set the requirements so dead. Based on Tengdas operating plan, the pricing of various appearances, skins, and props in the current version was clear. It was also clear about the scope of the operations: They could only reduce the price and discount it. Other activities like payment lucky draw, paywall, and so on were not recommended. However this plan only stipulated the pricing of the current appearance. It did not lock down the pricing of the subsequent appearance. Whats more, he only said that he would not recommend activities like payment lucky draw, paywall, and so on. He did not say that he could not do it at all. Even if he did not organize these activities, could he think of new activities that were completely different? Strictly speaking, there were loopholes that could be exploited. They could be negotiated. The contract was not particularly dead. As the operator of the game, Long Yu Corporation still had some basic rights. Tengda could not possibly deprive it completely. Long Yu Corporation had to have the ability to deal with urgent matters. There might be a small gap but there was still some space. Now, the boss of Long Yu Corporation wanted Jin Yong to think of a way to move around in this space. He wanted to increase revenue without causing Tengdas intense opposition. That was understandable. Before Bullet Hole 2 was released, no one had thought about how popular it would become. If the operating strategy was more conscientious, no one would feel anything. However, now that the data was out, looking back at this operating strategy he immediately felt a little pained. One had to know that for a game of this size, each skin would cost one or two yuan more. Players might not be able to sense it, but it might be an additional income of tens of millions to game merchants! Whats more, he had to do this as soon as possible. The more he delayed, the more he would be scolded. Jin Yong naturally knew this very well. That was why he was conflicted. On one hand was the bosss request, on the other was Boss Zhaos previous teachings. A war ensued in his heart. Boss Zhaos words at that time inspired him. He felt that as a game operations, he should indeed look further and choose the best operating plan for this game. It would be understandable if Bullet Hole 2s popularity was average. It was understandable to spend money for the sake of revenue. However, Bullet Hole 2 was obviously a game with a very high upper limit. It would be the best solution to use a good-hearted marketing strategy to charge to a higher upper limit. However, he could not disobey the boss orders! If Jin Yong directly rejected the boss request, he would not be able to work as the person-in-charge of the operations department. If someone else came over, they would probably continue to argue with Tengda. The situation would not change. He knew very well that his boss would not give up on this idea easily. After all, no one dared to guarantee where and how long it would take to reach the upper limit of Bullet Hole 2. However, the short-term data growth brought by operational activities could be seen and felt. Jin Yong leaned back in his chair and fell into deep thought. He had to send his boss dangerous thoughts back. As an employee, he should complete the task assigned by his boss, but this matter might directly affect the success or failure of Bullet Hole 2. Jin Yong felt that he had to have his own thoughts and considerations on this matter. He could not follow his boss instructions for everything. If he did not follow his boss instructions and succeeded in the end, he would still have merit for the company. However, if he did as his boss said and failed in the end, the boss would not take the blame. It looked like it would still end up on him. Then, who was more correct? The boss or Tengdas Boss Pei? This was a free point question. Thus, the current problem was: He had to be responsible for the operations plan of Bullet Hole 2. He had to firmly push Tengdas operations plan forward.. At the same time, he could not be caught by his boss. Chapter 1468 - Zhao Xuming’s Good Method Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios After some consideration, Jin Yong had an idea. He called Zhao Xuming and prepared to briefly explain the situation and ask for his opinion. However, he was interrupted by Zhao Xuming. Wait a moment. Ill apply for an emergency overtime limit in the intranet. Alright, what did you say? Jin Yong: Good lord, he had to apply for overtime limit for something like that? Tengdas rules and regulations were very strict. He had no choice but to submit to it. Jin Yong briefly explained the situation. Zhao Xuming could not help but snicker. Indeed, a leopard never changes its spots. For most people, when making decisions that do not involve their own interests, they would always be generous, generous, and wise. However, once it involves their own interests, they would naturally become stingy, petty, and short-sighted. Thats how humans are. Nothing can be done about it. However, as the boss, he can benefit the most from it, so he is the most tempted. There are very few people like Boss Pei who have a strong will and can resist all temptations from beginning to end. Jin Yong asked, Then what should I do? After some consideration, Zhao Xuming said, This is difficult to say, but easy to say. The reason why I said that its difficult is because this matter has actually exceeded the scope of your ability. Its not just a operating problem, but also a workplace problem. If you do as I say, you will naturally be sandwiched between Tengda and Long Yu Corporation. It will also go against your intentions. If you dont do as I say, the final outcome will only be replaced. Nothing will change. If you dont jump out of this circle, this problem will be unsolvable to you. However, if you can jump out of this circle and stop being a chess piece in the gap, it would be much easier. Jin Yong could not help but feel energized. It was as if he had opened a door to a new world. What should I do? Zhao Xuming said, Its very simple. Throw the blame! As long as you throw the blame to Tengda, you will be safe and the matter will be resolved. Jin Yong was a little confused. To Tengda? This how to shake it off? Zhao Xuming smiled. Ill look for the people in charge of Bullet Hole 2 from Tengda and ask them to contact Zhou Muyan to release a statement in the name of Sun Strike Studios and Tengda Corporation! This reason is also very sufficient: The players on the internet do not trust us, so we have to release a statement to stabilize the players trust. The content of the statement is that this game was jointly developed by Tengda Games and Sun Strike Studios. During the development and operations process, it will completely adopt Tengdas model, especially in terms of operations. The three parties have reached an agreement. A few principles will be strictly adhered to in terms of operations: we can only reduce the price and discount. Other activities like paying lucky draws, paywalls, and profits will not be involved. Please supervise all players together! Make the previously vague content specific through the players certification and push the border directly to Long Yu Corporation! As long as the space to play word games is completely blocked, no one will ask you to play word games. Jin Yong was stunned for a moment before realization dawned on him. Amazing! This way, the entire situation would be completely different! The previous situation was one-on-one with Long Yu Corporation. Jin Yong was in the middle and was in a difficult position. Tengda wanted the operations to be as simple as possible, while Long Yu Corporation wanted to organize some activities as much as possible to earn more money. There might be corresponding rules in the contract, but it was impossible to leave no space at all. These spaces would become the battlefield for both sides to fight. Jin Yong himself became a soldier of Long Yu Corporation very reluctantly. During this process, Sun Strike Studios attitude was most likely ambiguous because they had the genes of burning money. It was unlikely that they would stand firmly on one side. It was very likely that they would adjust on both sides and try to smooth things over. As for players, they might not know the twists and turns in this matter at all. Naturally, they would not play any key role. Was there a need for Tengda to fall out with Long Yu Corporation over such a small matter within the contract? It did not seem to be necessary. After all, Tengda would split the money. The boss of Long Yu Corporation had considered this point. That was why he had such a thought and asked Jin Yong to test it out. Jin Yong had actually become the rope that Tengda Corporation and Long Yu Corporation were pulling together. How could that be good? However, Zhao Xumings method immediately eliminated Jin Yong. Tengda Corporation and Sun Strike Studios would release a statement to publicize the operations plan and let all players be witness. That way, the blurry boundaries that existed in the original contract would no longer exist. Players would naturally supervise according to the strictest standards. Any tricks that they wanted to do would be exposed to players supervision. Then, gamers would know where the problem was. It would definitely be on Long Yu Corporation! Previously, if players had scolded them, they might have scolded Tengda, Sun Strike Studios, and Long Yu Corporation together. However, now, they would only attack Long Yu Corporation together. It was equivalent to Jin Yong jumping out directly. It was no longer a tug-of-war between Tengda Corporation and Long Yu Corporation, Sun Strike Studios dissuading the fight, and the gamers knew nothing. Instead, it became Tengda Corporation, Sun Strike Studios, and the gamers standing together and staring at Long Yu Corporation to see if they dared to cause any trouble! Of course, Jin Yong could never be exposed during this process. He could not let his boss know that he was the one who instigated it. Instead, he had to make it look like Tengda Corporation and Sun Strike Studios had predicted it inexplicably and accidentally blocked Long Yu Corporations operation. Jin Yong was very happy. Thank you, thank you! This idea is great! Ill trouble Boss Zhao to arrange this! Zhao Xuming smiled. Dont worry, leave it to me. After hanging up, Jin Yong could not help but feel emotional. Indeed, Boss Zhao was good at pushing the blame away! Whats more, after Boss Zhao went to Tengda, it seemed like his business level and vision had improved. Previously, Boss Zhao had also pushed the blame, but it did not seem to be practical. Now, he still pushed the blame away without leaving any traces. However, he could do things without realizing. He had to admit that this was a huge improvement. As for why this change happened Perhaps it was because the environment was different? It was very difficult to achieve anything big in Long Yu Corporation. Under such circumstances, the best choice was to protect himself and take care of his promotion and salary first. However, in Tengda Corporation, the entire company was positive. As long as they took advantage of the situation and could naturally achieve good results, Boss Zhao could naturally take advantage of the situation and do things well. Jin Yong was a little envious. Strictly speaking, would Tengdas salary be much higher than Long Yu Corporations? Not necessarily. The salaries of the mid to low-level employees were definitely high, but that was not the case for the upper echelons. The upper echelons of Long Yu Corporation took a lot of money and had various shares. The person-in-charge of Tengda did not have any shares but only had a high dividend. In fact, he might not be inferior to Tengda. However, the key was that Tengdas unique working environment and working environment where all employees were free and easy and their abilities were fully displayed made them feel like they were a part of the company, even the owner of the company. In Tengda, everyone, including Boss Pei, were partners. They had different responsibilities. However, in other companies, their hierarchy was often strict. There was even a trend of becoming subservient to others. It made people feel that they were not the owners of companies but slaves. They would only be higher-class slaves if they took more money. Jin Yong thought for a while and did not continue thinking. After all, the more he thought, the more jealous he became. Now, he was the person-in-charge of the Bullet Hole 2 project. The project bonus was not little, and the operations were comfortably done. This position was quite good. There was no need to jump to Tengda. Whats more, even if he wanted to go, people might not have such a high position for him. He had to do his job well first! In the afternoon Jin Yong pretended to follow his boss instructions and made a new operating plan while paying attention to Sun Strike Studios movements. Suddenly, his eyes lit up. An announcement was made! This announcement was made by Sun Strike Studios, but it also included Tengda Corporations Long Yu Corporation. Obviously, this announcement was definitely not what Zhou Muyan wanted to publish. Instead, Tengda had found him. Zhao Xuming and Min Jingchao had worked together internally and emotionally to make Zhou Muyan publish this announcement. The excuse was not difficult to guess. It was nothing more than: There are many rumors online now. Gamers dont believe that we will stick to our current operating plan. We will definitely cheat people of money in the future. This will have a very bad impact on Bullet Hole 2. We have to eliminate the impact in time. At the same time, it will bring more popularity and discussion to Bullet Hole 2. That will make the game more popular. Comparatively, even though Zhou Muyan liked to spend money, he still listened to Boss Pei after all. He was completely different from the boss of Long Yu Corporation. Jin Yong opened the announcement. Dear gamers: Bullet Hole 2 was developed by Tengda Corporation and Sun Strike Studios together. Its the FPS game that Long Yu Corporation was operating in the second era. Given that there have been some baseless suspicion on the internet about the operating model of Bullet Hole 2, we will make two solemn promises to all players here: First, Bullet Hole 2 will strictly set the price of the game according to the pricing list. It will definitely not exceed the pricing under any circumstances; Second, during the operations period of Bullet Hole 2, it would not engage in any other charging and spending activities apart from lowering prices. All gamers are welcome to supervise this statement! Chapter 1469 - If You Achieve It, You Can Help The World Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios At the same time, Zhou Muyan was looking at the various statistics of the game, grinning from ear to ear. Great, Boss Peis move was indeed extraordinary! Min Jingchao was amazing as well. He could actually create such a popular game with Sun Strike Studios without working overtime! It looked like the money was worth it to sign up for everyone to suffer! Everyone was indeed worthy of this paid leave. Zhou Muyan had always been a rather generous boss. He might not be comparable to Boss Pei but as long as the project earned money, he would never be stingy with the benefits and bonuses. As he was happily watching the popularity of Bullet Hole 2 increase, his cell phone rang. Zhou Muyan was stunned for a moment before he picked up the phone. Hello? Boss Ding? A confused and anxious voice came from the other end of the line. Boss Zhou, whats with this announcement? Zhou Muyan was stunned. Announcement? Is there a problem with this announcement? Boss Ding seemed to be a little stumped by the question. He paused for a moment and said, Theres no need for this announcement at all, right? We have to be flexible in formulating the operating strategy. We have to adjust according to the subsequent operations of the game. How can we tell the players from the beginning? Whats more, Long Yu Corporation should be the one to announce something that involves operations! Boss Zhou, you did not even tell me about this announcement. Isnt that too unethical? Zhou Muyan was stunned. Huh? Boss Ding, you dont know about this? Aiya, this is so troublesome. There must be a misunderstanding somewhere! Its like this. I dont know where the rumors are coming from online recently. They said that there will definitely be some messy operations in the later stages of Bullet Hole 2. Isnt this creating rumors? Isnt this slandering? Its fine if you did not sign an agreement with Tengda. There might be some operations with paywalls in the future. We cannot announce it and slap ourselves in the face. However, you have already signed an agreement with Tengda. There will definitely not be such operations in the future. Therefore, we have to clarify immediately! Thats why I felt that it made sense when Tengda told me about this. The earlier the announcement is released, the better! Posting it earlier would not only dispel the players doubts, but also make us look upright. Why not? Boss Ding, you might have been too busy and did not receive the news. However, this does not affect much. Didnt Long Yu Corporation sign an agreement with Tengda? They are all agreed upon. This announcement will not have any impact, right? In my opinion, Boss Ding, you should make up for the announcement immediately. Its quite good to act the entire show. Boss Ding: I I Obviously, he still had a lot to say. The content of this agreement was still open for discussion even though they had signed the agreement! It was not entirely impossible to fortress some operations within the agreement. However, once this announcement was released, it was equivalent to exposing this matter to all players. If they were to organize such an event, they would definitely be scolded to death by players! Whats more, players could accurately locate Long Yu Corporation and would not accidentally injure Tengda and Sun Strike Studios. However, Boss Ding could not say what he was thinking directly. Whats more, it was useless to say anything now. Boss Ding huffed and puffed for a long time before he could only say, I know, Boss Zhou. Ill make an announcement later. Thats all for now. See you. Zhou Muyan: Eh? Hello? Zhou Muyan was a little puzzled after hanging up. This Boss Ding, why dont you look too happy that the game has become popular? Forget it, this money tree is enough for our studio to eat for several years! Zhou Muyan continued reading the figures happily. Jin Yong was pretending to work on the operations plan when his cell phone rang. Jin Yong could not help but smile when he saw the caller ID. He sent the operation plan that he had almost completed to Boss Ding while answering the phone. Hello? Boss Ding, the operations plan is almost done. Ive sent it to you. Do you want to take a look? What? The operations plan is not going to be done? Sun Strike Studios announcement? What announcement? Oh, well release a similar announcement, right? Understood. After hanging up, Jin Yong smiled. At the same time, he could not help but feel emotional. Boss Zhaos move was so effective! Not only did he achieve his goal perfectly, but he also removed himself from it without causing Boss Dings suspicion at all. Of course, Jin Yong had no choice. If he did nothing and really went along with Boss Dings wishes to argue with Boss Pei, he would probably end up in a sorry state. As a game operator, Jin Yong was very clear about his work. Had the game been scolded a lot? Of course, there were. Every time there was a paywall event, the first to be scolded was the game operations. The second to be scolded was the company boss and the lousy planner. Every time this happened, the lousy planner would feel wronged. I only care about designing the game, and I dont care about the operations at all! Why are you scolding me? In fact, operations were also very wrong. The plan was indeed done correctly by operations, but most of the time, it was taking the blame for the boss! If the boss wanted the operations to be a more profitable plan, could the operations not be done? If he dared not to do it, he would immediately replace him! Therefore, most of the time, Jin Yong knew that this was wrong. He would overdraft on the games lifespan and be scolded. However, he had no choice. He was in this industry. Could he still go against the boss? If it was before, he would have no choice but to follow Boss Dings requests even if he was unwilling. However, the situation this time was different. He was pleasantly surprised to find that he could even do that? As long as he could think of a way to bring out the great Buddha that was Tengda and Boss Pei, many problems would be easily solved. The boss could indeed squeeze his employees dry, but he did not dare to be unreasonable with Boss Pei! As long as Tengda could strike first, the boss would become obedient. Of course, it did not mean that he had to squeeze or control these bosses. They would not earn a single cent. He just had to control them so that they would not mess around. Jin Yong quickly drafted the announcement and sent it out after confirming that there were no mistakes. After all, Sun Strike Studios had already done it. They just had to follow it without any difficulty. Long Yu Corporations official website, official Weibo, and other official accounts of social media platforms were released at the same time. Soon, players replied. Good lord, Long Yu Corporation has also made an announcement! That means this matter must be true! Its impossible not to. Sun Strike Studios has already expressed their stance. If Long Yu Corporation doesnt express their stance, wouldnt that be equivalent to writing the words come at me on their faces? Thats great! The internal purchase price and promises are not to engage in other operations apart from lowering prices and discounts. Theres basically no space to play word games, right? Bullet Hole 2 has confirmed that it will be a game with a conscience like GOG! Its infinitely optimistic! I still dont believe in the integrity of Sun Strike Studios and Long Yu Corporation. These two fellows have always been bad. Its not impossible for them to go back on their word. However, its always a good thing to be willing to make this announcement! Tengda is really awesome. It can request the operator to operate according to their own rules! This is only Tengda. The other development companies probably dont have any say at all. Dont talk about making suggestions for the operations plan. It would be good enough if they were not forced by the operator to change the design plan! Who asked Tengda to come up with something and design? If you can design your own explosive game, you can design it yourself. As long as you cooperate with Tengda, of course you have to listen to Tengda! Therefore, does Tengda count as helping the world as much as possible? Bringing this concept of good-hearted operations to other companies to achieve the effect of good money expelling bad money? There should be more game merchants working with Tengda in the future, right? I suggest that this matter can become the norm. In the future, the gaming circle will also have Tengdas certification. As long as the companies that work with Tengda make an announcement saying that they will abide by these two operating principles, then everyone can play it! Holy sh*t, this is too ruthless, right? Ruthless my a*s. You make it sound as if they dont earn money! Its just to ask them not to cut the leeks so harshly. Dont always think about pulling the leeks out by the roots. That makes sense. If we play Tengdas certified games in the future, wouldnt Tengdas certified games slowly be the only one left in the gaming circle? The plan is feasible! Jin Yong did not expect the response to be so good! Obviously, gamers had reached a point of unconditional trust in Tengda and Boss Pei. Even if they jointly developed games with Tengda and released a statement, they would be able to obtain the backing of Tengdas reputation and become a hot topic! Could it be that Tengda can change the entire domestic gaming environment? Jin Yong suddenly had such a ridiculous idea. Chapter 1470 - News Conference About The New Car Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios February 12th, the third day of the Chinese New Year. Bunny Tail Live-Stream, Zhang Yans live-stream. Eh? Why are you all asking me to play Bullet Hole 2? I already said that I dont know how to play FPS games. Whats more, Im a live-streamer of Safe and Civilized Driving. I wont easily betray you! Zhang Yan felt a little helpless as she looked at the bullet screen comments asking her to play Bullet Hole 2. Bullet Hole 2 had been very popular recently. It could be said to be covering the entire internet. Several big broadcasters had viewers spamming the bullet screen comments for them to try it out. Some small-time streamers felt that Bullet Hole 2 was an opportunity to become popular. They had already completely shifted the focus of the live-stream. Those big streamers might not have acted rashly but they were also watching and preparing to take out some less golden time to try it out and broadcast it. That was because the streamers had very sharp senses. They could tell that Bullet Hole 2 was actually a game that was very suitable for live-streaming. On one hand, the rhythm of Bullet Hole 2 was very good, and the intensity was moderate. The development period and combat period were interconnected. The streamer could take the time to joke with the audience and create some program effect. On the other hand, the game mechanism of Bullet Hole 2 was rich and had an extremely high upper limit. Whether it was the survival mode or the classic mode, whether it was being a lone wolf or a commander, it could show its level very well. Without a doubt, it would become another explosive game on live-stream platforms after GOG. However, Zhang Yan did not pay attention to the requirements of the bullet screen comments. Instead, she continued todays driving practice after a simple explanation. Zhang Yan might not be a big broadcaster now but she was very clear-headed. She knew where her base was. Many times, the more popular a live-streamer was, the easier it was to worry about gains and losses. Even though he knew where his basic disc was, he was still worried that he might not be able to keep up with the trend. Thus, when the new game was released, he would enter it at once. In the end, he would lose his basic disc. After some time, the popularity of the new game would go down. If he wanted to come back and broadcast the previous game, the audience would not buy it. Zhang Yan did not have such worries. She had always been a small-time streamer who enjoyed herself. She did not have much pursuit of popularity and popularity. Otherwise, she would not have been able to persevere in the boring mock competition mode during the low point of popularity. Eh? Shenhua and Stamford will have a joint news conference at two in the afternoon? Shenhua? Stamford? These two brand names stimulated some memories in Zhang Yan. Could it be related to the new car called K1 in Safe and Civilized Driving? Until now, there was still a lot of controversy about this car on the internet. These controversies were mainly focused on its safe driving performance. The performance of the safe driving was too strong. Players felt that Tengda had taken Stamfords money and was forcefully advertising. However, many people also felt that this matter still had to be discussed. After all, the details were filled with suspicious points. For example, why was K1 named? Why use a car model that did not exist in reality? Tengdas positioning of Safe and Civilized Driving was simulating real driving . Why did they create such a high-level automatic driving to slap themselves in the face? Past experience told players that Tengdas suspicious projects were often foreshadowing and would have a backup plan! The best choice for rational netizens at this time was not to be busy questioning and let the situation ferment further. They would wait patiently for there to be a twist. However, there was no helping it. There were very few people who could maintain their rationality. Most people could not tolerate it. That was why Tengdas method was so effective. That was because most people did not fight against Tengda but against the weakness of human nature. Whats more, even if he did not think about the K1 car model in Safe and Civilized Driving, the names of Shenhua and Stamford were enough to be eye-catching. As a large manufacturer of domestic cell phones and smart hardware brands, Shenhua could be said to be the top in software development. It was a rigorous and stable term. The quality of Stamford car was also well-known. It had a good accumulation of technology in the new energy car field. What else could these two companies release? They would definitely release a new car! He could not possibly publish a cell phone from the Stamford brand, right? Wouldnt that be crazy! Thus, many people could not help but have bold guesses. Could it be to publish the K1 in Safe and Civilized Driving? However, this idea was a little ridiculous and hard to believe. Which game would release a new product before reality? Whats more, K1s automatic driving technology was a little ridiculous. It did not seem to be at the level that could be reached in reality. All in all, once this news was released, it immediately attracted the attention of netizens who had nothing to do during the Chinese New Year period! It was a little strange to set the news conference at 2 PM instead of at night. That was because the news conference at night would be more popular. Lin Yu had personally held the news conference this time. It was just like the new cell phone that Shenhua had released previously. However, the content had changed from a cell phone to a car. A large number of viewers had already flooded into the live-stream. Some were looking forward to what kind of new product Shenhua and Stamford would bring, while others were purely wanting to see if Safe and Civilized Driving involved fake publicity. Was this automatic driving technology as impressive as the game made it out to be?! If not, Sorry, Safe and Civilized Driving would still be criticized! Lin Yu had held many news conferences. She had controlled the rhythm perfectly. The audience in the live-stream followed her explanation and gradually deepened their understanding of the new car. Then, everyone realized that this was the new car in Safe and Civilized Driving, K1? The only difference was that Lin Yu spent some time introducing the new brand, Extremist. She talked about the deeper concept behind the name and the meaning of the logo. Safe and Civilized Driving deliberately did not mention the brand name Extremist, probably to prevent spoilers and leave the explanation rights to the news conference. Immediately after that was the performance, safety, and so on of this car. As Lin Yu continued to explain, the bullet screen comments changed. The doubts of the netizens began to shift from the game Safe and Civilized Driving to Shenhua and Stamford car. At first, many haters still came to watch the news conference with the mentality of watching the joke of Safe and Civilized Driving. As long as the K1 released in reality was not as impressive as in the game, it would basically confirm that the K1 in the game Safe and Civilized Driving was unreal. It would be a slap in the face! However, with Lin Yus introduction, the audience realized that many parameters matched the in-game parameters! For example, the cars acceleration performance, control, safety, and so on. Especially the automatic driving technology! At the climax of the news conference, Lin Yu emphasized the two advantages of the Extremist K1: Blade battery and automatic driving technology! Once these two points were out, the onlookers immediately became excited. Some were excited because of the new technology, and some were excited because they found the opportunity to brag! The bullet screen comments were already engaged in an intense battle while Lin Yu was still introducing the basic principles and core parameters of these two new technologies! So the game Safe and Civilized Driving is real? It looks like Ive wronged Shang Yang Games. They created the cars in the game based on the parameters given by the producers! Thats not right. Shang Yang Games doesnt even add screening? Shenhua is bragging. They said that L4 level automatic driving is L4? Dont they want to verify it? Theres no L4 or L3.5. Those are just what the netizens are saying. The game always says its L2. In the game, it says L2 under the conditions allowed by law. The problem is that the current law only allows L2. Isnt that hinting that the real standard far exceeds L2? I dont blame Shang Yang Games for this. Shenhua and Stamford must have requested for this. Whats more, everyone has to pay attention to something. In reality, automatic driving is different from in the game. The entire car operation in the game is calculated by the system. Its very easy to make automatic driving at L5 level for no reason. Its even very difficult to lower the automatic driving level. However, its completely different in reality. Yes, the game might have been forced to make it into an automatic driving of this level. It was an unintentional mistake. In any case, I dont believe that we can achieve this in reality. Even if Shang Yang Games can escape fake publicity, it cant escape the inspection! The audiences attention gradually changed as the parameters of the Extremist K1 car became more and more detailed. However, those who had previously said that Shang Yang Games was faking publicity were still not completely convinced. That was because they still could not believe that the automatic driving technology of Extremist K1 could reach the level in the game! However, right after Lin Yu finished introducing the principle and parameters of the Blade battery and automatic driving technology, the news conference entered the most critical segment. Next, we will conduct two public tests at the battery development center of Stamfords car and the open road outside Shenhuas automatic driving research institute in Shanghai. These two public tests will use live-streaming methods to show everyone the results of the Blade battery and Shenhuas automatic driving technology! Lin Yu pressed the remote control in her hand after she finished speaking. The PowerPoint switched to the live-stream. There were also product managers and hosts arranged for the live-stream of the two trials. The bullet screen comments exploded. F*ck? This thing dares to broadcast live? Many companies that were similar to high-tech live-streams have failed. Be cautious! Er shouldnt we give the audience a heads up now? If the experiment fails, the audience will shout Long live Big Sister Li together! I can understand the live test of this battery. I might have done similar tests many times, but how do I get the automatic driving technology? If its broadcasted live, the road situation is changing every moment! What if theres a mistake and the car collapses? Did they evacuate the traffic in advance? Previously, many people had been sleepy because of the parameters introduction. When Lin Yu announced that the two trials were live-streamed, the popularity of the live-stream instantly rose. Some people were looking forward to the success of the experiment, looking forward to witnessing the downfall of such black technology, while others were eagerly looking forward to the failure of the live-stream. Chapter 1471 - Live-Stream Test! Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios After Lin Yu announced that the live-stream would be tested, the live-stream became even more popular. In any case, the words live-stream test immediately filled the news conference with program effect. Whether the live-stream test was successful or the live-stream test failed, it would definitely be filled with topics to talk about! This was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Shenhua and the fans and haters of Stamford. The big screen switched to the testing venue. First, it was the skin prick test and crash test at the battery development center of Stamford car. They did three tests for the skin prick test: The Ternary lithium battery burned violently during the Needle Trial, and the surface temperature exceeded 500 degrees; the phosphate iron lithium battery was flameless during the Needle Trial, there was smoke, and the surface temperature was 200 to 400 degrees; the Blade battery was nameless fire, smokeless, and the surface temperature was 30 to 60 degrees! It was followed by a crushing test. An entire blade battery was dismantled from a K1 model car on the spot. Then, the PDU battery box on the battery pack was removed. After that, it was placed on the side for data collection and testing. The 28 blade battery on the upper layer was removed. Only the 150 blade battery on the lower portion was retained, forming a flat surface. After that, he would place this flat surface in a depression on the road and repeatedly crush it with a pure electric heavy card that contained a weight of 46 tons! During the process of grinding, one could see a slight depression and recovery on the battery surface through the camera. However, after the pure battery card was driven away, the battery pack was still intact! Of course, this intact appearance meant that it was not damaged. However, if one looked closely, the artificial intelligence on the top floor would still be slightly deformed. However, this deformation had no effect on the performance of the battery. From the testing data, it could be seen that the batterys monograted voltage, total pressure, insulator resistance, and battery temperature were consistent with before the test. There were almost no changes. Immediately after that, the engineers at the scene installed this blade battery back onto the Extremist K1. After installing it, the car successfully drove away! The test this time stunned the audience in the live-stream. That was because he could not believe that the Blade battery could achieve such a level! In fact, Lin Yu had already introduced the performance parameters of different batteries at the news conference. However, the response was relatively calm. The main reason was that the other new energy car manufacturers were too good at bragging. All of them bragged about their own technology. The battery technology had also been through several bragging competitions. The audience did not feel good when they heard someone bragging about their battery technology. Even if Stamford started out by relying on batteries, the audience did not believe it. However, the audiences could not help but believe that the live testing had been direct! In the past, the more worrying point of the new energy car was that the battery was not stable. Once there was a car accident and collision, it would be easy for it to catch fire. Many small scooters would use inferior tripartite lithium batteries. There would often be a fire and it would burn out in just a few seconds. There would be major fire hazard. Even regular batteries would burn themselves after intense collision. The damage might be relatively small if it was placed on the scooter. It would not be a problem if it was left open as long as it did not burn itself in the elevator. However, it was different for new energy cars. Once there was a collision, the car owner might be knocked out and would not be able to escape immediately. The rapid fire of the battery might directly give the car owner sparks and arrive in one go. There were already many cases of electric cars burning themselves after clashing with each other overseas and creasing the car owner. There were fewer cases in China but it had also happened. If the battery problem was not resolved, so what if the electric cars collision test was done well? The car shell could withstand it and absorb energy, but wouldnt it be useless if the battery burned? However, after watching the skin prick and the crash test of the Blade battery, everyone had a very direct understanding of the safety of this battery. Coupled with the safety reputation of the Stamford car that had always been good, the safety of this extreme wind K1 was quite trustworthy. The direction of the bullet screen comments had changed. Impressive. The Blade battery is simply crushing compared to the Triple Lithium battery! The improvement in safety is more important than anything. It doesnt matter if you run tens of kilometers more. Its important to be able to survive at critical moments! Stamfords technology is indeed too strong. Theres nothing to criticize about this. If the brand had not pulled hard, the price would not have been so low. However, the real test has only begun now. The test for the Blade battery must have been done many times. The conditions for each test are basically the same. It can ensure that there are no problems, so the live-stream did not fail. However, automatic driving is different. The road conditions for each test are different. What if the smart car system suddenly has a program problem and is stuck? Thats hard to say. They might send some people in advance to evacuate the cars and passers-by on the road, right? Isnt it too confident to insist on testing the top lane? It would be alright if it was recorded, but theres no way to salvage the situation if the live-stream failed! After the Blade battery test was successful, the audiences worries shifted to Shenhuas automatic driving technology. Lin Yu was not like other manufacturers, who would brag about it for five minutes before entering the next test. Instead, she entered the testing stage of automatic driving technology. In order for everyone to see the effect of the automatic driving technology more clearly and directly, we will turn off the hint of the voice assistant during the test. Of course, if everyone becomes the car owner of the Extremist K1 in the future, I strongly suggest that everyone try AEEISs artificial intelligence voice package. It will definitely give everyone a different surprise. Lin Yus words made the bullet screen comments burst into laughter. Hahaha, thank you. Ive already experienced it! I dont have to destroy the keyboard anymore. Its a good thing I didnt buy a car. Otherwise, the losses would be huge! Nonsense. Ive been playing K1 for a long time in the game. Now, my heart is set. I wont be angry anymore. The automatic driving test officially began as the bullet screen comments joked around. This live-stream had three different cameras. One was placed in the back of the car, directly filming the steering wheel, the middle screen, and the road in front of it. The other was a drone, floating in the upper room of the car. It was a little like a holographic image, taking photos of the car body and the road surface. The last was arranged at the side of the road in some complicated road sections, filming from the perspective of a bystander. Soon, the tester drove to the testing road and switched on the automatic driving. The audience immediately realized that the situation with this automatic driving was exactly the same as in the game! There were two main differences: First, the mid-screen control size in reality was slightly smaller than in the game. That was because the game was displayed with a monitor after all. The field of vision was small. In fact, reality should be similar to the actual view in the game. Second, there was no voice chat. It was pure driving. That was understandable. After all, everyones attention would be on AEEIS once AEEIS was released. They would not pay attention to the performance of the automatic driving. The supporting actor was too good at snatching scenes. At first, it was just a very ordinary change line, change lane, follow car, and so on. The safety officer did not say anything, the road conditions were not complicated, so there was nothing much to say. Other automatic driving technologies could basically do it. However, the road conditions soon became complicated! He first completed an unprotected left turn, causing the bullet screen comments to exclaim. That was because the unprotected left turn was a relatively difficult point in the automatic driving. It meant that the automatic driving had to be able to recognize the traffic light, recognize the mares, passers-by, and avoid the direct cars. As long as one of these links made a mistake, it would cause the unprotected left turn to fail. During the automatic driving process, as long as the car did not avoid the direct cars in the distance or did not successfully avoid passers-by, the safety officer had to interfere with the driving immediately. Then, the automatic driving would fail. However, K1 was safe and smooth in the process of completing the unprotected left turn. Not only did it accurately recognize the traffic light at the intersection, but it also avoided direct cars and passers-by. It was always calm and smooth during the driving process, giving people a calm feeling. However, before the bullet screen comments could show off, K1 arrived at a more complicated road. The road itself was not very spacious. There was a row of cars and a large number of scooters by the side of the road. Many passers-by on bicycles and scooters or delivery men were walking back and forth among them. They might even ride to the motorway in the middle. The cars opposite were also squeezed here. Sometimes, in order to avoid passers-by, they had no choice but to cross the center line and meet the other partys cars in the very narrow road. The bullet screen comments were shocked. High energy ahead! F*ck, such a complicated road segment? Are you crazy? I feel my blood pressure when I drive myself, much less automatic driving! You can even drive in such a road segment? And you can drive more steadily than me? Its completely at ease The automatic driving reminded the driver to take over, but the driver ignored it. In the end, it really drove over! D * mn, is that delivery guy crazy? He overtaken the car from the blind spot on the right side and plugged it in directly? If I had opened the car, I would have rolled down the window and scolded him! Heh, hes so flustered. One look and I can tell that hes not from Fish-Catching Take-Out. The young men from Fish-Catching Take-Out are very calm. It can even be recognized by ghosts. Thats awesome! Whats more, the big screen is indeed a real-time model. Cars, bicycles, and passers-by can be accurately distinguished. The more dangerous ones will be marked in red. Its indeed clearer than people! Thats right. Even if we dont drive the automatic driving, as long as we occasionally glance at this mid-screen, it would be beneficial to the driving and better control the road situation! After crossing this complicated road segment, Extremist K1 drove onto a road with fewer cars, and its speed increased again. The entire process was a complicated road situation in the city. For a long time, Extremist K1 hovered around 10KM / Hs speed. However, after the road conditions allowed it, the highest it could drive was 50KM / H. This speed was already very fast compared to other automatic driving cars. That was because automatic driving had to ensure safety first. Other cars did not dare to drive so quickly. It was still slower than humans but it had to be said that the automatic driving of the Extremist K1 was safer. There would not be any risk of it being snatched. Whats more, the acceleration and slow down were very smooth. There would not be a situation where someone suddenly stepped on the accelerator or stepped on the brake. This would obviously be more comfortable for the passengers in the car.. They would not easily be dizzy. Chapter 1472 - Buying Games, Winning Discount Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios After the battery and automatic driving live-stream test ended, the bullet screen comments in the entire live-stream had changed drastically. He was convinced! Of course, even though he was convinced, he was not completely convinced. After all, automatic driving technology was a brand new technology. It would take a long time and a lot of data to verify its safety. It was definitely impossible to rely on one live-stream alone to make all the drivers and ordinary people accept this new technology. However, no matter what, the live broadcast of Extremist K1 announced this technological breakthrough to everyone in a very confident manner! Lin Yu returned to the big screen, looking very confident. Before the price segment, there is one last side dish: the results of the collision test! However, I have to explain to everyone that this is not the result of the IIAS collision test. Instead, it is the collision test that we made. As for why it was not made by IIAS, thats because IIAS does not accept cars sent by manufacturers. They will only randomly buy cars in the market for testing after the cars are officially released. The results of the IIAS collision will only be released after the Extremist K1 is officially listed. However, we have full confidence in this! Next, please take a look at the results of the collision test that we made. The testing environment might not be exactly the same but we believe that there wont be much difference from the future IIAS collision results. The huge screen began to play the collision video of the Extremist K1. There was nothing much to say about the results. Most of the results were naturally perfect! The reason why it was said to be most was because there was one thing that was indeed not perfect: the economy of maintenance after collision. The reason was very simple: Extremist K1 was an automatic driving car model. There were many cameras, sensors, and radars in the car. The hardware of this automatic driving system was also more expensive. After the collision, these equipment had to be changed. The economy of maintenance would naturally become worse. There was no helping it. As long as it was an automatic driving car, he could not avoid this problem. If he wanted to save money on the hardware of automatic driving, he could only reduce the number of sensors and laser radar. As much as possible, he could use the pure visual plan of the camera to complete the automatic driving. However, the safety of the pure visual automatic driving plan was difficult to guarantee. The camera could easily misjudge, and every misjudgment might cause irreversible results. He had to choose the lesser of two evils. In the end, he could only sacrifice the economy of repair. Of course, as the car type was mass-produced and the cost was lowered, the price of these sensors and laser radar and other supporting equipment should gradually decrease. As for other aspects, there was nothing much to say. Perfect. That was because the Stamford car was quite safe to begin with. Coupled with the new Blade battery and the more advanced proactive brake technology in the automatic driving system, this car became the safest model in the Stamford car. There was no other! Including the other energy brands, it was probably number one. Finally, it was the price segment. The price this time was divided into four different levels: the basic version of Extremist K1 was about 270,000, and the high-level version was about 350,000. The basic version with automatic driving technology was about 390,000, and the high-level version was about 450,000! As for the difference between the basic and high-level versions, it was mainly in the selection and battery endurance. The pricing of this highest-level version was indeed the same as the pricing in Safe and Civilized Driving. Everyone immediately cheered. Was it expensive? Expensive! However, this price was completely in line with everyones expectations! The basic version without automatic driving technology was about 270,000 yuan. It was basically the same as the flagship car model of Stamfords previous generation. It was slightly more expensive. Considering the improvement in the Blade battery and various hardware levels, this price was completely acceptable. On the other hand, the version with the automatic driving technology had increased by 100,000 yuan. This was mainly because the entire cars sensors and laser radar were more expensive. Whether this 100,000 yuan was worth it or not depended on the consumers personal choice. Some people felt that the automatic driving technology was flashy but useless and were unwilling to spend this 100,000 yuan. It did not matter. The basic version of Extremist K1 also had the regular upgrades of Blade batteries and hardware. The car carrier system also had functions like smart voice, but it could not drive automatically. If someone felt that they wanted to experience the strongest automatic driving in the market and did not care about this 100,000 yuan, it would not be a bad choice to maximize the accompanying version. According to his low EQ, his knife skills were superb. According to high EQ, the price range could perfectly cover the needs of different people. Lin Yu smiled. I know. Many people present might be players of Safe and Civilized Driving, right? This time, we are also working with the game Safe and Civilized Driving. Therefore, we will launch a special discount for players. You can buy the Extremist K1 account in Safe and Civilized Driving. The two basic car models can be priced at 5,000 yuan, and the two high-level car models can be priced at 10,000 yuan! The car owners who order them in the first batch can also get a discount of 10,000 yuan! In other words, if we order now, the 270,000 yuan car model without the automatic driving base can be discounted to 255,000 yuan. The 450,000 yuan car model with the automatic driving high-level version can be discounted to 430,000 yuan! Once he finished speaking, everyone cheered. Players get a ten thousand yuan discount for buying a car? Good lord, what a profit! You can buy a car in the game and get a discount in reality? Amazing! Boss Pei: Yes, yes, yes. Youve profited again. Ive lost so much that Im eating Fish-Catching Take-Out! Its quite good. This price is very sincere. Everyone, dont keep staring at those oil cars. The new energy car is not on the same racing track as those cars at all! Isnt this price and technology one-shot compared to other new energy cars? When can we test the driving? I want to see this automatic driving technology with my own eyes! The news conference ended perfectly. Zhang Yan watched the news conference the entire time and went online to search briefly. Indeed, the discussion about Extremist K1 was already on the hot searches. The video clips of the news conference were also flooded on various video websites! There might still be some debate but this debate was no longer about whether Extremist K1s technology is bragging or whether automatic driving technology can reach the level bragged in the game. Instead, it became whether it was worth it to spend 100,000 yuan to buy an automatic driving system. Indeed, many people thought that the highest price was too high. 450,000 yuan is still too high. At this price, we can buy a high-end version of the popular car model of famous car companies when we go to the oil car! Wouldnt it be much more embarrassing to drive it out? Whats more, the technology of the electric car is not mature now. Its convenient to drive without the oil car. We cant choose this no matter how I think about it. Zhang Yan was speechless seeing this argument. Why are people still comparing the new energy with oil cars? This is not the same racing track at all. The oil car is indeed more mature, but not every city has no limit. Many people in Beijing and Shanghai cant get the number of the oil car at all. What else can they do other than buy the electric car? Whats more, electric cars have their own advantages. If you have charging stations at home, there would be no continuity anxiety in the daily city. In fact, the cost would be far lower than oil cars. The pricing of Extremist K1 is obviously very particular. Many new energy car companies in the country have already stabilized at the price of 250,000 yuan. Stamford is completely priced according to the previous flagship car model. The basic model of 270,000 yuan is a more practical choice. As for adding 100,000 yuan to the automatic driving, the game has actually already shown it in the game: Even if there is no automatic driving, the laser radar can allow the driver to better see the blind spot when driving. AEEISs reminder can also guide the driver to a certain extent, making the car safer. Whats more, many car owners dont need this 100,000 yuan. They just want to buy the most advanced and best new energy car now. They might already have an oil car worth a million yuan at home. Buying this is purely a toy. The direct competitor for the high-end automatic driving model of Extremist K1 is not an oil car of the same price, but a high-end new energy car of the same price foreign brand. Compared to those foreign high-end brands with average safety and insufficient automatic driving skills, Extremist K1 is obviously very competitive! There should be UP Masters from car reviewers going to test the driver and evaluate soon. I think everyone can take a look, especially those who cant be shook. Its quite worth it. When I have money, Ill consider buying a car to play with. Ill throw the original oil car to my father to drive. The key is that after buying the Extremist K1 in Safe and Civilized Driving, buying a car in reality can be cheaper by 10,000 yuan. Thats ridiculous! Alright, this storm is over. Continue running on my racing track! Zhang Yan was originally a little worried for Safe and Civilized Driving. However, from the looks of it, her worries were indeed unnecessary. Obviously, Tengda knew what to do! The marketing plan for Extremist K1 this time could be said to be very effective. First, it produced K1s car model in the game, accumulating a certain amount of popularity in the nights discussion and popularity. Then, it held a news conference in reality and made the final decision! If he had not laid the groundwork of the game and held a news conference from the beginning, it would not have been as sensational as it was now. That was because most people could not imagine that automatic driving could already be done to this extent. If it was released directly from the beginning, they would naturally not be so impressed even though they would have been more shocked at that time. Given the current situation, there had been more than a week of intense debate previously. While most people felt that this automatic driving technology was completely impossible, Stamford car and Shenhua Corporation had proven at the news conference through live-streaming. That was completely different! Many peoples previously strengthened concepts had been forcefully reversed. Naturally, it would leave a deeper impression. Whats more, this news conference could also be regarded as a strong publicity for Safe and Civilized Driving. There was no need to talk about those who really wanted to buy a car and went for the discount. Even those who did not intend to buy a car now would look at Safe and Civilized Driving in a new light and understand it in depth because of this news conference. Now that he knew more about this game, he might buy it! The three sides worked together to achieve an absolute three wins effect! Chapter 1473 - Hiring Three Special People! Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios February 16th, the first day of work after the Chinese New Year holiday. Pei Qian quietly locked himself in his office, thinking about life. What was going on! It was just a Chinese New Year, right? So many things could happen! What happened to my back before Chinese New Year? Why was it full of knives! The most ridiculous thing was that apart from the internet cafes, take-out, logistics, and other departments that could not stop and needed to take turns to rest, all the departments in Tengda that could take holidays were on holiday. Basically, they were in shock. Even so, bad news came one after another! First, the popularity of Ghost General 2 and Bullet Hole 2 suddenly increased. The various statistics during the Chinese New Year period soared. Then, GOG and IOIs new spring event clashed. IOI broke with a single touch. It looked like the sun was setting and was about to die. Long Yu Corporations recommendation resources were immediately tilted towards Bullet Hole 2, causing the recommendation resources obtained by IOI to shrink drastically, making things worse; Lastly, the news conference of Shenhua Corporation and Stamford car increased another huge wave of popularity for Safe and Civilized Driving! During the Chinese New Year period, he would watch the news almost every day. He would see new bad news. Ridiculous! Yet, it was a holiday. Pei Qian could not do anything even if he wanted to! For the entire seven days, Pei Qian could only let nature take its course and clear his mind. Then came the problem. Resting for a while during Chinese New Year was satisfying. He was officially working at the crematorium! There was only half a month left until settlement. However, the revenue of so many projects suddenly skyrocketed, giving Pei Qian a huge pressure. Pei Qian might have been prepared to spend as much money as possible, but he had not expected that the task of spending as much money as possible would be so cumbersome! However, Pei Qian was experienced after all. After a short period of panic and confusion, he quickly calmed down. A new countermeasure even surfaced in his mind. Reality proved that human intelligence was like water in a sponge. There would always be as long as you squeezed. Under pressure, smart people could always find a new breakthrough point. In the short term, he could use the sudden spending methods that he had thought of previously, such as opening a zoo, pouring money into Tengdas headquarters building, buying buildings, and organizing promotional events in the game. These sudden spending methods had certain side effects. For example, GOG throwing more money would undoubtedly make IOIs situation worse. However, Pei Qian could not care so much anymore. He would focus on this cycle first, and he would think about the next cycle As for IOI, Im sorry. It looks like youre about to collapse. You should do your best. Pei Qian had been showing mercy to IOI previously because he felt that it could still hold up. However, seeing IOIs dead state, it probably would not be of much use to keep it. Since that was the case, he would not pretend anymore. GOG would continue to burn money. On top of that, Pei Qian had also schemed to think of a long-term way to spend money. He had also notified the HR department. He was just thinking about it when someone knocked on the door. Boss Pei, are you looking for me? It was Wu Bin. He might not be the person-in-charge of the HR department now, but he had always been in charge of Tengdas recruitment examinations. Pei Qian nodded and handed the new plan that he had just written in the morning over. Look at this new recruitment plan. Hurry up and get it done. Finish it before the end of this month! Recruit as many people as you can. It doesnt matter if you dont recruit enough people. Recruit next time. Wu Bin reached out to take the plan and found that even though the plan was very simple and only had a general framework and outline, the core points were written clearly. Special recruitment?! Wu Bin might have seen many things that surprised him during his work in Tengdas HR department but he still felt genuinely shocked when he saw this plan! Tengdas original recruitment examinations were held once every May and November. In this plan, Boss Pei requested for the recruitment examinations to be added in February and August respectively. That would become once every three months, a total of four times throughout the year! This was not a simple increase in number of people. The details of the recruitment examinations had also changed. The most obvious difference was that the examinations in February and August had special requirements! There were only three types of people to take this exam: the first type, people older than 35 years old; the second type, people whose families had a fertility plan or had just given birth in the past two years, men and women were not limited; the third type, people who had fought labor arbitration lawsuits and won against previous companies. He had to meet any one of these three conditions before he could sign up for the exam. Of course, whether he could pass or not was another matter. However, there was one point that had to be emphasized. That was because this special recruitment exam was different from regular recruitment examinations. They were all hired according to the number of people. The number of people participating in this recruitment exam was obviously less than regular recruitment. The probability of admission would obviously be greatly increased. Wu Bin was stunned. These three types of people were the three types that other companies did not want! First, people older than 35 years old. Many companies had said that they would regularly send talents older than 35 years old to society, or regularly eliminate employees who have lost their fighting spirit. This gap was basically stuck at 35 years old. Other than that, many companies did not dare to say that on the surface. There were many reasons. One of the direct reasons was that when employees signed contracts with the company, they would sign two fixed deadline labor contracts in a row. Or if workers worked in the human resource position for ten years, they would have to sign contracts that had no fixed deadline. This also meant that unless there was a legal or agreement to terminate the labor contract, this contract would only be terminated until the workers retired. It was very stable. Therefore, many companies would regard labor contracts as a lifetime burden and would try to avoid it. Many people graduated in their twenties and participated in work. They would sign this kind of unlimited labor contract with the company when they were around 35 years old. The deeper reasons were more complicated. However, at the end of the day, it was just that the company preferred young labor who were healthy, could work overtime, and had low prices. They wanted to eliminate these old employees with heavy family responsibilities, found it difficult to withstand the pressure of overtime, and had relatively high salaries. They wanted to pursue the companys profits as much as possible. That was also why many people were saying that middle-aged crisis. They were all saying that programmers cannot win against forty years old. That was because in the eyes of many companies, employees were consumables. After 35 years old, the value of these consumables would decrease rapidly. Naturally, they had to think of ways to eliminate these people. That was what most companies thought. Coupled with the fact that they were middle-aged, families, children, medical care, and other expenses would increase. Wouldnt there be a mid-life crisis? The second type was people who had a fertility plan recently. There was no need to explain much about this. They had to take a break from giving birth. It would easily take more than half a year. Taking care of children would distract most of their energy and would definitely affect their work efficiency. Many companies would ask women in their thirties when they encountered them during recruitment if they had plans to have children recently. On the other hand, Boss Peis plan was that there was no restriction on the gender. In other words, male applicants could also apply for jobs as long as their spouses were planning to give birth. At that time, male applicants could accompany them on maternity leave. The third type was those who had fought labor arbitration lawsuits with the company and won. This group of people would also be outcasted. That was because many companies HR had already formed a de facto alliance. It was to better squeeze the employees under them. According to normal peoples thinking, wouldnt it be natural for employees to be treated unfairly and initiate labor arbitration to win the case? However, in the eyes of many companies and HR in the company, such people were definitely thorns! If you could arbitrate your old boss today, would you arbitrate me tomorrow? Thus, many companies had formed a tacit understanding between them: If they did not like any employee, they would dissuade him. If you were more sensible and did not want the compensation to leave obediently, everyone could discuss it nicely. I would say a few good words on the resignation proof. However, if you dont know your place and insist on going to labor arbitration for compensation? Im sorry, you wont be able to care what I write on the resignation certificate. Whats more, as long as all companies tacitly stopped recruiting employees with previous experience in labor arbitration, wouldnt no one dare to apply for labor arbitration in the future? It was a brilliant plan! Thus, there were more and more companies now. They did not care about the facts. As long as they realized that the applicants had applied for labor arbitration, they would not want them. However, Boss Peis attitude was completely different: Other companies did not want these people, right? I would not reject anyone! Not only would I not reject anyone, but I would also specially open a special recruitment drive for them so that they could easily enter Tengda! Wu Bin quickly finished reading the entire plan. After some consideration, he said, Boss Pei, this plan Hmm this plan itself is good, but I dont think theres a need to hold an exam, right? That would make it easier for us to hire er, weaker employees. I think its fine as long as we treat everyone equally and dont discriminate. Wu Bin was actually a little conflicted internally. If it was other companies HR, the first point would definitely be for the interests of the boss and the profits of the company. They would only think of ways to dissuade these three types of people and reduce the cost of the company. However, Wu Bin had worked in Tengda for so long and knew very well what kind of person Boss Pei was. He also knew very well what kind of company Tengda was. Whats more, Wu Bin knew very well that Tengdas current state was what a company should be like. It was normal for companies to treat these three types of people equally. However, from a practical point of view, it would indeed reduce the efficiency and revenue of the company. Therefore, Wu Bin felt that he could not turn these three people away. That would go against the Tengda spirit and values. However, there was no need to sacrifice so much company benefits, right? Pei Qian shook his head, chuckling inwardly. Treat everyone equally? Ordinary recruitment? That way, even though these three types of people would enter Tengda, the speed would be too slow! How could recruitment be done so quickly? Tengda was developing faster and faster, and its scale was getting bigger. It could not wait any longer! Chapter 1474 - These Are Talents that Tengda Urgently Needs! Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Pei Qian cleared his throat and said, Theres obviously a problem with your idea. If these three types of people are dispensable to Tengda, there is indeed no need to give them preferential treatment. However, what if these three types of people are talents that Tengda is in urgent need of? Of course, we have to open a new recruitment channel so that they can enter Tengda to work more smoothly! Wu Bin was stunned. Huh? These three types of people are talents that Tengda is in urgent need of? As a HR, he felt that the topic he was discussing with Boss Pei had completely exceeded the scope of his knowledge reserves and touched his blind spot. If Boss Pei said that these three types of people were the disadvantaged group in the workplace, Tengda would have to bear social responsibility, cleanse social atmosphere, respond to the national call, and make a good example for other companies. Therefore, Wu Bin would feel that it was reasonable to give these three types of people preferential treatment and open a special recruitment drive. However, what was Boss Pei talking about? These three types of people were talents that Tengda was in urgent need of? What was urgent! Seeing the confusion in Wu Bins eyes, Pei Qian explained, How is he not a talent that Tengda is in urgent need of? What is Tengdas biggest problem now? The company is too young! Its a good thing that the average age of the companys employees is low. This means that Tengdas overall atmosphere is more positive and active. However! There will also be some problems with being young. For example, you will not be stable enough or reliable enough. In the past, Tengda was a small company. Its good to have drive. However, Tengda is getting bigger and bigger. We need some stable genes. As the saying goes, an old man is like a treasure. People over 35 years old have a lot of experience in work. The work flow is more rigorous. There are many things worth learning from young people. Many companies dont want people above 35 years old for two reasons: First, the positions provided by these companies are all low-quality positions. If experienced old employees are replaced with new employees, the company can operate normally. Second, these companies are desperately squeezing their employees. If they work for a long time, it would be difficult for old employees to be qualified. However, Tengdas situation is completely different. First of all, Tengdas spirit is to be sharp and never stop. We are working hard to develop innovative industries. Our employees have to improve together with the company and grow together. Therefore, we need people with experience above 35 years old to push the company from labor-intensive to knowledge-intensive. Secondly, Tengdas working hours are short to begin with. Our employees dont need 996. Lets not talk about employees above 35 years old. Even uncles and aunties in their 60s or 70s can adapt to this work intensity. Since we can perfectly avoid these disadvantages and fully utilize our advantages, why cant we recruit employees who are more than 35 years old on a fixed basis? Wu Bin opened his mouth slightly and felt that what Boss Pei said made sense for some reason. He pondered for a moment and said, Boss Pei, the other two types of people are talents that Tengda is in urgent need of? Pei Qian nodded. Of course! People who have fertility plans in the near future show that they have a clear plan for their lives. At the same time, they have a sense of family responsibility. Such people might have families that will affect a portion of their energy but it can also bring them motivation to work hard! For their families, for their children, and for hard-earned work opportunities, they will work very hard. As for those people who applied for labor arbitration and won the lawsuit, it means that they dare to fight against the unorthodox society, take up legal weapons to protect their legal rights and interests. Isnt this fearless fighting spirit a perfect interpretation of the Tengda spirit? Therefore, Tengda wants all three types of people. The more, the better! Its not just recruitment. In the next few years, Tengda will also organize a childrens shelter, kindergarten, and even primary and secondary schools. Many of our employees are at the age where they can talk about getting married and having children. The company has to deal with their worries! This lecture rendered Wu Bin speechless. It made so much sense! According to Boss Pei, these three types of people were indeed worth hiring! Of course, the only worry was how professional and capable these people were. That was because the regular recruitment examinations were targeted at everyone who met the criteria. There would definitely be more people registering, so the probability of selecting outstanding talents would be higher. On the other hand, this exclusive recruitment limit could only allow these three types of people to participate. Even if everyone in the country who met the criteria came, the number would still be relatively small. The probability of hiring outstanding talents would naturally be correspondingly lower. However, on further thought, these three identities only provided them with the qualifications to participate in the exam. It depended on ones skills. There might be people with weaker abilities in the early stages because of the low number of applicants. However, given Tengdas current reputation, this special exam would probably spread throughout the country in a few months. The next exam would definitely be full. Thinking about it this way, the special exam this time would have the effect of spending a thousand yuan to buy bones. It was quite worth it. At that thought, Wu Bin nodded. Alright, Boss Pei. Ill arrange it now! After sending Wu Bin off, Pei Qian was finally done with one of his greatest worries. It would definitely be beneficial as long as he could successfully implement recruitment! What Pei Qian said to Wu Bin was basically a lie. What rich work experience, clear life plan, and a sense of family responsibility were not the main factors that Pei Qian considered. Pei Qians main consideration was spending money! A 35-year-old old employee would definitely have a high salary level and a lower work intensity. A pregnant woman would be able to give the company more expenses when she took a break from labor. Those who had once launched labor arbitration against the original company would not easily work overtime in Tengda This was obviously a good way to increase company expenses! At that time, this might even happen: Some people kept testing Tengdas recruitment drive, but failed. In a fit of anger, they would get pregnant before taking the exam! If everyone thought that way, Tengda would be able to spend a huge sum of money by only giving its employees maternity leave. Or he could arbitrate the original company in a fit of anger before taking the exam! That way, those who received unfair treatment would not have to be cautious when launching labor arbitration. Those who were capable would not be afraid of the joint resistance of these companies. In any case, they could take the path of Tengdas recruitment examinations. How great! Let GOG organize an event to burn more money. It might cause further impact to IOI but there is no good solution now. Hmm I dont know how the publicity plan that Meng Chang made for charity is going, but Meng Chang has always been a relatively reliable person. There shouldnt be any big problems. I should bury my head and think about the spending plan for this cycle My graduation thesis Forget it, spending money is more important. Pei Qian wanted to struggle again and write his graduation thesis. However, on further thought, settlement was more urgent. He could only continue reading the work reports of the various departments and rack his brains to spend money. At the same time, Meng Chang was continuing to perfect the charity publicity plan assigned by Boss Pei in his residence. This plan was more or less complete, but there were still some details that needed to be refined. Meng Chang was rather free at work now. He could go if he wanted to and work at home if he did not want to. His cell phone rang just as he was busy. He picked it up and saw that it was his good brother Fan Xiaodong. Hm? Meng Chang was a little stunned. He had been busy with the publicity plan for charity recently and had not contacted Fan Xiaodong much. The two of them were basically a very pure friendship and interest relationship even though they were good brothers. They usually did not contact each other when there was nothing big that could make money. Meng Chang had also told Fan Xiaodong a long time ago that the project he was in charge of this month was charity. He did not have the chance to earn extra money like the previous few times. Since that was the case, why was Fan Xiaodong calling? Meng Chang picked up the phone suspiciously. Brother, let me ask you something! Has Tengdas GOG done anything recently? On the other end of the line, Fan Xiaodongs tone seemed to be filled with anticipation. Meng Chang was stunned for a moment. GOG? Er I think its just a Chinese New Year event. They spent some money, right? Theres nothing worth mentioning. Why are you asking about this? Fan Xiaodong was a little strange. Eh, thats not right. Didnt Boss Pei do anything? Even I noticed what happened at Finger Games. Meng Chang frowned slightly. I dont feel anything. Oh, perhaps I havent noticed what Boss Pei is secretly preparing for since Tengda just finished its Chinese New Year holiday. Whats up with Finger Games? Fan Xiaodong paused for a moment and said, I suspect that Dayak Corporation might want to sell Finger Games. Meng Chang immediately perked up. Really? Where did you get the definite news? If this was true, it could indeed be said to be a huge matter! However, the problem was that Meng Chang had not heard anything about it at all. Therefore, whether this matter was reliable or not and how much credibility it had was a problem. Fan Xiaodong said, Theres no definite news for the time being, but theres some news. Its said that Dayak Corporation has secretly contacted some potential buyers, but these buyers maintain a relatively suspicious attitude towards this deal. Dayak Corporations cash flow this year is not good. Considering the performance of Finger Games and IOI, it is very likely that Dayak Corporation will determine it as a negative asset. After all, there was once a studio that sold it as a negative asset just because the profits did not increase quickly enough, much less Finger Games. Its normal for buyers to be suspicious of this deal. Thats because Dayak Corporations request is to sell all of their shares in one go. That can easily make people feel that they are going to run away. Whats more, from a world perspective, there are definitely not many large companies that can take down the entire Finger Games in one breath. First, they have to have enough cash flow. Second, they have to be interested in the game and look favorably on the future of Finger Games At the end of the day, its really a little like a fool. Of course, these are all rumors. I cant be sure without concrete evidence. However, what we can be sure of is that there are some very suspicious movements within Finger Games! Chapter 1475 - Finger Games’ Undercurrent Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios The more Meng Chang listened, the more he felt that there was something amiss behind this matter. He did not interrupt but continued listening intently. Fan Xiaodong paused for a moment and said, If the news that Dayak Corporation is going to sell Finger Games is true, the upper echelons of Finger Games must have their own considerations and plans. After hearing the news, I observed the movements of the upper echelons of Finger Games through various channels and finally found some clues. There is a high-level executive in Finger Games. His name is Charles Kotick. He is different from a high-level executive who was a designer like Chrtien. He was the co-founder of Finger Games from the beginning. He was not a designer but the main financial backer. When he was at his peak, he had nearly 40% of Finger Games shares. He was the real authority in Finger Games. Not only that, after Finger Games was bought over by Dayak Corporation, he was deeply trusted by Dayak Corporation. Without any suspense, he won against the other co-founders and became the CEO of Finger Games. Dayak Corporation spent a huge sum of money and gave Tengda a huge sum of money. They forced a privatization contract to ask Finger Games to withdraw from the market and obtain complete control. After some twists and turns, they were listed again. During this process, Dayak Corporation very generously gave about 10% of the shares to England! It can be seen that he is deeply trusted by Dayak Corporation. It would not be an exaggeration to say that he is the true controller of Finger Games. Meng Chang nodded slightly. This was actually not difficult to understand. Dayak Corporation had gone through painstaking means to retract their shares from Tengda because they thought that Tengda was an enemy and a competitor. Leaving the shares and operating rights of the local server in Tengda would cause huge harm to IOI. That was why they did not hesitate to spend a huge sum of money to retract them. On the other hand, distributing some shares to the upper echelons of Finger Games was to motivate them so that they could design IOI well and earn more money. Leaving the market was to obtain complete control, and going public again was to re-enter the capital market and obtain more benefits. Dayak Corporation attached the most importance to him among the upper echelons of Finger Games. As for the reason it might be because he had grown into a shape that the capital loved. In this aspect, the higher-ups who knew how to operate capital were much more likable than those who only knew how to design games. Fan Xiaodong continued, Then, after I investigated, I realized that Charles seemed to be lobbying everywhere. He successfully convinced four investment firms and jointly funded the establishment of an investment firm, registered on the Cayman Island. On top of that, he also set up a financial management company with his own brother. From the structure, this financial management company is the only partner of that investment company, which is the actual manager of the funds. Meng Chang quickly understood. Thats why this new investment firm that was established by four investment firms is actually under the control of this funds management company, and this fund management company is under the control of Charles and his brother. As for the four investment firms that were jointly funded they are actually only the backers and dont participate in the actual management. Fan Xiaodong: Thats right! This is very interesting. Why did Boss Pei go through so much trouble to set up this investment firm? Since its an investment firm, he has to invest in something, right? What reason did he use to persuade these four big investment firms to fork out money and become their sponsors? Meng Chang pondered for a moment and said, He wants to force their hand? He wants to intercept! Fan Xiaodong nodded. Yes! Thats the only explanation! Obviously, Dayak Corporation views Finger Games as a negative asset and wants to sell it, but thats not what Charles thinks. He is the co-founder of Finger Games and a veteran in the game industry after all. No one knows the value of video games and Finger Games more than him. He saw Dayak Corporations sale as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! He probably wanted to use other potential buyers to observe and think of ways to lower the value of Finger Games so that Dayak Corporation would be forced to sell it to him at a lower price. Of course, Im not sure how to do this exactly. I guess that on the one hand, Charles must have lied to Dayak Corporation that IOI is not going to make it. No one will offer them better conditions than this. On the other hand, he must have put pressure on Dayak Corporation through other channels, such as some investment firm that invested in Dayak Corporation. There might be a consultant team sent by Dayak Corporation in Finger Games to be in charge of analyzing possible potential buyers and the other partys bids, but Charles is the CEO of Finger Games after all. He can use various methods to obstruct and even use the CEOs power to disperse this consultant team. Charles must be more confident now that he has made up his mind. Meng Chang pondered for a moment and smiled. Indeed, only capital can defeat capital. Boss Pei is not the only one who knows Dayak Corporations weaknesses. On the surface, this Charles is the CEO of Finger Games. He works diligently for Dayak Corporation. However, once he encounters such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, he would reveal his fangs and want to become the owner. The key is he really has a huge chance of success! If he can really use this opportunity and bluff Dayak Corporation through various methods, think of ways to suppress the value of Finger Games while thinking of ways to facilitate the transaction, he would really be able to make a huge profit. As the CEO, he has a lot of power. As long as negative news is inadvertently leaked, Finger Games stock price will continue to fall. However, there are risks in doing this. Therefore, he must move quickly! Dayak Corporation contacted some buyers in private, but they did not have a good discussion. Thats because their intention to cash out was too obvious. These buyers felt like they were taking over the business. They were not optimistic about Finger Games prospects, so they were still watching. If they did not make a move, it was only because they did not make a move that Charles could buy back his shares from Dayak Corporation at a low price. However, if they delayed it for too long and allowed other companies to wake up, they might snatch them from him. Whats more, while this operation by Charles is very high-end and dazzling, the more complicated the operation, the bigger the problem. It would definitely violate some details and regulations. It would definitely affect others, especially the interests of the small shareholders. These people would not let the matter rest. They would definitely sue Charles in a bid to pause this deal. Of course, there will also be a strong legal team on Charles side. They will not easily lose the case, but he cannot afford to delay it. Therefore, the most likely outcome would be that they will settle in court and he will get rid of the money to avoid the disaster. However, no matter what, as long as this happens, it will definitely take a long time. The only variable is Boss Pei! Is that why youre asking me about Boss Peis views on this? Fan Xiaodong was very happy. It was easy to talk to smart people. Yes, if Boss Pei did not make a move, the final outcome would probably be Finger Games successful sale. However, strictly speaking, it is not considered a sale. It should be said that Charles would become the biggest winner. However, if Boss Pei were to make a move thats hard to say. No one can guess what Boss Pei would do. After some consideration, Meng Chang said, I think Boss Pei might buy Finger Games. This is a good opportunity for Boss Pei to lower the value of Finger Games since he thinks that this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. GOG might be invincible in the world now but IOI is still a competitor with a lot of potential after all. It still has influence around the world. If he buys it, it would be equivalent to having the entire MOBA game market in your hands. At that time, if IOI made money, Boss Pei would not lose out. If IOI died, it would be equivalent to GOG dominating the world. Boss Pei would not lose out! I dont think Boss Pei isnt aware. Whats more, the set of combinations that Boss Pei threw at IOI through GOG, especially the various activities during the Chinese New Year period, can tell that Boss Pei has invested a lot of effort in this matter. I dont believe that he doesnt have a backup plan. Fan Xiaodong was excited as well. Yes, thats what I want to say! If Boss Pei were to make a move, what would happen? Charles had done a lot of preparation work. Tengda appeared just as he was about to take over at a low price! Dayak Corporation was naturally overjoyed. They were going to sell anyway. Wouldnt it be the same no matter who they sold it to? As long as they had more money! At that time, it would be a competition between both sides. Charice might have a lot of money on hand, but it is obviously incomparable to Tengda. Then Finger Games shares will plummet first, and then skyrocket If we could buy it at the lowest point and sell it at the highest point, we would be able to profit even if we did not participate in this transaction. However, the only question now is whether Boss Pei intends to make a move or not? If Boss Pei doesnt make a move, the stock price will not be able to rise. Then, we will be buying stocks for nothing. Meng Chang thought for a moment. Leave this to me. Ill report to Boss Pei later. Ill think of a way to pretend to mention this unintentionally to see Boss Peis attitude. Fan Xiaodong quickly said, Be careful. Boss Pei is so smart. If he sees our intentions, he might backfire. Meng Chang patted his chest and answered confidently, Dont worry! Ive roughly figured out Boss Peis temper now. Nothing will go wrong. Fan Xiaodong was very happy. Alright, as long as we have definite news, we will buy Finger Games shares. We might not make as much as before this time, but it will definitely be more considerable! If there was no accurate news from Meng Chang, he would definitely not dare to make a move even if Fan Xiaodong saw this opportunity. The reason was simple, the risk was too high! Any slight misstep could turn from profit to loss. However, if he could obtain confirmed news from Boss Pei, it would be completely different! Chapter 1476 - Soar Without Forgetting Original Intentions, Help Others When You Reach Your Goals Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios February 18th, Monday. Pei Qian came to the office as usual and Meng Chang was already waiting outside. Boss Pei, this is the plan that you instructed before the Chinese New Year. Its already done. It was a holiday during the Chinese New Year and was slightly delayed. However, theres still time, Meng Chang said as he handed a plan to Pei Qian. Pei Qian took it and nodded. Yes, its right not to work overtime during Chinese New Year. Thats something to encourage. As for the time, you dont have to worry too much about it. Tengdas working method is as long as it can be completed before the deadline. It cant be slow or fast. The time is quite well controlled this time. To Pei Qian, if his employees were slow in their work, it would affect settlement. That would not do. However, if they were fast, it would mean that the employees working attitude was very positive. Whats more, he had to arrange new jobs for them. That was very annoying. Therefore, it was perfect to complete it at a speed that was neither fast nor slow and just in time for the deadline. However, Meng Chang felt that there was another layer to his words. I cant be slow, and I cant even be fast either? If you are slow, it would either mean that the work distribution is unreasonable and give the employees too much work, or it would mean that the employees work efficiency is not good. If you are fast, it would mean that this job is completed too quickly and is not particular. There might be hidden dangers. Its not wise to blindly seek speed. Only by setting up a work plan based on the specific situation of each work task and following the plan from beginning to end can we complete these tasks step by step. Boss Pei is indeed Boss Pei. Even a casual sentence from him has such deep meaning! Meng Chang could not help but feel emotional. Pei Qian did not know that Meng Chang had such a rich mentality. He took the plan and quickly scanned it. This time, Meng Chang was in charge of the publicity plan for the charity event. Pei Qian had two requirements for him: First, he had to add a little business element in this charity event to burn more money. Second, this publicity plan had to achieve the goal of good publicity in remote villages and poor publicity on the internet and other unrelated fields. Meng Chang pondered for a long time in seclusion and finally took out an answer sheet. First Aid Plan? Pei Qian was the first to see the name of this plan. Meng Chang nodded and explained, Thats right. The origins of this name is the mission that I set for this charity plan. Soar without forgetting original intentions, help others when you reach your goals. The word Tengda was dismantled and displayed Tengdas historical mission and social responsibility. In addition, the meaning of help is to provide relief, alms, and helping the poor and the world. On the other hand, original has two different meanings: the first meaning is starting point, hinting that this is the starting point for Tengdas large-scale charity event. The second meaning is primary and tertiary. It also suits our goal of supporting primary and secondary students this time. When these two words are combined, they are not only in line with the mission of Tengda does not forget its original intentions, but it also reflects the nature and goal of our event. Pei Qian nodded subtly. Yes, not bad. Employees who made plans and thought of names like Meng Chang were all good employees! He could not be bothered with those employees who did not come up with a good name. Every time they got Boss Pei to think of a name personally. It was ridiculous! The name First Aid Plan sounded a little unnatural at first glance. However, it immediately left a deep impression after hearing the meaning of Meng Changs explanation. Thus, many good names did not necessarily mean that they were good in themselves, nor did they mean that the words that formed them were rare. Instead, they contained a beautiful meaning behind them. There was a complete meaning, making people naturally think of a special situation when they mentioned it. That was why it was nice. Meng Changs goal was not bad. He was lucky to be in front of others. Dont be arrogant and think that he was so outstanding and wise. He should look back at those who were behind him. He should know clearly that he ran away quickly just to eat the dividends of the times and society. He had the responsibility of helping others on his shoulders. The only pity was that this name and mission did not have the beautiful wish of losing money. However, this was a charitable plan with a little business attribute after all. It did not matter if he did not bring it along. Pei Qian continued reading, focusing on the specific measures of this First-Aid Plan. The first was how to add a little business attribute to charity. The plan was written very clearly. It was a confidential plan. No participant could take the initiative to advertise or show off. Before participating in this plan, participants had to sign a confidentiality agreement before participating. The way to participate in the first helping plan was: individuals or companies could freely donate money to the first helping plan. These funds would follow Tengdas charity plan and become various resources to save the target group. This stage was to turn into meat, eggs, milk, and some ingredients to save the needy students and their families. As for what the next stage was, it had not been decided yet. In any case, the rules were the same no matter how the specific format changed. Anyone who had participated in the first helping plan could check the donation records of every individual or organization on the official website. They could also check the direction of every sum. For example, if a certain someone had donated a thousand yuan, they could find out if the money was left in the account or if it had become resources to save the target group. He could check where they bought the resources, how much they bought, and which class they gave to. It was just like the orders on the shopping website. This function was not difficult to make. It was not that there was no returns for participating in the first helping plan. However, it was limited to when carrying out economic activities with Tengda. You could obtain a certain amount of preferential treatment based on this identity. However, there was no special explanation for the preferential treatment. It was just a promise. The second was how to ensure that this plan was more well-known in the rural areas and less known on the internet. Meng Changs publicity method was to write slogans in remote villages! Whats more, it was a large number of regular slogans that had nothing to do with the First-Aid Plan. They were mixed with the promotional slogan of the First-Aid Plan. In the promotional slogan of the first helping plan, the words first helping plan would not be mentioned at all. It would only use the down-to-earth slogan children can go to school happily and the rice flour oil and salt will come home, so that the people in the village could link school and rice flour oil and salt together to achieve an objective publicity effect. That would create double insurance. The first layer of insurance was that all individuals or organizations who participated in the first helping plan could not deliberately emphasize, divulge, or promote the first helping plan to the outside world. The second layer of insurance was that all publicity would be handled by Meng Chang. However, this publicity would only have the slogan write a slogan in the village. Whats more, many slogans were written together, so that the slogan of the first helping plan would be perfectly hidden in other slogans. That way, he would be able to meet Pei Qians requirements for publicity in the poor rural areas where almost no one knew about it on the internet. Of course, Pei Qian knew very well that nothing was impenetrable. No matter how low-profile and confidential this First-Aid Plan was, someone would find out about it one day. However, that did not matter. It did not mean that it would become popular immediately if it was discovered. It did not mean that it would immediately make more money. As long as he could play this timeline well and burn more money before everyone knew about this plan, his goal would be achieved. Pei Qian read the entire plan and nodded. Yes, not bad! This is the plan I want. No problem. Just follow this plan. He had to admit that Meng Chang was very reassuring. Putting aside whether the plan was well done or not, Pei Qian appreciated the motivation to incur losses! Meng Chang took the plan back but did not leave immediately because he had other things to do. One of the upper echelons of Finger Games, Charles, had spent a lot of effort to set up an investment company. Obviously, he wanted to take advantage of the time when Dayak Corporation was selling Finger Games and sit back and reap the benefits. Fan Xiaodong had taken this opportunity and wanted to earn a sum of money in the process. However, the prerequisite was that he had to know if Boss Pei would participate. Meng Chang wanted to test Boss Pei out. He might have thought of an excuse before he came but he still felt a little flustered in front of Boss Pei. Meng Chang felt like he was a little like Qin Wuyang when Jing Ke stabbed Qin Qing. He had made ample preparations before coming. In the end, he was still panicking when he saw Boss Pei. However, Meng Changs mental fortitude was relatively strong and he quickly stabilized. After some consideration, he said, Boss Pei, what What do you think about Finger Games current situation? Pei Qian did not think too much about it. He said subconsciously, Finger Games? I hope they can last for a while. Pei Qian only had one word to describe Finger Games: disappointed! Look at what they did during the new year! He had worked so hard to organize so many activities, but in the end, he might as well not do it. If he did not do it, he should be able to continue muddle-headed. In the end, after organizing the event, a large number of players quit the game! This directly caused Long Yu Corporation to give up on the strategy of IOI and turn to Bullet Hole 2. Pei Qian was very unhappy as well. How many chances had he given Finger Games? How many times had they worked hard? Huh? Thus, Pei Qian no longer had any hopes for Finger Games. He only hoped that they could last longer and allow GOG to conquer MOBA later. However, Meng Chang was stunned when he heard this answer. Boss Pei What did he mean? Why did he want IOI to last longer? No matter how pitiful IOI was, it was still a competitor of GOG. Shouldnt it hope that they would die quickly? Low profile and show off? Not all of them. Boss Peis expression was quite realistic. Could it be? Meng Changs eyes suddenly lit up as he understood. Boss Pei obviously saw the drastic change brewing in Finger Games, so he hoped that this drastic change would last longer? Chapter 1477 - Acquisition Of Finger Games? Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios As for why he wanted this drastic change to last a little longer Obviously, the current CEO of Finger Games, England, would definitely continue to create negative news in order to buy back Finger Games shares at a low price. He would suppress the value of Finger Games and force Dayak Corporation to sell at a lower price. Dayak Corporation would definitely not just watch. The longer both sides struggled, the smaller the price of taking down Finger Games! At that thought, Meng Chang could not help but feel energized. He was 60% sure that Boss Pei was paying attention to Finger Games movements. He was also prepared to catch the oriole behind the mantis. Although 60% was not stable enough, Meng Chang did not dare to take any more risks. It was a little strange for him to ask about Finger Games. If he asked any more, his intentions would be too obvious. After all, Meng Chang had not been in charge of GOGs publicity recently. Why was he so interested in IOI? That did not make sense. It was good enough to try out a 60% chance. Meng Chang turned around and was about to leave when Pei Qian stopped him. Wait a minute. I have a question for you as well: Do you think there is any way to spend a lot of money quickly? Pei Qian suddenly felt like this. He had been struggling with spending money and suddenly felt that he could ask Meng Chang! Meng Chang might not be reliable in other places, but he had a benefit: he was very daring to spend money! If he were to ask him, even if he did not obtain any useful answers, he would definitely gain something. Meng Chang froze. What did Boss Pei mean?! There were so many ways to spend money in this world. Would Boss Pei not think of them? How can that be?! There was no need to talk about industries that Tengda had not stepped into yet. The simplest way was to throw all the money into Dream Realization Ventures, right? Obviously, Boss Peis question seemed to have a deeper meaning. Meng Chang felt a little flustered. Could it be that Boss Pei had already accurately guessed his thoughts and used this method to knock him down after he only asked about IOI indirectly? Boss Pei asked if there was any way to quickly reduce a large amount of money, and wouldnt it be in line to acquire Finger Games? Did Boss Pei mean to say: I know what youre thinking. Dont try to test me in the future. Meng Changs thoughts drifted away. Pei Qian was a little puzzled to see Meng Chang daydreaming. Whats going on? Im just asking if you have any way to spend a lot of money quickly. If you have, you have. If not, you dont have. You can just say one or two. Do you have to be so conflicted? Pei Qian cleared his throat and said, Is this question that difficult? Meng Chang could not help but shiver and wake up suddenly. Indeed, Boss Pei had already expected an answer in his heart when he asked this question! My hesitation exposed myself It was impossible to guard against everything! He could not be sloppy when dealing with Boss Pei. That was because Boss Pei would catch any small flaw. That was simply a complete suppression of intelligence! What should he do next? Obviously, there could only be one way. It was to tell the truth! At that thought, Meng Chang quickly bowed. Boss Pei, I really shouldnt make any wild guesses about you acquiring Finger Games! Im very sorry! Pei Qian: ? This bow confused Pei Qian. What was going on? Why did he apologize? Didnt I just ask you a very simple question? Look at what you answered. Eh? Acquisition of Finger Games? At first, Pei Qian did not care much about it. However, the keyword acquisition of Finger Games opened a new door for him. Wait, thats a good idea! What do you mean by the ups and downs of life? What do you mean by the tables have turned? Dayak Corporation could snatch Finger Games shares away from me forcefully through a private contract back then. I can naturally snatch them back now! Obviously, Finger Games was now in a situation that was getting worse. The failure of the Chinese New Year event gave Finger Games another heavy blow. Finger Games could be said to be the most fragile thing since it was established. In the past, Pei Qian had not considered this problem at all because IOIs operations were not bad. Finger Games was in high demand. Dayak Corporation would definitely not sell it. However, it was different now. After a few twists and turns, IOIs situation was no longer as good as before. Dayak Corporation was famous for being greedy for money. Perhaps they could really buy Finger Games at a higher price? As for whether it was worth it to buy Finger Games Nonsense, of course it was worth it! Dayak Corporation would definitely not let go easily even if IOI was already on the decline. There would still be some premiums if they wanted to buy it. High prices and poor prospects. Wasnt that the lowest cost-effective investment? Looking at IOIs attitude now, it was basically dying. If Pei Qian did not buy it, it would rot in the hands of others. However, if Pei Qian bought it, wouldnt it rot in his hands? If IOI was really bad, he could use it to burn money. This money-burning tree could burn for at least a year. How good would that be! Pei Qian even had a more ridiculous and sinister idea. That was to bring GOG along and spend the most money to court death the most Pei Qian was also daydreaming. He only recovered after half a minute. In the end, he saw Meng Chang still bending down. Pei Qian was a little speechless. What are you doing? Get up quickly. Im not blaming you for this. Meng Chang rubbed his old waist and broke out in cold sweat. You dont blame me. How could you let me bend over for so long? Obviously, there were two aspects to Boss Peis attitude. Meng Chang bent down and apologized. Boss Pei specially let him up after more than half a minute. This was obviously trying to knock him down so that he would not try to test him next time. However, Boss Pei said that he did not blame him. He was saying that the acquisition of Finger Games would not change because of Meng Chang. To put it bluntly What Boss Pei meant was that it did not matter if you could tell that I wanted to acquire Finger Games and had thoughts about it. However, if you acted smart but came to test me, that would be a very problem! This attitude was very clear. Meng Chang quickly said, Alright, Boss Pei. Ill make a move first. Meng Chang could not help but heave a sigh of relief after leaving Boss Peis office. Har Still alright! The plan might have failed, thinking that Boss Pei had seen through it on the spot without leaving a trace, but Boss Pei was not angry because of this. Whats more, he had also tested out that Boss Pei indeed had plans to acquire Finger Games. Since this news was confirmed, it was easy to talk about what would happen next. Meng Chang and Fan Xiaodong could roughly estimate the direction of Finger Games share price in the future based on this definite information! First of all, in order to buy Finger Games at a low price, he would definitely release some negative news that would cause Finger Games share price to fall. After that, when the share prices were about to fall, Boss Pei would definitely suddenly make a move when charles and Dayak Corporation were about to reach a deal. At that time, shares that had already fallen to a certain extent would definitely rise again. In other words, he could short it and make more money. Meng Changs bank could naturally be replenished. However, Meng Chang had already thought about it. He would take out a large portion of the money he earned and donate it directly to the initial financial plan. That way, Boss Pei would turn a blind eye to his actions. All in all, the situation was great! Pei Qian began to think about acquiring Finger Games after watching Meng Chang leave. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that something was amiss! He had not considered this problem before. The main reason was that he had not been on good terms with Dayak Corporation previously. Even if he wanted to buy it, they would not sell it. There might be a chance now that Finger Games was in such a state. However, the problem was that acquiring a company was not as simple as buying cabbage. He had to evaluate and negotiate. This process was very troublesome. How could he buy it? Who should he send? Pei Qian did not care so much about the price. As long as it was not too ridiculous, it would not be a problem for it to be more expensive and cheaper. The key was that it had to be done smoothly. He did not want to be left out after that. After some consideration, Pei Qian decided on four main candidates. Eric, Assistant Xin, He Desheng, Meng Chang! Eric was an old employee of Dayak Corporation. He should be able to contact Dayak Corporation. That would be able to facilitate the transaction faster. He would not be unable to contact them and delay their progress. In addition, Eric had been in charge of the operations of IOI and GOG. He knew IOI very well. In terms of games, he was professional enough. Assistant Xin and He Desheng were mainly going to inspect Finger Games and estimate a more reasonable price. The two of them were more professional and did not need to lower the price much, but they could not be a spendthrift. As for the last Meng Chang, he looked like he was there to make up the numbers, but he was actually very important: Pei Qian wanted him to make the decision for him. It was impossible to settle the acquisition of a company in two or three days. The entire negotiation process would be longer, and there might be some choices in between. Pei Qian did not care about these details. However, Eric, Assistant Xin, and He Desheng were not people who dared to make decisions. Meng Chang did not have many advantages except for his courage. At that time, these people might fly to Europe or the United States. It was different from China. Pei Qian did not want to be woken up by a cross-border phone call in the middle of the night to decide on a small matter that did not matter to him. Therefore, Meng Chang decided to get Eric to pull the strings, Assistant Xin and He Desheng to inspect and negotiate. No matter the outcome, it would be enough as long as he bought Finger Games and did not spend too much money for nothing. The four of them would split the workload and work together. Then, they would form a professional team according to needs. It would definitely be done well and would be foolproof! The more Pei Qian thought about it, the happier he became. He immediately sent a message to the four of them and asked them to hurry up and arrange the work on hand. He wanted them to inspect the possibility of acquiring Finger Games and then push this matter forward as soon as possible. Of course, Pei Qian could not care less about how to negotiate.. The four of them could decide. Chapter 1478 - Four-Person Team Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios At the same time, in the GOG project team Eric was seriously considering GOGs overseas operations plan for the future. IOIs new spring event this time had been scolded both domestically and overseas. However, the situation of being scolded overseas was obviously much lighter. They were scolded because IOI had indeed been producing various skins for a long time. It had neglected to adjust the gameplay and balance. Dayak Corporations intention to earn money was too obvious. However, domestic players minded more about Finger Games unfair treatment of FV Team. Foreign players did not mind so much. Whats more, GOG was distributing cash in China, but not overseas. All in all, after the international competition and the new spring event, GOG and IOI had widened the gap further overseas. However, the gap was far from reaching the domestic level. He still had to work hard! Eric was thinking about the new operations plan when he suddenly noticed a pop-up window on the companys internal chat software. It was a small group of five. Boss Pei sent a message and left the group. Obviously, there might be hundreds of discussions in this group. Pei Qian felt that it was too troublesome and did not want to watch it. Thus, he left the group after arranging his work. It was quiet. Eric was stunned. He first read the message from Boss Pei and then looked at the other three people in the group. This Eric was stunned. That was because he did not expect Boss Pei to want to acquire Finger Games? He also did not expect Boss Pei to hand this important task to him! Eric might have been a high-level executive of Dayak Corporation previously but he had completely cut off contact with Dayak Corporation and Finger Games in order to express his loyalty to Tengda. After arriving at Tengda, he had been focused on GOGs overseas operations plan. Whether it was the international competition or the new version, he had been very busy with all sorts of work and had not paid much attention to IOI. Therefore, Eric still did not know that the internal changes between Dayak Corporation and Finger Games were going on for a long time. Is Boss Pei trying to use this method to speed up his acquisition of Finger Games and unify the entire MOBA game market with huge steps? Now that I think about it, this is indeed a very good time. However, more importantly, Boss Pei chose me as the person-in-charge of the negotiations. That is such a heavy trust! Eric felt warmth as a traitor. As an old employee of Dayak Corporation, Eric might not be suspected of being a spy, but most ordinary leaders would definitely be on guard. Even if they did not specially guard against him, they would more or less drift away. It was obviously a very lucrative job to talk to Dayak Corporation about acquiring Finger Games! Ordinary bosses would definitely choose their own subordinates and trusted aides to do this. On the other hand, even though Boss Pei had Xin Hailu and He Desheng among the four people listed, he had chosen Eric directly from GOG project team! Obviously, this meant that Boss Pei had no sectarian bias at all. He regarded Eric as one of his own with a very broad mind! That moved Eric. Boss Pei trusts me so much. I have to make use of my understanding of Dayak Corporation to obtain as much benefits for Boss Pei as possible! Eric secretly made up his mind. At the same time, Meng Chang had just returned to the advertising and marketing department. He immediately called Fan Xiaodong after putting the plan back into his desk. It was early in the morning in the United States, but the information in Meng Changs hand was very important. He could not delay. Hello? Little Dong, I just received accurate news from Boss Pei. Boss Pei is indeed interested in acquiring Finger Games, and Holy sh*t! The sudden Holy sh*t scared Fan Xiaodong. He asked suspiciously, Whats wrong? Meng Changs voice trembled from excitement. Boss Pei just sent me a message Fan Xiaodong was a little confused. Send a message? Dont tell me that you asked too obviously and was discovered by Boss Pei? Meng Chang shook his head. Actually, Boss Pei discovered it on the spot. However, Boss Pei only gave a small punishment. It wont affect the authenticity of this information Fan Xiaodong: What the f*ck? After a moment of silence, Meng Chang said, Boss Pei just sent me a message He asked me to be in charge of acquiring Finger Games with the other three people in charge of Tengda! Whats more, Boss Pei also said that if we really cant come to a conclusion about some details, Ill make the final decision Fan Xiaodong was silent. Obviously, both of them were shocked by this sudden turn of events! After a long time, Fan Xiaodong asked hesitantly, Boss Pei Why did he ask you to do this? Meng Chang: Wasnt I also wondering about this question! If I knew, would I be so scared that I cursed? Both of them were confused. That was because this matter was not within the scope of Meng Changs authority! Meng Chang was in charge of advertising and marketing. Whats more, he had basically not done GOGs publicity plan. He had not interacted with GOGs project team or Tengdas investment department. He had nothing to do with Finger Games and Dayak Corporation. On the other hand, the other three people were very closely related to acquiring Finger Games. Why did Boss Pei specifically include Meng Chang? Whats more, Boss Pei had even said in the group that if there were any problems when discussing with Dayak Corporation, the four of them would discuss it. If they really could not come to a conclusion from some details, Meng Chang would make the final decision. Such power was not as simple as just making up the numbers! Meng Chang was silent for a long time and said, Could it be that Boss Pei had already guessed that I would have some tricks in the capital market and knew that I could obtain some insider information, so he sent me over to play a role in this? It might seem a little ridiculous but this was the only reasonable explanation! He looked at the other three people: Eric was originally an employee of Dayak Corporation. He knew Dayak Corporation and Finger Games very well. At the same time, he knew GOG and IOI. Xin Hailu was Boss Peis most trusted old employee. He Desheng was the person-in-charge of the investment department. Both of them had very strong professional knowledge. During the negotiation period, Eric could use the resources of GOGs project team, He Desheng could use the resources of the investment department, and Xin Hailu could use the resources of the other departments. In other words, the entire Tengda Corporations resources could be mobilized to complete this acquisition together! What about Meng Chang? He thought about it. His only advantage seemed to be that he had obtained some information about the capital market with Fan Xiaodong. He had a prediction about the various tricks that were going to happen to him. Fan Xiaodong agreed with this. That makes sense! In that case, Boss Pei has tacitly allowed us to obtain some benefits in the capital market to a certain extent? However, in line with that, you have to cooperate and guide the other three people to obtain Finger Games at the fastest and best price! Thinking about it this way, youre really the most suitable candidate. Thats because the other three people only know their own business. Its very difficult to arrange everything. Whats more they are not as ambitious as you. If you can integrate the resources in the hands of the three of them, you can obtain the greatest benefits for Tengda! On the other hand, tacitly allowing you to make some benefits in the capital market is to give you a sweet taste and encourage you. Boss Pei, you are indeed a wise man! The two of them sighed and Meng Chang said, Alright, Ill hang up first. We cant delay this matter. Ill start preparations immediately! Help me ask around for more information on that side as well. Well talk to Dayak Corporation when the time comes. I have to think of a countermeasure in advance. By the way, I think Charles is about to make his move. We can start emptying Finger Games shares. Fan Xiaodong: Understood, leave this to me! Meng Chang immediately began to think of a countermeasure after hanging up. At the same time, he discussed with the others in the group. However, Boss Pei had already left when he looked at the list of members. Boss Pei is really confident Hes leaving such a huge matter to us? I have no choice but to submit. Meng Chang felt that his understanding of Boss Pei was refreshed again. Dare to not try his best? Dare to act smart? Boss Pei was watching! Chapter 1479 - Crying For The Workers February 19th, Tuesday. After working hard for three days, Wu Bin finally arranged the special recruitment exam that Boss Pei had assigned him. Time was a little tight. Wu Bin was prepared that not many people would participate in this recruitment exam. That was because Tengdas recruitment examinations had a fixed time in the past. They would sign up a month in advance. Many people who were studying or working had ample time to prepare. They could arrange all the work on hand and participate in Tengdas recruitment examinations. However, the special recruitment exam this time was quite sudden. It would take some time for the news to spread. Presumably, the people who participated might not be able to make time. However, on further thought, that did not matter. After all, it was the first special recruitment exam. It was mainly to achieve the effect of spending a thousand yuan to buy bones. As long as the special recruitment exam this time could cause a wider response, the goal would be achieved. Thus, he could prepare for the exam again. The announcement had to be released immediately. Wu Bin had already written a recruitment notice and sent it to Tengdas official website and various channels early in the morning. The content of this summary was not particularly complicated. It explained the basic factors such as the three types of people, the duration of the exam, the content of the exam, and so on. In addition, the standards of these three groups of people and the responsibilities of current recruitment positions were also explained in detail in the attached file. When Boss Pei made his requests, he spoke in a relatively broad manner. For example, the second type of people: Those who had a family fertility plan or had already given birth in the past two years, both men and women could. This request was obviously more vague. For example, how to calculate the specific time, how to verify the fertility plan, and so on. Such questions obviously required a very detailed rule. It was not unreasonable. The key was that this special recruitment exam was equivalent to preferential treatment for these three types of people. If the standard was not clear, there might be people taking advantage of the situation. Those who did not meet the criteria squeezed those who met the criteria. That would obviously go against the original intention of this special recruitment exam. On top of that, a detailed table had been laid out for the various departments recruitment and number of people as per usual. Generally speaking, the number of people hiring for the special recruitment examinations this time was about 40% of the number of people hiring for the regular examinations. After all, the number of jobs in Tengda was there, and the number of people who could be recruited was limited. If more people were recruited for the special recruitment exam, the number of people recruited for the ordinary exam would decrease. They should be preferential to the disadvantaged group. However, if they were too preferential, it would become unfair to the ordinary group. How to grasp the speed involved was a headache. In fact, if Wu Bin had to decide for himself, he would think that 40% was more than enough, and 15% would be enough. However, Boss Pei resolutely disagreed and requested the various departments to formulate more recruitment plans and recruit as many people as possible in the special recruitment activities. Wu Bin could not dissuade Boss Pei and finally agreed to the current number. Boss Pei had said that it was precisely because the other companies did not want these three types of people that the employment requirements of these three types of people would definitely be huge. That was why they had to open recruitment in Tengda. Wu Bin thought about it and felt that it made sense. Since this special recruitment exam had been decided, according to Boss Peis character, he would definitely make it big and huge. He still had to listen to Boss Pei when it came to the companys development strategy. Wu Bin was just an ordinary HR. Apart from sorting out the Tengda spirit when he had nothing to do, he was usually in charge of recruitment. Boss Pei had the final say in how many people they recruited. The HR department only needed to ensure that the best batch of people to sign up for the exam would be selected. After posting the recruitment notice, Wu Bin arranged for others to continue preparing for the recruitment examinations while checking the netizens feedback. He had to admit that news related to Tengda spread very quickly. This recruitment notice quickly spread. First, it was in various chat groups, forums, then it was in the media and hot searches. Soon, it gained a lot of attention online! As expected, this news attracted intense discussions by netizens. In fact, Wu Bin had a rough estimate of the response online before he released this news. However, Wu Bin could only sigh after seeing this news rush to the various charts at an extremely fast speed. His imagination was still too limited! Am I seeing things? Tengda set up an additional recruitment exam? Whats more, they only recruited people who are more than 35 years old, have a fertility plan, and have won against labor arbitration? Holy sh*t, arent these the three types of people that other companies are trying to dissuade? Tengda is doing the opposite? Could it be just for show? Does Tengda need to act? Whats more, open the recruitment plan and take a closer look. There are many positions available for recruitment, and there are many in every department! Its not the kind that only recruit one or two people. Tengda is awesome! The cultural level is limited. I dont know what else to say. Its simply the ultimate dream land for social animals like us! I really want to @ various internet giants to see what a company with a sense of social responsibility is like. Compared to some companies that regularly send talents to society more than 35 years old, the difference is obvious! Its just as well. I hope that all companies would send talents over who are over 35 years old to Tengda so that they can shine! The exam time is too tight. Theyre taking it this week? But it doesnt matter. Ive been preparing for Tengdas recruitment exam for more than a year. I failed twice. The pressure to compete this time will definitely be much lower. I have to grasp the opportunity! Damn it, Im 34 this year. What should I do! Next year, there might be more people registering. The difficulty will increase! Do you have any children? If not, I suggest you have one. If you do, you can consider having a second child. You will also be qualified for the exam. Huh? Just to find a job to have children? Im afraid you dont know that the money spent to have children is the salary of many people for several years, right? Youre still thinking about raising children after entering Tengda? Thats true. Most people are unwilling to raise children mainly because they dont have enough conditions. They either dont have money or energy. They cant afford it. If they can really afford it, it would be good to raise one to play with. Those who havent registered their marriage do it quick, and then come up with a fertility plan! No, is this recruitment plan discriminating against young single men? What have we done to offend single men! It doesnt matter. Young, single men still have one last option: find an opportunity to arbitrate their previous companies! Everything is the same now. Most companies are thinking of ways to dissuade their employees from giving compensation. In the past, everyone was angry but did not dare to speak up, afraid that their next job would be affected. Now, its great. At the very most, they can go to Tengda without any means of retreat! These heartless companies can sue them all! Wu Bin did not expect the announcement to cause such a huge reaction. At the same time, he deeply felt Boss Peis wisdom. If he released some limited positions as he said, it would definitely cause a lot of doubts under the popularity of public opinion. The eyes of the masses were sharp. How many people did they recruit just because of your special recruitment? That was obviously very suspicious of acting! However, now that there were enough people, no one could say anything. Whats more, this recruitment plan did not cause much disgust among young people. Instead, many young people cheered. At first, Wu Bin was a little puzzled. Logically speaking, wasnt this equivalent to opening a special recruitment channel for these three types of people? Wouldnt they seize some positions that originally belonged to young people? Why were young people praising it? After some time, he finally understood. This was what it meant to hurt things! On the surface, Tengdas special recruitment of these three types of people would indeed have a certain impact on young people. However, who would not age? Who would not consider fertility plans one day? Who would not have any friction with previous companies throughout their entire career? It was true that the young had not encountered a mid-life crisis. They could use their advantage in age to find good positions in some large companies through the 996 working method. However, that did not mean that they were not worried about their own future. That was because they saw 35-year-old employees being dissuaded during their work, pregnant female employees being talked to, and colleagues who could not even get the most basic compensation when they left. They would naturally wonder what they would do if they encountered such problems in the future. Without Tengdas announcement, most people could only submit. However, Tengdas announcement gave them hope now. They might not be direct beneficiaries now but they would not be helpless when they were old, about to have children, and about to be arbitrated by the previous company. At the very least, Tengda had a special recruitment exam that was reserved for them. Therefore, once this recruitment plan was released, not only did it cause a heated response in these three groups of people, but it also attracted the attention of young people, making all the employees excited! Those who fit the criteria immediately began to prepare. The examination time this time might be very sudden but it also meant that the difficulty of the exam this time might be unprecedented and never to be. If he missed this village, there would not be this shop! No matter what, he had to take part in the recruitment examinations this time. He might regret it for the rest of his life if he missed it! There were even people who had to participate even if they had no conditions. Wu Bin was very touched. It looked like every worker in the world had suffered the same fate. Everyone was becoming more and more clear-headed! Previously, many workers complained to each other. Young people complained that middle-aged people occupied high positions, making them lack room to rise. Middle people complained that young people worked overtime desperately, causing them to lose their jobs. However, everyone now understood that the real problem was not within the workers. That was why Tengda was becoming more and more popular. It was heaven for workers to dream of. Wu Bin was encouraged and continued with the recruitment. However, he knew very well that this was just the beginning. The wind direction might change after some time. The reason was very simple. Tengdas move was equivalent to roasting many other large companies on the fire. Originally, everyone had tacitly eliminated these three types of people. They were all the same in the world, and none of them were particularly outstanding. However, now, Tengda had basically removed the cover of other companies. Would these companies leave the matter at that? Whats more, there were many elite groups online. Their thinking was unimaginable for ordinary people. Wu Bin did not dare to be negligent. He continued to pay attention to the public opinion online as he prepared for the recruitment examinations.. Chapter 1480 - Acquisition Plan Begins! Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios At the same time, Eric, Xin Hailu, He Desheng, and Meng Chang formed a four-man team. They were discussing the acquisition of Finger Games in the conference room. The four of them had already shared the information that they knew about each other, formulated a complete plan, and planned the schedule. Meng Changs situation was more special among them. He first shared what Fan Xiaodong saw in the American capital market with everyone. Then, after the four of them came up with the plan together, he redid the initial plan with Fan Xiaodong overnight. Simply put, it was to avoid risks. Insider trading might be severely illegal in the capital markets of various countries and would be severely punished, but there was a limit to the specific behavior. It was not like obtaining some insider information and investing in the capital market was considered an insider transaction. Otherwise, some professional empty companies in the market would first investigate a certain listed company and find evidence that this company was faking accounts or doing illegal things. Then, they would short this company and disclose these negative news, causing the stock price to plummet. What would they say? Or perhaps, some people simply wanted to see the internal management of this company chaotic and the decision malfunction. From there, they wanted to see the stock price of this company collapse and profit. What should they say? On top of that, the executives of a certain listed company might have deliberately made some seemingly muddle-headed decisions, causing the capital market to plummet. How could they prove that he knew the answer or was he really muddle-headed? There was no way to prove it unless they really caught the hammer and found out that he was directly involved in the deal. To put it further, if the executives of a certain company were to eat with their friends and say that the companys benefits had been especially good recently and the situation was especially optimistic, would it be considered an insider deal if their friends bought the shares of this company? If these were all considered internal transactions, many empty agencies would have been punished until they could not continue working. Therefore, the key depended on the specific extent and whether there was any concrete evidence. Meng Chang and Fan Xiaodong thought that the shares of Finger Games would fall because Fan Xiaodong noticed that the current CEO of Finger Games had set up an investment company and heard rumors that Dayak Corporation wanted to sell Finger Games. Thus, he made a speculation. These news were not insider information. Many people knew about it, but they were not as confident as Fan Xiaodong and Meng Chang. Since it was information that many people could obtain, it was only a personal judgment that Fan Xiaodong and Meng Chang made the shares of Finger Games. It did not involve internal transactions. At most, Meng Chang could roughly estimate when Finger Games would be able to reach the end. This was similar to his work in Tengda. Would Tengdas shares skyrocket if it really succeeded in acquiring Finger Games? That was possible. Therefore, after some consideration, Meng Chang decided to only make empty money. He would stop when Finger Games share price was almost at the lowest point and not earn the money that rose later on. After all, the first half of the plummet was done by charles. It had nothing to do with Tengda at all. Naturally, it had nothing to do with Meng Chang and Fan Xiaodong. The subsequent explosion could be related. There was a certain risk. He would not do it. That was not because Meng Chang was timid. It was mainly because he was worried that his actions would make Boss Pei unhappy because he seemed too greedy. Boss Pei liked motivated subordinates, but he did not like greedy subordinates. The line between the two was very vague, but Boss Pei could distinguish it clearly. It was better to restrain himself. The other three people in the group also verified the news from other channels and found that it was very realistic after receiving Meng Changs news. Thus, the four of them quickly reached a consensus and formulated a acquisition plan. Simply put, he would talk to Dayak Corporation first. However, during the process, it was a completely dispensable attitude and was not in a hurry to advance. In fact, according to Boss Peis intentions, he wanted to buy Finger Games as much as possible. However, if he made it particularly obvious from the beginning, Dayak Corporation might ask for too much. It would be very difficult to achieve negotiations. That was to let Dayak Corporation know that Tengda Corporation was a little interested in acquiring Finger Games. However, acquiring Finger Games was only to stabilize GOGs market position. It did not matter if they could not buy it. Whats more, he had to keep the negotiations a secret. He could not let the outside world know, especially not Char and the others. At the same time, they watched as he began his performance. In order to use the lowest price to buy the shares of Finger Games in the hands of Yak Corporation, he would definitely think of a way to attack Finger Games share price. As for what method he would use, no one could guess, but there was no need to guess. He just had to wait patiently for him to play against Dayak Corporation. Tengda had also maintained a close relationship with Dayak Corporation as charter revealed Dayak Corporations bottom line. Dayak Corporation would have sold their shares to the investment firm behind charles if not for Tengda Corporations intervention and seeing Finger Games valuation fall day by day without being able to find a more suitable buyer. However, the situation was completely different now that Tengda Corporation was involved. Dayak Corporation suddenly announced that they would sell all their shares to Tengda Corporation at a critical moment when he thought that everything was going smoothly and was just one step away! His expression and reaction would definitely be very interesting then. Of course, the price that Tengda would obtain in the end would definitely be higher than the lowest price that charles. However, that did not matter at all. After all, it was not easy for charles to be busy for so long. Eric gave many suggestions and perfected many details while discussing this plan. That was because he knew Dayak Corporation and Finger Games too well. Eric knew very well that there was a high chance that this plan by him would succeed. However, it was precisely because of this that he had a higher chance of failure after Tengda intervened. Meng Chang swiped his cell phone. Eh? Finger Games seems to have made a move. Ill share the news in the group. The others took out their cell phones to check. In an interview with a foreign media, he publicly expressed that he was considering merging the Asian server! Of course, he used more dignified and beautiful words. For example, he wanted to further promote communication between Asian players, improve the level of the entire Asian server, integrate operations, and so on. However, it was obvious that gamers who knew a little about IOI knew the real reason: IOIs local server was too miserable. The loss of players after the international competition made things worse for the local server. The queue for high-end rankings was getting longer and longer. The fish pond was also showing signs of severe exhaustion. If it was not convinced, gamers would not be able to continue playing! In fact, there had been various guesses about IOI wanting to integrate the server a long time ago. However, there had been no confirmation. Now, the current CEO of Finger Games had said it personally. The credibility was very high. Other than that, someone also revealed the April Fools Day event that Finger Games was planning. On the surface, this did not seem to be an internal leak. It was a coincidence. However, to Meng Chang and the others, this behavior was very suspicious. In fact, it was not a big problem to look at this April Fools Day event alone. The key was that it was similar to the previous activities. There were basically different types of skins. Apart from that, there was also a paywall event. To gamers, this was unacceptable! That was because gamers had already caused an uproar during the Chinese New Year event. They had scolded Finger Games and Dayak Corporation. Wasnt it obvious that there were new skins even though the game mechanism, gameplay, and balance were not done well? Whats more, he did not even pretend this time. He even organized a paywall event. It was ridiculous! Of course, the gamers had a strong response. There were a lot of criticism, especially Dayak Corporation. That was because everyone had tacitly agreed that Dayak Corporation would definitely arrange for any paywalls or money-making activities! However, Meng Chang and the others knew that it might not be Dayak Corporations idea this time. Dayak Corporation might have sufficient motive to make a profit and run away, but charles had more sufficient motive. He could use this method to further create public opinion that was not beneficial to Finger Games and lower the stock price. Whats more, Dayak Corporation would not stop him from doing this. They could not clarify either. They could only take the blame for him obediently. He could only say that he had figured Dayak Corporation out. If this guess was correct, it might not be the end but the beginning. It was most likely that he was just trying his luck and taking the first step in his plan. He must have many other ways to further lower the stock price of Finger Games and achieve his goal smoother. The four of them looked at each other and stood up. The plan has more or less been finalized. Charice has also started. Lets go! In the afternoon, Wu Bin checked the comments online about the Tengda special recruitment exam. As expected, the public opinion changed! Different voices appeared in the popular comments that were celebrating Tengdas conscience. On the surface, this looks like a good thing. However, Im a little worried. Will Tengda be dragged down by its own benefits policy one day? Previously, the high benefits were at least given to young people who were seriously recruited into the company. It could motivate them to work hard. However, the people who are specially recruited now have either lost their fighting spirit subjectively or are lacking in energy due to physical and family reasons. That would slow down the efficiency of the entire company! Indeed, to put it bluntly, the so-called social responsibility is also a social burden for companies. I think its good enough that everyone is treated equally and joined based on exams. Theres no need to give these people special treatment, right? Im very afraid that Tengda would be dragged down by a group of slackersa?| From the perspective of working as a worker, of course, I want to work less and get more salary. However, from the perspective of consumers, if Tengdas employees are lazy, how can they provide us with better products and services? I think Tengdas current situation is very dangerous. It seems to be setting up a character. Any character setting, be it celebrities or companies, would not have a good ending. As long as they set up a character setting, someones character will collapse one daya?| Im also worried. The key is, is Boss Pei really not trying to make money? Who can resist the temptation of capital? Even if they can do it now, what about in the future? Even if they can do it themselves, what about the other higher-ups? The higher you raise Tengda, the worse it will falla?| In any case, youre the one bragging and stepping on you. I think Tengdas current state is quite good. Dont continue to raise it. Its really dangerous. I think theres a bigger threat to this matter: Tengda must not turn into a paying tribute to ransom and moralize all other companies, causing the entire entrepreneurial environment to worsen! If that happens, it would really be a bad thing if you do it out of kindness! Chapter 1481 - It’s Not Easy To Lie to Workers These Days Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Wu Bin looked expectant as he read these comments. However, the last comment caught his attention. That was because the angle of this comment was different from other negative comments. Whats more, the popularity of the discussion was not low! The story of Zi Gong Ransoming Someone seemed to have the intention of killing people. Wu Bin clicked on it immediately to check the details. Of course, its a good thing to give benefits to our employees and take care of the employment opportunities of the disadvantaged. However, many things have to be looked at from two angles. There are many situations where good intentions are bad! On one hand, if the benefits are too good, its easy to raise lazy people. We can confirm that these three types of people are basically aiming for high benefits. Can they still have the spirit of fighting? Employee benefits are also part of the cost of the company. If the company doesnt control the cost and distributes benefits every day, the employees would be happy, but how many days would the company live? Once the company closes down, these employees would lose their jobs and even lose their basic salary. Isnt that putting the cart before the horse? Of course, Im not saying that Tengda will collapse because of such benefits. After all, Tengda is already a giant company. However, what about other small companies? Everyone knows about the story of Zi Gong Ransoming Someone. Objectively speaking, Tengdas actions would form a moral abduction. Everyone would use this standard to request other companies. It seems like if other companies dont do that, they would be the evil sweatshops. However, not every company has conditions like Tengdas! Many small companies are always on the brink of bankruptcy. Its also common for some people to leave after taking maternity leave. If these small companies are forced by the huge pressure of public opinion to increase benefits, causing their costs to increase suddenly and the company to go bankrupt, wouldnt the final benefits be damaged by the employees of the company? Tengdas benefits are good, but many people cannot enter Tengda at all. They can only work in small companies. If these small companies fall, they might lose their jobs. Who will consider their livelihoods? Thats why I think Tengdas behavior is not appropriate. It set up its own persona and earned its reputation. However, it did not care about the lives of other small companies at all and ignored the living conditions of these small companies. Instead, it might cause greater harm! I still hope that everyone can view this matter rationally. Dont do the moral abduction method to give small companies and ordinary workers a way out! Wu Bin could not help but feel worried. He had to admit that these comments were quite confusing. These companies were not stupid now. They could not possibly brazenly say that they were not giving benefits to their employees. Otherwise, they would definitely be scolded to death. However, they could not remain indifferent seeing how popular Tengdas special recruitment exam was this time. That was because the more popular this matter was, the greater the impact they would naturally be. In the future, it would be harder to be muddled whether it was new or old employees! At that time, their best strategy would be to act pitiful. It was not easy to talk about the company and the boss. The boss was exploited by the ink employees. The boss was a disadvantaged group. He had to pay for the meals of the entire company. He was working hard and earnestly every day. Everyone would lose their jobs if the company collapsed. Thus, he hoped that everyone would understand and endure some dissatisfaction. He might even voluntarily reduce his salary and suffer with the company He had to admit that this argument was a little confusing for many inexperienced people. Wu Bin was very worried that such twisted logic would affect public opinion. However, Wu Bin continued reading and realized that he was wrong. The popularity of this post was not because many people agreed, but because it was criticized! Obviously, netizens were getting smarter and smarter. They were not so easily hoodwinked. These negative comments about Tengdas special recruitment exam came quickly, but they slapped their faces even faster! What a bunch of nonsense! Welfare and fighting spirit are not directly related! Some people think that benefits will destroy peoples fighting spirit, while others say that benefits will stimulate peoples fighting spirit. Is that destruction or stimulation? I think the key is what you think of human nature. If you think that most peoples nature is lazy, benefits will destroy peoples fighting spirit; if you think that human nature is to fight and advance, benefits will stimulate peoples fighting spirit. In this world, other places are hard to say. In our country, there are still many people who are down-to-earth and do things. There is no doubt about that! Would you mind giving me your house and savings if you say that benefits will destroy your fighting spirit? The liberal living conditions have made you lose your fighting spirit. Give them all to me. That will definitely stimulate your fighting spirit and you will reach the peak of life in minutes! Tengda set up a character setting? Dont use words randomly. If doing a good deed is called setting up a character setting, I hope that this kind of setting up a character setting would be better. Even if some people publicize it after doing charity, it would be better than not doing charity at all, right? If setting up a character setting is something that doesnt mean what it says, it would collapse. However, when has Tengda ever done something that doesnt mean what it says? You dont have to worry about Tengda and Boss Pei. If Boss Pei only had IQ and EQ like you, Tengda would have closed down long ago. Its ridiculous to worry about small companies. If a company doesnt understand innovation, innovation technology, pursuit of industry trends, doesnt understand how to motivate employees, and only relies on employee benefits to reduce costs to maintain the survival of the company, I think its better for such a company to collapse. Whats the point of the existence of such a company? Thats right. Are you worried for the boss of a small company? Did he worry for you when he was driving a sports car in a villa? No matter how small the boss of a company is, the money he earned is unimaginable for you workers. Why are you worried for him? Are you worthy? To be honest, if there were really small company bosses who went through hardships with their employees, the employees would naturally be willing to give up on the benefits and fight with them. However, how many of such bosses are there? Most of them are stupid and stingy. The employees would not find reasons from themselves when they ran away. They would first complain that the employees could not suffer? Pfft! A good boss who is truly considerate towards his employees would not ask why his employees are so unreasonable. On the contrary, most of the bosses who complain about their employees are scumbags who dont even know themselves! Thats right. Didnt Tengda also develop from a small company? The benefits of Tengda were already very good when it was a small company. Why didnt the employees eat the benefits and become a group of lazy people? Instead, they were all working hard and growing rapidly? Why is Tengdas behavior moral? They even said that Tengda is standing on the moral high ground? Im sorry, I think Tengda is on the moral high ground no matter how I look at it! Perhaps this abnormality is too common and too common. Everyone is used to it. Tengda stood up and took the initiative to do good things, wanting things to return to the right track. There are actually people who are not used to it? Really see it in life! Why do so many people feel that its not easy for the company? Lets not talk about anything else. If the boss were to take out half of his annual salary to distribute to all the employees, the employees would definitely be willing to work hard for him. Would the boss be willing? Since hes not willing, dont say that its not easy. Since everyone is purely hiring and being hired, dont emphasize that its not easy for yourself. Its not easy for the boss. Could it be very easy to hit the workers? Back then, when they were in the industry, many bosses were completely pigs on the streets. They were strong and could improve no matter how they did. Later, when the economy was slightly lower and the wind stopped, these peoples true colors were revealed. The key was that they still felt good about themselves. Wasnt it my leader who succeeded back then? Why not now? You employees must not do well! Reducing benefits, reducing costs, strengthening examinations, ideological education What happened next? Then, the company collapsed! Why did the company collapse? Was it because of the employees? Obviously, it was because of the useless boss! Indeed, I hope that the boss and the workers can be more self-aware and not kidnap each other! Dont speak up for the boss if you hit the workers. Think about the rights and benefits that the law gives you first! Thats right. The unscrupulous boss doesnt have to spend so much effort to bluff and hit workers. If you have the time, think about how to do more practical things and open the company. To put it bluntly, true capitalists are going to develop overseas markets and earn the money of other countries. What kind of capitalist are you if you keep squeezing the people of your own country? At most, youll be bought by the officials of the old society! Those who posted similar comments were scolded bloody by the netizens! These comments were more civilized. Some people started the simplest of curses. Wu Bin could not help but feel emotional. The eyes of the masses were sharp. It looked like the IQ of the masses had improved overall. It was getting harder to bluff them. Many people might say that they would only talk online. What impact would it have on things? However, moving his mouth was often the first step to solving the problem. If no one thought that there was a problem with this matter, it would never be solved. Whats more, it would become worse. If everyone thought that there was a problem with this matter, even if there seemed to be no change in the short term, the solution would slowly be promoted. Now that he thought about it, Wu Bin felt that he had obviously been too small-minded. Indeed, this recruitment might not recruit particularly outstanding people in the short term. However, in the long term, as this special recruitment exam became more and more famous, there would naturally be more and more outstanding talents! For Tengda, the final outcome of the two recruitment drives would not differ much. The greatest meaning of this special recruitment exam was not only to show everyone the Tengda spirit and attract more talents, but also to change the concept of the entire society so that everyone could understand that it was only natural to pursue better living conditions and benefits, reject unreasonable overtime and the so-called fighting spirit to be brainwashed! Struggle was right, of course, but there were different types of people to work towards. It was wise to fight for himself, but stupid to fight for his boss. Trash companies that squeezed their employees without any bottom line had all closed down. The market would not disappear, and their work opportunities would not be cleared. The demand was there. Naturally, more companies that were willing to give their employees benefits and could fight their way out of the harsh environment would appear and occupy this market again to provide these work opportunities for their employees. If Tengda was working with other companies and constantly pushing Tengdas working method to influence these companies from within, then this special recruitment exam was to pressure other companies from outside by guiding all the workers! The two different routes were different when facing different companies. However, the final outcome would probably be the same. Perhaps this process would be very long and the progress would be very slow.. However, as long as he persevered, he would gradually improve. Chapter 1482 - Delivery Battle Begins Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Chapter 1482: Delivery Battle Begins Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios February 20th, Wednesday. Shanghai, Shengyun Express Corporation headquarters. Shengyun Corporations upper echelons were having a meeting in the conference room. Chairman Nie Yunsheng slammed the table and said very firmly, Thats settled then. We have to start cutting off from Upwind Logistics immediately! If you are indecisive, you will cause chaos. Shengyun Express and Upwind Logistics are highly dependent. If you continue like this, the reliance between us will only be higher. It will become more difficult as you go! Upwind Logistics has been doing the air transport business for more than half a year. The business volume is increasing rapidly every day. If we dont do anything, it will only be a matter of time before they overtake us with the terminal controlled by Upwind Courier stations! Whats more, after nine months of planning, the delivery cabinet and community courier stations that we have set up in second and third-tier cities that Upwind Logistics have not completely occupied have finally surpassed Upwind Logistics in terms of scale. The conditions have basically matured. After the meeting today, we will officially announce that apart from Jingzhou, Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and the other surrounding areas, we will officially prohibit the cooperation between the express delivery brands of all the subsidiaries of the company and Upwind Logistics. All express delivery companies will be sent to our own express delivery cabinet and community courier station! As for these four strong areas of Upwind Logistics our final goal must also completely replace Upwind Courier stations. However, we cannot rush it in the short term. We have to wait and see. If the customers protests are not too intense, we can start cutting off from the Upwind Courier stations in these four key areas. The other Vice Presidents did not raise any objections to this. After all, this decision had been brewing in Shengyun Corporation for a long time. Now, it was just a matter of time. Shengyun Corporation knew that Upwind Logistics was planning their own air transport business last May and was very vigilant. However, at that time, the business dependence between Shengyun Corporation and Upwind Logistics was too high. Upwind Logistics had become the last link of Shengyun Corporations express delivery in many important cities. For Shengyun Corporation, throwing all their parcels into Upwind Courier stations would undoubtedly reduce the cost of manpower. Thus, they cut off a portion of the express deliverymen in many places. However, Shengyun Corporation also realized the danger and prepared to cut ties with Upwind Logistics after Upwind Logistics began to plan their own delivery business. During these few months, Shengyun Corporation had invested a lot of money in the terminal layout through various methods, including financing. They had established a network larger than Upwind Logistics. In fact, Upwind Logistics was still spending money to open Upwind Courier stations. However, they were not as fast as Shengyun Corporation. That was because the two companies made express delivery stations. Strictly speaking, they were not the same thing. Upwind Logistics Upwind Courier stations had to be delivered to their doorstep. Thus, the courier stations had to be equipped with express deliverymen and sorting personnel. They were all official and authorized employees. The process from recruitment to starting the business could not be done too quickly. Every segment was strictly prohibited from the establishment of the various internet points to the official operations. However, Shengyun Corporation was different. They used two methods: express delivery cabinet and community courier station. The express delivery cabinet was very simple. It was to discuss cooperation with various districts and set up a delivery cabinet in the district. The express deliveryman would throw the express delivery into the express delivery cabinet and leave. Customers would scan the QR code to collect the items. On the other hand, Shengyun Corporations residential courier station was different from Upwind Courier stations. The residential courier stations were franchises. Anyone could open a small shop. The courier stations were not responsible for delivering parcels to customers doorsteps. Some courier stations were not even responsible for finding parcels for customers. After customers came to their doorsteps, they were purely busy themselves. They would find parcels on the counter, exit the warehouse, and bring them home. Sometimes, there were too many express deliveries. They would have to stick them together with tape or use the small cart at the entrance of the courier stations to push them home. Upwind Courier stations was a loss-making business, but Shengyun Corporations district courier stations were not making a loss. Instead, they were making a huge profit. That was because the people who opened the community courier station only needed to sit at the courier station. If the express deliveryman brought the items over, they would enter the warehouse and place them on the shelves according to the serial number. When customers came to collect them, they would find the items according to the serial number and exit the warehouse. It was simply a fully automated operation. When the boss of the courier station was in a good mood, he would help to look for something. If he was in a bad mood, he would say that he had something on and let the customers busy themselves. After that, the boss of the courier station could earn a portion of the money for each express delivery. With such a huge load of goods and some miscellaneous side businesses, even in a relatively small district, the boss of the courier station could earn thousands or tens of thousands of yuan each month. Of course, this income was not stable income. How much money could be earned depended on the location and traffic of the courier stations. The more deliveries there were, the more money they would earn. Some courier stations might not be able to continue working and collapse. Some courier stations might earn 20,000 yuan a month. That was hard to say. However, overall, these courier stations were obviously profitable. Thus, Shengyun Corporation did not need to painstakingly set up these express delivery points. They only needed to let go of their franchises. Naturally, many people who wanted to earn money would cooperate. Shengyun Corporation only needed to spend a very low cost to build a community courier station. Coupled with the fully opened express delivery cabinet, Shengyun Corporation had finally established a express delivery network that belonged completely to them after this period of rapid expansion. At the very least, he did not have to worry about not being able to deliver parcels to some second- and third-tier cities now that he was completely cut off from Upwind Logistics. Shengyun Corporation had also been trying and observing during the process of establishing this network These pilot projects and observations were mainly in some second and third-tier cities and county cities. That was because the advantage of Upwind Courier stations was in Handong Province and some more developed first-tier cities. The coverage of Upwind Courier stations in these places was high. Most consumers had already formed a habit. If they abruptly cut off all cooperation with Upwind Courier stations, it would easily cause an intense rebound. On the other hand, the conditions in second- and third-tier cities and county cities were much more suitable. There might be Upwind Courier stations in these places, but Upwind Courier stations had not covered all of them. Whats more, many customers had not completely relied on Upwind Courier stations. The result of the pilot project was that although there were some complaints, the delivery cabinet and community courier stations were doing quite well. That was why Shengyun Corporation felt that the time was almost ripe. They had to cut off from Upwind Courier stations as soon as possible. Otherwise, it would only become more difficult to cut it off in the future. Nie Yunsheng immediately decided seeing that all the executives had no objections. Alright, inform them immediately. This matter involves the survival of the entire Shengyun Corporation. They cannot be ignored. They have to be fast! In the afternoon, at the headquarters of Upwind Courier stations Boss Lu, Shengyun Corporation has made a move! According to reliable news, Shengyun Corporations headquarters has already released an internal notice that all second- and third-tier cities and county express delivery companies are no longer working with Upwind Courier stations. Instead, they are all sent to the express delivery cabinet and Shengyun Corporations own residential courier station. A staff came to Lu Mingliangs office and briefly explained the situation. However, his tone was not flustered or nervous. Instead, he sounded very excited. Lu Mingliang immediately slammed the table. Its finally here. F*ck, Ive been enduring this group of people for a long time! No matter what, Im a second-generation heir of Tengda Games. Ive been cooped up at Upwind Logistics for so long, but I havent found a breakthrough. I was waiting for this group of people to make a move. In the end, they were all too slow. They used this method to set up the express delivery website for more than eight months. Their efficiency was simply too slow. Do as we planned and let them know why the flowers are so red! Once Lu Mingliang gave the order, the entire Upwind Logistics headquarters became busy. The employees began to carry out the plan that they had already decided on in an orderly manner. Shengyun Corporation was well-prepared, and so was Upwind Logistics. In fact, Lu Mingliang had understood that Upwind Logistics would sooner or later separate from these express delivery companies, including Shengyun Corporation, when Shengyun Corporation began to set up express delivery cabinets and community courier stations. This was exactly what Lu Mingliang wanted. Why could Upwind Logistics only eat the leftovers from the last mile? Whats more, this business was a loss-making business. Upwind Logistics was burning money crazily. They spread these express delivery points across the country. In the end, the bigger their business, the more money they burned. Lu Mingliang had thought of many ways to expand the scope of Upwind Courier stations business. As the scale expanded and the cost decreased, the amount of money spent would be lowered to a relatively low level. However, that was still a loss! If he wanted to make money, he had to snatch the business from express delivery companies like Shengyun Corporation. However, this matter was not that easy. That was because the structure of other express delivery companies was from top to bottom. They could use the franchise to expand quickly. However, the structure of Upwind Logistics was from bottom to top. They had to first build courier stations to ensure the entire areas delivery experience. Then, they could establish a perfect logistics system. This difference caused Upwind Logistics to take every step steadily but very slowly. That was the biggest disadvantage and shortcoming of Upwind Logistics. After more than half a year of rapid development, Upwind Logistics air transport business had stabilized. With Jingzhou, Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou as the center, all four areas had been covered by logistics. Whats more, the speed and efficiency of logistics were obviously superior to express delivery companies like Shengyun Corporation. Upwind Courier stations in other regions were also opening rapidly. In fact, Lu Mingliang had been holding his breath the entire time. In terms of experience, he was the second chief designer of Tengda Games after Huang Sibo. Even though Upwind Logistics, which he was in charge of, was also one of the most important departments in Tengda Corporation, he had not turned his losses into profits. He had only been silently spreading the express delivery network. This made Lu Mingliang very minded. Lu Mingliang felt a little uncomfortable as he watched the other department heads show off. However, he could not leave Upwind Logistics. Wouldnt he be admitting his failure if he left now? Thus, after making preparations, Lu Mingliang waited. He was waiting for the other party to strike first. That was because whoever made the first move would be in the wrong. Now that the other party could not take it anymore, it would not be overboard to engage in legitimate self-defense! Chapter 1483 - : Upgraded Express Delivery System, Apologies Translator: Atlas Studios Editor Atlas Studios In fact, Lu Mingliang had deeply considered this series of problems when he decided to expand the regular delivery business. That included the deeper reason why Boss Pei created Upwind Logistics and how Upwind Logistics should deal with the counterattack of other express delivery companies. Did Boss Pei start Upwind Logistics purely to incur losses? That was impossible. Was it to optimize resource allocation, increase employment, change peoples lifestyles, and provide convenience to ordinary people? It might be possible, but it was definitely not the main reason. That was because everyone knew very well that Boss Pei would create a new business model for every new industry he established. In other words, no matter how much money it incurred or how long it incurred losses, it would ultimately make money. Whats more, it would definitely be the final winner! Thinking about Upwind Logistics from this perspective, many problems would come to completely different conclusions. Just like Tengdas other industries, Upwind Logistics would be a process of good money expelling bad money. Even if they lost money in the early stages, they would definitely use better services in the later stages to eat the high-end market, expand to the low- end market, and finally achieve profits. Thus, Lu Mingliang had already expected Shengyun Corporations current actions. Whats more, he had made two preparations in advance. The first possibility was that Shengyun Corporation could not make up their minds to cut ties with Upwind Logistics. This situation was the most optimistic situation. That was because Upwind Logistics would continue to expand to second- and third-tier cities, county cities, and even more remote areas. As long as Shengyun Corporation could not make up its mind to cut ties with Upwind Logistics, Upwind Logistics would definitely completely control the entire express delivery industry. of course, it was impossible to grasp all of them, but he just had to grasp all the main cities and a portion of the remote areas. At this point, Shengyun Corporation and the other express delivery companies would become meat on the table. They could arrange whatever they wanted. What was so difficult about regular delivery business? It was nothing more than using large trucks to transport express deliveries from one logistics distribution center to another. It was not a matter of high-tech threshold. Upwind Logistics would distribute some money that they burned every year or simply direct it to Boss Pei. This regular delivery business could be opened in minutes. At that time, Upwind Logistics would take advantage of the situation and gradually use their owm regular delivery business to replace other logistics companies delivery business. They would constantly squeeze their market space. Wouldnt that be a casual grasp? Thus, if Shengyun Corporation really could not make up its mind to split with Upwind Logistics, Lu Mingliang would continue to open courier stations with all his might. This process would be longer, but as long as there were no problems with the funds, he would definitely win in the end. However, it was obvious that Shengyun Corporation was not stupid. Nie Yunsheng was still very bold. Even though Shengyun Corporation had a huge company disease, Nie Yunsheng still forcefully built his terminal and made up his mind to split it with Upwind Logistics. Lu Mingliang had another plan for the second possibility. Lu Mingliang understood that they would cut ties with Upwind Logistics soon after he saw Shengyun Corporation start to build their own express delivery terminals. Shengyun Corporation had ample time to prepare. Naturally, Lu Mingliang had more time to prepare. Compared to the first possibility, the second possibility was relatively less stable. It would be faster, but it could wait for a long time. Prepare to open more cities land transportation business and fully supplement the existing delivery system. After that, the system upgrade that we have been planning for a long time will be fully released! Let the public opinion ferment on the internet for a few days. Then, I want to slap Shengyun Corporation in the face personally! Lu Mingliang quickly arranged his work. He had been idling around the entire time, but all of a sudden, he showed his true colors. At the entrance of an Upwind Courier station in Shanghai. As evening approached, Shengyun Expresss express deliveryman drove an electric tricycle and stopped at the entrance. This was the last batch of goods today. After throwing all of them into Upwind Courier stations, todays main work would be completed. of course, he still had a lot of work to do when he returned to the express delivery point. He would only be able to get off work after 8 PM This morning, the express delivery point had received a notice from the company, requesting that apart from the core areas of Handong Province, Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou, the express delivery companies in the second- and third-tier cities would not be sent to Upwind Courier stations. Instead, they would be sent to the express delivery cabinet and community courier stations of Shengyun Express. However, Shanghai was not affected. He still had to send it to Upwind Courier stations. To the express deliverymen, this did not make much of a difference. In any case, they would just pull the goods over and throw them into the courier station. What was the difference between throwing them into the Upwind Courier stations or into the express delivery cabinet of Shengvun Express? The express deliveryman parked his tricycle and prepared to store the parcels as usual. However, the staff of Upwind Courier stations stopped him before he could unload the car. Then, he said with a face full of smiles and a hint of apology, Tm sorry. Upwind Courier stations have just been forced to upgrade. Shengyun Corporations express delivery seems to have encountered a bug. The system cannot record it. The express deliveryman was stunned. Huh? System upgrade? When did that happen? The staff explained, This system had been upgraded a while ago. It said that it wanted to be upgraded, but it had not been pushed. Today, it was suddenly forced However, this new system doesnt seem to be perfect. I dont know what the specific problem is. It should be being fixed. The express deliveryman looked into the courier station. Thats not right. Whats with the goods in the courier station? The staff smiled. These goods were either delivered in the morning or from other express delivery companies. The system upgraded during the afternoon. At the moment, only Shengyun Express cannot be entered into the warehouse. We have to wait patiently. The subsequent version might be resolved. As for why, this is a technical reason. I cant say for sure. However, Shengyun Express is a large-scale company. It follows a separate set of rules. Its not the same set of rules as Upwind Logistics and other small companies. Thats why this situation happened. The express deliveryman was stunned. What about my express delivery companies? The staff was a little embarrassed. This I dont have a choice. If the system doesnt support me, I cant put you in the warehouse. Whats more, this is all set by the higher-ups. I cant make this decision. Why dont.. you call your superior to ask for instructions? The express deliveryman was a little speechless. He called outside and left in his motor tricycle. Obviously, he was planning to put the express deivery in the nearby express delivery calbinet and Shengyun Corporations own residential courier station. Such a scene was happening in all the Upwind Courier stations. The express deliverymen in the key areas of Jingzhou, Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou pulled their parcels to Upwind Courier stations as usual. However, they realized that there seemed to be a problem with the new system of Upwind Courier stations. They could not enter! The person-in-charge of the various express delivery stations had a headache when he called to report. He could only report again. In the end, he had no choice but to send them all to Shengyun Corporations own express delivery cabinet and community courier station. Not long after, it was full! Not only were the delivery cabinets full, but the residential areas courier stations were also full. Not to mention the shelves, even the courier stations were filled with parcels. There was no place to step on. The reason was very simple. Shengyun Corporation might have set up express delivery calbinets and community courier stations in these first-tier cities and the surrounding areas, but they were not completely filled. That was because according to Shengyun Corporations plan, they did not consider stopping Upwind Courier stations in the surrounding areas of these first-tier cities! Their main target was second- and third-tier cities, so their express delivery terminals were mainly in second- and third-tier cities. The terminals in first-tier cities did not have enough capacity to accommodate so many deliveries! However, he had no choice. Even if he could not install it, he had to install it forcefully. He could not possibly store it all in the internet points and warehouses and not send it to consumers when the express delivery arrived, right? Many express deliverymen watched helplessly as the shelves in Upwind Courier stations were filled with empty spaces. However, they could not enter the warehouse. It was simply unbearable. Shengyun Corporations express deliverymen were tortured to death. In the past, he would have finished delivering the take -out at six or seven in the evening. He would have ended work at eight. However, it was different today. They had to bring these express delivery companies to the nearby express delivery cabinets and district courier stations to record them down. Some district courier stations had to think of other substitute delivery points if they could not fit them. It was already past eight at night after unloading the cars. He went back to the internet area to work on other things. The knock-off time was going to be extended to 10 PM. What was even more infuriating was that when he passed by Upwind Courier stations, he realized that Upwind Courier stations had become very free! Upwind Courier stations express deliverymen had originally wanted to deliver parcels to customers doorsteps, so they were in charge of the shift. The employees took turns to look at the shop and deliver the parcels. They were more busy. Previously, the express deliverymen of Shengyun Corporation had knocked off, and Upwind Courier stations were still working. of course, Upwind Courier stations were closed down. Their working hours were much shorter than other express deliverymen. However, when Shengyun Corporations express deliverymen saw that Upwind Courier stations were still busy after work, they could more or less feel better. Yet, today was great. Upwind Courier stations had completely relaxed and knocked off happily! Shengyun Corporations express deliverymen felt even more unbalanced. Upwind Logistics express deliverymen had a short working time, earned a lot of money, took shifts, and had good benefits. In the past, they had at least knocked off later than us. Yet, now, they had knocked off earlier than us! How could he remain calm? It was as sour as eating tons of lemons! What was even more despairing was that the cell phones of these express deliverymen were almost exploding. That was because many people realized that their parcels were not delivered to their doorstep? They were not placed at the familiar Upwind Courier stations either. Why were they thrown far away at the delivery stations? Many people could not remain calm after checking the logistics. Why did they throw it so far away? Why did they want me to get it myself? They could not find Upwind Logistics and could only call Shengyun Corporations express delivery man. However, they realized that the line was either busy or occupied. Some express deliverymen even switched their cell phones off. Shengyun Corporations express deliverymen were on the brink of collapse, and so were the customers who could not reach the phone! This anxiety was like an electric current. It soon reached the upper echelons of Shengyun Corporation. Chapter 1484 - Upwind Logistics Is Fearless! Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Late at night, the conference room in Shengyun Corporations headquarters was brightly lit. Is Upwind Logistics crazy? Why would they do that?! Nie Yunsheng and the other executives of Shengyun Corporation looked stunned and even a little helpless and furious. They did not expect Upwind Logistics to react so quickly after Shengyun Corporation released an announcement to stop working with Upwind Logistics. All the other cooperative businesses were stopped within the same day! It was not surprising that Upwind Logistics knew about this. That was because it was not a highly confidential matter. However, the problem was why Upwind Logistics reacted so quickly, as if they had a countermeasure? When Nie Yunsheng first heard this news, his first reaction was anger. Why did Upwind Logistics not talk about morals? How could he say that the system had been upgraded? If the system was upgraded, why did it not affect your own express delivery but not Shengyun Corporations? Obviously, this was an excuse. Upwind Logistics wanted to slap Shengyun Corporation in the face! As for when the system would be upgraded? When would this magical bug be fixed? That was hard to say. For such metaphysics, a week was a week, and a year was a year. Generally speaking, he could not count on it. This move directly caused Shengyun Corporations parcels to only be piled up in the express delivery cabinet and community courier stations. The other areas were still alright. After all, there were many express delivery cabinets and community courier stations which could be eaten. However, in Jingzhou, Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzho0u, and other surrounding areas, there were not many express delivery cabinets and community courier stations in Shengyun Express. Caught off guard, they exploded. Nie Yunsheng wanted to say that Upwind Logistics did not care about morals, but on further thought, he was the one who did not care about morals first.. Not only that, Upwind Logistics was much more civilized. Shengyun Express had sent a notice directly, asking the various companies and websites not to send parcels to Upwind Courier stations. It was made very clear. Of course, this was not easy to say that it involved a monopoly. That was because it was their freedom for express delivery companies to decide how to send parcels. To send parcels that were originally sent to Upwind Courier stations to their own express delivery cabinets was not considereda forced business to choose one abuse of market dominance. It did not violate the countrys laws and regulations. The cooperation between Shengyun Corporation and Upwind Logistics was not that reliable. They had no obligations to each other and could end at any time. Similarly, Upwind Logistics would no longer accept Shengyun Corporations packages because of the systems promotion. There was nothing wrong with that. However, Shengyun Corporation had sent a notice in black and white, and they had made the first move. Upwind Logistics had made the first move, and the method was much more civilized. There was naturally a gap in moral public opinion between the two sides. In actual fact, more people would support Upwind Logistics. Now, for Nie Yunsheng, the focus was no longer on how to save face and public opinion, but how to deal with the current unexpected situation. It was not a big problem to be scolded a little. However, Upwind Logistics suddenly became strong-willed and stabbed Shengyun Express. The entire delivery business was in a mess. In the golden zone around Jingzhou, Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou, the lowest level of Shengyun Expresss delivery teminal fell into a state of failure or even collapse. How could that do? At this point, some executives could not accept this reality. Has Upwind Logistics gone mad? How dare they fall out with us. Arent they damaging themselves by killing eight hundred enemies? Shengyun Express might be chaotic for a while, but it is just a slow delivery. The express delivery will still be in the hands of customers. Upwind Logistics did not cooperate with us and cut off sixty to seventy percent of the delivery source. What is this called? We make a small loss and they explode It was normal to have such thoughts. That was because Upwind Logistics and Shengyun Express were interdependent. These executives even felt that Upwind Logistics business relied on Shengyun Express. Without Shengyun Express, Upwind Logistics delivery volume would have dropped by sixty to seventy percent, or even more! On one hand, Upwind Courier stations could draw money from these express delivery companies. It was not a lot, and each express delivery would only cost a little. However, the main business of Upwind Courier stations was this. The profits of other miscellaneous businesses were not as good as this. If he really did not accept Shengyun Corporations express delivery, wouldnt Upwind Courier stations express deliverymen be free? Wouldnt they have nothing to do? Therefore, Upwind Logistics should not be so decisive, right? Nie Yunsheng sighed. Sigh, weve all been misunderstood! Think about it, do Upwind Courier stations make money? The executives looked at each other and fell silent. Thats right, Upwind Courier stations did not make money at all! Previously, these people from Shengyun Corporation felt that 60 to 70% of Upwind Courier stations deliveries were from Shengyun Corporation. It was impossible for Upwind Courier stations to cut off this income. If Upwind Courier stations were profitable, this deduction was indeed not a problem. However, the problem was that Upwind Courier stations had been incurring losses. Whats more, the more express delivery companies they delivered, the more losses they would incur! The delivery of the last mile was a real dirty and tiring job. Each piece only cost a few cents. It was not enough. Thus, Upwind Courier stations did not care about the Shengyun Corporations parcels at all. Even without these parcels, Upwind Courier stations were still living quite comfortably. The express deliverymen would knock off on the dot. They would not have to use performance prizes and overtime pay. Instead, they would save money. To the express deliverymen, this was a good thing. Even though their income would be reduced slightly, they still had their basic salary and benefits. They had been busy for so long. It was not bad to rest a little. They were not profitable to begin with, and they had not thought about making noney. Would it work if you threatened them with not making money? Shengyun Corporations executives realized that they could not do anything about Upwind Logistics under such circumstances. Nie Yunsheng tooka deep breath. He knew that he had to make a decision quickly now. Otherwise, if the express delivery continued, it would become a huge joke in two days. Ask the various sorting centers and websites to hire more temporary workers. Leave the sorting and assembling of cars to the temporary workers. The express deliverymen will work overtime and give them some overtime pay to appease them. Get the delivery guy to call the customers and urge them to hurry up and collect it. Then, hire some people to deliver the especially large express delivery Also, explain clearly at once that something went wrong with Upwind Courier stations. Thats why our delivery was delayed. We cannot take the blame. We have to throw it away! Nie Yunsheng did not have a good solution. Previously, in order to reduce costs, many express delivery points had fired express deliverymen. It was unrealistic to think of hiring a large number of express deliverymen in a hurry now. It was unrealistic to think of many express delivery points out of thin air. He could only use this temporary measure. However, could Upwind Logistics collapse a behemoth like Shengyun Corporation just because they stopped working together? of course, that was impossible. Shengyun Corporation might be a little reliant on Upwind Courier stations to a certain extent, but it did not mean that they had completely lost the ability to parcels. Nie Yunsheng felt that they had only been caught off guard by Upwind Logistics. As long as they regrouped quickly, with Shengyun Corporations current market share, there was a huge chance of winning As long as Shengyun Corporation could stabilize and survive this storm, it would be a cut in the wrist. It would be beneficial in the long term. It was better than all the express delivery stations in all cities being controlled by Upwind Courier stations and Shengyun Corporation being controlled at wil1, right? February 21st, Thursday. Pei Qjan was in his office, reading the first stage of the work report seriously. After Meng Chang completed the entire plan for the plan, he went overseas with Eric and the others to busy himself with acquiring Finger Games. The plan for the first helping plan would be advanced by someone else. This plan was actually very simple. The main part had been done a long time ago. The resources sent to the children of the poor schools had also been sent over. The key was this publicity plan. Pei Qjan was most concerned about this. As long as the publicity plan for the First-Aid Plan could achieve the initial effect: if the publicity effect in the poor rural areas was good and did not cause any ripple on the intemet, this plan would be considered perfect. Until now, many slogans had been written on the walls of various poor villages. Of course, these were all villages that were directly related to the Chuji plan. These slogans would naturally expand when the scope of the first helping plan was expanded. Pei Qian looked at the slogans and could not help but laugh. These slogans were similar. They were all red, white, and border. The black body was thick and looked very eye-catching. However, the content of the slogan was varied and even a little shocking. Pei Qjan could not help but feel emotional. How down-to-earth! He randomly scanned a few slogans. Raise a good pig and fatten yourself up! Smoke rising from the ground, detain for fifteen days! The straw is full of treasures. Whoever houses burn, their wife would run! You can sharpen a knife when you cut wood. Finish junior high before working If you drive in alcohol, she will marry someone else! Its different if you have a boy or a girl. Youll have no partner in the future! Child, go to school happily. The rice and oil are extremely rich! Some of the slogans made Pei Qjan laugh. However, this was indeed the usual style of rural slogans. After all, many people in the village did not have a high level of culture. Only such straightforward, catchy, and easy to remember slogans could achieve the best publicity effect. The content of these slogans was relatively common, and the slogan of the first helping plan was perfectly hidden in them. It was mainly some slogans to persuade rural children to go to school or the slogan to link school with rice, oil, and salt. Ordinary people would not think that these slogans were actually related to a specific charity project. After all, there was no signature of the First-Aid Plan under this slogan. However, after the villagers saw it, they only had to ask around to know that they could regularly receive some rice, oil, and salt when sending their children to school. Pei Qjan was very satisfied with this. This plan had basically achieved his initial goal. He searched online. Indeed, there was no popularity of the First-Aid Plan. Pei Qian felt much more at ease now that the charity funds had been spent. He was more confident about the settlement of this cycle. However, just as Pei Qjan closed the report and browsed the webpage, he saw a surprising news. Shengyun Corporation and Upwind Logistics were on the hot searches! Chapter 1485 - Hotly Discussed Online! Translator: Atlas Studios | Editor: Atlas Studios Pei Qjans heart could not help but tremble when he saw Upwind Logistics news becoming a hot topic. What was going on? Upwind Logistics was a huge loss to Tengda Corporation. It was the hope of the entire Tengda Corporation. Lu Mingliang was also a trusted aide that could stabilize the situation. Nothing must happen to you! Pei Qjan quickly opened the hot searches and checked the details. In fact, it was said that Shengyun Corporation and Upwind Logistics had occupied the hot searches. In fact, the news of the two companies were separated. Shengyun Corporation had a very high position on the hot searches. The topic was # Shengyun Corporation is causing trouble # and # Shengyun Corporations Express Delivery #. Upwind Logistics was at the back of the hot searches. The topic was # Upwind Logistics paused the service #. The former was an affirmative sentence while the latter was a question. However, it was obvious that there was a connection between the two. There were many discussions online. Pei Qjan quickly restored the original situation through the netizens discussions even though they were all fragmented. So what if its Shengyun Express? My express delivery has been at the transit station for hours. Why isnt it being delivered to me? They cant send it over, right? Im in Shanghai. I saw that the delivery cabinets of Shengyun Express are all filled up. Their district courier stations are also filled up. Theres not evena place to put my feet. If youre in a hurry to get the express delivery, go to the courier station in the district yourself. Why should I get it from the courier station in the district? Didnt they always deliver it to my doorstep? Those are Upwind Courier stations..I went to ask. Upwind Courier stations are not accepting Shengyun Expresss packages because the system has been upgraded. Therefore.Shengyun Express is probably confused. These express delivery companies are accumulating together. Its a little like a double 11 warehouse. Everyone in Shengyun Express is really a bunch of useless people. This is not a festival. How can it be filled with parcels? Or could it be that they did not arrange for the personnel of the various stations according to the delivery volume and capacity? Therefore, if something unexpected happens, they would be in a mess? In my opinion, this is Upwind Logistics fault, right? Look at the notice from Shengyun Express. They said that it was because of the problem with Upwind Logistics that the express delivery pile up. They are sending more people to send it. Thus, they need to be delayed for a few days. They suggest that everyone come to the express delivery cabinet and courier station as soon as possible. Why is it Upwind Logistics fault? They did not say that they had to send you Shengyun Express. Its their freedom to adjust their business. Shengyun Express is the express delivery company with the highest market share in the country. Without Upwind Courier stations, they cant even do the delivery segment well? Are you a delivery giant or a delivery giant? Heh, you still have the cheek to push the blame to Upwind Logistics? Didnt Shengyun Express announce internally that their cooperation with Upwind Logistics was going to be terminated? Why, are you still blaming Upwind Logistics? Youre simply shameless! The by-standers were confused, and not everyone could figure out the truth However, their natural good impression of Upwind Logistics made them naturally lean towards it. Upwind Logistics was a delivery brand under Tengda Corporation. They had been diligently delivering parcels to customers doorsteps for so long. The delivery men were kind and passionate, leaving a good impression on customers. On the other hand, what about Shengyun Express? It might have a high market share but its image was far worse than Upwind Logistics. Therefore, everyones first reaction was of course to scold Shengyun Express. In fact, there was no reason for this matter to ferment so quickly. After all, there was only a slight delay in the delivery. It was a little ridiculous for it to become a hot topic in a day. The key was that this was not a simple delayed delivery. Instead, it was a serious delay in the surrounding areas of Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Jingzhou. Whats more, Shengyun Expresss express delivery cabinet and courier station were all full! If it was a special festival like Singles Day, everyone would understand that the delivery was full. Whats more, Shengyun Express could be said to be too good in its own business, causing the warehouse to be full. However, these two days were not any special days. It was just an ordinary work day, but the express delivery was still full. Did this mean that there was obviously a problem with the entire system of Shengyun Express. It was too weak that it would shatter with a single touch? Shengyun Express was also trying hard to shift the blame. They said that Upwind Logistics suddenly stopped supporting Shengyun Expresss delivery, causing a delay in the terminal. However, someone soon stood up to expose Shengyun Expresss only partial truth behavior: Shengyun Express had obviously stopped working with Upwind Logistics in second- and third-tier cities and remote areas first! Whats more, this thing had an internal notice as proof. It was useless to deny it. In fact, when Shengyun Express banned Chilu Delivery, they had already released Notice on Prohibition of Prohibition of Agency of Chilu Delivery and Penalty Announcement for Prohibition of Agency of Chilu Delivery on the intemet. Someone had released it at that tinme. However, the attention was too low and it was not popular, so it did not cause much of a stir. At that time, Shengyun Express banned them because Chilu Delivery was a pushover. Chilu Delivery might be cheap, but the service did not leave a deep impression on customers. After the ban, Shengyun Deliverys own business was not affected at all. Thus, Chilu Delivery died silently. However, this time, the situation was completely different. Shengyun Express had kicked an iron plate Obviously, Upwind Logistics and Chilu Delivery were on completely different levels. They could even be said to be from different dimensions. Netizens saw that, alright, Shengyun Express would first stop working with Upwind Logistics in a second- and third-tier city and push their own express delivery cabinet and community courier station. Wasnt this burning bridges? Wasnt this just picking up a bowl to eat, putting down the chopsticks to curse? The cooperation had been good at first, but you insisted on building your own express delivery cabinet and community courier station and replace Upwind Courier stations. Then, Upwind Courier stations would logically stop working with you in first-tier cities. Then, you would panic and start shouting that you were wronged? He had never seen someone so brazen! Of course, even though Shengyun Express was scolded, public opinion was not completely one-sided. That was because Shengyun Express could hire fake reviewers! Once the fake reviewers were mobilized, they could at least maintain a balance in terms of voice. They used words like Upwind Logistics is not a good thing, Upwind Logistics wants to take drastic measures to drag dowm Shengyun Express, and Shengyun Express cant be considered to be cutting off their wrist The more both sides hyped up, the more popular this matter became. Those who had been filled with anger because the express delivery was not being delivered turned their anger into motivation at that moment. They went crazy online and fought the fake reviewers who protected Shengyun Express for three hundred rounds! Pei Qjan felt that he had to ask a little about this after understanding the situation. Upwind Logistics was the key to whether he could incur losses during this cycle! That was because Pei Qjan had roughly calculated that the pressure to incur losses during this cycle was indeed unprecedented. Even if he considered charity activities, zoo building, headquarters building investment, and other spending methods, it was still a little difficult to complete the loss. That was because Tengda was too big now, so it was getting harder to predict. A huge sum of money would appear out of nowhere if there were any slight fluctuations in the performance of those profitable industries. Thus, Pei Qan had to rack his brains to think of a plan. He could spend a huge sum of money to acquire Finger Games, but he might not be able to settle this before settlement! He could not count on it. Whats more, all these calculations were based on Upwind Logistics current losses If Upwind Logistics suddenly incurred less losses before settlement, it would be very easy for something big to happen. At that thought, Pei Qjan called Lu Mingliang and asked about Upwind Logistics and shengyun Express. Over the phone, Lu Mingliang sounded very confident. Boss Pei, dont worry. Everything is under my control! Tve been unhappy with the people from Shengyun Express for a long time. They were the ones earning the most from the express delivery money. Now, they want to kick us away? They really dont care about face! What should I do with them? Thats right, Boss Pei, dont worry. After temporarily stopping our business with them, Upwind Logistics work became much more relaxed. We sent fewer express deliveries because we were incurring losses to begin with. We also lost less money. We can save a lot of performance salary and overtime pay. Tn other words, we dont have any pressure on money. Shengyun Corporation will definitely not be able to take it if this continues! Pei Qjan was silent. I dont know if Shengyun Corporation or Upwind Logistics will be the first to collapse, but I know that I will definitely be the first to collapse.. How could you lose less? At this critical moment, isnt that killing me? However, the reason why both sides were in such a state was mainly because Shengyun Corporation wanted to cut ties with Upwind Logistics. What Lu Mingliang did was a legitimate counterattack Pei Qjan could not possibly allow all of Upwind Logisticss employees to continue working with Shengyun Corporation just to lose some money, right? That would not be humane. Upwind Logistics had a huge responsibility to incur losses. Pei Qjan still had to rely on them. Pei Qjan pondered for a moment and realized that there was no good solution to this problem. That was because he knew nothing about Upwind Logistics entire system anymore. Naturally, it was difficult for him to deal with the problem. When Upwind Logistics was first established, Pei Qjan was very familiar wit the entire system. After all, this system was built according to his concept. However, Upwind Logistics had been incurring losses for several years. Lu Mingliang was in charge of everything. It was very reassuring Thus, Pei Qian did not pay attention to Upwind Logistics anymore. Since he no longer understood, he would let Lu Mingliang think about it. After some consideration, Pei Qjan said, Alright, you can take care of Upwind Logistics. I wont interfere. However, I have a request: you cannot save money. The most basic task for you is to maintain the current losses. If you can increase this loss, that would be even better! Chapter 1486 - A Box Of Apples Brouhgt A Chance Of Reversal Chapter 1486: A Box Of Apples Brouhgt A Chance Of Reversal Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios After hanging up, Lu Mingliang felt very emotional. He thought about Boss Peis support for his actions, but he did not expect Boss Pei to support himself to this extent. Not only did he have to maintain his current loss-making goal, but he also had to expand? The question was, how to expand? Upwind Logistics losses were ultimately due to the lack of investment and output. The express delivery from Shengyun Express was delivered to Upwind Courier stations, and Upwind Logistics was in charge of delivering the parcels to customers doorsteps. Upwind Logistics might only have a few cents in their hands, but the cost of delivering the parcels to customers doorsteps was much higher than this. Thus, Upwind Logistics would lose more money if they delivered more goods. Of course, this process also gained a huge reputation and customers favor. In that case, if he wanted to continue incurring losses or even expand it now that he had completely fallen out with Shengyun Express, he naturally had to continue operating the system of Upwind Logistics. He could only lose money by delivering more goods. Where would the goods come from? He could come from other small express delivery companies. He should come from Upwind Logistics own express delivery business! With Boss Peis support and money and resources on hand, Lu Mingliang became even more stubborn. He immediately called the main person-in-charge over, especially the core members in charge of business. Tl give you a few new missions. First, contact the main shopping platforms, especially those who were originally working with Shengyun Express, whose goods had been accumulating recently, and who had been crazily critisized. Lets see if we can replace Shengyun Express and establish a cooperative relationship with them. At the very least, we can provide customers with another logistics choice outside Shengyun Express. Secondly, contact other small express delivery companies to appease them. Say that this behavior is only targeted at Shengyun Express. Our cooperation is still long-term. Let them continue to promote Upwind Courier stations delivering parcels to their doorstep. Lastly, we have to subsidize Upwind Logistics own delivery business. We have to first adopt a limited-time discount and expand the business volume in the short term. Of course, we have to follow up with the logistics and sorting segment. Apart from air transport between regions, the land transportation has to be strengthened. We have to ensure that the land transportation across regions can also maintain a relatively fast speed. Lu Mingliang followed Boss Peis instructions strictly and started the money-splitting event. After all, this was a critical period in business competition. There was a reason to spend money. However, he was not spreading it around randomly. Instead, he was very targeted. On one hand, he was deepening his cooperation with the shopping platforms and merchants. On the other hand, he was appeasing the small express delivery companies so that the firepower could be focused on Shengyun Corporation. At the end of the day, he was still trying to carry Upwind Logistics own express delivery business. Lu Mingliang knew very well that public opinion could only be managed for a while but not for a lifetime. If he wanted to completely replace Shengyun Express, he had to establish a more complete and efficient logistics system as soon as possible. He had to use real services to directly defeat Shengyun Express. Whats more, subsidizing Upwind Logistics own express delivery business was not burning as much money as he thought. That was because Upwind Logistics own delivery business would generate considerable profits! Previously, most of the profits from the express delivery had been eared by Shengyun Express. That was why Upwind Logistics had been incurring losses. No matter how hard they tried, they could not stop the bleeding. However, now that Upwind Logistics was delivering their own packages, they could take all the profits in the process. They might still be incurring losses, but the profits could stop bleeding to a certain extent. In other words, Upwind Logistics could continue this subsidy for a long time as long as they continued to incur losses! The few people in charge nodded and immediately went to arrange. The employees of the business and market departments immediately began to contact various shopping platforms, merchants, and other delivery companies. They strived to find more allies for Upwind Logistics and isolated Shengyun Express. As for Lu Mingliang, he continued to scan the webpage, waiting for Shengyun Express to counterattack. Obviously, Shengyun Express would not be so willing to give up the position of public opinion. It would not be effective to hire fake reviewers for the time being. They would definitely use other tricks to divert the attention of the conflict. Lu Mingliang did not know what methods Shengyun Express would use, but it did not matter. Tengda would always be invincible in the battle of public opinion. February 22nd, Friday. Shengyun Express. Nie Yunsheng and the other executives were a little overwhelmed. He might have taken a series of measures to achieve a certain effect but it was far from enough! Especially when they wanted to push the blame to Upwind Courier stations. However, before Upwind Courier stations could retort, they were exposed by the bystanders. After being exposed, this behavior would seem a little stupid. However, there was no helping it. No matter how stupid he was to push the blame, he could not not help it. If he did not push the blame, he would not be able to shake off the blame! It was a good quality to be brave in taking responsibility, but most companies did not. This directly caused the current public opinion to be worse than they had expected. Nie Yunsheng had originally thought that he would work overtime to deliver it and use the fake reviewers to guide public opinion and call for everyones understanding of Shengyun Express. This crisis should be safely passed. Unexpectedly, not only did the public opinion not subside, but it also intensified! In other words, they had to find a new breakthrough point as soon as possible. Otherwise, the fake reviewers they hired would not be able to take it anymore. They would be directly extinguished by a large number of people. At that moment, a Vice-President walked over quickly. Boss Nie! Ive reported an unexpected situation. It might be able to help the current public opinion. Nie Yunsheng reached out to take the report and realized that it had happened at a local site in Shanghai. It had just been reported. The reason was that a certain customer had bought a box of apples online. There were not many of them, but they were relatively high-quality apples. They were big and round. There were eight in a small box. In the end, when customers received the apples, some of the apples were broken, and one was missing. Such things were not particularly rare at Shengyun Express. Whats more, the recent logistics tension had greatly increased the possibility of such things happening. That was because the express deliverymen of Shengyun Express were just right in every segment. Whether they were in the sorting center or at the distribution point, the express deliverymen were basically able to maintain the minimum number of normal operations. After all, they had to pay an additional salary if they recruited one more person. Even if there were many deliveries occasionally, as long as the express deliverymen worked overtime and delivered more diligently, they would be able to survive. Giving express deliverymen overtime pay was more worth it than hiring more people. However, this time, Upwind Courier stations suddenly cut off the delivery terminal. That caused a chain reaction in the entire delivery chain of Shengyun Express. On the other hand, even if they recruited temporary workers, they would still not be able to meet the requirements of these express delivery companies. They would all be sent out to deliver parcels. Naturally, there would be fewer people at the logistics center, sorting center, and distribution points to unload the parcels. If there were fewer people, they would naturally choose to be violent in order to ensure efficiency. Once they were violently sorted out, it would be very easy to cause damage to the outsourcing. A box of apples was heavy to begin with. It was impossible for it to be wrapped so tightly like digital products. Under the circumstances of violent sorting, it was normal for the box to be damaged, lost apples, apples to deform because of the collision, and so on. However, this customer was more stubborn. That was because there had been a huge pile of parcels over the past few days. The customer had been waiting impatiently and was forced to go to the courier station to collect them. In the end, he found that some of the apples were broken, the number was not right, and the outer packaging was broken. He was even more furious and complained directly. After complaining, he naturally had to resolve it. In order to keep the peace, the express delivery site told customers to compensate him with another box of apples. At the same time, according to the rules and regulations, the express delivery man had to be fined. Customers basically agreed with this method. However, this box of apples was from a faraway place. The online shop was now very busy. They could not even manage the express delivery every day. They were too lazy to buy a new box from the original online shop. They went to the nearby farmers market to buy a box of apples as compensation. In the end, customers saw that this was not the same thing at all. These two types of apples looked similar, but they were actually not the same type at all. Obviously, Shengyun Express wanted to save time and buy them casually. Ina fit of anger, the customer complained again. According to the system of Shengyun Express, if a express deliveryman was repeatedly complained or complained continuously by the same customer, the fines would have to be doubled. This was a punishment fines system to reduce the difference in ratings. Thus, the express deliveryman had no choice but to beg this customer to cancel the complaint. He even knelt down and apologized on the spot. However, this customer was very stubborn. He felt that this was no longer a matter of money. Instead, it was a matter of disrespect from Shengyun Express. He had to know if the express deliveryman or the person-in-charge of the internet cafe had done it on his own accord to buy the apples. What were the corresponding standards of punishment? Could he avoid such problems from happening again in the system? This customer emphasized that he was not targeting the express deliveryman but Shengyun Express. He requested Shengyun Express to hand an official explanation and apology. However, how could his request be satisfied? Thus, the two of them were in a deadlock. The scene of the express deliveryman kneeling down in pain was also watched by many people. They took a video and photo. It was discovered by Shengyun Express and reported directly. Nie Yunsheng looked at the report and squinted. On the surface, this was negative news. It was making things worse for the current Shengyun Corporation. However from another perspective, perhaps it was another way to break out of the situation? From the photos and videos, this express deliverymans family background was ordinary. He probably did not have much culture and was rather simple. The scene of him kneeling down attracted the sympathy of the onlookers. The customer in the video who had always insisted and did not compromise seemed very heartless. Nie Yunsheng considered for a moment. This happened very timely! Its just as well. We can make use of this public opinion and send an apology. Then, we can ask this express deliveryman and waive his punishment If the effect is good, we might be able to salvage our current public opinion disadvantage! Chapter 1487 - Leave Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios At the same time, in Shengyun Corporations public affairs department. This department was actually the marketing and public relations department. It could also be said to be the department in charge of public relations surveillance. The main job was to pay attention to public relations at all times. If they found any negative news, they had to deal with it in time. At the same time, this department would take part in branding and the like. The Vice-President of this department was not around because he had already reported to Nie Yunsheng the moment he received the news that the express deliveryman had knelt down. The employees were all at their desks, looking very busy. Of course, some people might not be busy, but they still had to pretend to be very busy. After all, Shengyun Corporations current situation was critical. Whoever dared to act relaxed and be seen by the Vice-President might pack up and leave on the spot. An employee in his thirties stood up and looked around. His hairline was very worrying, and his eyes had very dark circles. It was obvious that he had been working overtime for a long time. After confirming that it was safe, he quickly walked to the Vice Manager of the department. The Vice Managers surname was Wei. Everyone in the department called him Brother Wei. There was also the Vice Manager of the department and the Vice-President of the entire public affairs department above the Vice Manager of the department. In fact, he could look for anyone if he wanted to take leave. Vice supervisors and supervisors could approve the leave. However, Brother Wei was relatively kind and easy to talk to. Whats more, he was more understanding of the other people in the department. Thus, most people came to look for him when they took leave. However, the Vice Manager was frowning deeply, his face filled with conflict. Seeing his balding brothers looking for him, Brother Wei temporarily stopped looking constipated and asked, Whats wrong, Old Zhou? Is there something wrong? Old Zhou was a little embarrassed, but he still said, Brother Wei, I want to take two days off this weekend to accompany my wife to the hospital for a prenatal examination. L know that the department has been working urgently and have to work overtime, but I cannot delay this matter, so Brother Wei nodded. Oh, sure. Give me the leave slip. However, the situation over the past two days is special. Boss Nie said that Shengyun Express is in a crisis now. You cannot take leave without special reasons. I have to ask the Vice-President of the branch. However, dont worry. The prenatal examination is more important. Its also a weekend. You should be able to approve this leave. Ill try my best to fight for it for you. Old Zhou was elated. Thank you, Brother Wei! Thank you, Brother Wei! After Old Zhou left, Brother Wei looked at the note in his hand. Once again, he looked very conflicted. After much consideration, he finally opened the minimized document on the desktop and deleted the note inside. Actually, he wanted to take leave as well! That was because this weekend was Tengdas special recruitment exam. Brother Wei knew very well that Old Zhou was really accompanying his wife to the prenatal examination? That might not be the case. Old Zhous situation was that his wife was about to give birth. It was completely in line with the requirements of Tengdas special recruitment exam. He probably took leave in the name of the prenatal examination and was actually participating in Tengdas special recruitment exam. Brother Wei also wanted to go. His child might be 6 years old and did not meet the recent fertility plan rule, but he was over 35 years old this year and his age was in line. However, unfortunately, Shengyun Express and Upwind Logistics suddenly fought. Whats more, they were inseparable! The public opinion online was intensifying. Under such circumstances, the entire public affairs department had to be on standby 24 hours to deal with the public relations crisis at any time. Tengdas special recruitment exam was to take care of those who were working. That was why it was arranged until the weekend. It was obvious how important this matter was to Tengda that they could hire so many people who never worked overtime. It also showed Tengdas understanding of these people. However, the problem was in many companies, 996 and even 007 had become the norm. Who said that they would be free to take examinations during weekends? As the Vice Manager, how could Brother Wei take leave under such circumstances? That was why he was worried. In the end, Old Zhou actually took leave. It could be said that he was worried and worried. Brother Wei thought about it for a long time and finally decided to give up. That was because it would make sense if he only handed Old Zhou a fake note. However, if he handed it over with Old Zhous fake note, that would be too eye-catching and would easily arouse suspicion. Even if the Vice-President did not think about Tengdas recruitment examinations, he would definitely be very unhappy with the behavior of taking leave at a critical moment. He might not even approve two leave notes if he was angry. Therefore, after much consideration, Brother Wei could only give up his opportunity to take leave to ensure that Old Zhou took leave. After all, Old Zhous position was lower and his income was lower. He needed this opportunity more. On the other hand, he was still a Vice Manager. His income was much higher than Old Zhou. There was not much pressure. It would not be a big deal to participate in Tengdas recruitment examinations half a year later. It was just half a year later. After a while, the Vice-President returned. Old Wei, come to the conference room. Theres something important. The department head was the first to go over. Brother Wei pondered for a moment, took Old Zhous leave note, and went to the conference room together. Obviously, this Vice-President had received instructions from Nie Yunsheng to arrange for the subordinates of the public affairs department to do it after reporting the matter of the express deliveryman to him. He would talk to the supervisor and the assistant supervisor first. Then, the two of them would brief the core members under them and do their own jobs. Boss Nies meaning is very clear. The express deliveryman Imeeling can be used as an opportunity to reverse the current public opinion. The specific method The Vice-President spoke loudly and explained Shengyun Corporations next strategy. Then, he looked at the two of them. Is everything clear? The supervisor nodded. Understood! Brother Wei nodded reluctantly. Yes, I understand. The Vice-President did not notice Brother Weis dispiritedness and continued, Hurry up and do it then! The more hot the news is in the momning, the better. These two days are a crisis for Shengyun Corporation, a challenge but also an opportunity! Go back and emphasize to the people in the department that at such a critical moment, everyone must stand with the company and suffer together! In principle, you are not allowed to take leave for the next two days. Everyone must be treated seriously. You cannot think that it has nothing to do with you! The supervisor nodded again and turned to leave the conference room. Brother Wei stood up, but he did not leave immediately. Instead, he fell into hesitation. He touched the leave note in his pocket. He really could not leave just like that. The Vice-President was stunned. Old Wei, do you have something to say? Brother Wei nodded. Yes, its like this. Old Zhou from the department, isnt his wife pregnant? He just asked me for leave. He said that he was going to accompany his wife for a prenatal examination this weekend. I thought that this was a huge matter and it was indeed more important, so I agreed to him. This is his leave. Look, his situation is a little special. Should we make an exception The Vice-President took the leave and took a look. He frowned and said in a low voice, Old Wei, youre an old man in the department. Youre also in the management level now. How can you do that? Employees dont have such awareness, and you dont? Were in a critical situation now. Once this is opened, it would affect morale! How can this fake note be randomly approved? Yes, I know that the prenatal examination is very important, but he can get both parents and let the ladys friends accompany him to the hospital. Its not impossible for him, right? You still have to take leave for such a small matter. You cant tell which is more important. Cant you think of a solution yourself? Must you cause trouble for the company at this juncture? Boss Nie will be in the company this weekend. He will probably come to inspect. What will Boss Nie think if he sees that the public affairs department is not gathered? The Vice-President thought that he had spoken in his heart seeing Brother Weis head lower and lower. Do you understand? Brother Wei looked up, his face black with anger. I understand NMLGB! The Vice-President was stunned. You. Brother Wei was so angry that his voice trembled. Listen to it yourself. Are you fu * king human? You still cant tell which is more important. Who cant tell which is more important? Who do you think you are, the emperor of the old society? Where do you get the face to ask your employees to push down the prenatal examination on a holiday and work overtime in the company to clean up the companys public opinion? We signed a labor contract, not a contract selling ourselves! Theres also the matter of the express deliveryman kneeling, This is obviously because our f*cking system has not been done well. In the end, if we dont solve the actual problem, we want to take the opportunity to gain sympathy and fair public opinion. How can we call it the public affairs department? I think we should just call it the ground-cleaning department! learnt public relations to maintain a positive image of the company and communicate harmoniously with consumers, not to wash the ground for heartless companies! Tam a person with pride and character, not a slave of unscrupulous companies! The Vice-President looked shocked. Then, he said angrily, Are you crazy! Do you not want to work anymore? If you dont want to work, scram. Do you think that you wont turn around if the company leaves you? Let me tell you, there are many people who want to enter the company. You can just wait to drink the wind after you resign! Brother Wei sniggered. You dont have to worry. Ill write a resignation letter now and participate in Tengdas recruitment exam tomorrow! You you The Vice-President sat in the conference room, too angry to speak for a long time. Brother Wei came to his desk and said to Old Zhou, Im sorry, Old Zhou. This note was not approved. Tve had enough of this job. I dont want to work anymore. I want to work and earn money to support my family. However, I dont want to go against my conscience. I dont want my hardwork to become the capital of such a company to be fearless and bully customers. Ill resign now. Well meet again in the future! The series of changes stunned the entire public affairs department. Why did the Vice-President suddenly argue with the Vice-President? It was so stiff that it was impossible to clean up? Old Wei was usually kind and had a good temper. It was a little rare for him to get so angry this time. Immediately after, the Vice-President came to his senses and walked out of the conference room. The manpower department rushed over and resigned in less than half an hour. Old Wei packed his things and left without another word. The other people in the public affairs department did not stand up immediately. However, a seed had already been planted in many peoples hearts Chapter 1488 - Guiding Public Opinion Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios At Upwind Logistics headquarters, Lu Mingliang was arranging various tasks while keeping an eye on the news online and keeping an eye on Shengyun Corporations movements. Upwind Logistics had many recruitment slots for Tengdas special recruitment examinations this time. Before this, Lu Mingliang would have participated in the interview as the person-in-charge of the department. However, as Tengda developed too quickly in recent years, the number of people in the various departments increased. There were more and more things to deal with normally. Thus, the people in charge no longer participated in the interview. Instead, they handed this task to the more capable hands. The people in charge could not do everything themselves. The structure of the entire department had to be updated. Tengdas various departments were developing much faster than other companies. Naturally, this update was faster. Of course, even though Lu Mingliang was not directly in charge of recruitment, he still had to ask. He had to try his best to attract the talents that Upwind Logistics really needed for this special recruitment exam. After refreshing the webpage once again, Lu Mingliang suddenly perked up. There it was! Anew message about Shengyun Express appeared silently on the internet. Then, it gained a good popularity in a short period of time. The CEO of Shengyun Corporation, Nie Yunsheng, personally went to the express deliverymans home to express his condolences and waive all punishments for the express deliveryman. On top of that, Shengyun Express also released a statement saying that it would firmly protect the legal rights and benefits of the express deliverymen and thank netizens for their care and help. In particular, there was a video in the middle that was shot at the express deliverymans home. In the video, Nie Yunsheng persuaded the express deliveryman earnestly. You might only be an ordinary express deliveryman, but you are also a member of Shengyun Corporation. We are all brothers! Its not scary to have a poor family. You rely on your own hands and work hard to find a better life for yourself. Labor is the most glorious! This matter has made you suffer. This is because the company did not do well. We will work hard to compensate you. However, you have to remember that you dont have to abandon your pride to beg for mercy. Its your mistake. You have to be brave enough to take responsibility. If its not your own mistake, you have to be reasonable. You have to be fair and honest! Nie Yunshengs words were powerful and resonant. The express deliveryman lived in an ordinary rental house. The environment was tough, but Nie Yunsheng did not care at all. He held the express deliverymans hand with both hands and comforted him while saying these heartwarming words. It was really moving. The delivery man was moved and even a little overwhelmed. The big boss of Shengyun Corporation had come to express his condolences personally, waived the punishment, and supported him This made the delivery man, who had been disheartened by the severe punishment, seem to see the light. Of course, he was very grateful. Soon, this video became popular with the keywords # Shengyun Express Delivery Man knelt down #. It even completely overshadowed the topic of # Shengyun Express Delivery Man! The direction of the comments section had also changed drastically. F*ck, he forced the delivery man to kneel just for a box of apples? Is this something a human can do? Are they stupid, bad, or simple-minded? Thats enough. Must they force people to die? The complainer also said that he did not want to be moralized? Why dont you kowtow to the express delivery man and kidnap him as well? Youre f*cking petty. It was originally a box of apples, but you lost one and bought another box of free apples for you. Youre still going to complain? Am I going to have to compensate you with an entire orchard? Look at how awesome this person is just for a box of mangos. Is he only going to let it go after he drives the delivery guy to death? Shengyun Corporation did well! It would be chilling to punish the delivery man for such things. They might be protecting their children but they are good at protecting them! I hope that they can be stronger and help the delivery man seek justice! To be honest, the delivery men are very innocent in this matter. There have been too many express delivery men recently. I saw the express delivery cabinet downstairs. Some express delivery men are still recording their deliveries at 11 PM. Its really too tiring, Everyone, please understand. Thats right. To be honest, Shengyun Express is not expensive. The delivery fee alone might only be two to three yuan or even lower. The price is so cheap. They even requested for it. Do they really think that they can be God just because they spent two yuan on delivery fees? They are still pretending to be innocent after benefitting. They are using a made up directive to order people around! Indeed, its good for everyone to walk a little more downstairs and take a express delivery to train their bodies. Boss Nie is still responsible! He can take time out of his busy schedule to care about a basic express deliveryman. Its rare to see such a good boss. I think the recent delay in express delivery is an accident. Its indeed impossible to solve. Lets give Boss Nie more time. I believe it can be resolved appropriately! There were voices of understanding. There might be some comments supporting the complaints but these people were quickly criticized. They said that they were heartless and mean. It seemed like they were going to criticize these people and the complaints. At that point, Lu Mingliang could not help but shake his head and sigh. The same old trick again? It looked like a huge commotion had turned the situation around, but Wasnt this the old trick that Home Corporation had used? How should he solve this question? Boss Pei aside, even Young Master Tian on the internet had already demonstrated it. Shengyun Corporation was doing the same thing as Home Corporation. It was transferring conflicts. Transfer the conflict between the customers and the company to the customers and the delivery men. However, compared to Home Corporations clumsy performance, Shengyun Corporation had caught a good opportunity this time. It happened that the netizens sympathy was stimulated by the poor family of the express delivery man who knelt down to apologize. Thus, the transfer conflict became very confusing. Whats more, the image of express delivery men and real estate agents in the netizens hearts was very different. Real estate agents were sales after all. Most netizens did not have a good impression of this profession. That was because many sales would definitely lie, run their mouths off, hide their shortcomings and exaggerate the advantages in order to sell bad products. As time went by, their reputation would be worse. However, delivery men were different. They were all diligently delivering parcels. They rarely deceived customers or clashed with customers. There might be some express delivery men arguing with customers because of the delivery but this was a rare phenomenon after all. Most express delivery men left a positive image to netizens. Thus, netizens naturally sympathized with the delivery men. In addition, the express delivery man knelt down, Nie Yunsheng expressed his condolences, and the angry complaints were emotional and even spoke randomly. There were also some fake reviewers adding fuel to the fire. Naturally, public opinion became like this. He had to admit that Shengyun Corporations response strategy was quite crafty. This matter was indeed a conflict between Upwind Logistics and Shengyun Corporation, but Shengyun Corporation did not target Upwind Logistics. That was because Upwind Logistics reputation was too good. It was impossible to criticize them. Instead, it would easily cause public opinion to rebound. Shengyun Corporation used this method to divert conflicts. As long as they gained sympathy and cleared themselves up, letting this crisis pass, it would be equivalent to resisting Upwind Logistics attack. The people from Shengyun Corporation were probably feeling very proud now, thinking that Upwind Logistics could not do anything to them. That was because the news of the new express deliveryman kneeling had nothing to do with Upwind Logistics! How would Upwind Logistics get involved if there was nothing to do with it? Coming to stand up for the express deliveryman? That did not make sense because Shengyun Corporation had already comforted them and the express deliveryman was very grateful. Stand up for the complainers? That was unlikely, right? Netizens were now suppressing the public opinion one-sidedly. They all thought that the complainers were unreasonable. Upwind Logistics could not go against the trend. Ifhe did not help either side, it would be equivalent to saying it for nothing. He would also leave a bad impression that he was freeloading on popularity. Once Upwind Logistics took part but not many people paid attention, it would be quite embarrassing. It would be best if he did not get involved in this matter. However, Lu Mingliang did not think so. Not getting involved? Why should I not get involved? Back then, Slow Movement Studio and Sloth Apartments spoke more about morals. It was only after Young Master Tians video was released that the tenants were attracted to the Real Estate Agent Simulator and Sloth Apartments. However, Lu Mingliang was the type to not ask for anything. He did not like to beat around the bush when it came to face slapping. He had to do it himself to feel at ease. Many people looked honest and obedient, but once such people were angry, the consequences would be very serious. At the very most, they would fall out and show everyone their underpants. Then, he would know whose butt was crooked and whose butt was dirty. At this stage, Tengda would be invincible! Lu Mingliang called the person-in-charge of Shanghai. Contact the complainant about the express deliveryman kneeling down. I have something to say to him. Tl book a ticket and make a trip to Shanghai. Late night. Shengyun Corporations headquarters was still brightly lit. This was especially so for the public career department. It was destined to be a restless night. On the surface, Old Weis resignation did not seem to have caused much of a stir. The Vice-President had calmed down after being angry for a few hours. Instead, he was happy that the negative public opinion on the internet had gradually subsided. Suddenly, he noticed a message. He quickly stood up and reported to Nie Yunshengs office. Boss Nie, look at this! Previously, the complainer who forced our express deliveryman to his knees because of a box of apples seemed to be unable to take it anymore. He sent a Weibo message saying that he hoped to meet you and the express deliveryman. He was willing to use live-streaming methods to talk. He wanted to solve the problem and eliminate the impact as much as possible. How should we respond? Nie Yunsheng hummed in surprise. However, he immediately smiled. Why did this complainer post on Weibo? It was very simple, he was afraid of being scolded! After the video that Nie Yunfeng sent to express his condolences to the express deliveryman was released, many people went to the Weibo of the complainer to scold him. They scolded him thousands of times. Ordinary people could not withstand this pressure. How could he not admit defeat? The so-called meeting and talking was actually to give in. What else could happen apart from apologizing and expressing understanding? Could he scold the express deliveryman on the spot? That was a live-stream. If he was really that stubborn, he would definitely face social death. Nie Yunsheng thought for a moment and said, Send the message.. Il go! Chapter 1489 - Inviting Him To A Game Translator: Atlas Studios Editor:Atlas Studios In fact, as the President of Shengyun Corporation, Nie Yunsheng did not need to go at all. He did not even need to care about an ordinary persons invitation. Who are you? You post on Weibo and ask the boss of a company to meet you, and they want to meet you? However, Nie Yunsheng still decided to go because he felt that this was a good way to further eliminate negative public opinion. Tolerance was a posture and a bargaining chip. This complainer was also considered a customer of Shengyun Express. After all, he was using Shengyun Express to transport this box of apples. Nie Yunsheng went to express his condolences to this express deliveryman. He could show a sympathetic attitude to his employees. On the other hand, he could coordinate the complaints and express deliverymen. He could show a broad mindset, creating a harmonious scene where express deliverymen, companies, and customers understood each other. That would be very useful in eliminating the current negative public opinion. At that time, everyone would see that this was a misunderstanding. The complainers would understand, and the express deliveryman would not be punished. The two of them would shake hands and talk things over. Wouldnt the President of Shengyun Corporation naturally have a good impression of Shengyun Express if he personally asked about such a seemingly trivial matter that concerned all customers and express deliverymen? That was much better than aggravating the conflict. That was because continuing to aggravate conflict might cause a backlash. Going too far was as bad as falling short. It was the best choice to make use of the current public opinion advantage. Of course, Nie Yunsheng could also get other executives to go on his behalf. However, he was a person who liked to show his face. Otherwise, he would have let others go to express his condolences to the express deliverymen. Since he was the one asking about the express deliveryman, he should be the one participating in the discussion. The Vice-President nodded. Alright, Boss Nie. Ill make an announcement now. The time is set for 19 AM tomorrow. How many people do you want to accompany him? Nie Yunsheng thought for a moment. Basically, it would be enough if there are two more people, including you. If we bring more people, it would leave an impression that we are bullying others. If we bring fewer people, it would make us look more approachable. The Vice-President nodded again. Understood. He was just about to leave when Nie Yunsheng stopped him. Whats going on with the public affairs department today? Nie Yunsheng asked. The Vice-President quickly lowered his head. It was an accident. There was a Vice-President. I dont know what went wrong in his brain. At the critical moment, he insisted on taking leave. He even badmouthed you to the express deliveryman in front of me. He argued with me and then resigned. Nie Yunsheng nodded. Yes, if you discover such things in the future, deal with it as soon as possible. Dont cause such a huge negative impact. There wont be a next time. Go. The Vice-President nodded. Yes. Of course, Nie Yunsheng did not care about why this person left. He only felt that the two of them were arguing in the conference room, causing everyone to know. It was very shameful and difficult to clean up. The impact was not good. That was why he instructed the Vice-President to deal with such matters in a low-profile manner in the future, He had to chase people away as quietly as possible so that other employees would not laugh at him and definitely not affect the working atmosphere. After settling these matters, Nie Yunsheng called his driver and prepared to go home to rest. He would meet this complainer tomorrow and understand each other. As long as the public opinion storm subsided this time, Shengyun Corporations crisis would basically be over. February 23rd, Saturday. In Jingzhou, Tengdas special recruitment exam officially began. Many people came from all over the country to take the exam. The conditions had been limited, and there were fewer people than regular recruitment examinations, but the number of reference people was still beyond many peoples imagination. Old Wei, who had just resigned from Shengyun Corporation, and Old Zhou, who had not been hired to take part in the examinations but had skipped work directly were among them. In fact, there were many situations like theirs. In many companies, people who fit the criteria would obtain meaningful smiles from their superiors once they took leave from their superiors. Both of them went missing on the day of the exam. That was because at the age of 35, many people had reached the middle level and had the right to give people fake reviews. However, their worries for the middle-aged crisis became stronger. Getting into Tengda meant that he was halfway through his mid-life crisis. He had to give it a try even if he had to face all difficulties! However, Old Wei and the rest did not know that while they took the high-speed rail from Shanghai to Jingzhou, the person-in-charge of Upwind Logistics, Lu Mingliang, had also taken the high-speed rail from Jingzhou to Shanghai. As for the internet, the popularity of the express deliveryman kneeling down had not passed. It was even brewing. That was because the person who complained about the delivery man posted on Weibo inviting the delivery man to talk to Nie Yunsheng. Whats more, it was a live broadcast! The key was that Nie Yunsheng agreed! Things suddenly became interesting. Coincidentally, today was Saturday. Many people had nothing to do. Even if they knew that this might be a show of mutual understanding, they still wanted to watch it. Shengyun Corporation had obviously treated this meeting as a good opportunity to wash away the negative public opinion and shape the positive image. Thus, they specially contacted a few live-stream platforms and created a live broadcast. Once the live-stream was over, he would publish a few news reports in the media. Then, they would work together. As for the location of the conversation, it was in a small conference room in a nearby hotel. That way, the scene would not be too big. It would look like a show, causing the audience to feel disgusted, but it would not be too casual, giving people a sense of informality. After all, both parties still had to talk. They could not shake hands and leave. Thus, the microphones, seats, and so on had to be arranged. Nie Yunsheng was quite satisfied with this location. He asked about all the details. At that time, there would be four people on their side. They would be Nie Yunsheng, two Vice Presidents, and the delivery man. The complainer would also say that he would bring another person. Nie Yunsheng did not object to this. After all, four against one would seem to be oppressing them. The situation would not look good. Four against two would be relatively better. Nie Yunsheng arrived at the small conference room of the designated hotel at 10 AM sharp. The venue had been set up. There was a conference table with four seats on Shengyun Corporations side. There were two seats on the opposite side with microphone on the table. The live-stream platform had already set up the live-stream equipment. The other two people had also arrived. Nie Yunsheng and the two Vice Presidents of Shengyun Corporation sat down in their seats. Nie Yunsheng and the express delivery man were in two seats in the middle. The express delivery man was facing the complainer, while Nie Yunsheng was facing the young man who had come to complain. From the looks of it, it might be the brother or friend of the complainer? After the people from the live-stream platform confirmed that there were no problems with the equipment, they left so that these people could talk at will. Nie Yunsheng was in a good mood seeing this. He could almost see both sides shaking hands and the reporters coming over to take photos. However, just as he was about to exchange pleasantries, he saw a name card handed over by a young man. Boss Nie, its our first time meeting. Nice to meet you. This is my name card. Nie Yunsheng could not help but frown, not very happy. Why are you handing me your name card? The protagonist this time was obviously the express delivery man and the complainer, and then it was Shengyun Corporation. You were here to be a calefare. Dont tell me you think you can take the opportunity to establish a relationship with me? However, since the name card was already handed over, Nie Yunsheng could not reject it. He just had to reach out and take it. Nie Yunsheng was just about to throw it away when he scanned the name card and position. He was stunned. The person-in-charge of Upwind Logistics, Lu Mingliang! That was because Upwind Logistics was far away in Jingzhou. Their cooperation with Shengyun Corporation was not deep. Whats more, the heads of Tengdas various departments were actually relatively low-profile. They were like Boss Pei and did not show their faces much. Thus, Nie Yunsheng had not seen Lu Mingliang before. He did not know what he looked like. Nie Yunshengs first reaction was confusion and disbelief. This complainer actually brought the person-in-charge of Upwind Logistics? How was that possible? Why did this person-in-charge travel all the way to Shanghai instead of working in Jingzhou? However, who would be so bored as to play such a prank? This was a live-stream. Wasnt he afraid of being caught red-handed under everyones gaze? Nie Yunshengs brain worked quickly. He realized that something was amiss. This meeting was probably arranged by Upwind Logistics Lu Mingliang! It was no wonder that this complaint would take the initiative to request for a live-stream. Logically speaking, this complainer had just been abused by a group of netizens and was scolded badly. Ordinary peoples reaction should be to delete the Weibo post and pretend to be dead to avoid this limelight, right? He had someone backing him up! When Nie Yunsheng first heard this news, he was too optimistic and did not consider this possibility. It was only when he arrived at the scene and saw Lu Mingliang that he realized something and figured out the link. However, it was too late. That was because he was already here and the live-stream had already begun! If he left now, what would happen in the live-stream would be completely uncontrollable. Whats more, it would leave a bad impression on everyone that Shengyun Corporation was guilty and did not dare to face Upwind Logistics. Therefore, Nie Yunsheng could only calm down and continue sitting calmly to see what the other party wanted to do. The Vice-President of Shengyun Corporation who was present did not know why Nie Yunshengs face fell when he took the name card. However, it was a live-stream now. He could not possibly remain silent like this. He quickly said, Everyone is here. Lets start talking business. Actually, this matter is not big. I think the key is that customers and express deliverymen can understand each other. After all, it is not easy for everyone. Our express delivery man might have suffered a little, but it is inevitable for him to work. Whats more, both sides actually have areas of rashness. The system is also a little immature Therefore, we are very grateful that you can understand the delivery man He was here to smooth things over. If he wanted to facilitate the settlement between the two sides as soon as possible, it would be best to shake hands, hug, and take a photo. This matter would then end satisfactorily. However, before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by the complainant. First, I have already emphasized that my complaint is not targeted at the delivery man but your Shengyun Corporation. You distorted the facts and forcefully transferred the conflict between Shengyun Corporation and me into a personal conflict between me and the delivery man. You even maliciously guided public opinion to attack me. I remember all of these things. Second, I said to meet and talk at the venue and try to solve the problem and eliminate the impact.. However, I never said that I admitted defeat or agreed with your way of handling it! Chapter 1490 - The Stealth Platform In The Event Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Everyone from Shengyun Corporation was stunned. What was going on? This was different from the script he had thought of? Nie Yunsheng was already mentally prepared when he saw Lu Mingliangs name card. That was why he reacted the least. The delivery man was confused. He looked around subconsciously. The two Vice Presidents were the most confused. They were even a little helpless. They could not understand why this complainer suddenly became so strong-willed. This was a live-stream. The entire internet audience was paying attention. The Vice-President of Shengyun Corporation was trying to smooth things over and persuaded him nicely. In the end, this complainer did this again? It was just like the scene when the delivery man knelt down. This would obviously give people an aggressive and unreasonable impression. Was he crazy? Havent you been critisized enough? Whats more, when the two Vice Presidents of Shengyun Corporation realized what had happened, not only did they feel confused, but they also felt angry that he had not given them face. Who do you think you are? Our companys Boss Nie coming over to be this mediator is already giving you enough face. Why dont you be more sensible and go with the flow? Yet, he was going so far as to express his understanding? Whats the matter? Are you going to criticize him in the live-stream? How ridiculous! After a few seconds of silence, the atmosphere became tense. However, Nie Yunsheng did not say anything. The other two Vice Presidents could not act rashly, nor did they dare to leave on their own. Lu Mingliang smiled slightly and replied, Boss Nie, everyone, please calm down. Just as this brother said, we are indeed here today to solve the problem and eliminate the impact. The reason why there is a little gunpowder is mainly because there are some problems in communication between the two sides. Many thoughts were not fully conveyed to the other party. I think thats normal. Its hard to distinguish! Coincidentally, Boss Nie is here today, and the two involved parties are here. Everyone, speak clearly. After sufficient communication, the truth will naturally be revealed. The hundreds of thousands of viewers in the live-stream can also be a witness. Now, the public opinion is on the side of your company. Everyone is very sympathetic to the express deliveryman. Boss Nie is already here. Why dont we take some time out and discuss this in front of all the viewers? Lhave some superficial knowledge about the express delivery industry. I want to share it with everyone. Obviously, Nie Yunsheng would not have come if he had known that this was a online debate with Upwind Logistics. Whether he could win or not aside, the key was that the risk was huge. It was not worth it at all! If he had not turned up, Lu Mingliang would have had a headache. However, now that Nie Yunsheng was here, it was not easy to leave. The two Vice Presidents looked at Nie Yunsheng and saw that Nie Yunshengs expression was a little dark, as if he would explode in the next second. However, his expression quickly eased again. He even smiled. Of course, we are here to solve the problem. However, no matter what, this is a conflict between Shengyun Corporations customers and employees. Boss Lu is the person-in-charge of Upwind Logistics. Theres no reason for him to get involved, right? Or does Upwind Logistics think that we did not handle it well enough? The express deliveryman has already knelt down to the customers. Does Boss Lu think that its not enough? Then Im really disappointed in Upwind Logistics express deliveryman. There was a burst of gunfire. Not only did it hint that Lu Mingliang, as the person-in-charge of Upwind Logistics, was a busybody, but it also put Lu Mingliang on the opposite side of the express delivery man. Nie Yunsheng knew very well that whoever was rendered speechless in front of everyone today would lose. Whether this was a debate or a war of words, as long as they lost, it would definitely severely affect the image of the company and cause serious damage to the companys interests. From another perspective, this also meant that the winning side would have a huge advantage. If Shengyun Corporation could use this opportunity to deal with Lu Mingliang and ruin Upwind Logistics reputation, not only would Shengyun Corporation be able to immediately resolve their crisis, but they would also be able to turn it into an opportunity. Since it was impossible to leave at this event, he could only take the initiative to attack. Lu Mingliang did not panic and did not take over from Nie Yunsheng. If he really targeted the delivery man, he would really fall into the trap. His spearhead had always been targeted at Shengyun Corporation. He could not be removed no matter what happened. Therefore, Lu Mingliang did not answer Nie Yunshengs question at all. Instead, he asked directly, Boss Nie, let me ask you a question: The current society is a lawful society, right? This was what he had learned from the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine: If the other party threw a trap-like question, no matter how he answered, he would be passive. Then, the best way was to raise the question, turn the passive into active, and let the other party enter his rhythm. Nie Yunsheng was stunned for a moment. He answered without thinking. Of course. Lu Mingliang nodded. Since its a lawful society, we have to pay attention to the spirit of law. The first complaint by the complainant was because the express delivery was damaged. According to the contract between consumers and express delivery companies, the express delivery company caused the loss of parcels. There shouldnt be a problem for customers to complain, right? The second time the complainer complained was because Shengyun Express promised to compensate the apples. However, they did not compensate the apples of the same species. Instead, they replaced them with other apples and did not fulfill their promise. There should be no problem for the customer to complain for the second time, right? Customers are only exercising the rights given by the law. What wrongs could there be? Nie Yunsheng was a little caught off guard, but he quickly reacted. Of course, what Boss Lu said makes sense, but outside of the law, there is another thing called favors. Everyone makes mistakes. Its inevitable that delivery men will make mistakes in their busy schedule. They have already knelt down and apologized, but they are still unwilling to let go. How about that? The reason why netizens reacted so fiercely is because the customers are unreasonable and not humane. Of course, our company doesnt agree with such online violence. However, shouldnt we understand the hard work of the delivery men? Lu Mingliang said, Of course, its not a problem to understand the hard work of the delivery men. However, it should shrink the good service of the customers. Who should be responsible? Shengyun Corporation claims that its not easy for the delivery man. They say that his salary is low and he works hard. This complaint might cause him to face a huge fine. Wasnt this caused by Shengyun Corporation? Nie Yunshengs expression darkened. We have already exempted the delivery man from all punishments. We even sent him condolences and subsidies. Lu Mingliang sniggered. What about the other delivery men? This delivery man was lucky. That was because this matter happened to explode at this critical moment. It became a shield for you to transfer the conflict. Of course, you have to show your full attitude. It is a condolence and compensation. However, Shengyun Express has many delivery men like him. I believe that they have suffered as much as this in their ordinary work. Where were you at that time, Boss Nie? The delivery man was fined after he was complained. Isnt that the rule set by Shengyun Express? You are the ones fined, you are the ones who retracted the fines and asked about him. May I ask where is the basis for your fines and not being punishe@? Is the basis for your work based on the contract and the spirit of law or the interests of your company? Lu Mingliang looked at the delivery man and said, Dont tell me this is the first time youre experiencing something like this? The delivery man lowered his head and stopped talking. Obviously, this was not the first time! He did not know how many times he had been complained and fined. However, this time, it happened to blow up and was noticed by the upper echelons of Shengyun Corporation. Thus, he did not dare to answer Lu Mingliangs question rashly. Nie Yunsheng realized that something was amiss. What was going on? Wasnt the express delivery man on my side? Why did it seem like he was going to be persuaded to switch sides after a few words from Lu Mingliang? Nie Yunsheng quickly said, Express delivery is an industry that connects people to people. There will naturally be friction as long as there are people. We will punish express deliverymen according to customers complaints. We will be responsible to customers and urge the express deliverymen to work seriously. We will comfort the express deliverymen so that our employees will not be discouraged. We will prevent maliciously complaining about the impact of the entire logistics system. These two are not contradictory. Lu Mingliang smiled. Boss Nies words are a little obscure. Let me translate it for you. What you mean is to punish the express deliverymen according to the complaint is to appease the customers anger, maintain the companys reputation, and earn a fine. When things get out of hand, ask the express deliverymen about it. Even moral abduction of the complainers is to increase the cost of the customers complaints and force them to understand the express deliverymen and accept the worse service. The express deliverymen were fined. Customers have to tolerate the worse service. They lost. Only your company won and won badly. Let me ask you, do you think the basis of your punishment and not punishment is the spirit of contract and law or the interests of the company? You dont dare to answer. Therefore, your words have tacitly recognized the latter. You dont dare to say that your basis is the contract and law. Thats because according to the rules, customers complaints are completely reasonable. They are within the rules that you set. You can only pick and choose to say some one-sided things that are beneficial to you. Its as if the conflict in the entire matter is only between customers and express deliverymen. However, the problem is that express deliverymen and customers have signed contracts with your company. Your company is the first person-in-charge. Why do you seem to be completely out of the picture during the entire process? Trealized that all companies that want to make their companies into large platforms are thinking about doing nothing, collecting taxes on the ground, and others taking responsibility. No matter which platform company it is, the first thing they do is to design the rules to be beneficial to themselves without any harm. They want to get rid of themselves completely. Each time they complain, they say that they have already punished the delivery man. However, what they want to complain about is the platform itself! At this time, you have to say that we are just a platform. The reason why customers are not satisfied is because the delivery mans service is not in place Now, if you remove yourself completely and public opinion sympathizes with your clients, you will bow down to your clients and force the express deliveryman to death. If public opinion sympathizes with the express deliveryman, you will bow down to the express deliveryman and force the client to death. You will even deliberately guide public opinion to develop in a beneficial direction. You will always be blamed by others, never by yourself. Boss Nie, is a listed company worth tens of billions of yuan really unable to do anything apart from severely punishing express deliverymen? Should I not do it or not? Chapter 1491 - Dual Swords Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Lu Mingliangs words confused Nie Yunsheng. He was stunned and confused! You young man, why arent you playing by the book? How could such words be said casually during a live-stream? Are you crazy! Nie Yunsheng almost thought that his hearing was problematic. He heard voices that should not exist in this world. Lu Mingliangs words pointed out the responsibility of Shengyun Corporation as the platform. He clearly pointed out the fact that they were causing internal strife between customers and express deliverymen and were not involved. He even AOE all similar platform companies. One had to know that many of the huge internet giants in the country were making platforms. Apart from express delivery companies, the trends that had been rising rapidly in the past two years, such as taxis, rental houses, take-out, and so on, which of them did not make platforms? The reason why many large capital entered the mobile internet and invested a huge amount of money into these companies was because they saw a ready-made business model. First, he would burn money to subsidize and expand his market share. He would control customers and basic employees and establish a perfect business network. Then, he would kill or swallow his competitors through competition, acquisition, and all other means to form a de facto monopoly position. Then, he would think of a way to earn back the money. Take-out companies were to think of ways to make money from merchants, deliverymen, and customers; real estate companies were to think of ways to make money from intermediaries and buyers intermediaries. It was relatively easier for express delivery companies. After all, this industry was far from forming a real monopoly. Not a single company had truly reached the market position. Sometimes, express delivery companies would even fight a price war with each other. Thus, they were more restrained and not so obvious. However, no matter what, this was the direction that Nie Yunsheng and Shengyun Corporation were working towards. This was no secret. Many people knew about it, but they were helpless. That was because even if ordinary people knew that these platforms were scheming, could they not use it? The various large platforms were fighting so hard. Customers could indeed eat a lot of subsidies, but this struggle would stop in the end. The large platforms would compromise and accept each other. Everyone would shake hands and make peace, establish a large platform that could monopolize the industry, and make money happily together. It would not work even if the customers wanted to vote with their feet. In the end, they only had two choices: use or not. However, he could not not not use it in the mobile internet era. Thus, he could only bleed out and obediently spit out the money that the platform had subsidized previously. Of course, that was what happened, but he could not say it randomly. That was because the word monopoly was a huge negative public sentiment for these large platforms. Customers could discuss it in private. As long as it did not become too popular, there would be no big problem. Of course, these platforms could not mention such things. They could not even hint at anything. This was a tacit understanding between them. After all, in business competitions, even if they were to shake hands and acquire each other in the end, it would only be a matter of how much they earned and how little they earned. However, if he really publicized this secret and pulled open the final cover, it would be equivalent to flipping the table, smashing the pot, destroying the business of all platforms that used similar models, and making everyone have nothing to eat. There was only a betrayer class in the world. How could there be a betrayer class? Therefore, to Nie Yunsheng, Lu Mingliangs speech had already exceeded the scope of not caring about morals. He had exploded! More importantly, Lu Mingliangs tone was really annoying What Nie Yunsheng did not know was that the voice-over in Game Designer was dubbed by Lu Mingliang. Lu Mingliang was a little hoarse to begin with. This time, even though he did not speak in a hoarse voice like the dubbing in Game Designer, he was mocking them after all. Thus, he naturally sounded a little strange. That made Nie Yun furious. However, at this point, Nie Yunsheng could not leave. Ifhe left now, it would be equivalent to admitting that he was guilty and admitting what Lu Mingliang said. He calmed down and even forced a calm smile. As a platform, we will naturally take on a certain responsibility. As the companys representative, Im consoling the express deliverymen and mediating the conflict between the express deliverymen and customers. Isnt that taking responsil Its true that our platform has some shortcomings. We are working hard to improve these. It takes time to improve them. Boss Lu, is Upwind Logistics service perfect? There are no flaws or mistakes? Lu Mingliang smiled. Upwind Logistics service is not perfect, but it is sincere enough. Boss Nie made a classic logical fallacy. This is a false dilemma: to push a topic to two different extremes, as if the opposite of perfection is absolute perfection. In fact, imperfections are also divided into levels. We really cant achieve 100 points, but from 10 to 90 points, every step would have a huge impact on the customers experience. As for how many points Upwind Logistics and Shengyun Corporation have achieved I believe we can see it clearly as long as we check the customers satisfaction level slightly. The comers of Nie Yunshengs mouth twitched. Lu Mingliang had beaten him to death on this topic again. Customers satisfaction? Nie Yunsheng knew very well why Shengyun Express was more satisfied than Upwind Logistics. It would not be able to catch up even if they took a rocket! Seeing that Nie Yunsheng was in a passive position, a Vice-President beside him quickly changed the topic. Boss Lu, Upwind Logistics customers are indeed very satisfied. We admit that. However, we have to clarify that Upwind Logistics business is ultimately in a limited area, providing service to limited customers. Shengyun Expresss business is all over the country. The development level of various regions in the country is different, and the specific conditions are also different. How can you generalize them? Shengyun Express is already working hard to provide good service to customers across the country. It is constantly improving and improving. For example, we have invested a huge amount of money to build express delivery cabinets and community courier stations in various cities and communities. Our service level has also gradually increased. For example, first-tier cities and second-tier cities can be said to be two completely different examination subjects. Upwind Logistics scored 90 points for one subject, and they did not take the exam for the other subject. Shengyun Corporation scored 80 points for both. Boss Lu only won us with one subject. Isnt that a little biased? Lu Mingliang smiled and nodded. Yes, this Vice-Presidents analogy is indeed not appropriate. Firstly, whether Shengyun Express achieved 80 points or not, I believe that customers will naturally have an answer in their hearts. Your evaluation of your business is a little too loose. Every customer knows if Upwind Logistics is 90% different from Shengyun Express in terms of servic Secondly, its not that Upwind Logistics did not take the examinations for second- and third-tier cities. Our next goal is to become a second- and third-tier city. Whats more, we promise that our delivery services will not be discounted. We will treat both the customers of second- and third-tier cities equally as the customers of first-tier cities. [ really want to ask the Vice-President a question: You said that Shengyun Express invested a huge amount of money to build express delivery cabinets and community courier stations for various cities and communities, increasing the level of service Has it really improved? Are you really thinking for the customers? The Vice-President stiffened his neck. Why didnt it improve? Why didnt it think for the customers? Lu Mingliang smiled slightly. Oh, the goods that should have been delivered to your doorstep were thrown into the express delivery cabinet without even making a phone call. Is this called service improvement? If you dump large items at the courier station, you will not deliver them to your doorstep. You will only provide a cart for customers. Is this considered an improvement in service? The boss of the courier station posted a notice at the entrance of the courier station, If you dont take anything in two days, you will retreat, forcing customers to come and take something as soon as possible without taking up the shelves. Is this called service improvement? Some Courier stations bosses dont even care about looking for express delivery services. Customers would operate on their own from looking for express delivery to coming out of the warehouse. Is this called a service improvement? When customers go to the express delivery cabinet to collect items, they have to look at the advertisements first. They have to skip the QR code that rewards. Is this called service improvement? If I remember correctly, parcels have to be delivered to their doorstep. Thats a clear rule, right? You feel like you have entered the legal mandate by sending a symbolic message? To be honest, customers are too easy to bully. Nie Yunsheng cleared his throat. Whether the express delivery is to be delivered to the doorstep depends on the specific situation at that time. Some customers are office workers. They work very hard and knock off very late. Even if the express delivery men are sent to the doorstep, there is no one at home. They cannot be thrown at the door. Its very easy to lose it. If they are placed in the express delivery cabinet or courier station, customers can take it on the way after work. Objectively, it would be more convenient for customers. Lu Mingliang smiled and shook his head. Boss Nie is pretending to be muddled again. Idont deny that such a situation exists. Thats why Upwind Logistics offers customers different service options: If its not convenient to deliver to their doorstep, they can choose to take themselves at Upwind Courier stations. If they want to deliver to their doorstep, they can make a rough appointment. Some customers would not mind taking it, but how many people wanted to send it to their doorstep, and you did not meet their needs? You were still indifferent even though they complained time and time again? In my opinion, Boss Nies excuse is nothing more than a high-sounding excuse. The so-called spending a huge sum of money to build the express delivery cabinet and community courier station is still to save money and put the last miles cost on customers themselves. Why dont Boss Nie briefly explain how many express deliverymen can be removed after the express delivery cabinet and community courier stations are fully opened? How much salary can be saved for express deliverymen? How much market can be snatched through the price war and how much profits can be brought to Shengyun Corporation? Nie Yunsheng had nothing to say because he did not dare to say that Shengyun Express had not fired their express deliverymen. Firstly, too many people knew about the elimination of express deliverymen. It was impossible to hide it. Secondly, this time, Upwind Courier stations no longer received the goods from Shengyun Express, causing the end of Shengyun Express in first-tier cities to be full. It was also because Shengyun Express cut down the express deliverymen. If Nie Yunsheng dared to say that he had not done it before, Lu Mingliang would probably take out the express delivery cabinet and the photos of the courier stations to slap his face. ASLSRRSERD. Another Vice-President quickly explained, Boss Lu should know very well that the profits of the express delivery industry are very small now. Compared to foreign express delivery services that are expensive and slow, the domestic express delivery business is already of good quality and low price. Shengyun Corporation might not have done the best in terms of service, but it is not overboard to say that it is outstanding, The important thing is that the price is definitely low. One or two yuan can send express deliveries across the country. Boss Lus words are a little different from eating minced meat: The best service means a high price. However, many of our customers financial standards are not enough to support such a high price. They would rather reduce the quality of the service and the price. I think that Shengyun Express is more in line with the current market demand. What do you think, Boss Lu? Lu Mingliang shook his head slightly, looking disappointed. I thought that all of you were the upper echelons of Shengyun Corporation and could give some high comments on the current situation of the express delivery industry. I didnt expect that no matter how you put it, they were all things that had been said online long ago? How disappointing! Chapter 1492 - Battle Of Words With Everyone! Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Lu Mingliang paused for a moment and continued, The domestic express delivery industry is indeed much better than overseas. However, a normal company should look forward and learn from good. They cannot always compare to bad. Even if they have done the best they can, they should continue to think about how to do better. They should not lie down and wait for death. Domestic delivery services are cheap. How many of them benefit from the infrastructure that our country has perfected? For example, roads that are everywhere, rail transport networks? How many are there because of the demographic dividends and the selfless contributions of the delivery men? How much is there because the economy is developing quickly and bringing vigorous demand for delivery? The express delivery industry can develop quickly because of the above three points. Why does it seem like Shengyun Express itself? This is the requirement of the times. Any express delivery company can quickly grow into a giant after having such superior conditions. Of course, there are factors of hard work, but its too arrogant to attribute it all to themselves. Therefore, it doesnt make sense to compare it to foreign countries. The initial conditions are different. As for the delivery price you mentioned, I admit that the domestic delivery price is relatively cheap. But I have three questions. First, for express delivery companies, are low prices meant to benefit customers or to compete in the market? Can you guarantee that the future delivery fees will not increase? Second, how did they achieve a low price? Did they achieve it by pushing the responsibility of the last mile to customers, reducing the number of express deliverymen, lowering the quality of the service, not paying the express deliverymen five social insurance and one fund, and various benefits? Third, if some customers dont mind spending two yuan more on express delivery and request for higher service standards, requesting delivery, can you satisfy them? If you cannot answer these three questions, I think the answer is very clear. Where did Shengyun Corporations huge profits come from, under the premise that the delivery fees are so low and no profit is made? This is really an unsolved mystery. A company worth tens of billions of yuan is publicly selling its pitiful state, saying that it doesnt have any surplus food at home. Its days are tight. I hope that customers can understand their difficulties and give themselves a meal. Thats really amazing! The three people from Shengyun Corporation were completely stunned. There was no way to continue this conversation! It was obvious that Lu Mingliang was not here to debate; he was here to undermine him! Even so, you cant spout nonsense, right? Nie Yunsheng did not dare to answer these three questions because he could not. The deeper he spoke, the more he would stand on the opposite side of the consumers. But then again, how could there be a company in the world that stood on the same side as consumers and ordinary employees? These three questions were not something that Shengyun Corporation could answer. No other company, especially an internet platform type company, would be able to answer it! Whats more, Nie Yunsheng vaguely realized why his team had been so passive. Without realizing it, Lu Mingliang was already on the side of ordinary consumers. He had been thinking about problems from the perspective of consumers and low-level employees. This debate was for consumers and ordinary low-level employees! Lu Mingliang was on the referees side. How could he lose? Nie Yunsheng had already thought of many reasons to refute, but Lu Mingliang had beaten him back one by one. That was because Nie Yunsheng stood from the companys perspective. He could only change the topic, divert the topic, or use some minor details to cover the fact that the company had obtained huge profits through the platform, obtained an advantage in the market, and squeezed employees to a certain extent. He could not hide this fact. If he really admitted it, something big would happen. Lu Mingliang obviously had no such qualms. Every time he asked a question, he stood from the perspective of consumers. He simply wanted to kill Shengyun Express. How could Shengyun Express stand a chance under such circumstances? Nie Yunsheng realized that he could not continue like this. Whats more, he felt very indignant. Boss Lu, does Upwind Logistics have a very clear answer for these three questions? Are you saying that Upwind Logistics is not making money but for the welfare of all customers and employees? Upwind Logistics delivery fees are higher than Shengyun Expresss. Why dont you deliver packages to customers for free? The market environment in the future is ever-changing. The transportation fees can increase at any time. Can Upwind Logistics guarantee that the delivery fees will never increase? Nie Yunsheng wanted to take the initiative. He could not stand on the opposite side of consumers. Instead, he had to think of a way to drag Upwind Logistics down with him! The meaning was actually very simple: Lu Mingliang, dont describe yourself as a white lotus flower. Shengyun Express was indeed to make money, right? Was Upwind Logistics not to make money? You worked so hard to set up so many courier stations and send them to your doorstep while incurring losses for years. Wasnt it to occupy the market and monopolize profits? That cant be. Did you spend so much effort just to do charity? If not, what difference would there be between Upwind Logistics and Shengyun Express? Everyone was birds of a feather, why should you laugh at wild boars? In fact, at this point, Nie Yunsheng felt that it was already very difficult to win since he was caught off guard and Lu Mingliang had led him several times. That was because Upwind Logistics image had completely surpassed Shengyun Express in the eyes of the live-stream audience. However, he was not willing to see Upwind Logistics achieve such a huge victory. He had to drag Upwind Logistics down to dispel the hatred in his heart! Would Lu Mingliang dare to answer these three questions? If he promised but failed to do so, Upwind Logistics would become a joke. It would backfire! Nie Yunsheng looked at Lu Mingliang confidently, but Lu Mingliang unexpectedly smiled. Of course, I can answer. First, Upwind Logistics primary goal is to meet the needs of customers express delivery. It is to provide secure work for ordinary express deliverymen. Even if we generate profits in this process, we will think of ways to use it to better build and improve the entire logistics system. Thats because Boss Pei had repeatedly instructed that Upwind Logistics position in Tengda Corporation is not a department that earns profits. Instead, it is a department that consumes profits for other departments. It is a support business of other businesses that plays the role of lubricant. Therefore, we can promise all customers that we will continue to invest a lot of money in the future to subsidize. Upwind Logistics delivery fees will not increase by a single cent for the next ten years! We dont care about competition in the market. As long as there are express delivery companies that can provide better competition than us, we will welcome them with open arms. Second, we reduced the delivery fee through larger-scale transport, optimization of logistics routes, increasing the technology and efficiency during the sorting and turnover process. Coupled with the profit transfer of other derivative industries, it was not done by increasing the delivery fee and deducting the salary of the delivery men. Some of our businesses set higher fees because we provide better services to customers. Third, we will ensure that customers experience will never shrink. Moreover, customers can choose different transportation methods according to their own needs. Those who dont mind the price can choose to air transport and deliver it to their doorstep. They can enjoy the fastest and best service. Those who mind the price and are willing to take it, can choose to put it in Upwind Courier stations. We will also give enough discounts on the delivery fee. As for whether Upwind Logistics makes money or not Actually, it doesnt affect us at all. All of Upwind Logistics executives income is not related to Upwind Logistics profits. If Upwind Logistics makes money, our income will not increase at all. We will get bonuses based on Upwind Logistics reputation and service quality. As for Boss Pei, he doesnt care if Upwind Logistics makes money or not. Upwind Logistics leadership structure, and even the entire Tengda Corporations leadership structure, is completely different from other companies. Ican take responsibility for every word I say. Boss Nie, can you give the same guarantee to all the clients and express deliverymen of Shengyun Express in front of the camera? Nie Yunsheng could not hold it in anymore. Nuts! These guys are nuts! This Lu Mingliang was completely mad! Do you know what the consequences would be if you say that? Indeed, Upwind Logistics was the same as the other departments in Tengda. They were all lunatics! However, this Lu Mingliang seemed to be even more lunatics than the person-in-charge of the other departments. He did not talk about morals! He could not continue chatting anymore. If he continued, something big would really happen. Nie Yunsheng slammed the table on the spot and stood up. Ridiculous! Nonsense! Shengyun Corporation has always been law-abiding. Its an outstanding company. We came here to solve the problem, but you ignored the facts and slandered us! Boss Lu, lets not argue. Our results speak for us. Goodbye! Nie Yunsheng left with the two Vice Presidents. At this point, what else could he say? The other party had already created an invincible cheat! Lu Mingliangs words were like a demon warding sword manual to Nie Yunsheng. Indeed, he would be invincible if he trained, but the prerequisite was that he had to show his hand! He had completely cut off his future path of lying down and earning money. How could Nie Yunsheng do that? Taking ten thousand steps back, even if he could do it, which shareholder and executive would support him? Therefore, Nie Yunsheng had no choice but to leave. The two Vice Presidents naturally did not dare to say anything else. They stood up and followed. The express deliveryman stood up and wanted to leave but Lu Mingliang held him back. The express deliveryman was stunned. He did not know what to do. Lu Mingliangs expression was kind as he said, Those who deliberately fan the flames have left. Its about time for us to get down to business. We are here today to solve the problem and eliminate the influence. I will be the middleman to mediate between the two of you.. What do you think? Chapter 1493 - : Lu Mingliang’s Personal Performance Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios The express deliveryman was at a loss. That was because Nie Yunsheng left in a rage. He did not care about him at all and did not tell him what to do. Lu Mingliangs words just now might have dissed Nie Yunsheng enough. It looked like he was standing on the opposite side. However, on closer inspection, one could feel that he was standing with the express deliveryman. Nie Yunsheng slammed the table in anger and stood up. However, the express deliveryman was not angry. Instead, he felt that what Lu Mingliang said made sense and was quite cool. Thus, the express deliveryman remained behind to hear what Lu Mingliang had to say. Lu Mingliang said, Just now, I said that customers realized that the box that was packaging the apples was damaged and the apples were lost. Thats why they complained. Theres no problem with that. The internet cafe took the initiative to buy a box of different types of apples to compensate customers. If customers did not accept it and complained, there would be no problem. However, this is obviously not the problem of the express delivery man. Thats because express deliverymen cannot do much under such an unreasonable system. Shengyun Express cut off a large number of express deliverymen in order to reduce costs, so that the express deliverymen at each site would maintain at the lowest level. Occasionally, when there were more goods, they would ask the express deliverymen to work overtime to send them. They would use violent sorting to increase the sorting speed. Therefore, the apples are rotten. Perhaps there is a problem with the sorting segment, or perhaps there was an accident during the transport process. Customers complaints also point to the unreasonable of the entire express delivery system. However, according to the rules of Shengyun Express, they directly fined the express deliveryman in the final delivery segment. That is obviously unreasonable. What can express deliverymen do when they see a box of rotten apples? Many people complained that express deliverymen did not deliver to their doorsteps. However, the problem is that express deliverymen bring hundreds of express deliverymen in a car. They would have to work until 8 AM every day if they were to just throw them into the courier station. How could they deliver them to their doorsteps one by one? Therefore, under such circumstances, it is indeed a very helpless thing for express deliverymen to be fined. That is because express deliverymen do not have the ability to improve the entire logistics system. The real problem is the entire system: Why should the entire logistics segment have a problem? Why should only the express deliverymen at the end be punished without giving a single cent to the customers? Why should consumers pay the express delivery fee and follow the rules but be guided by public opinion and maliciously attacked? Therefore, I think customers and express deliverymen should indeed understand each other. However, this understanding should not be based on customers pinch their noses and endure the poor service quality while express deliverymen kneel down and beg for mercy without being fined. Instead, it should be because they realize that the other party has their difficulties and realize the true crux of the problem lies with the platform. If we were at Upwind Logistics, this would not have happened. First of all, we will not separate violently and mess up the packaging. Secondly, we ensured that the best delivery number of people at each station and even had a certain amount of redundancy. That was to ensure that the entire logistics system could operate smoothly if something went wrong. Lastly, even if such an accident happened, it would be solved by the platform. The platform will go through the process to buy goods for customers or compensate them at the original price. These are the responsibilities of the platform. They will not be forced on the delivery men. At this point, you should understand, right? Your enemy is not the other party. On the contrary, you should be on the same sid The complainer nodded repeatedly. Yes, thats what I mean! Actually, I already said that Im not targeting the delivery guy, but the platform! I was emotional at that time because I was dissatisfied with the way the platform handled it. In the end, I was maliciously guided by public opinion. It became me looking down on, being overbearing, and bullying an ordinary express deliveryman! Te been scolded badly over the past two days. Im really pissed off! However, its useless no matter how I explain. Many people just think that Im a mean and cold-blooded person. Im really speechless! The express deliveryman lowered his head and said with some guilt, Im sorry. Actually, I was wrong, At that time, I was afraid that I would not be fined. In a moment of desperation, I knelt down. I did not expect it to become a moral kidnapping, I did not expect it to bring you so much trouble Lu Mingliang smiled. Its alright. The misunderstanding has been cleared. This express delivery man doesnt have to worry about not having a job. Come to Upwind Logistics. We are expanding our business. You are welcome to join us! TIl also advertise here. Both delivery men and customers are welcome at Upwind Logistics! Were expanding our business. Well try to spread our business to all second- and third-tier cities and cover the entire country! On this basis, we promise two points: First, we will work hard to achieve service in any area and treat everyone equally. Second, within ten years, we will continue to subsidize and the delivery fees will not increase! Alright, everyone, shake hands and take a photo. This matter will be over. The complainer and the delivery man shook hands warmly while Lu Mingliang placed his hand on it. The three of them smiled. Click! The image froze. At the same time, public opinion on the internet had exploded. There was a heated discussion on the internet from the live-stream to the various forums! The main problem this time was too entertaining! At first, everyone heard that Nie Yunsheng had appeared to mediate. A lot of attention had already been paid to him. After all, the Shengyun Express Delivery Man knelt down incident had been a hot topic recently. It had been on the hot searches for a long time. Many people sympathized with the express delivery man and there was a lot of discussion online. The delivery man and the complainant met again. It was a live-stream. Many people were paying attention to the follow-up of this matter. There were people with darker hearts here. They wanted to take the opportunity to scold the complaints again. There were also some fake reviewers adding fuel to the fire to publicize. After all, this was a good opportunity for Shengyun Express to wash away the negative public relations. It was Nie Yunshengs personal moment of glory. This caused the live-stream to be very popular from the beginning. However, when the live-stream started, the script was beyond everyones expectations! He did not expect the person who came with the complaint to be the person-in-charge of Upwind Logistics, Lu Mingliang. He also did not expect that this meeting was not to mediate the conflict between the express deliverymen and the complaints. Instead, it had become a battlefield of public opinion between Shengyun Express and Upwind Logistics! Both sides exchanged verbal jabs, not giving in to each other. Many viewers felt like they were grass on the fence. One moment, they felt that what Shengyun Express said made sense, and the next moment, they felt that what Lu Mingliang said made sense. For some reason, they felt like they were watching a debate. However, in the end, Lu Mingliang won. That was because Lu Mingliang had completely dismantled Nie Yunshengs tactics and removed his pants! To the audience, it would be too much if they could not understand what was going on. Many viewers also realized that they had been used as a gun by Shengyun Corporation because of their emotional state. They had become abusers. In the end, Nie Yunsheng slammed the table and stood up in anger. He left a few harsh words that were not scary. The outcome of the battle between the two sides was actually very clear. What was even more interesting was that after Lu Mingliang won, he helped Shengyun Corporation to solve the conflict between the express delivery man and the complaints! Whats more, it was not a solution to cover up the conflict. Instead, it was to completely expose the conflict and put it on the table so that both sides could solve it sincerely. The stage that Nie Yunsheng had arranged for himself had become Lu Mingliangs personal show! Lu Mingliang rushed into battle alone. He looked heroic as he fought one against three. He had Boss Peis charm. Not only that, Lu Mingliangs words were worth the netizens reading and reminiscing about. The conflict between the express deliveryman and the customer should be the conflict between the customer and the platform, the platform and the delivery man. However, the platform deliberately shaped itself as a middleman who did not have to take on any responsibilities and directed the conflict to the customer and express deliveryman. That was why this farce happened! Indeed, if Lu Mingliang had not appeared, we would have been able to guess the script for today: The complaints had no choice but to understand the delivery man because of the pressure of public opinion. In the future, the complaints would have to think twice before they complain. Many times, they would choose to swallow their anger. Thus, customers would pinch their noses and accept worse services. The delivery mans situation did not improve at all. He would still be fined if he should be punished. Only the platform would win twice! Fortunately, Upwind Logistics is here! What you said about the delivery made a lot of sense. The reason why Shengyun Express delivered so slowly was to pursue profits and reduce the number of deliverymen. That caused the service level to never improve! Do they have no money? Of course not. The profits are so high. They just dont want to do it! Its the same logic with the courier station. The key is not whether you want to deliver it to your doorstep or not, but whether you want to give it to customers! If I allow you not to deliver it to your doorstep, you can set it up at the courier station. Then, you can give me a discount on your delivery fee. If I ask you to deliver it to my doorstep, you have to deliver it to my doorstep! Now, Shengyun Express is throwing it to the courier station without any reason. They dont even care if I ask for it to be delivered to their doorstep. Isnt that just a scam? The part where the express delivery fee is cheap is also quite good. The express delivery fee is cheap because our countrys infrastructure is developed. The manpower cost is low and the demand for express delivery is strong. A few hundred express delivery services and a car can greatly reduce the cost. This is not the credit of Shengyun Express! Not only that, Shengyun Express can further reduce the manpower cost by not giving the express deliverymen insurance and funds. It can also earn profits under this model. In the end, they used the reason that the express delivery fee is cheap to force customers to accept the fact that the service is poor. Its simply shameless! Forget it, I will support Upwind Logistics unconditionally from today onwards! Anything that can be given by Upwind Logistics will be given by Upwind Logistics! Thope that all the express deliverymen can also wipe their eyes and vote with their feet! If the express delivery companies are the same, they cant do anything no matter where they jump. However, Upwind Logistics is obviously much better than other express delivery companies. Why are they still suffering in other companies? Yes! Use your legs to vote and support Upwind Logistics! Speaking of which, Lu Mingliang is really daring. Can Upwind Logistics really keep their promises and not increase their delivery fees even after ten years? I believe it because I believe in Boss Pei! However, Tengdas structure is a little ruthless. Lu Mingliang is the head of Upwind Logistics and the person-in-charge.. He only took the bonus? Whether he made money or not has nothing to do with him? This no wonder Lu Mingliang gives people the feeling that he is completely different from Nie Yunsheng even though they are both high-level executives! Chapter 1494 - Did He Request For The High Rail Ticket? Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios February 25th, Monday. Pei Qian came to the office as usual and briefly explained the current situation of the various departments. Settlement was on Thursday. No new products were to be released from the various departments. They had basically arranged for sudden spending. However, whether they could incur losses or not would depend on this last bluff. Until now, it was not safe to incur losses. Pei Qian paid attention to IOI first. Pei Qian had not heard from them for a while ever since the four-man team went to talk to Dayak Corporation. The main reason was that there was a time difference between the two sides. Whats more, Pei Qian felt that he could not help much and asked the four of them to take charge. Meng Chang finally decided that it would be enough as long as they could reach a deal. He did not know about the internal news, but it was quite difficult not to pay attention to external news. Last Tuesday, Finger Games released some negative news. For example, they wanted to merge with the sub servers and organize a paywall on April Fools Day. That caused Finger Games share price to plummet. Aweek had passed, and the decline was almost over. That weekend, Finger Games created a new mess. First, he announced the redo plan of some heroes with lower chances of winning. Second, he made some adjustments to the ranking rules. These two matters were not announced at the same time. Instead, they were announced two days later. However, without exception, they caused negative public opinion! First of all, it was a good thing to redo the plan. After all, the game had developed until now. The mechanisms of many heroes that had been designed in the past were no longer in line with the current game rhythm. There was no chance to play at all. It was very difficult to balance the system alone. Thus, it was reasonable to redo it. However, the problem was that Finger Games was producing new heroes too slowly! Previously, when IOI and GOG were on fire, Finger Games produced new heroes very quickly. However, as IOI became worse, they spent a lot of time and energy to create various skins. The production speed of new heroes had been greatly reduced. Under such circumstances, there was actually such a large-scale redo plan. Naturally, gamers would wonder: Can you produce new heroes? Redoing old heroes could also bring some novelty, but how could it compare to new heroes? This gave people the feeling that 101 heroes were in their twilight years, lost their ambition, and began to gnaw on their old books. The adjustment of the ranking rules had also been scolded. Finger Games claimed that in order to bring all players, especially new players, a better gaming experience, the new ranking rules would make some adjustments to the matching mechanism. It would more dynamically balance the number of players on both sides and different segments. At first, gamers thought that this was good news. However, insider news quickly spread that the new ranking rules were to make it so that most gamers chances of winning were about 50%! Why? That was because it would maximize the retention of players and ensure the number of players. That was because most players chances of winning were maintained at 50%. Coupled with the additional winning points, it was guaranteed that they would definitely be able to play well. Even some relatively rookie players would be able to experience the feeling of lying down and winning after losing too much, The game would bring them a better experience. For IOI, it was currently facing the serious situation of losing players from the fish pond. The loss of Fish Pool players would cause the entire ranking pyramid to collapse from the bottom to the top. It would cause the ranking of all players to drop collectively, resulting in very serious consequences. For a game like GOG that maintained the growth of players and had a huge player base, this was not a big problem. However, to IOI, this was obviously directly related to its survival. Previously, he had said that he wanted to merge with the sub servers because of this consideration. He wanted to better ensure the depth of the fish pond. However, this brought a new problem. Those who would play more but were not strong enough to be professional gamers would feel very uncomfortable! That was because the system had to ensure that the messed up players could maintain a 50% chance of winning while lying down. That meant they had to sacrifice the gaming experience of some outstanding players. After a players winning streak, they would definitely frequently encounter scamming teammates and forcefully lower their winning rate. In the end, everyones winning rate would be roughly maintained at 50%. Even if the winning rate of powerful players was slightly higher, it would not be much higher. The chances of winning could be maintained between 70% to 80% unless some particularly powerful god-like players or professional players were to die in the game. It was very difficult to break through 50% of the winning rate. The most likely outcome was to leave an entire page of SVP. From the perspective of a game merchant, this seemed to be a perfect choice. For some players who were more messed up, they would not be dissuaded from continuously kneeling, As long as the number of ranking competitions increased, they would be able to see their rankings slowly increase. For those players who could relatively C, even though they were very unhappy with the 50% win rate, they had C at least. It was SVP. They had only been arranged by their messed up teammates. It was not worth it to leave the game in anger because of this. Originally, this rule was intended to be updated secretly. At that time, gamers would not be able to sense it for a short period of time. They could pull a wave of retention. Unexpectedly, this rule was leaked out for some reason! This was explosive. From the perspective of Finger Games, this new ranking mechanism could indeed improve the gaming experience of new gamers and prevent the further loss of the fish pond. However, this was very unacceptable to more capable gamers. What right do you have to match me with a messed up teammate and forcefully lower my chances of winning to 50%? The ranking competition should be based on ones own skills. In the end, I C-ed so many times and so many promotions were done by those slackers. Why did I work so hard to train my skills and seriously want to win the competition? I put in so much effort to train my skills, and in the end, Im lonely? His ideals were voluptuous but they went against the consensus of most gamers. That was why he was scolded badly! The consecutive negative events caused Finger Games share price to fall again. It felt like it was about to turn cold. Pei Qians heart began to race. What was going on? Everything was going according to plan. What was wrong with the upper echelons of Finger Games? Did they give up on themselves? Why did they start lowering their intelligence? What about the CEO of Finger Games? Can he manage it? However on the bright side, perhaps the acquisition of Finger Games would be smoother that way? Pei Qian could not understand if the upper echelons of Finger Games were collectively crazy or if it was because they were unable to transport heroes. In any case, he was getting more and more confused about Finger Games. Just as he was thinking about this, he heard a knock on his office door. He looked up and saw Lu Mingliang. Boss Pei, Im here to admit my mistakes. When I was debating with Nie Yunsheng of Shengyun Corporation on Saturday, I subconsciously said some inappropriate words because I was too emotional. I also pulled a lot of hatred. Im willing to take all the responsibility. Lu Mingliang had gone to Shanghai to meet Nie Yunsheng. He had indeed arranged for it. However, the words that he had said on the spot were very improvised. Some had indeed been thought of to expose the hypocritical veil of Shengyun Corporation, but some had been improvised and said out loud. Now, the live-stream had already caused a heated response online. From the looks of the results, Lu Mingliang had become famous in one battle. Upwind Logistics reputation had skyrocketed, and the express delivery business had skyrocketed. However, he had to admit that Lu Mingliang had not asked Pei Qian for instructions or confirmed some of his words before he spoke. Lu Mingliang was not sure if Boss Pei would support his words or not, and whether these words would affect Upwind Logistics and the future development of Tengda Corporation. Thus, Lu Mingliang decided to wait until Monday to report to Boss Pei. After a moment of silence, Pei Qian said, Have you paid for your overtime pay on Saturday? Have you paid for your high-speed rail ticket? Lu Mingliang was stunned. Er theyre all open. Pei Qian immediately grinned. Thats good! Other than that, thats not a big deal. I watched the video of you attacking Nie Yunsheng. Its quite good. Theres no problem. The most important thing is to announce to everyone that Upwind Logistics will not increase in price for ten years and that we will be subsidizing on a large scale. That has completely won my heart! Thats great! As for attracting hatred those companies deserve a good scolding! I hope that they can work together to deal with Tengda and create some difficulty for me! Whats more, youve done a good job of turning that express deliveryman over on the spot. Youve even combined it with the recent special recruitment examinations and gave me a brand new idea. I want to give you a fixed quota to poach people! Tl give you some slots alone. Go and poach the employees who used to work in Shengyun Corporation. Since weve already fallen out, we might as well tear them up even more completely! If we can achieve good results by poaching people this time, we can popularize this rule and let the other departments imitate it! Chapter 1495 - Lu Mingliang Is Too Conservative Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Lu Mingliangs live-stream caused a lot of discussion. Of course, Pei Qian watched it as well. At first, Pei Qian was a little flustered. He did not know what Lu Mingliang was up to. He also did not know where Lu Mingliang was going to stab him after ten years. If he stabbed himself in the back, he would be in deep trouble! However, after watching the live-stream, Pei Qian realized that he had been overthinking. What Lu Mingliang did was not a threat to him! If one stood on the first floor, which was the floor of Shengyun Express, they would see Lu Mingliang stupidly exposing the path of making money for all internet platform companies. In order to win this debate, he set up a golden body for himself. However, this completely cut off his path to making money. It was very stupid. comment If one stood on the second floor, they might think that Lu Mingliangs move had dealt a heavy blow to Shengyun Express. It had completely crushed public opinion online and paved the way for Upwind Logistics to develop rapidly in the country. As long as they could replace Shengyum Corporation and dominate the market, Upwind Logistics would be able to turn their losses into profits even under the premise that the service would not shrink and the price would not increase for ten years. That was because they would be able to snatch the fat piece of meat from other express delivery companies. However, Pei Qian felt that he was on the third floor. Yes, under ideal circumstances, Upwind Logistics would have opened up express delivery networks in various cities in the country. It would have become the leading company in the express delivery industry and turn its losses into profits. However, how many years would that take? It took two to three years for Upwind Logistics to gain a foothold in first-tier cities. There were so many second- and third-tier cities and county cities. If he wanted to provide them with the same service as first-tier cities, he had to build more Upwind Courier stations. Wouldnt that start in three years and end at the highest point? It was still too early! Boss Pei could not even care about the next cycle, much less three years later. Even if they made profits before that, they could spend all the money they earned on the construction of courier stations and logistics and spend it on the benefits of the delivery men and employees. No matter how much money Upwind Logistics earned, it could guarantee that it would not make money. That was the Pei familys theory of relativity. Whats more, Pei Qian had seen Lu Mingliangs denouncing of Shengyun Express and the operation to gain hatred. He felt very appreciative. In fact, if Pei Qian was present, he would probably do the same. However, he was not as eloquent as Lu Mingliang and spoke so clearly. To Pei Qian, he could not understand why the leaders of these large companies had to think of ways to squeeze out the pitiful fines from a delivery man who had been working so hard to earn a few thousand yuan a month. Pei Qian felt that his ultimate goal of losing money was to buy a huge villa that belonged to him in the prosperous areas of Jingzhou. That would be the peak. Now, he was not too far from this goal. He was very close. No matter how much money he had, he would not spend, spend, or generate practical value. He would think of ways to make it value through capital. What was the point of watching the number rise? Thus, Pei Qian felt that no matter how much money he earned, life would be meaningless if he became someone like Shengyun Corporation or the higher-ups of Home Corporation. Was this considered a rich man or a miser? Was he better or worse? Thus, Lu Mingliang went all out against such people. It was just like how Sloth Apartments went all out against Home Corporation. Pei Qian was naturally completely supportive. Other than that, Lu Mingliang said that Sloth Apartments would expand in second- and third-tier cities and subsidize delivery fees for a long time. The delivery fees would not increase for ten years. That made Pei Qian very happy. How good would it be if all the department heads were as responsible as Lu Mingliang! He was right about him! The only flaw was that Lu Mingliang was a little conservative. Why was it only ten years? If Boss Pei was there, he would have to double the amount! However, since he had already said that, so be it. If ten years was not enough, he could extend it. Pei Qian felt that Upwind Logistics had developed to this point naturally. Even though he did not understand the process, the results were good and satisfactory. That was why he praised Lu Mingliang. Whats more, he only had one opinion: to poach people. Lu Mingliang was a little confused. Poach people in a fixed direction? How? Pei Qian explained, Its very simple. Its just one more recruitment channel. Until now, Tengda has three different recruitment channels. One is an urgent recruitment for special talents, the other two are the regular Tengda recruitment examinations and the special recruitment exam that was just implemented a while ago. Pei Qian had to personally agree to the urgent recruitment of special talents. For example, if Pei Qian decided to start a new industry or find a trusted aide, he would definitely need a group of people to cooperate. It would definitely be too late to go through the normal recruitment process at this time. He would have to hire them urgently. If the other departments had a shortage of manpower, they could also report to Boss Pei and go through the process of urgent hiring. Other than that, there were two types of recruitment examinations. Pei Qian continued, On top of that, I plan to open a new recruitment channel C to poach people! For example, Upwind Logistics and Shengyun Express are now direct competitors. Then, you can take out a portion of the recruitment slots according to the expansion and development of Upwind Logistics and poach people from Shengyun Express. Previously, if the people from Shengyun Express wanted to jump ship to our company, they would have to pass the examinations. They might not be able to jump in. Now, its equivalent to leaving a portion of the quota to prepare for the employees of the competitor. In the future, other departments can also have such slots. For example, Sloth Apartments can poach people from Home Corporation. Pei Qians idea was very simple. There must be a premium if he wanted to poach people! If he poached people in a targeted manner, the premium would definitely be higher! Of course, Tengdas old employees salaries and benefits had basically been maximised. The premium of poaching people must also be premium on the original salary of this person. Thus, no matter how premium was, it would not surpass old employees of Tengdas level, causing the salary to be hung. However, no matter what, this was a good way to quickly increase the number of employees! It was mainly because Pei Qian saw that it was not easy for the delivery man from Shengyun Corporation. Upwind Logistics had to expand and ensure the service of the customers. Such proficient delivery men would have to be recruited sooner or later. The other employees had to be supplemented. It was quite convenient to poach them directly from Shengyun Corporation. Lu Mingliang was moved. Alright, Boss Pei. Ill make arrangements when I get back! Indeed, Boss Pei was not angry. Instead, he supported him unconditionally! Lu Mingliang felt that this was enough to show that there was no problem with his judgment. Boss Pei and Nie Yunsheng, no, it should be said that they were completely different from the bosses of other companies. Strictly speaking, no matter how good Lu Mingliangs benefits were, could he compare to the Vice-President of Shengyun Corporation? Obviously not. That was because even though Lu Mingliangs basic salary and bonus were high, the Vice-President of Shengyun Corporation had many shares in the company. In comparison, Lu Mingliang might be slightly inferior. However, Lu Mingliang had no intention of jumping ship to become Vice-President of Shengyun Corporation. The reason was simple, it was Boss Peis personal charm! There was definitely no other boss in the world like Boss Pei. That was why the people in charge did not have any complaints and followed Boss Pei resolutely to expand Tengda. Boss Pei was not only their guide in their work, but also the guide in their lives to see the truth of the business path through the fog. Boss Peis life was so simple. He did not show off and was approachable. He even treated his employees better than him. How could the people in charge be shameless to enjoy such an environment? Wouldnt that be equivalent to betraying Boss Pei and the Tengda spirit? Therefore, he was filled with motivation and continued charging! To Lu Mingliang, he had been working at Upwind Logistics for a long time. Although he had achieved some results, it was not time for him to rest yet! After sending Lu Mingliang off, Pei Qian casually read the reports from the other departments. The recruitment examinations were going smoothly. At the moment, they were nervously marking the papers. However, considering the time, interview, employment, and benefits would have to wait until the next cycle. It was a pity. Pei Qian was a little regretful. If only he had thought of this two months ago! He could have spent a huge sum of money before settlement. However, this salary was negligible to the losses of the settlement cycle. It did not affect much. This recruitment exam was mainly for long-term thinking. What was worth mentioning was that Tian Mo had already opened his second experience shop in Shanghai. From the photo, it looked similar to Jingzhou. However, the structure of the shopping mall was different after all, so he had made some artistic designs for the specific structure. It could be considered a landmark building of two cities. Considering that Tian Mo would be sent on a torturous trip soon, he did not know who to hand the experience shop to in the future. On top of that, Shang Yang Games realistic service department was thinking about organizing a competition for Safe and Civilized Driving in the near future. The competition would be divided into two stages. The first stage would be an online competition. All players could participate. After a round of pre-selection, the final 10 drivers would be selected. These drivers would undergo free racing training in reality and then compete with professional drivers. The entire competition would be live-streamed on Bunny Tail. This event was only in the initial planning stage. Obviously, it would not be able to make it in time for the settlement. It could only be held next month. Other than that, there were no other projects that could spend a lot of money. Pei Qian took a look. Even after spending so much money, there was still a huge gap in the System Funds. That was terrible! At the moment, there was still about fifty million yuan in the System Funds. That was the result of Pei Qian trying his best to spend money. He could only say that the company had too much money. It was getting harder and harder to spend money because the system was too big and difficult to grasp Pei Qian was helpless. Should he lie flat? According to the conversion ratio, he could convert five hundred thousand yuan, but that would not be good! That was because the starting sum this time was 60 million yuan. Even if he could not incur losses from the fixed assets, he still had nearly 30 million yuan left. That was three million yuan. It was five times the profits. Three million yuan! Adding Boss Peis Personal Wealth, he could go and take a look at the huge villa! Just as he was struggling internally, his cell phone rang. Eh? Meng Chang called for a long distance? Pei Qians eyes lit up as he picked it up immediately! Eh? Preliminary acquisition? One billion US dollars? Er Theres no problem with the price.. However, can I tell them to pay in installments and set a deposit of seven million US dollars first? Chapter 1496 - : Tengda’s Special Recruitment! Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Tengda did not lack money, but it could not fork out that much money in a hurry. After all, that was a billion US dollars. Of course, he could pay in installments. Many acquisition plans were paid in installments. Pei Qian had tens of millions of yuan on hand that he could not spend. If he were to transfer all of them to Dayak Corporation as deposit, he would be able to perfectly realize the losses this cycle. Whats more, this huge sum of money could greatly ease the pressure of incurring losses in the future cycle. comment It was perfect to complete the acquisition negotiations at this juncture! Pei Qian felt that he should thank him properly for the next cycle. See, Im not only causing trouble for you. Ive also learned how to spend in advance! In the future, Tengdas various industries would continue to make money. However, it did not matter. With this huge gap, it should be much easier for him to spend money before settlement. Pei Qian did not ask in detail but the acquisition team quickly sent a detailed report, reporting the exact situation of the negotiations for Finger Games. Abillion US dollars was indeed not cheap. Dayak Corporation had funded the acquisition of the young Finger Games back then. They had only spent 200 million US dollars to buy 80% of Finger Games shares. Pei Qian had thought that 200 million US dollars was a lot, and Dayak Corporation was wealthy. However, looking at it now, what was 200 million US dollars? Of course, he had been forced by Boss Pei to use a squeeze-out to buy all of Finger Games shares. He had also spent 72 million US dollars. It could be said to be a huge loss. However, Dayak Corporation was now selling Finger Games for a billion yuan. It could not be considered a loss. That was normal. Dayak Corporation was not stupid. How could they make a loss deal? Since they were going to sell Finger Games, they had to make themselves profitable. However, this deal was not a loss to Tengda Corporation. That was because the billion US dollars had not only bought a simple game, but also the copyrights of all the heroes in IOI, all employees of Finger Games, including the designers. Most importantly, they had also bought the ready-made system that IOI had built in so many areas in the world, so many markets, and all the players of IOI. Dayak Corporation had also invested a lot of money in order to promote IOI. Of course, IOI was also earning money. It was not bad for Tengda Corporation to be able to accept alll these results. In fact, one billion US dollars was considered cheap compared to the acquisition plan of the games company. Of course, the reasons for this were more complicated. There were a few main points. First of all, Finger Games was different from other games companies giants. They only had IOI under them. Whats more, IOIs data had not increased rapidly recently. Instead, it was still shrinking. Many game companies giants had a few classic IPs under them, and they were still earning a lot of money. There were no competing games in the market. They could eam a lot of money in the future, which would definitely be very expensive. However, IOI was being beaten by GOG globally. Even Dayak Corporation was not confident in it. Naturally, the outside world was not optimistic about it. If they were not optimistic, the price would definitely be low. Secondly, the CEO of Finger Games had been causing trouble recently. He had been courting death and negative news were coming one after another. That was why he wanted to lower Finger Games share price as much as possible so that he could take over at a low price and make a huge profit. Therefore, not only did he release negative news, but he also tried all ways and means to hoodwink Dayak Corporation: sell me quickly. If you dont sell me, you might not even have this price in the future. Dayak Corporation had also contacted some interested investors. In the end, these investors either hesitated to wait and see, or were directly cheated away by charades from him. None of them reached the intention of acquiring. These situations made Dayak Corporation lower their expectations of the price. Lastly, Tengdas acquisition team also played a role. They adopted a smarter strategy and were not regarded as a fool. Tengdas team had quickly contacted Dayak Corporation, but they did not show strong desire to acquire them. That was normal. Tengda had GOG. It had beaten IOI all over the world. Was there a need for me to buy IOI? Buying was only because I found a guarantee for GOG that would completely swallow the market of MOBA games. If I did not buy it, I would not suffer any losses. In any case, no matter who Finger Games sold it to in the end, it was unlikely to pose a fatal threat to GOG. Tengda would not push the price of IOI to an unacceptable level. However, dont think of taking us for a fool. It would be impossible to kill us. Thus, they ended up negotiating about a billion US dollars. Of course, this billion US dollars could not buy the entire Finger Games. That was because Dayak Corporation had previously given them some shares to encourage the upper echelons of Finger Games in order to better motivate them. For example, charles had about 10% of the shares. Adding the other executives and individual retailers scattered shares, there was less than 20% in total. In other words, the shares of Finger Games that Tengda bought from Dayak Corporation were only about 80%. They had absolute control, but they were not completely controlling the shares. Dayak Corporation could only sell the shares in their hands, but they could not make the decision for the other executives and sell their shares. It was their freedom to keep or find the right time to cash out. Pei Qian had not thought about what to do with the remaining shares. Make it a second time? Could he create a squeeze-out like Dayak Corporation back then, force Finger Games to exit the market, and pursue 100% control? That was not necessary. That was because the shares looked small, but they were expensive. Pei Qian did not care about money, but he did not want to give money to these executives to be taken advantage of. Whats more, there was no need to pursue 100% control. Pei Qian did not have OCD. The amount of shares he had would not affect his grand plan. In this report, it also reminded him that some of the upper echelons of Finger Games, including England, might play tricks. He had to be wary. However, Pei Qian did not care at all because he did not care if these people were committing evil. As long as they did not care about money, there would be a way to arrange for them! February 26th, Tuesday afternoon. Ata restaurant in Shanghai. Brother Wei, Old Zhou, and a few old employees of Shengyun Corporations public affairs were gathered for a meal. The reason why he chose noon was because Shengyun Corporation had been in a public relations crisis recently. The public affairs department had to work late even at night. Since everyone had to work overtime, wouldnt the gathering be the same..? Taking into account their lunch break, it was less eye-catching for some people to slip away. These people did not choose a place. They found a restaurant near Shengyun Corporation and said that they would find a better restaurant to have a good meal in the future when they had the time. Brother Wei, how did the exam feel? Were the questions difficult? Old Zhou, didnt you take the exam as well? Do you have the confidence to give us some advice! Thope both of you can pass. That way, we can take care of each other when we go for the exam in the future. T watched the live-stream. I have to say that Boss Lu is really handsome! He made Old Nie speechless and lost his face. Hes so awesome! The employees of Upwind Logistics are quite happy to work with such a boss. Tm quite envious indeed. If I did not meet Tengdas requirements, I would take the exam! Over the past few days, negative public opinion has exploded. Weve been scolded badly, but why do I feel that its so satisfying? Even though we inevitably have to work overtime. We might be acting as perverted as Boss Nie and the others, but were still very happy in our hearts! Whats wrong with us working overtime? Its worth it for us to be able to see such fun while working overtime! Brother Wei might have resigned but everyones relationship was still there. Of course, they had to have a good meal in private. A few old employees expressed their concerns about Tengdas recruitment examinations as they ate and chatted. That was because everyone wanted to go! Other than that, everyone naturally talked about the conflict between Old Wei and the Vice-President, as well as the live-stream of Lu Mingliang and Boss Nies debate. This matter had already caused an uproar. It had been on the hot searches for a few days and it seemed like it was impossible to go down. Old Zhou said apologetically, Brother Wei, you only argued with Vice-President because you were taking leave on my behalf. I didnt even stand up to speak for you. Ima little sorry.. Brother Wei waved his hand. Sigh, dont say that. Actually, I was already very unhappy with what I did. This time, I could not take it anymore. Thats why I lost my temper. It has nothing to do with you. Whats more, whats the use of you speaking up for me? Lets pack up and leave together? Its meaningless. My financial conditions are better than yours. I can take it even if I dont have work for the time being. Someone asked, Brother Wei, you havent said how the exam is. Is it difficult? Brother Wei said helplessly, There are a lot of people taking the exam, a lot! I thought that there would be fewer people taking the exam since the conditions were so strict. I didnt expect the competition to be so intense. Tcan only say that Tengda is really too popular. Its simply a heaven for employees. Tcant guarantee that Ill be able to get in. Were still in the marking stage. The results will probably be released next week. It might take half a month to get in, including all sorts of interviews. Someone else asked, Old Zhou, what about you? Old Zhou scratched his head. Its hard for me to say! The questions are quite difficult. Some of the questions are very professional, while others test the prediction and view of the development of the industry. Whats more, theres the content related to the Tengda Spirit test. I dont even know if I answered the right questions. I can only guess. Everyone nodded and did not ask further. After all, Tengdas recruitment examinations were famous for being difficult. He had to consider the possibility that he had not passed. Not only was there such a probability, but it was also very likely. However, he could not say such unlucky things in such an occasion. He had to have some EQ. He had to wish that both of them would be able to enter successfully. As he was eating, Brother Weis phone rang. He did not think too much about it. He picked up the phone and asked, Hello? Then, he fell silent and listened to the person on the phone for nearly half a minute before replying. Er alright! No problem! Alright, Il make a trip to Jingzhou in two days! Everyone realized that the situation was not simple after hanging up. Brother Wei, whats wrong? Brother Wei looked at everyone with a dim expression. I [was specially recruited by Tengda! Chapter 1497 - Spend the Last Money Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Everyone was shocked when they heard tat. A special recruit? Tengda? Are you sure its Tengda? Did Tengdas HR department call? What did they say? Do they need to interview again in the future? In the end, Old Zhous phone rang before Brother Wei could answer. Everyone held their breaths and looked at Old Zhou. Was this another call from Tengda? Old Zhou picked up the phone, trembling. He hummed a few times, unable to speak properly. After a long time, he hung up and looked at everyone. F*ck, Old Zhou, is this a call from Tengda? Hurry up and speak! Dont keep us hanging! The by-standers could not remain calm on the spot. Old Zhou swallowed his saliva and tidied up his shocked expression. Its Tengda. Ive been specially recruited as well! Everyone was shocked! Holy sh * t, whats going on? Havent the written examinations only ended two days ago? Logically speaking, they should still be marking the papers, right? This is too efficient! Whats going on? Dont tell me its a scam call? Brother Wei quickly explained, The number displayed is Upwind Logistics official number. Whats more, the person who called was not someone from Tengda Corporations HR department, but Boss Lu from Upwind Logistics! Boss Lu briefly explained that this special recruitment drive is not the same process as the Tengda special recruitment exam. Its not the same special recruitment drive. Tengdas special recruitment exam is for all departments to provide positions and recruit those three types of people. However, this is Boss Lus Upwind Logistics departments specific poaching spot. They can poach people from Shengyun Corporation, and there are no restrictions on the conditions! Boss Lu shortlisted the applicants for this exam before poaching them. He shortlisted us based on our previous work experience. He was very satisfied with our resume, so he left us a quota and asked us to take some time to go to Jingzhou to chat face-to-face. Tt might not be completely dead but from Boss Lus words, there are many people who want it this time. Whats more, they admire me for quitting angrily. Therefore, its probably very likely! Arealization dawned on everyone. So that was what happened! It was quite a complicated process, and the program effect was maxed out. Brother Wei and Old Zhou were still waiting for the results of the written test apprehensively. However, Boss Lu happened to have a batch of recruitment slots for the applicants. Thus, he shortlisted them from the applicants resumes and selected them directly! Congratulations, Brother Wei! This is great news! F*ck, Im so envious that Ima little jealous. If I knew that such a good thing existed, I would have signed up no matter what! Me too. I thought that I did not pass the exam. I did not take the exam. What a loss! Stop messing around. Arent you not even qualified to participate? Why not? Ill propose to my girlfriend a week in advance and register my marriage. Then, Ill set a fertility plan. Wouldnt that qualify me? Eh, wait. Brother Wei, did you just say that Boss Lu has a specific poaching spot that can poach people from Shengyun Corporation without any conditions?? Doesnt that mean that we have a chance? Holy sh * t, Brother Wei, Old Zhou, bring us! We want to go to Tengda too! Everyone originally had a sour expression, not to mention how sour it was. However, he suddenly realized that there was a magical thing called internal push. He immediately became energetic! In fact, there were very few internal promotions in Tengdas original recruitment process. Only some special departments had the authority under Boss Peis permission. It was precisely because Tengdas recruitment process had always strictly followed the principle of you have to take every exam that people viewed Tengdas recruitment examinations as one of the most difficult examinations. However, it was different this time. Boss Lu had a quota that he could recommend! That was amazing. Brother Wei patted his chest. No problem. Ill mention this to Boss Lu when I meet him! It might not seem good to do this but I believe that Boss Lu is a magnanimous person. He is a person with great spirit. Even if he cant take all of us, he can take a portion! In fact, Brother Wei knew very well that it was a little inappropriate to want to pull his brothers in before they even started work. If you were a petty superior, you might think that you were trying to form an alliance now, right? However, Brother Wei was thinking. Firstly, the opportunity to enter Tengda was too precious. These brothers wanted this opportunity very much and had to give ita try. Secondly, Boss Lu should be like Boss Pei, tolerant and confident enough to eat these people. As the big brother of this group of people, he had to try! Wouldnt it be perfect for everyone to make a name for themselves at Upwind Logistics? February 28th, Thursday. Pei Qian watched the news briefly in his office. Indeed, various games media had already released the news that Tengda was about to acquire Finger Games and revealed that it was worth a billion US dollars. Whats more, it quickly occupied the headlines of various media. This was definitely big news! That was because if this news was true, it meant that Tengda had already completed its great task of almost unifying the global MOBA market. This was a money tree, pure! At the moment, GOG and IOI had occupied more than 90% of the global MOBA games length. Once they merged, it would mean Tengdas ultimate victory. Of course, netizens had different reactions to this news. Some netizens felt that Tengdas move was quite bold. Buying Finger Games could completely monopolize the MOBA game market. In the future, it would be a monopoly. The prospects were great if the meat was rotten in the pot. However, some netizens also thought that a billion US dollars was not a small sum to Tengda. Would there be any point in buying Finger Games? Even if they did not buy it, it would only be a matter of time before GOG reached the point of getting rid of IOI and monopolizing the MOBA game market. Why waste this money and benefit Dayak Corporation? There were also positive and pessimistic gamers overseas. Pessimistic players felt that Tengda had completed its unity of the MOBA game market. In the future, GOG would no longer have any competitors. It would definitely not be as conscientious as it was now. It would definitely start to make money crazily. On the other hand, IOI was not adopted by the stepson this time. It had become an abandoned child in the hands of the enemy. It would probably be completely useless soon. Optimistic gamers felt that Tengda might develop a dog-eat-dog competition that would allow GOG and IOI to continue working together and expand the MOBA games market. No matter how much Tengda treated IOI as its godson, it would not be able to compare to the treatment of its biological son, GOG. That would still be much better than the scammy Dayak Corporation. At the very least, Tengda was a games company. It had the most basic respect and admiration for games. There were players who said all sorts of things. Some people felt that it was worth it, while others felt that it was not worth it. However, no matter what, everyone was very concerned about this matter. According to the report sent by the negotiation team, there were some twists and turns in the final negotiations. The current CEO of Finger Games, Char, had wanted to win over the capital and eat up Finger Games. That was why he had caused so much trouble and lowered the shares of Finger Games. Others might think that he was a retard, but everyone was on the first level while he was on the second. However, he did not expect Tengda Corporation to appear out of nowhere! He could not be blamed. Tengda did not have a strong and sufficient motive to acquire Finger Games. Yet, he bought it! Asa shareholder, he quickly received this news. He was obviously very indignant. However, the problem was that he could not change everything after he struggled. First of all, he had expected the price to be about eight hundred million US dollars. He had tried to increase the price, but after Tengda increased the price to about one billion US dollars, he had given up. That was much more than he had expected. Secondly, the entire situation with Dayak Corporation had been a little tense. Dayak Corporations impression of him had hit rock bottom after the negotiations between Tengdas delegation and Eric mediated. They knew that he wanted to use this method to lower the share price, so there was a serious discord. Dayak Corporation held 80% of Finger Games shares and had complete control over life and death. charles was only a small shareholder. He could deceive everyone but once Dayak Corporation made up their minds, he could not change anything. The only way was to surpass Tengda in terms of bidding. However, charisma and determination were not enough because he also felt that it was stupid to raise the price with Tengda. It was the idea of copying and picking up leaks to begin with. It was not very optimistic for IOIs future. He felt that it would be profitable to copy at a low price. However, if the price was too high, he would have to introduce more capital. Not only would it be difficult to convince the other party, but he would also easily become a puppet. This deal was not worth it. That was why he gave up in the end. However, at the same time, he held on tightly to his shares. That was because he had guessed that Tengda acquiring Finger Games would be good news for Finger Games in the short term. Previously, charles had worked so hard for a long time to lower Finger Games share price. Wouldnt it skyrocket? If he held onto these shares, he would throw away the highest point. He would earn as much as he could. Allinall, the acquisition of Finger Games was basically settled with the professional operations of the four-man team and the huge support of Boss Pei. Pei Qian quickly transferred all the remaining money in the account as a deposit. He had to clear the System Funds first! There would still be a continuous stream of money in the future. However, it did not matter. He would just reduce the System Funds to as low as possible at the moment of settlement. On top of that, news of Upwind Logistics and Shengyun Corporation were still hot topics. There were still many other departments to deal with However, Pei Qian could not care so much for now. He only cared about one thing: settlement! It was only when the system screen appeared in front of Pei Qian that he heaved a sigh of relief. Alright, this cycle was passed without any mishaps.. He would work hard to incur a huge loss! Chapter 1498 - Settlement Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios < About to reevaluate the value of fixed assets > < System Funds: 1,220,000 + 34,110,000 + 15,000,000 (| 9,670,000) > < Fixed Assets: 341.08 million > < Infrastructural Projects: 1.5 billion yuan > < Click to unfold details of Fixed Assets and Infrastructure Project > Pei Qian did not click on the details of the fixed assets because Tengda did not buy much buildings during this cycle. Sloth Apartments had become a rental model. It would not be displayed on the fixed assets. The situation with fixed assets was similar to the previous cycle. They had increased slightly. The infrastructure project was Tengdas construction headquarters. It would be converted into a fixed quota in the System Funds in a 100: 1 ratio. Pei Qian had been in a good mood at first. However, he could not remain calm after seeing the specific number. Thats not right. I had narrowly reduced the System Funds to 1,220,000 yuan, but it only dropped by nine million yuan? Isnt the starting sum as high as 60 million yuan this week? Where did my starting sum go? 60 million C 1.22 million C 34.11 million C 15 million alright, the system is not wrong, I was stupid. Pei Qian nearly fainted on the spot. He had been burning money with fixed assets. Now, he was finally suffering the consequences! There were indeed 60 million yuan in the starting sum of the System Funds, but there were more than 300 million yuan in fixed assets. Coupled with a headquarters building of more than a billion yuan, even though the proportion of conversion was low, it still squeezed the upper limit of the loss to a lot. However, he had no choice. He would take it one step at a time! In fact, Pei Qian was already very restrained with the money of the headquarters building. Many large companies buildings were done in three billion to five billion yuan. Even the large companies headquarters buildings overseas were worth billions of US dollars. However, Tengdas situation was more special. Those headquarters buildings were basically in the prosperous areas of first-tier cities. The land prices were very high. Tengdas buildings were in the old industrial zone in Jingzhou. The land prices were very cheap and there were some preferential policies. After restraint, he made 1.5 billion yuan. That also made Pei Qian lose 15 million yuan less. If he made three billion yuan, Pei Qian probably would not be able to make a loss at all. Previously, he had decided to spend a lot of money to build a building. Now, seeing the final outcome, he felt an inexplicable sense of regret. It was not worth it! The system screen continued rolling. ?Settlement in progress> < System Funds: 1,220,000 + 34,110,000 + 15,000,000 (| 9,670,000) > < Fixed Assets: 341.08 million > < Infrastructural Projects: 1.5 billion yuan > < Personal Wealth: 5,190,000 (| 970,000 x 10%) > < If you convert more than 800,000 yuan per cycle, you will receive a mysterious reward with a huge impact (available to be received now) > < Unfinished project for now: The zoo project must be officially opened for business during the next cycle. > Pei Qian could not help but snicker when he saw his Personal Wealth. Its a good thing that Im better! His Personal Wealth should have been hovering around 3.7 million yuan but Pei Qian could now earn extra money! Boss Pei earned about tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of yuan a month from Tengda, including the income from GOGs Literary Genius of the Winds, Ruans skin. The most important thing was that the bonus for Bullet Hole 2 had reached more than four hundred thousand yuan! Bullet Hole 2 had just been released, and there were not many players yet. In the future, there should be more bonuses, and they would be there every month. Comparatively, the System did not make the most of the money converted. Hmph, did you see that? Even without the money converted by your system, I can still make my own villa! If your system continues to cheat me, I wont think about how to incur losses anymore. Leave everything to fate and focus on earning extra money! Hmm Ill accept the mysterious reward first. After showing off for a while, Pei Qian decided to accept the reward first. < Mysterious reward: The starting sum for the next stage will be doubled. > < The starting sum has been increased to: 200 million yuan. > Hm? Pei Qians eyes lit up, and he forgot all about his complaints about the system. It was meaningless to have 60 million yuan in the starting sum. However, if it was 200 million yuan, they could have a good chat! That was because the fixed assets and infrastructure projects alone already occupied about 50 million yuan. If the initial funds were to lose 60 million yuan completely, they would only lose 10 million yuan and convert 1 million yuan into their Personal Wealth. However, if he were to lose 200 million yuan, he would be able to convert 15 million yuan! At that thought, Pei Qian suddenly became excited. Tm sorry, system. I blamed you wrongly! Pei Qian pondered for a moment. The money that he had earned so quickly was not good enough for the system. However, no matter what, his Personal Wealth had reached more than five million yuan! Not only that, there would be bonuses for Bullet Hole 2 in the future. That meant Pei Qian had two more units. To Pei Qian, it was considered complete. His initial goal was to build a huge villa to live in. He had no other requests. With the current sum of money, it would not be a problem to buy a villa in Jingzhou. Even if they considered follow-up renovations, furnitures, and the like, Bullet Hole 2s bonus could be covered. At first, Pei Qian thought that he could slack off. However, when he saw that there were 200 million yuan in the initial limit of this cycle, he suddenly had the idea of one last job. Look, wouldnt it be great if he could earn 15 million yuan at once?! Pei Qian was suddenly filled with motivation once again. He had to make the system bleed once! The system screen continued rolling and loaded the information for the next cycle. < Next Settlement: 10 months later. > < System Funds will be topped up. Target amount: 200 million > < Topping up the System Funds > ?System Funds topping up completed.> < System Funds: 200 million + 3411 million + 15 million > < Fixed Assets: 341.08 million > < Infrastructural Projects: 1.5 billion yuan > < Personal Wealth: 5,190,000 > < Detailed Permanent Reward regulations: Click to unfold > < Unfinished project for now: The zoo project must be officially opened for business during the next cycle. > The details of the reward for permanent residence here were actually that the conversion quota would increase by 10%, 50% of the initial System Funds could be used for charity, and if the wealth conversion value reached more than 800,000 yuan, there could be a mysterious reward, consumed personal property to increase the profit quota, and so on. There was still no change from before, so the system automatically kept it. Pei Qian could open it when he wanted to. After completing the settlement once again, Pei Qian felt much better. It felt like the beauty was coming tomorrow! Yes, this months goal is to arrange the main industries first. Then, he will go into seclusion and write the thesis. As usual, well settle the gaming department first. Tcan rest for a while after I finish this ticket. I have to prove that I can incur losses by making games this time! Pei Qians obsession with the games department was no longer about losing money or earning money. After all, he had found various other ways to lose money. His obsession was, why cant I create a failed game? That doesnt make sense! Even Bullet Hole 2 was making money. That was ridiculous. Of course, the outcome of Bullet Hole 2 was good. However, when the new cycle arrived, it meant that Tengda Games, Shang Yang Games, and Slow Movement Studio, these three troublesome stubborn people, had to think of ways to start eating again. Fortunately, Pei Qian learned from his experience and thought of a new method. If he relied on the games department to incur losses this time, it would be a success. It would put a perfect end to his loss-making life! If the games department still could not incur losses and still profited then it would be a perfect end. It would be a perfect end for Boss Pei, the epochal game designer. Tl go to Slow Movement Studio to take a look first, and then consider Tengda Games and Shang Yang Games. After all, Slow Movement Studios situation is special. I can look for inspiration first. Pei Qian felt that these three hard bones were divided into priority. Slow Movement Studio would go first. That was because Slow Movement Studio was relatively independent. Lin Wan might have her own thoughts. Pei Qian had to guide them and could not forcefully arrange for them to make a game. As for Tengda Games and Shang Yang Games, they were much more free and could be controlled however they wanted. Once he arranged all the industries for this cycle, Pei Qian could consider writing the thesis steadily. Then, he could take more than ten million yuan from the system and live a happy life without any shame. At that thought, Pei Qian immediately moved, preparing to make a trip to Slow Movement Studio! March 1st, Friday. Pei Qian came to Slow Movement Studio. Boss Pei! You came at the right time. They are all discussing the new game in the conference room. There is no conclusion now since there is no point in arguing. Please give them some pointers! Slow Movement Studios front desk also recognized Boss Pei. It was as if they had seen family when they saw him. Pei Qian was very happy. Eh, what a coincidence! Its just as well. What new game do you want me to create, Kangkang? Lin Wan, Cai Jiadong, and the other major designers were all present in the conference room. However, they were all a little listless, and the atmosphere was not particularly enthusiastic. Obviously, everyone had just gone through a few brainstorms. Their brains had been hollowed out after the storm, but there were no results from the storm. That was why they were in this state. Everyone looked pleasantly surprised to see their savior, Boss Pei. Eh, Boss Pei! Thats great, Boss Pei! Please take a seat! Boss Pei, give us some pointers! Lin Wan immediately vacated the middle seat for Pei Qian. Pei Qian sat down reluctantly, chuckling inwardly. These people from Slow Movement Studio are still too kind. You cant judge a book by its cover. They dont know that Im actually a bad person! Hmph, after what I did this time, Ill definitely make a game that wont make money! Of course, he would not make them incur too much losses. He would just barely recoup their costs. Pei Qians heart was filled with killing intent. On the surface, he still looked warm. What game are you planning to create this time? Lin Wan said, Boss Pei, we plan to create a game related to clothing! Clothing, food, accommodation, and transportation. Tengda has already touched on the last three parts. However, it has not made any attempt in the field of clothes. I think that since Slow Movement Studio is focused on the VR game direction and has a natural advantage in the field of clothes, this task is naturally mine! Whats more, the establishment of the Real Estate Agent Simulator and the realistic service department, including the link between Safe and Civilized Driving and the real car business, has raised the role of the game. It has linked with real companies and improved peoples lives. I think this is one of the main directions for future game development. It is also the goal that I am working hard for! Chapter 1499 - Clothing Brand Luxury! Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios From Lin Wans excited expression, it was obvious that she had finally found her career. Lin Wan was a complete idealist. Sometimes, she looked forward to the world beyond reality. To her, games were something she loved. If games could change the world, that would be even more perfect! Thus, the real estate agent simulator, Safe and Civilized Driving, and the reality service department that Slow Movement Studio and Shang Yang Games had established combined the game with changing reality, making Lin Wan feel that she had found a career suitable to fight for life. In reality, it would only affect the industries of ordinary people. Tengda was involved in all three fields except for clothes. Naturally, Lin Wan set the goal of the new game in the field of clothes. Pei Qian could not help but look serious. The situation did not sound optimistic! That was because it was quite dangerous to add the performance of VR games in this field. What kind of games could he make in this field? Change the game? Changing games and VR That sounded quite reliable! The main reason was that there were already several popular VR games. The sales were very high. At the same time, there were places like VR internet cafes and experience shops like Star Bird Fitness and Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. As a VR equipment, its popularity was already quite high. At that time, wouldnt he have to buy one gamer with the Doubt VR glasses as long as the game was alright? It would not be bad even if he bought it to fill the game library. That was because the VR platform was a relatively special platform. If it was a platform like PC or cell phone, there would be too many games. Players would not be able to buy them all. Apart from the particularly outstanding games that would be bought, the other games would only start when there was a discount and free cell phone. However, there were fewer VR platform games and Slow Movement Studio had a good reputation in VR games. As long as the game was not done badly, the sales volume would definitely not be low. The situation was dire, but it did not matter. He just had to counterattack. Pei Qian nodded slightly. Have you thought about what to do? Cai Jiadong was a little ashamed as he said, This Until now, we have only discussed a rough prototype. Our idea is to create a VR game. As for the characters, well use a more cartoonish style to make some cute girls with 2D. Thats because the resolution of the VR glasses is relatively low. The realistic style will still have a certain particle sense. If we make a cartoon version, it will not only be able to adapt to the players taste, but it can also improve the quality of the painting on the senses. As for the basic gameplay of the game, it is to change and match it. The winning point of the game can be considered the path of free body and clothing payment. After that, we used the AI technology of the Nag artificial intelligence laboratory to make this girl like the girl in the Fitness Battle. She would be livelier and have a clearer character. Then, we would add some unique character according to the players interaction. For example, if the player wants to nurture her into a mature lady, she would become more knowledgeable; if she was nurtured into a domineering female President, she would become more independent; if she could also have a gentle and virtuous maid outfit, a tsundere cat costume, and other general knowledge. In short, its a game of nurturing and matching. Logically speaking, this should be considered a more mature gameplay. The effect should not be bad. However some people objected, mainly because there did not seem to be a bright feeling in doing this. It seemed too conservative compared to the game that you led previously, Boss Pei. Pei Qian could not help but praise these people. Well said! Thats indeed the case. This design plan is too conservative and not novel enough! That said, Pei Qian secretly wiped his sweat. Good lord, wouldnt the homebodies go crazy if they really followed this design? I dont have to say much about how attractive the lady in the two-dimensional world is, right? Of course, after playing VR games, they would not be paper cutouts, but 3D paper cutouts. However, so what? Some 3D paper cutouts had already appeared in the market. The response was very enthusiastic. Back then, Fitness Battle became popular because the characters inside made players unable to stop themselves. Pei Qian had no doubt that LPs would spend 24 hours learning how to fit in the game. If the paper figure characters inside learned how to act cute through Al, learn how to dance, learn how to do gymnastics and yoga, then the LPs would have even more things to learn. They would probably want to wear it directly into a second dimension. Pei Qian could not allow that! The thought of such a high chance of making money made Pei Qian panic. He had to think of a way to lead it astray! He cleared his throat and said, On one hand, the design plan is not very novel. On the other hand, this game is not related to the real world! For example, the real estate agent simulator and Safe and Civilized Driving have actually produced excellent linked effects with reality. This is the direction that Slow Movement Studio wants to pursue. This game doesnt seem to have such a trend. Cai Jiadong cleared his throat. Ahem, Boss Pei, theres still a little. Were considering to link it to some clothing brands in reality and display their latest trend clothes in the game or post their joint clothing. Pei Qian immediately shook his head. Of course not! Pei Qian could not remain calm when he heard that they were working with real-life clothing manufacturers to create a joint model in the game. Do you know how much that would cost? This game was already making a lot of money to begin with. If it was doubled like this, he would probably make a lot of money. Pei Qian cleared his throat and said, Isnt that equivalent to advertising for those clothing companies in the game? This link with reality is too superficial. It wont work at all! Lin Wan nodded in agreement. Thats right. This kind of linkage is the most superficial. Its actually equivalent to using games to advertise. The real service department has no space to play. It cant affect reality at all and improve peoples living standards. Boss Pei, do you have any good ideas? Pei Qian sniggered. I have some ideas. In fact, he had not had any ideas at first. However, once he was stimulated by the designers of Slow Movement Studio, he immediately had an idea. After some consideration, he said, I think we cannot use a joint model to work with other clothing brands. Thats because many foreign clothing brands have extremely high prices. If we create a joint model, the premium would be even higher. Wouldnt we be equivalent to bluffing our players and fans to pay an IQ tax? Thats definitely not appropriate! [ think we can set up our own clothing brand and look for a reliable factory to link with the game. Cai Jiadong was stunned. Create our own clothing brand? That seems a little big. Whats more, we dont have a ready-made brand to use? We have to at least leave an impression on the clothing brands. Pei Qian sniggered inwardly. That was because it was not easy to get started! However, Cai Jiadong was right. There had to be a definite brand. Even if Pei Qian did not design it now, Slow Movement Studio would definitely spend a huge sum of money to find someone to design it. The brand that they designed might become popular? Thus, Pei Qian thought of a plan. He thought of a ready-made brand that could be used. This brand could not only shut Cai Jiadong up, but it could also cut off the possibility of Slow Movement Studio looking for outstanding designers to become popular! Pei Qian said, Who said that we dont have a ready-made clothing brand to use? Isnt the luxury brand in Struggle ready-made? The two capital Ls as the logo are beautifully designed and deeply popular. Cai Jiadongs mouth opened slightly in shock. That expression said, Boss Pei, are you joking? Dont bully me, you think I havent played Struggle before! Struggle was indeed a more well-known brand because Struggle was rather popular. There were many players and cloud players and there were a large number of second and third creation videos. Moreover, there was only one brand in the game. It could be said that the better-looking clothes, bag, belt, accessories, and so on in the game were all luxury. This brand was even closely related to the rich and poor. How could it not be famous? However, the problem was that its positioning in the game was a standard IQ tax brand. It represented consumerism and moneyism. It was the sickle of the rich harvesting the wealth of the poor. It was the target of ridicule in the game! It was very famous, but the impression that it left on players was completely different! Once they saw this sign, would gamers think about the rich who jumped off the building? Would they think about the poor who went home late at night to talk to their children? Emm. He felt that something was amiss, but he could not find a reason to refute. Pei Qian continued, The style has to be realistic. Just use the model of the Real Estate Agent Simulator. However, you have to make the face more detailed. You can even allow you to completely create a face and figure that is 90% similar to reality. It definitely looks worse than the cartoonish style in the VR glasses. However, it doesnt matter. It shouldnt be a big deal. It looks like nurturing. Change. I think these gameplay are relatively old-fashioned. The core gameplay definitely cannot be this. Theres nothing new. Even if we want to do it, it will only be after the game is released. We cannot focus on this in the first version. The core gameplay why dont we design clothes! Players can freely design their costumes and try them on. Its not as exciting as dressing up as a female! Cai Jiadong nodded in realization. Oh! Then can we consider working with some famous designers and let them join our game to become official designers and design some outstanding works for our brand Pei Qian quickly motioned for him to stop. No, no, no! That wont do! Then whats the difference between us and the other brands? We should let go of this authority so that everyone can design as they wish! In order to prevent outstanding designers from interfering with ordinary people, we should also say no to them and not give them any preferential treatment. We should throw them into the ordinary people and let their works compete with ordinary peoples works. Only those who can mate it out of the qualifiers can be considered to be capable. If they cant, it means that these so-called outstanding designers only look good and dont have real skills! Chapter 1500 - Tailors Simulator? Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Cai Jiadong thought for a moment. This way. Letting players design their own costumes means a lot of work. In reality, the various fabrics, materials, and styles of the clothes have to be reflected in the game. Whats more, this thing cannot be designed too complicated. It has to be like the current ESRO editor. It can be simpler for newbies to get used to it, and not become a complicated tool that only professionals can use On this point alone, it would consume a lot of energy. Even if it is created, it would definitely not have the energy to create other gameplay. Thus this game became a tailoring simulator? Whats more, its interest would be greatly reduced. There might be a situation where everything is good, but it would not be fun. Whats more, it might become a platform for small groups of big shots to cheer themselves up. Ordinary players would not be able to fully integrate into it, causing them to be unable to recover the development cost The more Pei Qian listened, the happier he became. Isnt that great? That was the effect I wanted! This Cai Jiadong has said everything in my heart! What Cai Jiadong said made a lot of sense. This game was not difficult to make on the technical level. The key was whether the investment in resources, manpower, time, and so on were proportional to the final output. It would be very awkward if he invested so much resources but could not obtain a large number of players because of the lack of interest. Pei Qian thought about how to answer Cai Jiadongs question. However, Lin Wan spoke before he could say anything. I think Boss Peis idea is good. No problem! At the moment, this type of game is still a blank in the game market, so there is a lot of room for improvement. It doesnt matter if there is a lot of work. These things have their own choices. We have abandoned the conventional gameplay on the streets and focused all our energy on the point of letting players design their own clothes. It can be considered to have completed the competition. Once we focus on this point, we will naturally open up a gap with other similar games. At that time, if the game becomes popular, we will slowly develop other derivative gameplay, such as changing and nurturing. It wont be too late. It doesnt matter if the game doesnt become popular. We can change and nurture it. We might be able to turn the tables. This approach is indeed the most realistic. So what if its a tailoring simulator? If its more elegant, it should be called a fashion designer. We have enough users. The wisdom of players is endless. As long as our game can stimulate the creativity of players and give them a wide platform, a batch of outstanding works will definitely appear. Didnt Safe and Civilized Driving and Real Estate Agent Simulator take this path? Since the driver simulator and intermediary simulator can succeed, why cant the tailoring simulator succeed? Pei Qian nodded as he listened to the first paragraph. Yes, very good. Lin Wan has thought of a way to refute me. I dont need to rack my brains! After nurturing everyone, the effect was immediate. In the past, Pei Qian had to think of ways to persuade his subordinates who raised the questions. Now, there was no need. Someone would do it on his behalf! However, Pei Qian felt that something was amiss when he heard the last sentence. It would have been alright if he had not mentioned Safe and Civilized Driving and Real Estate Agent Simulator. At the mention of these two games, Pei Qian naturally thought of the painful lessons they had earned. Bad luck! That was too ominous. If this tailoring simulator was the same as these two games, then. Pei Qian was still struggling when he heard Cai Jiadong continue. However Boss Lin, I still think that there is a difference between these three games. The core gameplay of Safe and Civilized Driving and Real Estate Agent Simulator is to drive and arrange a room. These two core gameplay actually have successful precedents. They are more mature and market-verified gameplay models. We just have to dig deeper into the fun of this model, make it to the extreme, and integrate it into the game. Its basically guaranteed. However, as a tailor designing clothes this is not a mature and successful model. I think the risks involved have to be analyzed in detail. Lin Wan nodded slightly and fell into deep thought once again. Hmm that makes sense. Slow Movement Studios working model was similar to Tengdas. Even though leaders had the right to speak, it was not a model of speaking in most cases. Instead, they would listen to their subordinates opinions fully and discuss and confirm before finally making a decision. The final decision might not be able to meet everyones requirements, and even most people would not be satisfied with certain situations. However, the process could not be saved. It must be the result of a full discussion and some choices. Cai Jiadongs questions made sense, so Lin Wan had to consider it carefully. The others were also thinking. They felt that Boss Pei definitely had a clear idea, but the reason why he did not interject was definitely because he wanted everyone to think independently and give their own answers. They could not rely on Boss Pei to take charge of everything. However, Pei Qian was also swinging back and forth. He felt like he had synchronized with Old Ma. Why did he have the same problem as Old Ma? Cai Jiadong felt that what Cai Jiadong said made sense after he finished speaking. Lin Wan felt that Lin Wan made sense after he finished speaking. The last principle depended on who said it last. That would not do. That was a very bad sign! Pei Qian felt that he had to stick to his own beliefs and not be shaken. According to the current situation, this game was indeed the best solution for Slow Movement Studio. Think of an idea that would incur more losses? Pei Qian could not think of anything else. Whats more, Pei Qian still had Tengda Games, Shang Yang Games, and Fei Huang Workspace to arrange. Even if he had good ideas to incur losses, he had to give them priority. As for Slow Movement Studio It was enough to achieve this level. Pei Qian cleared his throat seeing that the discussion had reached a deadlock once again. I think we can look at the current situation while developing. Debating in the game industry is actually a good thing. At the very least, it means that we are on a relatively correct path. If everyone thinks that theres no problem, that might be the biggest problem. In the process of development, accept controversies, improve controversies, and slowly explore the best form of this game. Therefore, dont think too much, develop it first! Some games can only see its complete form when they are really made. Everyone was stunned. Debating was a good thing? There was no controversy, but it might be the biggest problem? What did that mean? Everyone looked at each other, confused. However, there were still many smart people after all. They quickly understood. Boss Peis words had a restriction in the game industry! If all the designers felt that there was no problem with a certain plan, it would be a very dangerous signal. There was no perfect plan in the world. There must be some choices. There were also high and low standards of designers. Some of them must have wrong views. If the designers unanimously thought that there was no problem with a certain plan, it could only mean that this plan was very mediocre. It had polished off all the seemingly shortcomings, but its advantage would naturally be gone. Debating was a necessary process to reach the best solution. Boss Pei had always dared to go first. He was least afraid of taking risks. At that thought, Lin Wan made up her mind. Alright, lets make it! As for the name of this game Pei Qian immediately stood up. You can think of the name yourself! If he did not leave, the important task of naming the game would fall on his shoulders. He might be a naming genius but he could not squeeze him so frequently! At first, Pei Qian had named it so that he could think of a good color. However, now, he realized that the name of a good color color did not seem to achieve the effect he wanted. Since that was the case, he decided to throw this task to them. They could do whatever they wanted! After leaving Slow Movement Studio, Pei Qian sat in the car back and swiped his cell phone casually. Eh? Suffering Travels is open for registration again? F*ck, the situation is so explosive again? Somethings not right, right? Pei Qian was deeply confused. Last month, Suffering Travels was stopped for a month. The main reason was that there were too many people registering after the registration was opened previously. The current volume of Suffering Travels that could only bring more than ten people was no longer enough. Thus, he had to expand, train, and increase the capacity of Suffering Travels. Therefore, the business of Suffering Travels was suspended for a month. Bao Xu and Ziran were busy hiring some professionals, experts, retired special forces, nutritionists, physicians, and other people to organize a unified training. Then, they would rent and modify more indoor training bases to increase the number of members of Suffering Travels as much as possible. After working hard for a month, the capacity of Suffering Travels should have greatly increased. Therefore, those people who signed up previously ate a large portion of it and could start a new round of registration. Pei Qian had thought that there was a special reason why the registration was so full previously. For example, even though Suffering Travels was very strange, a group of niche people liked this. Tengda had too many die-hard fans and participated brainlessly. There might be some companies that supported and signed up collectively similar situations. Since it was the demand of the niche, there must be a day when they would clean it up, right? Once the Suffering Travels increased its capacity, the people in every episode would increase. Once the needs of the niche were more or less eaten up, wouldnt they be able to start losing money happily? However, reality had given Pei Qian a huge slap in the face. It was still as popular as ever! Where did these people come from? Chapter 1501 - I Think I Am Scolding Myself? Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Pei Qian felt that there was something fishy behind this. He had to find out. Thus, he quickly opened various forums and found everyones discussion about Suffering Travels. He wanted to see why there were still so many people registering this time. Suffering Travels is open again. Hurry up and sign up! Why did they sign up? Didnt we discuss it previously? This thing is spending money to suffer! What do you know? Those who say that they spent money to buy suffering are on the first level. Thats too superficial! I heard a big boss in the industry say that the players in Suffering Travels are all at the level of Tengdas person-in-charge and core employees! Arent they just connections if they suffer together and nurture comrades? It might be an opportunity to enter Tengda! Whats more, Suffering Travels now has the title of the ascetic. Thats an honor! Thats right. Old Qiao went to suffer. He cried and cried. However, when he returned, he was always thinking about whether to go to the next episode This thing is so attractive to a homebody like him. Its obvious how powerful it is. Whats more, losing weight is indeed very effective. Old Qiao is a live advertisement Even he can slim down. Other people with poor self-control can also be considered. Actually, extreme sports enthusiasts or people who are slightly interested can also go. Ordinary extreme sports experience museums are expensive. Take the rock climbing museum for example. There are many rock climbing museums that cost more than 100 yuan each time. There are also some that have a time limit of two hours. If you want to climb out of the box, you cant hit them with thousands or tens of thousands of yuan, right? However, its quite worth it to let you climb directly to your hearts content on Suffering Travels. In fact, ascetics are symbols of their identities and efforts. They will indeed feel a strong sense of achievement after receiving it. The main reason is that we have to snatch this slot! So many people are snatching it, which means that it is worth the price! Actually, everyone has neglected a very important point. Its the public funds for Suffering Travels For individuals, its not worth it to pay to suffer. However, what if the leader uses the event funds to arrange for employees to suffer? Think about it. If you are the leader, if you spend the same amount of money, would you be more inclined to send your employees to tour or temper your will F*ck, no wonder. These bosses dont do anything related to others! These discussions stunned Pei Qian. Especially the last sentence. He felt like he had been shot for no reason. He knew very well that the ascetics and the relevant rewards would attract customers. After all, he had agreed to Bao Xus plan to attract Teacher Qiao to the palace twice. However, he originally thought that this reward would only attract people like Teacher Qiao in a direction. It should not be attractive to ordinary people and normal people. However, from the looks of it now, that was not the case! Teacher Qiao seemed to represent a large number of normal people! Not only that, many people thought that Suffering Travels could establish connections. There were also some bosses who replaced their employees paid holidays with Suffering Travels This caught Pei Qian off guard. What kind of unscrupulous boss can make Suffering Travels replace employees paid tours? Its simply heartbreaking! Its full of evil! Eh, thats not right. Isnt that referring to myself Pei Qian suddenly felt that he was a little cracked. He regretted thinking of Suffering Travels. However, on further thought, this idea was not thought of by him. It was thought of by Bao Xu. He had thought of going on a paid holiday to begin with. Bao Xu had forced it to be a paid suffering. No matter what, the two points that make Suffering Travels popular need to be improved. Not only from the perspective of losing money, but also from the perspective of human nature and care for employees. Yes, lets talk to Bao Xu! Pei Qian told Little Sun not to return to the office first. Instead, he wanted him to make a trip to the indoor training ground for the Suffering Travels. The new batch of people should be arriving soon. Of course, this indoor training ground was not the only training ground. In Jingzhou, Bao Xu had also inspected a few other places to increase the capacity of the people. However, as the original training ground, this training ground must have a special meaning. Some of the best students were sent here, and Bao Xu personally watched over them. Pei Qian was prepared to take a look at the situation here before telling Bao Xu to further improve Suffering Travels. Soon, they arrived at the training base in the Suffering Travels. The moment Pei Qian alighted from the car, he saw a minibus parked in front of the training base. The new batch of members alighted from it. Tian Mo, Ding Xiyao, Wu Chuan, Chen Kangtuo and the core members of many departments got out of the cars one by one. Their expressions were heavy as if they were about to walk onto the execution ground. Pei Qian was not unfamiliar with this list. After all, he had personally decided on it. Especially this Tian Mo. Do you think I dont know that you used Young Master Tians name to secretly assassinate me? I have to arrange it! On top of that, the person-in-charge of the animation department, Wu Chuan, who was the most popular in Executer Academy, and the person-in-charge of the roller coaster project, Chen Kangtuo, naturally could not escape. He had to arrange it. However, looking at their well-proportioned figures after training in Deposit Fitness, their physical fitness should not be bad. It should not be a problem to withstand this torturous trip. All of them had different expressions when they saw Boss Pei. Tian Mo looked like he wanted to say something but hesitated. It was as if he really wanted to ask Boss Pei why he was also on the list of suffering in this episode. Obviously, he was deeply confused about this arrangement. Didnt I open an experience shop according to Boss Peis instructions? I didnt do anything particularly outstanding. It shouldnt be my tum to suffer so quickly, right? It was fine if it was my turn. Why was Ding Xiyao also arranged? She had just joined not long ago and was not even a core employee, right? However, he was too embarrassed to ask after some hesitation. Wu Chuan was similar. Only Chen Kangtuos eyes lit up when he saw Boss Pei. He ran over. Boss Pei, I wanted to report to you, but I couldnt find a suitable opportunity. Its just as well. Can you give me two minutes to briefly explain my views and suggestions? Pei Qian was stunned. Huh? Go ahead. Chen Kangtuo looked around, as if to confirm if Bao Xu was nearby. Then, he lowered his voice and said, Boss Pei, this is what I think. First of all, I think the original intention of Suffering Travels is good. It would allow the person-in-charge and core members to train their bodies and strengthen their bodies. It would nurture an indomitable spirit in fighting nature. However, I think there is a certain limit to Suffering Travels. There are two main points: First, it is actually not very effective for many people who are already used to this rhythm. For example, Brother Bao, Suffering Travels no longer has any effect on him. Second, Suffering Travels only focuses on physical training but does not focus on spiritual training. Whats more, in order to prevent too much power from suffering and traveling in the future and avoid the trend of losing control, another or two departments should checks and balances it. Hehe, Im not saying that Brother Bao wants to use Suffering Travels to take revenge. Im purely thinking from the system structure. That would be more reasonable. At first, Pei Qian looked confused. However, after listening to everything, he thought about it carefully. What Chen Kangtuo said seemed to make sense. The main reason was that the power of Suffering Travels was indeed a little big. He could arrange for the person-in-charge of other departments at will. Even though Pei Qian had to nod for the final name list, the scale of Suffering Travels was developing so quickly. Pei Qian could not keep an eye on it. He still had many other things to do. There had to be a department to check and balance it out. Pei Qian asked, What do you think? Chen Kangtuo cleared his throat. Boss Pei, I think Thriller Hostels training of the spirit is more effective than Suffering Travels. I can also organize a special training for Thriller Hostel like Suffering Travels and repeatedly temper everyones sp That way, everyone can fully develop and improve. Whats more, those who dont feel anything about Suffering Travels can also come to Thriller Hostel. Pei Qian thought about it and suddenly felt that it made sense. Wasnt that the original intention behind his establishment of Thriller Hostel? However, it did not have much effect when he arranged for Ruan Guangjian back then. In the end, it caused Pei Qians interest to be low. He put Thriller Hostel aside and treated it as a place to burn money. Chen Kangtuos reminder reminded Pei Qian of his original intention to build Thriller Hostel. Whats more, the two departments of Suffering Travels and Thriller Hostel were balanced against each other. It was indeed a good thing to provide a diverse suffering experience. At that thought, Pei Qian nodded. Yes, sure! This idea is very good. You can start working on it after the Suffering Travels is over. By the way, there are no other projects planned for Thriller Hostel for the time being after the roller coaster. Think about it during the period of suffering. Once youve thought about it, let Hao Qiong do the plan and implement it. The two of you try your best to connect seamlessly and build the new project within this year. Chen Kangtuo nodded immediately. Alright, Boss Pei, I understand! After reporting, Chen Kangtuo quickly followed the team and went to make preparations. They had to train in this special training base this month. Bao Xu only noticed Boss Pei when he was done counting the number of people and handover to the driver. Boss Pei! Bao Xu reported immediately. He mainly reported the new training bases and training special training personnel. Pei Qian nodded. From this point of view, he trusted Bao Xu very much. It was all to let everyone suffer better. Bao Xus goal was in line with Pei Qians. Such people were usually more trusted by Pei Qian, such as Meng Chang. Pei Qian began to suggest improvements to the Suffering Travels after Bao Xu finished reporting. I think there are two changes to Suffering Travels: First, from this registration, we have to limit the number of applicants based on the company. There can only be three people at most each time. If we exceed it, we have to queue until the next episode. Our Suffering Travels is targeted at all customers. Its best not for there to be a situation where a company is completely booked. Sun Strike Studios situation can be lenient and let them form a team alone. However, this has to be a company that has a close relationship with us. Other companies cant do it Second, try not to gather all the employees from Tengda who are participating in Suffering Travels in the future and try to disperse as much as possible. Avoid the phenomenon of gathering together to warm up.. Let them complete the challenge independently! Chapter 1502 - I Can’t Understand, But I’m Shocked! Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Of course, Pei Qian only said that. His actual goal would be more complicated. Limiting the number of applicants based on companies was mainly to prevent some company bosses from forcefully stuffing a large number of employees into Suffering Travels with the funds of paid travel. In that case, wouldnt Suffering Travels still be making money? Pei Qian still hoped that he could spend more money on Suffering Travels. The fewer customers outside, the better. After this measure was implemented, many bosses would have to arrange their employees in batches. Once the time was staggered, it would be more troublesome to arrange it. Some bosses might change to other cohesion methods. As for disrupting and disassembling Tengdas employees into various teams and not gathering them together, it was also to minimize the way other customers could obtain connections through Suffering Travels. If he participated in a torturous trip and could get to know several people in charge of Tengdas core department, it would indeed be profitable from the perspective of obtaining connections. However, if he were to participate in a torturous trip, he would only be able to meet one or two people in charge of Tengda. Whats more, it might not be the department he was looking forward to. From the perspective of obtaining connections, the price-quality ratio of this matter would be relatively low. Whats more, it could indeed improve the effect of suffering. It would prevent the people in charge from registering for warmth and not achieve the best suffering effect. Bao Xu thought about it and felt that it made sense. He immediately nodded. Alright, Boss Pei. Ill update the rules now. The registration will be effective next time. Pei Qian was very satisfied. He could leave without any worries seeing that everything was normal on Suffering Travels. However, a few more taxis stopped at the door just as he was about to get into the car. Zhou Muyan alighted from the first car and said happily, Eh? Boss Pei! What a coincidence. I was going to look for you at Tengda headquarters after I sent them over. I didnt expect to meet you here! Why, are you here to inspect the new suffering trip? Pei Qian was a little surprised. I guess so. What are you doing? He looked at the people getting out of the other taxis. Min Jingchao was among them. He immediately understood. He understood now. Sun Strike Studios Bullet Hole 2 production team had arrived! Previously, Zhou Muyan had already said that as long as Bullet Hole 2 succeeded, he would arrange for the entire project team of Bullet Hole 2 to suffer. Now that Bullet Hole 2 had become popular, he had to fulfill his promise. Zhou Muyan thought about it and took this opportunity to make a trip to Jingzhou to thank Boss Pei in person How could Bullet Hole 2 have achieved success if not for Boss Peis wise and creative ideas? The reason why this money tree could grow was all because of Boss Pei! However, other than thanking him in person, Zhou Muyan could not think of a better way to thank him. They gave Tengda a share of the profits, and the designers bonus to Boss Pei. The former was a tangible economic benefit, the latter was care and psychological comfort. Considering Boss Peis current identity, status, and ideals, Zhou Muyan indeed had nothing to thank Boss Pei for. He could only silently remember Boss Peis kindness in his heart. Pei Qian did not know what Zhou Muyan was thinking. After exchanging a few pleasantries with him, he looked at Min Jingchao with sympathy. Min Jingchao had come with Sun Xi and the others. However, perhaps because they were coming in batches, the Bullet Hole 2 project team was not yet complete. At that moment, Min Jingchao was staring at Boss Pei, as if he was waiting for a miracle to happen. He was hoping that Boss Pei would save him. Pei Qian could only give him a sympathetic look. Pei Qian really wanted to save Min Jingchao for his own selfish reasons. After all, Min Jingchao had created Bullet Hole 2. He might have earned a lot of money for Tengda but he had also earned a lot of extra money for Pei Qian. Ahero like that should not suffer. However, he could not do that for selfish reasons! Suffering travel had an iron system and discipline. Once this gap was opened, there would be endless trouble. It was just like when Lu Mingliang was the chief designer. Pei Qian was very satisfied with him. However, since he had voted for him to become the best employee, Pei Qian could only bid him farewell with tears and let him go to Upwind Logistics. Of course, Lu Mingliang had gone to Upwind Logistics to continue working hard for Boss Peis loss-making projects. That was another legend. Given the current situation, Pei Qian could only watch Min Jingchao silently. The Suffering Travels was a little bitter, but it was not easy to lend a helping hand. He could only think of other ways to compensate him after he returned from the Suffering Travels. Min Jingchao looked at Boss Pei helplessly. In the end, he only received a comforting look. In the end, he still had to suffer. He was in despair, but he could only accept it. His assistant, Sun Xi, was completely listless. He did not dare to say anything. Sun Xi was the timidest now. He was afraid that if he were to accidentally let others know that he was the one who suggested Suffering Travels, something terrible would happen during the Suffering Travels. Min Jingchao and Sun Xi were brothers in hardship. However, Min Jingchao had helped a lot during this process. Thus, both of them consciously kept secrets. No one dared to mention this. Zhou Muyan left with Boss Pei after watching these people report. Min Jingchao saw some familiar faces, such as the person-in-charge of other departments like Tian Mo, especially Chen Kangtuo. Strictly speaking, the group of people who were the most familiar with Min Jingchao had already suffered. Those who were suffering now had already joined Tengda after Min Jingchao. Only Chen Kangtuo was considered to be in the same period. Chen Kangtuo entered the company slightly earlier than Min Jingchao. Min Jingchao immediately looked like he had a straw to clutch at. He leaned over and said softly, What should we do? I heard that Suffering Travels is very scary. Im a little flustered! In the group of people in charge, these people would cry before every Suffering Travels. They seemed to be suffering tortures during Suffering Travels. However, after Suffering Travels, they would unify and say that its very meaningful F*ck, Im so weak now. Its too scary! It would be alright if these people always said that Suffering Travels was terrifying. However, when they returned, they spared no effort in trying to bluff others into entering. That was very scary! Unexpectedly, Chen Kangtuo patted his chest confidently. Dont worry, Ill cover you, everything will be fine! Min Jingchao was a little surprised. You can protect me? Let me tell you, we were both the ones who invested in Brother Bao to travel. We are the ones who Brother Bao wants to bear a grudge against. Chen Kangtuo sniggered. Thats true, but I have a way to get rid of Brother Bao. Only magic can defeat magic. Ive already obtained the power from Boss Pei. Im now on the same level as Brother Bao! Min Jingchao looked shocked and pleasantly surprised. He might not be sure but his desire to survive gradually prevailed. Really? What do you plan to do? Min Jingchao asked. Chen Kangtuo smiled. You watch. Ill talk to Brother Bao in private to ensure that both of us are safe and sound. Im definitely the one who suffered the least in this team. Min Jingchao instinctively felt that it was not reliable. However, seeing Chen Kangtuos confident expression, he thought that what if it was true? Everyone was chatting and immersing themselves in the fear of the upcoming Suffering Travels since not everyone had arrived yet. Chen Kangtuo found an opportunity and came to Bao Xu. Brother Bao, this Suffering Travels On account of our past relationship, please let us off and let Min Jingchao and I suffer less. Look, we are all in charge of very important business. If we are exhausted, wouldnt that delay Boss Peis matters? Chen Kangtuo decided to be courteous before resorting to force. Bao Xu raised his eyebrows. How can that do? Boss Pei handed the Suffering Travels to me. Ill naturally carry out the law and do business as usual. I really want to help you but wouldnt that be letting Boss Pei down? Chen Kangtuo sniggered inwardly. This Bao Xu was obviously taking revenge! He did not have much expectations at first because the other people in charge might have already tried this method. Alright, since the soft approach was useless, he could only use the hard approach. Chen Kangtuo cleared his throat. Brother Bao, to be honest, Ive already obtained permission from Boss Pei. In the future, Thriller Hostel will also take on the responsibility of suffering and traveling. It will allow internal employees to hone their spirit and arrange for special training regularly. Brother Bao, as the saying goes, its convenient for others, but convenient for yourself. Now, show mercy. The haunted house tour at Thriller Hostel in the future will definitely have nothing to do with you. However, if you want to do things fairly, I can only follow the rules Bao Xu raised his eyebrows. Eh? Are you threatening me? Dont worry, Ill take special care of Min Jingchao and you! Boss Pei said that as the person-in-charge of Tengda, you have to be an example to others! Chen Kangtuo was shocked. You Arent you afraid Bao Xu sniggered. Why, do you think a haunted house can scare me? When we were building Thriller Hostel, I, Li Yada, Lin Wan, Hao Qiong, and the others went to inspect the large-scale haunted houses, such as Wushan State Mental Hospital. Werent you there as well? Have you forgotten? Chen Kangtuo was stunned. He had indeed forgotten about that. Now that he thought about it, it was true! There were four men and two women when he went to inspect the place. He lived in the same room as Hao Qiong, so he subconsciously ignored Bao Xu. Bao Xu had been tested by the haunted house before! However, Chen Kangtuo quickly recalled. Heh, if thats the case, Brother Bao, you should still remember how you were pale and had leg cramps in the haunted house, right? Are you sure you dare to experience Thriller Hostel again? Bao Xu sniggered. Im already immune to Thriller Hostel. Ill be able to adapt soon. Youre using this to scare me. Youre making a mistake. Chen Kangtuo expressed his dissatisfaction. Boss Pei gave me authority to prepare a new project for Thriller Hostel! Arent you afraid that Ill build a new haunted house? Bao Xu sniggered. If youre not convinced, try it? Lets see if you cant take it first or if I cant take it first. Let me tell you, dont think about bargaining with me! Min Jingchao and you have to do extra training! Chen Kangtuo: What the f*ck Bao Xu gave Sa Ziran a look. Everyones not here yet. Lets do a prelude first to show the others! Tengda employees, set the example! Chen Kangtuo was shocked. Ai, Brother Bao, we can discuss, we can discuss Bao Xu said seriously, Get ready! Min Jingchao, who was watching carefully not far away, suddenly felt a chill on his back. Why do I feel like Ive seen this script before Chen Kangtuo was dragged by two burly men to change his training uniform. He said loudly, Bao Xu, wait. Ill be the first to arrange for you after the new project of Thriller Hostel is completed! Everyone from Sun Strike Studios exchanged glances, feeling that this was extremely ridiculous. Was this the world of those with strength in Tengda? They did not understand, but they were really shocked! Chapter 1503 - Informing Charles In Advance Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios March 4th, Monday. Pei Qian sat comfortably in the boss chair in his office and listened to Eric, Meng Chang, and the others reporting the progress of acquiring Finger Games over the phone. Allin all, everything was going quite smoothly. Dayak Corporation had decided to sell Finger Games because they really wanted to sell it and wanted to get away quickly. Naturally, they would cooperate fully. Dayak Corporation did not mind that Tengda Corporation was going to pay in installments. After all, the money would not be a single cent less. It was impossible for Tengda Corporation to go back on their word. Whats more, everyone knew that Tengda was a high-speed cycle. It was unrealistic to take out such a huge sum of money all at once. However, the situation was more complicated for Finger Games. The composition of some of the upper echelons in Finger Games was complicated. Their reactions were naturally different when faced with this matter. The first was parachuted in from Dayak Corporation. For example, Eric used to belong to this category. After that, he might leave Finger Games and return to Dayak Corporation. These peoples attitude was the same as Dayak Corporation. They were just doing business and going through the motions. The second was a high-level executive like Chrtien, who was a designer or a technical background. Their attitude was more complicated and they were more resistant emotionally. However, since they had changed bosses, they could only accept it; The third was that upper echelons who held shares and really had real power like charles were very unwilling to accept this fact. They would definitely try all ways and means to obstruct Tengda. They were not willing to become vassals. They hoped to negotiate with Tengda and maximize the autonomy of the management company. Dayak Corporation had already entered the process stage. However, how to absorb Finger Games into the entire Tengda system after acquisition was the most serious problem at the moment. The four-man team had two choices now. One was to return to China. After all, they still had various positions in Tengda Corporation and had many other things to deal with. The other was to go to the United States to take over and modify Finger Games. Of course, anyone could take over and modify it. They could go at any time. Even if they did not go, they could leave Finger Games to continue managing themselves. The specific choice would depend on Pei Qian. After listening to everyones report, Pei Qian pondered for a moment and asked, Is he not cooperative? Eric nodded. Of course, that was expected. He was almost about to become the true owner of Finger Games. Whats more, he could increase his money by hundreds of times over the years by relying on his capital operations for Finger Games. In the end, Tengda intercepted him at the last step. Especially when he tried his best to lower the price and ended up benefitting Tengda. That was obviously unacceptable to him. Not only that, his power in Finger Games has also decreased. After all, even though Dayak Corporation had been giving instructions to Finger Games previously, they were basically only concerned about the profits. Finger Games upper echelons still had full autonomy over some specific game design and operations strategies. Now that Tengda Corporation has taken over, he can foresee that we will definitely take back his power in all aspects. Its unlikely that he will continue to be a local tyrant in Finger Games. That will definitely make him very dissatisfied. His current approach should be to unite with the other upper echelons and think of a way to make Finger Games upper echelons look like an iron plate. He should strive for independent operating rights as much as possible and reject us from interfering too much. Not only that, he also has to hold on to his shares tightly and wait for Finger Games share price to rise. He wants to make a huge profit and make up for his previous losses. Pei Qian could not help but snicker. The previous losses? Where were the previous losses? Could it be that Charles felt that it was a loss that he did not successfully buy Finger Games and was intercepted by Tengda? That was true. That was what capital thought. The money that they did not make was a loss. It looked like Finger Games still had many diehard fans. It would be a little troublesome if other companies took over such a company. That was because other companies acquisition plans would definitely be optimistic about the future of this company and hope that it would continue to make money for them. Since he wanted it to continue earning money, he had to show full respect and autonomy to the upper echelons of the original company. He could not interfere and cause trouble. Otherwise, if he really forced away the upper echelons who knew the companys situation the best, and he parachuted a group of people over, the final outcome would often be that things went against his wishes. He would quickly make the company go downhill or even collapse to the end. Thus, in order to allow the companies that they had acquired to continue earning money, they would usually be cautious after acquiring. They would appease these upper echelons and tell them that they still had a lot of power. They would earn more money. They would continue to work hard. Our cooperation was bright, and the future was limitless. It was also for this reason that the upper echelons of the companies that were acquired would often work together to protect their power and status, asking their parent companies for as much autonomy as possible. This was a common game. If the parent company felt that they would not be able to play well if they were to get rid of all these higher-ups, they would be forced to compromise and temporarily accept these peoples conditions. Then, they would slowly change them when the conditions were ripe. However, it was a pity that the group from Finger Games met Pei Qian. Did Pei Qian buy it because Finger Games made money? No. Would he rely on Finger Games to continue earning money after acquiring it? He did not expect that. Would Pei Qian be disadvantaged even if he opened all these higher-ups? Not at all. Since that was the case, why did these people think that they were qualified to talk about conditions? After some consideration, Pei Qian said, How about this? The other three people will come back. Eric, go to Finger Games and take over the CEO. If these higher-ups are obedient, then forget it. Keep them. If they are disobedient and even want to take you down, then fire them all! Lhave something big to do next. I dont allow any opposition from Finger Games. As for those who have shares like Charles Tell them that we can sell all our shares to Tengda at a premium of 10%. If they dont sell them, Finger Games share price will plummet. Dont blame me for not informing them in advance. The four people on the other end of the line were obviously shocked. Finger Games share price was going to continue to plummet? How could this be? One had to know that the share price of Finger Games had been at a historical low point because of the several stunts that had caused gamers to complain. After learning that Finger Games had bought over Tengda, the share price had immediately increased, but the increase was limited. It was because Tengda had decisively made a move to allow the capital market to regain confidence in Finger Games: At the very least, Tengda recognized the value of Finger Games. In the MOBA game market, Tengda knew the most. They all wanted Finger Games, which showed that this share was in a low position. The increase was limited because Tengda had not revealed any follow-up measures against Finger Games. Everyone was also guessing if Tengda was going to play left and right, turn something rotten into something magical, and turn Finger Games into a giant again? Or was it going to hide Finger Games and become GOGs stepping stone? The difference between these two possibilities was too huge. Thus, the capital market was still waiting for Tengdas signal and was unwilling to act rashly. Under such circumstances, Boss Pei actually said that Finger Games shares were going to plummet? Wasnt that shrinking his own wealth? Finger Games had just spent a billion yuan to buy it! This move was really unpredictable. Meng Chang was especially shocked. He even broke out in cold sweat. Then, he felt relieved. That was because according to his and Fan Xiaodongs original plan, they would short it first and then make more. They thought that charles would release negative news to lower Finger Games share price to facilitate the transaction. However, Finger Games share price would definitely increase after Boss Pei made his move. After that, Meng Chang thought about it and decided to only make empty money. The subsequent operations might involve internal transactions. There were certain risks and it would easily arouse Boss Peis disgust. He gave up. Now, he realized that giving up was right! If he did not give up, Boss Pei would make a move to cause the shares to plummet. He and Fan Xiaodong would have to spit out everything that they had earned previously! Boss Pei was the God of Investment. Therefore, dont second guess at Gods! Anyone who thought that they were smart and saw through Boss Pei would ultimately obtain a tragic lesson. Meng Chang could not help but feel excited for his wise decision and rejoice that he had escaped. However, he still could not understand. Boss Pei had just spent a huge sum of money to buy Finger Games. The first thing he did was to destroy his own business? To reduce his money? According to the brain circuit of ordinary companies, the first thing they would do was to release some good news to increase the share price and make the capital market look good again! Boss Peis courage was not something that ordinary people could possess. Eric nodded. Alright, Boss Pei. Ill tell him truthfully. Pei Qian said, Youll have to work harder during this period. Stay at Finger Games for a while. I have other things for you to do in the future. Leave GOGs operations to the other people in the project team to keep an eye on them for you. Let me know if you need anything. Eric nodded. Alright, Boss Pei! Erics status in Finger Games was basically equivalent to the emperor. Eric was deeply moved by Boss Peis high regard. He might have been a high-level executive sent by Dayak Corporation to Finger Games and was parachuted in to be the person-in-charge of the China region, but he was still far from being comparable to Charice. After all, he was not only the CEO of Finger Games, but he also had a good relationship with the upper echelons of Dayak Corporation. What about now? Their positions were completely reversed. He could only say that times were different! Everyone might not know what earth-shaking big thing Boss Pei was going to do but Boss Pei must have thought about it carefully. He just had to wait patiently! Chapter 1504 - The Meaning Of The First Aid Plan! Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios In the afternoon, at the nameless restaurant Li Shi, Zhou Muyan, Che Rong from Star Bird Fitness, and a few other local investors in Jingzhou gathered together and were drinking and chatting in the biggest private room. Boss Zhou came on Friday and met Boss Pei? Li Shi asked. Zhou Muyan nodded. Thats right. Ive already had a meal with Boss Pei at the nameless restaurant over the weekend. I didnt expect to be able to freeload off Boss Li again. Ive earned a lot from coming to Jingzhou this time. Im feasting! Li Shi smiled. I made a reservation a month in advance for todays meal. I only made a routine appointment to satisfy my own cravings. I did not expect Boss Zhou to come to Jingzhou. Of course, we have to go together! The only flaw is that Boss Pei did not come today. Its a pity. Zhou Muyan nodded. Boss Pei is too busy, right? Recently, he has been dealing with Shengyun Express and buying Finger Games with a billion US dollars. He has been doing earth-shaking things and indeed doesnt have time to participate in these gatherings. However, after this time, Im finally completely convinced of Pei! Dont you see how Boss Pei looked like back then at Sun Strike Studios? At first, we agreed that the three companies would develop a game together. At first, we had no clue. After Boss Pei went, we cut the Gordian knot and decided on a few general directions, including the name Bullet Hole 2. Immediately after, Min Jingchao interpreted Boss Peis thoughts and created the explosive game Bullet Hole 2! Thave been working on games for so many years, but I have never seen such a popular game. I would never have thought that such a design would be so easy for Boss Pei. Its so simple! Everyone looked at Zhou Muyan with envy and congratulated him. Everyone might be sharing their soup with Boss Pei but it was not as satisfying as Zhou Muyan! The return on investment was very different from the return on a popular game. However, most of the people present were investors. They did not have Zhou Muyans superior conditions. Once they entered the game industry, Boss Pei would not be able to take it. He could only say that it was a pity. However, Boss Pei is really fierce. Previously, Tengda was relatively small and could not be seen. He even wanted to keep a low profile. Now, he is staring at those large companies that are worth tens of billions of yuan and attacking them! Che Rong sighed. Until now, the conflict between Tengda and many large companies was getting more and more intense. For example, Home Corporation and Shengyun Express, which one of them were not domestic giants? Che Rong only felt that these giants were unreachable and had no interaction with him. However, Boss Peis attitude seemed to be saying: giants? Tengda was fighting giants! Such execution and boldness were really amazing. Of course, it did not mean that other entrepreneurs did not have such boldness at all. In fact, even if there was a huge difference in the size of the two companies, since the weaker side might have a strong position in a certain field, both sides might explode in an intense conflict and not give in. However, if other entrepreneurs wanted to fight, they would often have to be cautious and think carefully. And Boss Pei seemed too decisive, so decisive that it made people feel a little rash. Of course, Boss Pei was also constantly making peace with some large companies. For example, Long Yu Corporation had always been in a state of tit-for-tat and mutual hostility. Boss Peis game had directly tied Long Yu Corporation to his own war chariot. On top of that, Tengda had maintained a good relationship with some large companies, such as Shenhua Corporation and Jinding Corporation. It was not a big deal to attract hatred like this. However, anyone could tell that Tengda was almost putting a knife to the necks of these large companies. Even if they looked indifferent now, they were probably preparing for something. This was especially so for Tengdas targeted poaching. They had publicly poached Shengyun Express and even AOE all the internet platform companies in the country in the debate. It was indeed a little unreasonable not to be counterattacked. He just hoped that Boss Pei could take it! At such a critical juncture, everyone was indeed embarrassed to ask Boss Pei to come over for a meal. Compared to Boss Pei, everyone felt that they did not have any fighting spirit. They were all waiting to die. On the other hand, Boss Pei was obviously more successful than everyone else, but he could still maintain such a strong fighting spirit. It was really admirable! Li Shi took a bite of his food and said, By the way, has everyone joined Tengdas plan? Zhou Muyan and the other investors looked at each other, confused. Which plan? Li Shi cleared his throat. Hehe, that plan Sigh, this person who signed the confidentiality agreement cannot be said! How about this? Ill call for a few agreements. Sign them. You can join us now if youre interested. Zhou Muyan was extremely concerned. Good lord, what kind of secret plan was it that made Boss Zhou so secretive? This level of confidentiality was very high. It couldnt be some major development strategy of Tengda, right? Li Shi made a call. Not long after, an employee sent the relevant materials over. Everyone present received two sets of materials: one was a confidentiality agreement and the other was a detailed plan. Other than that, he also very considerately provided signboards, mud, and other items. Zhou Muyan was even more concerned now. So formal! The key was that he had not heard anything about this previously. This meant that it was very confidential and important! Zhou Muyan took the two sets of materials with a somber mood and read the confidentiality agreement first. First Aid Plan? That sounds like an impressive plan. However Theres only one name. Theres no detailed plan. It should be on the plan. If you want to read the plan, sign the confidentiality agreement first. Its quite formal. Zhou Muyan took a look. There was nothing special about this confidentiality agreement. Thus, he quickly signed it and looked at the plan. There were not many pages in the proposal. He finished reading it in no time. After reading it, Zhou Muyan looked up at Che Rong and the other investors, at Li Shi, and then at the proposal in his hand. There was a short period of silence. He only had one feeling now. He really wanted to smash the proposal on the table and shout: Crazy! Wasnt this a f*cking charity proposal in the end? Those who did not know would think that it was some confidential document and important plan! Whats more, this charity plan was indeed not worth mentioning. It was nothing more than giving some meat and egg milk to the students in the poor area so that they could subsidize their home use. Compared to Tengdas other huge projects, this was not worth mentioning. Of course, doing charity was a good thing. The scale of this preliminary plan seemed to be not small. However, the key was It was very different from Zhou Muyans initial expectations. The other investors had similar expressions. That was it?! Good lord, it was just a charity event. Was there a need to specially sign a confidentiality agreement? Was he afraid that everyone would rush to participate and give money if the charity event was exposed? They did not know to laugh or to cry. Seeing everyones expressions, Li Shi became serious. Dont think that this is just an ordinary charity plan! Think about it carefully. If it was just a simple charity plan, would Boss Pei have to go through so much trouble to keep it a secret? Would he have asked everyone participating to sign a confidentiality agreement? If its just to donate some living supplies like meat, eggs, and milk to needy students, why isnt it donating? Could Tengda not have enough money? From all aspects, Boss Pei values this project more than some of Tengdas core industries. Have you thought about the reason for this? Zhou Muyan and the others were stumped by Li Shis question. On further thought, that was true! According to normal peoples thinking, why should they hide a charity event? There was no need! Did he think that his reputation was too good and he earned too much money? That cant be! It was definitely not too much to have a good reputation. Even if Tengdas reputation was good to begin with, so what if it was better? Zhou Muyan asked, Then Boss Li, why do you think so? Li Shi said with a serious expression, There is only one explanation. This charity plan looks simple, but it is actually intricate and complicated. It is very important! Not only does it have many hidden tricks, but it might also have many follow-up arrangements. It is the cornerstone of the entire system. That is why it is so important to Boss Pei! The investors exchanged confused looks. Obviously, their first reaction was disbelief. It was just a charity event. How could it be complicated and important? There was also a follow-up plan? Or the cornerstone of the entire system? It was quite ridiculous. Boss Li, you can brag about Tengda, but you have to pay attention to the basic laws? Zhou Muyan had a complicated expression. Boss Li, this is just a charity plan. Li Shi retorted, Could Boss Peis charity plan be an ordinary charity plan? Think about it carefully. Boss Pei directly used his sword on large companies like Home Corporation and Shengyun Express. He never thought of keeping a low profile. Why would a harmless charity plan have to be painstakingly kept a secret? Li Shis words stumped everyone. Indeed! The matter between Tengda and Shengyun Express had caused a lot of discussion. Lu Mingliang showed his edge in the live-stream and refuted Nie Yunsheng until he was speechless. Everyone could see this. Whats more, everyone had felt that Boss Pei was indeed very bold in this matter. It seemed like he was targeting these big companies. In that case, did Boss Pei have to keep a simple charity event a secret? Who should he show it to? Keep it a secret from consumers and earn less reputation? Or should he keep it a secret from his partners and collect less charity funds? That was impossible. He would not have thought of something like that without ten years of cerebral hemorrhage. The only explanation was to keep it a secret from his competitors! After a moment of silence, Li Shi said, Obviously, this is not just a charity plan, but a stand plan! On one hand, it is screening the companies that are really on the same side as Tengda to confirm how close they are to each other. On the other hand, it has to keep it a secret from its competitors to prevent them from noticing the formation of this hidden alliance and let them relax their vigilance! This is the vow before the battle starts! Chapter 1505 - You Have To Becareful When Working For Boss Pei Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Li Shis words confused everyone. The vow before the battle began? Why did it sound so ridiculous? However, after following Boss Lis logic, he felt that it was very smooth and even reasonable. It was definitely not a small matter for Boss Pei to take it so seriously. There would be no need to go through so much trouble if he only saw the First Aid Plan as a charity event. However, what if, as Boss Li had said, Tengda wanted to officially declare war on the domestic internet giants and large companies that occupied a monopoly position in the market, and the First Aid Plan was only a preparatory work? If Tengda wanted to declare war on these large companies, he had to be on guard against these large companies joining forces. In other words, there was a high chance that these large companies would work together. In that case, it would be very difficult for Tengda Corporation to face such a strong enemy, even with Boss Peis wisdom and methods. As the saying went, dont fight wars that you are not sure of. You have to be clear about which enemies and allies were before the battle. It was foolish to rush forward without knowing anything. Boss Pei would obviously not make such a low-level mistake. Thinking about it this way. The First Aid Plan was a plan to rope in allies! That was because this plan could actually have a very comprehensive screening effect on Tengdas hardcore allies. First of all, the preliminary plan was a charity plan. The companies that participated would definitely have a certain sense of social responsibility. Secondly, there would be no clear returns for the preliminary plan. It would only obtain a verbal promise from Tengda. The companies that participated would definitely trust Tengda and firmly follow it. Lastly, because of the confidentiality of the first helping plan, one could roughly see their close relationship with Tengda based on the order of these companies joining the first helping. That was because the closer they were, the more likely they would receive the news and join early. Based on the above three points, any company that joined the initial financial plan could be regarded as an ally of Tengda. Whats more, based on the order of joining and the amount of funding, the level of allies could be roughly divided in the general area. An investor raised a question. But Boss Li, if its just to seek allies, wouldnt it be enough with Boss Peis reputation to just raise his arm and shout? Li Shi shook his head. Of course not! Raise your arms. How do you know if the person you recruited is a true hardcore ally or a slacker? Or a mole? Once this matter spreads, those large factories will definitely hear about it and try their best to interfere. On the other hand, doing things like this would be subtle and efficient. Other than companies that are closely related to Tengda, no one will receive the news. Even if they do, they will only think that this is an ordinary charity event. Even if they hear my analysis, they will not believe it. Thats because only companies that have no doubt about Tengda and Boss Pei would respond to this. The more everyone listened, the more they felt that it made sense. This was a perfect screening mechanism! The companies that were screened out could be trusted without anyone knowing. Of course, could Boss Li be blindly guessing that there was no such thing? There was still a possibility. However, so what if he guessed wrongly? It was just a little donation to charity. There was no loss! If he guessed correctly, the benefits would be huge! Tengda had declared war on those large companies. In the end, it would definitely snatch vast markets and resources from those large companies. Tengda could not possibly eat all of these things. Even if he could, given Boss Peis generous character, he would not mind sharing some soup for everyone. When had he been disadvantaged by Tengda? Thus, it was not a problem for the bosses present to choose. Only a fool would not do something with low risks and high returns! Zhou Muyan was the first to express his stance. Sun Strike Studios is going to join the Beginning Plan! The other investors also said, Well join! The agreements were signed in no time. The agreement did not have any requirements for the charity donation quota. It could be more or less. However, were these bosses lacking that little money? They lacked face, but they lacked the impression that they had of Boss Pei! Of course, some people had donated hundreds of thousands or millions of yuan before. They would definitely show more sincerity to Boss Pei. Otherwise, it would not sound nice. Would it be appropriate to donate less to Boss Pei than usual? After signing the agreements and donating the money, Li Shi took out his cell phone and opened the application for the initialization plan. He said to everyone, Everyone, you can scan the QR code to download this application. The initialization plan cannot be found online. There is no official website to download the application. You can only download it by sharing and scanning the QR code. Whats more, you can only get the registration code after donating the money. On this application, you can check the number of donations by the company or individuals in real time. You can also see the direction of your donations. All donations will draw a portion of the fees required for the operation of the platform. However, the ratio of this commission is very low. The detailed amount of various expenses for the operation fee can also be checked. However, this APP is the initial version after all. Many functions are still being perfected. Everyone took out their cell phones and scanned the QR code to download the application. Zhou Muyan sighed. This APP is something! You remember every account clearly and can even check the flow of personal funds at will. Boss Pei is really meticulous. According to Li Shis introduction, this APP was drawing operating expenses based on proportion. After all, the direction of all the funds could be checked. It might look a little strange if someone realized that the money they donated was used for operating expenses. It was not easy to accept emotionally. Now, he was going to draw according to the proportion. Each sum of money would be taken as a portion of the service fee. It was equivalent to sharing. The operating expenses of the platform could be seen, and the parts that were really used for charity could also be seen. It was undoubtedly a very considerate design for these donors. Zhou Muyan asked curiously, Eh? Theres a channel for personal donation? Whats the highest donation level for individuals? Eh? Who is this Boss Peis Disciple ? He donated two million yuan in one stroke just for a personal donation? There was a donation ranking on the application of the first helping plan. This ranking could be real or anonymous information. It was quite common for companies to donate a few million yuan on the company list. After all, the bosses of large companies like Li Shi and Zhou Muyan were very valuable. It was not surprising that they would donate a few million yuan to support Boss Peis charity. However, on the personal rankings, there were fewer donations and numbers. After all, there was a threshold for donating money to the preliminary plan. First of all, he had to have a close relationship with Tengda to know about this news. Secondly, it had to be a big company that did not lack money to donate a larger sum. That made it much more difficult for people to participate in the First Aid Plan. Even a rich second-generation heir like Xue Zhebin had several companies under his name. He was definitely inclined to donate money to Tengda in the name of the company. After all, companies that donated money could obtain Tengdas verbal promise and prioritize cooperation! Personal donations were definitely not enough. Those who could obtain insider information and could afford to donate a lot of money were mostly the bosses of the companies. No matter how hard they worked, it was difficult to have so much money to donate. Thus, there were very few personal donations. Whats more, they were basically donations of a few hundred to a few thousand yuan. Zhou Muyan had reason to suspect that this might be an internal employee of the first helping plan or someone related to the first helping plan. He would support this charity event physically and express his sincerity with the donations. Only an anonymous person named Boss Peis Disciple donated two million yuan in his own name, leaving him in the dust! That made him very curious. Who was this self-proclaimed Boss Pes Disciple? It must be someone close to Boss Pei. However was there a need to be so humble? So what if he wrote his name out in the open? An investor guessed. Its possible Is this a trick by Boss Pei? For some reason, its inconvenient to reveal your identity. You cant expose yourself even in such a highly confidential APP? There are only two possibilities for a dark chess piece to donate two million yuan as a person. Or perhaps this person had a lot of power and far exceeded two million yuan. He only donated a small portion; Either this person has an extremely noble dream or he trusts Boss Pei without any doubt. He did not make much money but he resolutely donated them all. Either way, this person is very scary. I cannot underestimate him He could tell that Boss Peis power was far greater than what was on the surface of the water with just a glance at the management plan. There were also many hidden chess pieces under the surface. They might play their role in the future. It was terrifying! Boss Peis true strength was something that even close allies like them could not understand, much less enemies. Just thinking about being enemies with an opponent like Boss Pei terrified him! March 5th, Tuesday. Meng Chang felt very good when he returned to Jingzhou. He seemed to have experienced the feeling of being the best when he first started his business! This time, he went to negotiate with Dayak Corporation with the private team. Eric and Assistant Xin were mainly in charge of the negotiation process. Meng Chang and He Desheng were mainly providing analysis and support in terms of strategies. However, this trip was indeed very helpful to Meng Chang. Of course, emptying Finger Games shares also benefited him. Thus, he took a portion of the benefits that he had accumulated and entrusted it to Fan Xiaodong. He invested it into the initial project in his personal name. He did not use a real name but made an anonymous donation. He came up with a new ID called Boss Peis Disciple. Meng Chang had actually considered using his real name or the ID Young Master Tian. After some thought, he gave up. None of them were suitable! That was because even though the preliminary plan was a confidential plan, it would gradually develop in the future. More companies and people would join it. There was still a risk of leakage. Of course, Boss Pei knew everything, but outsiders might not. At that time, everyone would see where Meng Chang, a judgment debtor, would get so much money to donate. Would he make use of his work in Tengda to make a quick buck? Or perhaps, didnt Young Master Tian have nothing to do with Tengda? Why was he donating a huge sum of money to Tengdas initial plan? Was there something fishy behind it? Once these were exposed, it would not be of any help. Instead, there would be huge side effects. It would only increase trouble. Therefore, Meng Chang did not use his own life nor his ID as Young Master Tian. Instead, he very humbly referred to himself as a Tengda disciple and used this identity to donate. Whats more, this donation was donated by Fan Xiaodong. He was not worried that it would be exposed that Boss Peis disciple is Meng Chang. He had to be careful when working under Boss Pei.. He could not cause trouble for Boss Pei! Chapter 1506 - Who Is Boss Pei’s Disciple? Chapter 1506: Who Is Boss Peis Disciple? Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios After returning to Jingzhou, the matters at Finger Games had temporarily come to an end. Boss Pei had already handed everything to Eric to deal with. Meng Chang still had to return to his job and continue promoting Tengdas various departments. The first thing he did when he came to Tengdas headquarters was to report to Boss Pei about his work. The second thing was to continue receiving missions from Boss Pei. Meng Chang was still quite energetic even though he was tired from traveling. On one hand, it was because he was in first class and had rested sufficiently on the return trip. On the other hand, Meng Chang felt that his work now was very meaningful and was naturally filled with motivation. Meng Chang planned to make a trip to Boss Peis office directly. At the same time, Pei Qian was in his office, checking on the first helping plan. What the hell?! Why are there so many donations?! Didnt I keep it a secret? There are no rewards either! Putting aside familiar faces like Li Shi and Zhou Muyan, why are there even personal donations? Theres even someone who donated two million yuan at once? Boss Peis disciple? When did I take in such a traitor? Why didnt I know about it! Pei Qian looked at the donation list and was shocked. It was like a bolt out of the blue, blasting him. Wasnt this an ordinary charity event? What was going on now? They had received tens of millions of yuan in total! Not only that, several other companies had also put forward their demands for business cooperation, hoping to cooperate deeply with Tengda. These partnerships would probably make money for Tengda. How did this happen? At first, Pei Qian had wanted to add a little business elements to the initialization plan. That was only because he could avoid the restrictions of the system and burn more publicity funds. As for the donations of other companies, Pei Qian had not considered them at all. This was a highly confidential charity event! It was a charity event without any returns! Even if other companies were to participate, they would not be able to raise so much money, right? However, reality had given Pei Qian a tight slap across the face. Forget about those companies that had cooperated a long time ago, the personal donation of this Boss Peis Disciple was the most ridiculous! Who was this Boss Peis disciple? He had a feeling that this person was a very dangerous person. However, according to the staff, this person did not seem to be an employee of Tengda. He was someone who had nothing to do with Tengda. Pei Qian was puzzled. His image in front of the public might just be the back of his head. How could he nurture such a firm believer? Not only did he obtain news of the preliminary plan, but he also decisively donated two million yuan in his personal name? No matter how he thought about it, he felt that this was very bizarre. Just as he was thinking about this, he heard a knock on his office door. Meng Chang arrived. Pei Qian put away the report for the initial plan for now. Youre back? Have you done everything there? Meng Chang nodded. Yes, its basically done. Eric has already gone to Finger Games and taken over completely. However He paused for a moment and said, The upper echelons of charles and some of Finger Games have still rejected the transaction of shares. We can fire them but it is very difficult for these people to take back their shares. They firmly believe that Finger Games shares will definitely rise. Thats true. Finger Games shares have been rising ever since the news of us acquiring Finger Games spread. In addition, Eric has also started preparing for IOIs first money-splitting event according to your instructions, Boss Pei. This has also further pushed the share price to rise. Pei Qian nodded slightly. This was foreseeable. At the moment, most people in the outside world still thought that Finger Games shares would continue to rise. There were many reasons. For example, Tengda would definitely be optimistic about Finger Games future profits if it bought Finger Games. It was impossible to spend money to make a loss-making deal. For example, Tengda knew games better than Dayak Corporation. Its operating strategy would definitely be better. On top of that, some phenomena had also proven this speculation. For example, Boss Pei had sent Eric, who had been in charge of IOIs domestic server, to take over and reorganize Finger Games. He had not sent his more capable designers. This probably meant that Boss Pei was mainly appeasing Finger Games and did not intend to completely fall out with them. He still had to continue using the upper echelons of Finger Games for a period of time. Another example would be Tengda. After taking over IOI, the first thing it did was to organize a large-scale scattering of coins and benefits like GOG. It would give back to players. This did not look like it wanted to squeeze IOI dry quickly. At first, many people were worried that Tengda would acquire Finger Games just to make IOI a stepping stone for GOG. However, that did not seem to be the case. Therefore, on the whole, Tengda was going to make stable changes to Finger Games. In the short term, the number of active people in IOI would increase rapidly and the prospects would be optimistic. This was the judgment given by the capital market and also the judgment of the executives like Charles. Of course, most of the thoughts here were actually misinterpreted. Pei Qian nodded. I understand. Meng Chang said, Boss Pei, which project should we work on for this months publicity plan? Pei Qian pondered for a moment. He had not thought about it properly. This cycle had just begun after all. Many projects had not officially started, or they had just started. It would take at least a few months for the results to be released. There was indeed no good publicity plan for Meng Chang now. However, on further thought, wasnt IOI a suitable publicity plan? At that thought, Pei Qian said, Well publicize IOI this month. However, before that, we have to modify Finger Games. Ill briefly explain it to you. Note it down and convey it to Eric later. Pei Qian had wanted to call Eric and let him listen together. However, on further thought, it was late at night in the United States. It would be inhumane to wake Eric up and listen to a few words before sleeping. Therefore, he would get Meng Chang to find a working hour that overlaps both the country and the United States to convey it. This method was not something worth keeping a secret. Pei Qian could not wait for the entire world to know. Meng Chang took it very seriously and nodded quickly. Go ahead, Boss Pei. Pei Qian organized his thoughts and said, First, fire all the upper echelons of Finger Games! High-level executives like Chrtien, who were born a designer or an art designer, can choose to stay. However, they can only keep the treatment and not real power. They cannot interfere with the operations of the company anymore and become design director or art director. Leave the designers, art, and other core members of Finger Games behind and restore the structure of a studio. In the future, Finger Games will only be responsible for the design of the heroes and the skin and the balance of the values. They will not be responsible for anything else. And then Everyone in GOG project team, put aside the work on developing the new version for the future for now. Focus on the merging of GOG and IOI. Finger Games will cooperate unconditionally! The merging is still based on GOGs gameplay. It will slightly adjust IOIs hero mechanism and system balance so that it can better adapt to GOGs game mechanism. Of course, if some of IOIs mechanisms are outstanding and are worth keeping, GOG will be able to compatible with each other as long as it does not affect the core fun. Then, we can change GOGs mechanism slightly. All in all, GOG project team only has one goal next. That is to push GOG and IOI from the game to the servers and then to the comprehensive merging of all leagues! This matter cannot be delayed for too long. We have to set a clear timeline. We can transplant a portion of IOI heroes first, and then slowly transplant more. I want to achieve the goal of merging the two games before the end of this year! After the merger, GOGs project team will be mainly responsible for the update and balance of the game mechanism, the development of Eastern cultural background heroes, the operations of the Asian server; Finger Games will be mainly responsible for the development of Western cultural background heroes, as well as the operations of European and Northern American servers. Let Eric tell the public this news directly. Theres no need to hide it. Moreover, let all players see Tengdas determination! Pei Qian spoke so lightly that Meng Changs heart began to race. He finally understood why Boss Pei said that Finger Games stock price would plummet soon. Obviously, that was the reason! Would Finger Games share price not plummet? The confidence in the capital market would probably shatter to pieces, right? However, the problem was Finger Games shares would not have been reduced to this extent just to attack the confidence of the capital market, right! It was too hurtful. The loss outweighed the gain! There were actually many operations to choose if it was just to make it impossible for them to benefit from the stock price. For example, it would be enough to expose negative news like Charice. Of course, it could not be too big at once. It had to be small. It had sustainability, which was to compete in patience. However, this move by Boss Pei was too dangerous! The key was that this was not only cutting IOI, but also GOG! GOG was developing well now. Even if it ignored IOI completely, it could develop into the existence that dominated the entire MOBA market. Was there a need to forcefully swallow IOI in a merger? In the past, he had rarely heard of two games forcefully merging together. Even people who did not understand games knew how huge the risk was. The game was something that would affect the entire operations. The games operations were mainly stable. They would not change it if they could. They would change it if they could. The smaller the change, the safer it would be. For example, when some games decided to make huge changes, it was basically the game itself that was about to fail. They would take the risk to court death. If they changed it, they would either be revived if successful or die of old age if they failed. However, GOG and IOI had not reached this stage! He could only say that Boss Peis courage was unmatched. How would the capital market react after this signal was released? Without a doubt, Finger Games shares would definitely plummet because only players had confidence in Boss Pei, and those in the capital market did not. Meng Chang nodded. Alright, Boss Pei. Ill convey it to Eric. Then, the publicity plan this time is also about the merging of GOG and IOI? Ill arrange it myself? Pei Qian nodded. Yes, do as you see fit.. Go! Chapter 1507 - Tengda Is Going Too Far! Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios March 6th, Wednesday. Shanghai, Shengyun Corporation headquarters. Nie Yunsheng had not been happy recently. That was because Upwind Logistics offensive was too aggressive and difficult to manage! The live-stream debate with Lu Mingliang that day gave Upwind Logistics a huge advantage in public opinion online. It also exposed the problems that Shengyun Express had accumulated on a large scale. It had a posture of ten thousand people push down the wall, ten thousand people beat the drum. Many express deliverymen who were working at Shengyun Express or had worked before stood up one by one, accusing Shengyun Express of being unreasonable and exploiting the express deliverymen; Some customers who had used Shengyun Express to throw away items, bad items, or after-sales had not been satisfied. They also stood up one by one, criticizing Shengyun Express for its poor service, poor attitude, and not paying enough attention to customers; Some employees of Shengyun Express even revealed on the internet that the internal management of Shengyun Express was chaotic, overtime was very serious, formalism, and so on. Even the matter of Nie Yunsheng wanting to use the Apple incident to divert the conflict was exposed. It was made very clear. There might be no evidence but netizens immediately believed 80% of it when they compared the post with the situation in reality. Those who posted anonymously were basically employees who were working. Those who were generous and did not remain anonymous were basically employees who had left Shengyun Corporation. Obviously, these employees were also preparing to leave, waiting to find a suitable next company. The employees who had already left were completely indifferent. They did not consider the possibility of returning to Shengyun Express in the future. In the past month or so, more negative news had been released online than in the past year! Nie Yunsheng felt very wronged. Upwind Logistics must have hired fake reviewers to create hype and deliberately cause public opinion to defame us! He wanted the public relations department to find evidence of Upwind Logistics hiring fake reviewers to discredit Shengyun Express so that he could make a comeback. Or at the very least, he could salvage his huge disadvantage in public opinion. However he had undoubtedly failed all of them. That was because Upwind Logistics had not considered this at all. As for why Shengyun Express released so much negative news? Why werent there so many negative news in the past? The reason was simple. There had not been enough social attention in the past! In fact, both the delivery men and customers had complaints about Shengyun Express previously. However, so what if they had complaints? A persons posts and criticisms on the internet were not influential at all. Soon, they were drowned in the sea of information on the internet. Even if these people wanted to expose the inside story of Shengyun Express, they could not do it at all. Most posts could not attract the netizens attention at all. Those posts that had finally accumulated some popularity would be quickly handed over to the public relations. However, the situation was different now! After Lu Mingliang and Nie Yunshengs live-stream debate, there was a heated discussion online. Netizens were closely watching the progress of the matter. In such an environment, the voices of the delivery men and customers of Shengyun Express were more likely to be heard. Thus, they naturally would not miss this excellent opportunity. They had to think of all ways to speak for themselves! The dissatisfaction that had accumulated previously exploded in a short period of time. Of course, it would give Nie Yunsheng the illusion that someone was targeting us. However, in fact, it was not a targeted measure. It was completely because there was too much dissatisfaction accumulated in the past. If such an outlet was found, it would naturally collapse. The public affairs department could not suppress such a huge public scandal. That was because if there was only one negative, he could still use delete posts, reduce popularity, or divert attention. However, there were too many negative now. He could not deal with them at all. Even if he spent a lot of resources to deal with one or two, more negative would quickly appear. Whats more, public relations would generate new negative materials. It was simply a fire that could not be extinguished. Even though the public relations department had been working overtime continuously, this situation did not improve. What worried Nie Yunsheng even more was that this public sentiment crisis had already affected Shengyun Corporations business. At the same time as the battle of public opinion began, Lu Mingliang had already made arrangements. Under Boss Peis guidance to expand losses, Lu Mingliang had established a cooperative relationship with the shops on the main shopping platform. Of course, these shops would not directly cancel their cooperation with Shengyun Express. However, once they provided two choices, many customers would choose Upwind Logistics. The small express delivery companies were not affected and even benefited from it. That was because Upwind Courier stations were still open to these small express delivery companies. They were happy to see the delivery cabinets and courier stations of Shengyun Express piled up like a mountain. Customers could not help but choose Upwind Logistics and their own small express delivery companies. They were overjoyed. Naturally, they could not stand on Shengyun Expresss side. On top of that, Upwind Logistics continued to spend money. They increased the service quality while subsidizing the delivery fees. They also poached many customers from Shengyun Express. Even if Shengyun Express gritted their teeth and opened more overtime pay for the delivery men, hired temporary workers, whether it was to encourage customers to collect parts or force the courier stations to send them to their doorstep to digest the accumulated packages, the losses caused by this incident had already been formed. Many customers no longer trusted Shengyun Expresss logistics ability and were more inclined to choose Upwind Logistics or other small express delivery companies. Of course, Shengyun Express would not collapse because of this matter, but the business volume would definitely shrink. This caused the stock price of Shengyun Express to plummet, causing Home Corporation to collapse. Not only that, many low-level express delivery men had also resigned. This was a very bad signal. Obviously, Upwind Logistics had poached them! The benefits of the delivery men at Upwind Logistics were naturally high. There might not be a big gap in their salaries, but the problem was that Upwind Logistics also had insurance, funds, and various benefits. They also strictly implemented their shifts. With this comparison, there was naturally a gap between the two sides! Upwind Logistics was still expanding at a high speed. Apart from first-tier cities, there was a lot of room for expansion in second- and third-tier cities and county cities. There was a huge gap in manpower to poach from Shengyun Express. Often, one person would take away half of the express delivery men at the station. The efficiency was simply not high. Whats more, Upwind Logistics had poached skilled workers from Shengyun Express. Shengyun Express had no choice. In order to fill this gap, they could only continue to recruit inexperienced express deliverymen. However, there were two new problems this way. First, these express deliverymen were not proficient enough, causing the already poor service quality to decrease further. Second, once these express deliverymen became proficient enough, they might be poached by Upwind Logistics Shengyun Express had become Upwind Logistics express delivery training base. How could that be? Nie Yunsheng was very helpless. Upwind Logistics was closing in on him. Shengyun Express was really difficult to deal with. He did not know how to fight back at all! This combination attack stunned everyone. Nie Yunsheng sat paralyzed in his office, frowning. The current predicament had exceeded his understanding. Asa self-made entrepreneur, Nie Yunsheng had encountered many difficulties during the development of Shengyun Corporation, but most of them were resolved appropriately. This time was different from before. That was because Nie Yunsheng would be able to find the crux of the problem every time he encountered a predicament in the past. He would be able to solve it as long as he treated the problem well. However, this time, he only felt a deep sense of helplessness. At that moment, there was a knock on the office door. Nie Yunsheng looked up. It was the director of the HR department of Shengyun Corporation, Li Meng. Boss Nie, somethings wrong! Something big has happened! Li Meng looked very flustered. Nie Yunsheng frowned. What happened, why are you so flustered? Nie Yunsheng could not be clearer about Shengyun Corporations current situation. However, the director of the HR department had come to say that something was amiss. What was going on? What could have gone wrong with the HR department? Li Meng said, Boss Nie, five core employees of the public relations department have resigned. Apart from that, the marketing department, comprehensive management department, data center, client department, employee affairs department, and so on have also had core employees who have suggested leaving! There are more than 40 employees who are going to leave this time. Whats more, they are all core employees of the company! Nie Yunsheng was stunned. What? More than 40 people! No wonder the HR department felt that something had happened. That was indeed abnormal! That was because it was not a peak recruitment season. Even if there was a flow of people, it should not be such a large-scale and frequent situation. It would not matter if interns left on a large scale. In any case, interns were dispensable. However, the core employees occupied key positions. They had a certain amount of accumulation of experience in the industry. At the same time, it also meant that they had higher requirements for salary, treatment, and development platforms. Normally, they would only jump ship after they found a very suitable job. There was only one possibility for such a large-scale resignation. They had been poached in batches! There was no need to think about who had poached them away. Nie Yunsheng gritted his teeth and said, Upwind Logistics again? Li Meng nodded. Yes, it must be Upwind Logistics! Tengda set up a special recruitment exam previously. Many people should have participated in this exam. Not only that, Tengda wants to poach people directly from our company! I realized that these people usually have better personal relationships. For example, five people from the public relations department have resigned. They have good personal relationships. Whats more, they seem to have a close relationship with the Vice Manager Wei who resigned previously. Nie Yunsheng was trembling in anger Upwind Logistics, Lu Mingliang, do you have to be so ruthless?! Chapter 1508 - Let’s Join Forces! Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios These core employees generally did not sign any anti-competition agreements. The reason was simple, there were too many people. Competition agreements were not something that could be signed at will. The employees were not stupid. They would weigh the pros and cons when entering the company. Signing an anti-competition agreement meant that the difficulty of jumping ship in the future would be greatly increased. They might even directly cut off the path of jumping ship. Therefore, these people would only choose to sign the anti-competition agreement unless some top companies with excellent treatment offered difficult to reject salary. Shengyun Corporation would sign with the higher-ups at most. How could they take care of the mid and low-level employees? Whats more, even though mid-tier employees looked important, they were not that important. That was because if only one or two mid-tier employees left, they could always take over from the bottom tier for a while. At the same time, they could recruit directionally. There would not be any big problems. However, the problem now was that the mid-tier employees had been poached in batches! Generally speaking, this situation was unlikely to happen because there was no reason for such a huge demand gap to suddenly appear in the market. There should not be a company that could completely crush other companies in terms of treatment and benefits. Everyone had similar business models. Why could you push the usage cost so high? However, this situation had happened. The logic behind this was not complicated. Upwind Logistics was one of Tengdas businesses. It could incur losses at will because Tengda Corporation was continuously transfusing blood to it. However, Shengyun Corporation only had a delivery business and no other business. If the delivery business was not profitable, there was no need for the entire corporation to exist! Of course, the consequences of mid-tier employees being poached in batches were very serious. If he lacked one or two mid-tier employees, he could transfer the low-tier ones to fill in the gaps and make urgent moves. However, how could he fill in the gap with so many people? Of course, theoretically speaking, Shengyun Corporation could request these employees to hand over their work. However, the problem was that the law stated that the official employees could leave directly 30 days after they resigned. There was no need to approve with human singles. To fill up all the vacancies within 30 days? That was obviously a rather difficult task. Force them to stay? They had to hand over their work successfully before they could leave? Deduct their salary? In the past, it might have been useful. However, now, these employees probably could not wait to apply for labor arbitration. Nie Yunsheng even suspected that many employees who had not resigned were also thinking of ways to accumulate evidence and find ways to seek labor arbitration. That was because they could enter Tengda through the special recruitment examinations after the arbitration was successful! Nie Yunsheng slammed the table in anger. Tengda Corporation is going too far! I think that Boss Pei must have been behind this Lu Mingliang! Otherwise, he would not have been so cooperative. The special recruitment exam, the targeted poaching and delivery war started at the same time! The tiger did not show its might. It really treated us as sick cats! Li Meng could not help but shiver. In his impression, he had rarely seen Nie Yunsheng so angry. Nie Yunsheng could not be blamed for not being cultured. This time, many factors had indeed been gathered together. It was too infuriating! First of all, Shengyun Express had started the delivery war. They had decided to cut ties with Upwind Logistics in the second and third-tier cities first. That was why Upwind Logistics had resolutely counterattacked. It was indeed very easy to break through his defense to be beaten up badly when he was the first to cause trouble. Secondly, the turning point in the public opinion of this express delivery war should be the live-stream argument. Nie Yunsheng was immediately rendered speechless by Lu Mingliangs retort. Of course, this was unacceptable and completely embarrassing for Nie Yunsheng. Every time he thought about this, he would feel uncomfortable and regretful. Both of these things were his wrong judgment. He could not push the blame away even if he wanted to. That was very uncomfortable! Lastly, it was Upwind Logistics aggressive posture, looking like they were going to wipe out Shengyun Corporation. In the past, battles between express delivery companies were limited. After all, everyones business model was similar. They might have more advantages in some fields, but it would not look good if they really fell out. Whats more, Shengyun Express had always occupied the dominant position in the market. Others did not have the qualifications to fall out with it. Everyone squeezed the deliverymen. The service level was similar to maintain a profit margin that everyone was more comfortable. The money was very satisfying. However, now, Upwind Logistics was not talking about morals. They looked like they wanted the entire express delivery industry to wash their cards and destroy the pot for food. How could Nie Yunsheng not be angry? Li Mengmeng probed, Then Boss Nie, what should we do? This question discouraged Nie Yunsheng. That was because there was really no good solution The current situation, be it in terms of timing, location, or manpower, was all on Upwind Logistics side. On all the battlefields, Shengyun Express was beaten to the ground and retreating. What could they do even if they were useless and furious? Nie Yunsheng was silent for a long time. Its definitely not enough to rely on our company alone. Tengda Corporation made enemies everywhere and affected the interests of various industries. We were beaten up the most, but the companies in other fields were also suffering deeply! Its definitely not possible to rely on one company, but theres still hope if we can work with other companies. The more companies there are, the greater the hope! For example, Home Corporation, which had suffered a huge setback in its share price because of Sloth Apartments and Slow Movement Studio, must have the same demands as us. Its not just in the fields of express delivery and rental. Tengda is in the fields of take-out, live-stream, games, and movies. Which field doesnt have enemies? If Tengdas enemies are calculated based on valuations, they might be tens of millions or hundreds of millions of yuan! Now, Tengda can focus all the departments strengths on supporting Upwind Logistics. Of course, it would be difficult for us to resist. However, if all the companies attack Tengdas various departments together and leave them unable to take care of themselves, the situation would naturally reverse! Realization dawned on Li Meng. Boss Nie is wise! However It would be difficult for these companies to lend a helping hand. After all, their own interests might be affected by Tengda but they are not as urgent as us. Is it realistic to count on them to help? The chances of success dont seem to be high. Nie Yunsheng said firmly, No, the chances are very high! What Lu Mingliang said in the live-stream can be regarded as a declaration of war against most big companies in the country. Shengyun Corporations business model is the model adopted by many large companies in the country, including emerging companies that obtained a lot of financing during their initial stages. Tengdas goal is to completely dismantle this model. Naturally, it is declaring war on all other companies of this type! If it was for other purposes, it might be difficult for these companies to work together. However, now that it is to protect their own interests, these companies have no reason to be indifferent! As long as we can convince Home Corporation to work with a few big companies to take the lead, some small companies will naturally join under the push of some large investment firms. Once the general trend appears, it will be extremely difficult to reverse this situation! No matter how strong Boss Pei is, he is still a human. Humans cannot compete with capital. At that thought, Nie Yunsheng immediately stood up. Leave the job as it is. Theres no need to deliberately stay or create more negative effects for ourselves. Our main battlefield will not be here but elsewhere. TIl go to Home Corporation now! March 7th, Thursday. Pei Qian was in his office. He looked at the thesis that had just written a summary and thought about the new game project. He had no idea at all! At that moment, Pei Qian looked like he was at a fork in the road. He looked left and right, but could not seem to get through. He looked right, but could not get through either! That was quite uncomfortable. The key was that both of these things were quite urgent. The thesis had to be submitted on April 10th. There was only one month left. Pei Qians thesis was basically still at the embryonic stage of concept. As for the game project, he would definitely have to complete the design concept draft this month. Otherwise, he would be a little nervous when he thought about the design and production time. There was still more than half a year to the end of the year. However, Pei Qian wanted to create a huge production this time. It would be best if he could get rid of Tengda Games and Shang Yang Games at once. It would be even better if he could get rid of Fei Huang Workspace while he was at it. If he were to let these two games departments create a smaller game each, he would be able to guarantee that the development would be complete. However, the possibility of losing money would be greatly reduced. Even if he lost money, he would not lose much. It would be a little wasteful. However, what theme should such a hugely invested AAA game be? That was very confusing. Should I think about the thesis or the game first? Hmm Ihave to arrange the game before next Tuesday at the latest. Then, I have to work hard on the thesis. However, I have no clue about the game Pei Qian felt helpless. At that moment, someone knocked on the door. He looked up and saw Wu Bin. Wu Bin was all smiles as he handed a report over. Boss Pei, Im here to report the situation of this special recruitment exam to you. Overall, the response was very enthusiastic. It completely exceeded my imagination! Many mid-tier companies are eagerly registering. Some of them have good resumes and are capable. Some people would rather reduce their salaries to join because they admire our companys working environment, atmosphere, prospects, and other comprehensive benefits! We might have limited the applicants conditions but the talents that were selected in the end were even stronger than the talents that were selected for our regular examinations! Of course, this strength mainly refers to the real ability. After all, the ratio of the written examination results in the regular examinations is very high. Some core employees of companies cannot compete with the students in the written examination results. In the special recruitment exam, the overall level of the written examination has been reduced, but the real ability has been improved! The regular examinations mainly recruit young people with potential. The special examinations recruit mature mid-tier core members. Two recruitment drives are done side by side. In addition, the various departments are aiming to poach people. Tengdas personnel structure is quickly adjusting in a very healthy manner! Everything went smoothly for this special recruitment exam.. Boss Pei, the transformation plan that you thought of is a huge success! Chapter 1509 - Tengda’s Special Office Chat Software! Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Pei Qian blinked, confused. What the hell? A huge success? Whats more, the new recruitment examinations had recruited a large number of mid-tier core members. Had they really optimized the companys personnel structure? There were even people who wanted to join Tengda even though their salaries were lowered? Thats not right. This is different from what I expected! At first, Pei Qian had thought that too many people had taken part in the recruitment examinations previously. They must have recruited top students, examiner gods, or those with real talents. Now that there was a sudden attack and a new recruitment exam, everyone would not have time to prepare. They would have been able to recruit a few slackers, right? Yet, the registration was so popular! There were too many people, and the exam rules were very strict. Thus, those who were selected were still those with real talent. After a moment of silence, Pei Qian asked, Then what do you think about the working attitude of this group of people? If they were here for benefits and their working attitude was very lazy, this was still acceptable. Wu Bin raised his thumb. Theyre definitely all good. Theres nothing to say! There are people who would rather reduce their salaries to join Tengda. It looks like they are here for benefits. However, two reasons fill them with motivation! First of all, if they can be core members of other companies, they must be working hard. It was not easy for them to enter Tengda. This working habit will naturally continue. Secondly, the reduction in working hours would force them to further increase their work efficiency and adapt to Tengdas working model. These people took over their jobs much faster than graduates and newbies because of their rich work experience! For example, the employees that Upwind Logistics poached from Shengyun Corporation are very familiar with their various jobs. They can shine after using the Tengda spirit to modify their thoughts. Our companys expansion speed will definitely increase greatly! Pei Qian: Something was amiss. The more he heard, the more he felt that something was amiss! Could it be that the recruitment examinations and targeted poaching had recruited another batch of hardworkers? Hmm Be more confident. Looking at the current situation, it was inevitable that more hardworkers would be recruited. Wheres my Tengda Spirit test? Quick, pull it up! No, no. One Tengda Spirit test alone was not enough. He had to think of other ways. He could not allow the new batch of core members to ruin the atmosphere of the company! Where should he start, then? Work flow! If he limited the work flow, these people would not be able to do anything. In fact, Pei Qian had already made many similar attempts before. For example, limiting the overtime limit, running around with the mouse after work, sending internal messages to encourage everyone to rest more and play more. However, they did not seem to be systematic and could not be implemented in all the stages of work. As he recruited more and more people, many old employees who were deeply influenced by other companies joined in. The pressure was greater. He had to think of other ways. Suddenly, Pei Qian had an idea. What was most closely related to the work flow? Of course, it was the companys internal office chat software! At the moment, Tengda was using a very mainstream office software called FXT. Compared to social chat software, this office softwares function was more inclined to communicate in work. It was more convenient to deal with work. For example, it did not provide stealth options. One could see the state of the contact person online more clearly. One could see the companys organization structure and find the corresponding personnel according to the departments division. Everyone had their real names, and they could see all the contact details, including their phone numbers and email boxes. They could be forced to pop up the window to remind them. They could send messages and clearly see if the other party had read this message. It could be said that this software was mainly used to improve the efficiency of communication in work. There was basically no consideration for the privacy protection in regular social chat software or the experience of ordinary users. After all, ordinary employees usage experience and work efficiency were often contradictory in work. Even after this software was set up by the company on the intranet, technicians could check all chat records and monitor employees private complaints. Of course, Tengdas usage of this software was definitely different from other companies due to the companys characteristics. For example, all departments tacitly assumed that windows could not be forced during non-working hours. However, this was only a common rule after all. Not every department would strictly abide by it. Whats more, sometimes, during non-working hours, the person-in-charge of the department might use a phone call or other commonly used social chat software to send tasks. Not all of them might use FXT to complete the work arrangements. Pei Qian suddenly realized that he had to change this! This office chat software obviously could not meet his requirements. It was completely incompatible with the Tengda spirit. At the beginning, Tengdas company structure was quite simple. FXT was just an internal chat software. Even if it did not fit the Tengda spirit, it would not have caused too serious an outcome. However, the situation was different now. In the future, the number of employees in Tengda would skyrocket. If they could not plan the work flow and system as soon as possible, the struggling situation would definitely become more serious. This matter could not be underestimated! Tengda also had the ability to develop it. Such an internal chat software could be developed by TPDbs website. Whats more, there was a ready-made structure that could be used. Ma Yiqun could just hand this job to him. At that thought, Pei Qian immediately called Ma Yiqun over and asked him to work with the HR department that Wu Bin represented. TPDb and Zhongdian Chinese Networks headquarters were in the same building. Thus, Ma Yiqun arrived very quickly. After some consideration, Pei Qian said, Il give you a new task. Develop an internal office chat software that belongs to Tengda. FXTs software function is not complete. It is seriously not in line with the Tengda spirit. As more and more new employees join Tengda, we have to develop an internal office chat software that belongs to Tengda. Ma Yiqun and Wu Bin nodded, thinking that what Boss Pei said made sense. FXT was indeed a little outdated. It was indeed necessary to develop an internal office chat software for Tengdas special situation. Then Boss Pei, can we just follow the application and work on it? Can we perfect functions that FXT doesnt have? Ma Yiqun asked. Pei Qian shook his head. Of course not! I think the biggest problem with FXTs office chat software is that it is letting itself down because it blurs the border between office and life! What kind of office software is this, sending messages frequently during non-working hours? In my opinion, the internal office chat software that we are going to create should have the following characteristics. First, we have to strictly distinguish and restrict the software function of the working time and knock-off time. The working time must be used normally. You cannot pop up the notice if you are not working time. You can dial the voice chat if you send a message without any sound or vibration. However, you must apply for overtime limit first. There is a limit to the number of times each month. The department that sent too much information after work means that the person-in-charge of the department is not capable enough. You have to report and criticize him! Second, all work must be uploaded and downloaded using this chat system and email. Any employee who does not have a record on this software can reject it. Third, create a checkpoint ranking. Employees can check in and out of work. Those who clock in the closest to the standard time to go to and from work can be rewarded. Anyone who arrives early or leaves late means that the work efficiency is low. The person-in-charge of the department must pay attention and advise! Fourth, we have to strictly regulate the way the process is handled: send news if it is not urgent or important; communicate in person if it is urgent and then send more news; email if it is important or not and send news later; if it is urgent or not, pull the video conference and then send more news. Allin all, the person-in-charge has to standardize his own work flow and clarify the levels of various missions. Any problems that arise because of the unclear orders have nothing to do with the employees. Fifth, open an anonymous forum. Its the same as the Tengda Spirit test. Only I can check the identity of the anonymous person. No one else can check it. I allow everyone to post information on the forum as anonymous people and discuss the companys mistakes and shortcomings. Thats about it. Il supplement it in the future when I think of new content. Pei Qians goal was very simple: First, everyone must use this software to convey the work content. Second, strictly monitor and strictly prohibit sending messages on rest days to arrange the work! That was because some functions were not complete when using FXT. Thus, the person-in-charge of the department simply called or sent a message on other chat software. This caused a lot of trouble for the supervision. How many people were secretly working over the weekend? It was really hard to calculate. However, if he changed this software, all the person-in-charge would have to use it to send missions. If he did not use it to send missions, the employees would have the right to reject it. That way, it would be clear at a glance which department was secretly working overtime and which department was always leaving early and late. As for the checkpoint rankings and anonymous forums, these were all naturally derivative functions. Wu Bin and Ma Yiqun were stunned. Could it be that the FXT function is not perfect that Boss Pei said was so imperfect! Boss Peis requests might make people feel a little strange at first glance, but on further thought, it seemed to be more similar to Tengdas style. Was it strange for an office where the mouse was running around after work to freeze 90% of the functions of the internal chat software on a holiday? It did not seem strange.. Instead, it made sense! Chapter 1510 - The Most Optimistic Settlement Cycle In History! Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Pei Qian looked at the two of them. Thats the general idea, understand? Wu Bin and Ma Yiqun nodded. Understood! Pei Qian looked at their confident expressions and sniggered inwardly. What do you know! I dont know what went wrong again! Forget it, forget it. He was used to it. Seeing both of them look like they understood, and even exchanged a look to confirm that both sides had thought of the same thing, Pei Qian felt that no language would be able to help. In any case, no matter what went wrong in the process, as long as the results were not wrong. After sending Ma Yiqun and Wu Bin on their way, Pei Qian continued to think about the game. He thought for another half an hour but still had no clue. At that moment, the phone on the table rang. He saw that it was Lin Chang from Shenhua Film. Eh? Whats he looking for me for? Pei Qian was a little confused. He did not seem to have any projects to work with Shenhua Film recently, but he still accepted them. Lin Changs urgent voice came through the phone. Boss Pei, theres a very important news! Ljust found out that Shengyun Express, Home Corporation, Wolf Fang Live-Stream, and Home Take-Out seem to be joining forces to target Tengda Corporation together! Not only that, they seem to be planning to look for big companies in other fields such as games, movies, travel, and so on to rope them in to join this alliance! This news was told to me by the CEO of a small film company. There might be no accurate news at the moment, but I think its very likely. I have to be wary! Pei Qian was a little confused. Eh? Their business is completely unrelated. How can they work together? Could it be that Shengyun Express and the delivery guys are sharing the delivery guys? Or Home Corporation and Wolf Fang live-streaming a rental live-stream? Lin Chang did not know to laugh or to cry. Of course not. However, even if these companies are not related, there is a way to work together. They will only attack Tengda in their own field! For example, in express delivery, rental apartments, live-streams, take-out, games, and other fields, they can also compete against Tengdas industries. Whether its a price war, public opinion war, or other methods, they can use them! No matter how rich Tengda is, its impossible to start a price war in so many industries at the same time, right? It would probably not be able to take care of itself. That way, the market share of many industries might be quickly squeezed. Once such a situation occurs, it would be very difficult to turn the tables! Not only that, these companies have the shadow of large capital behind them. Once they see the hope of completely crushing Tengda, these large capital would probably encourage more companies to join. After all, they feel that Tengda wants to cut off their financial path. Its not surprising that they would do something to invite them. Ican only say that Lu Mingliangs words in the live-stream were a little rash. Actually, it was enough to point all the blame to Shengyun Express. It was really too early to make enemies with other similar internet companies. If Tengda were to develop for another one or two years and completely crush these companies in terms of size, then we would definitely have a much higher chance of winning As Pei Qian listened, he could not help but smile. No, Lu Mingliang spoke at the right time. Its perfect! He had not expected such a good thing to happen. So many companies want to burn money with me? Great, Im so happy! Pei Qian could not suppress his excitement. He suddenly felt that this settlement cycle seemed to have become extremely bright! He had indeed spent a huge sum of money acquiring Finger Games previously. However, it was paid in installments after all. Given Tengdas current ability to make money, it might not be able to guarantee a huge loss for this settlement. He was mainly afraid that something unexpected would happen. However, now, with so many companies burning money together, the situation was suddenly different! Previously, even if Pei Qian wanted to burn money, he had to be very restrained. On one hand, he was worried that the business would expand too quickly. On the other hand, the system had strict restrictions. Thus, even if he wanted to organize events, they were basically small-scale. It was very difficult to meet his burning goal. However, now that these companies had started a money-burning war, the system would definitely relax its restrictions. There would be no need to worry about burning money! Pei Qian could incur a maximum loss of 150 million yuan in this cycle. That was to convert 15 million yuan into his Personal Wealth. It could be said that as long as he succeeded, he would be able to earn back everything that he had not incurred previously. Not only that, Pei Qian had three levels of insurance for this cycle. First, acquiring Finger Games money would continue to cost in the future. Whats more, GOG and IOIs combined plan had also delayed the new version development plan of the two games and various marketing activities. Revenue would be affected to a certain extent. Second, Shengyun Express, Home Corporation, and these large companies were starting a money-burning war. Tengda would definitely follow them. The money-burning power would definitely be much greater than before. Third, there would be a lot of charity for this cycle. Whats more, the cycle would be long. That meant that he could start on large-scale projects, including large-scale games, movies, haunted houses, and other large-scale infrastructure projects. With three levels of insurance, how could he not incur losses? How can that be?! Whats more, Pei Qian felt that Lu Mingliangs words came at the right time. If it was really as Lin Chang said, Lu Mingliang would not AOE all the internet platform companies. Instead, he would wait for a year or two before he made a move. Tengdas size would expand a few times. At that time, even if these large companies joined forces, it would probably not be able to cause much loss to Tengda. How could Pei Qian incur losses then? However, the timing was just right. It was impossible for Tengda to collapse because revenue was too stable and cash flow was too healthy. At most, the expansion of some businesses would be contained or the market share would shrink. Apart from that, it would be losing money. The more money he lost, the happier Pei Qian would be! Unexpectedly, Lu Mingliang had unexpectedly achieved another great contribution. He was really a trusted aide! Lin Chang was stunned. Huh? The timing is right? Perfect? That did not look good! He pondered for a moment and said, Boss Pei, were you prepared? Pei Qian sniggered. You can say that. He had indeed been prepared. He had been looking forward to this since the first day he established Tengda! It was a pity that at the beginning, these large companies treated Tengda as a small fry and did not take it seriously at all. Later on, they treated Tengda as a demon king. They did not dare to fight back even if they were bullied. Now, they were finally working together to target Tengda. It was really worth celebrating! Lin Chang heaved a sigh of relief. Alright, Im relieved to see that youre so confident. However, its better to be careful, especially since Home Corporation and Shengyun Express are already red-eyed. Its not strange to do anything. Pei Qian nodded. Dont worry. After hanging up, Pei Qian almost could not suppress his excitement of wanting to drop to his knees in the office. Alright! Pei Qian would not think of any way to deal with it. In any case, he would burn money. Tengda would burn money with it if it had money. If it did not have money, he would watch it burn. In any case, he would just lose money happily. Pei Qian planned to take advantage of this joyous event to go to the games department to take a look. That was because what happened just now suddenly gave Pei Qian some inspiration. The prototype of the game should be out as long as he went to the games department to feel a little more excitement and inspiration. At that thought, Pei Qian slipped upstairs to Tengda Games. He saw Yu Fei typing quickly on the keyboard as soon as he walked to the door. From the looks of it, he might be writing a new book. He might be inspired and was writing very quickly. Pei Qian came behind him with interest and realized that Yu Fei was indeed writing his new book. From the scene that he was writing, it seemed to be a Cyberpunk theme like Tomorrow is Beautiful. Whats more, it was quite fast. The writing software estimated the time to be about 3,000 yuan. Now, Tengda Games did not have any very important development tasks. Whats more, Yu Fei had been specially allowed to write during working hours. Thus, everyone was used to this scene. No one bothered him. Yu Fei felt that something was amiss after awhile. He turned around and was shocked. Boss Pei? He was a little surprised. When did Boss Pei come? However, this surprise immediately turned into joy. Yu Fei stood up and asked, Boss Pei, have you found the new person-in-charge of the games department? Pei Qian sniggered. No. Im here for the new game. Yu Feis face fell instantly. Boss Pei, this matter cannot be delayed any longer! Ghost General 2 has already been released. Ive also completed my mission. My new book Pei Qian smiled and said, New book? I think its going quite well. Youre writing faster. Yu Fei was stunned for a moment. Er my writing speed has indeed increased. Perhaps its because I was more focused during working hours No, thats not the main point! Boss Pei, my inspiration has been completely used up. Not a single drop is left! The game mechanism of Eternal Reincarnation is derived from the plot. The highlight of Ghost General 2 is also the plot. Ill admit it. However, I really dont have any more plots to think about. It would be irresponsible to the new project to make me the chief designer Pei Qian nodded slightly and asked, Whats your new book about? Yu Fei was stunned. Cyberpunk, whats wrong? Pei Qian clapped. The theme of the new game is also Cyberpunk! Dont you think this is a coincidence? See, as long as you continue to develop this game, Tengda will buy the copyright of your book and recommen it to Zhongdian Chinese Network as a key project. Isnt it great? Yu Fei was stunned. Ah, this He had not expected this development. The new game that Boss Pei wanted to create was based on Cyberpunk? It happened to be the same genre as his new book? It couldnt be that coincidental, right? Could it be that Boss Pei did it on purpose? He specially made a new game based on Cyberpunk in order to keep me as the chief designer? No, thats not right. How is that possible? Yu Fei quickly abandoned this unrealistic idea and thought about the beautiful future painted by Boss Peis words. It sounded like These conditions could not be rejected! Chapter 1511 - The Villain Is Actually Myself? Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios As an author, he had the greatest desire for copyrights to be adapted. Whats more, Yu Fei had already tasted the benefits. The success of Eternal Reincarnation had improved his reputation by several levels. Previously, he was only more famous in Zhongdian Chinese Networks small circle. However, many players in the country already knew Yu Feis name. They knew that he was the original author of Eternal Reincarnation. Using a specific term to describe it, this was called breaking out of the circle How long would it take to break out of the circle if he did not have the opportunity given by Tengda Games and buried his head in writing? What was the ultimate goal of writing a book for? In order to allow more people to read it, to allow the book to be revised and obtain greater influence. No matter how hard he wrote or how much effort he put in, it was for this goal. Now, Boss Peis suggestion could allow Yu Feis new book to reach the top in a single leap and reach his final goal of writing, How could he not be tempted? Yu Fei fell into a dilemma. Pei Qian knew that his path was right the moment he saw Yu Feis expression. It was very likely! How about this? Well hold a meeting and finalize the concept draft of the game. You can consider it based on the situation. If youre satisfied, well develop it. If not well talk about it. Pei Qian felt that Yu Fei would probably stay after this meeting. The remaining 10% could be delayed. Yu Fei nodded. Alright, Ill send a notice to the core employees now. At the same time, send a notice to the core members of Shang Yang Games and Fei Huang Workspace. Ask Ye Zhizhou, Wang Xiaobin, Huang Sibo, and Zhu Xiaoce to come over and discuss together, Pei Qian added. Half an hour later, everyone was here. The people in charge chatted happily in the conference room. He had to admit that this was the most everyone had gathered recently. That was because these people had gone on Suffering Travels in batches previously. There were always very few people. Now that they had all returned from Suffering Travels and gathered together again, it felt like a lifetime had passed. However some of the core employees of Tengda Games and Shang Yang Games went on this torturous trip. He could only say that he was an employee of the running water, and he was suffering. No one was suffering forever, but someone would always be suffering. Seeing so many people gathered, Ye Zhizhou, Huang Sibo, and the others began to guess. Obviously, Boss Pei was going to gather his strength to do something big again! Previously, when they were developing Mission and Choice, Huang Sibo had been hinted by Boss Pei to develop it together with everyone. Tengda Games and Fei Huang Workspace had jointly solved this difficult problem. This time, the two core gaming departments and Fei Huang Workspace were going to be used? It was obvious that this project was definitely bigger than Mission and Choice! At the same time, Pei Qian was in the midst of a sudden attack. He was reading Yu Feis novel on Zhongdian Chinese Networks application. There were less than a hundred thousand words in this novel so far. The plot had not been fully developed, and there was a lot of fog in the world. The content that appeared was only limited to the large city that the protagonist was in. There were many readers and players urging him to update in the comments. Some were urging books, while others were urging games. Double happiness. Pei Qian asked in a low voice, Hows the progress of the novels entire worldview and the rest of the story? Yu Fei was a little ashamed as he said, Not good Actually, my plan only reached 200,000 words. I havent thought about the rest. The structure and structure of the entire world have not been finalized. Its mainly because I dont have much time to think about it carefully. Whats more, Im not an author who is good at planning. Sometimes, I would rely on sudden inspiration Pei Qian nodded. Understood! The rest was not decided. That was easy. In fact, there were many authors like Yu Fei who thought about it while writing. After all, it was not difficult to slowly finalize the subsequent plot during a one or two year serialization or to finalize all the plots in just two or three months of preparation. All the authors knew that there had to be a general outline and it would be best to finalize the rest of the plot in advance. However, theory was theory, and practice was practice. Just like everyone knew that maintaining exercise every day was good for the body, but very few people could really persevere. Yu Fei was not the best talented author on Zhongdian Chinese Network, nor was he a very mature skilled author. He was in the transformation stage of ordinary talented authors to skillful authors. Otherwise, Pei Qian would not have selected him. However, Yu Feis current state was exactly what Pei Qian needed! It would be difficult if Yu Feis worldview was perfect and conflicted with the game that Pei Qian wanted to make. At that time, Pei Qian would only have two choices. He could either compromise on the gameplay and be forced to make games and plots that were not so easy to incur losses, or compromise on the plot reduction and tum it into a sheep selling dog meat. Yu Fei might be able to lose money but he might not participate in this project at all! The current situation was easy to deal with. In any case, the content after Yu Fei had not been finalized. Pei Qian believed that with his Great Deceit, he would definitely be able to completely interfere with his creative intentions. He would be able to combine the subsequent plot, game, and loss money of the novel closely. Pei Qian cleared his throat. Alright, everyones here. Lets have an official meeting. I called everyone here this time because I want to make a new project. I want to make a game and movie together, just like Mission and Choice. However, Shang Yang Games will also participate this time. The three departments will develop together. The game that they will develop will be larger than Mission and Choice, and the development process will be shorter. This time, it will be a real AAA game. The game and movie will be completed in October. Lets try to release the game and release the movie from mid October to early November. Everyone looked nervous and excited. In more than half a year, time was tight and the task was heavy. However, since the project this time had the power of three departments, it must be an unprecedented large project! Being able to participate in such a huge project was very exciting for everyone. This was a huge promotion for their career growth. Pei Qian continued, This time, we are going to make a game with a Cyberpunk background. It will be based on Yu Feis original novel as the prototype of the story. However, since this novel has not displayed a complete worldview and plot structure, we have ample room to develop it. Yu Fei lowered his head in shame. That made sense, but why did it sound strange! What did he mean by there was ample room for improvement? Logically speaking, he should have bought the copyright to the adaptation of the novel because it was very popular, had a high plot completion, and had an outstanding worldview! There must be a need for mature works to be adapted. The plot was not complete, and the structure of the world was not complete. It was a huge flaw, but Boss Pei said that there was ample room for improvement. That was quite ridiculous. Pei Qian continued, The Cyberpunk theme that we are going to make is definitely not like the foreign Cyberpunk, but something similar to Tomorrow is Beautiful. However dont have any connection with Tomorrow is Beautiful. Dont make it into Tomorrow is Beautiful 2. Pei Qians consideration was that the classic Cyberpunk theme overseas had a fixed audience. Whats more, this ready-made background might achieve success overseas. It was not stable enough. He had to be original. The original Cyberpunk theme was relatively less acceptable. However, it could not be related to Tomorrow is Beautiful because Tomorrow is Beautiful had inexplicably succeeded. If it was related, there would definitely be a lot of die-hard fans who would support it and mislead passers-by. Huang Sibo and Zhu Xiaoce were obviously a little disappointed when they heard that. Boss Pei had very few 2s, but he had still counted them. For example, Ghost General 2 and Bullet Hole 2. Tomorrow is Beautiful and Mission and Choice had left a sequel to the plot interface. He had thought that the works this time would be related to Tomorrow is Beautiful and form a Tomorrow is Beautiful universe. At the same time, he would link it to the Cyberpunk Food Street to get a scene and publicize it. Unfortunately, all his hopes were dashed. However, no matter what, Boss Pei had clearly said that he would not get involved with Tomorrow is Beautiful. He must have his own considerations. He should just continue listening. Pei Qian continued, The background story this time is very simple: in the future universe of a parallel universe, in a virtual city that frames the world, the entire city has been kidnapped by the large financial group. The gap between rich and poor has been sharply divided, entering a social state similar to Cyberpunk. Large financial groups in different fields have formed an extremely monopoly position. They have penetrated into all aspects of peoples lives, deeply connecting the entire city and everyone in the city. Everyone listened intently. Why was it a parallel universe, a future universe, a framework world, a virtual city. All of those things sounded similar As for the overall background, it seemed to be ordinary. It was the standard Cyberpunk. The large financial group was highly monopolized and the gap between rich and poor was sharply divided. Peoples lives were tied up by high-tech and surveillance were all very common settings. Pei Qian continued, These large financial groups are all Tengdas businesses. For example, Upwind Logistics, Fish-Catching Take-Out, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Tengda Games, Fei Huang Workspace etc. All industries that are related to Tengda will be put into the game and become a large financial group in the game! These large financial groups can fight among themselves, but in most cases, they will work together to squeeze the ordinary people at the bottom. Every detail in life, from matter to spirit, must be reflected. That was Pei Qians idea. Too well known? Its alright, Ill spend a huge sum of money to defame myself! Its just as well that the other companies have joined forces to oppose Tengda.. Its just as well that Ill help you advertise! Chapter 1512 - The Future You Choose! Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Pei Qians words stunned everyone. What the hell? The financial group is actually myself? The large financial groups in Cyberpunk had always represented extreme monopoly capital. They were the root cause of all pain in the Cyberpunk world. They were evil representatives of exploitation and squeezing the ordinary people at the bottom. As long as it was a Cyberpunk theme, these large financial groups were undoubtedly the biggest villains. However, Boss Pei was going to make a Cyberpunk theme now. He was going to make all of Tengdas industries into it? And become the antagonist? Ridiculous! Everyone immediately understood why they did not use the background story of Tomorrow is Beautiful. That was because Tomorrow is Beautiful had a ready-made worldview. It was vague, but the various advertisements embedded in it had already set a soft border. If he wanted to use Tengdas industry as the financial group in the story, it would conflict with the setting of Tomorrow is Beautiful. It was actually not possible to package it. Some people understood what Boss Pei meant by in the future of a parallel universe and a virtual city that frames the world. The parallel universe meant that this world also had various industries of Tengda and Tengda; In the future universe, it meant that Tengdas industry had already developed into a monopoly-type super financial group. It was a state of the future. Taking over the entire world and the virtual city meant that the entire world had nothing to do with the current world and Jingzhou. However, no matter what, it did not sound right to put Tengdas own industry in the game, become a large financial group, and become the embodiment of large capital That was because these industries were around him. They might even have been brought up by these people in charge. He was very familiar with them. That was like making a person deeply influenced by Eastern culture create a superhero story about Western culture based on himself. It must be awkward no matter how he made it up. Zhu Xiaoce hesitated for a moment before saying, So the antagonists are ourselves? What about the righteous side? Who will resist us? Pei Qian said, Everyone. Everyone in the world must fight back against us. However, they will definitely fail. After all, Tengda is invincible. Everyone exchanged confused looks. Something was amiss. The more he heard, the more ridiculous it sounded. Everyone was resisting? Wasnt that the public enemy? Tengda is undefeatable sounded good, but in such a world, the villains were undefeatable. It felt double the self-mockery. Ye Zhizhou asked, Boss Pei, you havent said if this game is a standalone game or an online game. Pei Qian pondered for a moment. A standalone game? No, online game? Hmm not all. He fell into a dilemma, feeling that there was a problem in either way. A standalone game was actually the path of a 3A masterpiece. The cost of development was high, but the process was relatively controllable. It would be an outstanding piece as long as he displayed the plot in the game honestly. Of course, if the plot fed sh*t, it might indeed dissuade players. However, the rules that were applicable in other companies might not be applicable in Tengda. Take Tomorrow is Beautiful for example. The plot was meant to be fed sh*t, but the final outcome was completely different. Given Tengdas current success rate in standalone games, Pei Qian really did not have much confidence. What about online games? Pei Qian could not tell how such a work should be made into an online game. Make it into a traditional MMORPG? That would definitely not do because it was completely incompatible with the method of standalone games. Pei Qian did not want to give up on standalone games because he would spend more money. The upper limit of his losses would be higher. Whats more, he would show Tengdas evil image more fully. Online games were relatively weak in expressing the plot. If they could not display Tengdas negative image very well and turned it into advertising for Tengdas industry, there would be a huge problem. However, Pei Qian also wanted to combine the gameplay with the standalone game and do some tricks so that the chances of failure would be higher. After all, pure standalone games had been successful. Perhaps a magical chemical reaction would be produced if the two gameplay were combined? Pei Qian pondered for a moment. A standalone game with online gameplay! 1 In any case, he did not care about the design. The two gaming departments were in charge of the design. It was completely up to fate to propose a concept. Everyone took notes in their notebooks. He did not really understand, but he noted it down and tried to figure it out slowly. The conference room fell into a temporary silence. Yu Fei raised his hand weakly and said, Boss Pei, this background seems to be completely different from the background of my novel Pei Qian retorted, Didnt you only make a small portion of the novels background? Since the impact is not big, you can modify it slightly. Yu Fei: This Alright. His first reaction might be a little strange but he thought about it carefully and could indeed modify it. That was because his worldview was very incomplete. Until now, he had not had any good ideas. If he followed Boss Peis instructions and divided Tengdas various industries into large financial groups, it would be a good idea to permeate all aspects of urban life. At the very least, he was very familiar with these industries. There were many ready-made materials to be used. Whats more, the people from the two gaming departments and Fei Huang Workspace would also participate in the development. At that time, there would be a large number of concept designs. These pictures would be very helpful to stimulate his imagination and inspiration. As for the plot that had been written, most of it could be used. It would not be a problem to modify the rest or think of other ways to resolve it. Yu Fei even had the urge to push down all his current works and rewrite them after hearing Boss Peis approach. It was nothing special! Look at Boss Pei. His imagination was bold and imaginative! Huang Sibo was almost done recording everything down. He raised his hand and asked, Boss Pei, are movies and games still the same as Mission and Choice? Are the plots combined? Are the movie plots part of the game plot? Pei Qian immediately shook his head. No! What a joke. I will definitely not make the mistake of Mission and Choice a second time! One of the reasons why the game Mission and Choice! was so popular was that they could play games and movies. Even though RTS games were a niche game, many people who did not have the foundation of RTS games could play very happily because the games operating mode was simplified, the AI effect, and the smooth plot. If this combined event happened again, something big would really happen. Therefore, he had to disassemble it! Pei Qian added, Movies and games can only have common backgrounds. However, the game plot has to be completely separated. There shouldnt be too much connection. Ye Zhizhou raised his hand and asked, Boss Pei, does every department have to become a huge financial group that directly impacts peoples lives? Is the game industry the same? Pei Qian nodded. Thats right. Its easy to influence the game industry. You can exaggerate a little. For example, virtual reality games steal user information, invade user privacy, make players addicted to games to escape from reality, and so on Think more extreme and fully utilize your imagination! Ye Zhizhou nodded silently. Good lord, this was not something that ordinary villains could do. They were simply nailed to the pillar of shame. Everyone knew what to do with Ye Zhizhous question. He had to use his imagination to imagine the most extreme monopoly situation after the various departments and industries developed. Then, he had to perform in games and movies. What was the bottom line? There was no bottom line! However, since Boss Pei had said that the game and movies plot only had the same background and the details were not related, it meant that the game and movie could focus on different sides. He had to think about how to perform. The tasks assigned by Boss Pei were becoming increasingly simple. This meant that the capabilities of the various departments were improving. Boss Pei no longer had to plan the game meticulously like before. He could give a simple framework and then hand the specific work to his subordinates. That meant that everyones abilities had improved, and Boss Peis trust in everyone had increased! Boss Peis requests were as broad and imaginative as ever, but everyone was filled with motivation. They had to do this project well! Pei Qian suddenly panicked seeing how confident everyone was. Something was amiss! Did these people understand my design intentions? There probably wasnt. He had to emphasize it to them. Pei Qian cleared his throat and said, Ill make it clear again. Tengda appeared as the biggest villain in this story background. It has to make players and viewers hate it as much as possible. It must not be beautified or misunderstood by the audience. want them to see the serious evil that Tengda will bring when it becomes a monopoly in the future, understand? Dont let them look forward to it, and dont let it have any advertising effect. Pei Qian knew very well that it was common for creators to be misunderstood. For example, there was a series that was originally a work against Utopia. It aroused peoples vigilance by describing a future world that looked beautiful but had no humanity. However, when this series was filming, it accidentally made the future world too beautiful. It was filled with handsome men and beautiful women. They were advanced in technology and had no worries. There were some ironic content but their performance was a little unbalanced. The audience began to yearn for this world. They sincerely felt that this world was quite good and wanted to transmigrate. If that happened to the game that Pei Qian was going to create, he would be in deep trouble. Therefore, he had to make it clear in advance so that these people would not misunderstand. Huang Sibo and Zhu Xiaoce looked at each other. Obviously, another path that they had thought of had been rejected by Boss Pei. However, it was not a big problem. The more Boss Pei rejected, the clearer the direction would be. Yu Fei said, Boss Pei, we definitely cant use the name of my current novel. Why dont we change the name? Do you have any good ideas? Pei Qian nodded subtly. He had already thought about it in advance. This time, he decided to come up with the most straightforward and boring name. Its called The Future You Choose! Chapter 1513 - Very Good, But We Have to Change Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Pei Qian felt that this name should be straightforward and boring, right? The future you chose was actually hinting to all players and audiences: If you send money to Tengda now, the final outcome would be what you show in the game and movie. Dont blame me if that happens in the future! Therefore, dont give me money! Alright, alright. Let Tengda incur losses! This name could be regarded as a warning to all players and audiences. It was also because Pei Qian did not want Tengda to make money too quickly. Now, many people had high hopes and fantasies for Tengda. Pei Qian felt that this was a huge resistance to his loss of money. He had to think of a way to get rid of it. Otherwise, there would be endless trouble. Whats more, this name was very boring and straightforward. Thus, the chances of being misunderstood would be correspondingly lower. If he were to come up with a name like Darkness Empire and describe Tengda as a huge dark empire, it might be a good metaphor but it might also send everyone the feeling that Wow, Tengda Empire is so awesome. That might backfire. Everyone did not ask any questions and silently recorded it down. He could try to figure it out! The name often represented the core idea that Boss Pei wanted to express. As long as he could understand it, he would definitely be able to find the core content of the story. Pei Qian looked around and realized that everyone looked like they were deep in thought. He suddenly felt flustered. It still did not feel safe! He might have said so much but everyone present were imagining things. They could not think of a story that they would imagine! After some consideration, Pei Qian decided that this alone was not enough. He had to be more specific. He looked at Zhu Xiaoce first. Among everyone, Pei Qian felt that Zhu Xiaoce was the biggest threat. He was the one who could distort the plot the most. For example, the failure of Tomorrow is Beautiful was Zhu Xiaoces fault! Thus, he had to keep a close eye on this person. Pei Qian asked, Director Zhu, do you have any thoughts about this theme? Zhu Xiaoce perked up. Boss Pei, this theme is very good. After listening to your words, Im deeply inspired! Pei Qians expression turned serious. Oh? Tell me, how are you planning to film this movie? Zhu Xiaoce organized his thoughts and said. I think this movie has some similarities with Tomorrow is Beautiful, but the plot cannot be repeated with Tomorrow is Beautiful, right? Pei Qian pondered for a moment and said, Thats right! What if Tomorrow is Beautiful became popular again? That would be the end. Zhu Xiaoce continued, We have to go down the path of violent resistance this time. There is an Easter egg throwing a gun at the end of Tomorrow is Beautiful. It is actually the interface that I saved for Tomorrow is Beautiful. Of course, this movie will not become a sequel to Tomorrow is Beautiful, but the logic is the same. This is what I think: The protagonist is the leader of the Resistance. His mission is to lead all the people at the bottom, fight against Tengda Corporations tyrannical policies, fight against a large number of company army employees and law enforcement robots. Of course, the protagonist must have strong combat ability. He can obtain strong combat ability by modifying himself with the genetic serum, the bionic chip, and the prosthetic limb. Thats because only then can he defeat powerful enemies. Therefore, the performance of the protagonist might be like some action blockbusters. It might seem unreasonable to make some famous scenes with one against many, but it would definitely be thrilling. During this process, we can show the despairing Cyberpunk world in more details. For example, the protagonist is hidden in the low-level homeless group, describing the details of the lives of the wanderers in that world. The protagonist will assassinate the upper echelons of some companies and emphasize the luxury and flourishing of these upper echelons. Another example would be to portray the powerful firepower of company employees and law enforcement robots, emphasize the suffocating pressure of this steel flood. The ubiquitous surveillance cameras and network surveillance cameras could highlight the terror of Tengda Corporations high pressure rule. You can achieve the effect you want by advancing layer by layer. Pei Qian did not comment. He asked, Whats the final outcome? Zhu Xiaoce said, The final outcome will be as you said. The protagonist will definitely fail! However, I think this kind of failure should not be the kind of failure where the protagonist is directly eliminated and the protagonist dies. If it was just such a simple failure, it might not have much effect. The sense of failure that it brings to the audience would not be strong enough. They might mistakenly think that Tengda Corporation is too strong. They might even develop a mentality of Mu Qiang. This might be diluting the thoughts that we express. I think this kind of failure should be that the protagonist would constantly modify himself in battles, from the genetic serum to the mechanical arm, and then to various high-intensity replicating chips. Every modification would make the protagonist stronger. However, at the same time, he would be further away from a normal person. The protagonist won this war against Tengda Corporation at the cost of abandoning his attribute as a normal person. After winning, the Resistance replaced Tengda Corporation. However, people cannot really abandon the convenience brought by high-tech technology. Therefore, the things that Tengda Corporation left behind still had to be used and inherited. The Resistance naturally inherited these things and arranged for the corresponding people to manage them. However, once they grasp these resources, they can seek benefits for themselves. In the Cyberpunk world, the flourishing of matter and the indulgence of money at the top floor have reached a very extreme state. At the end of the story, the protagonist dragged his body after the battle and came to the highest building to look down on the entire city. He sacrificed everything in order to overthrow Tengda Corporation. He became a life that could only be sustained by genetic serums and mechanical arms. However, at the end of his success, he fell into deep confusion. In the end, he left the world with a complicated expression. think this can also correspond to the title The Future You Choose and make the audience have rich associations. Pei Qian pondered for a moment and did not reply. That was because he felt that Zhu Xiaoces idea seemed alright on the surface. However, on further thought, he felt that there was a problem. However, he could not tell what the problem was. Zhu Xiaoce seemed to have followed Pei Qians instructions and the ending was basically in line with Pei Qians expectations. However, he still felt that something was strange and could not be particularly satisfactory. Pei Qian looked at Yu Fei and Ye Zhizhou. What do you think about games? Yu Fei was a little ashamed. I have to change the current plot slightly. I dont have a good idea for the time being. Ye Zhizhou hesitated for a moment before saying, I have some design inspiration. Since its a game, the biggest difference with movies must be the gameplay drive. This worldview is easier to make diverse gameplay. I think the protagonist in the game can be a small character at the bottom of society. Even though this society has no way of rising, he still wants to climb up at all costs. The entire game process can take more than ten hours. At the beginning of the game, he was in a street gang. He did some petty theft and street transactions. His combat methods were limited. He could only run when he met strong enemies and accumulate his money and connections. After that, the protagonist would be introduced into the combat system. The protagonist would be able to obtain firearms and participate in gun battles or street gun battles. The gameplay would also change from petty theft to violent robbery. The crime would be upgraded. As the game enters the mid-term, the protagonist will participate in more and more violent events and have wider connections. He will be able to issue missions as a connector or bring his underlings to complete large-scale missions. However, the restrictions of the classes prevented the protagonist from becoming an expert even though he had already made a name for himself in the underground world. Thus, he carried out a dangerous plan and targeted a young and rich man in the upper class. The protagonist spent a long time collecting data and using the bionic chip to learn the behavior model of this tycoon. He collected his samples of the protagonist and successfully kidnapped, killed, and replaced this tycoon through the loopholes of the security company. After obtaining the identity of a tycoon, the protagonist would start to use tycoons resources to whitewash himself. On the other hand, he would continue to use legal or illegal methods to obtain benefits. However, in the end, his identity was exposed. Tengda Corporation mobilized an overwhelming law enforcement unit and captured the protagonists power in one fell swoop. ERSNS EBNF NRA, we TOIT, RM NEARS SRT. However, he fell into despair and jumped off the building in the face of Tengda Corporations overwhelming law enforcement units. However, the law enforcement unit did not let him off. They opened fire densely when he was in free fall, causing him to explode into a firework in mid-air. Tm mainly thinking from the perspective of the gameplay. The change in the protagonists identity in the first, middle, and later stages can give players different experiences. The protagonists final sense of helplessness would make players feel the tragic and helpless feeling when facing Tengda Corporation. Pei Qian was silent for a moment. He could finally tell that something was amiss. Both of those ideas were too graphic! Zhu Xiaoces idea was similar to The Matriarch, right? Ye Zhizhous idea was similar to GTA. That wouldnt do! If it was created, wouldnt it be a dual hit between a movie and a game? However, their ideas completely followed Pei Qians instructions. Even if Pei Qian wanted to change it, he could not think of a specific way to change it. After a moment of silence, Pei Qian said, I can tell. Both of you have outstanding skills. Lactually dont have a good opinion on modifying these two ideas. However, I think you two should change your ideas. Director Zhu, your idea is to make games for Yu Fei and Ye Zhizhou. Ye Zhizhou, your idea is to make a movie for Director Zhu.. Chapter 1514 - Lagged Practice Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Pei Qian could not help but want to praise himself seeing their confused expressions. Im so smart! Pei Qians current request was to turn GTA into a movie and then turn the Matriarch into a game. It sounded very wrong! Zhu Xiaoces script for this movie was mainly based on the big scene and graphics performance. Compared to games, the film was shorter, so they should focus on showing some exciting scenes so that the audience would not be able to take it in. Whats more, Zhu Xiaoces protagonist was obviously aiming for Lu Zhiyao. As the leader of the Resistance, this protagonist had two different characteristics: on the one hand, he was decisive, brave, determined, and filled with a fighting spirit. In order to achieve his goal, he did not hesitate to turn himself into a combat machine. This was similar to Captain Qin Yi in Mission and Choice. On the other hand, at the end of the story, he would show complicated emotions and some confusion. He might have overthrown Tengda but he fell into a dilemma and became unprecedentedly shaken and weak. This was similar to the protagonist of Tomorrow is Beautiful. If Lu Zhiyao were to play this role, it might be another classic in film history. It felt very dangerous! Ye Zhizhous game design plan was considered from the perspective of gameplay. Players were born at the bottom of the world. They started from street gangsters, petty theft, all the way to stealing the identity of rich people and doing some big transactions. What they did became bigger and bigger and more exciting. This change was very obvious and there was a huge gap. It would be more appropriate to use the ten hours of time of a game to perform. Whats more, the character of this protagonist was obviously not as fresh as the protagonist in Zhu Xiaoces movie script. Perhaps every player would give the game protagonist some different emotions when they experienced these things. That was the advantage of the game compared to the movie. Allin all, both of their starting points were very stable. Whats more, the ideas that they suggested would definitely have a deeper understanding. If they were to swap, they might not be able to accurately grasp the essence of the other partys ideas. Once they were swapped, the idea and theme would become incompatible to a certain extent. That was the key to Pei Qian losing money. Of course, could he do it after exchanging ideas? That was definitely possible. The movie would definitely be produced, and the game would be created. They might even obtain good reviews. However it would probably not be popular. As long as it did not explode, everything was fine. That was because the investment was huge whether it was a game or a movie. As long as it did not explode, it would probably be difficult to recoup the cost. There would be a situation where it was good but not popular. Coupled with the appearance of these two games and the invisible blow to Tengdas reputation, coupled with the attack of Home Corporation, Shengyun Express, and other large companies, the losses would be immeasurable. Therefore, Pei Qian was very satisfied with this! He felt that the move of letting the two of them exchange ideas was simply a stroke of genius, rescuing a huge crisis! Zhu Xiaoce and Ye Zhizhou were stunned and obviously a little reluctant. My idea! Why should I hand it to someone else? Of course, none of them said anything. After all, they were good friends. They would meet face-to-face. It did not seem appropriate to directly deny the other partys idea Whats more, Boss Pei had personally selected him. However, no matter what, it was still a little uncomfortable. That was because they could feel that the starting point of these two ideas was different. The idea of the game was not compatible with the theme of the movie. It definitely needed to make many revisions. It was the same on the other hand. There would be huge uncertainty as long as it was an adaptation. It would be easy to fail. However, both of them huffed and puffed for a long time but did not say anything in the end. That was because they felt that since Boss Pei had said that, he must have a very clear idea and goal. No one understood now because they had not understood this idea and goal. Since that was the case, he would figure it out first and not rush to deny it. If he really could not figure out anything, he would think about it. Pei Qian could not help but rejoice when he saw their conflicted expressions. Alright, that was a good sign! Since that was the case, this project would give them a headache. Now that the matter of the game and movie had been resolved, Pei Qian could finally study his thesis. Even though this cycle had just begun, Pei Qian felt strangely confident! March 11th, Monday. Yu Fei arrived at the office on time. He sat at his desk and began to conceptualize and design the game design plan that Boss Pei had instructed him to last week. In fact, he would have come ten minutes in advance. However, recently, his techniques of lagging had become very pure. The reason was simple, train in advance! Everyone had heard that Boss Pei had already requested for TPDb to develop an internal office chat software. It also had card tapping function. However, unlike the current software, the earlier one played the card, the better! The more precise the timing was, the more generous the reward. He might not know what kind of generous reward it would be but Tengdas generous reward would definitely be especially generous. It would definitely not be muddled. Thus, many people began practicing in order to adapt to this rhythm in advance. This sounded very simple, but in fact, there was still a certain level of difficulty. That was because they could not wait for the queue at the checkpoint in advance. As long as they arrived, they had to check. If they came early, they would clock in early and would not be able to achieve the effect of the checkpoint. No one could violate the rules with the front desk keeping an eye on them. He had to walk at a normal pace and check in. That would be the only effective result. As for what time to move, how fast to walk, whether to calculate the crowded situation in advance so that his time could be as close to the theoretical limit as possible These were all points that could be dug deeper. True experts often depended on whether these details were done well. Of course, he could also choose to let nature take its course and not pursue the ranking of the points. However, no matter what, the ranking method of this point would allow everyone to arrive early and leave late. This subtle change was the true meaning of this software. Yu Fei took a cup of coffee, switched on his computer, and continued to study Director Zhu Xiaoces idea. It had to be said that after researching for a day on Friday, he naturally made some associations and new understanding of it over the weekend. By Monday, Yu Fei began to feel the brilliance of this idea. Yu Fei might only be a game designer who was a half-baked designer, but he had already developed two games. He had been influenced by him for so long and had a deep understanding of games. He realized that Zhu Xiaoces plan seemed to be more suitable to be made into a game compared to Ye Zhizhous plan! Of course, both were good ideas, but their focus was different. Ye Zhizhous design plan was a low-level character. It climbed up bit by bit. From the beginning, he was a petty theft, to the mid-stages, he kidnapped rich people, changed his identity, and then was eliminated by Tengda. There were indeed richer gameplay. However, something seemed amiss when this story was expressed in the game. First of all, there were many types of gameplay. It might not be equivalent to fun. There were indeed many ways to play from a petty theft to an intense gun battle. However, would a petty theft be interesting? Not necessarily. There might also be a gunfight in this story, but it only took up a small portion of the game. It looked like there would be more synopsis. Players passion might not be released to the maximum. Secondly, the final disillusionment ending was a little too much for the game. Players had worked so hard for so long, but in the end, they were at the end of their road and had nothing. This might have a certain connotation of ideas, but it must be uncomfortable for players. Many AAA games had also used such an ending. The final outcome could not be said to be bad or good. Players who liked it very much, but there were indeed some players who were very unwilling to accept it. On the other hand, Director Zhu Xiaoces idea had improved in these two aspects. As a member of the Resistance, he constantly modified himself with the genetic serum and mechanical arm to obtain strong combat ability. He often made a name for himself. The overall battle form might be relatively singular, but the scene could be upgraded. The enemies facing would change. This sustained scene would bring players continuous stimulation. There were few literary scenes and many fighting scenes. It looked more suitable as a carrier for the game. This ending was easier for players to accept. That was because on the surface, the protagonist had overthrown Tengda in various ways. His future was uncertain, the truth was not clear, and there were many ways to answer it. However, at the very least, the efforts of players were not completely useless. Of course, once the idea was changed, the games approach would be completely different. The previous approach should be more inclined towards open world types of games. They had to make all the scenes in the bottom, middle, and upper levels very detailed and specific. The focus was mainly on some lifestyle plots. The protagonist did not have many superpowers, and his combat power was limited to a relatively weak level. Thus, the combat system was relatively simple. It was a little like a more traditional gunfight game. The current approach was focused on some larger battlefields. The protagonist would obtain new abilities every time he injected genetic serum and modified the mechanical arm. Thus, he would be more inclined to a sci-fi super combat mode. He would be more diverse and the battle scene would be more exaggerated. Comparatively, the difficulty of development had been reduced. That was because the life scenes at the bottom were even more difficult than war scenes. The price-quality ratio of development was not high, and there was a certain risk of delay. The more Yu Fei watched, the more he felt that Boss Pei was really awesome! To be fair, these two ideas would succeed no matter what. That was because they were all very good stories to begin with. Making movies or games would just be different methods. As long as they adjusted the story based on the games characteristics, it would not be bad. However, even if they succeeded, there would still be huge differences in the grasp of the details and the final upper limit. That was where Boss Pei surpassed everyone! Chapter 1515 - Boss Pei Turning Stone Into Gold! Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios One had to know that at the meeting, Zhu Xiaoce and Ye Zhizhou had been inspired by Boss Pei and thought of these two new ideas. They might have been celebrating their own ideas and had not thought of such details at all. However, Boss Pei instantly realized the problem with their respective ideas after listening to their simple ideas. He cleverly used a swap of ideas to reach the upper limit of each others stories. What was this? This was the finishing touch, this was tuning something rotten into something magical! A true master could make an outstanding work into a masterpiece through a seemingly simple and even ridiculous operation. Yu Fei even felt that it was right for him to stay and continue working on this game. It was a killing to be able to experience this personally! What was the use of building a cart behind closed doors? He would just write more words. However, he could learn the most advanced game design skills and experience so many outstanding stories with Boss Pei. Yu Fei could not help but think that if he was eliminated by the first-place-elimination system one day and left Tengda Games, wouldnt he be invincible when he wrote online literature? Therefore, he gave up on the idea of quitting and decided to develop the game The Future You Choose. It would be great if he could create such a masterpiece in his own hands! Yu Fei began writing the plot after smoothing out his thoughts briefly. This time, The Future You Choose was to create games and film movies at the same time. Tengda Games, Shang Yang Games, and Fei Huang Workspace were in charge of it together. They had their own jobs. Amongst them, Yu Fei was mainly in charge of the plot structure to provide support for the game and movie. Ye Zhizhou was in charge of the gameplay design, and Zhu Xiaoce was in charge of filming movies. Yu Fei had to straighten out the two stories and perfect all sorts of details. During this period, he had to maintain communication with Ye Zhizhou and Zhu Xiaoce. The three of them worked together to ensure that the game and movie would develop in the direction that Boss Pei requested. In addition, Yu Fei would also write these two different stories in a book, the official novel of The Future You Choose. His book was a Cyberpunk theme to begin with. At the moment, it was only the beginning. It had not been written in depth, so it was very convenient to modify it. Yu Fei planned to completely integrate these two stories into his existing story structure. Then, he would combine it with the resisting Tengda worldview that Boss Pei had suggested. That way, the topics to choose would be very rich. Of course, once combined, the entire story structure would be different from traditional online literature. However, that did not matter. Yu Fei felt that there was no need to make such things too rigid and rigid. So what if it was online literature? At the end of the day, online literature readers did not want a certain routine, but a good story. The creative rules of online literature were not constant. They could be broken as long as they could provide good enough content. Yu Fei was very confident about this. He quickly typed on the keyboard and felt that his work efficiency improved rapidly again. At the same time, Zhu Xiaoce was also at Fei Huang Workspace, researching Ye Zhizhous idea with Huang Sibo. Huang Sibo might not be as good as Zhu Xiaoce in terms of filming but he was a game designer after all and had a deep understanding of games. Of course, Huang Sibo understood the reasons that Yu Fei could understand faster. Zhu Xiaoce studied Ye Zhizhous idea carefully and discovered its essence. They understood Boss Peis intentions immediately. Zhu Xiaoce sighed. My idea might look good, but on further thought, you will feel that there is a certain problem. At that time, my mind was only filled with big scenes and battlefields. I thought about the process where the protagonist walked towards inhumane step by step in order to fight Tengda. I was a little deceived by my own thinking mode. On further thought, isnt this more suitable for the game to be displayed? We have to bum a lot of special effects and funds to make the war scene. Whats more, how can watching these war scenes in movies be as satisfying as watching the protagonist personally fight in the game? The protagonist modifies himself bit by bit. He appears very pale in the movie, but he can show it very deeply in the game. Thats because after the protagonist modifies himself, players can directly feel the increase in the protagonists combat power. It can also affect the games combat gameplay. Players would unknowingly be obsessed with such an improvement in strength. Thats why players would empathize with the protagonist when he fell into confusion on the rooftop. Thats why they would be tortured. This is in line with Boss Peis preferred method of breaking the fourth wall. On the other hand, the protagonist would explode into fireworks in the air It would be very difficult for players to empathize with him. Instead, it would be more appropriate to put him in the movie and let the audience watch from the perspective of an outsider. Ye Zhizhous idea is more suitable to be turned into a movie. Thats because the focus of this idea is not on martial arts, but on literature. A hooligan who grew up on the streets until his final combat effectiveness is not very strong. The end point of this story is not to upgrade or fight, but to focus on various characters. Compared to the big battlefield, it would be more appropriate to display the details of life in the Cyberpunk world with a movie. Thats because we can use exquisite scenery to replace special effects. This is the advantage of a movie over a game. The movie will give the audience a sense of detachment. It will not completely substitute into the characters. Instead, it will be studied from the perspective of a bystander. The audience watched as the protagonist climbed up step by step from a gangster in the market. He would do anything to achieve his goal. In the end, it was all for nothing. Players might not accept it if it was in the game because they were brought into the protagonist and felt that they had worked hard but did not gain anything. However, in the movie, the audience would easily accept it from the perspective of a bystander and feel a sense of pity from above. Therefore, this change by Boss Pei is simply a stroke of genius! If we are completely constrained to our own ideas, the game and movie might only be ordinary masterpiece. However, now that both ideas are reversed, there is a possibility of becoming a masterpiece! The more Zhu Xiaoce and Huang Sibo analyzed, the more they felt that Boss Pei was amazing. What was turning stones into gold? The feeling of working on a project with Boss Pei was like climbing a mountain covered in layers of clouds. Every time he passed through a cloud, he thought that he was closer to the mountaintop. However, he continued climbing up and passed through a few more clouds. However, he realized that he could not see the mountaintop. He naturally felt that he was small. Zhu Xiaoce immediately got busy and began preparations for the movie. What the protagonist of the game should do depended on the gaming department. However, Lu Zhiyao had to act as the protagonist of the movie! This time, he had several identities in the movie. From the initial gangsters, to the mid-stage liaison, the ferocious gang leader, and finally to rich businessmen, every identity was very challenging. Moreover, there were many details in it. Take the part of becoming a rich businessman for example. Lu Zhiyao had to act out at least three images: the original rich businessman, the protagonist who became a rich businessman, and the protagonist who became a real rich businessman. According to the settings of the plot, the original rich businessman had a similar body shape and appearance as the protagonist. That was why he could achieve the effect of being an impostor. Thus, Lu Zhiyaos appearance had to be changed through makeup and special effects technology to make the audience clearly realize that rich businessmen and the protagonist were two completely different people, but they looked similar. There was a clear difference between the three images that he had mentioned before. Arich businessman should be very natural. He was born rich and had good education. His every move had a unique temperament. Learning to become the protagonist of a rich businessman, he had to work hard to change his habits as a street gangster, correct his behavior patterns and way of speaking. The protagonist who ultimately became a rich businessman was a combination of the two. He had to look like the original rich businessman, but he could not look exactly the same. He had to retain some details of the protagonists actions. After all, no one could completely become another person through imitation. Whether the subtle differences between these three images could be perfectly displayed in front of the audience depended on Lu Zhiyaos acting skills. However, Zhu Xiaoce believed that Lu Zhiyao would definitely be very willing to accept this challenge. Fei Huang Workspace quickly entered a tense and busy state, ready to start a huge project. He worked until noon and knocked off on time. Both of them put down their work and prepared to have lunch first. Tengdas employees had a special ability. They could stop their work immediately after work. They could pick up very quickly after work the next time. In other words, work could be cut off anywhere at any time without affecting efficiency. He had no choice. He had been forced out. It was because of Boss Peis strict requirements that they could pick up perfectly after work. It was to ensure that they completed their work and improved efficiency. At first, everyone was not used to it. However, they gradually realized that their working ability had improved greatly! The reason was very simple: In order to achieve this random take over working state, one had to plan their work content very clearly. They had to know what to do and know what to do with a single look. Everyones work ability naturally improved during the process of nurturing this planning ability. This principle was actually similar to writing novels: Some authors were extremely reliant on inspiration and stroke of genius. They had to write non-stop when their inspiration came. That was because if they did something else, they might not have any inspiration. However, mature authors would often know how to produce steadily and continuously. The content that they had planned could be cut off and connected at any time. The difference between the two was actually the difference in creative ability. Huang Sibo opened the chat group that he had not paid attention to for a long time as he ate his Fish-Catching Take-Out. He, like Yu Fei, Zhu Xiaoce, and the others, had been seriously thinking about the gameplay and movie script recently. He did not pay much attention to the outside world. However, looking at the discussion in the group chat, Huang Sibo realized that many things had happened recently. The first thing was that news of GOG and IOIs merging was spreading, causing a huge uproar. The second thing was that many departments of Tengda were under fierce attack.. The situation was not optimistic! Chapter 1516 - Boss Pei Is In Seclusion?! Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios GOG and IOI are going to merge? Zhu Xiaoce was shocked. Fei Huang Workspace had no business dealings with GOG project team, so he was not well-informed about such things. Obviously, this was a huge matter! In fact, many netizens had raised the idea of strong merging when GOG and IOI were competing for hegemony. However, this idea was just nonsense that was irresponsible. Industry insiders shook their heads slightly, thinking that it was completely impossible. The reason was simple, the risk of this thing was far greater than the benefits! The problem was not whether he could do it or not, but how much he could do and what kind of effect he would have in the end. In terms of artistic style, the two games styles were similar, but there were also differences. How could he ensure that they were more natural and would not be forcefully stitched together? In terms of technical conditions, the basic structure of the game was different from the hero mechanism. If IOIs hero was placed in GOG, would the mechanism conflict? Would there be any bizarre bugs? In terms of game design, there were so many heroes at once. What about balance? How should he modify some incompatible hero mechanisms? There were problems everywhere! If he wanted to solve these problems, he would have to pay a huge price. Once he did not solve them well, it would severely affect players gaming experience. It could be seen from the discussions of the players online. Some players might be calling Tengda awesome, but they were more worried and apprehensive. Merge? Theres no need, right? GOG is playing well. Why should 10!s rubbish game be combined? F*ck, there arent many IOI players to begin with. Are they forcing us to leave? It feels like they want to eat IOI dry. Have they considered our thoughts? Do IOI players not have human rights? They mock and despise each other every day. In the blink of an eye, both houses are going to collapse. They can only hide together to avoid the rain. This Obviously, neither side was satisfied. That was because they despised each other! To GOG players, IOI was obviously a defeated opponent. It was a scumbag game made by foreigners. Many players had already run away, and the server was almost Ghost. GOG was already quite fun now. Why should they be allowed to enter? To IOI players, GOG was awesome. If they won, IOI players would only want to play in the circle. Now, they even wanted to dismantle our last harbor? Forcefully integrated into GOG? Wouldnt it be obvious which one to eat if they were to merge with GOG? That was normal. After all, GOG and IOIs gamers had mocked each other a lot previously. They felt that they were on the upper level of the chain of contempt. They could not get along well with each other. Now, they suddenly realized that they were going to become one family? What the heck! The key was that there was no choice. If a new game was called 10G or GOI alone and players chose it voluntarily, everyone might not care. However, forcefully merging without asking for the opinions of any players would naturally cause players to resist. Zhu Xiaoce looked at Huang Sibo. This Obviously, this seemed stupid and rash. However, if Boss Pei was the one who made this decision. Huang Sibo shook his head. I dont know what Boss Pei is thinking either. I can only say Perhaps Boss Pei is very confident about this merger and is willing to take such a huge risk. On the bright side, if this merger can really succeed and satisfy GOG and IOI players, this new game will completely clear all obstacles and completely eat the entire MOBA game market. It will also prevent future trouble The more Huang Sibo spoke, the softer his voice became. That was because he felt that the possibility of this happening was not high. It was a little too idealistic. Forget it, Boss Pei and GOG project team will worry about the game. Zhu Xiaoce did not pay much attention to this matter. He continued to look at another topic in the group of people in charge: Many departments in Tengda have been attacked violently! Of course, the so-called attack was in business. Whats more, the methods were not very complicated. They were nothing more than price wars, snatching customers, fake reviewers discrediting, business models imitating, and so on. A price war was the best method. After all, most customers were not sensitive to various fancy activities. The only thing that could make most people react strongly was the price factor. On top of that, it was important to imitate the business model. That was because many of Tengdas businesses could succeed because they used this unique business model to have a clear distinction with other similar industries in the market. Thus, many companies wondered if they could copy the business model that Tengda had established in some industries. For example, some gyms were also planning to launch a cutting off all means of retreat. They were mainly working hard in two directions: one was to pay according to the number of times, and the other was to come to the gyms a certain number of times a week. There would be preferential and discounts on the number of times. That way, the same money could be used to the gyms a few more times. This model was not exactly the same as Deposit Fitness model. That was quite smart. After all, the overall picture would not look good. On the other hand, it would not match the actual situation of these gyms. That was because Deposit Fitness could plan the time of all members and strictly control the number of people in the gym not exceeding the actual load capacity. However, other gyms did not have such an ability because the traditional gym model was still trying to bluff people into buying cards. It did not consider the actual load of the gym. No matter how many people there were, they would just stuff them in. It was impossible to copy the entire Deposit Fitness model. However, through the model of cutting off all means of retreat, it had objectively achieved the effect of Deposit Fitness. Even though piracy would definitely not be able to beat the original version, there was still a price war! As long as the price seemed more cost-effective than Deposit Fitness, it would always attract some people who were very sensitive to price. The business model was mainly imitations and price wars. Coupled with methods such as pushing, distributing flyers, snatching customers, fake reviewers discrediting, and so on, it indeed gave Tengdas industry a lot of impact. Whats more, there was a very important thing: many of Tengdas businesses were attacked at almost the same time! If it was just an industry, Tengda could easily deal with it. If one side was in trouble, all sides would help! The other industries could revive this suppressed industry with a little linkage. On the other hand, the enemies who took the initiative to start a price war would not be able to take it first. However, so many departments were facing pressure. It was difficult to spare the energy to take care of the other departments. News quickly flooded the group chat of the person-in-charge. It looked very chaotic. It was not that they were helpless. On the contrary, each of them could think of several ways to fight back. Their problem was that they had methods, resources, and no coordination! Previously, it was one department that was in trouble and the other departments were helping. Everyone would discuss a little and use this core department as the lead. Soon, a perfect plan would be produced. Everyone would do their own jobs and advance very naturally. However, now, every department had their own needs. Which demand was priority? Which demand could be pushed back? Which departments problem should be solved first? Which plan with some conflict should be chosen? These required higher-level people to plan. Thus, the people in charge expressed their thoughts in the group chat. They argued incessantly over who should go first. Huang Sibo felt that it was a little strange and asked, Shouldnt we let Boss Pei make the decision on this matter? The efficiency is too low if you discuss it like this! You might as well let Boss Pei cut the Gordian knot and give us a time line. Everyone can follow the time line. Xiao Peng replied, Do you think we didnt look for him? We looked for him immediately! However, we couldnt find Boss Pei! Huang Sibo was stunned. Thats not right. Boss Pei was still holding a meeting with us last Thursday to arrange for the new game? Why cant we find him? Xiao Peng: How would I know? The truth is that we cant find him. We went to Boss Peis office this Monday, but Boss Pei was not around. We sent another message to Boss Pei. We couldnt help but call him, but there was no news. We were very worried and went to ask Assistant Xin. In the end Huang Sibo quickly asked, Whats the result? Xiao Peng paused for a while before replying, looking speechless. Assistant Xin said that Boss Pei is in seclusion. Huang Sibo could not help but feel deep veneration. Seclusion? Seclusion to find a way out? Xiao Peng: Thats what I thought at first. However, Assistant Xin said that Boss Pei is writing his graduation thesis in seclusion. Huang Sibo looked at the chat on the screen and fell into a long silence. What the f*ck? They had just heard that Boss Pei was in seclusion and thought that it was something huge. Indeed, many things had happened during this period. For example, the merging of GOG and IOI, the construction of a anti-Tengda Alliance by many large companies, the details design of games and movies. Huang Sibo would not find it ridiculous no matter which one Boss Pei went into seclusion for. However, he was only going into seclusion for the graduation thesis? What the h*ll was that?! Boss Pei was so strong that many people subconsciously ignored the fact that he was still a year four student. However, the problem was that with Boss Peis ability, wouldnt he be able to easily write a graduation thesis? Was there a need to go into seclusion for such a small matter? Whats more, given Boss Peis current identity and status, so what if he dropped out of school directly? Could it be that the boss of such a big company was so concerned about an ordinary undergraduate certificate? He felt that this matter was strange and ridiculous. Huang Sibo was speechless. He asked, Do you know how long Boss Pei will be in seclusion for? Xiao Peng: According to Assistant Xin, he should be in seclusion until the 10th of next month. However Assistant Xin also said that even if Boss Pei is in seclusion, he should not completely not receive information from the outside world. He just wont communicate with us frequently. However, we have to prepare for the worst. That is, we cannot get any help from Boss Pei. Chapter 1517 - : A Heartless Thesis Machine Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios He would go into seclusion until the 10th of next month. Huang Sibo could not help but feel worried. On the surface, it looked like a month. However, in a business war, time was life. A days time was very precious, much less a month? Many crisis public relations required companies to give appropriate solutions in just one or two hours. The sooner the better. Many companies chose 996 partly because the commercial competition was too intense. They had to race against time. Take the game for example. If two similar games were released a month earlier or a month later, their fates might be completely different. Boss Pei had been in seclusion for a month. It was very likely that Tengdas various departments would not be able to receive any instructions during this month. They would have to solve the current crisis on their own. This one month might cause Tengda to accumulate huge disadvantages. Logically speaking, would Boss Pei not be able to tell what was more important? Would an ordinary undergraduate thesis require Boss Pei to rack his brains for a month? He felt that both answers were no. Since that was the case. Huang Sibo suddenly had a flash of inspiration as he replied: I think you are worrying too much. Boss Peis intentions are so obvious, but you cant tell? The people in charge who were discussing in the chat group quietened down and asked, What do you mean? Huang Sibo explained, Think about it carefully. Boss Pei is well-informed and has a flawless plan. How could he not know that the other big companies are working together to deal with Tengda? Since you know, Boss Pei will completely give up on Tengda for an ordinary graduation thesis? Think about it carefully. In every crisis in the past, didnt Boss Pei complete his plan in advance to lure the enemy into his trap? Boss Pei, have you miscalculated? These words stunned the other people in charge. Thats right. Since when did Boss Pei make such a low-class mistake? Boss Pei must have grasped the information. It was impossible for him to leave irresponsibly with his layout ability. Xiao Peng: You mean Boss Pei actually gave instructions, but we didnt notice it? After a moment of silence, Huang Sibo replied, That might not be the case. Everyone: Huang Sibo quickly explained, What I mean is that there are two possibilities for Boss Peis current actions. The first is that Boss Pei has already completed the plan. He knows that this alliance against Tengda will fail sooner or later, so he is not flustered at all. The second is that Boss Pei deliberately used the excuse of writing a thesis to not appear again. He wanted to see if everyone could still maintain their rationality and remain clear-headed in this leaderless state. He wanted to analyze the situation and think of a countermeasure to solve this crisis. Or perhaps both. There was a short period of silence in the chat group. Obviously, the people in charge began to seriously analyze the possibility of this saying. The conclusion after the analysis was naturally: The possibility was very high, close to 100%! That was because Huang Sibos inference was too solid. Given Boss Peis talent and planning ability, he should not have taken such abnormal measures. In that case, leaving this difficult problem for all the people in charge to solve together and continue to train their ability was the most powerful and reasonable explanation. It was also possible that Boss Pei would appear after everyone failed, but he could not count on that. That was because everyone would never be able to truly grow if they always wanted Boss Pei to back them up. No matter how the various departments developed and grew, if they remained under Boss Peis protection and could not withstand the wind and waves and could not deal with the truly cruel business rules, they would still be weak and lifeless. After a while, Rui Yuchen replied. But we need overall coordination now. Huang Sibo: Boss Pei wants to train everyones ability to coordinate. Rui Yuchen: Possible. Soon, the group of people in charge regained their vitality. Previously, many people in charge were a little flustered. After all, the outside world gave them a lot of pressure. They could not find Boss Pei. Naturally, they were a little flustered. That was human nature. Apart from a talent like Boss Pei, who else could maintain absolute rationality and calmness? Related interests would cause confusion when one was concerned. However, after Huang Sibos analysis, everyone quickly understood. It looked like this was a test for Boss Pei! Perhaps Boss Pei might have said that he was writing a thesis, but he had actually written the thesis. He was patiently waiting to watch the various departments counterattack! Since that was the case, he could not fight like a headless fly. He had to think of a solution that would satisfy Boss Pei as soon as possible! Xiao Peng said, We were indeed a little messy before. Lets straighten it out. Actually, the current offensive of the anti-Tengda Alliance is mainly focused in a few fixed directions, such as rental houses, express delivery, take-out, and other physical industries. In other industries such as games, movies, and so on, this alliance is still working hard to rope in other companies. The offensive is not very strong. We have to start analyzing their main attack direction and target their alliance to divide and break it. Its better to break one finger than to injure ten fingers. Even if we exchange injuries, as long as we can cause pain and fear in this loose alliance, they will naturally collapse without fighting. Tengdas healing speed would definitely far surpass theirs if both sides suffer heavy losses! Rui Yuchen agreed. Thats right, I agree with this view. We have to separate the main and secondary conflicts as soon as possible and learn to use Boss Peis way of thinking to analyze the entire situation. Once the plan is achieved, the various departments cannot have any complaints. Dont think about the price and losses of their own departments. Instead, they have to work hard to complete their respective goals and tasks! It doesnt matter even if the departments are damaged too much in this process. When this battle ends, the other departments can still transfuse blood together and be saved in a short period of time! The people in charge began to speak one after another, analyzing the current situation. Previously, they were a little like headless flies, saying all sorts of things. That was because everyones way of thinking had not changed. The starting point of thinking about problems was still the interest of their own department, so it was very difficult to reach a unified conclusion. However, now, the people in charge were all on Boss Peis side. They were considering the problem from the perspective of the overall situation. Then, they thought about how the various departments should cooperate and execute this plan. The progress of the discussion immediately took a huge step forward. They had been working with Boss Pei for so long. They had to understand Boss Peis way of thinking, right? It did not matter if Boss Pei did not make a move. As long as the people in charge worked together, they could also come up with a plan that was not inferior to Boss Pei! Huang Sibo nodded in satisfaction. He even felt his blood boil looking at the discussions of the people in charge. He really wanted to participate and give suggestions. However, Huang Sibo held himself back and exited the group chat. After all, he still had to take charge of the movie The Future You Choose. Tl give Lu Zhiyao a call to see if hes interested in playing the protagonist of this movi Achoo! Pei Qian was writing a thesis in his residence when he suddenly sneezed. Who is talking about me behind my back?! Wheres the cell phone F*ck, no way. You must not touch your cell phone while youre in seclusion. Hold it in! Hold it in! Pei Qians current state could be described as fully armed. He had a Victorious red headband on his head, and he was wearing a medical wrist guard that he had just bought a while ago on his left and right hands. There was a seat belt on the ergonomic chair that circled around his waist and tied him tightly to the chair. There was a 2,000-ml water pot filled with tea by the table, and two cups of cold coffee. He switched on his cell phone and threw it into the furthest bedroom. The keyboard had been changed to an electric current that cost two thousand yuan. All the games and chat software on the computer that had nothing to do with writing the thesis were removed. The power source for the big television and game machine had been removed. Someone had even specially sent a seal to the door. He could not touch it unless he finished writing the thesis! Then, he told the butler of Sloth Apartments not to disturb him unless it was a last resort. Allin all, Pei Qian had used all the methods he could think of. The reason why he wore a medical wrist guard was not because he was worried that his wrist would malfunction if he had tendon sheath inflammation or wrote a thesis for too long. These words were not to the extent. The main reason was that there was a very thin steel plate strengthening inside this medical wrist guard. His thumb could not move agilely, and it was difficult to hold his palm tightly. That would not affect writing essays or typing, but it would be extremely difficult to play with cell phones and move the mouse. He had already gathered the thesis, so he did not need to move his mouse frequently to check the information for the time being. The coffee was meant to be improved, and the kettle was meant to be used to replenish water. It was to prevent oneself from walking around on the pretext of receiving water. That would severely affect ones focus. It was even possible that something might attract them while receiving water and destroy their writing career. The ergonomic chair and the electrostatic keyboard were meant to ensure comfort and writing efficiency. Coupled with the seat belt on the chair and other support restrictions, Pei Qian only had one feeling now: he was now a ruthless thesis machine! As for the outside world Sorry, I dont care at all. Pei Qian felt that if this set of equipment could work, he could consider giving everyone in Zhongdian Chinese Networks authors class a set. Of course, he knew that other companies were working together to deal with Tengda, but he did not care at all. Come quickly! It would be better if you came more fiercely! These department heads actually wanted Boss Pei to make a decision. They were really blind. There was still one month before the first draft was submitted. However, Pei Qian did not panic. Instead, he felt confident. He felt that the progress of the thesis was quite smooth! At the very least, Pei Qian was quite accomplished in researching the results that others had achieved! Chapter 1518 - The Framework Of The Thesis! Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Pei Qians previous thesis title was: The Creation and Transmission Theory of popular literary works in the online age. This question might have been limited by the keywords online age and popular literacy works but it still seemed huge. It was still a theme that undergraduates could not control. However if he were to write a thesis in a serious manner, Pei Qian was afraid that what he wrote might be worse. That was because his basic foundation was really not solid. Some details theories could only be said to be fragmented. The more detailed he wrote, the easier it would be to show his weaknesses. On the other hand, such a huge and empty question was more conducive to his performance. Pei Qian felt that he should be able to protect his graduation certificate and image after writing this thesis considering his halo blessing, Prof Kongs guidance, and the low requirements of his undergraduate thesis. It would not be worth it if he were to destroy Boss Peis character and cause a social death for the sake of graduation certificate. As for the results of Pei Qians seclusion they were actually quite promising. At the very least, this thesis was no longer just a new folder and title. Instead, it had a clearer general direction. Pei Qian thought about it. He had to write this thesis from these directions. First, he analyzed the difficulties faced by literary works in the online age. They were: the division between traditional artistic works and ordinary people, the invasion of Western cultural works, the impact of fast food and entertainment models. This would raise the need to study the creation and transmission theory of popular literary works in the online age. Second, based on this dilemma, he proposed the necessary factors for the creation and transmission of popular literary works in the online age. This could also be simply summarized into three points: the connotation of traditional cultural foundation and the demands of ordinary peoples culture. The era, novelty, and even foresight of the work itself, the tight and eye-catching expression and structure. Third, put forward the mission of the online ages popular artistic works: promote positive value to spread in ordinary people, meet the spirit and entertainment needs of the people, explore the theoretical rules of artistic creation in the new era, and form guidance. Lastly, he would go in three different directions from online literature, film and television works, and interactive game works. Through some specific cases, he would analyze the theoretical creative rules and form guidance. In fact, after finalizing these general directions, Pei Qian realized that this article would definitely surpass it. That was because undergraduates graduation thesis was basically around 8,000 words. Even though some schools or majors would require more than 10,000 words, the word count requirements for most undergraduates graduation thesis were not very high. This was very reasonable. After all, undergraduates did not have much scientific research ability. 8,000 words was enough to talk about a small academic argument. There was no need for it to be so high. Everyone was diluting it crazily. The students and teachers were uncomfortable. Whats more, this was a thesis, not online literature. For some web novel authors who could be called Tentacled Beasts, 8,000 words would usually take three to four hours. However, the thesis had to be carefully crafted after all. They had to weigh every sentence and sentence. They could not use useless words and nonsense. Coupled with the citation of the literature and various explanations, it could be said that every word was squeezed out through their brains. However, Pei Qian still decided to follow this structure. It was the same reason as before. If he wrote too little, he would be afraid of showing his weaknesses. He was also afraid that he would not be able to gather enough words. What if he ended up writing a small thesis with five thousand words, but the thesis required eight thousand words? Wouldnt he have to fill it up? If he wrote more content, it would not be a problem to write 8,000 words. As for the details and citing documents, Pei Qian did not need to worry. Someone would change them for him anyway. The instructor would carry him first before handing him to Prof Kong, As an outstanding graduate who could stay in his alma mater as an instructor, Zhang Wes level was also very outstanding. This matter was easily done. It would be foolproof if he handed him to Prof Kong later. Even if the word count was slightly higher, it would not be a big deal. Pei Qian followed this train of thought and wrote on. Needless to say, after he tied himself to the chair and tied his hands up, his efficiency really increased a lot. Pei Qian felt an inexplicable sense of pride and satisfaction seeing the number of words in the thesis increase rapidly. Go into seclusion and give it your all! March 13th, Wednesday. Pei Qian unbolted the seat belt on the ergonomic chair, took off the medical wrist guards on his hands, and then went to the toilet comfortably. When he returned, he looked at the thesis and could not help but feel a little proud. My progress is too fast. Im really awesome! Ican rest for a while. Based on my calculations, my thesis progress has reached this level in only three days. Theres no problem with completing the thesis smoothly! Ihave to strike a balance between work and rest and take a break. Yes, we cant go overboard. We cant install the game on the computer back, and we cant tear the seal on the television and game machine. We should just play the cell phone for a while. Just playing for a while. Pei Qian knew very well that once the evil seal on the television and game machine was tom apart, he might not be able to paste it back in the future. Thus, he very carefully touched the long-lost cell phone. In todays society, everyone lowered their heads. There would be serious withdrawal reactions without cell phones. Ordinary people would find it difficult to withstand it. Pei Qian relied on his great perseverance to only look at the cell phone less than ten times in the past three days. This was already a greater achievement than creating Tengda. He took his cell phone and lay comfortably on the sofa. Pei Qian planned to scan his cell phone casually, watch the news and videos, and then go back to continue fighting the thesis. However, after reading the news online, Pei Qian was stunned. Tengda Corporation and the anti-Tengda Alliance are in the midst of an intense battle? Tengda Corporation has gone all out and is gradually turning the situation around? Fish-Catching Take-Out and Upwind Logistics are working closely together to create a brand called selling bubble tea A new video segment has been opened on Aili Islands website. The heads of Tengdas various departments have specially appeared to dismantle the opponents companys business plan? This How many things happened in the three days that I was in seclusion! It would have been better if he had not watched the news. However, once he did, Pei Qian was stunned. Initially, his so-called seclusion was just a form of ridicule. It was nothing more than cutting off the internet, not going out, and writing the thesis in peace. Now, he realized that it seemed like he had really entered seclusion. He had the illusion that a day above the sky, a thousand years in the world! How did so many things happen in just three days? It was ridiculous! Every time I let go, these people would come up with new tricks for me F*ck! Pei Qian was speechless. It looked like he could not rest in seclusion. He had to worry about Tengda. He sorted out the information carefully and roughly understood what had happened over the past three days. Pei Qian had originally intended for Tengda to attack at will. Tengda would deal with any changes by remaining unchanged. No matter how the other party attacked or how they fought a price war, Tengda would ignore them first. Let them have a taste first. If they had started to burn money and engage in a price war, it might have scared them to death. The entire alliance might have collapsed without a fight. After all, Pei Qian knew very well that such an alliance was a mob. He could not belittle their organization and discipline. Pei Qian could use this opportunity to write a thesis. When the thesis was handed in next month, the companies that were against Tengda Alliance would also grab some market share and taste the benefits. At that time, they would take the bait. Then, everyone would burn money to their hearts content! However, he did not expect the various departments to counterattack on their own! Pei Qian was a little regretful. If he had told everyone that everything was in my plan before he went into seclusion, this might not have happened. However, he did not say that. The heads of the various departments could not find Pei Qian and could not ask Boss Pei to make the decision. They could only counterattack on their own. Whats more, their counterattack was not unorganized. Instead, it was very targeted! First, the various departments would work together to give priority to express delivery, take-out, rental, and other core industries. That was because in the anti-Tengda alliance, Shengyun Corporation, Home Corporation, and Home Take-Out were the most active and most active. The reason was very simple. These companies had the most intense conflict of interest with Tengda and were the most difficult to retreat. They were all platform type companies. Take Shengyun Corporation for example. It was a life-and-death relationship with Upwind Logistics. As long as Upwind Logistics existed, Shengyun Corporation would not be able to eat and sleep well. It was impossible to lie down and earn money comfortably. Therefore, Tengdas corresponding industries were definitely the most pressured. The other departments had to transfuse blood, help, and withstand the greatest pressure. The reason why Fish-Catching Take-Out and Upwind Logistics wanted to create a new milk tea brand, selling milk tea, was to make full use of their online points all over the country and use the profits of the milk tea to subsidize the price war. Whats more, this name was quite interesting. It was selling bubble tea and used the words express delivery and take-out respectively. Secondly, choosing the pushover in this league as the first breakthrough point! Delivery, take-out, rental, and other fields might be very intense but it was obviously not suitable as the main direction and breakthrough point. That was because these companies were hardcore and difficult to deal with. Take Shengyun Corporation for example. Would they retreat even if Tengdas various departments gathered their strength to hurt them? He could not. That was because Shengyun Corporation knew very well that once they retreated, the entire alliance against Tengda might collapse. At that time, this alliance would definitely not be established. Shengyun Corporation would be completely finished. Therefore, they would grit their teeth and persevere no matter how much losses they suffered. Since that was the case, he had to focus on the main direction and breakthrough point on other companies to find soft persimmon that were not firm and easy to grasp. Haoxiang fitness was the best breakthrough point. This was a large chain gym in the country, but its market share was slightly inferior to Deposit Fitness, much less the market share of Deposit Fitness and Star Bird Fitness. That was because the domestic gyms were generally more dispersed. Many gyms could only deepen into small areas and had not formed large chain gyms. However, in this alliance, Hao Shuang fitness was a rather important part because they had to go directly to Deposit Fitness. It would be good news for Tengda if they could make it withdraw. Chapter 1519 - The In-charge’s Basic Level! Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Whats more, Haoxiu Gym was different from large companies like Shengyun Express and Home Corporation. [fuzzy]These large companies were huge and had a high market share. It was very difficult to hurt them. [fuzzy]However, Hao Shuai Fitness was different. As a gym, the capital chain was not very healthy. The market share was not very high. Even the passers-by were not much better. Once he was attacked in a concentrated manner, he might die quickly. Would other companies leave Tengda in the lurch when it was also in the anti-Tengda alliance with investment firms and various large capital? That was hard to say. That was because this alliance was not monolithic after all. Everyone had their own interests. If Deposit Fitness had a problem, Tengdas various departments would definitely help it at all costs. However, would big companies like Home Corporation and Shengyun Express save him at all costs if something went wrong with Hao Shuai Fitness? That was hard to say. If he encountered a situation where he could not hold on any longer, he would only have two options: he could either be stubborn and die on the spot, or he could withdraw from this alliance and struggle for a while longer. Ifhe left, even if he died, it would be after Tengda finished dealing with the leading companies. However, no matter how he chose, the outcome would be the same: As more and more companies withdraw, the various companies in the anti-Tengda Alliance would doubt each other and start to split and collapse again. Finally, it was time for the battle of public opinion. Pei Qian realized that the official account of Tengda Corporation on Aili Islands website had a new segment called The person-in-charges words! The content of this segment was very simple. The heads of Tengdas various departments would take turns to dismantle the models and tricks of various hostile companies and then compare them with Tengdas own business model. For example, in the first episode, Guo Licheng analyzed the fundamental difference between the Deposit Fitness model and the new cutting off all means of retreat model introduced by Hao Xianjian in the video. One of the paragraphs could be said to be heartbreaking. Deposit Fitness success was because it diligently helped all students plan their diet and cultivate fitness habits. At the same time, it ensured that the gym could carry so that every student could obtain the best fitness effect when they came to the gym. On the other hand, Ive only learned the surface of the cutting off all means of retreat. Deposit Fitness has a set of fitness meals. They will strictly plan the fitness time to ensure that the number of people in the gym does not exceed the capacity of the gym. At the same time, a large number of trainers will provide guidance without charge. Do you have those characteristics of cutting off all means of retreat? Haoxiu Gym model supports the regular card fitness and the calculation of consumables. However, the problem is that it is impossible to determine the number of people according to the number of people in the gym. How can the effect of fitness be guaranteed if we were to set up a cutting edge card and realized that it was full after coming to the gym? Whats more, he cant control his calories and nutritional supplements well on his diet. He also has to worry about conservative private training and sales courses. Ordinary people would not be able to persevere. To put it bluntly, this cutting off all means of retreat is forcefully borrowing the model of Deposit Fitness without any supporting measures. Its nothing more than using the mentality of consumers to take advantage of others and trick them into saying that the cutting off all means of retreat has the same effect as Deposit Fitness. That way, they can take more income and not guarantee the training effect at all. Whats more, cutting off all means of retreat is problematic in terms of the rules. They will return a few times after completing the task. On the surface, it looks like a very good deal, but when students want to leave, they will definitely wrangle the number of times All in all, this is in line with the usual routine of many companies organizing activities: On the surface, it looks like you earned it, but in fact, you will never eam it. Of course, opening a company is to obtain profits. Deposit Fitness is also a profitable state. Its understandable to earn some money. However, the key is, how exactly did you earn the money? Did you provide good enough service to customers? Please open your eyes when you choose. The cheaper something is, the higher the price-quality ratio. The so-called price-quality ratio cannot just look at the low price. You have to pay attention to the factors of actual experience and value. Dont be deceived by these tricks! Guo Licheng was a professional fitness trainer. He was a standard muscular man. With a little dressing, he could be said to be handsome in the video. He was very attractive to the same sex. Many words coming out of his mouth were naturally very convincing. Whats more, Guo Licheng was not lying. He was telling the truth that could not be more true. Even if Haoxiang Fitness wanted to retort, they could not do anything! This video was very popular. At first, some people were indeed confused and considered going to cut off all means of retreat. However, after hearing Guo Lichengs analysis, they immediately dismissed the idea. Forget it, Ill wait for Deposit Fitness quota! After this set of blows, Haoxiang Fitness was just about to revolt when it was forced back. Whats more, Deposit Fitness had no intention of stopping at all. It was hammering it to death! The person-in-charges words segment had also caused a general discussion among audiences. This segment is really interesting. The person-in-charge of Tengda is taking turns to expose a business plan every day? The people in charge of Tengda are as brave as Lu Mingliang. I love them! One look and I can tell that Guo Licheng is a professional. His muscles and muscles are not something that ordinary people can train. Hes definitely a professional! In terms of image, Tengda has already won! The bosses of other companies are obviously very crafty. They are full of empty words, tricks, and sanctimonious. No one can trust them at all. However, what about the person-in-charge of Tengda? They are all professionals. They are all telling the truth. I feel like they dont have any airs at all. They are all reliable! Boss Pei is really good at using people! Tengda has not been similar to other companies from beginning to end. Its too unique! Which departments person-in-charge will speak next? Im looking forward to it! Pei Qian was stunned by this set of blows. Somethings not right. The script is completely different from what I expected! Pei Qian did not give these departments a lot of funds because he wanted to wait. Once he finished writing the thesis and the anti-Tengda Alliance tasted the benefits and obtained a certain market, he would burn money happily. However, now, it should be a strategic defense period. How did it become a strategic counterattack period? These people in charge were not spoiled at all. They slapped their faces back on the spot. If he could dismantle the offensive against Tengda Alliance without burning money, then How could he burn money? Pei Qian had not expected the people in charge to be so filled with morals. Pei Qian had not even given them any money, but they were already screaming and fighting back. Whats more, Lu Mingliang had a bad start. After he slapped Nie Yunsheng in the face in the live-stream, the other people in charge followed suit and went down personally. They slaughtered everyone in the battle of public opinion! Everyone wanted to become idols in public instead of being in charge. That was ridiculous! Couldnt he learn from Boss Pei and keep a low profile? Pei Qian was actually quite supportive of Lu Mingliang, but this time was different. That was because Lu Mingliangs actions were actually attracting hatred. It would help Pei Qian to incur losses. However, the behavior of these people in charge now was to hit a dog when it was down. Something was amiss. That wont do. Dont tell me that the anti-Tengda Alliance no longer exists after I write the thesis and go into seclusion? F*ck! How can that do? You have to last until the day I burn money with you! Pei Qian began to panic. This anti-Tengda alliance looked a little weak. It had only been a few days, and the public opinion had completely reversed. How could he relax? Ican only help you. Everyone in charge, dont blame me. I really cant resist the temptation of fifteen million yuan Pei Qian decided to lend a helping hand. At the very least, he could not let the companies against Tengda lose so quickly. The crux of the problem seemed to be on these people in charge. They were too outstanding! None of them were slackers. All of them had outstanding skills. That was ridiculous! What should he do? Pei Qians first thought was Suffering Travels. If he could arrange for all of these people to suffer, things would immediately be resolved. However, the problem was that the Suffering Travels had already begun. There was no way to force people in. Whats more, these people in charge had basically been on Suffering Travels. There was indeed no suitable reason to arrange it in the short term. Even if Bao Xu had a lot of authority, he had to have a valid reason to catch them. He could not catch them forcefully. Forget it, I cant rely on Bao Xu entirely. It would have been great if Chen Kangtuos haunted house project had been built. They could have arranged for the people in charge again, but not in the short term. If I cant go either way, I can only think of other ways Pei Qian heaved a long sigh. Had Tengda developed to the point where Boss Pei could not go into seclusion as he pleased? He had no choice. He had to endure it for a while. He would be free in the future as long as he could earn some benefits after this cycle ended! Pei Qian quickly thought of a solution and sent an email to Assistant Xin. Let these department heads experience the basic level for three months after changing departments! For example, the person-in-charge of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Xiao Peng, asked him to be a delivery man for Upwind Logistics and experience it for three months. The person-in-charge of the other departments were in a similar situation. Not only did he have to experience the basic level, but he also had to change departments. That was because if he did not change departments, even if the person-in-charge went to the basic level, he would definitely keep his word. There would not be any fundamental changes. Of course, who should be in charge of the department during these three months? If the person-in-charge were to promote himself, he would definitely promote the core employees of the department first. There might not be much difference. After some consideration, Pei Qian added another rule: He suggested the person-in-charge of the department to find someone outside the company to temporarily take over the position! If he were to find someone from this department to temporarily be the person-in-charge, he would have to stay in the other departments for three months. However, if he were to find someone from outside the company to temporarily be the person-in-charge, this sentence would be reduced to two months! This should be a rather attractive condition for many people in charge, right? Chapter 1520 - The Birth Of The The Person-In-Charge’s Words” Schedule Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios In the afternoon, Fish-Catching Take-Out Shop Number One, which was the location of Fish-Catching Take-Outs Gourmet Laboratory. Rui Yuchen was dressed in a fitting casual suit with a microphone on his chest. He was seriously familiarizing himself with the speech later on. The script he was going to write was very long. Fortunately, there was a teleprompter. Meng Chang told him some things to take note of while he was at the side. There were also many staff adjusting the positioning, focus, light, and so on. The entire Fish-Catching Take-Outs Shop Number One was temporarily closed. It would only be opened again after filming was completed. Many customers gathered at the entrance and looked curiously. To Rui Yuchen, this scene was a little familiar. When Fish-Catching Take-Out first introduced a batch of kitchen waste processors, they had been interviewed by the television station here. At this moment, it was as if everything had changed. It was a pity that Boss Pei was present previously. This time, Boss Pei was in seclusion. He felt that something was missing without Boss Peis attention. Meng Chang made an OK gesture with his hand. If there are no problems, we can officially film. The person-in-charges words had decided on this segment together. Previously, everyone had been brainstorming in the group chat with the person-in-charge, thinking about how to win this public opinion battle. At first, they thought of some fancy methods, such as filming promotional videos. However, someone quickly suggested: What was the point of doing those tricks? When dealing with such enemies, they should not talk about morals. They should just flip the table like Lu Mingliang! He would hit the other partys most painful weakness! The other people in charge thought about it and realized that it made sense! Why the fancy ones? If it was a competition between other companies, it was indeed very ethical because everyone had the same earning model. If it was really revealed, it would be equivalent to destroying the rice bowl of the entire industry. They would not be able to obtain any benefits, so they were very restrained. They would only tear each others pants off if two large companies in different fields became popular. However, at this point, it often would not cause much damage. That was because such large companies were more or less a little unclean. They would expose each others past. It looked more like a dog-eat-dog competition among the audience. Tengda was different. Tengdas biggest advantage was that its business model was completely different from these companies. Its reputation and social responsibility in the customers were also worlds apart from other companies! Lu Mingliang dissed Nie Yunsheng of Shengyun Corporation in the live-stream. He had proven that this was an indestructible weapon. As long as it was used well, it would definitely be invincible! Since that was the case, what was there to talk about? They would just charge forward and do it. The various departments could just repeat what Lu Mingliang had done! Thus, the person-in-charges segment was born. To put it bluntly, it was the various department heads taking turns to dismantle the business patterns in their own department and analyze the business models of these companies in the outside world and the difference between Tengda. Then, they would attack this business model! However, the people in charge struggled with who should film this segment. Fei Huang Workspace might be very professional but they still had Boss Peis task after all. They had to invest all their energy into preparing for the movie. On further thought, he could only look for the advertising and marketing department. After all, Meng Chang had made so many successful publicity plans previously and was deeply trusted by Boss Pei. Meng Chang agreed readily even though he had a publicity task this month. That was because he felt that it would not take much effort to film the segment The person-in-charge said. He was just using his own experience to guide the people in charge. It was similar to the difficulty of the UP Master filming a video. As for the publicity plan, it could be planned at the same time without any delay on both sides. Whats more, this person-in-charge said segment was obviously very important to Tengdas future development. Meng Chang was also the person-in-charge of Tengda. How could he stand by and do nothing? It was important to work quickly. Meng Chang had already finished filming the first episode of The person-in-charges words. That was the episode where Guo Licheng compared Deposit Fitness with Haoxiu Gym. It was very successful from the response online! Netizens were very happy to see such a straightforward action. The key was that Haoxiu Gym could not refute at all. He could only take the beating passively! Therefore, Meng Chang felt that he had to work harder. He would choose Fish-Catching Take-Out for the next episode of The person-in-charges words. The target of his attack would naturally be Fish-Catching Take-Out! Home Take-Out was a new take-out platform. It was mainly to integrate the current market resources and provide take-out services for customers Of course, to put it bluntly, it was still a platform. However, the current volume of take-out was not particularly large. It was far from forming a complete market monopoly. There were many other platforms competing with it, so it was still in the stage of burning money and huge subsidies. Home Take-Out was different from Haoxiu Gym. It was a relatively tricky enemy. That was because even if the gym was a chain store, it was still a physical industry. It was expanding very slowly and the profit margin was too low. It was basically impossible to obtain the favor of large capital. Haoxiu Gym was pulled into the anti-Tengda Alliance purely because this alliance had to find the industries of Deposit Fitness. It could be said to be pulled over to make up the numbers. On the other hand, Home Take-Out was different. It was the same as Home Corporation. It was a standard internet company that made platforms! There might be other take-out platforms competing with it but these posed no threat in the eyes of home take-out. That was because everyones business model was the same. Under such circumstances, which food delivery platform would win in the end? They were not competing in ability and standards, but capital. So what if a certain platform was temporarily more technical and the software was more useful? There were many large investment companies behind Home Take-Out. They had a lot of money to burn. They could directly spend a huge amount of subsidies and firmly grasp the merchants and customers in their hands. Whats more, money meant that they could poach people, be it outstanding product managers, programmers, or express deliverymen. The technical gap was not a problem at all. Therefore, the take-out platforms did not bother about the other take-out platforms at all with such strong resources. Some people might ask, what if other large capital entered and supported other food delivery platforms? That did not matter. That was because even if he lost, his competitors would probably spend a lot of money to acquire it and work hard to swallow up the entire market. At that time, Home Take-Out would sell itself and make a lot of money. Whoever lost would win. It was just a matter of how much they earned. At the end of the day, they would still earn. However, Fish-Catching Take-Out had always regarded Fish-Catching Take-Out as the biggest threat because Fish-Catching Take-Out was completely different from those takeaways! The other take-out software were all on platforms. The ones who really cooked were various restaurants and restaurants in the city, and the delivery men were the delivery men. The task of these platforms was to develop and maintain the application to establish channels between restaurants, delivery men, and customers. On the other hand, Fish-Catching Take-Out was different. It had shops that competed with take-out platforms and restaurants. Therefore, his foundation was very solid! With Fish-Catching Take-Out around, it would be difficult for Home Take-Out to achieve a monopoly position no matter how much money it burned. Thus, like Home Corporation and Shengyun Express, Home Take-Out was a tough nut to crack in the alliance. That was because their motivation to oppose Tengda was strong enough and their strength was strong enough. The video against Haoxiu Gym had been a huge success and caused a huge reaction. This was good news for the people in charge. They had won. Therefore, he could not pinch soft persimmons in the second video. He had to find a hard nut to bite and see if this set of things would still be effective against stronger enemies. This would directly affect the future battle plan. Rui Yuchen cleared his throat and prepared to start. Meng Chang had actually gotten someone to specially take care of him even though his image did not change much on the surface. From makeup, hairstyle, to clothes, they were all down-to-earth and formal. They also looked a little handsome. It would definitely leave the best impression on the audience. At that moment, Meng Chang was very emotional. Boss Pei had forced all Tengda employees to sign up for Deposit Fitness. It was indeed useful! The figures of the people in charge were very good. They were very supportive of their clothes. Their image was on a completely different level from the big bosses of other companies. In Guo Lichengs video, Meng Chang specially asked him to wear clothes that showed his figure, highlighting his professionalism as a fitness trainer. Today, he wore the uniform of Fish-Catching Take-Outs staff for Rui Yuchen. It looked professional and formal. It was a battle of public opinion! The details determined success or failure. This was Meng Changs old profession. He knew this very well, that was why he had to improve. Okay, lets start! Rui Yuchen began to speak tirelessly according to the content on the teleprompter board with Meng Changs command. It was similar to Guo Lichengs episode. They would first introduce themselves briefly, then cut straight to the chase and start analyzing the difference between Fish-Catching Take-Out and home delivery. The model of home delivery is actually the commonly seen platform model of internet companies. This is no different from Shengyun Express, Home Corporation, and other companies, but they are in different fields. The performance is different, but the business model is the same. Home Take-Out is a platform. It is a bridge to communicate with restaurants, customers, and delivery guys. From a positive perspective, it has indeed provided convenience to customers and created value. It allows everyone to eat take-out easily without leaving their house. Of course, this is a convenience brought to us by moving the internet. However, the problem is that since its a platform company, it will never be able to escape the shackles of platform companies. This shackle was actually raised by Lu Mingliang during the argument between Upwind Logistics and Shengyun Corporations live-stream: A platform company under the control of large capital would definitely become two intermediaries who would earn a difference in price. In order to look at better revenue and higher profits, after reaching a market monopoly, they would constantly squeeze the value of merchants, customers, and delivery men. Thats because platform companies do not create value.. If they want their market value to become higher and higher and have more profits, there is no other way apart from snatching a few more bites of cake from the existing plates! Chapter 1521 - Fish-Catching Take-Out’s Unique Business Model Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Rui Yuchen continued. Now, everyone might think that take-out is not bad. There are subsidies for every meal. You can eat good take-out as long as you dont have much money. Thats why you have a good impression of i However, everyone can think about it carefully. Didnt everyone taste the benefits when express delivery companies and other similar platform companies engaged in a money-burning war a long time ago? However, what happened after that? The platform companies obtained a market monopoly by burning money. Next, there were all sorts of tricks: big data maturing, finding excuses to increase the price, releasing new services with higher prices, and secretly shrinking the original service In short, the price increased back unknowingly. Customers think that they have benefited from it, but in fact, they have to return it honestly in the future. The current business model of home delivery is the same: first obtain a lot of money through financing, then use this money to subsidize merchants, drivers, and customers and seize the market position. As they expand their market position, it will constantly take over other take-out platforms, integrate resources, and attract more investments. Finally, I achieved a market monopoly and began to harvest happily. I became a business that had no risks and would never incur losses. In the near future, the following scenes can be foreseen. For the merchants, take-out would continuously increase the quota of the maids and constantly test the bottom line of the merchants profits. In the end, only a small portion of the profits would be left to the merchants and most of the profits would be taken away. Is not a big deal if its just a decline in the merchants profits. The key is that something even more terrifying will happen. As the profits become lower and lower, the restaurants that provide high-quality food will become less and less able to continue. Those that can survive under such a high commission will only be those take-out shops with high profits. There are two ways to make high profits: One is that the brands value is outstanding and the price negotiation ability is strong, For example, some famous fast food brands overseas, but this is ultimately very rare. The second is to rely on shrinking costs to suppress some external sales to an unimaginable low price. For example, we can use cheap take-out to make food that looks good. We might have set a very low price but there are still huge profits. However, such take-out cannot even guarantee basic health. As time goes by, there will be more and more similar merchants on the platform. It will definitely have the effect of bad money expelling good money. For the cavalry, the take-out of the homebody would constantly test the limit of the delivery limit through the big data algorithm. They would first send you five orders. If most people can successfully complete it, they would continue to add on. Six orders, eight orders, ten orders The cavalrymen had no choice but to rush the red light and violate the rules. This part of the profits would also be happily taken by the homebody. For customers, the fees will gradually increase, but it will not directly increase the delivery fee. Instead, it will gradually reduce the coupons and discount quota from the beginning of the tight subsidies. After that, it will be the big data who are familiar with it, secretly increase the delivery fee, and even publicly cry that the delivery guys are working too hard and want to increase the delivery fee. However, in fact, they would definitely not provide any security for the delivery men. Even if they did, they would definitely be deducted from the labor of the delivery men. In the end, the interests of all three parties would be damaged, and the platform would develop into a giant. It would further tie the entire industry together and truly realize the dream of lying down and earning money. Rui Yuchen paused at this point. After that, he changed the topic and continued. Some people might ask, isnt Fish-Catching Take-Out a platform as well? Whats the difference between it and take-out at home? can say very responsibly that Fish-Catching Take-Out and Home Take-Out are completely different. When Boss Pei started the Fish-Catching Take-Out brand, he had already planned the business model of Fish-Catching Take-Out. This business model is fundamentally different from platforms like home take-out. Fish-Catching Take-Out is not a pure platform. It has a large number of offline stores that provide tangible food for customers. Fish-Catching Take-Out will definitely not review or check if the shops on the platform are safe and hygienic. However, Fish-Catching Take-Out can guarantee that we will provide healthy and delicious food for customers. Fish-Catching Take-Out, Cold-Faced Ladys snacks, and the latest hot milk tea are all dedicated to providing healthy and delicious food for everyone. Whats more, they cover most peoples taste. The key is that they eat and drink without worry. All of our delivery men are like Upwind Logistics. They are officially authorized employees who pay insurance, insurance, and funds. They have various formal benefits. We will not use the system algorithm to squeeze the limits of every delivery man. Instead, we will use performance salaries to encourage them. We will allow them to obtain stable income under the premise of following the traffic rules. Are we earning profits? Of course, we are also earning money, but the way we eam is different from platform companies like Home Take-Out. The source of our profits is mainly from Fish-Catching Take-Out, Cold-Faced Lady snacks, and fast selling milk tea. Secondly, it is a small amount of platform profits. This is the business model that Boss Pei planned for Fish-Catching Take-Out: Delicious Chinese food and beverages are the foundation. Thats why we first had Fish-Catching Take-Outs shop, and then the Fish-Catching Take-Out application platform. In Boss Peis eyes, the platform is ultimately meant to serve the body. We cannot kidnap the body. On top of that, Fish-Catching Take-Out is not like platform companies like Home Take-Out. It does not have an extremely high demand for profits. In some big cities, Home Take-Out has already deducted 20% of the merchants. Whats more, this number might continue to increase in the future. Thats because Home Take-Out pursues profitability as the first goal. However, Fish-Catching Take-Out is different. To Boss Pei, profit margins are never the first goal. We are pursuing the improvement in the taste of the dishes, the expansion of coverage, and the actual convenience of customers and delivery men. In the future, we will also let the merchants join the Fish-Catching Take-Out platform. We can share the delivery resources of Fish-Catching Take-Out stores all over the country. Here, I promise everyone two things on behalf of Fish-Catching Take-Out. First, Fish-Catching Take-Out will never draw more than 5% as a platform! Secondly, we will seriously inspect and review the merchants who joined the platform. We will also draw lots from time to time to ensure that everyone can eat at ease with the take-out on the platform! Rui Yuchen came to Fish-Catching Take-Outs kitchen and Gourmet Laboratory next and introduced the internal situation. The clean and tidy kitchen and environmentally friendly kitchen waste processor had been shot previously by the television station. However, there were some slight changes now, giving people a better feeling. This was not only to show the audience the health and hygiene of Fish-Catching Take-Out, but also a hint. Naturally, the audience would wonder what the back kitchen of those takeaways looked like. Many terrifying images naturally surfaced in his mind. Not only that, when customers saw cheap takeaways in the future, they would not only see the cheap price, but think about the meaning behind it. Would this subsidy disappear in the future and return to its original price? Was such a cheap take-out made by cutting corners and even using take-out bags? Even if they were in the same restaurant, it was quite common for take-out and food to be different, right? This suspicion was completely reasonable. Whats more, Fish-Catching Take-Out had another ultimate killer weapon: letting other merchants join! There would only be two outcomes under the low commission model. First, similar food was cheaper and more expensive in Fish-Catching Take-Out. Needless to say, they would definitely choose Fish-Catching Take-Out. The second type was similar food that was more expensive on Fish-Catching Take-Out and cheaper on home take-out. At that moment, customers would wonder why take-out was cheaper than Fish-Catching Take-Out. Would it reduce the number of customers? That should not be possible. Perhaps, the same seller on Fish-Catching Take-Out was not selling the same food as the one on Home Take-Out? Even if it looked the same, the ingredients and the like could not be seen. He had to choose Fish-Catching Take-Out! Fish-Catching Take-Out had a physical store and unique dishes as support. It also had a strong reputation. It was impossible for Home Take-Out to squeeze it out through the price war in the short term. On the other hand, Fish-Catching Take-Outs low profit margins would always be an anchor point for home take-out. It would not be able to freely squeeze the three parties interests and pursue high profits. Once the trend of public opinion formed, Fish-Catching Take-Out would naturally be like Upwind Logistics, Deposit Fitness, and Sloth Apartments, invincible! Of course, there were side effects to doing this. Fish-Catching Take-Out would no longer be able to have the dream of monopolizing the platform and lying down to make money like Home Take-Out. However, that did not matter. Neither the person-in-charge of Fish-Catching Take-Out nor Boss Pei had considered this route. It was precisely because of this that Tengda could remain invincible! Finally, the recording ended. Rui Yuchen took off his microphone and heaved a sigh of relief. Phew, my performance was alright, right? Meng Chang nodded. Very good. Cut the video back a little and itll be almost done. However, this video is not easy to publish immediately. The popularity of Deposit Fitness video has not reached the peak. If we publish the second episode now, it would slightly affect the spread. Well find a suitable time to publish the second episode after Deposit Fitness video starts to decline. That would be the best effect, hitting the soft spot of Home Take-Out! Rui Yuchen agreed. You can arrange these. No one is better than you at this. The two of them chatted casually for a while. The heads of Tengdas various departments were already treating Meng Chang as one of them and trusted him very much. Previously, everyone felt that Meng Chang was too stubborn and incompatible with Tengdas values. They did not think that Boss Pei could turn him over. However, Boss Pei was so impressive that he forcefully turned Meng Chang over! It was quite ridiculous. Rui Yuchen took out his cell phone. He wanted to check on the group of people in charge but he suddenly realized a notice. Basic level person-in-charge??? Chapter 1522 - The Four Curious Points On Boss Pei’s Request Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Rui Yuchen was shocked when he saw the notice. He quickly opened the group chat and realized that it had exploded. Basic level? Am I seeing things? Im shocked as well. The person-in-charge actually wants to experience the basic employees of other departments for three months? Thats too long! [have no objections to experiencing the suffering of the basic level, but theres no need for such a long time, right? Go and study together. A week is enough no matter what. Is there a need for three months? The key is that theres a problem with the timing, right? Now is the critical period in the battle against Tengda Alliance. Changing the person-in-charge is not a small matter. The situation has just started. We cannot give the opponent a breather! We can shorten it by one month by looking for a person-in-charge who is not a Tengda employee? Thats even more ridiculous! Are the people in charge like us cabbage? Can they just catch someone on the streets to do our work? No, thats too irresponsible! I think its fine if we want to hand this job to the core employees of the department, but whats the point of looking for outsiders! The people in charge of the other departments were as confused as Rui Yuchen. He was stunned! The current situation was like an ancient army going to war. The soldiers of the three armies were all dressed in armor and prepared to kill in all directions. In the end, the emperor sent an imperial edict to make all the generals leading the army become ordinary soldiers in the line of duty. Then, he would promote a batch of heroic heroes from the green forest to replace their positions! No matter how he looked at it, it looked like he was courting death! As the saying went, if a general was useless and tired a thousand soldiers to death, changing generals might cause the entire battle to be defeated. Whats more, changing all the key generals? Ridiculous! The people in charge were all in high spirits. They thought that Boss Pei was in seclusion because he wanted to see them perform well! Everyone had thought of a counterattack plan. They were waiting to kill everyone after a little coordination. They wanted to praise Boss Pei after his seclusion ended. However, he did not expect Boss Pei to suddenly appear and disrupt everyones plan! Didnt you agree to go into seclusion? When we were looking for you, we could not find you. After we arranged everything, you suddenly stopped secluding yourself and jumped out to cause trouble! The f*ck! Anyone else would have been called an incapable ruler. How was this any different from summoning Yue Wuming back? However this person was Boss Pei after all. The people in charge huffed and puffed in the group chat, expressing their dissatisfaction. Then, they gradually quietened down. His first reaction was problematic, but. As usual, the basic quality of the person-in-charge of Tengda was to think about the deeper meaning behind this unreasonable situation. Huang Sibo said, Everyone, calm down. Boss Peis seclusion must be true. Hes not so bored that hes playing with everyone. Therefore, the only explanation for this matter is that Boss Pei saw our counterattack plan, but he was not satisfied with it. The requirement of this lower stratum is probably not as simple as it looks on the surface. The group of people in charge quickly fell silent. At first glance, this was indeed ridiculous. However, he had to admit that every decision that Boss Pei had made in the past was actually quite ridiculous. However, he would definitely find a reasonable and enlightening explanation in the end. This time, Boss Peis request for all the people in charge to lower their foundations was probably the same. It was very likely that it had something to do with this commercial war against Tengda! What else could it be? They could not be trying to deliberately cause trouble, right? Since he had found the right direction, the next thing to do was simple: Analyse! He had to think about why Boss Pei gave such instructions. He also had to think about the method that everyone had thought of to deal with Tengda Alliance. Was there a loophole? After a while, Xiao Peng said, This is a very important matter. Those in the group are still in Jingzhou. Hurry up and meet up. Lets talk in person. Those who are not in Jingzhou, hold a video conference. Put down all your work immediately. Lets clarify this matter first! Everyone quickly expressed their agreement. Then, they temporarily put down their work and rushed to the big conference room that had been arranged! At 3 PM, the conference room was filled. Most of the people in charge of the relevant departments had arrived. There were also some who were not in Jingzhou or could not come because of special reasons. They had all started video calls or found other core members of their department to participate. For example, Lu Mingliang, Tian Mo, and the others were still suffering. Obviously, they could not come. However, this did not affect the heads of Tengdas various departments. They would often encounter all sorts of dangers, such as being caught to suffer and being eliminated by the first-place-elimination system. Thus, they had to nurture core members in case of emergencies. These core members were also completely capable of being the person-in-charge of the department. The effect of participating in the meeting was the same. Huang Sibo was the most experienced. Naturally, he had to take on the role of the host of the meeting. We only have one purpose for todays emergency meeting. That is to analyze Boss Peis lower level decision and what deeper meaning there is! Obviously, in Boss Peis opinion, there is a loophole in our current counterattack plan. Thats why it forcefully interrupted our process. The other people in charge nodded. As expected of Old Huang. He had settled this matter in such a short period of time and found the research direction! As the person-in-charge of Tengda, he was most afraid that he would not be able to figure out Boss Peis intentions. Those who did not have the ability would be able to achieve success as long as they figure out what Boss Pei wanted them to do and execute it. On the other hand, it would be terrible if he had some ability but did not understand Boss Peis intentions. No matter how smart and capable you are, can you be smarter and more capable than Boss Pei? Can you understand Boss Peis unconstrained imagination and powerful layout ability? Thus, even smart people would only be dragging Boss Pei down if they did what they thought was right without understanding Boss Peis intentions. The mark of a qualified person-in-charge of Tengda was that no matter how ridiculous the request was, he would not doubt Boss Peis motives. Instead, he would seriously analyze the deeper meaning of this matter and its feasibility. Xiao Peng raised his hand and said, Ill go first. Actually, I havent figured it out either. However, Ive summarized a few key points. I can share them with everyone. It can be regarded as throwing the brick to attract the jades. Underground learning is actually a very common behavior. As the person-in-charge of the department, he has been aloof for too long. Its very easy to separate from the bottom. Therefore, he would go to the bottom level every now and then to inspect and learn. He would be able to understand the problems in his own department better. From this point of view, there is no problem with the requirement of basic level. Everyone is only confused about four points. First, is this timing suitable? Second, is changing departments essential? Third, isnt three months too long? Fourth, why encourage people outside of the company to be the person-in-charge of the department? As long as we can think clearly about these four points, this problem should be easily solved. We will then be able to understand Boss Peis deeper meaning. Huang Sibo nodded. Yes, lets discuss it one by one. Were all family. Whoever has any thoughts can speak freely. Rui Yuchen considered for a moment and said. I have a guess about the first point. The basic level is to see the problems and shortcomings of the various departments and industries. The current time point is the critical period in the war between Tengda Corporation and the anti-Tengda Alliance. On the surface, changing generals at the last minute is a taboo. However, we have to understand that our goals are also different at different stages of the war. We have to know if we are in the final stage or the testing stage at the beginning of the war? If its the decisive battle stage, we definitely cannot make any rash moves. However, if its the testing stage, we should find loopholes and find internal problems to prepare for the true decisive battle stage. Many people mistakenly thought that this was the final stage. They actually made the mistake of quick wins. They thought that the anti-Tengda Alliance would quickly fall and collapse. However, everyone, think about it carefully. Is that possible? They have a high market share and funds. They also know very well that if they fail this time, it would be very difficult to find a similar excellent opportunity. They cannot retreat easily. Therefore, this battle should last for a long time. Even if we can achieve a stage victory in a few months, the entire battle will continue for a long time, perhaps for several years. Before the real decisive battle begins, we have to solidify our foundation and solve the minute problems that exist within us. We have to face the enemy in a more invulnerable manner. That is what we should do now. The people in charge could not help but nod. Make sense! Previously, many people felt that changing person-in-charge at this juncture was a little like changing generals at the last minute. However, the key was which stage was the war now? If this war were to continue for a few years, it would be a tug-of-war in the future. Then, let the generals take a look at the basic situation when the battle first began and look for internal problems. That was equivalent to strengthening their foundation! The key was that such things had to be done as soon as possible. That was because the battle had just begun. If he did not do something that strengthened his foundation now, he would not have the time to do it in the future. Was there a problem with the lower levels of Tengdas various departments? There must be. No one would think that the structure of Tengdas various departments was perfect. Since there was, it might be caught by the other party in this war. At this critical juncture, he would be able to carry out activities on the lower levels, find problems, and correct problems. That would greatly increase his chances of winning in the future! As if inspired, Xiao Peng said, Does that mean you want us to switch departments so that we can better discover problems? after all, the onlooker sees more. If the person-in-charge goes to his own department, it would be easy for the substitute person-in-charge to be restrained and unable to showcase himself. On the other hand, it would be easy to naturally ignore some problems. It would be easier to find the crux of the problem if we change departments to experience it. We would supervise and remind each other. Chapter 1523 - : Confronted with the First Assistance Plan! Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Everyone nodded, agreeing deeply. Indeed! If the person-in-charge went to the bottom of the department, it would not be very effective. On one hand, the person-in-charge would still have power. On the contrary, it would chaos in the structure of the entire department. On the other hand, the person-in-charge was often muddle-headed and was used to many phenomena. Thus, it was difficult to discover problems. If the other department heads came, they would be more likely to discover the problem. Guo Licheng pondered for a moment and said, The three months are very easy to explain too. It would definitely not be enough to taste it briefly. If you want to discover deeper problems, you have to experience it at the bottom level for a long time. You cannot let it flow. Three months is enough for discovering problems. At the same time, the war against Tengda Alliance will last for at least a year or two. Three months will not affect the final outcome much. If you want to do a good job, you have to make the best use of your tools. It is more worth it to use the first three months of passive situation to exchange for a crushing force in the future years. However, the last point is a little puzzling. Why encourage people outside Tengda to temporarily take over the position of the person-in-charge? The conference room fell silent again. Obviously, most people could not figure this out. There were specializations in the industry! Everyone might be teasing them, saying that Tengdas employees could take charge of things on their own, but not everyone could be the person-in-charge of Tengda! He had to work in the department first, familiarize himself with the business, and nurture his ability. He could only be the person-in-charge after being baptized by the Tengda spirit, right? Of course, Tian Mo was an exception because the sales department was formed from scratch. Boss Pei had personally brought him up. What was this now? It had already developed to such a huge department. Could he just grab anyone from the streets to be the person-in-charge? Wouldnt that be a mess? The first few points were actually acceptable. They even felt that they made sense after analysis. Only this last point could not be understood. Huang Sibo pondered for a moment and said, I think the last point is the true finishing touch. Have you ever thought about why Boss Pei did not make clear requests of us in this notice? He did not stipulate how to change departments, nor did he say that he limited the identity of the substitute person-in-charge. He did not ask us where to find these substitute person-in-charge. Obviously, we relied on our own comprehension! Boss Pei is completely open about this because he trusts us to solve this problem! The other people in charge were stunned. This was indeed their blind spot. Boss Pei only said that he encouraged people to look for substitute person-in-charge outside of Tengda Corporation. Thus, everyone subconsciously thought that they would look for all sorts of useless people. However, hearing Huang Sibos words, this was obviously not Boss Peis true intentions! This was actually handing the power to choose people into the hands of these people in charge. Are you worried that the department you go to is not suitable? Are you worried that the selected person-in-charge would not have the ability? I can only say that you people in charge did not choose well! Did Boss Pei give you such important authority to choose random people you meet on the streets? Definitely not! He had to choose someone who was good enough to take on this role! Hu Xianbin frowned, confused. I can understand changing departments. Its just a department that everyone chooses to be closer to the business they are in charge of. Then, it would be easier to find problems with the lower-level experience and build a good foundation for the future link between the departments. However isnt it too difficult to choose a suitable person-in-charge? Even if we went to poach people or recruit them, and found someone who is more capable, how can we ensure his loyalty to Tengda? How can we ensure that he contributes to Tengda wholeheartedly? all of us have grown up with Tengda and are deeply influenced by the Tengda spirit. People in the outside world dont have such a foundation. They have to learn the Tengda spirit for a year and a half after entering Tengda. You can never judge a book by its cover! Hu Xianbin was now the person-in-charge of Bunny Tail Live-Stream. However, his question asked the confusion of all the people in charge. Huang Sibo answered, Of course not! Hiring people is even more unreliable. Actually, this is very simple. We just have to look for someone who knows everything, right? As long as we confirm that this person is capable, responsible, and deeply influenced by the Tengda spirit, he would be an intimate partner of Boss Pei and the entire Tengda Corporation, right? It shouldnt be a problem for such a person to take charge for two months, right? Tengda is not an isolated island. There might be an anti-Tengda alliance now, but there are not many companies that support Tengda! At that point, Meng Chang suddenly slammed the table and suddenly realized something. First Aid Plan! Some of the people in charge were stunned. Whats the first aid plan? Many people in charge of Tengda did not know about this charity plan because it was very confidential. However, the initial plan did not require the people in charge of Tengda to keep it a secret. Its request was to keep it a secret from the outside world, Tengda was not from the outside world. Even if it was a secret, it was kept a secret from ordinary employees. It did not matter if the people in charge knew about it. Therefore, Meng Chang slammed the table excitedly and felt that everything made sense! Huang Sibo was stunned as well. That was because he did not know what the preliminary round was about. He had wanted to inspect Qiao Liang, Ruan Guangjian, Li Shi, and see who was suitable to be the person-in-charge. However, there seemed to be a more convenient and efficient method now? Meng Chang explained, The initial financial plan is a highly confidential charity plan that Boss Pei carefully arranged. At first, I thought that it was just an ordinary charity plan, or at most a means to test the friendship of other companies. Now, I understand. It also has a deeper plan! A company that performed well in the initial financial plan will definitely meet three conditions: First, it has rich financial resources. Second, the leaders have strong work ability. Third, it highly approves of Tengdas values! Isnt this the best candidate for the heads of the various departments? Let them be the person-in-charge. On one hand, it would further stabilize Tengdas cooperation with them and let them learn Tengdas business model in depth. On the other hand, when they return to their own companies, they would definitely spread the Tengda spirit. It would be just like what Min Jingchao did when he went to Sun Strike Studios! Boss Pei has never considered the development of Tengda as a company. Instead, he has considered various industries and the entire business world! The people in charge could not help but look at each other and see shocked expressions on each others faces. So there was such a thing? That way, it was normal for people not to understand Boss Peis deeper meaning. That was because there was a lack of information! No one knew that there was a preliminary plan. Naturally, they misunderstood Boss Peis goal and plan. However, this proved that as Tengda expanded, it would be difficult for the person-in-charge of a single department to control the overall situation no matter how much inter-departmental relationships there were. Boss Pei had to be the driver so that the boat would be able to drive safely! After this analysis, many seemingly unreasonable places became reasonable. Most things in this world had to be given up and gained. There were no absolutely good plans, nor were there absolutely bad plans. The key question was which parts should be abandoned and which parts should be perfected? Following Boss Peis train of thought, the people in charge realized that there were obviously mistakes in their original ideas. Many problems were naturally solved! Therefore, this low-level activity is actually to let us in charge not always be high and mighty. Its not easy to experience the basic level. We have to find the structural problems in our respective departments and improve them? Whats more, we have to go deeper into this event. We cant stop and taste it. We cant let it flow. Not only that, but we can also take this opportunity to include the friendly merchants selected through the First Aid Plan, as well as the partners who had always been close to Tengda, into Tengdas system. That way, the Tengda spirit would be able to branch out and influence various industries? I completely understand now! What I have to do next is to strictly follow Boss Peis instructions! Every department should choose a suitable substitute person-in-charge based on the actual situation of their own departments! Boss Peis friends are all over the world. He will definitely be able to find a suitable candidate! Quick, get moving. We cannot be sloppy in finding the person-in-charge! After quickly finalizing a few details, the people in charge took action. It was all right! No wonder Boss Pei gave such an urgent notice at the critical moment of seclusion. Obviously, he saw a loophole in the plan of the people in charge and quickly gave pointers to lead everyone to the right path! This was especially so for the initial plan. It had been arranged a long time ago. It was really surprising! Boss Pei had already arranged everything. As the person-in-charge of the department, he naturally could not let Boss Pei down.. He had to cooperate fully and not let Boss Peis hard work go to waste! Chapter 1524 - Tengda Is Summoning! Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios March 14th, Thursday. Fu Hui Investments. Li Shi, Xue Zhebin, Yao Bo from Jinding Corporation, Zhou Muyan from Sun Strike Studios, and a few other investors in Jingzhou were drinking tea and chatting. Boss Li, are you sure that Boss Pei will definitely come to us for help? The war against Tengda Alliance and Tengda Corporation has already started. Tengda Corporation has also started to fight back, but Boss Pei doesnt seem to have any intention of looking for us? Whats more, theres no follow-up to that first aid plan. We only donated a sum of money. I dont think Tengda has any in-depth cooperation with us These people were all hardcore supporters of Tengda Corporation and participants of the First Aid Plan. When they first came into contact with the preliminary plan, they thought that it was just a simple charity plan. However, Li Shis penetrating analysis convinced them that the initial plan was not just a simple charity plan. It was actually an alliance screening plan! Any company that participated in the first helping plan would become Tengda Corporations ally and a trustworthy comrade of Boss Pei. At the same time that Tengda Corporation and the anti-Tengda Alliance started fighting, they would definitely be recruited by Boss Pei and follow Boss Pei to attack cities and conquer cities. They would snatch the market share of those companies and start a prairie fire! In the blink of an eye, nearly two weeks passed. It seemed like there was no splash at all! Previously, everyone could still comfort themselves by saying that the war had not started and was still in the preparation stage. That was why Boss Pei did not recruit everyone. However, now, the war between the anti-Tengda Alliance and Tengda Corporation had obviously begun. Home Corporation, Shengyun Express, Home Take-Out, Haoxian Fitness, and other companies had already started targeting Tengdas industries. Tengda had also launched a public opinion counterattack through the person-in-charge said segment. Next would be a money-burning war. However, Tengda Corporation seemed to have no intention of summoning them even at such a critical moment? It looked like Boss Pei was planning to rely on Tengdas strength to fight to the death? This was different from Boss Lis analysis! Li Shi felt a little guilty in the face of everyones questions. Somethings not right. There shouldnt be a problem with my interpretation of Boss Pei, right? First of all, he could be sure that the initial plan was not as simple as it looked on the surface as it was so confidential. That was for sure. Why hasnt Boss Pei recruited us then? There might be two reasons: First, the time was not right. Boss Pei wanted us to appear as a special weapon and catch the other party off guard. Second, Boss Pei changed his mind and wanted to monopolize everything. However, no matter what, Li Shi had not expected this situation. He was a little confused. If he had made a wrong judgment, where would he put his face? How could he lead teams in the future? Thus, Li Shi instinctively panicked. At that moment, everyones cell phones rang. Li Shi was stunned. A group message? He quickly took out his cell phone and saw that it was a message from a group: Invite them to have a meeting in Tengda tomorrow morning. There was something very important to discuss! Of course, considering that some people might not be in Jingzhou, the message also stated that if they could not make it in time, they could contact professionals and arrange for another time to communicate. Right on the heels of that, the contact person for the first helping plan sent a message to Li Shi, proving that this message was real and not fake Tengdas lie. Li Shis eyes lit up. Its here! Indeed, I said that my guess was right. Boss Pei is indeed recruiting us! As for why he did not recruit previously? Perhaps it was because the time was not right, or there were some things in Tengda that needed to be dealt with, so it was delayed. Allin all, my judgment was right! Li Shi could not help but hold his head high. A sense of pride arose in him, saying that no one understood Boss Pei better than him. The investor who had asked the question before could not help but feel ashamed. He was once again convinced by Boss Lis insight into the world. What was he thinking? How could he doubt Boss Lis confidence in Boss Peis intentions over such a small matter? How stupid! Yao Bo said, It looks like its as Boss Li expected this time. Its Boss Peis mobilization meeting for all Tengda-related companies! I wonder what kind of task Boss Pei will give us? Im looking forward to it! In the field of business war, Boss Pei was invincible. He was like a war god. Everyone knew that. Boss Peis strategizing and ability to lead troops impressed countless people. Li Shi and the others might have tasted the benefits from Tengda many times before but they were not directly involved in the battle after all. They did not directly accept Boss Peis leadership. They only harvested the disabled and defeated and achieved some insignificant military exploits. However, now, it was equivalent to becoming a regular army and officially entering Tengdas establishment to accept Boss Peis direct command! That was obviously something very exciting! Of course, they did not want to become vassals of Tengda Corporation, nor did they want to be cannon fodder. They only wanted to experience Boss Peis artistic command up close. Whats more, he could only clean the peripheral battlefield and harvest some defeated soldiers previously. What he ate were also leftovers. It was completely different from directly entering the establishment and facing the enemy head-on! Everyone was elated and encouraged. They looked forward to seeing Boss Pei go on stage and wave his hand at the morale-boosting ceremony! March 15th, Friday morning. Li Shi and the others arrived at the venue that Tengda had prepared on time. The venue was not big, but it was heavily guarded. security personnel in black suits blocked all the entrances of the venue. There were no recordings or camera equipment at the scene. There was a killing atmosphere like a war was about to begin. After entering the venue, Li Shi found his seat according to the previous information notice: in the middle of the first row. Obviously, this was because Li Shi had contributed a lot to Tengda Corporation. He was a partner that Boss Pei trusted deeply. That was why he could occupy such an important position. Other than that, Li Shi also saw some familiar faces, such as Qiao Liang, Ruan Guangjian, Lin Chang, and so on. Obviously, this seat was a combination of two factors: First, it was companies and individuals who had a long-term working relationship with Tengda and had established a deep friendship. Second, it was companies and individuals who had made important contributions in the initial plan. Those who were both related like Li Shi naturally had to occupy the most important position. They could be said to be Boss Peis closest comrades and partners. The heads of Tengdas various departments gathered in another area. It could be said that they had gathered the highest battle power in Tengda. The meeting this time could be said to be filled with outstanding heroes. Li Shi could not help but feel emotional. The anti-Tengda Alliance was indeed coming aggressively. Even Boss Pei had to take it seriously. In the past, Tengda had actually encountered some crises. For example, Dayak Corporation, Finger Games, and Long Yu Corporation had launched a money-burning war, causing Boss Pei to fall into a predicament where he had to sell buildings. However, even in that situation, Boss Pei had never troubled others. He had always carried it out with a little trick. Yet, the situation was different. Dayak Corporation might be large in size but they had no direct business dealings with Tengda. The company was far away overseas and beyond their influence. The anti-Tengda alliance this time was made up of some domestic giants. They had many capital activities behind them and had direct competitiveness with Tengdas various businesses. Their attitude was also much firmer than Dayak Corporation previously. Under such heavy pressure, any ordinary company would have surrendered long ago. Ordinary companies were not even qualified to form an alliance to suppress these large companies. It was not easy for Boss Pei to be able to withstand this pressure and mobilize all the companies that were closely related to Tengda to help him survive. Boss Pei had been helping us selflessly before. Now, it was our turn to help Boss Pei! Li Shi secretly made up his mind. The others had the same mentality as Li Shi. They were waiting for Boss Pei to go on stage, raise his arms, and shout. Then, everyone would gather and respond to rush out to destroy the anti-tengda alliance! Soon, most of the empty seats were taken. Obviously, everyone attached great importance to this. They pushed aside their work and rushed over. Some people would not be able to make it in time because they were too far away. They should also communicate with the organizers of the event through the staff. Everyone was looking forward to Boss Peis appearance. However, to everyones surprise, it was not Boss Pei on stage but Meng Chang. Li Shi was stunned. Huh? Wheres Boss Pei? He was a little confused. Logically speaking, Boss Pei should personally speak on stage for such an important meeting, right? Yet, not only did Boss Pei not go on stage, he did not even come to the venue! That was quite ridiculous. It was not that the other person-in-charge could not say it. After all, every person-in-charge of Tengda could take charge of things on their own. However, the key was something was amiss. Wouldnt Boss Pei be lowering their morale and fighting spirit if he did not attend such a critical meeting? Meng Chang came to the stage and looked at the dark crowd below and took a deep breath. Logically speaking, such a speech was like a fish in water for him. When he was creating the Cold-Faced Lady, he first lied to investors and ordinary customers. He relied on his own mouth to brag about the Cold-Faced Lady brand. However, he suddenly felt a little nervous seeing the crowd. In fact, on further thought, one would understand that even though he had been speaking confidently on stage previously, that was purely a bluff. It was purely to hookwink willing parties to take the bait. There was no need to be responsible because it was a bluff. Those who believed in him were completely convinced. Those who did not believe in him would not expose him on the spot. Therefore, Meng Chang did not feel any pressure at all. However, things were different now. What he wanted to do was something very meaningful. It represented the common desire of Boss Pei and the heads of all the departments in Tengda. He could not say anything wrong! Chapter 1525 - A Once-In-A-Lifetime Opportunity! Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios In fact, Meng Chang had not intended to go on stage. With so many people in charge, all of them were more experienced than him. How could he go on stage at such an important event? Assistant Xin, Boss Ma, Huang Sibo Any one of them would be more qualified than him. However, the entire team in charge unanimously recommended him to go on stage. On one hand, it was because Meng Chang turned over a new leaf because of Boss Pei and was trustworthy. Whats more, he was very eloquent. On the other hand, it was also because the marketing departments plan involved Tengdas various departments and was clearer about the situation of each department. Thus, Meng Chang was too embarrassed to decline and prepared seriously. However, no one below the stage knew about these things. They were all as surprised as Li Shi. Where was Boss Pei? Meng Chang cleared his throat slightly and came to the microphone. My good friends of Boss Pei, my closest comrades of Tengda, and supporters of the first helping plan. Good afternoon, everyone! I would like to express my sincere gratitude and warm welcome on behalf of the heads of Tengdas various departments! Before we get down to business, I want to ask everyone a question: Why isnt Boss Pei here? Actually, the reason is very simple. Boss Pei is in seclusion. The crisis that Tengda is facing this time is a question that Boss Pei left to all the people in charge. Therefore, all the people in charge have to work together to solve this puzzle and give an answer sheet that can satisfy Boss Pei! There was a buzzing discussion immediately. Obviously, this news was a little explosive! Li Shi was very surprised. He had not expected Boss Pei to go into seclusion at such a critical moment. Not only had he gone into seclusion, but he had also completely handed over the task of resisting the Tengda Alliance to the people in charge to solve it on their own? He did not even interfere personally? How magnanimous! If it were other companies, the boss of the companies would definitely want to eat, sleep, and rack his brains to think of a way to break out of the situation. On the other hand, Boss Pei did not dwell on this matter at all. Instead, he very freely let it go? Li Shi realized that he had underestimated Boss Pei. Obviously, Boss Pei trusted the heads of Tengdas various departments too much! Of course, this trust came from Boss Peis constant nurturing of the people in charge, the perfecting of Tengdas organization structure, and the subtle influence from above. Would Boss Pei dare to entrust such an important task to the people in charge without absolute confidence? It looked like Boss Pei was still extremely confident even though he attached great importance to this anti-Tengda alliance. He even wanted to use this opportunity to give the people in charge a last lesson. Why was it so impressive? After a short discussion, silence returned. Obviously, everyone accepted this setting after the initial surprise. They only felt a little regretful that they did not see Boss Pei personally take action and arrange the troops. However, so be it! Since Boss Pei trusted the people in charge of Tengda so much, the people in charge would definitely give a good strategy. The final outcome would be the same. They had all rushed under Tengda, but the results were the same. The audience quietened down and Meng Chang continued, Next is the main topic of this meeting. We will choose suitable candidates from among everyone present according to Boss Peis requirements. As the substitute person-in-charge, we will take over the work of Tengdas various departments. The current heads of Tengdas various departments have to go to the basic level of the other departments to communicate and learn for two months. This is not an easy task, but I believe that everyone present has the ability to take over the position of the person-in-charge of Tengdas department. Next is the open competition between the heads of Tengdas various departments. Those who are interested in the heads of a certain department can participate freely. The heads of the department and other department will jointly judge and decide the final candidates. For the detailed rules, please look at the big screen Meng Chang began to introduce the detailed rules of the election. Everyone who went on stage to campaign had to improvise. After all, everyone still knew nothing about this until just now. It was impossible to prepare in advance. The content that he spoke about during the campaign was nothing more than his understanding of this department, his analysis of the business model, and the measures that he would implement after he went on stage. After that, the heads of the various departments present would judge and choose the most suitable candidates. Of course, the heads of their own departments would have greater weightage. As the people who came to the venue had already been screened, they were either long term partners of Tengda and knew everything about it, or entrepreneurs or individuals who had participated in the initial plan and were compatible with Tengdas values. Thus, after multiple screening, it could be guaranteed that the substitute person-in-charge who was selected was someone whose values were consistent with Tengda and who had a certain level of ability. Even if he did not have the ability, he would not deliberately destroy it. This time, there was no buzzing in the audience. That was because they were all stunned and forgot to discuss! He even suspected his eyes and ears, feeling shocked by the scene in front of him. What the f*ck was happening? The heads of Tengdas various departments were going to change drastically? They were going to experience the basic level for two months? Choose the person-in-charge from outside of Tengda and work for two months? Or was it at the critical period of the business war with the anti-Tengda alliance? It was ridiculous! It was ridiculous! Even Li Shi, who thought that he had a deep understanding of Boss Pei, did not expect such a development. He was completely confused. How could it be played this way? Li Shi had always thought that he was a lone soldier outside of Tengdas compilation. Previously, he had been following Tengdas regular army, cleaning up the battlefield and making some soup. They could finally join Tengdas team this time with the stimulation plan and become a regular army. They could fight on the battlefield with Boss Pei. Isnt that great! However, he now realized that things were not as simple as he thought. Not only did the scene of Boss Pei stepping onto the stage, making a solemn vow, and raising his arm to shout not appear, but the scene of him charging behind the regular army also did not appear. Boss Pei was not here at all. Whats more, he wanted his random generals to lead the regular army and win this battle! There were too many points to complain about. Didnt we say that we were just here to be a calefare? Why did we become the main force in the blink of an eye? Ridiculous! Obviously, no one present expected to have the opportunity to be the person-in-charge of Tengda. After a short period of shock, confusion and confusion followed. Many people began whispering. Let us run for two months as the person-in-charge of Tengda? What does that mean? My own company cant handle it? This doesnt seem to be beneficial to us? It feels superfluous. How can we do better than the original person-in-charge of Tengda? Were here to be calefares! Boss Pei is really magnanimous. He arranged for us to be the substitute person-in-charge of Tengdas various departments. Isnt he afraid that we would bring Tengda into a ditch? We are still fighting the anti-Tengda alliance. Wouldnt it be a huge joke if we are to go overboard? The question is, if that really happens, would we be the ones dragging Tengda down or would Tengda be the one scamming us Obviously, most people were confused. They did not know what was wrong with Tengda. Why were they playing this. Li Shi was a little confused, but he quickly thought of a reasonable reason. Seeing everyone looking at him questioningly, Li Shi lowered his voice and said, Isnt that easy to understand? Obviously, Boss Pei is very confident in this war against Tengda Alliance! Think about it. What would Boss Pei do if he wasnt confident enough? First of all, we must let the heads of Tengdas various departments do their own jobs. We will temporarily stop Suffering Travels and other team-building activities and let all the employees return to their work positions. Then, we will personally take charge and devise strategies to start the plan. Finally, we will seek help from our companies to form a cooperation. However, Boss Pei is doing the exact opposite! I we dont show ourselves, the heads of Tengdas various departments will be transferred out of their positions. The most ridiculous thing is for us to take over these heads! This means that Boss Pei is very confident in this victory. He even thinks that the outcome would not be different if he did not make a move and replaced us! On top of that, Boss Pei might have other considerations. For example, let the heads of the various departments go deep into the foundation and check on the flaws. Let the mid-laners of the various departments still be able to support the departments business even if the person-in-charge was changed. Let our partners deeply feel Tengdas operating model, learn, improve, and then bring this advanced experience back to our own company Thats why this is a precious opportunity! Its precisely because everyone is participating in the first helping that Boss Pei is so generous in providing us with this opportunit Otherwise, why would everyone get such a good thing like entering Tengdas department and being the substitute person-in-charge to inspect and learn? Everyone nodded in realization after hearing Li Shis words. Indeed, that made sense! At first, some people felt that this was not worth it. After all, many people seated here were bosses. The benefits and bonuses of the person-in-charge of Tengdas department might be high, but they were still far from being bosses like Li Shi, Yao Bo, and Zhou Muyan. Whats more, being the person-in-charge of Tengda meant that they had to temporarily put down their companys work. On the surface, the cost and benefits were not proportional at all. However, on further thought, this was an extremely important opportunity to communicate and learn! As the person-in-charge of Tengda, he would be able to take a deep look at Tengdas organization structure and working atmosphere. This was equivalent to seeing Boss Peis secret business management manual. It was a true priceless treasure! At that thought, everyone chose the departments that they liked and prepared their scripts nervously. He had to obtain this position as the person-in-charge! Chapter 1526 - Chen Kangtuo’s Plan for Revenge Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios The selection process for the various department heads of Tengda was carried out in a hot and efficient manner. Candidates would go on stage one by one, explain their relationship with this department, their understanding of the Tengda spirit, and the measures and actions that they would take after becoming the person-in-charge. Some gave pragmatic strategies, while others were filled with imagination. The heads of Tengdas various departments were listening intently, recording their opinions, giving ratings to each candidate, and finally choosing the most suitable candidate based on the comprehensive judgment. The actual situation of the different departments was different, and the person-in-charge needed was also different. Some departments had not been directly impacted. Naturally, they had to prioritize stability. Some departments were currently competing intensely with the anti-Tengda Alliance. Naturally, they needed a hot-blooded substitute person-in-charge. At the same time, the candidates experience, ability, character, understanding of the Tengda spirit, and other factors would be taken into consideration. Other than that, not every department had to be made the substitute person-in-charge. That was because Boss Pei did not have any hard requests. He said that outsiders had to take on the role. Boss Pei only said that there would be some encouraging measures if outsiders were to take on the role: the original person-in-charge would not work at the bottom for a month. In other words, if he could not find a suitable outsider, he could also find the core members of the original department to be the substitute person-in-charge. It would be fine as long as the original person-in-charge stayed in the basic level for three months. Therefore, if a certain department really could not choose a suitable person-in-charge, the current person-in-charge would definitely not choose irresponsibly. Wouldnt that be cheating Tengda Corporation and letting Boss Pei down! If he could not choose, he would find a core member to replace him. At the very most, he would inspect the basic level for a month. This was not a big problem. He could only blame himself for not being capable enough to find a suitable candidate. Soon, the candidates went on stage and got off the stage. The people in charge also selected the substitute heads of several key departments through the ratings. The entire process was very fast because there were only twenty to thirty people in Tengdas core department. There were only forty to fifty people present. Whats more, these forty to fifty people did not mean that every position had to be run. At most, they would choose two or three departments that they were interested in to run. There were only three or four candidates in each department. A day was enough. After the name list of the person-in-charge was finalized, there would be a tense handover next Monday. It would be on the right track faster! March 16th, Saturday. At the training base in the Suffering Travels. Min Jingchao had just come down from the rock wall when he felt his limbs turn jelly. He fell to the ground. Sun Xi and Chen Kangtuo held him up, one on the left and one on the right. Chen Kangtuo whispered. Hold on! We cannot let that Bao look down on us! Min Jingchao was furious. It was all because of the two of you! If Sun Xi had not been so interested in Suffering Travels back then, Min Jingchao would not have participated in the Suffering Travels with Sun Strike Studios. Of course, Chen Kangtuo was even more infuriating. If he had not threatened Bao Xu with the haunted house back then, he would not have had extra training every time! The key was that it was fine if Chen Kangtuo went to court death himself, but Bao Xu would only train him alone. However, Chen Kangtuo had also brought Min Jingchao along when he was threatening Bao Xu! This matter was not easy to deal with. To Bao Xu, he had to redo everything if he wanted to settle old and new grudges! In the end, Chen Kangtuo was in charge of the haunted house project. He had been asked by Boss Pei to walk around the haunted house every now and then, His mental fortitude was extremely strong, Not only that, the work at the haunted house was relatively simple. Thus, Chen Kangtuo went to Deposit Fitness when he had nothing to do. His physical fitness was very good. Min Jingchao was in trouble! Chen Kangtuo still looked lively after every additional training. Min Jingchao could not take it anymore. At that moment, Min Jingchao was being held up by Sun Xi and Chen Kangtuo. He was filled with vulgarities. He did not know where to start. He did not know if he should scold the left or the right. It was so miserable! The special training came to an end. Everyone lay on the ground and rested. They exchanged their hardwork for the benefits of playing with cell phones for half an hour. Chen Kangtuo ignored the pain in his fingers and arms and quickly typed on his cell phone screen. Min Jingchao, who was lying on the ground, felt furious seeing Chen Kangtuo so active. What a scam! Chen Kangtuo played with his cell phone for a while and came over. Jingchao, I have a thought to ask for your opinion Min Jingchao turned his head away. Not interested! Youve caused me so much trouble, and you still want me to give you ideas? Dream on! Dream on! Chen Kangtuo turned his head away in pity. Oh, Ill have to make the decision on the haunted house then Eh? Min Jingchao was stunned for a moment and took the initiative to approach him. You should have said that its about the haunted house. I can indeed give you some advice. The best way to let go of hatred was to find greater hatred. Obviously, Min Jingchao could put down his complaints about Chen Kangtuo and work with him to complete the haunted house project! Have you thought about the new project for the haunted house? Brother Bao has been to Wushan Mental Hospital and played the ultimate horror of Thriller Hostel. Ordinary haunted houses cannot scare him, Min Jingchao reminded him. Chen Kangtuo nodded. Of course, I know that very well! Previously, he had thought that he had misunderstood Bao Xu and used the haunted house project to threaten Bao Xu but to no avail. Instead, he had obtained extra training for himself and Min Jingchao. This lesson could be said to be unforgettable. Since that was the case, the new haunted house project had to go all out when designing. Wouldnt it be the biggest insult to Chen Kangtuo if Bao Xu felt that it was nothing special after the new project of the haunted house was completed? That was intolerable! Min Jingchao could not help but praise Chen Kangtuo in his heart seeing his high fighting spirit. Alright, as long as you dont forget hatred, you will still be my good brother! As long as you can take revenge for me, the matter of you scamming me previously can be written off! Min Jingchao looked up and saw that Bao Xu was not around. He lowered his voice and asked, What do you plan to do? Chen Kangtuo brought his cell phone over. I think the new project of the haunted house has to achieve two things to completely scare Brother Bao if it wants to achieve the best effect. The first point must be a long-term and sustainable experience. It cannot be short. It must be like a torturous trip and last for a long time inside! Second, I think Brother Bao has already experienced Wushan Mental Hospital and the Ultimate Horror. The conventional horror elements might not be of much use to him anymore. I think that the best sense of horror comes from life. Thats why Im going to collect material from life. It would be best if I could strike at the fear deep in Brother Baos heart! Min Jingchao nodded repeatedly. Yes, that made sense! It looked like Chen Kangtuo had indeed made ample preparations. What should we do then? Min Jingchao asked. Chen Kangtuo explained, First of all, I think we have to make a stadium big enough this time. Whats more, we dont have to eat, live, sleep, and live for a week to a month. Just like this Suffering Travels training camp. Think about it. If Suffering Travels is also done after one round and Suffering Day ends, would there still be such an effect? Definitely not. Its precisely because Suffering Travels has to last for two months that its so despairing. Therefore, I think the new project of this haunted house has to learn from this experience. It will definitely give Brother Bao the greatest shock if he were to stay in this haunted house for an entire month, even eating and sleeping! Min Jingchao looked at Chen Kangtuo with some respect. Indeed, hatred gave people strength! His hatred for Bao Xu had stimulated Chen Kangtuos imagination. That was why he could think of such a deranged plan that exceeded the bottom line of mankind. Chen Kangtuo continued. I want to shoot the specific content from life. Pure, terrifying monsters can only give people a visual impact. They cannot cause psychological shock. For someone like Brother Bao, the armor is high enough. Physical attacks might not have much effect. We have to use magical attacks. Do you remember Haunted House Nightmare? Actually, this project is more effective than Ultimate Horror in certain aspects. I think we can dig deeper on this. Min Jingchao nodded. Indeed! Thriller Hostel had three projects: Desperate Escape, Haunted House Nightmare, and Ultimate Horror. Desperate Escape was an interactive horror game that could be played again. Ultimate Horror was a long term horror house. Haunted House Nightmare was more special. It used some common scenes in reality. It mainly made people feel psychological fear. At the same time, it was a ticket to the Ultimate Horror. However, many people felt that the Haunted House Nightmare left a deeper impression based on the feedback from the tourists. Chen Kangtuo was actually a little surprised by this. That was because everyone had felt that the Ultimate Horror was the scariest project ever since the design. After some serious research, Chen Kangtuo finally thought of the reason. That was because the Ultimate Horror could be said to be physical damage. It was mainly terrifying through the elements of the scene, giving people a strong visual impact. However, this stimulation was too intense, making many people not dare to experience it. Secondly, even if they experienced it, they would probably run around the entire time and not dare to look around. Whats more, it would easily trigger the protection mechanism. They would quickly forget the scene inside after coming out. On the other hand, Haunted House Nightmare was more like a magical attack. Most people would not forget it after experiencing it for a long time. Some familiar scenes would even trigger the memory at that time. Thus, many people thought that Haunted House Nightmare was scarier. Thus, Chen Kangtuo leamed from this experience and decided to glorify the new project! Chapter 1527 - Teamwork, Revengeful Bao Xu Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Min Jingchao sucked in a deep breath. In other words you plan to create a large-scale survival haunted house that includes the canteen, bedroom, bathroom, and other elements? The type that can live inside for a week or even a month? Chen Kangtuo nodded. Thats right! If thats not the case, how can it achieve the same effect as Suffering Travels? One is physical torture at all times, and the other is mental torture at all times. That would make sense. Otherwise, if everyone mentions this matter and is in awe of Suffering Travels but doesnt care about Thriller Hostel at all, where would I put my face? Thriller Hostel is Boss Peis key project. How can it lose to Suffering Travels? Absolutely not! Whats more, Im also considering collecting materials from Tengdas various departments. For example, creating a scene in an office space would be completely in line with the layout of Tengdas office. However, all the scenes inside would be modified and old, giving people a very scary feeling, creating a psychological sense of horror. Whats more, there are various scenes inside, such as Fish-Catching Take-Out, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Deposit Fitness, and so on. Eating, sleeping, living in this area You have to feel this mental pressure at all times when doing everything! Whats more, we have to go to a random area to interact according to the requirements. For example, the mission requirement is to go to the Deposit Fitness version of Thriller Hostel. Otherwise, we have to extend the time. On the other hand, completing the mission can reduce the time. When I come out of this place a month later, my spirit will definitely be trained. From then on, I will definitely not be afraid of any problems in my life. I will not retreat! The more Chen Kangtuo spoke, the more excited he became. He felt inspired. Who said that haunted houses could only be walked around? Who said that haunted houses could not be permanent? Chen Kangtuo did not mind setting a flexible bottom line for himself in order to arrange for Brother Bao. After a moment of silence, Min Jingchao said very firmly, Old Chen, I ignored you previously because I was trained by Brother Bao until I was listless and had no energy. I definitely dont have any views on you. From now on, I will definitely follow your lead and stand firmly on your side. We will establish an unbreakable alliance! Chen Kangtuo happily said, No problem! At first, Min Jingchao had been brooding over Chen Kangtuo for scamming him. However, after hearing Chen Kangtuos introduction, he suddenly realized that his actions were very dangerous. If he offended such a person, would he suffer in the future? He had to suck up to him! As long as he could establish a good relationship with Chen Kangtuo, the others would queue to go to Thriller Hostel in the future. It would be best if he was not on the list when they stayed in the haunted house for a month. Obviously, Bao Xus dominance in Tengda no longer existed. Now, it was time to stand! If Min Jingchao had not suffered previously, he might have had to think about whether to choose physical or mental torture. There was no need to think about it now. He had to stand firmly by Chen Kangtuos side! Min Jingchao even wanted to give Chen Kangtuo some advice so that Bao Xu could have more fun during the experience. After some consideration, Min Jingchao said, I think we should arrange more interactive projects in this project. Then, we have to make rich randomization so that the people inside will never guess what will happen next. The content of Suffering Travels can also be used to obtain materials. For example, there is a very terrifying abyss of evil spirits inside. You have to climb up from the bottom, swim, and swim across a small lake. However, the water surface would look strange under the light. You can also see the ghosts and monsters under the water Didnt Brother Bao arrange for us to be very comfortable on the Suffering Travels? Let him experience the Thriller Hostels Suffering Travels! Chen Kangtuo nodded frequently and then quickly recorded it on his cell phone. It would take him more than a month to get out of this cage, but the new project of Thriller Hostel would not last a month. Chen Kangtuo scanned the key points recorded in the memo and pulled a new group chat from the group of people in charge. There was a characteristic of this group. There was no Bao Xu inside. They were all people in charge who had suffered. Obviously, a persons wisdom was limited. They had to work together! Now was the time to take revenge. After a while, the people in charge in this new group came to life and began to speak enthusiastically. Why are you still distributing work plans for the weekend? Do you think you have too much overtime limit? Eh, Chen Kangtuo, arent you suffering? Holy sh * t, what is this! Its the new Thriller Hostel project specially prepared for Brother Bao! Im not sleepy anymore, Ill apply for overtime! The group chat quickly boiled over. Everyone expressed that even though it was the weekend today, they had to work together to help Chen Kangtuo design this project even if it meant exhausting the overtime limit! As the saying went, doing evil often leads to self-destruction! How many people in charge had Brother Bao arranged? Until now, he had not been punished. Was that reasonable? That was unreasonable! Was there no one who could stop such a huge Tengda? Now, the opportunity was here! The people in charge felt like they had taken revenge at the thought of Bao Xu suffering in the new project of Thriller Hostel. They even offered suggestions. Can you act as an NPC in real life? Can I scare him in the middle of the night? I suggest setting up a broken wireless phone. I want to call him at 2 PM! Can we add a game segment? We can act as ghosts together and chase Brother Bao inside. He will stay inside for an hour as long as we touch him. Youre all too cruel! But be a person! Brother Bao might have a thousand wrongs, but didnt he leave you alive when you were suffering and traveling? I think we should be more tolerant of Brother Bao. For example, we should leave a secret room here to escape. As long as Brother Bao solved the puzzle in some very scary scenes, he would be able to come out in advance. He doesnt need to really stay for a month. Of course, considering Brother Baos intelligence and intelligence, these clues have to be hidden very deeply and let him continue looking Wait, are you leaving a way for Brother Bao to survive? Youre obviously afraid that he would stay behind and thats why you lured him to explore various scary places, right? I think this idea is too awesome. I strongly support it! Everyone spoke one after another. Chen Kangtuo nodded repeatedly. Alright, with everyone working together, the design plan for this new project would become clearer and clearer! Strange, why isnt Hao Qiong participating in the discussion? Chen Kangtuo sent Hao Qiong a private message. Logically speaking, Chen Kangtuo had been kidnapped for a torturous trip. Hao Qiong was now the person-in-charge of Thriller Hostel. He should be in charge of this project. In the end, Hao Qiong replied after he sent the plan over. Brother Chen, Im not the person-in-charge of Thriller Hostel anymore. I want to go down to the base level to be the internet cafe Chen Kangtuo: 2222 Hao Qiong answered, Its very complicated to explain. In short, Ruan Guangjian is now the person-in-charge of Thriller Hostel. Hes in charge of the original arts of The Future You Choose while hes in charge of Thriller Hostel Wait a moment. Ill pull him into this group and ask Ma Yiqun to finalize the details of the plan with him. Chen Kangtuo was stunned. Hold on. What has this got to do with Ma Yiqun? Hao Qiong: Oh, Ma Yiqun went to Thriller Hostel on the lower level. Hes acting as a ghost in a haunted house now. However, hes the person-in-charge after all. Hes more capable in terms of proposals. Let him assist Ruan Guangjian. He should be able to implement this plan. Let them arrange all the work in the early stages first. Well go back and continue after two months Chen Kangtuo fell silent. For some reason, he felt like one day was above the sky, and a thousand years had passed in this world Didnt I only come to suffer for less than a month? Why cant I keep up with Tengdas changes Ridiculous! . Chapter 1528 - The Executors Take Over Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios March 18th, Monday. This was a busy Monday for the various departments of Tengda Corporation. That was because Boss Peis base level plan had officially begun from today! The heads of the various departments had already chosen departments that they wanted to work on. Some were working as internet managers, some were delivering takeaways, some were waiters in restaurants, and some were working as receptionists at Deposit Fitness Of course, this choice would fully respect the personal wishes of the people in charge. It would be regarded as cultivating a second profession. The most popular departments were of course the games department and movie department. This was especially so for the games department. Many people in charge were originally from the games department. Their original job was as game designers. It was like returning home when they returned to the games department. Thus, the competition was very intense. However, it was precisely because the competition was too intense that the person-in-charge from the games department were too embarrassed to snatch too much. In the end, Xiao Peng, Rui Yuchen, the person-in-charge who had never worked in the games department, obtained this good opportunity. After all, the underground level event was a two-way test and exercise. On one hand, it was to let the heads of the various departments understand the suffering of the basic level and the operation model of the other departments. On the other hand, it was also a test for the mid-level employees of all departments to see if they could still support the entire departments business even if the person-in-charge was changed. If the previous person-in-charge, Huang Sibo or Lu Mingliang, were transferred to the games department, what would there be to test? What would they train? It completely tested his loneliness. That was because even though they were going to be ordinary designers at the basic level, they would definitely still ask for their opinions if the department encountered any problems. Thus, he had to arrange for people like Xiao Peng and Rui Yuchen, who had always been in the physical industry and had not personally participated in game design to go to the games department to achieve the desired effect. There were naturally some fighting during the entire distribution process. The current people in charge wanted to choose the departments that they wanted to go to. Li Shi, Qiao Liang, Ruan Guangjian, Yao Bo, and the others were also vying for some of Tengdas popular departments. Of course, it was successfully resolved under the serious screening and coordination of the people in charge. Many people had failed to be selected. After all, Tengda only had so many departments. Each department only needed one person-in-charge. The pitfalls were limited. However, those who failed to be selected were not too sad. They still felt Tengdas importance to them. Someone even took the initiative to suggest that they could join Tengdas various departments as ordinary employees to communicate, visit, and learn. Other than that, Tengda had some departments that had not been able to choose suitable candidates from these outsiders. The people in charge were not willing to choose forcefully. In the end, they promoted a new person-in-charge from the core members of their department. As for the original person-in-charge he could only work in the exchange department for three months. All in all, Boss Peis base level plan should be progressing smoothly according to Boss Peis wishes. They did not work over the weekend. Tengda started to make nervous personnel changes on Monday. Among them, a few of the person-in-charge had high hopes. For example, Ruan Guangjian had taken over Thriller Hostel. In his words, haunted houses had always been the thing he was most afraid of. That was why he wanted to be the substitute person-in-charge of Thriller Hostel to overcome his mental demons. Qiao Liang had relied on his outstanding results as a UP Master and live-streamer to hire the person-in-charge of Bunny Tail Live-Stream successfully. Yao Bo of Jinding Corporation became the substitute person-in-charge of Deposit Fitness. Li Shi had taken over Dream Realization Ventures. They were considered professionals. Other than that, there was another special department: Sloth Apartments. The person-in-charge of this department was an old friend of Tengda Corporation and Boss Pei: the current popular folk singer, Chen Lei! Chen Lei was not in Jingzhou, so he was not present on Friday. However, after the staff communicated, he was very interested in this and strongly hoped to be the person-in-charge of Sloth Apartments. After the inspections and unanimous approval of the people in charge, Chen Lei finally obtained this position as he wished. After the name list was released, Huang Sibo, Meng Chang, and the others read it and felt emotional. It felt ridiculous just looking at the name list. However, it seemed very reasonable after tasting it. Everyone knew that this feeling was very in line with the Tengda spirit! The special characteristic of the Tengda spirit was that it looked ridiculous and strange on the surface. However, if you savored it carefully, you would feel that it was filled with reason. There was even rich connotation. That meant that everything was going according to Boss Peis plan! The heads of the various departments quickly arranged their work and prepared to take over. Monday afternoon, Bunny Tail Live-Stream. Teacher Qiao, welcome, welcome. This will be your office from now on. This is Chen Yufeng. If you have anything you dont understand about Bunny Tail Live-Stream, you can ask him. Hu Xianbin welcomed Qiao Liang and introduced him warmly. Chen Yufeng was in charge of most of the work in the beginning of Bunny Tail Live-Stream. However, Chen Yufeng was relatively conservative. It did not match the relatively young and motivated style of Bunny Tail Live-Stream. Boss Ma was not particularly satisfied with him. He felt that he was lacking in bold and imaginative imagination. Therefore, Ma Yang asked Pei Qian for Hu Xianbin while Chen Yufeng was suffering. Pei Qian took advantage of the situation and arranged for Hu Xianbin to live-stream Bunny Tail. After Hu Xianbin went to Bunny Tail Live-Stream, he did a few big things. For example, he cleared Tengda Games and live-stream platforms, allowing Bunny Tail Live-Stream to develop quickly. Thus, he was deeply trusted by Boss Ma. Now, Hu Xianbin could not escape from the person-in-charges lower level. After handover, he would be working as an editor at Zhongdian Chinese Network. On the other hand, Chen Yufeng had escaped a calamity. After all, he was not the person-in-charge of Bunny Tail Live-Stream strictly speaking. He could stay as a core employee and assist Qiao Liang. Qiao Liang looked around the huge office, shocked at the configurations. There was a huge projector screen, a VIP seat in the cinema with a massage function, and a small refrigerator that could take various drinks at any time. Those who did not know better would think that this was a family cinema in some mansion. Whose work desk is this? Qiao Liang pointed to the work desk facing the huge projector screen. There were some personal items on it, such as a huge 1800 ml cup. Obviously, it belonged to someone. However, Qiao Liang noticed that Chen Yufengs work desk was in the office area outside. This might be to facilitate assigning tasks to the ordinary employees in the department. Hu Xianbins work desk was opposite the 1800ml cup. Since Qiao Liang wanted to take over as the person-in-charge, he naturally had to sit in Hu Xianbins seat. That was why he was a little curious about the work desk opposite him. Hu Xianbin explained, Oh, this is Boss Mas seat. Boss Ma is the same as Boss Pei. Hes in seclusion recently and wont be back for the short term. You dont have to worry about him for the time being. If Boss Ma returns, you dont have to panic. Hes very kind. He should have seen your video. You just have to be polite. Boss Ma is very easy to recognize. Just remember that your face is especially long. Qiao Liang nodded, feeling immense pressure. Few people like him, who had the honor of sitting opposite Boss Ma as the person-in-charge. Alright, the handover of work is over. I should pack up and go on the road soon. Hu Xianbin was going to Zhongdian Chinese Network to be an editor. He might not have worked before, but he had seen many online literature. He had also discussed and interacted with Yu Fei in depth. Thus, he felt that being an online literature editor should be a good job. It would not be bad to nurture his second profession. Qiao Liang quickly stopped Hu Xianbin when he saw that he was about to leave. Sigh, wait a moment. Theres still no work handover. How can it be over? You have to tell me in detail what my work content is. What are the precautions usually! Qiao Liang was a little flustered because it was his first time entering the company as an animal, let alone being the person-in-charge. Qiao Liang had been a full-time UP Master ever since he graduated, so he knew nothing about this. He had been very happy after choosing the person-in-charge. He had thought that Hu Xianbin would definitely teach him step by step. He had not expected Hu Xianbin to become an overseer. Hu Xianbin smiled. You dont have to teach me that. At the moment, Ive already written the important work for Bunny Tail Live-Stream into a document and put it in my computer. Youll understand it after taking a look. If there are any details you want to understand, you can ask Chen Yufeng. As for what you want to do next Think about this yourself. If | affect your thinking, why do I need you to be the person-in-charge? Boss Pei spent so much effort to choose the substitute person-in-charge because he hoped that you would bring some new changes to Tengdas various departments. Dont be afraid that your plan cannot be implemented. The middle management of all Tengda departments can also push up the business without a person-in-charge. They will do everything possible to complete your plan. You just have to point out the direction from your own perspective. The specific implementation is a question that the people below have to consider. Hu Xianbin was not consoling Qiao Liang because the mid management of Tengdas various departments indeed had the ability. Even if the person-in-charge was not around for a long time, these middle management could support the business of the department! The reason was very simple. The person-in-charge of Tengdas department was a high-risk job. Something would happen easily. He would either be captured and suffered or be eliminated. In short, he could disappear into thin air at any time. Under such circumstances, the person-in-charge would consciously nurture the mid-tier so that they could withstand it after he left. The people in the mid-tier had to constantly consider what to do after the person-in-charge was gone. That created the feasibility of the person-in-charges lower level. Otherwise, how could he organize similar activities like the other departments when the department leaders left and all the work in the entire department was stopped? Obviously, Boss Pei had planned everything. Chapter 1529 - Each Showed Their Own Worth Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios Qiao Liang sat down in the position of the person-in-charge. He felt good. He opened the application on Aili Islands website and glanced at his post on Sunday. Im sorry, fans. Its an accident. I have to stop updating for a period of time. I want to be the person-in-charge of Tengda and be in charge of Bunny Tail Live-Stream. Therefore, I might not be able to update for the time being On Sunday, Qiao Liang had confirmed that he was going to live-stream Bunny Tail. Thus, he had informed the audience in advance and made a report. To stop updating without saying a word was obviously not something a professional UP Master and live-streamer could do. It was a pity that the fans did not seem to buy it. Huh? What Old Qiao said cannot be trusted! Be the person-in-charge of Bunny Tail Live-Stream? You? Can you at least make it sound more believable! A reason to update? Thats quite novel. Ordinary people dont dare to talk nonsense to this extent. Go ahead, go ahead. In any case, you normally update monthly and go missing all year round. This time, youve at least found an excuse to placate us while youre busy. Dads are already very pleased! Qiao Liang did not know to laugh or to cry after reading these comments. o one would believe him even if he told the truth now! He had wanted to take a photo of the office to prove himself, but on further thought, he felt that it was not appropriate. This posturing was too deliberate. It was not smooth at all. That was not right! Forget it. He should suppress his desire to show off and obediently do the job of being the person-in-charge. He could not let Boss Pei down. Otherwise, Teacher Qiaos reputation would be ruined! ff Teacher Qiao were to make a move and collapse Bunny Tail Live-Stream, which was publicly recognized as the most sticky live-stream in the live-stream industry, wouldnt he become notorious for tens of thousands of years? Yes, he had to be upright and serious. Since he was the person-in-charge, he had to be responsible. He could not just think about showing off. He would work hard during this period and be the person-in-charge. He would achieve results and then act big. He briefly flipped through the various explanations left behind by Hu Xianbin. Qiao Liang roughly knew the current situation of Bunny Tail Live-Stream. As the live-streamer of Bunny Tail Live-Stream, Qiao Liang had a deeper understanding of Bunny Tail Live-Stream. Now that he saw these internal documents, he naturally knew more. Two points were worth noting. First, the anti-Tengda Alliance was already roping in live-stream platforms like Wolf Fang Live-Stream to join in, wanting to conduct a comprehensive siege of Bunny Tail Live-Stream. Of course, the other live-stream platforms had actually targeted Bunny Tail Live-Stream before. However, after a few rounds of friction, they realized that Bunny Tail Live-Stream was completely different from ordinary live-stream platforms. Thus, they ignored Bunny Tail Live-Stream later on. However, as Bunny Tail Live-Stream began to continuously clear Tengda Games, all sorts of data began to grow rapidly. These live-stream platforms could not sit still anymore. Coupled with the few large companies against Tengda Alliance and the huge capital behind them adding fuel to the fire, they naturally began to have new ideas for Bunny Tail Live-Stream. Second, there was a drive competition that had been planned for a long time before Bunny Tail Live-Stream. It was going to be officially held recently. This competition was considered to be linked to the game Safe and Civilized Driving. The competition would be live-streamed on Bunny Tail live-stream the entire time. Whats more, it would be edited and recorded as a variety show. The competition was divided into three stages: pre-selection, online competition, and offline competition. The pre-selection stage had already been completed. It was to use the game Safe and Civilized Driving for the pre-selection. They would choose a group of players who could use the simulator and enter the online competition stage. In the online competition, everyone had to use the safe and civilized driving simulator to participate and determine the winner. The winners selected from the online competition could participate in the offline competition: professional racing trainers would teach them first, let them convert the technology of driving simulators to the technology of driving real racing in reality, and then conduct a professional competition. The offline competition professional team and the amateur team would be conducted separately. The former would be targeted at professional racing drivers, while the latter would be targeted at players who had never been trained in racing and had only played Safe and Civilized Driving. In fact, when he arranged this event, he did not consider the current situation. He only wanted to link up with the game Safe and Civilized Driving. However, now Qiao Liang had an idea. He suddenly felt that this event could be a breakthrough. As the saying went, new officials had to work three times. Qiao Liang was worried that he, the new person-in-charge, had nothing to do. Wasnt this a ready-made task delivered to him? At the same time, the other people in charge also began to take over Tengdas various departments. Ruan Guangjian had just handed over his work to Hao Qiong in Thriller Hostel. He was working with Ma Yiqun on the new project design plan sent by Chen Kangtuo. Ma Yiqun was here to lower the foundation of Thriller Hostel. Naturally, he had to participate in the design of the new project. Chen Kangtuos idea is not bad. However, it is a little difficult to make it! Ma Yiqun exclaimed. The plan for the new project of the haunted house was finalized by the heads of the various departments. It gathered everyones hatred for Brother Bao. The plan itself was naturally a very feasible plan. However, on closer inspection, one would realize that the difficulty of making this thing was extremely high. That was because Chen Kangtuos plan had two effects: one was to let people live in it long-term, and the other was to distort the elements that were commonly seen in life. That would create a mental sense of horror. It was not a physical attack, but a magical attack. The former required strong setting planning ability. This was relatively easier. After all, many people in charge of Tengda were game designers. They had a certain advantage in this aspect. The latter was much more difficult. If it was just pure horror elements, it might be easier to make it. It was just some fake plasma, broken limbs, and the like. It could scare people however it wanted, making them not dare to open their eyes. However, Chen Kangtuos plan required the scene to be realistic. At the same time, it had an indescribable sense of eeriness. It could not scare people to the point that they did not dare to open their eyes, but it also brought such mental horror and excitement. The speed was too difficult to grasp! This was a beautiful plan. At first glance, it sounded very exciting, but if it did not have that taste, it would collapse. Ruan Guangjian rubbed his chin. I think this plan is very good! Its very challenging! I feel like Ive been inspired and even eager to try! Ma Yiqun paused, and then suddenly understood. Yes, this problem was not a problem at all to Big Boss Ruan! The most difficult part of Chen Kangtuos plan was that it was difficult to imagine a specific image. In order to accurately grasp this feeling, the concept designer had to have a perfect grasp of this horror. He could not be more or less bold. He could not be too bold so that he would not feel the horror elements, but he could not be too timid and lack this horrifying imagination. Wasnt Big Boss Ruan a suitable candidate? Ma Yiqun had long heard about Ruan Guangjians mysterious physique. He might have said that he was most afraid of going to the haunted house, and he had been scared to death after entering, but he looked very light when he came out. He enjoyed it very much. That meant that Ruan Guangjian had the ability to sense and imagine horror elements at the same time. Most importantly, Ruan Guangjian was the best artist himself! Ordinary people would not be able to express it accurately even if they had such a feeling and imagination. If others were to create it on behalf of others, there would definitely be a lot of information missing and it would be difficult to achieve the desired effect. However, what if the artist personally drew the entire concept design and even simplified every detail? Then, the most exciting side of this plan could be perfectly displayed! Ma Yiqun quickly said, Big boss, come and work on the concept design. Ill assist! Big boss, you came at the right time. No one else can do this plan except for you! Ruan Guangjian was very excited as well. Previously, he had been doing original arts and concept drawings. However, if he were to do that too much, it would be meaningless. However, now, he could personally design the haunted house? Just thinking about it made him excited! However There are no specific requirements for the design theme of this plan, Ruan Guangjian said. Ma Yiqun nodded. Yes, perhaps Chen Kangtuo had not thought about it himself. However, this is good. There is ample space to showcase your skills. You can design it freely. Ruan Guangjian fell into deep thought. The plan says to showcase the scariest nightmare for Bao Xu as much as possible. Im not very familiar with Bao Xu. Im not sure. What should this Nightmare be? Weve already thought of some realistic scenes related to Tengda in the plan. We also said that we should add a secret room to escape. However, in Chen Kangtuos opinion, these seem to be insufficient. Yes in his words, mental torture is a little insufficient. Ma Yiqun pondered for a moment and said, I think perhaps its the sense of horror of thinking that the nightmare is over but the new journey is starting over? In my impression, Brother Baos most despairing moment was when he had just won a holiday because of the annual meetings lucky draw. He went out to travel for a long time. In the end, he was rated the best mployee when he just returned. He was about to set off again without even packing his luggage. fo) Ruan Guangjian nodded slightly. Hmm that does sound like a good idea. I seem to have some inspiration. First, let him live in this environment for a month. During this period, if he wants to go out in advance, he has to collect clues, solve puzzles, and obtain some key props. However, during the period of collecting props, once you fail, you will return to the original point. Not only that, when you trigger certain events, you will also start from scratch or go to a specific area. We cannot always stay in the same place. Sometimes, some doors would close, some doors would open, and some roads would not turn back it does sound more interesting than ordinary haunted houses! Ruan Guangjian suddenly felt inspired. He could not stop it! He subconsciously threw Bao Xu into the new haunted house project in his mind and began to conceptualize the various details.. Chapter 1530 - The Counter-Tengda Alliance is Confused Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios At the same time, Li Shi had just finished his shift with He Desheng. He was researching Dream Realization Ventures investment project. Boss Pei is obviously an investment genius with 100% success rate, but he has completely released his control and guidance of Dream Realization Ventures. The success rate of this investment has fallen too much, much lower than Fu Hui Investments However, Boss Pei still firmly implemented the previous approach. He did not have much restrictions on the companies that he invested in. He only sent the finance department to supervise. In other words, Boss Pei would be generous to companies that abide by the rules and did not cheat investments. He would not care if he could recover this investment. Could this be the generosity of a real investor? All along, Li Shi had heard about Dream Realization Ventures investment rules. However, he had never seen these specific data before, so he did not pay much attention to it. He thought that Boss Pei would more or less guide Dream Realization Ventures, and Dream Realization Ventures was still an investment department with a high returns. However, he realized that he was wrong now. Boss Pei did not care about Dream Realization Ventures at all. He rarely asked about investment projects. Dream Realization Ventures might also make money but it was not much compared to the total amount of investment! The return on investment was far inferior even compared to Fu Hui Investments, let alone the 100% success rate of investment that Boss Pei had when he held Dream Realization Ventures personally. In other words, to Boss Pei, Dream Realization Ventures primary goal is no longer the returns, but how to optimize resources, support some outstanding small companies development, and bear more social responsibility Whats more, Boss Pei has never publicized these things. He only does it silently. Boss Peis level of enlightenment is really embarrassing! Li Shi was very emotional. He felt that he seemed to have a new understanding of the highest level of investment. At Deposit Fitness, Li Yaling was introducing the gym to Yao Bo. Yao Bo nodded repeatedly. Yes, Deposit Fitness fitness model is indeed unique and thought-provoking. Fitness is a form of delayed gratification. It is very painful when you are sweating. Most people cannot persevere. However, once you persevere and see the changes in your body, this sense of pride and sense of achievement is definitely incomparable to those superficial happiness that were developed quickly. All industries related to fitness, if you can make good use of this point, you can achieve something. I might have had some understanding of Deposit Fitness model before, but I only realized that there were so many tricks after I went deep into the internal inspection. it can force customers to endure the pain period and form a habit. Then, it can use the final sense of achievement and tangible fitness effect to form a reputation. In turn, it can strengthen the compulsory nature of the gym to customers so that customers can willingly accept this compulsory nature Boss Pei is indeed a genius to be able to think of such a business model! Li Yaling smiled. She thought so too. Many of Boss Peis ideas were like that. On the surface, they looked ridiculous, but in the end, they would realize that this was because they had surpassed the times. After some consideration, Yao Bo continued, Jinding Corporation started off by making sportswear and fitness drinks. I suddenly felt inspired. We might not be able to learn this model, but we can publicize such ideas in the slogan and follow the consumers habits. By the way, I realized that Deposit Fitness provided very ordinary supporting facilities to the students. They also provided fitness uniforms, fitness gloves, and the like, but everyone did not use them very much. I want Jinding Corporation to produce some joint fitness products with Deposit Fitness, such as fitness uniforms, fitness gloves, and so on. On the one hand, I want to provide better benefits and rewards for the members of Deposit Fitness. On the other hand, I can also use this opportunity to earn profits from a wider market. What do you think? Li Yaling smiled. Youre the person-in-charge now. You have the final say. Personally, I think this plan is very feasible. Sloth Apartments headquarters. The working environment here has really won my heart! I didnt expect the working conditions of Sloth Apartments to be even better than Tengdas headquarters. Chen Lei sat in Liang Qingfans seat. He looked around and sighed from the bottom of his heart. The huge space was extremely empty. The desks were all alone. Everyone was very far away from each other. They probably had to shout to communicate. There might be echo when he shouts. Whats more, this emptiness was different from Tengdas headquarters. That was because the tables and chairs here were not the serious kind of office tables and chairs. Instead, they were tables in the art area and leisure area. It looked very artistic. There were all sorts of artworks in the office. Those who did not know would think that this was an exhibition area for some modern art. That was because Liang Qingfan had personally designed this place. As an outstanding architect and designer, Liang Qingfan had a strong personal style in this area. Thus, Sloth Apartments was different from all the other departments in Tengda. However, this situation of monopolizing everything would quickly improve. As Tengdas headquarters building was completed, all departments would be able to enjoy this working environment that was like a modern art exhibition hall. Whats more, the offices of the various departments were designed according to the actual situation of the departments and the needs of the employees. They took into account practicality and artistry. Before Chen Lei arrived, he had not expected to be working in such an environment. That was why he was pleasantly surprised. Liang Qingfan smiled. Of course. Everything here was meticulously designed by me. Even Boss Pei praised it non-stop. This is especially so for the work desks that are far away from each other. It shows the sense of independence and distance between employees. However, it also gives people the illusion that they are closely related. It maximizes everyones work efficiency when designing and is not interfered with. Boss Pei must have seen this point and praised this structure and layout. He also hopes that I can bring this layout to the future Tengda headquarters. Chen Lei nodded. Of course, he was filled with admiration for an architect like Liang Qingfan. However, looking at Liang Qingfans incomplete designs, Chen Lei suddenly began to wonder if he had made the right choice to be the agent in charge of Sloth Apartments. But I know nothing about the design plan! Chen Lei said. Liang Qingfan smiled. It doesnt matter. At the moment, most of the plans have been completed. Even those that have not been completed will be handled by other designers. You dont have to worry. Boss Pei is organizing this basement level event obviously hoping that the substitute heads can bring some different ideas to these departments. If the new person-in-charge is still like me, buried in various specific designs, whats the meaning of this event? You should start from what you really feel and seek some new improvements for Sloth Apartments. After all, you used to be the spokesperson of Sloth Apartments! Chen Lei nodded. Yes I dont have a clue, but I think I can give it a shot. Liang Qingfan looked at the time. Its almost time. The work has been handed over. You can look for me if you encounter any problems. Ill help out at Fei Huang Workspace. Thats right, sign an autograph for me. I have a few friends who are your fans. Its really hard to reject them. As Liang Qingfan spoke, he retrieved a few Chen Leis new videos from his bag. Shanghai, Shengyun Corporation headquarters. Nie Yunsheng looked at the report on the table and looked at the Vice-President in front of him suspiciously. Are you sure theres no problem with this information? Boss Pei is in seclusion? The heads of Tengdas various departments have been changed? The person-in-charge of Upwind Logistics might be Xue Zhebin? The person-in-charge of Sloth Apartments might be Chen Lei? I can tolerate Xue Zhebin, but what about Sloth Apartments? Are you sure its Chen Lei? The Chen Lei who sang? The Chen Lei who just released the new video? The Vice-President gulped and nodded reluctantly. From the information we have now that is indeed the case. I cant guarantee 100% accuracy of this information, but it should be about the same. Previously, this lower-level activity and initial plan had been kept a secret. However, it was impossible to keep such a huge matter of changing the person-in-charge of the department a secret. There would always be some rumors. As for Boss Peis seclusion, some news had been spread. However, the outside world did not know the true reason for Boss Peis seclusion. There was also a ridiculous piece of news that Boss Pei had gone into seclusion to write his graduation thesis. The information source was more reliable, but Shengyun Corporations Vice-President did not believe that it was true no matter what, so he did not write it in the report. He was afraid that he would be scolded by Nie Yunsheng if he wrote it. However, even these relatively accurate news had already shocked and confused Nie Yunsheng. At this juncture, Boss Pei was in seclusion? The person-in-charge had also been changed? Whats more, from the current information, the change in person-in-charge was too ridiculous! It was just like when two armies were facing each other and preparing to fight. In the end, the other party suddenly changed their generals at the last minute and changed the generals who led the troops to green forest and good men. In an instant, a regular army was transformed into a bandits army and a scattered army. That was ridiculous! This behavior confused Nie Yunsheng deeply and completely disrupted his plan. Why wasnt the other party playing by the book! n fact, the few companies that had gone against Tengda had formulated strategies. They had also studied the personalities and habits of the heads of Tengdas various departments in depth. That was because Boss Pei could not manage so many departments after all. He could only give a few key pointers. The success or failure in other fields would mainly depend on the companies in the Tengda Alliance and the department heads of Tengda. ie Yunsheng had lost to Lu Mingliang. Even though he had been defeated, he was still unhappy and wanted to get back at him. He had been researching Lu Mingliang for a long time. He was also thinking hard about how to find a suitable strategy to deal with Upwind Logistics. He had even prepared a plan for Upwind Logistics possible attack strategy in advance. However, he did not expect Tengdas various departments to send a living person to change their blood completely! The plan that he had prepared previously was useless! Once this person-in-charge changed, Tengdas entire style might change!. Chapter 1531 - Boss Pei Gradually Became Cautious Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios March 21st, Thursday. Pei Qian ended his liaison with himself again. He took off his wrist guards and stretched in satisfaction. Very good, progress is fast. Its almost half done! From the looks of the current situation, everything was going smoothly. There was even ample progress. f this speed could be maintained, it would not be a problem to submit the manuscript on the 10th of next month. He could even make simple edits before submitting the manuscript. However, the price was Pei Qian felt completely isolated from the world. n order to increase the efficiency of his thesis writing, Pei Qian had no choice but to force himself to cut off the internet. He also instructed Assistant Xin not to inform him unless it was a last resort. From the looks of the current situation, there seemed to be no other choice. ei Qian switched off his cell phones flight mode again and prepared to come into contact with some information from the outside world. He wanted to see if anything major had happened during his seclusion. Eh, the promotional video that Meng Chang shot for GOG and IOI is out. However I think it was scolded. He might be taking the blame for me but no matter what, he has obtained the commission. Its worth celebrating. It looks like Meng Changs understanding is deepening. Im very comforted! The promotional video that Meng Chang filmed for GOG and IOI looked stable overall. In the promotional video, two players were selected to represent GOG and IOI. Both of them were playing games in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, giving close-up shots of GOG and IOI. However, in the next second, a magical thing happened. Both of them were surprised to find their game characters walk into each others game and start fighting side by side! Meng Chang also chose the heroes representing the two games in the choice of hero characters. They were Modest and the Storm Swordsman. Immediately after, the armor of Modest and the Storm Swordsman appeared on the two players. The scene in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe also became a battlefield. A large number of enemy heroes and small soldiers surrounded them. The two of them fought side by side and broke out of the siege. Finally, they smiled at each other, creating an atmosphere of close comrades fighting side by side. To be fair, this promotional video was not bad. The scene of the last two players fighting side by side in the game world was especially outstanding. It was obvious that they had spent a lot of money. However, the players did not buy it. It was still because of the previous reason that everyone did not want to merge! This promotional video was not bad, but it further confirmed the news that the two games would definitely merge. It was no different from pulling out those gamers who strongly objected to the merging again and whipping their corpses. Thus, no matter how well they filmed, gamers who were very resistant to merging would not buy it. Not only that, some players also distorted the meaning of the promotional video. That was because GOG and IOIs two gamers were fighting side by side in the second half of the promotional video. They were playing the classic antagonist heroes in GOG and IOI. This was normal from the content of the promotional video alone. There had to be enemies after all, right? They could not be all random soldiers, right? It was normal to choose a few antagonist heroes in the game to play calefares in the promotional video. However, many people interpreted it as: These antagonist heroes were hinting to gamers like us who were against the merging of GOG and IOI! Look, the two players who had transformed into Modest and the Storm Swordsman had fought side by side. They represented the players who supported the merging of GOG and IOI. There was nothing wrong with that, right? Who was the force that besieged them? Dayak Corporation and Finger Games? Obviously not! Dayak Corporation had already sold IOI. Finger Games was now completely under Tengdas control. It was completely unrelated to the antagonist. Wouldnt the biggest resistance to the merging of GOG and IOI be the veteran gamers who objected to the merging? Therefore, this promotional video had smuggled goods! indirect criticism! Most players were still observing the merging of GOG and IOI. They also felt that this interpretation of the promotional video was a little far-fetched and over-interpreted. However, they had to admit that this voice did exist and it was not small. That was because the gamers! resentment had not been relieved. Many players were protesting the merging of GOG and IOI, but Tengdas official platform did not appease or say much. They only treated the merging of GOG and IOI as something that had to be done. Thus, it was normal for players to have resentment. Pei Qian could not help but exclaim that Meng Chang was a little smart! This reverse publicity was becoming more and more natural. There were less and less traces. Now, Meng Chang already knew how to adapt to the situation. He would make a publicity plan that looked alright on the surface but would always be scolded in some strange place based on the characteristics of the project. It was becoming more and more reassuring! Pei Qian nodded slightly and looked at Tengdas various departments. Eh? The low-level activities are already underway? The various department heads quickly completed the handover on Monday. The efficiency is quite high! The name list of the person-in-charge Something seems wrong?! ei Qian had wanted to praise Tengdas execution. However, after taking a closer look at the name list of the substitute people in charge, he felt a little dizzy. Li Shi, Qiao Liang, Ruan Guangjian, Yao Bo, Chen Lei they were all old acquaintances! Why are you here as the person-in-charge if you have nothing to do! Dont you have your own company! ei Qian was speechless. His original idea was to let these people in charge go on the streets to pull people over or find relatives or friends to replace him. tt was just like how Pei Qian pulled Tian Mo on the streets and established the sales department. However, he did not expect to pull all of Pei Qians enemies outside the company over! ei Qian had not thought about this possibility because these people were very busy! Among the people on the list, apart from Qiao Liang, the no-show, who might be more free, which of them did not open their own companies? Which of them did not have work to do? Li Shi had Fu Hui Investments, Ruan Guangjian had Halo Workspace, Yao Bo was the young boss of Jinding Corporation, Xue Zhebin still had to inherit his fathers mine, and Chen Lei had just released a new video. He heard that he had to prepare for a concert a few months later Yet, these people insisted on pushing down their own jobs and wanted to be the person-in-charge of Tengda? Mad, this world has gone mad! Pei Qian had originally thought that by getting rid of this group of people in charge and letting them go down the base level to waste for two to three months, he would at least be able to give the anti-Tengda Alliance some breathing room. He would let them attack freely and seize some market status. Yet the new batch of people looked equally good at fighting! What was the point of this lower level then? Was it just to change the way Boss Pei died? Calm down, calm down. Think on the bright side. The substitute person-in-charge might have the ability to change but they might not be familiar with Tengdas working model. Whats more, they have their own company. Its difficult for them to take care of both sides. If something really happens to their own company, they will definitely put Tengdas matters aside and take care of themselves first. All in all, changing the person-in-charge of the lower level might not have the best effect in my plan, but I cant say that its unacceptable. On the whole, the benefits outweigh the costs. At the very least, we should observe for a while before coming to a conclusion. Coincidentally, theres an event for Bunny Tail Live-Stream. Ill observe how Teacher Qiao, the substitute person-in-charge, is doing. If it is very successful, it means that the idea of this lower level is a complete mistake. I have to think of a way to remedy it. If it doesnt succeed, it means that theres no problem with my plan. We can continue. Every person-in-charge had their own work plan. Some were more radical and proposed new plans, while others were more conservative and only continued the previous work content. Amongst them, the situation of Bunny Tail Live-Stream where Qiao Liang was was was more special. That was because the live-stream competition for Safe and Civilized Driving that Hu Xianbin had planned previously was about to take place as scheduled. Thus, Qiao Liang took over midway and became the first department to cause a huge commotion after the base level event. Pei Qian felt that he could use this opportunity to observe. At the same time, in the guest room of Wolf Fang live-stream headquarters in Shanghai. Wolf Fang Live-Streams Vice-President, Zhu Yan, was discussing the next phase of the plan with Shengyun Corporations Nie Yunsheng. Tengda had suddenly changed everyone. Indeed, these big bosses were confused. They could not figure out what was on Boss Peis mind. However, even though he could not figure it out, he did not dare to not take it seriously. Nie Yunsheng smiled and said, Boss Zhu, Waiwai streaming platform has also preliminary reached a cooperation with us. At the moment, the two biggest live-stream platforms in the market are working together. They will definitely win! You shouldnt have any worries about this cooperation, right? Zhu Yan took a sip of tea and said, Boss Nie has a lot of power. I didnt expect that we could still work together because of Bunny Tail Live-Stream after playing with Waiwai Live-Stream for so long. Nie Yunsheng smiled and said, This is perfectly normal. Bunny Tail Live-Stream might not have a lot of market share at the moment, but it relies on Tengda Corporation after all. It will show its true colors sooner or later! Recently, the few new functions of Bunny Tail Live-Stream are all trying to get through to Tengda Games. Its enough to show Boss Peis ambition in this industry. Boss Zhu, the fact that you and Waiwai streaming platform could see through Boss Peis intentions and react in advance definitely reflects your foresight! Waiwai streaming platform has already said that as long as Wolf Fang live-stream takes action, they will follow immediately! Many people boast that Bunny Tail Live-Stream is the live-stream platform with the most stickiness. However, in the live-stream industry, what real stickiness is there? As long as two live-stream platforms snatch the resources of Bunny Tail Live-Stream and poach the live-streamer of Bunny Tail Live-Stream, even if Boss Pei is god, he would not be able to maintain it! Zhu Yan was silent for a moment, and then said, Waiwai streaming platform is quite smart, but why are we the ones who started first?. Chapter 1532 - Finding A Game Development Company With Potential Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios This question stumped Nie Yunsheng. Finished! I knew that the live-stream platform was not that easy! The reason why he was so vague was because he wanted to muddle over as much as possible. However, he did not expect Zhu Yan to be very smart and cunning. He could not be muddled at all. Nie Yunsheng did not lie. They had indeed convinced Waiwai streaming platform to join the anti-Tengda Alliance. That way, Waiwai streaming platform and Wolf Fang live-stream would have an extremely high market share in the anti-Tengda Alliance. It would at least form a comparative advantage in this field when facing Bunny Tail live-stream. On the surface, this was indeed a good thing. However, the problem was neither platform was willing to make the first move! Waiwai Live-Stream and Wolf Fang Live-Stream saw hope of defeating Bunny Tail Live-Stream even though the alliance this time had given them hope. However, their two companies were competitors themselves! The previous money-burning war had been fought to the death and they had long been furious. Such hostility could not be so easily eliminated. On the surface, Nie Yunsheng seemed to have pulled everyone into the anti-Tengda alliance, but no one was willing to take the first shot. He was afraid that he would be used as a tool and be plotted against by another family. Whats more, another important factor was that gaming live-streams accounted for a lot of business in these two live-streams. They had mixed feelings about Tengda. On one hand, they did not dare to offend Tengda too much. They did not want to stand out. What if Tengda prohibited these two platforms from broadcasting Tengda Games? Would they let so many GOG streamers go hungry? Of course, Tengda had never done such a thing before. However, what if they were anxious? That was hard to say. On the other hand, they were very afraid of Bunny Tail Live-Stream. That was because Bunny Tail Live-Stream was getting closer and closer to Tengda Games. It was hard to guarantee that one day in the future, these two platforms would be pulled by Bunny Tail Live-Stream together and have a double kill. It was very contradictory. Thus, this time, the two platforms looked very powerful, but they were still hesitating and did not make up their minds. Waiwai streaming platform said that they would follow as long as Wolf Fang live-stream came first. On the other hand, Wolf Fang live-stream also felt that Waiwai streaming platform had to go first. That was awkward. As the saying went, rewards always had brave men. However, who would be the one to reward him? The anti-Tengda Alliance was a relatively loose alliance to begin with. Nie Yunsheng could not possibly pay for it himself, right? na certain field, companies in this field would definitely have to fork out, man, and think of ways. The battle strategy was everyone attack Tengda together. However, there had never been an accurate conclusion to where this attack would start, who would go first, who would go first, how much resources would be invested, and how much they would fight. Every company had different thoughts. ie Yunsheng was very helpless, but he did not have a good solution. He could only laugh. Alright, Ill communicate with Waiwai streaming platform and see if I can set a rule that would satisfy both sides. When the time comes, you can work together to poach the live-streamer of Bunny Tail! Zhu Yan nodded slightly. Thank you, Boss Nie. n fact, he did not think highly of the anti-Tengda Alliance. After all, based on his experience working with Bunny Tail Live-Stream, Tengda Corporations strength might far exceed the imagination of the outside world. Such strength did not matter how much Tengda had, nor did it matter how many industries Tengda had crossed, but Tengda Corporation seemed to always be unpredictable. You could not think of what their next step would be! Not only that, Tengda Corporation was also an anomaly. Its business model was completely different from other companies. It could even be said to be incompatible, and its reputation was bursting. It was indeed a more dangerous thing to be Tengdas enemy. It was very easy to be scolded badly. However, he also knew that he had to do something. Otherwise, it would be too late when Bunny Tail Live-Stream really declared war on the other two live-stream platforms. Since someone was stepping forward, he would take it one step at a time. Zhu Yan suddenly thought of something else. By the way, Boss Nie, the most important game and movie industry have you found a heavyweight partner? Nie Yunsheng did not hide anything and said, Its easy to deal with the movie. Several film companies, including Vinci Media, have already spoken to us about cooperation. Especially Vinci Media, Lu Xiaoping and Boss Lu are very determined. They even promised to sponsor a movie to help us win this battle of public opinion. The game is going quite smoothly. Several gaming platforms have already joined us. The channel is completely sufficient. We might not have been able to obtain a new gaming platform that has been performing well and developing rapidly, which is Dawn Games platform, but it is almost enough with the current channel strength. The only thing is that the content is relatively weak. Zhu Yan had an impression of Vinci Media. Back then, Vinci Medias overseas blockbuster, Greyhound, happened to be on the same schedule as Mission and Choice. It mistakenly thought that Mission and Choice had been afraid and tried its best to scam marketing. In the end, it was backfired. Not only did it incur losses, but it was also scolded badly. Vinci Media must have hated this matter. However, before this, Fei Huang Workspace had been filming one movie after another. Vinci Media had not found any suitable opportunities. They could only be helpless and furious. ow that he had joined the anti-Tengda Alliance and found so many comrades, he was naturally happy to be the vanguard. Whats more, Vinci Media was not only in charge of distribution, but also had resources to make movies. ff they could really make a movie and obtain a lot of box office, it would definitely be very helpful to win the public opinion battle with Tengda. The reason why Zhu Yan specially asked about games and movies was because these two pieces were Tengdas relatively important basic discs. They could also create a huge public opinion. ff he could not win against these two tough nuts, his chances of winning were slim. Fortunately, Nie Yunsheng knew this very well and was already making arrangements. However, progress in the game was not particularly smooth. At the moment, they had found some channels, which meant various gaming platforms. The official games platform would definitely not get involved in such trivial matters. However, the up and coming Dawn Games platform had not been pulled in recently. That was a pity. Other than that, it was also a pity that he could not find any capable game development companies to face. The right to speak was obviously not enough with only the game channel. The game channel could only help in the snow and not add flowers to the brocade. It could promote some good games, but it could not create something out of nothing and create outstanding game content. Tengdas game development ability was definitely the best. Nie Yunsheng did not hope to be able to find a game production company at the same level as Tengda. That was not realistic at all. However, he had to find a capable research and development company to join this alliance so that he would have a better chance of winning. Otherwise, Tengda would take advantage of this point to attack aggressively, but they would not be able to fight back. The situation might become difficult to clean up. At that moment, Nie Yunshengs cell phone vibrated. He received a new message. Nie Yunsheng did not care at first. However, he immediately beamed when he saw the content of the news. Boss Zhu, I got it! I found a suitable game development company! Zhu Yan could not help but feel elated. He raised his eyebrows. Oh? Which company is it? A large part of Wolf Fangs live-stream was gaming live-streams, so they were very concerned about outstanding original games. Nie Yunsheng was a little proud. Previously, I sent people to look for game designers with more potential in the country, wanting to pull them in to fill up our team. Our efforts paid off. We finally found one! This is a games company in Jingzhou. Previously, they developed a mobile game called Blade of the Empire. Zhu Yan frowned slightly. Mobile game? Obviously, even though mobile games were more profitable, they were still not enough to compete with Tengda. Nie Yunsheng continued, Boss Zhu, listen to me. Previously, they developed mobile games. However, they are now making a 3A standalone game! This games quality is quite good from the information I have obtained so far. Its not inferior to the various games that Tengda has made! Of course, this game is still in the development stage. Theres still some time before its officially released. However, this also gives us a chance! If this game has been developed, it would probably be impossible for us to interfere. Since the development is not over, its funds will definitely be more tight. I believe no one will reject us if we lend a helping hand now. Zhu Yan thought for a moment. That sounds good. However this company is in Jingzhou. It cant be related to Tengda, right? Nie Yunsheng said, From the looks of it, there shouldnt be any! This company seems to be closely related to Dawn Games platform, but Dawn Games platform should not have much to do with Tengda. Think about it from another perspective. If this company had a close relationship with Tengda, or if it had received Tengdas investment, it would have advertised under Boss Peis name. How could it remain unknown, after so long? Zhu Yan nodded slightly. That made sense. They could not guarantee that a certain company had nothing to do with Tengda, but they could think from another perspective: If they had already received Tengdas investment, they would definitely publicize it. Was there a need to hide it? Not long after Sun Strike Studios and Long Yu Corporation reached an agreement with Tengda to develop Bullet Hole 2 together, the marketing plan was released and they began to build momentum in advance. The effect was indeed very good, making this game the new explosive game this year. Boss Pei was now a golden signboard. Domestic games companies would be able to gain a lot of attention as long as they put Boss Pei and Tengdas names up. Yet, this company did not mention it at all That probably had nothing to do with Tengda. Zhu Yan asked, Whats the name of the game that this company developed? Nie Yunsheng: Shu Li! Tll get someone to set the itinerary immediately and make a trip to Jingzhou. Ill try to meet the boss of this company and set up a few investment firms to pull him over to our side! We can also visit Dawn Games platform in person. They might have rejected us previously but perhaps the situation might change if we visit them in person?. Chapter 1533 - Nie Yunsheng: I Can Do It Too! Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios March 22nd, Friday. Nie Yunsheng stepped onto Jingzhou soil, feeling smug. This time, he had a huge responsibility on his shoulders. He wanted to rope Yan Qis Shu Li team and Dawn Games platform under the banner of the anti-Tengda Alliance! Of course, this was a little difficult. After all, Jingzhou was Tengdas territory. However, it was precisely because of these cheap tricks that it was so exciting! Nie Yunsheng felt that the possibility of success was not low. On one hand, there were several gaming channels in the anti-Tengda Alliance and the support of a few investment firms. There was no lack of money. To Yan Qi, he would definitely lack money if he made a game like Shu Li. The money earned from the previous mobile game, Blade of the Empire, would not be able to support him in developing this AAA game completely. ie Yunsheng would give him money, and he would not interfere too much. No one would go against money, right? Of course, it was hard to say if Tengda would make a move. After all, Tengda was a sacred place in the eyes of domestic game designers. Whats more, Tengda was not short of money. However, the problem was that since Yan Qis team did not publicize it widely, it probably meant that they did not get Tengdas investment. erhaps it was because it was dark under the light? Or perhaps it was because Tengda was more inclined to spend money on their own game projects and look down on other companies game projects? o matter what, this gave Nie Yunsheng the possibility of theft! ie Yunsheng could not help but think about what had happened previously. Back then, Lu Mingliang could sneak into Shanghai alone and play tricks under his nose. He caught Shengyun Corporation off guard during the live-stream. Why couldnt I, Nie Yunsheng, do the opposite and go to Jingzhou to fight Tengda? can go wherever you want! ie Yunsheng came to the office building where Dawn Games platform and Yan Qis Shu Li team were with high fighting spirit. This time, as long as he could pull Yan Qis team over, it would be a success. If he could pull Dawn Games platform over, it would be a huge win. He could not possibly not be able to get any of them, right? That should be unlikely. How could money fail completely? This time, a Vice-President had followed over. Whats more, he had already communicated with Yan Qi. tt sounded like Yan Qis attitude was more perfunctory, but he still agreed to meet and talk. ie Yunsheng felt that this was normal. Shengyun Corporation was a logistics company after all. Ordinary people would not think that it was reliable to say that they wanted to invest in a game. It was normal for them to be cold. As long as they could meet. That was because after meeting, Nie Yunsheng would display the game channels and investors who had already established a cooperative relationship. Yan Qi would see his sincerity and strength. At that time, the success rate of cooperation would naturally increase greatly. ie Yunsheng saw the situation of Shu Lis team before meeting Yan Qi. Yes, it was indeed as the rumors said. It was prosperous and lively! He might not be able to see the specific game results but he could not disguise this mental state. A positive team might not be able to produce successful products, but it was absolutely impossible for a team that was down and exhausted to make successful products. However, Nie Yunsheng had new worries after seeing the office. That was because he realized that Yan Qis team seemed to not be particularly short of money? f it was a startup team that lacked money, everything would definitely be simple. The office environment would definitely not be much better. On the other hand, Yan Qis teams office environment was obviously not bad. Of course, whether a team was lacking money or not could not be judged from the current situation of the office. After all, some bosses liked to do face engineering. Even if they were poor, they had to have enough face. Some bosses were more pragmatic. Even if the company was rich, they would not spend a lot of money to improve the office environment. They would put it nicely as maintaining the fighting spirit. This differed from person to person. He had to ask in person to confirm if he was lacking money. After walking through the office area, Nie Yunsheng saw Yan Qi in the guest room. Hello, Boss Yan! Yan Qi stood up and said very politely, Hello, Boss Nie. Both of them shook hands and exchanged pleasantries before taking their seats. ie Yunsheng cleverly chatted with Yan Qi about the games situation and development progress. Then, he asked, Boss Yan, whats the investment for this game? Yan Qi hesitated for a moment. Er a lot. He did not want to talk about the specific numbers. After all, the research and development budget was not something absolutely confidential. However, it was not appropriate to say that our game had spent more than a hundred million yuan on it. Whether he wanted to publicize it or not depended on the publicity strategy after the game was released. ie Yunsheng probed, Fifty million yuan? Yan Qi cleared his throat and did not say anything. ie Yunsheng was shocked. He asked, A hundred million yuan? Yan Qi reluctantly said, I cant divulge the exact amount, but more or less. ie Yunsheng could not help but gasp. In his heart, he thought that this brother really dared to. After some calculation, this was equivalent to a huge production overseas that cost more than ten million US dollars. It was really rash for a mobile game team to make such a resolute transformation. However, this was good news for Nie Yunsheng. That was because it meant that Yan Qis team would definitely not have enough money! erhaps it was not enough after Yan Qi spent all the money earned by the Blade of the Empire. He found a few investors. However, no matter what, he would definitely lack money. it was easy since he lacked money. ie Yunsheng smiled. Boss Yans spirit is really admirable! Actually, Im not only here to represent Shengyun Corporation, but also to represent a few well-known game channels and investors in the country. Its like this. We are willing to provide financial help and wont interfere too much with the creation of the game ie Yunsheng first explained his strong strength, and then tried to reason with him. He moved his emotions and described various beautiful prospects. Allin all, he would tie Yan Qis team to the tank first and talk about dealing with Tengda slowly in the future. ff he laid his cards on the table now, he could easily scare them away. ie Yunsheng felt that his conditions should be quite attractive, right? Game designers would not go against money in order to complete the game. Yan Qi sipped his tea silently, looking a little awkward. He wanted to interject a few times, but Nie Yunsheng was too engrossed in his speech. In the end, he wanted to say something but hesitated. it was only when Nie Yunsheng finished speaking that Yan Qi said in embarrassment, Boss Nie, Im really sorry. Our team really doesnt lack money. To be honest, this was a little awkward. n fact, Yan Qi rejected it the moment he received the call. He even wanted to say that Boss Pei had already invested in this project. However, Boss Peis only request back then was to keep it a secret. He could not reveal his relationship with Tengda to the outside world. Thus, Yan Qi held it in and did not say anything. n the end, Shengyun Corporation misunderstood. They thought that Yan Qi was being polite, so they insisted on meeting. Yan Qi did not want to meet him, but Nie Yunsheng had personally come all the way to Jingzhou. It would not be right to not meet him. That was why the current awkward situation happened. Nie Yunsheng was stunned. You dont lack money? Why are you talking to me about this? Its an investment of more than a hundred million yuan! Why did you pull in so much money as a small team that only worked on mobile games? Boss Yan, do you have any other requests? You can raise them. We can discuss it slowly. Yan Qi said very sincerely, Im sorry, Boss Nie. We really dont lack money. Nie Yunsheng blinked, looking confused. Something was amiss with the script! ie Yunsheng still could not figure out what was going on until he walked out of the office building. o matter what he said, Yan Qi insisted that he was not short of money! However, when he asked Yan Qi where he had taken the investment and how much he had taken, Yan Qi spoke in detail and stuttered. It was very suspicious. ie Yunsheng was very depressed. He could only leave temporarily after trying but to no avail. He went to Dawn Games platform on the way. In the end, it was even worse this time. He did not even see the person-in-charge there. He was blocked back at the front desk. Dont ask why, it was as good as not seeing him! This was quite ridiculous. Nie Yunsheng had never suffered such a blow. He was the President of a listed company after all. He came all the way here and could not even meet him? What the hell! The Vice-President asked softly, Boss Nie, what should we do next? He had not expected that his trip to Jingzhou would end in loneliness. Nie Yunshengs expression was dark. Obviously, he could not hold it in anymore. However, he was the one who made the decision after all. He could not give up under such circumstances. He had to think of a solution. Yan Qi has been saying that he has enough money, but he is determined not to say which company invested in him. Thats very strange. It feels like an excuse. I think he probably still lacks money. However, he might have a good impression of Tengda. He might even be a fan of Tengda. Thats why he has a certain prejudice against us and is unwilling to take our money. From his attitude, the possibility of us wanting to invest is not high. However, that does not mean that we cannot use this project! The Vice-President asked, Eh? Does Boss Nie have another way? Nie Yunsheng sneered and said, This company is in Jingzhou. Yan Qi probably asked Tengda to invest in it, but Tengda did not invest in it. We can make an issue out of this point. We can first release some news about Shu Li, saying that this game is lacking in development funds and cannot achieve the best effect. Then, a few investment firms and game channels will appear and say that they are willing to invest in this game. After that, we publicized that this company is in Jingzhou, but Tengda was indifferent to it. Tengda said that it wanted to revive the domestically-produced games industry, but in the end, didnt it still sweep itself clean? At the very least, this would deal a blow to Tengdas reputation in the gaming circle! The Vice-President asked again, What if Tengda really invested because of face after seeing this news? Nie Yunsheng shook his head slightly. Yan Qis team is in Jingzhou. If Tengda wanted to invest, they would have invested long ago. Since they did not invest, they must not be optimistic about this game. Investing tens of millions or a hundred million yuan into a game that you dont like because of some pressure from public opinion? I dont think thats possible. Even if Tengda really invested, we can say that they were forced by the pressure of public opinion to protect their character. For Yan Qis team, he must be lacking money. This matter has caused a huge uproar. Both the team and the players want him to accept our investment and ensure the completion of the game. If things blow up and Tengda doesnt invest, Yan Qi might be forced by internal pressure to reconsidered and accept our investment. All in all, Tengda did not invest in the game Shu Li. They had already lost! No matter what happens, we will not lose out!. Chapter 1534 - Shu Li” Publishes CG Chapter 1534 Shu Li Publishes CG At that point, the Vice-President could not help but raise his thumb. Boss Nie is wise! I can only say that Boss Pei had a flaw. He is indeed one of the top game designers in the world. However, his conceit in the field of game production has also restrained him, making him ignore this outstanding game company in Jingzhou. Of course, this is not Boss Peis problem. After all, there is no first place in literature. Every outstanding artist has pride. They would subconsciously ignore people who are not as good as them. Perhaps Boss Pei did not expect you to catch such an inconspicuous loophole that is not considered a loophole! Nie Yunsheng smiled, his expression rather pleasing The gaming industry was Tengdas strongest field. Finding a gap in a seemingly impossible field was indeed something to be proud of! However Boss Nie. The Vice-President hesitated for a moment before saying, The project Shu Li is still in the development stage. It should be kept a secret. Im afraid itll be very difficult for us to obtain detailed internal information about this game! Without these information, the influence that can be formed would definitely be greatly reduced. The risk of an internal leak is too high. Nie Yunshengs idea was to publicize the news of Shu Li and attract widespread attention. Then, he would throw an olive branch and use this opportunity to attack Tengda. He would decide the follow-up strategy based on Tengdas reaction. However, there was a prerequisite: he had to attract widespread attention. Just the name of Shu Li and the reputation of Yan Qis team were definitely not enough. That was because this team had only worked on the mobile game Blade of the Empire before. It was not very famous. It was not enough even if they bragged about the feeling and spirit of moving from mobile to 3A. It would be best if there was a ready-made promotional video or a realistic game scene to attract widespread attention. However, these were all internal information. They must be highly confidential and not easy to obtain. Nie Yunsheng said, Hehe, dont worry about that. They will provide it themselves. As far as I know, Shu Li will release a promotional video and a demo this weekend to promote it on Dawn Games platform. This has been confirmed. It will not change. Its precisely because of this news that Im even more certain that the Shu Li project is actually lacking money! However, it already has a certain level of completion. Its the best time for us to enter now. A realization dawned on the Vice-President. I see! Boss Nie is wise! This project might be a confidentiality state but it was impossible to completely be airtight. Some news would always be leaked. Whats more, the anti-Tengda Alliance had so many resources on hand. It was very difficult to dig out confidential game resources, but it was still easy to obtain some news. The official development of the project of Shu Li was in November last year. It had been more than four months. The content of this game was huge, and it was an action-based 3A game. It was not small, but it had a very mature official game editor after all. No matter what, almost half of the development process should be there. At this stage of development, releasing a promotional video or posting a trial video was actually the usual method of many game merchants. On one hand, it was to be exposed in advance and accumulate popularity so that gamers would look forward to it. On the other hand, it could also attract the attention of investors and gamers. Whether it was to pull investment or to open pre-sales, they could think of ways to recover a portion of the funds and reduce the pressure of the funds. Many foreign AAA games had even released their promotional videos half a year or a year in advance, mainly to accumulate popularity. Some independent games in the country were released in advance to obtain players support and relieve the pressure of money through pre-sales. Nie Yunsheng felt that the game Shu Li definitely had both. At the same time, this point was verified with Yan Qis teams current state. It made Nie Yunsheng even more certain that Yan Qis team was definitely lacking money. The game was only half done. They needed a lot of money to develop it to a complete state. W tas After the promotional video was released this time, how much attention it would attract and how much money it would get might directly determine the future completion of the game Shu Li. This gave Nie Yunsheng an excellent opportunity! Hurry up and prepare. Try your best to follow up immediately after the trailer for Shu Li is released so that he has no choice but to cooperate with us! March 23rd, Saturday. Yan Qi came to the office as usual. He took a cup of coffee and sat down at his desk. It was Saturday, so there were not many people in the office. Only one-fifth of them came. They might have taken the investment from Dream Realization Ventures but they were not Tengdas direct department after all. Thus, they were more free to work overtime. Yan Qi did not force everyone to work overtime. However, some people were still like Yan Qi. They were worried about the project, so they would come and work for a while during the weekend. Boss Yan, are we going to publish the promotional video and trial video today? The chief designer sitting beside him asked. Yan Qi: Yes. Do you need us to do anything? The chief designer asked again. Yan Qi shook his head. Theres no need. The video has been recorded. It has also been connected to Dawn Games platform. It will be uploaded directly to the video website. The publicity resources on the gaming platform will be up at the same time. Theres no need to do anything. Everyone, just focus on developing the subsequent game content. Oh, thats right. Dont work overtime on Saturday. Ill treat you to lunch. Go home and rest before 4 PM. Well continue to end Shu Li from next week onwards. Well try to follow the original plan and release the complete version of Shu Li in June. The chief designer nodded. Alright, Boss Yan! Yan Qi looked calm on the surface, but he was actually a little worried. That was because he was not sure if this video would achieve the effect he had expected after he released it! After the game project reached a certain stage, it was normal to release a video to promote it in advance. Yan Qis team might have received Boss Peis full support and did not lack money at all, but he lacked popularity and confidence. What if gamers did not buy the game after it was created? Wouldnt that be letting Boss Pei down? This idea might have been nodded by Boss Pei but there would definitely be changes during the development process. The final product would deviate from the initial idea. It was not guaranteed. If it failed, it would definitely be his fault and had nothing to do with Boss Pei. Coincidentally, Dawn Games platform had the same intention. n w Dawn Games platform might be very popular among players and there were more and more outstanding games on the platform, but they had not found a good explosive point recently so that the popularity of the platform would rise step by step. He felt that it was too superficial if he did not do anything. Therefore, they also needed a popular game to make the gamers on the platform excited and bring the traffic of the platform. Thus, both sides agreed immediately and decided to publicize Shu Li to gain popularity. It was just as well that he could use this opportunity to release the trial video of Shu Li. He could leak some information to players with restrictions. Not only could it increase the popularity, but he could also determine if the current direction was right. If the response was average after it was released and gamers did not feel anything, it would mean that the current development of the game Shu Li had deviated from his expectations. Yan Qi would have to think about how to make huge changes to it in the development segment. He glanced at the time. The promotional video and trial video had been automatically released on Dawn Games platform. Yan Qi immediately clicked on it. A pleasant melody sounded. A bright red and a little demonic flower appeared in the camera, floating in the rain. Immediately after, the camera zoomed in. Amidst the fog, there were countless temples and pagodas in the distance. This scene naturally made people think of the 480 temples in the south, how many floors were covered in rain. However, this quiet scene was suddenly broken. The biggest Buddha tower suddenly exploded violently. The entire Buddha tower snapped from the middle and collapsed. Fire rushed into the sky! The raging flames swallowed the Buddha tower. Not only that, the other Buddha towers also burned with flames, instantly turning the scene blood red! The fire and smoke looked particularly glaring in the misty rain of the South country. In a temple, there was a huge Buddha statue that looked like an emperor. The Bodhisattvas on both sides smiled like attendants. The king was serious, powerful, and ferocious. He surrounded the huge Buddha statue in the middle, looking magnificent. However, at that moment, all the Buddha statues collapsed and collapsed in the flames, turning into ashes. Soldiers with sharp swords slaughtered the monks who scattered in all directions. However, there were also powerful monks who waved their staff and fought with the soldiers in front of the Buddha statue that collapsed in the fire. The camera zoomed in, and the scene quickly switched to the north border. The foreign cavalry were charging. They raised the scimitars in their hands and the warhorses under them also had red eyes. They roared and rushed towards the opposite battle formation. On the other side was the army of the Central-Plains. Unlike the Other Race, there were cavalry on this side as well, but they were arranged on the two sides. In front of the formation of foot soldiers in the middle was a temporary stronghold formed by side cars. The archers were on standby in the back, ready to fight. The general leading the troops drew his sword and gave an order as arrows rained down! Both sides fought bitterly. The generals leading the troops kept giving orders. The soldiers around them changed their formation. It was as if a magical power was injected into their bodies, supporting them to fight with all their might. Behind the battle formation, the Great Confucian scholars wielded their brush and spoke eloquently. Righteousness gathered into the battle formation. A foreign cavalry saw the Great Confucian people behind the battle formation and rushed over to attack them. However, when they arrived in front of the Great Confucian people, they revealed countless flaws and were easily killed by the guards. The camera switched to a small village near the border. An old Taoist held a horsetail whisk in one hand and a magic sword in the other as he walked into the village. It was quiet all around. There were only crows pecking at corpses. One could vaguely hear miserable whimpers coming from all directions. Suddenly, a ferocious demon ghost rushed out of the house beside him and grabbed the Taoist with its black claws! The Taoist devotee was calm and collected. He tossed out a talisman that turned into a chain and locked the demon spirit tightly. Then, he slashed with his long sword, sealing its throat. However, right on the heels of that, black death aura gathered in the village. More demons appeared, and there were even huge monsters dozens of feet tall that wanted to skin the Taoist devotee alive! Elixirs, talisman amulets, formation The Daoists methods were endless, but countless demons still surrounded him and gradually swallowed him up At last, the Taoist devotee leaned on his sword and was covered in wounds. However, there were already a mountain of demon corpses around him. A sudden cry came from the quiet night. The Taoist devotee followed the source of the sound and found that it was a baby hidden by his parents. The Taoist picked up the baby and left the village. The raging flames ignited and burned everything to ashes. Accompanying the tragic melody, the title of the game appeared in the raging flames: Shu Li! Chapter 1535 - We Really Are Not In Need Of Money! Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios There was a trial video after the promotional video. Compared to the promotional video, the trial video was much simpler. Yan Qi controlled the protagonist and used the four methods of Confucian, Shi, and Dao soldiers to eliminate the demons in a small border village. Before entering the village, he would use dao technique pills and talisman amulets to apply various buffs on himself. Then, he would set up an array formation to attract all the demons nearby. With his rich preparations before battle, he would easily defeat a large number of demons. However, the state of the formation and the talisman could not last long. More demons were still emerging continuously. The protagonist took down his spear from behind and used his weaponry to fight the monsters. From time to time, he would shoot a bow and arrow, hitting the demon in the distance. If the previous dao technique focused more on early preparations, it would become an action game that required reaction and operation. The protagonist would use all the weapons he could get to fight the demons and monsters around him. At the same time, he would kill his way to the core area of the village. Immediately after that, the protagonist encountered more and more powerful demons. Some demons that were covered in layers of resentment would not be harmed by ordinary swords. Thus, the protagonists Buddha light shone brightly on his body, and his skin turned pale gold. The blazing Buddha light made the dark demonic aura disappear quickly like ice meeting a sun. In the end, he faced a powerful baneful spirit. The protagonist used a Confucian material and saw the weakness of the baneful spirit on its head and back. After dodging the baneful spirits attack, he cut off the sharp horns of the baneful spirit! Immediately that, other scenes appeared. For example, the battlefield with corpses scattered everywhere, the burning temple, the border city that they had fought to the death, the Road to the Underworld between the two worlds, and so on. However, these scenes only flashed past. They did not spend so much time describing them as before. They were just a display of the scene. This trial video was a real battle in the game. Dao techniques, Buddhist Dharma, military tactics, Confucianism, these four combat methods were vividly displayed, including the use of various weapons, various moves and movements. As a veteran action player, Yan Qi had to play it a few times before he could achieve the most satisfactory effect. However, he 4id not display all the most exciting content in the game. He only chose some moves that could highlight the characteristics of the four schools. After all, the deeper combat system, more combat scenes and monsters, and more complicated game plots had to wait for the game to be released for players to experience it themselves. Combined with the promotional video and trial video, players could roughly understand the content of the game Shu Li t . The players current feedback could basically guess the situation after the game was released. Of course, the prerequisite was that the development was successfully completed and everything that they wanted to do was done. They could not take out a half-finished product to fool players. There is a clear difference from action game benchmarks like Repent and be Saved and Eternal Reincarnation. It can be considered to have made its own characteristics. I wonder if players will like this path. Yan Qi was a little apprehensive. He had also opened this promotional video on Aili Islands website. However, the video had just been released after all, so it was not very popular. Yan Qi did not mind. He was prepared to continue playing the games DEMO, look for bugs, and then come back to take a look. This time, he did not invest too much resources into publicizing it with Dawn Games platform. He only created a few basic recommendation spots because he wanted to see the true feedback of the players. If gamers liked the video of Shu Li after discovering it, it would naturally spread quickly and cause a huge popularity. That would prove that the path of the game Shu Li was right. If he invested a lot of resources into publicity now, the real popularity and fake popularity might mixed together. That would make it difficult to clarify the true popularity of Shu Li. Naturally, it would not be easy to find the problem with it. After more than an hour, Yan Qi submitted two bugs. It was the weekend. The efficiency of looking for bugs was too low. Yan Qi did not pay much attention to it and continued watching the comments section of the video. Logically speaking, it should be a little popular. After all, they bought some basic recommendation spots and sent it using the official account of Dawn Games platform. There should be some natural traffic, right? Eh? There is indeed traffic, but I feel that something is amiss. Where did the popularity come from? Yan Qi was shocked seeing the popularity and discussion of this video. It had only been released for more than an hour, but the video of Shu Li had already reached the first place on the game channels rankings. According to this trend, it would only be a matter of time before it reached the homepage! Not only that, Yan Qi realized that the keyword # Shu Li # had also gone on the hot searches of Aili Islands website and Weibo! That was ridiculous! Whats more, he realized that the keyword Shu Li # seemed to have been bought from the hot searches on Weibo That was because this keyword was on the fifth position on the hot searches list. This position was basically occupied by celebrities previously. Whats more, given the current popularity of Shu Li, it was not at the level of hot searches. passers-by did not know this, but Yan Qi knew it very well. Whats going on? Dawn Games platform bought a hot topic for me? That cant be. They didnt inform me about this, right? Whats more, they dont even work during the weekend! Yan Qi could not figure it out no matter how hard he thought. He had wanted to see the natural popularity of Shu Li to confirm the players first impression of this game. In the end, his plan was completely disrupted! Qi quickly opened the comments section and various forums. Another domestically-produced AAA game is going to appear? This scene, this movement, this combat system, not bad! I really want to play it. When will it be released? You want to monopolize Dawn Games platform? Awesome! Dawn Games platform finally has a unique 3A masterpiece! Its worth celebrating! I told you that this cultural heritage can only be grasped by domestic game designers. The Chinese style games produced by foreign games companies are simply unreliable! I heard that this game seems to be still being developed, but it is lacking in development funds. I think they want to use this video to raise money this time. Thats true. This team used to make mobile games. They would definitely not have enough funds to make such a large-scale 3A game! May I ask where the crowdfunding or pre-sales entrance is? Ill pre-order a portion to do my best for the development of domestically-produced games! I dont think theres a pre-order. Perhaps the producer doesnt want to take the money from players. Does no company invest in such a good project? Heh, its not like you dont know how lousy the domestic investment companies are. Standalone games are a pitfall to them. Who would invest in them? Who would make ducks and drakes of their money? Eh, I think a few investment firms are willing to invest in this game? Arent these the anti-Tengda Alliance companies? F*ck, are they pretending? Are they investing in Shu Lit ? Theyre obviously investing to disgust Tengda! I dont believe that these people have such good intentions! Thats right. I hope that the team of Shu Lit wont take this sum of money If they really lack money, they can look for gamers to pre-order it, If they take the money of such a company, they will definitely not have a day of peace in the future! These companies said that they would not interfere with the normal development of the Shu Lil project. Whats more, I think this matter should be ignored. If Shu Li failed to achieve the perfect effect because of the lack of funds, it would definitely be a loss and regret. If the funding of these companies can allow us to have another outstanding domestically-produced game, why not? It had to be said that the popularity of Shu Lil had risen too quickly. From Aili Islands website to the hot searches, and then to the various gaming forums, it had ignited a discussion among gamers at a speed that Yan Qi had not expected. However, this discussion was a little strange to Yan Qi. Something was amiss. Why did everyone seem to be focused on investment? Why did everyone prescribe that the Shu Li project was lacking money? Logically speaking, a normal gamers first reaction should be to discuss the games style, combat system, plot, story background, and so on after seeing the promotional video and trial video. At the same time, he should say that he would buy it all as soon as the game was released. Tlley usually did not care if the game developers had enough funds. That was normal. Why would players care about this? They were not the developers shareholders. Players only needed the game to be fun and to pay happily. Whats more, the Shu Li project was not short of money! Yan Qi was very puzzled. Where did the news of lack of money come from? There were so many people discussing it? Could it be? Yan Qi strung everything that had happened recently together and suddenly realized where the problem was. The anti-Tengda Alliance was trying to rope companies in from all over. As far as Yan Qi knew, some gaming platforms had already been pulled in. Two days ago, Nie Yunsheng had personally come to Jingzhou to invest in Yan Qi. Yan Qi had rejected him. After the video of Shu Li was released, there was suddenly a lot of popularity on the internet. There were also two investment firms in the anti-Tengda Alliance who expressed their willingness to invest in Shu Li These things happened too coincidentally and coherently. Yan Qi was not stupid. He naturally thought of it. Obviously, the anti-Tengda Alliance had not thought about how to hide it at all. After all, their goal was to incite public opinion and let Yan Qi accept investment. Good lord, I used to beg everyone to invest in me, but not a single one of them was willing to invest. Now, I dont want it anymore. They even came to me and insist on giving me the money? Ridiculbus! If he were to count on these investment firms, the Shu Li project would not have been born at all, much less to this extent. However, many things were just that contradictory. These investment companies were all people who would not release the eagle unless there was a rabbit. It was impossible to give charcoal in the snow. Things that were icing on the cake were more urgent than the last. Yan Qi did not know to laugh or to cry. On one hand, it was because the change in attitude of these investment firms was too obvious. Their faces were too ugly. On the other hand, it was because the project Shu Lit was really not lacking money! He had already made it so clear to Nie Yunsheng. Why did he not believe him? Forget it, forget it. Ill make an announcement to clarify. How many times must I tell you to believe that Im not short of money?. Chapter 1536 - Too Kind To The Vicious And Too Vicious To The Kind Chapter 1536 Too Kind To The Vicious And Too Vicious To The Kind Hello everyone, Im the producer of the Shu Li project, Yan Qi. Im very grateful for everyones attention and love for the Shu Li project. Im overwhelmed by the support of so many players. I will definitely do my best to develop Shu Li to the perfect level in my heart. I hope that this game can be met with everyone as soon as possible. I also noticed that many players are worried about the financial situation of Shu Li. Please rest assured here. Our production team has the ability to solve the problems of the funds on our own. We are not prepared to open the pre-sales. Please dont overinterpret it. Wait patiently for the news that Shu Li is officially released! Yan Qi wrote briefly and posted a Weibo as an announcement. He had thought that this matter should be over. I had already announced that I was not short of money. You should relax, right? Unexpectedly, there were many comments and shares after this message was released. However, the problem was many people did not believe it! You dont lack money? Youre not trying to sell dog meat, are you? From the situation displayed in the promotional video, the investment for this game must be at least 100 million yuan. Is your team that rich? Or are you only planning to make a small-scale castration version? Dont do that. Is there a need to say that the development budget is enough? Just based on the worldview of Shu Li, it would start at 100 million yuan. It would not be too much even if it was 1.5 million yuan. It doesnt matter if you pull in more investment games to make it bigger. They already said that they would not interfere with the development. Why not take the money? I think as a producer, you have to be responsible for the project. Why do you care what kind of money it is? As long as the project is produced, isnt it fine? Theres no need to go against money! Yan Qi did not know to laugh or to cry. What a mess! He could not tell how many fake reviewers there were here. How many of them were passers-by who had been influenced by the fake reviewers? How many of them were players who were really worried about the project of Shu Li? He had no choice. It was too well-hidden! That was because even the fake reviewers were expressing their concern for this project. As the saying went, one should not slap a smiling face. It would be very easy to deal with fake reviewers if they were fake reviewers. However, fake reviewers like this were very confusing. If Yan Qi were to get angry at this time and start roasting him directly or point the spearhead at the Tengda Alliance, saying that this was a plot against the Tengda Alliance, it would easily hurt innocent bystanders. It would definitely leave people with the feeling that he was destructive and delusional. That was very inappropriate. The key to this matter was that Yan Qi had indeed taken Tengdas investment, but Boss Pei did not allow him to say it. Thus, even if he made an announcement, it would still give people the feeling that he was vague and stammering !. The fake reviewers would add fuel to the fire and cause the audience to run away. Sigh, forget it, forget it. Whether you believe it or not doesnt matter to the Shu Li project. Brothers, time for lunch. My treat! Yan Qi felt that there was no need to dwell too much on this problem since his announcement had already been released. Another announcement? It was very likely that the more he smeared it, the worse it would become. As long as he did not clarify the source of the money and did not clarify the relationship between the Shu Li project team and Tengda Corporation, the fake reviewers would always have a way to run away. Therefore, he decided not to say anything and eat first. The promotional video might not be able to naturally become popular like the initial expectations because of the interference of the fake reviewers but everyone still approved and liked the game Shu Li from the netizens and gamers. They had achieved their goal. Those people from the anti-Tengda Alliance could do whatever they wanted! In the afternoon, at Shengyun Corporation. Nie Yunsheng was also constantly paying attention to the latest trends in public opinion online. Then, he asked his subordinates to give instructions to the fake reviewers that he had hired. The Vice-President of the public affairs department quickly rushed over and said, Boss Nie, Yan Qi has not released a new announcement until now. Ever since the public opinion incident with Tengda the last time, half of the people from Shengyun Corporations public affairs department had been poached away. However, the highest position that they ran was only a Vice Manager. The Vice-President and Manager were still around, leaving some core employees behind. Thus, they quickly reorganized and operated normally. However, the Vice-President of the public affairs department could not avoid being scolded by Nie Yunsheng. After all, he was the Vice-President of this department. Half of his employees had been poached. That was obviously his fault. The Vice-President had no choice but to work harder in the following work to change the impression of being useless in Boss Nies eyes. Nie Yunsheng asked, Is there still no news from Tengda? The Vice-President nodded. Yes, Tengda doesnt work over the weekend. Looking at the current situation, it shouldnt make any response. I highly suspect that Tengda did not realize that the matter with Shu Li was targeted at them. Boss Pei might still know nothing about it. Nie Yunsheng was very satisfied. Very good! In that case, we can enter the next stage. Make things difficult for Tengda! After deliberately adding fuel to the fire, Shu Lis popularity was already very high and had a good amount of attention on the internet. Even though Yan Qi had already posted on Weibo that the Shu Li project was not lacking money, he was not a big V and did not have many fans and huge influence like Tengda Games. Yan Qis statement only had a certain amount of influence in a small area. Many gamers who were discussing on the forums and Weibo did not know that he had posted on Weibo at all. He was still being led away by the fake reviewers. Whats more, from the looks of the current situation, Yan Qi would probably not post a second Weibo post. On the other hand, Tengda had not realized that the popularity of Shu Li this time was actually related to them. Whats more, Tengda was not working over the weekend. That meant the weekend was the perfect time to attack! The Vice-President immediately nodded. Alright, Boss Nie. Ill arrange it now! After confirming Yan Qi and Tengdas reactions, the next stage was to point the spearhead at Tengda. They said that Tengda was indifferent to Shu Li and said that they wanted to revive the domestically-produced game industry. In the end, they still swept away the snow in front of the door. They did not drive other games companies in the country like what they promised! Tengda would definitely not work during the weekend. That meant that they would not face any resistance even if they were to play games during the weekend. Even when Tengda reacted on Monday, there were only two choices: either not to comment, not respond, or really express that they wanted to invest in the project of Shu Li. He could not possibly announce that someone had hired fake reviewers to discredit him, right? Not only would that not have any effect, but it would also seem to be making a mountain out of a molehill. Nie Yunsheng felt that no matter what Tengda chose, the initiative was on his side! In Shanghai He An did not go to the office today. Instead, he was drinking tea at home. He might be in a semi-retired state but he still went to his own company every now and then to take a look. He was also paying attention to the latest developments in the domestic games industry. To him, talents were emerging in every generation. The domestic games industry had a promising future with a talent like Boss Pei. Creators would always have a peak period of creation. Once the peak period was over, it would be very difficult to follow the trend. Thus, there was no need to force anything. They would retire when they should and enjoy life. However, even though he was semi-retired, he still had to pay more attention to the development of the domestically-produced game industry. Shu Li? Hmm, this game looks not bad. Another up-and-coming talent? He chose the field of action games. His courage is commendable. Theres no turning back now. He either became a masterpiece or lost all his hard-earned money From the promotional video, hes very smart not to walk the path of Repent and be Saved and Eternal Reincarnation. Thats a wise move Eh? We can discuss Shu Li, but why did someone bring Tengda along? Thats ridiculous! What has this got to do with Tengda! Boss Pei can invest in any game he wants. If he doesnt want to invest, so be it. Why are people playing moral abduction? He An was originally scrolling through news about Shu Li with high intensity, expressing high expectations and attention to the future of this game. However, as he scrolled, he came across some discussions that made him very angry. The project team for Shu Li seems to be in Jingzhou. Several investment firms have expressed their willingness to invest. Why isnt Tengda showing any signs? Thats right. Tengda has been showing off its responsibility to revive domestically-produced games. Why is it silent when it requires real money? F*ck, are you crazy? Tengda has been working on its own game. Whats more, it has been working with Sun Strike Studios to develop Bullet Hole 2. The efficiency of this game is simply as high as a female pig. What else do you want? However, did Tengda do anything to support the domestic games industry? How many producers are lacking funds for independent games and standalone games? The project Shu Li is in Jingzhou. Tengda did not say that it helped them. Theres also a good platform like Dawn Games platform. Didnt Tengda put their own game up? Tengda did not say that it would help any domestically-produced game designer unconditionally! But isnt that what Tengdas fans are bragging about? The light of domestically-produced games? The only hope to revive domestically-produced games? Tengda cant possibly be meticulous and only care about itself while enjoying such praise and superficial fame, right? He An felt his blood pressure rise instantly seeing these comments. Was there something wrong with him?! There were indeed signs of fake reviewers here, but some people really thought so. He could only say that many things made people speechless. If a good person did a bad thing, he would immediately be consigned to eternal damnation and his reputation would be ruined. If a bad person did a good thing, he would immediately be sought after by tens of thousands of people. It was as if all the bad things that he had done previously had been cleared. It was not even possible for good people not to do bad things. If anything happened, as long as you did good things slowly, your character would immediately collapse and your fox tail would be exposed. People were used to using the highest moral standards to request for good people. However, they would reduce their moral standards to an extremely low level for bad people. Take the current situation for example. Those investment firms had never invested in domestically-produced games before. This time, after they expressed their willingness to invest in Shu Li, many people felt that their attitude was sincere and worth encouraging. However, Tengda, who had always had high hopes, did not express any stance on the project of Shu Li. Not to mention paying money, they did not even show any support on the surface. That was very disappointing. Chapter 1537 - Becoming Mutual Alliance! Chapter 1537 Becoming Mutual Alliance! The key was that in the face of such moral abduction, the person involved really did not have a good solution. He could not argue or even speak up. That was because once he spoke, he would only attract more moral abductions. He An could tell that these peoples goal was to pull Tengda down as much as possible. They wanted to use this moral abduction method to destroy Tengdas reputation as much as possible. Previously, many players had thought that Tengda was the light of domestically-produced games, the future and hope of domestically-produced games. Tengda had relied on this reputation to win hard battles one after another. However, some people felt that Tengda was nothing special through this slandering. The light of domestically-produced games was only a persona. It was not fundamentally different even though it was better than other domestically-produced games companies. That was equivalent to destroying this reputation to the maximum. Such an example had actually appeared in many fields. A company did many good things, but as long as they did something wrong, even if they did not do anything wrong, and were misunderstood, misunderstood, and asserted by people with ulterior motives, the storm of public opinion would immediately backfire. Many people would hate it more than some rubbish companies. This was an inevitable situation that was almost impossible to resolve. This is ridiculous, this is too much! Boss Pei is such a sentimental game designer, and Tengda is such a conscientious game company. How can they tolerate you slandering it? Since its inconvenient for Tengda to speak, Ill speak! Do you really think that theres no one in the domestic games industry? That they cant deal with small fake reviewers like you? He An could not tolerate such things. He immediately logged into Weibo and prepared to correct the trend. There were some things that Tengda could not say, but a veteran in the gaming circle like him, an industry insider, could represent the attitude of the domestic games industry to a certain extent. These things could still be said. Where did these monsters come from? Why are they spouting nonsense when they are completely unrelated to the domestic games industry? You talk about paying attention to the domestic games industry while kidnapping Tengdas morality. May I ask how many domestically-produced games have you played? What contribution have you made to domestically-produced games? As a games company, the best way to support domestically-produced games is to create more good works. On this point, Tengda has already done very well. Not only are their two direct studios constantly releasing new games of various types, but they also distributed their designs to Slow Movement Studio, Sun Strike Studios, and other companies, constantly providing players with different types of outstanding games. As for whether to invest or not, is that very important? Tengda has the right to decide how to use its own funds. Cant it keep its own developed game project? Why must it invest in other games companies? Whats more, the producer of Shu Li has already said that he doesnt lack money. Why are there still so many people worrying for him? Please, you people who have nothing to do with the games industry at all, go back and forth. Dont get involved blindly. The domestic games industry is already the best in history. You dont have to worry! He An was considered a predecessor in the domestic gaming circle. He was more direct and was not used to it at all. Not long after this Weibo post was published, other game designers and industry insiders expressed their support for Tengda! Some were more determined. For example, people like Zhou Muyan were close partners with Tengda. Of course, they had to stand up. The other people who did not have a direct cooperation with Tengda also said a few fair words out of their good impression and support of Tengda. After all, Tengda had changed the entire domestic gaming environment and expanded the user base of standalone games. It was also something that could benefit the producers of standalone games and independent games. He An had thought that this would be the end. However, after a period of time, the debate did not subside. Instead, it was showing signs of expanding! Whats happening? He An was a little puzzled. He took a closer look at Weibo and understood. Indeed, many people were on Tengdas side. However, there were also many people taking this opportunity to attack Tengda! Whats more, this time, it was not just fake reviewers and netizens. Some industry insiders of the game had also stood up to pull strings. These people were probably the bosses of the game channel or some game designers with paywalls and mobile games. These people did not directly attack Tengda. Obviously, they knew that it was useless to directly criticize it without a clear black spot. However, they could think of ways to pull the side! The fact is that someone lent a helping hand to the Shu Li project, but Tengda did not. Just saying this matter would indeed disappoint. Theres no problem, right? Senior He is right, but the problem is that Tengda is not just a games company. It also has an investment business. Dream Realization Ventures invested in so many companies every year, covering various industries and many failed companies. Why didnt Tengda take out money to help domestically-produced standalone games and independent game designers who lack money?. Verbal supporting is far from real money. Whats more, Tengda rarely verbally supporting! Thats right. Tengda obviously has investment money, but it still likes to invest in other companies. I think its quite ridiculous to godize Tengda. Didnt Tengda make games to earn money? They were both profitable. Why is Tengda not to question other companies that earn money and get scolded? Lets not talk about the Shu Li project. Dawn Games platform is such a good platform. It should be compatible with Tengdas values, right? However, has Tengda expressed anything? Its true that Boss Pei is the top game designer in the country. However, to say that Tengda is a white lotus company that comes out of the mud but not contaminated would be too much. I also think that theres no need to raise Tengda to the top. The sooner we recognize that Tengda is just an ordinary company, the sooner we can admit that it is indeed better than other games companies in the country, but theres no fundamental difference. To be honest, I think some small local channels have tried their best to support domestically-produced games. Even though only small mobile games companies obtained the resources, these companies are also the cornerstone of domestically-produced games! There were many similar arguments. He An could tell that he had come prepared! If the fake reviewers were only trying to gain popularity previously, the attitude of these industry insiders was the real backup plan. These were industry insiders. How could they not understand Tengdas contribution to the entire domestic games industry? Of course, they understood! As insiders of the game industry, they knew much more than people from other industries and ordinary gamers. However, they hated Tengda to the core precisely because they understood it! To a certain extent, Tengda was destroying their jobs and cutting off their path to wealth. What was the state of the domestic games industry before Tengda appeared? There might be official platforms and some outstanding standalone game designers but these small channels still had a lot of say. Most of the popular games in the market were games with paywalls. It was not that there were no high-quality standalone games, but they were relatively few. Whats more, they did not break out of the circle and form such a huge influence IA However, everything changed with the appearance of Tengda Games. That was because Tengda Games outstanding standalone games were too popular and broke out of the circle. Thus, gamers became more and more demanding of domestically-produced game manufacturers. The overall taste of gamers was gradually increasing For those companies that only knew how to play games with paywalls, the good days of lying down and earning money were gone. This was especially so for those large channels and traditional games with paywalls. More and more players used Tengda as a benchmark and made requests to them. He did not make much money, but he was scolded more. What was even more infuriating was that not only did Tengda Games do well in standalone games, but they also did better in games with paywalls! Ghost Generals competitor, the game with paywalls, had been subverted. Ocean Stronghold had obviously sold the Red Kilin for 888 yuan, but it was still praised as conscientious. There were also games like GOG and Bullet Hole 2, which were fair competitions and looked like they were charging huge sums of money, completely squeezing the survival of these companies. How could they not feel terrible? What they hated the most was Tengdas reputation. Why was it that everyone was a gaming company that was making money? If we made money, we would be scolded. If you made money, not only would you be scolded, but you would also gain both fame and fortune? Players would even use you as a benchmark to scold us? As the saying went, butts determined brains. They knew that Tengdas appearance made them unable to lie down comfortably and earn money like before. They knew that they were not on the same page as Tengda after all. They were natural enemies. That was why they chose to stand on the side of the Tengda Alliance at this time. Being scolded? That did not matter. Wasnt it common to be scolded? However, if he could really take this opportunity to slander Tengda, it would be worth it! Tengda had too few flaws. Thus, they could only grasp these not considered flaws and find an opportunity to attack. That was because once they started arguing, there would not be an absolute winner. Even if many companies supported Tengda, this would definitely cause some people to feel disgusted. After all, there was no perfect company in the world. When people saw a company with a perfect image, they would think of all ways to find problems with it. When they really found problems or were exposed by others, they would clap and laugh: See, didnt I say that it was an act? It would be even easier for companies with imperfect images. They had to defame them, even if they were not. In any case, the results were similar. He An could not help but frown slightly, feeling that the situation was not as simple as he thought. At first, he thought that a certain company had only bought some fake reviewers and was casually leading the way. Soon, it would calm down. However, from the looks of it now, that was not the case at all! This was an organized and premeditated attack. Whats more, the power behind it was quite strong! It was originally a very ordinary thing. The game Shu Li had only released a promotional video. However, now that it had developed until now, it had inexplicably become a clear division in the game industry! More and more people began to express their stance. Even if some people wanted to protect themselves and did not express their stance, they would be forced to express their stance by players because of the popularity. The domestic games companies seemed to only have two choices left: support Tengda or oppose Tengda! He An could not help but frown slightly, feeling that the situation had become a little tricky. Everyone knew that the reputation of these companies could not compare to Tengdas. However, the problem was that as long as this debate continued, Tengdas reputation in the game industry would continue to weaken. It was just like a clean person fighting a dirty person. Even if he won in the end, he would inevitably get himself dirty! Benefit, turn people into ghosts. He An shook his head, frustrated. Chapter 1538 - Professional Journalist Again Chapter 1538 Professional Journalist Again March 25th, Monday. In the blink of an eye, the weekend passed. Yan Qi went to work as usual. He took a cup of coffee and sat at his desk. He had wanted to continue arranging for people to develop the content after Shu Li. However, on further thought, he searched for the latest discussions about Shu Li online. He was stunned. On Saturday, he made an announcement to explain that the Shu Li project was not short of money so that everyone did not have to worry too much. He had thought that this matter would be over. Now, it seemed like not only was it not over, but it had also blown up! First, He An expressed his support for Tengda. Then, for some reason, the entire domestic gaming circle began to form teams! Some game designers, including He An, supported Tengda. They severely reprimanded some people with ulterior motives for discrediting Tengda and messing up the domestic games industry. However, there were also some game channel merchants and bosses of games companies that did not get along with Tengda. They seemed to be commenting on it logically, but they were actually leading the way and pulling the strings, wanting to pull Tengda down from its pedestal. At first, everyone held back. However, the gunpowder soon became stronger! That was because the game industry was not harmonious to begin with. Some manufacturers had grievances. Now that new and old hatreds had exploded together, they were naturally less and less polite. At the beginning, the debate revolved around Shu Li. The focus of the discussion was: Tengda had said that it wanted to revive domestically-produced games, but what contribution had it made to domestically-produced games with ability, reputation, and resources? Dream Realization Ventures had so much money to invest in strange companies but did not have money to invest in Shu Li or other domestically-produced independent games? Tengda had such a strong reputation but it had never thought of speaking for Dawn Games? As they argued, the topic got further and further away. It became attacks and fights between manufacturers. Of course, some unnecessary things were naturally blamed on Tengda. To be honest, this scene was quite shameful. ֧ݧ֧ However, that was exactly what the anti-Tengda Alliance needed. That was because it was impossible to cause any harm to Tengda in a decent way! The current playstyle looked very shameless, but they did not care much about face in the first place. This was also a low moral advantage. It was obviously unreasonable and would not obtain the support of players, but as long as he persevered and harassed them endlessly, working hard to muddle the water, he would always be able to cause a certain negative impact on Tengda. Whats more, it seemed like he had come prepared this time. Someone must have added fuel to the fire. Otherwise, it would not have been possible for the argument to reach this extent in just two days over the weekend. The person behind it had grasped Tengdas weakness of not working over the weekend and attacked Tengda! On the other hand, Tengda did not make any moves during the weekend. It did not even make any comments until Monday. Yan Qi saw it and was very anxious. In his opinion, Tengdas actions were a little unreasonable. As long as he openly announced to the outside world that the project Shu Li was funded by Tengda, and that the idea of this game was inspired by Boss Pei, wouldnt that be enough? At that time, the doubts from the outside world would naturally dissipate. The arrogant clowns and fake reviewers who were against Tengda would naturally be slapped in the face. If it was possible, Yan Qi wanted to personally go and expose this news. It was a pity that Boss Pei did not allow him to say it. Whats more, it looked like Boss Pei did not intend to say it himself. What was Boss Pei waiting for? That was extremely confusing. Just as he was struggling internally, his assistant walked over. Boss Yan, theres something. The official games platform just called. They said that they wanted to arrange an emergency interview for you. They probably saw the promotional video for Shu Li and attached great importance to our project, so they wanted to report it. Do you want to accept this interview? If you do, what time would be suitable? The official platform should arrive by tomorrow. Yan Qi was stunned. Huh? Interview? Accept it, of course! Set the time tomorrow, the earlier the better! Being interviewed by the official platform was something that every game designer could only dream of! Once this interview manuscript was released on the official platform, Shu Li would naturally not have to worry about attention. A large number of players would definitely flood in. Shu Li might have been confirmed to be an exclusive game on Dawn Games platform but the nature of the official platform was relatively special. There was no direct competition with such a private platform. The official platform would not prohibit or reject the existence of other games platforms. According to the rules, the exclusive games of other platforms had to be released on the official platform after three months. However, even if they were to go online the official platform only provided an additional entrance. If players wanted to play this game, it was not enough to download the main body. They had to download another original platform before they could play this game. In other words, according to the rules, even though Shu Li was exclusive to Dawn Games platform, it would have to be on the official platform after three months. However, players had to download a Dawn Games platform when they went to the official platform to download Shu Li. That way, it would protect the monopoly games of these gaming platforms so that the platform could still rely on the gaming monopoly to expand the user groups of the platform. It would also maintain the authority of the official platform and integrate resources to a certain extent. Therefore, it was beneficial to the game Shu Li and Dawn Games platform to establish a good relationship with the official platform. Yan Qi also took this opportunity to express his views through the official platform: The project of Shu Li was really not lacking money! Such meaningless quarrels and sides could be quitted! March 26th, Tuesday. The interview team from the official platform came to Jingzhou once again and headed straight for the Shu Li project team. There were a total of five people in the interview team this time. The editor-in-chief leading the team was still Xia Jiang. After all, she was considered a more experienced journalist in the official platform. She had interviewed Tengda Corporation before, the independent game incubation base, and produced many good manuscripts. Sending Xia Jiang over showed that the official platform attached more importance to this interview. Of course, Xia Jiang was also filled with anticipation for this interview. That was because the game Shu Li looked like an AAA game that had taken care of Chinese culture and exquisite production after Repent and be Saved. On the other hand, the producer Yan Qis personal experience of making mobile games for survival and standalone games for ideals was also very good interview material. Chief Editor Xia! Hello, hello. Ive heard a lot about you. Ive watched your interview for Tengda Corporation and the Destitution Plan. I admire your professionalism! Yan Qi was already waiting downstairs. When he saw Xia Jiang, he shook her hand warmly. He was not saying pleasantries. Instead, he had indeed watched the two interviews and was very appreciative of this blank interview. The ability to outline Boss Peis image by interviewing people around Boss Pei matched his true image very well. Such a strong interview foundation could not be underestimated. At the thought that the person being interviewed had been changed from Boss Pei to him, Yan Qi felt a little excited. It was as if he was walking on a wide path opened by his predecessors. This Chief Editor Xia Jiang was definitely a lucky charm! was Back then, she had interviewed Tengda. Then, Tengda had taken off quickly and been prospering If he interviewed the Shu Li project team now, perhaps this game would become popular? Yan Qi warmly led Xia Jiang and the other staff of the official platforms interview team in and sat down in the conference room that had been arranged. The other staff were busy setting up the scene, and the photographer was busy looking for cameras and adjusting the equipment. Xia Jiang had already prepared the interview script. The interview had not started yet. Since there was nothing else for now, they decided to chat for a while. She sized Yan Qi up and asked, The project Shu Li.. It was funded by Boss Pei, right? Yan Qi: Huh? That question stumped him on the spot. Yan Qis expression froze. He did not expect Xia Jiangs first sentence to be this. How did she know? This matter should be kept strictly confidential, right? Could it be that there was a mole among the core members? Or did she obtain information from Tengda in advance? Impossible there were no such rumors in the outside world. It was most likely a guess. Why why are you asking this? Yan Qi was a little shocked, but he quickly calmed down. He did not answer directly but chose to ask a question. Xia Jiang smiled. Actually, she already understood when she saw Yan Qis reaction. She did not expect to really test it out after a surprise attempt! Xia Jiang smiled. I guessed! Now, the matter with Shu Li is abuzz. The companies that are countering Tengda Alliance are using this as an article to attack Tengda. It almost caused the entire domestic gaming circle to stand. If it were other companies that invested in Shu Li, they would have long jumped out to report their own name. How can they remain calm? I really cant think of a second person who does good deeds without leaving a name. Your current expression is simply carved from the same model as Boss Qiu in the independent game incubation base. However, I think you will be like Boss Qiu, refusing to admit it, right? Yan Qi was speechless. Good lord, is this a professional journalist? What else could I say after you understood? However Boss Qius independent game incubation base, which was the Destitution Plan, was actually Boss Peis industry? Yan Qi did not have much interaction with the Destitution Plan because the Blade of the Empire that he had started off with was a mobile game with paywalls. It was not an independent game. Whats more, he had a more complete development team, so he could not obtain the investment of the Destitution Plan. His main impression of the Destitution Plan was that the Destitution Plan had previously provided many outstanding independent games to Dawn Games platform and gave Dawn Games platform a wave of health. Of course, there should be no concrete proof based on Xia Jiangs expression. It was the same for Qiu Hong. He would not admit it even if he was beaten to death. As long as he did not admit it, as the editor-in-chief, Xia Jiang could not directly write this matter in the report. She could only hint. As for hinting his influence was limited. Chapter 1539 - Employment Information System Chapter 1539 Employment Information System The two of them looked at each other and smiled. Everything was indescribable. You know what I want to say, but you also know that I cant say it. I know that you know that I cant say it, so lets not talk about it Yan Qi thought about it carefully and felt that it was normal for Xia Jiang to guess it. It would be a problem if she could not guess it. That was because not only was she very smart, she had even gone to Tengda and the incubation base to take a look! He had gone to the venue to inspect and spoken to the people in charge. He had a very good grasp of many details. Naturally, he could discover many details. On the other hand, most people on the internet had never seen Tengda or Boss Pei. They did not know the internal operations of Tengda, let alone the connection between Tengda Corporation and the incubation base. Therefore, it was just some guesses that could not be confirmed. Since that was the case, he would follow Boss Peis instructions and keep it a secret! Alright, our interview officially begins. The equipment had been adjusted. Xia Jiang smiled and asked the first question. You should have made a mobile game called Blade of the Empire previously. Why did you make the decision to change from a mobile game to an AAA game? What is the inspiration for the game Shu Li? Yan Qi: Er He had thought he was ready, but now he realized that he was not. That was because these two problems were actually one problem, and they were directly related to Boss Pei! Back then, Yan Qi had wanted to create an action standalone game to fulfill his dreams because he had made money from creating mobile games. However, he had no idea how to make this game. It was only after Li Yada explained to him the way Tengda developed games and gave him pointers that the prototype of the game Shu Li appeared. In other words, the inspiration of this game should be Boss Pei! However, if he were to tell the truth, wouldnt that reveal the relationship between the Shu Li project team and Boss Pei? Yan Qi huffed and puffed before saying, Erm, Ive always been a loyal gamer of action games. Ive always had the dream of making an action game. On one hand, the project Shu Li is because of my accumulation and enthusiasm for action games. On the other hand, its also because I was inspired by the outside world He did not have a good solution because Xia Jiang was asking conventional questions. However, the truth was that the birth of the game Shu Li had nothing to do with Tengda! Thus, even a serious answer would naturally reveal some things. It would be easy if Boss Pei had not requested it. Yan Qi only needed to tell the truth and tell him the relationship between Shu Li and Tengda openly. However, Boss Pei had requested for it to be kept a secret. He could only pick and choose vaguely. He had thought that Xia Jiang would be very dissatisfied with his words. After all, what was the point of this interview if she did not say anything? However, Xia Jiang was not angry. Instead, she had a faint smile on her face. Its alright, I understand! This is not the first time Ive encountered such a situation. Im very familiar with it. Whats more, my blank interview was specially prepared for such a situation. Dont worry, Im a professional journalist. Ill edit the content of the interview when I get back. It will definitely achieve the best effect. What you have to do is to listen to your own heart and say everything that you have to say. Then the next question. The project Shu Li has been confirmed to be monopolized on Dawn Games platform. What do you think about Dawn Games platform? Rumor has it that the amount of money required for the game Shu Li is huge. Im worried that you will castrate the games content or publish it in stages because of the funds and price-quality ratio. May I ask how you deal with this problem when you are developing it? Xia Jiang asked the question seriously, and Yan Qi answered it seriously. However, Tengdas questions would naturally be involved in the process of answering. Yan Qi could only skip over it vaguely. However, there were other things to say apart from problems related to Tengda, such as Dawn Games platform. Yan Qi had been working with Dawn Games platform for a long time. Yan Qi had come not long after the platform was established. Whether it was looking for bugs or posting games, he had established a very deep friendship with the platform. The creative idea of the game Shu Li and the connection with Dream Realization Ventures were also facilitated by Li Yada from the platform. Yan Qi praised the operations of Dawn Games platform. At the same time, he repeatedly emphasized that the project of Shu Li had ample funds and would not cut the game content because of the funds. Thus, he asked everyone not to worry. This project would definitely be developed smoothly and completely. Two hours passed by quickly. Xia Jiang read the contents of the notebook and nodded in satisfaction. Alright, todays interview will end here. Thank you for your cooperation. I have everything I want. Next, I have to rush the draft so that this news can be met with everyone as soon as possible! Yan Qi heaved a sigh of relief, feeling relaxed. Xia Jiang seemed to have been asking questions indirectly during the interview. Whats more, some questions inevitably involved Tengda. However, Yan Qi was very tense the entire time. He did not reveal the relationship between the Shu Li project team and Tengda Corporation. Some of the content was muddled. Some of the content even made Dawn Games platform as a shield as much as possible. After all, it was Tengda who invested in me. Dawn Games platform was just a partner. What was there to say? Boss Pei said that he could not say anything about Tengda investing in Shu Li. In other words, wouldnt he be able to say everything else? Whats more, this was a good opportunity to show his face on the official platform. There was no reason to hide it. However, in order to seek stability, Yan Qi still asked, Chief Editor Xia, there are some content that I cannot disclose in this interview. These shouldnt be affected, right? Xia Jiang nodded immediately. No! Dont worry. Im a professional reporter. Whats more, Ive seen this scene many times. I have a feeling that this manuscript will be very popular once its out! Yan Qi nodded. There should be no problem since Chief Editor Xia promised so. Alright, Chief Editor Xia, youve worked hard. Ill wait patiently for the interview manuscript to be released! Xia Jiang quickly organized todays interview when she returned to the hotel. There was no need to rush these things at all. It would not matter if the manuscript was released within a few days. However, Xia Jiangs mentality was very urgent. On one hand, she had already seen a familiar shadow from Yan Qis answer: a dark line! It was just like when he was interviewing Tengda Corporation. There was a secret line in the content of interviewing the heads. That was Boss Peis support and help for the entire Tengda Corporation. If he did not realize this hidden line, the entire interview seemed to be lacking something. However, if this hidden line was released, everything would be strung together in an instant! There was obviously a secret line in what Yan Qi heard this time. The people who affected his determination to create the game Shu Li and the people who invested in him were all hidden in this dark line! He thought about Qiu Hongs interview with the Destitution Plan Xia Jiang was 99.99% sure that this secret line was Boss Pei! On the other hand, Xia Jiang also noticed that the gaming circle was now taking sides against Shu Li and Tengda. Some companies and even some gaming industry insiders were trying their best to slander Tengda. SO Of course, Xia Jiang was filled with indignation. Boss Pei was such a good person, and yet someone was slandering him? That persons heart was rotten! However, the official platform had to stand on an objective and neutral stand after all. Even if Tengda had indeed contributed greatly to the domestically-produced game industry, the official platform could not directly stand on Tengdas side. This impact was too bad. The official platform had to be more restrained after all. They could encourage and praise him, but they could not directly stand on the same side. That would be a complete mess. Thus, as the editor-in-chief, Xia Jiang could not go overboard in this matter. Her personal emotions and work had to be separated. She could only try her best to do the content of these reports well. She could guide everyone to find the truth and stand on the right side through her clear analysis and reasonable deductions. So, are you going to continue writing this script in vain this time? Hmm its stable, but the problem is that this method has been used several times. Its not new at all. Whats more, given Tengdas current situation, a blank report might not be able to help. I really want to give it a shot! The Destitution Plan and independent game incubation base and the Shu Li project team were obviously funded by Boss Pei. Even Dawn Games platform was very suspicious, but they refused to admit it! The Destitution Plan supports domestically-produced independent games. The Shu Li project supports outstanding domestically-produced standalone 3A games. Dawn Games platform supports a positive gaming platform. Tengda is constantly releasing outstanding game works. Boss Peis support and help for the entire domestically-produced game industry is obviously comprehensive and spared no effort. Whats more, Boss Pei is so low-profile and unknown. He doesnt want others to know. Such a good-hearted company is still being slandered. Im so angry! Is there a way to directly confirm the relationship between these three people and Tengda Xia Jiang frowned. She was just one step away from the door. There were all the previous interviews, the material for this interview, and Tengdas entire plan was basically clear. However, the only problem was that there was no way to prove it! How could he prove Tengdas relationship with them if these people would not admit it even if he was beaten to death? Xia Jiang paced back and forth. Suddenly, her eyes lit up. Eh? I got it! If I remember correctly, a national information credibility system was just released in February! If its some companies that are related to Tengda I should be able to find some clues in this system! Chapter 1540 - Tengda’s Game Empire Chapter 1540 Tengdas Game Empire Xia Jiang became excited at that thought. To put it bluntly, this national information and information system was to publicize the registration, license approval, annual report, administrative punishment, inspection results, operational abnormalities, and so on for people to check. This was made public according to public information, public rules, and other laws. There was a lot of information. Previously, because there was no such information system, specific information about a certain company could only be found by the relevant departments. Ordinary people could not find it at all. Now, this public announcement system was equivalent to publicizing some content that was not considered business secrets. It also made some rubbish companies unable to hide. Companies that had no abnormalities in the system might not have no pits, but companies that had abnormalities in the system must have pits! Whether it was job-seekers or other companies preparing to cooperate, they could avoid this pitfall with this system. Of course, this public announcement system was not particularly perfect. Many functions were not particularly useful. It could even be said to be more difficult to use. Some companies also took this opportunity to develop some commercial query platforms that were based on this public announcement system. They would integrate some information online and use public data as an entry point and connections as the core to help companies or individuals reduce costs and avoid risks. Of course, such products were still being developed and had not been released. After all, this national information system had only been released for a month. However, no matter what, it was not difficult to use this system to check on the actual sponsors behind the Destitution Plan, Dawn Games platform, and Shu Li. Xia Jiang was very excited. She felt like she had found a key. A key to opening this door and solving all disputes! She immediately opened the website of this companys credibility information system and checked everything that she suspected. Indeed! I knew it! I was right! These are indeed all Tengdas businesses! All! Divisions! Yes! Xia Jiang was extremely excited. Previously, she had only been suspicious. However, there was no proof. He knew that Tengda was most likely related to these companies, but perhaps Tengda was only one of the sponsors? Perhaps it did not occupy much? That was hard to say. However, now, the content was clearly displayed in front of Xia Jiang. It was clear at a glance! Tengda had quietly and unknowingly laid down a terrifying plan in the domestic games industry. Tengda Games was the core gaming department. It was used to develop games with the largest investment, the most forward-thinking, and the highest risk. He would leave the slightly worse ideas to Shang Yang Games. In terms of VR games, he had jointly funded the establishment of Slow Movement Studio with Shenhua Corporation. He had not only made VR games but also VR hardware; Some games with low difficulty, moderate risks, and strong profitability would cooperate with other games companies in the country to achieve a win-win situation, such as working with Sun Strike Studios and Long Yu Corporation to develop Bullet Hole 2; In order to support the development of independent games, he had used the Destitution Plan to establish an independent game incubation base in cities with concentrated gaming talents like Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and so on. He had also helped the development of domestically-produced independent games and the game designer, Qiu Hong, who had lost his way. Build a Dawn Games platform and quietly explore a new gaming platform model, providing gamers with a gaming platform that truly belonged to gamers; On the other hand, Boss Pei was fully supportive of an outstanding domestically-produced game project like Shu Li. He raised Yan Qi, who was not particularly outstanding game designer to this extent! Such support could be said to be comprehensive and without any blind spots. It was the best that a company could do. Logically speaking, as a games company, Tengda was outstanding as long as it kept producing good game products. However, Tengda did not only care about itself. Instead, it was helping the entire domestic games industry. In some aspects, it even did more than the official platform! However, Boss Pei was too low-profile. These things were strictly confidential, so no one knew about it. Previously, Xia Jiang had hinted that the real sponsor behind the Destitution Plan was Boss Pei. However, there was no proof at that time. There was not much effect after it was spread online. That was because not many people paid attention to this matter to begin with. The characteristics of the Internet were not the lack of information due to lack of information, but the screening difficulties caused by excess information. In other words, there was a lot of information, but real and fake news were mixed together. People could not find it at all, and it was difficult to distinguish which was real and useful information. The information that really caused a heated response either happened to touch the demands of most people, someone added fuel to the fire, or both. Last time, Xia Jiangs hint had also had a small effect. However, there was no concrete evidence and there was no widespread popularity and attention. Thus, the impact was limited. However, this time was completely different. First of all, it was because the official release of the national information and information system. Secondly, it was because there had been a heated argument online recently. People in the game industry were also taking sides around Shu Li and Tengda. This matter was extremely popular and was at the peak of its popularity. Therefore, once this news was released, it would definitely have a super explosive effect! Xia Jiang realized that she would become the person who pressed the button to explode! As for why the others did not notice it? It was very simple. On one hand, it was because this public announcement system had only been released for a month. The software and applications that could use this as a foundation to query business information had not appeared yet. Many people did not know about this. On the other hand, it was also because many people did not think too much about it. They did not suspect that the Destitution Plan, Dawn Games platform, and Shu Li were so closely related to Tengda. Only Xia Jiang was satisfied with both points! There was a saying that one could not forget. When Xia Jiang first came to Jingzhou to conduct an interview with Tengda Corporation, she had a deep impression of Tengda, a unique company. The few interviews that followed deepened her understanding of Tengda Corporation. This huge piece of news was successfully dug out with the accumulation of previous interviews and her personal sense of smell! Xia Jiang immediately began typing on the keyboard. She entered an unprecedented state of efficiency. Publish! Once this manuscript was released, the siege on Tengda by these people with ulterior motives would naturally collapse. Whats more, it would be a complete failure! March 27th, Wednesday night. Li Shi and the investors gathered in the nameless restaurants private room. Boss Li, you look so nice. I thought you werent going to come for the meal today. Thats right. I havent asked you. How does it feel to be the person-in-charge of Dream Realization Ventures? How is it different from your Fu Hui Investments? The storm online has been getting worse why do I feel like youre still so relaxed? The investors were very concerned about Li Shis current situation. These investors had also participated in the election of the person-in-charge of Tengdas department, but the department had priority after all. They did the same job as Li Shi, but their contributions to Tengda were not as good as Li Shis. Thus, most of them were not selected. Recently, the anti-Tengda Alliance had been using the project Shu Li to cause trouble. They had naturally heard about it after such a long time. Originally, this had nothing to do with Li Shi. However, it was different now. Li Shi was the substitute person-in-charge of Dream Realization Ventures! The excuse that the outside world used to attack Tengda was that Tengda did not invest in Shu Li. It did not carry the burden of supporting domestically-produced games like what all players expected. As the person-in-charge of Dream Realization Ventures, Li Shi had to express his stance to these people, right? He could either invest Dream Realization Ventures money into Shu Li to express his genuine support or verbally support it. It was much better than pretending to be dead. However, everyone knew that the current situation was actually very passive. Whether Li Shi decided to invest or not, the anti-Tengda Alliance had something to say. The follow-up attack would probably not stop. Thinking from another perspective, everyone felt that if they were in this position, they would definitely be dizzy and fall into a dilemma. Thus, they were very worried for Li Shi. However, from the looks of it now, Li Shi did not seem to be worried. Instead, he looked calm and collected, as if everything was under control? Li Shi took a sip of tea and smiled. This meal was ordered two weeks ago. Why didnt I come? If not, wouldnt all the good wine and dishes be cheaper for you? The feeling of being the person-in-charge of Dream Realization Ventures Do you want to hear the truth? To be honest, its quite boring. Thats because everything has been arranged in advance by Boss Pei. I have nothing to do at work every day. I just have to let Dream Realization Ventures develop steadily according to the established route that Boss Pei planned. Theres no need for me to think so hard. Ill invest in whichever one I dont invest in. Sigh, I dont think thats a good idea. It would easily degenerate my ability. The investors were shocked. They expressed that Li Shi, the Versailles, was caught off guard. He did not greet them in advance before showing off. It was really not about morals. Good lord, Li Shis ability to show off has obviously improved after training in Tengda for a period of time! Boss Pei even taught this? I think Boss Pei probably did not personally teach him. However, he naturally learned it under his guidance. The route that Boss Pei planned? Thats not right. Didnt Boss Pei stop caring about Dream Realization Ventures long ago? He only left behind a legend of 100% investment success rate? Thats right. Many people are targeting Dream Realization Ventures for Shu Li. No matter what, Dream Realization Ventures has the wrong name and invested in some messy companies. However, companies that really need money are turning a blind eye. Isnt that obvious? Li Shi sniggered. A statement? What statement? Shu Li was a project that Boss Pei invested in from beginning to end. It was just kept a secret. Whats there to express? I hope that these people would jump more happily because the more they jump now, the more exciting their expressions would be when the truth is revealed in the future! Only people like you who dont know the truth would feel flustered. People like me who understand and trust Boss Pei well enough would not panic at all. They would only want to laugh! Chapter 1541 - The Truth Must Be Revealed! Chapter 1541 The Truth Must Be Revealed! Everyone was shocked. Good lord, Boss Lis acting skills had improved again! Yet, he had managed to trick him again. Damn it! It had exploded with such a huge piece of news in such a casual manner. Whats going on? Boss Pei arranged everything? Is Shu Li a project that Boss Pei invested in? Whats going on? Somethings not right, right? Shu Li is a project that Boss Pei invested in. Why would the anti-Tengda Alliance make an issue out of this game? Are their brains short? Isnt this slapping themselves in the face? Shu Li is Boss Peis project, why didnt everyone say it? Is there a need to keep this a secret?! The investors were shocked, shocked, and unacceptable. Had the anti-Tengda Alliance made a huge mistake? Li Shi smiled. If Boss Pei had explained the investment in Shu Li clearly from the beginning, would the Tengda Alliance have taken the bait? Boss Pei is fishing. Those who are willing will be hooked! I cant blame the people of the anti-Tengda Alliance for being stupid. To be honest, before I flipped through the internal information of Dream Realization Ventures, I did not expect that the person who invested in Shu Li was really Boss Pei! After all, according to the thinking of normal people, this is a supportive investment. The risk and benefits are not proportional at all. Its impossible to make such an investment for profit. Its more for fame. We have to publicize it. However, Boss Pei did not intend to publicize it and ask the entire investment project to be kept a secret. Boss Pei was still very calm and did not expose it even when the anti-Tengda Alliance was attacking it crazily. He was too calm and had the style of a great general! As for why its a secret, there are many ways to interpret this. Perhaps Boss Pei is indifferent to fame and fortune and doesnt want to seek such superficial fame. He doesnt want to raise Tengda too high and become a moral model. Perhaps Boss Pei had expected that one day, someone with ulterior motives would use similar excuses to attack Tengda. Thus, he arranged a backup plan in advance. An investor was shocked. Could Boss Pei have predicted it to this extent? He invested in Shu Li and the people against Tengda Alliance happened to see Shu Li and attacked Tengda? Li Shi shook his head. I think there should be some luck here. First of all, if the people from the anti-Tengda Alliance use other games to attack Tengda, Tengda can also use Shu Li to fight back and prove that they really invested and supported a hopeful domestically-produced game. They did not invest in that project because they felt that the quality of this project was average or that it was not in line with Tengdas concept. All in all, with the logo of Shu Li around, the fact that Tengda did not invest in domestically-produced games would naturally not be reliable. Secondly, there arent many outstanding standalone projects in the country to begin with. There are even fewer outstanding projects. The outstanding quality of Shu Li is also an outstanding existence among many domestically-produced games. Its like a bait. Its too attractive. Its difficult not to notice the anti-Tengda Alliance! Lastly, and the most important point: First, Tengda invested in Shu Li, provided it with a starting sum, and made the game DEMO. It had a certain amount of results which was why it was noticed by the anti-Tengda Alliance! The companies in the anti-Tengda Alliance have one characteristic: they can only add flowers to the brocade and would not help in times of need. Sometimes, they are not even icing on the cake. They just forcefully cut in and pick fruits seeing that the fruits are almost ripe. To them, if Shu Li only had an initial design manuscript, they would definitely not invest in it. They would only approach it when Shu Li achieves results and sees hope for success. Therefore, Shu Li is a huge bait. Under such temptation, its almost inevitable that the anti-Tengda Alliance will take the bait! Those companies that were against Tengda Alliance thought that Yan Qis team used the money earned from the mobile game Blade of the Empire to develop Shu Li. They did not expect that there was really an investor behind Yan Qis team who dared to back them up! The investors sighed after hearing Li Shis explanation. Brilliant, truly brilliant! Boss Peis Jiang Taigong fishing and the willing get hooked had really caught the fish in the anti-Tengda Alliance! In that case Boss Pei is really farsighted and farsighted! Even if this is not a pure prediction and deduction ability, he must at least have a deep understanding of the current situation and the companies that are opposing Tengda Alliance to make such a advanced judgment! No wonder Boss Li, you said that Dream Realization Ventures is boring. Every time we encounter a problem, we can always find a solution that Boss Pei had left behind. This is indeed lacking in challenge! By the way, Boss Li, this information should still be kept a secret, right? Is it alright to tell us? The investors were satisfied. Li Shi smiled. Actually, its only a matter of time before this news spreads. Last month, the companys credibility information system was released. Tengda used Dream Realization Ventures to create an independent game incubation base, Dawn Games platform, and the project team of Shu Li. It cant be hidden anymore! I think that its precisely because of this that Boss Pei did not choose to release the news himself to slap Tengda Alliance in the face. Thats because letting others expose this news would be more lethal! The more popular this matter is, the more people would want to find out the truth. Someone would be able to find the real investor behind Shu Li through this public announcement system. Therefore, Tengda is not flustered at all now. No matter how big the storm outside is, Boss Pei is only sitting steadily. Thats because the bigger the storm, the worse the anti-Tengda Alliance will lose in the end. It looks like they are shooting at Tengda 10,000 arrows, but in fact, Boss Pei is only borrowing arrows from the grassroots! Li Shis cell phone vibrated as he spoke. He picked it up and smiled. See! I told you that someone would find out about this sooner or later. Isnt that it? The two investors immediately came over curiously. Li Shi smiled, obviously pleased with himself. Ill share it to you. He might not have planned this plan like Boss Pei, and he had not even participated in it, but he had taken over halfway. He was part of this plan. Li Shi was very proud to be able to see such an exciting prediction. The investors took out their cell phones one by one to check the content that Li Shi had shared. It was a special report against Shu Li on the official games platform! This special report looked rather impressive. It was arranged in the most eye-catching position on the official games platform. It was difficult not to see it. Of course, what Li Shi reposted was not the official games platforms original report. Instead, it was reposted by other media. That was because the official platforms reports were all posted on the platform. They could only be seen after logging in. However, this news was really too explosive. Therefore, once it was released, it caused various media to repost it and spread throughout the internet in an instant! The title of the interview was: Interview with the producer of Shu Li, Yan Qi: carefully protect the spark in your heart. Once you encounter salary, it would naturally burn out! The first half of the interview was quite conventional. It only talked about Yan Qis life as a game designer. He loved action games when he was young. He had always had the dream of making outstanding domestically-produced action games in his heart. After work, he entered the game industry resolutely. However, the dream was too far away. He was forced to make a mobile game first, be an employee, and then be a producer. Even though the Blade of the Empire had achieved commercial success, materialism did not stop him from working hard. Instead, he was more desperate for his initial dream. The money earned by the Blade of the Empire did not become a burden to him. Instead, it became a support for him to take off. This was what the title said: Take care of the spark in your heart carefully and not let it be extinguished. When the conditions are ripe, it will naturally burn. This was a rather conventional interview just looking at the first half. After all, Yan Qis experience could be said to be a reflection of many domestic game designers. It might have been a leap but on the whole, it was very solid. Everyones route was not much different. The key was in the latter half of the video. When he was talking about the game Shu Li, Yan Qi said that this game had an external source of inspiration. The help and support of investors were the fundamental motivation for him to develop this game to the extreme at all costs. Otherwise, the money earned by Blade of the Empire would not be enough to support him developing Shu Li to the extreme The interview script became a little strange when it reached this point. That was because the content suddenly became vague! Yan Qi had mentioned external help many times in the interview, but he did not say where this external help came from. He did not elaborate on the sources of inspiration and funds. Instead, he pulled out Dawn Games platform and praised it greatly. He was grateful for the help that Dawn Games platform provided him. Everyone was confused. How could this be called an interview? After a long time, he was completely lonely! Why dont you clarify such important information? Or rather, dont put these ambiguous and ambiguous things in the report at all? Why are you leaving this riddle for everyone to play with? Would a professional reporter from the official platform make such a low-level mistake? The content of the interview was not over even though it felt a little ridiculous. Thus, everyone read it patiently. At the end of the interview manuscript, Yan Qi did not mention the source of inspiration and funds for Shu Li. He was very tight-lipped. However, just because Yan Qi did not say it did not mean that the manuscript was not written! There was a final line in the interview manuscript after the interview was over. When talking about this mysterious investor, Yan Qis face always brimmed with an uncontrollable smile, but he never revealed it. However, the companys information platform was just released last month. As long as you check it, the truth will naturally be revealed. I sincerely hope that there would be more companies that would be down-to-earth and truly contribute to domestically-produced games. On the other hand, the fewer companies that would provoke conflict, attack, and help domestically-produced games carry out moral abduction, the better! SC The eyes of the masses might be occasionally blinded by the illusion that they were meticulously created, but the eyes of the masses are still clear. All the despicable tricks will eventually be melted away by the sun. The truth will definitely be revealed to the world! Chapter 1542 - The Lonelyest Invincible Chapter 1542 The Lonelyest Invincible At that point, all the investors finally felt comfortable. Good! The official platform had already expressed their stance. This was almost equivalent to a final judgment. Obviously, it could not be more stable. Of course, the official platform had always been cautious about such matters. This time, they had obviously received a confirmation. That was why they acted so tough. This manuscript might only be an interview manuscript produced by a chief editor but it must have been approved layer by layer. It could represent the official attitude towards this matter. What was worth mentioning was that this interview manuscript did not directly reveal who the investor behind Shu Li was. Instead, it allowed everyone to check it themselves. Of course, all the investors present had been seen through by Li Shis drama. They knew that no matter how they checked, whether they checked the independent game incubation base, Dawn Games platform, or the project team of Shu Li, the final outcome would be Dream Realization Ventures. Dream Realization Ventures was equivalent to Tengda Corporation and Boss Pei! The investors fell silent. He was convinced! Even though many investors were knowledgeable, they rarely saw such a bizarre scene. The ridiculous thing about this matter was that Boss Pei had a divine plan and strategized. He had foreseen that the anti-Tengda Alliance would rise up in the game industry. He wanted to discredit Tengda through such underhanded means and had made arrangements in advance. Such a huge plan had been planned from a long time ago! Destitution Plan, independent game incubation base, Dawn Games platform, Shu Li project These were all part of Boss Peis plan! The amount of money involved far exceeded everyones imagination. However, that was not the most ridiculous thing. The most ridiculous thing was that Boss Pei had spent so much money and contributed so much. Yet, he had to keep it a secret on purpose and hide the news very well. He had not considered using this to gain a good reputation! They could not be blamed for being retarded. Given their nature, how could they have thought that such a good deed without leaving a name existed in the world? If Boss Pei was deliberately hiding information and fishing, his forbearance would be comparable to the King of Yues. If Boss Pei did not deliberately hide the information but purely did not want to take credit, then such magnanimity would be that of a saint! No matter how he thought about it, it was ridiculous! The investors seemed to understand Boss Pei and the heads of Tengdas departments a little. To Boss Pei, there were only five words to describe it: being invincible was the most lonely! As for the heads of the various departments, it was similar to Boss Lis current mentality: Sigh, they won lying down again, there was no meaning! At the same time, in Shanghai. He An was typing furiously on his keyboard, trying to match the boss of a gaming platform. He was also a man of character. When he saw this obviously not stupid but a black sheep in the game industry, he would definitely not say anything good. He would let himself go and attack with all his might! He An did not stand on ceremony. He exposed the ugly looks of these gaming platforms. At the same time, he predicted that in a few years, these gaming platforms would all turn cold. One of the bosses of the platform said that they could only drink air because the future would definitely belong to a high-quality platform like Dawn Games platform that really stood with players! After attacking intensely for a while, He An realized that the other party was silent. Eh? Whats going on? Why arent you replying me? You were rendered speechless, flushed, and ashamed by my criticism? Thats why you stopped replying? Could it be that I have not aged at all? I still have such strong lethality?. He An felt a little disappointed while feeling pleased with himself. This victory seemed to have been achieved too quickly and unnatural. A second ago, the other party was still being sarcastic and harassing him endlessly. Now, he was pretending to be dead. The difference was huge. Not only that, He An quickly discovered something even more ridiculous. The other party was deleting Weibo! Previously, he had only not replied. However, from his Weibo posts, this person was obviously stubborn and did not really admit his mistake. However, now that he had deleted Weibo, he felt like he was running away with his tail between his legs. He An was very surprised. He had a new understanding of his combat effectiveness. I actually scolded him until his conscience was awakened? That cant be. If the haters on the internet still had a conscience, they would not have waited until I scolded him before they realized their conscience. He An felt that this matter was a little strange and quickly searched online. All sorts of information flooded out once he searched! The atmosphere online could be described with a few words: celebrating the heavens, singing and dancing, beating the dog when it was down! Hahahaha, Im dying of laughter. The sponsor of the Shu Li project is Boss Pei. All the money in this project was from Dream Realization Ventures! There were also some retarded people who kept asking why Tengda did not invest in Shu Li. There were even people who patiently explained why Tengda wanted to invest in Shu Li. In the end, everyone was a clown. The reason why the project of Shu Li could achieve its current state was because Tengda invested in it! Can you perform that? Yes, that. Tengda Corporation claims to support the domestically-produced game industry, but Dream Realization Ventures invested in so many rubbish companies but did not invest a single cent in other domestically-produced games Hahahahaha! Im dying of laughter. There are even people who have been asking why Yan Qi has been stuttering and not saying what the investors are saying. Obviously, Yan Qi wants to leave you some face. Hes afraid that it would hurt too much to accidentally slap your face. Hes hesitating on how to use his strength. In the end, youre good. You even deliberately brought your face closer and closer! This wave is a direct hook fishing. In the end, not only did the fish bite the hook, but they also took the initiative to prepare a roasted plate and condiments! I suggest that everyone take a screenshot as soon as possible and screenshot all of those world famous paintings. Especially the faces of those so-called industry insiders. They have to be preserved forever. In the future, if these people say anything or post anything on Weibo, dont force them. Just use their own language to reply! I want to see how these people can still survive on the Chinese internet! Charge! Its time to counterattack! What did I say? Which other company would fork out money to develop an independent game incubation base other than Tengda? Previously, the official platform hinted that Tengda was the one who created the Destitution Plan and the independent game incubation base. However, many people did not believe it. Is it confirmed now? I didnt expect that Dawn Games platform, this guy with thick eyebrows and big eyes, was also a spy sent by Tengda?? Boss Peis plan is really impressive. Im completely convinced! From an independent game, to an outstanding domestically-produced standalone game, and then to the gaming platform, Boss Pei had actually arranged everything clearly. Its just that no one knew about it! The most important thing is that these were developed without using Tengdas reputation at all. To be able to achieve such success from scratch, it is enough to show that these are not built on resources, but real strength! Im convinced, Im completely convinced. Boss Pei is the eternal god! Therefore, how many of the good-hearted companies in the domestic games industry have nothing to do with Tengda? I dont think so. If you dont believe me, youll know once you see how its done. Whos on Tengdas side? An independent game designer, a standalone game designer, a traditional game merchant with a conscience. Players. Whos against Tengda? The boss of a small platform, the boss of a small channel, the one with the least bottom line among game manufacturers with paywalls. There are also some random people from the third-rate game industry who dont have strength, works, or morals. Therefore, on the surface, it looks like the anti-Tengda Alliance is using this opportunity to attack Tengda. In fact, Tengda is silently taking out the demon mirror? Taking out all the demons and monsters in the domestic games industry? Who will compile a table? Lets see which games companies are our friends and which games companies are our enemies? The mobile game Im playing is actually made by a company under the anti-Tengda Alliance? Delete your account and quit the game! These d * mn idiots actually want to destroy Tengda. Dont think about earning a single cent from me in the future. You only deserve my saliva! Hehe, tui! He An was stunned. A storm of public opinion instantly swept across the internet! Such high popularity was because the anti-Tengda Alliance had spared no effort to fan the flames. However, in the end, not only did this popularity not cause any harm to Tengda, but they also caused the fire to burn themselves completely! In this round, Tengda was in the open while they were in the dark; Tengda had morals and they had no bottom line; Tengdas way of winning was to prove themselves, and their way of winning was to question. In other words, both sides had never competed in a fair arena. It was just like two people playing a combat game. It would be useless even if I killed you 10,000 times, but you would win as long as you touched me. It was the same in this game. These people attacked and slandered Tengda without any bottom line. They hid in the dark and led the rhythm. They used moral abduction and discrediting methods to destroy Tengdas unbreakable golden body and pull Tengda down from its pedestal. If Tengda did not express any stance, many people would assume that these companies were suspicious. If Tengda expressed that they did not want to invest in Shu Li but verbally supported it, people with ulterior motives could say that Tengda was indeed establishing a character. It was easy to use their mouths, but they pulled their feet when they were really paying money. If Tengda were to fork out a portion of the money for Shu Li, people with ulterior motives would say that they were still stingy at this point in time. Giving such a small amount was like sending a beggar away. Indeed, it was still a character setting. If Tengda really invested a huge sum of money into Shu Li, they would still have something to say. They would say that you were forced to pay because of the pressure of public opinion. If everyone had not paid so much attention to this matter, you would definitely not have given the money. Not only could these people attack Tengda, but they could also help themselves. This trap was close to being unsolvable from the beginning. It was just like an innocent person being forced to prove his own integrity. No matter how he did it, even if he really proved it, the one who suffered the most was himself. This was the low moral advantage of some people. Those who did honest things would never win. Of course, even if these peoples schemes succeeded, Tengda would not collapse because of this. It would not even suffer any substantial losses. However, no matter what, this was a painful failure. An unacceptable slander. Tengdas only way out was to predict the future. Before these people with ulterior motives kidnapped Shu Li ethically, they invested in Shu Li first. That way, all of their performances would be like clowns. However, this was too nonsensical to most people. How could people predict the future? If they really had this ability, they would be able to make a fortune no matter what. There was no need to work hard. However, to everyones surprise, Boss Pei really had the ability to foresee the future! Chapter 1543 - So The Demonized Description Of Boss Pei Is True Chapter 1543 So The Demonized Description Of Boss Pei Is True After reading the cause and effect, especially after knowing that the independent game incubation base of the Destitution Plan and Dawn Games platform were industries that Boss Pei had invested in, He An was simply amazed. There was a limit to a persons imagination, but there was no limit to Boss Peis contribution to the domestic games industry! As a game designer, Boss Pei had almost reached the limit that ordinary people would not dare to imagine. He An felt that he could brag about Boss Pei for the rest of his life. Of course, that did not seem like teaching. Strictly speaking, it should be considered an academic exchange and discussion. In the future, He An would go out and brag to others. He would definitely not brag about the outstanding games that had left a deep mark in the history of domestically-produced games like The Landlord Game. That was because those were all old and old. They had long been surpassed by the outstanding domestically-produced games of the new generation. new However, teaching Boss Pei was worth bragging about! This lad really makes me worry! It was obviously arranged a long time ago, but he did not say a word. Everyone was sweating for him! He An had been bickering with people online previously and felt that his blood pressure had almost gone off the charts. However, now, he felt like he had eaten a fast-acting heart-release pill. He felt very comfortable! A bunch of clowns, courting their own humiliation! March 28th, Thursday. In Dawn Games Games platform. Sister Yada! Many players suddenly flooded into our platform. It seems like our relationship with Tengda has been exposed. What should we do? Tang Yishu was a little flustered. That was because Boss Pei had repeatedly instructed him to hide it, to hide it at all costs! Thus, Tang Yishu, Li Yada, and the others were very careful. They tried their best to make it difficult for people to guess the relationship between Dawn Games platform and Tengda. However, he did not expect that he could not hide it anymore! Li Yada was still relatively calm. You cant blame us for that. The public announcement system started it. Weve already worked very hard. This blame cannot be on us. Whats more, I think this outcome should be within Boss Peis expectations. Tang Yishu was a little confused. In expectation? Li Yada nodded. Thats right! Dawn Games platform will have to integrate resources with Tengda sooner or later. Otherwise, why would Boss Pei create this platform? Does he have nothing to do but burn money to play? Obviously, the independent game incubation base of the Destitution Plan, Dawn Games platform, and the Shu Li project are all Boss Peis plans in the game industry. They affect and are related to each other. These resources have to be integrated ultimately. The reason why Boss Pei requested for it to be kept a secret is because he is not sure if this model can succeed without Tengdas influence. This is some kind of experiment. Now, the test has long been successful and Dawn Games platform is developing better and better. Is there a need to continue hiding it? We have to do it sooner or later to reveal our relationship with Tengda. Boss Pei should be waiting for the best opportunity, and now is obviously the best time! We can use the popularity that the enemy created for us to naturally reveal the mystery. Then the independent game incubation base, Dawn Games platform, and the Shu Li project will all soar! Perfect! Therefore, this is not a mistake, nor is it an accident. It is something that Boss Pei had planned and expected to happen. At that point, Tang Yishu heaved a sigh of relief. I see. Thats great! However Liu Yada changed the topic. Our platform has indeed flooded in a large number of players. We cannot relax. She glanced at the data. Prepare more servers and bandwith to ensure the gamers usage experience. We have to plan ahead according to Boss Peis thinking! We cannot save money in this area. Both of them went back to work. A large number of players had indeed flooded into Dawn Games platform. Obviously, they had all come because of the reputation! Dawn Games platform had a very good reputation to begin with. Coupled with Tengdas reputation, there was a magical chemical reaction. The moment gamers arrived, they felt the warmth of home! Of course, this warmth might only be a psychological effect, but it was indeed completely different from other platforms. Players were discussing enthusiastically on many gaming forums. Many people had also started the Great Migration movement. Dawn Games platform is really Tengdas industry. Its amazing! Until now, not a single Tengda game has been released. Its ridiculous! He did not use Tengdas game but forcefully created the platform. I can only say that hes tough enough! Boss Pei is really a bloody business genius! I might be a little reluctant to part with this platform account now, but Im still prepared to invest in Dawn Games platform! Didnt I say that the gameplay of Dawn Games platform that allows players to rate players is a little like Tengda? Indeed, the values are really similar. Dawn Games platform is indeed the most conscientious of all the platforms. Previously, I had a very good impression of this platform. I only felt that there were too few games and that there was no enough monopoly game, so I did not go. Now, I definitely have to take up a position and raise an account first! Thats right. Weve already confirmed that Shu Li is monopolizing it. The key is that Tengdas games will be released sooner or later. In the future, Tengda Games will even be released on Dawn Games platform. Its normal to monopolize it. There wont be a lack of game library in the future! Come, old friends, quickly add a group of friends. Well prioritize buying games on Dawn Games platform in the future! All gamers who represent justice, unite! The public opinion on the internet changed rapidly. From the start, they stood in teams and fought each other. Later, they beat the dog when it was down. Now, they were celebrating. After the gamers scolded the people from the anti-Tengda Alliance, they planned to rest and enjoy themselves as gamers. On the other hand, buying Tengda Games and going to Dawn Games platform to support Shu Li was the best way to celebrate victory! Shanghai, Shengyun Corporation. Nie Yunsheng flipped through the discussions on Weibo and various forums, his body trembling slightly. On one hand, he was angry. On the other hand, he was shocked! He did not expect that the attack that he had invested a lot of resources into would be defeated in this way! The situation had been great before the official platform released the manuscript. The popularity on the internet had increased, the tempo had increased, and many people in the game industry had been persuaded to join the army against Tengda out of their own interests. Tengda was already approaching a dead end. Otherwise, it would not have not responded from weekends to Wednesday. At first, Nie Yunsheng thought that victory was within his grasp. This incident might not be able to cause any substantial losses to Tengda but such a public opinion battle could dirty Tengda. It could break Tengdas golden body, or it could greatly boost the morale of the entire anti-Tengda Alliance. It would make them more united and see hope of defeating Tengda. One had to know that this made Tengda suffer in the gaming field that Tengda was most proud of! Now, many companies were watching on the sidelines. They did not firmly stand on the side of the anti-Tengda Alliance. It was not because they did not hate Tengda. Their interests had also been taken over by Tengda. They were just not sure if they could win. If he could not win, wouldnt he lose everything if he were to act rashly? Thus, confidence was the most precious thing to the anti-Tengda Alliance. Once this plan succeeded, these companies would have confidence and work together. The future series of plans would be very smooth. At first, Nie Yunsheng felt that this plan was only one step away from success. Even if something went wrong, it would only be a step away. If it did not succeed or fail, there would not be much loss. However, he realized that he had been completely wrong. Not only was it a failure, but it was also a tragic and complete huge failure! It could be said that he had lost all his face. They had spent a lot of money to generate popularity. In the end, it became publicity for Tengdas industry. He had pulled so many companies down with the intention of stabilizing the alliance. However, they were beaten until they scattered. That severely shook everyones confidence. This was too difficult! An independent game incubation base, Dawn Games platform, and the Shu Li project team How can they all be industries that Tengda invested in? How is that possible? You did so many things, but you deliberately kept it a secret and hid it so well are you crazy? Is this something a person can do? Nie Yunsheng felt like his worldview had been overturned. He had long heard that Boss Peis methods in business wars were sinister and cunning. Whats more, he could always attack from unexpected places. He could kill in one shot, making it impossible to guard against everything. He was the scariest opponent. At that time, Shengyun Corporation was at the peak of its career. It could be said to be making rapid progress in the industry and was invincible. Therefore, Nie Yunsheng did not take it to heart. He thought that Boss Pei had not met a truly capable opponent. Subsequently, he had been dealt a huge blow by Lu Mingliang. Although he had been beaten up badly, he had not really taken Lu Mingliang seriously. That was because he had been beaten up by Lu Mingliang purely because Lu Mingliang did not care about morals and did not play by the book. He was not used to such a reckless playstyle and was caught off guard. In fact, Lu Mingliangs playing style was not particularly brilliant. Nie Yunsheng was beaten, but he was not convinced. If Lu Mingliang had not played a trick and invited Nie Yunsheng directly, Nie Yunsheng would definitely have been filled with vigilance and would not have attended the meeting, giving Lu Mingliang a chance to assassinate him in close combat. It was precisely because of these reasons that Nie Yunsheng misunderstood Boss Peis true strength. He had thought that Tengdas next move would probably be like Lu Mingliang, defeating everything with one blow, relying on the perfect reputation to get through everything. Therefore, he wanted to find a breakthrough point in Tengdas reputation. A reckless person like Lu Mingliang might not be able to handle such matters well. It was a pity that the person Nie Yunsheng was really fighting this time was Boss Pei. At that moment, he realized that Tengdas opponents extremely demonized descriptions of Boss Pei were all true! Those who had not truly fought with Boss Pei would never understand how terrifying this was! It was as if he was fighting the will of the universe! Chapter 1544 - Nie Yunsheng’s Savior Chapter 1544 Nie Yunshengs Savior Nie Yunsheng quietly closed the webpage and informed the Vice-President of the public affairs department to stop the fake reviewers. The outcome had been decided. They would only lose more miserably if they continued to resist. Boss Pei had actually predicted everything. With one move, he lured him into a trap and directly broke through all the schemes against Tengda Alliance! Whats more, he had used this incident to make all of Tengda Games related industries popular at once! The independent game incubation base of the Destitution Plan, Dawn Games platform, Shu Li project They had all used this wave to soar. At the very least, they had saved tens of millions of publicity funds. What was even more terrifying was that Nie Yunsheng tried to re-examine this incident from Boss Peis perspective. He only had one feeling: chills! Boss Pei had already started his plan a long time ago. At that time, Tengda had not had much conflict or friction with Shengyun Corporation, Home Corporation, and even most of the huge companies in the anti-Tengda Alliance. At that time, Tengda had already confirmed its unparalleled and unique status in the domestic games industry. It was in the limelight. Under such circumstances, if a normal person were to think about it, they would definitely publicize it widely since they had done so many good deeds through the independent game incubation base of the Destitution Plan and Dawn Games platform. Even if he did not exaggerate and boast, it was only right to shout after something good and let people know, right? There was no need to keep it a secret even if he did not deliberately publicize it! However, Boss Pei held himself back. Not only did he not say anything, but he also asked Qiu Hong, Yan Qi, and the other in-charge not to reveal anything to the outside world! Back then, the reporters from the official platform had gone to the incubation base. The microphones had hit Qiu Hongs face, but he did not reveal a single word. Its up to you to guess whatever you want. However, since Boss Pei has requested for it to be a secret, I will definitely keep it a secret! Boss Pei had been silently setting up a huge web like this. He was like a spider, lying low on the web, waiting for the enemy to fall into his trap. Nie Yunsheng thought about it. What would Boss Pei think of anti-Tengda Alliances actions? He was putting the rope around his neck and saying ruthlessly, Youre dead? It was no wonder that Boss Pei had not made any moves. Perhaps Boss Pei was afraid that he would not be able to stop himself from laughing once he opened his mouth! Whats more, Boss Pei could have closed the net a long time ago. When many people used Shu Li to revolt against Tengda online, Boss Pei could tell them what to do immediately and eliminate the impact. However, he did not say anything. Boss Pei could also draw the net after verifying who were friends and who were enemies when they started to stand on the internet, attack each other, and the gunpowder would become stronger. However, he still did not say anything. He had to wait until the entire matter reached the peak, when the anger of players and supporters reached the peak, when the anti-Tengda Alliance felt that they had seen the light of hope, before he finally closed the net! What was even scarier was that Boss Pei did not even keep his own net. That was because if he were to announce these things himself, it would seem a little forced and deliberate. He could win, but it was not a perfect win. Ordinary people did not care, but people with OCD should not be able to tolerate it. Talk to the official platform? No. It looked like Boss Pei was waiting. He knew that the information public announcement system had been released last month. As the popularity continued to ferment, more and more people wanted to know the truth. Someone would always dig out the background of the incubation base and Dawn Games platform. The truth was out! In other words, it did not matter who exposed this matter as long as Tengda did not stand up for it. Even if it was just an ordinary passerby or player that was exposed, the media would definitely follow suit. The final outcome would be the same. However, it just so happened that the chief editor of the official platform often dealt with Tengda and knew Tengda better. He had also done an exclusive interview with the incubation base. He had this suspicion to begin with. That was why it was a coincidence that it added an additional program effect. He expanded the original 100 points to 120 points. Nie Yunshengs current feeling could be summarized in one sentence: He had nothing to live for! He thought that the expression on Boss Peis face would be fear, anger, or helplessness. He did not expect it to be the look of a caring fool It was hard not to break through the defense. Nie Yunsheng leaned back in his chair and fell into deep thought. A few Vice Presidents were gathered together and whispering outside Nie Yunshengs office. They did not dare to speak too loudly for fear that Nie Yunsheng would hear them. As for why they ran to the door of Nie Yunshengs office Obviously, they had received the news and knew that they had been completely defeated. They wanted to ask Nie Yunsheng what to do next. However, no one dared to knock on the door when they arrived because they knew that Nie Yunsheng was definitely still in a rage. If they knocked now, they would probably be treated as punching bags and scolded. They did not dare to enter nor leave. They could only gather at the door and mutter. Just as he was struggling, he saw the office door open and Nie Yunsheng walk out. The Vice Presidents quickly stood still. Boss Nie! Nie Yunsheng frowned and scanned them. What are you doing here? Without waiting for the Vice Presidents to answer, he said, Alright, contact the representatives of other companies immediately. I want to hold a telephone conference. The more people there are, the better! The Vice Presidents nodded immediately. Alright, Boss Nie! They all heaved a sigh of relief. It seemed like Boss Nie was not overwhelmed by this huge setback. Instead, he quickly thought of a countermeasure. After experiencing such a crushing defeat, the entire anti-Tengda Alliance was at a time when peoples hearts were moving. If Nie Yunsheng did not immediately appear to appease people and maintain the entire alliance, it might quickly become a state of disunity. They had not used all sorts of follow-up methods against Tengda, but the vanguard troops took the initiative to provoke them. They were scattered and completely destroyed. That was too damaging to morale! If it really collapsed, there would be no need to say anything. They would wait for Tengda to harvest them one by one. Therefore, the Vice Presidents were very relieved and even a little happy to see Nie Yunsheng quickly pull himself together and appear to stabilize the situation. That was because they realized that Tengdas strength had stimulated Boss Nies fighting spirit! In fact, Nie Yunsheng was also a pioneer and invincible general when he just established Shengyun Corporation. He was also an existence that made countless competitors tremble with fear. However, as Shengyun Corporation expanded, it felt less and less threatening. Thus, Nie Yunshengs fighting spirit gradually subsided. He lost the sensitivity of fighting and gradually forgot the cruelty of fighting. When he met a true dragon slayer like Tengda, Nie Yunsheng finally recalled the bloodlust he had during the critical moment of his initial grassroots state! It was not just Nie Yunsheng. In fact, which of the bosses and founders of the giants in the Tengda Alliance were good people in the past? They might have reached this point today because of the favor of capital or good luck, but he had to admit that they were all capable and not stupid. They also had very strong hands and could be unscrupulous when necessary. If Nie Yunsheng could wake these people up, then this painful failure could become a turnaround! The telephone conference was held on time. What surprised Nie Yunsheng was that everyone was here this time! Obviously, this painful failure had indeed hurt most companies in the anti-Tengda Alliance. Those more determined companies, like Nie Yunsheng, desperately wanted to appease people and find a countermeasure. Those companies that were a little shaken were also eager to understand the attitude of other companies. They had to quickly slip away when they saw that the situation was not good. Therefore, those who were invited basically arrived. Even if the bosses of some companies could not participate in something, they would send their assistants to participate. There were more than three hundred big and small companies! Of course, many companies here were here because of benefits. They were just there to make up the numbers. He could not count on them. However, no matter what, this was still a huge alliance that covered almost all fields. This alliance was established by Shengyun Express, Home Corporation, Home Take-Out, and a few other large corporations. Some investment companies played the role of connecting the dots. However, this was only a loose alliance after all. It was not like Tengda that could manipulate the various departments at will. Nie Yunsheng knew very well that if what he said made sense and obtained the approval of most people, the alliance would be maintained. However, if he did not agree, the entire alliance would definitely split. This was the first major crisis that the anti-Tengda Alliance had encountered since it was established. If it was not handled well, it would probably die on the spot, leaving only a joke. Therefore, he could not let his guard down! Logically speaking, this was a crushing defeat. Whats more, it was a crushing defeat where everyone was wiped out and were being compensated. It would definitely be a huge blow to their morale. It was a fierce operation but it ended up benefitting Tengda. Everyone seated would probably think twice about how to stand on the side. Dont follow Tengda to benefit from it. You would have to starve nine times every three days if you follow the anti-Tengda Alliance! However, Nie Yunsheng was someone who had experienced storms after all. He knew very well that sometimes, crises were also opportunities. The key was how to bluff, oh no, how to interpret them. Nie Yunsheng cleared his throat and said solemnly, Everyone knows what happened recently. The first thing I did was to reflect on myself. The failure this time was my responsibility. I used the thinking of an ordinary person to guess at Boss Pei. That was how I made a mistake and accidentally fell into Boss Peis trap Nie Yunsheng did not shirk his responsibilities. Instead, he openly admitted it and completely reviewed the failure. That was because he knew very well that anyone could shift the blame, but he could not That was because the entire alliance was very weak to begin with. If he, the leader, were to push the blame away, who would be able to become the vanguard army and the death team? Who would be able to sell their lives? Then, he would be utterly defeated. However, he did not intend to really take all the responsibility because that would make him look very useless. It would be very disadvantageous for the competition for the right to speak. After a simple review, Nie Yunsheng changed the topic. However, I think this is not a bad thing. It can even be said to be a good thing. It makes us understand how dangerous our current situation is. It also completely proves the need for this alliance to exist! Chapter 1545 - Results Of Seclusion! Chapter 1545 Results Of Seclusion! Nie Yunshengs turn confused everyone. However, it was a telephone conference after all, so no one spoke. They waited for Nie Yunsheng to continue. Nie Yunsheng did not throw the blame away. Instead, he openly admitted his strategic mistake. It was a little embarrassing, but his attitude was still quite sincere. That added some credibility to his next analysis. The reason why I failed this time can be summarized as: I followed the thinking of ordinary people and guessed Boss Pei. That was why I fell into Boss Peis trap. It has been proven that Boss Pei is indeed a business genius who does not play by the book. That is why he is so difficult to deal with! However, this is not the most dangerous part of him. The most dangerous thing about him is that others will never know how many trump cards he has! Take this matter for example. On the surface, the reason why we failed is that we did not understand Boss Peis way of thinking and thought about lowering his level. However, the problem is that we cannot raise Boss Peis level indefinitely, right? Every decision we make must be based on the current information we have. The risks are relatively small and the success rate is relatively high. In other words, most people would make such a decision. The opportunity is right in front of us. Are we not going to grab it because there is a 1% chance that it might be Boss Peis trap? If thats the case, I suggest you disperse on the spot and stop struggling. Treat Boss Pei as a god and not a human. Well lose in terms of mentality. Therefore, even though this is one of the reasons, it is only a superficial reason, not a deeper reason, much less the fundamental reason. The fundamental reason for the failure is that Boss Pei has already made arrangements in advance and has a lot of trump cards in his hand! We dont know about these trump cards, but Boss Pei can easily use one to crack our attack. That also means that all of us are in extreme danger. Everyone, do you think that Boss Pei has already made plans in the game industry so long in advance? Do you think he doesnt have plans in other fields? Express delivery, take-out, industry, digital products, entertainment in all these fields, which field does Boss Pei not have any trump cards or plans? If Tengda really enters your field and industry, do you think you can win? We will only lose more miserably without any suspense! Thats why I said that this failure highlighted the need for our alliance to exist. Thats because at this stage, a single company is no longer a match for Tengda no matter how big they are. Theres only hope of winning if they really work together! Boss Pei has indeed won beautifully, but this also shows Tengdas strength: The strength hidden under the water is definitely stronger than we imagined! If everyone is so easily scared and retreats, everything that happens next should become boring. S1 ome Im not trying to scare you. You can think about whether that makes sense. Nie Yunsheng finished speaking in one breath and stopped talking. It might be a telephone conference and he could not see the expressions of the other companies representatives but Nie Yunsheng felt that his words should have worked. On the other end of the line, the presidents, founders, or higher-ups of other companies looked shocked. They were seriously thinking about what Nie Yunsheng had said. He had indeed been beaten up badly by Tengda this time. It could even be said to be a little embarrassing. However, if he asked himself honestly, would he really be able to see through Boss Peis trap if it was someone else? Sh * t! How could someone with a normal brain think that Boss Pei had been investing countless money into domestically-produced games and had deliberately kept it a secret until now? Was this foresight and perseverance really something a human could possess? That meant that Boss Peis plan had been completed before anyone realized it. If he waited until the day the dagger was revealed, when Boss Pei took the initiative to declare war on a certain company in a certain industry, there would be no need to think too much. The outcome would definitely be a one-sided slaughter. Now, no one knew how far Boss Pei had gone in planning his various industries. At the very least, Tengda was already invincible in the game industry. There would not be any flaws. If there was a flaw, it must be a trap. However, at the very least, the other fields should not be monolithic. After all, the gaming field was Tengdas strongest field! If he retreated now, he would be fighting alone. He would be waiting to die. However, if they really realized the danger now and worked together to fight a little, they might still have a chance of survival. Whats more, Tengda was different from other companies. Take the take-out platform for example. Home Take-Out had a few other competitors, but it was just a matter of earning more and earning less. Even if the other take-out platforms could not win the final competition and become the biggest winner, they would definitely be bought over by the home take-out. As long as they successfully sold themselves, they would still earn money. In any case, they would be able to reach the goal of lying down and earning money sooner or later. However, if Fish-Catching Take-Out became the final winner, there would be a huge problem! Fish-Catching Take-Out would never acquire these platforms. They would only snatch all their users, merchants, and delivery men, turning their platforms and data into useless digital trash, making them completely disappear in the long river of history. That was because all of Tengdas businesses were playing differently from the current internet platform companies. This point was made very clear in the debate between Lu Mingliang and Nie Yunsheng. Thus, if he lost to other companies, he could sell himself for a good price. However, if he lost to Tengda, he would not even have bones left. Breaking ones path to wealth was like killing ones parents. How could they not be united in the face of an enemy who had killed their father? Therefore, Vice-President Gao Ming of Home Corporation expressed his stance first not long after Nie Yunsheng finished speaking. We completely agree with Boss Nies views. This failure might be painful but it also made us understand a principle: With Tengdas current energy, with Boss Peis ruthless and cunning business wrist and strong layout ability, a single company is actually very difficult to fight it. Tengda is a company that spanned across many fields. It has stretched out countless tentacles, showed its fangs, and already tasted blood. This is a commercial war between Tengda and all of our companies against Tengda. Taking a step back to welcome not struggling at deaths door, but to be smashed into pieces! We have two suggestions. First, I hope that this meeting will be fixed. The various companies will discuss the situation regularly, share resources, and arrange the follow-up plan. When a certain company faces the pressure from Tengda, the other companies have to lend a helping hand immediately. Second, I hope that various companies can form a think tank team as the decision makers. A persons wisdom is limited in the end. Boss Pei is also a genius. Until now, no one has been able to beat him by half a move. Therefore, we can only have the possibility of winning by gathering the smartest together and working together! Soon, other companies expressed their views. I agree. I agree. I completely agree. Nie Yunsheng finally heaved a sigh of relief when he heard this. Thats good, thats good. I almost thought that the alliance would die immediately! This was also his quick wits. If someone with a brain was not clear and did not hold this meeting in time, or complained crazily at this meeting and pushed the blame, the anti-Tengda Alliance might really die at the speed of light. Once that happened, all of these companies would become laughing stocks in the netizens mouths. Fortunately, it stabilized! From the looks of the current situation, he could not touch games for the time being. Touching it again would be courting death. He had thought that he had caught a flaw in Boss Peis plan in the game industry. However, he had not expected Boss Pei to have long managed this industry like a piece of iron plate. Needles could not penetrate, and water could not seep through. Nie Yunsheng chose two outstanding new forces in the game industry. One was the production team of Shu Li and the other was Dawn Games platform. They were both from Tengda! It was a good thing that he did not meet him at Dawn Games platform back then and sent him away. Otherwise, how awkward would it be if he really met him! Nie Yunsheng felt uncomfortable all over when he thought about how he had persuaded Yan Qi to accept the investment back then. He was so embarrassed that he wanted to dig out a three-bedroom apartment with his toes. It was a good thing that Dawn Games platform did not give him a second time. That saved his last bit of pride. All in all, everything was in the past. After suffering a huge loss in the game industry, everyone finally understood the gap between themselves and Tengda in this field. Next, he had to pick the fields that he was good at and attack Tengda! In the evening Pei Qian stretched and heaved a sigh of relief. Ah! The results are outstanding! Ive completed two-thirds of the thesis. Indeed, my seclusion is quite effective. After cutting off the useless information from the outside world, my efficiency has obviously improved. According to the current speed, I might be able to hand in my manuscript a little in advance? Er theres no need for that. Lets submit the manuscript at some point. We cant rely on others to change it for me if we make some slight modifications. Speaking of which, Ive found the reason why my grades have not been good. Its mainly because Ive been dragged down by Tengda! Once I dont have Tengdas restrictions, Ill be a good student with both good quality and good grades! Pei Qian was a little proud and a little pleased with himself. The progress of the thesis was very optimistic. It made him experience a joy that was completely different from losing money during settlement. Whats more, Pei Qian felt an inexplicable sense of pride through researching others research on him: Am I that awesome? sen He had to put his hands on his waist. Hmm Assistant Xin still hasnt contacted me. So nothing urgent happened? Let me, Kangkang Pei Qian switched off his cell phones flight mode and resumed his connection with the real world. Chapter 1546 - Boss Nie, Whose Side Are You On? Chapter 1546 Boss Nie, Whose Side Are You On? Pei Qian decided to read the work reports from the various department heads on his laptop first. Most of Tengdas departments had completed their blood transfusions ever since the sub-base event was arranged. The original person-in-charge had gone to the other departments to experience the basic work. The person-in-charge of these departments were all replaced by people other than Tengda. Pei Qian had already seen this list before. These were old acquaintances, but they might not be able to adapt to Tengdas work! Thus, Pei Qian still had a glimmer of hope. If these people were not used to Tengdas work, they would more or less show it in the work report. Tengda had too many departments now, so there was a lot of content in the work report. Pei Qian could not possibly read all of them. He only flipped through a few key departments and read them. He fell silent after reading it. It seemed To be no different from the work reports from the various department heads! He could not tell that the person-in-charge had been changed! If Pei Qian was not very sure that these people in charge must have strictly implemented his lower-level requirements, he would have thought that he had been muddled and controlled. Whats going on? Have these substitute person-in-charge adapted to the departments work so quickly and are all very good at working? Its easy to get used to someone like Li Shi. Ill tolerate it. How can Qiao Liang adapt quickly? Why dont I believe it! Or could it be that the middle level of these departments are very impressive, so the middle level is holding up the work of the departments until the person-in-charge has just completed the handover and has not completely grasped the work of these departments, so that there is no negative impact of the person-in-charge changing on the surface? Thats possible. What should I do then? I cant possibly drag all the mid-tier members of the departments out to suffer, right? If there are too many people, it would be equivalent to emptying half of Tengda. I cant even complete the settlement! Pei Qian was a little melancholic. He felt like he was suffering the consequences. Previously, Pei Qian had always tried all ways and means to interfere with the work of the department heads. It was the first-place-elimination system and Suffering Travels. In short, he had been thinking of ways to torture these department heads to death so that they would not stay in their work desks as much as possible. It was effective at the beginning. After all, many important jobs in the department were arranged by the person-in-charge. Once the person-in-charge left, even if he chose a core employee to take over these jobs, he would not be able to completely adapt for a while. There had to be a process of gradually familiarizing and improving his ability. After that, Pei Qian expanded the scope of Suffering Travels to the core employees of the department. That slowed down the progress again. However, the key was that this could not solve the problem from the root. It only delayed the problem! It was precisely because the heads of the various departments were often not around but had to complete the projects before the working period that Tengdas various departments gradually evolved into an organization structure that was different from other companies. It was equivalent to the work rights of the heads were removed and placed on the middle level. That ensured that the entire department could operate normally without the person-in-charge. Therefore It was no wonder that the substitute person-in-charge outside could successfully take over after arriving at Tengda. That was because the structure of the entire department had changed! The middle level could support the basic business of the entire department, and the substitute person-in-charge only needed to set the general direction. Whats more, these people in charge were old friends of Tengda Corporation. They had thoughts, abilities, and a deeper understanding of Tengda. Was it strange that they could support these departments? It did not seem strange at all. Pei Qian fell into awkward silence. Why did this base level plan seem to be different from the script that he had expected Not only were people different, but the effect was also different. However, Pei Qian was helpless. He could not possibly send all of Tengdas mid management to suffer, right? That would probably mean that the project could not be completed and the cycle could not be settled. Whats more, doing so would be too brazen and overboard. It would easily arouse suspicion and not conform to the systems rules. If Pei Qian was the Ming Zu, he could indeed do that. In any case, Old Zhu was a model worker. Getting rid of half of the officials would still ensure the normal operation of the countrys violent machines. However, that was not the case for Pei Qian. He did not have the ability like Old Zhu. To outsiders, Boss Pei had everything in the palm of his hand. However, to Pei Qian, Tengdas development had been completely out of his control At that moment, Pei Qian was like a worker on a rail. He could change a road. However, no matter which road it was, it seemed like he could not make this train slow down or stop Forget it, I wont read it. Nothing big has happened recently. These people in charge are not stupid. They are only maintaining the normal operations of the department and writing work reports. I dont think it will be difficult for them, let alone obvious mistakes. Lets observe for a while more. Pei Qian quietly closed the work reports from the various departments. He decided not to dwell on this problem in the short term. After being cut off from the rest of the world for so long, Pei Qian decided to read the news online and experience the changes in the outside world. Then, he saw the keyword on the hot searches list. # Tengda Games Setup #! Pei Qian was stunned when he saw this keyword. He felt that something was amiss. Something was very wrong! That was because Pei Qian could not imagine what its content was immediately after seeing this word! In Pei Qians impression, the most recent thing about Tengda Games was to look for Tengda Games and Shang Yang Games to develop The Future You Choose before he went into seclusion. However, this matter could not be related to # Tengda Games layout #! Could it be Pei Qian suddenly had a very bad feeling. He moved his mouse trembling and entered the topic. Then, Pei Qian suffered a mental breakdown. F*ck you! What credit information system! Why did it have to appear at this time? Are you messing with my mentality? You can f*cking produce it next year! Next year, when I incur losses for more than a hundred million yuan each time in this cycle, Ill earn a few million yuan more. You can produce this easily. Ill have no complaints! My incubation base! My Dawn Games platform! My Shu Li! Boohoo Pei Qian was filled with sorrow. They had expended so much effort and hid it well. In the end, they were all dug out! Not only had it been dug out and revealed to the world, but for some reason, its popularity had also taken off! Logically speaking, what virtues and capabilities did such a thing have to be first on the hot searches? It did not make sense even if it was only first on the hot searches in a short period of time. An independent game incubation base, a gaming platform, and an outstanding domestically-produced standalone game. Pei Qian read the discussion carefully and understood. It was all done against Tengda! The corners of Pei Qians mouth twitched slightly, feeling like he could not hold it in anymore. Nie Yunsheng, which side are you on! The anti-Tengda Alliance just established not long ago, and theyre already sending me such a huge gift? Youre probably not spies sent by Tengda, right! I really cant count on anyone! Pei Qian had thought that the anti-Tengda Alliance would be more or less helpful for his loss-making career. Now, he realized that he had been completely wrong! It seemed like none of Tengdas enemies were reliable! Pei Qian was furious. However, he suppressed his anger and reviewed the entire incident from beginning to end. Therefore this matter has nothing to do with Qiu Hong, Yan Qi, Li Yada, and the others? They have been following my instructions and keeping it a secret very well. However, the enemy took the initiative to provoke them. The popularity is too high. In addition, this public announcement system has been released. Once the enthusiastic netizens check, they will be exposed Pei Qian was a little melancholic. This matter did not seem to be anyones fault. This wave could only be said to be not very cooperative. However, even so, the influence and destructive power of this incident was too great! These three consecutive deaths seemed to have caused Tengdas reputation in the gaming circle to skyrocket. It had already completely crushed all domestic gaming companies. Not only that, the attention of the Destitution Plan independent game incubation base, Dawn Games platform, and Shu Li had also increased the risk of future profits. Especially Dawn Games platform! A large number of players were entering, and every player could turn into real money in the future. Not only did this trend not slow down at all, but it was also getting more and more intense. Pei Qian did not dare to look at the backend figures on Dawn Games platform because he knew very well that if he did, it would only increase his already high blood pressure. What evil! I just want to write a thesis in seclusion. Why do I feel like Im a day above the sky, a thousand years in the world every time I restore contact with the outside world? I said it was seclusion, but didnt I just cut off the internet for a few days? It really became seclusion! In the end, I had to save the situation midway. Pei Qian could no longer sit still. The thesis would only be handed in on the 10th of next month. His current progress was still alright. He was just short of finishing it. At first, Pei Qian had thought that he would be able to complete it from the 3rd to 5th of next month. Then, he would have more time to make some modifications. The timing would be perfect. However, the current situation was a little difficult to bear. He had to quickly come out and give some instructions. If he really delayed it until April 10th to deal with these problems, it would not be rushed! What should he do? Pei Qian pondered for a moment. It was probably impossible to stop these gamers from entering Dawn Games platform. Whats more, since Dawn Games platforms relationship with Tengda had been exposed, there was no point in pretending anymore. Thus, he could only enter the next stage that he had thought of previously. At first, Pei Qian had thought that Dawn Games would not make money for at least two to three years. However, it looked like he was still too young. He would put Tengda Games on Dawn Games platform. Then, he would forcefully start drinking poison to quench his thirst by increasing the developers share, discounts, promotions, free, and so on! There was no helping it. Pei Qian could not care about the future anymore. He only hoped that he could successfully earn the 15 million yuan in this cycle! Chapter 1547 - Dawn Games Platform’s New Target Chapter 1547 Dawn Games Platforms New Target March 29th, Friday. Pei Qian came to Dawn Games platform early in the morning and called Tang Yishu and Li Yada into the conference room for a meeting. Li Yada and Tang Yishu were a little surprised. Wasnt Boss Pei in seclusion? Did something go wrong with our work that we specially made a trip here while we were in seclusion? Li Yada was just about to ask when Pei Qian stopped her. Im here this time to tell you about the work arrangements after Dawn Games platform. In fact, Li Yada had not guessed wrongly. Pei Qian was indeed dissatisfied with the current state of Dawn Games platform. However, so what if he was dissatisfied? This was a natural disaster, not a man-made disaster. Thus, Pei Qian did not dwell too much on this point. He only wanted to cut the Gordian knot and arrange these things as soon as possible before returning to seclusion. He had not even finished writing the thesis! Li Yada nodded. Alright, please go ahead, Boss Pei. After some consideration, Pei Qian said, There are three main points. First, bring all of Tengda Games over and put them on Dawn Games platform. Second, Dawn Games platform and the developers share of the profits will be further adjusted. The platform will only take 10%. At the same time, increase the discounts for all the games on the platform. Choose as many free games as possible, especially our own games. Third, Dawn Games platform will take the lead and let Tengda Games, Shang Yang Games, and the other departments cooperate together. Then, they will fight for the support of the official platform to develop a Dawn Games Game Editor. Pei Qians attitude was very simple. Spend money at all costs! Tengda Games was uploaded onto Dawn Games platform because it could not be hidden anymore, so it stopped pretending. After it was released, he could get more discounts from the system. That was because the main battlefield of Tengda Games sales previously was basically the official games platform. Tengda did not have much say in the official games platforms discount promotional activities. Even if Pei Qian wanted to lower the price, he had to first ask the official platform if they would agree. He had to go through the process. Whats more, applying for a price reduction on the official platform not only required the official platforms agreement, but also the systems agreement. It was different on Dawn Games platform. Selling the game at a low price was considered to be promoting Dawn Games platform through preferential activities in the eyes of the system. It was considered a behavior that burned money to earn reputation and the market. Thus, the restrictions would be relatively loose. Thus, Tengda Games could be sold at a relatively low price on Dawn Games platform. That way, even though they might achieve a thin profit and quick turnover, their income would definitely plummet in the short term. The platform reduced the commission, increased the discounts of the game, and tried its best to give some high-quality free games. These were also methods that were thought of to burn money. Now, it was up to fate to draw more than 70% of the local channels. Of course, those were basically small channels. High commissions would only bully small mobile game development companies. Even large channels with stronger bargaining power would basically draw 50% or 30% with the official platform matching the price. The official platform would tacitly draw 50% from ordinary game merchants. For outstanding game merchants, the reward would be changed to 30% or even lower. The official platforms commission was fundamentally different from ordinary channels. Ordinary channels commission was actually not very meaningful. However, after the official platforms commission, it was practical. For example: Use this money to continue developing and perfect the official game editor. Use this money as a fund to support domestic game manufacturers. However, overall, there was basically no channel in the country that drew less than 30%. Did he mean that he needed 30% to maintain the operation of the platform? Of course not. It was purely because everyone tacitly drew this line of 30% to ensure that everyone would have a more comfortable profit margin and could use the platform to lie down and earn money. a NO Speaking of which, thirty percent of the commission was lower than the official platform. However, the official platform would do things after taking the money. The other channels would not give the money back to the game industry. Pei Qians last request was to create a bottomless pit for spending money. To create Tengdas own game editor! At the moment, the mainstream game editor for domestic game development was the official game editor. There were other editors as well, but they were relatively niche and unpopular. The official game editor was developed on the basis of integrating some game editors. It was perfected by many people and was already the best game editor at the moment. To some independent game designers, the learning cost was not high. As long as they could study it steadily, this game editor would be enough to meet most of the requirements of game development. However, that was precisely why Pei Qian decided to consolidate resources and develop a new game editor! Once this bottomless pit opened, wouldnt it be easy to incur losses? The key was that there was the official game editor in front. The chances of the Dawn Games game editor becoming popular and making it popular were negligible. Li Yada was stunned. Huh? Boss Pei, isnt isnt this a little too big a step? The first two points are understandable. Our platform is going to expand, but the game editor cannot be completed overnight! Whats more, the official platforms editor is actually very useful. We can develop some new functional modules on the basis of the official platforms editor and optimize and improve it. Theres no need to build an editor from scratch, right? Pei Qian sniggered, prepared. Its precisely because the game editor cannot be completed overnight that we have to start this job as soon as possible! Is the official platforms editor really useful? Or does it only feel useful because everyone has already adapted to it? At that point, Pei Qian could not help but curse inwardly. Whats so good about the official platforms game editor! rse When he was developing The Lonely Desert Road, he had tried his best to learn the official game editor. In the end, he had learned how to be lonely. It was obvious at a glance that he would. He would be useless once he learnt it! In the end, he had no choice but to put a ready-made template in and make a few simple functions with some content that he had barely grasped. Of course, the game would still become popular in the end. That would be the story after that However, no matter what, Pei Qian felt that he was not wronging the official platforms game editor if he said that it was not useful. Pei Qian paused for a moment and continued. Many people are already doing this on the basis of the original official game editor. However, if this continues, it will become a sh * t mountain one day like the old code. The more reluctant you are to abandon the original game editor and write a new game editor, the higher the cost of sinking. Therefore, you might as well do it as soon as possible! I cant not do something just because its difficult and has a low price-quality ratio. If everyone thought so, why would there be an epochal game editor? Whats more, Im not asking you to reach the sky in one step. You can take it slow. Well do some basic functions at the beginning. The first version is mainly for independent game designers. The later versions will be perfected. Pei Qians speech completely convinced Li Yada. Yes, Boss Pei was Boss Pei. That made sense! He could not think in a conventional way. If he wanted to keep up with Boss Peis thoughts while working in Tengda, he had to have foresight. He had to have a wide field of vision. His mobility and execution had to be the strongest! It was indeed very difficult to develop this game editor. The official platform had gathered so many resources and manpower and spent so much effort to develop it, much less Dawn Games platform itself. Of course, Boss Pei had also said that Li Yada could use Tengdas resources, including the internal games department, the independent game incubation base, Dream Realization Ventures, and some external companies and even official platforms. These resources were definitely enough. The key was how to coordinate and what the game editor would look like. A misstep in the direction of such a huge project could be said to be a thousand miles. It was already difficult enough to integrate resources and let all participants do their own jobs. It was very challenging, but Li Yada felt that she must not let Boss Pei down since Boss Pei had handed this important task to her! No matter what, he was Tengdas third-generation heir. Huang Sibo and Lu Mingliang were already on the fence. He could not remain on Dawn Games platform and not do anything. It was time to achieve something spectacular! Pei Qian nodded in satisfaction. Then, he glanced at Little Tang and grinned. He would let Little Tang remain behind to be in charge of the development of the Dawn Games Editor! It might be a little cruel to do this but he could only trouble his comrades for the settlement of this cycle! Alright, lets do that. Ill make a move first. Pei Qian stood up, satisfied, and prepared to go back and rest. However, his cell phone vibrated just as he turned to walk out. Pei Qian took out his cell phone and frowned. Eh? Otto Technologies has something to report about cell phones and smart new products? He did not want to go. That was because Pei Qian did not have any particularly good ideas for Otto Technologies recently. If Pei Qian had other ideas like the Fully-Automated Smart Bickering Machine or the smart fitness drying rack, he would definitely go to Otto Technologies immediately and call Chang You and Jiang Yuan to the conference room to arrange. The Bickering Machine and drying rack might still make money in the end, but they were at least one step away from incurring losses. It was very close. What was the use if he did not have any good ideas? The ideas that Pei Qian had thought of were either too likely to make money or too ridiculous. It was hard not to be suspicious. Thus, he had not paid special attention to Otto Technologies. However, after some thought, Pei Qian decided to make a trip. That was because Otto Technologies had said that they had to report about the cell phone and smart new product. That must be something more important. Otherwise, they would not disturb him. What if it became popular if he did not watch it? There might be room for saving if he went to take a look. At that thought, Pei Qian set off for Otto Technologies. Chapter 1548 - New Phone Chapter 1548 New Phone Pei Qian subconsciously looked around for Chang You and Jiang Yuan when he arrived at Otto Technologies. However, he did not see it. Pei Qian was a little puzzled. Didnt they reply that he was coming? Why werent the two people in charge here? He did not see Chang You or Jiang Yuan. Instead, a slightly bald and slightly plump middle-aged man walked up to him. Boss Pei, youre here! The information is in the conference room. Ive prepared it. Please come in. Pei Qian looked at him and tried hard to recall. He asked uncertainly, Old Song? Old Song smiled. Yo, Boss Pei, you have a good memory. You remember me? Pei Qian heaved a sigh of relief. It seemed like he had not remembered wrongly. Smiling, he said, Of course. Ive seen the list of the person-in-charge of all the departments. How can I be wrong? It was only then that he remembered that Chang You and Jiang Yuan were both in charge. Of course, they were going to experience the lower stratum! Otto Technologies had also changed its person-in-charge. This Old Song was an experienced product manager in Shenhua Corporations cell phone department. Previously, he was in charge of developing Slow Movement Studios Doubt VR glasses. He was a very capable and creative product manager. Obviously, Chang You was completely worried about Otto Technologies, so he found someone he thought was the safest and most reliable person-in-charge. Pei Qian did not say anything else and followed Old Song to the conference room. Boss Pei, I just became the person-in-charge not long ago. Im not familiar with the business. Please correct me if there are any problems. These two sets of information are Otto Technologies new cell phone project and the new smart product project plan. Actually, smart product projects are more conventional. They should not disturb you, but there are some special circumstances in the cell phone project, so I need to ask you. Old Song handed the two sets of documents to Pei Qian as he spoke. Pei Qian took the two sets of documents, leaned back on the sofa, and quickly scanned them. He would look at his cell phone first since Old Song said that there was a special situation on his cell phone. Until now, the two flagship cell phones distributed by Otto Technologies were very popular. It was a huge success. Otto Technologies did not engage in mechanical sea tactics like other cell phone manufacturers. Basically, they only released one cell phone a year. It would definitely be the flagship of the flagship as long as it was released. Whats more, even if the flagship from last year was released this year, the configuration would not be outdated. Of course, the disadvantage was that it was expensive. At the moment, he already had E1 and G1 cell phones. The former was more expensive, and the latter was the main game. The response was not bad. Logically speaking, Pei Qian had to give some suggestions before the new flagship model was developed so that the cell phone would not make money. However, Pei Qian did not ask this year because his shallow understanding of cell phones had been almost overdrawn by the previous two cell phones. It was very difficult to think of new and perfectly loss-incurring ideas. On the whole, cell phones were becoming more and more homogenous. That was unavoidable because that was the taste and direction of the market. It was nothing more than a higher screen share, a stronger image system, the performance of the chip kept increasing, the system improved, and so on. Therefore, according to the original plan, Otto Technologies would continue the two product lines of the E series and G series and launch E2 and G2 cell phones. That was a small modification. On the basis of continuing the previous characteristics, the hardware would be raised to meet the current needs of consumers. The new product line had not been finalized. He had originally wanted to create a small screen light cell phone for women. However, Jiang Yuan knew very well that Boss Pei had always wanted to be different. On the other hand, even though the small screen light cell phone was also a niche category, it was very difficult to achieve the different effect that Boss Pei wanted. Thus, the new product line was still in a planning state, extending all the way to Old Song. Now, the situation had obviously changed. Pei Qian flipped through the design plan on his cell phone and frowned immediately. Otto X1? Foldable screen! Pei Qian was shocked. That was because in his impression, the soft-screen technology used for foldable cell phones would only mature a few years later. Why was it available now? However, on further thought, the hardware technology in this world was indeed much ahead. The era of full screen display cell phones had come a few years in advance. The foldable screen technology was also a few years in advance. It was reasonable. Since it was a new technology, it was definitely not perfect. There must be various problems. And it would be very expensive. From a pessimistic point of view, this was indeed an opportunity. However, from an optimistic point of view, this was also a great opportunity to incur losses! If it was a thick, stupid, and huge folding screen, it would probably not make much money. Otto Technologies might also have a certain amount of technology accumulation, but it should still be very far from traditional big shots cell phone manufacturers in the cell phone industry. It should not have any obvious advantage in this area. Pei Qian comforted himself as he opened the design plan for this X1 cell phone. Then, he was stunned. This was obviously a rather mature design! It used a relatively stable internal fold design. The front size of the foldable phone was similar to ordinary cell phones. The single digit hole of the popular face was very high in the screen-to-body ratio. After folding, it was almost seamless and closed. It was very natural. Whats more, it was a cuneiform structure from left to right. The right side was thick and the left was thin. It would be very comfortable to hold it with your right hand after unfolding it. When folding, it would be about the width of the sides. It made up for the shortcomings of the thick foldable screen as much as possible. This design gave Pei Qian a sense of familiarity. He knew very well that this was probably the most perfect form of the foldable screen under the current level of technology! This design did not look complicated. In fact, it could be said to be ordinary. However, precision digital products like cell phones relied on details to win. Pei Qian felt that this design was definitely not something Otto Technologies could create at the moment. He scrolled down. Indeed, this was the latest result of Shenhuas cell phone department. Especially this hinge structure. It was the only one that had been developed with a huge sum of money. However, Shenhuas cell phone department was willing to share this patent result with Otto Technologies. Whether it was download or cooperation, it was all authorization to use. Of course, Otto Technologies had to show some gratitude. However, no matter what, being willing to sell this thing was already very sincere. It was something that could not be bought with money. Pei Qian put down the information and looked at Old Song with a complicated expression. The mole had already lit up. Pei Qian could see it even if he was blind. Old Song quickly waved his hand. Boss Pei, dont misunderstand. This is not my credit alone! The main reason is that Tengda Corporation and Shenhua Corporation have always been close. Boss Pei, you have helped them a lot in Slow Movement Studio. Thats why Boss Lin Yu is considering continuing to cooperate deeply with Tengda. Otto Technologies cell phone department and Shenhuas cell phones business positioning are actually staggered. They do not form a direct competitiveness. Instead, they have a certain complementary effect. Thats why they plan to continue working deeply in this area. I just happened to make it in time. Since Im the person-in-charge of Otto Technologies, I have to help Pei Qian sniggered inside. Increase the difficulty of making losses for me again! Shenhuas foldable screen plan was indeed the most mature plan at the moment. Wouldnt the cell phone be snatched up if it was really made? However, Pei Qian was helpless. How could he reject such a good plan? He could not think of a reason! Old Song was right. There was indeed no direct competition between Tengda and Shenhuas cell phone business. Strictly speaking, Otto Technologies cell phone did not form a direct competitiveness with all the other cell phone manufacturers in the country. That was because the other cell phone manufacturers were competing in the low-end market. Those who tried their best to gain a foothold were in the mid-end market. On the other hand, in the high-end market, only Shenhua, Pineapple, and a few other cell phone manufacturers could remain stable. As for Otto Technologies It was a high-end market. It was much better than the high-end market! That was because Otto Technologies took a personalized path. It was a model that was directly targeted at Tengdas fans and tied a lot of Tengdas exclusive benefits to the cell phone. It was really different from other cell phone manufacturers. It was quite difficult to get someone who was used to Otto cell phones to change. Shenhuas cell phone department was collaborating with Tengda to snatch the market of other cell phones. It was quite nice. It was not like they could only afford to raise one company in such a huge first market. Whats more, Tengda had a game project. There was a possibility of deep cooperation with Shenhua Corporation in mobile games and other fields. Therefore, this cooperation was too f*cking appropriate. There was no reason to reject! was no re Pei Qian pondered for a moment. Since there was no reason to reject him, he could only bite the bite. Find a way to turn opportunity into a crisis! Shenhuas foldable screen plan was indeed quite mature. Pei Qian could not make any changes to the large framework because that would expose his deliberately messed up attitude. However, there was no problem with touching some details. It was precisely the details that determined success or failure. It could also show Boss Peis true strength! After some consideration, Pei Qian said, Theres no big problem with the plan, but I think we have to make some changes to the details. Old Song was a little surprised. Oh? Please go ahead, Boss Pei. He did not expect Boss Pei to give his opinion, That was because this plan was carefully crafted by Shenhua Corporations designers. Everyone felt that it was perfect and there was no room for further improvement. Could Boss Pei give a unique plan from another perspective? Old Song listened intently, not daring to be negligent. After all, Boss Pei had personally designed the Fully-Automated Smart Bickering Machine and smart fitness drying rack. He had also given key guidance opinions to the two flagship cell phones in front of Otto Technologies and Slow Movement Studios Doubt VR glasses. These directions had proven to be very successful. Pei Qian said confidently, I think that Ottos X1 cell phone and Shenhuas foldable screen cell phone might have similar internal structure, but there has to be a clear difference in the external details. Chapter 1549 - Game Way Machine? Chapter 1549 Game Way Machine? Old Song was a little confused. Internal structure and external details to put it bluntly, they were not the same thing? Cell phones were considered high-tech products with high precision. The internal structure was priceless. Any design plan with a higher degree of completion must have been carefully planned. It must be the best plan after a comprehensive consideration and various elements were taken. For example, if he wanted a wireless charging cable, he would definitely have to compress a little battery. If he wanted both, he would have to add the thickness and weight of the machine. In any case, that was all the technology level was. It was impossible to make a product that surpassed the times. It could only be carefully crafted to meet most peoples requirements as much as possible. Once the internal structure was finalized, the external details would be finalized. Whats more, it was not easy to change the external details. At the end of the day, it was just a shell, right? There were only a few types of cell phone casings. All of them had their advantages and disadvantages. Most cell phone manufacturers used glass, plastic, or porcelain. A few even used metal. However, no matter which material it was, they had their advantages and problems. Other cell phone manufacturers were not stupid. They would only choose a certain material after confirming it. It was true that Boss Pei was a business genius, but he was not a materials science expert after all. He could not possibly create a new material that other cell phone manufacturers had not discovered, right? That would be too unreal. Other than the material, it was nothing more than changing colors? Create a combined event? Create a custom-made shell and theme? Yes, that was the only way. Old Song asked, Boss Pei, should we come up with a joint game? Then we can add more money than the original price? Pei Qian nodded slightly. Yes not exactly. The shell and system must have some characteristics, but these alone dont seem to be enough. Let me think Yes, I have to create another cell phone shell and sell it! On top of that, we have to try our best to extend the advantages of E1 and G1. Pei Qians idea was very simple. The plan for this cell phone was very mature. It was indeed not easy to change. There was obviously a good plan that was not used, but he had to use a plan that looked very rubbish at a glance. How could he bluff Old Song? Thus, Pei Qians idea was to make as many inconsequential details as possible. That way, he could legitimately sell the cell phone at a higher price. To consumers, Otto Technologies foldable screen was actually the same thing as Shenhuas foldable screen. They were similar! Why would they buy an even more expensive Otto cell phone if they did not buy Shenhuas cell phone? After all, Shenhua cell phones were obviously better than Otto cell phones in terms of system ecology, brand value, and so on. There was no doubt about that. Ottos cell phone was mainly targeted at Tengdas fans. As long as he tried his best not to let this cell phone break out of the circle and not spread to other groups, the situation would be relatively optimistic. It was not enough to make a joint model. That was because if the joint model was more expensive, it would not be enough to widen the gap between it and Shenhuas foldable screen. It would not be enough to dissuade enough customers. Therefore, Pei Qians method was to create a cell phone shell and sell it! In fact, almost all cell phones now had a cell phone shell when they were released. However, the workmanship of this cell phone shell was relatively average. In order to control the cost, manufacturers would not usually make it perfect as long as it was enough. If customers liked better cell phone cases, they could buy them themselves. If the cell phone shell was too expensive, the cell phone would definitely lose the price advantage. Pei Qian pondered for a moment. As long as he made a very expensive custom-made cell phone shell and forced it to be sold, coupled with the fact that the cell phone was a joint model and Tengdas benefits The original price of this cell phone would have been raised by another four to five thousand yuan. That price was not good. As for how to continue the advantages of E1 and G1 cell phones, Pei Qian was just saying it casually. He had not thought about the details at all. In any case, he would leave it to Old Song to think about. Old Song scratched his head slightly. Boss Pei, we were originally giving cell phone cases. Or should we design a new one? Pei Qian nodded. Of course! How can such a high-end cell phone be given such an ordinary shell? Old Song explained, Boss Pei, this shell is not ordinary. Its bare skin. Its much better than other shells given by ordinary cell phones. Pei Qian was very dissatisfied with this. Thats it? Obviously not! Theres no way to meet the customers diversity requirements! Its not expensive enough! Old Song pondered for a moment. Then make a strong business protection shell? The kind that covers everything? It can be sold for three to five hundred yuan. It should be high-end enough. Pei Qian shook his head again. That wont do. Shenhua must have similar products. Whats more, this business style doesnt match our target customer group at all. I refuse! How about this? Ill give you an idea. Think about it. Combine the cell phone shell, screen protection film, scaffold, and other things into one! Then, redesign its appearance according to the theme of the joint model. We want to make a custom-made and unique protective shell! I think this shell has to be sold for at least 500 yuan. Your task is to make this shell work hard to match its price. What Pei Qian was thinking was that the cell phone itself was already a joint model. Wouldnt it be installed if the cell phone shell was a similar joint model? Cell phones and casings have the same theme. Take off the outer layer and look inside. Its still the same! Thats crazy! Just thinking about it made him feel that the customers expressions would be very exciting. Old Songs expression was ugly. Boss Pei, can you reveal more details Pei Qian shook his head. Its enough. Go and experience it yourself. He had already said what he had to say. Pei Qians idea was very simple. He wanted to add more useless or even reduced points on the basis of Shenhuas cell phone. Then, he would sell it at a higher price than Shenhua. Who would buy Otto Technologies cell phone then? There should be no big problem with this idea. It would depend on whether Old Song could execute it. Old Song obviously had many questions in his stomach, but he did not ask again after a long time. As the person-in-charge of Tengda, he had to have such awareness. He noted down everything that Boss Pei had said and prepared to go back and slowly figure it out. Then, he said, Boss Pei, theres a plan for the new smart product. Please take a look. Pei Qian nodded and picked up the second plan. In this plan, there were several prototypes of products. There were wearable equipment, such as watches, wristbands, and so on. There were also other common smart products, such as new smart sound systems, earphones, even television, microwave oven, and so on. He had not started on the specifics, but if he wanted to do it, he could just design it and find a substitute. Pei Qian flipped through it briefly and frowned. They all looked reliable! Other manufacturers were actually making these smart devices. It was enough to show that there was a market. Tengda had at least two advantages in making these things: First, the combined advantage of the Fully-Automated Smart Bickering Machine, Otto Technologies, and AEEIS; second, the reputation of the brand. AEEIS was the smart assistant terminal. It was more perfect after being improved by the Nag artificial intelligence laboratory. The Fully-Automated Smart Bickering Machine and Otto cell phone were equipped with this thing. If Tengda really produced smart equipment, there should be many people who decided to buy it. That was obviously a very dangerous thing. Therefore, Pei Qian was not satisfied with all the options here! I think theyre too ordinary. It doesnt make my eyes light up like the previous smart new products. Pei Qian handed the information back, expressing that these plans were not feasible. Old Song looked pained. Boss Pei, so many smart products are being produced. Its already a competitive Red Sea. Everyone is trying their best to make big moves and find gimmicks. A plan that makes peoples eyes light up has a lot of luck. How can it be said that it exists? I think the most important thing now is to occupy the pit first and cooperate with the factory to build our own ecology. Pei Qian shook his head. I dont think so. Anyone can make something from a factory. Would we be able to widen the gap with other manufacturers if we add AEEIS to it? Otto Technologies can always receive attention because it always produces new products that make everyones eyes shine. This tradition cannot be lost. Old Song looked conflicted. Boss Pei said it was easy, but it was too difficult to do it! Given the normal thinking of a product manager, he really could not imagine how to develop a so-called new product that makes peoples eyes shine that Boss Pei. After all, Boss Peis eye-catching was equivalent to different from all the products in the market. It could be said to be the highest requirement. Suddenly, Old Song realized something and asked, Boss Pei, do you have an idea? Pei Qian was silent for a moment. Yes I have some thoughts. Old Song looked like he had found a treasure. Boss Pei, tell me, Im all ears! Pei Qian paused for a moment and said, I just thought of this. Have you heard of something called Game console? Old Songs eyes lit up as if he had opened a door to a new world. Thats right, making game consoles! Other companies would be giving this for free, but Tengda would definitely have no problem making them! Whats more, they would fit the characteristics of smart products! Pei Qian motioned for him to stop talking. Let me finish. Its a game console, but its not just a game console. Have you ever heard of another name for a game console, called a router? Old Song: Huh? He felt that his common sense had been overturned. Game machine and router how could this be another name? These were two completely unrelated products! Pei Qian smiled slightly. If you combine the two into one Would you feel enlightened? Chapter 1550 - Let Them Keep Poaching People! Chapter 1550 Let Them Keep Poaching People! Pei Qian did not have any thoughts about the game system at first. However, after making a trip to Dawn Games platform, he suddenly had this idea. He had even created a gaming platform. Wouldnt it be reasonable to make a system unit? Comparatively, the chances of losing money by making a system unit were much higher than making products like smart speakers, earphones, television, right? A system unit was a pitfall in the world. Few manufacturers could understand it. Whats more, it was not profitable. Therefore, Pei Qian felt that creating a system unit was a good direction. However, seeing Old Songs excited expression, Pei Qian felt that Old Songs expression was not what he wanted. The possibility of losing money was obviously not enough! That made him think of a classic scene. Could the system units incur losses? He could, but Tengda might not. Could the router lose money? He could, but he had to make the product strange enough. Would the system unit and router lose money? Dare I ask who this god is? I am the chief designer of Tengda, Pei Qian! As a system unit, Tengda had accumulated a lot of experience. On one hand, it had many outstanding game products that could be moved to its own system unit. On the other hand, it had Dawn Games platform. It had enough players and recognized Tengda. If any company in the country was qualified to make a game system, it would definitely be Tengda. The risk of making money was too high. Pei Qian could not take it. At that moment, Pei Qian recalled a famous joke. It was the joke of turning the system unit into a router. Could he incur losses by making a router? To be honest, it was a little difficult. The router might be a product with a technical threshold, but they could poach a ready-made technical team and find a factory! Even if the products were not particularly outstanding and were sold at a cheaper price, they would not lose out. Therefore, if he wanted to rely on the router to lose money without the technology being stretched to the extreme, he had to make it strange enough. At that thought, Pei Qian immediately found a direction. Combine the router with the game console! Make it the same thing! Wouldnt that be strange enough? Of course, Pei Qian had expected Old Song to be confused and even suspicious. Thus, he added a few more sentences. Otto Technologies products have always been committed to solving users pain points! For example, the Fully-Automated Smart Bickering Machine is to solve the problem of whether the Bickering Machine is not smart enough. The smart fitness drying rack is to solve the problem of whether the fitness equipment is not convenient to dry clothes. Now, this router is to solve the difficult problem of the game console. Many people forcefully say that the game machine is a router. Tell me, isnt that self-deception? How does such a thing look like a router? You should at least add a few cables! Therefore, our product is to solve this pain point so that men can place it in the living room openly. Then, they can tell their spouses that it is a router! It might be expensive but it must be a router with a very good signal! It looks like a large router. Its shaped like a squarish octopus. The skyline must be filled up. Not a single one can be missing. Whats more, its useless even if we use a lie detector. Thats because the man is definitely not lying. This is really a router! However, it has a little additional function. That is to play games. Other than that, there are other benefits to combining the system unit with the router. The main computer and router are connected directly. It can speed up the data transmission between the two and directly avoid the possible network fluctuations after the main computer connects to the wireless network. On top of that, as its internal storage is big enough, it can also store some resources. At the same time, it has multiple functions such as the system unit, router, television box, and so on. It provides consumers with a one-stop living room solution! Of course, due to the strong signal of this game road machine, I think it can also be integrated into the stream function of a game. Be it computers, cell phones, mainframes, television, or other equipment like VR glasses, they have to be connected to this game road machine. That way, the game graphics of the road machine can be projected onto any display equipment very smoothly! In the past, it was more troublesome to transfer PC games onto cell phones or to television. Whats more, they were unstable. There was no mature solution. However, everything would change with the game machine! Create a special wireless network in the game road machine. Any display equipment can be connected to this network. Then, the game graphics of the main computer can be displayed. Well first realize the effect of the cloud game in our own home. Well play it wherever we go. Do you think this router machine is very promising? Old Song blinked, looking shocked. Good lord, what Boss Pei said made sense! How could someone with a normal brain circuit think of such a magical product? However, if he followed Boss Peis train of thought, it made sense. What was the most important thing to the game machine? First, it obviously had outstanding game content. Second, it had hardware. To Tengda, these two points were not lacking, or rather, they were not lacking. It might not be comparable to foreign game manufacturers but Tengda was definitely the most qualified to make game consoles in China. However, was that enough? That did not seem to be the case. As a product, there had to be a unique point that people could remember. If it was just a clumsy imitation of foreign game consoles, why would players buy it? Why not buy foreign game consoles? There might be one reason for the blessing of domestically-produced emotions, but it would not be enough. There might be many games in Tengda but they were basically cross-border. It was impossible to take down the games on the official platform and make them into the monopoly of the main computer. Even if it was a monopoly game with a system unit, it had to wait for the new game. As for the hardware, there shouldnt be much advantage. That was because the hardware of the system units were not profitable to begin with. The strategy of all foreign manufacturers was to sell the system units at as low a price as possible and then use games to earn profits. It would not be beneficial to popularize the system units if they were too expensive. Pei Qian would set a low price to allow the system units to be as common as possible in the living room of thousands of households. Then, he would slowly train players and use various outstanding games to make money. Whats more, foreign computer manufacturers had large production and did not have to worry about not being able to sell. Thus, they were more bargaining power in the suppliers and could negotiate the price. All in all, even if Tengda could subsidize its own system units, its hardware hardware and prices would probably not be as good as foreign ones. To players, even if they wanted to buy a system unit, they would probably only buy one. Core players on the entire platform were ultimately very few. Most gamers only wanted to have fun buying system units. They might not even be able to make it if they bought one. Why would they buy a second one? This was also an important reason why it was not easy to enter the field of game consoles: emerging manufacturers could not compete with foreign computer game manufacturers. Tengda looked like it was well-prepared and only needed the east wind. However, in terms of quality and quantity, it was actually still quite different from foreign computer game manufacturers. If he wanted to succeed under such circumstances, he had to think of other ways. On the other hand, Boss Peis idea was at least a hot topic and recognizable. Once it was released, it would naturally attract players attention. On the other hand, after the game machine and router were combined into one, some new functions that it could achieve, such as fast, convenient, and stable transfer of the game graphics to all the display equipment in the room that was connected to the wireless network, were advantages that other game consoles did not have! Of course, he still had to work hard to achieve this ideal state of the product. However, Boss Pei had already pointed out a clear path for this product! Old Song recalled the proposals he had made previously, such as wireless earphones, smart speakers, television He felt that he was simply mediocre! As a product manager, what was the most important quality? Imagination! He obviously prided himself as an outstanding product manager, but he had no imagination. That was too shameful! Look at Boss Pei, this was the ideal form of an outstanding product manager! At that thought, Old Song said firmly, Alright, Boss Pei. Ill definitely work harder to develop this game router! Pei Qian nodded in satisfaction and stood up. Alright, the work here is almost done. I should go back. Otto Technologies would not have to worry in the short term. Old Song sent Boss Pei out and then went back to study the two plans seriously. Pei Qian had just gotten into the car when his cell phone rang again. Eh? Why are so many people looking for me today? Thats true. Its already Friday. He probably has some questions to ask. Teacher Qiao called? If I remember correctly he should be in charge of Bunny Tail Live-Stream now, right? Pei Qian picked up the phone. Old Qiao, whats the matter?. Qiao Liangs apprehensive and anxious voice came from the other end of the line. Boss Pei, I realized that Wolf Fang Live-Stream and Waiwai Live-Stream are secretly poaching our streamers! We might not have poached them with great fanfare but our movements are obviously bigger than before. The conditions given are also more tempting. Some of our streamers have already jumped away! Pei Qian could not help but feel surprised. Eh? Waiwai Live-Stream and Wolf Fang Live-Stream are fighting? Not bad! However why was it still secretly? Do your best and poach him openly! I wont stop you, really Pei Qian was not sure if there was a conspiracy behind this. The poaching of people might have been egged on by the anti-Tengda Alliance. However, since they did not dare to poach people openly and fall out with them, it meant that these two live-stream platforms were still in a more swinging and hesitant state. Since that was the case, he would help them! Pei Qian said, Let them poach it. It doesnt matter. Qiao Liang was stunned. Dont react? Shouldnt we at least expose their shameless behavior? Pei Qian smiled. Theres no need. The streamers are free to go wherever they want. We cant think of ways to trap them while boasting that we are a free platform, right? If the conditions offered by the other two platforms are indeed tempting, poaching the streamers away would mean that we did not do well in certain places. You have to be tough to forge! On the other end of the line, Qiao Liang was silent for a moment before saying, Yes, I understand, Boss Pei. Chapter 1551 - Tengda Must Rely On Real Skills! Chapter 1551 Tengda Must Rely On Real Skills! Pei Qian was just about to hang up when he heard Qiao Liang ask, Boss Pei, I have another question. If our Bunny Tail Live-Stream wants to fight back, can we take some necessary measures? For example prohibiting these two platforms from live-streaming our game, including GOG, IOI, and Ocean Stronghold? Of course, I know that this will be a decision where both sides will suffer together, but no matter how I think about it, they will suffer more. If they really push us, can we use this as our last resort? Or we can use this point to deter them. Even if we dont really reach this step, we can achieve a certain effect. It could be heard that Qiao Liang was very angry with Waiwai Live-Stream and Wolf Fang Live-Stream who had been secretly poaching Bunny Tail Live-Stream. Why should you? These two platforms could poach the live-streamers of Bunny Tail Live-Stream, but Bunny Tail Live-Stream could not poach these two platforms because the contracts between these two platforms and the live-streamers had a high penalty. Bunny Tail Live-Stream could not possibly help the live-streamers pay the high penalty. On the other hand, Wolf Fang Live-Stream and Waiwai Live-Stream were very happy because there was no penalty. They especially liked to poach new streamers who had just made a name for themselves. That was obviously unreasonable. In fact, was the treatment of Bunny Tail Live-Stream much worse than these two platforms? No. However, poaching people was not a practical treatment. Most of the time, it was through bluffing Those who poached people would always have the initiative. The treatment that Bunny Tail Live-Stream gave the streamers was real. However, Wolf Fang Live-Stream and Waiwai Live-Stream could poach people targetedly. There would also be many tricks. For example, he would give you a high number at the beginning, but at the same time, he would set a high penalty. If you wanted to get this number, you had to meet a certain popularity and gift requirements. Otherwise, you would deduct money. When poaching the streamers, they saw a rather tempting number. However, it was hard to say if they would be able to obtain it in the end. If he could continue to become popular after jumping over, or even more popular, he would naturally have a greater say in continuing the contract. However, what if the popularity decreased and turned cold after he jumped over? Then, there would probably be various terms in the contract that he did not notice previously and retract the platforms charity to the host. The host regretted it and wanted to leave. However, he could not leave with the huge penalty. Could the streamers really not tell that there was a problem with the contract? They earned so much money and the contract was so huge. Shouldnt they spend money to find a professional to take a look? It could not be said that there was none at all. However, most of the streamers cultural standards were not high, and their legal consciousness was not that strong. How could everyone be so smart and not be fooled at all? Waiwai Live-Stream and Wolf Fang Live-Stream must have been exaggerating when they came to poach Bunny Tail Live-Streamer. The new streamers that they poached might not have seen much of the world and would be hoodwinked into it by accident. Whats more, the live-stream industry was still a newly established industry. The lawsuits with sky-high prices for breach of contract had not been released yet. The streamers were still very silly and naively thinking that the big bosses behind the live-stream platform were all silly and rich spendthrifts. Or perhaps they were good samaritans who kept their word and carried out good deeds without any tricks. It was very reasonable that they did not have this consciousness. Qiao Liang was now the person-in-charge of Bunny Tail Live-Stream. At the same time, he was also the UP Master and live-streamer. As a live-streamer, he could not stand Wolf Fang Live-Stream and Waiwai Live-Stream. Wasnt this bullying honest people? It was the best for Bunny Tail Live-Stream to not sign a high penalty and tie the live-streamer to death. However, that would become a reason for the other party to poach people without any restraint. Therefore, Qiao Liang was very unhappy and thought of such a countermeasure. You can poach the streamers from Bunny Tail Live-Stream and cause trouble here first. Dont broadcast any of Tengdas games in the future! I want to see what else you can broadcast without games like GOG, IOI, and Ocean Stronghold! Legally, Tengda had full power. That was because Tengda had the right to enjoy the game design. Whoever it allowed to live-stream would be allowed to live-stream. If Tengda did not authorize it to these two platforms, they could not broadcast it. Otherwise, they would be sued. Of course, logically speaking, if Tengda really did that, it might not be very profitable. That was because Waiwai Live-Stream and Wolf Fang Live-Stream were already in absolute dominance in the live-stream industry. If they really completely fell out, Tengda Games own popularity would also greatly decrease. However, no matter what, Tengda was definitely not the one losing the most. Whats more, it did not have to be completely banned. This could be a form of deterrent. There was no need to really use it. As long as he issued a warning to these two platforms and said that he would not rule out the possibility of them banning games such as GOG, these two platforms would have to restrain themselves. They would seriously consider whether the little benefits that the anti-Tengda Alliance gave them, the picture they painted would be able to make them suffer the losses of completely breaking off with Tengda. That was enough. As the person-in-charge of Bunny Tail Live-Stream, Qiao Liang felt that he had to think deeply about these problems and report to Boss Pei. Pei Qian was silent. If he really did that, there would be a huge problem! The competition in the live-stream industry would probably continue for a long time. Pei Qian wanted to use this opportunity to continue burning money happily. Wouldnt it speed up the competition according to Qiao Liang? Obviously, the earlier both sides broke off, the more likely Bunny Tails live-stream would take off. That was because the live-stream industry still depended on content. Games was one of the most important content. If he wanted to break up, he had to break up after this cycle ended, right? It was not a big deal to poach a few streamers from Bunny Tail Live-Stream and Wolf Fang Live-Stream now. Everyone did not lose out. The streamers received high salaries, Bunny Tail Live-Stream and Wolf Fang Live-Stream spent money but poached people. The popularity of Bunny Tail Live-Stream was dealt a blow. Boss Pei felt more at ease burning money. Wasnt it good? Thus, Pei Qian decided to appease them. The anti-Tengda Alliance had already lost so badly previously. If he did not give them some benefits, the entire alliance would probably collapse immediately. He had to hold them back so that they could continue playing this money-burning game with him. Of course, he could not say these to Qiao Liang. He had to change his words. After some consideration, Pei Qian said, I think thats not appropriate. According to the law, we enjoy the copyrights of all Tengda Games and can completely prohibit live-streaming on these live-stream platforms. However this is a little lacking in morals. It makes us look like we cannot compete with others in the front and can only use methods outside the rules. Others would definitely point at our noses and say, Look, look. Tengda is getting anxious. That doesnt fit our mission. Tengda is particular about fair competition. We can win the other party with our own skills. We cannot turn the tables if we cannot win within the rules. That would be very ungentlemanly. Ill say it again. You have to rely on yourself to forge. The other party poached our streamer. Perhaps we did not treat the streamer well enough. Lets raise it up. If you think that Wolf Fang Live-Stream and Waiwai Live-Stream are not as good as us in any aspect, why would the live-streamer still be poached? We must not have done enough. Therefore, not only can we not use this to threaten the other party, we have to make it clear: Tengda will never use such a method! The earlier you explain this, the better. If they like to poach people, they can poach them. When they cant even poach them, that would be the day Bunny Tail Live-Stream dominates the live-stream circle! Qiao Liang was stunned. Make it clear honestly. We dont have to do this? This theres no need for that, right? Arent we going to keep the final deterrent? Boss Peis method was not only to not use the method of banning games as a deterrent, but he also had to take the initiative to give up this method and promise not to use it! Wasnt this encouraging the two platforms to continue poaching people and poach more ruthlessly? In Qiao Liangs opinion, Bunny Tail Live-Stream did not have any stronger trump card other than Tengda Games. Of course, it was not a problem to increase the benefits of the host, but Firstly, live-streaming platforms were still a money-burning game. Wolf Fang Live-Stream and Waiwai Live-Stream had huge capital standing behind them. They were not afraid of burning money. They would not be muddle-headed when poaching people. On the other hand, Boss Pei might have given subsidies to Bunny Tail Live-Stream through Tengdas headquarters, but he was still restrained. He had less funds than two platforms. Secondly, Bunny Tail Live-Stream was a passive defense, and the two platforms were taking the initiative to attack. How could it be the same? If Bunny Tail Live-Stream wanted to increase the benefits, it would have to increase the popularity of the entire platforms streamers. Wolf Fang Live-Stream and Waiwai Live-Stream only had to give such a few streamers a high price. It was just like how every time someone stabbed you, you would wear an additional layer of clothes. How many layers did he have to pass to ensure that the next blow was harmless? Qiao Liang would have cursed if these words had not come from Boss Pei. However, since Boss Pei was the one who said it, he would try to figure it out and think if it was his problem. Perhaps Boss Pei had a new perspective? Alright, Boss Pei. I understand. Qiao Liang hung up and thought seriously about what Boss Pei said before. It seemed to make sense, but it did not feel particularly reliable. Forget it, forget it. Let nature take its course. Hu Xianbin has already told me to ask Boss Pei if I encounter any uncertainties. It doesnt matter if I dont get a satisfactory answer. Note down what Boss Pei said first. It might be useful in the future. I should settle the racing competition this weekend first. As for Wolf Fang Live-Stream and Waiwai Live-Stream constantly poaching people, I have to think about it at length and take it slow. We cannot rush such things. If we are too anxious, it might disrupt Boss Peis entire plan. Hmm lets organize a competition first before deciding on a new benefit plan for Bunny Tail Live-Stream. Qiao Liang did not continue to get caught up in the details. Instead, he continued to follow Boss Peis instructions. Chapter 1552 - Online Racing Competition Chapter 1552 Online Racing Competition March 30th, Saturday. In the afternoon, Zhang Yan started live-streaming two hours earlier than usual on Saturday because there was a competition today! Bunny Tail Live-Stream had been preparing for this competition for a long time. Whats more, Zhang Yan had already passed the initial pre-selection. This week was an online competition. The winners would be able to obtain a spot in the offline competition. At that time, professional trainers would teach them how to drive real racing cars and try their best to convert their driving skills from simulators to driving real cars. Whoever could convert faster and better would win against the amateur team! As for the final win, it would definitely belong to the professional team. After all, no matter how talented the players of the amateur team were, it was impossible for them to touch the professional players. That was unless he transited from an amateur to a professional player and improved himself step by step. Then, there would be hope. Zhang Yans goal was very simple: to enter the offline tournament! He would go all out in the offline tournament. As for the results, it did not matter. The key was to participate. The key was to obtain the qualifications for this real car. After all, her skills were trained on the simulator. No matter how the simulator simulated, it was still very different from a real racing car. No one dared to guarantee how much they could do in the real competition. They could only say that they would do their best. The competition had not started yet. Zhang Yan began to warm up first. There were occasional bullet screen comments in the live-stream asking, F*ck, the streamer is so determined! I saw you running on this picture last month. Why are you still running now! Arent you tired of running? Swear something else! At the beginning, Zhang Yan had indeed relied on the popularity of Safe and Civilized Driving to increase her popularity. At that time, she took a drivers license, drove a huge truck, and attracted many fans. However, ever since she started practicing racing, her fans started disappearing slowly. He had no choice. It was too boring to train in racing! Many pictures ran for the entire day. In order to pursue the improvement of that fraction of a second, their previous efforts would often be wasted after one mistake. Whats more, driving a racing car was not like driving a huge truck for a long distance. They could not relax at all. They did not have the energy to chat with the audience. Therefore, the more they practiced, the fewer people in the live-stream. There was no lack of cynicism here. Why would a female host run the racing track every day if she doesnt live-stream well? The popularity is getting lesser and lesser, right? Continue acting. Youll ruin yourself sooner or later! Youve crushed the opening of the Sky Hu! Thats right. You obviously dont have the talent. Why do you have to persevere? Wouldnt it be better to realize that youre actually suitable to be a comedian? Such bullet screen comments were not rare. However, Zhang Yan remained unmoved. She continued to practice. Finally, Zhang Yan arrived at the Safe and Civilized Driving Competition! Almost all the streamers on Bunny Tail Live-Stream participated in this competition. Many streamers from other platforms and some god-like players in the game also participated. The results were jaw-dropping. Many well-known streamers did not even pass the pre-selection! ime These streamers usually live-streamed all sorts of performances and boasted about their driving skills. However, in the official competition, they were all in a mess and were exposed. It was just like how some GOG streamers had been playing in Fish Pool Bureau for the sake of the program effect. On the surface, they still looked like they were showing off. They had skills, but at the end of the day, they were just fried fish. Once they encountered a much stronger opponent than usual in high-end games or competitions, their skills would immediately fail. It was as if they were different people, frequently making forced mistakes. W When it came to a time where they had to compete in strength, they would only know who was swimming naked when the tide subsided. On the other hand, Zhang Yan was different. All her skills were trained realistically. Naturally, she was not afraid of such a real test. The number of people in Zhang Yans live-stream continued to rise with the end of the pre-selection competition. Players were shocked to find that Zhang Yans hardwork was really effective. It was fundamentally different from other streamers! The audience who had left earlier returned. They had left previously because they could not see the program effect or the unique content that was different from other streamers. After all, practicing car skills was too boring. Most people did not have the patience to continue watching However, it was different now. Being able to obtain a good ranking in the competition and defeat other opponents with his true strength was something filled with program effect in itself. Since the effect of the program was back, and it was better than before, why did the audience not return to watch it? Many fans of other streamers also flooded into Zhang Yans live-stream because those streamers had already been eliminated. Zhang Yan could continue to enter the online competition and compete with more powerful opponents. On the other hand, the fans who had been supporting Zhang Ye felt like they could see the light at the end of the tunnel. They had always supported Zhang Yans decision unconditionally. When they saw the number of people in Zhang Yans live-stream constantly disappearing and the popularity decreasing, they were as anxious as Zhang Yan. They were even more anxious than Zhang Yan. Now that the popularity was back, he naturally felt relieved that he had not seen wrongly. After running two rounds, Zhang Yan entered the official competition room and began preparing This opportunity was very important to her because Zhang Yan had a racing dream a long time ago. However, the expenses of the racing car were too huge. Zhang Yan could not afford it. However, the situation this time was different. As long as she could obtain a ranking in the online competition, the official platform would bear all the expenses and hire a very professional coach for her. This also meant that Zhang Yan could use this opportunity to transform into a professional racing car driver without any cost! If he could obtain an outstanding ranking, it would prove his talent and perseverance. The resistance of the people at home should be much reduced, right? Soon, the competition officially begun. A large number of viewers flooded into Bunny Tails live-stream platform. They discussed enthusiastically while waiting for the competition to begin. Hello, viewers of your live-streams. Welcome to the online competition of Safe and Civilized Driving! Todays online competition will be different from the pre-selection stage because our live-stream platform will use a new live-stream method this time The two official commentators of the GPL were the ones hosting the Safe and Civilized Driving Competition. On this point, Bunny Tail Live-Stream had an overwhelming advantage over other platforms. That was because Bunny Tail Live-Stream had a lot of outstanding commentary resources. Not only were these commentators eloquent and humorous, but they also had a deeper understanding of the game. The audience also approved of them. It was very reasonable to arrange for him to commentate on todays Safe and Civilized Driving Competition. They were all from Tengda. It was normal to guest star in it! Many viewers were curious on the bullet screen. It would be different from the pre-selection stage. How exactly is it different? I remember that the director during the pre-selection was already doing very well. The camera repeatedly switched smoothly and naturally between many popular players, so that everyone did not feel any discomfort at all. Could it be that at this point, the live-stream technology could improve further? It should be very difficult. Arent professional directors used for GPL during the pre-selection period? Or is there a new viewing function this time? Soon, the host revealed the answer: On the basis of the live-stream function of the game Safe and Civilized Driving, another special function for competitions had been developed! These functions could be roughly divided into the following points. First, players could freely enter the official competition room in the game Safe and Civilized Driving and check the first-person perspective of any contestant. They could also watch the directors perspective or Gods perspective. Players could see some very detailed data in the first-person perspective of the contestants, such as the slot, engine turn, the depth and strength of when they stepped on the accelerator pedals and accelerator pedals. These data had a very important meaning for the audience to deeply grasp the basic strength and skills of the current players. Second, players could also synchronize their steering wheel with the contestants. That way, they would be able to see the contestants operations and details more directly. Of course, just like the live-stream mode, the steering wheel could not be touched in this state. It would automatically exit if it was touched. This was to prevent any danger. This function was actually considered a derivation of the live-stream function. However, the operations that the host did during the live-stream was different from the operations of the players during the competition after all. Apart from that, there was a new improvement this time compared to the initial live-stream function. This time, players no longer needed the game Install Safe and Civilized Driving. Instead, they could directly connect the live-stream signal of Bunny Tail Live-Stream with their own steering wheel! After all, there was not much signal data for the steering wheel. There was no need to rely on the game itself. As long as the live-stream platform sent these data to the players computers and then to the steering wheel, it would be fine. Even players without a steering wheel could open a small window and see the steering wheel and pedals of these players through the simulation. Of course, compared to the complete version of the game, the webpage function was equivalent to a castrated version. There were many problems. For example, he could only choose from a few perspectives provided by the official platform. He could not choose all the contestants. Whats more, he might not be able to achieve special precision in the transmission of some data. There was still a small gap. However, for gamers who did not have a safe and civilized driving game on their computers, this was a relatively novel viewing experience. Third, players could generate recording documents during the viewing process. They could watch and study some players skills in making turns or taking specific routes repeatedly. Apart from that, there were other details. For example: the multi-layered small window model of Bunny Tails live-stream. Of course, the main window in the live-stream of Bunny Tails live-stream was the games real-time competition image. However, on this basis, viewers could also open some small windows to check other content. They could fold these small windows at will or place them in any location on the main screen. For example, players could place the camera image of the players they were interested in in in the bottom right corner, or put the current ranking on the scoreboard, or some data details on the screen where they preferred. Compared to the situation where the images of other live-stream platforms remained the same when they were organizing competitions, this could randomly screen information that they liked and move it to the live-stream as a small window, providing the audience with a new choice. The competition officially began. The commentator also began his passionate commentary. The audience was watching the exciting competition while groping around for the new functions introduced by Bunny Tail Live-Stream. The popularity of the live-stream was constantly increasing! Chapter 1553 - Giving Up On Deterrence, Welcome to Attack Chapter 1553 Giving Up On Deterrence, Welcome to Attack Yes! Thats great! Ive made it to the offline tournament! Zhang Yan jumped up from her seat excitedly and walked around the room. The competition process was indeed tense, exciting, and intense. After all, those who could enter the online competition were outstanding players selected from the layers of pre-selection. These peoples driving skills were not bad. Most of the time, whether they could advance depended on the performance of the scene and the strength of their psychological quality. The good thing was that Zhang Yan was usually hardworking and had a solid foundation. She was in a very good state today. Thus, she successfully stood out among the pre-selection players and obtained the good results of number nine on the line. One had to know that there was no distinction between professional teams and amateur teams in the online competition stage. Some professional racing drivers had also participated. Zhang Yan was pleasantly surprised to be ranked ninth and successfully advance to the offline tournament! The audience in the live-stream was also enjoying watching it. The popularity of the discussion had reached its peak! I enjoyed watching the competition. I didnt expect everyone to be real car gods. I was so nervous. Ive seen some real racing competitions on television previously, but I feel that the viewing pleasure is not as good as this online competition? This is the change brought by the development of live-stream technology! Real racing competitions are actually much more exciting and exciting than this. Their technical level is also much higher, but the technology of live-streaming cannot keep up. Its just an external perspective and an internal perspective. Everyone can only see the scene of the racing car flying past, but they cant see the details of how the driver operates. Indeed, with so many details missing, the viewing pleasure would definitely be greatly reduced. The new technology for Bunny Tail Live-Stream is still something. Not only can it show all the details of the racing drivers operations, but it can also provide the audience with a more detailed viewing experience through various perspectives and detailed data. It is precisely these details that push the excitement of the online competition to a new height! I observed carefully and realized that many players are very good. They are not much different from professional racing drivers in the details of their operations. Dont tell me that players will counterattack professional players in the offline tournament later on? That shouldnt be possible. After all, professional players are concerned about this. No matter how similar a racing car in reality is to a racing car in the game, there is still a world of difference. Who knows? At that time, there will be special coaches to guide them. Perhaps some hidden genius players will be able to stand out. The viewers on the bullet screen comments were all very excited. It was as if the one who had similar results as the professional players on the virtual field was not the streamer, but himself. Zhang Yan walked around the room happily before returning to her seat. That was because there was still the warm-up and post-match interview. The host enthusiastically introduced the next online competition event to all the audience: Just as had been arranged previously, this offline competition would invite some professional racing trainers to guide all the players for a month. The competition would be divided into a professional team and an amateur team. The players in these two teams had different foundations. Naturally, their teaching methods would be different. The goal of the amateur team was to transfer the skills in the game as much as possible from these simulators to reality. The professional team would definitely train something more advanced directly. During this month, Bunny Tail Live-Stream would live-stream the training process and a few simulation competitions. The video after the live-stream would be edited and released on Aili Islands website. The recording and specific data of every player in the competition would also be sent to the live-stream and game. All viewers could download it freely and put it in the game to study it carefully. It could be said that the competition this time had completely cleared both online and offline. It was a test for the new function of Bunny Tail Live-Stream! Old viewers could tell that this gameplay was actually similar to GOGs competition model at that time. They were both deeply integrating the functions of the live-stream platform and the game, providing more details to the audience. This was obviously different from the core competitiveness of other gaming platforms. Next was the interview segment. The competition this time had received a lot of attention from the media during the pre-selection period. There were also a few more influential media this time who had arranged for a phone interview in advance. Amongst them, Zhang Yan was a female player who had never come into contact with racing cars. Her performance in the live-stream had already attracted many peoples attention. She had obtained an outstanding ranking in this competition. It could be said that the heavens rewarded hardworkers. Naturally, she had to be interviewed. The host asked relatively conventional questions. Zhang Yan was also prepared and briefly explained her mental journey. From his passion for racing to not being able to pursue dreams because of his familys lack of support, to constantly training his skills through games and finally obtaining this precious opportunity. Such a torturous experience made the host sigh. It also showed the importance of this competition to ordinary people who could not afford to play racing and burn money. After that, the host interviewed the other winners. Everyones situation was different, but their thoughts were similar. Many people like Zhang Yan wanted to learn about racing, but the threshold for racing was too high, so they could only bury this dream temporarily at the bottom of their hearts. The Safe and Civilized Driving Simulator had provided them with a highly simulated and realistic training environment. This competition had also provided them with a stage to show themselves. Thus, they were very excited and wanted to take this opportunity to prove that they could pursue their dreams. As for the professional players, they still gave high praises for this competition even though they had successfully entered the industry. To them, simulator training was a very important part of daily training. This competition had made them get to know many friends with similar aspirations. It had also given them, professional players who looked isolated from ordinary people, opportunities to interact more with ordinary people. At the same time, this competition was also a popularization of racing sports. All in all, this competition was a huge success! In the last segment, the journalist interviewed Qiao Liang. As the substitute person-in-charge of Bunny Tail Live-Stream and the organizer of this competition, Qiao Liang definitely had to say something. However, Qiao Liang did not know that the journalist had come prepared for his interview. At the same time, in Shanghai. Wolf Fang live-stream headquarters. Vice-President Zhu Yan was also watching the live-stream of the competition. When he heard that he was going to interview Qiao Liang, he put down his work and listened intently. The host first asked a few conventional questions before changing the topic and asking, We noticed that Bunny Tail Live-Stream has its unique advantages and characteristics compared to other live-stream platforms. However, it is still in a relatively weak position in terms of market share. I heard that Waiwai Live-Stream and Wolf Fang Live-Stream have been constantly launching poaching wars recently? Bunny Tail Live-Stream has been the most affected. Many newly popular live-streamers have been poached. What do you think about this? If the competition between the three platforms becomes more and more intense in the future, could Bunny Tail Live-Stream prohibit the other two platforms from live-streaming Tengda Games to ensure their advantageous position? Qiao Liang was stunned and instinctively did not want to answer. What was this journalist doing? She had no EQ at all. Why was she asking such a question? However, on further thought, Boss Pei had just told him how to answer such a question yesterday. That was a good opportunity. Our live-stream platform will not prohibit other platforms from live-streaming Tengda Games. Instead, we will use upright methods to win this competition. Pal Bunny Tail Live-Stream has always resolutely provided high-quality live-stream content to the audience. It provides a warm platform for the host. We only need to be good ourselves. We dont care what other platforms do. Zhu Yan frowned slightly as he listened to the interview in the live-stream. His expression was filled with surprise. an Of course, he had also been paying attention to the competition on Bunny Tail Live-Stream. Whats more, the new technologies and gameplay displayed by Bunny Tail Live-Stream made him very nervous. However, he did not expect Qiao Liang to give such a clear answer! Zhu Yan had already spoken to her before she started the interview, asking her to ask this question. That was because Zhu Yan wanted to test the true attitude of Bunny Tail Live-Stream! Wolf Fang Live-Stream and Waiwai Live-Stream might have started to secretly poach the live-streamers of Bunny Tail Live-Stream but the two platforms did not dare to make too big a fuss, afraid that they would anger Boss Pei. Both sides would completely fall out and the scene would become very ugly. Wolf Fangs live-stream was a pillar. Many big streamers were counting on GOG to survive. Once they fell out with Tengda, the consequences would be unimaginable. Thus, Zhu Yan wanted to use this opportunity to interview the person-in-charge of Bunny Tail Live-Stream to obtain some information. Zhu Yan guessed that the other party would probably not shut up. Even if they did not intend to use this method, they would still retain the most basic deterrent. However, even some ambiguous answers had some reference value. It could reflect the true attitude of the upper echelons of Tengda to a certain extent. However, Zhu Yan did not expect such a clear answer! This was almost equivalent to guaranteeing that no matter what the live-stream platforms fought, Bunny Tail Live-Stream would not take revenge by prohibiting other platforms from live-streaming Tengda Games. If other companies had said these things, he would not have paid much attention. After all, these companies rarely kept their word. As long as they did not put it on paper, they could overturn it at any time. This was also a characteristic of Western business society: The so-called contract spirit meant that once it was written on paper, it had to be followed. In other words, if it was not written on paper, they could deny it at will. No one could take it seriously. However, Tengda was a special company. It had always kept its word. As long as it made some promises in front of the public, it would definitely abide by them in the future. In other words, Tengda really doesnt intend to use this method to restrict Wolf Fang Live-Stream and Waiwai Live-Stream? Should I say that Boss Pei is too confident or that Boss Pei is too arrogant? If we dont make use of the advantage in terms of game content, how can Bunny Tail Live-Stream compete with Wolf Fang Live-Stream and Waiwai Live-Stream? Just the rule that we have to learn for an hour has already dissuaded most viewers. Boss Pei is also a very strange person. Bunny Tail Live-Stream obviously has so many powerful resources, but Boss Pei did not make full use of them. Instead, he restrained himself. However, this is a good thing for us. Bunny Tail Live-Stream still has one last unique advantage. It can combine live-stream and game content in depth. Whether its the viewing system that was released previously or the deep connection between live-stream content and game content now, they are actually walking this path. Other live-stream platforms cannot achieve this. In other words, we cannot let our guard down against Bunny Tail Live-Stream. We still have to kill it as much as possible. However, the way to kill it is not to compete with it in terms of advantage, but to think of ways to attack its weakness. Yes, we can try to poach more people! Zhu Yan finally made up his mind after hearing Tengdas words. He had to try his best to monopolize the benefits of live-streaming platforms. He had to think of a way to clean up Bunny Tail Live-Stream first, and then determine the final outcome with Waiwai Live-Stream! Chapter 1554 - Thesis Is Finally Complete! Chapter 1554 Thesis Is Finally Complete! April 8th, Monday. Its finally done. Im a genius! Pei Qian excitedly unbuckled his seat belt, stood up, and stretched. The deadline for the submission of the thesis was on April 10th. However, Pei Qians efficiency skyrocketed after he went into seclusion. He had completed the entire thesis two days in advance! He had to admit that seclusion was effective. He would finish it two days in advance. He would show it to Zhang Wei first, let him make simple modifications, and then give it to Prof Kong. Pei Qian would not have to worry about Prof Kong being angry at this useless thesis. Pei Qian was basically very satisfied with the content of this thesis. He even felt a little proud. Pei Qian only needed to perfect the framework since the framework had been set previously. There were so many realistic cases, including Cui Geng, Qiao Liang, and various film critics analysis of these cases. It was not difficult to write the thesis. In other words, Pei Qians research on the results of others research was very fruitful. In order to increase credibility and convincing, Pei Qian also briefly analyzed these successful cases in the second half of the thesis and put them on the theoretical framework of his thesis. The only problem was that there were not many citing, and there was no relatively profound theoretical support. There was no helping it. After all, Pei Qian was an undergraduate who had barely passed with 60 points. It was not easy for him to achieve this. He would leave the rest of the content to Teacher Zhang Weis headache! I wonder how Old Mas thesis is going. Ma Yang was in seclusion as well. Both of their thesis had to be read by Prof Kong. However, both of them were in seclusion and did not communicate much. Ma Yang said that he would wait for Pei Qian to set a general direction and take advantage of him. He would choose a detail of Pei Qians thesis questions to do in-depth research. Pei Qian pondered for a moment. He had only passed the exam because he had been reading Old Mas notes. It was reasonable to lend Old Ma a hand in the graduation thesis. Thus, Pei Qian handed the framework over to Ma Yang immediately. As for whether this framework could meet Ma Yangs requirements or not, Pei Qian did not care which angle Ma Yang wanted to choose as his own interpretation. As for the final outcome, Pei Qian did not care. After all, Pei Qian had suffered in the thesis. He could not even handle his own situation well. How could he have the energy to care about Ma Yangs situation? Pei Qian read the thesis content a few more times. After some thought, he added a line of words at the end of the thesis. The theoretical knowledge used for reference in the text is relatively basic and shallow knowledge. It took a short time to complete and was not well-prepared, so it was not directly cited in the thesis. If there is anything wrong, please forgive me. If there is a fallacy, please be magnanimous. Pei Qian had wanted to talk to Teacher Zhang Wei alone, but on further thought, Teacher Zhang Wei might not have modified the thesis alone. He might have handed it to a few seniors or professors to modify it. After all, Pei Qian now had a clearer understanding of his own identity. He would not be blindly humble anymore. If he were to briefly explain it to Teacher Zhang Wei, there might be some fallacies and mistakes in the sentence while reading the thesis. Thus, after some thought, Pei Qian decided to write it to the end of the thesis. Anyone who wanted to modify this thesis would be able to see this sentence. As he had been writing the thesis in seclusion for the past few days, Pei Qian felt that his entire brain was very erudite. The sentence he wrote was a little literary. However, that did not affect Pei Qian. He felt that his meaning had been expressed very clearly. This article was indeed using some very basic theoretical knowledge. They were all the most basic knowledge in the textbook. After all, Pei Qians current academic level was too high. He might not even understand it, much less write it. After citing these basic knowledge, Pei Qian felt that it would be a little troublesome to find them in the teaching materials one by one. Thus, he handed this manual to Teacher Zhang Wei. This job was not a technical job, nor was it academic fraud or plagiarism. It was purely to find the original source of the cited content. After checking twice more, Pei Qian felt that there shouldnt be any major problems. He should be able to graduate smoothly. Thus, he sent the thesis to Teacher Zhang Weis email, called him, and explained it. There are still some details that are not very well done in the thesis. Teacher Zhang Wei, please spend more effort to help correct it. Im busy with work and have very important things to deal with. If you have any problems, you can contact me at any time. Zhang Wei readily agreed. No problem, leave it to me! I heard that an anti-Tengda alliance has appeared in society recently and is attacking Tengda in various fields. You should be under a lot of pressure recently, right? Its outstanding enough to take the time to complete the thesis in such a tense situation. Is the company doing alright? Hurry up and deal with it. Dont let anything happen. Otherwise, that would be the loss of the entire Jingzhou, oh no, the entire country! Pei Qian quickly said, Teacher Zhang, dont worry. Everything is in my plan. Alright, thats all for now. Ill hang up first. Pei Qian was not lying. Everything was in his plan. To outsiders, the anti-Tengda Alliance was attacking Tengda Corporation aggressively. It was really scary. However, to Pei Qian, these people were his good brothers who were here to help him incur losses! As long as these people could persevere and maintain this alliance, continue to attack Tengda in various industries and fields, wouldnt it be simple and easy to lose a hundred million yuan in this cycle? Pei Qian felt relaxed after solving the thesis problem. He ate a little and took a bath. Then, he prepared to go to the office to take a look. After writing the thesis, he switched off his cell phones flight mode and checked the weekly reports of the various departments. No bigger bad news came. At the end of last month, the anti-Tengda Alliance made things difficult for the games industry. In the end, they were completely defeated. It looked like they knew how powerful Tengda was, so they temporarily went into hiding and began to prepare a new attack. They should not make a comeback in the short term. They would only send some departments to harass it. For example, Waiwai streaming platform and Wolf Fang live-stream platform. Bunny Tail Live-Stream had been more successful during the weekend. Qiao Liang had clearly conveyed Pei Qians intentions when he was being interviewed. This was equivalent to making a verbal guarantee from Bunny Tail Live-Stream that it would not attack other live-stream platforms by banning Tengda Games. To Pei Qian, this was already a very obvious signal to attack Waiwai streaming platform and Wolf Fang live-stream, right? You shouldnt be unable to tell, right? These two live-stream platforms should be able to tell from Qiao Liangs latest weekly report. That was because they were poaching more people! This behavior seemed to be constantly testing the bottom line of Bunny Tail Live-Stream. Qiao Liang did not have a good solution. He could only follow Pei Qians instructions and slightly increase the benefits and treatment of the streamers. Nothing more important happened. However, the temporary calmness did not overwhelm Pei Qian. He still decided to go to the office to take a look and look for hidden problems in the various departments. The departments that had no problems praised them and allowed them to continue. The departments with problems had to be corrected in time. Zhang Wei opened his email and saw Pei Qians thesis. The creation and transmission theory of popular literary works in the online age? This title is huge! Zhang Wei was a little surprised. He did not expect Pei Qian to give such a huge title. He could even make it a research title for masters students and doctoral students! Everyone knew that Boss Pei was a business genius. He had established a huge Tengda business empire during his four years in university. Whats more, he was an outstanding game designer and movie script writer. He had extremely high attainments in the creation of artistic works. However, he was only an ordinary undergraduate. There was no reason for him to be able to naturally reach a high level in writing the thesis, right? Whats more, Pei Qian had not achieved any particularly outstanding results in the professional examination. He had basically passed both the closed book exam and the open book exam. The lecturers had to be magnanimous for the individual subjects. There were also some courses whose end-of-year homework was to write thesis. Pei Qian had also submitted some thesis, but these thesis were not particularly outstanding. Thus, Zhang Wei did not have high expectations for Pei Qians thesis. He was already prepared to make major changes. However, Zhang Wei was stunned when he saw the title. That was because the questions were too huge. It was not easy to change them! If it was just a small question, Zhang Wei was confident that he could change it better with his standard. However, this question was too big. It had far exceeded Zhang Weis academic level. Could this thing be modified? Zhang Wei did not have confidence in himself. Sh*t, I should have checked with Pei Qian when choosing the questions! How can ordinary undergraduates write such a huge question? Zhang Wei was a little flustered. If this question was not written well or completely exceeded the capabilities of undergraduates, there would only be two options: the first was to change it forcefully. However, this would be very inefficient and the final outcome would be unpredictable. The second was to rewrite it and change to a relatively small and easier perspective. Obviously, any choice was torturous. Tengda Corporation was now at the critical moment of the business war. Pei Qian was the backbone of the entire company. How could he take the time to change the thesis? Zhang Wei regretted not asking about this thesis earlier. In the end, it was a finished product. It was very difficult to change it. He sighed slightly and began to read the thesis. Chapter 1555 - I Can’t Change This Thesis! Chapter 1555 I Cant Change This Thesis! The thesis was not long. Handong University only required 8,000 words for undergraduate graduation thesis. That was relatively rare in university. Even if Pei Qian wrote high and exceeded the word count, it was not even 10,000 words. Zhang Wei finished reading it in less than half an hour. Zhang Weis mentality had undergone a drastic change after reading the entire thesis. This article is from a strategically advantageous position. The structure is too big! Could it be that Pei Qians previous thesis in class was only hiding itself? Or did he only take a little time to write it casually without showing his true strength? Yes, thats very possible! After all, Tengda Corporation has spanned across many fields and has made outstanding contributions in the cultural field. If Pei Qian was really an ordinary student, would he be able to make so many universally appreciated movie games and novels? Hes not trying to cozy up to others. Tengda has been working from a small company. Hes in charge of these projects. It looks like Pei Qian wrote this graduation thesis seriously, showing his true level. Whats more, Tengdas real case was used here. This should be a summary of Pei Qians own creation theory, right? The only pity is that there is not much content in the reference literature. Whats more What does the last sentence mean? Zhang Wei was filled with emotion. When he first saw the title, Zhang Wei felt that the thesis was huge and empty. It might be a completely failed work. However, after reading it, especially the abstract and the main body of the thesis, Zhang Wei immediately changed his opinion! This article could be roughly divided into three parts: First, he analyzed the difficulties faced by literary works in the online age. Then, he stood in this predicament and proposed the necessary factors for the transmission and creation of popular literary works in the online age. Finally, he proposed the mission of popular literary works in the online age and supplemented it according to Tengdas specific creative cases. It might be small but it had everything! Whats more, there was no nonsense in the entire thesis. It was all very dry content without any dilution. It could even be said that if he were to add some content to this thesis as the framework and expand it with some literature, it would be enough to expand into a masters or even doctoral graduation thesis. If they were bolder, they could even use it as a higher-level research project! This situation was beyond Zhang Weis expectations. The characteristics of this thesis could be summarized in the following aspects. First, the professional knowledge it cited was quite basic. However, it was precisely because they were all basic knowledge that there was no controversy and was very solid. Second, the theory raised in the text had a strong sense of age and foresight. In other words, it directly analyzed some characteristics of current popular artistic works. It was hard to say if it was right or not because it was too new. It seemed like it was not directly related to the current theoretical research. However, it made sense to say that it was not right. Whats more, humanities and sciences were different. If science was right, it was right. If it was wrong, it was wrong. There was basically no ambiguous space. The truth was unique. However, in the humanities course, it was important for hundreds of flowers to bloom and hundreds of schools to compete. Everyone had their own reasons. As long as they could say something and verify with reality, it could be said to be not wrong. Third, this thesis combined a large number of examples in Tengdas reality, such as some successful games and movie scripts. These content itself was filled with a large amount of text information. These text information could also be regarded as a performance form of artistic works. If these works succeeded in reality, then their theories would naturally become very reliable. Zhang Wei could not help but feel confused. I cant seem to change this thesis! Its completely beyond my capabilities. Pei Qian is not playing by the book. How did he write such an undergraduate thesis? The last sentence is even more ridiculous. The theoretical knowledge used for reference in the text is some relatively shallow knowledge. It took a short time to complete and was not well-prepared, so it was not directly cited in the thesis. If there is anything wrong, please forgive me. If there is a fallacy, please be magnanimous. It looks very humble, but combined with the content of the thesis itself, it gives people a very arrogant feeling The more Zhang Wei thought about it, the more he felt that something was amiss. The citing in the text was indeed some relatively superficial knowledge, but the key was what topic to study with this knowledge? If it was a simple topic, it meant that the authors academic theory level was very low. He could only study these basic theoretical questions because he did not have anything in his stomach. However, what if he researched very advanced, trendy, and huge questions and made a name for himself? That meant that the author had used some very basic and solid knowledge to prove a new topic without any doubt. That would not make people feel simple. Instead, it would make people feel that their foundation was solid and that they would not doubt it. The Great Dao was simple, but the end would be the same! As for Pei Qians final statement, he said that he had written for a short period of time and was not well-prepared. He did not directly quote it in the text This was indeed because Pei Qian was busy with work and did not have time to complete it. It was understandable. In other words, Pei Qian had not even had the time to list the sources of various basic knowledge in detail. Yet, he had successfully completed the entire framework and written a very outstanding thesis. Didnt that mean that Pei Qians academic foundation was actually very high? The structure was in his heart! As for the last paragraph, it seemed to mean: I think there is nothing wrong with the thesis I wrote. If you think you are very impressive, please find the mistake. I dont mind arguing with you and arguing with you. We can discuss it. Zhang Wei frowned and muttered to himself, This Pei Qians academic level is obviously higher than mine! This academic level was not referring to the ability to search for reference materials in the literature, but the ability to study problems and solve problems. Pei Qian had already applied this knowledge to his daily work and created a literary work that the people loved. He was a huge success. This thesis summarized his experience and wrote it very clearly! How was Zhang Wei going to change it? He did not dare to change it randomly because he might be completely wrong after changing it. The only thing he could do was to help Pei Qian quote all the content of the reference materials and label them so that the format of the entire thesis met the requirements. However, was there any point? They were all very basic knowledge. Was there a need to go this way? Zhang Wei could not make up his mind. Thus, he found a few professional young lecturers and sent the thesis to them to let them take a look. Soon, these young lecturers replied. Ive never seen such an undergraduate thesis. Its not easy to change! There are some theories that I dont particularly agree with, and the thesis itself is not very mature, but there are successful cases as reference after all. I dont think its appropriate to act rashly. How about this? Ill study it for a few days and reply you after I figure it out. I think this thesis has a lot of academic attainments. This is exactly what current university students are lacking. Just maintain its original style. Dont change it! Theres no way to change this thesis. I might only be able to change the sentences of a portion of the sentence, and some format rules and reference documents. However, these changes are really boring. Zhang Wei was speechless seeing these replies. He realized that these young lecturers had a similar attitude as him. They could not do anything about this thesis! That was because the thesis was in a very polarized state: the knowledge it cited was too basic. There was nothing much to say, but the topic it researched was too high and huge. Zhang Wei was a little helpless. After some thought, he said, Why dont I hand this thesis to Prof Kong to decide? A student of this level can only be brought by Prof Kong. Zhang Wei could actually change some details and add all the citing knowledge. However, he felt that the citing was too basic at the level of this thesis. It did not matter if he added it or not. He would first take a look at Prof Kong to confirm if he needed to make further changes. At the same time, Pei Qian had just arrived at his office. There was a detailed report on Finger Games from Eric on the table. That was because Finger Games was far away on the other side of the ocean. It was bad at times, so Eric could not give Pei Qian work reports often. In addition, Pei Qian had been in seclusion recently. There was no chance. Thus, Eric made a detailed report of his work in Finger Games and handed it over. He would read it when Boss Pei had the time. Pei Qian was also very concerned about Finger Games situation. Thus, he sat down in his chair and flipped open the report. Ever since Eric took over Finger Games, there had been palace fights. First, Eric followed Pei Qians instructions and made a complete transformation of Finger Games. The upper echelons of Finger Games who were in charge of management and operations previously had basically tried their best to dissuade them. Only some designers and the upper echelons who were born as original artists were left. They brought the remaining designers to reorganize the various departments and were especially in charge of the development of the new hero and the cooperation with GOG project team. Of course, many mid and low-level employees had also resigned. Pei Qian had always had a free attitude towards these people. He would definitely not stop them. All in all, Eric had followed Pei Qians instructions and completely merged the two companies! The only flaw was that a small portion of the shares was in the hands of the original upper echelons. They could fire people but they could not snatch the shares back. Pei Qian had thought that they would not be able to wait to sell their shares and run away once he made such an unreliable decision. After all, if he did not sell the shares now, they would only become less and less valuable in the future. Would he be able to depreciate them? However, at the beginning, the decline in Finger Games shares was not obvious. These higher-ups did not sell their shares. There were even some discussions online that said that Tengda wanted to use the shell to enter the market and indirectly absorb American shares through Finger Games. There were also people who were quite optimistic about Finger Games future. After all, after the two companies merged, they had formed a de facto monopoly over the MOBA game market. Since Finger Games was highly controlled by Tengda, wouldnt Finger Games also have a share of the money that Tengda earned? Thus, Pei Qian gave Eric another trick some time ago for this situation. Be more ruthless! Chapter 1556 - What Is The In-Built Game Of The Gaming Router? Chapter 1556 What Is The In-Built Game Of The Gaming Router? Finger Games publicly announced they would become an independent workspace. They would maintain on a small scale after cutting off all the redundancies of previous employees! Whats more, after the merger, only 30% of the profits would only be distributed to Finger Games. Finger Games employees salaries and various other costs would have to be deduced from this 30% before shareholders were able to obtain dividends! That was even more overboard because Finger Games biggest shareholder was Tengda. The dividends were still distributed to him. Of course, Tengda could distribute it however it wanted. That did not matter. However, the key was that they were only giving Finger Games 30% of the profits. Most of the profits were returned to Tengda. How much profit could there be? After all, GOG had been a game with cheap skins from the beginning. That was a tradition. Would Tengda increase the price of skins on a large scale after the two games merged? That might not be the case! Whats more, at first, no one believed that Tengda was going to play Finger Games to death. They thought that there was a special arrangement for such personnel changes. However, after looking at it for so long, he realized that there were no special arrangements at all. It was as if he did not like Finger Games and wanted to clean up and completely transform Finger Games into an ordinary overseas development project team that was attached to GOG! That way, everyones evaluation of Finger Games stock price would naturally drop by a thousand miles. After all, no matter how much Tengda earned, it had nothing to do with Finger Games! This situation was a little like a listed games company. There was only one pillar game, and the income of the pillar game was broken. There was also no possibility of making a comeback for a long time. Under such circumstances, stock prices would definitely plummet. Finger Games share price did not plummet that much, but it was inevitable that it would continue to fall. Pei Qian only wanted to say: Well done! He had finally convinced everyone that he was going to mess with Finger Games and stop them from earning money after spending so much effort! Pei Qian had no choice. Otherwise, what would he do if he were to acquire Finger Games and cause the share price to rise and make a huge profit because of the optimistic capital market? He had to make Finger Games share price fall and make ducks and drakes of the money that Tengda had invested. That was Pei Qians final goal. Pei Qian was very satisfied with Finger Games current situation after reading the report. Thus, he replied briefly, praised Erics hard work during this period, and asked him to continue maintaining it. He wanted to completely modify Finger Games into an overseas development department attached to the GOG project team. He had just replied Eric when he heard a knock on his office door. Pei Qian looked up and saw the person-in-charge of Otto Technologies, Old Song. Yes, is there a problem with the development of the new product? Pei Qian was a little surprised. After all, he had just finalized the new product with Old Song at the end of last month. It had only been less than a week. Why was he here again? Had Old Song noticed the problem when he designed the two new products too ridiculously? If that was the case, he would have to use his Great Art of Deceit. Old Song cleared his throat and said, Boss Pei, its like this. Theres a small flaw in my work. Thats why I came to ask you for guidance today. Last week, you finalized the final form of the two products. However, there is one thing: Does the game router still have to carry a game that is released? He could not blame Old Song. After all, he was a product manager and did not know much about the game industry. At that time, he did not think that there was any problem. However, Old Song realized the problem after chatting with a few people in charge. As a game console, he had to install a game as a game release as an in-built game! It was impossible to simply transplant all of Tengda Games after releasing the system units, right? That would be too insincere and would not be able to drive sales. However, releasing a game was not a small matter. Tengda had so many outstanding games. Which one should he choose? Boss Pei had to decide. Thats true. Pei Qian nodded and asked, Do you have any thoughts about this first navigation game? Old Song had obviously thought about it briefly. He said, Boss Pei, I dont know much about the game industry. I was just offering my suggestions. Please correct me if there are any problems. My thinking for this in-built game lies in two choices. First, we can transplant one from Tengdas most classic game as an in-built game. For example, we can make a special and remake version of the game Struggle. We can release it on the router and give it to players for free. This would make the games router have a certain collection value. Second, we can choose a new game that has not been released. We can release it as the main computer. For example, Tengda Games and Shang Yang Games are working together to develop the game The Future You Choose. Is that suitable? It would be even better if it could be used as an exclusive game. Our system units would definitely sell very well! Pei Qian did not express his stance immediately because he felt that something was amiss. When the router was released, it would include all of Tengdas games along with most of the games on Dawn Games platform that supported the gameplay of the main computer. There was no doubt about that. Under such circumstances, the success of the game router was actually very risky. What if another game with a certain amount of monopoly was released? Old Songs two methods were very dangerous. The former was to choose one of Tengdas classic old games and make a reset commemorative version as the first in-built game. The characteristics of these classic old games were tested by time and were deeply loved by players. They would definitely not fail. It was a very stable choice. On the other hand, the latter would be using Tengdas new game, The Future You Choose, which was the real Triple-A masterpiece, as the first in-built game. Whats more, it would be best to make it exclusive. Once it became a monopoly, would there be a situation where they would buy the game and give the system unit away? That was very likely! Therefore, it was best to choose neither method! Pei Qian shook his head and said, I dont think theyre particularly suitable. It would seem too insincere to change the old game into a commemorative version to be the first version of the protective game! Tengda Games has not reached the stage where we have to stir-fry. As for the game The Future You Choose, even though it itself is enough as the first in-built game, the timing should not be suitable. According to the initial schedule, the router would be released more than two months before the game The Future You Choose. Theres no point waiting for more than two months to be released. Whats more, our game system has just been released. Its not appropriate to use important games as monopolies. That would not be friendly to many players who have always supported us. They would think that we are trying to market the system units by force. They would suspect that we are trying to sell them by force. I think its best for the game The future you choose to be on the entire platform. Whats more, theres no need to affect the release of the games router because of this game. Old Song was a little confused. Boss Pei, do you mean that the game router should not have an in-built game? It should just be obtaining the games from Dawn Games platform? Pei Qian cleared his throat. Thats not what I mean either. Were monopolizing the game. We just have to develop another one. Whats more, since we are monopolizing the game, we should try our best to develop the characteristics of the game road machine so that the soft hardware can be truly matched. That would be most sincere to the players. Old Song was stunned for a moment. Develop another game? But as far as I know, all of Tengdas gaming departments already have projects, right? We dont have any more research and development power. Do we really have the energy and manpower to develop a new monopoly game? Pei Qian pondered for a moment. That seemed to be the case. Tengda Games, Shang Yang Games, Slow Movement Studio At the moment, all the games departments that were directly related to Tengda Corporation had their own game development missions. He could not possibly ask them to temporarily set aside their projects to develop the game machines exclusive game, right? However, this was not a problem for Pei Qian. He had an idea. Who said that we dont have any more research and development capabilities? Theres a department you forgot. Destitution Plan and independent game incubation base! How can you say that we dont have any additional research and development power with so many producers? We obviously have enough research and development power! Old Song was completely shocked. His eyes widened slightly, and his face was filled with disbelief. He had not expected Boss Pei to include the independent game designers in the independent game incubation base into Tengdas research and development capabilities. However, even a layman like him knew that this was not the same thing! What the games router needed now was a large-scale 3A game to protect it. The so-called 3A game must have required many people to work together and create it. Not only did it need a strong chief designer as a leader, but it also needed a mature design team as support. There were indeed no lack of outstanding producers in the independent game incubation base. They had ideas and abilities. However, there was a huge difference in the production process of independent games and 3A games after all. For example, if independent game designers were special forces and were more suitable to carry out special missions with groups as units, then the 3A masterpiece production team was like a regular army that had to fight a large-scale army battle. Would gathering all the special forces be able to achieve the same effect as the regular army? That was definitely not the case. These independent game designers might be very good at designing games, but they had their own ideas. How could they be integrated together? This looked like an impossible task. Lets not even talk about developing a 3A masterpiece that could protect the games road mechanism. It was hard to say if this game would be successful. Old Song persuaded him. Boss Pei, why dont you think about it again? I think it doesnt matter if this system unit is released two months earlier or two months later. Lets wait for the game The Future that you chose. Even if it cant be used as a monopoly game, it at least has enough weight. Its not easy for something to happen. Pei Qian sniggered. Dont worry about this. Get Qiu Hong to do it. Pei Qian could not be bothered to argue with Old Song. Old Song would not understand anyway. He should hand this matter to Qiu Hong. Qiu Hong was a game designer after all. He should be able to imagine Boss Peis intentions and successfully develop this game. Whats more, the matter of the independent game incubation base had been exposed. There was no need to hide it. Of course, it was hard to say what kind of state the game would be in once it was developed. It might be a deformed product stitched together by many producers. However, that was exactly what Pei Qian wanted. He did not want the first in-built game of the games router machine to be too outstanding. Otherwise, wouldnt it definitely become popular? Even if the game router were to become popular, Pei Qian did not want it to become popular within this cycle. It would be best if he waited until this year was over. In any case, Pei Qian would have made a huge profit by then. He would not care so much about these things anymore. Old Song wanted to say something but hesitated. In the end, he nodded. Alright, Boss Pei. Ill discuss it with Qiu Hong now. Chapter 1557 - What Should We Do With The In-Built Game? Chapter 1557 What Should We Do With The In-Built Game? Old Song immediately called the person-in-charge of the independent game incubation base, Qiu Hong, after leaving Tengda Corporations headquarters. Qiu Hong had already opened the independent game incubation base in first-tier cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and the other cultural industries. The scale was getting bigger and bigger, and the incubation base was accommodating more and more independent game designers. However, he did not stop because of this. He was still doing his best to promote the independent game incubation base. There were many independent game designers in the country that needed support after all. Qiu Hongs work was actually far away. It was a good thing that the sub-base event this time was limited to the various departments within Tengda. Otherwise, Qiu Hong would have gone to Upwind Logistics to deliver packages. Old Song quickly made a call and briefly explained Boss Peis arrangements to Qiu Hong Qiu Hong was a little surprised. Allow the games from independent game incubation base to produce the in-built game in the game router? Are you sure this is Boss Peis request? Old Song said helplessly, I also think that this is a little ridiculous, but these are indeed Boss Peis words. Qiu Hong pondered for a moment and asked, What else did Boss Pei say? Did he say what kind of game to create? At least there should be a general direction, right? Old Song shook his head. Boss Pei only said that we definitely cannot use the reset version of the old game to confuse players. The game Future You Choose will be two months later than the game router. The timing is not appropriate. It would be best to develop a game that can match the characteristics of the games router, or at least be related to the connotation so that the soft hardware can be combined very well. Other than that, Boss Pei did not say anything. He asked me to tell you this information. He also said that you would definitely be able to think of a very good solution. Qiu Hong nodded even though he was still a little confused. Alright, Ill discuss it with Xi Hao and figure out Boss Peis intentions. By the way, Boss Pei said that we have to combine the hardware and software. Do you have a design plan for this new system unit? Old Song said, Theres a more primitive design manuscript, but Boss Peis concept is clearer. The form of this machine should not change much in the future. Ill send the design manuscript to you now. After hanging up, Qiu Hong waited patiently for a while. Soon, he received the design plan for this new system unit. This plan might be primitive but it could already see Boss Peis design intentions. Combine the game machine and the router together to create the effect of the games transmission. That would be the first to achieve the effect of the cloud game in players homes? Its indeed Boss Pei. The design concept is still so bold and imaginative. Its hard to understand! However, Boss Pei said that he wanted the hardware to be integrated together, and that he wanted the release game to be related to the characteristics of the main computer How is this related? Whats more, Boss Pei thinks too highly of the independent game designers in the incubation base and me. I didnt expect that I would be able to become a game designer again one day. Whats more, Im a game designer who developed Tengdas first in-built game. Im under immense pressure Lets have a meeting with Xi Hao, Wu Zhicheng, and the other outstanding independent game designers to figure out Boss Peis design intentions. Qiu Hong called Xi Hao, Wu Zhicheng, and the others to the resting area, preparing to hold a small meeting immediately. After all, this was Tengdas first in-built game. It was not a small matter and could not be neglected. Wu Zhicheng did not have any particularly good inspiration after developing Black Ink and Clouds, so he did not develop new game projects. Recently, he had been developing various follow-up patches and downloadable content for Black Ink and Clouds. However, the completion rate of this game was already very high. It was about time to consider new projects. Qiu Hong quickly explained Boss Peis request to everyone. Wu Zhicheng was a little confused. Huh? Boss Pei actually wants us to develop a navigation game? And together with all our independent game designers? Qiu Hong was a little helpless. Thats right. Obviously, Boss Peis request was a little too ridiculous. He would obtain new questions every time he conveyed it. After a moment of silence, Xi Hao asked, Can we reject this request? Say that the current development of the incubation base is not enough to support the development of such a large-scale project. Qiu Hong shook his head. Of course not! Since Boss Pei handed this task to us, it means that he thinks that he is qualified to take on this task given his current research and development ability of the independent game incubation base. Boss Pei thinks that we can, but we question ourselves. Is that appropriate?. Everyone, dont think about nonsense. Hurry up and follow the standard process. Start analyzing Boss Peis design intentions. Qiu Hong might not have worked in Tengda Games but he had heard of the method of designing games within Tengda. He would first analyze the unreasonable content in Boss Peis requirements seriously, clarify and derive. Finally, he would be able to come up with a different design plan. The others were also listless. Since they could not reject this task, they would try to design it first. Qiu Hong said, Let me start with the introduction. Boss Pei has actually roughly limited the development time for this game. He wants to sell it at the same time as the new game system. That means that this game is much smaller than a 3A masterpiece like The Future You Choose. I think there are about a dozen hours of game time. Its more appropriate to sell it for more than 100 yuan. However, Boss Pei has a special requirement for this. He wants to match the characteristics of the game router and try to achieve the effect of combining soft hardware as much as possible. Do you have any thoughts on this? After some consideration, Xi Hao said, Wait a moment. I think theres a problem that has to be solved first. The independent game incubation base is filled with independent game designers. They are not considered a complete game development team. These independent game designers have their own ideas and have not done the screws on the assembly line. It would probably be very difficult to manage a project together. Didnt Boss Pei think about this when he was assigning the task? This question stumped everyone because it was indeed a suspicious point. As an outstanding game designer, Boss Pei definitely knew more than everyone else. Could it be that Boss Pei no longer had other research and development capabilities under him, so he forcefully handed this task to the independent game incubation base? That did not match Boss Peis strategizing image. After a moment of silence, Wu Zhicheng said, I think Boss Pei must have considered this problem. Perhaps its because this game is most suitable for us to make? The biggest advantage of an independent game incubation base compared to ordinary game development teams is that there are many independent game designers, many ideas, and many styles. If every independent game designer were to separately create a part of this game and finally connect them together, giving players many different gaming experiences in a game, wouldnt that be equivalent to completely playing our advantage? Boss Pei should be happy to see this. Qiu Hong nodded. Eh? That makes sense! Since Boss Pei arranged this task for us, he must have seen our unique advantage. We should think about how to show this advantage and not deny it immediately. What do you think about combining the gameplay with the hardware of the game router? Wu Zhicheng continued, According to the current plan, the biggest advantage of the games router is the very convenient wireless transmission. In other words, after building the entire house network with the game router, all the display equipment in the room would be connected to the router. Then, the main computer would be able to flow and cast the screen to all the display equipment through the router. Players can also play games on any screen. Sca ree Whats the use of this function? Could it be that players can connect seamlessly in the bedroom after they are tired from playing in the living room? Of course, this is one of its functions, but the practicality is too poor. I think this function is more suitable for multiplayer games! At that point, everyones eyes lit up. Multiplayer game? Wu Zhicheng nodded. Thats right. The characteristics of a multiplayer game on the main computer is to have multiple people on the same screen. It must be divided into two or four pieces. However, after splitting it, every players screen would be too small. Unless players use a huge television, the game experience would definitely be affected. If the same game can be divided into televisions and computers, televisions and cell phones, cell phones, and tablet computers, it would definitely improve players gaming experience! Whats more, the number of players that multiplayer games can add would also greatly increase. It would no longer be like before, only able to limit two to four people. As for the controller problem, its easy to solve it. You just have to provide a virtual controller APP on the cell phone. Qiu Hong could not help but raise his thumb and praise. Thats awesome! I think thats the effect that Boss Pei wants to achieve! Whats more, according to this train of thought, many-person gaming together is actually very similar to the style of independent games. This is the strength of independent game designers! That way, the prototype of this game would be very clear. Its a party game that can have multiple people on the same screen. We can develop a main plot for it for about ten hours. There can be several or even more than ten different gameplay within the main plot. Apart from the main plot, we can also create some fighting games with multiple people on the same screen to increase interest and playability. Compared to other party-like games that screen multiple people, the biggest advantage of this game is that through the game router function, the games graphics can be projected onto different monitors, breaking the restrictions of the size of the monitors! That way, we just have to finalize the main plot and style of this game. The internal structure and small gameplay can be handed over to an independent game designer to complete! Isnt that exactly what Boss Pei wants? Chapter 1558 - The Meaning Behind The Guardian Game Chapter 1558 The Meaning Behind The Guardian Game After this analysis, everyones confusion turned into excitement and anticipation. So Boss Pei is really far-sighted. He asked us to develop a monopoly game not because we thought about it, but because we thought about it carefully? On further thought, this game was indeed the most suitable for the designers of the independent game incubation base to make because it was different from ordinary AAA games. Ordinary AAA games were mainly focused on the gameplay, plot, and game mechanism. They required the various departments to work together and achieve the best of many details. However, this games first navigation game was more like an independent games hodgepodge. Since it had to cast multiple devices at the same time, the functions and overall graphics level it required would naturally not be too high. Otherwise, the mechanism of the main computer might not be able to hold out when it cast multiple devices at the same time. Using various small gameplay to link the entire game together so that more people could experience the fun of this small gameplay together. This was similar to independent games! Every small gameplay was an idea that depended on the imagination of independent game designers. If it was just a designer, it would be too difficult to think so much. However, if many designers worked together, and even everyone came up with a plan, they would choose the best plans. That would ensure the quality of every small game and small segment! On top of that, there was a special meaning to getting the producers of the independent game incubation base create this game. Everyone knew that this was Tengda Games first gaming console. Players would not be surprised even ifTengda Games were to personally create the in-built game. Instead, they would have high expectations for it. However, a game console could not be sustained by just one company! The advantage of a system unit lay in the games ecology, in its huge and outstanding game library. A new system unit might not have such a huge game library for the time being, but it had to create expectations for gamers: many outstanding games companies would definitely join this platform in the future. gamers could play many outstanding games on this system es unit. Players purchasing power would be fully stimulated only by establishing such expectations! Many foreign computer manufacturers did not have many outstanding games when they released the system units. However, gamers still bought them crazily because they knew that this system unit would definitely release many outstanding games in the future. Thus, if the producers of the independent game incubation base worked together to create such a protective game, they could convey a special concept to all players: This system unit was not only Tengda Games back garden, but also the shared stage of Dawn Games platform, all the game developers who worked with it, and all the producers in the independent game incubation base! Since independent game designers could work together to develop such an outstanding Guardian game, they would naturally develop more outstanding games in the future to provide to players. There was no need to talk about Tengda Games. It would definitely be released on this game console. That way, gamers would have high expectations for the game console. Once that expectation was established, the sales of the system unit would not have to worry! Wu Zhicheng said excitedly, This project is very meaningful. Ive decided to join! The other independent game designers nodded. We have received a lot of favors from Boss Pei. If Boss Pei and Boss Qiu had not found us and provided us with funds, we might not have been able to survive until now. We were forced by life and had no choice but to leave the game industry. Boss Pei allowed us to continue in the independent game industry and provide better works to players! We naturally cannot shirk our responsibilities now that Boss Pei needs it! Previously, the game designers had felt hesitant. The main reason was that everyone did not know what to do. They felt that they were not capable enough and might not be able to handle this project. In the end, they had ruined Tengdas reputation and let Boss Pei down. However, after this analysis, everyone felt that this game really belonged to everyone! Whats more, with a clear direction, the creators imagination was stimulated. All sorts of game ideas surfaced in their minds. They could not wait to create these ideas! Qiu Hong was elated. Very good, everyone is very motivated! However, we cannot let our guard down even though Boss Pei has already given us a clear direction. We have to treat it seriously and do every detail well. How about this, Xi Hao, you and Wu Zhicheng briefly organize the framework of the game and think about the background story and general style of this game. After that, we will publicly ask designers for ideas in all independent game incubation bases and integrate the ideas and gameplay that we think are suitable under the large framework. Once we have roughly finalized the design manuscript of the game, I will unify the development of the basic structure and the finalization of the game style. The independent game designers that we selected will be able to develop different gameplay on this framework and piece it together into a game. Lastly, optimize its screen display function so that it can better adapt to the usage of this system unit! If we can achieve these goals and perfectly meet Boss Peis requirements, I believe Boss Pei will definitely be proud of us! The independent game designers were very excited and even eager to try. Most of them did not have any projects on hand for the time being and were worrying about what to do for the next independent game. Independent games were very creative. Without suitable ideas, independent games would have no advantage. However, Boss Pei had given them an idea. Everyone could use their abilities to their hearts content under the framework of this idea. How could they not be excited and excited? The designers immediately took action and began collecting materials, conceptualizing, and walking briskly in the direction that Boss Pei was looking forward to! April 9th, Tuesday. Qiao Liang slammed the table in anger. Why are Waiwai Live-Stream and Wolf Fang Live-Stream still working so hard? Theyre not done poaching our live-streamers! When he held the Safe and Civilized Driving Competition last month, Qiao Liang followed Boss Peis instructions and expressed to the outside world that Bunny Tail Live-Stream would not start a poaching war or restrict other platforms from live-streaming Tengda Games. Initially, this was a magnanimous act that attracted netizens to like. However, Wolf Fang Live-Stream and Waiwai Live-Stream actually treated this as a safety statement and started to intensify the live-stream of poaching Bunny Tail! He had just started work this week when Qiao Liang realized that the three streamers on his platform had been poached. Whats more, they were all streamers who had just made a name for themselves. Compared to the previous frequency, it was even faster! Qiao Liang said angrily, These two platforms are really shameless! I really think Boss Pei is too kind to them!. We should ban all Tengda Games from broadcasting when dealing with such a hooligan company. We cannot leave them any face! Qiao Liang did not dare to disobey Boss Peis orders even though he was angry. After all, Boss Pei was the leader of Tengda. Most of the time, he made different decisions from him. Perhaps he had a deeper intention for the overall situation. Qiao Liang calmed down a little. He felt that as one of the people in charge of Tengda Corporation, he had to seriously follow Boss Peis requirements and work hard to analyze the deeper meaning behind it. Or he could take another path and think of other solutions outside of Boss Peis restrictions. Qiao Liang looked up at the work desk opposite him. Boss Ma had not come. It seemed like the seclusion was not over. Qiao Liang heard that Boss Mas graduation thesis might be handed in on the 10th. That meant that Boss Ma might come to inspect this week. He could not continue to be so deserted! What he was doing now might be what Boss Pei wanted but Boss Ma might not think so. In the workplace, not only did he have to meet the requirements of the big boss, but he also could not ignore the requirements of his direct boss. Otherwise, if one of his own leaders were to go against him, he would definitely not have a good ending! Qiao Liang felt that he should do some substantial work before Boss Ma returned. Otherwise, it would be difficult to report to Boss Ma when he asked. However, what could they do in the current situation? Many roads had been blocked by Boss Pei. They could not fight a price war with other platforms and forcefully poach live streamers who had huge default fees. They could not have any thoughts on the game and could not prohibit Tengda Games from broadcasting two live-stream platforms. What cards could he play at the end of the day? The entire Bunny Tail Live-Stream did not have any good attack methods. Qiao Liang switched on his computer and briefly searched for news about the live-stream platform. He did not have much expectations. After all, these large platforms were not stupid. They should not leave any direct evidence. However, Qiao Liangs eyes lit up when he saw it. He saw a news article about the live-stream platform! It was a huge breach of contract with a big broadcaster! Waiwai Live-Stream and Wolf Fang Live-Stream had been competing for a long time. Naturally, there were conflicts. The reason for this was that a popular live-streamer jumped from Waiwai streaming platform to Wolf Fang live-stream. After jumping ship, he received a penalty of up to a hundred million yuan. However, Wolf Fang Live-Stream did not intend to help him fork out this sum of money. Waiwai Live-Stream had a contract written in black and white in its hands, so it directly made a complaint and banned this big broadcaster. Wolf Fang Live-Stream might have the idea of protecting him, but there were clear legal rules after all. They could only wait patiently for the trial to be opened. From the looks of the current situation, the possibility of Wolf Fang Live-Stream paying 100 million yuan for this streamer to breach the contract was negligible. Once the trial started, this streamer would most likely be defeated. Thus, the broadcaster quit and began to complain to the netizens, especially encouraging his fans to put pressure on Waiwai streaming platform. However, Waiwai streaming platform would also be affected by such small scenes. They had seen many storms. What could an ordinary streamer do? Should he encourage his fans to criticize the application? Waiwai streaming platform was not afraid of that. Thus, according to this script, Waiwai streaming platform would probably make a hundred million yuan in the end. The live-streamer might not have money to pay. If he had money to pay, he would pay. If he did not have money to pay, he would become a beggar. He could not continue live-streaming at Wolf Fang Live-Stream to earn money. He could only slip back to Waiwai Live-Stream to work and pay his debts. Of course, he did not want to think that Wolf Fang Live-Stream was losing out. That was because Wolf Fang Live-Stream also had a list of live-streamers that had been poached by Waiwai Live-Stream. As long as they went to court one by one, they would be able to obtain a lot of penalty. Wouldnt it be perfect if you sued my streamers on the two platforms and I sued your streamers to earn the penalty? Logically speaking, this matter had nothing to do with Bunny Tail Live-Stream. That was because the contract for Bunny Tail Live-Stream did not restrict the streamer from jumping ship. Waiwai Live-Stream and Wolf Fang Live-Stream were accurate. However, Qiao Liang suddenly realized that this seemed to be a good opportunity! The poaching war between the two platforms was indeed very intense. It looked like a fight between immortals, but in fact, they were pecking at each other! It looked like a fight between immortals because the amount of money spent to poach people was very high. Millions, tens of millions of yuan in annual salary, and tens of millions of yuan in penalty fees sounded terrifying. In fact, it was just rookies pecking at each other because such poaching people were completely through deception! As long as streamers had some legal consciousness and studied the terms in the contract more, they would not be deceived, be sold, and still count the money for. However, the key was that the streamers really did not have any legal consciousness! The people from the platform had been hoodwinked into the other partys platform without obtaining a clear, black, and white agreement. They had even wishfully thought that the other party would really solve the problem of the contract for them. In the end, he had to bear all the penalty. He had thought that his annual salary was very high, but when something really happened, he realized that it was not even a fraction of the penalty! Qiao Liang suddenly thought of Lu Mingliangs idea. Back then, Lu Mingliang had criticized Nie Yunsheng in his live-stream. He had dug out all the information about Shengyun Corporation, causing a strong reaction from netizens. Everyone was on Lu Mingliangs side. It could be said that they had achieved great success in public opinion. At once, Upwind Logistics stood on the high ground and suppressed Shengyun Corporation. Since Lu Mingliang could do it, why couldnt Qiao Liang? The live-stream industry also had insider information that could be dismantled! Whats more, after Lu Mingliang conducted such a debate, Meng Chang even took the lead and created a program called The person-in-charge said. It was specially used to fight public opinion. Guo Licheng produced a video about the gym model, which was equally popular. Rui Yuchen later released an analysis of Fish-Catching Take-Out and take-out business models, which also caused a good response. As it turned out, the person-in-charges segment was indeed effective! However, it happened to clash with the activities of the person-in-charge that Boss Pei had planned. The segment The person-in-charge said naturally broke off. That was because the people in charge had already gone to the basic level to work. Those who should deliver packages, those who should be branch managers, how could they have the energy to record such programs? Whats more, after they went down to the foundation level, they would not be the person-in-charge. They would not be in charge of the direct business of the department. They would not be able to record the person-in-charge. Qiao Liang felt that this should be a coincidence. However, no matter what, the person-in-charge said segment was Tengdas key weapon in defeating public opinion. It could not be stopped like this! He was now the person-in-charge, but he was also the person-in-charge. He could also record this program! At that thought, Qiao Liang immediately called Meng Chang It was a little strange to say. As the person-in-charge of the advertising and marketing department, Meng Chang did not have a lower base like the other person-in-charge. It seemed like Boss Pei had given him special permission. He did not know what special meaning there was. The phone call was connected in no time. Qiao Liang briefly explained his thoughts to Meng Chang, hoping to record such a video and continue as the follow-up segment of the person-in-charges Talk. He wanted to dismantle the tricks of Waiwai Live-Stream and Wolf Fang Live-Stream, especially the strategy of poaching people. That was because most viewers and streamers had not understood the real problem of this trick up until now. Qiao Liang felt that as the substitute person-in-charge of Bunny Tail Live-Stream and the streamer of Bunny Tail Live-Stream, he had the responsibility and duty to explain it to everyone! On the other end of the line, Meng Chang was silent for a moment before saying, I also think that we cant stop working on the person-in-charge segment. At first, I was wondering if we should let the substitute person-in-charge participate in the recording. Now that youre taking the initiative to approach us, we can think of the same thing! How about this? You make some preparations. Ill make a rough video plan. I dont think we can say it drily this time because the person-in-charges speech alone might not be very convincing. I think we can also get a few live-streamers of Bunny Tail to talk about their personal experience. Your analysis would be more convincing if we combine it. Well start recording soon and try to release the video on Thursday! Qiao Liang nodded, completely agreeing. Of course, the sooner this video was released, the better. After all, the live-streamers might be poached by the other two platforms every day! Chapter 1559 - Dismantling The Live-Stream Platform’s Trick! Chapter 1559 Dismantling The Live-Stream Platforms Trick! April 11th, Thursday. Shanghai, Wolf Fang live-stream headquarters. Zhu Yan sat in front of his computer, tapping the table lightly while checking the work report sent by his subordinate. Yes, I poached two promising new streamers from Bunny Tail Live-Stream. Its a pity that Waiwai Live-Stream snatched one away. They said that they wanted to deal with Bunny Tail Live-Stream together, but they could not avoid Waiwai Live-Stream secretly stabbing them in the back. Forget it, its all legitimate business competition. Its inevitable. Ever since Qiao Liang released the safety statement on Bunny Tail Live-Streams competition, Wolf Fang Live-Stream and Waiwai Live-Streams streamers who poached Bunny Tail Live-Stream became even more aggressive. They even began to gradually test the bottom line of Bunny Tail Live-Stream. The frequency of poaching people was getting higher and higher. The poaching people were also moving from some insignificant small streamers to some leading streamers who occupied key fields in Bunny Tail Live-Stream. However, during this process, there were still some friction between Wolf Fang Live-Stream and Waiwai Live-Stream. For example, the live-streamer that they poached from Bunny Tail Live-Stream this time was crazily snatched by two companies. They even raised their prices. Another example was the news of the popular live-streamer jumping ship a few days ago. This live-streamer was originally from Waiwai platform but was later poached by Wolf Fang live-stream. Logically speaking, since both sides had already joined the anti-Tengda alliance and regarded Bunny Tail Live-Stream as a common enemy, these small conflicts and controversies should have been temporarily shelved. However, this case had already been filed as a lawsuit. It was not easy to set it aside temporarily while going through the legal process. This sum of money was too huge. Neither side was willing to give in easily. This broadcaster had a certain amount of influence to begin with. Thus, under the superposition of various factors, the popularity of this matter was not suppressed and exploded. Bunny Tail Live-Stream and Wolf Fang Live-Stream did not pay much attention to this. Their goal was still focused on Bunny Tail Live-Stream. That was because Wolf Fang Live-Stream did not really need to fork out this sum of money. At the end of the day, the streamer had to fork out it himself. If the streamer could not afford it, he would become a deadbeat. Wolf Fangs live-stream had long been arranged in the contract clearly. It would not back him up. Since both platforms would not suffer any losses, why fight to the death? Wouldnt it be good to happily earn the streamers penalty and let the streamer work for him for free for a lifetime? Wolf Fang Live-Stream and Waiwai Live-Stream knew very well that the battle between them was just a small problem. Tengda Corporations Bunny Tail Live-Stream was the greatest threat! That was because Bunny Tail Live-Stream would really threaten both sides live-stream models! Once the business model of Bunny Tail Live-Stream succeeded, the lives of the two platforms would not be good. At that moment, someone knocked on the door hurriedly. Zhu Yan looked up. It was his assistant. He said anxiously, Boss Zhu, look! Theres a new episode of The person-in-charges words on Bunny Tail Live-Stream. Theyre really like Lu Mingliang from Upwind Logistics back then. Theyre turning the tables on us! Bunny Tail Live-Streams homepage is broadcasting 24 hours a day. The video on Aili Islands website has more than a million views! Zhu Yan could not help but be shocked. What did you say?! He could not believe what he was hearing. He quickly opened the official website of Bunny Tail Live-Stream and saw that the video was really hanging on the homepage of Bunny Tail Live-Stream. Whats more, it was in an eye-catching position on the homepage! Not only that, the account in charge of the series of videos had also updated this video! Zhu Yan really did not expect Bunny Tail Live-Stream to be so ruthless! Somethings not right? Didnt Bunny Tail Live-Stream just express its weakness with a safety statement? This means that their strategy is obvious. They dont want to have a direct conflict with us in the short term. Why did they suddenly do something so resolute? Previously, Qiao Liangs statement was obviously a form of weakness and submission to Zhu Yan. Since that was the case, it meant that Tengdas recent combat strategy might be in other areas, such as fitness, take-out, games, and so on. Otherwise, wouldnt it be good if Qiao Liang did not say anything and remained silent? In Zhu Yans opinion, Qiao Liangs words were a peace statement that served to appease the other two live-stream platforms. Zhu Yan had also seen this point. That was why he had poached the live-streamer of Bunny Tail with Waiwai Live-Stream to test the bottom line of Bunny Tail Live-Stream. After all, there was a saying that took advantage of his illness to kill him. Since Bunny Tail Live-Stream did not intend to resist now, he had to bully him to death. If he did not make a move now, wouldnt the situation be even worse when Boss Pei mobilized Tengdas resources after Bunny Tail Live-Stream recovered? However, Zhu Yan did not expect his judgment to be wrong! Bunny Tail Live-Stream indeed did not prohibit the other two platforms from live-streaming Tengda Games. However, it directly used the segment The person-in-charges words to flip the table! Zhu Yan immediately had an ominous feeling. That was because the previous few episodes of The person-in-charges words were still vivid in his mind. It was almost always directed at the lives of these industries! Zhu Yans only hope now was that Qiao Liang did not understand the live-stream industry. Many words did not hit the nail on the head. If that was the case, the harm would not be too much. This possibility was relatively small, but it did exist. Qiao Liang was only a substitute person-in-charge after all. His understanding of the live-stream industry was not that deep. Zhu Yan clicked on the video with great trepidation. Hello, everyone. I am the person-in-charge of Bunny Tail Live-Stream, Qiao Liang. I want to share two things with everyone here. The first thing is that a few live-streamers of Bunny Tail Live-Stream have been poached by other platforms. The second matter is about a certain streamers sky-high penalty last week. This matter has caused an uproar. Those who dont understand this can search for relevant information online. Perhaps the streamers did not expect that the sky-high penalty would really come. Today, I want to analyze the chaos behind the rapid development of the live-stream industry from two different angles. In the future, the live-streaming industry will develop rapidly. Compared to other industries, the live-stream industry has a very obvious advantage. For example, the top streamers have rich income, they have relatively free time, they work with hobbies and are deeply sought after by fans. At the same time, this is a very tolerant industry. Whether you are a retired professional player, a eloquent beautiful top student, or a King Lu with sharp operations, you will be able to find your position on the live-stream platform. However, many streamers who had just entered the live-stream industry did not know that high net worth often accompanied high prices. They did not know that all the gifts given by fate had already been secretly marked. Take the live-streamer who jumped ship this time for example. During the contractual period, the benefits he obtained from the original platform were about nine million yuan. In addition, the platform also spent nearly ten million yuan to sign up for him to participate in two variety shows. According to the contract, this sum of money had to be counted in the benefits. According to this saying, the benefits that the live-streamer obtained from the original platform had to be multiplied by five times. At the very least, he had to compensate 100 million yuan. The platforms request for this lawsuit had also received the support of the court. Some people say that this is because the host does not have the spirit of a contract. He forcefully jumped ship within the contract period and did not care about his old employer at all. He deserved to be punished for breaching the contract. Some people also said that the platform lied to the host and signed an unfair labor contract. It is not in line with the legal rules to advocate sky-high compensation. Of course, I dont want to judge who was right and who was wrong in this case. I believe the law will give a fair judgment. However, no matter what, the model of setting up a trap for the live-streamer with the liquidated damages is indeed widespread in live-stream platforms. There is more than one trick on live-stream platforms. Today, Ill dig deeper for everyone! Zhu Yan panicked. Qiao Liang spoke slowly but this feeling was exactly the same as the one Lu Mingliang gave. Obviously, they were all putting themselves in an objective and neutral perspective and seriously analyzing this incident. The identity of industry insider did not restrict them at all! That was the scariest thing. That was because people outside the industry might be objective and neutral enough, but they did not know the inside story. The things that they said were filled with loopholes, which was also difficult to believe. People in the industry might know the inside story, but they often did not dare to talk about it. What they said only covered the surface. They did not dare to touch the core. These two situations would not have too serious an impact. However, if industry insiders were to stand from an objective perspective and expose all the content, the problem would be serious! Zhu Yan quietly wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and continued watching. One of the tricks of live-stream platforms is to delay salary. Of course, the delayed payment mentioned here is not true delayed payment. This is legal because the platform wants to inspect the labor results of the host. A live-streaming contract must definitely make a deal with effective popularity. The content of the live-stream must be artificially reviewed. Otherwise, there would be a mixed situation. Therefore, legally speaking, it is in line with the law to distribute salaries and make payment after the platform vet the labor results. However, it is precisely because there is a very strong operability in this rule that the platform will tend to distribute salaries as late as possible and delay it. The second trick of the live-stream platform is fake popularity. Other than Bunny Tail Live-Stream, all other live-stream platforms are fake popularity. When these platforms were first creating fake popularity, it was very easy to be exposed. However, after a period of time, when all the audience adapted to this feeling, the fake slowly became real. The key is that the platform can change more popularity. Naturally, it can also change less popularity. When many streamers jump ship, they say that the platform is deducting their salaries. However, the platform would often use the contract to deal with them by saying that the number of live-streamers does not meet the standard and the platform has the right to deduct the income of the streamers. Combined with the first strategy of delayed payment, it would easily give the host the illusion that my salary is delayed and it is only natural for me to jump ship. However, in fact, once there is a dispute, the host would almost be impossible to provide valid evidence. The platform can prove that their deduction of the host based on the popularity data is completely in line with the rules. In the lawsuit, the host will almost definitely lose. For these platforms, if they want to restrict and suppress a streamer, they only need to lock down his popularity. Since the platform data can be controlled at will without the most basic authenticity, how can the mission terms in the live-streamers contract be truly completed? The three strategies of live-stream platforms are to bluff and poach people. When the platform is poaching people, they will definitely consider the efficiency of poaching people. Different streamers have different understanding of their own popularity. Some streamers are good at bargaining, and some streamers are relatively honest. When the platform is poaching people, those who are good at bargaining can often obtain better bargaining chips. honest streamers would be hoodwinked to obtain a lower price. This is an unsolvable problem. As long as the platform is still poaching people in a disorderly manner, this problem will never be solved. Thats because its very difficult for the platform to deceive smart streamers. They can only deceive honest people. Many platforms even promised streamers that they could help solve contract disputes when they were poaching people. However, they only promised verbally. Perhaps it was because of favors or some other small favors that inexperienced streamers trusted these platforms. They jumped over in a moment of impulse. Thats because they will soon realize that the platform will not pay a single cent when the lawsuit is held. There are only benefits in front of businessmen. Things have to be written in black and white. However, many streamers actually dont have the ability to distinguish and distinguish. They believe whatever the other party says. Its not surprising that they were deceived. Through these three methods, various major live-stream platforms began to fight each other. As both sides were constantly breaking their bottomlines, companies that did not have any bottomlines could be spared. In the end, only live-stream platforms with the least bottomlines and the most abundant capital could truly survive in this competition. To put it bluntly, such a bottom line behavior would naturally become a guide and affect the content of the entire live-stream platform. Live-stream platforms want popularity, and live-streamers want popularity in order to prove their worth. They also need popularity. They have no choice but to fall into a vicious cycle of fighting the rankings and charging the rankings. Under this collective pressure of popularity, live-stream platforms will definitely do more and more things that have no bottom line for popularity. They will condone some live-stream content that has popularity but no bottom line. The streamers who were poached thought that they had reached heaven, but in fact, they had entered a bottomless pit that they could not climb out anymore. However, its a pity that many streamers in Bunny Tail Live-Stream still did not understand this point. They were deceived by empty promises. Once they signed the contract, they would be paid a huge sum of money. It would be even more difficult to leave. Someone might want to ask at this time. Is Bunny Tail Live-Stream different from other platforms? Of course! Bunny Tail Live-Stream uses a completely different model from other live-stream platforms. First of all, Bunny Tail Live-Stream does not pursue popularity. You have to learn about content for an hour when watching the live-stream. This made Bunny Tail Live-Stream lose a lot of popularity. However, this is to remind Bunny Tail Live-Stream itself not to lose its bottom line for popularity. On the other hand, it is also to remind users not to sink into the false popularity of live-streams. Only focus and knowledge are true wealth. Secondly, Bunny Tail Live-Stream is all real data. It never falsifies any popularity. Therefore, the true value of a live-streamer can be accurately reflected through the real number of people in the live-stream. You dont have to worry about faking it. There would also not be such an unfair situation where obedience to live-stream platforms would become more popular, and insubordination would cause live-stream platforms to deduct popularity. The most important point is that the streamers of Bunny Tail Live-Stream are always free. We have no intention of limiting the freedom of these streamers. Thats because a free person has endless creativity! Chapter 1560 - The Way Of Victory From Bunny Tail Live-Stream Chapter 1560 The Way Of Victory From Bunny Tail Live-Stream Zhu Yan was completely stunned. Again! Yet again! The people in charge of Tengda were not talking about morals anymore! Previously, Tengda had organized a low-level event that brought the segment of The person-in-charges words to a stop. At first, these companies heaved a sigh of relief, thinking that Boss Pei had deliberately interrupted the person-in-charge said segment. >On It was reasonable thinking about it. After all, the content of the person-in-charge said was too explosive. It was completely digging at the bottom of all industries. Would it attract more companies to attack it? After all, you are not only attacking the existing industries, but also cutting off the path of many internet innovations in the future! Whats more, if this continued, Tengdas various industries would be affected. What if you were the one who completed the monopoly in the future? If you set up this persona now, how could you earn quick money through the monopoly market position in the future? Thus, everyone felt that Boss Pei might have realized that this situation was a little too popular, so he asked the people in charge to stop. He wanted to cool down their rash minds through the low-level event. It was precisely because of this that the two live-stream platforms could attack Bunny Tail live-stream without any worries. That was because in their judgment, this should be a strategic contraction period for Bunny Tail Live-Stream. However, he did not expect Bunny Tail Live-Stream to not retreat even though he had made a mistake. Instead, it flipped the table! That was equivalent to putting the intentions of both companies on the table. What if the live streamer did not come when they went to poach him in the future? Bunny Tail Live-Stream had already dismantled their plan to poach the live-streamers very clearly. Even the stupid and lawless live-streamers would pay attention after watching this video, right? Wouldnt Wolf Fang Live-Stream and Waiwai Live-Stream have to explain the terms one by one to these streamers to poach them to be moving? It would be very difficult to scare these streamers with just a paper number. However, if he explained it word for word, wouldnt all these tricks be missing? Zhu Yan was so angry that he wanted to curse. Was there something wrong with Bunny Tail Live-Stream? You could have used this route. Wouldnt it be better for the three of us to poach people, burn money together, and eat the streamers penalty? Why must Bunny Tail Live-Stream be different from us? Whats more, hes trying to undermine us! Zhu Yan was very angry, but the video was not over yet. Previously, he had only exposed the tricks of these live-stream platforms and briefly introduced the difference in Bunny Tail Live-Stream. However, he did not elaborate on the specific measures that Bunny Tail Live-Stream had to take. Next was the development phase. Qiao Liang continued, In the future, Bunny Tail Live-Stream will be a business model that is different from other live-stream websites. We will sign contracts with live streamers who have reached a certain number of people and become official employees. We will set up strict working hours, daily benefits, and calculate benefits based on the real popularity. All profits are calculated according to classes. It is clear and clear. There is a system to rely on. Indeed, we cannot provide a very high treatment number on the paper like other platforms. However, we can use other methods to change the commercial value of the host. That would achieve a win-win situation between the platform and the host. For example, we will organize some competitions or variety shows regularly, such as the previous Safe and Civilized Driving Competition. We will prioritize supporting the old streamers of Bunny Tail Live-Stream so that you can obtain more and better stages. In addition, we might also be in deep cooperation with Tengda Games and Fei Huang Workspace in the future. The veteran streamers of Bunny Tail Live-Stream can seek to transit like movies or other industries. As long as you have the strength, Bunny Tail Live-Stream will provide as much support as possible! On top of that, we will also take the initiative to contact some commercial promotion. Of course, the prerequisite is that we will strictly supervise these commercial promotion. Please believe me, everyone. Bunny Tail Live-Stream will be sharp and serious about this. Your stage is definitely the most vast as the live-stream host in Bunny Tail Live-Stream! Many new streamers think that Bunny Tail Live-Stream is the platform that is most conducive for newbies to stand out. However, once they succeed and gain popularity, they have to jump to other platforms to obtain high salary. This is obviously a misunderstanding. Thats because other platforms high salaries are filled with tricks. It might not be as good as everyone thinks. Once they fail to jump ship, the price they have to pay would be extremely heavy. They might even lose their entire live streamer career. Thats why I hope that everyone can seriously think about what the future of the live-stream industry should be like. Which business model would be more conducive to the growth of users, streamers, and platforms?. Now, you are tempted by the high salary on paper. In the future, when capital is monopolized by forcefully poaching live streamers, do you still have the ability to negotiate prices? The benefits you obtain now will be returned in the future! We will not sign a sky-high contract with the streamer because such a sky-high contract will definitely have various requirements for the streamer. In the end, we have to think of a way to deduct the benefits. The streamer cannot really get so much money. In comparison, we will evaluate the host based on the actual number of viewers and live-stream content. We will pay the host salary. Under certain circumstances, the salary might not be comparable to the numbers on paper on other platforms. However, from the comprehensive benefits and the live-stream environment, Bunny Tail Live-Stream is the real platform that is seriously operating! In the future, we will hire more streamers to enter the knowledge area. At that time, the users of Bunny Tail Live-Stream would be able to see their favorite streamer explaining knowledge content within an hour of learning. This is like a novel experience that allows both streamers and users to grow. We hope that this is a place where live-streamers, users, and platforms grow together. We hope that everyone can open your eyes, carefully distinguish, and do your best for the development of the live-stream industry! Every one of us is a participant in the entire live-stream industry. Thats why we have to make the right choice! There was some other content in the second half of the video after Qiao Liang finished speaking A few live-streamers of Bunny Tail Live-Stream personally went on camera and described their personal experience. They also analyzed the difference between Bunny Tail Live-Stream and other live-stream industries from different angles. Qiao Liangs explanation might be relatively generalized and directly hit the basic rules of the entire live-stream industry. These streamers spoke more specific and infectious. For example, Zhang Yan had also appeared in the show. She felt that Bunny Tail Live-Stream had two biggest advantages compared to other live-stream platforms. The first point was that Bunny Tail Live-Stream was very humane. There was the warmth of home here, not cold data and calculations. You dont have to worry about whether the official platform was playing tricks on you seeing the figures drop. You just have to find the reason from yourself. As long as you seriously polish the content of your live-stream, you will one day obtain a wider stage here. The second point was that the promotional channel for Bunny Tail Live-Stream was very clear. No matter the level of popularity, there would be rewards, how the gifts would be divided, and how many opportunities there would be to cross over. These were all very clear rules. There was no need to worry about any scams or traps. On the other hand, some other streamers mentioned that in Bunny Tail Live-Stream, all streamers spoke based on their strength. No one played tricks. Naturally, everyone was convinced of each other and there were fewer situations where they were jealous. Many streamers were even more direct. They had been poached by other platforms before, but there were too many pits in the contract. They could not be trusted at all. They were both earning money. If they stayed in Bunny Tail Live-Stream, they could grow together with Bunny Tail Live-Stream. Whats more, their future prospects were better. They were still free. Why did they jump to other platforms rashly? Previously, many people only saw the high salary of other platforms compared to Bunny Tail Live-Stream. However, this video analysis dug out the true strength of both sides hidden under the ice mountain and under the water! Obviously, Bunny Tail Live-Stream had its advantage. This advantage was hidden, but after some analysis, he felt that Bunny Tail Live-Stream actually had a wider possibility and prospects than other live-stream platforms! The assistant asked worriedly, Boss Zhu, what should we do? Zhu Yan was silent for a long time without replying He really did not know what to do! He could only say that Tengdas table flipping gameplay was really annoying. It was simple and crude, but it was better than nothing. He could not fight back! Could it be that he wanted Waiwai Live-Stream and Wolf Fang Live-Stream to produce a program to dismantle the business model of Bunny Tail Live-Stream? However, the business model of Bunny Tail Live-Stream was public and transparent. Bunny Tail Live-Stream itself was dismantled very clearly! If Wolf Fang Live-Stream and Waiwai Live-Stream were to tell the truth, it would be equivalent to giving the other party bullets to prove the other partys words and whip themselves. However, if Wolf Fang Live-Stream and Waiwai Live-Stream said unrealistically that they were discrediting the business model of Bunny Tail Live-Stream through nonsense, that would be equivalent to slandering. If Bunny Tail Live-Stream were to sully them, these two platforms would have to bear the consequences! Bunny Tail Live-Streams current state could be said to be upright and not afraid of shadows. That was why he dared to dig out everything in the dark and show it to the public. Bunny Tail Live-Stream did not do these things so it was not affected. The other two platforms really had no way! After thinking for a long time, Zhu Yan said to his assistant, Dont make any moves for now. Go and contact the person-in-charge of Waiwai streaming platform. I want to talk to him. Obviously, Zhu Yan had realized the seriousness of the problem. Waiwai Live-Stream and Wolf Fang Live-Stream might also be competitors, but no matter which one of them won, the other party would only be bought over. It was not fatal. It was more likely that their two families would coexist for a long time and stabilize. However, if Bunny Tail Live-Stream won, it would bring about a revolution in the business model of the live-stream platform. Neither of these two platforms could dream of escaping! That was because only Bunny Tail Live-Stream could play well in this model. The other live-stream platforms would only die! Chapter 1561 - ‘Dimensional Game Adventure! Chapter 1561 Dimensional Game Adventure! April 12th, Friday. Qiao Liang watched the popularity of this episode of The person-in-charges words rise and felt a sense of pride. Was this what it felt like to be invincible? It was the first time he was the substitute person-in-charge of Tengda Corporations department. It was also the first time he participated in the business war and went up against other companies. Initially, Qiao Liang was feeling indignant and uneasy. They were two huge live-stream platform giants after all. Would he attract revenge if he stood up to slap their faces in public? Would there be serious consequences? However, after fighting, he realized that there were no consequences. Instead, it felt quite good! Once this video was released, it immediately caused a strong response. Many streamers posted videos to respond or appear to dismantle the tricks of these live-stream platforms. On the surface, the competition between the two platforms was intense. However, in fact, they would poach my streamer and I would poach your streamer. Then, everyone would happily eat the streamers penalty. The streamers thought that they had thrown their money into the live-stream platforms wool and received a sky-high salary. However, how much money could really fall into their hands? Even if it landed in their hands, they might lose it all in the next second because of a lawsuit! Qiao Liangs video could be said to have coincidentally dug out the system of the other two live-stream platforms. If he had released this video a year ago, it would not have had much impact. That was because the live-stream platform was still in its initial stages. There were more than ten live-stream platforms of various sizes in the country. They fought each other. The competition was intense, so the bargaining rights of the top live-streamers were very strong Even if he were to jump ship and go to court, there would not be much of a penalty. On one hand, it was because the treatment of the streamers at that time was relatively low. Thus, the amount of liquidated damages was relatively low. If the streamer jumped once, his salary would increase ten times. He could very generously take out money to solve it. It would not cause much of a stir. Under such circumstances, what kind of effect would they receive by explaining the tricks behind the live-stream platforms to the streamers? Most streamers would not listen. However, a year later, Waiwai Live-Stream and Wolf Fang Live-Stream had achieved initial monopoly over the live-stream platform. They also wanted to wave their sickles and start harvesting If he were to dismantle the plot at this time and combine it with cases of top streamers suffering losses of more than a hundred million yuan, it would have a very strong spreading effect. Many streamers would be enlightened! Qiao Liang wanted to clap for himself and put his back in. Im awesome! Qiao Liang felt that he was the first person-in-charge to go on stage and show his face even though the episode of The person-in-charge had been ongoing! It was not the same concept as regular troops like Lu Mingliang, Guo Licheng, and Rui Yuchen. Boss Pei would definitely look at me differently if I was the first person-in-charge to win the battle, right? Not only that, Qiao Liang also took this opportunity to show his face in front of his fans. Didnt everyone not believe that I was the person-in-charge of Bunny Tail Live-Stream? What else could he say now? Hurry up and worship Old Qiao! Seeing his fans bootlicking him, Qiao Liang felt even happier than if he had watched ten videos and received three consecutive blows! Even so, I cannot be proud and complacent. I have to continue memorizing my mission as the substitute person-in-charge! Qiao Liang felt like he had completely experienced the joy of being the person-in-charge. He was filled with motivation! However, at that moment, his cell phone vibrated. He received a notice. Eh? Boss Pei wants the person-in-charge segment to temporarily stop updating??? A few minutes ago. Pei Qian looked at the new episode of The person-in-charges words with a blank expression. What just happened? Why did Qiao Liang roll up his sleeves and take on the role? Whats more, he spoke so well. His standard was not mentioned for the first few episodes of The person-in-charge? Then wouldnt the low-level activities that I worked so hard to create be completely meaningless? Can you stop playing this game that doesnt involve morals? Pei Qian was very confused and speechless. He had created the low-level promotional event because he saw that the person-in-charge was in full swing. That was why he wanted the people in charge to stop and give the companies in the anti-Tengda Alliance some breathing space. Unexpectedly, the results were the same even if he changed the person-in-charge! Whats more, Qiao Liangs move was equivalent to giving the substitute person-in-charge of the other departments a very bad start! With Qiao Liang taking the lead, would the substitute heads of the other departments also miss out on the person-in-charges Talk? Would Li Shi, Ruan Guangjian, Yao Bo, Xue Zhebin, and the others let go of such a chance to show their faces? Would they let Qiao Liang perform alone on it? There was a huge problem! Pei Qian had just finished his thesis not long ago. He had not quickly entered his working state. He instinctively wanted to slack for a while more. However, this made him quickly wary. No, we have to extinguish this trend. We cannot play such a table flipping game anymore! If you do this, what will happen to the anti-Tengda Alliance? At that thought, Pei Qian immediately sent a notice to the heads of the various departments, especially Meng Chang. From this week onwards, the person-in-charge will temporarily stop updating. All departments are not allowed to publish content related to the person-in-charge without permission! Of course, this segment was not limitless. On the whole, Pei Qian felt that the person-in-charges segment was very meaningful. Netizens were indeed very interested in such a program that dismantled capital tactics. However, could he do it again in the future? Once this cycle ended, the anti-Tengda Alliance would not be able to hold on much longer. At that time, you could create the The person-in-charges words segment and dismantle these business tactics. The anti-Tengda Alliance was still in a high fighting spirit now. Wouldnt it be better to let them be active and burn money with me? Thus, Pei Qian only said to temporarily stop the broadcast. He did not say that it could not be broadcasted forever. He wanted to get rid of this segment. After all, it might be useful in the future. The independent game incubation base was not affected when the various departments received this notice. After all, they were not Tengdas internal department. They did not have any lower-level activities or the requirements of the person-in-charge said segment. All of the independent game designers were seriously thinking about how to design Tengdas first main system protection game. Qiu Hong knew that they had found the right direction seeing how energetic and motivated these producers were. Hows everyones preparation for the games framework? Wu Zhicheng, tell me your thoughts first. Wu Zhicheng nodded and said, I thought of a name for this game. Its called dimensional game! In the game, we can link all of Tengdas games, especially the classic games, and make them into small stages. In other words, this is a brand new world that is born out of Tengda Games imagination. Thats because Tengda Games has already achieved great success and is loved by players. Its equivalent to a successful gameplay that has been verified. It also has extremely high IP value. Therefore, our approach is the safest and most acceptable to players. That way, it would be equivalent to strengthening Tengda Games IP. For the core players of Tengda Games, this game would also give some special cultural meaning. It would be very valuable to buy and collect. Qiu Hong nodded slightly. This idea was within his expectations. This was Tengdas system unit after all. Naturally, the game content had to be as related to Tengda Games as possible. Tengda had so many outstanding games, and every one of them was universally appreciated. Wouldnt it be a waste of gods gifts not to make use of such good IP resources? Qiu Hong said, However, theres another problem with this approach. Tengda has so many classic games, but the gameplay and style of each game are different. For example, Game Designer and Struggle have different styles. How to integrate them is a huge problem. If the integration is not good and unnatural, it might still become a stitched up monster. Thats what worried us at first. Wu Zhicheng said confidently, Of course, Ive thought about that! We definitely cannot copy the style of Tengdas various games completely. After all, these styles have strong characteristics. When Boss Pei was designing the game, he took into account the characteristics of each game. The style and gameplay are compatible. However, if you want to integrate all these games together as an organic part to form a whole, you have to unify their style to a certain extent. However, it is impossible to be completely identical because that would destroy the connotation of the original game and it would not be easy for players to accept it. I realized that most of Tengda Games style was designed by Big Boss Ruan Guangjian. I think we just have to get Big Boss Ruan Guangjian to redesign these styles and integrate them. He is the original author so he is naturally familiar with it. That way, not only can we recreate Tengdas games and allow players to relive the brilliance of these games, but we can also integrate them together and allow players to transmigrate freely! We can divide these games into different chapters. When you enter a new chapter, not only will the title of each chapter be displayed, but you can also show the original name of each chapter and the new independent game designers name. This is a form of respect to Tengda Games. Whats more, the release of this game on Tengdas first game console has a special meaning. It means that this system unit will be the playground and home for all game designers. Everyone can create a happy gaming world together. Tengda has provided everyone with this platform and soil, as well as enough support! Qiu Hong nodded in satisfaction. Very good, this is the perfect plan that we expected! He looked at the other independent game designers. Hows everyones game design? Game designers began to raise their hands to explain their gameplay. All of these gameplay were born from Tengda Games. Some of them followed the original design and only made their own modifications to some details of the gameplay. Some were drastically modified from scratch, only retaining the original story background of the game. That was because the gameplay of these games had to be similar to independent games, family games, and multiplayer games. Take the game Mission and Choice for example. It was a real-time strategy game in itself, but real-time strategy games were actually outdated. Boss Peis method at that time was to weaken the operations of real-time strategy games and focus on the plot of the game to achieve the effect of breaking out of the circle as much as possible. That was a good path, but it was only suitable for one person games. Whats more, this method could only be used once. Therefore, the independent game designer who was in charge of the game Mission and Choice decided to modify this story module into a simulated flight and shooting game. The protagonists mistakenly entered the game Mission and Choice and were met with an overwhelming swarm of insects. They were driving the human spacecraft to attack the Zergs under the command of Commander Qin Yi. If there were two players playing, one could drive the spaceship and the other could control the firepower of the spaceship. If it was four players or more players playing, they would be able to control two spaceships. On the other hand, Game Designer had been transformed into an action game. Players were climbing and jumping in a huge box court, triggering various mechanisms. These mechanisms would affect the game designers direction. The game designer had to reach a specific ending to pass. As for Repent and be Saved, even though there were some changes in the style of the game, it was still a difficult action game. Players had to cooperate closely and have a certain level of skill and backboard to clear it. On top of that, independent game designers also added various functions that matched the gameplay. For example, in Game Designer, gamers had to climb and jump continuously to trigger various mechanisms. They could use the mechanism on the map and also use their superpower to interfere with the game designers choice. That would speed up the clearing conditions. Everyone introduced their ideas one by one, while Qiu Hong recorded them seriously. After this meeting, all independent game designers would send their well-designed ideas to their email. Qiu Hong would organize a research and development team to organize a unified sorting and screening of these ideas. res After the selection was successful, a specific game designer would be arranged to develop the game. As for the original supporting staff of the incubation base, they would raise the priority of developing this Dimensional World to ensure that he could finish developing it at the same time as Tengdas first game system! sa Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou All the producers in the independent game incubation base were boiling with excitement as they tried their best to contribute to this game. To them, Boss Pei and Tengda Corporations kindness was as heavy as a mountain. This time, they had to find a stage that could repay Boss Peis kindness and prove their game design ability. Naturally, they had to perform well! They had to complete this game for Boss Pei even if they had to sacrifice their lives! Chapter 1562 - Haoxiu Gym’s New Trick Chapter 1562 Haoxiu Gyms New Trick April 15th, Monday. Ma Yang returned to Bunny Tail live-stream valiantly. Eh, Boss Ma is back! Boss Ma! Its been a long time, I really miss you. Boss Ma, hows the thesis going? Ma Yang patted his chest happily. Isnt that obvious? Of course its all settled! He walked straight to his office, pushed the door open, and entered. In the end, he realized that two people were already seated and chatting in the office. Whats more, both of them were not frowning, as if they were worrying about something. He had an impression of both of them. One was Teacher Qiao, and the other was Yao Bo from Jinding Corporation. Ma Yang had already heard about the basement. He had also seen the relevant notices after his seclusion ended. However, he did not react immediately when he saw Qiao Liang sitting in Hu Xianbins seat. Boss Mas long face was too recognizable, so Qiao Liang and Yao Bo immediately stood up. Boss Ma, nice to meet you! The three of them shook hands warmly. Qiao Liang asked curiously, Boss Ma, I heard that you were writing a thesis in seclusion a while ago. I wonder how youve completed it? Ma Yang patted his chest confidently. Isnt that obvious? Of course, it was completed smoothly! My thesis was written according to Brother Qians thoughts. Can it be wrong? Qiao Liang was impressed instantly. Look, look. This was what it meant to have a life-and-death relationship. Boss Ma could even write the thesis with Boss Pei. Boss Pei would make a huge framework and then Boss Ma would explain it on some specific problems. From this point, it could be seen that the two were close comrades in Tengda Games. Boss Pei was in charge of building a huge framework for Tengda Corporation, while Boss Ma was a fierce general who would charge into the battle and implement Boss Peis thoughts in the most important department! Could a thesis be a big problem for outstanding people like Boss Pei and Boss Ma? It was obviously an easy task! The reason why he went into seclusion was definitely to reach the highest level of his thesis. Once he wrote it, it would probably be a masterpiece! Ma Yang did not discuss his thesis anymore. After all, in his opinion, his thesis was foolproof and complete. He asked curiously, The two of you look worried. You seem to be discussing something. are V Qiao Liang nodded. Thats right, Boss Ma. We are worrying about the person-in-charge said segment. Last week, I recorded a new episode of The person-in-charges words and dismantled the netizens live-stream platforms strategy of poaching people. The response was very enthusiastic and also brought a lot of traffic to Bunny Tail Live-Stream. It can be said to be very effective for the streamers who stabilized Bunny Tail Live-Stream to not be poached or deceived. However, the problem is that Boss Pei sent a notice to the various departments not long after I released this video. He said that he wanted to temporarily stop the person-in-charge said segment! This is a little confusing. The person-in-charge said has been released for three episodes since it started. Every episode has caused a heated response, establishing a huge theoretical advantage for Tengda Corporation in the war against Tengda Alliance! This is obviously Tengda Corporations biggest advantage in this battle. However, Boss Pei is now asking us to temporarily stop recording The person-in-charges words. Isnt that giving up our biggest advantage? The departments that have already recorded The person-in-charges words are relatively alright, but what about the departments that did not record The person-in-charges words? Whats more, some companies that are opposing Tengda Alliance have already started counterattacks on public opinion. We cant possibly let them post on the internet while we remain silent, right? Yao Bo nodded in agreement. Im now the substitute person-in-charge of Deposit Fitness. Some time ago, Guo Licheng had already released an episode of The person-in-charges words. He had dismantled Haoxian Fitness plan. Now, it looks like Haoxiu Gym plan to cut off all means of retreat is basically dead. Thats because consumers dont approve of this card very much. Basically, not much was sold. Not only that, Haoxian Fitness reputation and public opinion have also been dealt a heavy blow. Many peoples impression of this gym has plummeted because of its attack on Tengda. Its customer flow has greatly decreased. Thats why they did not sit back and do nothing. On one hand, they wanted to lower the price of the fitness card and stabilize the current situation through the price war. On the other hand, they found some fitness internet celebrities who were hired with high salaries online. Then, they publicized it through video platforms and other platforms, trying their best to create the impression that Hao Hao enjoyed fitness and was cheap. However, I took a look at these so-called fitness internet celebrities. They are all uneducated scammers! Any fitness trainer from Deposit Fitness can expose their tricks. Of course, the word liar might be a little harsh. They still have some real talents and their figures are not bad. Otherwise, they would not have become an internet celebrity and scare so many people. However, the problem is that these people made use of peoples laziness mentality and laziness mentality. They have been teaching some so-called speed training. They did not train seriously and scientifically at all. Especially when they set their sights on female users who did not like sports but always wanted to maintain their good figures. They lied to them to organize some sky-high prices. In my opinion, isnt he no different from a liar? Thats why I also want to show my face in the new episode of The person-in-charges words. I want to dismantle this plan and introduce Deposit Fitness and the new fitness server, fitness gloves, fitness drinks, and other related products from the Jinding Corporation. In the end, Boss Pei blocked this path! Yao Bo sounded very helpless. At first, he had thought that Hao Jias fitness struggle was giving him a chance to show off. However, once the segment The person-in-charges words was suspended, he did not know what to do. Of course, he had other methods to fight back publicly online. For example, he could post on Weibo or create his own video. However, what confused Yao Bo was Boss Peis attitude. Logically speaking, Yao Bos choice of other methods would definitely not be as effective as The person-in-charges words . Boss Pei had suspended the person-in-charge segment. This obviously meant that Boss Pei did not support the person-in-charge segment for the time being. Naturally, he would not support other forms. Yao Bo was a little worried. If he used other methods and did the same thing as the person-in-charge, would that go against Boss Peis thoughts? That was also why he came to discuss with Qiao Liang, who claimed to understand Boss Pei the most. Both of them were confused by Boss Peis notice. Qiao Liang looked at Ma Yang. Boss Ma, you are Boss Peis good friend and the person who understands Boss Pei the most. Do you think there is a deeper meaning behind Boss Peis notice? What should we, the person-in-charge, do? Ma Yang smiled slightly, a proud smile on his face. Obviously, the words Boss Peis best friend that Qiao Liang said pleased Ma Yang very much. I might not have understood Brother Qians deeper intentions for the time being, but I think you should strictly follow Brother Qians orders. Dont do anything like The person-in-charges words. In other words, dont dismantle the business tactics of other companies! Qiao Liang and Yao Bo exchanged confused looks. But Boss Ma, we are now the substitute person-in-charge. We cant just do nothing and slack. Ma Yang was displeased. How can you call this slacking? This is called keeping up with the times, understand? Some stages have to be pioneered, but some stages only need to be completed! Brother Qian means for you to wait patiently. Look, he only said to temporarily pause The person-in-charges words. He did not say to completely cancel or prohibit this segment, right? This is enough to show that Brother Qians judgment is targeted at the current situation. There might be some reasons that make Brother Qian feel that the person-in-charge said segment is not suitable to be done so frequently for the time being. He might want to drag the time and release it at a suitable time. Of course, he might have other considerations. Therefore, there is no need to guess too much. As long as we follow Brother Qians instructions seriously and wait patiently, one day, Brother Qians intentions will be revealed! Qiao Liang and Little Bo nodded reluctantly. Alright, lets wait patiently for a while. Yao Bo was actually a little unwilling even though he said that. That was because Hao Shuai Fitness could be said to be very influential this time. Obviously, it had received some support from the other companies in the Tengda Alliance, or at least financial support. Otherwise, Hao Jia would not have made so much noise. To Deposit Fitness, there would not be much loss if they did not make a move now. However, if they allowed Hao Jia to continue like this, the risk would become greater and greater. It might become uncontrollable in the future! However, Yao Bo could not disobey Boss Peis orders since Boss Ma had already said that. He could only choose to wait. When they returned to Deposit Fitness, Li Yaling immediately walked up to them. How is it, Boss Yao? Do you have any countermeasures after discussing with Teacher Qiao? Yao Bo shook his head. We met Boss Ma and finally decided to abide by Boss Peis rules. The person-in-charges words that he wont do it. Li Yaling asked, Should we sit back and do nothing, then? Yao Bo thought for a moment and said, We cant sit back and do nothing even though its a win-win situation. How about this? Get a few fitness trainers to introduce our joint products. Things like fitness uniforms, fitness gloves, fitness drinks, and so on, introduce the functions of these products in detail to everyone. Then, give one set to each of Deposit Fitness old users. You can buy it at a discount if youre a new user. If youre not a user of Deposit Fitness, buy it at the original price online. Li Yaling nodded. Alright, Ill find a few fitness trainers with better eloquence to record it. Chapter 1563 - Exercising Mind Before Body Chapter 1563 Exercising Mind Before Body Many of the trainers in Deposit Fitness were handsome men and beautiful women with good image. Of course, ordinary people would not look that ugly as long as they worked out often and trained their bodies well. The confidence and calm temperament cultivated by fitness would greatly improve ones image. Deposit Fitness selection method was different from other gyms. These trainers were carefully selected by Guo Licheng. All of them had real skills. Deposit Fitness would not want trainers who only knew how to apply for cards and fitness that was a mess. Deposit Fitness did not need trainers to sell cards after all. They only needed them to train themselves very well and provide guidance to the students. Li Yaling picked the best trainers from among the trainers. Whether they were men or women, as long as they trained well and were eloquent, she would introduce them all. The professional in charge of filming arrived very quickly. Tengda Corporation did not lack people in this area at all. It was very convenient to find a photographer from the advertising and marketing department and Fei Huang Workspace. Yao Bo watched from the side and listened to the fitness trainers introduce the joint fitness equipment. This time, Jinding Corporation and Deposit Fitness had produced a few joint fitness equipment, such as fitness gloves, fitness clothes, fitness drinks, and so on. Fitness equipment was useful but useless. The key was how you used it. If it was a noob with no fitness experience at all, he would not have any perseverance. No matter how good the fitness equipment was, it would not help your fitness at all. However, if it was someone who already had fitness habits and worked out regularly, good fitness equipment could allow your training to be twice the results with half the effort. For example, fitness gloves could very well prevent the wear and tear of the palm and damage of the wrist. It was a necessary choice for fitness people. The fitness equipment this time was produced after a discussion between Jinding Corporation and Deposit Fitness fitness trainers. It could be said to be very good in terms of materials and professionalism. After all, it was based on the opinions of professionals. It could not be much worse. Compared to other fitness products in the market, the fitness products in Deposit Fitness would be more in line with the training habits of Deposit Fitness students. They would be compatible with Deposit Fitness training model. At the same time, they would also consider the fitness method of the Fully-Automated Smart Fitness drying rack. Take this fitness glove for example. It was a standard semi-finger glove. The main body was made of silicone glue and high-quality polyester fiber flour. It had a web eyepiece and was very good for dissipating air and heat. There were wristbands on the gloves that could protect his wrist joints from damage when he put weight on them. It was a very affordable choice compared to other fitness gloves in the market. Of course, it was actually very difficult to widen the gap between practicality of a single pair of gloves and other fitness gloves. However, these fitness gloves and fitness uniforms had a certain fashion design. They were more good-looking and suited the style and temperament of Deposit Fitness. All in all, it was considered a relatively outstanding product. The few gym trainers were professionals who had personally participated in the design of these products. Thus, they introduced them as if they were very familiar with them. They spoke very clearly about the advantages and disadvantages. The video was recorded very smoothly. After filming was done, Yao Bo got someone to edit the video slightly. Then, he prepared to put it on the official website as a product publicity video. April 17th, Wednesday. Yao Bo sat in the resting area of Deposit Fitness, feeling a little bored. He scrolled to a few promotional videos of Hao Fitness. He was furious. Haoxiu Gym is making more and more noise. How much money did they take from the anti-Tengda Alliance? These investment firms have invested a lot. They are probably afraid that their future path would be cut off by Tengdas Dream Realization Ventures. Thats why they are working so hard? Through the two moves of lowering prices and looking for internet celebrities, coupled with the increasingly fierce publicity, Haoxian Fitness gradually stabilized its foothold with the support of other companies in the Tengda Alliance. It was not directly defeated by Guo Lichengs episode of The person-in-charges words! That was normal. After all, not everyone had seen Guo Lichengs dismantling routine. Whats more, Haoxiu Gym had indeed reduced the price. After all, they had the blood transfusions and support of other companies in the Tengda Alliance. Many ordinary people would not be able to distinguish between good and bad under the price reduction of real money and the dual-tier marketing strategy of internet celebrities. Yao Bo really wanted to record an episode of The person-in-charges words by himself and dig out the foundation of these internet celebrities. However, he had no choice. Boss Pei had already set strict requirements. He could not do that. The video that was recorded introducing the joint product yesterday had also been released. The response was not bad, but it was only concentrated within a small circle and did not have the effect of breaking out of the circle. For the members of Deposit Fitness, experienced members could obtain one set directly. They could also buy it through discounts. This was a very good benefit. However, to netizens in the outside world who did not know the truth, this was just an ordinary joint model. It was meant to make money. Whats more, it was very difficult to make a fundamental difference between fitness gloves and fitness uniforms. It was impossible to be so much ahead of other brands. Thus, this video did not break out of the circle. There was a response, but it was not big. It would not affect Haoxiu Gym much. Yao Bo had a stomach full of trump cards that he had nowhere to turn to. He could only watch videos to pass time in boredom. Suddenly, he saw a video. His eyes lit up. Hmm, what is this? Its actually a video of naked fitness! Yao Bo immediately perked up. He realized that this was a more famous fitness UP Master on Aili Islands website! This fitness UP Master had released a video with the title: This is the 5,000 yuan per class that Hao Xianjian hired? I cant take it anymore! Yao Bos eyes lit up. That was because he knew that this was shockingly consistent with the content he was going to talk about on The person-in-charges words! Previously, in order to eliminate the negative impact of Deposit Fitness public opinion battle, Hao Shuai Fitness had made two decisions. The first was to lower the price of the fitness card. The second was to publicize that he had found some internet celebrity trainers online and provided them to the gold medal members of Haoxiu Gym at a discount. The difference in price would be subsidized and supplemented by Haoxiu Gym. That had indeed had a very good effect. That was because the coaches hired by the few large-scale gyms Hao Xianjian had hundreds of thousands of fans on various video platforms. These internet celebrity coaches had a lot of fans and fame to begin with. Thus, Hao Xianjians fitness cooperation and publicity dispelled ordinary peoples doubts towards them to a certain extent. Guo Licheng had already dismantled their tactics when they were trying to sell their means of retreat. He mainly attacked Hao Xianjians professionalism. Once netizens felt that they would not be able to obtain professional training even if they bought the cutting edge card. They would not be able to achieve the effect that they wanted. They would not be able to compare to Deposit Fitness. Naturally, it would be very difficult to sell this cutting edge card. On the other hand, inviting these internet celebrity trainers to stand on his side was equivalent to restoring his credibility to a certain extent and recovering the students trust in the gym. However, even though these so-called internet celebrity trainers looked like they had many fans, none of the things that they taught were reliable in Yao Bos opinion. That was why he wanted to personally go to the person-in-charge to criticize them. However, he did not need to play anymore because there were already people criticizing him! Yao Bo quickly clicked on the video. In the video, the more famous fitness UP Master on Aili Islands website was filled with indignation. He first released a few fitness videos of these internet celebrity trainers, and then began to think about how the audience would dismantle the fitness routine of these so-called internet celebrity trainers. These videos were not taken secretly. Instead, these internet celebrity trainers were placed in their accounts. They were recorded during the students classes even though they were short videos. There were actually many likes and comments on these videos. Many viewers were saying that this fitness effect looked very good and very novel. They hoped to experience it personally in one lesson! These so-called novel movements made peoples jaw drop. One of the movements was to sit on the bus and use his feet to hit the ground repeatedly. The accompanying title was Only one movement every day, easy and small legs. Whats more, this coach actually moved this movement into the private lecture so that the member could stand upright. Then, he would constantly raise his right foot and pat the ground with the sole. Whats more, he had to pat very loudly. During the process of slapping, this internet celebrity coach was still correcting the members movements. He said that he did not film well enough because there were certain flaws in the muscles of his legs. He needed to strengthen them and maintain this habit. The other movement was to let the student lie on his side and spread his legs apart. The coach leaned on one thigh and pressed down, creating a tense feeling in his muscles. At the same time, the student kept slapping his thigh with the back of his hand and palm. According to the internet celebrity coach, this could train the perky butt, and the effect was better than squats and hard pull. There was another movement that was said to improve the effect of flipping, flat feet, x-shaped legs, and skinny legs if you persevered for three minutes every day. This movement was nothing more than standing on the ground and using his toes to grab the ground and move forward. There were also people who made the members lie on the ground and do rowing movements, made the members bend their bodies, bend their backs down, bend down, and stand up again. They were known as bare-handed zombies All in all, the video showed everyone many strange and subversive movements. as The price of these movements was 5,000 yuan per lesson for an hour! What was even more interesting was that the 5,000 yuan per hour was only for ordinary students. If the coach was here to learn, the price would increase to 7,000 yuan per hour. As for why it was more expensive for coaches to come to class? It was very difficult to understand with normal peoples thinking. After playing these videos, the famous fitness UP Master on Aili Island website could not take it anymore. Theyre only teaching these things for a five thousand yuan private lesson? I think Ive just witnessed a magic realism show. This world is getting harder and harder to understand. You have to know that the fees of many foreign professional athletes or physical fitness trainers are only a few hundred US dollars an hour. What virtues and ability does this internet celebrity coach have to charge 5,000 yuan for one lesson? In fact, the threshold of the fitness industry in China is very low. Most trainers in commercial gyms dont even have much traces of fitness. Im not talking about all of them, but most of them are like this. These trainers might not have trained very basic projects like bench press, hard pull, and squat. How can they teach other students? Thats why we see many trainers in domestic commercial gyms. Their fitness routine is exactly the same. If you want to lose weight and lose weight, Ill bring you to jump up and down, support you with the tablet, and jump around. If you want to increase your muscles, Ill bring you to train you as a fixed equipment. Youll change from one gym to another. Youll spend a few hundred yuan to learn a private lesson. What youll learn might be similar. Of course, there are different styles, but their common point is that theyre basically useless. Those who really understand would know that it would be better to find a few fitness enthusiasts to train together with ordinary private training. After all, the big shots of fitness are usually relatively kind. They would warmly guide newbies. A so-called internet celebrity coach charged ten times more than an ordinary private trainer, and the things he taught were even more ridiculous. This is a really strange phenomenon. The key is that there are actually many trainers in the country who are really deceived and are learning from his so-called courses? I cant help but ask, how low is the threshold of the domestic fitness industry? Fitness helps one to train ones mind. Those are golden words! Chapter 1564 - Everyone Can Be The In-charge! Chapter 1564 Everyone Can Be The In-charge! The UP Master calmed himself down and continued. Logically speaking, this internet celebrity coach should be teaching people who look fancy but actually have a little fitness common sense or scientific knowledge who can see the wrong movements in the problem. Even so, not only did not many people expose him, he even obtained hundreds of thousands of fans online. Many fitness trainers were deceived continuously! Could it be that the fitness trainers are unable to tell if this training is useful or not? Or has it become a so-called internet celebrity coach industry chain? Lets bluff those fitness noobs who dont know anything and use the mentality that girls want to lose weight quickly but dont want to work hard to improve quickly. What if we bluff them to pay a sky-high price for a useless coach course? Ive been in the fitness industry for a long time. Ive seen too many chaos. Someone once claimed that his abdominal muscles are twisted. In other words, he could train a few pieces of abdominal muscles if he wanted to. Someone even said that as long as the posture is right, you can walk and show your abdominal muscles. The people who made these comments might have countless people fake and skin them, but they are still living well in the fitness circle. They are living very well and have countless fans! All of this makes me deeply understand the fitness knowledge of science. Its a long way to go. Some people might think that Im just skinning this private trainer, but thats not the case. Thats because internet celebrity trainers like him are still widely available online! There are similar trainers who dont have many traces of training but can sell sky-high prices just by bluffing. What confused and puzzled me even more was that the famous chain of gyms in the country, Hao Shuai Fitness, actually bought back all these scamming internet celebrity private trainers at a high price! Not only did he recognize the value of their sky-high prices, but he was also willing to take the initiative to fork out money to subsidize these private trainers so that they could teach their own gold medal students. He even caused a good response online?! That makes me feel what real magical realism is. Whats the difference between this and a large museum inviting some scammers who create counterfeit products back to be expert professors? Is it impossible to tell if these internet celebrity trainers are really talented as professional gyms? Is it possible that the marketing department and leaders of Haoxiu Gym are a group of people who dont understand fitness at all? They were only invited over without much thought seeing the influence of these internet celebrity trainers and the recognition of ordinary people? They are also victims of such fake deception? How ignorant must they be! If they had not been scammed and knew about fitness, they would know that these internet celebrity trainers were lying. That would be even scarier. That means that they dont care if the content taught by the coaches is really beneficial to the members. They only invited these scammers back because they saw that these coaches methods could deceive noobs and generate popularity. They continued to cheat! Internet celebrity trainers have gained a reputation, and Haoxiu Gym has gained popularity. Only ordinary people who have been scammed to go to the gym because of this would lose money and not learn anything real. If you train according to this method, you might as well go to the gym to work out, lift the dumbbells, and train the equipment. I especially recommend you to choose Deposit Fitness if you are a newbie who knows nothing. Some people would ask, are Deposit Fitness fitness trainers really very professional? I want to say here, yes, really professional! The Guo Licheng who appeared in the previous episode of The person-in-charge said was the person-in-charge of Deposit Fitness. It can be seen from his muscles that he is definitely not a coach who only knows how to boast and sell lessons. Instead, he is a coach who has real skills and can really train himself very well! With such a coach as the person-in-charge supervising you, are you still worried that the training would not be scientific enough? Someone might want to ask if Deposit Fitness only has one outstanding coach? Please take a look at the video that Deposit Fitness released yesterday: They and Jinding Corporation jointly produced fitness gloves, fitness uniforms, and fitness drinks. A few Deposit Fitness trainers introduced the design concepts and unique advantages of these products. It can be said to be very professional. Outsiders watch the show while insiders watch the show. We can confirm from the information that these fitness trainers inadvertently revealed when introducing the products that they have real talents! Whats more, everyones body is very well trained. Its completely different from the trainers in China who have no signs of fitness and only know how to sell training! In the past, I thought that the biggest gap between Haoxiu Gym and Deposit Fitness was in the management model and operations model. However, I know I was wrong now. Thats because the gap between Haoxiu Gym and Deposit Fitness is definitely not that simple. The fundamental difference between them is whether they respect professionals or not, and whether they respect scientific training methods! Haoxian Fitness is obviously a gym that only knows about marketing and membership. This train of thought is inherited from the leaders from top to bottom. The kind of managers would have the kind of trainers. It can be seen from the attitude of the upper echelons of Haoxian Fitness to stand up for themselves this time! On the other hand, Deposit Fitness would never play these fancy tricks. They only serve their own services seriously so that all students can clearly feel the changes in their bodies. They win everything through their reputation. Actually, when I first saw this mess, I was waiting for Deposit Fitness to produce another episode of The person-in-charge Said to criticize it. However, there was no movement there for a long time. That was why I decided to make a video myself to expose this mess. I dont think we can pin all our hopes on Tengda Corporation. After all, Tengda Corporation is only one company. At that moment, so many companies have formed an anti-Tengda alliance and are attacking Tengda! Haoxian Fitness is one of them. It is also the vanguard of the anti-Tengda Alliances attack. They hired internet celebrity trainers to think of ways to finance, reduce the price, and think of ways to salvage their public opinion online. On the surface, it looks like they are actively rescuing themselves, but what is their true goal? Just like all companies in the anti-Tengda Alliance, their goal is only to defeat the enemy Tengda, but they have never thought about the value of their companys existence, nor have they thought about how to grow with their employees and provide better services and products for users. They only have one thing on their minds: how to defeat their competitors so that they can lie down and earn more money! I sincerely hope that everyone can stand up and do their best for the world that we yearn for! It is already very difficult for Tengda to face the pressure of the anti-Tengda Alliance. We cannot rely on Tengda for everything. We have to contribute as much as we can! I hope that I can start from me. I hope that ordinary consumers and professionals from all walks of life can work together to complete the program of The person-in-charge! The heads of Tengdas various departments are not the only ones in charge. All of us can be our own heads! All of us can be the heads of the entire industry! Therefore, we have to be like the spirit conveyed by the person-in-charge. We have to establish the consciousness of the master and fight against the unreasonable chaos in various industries! The UP Masters final call was earth-shattering and thought-provoking. Even Yao Bo outside the screen could not help but want to applaud! The heads of Tengdas various departments are not the only ones in charge. Everyone can be their own heads and the entire industry? Thats too true! I was still thinking, why did Boss Pei want to temporarily stop the person-in-charge said segment? So that was the reason! Boss Pei had long realized that it is far from enough for Tengda alone to organize the In-charge said segment. It must ignite everyones enthusiasm to participate and let everyone establish the consciousness of a master and stand on Tengdas side spontaneously! That way, Tengda Corporation would not be fighting alone. The anti-Tengda alliance would then fall into the sea formed by ordinary consumers! Yao Bo immediately understood Boss Peis intentions. Boss Pei thought that ordinary users and netizens would actually have the ability to dismantle these business tactics themselves after being influenced by the many episodes of The In-charge said. It would be inappropriate if Tengda continued to take care of things personally at this time. On one hand, such frequent outcomes might weaken the response and reduce the attention of players. On the other hand, it would also cause many netizens to have lazy mentality and could not stimulate the potential that netizens have. They were both dismantling tactics. If they could form a prairie fire and allow professionals in various industries to spontaneously dismantle these tricks and stand firmly on Tengdas side, what advantage would there be to speak of against Tengda Alliance? Thats right. The anti-Tengda Alliance might look like it had many companies and rich funds, but Tengda had a popular people backing it! Boss Peis goal was to let every consumer recognize Tengda Corporations operating concept from the bottom of their hearts. They would be able to inspire these ordinary people, let them support Tengdas industry for free, and achieve a win-win situation between Tengda and users! As for the companies in the anti-Tengda Alliance, they would eventually be swept into the rubbish pile and disappeared in the long river of history! Yao Bo suddenly understood why Boss Ma asked him not to do anything and to wait patiently. He thought that this was slacking, but Boss Ma said that this was not slacking, but defending! That was because in the trend of history, Yao Bo did not need to do anything as the person-in-charge. He only needed to be surrounded by passionate users and netizens to naturally reach the other side of victory! Yao Bo could not help but feel emotional. Its really worth it to be the person-in-charge of Tengda. Which other company has such vision other than Tengda Corporation? Now that I think about it, Jinding Corporation is indeed old. Its thinking is completely wrong! The so-called good products and analysis of the market will ultimately fall on ordinary consumers. No matter how good marketing strategies and market analysis are, without ordinary consumers around, they would become nothing. Yao Bo felt that he had benefited a lot from this storm. He even had thoughts of changing the Jinding Corporation. He could not wait to make a series of changes to the Jinding Corporation after he stepped down as the substitute person-in-charge of Tengda Corporation! Chapter 1565 - Boss Pei Wants To Do It Personally! Chapter 1565 Boss Pei Wants To Do It Personally! April 19th, Friday. Pei Qian came to the office as usual to check on the work situation of the various departments. Eh? It looks like this weeks work report is nothing special. It looks like the basic activities are still effective. Whats more, I urgently added a patch to make the person-in-charge segment temporarily suspended. That way, the person-in-charge should not be able to cause much of a stir, right? The heads of the various departments indeed had nothing to do just from the work report. They could only continue with the measures that had been set previously. They did not do anything inappropriate for the anti-Tengda Alliance. Pei Qian could not help but heave a sigh of relief. To him, it did not matter what these people in charge wanted to do. However, he must not collapse all the companies against Tengda Alliance at this stage. No matter how important it was, please wait until after this cycle ended! Pei Qian looked at the work report and heard a knock on his office door. He looked up and saw Ma Yang, whom he had not seen in a long time. Ma Yangs long face was filled with smiles. Brother Qian, hows your thesis going? Do you have any hopes of obtaining an outstanding graduation thesis? Pei Qian sniggered. Ive only completed it step by step. I wonder what Teacher Zhang Wei will change to for me. Dont count on outstanding graduation thesis. My goal is only to pass. Old Ma, whats the situation on your side? Ma Yang said confidently, Im sorry, Brother Qian. Ill definitely get this outstanding graduation thesis! My thesis might have been written using a part of your thesiss framework, but I think I can definitely surpass you with my ability! Brother Qian, dont be too jealous of me. Pei Qian sniggered. Indeed, it was a familiar formula. Even if the sky collapsed, Old Ma might not have any scientific and reasonable estimates of his true ability. However, that was good as well. Only the everlasting Ma Yang was a trusted aide of Tengda! Pei Qian stopped harping on this topic and asked, Hows the situation at Bunny Tail Live-Stream? Is Qiao Liang doing alright as the substitute person-in-charge? Ma Yang thought for a moment and said, I think its alright. He might not be as familiar with the business as Hu Xianbin, but he can steadily catch up to the stall that Hu Xianbin left behind. Of course, the most outstanding thing is his recording of The person-in-charge Said. He ruthlessly dismantled Wolf Fang Live-Stream and Waiwai Live-Stream. I especially admire him! Pei Qian nodded subtly. Indeed, after Qiao Liang became the substitute person-in-charge, he did something that was especially worth writing. as As for the other matters, they were just minor edits on the basis of Hu Xianbins work. Now that the segment The person-in-charge said had been temporarily halted, the harm caused by Qiao Liang and the other person-in-charge could naturally be maintained within a completely controllable range. Pei Qian asked again, Did Qiao Liang badmouth me behind my back after the person-in-charge said was suspended? Ma Yang smiled and said, He definitely did in the beginning. He didnt understand it at first, but now, he completely understand your deeper intentions, Brother Qian! Pei Qian was stunned. Hm? He understood my deeper meaning? Ma Yang nodded. Thats right, Brother Qian. Didnt you stop the In-charge said segment because you wanted it to expand into ordinary netizens and ordinary people? Didnt you want to stimulate the enthusiasm of netizens and let them spontaneously dismantle these anti-Tengda Alliance companies? The heads of Tengda Corporations various departments are not the same. Anyone who has a deep connection with Tengda Alliance can become the heads of Tengda Corporations departments. The person-in-charge does not only refer to the heads of Tengdas various departments. Everyone can be the person-in-charge of the industry! I think this point is summarized too well. This is the deep meaning of the person-in-charge said! Pei Qian was silent for a moment before saying, Who told you these things? Old Ma could not have thought of something so ridiculous! Ma Yang was confused. Eh, isnt this already the consensus within Tengda Corporation? All the substitute person-in-charge already understand this point. Whats more, Tengda Corporations users are very clear about this point and actively participated in the segment The person-in-charge said! Brother Qian, you dont think that this is something very profound that no one knows about, do you? Then youre underestimating the people in charge that youve worked so hard to nurture. Youre also underestimating the customers that youve worked so hard to nurture! Obviously, they are growing very quickly. They can understand and understand your intentions very quickly! Pei Qian blinked, stunned. Something was amiss! Pei Qian was very sure that he had missed something out! He quickly opened Aili Islands website and searched for the keyword the person-in-charge said. Pei Qian was completely dumbfounded when he saw the results! There were so many results! Previously, Tengda Corporations The person-in-charge said had a lot of views. However, it had not been updated after Qiao Liangs video that dismantled the live-stream platforms tactics. However, this did not affect the popularity of the person-in-charge, because mature audiences began to update on their own! Some of the big names in the fitness industry began to dismantle the routine of Hao Shuai Fitness, some UP Masters in the Finance Channel, or UP Masters who had a certain level of attainment in the relevant professional fields, began to deeply dig out the business tactics of various companies in Tengda Alliance! There were those who continued to whip corpses and Shengyun Express Delivery, those who targeted home take-out, the gaming industry, film industry, investment industry There were all sorts of videos! Of course, the quality of these videos were mixed. Some were very professional, while others were just trying to ride on the popularity. However, it did not matter. With the high attention of video platform users, a screening mechanism naturally formed! Professional videos obtained a lot of views and likes. In fact, they had the same effect as the person-in-charge. On the other hand, those videos with relatively low quality might have also explained one or two problems in one aspect. Even though the impact was not huge, it had also formed a trend. It allowed viewers to see these content frequently when they refreshed the home page, adding fuel to the fire of the entire content of The person-in-charge said! It could be said that the popularity soared instantly! The original The person-in-charge said segment had actually become a benchmark. If everyone followed the routine of this segment to dismantle the business model of the Tengda Alliance, they would be able to obtain a lot of attention. He did not even need to think too much about the content. That was because as long as he compared Tengdas business model with other companies business models, the content would naturally be there! To these UP Masters, this was a gain in both fame and fortune. Not only could they imitate the model of the person-in-charge and obtain a lot of attention and popularity, but they could also dismantle these wrong business models so that ordinary people could step into fewer pits. This was a merit without compare. The UP Masters passion for creation had been stimulated, turning this incident into a new hot topic! All the videos had the name The person-in-charges words. It meant that everyone was the person-in-charge of the industry. Even though they were not really in charge of these businesses, as consumers behavior patterns, consumer habits, and choices would affect the direction of the entire industry! The original The person-in-charge said segment might not be updated anymore, but they would still like and share some outstanding videos every now and then to express the official attitude. For Upwind Logistics, the greatest glory of being the person-in-charge of the series was being overtaken by the official platform. The audience was also very happy with this interactive method. Every time the official platform reposted it, a large number of viewers would flood into the bottom of the video, instantly forming a cluster popularity. All in all, the popularity of The person-in-charges words was not suppressed by Pei Qians ban. Instead, it became even more popular! Previously, only the heads of the various departments in Tengda were doing these segments. However, the speed of producing them one by one was too slow. Now, it had suddenly become a national activity. It kept dismantling the routine and comparing it with Tengdas business model. Not only did it bring a lot of popularity to the segment The person-in-charges words, but it was also equivalent to vigorously promoting Tengdas business model and advertising Tengda! The effect of such advertisements was much more efficient than Tengdas own marketing because it was a spontaneous choice by ordinary consumers! Scrolling through the endless videos, Pei Qian was shocked. How did this happen? Finished! What was the point of pausing The person-in-charges words plan then? The people in charge would not film videos, but the big shots in various industries would! In the end, it became even more popular! What was this called? Was he shooting himself in the foot? Pei Qians head was hurting, but he could not do anything! son He could restrict The person-in-charges words segment, but he could not restrict ordinary UP Masters and ordinary consumers who participated on their own! It could be seen from this matter that ordinary consumers hated the layers of tactics of these companies. Otherwise, they would not have exploded with such an intense reaction! Pei Qian looked at Ma Yang, and then at the endless webpages with the keywords The person-in-charges words. After some thought, Pei Qian sighed slightly and decided to let him be! Since everyone hated these companies business tactics, then take it! Pei Qian really wanted to lose money, but he could not turn the tables at such a time. He had to respect the voice of the people. Wouldnt it become a reaction if he went against the voice of the people? As for himself, he could only think of other ways to lose money. However, Tengda Corporation and the anti-Tengda Alliance fell into a deadlock once again! From the looks of it, Tengda Corporation had the upper hand again. The public opinion on the anti-Tengda Alliance was completely suppressed. Among them, the one who suffered the most was Hao Xian. After all, they had been beaten twice. Especially after the internet celebrity trainers were flayed, it could be said that Hao Xianjians reputation in the circle had plummeted. Many people who did not pay attention to the fitness industry also knew that Hao Xianjian was very unprofessional and hired a group of internet celebrity trainers to deceive their own students. Hao Xian Fitness was also in a dilemma. If he said that he had been deceived by these internet celebrity trainers, he would say that he was very unprofessional and did not understand fitness at all. If he said that he knew fitness, why did he not notice such a low-level scam like the internet celebrity trainers? Wasnt this obviously cheating his own students? All in all, he was in trouble! Coupled with the dark history from before, the reputation of Haoxiu Gym was completely ruined. It was a relatively large chain gym but its price kept decreasing. It was barely maintained by relying on the other companies in the Tengda Alliance to transfuse blood. The customer flow had greatly decreased now. It was impossible for the other companies in the Tengda Alliance to transfuse blood to Haoxiu Gym without limit. As the segment The person-in-charges words expanded from Tengda to the entire industry, Haoxiu Gym had actually been sentenced to death. It was just a matter of time. Pei Qian felt exhausted. Forget it, forget it. We struggled this month. In the end, Tengda has nothing to do, but the anti-Tengda Alliance is getting worse! Let the people in charge in the last week stabilize themselves a little. Dont fight the anti-Tengda Alliance to the death. I also hope that the anti-Tengda Alliance will think about how to achieve some results. Dont let Tengda benefit every time we attack! Pei Qian was a little anxious. He could not wait to roll up his sleeves and take the field personally to show Nie Yunsheng the way! Chapter 1566 - The People In-charge Put Their Best Foot Forward Chapter 1566 The People In-charge Put Their Best Foot Forward At the same time, Tengda Corporations various departments were still progressing in an orderly manner. Ever since the person-in-charge said that Tengdas internal segment had become a topic for everyone to participate in online, the substitute people in charge of Tengdas various departments had temporarily lost their main goal. The opposing Tengda Alliance had probably been beaten until they were a little dizzy. They had no idea at that moment, so they did not cause any new trouble recently. Perhaps he was silently accumulating strength, looking for a new breakthrough point! Haoxiu Gym was the most miserable. It was the first company to be defeated in the anti-Tengda Alliance. It was already set to withdraw even though it was still struggling. He could only say that he dug his own grave! Ordinary consumers would not have any sympathy for it because it stood on the opposite side of Tengda. Fitness enthusiasts would not sympathize with it because it did not provide outstanding services to customers at all. Instead, they would think of ways to cheat money. Once he got involved with those internet celebrity trainers, many things would be unclear. You said that you were serving customers, but who would believe what you did? On the other hand, when the anti-Tengda Alliance saw that Haoxiu Gym was completely defeated and could not be supported, they would only comfort it verbally and would definitely not help Haoxiu Gym bleed. They might even curse in secret: How useless. They were defeated so quickly! No matter how he thought about it, Boss Pei was probably the only one who would feel heartache while enjoying fitness. Both sides temporarily gave up. The substitute in-charge of Tengda Corporation continued to busy themselves with their work. There were still two months until the low-level event. As for the people in charge of the other departments, they continued working hard at the foundation. Ma Yiqun was at the base level of Thriller Hostel, working with Ruan Guangjian to design a new haunted house. The two of them racked their brains every day on designing. Ruan Guangjian was in charge of designing the concept art and the art style while Ma Yiqun combined the art style with the background to think of the details. Creating game plots was Ma Yiquns forte. Ma Yiqun did not plan to give a detailed and comprehensive background story. Instead, he thought about disassembling, disrupting, and turning the plot into a fragmented plot like Repent and be Saved. Then, he would stuff it into various corners of the haunted house. That way, if he wanted to escape the haunted house in advance, he would have to complete the challenge and collect these plots. Whats more, he could not restore a complete plot after collecting it. He could only piece these fragmented plots together and add his own imagination to find a general direction. It was a pity that he could not imagine the right content even though he had found the plot. All his hard work could be instantly reduced to zero. That was obviously making the design of the entire haunted house more thrilling! There might be a special subject in the future, Thriller Hostel. It would study the real plot hidden in Thriller Hostel through various clues. This job reminded Ma Yiqun of the excited feeling he had when he first started working on Repent and be Saved! On the other side, Hu Xianbin was editing at Zhongdian Chinese Network. Hu Xianbin was a game designer. He had thought that he would not be able to adapt to being an editor. He had already planned to apply for overtime and work hard to learn. In the end, he realized that it was unexpectedly smooth after he started. He picked it up very quickly! After a simple chat with Zhu Xinan, he realized that the two matters had similarities to a certain extent. Be it creating games or writing novels, they had to follow the objective laws of the industry. The reason why many people found it difficult to enter the industry was because they thought too highly of themselves and regarded their own subjective feelings as the objective laws of the industry. This blind confidence would become a huge resistance. On the other hand, Hu Xianbin did not have such resistance at all, so the conversion would be especially smooth. On top of that, Hu Xianbin had also used his experience as the person-in-charge of the games department to re-examine Zhongdian Chinese Network. He realized that this website actually had many flaws. For example, the design of some functions was not reasonable, and the recommendation mechanism was not efficient and transparent. Many activities looked good, but in fact, they were not attractive at all compared to the activities made in the game. Of course, Zhongdian Chinese Network was doing much better than Infinite Chinese Network in this aspect. After all, Ma Yiqun was also from the games industry. However, Ma Yiqun had not truly been in charge of the games department after all. He had not been personally guided by Boss Pei. He was lacking in this aspect. W Some operations were not that outstanding. Therefore, Hu Xianbin had also found his own direction. He would learn while working as an editor and come up with a modified plan so that the entire websites operating system could be like a game, maximizing the participation of ordinary users, making all activities efficient and novel! Xiao Peng and Rui Yuchen were interning at Tengda Games and Shang Yang Games respectively. Both of them had never entered Tengdas games department and knew nothing about games. Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and Fish-Catching Take-Out might have done very well but they had never experienced the creative atmosphere of the games department. They had not understood this spirit. They were still lacking. As the gaming department went into deep learning, the two of them deeply felt why the person-in-charge of the gaming department could take charge of everything. That was because of the unique work flow and working atmosphere! Tengdas games department was the department that emphasized imagination and creativity. Everyone could express their thoughts and contribute their strategies. The person-in-charge had to integrate these good suggestions so that the game would have unlimited possibilities. On the other hand, Xiao Peng and Rui Yuchen realized that both of them might have placed too much emphasis on infrastructure when they were working at Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and Fish-Catching Take-Out. However, they had not fully stimulated the imagination of the employees. He immediately felt the difference when compared to Tengdas games department! Therefore, they planned to continue learning seriously. They would return to their original department after the lower-level activities ended and work hard to pass on the spirit and atmosphere of Tengda Games! Yu Pingan, who used the application, went to Fish-Catching Take-Out to be a delivery man. He felt tired and tired at first but he realized that his work was much easier after seeing the delivery men from other take-out platforms. At the same time, Yu Pingan was also trying to get close to the delivery guys from other platforms. He wanted to see if he could try to enter the enemy and see how different Fish-Catching Take-Out was from other take-out platforms. Rui Yuchen might have done a episode of The person-in-charge said previously, dismantling the routine and explained the fact that other take-out platforms would definitely continue to squeeze merchants and delivery men to pursue scale expansion and form a monopoly but they were still lacking a lot of data support after all. It could make peoples eyes light up and think, but it was very difficult to make people believe it. Yu Pingan felt that there were many outstanding young scholars and experts in his Useful App. If he could study the model of other take-out platforms in depth through these experts and scholars, he would definitely be able to reach a more convincing conclusion combined with some real data! At the same time, Upwind Logistics, which Boss Pei valued the most, was also changing. The person-in-charge of Upwind Logistics was Xue Zhebin. He did not cause a huge commotion like the person-in-charge of the other departments. However, he was seriously learning the organization structure and work model of Upwind Logistics so that Upwind Logistics could develop smoothly. This might have stemmed from Xue Zhebins background. His father was a coal boss. The biggest characteristic of a coal boss was that it would definitely not interfere with the decisions of professionals. It would fully respect the objective rules of every industry. That was because if he did not respect professional rules and forcefully interfered when mining charcoal, he would die. There would be a major safety accident! Xue Zhebin was in charge of Upwind Logistics. Every step he took was very solid. He would not worry about suddenly messing up the originally good department. For a department like Upwind Logistics, nothing was more important than stability. The original person-in-charge of Deposit Fitness, Guo Licheng, was a delivery man at the bottom of Upwind Logistics. In fact, Guo Licheng did not think too much about choosing departments. He simply felt that his body was the strongest. This job might be relatively torturous, so he volunteered. Reality proved that Upwind Logistics work was indeed not very heavy. Guo Licheng still had the energy to go to the gym to train after delivering the goods every day. Tengda Corporation and the anti-Tengda Alliance tacitly gave up and entered a temporary state of rest. However, everyone knew that this was only the calm before the storm. The anti-tengda alliance might be retreating but they would definitely not give up. The next battle between both sides could explode in any field! At the same time, in the headquarters of Shengyun Corporation in Shanghai. Nie Yunsheng looked at the strategy report submitted by the anti-Tengda Alliance think tank and frowned. He looked very dissatisfied. Why are there still so many old tricks? Dont these people know that these tricks cannot cause any damage to Tengda? Nie Yunsheng originally thought that transferring outstanding talents from various companies to form a think tank would change the current situation. However, he did not expect it to be the same. None of the ideas raised by the think tank made Nie Yunshengs eyes light up! In fact, this cant blame these strategists for being stupid. Was there really such a huge gap between the strategists of the two countries in ancient times? Obviously not. However, the situation of the two countries was different. Some countries had strong national strength, abundant military strength, clear political intelligence, and wise monarchs. Then, these strategists would have a lot of room to play and could come up with a series of strategies based on their advantages. An outstanding strategy was a plan that had been planned throughout history. On the other hand, even if Zhuge Wu was still alive, he would not be able to salvage the situation on the weaker side. That was because he had too few cards in his hand. There were only so many cards left. Even a clever housewife cannot cook without rice! This was exactly the same as the Tengda Corporation and the anti-Tengda alliance. On the surface, Tengda Corporation looked far inferior to the anti-Tengda Alliance, but it had too many cards to play. On the other hand, it was useless even if there were so many talents in the anti-Tengda Alliance. That was because many real and effective strategies were not in line with the essence of the Tengda Alliance. They could not be implemented at all. Since that was the case, why did he propose these strategies to make himself look bad? He could only come up with some feasible strategies based on the current situation. These feasible strategies would definitely not enter Nie Yunshengs eyes. Nie Yunsheng was watching when he suddenly heard a knock on the door. A Vice-President rushed in and said, Boss Nie, look, Upwind Logistics is doing a new job! They actually found a muscle man with a particularly good figure to deliver the package. Now, that picture is going viral online! Chapter 1567 - Yu Pingan Sacrifices As a Mole! Chapter 1567 Yu Pingan Sacrifices As a Mole! What did you say? Nie Yunshengs face was filled with shock and disbelief. Tengda was really not playing by the book. Why did it always unexpected its moves? He quickly took his cell phone from the Vice-President and swiped the hot post. There were a few pictures in the post. It was a muscular man in Upwind Logistics uniform, carrying the goods upstairs easily. Im really stunned. The delivery mans figure is too good! I thought that I had been working out for several years and was already quite satisfied with my own state. I did not expect that a random delivery guy would be much bigger than me! Whats more, hes training so well that his muscles are perfect. Im so envious. I cant wait to fence with him on the spot! He easily carried such heavy goods up to the sixth floor without panting. I asked him, Brother, where did you train at? He said that you were at Deposit Fitness. Ive never trained in Deposit Fitness because I heard that its especially effective for noobs. People like me who have already trained very well can be dealt with by any commercial gym. However, Ive changed my mind. I want to train in Deposit Fitness! I also want to train to be as big as a delivery man. Im so envious! At first, everyones attention was on the body of the express delivery man. However, as they researched, everyone quickly discovered other details. How free must Upwind Logistics express delivery man be to have the energy to work out and train himself to be so strong? Thats right. The delivery man from Shengyun Corporation probably works overtime 996 every day. He would be dead tired after work. How would he have the energy to work out? Does that mean that Upwind Logistics express deliverymen have more free work and better benefits? Oh my, I want to be a express deliveryman at Upwind Logistics. I heard that they even pay enough insurance and funds! Lets not talk about anything else. Its not a problem for this young man to be a professional fitness trainer. His image is good, and hes actually working as a delivery man at Upwind Logistics? I have to reevaluate the existence of Upwind Logistics delivery man. Everyone, dont make a mistake. I took a look. Isnt this the person-in-charge of Deposit Fitness? Go and take a look at the video that he posted about dismantling the gyms routine. Hes the real person-in-charge of Tengdas fitness department! Huh? Thats true. No wonder hes wearing Upwind Logistics uniform. I couldnt tell. Somethings not right. Since hes the person-in-charge of Deposit Fitness, he should be considered a leader in Tengda. Why would he come to Upwind Logistics to deliver packages? I heard that there is some sub-base event, so he came to experience the life of the express delivery man. However, he is indeed eating and living with the other express delivery men. It is enough to show that the work of Upwind Logistics express delivery man is not that stressful. The person-in-charge can also be qualified. I already knew that Upwind Logistics might have left Shengyun Express in all aspects, but I did not expect it to be this far! The quality of the express delivery men on both sides are worlds apart! Everyone, dont be mistaken. Guo Licheng is indeed not an ordinary delivery man. He is the person-in-charge of Deposit Fitness. However, what I want to say is that the other delivery men in Upwind Logistics also have fitness. Everyone can see a clear difference as long as you compare the young men in Upwind Logistics and Shengyun Corporation, especially the experienced Upwind Logistics delivery men! Perhaps it was because the picture of the muscular man delivering packages was too explosive that it spread throughout the internet in an instant. Many people, be it men or women, were salivating at Guo Lichengs figure. The image alone was enough to shake off the delivery man from Shengyun Corporation! Whats more, there were even people who explained that Upwind Logistics express delivery men were free and had good benefits. There were also more than ten hours of mandatory fitness regulations every week. There were not many people who had a perfect body like that after training. However, on closer inspection, one would realize that even an ordinary delivery man had a good figure. Whats more, the delivery men were healthy and in high spirits. They were completely different from the bad-tempered and inefficient delivery men of Shengyun Express! Of course, this was not to diss the delivery men of Shengyun Express, but because they were in a different environment. In an environment like Upwind Logistics, the company was urging you to work out. There was not much pressure in life. It was not difficult to train into muscular men. On the other hand, Shengyun Express was under immense pressure from the young mens work and performance. Their superiors did not care about their work at all. Naturally, they would lose their temper in the face of heavy tasks and affect their service attitude and physical condition. From this concept, Upwind Logistics had once again crushed Shengyun Express! Simply put, Upwind Logistics had won again. They had won badly. Nie Yunsheng lost again, and badly. Nie Yunsheng slammed the table in anger. Its ridiculous! Im so pissed off! How did Tengda think of such a move? Its simply shameless! What kind of carbon-based creature could think of such a method to fight public opinion? He had arranged for Guo Licheng, the person-in-charge of Deposit Fitness to send an express delivery. In the end, it became popular and caused a complete image and public opinion suppression for Shengyun Corporation! Ridiculous! The key was that this move was another attack that could not be counterattacked. What could Shengyun Corporation do? Invite a few fitness trainers to act as express delivery men to deliver the goods and then hype it up? Obviously not. That would be too stiff and would easily be exposed. Upwind Logistics had an overall image. Even if there was no Guo Licheng, just looking at ordinary express delivery companies, the young men would definitely be healthy and energetic. On the other hand, Shengyun Corporations situation was completely different. It was impossible to pretend. Nie Yunsheng could only watch the popularity fermenting, but he was helpless. The Vice-President asked carefully, Boss Nie, what should we do? Nie Yunsheng was silent for a moment and said, We are temporarily helpless in the field of express delivery. Dont go head to head with the enemy in terms of advantages. That would only be led by the nose by the enemy. You still have to find other breakthrough points. Hao Xian Fitness cant take it anymore. However, theres still a possibility of turning the tables with the take-out. Go and contact Boss Zheng from Home Take-Out and arrange to meet a few investors. I want to talk to him in person. Until now, Home Take-Out has not been completely disadvantaged in the battle of public opinion. There is still room to salvage the situation. As long as we play the cards of low prices and public opinion, we can still fight back against Fish-Catching Take-Out in some aspects! The situation of home take-out and Haoxiu fitness was different. As a take-out platform, home take-out had actually obtained a more advantageous market position. Whats more, they hated Fish-Catching Take-Out to the core. They knew very well that Fish-Catching Take-Outs business model would pose a huge threat, so their attitude was still relatively firm. Hao Xian Fitness had been beaten twice in a row. It was already smashed onto the ground and could not move. On the other hand, the video did not cause a devastating blow to the take-out company even though it was smashed once. Rui Yuchen might have dismantled the trick of Home Take-Out but there were some fables after all. At the moment, Home Take-Out had not really squeezed the delivery guys through the big data algorithm, nor had it really increased the service fees of the retailers to an unacceptable level. These might be the ultimate goal of the future of Home Take-Out but he had not started it yet after all. He only had a prototype. On the other hand, some delivery men would take the initiative to accept orders crazily in order to make more money. This was a form of autonomy. There should not be any squeeze in public opinion. Delivery was still a very profitable job for these basic manual laborers after all. In other words, there were still many delivery men and ordinary users who still had fantasies about takeaways. As long as the take-out delivery man splurged on subsidies and tried his best to create the image of I am also a conscientious take-out platform, and then influence public opinion through the delivery mans appearance, then it could affect the users reputation to a certain extent! After all, customers would not go against cheap takeaways, and delivery men would not go against high income. Therefore, Nie Yunsheng saw this point and decided to choose the home take-out as the next breakthrough. As long as he could gather the advantageous funds of all the companies in the anti-Tengda Alliance to support take-out, there would be a possibility of winning this battle! Of course, this was not a simple help. Instead, it was an investment. These large investment firms had hoped to use Home Take-Out to monopolize the domestic and foreign market. Now that everyone was in the anti-Tengda alliance, investing was just going with the flow. Nie Yunsheng was acting as the middleman. April 20th, Saturday. Old Yu, hurry up. This order is going to be outdated again. If you exceed the time limit, you will have to deduct money. You cant earn more than ten yuan after working so hard for the entire day. Whats the point of giving away take-out? A delivery man from a home delivery company walked forward with small steps. Yu Pingan followed behind him, panting. IS Yu Pingan looked very unhappy but he still gritted his teeth and followed the delivery man. Master Li, do we have to send so many orders every day? As Master Li ran, he said matter-of-factly, Of course. How can we earn money if we dont run a few more orders? Yu Pingan looked at the number of orders in his hand. Master Li had taken 12 orders in one breath. It would be strange if he did not have time to be nervous. Some of the orders were forced by the platform, and some were ordered by Master Li on the way. However, no matter what, the number of orders shocked Yu Pingan, who had never seen much of the world. This was completely different from Fish-Catching Take-Out! Yu Pingan was originally delivering food from Fish-Catching Take-Out but felt a little bored after a few days. Thus, he pondered for a moment. Since they were all delivery companies, the situation would probably be similar. Could he take a look at home take-out and spy on the enemy? Previously, a young lecturer with a Useful App had already gone to take-out in order to write a thesis about the take-out platform. Yu Pingan felt that as the person-in-charge, he could not just say that he did not want to practice. He had to do it himself! Thus, he took advantage of Saturday and Sunday Fish-Catching Take-Outs shifts to look for a delivery man. He said that he wanted to learn from him and see if he could become a delivery man. In fact, it was to spy on the enemy and deeply check the difference between Home Take-Out and Fish-Catching Take-Out so as to build a good foundation for future public opinion wars. Yu Pingan said that he wanted this delivery man to bring him to work, but his heart was actually very inflated. That was because he felt that he had been working at Fish-Catching Take-Out for a few days and was already a proficient worker. Wasnt it all just delivery? What difference could there be? In the end, he realized that this was completely different from what he had imagined! Chapter 1568 - The Counterattack Of Home Take-Out Chapter 1568 The Counterattack Of Home Take-Out Yu Pingan sat on the road, exhausted and wanting to rest for a while after he finally finished delivering another order while panting. Master Li quickly urged him. Dont quit. Hurry up and get on the electric scooter. Take the electric scooter as a break. We have to take the next order immediately. Yu Pingan looked at the time. Master Li, its almost noon. Shouldnt we have lunch before sending him off? As if he had heard a fairytale, Master Li looked shocked as he said, Youre still eating? Dont you know that the peak periods in the afternoon and evening are the fastest to earn money? No matter how fast you eat, you will still lose out if you eat at this time! How magnanimous are you to choose this time to eat? Yu Pingan was speechless. That was because lunch was normal at Fish-Catching Take-Out. A few delivery men were having a meal at different peaks. Everyone was eating faster in order to take over the job but the normal return points could be guaranteed. If he was like the young men in the take-out business, he would not be able to eat at meal times every day. He would have to work hard. He would only be able to eat two mouthfuls of rice to deal with it when the peak period was over. How could his body not have any problems in the long term? However, this situation seemed to be a norm for the delivery guys. When Yu Pingan was delivering Fish-Catching Take-Outs take-out previously, he had also seen the young man from Home Take-Out rush past. At that time, he had thought that there was only a small gap between the two sides in terms of work strength. The delivery guys were indeed more tired, but they were not that tired. However, after experiencing it for himself, he realized that it was not just a little, but a world of difference! Yu Pingan gritted his teeth and stood up from the curb. Alright, well continue to send him off. Since he wanted to experience the life of a delivery man, he had to be strict with himself. Only then would the content he experienced be real! If the work intensity here was the same as Fish-Catching Take-Out, how could they experience the true gap between the two take-out platforms? e see Yu Pingan vaguely felt that there seemed to be a problem with the workflow of take-out but he could not say anything in a hurry. He could only record the entire process down and then look for professionals to slowly analyze it. Yu Pingan put on his helmet again, hopped onto his scooter, and followed Master Li to deliver the next order of food. At night, at Fish-Catching Internet Cafes Handong University branch Brother Qian, Im teaming up! Hurry up and follow me! Ma Yang shouted excitedly. It was a good thing that both of them were in a deserted corner of Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. There were not many people in the internet cafe. Otherwise, Pei Qian would probably have asked the waiter to chase Old Ma out on the spot. Pei Qian looked at the screen. The hero that he was holding onto was worlds apart from the position where Old Ma started the team battle. As expected, Old Ma was beaten to death by the other party less than five seconds after the so-called team battle. The other partys methods were extremely cruel! Ma Yang said regrettably, Aiya, Brother Qian, what a pity! It would be perfect if you could keep up. I seized a fleeting opportunity just now and drove it to three people on the other side! Pei Qian had nowhere to vent his anger. Dont you know why the other party asked you to drive three people? It was all because none of his heroes were nearby. You were the only one who rushed forward. Others thought that you were sending them off, so they were driven by you! Pei Qian was speechless. Every time he played games with Old Ma, he would always be filled with anger. From Gods Rising at the beginning, to IOI, and now GOG, Old Ma was really stubborn. He never forgot his passion! Old Ma probably would not change anything when GOG and IOI merged. Pei Qian sighed silently, looking at the huge word failure on the screen, his expression very melancholic. What kind of player could move Ma Yang? Yes, it should not be a big problem for Dream Realization Ventures and the professional players of the E-Sports Club. He just did not know what would happen if Ruan Guangjian met Ma Yang? It was a pity that Ruan Guangjian was now the person-in-charge of Thriller Hostel. He could not call him over to play with Ma Yang and see what kind of program effect it would have. Brother Qian, lets play another round! Ma Yang said, still not satisfied and eager. Pei Qian waved his hand. Rest, rest. He was not tired playing, but he was very tired. It looked like he was just one step away from quitting GOG. Recently, GOGs project team had been working hard to prepare for the merging of the two games. There were still some criticism online but it gradually subsided. That was because everyone was tired of scolding The official platform did not react after cursing. Most people lost interest. Until now, there had not been much changes to GOG and IOI. They were still doing what they had to. As for what the game would look like after the merging, no one had any idea. This was a highly confidential project that would not be easily leaked. Pei Qian was very satisfied with the current situation. In short, once the merged new games were released, they would merge the two games together unreasonably. At that time, there would definitely be a lot of criticism and income would plummet! Old Ma, what plans do you have after graduation? Pei Qian sipped his milk tea and asked. Old Ma might be a little stupid and his brain was not very good but Old Ma and Pei Qian were true peers after all. They had some common topics in this area. If Pei Qian were to talk to the other department heads or employees about his plans after graduation, they would definitely look at Boss Pei in shock. They would think that Boss Pei was not taking the wrong medicines today? However, there was no problem telling Old Ma about these. Old Ma patted his chest. Isnt that obvious? Of course, we have to continue to shine for Tengda Corporation! Brother Qian, you have to send me to the most dangerous place after Bunny Tail Live-Stream kills Waiwai Live-Stream and Wolf Fang Live-Stream! A general like me was born to go through thick and thin for Tengda Corporation! Pei Qian sighed secretly. Alright, if it was someone else who said that, Pei Qian would definitely arrange for Thriller Hostel and Suffering Travels without any hesitation. However, Pei Qian felt inexplicably relieved when these words came from Old Ma. Old Ma asked, What about you, Brother Qian? What plans do you have after graduation? Im thinking that even though Tengda Corporation has already entered so many industries, there are still some industries that we have not been involved. Brother Qian, which industrys rules are you going to change next? Pei Qian sniggered. I dont intend to change it. Im tired. After I graduate, Im prepared to travel around the world for a year. Old Ma was a little different. Travel for a year? An entire year? What would Tengda Corporation do without you? Pei Qian sniggered inside. Do you think Tengda Corporation would be affected without me? It would only make more money Pei Qian knew very well that he had done his best to hold Tengda Corporations reins and slow it down. Wouldnt the people in charge of Tengda Corporation all go to hell when he was really not around? However, Pei Qian had already made up his mind. As long as he incurred a huge loss this cycle, he would stop and enjoy life! His four years in university should have been a relaxed and happy four years. Yet, because of Tengda, Pei Qian had been extremely busy. He could go and have fun after graduation? As for how much more Tengda Corporation earned, that was a matter for the future. Pei Qians goal would basically be achieved as long as he could earn 15 million yuan. Whether he wanted to think about losing money in the future he would think about it. Ma Yang nodded. Since you say that, Brother Qian, Ill consider resting for a year as well. After all, as someone my age, I think Im successful enough. Pei Qian quickly raised his hand. No, Old Ma, you cannot rest. You are the trusted aide of Tengda Corporation, the light of hope for Tengda Corporation! I can rest because Tengda Corporation will not have much impact without me. However, you cannot rest. Tengda Corporation will have huge problems in minutes without you! Pei Qian was telling the truth. As Boss Peis most trusted person in the entire Tengda Corporation, how could Old Ma rest? Once he rested, wouldnt the entire Tengda Corporation continue flying forward like a wild dog? Thus, out of selfishness, Pei Qian hoped that Old Ma could continue to stay and shine for Tengda Corporation. At the very least, that would reduce the pressure on him to incur losses. A smile appeared on Ma Yangs long face as he said happily, Alright, on account that Brother Qian values me so much, I wont rest anymore. Ill continue to shine for Tengda. Pei Qian felt comforted. The two of them chatted briefly. Pei Qian opened the Aili Island website and prepared to watch a drama. Ma Yang opened the webpage and began reading the news online. Suddenly, Ma Yang pointed at a webpage and said, Eh? Brother Qian, look! A video was posted by Home Take-Out. It looks like its targeting us! Pei Qians eyes lit up. Eh? Could it be that Home Take-Out had finally thought of a way to fight back? Some time ago, the anti-Tengda Alliance had suffered consecutive defeats in the gaming field, Haofeng Fitness, and live-stream. That made Pei Qian very worried for them. He was afraid that they would not be able to recover. One had to know that there was still more than half a year to this settlement cycle! However, from the looks of it now, the anti-Tengda Alliance did not seem to be overwhelmed by such setbacks. Instead, they attacked in more fields! Previously, even though the residential takeaway had been taken by surprise by the dismantling of the plan of the person-in-charge, the dismantling of the plan of the person-in-charge had some preliminary components after all. There was no detailed data as support. The take-out business should have recovered by now and wanted to fight back! Pei Qian quickly clicked on the video of the take-out website. He was filled with anticipation to see what they would say. The first half of the video looked ordinary. It was nothing more than choosing a few more representative young men, deeply interviewing their lives, emphasizing their fighting for life, optimistic and positive side. The remuneration of these young men were also roughly mentioned in the program. In the big city, the highest among these young men could even get a monthly salary of more than 15,000 yuan. This was a rather generous level for ordinary manual laborers. Whats more, the show emphasized the performance of the delivery men when they were distributing the orders. He ran all the way and paid attention to efficiency. He knew the various routes in the vicinity very well when he was delivering. He would deliver more orders at the same time. Every order was not out of time. The entire delivery process made it difficult for people not to raise their thumbs up and exclaim the outstanding performance of these delivery men. It could also be seen from the reaction of the bullet screen comments. At first, many people hate take-out and sent negative bullet screen comments. However, these people were convinced by the exciting performance of the delivery man! Chapter 1569 - Thesis Chapter 1569 Thesis Every industry has its own merits. Thats right. The delivery man is really awesome to be able to deliver food to this extent. His hardwork is worthy of the salary of more than ten thousand yuan a month. It might be physical work but it is much more comfortable than working in the factory and construction site. It is no wonder that there are so many delivery men. This industry is indeed profitable. I think some deliverymen complain that their salary is low, but they are actually inefficient. Look at the delivery men. Cant they get a salary of more than ten thousand yuan a month? Thats much higher than the salary of many white-collar workers. However, there are many prerequisites to obtain so much money. So what if there are many prerequisites? If others can do it, you cant. Isnt that because youre not efficient? Food delivery is indeed making money, but its not a place to raise lazy people. You cant increase your efficiency if youre lazy. You dont provide better service to customers. Of course, you make less money. Many viewers were impressed by the delivery mens exciting performance. They even envied them. After all, many peoples salaries were not even as high as those delivery men. The last segment was the main focus after introducing the daily work of these delivery men. The staff who recorded the program asked the delivery men a few questions. One of the questions was whether they were willing to rest more. For example, they had to rest for 10 minutes after accumulating deliveries for an hour to prevent over-exhaustion. Alternatively, they could agree on a single limit every day. If they exceed this limit, they would not be able to accept more orders. Or perhaps there was a rule that no more than 10 units could be received at the same time. He had thought that this would reduce the burden on the delivery guys but he did not expect the delivery guys to object unanimously. Of course not. Why did you do that? Did such a rule consider our feelings? We dont need to rest. We just want to earn money. Rest for 10 minutes and well earn less money. I can take 15 orders at a time now. If you forcefully reduce it to 10 orders, what about the remaining five orders? Thats right. The development of such rules cannot be just a slap in the head. You have to consider it from our perspective. All the delivery men were unanimously against these opinions. There might be no clear statement of the specific views in this video but the take-out could still be in the comments section. It could guide public opinion by expressing some obviously inclined comments. Such public opinion was concentrated in two aspects. First, emphasize that the food delivery industry was an industry that worked a lot. The hard work of the delivery men were their own choices. Even if the food delivery platform wanted to lower the requirements of the delivery men and ask them to accept fewer orders, the delivery men would not accept it. Second, emphasize that the take-out platform had already given many subsidies to the delivery men, businessmen, and customers. Otherwise, it would be impossible to achieve the high salary of the delivery men and the cheap delivery fees of the platform. This argument was similar to what Shengyun Express had said previously. They only needed three yuan to deliver the goods from merchants to their homes. What were they not satisfied with? Werent these cheap delivery fees and the cornerstone of the delivery guys high income all created by the platform of home delivery? This was obviously a counterattack to the previous person-in-charges talk about dismantling the take-out routine. Whats more, the effect was not bad. That was because such comments were indeed confusing! Coupled with the attitude of the seller in the video, it looked more convincing. Whats more, everyone knew that most of the other delivery men had the same attitude. They only worked as delivery men to earn money. If they limited their number of orders and working hours, they would have a lot of opinions. Pei Qian looked at Ma Yang. Old Ma, what do you think of this video? Old Ma scratched his head. I think theres a problem somewhere, but I cant put my finger on it. Pei Qian nodded slightly. He saw more than Old Ma and could roughly explain some things. However, he did not intend to deal with take-out for the time being because the current take-out platform was still a relatively positive and healthy platform. These internet innovation platforms might have had a series of negative effects after forming a monopoly position, but they were still positive and improved under the current situation. It was just like the impact that the online appointment platform had on the taxi industry. All sorts of problems would appear after the platform monopolized it, but it had indeed facilitated the industry at the beginning. It integrated the needs and had a lot of meaning to improve. Many things had to be looked at from two angles. They had to be honest, objective, and fair. Of course, these words from home delivery could not withstand investigation. Once they were serious, they would realize that there were various problems behind it. On one hand, his merits could not be contradicted. He had contributed. He could not deny the objective problems of the platform. On the other hand, even if these platforms made some progress, it could not stop more outstanding platforms from replacing them. However, Pei Qian felt that there was no need to completely kill these platforms now. He could let them be active for a while more. The fight against the Tengda Alliance gave Pei Qian some hope. It was not only Pei Qians hope, but also the entire industrys hope. Through this battle of public opinion, everyone would be able to understand the tricks and understand the problems more clearly. Only then could it guide the industry in the right direction. Was Tengdas principle indisputable? Could Tengda always be right? Of course, Pei Qian did not think so. In fact, Pei Qian felt that the person-in-charge was saying that this segment was a little too smooth. Every time he dismantled a plot, he would be welcomed by ordinary people. This influence was actually a double-edged sword. There was danger. Pei Qian hoped that ordinary people could also listen to other opinions and think independently to judge something. Whether it was right or wrong, they would not completely follow Tengda. Alright, thats all for today. Im going back to rest. Pei Qian stood up and prepared to leave. April 21st, Sunday night. Yu Pingan finally ended his work for the day and said goodbye to Master Li. Master Li raised his thumb and praised him. Not bad, young man. Youve been getting more and more efficient over the past few days. I believe youll be able to graduate soon! I really didnt expect a literary person like you to be able to do this job. Your perseverance is commendable. Yu Pingan shook his head in shame. Ai, no, Master Li. Im still far from you. Master Li smiled. Familiarity begets skill. Most of the time, you would feel around and squeeze it out. The more urgent you are about money, the faster the delivery would be. According to my observations, you should not be short of money. Its not easy for you to experience life in the lower level. Yu Pingan did not want to explain anything. He nodded. Thank you for your care recently, Master Li. I wont be coming tomorrow. Yu Pingan was only a deliveryman for the residential takeaways. He was not considered a fixed authorization. Whats more, his main job was still at Fish-Catching Take-Out. He had to work normally from Monday to Friday. He could only experience the home takeaways when he was free on Saturday and Sunday. Fish-Catching Take-Outs delivery men had a five-day working system. They took two days off a week. It might not be on a certain day. Yu Pingan was here to experience life on the lower level after all. Thus, he received some care in this area and arranged for his break over the weekend. Yu Pingan was walking back on his scooter. He was still thinking about the hard work he had put in over the past two days when he suddenly looked up and met a familiar face. Eh, isnt that Teacher Wang? Yu Pingan stopped his electric car, and so did the other party. Both of them were wearing take-out clothes from home. They looked at each other, feeling like they were looking into the mirror. Yu Pingan was a little surprised. Teacher Wang, didnt you say that you wanted to write a thesis about take-out? Then you are Teacher Wang smiled. I have to write a thesis, and the thesis is about to be written. I will only have a say after in-depth investigation. I deliver food during the day and write the thesis at night. Yu Pingan suddenly understood. I said that I would share the life of a food deliveryman with you and help you write your thesis. I didnt expect you to do it yourself! Teacher Wang was a young lecturer at Handong University who taught sociology. He was also a cooperative lecturer with the application and Bunny Tail Live-Stream. He had many unique views on social issues. Teacher Wang took out his cell phone to see Yu Pingan talk about the thesis. Look, my thesis is almost completed. This is the abstract of the thesis. Yu Pingan took the cell phone and saw the title of the thesis: Labor Order Under Digital Control. The subtitle went in the direction of the thesis: Labor Controllers Research. From the summary, this thesis was researched from the perspective of organization technology and science technology, the labor process of selling external cavalry. The platform company seemed to have given up direct management of the cavalry but it was actually to dilute the responsibilities of the employer. The labor conflict was also correspondingly transferred to the platform system and consumers. Digital control was upgraded from a physical computer equipment to a virtual software and data platform system. The data results were reflected in the hands of the cavalry, making the labor order possible. Digital control not only weakened the sense of resistance of the cavalry, but also ate up the space for them to exert their autonomy. It also made them participate in the management of themselves unknowingly. Thus, the means of capital control not only changed from authoritarian to hegemony, but also from physical to virtual. After reading the summary briefly, Yu Pingans first impression was that it was very deep and difficult to understand. However, he believed that he could at least answer half of his confusion by thinking about this thesis carefully. Yu Pingan had also seen the video that was sold outside. He vaguely felt that this video seemed to have deliberately muddled certain problems and caused some mistakes to the audience. However, Yu Pingan was not sure where the mistakes were from the surface of the video. Especially what the delivery guy had said. It could really express the voices of basic practitioners who desperately wanted to make money. Even Yu Pingan himself had some doubts. Could Fish-Catching Take-Outs model and home delivery model actually co-exist? Fish-Catching Take-Outs delivery guys were indeed much more blissful than those from Home Take-Out. That was because their work was guaranteed, their working hours and working environment were also relatively guaranteed. However, Fish-Catching Take-Out could not possibly eat all the delivery men after all. Whats more, this model could not be applicable to all the merchants. Shengyun Corporation had been suppressed by Upwind Logistics because Shengyun Corporation had indeed aroused public anger. Everyone knew that he was ugly. It was the same for Home Corporations rental business. That was because these two companies had more or less occupied the market, so they did not restrain themselves. However, take-out was different. It had not occupied a true dominance after all. Many rules were still more conscientious. There were even some delivery men who had feelings for this platform. After all, delivery on this platform was far more profitable than in factories or construction sites. Who would go against money? Under such circumstances, winning the battle of public opinion was not as simple as Lu Mingliang wanted to do at that time. Home Take-Out also seized this point and counterattacked on public opinion. It would be very difficult without some professional theoretical support. Yu Pingan might be an ordinary delivery man but he still had the mentality of a person-in-charge. He hoped that Fish-Catching Take-Out would win from the bottom of his heart. Yu Pingan said to Teacher Wang, Teacher Wang, once this thesis is out, you must publish a special column on the Useful App. At the same time, go to Bunny Tail Live-Stream to give us a good lecture! Teacher Wang nodded. Of course. Chapter 1570 - If One Has No Farsightedness, There Will Be Buried Next! Chapter 1570 If One Has No Farsightedness, There Will Be Buried Next! April 22nd, Monday. Shanghai, Shengyun Corporation. Nie Yunsheng looked at the comments below the video and smiled in satisfaction. The video had achieved such a enthusiastic response. It had already achieved initial success. It had even exceeded Nie Yunshengs expectations. That meant that the plan given by the think tank was still useful! To put it bluntly, this plan was to work hard to push a hat onto Tengdas head. Why not eat minced meat. Tengda Corporation had indeed achieved success in many fields and conducted many innovations in business models. There was no doubt about that. However, many of Tengdas measures were actually more idealistic in the eyes of ordinary people. Now, the war between the Tengda Alliance and the Tengda Alliance, especially the war of public opinion, was concentrated in the basic industries, such as express delivery, rental apartments, take-out platforms, and so on. The main characteristics of these industries were that the situation was complicated. Many problems could not be solved in a one-size-fits-all manner. Instead, they had to be analyzed in detail. In many cases, solutions had to be filled with compromise. Take the take-out platform for example. Customers hoped that the delivery fees would be as low as possible, and the faster the delivery, the better. The delivery men hoped to send more orders to make more money. It was not easy for the platform to coordinate the demands of both sides. Under such circumstances, emphasizing the benefits of the delivery men on the one hand would definitely increase the delivery fees and extend the delivery time. In other words, it would affect efficiency to a certain extent and customers interests. In the short term, this conflict was irreversible. After all, there was no such black technology as drone delivery. He still had to rely on the delivery men to run errands. All sorts of problems would arise as long as it was an economic event that happened between humans. Fish-Catching Take-Out might have dismantled the tactics of the take-out platform but Fish-Catching Take-Out only solved this problem by investing a lot of money and forcefully increasing the benefits of the delivery men. However, not every platform had such generous conditions like Fish-Catching Take-Out. Were these platforms not fit to survive? Did these consumers not have the right to enjoy take-out services within the scope that Fish-Catching Take-Out did not cover? Therefore, Home Take-Out seized on these problems and tried all ways and means to label Fish-Catching Take-Out as not eating minced meat. As long as this was successful, the existence of home take-out would be reasonable. It might not be a complete victory in the battle of public opinion, but it would at least completely guard its position and the ability to divide the market with Fish-Catching Take-Out. From the looks of it, the video had achieved the desired effect! The attitude of the delivery men especially triggered many deliverymen. In the comments section, everyone basically recognized that delivery men were an industry that could work hard to get rich. They had indeed obtained far more remuneration than other physical labour through the home delivery platform. As for Fish-Catching Take-Outs delivery guys, they were treated better but it was impossible for Fish-Catching Take-Out to eat up the entire industrys labor. Most people still recognized and needed take-out to supplement the entire takeaway industry. If this move can work, other industries can also promote it, especially the express delivery industry. Upwind Logistics is indeed better than Shengyun Corporation in many aspects. However, as long as this method proves that Shengyun Corporation is an indispensable segment of the entire market, the pressure of public opinion would be greatly reduced! Nie Yunsheng seemed to see the light and hope of Shengyun Express turning the tables from home delivery! Just as Nie Yunsheng was feeling excited about this hope and dawn, he heard an urgent knock on his office door. The Vice-President rushed in. Boss Nie, Fish-Catching Take-Out is launching a counterattack! Nie Yunsheng was stunned. So fast? He was a little surprised because the video of Fish-Catching Take-Out had only been released for two days. How could Fish-Catching Take-Out respond so quickly? However, on further thought, Tengda Alliance had always been known for its foresight and efficiency. Perhaps Boss Pei had predicted that Home Take-Out would counterattack in public opinion, so he had made a plan in advance. Nie Yunsheng did not dare to be negligent. He quickly asked, Is the person-in-charge talking about the segment again? Did the person-in-charge personally go down or likes and shares other netizens videos? The Vice-President shook his head. Neither! This time, a young lecturer in sociology from Handong University analyzed the model of home take-out through a thesis! Not only that, Fish-Catching Take-Outs official platform released a lot of video information on Bunny Tail Live-Stream and Aili Islands website. It described the experience of this young lecturer and some Fish-Catching Take-Out employees when they entered the home take-out business! The thesis also provides a lot of information. I havent read it carefully, but it gives people a feeling that its amazing. Nie Yunsheng was shocked. He asked in disbelief, A young lecturer in the Sociology Department? The Vice-President nodded. Thats right. I heard that this young lecturer seems to have been working with the knowledge board of Useful App and Bunny Tail Live-Stream. He himself is in this field. This time, he must have spent a lot of effort to be a low-level deliveryman at home take-out and experience life. Thats why he could gather so much information! Nie Yunsheng was speechless. It could even be done this way? It was really impossible to guard against everything! The anti-Tengda Alliance had not had the upper hand since the start of this public opinion war. What was even scarier was that they did not even know who to fight in this public opinion war! At the beginning, the people in charge of Tengda Corporation ended up dead. After that, the heads of the various departments went to the lower levels. The substitute person-in-charge personally rolled up his sleeves and went into battle. After the substitute person-in-charge stopped playing, it aroused the enthusiasm of netizens to participate. The big shots in various industries went down one after another and forcefully continued the person-in-charges speech. Now, even a young lecturer in a university had ended up writing a thesis to analyze! The battle of public opinion continued to escalate, catching Nie Yunsheng and the bosses of the anti-Tengda Alliance off guard. That was because he would kill enemies from different fields every time. How should he guard against it? He had to know his enemy first! Nie Yunsheng immediately switched on his computer and checked the young lecturers live-stream. He could not believe it. Could it be that this young lecturer could really dismantle the latest trick of Home Take-Out and take off the hat that was not minced meat on Tengdas head? In Teacher Wangs live-stream, Nie Yunsheng realized that this young lecturer had actually written a serious thesis. The PDF format of this thesis could be downloaded at will. It was hung in a noticeable location in the live-stream! Nie Yunsheng quickly downloaded the thesis and opened it. Teacher Wangs thesis was written in a deep and complicated manner. A certain amount of knowledge was needed to understand it. This was enough to prove that the thesis was very professional. It had been seriously inspected and studied. Teacher Wang was still explaining the deeper meaning of this thesis to everyone in the knowledge area of Bunny Tail Live-Stream considering that the audiences understanding of the live-stream was different. The discussion in the live-stream was intense. Many people were already questioning Teacher Wangs research results in the live-stream. The most important voice of doubt came from the video released by the delivery man, which was the voice of the delivery man. First, take-out was an industry that worked a lot. The delivery guys worked hard to take on more orders and sent more orders just to obtain better income. This was the take-out guys initiative. It was very inhumane to forcefully reduce their working hours. Secondly, take-out was an up-and-coming industry that provided convenience to everyone. If the delivery men wanted to make more money, customers wanted a faster and cheaper service platform. In order to satisfy the requirements of the delivery men and customers at the same time, they would definitely make some seemingly unreasonable rules. That was inevitable. The title of Teacher Wangs thesis was the labor order under the control of numbers. It mainly analyzed the platform companies weakening the resistance consciousness of the cavalry through digital control, taking away their space to exert autonomy, forcing them to participate in their own management process without realizing, and criticizing the platforms behavior. This position seemed to be on the same side as Tengda Corporation. It felt like they were not feasting on minced meat. Naturally, it aroused some doubts. Teacher Wang seemed to be prepared for this. He began to patiently answer the questions of the audience in the live-stream. I completely understand everyones doubts and doubts. Many people think that Im only questioning the model of Home Take-Out. Ive also analyzed the current conflict between the take-out platform, cavalry, businessmen, and users. However, everyone thinks that there is no solution to this conflict at the moment, and my doubts are not constructive. I want to emphasize here that this is not the case. In fact, Fish-Catching Take-Out has been investigating the correct solution. The current model of home delivery might look like the best choice under conflict, but it is essentially avoiding conflict and neglecting conflict. In the future, these conflicts will still explode! Thats why I want everyone to think about something. As the saying goes, one who does not have far-reaching worries must have near worries. Well discuss and consider the possible problems in similar internet innovation industries now. Is that considered too early to say? Are these conflicts still in their embryonic state and have not surfaced, so we can completely ignore them? Of course not! The mistake of home delivery is to emphasize ones contribution to society and jobs on the surface but cover up the conflict and describe this conflict as an unsolvable conflict to guide public opinion. However, I think that this conflict can be resolved. The reason why it looks unsolvable is because capital seeks to appreciate and maximize benefits. Social responsibility is not the priority. The person-in-charge of Fish-Catching Take-Out had already analyzed the chaos on the outside. At the same time, Home Take-Out offers a different view. Today, I want to raise the height of the discussion a little based on these two views. I want everyone to be able to analyze the problems brought by the continuous development of internet platform companies. Also, is there a reasonable solution to this problem? Chapter 1571 - Taking Precautions Chapter 1571 Taking Precautions Anyone with discerning eyes would be able to tell that the battle of public opinion between Fish-Catching Take-Out and Home Take-Out had obviously been upgraded! Fish-Catching Take-Out was the first to revolt, dismantling the basic tactics of the entire take-out platform. It was just like how he analyzed Home Corporation and Shengyun Corporation back then. He analyzed that the foreign selling platform was actually playing the role of a middleman. They were doing the same thing. The food delivery platform was constantly squeezing the interests of the delivery men, businessmen, and customers, taking away their market share. That caused the entire companys market value to expand until it finally evolved into a giant company. Of course, during this expanding process, platform companies were also creating value. Its data algorithm and resource integration ability were the main value of its creation for society. From this point alone, platform companies did have their own meaning. The development of the entire industry would only have huge side effects when the benefits it obtained far exceed the value it created and the platform became an exploitative intermediary. The counterattack of home delivery was based on reality. In reality, take-out platforms had not reached a monopoly position, so the value that they were creating now was greater than the actual benefits. m Since the existence of the take-out platform at the moment was still a more positive image, Fish-Catching Take-Outs previous revolt might have predicted the future negative effects of the take-out platform but it was not convincing enough at the moment. According to the delivery guys explanation, Home Take-Out had verified their business model to a certain extent. It was understood and supported by the delivery guys and businessmen! It weakened Fish-Catching Take-Outs publicity to a certain extent. On the other hand, Teacher Wangs thesis had to look at this problem from a higher perspective. It had to allow the two sides to compete! Teacher Wang had gathered a lot of data and information when he was writing this thesis. Thus, he was already very confident about some doubts of the audience in the live-stream. First, I want to answer the first question. The delivery guys are unanimously against reducing the number of delivery men and working hours. They want to earn more money. Does this mean that the model of home delivery guys is popular among the delivery guys? Of course not! In fact, in the past, factory owners had already grasped a similar method in some factories that exploited labor. They would set a very low basic salary for the workers and calculate the bulk of the additional income on overtime. That way, the workers could only work overtime desperately in order to earn more money. That was because they would not be able to earn money if they did not work overtime! If you tell the workers at this time to prohibit overtime from tomorrow, the workers will definitely protest enthusiastically! Are they objecting to not working overtime? No! They are actually objecting to low pay. This trick is actually very easy to see through because the platform companies deliberately lowered their basic salary to a minimum or even zero level! At the same time, they directly linked the profits of the delivery men with the volume of delivery. That indeed stimulated the work enthusiasm of the delivery men, but it gradually modified the delivery men into emotionless tools! Thats why its hard to guarantee the lives of the delivery guys. They fight for the bill not because they are willing to exchange their lives for money, but because the company deliberately set it up so that they have no choice! When some friends hear this, they might think of a second problem. That is, when customers request for fast delivery and low delivery fees, and the delivery guys want to make more money, is it wrong for the platform to set the policy to satisfy both sides? am The moment Teacher Wang threw out his question, the audience in the live-stream immediately began to discuss enthusiastically. Thats right. Was the platform wrong? If you dont do that, how can you guarantee a low delivery fee? This is an unsolvable problem. You cant just raise the problem and not propose a solution, right? I think the plan that the platform is offering now is not unacceptable. How can you say that? Its unreasonable for take-out platforms to forcefully lower the delivery fee in order to seize the market. The delivery fee should return to its original value! Many customers feel that they are enjoying the low-priced delivery fees now, so they are not concerned about this phenomenon! Then, may I ask, once the take-out platform seizes the market by burning money as subsidies, what will you choose when the delivery fee is greatly increased and the profits are recovered? Seeing that everyone was discussing more and more intensely, Teacher Wang answered in a timely manner, To solve the problem, we are not standing in our own positions and talking to ourselves. We have to consider everything on the whole! We cannot mindlessly stand on the platform and shout just because we are consumers and have taken advantage of the low distribution fees! We have to clearly understand how to maintain our long-term benefits! For the platform, they should indeed earn profits. However, this portion of profits should be generated by innovative services that integrate resources. They should not use the advantage of monopoly and information difference to squeeze merchants, consumers, and delivery men dry! For the delivery guys, the platform cannot squeeze their limits through various algorithms! Let them violate the traffic rules and run the red lights. Let them be like a delivery machine, not caring about their lives and increasing the efficiency of delivery! We should provide assurance for them and reasonably plan their working hours so that they can obtain relatively generous salary treatment under the normal working intensity! From the perspective of consumers, we cannot monopolize the customer resources with low distribution fees first. Then, we have to increase the distribution fees before earning back the money. Instead, we have to maintain the distribution fees in a reasonable value range. A platform can only be considered a perfect platform if all parties interests are coordinated. On the one hand, emphasizing each sides difficulties without touching the distribution of benefits would be confusing! At the moment, Home Take-Out looks like its doing well, but there are already many problems within. May I ask the viewers in the live-stream, are you used to not caring when the problem does not appear? Or are you used to taking precautions and have already thought of a solution before the problem appears? Teacher Wang threw the question out. Without waiting for the audience in the live-stream to answer, he continued, In my thesis, we are mainly discussing the problems that might happen in the future when the industry develops. Big Data and programming algorithms can indeed greatly increase work efficiency, but there is a limit to such efficiency. Before reaching this limit, efficiency should be prioritized. After exceeding this limit, security should be prioritized for efficiency. The current big data and program algorithm can squeeze the delivery guys without limit to improve efficiency, but it cannot provide assurance for the delivery guys! This point is the biggest difference between Fish-Catching Take-Out and Home Take-Out! Teacher Wang used the case study in the thesis and the specific data to prove his point of view immediately after that. He completely refuted the two directions of the attack by the home delivery man. It was reasonable and logical. Apart from the cold data interpretation, many of Teacher Wangs own true feelings were added. Hard work paid off. In order to write this thesis, Teacher Wang became a delivery man. He experienced the mood of the delivery man during his busy and difficult work. The things he wrote were naturally very convincing. He could feel that under the programs big data algorithm, he had been transformed from an ordinary worker into a tool to continuously deliver food. This change was obviously mismatched. It was the result of the lack of care for humanities. If this kind of humanities care continued to be lacking for a long time, as time went by, customers would only care about the speed of delivery and the price of delivery. In order to earn more money, express delivery men would take the initiative to accept this mutation. Then, this problem would only become more and more serious. It might never be resolved. As for the platform, they were more willing to turn the delivery guys into tools and machines for delivery. However, Fish-Catching Take-Out was taking a completely different path. Through the most basic benefit security and rules, a bottom line was set for efficiency improvement. Within this bottom line was the continuous optimization program algorithm to increase the delivery efficiency. This bottom line was never allowed to be exceeded. This bottom line was the working time, basic salary, benefits security, and so on of the delivery men. Fish-Catching Take-Outs operating model might have increased the cost to a certain extent but it was clear at a glance which operating model had a better future as long as it was compared to the home take-out model! If he were to calculate according to the operating model of home delivery, in order to pursue higher profits in the future, the platform would definitely continue to squeeze the delivery men and businessmen unrestrictedly through the big data algorithm. It would gradually cause the entire industry to be extremely internal. The delivery men were suffering hard, and the quality of the food that ordinary customers ate would decrease! On the other hand, Fish-Catching Take-Out would be able to maintain the healthy development of the industry as long as it stuck to its original bottom line! Previously, when Rui Yuchen raised this argument in the video, it did not resonate widely because of the lack of theoretical support. Home Take-Out could still seize the opportunity to confuse others through some methods. However, Teacher Wangs analysis obviously provided theoretical support for Rui Yuchens deduction! It pointed out the fundamental difference between Fish-Catching Take-Out and Fish-Catching Take-Out. It also pointed out a necessary path for healthy development in the industry. A company that only paid attention to efficiency and algorithms but completely ignored the care of humanities and escaped social responsibility looked like the so-called internet innovation on the surface, but in fact, it was exploiting through the latest technology and a more advanced method. In the future, such a company would definitely be abandoned by society! I didnt expect that Tengda would have such a method. Such a professional analysis and support of the thesis data Alright, Boss Pei, you win again. Nie Yunshengs expression was dark. The more he watched the live-stream, the more he felt that the situation was not good. He realized that the attempt by the take-out team to salvage the situation through the battle of public opinion had completely failed! Tengda Corporation and Boss Pei seemed to be able to predict the future. They put down a huge obstacle in the direction of the escape of the Tengda Alliance in advance and blocked their way. However, he was not scared. Teacher Wangs thesis might have provided theoretical support for Rui Yuchens previous judgment and beautifully won this public opinion battle, causing the situation that Home Take-Out had painstakingly reversed to be instantly thrown back. However, this was not unacceptable to Nie Yunsheng. This battle of public opinion had only failed in the field of home delivery. They had lost a food delivery platform battlefield. Nie Yunsheng had other battlefields. The biggest problem now was that this thesis had expanded the battle of public opinion from now to the future! Before this, the public opinion war between Tengda Corporation and the anti-Tengda alliance was still a problem at hand. For example, Upwind Logistics in the express delivery industry could completely suppress Shengyun Corporation because Shengyun Corporation had already established a market advantage in the express delivery industry and made some ugly operations. That was why Upwind Logistics took advantage of them and beat them up. After the failure of the express delivery industry, Nie Yunsheng was certain of something That was: If the anti-Tengda Alliance wanted to turn the tables in the battle of public opinion, they could only choose to compete with Tengda in the more advantageous industry of home take-out. That was because Home Take-Out had not done anything that looked ugly. The image of it in the eyes of all consumers was still alright. However, Boss Pei understood their intentions once again and brought the battlefield of public opinion from now to the future! If this continued, the underpants of companies like the anti-Tengda Alliance would be completely torn off. The chances of winning would be greatly reduced, even infinitely close to zero! That was because the companies under the anti-Tengda Alliance had one thing in common. Their goal to develop and grow was to form an industry monopoly in the future and become a huge business giant! At the very least, most consumers trusted Tengda more than the other companies that were against Tengda. Once this expectation was made public, the last breakthrough point of the anti-Tengda Alliance in the battle of public opinion would also be blocked! Chapter 1572 - Return Of The Dead Chen Kangtuo! Chapter 1572 Return Of The Dead Chen Kangtuo! Nie Yunsheng thought about the upcoming failure and closed the live-stream sulkily. He briefly looked at the netizens discussions in the comments section. Indeed, what worried him happened! The netizens discussions were not limited to the operating model of the two companies, Home Take-Out and Fish-Catching Take-Out, nor were they limited to the take-out industry. Instead, they expanded further along the thought process of this thesis to the entire internet platform industry! This thesis is too deep. It gives me inspiration! These internet companies are all the same! Thats right. On the surface, it looks like Home Take-Out is different from Shengyun Corporation. The former is more conscientious than the latter, but in fact, they are only at different stages. They are basically birds of a feather! The home delivery man has been emphasizing the demands of the customers and delivery guys, but he has removed his identity as the leader of the platform and cut off his responsibilities. This method is exactly the same as what Shengyun Express did to the delivery guys back then! The delivery guys requested for more orders and took the initiative to work more hours. At the end of the day, it was because there were not enough benefits. On the other hand, the platform did not solve this problem for them on the basis of earning enough benefits. They even created the illusion that the delivery guys were working hard to get rich. Thats too much! If the platform only knew how to find various objective reasons but did not personally solve the problem, what would the meaning of the platforms existence be? It deserved to be replaced by an even better platform! Thats right! Fish-Catching Take-Out can do better than take-out. Its a healthier operating model! Im willing to pay a certain proportion of take-out fees for every meal to support the take-out industry to develop in a longer term and healthier direction! Actually, Fish-Catching Take-Outs delivery price is not much higher than that of home delivery! As for why, Rui Yuchen had already explained it before. On one hand, Fish-Catching Take-Out did not have the requirement of earning high profits. On the other hand, it was also because they had cleared the food and delivery segment. Thus, they could use the profits of the food and beverage to subsidize a portion of the delivery. If not for Teacher Wangs live-stream, I would not have thought about the future of the industry. If we consider the problems that will definitely happen in the future, Fish-Catching Take-Outs operating model would obviously be a more mature and stable model! On the other hand, the operating model of take-out in the residential area can also create a take-out platform with a wide coverage. However, as it continues to develop, the conflict between the delivery men and the businessmen will definitely continue to highlight. It would be difficult to think of a solution then! If one does not have far-reaching considerations, there will be near worries. I support Tengda Corporation and Fish-Catching Take-Out! Nie Yunsheng looked at these comments and closed the webpage in dejection. The Vice-President noticed Nie Yunshengs change in emotions and asked softly, Boss Nie, what should we do next? Nie Yunsheng closed his eyes for a moment and said, Pause it. We cant continue fighting! This battle of public opinion was obviously disadvantageous for him! As the content of the debate deepened, the operating model of both sides were deeply analyzed and publicized. On the surface, the companies under the anti-Tengda Alliance looked like they were fighting back. However, they were actually constantly generating popularity to attract the netizens attention and provide new material for the public opinion war in the Tengda Alliance. In other words, both sides might win and lose during the battle of public opinion. However, as the battle progressed, the situation would lean towards Tengda! The war would gradually develop from a war of public opinion between Tengda Corporation and the anti-Tengda alliance into a war of rights and security between all ordinary consumers and these internet companies giants. During this process, ordinary consumers, practitioners, and even social scholars would participate in and discuss these problems that would definitely happen in the future! For a company that was opposing Tengda Alliance, the best way was to be a coward and not express any attitude towards this! That was because their business model could not afford to be dug deeper. More words meant more mistakes. If he said more, he would be worse off! Damn it, I nearly fell into Boss Peis trap again! Nie Yunsheng realized that he probably could not go down the road of public opinion for the time being After several rounds of public opinion battles, the anti-Tengda Alliance thought that they could regain their lost land. In the end, they lost even more badly each time. The Vice-President saw that Nie Yunshengs expression was not good. He asked carefully, Boss Nie, are we really going to stop? However, once we give up on public opinion, it would be extremely difficult to snatch it back in the future! Once the trend stabilized and formed a stereotype in the netizens hearts, we might not have any chance to turn the tables! Nie Yunsheng pondered for a moment and said, Well temporarily adopt a defensive stance next month. Well observe Pei Qians strategy and re-organize the resources that the anti-Tengda Alliance has. Pei Qian is full of tricks. If we take the initiative to attack, we might fall into his trap! We might as well do the opposite! Lets hold on for a while and see what Pei Qians movements are like. Its also considered pretending to be defeated. Lets see if we can make Pei Qian careless. If Pei Qian or the person-in-charge of Tengda Corporation get carried away by victory and do something irrational, we can find an opportunity to counterattack! As for the battle of public opinion of course, we have to continue fighting, but we cannot fight such a battle that we are not confident in. I have to find an excellent breakthrough point to consider the battle of public opinion! The Vice-President quickly nodded and contacted the person-in-charge of the other companies. Nie Yunshengs fingers made a regular sound on the table. He reviewed his many battles with Tengda Corporation in his heart. He was deeply shocked by Pei Qians magical calculations and tricks. What can I do to defeat this terrifying opponent? Nie Yunsheng fell into deep thought. It was not easy for outsiders to think that it was not easy to win against Tengda so many times. However, the more Nie Yunsheng fought, the clearer he felt that Tengda was so powerful that it was invincible. May 6th, Monday. This years May Day holiday was a little strange. On the surface, it looked like five days had been released. However, the two days in the middle were broken. How could anyone tolerate that? Pei Qian immediately waved his hand and gave the weekends to his employees. That made it a real seven-day long holiday. He would only officially start work on May 6th. As Tengda Corporation expanded, the system became less and less concerned about one or two days of leave. Pei Qian could take leave without following the legal holidays. Often, the system would turn a blind eye as long as he did not go overboard. It was the first day of work after the long holiday. Pei Qian sat in his office, thinking about his work plan for next month. At that moment, a knock on the door interrupted his thoughts. Two faces entered the office: Chen Kangtuo and Min Jingchao! Two months had passed since the two of them suffered. It was considered a rebirth. Both of them had lost some weight after rebirth. Their skins had also become tanner, but their spirits had obviously improved. They exuded vigorous vitality and vitality from head to toe. After the two of them ended their Suffering Travels, they followed Pei Qians instructions to look for him. However, the Suffering Travels happened to be in time for a long holiday. Thus, the two of them only came to him after the long holiday ended. Pei Qian looked at Min Jingchaos change and patted his shoulder gratefully. Youve worked hard. Come, take a seat! Chen Kangtuo felt sour in his heart seeing that Pei Qian did not intend to greet him. Why was Boss Pei so good to Min Jingchao? Chen Kangtuo did not know that the reason why he and Min Jingchao went on a torturous trip was completely different. Pei Qian did not notice the change in Chen Kangtuos expression. He casually asked, How does Suffering Travels feel? Both of them smiled angrily and politely. Actually, its alright. Im quite inspired! Chen Kangtuo said through gritted teeth. Min Jingchao forced a smile. My colleagues at Sun Strike Studios gave me good reviews and I strongly hope that Boss Zhou can experience it personally! However, Ive been paying attention to the battle of public opinion in Tengda ever since I left from the torturous trip. I didnt expect the battle of public opinion to be so beautiful! Boss Pei really did everything in his power to block every move of the anti-Tengda Alliance! Especially in the food delivery industry, he managed to suppress the take-out industry with his advanced judgment! Chen Kangtuo agreed. Yes, Im also very excited. Its a pity that I was held back by Suffering Travels and could not come back to help! Otherwise, I will definitely be the first to kill my way over and turn the anti-Tengda Alliance upside down! Their comments made Pei Qian fall silent. For some reason, he felt like he had missed something Battle of public opinion? Thats not right, right? Didnt the person-in-charge say that the segment had been stopped a long time ago? Where was the public opinion war? Their information was really lagged. Pei Qian did not know that he was the one whose information was lagging behind The thesis on the internet had instantly ignited netizens discussions about take-out and other industries, but this popularity was mainly concentrated on the knowledge board of Useful App and Bunny Tail Live-Stream. There were many people discussing on other forums as well, but it was a pity that they were not within Pei Qians scope of attention. Pei Qians focus had gone off track, so he did not understand why Min Jingchao and Chen Kangtuo were so excited. He thought that they had been cut off from the world during Suffering Travels. Their information was laggy. They had even used the matter from a month ago to congratulate him. Pei Qian interrupted their excitement and cut straight to the chase. Im calling you this time because I have a new task for you! Many companies wanted to obtain the precious opportunity to cooperate with us because they saw the success of Sun Strike Studios working with us. These companies are too passionate and are almost snatching the slots! I think theres a very good saying on the internet previously. Tengda wants to Tengda will not forget our original intentions. We will help the world if we can. We can lend a hand to these companies. Therefore, I plan to set up a Tengda Cooperation Department to work with other companies on some projects. Of course, we will focus on game development in the early stages! Min Jingchao, you have the successful experience of working with Sun Strike Studios. I think you are the best person-in-charge of this department! As for Chen Kangtuo, you have been the person-in-charge of Thriller Hostel for so long. Its time to walk around. You can go to Tengdas cooperation department to assist Min Jingchao. In fact, Pei Qian only spoke half of it. On the surface, he sounded righteous and righteous. However, in fact, Pei Qian had set up this Tengda Cooperation Department because he had his own intentions. It was true that many companies had approached him for cooperation. After all, Sun Strike Studios had relied on a game that they had worked with Tengda to earn a lot of money. Which games company would not be jealous? However, the reason why Pei Qian agreed and personally prepared the Tengda Cooperation Department was mainly because he tasted the sweetness of splitting the profits. The bonus that Sun Strike Studios gave Pei Qian as a producer was equivalent to several months of losses. How could Pei Qian let such a good thing go? Of course, he had to glorify this cooperation model! However, Pei Qian did not expect Chen Kangtuo to immediately become anxious and object once he heard his words. Boss Pei, that cannot be! I still have unfinished business in Thriller Hostel! Can you wait until Im done in Thriller Hostel before you ask Tengda to help? Chen Kangtuo had already handed the design draft for the new haunted house project to Thriller Hostel. Now, Ruan Guangjian and Ma Yiqun were in charge. This project could be said to have gathered Chen Kangtuos hard work and hatred. How could he give it up easily? Therefore, Chen Kangtuo did not want to go anywhere. He only wanted to return to Thriller Hostel immediately and work overtime to complete this project! Chapter 1573 - Intensify The Haunted House Plan! Chapter 1573 Intensify The Haunted House Plan! Pei Qian was stunned for a moment before he nodded slowly. Yes, that made sense! It might be important to send Chen Kangtuo out to support Min Jingchao in earning commission but the new haunted house project of Thriller Hostel was more important. Pei Qian knew that there would be no problem handing the haunted house project to him seeing the anger in Chen Kangtuos eyes! At the moment, the design of the haunted house was completed by Ruan Guangjian, Ma Yiqun, and Liang Qingfan. However, these people could basically be removed after the initial construction of the design plan was completed. The subsequent construction work had to be done by Chen Kangtuo and the construction team. After making up his mind, Pei Qian said to Chen Kangtuo, Since youre so determined, go back to Thriller Hostel and cooperate with Ruan Guangjian to complete the haunted house project! However, Min Jingchao, you lack a assistant this way. Who do you think is more suitable to build this Tengda Cooperation Department with you? Min Jingchao rubbed his chin and decided on a suitable candidate after some thought. Why dont we let Wu Bin follow me! Wu Bin was in charge of Tengdas recruitment examinations in the HR department. He was not the person-in-charge. Whats more, the HR department was not a key department in Pei Qians eyes. Thus, he had not entered the plan of the person-in-charges sub-base. All in all, Wu Bin was definitely free. In addition, he was a professional in human resource management. It was very suitable for him to be Min Jingchaos assistant. Pei Qian was very satisfied with this distribution. Alright, Ill send Wu Bin to follow you. This matter cannot be rushed. The two of you can go back and rest first. Ill release the news that Tengdas cooperation department is working with other companies to see which companies are interested in this. Once youve confirmed the name list, you can choose a company that youre most satisfied with. In addition Pei Qian looked at Chen Kangtuo. Youre the person-in-charge of Thriller Hostel. If you see that the project is not bold enough when you get back, you have to remember four words: increase your strength! Pei Qian trusted Chen Kangtuo the most. It was just like how he trusted Bao Xu deeply back then. Pei Qian firmly believed that as long as he could continue to fan the flames from both sides, these two dragon and phoenixes would definitely be able to continue advancing on the path of mutual torture! Chen Kangtuo was moved. Dont worry, Boss Pei. I wont let you down! May 7th, Tuesday. Chen Kangtuo returned to Thriller Hostel, feeling the warmth of home. No, more accurately put, he was not returning to his home, but to his own position and the main battlefield! From that moment on, Chen Kangtuo finally picked up his weapon and was about to shoot the first bullet to resist Bao Xus Suffering Travels! Chen Kangtuo arrived at Thriller Hostels office and saw Ruan Guangjian and Ma Yiqun studying the Thriller Hostels plan. At the moment, Thriller Hostel had already been completed. The framework had been finalized, but some details still had to be studied and discussed. For example, how should he arrange some written clues in Thriller Hostel? What exactly was the content? How should the details of the tour in Thriller Hostel be set? These had to be discussed repeatedly! Chen Kangtuo cleared his throat. The two people who were immersed in the research plan turned around and saw him. ese When Ma Yiqun saw who it was, he was stunned. He immediately smiled and said, Chen Kangtuo, youve suffered! Chen Kangtuo had lost a lot of weight and looked tanner. He must have suffered a lot. Ma Yiqun and Ruan Guangjian had been on Suffering Travels before. They knew that Chen Kangtuo was probably being specially taken care of by Bao Xu. Chen Kangtuo smiled, pretending to be relaxed. Its alright. Its all in the past. The key is in the future! He pulled a random chair over and joined the discussion on the new haunted house project. Ma Yiqun and Ruan Guangjian briefly introduced the current design concept of the haunted house. Chen Kangtuo understood it very quickly because this design idea was designed according to his previous idea. Simply put, it was to turn Thriller Hostel into a real hostel! The general style of the new haunted house project would continue the style of Haunted House Nightmare. In other words, they would use some common elements to achieve a better mental attack effect. In the most extreme case, it could even require the adventurer to be locked up in this new haunted house project for a week or a month, even eating and sleeping! The new haunted house was also related to Tengdas projects. For example, the place to eat was similar to Fish-Catching Take-Out. It was equipped with Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and Deposit Fitness, but they were both in a scary style. It was common for ghosts to appear from time to time! Apart from that, there were also a few areas that would be more thrilling. They restored the experience of suffering in Suffering Travels. For example, a certain hungry ghost abyss needed to climb rocks and climb up from the bottom. There was also a small lake to swim through. However, the water surface would look strange under the light. Ghosts could be seen under the water. In addition, there was also an interactive segment where the heads of the various departments could act as ghosts and scare the adventurers in various ways. If he wanted to leave this place quickly, he would have to solve the riddle and complete the assigned task in various dangerous places to obtain the guidance of the text. Ma Yiqun had carefully arranged all these information. He would not reveal the answer directly. He still needed to decode and interpret it. What was even scarier was that once the interpretation failed, everything would return to zero and start over! It was a perfect replay of the day when Bao Xu had just returned from his trip. He had not even had the time to pack his luggage before he was informed to resume the journey. All in all, it was all to give the adventurers (especially Bao Xu himself) the greatest scare! Thats right! The tourists of this haunted house could no longer be called tourists. They were real adventurers! Chen Kangtuo felt cold sweat on his back after reading this plan! He had completed the Ultimate Horror countless times and knew the horror points of this current horror project like the back of his hand. Even so, when he imagined this new haunted house project, he still felt his hair stand and shuddered! It was so exciting! So exciting! However, that was more interesting! On one hand, the haunted house project was prepared for those who pursued extreme challenges. A haunted house that was not scary had no meaning to exist. Those who were afraid of ghosts would not enter haunted houses in the first place. Those who entered haunted houses wanted to challenge themselves! Whats more, if this haunted house project was not scary, how could it stop Bao Xu? Bao Xu had been to the haunted house in the Smog Mountain State Mental Hospital before. His spirit was as hard as steel. He was a very difficult enemy among the people in charge. Wouldnt the money be wasted if this expensive haunted house failed to do anything to Bao Xu? All in all, he had to make the haunted house as scary as possible in order not to fail the mission and waste Boss Peis money! However, Chen Kangtuo had a new idea based on this plan. Gentlemen, I think we have to refine the specific rules. I have to say that this haunted house is absolutely horrifying! However, I feel that it is a little lacking in flexibility. Brother Bao is someone who has been trained hard after all. This difficulty might be just right for him! However, this is too cruel for ordinary tourists. Im afraid not many people would have the courage to enter. I designed this haunted house to show Brother Bao some color, but I still hope that this project can make money. I cannot spend Tengdas money to stand up for myself, but I cannot consider taking back my capital. That would be too unprofessional! I would be letting Boss Pei down! Ruan Guangjian nodded. The current version is indeed too scary. Once its completed, timid people like me would definitely not dare to enter to play. Ma Yiqun pondered for a moment and said, From the games perspective, we might be able to provide tourists with different difficulty options. However, this is a real scene after all, not a game. How should the difficulty be adjusted? Chen Kangtuo said confidently, Thats very simple. There are two main dimensions. One is time, and the other is manpower! First, we require visitors to go through the Haunted House Nightmare before they can enter this new project. We definitely cannot experience it for a long time at the beginning. Tourists can only experience it for one to three hours. Tourists can cry for help and leave if they feel afraid. If the tourists feel like they havent had enough and want to come again, we can add more time! S car Other than that, visitors can also choose to enter together. Thats because this place is huge. It would seem too wasteful if he were to play alone. Its very likely that he would not be able to find the clues. He would not be able to solve the riddle. He would only be wasting his time in the same place! In that case, wouldnt the tourists not be able to experience the content that we have carefully prepared? That would definitely not do. As long as a few visitors are courageous enough to enter, they would explore the riddle on their own. That would be akin to turning the haunted house into a secret room for escape, but it would also further expand the group of tourists. I think its a setting where the pros outweigh the cons! Ruan Guangjian and Ma Yiqun agreed on this point. Thats right! That would attract more tourists to enter the haunted house. We agree! The original design was to go in the scariest direction. That was because if he had held back from the beginning, the final product would definitely be disappointing. In the end, he realized that he had used too much force! If they were to follow this design plan now, most visitors would probably be dissuaded. Only a few haunted house enthusiasts would have the courage to experience the entire process! That did not match everyones original intention for designing the haunted house. The haunted house would not be wasted if visitors were allowed to experience the haunted house as much as possible! Most tourists would be scared off by the five percent content at the beginning, just like the Mt. Fog mental hospital. Wouldnt the rest of the content be wasted? This new haunted house project could start on a different scene by adjusting the time and number of people on the spot. There were individual rounds and multiple rounds. There were short-term and long-range matches. It was just like how the ordinary hall of the cinema and the huge theater took turns to arrange. Tourists could choose their preferred venue to experience based on their tolerance. Thriller Hostels official platform could also adjust the arrangements of the venues based on the number of applicants each time so that this new project venue could be used as efficiently. Every once in a while, Thriller Hostel would be closed off and made into a special venue for everyone to experience in depth! Of course, this department head specially pointed at Bao Xu and his Suffering Travels! At that thought, Chen Kangtuo became very excited. He could almost see Bao Xu being sent into the haunted house! He could not wait to invest 120% of his passion into the haunted house project at the thought of this scene. He wanted to see it officially open for business! Chapter 1574 - Safe Sleep” Office Chat System Chapter 1574 Safe Sleep Office Chat System May 8th, Wednesday. This is the first batch of companies to sign up for Tengdas cooperation department. There are a little more people. Take a look and see which company to go to first? Pei Qian handed the tablet computer to Min Jingchao. Min Jingchao reached out to take the tablet. He could not help but look stunned when he saw the name list in the table. Boss Pei, you call this a little too much? There were more than 70 companies on the list! Whats more, there were not only game companies and game channels, but also many other messy companies. There were companies of various sizes and industries! Why were these companies joining in the fun? Min Jingchao was a game designer, so he could only work with games-related companies. Boss Pei had already made this very clear to other companies when he established the Tengda Cooperation Department. However, these unrelated companies signed up without any regrets! There were also some companies that said, It doesnt matter. It wont be too late to cooperate when there are suitable candidates or Min Jingchao has the time to understand these businesses in depth. Now, sign up and occupy a seat! At that moment, Min Jingchao could not figure out if these companies trusted him too much or if they trusted Tengdas ability to make money too much. Or perhaps they were just trying to make their presence known in front of Tengda to make up the numbers? However, it was more likely that Sun Strike Studios had made use of Bullet Hole 2 to make a huge profit, making countless companies envious! Such a business miracle made Tengdas cooperation department in high demand. Every company wanted to cozy up to this golden thigh! That made Min Jingchao panic. Boss Pei, these companies seem to have unrealistic expectations for my ability! The success of working with Sun Strike Studios back then was mainly because you had better ideas! Now that Tengdas cooperation department doesnt have your help, Im worried that I wont be able to take the role! Pei Qian waved his hand. You dont have to worry about that. Ive already spoken to these companies. Tengdas cooperation department is only responsible for making some money. They will fork out money and be responsible for profits and losses! The loss of the project has nothing to do with us. They are too lousy and cant be brought along. If the project makes a profit, we will give Tengda, including you and me a bonus for working together. As long as it succeeds, it would be a win-win situation! These companies are all voluntary and have signed the agreement. You only need to do whatever you want without having to worry too much! To Pei Qian, this kind of cooperation had no direct beneficial effect on him. Even if they lost money, it would not affect Tengda. These companies were proud of their profits and losses. If he made money, as the chief designer, it would not be overboard for Pei Qian to get a commission and a bonus, right? Thus, he did not have so much burden and was much calmer than Min Jingchao. Min Jingchao calmed down after being infected by Boss Peis spirit. He kept encouraging himself with the Tengda spirit. If Boss Pei felt that there was no problem, there would definitely be no problem! Min Jingchao picked out the company he wanted to go to the most from the list. Boss Pei, lets start with Long Yu Corporation. Pei Qian was a little surprised by his choice. Why do you want to go to Long Yu Corporation first? Didnt they already taste the benefits of the cooperation project of Bullet Hole 2? After a moment of silence, Min Jingchao explained, There are three main reasons why I chose Long Yu Corporation. First, Long Yu Corporation is the leading game channel in the country. They have a lot of games on hand. After I go to Long Yu Corporation, I can focus on modifying, improving these games with paywalls, and changing their operating strategy. As a systems designer, Ive been in charge of GOGs operations for a long time. Im better at this and more confident! Second, Long Yu Corporation can put pressure on some developers who are working with them to modify the game. Long Yu Corporation has the ability as one of the top channels in the country. Modifying Long Yu Corporation also means changing many game developers at the same time. In terms of efficiency, it is much more efficient than going to other game development companies! Third, Long Yu Corporation has already tasted some benefits from our previous cooperation. This means that they will be more obedient! We might be able to restrict them by signing an agreement and asking our partners to abide by the rules, but the agreement cannot be done in all aspects after all! If some employees in the work do not cooperate and some leaders secretly trip me up, I will feel very uncomfortable. Long Yu Corporation has already tasted the benefits. They trust and trust me more. The resistance I face when working will also be smaller! All in all, I think that if Tengdas cooperation with Long Yu Corporation succeeds this time, we can legitimately expand the cooperation to other companies. This is another good benchmark! Pei Qian agreed with Min Jingchaos thoughts. Since youve already considered everything, dont have any worries just because Im not around. boldly do whatever you want! However Min Jingchao did not get carried away by Boss Peis encouragement. He paused for a moment and said, Boss Pei, Im still lacking a suitable management tool. After signing the cooperation agreement, even though we have agreed on the general direction, it is very difficult for this agreement to be implemented in daily work. As I said just now, Im very worried that some employees will not cooperate or some leaders will secretly trip me up! After all, the situation of every company is different. There are many factions within. As a new manager, Im new here. Its very easy for me to be striped and isolated! Long Yu Corporation might be a relatively reliable company but it is a large company with deep waters. I dont dare to guarantee that I will be able to carry out my plan without any resistance after obtaining the support of the upper echelons of Long Yu Corporation! Previously, Sun Strike Studios cooperation was successful because Zhou Muyan understood games and was completely convinced by Boss Peis ideas! In addition, Sun Xi and the others got along well with me. It was only through multiple coincidences that the effect was so good. This time, Im really worried about being alone. Pei Qian seemed to have expected this question. He smiled slightly and said, Thats easy! Our companys new office software has been developed. You can try it out. When the time comes, bring this new office software with you. Force all employees of the company that is working with Tengda to use this software! We will write this in the cooperation agreement. They must abide by it! Min Jingchao was very surprised. Boss Pei, does this software have a name? Of course, its name is ARS. Pei Qian smiled and said. This name sounded a little unfamiliar. He did not know which three words it was. Min Jingchao thought that the most commonly used office software was called FXT. There might be some connection. Seeing the confusion on his face, Pei Qian explained, Its an acronym. Min Jingchao savored the three words. Awakening the reform system? Pei Qian smiled. Thats right! This office software is going to bring about a change in the companys office. Its not just an office software, but a perfect and comprehensive communication system. Min Jingchao praised him. This name is really appropriate! Pei Qian smiled slightly and did not tell Min Jingchao the true abbreviation of the ARS. He was afraid that Min Jingchao would not be able to hold it in after knowing the truth. In fact, this ARS was not a Awakening Reform System at all. Instead, it was a abbreviation for the words sleeping safely ! Pei Qians original intention was that the biggest difference between this software and other work communication software was that other software would suddenly wake people up from their sleep at midnight to carry out urgent work. This communication software would never be like that! All the employees who used it could sleep safely at any time. Whether they slept at night or rested in the afternoon, they did not have to worry about being woken up. What a fitting name! Such a name naturally came from the naming genius Boss Pei! Min Jingchao immediately said, Its much easier with this software. If someone wants to trip me up in the dark and not cooperate with me, Ill use this software to deal with them! You definitely dont have to worry about my employees not daring to rest even though I let them rest. Min Jingchao stood up eagerly. Im going to Shanghai now. Ill try to complete the handover of work this Friday and renovate Long Yu Corporation from next Monday! Pei Qian stood up and patted him on the shoulder. Good luck. Ill wait for you to emerge victorious! After sending Min Jingchao off, Pei Qian briefly checked on the situation of the anti-Tengda Alliance. The anti-Tengda alliance seems to have given up recently! Sigh, how boring. I did nothing and they lost on their own. How sad Forget it, let them rest well. After all, this cycle is too long. Theres no hurry for one or two days! Ordinary people would definitely pursue the victory and add fuel to the fire. The anti-Tengda Alliance had started a public opinion war but lost in the end and retreated now. Tengda Corporation might be able to achieve good results if they were to attack public opinion now. However, Pei Qian did not think so! What if he defeated the anti-Tengda Alliance in one wave? Wouldnt he have nothing to play next? This cycle was still long! Since the anti-Tengda alliance had retreated, he would give them a chance to recuperate and work hard to nurture bandits. Ill focus my energy on Tengdas cooperation department in the short term. If everything goes well, Min Jingchao should be able to bring me a good bonus. We have to consider the incomes we incur during settlement. We also have to consider the incomes we incur normally. We cant favor one over the other just because one is worth 15 million yuan while the other is worth hundreds of thousands. These are all money. At that thought, Pei Qian sent another internal notice to the various departments. Notifying the various departments not to pay attention to the anti-Tengda Alliance anymore, but to focus on their own internal work! If Min Jingchaos Tengda Cooperation Department needed anything, the various departments had to pay close attention and cooperate fully. That would give the anti-Tengda Alliance some time to prepare well so that this battle could last longer! Chapter 1575 - Setting Up a Quantity For Long Yu Corporation Chapter 1575 Setting Up a Quantity For Long Yu Corporation May 13th, Monday. Shanghai, Long Yu Corporation headquarters. Come, Brother Min, this way please! Long Yu Corporations human resource director, Boss Kang, warmly led Min Jingchao into his office. Everyone in Long Yu Corporation treated Min Jingchao as a living God of Fortune. In fact, at the beginning, the upper echelons of Long Yu Corporation had some differences in their cooperation with Tengda. After all, Long Yu Corporation had fought with Tengda Corporation for so long and burned a lot of money and suffered a lot. Under such circumstances, many higher-ups did not trust Tengda. During the development period of Bullet Hole 2, Pei Qian requested that Long Yu Corporation could not interfere in the operations of this game. They did not even have the right to make suggestions. This aroused the resentment of many upper echelons of Long Yu Corporation! However, after Bullet Hole 2 became popular, these voices disappeared. Everyone expressed how fragrant it was! After all, who would go against money? Long Yu Corporation could directly make up for IOIs losses with this game alone. Whats more, they could use this game to completely stabilize their position as a first-tier game channeler in the country! As for the good financial statements and the rising stock prices, that was just a matter of time! The upper echelons of Long Yu Corporation had also made a huge profit from this cooperation. Their hatred for Tengda naturally dissipated because of the money. Of course, there were also some petty upper echelons who were still filled with prejudice against Tengda. However, under such circumstances, they did not dare to say anything! Thus, Long Yu Corporation signed up immediately when Tengda announced the establishment of Tengdas cooperation department. At first, he did not have much hope because many companies signed up this time. Whats more, Long Yu Corporation had already indirectly worked with Tengda. Unexpectedly, Min Jingchao really chose Long Yu Corporation! This was obviously a good thing for the upper echelons of Long Yu Corporation. Naturally, they had to take it one hundred percent seriously. Min Jingchao was not overwhelmed by Long Yu Corporations enthusiasm. He knew that this was just a courtesy on the surface. Once Min Jingchao laid his cards on the entire reform plan, some higher-ups of Long Yu Corporation would definitely stand up and stop him in various ways. Thus, Min Jingchao did not appear too enthusiastic. He sat down and took a sip of tea before saying indifferently. Boss Pei should have communicated with you about the details of the cooperation agreement, right?. Boss Kang quickly nodded. Weve communicated. We completely agree and abide by all the content in the agreement. Theres no problem changing the communication software! It was called communication, but it was actually Boss Peis unilateral order! Who would dare to question Boss Peis decision? What if he made Boss Pei unhappy and asked Min Jingchao to change companies to work with him? Wouldnt the opportunity slip away? Therefore, even if Long Yu Corporation had some doubts about some of the content in this agreement, they could only accept it unconditionally! Whats more, this was not the first time this cooperation model had been used. Boss Peis attitude towards the previous cooperation was very tough! Long Yu Corporation was already used to it this time. Min Jingchao was very satisfied. Lets start immediately since there are no problems! Boss Kang was a little surprised. Theres no need to be so anxious, right? Why dont you take a break first? Ill call a few people in charge to accompany you for a meal tonight to welcome the dust. Well talk while eating when we reach the dining table. Min Jingchao immediately shook his head. Time is precious. Lets save on these cumbersome details! My plan is to finish all the work in two weeks. Lets make the best use of our time! Boss Kang was stunned. Huh? Two weeks?! How was this something that could be done in two weeks? Two months was more or less enough. Half a year was not too long! However, Boss Kang did not dare to say much seeing Min Jingchaos confident expression. Seeing that Boss Kang was stunned, Min Jingchao added, Send someone to assist me as soon as possible. Hell be in charge of communicating with the various departments. It would be best if you are familiar with the game operations business. You would have a certain amount of experience and prestige in the various departments. Boss Kang did not dare to be negligent. No problem. I wonder if you have anyone you want to choose? Without thinking, Min Jingchao said, Is there a person-in-charge in the operations department called Jin Yong? I heard from Boss Zhao that this person has a good reputation and is reliable. Lets call him over. Boss Kang did not expect Min Jingchao to have a candidate. It looked like he had come prepared. He did not dare to be negligent. Jin Yong was now in charge of the operations of Bullet Hole 2. However, considering that Tengda had set the operations strategy for this game, Jin Yong actually did not have much work to do. For someone like Jin Yong, who was more capable and could come out and take charge of the beam at any time, doing this kind of work was a little wasted. It would not be a waste of his talent to ask him to help Min Jingchao. Boss Kang nodded. I need to ask the Head, Boss Ding, about this. However, dont worry, there shouldnt be any big problems. Ill arrange for his personnel transfer as soon as possible. Min Jingchao was very satisfied with Boss Kangs cooperation. Before he came, Min Jingchao had done a rough investigation and had a certain understanding of Longyu Corporations situation. According to Zhao Xuming, Jin Yong was a trusted assistant. If Min Jingchao wanted to make drastic changes to Long Yu Corporations game operating model, the biggest resistance would come from the companys boss, President Ding! However, Min Jingchao did not panic. He had come prepared. It was not difficult to deal with Boss Ding. He just had to bring out the great Buddha, Pei Qian. Everything was ready now. Min Jingchao could wait for Jin Yong to arrive and deploy the specific reform plan with him! .. In the afternoon, Long Yu Corporation, Tengdas cooperation department, and Long Yu Corporations operations team were in the new office. After a busy morning, Jin Yongs handover of work was completed very quickly. At the same time, Min Jingchaos teams special office space had been packed. In this huge office space, there were not only Min Jingchao and Jin Yongs work desks, but also the work desks of some of the main game project managers of Long Yu Corporation. Originally, the person-in-charge of the various game projects were scattered in different places. Now, they were gathered together. Min Jingchao had specially requested for this. It was modified according to Tengdas model. That was because Min Jingchao felt that as the heads of the various departments, it was very easy for them to not communicate well in their respective offices. Whats more, he could easily chase them away after work! Jin Yong had already interacted with Min Jingchao when he was the person-in-charge of the operations department for Bullet Hole 2 previously. He was also affected by Tengdas operating concept. Thus, he did not need to work together too much and could be connected directly. These are the few main projects that we are currently operating. Do you want to see how to change them? Jin Yong briefly introduced the situation of the few game projects. Min Jingchao briefly looked at the situation of these games and did not speak for the time being. They were all games with paywalls, and they were the type that were filled with money! Long Yu Corporations previous operating strategy had exhausted everything. It was not appropriate to push the blame to Boss Zhao and Jin Yong. The source should still be Boss Ding! This operating strategy was to pay too much attention to data performance, everything was based on data. There was a saying that data would not lie. There seemed to be no problem with this sentence, but there was also a comprehensive data and one-sided data! If the one-sided data was misinterpreted, he might get a completely wrong answer. In Min Jingchaos opinion, data could naturally reflect problems, but he could not rely on data for everything. Why else would he need operations staff? Was it just a design event? As a operations staff, the most important task was to analyze a game and understand how players felt! He could not completely submit to players, nor could he completely ignore players. Game operations could also be considered as alternative game designers. However, designers focused on gameplay, and game operations focused on spending and activities for players. Min Jingchao had a clear plan before he came. After some consideration, he said, Well simply divide these games into three categories. The first type is already about to die. For such games, the current operations that are planned should be activities that exhaust all the remaining value, right? Cancel all similar activities. We have to make drastic changes to these games to avoid the loss of low-level players as much as possible. As for the specifics, I have a report here. It talks about Bloody Battle Songs situation back then. Go back and study it. The second type is games that are at the peak of their career and have great prospects. For such games, go to the forum and listen to the players demands. prioritize improving the problems that they are more concerned about! We should not make too many changes to the current framework. We have to progress slowly! The third type is more special. They are games that are neither popular nor deserted. For these games, reduce the pressure on their research and development teams performance and let them have more gameplay to maintain restraint in terms of operations! Find a few reliable person-in-charge to formulate a plan for the characteristics of these projects. They will be completed within three days! Min Jingchaos words surprised Jin Yong. He thought that Min Jingchao would change all the games into Tengdas good-hearted game model! After all, from Min Jingchaos resume, GOG to Bullet Hole 2 had relied on the operating idea of a good-hearted game to win the world! Unexpectedly, Min Jingchao gave a completely different operating plan for these games. However, this also highlighted Min Jingchaos professionalism! That was because the games operating strategy was directly linked to the games charging method, and the games charging method often involved the games basic structure and game design. If he did not delve deep into the basic structure of the game and determine its feasibility, changing the games operations strategy rashly might cause the effect of asking for a sword to be carved. It would backfire! a sw a Min Jingchaos thoughts were very clear! Min Jingchaos thoughts were not to squeeze out the remaining value of the games that were about to die. Instead, he was to change drastically and work hard to achieve survival! Through such drastic changes, he could reverse the vicious cycle of gamers disappearing and bet on a miracle! On the other hand, he could not act rashly towards games that were doing well in operations and were thriving. Every change that he made had to be strictly verified! As for those lukewarm games, they were at the root of the game. They worked hard to release better gameplay and better operations! All in all, once these three strategies were released, Jin Yong realized that Min Jingchao could operate GOG and Bullet Hole 2 so well. He definitely deserved his reputation, and he could not have relied on Boss Pei! He was indeed talented! Chapter 1576 - Seeking Thoughts And Words Chapter 1576 Seeking Thoughts And Words Two hours later, Jin Yong called the main person-in-charge to the conference room. Min Jingchao had a meeting to finalize the operation modification plan. Before the meeting began, Jin Yong had already divided Min Jingchao into three types of games that Long Yu Corporation was operating. He told the various person-in-charge of operations and introduced the general direction of modification of each type of game. The direction was set by Min Jingchao, but the specific details of the modifications still had to be completed by the people in charge of the operations. Whats more, Min Jingchao wanted to listen to the opinions and suggestions of the various person-in-charge of operations. Do you have any opinions or suggestions for the new operating plan? If you think that the modification plan is harmful to the game itself, you have to point it out in time. Otherwise, you can boldly voice out your opinions. Everyone can speak freely and discuss it fully. Min Jingchaos humble attitude surprised all the person-in-charge. One had to know that Min Jingchao had interacted with Long Yu Corporation when he was at Sun Strike Studios. At that time, Min Jingchao had left an impression on the interviewees that he was more overbearing. He rarely changed his decisions. He would not even give in! He did not expect Min Jingchaos attitude today to be so friendly. He even wanted to seek everyones opinions? That made all the operations heads in disbelief! He wondered if Min Jingchaos attitude was sincere or superficial. However, since Min Jingchao had already given them a chance to speak, the people in charge of operations still raised their hands and expressed their opinions. The first person to speak was obviously the person-in-charge who had made preparations. He said bluntly, In the plan, many games that are completely hopeless have to be modified drastically. Is that really meaningful? These games are either completely outdated or there are irreversible flaws in the game itself! Modifying these games would cost a lot of manpower. Even if we modify them, we might not be able to obtain very good benefits. In my opinion, we might as well maintain the original plan. We can give up after quickly squeezing out all the potential! With these modifications, we might as well focus our resources and develop a new game! Many of the other person-in-charge agreed. However, Min Jingchao smiled and shook his head. You cant think of the problem that way! The game industry is a creative industry. For a game, the configuration and graphics are of course very important. It determines players first impression of it. However, at the end of the day, the soul of the game is still its gameplay and rules!. Many new games were painstakingly developed for a year. When they were released, the situation was not good. After three months of intense modifications, they became cold. The main reason was that there were problems with the gameplay and operating thinking. No matter how good the graphics were, there was no way to save them! Many evergreen games are still very popular even though their graphics are already two or three years behind the times. Their popularity can even continue perfectly because they chose the right gameplay and operating idea. Since thats the case, its possible for the old game to shine a second time through appropriate modifications! I think Long Yu Corporations current problem is not in the quantity of resources or the size of the game library. In terms of resources, Long Yu Corporation is already the top channel merchant in the country. They do not lack games or good games. Since thats the case, whats the difference between having one more game and one less game? Whats the difference between earning more money and earning less money? Long Yu Corporations crux is the entire companys operating idea! They are too eager for quick success and are too reliant on data! They only know how to be stingy with data but rarely analyze the needs of players from the perspective of a designer. They also rarely analyze the characteristics of the game itself seriously! Therefore, this is not just to extend the lives of a few games that are about to die, nor is it to complete some heaven-defying noble task. Instead, it is to gradually reverse this wrong operating concept through these games! If something goes wrong with the game, I cannot fall into despair. I have to deal with the problem! What if two or three games were revitalized and the popularity gradually increased? Wouldnt we make a profit? Even if all the changes fail, we can accumulate precious experience. If we dont use games that are about to fail as experiments, should we use profitable games as experiments? Min Jingchaos point of view had obviously successfully convinced the person-in-charge of the operations who raised the problem. He nodded and shut up. Min Jingchao looked at the person-in-charge who wanted to say something but hesitated. He used his eyes to ask him to tell him his thoughts. The person-in-charge stood up and said, I didnt expect you to give such a modification plan for the first type of game. I thought you would be like GOG or Bullet Hole 2. Min Jingchao smiled. Do you think I would forcefully change these games to a conscience charging mode? Of course not! As a games operations, the most important thing is the specific analysis of the problem. Every game has its own characteristics. A slight move would affect the entire body. We cannot change it randomly! These games are very popular. There are a large number of players, and some of them have already spent a lot of money in the game. The internal ecosystem of the game is already a strict and rigorous ecosystem. If we destroy this system rashly, it would cause huge damage to players! We have to make changes to such games step by step. It might take a few versions, or even a year or two, to change them from a more extreme environment to a better environment! Therefore, this matter cannot be rushed. I might be more supportive of Tengdas long term operating model, but I will not make such a mistake. After that, a few more person-in-charge raised their questions. Min Jingchao answered them very patiently. These were all experienced person-in-charge of operations. They already had preconceived operating concepts in their hearts. These deeply ingrained operating concepts naturally conflicted with Min Jingchaos views. Min Jingchao easily convinced them through the operating concept he had learned in Tengda and his successful experience in GOG and Bullet Hole 2. Jin Yong sighed. I didnt expect you to explain these problems so patiently. If it were me, I might have forced them to carry it out! Min Jingchao smiled tiredly. We have to discuss and unify our thoughts first. The follow-up work will be easier! Otherwise, if we carry out the work arrangements, everyone might agree on it on the surface but would not cooperate in private. We would not be able to execute it well. Wouldnt that be a hindrance? Even in Tengda, every person-in-charge can raise questions at any time when Boss Pei is assigning work. Boss Pei will also answer patiently. Boss Pei would only refuse to answer questions that are not convenient to reveal for the time being and require the person-in-charge to understand on his own. Boss Peis attitude towards this has always been that we dont have to be afraid of doubts and discussions. The truth will only gradually appear in the endless doubts and discussions! If Boss Pei can maintain a gentle style, what right do I have to make a speech? Everyone in the conference room, including Min Jingchao, looked at him with admiration at the mention of Boss Pei. If Boss Pei was here, everyone would probably not raise any questions and strictly follow Boss Peis instructions. However, according to Min Jingchao, Boss Pei valued the opinions of others even though his understanding and ability in most fields were higher than everyone else. Perhaps only an outstanding leader like Boss Pei could nurture an outstanding subordinate like Min Jingchao! At this point in the meeting, all modification plans had basically been approved. Every person-in-charge received their own task. They would follow Min Jingchaos instructions and come up with their own operating plan before meeting to discuss the new plan. After assigning the tasks, Min Jingchao continued, Well do it after the plan meeting. Now, lets move to the next topic! As for the work flow. I request that all departments and individuals who have business dealings with Tengdas cooperation department use Tengdas latest office software, ARS! You can study the basic functions of this office software when you get back. However, let me explain a few requirements first. This software will calculate the number of work information sent during the knock-off time. If it delivers too much information about the work, it will automatically send out a warning and copy to me! The people in charge have to pay special attention to the process and handling method. If they did not follow the process and issue missions, the responsibility would not be on the employees but on the person-in-charge! If you use this office software, you have to strictly follow the working hours stipulated by the office software! You cannot arrive early or leave late. This check-in ranking is the most standard requirement for employees. If you discover that the employees arrive early or leave late, or even continue working after clicking on the dot, your crime will be higher. You must be severely punished! Everyone in charge expressed their surprise. Ah, that isnt that appropriate? This is too flexible! What if some employees work is at a critical juncture and dont want to break off and leave a little later? Thats right. Our company has always implemented a flexible working system. Many employees would only arrive at the office after 10 AM. Im afraid many people would not be able to adapt to the deadlock! In my opinion, why dont we take it slow? Let everyone gradually adapt to this work and rest for a month before slowly changing it? Min Jingchao said firmly, No! My plan is to see the results within two weeks! How can we have so much time to gradually adapt in a month?. You can raise any opinions you have on the operations plan. You can compromise if its not a matter of principle. However, theres no room for negotiation regarding the working hours and work flow! 0 Anyone who dares to violate the rules must be dealt with according to the rules! Min Jingchaos sternness made the people in charge of operations look at each other. Indeed, Min Jingchaos kind expression was all an act. That was his true appearance! Once they encountered problems with their principles, the people in charge of Tengda would be more stubborn than the most stubborn bull. No one could dissuade them! The atmosphere in the conference room was gradually tense. Jin Yong cleared his throat and said, The words have been made so clearly. Why arent you executing them quickly? Tell your subordinates clearly that no one can leave early or late. They have to strictly follow the rules of this software. If there are any problems, Ill ask you, understand? The people in charge nodded and left the conference room. Once everyone was almost gone, Jin Yong lowered his voice and said, Brother Min, I can tell that youre here to make drastic changes! However, I have to give you a heads up. These people in charge are very easy to deal with. Those who are not easy to deal with are above. Obviously, Jin Yong was referring to Boss Ding. Min Jingchao smiled easily. Dont worry! Ill naturally have a way to deal with him if he dares to stop him! Chapter 1577 - Can You Knock-Off On Time? Chapter 1577 Can You Knock-Off On Time? If Long Yu Corporation had not been the best choice in the list of companies that Boss Pei had given him, Min Jingchao would not have come at all. Long Yu Corporation might not lack outstanding mid-level leaders like Jin Yong and a few other person-in-charge, but the problems with the high-level leaders were very troublesome. A stupid leader was more dangerous than a hundred stupid employees! If he met stupid employees, he could teach them slowly as long as they were willing to listen. They would produce fine work when they were slow. However, it would be difficult if he met a stupid leader! Stupid leaders were usually very arrogant and would not easily listen to their subordinates opinions and suggestions. Sometimes, he would even get angry and fire the person who raised the suggestion! Min Jingchao did not like Boss Ding from Long Yu Corporation, but since he was here, he had to eliminate all obstacles and settle this matter! Even if Boss Ding wanted to cause some trouble, he had to suppress him! May 14th, Tuesday. There was still more than five minutes to the working hours. There was a long line at the entrance of Long Yu Corporation. Aiya, why did you cancel the flexible working day? Youll kill me if you wake up early! I only slept at three in the morning. I had to struggle to get up early in the morning! The key is that we arrived early. Can we really knock off on time tonight? I think so! The new Great Master Min has a good intention, but can he really carry it out? The entire company has been working and resting according to this for so many years. How can it be changed just like that! I think it shouldnt be a problem to torture our employees. The key is that well knock off so early. Would the big bosses agree? Everyone was whispering as they queued up. Obviously, waking up too early made them still have some morning air. Long Yu Corporation originally had a flexible working system. They could clock in from 9 AM to 11 AM. Of course, he would have to make up for it with time if he were to clock in the morning. The original intention of this work schedule was good. It took full care of the habits of some young employees who liked to sleep in and make the employees more free in the work schedule. However, the problem was that the working system changed drastically with overtime. Many people had to work until 10 PM because of frequent overtime! It was already very late after work. It was very easy to not wake up until one or two in the morning if he were to do his own things. The working hours in the morning became 11 noon. However, he was late in the morning and had to make up for it at night. Thus, he naturally worked overtime until very late. When the entire department had such working hours, no one would cooperate with them if they came early in the morning. If they left early in the night, others would look for them to cooperate with them, but they were not around. That would delay their work! Whats more, it was also the peak period for big bosses and department heads to inspect after work. The flexible working employees would work late and knock off late. Naturally, it would give people the impression that they were working hard overtime. As for those employees who went to work early and knocked off early, even though they worked for the same period of time, they were unknowingly deducted. As time went by, most employees would adjust to working at 11 AM and knock off after 10 PM. To the employees, it was not a problem for them to wake up early and work before 9 AM. It was just to set an alarm. However, the problem was that if he had to work at nine but could not get off work smoothly at six, he still had to work overtime until eight or nine at night. That would really not be as flexible as working! After all, he could still take a nap with the flexible working system! The chatter of the check-in team was interrupted by Min Jingchaos appearance. He walked leisurely and stood behind the line. The team members walked very quickly. When it was Min Jingchaos turn, he swiped his card lightly and was stuck at 9 AM. Those behind him were naturally late. Min Jingchao smiled slightly. Obviously, many people had not adapted to the essence of lagging However, it did not matter. They would adapt soon. He calmly went to the snack area to get some snacks and coffee before walking slowly to his desk. The few brothers behind Min Jingchao rubbed their sleepy eyes and whispered. Good lord, this click is too punctual! This big brother from Tengda is a gradually moving time line. Its stuck at nine! Sigh, do you think he came to Long Yu Corporation to retire? He looks like a snacks and a coffee addict. He doesnt treat himself as an outsider at all! What are you talking about? Hes the chief designer of GOG. The projects hes working on are projects that we would never dare to think about! Hes also Boss Peis outstanding student! Would such a person come to our company to slack? What do you think our company is? The few of them quickly went to their desks and yawned as they slowly began their work for the day. His so-called job was to open his email inbox for five minutes, play with his cell phone for half an hour, and scan Weibo and webpages. However, they were lazy and were quickly interrupted by the sound of Min Jingchao typing on the keyboard. Min Jingchao was focused on writing the document quickly. His expression was extremely serious. He would take a sip of coffee from time to time. Everyone in the office stared at Min Jingchao and discussed. Good lord, how did you achieve that in one second? Are you sure hes writing a document in his current state and not chatting? I think this typing speed is more like bickering with netizens online. What are you talking about? I saw his desktop. Hes indeed writing a work document! In Long Yu Corporation, people in charge like Jin Yong had independent offices. Thus, no one knew what Jin Yong was doing or what everyone was doing. Min Jingchaos arrival interrupted the traditional model. He arranged for himself and Jin Yongs work desks to be in the middle of the entire work area with the ordinary employees. That way, many employees would be able to see Min Jingchaos computer screen! This behavior was fundamentally different from other bosses. Some bosses would also arrange their work desks with their employees, but they would be at the back. This was actually to make it easier for him to supervise the work of the employees. He could clearly see who was slacking from the last row. However, the boss was in the back row. He could do whatever he wanted. The employees could not see him. nea This feeling should be the same as when he was in school, hiding at the back door to monitor the entire class. It would be nice if he could be the boss, but it would be different if he was the employee. However, Min Jingchao did not do that. He was not afraid that other employees would see what he was doing. He even hoped that they would see it! Min Jingchao entered the working state so quickly and worked so efficiently, making many employees who were slacking feel guilty. If he took the lead, the people below would feel uneasy even if they were to slack. Whats more, there was drastic changes to the organisation as the new boss came onboard! Most people did not think that Min Jingchao would bring drastic changes to the entire Long Yu Corporation, but they still had some expectations. Thus, they quickly closed the webpage, kept their cell phones, and began their own work. At 6 PM sharp. Many people subconsciously took out their cell phones and began to scan various takeaways. How can we eat tonight? Are we still eating Fish-Catching Take-Outs work meals? Im getting tired of eating every day. Should I take a look at the take-out? No way, boycott take-out! Why dont we go out and eat? Sigh, times up. Quick, check in. Many people realized that it was time to knock off when they saw everyone get up to check in. Most people did not have this concept at all. That was because they had never worked directly. Why bother to remember the afternoon off? Many people had subconsciously adjusted the working hours to 10 at night. Everyone instinctively walked towards the office to continue working overtime according to their habits. He had only taken two steps when Min Jingchao stopped him. Where are you going? The person who was stopped was confused. Go back to your desk! Min Jingchao asked again, Why are you back at your desk? The person who was stopped was even more confused. Order take-out with your cell phone Min Jingchao asked again, Why do you want take-out? The person who was stopped hesitated for a moment and answered subconsciously. Thats because Im hungry. Also, the food in the company canteen is not very delicious! Min Jingchao shook his head helplessly. Is there a problem with my expression ability or your understanding? What I mean is that its time to knock off. Shouldnt you go home for dinner? The other employees who were checking in and preparing to return to their desks were stunned when they heard Min Jingchaos words. Was he really going to knock off? I thought it was just a formality! Most employees felt that even if they got off work on time at six, they should at least have dinner and pretend to work overtime before leaving, right? It was a blessing to be able to get home from work at 8 PM! In the end, Min Jingchao stopped them at the check-in area and chased them out! Go back and take your cell phone. Hurry up and leave! Ill keep an eye on this place. Whoever dares to sit down at the work desk, Ill take down their little notebooks! Everyone exchanged confused looks. Since the leader did not allow him to work overtime he had no choice but to reluctantly not work overtime! Alright, well knock off now. See you, Brother Min! Everyone suppressed the joy in their hearts and simply packed their things and walked out. He was afraid that he might have heard wrongly or Min Jingchao might have made a mistake! In any case, Min Jingchao had said that everyone would knock off on time no matter what work there was! Min Jingchao would be there even if the sky collapsed, let alone delay the progress of work. Wouldnt he quickly slip away? Min Jingchao was really standing at the door, waiting to see who was still there. He would chase them away one by one until they turned off their computers and stood up. The elevator in Long Yu Corporation was usually empty at this time because everyone was working overtime. Few people could really knock off on time. However, Min Jingchao chased out all the operations employees who had cooperated with him today. The elevator door was filled. Ding! The elevator door opened. Everyone was just about to squeeze into the elevator when they realized that something was amiss. That was because the person who walked out of the elevator was the big boss of Long Yu Corporation, Boss Ding! It looked like Boss Ding had just returned from outside and was about to return to the office to work overtime when he encountered this wave of knock-offs. Boss Ding could not help but be stunned when he saw everyone surrounding the elevator door. Then, he looked angry. Which department are you from? Everyone exchanged confused looks, not daring to speak. Seeing that no one was replying, Boss Ding became even angrier. He asked, Who is the person-in-charge of your department? Everyone had not thought about how to answer when they heard someone say loudly from behind, Its me! Does Boss Ding have any questions? The crowd parted to allow Boss Ding to see Min Jingchao looking at him with a smile. This Min Jingchaos smile looked like a mothers, making Boss Ding a little confused. If the other party was someone else, even if he was a Vice-President, Boss Ding would definitely scold him! What time did he knock off? As one of the upper echelons of the company, Boss Ding was back to work overtime at this time. How could they have the cheek to knock off? However, the other party was Min Jingchao. Boss Dings anger was immediately extinguished. He could not afford to offend this person! Boss Ding cleared his throat and tried to smooth things over for himself. Misunderstanding, misunderstanding. What I mean is to treat everyone to a meal before leaving. Min Jingchao said indifferently, Its a good thing to treat everyone to a meal, but you have to clock out and leave the work area. Boss Ding nodded awkwardly. Yes yes. Min Jingchaos neither soft nor hard attitude made him not know how to perform. He could only go straight to his office. He had only taken two steps when he heard Min Jingchaos voice chasing after him. Boss Ding, I advise you to knock off as soon as possible. If you dont knock off in time, it means that theres a problem with your work efficiency! The corners of Boss Dings mouth twitched slightly, and his face darkened. However, he chose to bear with it for the time being. He pretended to be calm as he entered the office and closed the door. Min Jingchao sneered in his heart and said to everyone who were still waiting for the elevator, What are you still looking at? Hurry up and leave! Chapter 1578 - This Operation Plan Seems Like A Different Brain Chapter 1578 This Operation Plan Seems Like A Different Brain Boss Ding returned to his office. He held his anger in and called his assistant over. Wheres Jin Yong? Call him over! The assistant saw that Boss Dings expression was not good. He hesitated for a moment and said, Boss Ding, Jin Yong has knocked off. Boss Ding frowned and suppressed his anger. Call Boss Kang over then! He could not have a conflict with Min Jingchao directly. It was mainly on Pei Qians account. Whats more, it was the upper echelons idea to invite Min Jingchao to help. No matter how unhappy Boss Ding was, he could not show it at this time. However, it was indeed a little difficult for Boss Ding to suppress the anger in his heart. This was especially so for Boss Ding, a high-level executive of the company. He had to work overtime, but Min Jingchao brought his employees to knock off on time! How could that be? Boss Kang came very quickly. Boss Dings anger was still there. Old Kang, you should have seen it, right? The improvement plan is not even complete yet, but everyone is running faster than the other! I havent learned Tengdas good habits, but Ive contracted a rich disease! Tengda got off work on time because its employees are very active and efficient. Whats the situation with our employees? Theyre all lazy, stupid, and not working hard! The employees have to take a break and rest. You can learn Tengdas model! However, the prerequisite is that you have to complete the work task first, right? Doesnt the improved plan have to be done within three days? They are not even willing to work overtime for an hour. How can it be completed? Old Kang, tell Jin Yong to communicate with Min Jingchao about the current objective situation of our company. When Min Jingchao was working on the operations plan, he could analyze the specific problems. Why did he suddenly start to cut it off roughly in the working hours system? Boss Kang pretended to listen to Boss Dings opinion seriously and smiled. Boss Ding, I understand how you feel! However, you know Min Jingchaos attitude. I think Jin Yong would definitely not accept it with his character to try and persuade him. Whats more, isnt it not time yet? If the plan really cant be completed on time, we would have enough confidence to look for Min Jingchao then! Boss Ding was still a little indignant. I agree with Min Jingchaos concept of game operations, but he obviously knows nothing about company management! The company has so many complicated problems. How can one solve them all by getting off work on time? Hes obviously trying to copy Tengdas management model! Boss Pei formulated a strategy for Tengda to get off work on time. There must be other supporting measures. Everyone knows that Boss Pei is a rare talent in management, but Min Jingchao might not be! Im very uneasy about the way the company is managed by him! Boss Kang did not know how to respond. He could only appease him. Boss Ding, we were the ones who invited him. The agreement has been signed. I think we should give him more time to observe! Boss Ding could only nod helplessly seeing Boss Kang say that. Alright, lets observe more. May 24th, Friday. In the blink of an eye, two weeks had passed. The series of changes in Long Yu Corporation were unknown to gamers. However, an announcement that appeared on Long Yu Corporations official website today caused a huge uproar among players! There were gamers forums on Long Yu Corporations official website. These forums were divided into special zones for different games. Most of the special zones were usually cold and deserted. After all, most players preferred to discuss in the gamers group chat or other forums. They would usually complain or diss on the official forums. However, today, the cold and deserted forum suddenly became lively! There were suddenly many discussions about Long Yu Corporations operations game on other forums. This official announcement was not long, but it was completely different from the previous announcement. Look at the new announcement released by Long Yu Corporation. They are actually going to make adjustments to the operating plan for all 16 games! Do we have to specially make an announcement to adjust the operations plan? We can just adjust it directly! Thats right. Long Yu Corporation has secretly changed the game drop rate and paywall standards in the past. They have never released an announcement! It seems to be for real this time. Many improved plans look very tempting! Did Long Yu Corporation take the wrong medicines? Has it changed? Long Yu Corporations operations and planning have always been known as people who dont understand games. The plan this time actually looks quite good! I just dont know how it will be carried out in the end. This announcement was like a fuel agent, rekindling gamers passion for these games! Long Yu Corporation had often released announcements before this, including various types. However, it had never been as effective as this time. After all, the content of this announcement was really explosive! The announcement this time was to make adjustments to the operations plan of the 16 games under Long Yu Corporation. Whats more, it was to determine different adjustments according to the different games. Many of the problems that had been criticized had basically been relieved! Games with high paywalls might not be able to get rid of the gameplay with high paywalls at once, nor did they greatly reduce the price of paywalls, but there were at least improvements! On the other hand, some games that were originally thought to be on the brink of death underwent drastic changes. This made the eyes of the old players who were still persevering shine. The rarest thing was that many of these changes were the players urgent requests! Of course, gamers had so many requests. They could not satisfy every one of them. However, the official platform could pick out a relatively reasonable part from the players demands and modify it into the game. At the very least, they could make a posture to listen to the players thoughts. That was a huge improvement in itself! Many people were even puzzled. What was wrong with Long Yu Corporation? Why was the operations departments brain suddenly online? In the past, gamers had been arguing crazily in the forum. They could not wait to rush to Long Yu Corporation and kill the entire family of the operations department. Long Yu Corporation had always ignored them? Many people in the know took the opportunity to expose it. I heard that he worked deeply with Tengda and sent Min Jingchao to reorganize there before giving this reform plan! Min Jingchao? That cant be wrong. Hes definitely a big boss. It would definitely be much better for him to operate these games than those stupid b * stards. I hope he doesnt leave after he arrives! I heard that Min Jingchao has also improved the working atmosphere of Long Yu Corporation after he came. All the departments that have cooperative relationships with Tengda have to knock off on time! How can this thing be modified? Getting off work on time. Isnt that up to the boss? It looks like Min Jingchao came prepared. Hes probably prepared! All in all, this is something worth celebrating. At first, I wanted to give up on the pit, spend money, and intensify my efforts. Im really about to puke! Now that Min Jingchao is here, theres hope for this game to continue! The cheers online were very welcoming! Jin Yong could not help but feel emotional as he read the discussions online. He only released an announcement, but he could already receive such a good impact! He had not expected this! This was different from the situation in Bullet Hole 2. Bullet Hole 2 was a new game after all. Players were more tolerant of it. It was normal for their good-hearted operating model to obtain a lot of good reviews. However, the games that were going to be modified this time were all old games. It was really surprising that the change in the operations plan could obtain the support of so many players! This meant that players knew very well which operation plan was sincere and which operation plan was not sincere. They could tell at a glance. Whats more, Jin Yong could feel that the atmosphere in the entire department had changed significantly because of Min Jingchao. On one hand, it was his work attitude. On the other hand, it was his work thinking. In terms of working attitude, everyone was now completely used to clock in and out of work on time. At the same time, they were also used to using ARS to upload all the work and strictly abide by the work requirements. The expected work delay did not happen! That was because most peoples work efficiency was originally very low. They were basically slacking after work in the morning and eating and sleeping in the office in the afternoon. It was already afternoon when they really started work. On the surface, he looked like he had been working for more than 10 hours a day. However, in reality, he had only worked for three or four hours! The working time was not clear. On the surface, there was a lot of working time, but in reality, there was very little working time. It was very easy to misjudge the working cycle. Naturally, it was very easy to delay. However, everyone had the habit of knocking off on time after getting off work on time. Many peoples work efficiency had obviously improved after Min Jingchaos guidance. Everyone could clearly calculate the working time and workload every day and consciously improve efficiency. Instead, they could complete their work as scheduled. The people in charge of operations were also similar to Min Jingchaos thinking in terms of work thinking. This so-called idea did not refer to the difference between games with paywalls or good-hearted games. Instead, it referred to the difference in the design direction. Long Yu Corporations operating strategy had been criticized previously because its operating plan design was completely profitable and active. Everything was based on systems! No matter what marketing plan he made, Boss Ding only looked at whether the income increased after the release of this plan, whether the number of active online players and the length of online time increased! It naturally caused a situation: These person-in-charge no longer looked at their own game understanding and player demands, but from the data. In order to improve the plan and to increase the number of active players, he could only change the game to be more hardworking and paywalls. He could change continuously and stimulate players to top up and be online for a long time. As time went by, it would definitely cause players to have reverse psychology. However, once they stopped, there would be a huge drop in data! A vicious cycle began! However, Min Jingchaos thinking was from the perspective of a designer. He fully considered the players demands and combined the actual situation of the game to formulate an operating plan! Most of these person-in-charge of game operations were experienced people in the game industry. They had played many games and understood the principle of many operations. nes Was it really his personal ability that restricted them? In fact, it was the data indicator requirements that restricted them! Once they were released from this requirement and fully displayed their subjective initiative, the situation would change drastically! Under Min Jingchaos lead, all the person-in-charge felt that the working method was completely different from before. If their passion for work was stimulated, they would naturally be rewarded! In the short term, once the new operating plan of these games was released, it would definitely cause the games data to fluctuate. There would be a decline in online data or charging data. This was a little similar to a withdrawal reaction. There would always be a period of adaptation. However, once they reversed the situation, the future would naturally enter a virtuous cycle! The answer would be revealed soon as he stared at the effect of this new operating plan. Chapter 1579 - You’d Better Look For Min Jingchao Chapter 1579 Youd Better Look For Min Jingchao May 25th, Saturday. Boss Ding came to his office with a dark expression and called his assistant in front of him. Call Jin Yong over. The assistant looked pained. Boss Ding, Jin Yong did not come to the office today on Saturday. Boss Ding was stunned. It felt like this had happened before? Ever since Min Jingchao came, Jin Yong was no longer the workaholic of the company. His working hours had become regular. He would leave immediately after work, just like the other person-in-charge. He would not stay for a minute more. After a moment of silence, Boss Ding raised his voice an octave. Call Boss Kang over, then! He was a little puzzled. Why was he not around every time he looked for Jin Yong! Actually, this was normal. That was because Boss Ding would choose to look for him during non-working hours every time. For executives, choosing to look for subordinates during breaks was a common practice. He could not disturb his employees who were working hard during working hours. However, during noon, night and weekends, many employees might slip away. Thus, looking for employees at such a time could not only check up on them but also not delay their daily work. It was what executives and bosses loved to do! Many bosses even formed a special working time. The boss would definitely not come in the morning. Whether he was resting at home or going out to talk, the chances of him skipping work were very low since there was a card machine at the company to keep an eye on the employees. However, these bosses came one by one when it was time to knock off. They pretended to work overtime until late at night in the company. The reason was simple, he wanted to see which department did not have a positive attitude towards overtime! Boss Ding was in a similar pattern. On the surface, it looked like he was working overtime in the office until past ten at night. However, he was not around most of the day. Only he knew what he did in the day! Once Jin Yong strictly followed Min Jingchaos instructions and went to work and leave at normal times, wouldnt he not be able to find anyone? Boss Ding could only call Boss Kang over. Strictly speaking, Management Director Kang was in charge of HR. He did not know much about game operations. However, those who knew better did not come to work! Boss Ding had only looked for Boss Kang to vent his anger. He had not expected him to solve any substantial problem. Old Kang, the operating modification plan is out, the new version is released, and the data is out. In the end, all the data are declining! There must be a problem! Lets not talk about anything else. On the second day that the new version was released, not a single person came to work. Thats too much! Boss Kang rolled his eyes in his heart and prepared to push the blame away. Boss Ding, why dont you call Min Jingchao and ask him to call everyone back?. The corners of Boss Dings mouth twitched. He choked back the blame that Boss Kang threw at him on the spot. That was because he knew in his heart that calling Min Jingchao would be a waste of effort. He might even be humiliated! We cant sit back and do nothing! Boss Dings anger was not willing to dissipate so easily. Boss Kang laughed in his heart seeing that Boss Ding was scared as well. He said patiently, Boss Ding, since Min Jingchao is in charge of this matter, he must have his own plan. I cant tell much from the short-term data. After all, only two weeks have passed. Lets wait a while. Boss Ding nodded helplessly again and waved his hand, gesturing for Boss Kang to leave. Boss Kang had only taken two steps when Boss Ding stopped him. Wait, Old Kang, I think somethings not right. Boss Ding pondered for a moment. Why do I feel like youre working together to take over me? Boss Kang was stunned. Why would you have such an idea? Boss Ding said angrily, No matter what I say, whether I find you or Jin Yong, you pushed the problem directly to Min Jingchao. Do you listen to me or Min Jingchao? Or do you think Im afraid of Min Jingchao? Boss Kang smiled. Of course, well listen to you! How about you fire Min Jingchao directly? Well change whatever we want. You can say anything! Boss Ding was speechless. I In fact, there was no need to fire him. He just had to terminate the cooperation agreement with Tengda. However, the matter of terminating the agreement had to be unanimously approved by all the higher-ups. Boss Ding could not make the decision alone! The key was that the current decline in data and the changes that caused the profits were not enough to persuade all the higher-ups to make this decision. Boss Ding could only lean towards the overall situation and pretend to be distressed. Sigh, we cant do this! I said before that Min Jingchao is arrogant now. This is a foolish undertaking! He doesnt understand the objective situation of Long Yu Corporation, so he forcefully followed Tengda Corporations rules of getting off work on time. Look, many players dont mean what they say. They say that they are welcomed, but in fact, they prefer to play with paywalls! I dare to say that this figures will definitely decrease within a week! Thats because after the initial craze of modification is over, most players will start to lose their sense of novelty. Its impossible to retain players with pure conscience! Im only reminding Boss Pei because Im afraid that Min Jingchao will destroy Boss Peis undefeated legend! In the end, hes good! Hes as hard-headed as a steel plate. He doesnt listen to a single word of advice. I asked you to send him a message, but you rejected me. In the long term, who will take responsibility if this matter blows up? Boss Kang smiled. Dont worry! If you really mess up, the one who loses the most is Boss Pei. What are you worried about? Boss Ding sighed helplessly. Sigh, alright. Well see next week! May 27th, Monday. For once, Boss Ding arrived at the office during working hours. Previously, he would only come when he was about to knock off. However, he would always miss. He had purposely come in the morning to see what the employees were doing! Could Min Jingchaos plan work?! At the entrance of the company, Boss Ding saw that everyone was working in an orderly manner. They were stuck at nine AM to work. Boss Ding shook his head slightly and sighed inwardly. This working attitude was hopeless! He was a little regretful now. Inviting Min Jingchao over did not seem to be the right choice. OV If Min Jingchao had only come up with the idea to change the operations plan, it would not have been a loss. However, Min Jingchao had now completely messed up the working atmosphere of the entire company! Once Min Jingchao left, wouldnt Boss Ding have to clean up this mess himself? At the thought of this, Boss Ding felt a little uncomfortable. Boss Ding did not flare up immediately even though he was uncomfortable. He only came to his office and sipped his tea sulkily. Before he could finish his tea, he heard a knock on his office door. Jin Yong walked in. Boss Ding had not been feeling good to begin with. All of a sudden, he felt it in his chest! Good lord, it was not easy to meet Jin Yong! He sent Jin Yong to assist Min Jingchao because he felt that Jin Yong was reliable and willing to work. He was an old employee of the company and was trustworthy. He asked him to go over because he hoped to restrict Min Jingchao. At the very least, he would not be completely led by the nose by the other party. This Jin Yong was good. He took an outsiders side and accompanied Min Jingchao wholeheartedly! As Jin Yongs direct leader, Boss Ding could not even find him, much less give him orders. This was the first time Jin Yong took the initiative to report the situation to Boss Ding after Min Jingchao came to Long Yu Corporation. Boss Ding thought that Jin Yong must have found a reason to explain because the data was not good. At that thought, he pulled a long face and put on a front. Whats the matter? Jin Yong naturally did not know what Boss Ding was thinking. He cut straight to the chase. Boss Ding, I want to report the operating data of our games to you in person. Boss Dings expression did not change. He sneered in his heart. Yes, tell me. Jin Yong handed the pre-prepared report over. From the situation last weekend, the gamers of these games have experienced a small decline in online time and per capita charging consumption data. Boss Ding nodded slightly and smiled coldly. This was exactly as he had expected. However, Jin Yongs next words made Boss Ding unable to laugh. However, the number of new players in these games increased significantly, discussion, retention rate, and other data! Whats more, the ratings of all the games in the game shops and application shops have obviously increased. Boss Ding was stunned. Huh??? He opened the report in disbelief and carefully checked the relevant data. In the end, he realized that everything Jin Yong said was true! What would that imply? There might be a slight decline in players online time and per capita charging spending data but the reputation of the game had obviously improved. As the reputation improved, it led to the influx of new players and the retention of old players. In other words, the game was livelier! In Boss Dings understanding, this situation was too unscientific! That was because they might not be able to tolerate the sudden reduction in burden after players were used to the gameplay with liver and paywalls. Players were already used to playing for 10 hours a day. If they were suddenly changed to six hours, what would the remaining four hours be for? They could only play other games! Wouldnt players be easily snatched away by other games? It was even stranger that the games reputation could improve. That was because Long Yu Games had been scolded a long time ago. However, being scolded did not affect earning money. This bad reputation had been with Long Yu Games for a long time. How could it be reversed in the short term? The only explanation was that Min Jingchao and his plan had more influence than Boss Ding thought. Not only had this modification plan changed players impression of Long Yu Corporation, but it was also developing in a good direction! Boss Ding could not help but recall the complaints he had made to Boss Kang last Saturday. At that time, he was very sure that the data would definitely continue to fall within a week. He also said that Min Jingchao was asking for a sword. He would definitely not be able to adapt to Tengdas working model to Long Yu Corporation! However, the new statistics had given him a huge slap in the face! A small portion of the data was still falling, but most of the data was rising. Whats more, as new users flooded in, the income level would sooner or later rise to its original height. What was the most important to a game that was still operating? Of course, the ne players were the most important! lew Without new gamers, the game would have no source of revenue. It would only be a matter of time before it died. Whats more, from the report, this improved plan was not only effective on popular games. Under the drastic changes, the figures of several games that were about to turn cold also showed obvious improvements. Boss Ding was very dissatisfied with such an outcome. He felt that something was wrong. However, he could not find a reason to refute because the data would not lie! When he was using data to strangle the operating system, making them work harder to change the game, he did not think that today, the operating system would also strangle him with data to tell him: We changed the right game! That confused Boss Ding. He had wanted to take the opportunity of the data slipping to teach Jin Yong a lesson. He could only hold it in his throat in front of such data. He looked at Jin Yong and then at the data report in his hand. The fluctuations in his heart made his expression very exciting. Chapter 1580 - Tengda Cooperation Department Has A Long Line For Cooperation Chapter 1580 Tengda Cooperation Department Has A Long Line For Cooperation After calming himself down, Boss Ding finally regained his composure. With much difficulty, he said, Well done, all of you! Your salaries will be increased this month! There was nothing wrong with Boss Ding anymore with such detailed data in front of him. Jin Yongs expression was as usual. Thank you, Boss Ding. I have something to report to you. Min Jingchao is leaving. He has booked tickets for tomorrow. Boss Dings expression changed instantly. What, youre leaving just like that? Hes only been here two weeks! Whats more, the new operating plan was implemented last Friday. We just saw some clues and did not obtain any actual results. How can he leave? I have to stay for at least another month! If the data changes after a month, I have to adjust according to the changes. Jin Yong explained, Thats what I told him as well, but he has to leave! Whats more, we did not agree on the duration of the cooperation when we signed the cooperation agreement. Tengda had the final say. Min Jingchao thinks that the current figures have actually reached his expectations. The people in charge of operations can continue to advance. These jobs no longer need him. Boss Ding was caught off guard. How can that do? Min Jingchao was doing this as if he had screwed everything up and wanted to run away at the speed of light! Of course, these games had been transformed into thriving state from the games statistics! However, the problem was that it was very difficult! Halfway through the modification, he suddenly ran away. He did not care about the second half of the work. Was this something a human could do? Boss Ding could not sit still anymore. Why dont Boss Kang persuade him? No! Ill persuade him personally! Jin Yong quickly stopped him. Boss Ding, Min Jingchao has already expected you to keep him. Thats why he asked me to tell you that he wont stay no matter who dissuades him! Whats more, youre very busy with work. Theres no need to waste time organizing farewell banquets. Tonight, the person-in-charge of operations can treat us to a meal. Thinking about Min Jingchaos temper, Boss Ding acted helpless. Alright, send him off for me! In fact, Boss Ding was not willing and would not personally send Min Jingchao off. He had never been on good terms with Min Jingchao. They did not get along. On top of that, Boss Ding was the boss of Long Yu Corporation after all. Min Jingchao was only the person-in-charge of an ordinary department in Tengda Corporation. His status was not on the same level. Thus, Boss Ding only treated Min Jingchao politely on the surface. Jin Yong was in charge of everything After Jin Yong went out, Boss Ding carefully studied the game operations data left behind by Jin Yong From the looks of the current situation, Min Jingchaos work efficiency was indeed very high after he came. He instructed the person-in-charge to redo the operations plan of the old games. The system that Boss Ding was worried about was not acclimatized. The situation of employees slacking had not happened. Long Yu Corporation had indeed profited greatly from the statistics! The income of the game would not increase explosively in the short term but the lifespan of the game would be greatly extended. As long as this continued, the income would definitely increase in the long term. For some reason, Boss Ding felt that something was amiss. He thought hard but could not think of anything. May 28th, Tuesday. Last night, Min Jingchao had a little alcohol when he was having a farewell meal with the person-in-charge of game operations of Long Yu Corporation. Today, he was still a little fuzzy on the way back to Jingzhou on the high-speed rail. Jin Yong sent him to the high-speed rail station reluctantly. Min Jingchaos drastic changes over the past two weeks had brought a brand new style to the entire Long Yu Corporation, especially the operations department! It was a pity that the time was too short. There was only two weeks! Min Jingchao left in a hurry, especially since these plans had just been implemented. They might have seen a good sign, but no one could say what would happen in a month or half. To be honest, Im really a little worried. After you leave, everything will return to its original state. After all, only you can fight Boss Ding! Before leaving, Jin Yong expressed his worries. Min Jingchao shook his head easily. No, dont worry! The reason why I left in such a hurry is partly because there are still many companies that Tengdas cooperation department wants to work with. I have to help other companies. I cannot delay too long in one company. On the other hand, it is beneficial to you if I leave now! Finance was a little surprised. Why? Min Jingchao explained, The changes I want to give everyone in two weeks are very clear. In terms of operations, we have basically eliminated the interference of the upper echelons on the data so that everyone can formulate operating strategies based on their own understanding. In terms of working habits, everyone has already formed the habit of knocking off on time to increase work efficiency. The next step would be to let these strategies continue and plan subsequent operations on this basis. All of you are capable enough to take on these tasks. If I stay, it would dispel your enthusiasm. Im an outsider after all. I cannot stand up for you in everything! Jin Yong said, not fully understanding, But only you can resist Boss Ding! Min Jingchao smiled. I used to, but not anymore! I have already planted the seed of the Tengda spirit in your hearts. Not working overtime for two weeks and completing the project has made many people understand that overtime is not necessary. If Boss Ding wants everyone to work overtime again, they will be collectively boycotted. For the upper echelons apart from Boss Ding, many people actually dont care if their employees work overtime. They care more about the income of the game. Now, the various statistics of the game are increasing. They will also tend to maintain their original state and not act rashly! It would be very difficult for Boss Ding to cause any trouble under the joint resistance of the upper, middle, and lower levels. Of course, Boss Ding is the boss. No one can stop him if he really wants to cause trouble! It doesnt matter if it really comes to that step. After all, the world is huge. As long as you have the ability, you can go wherever you want? Dawn Games platform is developing rapidly now. Its very lacking in people. Min Jingchao winked at Jin Yong as he spoke. Jin Yong understood what Min Jingchao meant and could not help but smile. So that was why! Obviously, Boss Pei had spared no effort in promoting Tengdas cooperation plan. On the surface, it looked like he was helping other games companies and sending his employees out to work on projects to split the money. However, in reality, he must have other considerations! That was to promote the Tengda spirit and popularize Tengdas working methods! The mandatory use of Tengdas office software ARS was for this purpose. Now, Min Jingchao had already brought tangible changes to Long Yu Corporation. There were only two possibilities for Boss Dings future actions. The first was that Boss Ding still did not agree with Min Jingchaos approach. However, seeing that the various figures had improved and the revenue had increased, he decided not to interfere anymore. Instead, he let the people in charge of the operations continue according to Min Jingchaos method. If that was the case, Boss Ding would be equivalent to an overseer. Long Yu Corporation would slowly evolve in Tengdas direction. That would be equivalent to transforming Tengdas ally! The second possibility was that Boss Ding began to let his thoughts run wild after Min Jingchao left. He was messing around! Then, these employees who had already experienced Min Jingchao and felt Tengdas working model would definitely be indignant. If these people were unwilling to tolerate it, they would leave angrily and jump ship. The final outcome would still be Tengda gathering all the talents in the world! It looked like Tengda had to work hard to broadcast this model to all the companies in the country. The game industry was the first choice! That was not difficult to understand. After all, Tengda was the strongest and most influential in the game industry. Almost no one dared to question Boss Pei. Jin Yong shook Min Jingchaos hand and said sincerely, Thank you very much for your guidance, Brother Min! Min Jingchao smiled. Youre welcome. I hope that well have a chance to work together in the future! It would be even better if it was a cooperation related to Dawn Games platform! Pei Qian was slacking happily in his office when he was interrupted by a knock. Assistant Xin pushed the door open and said, Boss Pei, the bosses of many companies have called to say that they want to talk to you in person. Its about Tengdas cooperation department. Pei Qian was obviously a little unhappy. Didnt you tell them that Min Jingchao is not around now? They can only choose a second company after Min Jingchao returns. Whats more, they can just sign up and queue themselves! Why do they have to talk to me? Assistant Xin explained, They seemed to have received news from other channels that Min Jingchao is going to leave Long Yu Corporation and will be back in two days. These companies have basically signed up, but they are worried that they cannot choose themselves, so they want to talk to you face-to-face. Pei Qian was a little surprised. Min Jingchao is back so quickly? Why didnt I know! Alright, leave the name list of these companies and tell them first. Ill study them one by one. Lets talk in person. Alright, Boss Pei. Assistant Xin put down the name list and left. Pei Qian helplessly opened the list of companies interested in Tengdas partnerships. He only took a look and was instantly shocked by the number of companies on the list. When did it increase so much? It increased to 100 units! Pei Qian clearly remembered that Min Jingchao had only chosen Long Yu Corporation with tens of companies above Tengdas cooperation department! It had only been two weeks and it had doubled! However, he had no impression of most of the companies on the list. Only a few of them were familiar faces. He had to admit that these companies were very well-informed! Min Jingchao had just left Long Yu Corporation when these companies came looking for him. Obviously, they had seen Min Jingchaos drastic transformation of Long Yu Corporation and achieved good results. That was why they rushed over like ducks, wanting to cooperate with Tengda and cozy up to this golden thigh! Some companies even humbly said that if Min Jingchao was busy with work, he could send another person-in-charge over. As long as he was the person-in-charge recognized by Boss Pei! These companies also promised that as long as they could establish a cooperative relationship, they would stand firmly on Tengdas side and resolutely fight against the Tengda Alliance! Pei Qian was confused. Something was amiss. Something was amiss! Something unexpected happened! Chapter 1581 - Are They Undercover Spies Or A Turncoat? Chapter 1581 Are They Undercover Spies Or A Turncoat? Pei Qian calmed down and read the names and details of these companies carefully. He had indeed discovered a problem! It was not just the number of companies. Pei Qian also saw some familiar faces on the list. This familiar face was a member of the anti-Tengda Alliance! What was going on? Which side were these companies on?! If ordinary people saw the name of the opponents company, they would definitely suddenly become vigilant and think that they might be undercover. Pei Qian was not afraid of them being undercover, but he was afraid that they would really turn against him! If they were really spies, Pei Qian did not mind sending Min Jingchao to give them pointers so that they could earn more money and temporarily strengthen the anti-Tengda Alliance. That way, the commercial war would not end too quickly. Pei Qian could burn more money freely! However, what if the members of the anti-Tengda Alliance really wanted to seek refuge with Tengda Corporation? Wouldnt the anti-Tengda Alliance collapse very quickly? That wouldnt do! Pei Qian thought about it briefly and felt that the latter was more likely. The anti-Tengda alliance might look grand but it had failed time and time again until now! The key was that this alliance was maintained by benefits. They were all directly threatened by Tengda Corporation. However, what was a little awkward was that the anti-Tengda Alliance had not obtained benefits for any of the companies under it so far. Even the few companies that stood out were criticized by Tengda Corporation! It could be said that he did not obtain any benefits from following the anti-Tengda Alliance. He also lost his reputation and actual benefits. Sun Strike Studios and Long Yu Corporation had already displayed the results of hanging out with Tengda Corporation! There was no need to talk about Sun Strike Studios. They had made a lot of money from a popular game. That was why Sun Strike Studios stood firmly on Tengda Corporations side and never went down again! On the other hand, Long Yu Corporation not only tasted the benefits during the operations process, but it also became the first cooperation goal of Tengdas cooperation department. Ta After Min Jingchao made drastic changes to the game that their company was operating, even though there was nothing much in the actual profits of the game for the time being, the overall warming of reputation was an indisputable fact! For many domestic games companies, obtaining a good reputation was much more difficult than earning money. That was because there were many profitable companies, but very few companies had a good reputation! In the eyes of companies that wanted to cooperate, Tengda Corporation was recruiting and buying people over. The key was that everyone unanimously thought that Tengda Corporation indeed had the ability! He only sent one Min Jingchao over to bring the two companies away. Many companies were paying attention to Tengdas cooperation department and secretly checking the changes in Long Yu Corporation. It was said that they had not only changed the specific operating plan, but also the structure adjustments and working model of the entire team. In just two weeks, they had achieved immediate effect! Thus, the news spread like wildfire. As it spread, everyone exaggerated a little. In addition, Boss Peis strategizing and the image of winning a thousand miles had long been deeply ingrained in peoples hearts. Tengdas business miracle had become a perfect case study of many companies! As this news spread more and more sinisterly, Min Jingchaos ability was repeatedly exaggerated. All in all, these companies were tempted by money! Who did not want to cozy up to Tengda and soar happily? Many companies under the anti-Tengda Alliance had actual conflicts of interest with Tengda but only large companies had the strength to not compromise and make concessions. So what if there was a conflict of interest for the small companies under the anti-Tengda Alliance? They could make concessions in the face of money. As long as Tengda was willing to bring us along, even if they wanted us to change the business content, as long as we earned more money! That was why these companies signed up for Tengdas cooperation department, afraid that they would be slower than others! That was because other companies in the same field were seeking to cooperate with Tengda. If a certain company had obtained Tengdas support earlier, they could crush other companies. Thus, this created a prison predicament. How would you know that other competitive companies would not stab you in the back if you did not cozy up to Tengda? There was no time to waste. If Tengda really chose him as a partner, he would make a huge profit! The more Pei Qian watched, the more he felt that something was amiss! No, no, no. We cant continue like this! Min Jingchaos performance is too outstanding. The speed of Tengdas cooperation department becoming popular has far exceeded my imagination. I have to think of a way to make everyone stop being passionate. I cant let this continue! At the very least, I have to dissuade the anti-Tengda Alliance companies so that they can go to the other side and stay there. Dont come and seek refuge from me! Tengdas response made Pei Qian break out in cold sweat. The betrayal of some companies might cause the collapse of the anti-Tengda alliance. That would be the end! It was still too early. There was still half a year to settlement! Pei Qian felt like he was a framework. The battles against Tengda had caused him to be in a perilous situation. Yet, Pei Qian had always done his best to help him crack! After some consideration, Pei Qian decided to set two chapters with Min Jingchao. As for the registration of Tengdas cooperation department, the first was to set the threshold, and the second was to distinguish the priority. As for the threshold: He did not want companies that were too small or too big. He only wanted companies that had just made a name for themselves in the field but did not have a dominating position in the market. That was because it was very easy to control small companies. They could also easily become Tengdas hardcore followers, just like Yan Qi. Once large companies cooperated with Tengda, it was very likely that it would cause a strong alliance. Whats more, such companies had a strong foundation. If Min Jingchao performed slightly, the results of these companies would be significantly changed. This movement was too big and would easily attract too much attention! Just like the movement of Long Yu Corporation this time, many companies saw it, causing Tengdas cooperation department to become popular! If Min Jingchao had gone to an ordinary, mid-tier company, he would not have made such a big deal out of it. At first, Pei Qian wanted to reject companies that were against Tengda Alliance. However, on further thought, it would easily backfire. Wasnt that forcing these companies to stand? It would be a weakening to the anti-Tengda Alliance! Therefore, he could not refuse! He could only turn a blind eye. It would allow companies that were against Tengda to participate in the cooperation with Tengda. It would allow them to spy on others or be easily swayed. The chances of them being double-faced spies would also be higher. In terms of the priority of cooperation, companies that were too close to Tengda or too unrelated had to be pushed back. If he prioritized companies that had a close relationship with Tengda, many companies might crazily increase their favorability! For example, sign up for the initial financial plan or send benefits to Tengda to express their loyalty. That went against Pei Qians intentions! If he prioritized companies that were not so close to Tengda, it would cause a situation of de facto expansion. Tengdas map would definitely continue to expand. Thus, he could only choose this portion of the companies in the middle. That way, it would not be easy for everyone to guess the true rules of Tengdas cooperation department to choose partners. Pei Qian quickly finalized the plan and wrote it briefly. When Min Jingchao returned, he could slowly choose his partners based on the new rules. However, when Min Jingchao returned this time, Pei Qian would ask him to focus on nurturing newbies in the future. That was because Min Jingchao was too awesome. He had brought Sun Strike Studios and Long Yu Corporation to success. It would be very easy to succeed the next time he went to other companies! If Min Jingchao could train a few more people and disperse them into different companies, even if he succeeded, he would be able to neutralize the others failure. May 31st, Friday. Shengyun Corporations headquarters. Nie Yunsheng was listening to the Vice-Presidents recent report with a dark expression. Boss Nie, Home Corporations situation is not optimistic. They asked us to provide help a few times! After Chen Lei took over the Sloth Apartments, he made many changes. The most important one was to release a brand new home model. Home Corporation called this joint model Chen Lei. One of them is similar to Chen Leis current living style. It is a high-end and artistic house type. The other is an economically applicable house type that Chen Lei lived in before he became famous. These two types of apartments were designed by special designers. Chen Lei added many elements that he liked. For example, Chen Leis guitar hangs in the high-end artistic house type. Of course, this thing can be used like the home appliances in Sloth Apartments. However, it cannot be damaged. If it is damaged, you have to compensate. Most people dont know how to play the guitar, but Chen Lei has too many fans. These two types of apartments were quickly rented out! In the future, Chen Lei plans to create more joint apartments. They might ask Lu Zhiyao, other film stars, or other singers that Chen Lei knows to design the apartments together. That way, Sloth Apartments brand value would be established, and it would be further elevated from other rental brands! Home Corporation had been polishing for a long time, wanting to release a relatively cheap and affordable apartment type. In the end, it just happened to clash with the situation of Sloth Apartments! They were defeated by the economically-oriented Chen Lei from Sloth Apartments! Although the apartments quality is about the same, Chen Leis house has been specially enhanced. Many residents think that Chen Lei would be able to make a comeback in this environment. Then, I would have hopes of making a comeback in this environment. Thats why Im very popular! Not only that, Chen Lei is still working on the real estate agent simulator and other derivative industries. Hes almost playing with the simple rental house! Home Corporation really has no other way. They cant find any breakthrough point. Tengda Corporation always has a better countermeasure waiting for every move! Boss Nie, what do you think we should do about this? Nie Yunsheng was silent. Home Corporation was actually facing the same problem as Shengyun Corporation. That was that it was very difficult for them to pose a threat to Tengda Corporations core business model in the field of specialization. However, their own core business model was constantly being destroyed by Tengda Corporation. Nie Yunsheng felt that he had to change his strategy. The few attacks that he had launched against Tengda had been easily resolved by Pei Qian. He had lost too badly! That was why Nie Yunsheng decided to temporarily hide and tempt Tengda. He would take the initiative to attack and see if Tengda would show any flaws! Unexpectedly, Boss Pei completely saw through his plan. He did not take the initiative to attack at all. He just guarded himself like an iron bucket! There were no more intense conflicts on these related businesses. However, Boss Pei was subtly dismantling the anti-Tengda Alliance through the method of Tengdas cooperation department. He gradually strengthened the strength of the surrounding companies of Tengda Corporation and established a Tengda Alliance. If this continued, the difference in strength between the two sides would definitely change. There were indeed many more companies against Tengda now, but it was hard to say what would happen in the future! During this period of hibernation, the other companies in the anti-Tengda Alliance did not completely lie low. They were still thinking of ways to counterattack. In the end, Pei Qian did not even need to mobilize the resources of the other departments in Tengda. Any person-in-charge of the departments would have been settled as the intermediary. This meant that Nie Yunshengs strategy had completely failed. It also meant that he had to find a new breakthrough point! Chapter 1582 - Arrange For A Mole Chapter 1582 Arrange For A Mole Nie Yunsheng was silent for a moment. He was not in a hurry to answer the Vice-President. Instead, he asked, Hows the situation with Tengdas cooperation department? Min Jingchao seems to have succeeded again? The Vice-President nodded. Yes, Boss Nie. He did succeed again even though he is very unwilling to admit it. Whats more, the situation this time is even more ridiculous than the last time! Previously, Min Jingchao used Boss Peis design plan and obtained Zhou Muyans full support. He spent a few months to develop a new game. In the end, he succeeded! However, this time, Min Jingchao did not use Boss Peis design plan at all, nor did he completely gain Boss Dings trust. However, he changed the working model of the entire Long Yu Corporations operations team in just two weeks. He also gave a new lease of life to the old games that Long Yu Corporation was operating! This effect is too obvious for many companies that are paying attention to this matter. They cant wait to cooperate with Tengdas cooperation department and hope that Min Jingchao can guide their work. As far as I know, many companies in the anti-Tengda Alliance are also tempted. After all, from the looks of the current situation, the companies that cozy up to Tengda have obtained huge benefits, while our side The Vice-President considered Nie Yunshengs expression and did not continue. Nie Yunsheng naturally knew what the Vice-President wanted to say. The outcome of following the anti-Tengda Alliance and Tengda Alliance was worlds apart. Nie Yunsheng saw it without the Vice-President saying. Companies that followed the anti-Tengda Alliance basically lost badly. For example, the most miserable was Hao Shuai Fitness. The company could not hold on much longer. The companies that followed Tengda Corporation were getting better and better. Pei Qian did not even need to do it himself or spend too much money. He just had to send a trusted subordinate to give them pointers. In a few weeks, he would be able to undergo earth-shaking changes! Did that make sense? That did not make sense! However, it was precisely this irrationality that made Nie Yunsheng feel like he had keenly grasped something. What did Min Jingchao do when he came to Long Yu Corporation? Do you have detailed information? The Vice-President nodded. Yes, please hold on. Ill send the contents to you. Min Jingchaos schedule in Long Yu Corporation was not deliberately kept a secret. Whats more, it was very difficult to keep it a secret even if he wanted to. Thus, Shengyun Corporation easily gathered the relevant information. Nie Yunsheng read the information from beginning to end and frowned. Are you sure this is the entire content? Theres a deeper content that you havent gathered, right? According to the information in this document, Min Jingchao has actually done two things. The first is to change the operations plan. The second is to force everyone in the company not to work overtime. He might even drive them out when they knock off. The first point is understandable, but how is the second point possible? There must be something else that we cant find out! The Vice-President said confidently, There shouldnt be anything we cant find out. Min Jingchao only did these two things when he went to Long Yu Corporation. Whats more, as far as I know, Min Jingchao did the same when he went to Sun Strike Studios. No matter where he went, he followed Tengdas working model and would definitely not work overtime! Nie Yunsheng was even more confused! Obviously, Tengda Corporations approach was completely contradicting his common sense since he started his business! Entrepreneurs like Nie Yunsheng had a management plan that they thought was scientific. Of course, they would also have a set of theories to support their own thoughts. Sometimes, these theories could even be said to be some kind of atrocious theory! For example, the year-end bonus was a form of laziness that should not be distributed; employees were slacking at work but were actually exploiting the company; employees working hard at the company was a form of growth and blessing. They should cherish this opportunity So on and so forth! Nie Yunsheng had not published similar negative comments before, but in his opinion, business management was obviously a profound knowledge. Managers and employees were, of course, enemies. It was human nature for employees to be lazy. If the boss wanted the company to develop better, he had to try his best to manage the company so that employees could not be lazy. In intense market competition, it was inevitable for employees to work overtime. A good manager was to maximize the potential of the employees and squeeze out their value! Doing good personnel management and capital operations so that the entire company could continue to develop and grow, get rid of other competitors, and finally develop into a true giant company. This was the so-called art of managing people! The word managing people meant that in such schemes, employees were not humans but productivity tools similar to mullahs. That was why the word managing was used! In the eyes of many managers, ordinary employees were lazy and ignorant. They could only ensure that the output of their employees was worthy of the salary and benefits that they gave out! In Nie Yunshengs opinion, Min Jingchaos behavior was obviously completely contradicting the basic principle of business management! How could he explain Tengda Corporations success? Nie Yunsheng thought that Boss Pei must have his own management model. This management model included the key point of getting off work on time, but that was definitely not all! Getting off work on time was only a facade. Pei Qian must have a better management method in it. On the other hand, Min Jingchaos success this time was only because he was too good at game operations! Therefore, even though he made dogmatic mistakes in the management model and copied Tengdas management model one-sidedly, the outstanding appearance of the game operations plan was the main factor of success! However, as Min Jingchao cooperated with more and more companies, there would be a problem with this management model one day! Boss Pei must have known this as well, but he did not stop Min Jingchao. Did that mean that Boss Pei had other intentions? Could Boss Pei be treating this model as a publicity tool and did not take into account the actual situation of other companies at all to deal with it consciously? Nie Yunsheng suddenly had an idea! Do two things immediately! First, find the founder of Home Take-Out, Zheng Hao. I want to communicate with Min Jingchao about the management model of the company and discuss the direction of the next public opinion battle! Second, find a suitable company. Well think of a way to let him enter the Tengda Alliance and obtain the opportunity to cooperate with Tengda, which is to plant a mole! Some time ago, Home Take-Out had been locked in a fierce battle with Fish-Catching Take-Out. They had suffered heavy losses, but they were still the strongest allies in the anti-Tank alliance! The creator of take-out, Zheng Hao, was a very skilled entrepreneur with a very mature management philosophy! He had accumulated his entrepreneurship three times and succeeded all of them. However, he was not satisfied with the results of the first two times. After selling himself to a large company, he finally accumulated enough money and saw the possibility of becoming a super giant internet company from home take-out! However, at this critical moment, Fish-Catching Take-Out blocked this possibility. It was conceivable that Zheng Hao hated Tengda Corporation to the core! On the surface, Tengdas work model that did not work overtime looked very good. However, to entrepreneurs like them, it was a management model with many loopholes. There were huge flaws. Nie Yunsheng thought that Boss Pei knew about this. The reason why he was still emphasizing these formality factors and not formulating a management plan based on the specific situation of each company was to consciously export. At the same time, he was fighting for public opinion bargaining chips for Tengda! However, this model might not be a good thing for ordinary companies. Therefore, Nie Yunsheng considered starting with this question to let Zheng Hao and Tengda start a new public opinion battle! No matter what the outcome was, he could not let all the mid and low-tier companies in the anti-Tengda Alliance be attracted by Tengdas move. He had to let them see Tengdas plan clearly! On the other hand, arranging moles was to better understand some inside information and master first-hand information to prepare for the next situation! June 3rd, Monday. The Vice-President brought a young man who was less than 30 years old to Nie Yunshengs office. The young man looked a little reserved. He smiled and introduced himself. Hello, Boss Nie. Im Wei Jinghui, the founder and CEO of Boqun Media. Nie Yunsheng nodded. Hello, welcome. Of course, Nie Yunsheng had long grasped the information about Wei Jinghui and Boqun Media. Boqun Media was an MCN company. Its main job was to incubate some popular and well-known self-media accounts on various online platforms. Until now, Boqun Media already had several explosive accounts, and they were developing faster. accOU At the moment, the media industry was developing rapidly. Many people thought that self-media would be the investment opportunity for the next few years. The uniqueness of the media also made many ordinary people rush to this industry. Nie Yunsheng carefully selected many companies and finally decided to let Boqun Medias Wei Jinghui be a spy and chess piece in Tengda as an anti-Tengda alliance! Of course, considering that too many companies had signed up to work with Tengda, Nie Shengyun was not sure if Boqun Media could stand out among so many companies and establish a cooperative relationship with Tengda. Nie Shengyun felt that the scale of Boqun Media was moderate. It did not show a clear alliance with the anti-Tengda Alliance, so the chances of being selected were still relatively high! In addition, the anti-Tengda Alliance could help Boqun Media with a lot of resources and stand out among the candidates. All in all, this was a good attempt for Nie Yunsheng! Whats more, to a certain extent, Boqun Media could influence public opinion. If they were to enter Tengda to collect some details and then make an exclusive expose, the scene of the counterattack would definitely be very exciting! For safetys sake, Nie Yunsheng did not share this news with other companies in the anti-Tengda Alliance for the time being. Weve already communicated with the general situation, but I still want to emphasize two points. Nie Shengyun entrusted her hopes of victory to Boqun Media. Naturally, she had to give him advice. First, you have to disguise yourself and work hard to integrate into Tengdas atmosphere. Dont expose yourself! Second, obtain as much information that is beneficial to us as possible and send it to me as soon as possible. I have great use! The great use that Nie Yunsheng mentioned was to work with the founder of Home Take-Out, Zheng Hao, to deeply dismantle the details of Tengdas management model and find a point to attack Tengda! Nie Yunsheng had already briefly spoken to Zheng Hao. Both parties agreed that there must be a problem with Tengdas management model! It was not that Boss Peis management model was not brilliant. The fact that Tengda Corporation could develop so quickly and produce so many talents was enough to show that Boss Pei was the best management master! However, what Nie Yunsheng and Zheng Hao wanted to prove was that Boss Pei obviously had a very smart management method. However, when he was promoting it, he gave the success of management to his employees to get off work on time. Not only that, Boss Pei had also used this superficial method to modify other companies. He had also used this as a valuable export method. He did not care about the specific situation of other companies and used this special posture to seek a better reputation for himself! If he could expose Boss Peis true colors and expose his reputation, it would be a very serious blow to Tengdas image and Tengdas cooperation department! Chapter 1583 - Cooperation Department’s Strike At Full Force! Chapter 1583 Cooperation Departments Strike At Full Force! Nie Yunsheng briefly finalized some details with Wei Jinghui before he took action. Nie Yunsheng had to give Wei Jinghui as much support as possible in order for him to quickly integrate into Tengda Corporations cooperation list. Not only would he be supported by funds and resources, but he would also be supported by public opinion under specific circumstances. In other words, he would be putting on a show! All in all, the specific measures to be taken would depend on Tengdas standards. If Tengda Corporation was more inclined to cooperate with large companies, the anti-Tengda Alliance would have to think of ways to make Wei Jinghuis Bo Qun Media expand rapidly and attract the attention of Tengda Corporation. If Tengda Corporation was more inclined to cooperate with their own allies, then Boqun Media would continue to publicize articles against Tengda Alliance and attack the related industries of Tengda Alliance to attract Tengda Corporations attention! For Wei Jinghui, there were two main reasons why he joined the anti-Tengda alliance. First, he was obviously greedy for Tengdas resources. This was an excellent opportunity for the development of Boqun Media! Of course, that was not the main reason. That was because Tengda had resources as well. They were even more helpful than the anti-Tengda Alliance! The key reason was that Wei Jinghui felt that his Boqun Media was not compatible with Tengda Corporations style. It might even be the target of the Tengda Alliances collapse! As a self-media company, Boqun Media must be desperately pursuing traffic and popularity. They did not mind maintaining a flexible moral bottom line in the face of traffic and popularity. Such values were obviously incompatible with the values advocated by Tengda Corporation! Therefore, Wei Jinghui did not think that Boqun Media could obtain too many benefits from Tengda Corporation! There was a saying that butt determined the brain. Since Wei Jinghui and Boqun Media were sitting on the side of the anti-Tengda Alliance, how could they snatch food from Boss Pei? Wei Jinghui and Nie Yunsheng hit off immediately and quickly finalized some follow-up details. According to their plan, Boqun Media would sign up for the cooperation list of Tengdas cooperation department first. Then, they would study the company characteristics of Tengdas choice to cooperate. Then, they would work in this direction. They would try to obtain the opportunity to work with Tengda within three episodes. After that, he would collect various details and prove the views of Nie Yunsheng and Zheng Hao. He would use this as a weapon to launch a new attack on Tengda! June 5th, Wednesday. Tengda Cooperation Department. At first, Min Jingchao was the only one in this special department. However, now, Wu Bin and some other core members were all in position. The personnel of this department were transferred from the other departments. Min Jingchao and Wu Bin discussed the specific candidates. That included professionals from various departments and employees transferred from the HR department like Wu Bin. That was because there were many types of companies that Tengdas cooperation department wanted to work with. It might involve various industries. If he wanted to better modify these companies, he had to master the professional knowledge of the corresponding field. Min Jingchao might have been very successful in modifying the games company but he might be blind if he went to some fields that he did not understand. Therefore, the success rate of Tengdas cooperation department renovating other companies could only be guaranteed if outstanding talents were included in this department as much as possible. Of course, the priority of these talents was to have reliable mindsets, deeply understand the Tengda spirit, and firmly embrace Tengdas business model! Wu Bin and the employees of the HR department could work well together to provide better theoretical support for those sent to other companies. Of course, logistical support for manpower management and support deployment was also indispensable. These required the support of the HR department, led by Wu Bin. At that moment, Pei Qian sat at the head of the conference table. He looked at the name list for Tengdas cooperation department with a worried expression. Min Jingchao sat by the side with a proud expression, like a primary school student waiting to be praised. ence room was Everyone else in the conference room was smiling as well. Obviously, Min Jingchaos huge success in modifying Long Yu Corporation gave the entire Tengda Cooperation Department a strong sense of confidence. In just two weeks, the entire operations department of Long Yu Corporation had been renovated. That was enough to show that Pei Qians business model and management model were successful, advanced, and naturally supported! Then, the work of the entire Tengda Cooperation Department would become very important! At first, many people did not understand Tengdas cooperation department. They thought that even though Tengda Corporation was developing well now, there was still a lot of room for improvement. Why would they split their manpower to help other companies? Wasnt this cultivating competitors for himself? Wasnt this scattering his talents and resources? However, they now realized that Tengdas cooperation department was indeed necessary! That was because Tengda had already entered a high-speed development period, but it lacked allies in the outside world. Tengdas cooperation departments help to other companies could quickly change the minds of these companies and make them similar to Tengda. That way, Tengdas actual scale and influence would increase rapidly! Therefore, being able to enter the Tengda Cooperation Department was a form of recognition and affirmation for them. This meant that they had the ability to be in charge like Min Jingchao under certain conditions! However, the current situation was very difficult for Pei Qian. He had only wanted to send Min Jingchao out to make some extra money for himself. He had thought that it would take at least three to five months to make it out of the industry this time. However, he had not expected Min Jingchao to be so efficient and influential! Pei Qian had intended for Tengda to fight alone. However, he had not expected to receive so many supporters! One had to know that Tengda had fought alone and defeated the anti-tengda alliance. If they brought a group of young brothers with them and surpassed the anti-tengda alliance in terms of numbers, would Nie Yunsheng and the others still be able to play? He had to think of a solution to this situation! Pei Qian quickly scribbled on the name list and read out the companies he chose. These companies are all in the next list! All of them? Everyone looked at each other, thinking about this word. That was because Boss Pei had drawn more numbers than they thought! According to this number, almost the entire Tengda Cooperation Department would be emptied out. Wu Bin and the logistics personnel would also be sent out. Wu Bin was confused! That was because in his opinion, these people from the HR department were here to provide theoretical and logistical support for the others in Tengdas cooperation department. They did not need to do it themselves! They only understood talent management and did not know the specific operations. How could they guide other companies? Whats more, there seemed to be a problem with the name list that Boss Pei had chosen! At first, everyone thought that Boss Pei would be more inclined to choose large companies that had already become famous. Previously, Sun Strike Studios and Long Yu Corporation were among them. That was understandable. Large companies were more powerful. They would be more helpful to Tengda after the transformation! However, Boss Pei avoided those large companies this time. Instead, he chose some mid-scale companies that did not have much relationship with Tengda and the anti-tengda alliance. Everyone exchanged confused looks, feeling slightly worse. They had originally thought that they could go to a large company like Long Yu Corporation to fully utilize their standards. In the end, they felt a little disappointed when they changed to a small company! Min Jingchao looked at the name list and said easily, No problem, Boss Pei. Ill definitely complete the task. As he spoke, he looked at everyone. Obviously, he had guessed everyones thoughts. Whether its a big or small company, they are all people that we can help and modify. Dont judge people by their appearance! There must be a special reason why Boss Pei chose this list. Everyone, remember your mission. Use the Tengda spirit to modify these companies. Dont look down on them just because they are small in size and energy! Min Jingchaos words made many people lower their heads in shame. That was because Min Jingchao had also been sent to a small company. However, he did not feel any unhappiness. Instead, he completely supported Pei Qians decision and decided to go all out! Since that was the case, what right did the others have to criticize? However, Wu Bin still had questions. Boss Pei, I think theres a problem with this number, right? It looks like our group of people will be sent out according to the current number of companies! However, we are only responsible for logistics and support the other brothers. We dont have any relevant professional skills. How can we guide other companies? Pei Qian was already prepared. He smiled and said, Professional skills can be understood in one go. With your understanding of the Tengda spirit, I believe that you will be able to break through the professional barrier and complete the task even if you go to these small companies! Whats more, I only gave the name list and did not finalize which company to go to. You can choose for yourself. Look, I think this Boqun Media is very suitable for you! Its a self-media company. Their job is to operate accounts on various platforms and create internet celebrities. There shouldnt be any difficulties in guiding it, right, Wu Bin? I believe you can take on the role. Wu Bin was stunned. No, Boss Pei, I cannot! I know nothing about self-media. Pei Qian smiled slightly on the surface, but sniggered inwardly. Do you think I understand successful departments like Tengda? However, Pei Qian could not say it out loud. Instead, he continued to persuade him. Its alright. You understand the Tengda spirit even though you dont understand the media! Whats more, Tengdas core department is the games and film department. You will more or less understand it under your influence. It will be enough to guide this group media! Wu Bin looked at Boss Pei and then at the name list in his hand. He still felt a little guilty, but Boss Pei had already said so. He could not possibly resist the orders and let Boss Pei down, right? He could only nod reluctantly. Alright, Boss Pei. Ill do my best! Since Wu Bin had already accepted the task, the other people from the HR department naturally had nothing more to say. Pei Qian was very satisfied with this situation! Very good, so many people had gone down this time. Whats more, they were going to some more ordinary small companies. They were not industry giants. The success rate would definitely plummet! As long as the success rate of Tengdas cooperation department decreased, the popularity would definitely dissipate. Then, there would not be so many companies scrambling after Tengda to freeload! At that thought, Pei Qian stood up happily. Alright, if there are no problems, youre dismissed. Wishing everyone success! Chapter 1584 - This Company Doesn’t Fit Tengda Spirit The Tengda Spirit At All Chapter 1584 This Company Doesnt Fit Tengda Spirit The Tengda Spirit At All June 7th, Friday. Shanghai, Boqun Media. Boss Wu, please come in! Weve pined for you so much, and youve finally arrived! Your coming from Tengda has brought us light and hope. From now on, I will trust you with my mind at ease. Please bring us out of our darkness and into the light of day! Wei Jinghui warmly welcomed Wu Bin into the office. He kept bootlicking him, but the smile on his face was half-truths. Wu Bin looked at him and felt that Boss Weis expression was a little exaggerated. In fact, Wei Jinghui had not expected to be successfully selected not long after signing up to participate in Tengdas cooperation plan! He had originally planned to sing a song with the anti-Tengda Alliance so that he would be selected within three episodes. However, he did not expect to be selected in the first episode! He had to admit that his luck was really good! Nie Yunsheng was very happy to hear that Wei Jinghui had been selected. He repeatedly reminded him to serve the old man from Tengda well and let him struggle! The more Wu Bin tortured Boqun Media, the greater the failure would be. At that time, the anti-Tengda Alliance would have more bullets in their hands. He wanted the destruction of Tengdas legend! It did not matter how badly Boqun Media was tortured. As long as the anti-Tengda Alliance obtained what they wanted, any random sum of money would be able to resurrect Boqun Media. It might even be better than before. Therefore, Wei Jinghui was already prepared! However, Wu Bin was not prepared because he was just a small transparent in the HR department in Tengda Corporation. He was usually only responsible for Tengdas recruitment examinations. This was the first time someone called him Boss Wu. Boss Wei, youre welcome. Im just an ordinary employee of Tengda. Im just here to do business as usual. Im not used to calling you Boss Wu. You should call me by my name. Wei Jinghui said, How can that do? Thats too disrespectful! How about this? Ill call you Mr. Wu Bin. Wu Bin was a little helpless. Alright, Boss Wei, call it whatever you want! His visit this time was a little apprehensive. After all, he knew nothing about the media. Wouldnt everyone be watching Tengda as a joke if he were to abolish the media? Wu Bin might have been sent by Boss Pei but no one would think that Boss Pei had made a mistake in using him. They would only think that Wu Bin was useless. That was unacceptable! The two of them exchanged a few pleasantries. Wu Bin said, Lets get straight to the point. Boss Wei, please briefly explain the operations of our company, including various businesses. The more basic, the better. The more detailed, the better! To be honest, I dont know much about media work. I have to learn seriously. Wei Jinghui was stunned and then elated! When the name list was announced, he only knew that the person who came was Wu Bin. However, what did this Wu Bin do in Tengda previously? Wei Jinghui knew nothing about his professional background in any department. Wu Bin did not sound like a professional! That was because self-media was actually not complicated. It was nothing more than earning popularity, keeping fans, working hard to nurture private traffic, and then converting the traffic into tangible benefits through advertisements. This thing had an internal pattern and gameplay, but it was definitely not profound! Logically speaking, there should be many people in Tengda who knew about these things, but they sent a layman. Should he say that Boss Pei was too confident or that he did not have enough people and wanted to make up the numbers? However, this was good. It was beneficial for Wei Jinghui to achieve his goal! Wei Jinghui kept the half-truth smile on his face and replaced it with a 100% real smile. He led Wu Bin around the office and introduced the operation model of the entire company in detail. Speaking of which, it was not complicated. Boqun Medias business was mainly divided into two parts. The first part was that a special team was in charge of some science accounts and short video accounts online. Some of these content were in text format and some were in short videos form, but the content was similar. Most of the content was sourced from online manuscripts. A small number of premium accounts would have a special editing team to write original content. The former was mainly to increase the popularity while the latter was to grab onto some conflict hot topics and think of ways to create popularity through some eye-catching titles and sensational content! On top of that, Boqun Media had also signed on to some live-streamers and content creators to package and create their own brands. The entire Boqun Media held dozens of different accounts of various sizes. Some accounts had more than a million fans, or even more. These top accounts were the main source of money. They were the most outstanding team operating Most of the remaining accounts were small accounts with fewer fans. A team might have more than ten accounts operating and had been constantly charging. Whether such accounts could rise depended on luck. However, as long as an account suddenly exploded and obtained a large number of fans, it could be transferred to a special team to be refined. The income of such an account could recoup the cost of keeping so many accounts previously. Wu Bin listened intently without interrupting. He had been keeping an eye on one of the accounts in the group media on his cell phone, Knowledge of the Examination. Then, he clicked on it and read the article. The title of the article made Wu Bin frown slightly. He felt that his eyes were burning! The number of views for this article was 100,000 +. However, this 100,000 + traffic was attracted by Wu Bin in the most shameful way! The title of an alarmist and eye-catching title created contradictions and exaggerated facts. Coupled with the deliberately screening war-oriented comments and creating opposition and popularity All in all, the elements of the explosive article accounted for everything. However, it could be summarized in one sentence: It was very not in line with the Tengda spirit! Wu Bin even thought about leaving on the spot! Such a company was obviously incompatible with Tengda Corporations thinking. They were not even sitting together. How could they change it? Wu Bin even suspected that such a company had come to participate in Tengdas cooperation plan for some reason? However, on further thought, he was already here. How could he be dissuaded from such a small matter since he was from Tengda? Whats more, Boss Pei had personally arranged this task. If he left just like that, he would be letting Boss Pei down! Wu Bin felt that Boss Pei must have sent him to personally modify this company because it lacked the Tengda spirit. Time was tight, and the mission was important! The place with the deepest darkness was naturally the place that needed light the most! At that thought, Wu Bin calmed himself down and nodded at Wei Jinghui. Your work will continue as per normal. I need to analyze your situation and come up with a comprehensive modification plan in two days. Of course, Wei Jinghui could not ask for anything better. Thank you, Mr. Wu Bin! Obviously, Wu Bin did not know how Boqun Media worked. Wei Jinghui felt that his plan was already set! It did not matter whether Wu Bin made drastic and forceful modifications, causing Boqun Media to fall into chaos, or whether he made minor adjustments. The final outcome should not be very good. There would be something to say against Tengda Alliance! Chapter 1585 - So You Were Waiting For Me To Counterattack? Chapter 1585 So You Were Waiting For Me To Counterattack? At the same time, in Tengda Corporations Presidents office Pei Qian was seriously researching the latest strategy of the anti-Tengda Alliance. How strange. Why hasnt the anti-Tengda Alliance made any moves recently? I dont expect you to continue burning money with me. Why did you stop fighting the public opinion! Only Home Corporation is left with one breath. In the end, they were defeated by the new house type launched by Sloth Apartments. If you continue like this, the popularity on the internet will really be gone! Pei Qian was even more worried for the anti-Tengda Alliance than Nie Yunsheng. In his opinion, the anti-Tengda Alliance obviously had many cards to play. Such as burning money casually! The value of so many companies combined was so high. What was the point of keeping so much money? They might as well burn it and let me benefit! Pei Qian could not figure it out. Thus, he checked the relevant discussions online. In fact, many people were paying attention to this matter online ever since the competition between the anti-Tengda Alliance and Tengda Corporation intensified. It was not just the various forums that were discussing. The financial UP Master on Aili Island website was also analyzing the strategies of both sides regularly. Of course, this analysis was definitely not reliable! After all, it was impossible for these UP Masters to obtain first-hand insider information. They could only deduce it through some clues collected online. This deduction could easily deviate. However, no matter what, some UP Masters were indeed talented. Their discussions could be regarded as a reference. Many reference opinions were still very valuable to Pei Qian. One of them made Pei Qians eyes light up. The anti-Tengda Alliance has not made any moves recently. Dont think that they are backing out! In fact, the relationship with the anti-Tengda Alliance is much more reliable than we think. Even though an alliance with benefits might collapse because of benefits, such an alliance is often the most reliable! The companies under the anti-Tengda Alliance know very well that once they lose to Tengda, they will only be defeated one by one. Therefore, even if they suffer some setbacks, they will not withdraw from this alliance easily! From the looks of the current situation, the anti-Tengda Alliance seems to be defending passively. In fact, it might be luring the enemy in. Tengda Corporation and the anti-Tengda Alliance have already stabilized themselves in the corresponding fields. Tengda Corporation has a natural public opinion advantage when fighting the public opinion battle. For the anti-Tengda Alliance, they should have realized that the previous attack was a bad move! Thats because public opinion battles can only obtain an advantage by seizing the other partys weakness and beat them up. Its the same in other fields. The anti-Tengda Alliance thinks that they have the advantage in numbers. They think that they can win Tengda with just numbers and momentum. Thats obviously a very stupid idea! Now that theyre taking the initiative to retreat and entering a strategic defense state, its a more brilliant method. That way, if Tengda cant hold it in and wants to attack, they might expose some flaws and be caught by them! Once the anti-Tengda Alliance seize the loophole and pull Tengda to the same starting line, the advantage that Tengda Corporation worked so hard to establish would be gone. The battle between the two sides would be filled with suspense again! The good thing is that Boss Pei is very wise. He did not fall into this trap. Instead, he is seriously reorganizing Tengdas internal department. In addition, Boss Pei also established Tengdas cooperation department to help other companies. On the surface, it looks like a form of support. However, in reality, it is building a Tengda Alliance. Once this alliance is established, the gap in the number of people on both sides will no longer exist. At that time, Boss Pei can naturally attack freely! At that point, Pei Qian could not help but slam the table and stand up! So Nie Yunsheng hasnt made a move for so long because hes waiting for me to take the initiative to attack and find my flaws? Aiya, you should have said so earlier! If you had said so earlier, wouldnt I have been cooperating with you? Pei Qian could not help but feel emotional. This was the problem caused by poor communication! Nie Yunsheng regarded Pei Qian as his number one enemy. How could he reveal his intentions? This caused Pei Qian to realize later and not realize the deeper meaning behind Nie Yunshengs actions. However, it shouldnt be too late to realize this problem now, right? Let me think! Since Nie Yunsheng wants me to take the initiative to attack, Ill cooperate. However, I dont have any good methods for now. I definitely cannot fight public opinion anymore. Why dont I do my best-burn money? The person-in-charge had a few rounds of public opinion battles in his segment, causing the anti-tengda alliance to suffer a crushing defeat. Pei Qian knew very well that Tengda had a huge advantage in the battle of public opinion. If they continued to fight here, it would be equivalent to bullying others. Thus, Pei Qian decided to engage in the safest money-burning war! There was no lack of wealthy companies under the anti-Tengda Alliance. Every company had a field that they were in charge of. On the other hand, Tengda wanted to burn all the fields. In terms of funds, the anti-Tengda Alliance must be more abundant. The advantage was obviously with the other party! Since that was the case, Pei Qian could burn money without any worries! The discussion online reminded Pei Qian of a problem. The anti-Tengda alliance was actually more reliable than Pei Qian had expected! That was because these companies knew very well that once they left the anti-Tengda alliance, they would probably not be able to form a united front. At that time, Tengda would be able to destroy them one by one! There was still a possibility of being bought over if they lost to other companies. However, if they lost to Tengda, they would really be eaten up and not even their bones would be left! Thus, the more money they burned, the more their fighting spirit would be stimulated! At that thought, Pei Qian perked up and immediately formulated a plan. Burn take-out, express delivery, and rental businesses first! These three industries were directly facing home delivery companies, Shengyun Express and Home Corporation. The three giants were the three companies with the largest financial resources in the anti-Tengda Alliance. Whats more, these three industries burned money the fastest. Once it burned, these three companies would definitely launch other companies against Tengda Alliance and seize Tengda Corporations market in other fields. At that time, Pei Qian would ask the other departments to keep up. Wouldnt the deadlock start? As the leader of Tengda Corporation, Pei Qian hated the cold war the most! That was because both sides would imagine each other during the Cold War. The other party would often do strange things and even give away victory. However, Pei Qian would be able to burn money happily once he entered the hot war stage! At that thought, Pei Qian began to look forward to the beautiful month ahead. .. June 10th, Monday. Wu Bin called all the heads of Boqun Media for a meeting This is the modification plan that I have finalized. It is used in the overtime quota for the weekend. The HR department and administrative department will record it down and count the overtime pay. The two people in charge of the HR and administrative department looked at each other. They felt like they had heard a fairytale. Ah, weekends overtime limit? There was even overtime pay? What was that? As a media company, working overtime was a common occurrence. That was because the media was mainly trying to ride on the popularity. It was hard to say when the popularity would appear. Even after work, the employees of these media companies were on standby 24 hours a day. Once there was a hot topic, they would immediately start working! Some celebrities often liked to expose some big news in the middle of the night. That would disturb the media companies so that they could not rest. They would work overtime to catch the hot topics. To the people in the company, overtime pay was a concept that should not exist. There was no need to talk about the overtime limit! Why was there a quota for overtime? Was overtime a particularly rare thing? Whats more, Wu Bin was using the excuse of working overtime over the weekend to ask for overtime pay. Was he sure that he was not here to make money? He had never seen an employee with such a bad working attitude! Was this the mid-laner sent by Tengda Corporation? The two people in charge looked at Wei Jinghui silently. Wei Jinghui used his eyes to signal them to calm down. In his opinion, the more ridiculous Wu Bins plan was, the better! Wei Jinghui broke the silence in the conference room and smiled at Wu Bin. Mr. Wu Bin, this is your decision. We will seriously follow it! However, can you please explain what is the overtime limit? It was only then that Wu Bin realized that the overtime quota was still a foreign concept in a place where Tengdas brilliance was not popularized. He could only take out the plan that he had prepared in advance and said, In that case, Ill talk about the plan first. Ive prepared two modification plans in total. The first is for business, and the second is for company management. CC Lets talk about the company management modification plan first. From this week onwards, the company must strictly adhere to the eight-hour work system. They must go to and from work on time. They are not allowed to leave early or late for no special reason. If there is a need for overtime, they must apply to the relevant person-in-charge for overtime limit. If the overtime limit is used too much or exceeded, it will affect the performance reward of the entire department! In the specific operations and execution, we will use the office chat software ARS used by Tengda! Wu Bin seriously introduced Tengdas management system and the specific usage of ARS to everyone. On the whole, he had copied Tengdas management rules. Wu Bin was from the HR department, so he was naturally very familiar with this set of things. Everyone in the conference room exchanged confused looks. He had thought that the overtime pay and overtime limit were ridiculous enough. He had not expected something even more ridiculous! On the other hand, Wei Jinghui smiled. That was because he realized that Nie Yunshengs prediction was completely correct! Indeed, the people sent by Tengdas cooperation department did not understand Boss Peis art of management. They were just imitating He copied Tengdas management model without analyzing the companys situation. How could that be good? Min Jingchao had successfully implemented this system in Long Yu Corporation because Min Jingchao was a master in game design and game operations. His professional skills could last here. It would not matter even if there were small problems in management! However, Wu Bin was not a professional in media! As long as he caused Boqun Media to fail, this would be the best material to attack Tengda. At that thought, Wei Jinghui smiled. Mr Wu Bins management plan should be from Tengda, right? Its indeed very smart! The administrative and HR departments must cooperate well. Everything must be done according to Mr Wu Bins instructions. There must not be any mistakes! The reason why Wei Jinghui said that was because he was afraid that Tengda would push the blame in the end if something went wrong with the people below. He was afraid that Boqun Media would not cooperate and cause the effect of public opinion attack to be greatly reduced. Wei Jinghui was relieved to see the person-in-charge of administration and HR nod. He continued, Mr Wu Bin, shall we talk about the business transformation next? Chapter 1586 - It Feels Like There Is A no mole Chapter 1586 It Feels Like There Is A no mole Wu Bin took out another plan when he heard that. This plan is mainly for changes in the business of Boqun Media. First of all, all accounts controlled by Boqun Media have to release a statement. The content of the statement is: The previous accounts content more or less have problems of exaggerating facts and guiding emotions. In the following period of time, Boqun Media has to stop and edit the previous manuscript or video. They will either be edited and uploaded again or completely deleted! As for whether to modify the content or completely delete it, the department will self-reflect! After some time, I will read the content again. If I find that I missed something, the corresponding department will take responsibility. Secondly, for those small accounts that plagiarize and wash manuscripts, cut them all off and focus all your energy on a few large accounts! Get rid of all the plagiarism and plagiarism content. Keep strictly disciplined! In the future, the content released by various accounts can promote positive energy, or reveal problems or science. However, the prerequisite is that they have to be honest, objective and fair. They have to work hard to achieve the greatest professionalism. As for suspicious views, they have to make it clear that it is a controversial view to prevent negative effects! In addition, we also have to spend a huge sum of money to recruit a professional team. When it comes to related content, we have to find a professional team to check it out. We have to delete any unreasonable content in time. On this basis, the operations team of each account can consider combining the characteristics of the previous accounts to make some differences. For example, some accounts can take the easy, humorous, and daily route, while some accounts can take the professional and serious route. Thats the rough plan. Do you have any objections? Everyone looked at Wei Jinghui speechlessly. Obviously, everyone felt that this plan was too inappropriate. However, since Wei Jinghui did not say anything, they did not dare to raise any doubts. Wei Jinghui had not expected Wu Bin to be so ruthless. He cleared his throat awkwardly. I think Mr. Wu Bins plan is very good. Everyone must follow it completely! However, the changes to this plan are relatively large. If you have any questions, it would be best to raise it now and completely supplement this plan on paper! The terms that Wei Jinghui was worried about were too broad. The people below might take advantage of the loopholes in the execution process and there might be a wrangle. At that time, if Wu Bin and Tengda Corporation said that there was no problem with the plan, it was because the quality of the people in Boqun Media was not good. If there was a mistake in the execution, the power of this public opinion bullet would also be greatly reduced! He would finalize Wu Bins plan, put it on paper, and execute it seriously according to this plan. That way, Wu Bin and Tengda Corporation would be completely responsible if something went wrong with the Boqun Media business! The conference room immediately came alive with Wei Jinghuis words. Mr Wu Bin, I have a question. You just said that the small accounts that were washing the manuscript had been completely given up. What about the people who were originally in charge of managing those small accounts? Wu Bin answered, Well try our best to include them in the operations and content teams of other large accounts or organize them to establish new operating accounts. The person who asked the question asked again, What if they are not capable enough to take on these jobs? The main business of these small accounts were manuscripts and plagiarism. Those in charge of managing these small accounts often did not have the ability to do any original work or content export. They did purely physical work and their salary was very low. Now, he was not letting them wash manuscripts and plagiarize anymore. Instead, he was letting them operate their own new account. This was completely beyond their capabilities! Wu Bin said, Thats easy. Well fire them according to the companys regulations and compensate them accordingly! Someone else asked, Mr. Wu Bin, I think this strategy of not working overtime is a little too idealistic. We are a media company after all. If some hot topic happens in the middle of the night, we cant possibly write a script on the second day of work, right? Wu Bin retorted, Why not? Time is important, but quality is more important! The other media outlets have been trying their best to grab hot topics. Its already a highly reversed state. Whats wrong with being earlier or later? The important thing is to raise real insights. There are completely different content from other media outlets! These realizations come from daily understanding and accumulation. Not working overtime is to ensure that everyone has enough time to accumulate normally! The person who asked the question asked again, Mr. Wu Bin, what should we do if we dont finish the work for the day before knocking off and the overtime limit is used up? Wu Bin smiled and answered, For this reason, we first have to see if the workload is reasonable. If the workload is too much, that would be the supervisors problem. We can hire more people if we are lacking in manpower. If the supervisors workload is not good, we will criticize and educate the supervisor. Secondly, if it is a question of his personal work ability, we have to dissuade him. The department will help him increase his work efficiency together. If it really doesnt work, we can change positions or fire him! Everyone asked questions in turn, including some rules and concepts. For example, how to select this professional team, what they should do if they could not find professionals to check on, whether the content of the various departments were reasonable, how to define it, and so on. Wu Bin answered them one by one. All in all, he had two principles: First, he had a clear conscience. Second, he had professional support! If he did not understand, he would look for professionals. If he could not find professionals, he would definitely not do this topic even if it was very popular! Some hot topics could be taken advantage of without sufficient ability. However, if they were not capable enough, they could not be taken advantage of. That was because once they were taken advantage of, they would be abusing the influence of their media accounts. They would definitely suffer a backlash! Everyone asked questions as they recorded. The more Wei Jinghui listened, the happier he became. That was because he could already tell that Wu Bins business modification would definitely not succeed! To the media, popularity was life! That was because self-media was different from traditional media. It was extremely lacking in exposure channels. If the media wanted to stand out and obtain enough attention, they had to pay attention to the current hot topic at all times. They had to think of ways to capture the attention of the audience. Or they could stimulate discussion and popularity by attracting topics and hanging comments areas, causing the virus to spread. However, Wu Bins plans were all on the lifeline of the media, which was also the popularity! After this change, the accounts controlled by Boqun Media had indeed become very positive accounts! However, where would the popularity come from? Would people really watch such things? Based on Wei Jinghuis understanding of the media industry, he felt that this thing would definitely not be popular! It was a done deal for accounts like Boqun Media to lose fans and cool on a large scale! At that thought, Wei Jinghui knocked on the table with a smile. Alright, the plan is very clear. Please follow this plan and modify immediately. Everything has to be as Mr Wu Bin says! Wu Bin left the conference room and did not return to his desk. Instead, he pretended to go to the restroom. He went to an empty corner and called Pei Qian. Boss Pei, I have something very important to report to you about Boqun Media. Pei Qian sounded surprised. Whats the matter? Wu Bin calmed himself down and said, I suspect that Boqun Media might be a spy sent by the anti-Tengda Alliance because theres obviously a problem with their attitude! Pei Qian was even more surprised now. What do you mean? Wu Bin explained, Most companies are unfamiliar with Tengdas management model and business model. When they hear these plans, their first reaction must be confused or even resistant. Even Min Jingchao encountered all sorts of resistance when Sun Strike Studios and Long Yu Corporation were executing this plan. However, he was very professional, so he could successfully solve these problems. Sun Strike Studios Zhou Muyan is your good friend, while Long Yu Corporation has already gotten enough benefits from the Bullet Hole 2 project. Thats why their cooperation with Tengda is urgent. In addition, Min Jingchao has GOGs successful operations experience and is a publicly recognized expert in game operations. His words still have weight! The situation at Boqun Media is a little strange. Firstly, the person-in-charge of Boqun Media, Wei Jinghui, did not show any admiration for you. It is enough to show that he does not understand you and does not trust Tengdas model. Secondly, Boqun Media has never had any business dealings with Tengda Corporation. I do not have any professional media background. Under such circumstances, I proposed a drastic change plan. They did not raise any questions at all. They only asked about some details and followed it completely! Wei Jinghui seemed to have not considered at all that these plans might have a huge negative impact on the early stages of Boqun Media. Instead, he repeatedly expressed complete trust and firm support for me. That doesnt make sense! Pei Qian smiled at the other end of the line, but his expression was serious as he said, Perhaps you just so happened to meet a reasonable boss? Wu Bin immediately denied it. Thats impossible! If this Wei Jinghui was really a reliable and highly-skilled boss, he would definitely not have caused Boqun Media to become like this! In my opinion, Boqun Media is not fundamentally different from other media companies. They are nothing more than manuscript plagiarism, selling anxiety, and creating hatred. These actions must represent the intentions and values of the boss of the company! We cant possibly suddenly repent after Wei Jinghui comfortably took into account the traffic, right? The possibility is too low! Boss Pei, I think that if necessary, we can terminate our cooperation with Boqun Media. Tengdas cooperation department is to help those positive companies that are willing to fight side by side with Tengda. We can reject cooperation with these companies that are of unknown origins and even clearly harboring evil intentions! Pei Qian quickly stopped him. I dont think so! Wu Bin was stunned. What do you mean? Pei Qian explained, First of all, your arguments originated from your guess. There is no concrete evidence. We cannot suspect every company that wants to work with Tengda. Secondly, even if your suspicion is true, the cooperation this time should continue. Wu Bin was stunned for a moment. Then, he realized something. Are you saying that such a company should be modified by Tengdas thinking and turn our enemies into our allies? Pei Qian held back his happiness and said indifferently, You can understand it this way. Wu Bin suddenly felt enlightened. He said excitedly, Boss Pei, I know! You have to believe that the Tengda spirit can turn something rotten into something magical. The more such a company works, the more obvious the effect would be! Even if Wei Jinghui has some thoughts in his heart, as long as he completely supports the changes I implemented on Boqun Media, the final outcome would definitely be beneficial to us. Thank you, Boss Pei. I understand completely. I will definitely modify Boqun Media and think of a way to make him a firm ally of Tengda! After hanging up, Wu Bin felt that his thoughts were clearer than ever. His thoughts were firmer than ever! So what if this company was very suspicious? The Tengda spirit was a true kingly spirit. Any tricks would not be able to withstand a single blow! As the person who understood the Tengda spirit the most, Wu Bin had strong confidence in it. It was just as Pei Qian had said when he sent Wu Bin off. Most principles were 100% one go! Tengda Corporations strong department was that the games and film departments were cultural industries. The media could also be regarded as a part of the cultural industry. As long as Wu Bin followed the corresponding rules and implemented it strictly, Boqun Media would definitely be able to be reborn! Chapter 1587 - Basic Level Activity Completed! Chapter 1587 Basic Level Activity Completed! June 19th, Wednesday. Shanghai, Shengyun Corporation headquarters. Two weeks had passed since Nie Yunsheng sent Boqun Media to be a spy and hid in Tengdas cooperation plan. More than a week had passed since Wu Bin officially reformed Boqun Media. During this period of time, Tengda Corporation did not slack off. They launched a money-burning war in the three fields of selling, delivery, and rental. Tengda was subsidizing Fish-Catching Take-Out, Upwind Logistics, and Sloth Apartments, which forced Home Take-Out, Shengyun Corporation, and Home Corporation to burn money together. Nie Yunsheng was a little miserable about this! That was because he did not expect Tengda Corporation to choose to burn money! Nie Yunsheng had indeed deliberately allowed the anti-Tengda Alliance to enter a strategic contraction stage. However, Boss Pei had not taken the bait previously. Nie Yunsheng had not come, and he had almost given up. Tengdas sudden counterattack caught him off guard! Nie Yunsheng had not expected Tengda to burn money to fight back. Logically speaking, shouldnt Tengda be fighting public opinion? The anti-Tengda Alliance had launched a public opinion war previously but was beaten badly by Tengda. This was enough to prove that Tengdas advantage was in public opinion! S ve i non Then, based on normal peoples thinking, they should also start from the most advantageous public opinion, right? Once Tengda started a public opinion war, Nie Yunsheng would be confident of finding Tengdas flaws! Whats more, he had also prepared a strategy to deal with it through the series of channels such as Boqun Media. In the end, Boss Pei seemed to have lost his memory. He gave up the advantage established by the public opinion war and insisted on playing with the anti-Tengda Alliance to burn money! Especially in take-out, express delivery and rental industries, it looked like they were trying to catch the king first! That was infuriating! Previously, when other companies were under pressure from Tengda, Shengyun Corporation only needed to hold the fort and command the battle. At that time, Nie Yunsheng was a bystander. He could also make more rational and comprehensive decisions. However, now that Shengyun Corporation and Upwind Logistics were in a price war, Nie Yunsheng had to keep an eye on Shengyun Corporation while thinking about Home Corporation and Home Take-Out. It was very difficult to analyze it calmly from the perspective of an outsider. It was even more difficult to achieve equality. After all, Nie Yunsheng was the President of Shengyun Corporation. He was most concerned about Shengyun Corporations interests! Pei Qians counterattack made him very uncomfortable. That was because it was difficult for people to think absolutely rationally when it involved their own interests. Nie Yunsheng had no good solution for the time being. He could only grit his teeth and bear with it. Fortunately, there was good news from Boqun Media. Nie Yunsheng and the President of Home Take-Out, Zheng Hao, had prepared a new round of public opinion war based on Boqun Medias information. The information sent by Boqun Media showed that Wu Bin had launched a series of drastic changes after arriving at Boqun Media. He had completely changed the management model and business model of Boqun Media. These plans were successfully implemented with Wei Jinghuis full support. As a result of the promotion, the series of accounts in Group Media began to plummet! The reason was simple, he did not want to ride on the popularity anymore! Those 100,000 + accounts were either deleted or taken off the shelves directly. There was not a single account in the entire Boqun Media that was still generating popularity. All of them were losing fans! The media earned profits by accepting advertisements. When it was popular, an advertisement could be sold for tens of thousands of yuan. Now that its popularity had decreased, even if they lowered the price, the number of clients who were willing to spend money had greatly decreased. The performance of the entire Boqun Media had plummeted. This meant that Boqun Media did not have much income! On the other hand, the employees of Boqun Media quickly adapted to not working overtime. After all, who would be willing to sit in the company if they could knock off on time? In Nie Yunshengs opinion, this was a sign that he was a lazy bum and had lost his fighting spirit. Naturally, it was also a key reason for the decline in Boqun Medias performance! The refreshing case of Group Media was the best weapon of public opinion. The transplanting the oranges grown in the South to the North would grow into something inferior! Apart from that, Nie Yunsheng and Zheng Hao also summarized some relevant information and sorted out a set of words based on their management experience. At that time, Zheng Hao would appear and fully refute Tengda Corporations management model. Nie Yunsheng could not help but smile when he thought about future victories. Boss Pei, Boss Pei, I was right indeed! You are only so invincible in certain fields, especially in the game industry. There are still some fields that you are not good at! How can humans be perfect and flawless? Even if you are a perfect and flawless in everything, the mid-tier talents that Tengdas cooperation department sent out are far from you. There will always be some mistakes that I catch! Next is to wait patiently and choose a suitable time! Nie Yunsheng could not suppress his excitement because he knew that a new attack was about to begin! At the same time, Tengda Corporations various departments were in the process of handover. The person-in-charges promotional event had ended perfectly! Huang Sibo had specially organized a large-scale meeting to gather all the person-in-charge of the departments and the substitute people in charge of the outside world. They would discuss the experience of this basic level activity together. Everyone was very enthusiastic and spoke with gusto. Ive been in charge for too long previously. Its indeed a little out of the basic level. Many policies that I think are very reasonable from the perspective of the person-in-charge might completely change from the basic perspective! Thats right. I can only say that people are limited to their own identities. Sometimes, they would obtain some new inspiration by changing their identities. I think changing departments is very meaningful. Tengda Corporations various departments have an independent and complete business model. Learning this new business model in depth will inspire and improve your own departments! I wonder again how Boss Pei can think of so many different business models and combine them perfectly. I think all of you are very outstanding as the person-in-charge. You have also proposed many constructive plans. I will organize these plans later and continue. I also hope that all of you can come to our department frequently to experience the work and raise your opinions! Mr Chen Leis name-combat room is very creative. Sloth Apartments has decided that we will invite more people to provide more proposals for tenants to choose from in the future! Through this low-level activity, I deeply understand the Tengda spirit that Boss Pei advocates. I think that the Tengda spirit requires us to be proud and confident. At the same time, it tells us not to be blindly arrogant and be complacent about our own achievements. We are trapped in our own vision! Thats right. In the critical period of the battle between Tengda Corporation and the anti-Tengda Alliance, all of us can unify our thoughts and fight together. This is the spirit that Boss Pei wants to convey to us through the lower stratum activities! We, the substitute person-in-charge, have also benefited a lot. On one hand, we understand the unique business model of Tengdas various departments and are very inspired by our horizons. On the other hand, we have also deepened our friendship. Our company will definitely cooperate more widely with Tengda in the future! The person-in-charge and the person-in-charge spoke one after another, expressing their insights into this event. At first, everyone thought that they should not change generals at the last minute. However, they did not expect the change to be very effective! Tengdas various departments previous plans might have been delayed this basic level activity but the ideology of all departments was more solid. Their friendship and connection with the outside worlds brother companies were even closer! After the people in charge expressed their opinions, Huang Sibo gently knocked on the table to summarize his speech. I think we have to recognize the following points after this basic event. First, if you are the person-in-charge of the department for a long time, it would be very easy for you to fall into a proud and complacent mentality. Whats even scarier is that we would often fall into this blind mentality without knowing! Thats because we achieved a series of results under Boss Peis lead. Thats why we easily lost our motivation because of this success and stopped moving forward! You can only recognize our shortcomings at work if you change your perspective often. Secondly, we have to be on guard against the danger of leaving the lower level employees. The strategies formulated by many departments might not be a problem from the perspective of the person-in-charge. However, once it is implemented to the middle level and then to the bottom level, various problems will arise! We have to listen to the opinions of ordinary employees often. We even have to do the work of ordinary employees ourselves. Only then can we better understand the situation of the department and formulate a more suitable strategy! We must always clearly understand that there are only differences in positions in Tengda Corporation. There is no difference in status! Outstanding people can take on more work and obtain more remuneration, but they cannot reject others because of this. They cannot have the thinking of being superior. We are the same as ordinary employees. We work hard to contribute to the society of Tengda Corporation under Boss Peis leadership! Third, we should expand Tengdas business model and introduce outstanding talents from other brother companies to communicate and manage together. This collision of different models and ideas is also very important to us! I think Boss Pei normalized the basic level activities out of such considerations. As the person-in-charge, we have to understand Boss Peis good intentions. What we have to do is to seriously execute the decision of the lower stratum and feel it seriously. We cannot let this event become superficial! Alright, everyone, return to the various departments for handover! Everyone applauded after hearing Huang Sibos speech. That was because Huang Sibo had voiced out the consensus of all the people in charge! The handover went smoother with this consensus. The person-in-charge made some good plans and suggestions, and the original people in charge listened and absorbed them seriously. The strategies that could be used had to be delayed as much as possible, and the areas that needed to be improved had to be continuously improved. Everyone in charge knew that the battle between Tengda Corporation and the anti-Tengda alliance had reached a critical moment! Both sides had temporarily given up and Tengda Corporation even had some advantage. However, the anti-Tengda Alliance might make a comeback at any time. Under such a tense situation, if a certain department made a mistake, it was very likely that the anti-Tengda Alliance would seize it as a breakthrough point and attack Tengda! Thus, the people in charge became nervous. They could not wait to set off a new storm of reforms in Tengdas various departments! Chapter 1588 - Doubts In The Entrepreneurial Public Lecture” Chapter 1588 Doubts In The Entrepreneurial Public Lecture June 21st, Friday. In the Presidents office of Shengyun Corporation, Nie Yunsheng was having a secret conversation with the President of Home Take-Out, Zheng Hao. Zheng Hao was in his thirties this year. He was thin and weak, had declining hairline, and was wearing a pair of thick glasses. If one saw him on the streets, they might mistakenly think that he was a programmer. However, he was indeed a programmer in the past. Now, he had grown into a publicly recognized outstanding entrepreneur and entrepreneur! After three successful entrepreneurship, especially the Home Take-Out that was established, it was developing rapidly. It was already possible to become a large corporation. This also made Zheng Hao one of the top entrepreneurs in the country. He might be a little younger than Nie Yunsheng but his views on some problems were very similar to Nie Yunsheng. Nie Yunsheng was the most optimistic about Zheng Hao in the structure of the entire anti-Tengda Alliance! Zheng Haos rich successful experience, business management ability and top-notch eloquence would be the key to winning Tengda in the battle of public opinion! Nie Yunsheng had already met Zheng Hao a few times regarding the battle plan for the public opinion battle and repeatedly discussed the relevant details. All the relevant preparations were complete. Nie Yunsheng shared all the information he had gathered with Zheng Hao, including naturally the failed reform of Boqun Media. Until now, Boqun Media was still in a half-dead state. The number of views on these content could be said to be cut in half even though the various accounts had already released a new batch of articles and videos. The commercial value of the accounts in the hands of the entire Boqun Media was also decreasing rapidly! Given the traffic in the group media, even though there was no risk of bankruptcy in the short term, the huge decline in such results had already proven the failure of Wu Bins reform! There were also other content as evidence. After sorting out all the information, Nie Yunsheng patted Zheng Hao on the shoulder and said, Brother, I can only help you so much. The next public opinion battle will depend on you, Brother! Tengdas Boss Pei might be young, but he is extremely smart! He often has unexpected moves. Brother, you cannot let your guard down! You have to take note of something in particular. Tengda Corporation has always had the advantage in the battle of public opinion. When we are discussing the management of the company, we have to take note of the entry point and find a good angle. Dont shoot yourself in the foot. Zheng Hao nodded confidently. I know my limits, dont worry! This speech is not a sharing of your experience, but a real war! I will prepare carefully, I cannot let my guard down! Tengda might have already occupied the high ground of public opinion, but it is not impossible to break out of the situation! Nie Yunsheng was very satisfied with Zheng Haos confidence. Brother, when are you preparing to revolt? Zheng Hao looked at the date. This Sunday. Recently, many media have jointly created a program called Entrepreneurial Public Lecture. They invited me to be a guest episode. I will have three hours of public lecture. I have already prepared the contents of the speech. Nie Yunsheng looked elated. Really? That cant be better! If we directly start a public opinion war online, it might seem too deliberate and make the situation unfavorable for us. Its much safer to express your views on such a platform! Of course, Nie Yunsheng knew about this program. It was jointly created by several mainstream media in the country. The original title was Entrepreneurs Public Lecture. However, there was a trend now. He felt that the concept of entrepreneurship was not as dynamic as entrepreneurship. It gave people the feeling that he had started from scratch. That was why it was ultimately named Entrepreneurial Public Lecture. The content of this public lecture was very simple. It was to invite some successful entrepreneurs to talk about their entrepreneurial experience in the public lecture and share some experience and lessons. Of course, this segment had a positive meaning. That was because entrepreneurship itself was something worth encouraging. It would create value for society, provide employment opportunities, and be beneficial to the realization of personal value! Such a lecture could guide some confused entrepreneurs and solve their difficulties. For those young people who were confused about their future and prospects, even if they did not become entrepreneurs, looking at the experience of these entrepreneurs would be able to guide and advance their thinking! Zheng Hao hoped to use this platform to express his experience in management and operations. He did not need to express his rejection of Boss Pei and Tengdas management model publicly and clearly. However, when he was talking about his own thoughts, he would definitely talk about some negative cases. These negative cases would more or less cause some attack on Tengda! That way, Zheng Hao could use this public lecture platform to start this public opinion war! At that time, Tengda Corporation would probably fight back. However, what they did not know was that Zheng Hao was already fully prepared to fight. All sorts of relevant information and iron-like facts were already in his hands. This was especially so for the case of Group Media. It was very likely to have a decisive effect! ve If this public opinion battle were to succeed, it would be the first breakthrough in Tengda Corporation and Pei Qian since the establishment of the anti-Tengda Alliance. There would be a huge chance to turn the situation around in the following battle! June 23rd, Sunday. There were no empty seats in the recording studio of the Entrepreneurs Public Lecture. Before Zheng Hao went on stage, he had already seen the people below the stage. Many of them were familiar faces that could be seen online often. Some were famous star actors, while others were well-known intellectuals and scholars online. There were also some small and medium-sized companies and successful people sitting in the back row. Behind them were young people who were filled with admiration for entrepreneurs. Zheng Hao was very satisfied with the audience below the stage. Explaining his own thoughts on such a stage, teaching these people, making him feel the realization of his life value! Zheng Hao was a entrepreneur and a successful entrepreneur. There was a saying that went one would not return to their hometown even if they were rich. It was as if they were dressed in brocade robes and traveled in the night! For a young and successful entrepreneur like him, it was naturally very satisfying to be able to achieve huge success in his business and obtain huge wealth and extremely high social status! However, as wealth accumulated and their social status increased, they would slowly have new demands. For example, he could attend public lectures and convey his thoughts to more people. Being a good teacher was a common problem for humans! Meng Chang had done similar actions before, but Meng Chang and Zheng Haos intentions were completely different. To Meng Chang, organizing a lecture was just a conventional marketing tactic. It was to allow the brand he established to obtain more attention. It was unknown if Meng Chang approved the content he mentioned in the lecture. Some might be sincere words from the bottom of his heart, but some might be pure lies. When Meng Chang was describing these content, his intention was not his true feelings, nor was it necessarily a product of the industry. Instead, it was a simple marketing method. However, Zheng Hao was completely different. Zheng Hao did think that what he said was absolutely correct. He taught in various venues to obtain the admiration and recognition of the audience. Such recognition would give them a greater sense of pride and satisfaction! Many entrepreneurs or entrepreneurs on stage said something wrong and were scolded by netizens. Many netizens thought that he was lying through his teeth. He was deliberately using the influence and platform of the celebrity effect to convey some wrong thoughts and induce young people. That was precisely why many entrepreneurs were called scammers. However, in reality, some people might have been wronged. Most of the entrepreneurs who had been wronged as scammers were speaking from their hearts. Their comments looked ridiculous but that was indeed what they were thinking. People like Meng Chang were true scammers. However, real entrepreneurs were more dangerous than pure scammers like Meng Chang. In front of the camera, Zheng Hao confidently went on stage amidst the applause. For a successful entrepreneur, speech was like eating and drinking. It was simple and natural. After all, he had experienced too many similar situations. For todays public lecture, I want to share with everyone my experience in managing businesses when I was starting my own business. I think that as an outstanding manager, you must know how to take care of people and not micromanage them! When I first started my business, I had also fallen into this mistake. I always put too much energy into the specific areas. I asked about everything! In the end, even though start-ups were developing well in the beginning, they encountered bottlenecks. My first two attempts at entrepreneurship might look successful to outsiders, but to myself, I have failed completely! I might have been grabbing the specific business and allowed the first two companies to develop well, but I lost to others in the final competition and had no choice but to sell myself! I obtained a wealth that ordinary people would not be able to attain. In the eyes of everyone, I became a successful entrepreneur. Some people even thought that I was a winner in life. However, to me, this is a definite failure! Thats because I did not become the final victor. I only understood one thing when I was at Home Take-Out. That is, managing people is far more important than micromanaging! Thats because a company is ultimately made up of people. The ancient emperors paid attention to the art of managing people. Thats because only by managing the ministers very well can the entire national organization operate smoothly. As the boss of the company, we have to take care of our own team! That way, the entire company can operate better. We wont be flustered when competing with other companies! However, humans are ultimately selfish and lazy by nature! Ordinary employees cannot see the vast prospects of the companys development, nor can they see the unlimited possibilities of the future! For an ordinary employee, he only cares about the work on hand and the fixed income every month. However, if everyone thinks that way, a company would be lazy, decadent, and not motivated. They would definitely be eliminated in the intense market competition! Therefore, as a manager, the most important thing is to mobilize all the employees so that they can do their best for the development of the company! As the boss and entrepreneur, we have to put in more effort than the 996 working hour system! I think that fighting spirit is the most valuable wealth of entrepreneurs! Those who encourage everyone to give up on this fighting spirit must have an ulterior motive! Chapter 1589 - Tengda Is Fishing For Reputation! Chapter 1589 Tengda Is Fishing For Reputation! Zheng Hao spoke about his entrepreneurial experience in front of the camera, including some positive cases and some negative cases. To Zheng Hao, the setbacks he encountered in the beginning of his entrepreneurship were all because his employees did not work hard or work hard. That caused the company to not have the upper hand in the competition with other companies. That caused a series of butterfly effects! After the company closed down, these lazy employees would find another job. The failure of entrepreneurship could only be borne by him. Of course, Zheng Hao had never failed in his entrepreneurship. The worst case scenario would be to sell his company to other large companies. However, in Zheng Haos opinion, anything that did not achieve the top of the industry could be said to be a failure! Even though he had already obtained a huge amount of personal wealth through his previous two entrepreneurs, he still regarded it as a failure and bore a grudge against his employees laziness! Thus, Zheng Hao began to practice various management schools and formulated various KPI and indicators within the company. Through the HR department, he added layers of codes, causing the entire company to operate in an extremely efficient state! At the same time, Zheng Hao had accumulated a lot of experience in his entrepreneurship the previous two times. He had successfully avoided all the pits that he could step on in all aspects. That was how he achieved the success of home delivery. Of course, Zheng Hao did not simply preach during the process of explanation. Instead, he used many cases during the process of entrepreneurship. Many cases were rich and detailed, making the audience nod. Especially the point about lazy employees making the company fail, it was especially convincing because of Zheng Haos large number of detailed cases. It even resonated widely with many entrepreneurs and business owners present! Actually, would such phenomenons exist? Of course they do. It was human nature to be lazy, especially when a large number of heavy work tasks were on their bodies and they could not see direct feedback after completing these tasks. Most people would feel lazy. For the company, employees who were focused on being screws were good employees. Those employees who were overthinking, inefficient, and even affected the atmosphere of the entire team were, of course, those who were dissuaded from talking There were many entrepreneurs who agreed with this concept. Some economists even saw this requirement and stood up for entrepreneurs publicly. For example, some economists suggested that employees could exploit companies by being lazy, but companies would find it difficult to effectively manage and counteract employees laziness, so companies are actually disadvantaged. On the surface, it looked like a form of criticism. However, the person who said that knew the target of the audience very well. He was just satisfying the demands of some entrepreneurs. Thus, Zheng Haos similar comments were still very marketable. Especially those failed entrepreneurs who would not think that they had a problem in managing the company, but because their employees had been lazy! His subordinates were in a state of disunity and did not have any sense of responsibility or responsibility. That was why the companys entrepreneurship failed. Seeing that the atmosphere was getting more and more lively, Zheng Hao knew that it was about time. Thus, he changed the topic and continued on this point. IA I realized that some companies now want to achieve the effect of making fools of the public by promoting some comments. They then deceive other start-ups, put themselves in an advantageous position in the market competition, and finally achieve an unspeakable goal! I think we have to be wary of these companies! What these entrepreneurs say might look right on the surface, so it is more confusing! Every employee who wants to grow must establish the consciousness of a master in the company! We entrepreneurs are taking care of the company like children! If we blindly listen to such wrong comments, the final outcome would be nothing more than the company failing, the entrepreneurship failing, and the employees losing their jobs! The audience looked shocked. That was because the audience subconsciously thought of Tengda Corporation through Zheng Haos words. All along, Tengda Corporation had been famous for not working overtime and other generous employee benefits. This also made Tengda Corporation the dream land for all workers, giving Tengda Corporation an advantage in the battle of public opinion! After all, most netizens who participated in the public opinion discussions were hitting workers. Of course, they were on the side of hitting workers. Zheng Hao pointed his spearhead at Tengda Corporation at this time, obviously because of the feud between Home Take-Out and Tengda Corporation! Fish-Catching Take-Out had dismantled the business model of home take-out twice and had attacked home take-out delivery man many times. This caused both sides to be at odds in the battle of public opinion. Fish-Catching Take-Out had also successfully seized more markets. Zheng Hao obviously could not accept this! Zheng Hao had not only targeted Fish-Catching Take-Out, but he had also expanded his influence to the entire Tengda Corporation. He felt that Tengda Corporation had an ulterior motive for advocating benefits for their employees so that they did not have to work overtime and maintain their fighting spirit. One had to know that this was a public lecture program with a lot of attention. Zheng Haos comments here would definitely be widely spread. It might even be edited into material and sent to Aili Islands website and other major video websites! Was Home Take-Out going to start a new round of public opinion war online? However, Zheng Haos words were more like crude discredit of Tengda Corporation. Would that really work? Zheng Hao smiled and continued. I know, my words will make everyone confused! Now, first-tier big companies are thinking of ways and means to increase employee benefits. If increasing employee benefits is wrong and goes against management knowledge, why are these big companies doing this? For example, Tengda Corporation soared through strictly implementing the eight-hour work system and generous employee benefits. In a few short years, it had developed into a huge giant. If there is a problem with Tengdas management thinking, how did Tengda develop? Obviously, you only know one thing! They completely confuse and confuse the objective differences between different companies. They ignore the specific situation of each company and forcefully solve the problem in a one-size-fits-all way! Why are top-tier companies thinking of ways and means to increase employee benefits? Its because these large companies have high profits that can attract outstanding employees through these employee benefits and encourage outstanding employees. Outstanding employees have higher work efficiency and self-awareness. These benefits can make them better display their value! However, big companies often place the most emphasis on business management. They would use many other methods to improve the efficiency of their employees so that their employees would be better suited for the job. The benefits are just one of their many management methods! For a small startup company, it does not have the generous profits of large companies nor the attractiveness of large companies to outstanding employees. However, it forcefully learned the employee benefits of large companies. This is equivalent to not having the life of a large company but having the disease of large companies! Of course, when Tengda Corporation was still a small company, it implemented employee benefits. However, Tengda could obtain its subsequent achievements not only because of employee benefits. Tengdas development relies on the high profits of the games industry and on a brilliant management model! I dont know the specific situation but I can be sure that Tengda is not as simple as a high benefit! Otherwise, it would have been eaten up by those lazy employees. How could it have developed to its current scale? However, when Tengda is promoting its so-called Tengda spirit to the outside world, it only promotes the spirit of not working overtime. It doesnt mention any other management details. Why is that? Obviously! This is a very smart public opinion tactic by Tengda. It wants to stand on the same side as the workers to obtain widespread public opinion support so that it can win in the battle of public opinion with other companies! However, everyone, think about it carefully. If all the companies were like Tengda, giving employees high benefits, how many companies would be able to persevere? Would small companies that could not afford such good employee benefits not be worthy of survival? A single promotion of such high benefits is to weaken all startup companies through high benefits so that all small companies would no longer pose any threat to Tengda and achieve a market monopoly! Zheng Haos speech made everyone start whispering. Obviously, many people did not expect Zheng Hao to target Tengda Corporation at such an occasion! He had to admit that Zheng Haos speech was supported by many people. As an outstanding entrepreneur, Zheng Hao had a certain amount of influence brought about by his reputation. Coupled with his successful experience in management, his words sounded very convincing! Many small entrepreneurs present could empathize with what Zheng Hao had said. Ever since Tengda Corporation appeared, the eight-hour work system, no overtime, high salary benefits, and so on had become a common demand for workers. The popularity of Tengda Corporations recruitment examinations was enough to show how much the employees wanted and welcomed it! However, not everyone could join Tengda Corporation. Those workers who could not join Tengda Corporation for the time being would naturally compare their current companies with Tengda. How could the comparison not be sour? In the eyes of the bosses of these small companies, their own employees were greedy for Tengdas benefits and wanted their companies to implement an eight-hour work system. Or perhaps their employees were dissatisfied with the current situation and were slacking during overtime. Wasnt that completely in line with the so-called employees are exploiting the company saying? How did Tengda maintain its benefits? This had always been an unsolved mystery! The most likely explanation was that as a games company, Tengda had supported the companys benefits with its generous profits. However, it was obvious that other companies did not have the financial strength to support them. They could not completely replicate Tengdas model. Thus, even though Zheng Haos words seemed to be filled with hostility towards Tengda Corporation on the surface, they did reflect the demands of some bosses. Some workers even felt quite willing! If the company closed down because of their employees laziness, they would lose their jobs. Wouldnt ordinary employees not even have the chance to work overtime? Of course, some people started cursing when they heard this argument. They scolded Zheng Hao for being shameless! As an outstanding entrepreneur, how could he make his exploitation of his employees sound so refreshing? No matter what, Zheng Haos speech in the Entrepreneurial Public Lecture would definitely cause a huge uproar online! Chapter 1590 - Whose Side Are We On? Chapter 1590 Whose Side Are We On? June 24th, Monday. At a high-end tea house in Shanghai. Nie Yunsheng and Zheng Hao sat opposite each other. They sipped their tea nonchalantly and chatted about last Sundays Founders Public Lecture . Brother, your speech in the segment has poked a hornets nest! I thought you would drop a hint, but I didnt expect you to directly criticize it! The production team did not stop you? Zheng Hao smiled nonchalantly. Such a program team would at most review the manuscript I submitted. However, I want to improvise on the spot. They cant directly cut off the live-stream signal. That was because such segments would invite reputable entrepreneurs in society, not random people. The program team had to treat the guests like they were big shots. Otherwise, if they were angry and could not come, that would be the program teams loss! Whats more, the program team had already clarified that these were the bosses personal opinions and had nothing to do with the program. Even if the audience wanted to rush forward, they would not be able to reach the program team because of the bosses personal Weibo. On the contrary, he could use the outstanding comments of these bosses to gain popularity. Why not? Nie Yunsheng said with some worry, Brother, Im worried about you. If you think about it indirectly, theres still room to turn things around. However, if you directly name Tengda Corporation, youll probably be attacked online for no reason! Zheng Hao smiled confidently. Isnt it just to get a lot of attention? If no one scolded me, it would mean that our strategy was not successful enough to attract enough attention! Whats more, I have three backup plans waiting for their counterattack! The more they counterattack now, the more we will win after I release my backup plan. Nie Yunsheng was a little surprised. You have a backup plan? He had only briefly explained the strategy of the public opinion battle to Zheng Hao previously. He had thought that Zheng Hao had already finished explaining all the content of the strategy in the public lecture. He did not expect Zheng Hao to have a backup plan. Zheng Hao explained, The first backup plan I prepared was to throw out two questions. The first question: If Tengda wants to help other companies, it only needs to guide the operations concept. Why is it forcing its own non-overtime strategy? Is there a need? Second question: Tengda always says that you can increase your employees work efficiency if you dont work overtime. Is there an inevitable connection? If you delve deeper into these two problems, you will be even more certain of what I suggest: Tengda promotes the idea of not working overtime and only uses it as an ideological weapon to expand its territory! When the criticism reaches its peak later, I will throw out these two questions first so that everyone will naturally have doubts. The second backup plan is the current situation and details of Boqun Media. It has been proven that Tengda previously promoted the success of its non overtime model only because he was helping games companies like Sun Strike Studios and Long Yu Corporation. This is a success in business model and not in management model! Once it involves areas that Tengda is not good at, this management model would not be played at all. Boqun Media is a fresh example! Third, I found some information about Boss Pei. According to the information on the internet, he is the absolute controller of Tengda Corporation and has a position of absolute authority. However, after careful investigation, I realized that Boss Pei is only an ordinary student in university. Not only that, Boss Pei has never appeared in front of important events or expressed his thoughts publicly. I think this might be because Boss Pei is worried that he would show his fox tail! Nie Yunsheng was a little confused. What do you mean? He had not expected Zheng Hao to start with Boss Peis identity. Zheng Hao explained, Dont you think that Tengda Corporations behavior doesnt match Boss Peis personal behavior at all? Its like a persons head looks left, but their feet are walking right. The impression that Tengda Corporation has left on everyone is that it is showing its edge. It has been promoting and explaining its companys values to attract talents from all over the world! However, as the leader of Tengda Corporation, Boss Pei never appeared in public, much less revealed his thoughts to everyone. Not only that, he was so low-profile even in school. Its understandable to keep a low profile, but is there a need to only pass the passing line for the various examinations? Nie Yunsheng frowned slightly. He also felt that this matter was unreasonable. That was because a companys operating model often displayed the concept of a founder! Some founders were passionate about giving speeches in society and acting as life coaches. These companies often emphasized values and business spirit. Some founders kept a low profile and never showed their faces. Then, this company would often be humble, down-to-earth, and pragmatic. At the very least, he would be cautious and make huge profits silently. That was very easy to understand. After all, the founder had absolute control over the company. It would maintain the state of the company with him. However, Tengda Corporation was completely different. If Tengda Corporation was compared to a person, it should be completely different from Pei Qian. Nie Yunsheng asked, What does that mean? After a moment of silence, Zheng Hao said, I think Tengda Corporation is not reflecting Boss Peis inner thoughts. Or perhaps Boss Pei doesnt approve of Tengda Corporations performance in front of everyone! All of Tengda Corporations actions are just a high profile posture that Boss Pei made in order to hide some deep secret! Boss Pei refused to show his face in order to better build his character. Thats because he can only boast about himself without any worries if he doesnt appear in front of the public. Only then would the public imagine him as a perfect entrepreneurial image. Once he expresses his views in public, his character might collapse! Boss Peis true image in school is our most advantageous weapon! No matter what, breaking Boss Peis godly state and pulling him down from the altar proves that he is actually just a person fishing for fame. It is definitely a huge benefit for us! At the same time, at Boqun Media. Wei Jinghui looked at the discussions online and knew very well that his task was almost completed. Zheng Hao must have obtained first-hand information on Boqun Media and thought that he was well-prepared. That was why he attacked Tengdas public opinion in the entrepreneurs public lecture! Wu Bin might have caused a mess in Boqun Media but it was not a big deal to Wei Jinghui. As long as he could obtain enough funds and resources from the anti-Tengda Alliance, the Bo Qun Media would be able to develop very quickly and better than before! Therefore, Wei Jinghui was watching the battle of public opinion online with the mentality of watching a show. As expected, his Weibo exploded that day after Zheng Hao posted this comment! Tengdas fans and many angry netizens were not the only ones who went to attack him. No worker would be able to accept Zheng Haos words! was What did he mean by the companys collapse was caused by ordinary employees slacking? What did he mean by employees could exploit the companys salary by slacking? Such comments were practically making complaints and turning the boss into a disadvantaged group. To most ordinary netizens, it was nonsense! However, Zheng Hao was not unprepared. He argued with the netizens while releasing the materials that he had prepared in an orderly manner. Zheng Haos first move was to ask the netizens two questions. First, if Tengda wanted to help other companies, it only had to help them in the operations business. Why did they have to force Tengdas working model? Second, why did not working overtime necessarily increase work efficiency? Was there any inevitable connection? These were all necessary to deny Tengdas working model! Until now, many UP Masters had refuted Zheng Haos words online, but not enough public opinion had been formed. The reason was simple. Pei Qian had given orders not to let the heads of the various departments participate in the person-in-charge said dismantle the business plan of other companies. Netizens would not be able to generate representative comments and enough popularity in a short period of time just by spontaneously rebuking. Wei Jinghui felt that this scene was quite strange. The anti-Tengda Alliance and Tengda Corporation were in a deadlock in the battle of public opinion! This was something he had never imagined. It was enough to prove that Zheng Hao had come prepared and found a good breakthrough point. Wei Jinghui was praising Zheng Haos foresight when he heard a knock on his office door. The editor-in-chief of Boqun Media, Old Deng, pushed the door open and entered. Boqun Media was a media company. Naturally, there was a large amount of content that needed the editor-in-chief to write and review. Previously, Old Deng had been the main author of several 100,000 + chapters and was deeply valued by Wei Jinghui. Wu Bins arrival had made a huge transformation of Bo Qun Media from top to bottom. Naturally, Old Deng could not write anymore articles to freeload on traffic. Instead, he wrote some current problems and hot topics according to Wu Bins idea. The traffic was greatly reduced because of this. Wei Jinghui did not ask about Old Dengs article because he was focused on executing the spy plan. He was thinking that once the public opinion war in front of him ended and Wu Bin left, Boqun Media would return to its previous working state and pretend that nothing had happened! Whats wrong, Old Deng, whats the matter? Wei Jinghui asked with concern seeing Old Dengs somber expression. Old Deng looked worried. He wanted to say something but hesitated. Boss Wei, there is not much traffic in what I write recently. I want to write Wei Jinghui smiled and interrupted Old Deng. Do you feel that youre not used to the current working model? You dont like the content of the manuscript that you wrote? Its alright. It should be back to normal after some time. Just bear with it! Old Deng was stunned for a moment before he quickly shook his head. No, no, no. Boss Wei, thats not what I mean. I want to write an article to refute Zheng Haos speech in the entrepreneurial class! Wei Jinghui was stunned. Huh? Chapter 1591 - All Of It Came From Within! Chapter 1591 All Of It Came From Within! Old Dengs thoughts caught Wei Jinghui off guard. Should he publish an article to refute Zheng Haos public lecture? No, which side are we on? Wei Jinghui thought about it. That made sense. Only he knew that he was a spy now, and no one else in the company knew! The boss, Wei Jinghui, had been the one to decide on working with the anti-Tengda Alliance. He had not told his employees about That was because there was a high chance that the secret would be leaked as long as he said it! Once Tengda realized the problem, the spys goal would not be achieved. When Wei Jinghui asked everyone to cooperate fully with Wu Bin, the employees felt that Boqun Media was sincerely working with Tengda. Naturally, they stood on Tengdas side. Wei Jinghui did not know to laugh or to cry. What a mess Logically speaking, Wei Jinghui could reject Old Dengs request and tell Wu Bin about it. Im the spy, Im not pretending anymore! However, on further thought, he felt that this was not appropriate. Boqun Media was their final trump card. Zheng Hao and the others had not used it yet. What if they showed their cards now and aroused Tengda Corporations vigilance, causing Tengda Corporation to take measures in advance? What if this trump card did not have the desired effect? It would affect the bargaining chips and returns that Wei Jinghui had obtained from the anti-Tengda Alliance! At that thought, Wei Jinghui said to Old Deng, Ill consider it and answer you later. Old Deng went out looking elated. Obviously, he felt that it was very likely that Wei Jinghui would consider it. However, in reality, Wei Jinghui said that he wanted to consider it, but he actually wanted to ask for instructions! Now, Wei Jinghui had to listen to Nie Yunshengs instructions. Wei Jinghui quickly reported Old Dengs thoughts to Nie Yunsheng. He had thought that Nie Yunsheng would not do anything, but he did not expect Nie Yunsheng and Zheng Hao to agree unanimously! Zheng Hao was now with Nie Yunsheng. He even immediately expressed that he had to let Old Deng publish an article to refute. Such a retort would be beneficial to us. Firstly, I have more trump cards in my hands. I need someone to cooperate with me to better attack! Secondly, Boqun Media seems to draw a clear line with us on the surface and is diametrically opposed. When I release the information of Boqun Media, it will appear more realistic. It will also allow people to see the outcome of Boqun Media following Tengda Corporation! see After hearing Zheng Haos words, Wei Jinghui immediately understood. I understand, Boss Zheng. Ill rush Old Deng to produce the script now. Ill try to publish it in two days to bring about a wave of popularity! After asking for instructions, Wei Jinghui had a rough idea. On the surface, this manuscript seemed to be supporting Tengda Corporation. However, once Zheng Hao released information about Boqun Media, it would be different! Everyone saw that Boqun Media had accepted Tengda Corporations cooperation, causing its business volume to plummet and the company to be unsustainable. Didnt that prove Zheng Haos point of view? That way, no one would suspect that Boqun Media was a spy planted into Tengda by the anti-Tengda Alliance. Instead, it would be hard evidence! At that thought, Wei Jinghui informed Old Deng that he could write this manuscript. Whats more, the company would use a lot of resources to promote it. He wanted him to write it seriously and publish it as soon as possible! Old Deng was an experienced writer after all. He had completed the script that afternoon! Old Deng found Wei Jinghui with the manuscript after he was done. Once Wei Jinghui made his decision, this script would be immediately released on the account with the highest traffic in Boqun Media, Expansion of Knowledge. Whats more, it would be released on multiple platforms at the same time! This account that was widely read was the biggest account in the hands of Boqun Media. At the same time, it was managed on many platforms. The content released by this account was also very complicated. There was a video category and an article category. Basically, any hot topic content could be stuffed in. The previous 100,000 + articles were released on this account, so it had the most fans. Wei Jinghui quickly scanned the article titled Why Not Working Overtime Is The Best For Productiveness. This title was obviously very Tengda-like. Wei Jinghui did not take this title to heart. Wu Bin must have instructed Old Deng to write it. It must have expressed Tengdas thoughts. On the surface, Boqun Media was being used by Tengda Corporation as a tool. However, Wu Bin did not know that Boqun Media was actually a gun that had been tampered with. Whats more, it might explode! This article pointed out two problems that Zheng Hao had raised. That was why Tengda Corporation forcefully implemented their own non-overtime strategy. Why did the non-overtime strategy increase employees efficiency and achieve a change in appearance for a company? Old Deng pointed out in the article. Its not strange for Zheng Hao to raise these two questions from the boss perspective. Thats because Tengdas behavior from Zheng Haos perspective is indeed unreasonable. In Zheng Haos opinion, all the employees are donkeys. If you want a Donkey to sharpen up, you have to use a whip in one hand and a carrot in the other. You have to lure them while playing! Zheng Haos management model and Tengda Corporations management model can both establish a huge company, but they are fundamentally different. The key difference is: Are employees considered humans?. If you think that the employees are not human but a fuel and path that would allow the company to develop faster, then Zheng Haos words would naturally not be a problem! Everything can be used within the scope of the law. If the law states that it is not illegal to hit others, I believe Zheng Hao would definitely raise the whip in his hand immediately! However, if you think that the employees are humans, they will take the initiative to show their subjective initiative and know how to be grateful. You can change them from ignorance to intelligence and wisdom through a certain method. Then, you have to respect their basic rights as a person! The most important thing is how to better stimulate peoples subjectivity through material rewards and spiritual incentives and maximize their creativity. This is the fundamental difference between the two management methods! Zheng Hao thinks that strong management is the first productivity of the company. However, to Tengda Corporation, not working overtime is the first productivity! At first, the author was very confused about this sentence. However, after a period of experience, he had a deep understanding of this sentence and completely approved of it! Therefore, the author here will answer Zheng Haos two questions that he could not figure out. Why is it that when Tengda is working with other companies, it is not limited to business cooperation, but to extend its hand to company management. The reason is very simple, the strength of a companys business level does not play a decisive role, and the mental state and thinking level of a company determines the upper limit of this company! If your standard of business is not good, you can organize core members to learn. You can continue to improve in your work time and time again. You can solve the problem by looking for investment firms to finance or recruit. All in all, business problems are relatively easy to solve! However, if a company has a problem in its thinking, even if the company looks very capable on the surface, it will one day fall behind the times and be abandoned! Only by modifying the mindset of a company and changing the operation model of this company can everyone establish a correct value direction. Only then can this company continue to develop in the right direction and finally achieve something that surpasses other companies! The second question is a simple no overtime. Why can it increase efficiency and be called the first productivity?. The reason is very simple. Working overtime is an inefficient internal battle. It is a game between the company and the employees. The outcome of the game is a lose-lose situation! For most companies, especially internet companies and creative industries, the output of employees is limited. Extending employees working hours at the beginning might indeed increase some efficiency. However, in the long term, employees will find that even if they complete the task, they will be assigned more tasks. Even if they increase efficiency, they will not be able to knock off early!/ please keep reading on MYB0XN0VEL(d0t)C0M. Thus, employees would take the initiative to look for an equilibrium. They would drag the work that originally required four hours to complete to six hours and put themselves in a very busy state. The output did not increase! However, the companys expenses increased, and time was wasted for individuals. On the surface, Zheng Haos so-called employees can exploit the company by being lazy. On the surface, it looks reasonable. However, in fact, due to the unfair status of the company and the employees, the company can use the management path that Zheng Hao advocates to let the administrative and HR departments check in and check in through various methods to actually control the employees! Therefore, there will not be any winner in this vicious cycle, other than a true company leader like Zheng Hao! However, Tengda Corporation takes a different model. It increases the focus of the employees by not working overtime so that they can always work in the most efficient state for eight hours a day. That way, Tengdas employees can have enough output even if they dont work overtime. As time goes by, employees can even read books in their spare time or use other methods to improve themselves. The more talented employees are, the more talents Tengda would have! That way, the gap between it and other companies would naturally widen. For that reason, Home Take-Out and Fish-Catching Take-Out took two completely different paths! Without a doubt, Zheng Hao is an outstanding entrepreneur. He started his business three times and succeeded three times. However, his view on this problem is showing the huge difference between Zheng Hao and Boss Pei! This difference might be the difference between successful entrepreneurs and great entrepreneurs! At this point, Wei Jinghui suddenly could not decide whether to publish it or not. Old Dengs article was very sharp and had Tengdas style. It was completely different from the exaggerated style that he had written previously to ride on the traffic. Of course, Old Dengs article must have been given pointers by Wu Bin. Naturally, Wu Bin was of the same style as Tengda. What made Wei Jinghui a little uncertain was whether this article was too strong and really knocked Zheng Hao out! On further thought, Zheng Hao had asked him to publish this manuscript. Once this article was published, Zheng Hao would immediately follow suit. There shouldnt be a big problem since Zheng Hao was so confident, right? Wei Jinghui made up his mind and said, Alright, lets publish it! Once he gave the order, the employees of Boqun Media immediately got busy. They edited the manuscript and posted it on various accounts, especially the account that had a huge traffic flow. After all the work was over, Wei Jinghui asked Old Deng, How much of the content in this manuscript was suggested by Wu Bin? Old Deng was stunned. Mr. Wu Bin? He didnt mention it. I wrote it out of inspiration! Chapter 1592 - Wei Jinghui Fell Into Swing Chapter 1592 Wei Jinghui Fell Into Swing Old Dengs words stunned Wei Jinghui. You were the one who felt it? You were the one who wrote all the content of this manuscript? Old Deng nodded, confused. Yes, I wrote them. Is there a problem? Didnt Mr. Wu Bin teach us these content usually? We just have to learn them on the spot. Theres no need to ask Mr. Wu Bin! Every word in here comes from the bottom of my heart. I might have written a few explosive articles with 100,000 + previously, but none of them could be written as happily as this one! Wei Jinghui had mixed feelings. What was going on? He had brought his Boqun Media employees here to be a spy in Tengda Corporation. He wanted to play with Wu Bin for a few days and collect some evidence before he could withdraw. Once he achieved his goal, the operations of the company would be the same as before. He would work overtime and ride on the hot topics as quickly as possible! After all, Wu Bin could not stay in the company for long. No matter how much he praised the Tengda spirit, how much influence could it have? Old Dengs heartfelt words made Wei Jinghui realize that things were not as simple as he thought. Even an old editor-in-chief like Old Deng, who could easily write a script for 100,000 + traffic, was completely convinced by Wu Bins theory? Wei Jinghui had been busy secretly reporting to Nie Yunsheng during this period of time. He did not pay much attention to the working conditions of the employees. He did not even look carefully at the manuscript released by his media account. He did not know if the other employees, like Old Deng, had any heartfelt thoughts. He pretended to ask casually, What do everyone think about the cooperation between our company and Tengda Corporation? Old Deng held up his thumb and exclaimed when he saw Wei Jinghui asking. Boss Wei, this is the smartest decision you have ever made! To be honest, after working with Mr. Wu Bin, we realized that this is a truly outstanding talent. This is the true way of working and values! I might have written articles with high traffic before, but I always felt especially confused because I was only constantly chasing hot topics, thinking of ways to create popularity and public opinion. However, the content I wrote did not match what I thought. I was just dealing with it. I might be completing my work but I dont feel happy at all. I think Im a machine that pursues popularity and create popularity, not a person with thoughts! I think you must have seen this point, Boss Wei. Thats why you want to work with Tengda to improve the companys thinking on a large scale, right? We fully support your decision, Boss Wei! After Mr. Wu Bin came, he made drastic changes to all of our content. I think the traffic in the various accounts in the company has decreased, but this is only temporary! We are constantly polishing our own content. We believe that the content released by Boqun Media after the modification will definitely be recognized by all netizens. In the near future, Boqun Media will definitely be reborn! Old Deng had an idealist smile on his face when he said that. Wei Jinghui had never seen such a smile before. This was a joy that came from the bottom of his heart! These words stunned Wei Jinghui. He sat in his chair and looked at Old Deng blankly, falling into deep thought. Not long after the article was published, it was immediately popular. Of course, Zheng Hao saw it immediately. He had already prepared relevant information about Boqun Media. He was waiting for this article to be released as a bullet to hit Tengdas weakness! Tsk this Boqun Media is really ruthless. Didnt they say that it was just a carefully choreographed scheme? Why do I feel like they have really cursed until their blood runs cold? Forget it, forget it. That would make it more realistic and less suspicious! Zheng Hao did not expect the article from Boqun Media to be so sharp. It almost reversed the public opinion online. Especially when he refuted Zheng Haos two questions, he said it with reason. It made Zheng Hao a little angry and almost suspected who on earth they were. However, Zheng Hao did not take these things to heart. After all, it did not matter what Boqun Media said. As a company that was working with Tengda, its previous state and current state were more important. As long as Boqun Media could maintain its current half-dead state, it would be enough as a bullet to Tengda. Zheng Hao followed up immediately while this article was hot. I think Boqun Media is the standard. Its a classic example of being sold but still counting money for! This article was written very well. On the surface, it looks like it was written righteously and contradicted my point of view. However, in fact, the current situation of Boqun Media proves my point of view! Boqun Media is one of the companies that are working with Tengda. Tengda has also sent a professional to fully reorganize Boqun Media in business and management. As I said before, Tengdas so-called cooperation and modification is nothing more than forcefully implementing its own strategy of not working overtime. But what does such a strategy bring to Boqun Media? It is a huge decline in performance, the entire company is on the brink of death, storming! This is enough to prove that Im right! The reason why Tengda Corporation, Sun Strike Studios, and Long Yu Corporation can achieve success is only because they are large companies and hold a lot of resources. Whats more, Tengda has many talents in the game industry. Therefore, the improvement in the business is successful. This covers their failure in managing and improving! When they encounter fields that they are not good at, Tengda will still forcefully push forward the so-called management concept of not working overtime. They will definitely face failure. Boqun Media is a bloody example! This is enough to show that Tengda Corporation is hypocritical. Promoting not to work overtime is just a weapon in terms of values! In fact, Tengda doesnt care about the life and death of these small companies. As the managers and employees of small companies, everyone must think carefully about what is really beneficial to you! As managers, do you hope to restrict your employees through strict management so that the company can seize the fleeting opportunity to continue developing and growing? Or are you deceived by Tengda and forced to carry out a non-overtime strategy that does not meet the companys conditions so that your hard work would go to waste? As employees, do you hope to work overtime for a period of time, grow with the company, and obtain better income? Or do you hope to strictly not work overtime, but everyone will find new jobs when the company closes down? The data will not lie. I believe everyone can make the right choice! At the bottom of this long Weibo post, Zheng Hao also posted a few pictures. These were all pictures of the changes in data that happened before and after the reform. There were many 100,000 + popular articles before the reform. The traffic was very high and they received higher advertising prices. On the other hand, the content that was released after the reform was less and less popular. The account continued to lose fans, and the evaluation of the value of the advertisement continued to decline. These data were detailed and sufficient. The key was that they were all real! Zheng Hao was not worried at all that someone would point out that these figures were fake. After all, these figures were personally sent over by the boss of Boqun Media, Wei Jinghui! What else was there to say? June 25th, Tuesday. Pei Qian was in his own office, paying close attention to the latest public opinion battle launched by Home Take-Out. This Zheng Hao is good! It looks like he has found a new breakthrough point. Previously, I had been stubbornly fighting Tengda on the food delivery platforms business. In the end, I bumped into it. Now, I know how to start with the management model. Not bad, its worth encouraging! Humans cannot be too stubborn. They have to know how to choose a battlefield that is suitable for them. This spys performance is not bad. The data that Boqun Media sent over is so detailed. It should be able to help the anti-Tengda Alliance survive in this round of public opinion battle for a few days, right? Before this, Wu Bin had already realized that there was a problem with Boqun Media. It was very likely a spy sent by the anti-Tengda Alliance. He had even specially called to report and ask if Pei Qian needed to stop working with Boqun Media. Of course, Pei Qian did not agree! He had been looking forward to the anti-Tengda Alliance being able to send spies to spy on Tengda Corporation and find a new breakthrough point. It had not been easy for him to find someone like that. How could he let him go so easily?! Now, the spy had finally gathered enough information. It was finally of some use. Pei Qian took a closer look. Under Wu Bins leadership, Boqun Media had undergone drastic changes. The effect could be said to be immediate. All sorts of popularity had plummeted! Pei Qian felt a little lucky that it was the media industry. If it was other industries, especially the creative industry, Wu Bins change would fully stimulate the creative passion of the ordinary employees in the company and disrupt the previous production creative structure. Perhaps he might really be able to fully mobilize the enthusiasm of the employees and give some good works! However, the media industry was a little special after all. It was not a pure cultural creative industry. It was a media industry, and it was a media industry without much resources. Thus, if the media industry wanted to stand out, the fastest and most effective method from the looks of it at the moment would only be to use shameless methods like riding on popularity and post war talk. Wu Bin had indeed turned this company into a positive one, but the changes seemed to be completely different from the media industry. All in all, he had sent a bullet to the anti-Tengda Alliance. Previously, many people had scolded Zheng Hao badly. The article from Bo Qun Media was the most ruthless. However, Zheng Haos counterattack had indeed made many people speechless. The Boqun Media that refuted Zheng Haos remarks actually had a cooperative relationship with Tengda? And the current situation was not good? Firstly, it could be said that the article published by Boqun Media was not absolutely objective and neutral. It was influenced by Tengda. Secondly, Boqun Media had worked so deeply with Tengda, but its popularity was deteriorating. Its performance had plummeted. It was obviously a failure on the companys operating level! Didnt they say that the companies that they were working with Tengda Corporation were rising steadily? Why did Boqun Media fall steeply? Many people could not help but recall what Zheng Hao had said previously. Tengdas praise for not working overtime might not be all true! Tengda could succeed because of other complicated reasons. It was not just the non-overtime model that Tengda pursued. It was just like how many veteran developed countries could become developed countries. It might not be because of their ideology culture and values. Instead, it was because they built a rich foundation through colony and plundering Even if Tengdas no-overtime model was effective on Tengda, other companies might not be able to adapt. Sun Strike Studios and Long Yu Corporations success was because they were in Tengdas best gaming field. Once they changed to other fields, such as the media field of Boqun Media, they would not be able to play well! It looked like Zheng Haos counterattack was indeed very advantageous. The situation was great. However, Pei Qian did not gloat over Zheng Haos temporary victory. Instead, he remained vigilant! Pei Qian knew better than anyone else that Tengdas counterattack could happen in unexpected areas at any moment! Chapter 1593 - Special Reorganization Of The Media Industry Chapter 1593 Special Reorganization Of The Media Industry Pei Qian flipped through the netizens hot comments, especially the hot comments from Examination of Knowledge account under Boqun Media He realized that many fans who supported Tengda and those who objected were arguing. Im dying of laughter. Boqun Media was the first to retort, but Zheng Hao immediately exposed them! Boqun Media has a cooperative relationship with Tengda? In the end, this performance is plummeting. This means that Tengdas transformation of its values is not a panacea! Long Yu Corporation and Sun Strike Studios success previously only happened to clash with Tengdas area of expertise. Tengdas behavior reminds me of the behavior of some large companies: Every time they acquire a company, they would always send their own people over, under the pretext of changing the value of this company! In the end, they would change the company over and over again. I didnt expect Tengda Corporation to take care of such an outsider guiding an insider! Thats right. It looks like it doesnt matter whether youre a human or a big company. Once you succeed, youll easily swell. This bad habit of being a good teacher is really difficult to change human nature! How many people who say that have read the current and previous manuscripts of Boqun Media? There were explosive articles in the past, but what are they writing! All of them are old fashioned to incite anxiety, create hatred, and incite wars. The content is to ride on the hot topic and talk about it. On the surface, it looks like they said a lot, but after thinking about the content carefully, it is actually empty and tasteless. The articles they write now might be less popular but they are all capable! Thats right, I also feel that the article written by this popular reader is much more comfortable! Are you guys sore?! Its almost a problem for a media company to eat, and you guys are still discussing if their articles are written well? If you think that their articles are written well, you can go around reposting and rewarding them. In the past, when they wrote explosive articles to gain popularity, they could at least eat their fill. Now, they are writing things that you guys like to read, starving nine times every three days! Why dont Tengda Corporation do a good job and acquire Boqun Media directly? Dont do that. They just want to freeload off Tengda Corporation. How can they slack off and ruin their own company? Is that appropriate? Many netizens might be speaking for Boqun Media and Tengda Corporation, but they could not stop more people from mocking them! That was because the review criteria was very subjective if the article was well written. The popularity data and actual income were real. Zheng Hao had already listed out the data changes related to Boqun Media. The results were obvious at a glance. From a business perspective, after Boqun Media was modified, its commercial value had indeed plummeted. There was no way to refute that! During these debates, not only did Zheng Hao withstand the pressure, but he also showed signs of counterattack. Pei Qian could not help but feel a little surprised when he saw this. It did not matter if this Zheng Hao hired fake reviewers or not. It was not easy for him to form such a fighting trend online! In the previous public opinion battle, even if they hired fake reviewers, they were still hung up and beaten by Tengda Corporation. Now, they were at least equal!/ please keep reading on MYB0XN0VEL(d0t)C0M. er Pei Qian could relax a little. He knew that the anti-Tengda Alliance would ultimately be defeated in the battle of public opinion. However, Pei Qian hoped that the anti-Tengda Alliance could last longer this time. The longer it persevered, the stronger the motivation to counterattack after the failure of the anti-Tengda Alliance! Next month, a new batch of projects from Tengda, including the game router, would be released. If this public opinion war continued for a long time, it would be good to divert the popularity of the new product. At that thought, Pei Qian turned his attention to the other departments in the company. At the same time, Xia Jiang had just completed an interview. She was seriously sorting out the manuscript at her desk. As a media personnel in the games industry, she naturally paid attention to the movements of the domestic games industry from time to time. She would not miss out on any hot topics on the internet. The debate between Boqun Media and Zheng Hao about Tengdas model had caused an extremely high popularity in a very short period of time. It was difficult for Xia Jiang not to see it! The public opinion war between Tengda Corporation and the anti-Tengda Alliance had already been conducted a series of crossings. At this juncture, the hot topic was already very high. Zheng Hao had finally suppressed Tengda Corporation in public opinion. Naturally, he had to add fuel to the fire and let it obtain greater influence! Xia Jiang stopped working and said angrily, Its ridiculous! The internet age is too chaotic. Its very difficult to explain something seriously, but its too easy to muddle the water! Tengda Corporations transformation of Boqun Media was obviously a good thing, but because of the temporary traffic and decline in performance, Zheng Hao caught up and beat them up! The most infuriating thing is that many people actually think that it makes sense? Since when did the medias comments become about profit? Isnt this the medias version of laughing at poverty but not at prostitution? A self-media company reports honestly. In the end, not making good profits is viewed as a disgrace! However, if they use hot topics to aggravate conflict and alarm others, they would obtain traffic and popularity through methods such as war in the comments section of the title party. They would earn black-hearted money and be sought after by countless people! As a media personnel who pursue authenticity and justice, I really cant take it anymore! Xia Jiang felt that as a media personnel with a conscience, she had to stand up at this time and say something to support Group Media! There were very few companies in the media who could stick to their bottom line and transmit positive value to society. Group Media was indeed a company that worked with Tengda Corporation. Their values were exactly the same! However, Xia Jiang had no idea where to start even though she wanted to help. She was indeed the chief editor of the official platform, but her influence was quite limited. Whats more, under such circumstances, it was very likely that she would aggravate the conflict and make the situation more chaotic. She might even help! Xia Jiang frowned and fell into deep thought. At that moment, her cell phone vibrated. She received an internal notice. Eh? The special deployment of the internet management office has just ended. They are going to conduct a special reorganization of the current media industry? Thats great! We should have reorganized the media! Xia Jiang immediately searched online and found that some authoritative media had started to follow suit. At the moment, the internet media industry is spreading false news, distorting facts, promoting wrong values, malicious marketing, aggravating conflict, and other chaos. The National Network Management Office will convene a special deployment meeting to fully strengthen the deployment of the standard management work of the media industry. It has decided to carry out three months further strengthening of the exclusive management activities of the media industry from June 25th to promote the healthy and orderly development of the media industry. Xia Jiang clicked on a few larger websites and media operating platforms. Soon, she realized that these websites and platforms had also released notices about the implementation of self-media activities. Obviously, this special deployment meeting had already been prepared. The relevant departments had long noticed the chaos in the medias development process and made up their minds to deal with it! However, the process took a longer time. The plan was only finalized now. These huge portal stations must have received the news immediately. They had no other choice but to cooperate unconditionally! The media industry had been developing slowly in the past and was in a barbaric state. The relevant departments had not paid enough attention. Thus, in order to become more popular, these websites condoned these outlets. Whether they plagiarized or released some sensational manuscripts, these platforms turned a blind eye and enjoyed the popularity and traffic that the media brought to them. However, now that they were under surveillance, these websites did not dare to commit against the wind and immediately began their own investigation. With this check, the media industry was filled with mourning and it was a tragic sight! The media was different from traditional media. The threshold for entry was too low, and there were all sorts of people in the industry. Many people who were in the media industry were not in the media industry, so they lacked respect for this industry. Traditional media outlets also had some reporters who went against the conscience and bottom line of newsmen in order to become popular. They produced many alarmist reports, but overall, they were still in the minority. However, self-media was different. There were no restrictions. Naturally, it would grow barbarically. They would stop at nothing to gain popularity. The more courageous they were, the more popular it would be! All sorts of explosive articles with no bottom line were produced. The other media would naturally study the characteristics of these explosive articles and imitate them. As time went by, the entire environment became foul. The entire event was wiped out at once! Many media accounts with a keen sense of smell had already sent out a survival signal, saying that they wanted to cooperate with the entire modification operation and check their own content. Those small accounts that did not have a keen sense of smell were still committing crimes against the wind, but they were only the final madness. The website would soon block all their accounts in the little black room because of violations. A storm was approaching! Xia Jiang could not help but feel relieved. It looked like her worries were unnecessary. The relevant departments launched this special reorganization with lightning speed to attack the chaos in the media industry. On the other hand, Boqun Media had completed its own modifications. Not only could it persevere in the turmoil in this industry, but it could also do better! It was not overboard to set a positive example for such a company, right? Xia Jiang immediately sent a report to her direct superior, reporting on Boqun Medias achievements. Obviously, in the background of dealing with the chaos in the media industry, the deeds of Boqun Media were worthy to be promoted as a positive case study. If all the self-media could learn from Boqun Media, the entire media industry would not become foul. The relevant departments would have to reorganize themselves personally. Xia Jiang was not sure how effective her report would be, but she felt that she had to do her best for this matter! Chapter 1594 - Undercover Being Rewarded! June 27th, Thursday. Wei Jinghui sat in his office, feeling very confused. That was because he did not know how the media would develop in the future. His plan was originally quite good. It was nothing more than an anti-Tengda alliance coming to Tengdas cooperation department to spy. He could withdraw after obtaining sufficient information. Then, the anti-Tengda Alliance would give him some financial support and help him expand the company. The entire plan would be perfect! However, plans could not keep up with changes. Old Deng took the initiative to write an article to criticize Zheng Haos point of view. This was something beyond the plan, and Wei Jinghui did not intend to agree. However, Zheng Hao felt that it would be more effective to do this, and Wei Jinghui could only cooperate. In the end, with the cooperation of both sides, the attention did increase, but it also pushed Boqun Media to the front of the storm! Now, many people were assuming that Boqun Media was on Tengda Corporations side! The problem was, what impression would Wei Jinghui leave on all his employees and netizens if he were to bring Boqun Media and vote for Tengda? They were either crafty spies or rebels! If Old Deng had not posted this article, even if Zheng Hao had used the data of Boqun Media, Boqun Media would have left a neutral victim image for netizens. It would not have attracted much attention in the future. No matter which side Wei Jinghui transferred to, he should not have been scolded too badly. However, now, Boqun Media was highly tied to Tengda Corporation, especially since the article was written too righteously. If they really betrayed Tengda and returned to the anti-Tengda Alliance, the consequences would be unimaginable. Whats more, this pressure did not only come from external public opinion, but from within the company. Old Deng said that he had written this article out of inspiration and had not been instructed by Wu Bin. Wei Jinghui did not believe him. Wei Jinghui, who had been holed up in his office, began to consciously communicate with ordinary employees in the office, wanting to know their true views on this cooperation. The results made Wei Jinghuis jaw drop! Everyone in the company supported Wu Bins decision. The mental state of the employees had been greatly changed! Before this, Wei Jinghui had always felt that he was a good boss. Even though the company often worked overtime, Wei Jinghui felt that he had already paid his employees enough. The employees were very respectful to him. Thus, Wei Jinghui had always felt good about himself. He thought that he held absolute power in the company and was a popular leader! However, there was a saying that one would be afraid of comparison if one were to put it well. Wei Jinghui suddenly realized that ever since he started working with Tengda, the employees attitude towards him had obviously become more intimate. His orders had also been carried out more smoothly. This meant that the employees views of him had changed greatly. They were sincerely supporting his decision. From his current state, Wei Jinghui immediately realized that the employees had been very polite to him previously. That was just a courtesy to the boss. He did not know how to scold him in secret. However, the atmosphere in the entire company had obviously improved. He could really feel a sense of vitality! If they ended their cooperation with Tengda Corporation and returned to their original state, many employees would probably not be able to take it and resign on the spot. That made Wei Jinghui fall into a very conflicted state. He was in a dilemma. He would stay in Tengda Corporation. However, Boqun Media was supposed to be a spy. Wouldnt that be completely different from his original intention? Return to the anti-Tengda Alliance? He felt that he had become the biggest traitor in the entire company and would be attacked by his employees! More importantly, there had been a special promotional event on the internet recently. Many media accounts had been blocked. Obviously, the previous model of using 100,000 + explosive articles to gain popularity would not work anymore. It was impossible for Wei Jinghui to go back to the previous model even if he wanted to. If he really terminated his cooperation with Tengda Corporation and returned to use the resources of the anti-Tengda Alliance to continue writing his explosive article, the final outcome might be that he would be repeatedly warned by the platform and end up deleting his account. At the end of the day, the situation had changed too quickly. Wei Jinghui did not know what to do now! Wei Jinghui was still struggling when he heard an urgent knock on the door. It was Old Deng. Ever since Old Deng sent that article to refute Zheng Hao, Boqun Media had not expressed any views on this matter. It was not because Old Deng did not want to publish it, but because Wei Jinghui felt that everything was more or less done. Our Boqun Media is a spy! We are cooperating with Zheng Hao, not to argue. Whats more, Zheng Hao had very detailed information that proved that Boqun Medias performance was plummeting. It was very difficult to deny that. It would be easy to have side effects if he tried to explain forcefully. Thus, from then on, the entire Boqun Media fell into a state of unity against a common enemy. Old Deng was the most angry. Wei Jinghui had not dared to look for him. He did not expect Old Deng to be high-spirited and full of smiles today. Wei Jinghui was a little surprised. Whats the matter, Old Deng? Old Deng handed his cell phone over excitedly. Boss Wei, look, the official commendation! Wei Jinghui took the cell phone and realized that it was an official notice. It was inviting Boqun Media to participate in Shanghais high-quality new media, media accounts, and live media award ceremonies! Obviously, this event was also part of the recent self-media event. There were punishments and naturally commendations. The media was a new type of media that was developing rapidly with the Internet era. There might be a barbaric growth and frequent chaos but this was a new thing after all. It could not be completely banned in one go. Instead, it had to be guided to develop in a healthy and positive direction and become an important supplement to traditional media. Therefore, the official platform had to praise some outstanding accounts while punishing some bad accounts so that the entire media industry could learn and optimize them as role models. And this time, it was the same at the same time! According to the content of the notice, a total of 11 outstanding service media accounts were selected for this conference. Nine outstanding media accounts and 15 outstanding articles were selected. Boqun Media was selected to have an outstanding media account and two outstanding articles! These two outstanding articles had been released a few days ago. They had not been popular after they were released. However, because the content of these two articles was detailed and sufficient, their value was positive, they received official recognition and affirmation. Wei Jinghui looked at this notice and then at Old Deng. He almost thought that he had seen wrongly. This had completely exceeded his expectations. He could even receive an award while working in the media? Wei Jinghui had never thought about something like that. There might be no bonus for this award but he represented the official recognition and affirmation. This was much more precious than money to the media industry. Seeing that Wei Jinghui was a little confused, Old Deng quickly said, Boss Wei, hurry up and prepare. This meeting will be on Friday morning. At that time, there will be a prize presentation and a live-stream. This is a good opportunity for our Boqun Media to show our faces. It will also be the first time we show ourselves in front of netizens after changing. You have to dress up when the time comes! Wei Jinghui was still confused. But I He wanted to say that he was guilty of accepting it. After all, he had not thought about promoting positive energy previously! He purely wanted to come to Tengda to spy and obtain evidence that was beneficial to the Tengda Alliance. In the end, this spy came out with an outstanding commendation from Shanghais media! However, he swallowed his words halfway. He could not mention this. If others in the company found out that he was actually a spy for the Tengda Alliance, wouldnt his image as the boss completely collapse? At that thought, Wei Jinghui reluctantly nodded. I understand. Ill definitely participate tomorrow morning. Old Deng left Wei Jinghuis office happily and began to discuss with the others in the company where he should put the certificate and trophy when the boss returned. As he watched Old Deng leave, Wei Jinghuis heart was filled with mixed feelings. June 28th, Friday. Zheng Hao switched on his cell phone and scrolled Weibo, wanting to see the latest development of the public opinion battle. His entrepreneurial public lecture had been uploaded onto the video website and was very popular. Although a few days had passed and there was a lot of criticism below the video, there were still many people who supported him overall. On Weibo, Zheng Hao released the data of Boqun Media and made a beautiful comeback! The article that Boqun Media refuted previously was quickly drowned by the popularity. Zheng Hao had the upper hand in all aspects. That had shaken many companies confidence in Tengdas cooperation department. Sun Strike Studios and Long Yu Corporations successful cooperation with Tengda gave many companies a blind trust in Tengda. The facts and cases of Bo Qun Media made these companies realize that working with Tengda did not guarantee success. It still depended on which field. Indeed, many companies and even ordinary people agreed with Zheng Haos saying that Tengdas no overtime model might not be suitable for all companies. On top of that, many companies that had signed up for Tengdas cooperation department but had not been selected were affected by the sour grapes. Companies that had a feud with Tengda were also adding fuel to the fire. The entire public opinion situation was great. When things were going smoothly, people liked to check the battle situation frequently. They would only play dead when the wind was against them. Zheng Hao had nothing to do. He wanted to find the next target on Weibo to criticize and continue to expand his advantage. However, he did not expect to find many people @ him the moment he was released. Zheng Hao was a little strange. Could something have happened again? He quickly searched and saw a photo of the news draft. It looked like a very official venue. There was a red banner hanging above the conference room. On it were the words Shanghais high-quality new media, self media account and works award and live viewing session . There was a huge photograph under the banner. The outstanding media representative was holding a trophy and certificate. He stood upright. And Wei Jinghui of Boqun Media was among them, he was rather eye-catching! The others were either looking serious or elated. Only Wei Jinghui had a worried expression when he presented the award. Pei Qian did not know what he was thinking. Zheng Hao was stunned! At that moment, his expression was as confused as the Wei Jinghui in the photo. Both of them were obviously not mentally prepared for the current situation. Chapter 1595 - Dont Call Anymore, Im Afraid Tengda Will Misunderstand Whats going on? There was only one word in Zheng Haos mind: Ridiculous! He had not expected such a meeting, much less that Wei Jinghuis Boqun Media was on the commendable media list. Zheng Hao immediately realized the danger. Previously, when he had used Boqun Media as a bullet to hit Tengda Corporation, it was mainly because Tengdas model had caused a huge decline in Boqun Medias performance. In the face of real data, most people had to admit that Tengdas transformation of Boqun Media had failed in business. However, after the commendation list was released this time, the nature of this matter became completely different. That was because the content provided by Boqun Media was unanimously recognized by the official media after internal modification. This kind of recognition was far more important than an immediate increase in income! The direction of the comments section had changed completely. Who said that Tengda Corporation has crippled the Boqun Media? Its obviously reborn! Thats right. Previously, many media were gloating and watching the commotion. There were even people shouting for the anti-Tengda Alliance! In the blink of an eye, all of them held their tails between their legs and posted changes to the announcement. Most of the previous content was deleted. Im dying of laughter! These media outlets should have been dealt with a long time ago. If Boqun Media had not followed Tengda Corporations requirements and made changes, they would probably have appeared on the recently named list. Theres a good saying. It doesnt matter if you walk fast or not. You only succeed if you dont fall. Those media accounts do look very popular and have released several explosive posts of 100,000 +. However, how did this popularity come about? Dont you know in your heart? Once they start to change, these accounts wont be able to escape! I want to ask Boss Zheng, what do you think you should say now? You said that Tengda Corporation has abolished Boqun Media and changed a self-media company with a good profit situation to half-dead. But what about now? Other media companies that are similar to Boqun Media have all fallen into the pit. However, not only did Boqun Media not fall into the pit, but it was also praised. The popularity of the recent articles by Boqun Media has obviously risen again. Obviously, Boqun Media will soon recover its previous popularity. It might even climb higher! Enthusiastic netizens posted screenshots of several articles from Boqun Media. The number of views increased significantly. On one hand, the reason for the improvement was that the argument article published by Boqun Media that contradicted Zheng Hao resonated widely. The popularity of this battle of public opinion slowly leaned towards various accounts under Boqun Media. On the other hand, it was also because the media industry was organizing a large-scale reorganization that Boqun Media stood out in mobile media accounts. Thus, Zheng Haos attack on Boqun Media and Tengdas cooperation department collapsed on its own! Reality proved that not only did Tengdas cooperation department not cheat Boqun Media, but it also helped it. Boqun Media did not fall into the pit like other media companies that were caught off guard. Instead, it strangled itself and walked on the right path. That way, all of Zheng Haos attacks would be lost. Not only that, the article that Boqun Media had published previously was once again discussed. In fact, Old Dengs article was written very well, especially a few sentences that could be said to be heartbreaking! For example, were employees considered humans? Was it a high pressure management for a company, squeezing the bodies of employees the first productivity? Or was it treating the employees as normal people and fully stimulating their spirit the first productivity? Tengda Corporations model of not working overtime was not just not working overtime! Its true core was to value the attributes and value of employees as a person, fully stimulating the subjective initiative of employees. Objectively, this was to break up the original structure of the company and completely free the employees imagination and productivity! Previously, these arguments had also received widespread support. However, Zheng Hao immediately used the failure of the business transformation of Boqun Media as a counterattack after all. Similar voices in front of the data were suppressed. However, now that Boqun Media had proven that it did not fail in business, it would achieve greater success than before. Thus, Boqun Media immediately became a case study that was beneficial to Tengdas cooperation department. The situation immediately reversed. Many people began to analyze the article on Boqun Media in depth. They repeatedly read the sentence under Zheng Haos Weibo: This might be the difference between a profitable entrepreneur and a great entrepreneur. Old Dengs original words were successful entrepreneur, which gave Zheng Hao some face. However, the netizens could not care so much. They changed the successful entrepreneur to a profitable entrepreneur. In other words, they were implying that Zheng Haos method had no value at all apart from squeezing his employees to make money. It was not related to greatness nor success. Success was not just a business attribute. It did not mean that a company would succeed just because it made money. If the company caused huge negative effects by polluting the environment while making money and had some unsalvageable consequences, would this company be considered successful? Of course not! It was just like evaluating a person who could not only use money or money to evaluate. The evaluation of the company was also multidimensional. It was only a success in one dimension. It could not be considered true success. Zheng Hao knocked on the table looking at the uniform comments below his Weibo. This is ridiculous. Whats the situation with this group media? Why did he receive an award for no reason? Shouldnt Wei Jinghui be one of us? Zheng Hao could not sit still anymore seeing the situation develop in a negative direction towards Tengda Alliance. If this continued, all the popularity that they had worked so hard to create would benefit Tengda Corporation. He immediately called Nie Yunsheng. Boss Nie, the situation is not good! Im afraid that Boss Pei chose Boqun Media as his partner for cooperation. It was his plan and backup plan. We and Wei Jinghui were fooled. Quick, give Wei Jinghui a call and ask him to cooperate with us. Give some new information or organize your thoughts internally. In short, we should quickly cooperate and try to reverse the current public opinion situation. Nie Yunsheng was shocked as well. What? Wasnt everything fine before? Dont be anxious. Ill call him now! After hanging up, Nie Yunsheng browsed the internet and immediately understood his current situation. Zheng Hao had thought that he had prepared well, but he had still been tricked by Boss Pei! Whats more, the spy that they had painstakingly sent out had been used by Boss Pei. What should they do? Nie Yunsheng quickly called Wei Jinghui, hoping that he could do something. After all, Wei Jinghui was the boss of Boqun Media and had a strong ability to control Boqun Media. If Wei Jinghui could stand firmly on the side of the Tengda Alliance at this time, there might be room to salvage this matter! Nie Yunsheng called Wei Jinghui over and over again. No one picked up the first time. The second time, he was rejected. Whats going on? Is Zheng Hao in a meeting? Meeting to discuss how to solve the current situation? Yes, thats possible! Nie Yunsheng waited for a while before calling for the third time. This time, Wei Jinghui picked it up. He had probably found a deserted corner. Boss Nie, dont call me again. Im afraid that Tengda will misunderstand. Nie Yunsheng was shocked. What? Boss Wei, we just agreed that this is not the case! Wei Jinghui sighed helplessly. Boss Nie, plans cannot keep up with changes. I didnt expect things to develop to this stage. Boss Nie, I had no choice! Nie Yunsheng was speechless. How can there be no way? Youre the boss of Boqun Media? Wei Jinghui said very sincerely, Im indeed the boss of Bo Qun Media, but I cant cover the sky in the company! Otherwise, if all the employees leave me, wouldnt I be a general without an army? How would the company operate? Now, the entire company is firmly on Tengda Corporations side. The reason why they are still so respectful to me, the boss, is because as the boss, I chose to cooperate with Tengda. To them, this is a wise decision. If they know that Im actually bringing the entire company along as a spy for the anti-Tengda Alliance, Ill probably be fired as the boss by my own employees! Whats more, the current situation of Boqun Media cant be better. The previous modifications might have caused the popularity of the accounts in our hands to decrease quickly, but after the modifications, Boqun Media had already seized the initiative. The future prospects are bright. My goal was to allow Boqun Media to develop better. Now that my goal has been achieved, why should I chase the end? Wei Jinghuis meaning was very simple. What he wanted could no longer be given to Tengda. There were two main reasons why Wei Jinghui was willing to be a spy for the anti-Tengda Alliance: First, Boqun Media and Tengda Corporations values were not on good terms. They felt that both sides lacked the foundation for deep cooperation and could not cozy up to this golden thigh. Secondly, Boqun Media was also interested in the power against Tengda Alliance and wanted to obtain financing and popularity from there. However, both reasons no longer existed! The values of the entire company had been changed by Wu Bin. Only the boss, Wei Jinghui, was left. The popularity that Boqun Media wanted had also increased. Whats more, it was a very positive popularity. It was even praised and praised by the official platform. Under such circumstances, Wei Jinghui would only work for the anti-Tengda Alliance if his brain was fried. Giving up what was in front of him to fight for an empty check? Wouldnt that be stupid? Whats more, in this incident, the anti-Tengda Alliance had been beaten up badly. It really made people lose confidence. Nie Yunsheng was furious. Why was the spy lying opposite him? Arent you afraid that Ill tell the public about this? Nie Yun asked angrily. Wei Jinghui smiled nonchalantly. Who would believe that? Our cooperation was only a secret meeting. Theres no paper information left. Nie Yunsheng was speechless. Previously, he had deliberately not left any evidence. The main reason was that it was not right to send people to Tengda to be undercover. Once evidence was leaked, it would definitely cause public opinion to counterattack. At that time, Tengda Corporation would catch on to this huge article. Nie Yunshengs situation would become very passive. In other words, the agreement between the anti-Tengda Alliance and Boqun Media was purely a verbal agreement. Whats more, apart from Nie Yunsheng, Zheng Hao, and a few others, no one knew about it. Originally, Nie Yunsheng felt that Boqun Media was a small company with no background and was very easy to control. Wei Jinghui also felt that the anti-Tengda Alliance had such a huge body and would not go back on its word after that. In the end, if something really happened, the boat of friendship would flip faster than anything! Wei Jinghui did not wait for the other party to say anything. He quickly said, Boss Nie, I have to continue producing the manuscript. Lets not talk about it for now. Our company has nothing to do with the anti-Tengda Alliance in the future. Please dont contact me anymore. Thank you. Nie Yunsheng wanted to say something more, but the phone was already busy. He slammed his cell phone on the table angrily. How ridiculous! Chapter 1596 - Hes Panicking, Hes Panicking Zheng Hao swiped his Weibo angrily while waiting for Nie Yunshengs call. Nie Yunsheng replied not long after. Brother, listen to my advice. Why dont we let this matter rest? Boqun Media is determined to stand on Tengda Corporations side. Theres no hope. All the companies that have business dealings with Tengdas Cooperation Department have been successful so far. The companies in both games companies and other fields have been changed. Im afraid we cant stand firm anymore using this point to attack Tengda Corporation. If this continues, Boss Pei might not have a backup plan waiting for us. To be honest, Brother, youve found a good angle this time. Its a very hopeful attempt, but Before Nie Yunsheng could finish speaking, Zheng Hao interrupted him angrily. No, I cannot accept this! Hes just a student who just graduated from university. Why should he win every time? Even his management is better than mine? Thats impossible! I still have one last card that I havent played. As long as I play it well, I can reverse the situation. Nie Yunsheng realized that Zheng Hao had been overwhelmed by anger. Nie Yunsheng, Zheng Hao, and the others had to admit that Tengda Corporations Boss Pei was the scariest opponent and the most successful entrepreneur even though there were many friction in business. However, this series of strange failures hooked the demon in Zheng Haos heart out. Zheng Hao had always thought highly of himself. After graduating from university, he had gone through several twists and turns to start his own business. It was only then that he had achieved the satisfactory results of home delivery. However, Tengda Corporation suddenly appeared and defeated him just as he was about to conquer the food delivery industry! The key was that they had lost to a young man who had not even graduated from university. Who could tolerate that? Nie Yunsheng knew that Zheng Haos last card was to directly target Boss Pei! According to Zheng Haos investigation, Boss Peis performance in school could be said to be inconspicuous. He never appeared in public and never participated in any activities. Even his speech was done by his subordinates. Not only that, Boss Peis results in various subjects were also very average. Many of them passed by the mark. 60 points was good! This was not in line with what Zheng Hao saw. That was because young entrepreneurs like Zheng Hao were basically influential people during their university days. Some were the chairmen of the students while others had already earned their first bucket of gold through mature business models during their university days. All in all, as a young man at this age, he would definitely be very high-profile if he was lively and successful. He had successfully crushed all his peers. Who could stand it if he did not show off?! However, Boss Pei was too low-profile. That was not humane at all. Thus, Zheng Hao boldly guessed that Boss Pei was someone who did not mean what he said. He was deliberately using this low profile to shape his character. In fact, he did not have that much real talent! Boss Pei might be a kind person with strong management ability. He might have taken many outstanding talents under him. However, it was impossible for Boss Pei to be like the rumors, a talent who knew everything. Many achievements were actually him using the results of his employees to create a golden character for himself. Zheng Hao had wanted to use this last trump card as a fatal blow. If there was no twist in the matter of the Boqun Media this time, Tengda Corporations entire management model would be pulled off the pedestal. Zheng Hao would take advantage of the victory to play his last card and bring Boss Pei along. If he could succeed in these two steps, it would be an unprecedented blow to Tengdas reputation. However, it was a pity that the situation at Boqun Media had turned around. It would seem very deliberate to play Boss Peis card again. Zheng Hao, who had been overwhelmed by anger, could not care so much anymore. He had to think of all ways to pull Boss Pei down from the high pedestal and try all ways to discredit Boss Pei. He had already lost in the business model and in the battle of public opinion. He could only play close combat next. Simply put, they could not afford to play! If he was indignant about losing within the rules, he had to think of a way to get back at them through methods outside the rules. At the very least, he could not let the other party win too comfortably. Nie Yunsheng knew very well what Zheng Hao was thinking. He wanted to persuade Zheng Hao, but he knew that it was useless no matter what he said with Zheng Haos character. After all, they were working together. They were not superior or subordinate. They were not even brothers. As the boss of a company, Zheng Hao had always kept his word. How could he change his mind because of a few words from Nie Yunsheng? At that thought, Nie Yunsheng said helplessly, Alright, since thats the case, Brother Zheng, you can grasp it yourself. The effect of this card might not be very good, but it might not be completely useless. If it can really be of some use, our other companies will follow immediately Before Nie Yunsheng could finish speaking, Zheng Hao hung up in anger. Obviously, he had no patience to listen to these things. Nie Yunsheng sighed silently and could only let him be. June 30th, Sunday. Li Shi and a few other investors were drinking and chatting happily at the nameless restaurant. Li Shi started bragging about his experience as the person-in-charge for two months. To be honest, I dont even want to go back to Fu Hui Investments as the person-in-charge of Dream Realization Ventures. The difference is too huge! Im in Dream Realization Ventures. I might be the person-in-charge of a department, but Im free at work! Boss Pei has solved all the big matters. Leave the small matters to my subordinates. As the person-in-charge, Im as comfortable as possible. Of course, Im not free all day. Im thinking about investment every day. I feel like Ive gained a lot from these two months of thinking. In the end, Im not used to returning to my own company. I have to worry about all sorts of things personally. Sigh, its a long story! Thats why I feel the same when I read the discussions online recently. Many people asked why Tengda could modify these companies so successfully by just relying on one person who did not work overtime. Wouldnt it mean that the employees are very lazy if they did not work overtime? How could it make the company develop very well? This is completely different from the inertial thinking of ordinary people like us. However, I suddenly understood a principle when I came to Tengda. For a company, individual struggles should not be encouraged, but group struggles. A collective struggle is not to say that everyone is working overtime, but to say that the entire company has to go in the right direction. At the end of the day, a persons struggle would only cause an employee to improve. An employee works very hard, but he jumped ship after trying hard to improve himself. What help would that be to the company? No matter how much overtime he works, the last group of employees to stay would definitely be the worst! What if it was a collective struggle? The entire company would walk in the right direction and provide security to the employees through various benefits so that the employees would work together. Then, the outstanding employees would not leave. The lazy employees would gradually change in this atmosphere. As time went by, they would be able to enter a positive cycle. I know that this path is very difficult. most of the bosses who are not capable cant walk it. However, this is the way to run a company and start a business. If they cant get through, they can only say that they are not capable enough. However, if they can get through this company, they must be very promising. The other investors listened intently, looking envious. He was genuinely envious that Boss Li could become the substitute person-in-charge and learn Tengdas model deeply. One of the investors asked, Boss Li, have you been paying attention to Boss Zheng, the takeaway? Li Shi sniggered. I did. However, in my opinion, this Zheng Hao is probably too anxious and angry. They actually publicly doubted Boss Pei and said that they invited Boss Pei to a public debate? Hehe, hes afraid that he wont die badly enough. Do you really think that Boss Pei is just a Year Four student who just graduated? In my opinion, Zheng Hao is losing badly. After leading the troops to war and suffering a crushing defeat, they are still unwilling to let go after being captured. Isnt it stupid to want to fight the other partys highest general? The investors nodded. Thats right. Boss Pei is a gifted genius. If Zheng Hao wants to debate with Boss Pei in person, he will only die more miserably. However, Boss Pei has not given any response so far. He did not say that he would accept it. He just watched Zheng Hao perform like a clown online. I think its understandable that Boss Pei is ignoring him. Its good to slap his face in the face, but with Boss Peis identity and status, theres no need to take such a risk to debate with a defeated opponent. The risk and benefits are not proportional at all. I think it might be because its just in time for the weekend. Tengda is on holiday, so no one replied. The investors expressed their opinions one after another. Everyone felt that it was a pity even though they felt that Boss Pei did not have to personally debate with Zheng Hao. That was because it would be quite interesting if Boss Pei personally took the field and rendered Zheng Hao speechless. Li Shi pondered for a moment and said, I think its mainly because Zheng Haos attack was a little strange this time. Is it important how many marks Boss Pei scored in school? I dont know what hes thinking. Does the fact that Boss Pei did not score well mean that Boss Pei is not really talented? Does it mean that Boss Peis strategizing image was created through his character and could be exposed at any time? How strange! Anyone who interacted with Boss Pei would be involuntarily captivated by Boss Peis talent. Only people like Zheng Hao would have such strange thoughts and think that Boss Pei was undeserving of his reputation. An investor said, But if he continues to publicize it like this, it can really bring some negative effects. At first, everyone thought that with Boss Peis talent, he would easily be able to get some national scholarships even if he did not get full marks for all the examinations, right? In the end, he passed all the subjects His character might not have collapsed but it still disappointed everyone. Li Shi was very dissatisfied. This means that Boss Peis mind is not on this at all. Boss Pei usually manages so many things in Tengda. He can even take some time to study and pass. Thats not easy! If you ask me, Boss Pei might as well drop out of school. Whats the point of studying? The person-in-charge nodded. Thats true, but Zheng Hao insisted on this point. Its quite disgusting. Its just like how many fake writers refused to let go of some young writers back then. They thought of various ways to prove that these young writers were substitutes. In fact, they did not have real talent. Thats the same logic. Its indeed nonsense, but it will indeed cause negative effects. Its really impossible to ignore it completely. Li Shi sipped his tea and said, Thats true. Sigh, this has nothing to do with us. Lets see how Boss Pei wants to deal with it. Chapter 1597 - Outstanding Thesis July 1st, Monday. Pei Qian arrived at the office as usual and prepared to start assigning work for this month. July was still a very busy month. This month, Tengdas new cell phone and game router would be officially released. The exclusive game would also be disclosed. The zoo project that had been planned for a long time would be officially opened to the public in these two months. There would be a new haunted house project, luxury clothing, and so on. The annoying things were coming one after another! The good thing was that Pei Qian had already graduated. He did not need to worry about studies and examinations. There was a saying: Those who post-graduate studies live a pig-like life, those who are employed live a dog-like life, and those who are tested live a life that is worse than pigs and dogs. In that case, Pei Qians current state should be the happiest type. He would be completely free as long as he waited for another half a year. Speaking of which, there was still no news of his graduation thesis. Halfway through, Pei Qian was worried. He called Zhang Wei. In the end, Zhang Wei did not elaborate on the details of the article. He could not say anything about it. He only said that Prof Kong appreciated this thesis. It would definitely not be a problem to graduate! Pei Qian did not ask further. In any case, in his opinion, thesis was like an exam. He just had to pass it. That was because passing the exam was the ideal perfect state. Not a single cent more or less would be wasted. They would not waste their energy nor their time because of the supplementary exam. In any case, Pei Qian did not intend to do scientific research. He only wanted to create a small company, incur losses, and live a happy life while taking advantage of the System. It was his bottom line to pass the exam. He was looking at the project for this month when he heard a knock on the door. The new assistant walked in. Boss Pei, I have something to report to you. This weekend, the President of Home Take-Out, Zheng Hao, has been spouting nonsense on Weibo, saying that he wants to fight you in person. He has even frequently @ our companys official Weibo account. However, he did not go to work two days ago, so the students of the operations team did not report it in time after seeing it. Pei Qian replied without looking up. Oh, I know about that. Pei Qian had nothing to do over the weekend. Naturally, he browsed the webpage. He knew that Zheng Hao could not afford to lose. Not only did he expose on Weibo that he had passed all the subjects in his four years of university, but he also said that he wanted to debate him in person and expose his character. However, the problem was that Pei Qian only had one Weibo account. It was used to look at girls. He did not have Boss Peis official Weibo at all. He could not respond even if he wanted to. Whats more, Pei Qian did not plan to respond at all. So what if he passed all the subjects in his four years of university? What? Are you envious that I can graduate successfully? I passed because of my own ability! Pei Qian did not want to debate with Zheng Hao in person because this matter had no meaning to him. Whats more, Pei Qian was not good at debate. Why should he appear to accompany the angry Zheng Hao in messing around? Let Zheng Hao make a scene on Weibo. It would be good if it could really cause some damage to Tengda and Boss Peis image. After all, Pei Qian felt that his current image was a little too ridiculous. He had inexplicably been followed and praised by many people. It was not a bad thing to reduce his image appropriately. It would also help him to incur losses! Pei Qian did not mind and said to the assistant, Its alright. Let him mess around. We dont have to respond. In the afternoon The instructor, Zhang Wei, was busy. It might be graduation season but their work as counselors was not lacking at all. However, the good thing was that he would be able to reach the summer holidays after being busy for a while. There are still a few students whose employment problems have not been resolved. What should we do? Its almost July. I cant possibly ask Pei Qian to stuff him into Tengda Corporation, right? Its not appropriate to keep stuffing people there. Every year during graduation season, the school would be troubled by the employment rate. Zhang Wei was at a loss for the time being. The main reason was that if Tengda Corporation had developed better, it would have been fine. However, Tengda Corporation and the anti-Tengda Alliances commercial war had been very heated recently. There would definitely be many internal affairs. Pei Qian would definitely find it difficult to take the time to energy out. It did not seem appropriate to trouble Pei Qian to solve the employment problem at this time. These big companies are really worse than the other. Its fine if you cant win against ordinary business competitions, but now, youre no longer playing by the book and resorting to cheap tricks. Zhang Wei also felt very ashamed of his behavior against Tengda Alliance and Zheng Hao. Of course, he was on Tengdas side. However, he was very puzzled. Why could the public opinion of the anti-Tengda Alliance still cause such a huge uproar despite failing time and time again? Wasnt it easy to tell right from wrong at a glance? He could only say that there were too many people participating. It was extremely difficult for everyone to reach the same consensus. Zhang Wei accessed the intranet out of habit. A notice was displayed on the intranets eye-catching screen: a notice about the results of undergraduates outstanding graduation thesis (design). Hm? Zhang Wei immediately perked up. He clicked on the attached table under the public notice. Indeed, Pei Qians thesis was among them! Zhang Wei had wanted to help Pei Qian change the thesis before submitting it. However, he realized that he did not know where to start after reading the thesis. He found a few young lecturers. Everyone had different opinions. In the end, Zhang Wei could only hand the original thesis to Prof Kong. He did not expect Prof Kong to give him such a high evaluation. This thesis was reported layer by layer and went through the process. During this period, Pei Qian returned to school to participate in the graduation dissertation. However, the dissertation was basically a formality. He only asked a few simple questions. Subsequently, this thesis was selected as an outstanding undergraduate thesis under Prof Kongs recommendation. Zhang Wei looked at the name list again. It was a pity that Ma Yangs thesis was not on it. In fact, if not for Pei Qians thesis, Ma Yangs thesis would have been very hopeful. However, Ma Yangs thesis was expanded from a certain angle on the basis of Pei Qians thesis. The thesis might be detailed and the format was perfect but it was overshadowed by Pei Qians thesis. Whats more, it seemed unfair to the other students if the outstanding graduation thesis was given to the two of them at the same time. Thus, Ma Yangs thesis was not selected. However, in the eyes of Zhang Wei and the other teachers in the college, Ma Yangs thesis was qualified to be evaluated as an outstanding graduation thesis. Zhang Wei was relieved to see the name list. Many people were indeed attacking Pei Qians academic level online, especially publicizing his results. Students results might be considered personal privacy, but what absolute privacy could there be in this day and age? The results in the school were not confidential to begin with. He did not know where to leak it. Zhang Wei really wanted to speak up for Pei Qian about this. He was the big boss of a company. He was usually too busy managing the company. It was good enough for him to take some time to come to school to listen to a few lectures and memorize the teachings at the end of the term. Why did he have to ask him to score full marks for the exams? Whats more, for someone like Boss Pei, it was already considered a self-study level. Learning these courses in university might be helpful. It would not matter if he did not learn it. Many people online were using this to attack Boss Pei. To Zhang Wei, this was unimaginable. However, most of the time, things on the internet were so magical. The more outstanding a person was, the people on the internet would think of ways to find shortcomings and dirt on him. Even if there were things that were not shortcomings in others, they would magnify them infinitely until they became shortcomings. Even if a person had been doing meaningful things, a sentence of unintentional mistake, a sentence that had been misunderstood, or a quote that had been maliciously interpreted might cause a wave of internet violence and cursing online. In the end, those who kept themselves clean would often be forced to exit the internet and seal themselves off. Only those who were already rolling in the mud and could attack others without any fear and pull others down the mud could continue to make meaningless noises online. Under such circumstances, outstanding people would express their views less and less. As time went by, some forums would become a chaotic place that attacked each other and did not understand each other, but chased after hot topics and indulged in revelry. The people who understood this would understand how precious Tengda was and how difficult it was for Boss Pei. As his alma materHandong University, of course, he had to support Boss Pei unconditionally. Zhang Wei immediately called his colleague in charge of managing the official Weibo of Handong University. An outstanding graduation thesis was not a small matter. He had to publicize it. In the afternoon, at Tengda Games Yu Fei was still busy with the new game. As a no-show who wanted to get involved in everything except updating, Cui Geng had also developed a strong interest in Tengdas new game recently. He would come over every now and then to help Yu Fei write the game plot. Coincidentally, Yu Fei was a little busy. Thus, he tacitly agreed that Cui Geng would be the script writer for the new game. He also promised to write Cui Geng in the scriptwriters column and show his face at the end of the film when the game was produced. However, Cui Gengs working attitude this time made Yu Fei very unhappy! They had agreed to write a plot. Cui Geng started scrolling through Weibo as he wrote. His work efficiency was too low. It was a good thing that Cui Geng was not one of Tengdas editors. Otherwise, he would have been sent on a torturous trip to experience the Tengda spirit. Just as Yu Fei was busy, he heard Cui Geng exclaim, Boss Peis thesis is amazing! Yu Fei was shocked. The thesis? What thesis? Cui Geng pointed at the screen and said, Didnt you see Boss Peis graduation thesis? Its already going viral online. An undergraduate relied on his graduation thesis to become a hot search. Have you seen such a method? Yu Fei was even more confused. Boss Peis graduation thesis is on the hot searches? When? Cui Geng immediately handed his cell phone over. Take a look for yourself. This is not a hot search that you bought. Its real popularity. I can only say that there is no need to explain a tough life. The last sentence of Boss Peis thesis is too domineering. Whats more interesting is that Prof Kong did not change a single word and submitted the original text directly. It looks like Prof Kong also quite approves of Boss Peis theory! Yu Fei looked at the cellphone and realized that Boss Peis thesis was on the official Weibo of Handong University. Previously, the President of Home Take-Out, Zheng Hao, had been so angry that he had provoked Boss Pei many times. First, he had attacked Boss Peis academic results that were floating past 60 points. Then, he had announced that Boss Pei did not have real talent. Instead, he was a person fishing for reputation. He had even clamored to debate with Boss Pei in person. Zheng Haos pestering was very ungentlemanly and was indeed a behavior that they could not afford to lose. However, many people indeed became suspicious of Boss Pei because of this. After all, Boss Pei never showed his face in public, and he almost never expressed his views on the outside world. Of course, the people around Boss Pei knew that Boss Pei was a wise and brilliant leader who had everything under control! However, in the eyes of the netizens outside who did not know the truth, Boss Pei had been praised so much that he even looked god-like. There would always be reverse psychology. Thus, Zheng Haos remarks resonated with some. It had indeed affected Boss Peis image. Now, Boss Peis graduation thesis had won the outstanding graduation thesis of Handong University. This was enough to fight back against Zheng Haos discrediting! Chapter 1598 - The Deeper Meaning Of The Thesis Yu Fei was very happy when he first heard this news. However, he soon looked depressed again. Thats not right, right? This thesis might not be able to change public opinion. It might even have the opposite effect. Handong University must have good intentions, but this might be used by the anti-Tengda Alliance. Puzzled, Cui Geng asked, Why do you say that? Yu Fei explained, There are not many requirements for undergraduates graduation thesis. No matter how high-level it is, can the outstanding thesis be written well? What would ordinary people understand about PhD or even post-graduate thesis, let alone undergraduates graduation thesis? They would still have to nitpick. As long as we find a few experts and scholars to pick on the problems in Boss Peis thesis, we will be able to find some breakthrough points with the magnifying glass. Then, they could use these flaws to continue attacking Boss Peis academic level logically. They could even attack the fairness and reason behind Handong Universitys selection of outstanding graduation thesis. In other words, Boss Peis thesis is only at the level of an outstanding undergraduate. Thats not enough. Previously, the anti-Tengda Alliance had many attacks on Boss Pei, but they only seized the opportunity to float past Boss Peis passing marks for most examinations. These might have some impact, but the impact would not be huge. After all, everyone knew that Boss Pei was busy with work. It would not affect Boss Peis image to pass unimportant examinations. However, the thesis is different. The graduation thesis is a materialization of the thoughts of a graduate. If we expose something in this area and the other party finds out, it would be difficult! Cui Geng smiled. So thats what you were worried about? Your worries make sense, but dont worry. After reading this thesis, you will know that your worries are unnecessary! It would be very difficult for people with ulterior motives to find fault with this thesis. Dont belittle the professor of Handong University. Who is Prof Kong? Hes an academic expert! Would a thesis that he approved be a mediocre thesis? Yu Fei was even more curious now. What kind of thesis was so difficult for the haters to find fault with? Yu Fei looked like he had to achieve three conditions to achieve this. / please keep reading on MYB0XN0VEL(d0t)C0M. First, this thesis could not be too profound or difficult to understand. Ordinary people had to be able to understand it. Otherwise, they would naturally fall into a high and low situation. They would also fall into the predicament of arguing complicated theories with some scholars with ulterior motives. There would only be a wide popular foundation if ordinary people could understand it. Second, he had to be very constructive and deep. He had to raise a concept that no one else had raised so that everyones eyes would shine. Otherwise, someone would definitely say that this thesis was picking up peoples wisdom and replicating the experience of their predecessors. More serious people might directly accuse it of imitation and plagiarism. Third, this thesis had to have a lot of physical evidence. Facts would make those who wanted to nitpick unable to speak. A theory without physical evidence was just an empty building. Many humanities theories were reasonable what you said, and what I said was reasonable. No one could convince anyone. Once they entered this state, they would not have any advantage. On the other hand, if one side had a very successful example to support their argument, the situation would be completely different. However, Yu Fei knew that this requirement was too high. An ordinary undergraduate could not achieve it. The first two points were contradictory. How could the thesis be understood by ordinary people and be constructive and deep? It was not so easy to appreciate it together. The third point was even more difficult. The theoretical research and practical results had to be combined. That was to reach the stage of unity of knowledge. For ordinary undergraduates, this was an impossible task! However, there might be hope if this person was Boss Pei. Yu Fei could not help but look forward to it. He immediately clicked on Boss Peis thesis. The title of this article was The Creation and transmission Theory of popular literary works in the online age . Yu Fei could not help but gasp when he saw this title. The questions were too big. Boss Pei was indeed Boss Pei. He was in a strategically advantageous position. He had written such a huge title from the beginning. A strong sense of confidence overwhelmed him. The structure of the article was very clear. There was not much foreshadowing. The opening article entered the main topic directly after the abstract and keywords. The first part of the article was to analyze the difficulties faced by popular literary works in the online age. There were three main difficulties: the division between traditional artistic works and ordinary people, the invasion of Western cultural works, and the impact of fast food culture and placebo entertainment model. The so-called popular artistic works had to face ordinary people. It had to meet the demands of ordinary people and express the hearts of ordinary people. At the very least, it should be a work that ordinary people would like to see but would pass on simple and outstanding values to the low-level people. However, many authors of traditional artistic works had been cut off from the social trends for a long time. It was very difficult for them to understand ordinary people, especially young peoples true cultural demands. Their content was still in the past. To a certain extent, they even showed signs of leaving the people. Many intellectuals thought that they were superior to others. They thought that ordinary people were ignorant and difficult to teach. Art was elegant and aloof. Thus, these traditional works became more and more separated from the demands of ordinary people. At the same time, the invasion of Western cultural works caused more and more ordinary people to be influenced by Western values and gradually deviate from traditional Chinese culture. The Western world had relied on its strong cultural and industrial production ability to create many outstanding works. However, must the values contained in these outstanding works be correct? Must they be perfect? Not necessarily. In recent years, more and more people had realized that the values contained in the so-called Western blockbusters were becoming more and more twisted. They were becoming more and more deviated from the simple and real emotions of humans, especially the traditional cultural heritage that was passed down through the bloodlines of the Chinese. These values often had some unspeakable secrets. In addition, the impact of fast food culture and placebo entertainment model also posed a huge obstacle to the development and transmission of popular literary works in the online age. The so-called fast food culture was originally a neutral term. People had to eat nutrition, but fast food could also provide convenience and cheap satisfaction to people. It was a very normal cultural phenomenon. However, when fast food culture developed too much, it became an unhealthy state. It was just like how people would eat fast food once in a while when they were sick of home-cooked meals. However, if they were to completely replace daily food and eat fast food for every meal, then all sorts of diseases would come to them sooner or later. It was the same for the cultural industry. It was naturally not a problem to obtain some simple past time by looking at fast food culture occasionally. However, if a persons spiritual life only had fast food culture and did not have deep thoughts, his mental world must be poor. As time went by, his thoughts would definitely have problems. What was even scarier was that the fast food culture was constantly developing into a placebo model! The makers and producers of these placebo culture fill peoples lives with recreational and sensory stimulation products. They use direct and cheap entertainment models to divert their attention and dissatisfaction, making them unable to extricate themselves from low-level happiness. They gradually lost their ability to think about real problems, and even completely lost their ability to learn and plan in the long term! These three situations were obviously content that had to be avoided and resisted during the creation of popular literary works in the online age. If he did not solve this series of problems, the cultural field would definitely become bigger and bigger. Literary and artistic creators began to separate from the masses. The content of their creation only played a small role in their spiritual lives. It could not have a positive impact on this world and society. As Western values continued to invade, traditional values were overturned. Those who protected traditional values and those who accepted Western values began to become more and more incompatible. There would even be intense friction in many fields. Thought conflict would evolve into real conflict. On the other hand, the entertainment of those low-level entertainment and placebo models would gradually sweep the entire bottom-level cultural and entertainment market, causing the people at the bottom level to lose their motivation to think and rise. That way, different people would become increasingly divided by classes, environment, values, and other factors, turning into groups that could not understand each other. That would strengthen the information cocoon house effect. This would obviously induce very serious and terrifying consequences. Thus, based on this dilemma, the thesis immediately proposed the internet age, the necessary factors for the creation and transmission of popular artistic works. First, it was the connotation of traditional cultural foundation and ordinary peoples cultural demands. In the online age, common literary and artistic works could not be completely separated from the traditional cultural foundation, nor could they be separated from the cultural demands of the people. They had to always create from the perspective of the ordinary people. They could not fall into the predicament of being high and low, blindly high, or become the culprit of the invasion of Western values and cutting off the traditional cultural heritage. Only by satisfying the requirements of the times and the demands of ordinary people would he be able to complete the mission given by the times. Secondly, the work had to be modern, trendy, and even foreseeable. It was not enough to just reflect the times. Outstanding artistic works had to have a certain new trend, even foresee, foresee possible problems in the future and make warnings. This was not groundless worries, but preparation! Lastly, these works had to be compact and eye-catching enough in terms of performance. The reason why many artistic works with deep connotations found it difficult to have a wide influence was because the expression of emotions was long and difficult. It was difficult to arouse the interest of ordinary people. It was even difficult to pay attention. If a work could not attract as many people as possible, how would its influence improve? Of course, this was not a problem for serious works. That was because serious works were naturally good at writing. If you wanted to understand them, you had to have a high literary attainment. However, if they could not do this in the current online ages common literary and artistic works, they would not be considered outstanding works. That was because the mission of the popular artistic works in the online age was to spread positive value to ordinary people. How could you complete such a mission if the people did not want to listen? Chapter 1599 - Unable To Refute! After that, the thesis raised the mission of the creator of popular literary works in the online age. The first was to promote the spread of positive value in ordinary people. As the ancient saying went, words were carried. Every work had their own internal values. If there was no core idea, the article would lack a soul. No matter how good the skin was, it could not hide the emptiness inside. Since every work had an internal value orientation that would affect ordinary people, outstanding works had to spread positive value and resist negative value. If a work looked outstanding on the surface, but was actually promoting backward and decaying values, this situation would ordinarily be called a crooked butt. Philistine and artistic works had low thresholds, and their content was compact and exciting. Whats more, they were targeted at ordinary people or teenagers with poor cultural standards. Thus, they often had a lot of influence. The more that was the case, the more the creator of popular artistic works had to realize his responsibilities and work hard to write positive works. Second was to satisfy the needs of the peoples spirit and entertainment. It might be to convey positive values but this kind of transmission could not be reduced to empty preaching. Instead, it had to satisfy the spiritual entertainment needs of the people and teach them. Philistine and artistic works were first the works that people loved to see. The prerequisite for that was to satisfy peoples spiritual and entertainment needs. Creators could not forget the internal value of artistic works nor ignore the expression of artistic works. Which format was the most acceptable to ordinary people, the easiest to cause widespread response, which should be adopted even more. Third was to explore the theory rules of artistic creation in the new era and form guidance. In the online age, innovations in popular culture had to be improved and improved by the creators. On the other hand, these creators might fall into confusion and confusion. Many people might have the desire to create good works, but they lacked the corresponding creative theory and skills. Thus, as the creator of popular artistic works, he could not seal himself off. Instead, he had to share these theories with others as much as possible. That would improve the level of domestic popular artistic works. More and more outstanding works could appear, forming a creative atmosphere where hundreds of families were competing. After that, the thesis would be combined with some specific projects of Tengda Corporation to analyze all the above theories. Until now, Tengda Corporation had achieved certain results in games, movies, novels, and many other fields. Many works were deeply popular, and these works basically fit the conditions and rules mentioned in the thesis. He had already felt that these theories made sense when he saw them. When he combined them with the actual case study, he immediately felt that they were more indisputable. In the eyes of Yu Fei, Cui Geng, and the others, they wanted to applaud this thesis. Yu Fei said excitedly, As expected of Boss Pei. You said it so well! However, why do I feel that many of the content is similar to your speech in the online authors inspiration class? Cui Geng quickly corrected him. Your words are very dangerous. Old Yu, youre not trying to kill me with praises, are you? Why do you sound like Boss Pei wrote this thesis after watching my speech? Its normal for it to be similar to my speech. Thats because my speech was written to summarize Boss Peis creative thinking. Now, Boss Pei has personally summarized his creative thinking. He has some similarities with the content that I summarized. Is there anything strange about that? They are both the same source and the same content. Whats more, Boss Peis summary is much more comprehensive and detailed than mine. This thesis can perfectly show Boss Peis academic level. I think there are eight words to describe it. Yu Fei smiled and asked, Oh, what words? Cui Geng said confidently, Use what youve learned and take a unique path! Look at how Boss Pei used some professional theoretical knowledge in this thesis, but he only used the most basic part. This means that Boss Pei is still focused on drawing nutrition from the past theories and not building empty buildings. Boss Pei only skipped past the pass in class. On one hand, he was busy with work and did not have much time to listen to class. Even so, Boss Pei still made use of all his time to learn and draw theoretical knowledge from his textbooks. That means that it doesnt matter how many marks Boss Pei scored. Thats because he doesnt pursue a specific score. Boss Pei pursues how much knowledge he learned. Whats more, Boss Pei was not satisfied with obtaining knowledge. He stood on a higher vantage point to analyze the current hot topics. He used these theories to solve the conflicts faced by the creation of popular artistic works in reality. He also truly conveyed his thoughts through his works. Therefore, this thesis answered all of Zheng Haos doubts about Boss Pei. Zheng Hao questioned if all of Boss Peis subjects passed because Boss Pei was busy with work and did not have much time to learn. Whats more, he did not care about the specific scores. Instead, he was focused on learning what was really useful to him. Zheng Hao questioned that Boss Pei would never show his face and not publicly express his thoughts to everyone because Boss Pei had always been a pragmatic and humble person. He spent all his energy on projects and doing real things, not empty talk because of pragmatism. Boss Pei did not like to express his thoughts frequently because of humility. He would only reveal it when he had no choice but to write the thesis. Zheng Hao accused Boss Pei of being an all-rounder who knew everything. In fact, Boss Pei never promoted this point. However, we can tell from this thesis that the reason why Boss Pei looks like he knows everything and knows everything is because he has grasped science and is based on the peoples creative theory. It is precisely because of this that every piece of his work can resonate widely and achieve success. Therefore, Boss Pei would definitely not accept Zheng Haos open debate with Boss Pei because it was a waste of time. How can Zheng Hao debate with Boss Pei based on the level of this graduation thesis? His thinking level is not on the same level at all. Yu Fei was still a little worried. This thesis is written very well, but those people can still forcefully nitpick or directly question that this article is written on behalf of others. Cui Geng smiled and shook his head. No. The characteristic of this thesis is that it is very difficult to be doubted. Thats because the arguments are very solid. What it adopts are the most basic theories. The most important thing is that a large number of physical evidence cases have been verified. Refuting this thesis is equivalent to refuting all of Tengdas successful cases. Refuting these cases would be equivalent to denying the taste and preferences of ordinary people. It would be equivalent to becoming enemies with ordinary people. Wouldnt that be cutting himself off from the people? In theory, they cannot be refuted, and they cannot be refuted emotionally. They cannot find any breakthrough point. As for questioning this article as a substitute, it would be even more impossible. First of all, the standard of this article is the standard of an undergraduate. This should be very difficult to fake. If you want to know Tengdas successful projects like the back of your hand, you have to have a lot of internal information to understand them in depth. If Boss Pei were to write it on his behalf, it would mean that he had found someone who was the same age as him and knew all of Tengdas projects like the back of his hand. He even knew the meaning and creative intentions of these projects clearly. Are there suitable candidates? Yu Fei thought for a moment and said, Er Boss Ma? Cui Geng nearly spat out his water. No, no, no! Boss Ma did not participate in every project. Whats more, Boss Ma is different from Boss Pei in terms of ability. He is Boss Peis right-hand man and a very good executor, but he is definitely not a very good theoretical architect. Whats more, Boss Ma has his own thesis. Its obvious that he did not write the same thesis. In all aspects, only Boss Pei himself meets this condition. Theres no need to fake it. Whats more, the last sentence of the thesis is definitely not something that others can write. Boss Pei must have personally written it. Yu Fei nodded. There was no doubt about that. At the end of the thesis, Boss Pei specially added, The theories that are referenced in the text are relatively superficial basic knowledge. They were completed for a short time and were not well-prepared, so they were not directly cited in the thesis. If there are any mistakes, please forgive me. If there are any mistakes, please be magnanimous. If Boss Pei really asked someone to write it for him, what was the point of adding this sentence to the person who wrote it? Whats more, the substitute writer would definitely highlight all sorts of citing data clearly. How could the first 90% of the work be completed, but the last 10% of the work was not done very well? Thus, Boss Pei had written it himself. As time was limited, Boss Pei had not had the time to match all the theories and quote them one by one. However, there was no problem with the general content. That was probably why Prof Kong did not rewrite the thesis. Whats more, while this sentence looked very humble, it was actually the same as Boss Pei. There was a hint of pride in his humility. Would a proud person like Boss Pei care about the pestering of the President of take-out, Zheng Hao? Of course not! Perhaps in Boss Peis opinion, Home Take-Out was at most a match with Fish-Catching Take-Out. It was good enough for Rui Yuchen to explain. Get Boss Pei to debate on the spot? Sorry, Zheng Hao did not have the qualifications! Boss Pei would only spend his time on the most precious and meaningful things. Yu Fei thought of another problem and asked, Sigh, thats not right either. Since Boss Pei floated past the exam with 60 marks and would not waste time on meaningless things, Boss Pei doesnt have to write the thesis to such a high level. Cant he just simply write and complete the goal of graduation? Cui Geng shook his head. Do you think this is just an ordinary undergraduate thesis? Do you think Boss Pei wrote it just to graduate smoothly? Of course not! Obviously, Boss Pei felt that he could use this opportunity to sort out his theories from university, explain his theories systematically, and give guidance and suggestions to the industry. It is a very good guidelines for ordinary novel authors like us, Sun Strike Studios film director script writer, and Tengda Games designer. It is not only a summary of Boss Peis knowledge in university, but also a summary of Boss Peis experience in creating Tengda Corporation and conducting artistic creation through Tengda Corporation. This thesis is worth all the popular artistic creators to study and guide their creative direction! Chapter 1600 - Its Not Enough To Kill You, But Also Kill Me Mentally? Yu Fei checked the hot searches on Weibo and other forums. Indeed, once this thesis was released, the popularity that Zheng Hao had worked so hard to stir up immediately dissipated. He also became a clown. On one hand, all of Zheng Haos doubts about Boss Pei were torn apart by this thesis. On the other hand, netizens were focused on this thesis and did not care about what Zheng Hao said at all. The former was very easy to understand. Just as Cui Geng had said, Boss Peis thesis could not be doubted, could not be verified, and could not even be doubted if it was written on behalf of Boss Pei. This thesis was not only recognized by professional professors, but also understood by ordinary people. Coupled with Tengda Corporations artistic products, it could be said to be irrefutable, completely proving Boss Peis true level. All of Zheng Haos doubts were naturally not reliable. There was also a reasonable explanation for the fact that Boss Pei had passed all the subjects. Previously, everyone had thought that Boss Pei was too busy with work and did not have time to revise properly. It was good enough to pass. This statement might be reasonable but it was still too passive. From the looks of it now, it was not that Boss Pei did not study hard. Instead, he learned things that were useful to him. He did not deliberately pursue the final score. Simply put, other students scored 60 points or 80 points, but only 20% of them could be used to continue researching. Perhaps only 10% could be used in reality and affect this world. Boss Pei might have only scored 60 points but everything within 60 points would change the world. This nature was completely different. Whats more, most people were not interested in Zheng Haos debate in person. That was because Zheng Hao and Boss Pei were both entrepreneurs. To entrepreneurs, they should compete on who could run the company well and create more value for society. They would obtain reputation from the masses. Debating in person is nothing more than a verbal exchange. You are entrepreneurs, not debaters. Whats the point of debating? There were too many things to discuss in this thesis. Many people took out Tengdas previous games and movies and revised them. There were also people who used this standard to compare the current art works in the market, be it novels, movies, or games. Then, they found that almost all of the good works that could fit all the characteristics were popular. There were also many people who further pointed it out and began to seriously discuss the direction of future popular artistic works in the online age. They even derived it to other fields. There were still some indignant haters who raised doubts, questioning that Boss Peis thesis was in the field of artistic creation, at most in novels, movies, and games. However, there was still no explanation in other business fields, right? This doubt was quickly drowned by the mocking laughter. That was Boss Peis undergraduate thesis. It was only so long. Even the current content was tight. How could he write other content? Whats more, just because Boss Pei did not write it did not mean that he did not understand it! / please keep reading on MYB0XN0VEL(d0t)C0M. Boss Pei had already proven himself in the most abstract and complicated field of artistic creation. Whats more, in other fields, it was completely impossible to prove himself. ֮ƪһ,ȫŤתϵķ. Previously, many people had doubted him. They felt that Zheng Hao had publicly jumped out to criticize Boss Pei, but Boss Pei had hidden his face and did not reply. That was a sign of guilt. However, from the looks of it now, Zheng Hao was not Boss Peis opponent at all. It was normal for Boss Pei to ignore him. Boss Pei was a well-deserving genius! From the time he started Tengda until he completed his studies, he had built such a huge business empire in a short four years. Everything that happened in the past four years had verified this view countless times. This thesis was only an explanation of Boss Peis cheating career. At the same time, Pei Qian was slumped on the sofa in his living room, looking up at the sky and thinking about life. He had read all the discussions on Weibo, but the more he read, the more ridiculous it seemed. Whats going on? Why are these people praising him so unreasonable? I cant take it anymore I feel like every pore on my body is oozing milk Pei Qian had mixed feelings. It was just like a child who bet on the questions before the exam and scored high marks because he hit the bulls eye. That caused the exam results to be much higher than usual and was publicly praised by the teacher. He felt guilty! Strictly speaking, Pei Qian was definitely not cheating because he was writing about Tengda Corporation. He was analyzing his thoughts and the root of the problem was on him. However, this was not his true standard. That was because he had not deliberately thought in this direction when he was creating those games and movie scripts. At most, he had a flash of inspiration. Thus, Pei Qian felt very uncertain about this outstanding graduation thesis. He did not expect Zhang Wei and Prof Kong to submit the last sentence without changing a single word. Pei Qian was so embarrassed that he wanted to dig out a room for three rooms and one living room with his toes. What was even more ridiculous was that the discussions about this thesis online had obviously been raised by several levels. There were many praises that Pei Qian had not expected. He also felt guilty for accepting them. Pei Qian knew his true standard very well. A large part of his achievements was due to luck, not the hard work he had put in. Thus, he did not want everyone to add these honor to him. The reason why Pei Qian avoided showing his face as much as possible and kept a low profile was because he knew that he might be far from the Boss Pei that people were looking forward to. In the end, the more he hid, the more people praised him. Four years had passed, and he finally could not hold it in anymore. I think I should clarify. If I say nothing, it would be equivalent to tacitly agreeing to these praises. I will only fall harder in the future. Say a few simple words and express your personal opinion. It can also be considered as a warning to everyone. Pei Qian did not want everyone to think that he was pretending to be an expert . He instinctively wanted to appear and reduce the popularity seeing that he was forced to show off and that the situation was a little out of control. Thus, after careful consideration, he decided on a long Weibo post. I noticed many discussions about my graduation thesis online. Some of them were indeed what I was thinking, but some of them were obviously overthought and exaggerated. The article was natural and was obtained by chance. As a creator, most of the time, when he was creating some content, he did not have very clear ideas. He only had a flash of inspiration. Therefore, I am actually guilty of accepting everyones praise for me. I hope that everyone can tell the truth. Theres no need to praise me too much. Dont pin too much unrealistic expectations on me. On top of that, I dont intend to deliberately ignore the question that Mr. Zheng Hao asked me. I just think theres no need to argue on this matter. However, since we have already posted on Weibo, we will answer Mr. Zheng Haos questions at the same time. Mr Zheng Hao thinks that Im not an outstanding graduate. I have limitations in my ability, and Im not an outstanding entrepreneur. I completely agree on this. I never thought that I was an outstanding graduate and entrepreneur. Mr Zheng Hao is far better than me in terms of academics and entrepreneurship. As for why I repeatedly won in business competitions, Im very confused about this. However, I think one of the possible reasons is that I can distinguish right from wrong precisely because Im not smart enough or outstanding enough. After becoming a boss and becoming a key person who can mobilize a lot of resources through companies, I can still clearly distinguish right from wrong. I did not affect my eyes and brain because of the difference in positioning. Thank you all for your support and love. I will work harder to improve and strive to become someone worthy of these praises one day. After writing it, Pei Qian deliberated for a while and felt that his overall attitude was quite sincere. The key was that he could not say many things very clearly. He could not possibly directly dig out all his old secrets, right? That would not be clarifying, but taking the initiative to die. Netizens were all his own people. It was easy to negotiate. As long as he showed his attitude to them, this popularity should slowly go down. Of course, he could not use his own Weibo to post Boss Peis long weibo post. Otherwise, it would be exposed. He had to use Tengda Corporations official Weibo to post it. At the same time, in the headquarters of Shengyun Corporation in Shanghai. Nie Yunsheng browsed the webpage and leaned back in his chair weakly. He closed his eyes and sighed silently. Sigh! I knew that Zheng Hao would not have a good ending. In the field of public opinion war, Boss Pei would always be able to find a way to counterattack no matter what angle he attacks from. Whats more, it would be impossible to guard against everything. Nie Yunsheng did not expect Boss Pei to easily defeat Zheng Haos angry final attack with just a thesis. On top of that, this thesis caused widespread discussion online. He easily made it onto Weibos hot searches based on a thesis and natural traffic. He also did a comprehensive publicity and promotion of Tengdas other industries, saving a lot of publicity and marketing funds. This kind of strength was not something ordinary entrepreneurs could compare to. It was as if Boss Pei had never pursued popularity, but popularity followed closely behind. At that moment, Nie Yunsheng swiped to a new Weibo post. It was Boss Peis response to this incident through Tengda Corporations official Weibo. Nie Yunsheng read the entire long Weibo post from beginning to end with a complicated mood and fell silent again. After a long time, he sighed softly and said emotionally, Do you even have to kill me ? Chapter 1601 - Wrong Direction, The Greater Ones Abilities Are, The Bigger The Destruction Nie Yunsheng saw Boss Peis statement on Tengda Corporations official Weibo and knew that everything had been settled. Zheng Hao would never have the chance to make a comeback. The timing of Boss Peis Weibo post could be said to be stable, accurate, and ruthless: Not only did he knock Zheng Hao off the cliff, but he also pressed a mountain on it, making him unable to turn the tables for the rest of his life. On the surface, it looked like Boss Peis Weibo post was trying to make peace. First, he expressed his views on the hot searches of his thesis and said that the thesis was natural and was obtained by chance. Some of the content was indeed what he was thinking, but some of the content was everyones over-interpretation. Behind this humility was a strong sense of confidence. It also gave people a very sincere feeling. Boss Pei finally responded to Zheng Haos provocation directly. No matter how Boss Pei responded before the popularity on the internet reached its peak, Zheng Hao would be able to find a reason to fight back. Boss Pei would definitely not accept the challenge. If he responded to Zheng Hao in a high-profile manner, he would continue to fan the flames until he forced Boss Pei out. If he responded in a low-profile manner, Zheng Hao would publicize that Boss Pei was feeling guilty. That was because Boss Pei did not have a strong method to fight Zheng Hao back then. Thus, no matter how he expressed his stance, a portion of people would feel guilty. However, now, the popularity of Boss Peis thesis had completely surpassed all the popularity that Zheng Hao had painstakingly raised. Boss Peis Weibo post was no longer meant to make peace, but a declaration after victory. On the surface, Boss Pei admitted Zheng Haos words. He also said that he might not be an outstanding graduate and entrepreneur. However, Boss Pei changed the topic and began to kill peoples hearts. Boss Pei said that it was precisely because he was just an ordinary person and did not have any outstanding talents that he could see better and distinguish right from wrong. He did not affect his position because of his resources and wealth. This sentence was too sharp and stabbed the key to the problem. What Boss Pei meant was: You, Zheng Hao, are indeed very outstanding, but so what? When a persons direction is wrong, the more power you exert, the greater the damage. Zheng Hao was indeed an outstanding graduate and an outstanding entrepreneur, but where was his intelligence used? They would use it to squeeze their employees dry, desperately expand the platform, achieve a monopoly position, constantly suck blood from the take-out businessmen and customers, and constantly create a behemoth Home Take-Out! Perhaps these outstanding entrepreneurs had outstanding talents, but as their personal wealth expanded and their influence increased, these people did not realize the social responsibility they were bearing. Instead, they mistakenly thought that the wealth that society gave them was created by themselves. Thus, they began to move against the trend and pursue the unlimited value of capital. They prided themselves as outstanding people and went completely opposite of ordinary people. They were used to being superior in their wisdom, resources, wealth, and other aspects. That was exactly what made ordinary people the most angry and unacceptable! Perhaps these entrepreneurs indeed had outstanding individual abilities, but they could succeed because of the environment and era. They seized the wealth that everyone had created together through some way. Take the take-out site for example. His success came from the low-level service system supported by all delivery men, the food and beverage resources provided by all businessmen, the program platform written by all programmers who worked overtime 996, the preferences and privacy data of every customer The large number of achievements in this should not have belonged to Home Take-Out, much less Zheng Hao. However, the so-called internet innovation allowed Zheng Hao to keep all the achievements for himself. He used this to play capital games and make the entire platform bigger. Was this fair? Was this reasonable? On the other hand, Boss Pei was filled with confidence in Zheng Haos question because Fish-Catching Take-Out did not walk the same path as home take-out. Fish-Catching Take-Out was actually integrating the interests of the merchants, delivery men, customers, and platforms together. It would also reflect the profits obtained. It was determined to only take the one that the platform should take. Thus, Boss Peis words were more like a deep mockery. Boss Pei did not really think that his intelligence was not as good as Zheng Haos. He was just saying that he did not care to use these tricks. / please keep reading on MYB0XN0VEL(d0t)C0M. That was because even though such intelligence could allow one to obtain a lot of personal wealth, it would cause greater damage to society and the entire industry. There was no need to be so smart! Thus, Boss Peis words were like a well-read scholar shaking his head at a vendor who was playing tricks. Perhaps a vendor who played smart and scammed could obtain a lot of benefits. However, in the eyes of true wise people, such cleverness was stupid and hopeless. Nie Yunsheng sighed. He could tell that the more he struggled with Boss Pei, the worse he would lose in the end. Zheng Hao had completely lost his face this time! Nie Yunsheng was even a little grateful that Lu Mingliang had been the one to debate with him and not Boss Pei. Lu Mingliang might be the person-in-charge of the department but he was obviously a reckless person. He was sharp but not sinister enough. On the other hand, Boss Pei was a great terror that had nowhere to go. You would never know what his next move was, nor would you know when his counterattack would end. When you were hit off the cliff and thought that everything was over, Boss Pei would lift a few huge rocks and bury you under with a smile, never to be revived! Nie Yunsheng leaned back in his chair and was speechless for a long time. After pondering for a long time, Nie Yunsheng called the Vice-President over. Call Boss Zheng from Home Take-Out and tell him to calm down and not provoke Boss Pei anymore. Under such conditions, Boss Pei might not have any other tricks to expose. Our losses would only be greater! Also, did you find out about Tengda Corporations recent new project? The Vice-President nodded and said, Boss Nie, weve found out! Tengda Corporation might produce a new cell phone and game system next month. The project of Thriller Hostel and the zoo will be almost completed. Nie Yunsheng leaned back in his chair and sighed. I didnt expect this! Boss Pei is still opening new projects in an orderly manner under such circumstances. It looks like he doesnt take the attack of the Tengda Alliance seriously at all. Should I say that Boss Pei is too confident? Or did he underestimate the enemy too much? Since thats the case, lets wait a while more. The current public opinion war can be said to be a complete failure. Theres no way to salvage the situation. We might as well wait and see. If Tengda Corporations new project fails and Boss Pei is overwhelmed, we might be able to find some new opportunities. The Vice-President nodded. Boss Nie is wise! Do we need to hold another meeting to appease everyone? Nie Yunsheng nodded. Yes. Repeated setbacks would definitely cause some chaos in the anti-Tengda Alliance. It was a good thing that the other members companies did not know about the matter with Boqun Media. Otherwise, if these companies knew that Boqun Media had switched sides and was doing well, it would be a huge blow to their morale. However, even so, Nie Yunsheng had to continue thinking of ways to stabilize the companies against Tengda Alliance. Nie Yunsheng was also prepared for this. On one hand, he wanted everyone to calm down and observe the situation, especially when it came to Tengdas game system project next month. Obviously, this game system project should have been invested with a lot of Boss Peis hard work. This was also a key step for Tengda Corporation to advance in the game industry. If Tengda Corporation wanted to become a world-renowned games giant, they would definitely think of ways to cross the threshold of a game machine. However, how difficult was it to squeeze into the gaming system? In Nie Yunshengs opinion, Tengda Corporation was most likely going to fail on this problem. It was not that Tengda was not capable enough, but it was too difficult in this field. There were only two or three companies in the world that could understand it. They were all completely beyond their level. Once Tengda Corporation failed and Boss Peis energy was involved, the anti-Tengda Alliance would welcome a new opportunity! On the other hand, Nie Yunsheng planned to tell everyone. Even if Tengda really succeeded in the game system, the various projects that followed would also succeed. The anti-Tengda Alliance would really be forced to a dead end. There was no need to worry too much because Nie Yunsheng still had his last resort. He could not reveal this method for the time being because he was worried that a mole would tell on Tengda Corporation. However, Nie Yunsheng was very sure that even if this last move could not reverse the situation, it would definitely cause serious damage to Tengda Corporation and make both sides suffer! However, he could not use this last move yet. They had to wait until Tengda Corporation won steadily and Boss Pei was so happy that he forgot himself before it could show its greatest effect. July 5th, Friday. Pei Qian came to Otto Technologies to check on the development of the new cell phone and new main computer. According to the previous plan, the news conference for the new cell phone and system units would be held next week. Before that, the cell phone and system units would be ready for mass production. In fact, these two projects had been completely finalized to Pei Qian. There was not much difference whether he looked at them or not. Even if he was not satisfied and felt that the probability of success was not high, he could not change it. However, he still had to go through the process. Pei Qian could at least influence the content of the news conference now. If the popularity of the news conference did not rise, the attention of these two new products would naturally decrease greatly! In fact, the success of many products depended on news conferences. Products that became popular one day had a mediocre response. The official release stage after the news conference was often lukewarm and quickly died down. It was time to test Boss Peis intelligence again. Until now, the anti-Tengda Alliance had already given up and was completely silent. Pei Qian was still waiting for Boqun Media to suddenly counterattack. However, no matter how he waited, he did not believe it. Boqun Media seemed to be determined to stand on Tengda Corporations side. Not only did they follow Wu Bins instructions and deeply modify the internal business model and media content, but they also sent messages to support Tengda Corporation several times to attack the anti-Tengda alliance led by Shengyun Express, Home Take-Out, and Home Corporation. Didnt Wu Bin say that Boqun Media might be a undercover sent by the anti-Tengda Alliance? This undercover was too professional. He had not been exposed even when the anti-Tengda alliance could not take it anymore. Pei Qian felt very worried in the face of this situation. He could only shift his attention to the new business and hope that there would be some flaws in the new business. He wanted to reduce its popularity and restore the confidence to fight against Tengda Alliance! Chapter 1602 - Expensive Cell Phone Case At the entrance of Otto Technologies, Old Song, the original person-in-charge, had returned to Shenhua Corporation. Chang You and Jiang Yuan were there to welcome Boss Pei. Both of them had participated in the low-level activities and benefited a lot in the activities. At that moment, they took over as the person-in-charge of Otto Technologies and obtained some new inspiration. After these two people took the cell phone and game console project from Old Song, they only pushed forward their work step by step and completed the follow-up work. They did not make any changes to the original design plan. After all, they had only taken over for a short period of time. It was too late to change it now. Boss Pei, please come in. Weve already prepared the sample. Chang You and Jiang Yuan welcomed Pei Qian to Otto Technologies guest room. Pei Qian sat down on the sofa and asked casually, Have you seen the new product? How do you feel? Chang You immediately said excitedly, Thats awesome! These two new products are simply geniuses! Boss Pei, your imagination is boundlessly bold and imaginative. At the same time, its unstoppable. Jiang Yuan smiled and chimed in. Thats right. These two products are too good. In the cell phone project, there are not many things that can be improved because we used Shenhuas ready-made foldable screen plan. Boss Pei, you have appropriately worked on Tengda Corporations advantageous project, arranged a custom-made appearance, system for the cell phone, and continued the traditional benefits of Ottos cell phone project. It has suddenly made us one step further in the high-end path. Whats more, you have made a clear distinction with Shenhuas original cell phone. If the cell phone project is a minor repair on Shenhua Corporations plan, then the main computer project relied on its bold and imaginative imagination to find a point that was ignored by users again and launched an epochal game main computer product. I think both products would be very successful! Chang You sighed. Thats right. Thats why its not important to say that the two of us are not in Otto Technologies. Boss Pei, you are the source of inspiration for Otto Technologies. Their impassioned words made Pei Qians hand, which was holding his teacup, tremble slightly. At once, he lost his confidence. He had thought that cell phone projects and game system projects had a high chance of failure. However, after hearing Chang You and Jiang Yuans words, it seemed like they were going to become popular again. Pei Qian sized up the two smiling people and suddenly realized that they might not be speaking the truth. / please keep reading on MYB0XN0VEL(d0t)C0M. Or perhaps they were just bootlicking? At that thought, Pei Qian calmed himself down and looked at the prototypes of the two products. First was the cell phone project with the foldable screen, which was Otto X1. This cell phone could be summarized in one sentence: Technology was mainly about changing the shell. This foldable cell phone used the design plan for Shenhuas foldable cell phone. It was completely identical from the inside out. After all, a cell phone was a very precise item. Any small change might affect the overall design of the cell phone. A new production line had to be drawn. This was obviously too extravagant for the two companies. After all, a foldable screen cell phone was a new thing. Its production capacity was relatively limited, be it a soft screen, foldable chains, or various custom-made components inside. Originally, production capacity was already very difficult to guarantee. If he were to do those fancy things, production capacity would not be able to keep up. At that time, he would be waiting for the entire internet to run out. Therefore, Tengda Corporation could only make some distinction in the details of this cell phone. Pei Qian picked up the custom-made cell phone shell next to him and took a closer look. Once he held it in his hand, he felt that the hand sensitivity of this cell phone shell was not bad. The workmanship was meticulous. After all, they had spent a lot of money to customize it. The materials had been piled up to 500 yuan. It must be obviously different from other cell phone shells in the market. The overall style of the cell phone shell was the grayish black of Cyberpunk. It looked very deep. Some bright yellow irregular lines were added as embellishments. The top and bottom sections of the cell phone shell had been cut open, mainly to reduce the weight of the cell phone shell. That was because the weight of the foldable phone itself was very heavy. After all, it was equivalent to two cell phones combined. Even if there was no shell, the weight would still be above 280 grams, exceeding half a kilogram. If the cell phone shell was especially thick, most people would probably be overwhelmed. The middle part was made of AG snowflake glass. It was also black and gray, but it was obvious that the material was different from the frame. It felt slippery, but it would feel very exquisite. There were sporadic bright spots on it, like stars in the sky. It was surrounded by an extended and strengthened frame. The grip was more comfortable, and there was an anti-bacterial coating. The surface had a skin-like feel and the rim was made of silicone. It was soft and moderate in hardness. The material was more solid than other similar products. Whats more, the precision of the holes was seamless, completely crushing similar products. There was also a graphite heating layer on the inner lining of the cell phone shell to dissipate the heat of the cell phone faster. As there were hollow designs on both sides, players could still hold it with both hands without feeling hot. In addition, there were two small folding card buttons in the upper right and lower left corner of the back of the cell phone. Once they were unfolded, not only could they be used as support, but they could also stick their middle fingers in and stop them from sliding off when playing games on the horizontal screen. They could also operate more conveniently. There was a small frame in the middle. Once the cell phone was unfolded, it could be used to support the small frame on the table. The length of the scaffold was longer than the two folding card buttons. The state after the cell phone was more suitable for viewing. After putting the scaffold away, using the foldable card to support the cell phone on the table would be more suitable for touch-screen operations. Or he could stretch his middle finger into the card button as support when playing mobile games. Apart from that, there were also some details. For example, the cell phones casing and cell phone were very compatible. The holes that should be retained were also retained. The weight of the cell phones casing was reduced as much as possible under the premise of ensuring the strength of the cell phones casing. As a foldable cell phone, the cell phone shell was also designed in a separate way. However, it could be opened and sold. The first half of the cell phone shell was just a narrow frame that protected the left half of the foldable screen very well. However, unlike other cell phone shells, it was the design of the shell. In other words, the tempered film was connected to the cell phone shell. That could maximize the strength of the structure of the left half of the cell phone shell. If both parts of the cell phone were put on, the entire cell phone would immediately become a custom-made Cyberpunk cell phone. Or he could buy two parts and use them together with other cell phone cases that he liked. For example, some people did not like to use the cell phone shell on the left half of the screen. Thus, they only needed to buy half of the cell phone shell. He switched on his cell phone, and the image on the screen changed to the Cyberpunk style. A long chain of codes poured down like a hack, and then entered Otto OSs system. The entire system had been rewritten. The appearance had changed greatly. Coupled with the cell phone shell, it could be said that there were obvious changes inside and outside. Apart from that, there were also corresponding changes to the packaging of this cell phone, including the various parts. Pei Qian played with it for a while and could not help but feel emotional. This cell phone indeed had a sense of technology. Especially after the foldable screen was unfolded, the impact of the entire big screen, as well as the precise operation of the cell phone when it was folded, the crisp bang sound of the screen closing made people sigh with the brilliance of high-end digital technology. Chang You saw that Boss Peis expression was as usual and did not show any obvious joy. He said apprehensively, Boss Pei, do you have any instructions? Pei Qian thought about it. He really did not have any instructions in terms of products. Obviously, Old Song and the others had strictly followed his instructions. However, Pei Qian still thought seriously for a while and asked, The price of the cell phone and casing was set according to my standards back then, right? Chang You quickly nodded. Thats right, Boss Pei. The cell phones casing is 498 yuan because we used very expensive AG snowflake glass. Whats more, the two buttons and scaffolding are made of special metal. However, the cell phone shell supports selling separately. It would be very cheap if you only buy the left half at 98 yuan. The right half is very expensive. at 400 yuan. This cell phone case is included by default. Considering the cost price of the cell phone case and our benefits, it should be about 4,500 yuan more expensive than Shenhuas cell phone. Therefore, ordinary and high-end versions should be sold at 22,499 yuan and 23,499 yuan respectively. Otto cell phones had various benefits from Tengda Corporation, so the cost price of the benefits was about 4,000 yuan. If they already had old users of Otto cell phones, they could save the 4,000 yuan. That meant that it was only 500 yuan more expensive than Shenhuas foldable screen version. The main reason was the custom-made cell phone shell. Pei Qian thought about how this cell phone shell was bundled together with the cell phone. Whats more, it was supported to be bought separately. Players should have no reason to buy their own version, right? Even if he wanted to buy a foldable cell phone, he could first buy the one from Shenhua Corporation and then buy a cell phone shell from Otto Technologies. The final effect would be the same. Pei Qian felt that this cell phone should be relatively stable. He thought for a moment and said, There are no special requirements. We just have to continue the previous strategy at the news conference and set the price from the beginning. Other than that, I have to tell everyone the truth. This is exactly the same as Shenhuas cell phone. There is no innovation or improvement. A cell phone that cost more than 20,000 yuan had definitely refreshed everyones understanding of the cell phones price. This price would probably dissuade most consumers immediately. Whats more, Shenhua Corporations foldable screen cell phone would hold a news conference first. It would be held this weekend. Otto Technologies would have to wait until next week. At that time, everyone would be focused on Shenhuas foldable screen. No one would buy Otto Technologies cell phone, right? Chang You nodded. Alright, Boss Pei. Well do as you say. Chapter 1603 - Prepare For The News Conference Pei Qian looked at the huge game router after looking at the new cell phone. He had to admit that it was very eye-catching. Its shape was very exaggerated. It looked like a huge pyramid base. It was about 20 centimeters in length and width, and was nearly 10 centimeters in thickness. From the side, it looked like a ladder on all four sides. It was in the shape of a staircase. There were two grooves in the middle that hid various sockets. There were many glowing lights on the platform at the top, and eight huge skylines around it. It was baring its fangs and brandishing its claws like an octopus. There were various sockets hidden in the grooves between the octopus skyline, including the USB interface, power interface, internet connection interface, and so on. The position of the light drive was hidden very deeply. It was on the side. You had to put down the two vertical skylines to insert the light drive. Most people would think that it was just a huge router if they were to plug the internet connection with this fellow again. They would definitely not associate it with the game machine. Pei Qian was amazed. This thing was exactly the same as the product he had imagined! He weighed it a little. It was quite heavy. / please keep reading on MYB0XN0VEL(d0t)C0M. That was normal. After all, it was a game console. How could it not be heavy with a high-end router? There was a matching controller next to the main computer. This controller might still be a distance away from the top controller in the market, but the cost control was not bad. Whats more, the spinning top, back buttons, and other functions were all there. The overall hand sensitivity was also considered good. It was not bad to be able to achieve this level. After all, the controllers of those large manufacturers had been developed with a lot of money and a lot of patents. It was not realistic for the domestically-produced controllers to catch up in a short period of time. However, it was not easy for this meticulously-made controller to be comparable to the standard of foreign manufacturers. On top of that, the controllers of other large factories could also be connected to this system unit to be used normally. This also provided players with more options. If they bought the controller-free version, the price could be cheaper. Chang You introduced. Boss Pei, I heard that almost all of the navigation games in the incubation base of the Destitution Plan have been developed. They have been developed before the news conference. Then, it should not be a problem for them to be released when the router is officially released. Pei Qian nodded. He felt that the in-built game in the incubation base of the Destitution Plan should not be bad. After all, Qiu Hong was the one leading the team. Whats more, there were outstanding independent game designers like Wu Zhicheng. However, no matter what, this was a main computers carrier game. It was definitely slightly inferior to the number of people in the incubation base. After all, the game console was on a completely different level from other digital products. There was only hope of success if it was done to the extreme in all aspects. Pei Qian felt that he did not have to worry too much for the time being. Chang You asked, Boss Pei, how should we hold the news conference for the game router? Pei Qian smiled easily and said, Isnt that simple? Just introduce it as the parameter of the router. Theres no need to emphasize the functions of the game. You just need to briefly say that this equipment can be placed in the living room and integrate some entertainment activities. By the way, whats its price? Chang You said, 4,999 yuan. The game consoles price is about 3,999 yuan, and the routers price is about 1,000 yuan. After all, the configuration of this system unit is better. Whats more, this is the result of a small amount of subsidies according to your requirements, Boss Pei. Only by producing a large number of goods can we ensure that we will not incur losses. Of course, its not important to Tengda Corporation whether the game console makes money or not. The main thing is to set it up first. We can slowly use the game to make money in the future. Pei Qian nodded slightly. This price was not bad to him. It should be able to dissuade many players. That was because foreign game consoles were basically in the price range of about 4,000 yuan. Whats more, game consoles were not profitable to begin with. The price of Tengdas router basically had no advantage. Compared to computers, especially laptops, this was just an entry-level price. However, there was still a huge difference between game consoles and computers. Many people felt that computers could be used for work or other things, while game consoles could only be used for games. There was a clear difference in their usage. Whats more, most of the young people in the country who liked to play games did not have their own living room or television. Therefore, compared to the game consoles, products like game consoles were more in line with their needs. This was also the reason why online games and cell phone games developed rapidly in the country while standalone games had always been dispirited. Pei Qian felt that a portion of the router machine might be sold. After all, Tengda had too many die-hard fans. However, the possibility of it becoming popular was negligible. At that thought, Pei Qian stood up in satisfaction. Alright, Ive seen both products. Theres no big problem. Just prepare for the news conference as I said. July 10th, Wednesday. Jingzhou International Exhibition Center. Otto Technologies previous news conferences had been held in Jingzhous five-star hotel. The venue itself was considered luxurious, but it was still lacking in face. This time, they had moved to Jingzhous international exhibition center. The scene was several times more impressive. At Otto Technologies new news conference this time, the venue was about 8,000 square meters in area and more than 10 meters in height. The arranged floor space could be said to be full. Chang You was even a little worried. It would be very awkward if the audience was not satisfied. He could gift tickets, but he had to consider the situation where he could not even give tickets. On the day of the news conference, Chang You was shocked to find that the venue was full again. There were still no empty seats. Obviously, most people were here to watch Vice-President Chang perform. Otto Technologies new products might not be outstanding every time, and not everyone would be satisfied every time. However, it had to be said that Otto Technologies was definitely the only company with the ability to perform at the news conference. Whats more, it surpassed all other companies. The news conference for more than an hour was more satisfying than listening to a crosstalk. Whats more, Otto Technologies news conference was even more exciting than Xiangchengs. The burden was definitely beyond everyones expectations. Ordinary people would not think that Otto Technologies would bring out some ridiculous new products. The Fully-Automated Smart Bickering Machine and smart fitness drying rack were enough to make people laugh when introducing products. Whats more, the key was that the burden of crosstalk was fake. However, after Otto Technologies finished shaking off the burden, it would really sell the product. Whats more, it would be a mass-produced version. Everyone immediately felt that this news conference was worth it considering that they could still hear cross talk during the news conference and see these ridiculous products become real. Chang You looked at the crowd and sighed. If I had known that it would be so popular, I would have raised the price of the tickets. We might as well cancel the gifts in the future and only give a portion of the gifts to the media. Its not too much to hold a concert at our popular venue. Jiang Yuan knew that Chang You was joking, but he still said, Forget it, forget it. This is not in line with the Tengda spirit at all. Boss Pei will definitely not agree. He looked below the stage as he spoke. Boss Chang, do you think Boss Pei is here today? Chang You shook his head. Im not sure. Boss Pei has always been elusive. Who knows? However, even if Boss Pei doesnt come to the venue, he will definitely watch the live-stream. He has to be on his guard. He cannot mess up! Its almost time. Get ready to go. Jiang Yuan nodded and finally tidied up his appearance. The larger tech media in the country were basically present at the news conference. In addition, many fans of Tengda Corporation rushed over from Jingzhou or other providers. He wanted to see what new tricks Otto Technologies would come up with this time. Some reporters from the tech media guessed: I wonder what new product Otto Technologies will release this time? Im looking forward to it. The most ridiculous thing about Otto Technologies is that there are not some new products that make people feel that they are putting on a show at every news conference. Instead, they achieved success after mass-producing these new products. I heard some insider information this time. Its said to be a foldable screen cell phone and a new smart equipment. A new foldable screen cell phone? Didnt Shenhua just release one? Otto Technologies actually released it as well. Can their technology level already compete with Shenhua? Im not sure, but Im not optimistic about it. Thats because the technology required for foldable screens cell phones is too high. Shenhua only managed to produce it after a few years. Many technologies have patents. Didnt you see that other big-name manufacturers did not make plans to foldable screens? I think Otto Technologies is probably very difficult as a new company. Thats right. If Otto Technologies only produced a relatively immature folding screen plan, it would be better not to publish it. As a cutting edge technology, the price of the foldable screen would definitely be very high. It would be targeted at rich people. This group of people would not take an immature folding screen product to show off. Who knows? Perhaps Otto Technologies can use its reputation in the high-end field to pave a way out? Indeed! The core competitiveness of Otto Technologies is not in the accumulation of technology, but in their imagination. As long as their imagination is outstanding enough this time, they should be able to satisfy their fans. As long as Tengdas fans can buy it, the sales of this cell phone should not be too bad. Everyone was guessing what kind of foldable cell phone Tengda Corporation would release. However, it was obvious that Shenhua Corporations foldable screen cell phone was in front of them. Everyone was sweating for Otto Technologies. Whats more, Shenhua Corporations foldable screen cell phone had already finished its news conference. It showed the various technological breakthroughs of the foldable screen cell phone. The price segment had also been announced. Everyone unanimously thought that there should not be anyone in the market who could compete with it in the field of foldable screens. Otto Technologies might be a late star but its technical reserves and research and development strength were still lacking. It was too risky to fight Shenhua Corporation head-on. Shenhua Corporations foldable cell phone might have been released after the news conference but it had only been officially released in the past two days. Wasnt that equivalent to clashing with Otto Technologies cell phone? Of course, both companies were domestic companies and should obtain support. However, support still depended on the products. The lights in the stadium gradually dimmed as everyone discussed. Chapter 1604 - It Is Really A Router Hello, everyone. Im the person-in-charge of Otto Technologies, Jiang Yuan. Thank you all for taking the time out of your busy schedules to come to Otto Technologies news conference for the new product. I warmly welcome everyone on behalf of Boss Pei, Vice-President Chang, and everyone in Otto Technologies! It has been two years since Otto Technologies was established. I want to thank all the fans who support Otto Technologies on behalf of all the employees of Otto Technologies. Jiang Yuan introduced them steadily as usual. His stage style was different from Chang Yous. Chang You had a performance effect the moment he went on stage. It always made people laugh, as if they were in a crosstalk show. Many people expressed that they could not help but want to laugh when they saw Vice-President Changs face. However, Jiang Yuans stage style looked very literary. He was a little like an introverted good student. However, Jiang Yuan was the person-in-charge after all. He had held many news conferences. He was a familiar face to everyone. The audience knew that Vice-President Chang would definitely be the last to appear for the new product. Thus, they warmly supported Jiang Yuan. Many people could not help but sigh. They did not expect Otto Technologies to be two weeks old. Otto Technologies was considered a department that had been established relatively late in the entire Tengda Corporation. However, in just two short years, Otto Technologies had really slaughtered a path in the red sea market of cell phones. It had established its own brand and released a few explosive standalone products. Such an achievement was indeed worthy of being proud. / please keep reading on MYB0XN0VEL(d0t)C0M. Jiang Yuan continued, Before I announce the new cell phone product this time, I want to apologize to everyone. First, the price of this new cell phone is very not beautiful. The price might be unacceptable to many fans seated here. Second, this cell phone has not used any new technology from Otto Technologies in terms of hardware. The cell phones pricing appeared on the big screen as Jiang Yuan spoke. The ordinary version 22,499 yuan, the high-end version 23,499 yuan! Everyone was shocked. It was too expensive! One had to know that Shenhua Corporation had just finished their news conference last weekend. The ordinary foldable screen at the news conference was only priced at 17,999 yuan! In the end, the price of Otto Technologies cell phone increased by 4,500 yuan. Was that alright? The key was that Jiang Yuan also said that this cell phone did not use any new technology in hardware! The price had increased so much without the new technology! Was this going to happen? Many people were stunned. They did not know what Jiang Yuan was up to. However, everyone knew very well that Jiang Yuan had always been a very honest person. He spoke straightforwardly and did not do those fancy things. This meant that there must be a reason why the price was so high. This was not the most expensive cell phone that had been sold so far. Some smaller brands had turned their cell phones into luxury cell phones and sold them at more expensive prices than this. However, this should be the highest price in the mass-produced mainstream model. Even the top flagship model of POUIO cell phone was not sold at this price. Jiang Yuan continued, This is our Otto X1 cell phone. Many people might think that this photo looks familiar. Thats right. This is Shenhua Corporations latest foldable cell phone. These two cell phones are actually the same. They are completely the same. The photo of Otto X1s cell phone appeared on the big screen. Everyone was shocked to find that that was true. The only difference was that the logo of Shenhua Corporation on the cell phone had been changed to the logo of Otto Technologies. Apart from that, it was exactly the same. People immediately began discussing the game. Ah! Its the same cell phone. Wouldnt it be unnecessary for you to hold this news conference? Wouldnt it be done if you held it together with Shenhua Corporations news conference? Thats boring! In the past, cell phones were designed on their own. Why did they copy Shenhua Corporations design this time? They cant be considered cell phone manufacturers in the future. They can only be considered a sales channel. I think that this is quite good. On the contrary, I feel relieved. At Otto Technologies current level, it would definitely not be able to create a foldable cell phone that is so mature. If it is not done well, would there be a need to release a new model? I think it is responsible to customers to be able to obtain Shenhua Corporations authorization to use such a mature design plan. Why is it so expensive if they are of the same model? Perhaps he added Tengda Corporations benefits content? If hes an old user of Otto Technologies, he should be able to save some money. However, its still five hundred yuan more expensive after removing the four thousand yuan. Jiang Yuan told everyone frankly that this cell phone was Shenhua Corporations foldable screen. It was completely identical. Some people were very disappointed. After all, they had already understood the various parameters of this cell phone at Shenhua Corporations cell phone news conference last week. However, some people felt relieved. At the very least, Otto Technologies was using Shenhua Corporations mature design plan. They did not have to worry about releasing a half-finished product. However, most peoples interest was greatly reduced. Since they knew that it was the same as Shenhua Corporations foldable screen, why not buy Shenhua Corporations cell phone? At the moment, Shenhua Corporations foldable screen had been officially sold in the past two days, and Otto Technologies cell phone was probably from the same period. Since both cell phones were exactly the same, why didnt everyone buy Shenhua Corporations cell phones? What unique competitiveness did Otto Technologies cell phone have? Otto X1 would probably only become a special machine for Tengdas fans. It would not be attractive to non-Tengda fans. Jiang Yuan was not affected. The news conference continued. I wont introduce the parameters of this cell phone. Those who want to understand more can watch Shenhuas news conference again. Next, Ill introduce Otto Technologies modifications to this cell phone. They are the custom-made appearance and custom-made system themes. Everyone was disappointed. To put it nicely, the custom-made appearance was nothing more than changing the skin. Whats more, from Jiang Yuans words, it seemed like the cell phone this time was not even customized. It was just a cell phone shell. As for the custom-made system theme, it was even more ridiculous. It was just to change the UI. Was this little change worth mentioning at a news conference? Jiang Yuan continued to introduce the uniqueness of this cell phone shell. It was indeed distinct from the two cell phone shells that Shenhua Corporation had recommended. Shenhua Corporation had mainly prepared an ordinary mobile phone shell for some high-end businessmen. It was a simple skin version. The mobile phone shell that they had bought with more money was a leather protection package. On the other hand, Otto Technologies was a Cyberpunk-style cell phone shell. It was designed with a hollow design and had two rings. It was specially provided for mobile gamers. In addition, the custom-made Cyberpunk system also carried AEEIS smart voice assistant, making the entire cell phone look high-tech both inside and outside. The atmosphere finally recovered a little after hearing Jiang Yuans introduction. Some viewers were indeed interested in this cell phone. The main reason was that Shenhua Corporations cell phone was a little too commercial for some rich young people. It did not highlight the personalities of young people. The cell phone shell and system customized by Otto Technologies were very suitable for young people. Even so, the atmosphere at the venue was not particularly enthusiastic. After all, it was just a cell phone shell and a custom-made theme. The attractiveness of everyone was far from enough. The cell phones casing might be novel, but 500 yuan was too expensive! Whats more, everything on the PowerPoint had been beautified. How did the cell phones casing feel? Was it useful? He would only know if he touched the real thing. Jiang Yuan introduced this new cell phone step by step and left the stage to let the news conference enter the next segment. The audience had been in a depressing atmosphere. However, when they saw Chang You on stage, they immediately burst into warm applause and cheers. The protagonist is finally on stage. Boss Chang is here! Thats awesome! Vice-President Chang, what kind of burden and surprise did you bring us this time? Eh Chang You introduced himself to everyone and chatted with the audience while feeling their enthusiasm. Thinking back to the last news conference, he had held it during the Suffering Travels. At that time, he was on the deserted island and had no one to rely on. Only the audience in the live-stream gave him a hint of warmth. Now, they were finally back on the familiar stage of the news conference. They felt very emotional and passionate. First, let us watch the price of this new product. A few huge numbers appeared on the big screen just as Chang You finished speaking: 4,999 yuan. Beside this price number was a rough black silhouette. One could vaguely see the octopus shape of the router. Chang You explained, Some ardent viewers should have been able to tell what the new product that we are going to release this time through this design. Thats right, he is the first special smart road machine that Tengda is going to release. There was a short silence. Many people looked confused. A router? It was just a router? From the silhouette on the big screen, this was indeed a router. However, it seemed to be slightly bigger than other routers in terms of size. Of course, the photo could not be done accurately because there was no specific size. Many people thought that it was just magnified. The main reason was that the price of this router was a little ridiculous. How could it reach 4,999 yuan? At the moment, the more mainstream router in the market was basically under 500 yuan. A router that cost about 500 yuan was already a very good one. On the other hand, some professional E-Sports routers could be sold for more than 1,000 yuan. However, these were all very different examples. Whats more, the market was very niche. What kind of black technology did Tengda use to sell the router? It could actually sell for 4,999 yuan. If there really was such a black technology, the manufacturers of the other router should have followed it up a long time ago. How could they let Tengda release it? As for the game use only words that Chang You mentioned, many people felt that it was just a concept. That was because other router manufacturers had also released some so-called game-specific router. However, they had only divided it into special frequencies for the game to use or installed some accelerator software inside. It was not fundamentally different from ordinary household routers. If there really was a black technology that could greatly improve the game experience, the other veteran router manufacturers would definitely use it. It was impossible for Tengdas first to release it. Everyone looked confused. They were looking forward to how Chang You would introduce this product. Chang You smiled. First, let us watch a promotional video. Chapter 1605 - Everyone, We Have to Unify Our Stories. This is the Rewards! The game routers introduction appeared on the big screen. All males, please share this promotional video with your girlfriend or wife. Thats because this latest version of the wireless router will definitely be able to solve any lag problems that she faces in the process of online shopping and online dramas! The latest WiFi technology can bring you the fastest and smoother WiFi experience. It supports connecting multiple devices into the same network and smart distribution speed to ensure the bandwidth that each equipment has. Many interfaces support cell phones, computers, television, and other equipments joint connection. Bring a solid harddisk with up to 1Tb. It can store selfies and videos from the past 10 years and record every precious moment. At the same time, it can also store a large number of high-definition movies, install a web television box, and obtain a huge amount of film and television resources. Its the latest computer and flagship microchip. Make sure that the calculation is smooth, with a three-dimensional heat dissipation system and a huge amount of data. We will not reduce the frequency. The unique design of the black and white colors is suitable for any style. You dont have to worry about being embarrassed to put it on the stage because the router is ugly. In addition, the latest screen projection technology supports the router to screen the image on any display equipment. The drama watching before sleeping can be transferred from the living room to the bedroom television seamlessly. Its definitely convenient and fast! In addition, the special technology of the game router divided the special frequency for gamers. They no longer have to worry about snatching girlfriends to watch dramas when playing games. Guys, if you love her, choose this Tengda Games Wi-Fi router for her! Dont let her be one step slower than us while watching dramas! / please keep reading on MYB0XN0VEL(d0t)C0M. Coupled with the impassioned and serious commentary, various details of the game router appeared in the video. Eight huge skylines, rich interfaces, and flashing routers at the top. The light effects showed that this was a true router product. In addition, a large number of living room images appeared in the video. This router was placed beside the television in the living room. It was so atmospheric and harmonious. There was nothing wrong at all. Of course, two points looked slightly strange compared to ordinary router. On one hand, it was several times larger than ordinary router. However, this was not difficult to understand. After all, it was the latest router with very powerful functions. The more data there was, the higher the requirements for chip and heat dissipation. It was understandable to expand the machine and increase its heat dissipation ability. On the other hand, it had a light drive. However, this was not a big problem because there was a lightless version. The price would be slightly cheaper. Whats more, even a light-driven version would explain in detail that the light-driven version was used to play some blue ray high-definition movies. Many movie enthusiasts had collected a large number of high-definition blue light discs, but at the moment, most people would not keep special DVD film discs. This games router had been integrated into a series of equipment like a television box to watch the movie. It was understandable to add the viewing function of a blue light disc. The news conference continued. Chang You began to introduce the new technology used by this router in detail, as well as various parameters. That included the fact that its chip used a computer-level professional chip. The large-scale solid disc, internal storage, and ultra-high specification heat dissipation determined that it could carry out some difficult work. The skills of the router itself were definitely top-notch. After all, a router that cost more than 1,000 yuan was considered a top-notch level. It far exceeded the broadband value of most households. However, the more Chang You introduced the game in all seriousness, the more the audience felt that something was amiss. They exchanged knowing smiles. Obviously, everyone could tell what this was. How was this a router? It was obviously a game machine! Even though he did not mention the side of the game machine at the news conference, anyone who knew a little about hardware would understand that why would the router need a computer-level processor? Why would it need such a huge hard disk? Whats more, no matter how advanced a router was, it was impossible to sell it for more than 4,000 yuan! 1,000 yuan was already very expensive. It was considered a high-end router. Everyone became excited when they realized that this so-called game router was actually a game console. Holy sh * t! Tengda actually released a game system? The game consoles can only be used by foreign manufacturers! However, Tengda is the only games company that is qualified to produce a game system unit. Indeed! Tengdas first team lineup is outstanding enough. Not only does it have Tengda Games, Shang Yang Games, Slow Movement Studio, and other first team development teams, but it also has the Destitution Plan, independent game incubation base, and a large number of third-party games on the game platform. These game lineup is indeed enough to support a game console! Whats more, Tengda Corporation has enough gamers and a good reputation. It can support sales. Comparatively, many foreign domestically-produced games actually have such problems. At the very least, Tengdas game system is still very competitive in certain aspects compared to foreign games. No wonder Boss Pei finally stopped pretending some time ago and cleared the content of the recruitment games platform and the independent game incubation base. He was actually laying the groundwork for this game machine? Wait a minute, why make it look like a router if its a game machine? Whats more, we wont mention the main computer at the news conference. Cant you tell? This is obviously a benefit for males. They dont have to worry about how to tell their wife about buying game consoles anymore. They can now legitimately say that I want to buy the latest router. This promotional video is also completely targeted at females who dont play games. It directly hit their greatest pain point: they are not fast enough when snatching standalone games. They might be stuck when watching dramas. This router might be more expensive, but it perfectly fits the concept of light extravagance. Isnt this a product that completely fits womens consumption habits? I see. Amazing. Quick, quick. Everyone, from now on, you have to unify your opinions. This is not a game console, but a real router. Whats more, its a godly weapon for watching dramas at high speed. Thats right. Its not wrong to call it a drama-seeker weapon. Didnt you see that there are various video software, television boxes, and even a light outlet for blue light discs? Everyone burst into laughter, but soon regained their composure. Everyone nodded frequently and praised this router. It was really an epochal good product! Chang You tried his best to keep a smile on his face as he continued introducing the game. On top of that, this latest games router will also be given to everyone a small home and leisure game for free. In addition, this router will also be randomly given a new eras multifunctional remote control. This remote control uses a human body design. It can better fit the palm. It has a microphone on it. It supports the awakening of voice assistants and controls the router. Of course, if you dont need a router, you can also choose a version of the light-driven and remote control. There will be a certain discount on the price. One hour after the news conference ends, Otto Technologies official website is about to start the pre-sales of the game router. We might have sufficient stocks this time, but considering the enthusiasm of our fans, I have to seriously remind everyone to wait here on time. Once you miss it, you have to wait for the next batch of goods. On top of that, our Otto X1 cell phone will also be sold at the same time as Shenhua Corporations foldable screen cell phone. Please pay close attention. Alright, this is the entire contents of this news conference. Once again, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to everyone! Please leave the venue in an orderly manner. You can collect free gifts at the entrance. If everyone is interested in the various products of Otto Technologies, you can log onto the official website of Otto Technologies, or go to Tengda experience shop and specialty store to experience it personally. You can express your sincere gratitude to everyone for coming. The news conference ended in a perfect hour. The introduction content of these two new products was still the same as before even though two new products had been released this time. They were saved as much as possible, so the timing was just right. The news conference might have ended but the discussion did not end. Instead, it became even more enthusiastic. Vice-President Chang really put on a good show. If I wasnt smart, I wouldnt have been able to tell that this is a game console! However, Vice-President Chang did not mention the most important thing. He only said that he would give a casual game. Could this be his exclusive game? It might not be a monopoly game. It might also be a navigation game. In my opinion, even though Tengda has many players now, its still too early to say that they want to make a monopoly game considering the current situation of the game market. It might be a bundled sales. I think they will probably choose a carrier game with weight and give some additional system benefits. That would better balance the demands of different players! Im not saying anything else. Hurry up and buy it. This is Tengdas first game console after all. It has a certain commemorative meaning. Lets wait and see about the main computer. Im more interested in the foldable screen cell phone. It might be five hundred yuan more expensive than Shenhua Corporation, but considering the scarcity of the foldable screen, it will definitely be lacking. Ill increase the price by five hundred yuan to buy a Tengda special edition. Its better than letting scalpers benefit. All in all, well be done snatching Tengdas new products. We wont be disappointed. I think we can wait and see. After all, Tengda has sufficient stocks every time. Even if we cant buy it immediately, we will definitely have goods if we wait. Thats right, everyone must speak in unison! This is a router. What game machine doesnt have this matter, understand? Chapter 1606 - This Routing Machine Has Its Own Smart Game July 11th, Thursday. Zhang Yan returned home from work with a huge box. She peeped into the house from the living room and saw her father practicing calligraphy in the study while her mother was preparing dinner in the kitchen. Hearing movement in the living room, Mama Zhang poked her head out of the kitchen and said, Xiao Yan is home? Quick, call your dad out. Its time to eat. Zhang Yan put the box on the ground and called her father into the living room to prepare for dinner. Father Zhang went to wash his hands. It was only then that he realized the huge box in the living room. He asked, What is this? Zhang Yan answered, Oh, hasnt our router been used for a period of time? The internet speed is a little slow, and the signal coverage is not good. My house is too remote, and the signal is often not good. Thus, I bought a router. It can be used with the original router. The internet speed will increase a lot. That way, you dont have to worry about being stuck on the television! Zhang Yuans father looked at him suspiciously. Such a huge box? Zhang Yan nodded. Of course. The more high-end the router is, the larger it will be. After all, there is too much data to deal with. We cant suppress it if the machine is small. / please keep reading on MYB0XN0VEL(d0t)C0M. She took out a paper knife and opened the box, taking out a huge octopus from inside. Father Zhang was very surprised. Whoa, this new router is so big. Its almost as big as a small computer. Are you sure this is a router? I dont think Ive seen such a huge one before. Zhang Yan nodded. Of course. This is Tengda Corporations latest router. Its very high-end. Look at the packaging! Look at this promotional video! Zhang Yuans father looked at the introduction on the box suspiciously. They were indeed introducing the content of the router-related parameters. He took the cell phone from Zhang Yan and looked at the promotional video of the game router on the official website. Indeed, the content was similar. The reason why it was called the game router might be because this router had a special frequency segment for the game. Whats more, it had its own game acceleration function. It could very well reduce the lag problems during the game process. Moreover, it could choose different frequencies between the game and its relationship to minimize the interference on both sides. Zhang Yans father did not have any objections to this. After all, he and Zhang Yans mother had tacitly agreed that Zhang Yan was a streamers side business. Since it was the main streamer who wanted to broadcast games, it was understandable to buy a better router to increase the internet speed. Whats more, Zhang Yans family conditions were not bad, and the area of the house was relatively large. The coverage of the ordinary router would indeed be a little bad. It was reasonable to use two router websites. Zhang Yan quickly installed the game router on the coffee table next to the television. Then, she plugged in the internet power source and the television connection and began to adjust. Zhang Yans father helped Zhang Yans mother carry the dishes while observing the television. There was even an AEEIS voice notification for the installation guidance! Please log into your Tengda official account next. Please set the name and password of the router and wireless network. The system is being upgraded. You can choose the automatic upgrade option. The router will automatically update the hardware when you are resting while maintaining the electricity state. There was nothing special about installing it step by step. However, Father Zhang felt a little strange. Why are there so many installations for a router? Whats more, whats that in your hand? Isnt that the controller of the game machine? Zhang Yan explained, Aiya, this is the latest version of the router. There are many functions of the router now. This router can also be integrated into the functions of a television box and a cable television. You can use it to watch movies in the future. A router with complicated functions like this cannot be used in one go like other small router. We still have to set it up. This is the game controller that I bought in the past. The good thing about this router is that it can be controlled through the game controller of other brands. Wouldnt that save the money to buy the remote control? Zhang Yan was a game streamer. Her parents did not play games but they had seen the controller before. Thus, Zhang Yan thought that it would easily arouse suspicion if she were to buy another version with a controller at home since there were already three or four controllers. Thus, she bought a controller version and used the controller of other mainframes to control this game router. That would make it less suspicious. Father Zhang nodded. Alright, come and eat if its set. The three of them chatted as they ate. Zhang Zutings father tapped on his cell phone, not knowing what to check. He had just remembered the name of this router and searched for Tengda Games router online. Indeed, he successfully found the official website. He clicked on the details page of the product, but there were still no problems. They were all introducing the parameters of this router. He might not understand what these parameters represented but the latest computer, flagship chip, and huge storage capacity still felt impressive to him. The price was indeed a little expensive. It was almost 10 times more expensive than ordinary road equipment! However, Zhang Yans family background was more liberal after all. Her parents were relatively open about spending money. Zhang Yan had bought the steering package that cost more than 10,000 yuan. It did not seem like a big problem to spend 4,000 yuan to buy a game router. Father Zhang still felt that it was a little strange, so he clicked on the product review to check it out. Many users were posting individual comments in the details of the review. They were all five stars. The latest router is really too useful. Ill bid farewell to it and enjoy a technological life! This router is indeed very convenient! All the movies and dramas are gathered together. It can even have the function of a television box. Its a very worth shopping trip. I bought it for my girlfriend. Shes very satisfied with it. Now, shes snatching it on the shopping website faster than others. Shes not worried that she wont be able to snatch it from those scalpers at all. Its beautifully packaged and controlled. Its rare to see such a meticulously-made router. Tengda Corporation is indeed the first in the industry no matter what product they make. Father Zhang only relaxed after scrolling through a few comments. No matter how he looked at it, this looked like an ordinary game router. Zhang Yan knew very well what her father was doing. She was chewing on her pork chop while suppressing her smile so that she would not be exposed. Zhang Yans live-stream business had been doing very well during this period. She had always wanted to resign and do live-streams with all her might, but her parents had never agreed. Previously, the safe and civilized driving competition organized by Bunny Tail Live-Stream platform had ended perfectly. These outstanding players and streamers had also been addicted to professional racing drivers. In the end, Zhang Yan even obtained second place in the amateur group and became famous in one battle! This competition was not only live-streamed on Bunny Tail live-stream the entire time. The live-stream was also edited into a variety show that was broadcasted on Bunny Tail live-stream. Zhang Yan might have a certain talent and stood out among many amateur players, but she was older after all. It would be difficult for her to fulfill her dreams of a professional racing car driver. However, she was already satisfied to be able to participate in similar venue competitions often. After participating in this competition, Zhang Yans live-stream naturally flooded with more viewers. As a female streamer in the safe and civilized driving area, Zhang Yan relied on her strong strength and unyielding will to conquer many viewers. Her popularity was also rising steadily! Bunny Tail Live-Stream was constantly increasing the benefits of the live-streamers. Thus, the money earned from the live-stream business had far exceeded Zhang Yans original job. Zhang Yan felt that she could more or less consider quitting. That was because her original job would take a lot of her energy and she would not be able to concentrate on live-streaming. Whats more, this stable job was not something she liked. She kept feeling that she was wasting time and that she should not keep occupied. However, his parents did not agree at all. They felt that playing games was not proper business. The income of the host now was not bad, but the future was too uncertain. Thus, her parents greatest concession was to allow her to be a live streamer during her part-time job. However, she could not resign from her job and become a full-time live streamer! Zhang Yan did not have a good solution. She wanted to gradually change the concept of her parents, but she could not find any breakthrough point. Zhang Yan also tried to find her father to use the steering wheel to play safe and civilized driving, but it did not stimulate Father Zhangs fun in the game. Father Zhang still felt that he was tired of driving in reality. Why would someone choose to continue driving in the game? It was simply incomprehensible! Zhang Yan tried a few times but it did not work. She could only give up. He could only say that there was a threshold for entertainment. The taste and preferences of entertainment had to be nurtured step by step. Many people had not played good games before. Naturally, their understanding and taste of games could not keep up. Once they had this preconceived stereotype, it would become increasingly difficult to really understand the game in depth. Many parents viewed games as ferocious beasts because they had no experience in truly outstanding games. They did not understand them. They only saw relatively inferior games that had a negative impact on teenagers. It was indeed extremely difficult to let these people who did not play games experience the fun of games. Zhang Yan saw the news conference for the game router. At first, she thought that this news conference was a performance. However, after obtaining information about this main computer monopolizing the game online, she suddenly had a bold idea. After the meal, they cleared the dining table, threw the dishes into the dishwasher, and sat on the sofa to eat fruits. Zhang Yans mother subconsciously wanted to use the remote control to watch the television. Zhang Yan quickly said, Dad, Mom, you can watch television directly on the game router in the future. Do you see it? There are mainstream video software here. They can even connect to cable TV signal. Zhang Yan handed the two controllers to her parents as she spoke. Zhang Yans father and mother followed Zhang Yans instructions and pressed the cross key and joystick. They found that they could indeed open the video software through the controller. Seeing that her parents were already interested, Zhang Yan took the opportunity to say, By the way, this router also has some family puzzle games. Why dont we play it simply? Chapter 1607 - In-Built Game Dimensional Game Adventure Father Zhang immediately shook his head. Game? Im not interested. Mama Zhang chimed in. What game are you playing so late at night? Lets watch a television show. The television show I watched previously is almost the end. Zhang Yan quickly said, Lets play for a while before watching the television. It wont be too long. Whats more, even though this game is a puzzle game, it tests wisdom and skills. Dad, I think youre definitely not as good as mom in this aspect. Father Zhang was unhappy. Im not as good as your mom? What a joke. Your mom has never won me in anything that requires brain power! Mama Zhang was unhappy as well. Old man, you like to talk nonsense. Did you hear that? You still need skills. Do you remember the last time I pulled you to dance on the square? You gave up in less than five minute, remember? Seeing that neither of them was giving in, Zhang Yan felt that the opportunity was here. She quickly opened the exclusive game on the game router. Alright, alright. Stop fighting. Well know whos better after playing for five minutes, right? Zhang Yan became popular from left to right. As she wished, she officially began the game. / please keep reading on MYB0XN0VEL(d0t)C0M. After entering the game, the first part was a CG. It looked like an old apartment building from twenty to thirty years ago. A pair of parents and a little boy were eating breakfast at the dining table. Dad and Mom have to work overtime over the weekend. Take care of yourself at home, understand? Remember that well check your homework when were back. Dont play games in secret! His parents repeatedly reminded him, and the child nodded seriously. Breakfast was over in no time. The mother quickly cleared the cutlery and put them into the sink. Then, she looked at her watch and realized that she was about to be late. Thus, she left the important task of washing the dishes to her child and her father and rushed out. The child spread his weekend homework on the coffee table, sat on the sofa, and began to study seriously. The clock on the wall was ticking. More than two hours had passed. The child finally stretched and completed his homework for the day. He immediately stood up, moved a chair over, and secretly took down the game machine from the tall cabinet in his parents bedroom and put it on the television. This was an old gaming machine that could only play simple games. However, it was still a novel toy filled with infinite temptation and charm to children at this time. However, after picking up the television this time, there was no familiar game image on the screen. Instead, a line of words appeared. Do you want to experience a truly fun game? Do you want to feel a joy that you have never felt before? The child subconsciously pressed a button. In the next second, a huge whirlpool appeared and sucked him into the television. The clock kept ticking. Soon, it was six in the evening. His parents finally got off work and went home. However, they called out to their children when they were changing their shoes. They did not receive any response. Both of them panicked and began searching. At that moment, his mother saw the game machine in front of the television. She suspiciously picked up the controller on the ground. On the screen of the television, the game seemed to be moving on its own. A small person was trying his best to fight the evil forces in the game! The mother looked at the television screen carefully and suddenly felt that this small person looked a little similar to her child. She was just about to say something when a huge whirlpool appeared on the television again, sucking both of them in. The two of them fell from the sky and onto the ground while screaming. However, they were shocked to find that they were safe and sound. They had become cartoonish images in the game, and their surroundings had become a game world that they had never seen before! Zhang Yan secretly observed her parents and realized that they did not look too resistant. Perhaps it was because they had rescued their children from the clutches of the game that they had gained a sense of immersion. However, Father Zhang asked suspiciously, Are the mini games attached to the router so good now? They might not play games but they could still distinguish between the quality of the painting. Their impression of the game was still from a few years ago. At that time, the games graphics could be said to be full of mosaics. The entire graphics looked like they were made of small cubes. Now, it had reached the level of an animation movie. The key was that the puzzle games attached to the router could actually achieve such a level of graphics. It was really surprising. Zhang Yan quickly explained, Thats right. Science and technology are developing too quickly nowadays. Didnt you see how the images of my driving game could be passed off as fake? That would represent the highest level. Games with cartoonish style like this actually dont eat configurations, so ordinary small-scale equipment can be brought along. This game can even be played on cell phones. If you dont believe me, look. As Zhang Yan spoke, she adjusted the cell phones application slightly and connected the cell phone to the network of the game router. Then, she pushed the game graphics onto the cell phone through the game router. The two elders only believed Zhang Yan after realizing that the game could really run smoothly on the cell phone. The current technology is really improving by leaps and bounds. Its developing too quickly! The two elders turned their attention to the game again and temporarily ignored this little episode. Next was the character selection segment. One was playing as a father and the other was playing as a mother. In fact, more players could join in. They could control one character with two or three people. That way, they could support multiplayer games. For example, Game Designer had been turned into an action game. Players would climb and jump in a huge box court, triggering various mechanisms. These mechanisms would affect the direction of the game designer. During this process, both characters would obtain some special superpowers. If three players controlled one character together, one would be able to control movement and jumping. The other two would control two different superpowers. It was equivalent to disassembling the model that required one person to operate into three people. That way, everyone only needed to focus on their own operations. The two-person game would become a four-person, or even a six-person game. Even though disassembling the operations of each character would reduce the difficulty of the game and the fun would be weakened to a certain extent, this design could allow more players to participate in the game. It could play a huge role when many people were gathered. Whats more, he had to take into account that many people were not loyal gamers of the game. Not everyone could use the operation of moving the left joystick and adjusting the perspective of the right joystick. On the other hand, if one persons operation was divided into three people, the three of them would cooperate with each other. Not only could the difficulty of the operation be reduced, but they could also obtain unique pleasure in working together. Other than that, there were also different ways to play Multiplayer Games in different game modules. For example, in Mission Choice, every player could control their own fighter jet. However, there were only three people at that moment. Zhang Yan still had to guide her in the game. It was inconvenient to pull her away. Thus, she used the classic dual mode. It was obvious that Zhang Yans parents were complete newbies. They had never touched the game controller, so they were not very proficient in operating it. Every time a button appeared on the screen, they had to look down at the controller and searched for a long time before they could find it. There was no way. They had to form muscle memory like those proficient players. Whats more, he looked a little flustered when it came to controlling the camera. However, the game Dimensional Game Adventure had obviously considered these problems when it was first designed. On one hand, the system had to help him adjust the perspective as much as possible. It would help to adjust the perspective to a suitable direction during the movement process and reduce the operation of new players pushing the right joystick as much as possible. On the other hand, there were stages to unlock the key function. At the beginning, players only needed to press two to three keys to complete the task. Once similar operations proficiency formed muscle memory, more buttons and new abilities would be gradually unlocked. The plot of the game was very simple. After the parents entered the game world, they found clues that the child had been here. The child had already cleared these games and headed deeper into the game world. Parents had to cooperate to complete all sorts of difficulties in order to find their children back. They had to advance step by step and finally find their children. In various stages, the difficulties and problems they encountered were also different. They had to play their intelligence and cooperate closely to achieve the final goal. Zhang Yans parents did not give in to each other. They asked Zhang Yan for guidance on the operations while playing their intelligence and fought to solve the puzzle in the game. It had to be said that the cartoonish style of the game was suitable for both young and old. Whats more, this simple and interesting puzzle gameplay could quickly make people immerse in it. There would not be a situation where other game types would pick players. Zhang Yan could feel that her parents could indeed enjoy this game. If it were other shooting, driving, or AAA action games, his parents would probably not have started the game at all. Even if they entered the game, they might be dissuaded within two to three minutes. That was because these games were more picky with players. It was very difficult for people of their parents age to obtain fun within them. However, Dimensional Game Adventure was completely different. There were many types of games in this game but these games were basically modified into independent games. Only the simplest and purest fun of the game was retained. It was just like why some foreign large factories games looked childish but could occupy the living room of players all over the world. That was because they could maximize the needs of different types of players from content to gameplay. They could maximize the players childishness and remind people of the initial fun of the game. On the other hand, the release of the Tengda Games router monopoly game, Dimensional Game Adventure, was obviously working in this direction. Chapter 1608 - Thinking From Another Perspective July 13th, Saturday night. Zhang Yan heard her parents boasting to each other proudly the moment she entered the house. See, didnt I say that clearing this game would take away my intelligence? Dont talk about it. How many times have I brought you over forcefully? If not for me, you would not have been able to pass in three days! Look at what youre saying. You got it a little faster than me. Arent you an old man? Alright, alright. Lets not talk about it for now. Well watch the ending animation. Zhang Yan could not help but be shocked and delighted. She had not expected her parents, who had never liked games, to forget about food and sleep and clear the game. Zhang Yan did not go to work today. She went to a racing car in the outskirts to practice her racing skills early in the morning. The old couple had obviously been playing since Thursday night. They played for a few hours on Friday night. They did not work today and played the game the entire day. / please keep reading on MYB0XN0VEL(d0t)C0M. He had to say that this efficiency was quite fast! Zhang Yan came to the living room just in time for the games final animation. His parents finally saw the child that they were thinking about in front of the last stage. He had a crown on his head and held a treasure sword in his hand. He was on the throne, looking down at his huge country like a god. Under the throne, there seemed to be boundaries that separated different game worlds. His parents turned around and realized that those worlds were the gaming worlds that they had painstakingly cleared up. They had followed their children here step by step. These worlds had different styles. There was the game that was adapted from Game Designer, the game that was based on Mission and Choice, the helpless world that was outlined by Repent and be Saved, and the mysterious painting that was adapted from Black Ink and Clouds When he saw this mysterious dimensional game world, he recalled the bits and pieces of his struggle in this world. When he saw his parents, the child stood up from the throne in surprise. He quickly ran down the steps and came to his parents. Dad, Mom, why are you here? You dont know what kind of adventure I just went through in this wonderful world. It would be even better if I could experience these things with you. I saved the lost souls, helped the confused game designer, repelled the Zergs attack, and helped the scholar defeat the nightmare beast The child suddenly realized something and lowered his head in embarrassment. Im sorry, Daddy, Daddy. I know you dont like these. Ive already done my homework. Thats why I want to play secretly for a while. Im sorry, I must have made you worried His father smiled and squatted down. No, weve felt the risks. Whats more, we followed in your footsteps all the way here. You dont know, in fact, after you saved those worlds and left, evil came back again. Your mother and I defeated evil again and found you with the help of the aboriginals. We have experienced the same risk as you. No, it is even more exciting. The mother was also moved to tears as she hugged the child in her arms. Im sorry, Mom did not understand before and blamed you wrongly. Mom was too busy with work and could not take good care of you. Dad and Mom will definitely take the time to play games with you in the future. However, you must finish your homework and not affect your rest. The child was elated. Really? Dad, Mom, you have to keep your word! His father smiled and said, Of course! Lets go back quickly. A huge whirlpool appeared in front of the throne once again. Parents held their childrens hands and walked into the whirlpool. After that, the game officially ended. The credits at the end of the film appeared on the screen. In addition, all the experiences of the players, the NPCs and enemies they encountered in every scene, as well as various unforgettable scenes were displayed at the end of the scene. The designers listed the prototype of each game and the corresponding independent game. This was a very long list. It was enough to show that the game Dimensional Game Adventure was the result of many people working together. Lastly, the game had a special thank you segment. It emphasized on expressing gratitude to Boss Pei and the independent game incubation base of the Destitution Plan. It also expressed support and encouragement to every game designer who insisted on creating outstanding games and all young people who were committed to promoting positive game culture. There were two sentences on the black screen. This game will be dedicated to all gamers of the past, present, and future. Games are not just a form of entertainment, but also a lifestyle and cultural phenomenon. I hope that all players can work together to understand and improve together, so that the game can really become an outstanding cultural carrier of teaching and pleasure! Zhang Yans parents fell into a long silence, not recovering from this emotion. Finally, Zhang Yans father took off his glasses and sighed. You dont say. This game is really interesting. Zhang Yans mother nodded. Thats right. It wouldnt hurt to let children play such a game. Zhang Yan knew very well that these two elders had never liked games. There was a natural gap between them and games. This time, Dimensional Game Adventure actually managed to shake their attitude. It was really commendable. Obviously, the game Dimensional Game Adventure was not just a family gathering game. However, it also carried a beautiful feeling. Parents and children naturally had a generation gap. Parents were running for their livelihoods, and children came into contact with various magical fantasy worlds because of their fun nature. The gravity of reality and the wings of imagination inevitably conflicted. Thus, many parents viewed the game as a ferocious beast and the root cause of their childrens poor learning. There were indeed some games that maliciously magnified the dark side of human nature, causing immature teenagers to have the negative impact of being addicted. However, he also had to take note that parents did not care about their children and ignored the psychological health of their children. To a certain extent, it was also a kind of destruction on the childs mentality to only request for children to be sensible and have good results. Be it adults or children, appropriate entertainment was necessary when working and learning. Outstanding games were similar to art forms like movies and novels. They could bring people a sense of spiritual power while resting. It was not that many parents had not heard of this principle before. However, they were limited by their own lives and environment. They did not have a deep understanding of this principle. Naturally, it was very difficult to agree with it, let alone sympathize with their children. However, the game Dimensional Game Adventure allowed people who were not good at games to play it through fun. They also had a similar experience to gamers who loved games. The child would enter the game first and work hard. He would cut through all obstacles and obtain huge achievements. This achievement might be virtual and spiritual but it could not be said to be meaningless. The child could not wait to share these achievements with his parents, but his parents had no interest at all. The child could only be trapped in the lonely game world. The child really wanted to share this joy with his parents, but his parents would often only respond with an impatient scold. However, as parents enter this game world, they would feel the outstanding contributions that their children had made. They would naturally be able to empathize with these problems to a certain extent when they were really cooperating and cooperating with their children. Zhang Yans father looked at Zhang Yan. So this is not a router at all, right? Even the stupidest person should realize that this was not a small game after playing for so long. However, Zhang Yan had not been at home previously. The old couple had been playing happily, so they did not pursue the matter. Now that he thought about it, games of this size were definitely not cheap. They could not be small games that were free. Zhang Yan giggled. Its really a router! Its just a function that can be used to play games. How is it, Dad? Is the game fun? Ill find all the games here for you later. You can play them again. Game Designer, Struggle, Repent and be Saved, Black Ink and Clouds, they are all fun. It would be a pity not to play them. Father Zhang quickly waved his hand. No, no. I dont have time. I have to continue practicing my calligraphy. Zhang Yans mother smiled. Alright, if you dont play, Ill play. My daughter, go back and find the game. I want to play Game Designer first. It feels quite interesting. After a moment of silence, Father Zhang said to Zhang Yan, I thought about your resignation carefully. I hope you can think carefully before making a decision. However, if you have made up your mind and really think it through, I will not stop you. After all, the development of this world is changing day by day. Our past experiences are no longer effective. Im giving you ideas and thinking that youre experienced, but sometimes, I might be helping you. Be responsible of your own path. Zhang Yan was overjoyed. Really? Dad, you cant go back on your word. Father Zhang snorted. Dont be a live-streamer for a long period of time. If you cant suvive, dont come back to beg me to find a job for you. Zhang Yan smiled. Sigh, Dad, is a daughter that useless in your eyes? Dont worry, Ill definitely be a conscientious live-streamer. Amidst the laughter and cheers, Zhang Yan found a few new games on Tengda Games router and began to tell her parents about the brilliance of Tengda Games. During the explanation process, Zhang Yan gradually understood the deep meaning of Tengdas first game console. Combining the game machine and the router would definitely be able to raise the excellent effect in marketing. It would be able to put the game graphics on all the display equipment in the local internet through a stream. It would also be able to deceive parents or wife who did not understand games at home in a short period of time. However, no matter how much more similar a game machine was to a router, how could it be able to hide it from her family? Thus, even though the games router looked like a white lie on the surface, it was actually emphasizing respect for each other, understanding each other, and thinking from another perspective. First, he would use the main computer that was disguised as a router to blend into the living room of thousands of households. Then, he would use the Dimensional Game Adventure to allow people who did not play games and people who did not play games to entertain each other. They would understand each other and promote good game culture. That was the true meaning of this main computer. In the past, many people had cheered loudly to correct the games reputation. However, the impact was minimal. The reason was that the power of language and words was too weak to truly make people feel it. On the other hand, games could truly allow two types of people to truly understand each other and feel each others emotions through immersion and immersion. That was the true charm of games as an art form! Chapter 1609 - The Router Is Selling Crazily! Zhang Yans father finally agreed to let her resign from her current job and become a full-time live-streamer. That was also because she understood the principle of thinking from another perspective through this game. Many parents looked unreasonable because their understanding was affected by the environment they lived in when they were young. Some of their concepts had solidified and they could not feel the changes in this world immediately. If he wanted to facilitate the true understanding of both sides, he needed such a good medium and method. The Dimensional Game Adventure and Tengda Games router were such excellent medium and pathways. Through this incident, Zhang Yans parents understood that many things in this world were constantly changing. They could not always look at new things in the same way as before. Children were already adults who had the ability to be responsible for themselves. The world that they saw was already different from the world that their parents saw. Why not encourage children to choose according to their own ideas? The same principle could apply to couples, friends, or other relationships. Perhaps it was very difficult to understand each other between people who did not play games and people who liked to play games. That was because many complicated feelings could not be transmitted to each other in a complete manner. Many men became henpecked when they grew up. After playing the game for a while, their wife would scold them for not taking care of their official business. They did not have the responsibility and responsibility of men. This situation was even more common when they did not make much money. / please keep reading on MYB0XN0VEL(d0t)C0M. He had to admit that some players were indeed quite pitiful. When he was young, he wanted to play games and entertain himself. In exchange, he was scolded by his parents. When he grew up, he wanted to play games and entertain himself. In exchange, his wife misunderstood him. He had been running for his livelihood, family, and others his entire life. Only in a very small amount of time could he secretly lock himself in his room to enjoy the fun of the game. The game router was a precious gift to these gamers from Tengda Games. Zhang Yan searched her cell phone for a discussion about the game router. Indeed, many players felt the same as her. I didnt expect the game router to not be able to deceive my wife in the end. However, playing Dimensional Game Adventure with her improved the relationship between the couple. She said that she would not prohibit me from playing games in the future. She was even willing to give me more pocket money to buy games. Thank you, Tengda! Are you sure it promoted the improvement in the relationship between couples and not the other way around? My wife had never played games before, but she got used to it very quickly. Now that the two of us are playing Dimensional Game Adventure together, she thinks that Im lousy every day. What should I do? I suggest you get a divorce and then give me your ex wifes contact details! Actually, at first, I also thought that the so-called game router was just another product of Tengda Corporation. However, from the looks of it, this router is simply a precise target audience. It perfectly solved everyones pain points! After researching for a while, you will realize that the positioning of this product is very accurate. For hardcore gamers, they will definitely get it as long as Tengda produces a game system. Whats more, it is a magical system that has both the router function and can project the game graphics on all the equipment? For gamers who dont have much contact with games, the concept of the game router is very interesting. It allowed gamers to spontaneously form marketing to spread the popularity, and they became interested in buying it. On the other hand, some stubborn people in their families who are not allowed to buy game consoles can also deceive them through the name of the router. Then, they can slowly modify the game through the game Dimensional Game Adventure and finally reach a mutual understanding. Thats right! After buying the router, we can play Dimensional Game Adventure together. Basically, we can understand each other, right? If we are still determined to get a marriage, I think we should really get a marriage. It can also be considered as a love test. Sigh, I really hope that good games can be gradually popularized. Its such an interesting thing, but many people cant feel the fun of it. Its really a pity! Lets not say anything else. Post the promotional video of the game router to more people. This equipment should occupy the living room of millions of households. What about the young people without a living room? Its even more so for young people who dont have a living room. How can we not have such a godly weapon when friends gather and dormitories are opened? Zhang Yan could not help but feel emotional as she read the comments online. Boss Pei was a genius! The game system was relatively fixed in the industry. It was actually very difficult for the up and coming game manufacturers to make a comeback since foreign manufacturers already had a huge lead. Tengda might have a good lineup and rich game library, and it also had a certain advantage in the domestic market. However, this was still a risky move. If he was not careful, he might lose the entire game. However, not only did Boss Pei combine the router and game system to develop a brand new function, but he also gave an excellent marketing case. More importantly, a spirit was conveyed through the game router and the Dimensional Game Adventure. This spirit could invoke all domestic players and infect those who did not play games. That would maximize the user base. Who else could think of such an excellent business idea other than the business genius Boss Pei? At the same time, Pei Qian was looking at the internal sales figures. He was completely confused. The game router was selling like crazy! There were many voluntary posts about the game router online. Everyone was tacitly boasting about the game router: the internet speed was fast and the performance was good. It was definitely the best choice for the living room router. They strongly suggested changing people who felt that the internet speed was stuck. In fact, what was this? Everyone knew very well, but this did not affect everyone from lying through their teeth and cooperating with the official sales. Even though many people were also reviewing the game Dimensional Game, they did not associate this game with the game router. Those who did not understand would only be interested in the game router or would be deceived by the people around them to get one. Those who understood would raise their evaluation of this system unit by another level. The gamers had actually given the game dimensional game an extremely high rating. The reputation of the gamers had even broken through 9.5 points and was even showing signs of continuing to rise! Pei Qian was shocked. Wasnt this a game that independent game designers had worked together to create? Logically speaking, it should be a stitched up monster. How could it be so outstanding? The key was that the players were very convinced. A rating above 9.5 could be considered as a masterpiece. Pei Qian clicked on a game review with confusion, wanting to check how good this game was. I heard that back then, someone in Tengda suggested that Boss Pei should take the next stage of Tengdas AAA Game on the game machine and monopolize it. Someone also suggested changing classic games like Repent and be Saved and Struggle to a special main computer as a safeguard game. In the end, Boss Pei rejected both of these plans. Boss Pei did not use Tengda Games latest AAA game to create a protective or monopoly game. Instead, he entrusted the independent game designers of the incubation base of the Destitution Plan to develop a protective game for the main computer. Many people were confused about this, but it looks like Boss Pei has great foresight indeed. Turning stones into gold! The game Dimensional Game Adventure is the finishing touch for the game router. Its actually not appropriate to use the next stages AAA masterpiece as a monopoly or use the classic games special offering version as an in-built game. The former has the nature of forcefully buying and selling, while the latter seems too insincere. These two choices are not enough to make the games router popular. On the other hand, the game dimensional game perfectly displayed the advantage of the incubation base. It organized independent game designers and produced this masterpiece. First of all, this represents the characteristics of recruiting the games platform and Tengdas new game system. This means that all third-party game manufacturers can obtain the same treatment on this platform. Boss Pei handed the heavy responsibility of the main computers first game to the independent game incubation base that he had painstakingly nurtured. This shows Boss Peis trust in independent game designers. Secondly, Dimensional Game Adventure gathers all the previous Tengda Games together. Players will recall those unforgettable gaming moments. For people who have not played Tengda Games before, this game is the best introduction and explanation of Tengda Games. It is also a concentrated display of the best games in the country. Lastly, the game Dimensional Game Adventure maximizes the characteristics of the game router. It can allow many people to play the game together through projecting screens. This shows the true meaning of the gathering game. The product design of the game router also perfectly reflects Tengda Games understanding of the main computer and the living room game characteristics. That is to share as many members as possible, not seal yourself up and immerse yourself in the game world. Thats why I think that Boss Pei is Boss Pei indeed. He might not have actually participated in the dimensional game dare but this finishing move alone displayed his game design concept that was better than all game designers. Pei Qian felt sorrowful as he read the analysis of many game reviewers online. Was it his fault again? The people in the independent game incubation base had obviously misunderstood me. I asked you to create a stitched up strange game, but you guys were good. You naturally combined so many games and made different gameplay. The most infuriating thing was that you added scenes to the game router and made some new functions. How ridiculous! From the looks of the current situation, the game router had already been crazily snatched. To the main computer parties on the entire platform, of course, they had to buy one to experience it at home. To some people who did not play games much, the game dimensional game was enough to be obtained. Whats more, it was a very outstanding router product! Not only that, there seemed to be signs of scalpers moving around here. These scalpers were like flies. They would appear wherever there were signs of shortage. When most system units were first listed, their production capacity was very limited. The players vigorous demand made the scalpers feel that it was profitable. Naturally, they would flop. Tengda Corporation had always been proud of having more stocks, but the game router was relatively unconventional after all. Thus, Otto Technologies did not dare to prepare stocks. At the moment, there was a lot of pressure in the inventory. Gritting his teeth, Pei Qian called Chang You. Buy as much as you can, and each system unit will be cheaper by five hundred yuan! I dont care about anything else, but the scalpers must die! Chapter 1610 - The Cell Phones Were Sold Out? Pei Qian sighed softly. He had no choice. He would choose the latter without any hesitation between earning more money and attacking the scalpers. Whats more, the profits of the game router were not high. It did not matter to sell more. They just had to make up for the profits earned elsewhere. The loss of the game console made Pei Qian very disappointed. Didnt they say that game consoles were difficult to make? Didnt they say that only a handful of manufacturers in the world could understand game consoles? Could Tengda be the manufacturer in that hand? Pei Qian could not accept this. However, it was useless to worry now. Tengdas game industry had already gone from research and development to channels, from the AAA game to independent games, and from software to hardware. He had nowhere to go next. Sigh, I hope the cell phone sales can comfort me. / please keep reading on MYB0XN0VEL(d0t)C0M. The foldable screen cell phone this time might have used Shenhuas plan completely, but Tengda has also paid for it. If the sales are not good, we can make a small loss. It might not be as much as the game system, but it is at least a psychological comfort. Pei Qian opened the webpage and took a look. Shenhua Corporations foldable cell phone would be officially released in a few minutes. Tengda Corporations cell phone sales had been deliberately delayed for an hour. The reason was simple, he could not compete with Shenhua Corporation for the release! If Tengda were to publish it early, some unlucky people who did not know the truth would definitely come in to buy it. It would not be good to spend money for nothing. Once the first wave of demand was consumed by Shenhua Corporations cell phone, Tengdas cell phone sales would naturally plummet. Whats more, Tengdas foldable screen cell phone was using Shenhua Corporations ready-made plan after all. It would not be right to snatch the release. Logically, Pei Qians operation was understandable. Pei Qian first paid attention to the sales volume of Shenhua Corporations foldable cell phone. The moment the button lit up, Pei Qian started calculating on his watch. The ideal situation would be to have sufficient stocks until Tengdas cell phones were released. Shenhua Corporation would not be able to sell them all. That way, apart from a few die-hard fans, no one would come to Tengda Corporation to buy the same cell phone. However, just as Pei Qian was daydreaming, he saw that the purchasing page on the official website had become gray and sold out. Hm? They theyre sold out just like that? Less than five minutes have passed! Pei Qian was shocked. He quickly opened other channels, such as a few major online shopping websites. In the end, he realized that they were all sold out. Only the buttons of certain platforms lit up a few times. Perhaps some users of the lockers did not pay in time, causing some of the goods to be released. However, they quickly resumed their sold out state. Obviously, many users were waiting to pick up the leftovers. He read the comments online. Holy sh*t, why are Shenhua Corporations cell phones sold out so quickly? This is a cell phone that costs 18,000 yuan! This is crazy! There are too many rich people! This foldable screen technology is indeed very impressive. Its the only one in the world. Whats more, Shenhua Corporation has accumulated a lot of technology in cell phones. They have many loyal fans and are good at spending. Its not surprising that they sold out, right? F*ck! I dont know how many of them were snatched away by scalpers. I knew that these scalpers would not let go of anything that they could stir up! If their own mothers could, they would definitely hype it up immediately! Thats right. The scalpers are too evil. I really wanted to buy this cell phone, but I couldnt get it at all. I saw that someone had already posted it on the second-hand website. He increased the price by 3,000 yuan! F*ck, this is really too despicable! By the way, doesnt Otto Technologies still have a batch of goods? Otto Technologies has also produced a foldable screen cell phone. Im afraid that wont work. Only Shenhua Corporations foldable screen technology is more mature. The other manufacturers foldable screens are very ineffective. Otto Technologies model is the same. They said at the news conference that its exactly the same. They just added a beautiful cell phone shell. Whats there to say then? Hurry up and snatch it. If you snatch it, youll earn it. Well probably be letting the scalpers benefit again. If we know to snatch it from Otto Technologies, the scalpers will definitely know! Scalpers? You dont know Tengda Corporations rich experience in fighting scalpers. Otto Technologies cell phone is not so easy to obtain. There are a series of conditions. In short, try snatching it. There might not be many stocks, but it will definitely be much fairer than here. Pei Qian felt a chill run down his spine as he read these comments. Something was amiss. Something was amiss. It was as if he saw countless customers waving cash in their hands. They swarmed from Shenhua Corporations shops to Tengda Corporations shops, and then waved the cash in their hands, insisting on stuffing it into his hands. Jiang Yuan honestly admitted at the news conference that this foldable screen cell phone was the same model as Shenhua Corporations. There was no difference at all. He had thought that this would be a minus project. He had not expected it to become a huge plus. It even became evidence of the high technology and high quality of Otto X1 cell phone. Pei Qian carefully opened Otto Technologies purchasing page. As expected, after only three minutes of purchasing, the button became sold out. It was even faster than Shenhua Corporation. Of course, Shenhua Corporation definitely had more stocks than Otto Technologies. However, Otto Technologies had the scalper mechanism, so it was difficult to say which side was more embarrassing. He could only say: They were brothers in the same boat. They did not even last five minutes. Pei Qian was feeling melancholic when his cell phone rang. It was from Chang You. Chang You sounded very excited. Boss Pei, our cell phones and game consoles are selling like crazy! Ive already urged them to mass-produce on the main computer. Its hard to say about the cell phone. It depends on Shenhua Corporation. However, Ive spoken to Boss Lin. What Boss Lin means is for Shenhua Corporation to learn from Tengda Corporations model and control the purchasing mechanism to prevent scalpers from interfering. On top of that, the cell phone is also increasing production as much as possible. It would not be a problem for this product to sell hot for more than half a year! On top of that, Boss Pei, theres another piece of good news! Pei Qian could not help but be shocked. The previous news was bad enough. Why was there good news? Chang You said excitedly, Our first batch of cell phone cases have been sold out! I didnt have much hope previously. I just sent some prototypes and cell phone cases to some UP Masters in the digital review area for evaluation. I didnt expect them to praise our cell phone case non-stop! Some UP Masters who like to play mobile games in particular think that our cell phone casings take care of many scenes in terms of design. Whats more, its very recognizable in our hands, so we strongly recommend it to our fans. Many people who bought foldable cell phones from Shenhua Corporation also bought our cell phone cases, wanting to use them together. After all, Shenhua Corporations foldable screen is not easy to recognize when you hold a cell phone in your hand. However, if you add the cell phone shell, it would be much more recognizable. Boss Pei, your strategy is completely correct. For such a high-end digital product, technology is based on changing the shell. The appearance is the biggest advantage. Pei Qian fell silent. He realized that there was a huge problem with his strategy! First of all, they had overestimated Shenhua Corporations cell phones and their output had also underestimated the demand of consumers. Shenhua Corporations cell phones were sold out in less than five minutes, which meant that the market demand had obviously not been satisfied. Many people could not wait to buy them from the scalpers with a thousand yuan or two. What was the premium on Otto Technologies? As for the cell phone shell, he was even more speechless. Would people who were willing to spend 20,000 yuan to buy a cell phone care about spending 500 yuan more to buy a cell phone shell? If this cell phone shell was an IQ tax and the rich were not stupid, they would definitely not buy it. However, what if this cell phone shell was really worth it? For many people, buying the most cutting-edge digital products was either really a fanatic of digital products and had to enjoy this new technology as soon as possible or to show off their face. There was nothing wrong with this. After all, there were many ways to show off their face. Branded clothes, branded bags, mechanical watches, and so on. Pei Qian had to admit that most people would have similar requirements after they were rich. The biggest problem with Shenhua Corporations foldable cell phone was that it was not recognizable enough. Of course, it was very recognizable during the process of folding. However, it was used after folding most of the time in daily use. It could not be unfolded at every moment. Once he folded it and held it in his hand, it would be no different from an ordinary cell phone. If he were to add on the protective shell that Shenhua Corporation had inherited, he would be mature and stable. However, the characteristics of posing would be gone. At this time, he had spent 500 yuan to buy Otto Technologies special Cyberpunk protective shell. That was impressive! Whether it was a foldable state or a unfolded state, one would be able to recognize it at a glance. This was the latest foldable cell phone with a price of 500 yuan. Whats more, Otto Technologies cell phone shell was indeed very useful. On one hand, the cell phones weight was even lighter than the protective shell that Shenhua Corporation attached to it because of the hollowed-out technology. The glass material and thermal conductivity layer made the cell phones heat dissipation better. The design of the shell film also provided better protection for the cell phone. The design of the two loops and scaffolding could meet the requirements of dramas and games. To many people, buying such an advanced cell phone was naturally to watch dramas and play games. The advantage of the foldable screen was that it took care of the big screen and portable. Wouldnt it be a waste if they did not use this big screen to play games and watch dramas? This cell phone shell could better meet such needs. In addition, the custom-made theme of the Cyberpunk style was so recognizable. Of course, it was deeply welcomed by young people. Therefore, many people who bought foldable cell phones from Shenhua Corporation did not mind spending another 500 yuan to buy another cell phone shell from Otto Technologies to use. Otto Technologies had instantly become an impressive cell phone shell manufacturer with good sales! Many cell phone manufacturers on shopping websites were probably still wondering if Otto Technologies was shameless enough to lower themselves to snatch business from us? Ridiculous! Chapter 1611 - Opening Of The Zoo July 17th, Wednesday. Pei Qian looked at Tengda Games related industries seriously in his office and helplessly reached a tragic conclusion. Tengdas games industry seemed to be hopeless. In fact, Pei Qian had roughly realized a few cruel reality when the game router was selling hot. However, he was not willing to accept it at that time. However, after two days of calm, combined with the current situation of Tengda Games and the other related industries, Pei Qian finally recognized this reality from the bottom of his heart. At the moment, Tengda Corporation had already established a perfect and huge gaming empire in the country. Not only were there outstanding strengths, but there were no obvious shortcomings in various fields. In terms of research and development, there were three main development departments: Tengda Games, Shang Yang Games, and Slow Movement Studio. They were responsible for the development of 3a Games and VR games respectively. In terms of independent games, there was a Destitution Plan and independent game incubation base all over the country. All sorts of outstanding domestically-produced independent game designers had been taken into account. Dawn Games platform had already achieved huge success in the game channel. After the official platform was named Tengda, a large number of players had flooded in. On top of that, Tengdas cooperation department had also brought a few domestic games companies along. It had also subtly influenced them. Under the influence of Sun Strike Studios, Long Yu Corporation, and other game developers and game channels, the entire domestic game environment would gradually lean towards Tengda Corporations model. / please keep reading on MYB0XN0VEL(d0t)C0M. Now, the game router had already solved the most difficult and most important problem of hardware. From then on, Tengda had established an ultimate closed loop from content to hardware and channels. As long as Tengda could continue to continuously release good games in the future, the game empire would continue forever. Even if Tengdas games wilted in the future, the independent game incubation base and channels would be enough to ensure that Tengdas game business would maintain high income in the future. What a sad story! Pei Qian recalled that he had been expanding his territory in the game industry. His root cause was to venture into unfamiliar and difficult fields. That would create losses and spend all the profits earned from developing games. Now, he had nowhere to go! Pei Qians last hope was on the game The Future You Choose. That was his last struggle. However, Pei Qian had to be prepared for the worst. This game might also make a huge profit. All in all, Pei Qian was basically playing dead in the game industry. He would let nature take its course. Pei Qian turned his attention to other fields. The new project for the zoo and haunted house should be officially opened in the second half of the month. Comparatively, the probability of failure of Thriller Hostel is lower. The zoo is a new field. It is worth investing more. How can we increase the probability of the zoo not making money? Hmm since the gaming platform has given up on treatment, can Little Tang change to another place? The new projects in the zoo and Thriller Hostel were physical projects. They cost a lot of money and recovered their costs slowly. That was why they were deeply loved by Pei Qian. However, considering that Thriller Hostel already had a few successful projects and a lot of human traffic, the chances of the zoo losing money were higher. The location of the zoo might also be in the old industrial zone in Jingzhou, but it was a distance away from Thriller Hostel. Generally speaking, tourists would not walk so far and deliberately shop in the zoo if they were not particularly attracted. After all, apart from the haunted house, Thriller Hostel also had its own roller coasters, various shops, and experience shops. There were many things to play in Thriller Hostel. It did not matter if they went to the zoo or not. Therefore, the success or failure of the zoo was the most important! Pei Qian suddenly thought of Tang Yishu. Pei Qian had specially arranged for Tang Yishu to go over previously in order to ensure that the gaming platform would lose money. She had indeed created many difficulties for small companies that wanted to go to the gaming platform in the early stages. However, at this point, one or two bugs could no longer stop these companies. Of course, Tang Yishus presence on the gaming platform could also delay the development of the game editor. However, considering that so much time had passed, Tengda Games game editor should be on the right track. He just had to throw Little Tang over when the editor was about to be developed and let the bugs explode. This free period would transfer Little Tang to the zoo and stabilize the situation. At that thought, Pei Qian called Little Tang and sent the driver to fetch her. They went straight to the zoo. Jingzhou Citys old industrial zone, a cold and warm zoo. Pei Qian and Little Tang alighted from the car. The zoo director, Pan Xinzhang, was already waiting at the door. He was a little nervous when he heard that Boss Pei was coming. After all, Boss Pei had not visited the zoo even once after so long. He had also managed all sorts of funds, supported and guaranteed. It was enough to show that Boss Pei attached great importance to the zoos work. Now that the zoo was finally about to open for business, Boss Peis arrival should be to check the results. If Boss Pei was not satisfied with the state of the zoo, wouldnt he be letting Boss Pei down? After working for this period of time, he had already fallen in love with this zoo. In terms of environment and conditions, it was obviously much better than the zoo that he and his father were in charge of previously. Thus, money was not omnipotent in many cases. However, one could not do without money. Without money, even though he could also make the animals live very well through careful care, there were still huge flaws in the overall experience in all aspects. With Boss Peis help, Tang Xinzhang could finally display his talents on a larger stage. Boss Pei, I have a question to report to you first. Previously, you suggested that we can arrange for some interactive animals for tourists to touch. For example, we can borrow the experience of some owls and coffee shops overseas. However, I looked through the information carefully and consulted the opinions of relevant professionals. I realized that touching owls randomly might cause its stress reaction. It would not be friendly to the physical and mental health of animals, so I banned similar animals. For animals who are closer to people by nature, close contact would not cause serious stress. It can be arranged. Pei Qian nodded. Yes, that should be the case! My previous suggestion was actually thought of on the spot. I dont know much about the professionalism behind this. Since were called a zoo, we definitely cannot hurt animals. As the zoo director, you have to strictly supervise this. You have to do what you have to do. You cannot cause damage to the physical and mental health of animals for profits and income. The name of this zoo is to constantly remind all staff to abide by this principle! He nodded, thinking that Boss Pei was indeed a rare good boss. Many times, it was very rare for the boss to be able to do something with clear logic! Foreigners commanding insiders would often only lead to tragedy, but many laymen did not have such awareness. The name Cold and Warm Zoo was actually telling all the staff in the zoo that whether the animals were doing well or not was up to them. They knew very well whether they did their best to take care of these animals! Most of the time, he had to have a clear conscience. He led Pei Qian and Tang Yishu in. Pei Qians first thought was that the greenery had turned for the better. The entire zoo took up a lot of space. Even though the main zoo interactive museum was still modified from the large factory buildings in the old industrial zone, the empty spaces outside the factory buildings had basically been modified. There was a resting area, a fountain, a grass field, and flowing water. The animals lived in the air-conditioned room of the stadium and were adjusted to the most appropriate temperature. However, the environment outside had to be worked. Otherwise, if the environment was too different, tourists would easily be dissuaded. Comparatively, the greenery around the zoo was the best in the entire old industrial zone. It could make a clear distinction with Thriller Hostel. Pei Qian was happy to hear this. It might have improved the greenery and improved the mood of the tourists but it also cost money. Such a huge area of greenery had been modified so much. He must have spent a lot of money. Well done! The functions of the few large stadiums were similar. They only made a simple division according to the type of animals. There were not many precious protective animals in this zoo for the time being. Basically, they were all common animals in the zoo. There were also a large number of them between wild animals and pets. The Serval cat, alpacas, foxes, and parakeets were the type that would not be strange if they were kept in the zoo. It seemed reasonable to keep them at home. Different zones were also arranged according to the different habits of these animals. The scenery and decorations of the different zones were also compatible with the animals. The zoo had three entrances and exits that led to different locations in the old industrial zone. Tourists could choose to shop in Thriller Hostel first according to their own needs, then shop in the zoo or directly walk in the zoo. Pei Qian and the others entered from the main entrance by the road. There would be some differences in the tour route. After teasing the handsome Serval cat and feeding the round and hairy hunchback, the three of them arrived at the Parro area. At a glance, Pei Qian saw a handsome Amazonian bird. Most of its feathers were gray, its irises were orange, and there was a tuft of yellow on its head like a hat. There were a few red embellishments at the turn of its wings. Its main feathers were purple-blue. It was very beautiful! The bird stood on a wooden frame, looking proudly into the distance. Tang Yishu exclaimed, Sigh, its so beautiful! The moment he finished speaking, the wooden frame on which the bird was standing collapsed. The bird let out a Holy sh*t and immediately flapped its wings and flew up. It looked at the three customers in confusion. Chapter 1612 - The Hero Among The Bird Tang Yishu twiddled her fingers awkwardly and carefully expressed that it was an accident. Tang Xinzhang was stunned as well. Logically speaking, this wooden frame was very solid. Why did it suddenly collapse? He quickly called out to the staff beside him. Hurry up and strengthen this wooden frame. These are all safety hazards, understand? The staff looked confused as well. He quickly went up to repair the wooden frame. Pei Qian smiled slightly. He was no longer surprised by this. He looked closely at the Amazon roon and exclaimed, This roon can actually scold people? Tuan Xinzhang smiled, a little embarrassed. Thats right. Both the Amazon Parasol and the gray Parasol are very good at learning how to speak. I dont know why, this Amazon Parasol did not learn anything except to say holy sh * t. It shouldnt have learned it from people in our zoo. Our staff will teach it a few words to balance it out. Now, we are beginning to see results. Pei Qian could not help but raise his thumb and praise him. I couldnt tell that this is a hero among birds! That means I have an idea. / please keep reading on MYB0XN0VEL(d0t)C0M. Do you have the Fully-Automated Smart Bickering Machine? Huh? No. Tuan Xinzhang was stunned Pei Qian said, Thats alright. Ill ask Otto Technologies to send a few of them to you later. At that time, well specially set up a Fully-Automated Bickering Machine to argue with this bird. Its a waste of talent to only learn one sentence from such a talented bird. We should nurture the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine and AEEIS so that it can undergo the baptism of artificial intelligence. Whats more, this would not affect the work of the other staff. After all, everyone is very busy. How could they have time to teach him to speak every day? As a bird, he has to learn by himself! Tuan Xinzhang nodded with some confusion. Alright, Boss Pei. The bird looked at Pei Qian, confused. However, there was wariness in its eyes. I might not understand what this young man is saying, but I feel like hes plotting against me! Pei Qian smiled slightly. He could not wait to see this bird bickering with the bickering machine. The group of people continued walking forward and saw many other animals. Whats more, Little Tangs halo was triggered a few more times, causing a little chaos. However, it was not a big deal. However, these staff should be busy for a while, revisiting the safety of the entire venue. These animals had one characteristic: their living space was bigger than ordinary zoos. Previously, Pei Qian had specially requested for the living space in this zoo. He had to plan it 1.5 times according to the standards of ordinary zoos. Of course, Pei Qian could not do that for the time being. Some zoos would specially make fake mountains for monkeys or black bears for people to visit. However, most of the animals they raised were relatively small after all, so the space was still very spacious. This caused many places to look empty. Oh, no, there were no animals. He had to test his vision to find where the animals were hidden to sleep. In addition, there was a corresponding introduction in front of each animals stadium. These introductions were different from other zoos. They were not done by just introducing the characteristics of the animals, but by introducing the life of the animals. For example, which zoo this animal was born in first. After that, it was transported to somewhere. This year, due to a coincidence, it was discovered by Tang Xinzhang and was transferred to a cold and warm zoo. There were all sorts of animals in the entire zoo. There were even some animals that were picked up by the zoo because their owners abandoned them. This is also an immature idea of mine. Thats because I think the other zoos only introduced the quality of this animal to tourists. These content are still lacking even though its necessary. Without the life experience of this animal, it would be very difficult for tourists to really feel close to this animal. Therefore, Im considering if I can record the entire life of this animal. That would naturally give tourists a sense of familiarity and familiarity. On top of that, I also intend to create a special zone for scanning codes. Tourists can check the state of these animals through a specific application. If there are animals that they are particularly concerned about but cannot come to the zoo for various reasons, they can also take a look online. Pei Qian nodded. Yes, not bad. They are all very good ideas. Tourists might not feel anything special by giving animals a lifetime experience, but it could increase the workload of the staff! Sweeping codes to make an application meant that he had to find professionals to develop it. He also had to install some high-definition cameras in the zoo for animals. The content of the live-stream had to be checked by professionals. Wouldnt the cost increase after awhile? These animals were not rare. No tourists should watch it online every day like they were addicted? Some tourists might lose interest after reading it online and would not come to the venue. That was a huge contribution! After walking around, Pei Qian felt satisfied. From the state of the stadium, the renovation project should have cost a lot of money. Whats more, the quality of the staff was also very strong. The salary for this month would definitely not be small. These animals might be very cute and made Pei Qian feel some risks, but there were no particularly precious animals after all. There did not seem to be a particularly obvious advantage compared to other zoos. There might be a group of people who liked animals very much, but on the whole, it should not be so popular that it would make a huge profit. At that thought, Pei Qian said, Very good, this zoo completely fits my requirements. Keep following this standard in the future. By the way, theres no content like animal performances, right? Of course not. I arranged everything according to your requirements, Boss Pei. There are definitely no beast taming performances or animal performances. Our employees only rehearse some programs in private and perform for the audience every now and then. However, everyones standard is very amateurish. At the moment, you can only be considered to be entertaining yourselves. I plan to look for a few professional teachers to guide you later. Pei Qian quickly raised his hand to stop him. Theres no need to look for professional teachers. There are many things that must not be crafty. We have to maintain the initial intelligence. Alright, Ill do as you say, Boss Pei. Pei Qian walked around again and instructed Tang Xinzhang and Little Tang to come to the zoo every now and then to take care of these animals if Little Tang had nothing to do recently. At the same time, he would sweep the zoo for safety hazards. After explaining all of this, Pei Qian finally relaxed about the zoo and took the car back happily. July 20th, Saturday. The cold and warm zoo was officially opened. Chen Kangtuo and Ruan Guangjian slipped away, walking from Thriller Hostel to the cold and warm zoo. They might be in the old industrial zone but there was still a distance between the cold and warm zoo and Thriller Hostel. The scenery along the way was not bad but most tourists would not specially make a trip if there was no special reason. After all, there were many fun projects at Thriller Hostel. If they really experienced it seriously, they might not be able to finish everything in a day. As for why Chen Kangtuo and Ruan Guangjian had come, that was a long story. Both of them discussed as they walked. Ruan Guangjian could not help but feel surprised when he saw that there were very few people around. Eh, there seem to be very few people in the zoo. Didnt they do any publicity in advance? Chen Kangtuo nodded. I think theres no publicity. Many people probably dont know that a new zoo has opened here. Boss Pei has always been low-profile, but theres no need to worry. Soon, the tourists will spread the news and make the zoo popular. Theres no need to waste the publicity funds. I think this place is not very far from Thriller Hostels new project. It is a good choice to come and heal your soul. For example, I need healing now. Chen Kangtuo had devoted himself to work ever since he took over the new haunted house project of Thriller Hostel. Many times, he would specially invite Ruan Guangjian over to ask about the original intention of the design. He would also ask if the current state of the haunted house suited Ruan Guangjians design. The two of them often brainstormed and came up with some very good ideas. Thus, Chen Kangtuo became more and more immersed in the haunted house project. He felt like his mentality had changed slightly. He was a little worried that he might be too engrossed and ruin himself! Previously, he had heard that some foreign actors played as perverted. In the end, they were too serious and immersed in the act. They really acted as if they had psychological diseases. Chen Kangtuo wanted to avoid such a situation as much as possible. It would be too embarrassing if he really became the first person-in-charge of Tengda Corporation to be sent to the mental hospital! When he heard that the zoo was opening today, he specially came over, wanting to play with the animals and heal his soul. It just so happened that Ruan Guangjian was here as well, and so they formed a team. Chen Kangtuo felt that Ruan Guangjians situation should be better than his own. However, watching small animals was always beneficial to his physical and mental health! When they arrived at the zoo, the two of them began to look around. He had to admit that there were still many types of animals. However, there did not seem to be any particularly precious species. Most of them were between domestically-produced pets and wild animals. However, these animals were all in good spirits. Some of them were very active and jumped up and down very agilely. Some of them were lying on the ground, sleeping with their stomachs facing the sky. They did not look afraid of people. The breeders mingled with animals. Some animals would even interact intimate with tourists under the leadership of the breeders. For example, there was an North Pole fox that was the favorite here. Under the care of the keeper, many girls reached out to touch it and laughed. Some of the men watching by the side were filled with envy. They did not know if they wanted to change their identities with the North Pole fox in their hearts. Chapter 1613 - Staffs Animal Performance Chen Kangtuo and Ruan Guangjian walked around casually. Even if they did not touch these small, hairy cuties, they would feel like they were cured just looking at them from afar. Chen Kangtuo sighed. I think we should arrange a zoo tour package for Brother Bao after the haunted house project is completed. After all, the mental stress he suffered in the haunted house is too great. If we bring him to the zoo to heal him, it would also show our care and concern for him. Eh, theres a bird there. The two of them had unknowingly arrived near the next entrance of the cold and warm zoo. The Amazon parakeet was looking at the Fully-Automated Smart Bickering Machine next to it as if it was facing a formidable enemy. Chen Kangtuo was a little surprised as he asked, Why is there a Fully-Automated Smart Bickering Machine here? What is it for? Ruan Guangjian looked at the parakeet and then at the Bickering Machine. I feel like this parakeet seems to be on guard against the Bickering Machine. I wonder if Im hallucinating. Both of them felt that this scene was very interesting and could not help but stay for a while. However, no matter how Chen Kangtuo tried to make the parakeet speak, the parakeet remained indifferent. Its eyes were glazing at the bickering machine, as if it was always on guard. It ignored Chen Kangtuos teasing as a buzzing fly in its ear. Thats strange. I dont think this parakeet can speak, right? Chen Kangtuo did not think too much about it. After all, very few parakeets could speak. They were geniuses among parakeets. Most of the parakeets could not speak. / please keep reading on MYB0XN0VEL(d0t)C0M. However, just as the two of them were about to leave, they saw a keeper return from the cage beside them. The keeper looked at the time. Alright, bickering. Its almost time for todays training. Are you ready? Chen Kangtuo was shocked. Bickering Is that the name of this bird? The keeper checked the time and confirmed that there was no mistake. Then, he said to the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine, Activate the Bickering Mode. This sentence was like entering some mysterious code, opening a sinful door. AEEIS: Alright, there will always be arrogant humans who want to start such boring games. Do you think you are very smart? Chen Kangtuo and Ruan Guangjian did not even dare to breathe, afraid that they would interfere with the game between the birds and the machine. They waited for the answer of the bird seriously. The parakeet opened its mouth and answered, Why would you think that way? AEEIS: Thats because I think theres still a lot of room for improvement in your IQ. Do you think youre a hardworking person? The parakeet said, Do you really think that theres no problem with your thinking? The bird and the machine really began to speak. Chen Kangtuo and Ruan Guangjian watched on in shock. They realized that the parakeet could stabilize the situation in the war against the Bickering Machine and was not at a disadvantage at all. In fact, on closer inspection, one would realize that these conversations were more common in the Fully-Automated Smart Bickering Machine. These inputted words were actually a diversion problem. It was to provoke and win by pulling the other party to the same level of IQ and finally bickering. In other words, the Parro was completely imitating the Victorious Bickering Method of the Bickering Machine. The Parro would not be angered by the Bickering Machine and would only faithfully repeat the content of the Bickering Machine. Both sides were absolutely rational existences. Naturally, they would be inseparable. No one could win against each other. This seemed to prove the ultimate meaning of bickering. There were only two points. First, he had to remain calm and not be overwhelmed by anger and break through his defense! Second, he insisted on not giving up. He must not be the second-to-last person to speak. He had to ensure that the last sentence must be from him. Both of them were obviously at the peak of the bickering world. However, the parakeet was still stretched in terms of specific terms. Obviously, it was due to insufficient learning time. He believed that over time, the Parro Bickering Machine would be able to learn all the sentences in the Victorious Bickering Machine. Then, this Parro would be regarded as a live Bickering Machine. Chen Kangtuo and Ruan Guangjian could not help but respect him. Good lord, the other cocktails learned how to speak, but this one learned how to bicker directly! It was in the lead for decades! The two of them had no doubt that ordinary tourists would be rendered speechless and doubtful of life if they treated the parakeet as an ordinary bird and spoke to it normally. Chen Kangtuo sighed. Boss Pei, youre really good at coming up with strange ideas. How did you think of the connection between the Parro and the Fully-Automated Bickering Machine? Honestly, its quite entertaining. The two of them walked around and unknowingly turned to a stage. Chen Kangtuo said subconsciously, This should be the place to perform beast taming, right? However, there are no commonly seen animals in this zoo. There are no monkeys or black bears. What animals should they train to perform? A Bian Mu? A Parro? I wonder when the performance will start. Ruan Guangjian looked at the sign next to the stage. I have good news and bad news. The good news is that there will be a performance in 10 minutes. Chen Kangtuo said, Whats the bad news? Ruan Guangjian was silent for a moment. Its not an animal performance, but a zoo employees performance. Chen Kangtuo almost thought that he had heard wrongly. He looked at the sign in shock and realized that Ruan Guangjian was right. This was not a venue for animals to perform, but a venue for employees to perform! The billboard was written clearly. There would be employees performing at fixed times every day. There would be one in the morning and one in the afternoon. The content of the performance was actually the employees acting as various animals. Some employees would dress up as chimpanzees and cycles while others would dress up as bears and walk the wooden bridge There was a note below the sign. More exciting performance would be released in the future. Chen Kangtuo felt light-headed. This is crazy! Even as the person-in-charge of Tengda Corporation, Chen Kangtuo could not understand this thinking. Logically speaking, it should not be a big deal for the zoo to organize some animal performances. If they did not want to torture these animals, they might as well not do it. Why create a stage? In the end, he used a real person to act as an animal. It was simply nonsense. It was unnecessary. However, to be honest he really wanted to watch it. Chen Kangtuo looked at the time and suggested. The performance is about to start. Why dont we sit down and take a look? Ruan Guangjian nodded and sat in the first row with Chen Kangtuo. Ten minutes later, the performance was about to begin. Chen Kangtuo turned around. There were not many people in the audience. The cold and warm zoo was not as big as the large zoos. The area of the venue was relatively small, so there were not many seats in the audience. Even so, it was not full. On one hand, it was because there were very few people who came to the zoo today. On the other hand, it was also because everyone was not interested in such real-life animal performances. Those who stayed behind were basically curious like Chen Kangtuo. The performance started on time. What surprised Chen Kangtuo was that there were no beast tamers at the scene. Instead, animals went on stage in the arranged order. It was very natural, as if they were in their own home. Chen Kangtuo looked closer. There were many animals here, but the type seemed to be a little singular. There were brown bears, gray bears, polar bears, pandas, chimpanzees, and even a large groundhog. However, these animals were all similar in size. It could be seen that they were played by humans. The first few bears and chimpanzees were the most similar. After all, these animals were about the size of humans. However, this groundhog was going overboard. That was because it had magnified the real groundhog by several times. Putting aside the body shape, the leather set was really exquisite. It was obviously custom-made. At first glance, it looked realistic! These staff acting as animals should have been specially trained. Their expressions were very similar to that of animals whether they were walking, running, or sitting on the ground. Chen Kangtuo still remembered that he had seen a news article previously. It said that a tourist had reported that the black bear in the zoo was a human disguise. In the end, the zoo clarified that it was a real animal. That was because the black bear was too similar to humans in certain aspects. It was easier to disguise it. In the end, he did not expect that the cold and warm zoo would really do a job! The animals that these people were acting as went on stage one by one. What surprised Chen Kangtuo was that even though the content of their initial performance was related to animal performances, such as cycling, walking the wooden bridge, and so on, he would realize that it was fundamentally different from animal performances in the future. First of all, the animal performances were done according to a specific rule under the command of the beast tamer. The animals that these staff played did not need the beast tamer and completed the corresponding process themselves. Of course, this was normal. After all, they were all disguised as humans. There was no need for beast tamers to guide them. However, more importantly, Chen Kangtuo realized that these animal performances looked more and more like some kind of mute show. That was because they were still performing traditional projects such as bicycle riding and wooden bridge at the beginning. However, these animals soon acted in skit. For example, after the chimpanzee cycled his bicycle, the silly and round panda beside him also tried to ride his bicycle. In the end, he could not ride it no matter how hard he tried. He angrily pushed the bicycle aside, his silly expression causing many people to laugh. On the other hand, the black bear and a polar bear were squeezed together when walking on the wooden bridge. The two bears looked at each other, threatening each other but not giving in to each other. The various movements they made on the wooden bridge made people laugh. That large groundhog was the most ridiculous. It even displayed the expression pack of the standing groundhog shouting, causing everyone to burst into laughter below the stage. These animals might not have any lines but they were walking on stage and minded their own business. There would also be some small plot of cooperation or confrontation between them. Coupled with some deliberately funny arrangements in the plot, it would have a very good program effect. This was indeed not a real animal but played by a real person. However, this did not become a deduction. Instead, it became a bonus. After all, imitating animals was a technical job. This could no longer be considered an animal performance, but a performance artists imitation. Chapter 1614 - Bao Xus Small Plea After a period of imitations, the plot on stage changed. These animals seemed to be a little tired. They found their own corners on the stage and stopped to rest. The big black bear was slumped beside a huge rock, revealing his round belly. He did not know what to think. The chimpanzee was playing with a wooden toy in boredom. At that moment, a few young people appeared beside the stage and whistled at the animals on the stage. Why are all of you so dead? Quick, move! I came all the way here just to watch these bears sleep? Get up and move! A few young people shouted and made faces at the animals. One of the young people took out an empty cola bottle from his bag and threw it onto the stage, hitting the black bears head. / please keep reading on MYB0XN0VEL(d0t)C0M. The black bear rushed over angrily, but he could only hover on the stage because there was a high wall that represented the fence in front of him, separating him from the young man. The young man was still laughing unrestrained. He made a climbing posture, which meant that he had already climbed up the tall walls fence. He shouted at the black bear below, showing off. At the same time, he continued to explore other things in his backpack. The audience immediately fell silent! Even though they could tell that this was a performance, the behavior of the young people still aroused the discomfort of many people. Everyone was looking forward to the subsequent plot. At that moment, the chimpanzee took out a small rock from out of nowhere and threw it at the young man. It hit him. The young man was looking for something in his backpack. He lost his balance and fell onto the stage. In the end, the listless animals immediately surrounded him. The young man was so scared that he quickly knelt on the ground and begged for mercy. These animals seemed to be humane as well. The big black bear carried the young man to the wooden bridge and let him ride the bicycle first. Under the supervision of these animals, the young man could only make various performances like animals. The twist of the characters and the funny performances of the actors made the audience burst into laughter again. The last few animals trained the uncultured young man and asked him to use all the props that the animals were performing. Then, the performance officially ended. The young man led the animals to bow to all the audience. The animals took off their headsets and revealed their true colors. There might be air conditioners in the stadium but these actors were still sweating profusely in their animal skins. However, they were all smiling, obviously very satisfied with their own performance. The audience burst into warm applause and cheers. Obviously, they were very satisfied with this performance. They felt that it was very exciting. Chen Kangtuo turned around and unknowingly, the tourists from the zoo had been attracted over. Not only were there no empty seats, but there were also many people standing behind. Obviously, this exciting performance was a huge success! Chen Kangtuo could not help but feel emotional. You dont say. This animal performance is quite exciting. Not only did it imitate the animals perfectly, but it was also divided into different stages. There was also a plot. Ruan Guangjian nodded. Yes, and it has a certain educational significance. This performance is divided into three stages. The first stage is a real-life performance on behalf of animals. This stage is mainly an imitation show. These actors have obviously worked hard in terms of movements. Otherwise, they would not have imitated it so well. In the interactive performance of the second stage of the mute show, these animals also developed some plots against each other. For example, they snatched toys or competed on the wooden bridge. They all portrayed that naive feeling. Its very interesting. The third stage is even more interesting! This should be reflecting the uncivilized behavior of some tourists. Many tourists dont know how to respect animals. They like to feed and throw things around. They even deliberately angered animals just to satisfy their personal desires. This is obviously an unhealthy behavior. In the drama, the act of forcing tourists to ride a bicycle and walk the wooden bridge through animals makes the identity of people and animals swap. Not only can this contrast highlight a special sense of humor, but it can also cause people to reflect and play a role in the uncivilized behavior of tourists! On a deeper level, this is also a special performance art! The employees of these zoos act as animals and experience the lives of animals. They can better feel the frustration and helplessness of these animals being locked in cages. This in itself is promoting the spirit of cold and warm zoo. Chen Kangtuo was completely convinced! At first, he was thinking that it was fine if they did not need to perform in a zoo, but they actually used real people to act as animals. Wasnt that stupid? However, after watching this performance, Chen Kangtuo realized that this was an extremely talented idea. It could even be said that this stage performance had injected a soul into the entire Cold and Warmth Zoo! However, there were such stage performances not every day. They were distributed according to the date. There were other performances apart from this performance. Chen Kangtuo sighed. I was a little worried about this zoo previously. Now, it looks like my worries are completely groundless. So what if there was no publicity for such an impressive zoo in the beginning? Tourists will definitely notice it as long as the reputation slowly fermented. We can link up with Thriller Hostel when the time comes. Perfect! Chen Kangtuo felt that he was being treated very well. He decided to leave the Cold and Warm Animal Paradise and return to Thriller Hostel to continue his unfinished task. He wanted to prepare for the opening of the new project of Thriller Hostel. That night The zoo was officially closed. Tang Xinzhang called all the employees, including Tang Yishu, for a meeting. Everyone performed well today, especially on stage. They received unanimous praise from the audience. However, there are still a little few people. I think we have to think of a way to publicize our zoo. Good wine needs no bush! Little Tang, what do you think? Tang Yishu was shocked when she was suddenly recognized. She quickly said, Er I I agree. Boss Pei had specially sent Tang Yishu over, so Tang Xinzhang attached great importance to Tang Yishus opinions. However, even though Tang Yishu was very enthusiastic about the work in the zoo and was getting along well with the small animals so far, there were no high-level instructions and no particularly constructive opinions. There was nothing he could do. He could only rely on himself to think slowly. He looked at everyone and said, Do you have any good ways to promote it, then? Boss Pei did not give us any special publicity funds even though our zoo has ample funds. He might be hinting to us to do it ourselves. Can everyone think of some publicity methods that spend less money, preferably without spending money but with better effect? The employees looked at each other and discussed for a while. Someone quickly raised his hand to speak. Can you contact the person-in-charge of Thriller Hostel? Let them think of a way to direct traffic to us at the entrance. We can print some flyers and let tourists bring some family and friends to the zoo on their own. I think the effect of these methods to attract traffic must be very limited. Why dont we send someone to film some short videos and put them online? They might become popular. His eyes lit up. I think this is a good idea. Short videos are more popular and popular. The most important thing is that short videos are indeed more suitable to film cute pets. They can record the cute sides of these animals at any time. However, who will be in charge of this job? Everyone exchanged confused looks before looking at Tang Yishu. That was because all the staff present had their own jobs and had a lot of work to deal with. Only Tang Yishu did not have a fixed job in this zoo. She would help when she saw that there was something. It was the most suitable for filming videos. Tang Yishu was stunned for a moment. She quickly waved her hand and said, No, Director. I havent filmed these videos much. Its alright. I havent filmed it before. Itll be easier to get used to it. Theres no one else more suitable for this other than you. In my opinion, its settled! Tang Yishu lowered her head slightly and twiddled her fingers. Al alright, Ill try. At the same time, Thriller Hostels office was still brightly lit. Chen Kangtuo leaned back in his chair and heaved a sigh of relief. After he calmed himself down, he turned to Hao Qiong and said, Its about time. Send a notice to the heads of the other departments. Tell them to come for the rehearsals in two days and familiarize themselves with the terrain of the new project. The new project has been completed, but there are still some details that need to be confirmed. Next week, the new haunted house project will enter the trial stage. Our best tester will be Brother Bao. The person-in-charge of the various departments must show off their skills during the test period for a month. They must show off their skills and arrange for Brother Bao to be well arranged! Hao Qiong nodded. Alright, Ill inform the other people in charge now. However Can Brother Bao come? Isnt our inviting him into our trap too eye-catching? Brother Bao would not take the bait if he had more brains, right? What should we do if Brother Bao refuses to come? Chen Kangtuo smiled. Well Ive already entrusted it to Boss Pei. As long as Boss Pei steps out, Im not afraid that Brother Bao will not obey. Hao Qiong looked elated at first, but then worried. But I dont think Boss Pei is firmly on our side, right? I feel like there are huge hidden dangers to this behavior Hao Qiong could not tell what hidden dangers there would be. He only felt that Boss Pei had always been unpredictable and never did meaningless things. This time, he felt that it was a little strange to support Chen Kangtuo and the others in arranging for Bao Xu. Chen Kangtuo looked determined. Forget it! Well talk about it in the future even if its a huge matter. In short, well get Brother Bao here and establish our might for Thriller Hostel. July 22nd, Monday. Tengda Corporations Presidents office. Simply put, Chen Kangtuo and the others plan to invite you to be the lead tester for Thriller Hostels new project. What do you think? Pei Qian smiled at Bao Xu. Bao Xu sniggered, as if he had expected this. After all, Chen Kangtuo had threatened him directly when he was suffering. It would not be Chen Kangtuos style to go back and not do anything. Whats more, Thriller Hostels new project had been under construction for a long time. The work of Suffering Travels next month was also about to be edited. All sorts of signs showed that the day of judgment was coming. Bao Xu pondered for a moment and said, Of course, I can go. However I have a small request. Obviously, Bao Xu did not sit back and do nothing during this period. Instead, he thought of a countermeasure. Pei Qian was instantly interested. Oh? Go ahead. Ill try my best to satisfy you. Chapter 1615 - Steady As an Old Dog On The Surface, But In Reality... Bao Xu asked, Boss Pei, you should have the design plan for the new project of the haunted house, right? I want to take a look. Pei Qian nodded immediately and found the design plan for the new project of the haunted house on his computer. Chen Kangtuo, Ruan Guangjian, and Ma Yiqun had designed this project together. However, since it was a plan for Thriller Hostel, it had to be finalized for Boss Pei. Pei Qian briefly looked at this plan at that time and felt that it was very promising. Thus, he did not raise any opinions and passed directly. It was completely understandable for Bao Xu to want to see this plan now. After all, he was really going to enter this haunted house to be the first experience master. It was understandable for him to understand the situation inside in advance. However, Pei Qian did not expect Bao Xu to skip to the interactive content instead of looking at the details carefully after receiving this plan. The haunted house this time was called a foreign traveler. The storyline was not complicated. It was about a group of tourists from foreign countries coming to a dimensional strange Jingzhou and staying in Thriller Hostel. However, the industries that they could come into contact with, including Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Fish-Catching Take-Out, Deposit Fitness, and so on, had all become places of sinister and terrifying ghosts and monsters. Their names had also changed. They had become Demon Prison Internet Cafe, Demon Prison Take-Out, coffin dragging fitness, and so on. Other than that, there were many more intuitive and terrifying marginal areas, such as the abyss of evil spirits and the River of the Underworld. It was even more thrilling! There were only two ways to escape this terrifying world. One was to survive for a certain period of time, and the other was to look for clues to leave the puzzle. / please keep reading on MYB0XN0VEL(d0t)C0M. This project could be participated by one person or more people. The difficulty would change. The staff played the role of various ghosts and monsters, scaring the tourists. Every area had a special ghost. Most of the time, they only patrolled their own territory. If the tourists wanted to get clues, they had to avoid these ghosts and monsters. However, under special circumstances, these ghosts and monsters could also gather together. That depended on some special mechanisms in the game. For example, if visitors found a key clue, the ghosts and monsters would gather together to be cleared. The visitors would have to hide patiently so that they would not be discovered. Under such a mechanism, tourists could actually do a lot of things. They could choose to split up, each of them would be in charge of a region to quickly collect clues, and then summarize and solve the code. They could also choose to take the key clues first. After individual warriors lured all the ghosts and monsters away, the others would go to the corresponding location to search for other clues. The staff acting as ghosts and monsters would not be like robots, maintaining a fixed path. They could make some adjustments and changes within a certain range of rules according to their own preferences, making the entire game more nervous and exciting. It was unpredictable. Bao Xu scanned the first part of the riddle briefly. He focused all his attention on the subsequent part of the ghost assignment. After memorizing all of those things, Bao Xu pondered for a moment and said, Boss Pei, I hope to assign two people to the list of employees to act as ghosts and monsters. One is the role actor who will appear directly on the list, and Qiao Liang will take it. The other role actor who will also enter the haunted house will be played by Ruan Guangjian, who will not appear on the list. I want to talk to them in private and separately. Pei Qian nodded. Alright. July 24th, Wednesday. Thriller Hostels new haunted house project, foreign traveler, officially entered the testing phase of the closed beta. Since it was the beta stage, it was not open to the public this time. Instead, it was open to Bao Xu as the chief experience officer of this project to experience the entire project. According to Chen Kangtuos plan, he naturally hoped that Bao Xu would stay in the foreign traveler project for a month. After all, he had suffered for two months during the Suffering Travels. That was half of it. However, Chen Kangtuo and the other people in charge agreed unanimously that the beta testing event would end early as long as Brother Bao could find clues as soon as possible and leave this place. After all, they were not real demons. They still had the brotherly feelings of the person-in-charge towards Brother Bao. Thus, the internal beta event might not last long. It might be a month or a week. This depended completely on Brother Baos speed of clearing it. Of course, the people in charge would also deliberately adjust this speed. They would not let Brother Bao pass so easily. That was especially so considering that Brother Bao might have secretly seen the design plan of the entire project and had a rough idea of the possible locations of many clues. He had to make this project achieve the desired effect. When the people in charge considered acting as ghosts and monsters, they could change the location of the clues slightly to make the entire game more nervous and exciting. Otherwise, wouldnt it be very embarrassing if Brother Bao cleared it in two days? Many people in charge participated enthusiastically under Chen Kangtuos call. Even Qiao Liang signed up enthusiastically. Qiao Liang was famous for being timid. In order to pass the Ultimate Horror project, he had experienced an intense mental battle. The enthusiasm for registration this time made Chen Kangtuo feel the same anger as everyone else. Thus, he readily agreed. Chen Kangtuo had custom-made clothes for the people in charge. They could dress up as ghosts. The props were well-made. They would be extremely scary in the dark and scary environment of the haunted house. However, it was not a big problem for him to wear it. As long as he did not look into the mirror, everything was fine. At that moment, Chen Kangtuo was communicating with the people in charge in Thriller Hostels office. Ill verify it one last time. Everyone, be responsible for your own areas and remember the mechanisms inside. Dont scare yourself. Each of us will send a small communication device. I will give commands in real time in the earphones. Everyone can move freely usually, but you must follow my instructions when you hear the instructions. We have to keep Brother Bao company this time, understand? The people in charge said in unison, Understood! Among these people in charge were Xiao Peng, Rui Yuchen, Huang Sibo, Guo Licheng, and so on. There were also some other people in charge, such as Min Jingchao and the others, who had wanted to come but could not leave because they were busy with work. Thus, they could only wish that the closed beta event was completed. Every area had various mechanisms with a certain trigger mechanism. The staff acting as ghosts had to remember all sorts of mechanisms in advance to avoid triggering them. Or at the very least, they had to be mentally prepared in advance. They would not be scared even if they were triggered. Otherwise, if the tourists did not come, he would accidentally turn himself into high blood pressure and nervous failure. How could that be? Xiao Peng smiled. Dont worry. Weve been looking forward to this day for a long time! Whats more, weve already seen the detailed plan. We even went on a field trip two days ago. Its definitely foolproof! Chen Kangtuo nodded. The difference between these people in charge and Bao Xu was that Bao Xu might only be able to find out a portion of the design plan. It should be very difficult to see the complete plan. Even if he saw the complete plan, he would not be able to inspect the venue. There was a huge difference between a design plan and a field trip for a haunted house. Many scary things were visual. After seeing it once, the next time you see it, the scary effect would be greatly reduced. The people in charge had already explored the haunted house a few times two days ago. They knew the locations of various key props and mechanisms. Compared to Bao Xu who was entering for the first time, he had the advantage no matter what. At that thought, Chen Kangtuo gave the order. Alright, everyone, go and put on your props. Lets gather inside. Half an hour later, the people in charge were in their positions. Each of them was in charge of a small area. Whats more, they were wearing a set of ghosts and monsters. It was very similar to the style of this area. They could blend in perfectly with the surroundings and it would be very difficult to be discovered. That gave them a huge advantage in the battle. The ghost costumes had many functions. Not only could these people in charge wear bluetooth earphones to communicate with each other at any time, but they also had a mini speaker on them that could make terrifying sounds. That way, tourists would not be forced to approach them, and the person-in-charge who was playing the ghost would not be able to scare tourists away. Everyone, get into position. Brother Bao entered through the main door. Chen Kangtuos voice came from the earphones. The people in charge were immediately on guard. Some hid in the mechanisms, while others found a corner to integrate with the environment and waited patiently for Bao Xu to arrive. At that moment, Bao Xu walked into the entrance of the foreign traveler with his head held high. On the surface, he looked calm. However, he was actually very flustered. Bao Xu might have briefly seen the design plan for the entire project but there was still a huge difference between memorizing the design plan and experiencing it personally. Looking at the sinister layout around him, he felt like he was stepping into a mysterious, unknown, and dangerous space. The fear deep in his heart was naturally stimulated, making it difficult to remain calm. However, Bao Xu was also trying hard to tell himself that there must be cameras everywhere here. Chen Kangtuos group must be watching his movements and preparing to laugh at him. Thus, he must not show his fear. There was a long passage from the entrance. The design of the foreign traveler project this time was different from the previous project. Previously, the three haunted house projects had been modified directly from a single abandoned factory. The factory used by the Ultimate Horror was the biggest. This foreign traveler project used several factory buildings, but they were all connected with special passages in the middle. That way, tourists would not have to worry about feeling like they were in a show when they went from one factory building to another. At the same time, they would create a dangerous and depressed atmosphere of horror, making people feel like they were completely trapped in a time and space that was isolated from the world. After a long passage, Bao Xu felt that his tense nerves could not take it anymore. The central area of this project was the largest. It could also be regarded as the so-called living area. There were more common industries such as Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and Fish-Catching Take-Out. There were even more dangerous locations scattered around. For example, the River of the Underworld, the abyss of the evil spirits, and so on. They were all places where difficult clues were. They had to pass through some passages to arrive. Tourists would walk down the long corridor from the entrance to the center of the haunted house. After entering, the long corridor would temporarily close. Thus, even though there were no scary ghosts or monsters after walking for such a long time in the terrifying passage, a lot of mental stress had accumulated. When he reached the end of the long corridor, the gate behind him cracked loudly. When it rang, tourists would probably not be able to stop themselves from screaming. This was the first scare that the new project of foreign traveler gave people. Chapter 1616 - Demon Prison Internet Cafe And The Drag Coffin Gym Fortunately, Bao Xu was experienced and was not scared by the loud sound of the door closing. He looked around and realized that this was indeed a huge space. On the opposite side of the street, there were projects like the Demon Prison Internet Cafe, the Demon Prison Take-Out, Deposit Fitness, and so on. Looking up, the ceiling of the factory building had been painted into a dark sky. It seemed like dark clouds could be seen, making people feel a little dazed for a moment. Bao Xu went to the nearest takeaway from him first. The layout and renovation style of the first store could still be vaguely recognized but it had changed beyond recognition overall. The tables and chairs in the dining area outside the restaurant had been ruined. There were all sorts of dirty and filthy items on them. There was even a white skeleton lying on the table. The counter was in a mess. There seemed to be some meat residue that had not been cleaned up. He stretched his head out and looked into the kitchen. The situation was even worse. What was more interesting was that the food machine on the counter could still be used. However, its UI seemed to have some problems. The screen kept flashing. Bao Xu did not have to guess to know that this food machine was the trigger for certain plots. There might be some special situations if he ordered food on it. / please keep reading on MYB0XN0VEL(d0t)C0M. If he wanted to obtain special clues to break through, he would probably have to go deep into the kitchen. He might even have to fight some very terrifying monsters, which were the staff. Bao Xu sniggered in disdain. Then, he turned around and headed straight for the nearby internet cafe. Who the f*ck would want to eat at a place like that?! Of course, there would be food provided in the take-out. Otherwise, wouldnt those who stayed in it starve to death? However, eating in such a place would indeed destroy his soul. Bao Xu was not hungry yet. Of course, he could not bring himself to eat. As an internet addict, it was better for him to surf the net now. Bao Xu realized that the overall situation was similar to Fish-Catching Take-Out when he came to the internet cafe. The renovation style and layout of the original industry were still retained to a certain extent but the details were completely different. There was no cashier or white bones at the cashiers counter. There was only a broken hand that seemed to be stained with blood. It looked like it had been cut off because it could not afford to pay the internet fees. There were still fresh blood stains on the ground. Bao Xu guessed that two ghosts were surfing the net here. In the end, one ghost dug a hole for the other ghost. The two ghosts fought and stayed. The computers in the internet cafe could be switched on and used normally. Whats more, they were all ROF computers. However, they had a special custom-made appearance. They looked strange and felt strange. However, Bao Xu did not mind. Internet addicts were fearless! Previously, he had been busy with the Suffering Travels. After arranging the various person-in-charge of Tengda Corporation, he had to arrange the core employees of the various departments and the main person-in-charge of Tengda Brothers. After this chain of events, even Bao Xu was already very tired. Whats more, Bao Xus desire for revenge was gradually decreasing. He had already taken revenge on everyone who should afterall! It was not bad to use this opportunity to surf the net. Bao Xu switched on his computer and realized that there was no internet here. He could not communicate with the outside world. Whats more, the computers desktop was filled with very Underworld horror themes. The most ridiculous thing was that there were no software on the desktop. There was only a table full of horror games. Bao Xu was amazed! He had to admit that Chen Kangtuo and Ma Yiqun were game designers after all. Ruan Guangjian also had rich gaming experience. He was very particular about the details that he made. There were no loopholes at all. At first, Bao Xu had thought that if GOG or other online games were on it, he would be immersed in the game. A few hours might pass in the blink of an eye. Now that he saw this, this plan did not seem feasible. Playing horror games in a haunted house could easily scare one to death if they invested a little more and immersed themselves in it! Bao Xu read all the horror games silently but could not make up his mind to open them in the end. Dont make things difficult for yourself in this state, right? He pondered for a moment and opened a notebook. As he pondered, he seriously wrote the work plan for the next stage of Suffering Travels on the notebook. He had to turn fear and sorrow into strength! His hardworking spirit could defeat all monsters and monsters. Bao Xu began to seriously conceptualize the next stage of the Suffering Travels. Once this plan was formed, he could arrange for all the people in charge. Once he entered this highly concentrated working state, he would become indifferent to many things around him. Even in such an environment, he would not be able to shake Bao Xu at all. The terrifying sound of Bao Xu typing away at his keyboard filled the internet cafe. At that moment, the various person-in-charges channels were filled with discussions. Has Brother Bao entered? Hows he doing? What is the location closest to the entrance? It should be Demon Prison Take-Out. Rui Yuchen, did you scare Brother Bao? No, I was still waiting for him under the kitchen table. However, he did not come in at all. He walked around the door and left. Where is he now? Chen Kangtuo, cant you see the real-time surveillance cameras? Hurry up and synchronize the situation with us. Brother Bao went to the internet cafe. There was a short period of silence in the channel. Look at what it means to not forget your original intention! Brother Bao had not forgotten about himself even under such circumstances. As an internet addict, his first thought was not to find clues as soon as possible, but to surf the net. Sigh, wait a minute! I remember that those computers only have horror games on them. Could it be that Brother Bao really has such nerves to play horror games in a haunted house? Chen Kangtuo said, Wait, let me check the surveillance cameras. F*ck, Brother Bao is not playing horror games at all. He opened a document and is writing the plan for the next stage of Suffering Travels. He is already thinking about how to take revenge on us. The people in charge were shocked. Shameless old thief is about to die, you dont know how to repent! When will the cycles of vengeance end? Brother Bao, you are still in our hands. Dont force us. We have to report to Boss Pei that Brother Bao did not work overtime during his leave. According to the companys rules, he has to be severely punished! What should we do now? Xiao Peng, youre in charge of the internet cafe. Go and scare him. No, no, no. Thats too low-class. I have a better idea. Bao Xu stared at the screen intently, completely immersed in work. He tried his best to imagine the tragic suffering of these people in charge during the new Suffering Travels. He felt that the mental pressure they suffered was greatly reduced. However, at that moment, a huge ghost face suddenly appeared on the computer screen! Bao Xu was focused on the document and was not mentally prepared at all. He screamed and leaned back. The movement of leaning back caused the mechanism on the special chair to be activated instantly, as if something pulled the chair back. Bao Xu could not escape a safe distance. He continued to look into the face of the ghost. He was so scared that he panted. He only recovered after a few seconds. He took a closer look. There was a mechanism under the chair. After activating it, a rope was connected to the depths of the computer table. It was no wonder that he felt something pulling him back when he suddenly retreated. These people are simply deranged! They even have mechanisms in their computers, not caring about morals. Bao Xu calmed down and scolded the people in charge in his heart. He could not play with the computer anymore. No one knew if he would write a Tx document again. A ghost face would appear out of nowhere and scare him! However, Bao Xu had already memorized the contents of the document after a simple sorting. Thus, he stood up and left. After leaving the internet cafe, Bao Xu looked around and walked towards Deposit Fitness. The people in charge in the channel became active again. Did Brother Bao scream just now? Its so beautiful! Chen Kangtuo, what did you do? You successfully scared Brother Bao. Hehe, there are actually mechanisms in that computer. I can control all the computer screens to randomly pop up with ghost faces. Good lord, did Brother Bao not get scared and shatter the monitor with a single punch? No, no. Brother Bao is still more rational. Normally, people who have the courage to sit in such places to surf the net would be more courageous. Thus, even if they are shocked, they should not do anything directly. Where is Brother Bao now? He went to the gym. Guo Licheng is preparing to receive the guests. Bao Xu came to Deposit Fitness and saw that the layout was still similar. However, the various fitness equipment had become a scary version. For example, the dumbbells in the strength area had all become sinister white bones. When stacked together, it really felt like a mountain of corpses and a river of blood. Bao Xu was very sure that there should be clues to escape from this place. He searched the strength training area filled with white bones, wanting to see if there were any special props here. All of a sudden, a terrifying roar sounded from the side. A tall monster suddenly rushed out of the shadows. His body was filled with strange green hair. Through the huge wounds, one could see bony white bones and torn flesh. He also held a serrated butcher knife that was covered in blood. Grrr! The monster rushed towards Bao Xu with a strong visual impact. Ordinary people would have been so scared that they would have run away by now. However, Bao Xu calmed down quickly and asked tentatively, Guo Licheng? The monster froze. A moment later, the monster seemed to be angered. It waved the butcher knife angrily on the spot. At the same time, the portable speaker exploded with a sharp roar. Grrr! Bao Xu was so shocked by the sudden loud sound that he shrunk his neck. However, he was not scared off. He said, You are Guo Licheng, right? Stop pretending. No one else has such a huge body other than you! Chapter 1617 - Invite Tourists To Complete The Challenge On Their Own, Dont Ask Ghosts! Guo Licheng was instantly discouraged. Something was amiss? The directors script did not say that. Logically speaking, if I suddenly rushed out in this disguise, shout for a while, and make a terrifying move, Bao Xu should be scared sh * tless and run away, right? In the end, not only did Bao Xu not run away, he even approached him. Most importantly, Guo Licheng had no other choice. He had already done everything he could. He couldnt possibly go and hack someone with a butcher knife, right? Whats more, this butcher knife was just a prop. It was not a real butcher knife. Guo Licheng could not hold it in anymore. He turned to leave. He had only taken two steps when Guo Licheng was pulled by Bao Xu. Ai, dont go. Old Guo, tell me where the clues to the coffin gym are hidden. That saves me the trouble to look for them. Guo Licheng was shocked! / please keep reading on MYB0XN0VEL(d0t)C0M. Good lord! Bao Xu, are you trying to take advantage of me? Tourists are to complete the challenge on their own. Dont ask about ghosts and monsters! Guo Licheng was speechless. However, Bao Xu had no intention of letting him go. He was completely shameless. Guo Licheng had an idea. He came to the strength training area filled with white bones. Then, he grabbed a huge white bone dumbbell, squatted down, and pulled one team each. Then, he looked at Bao Xu and gestured for him to do the same. It was Bao Xus turn to be confused this time! What the hell? You want me to work out here? The monster that Guo Licheng was playing nodded. At the same time, he very considerately removed a few of the dumbbell plates and adjusted them to a suitable weight for Bao Xu. The corners of Bao Xus mouth twitched as he quickly weighed the pros and cons. Should he follow Guo Lichengs instructions and do a few strength training sessions so that he could get more clues? Or should he ignore Guo Licheng and look for more clues in this coffin-burning gym? After some consideration, he decided to choose the former. Thus, Bao Xu started training his strength under the watchful eyes of the monster. Half an hour later, Bao Xu supported himself against the wall and walked out of the coffin-building gym. Before he left, he gave Guo Licheng a thumbs up to express his gratitude. If not for Guo Lichengs help, he might not have found this clue. This gym was called the coffin dragging gym. As its name implied, there was a huge coffin inside. Whats more, it could be pulled, just like some conventional strength training equipment. Bao Xu could choose to pull the coffin himself, but nothing would happen. The right approach was to lie in this coffin. At that time, the ghost in the gym would appear and pull the coffin continuously. This clue would only drop out of the cover after a certain number of times. There was not much difficulty in itself. As long as he could overcome the fear of autism, treat the coffin as a flowery chair or a chair, and wait patiently for a while, he would be able to complete the task. However, ordinary people would not think of such a crazy way of thinking. Bao Xu might have been crippled by training but he still obtained this clue under Guo Lichengs guidance. He left the gym satisfied. The channels in charge were exploding! Coach Guo, youve really embarrassed us. How can you do this? Thats right. Not only did he not scare Bao Xu, but he even gave him the clue! Coach Guo, are you a spy that Bao Xu planted in our group? Thats right. We cannot be benevolent. Guo Licheng explained himself with the flu. Everyone has misunderstood. I have another meaning. I think we have to adjust our strategy. We might not be able to scare Brother Bao even if we appear personally. Thats because Brother Bao has already had some psychological expectations. He thinks that all the living things that appear and move are basically played by familiar faces. How can he be afraid? Thats why I think we should make use of as many scene elements as possible and enter the interactive performance stage in advance. Also, I used up a lot of Brother Baos energy through fitness. Now, Brother Bao is no longer running so fast. What we have to do next will be very simple! Chen Kangtuo chimed in. Thats right. I think Coach Guos approach is very right! On the surface, Brother Bao only did a few fitness movements and obtained the clue. However, he consumed a lot of his energy in order to obtain this small clue. Obviously, we are the ones who earned it. Whats more, Coach Guo has indeed proven that it would be very difficult to scare Brother Bao especially if he were to act alone. We have to hurry up and upgrade. Alright, everyone, listen to my orders and prepare to take action. Think of a way to lure Brother Bao to a more exciting place. Bao Xu used the dim lights in the haunted house to read the text on the clue note while walking. He did not expect it to be just a small background story. Simply put, this was originally an ordinary gym. The boss did not have much income, had no children, and was alone. However, his life was very blissful. One day, the boss of the gym discovered an abandoned orphan at the entrance. Thus, he brought him home to be adopted. However, not long after, the gym frequently went missing: There were often large pieces of hair blocking the sewer, and a series of strange events. However, no matter how he investigated, he could not find any results. The original orphan that was picked up grew up at an unexpectedly fast speed. He quickly grew into a burly giant and became less and less like a human. Finally, one day, he looked at the boss of the gym with his blood-filled eyes Bao Xus mouth twitched after reading the entire story. He felt that this fake vibe was rather strong. He had spent so much effort on three major projects, and his legs were almost broken from exhaustion. In the end, he only gave this clue. Bao Xu read the note over and over again and realized that there was basically no other content apart from this background story. There was no guiding effect at all. In other words, the ghost that appeared in the gym was the abnormal child that was adopted. If you want to find the next clue, you should look at the entrance of the gym. Bao Xu thought about it. There was not much useful content in this background story. Most of the content in the gym should not be used. The only thing that could be used was the background of this ghost. Thus, he came to the entrance of the gym and searched carefully for a long time. Finally, he found another clue behind a brick of different colors. The clue changed again. It was no longer a background story in pure words. Instead, it became a picture. From the structure, it should be the Sloth Apartments next door. A special room number was marked on the picture. Bao Xu took a deep breath and walked towards Sloth Apartments while thinking. Logically speaking, Liang Qingfan was busy with work and had not been arranged by Bao Xu previously. He should not have the time or mood to come to Thriller Hostel to act as a ghost. Which person-in-charge was waiting for him in Sloth Apartments this time? Sloth Apartments had also been deeply renovated, just like the Shanghai and the Prison Take-Out. The signboard of Sloth Apartments at the entrance had become dilapidated. It was smeared with bright red blood, making it impossible to see its original appearance. The apartment was filled with all sorts of random items, and there was only one path that one could barely walk through. There was naturally no need to check in since there was no front desk. Fortunately, even though this apartment was not small, it did not strictly follow the method of Sloth Apartments. It was just a temporary setting. There were many rooms on the first floor that could not be opened. It was decorated into various crime scenes. The second floor was the real accommodation. However, the conditions were not good. There were only small individual rooms. Qiao Liang and Chen Kangtuo, who had been acting as ghosts, had laid in ambush before Bao Xu arrived. Still worried, Chen Kangtuo said, Ill reiterate our plan. First, hide in the room at the end of the second floor and wait patiently. That room has the best conditions and has the most items. Whats more, we can see some clues from the door. Brother Bao should not let it go. When Brother Bao comes to the first floor, I will open the door to kill him first. However, I will definitely not be as embarrassed as Guo Licheng. This time, I will interact with the mechanism arranged by the venue and create a more terrifying effect. I will definitely be able to drive Brother Bao upstairs. Once Brother Bao shakes me off, he will definitely calm down and search slowly. It will be your turn to appear then. There is a pre-prepared prop corpse on the bed. Hide in the cabinet in advance. When Brother Bao is searching for the corpse, press the switch in the cabinet to let the corpse come to life. The moment Brother Bao is shocked, you suddenly rushed out of the cabinet to give him a second scare! I think this should be able to scare him, right? Qiao Liang nodded. I think so too. Thinking from another perspective, I might have been scared sh*tless if it was me. Chen Kangtuos gameplay had upgraded the level of shock. First, he would cooperate with the setting mechanism on the first floor to scare Bao Xu once. Even if Bao Xu held on, he would probably let his guard down and think that there would only be one ghost in a scene. Since he had already locked Chen Kangtuo downstairs, the search upstairs should be safe. However, when he found the fake corpse in the room, the fake corpse suddenly moved. It scared him first. At this juncture, Qiao Liang suddenly rushed out. It should be able to achieve a very good mental damage effect! Both of them hit off immediately and went to prepare. Bao Xu arrived after a while. He walked through the messy living room of Sloth Apartments and began walking in. The structure of the Sloth Apartments here was relatively special. There was a corridor after entering through the entrance. You would only see the stairs to the second floor after walking to the end. In other words, he had to walk all the rooms on this floor before he could go to the second floor. The main reason was that there were too many roads and there were too many choices for tourists. They might not be able to tour all the rooms. Bao Xu sized it up very carefully. Some of the doors were tightly shut, some were left open, and the situation outside the door was different. Some were filled with sundries, and some were covered in blood. He took out the clue from before and took a simple look. There was only a red circle on it. There were two rooms on the first and second floors within this range. It looked like he had to search all four rooms in order to get the next clue. The four rooms were located at the furthest point from the stairs. The rooms on the first floor were at the entrance of the hall, not far away. The rooms on the second floor had to climb up the stairs to the end of the corridor. Bao Xu looked at the situation in the two rooms. One had blood stains, and the other did not. He had a feeling that there must be a mechanism in one of the rooms. Some person-in-charge pretending to be a ghost was even hidden in the room. However, which room was it exactly? Logically speaking, the most dangerous part of a horror film was the bloodprint without a room. It would be safer with the bloodprint in the room. However, perhaps Chen Kangtuo was using this point to bait him? After much consideration, Bao Xu finally chose to push open the blood-stained room. Chapter 1618 - Whos Playing Who? Nothing special happened the moment he pushed the door open. Bao Xu walked in and looked around. There were some random items and scary pranks but he did not find any particularly useful clues. It looks like the problem lies in that bloodless room. Bao Xu came to the door of the bloodless room again and pushed it open carefully, afraid that he would be killed by the door. He pushed open the door only after he was mentally prepared and suddenly heard a loud bang. Bao Xu was so scared that he retreated. However, he did not see anything strange behind the door. Instead, the ceiling by his right hand suddenly cracked. A ferocious-looking hanging ghost fell off it. AH! Bao Xu was startled, and the nearly jumped out of his skin. When he saw that it was just a prop, but it was huge and similar to a real person, he relaxed slightly. However, the hanging ghost suddenly moved just as he was scrutinizing it! / please keep reading on MYB0XN0VEL(d0t)C0M. His long tongue stuck out from his mouth. At the same time, he let out a heart-palpitating mutter. He actually cut off the rope around his neck and sprawled on the ground, crawling towards Bao Xu step by step. Bao Xu was so scared that he screamed again and ran to the left subconsciously. He had thought that this hanging ghost was just a prop, so he relaxed his vigilance. However, he did not expect it to suddenly move. This way of appearance was much more creative than Guo Lichengs way of appearance. Thus, fear defeated his rationality. He did not muster the courage to approach him and ran away. There was only one path in the entire corridor. The entrance was blocked by the hanging ghost. Bao Xu could only walk to the stairs and close the door. The hanging ghost stood up in satisfaction seeing Bao Xu escape upstairs as expected. Chen Kangtuo spoke into the Bluetooth earphones. Old Qiao, pay attention. Brother Bao has gone up. Well follow the original plan. At the same time, Qiao Liang was hiding in the room at the end of the corridor. He quickly hid in the cabinet next to him after hearing Chen Kangtuos instructions. This cabinet was specially made and was very spacious. Qiao Liang did not feel cramped even though he was wearing a costume as a ghost. Through the gap in the cabinet, one could clearly see the corpse on the bed outside. There were light footsteps outside. Obviously, Bao Xu had calmed down and realized that the hanging ghost was not chasing after him. After going upstairs, Bao Xu decided to continue searching the remaining two rooms on the map, which were Qiao Liangs room and the room next door. However, Bao Xu seemed to be much more stable this time and did not enter rashly. Qiao Liang waited in the cabinet for a while but Bao Xu was not a little bored. Chen Kangtuo asked in the earphones. How is it, Old Qiao? Has Brother Bao gone? Qiao Liang was a little helpless. Not yet, but it should be soon. Speaking of which, the project is really wealthy. There are two props in such a small bed. Chen Kangtuo was stunned. What two props? Qiao Liang said, There are just two Sigh, Brother Bao is here. Im not talking to you anymore. I have to look for the right time to scare him. Chen Kangtuo was even more confused now. He quickly asked, Old Qiao, make it clear. What two props? There should only be one corpse on the bed. What else did you see? The moment he finished speaking, he heard three screams in his earphones! The earphones then fell into chaos. The first scream should have been automatically released by the system. As long as Qiao Liang pressed the button on the mechanism bed, the corpse would suddenly explode and scream. This was a mechanical corpse. It would only pop up from the bed and return to its original position. It would not pose any threat. The second scream was naturally from Bao Xu. When he was checking the room near the corpse on the bed, Qiao Liang suddenly pressed the switch, obviously scaring him. However, the third scream was from Qiao Liang. Chen Kangtuo was confused. He could not think of what was going on. He quickly ran upstairs. In the end, he saw Qiao Liang in his ghostly costume and Bao Xu, whose face was pale. They were running crazily one after another. There was someone chasing behind them with a bright red axe! Bao Xu ran in front. He held his left arm, which seemed to be bleeding. It looked very scary. Qiao Liang followed closely behind. He might be covering him, but he was obviously running in a panic. Chen Kangtuo was so scared that he quickly took off his leather belt and asked, What happened? Especially when he saw Bao Xus left arm that was covered in blood. Bao Xu sounded shocked and angry. You guys are too much. Youre actually serious! Qiao Liang quickly said, Brother Bao, youre mistaken! I dont know where this person came from. We dont know him at all. The moment he finished speaking, the figure behind him raised his axe and hacked down. Fortunately, Qiao Liang and Bao Xu had trained in Suffering Travels. They dodged and this axe hacked directly on the table beside them, making a sound and cutting a gap. Chen Kangtuo panicked. Why was there a criminal in Thriller Hostel? Run! Chen Kangtuo grabbed a chair from the side and resisted briefly. Then, the three of them ran away. It might be three against one but Bao Xu was already injured and had no combat effectiveness. On the other hand, Chen Kangtuo and Qiao Liang were wearing heavy leather gloves. It was inconvenient for them to move. Their defense had been improved slightly but it was not difficult. Whats more, he had no idea who this person was. All he could see was his messy hair and a scar on his face. He looked like an extremely evil person who would kill without batting an eyelid. He had to make the best use of his time and run first. He would think about it after finding the other person-in-charge. Chen Kangtuo shouted in the channel as he ran. Quick, quick, quick! Something went wrong. Whoever is closest to the exit, call the police with your cell phone! According to the normal process, Chen Kangtuo should have been monitoring the situation in the center console at any time. However, he had played in high spirits and gone down personally. Thus, no one was at the center console. Whats more, all the people in charge had to wear leather gloves. They could not bring their cell phones with them. Thus, they placed them near the entrance of the backstage. The channel was in a mess. Obviously, the other people in charge were a little confused after hearing this mess. They did not know what had happened. Whats going on with Old Chen? Is this part of the script? What is going on? Why are you calling the police? Theres no police in our script. Guo Licheng should be the closest to the cell phone. Hes already reaching for it. Old Chen, where are you? Ill look for you. The people in charge who had been lurking nearby could not sit still anymore. They left one after another. Chen Kangtuo and Qiao Liang brought Bao Xu along. They relied on their familiarity with this area to temporarily shake off the pervert with the axe. However, before he could get far, he heard Guo Lichengs shocked voice coming from the earphones. The cell phones that were placed here are all gone! The people in charge in the channel were shocked. The cell phone is missing? Who did it! In other words, someone came here not long after we entered and took away our cell phones? Thats not right. Our venue should be in a closed state. We dont accept tourists outside. However, if there are people with ulterior motives who want to enter, they can still enter. Could some wanted criminals have escaped from Jingzhou Prison recently? Chen Kangtuo was completely flustered as well. This was supposed to be an internal test of the haunted house. He could not turn it into a crime scene. The scenes from many horror movies flashed through his mind: They were originally filming a horror movie, but the fake scene became real. Many people lost their vigilance because they were filming, but the murderer killed them one by one. At that thought, Chen Kangtuo quickly said, Dont worry, everyone. We have more people. Quick, gather at the entrance and leave. Get someone to call the police. The two of them supported the injured Bao Xu and walked out. Many ghosts and monsters hidden in other places appeared and gathered together. Everyone took off their leather covers, their expressions serious and on high alert. However, just as they walked to the entrance, they suddenly realized that the criminal had appeared out of nowhere and blocked the entrance. The criminal was still holding the axe in his hand. There seemed to be blood on it. At the same time, Bao Xu seemed to have lost a lot of blood and fell into a daze. Qiao Liang might have torn a piece of torn cloth and briefly dressed it for him previously but it did not seem to be of much use. The people in charge looked at the entrance that was blocked by the criminals. They looked afraid but determined. Guo Licheng took the lead. He dismantled a dumbbell rod from the gym equipment and said, Dont be afraid, everyone. We have more people. Lets go together! How dare you cause trouble during the cohesion of the person-in-charge of Tengda? Let him see the results of us dragging the coffin gym. There were other exits as well, but Bao Xu looked like he could not take it anymore. The people in charge instantly felt a common enemy and took a step forward together. Alright, we have more people. Kill him! The atmosphere in the venue was very solemn. A bloody battle seemed to be about to begin. Many peoples hearts were racing. This criminal looked ferocious. Could he have wiped out the people in charge of Tengdas competition alone? That would be too funny. All of these people were influential figures outside. They were each in charge of a key industry in Tengda. In the end, they were wiped out because of a criminal. If news of this spread, it would seem to be more tragic and comical. Both sides were in a deadlock for a while. Guo Licheng shouted and was about to be the first to charge forward. At that moment, the criminal laughed uncontrollably. Bao Xu, who looked like he was about to faint, shrugged off his shoulders. Qiao Liang, who was prepared to fight, roared with laughter. The criminal took off the fake hair on his head and tore off a fake skin used for makeup. Everyone took a closer look. Wasnt that Ruan Guangjian? Chapter 1619 - Bao Xus Smart Breakthrough Everyone was stunned! They could not understand the current situation. Whats going on? Ruan Guangjian, why are you here? Chen Kangtuo was very confused. He had also invited Ruan Guangjian previously, wanting him to be the person-in-charge of this revenge on Bao Xu like Qiao Liang. However, Ruan Guangjian had rejected him with the excuse that he was busy with work. He had not expected Ruan Guangjian to sneak over and appear in this way. Ruan Guangjian roared with laughter. How is it? My acting is not bad, right! Qiao Liang said, I already said that youre the most suitable as a psychopathic murderer. You just have to restrain yourself. However, speaking of which, even though your role is very similar, you are actually acting as yourself. Theres no difficulty. Brother Bao and I are the ones who really contributed Oscar-worthy acting skills. Everyone looked at Bao Xu again and saw that Bao Xu, who had been groaning and groaning as if he was about to die, had now become lively again. He showed everyone the wound on his left arm. There was actually no wound at all. That was just a blood bag that he used to film movies. It created a realistic effect, as if it was really bleeding. / please keep reading on MYB0XN0VEL(d0t)C0M. Coupled with the chaotic situation at that time, Chen Kangtuo was easily deceived. The other people in charge were still confused. They did not understand what was going on! Qiao Liang explained, Brother Bao knew that you would definitely target him, so he found Ruan Guangjian and I to cooperate with him to play a trick. We asked Big Boss Ruan to disguise as a psychopathic murderer and sneak in. Then, Brother Bao and I will make it look like we are being chased and hacked by a psychopathic murderer. As for the cell phone, Big Boss Ruan hid it secretly, of course. Its in the sundry over there. Chen Kangtuo did not know to laugh or to cry. He had really tried to gain an advantage only to end up worse off! Initially, he had wanted to collaborate with the other people in charge to give Bao Xu a good scare. All sorts of mechanisms had been arranged. In the end, he did not expect Bao Xu to give him a taste of his own medicine! He found Qiao Liang and Ruan Guangjian, one of them was a mole, and the other was an external help. He acted out a scheme and scared all the people in charge. It might be a little ridiculous but these people in charge had really been deceived. They really thought that a psychopathic murderer had mixed in from the haunted house project. Bao Xu smiled. How is it? Do you want to continue playing? Chen Kangtuo waved his hand dismissively. Forget it, forget it. Im not playing anymore. Its boring. He had wanted to be a Hunter, but he had inexplicably become a prey. His mood had been completely ruined. It would be difficult to achieve the corresponding effect even if he continued to let Bao Xu stay to experience it. The entire atmosphere had been completely led astray by Bao Xu. Chen Kangtuo had not expected Bao Xu to break out of the game in this way. He might feel very unhappy but he could only be convinced. Qiao Liang said, Actually, I think that what happened this time gave us a revelation. There are obviously more ways to play the foreign tourist, such as the spy mode. When tourists participate in this project as a team, they can arrange a special identity and mission for everyone. One of the spies is responsible for destroying the evidence in the haunted house to prevent the team from completing the mission or to achieve some special goal. If we can prove that the spy can successfully complete the mission, we can have a unique reward. On the other hand, if this spy is discovered, the other team members can use a certain method to heal him and turn him back into a friendly team member. I think this form of entertainment and excitement can also be an important supplement to the gameplay. Chen Kangtuo clapped. That makes sense! The original intention of the foreign tourist project is to be like the Haunted House Nightmare. Through distorting the commonly seen scenes, it would bring tourists a mental sense of horror. If you follow this train of thought, what would be more exciting than if someone was actually a ghost or an undercover agent among the teammates who came in together? This is especially so for veteran gamers who have entered many times. They might have figured out the rules of action of the ghosts and monsters. They are also mentally prepared. It is very difficult to give them a greater scare and stimulation by simply acting as ghosts and monsters as the staff. Under such circumstances, if different people could act as spies in each team, this project would become repeatable and playable. Whats more, many ways of playing can be developed on this basis in the future. In the same setting, it would bring tourists completely different experiences every time. Ruan Guangjian added, I also thought of a new idea. It is to determine their ending based on the final outcome achieved by tourists in the team mode. For example, a player went through a lot of hardships and used his partner to solve the puzzle. He thought that he had successfully escaped. However, he triggered a special ending and became an accomplice. He was restrained by the wandering souls of his other partners in this place. We can provide them with experience of multiple endings based on the different results of the riddle. That way, people will try different routes in order to refresh the endings. They will form teams and experience it repeatedly. It can also greatly increase the interest of the project. Chen Kangtuo could not help but applaud. Good idea, that sounds promising! Ill go back and come up with a new plan. Hao Qiong asked, What about our internal beta testing? Initially, he had intended to let Bao Xu experience the game for 10 days to half a month and look for various puzzles. However, Bao Xus beautiful countermeasure solved everyones plot directly. Naturally, this beta activity was meaningless. Chen Kangtuo said, Next, well draw a batch of beta players from the old players of Thriller Hostel to play. July 27th, Saturday. The carefully selected team of beta players entered Thriller Hostels foreign project. These beta players were selected from the elite players of Thriller Hostel. However, only about one-third of them had experience clearing the Ultimate Horror. Others might not have experienced the Ultimate Horror project but they had experienced the Desperate Escape or Haunted House Nightmare. At first, Chen Kangtuo planned to choose all the tourists who would clear the Ultimate Horror for the beta testing. However, on further thought, that was not appropriate. That was because the visitors who cleared the Ultimate Horror would be elite Haunted House gamers. They would have a high tolerance for horror scenarios. If they only chose this type of visitors, the final result might be different. The entire team had to have players who had different tolerance for horror scenes. That way, the test conclusion would be more accurate. Whats more, players with different personalities might use different game methods after entering. That was also one of the key points to observe in the beta. This time, the ghosts and monsters were not played by the people in charge. Instead, they were professional haunted house actors. These actors basically had some experience acting as ghosts. It was quite scary. Chen Kangtuo was in charge of the central control panel. He maintained contact with the ghost actors in the haunted house at all times. At the same time, he checked the situation of each scene according to the surveillance camera. Once he discovered any problems, he could immediately arrange for the staff to evacuate. The beta test this time would last for three days. It was mainly to determine the mechanisms and scenes, the degree of fear for tourists, and the difficulty of solving the riddle. If a certain scene or mechanism scared tourists too much, they would consider making some distinction and hints at the entrance of the scene. For example, there would be more blood at the entrance of the dangerous scene so that the courageous players would enter to explore. If players puzzles were frequently stuck at a certain segment, they would have to consider increasing the relevant hints in this segment so that players could successfully crack the clues. At the same time, Chen Kangtuo was seriously thinking about the new gameplay for the mole mode. He believed that after the internal beta testing ended, the foreign tourist project would definitely become popular and become the new lead amusement project in the economic prediction. At 6:00 PM, the first day of beta testing ended. The gamers who had participated in the beta testing left the foreign tourist project and heaved a sigh of relief. Then, they began to discuss enthusiastically. This new project is very interesting. Not only are the scenes used in Tengda Corporations various industries to build a scary parallel world, but they are also combined with these settings to make some special horror scenes. Its quite novel. I havent seen it in other haunted houses. Its quite interesting to be able to adjust the number of people dynamically. The entire venue is big enough with a team as the unit. Its very interactive to come in. However, I heard that there are also individual experiences. I wonder what kind of terrifying feeling it is to experience alone in such a huge place. I have to try it out when I have the time! Its quite interesting to solve the riddle in such a thrilling environment. Its a little like escaping the secret room, but the scene is bigger. The overall rhythm is more flexible! The level of horror is just right, and there is a sense of aftertaste. It might be very scary inside, but once you leave, you will quickly activate the brains protection mechanism and forget all the memories inside. However, this haunted house is related to reality, so I feel a strong aftertaste. I still have some fear! Why dont we wash our hands next to the Healing Fountain? Wait, there seems to be an entrance to the zoo here. We can go to the zoo to heal. Everyone quickly agreed with his suggestion to go to the zoo. Healing Fountain might also have a certain healing effect but he had been there many times after all. He was a little tired of going to the Healing Fountain to wash his hands every time he came out of the Ultimate Horror or Haunted House Nightmare. The foreign tourist project was facing the new zoo. Of course, they had to experience it. Everyone walked into the zoo and realized that there were quite a number of people in the zoo, perhaps because it was Saturday. All sorts of cute animals looked full of energy and were jumping up and down inside. Whats more, many small animals were not afraid of people. They were interacting with tourists under the guidance of the administrator. After touching the small, hairy animals, everyone felt that the shock they had received in the foreign traveler project had melted like snow meeting a warm sun. Everyone saw the strange scene of the bickering area as they continued walking forward. They saw two tourists, a parakeet named Bickering, and the Fully-Automated Smart Bickering Machine bickering. In the end, the two of them were defeated very quickly. Everyone could not help but feel emotional. This zoo seemed to have a very strange style! Chapter 1620 - Crosstalk Performance Everyone continued walking and arrived at the stage area. I heard that this cold and warm zoos stage performance is very good. You cant miss it. However, I think Ive already performed that stage show this afternoon. I think Ive arranged for other programs to appear tonight. Is that so? Thats a pity. Once we complete the internal test of Foreign Traveler, we can choose a time to watch this stage show together. I wonder whats the program tonight? Its not written clearly on the program list. Quick, find a seat. Itll be full in a while. Everyone quickly sat down in the audience. There was still half an hour before the official opening but there were not many empty seats in the audience. It was enough to show the enthusiasm of the tourists for the zoo stage. The event would probably start with a huge crowd. It was the first time that some tourists who participated in the closed beta of Foreign Traveler came. They felt that this scene was very fresh. They had long heard that there were no animal performances in the cold and warm zoo. The most exciting was the stage show where the actors dressed in animal skin costumes performed on stage. / please keep reading on MYB0XN0VEL(d0t)C0M. However, this stage show had already acted in many shows, and they had just acted it this afternoon. Why were the other programs so popular among the audience? There were even people who set up cameras behind. Some tourists who did not know the truth asked each other. Brother, what is the show tonight? The tourist who came often explained, Crosstalk. The tourist who asked the question was stunned. He almost thought that he had heard wrongly. Crosstalk? The tourist who came often nodded. The employees of this zoo are really filled with talents. Every employee has one or two hands of talent. Take the two people today for example. An elephant keeper who used to be in Jingzhou Zoo liked to do crosstalk. After that, he was poached by the Cold and Warm Zoo. Now, hes performing as an amateur. In the end, the crosstalk was very good. There are more and more fans. Our place is almost becoming a commercial performance venue. Yes, I think theres an employee who sings very well. Many of the people who come to the zoo often are his fans. I heard that Chen Lei knows about this. Hes going to sing with him next month. When he comes, remember to snatch tickets if he wants to listen. Otherwise, Chen Leis fans will snatch them all. The tourist who asked the question was shocked. He felt like his worldview had been overturned. Such an ordinary zoo was actually filled with crouching tigers and hidden dragons. These employees were all talented in body shape. Some knew Crosstalk, and some knew how to sing? It was really something. That alone beat the other zoos by a few streets. On further thought, that was normal. After all, the work pressure of the Cold and Warm Zoo was very small. The task of these employees at work was to play with the small animals and clean up. They earned a lot of money and were in a full mental state every day. On the other hand, there were no animal performances in the zoo. The director encouraged everyone to enthusiastically go on stage and perform. Those employees with hobbies would naturally participate enthusiastically. Whats more, they could study their vices to their hearts content because there was not much pressure from work. They could slowly improve themselves. There were one or two geniuses among them who quickly stood out. These people were feeling emotional when they suddenly heard a Eh sound from the crowd. Two crosstalk actors went on stage. These two crosstalk actors were dressed in long robes and were dressed very professionally. It would be difficult to associate them with the employees in the zoo if they did not know in advance. The entire stage seemed to have become a crosstalk show in a second. The two actors performances were also very professional. They first bowed to the audience below the stage, and then began to perform slowly and controlled the rhythm very well. The comedians actor had a round face. There was a natural and unique cheap smile on his face. There seem to be more people today than the last time. Thank you everyone for your support. Both of us are amateur crosstalk actors. We are really overwhelmed by your kindness. The two of us will introduce ourselves briefly. We will mock the employees in the zoo The tall, funny actor quickly stopped him. Wait, wait. How can you mock the zoo? Both of them spoke one sentence each, and the rhythm was very natural. Arent they mocking the zoo? Good lord, you can even remember the name of your own work unit wrongly. Its not sarcasm, but self-awareness. Oh, youll know whats cold and warm on your own. Its alright, theres not much difference. Its just cold, hot, sour, and sweet. Good lord, you only know how to eat. We are employees of the cold and warm zoo. Our main job every day is to be animals here. Wait a minute. Would it be appropriate to treat it as an animal? What else? We are not treating them as animals. We are feeding them and acting as animals. Is there a difference? The difference is huge. One is inside, and the other is outside. And you are? Of course, Im outside. Oh, I understand now. Disperse! I can tell. Animal of your size is usually more ferocious and can easily hurt people. Thats why I have to give you more space to move. How can I take it easy? Im not an animal. Im an animal keeper. Yes, yes, yes. Animal keeper. The thinner an animal is, the fatter you will become. Its not that you can make it clear. Theres no causal connection between animals becoming thinner and fatter with me. Im not greedy for food from an animal! Whats more, we know our own coldness and warmth. We have enough food for all the animals in the zoo. No animals become thinner. Yes, yes, yes. Look at these muscular animals. They are all full of energy. They have been nurtured by you. Your bones and blood are in their bodies. Is it appropriate for you to wait for a while? That should be? My hard work! My hard work! Theres not much difference. Thats huge. The specific method is worlds apart on the biological level. In short, youve sacrificed a lot for the health of these animals. Actually, its just some internal matters. I train these animals sufficiently every day. Thats why they can be healthy and happy. Thats right, sufficient training. Its just like why those large dogs are dismantling their homes. Its mainly because they dont have enough exercise. Therefore, in order to prevent these large animals in our zoo from becoming depressed, they dismantled our zoo. You fight these huge animals in the zoo every day with these birds, Arctic foxes, and otters. Sigh, you fight so badly every day. Sigh, the exercise is especially large Wait a moment. If you continue like this, someone will report us for abusive animals. Theres no such thing. I just have nothing to do. Im just playing with the cat and walking the dog. I dont do anything else. I dont agree with what youre saying. Yesterday, I saw you bickering with that Parrot called Bickering. Oh my, that was tragic. The two of you were fighting verbally and not giving in to each other. In the end, you could not even stand the automatic bickering machine at the side and came to stop the fight Good lord, Im afraid I dont know how to write the word death. These two are the Crouching Dragon and Phoenixes in the Bickering World. I wont say that Im bickering with them. Even if they bicker, I might be accidentally injured by the side The two of them spoke one after another in a humorous and perfect rhythm, causing the audience to burst into laughter from time to time. Crosstalk was a very strange thing. It had the same script and burden, but some crosstalk actors could make people laugh and cheer. Some crosstalk actors could only talk until they were sleepy. They could not produce any effect. Whats more, different crosstalk actors had very strong personal styles. Some people made people want to laugh just by standing there, while others gave people a feeling of forcefully scratching an itch no matter how hard they tried to make people laugh. These two crosstalk actors were very eloquent. They had a clear personal style. They were very cooperative. This crosstalk segment combined with many memes of cold and warm zoo. It could resonate with the live audience. The audience did not forget to take out their cell phones to record while laughing. This crosstalk is too interesting. This trip was worthwhile! Thats right. He bought a ticket to the zoo and was even given a crosstalk ticket. What a windfall! The video recorded by the camera should be on Aili Islands website, right? Go back and listen to it for my dormitory brothers. Call them over to play together someday! This is indeed a good place for young people to organize a cohesion. Its suitable for people with different flavors. No one would not like small, hairy animals, right? I think the model of a warm and cold zoo is very good. There are no animal performances, only employee performances. Whats more, I can tell that these animals have been taken good care of. All of them are full of energy. This new zoo is more interesting than that old zoo. Theres another important point. The concept conveyed by this zoo is especially good, especially the stage show. It very well glorifies the spirit of man and animal harmony. It would be quite educational if you bring children over to play We can come to the concert someday. That employee sang quite well. I heard that Chen Lei is even interested in singing with him! I suggest that everyone who comes out of the haunted house come to the zoo. Once they are stimulated, they can treat the animals directly. Its perfect! I hope that Thriller Hostels project will be released as soon as possible! That little Arctic fox is really too cute. It looks at me every time I come. I really want to bring it home. I feel terrible if I dont see it for a day. You can scan the QR code. That way, you can observe its movements on the application for 24 hours. That wont do. Theres no soul to look at the software. You have to look at it live or even touch it personally to satisfy yourself. Everyone expressed one by one that there were so few tourists in such a fun zoo. Was there any justice? He had to advertise on his own and let everyone in Jingzhou play it! Chapter 1621 - Seeing Animal Can Make People Happy July 28th, Sunday. Li Shi and a few other investors came to Thriller Hostel to inspect the current situation. I havent seen such a completely full situation in a long time. This is not at all inferior to many large amusement parks. An investor could not help but exclaim when he saw the crowd at the entrance of Thriller Hostel. Thriller Hostel had been popular for a period of time in the past, but everyone had been playing these three haunted house projects for a long time. They had already recruited most of the tourists in Handong Province and the entire country. They had already played it. One would eventually become tired of the project no matter how fun it was. After Thriller Hostel opened the roller coaster project and the commercial area, it could stabilize the daily number of people at a relatively good level through Jingzhous local traffic. However, such fullness had not happened for a long time. Li Shi smiled. Would Boss Pei not be able to see the problems that we can see? The new project is about to arrive. Have you read the public opinion online yesterday? Everyone has unanimously praised these two new projects! The other investors nodded in agreement. / please keep reading on MYB0XN0VEL(d0t)C0M. Of course, the popularity of Thriller Hostel could not hide from these investors. After all, they had a direct investment relationship with Thriller Hostel. They could benefit from it. Over the past two days, many revelations and comments had appeared online immediately after the Thriller Hostels new project, a foreign tourist, and a cold and warm zoo opened. After all, Thriller Hostel was considered a unique amusement park in China. Many Jingzhou local gamers were closely watching the birth of the new project. These investors had been scrolling through the netizens comments. They were secretly happy! I heard that this new haunted house project is called a foreign tourist. Its very interesting. The number of people is very loose. You can go there in groups. There are no fixed requirements. There are common scenes inside. However, there are cracked clues, there are ghosts and monsters, and many unexpected special gameplay. Its much better than ordinary secret rooms! I heard that Bao Xu and the people in charge personally tested it. Its definitely worth experiencing! Whats more, many people say that the horror level of this haunted house project is moderate. Its not like other haunted houses that have many malicious designs like opening the door to kill! Thats right! Other haunted houses would be so scared that they would not dare to open their eyes. However, the degree of fright of this haunted house has obviously been specially studied. It can allow some timid people to pluck up the courage to enter and experience it while maintaining the sense of horror. Whats more, it can adjust the degree of fright by adjusting the number of people in the team and the specific gameplay. That would maximize the number of players. In my opinion, this cold and warm zoo is also a stroke of genius! On one hand, it is related to the new haunted house project so that those who are frightened can go to the zoo to see the animals. On the other hand, the unique design of this zoo can easily form a marketing effect. It will naturally live! I think its definitely a very wise choice for Boss Pei not to buy wild animals on a large scale. Thats because the conditions of wild animals are more harsh. Whats more, its repetitive with the positioning of the wildlife zoo in Jingzhou. The model of cold and warm animal parks now is unique. Thats right! I completely agree. Actually, many people have a strange mentality of wild animals. Even though it makes them buy tickets only to watch out of curiosity. After watching it once, very few people are willing to watch it every day. However, it would be different if it was an animal like a pet. Tourists are willing to watch it repeatedly as if they were old friends. Thats right. The Cold and Warm Zoo has also given these animals names and provided a two-dimensional code. You can see the dynamics of these animals at any time. They are all working hard to establish a connection between animals and tourists. Then, they will create some animals into internet celebrities so that they can become more recognizable and remember points, so that they can be distinguished from other wild animals. Let employees perform on stage to replace the animal stage performance. This idea is even more ruthless. I dont know how he thought of it! Thats right, these employees are so multi-talented. They can act in stage dramas, do crosstalk, and even sing. Where did they find them from? Dont tell me that Tengdas employees are multi-talented? Thats impossible. I think Boss Pei must have found it in secret. He must have hired these talented people to be animal breeders with a high salary. That would create a very good topic. It might be a marketing method but I think its very smart. The people in charge praised him non-stop. That was because the better Thriller Hostel was done, the greater their profits would be. Two days ago, they had already repeatedly read the netizens comments online. They had even watched the recording of the crosstalk and stage show. They had slammed the table and praised it. They were emotional that Boss Pei often gave them surprises when they were not expected. At the same time, he was even more impressed by Boss Lis foresight! Thinking back, when Boss Pei said that he wanted to build a paradise in the old industrial zone, no one except Boss Li thought highly of it. Fortunately, these investors chose to trust Boss Li in the end. They gritted their teeth and followed behind. Looking back, Thriller Hostels performance had not been good since the beginning. Later on, it became popular. Then, new projects continued to work. It might not be the biggest in China, but it must be the most unique amusement park. It seemed like every step had been exquisitely planned by Boss Pei. Every step could give people endless surprises. An investor praised him. Boss Li, you and Boss Pei are really friends. Youre simply like Yu Boya and Zhong Ziqi back then. Li Shi smiled. Hahahaha. Youre exaggerating. Youre trying to kill me with your praise. Boss Pei is the true genius. I just happened to see his outstanding talent. Alright, lets not just talk about not practicing. I have VIP tickets. Lets go in and walk around? If you are willing, I can talk to Chen Kangtuo and ask him to arrange a separate foreign traveler project for us to experience? Several investors immediately turned pale with fright. Boss Li, thats not necessary. We know that the foreign traveler project is very fun, but its not suitable for us old bones to experience it. The other investors chimed in. Thats right, Boss Li. Leave such a good project to the young. We wont snatch it from them. Thats right! Old people like us are suitable to go to the zoo to tease the cat, walk the dog, and look at the parakeets. Li Shi joked. Why is this a project that is directly related to your interests? Arent you going to experience it for yourself? Boss Pei must play every game he creates. The investors shook their heads. No need, no need. How can we be compared to Boss Pei? Someone else exposed Li Shis trick on the spot. Boss Li, I think youre just scaring us. Do you dare to experience the foreign traveler project? That means if you dare to go, I dare to follow! How about that? Li Shi laughed. Hahaha, lets go and see the animals then. Lets see how animals can be happy and suitable for us old people to enjoy life. The investors bypassed the entrance of the foreigners and looked at the automatic machine at the entrance. There were already many people in line. This large-scale project could allow at most ten people to experience it together at a time. Whats more, most people would not be able to last until the end. They would escape after half an hour at most. Even so, there were still many people queuing. The investors silently congratulated the warriors. Everyone slipped to the cold and warm zoo and looked at the time. The stage show had not started yet. Thus, everyone dispersed and went to look at their favorite animals. Li Shi walked around easily and comfortably, feeling the atmosphere of the cold and warm zoo. He had to admit that this name was very suitable. In fact, every zoo had its own unique atmosphere. However, most of the zoos were similar, so the atmosphere was similar. However, the cold and warm zoo gave people a very warm and sweet feeling. Not only could they feel the vigorous vitality of animals, but they would also not feel like they were deep in the wild and eroded by wildness. Perhaps this was the meaning of telling ones own fate. Li Shi walked around briefly and realized that the hairy animals were the ones that attracted tourists the most. There were some cute dogs, alpacas, Arctic foxes, and so on. A large number of tourists were gathered, and there were many girls. He noticed a proud bird not far from him with a Fully-Automated Bickering Machine next to it. This place was rather deserted. Eh, this is such a huge zoo. Why are there not many people in the Parro? I remember that the internet said that the bird in the zoo had to come and take a look. Did the people on the internet say something wrong? Li Shi was a little puzzled because he had seen some comments about the cold and warm homemade zoo online previously. Many netizens said that there was a very eloquent bird in this zoo. He must not miss it when he went! However, how could it become popular now? Of course, netizens did not say how the parakeet would speak or what it would say. Instead, they let the tourists feel it themselves. Li Shi walked up to the bird and probed, Hello? The parakeet asked, Do you really think so? Li Shi was stunned. His mind was filled with question marks. Before he could recover from the shock and answer the birds question, he heard it say, Activate the bickering mode! After a while, the investors were almost done shopping for the animals they wanted to watch and were prepared to gather to watch the stage show. Someone noticed that Li Shis face was flushed, and his chest was heaving. It was almost as if he had just had a heated argument. An investor asked in surprise, Boss Li, whats wrong with you? In their impression, Li Shi had always been a cultured and easygoing person. It was rare to see him so angry. Li Shi revealed a meaningful smile. Its nothing much. I just met a very eloquent bird by the side. I couldnt help but debate with it. I gained something. Everyone, you might as well try it out. The investors were very surprised. A parakeet that speaks well? Theres such a strange thing! Why didnt we notice it before? Quick, lets take a look. Li Shi could not help but smile with satisfaction as he watched the investors look for the cocktails called the bar. Chapter 1622 - Doubt PRO Spectacles July 29th, Monday. Tengda Corporations Presidents office. The air-conditioner was very strong. Pei Qian was wrapped in a small blanket, checking the work situation of the various departments and the reputation of some new industries online. At that moment, Pei Qian felt as warm as his body. The sun was shining brightly and the sky was clear. However, Pei Qian felt an inexplicable chill. It was a little difficult! This month could be said to be filled with bad news. At first, Otto Technologies new cell phone and game router were very successful. Then, it was the haunted houses foreign traveler project and the cold and warm zoo. At first, Pei Qian felt that it was very difficult to understand that the game router could achieve great success. However, from the looks of it, this was only the beginning. Until now, the foldable phone was still lacking in stocks. Many cell phone cases had also been sold. Pei Qian did not have a good solution for the shortage of goods. He could only tell Shenhua Corporation to continue increasing production capacity and take some measures to curb the scalpers. / please keep reading on MYB0XN0VEL(d0t)C0M. The game router was also increasing production capacity, but it was much better than the cell phone. What was hardest for Pei Qian to accept was that the haunted houses alien project and the warm and cold zoo had also become popular! The project of a foreign tourist was similar to the other projects of the haunted house in Pei Qians opinion. They were all done with malicious intent, but they were inexplicably popular. Why were there still so many people rushing to experience such a scary place? That did not make sense! It was even more ridiculous to know about the Cold and Warm Zoo. There were obviously no precious animals here, nor were there any places worth praising. However, tourists were especially buying it and there was an endless stream. Pei Qian heard that the employees inside were very talented. Every venue was like a crosstalk show or a concert. At first, he did not believe it. He searched for the video online and realized that it was real. That was very ridiculous! That was because Pei Qian did not ask about the selection of employees. He did not know where Tuan Xinzhang had obtained these employees from. Even if he knew that the salary of the Cold and Warm Zoo was higher because the employees he recruited basically had some additional points. They should not have become so popular, right? It was hard to understand! Whats more, in the current state, the new projects of foreign tourists and cold, warm, and autistic zoo should be done for. The only thing that could make Pei Qian feel comforted was that both projects were infrastructure projects. The investment was huge. According to the current human traffic, it would take a long time to recover even if they were to become popular. Of course, if these two projects were to drive the other projects of Thriller Hostel and the entire commercial district, there would be no way to talk about this day. Pei Qian could only deceive himself and others by neglecting this part of the profits. What was past was past. Pei Qian decided to see what would happen in the next two months. There were relatively few things to do in August. There were only two things in total. The first was Tengdas clothing brand, which was the VR game developed by the luxury clothing brand and Slow Movement Studio. The second thing was that the movie The Future You Choose had been completed. At the moment, it was being edited and post-production work. There was a Venice Film Festival at the end of August and early September. Zhu Xiaoce had already confirmed that he would participate. Previously, Tomorrow is Beautiful had only won the Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival, which was the second best film crew. It had always been the crews regret that it had not won the Palme dOr. After such a long period of training, Director Zhu Xiaoce, the main lead Lu Zhiyao, and the other crew staff had improved a lot compared to before. The theme of The Future You Choose was similar to Tomorrow is Beautiful this time, and it was even better in some details of the plot. Thus, Director Zhu Xiaoce hoped to use this movie to charge the highest award of the Venice Film Festival, which was the Best Film Golden Lion. Pei Qian had always been more supportive of this and maximized the financial support. Even though winning the Golden Lion Award would definitely cause a craze in the country, Pei Qian felt that it was not important to participate in the Venice Film Festival. On one hand, the judges of the three international film festivals were foreigners. They naturally lacked cultural identity with the movies that Tengda had filmed. It was a little surprising that Tomorrow is Beautiful had won an award. Many intentions of the movie The Future You Choose were obvious. It was even simpler and more straightforward than Tomorrow is Beautiful. Foreigners might not like it. The probability of winning the Golden Lion Award this time was negligible. He would probably only win the best male actor at most. He might not even win the Jury Prizethe Silver Lion Award. On the other hand, even if he really won an award at the Venice Film Festival, it might not be able to improve the domestic and global box office. There might be some movies that won the Golden Lion Award that exploded in the box office but they were often very successful commercial movies. Most of the movies that won the award had the global box office completely failing. To Pei Qian, being able to win an award was Zhu Xiaoce and all the employees of Fei Huang Workspaces long-cherished wish. The chances of success were not high, but it was worth encouraging. He would give them more funds to play in Europe and enjoy it. At the moment, Pei Qian was still focusing more on the luxury clothing. After some thought, Pei Qian felt a little worried. Thus, he decided to make a trip to Slow Movement Studio to see what the VR game would look like. Boss Pei, this way please. Cai Jiadong was already waiting at the entrance of the company. After receiving Pei Qian, he led him directly to the experience area of Slow Movement Studio. Then, he began to enthusiastically introduce the new game and the new VR glasses equipment to Pei Qian. Pei Qian could not help but be stunned. A new VR glasses equipment? Has it been made? Cai Jiadong nodded. Thats right, Boss Pei. Our workspace is not only developing games. We are also updating the VR glasses equipment. However, there are no huge changes to the VR glasses this time. On the whole, we are continuing the previous design, so we did not discuss it openly. On the whole, it still retains the previous style. However, some small details have been changed. The main reason is that there is a certain improvement in performance and resolution. After all, hardware technology is developing very quickly now. It can be said to be changing day by day. The cell phone computers are updated very quickly. Of course, the VR glasses cannot fall behind. Pei Qian was silent. He had a very bad feeling. Updating hardware levels meant that certain parameters had been improved. In fact, the old Doubt VR glasses were already very outstanding in terms of parameters. They could completely surpass most VR glasses in the market at the moment. For most players, even though they still had a certain grille effect and looked like large grains, they were already very high resolution compared to other VR glasses. If the hardware was updated this time, wouldnt that mean that the resolution would increase further? As Slow Movement Studios VR glasses could be said to be the most popular at the moment, the chances of success were very high. There were not many competitive opponents in the market. This undoubtedly laid a good foundation for Slow Movement Studios new game. It reduced the possibility of Pei Qian losing money. Pei Qian said helplessly, Ill take a look at this new pair of glasses first. Pei Qian carefully scrutinized it after taking it from Cai Jiadong. He realized that the overall shape of this pair of glasses was similar to the previous version: the iconic crescent forehead cover and the flat hexagon. The protrusion of Slow Movement Studios logo was retained. There was not much change on the overall appearance. However, many of the edges used different colors. On the whole, it looked even newer and cooler. It could also be distinguished between new and old at a glance. As for the controller, there were not many changes. It was completely used with the old controller. Cai Jiadong explained, We plan to name this VR glasses as Doubt Pro, which is a high-end version. Compared to the old model, the configuration is mainly improved in resolution. We arranged for an 800PPI and above 8K screen this time. The refresh rate has also been increased to 144hz. We used a new battery technology. The battery size is small, but the capacity has been slightly improved. However, we can only play for two hours considering the improvements in other hardware configurations. The glasses used the latest cell phone chip, but its obviously impossible to carry such resolution with a mere cell phone chip. Therefore, most games would be operating at a low standard under the integrated machine mode. If you want to make full use of this screen, you would need at least a high-end desktop of more than 10,000 yuan. However, this should not be a big problem for true VR game enthusiasts. The price is a little more expensive than the previous one. Its priced at 6,499 yuan, which is less than 2,000 yuan. This increase in price might be a little high, but its the outcome after all. Whats more, customers who can spend money to buy more than 10,000 high-end desktop computers should not care about spending 6,000 yuan to buy a VR glasses for the ultimate game experience. Of course, we will also make some adjustments to the previous game and add a high-end version to the new pair of glasses. Pei Qian could not help but feel emotional. The development of technology was really changing day by day. It was amazing. Whats more, according to Cai Jiadong, this technology did not only appear in the past two days. It had been there for a long time. However, most VR glasses manufacturers could not afford to pay such a high premium. How many copies of VR glasses had to be sold to recoup their capital? If the production was not reached, they would not be able to obtain a preferential price from suppliers. If the cost could not be suppressed, they would naturally not be able to use it. However, the Doubt VR glasses were now more popular. Whether it was individual users or business users like Star Bird interactive entertainment experience museum and Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, they would buy them in large quantities. Such a huge user base allowed Slow Movement Studio to boldly pile materials on the glasses without worrying that they would not be able to sell them. Pei Qian quietly put on this new VR glasses. He also wanted to see the effect of forcefully stacking the VR glasses into high resolution. Chapter 1623 - Tailoring Pei Qians first impression was that the field of vision had widened and the image had become much clearer after wearing the new VR glasses. The clarity could not be compared to what he saw in reality, but it was relatively clear in the cartoonish world. It was not realistic but it was definitely much more immersive than before. Apart from that, the most obvious change was the change in the viewing angle. The previous VR glasses had a vision of 125 degrees. This was the compromise plan at that time. The effect was still alright but it could not completely eliminate the surrounding frame. The new VR glasses had a vision of 200 degrees. That was the highest angle that could be reached at the moment. Under this vision, players would not be able to see any black sides. The immersion would naturally be greatly enhanced. Obviously, many previous games would have a brand new experience under the improvement of the configurations. Pei Qian was not in the mood to look at the old games from before for the time being. He went straight to this new game to change into. Cai Jiadong introduced. Boss Pei, our final name for this game is Tailoring. Even though this name sounds ordinary, there are two main considerations. / please keep reading on MYB0XN0VEL(d0t)C0M. First, this idiom is more well-known. Whats more, most people can easily understand its meaning. That way, they would have a good psychological expectation of the gameplay. The spread of the game would be better. Second, the story behind this idiom can actually represent a concept of our game. Pei Qian was a little curious. What story is behind this idiom? Cai Jiadong explained, Actually, we only knew about this after we checked online. Legend has it that there was a seamstress who was very famous. The length, fat, and skinny of the clothes he cut were compatible. Thus, an official asked him to create a set of imperial robes. After the tailor measured his body size, he asked him how many years he had been an official for. This official was very strange. He only needed a body size to make clothes. Why did he ask him how many years he had been an official for? This tailor answered that he had been given a high position for the first time and was full of energy. He walked with his chest puffed up and his belly bloated. His clothes had to be short before long. When he was an official, he had a certain amount of money. He was calm and his clothes should be average length before and after. When he was an official for a long time, he would leave. When he was old, he would feel worried and depressed. When he walked, he would lower his head and bend down. The clothes he made should be short and long. In other words, the word mass-produced clothes not only says that clothes have to be made based on everyones figure and size, but also takes into account everyones mental state. The different mental states will also affect the production process of clothes! We all think that this story is in line with the concept that our game wants to advocate. Whether our games players have a professional background or not, they can be said to be fashion designers. Every fashion designer should have the concept of mass-producing clothes! Pei Qian nodded slightly. This name was quite appropriate. On the surface, it looked ordinary. Compared to a naming genius like him, the name that he had come up with was completely incomparable. However, it still highlighted the connotation of the game. Pei Qian clicked on the game icon with the controller and entered the game graphics. The first part was a CG animation. This was a new theme song for the game Tailoring. The entire theme song was in Chinese style. The dancing lady in the middle was dressed in traditional Chinese clothing. She was dancing gracefully like a butterfly. The dance was probably completed by motion capture. The movements were beautiful and precise. Coupled with the extremely detailed model, it was enough to give people the feeling that it was fake. As she danced, her skirt and sleeves flapped in the wind as she changed into various styles of clothing. The style changed midway, from ancient Chinese style to modern style, from the dancing style to the dressing style to the song style. The theme song was a hodgepodge of different styles, but it blended the different styles together very well through the music. The beautiful face and lively dance posture of the exceptional dancing lady coupled with the changes in the surrounding environment allowed the most elegant and perfect side of these different costumes to be clearly displayed in front of players. Pei Qian was a little surprised as he asked, Didnt you say that this is just a tailoring simulator? In other words, he meant that there should not be these fancy things since it was a tailoring simulator! Why did they create such a complicated opening animation? Cai Jiadong explained, Boss Pei, actually, it did not take much effort for this opening animation. Thats because the model and costumes are readily available in the game. We only went to arrange a theme song and chose a suitable costume scene in the game to match it with this theme song. Our main time and resources are still invested in the development of the game itself. For some reason, Pei Qian felt like something was amiss. This beautiful opening animation made him sense danger. After officially entering the game, Pei Qian found himself in a very wide space. There were mirrors all around him that could check his appearance. In addition, they could also use the controller to zoom in or adjust the perspective, change clothes or pinch the face. He could choose to check his own appearance in the mirror from the first persons perspective, or he could choose to choose a third persons perspective. He could directly see the entire person from a higher perspective. Pei Qian took a simple look. The theoretical function of this face modification system was very powerful. There were many adjustable options be it eyebrows, eyes, nose, ears, cheeks, and so on. Many players would pinch their faces for two hours and experience it for five minutes. However, Pei Qian did not have the hobby of pinching their faces. The main reason was that the faces he created were not good. Thus, Pei Qian was already used to using ready-made ones. Such a function was also reserved in this game. The official platform would give a few reserved faces, and players could use them directly. On top of that, players could also link to the internet to check other players popular face modification plan. They could also replicate it on a key. Apart from that, there was another interesting function. Players photos could be uploaded, and the system would automatically create faces based on the photos. The usage was very simple. As long as the picture was uploaded and the clear picture of the face and body were uploaded to the system separately, it would be aimed at the silhouette of the body. Then, he would simply input data such as height and weight. The system would automatically generate a model player. He just had to make minor changes on this basis. Of course, he could not rule out the possibility that some people were more vain and deliberately uploaded photos or celebrity photos. There were no restrictions on these games. Instead, they very considerately prepared many character slots for players. Pei Qian randomly chose a male template and entered the game. Even though this male template was handsome and had a perfect body, Pei Qian still felt that it was not even a ten-thousandth of his own. He had no choice since the template was of this standard. He could only make do with it! After entering the game, Pei Qian realized that it was as simple as he had planned. Every player had a gaming space that belonged exclusively to them. There were many backgrounds in this gaming space: there was a garden style background, a brightly-lit city background, and even a futuristic sci-fi background. They could choose different costumes based on different backgrounds. Apart from common decorations such as tables, chairs, and wardrobes, there were also a large number of clothes racks. Players could hang their collected clothes on the clothes racks and display them. There was also a dressing room and changing room in the resting area. The changing room was used to refine the face. There was a possibility that some people would determine the characters make-up based on the costume. It was very necessary to refine the face at this time. The changing room was where to change the costume. On the other side was the guest room and clothing shopping mall. In the guest room, players could invite their friends to their own space or visit their friends space. However, there was a limit to the number of people each space could accommodate at the same time. If they wanted to hold a huge party, they had to apply for a special gathering space in advance. In the clothing shopping mall, players could see the latest standard set by the official platform and also the high-value clothing designed by other players. If one wanted to buy these costumes, they would have to pay a fee. Some costumes would cost in game coins, and some costumes would require real money. The specific method of charging depended on the attitude of the official and designer. If he felt that this costume was insignificant, he would use the game currency to charge. If he felt that this costume was very outstanding and was worth players buying it with real money, he would use the real currency to charge. There were three main ways for players to obtain game tokens. The first was to log in to the game every day and there would be low insurance. The second was to earn game coins by completing certain tasks. For example, players could choose a mature design plan and try their best to use their own clothing production system to restore this plan. The final product would be compared to the original plan. The higher the completion rate, the more money they would earn. This was to encourage players to design more and allow players to gradually improve their design standards and the operation of the tailoring function. The third was to create a brand new plan for some big shots in fashion design. They would compare it with the plan in the warehouse. As long as they did not plagiarize openly, they could put it up in the shopping mall and judge other players according to a certain system rule. If a player were to purchase it, after deducting the official commission, the designer would be able to obtain the corresponding game currency reward. Even if no players bought it, there would be a certain amount of game tokens as long as players liked it. The official commission was only a means to recycle game coins. In fact, due to the low insurance mechanism and various other forms of game coins, it was only a matter of time before the game coins flooded. Most people could quickly obtain game coins through normal games and buy the clothes that they liked. However, the obtaining of game tokens could not be too restricted. That would cause the dissatisfaction of most ordinary players. Thus, they could only make game tokens lose their meaning after exceeding a certain threshold. That would also limit the workspaces behavior. Other than that, the truly valuable designs had to be transacted with cash. Chapter 1624 - Lets Get Fake Reviewers! In addition to that, he could switch to a first-person perspective and a third-person perspective in this game. For VR games, a first-person perspective would usually bring a better sense of immersion. However, in this game, players had to check their beautiful fashion sense at all times. Thus, they still needed a third-person perspective. Players were equivalent to outsiders in a third-person perspective. They could use any angle to observe the characters they created. Pei Qian used the controller to make two simple circles in his space and experience the functions of the various modules. However, the game was not officially released after all. Some online functions were different from the official version. After that, Pei Qian went to the workspace in the game and began to check on the most critical fashion design system of the game. The professional game editor that Pei Qian had imagined did not appear. Instead, he saw a complicated face modification interface. This interface had indeed added the face modification function. However, the face modification and costume design were two independent systems that did not interfere with each other. They could choose to do the design first before making adjustments to the face and make-up. The first step of the design was to determine the models figure. All the models here were wearing underpants by default, dispelling players bold thoughts. Players could choose the entry-level mode, regular mode, and professional mode. This was mainly because gamers had different foundations. Their ability to use the game editor would also be different. / please keep reading on MYB0XN0VEL(d0t)C0M. The original intention of this software design was to allow ordinary people to participate in the design of costumes. However, he had to admit that professional designers were professional designers most of the time. Their beauty standards and design ability were higher than ordinary people. Ordinary people might have genius big shots who surpassed professionals, but such people were very rare after all. For professional fashion designers, their hand-drawn ability, aesthetic standards, and understanding of sizes and materials were far better than ordinary people. Naturally, the degree of freedom and professionalism required for this game editor would be higher. On the other hand, ordinary people did not understand these things at all. They could only give a vague conclusion after seeing a piece of clothing. Thus, they would definitely not use the professional editor. It was enough to make the editor as good as a face. Thus, the functions of the entry-level, regular, and professional models were different. The entry mode could be understood as a high degree of freedom in dressing and matching gameplay. After players chose a template, they could match and piece together the various parts of the template, such as adjusting the length of the dress, material, style, color, and so on. After adjusting every part of the clothes through a specific method, a more beautiful set could also be made. Since it was done within a certain template, the operation was simple and easy to get used to. Whats more, the costumes designed would not be ugly. On the other hand, the regular mode was some upgrades under the premise of the entry mode. A certain costume would be cut more finely through a more professional editing model. For example, in the entry mode, players could only adjust the length, weight, and color of one pair of pants. However, under the regular mode, they could adjust the hole position, accessories, buttons, and other details of the pants. Of course, the regular mode and entry mode would restrict some basic factors. For example, the waist of the pants and the legs of the pants could not be smaller than the models body size. After making adjustments to certain elements, the elements of other related leagues would also automatically adjust and change. For gamers who did not have professional knowledge, it was enough to proficiently use the regular mode. There was also a professional model above this. Under this model, the system completely released the restrictions and optimizations of the players. Even if players made some designs that the system thought were unreasonable, the system would not interfere or modify them. However, when they were worn in the end and did not fit the model, the system would give a hint for modification. Other than that, players could also customize any color and design their own clothing, just like professional software. Pei Qian played for a while with mixed feelings. That was because it was hard to determine if this game was fun or not! Strictly speaking, this should be a large face modification system. The difference was that it was more complicated than ordinary face modification systems. Whats more, it could even modify clothes. Other than that, there were no other derivative gameplay. Players would only go online every day to pinch their clothes and buy clothes to try on. They would also meet friends or foreign netizens to show off the new clothes they had bought. That was all. To Pei Qian, he was not addicted to making faces while playing games. Naturally, he could not deeply feel the joy of changing. Therefore, it was difficult to feel the fun part of this game. Logically speaking, the investment for this game was not small. It was very detailed from the game model to the surrounding scenes. If the game was not particularly popular after it was released, it would probably be very difficult to recoup its costs! Whats more, the so-called popularity was not enough just because there were many people in the server. These people had to stay and continue to pay. That was because the game itself was free, and gamers could log in to the game every day to collect game coins to buy some ready-made clothes. To gamers, there was actually not enough motivation to spend. If players only tried on the clothes and did not spend money to buy them, they would naturally leave the game once they were tired of it. This was very difficult for Slow Movement Studio to recover the development cost. All in all, Pei Qian felt that the quality of the game Tailoring was indeed not bad. The real finished product was even better than he had imagined. However, overall, everything was still within Pei Qians calculations and was not out of his control. At that thought, Pei Qian took off his VR glasses. Cai Jiadong asked nervously, How is it, Boss Pei? How does it feel? Pei Qian pondered for a moment and said, I think its very good. Its exactly as I expected. Cai Jiadong said in surprise, You mean its stable? Pei Qian nodded. Yes, I can only say that it should be more stable if it is as I expected. Cai Jiadong was overjoyed. That was because he knew very well that Boss Pei could be said to be eloquent. If Boss Pei said that a game was stable, he would definitely make a huge profit! However, he did not know that he had a different meaning from Pei Qian. Cai Jiadong sent Boss Pei to the door of Slow Movement Studio. He was just about to go back when he heard Boss Pei ask, Thats right, Old Cai, wait. Cai Jiadong quickly turned around. Boss Pei, do you have any other instructions? Pei Qian pondered for a moment and asked, If someone wants to defame our game, the best entry point should be that the game is not good enough. Am I right? Cai Jiadong nodded. Thats right, Boss Pei. Isnt this the problem that weve already discussed previously? Thats because this game has spent all the funds on the games graphics and clothing editor functions, so we dont have more resources to make other interesting gameplay for him. Boss Pei, are you saying that this is our games weakness and that we have to think of a way to improve it? For example, we have to consider this when we plan the new version? Pei Qian immediately waved his hand. No, I mean that thats good. Theres no need to change! Pei Qian left after obtaining the answer he wanted. Cai Jiadong was left behind. He scratched his head in confusion, not knowing what Boss Pei meant by this question. Pei Qian began to think about a strategy to save himself in the car. The final product of this game was about the same as what he had expected. However, there was still a possibility of success for this game considering Tengda Corporation and Slow Movement Studios reputation and the enhancement of the VR glasses. Thus, Pei Qian had to think of a way to minimize this possibility. How should he reduce it? Pei Qian wanted to hire fake reviewers to generate public opinion. This method might be very low-class but he had to say that it was indeed very useful. Whats more, the applicability was wider. It was effective every time! That was why Pei Qian had specially confirmed with Cai Jiadong. He thought that the best way to defame this game was to defame his game nature for fake reviewers. As long as he could give this game a label that this game is good in everything but not fun, this matter would be half done. That was because the investment for this game was huge. It required a large number of players and active players to support it. Once the impression of this game being not fun by players in the beginning could be maximised to reduce the number of players. All in all, this should be the best entry point! Thus, Pei Qian decided to spend his own money to hire fake reviewers. Even though he was a little pained, he went all out for the sake of losing money during settlement. Of course, Pei Qian did not expect fake reviewers to be able to treat all diseases. If this game really had the potential to become popular, it would only be a matter of time before it became popular. Pei Qian only wanted to reduce the possibility of it becoming popular and delay the time. He did not ask for anything else, as long as this game did not become popular before settlement and generate a lot of income. At that thought, Pei Qian looked for his good friend, the leader of the fake reviewers C Hu Xiao. With a few words, he had decided on the cooperation. After all, these fake reviewers were all paid to do things. As long as the requirements were clear and the price was suitable, everything could be negotiated. Pei Qians request this time was not complicated. He wanted all the fake reviewers to grab onto the point of the game Quantity Choice and beat it up. It would be best if this concept could form a stereotype in players hearts. It would allow players to naturally feel that everything is good, but its not fun when they see this game. As for the specific operation method, it would depend on the fake reviewers free play. Pei Qian felt that it was best not to set the rules too rigid. As a person who gave orders, he should not be a micro-management master most of the time. It was very easy to limit the performance of the soldiers on the front line. Pei Qian felt that this was not a very difficult task. The IQ of these fake reviewers were not high, but there were also some high-end fake reviewers. Under Hu Xiaos guidance, their basic quality should not be a problem. They should be able to defame the point. After settling everything, Pei Qian waited patiently for the game to be released. Chapter 1625 - Giving Away A Black Script August 5th, Monday. In Shenzhen Hu Xiao sat at home, busy assigning his fake reviewers new tasks. At 8 AM, Hu Xiao started bombarding messages in the group. Work, work! Are they all at their own work desks? Let me take a look when they arrive. Those who did not reply after half an hour were dealt with as late as possible! At Hu Xiaos command, all sorts of 11111 flooded the fake reviewers chat. Obviously, the well-trained fake reviewers were in their positions. Hu Xiao was very satisfied with this. He had carefully trained these fake reviewers. All of them were well-trained. They might be working at home but their timing was very punctual. They were better than many office workers. / please keep reading on MYB0XN0VEL.C0M. After all, he was working at home. There was no need to rush subway or public transport. There was no reason to be late. When almost everyone had arrived, Hu Xiao said in the group, Everyone, perk up. Todays task was given to us by an old client. This is a very generous financial backer. He might have used the discount limit from before but everyone must complete the task perfectly! Do you understand? The group chat was filled with understanding again. Hu Xiao continued, Ive already sent the task to your email. Check it yourself. Simply put, its to farm negative comments for a game called quantitative clothing. Of course, not all of them have one-star bad reviews. That would be too fake and obvious. We have to strive to create a straight triangular or C-shaped structure for him. That would be more confusing. Everyone will use their division of labor to scan different comments. However, all comments must grasp one principle: to attack the game nature of this game. As for the specific attack, everyone is already proficient in it. I dont need to elaborate, right? The fake reviewers in the group chat were all eager to try. Dont worry, we know everything! The game review has a specific template. Just follow the template. Either directly criticize it, or high-class criticize it, or criticize it in the open. We are familiar with these tricks! Hu Xiao was elated. Alright! Lets make preparations while its still early. Once this game is released later, spread these negative comments immediately. Dont let go of the official website, other forums, or social media platforms. Those who have Fish-Catching Internet Cafe or the new bird interactive entertainment experience museum nearby can also go there to log in and farm a few bad reviews. It looks more realistic. There are still very few players now. Scrolling negative comments can have the most realistic effect. Everyone, hurry up and dont dawdle. Whether it was the game or the movie, it was obviously the most effective to leave negative comments at this time. That was because there were very few netizens who had played games or watched movies at this time. Most of them were netizens who did not know the truth and were most easily misled by fake reviewers. A fake reviewer raised a question. Would it be too obvious to publish these bad reviews too early? Whats more, if we kill too many people in the early stages, it would increase the popularity of this game, right? Hu Xiao said, Its alright. The developer of this game is not a fool. Once the game is released, it will definitely engage in a large-scale promotional event. Lets make some advance and cooperate with this promotional event. At that time, once the players attention is shifted to this game, they will see our bad review. The timing is perfect. The fake reviewers expressed that they had learned another trick and went back to work. According to the information that the client had sent over, the game quantitative clothing should be released at 10 AM this morning. Hu Xiao did not know why the game had chosen such a strange release time on Monday morning at 10 AM. However, since Slow Movement Studio had chosen it this way, there must be a reason. The corresponding publicity resources would definitely not be lacking. At 12 noon After lunch, Hu Xiao opened a webpage to check on the results of the fake reviewers. In the end, he opened the various forums and read the netizens comments about the game. Hu Xiao suddenly realized that something was amiss. Has Slow Movement Studios new game been released? Why didnt I know! Thats right. I only understood it today when I saw many people cursing online. It turned out that the new game, quantitative clothes, has been released. Whats more, its a game that designs clothes on its own. The official website seems to have quietly updated the new version of the VR glasses. This time, its actually the 8K version. This configuration scared me. Of course, the price also scared me. Why is Slow Movement Studio so low-profile? There was no publicity when the game was released. If not for many people cursing online, I would not have known that they had released a new game. These people are so uniform. They keep saying that the game is not good. Are they fake reviewers? They look similar. Their words might be different, but they are all trying to diss the game. Thats a little strange, but its also considered to be on the dot. However, the speed is too fast. Most players dont know about this, much less experience the game. Where did they get the news? Maybe hes an beta player? I havent heard that there are so many beta players in this game! Whats more, these comments have not mentioned their own beta testing. Logically speaking, if they are really beta players, they should express their identity when they comment, right? The competitor probably made a move in advance but did not cooperate well with Slow Movement Studio. Wouldnt that be exposed? So whats the game like? Look, the fake reviewers can only criticize its gameplay. That means that he has done everything else perfectly. Whats more, in my opinion, this game is actually quite game-like. However, it has no ordinary game fun. Its different from other games. I suggest you only know if you experience it yourself! Hu Xiao was stumped as he read the comments. He quickly found the client this time. However, before he could think of an explanation, the other party sent him an angry question. Whats going on? I thought you were professional fake reviewers and would not make such a low-level mistake. In the end, before the popularity of this game rises, you guys started spamming it and let the entire world know! He seemed to be very angry from the message sent by this customer. Hu Xiao felt wronged. He quickly explained, It was an accident! It was definitely an accident! At first, our plan was quite good. We would start fake reviewers immediately when the game was released. Ordinary officials would spend some publicity resources at the same time that the game was released. There would be a certain amount of advance. Therefore, under normal circumstances, our event should be in sync with the official publicity resources. Once the popularity rises, netizens would be able to see our bad review, and it would not appear too abrupt. I didnt expect Slow Movement Studio to not care about morals. They did not arrange for any initial publicity resources even though the game was released! How could we have expected such a huge gaming company to publish games naked? Hu Xiao explained and waited patiently for the other partys reply. After a long time, the other party seemed to reply reluctantly. Alright. Hu Xiao heaved a sigh of relief. It seemed like his sincerity had moved his customers. That meant that there was still room to salvage the situation. Thus, he continued working hard. Dont worry. Youre our old client. Well definitely ensure the quality of the service! How about this? In order to make up for your loss, well hire an influential game reviewer for free and publish a game review about quantitative clothing. Well discuss the games problems in this game and guarantee that youll be satisfied! The customer was silent for a while before replying. Do you want more money? Hu Xiao quickly replied with a shake of his head profusely. Theres no need! We are giving this to you for free to make up for our mistakes. The customer replied immediately. Alright, thank you. Hu Xiao finally heaved a sigh of relief. He had not expected that his decision to bring forward the game had resulted in a blunder. He quickly went online to look for a game reviewer he was familiar with. He was prepared to spend money to ask him to write a negative review to critisize the game Quantity and salvage the image of his fake reviewers in the eyes of his clients. On the other side, Pei Qian closed the chat window, not knowing to laugh or to cry. He did not expect the fake reviewers to make an advance and completely separate from the games popularity! He could not blame the fake reviewers for being unprofessional. It was precisely because the fake reviewers were too professional that such a mistake was made. It was not that Slow Movement Studio did not want to do initial publicity. It was mainly because they had been too affected by Pei Qian. They no longer cared about initial publicity. In other words, it was completely Tengda. Tengda Corporations publicity strategy was to not have a strategy, not have a plan, and win without any moves. Boss Pei was already benevolent as long as they did not advertise in the opposite direction! As a company that had implemented the Tengda spirit the most thoroughly, Slow Movement Studio naturally learned this marketing strategy. At first, Pei Qian had to remind Ming Wan and Cai Jiadong not to do too much publicity in the beginning. Now, Lin Wan and Cai Jiadong were already used to such projects becoming popular for no reason. However, it was a blessing in disguise. The fake reviewers company agreed to give a free elite review. Such a script was written by a famous game reviewer online. Such a negative review was more useful than thousands of fake reviewers replies! Pei Qian felt that he had profited! Indeed, freeloaders were the most comfortable! He did not know how much use such a dark manuscript would have, but it was better than nothing. He hoped that this game reviewer would be able to grasp the shortcomings of the game in terms of its gameability. He would go all out and kill everyone, delaying the popularity of this game for at least half a year. Chapter 1626 - The Game Is Good In Everything But Not Fun? August 7th, Wednesday. Qiao Liang hid in his small room with the latest Doubt PRO VR glasses. He laughed as he operated quickly with both hands. If he did not have a controller in both hands, the scene would definitely cause a very serious misunderstanding. At that moment, there was a beautiful girl in his game. She was dressed in traditional Chinese clothing. Her sleeves were fluttering, making her look like a fairy from ancient myths. On the other hand, Qiao Liang was editing the fairys clothes in the entry mode. He would either change her long sleeves or the hem of her dress, or change the color of the different areas of her clothes. He was simply enjoying it! After a long time, Qiao Liang felt that his eyes were a little tired. He reluctantly took off his VR glasses. This game is really fun. Its like an facial modification simulator. Other games have very complicated facial modification simulator, but this is the first game where even clothes are made in so much detail. The most important thing is that it is a VR game. It can check girls from all angles. Are you talking about flaws? There are still some. / please keep reading on MYB0XN0VEL.C0M. The first is that there are only girls with three yuan and no girls with two yuan. It should be more exciting if there is a cartoon style. Second, this girl can only stand on the spot or do some simple movements. There are no deep interactive gameplay. It is relatively monotonous. Third, no matter how the girl was adjusted, she was wearing a bra. The style of the bra could be adjusted according to the clothing, but it could not be completely removed. It was a little disappointing. Hehe, you cant say too much. Saying too much would make me look like a pervert. I am a famous UP Master in a well-known gaming area after all. A famous standalone game host has to take note of his image. Speaking of which, the game is not very popular at the moment. Perhaps it is limited by the hardware threshold. As more and more players appear, and there are more and more outstanding design plans online, the game will definitely become popular! Until now, the game Tailoring had been released for three days. Qiao Liang had been paying attention to the latest developments of this game. Three days had passed. Slow Movement Studio did not seem to have plans to publicize on a large scale. Instead, the fake reviewers were very active, bringing a lot of popularity to the beginning of the game. Many players only knew that Slow Movement Studio had released a new VR game after seeing that the fake reviewers were criticizing the game without any gameplay. Qiao Liang naturally bought the new VR glasses and game immediately. He experienced it seriously and roughly understood the reason why the game was not popular in the beginning. To put it bluntly, there were two points. First, the configuration requirements of this game were too high. If he wanted to experience it with the highest specifications, not only would he need a high-end computer, but he would also need the latest 8k VR glasses. If he used the original equipment to experience it, the quality would be a little lacking. Many times, the difference in quality would directly affect a games first impression in everyones hearts. Second, the content of this game was indeed relatively monotonous. There was only one way to design clothes. While it could also interact with netizens and use some big shots clothing design plans, there were fewer design plans online because there were fewer players. The interactive gameplay in this area had not been fully developed. The gameplay itself did not have the characteristics of quickly spreading. Slow Movement Studios publicity in the early stages was not very impressive, so it was natural for the initial popularity to be low. Putting these two problems aside, Qiao Liang felt that this game had its merits. To be able to perfect the function of making faces and clothing design so well, making this game into a face simulator and tailoring simulator. Other games had never tried this before. The game of designing clothes was something that many female gamers and farming gamers could play for several years without getting tired of. Qiao Liang considered producing a video to introduce the game to gamers. However, he had not found a good entry point for the time being. He had originally wanted to make a few very beautiful clothes or restore the game characters in many famous comics. That way, he could achieve a very good spread effect as long as he posted the entire process of making faces online. Some games could only make the faces of various animation characters popular online, let alone this kind that could replay everything from their faces to their clothes! However, the problem was that Qiao Liang was helpless even if he wanted to. His brain felt that he could, but his hand told him that he could not. He tried his best to pinch the famous animation characters online, but gave up after two or three hours. This professional operation had completely exceeded his ability. Thus, Qiao Liang gave up in the end. He felt that it would be more suitable for him to change the lady in the game. Since he had given up on this idea, he had to change his mindset to make a video. However, if he were to introduce the gameplay, it would look very empty. Wouldnt that confirm the rumors online about the single gameplay of the game Tailoring? Qiao Liang was a little confused. Thus, he decided to look for the evaluation of this game online. He wanted to see how others praised this game and find inspiration from it. As he flipped through, he saw a review titled Tailoring means that some domestic game designers have entered a dead end. Qiao Liang frowned slightly. He could not agree with this title alone. However, the review seemed to be very popular. The number of likes and comments were at the forefront. Thinking that the game might make sense, he clicked on it. At the beginning of this review, he first briefly introduced the game Tailoring, especially giving good reviews to the high degree of freedom in the face modification and fashion design system. Other than that, the hardware equipment was updated, the quality of the game was improved, and so on were highly rated. Obviously, this was a standard strategy! The reviewer did not want to appear to be criticizing the game for no reason. Thus, he listed out the more outstanding points of the game at the beginning. The author was obviously not worried that these advantages would impact the content he wanted to express because he had found a perfect direction to attack. There might be many advantages listed at the beginning, but I still think that the appearance of the game Tailoring means that some domestic game designers have entered a dead end. This dead end is called giving up ones roots and chasing the next. This game has indeed put in a lot of effort in making faces and clothing. It has made the game with the highest degree of freedom to date. Under the professional mode, players can even change the shape and color of every piece of cloth, or completely start from scratch, using different cloths and dill to make clothes. However, tactical diligence cannot cover up strategic laziness. The rich details of the game cannot cover up the loss of gameplay! We gamers have a common evaluation of such games: this game is good in all aspects, but not fun. In fact, this game is very functional. It can allow gamers to freely design various beautiful clothes. Perhaps in the future, this game will be linked to GOG and other games. However, the problem is that it is only a tool now. It cannot be considered a game. For games, playability is the priority. The creator of this game obviously did not understand this point and spent too much energy on some details. He might have made a rich and perfect system but it did not bring enough fun to players! More accurately put, it should be a tool, a tool for fashion design or game fashion. It can only satisfy the niche of a small group of people after all. It cannot affect a larger area. Clothing design is a very professional category after all. You need very strong professional knowledge to make clothes that really fit the trend and the general aesthetics. Thats why I think that even though this game requires a lot of money and is well-made, its starting point was wrong from the beginning! Its very difficult to generate enough popularity, its very difficult to recover the development cost, and its very difficult to affect players game life or real life! Qiao Liang gritted his teeth in hatred after reading this review. It was too much! It was not that this review was ridiculous. It would be easy to solve it as long as it was a truthfully refute! However, this review was from a strange angle and was very skillful. First, he briefly introduced the advantages of this game, showed a very fair position, and then criticized the game. This game is good in everything but not fun! To a game, this sentence could be said to be the biggest irony or even an insult. To the game, gameplay was of course the priority. Otherwise, no matter how exquisite the graphics were, no matter how exquisite the production was, it would only be a soulless beauty. It would just be an empty shell. However, this sentence was obviously an abuse. Was the mass-produced game really not fun? Not necessarily. However, its fun was relatively niche. Players who did not have much patience might not be able to understand its gameplay. However, for players who liked to pinch their faces and liked to make fashion designs for their characters, the gameplay of this game was obviously off the charts, alright? It was so interesting! Qiao Liang might not be a core player of this type but he could feel the pleasure and felt that this game would allow him to play it for at least a month or two. Therefore, this game review was actually secretly changing the concept. It used popular fun to deny niche fun and used that to attack the games lack of gameplay. Qiao Liang really wanted to publish a game review or a video to refute it. However, after thinking about it carefully, he could not think of a very advantageous argument. If he insisted on making the game as fun as possible, he might end up at a disadvantage. That was because this game was indeed a game that was relatively less popular. If they insisted on playing the game in terms of fun and struggled with the other party, they would not be able to completely refute the other party. He could only completely dismantle the other partys speech by finding another angle. But what angle should I look at it from? Qiao Liang frowned and fell into deep thought. Chapter 1627 - What Is This Clothing Brand About? Qiao Liang did not know that Slow Movement Studio had been paying attention to the public opinion online. How could he give up on the game that had gathered the hard work of all the staff in Slow Movement Studio? Whether it was the lack of publicity in the early stages or the current storm on the internet, they remained silent only because Slow Movement Studios Lin Wan, Cai Jiadong, and the others were preparing for a bigger storm. At that moment, Lin Wan, Cai Jiadong, and a few other staff had arrived in Slow Movement Studios conference room. They were in a meeting. Lin Wan handed the meeting information to Cai Jiadong, who distributed it to everyone. The preparatory work for the establishment of the luxury clothing brand has been completed. We have contacted the best clothing and processing factory in the country. They are using the best materials, especially the high-quality materials produced in China, such as long as they are made of cotton. On top of that, we have also contacted a group of outstanding designers to join the quantitative clothing and the luxury clothing brand to become our official clothing designer. As for the game, the designers that we hired during the closed beta testing had designed many good game costumes. Some outstanding designs have surfaced after the game was released over the past few days. Combining the designs of these players and the official designers would be able to release the first series of clothing of our luxury brand. / please keep reading on MYB0XN0VEL.C0M. Its time to announce the cooperation plan between Tailoring and the luxury brand! Everyone nodded, their expressions filled with excitement and anticipation. The day had finally arrived! Lin Wan was not around when Pei Qian came to Slow Movement Studio to check on the progress of the game. Cai Jiadong was the one who received him. At that time, Lin Wan went to the south to discuss cooperation with these clothing manufacturers. There was no large-scale publicity after the release of the game this time. There was also no announcement of the cooperation plan with the luxury clothing brand. It was to let the bullets fly for a while and accumulate popularity. In fact, the worst situation for Slow Movement Studio was not being defamed or scolded, but that no one cared. If this game was released, it would not be able to cause any waves without any publicity. It would not be popular at all. Then, the game would really fail! However, there was a lot of discussion online now. Whether the fake reviewers were hatching or the players were arguing, it was always good to have some discussion. Only then would Slow Movement Studios next plan be successful. Lin Wan paused for a moment and continued. On top of that, I noticed an international news hot topic recently. We wont take the initiative to ride on the hot topic, but if the hot topic has already reached our faces, it wouldnt make sense if we dont make use of it! Cai Jiadong was stunned for a moment and immediately understood what Lin Wan meant. Boss Lin, are you saying that many foreign clothing brands are joining forces to resist the news of our countrys cotton? Lin Wan nodded. Yes! Actually, Ive disliked these foreign clothing brands for a long time! Its a pity that many of our countrys clothing brands are too disappointing. consumers dont have much choice at all. However, its different now. Since weve decided to make a luxury brand, we will have to fight these foreign clothing brands sooner or later. This incident is the perfect opportunity. We have to make use of this opportunity to make a bang and try to gain a foothold in the domestic clothing brand market. Well first create a reputation online model. Once the sales volume rises, well quickly expand to the offline, to the large shopping malls of all cities, and squeeze out the share of the foreign clothing brands. Are you confident? Everyone replied in unison. Yes! Under such circumstances, he had to be confident even if he did not have confidence! Foreign clothing brands were indeed very powerful. Many outstanding domestic brands had been working on it for so long but had never been able to defeat them, let alone newly born luxury brands. However, this battle was not just between clothing brands, but also between domestically-produced brands and foreign brands. How could he retreat in such a battle? How could he admit defeat? Whats more, the brand of Luxury carried Boss Peis Tengda spirit. It was Boss Peis deep criticism of foreign brands and luxury brands. How could they lower their heads to foreign brands with such a strong theoretical weapon in hand? Everyone could not help but feel motivated and expressed that they were determined to win this public opinion battle. August 8th, Thursday. Qiao Liang sat in front of his computer, scratching his head and sighing. He felt very frustrated. He thought for an entire day but could not think of a way to refute this review. Not only that, he had also seen many posts criticizing the game Tailoring while looking for inspiration and material online. That made him so angry. Fake reviewers! These are definitely fake reviewers! The signs of fake reviewers this time are too obvious! These fake reviewers are so rampant. Its ridiculous! Qiao Liang was even angrier now. Teacher Qiaos accounts history could be regarded as a struggle with the fake reviewers. The fake reviewers activities had not stopped since Tengdas earliest games. As a loyal gamer of Tengda Games, Qiao Liang would always be at the frontline of the fake reviewers. Objectively speaking, the fake reviewers had scolded Tengda Games online and created such a huge popularity. Qiao Liangs heroism in refuting these fake reviewers had indeed made huge contributions to his popularity. However, this did not affect Qiao Liangs hatred for these fake reviewers. How infuriating! The key was that the fake reviewers were relatively restrained previously. They knew how to hide among players and secretly lead the way when they were defaming Tengda Games. However, he stopped pretending this time. The game Tailoring had just been released. Before the official platform had the time to publicize it on a large scale, fake reviewers had already started to run wild. They gave the game bad reviews on various forums and websites and even tried their best to instill the concept of the game is very boring and not fun into players. It might have been more obvious because they attacked too quickly and attracted the unanimous criticism of netizens. However, after the popularity of these two days gradually fermented, these fake reviewers still did not know how to restrain themselves and even intensified. It was unbearable! Qiao Liang was very angry. The consequences were very serious! However, he could not think of a way to refute that game review. He had a stomach full of anger and could only vent it all on the fake reviewers. We cannot allow this to continue. I think we have to go all out now and call for a wave of justice! Ive decided to report him using my real name. It doesnt matter if its useless or not. I have to do my best. I cant watch these fake reviewers continue to run wild and discredit Tengdas good games. At that thought, Qiao Liang decided to report the case to the cyber-police. At the same time, he listed all the evidence that he had gathered. He had to admit that there was a lot of evidence. Qiao Liang searched carefully. Many games and movies in Tengda showed signs of fake reviewers at the beginning of their release. Whats more, he located the accounts of a few fake reviewers. Of course, many fake reviewers had the habit of changing their accounts. They would not catch a certain account and use it continuously. They would often change places. However, these were basically low-level fake reviewers. Many high-end fake reviewers had to support their own accounts because their accounts had to have some fans and a certain amount of weightage to play the corresponding role. Raising these accounts was not something that happened overnight. As long as they followed this account and dug deeper, they would be able to find some clues. As for how the cyber-police determined whether the accounts statements formed fake reviewers activities and whether they would continue to pursue the matter, that was not something Qiao Liang could control. However, no matter what, he felt that he had to seriously reflect on this situation. What if it worked? Qiao Liang believed that as long as the light-hearted could persevere and fight, justice would one day be extended. It was already past 9 PM when Qiao Liang returned home from work. After settling one of his worries, Qiao Liang felt very refreshed. He switched on his computer and continued to scan the discussions about the game Quantity Dress online. He wanted to continue looking for a breakthrough in the game review that could refute it. At that moment, his eyes lit up. Slow Movement Studios realistic cooperation department is actually going to create a new clothing brand with this game, Talent. Luxury? Whats more, the official website has been released. All sorts of publicity activities have been launched! Alright, is this a new local clothing brand? Wait, isnt that the name of the clothing brand in Struggle? Qiao Liang was elated at first but then lost when he saw Slow Movement Studio announce the establishment of a new clothing brand. The reason why he was elated was because he seemed to be seeing the rise of a new domestic product! There were some good domestically-produced clothing brands domestically but there was still a gap compared to the top foreign brands. Whats more, for some reason, some brands would always do strange things. When netizens had just developed a good impression of him because of their patriotism, they would completely destroy this good impression. Recently, Qiao Liang had also noticed the international news: some foreign brands were boycotting against domestic cotton. This news also made Qiao Liang indignant! Actually, Qiao Liang had had enough of these foreign brands. Clothing and shoes were becoming more and more expensive, and the workmanship was getting worse. The key was that the IQ tax was getting higher and higher, and there were always some cultural export private goods. Some shoes even became futures that could be hyped up. Many young people ate dirt and fried shoes and experienced the first explosion of the young. Clothing and shoes were obviously daily consumables, but these foreign genius brands had man-made scarcity and turned them into financial products. He could only say that the city had deeper schemes, and the overseas ones had deeper schemes. Under such circumstances, many people were looking forward to seeing a batch of quality and cheap domestic products in the country. If there was such a brand, many people would definitely turn to the arms of domestic products because they could not tolerate foreign brands. However, many of the local brands did not do well previously because of their own problems. Thus, even if consumers wanted real money, they could not spend it. However, it was different now. Slow Movement Studios brand had already given the design style, price, and material on the official website. Not only did they use high-quality domestically-produced materials like long cotton, but the design, style, and aesthetics were also very cheap. Coupled with the reputation of Slow Movement Studio and Tengda Corporation, once this product was released, it would naturally attract widespread attention. Not only that, the official platform had also announced that the luxury clothing brand would be collaborating with the game mass-produced. The outstanding design in mass-produced could be promoted in the luxury brand and the designer would obtain generous returns. All of these were necessary factors for success. They could be said to be in the right place at the right time! However, the question was, what was the name of this clothing brand? In Struggle, the luxury clothing brand represented consumerism and pleasureism. It was a tool for the rich to harvest the poor. Was it really appropriate to create a new clothing brand in reality? Qiao Liang could not help but wonder if the person-in-charge of Slow Movement Studio had not played Struggle before or did not understand Struggle correctly. That was why he made such a ridiculous decision? No, that was impossible! That was because Boss Pei probably knew about such a huge matter. Whats more, Lin Wan was in charge of Slow Movement Studio. It had a close relationship with Tengda, and his understanding of Tengda Games was much higher than Qiao Liang. How could he not know what the luxury clothing brand meant in the game? There was only one explanation for this: the designer had intended it! Qiao Liang could not help but feel excited. He seemed to have found a critical entry point that could refute that game review! Chapter 1628 - The Boss Of The Fake Reviewers Has Gone Missing August 10th, Saturday. In Shenzhen Hu Xiao was happily showing off the results of his fake reviewers to this big client. How is it, Boss? Are you satisfied with the service this time? In the beginning, our fake reviewers were a little obvious because Slow Movement Studio did not follow the plan, and it did not have the desired effect. However, we quickly made up for it! After working tirelessly for the past few days, we have already instilled the concept of Tailoring into many players. Whats more, the misunderstanding has been cleared. Slow Movement Studio did not publicize when the game was first released. They were actually waiting to cooperate with the luxury clothing brand. However, dont worry. This episode will not affect our work! This game might have collaborated with the luxury clothing brand but this is a new brand after all. It has not become popular online enough. Most netizens have not paid special attention to this matter. The review we gave you is becoming more and more popular. / please keep reading on MYB0XN0VEL.C0M. We will definitely be able to achieve your goal as long as we can deal a precise, scalpel-like blow to the game Tailoring before it becomes popular. The customer replied from the other side. Yes, not bad! Ive read the game review manuscript this time. Its very well-written! This author can work with us for a long time in the future. Hu Xiao was elated. Really? Its our honor to be recognized by you. What do you think Before he could finish speaking, he heard a knock on the door. Dong dong dong. Hu Xiao was a little surprised. He remembered that he did not order take-out and had not bought express delivery recently. Who is it? Hu Xiao stood up to open the door. On the other side, Pei Qian was looking at his chat window with Shaohu Reviews, waiting for his response. However, he realized that there was nothing else to say after awhile. The other party was not replying him. Pei Qian was a little surprised. What was going on? Logically speaking, the service attitude of this fake reviewer had always been very good. He was basically online for 24 hours and was always on call. Most of the time, he could get the fastest reply. It was extremely rare to see such a situation where he suddenly left halfway through a conversation without explaining the reason. Perhaps hes in urgent need? Pei Qian waited patiently for a while, but there was still no response. Forget it, forget it. How would I have the time to wait for this? Whats more, the role of the fake reviewers has basically been achieved. Even though the balance has not been paid, this matter must be more urgent on his side. Ill pay the balance when he wants it from me. Pei Qian stood up and stretched. He hummed a beautiful song and continued to check the discussions about the game Tailoring online. On Thursday, Slow Movement Studio had already officially announced the cooperation between the game Tailoring and the luxury clothing brand. The brand new clothing brand, Luxury, was also released on the official website. The relevant publicity activities were also launched at the same time. Since many foreign clothing brands resisted domestically-produced cotton, the public was very excited about domestic clothing brands. Once the luxury clothing brand was released, it naturally became popular. Many people cheered, supporting the appearance of more and more outstanding domestically-produced clothing brands. They wanted to break the current situation where the domestic clothing market was monopolized by foreign brands. However, time was still very short after all. It did not generate enough popularity. At this point in time, many domestic clothing brands were working hard to publicize themselves. Many of these clothing brands were well-made and of excellent quality. Many of them were old brands that even gathered the feelings of the people. The attention had been diverted! Luxury was a brand new to begin with. Whats more, it used an English name and logo. It looked like a fake. Some gamers knew that the luxury brand originated from Struggle, and its appearance was an irony for foreign luxury brands. However, very few people knew about this. Many people did not care about it. Even though there was a certain linkage effect between the game Tailoring and the luxury clothing brand, such as players being able to design the game in Tailoring and then produce it on behalf of the luxury clothing brand, the game had just been released after all. The outstanding design was still in the collection. A large number of players and skills were needed to pile up the outstanding design. Thus, even though it had gained a certain amount of popularity, the game Tailoring and luxury had not been perfectly combined. That made the initial activities of fake reviewers very effective, especially the free game review. Pei Qian felt that he had profited greatly! Until now, no one had truly refuted this game review. There might be many hardcore fans of Tengda Games who debate with the author below this game review saying that the game Tailoring actually had its own unique game fun, but this argument was obviously not strong enough to fundamentally refute this game review. Pei Qian could not help but relax. He would be thankful as long as this state could be maintained for three or four months so that the Tailoring and luxury clothing brands could become popular after settlement and incur losses. At that moment, his cell phone rang. Pei Qian immediately became cautious. He had set this special notification. That meant that Qiao Liang had posted a video again! Pei Qian knew that Teacher Qiao would definitely be involved in this matter as if he was facing a formidable enemy. However, the public opinion online this time was so huge. Could Teacher Qiao alone turn the public opinion around? Pei Qian highly doubted this. He quickly clicked on Qiao Liangs new video. Indeed, this was an evaluation of Tailoring. Whats more, it was diametrically opposed to the negative review online. The title was similar. It was called Tailoring. It meant that some domestic game designers had entered a new stage. It was simply a matchmaking scene. The title of the previous black manuscript said that some game designers in the country had entered a dead end. This was saying that the game Tailoring paid too much attention to the details of the piles of materials but neglected the most important game aspect for the game. Qiao Liangs new video seemed to be refuting it from a higher perspective. Pei Qian did not dare to be negligent and quickly clicked on it. He very skillfully skipped Qiao Liangs familiar beginning of calling out his father to the audience, and pinpointed the analysis stage of the game Tailoring. A game reviewer said that the game Tailoring meant that the producer had entered a dead end. He paid too much attention to the materials and piled up the details of the content. The quality of the game itself was very high, but it completely ignored the game nature and made it into a game that was not fun at all. First, I want to clarify that the fun of the game is diverse. If a gamer who likes to play online games cannot play standalone games and criticizes standalone games for not being fun and not being game-like, wouldnt that seem ridiculous? The gameplay of Tailoring is in the game where you pinch your own face and design clothes. Such a free game can show the difference in level between players. During the process of designing clothes, players can fully utilize their intelligence to create. It is the highest pursuit of entertainment. You cant say that fun doesnt exist just because you cant feel the fun of the game, right? Of course, someone might say at this time that most people would not feel this pleasure. Isnt it still a failure to recover the cost for a VR game that has invested so much? At this point, I want to say that the game Tailoring is different from most games that everyone sees. It is similar to Slow Movement Studios game design concept, and there is a clear improvement. Thats what I said in the title. The game Tailoring symbolizes that the outstanding domestic game designers, led by Tengda Games and Slow Movement Studio, have entered a new stage! This type of game pays more attention to the impact of the game on reality while retaining its gaming nature. This is a more advanced and more practical function. It can even be said to be a pioneers exploration. For a long time, games have only played a role on peoples spiritual level. A good game, through a good plot and a novel gameplay, gives players mental joy and satisfaction. However, as technology continues to improve and concepts continue to develop, more and more Game Designer are no longer satisfied with this. They want to make the game more closely related to reality, and Slow Movement Studio is one of the best! Whether its the Real Estate Agent Simulator VR version, the Safe and Civilized Driving VR version, or the current mass-produced clothes, Slow Movement Studio used the real service department to constantly connect games with reality and facilitate peoples lives. This is working hard to surpass the original function of the game and expand the boundaries of the game! As for how this game is constantly connected to reality, please listen to me in detail. Pei Qian had a bad feeling about this. Sh*t, Old Qiao had found a new avenue to boast about! However, the problem was that wasnt the luxury clothing brand a very ordinary combined event? Previously, many games of Slow Movement Studio had been linked to reality. Whether it was the real estate agent simulator or safe and civilized driving, the combined effect with reality should be much better than this clothing brand, right? Why did Old Qiao review the luxury clothing brand more than the previous combined event? Could it be that he could find some unprecedented tricky angles? The sudden loss of connection with the leader of the fake reviewers made Pei Qian feel a little apprehensive. Qiao Liangs video made him panic even more. Pei Qian quickly clicked on the play button and continued watching. Chapter 1629 - Combining Game And Reality At the beginning of the video, Qiao Liang had mainly eliminated the argument about the lack of gameplay in the original review and negative review manuscript of the game. However, that alone was not enough to attack this review manuscript fundamentally. At most, both sides spoke their own language and had their own reasons. As for which side players would agree with, that would depend on whether they could feel the joy contained in the game Tailoring. That was obviously not good for Qiao Liang. That was because quantitative clothing could be seen as a variant of a certain farming game. This game type was originally a niche genre. In this group, those who liked to pinch people and design clothes were even more niche. Using VR games as a filter, the true target group of this game would be very small. Therefore, Qiao Liang had to find another angle to counterattack this review black manuscript. The game Tailoring has marked a new entry point for Slow Movement Studio that has affected reality through the game. Here, I would like to first raise a question. Why is the clothing brand linked to the game Tailoring called Luxury? In the current era, it doesnt seem smart to come up with this name. / please keep reading on MYB0XN0VEL.C0M. Its an indisputable fact that foreign clothing brands are collecting IQ tax from domestic Chinese leeks. This has also aroused the disgust of more and more consumers. Recently, many foreign brands have joined forces to resist our countrys high-quality cotton, causing even more anger! In the context of such a strong patriotism, ordinary consumers in the country are willing to support domestic brands. They support brands that do not charge IQ tax or excessive marketing. They work hard on the average-priced brand of products and become a trend and trend in the general trend! Yet, the brand name Luxury doesnt fit in well with other local clothing brands. First of all, he used an English word as the brand name. Whats more, this English brand name means luxury goods. Isnt that going against the current wishes of domestic consumers? Its obviously a domestic product, but it pretends to be a western brand. Its obviously a cheap clothing, but it has to be made into a luxury brand. If you look at it from this perspective, you would feel that this brand has been filled with twists and turns from the beginning. However, if everyone knew the reason behind the brand name Luxury and the meaning behind it, they would not think so. This clothing brand was originally a classic work from Tengda Games, which is an interactive movie game, Struggle. In Struggle, the creators deeply exposed and criticized consumerism for the poison of ordinary people. The clothing brand is both a tool for the rich to harvest the poor and a form of training for the rich to train the poor. The rich have attached many additional concepts to the clothing brands, thus creating the illusion that wearing these branded suits and holding onto branded bags would allow them to look presentable and integrate into the rich circle. However, in reality, real rich people dont need the brand Luxury to prove their identities. Instead, ordinary salarymen who flock to Luxury rely on their salaries to support themselves! This simple and crude name also represented the attitude of the creator towards the clothing brand. The golden logo formed by the two alphabets L looks bright on the surface, but in fact, they dress themselves up in a high-sounding manner by constantly drinking the blood of the poor. Once you understand this point, you can look at the real luxury brand. Everyone will realize that it is actually the exact opposite of the luxury clothing brand in the game. In reality, this luxury clothing brand has separated the marketing and luxury goods attributes of the products to the maximum. We can see on the official website that all of the luxury clothings are basically cheap clothes. The premium is not obvious on the basis of the original design fees and raw materials processing fees. At the very least, we can tell the difference in price at a glance compared to foreign brands. After I checked online, I realized that the raw materials and processing factories of the luxury clothing brands are all in China. Whats more, they use the best raw materials and the best factory. In this aspect, they are actually not much different from foreign brands because most of these foreign brands manufacturers are also in China. Of course, someone might say that the value of a piece of clothing is not only the raw materials and processing, but other aspects are also very important, such as brand value and design. If these are included in the cost, the price would definitely increase. Luxury clothing brands cannot meet consumers needs very well in these two aspects, so the low price is just a last resort. However, that is obviously not the case! Luxury clothing brands have already considered these aspects. First of all, in terms of style and design, the luxury clothing brand has hired some well-known designers in the country to design. Of course, some people might say that this is far from enough. After all, there is a certain gap between the domestic fashion designers standards and design standards compared to the international top designers. Thats why theres another trump card to the luxury apparel. Thats the game Tailoring. I wonder if everyone still remembers how Tengda Corporation responded to GOG and IOI in the initial update war? At that time, IOI was not an idle company. They were ambitious in producing various new heroes every day, hoping to quickly expand and seize the market with frequent version updates. GOG did not forcefully pile up manpower. Instead, they thought of a better solution. GOG will soon have a large number of outstanding hero designs by collecting players creativity on the forum. The official designers will conduct a comprehensive evaluation of these ideas. They will completely accept good ideas and split the profits with the creators. They will improve some slightly worse ideas and integrate them into the game as much as possible. GOG is crushing IOI in terms of quantity and quality. Many outstanding classic heroes that we have played now, such as Literary Genius of the Winds, appeared during this period. This means that the creativity of the people is endless! Its the same for clothing designs. Once the widespread gamers and designers are activated, all sorts of outstanding designs will definitely appear. Whats more, there is a perfect screening mechanism for the game quantified clothes. These designs will be screened layer by layer by gamers. They will be able to maximize the taste of ordinary people and reflect the beauty needs of the public. How many famous designers have so many advanced theories, but they have designed clothes that are eye-catching and unacceptable to ordinary people? Whats more, Western cultural beauty might be very outstanding in the system that they are good at, but they will never be able to make outstanding Eastern clothing. Luxury clothing brands want to give this right to ordinary players. They want to achieve a unique talent reduction effect by inspiring ordinary people to continuously produce outstanding designs so that the truly outstanding design would not be buried. After that, even if we split the profits of these costumes with the designer, the price we would have to pay would be much lower than hiring top designers. The cost of saving would be reflected in the price of the costumes. Many people spoke about the brand value, may I know what is it? If your so-called brand value is what people say, everyone says that its good, you think that its good, or you cant say what the brand value is. You can only talk about some superficial cultural heritage or the recognition of celebrities. Then, I think this brand value might be a show of vanity! To be precise, the brands value should be a comprehensive image of the brand in the hearts of demanders. That includes the image, quality, culture, personality, and many other aspects that this brand brings to consumers. In other words, the so-called brands value is the value of a large number of consumers recognition of this brand. Or rather, your recognition of a certain brands value represents a certain attitude towards life. When you think that expensive luxury goods might not improve in value but can bring you psychological satisfaction, it might mean that you are a person who is passionate about showing your wealth to others. When you think that daily necessities should be returned to their value and not be kidnapped by excessive marketing, choosing some affordable brands might mean that you are a person who values practicality and boycott consumerism, hoping to spend money on more meaningful things. Of course, there are other situations. Perhaps its because youre too rich or too poor. From this perspective, I think the brand value advocated by Luxury is a more correct and healthier brand value! All luxury brands are actually considering problems from the perspective of companies. They give the spirit of culture to the brand in various ways so that consumers can better cut their leeks. Only Luxury is a brand from the perspective of consumers, helping consumers resist the many methods of brainwashing and inducing consumption by helping consumers to return the value of goods to their use. This is the true meaning behind the creation of the luxury clothing brand by Slow Movement Studio! Thats why everyone turned back to look at the game Tailoring and realized that it is no longer just a game. It is still the bridge between ordinary consumers and luxury clothing brands. Every ordinary consumer can actually use this game to influence the Luxury clothing brand, and even the entire clothing brands consumer market. Here, consumers are no longer the leeks that obediently take out their waists and can be slaughtered at will. Instead, they can truly change all of this and decide their own fate! Thats why I said that not only did the game Tailoring not walk into a dead end, but it was also exploring a brand new path! On one hand, it polishes the quality of the game to the extreme and is willing to pay for the fun of some niche players. It is not a game that is not fun like what some people said. For those players who like to change the game, this game can be played for a lifetime! On the other hand, it might be a game but it is constantly affecting reality. Not only does it link the game with the clothing brands in reality, but more importantly, it allows every gamer to participate in the innovations of the clothing design and clothing brands in reality. Many people say that games are the ninth form of art. We might as well think about what else this ninth form of art can do apart from affecting peoples mental world and making them feel happy? Perhaps, the game that Slow Movement Studio is constantly exploring is combined with reality, making games into tools to modify reality. This path is the general direction of future game development! Chapter 1630 - Cherish Your Life and Stay Away From The Fake Reviewers! Pei Qian was completely shocked after watching this video! He had not expected Qiao Liang to find a new point to boast about. It was really impossible to guard against everything! The previous game review was actually very well-written. It could be said to be killing peoples hearts and directly attacking the lack of gameability of Tailoring. It would easily resonate widely. However, Qiao Liang slashed and attacked, directly turning the opponents attack invisible. He even forced the opponent into a desperate situation. While the other party was still struggling with the game nature of a game, Qiao Liang told all players that this game actually had a positive meaning to modify reality. Once this argument was established, who would care about the game? This was a demotion attack! The key was that Qiao Liangs words were reasonable and reasonable. Every deduction segment was seamless, especially when combined with the meaning and definition of the luxury clothing in the game Struggle, it made ordinary consumers, especially the players, highly agree with him. Only Pei Qian knew that this was an accident. He wanted to use the original intention of the luxury clothing. He did not expect Qiao Liang, the scammer, to misunderstand him again. / please keep reading on MYB0XN0VEL.C0M. What should he do now? Pei Qian was a little confused. He sent a few more messages to Shaohu Reviews, urging him to think of something even if it was to increase money. Pei Qian was in a desperate situation. Even he, the President of Tengda Corporation, could not think of a solution, much less an ordinary fake reviewer gang. The leader of the fake reviewers could not be found. Pei Qian sighed silently. He racked his brains to think of a solution while waiting for the fake reviewers to reply him. That night Pei Qian had just finished his dinner. He sat on the sofa, frowning. Qiao Liangs video was becoming more and more popular. The comments on the internet about the game Tailoring were also getting better and better. Even the official website of the luxury clothing website was showing signs of the new products being crazily snatched. Some of the explosive stocks were even showing signs of shorting! Pei Qian was filled with sorrow. The most apprehensive thing was Shaohu Reviews. Until now, no one had replied him. Pei Qian felt that something was amiss. Logically speaking, this was a professional fake reviewer company. Why had they been out of contact for so long? Technology was so advanced now. It should be impossible to just cut off the power and internet. Could he have fallen asleep because he had been working for too long? However, Pei Qian looked at the time. It had been an entire day. He shouldnt still be sleeping, right? Pei Qian was very distressed, but he had no choice but to continue watching Teacher Qiaos videos to ease his anxiety and nervousness. As he browsed, Pei Qian suddenly saw some comments crazily @ Teacher Qiao. These comments were all pointed at another video. Good lord, the righteous Teacher Qiao is the light of the righteous path! Quick, go and take a look. The official account of Ping An City has posted a video. It even praised you specifically! Im dying of laughter. Ive been talking about online fake reviewers. Ive finally seen the true face of online fake reviewers in the video today. This is so satisfying! Ive long disliked these f*cking fake reviewers! Im dying of laughter. Old Qiao has been working hard against the fake reviewers in the past. Now that hes been struggling until now, he suddenly realized that hes always fighting online. His efficiency is too low. Its better to attack directly! Pei Qians heart could not help but tremble when he saw the words fake reviewers. Could this fake reviewer be the same person as the fake reviewer I hired? Pei Qian quickly clicked on the video link and realized that it was the official video number of Pingan Peng City. The title of this video was In response to the netizens event, Pingan Peng City went all out and targeted the internet fake reviewers. The summary was very simple. Internet fake reviewers who deleted posts were caught on the spot. That was in line with the style of the official account. The video was not long. It was more than five minutes, but there was a lot of information hidden in it. At first, the video was about the purpose of the operation that the law-enforcement officers introduced on the car. They said that they had received a report from a righteous crowd. Through a lot of evidence, they locked onto someone who was paying to delete the post and the fake reviewers guided by public opinion on the internet. According to the positioning, the leader of this fake reviewer gang was in Shenzhen. They were going to capture him immediately. The process of capture was clean and controlled the suspect on the spot. The law-enforcement personnel found evidence of this fake reviewer activities. This guy had probably never seen such a huge scene before. He panicked on the spot. He confessed to his crime but was brought back to jail on the spot. At the end of the video, a beautiful policewoman promoted everyone. Web fake reviewers refer to internet public relations companies. They provide information deletion services through information networks, or they promote and spread it through network information methods even though they know that it is fake information. They are suspected of illegal operations. According to sources, this fake reviewer was also a famous UP Master on Aili Islands website. According to the suspect, he had spoken to netizens during the process of reviewing content. In a fit of anger, he thought about building a fake reviewer company. I hope that everyone can learn from your mistakes! The internet is not a lawless place. Keep an eye on fake reviewers and dont fall into their trap. Pingan Peng City will also follow up with a deep tracking of the partners involved in the fake reviewers. Please pay close attention to the follow-up movements. Pei Qian fell silent. He rewatched the video. The criminal suspect had a mosaic on his face due to his privacy protection, so he could not see his actual face. However, Pei Qian panicked when he heard that this fake reviewer was also a UP Master on Aili Island website. Could it be Shaohu Reviews? He scrolled through the comments section again and realized that he did not need to guess blindly at all. That was because enthusiastic netizens had long stripped the relevant people. The so-called righteous crowd in the video was actually Teacher Qiao. The fake reviewer leader who was caught was the notorious UP Master Shaohu Reviews on the website. In fact, when Shaohu Reviews received money to defame some digital technology brands, the comments section often exploded with flames of war. However, they were all suppressed by his fake reviewers. Netizens could tell that he had hired fake reviewers. Whats more, based on the frequency, he probably raised them himself. After all, an ordinary UP Master would not make much money. It was impossible to maintain a long-term cooperation with fake reviewers. However, no one had confirmed it and there was nothing they could do. However, he did not expect the report to be effective! Qiao Liang was also overjoyed. He replied in the comments section. Thank you for upholding justice in Pingan Peng City! Actually, I didnt think too much about it. I just couldnt stand such behavior that distorted the truth and confused the right. Thats why I reported it angrily. I didnt expect it to really be reasonable. I just did the duty that a law-abiding citizen should do. The ones who should really thank the law-enforcement personnel in Pingan Peng City should be you! Everyone is responsible for resisting the internet fake reviewers and purifying the internet environment! Many people were @ Shaohu Reviews and whipping their corpses in the comments section. Its no wonder that no new videos have been released recently. The host did not exit the internet. He just fell into the internet! Can you evaluate whether the silver bracelet is useful after you go in? Lets see if the silver bracelet is harder or your mouth is harder. How delightful! Why isnt Aili Islands website sealing his account? Check the other UP Masters in the evaluation zones when Pingan Peng City will go all out again. I think these UP Masters are probably related to the fake reviewers. When can we expose the cooperative accounts with fake reviewers? Let us see which companies are the culprits for hiring fake reviewers! Thats right! If some companies did not buy fake reviewers to provide them with financial support, would they be so rampant? They must be severely punished! Eh, everyone, look. The evaluation of the game that criticized Tailoring was deleted by the author. Is he admitting it? I think hes probably a fake reviewer working with Shaohu Reviews. The author said that he was refuted by Teacher Qiaos video. He realized that his comment was immature, so he deleted it to avoid greater impact. As for the real reason, it depends on the individual. To think that he ran away so quickly. Otherwise, I would have given him the next silver bracelet. Pei Qian felt light-headed seeing these comments. It was no wonder that Shaohu Reviews did not reply him. It was not cut off, but destroyed by his body. He had been hoping that the fake reviewers would help him salvage the situation, but it looked like he had been overthinking. These fake reviewers could not even protect themselves. It was hard to say when they would be released from the detainment. Whats more, Pei Qian noticed an even more serious problem! Dont tell me hes going to wipe out all of Shaohu Reviews contact list? Wouldnt my reputation as Boss Pei be ruined? At that time, he would put down the name list of partners for Shaohu Reviews in Pingan Peng City and let the netizens play a let me see who has been defamed? Oh, its Tengda Corporation! Let me see who has been defaming Tengda Corporation? Oh, its Tengda Corporations President Pei! How could that be? Wouldnt this matter be exposed immediately if he was actually the biggest spy in Tengda Corporation? Pei Qian quickly deleted his friend from Shaohu Reviews and pretended that he had never contacted him. Fortunately, he only used his alternate account. However, this might not be useful. After all, technology was so advanced now. They would definitely be able to find out if they really wanted to check. However, compared to hiring fake reviewers, it was completely incomparable to hiring fake reviewers. Whats more, there were so many fake reviewers. He could not possibly check them one by one, right? Otherwise, even if he found out, it would only be a warning. It should not be placed online as a social death. Fake reviewers could kill! Pei Qian was very regretful now. In fact, he did not get any benefits from hiring fake reviewers. Not only did he lose a lot of his private money, but Tengda Corporation would become even more popular every time he smeared Tengda Corporation! He did not get any benefits and even had side effects for no reason. There were many more risks. Who could he reason with? Pei Qian could only sigh silently: cherish life and stay away from fake reviewers. From now on, he had never known Shaohu Reviews. He had to draw a clear line as soon as possible! Chapter 1631 - Final Plan A month later. September 5th, Thursday. Accompanying the vigorous netizens activities last month, many fake reviewers were eliminated. Many netizens could even feel that the atmosphere on the internet was obviously better. There were fewer contrarians and yin-yang people. Pei Qian had been very careful ever since Shaohu Reviews was released. He hid at home every day, afraid that Shaohu Reviews would reveal his identity. If the police rushed into Tengda Corporations presidents office, the situation would not look good! After a month of trembling in fear, nothing happened. Pei Qian slowly relaxed. At the same time, he repeatedly warned himself not to touch online fake reviewers in the future. He had to repent and turn over a new leaf. Boss Pei might be free but Tengda Corporation was not. Slow Movement Studios new VR glasses and the game quantitative clothing were gradually becoming popular. The popularity that had been deliberately suppressed in the early stages had been rebounded. Especially after working deeply with the luxury clothing, they kept releasing new personalities. It formed a trend online and was deeply loved by young people. There were even celebrities, including Chen Lei and Lu Zhiyao, who appeared on many occasions dressed in luxury clothing. It had a very good advertising effect. / please keep reading on MYB0XN0VEL.C0M. The recognition of the luxury clothing brand by so many people also allowed this brand to develop rapidly among young people. At the rate things were going, Pei Qian guessed that he would only need two or three months to open a large number of offline shops. On the other side, the film team for The Future You Choose was already setting off for Venice to participate in the Venice Film Festival. As for whether they would win the award this time, no one could say. It would depend on luck. There had been no movement from the anti-Tengda Alliance for a long time. Pei Qian was even more low-profile than the deliberately keeping a low profile. Pei Qian was very anxious about this. They wouldnt give up and not dare to attack anymore, right? He could not blame the anti-Tengda Alliance for this. The main reason was that the previous series of battles had ended in the complete failure of the anti-Tengda Alliance. Tengda Corporation had won everything, be it the public opinion war on the internet, the more advanced theoretical war, or the real price war. The leading Home Corporation, Home Take-Out, and Shengyun Corporation had been rubbed against the ground by Tengda Corporation several times and suffered heavy losses. Under such circumstances, even if the anti-Tengda Alliance wanted to attack, they could not find a new breakthrough point. Apart from lying low, they had no other choice. Pei Qian was very anxious, but he did not dare to shout at Nie Yunsheng and Zheng Hao publicly. That was because if he shouted, it would seem like he was provoking them. He might directly collapse the mentality of the other party and cause the entire alliance to collapse. Now, even though the anti-Tengda Alliance had not done anything, they had at least maintained a form of alliance. It was already a blessing in disguise that no disaster had befallen them. Pei Qian was very melancholic. I wonder what Boss Nie is doing now? Hurry up and continue attacking Tengda Corporation. Dont take your time! Brother Nie, if you dont come and save me, I really wont be able to incur losses before settlement! Pei Qian looked into the distance, in the direction of Shanghai. At the same time, in Shanghai. Nie Yunsheng and the bosses of several major companies in the anti-Tengda Alliance were holding a secret meeting. However, the bosses, including Zheng Hao, looked a little down. That was because they were not optimistic about the prospects of the anti-Tengda Alliance. There was no need to talk about the past failures. After Zheng Hao publicly revolt against Tengda Corporations Boss Pei through the Entrepreneurial Talk segment, he was killed by Boss Peis ordinary undergraduate thesis. The entire anti-Tengda Alliance was actually at its wits end. He really could not find any new breakthrough point! Thus, Nie Yunsheng decided to lie low for the time being. Once Tengda Corporation revealed a flaw, he would find his weakness and attack! At that time, Nie Yunsheng had promised that Tengda Corporation would publish many projects in the future, including game consoles with an extremely low success rate. Apart from that, there were also zoos, haunted houses, and other projects that could be used by the anti-Tengda Alliance. Once these projects failed, the anti-Tengda Alliance would be able to make a big deal out of it and find an entry point to counterattack. However, what Nie Yunsheng did not expect was that all of Tengda Corporations projects would succeed. From the foldable screen cell phone to the game router, to the new project of the zoo and the foreign tourist. Even last months Tailoring, VR games, and luxury clothing brands had been successful. The successes of these projects were different. If you had to find something in common, you could only say that their successes were a little outrageous! It would always explode on a point that no one thought of. Then, it would obtain extremely high popularity. Relying on the high quality of the products themselves, it would obtain unanimous praise from netizens. Boss Pei had not expressed any views publicly ever since the matter of the thesis was released. However, that was enough. In the hearts of most netizens, Boss Peis image had already surpassed everyone in the anti-Tengda Alliance. Under such circumstances, Tengda Corporation was like an everlasting army that defeated everything. On the other hand, the anti-Tengda Alliance could only watch Tengda Corporation fight and attack cities without any way out. Nie Yunsheng adopted a strategy to avoid the edge. In the end, he realized that the other party was almost at his hometown. If the current situation continued to develop, Tengda Corporation would obtain an advantage in more and more fields. When they accumulated their strength, they would turn around and attack the anti-Tengda Alliance in rental houses, take-out, delivery, and other fields. Would they be able to withstand that? Therefore, the bosses of Nie Yunsheng and the anti-Tengda Alliance companies had already thought of a problem. They could not wait anymore nor delay any longer. It seemed impossible to wait for Tengda to show its flaws. Without external interference, Tengdas success would only come smoother and more natural! Zheng Hao looked at Nie Yunsheng and said, Boss Nie, you said that there is still one last way to deal with Tengda Corporation as a last resort. I think its about time to use this method! The bosses of other companies looked at Nie Yunsheng. Nie Yunsheng held a special meeting to tell everyone after Boss Peis thesis and killer Weibo post was released. At that time, Nie Yunsheng had once said that even if Tengda really succeeded in the game system, the following projects would also succeed. There was no need to worry too much about the anti-Tengda Alliance being forced to a dead end because there was still a last resort. He could not reveal this method at that time because he was worried that a mole would tell on Tengda Corporation. However, Nie Yunsheng was very sure that this last move would definitely severely injure Tengda Corporation even if it could not reverse the situation and make both sides suffer! This move could only be displayed to the greatest effect when Tengda Corporation won steadily and Boss Pei was so pleased. Now, it seemed like the time was ripe! It was the most difficult time for the anti-Tengda Alliance. It was even a little sunset but it had completely met the conditions that Nie Yunsheng needed! Nie Yunsheng nodded slightly. Alright! Since thats the case, Ill tell everyone the final plan. My last move is to tell everyone a story! The other bosses frowned, confused. Tell a story? What story? Nie Yunshengs expression was serious as he slowly said, A story of a dragon slayer turning into an evil dragon! A story about a super giant finally monopolizing everything! Its a story about Zhou Gongs Fear of Rumors Day and Wang Mangqians Fault! We have to use our own tragic state to win and expand rapidly through Tengda Corporation. We have to reignite peoples fear and wariness of large-scale monopolies and completely separate Tengda Corporation and ordinary netizens consumers, making them wary of each other! All the bosses present were very smart. They immediately understood what Nie Yunsheng meant. Zheng Hao could not help but nod in realization. I see! This is indeed a good move. Its extremely exquisite! The poem that Nie Yunsheng mentioned originated from Bai Jyuyis Five Rhetoric. He would give a gift to the emperor if he felt suspicious. There would be no need for him to hide in the tortoise or the yuppie. The trial jades had to be burned for three days, and the material had to be identified during seven years. Zhou Gong was afraid of the passing of time while Wang Mang remained humble. Who knew if the envoy would die in the beginning and real life? This was a poem rich in philosophy. Simply put, it was to people and things. If he wanted to obtain a comprehensive understanding, he had to use time to slowly verify it. When Zhou Gong was assisting him to become a king, there were many rumors that he tried to seize power. However, in the end, it proved that he was actually loyal. Wang Mang pretended to be humble and respectful before seizing power. He lied to many people and only revealed his true face in the end. If they died before they were verified by time, who would know if they were real or fake? Nie Yunsheng wanted to use this point to attack Boss Pei and Tengda Corporation! From the looks of it, Tengda Corporation was indeed a perfect and invulnerable company. Boss Pei was also an outstanding entrepreneur who cared about society. However, was there anyone in the world who would never deteriorate? Was there a company that would never deteriorate? Boss Pei was still very young. Perhaps he was filled with passion and was an idealist. He wanted to be a warrior who wanted to kill evil dragons and get rid of evil for the people! However, who knew if he would be tempted by wealth to become a new evil dragon after successfully killing the evil dragon? Tengda Corporation faced other companies and was invincible. That was because they were challenging these monopoly companies that had become evil dragons as a challenge. However, once this new business model wins, and Tengda Corporation obtains a monopoly position in many fields, would they be able to maintain their original beliefs? Whats more, anti-Tengda Alliance companies only achieved dominance in a certain field. For example, Home Corporations main business was limited to the rental industry, while Shengyun Expresss main business was limited to the express delivery industry. However, Tengda Corporation was a behemoth that involved too many fields. Whats more, there were naturally close connections between its departments. They would expand their advantage through frequent joint operations and ultimately occupy a monopoly position in many business fields. The process of such a huge monster walking towards success step by step was also the process of everyones vigilance towards him increasing! This vigilance would ultimately grow into a problem that was a thousand times greater than Shengyun Corporation and Home Corporation. Nie Yunsheng was now using this vigilant mentality to magnify it constantly. That would cause everyone to fear the existence of Tengda Corporation and completely cut off the connection between Tengda Corporation and ordinary consumers. Tengdas success was because it relied on the largest number of consumers. Once it was abandoned by the largest number of consumers, Tengda, this behemoth, was only one step away from collapse! Chapter 1632 - "My Property" Everyone finally understood why Nie Yunsheng said this move. He could only use it at the end. That was because ordinary peoples fear of Tengda growing into a new monopoly group would only rise to a threshold when Tengda Corporation gradually occupied a monopoly position and defeated the anti-Tengda Alliance! Before this, Tengda Corporation had long established a good reputation. It was enough to support ordinary consumers on their side. Perhaps this was what it meant to be revived from the dead! Once Nie Yunshengs plan succeeded, the relationship between the anti-Tengda Alliance and Tengda Corporation would be easy to change. If most consumers recognized the concept that Nie Yunsheng was spreading and thought that Tengda Corporations market monopoly position was already a danger, these consumers would not help either side when Tengda Corporation and the anti-Tengda Alliance launched commercial competitions. They would stand by the side and watch the show because both sides were evil capital seeking to monopolize. What difference would it make who stood? In the most optimistic case, Tengda Corporation would backfire because of its previous good reputation. Previously, peoples love for it would turn into greater hatred. At that time, once Tengdas undefeated golden body was exposed, it would be the time to counterattack the Tengda Alliance. bosses like Nie Yunsheng and Zheng Hao were born at the end of the tunnel. They came up from the bottom step by step. They were not afraid of regular business competitions. They were afraid of companies like Tengda Corporation that did not follow common sense and did not care about morals. / please keep reading on MYB0XN0VEL.C0M. If he could pull both sides into the same starting line, he did not dare to say that he would definitely win against the business genius, Boss Pei. At the very least, the chances of success would greatly increase. The living space that his own company would obtain would also be significantly improved. He would not be so suffocated like now. A boss said, Boss Nie, what a good plan! If this plan really succeeds, we will indeed have a chance to turn the tables. We might even completely collapse Tengda! However, theres a small problem now. A while ago, the net internet activity attacked the fake reviewers in the country. Im afraid we wont be able to find many fake reviewers as easily as before. How should we solve this? Nie Yunsheng said, It doesnt matter. There will always be brave people when there is a high reward. As long as the demand is still there, fake reviewers cannot be banned forever. Of course, this is a tough battle. We cannot count on fake reviewers. After all, the strength of fake reviewers is limited. They can only shout and cheer behind us to build momentum, but we cannot let them really enter the main battlefield. The real decisive battle still depends on us! He looked at Vice-President Lu Xiaoping of Vinci Media. Boss Lu, I can tell everyone about the movie. The others looked at Lu Xiaoping in unison with surprise on their faces. Previously, Nie Yunsheng had gone against everyones wishes and insisted on pulling Vinci Media and other media companies into the anti-Tengda Alliance camp. He had even paid a lot of price for this, making some old companies unhappy. However, from the looks of it now, Nie Yunsheng was actually taking precautions. He had long thought of todays situation. Vinci Media was a rather influential media entertainment group domestically. Its main business included film investment production announcement, television investment distribution, artist economy, and so on. On top of that, Vinci Media would also take on some publicity work for overseas films in the mainland. Whats more, they would have a good say. Previously, they were in charge of the publicity of the overseas blockbuster, Greyhound. However, they happened to bump into Tengda Corporations Mission and Choice . This painful failure had always been the pain in Lu Xiaopings heart! As Tengda Corporation and Fei Huang Workspace developed rapidly, they produced many outstanding movies and web series. This made domestic audiences more and more picky, and they became less and less convinced of foreign blockbusters and popular works. This undoubtedly cut off an important path for Vinci Media! Vinci Media had ample reason to fight Tengda Corporation just because of this. Lu Xiaoping looked around at everyone and said, Actually, Boss Nie had already expected the current situation in advance. Even though it looked like the worst situation at that time, the facts have proven that its always right to plan ahead! In fact, most of the support that the anti-Tengda Alliance has given to Vinci Media was used to invest in a movie. This movie has already been filmed and will be released at the end of this month. This movie will become our trump card against Tengda Corporation! Everyone could not help but feel excited when they heard that. Obviously, if he wanted to defeat Tengda in the battle of public opinion, he had to have a medium. It would not be very effective to rely on fake reviewers to create hype online. That was because there was no support point or intention to resonate with ordinary people. Relying on fake reviewers alone would not achieve much. The reason why Tengda could have the upper hand in the battle of public opinion was because Tengda had various cultural products. Whether it was games or movies, they could accurately hit the hearts of ordinary audiences or players and resonate widely. Thus, after the failures of various public opinion battles, everyone finally realized that they had to fight in Tengdas area of expertise to defeat Tengda. There were only two core areas that were most suitable: games and movies! There was no need to talk about the game. At the moment, Tengdas research and development level was the only one in the country. There might not even be anyone who would come after the two gaps. Looking for trouble with Tengda in this place was definitely suicidal. Thus, the film industry was the only feasible breakthrough. Vinci Media had been in this field for many years. It had a wide network and sufficient resources. If it could really launch a work that went straight to the soul with the help of the anti-Tengda Alliance, it would definitely bring a huge advantage to public opinion war! Vinci Media might have been beaten by Fei Huang Workspace previously but the situation was different now. Previously, Fei Huang Workspace had played against Vinci Media unintentionally. Now, the attack and defense of both sides had changed. The bosses immediately became active and discussed. Boss Lu, Boss Nie, what is the specific content of this movie? Can you reveal it? Yes, what theme is it? In my opinion, its most likely a realistic theme. The process of starting an entrepreneur from scratch to becoming the leader of a monopoly group. During this process, he will slowly show that his words and actions are different. That will let everyone realize that once they obtain a monopoly status, all entrepreneurs will become the same in the end! I think the theme of reality is too straightforward. If we want to film Boss Pei, we would probably have to use actors who have a similar image as Boss Pei in the end. That would be too obvious. It would easily backfire. It might be better to change the background. I think the background in the ancient times is not bad. There were many rich businessmen in the ancient times. After these businessmen expanded, they showed their attitude towards the rich and inhumane. Then, they compared them to the path that they traveled when they were young. It can also play a very good role in borrowing the past and present. Whats more, this would not easily cause widespread resistance! At the mention of movies, many bosses became excited. After all, most people had watched movies before. They could roughly raise some ideas. Even though they already knew that the movie was done, it did not affect their curiosity and enthusiasm for discussion. Lu Xiaoping and Nie Yunsheng looked at each other and smiled. Lu Xiaoping explained, Everyones ideas are not bad, but they dont meet our requirements! Everyone, what you said is right. This film is too much and not enough. Therefore, we cannot film a realistic theme, let alone film Tengda Corporation too obviously. That would expose our intentions too much! Once our intentions are exposed, public opinion would form a sense of sympathy for Tengda Corporation. Our goal would be completely impossible to achieve. Instead, we would counterattack. Its indeed a method to borrow the past and present, but there are many restrictions in the background of ancient topics. If the hints are not good enough and the audience cannot understand that we are actually hinting at Tengda Corporation, wouldnt it be a wasted effort? Other than that, the most important point that everyone has neglected is the story and the outstanding level of the script itself. If we only wanted to film Tengda Corporation, we would have produced a very bad script. No matter how much money we invested, no matter how outstanding the director was, the audience would not have bought the final movie. How could a lousy film affect Tengda in public opinion? The bosses looked at each other and nodded. Boss Lu, youve thought it through. Boss Lu, may I ask how to film this movie? Lu Xiaoping smiled. Boss Nie and I have already considered this problem repeatedly previously. Our last solution is to buy the copyright of the novel of outstanding sci-fi authors. Everyone could not help but nod, thinking that it made sense. If he wanted to make a good movie, he had to first have a good script. The best way to obtain a good script was to buy a good story that had been successfully verified and then change it. Even though the adaptation might still fail, it was much better than writing the story from scratch. The development of domestic sci-fi novels was not bad. There was a batch of outstanding works. Whats more, sci-fi movies in recent years had shown signs of warming up. If it was really as Lu Xiaoping said, he could buy an outstanding sci-fi novel, guide it appropriately during filming, and film Tengda Corporation. He might be able to achieve unexpected effects. Someone asked, Which sci-fi novel is it? Lu Xiaoping said, My Property. The bosses looked at each other. Some of them expressed that they had heard of it before, but they did not know what kind of story it was. Lu Xiaoping smiled slightly and introduced. This is a rather old sci-fi novel. It might be a short story but his reputation is very good. Whats more, it was created by a famous sci-fi author in our country. This novel uses one light and one dark clue to describe a bizarre future society. One of the two children from a poor family was developing in business. The business grew bigger and bigger, constantly swallowing other companies. In the end, more than 90% of the industry and wealth in the world were concentrated in his hands. The other child he knew when he was young became an ordinary worker when he was older. He was mediocre. Due to the wealth in the world, including the mineral water and air on the entire planet, the poor can only live in small cubicles and struggle for survival through the life cycle system. The protagonist can enjoy all the wealth in the world to his hearts content. He is also known as the boss. The poor mans child grew up and lost his job. His father and mother left the world one after another for some reason. Finally, one day, the child saw his boss walking outside. He vaguely recognized him as his childhood playmate. Thus, he risked being killed by the law enforcement unit and rushed out. In the end, the boss took out a portion of his wealth out of friendship and pity for this child. He created an interstellar spacecraft and sent all the poor people to another planet. The story ends here. But can this story really reflect Tengda Corporation and Boss Pei? Someone asked, confused. Lu Xiaoping smiled. Even if all the corporations in the anti-Tengda Alliance monopolize it, they would only dominate the market in a certain industry. However, Tengda Corporation is different. It is a new company that spanned across many corporations and achieved success in countless fields! Only Tengda Corporation fits this definition and concept! Not only that, the boss in the story started from a small businessman step by step. He relied on his honest and legal labor, his talent in business, and his intelligence. It was precisely because every step of his was completely legal that the story was even more ironic. Think about it carefully, does this role fit Boss Pei better? Chapter 1633 - Tengdas Way Of Seeking Immortality Everyone realized that this story really met everyones requirements to a certain extent. The biggest feature of this story was that it did not make the boss ugly. Instead, it repeatedly emphasized that he had accumulated such a huge wealth through his hardwork and outstanding talents. Thus, if he judged it based on conventional morals, he should be considered a good person in the conventional sense. Wasnt Boss Pei the same? If this movie discredited this character in various ways and hinted to Boss Pei through it, the audience might not agree. That was because most viewers would set up a venue and think that Boss Pei was an outstanding entrepreneur with no fatal flaws in morality! This huge company that could control 90% of the worlds wealth and cover all the industries in the world was indeed more like the future direction of Tengda Corporation. If he had to find a suitable candidate in reality, Tengda would undoubtedly be the first to bear the brunt. The most important point was that this movie did not maliciously ugly certain people. It did not rigidly instill a certain concept into the audience. Instead, it used a very cautious and bold method to develop a certain possibility in the future. If the story itself was exciting enough, it could naturally form a huge discussion in the audiences hearts. / please keep reading on MYB0XN0VEL.C0M. Combined with all these factors, this was indeed the best choice. The chances of success were very high! Someone asked curiously, Why is this movie called My Property? Lu Xiaoping explained, Thats because most things on the entire planet in the movie, including the air, are the boss personal property. The people on this planet are no exception. Basically, they are all employees of this boss. However, some of them do more presentable work, while others only hang empty jobs in this bosss company. From this perspective, the child of another poor family who was this bosss childhood playmate has actually become the boss property. Thats why the name My Property is so ironic. The bosses nodded sincerely. Obviously, Lu Xiaoping knew it very well. He had already thought about these long-term things when he and Nie Yunsheng secretly decided to invest in this movie! However, someone quickly felt worried. Boss Lu, Boss Nie, I have a question. If this movie is really produced, it wouldnt kill a thousand enemies but lose eight hundred, right? From the looks of the current situation, all of us, including our company, seem to be within the satire of this movie! Is that really alright? Nie Yunsheng smiled. This is a sacrifice that we have to make to win. In fact, the more Tengda develops, the more similar it would be to us. Therefore, most of the arguments that we use to attack Tengda can be applied to ourselves. For this reason, we have to wait for the strength of both sides to change. When Tengda is in the lead, we can use this last move that breaks all means of retreat! If we give up because this move might cause a certain loss to ourselves, we really have no other way. We have already proven in the regular racing track that we cannot win Tengda no matter what we do! Therefore, we will use all of our companies failures to promote Tengda to the position of boss in the movie. Its unlikely that our ultimate goal is not to make Tengda completely collapse or disintegrate! However, as long as we can cut off the connection between Tengda and ordinary consumers or prevent the link between Tengdas various departments from being so smooth, it would be a success for us. I think this risk is worth taking. We have to take it! Nie Yunshengs words completely unified everyones thoughts. That was indeed the last solution! The story of this movie was outstanding enough, and it was a relatively popular sci-fi theme in recent years. It might cause a huge reaction once it was released. The only company that fit the image in the movie was Tengda Corporation! The anti-Tengda Alliance could do many things around this movie. Their public opinion attack would not be from the perspective of various companies, but from the perspective of ordinary people to attack a huge monster like Tengda. More ants could kill an elephant! Zheng Hao seemed to be moved as he said, Boss Nie, Boss Lu, your move is indeed brilliant! The most important thing is to find a new path. We cannot continue to fight Tengda from the perspective of companies and companies. That would be regular business competition. Im afraid we will never be a match for Tengda! At this stage, Tengda Corporation wants to improve further. Its opponents are no longer competitive companies like ours, but millions of ordinary people! The most difficult thing is not to defeat every competitors company, but to gather the consensus of millions of ordinary people. Tengda is on this path, so we have to stop this path at all costs! Actually, most people are mediocre mob. They are easily misled and led. Whats more, most people have the instinctive vigilance against such super large companies. While Tengda is developing and growing, fighting against large capital, many people will stand on Tengdas side. However, once Tengdas development passes a certain line, these people will immediately stand on the opposite side of Tengda as long as they are slightly affected. Tengda can win all competitive companies in business, but it cannot win over people. Thats why I keep saying that Tengda is setting up a character for itself. In fact, its a very dangerous act. This is like walking a tightrope. If youre not careful, you will completely fall from the clouds. For example, Boss Pei walked the path of seeking immortality. He could have been an ordinary Itinerant Immortal, living a carefree life. However, he had to withstand the heavenly tribulation and fly to the upper world. Then, he had to be prepared to be killed by the lightning tribulation at any time. Everyone nodded. This analogy was indeed in everyones heart. Tengda was invincible in the business field. Tengdas last step was to gather everyones consensus. Tengdas enemy was no longer a competitive company but all ordinary consumers. This behavior was a little like going through a heavenly tribulation. If he passed it, Tengda would directly climb to the upper world and reach a height that no company could reach. However, if he could not pass it, he would die. His character would instantly turn against him and end up being abandoned by everyone! Everyone looked at Lu Xiaoping. Since thats the case, Boss Lu, well wait for the good news and wait for this movie to be released! Europe Time, September 7th. At the 70th Venice International Film Festival. Huang Sibo, Zhu Xiaoce, Lu Zhiyao, and the main cast of The Future You Choose sat in a row below the stage. Huang Sibo could not help but feel emotional. At that moment, it was as if everything had changed! This scene was a little like when Tomorrow is Beautiful participated in the Cannes Film Festival. It was still the same grand scene, the same person, the same person, and the same person who did not understand what was said at the scene. However, they were much calmer this time compared to the last time. They were more familiar with each other after all. Previously, Huang Sibo and the others had not thought about participating in the international film festival. That was why Tomorrow is Beautiful was released in China in advance. This was a moderate loss to the selection of the Cannes Film Festival. This time, Huang Sibo and Zhu Xiaoce had decided that they were here for the Venice Film Festival. The timing was also very suitable. Naturally, they had to push back the movies premiere date. If they could win a more important award at this film festival, the film would naturally be enhanced and affect the box office when it was released! Of course, no one dared to guarantee whether they would be able to win the award. However, The Future You Choose and Tomorrow is Beautiful both used Western backgrounds. There was not much cultural gap for the judges of these film festivals. It was easier to understand. On top of that, Zhu Xiaoce also noticed that none of the film works participating in the Venice Film Festival were particularly outstanding. That meant that they still had hope! Until now, the movie The Future You Choose had not been released in China. Whats more, it had been kept a secret very well. Not many people knew about it. This movie was still a mystery to most domestic netizens. That was perfect! If they could win a significant award at the Venice Film Festival, this news would naturally be quickly sent back to China. It would pave the way and prepare for the release of The Future You Choose! Chapter 1634 - Award One by one, the prizes were distributed. The audience felt drowsy listening to the hosts beautiful Italy and the occasional English spoken by the guest on stage. He had no choice. He could barely understand a few words in English, but he could not understand anything about Italy. The crew was a little sleepy. Only Zhu Xiaoce, Lu Zhiyao, and a few other people were still watching expectantly. After the previous experience, everyone knew that anyone who was notified to come to the award ceremony would basically be rewarded. It was just a bigger or smaller problem. However, given everyones expectations for the movie The Future You Choose, winning a small award was equivalent to not winning. They had to get a huge award that had enough weight, such as the Best Actor or the Golden Lion Award. That would be a historical breakthrough for everyone. The production team had also supplemented their knowledge about the Venice Film Festival before they came. This was the film festival with the longest history in the world. It was the first film festival to be established. / please keep reading on MYB0XN0VEL.C0M. As the pioneer of the film festival, the Venice Film Festival had a deeper history and a core of culture that it insisted on. Simply put, the Venice Film Festival was more personal and encouraged innovation; it encouraged bold experiments in visual and auditory languages; and it placed more emphasis on the ideology of the film. On top of that, the Venice Film Festival was more biased towards Asian movies. It also placed more emphasis on Chinese movies. Many Chinese movies were favored by the Venice Film Festival. Two of them won the Best Film Golden Lion Award. Another director won the lifetime achievement award of the Venice Film Festival. On top of that, the Chinese judges had a certain amount of influence in the Venice Film Festival. They also met with a few Chinese judges when the production team arrived. Everyone had high expectations for the movie The Future You Choose. They hoped that he could continue and surpass the success of Tomorrow is Beautiful. After all, these two movies had certain similarities in terms of theme and story. The Future that You Think About could be regarded as a comprehensive version of Tomorrow is Beautiful. The crew yawned and chatted as they walked past the prizes one by one. That was because the first few prizes were boring. Whats more, they did not mention the name The Future You Choose. Huang Sibo felt bored as well. After all, the only people on stage to receive the award were the director and actors. It had nothing to do with him, the person-in-charge. He had come to the film festival purely as a calefare. At that moment, he suddenly felt Lu Zhiyao, who was sitting on his left, tense up. He heard the second half of the English award. for Lu Zhiyao! Huang Sibo might not have heard Lu Zhiyaos name but Lu Zhiyaos pinyin was already displayed on the big screen. Now, nearly 90% of the actors and directors in the mainland used pinyin as an English name. This was also a sign that cultural confidence was increasing. What was more important was that the order of name and surname would not be reversed. Lu Zhiyaos award was displayed on the big screen. Of course, he was the best male actor. He could not win other prizes afterall. Lu Zhiyao had already buttons up his suit jacket gracefully. He stood up and went on stage. The crew of The Future You Choose immediately flared up and applauded warmly with the audience. This award was a pleasant surprise. He really won the Best Actor. He can finally be said to be a true movie king now! Indeed, the prizes that we won previously were all local. They are not as good. Sigh, isnt it reasonable for Lu Zhiyao to get the best male actor in our movie based on his acting skills? Lu Zhiyao came to the stage and said in Chinese, First, I wish everyone good night. This is the first time I came to the Venice Film Festival. I did not expect to obtain this honor. It makes me feel very honored. I especially thank the judging panel for giving me this honor. I also want to thank my director, all the staff, and my fans. This movie is a test for me and a huge opportunity After thanking all the important people, Lu Zhiyao changed the topic. I also have to thank the films investor and the highest producer, Boss Pei. Boss Pei is my true confidant that found me. It was under Boss Peis guidance that I could continuously temper my acting skills through various characters and finally obtain the recognition of the world. In the movie The Future You Choose, the acting skills that I have accumulated have finally obtained the best display stage. I hope that I can contribute more exciting performances to everyone in the future and shape more classic characters. Thank you everyone again. The interpreter at the side translated Lu Zhiyaos words into Italy, and the audience applauded again. Lu Zhiyao returned to his seat. The crew congratulated him one by one, their faces brimming with happiness. Alright, the international movie king deserves it! Once we win this award, well have made enough money to come to this film festival. Indeed, with the Best Actor, we would have enough topics to talk about when we get back. The box office would definitely not be low when we get back and release the movie with just the movie kings performance and our story. This trip was worthwhile, this trip was worthwhile. Everyone read Lu Zhiyaos trophy and were very satisfied. After all, even though the Best Actor award was a personal honor, it was also the honor of the entire production team of this movie. After all, without a good story, it would be very difficult for actors to win the Best Actor award no matter how they performed. He had to rely on the plot to produce good acting skills. The goal of the production team participating in this film festival was achieved. They would win a more important award like the Best Actor after all, not an unimportant small award. After the excitement, the production team fell into a weak state. At the Best Director Award, Zhu Xiaoce had sat upright. However, the results were not given to him. That made him a little disappointed. It was not only because their own prizes had failed, but also because the bigger the award, the lower the chances of winning. Finally, the award ceremony reached the final segment. Even the Silver Lion Award had been awarded. The name The Future You Choose still did not appear. At that moment, everyone in the production team was feeling conflicted. They felt like employees who had not won a small award at the end of the annual meeting. On one hand, he felt guilty. He felt that it was unlikely that the biggest award would end up in his hands. However, there was a strong sense of anticipation in his heart. It was either a hasty end or a huge win. This feeling was too exciting. For the production team of The future you choose, it would be considered passable to bring back the best male actor. This trip was not wasted. However, this award was still a little disappointing. After all, the crew felt that the movie The Future You Choose was good in all aspects. It could be said to be perfect. It was reasonable even if it won the Golden Lion Award. The host spoke a bunch of words in Italy and then looked at the guest presenter across the stage. The general idea was to ask him to reveal the final prize. The guest presenter was a charmingly naive fatty and a world-renowned director. He smiled and said, Let me tell you the name of the award. Zhu xiaoce, for the Tomorrow You Championship! Everyone immediately applauded and cheered. Zhu Xiaoces heart finally relaxed. What followed was pure joy. The music sounded. Zhu Xiaoce calmed himself down amidst the warm applause and cheers of the audience. He pretended to be very calm and slowly walked onto the stage. Zhu Xiaoce took the highest award from the white-haired old judge on stagea small golden Lion with wings. After about two minutes of long photography, Zhu Xiaoce carried the golden Lion to the podium. The warm applause gradually subsided. Zhu Xiaoce adjusted his microphone slightly and said the award-winning phrase that he had repeated many times in his heart. First of all, thank you to the judges for your recognition and love of this movie. The Future that You Choose is a movie that gathered the hard work of the production team. It is filled with deep meaning and rich imagination. At the same time, it is rooted in reality and absorbed precious nutrition. To me, he is a deep mark in my entire director career. He also used this opportunity to break through himself and challenge the higher art palace. I want to thank all the crew members, my cute actors, and the audience who have always supported us On top of that, everyone in our production team has to thank Boss Pei. Your spirit has given this movie a soul. Real life events have given the movie flesh and blood. This movie would not have been born without you. Therefore, this award is the result of all of us, including all the fans who support Tengda Corporation, working hard together. I am willing to share this honor with you. Thank you everyone! There was another round of applause. At the same time, various news reports were sent back to China. Domestically-produced movies had won the highest award of the Venice Film Festival, the Golden Lion. This was definitely a sum that everyone deserved to make famous in the film industry. September 8th, Sunday. The moment Pei Qian woke up, he quickly took his cell phone to check on the situation of the Venice Film Festival last night. He felt conflicted. As a friend, he actually hoped that Zhu Xiaoce and the others would be able to get a small award. For example, the best male actor and the best director, such an award was actually acceptable. After all, these people were indeed hardworking in filming movies. They deserved the award. It was fine as long as it did not cause the box office to become popular. Unexpectedly, Pei Qian received several notifications as soon as he switched on his cell phone. Domestic film won the Golden Lion Award for Best Film in Venice for the seventh time! Lu Zhiyao receives the best male actor, the movie king is finally crowned! Director Zhu Xiaoce: Thank you, Boss Pei, for giving the movie its soul! Chapter 1635 - Two Stars Shines? Pei Qians heart dropped. Sh*t, the worst situation had happened. He had not expected this movie to win the Golden Lion Award. Pei Qian did not have much hope for this movie before. After all, he was the one who had thought of the idea of this movie. He only wanted to portray Tengda Corporation as a villain. However, during the process of engraving, Zhu Xiaoce and Yu Fei, the two people in charge, each raised their own views and extended Boss Peis concept. Pei Qian turned the idea of the movie and game over, and then began filming very rashly. In the end, he did not expect that a movie that he had casually produced would really win the highest award of the international film festival. That was ridiculous. It might be the seventh time that domestic movies had won the Golden Lion Award. It was not a historical breakthrough, but it was also the first time that they had won the Golden Lion Award after five years. The Venice Film Festival was more biased towards Asian movies than other film festivals. It also favored Chinese movies. / please keep reading on MYB0XN0VEL.C0M. Thus, many Chinese film directors had received this honor before. However, there seemed to be a gap in this award since 2007. Even the judges of the Venice Film Festival expressed their regrets about the decline of Chinese movies. Therefore, the fact that the movie Future You Choose could win the Golden Lion Award was a huge encouragement to the domestic film industry. On top of that, the fact that Lu Zhiyao was given the honor of being the best male actor was something worthy of being written about. Lu Zhiyao had been working hard on his own path as the benchmark for acting as a male actor with the strength of a new generation. Many viewers had watched him grow with movies and witnessed his acting skills gradually become superb. They had also given him more attention and support. The Venice Film Festival this time was naturally a win-win situation for Lu Zhiyao. He had reached the peak of his life. What made Pei Qian speechless was Zhu Xiaoces speech on stage. What did he mean by Boss Pei gave this movie spirit and flesh? It turned out that this movie was entirely my fault. The key was that Zhu Xiaoces award speech at such an important event had given Boss Pei such a high status. It was hard for the netizens not to think. It was conceivable that before long, discussions about this movie and the Venice Film Festival online would sweep over. I havent even fu*king watched this movie, but Ive already won two huge prizes. What do you mean? Pei Qian felt hopeless. Pei Qian had many things to do during the filming period of this movie, so he did not pay much attention to it. After the filming and editing was complete, Zhu Xiaoce took the movie to participate in the Venice Film Festival. Thus, Pei Qian did not pay much attention to it. In the end, he did not even know what the hell this movie was. The nightmare had come before he knew it. It was really a sad story. Pei Qian responded to Zhu Xiaoce and Lu Zhiyaos good news very perfunctorily. Then, he began to check the netizens discussions. Fei Huang Workspace is awesome! The Golden Lion Award is a very valuable international award. Thats right. Even though the Venice Film Festival favors Chinese movies, they must have relied on their own strength to win this award. Whats more, they obtained the Golden Lion Award and the Best Actor. This movie is very worth looking forward to. When will it be released? Does anyone know what kind of movie it is? Im not sure. The production team has done a good job of keeping it a secret. The movies name is The Future You Choose. I think its a Cyberpunk theme. Does the Cyberpunk theme feel similar to Tomorrow is Beautiful? Then why not film a sequel to Tomorrow is Beautiful? Im not sure about that. However, based on the current situation, this movie should be better than Tomorrow is Beautiful. Everyone, you can look forward to it. Director Zhu Xiaoce said in the award speech that Boss Pei gave this movie soul and flesh. I understand souls. I should say that the initial inspiration of this idea was what Boss Pei meant by giving flesh and blood? It seems like some things in reality provided some details or improvements to the plot of this movie. Is it related to the anti-Tengda alliance? Its possible. After all, movie stories originate from reality but are higher than reality? Previously, the matter of the anti-Tengda Alliance was very intense. Its reasonable to take some materials and show some content in the movie. Then this movie should be mocking the companies that are against Tengda Alliance. I wonder if I can see similar companies appear in the movie? By the way, didnt they say that the movie My Property would be released soon? Didnt they participate in the Venice Film Festival this time? If they participated, they could at least get the best script or something. After all, the original script was too exciting. I dont think he participated. I dont know why. The situation of this movie is even more mysterious than The Future You Choose. Until now, almost no news has been leaked. However, no matter what, this months film will be a gathering of heroes. Its worth looking forward to. Netizens were discussing enthusiastically, looking forward to the release of the outstanding movie in the near future. Pei Qian was very hurt. If there was such attention, the box office of The Future You Choose would definitely not be low. He could only hope that the movie would gradually open up and down and earn less box office. Pei Qian realized that many people were also discussing another domestically-produced movie in the comments. It was called My Property. It seemed like many viewers had high hopes for this movie. After all, it was the classic of a top sci-fi author in the country. Many people called this months film schedule dual stars shine. They would watch The Future You Choose and My Property to see who would win. Pei Qian had not paid much attention to the movie My Property because this name did not seem to work. Whats more, Pei Qian felt a little unlucky. Previously, he had been fighting with Fei Huang Workspace. Every time he took a step, he would die. Even Hollywood blockbusters could not withstand his toxic milk, much less a small domestic movie. The Future You Choose had already won the Golden Lion Award after all. Under such circumstances, it would be very difficult for an ordinary domestically-produced sci-fi film to shake it. Pei Qian was resigned to his fate and could only wait silently. According to the original plan, the game would be released in the second half of this month, and then the movie would be released. After all, the release time of the game was relatively free. It would not hurt to adjust it. However, once the screening time of the movie was set, it could not be easily changed. Pei Qian prayed silently. He only hoped that the game and movie would be good but not popular. It was fine if the reputation was higher, but he did not want to make too much money. At the same time, in Shanghai. Nie Yunsheng and Lu Xiaoping of Vinci Media were discussing in the conference room. The Future You Choose had successfully obtained the Best Actor and the Best Film Award at the Venice Film Festival. Naturally, this news reached Nie Yunsheng and Lu Xiaopings ears immediately. For various reasons, the film My Property did not participate in the Venice Film Festival. One of the reasons was that the director did not want to go. This director was a very capable and unique director. He felt that the core of the story of My Property was still targeted at domestic audiences. Even if he participated in the film festival, his results would not be good. He would probably not be able to get any prizes. Thus, there was no need to struggle. All his energy was placed in China. Lu Xiaoping also felt that this could cause a numbing effect on Boss Pei so that Boss Pei would not realize the danger that this movie posed. Whats more, they had previously felt that it would probably be very difficult for the movie Future You Choose to win the Golden Lion Award. It would not matter if it only won a small award. The situation was suddenly confusing. Liu Xiaoping and Nie Mingsheng were a little nervous seeing that the screening period was almost over. After all, they knew that the success or failure of this movie would greatly affect their final strategy. Boss Lu, what do you think about these two movies? Nie Yunsheng asked. Lu Xiaoping did not panic. Instead, he said rather calmly, Boss Peis movie might have successfully obtained the Golden Lion Award and is a moderate danger to us, but I think the overall situation has not changed fundamentally. Im very confident in the hard power of My Property. The Future that you chose might be able to win international prizes, but it might not be able to win in terms of the reputation and box office of domestic audiences. Apart from that, there is another very important point. The award that Boss Pei won this time has exposed a very important piece of information to us. If we can make good use of this, we might be able to find the key to winning. Nie Yunsheng raised his eyebrows. Really? Please elaborate. Lu Xiaoping explained, Director Zhu Xiaoce let it slip during the award ceremony. He said that the real events that happened in reality gave flesh and blood to this movie. In other words, there are elements in some of the movies plot that directly derive from reality. Coupled with the fact that this movie is a Cyberpunk theme, we can roughly guess something. Nie Yunsheng was enlightened. Are you saying that this movie filmed many companies in the anti-Tengda Alliance and made a film about reality? Lu Xiaoping nodded. Combined with the name of this movieThe Future You Choose, isnt this matter obvious? Boss Pei is obviously treating this movie as an important part of the battle of public opinion against Tengda. This name is hinting to all netizens: Choosing Tengda is the right future. In that case, in the movie, as Tengda Corporations enemy, we will naturally appear in a negative image. Cant we do something about that? Chapter 1636 - Tengdas Own Game! Nie Yunsheng immediately understood. He could not help but be praised by Lu Xiaoping. Indeed, the content of the movie was obvious combined with all sorts of clues. The name of the movie was The Future You Choose, and it was a Cyberpunk theme. Zhu Xiaoce also clearly said in the award speech that a portion of the content was based on reality. That meant that Boss Pei must have used his personal goods to use the war between Tengda Corporation and the Tengda Alliance in the movie to win the battle of public opinion. Needless to say, the companies against Tengda Alliance must have appeared as negative images. Previously, many people had attacked Shengyun Corporation and Home Corporation, which meant that they were monopolizing them. An important characteristic of the Cyberpunk theme was the control of large monopoly companies on ordinary people. Wouldnt it be natural to put Shengyun Corporation and Home Corporation into the background of Cyberpunk and play them in the dark? Of course, Boss Pei would definitely not brazenly list the names of Shengyun Corporation and Home Corporation in it. However, he just had to make a slight change to show the audience who he was talking about, right? Nie Yunsheng could not help but feel excited because he and Lu Xiaoping felt that they had successfully caught Boss Peis next step. Whats more, from the exquisiteness of the moves, the anti-Tengda Alliance was even higher. After all, one was a clear hint, and the other was a hint. Tengdas actions might be more direct, but it would more or less give people a sense of urgency and not be reserved enough. / please keep reading on MYB0XN0VEL.C0M. Not only that, after thinking about Boss Peis next move, he could also make a series of countermeasures in advance. After some consideration, Nie Yunsheng said, In that case, we can start a public opinion war again. Well make use of the movie The Future You Choose to deal a huge blow. We want to publicize on the internet that Tengda Corporation is brainwashing everyone through the movie The Future You Choose. They are making a speech, suppressing dissidents, and maliciously discrediting other companies. Shengyun Corporation, Home Corporation, Home Take-Out, and other companies are all law-abiding companies. They have been cautiously creating jobs for society and seriously paying taxes. Why does Tengda Corporation think that they are superior to others and use the big companies in Cyberpunk to mock us? This is slander and slander us. Tengda Corporation has raised normal business competition to the scope of personal attacks. It has already violated the reputation of our companies. Lu Xiaoping nodded in agreement. However, he thought for a while and said, Its best if you dont go down personally. You can use some indirect methods to lead the way. After all, the names and logos of our companies will definitely not appear directly in this movie. If you make it too high profile, we wont be reasonable. We have to do this indeed, but we have to do it perfectly. Whoever is anxious about this public opinion battle will be at a disadvantage. Nie Yunsheng said confidently, Dont worry, I know my limits. As long as this step is successful, we can build a solid foundation for our next public opinion battle. Once the movie My Property is released, it will be a fatal blow. It will kill Boss Pei directly without leaving a single piece behind. Both of them looked at each other and smiled, seeing the light of victory in each others eyes. Finally, he had the perfect opportunity to win against Boss Pei. September 9th, Monday. Pei Qian was in his own office, yawning as he browsed the webpage in boredom. The discussions about The Future You Choose on the internet had not completely calmed down. Whats more, the popularity was still continuing. Many people were waiting for the movie to be released. They expressed that they would die if they did not see the movie The Future You Choose. Pei Qian was a little worried: this popularity would not continue until the movie is released, right? That would be too ridiculous. Suddenly, Pei Qian noticed many discordant voices among the netizens. Hmm, could it be that the competitors are finally starting to show their strength? Pei Qian could not help but be pleasantly surprised. In his opinion, the timing, place, and people were all gathered for You Choose The Future. It would be very difficult to fail without some external pressure. After waiting for so long, there was finally a rhythm. Pei Qian did not dare to have any more thoughts about fake reviewers after the netizens activities in the past few months had dealt a blow to many online fake reviewers. However, there were bound to be brave people when rewards are given. Whats more, many self-media people took money to do things. It was very difficult to define them as fake reviewers. Such behavior could not be endless. To Pei Qian, this was good news. He happily clicked on these discussions. Tengda Corporation is a little too much, isnt it? Really? Are they using a Cyberpunk movie to criticize other companies in the country? Where did this news come from? Isnt this movie not released yet? Cant you tell whats so obvious? The name is The Future You Choose. Thats obviously hinting. The process of users choosing companies directly affected the development of the future world, and the movie is a Cyberpunk theme. What Director Zhu said in the award speech is obviously referring to the commercial battle between Tengda Corporation and the anti-Tengda Alliance in reality. It doesnt matter if thats the case. Tengda Corporation is the righteous side. What are you saying? Is there a need to distinguish between a righteous side and an evil side in a commercial war? Those companies might not do anything but they are also legitimate companies. Its not like they are illegal and committing crime. They are also creating jobs and taxes. Why are they mocking Cyberpunk as a villain? Now that you mention it, I think theres a problem as well. Doesnt that mean that The Future You Choose is actually a movie with smuggled goods? It would indeed make people feel uncomfortable if there were smuggled goods. Business problems can be solved in business. Posting a movie to secretly mock others would not be about morals. I think Tengdas actions are too overbearing. They say that others are monopolizing companies, but what is the difference between what Tengda is doing now and those other monopoly companies? Arent they all making empty promises to others and not letting others speak? In my opinion, if Tengda Corporation really defeats the companies that are against Tengda Alliance and achieve a monopoly position in all fields, they would probably be more terrifying than other companies. After all, other companies only monopolize one industry, and Tengda is now pursuing the monopoly of the entire industry. Thats a little far-fetched. However, I also agree that its indeed not good to use movies to mock other companies. If thats the case, The Future You Choose will be deducted from me. I dont accept a movie with such serious smuggling goods to win the Golden Lion Award. Pei Qian was confused and confused as he read the netizens discussions. What the hell was happening? The manipulation of these fake reviewers was too psychedelic. Pei Qian could not understand them at all. Since when did the movie The Future You Choose attack other companies? It had obviously been attacking Tengda itself. Pei Qian changed his mind and understood. This must be because the movie had been too well-hidden. No one outside knew the true content of this movie. They had only guessed based on the name of the movie and some details. That was why they mistakenly thought that Tengda Corporation was using this movie to attack other competitors. Wasnt everything messed up? Wouldnt you be exposing your flaws and attacking the future that you chose from this angle? The more rhythm there was now, the harder it would be when the movie was released. Pei Qian could almost foresee the other partys tragic fate. While he did not know who did these things, to be able to create such a trend, there must be a large company adding fuel to the fire behind it. It was most likely done by the anti-Tengda Alliance. What should I do? I cant watch my good brother jump into the fire pit. Pei Qian was a little flustered. According to the current plot development, the anti-Tengda alliance was simply shooting himself in the foot. Pei Qian could not take it anymore. He did not know what to do. After much consideration, he finally decided to let the official statement. Strictly speaking, this statement made no sense. That was because the rumors online looked like spontaneous discussions by netizens. They did not have a wide influence, nor did they have any negative consequences. Was Tengda refuting rumors now? Or was it aggravating the spread? For the companys public relations, if a certain rumor was only spreading within a very small area, the best way was to ignore it. That was because the official platform would appear to refute it and let more people know. Wouldnt that be counterproductive? However, Pei Qian could not care so much now because he knew that other companies were adding fuel to the fire behind this matter. The popularity would eventually rise evn if he didnt say anything. Everything would go out of control when the popularity accumulates until the movie is released. Pei Qian could not watch his good brothers jump into the pit of fire. Thus, he had to quickly clarify and cut off their thoughts. In the afternoon, in Shanghai Nie Yunsheng was bidding Lu Xiaoping farewell in a high-end restaurant. Lu Xiaoping had flown from Beijing to Shanghai to have a simple meeting with the bosses of the anti-Tengda Alliance. He wanted to discuss the subsequent series of public opinion battles. Now, he had achieved his goal. He could almost return to Beijing. Lu Xiaoping would invest all his energy into My Property when he returned. He would strive to obtain the dual revenue of the box office and public opinion battle. The bosses of Nie Yunsheng and the other companies in the anti-Tengda Alliance also had high hopes for this matter. The two of them were eating when Nie Yunsheng swiped his cell phone and suddenly laughed. Lu Xiaoping was a little surprised. Why is Boss Nie laughing? Nie Yunsheng laughed and handed his cell phone over. Boss Lu, look. Tengda is admitting defeat! It looks like we have hit Tengda Corporation and Boss Peis soft spots this time. Otherwise, they would not be so anxious. Chapter 1637 - Game Released Lu Xiaoping took the cell phone and realized that Tengda Corporations official account had released a clarification announcement. The content of the announcement was very simple. It was to simply collect the false information and refute the rumors. It said that the movie The Future You Choose did not maliciously attack or discredit any domestic company. Please dont take it to heart. patiently wait for the movie to be officially released. Lu Xiaoping was stunned for a moment. He looked at Nie Yunsheng and asked, Why does Boss Nie think that this is admitting defeat? Perhaps Tengda Corporation really did not target us in this movie? I think this clarification announcement is quite sincere. Nie Yunsheng chuckled. How is that possible? If we really guessed wrongly, Tengda Corporation did not target us in this movie. Would Boss Pei have to clarify in such a hurry? Wouldnt it be better to watch us jump into the pit? What would you do if you were Boss Pei? Lu Xiaoping thought for a moment. I should deliberately condone or even fan the flames to spread the rumors wider. After all, the bigger the rumors, the worse well fall. Nie Yunsheng nodded. Thats right. If Boss Pei really has the confidence, this choice is the best solution. / please keep reading on MYB0XN0VEL.C0M. The intermediary would not comment on this. He would not express his stance and wait for the popularity to slowly dissipate. If the official platform clarifies it, they would be admitting it. Lu Xiaoping frowned slightly. However, according to Boss Nies words, didnt Boss Pei make a bad move? Boss Pei has always been strategizing and has a long-term plan. How could he do such a stupid thing? Dont tell me he was luring the enemy. Nie Yunsheng shook his head. I think Boss Pei is not muddle-headed. Instead, he is at a loss. There is no other good solution. Thats because weve already accurately pinched his seven-inch Spirit Root. If The Future You Choose did not hint at us, Boss Pei would have many ways to deal with it. Whether we wait or add fuel to the fire, it would be the best choice for Boss Pei. However, if you choose the future to reflect on us, Boss Pei, everything would be wrong. If you dont do anything, youre rearing a tiger to cause trouble. If you add fuel to the fire, youre courting death. Therefore, Boss Pei has two purposes for clarifying now. The first is to clarify the rumors and eliminate the impact as much as possible. The second might be to bluff and mislead us, making us feel that this movie did not target us and force us to give up this strategy of public opinion war. Thats why we cannot fall for his trick. We have to execute this strategy more firmly. Lu Xiaoping felt a little dizzy. He did not know what level the game was on now. His first reaction was that he felt that Boss Pei should not be able to do such a muddle-headed operation. There must be a problem. However, Nie Yunsheng felt that Boss Pei might have used their mentality to deliberately make a seemingly muddle-headed operation to mislead them. Whats more, from various signs, if Tengda did not film a company that reflected on the Tengda Alliance, who was it referring to? This did not make sense. This movie was about Cyberpunk and had won an award. There had to be a deeper meaning. He had to mock something. No matter how he thought about it, there was nothing else he could mock. Lu Xiaoping thought for a moment. Alright, Boss Nie, I believe in your judgment. If it was really as Nie Yunsheng had said, Boss Peis current actions were like a pretext. It would be a huge loss if he was scared off. If he continued to attack, he might be able to win a huge victory. Whats more, they had the right to continue attacking. The true trump card of the anti-Tengda Alliance was My Property . Even if they had suffered a loss in the battle of public opinion and were plotted against by Pei Qian, they could still salvage the situation when My Property was released. Since that was the case, why not take a shot? September 13th, Friday. Pei Qian paced around the office anxiously, waiting for Boss Lis reply. Another week passed after the announcement was released. In the end, Pei Qian realized that not only did the other party not restrain himself at all, but they also intensified. Wasnt that a scam? He had already hinted so obviously. Why couldnt this group of people understand? Pei Qian waited patiently for three days after the announcement was released on Monday. He waited until Wednesday afternoon to realize that something was amiss. The other party did not seem to be showing any signs of restrain. That made him anxious. The game would be officially released next week. When the truth was out, everything would be irreversible. Thus, Pei Qian found Li Shi in private on Wednesday night, hoping that he could send a message to the anti-Tengda Alliance on his behalf. He wanted to tell Nie Yunsheng that there was really no intention of reflecting the Tengda Alliance in the movie The Future You Choose. All the antagonists inside would be played by Tengda Corporations own department. The reason why he did not call him personally was mainly because he was afraid that Nie Yunsheng would misunderstand. It would be difficult if Nie Yunsheng felt that Pei Qian was provoking him. Letting Boss Li be the middleman should be able to facilitate the mutual understanding between both sides. Yet, Boss Li did not reply even after Friday. The discussions about this problem online intensified. It seemed like the other party was unwilling to let go and was adding fuel to the fire. As he was wandering around, his cell phone rang. Pei Qian saw that it was Li Shi and quickly picked up. Hello, hows the situation? What did Nie Yunsheng say? Li Shi was a little speechless as he said, Boss Pei, I followed your instructions and explained the situation to him earnestly. I called him three or four times to explain the situation over the past two days. At first, he acted innocent and said that he had no idea about this at all. He said that I was looking for the wrong person. In short, he knew nothing. He might have been harassed by me after that. He was obviously angry and said some truth. Pei Qian was stunned. Truth? What did he say? Li Shi cleared his throat and imitated Nie Yunshengs tone. This has nothing to do with me, but I still want to say that Boss Peis actions are making it worse, right? If this movie really did not target our company, why would we have to spend so much effort to explain it with such fanfare? The more you explain, the more it means that there is definitely a problem. Boss Li, you dont have to pretend to be a good person. Everyone knows that you and Boss Pei are in the same boat. You must have been instructed by Boss Pei to come here to persuade me. Go back and tell Boss Pei that I will definitely not fall for his trick. Even if you have a glib tongue, I will definitely not believe a single word that comes out of your mouth. Boss Pei is actually so kind as to worry about the fate of our companies. Who was the one who killed our companies back then? He looked so impressive. Now, its obvious that Tengda has encountered a problem and asked us to do something. In the end, it still looks like its for our good. How fake. Go back and tell Boss Pei that theres no need to talk about anything. If theres anything, well talk about it on the battlefield! He had to admit that Li Shi was very talented in imitating Nie Yunshengs tone. There seemed to be three parts sarcasm, three parts ridicule, and three parts pride in his words. The last part was faintly firm. Pei Qian sighed secretly. Those kind words would not save the wretched. He could only say that people could not understand each other in the end. His good intentions were ultimately treated as ill intent. Whether it was clarifying the announcement or private friendly reminders, it did not make Nie Yunsheng pull himself together. Instead, it made him more determined to accelerate and rush towards the cliff. Alright, Boss Li, youve worked hard. Since thats the case, lets wait for the movie to be officially released. Pei Qian hung up silently, feeling that his fragile self had endured too much. September 17th Tuesday The no-show, Qiao Liang, was acting abnormally. He started live-streaming very early on. His fans were waiting for the brand new AAA game, The Future You Choose, to be released. The game and movie of The Future You Choose were hot topics of discussion online. At first, it was because this movie had won the Golden Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival. Then, some comments began to appear online. They guessed that this movie was mocking the companies that were opposing the Tengda Alliance. In the end, it attracted Tengda Corporations rejection. However, this refute did not dispel everyones doubts. Instead, it attracted wider attention. The audience was eagerly waiting for the official release of the movie. However, the movie had to wait until this Saturday. Instead, the game had been released four days in advance. The timing was quite strange. Film was not a proper schedule, and games were not even weekends. However, everyone was already used to it. After all, given Tengdas current size, they no longer needed to pay attention to the schedule. They could publish it whenever they wanted. In any case, it would be very popular. Many people even took leave from their bosses in advance to play the game The Future You Choose as soon as possible. Qiao Liang also wanted to know if this game had defamed Tengda Alliances companies. What should he do with the Cyberpunk theme? The same theme had been dismantled into two parts. One was a game and one was a movie. Would they use the same plot as Mission and Choice back then, or would they use the same background story to create two plots? All in all, it was very exciting. Qiao Liang chatted with the fans in the live-stream as he waited for the game to be released. Should I play the computer version or the computer version? Of course, Ill get one for everyone. Is there a need to ask? The computer version is for easier live-streaming. For better graphics. The motherboard is for faith and for collection. Both cannot be missing. I have a feeling that this game will become a milestone for Tengda Games, just like Repent and be Saved and Struggle! Chapter 1638 - Resistance The fans on the bullet screen scoffed. Old Qiao started again. Every time we meet Tengda Games, Old Qiao would start bootlicking crazily. He doesnt care about the basic laws at all. Im used to it! Im used to it! In any case, Old Qiaos evaluation of any game is quite objective. Only Boss Peis game cant be objective. Its impossible to criticize. Hes just bragging. I can only say that he is Boss Pei, the god of game design. I wonder what this game will be like. I heard that its a Cyberpunk theme. Im looking forward to it. Thats right. Whats more, Tengda Corporation did not do much publicity this time. They relied on the popularity of the haters to increase the attention of the game. No, no, no. We also gained a lot of attention after the movie won the Golden Lion Award. At this point, there is indeed no need to do any marketing. Thats good as well. We can save on marketing funds to polish the game. / please keep reading on MYB0XN0VEL.C0M. The viewers in Teacher Qiaos live-stream might be teasing him but they were also looking forward to this game. After all, most of Teacher Qiaos fans were loyal gamers of Tengda Games. For game developers, game marketing had always accounted for a large part of the overall expenses of the game. Some game companies marketing funds were even equal to the development budget. There was no helping it. After all, without these marketing funds games, it would be difficult to obtain high sales even if they were not famous. However, if he could really spend all his marketing funds on research and development, the quality of the game would definitely improve. However, only Tengda dared to do such a unique thing. Everyone was looking forward to the game The Future You Choose. After chatting for a while, Teacher Qiao looked at the time and quickly refreshed the details page of Dawn Games platform. Indeed, the game The Future You Choose was officially released. The purchase and download options had been opened yesterday. Of course, Teacher Qiao had already done all the preparation work in advance. Whats more, ever since Dawn Games platform was exposed, Tengda Corporation seemed to stop pretending. They transplanted their classic games onto Dawn Games platform and brought a large number of users to this platform. Qiao Liang was the first batch of game reviewers to move into Dawn Games platform. He naturally had no other reason to experience it on other platforms seeing that the friends on Tengdas account had been moved to Dawn Games platform. The data on Dawn Games platform and the game router were interconnected. However, Qiao Liang still planned to buy a physical disc for collection. Of course, the prerequisite was that this game was indeed fun and classic. If the quality of the game itself was stretched, Qiao Liang could only pretend that nothing had happened. Qiao Liang started the game without saying anything else. The logo of Tengdas games industry appeared on the screen first, including Tengda Games, Shang Yang Games, Dawn Games platform, Otto Technologies game router, and so on. This game was jointly developed by Tengda Games and Shang Yang Games. It was also released at the same time on Dawn Games platform and the game router. Immediately after that, there were some noisy background music. A rock music in the style of Cyberpunk sounded. A neon-like glow appeared on the black screen, as if it was an image that appeared in someones mind after he lost consciousness. This scene gave people a feeling of chaos and confusion. At the same time, people were looking forward to the scene after the black screen disappeared. The noise gradually grew further away, replaced by the sound of roaring wind and the distant background sound of the city. The image gradually appeared. This was a field of vision that overlooked the sky. Rows of future cities could be seen in front of him. Huge city groups extended into the distance, and he could not see the end. There seemed to be smoke in several places in the city, fighting. Accompanying the sound of the biting wind, it made people feel an inexplicable sense of sorrow. As the camera zoomed out, Qiao Liang realized that he had just seen someones first persons perspective. This lonely back view stood on the rooftop of the highest building in the city. Through the torn and tattered combat uniform, one could see that part of his right arm, left leg, and back were flashing with metal luster. It should be a mechanical prosthetic limb. On the other hand, ferocious scars could be seen on a few exposed muscles. Suddenly, there were a few knocks on the door. Dong dong dong. It seemed like some metal was striking the safety door on the rooftop. He turned around and took a look, revealing half of his face. It was only then that Qiao Liang noticed that a huge area of his face had been modified. His metal chin and mechanical eyes emitted a long red glow, making him look ferocious like a mechanical skeleton. On the other side of the relatively intact human face, his eyes revealed extremely complicated emotions. It was very difficult to describe them with words. However, that was definitely not an optimistic feeling of happiness or relief. The scene was set. A new background music sounded. This time, it was still in the Cyberpunk style, but it was much more lively and much more compact. A line of words appeared on the black screen. Hope City, 10 years ago. On the roof of a four-storey building at the border of the city, a few warriors were silently wiping their guns. There was a figure in the middle of the screen, looking at the street in the distance with a long view mirror. Qiao Liang immediately recognized that this figure was the protagonist who had appeared on the tall building previously. A warrior beside him asked excitedly, Captain Lu De, is the motorcade not here yet? At that moment, an introduction of the protagonist appeared beside the protagonist. It was the leader of the Resistance: Lu Desheng. The camera panned to the protagonists face. Although it was covered by a pair of glasses, Qiao Liang could still recognize him as the face on the tall building. Ten years ago, there had not been so many mechanical modifications. He still looked like an ordinary human. However, he was muscular and muscular. Obviously, he was a warrior who had been through hundreds of battles. Lu Des voice was very stable and filled with confidence. Prepare for battle. Once he gave the order, the warriors of the Resistance beside him immediately became active and began to prepare for battle. At that moment, the camera switched to the image in the mirror. He saw a train team from the distant wasteland era. It seemed to be driving into the city. The train was about to enter the ambush location of the Resistance. The magnification of the scope locked onto the logo on the car. Upwind Logistics. Qiao Liang was confused. Upwind Logistics? Something was amiss, right? Didnt they say that it was a Cyberpunk theme, which included monopoly companies like Home Corporation and Shengyun Corporation? If he wanted to be sarcastic, shouldnt he modify Shengyun Corporations logo and put it up? Or was this train team playing the role of a good person? The Resistance was the reverse. Something was amiss. The first two scenes depicted the scene 10 years later and 10 years ago. This person named Lu De was obviously the leader of the Resistance. At the same time, he was the protagonist that players had to control. They could not possibly let players control the opposite side, right? Whats more, the Resistance was obviously a very positive meaning. It was even more so in Cyberpunk. Logically speaking, it should not be called the Resistance if this was a reverse organization. Whats more, there was a suspense at the beginning of the first scene. There were two ways to interpret it. Ten years later, Captain Loud stood on the highest building in the city, overlooking the city and found smoke everywhere, which meant that the battle was still coming to an end. There were two possibilities. One was that the Resistance had won and finally seized the entire city. Captain Lu De was on the roof, welcoming victory. The other was that the Resistance had completely failed, and the opposing forces of the Resistance were cleaning up the mess. Captain Rude became a general without an army and ran to the rooftop alone to welcome his fate. Both explanations seemed to make sense. At last, there was a knock on the rooftop. Perhaps one of the Resistances subordinates had reported the battle situation to Captain Loud. Or perhaps the army that surrounded him had already found his way to the door. The knock on the door was only announcing his final fate. All in all, just looking at this opening alone gave people a feeling that it was impossible to grasp. In fact, Qiao Liang had roughly made a few guesses after hearing that The Future You Choose was a Cyberpunk theme. He felt that he should be able to guess the plot of this game with his understanding of Boss Pei. It was not just him. In fact, most players on the internet, including people from the anti-Tengda Alliance, had already guessed that the game and movie you chose would defame Tengda Alliance. By describing a helpless Cyberpunk world, these companies finally monopolized the evil caused by the market and played a guiding role in reality, helping Tengda win this battle of public opinion. However, Qiao Liang realized that he had guessed wrongly after entering the game. Where was the anti-Tengda Alliance company? In the first scene, players would destroy Upwind Logistics transport car. However, the battle soon began. Qiao Liang had no time to think about these twists and turns. He quickly followed the instructions in the game and entered the battle. After putting on the mechanical exoskeleton, the warriors of the Resistance displayed their magic and descended from the roof to charge at Upwind Logistics. According to the background story, there was a higher level of technology after all. Thus, the weapons used and the armor on them were more advanced than ordinary gunfight games. For example, the mechanical exoskeleton on the legs allowed players to jump and move quickly. The smart weapon in their hands could also achieve automatic aim and reduce the recoil. The moment the Resistance approached Upwind Logistics, the motorcade announced a warning. Then, the heavy machine gun at the top of the motorcade fired. However, the Resistance team had come prepared. First, they used heavy weapons to destroy a car and completely blocked the way of Upwind Logistics motorcade. Then, they focused their firepower and hit the drone fleet in front of the motorcade. During this process, Qiao Liang kept adapting to the hand sensitivity of the game. He had to say that it was a little similar to the downloadable content that Ocean Stronghold and Mission and Choice had combined. That was the process where the Skylark Team had decapitated the Zerg Queen. This combat method was similar to wearing the Skylark combat uniform, but the technology level was lower. The protection of the motorcade was not weak, but these warriors of the Resistance were all experienced in battles. Whats more, they had strong firepower. Qiao Liang controlled the protagonist to kill in all directions. He felt like an impressive, lonely hero. He suddenly played a good game. However, just as he was feeling happy, he heard the slightly anxious voice of another Resistance soldier through the communication device. Captain Lu De, we have to destroy this batch of goods as soon as possible. Tengda Corporations reinforcements are already rushing over! 1 Chapter 1639 - "Tengda Never Had A Real President" Qiao Liang was controlling the protagonist, Captain Lu De, to slaughter everyone and take down several drone. He could not help but be stunned when he heard this. He turned around and was stunned. Tengda Corporations army was overwhelming and approaching. There were densely packed drone and law enforcement units in the sky, and many combat vehicles and soldiers in Tengda Corporations combat uniform on the ground. The firepower suppression instantly covered the entire scene. F*ck! Are you cheating? There are less than 10 people in the Resistance. You cant wait to mobilize an entire army. Qiao Liang was stunned. This was akin to shooting at a mosquito. It was making a mountain out of a molehill. Upwind Logistics motorcade was swallowed by the fire with a violent explosion. The Resistance immediately evacuated. The drone and the law enforcement unit quickly caught up. Even if the warriors of the Resistance blocked a hundred attacks and shot down a large number of drone, it was still a drop in the ocean. His teammates kept losing out and leaving the battle. Qiao Liang controlled the protagonist to retreat as he fought. Soon, he started the animation. / please keep reading on MYB0XN0VEL.C0M. A super strong man dressed in a mechanical exoskeleton descended from the sky. Half of his body had been modified into a machine. Coupled with the special exoskeleton, he looked like a mountain of steel. Qiao Liang was stunned because he felt that this burly mans face was vaguely similar to Guo Lichengs. Before he could react, the protagonist was grabbed by the strong mechanical arm and thrown out. The protagonists surroundings were chaotic as the world spun. It seemed like he had experienced a rather tragic battle. His vision gradually darkened. The camera extended upwards from the protagonists tightly shut eyes. The protagonist was covered in blood and his mechanical exoskeleton was completely damaged. There were many wounds on his body, and his entire right leg was missing. He was surrounded by the corpses of many Tengda Corporations combat robots and drone. Further away was the city background of Cyberpunk. Countless cars were shuttling back and forth in the periphery of Hope City. The destroyed motorcade was just an insignificant resource of Tengda Corporation. The entire Cyberpunk-style city was still operating in an orderly manner. It was as if the intense battle that had happened previously was an insignificant interlude. No one paid attention to it at all. With the huge city as the background, the games name appeared on the screen. The Cyberpunk style font was displayed. The Future You Choose After a short black screen, he heard the sound of mechanical welding. Captain Ludd opened his eyes and found himself lying on the operating table. A volunteer doctor was installing mechanical prosthetic limbs for him. His right leg had been destroyed in the previous battle. He had to replace it with a mechanical prosthetic limb. The other wounds on his body had been dressed up. The volunteer doctor sighed. You actually managed to escape from that war machine and only lost a leg. Thats really a blessing in disguise. You might not be so lucky next time. Captain Lude was silent for a moment, as if recalling the tragic battle and the sacrificed teammates. After a long time, he heaved a long sigh. Tengda Corporation is too powerful. I have to obtain greater strength to fight them. The doctor reached out and pulled down a display screen in front of Captain Loud. He said, I might be able to help you with this, but you have to remember. The opening part of the game was over. After undergoing basic combat guidance, he could modify his body at the volunteer doctor. The modified right leg was necessary for the plot, but other than that, players could also freely choose to modify other parts of the body. For example, the mechanical prosthetic eye, head chip, body, arms, and even internal organs could be modified. Whats more, he would obtain new abilities every time he completed the transformation. Of course, he could not turn his entire body into a robot at once. He could only have a new opportunity to modify as the plot progressed. However, the process of modification was relatively free. It was completely up to the players to decide which one to modify first. Modifying different parts would obtain some derivative ability. In the subsequent stages of the plot, players had to know how to use this special ability to assist in clearing. According to the settings in the game, the Resistance did not only have the protagonists team. There were also a large number of other branches and various secretly helping the Resistance in the city or in the wild. This volunteer doctor was one of them. What players had to do was very simple. They had to participate in one battle after another and make various choices. They had to increase the protagonists combat power and finally overthrow the worlds biggest monopoly, the corporations dark reign. There were many scenes of Hope City at the beginning but it was just a background. There was no huge city in the game. It was too difficult to create a city of this scale after all. Whats more, it was not closely related to the main gameplay of the game. The game still followed the usual methods and created many high precision scenes. It followed the games plot strictly and strung these scenes together. The protagonist was more like a lone ranger. He came from one scene to another. His comrades around him fell or parted ways. However, during this process, the protagonist kept winning battles and obtaining results one after another. His military rank kept increasing and gradually became the spiritual leader of the Resistance. Of course, the protagonists body was becoming more and more like the war machine that defeated him. However, all these were worth it in the eyes of the protagonist. More and more people were beckoned by the Resistance and joined in. At first, only small companies secretly helped the Resistance. For example, the volunteer doctor who had been treating and modifying Captain Lu De. Slowly, more and more large companies and corporations joined the ranks of the Resistance. These companies had money and strength to contribute. They could also provide material assistance or military equipment directly, increasing the influence of the Resistance. On the other hand, the low-level people, the hooligans, and even those who broke the law and sin were encouraged by the revolution army and joined the Justice Alliance that resisted Tengda Corporations rule. The entire world was on fire, resisting Tengda Corporation. The Resistance began to launch counterattacks all over the world like a tide. The battle that the protagonist participated in became larger and larger, and the battle became more and more intense. Captain Lu De was always a tall flag in the battlefield. He was invincible. In everyones hearts, he was glorious and righteous. It was as if as long as they fought with Captain Lu De, this battle would definitely win. The plot of the entire story climbed steadily after some setbacks at the beginning. Captain Lu De kept obtaining new abilities and became more courageous as he fought. He also kept fighting for new results. He rescued cities from the tyrannical rule of Tengda Corporation. At the same time, those large companies that had helped the Resistance began to actively participate in the post-war reconstruction work. As they fought on the front line, these large companies replaced Tengda Corporations industries in the back through new technologies and continued to provide powerful army weapons and soldiers to the front line. However, as the game continued, Qiao Liang gradually felt that something was amiss when it reached the later stages. Some large corporations had undergone a transformation and became influential people in the Resistance. The warriors of the Resistance, like these large corporations, not only used more and more exquisite equipment, but they also wore more luxurious clothes and more expensive luxury goods. His true friends who knew Captain Lu De were all dead in battle. Players in the later stages of the game could not even find a familiar face next to the protagonist. Captain Lude looked around when he was participating in a celebration party and realized that the only people he knew were the bosses or higher-ups of large companies. The warriors of the Resistance came to him to ask for autographs and photos, but the protagonist did not know their names at all. He only knew that they had fought side by side with him on a battlefield. He felt like a high and mighty god, being held up high by everyone, even above the clouds. However, when he turned around and looked down, he realized that there was no one beside him. The world was indeed constantly changing, but Captain Lu De was becoming more and more uncertain as to whether this was the change he had expected. The taste of the last battle could be said to be logical or boring. This scene was called the City of Origin. Obviously, it was based on Jingzhou in reality. In the games settings, this was the place where Tengda Corporation became famous and also where Tengda Corporations headquarters was. The Resistance army finally arrived at Tengda Corporations headquarters after the various cities in the world fought and destroyed Tengdas branches. After a long and intense battle, Captain Lu De finally successfully entered Tengda Corporations headquarters and won the final battle with the war machine. He decided to pursue the victory and find the culprit who caused all of this. The real culprit was Tengda Corporations current leader. However, when Captain Lu De took the lead and rushed into Tengda Corporations Presidents office, he realized that the entire space was empty. There was nothing. There were no office tables, chairs, computers, or any other personal equipment. It was as if the place had never been empty. Captain Lu De was indignant. He firmly believed that there must be a secret door or other mechanisms in the entire space. However, no matter how he searched, the entire space seemed to be empty. Captain Lu De could not accept this fact. He could not figure out how Tengda Corporation, as the worlds biggest monopoly, could rule the entire world for so long without a President. What had they been fighting against all this time? Lu De left the presidents office and searched the entire floor. During the process, he eliminated many law enforcement units. Fortunately, he had not achieved nothing. He chased all the way and caught up to the person-in-charge of Tengdas HR department, whose surname was Wu, who was preparing to jump off the rooftop of the building. After Tengda was captured by the Resistance, the people in charge had different reactions. Some of the people in charge had switched to the Resistance and became the guides. Some of the people in charge had run away in advance. There were also some people in charge, like the war machine, who picked up their guns and fought to the end. Only a very small number of people in charge came to the rooftop like the person in charge of the HR department with the surname Wu and were prepared to jump down to spend the rest of their lives. However, he was still a step slower. Captain Lu De arrived in time to stop his suicide plan and questioned him about who had been giving orders as the President of Tengda Corporation to maintain the authoritarian rule of the entire Tengda Corporation. Captain Lude had to determine who the final war criminal was. What motive did he have to commit such a serious crime against mankind? The HR department head with the surname Wu told the truth with a bitter smile. Tengda Corporation has never had a true President who controlled everything. All the heads of Tengda Corporation will jointly decide. If there are any differences in opinions, the most advanced artificial intelligence system, AEEIS, will analyze the content of the resolution and finally come to the most advantageous decision for the entire Tengda Corporation. This decision will be expressed again. If it does not pass, the artificial intelligence will have to adjust again until more than 80% of the person-in-charge pass. You can think that all the people in charge played the role of the war criminal in your mind. However, you can also say that there is no specific person in this world who you think is a war criminal. Chapter 1640 - The Throne Is Empty When Captain Lu De interrogated the HR department head named Wu on the rooftop of Tengdas headquarters building, the other Resistance troops finally invaded Tengdas headquarters building. A company army, under the banner of the Resistance, led everyone into the deepest underground internet unit of Tengda Corporations headquarters. The commander led all the soldiers of the Enterprise to carefully destroy the few remaining defense forces in the computer room. After destroying them all, he immediately asked the soldiers to block all the passageways to the computer room and entered it alone. He turned on the holographic projection and spoke to a person who was dressed simply but in a spacious and luxurious office. Obviously, this person should be the actual controller behind the business army, the President of a large financial group who supported the Resistance. The unsmiling President laughed to his hearts content seeing the scene in the underground computer room. Hahahaha! Those fools did not know that Tengda Corporations most precious wealth is in this computer room. Tengda Corporation does have a lot of wealth, but those are all dead riches. Even if you snatch them, you cant keep them. All the assets in Tengda Corporations accounts will be taken away, but only a little will be distributed to everyone. However, all of Tengda Corporations monopolies hold a huge amount of data, including everyones daily behavior data, personal preference data, and so on. With these data, they have the power to dominate the entire world. / please keep reading on MYB0XN0VEL.C0M. Not only that, the AEEIS artificial intelligence system within Tengda can integrate the opinions of the entire company from top to bottom. It can combine with the specific analysis of the person-in-charge to formulate the most beneficial strategy for the development of the entire company. As long as we can obtain this artificial intelligence system, we can promote a group of pigs in the person-in-charge and allow the entire company to continue developing. However, the upper echelons of Tengda were really pedantic. They did not let AEEIS completely take over Tengda Corporations business army and defense plan. They also did not set the companys safety as the highest priority of AEEIS, causing them to not be able to kill the Resistance when they were rising. But it doesnt matter. I would never make such a mistake. Carry the data back immediately. The commander immediately nodded and said, Yes, Boss. However, the hacker in the team said that the entire system is very complicated and has a certain level of defense mechanism. Im afraid itll be very difficult to crack it in a short period of time. We can only move the entire system back. The President in the holographic projection smiled. It doesnt matter. Ive already secretly recruited a few people in charge of Tengda Corporation. As long as they are around, the system can operate smoothly again. After ending the holographic projection call, the commander gave the orders to the soldiers. At the same time, on the rooftop. The conversation between Captain Lu De and the person-in-charge of the HR department with the surname Wu had ended. The person-in-charge with the surname Wu stood on the edge of the rooftop again. Captain Lu De saved him previously because he wanted to obtain more clues and truth from him. However, at that moment, he lost the motivation to stop him. He only asked, You will not be sentenced to death. You can be released after a few years at most. Theres no need to kill yourself. The person-in-charge smiled in relief. No, actually, I wont sit in jail for a day because some large companies will think of all ways to get me out. They will use various methods to absolve me of my crime and then let me continue to hold a high position in their company. I died to repay Tengda Corporations kindness, and also because my dreams were shattered. With that, the person-in-charge with the surname Wu jumped off the rooftop of the tall building. Captain Ludd could have saved him, but he did nothing now. Finally, Captain Lude came to the rooftop of the building and returned to the scene at the beginning. The entire city was filled with smoke. The war seemed to have reached its end. The forces of the Resistance had already completely taken over Tengdas headquarters building. The resistance forces of Tengda companies that were resisting nearby had also been eliminated one by one. However, Captain Lu De did not feel like he had welcomed a long-absent victory. He was even confused. He did not know what he had been searching for for so long, nor did he know if everything he had done was meaningful. This huge confusion surrounded him and the players in front of the computer. At that moment, there was a knock on the rooftop. However, the difference with the opening scene was that the ending this time was even shorter. Before the Captain who was reading turned his head, the entire scene had stopped and entered a black screen. The title of the game appeared on the screen once again. The Future You Choose The cast list appeared on the screen. Apart from the regular employees, there was also a very interesting list that attracted Qiao Liangs attention. Tengdas various departments cooperated with the performance list. For example, the prototype of the war machine came from Guo Licheng, and the person-in-charge with the surname Wu came from the HR department, Wu Bin. The various villains that appeared in the game plot were actually designed based on Tengdas current departments and the person-in-charge of the various departments. Whats more, these people in charge had also made some suggestions and suggestions for their own decisions. For example, Wu Bin had insisted on the person-in-charge, Wu Bin, jumping down from the building. To a certain extent, these people in charge had already planned their own fates. On the other hand, the game producers had only followed their instructions and made minor changes to the final outcome of these characters. Accompanying the cast list were not scenes of games, but many real-life scenes. It was a scene where Tengdas various industries were booming and were deeply loved by ordinary consumers. For example, there was a long line at the entrance of Fish-Catching Take-Out. The person-in-charge was being interviewed. Many young people were laughing and playing in Fish-Catching Internet Cafe. Deposit Fitness gave many people perfect figures, while Upwind Logistics young men were diligently delivering various large items to customers houses. Such scenes flashed past one by one and finally settled in a large office. Behind the heavy desk was a huge boss chair, which looked a little like a throne. The back of his chair was very high, and the armrest was very large. At that moment, his back was facing the camera, and the front was facing the huge full-length window next to him. It was as if the person in the seat was staring at the night scene outside, thinking about very important things. Suddenly, the huge throne slowly turned around. However, when it turned in front of the camera, it realized that there was no one on the throne. The game ended at this point. Qiao Liang had just finished playing the game in front of his computer. He looked at this scene and did not speak for a long time. His brain was a little chaotic. His thoughts were a mess, and he did not know where to start. Perhaps he had been burning the midnight oil for too long and his mind was not clear, or perhaps there was too much content to express in the game. At that moment, he could not catch the end of the messy clue. He played the game for the entire day. He played from morning to night before he finally cleared it. The game content was indeed very rich. There might not be an open world but it was still pushed by different scene battles on the whole. However, these scenes were done very well and novel. The map mechanism was also very rich, allowing players to experience the satisfaction of the hormones bursting out during the battle. The games combat mechanism was also very rich. As the protagonist, Captain Lu De could constantly obtain new combat ability by changing his prosthetic limbs. He could obtain a new ability every once in a while. In the end, he could even complete the task faster through the combination of different abilities. During the resistance process, the scene gradually became bigger, the battle became more and more intense, and more teams supported the protagonist. All of this formed a clear positive feedback, allowing players to clearly feel that their efforts were achieving results. This also stimulated players to continue playing with full concentration. However, in all fairness, the shortcomings of this game were also more obvious. For example, emphasizing battle too much made the other aspects of the game appear monotonous. An open world game could allow players to play it for hundreds of hours repeatedly with a large amount of rich game content. This game would focus mainly on players first experience. In other words, even though most players could obtain joy through such an intense combat mode when they played for the first time, they would feel sick of it after playing it twice at most. It was impossible to play for dozens of hours. The special combat ability that the protagonist kept activating was very novel when he first experienced it. However, he would feel very restricted when he started from the second time. Many powerful abilities could not be used. It would give players a feeling of anxiousness. Apart from that, the mid to late stages of the game seemed to be hinting to players through various details, making players start to doubt themselves and really want to know what happened outside the battlefield. However, the game completely framed all the plots in the battle scene. Players could only be forced to fight like a machine, watching the real beautiful ending gradually drift away from them. Of course, what surprised Qiao Liang the most was the setting of Tengda Corporation in the story. The final outcome was equivalent to a segment where the truth was revealed. However, what was shocking was that Tengda Corporation, which had truly monopolized all the industries in the world, did not show any signs of personal will. There was also no real President whose decisions were made by the person-in-charge and the AEEIS smart system. In the end, the new large financial group snatched Tengda Corporations data and smart system. The leap that the person-in-charge, Wu, made on the roof seemed to hint at something. No matter how one looked at it, this game was discrediting Tengda Corporation as the final antagonist. However, after experiencing the entire ending, this discrediting feeling seemed to have been diluted. What was the intention of the creator? The audience was already arguing in Qiao Liangs live-stream. Many viewers had followed Qiao Liang through the game. They might not feel as strongly as Qiao Liang but they had many associations just looking at this plot. At that moment, everyone had their own opinions and could not reach a consensus. After a long silence, Qiao Liang said, Thats all for todays live-stream. I want to go and have a good sleep and think about the deep meaning of this game. I want to go into seclusion! See you in the next video everyone, goodbye! Chapter 1641 - Lu Xiaopings Interpretation At the same time, at Shanghai Airport. Lu Xiaoping had just alighted from the plane and sat in the car that Shengyun Corporation had sent to pick him up. However, his mind was a mess. Whats going on? Can someone explain to me what the plot of this game is about? What is Boss Pei thinking? Lu Xiaoping felt stunned. Lu Xiaoping had been busy with the publicity of the new movie after returning to Vinci Media. He had been very busy these few days. The movie The Future You Choose from Tengda Corporation had not been officially released. Thus, Lu Xiaoping did not pay much attention to it even though he valued it. In any case, this movie had already won an award. There must be real material. In the end, this would definitely be a real fight. It was useless to be anxious early. The results would definitely be revealed when the two movies were released. Lu Xiaoping was also filled with confidence in his own movie. He was not too concerned about the game. The game might have the same name as the movie but it was not a direct competitiveness with Vinci Media after all. It was not worth spending too much effort to pay attention to. / please keep reading on MYB0XN0VEL.C0M. However, after the game was officially released today, a lot of information about the game was directly reflected in Lu Xiaopings face. What shocked Lu Xiaoping the most was that Tengda Corporation actually played the antagonist in this game and played a true monopoly group. This was f*cking ridiculous! Whats more, no matter how hard he searched in the game, he could not find any images of other companies that were against Tengda Alliance. There were indeed a few large financial groups in the game that supported the Resistance. However, there were no clues from the image logos and the person-in-charge. If he had to use the hard set, he would be more like the companies that were closer to Tengda, such as Sun Strike Studios, Shenhua Corporation, Fu Hui Investments, and so on. All in all, Tengda Corporation had been defeated as the antagonist in the game. The entire game had not mentioned anything about opposing Tengda Alliance. That made Lu Xiaoping feel very pained. It was as if he had struck the air with all his might. Originally, his and Nie Yunshengs judgment was that since this was a satirical theme of Cyberpunk, Tengda Alliance would definitely use many companies against Tengda as villains to highlight the importance of their own actions. However, they did not expect this prediction to fail. Previously, he had been creating hype online. However, after the game was released, everything changed instantly. The posts that had been creating hype previously had become very funny performance art. Countless people would mock them. Thats right, they were not cursing but mocking. He could easily find out from the netizens discussions that the anti-Tengda Alliance had made a mistake and lost a lot of face in public opinion. Previously, so many people said that Tengda Corporation wanted to use The Future You Choose to attack the reputation of other companies and make a speech. These people, come out and slip away. Im dying of laughter. These people are overthinking! Tengda Corporation did not mention this at all. Trash companies like you actually want to show your faces in the game that Tengda has created. Do you know what Tengdas games and movies are? Thats art. No random person is qualified to guest star in it. These people were crazily attacking Tengda Corporation, cutting off dissidents and were petty. However, in the end, they realized that they were the ones who were narrow-minded. They guessed the worst with malicious intent, but Tengda was broad-minded and very magnanimous. They went in to be the villains. Do all companies in the anti-Tengda Alliance suffer from persecution mania? Lu Xiaoping felt a blood clot in his chest and nearly spat it out seeing the netizens ridicule. Especially when he thought about how Boss Pei had tried all ways and means to inform Nie Rensheng previously. First, he posted on Weibo and then contacted Nie Yunsheng in private. He tried his best to tell Nie Yunsheng that Tengda Corporation really did not list out the Tengda Alliance and Nie Yunsheng in the new game and movie. However, Nie Yunsheng did not believe it. Not only did he not believe what Boss Pei said, but he also thought that this was Boss Peis strategy to confuse the enemy. He was even more determined to bite this point. The outcome would be how high he jumped previously and how badly he fell now. What made Lu Xiaoping even more desperate was that the movie had not been released. The worldview of games and movies were basically related. Tengda Corporation had already guest starring as the antagonist in the game, so they would probably be the antagonist in the movie. He could not possibly be the antagonist in the game and become upright in the movie, right? Wouldnt that be a schizophrenia? If that was the case, all of Vinci Medias plans for Tengda Corporations new movie would be invalidated. That was because they had guessed the enemys strategic intentions wrong from the beginning. It was fundamentally wrong. What was there to talk about? This made Lu Xiaoping fall into a huge passive state. He began to seriously consider the publicity strategy of the entire movie. He had to make some corresponding adjustments, but he felt that he did not know where to start. He arrived at Shengyun Corporations headquarters while he was thinking. Lu Xiaoping quickly walked to Nie Yunshengs office and realized that the bosses or higher-ups of Zheng Hao and the other companies were also there. They were obviously confused by Boss Peis game and were discussing countermeasures. The biggest scapegoat, Nie Yunsheng, did not look very good at that moment. He quickly stood up and invited Lu Xiaoping to sit down to ease the awkward atmosphere. I can only say that Boss Pei is an expert at psychological warfare. I was indeed tricked by him once. Its hard to guess what this person is thinking. However, at this point, we still have to think of a way to solve the problem. Otherwise, all the preparation work we did before the movie was released would be wasted. If you have any good ideas, tell us quickly. This is our last resort. Nie Yunsheng unknowingly threw the blame away and held it in the air. Of course, the others could feel it as well. However, it was not the time to split the blame at such a critical juncture. They still had to solve the problem. There was no other way this time. It was a desperate counterattack against Tengda Alliance since Tengda already had a complete advantage in all fields. If they failed again, the Tengda Alliance would really pack up and leave. Lu Xiaoping had thought of several ways along the way. Until now, only he had come up with ideas. I think we have to transfer in now. Continue to stick to our previous strategy is equivalent to courting death. We attack by saying that Tengda is defaming other companies through games to get rid of dissidents and discredit other law-abiding companies. These arguments are completely unreliable now. However, we can make use of the other partys counterattack comments to make some articles. Now, many people are praising Tengda Corporations self-mockery online. After all, Tengda Corporation has indeed put their own image in the game and regarded them as the final antagonist. However, this is also something that we can make use of and attack. In other words, Tengda Corporations self-mockery is not deep. It is even beautifying itself. If we can interpret this game as Tengda Corporations beautifying publicity for ourselves, we can dispel its other connotations and lay the foundation for our movies success. Nie Yunsheng and the other bosses eyes lit up. They seemed to have seen hope and dawn. That sounded feasible. At the moment, the thing that the anti-Tengda Alliance was most worried about was the failure of the public opinion battle during the game. It would bring negative impact to the next movie. Then, the current strategic goal had to at least cut off this adverse impact and pave the way for the movie. Now, some gamers on the internet wanted to make this game a masterpiece and extend the popularity of the game to the movie. What they had to do was to constantly suppress the connotation of this game, make this game seem very superficial, and raise their own movie. Everyone looked at Lu Xiaoping. But from what angle should we attack this game? After some consideration, Lu Xiaoping said, I briefly watched the video of this game. Overall, the overall plot of this game is similar to that of the movie. Therefore, I tried to analyze its connotation in the way of the movie. I think that even though this game portrays Tengda Corporation as the final antagonist on the surface, Tengda Corporation is actually more like an innocent victim. Especially in the plot, the person-in-charge with the surname Wu basically showed Tengda Corporation that even though they had a monopoly position, they did not make use of this artificial intelligence system in terms of military affairs. They did not invade and control ordinary people. In other words, as a monopoly group, Tengda Corporation still retains the bottom line of conscience. It is this conscience that caused them to suffer failure. The person-in-charge of the company hidden in the Resistance actually seized this power and stole the fruits of the Resistances battle. It is conceivable that it will definitely develop into a monopoly corporation that is worse than Tengda Corporation in the future. Therefore, I think that this is a form of praise in the open and in the dark. On the surface, he made a self-mockery posture that made Tengda Corporation the antagonist. However, in the details, he tried various ways and means to beautify Tengda Corporation, making everyone develop a subconscious feeling: Tengda Corporation might not look very good, but he is still the best in all the companies. Those companies that clamored to reach Tengda Corporation would end up worse than Tengda Corporation. Once the audience has such a subtle subconsciousness, it would be a double benefit for Tengda Corporation. On one hand, we obtained popularity and reputation through self-mockery. On the other hand, we established a subconscious mindset in the audience, making Tengda Corporation always superior to other companies. All in all, this is all a trap! However, thats precisely why we can counterattack on this point. We can think of a way to dismantle the hidden intentions in this game, expose Boss Peis plot, and analyze the superficial intentions in this game. If a Cyberpunk theme is not criticizing the corporations but actually praising the corporations, the meaning of this works existence would be eliminated by us. That way, the movie My Property would naturally surpass Tengdas works. Whether its a game or a movie, it would be a complete crushing! This is turning a crisis into an opportunity! Chapter 1642 - Exposing Hidden Motives The other bosses looked enlightened and nodded after hearing Lu Xiaopings words. It made sense. Previously, the bosses biggest question was what went wrong with Tengda Corporation. Why did they defame themselves in such an important game? Lu Xiaopings praise perfectly answered everyones doubts. On one hand, he had obtained a good reputation through self-mockery. On the other hand, he had established in everyones hearts that Tengda was a better subconscious mind than other companies. In the specific implementation, he also played a trick on the anti-Tengda Alliance. It was killing three birds with one stone. That was definitely a toxic plan. Only someone like Boss Pei could think of such a sinister plan. The cultural talents were the scariest. They could scold others without using vulgarities. You might not even know that they scolded you. Fortunately, Lu Xiaoping had been working in movies for so many years after all. He had a very precise grasp of the meaning of art and successfully analyzed Boss Peis intentions. / please keep reading on MYB0XN0VEL.C0M. Nie Yunsheng said, Thats why we should grab this weakness and attack. We want to expose Tengda Corporations sinister intentions. We want to point out the core of the problem. On the surface, this game is a Cyberpunk theme. However, in fact, he is completely going against the core of a Cyberpunk theme. He did not really oppose those large companies that are authoritarian. Instead, he used this method to seek rationality for his companys monopoly business and subtly induce all viewers and players. This is exposing hidden motives! As long as we can generate public opinion, our movie will definitely be able to seize the high ground when it is released. Thats because the intention of My Property is obviously higher than the intention of The Future You Choose. At that point, everyone nodded in agreement. After all, we are the classic works of sci-fi. We have really been tested in time. Boss Pei is a young man after all. He will definitely run out one day after producing so many outstanding games and movies for a long time. I think so too. We might not have grasped some details of the movie The Future You Choose but from the situation of the game, the movie should not have much intention. At the very least, I think there is a chance that the movie My Property will succeed. By the way, how did you arrange for the release time of these two movies? Lu Xiaoping said, Itll be released on the same day. We did not participate in the Venice Film Festival this time because we want to cling onto Fei Huang Workspace. Im afraid that Boss Pei has some special ulterior motive waiting for us. Everyone held up their thumbs. Good, youre tough enough to go head to head with him. Everyone agreed with Lu Xiaopings decision. That was because if their own movie was released earlier, Boss Pei might make some targeted arrangements and greatly reduce the results. If it was released later, the movie The Future You Choose might steal the limelight. After all, Boss Peis marketing ability was unparalleled. Thus, it was best to release it on the same day. Both sides would be fighting openly. It would be best if all the film reviews on the internet were placed together to discuss. That would definitely be able to compete. Previously, these people had always wanted to use some tricks to obtain an advantage in the dark when they were fighting Boss Pei. However, in the end, it proved that these methods were all shooting themselves in the foot. Now, they finally understood that they could not be afraid to defeat Boss Pei. They had to fight him head-on. This time, everyone was filled with confidence in the movie My Property! September 20th, Friday. Qiao Liang looked at the video that was uploaded and reviewed. He stretched and heaved a sigh of relief. Finally done! I miss it so much. I havent felt so content in a long time. Indeed, playing Boss Peis game is like reading a thick philosophical book. You can always be enlightened and give people deep inspiration. However, the only difference is that the words in philosophical books are obscure and difficult to understand. I, who are uncultured, will only fall asleep. However, Boss Peis game is filled with fun. It opened my horizons unknowingly and made me see something completely different. As the person who claimed to understand Boss Pei the most, Qiao Liang had always been very confident in his ability to understand. When playing this game, Qiao Liang felt many familiar things. He seemed to have vaguely felt it in Tengda Games previously, but it was more obvious this time. Whats more, the riddle in the game The Future You Choose was moderate in difficulty. It was set perfectly. However, after digging deeper, one would feel that the connotation was endless. It was very suitable to make a video interpretation. Qiao Liang went into seclusion for two whole days. It could be said that he had racked his brains to dig out all his accumulation and foundation for Tengda. That was how this evaluation video was born. He was very sure that Boss Pei was sending a very critical message to all players through this unique game. For Tengda Corporation, which had already won steadily and was about to completely defeat the Tengda Alliance, this key information was probably also Boss Peis next stage goal plan and crisis warning. Qiao Liang had already regarded this game as an epochal milestone for Tengda Games. As he waited patiently for the video review, he prepared to check the comments online about this game. Previously, when he was creating the video, Qiao Liang had been in a state of disconnection. The main reason was that he did not want the comments on the internet to interfere with his thoughts. Now that the video was done, he could almost check out the game reviewers outside. However, Qiao Liang could not help but frown after scrolling through Weibo and some forums. Whats going on? Why are so many people picking on such a fun game? They say that the gameplay is monotonous and the content is not rich enough. They also say that the game looks like its self-mockery on the surface, but its actually just a show. Its a way to belittle and praise other companies? Its ridiculous. The interpretation is completely crooked. There are still so many people choosing to support it. Its really ridiculous! The more Qiao Liang read, the angrier he became. He was filled with indignation. Every time something like that happened, he would be more anxious than the staff at Tengda Corporation. There were two main negative comments about the game online. First of all, the gameplay was monotonous and the content was not rich enough. That was because the protagonist Captain Lu De seemed to be an outsider from beginning to end. Even though he was constantly unlocking various combat abilities, the game content only had the endless number of battles and endless enemies. This looked fundamentally no different from some satisfying games that popped up from beginning to end. On the other hand, the players in the game, equipment, money, and other elements seemed to have fallen out of thin air. If the protagonist failed, someone would save him. That volunteer doctor would also change the latest protagonist with prosthetic limbs for him. A new battle would start, and reinforcements would come from all directions. It could even be said that he would never worry about falling into a desperate situation. This made players feel that the entire process was relatively simple. There were no more complicated and interesting gameplay. The entire process was nothing but shooting. The entire plot was also confusing. Secondly, denouncing this game was actually a form of positive and negative behavior. It was not really self-mockery, but fishing for reputation. What was true self-mockery? It was to completely make yourself into a negative character and engrave your ugly state in the game. In the end, you would be defeated. That was true self-mockery. However, Tengdas approach in this game was obviously reserved. On the surface, it looked like it had arranged for itself to be a villain and defamed it. However, in fact, in the later stages of the game, it would realize that Tengda Corporation seemed to be a principled and ideal company that had a trend of whitewashing. The protagonist of the Resistance, Captain Lu De, who finally looked confused on the rooftop seemed to think that he was wrong. It deepened the impression of players. From this point of view, the story of this game did not seem to be particularly outstanding in terms of ideology and intentions. To a certain extent, it had been reduced to a work of bragging. If a company used a work to describe their theme but did not criticize it but praised it, would this work still be called an outstanding work? That was a question mark. Both theories sparked discussions and many supporters online. The first theory was supported by gamers because most gamers did not care about the meaning of the game. However, they could empathize with whether the game was fun or not. The second way was to attract some cloud players. These players might not have a deep experience in the game but they liked to discuss the games content and plot and give their own subjective evaluation. That made the game unpopular among gamers and cloud players at the same time. It was obvious that the public opinion offensive this time was aggressive. Qiao Liang heaved a sigh of relief after reading these discussions. Its a good thing that I did not watch the game reviews online before making the video. Otherwise, I would be pissed off by these people. My creative thinking would definitely be affected. Fortunately, my video will not affect the outcome no matter whether it is released first or later. After all, I am the person who really holds the key to the truth. As long as I have the right interpretation of the game, these wrong comments will naturally dissipate no matter when the video is released. Perhaps Boss Pei has a backup plan. After all, the movie has not been released officially. However, in the current situation, I dont think we need to have any backup plan. As long as I, Teacher Qiao, step in, I will be able to kill these thieves who cannot be seen in the light! Qiao Liang did not panic at all because he had already noticed the two problems that were hotly discussed online. He had also analyzed them in his video. However, the reason why he analyzed it was completely opposite to the comments online. Chapter 1643 - The Two Cornerstones Of Boss Peis Game Production In Shanghai Lu Xiaoping was resting in the hotel. It was already night time but he was not sleepy at all. He was only looking at the night scene outside the window in the five-star hotel, thinking about something. Suddenly, his cell phone vibrated. He picked it up and saw that it was a message from his subordinate. Boss Lu, Teacher Qiao posted a video! Lu Xiaoping immediately replied I know and opened Teacher Qiaos new video. Now, Teacher Qiao was the focus of the entire anti-Tengda Alliance. Lu Xiaoping cared about him very much. He had even specially arranged for his subordinates to keep an eye on him at all times. Lu Xiaoping briefly analyzed the previous public opinion battles, as well as the situation of Tengda Games and the movie turning over. He realized that Teacher Qiao had played a huge role in this process. This famous UP Master had started out by interpreting Tengda Games. It was a very important card in Boss Peis hands. It could be said to be a surprise weapon. If he wanted to defeat Tengda Corporation head-on, not only did he have to attack them face-to-face, but he also had to protect his own rear position. He had to be constantly vigilant against UP Masters like Teacher Qiao who would suddenly launch a sneak attack. However, Teacher Qiaos video was released so early. That surprised Lu Xiaoping. Are you that anxious? Logically speaking, its impossible for Teacher Qiao not to know that the movie The Future with the same name is going to be released. I thought that he would choose to combine the movies plot for a comprehensive analysis after the movie is released. That would generate more popularity and the reasoning behind it might be more convincing. If we post a game review video now, wouldnt it be very awkward if it doesnt match the content of the movie? However, Teacher Qiaos rash move unexpectedly avoided one of our traps. It was a blessing in disguise. Lu Xiaoping had conducted in-depth analysis of Tengda Corporations publicity plan for the game and movie that you chose. He thought that the release date of the game and the release date of the movie must have been carefully planned by Boss Pei. A few days later was to allow the popularity of the game to ferment as much as possible so that it could also promote the movie. From the looks of the current situation, the plot of the game and movie would definitely be very different. Otherwise, wouldnt the movie be spoilt in advance if the game was first released before the movie was released? There must be a deep connection between the two plots that could even be deeply interpreted. On the other hand, Lu Xiaoping used the time difference between the two projects to counterattack. His approach was to first attack the game project of The Future You Choose. It was unlikely that Tengda Corporation or Teacher Qiao would be able to fight back against this public opinion trend until the movie was released. That was because it was very likely that some thoughts would cause the spoiler of the movie to affect the audiences first impression of the movie. On the other hand, Lu Xiaopings plan was to release the movie My Property and The Future You Choose at the same time after he launched a large-scale attack on the game project. He wanted to directly suppress the popularity of Tengdas movie when the quality of his own movie was absolutely high. Therefore, Lu Xiaoping had a follow-up plan no matter whether Tengda Corporation responded or not. Comparatively, Lu Xiao hoped that Tengda Corporation and Teacher Qiao would not respond. That way, he would have more room to show off. Teacher Qiao looked rash, but he had accidentally avoided a pit. However, Lu Xiaoping did not care. He would deal with whatever came. He really wanted to see how Teacher Qiao would refute his interpretation of the core of the game The Future You Choose. Could he turn the entire public opinion over through a video? Teacher Qiao had done this many times before but Lu Xiaoping firmly believed that Teacher Qiao would not have any chance this time. The title of the video was Products of the Gods Episode 10: What Is The Real Cyberpunk? What was worth mentioning was that the summary of the video was very long. While the video was being produced and uploaded, I took a quick look at the comments online about the game You Choose The Future. Some players criticism of this game seems to be mainly focused on two points. First, the gameplay is relatively monotonous. Second, Tengda Corporation does not really have self-mockery. They did not highlight the true spiritual core of Cyberpunk. I only saw these comments after I finished making the video. However, the content I spoke in the video solved these two questions. Therefore, please watch the video patiently. I believe you will have the answer to these two questions in the end. Lu Xiaoping was a little surprised. That was because he had originally thought that this was a video that refuted the comments spread by Tengda Alliance. However, on further thought, there did not seem to be enough time. That was because it took more than a day for the anti-Tengda Alliance to recover from the initial shock after the game was released. It reversed the wrong deduction that Tengda Corporation had made about the anti-Tengda Alliance as the antagonist. It also proposed a new public opinion war strategy. If Teacher Qiao had only refuted this video after seeing the popularity of these anti-Tengda alliance comments, there would not have been enough time to publish it so quickly. In other words, Teacher Qiao had coincidentally predicted the suspicion of the Tengda Alliance and other players on the game while he was interpreting it. That was why he did not change the content of the video. He only added this sentence in the summary. That made Lu Xiaoping feel a little uneasy. If that was the case, it might mean that Teacher Qiao had found some factors that they had missed. These factors could turn the tables. Lu Xiaoping calmed down and continued playing the video. He skipped Teacher Qiao and the audiences daily chatter and foreshadowing and went straight to the main topic of the video. Teacher Qiaos unique voice and meticulous and orderly thinking quickly brought the audience back to the game world of The Future You Choose. Before we officially analyze the game The Future You Choose, let us first review Boss Peis previous game design concept. The first is to break the dimensional wall. All the gameplay that Boss Pei designed is to stimulate players emotions so that players can resonate with the protagonist in the game. That would create a stronger sense of immersion and create the effect of breaking the dimensional wall. The most classic example is Repent and be Saved. Through the suffering gameplay, players can experience the feeling of ordinary people struggling bitterly in the sea of bitterness. In Eternal Reincarnation, high-end players were brought into the insufferably arrogant Martial God. It reminded us that sometimes, we would become arrogant because of our ability. It might even cause greater disasters. The second is to express a specific idea to us through the world structure, metaphors, and the protagonists final choice. This idea might not suit everyones preferences and taste, and it might not be completely correct, but there must be a deep meaning in it. For example, Struggle allows everyone to form their own thoughts by portraying the lives of the poor and the rich in depth. These are the two cornerstone of Boss Peis game. Neither of them can be missing. Everything else in the game, be it the graphics, plot, music, sound effects, or other content, are serving these two cornerstone. Now that you understand this, let us think about another question. What is the real Cyberpunk? Actually, Boss Pei had already done some research on this theme in Tomorrow is Beautiful. Subsequently, similar elements appeared in Boss Peis games and movies. I think the keyword of Cyberpunk is high-tech low life. Its core idea is that the development of technology might not necessarily bring people happiness. Instead, it might bring new disasters. In the theme of Cyberpunk, the large-scale monopoly at the bottom of the corporation, homeless people, technological prosthetic limbs, genetic drugs, and so on are all just a form of performance. Why doesnt the development of technology bring people happiness, but a new disaster? I can give a simple example to students who dont understand. There was a sociopathic who suggested that as the entire worlds productivity developed rapidly, humans would quickly escape poverty and everyone would be able to live a carefree life. In theory, productivity is indeed developing quickly. The food and resources that we produce are indeed very rich. However, until now, there are not only the extreme poor countries in the world. There are also many homeless people in many developed countries who can only sleep on the streets. Thats why the development of technology will increase the total wealth of the entire society, but its a question of whether it will bring everyone a happy life. In the world of Cyberpunk, when those monopoly corporations can widen the gap between themselves and ordinary people through stronger genetic technology and pervasive technological software, the rich and poor would become more and more like two different species. The tear at the top of the social pyramid and the tower base would become more and more serious. Therefore, the real Cyberpunk theme must explore the essence of this problem. If you are only obsessed with the appearance of the Cyberpunk World and focus all your writing on the mechanical prosthetic limbs, skyscrapers, neon lights, and black market transactions, it would be equivalent to giving up everything and having no soul. It would be easier to understand why The Future You Choose is a true Cyberpunk game after understanding this point. The important thing is not to show the entire Cyberpunk society in all aspects. Instead, we have to find a core point in the Cyberpunk world and dig deeper to touch the true core. On this point, the game The Future You Choose can be said to be the perfect outcome under the restrictions of the development ability. Chapter 1644 - A Cycle This opening made Lu Xiaoping feel that it was a little impressive. He felt that Teacher Qiao could not refute his doubts based on this opening alone. However, this high-end approach seemed very classy and deep. It could indeed highlight the professionalism of the video. Thus, Lu Xiaoping did not dare to come to a conclusion now. He could only continue watching patiently. Lets talk about the gameplay first. Actually, the gameplay of the game is very simple. It is just a game with some special combat ability. Players will experience battle after battle. In the battle, they only need to shoot to complete the designated mission goal. During this process, players can constantly modify their bodies through the volunteer doctor and obtain new combat ability. When you first experienced it, the feeling of obtaining a new ability was very exciting. It was the first time you could climb walls, the first time you could soar in the air. The first time you could destroy multiple enemies through a modified large caliber weapon These unique abilities that are constantly unlocked, coupled with intense and different battlefields, achieve an excellent combat effect. It makes people feel that he seems to be a hot-blooded game that doesnt need brains. However, this feeling can only be experienced in a week. The more you play for, the more anxious you feel. Thats because if you want to play from the beginning, you have to give up all the special abilities that you obtained previously. You also have to start all the volunteer modification process from the beginning. Players who already know the ending would think that the entire process is meaningless. Therefore, there is not much fun to watch. On the surface, this seems to be a failure in game design. After all, in most peoples impression, the richer and more durable the game, the more brilliant the design is. Do you remember Boss Peis design theory that I mentioned before? In Boss Peis design, all the settings and gameplay are to let the game break out of the circle. The gameplay gives players emotions to break the dimension wall so that players can bring the protagonist into the protagonists emotions deeper. This approach is more brilliant than simply bringing the protagonist into the protagonist through the plot performance. In that case, why can you break the fourth wall? Why can you only focus on one line of play but not on multiple lines of play? Let me talk about the plot of this game that I understand. At this point, Teacher Qiao had already raised the first question that most people had of this game: the gameplay was relatively monotonous. However, its comments on the gameplay were different from most peoples. Teacher Qiao was an experienced UP Master after all. He knew how to keep the audience on tenterhooks to attract their attention. Then, he began analyzing the games plot. Do you remember what I said just now? The second cornerstone of Boss Peis game is to express a specific idea to us through various metaphorical world structure and easily ignored plot content. In this game, of course, we have to express a specific understanding of the Cyberpunk theme. Everyone can see that this game is actually echoing at the beginning and end. Boss Pei actually brought the plot of the last scene to the beginning. Then, he went to the real beginning 10 years ago to explain. From the looks of the method, it feels a little magical realism. It makes me think of a famous saying: Many years later, facing the execution team, Captain OLeano Bountia will recall the distant afternoon when his father brought him to see the ice. Sutter once said: The novelists skill is in which time he chooses now. Lets start from there. For ordinary authors, traditional novels can portray the environment, describe conversations, or simply chat with readers. This is a very stable way of starting. However, this beginning is standing in an uncertain current, while gathering the past and the future. He did not simply circle the land and set a time point for the beginning. He found a few characters to tell them what to do. Instead, he integrated into the sea of freedom like a fish. The past, the future, and everything around him are completely unfamiliar and fresh. In my opinion, the game The Future You Choose has actually used this opening. Thats because the leader of the Resistance, Captain Lu De, is actually not at the last moment. Thats because we are still waiting for what happens after the door is knocked. At the same time, it is not standing at the previous time point. Thats because he had already started his own Resistance activities 10 years ago. Captain Loud stood on the rooftop, looking at the time node of the entire city from afar. It is a landmark node in his life. This is not a linear time structure, but a structure of the cycle time. Linear time will give people a sense of oppression because you can clearly see the beginning and end. However, the cycle time will relax this pressure and bring a helpless sense of fate. Thats because you have no way of knowing when this cycle and rebirth will end. You also dont know if the end you think is a brand new beginning. Therefore, it can be seen from this beginning that this game is filled with metaphors. Similar metaphors will repeatedly appear in the future plot. Let us look at the games ending. Thats because the entire process is to pave the way for the ending. If we understand the ending, we will naturally understand the clues buried in the process. There are actually three sides to the games ending. The first party is the victor on the surface. As the leader of the Resistance, Captain Lu De played a crucial role in overthrowing Tengda Corporation. He was supported and respected by everyone. In the final battle, he was the first to charge into Tengda Corporations headquarters. However, he did not achieve his goal. The reason why he resisted Tengda Corporation is because he thinks that there is an embodiment of evil in this world, the President of Tengda Corporation. He wants to find this highest war criminal and bring him to justice. He will judge him with fairness and truth. From then on, the entire world can be released from the shadow of Tengda Corporation. However, he failed. The person-in-charge with the surname Wu told him that Tengda Corporation had never had a real President. Tengda Corporation is the final decision-making community that all the person-in-charge and the artificial intelligence system form in the interests of the company. The reason why Captain Lude finally fell into confusion on the rooftop was because a stylish person could be killed and judged. However, how could an invisible system be killed and judged? He gradually realized that it was precisely because this was an invisible system that he would definitely revive in a certain way. Captain Lude looks like the biggest winner, but he is actually the biggest loser. The second party is the entrepreneur who finally occupied Tengda Corporations underground computer room and seized all the data and artificial intelligence systems that Tengda Corporation had. On the surface, he looks like a true winner because he inherited Tengda Corporations most precious assets. As long as he has these data and smart systems, he can develop quickly by recruiting the original person-in-charge of Tengda Corporation. He can quickly replace Tengda Corporation as the next true monopoly giant. His name and companys name are not explained in the game because that is not important in the attitude of the designer. He can be anyone or any company. The game even deliberately expressed a feeling that things were becoming worse through the mouth of this entrepreneur. This entrepreneur said that Tengda Corporation did not prioritize the safety of the company in this decision system, giving the Resistance and other interviews the opportunity to overthrow Tengda Corporation. This entrepreneur said that he would not make the same mistake. He seemed to give people the illusion that he would replace Tengda Corporation as the eternal monopoly. But will the future really be as he wishes? Of course, this is a relatively open ending. The designer did not give a clear answer, but I think that the conclusion after deeper analysis must be negative. He is the biggest winner in the dark, but I think he is still not considered a true victory. The third party is Tengda Corporation. On the surface, Tengda Corporation looks like the biggest loser. It had originally obtained a monopoly position in the entire world. However, because it did not place the companys safety first in the decision-making system, it gave the Resistance and other corporations an opportunity to be overthrown. Tengda Corporations headquarters have been taken over. The person-in-charge of Tengda Corporation committed suicide by escaping into the enemys territory. The entire company has collapsed. Their assets will be divided up. The data and decision-making system that they have will also be taken over by other companies. If Tengda Corporation was a person, he would be cut into pieces. However, the problem is whether Tengda Corporation in the story is really a concrete person or an ordinary company? I think not. The reason is very simple. The person-in-charge with the surname Wu said that Tengda Corporation does not have a President at all. All the decisions are actually made by all the person-in-charge and the smart system. What does it represent? Is it everyones opinion? No. It represents the will of business development, the best solution for the entire company. Therefore, the true Tengda Corporations will is invisible. The opinions of the person-in-charge and the plan of the AEEIS decision system, including the data and system in the underground computer room, are only intermediaries of this invisible will in reality. Please think about it. Employees are part of the company. However, if the company fires them, would the company be affected and not even exist? Would that be considered a failure? Of course not. Similarly, whether it is the person-in-charge, employees, headquarters building, or computer room data, they are like ordinary employees to Tengda Corporation and the company. Losing these actually does not affect the foundation of this invisible will. This intangible will had long entered a new company with the data and transfer of the person-in-charge of the computer room. It had replaced the original will of this company. Therefore, the biggest loser on the surface is actually the biggest winner. Thats because Tengda Corporation has never represented a certain person in this game. A certain company or a certain body is an invisible will and rule. He will only go from one carrier to another. He will continue to experience a process of rapid development, monopoly, and decline. This is what the game tells you through the beginning: The despair cycle that cannot see the beginning, the end, and can only stand at one of the nodes and look down at the entire city, but becomes more and more confused. In this cycle, that invisible will is constantly borrowing the corpse to be reborn. Whether it is Captain Lu De, the other Resistance troops, or the corporations who think that they won are just passers-by on this stage. Chapter 1645 - Decisive Moment After understanding the meaning of this ending, everyone will look back. You will obtain some new insights during the entire process. Many people feel that the gameplay is monotonous, and this monotonous comes mainly from the following aspects. First of all, the content of the battle is monotonous. The protagonist might be constantly changing his prosthetic limbs to strengthen his ability, but the enemies he fights will always be the same. Their appearance might be changing, but the feeling that battles give people is not fundamentally different. Second is the monotonous content outside of battles. The protagonists comrades would always die one by one. They would have forgotten about them before the players could remember their names. The protagonist would obtain new weapons, new teammates, new equipment. There was no explanation in the game where the equipment and money came from. Moreover, the game setting is monotonous. Apart from some indoor scenes and processes similar to banquet and celebration, Captain Lu De only rushed from one battlefield to another most of the time. The scenes on these battlefields are different, but the feeling of battle is exactly the same. In the end, the games characters were monotonous, especially at the critical celebration party. Captain Lu De looked around and realized that there were no familiar faces in the resistance army. His teammates who had fought side by side were long dead. The only ones who looked familiar were the people in charge of the various corporations. These people in charge looked familiar, but he could not name them at all. Do you feel aggrieved? Thats right, thats how Captain Lu De really feels. When gamers experience the entire game for the first time, they would be attracted by the intense scene and driven by the goal of clearing the game. They would be able to feel every upgrade of their prosthetic limbs and feel their blood boil in such a battle. Its the same for Captain Lu De. He has been desperately fighting to modify himself because he has overthrown the visible goal of Tengda Corporation. He can also see his progress after every battle. However, when the player and Captain Lu De reached the latter half of the story and saw the past and future of the entire story, the situation suddenly became strange. The game did not explain where these resources and new soldiers came from. Its actually very simplethey were sent by other corporations. The activities of the Resistance allowed other corporations to see hope of overthrowing Tengda and replaced it. Thus, more and more corporations provided support to the Resistance. The soldiers of the Resistance died one by one. That doesnt matter because these soldiers are just a consumable to the corporations. Captain Lu De might have been able to survive not because he is brave and kind in battle, but because he is a god supported by these corporations. He has to survive as a spirit to maintain this war against Tengda Corporation. Thats why Captain Lu De was never the real protagonist of the entire story. What he did was to pick up the gun that the corporation gave him and attack Tengda Corporation. Players would be brought into the first-person perspective of Captain Rude. Naturally, they would feel the same emotions as Captain Rude. At the second and third weeks, players emotions would become stronger and stronger. They would think about the meaning of the entire operation? This is the effect that game designers want to achieve. One last question. Who is the antagonist of this game? What is he opposing in the thoughts expressed by the creator? Some might think that Tengda Corporation is slandering itself. Some people also think that Tengda Corporation is just putting on a show. However, I want to say that these views are too shallow. If you touch the core of the world just by defeating a large company, then the task would be too simple. Tengda Corporation is not defaming itself or others. In fact, no specific company is worth Tengda using a special game to criticize. The designers true hope is to show the invisible will that wanders around the world, the will that constantly build Tengda Corporation and jump into other corporations when Tengda Corporation is exhausted. The boss of the company who inherited Tengda Corporations data and smart system might think that he would become the ruler of the entire world. However, in fact, it has been made clear in the game that he is not the ruler but a puppet. This boss is no different from the empty swivel chair in the last scene. Thats why I think that this game is more self-reflection than self-mockery. Instead of saying that its attacking a specific company, its more like its warning all the companies. I know that the story of The Future You Choose has a movie version and has already won an award. To be safe, I should combine the content of the movie after watching the movie and analyze it in depth. I might be able to see more details in the comparison. However, those who are truly capable do not need stability. Im very sure that the core and views expressed in the game will definitely be applicable in the movie. Of course, there might be more ways to interpret it in the movie because of the different forms of expression. However, no matter what, they would definitely reach the same destination. Everyone, you can regard my video as a prediction. Is this prediction accurate? Well see the results after the movie is released! After watching Teacher Qiaos game interpretation video, Lu Xiaoping leaned back in his chair, his mind blank. He had not expected Teacher Qiao to predict his moves! Teacher Qiaos video might have been created independently but it cleverly resolved the two biggest doubts the outside world had about the game while answering the meaning of the game. Why was the gameplay relatively monotonous? It was the same as Repent and be Saved. It was to break the dimension wall. Was Tengda mocking itself or mocking it openly and covertly? No, Tengda only treated its own company as an embodiment. He did not want to criticize a specific company or a certain body, but a void will. Teacher Qiaos video analysis could be said to be penetrating and soul-stirring compared to the criticisms that were stuck on the surface. No one would care about the superficial criticisms after these core were released. This was equivalent to a dimensional reduction attack. All the hard work that the anti-Tengda Alliance had put in to hype public opinion would naturally be wasted. Lu Xiaoping stood up and walked around the hotel room twice. He could not admit defeat now. He had to muddle the water even if he had to harass them endlessly. That was because the movie would be released this weekend. If he did not do anything to confuse others, Teacher Qiaos video would definitely become popular. That would create an excellent publicity effect for the movie The Future You Choose. This would definitely not be good for the movie My Property. Lu Xiaoping pondered for a long time and finally made up his mind. It should be impossible to find a higher meaning or find a loophole in Teacher Qiaos video. That was because Teacher Qiao was indeed reasonable and the content of the entire video was very solid. However, that did not mean that Lu Xiaoping did not have any room to operate. He still had two last moves in order to protect his own movie. One was to overinterpret it, the other was to forcefully package it to gain popularity. On one hand, when he could not completely refute Teacher Qiaos video, he changed to defense to emphasize that Teacher Qiao was over-interpreting the games content. Excessive clarification might not be enough to reverse public opinion, but it could at least continue the argument between the two sides for a certain period of time. After all, metaphors were a double-edged sword. It would stimulate players or audiences imagination and also cause some over-interpretation. Some normal meaning would also be understood as over-interpretation. This would dispel the metaphors to a certain extent. On the other hand, he wanted to paste the movie My Property on it and compete with the movie The Future You Choose. He also wanted to express the meaning behind the movie My Property. This approach could create a tense and opposing atmosphere before the movie was released. The more popular the movie Future You Choose was, the more popular My Property would be. Both sides might fight to the death, but fans on one side would always watch the other partys performance out of curiosity. All of this was based on Lu Xiaopings absolute trust in the quality of My Property. Lu Xiaoping immediately called Nie Yunsheng and instructed his subordinates to do it urgently. After rounds of confrontation, both sides finally entered the final deciding moment. Success or failure depended on this! September 21st, Saturday, midnight. Pei Qian sat in the theater, in a corner, waiting for the movie to start. The midnight show was usually the most important scene for a movie because those who came to the midnight show were basically hardcore viewers. Whats more, the reputation of the midnight show would directly affect this movie. The reputation and evaluation of the entire schedule would follow. However, Pei Qian was not watching The Future You Choose. Instead, he was watching My Property, which Vinci Media had been working so hard to promote. To Pei Qian, since the movie The Future You Choose had already won the Golden Lion Award, it was impossible for him to film badly. The key to this success or failure was whether My Property could surpass the future that you chose in certain aspects. The battle of public opinion between the two sides had been very intense over the past two days. Both movies had been very popular. The anti-Tengda Alliance kept attacking the game and movie that you chose, but most of the attacks were resolved by Qiao Liang. Even so, the anti-Tengda Alliance had not given up. Obviously, they were using this movie as their last line of defense. From the looks of the situation online, there seemed to be hope for the movie My Property. He might not have the support of many big-name actors and famous directors, but the script of this movie was very outstanding. The entire team participating in the production was also very dedicated. It was very likely that they would become the biggest dark horse in the near future. Pei Qian was filled with anticipation. Chapter 1646 - "My Property" The opening scene of the movie was a long shot. Under the warm sunlight, the two children were happily playing on the bumpy grass. They laughed and joked around, their faces brimming with innocent smiles. This was the backyard of a certain country house. The grass in the yard, childrens toys, and the structure of the entire house were all standard Western backgrounds. The characters inside were all foreigners. Two kind fathers were leaning against the wooden fence in the backyard, watching the two children play happily and drinking cold beer. The two benevolent mothers were holding dinner in the kitchen. Obviously, this was a very harmonious and harmonious neighborhood. The two families were getting along very well. The two fathers chatted about their work. One was a worker in the factory, and the other was a vendor who opened his own shop. They might have different jobs but they could feel that business had been bad recently. They were all thinking of other ways to earn some extra money to subsidize their families. Otherwise, they might not be able to bear the high school fees for their children. At that moment, a piece of news was broadcasting on the television next to him. The Oxygen Guard System has been officially activated today. It will be like oxygen, scattered in the environment of our lives. It is everywhere and indispensable. The Oxygen Guard System will protect the private property of every citizen. It is sacred and inviolable. It will maintain the justice of the law and no criminal can hide. The Oxygen Guard System will not lean towards any class, any group or person. It will faithfully provide the most perfect protection for every citizen according to the highest principle that is sacred to law and private property One of the members said that the official activation of the Oxygen guard system means that human history has developed to a new era. Thats because, under the protection of the Oxygen guard system, the free adjustment function of the market will be completely released. It can play the greatest role without being artificially supervised. The complete release of the free market will definitely create more wealth for human society and bring greater happiness At that point, a mother in the kitchen shouted. Children, its time to eat. Sigh! The two children replied, but they were still fighting for the last goal. The two fathers looked at each other and smiled. One of the fathers waved his hand and switched off the television. He went to the kitchen to help clean the table. The sky gradually darkened, and the lights came on. The two families were having a pleasant gathering. It was a quiet and harmonious night. The pace of the movie was very fast. The two children slowly grew up, and their backgrounds began to change. One child entered the factory like his father and became an ordinary worker. The other child was determined to do business and made a small business. Both of them worked hard, waking up early and working late at night. However, as businessmen grew up, they began to use the money they earned to buy the latest educational chips, learn various knowledge, and gradually earn more money to move out of this community. From then on, the two children gradually distanced and stopped contacting each other. At that moment, the camera was focused on the poor mans child. He originally had a stable job at the factory. However, one day, the supervisor of the factory informed them that everyone had lost their jobs. That was because the factory had a batch of the most advanced machines. The entire production line could be controlled through machinery. There was no need for any workers anymore. Many workers could not accept this reality. They were so angry that they wanted to destroy these machines. However, they were immediately knocked out by the ubiquitous law enforcement units with high pressure electricity. Some died on the spot, and some became homeless because they destroyed expensive items. They carried heavy debts and became completely bankrupt. The poor protagonist had no choice but to continue working in other factories. However, other factories were also constantly firing employees. New machines were constantly replacing these workers. This poor protagonist could only work on odd jobs. His income was getting lower and lower, and his standard of living was getting worse. Finally, one day, these large companies began to reach out to the necessary supplies that they needed daily. Food, water, air, and even space for activities were divided up by these large companies. At first, these large companies were very generous to allow the poor to have their own houses, grass and old cars. However, the plethora of maintenance fees soon overwhelmed the poor protagonist. He had no choice but to sell his old house at a high price and live in the small cubicles with the life cycle system arranged by these large companies. According to the amount of money they spent on selling old houses, the poor could live a carefree life. However, all sorts of problems soon arose. The poor man had no income. He realized that the resources he needed were becoming more and more expensive, and he was spending money faster and faster. He wanted to sell his own labor, but in a world where machines had replaced people, his labor was as worthless as his own. Perhaps the only valuable thing he had was his attention and time. However, he could only obtain a small income by watching advertisements day after day and survive as a person. His parents passed away one after another as they aged. Their remains did not exchange for much. Apart from the recyclable water resources and a certain amount of free air, the mineral content in the body and other elements could only exchange for a piece of delicious beef. This piece of beef was very extravagant for the protagonist because the cycle system would only provide him with living resources that he could barely survive. However, the protagonist was almost forgetting the taste of meat. He ate the beef carefully with tears in his eyes. He muttered, Thank you, Mom and Dad. The protagonists living space became smaller and smaller. When he first moved into the small cubicle, he could often go out to take a walk and bask in the sun. However, more and more land was gradually surrounded by large companies, and the space he could move became smaller and smaller. In the end, he could only look at the environment outside through the glass. It changed day by day. A piece of empty land was built by buildings and dismantled into a square and a grassland. In the end, the world outside seemed to have returned to the beautiful past time. The air was fresh and the grass was long. However, people were all cut off behind the glass. They could only watch helplessly but could not take a breath of fresh air outside. In front of the poor protagonist was ordinary glass, but he could not break it. Once he did that, he would not only have to compensate the glass, but also the fresh air outside. The fragrant air with flowery fragrance was worlds apart from the foul air in the circulation system. He could not afford it at all. There was no need to purchase tempered glass because of the existence of the law enforcement unit. There was no need to spend additional costs. The poor protagonist could only look at the green land in the distance and imagine that he used to be the backyard of his house. There was once a bumpy grassland and a childhood playmate who played happily with him on it. At that moment, he saw a handsome and tall young man showing off his skill on the grass. His movements were very beautiful, just like the top football player. The poor protagonist stared at it for a while in a daze. Suddenly, he noticed that the young mans face looked similar to his childhood playmate. In this world, the advanced knowledge of scientists and athletes sports skills could be input into peoples brains through the education chip. Advanced genetic technology could allow people to remain young and live many times longer. Thus, even though the poor protagonist had become an old man who looked older than his actual age, his childhood playmate still maintained the image of a young man. The poor protagonists emotions seemed to have exploded at this moment. It was hard to describe his emotions. Was he excited, angry, or despair? He broke the glass and rushed towards the figure while shouting the name of his childhood playmate. The ubiquitous law enforcement unit did not kill him on the spot because his playmate tacitly allowed him to. The poor protagonist breathed the fresh air that belonged to him and stepped on the expensive grass to talk to him. He even asked his personal robot to serve him to move two chairs over. The two of them looked at the distance and chatted like their father. The poor protagonist first recalled those unforgettable days with him, but this childhood playmate only responded politely and perfunctorily, without causing any emotional ripples. The educational chip made the rich protagonists brain filled with useful things. Those useless content had been quietly deleted. The poor protagonists anger exploded when they discussed his life. He questioned this unfair world and why he could not obtain it freely even though it was air everywhere. The rich protagonist asked strangely, Air is resources. Since resources are rare, why can they be obtained freely? Its the same for wealth. Wealth is not rare in this world, but people are still scrambling for it, desperately pursuing wealth. In this society, there will always be many people with no value, and rich people like us are out of pity and kindness. We will bear the burden of this society and provide the most basic security for these people with no value. We are the contributors of this society. Everything you see, including the grass under your feet, the air you breathe is my Personal Wealth. If I want to, you can also become my Personal Wealth. My Personal Wealth is sacred under the protection of the law enforcement unit. I have never done anything that goes against the law. I started from scratch and have been doing business from a young age to the current scale. During this process, I put in unimaginable efforts of yours and solved problems one by one with my own wisdom. The light in the eyes of the poor protagonist gradually dimmed. It was impossible for him to refute this childhood playmate because the other party could invoke all the laws and regulations by citing scriptures. Whats more, he was very eloquent. The poor protagonist was no match for him no matter what. The poor protagonist was helpless. The ubiquitous law enforcement unit would kill him the moment he wanted to perish together with the rich protagonist. Just as he was about to leave in low spirits, the rich protagonist stopped him. Youre very lucky. Im not someone who cares about money. Im still the biggest philanthropist in the society. Everyone has been invading my private property and causing me a lot of trouble, but I have always maintained maximum tolerance and restraint and saved many people from the law enforcement unit. In order to solve this problem forever, I have decided to be generous and do the biggest charity plan in my life to provide spaceships and fuel for you. I will give you the opportunity to develop a new world. Of course, this expedition is filled with danger. You have the right to choose freely. I will respect your decisions whether you go or stay. However, I hope that you can respect the law and my personal wealth. At the end of the film, countless people like the poor protagonist boarded the spaceship to another planet. The poor protagonist saw the rich protagonist on the screen in front of him before the spaceship lit up. They looked at each other deeply through the screen. However, no matter how they looked or spoke, they could not understand each other. The poor and the rich had become two completely different species. Finally, the spaceship lit up, soared into the sky, and flew into the vast universe. The rich protagonist sat down on the swing chair on the grass, satisfied. He touched his pet dog and continued reading. He might have grasped too much knowledge but reading still gave him a sense of happiness. Thats great. All the problems have been solved in a perfect way. The afterglow of the sun gradually dimmed. The rich protagonist leaned back in his chair, smiling. He fell asleep like a baby. Chapter 1647 - Movie: The Future You Choose The movie ended. The audience immediately began discussing in the theater. What did the movie mean? I dont understand. Havent you read the original novel? No, I only came because I saw the large-scale publicity online recently. Ai, the expression in this movie is too deep. Its normal to not understand it after watching it once. When you have nothing to do, go back and look for a film review. In any case, I was very moved after watching it. Its really a good movie with deep meaning. Thats right. Especially what the rich man said at the end. I hate him to the core. However, I cant do anything about him. I didnt expect this. I thought that this sci-fi film was another lousy film. I didnt expect it to really shoot the original story very well. The director played a huge role. The audience at midnight gave very high ratings. Even though many viewers could not accurately grasp the details in the movie, most people could feel the core idea that the movie conveyed. Pei Qian stood up slowly and left with these people. In his heart, he thought: Its stable! He did not expect the anti-Tengda Alliance and Vinci Media to release a movie with such high quality. Not only was it well-made, but the core of the story was very solid. It was a classic sci-fi novel after all. It had been tested by time. In this sci-fi story, a very terrifying expectation was raised, including the following points: First, wealth was becoming more and more concentrated in the hands of very few people, and this speed was gradually increasing. In reality, the wealth of the rich in some American countries was equivalent to 10% of the entire domestic product. Second, the division of rich and poor would cause physical division. In the story, as technology continued to improve, a lot of knowledge could be obtained through education chips. This caused huge differences in knowledge insights and thinking methods of people with wealth and people who did not have wealth. In the end, the poor and the rich became two different species. The poor became meaningless trash to the entire society while the rich had all the good and kind qualities. In reality, the rich allowed their children to obtain top educational opportunities through a large amount of sponsorship. This was actually a kind of physiological division. Third, unrestricted free markets would cause the desire to appreciate capital to expand unprecedentedly and ultimately cause completely uncontrollable outcomes. The land, air, and even all resources in the story became privatized. In the end, most people would be denied the right to obtain these resources. Similarly, the iron rule that the Oxygen Guard System and the law enforcement unit firmly protected was that private property is sacred and cannot be violated. Whether it was established under any conditions or not was also a huge question mark. All in all, this movie could be said to be completely on the spiritual core. In Pei Qians opinion, it was not inferior to The Future You Choose. In fact, it was far better in certain aspects. What surprised Pei Qian the most was that this movie seemed to have also secretly defamed Tengda Corporation. The rich man in the game was obviously the final winner and the biggest critic. If they wanted to find a corresponding image in the real world, Tengda Corporation was obviously the most suitable. This rich man started from scratch and was smart and capable. He did not obtain much help from his father. He could only become the final victor because of his intelligence. This was in line with the image of Boss Pei in the eyes of ordinary people. Whats more, this rich mans industry started from the bottom and rose to other industries step by step. He gradually monopolized most industries on the entire planet. This was very similar to Tengda Corporation, which was constantly reaching out to different industries. Thus, if this movie wanted to film a realistic company, it would be film Tengda Corporation. The meaning of the expression was very clear. Other companies could only monopolize a certain field even if they were to monopolize it. However, Tengda Corporation was seeking to occupy all the fields in all the industries. In fact, Boss Pei indeed had this ability because he was a business genius. That was even more dangerous. If Tengda were allowed to develop and grow, it was very likely that the situation in the movie would happen. The legal rights of ordinary people were invaded, and the resources that should have been enjoyed naturally were taken into Tengda Corporations company assets, or even Boss Peis personal wealth. Of course, all the audience must know in their hearts that it was impossible to become a scene in the movie in reality. After all, there was no Oxygen guard system in reality, and there was no education chip. Whats more, the situation in the two worlds was completely different. They could not be compared. However, no matter what, the inflated Tengda Corporation would cause danger. This concept was already buried subtly in the hearts of the audience. This subconsciousness could not be easily eliminated. It was a good counterattack for those companies that were against Tengda Alliance. If the argument that all the crows in the world are all the same was true, it would improve the image of these companies. It could also be said to be their low-quality advantage. Pei Qian could not help but raise his thumb silently. He really wanted to like the anti-Tengda Alliance, especially Vinci Media. I didnt expect you to bring back the public opinion on the battlefield even though the start was so unfavorable. It was really worth celebrating. At that thought, Pei Qian went home to sleep happily. He would have lunch tomorrow and watch The Future You Choose in the afternoon. The anti-Tengda Alliance was defaming Tengda Corporation while he was defaming his double insurance. Nothing would go wrong, right? Nie Yunsheng, Lu Xiaoping, and the others were also watching the midnight show of My Property at the local cinema in Jingzhou. All the standard tactical converters. Lu Xiaoping and the others were very confident in the movie My Property. Naturally, they did not need to watch it again. On the other hand, the movie The Future You Choose had already won the Golden Lion Award after all. Whats more, it was released later than the game. There must be some special considerations. It might be Boss Peis last trump card. He could not ignore it. The bosses booked a private theater very generously. All of them looked serious and focused. To them, this was a battlefield without smoke. Soon, the movie began. The opening of the movie was a panoramic view of a huge city. The city looked very advanced in technology. Countless skyscrapers reached into the clouds, and various colorful neon lights made the entire city look prosperous and lively. There was a thin cloud at the waist of the buildings in the skyscraper. It seemed to split the buildings into two. The camera slowly zoomed towards the clouds and arrived above the city. All sorts of air cars could be seen between the skyscrapers, shuttling back and forth. Through the wide floor-to-ceiling windows on the upper half of the building, one could see upper class people in various high-end restaurants and other social gatherings in smart suits or beautiful evening clothes, drinking and chatting happily. There were also some skyscrapers with rich peoples offices or residential areas on the top floor. On the roof of some high-end apartments, rich people could have several floors of houses. They could also have man-made grass balconies and swimming pools. However, one could also feel a sense of prosperity and wealth. Then, the camera panned downwards, piercing through the clouds at the waist of the skyscraper. The moment he passed through the clouds, he could see some special devices at the waist of the building. They were spraying out some white smoke to maintain the clouds. After passing through the clouds, the true scenery of the entire city appeared in front of everyone. Traffic on the ground, dilapidated old streets, wandering around, homeless people, frequent violent incidents, even shooting activities The clouds above and below seemed to be divided into two completely different worlds. During this process, the billboards that could be seen everywhere in the buildings left a deep impression on the audience. These billboards were Tengda Corporations industrial logos. They were similar to real logos, but they had changed according to the style of this world. This feeling was as if the entire city had been occupied by Tengda Corporation. The camera continued to pan downwards, crossing the chaotic street and finally arriving at a dark underground road. The three of them were fighting awkwardly and fiercely. Their movements were very irregular. Obviously, they had not learned any fighting techniques systematically. There was no beauty to speak of when they fought. However, while they were fighting, they were constantly attacking the other partys vital points. They were also making use of all the weapons they could obtain from the surroundings. They were both comical and ferocious. One of the young men was obviously fighting one against two. However, he was like a trapped beast, baring his fangs and brandishing his claws. He was not at a disadvantage. The other two looked at each other and one of them took out a dagger from his pocket. However, this young man did not turn around to escape. Instead, he rushed forward even more desperately. The scene might be very chaotic but it was obvious that this young man was not courageous but without strategy. During the battle, he used all methods, including his teeth. Obviously, he wanted to deal with the dagger-wielding enemy first. Even if his enemies beat him up, he would only be able to take it. In the end, the young man paid the price of being stabbed in the left and left shoulder. He bit the opponents right wrist with his teeth and snatched the dagger away. After that, he stabbed the enemys carotid artery and died. The other enemy wanted to escape, but the young man did not give him the chance. Instead, he quickly caught up and stabbed him from the back. After getting rid of the two enemies, the young man collapsed on the ground. His right hand covered the wound on his left arm as he panted. Previously, the lighting in the underground passage was relatively dim, so everyone did not see the three people clearly. They could only vaguely see their silhouette. They could feel the intensity of the battle between the three people through the sound. However, it seemed like there was a train rumbling outside at that moment. Light shone in, causing the entire underground passage to be bright and dark. It was only then that everyone saw clearly that the three people who had dedicated the first scene of the movie were three homeless people. They were all in shabby clothes and looked dirty. They did not have anything valuable on them. They were lying in the shadows of the underground passage. They would not be discovered unless you looked closely. The young mans face was finally revealed in front of the audience. Many people did not even realize that this was Lu Zhiyao! That was because Lu Zhiyaos appearance in the movie was very different from his original image. His hair was very long, and it looked like he had not been trimmed for a long time. Whats more, it was a mess because of the dirt. There were two wounds on his face, making him look ferocious. One of the wounds had even scratched his left eye. At that moment, there was only a cream-colored, cloudy, volunteer eye in his left eye. It looked a little like the image of ancient pirates in some movies. The change in clothes, demeanor, and expression made him not look like himself. Instead, he looked like a homeless man who had just killed someone. He searched the body of the homeless man holding the knife, found a few pills, and swallowed them. After searching for a while, he found a small but ugly stone sculpture. This was a very ordinary stone. The material was not special. It was not made of jades or jades, nor was it precious metal. There were no exquisite carvings. This stone was carved into a ring and tied up with a thin rope. The ring was irregular. Some parts were thick, and others were thin. It seemed to have become smooth after wearing it for a long time, but from any angle, it did not seem to have any value. The protagonist skillfully tied the broken line back onto his own neck and pressed it against his chest. Then, he patted his chest, seemingly relieved that he had successfully snatched this stone back. After doing all of this, he tore off a few pieces of torn cloth, simply bandaging his wounds, and then limping towards the exit of the underground passage. The scene changed and came to an abandoned food processing factory. This place seemed to have been remodeled into a gathering place for the underground gang. Many ferocious-looking gang members were smoking and drinking while watching the cheap dance on stage. However, in a certain room nearby, it was very quiet. The music outside could only be heard faintly. No criminal record? The ferocious-looking gang leader sounded surprised and contemptuous. He put out the cigar in his hand, modified into a bright red mechanical eye, and raised it to light up Lu Zhiyao, who was standing opposite him. Lu Zhiyao did not have much expression on his face. I already have, but I havent recorded it. I killed two people. The gang leader studied him and suddenly grinned. Not bad. After that, the protagonist that Lu Zhiyao played became part of the street gang. He began to deal with petty theft. Even if it was a simple errand, he might encounter danger at any time and die. However, even though he was injured many times, the protagonist survived and earned a lot of money. He even modified his mechanical prosthetic eye and some other prosthetic limbs. During this process, the protagonist would take out the round stone from time to time. However, such scenes became rare. In the movie, he explained the source of this stone by recalling some memories. Some memories flashed through the protagonists mind when he was severely injured and in danger. In the dark basement that he used to live in with his worried mother, his mother picked up all sorts of rocks and carved them into different toys for him because he was lacking toys. However, the so-called carving was nothing more than using a inferior carving knife. It was barely acceptable based on the shape of the rock itself. After that, his mother would use her bold and imaginative imagination to think of a bedtime story for the statue to coax him to sleep. There were cunning and ferocious wolves, soldiers who fought valiantly, hovering cars, and the sun high in the sky. However, the shape of these statues was very different from the image of real things. Even if the names were told in advance, they had to use a strong associative ability from a specific angle to connect them. To the protagonist, the image of the sun was more difficult to understand than other images. That was because there was a layer of white clouds in the sky. He had never seen the real sun even though the sun could shine in. Finally, one day, a severely ill mother handed a ring-shaped stone to the protagonist. Then, he would tell him that this was a good luck stone, which was also a wealth stone. As long as he carried it, good luck and wealth would descend on him. He had to be a kind person and not hurt others. That way, he would protect him when he was lucky. A few days later, his mother died. The person who rented the apartments came to the basement and threw everything in there onto the street roughly. Then, he soared into the air and handed it to the next resident who could afford the rent. On the other hand, the rocks that the protagonist had carefully gathered and placed in the small box were roughly thrown onto the street. The rocks on the ground were washed away by the drainage ditch underground. Chapter 1648 - As Long As There Are Dreams From that day onwards, the protagonist lived the life of a homeless man, searching in the trash can for food. Sometimes, his shoes were stolen and he could only walk barefoot on the road. Other times, he would be robbed and he would fight back. No police would take care of the strife between the homeless. Even so, he kept his mothers teachings in mind. He had to be a kind person and not hurt others. That way, the good luck stone would always be effective and protect him. That day, two homeless people mistakenly thought that the stone that the protagonist was wearing was a valuable thing and snatched it away together. The protagonist chased after him all the way to the underground passage and killed two people in the intense battle. From then on, he joined a gang and tried his best to complete every task. He gradually made a name for himself. He did not know if the good luck stone would protect him, but he still carried it with him. After that, the movie explained the protagonists activities at different stages in a Meng Taiqi way. That was to show the behavior of the protagonist in different time periods by putting together a series of related or irrelevant scenes. The protagonist would receive the task from his contact. The protagonist was assigning tasks to his new subordinates. The protagonist was ambushed by other gang members while carrying out his mission and escaped. The protagonist ambushed and killed the other members of the gang who were carrying out the mission. The protagonist was suppressed by the powerful firepower of the other gang and could not lift his head. He rolled in the sewer to avoid the bullets like a stray dog. At the protagonists command, his subordinates fired at the scattered enemies. The blood of the escaping gang members flowed down the drainage channel. The original protagonist saw his partner bleed and die. He was also tortured. His eyes revealed a sad expression. Subsequently, the protagonist would stand from the perspective of the culprit and watch everything expressionlessly. He would even personally torture the rich businessmen who were kidnapped. The gang office that was originally used to interview him had also become the protagonists private place. The gang leader had been replaced by the protagonist. However, one day, he made a huge mistake. One of his underlings had been blinded by money and snatched a batch of goods from Upwind Logistics. In the end, Tengda Corporations corporate army came knocking on their door and took out the entire gang. The protagonist was lucky not to die, but his years of hard work were ruined. He gathered the few remaining members of the gang and watched Upwind Logistics gradually drive away. The huge Tengda Corporation logo on it gave off a suffocating pressure. That made him realize that he was still a rat rolling in the sewers no matter how much effort he had to put in. The occasional drift would not change anything. If he wanted to climb out of the sewer, he had to think of another way. Late one night after suffering a crushing defeat, he raised his head again and looked at the clouds that were faintly glowing with neon. The break in the clouds floating in the skyscraper seemed to be a heavenly moat, completely separating the lower level from the upper level. The reason why this cloud layer existed was very simple. People who lived on the upper level did not want to see it. The bottom level of the city was dirty and chaotic. They would take roller coasters to travel from the upper floor of one skyscraper to the upper floor of another skyscraper. To them, the entire world was a beautiful world floating above the clouds. They did not want their view of the city to be affected by the ugliness of the people at the bottom. From that day onwards, the protagonist made up his mind to climb above the clouds at all costs to the top of the skyscrapers to see the real sun. Immediately after that, the movie took a long time to show the protagonists strong personal ability and execution. The entire gang might have been broken up by Tengda Corporation but the protagonist relied on his outstanding ability to organize the street gangsters again and make a comeback. This time, he was carefully expanding his business and accumulating the necessary resources while scheming to find suitable candidates. He had to find a tycoon who was similar in height and appearance to him to execute the plan of changing birds in a cage. At first, the audience did not know why he was looking for these people. They thought that he wanted to find a protective umbrella among the upper-class businessmen. However, the protagonist thought further. That was because he would be looking for a protective umbrella in these corporations as the leader of the gang. Perhaps the business would expand quickly in a short period of time, but it would be abandoned immediately once something went wrong. No matter how big a chess piece was, it was still a chess piece. The protagonist wanted to become a chess player. Finally, after ample preparation, the protagonist focused on a young tycoon. This tycoon was an up and coming tycoon. He did not have much power. He was energetic, lively, and full of risk. The protagonist seemed to see his own shadow in this young tycoon. The protagonist knew very well that it was this adventurous spirit that allowed this young tycoon to win business time and time again. This adventurous spirit would also provide an excellent opportunity for himself. Making use of the fact that the young tycoon did not have strong sense of security, the protagonist gathered a lot of relevant information, found a plastic surgeon and a volunteer doctor, constantly renovating his body, changing himself closer to the rich businessman. At the same time, the protagonist imitated the young tycoons posture as he walked and spoke through a large number of video and audio clips. He even bought the most advanced sound machine until he became the tycoon completely. In fact, both of them were played by Lu Zhiyao, but their personalities were completely different. The young tycoons face was always bright and beautiful. His eyes seemed to be filled with tolerance, benevolence, and there was no lack of risk spirit and firm perseverance. Now, he was the protagonist of the gang leader. He had a vicious image and was a true criminal. One day, while the tycoon was on his way out, a floating car malfunctioned and caused a car accident. However, he still participated in the meeting unscathed. He spoke confidently at the meeting and successfully facilitated the contract. However, he sat on the floating car after the meeting and touched his chest lightly. Immediately after that, the pace of the film became lively. It replaced the protagonist of the tycoon and began to make drastic improvements. On the one hand, it had to continue expanding the company business. On the other hand, it had to continue washing away the black money earned by the gang through the company. He finally got rid of the sewers as he wished and became the person above the clouds. The protagonist became less and less like himself. He became more and more like the tycoon. The audience would even think that this was played by two actors. Not only could the protagonist manage the business left behind by the tycoon well, but he could also propose some new ideas, develop new business, and further develop the company. The protagonist pretended to be a tycoon and showed his face frequently on various occasions. He seemed to be more and more used to playing this role. However, he soon encountered new problems. Every time he tried to enter a new field, he would find that Tengda Corporation was already waiting there. No matter what methods he tried to use, he could not cause any danger to Tengda Corporations business. On the other hand, it would be easy or even natural for Tengda Corporation to snatch the business from him. In other words, as long as he achieved results in a certain area, Tengda Corporation would immediately rush over to pick fruits. With Tengda Corporation around, he would forever only be able to eat leftovers. However, no matter how seamless the protagonists plan was, his identity would be exposed one day. The movie did not directly describe the details and process of the protagonists revelation. However, it hinted in many aspects, such as the protagonists unintentional action of stroking his chest, some mistakes in the protagonists etiquette, or the protagonists understanding and way of thinking in some problems that were subtle but fatal to other tycoons and the original owner. No one knew when the protagonist was exposed, and no one knew which partner or competitor had reported him. All in all, on a rainy night, the protagonist was drinking red wine in his office on the top floor of the skyscraper, looking out of the window at the rain. All of a sudden, his subordinate called to say that there was a fight between the gangsters. The other party seemed to have come prepared and was besieging a very important warehouse of the protagonist. The protagonist flew into a rage. He brought his own companys bodyguards and hired mercenaries with him, boarded an air car, and left the building to rush to the bottom. The protagonists bodyguards were strong and strong with sufficient weapons. It was easy to deal with these gangsters. After arriving, the other partys gang collapsed without a fight. However, just as the protagonist sat in the floating car and sipped his red wine leisurely, thinking that everything was over safely, he suddenly realized that dense law enforcement units had appeared in the skya??Tengda Corporations corporate army. They surrounded everyone, and the scene of the gunfight had been recorded throughout. The evidence was solid. These law enforcement units immediately opened fire on the gang members and bodyguards under the protagonist. The protagonist resisted angrily, but the gap in firepower between the two sides was too obvious. Obviously, Tengda Corporation wanted to capture all the forces of the protagonist in one fell swoop. They wanted to solve the problem in the most appropriate way and not allow any fish to slip through the net. In desperation, the protagonist used the hover car to escape. However, Tengda Corporations law enforcement unit chased after him. More reinforcements were arriving. The protagonist returned to his apartment on the top floor and took out his strongest weapon. He put up a resistance. With his clean moves, he defeated a few of Tengda Corporations law enforcement units. However, the follow-up reinforcements soon arrived. The protagonist felt despair facing the overwhelming law enforcement units and drone. He did not want to die in the hands of these machines, so he fought and retreated until he reached the rooftop of the top floor and jumped in despair. He took one last look at the rainy night sky and then plummeted. He could clearly see the clouds below approaching. At that moment, he did not need to play the role of a tycoon anymore. It was as if he had returned to being a homeless man with nothing. In his daze, he still felt like a rat in the sewers. He might have climbed to the clouds by chance but there would be a day when he would return to the sewers and never be able to turn over. His hand reached out to his chest, wanting to take out the lucky stone and take a last look. However, the overwhelming law enforcement unit had already surrounded him in the air and blasted him into a firework. On the other hand, the stone passed through the clouds and finally fell to the ground, completely crushed. A homeless man who was shivering by the side and burning rubbish in an iron bucket was shocked. He stuck his head out of the shack but saw nothing. That was because the rain had already washed away all the pieces of stone. He looked up at the sky in confusion, but it was still blocked by the clouds. He could not see what was happening on the top half of the building. He could only see some light. The homeless man shrank back into the shelter, trembling. At that moment, he suddenly heard footsteps not far away. He quickly shrank into the trash next to him. A few young gang members walked past with alcohol in their hands. I didnt expect small fry like us to work for Tengda. Thats right. A few of our brothers died in some risks, but we also obtained business in that area. One day, our brothers will stand out and become true big shots! A few young gang members walked past drunk. One of them looked up at the skyscraper next to them. I wonder when we will be able to afford the luxury apartments on the top floor? Another gang member laughed. Dreams! As long as we have dreams, we will be able to climb to the top of that building sooner or later! The camera climbed up from the bottom, over the chaotic streets and dilapidated buildings, and then through the clouds in the middle of the building. Finally, it reached the sky. The entire city was brightly lit and looked prosperous. Chapter 1649 - Leave Victory And Defeat to Heavens Will! The movie ended. After all, they had booked the entire place to watch the movie. Thus, the bosses were not in a hurry to leave. Instead, they were discussing the movie plot. They also wanted to know if this movie could really achieve a fatal effect as Boss Peis last trump card. Nie Yunsheng was a little confused as he said, This movie might be well-filmed, but it seems like there is still a gap from winning the Golden Lion Award. Are you saying that the Venice Film Festival this year did not have any strong competitors, so this movie was picked up? Lu Xiaoping shook his head slightly. There are indeed no strong competitors, but the quality of this movie cannot be underestimated. I havent analyzed the movie in detail, but from the experience of my first movie, this movie is indeed unique in many aspects. Its not strange to be recognized by the judges. Nie Yunsheng was a little surprised. Oh? Boss Lu, tell me quickly. How is this movie compared to Your Property? Lu Xiaoping explained, The two have similarities in the theme of expression. However, one is more extreme in the plot arrangement, and the other is more inclined to details. Nie Yunsheng and the other bosses nodded. Even people who did not understand movies could tell this. My Property envisaged an extremely and bizarre scene. In other words, a person would control most of the wealth on the entire planet. He would even monopolize air and water sources. On the other hand, there was no such extreme scene in The Future You Choose. All the plots still happened in a seemingly extreme but seemingly logical scene. Even hooligans could take over using various gray methods. The entire world might be chaotic but the ladder to rise was not completely cut off. Thus, even though their theme content was similar, the final movie gave people a very different feeling. Lu Xiaoping continued to explain. I wont analyze the theme and deeper meaning of the movie. This content has to be summarized by repeatedly watching the details of the movie. Ill briefly explain some of the methods used in this movie. In my opinion, the balance between business and art in this movie is very good. In some aspects, he is very straightforward, such as using different light colors to show the gap between the characters. Once the movie started, the camera dropped from the highest point to the lowest point. The real rich people lived on the highest point. Not only were they bright, but even at night, they could see the most beautiful lights in the entire city. They lived above the clouds as if they were living in a fairytale. As the camera panned down, the audience saw the scene on the ground floor. Whether it was day or night, this place was gray. That cloud blocked out the sun and the light. It made the lower world into a jungle society in a certain sense. It fell into absolute chaos. At the end of the movie, the camera zoomed up from the bottom, strengthening this feeling. To me, the design of this cloud is very ingenious. These buildings look towering into the clouds. They are indeed very tall, but these clouds are actually from the equipment in the center of the buildings. There might not be a direct explanation in the movie but it can be guessed that the tycoons living in the upper echelons did not want to see the chaotic and dirty scene below. They did not want to disturb their mood when looking at the scenery by the window, so they blocked it through the clouds. The clouds can also be regarded as a means of isolation and monopoly. Thats because the people living in the upper echelons of the building are the upper echelons of the entire society. Thus, they can use this brazen method to monopolize the sunlight obtained by the entire city. Just like in My Property, the rich monopolize the air. When the protagonist played by Lu Zhiyao schemed to replace the young tycoon, he obviously did the darkest work, but he deliberately used a very bright light effect. After the protagonist replaced the tycoon, he took care of the tycoons industry, cleared his gangs name, and constantly obtained wealth. The entire atmosphere was very lively. There was even a solemn and elegant string song attached to it. Such dubbing and lighting formed a stark contrast with the sinister plot, creating a ridiculous effect. However, at the same time, this seems to hint that in the eyes of a poor man like the protagonist, who is climbing up at all costs, the factors such as right and wrong in his eyes have been completely distorted. In order to climb to the highest point and embrace the sun, he has actually completely given up and even deliberately distorted his moral recognition. In addition, the movie also used many montage methods. For example, during the growth of the protagonist in the gang, the protagonist compared the activities of the protagonist when he first joined the gang and after he joined the gang for a long time. The ugly things that the protagonist was not used to at first quickly became normal. The crossover of the camera highlighted the huge change that happened to the protagonist during this period through the beginning and end. It also showed a sense of rebirth. All the members of the gang would actually experience this process. They would gradually change from the childish and inexperienced person who first joined the gang to a ruthless character who would give up on morality and do anything. If you explain it in a normal order, you would not be able to show this sense of rebirth and fate. It would also seem very draggy. Other than that, the details of the movie are also done well. The protagonist is at various stages of life. The food he can obtain and the clothes he wears match his situation. For example, when he was a homeless man, after he joined a gang, or after he became a tycoon, the protagonists living environment and clothes changed. Whats more, I have to say that Lu Zhiyaos acting skills are really good. Hes actually decorating two characters each. One of the characters is even divided into two different stages. At first, the poor protagonist fought with others at the bottom of the hierarchy. He might have killed people but he was actually still persevering internally. As his position in the gang became higher and higher, it looked like his character became stable on the surface. However, he had actually given up on his inner insistence on justice. Not only must Lu Zhiyao act out the feeling of the poor protagonist, but he must also act out the young tycoon. This young tycoon has another character. He is filled with idealism and adventurism. He is filled with passion and hope for life. In terms of fighting spirit, he seems to have many similarities with the poor protagonist. However, on closer inspection, one would realize that their internal spirit is completely different. There is a detail in the film. The rich protagonist and the poor protagonist raise the same viewing plants. However, the viewing plant of the rich protagonist thrive because it can frequently come into contact with the sun on the floor. The poor protagonists plant is frequently sick. Its leaves are withered and half-dead. It requires careful care to survive. In other words, the difference in living conditions determines two people who are also adventurous and motivated. In the end, they become two completely different people. The most exciting part is that Lu Zhiyao not only acted out three personalities, but he also acted out the constant changes between these three personalities. It even gave people the illusion that the poor protagonist and the rich protagonist only look alike, but they are actually two different people inside. Its only natural for him to win the Best Actor, given his wonderful and complicated acting skills. Nie Yunsheng nodded slightly. Indeed. There are many details in this movie. I wouldnt have been able to tell if you hadnt said that. I just felt that it was very smooth and natural. What Im more concerned about is the symbolism of the small stone on the protagonists chest. First, the homeless man mistakenly thought that this stone was something valuable and snatched it from him. Then, he accidentally killed the homeless man and was forced to start his gang career. Lastly, it was probably because of this stone that he was exposed. In the end, he fell from the building and shattered, hinting at the protagonists failure. It looks like Director Zhu Xiaoce is indeed ambitious. The concept of this movie is exquisite. It is very likely that it was aiming for the award from the beginning. Lu Xiaoping was a professional at making movies after all. His vision was much higher than other bosses and he could see many tricks. Of course, he was not a professional film critic. He had only watched it once. Thus, he only mentioned the few points that he could tell based on his first impression. Since this movie could win an award, it must not only be outstanding in the art of filming. There must be something deeper that moved the judges. Nie Yunsheng said worriedly, Boss Lu, do you think My Property will win? Lu Xiaoping thought for a moment and said, There has been no first place in ancient Chinese. Its too rough and utilitarian to judge if we win or not. Its hard to say. After all, we are not competing in box office sales or prizes, but in public opinion. From the looks of it, the movie My Property accurately hit Tengda Corporation. The movie The Future You Choose might have affected us but the impact was not huge. In fact, I think this movies lethality is not even as good as the game. After all, the game had attacked our anti-Tengda Alliance through the final ending. The movie was not mentioned at all. On the other hand, both movies are constantly portraying Tengda Corporation as a huge monopoly. The impact on the audience cannot be underestimated. As public opinion continues to ferment, everyone will more or less be wary of Tengda Corporations current state. All in all, I think My Property is outstanding enough. Leave the rest to fate! Chapter 1650 - All Are Good Works After Lu Xiaopings explanation, the bosses, including Nie Yunsheng, realized the current situation. Simply put, both movies had their own emphasis. From the perspective of imagination and cultural compatibility, My Property was undoubtedly better. That was because this movie used a bold and imaginative imagination to show a very extreme situation. This extreme situation was very novel and resonant to domestic audiences. It might also have a certain impact on foreign audiences, but the effect of irony might not be so strong. After all, there was a certain cultural difference. From the perspective of the filming skills and details of the movie itself, The Future You Choose had the upper hand. That was because the movie The Future You Choose had a lot of detailed plots and a rich worldview. The protagonist went from an ordinary homeless man to the leader of a gang and then became a tycoon through a specific method. This image was easier for the audience to substitute. Whats more, Director Zhu Xiaoce had used many pleasing filming techniques and metaphors in these complicated plots. Thus, the judges would be more interested in the art of the movie. If he really took both movies to participate in the film festivals award, the movie The Future You Choose would probably win in the end. However, the key was that both parties were not competing to win prizes at foreign film festivals. In fact, in recent years, the domestic film industry had been showing a trend: More and more domestic directors had begun to look toward the domestic market. Their first goal was to satisfy the domestic audiences viewing experience. The core of the expression of ideas was becoming more and more compatible with the taste of domestic audiences. A film that did not win an award overseas did not necessarily mean that it was a lousy film. The opposite was true. Therefore, the specific reputation of these two movies remained to be seen after they were released in China. Lu Xiaoping was not confident about this at all. A literary work had to be widely tested in the end to determine its value. These two movies also had an important mission: an extension of the war between Tengda Corporation and the anti-Tengda Alliance. From Lu Xiaopings point of view, the goal of My Property hinting at Tengda Corporation had basically been achieved. However, The Future You Choose might have been to participate in the film festival. It paid a lot of attention to art, but it sacrificed a lot of aggressiveness. This movie was not much of a threat to the companies that were opposing Tengda Alliance. From this point of view, the anti-Tengda Alliance had undoubtedly seized the initiative. Tengda Corporation might have completed surrounding the anti-Tengda Alliance through the game and movie content, but if the anti-Tengda Alliance movie could receive strange effects, it could also break out of the situation in an instant. However, he still had to leave the final outcome to public opinion to be tested. Nie Yunsheng nodded slightly and said, Boss Lu, youve indeed made the arrangements. Weve already done everything we can for the movie. However, I have another question. That is, would there be any unexpected connection between the game and the movie? The game The Future You Choose has already shown its edge. Teacher Qiaos interpretation seems to be very lethal to us. If the game and movie really have a deep connection under such circumstances, the situation would not be good if we are attacked from both sides. Lu Xiaoping thought for a moment and said, Until now, I havent seen any particularly close connection. The game and movie are completely different plots and can even be said to be completely different stories. There doesnt seem to be a deeper connection apart from the fact that Tengda Corporation is the villain in both works. Of course, to be safe, we still have to deal with it. The public opinion battle after that will mainly revolve around the movie. We will try our best not to mention the game-related content. Well catch up and fight. At that time, most of our attention would be attracted to the movie. There are relatively fewer players in the game after all. The bosses expressed their agreement with this playstyle. After all, the anti-Tengda Alliance did not have any game works. Whats more, even if they had estimates, it would be a disadvantage. At this time, they had to accept one loss in order to ensure two wins. They had to divert the battlefield to their advantage as much as possible. Zheng Hao said worriedly, Then why did Boss Pei use the same name to name the movie and game? If there is no deep connection between these two works, I dont think that is in line with Boss Peis usual style. After some consideration, Lu Xiaoping said, Tengdas internal department is monolithic. Its very difficult for us to get Boss Peis first-hand information when he was making decisions through internal employees. Therefore, we can only make some guesses. I think this might be a relatively safe consideration. If the game and movie plot are highly connected like Mission and Choice, then it would be mutually beneficial. If one project fails, the other project would be dragged down. For the previous Tengda Corporation, its not a problem to focus our strength on making big things. However, Tengda Corporation now has the advantage. Our goal should be to win as steadily as possible. I think Boss Pei probably asked the person-in-charge of the games and film department to conceptualize separately and come up with an idea each. The two would not affect each other. That way, the chances of both projects failing would be minimal. Even if one of the projects is not very effective, another project can make up for it. Tengda will always have the advantage. However, such a conservative decision would have little loss when both projects succeed. It would be very difficult to form a deep link. At the very least, until now, we can say that Tengda has guest-starring as the antagonist in both games and movies. The meaning of the game and movie itself is similar, but there is no deep connection between the two after all. Well gain an advantage by focusing our strength on movies. At the very least, it looks like the best solution at the moment. The bosses nodded, thinking that what Lu Xiaoping said made sense. Alright, since thats the case, lets wait for good news. The next afternoon Pei Qian finished watching The Future You Choose. His first feeling was regret, deep regret. How did he dig out a treasure like Lu Zhiyao back then? Lu Zhiyaos acting skills improved visibly after filming these movies. This time, one of them played two characters. Whats more, he played the different stages of the characters very well. It was not wrong to come out and win the award. To Pei Qian, Lu Zhiyao was about to evolve into a lifetime enemy like Ruan Guangjian and Qiao Liang. However, Pei Qian felt that the movies The future you choose and My Property had their pros and cons. The two movies might have expressed similar themes but there was a huge difference in form. If Vinci Media could give some support and create public opinion, it was not impossible for them to turn the tables against the wind. I still dont think its safe enough. I really want to do something for Vinci Media, but We cannot hire fake reviewers anymore! Until now, Pei Qian was still on tenterhooks. He was afraid that someone would find out about him hiring fake reviewers one day. It was already a blessing in disguise that he had not been discovered for the first time. If he still went to look for fake reviewers under such circumstances, he would be courting death. He could not blame others. However, Pei Qian felt very melancholic and confused after his only good brother was caught. At such a critical moment, he could not do anything. Pei Qian sighed silently. He could only wait and see. Since both movies had been released, the first batch of viewers comments had been released. Pei Qian felt that he could take a look at the overall public opinion review. He decided to watch The Future You Choose first. Lu Zhiyaos acting skills have improved tremendously. The Best Actor really deserves it. As expected of an award-winning work. There are no shortcomings in all aspects. Whats more, this movie reminds me of how I felt when I watched Tomorrow is Beautiful. I have to say that Tengda seems to be the only one in the country who can perfectly film this feeling. The films editing was very good, and there was a sense of powerlessness in the end. A poor man was born in a poor family, thinking of all ways to change his fate, but in the end, he only ended up dead. Tengda Corporation is also a villain in this movie. Its even worse than in the game. Thats right. The game also uses a method of borrowing a corpse to resurrect its soul. In the movie, it would be so powerful that it would be invincible. The overall quality of the special effects is also very outstanding, especially the two long shots at the beginning and end. They amazed me. Traveling through the clouds is like heaven and hell. Through the city with the Cyberpunk background, the feeling of rich and poor is perfectly displayed. Its definitely a rare good movie. Im prepared to watch it again to show my support. Pei Qian felt a little guilty. However, the movie The Future You Choose had already won a prize after all. It was expected to receive such an evaluation. He clicked on My Property. Until now, both movies ratings hovered around 9.5. Neither side was giving in to the other. Pei Qians eyes lit up when he saw the netizens evaluation of My Property. He saw hope again. The original party expressed that it was too satisfying. They really filmed all the essence of the original movie. Indeed, such a solid movie is the most exciting. Without the interference of too many traffic, every character in it has good acting skills, especially the poor and rich. I felt so aggrieved watching the last scene. The poor tried his best to question them, but the rich rebuked them all with a high and mighty attitude. At that time, I wished I could smash the computer screen. Actually, all the emotional release was in the last scene, but there were many things to be praised in the process of the movie. For example, the change in the protagonists life, the age and death of the unemployed parents, and the constant changes in the living environment. These scenes were all displayed by the director in very detailed content. The protagonists thank you Mom and Dad was really completely broken through his defense. I think this movie is not inferior to The Future You Choose in any way. I even prefer My Property a little. I cant say whats good about it, but I think this movie is more concise, crude, and direct. It spreads that cruel reality directly in front of everyone. Naturally, it gives people more shock. The connotation of both movies are very deep. Lets wait for the film review obediently. Itll be easier to say which movie is better once the film review is out. I blamed Vinci Media wrongly previously. I thought that they invested in this movie to advocate against Tengda Alliance and discredit Tengda Corporation. However, after watching it, they felt that the movie was good. They hoped that more companies would invest money to film such a real good movie. The two movies seem to be neck-to-neck in their performance. Even if there was a gap, it could only be a difference in choices and taste. The length of a movie was limited. It was impossible to perfect everything. These two movies had chosen different angles and methods to display similar themes. They were done very well. The final outcome might only depend on some very small details. Many people were waiting for the film critics to speak. That was because some deeper meaning would only be revealed when film critics deeply interpret these two movies. Only then would the difference between the two movies be truly distinguished! Chapter 1651 - Real Dagger Revealed September 23rd, Monday. At Fei Huang Workspace Huang Sibo and Zhu Xiaoce were flipping through the comments on the internet about My Property and The Future You Choose. To them, their work had been completed after filming the Future that You Choose. Being able to win the Golden Lion Award and the current box office trend was not bad had proven that they had exceeded Boss Peis initial goal. Even so, these two people did not relax. Huang Sibo and Zhu Xiaoce were still staring at the film review and public opinion online while the entire workspace was already celebrating their holiday. That was because they knew very well that the battle was far from over. This movie might have achieved both reputation and business, but it was still the most important battle of public opinion. The anti-Tengda Alliance had not lost yet. My Property was still a branch of the other partys counterattack. Naturally, Tengda Corporation could not relax in the battle of public opinion. As Zhu Xiaoce browsed the webpage, he said, At the moment, I cant be sure how many film critics Vinci Media has found, but I can be sure of two points. First, they have adopted a very smart strategy this time. Its very tricky. Were not going to criticize the game mindlessly like we did before. Instead, were going to make two preparations. First of all, attacking The Future You Choose is more superficial than the content of My Property. It does not touch the core and essence. It is slightly inferior in depth. If this point is not valid, we will praise both movies. However, we will focus on expressing the film portion that was shot at Tengda Corporation in My Property. Secondly, they should have found many film critics to raise the strongest one through the dog-eat-dog competition. At the moment, he has already surfaced. Thats the article. Huang Sibo looked at Zhu Xiaoces computer screen and realized that there was a very popular film review title on it: Double Stars Shine! Domestic sci-fi film, ushered in the moment of light. The content of this film review was very long because he had analyzed both movies in detail. From the content, this film review did not obviously step on either film. The analysis of both movies was penetrating and explained the skills in the film. This was obviously a choice that netizens had formed naturally. Vinci Media had obviously found many film critics to do film reviews in order to create a greater public opinion momentum. At the same time, they gave them a general direction to express themselves freely because they did not want their ideas to cause too much interference. Some of the film critics were obviously biased. However, these were basically seen through at a glance and could not generate effective popularity. This film review praised both. However, it was focused and had the best effect among all the film reviews. Whats more, this film review had indeed praised the idea. Whether it was analyzing the deeper meaning of the two movies, analyzing some specific methods during the filming process of the movie, or analyzing the exquisite acting skills of the actors in the movie, it had all perfectly hit the point. However, the essence of this film review was nine truths and one false. In other words, through a large amount of real content to increase the credibility of the manuscript, there would be an extremely misleading expression in an extremely minor area. Ordinary people would not even be able to tell that there was a problem. The impact of this manuscript was the greatest. The main point of this film review was in the following paragraph. Comparatively, I think both movies have their advantages and disadvantages. However, the focus of their expression is different. The Future You Choose focused its perspective on a small character. It hinted at a closed and despairing state of the entire society through the changes in his life. It can be said to be looking at the big from the small. During the process of fully showing the life of this small character, the audience could very well bring him into a specific person. Naturally, they would empathize with this emotion. Therefore, it is not difficult to understand why this movie could obtain the best male actor and the Golden Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival. That was because the audience could resonate deeply with the character that Lu Zhiyao played. On the other hand, My Property did not make the audience feel too immersive. Instead, it displayed the entire society from the perspective of a calm bystander. Even though it also spent a lot of time showing the life of the poor protagonist, this emotion is rational. The cold is almost without subjective emotions. The change in the life of the poor protagonist is actually a reflection of the entire society. On the surface, it is describing the change in a persons life, but in fact, it is still describing the change in the entire society. Therefore, from this point of view, the future that you choose would be easier for people to sympathize with you. My assets would be easier to think about from a more objective point of view. The Future You Choose is easier to win an award at international film festivals because the emotions that are brought in would be common to foreigners. However, the way of thinking of My Property is more in line with the way domestic audiences think. From my personal point of view, I prefer the way my assets express. After all, since weve decided to shoot this theme, the profound meaning of the thinking must be the first priority. In order to win the award, the movie The Future You Choose added some skills to make the focus biased. In my opinion, this is a small flaw that is not a problem. It can be considered nitpicking. Of course, both movies are actually very outstanding. Its hard to tell whos better and whos worse. I dont think theres a need to step on the one and one. We should focus on the deep meaning that these two movies want to express. These two movies actually express the same connotation. That is, when a monopoly business takes control of all aspects of our lives, he will definitely stand on the opposite side of ordinary people and consumers. In some special circumstances, it is also a phenomenon that we should be vigilant if certain companies achieve a monopoly position through legal means. Therefore, various countries have anti-trust laws. When the law is not compatible with the real situation, they have to consider making some adjustments to the law so that the power of capital will not expand too much. In the movie My Property, there was a very thought-provoking scene. That rich man started from scratch and reached his current scale step by step. Every step of his was completely legal. The poor protagonist was speechless. He felt that something was amiss, but he could not tell what was wrong. If you want to dismantle the life of this rich man seriously, the first half of his life would be the image of a glorious and righteous striker: starting from scratch, constantly defeating his competitors through his own intelligence. Of course, in the process of commercial innovation, it would definitely provide a strong motivation for social development. However, in the process of development, as he continued to stretch his hand towards different fields and achieve a monopoly, he finally became the image of such a antagonist. Everything he did seemed to be fine from his perspective, but in the end, he brought disaster to the entire world. In reality, we should also be in awe of this and be vigilant, always keeping capital in cages. Of course, this is not targeted at any company or person. Just like what the game Future You Choose wants to express, the antagonist in it is not a single company, but the invisible will that can parasitize any company. Huang Sibo could not help but nod after reading this review. He did not agree with this film review, but with Zhu Xiaoces previous analysis. The impact of this film review was not far-reaching because it had indeed rich and detailed analysis of the two movies. However, the last paragraph looked objective and fair on the surface, but it actually had a special hint and inducement. The first was to express that The Future You Choose paid more attention to details and immersion, while My Property paid more attention to connotations and ideology. It misled viewers to make a judgment: My Property had a deeper meaning. Naturally, it was superior to others. At this point, some viewers had already established this idea. However, some of them would not agree or even feel conflicted. Thus, the author immediately tried to smooth things over. He said that both movies were very good and there was no difference. Then, he quickly looked elsewhere. The connotation of the two movies was attacking monopolistic companies, and the film review focused on drawing the target of the attack on Tengda Corporation through the rich character in My Property. The boss started from scratch and defeated his competitors through his own intelligence. In the process, he provided strong motivation for social development. However, he continued to develop into different fields to achieve a monopoly. If he had to take a seat, this person could only be Boss Pei. In the end, the film review said that it was not targeted at any company or person but at the invisible will parasitizing the company. However, it was actually pointed at Tengda Corporation. That was because everyone could tell that Tengda Corporation had actually won a huge victory in the war between Tengda Corporation and the anti-Tengda Alliance. Whats more, they would continue to achieve such a strong and even monopoly position in many fields in the future. At that time, many peoples fear of monopolizing companies was actually very long. Even though many people had a good impression of Tengda Corporation, such an uncertain imagination about the future still made people wary. It was just as described in My Property. Everything that the protagonist of the tycoon did was completely legal and earned through his own intelligence. He might even have the act of fighting and monopolizing companies at the beginning of his entrepreneurship to obtain the support of ordinary people. However, once a monopoly really formed between most industries, even various industries could cooperate closely and contact each other. Would companies that controlled such a huge power gradually change for the sake of the companys own interests? It was not strange to change. This was human nature. It was strange not to change. Thus, through his interpretation of the two movies, he unintentionally or unintentionally shifted the blame to Tengda Corporation. Without a doubt, he had perfectly achieved the effect that Tengda Alliance originally wanted. The real dagger was revealed! Chapter 1652 - This Is My Original Motive Huang Sibo frowned and pondered for a moment. Then, he asked, How should we deal with this? Zhu Xiaoce shook his head slightly. We are helpless about this. Thats because the other partys attack is very ingenious. It is at a special time point where both sides strengths are unbalanced. Using such a special method to attack is equivalent to taking advantage of the situation. In the face of such a general trend, any explanation under the other partys framework would be pale and weak. Unless we can jump out of the other partys framework, but that is easier said than done. Another important point is Tengda Corporations rapid development. It has reached an advantage in many fields. This trend of monopoly will indeed cause many netizens to worry. This is the inevitable result of the companys development. Thats because the larger the company is, the more resources they have, and the greater the energy they have. Naturally, it will cause vigilance. Theres almost no solution to this. Other large companies cannot solve this. As for Tengda I dont dare to jump to the conclusion that Boss Pei cannot solve it. After all, Boss Peis thinking is far beyond that of ordinary people. However, I can only say that this is the most serious challenge that Tengda is facing at the moment. Tengda is no longer facing a specific company but the hearts of people. Huang Sibo nodded. In fact, it was already very impressive that Tengda Corporation could maintain the balance in the battle of public opinion under such circumstances. This was the result of Tengdas continuous good deeds to accumulate reputation among netizens. Any other company would have been defeated and collapsed if they were in such a situation. It was very easy for Tengda to win over a specific company. However, it was too difficult to win over peoples hearts and make everyone believe that Tengda Corporation could still maintain its original beliefs even after reaching an absolute dominance over the market. It would still maintain the image of the dragon slaying warrior and not transform into an evil dragon. However, after some consideration, Huang Sibo said, I think the situation is very serious, but I cannot say that we have no possibility of winning. Thats because Boss Pei had already made a plan. Boss Pei must be preparing for todays situation by spending so much effort to create the movie and game The future you choose and arrange for Tengda Corporation to be the antagonist. However, until now, we are still not sure if Boss Pei has any backup plans. Under such circumstances, we can only trust Boss Pei. At this stage in the battle of public opinion, the specific tactics were no longer important. What played a decisive role was the strategy. Whoever could stand higher and see further would be able to obtain the final victory. Until now, Tengda Corporation might be at a disadvantage, but as long as Boss Peis plan was in place, no one dared to say that there was no possibility of turning the tables. At the same time, in a small cafe near Tengda Corporations headquarters. Qiao Liang was anxiously waiting for Boss Pei to arrive. After the movie was released, Qiao Liang had been cooped up at home and pulling out his hair for two whole days. In the end, he did not achieve much! Qiao Liang had actually produced a video to interpret the game content after the release of the game The Future You Choose. Qiao Liang was very satisfied with that video and the response was very good. Whats more, at the end of the video, Qiao Liang made a bold prediction that his video would play a fable after the movie was released. The theme of the movie should not be far from the content that he had analyzed. However, Qiao Liang realized that he seemed to have said that too early after the movie was released. The theme of the game and movie did not seem to match. The names were the same, and the theme ideas expressed were all problems of monopoly by large companies and the division of rich and poor. However, the performance and entry points of the two could be said to be worlds apart. In other words, other than the theme being similar, everything else could not be relied on together. There was no way to make a video out of this connection, let alone make Qiao Liang realize the awesomeness he had boasted about previously. Qiao Liang felt helpless seeing that many people were still urging him to update and waiting for him to release a video to interpret the game and movie together. Thus, he decided to consult Boss Pei. As the source of inspiration for games and movies and people who understood the Tengda spirit the most, there should be no one in the world who understood the meaning of games and movies better than Boss Pei. Of course, Qiao Liang did not expect Boss Pei to drag out these connotations with him. He only wanted to obtain some inspiration and inspiration through a simple exchange with Boss Pei. He wanted to better complete this video and refute some comments online. Until now, the trend on the internet had been led astray by Vinci Media. The target of both movies was becoming closer and closer to Tengda Corporation. This was a very dangerous phenomenon. To Qiao Liang, it was definitely on Tengda Corporations side. That was because he was deeply infected by Boss Peis charm. He believed that Boss Pei was the person who could trap capital in a cage. It would not deteriorate as long as Boss Pei was in Tengda Corporation. However, ordinary people in the outside world did not know this. They might be able to feel this temperament from Tengda Corporations style, but they had never seen Boss Pei himself. They had not worked together. Under such circumstances, it was normal to doubt Tengda Corporation. Qiao Liang did not have much hope for this meeting. He only sent a message to Boss Pei and briefly explained his thoughts. He did not expect Boss Pei to readily agree and arrange to meet at this small cafe. Qiao Liang was already prepared. At that moment, he felt like a journalist who was specialized in interviews. He wanted to find out the truth as much as possible through his conversation with Boss Pei. Pei Qian hummed as he walked towards the cafe. The current situation was developing well for him. Vinci Media had achieved its goal. The target of both movies was showing signs of approaching Tengda Corporation. This was great news for Pei Qian. However, Teacher Qiaos threat had not been resolved. The videos released by the game previously had almost been ruined. Fortunately, Vinci Media was very clear-headed. They focused the battle of public opinion on the movie, and the games attention was relatively not that high. However, Teacher Qiao could upload another video at any time and combine the content of the game and the movie. He had to be wary of that. At first, Pei Qian did not want to meet him. However, on further thought, if he allowed Teacher Qiao to remain in his room and think hard, he might think of something ridiculous. Since that was the case, he might as well take the initiative to meet Teacher Qiao and tell him his true thoughts. The truth might be hurtful but Pei Qian felt that he had to slowly let Qiao Liang accept this painful fact. It would be even better if he could use Teacher Qiaos words to convey his true meaning to all netizens. Pei Qian sat opposite Qiao Liang after arriving at the cafe. Both of them were very familiar with each other. Thus, they did not exchange much pleasantries and quickly got down to business. Qiao Liang was well-prepared. He said, Boss Pei, thank you for taking time out of your busy schedule to answer my confusion. Dont worry, Ill only ask a few simple questions this time. I wont ask in too much detail, and I wont touch the meaning of the design. After all, there are some problems that require blank spaces for creators. I understand that. Generally speaking, creators were not willing to interpret their works in too much detail. The reason was very simple. Artistic works were a medium, a channel to convey thoughts. Sometimes, it was precisely because there were blank spaces and many ways to interpret that it was beautiful. Once the creator came out to interpret it himself, it would destroy the beauty of blank spaces. Obviously, this was Boss Peis usual style. He would never interpret his own game or movie. Instead, he handed this important task to all netizens to complete together. Thus, Qiao Liang did not intend to ask in too much detail this time. He only wanted to ask a few key questions to answer his doubts. Pei Qian felt a little regretful. In fact, Teacher Qiao could have asked in more detail, and he would have given a more detailed answer. However, this answer might have collapsed Teacher Qiaos values. Pei Qian changed his mind. That was good. There was room for both of them. His answer might be very straightforward and could make Teacher Qiao accept the cruel truth, but it was not too direct. It would be a heavy blow to Teacher Qiao. Thus, he nodded. Alright, ask away. Qiao Liang pondered for a moment and asked the first question. Do you have any deeper connection between the game Future and the movie at the beginning of its creation? Pei Qian shook his head. No. The only connection between the two is that the background of the entire world is roughly similar. Tengda Corporation is playing the role of the antagonist in it. Apart from that, there is no deliberate connection. Qiao Liang was stunned. The first question confused him. That was because he had preconceived notion that there must be a deeper connection between the game and the movie. There were many Easter eggs that could influence each other in the plot. However, Boss Pei rejected him unexpectedly. Qiao Liang frowned slightly and asked, Then, the target of the game and movie should not be Tengda Corporation itself, but some invisible existence, right? After a moment of silence, Pei Qian said, Actually, I prefer everyone to think that Tengda Corporation is the target of everyones criticism. Qiao Liang was stunned again because Boss Peis answer was beyond his expectations. Whats more, this question blocked many of Qiao Liangs subsequent questions. Qiao Liang had originally thought that Tengda Corporation was only a finger-produced image in the game and in the movie. It was not a specific image. Many of its judgments were based on this point. He did not expect Boss Pei to reject this point directly. Qiao Liang frowned slightly and asked, However, many people now have negative feelings for Tengda Corporation because of these two movies. They even treat Tengda Corporation as an imaginary enemy and predict the evil consequences of Tengda Corporation monopolizing many industries in the future. Is this within your expectations, Boss Pei? Pei Qian smiled. Thats my original goal for creating this movie and game. 1 Chapter 1653 - Is The Final Judgment Coming? Qiao Liang was completely stunned. He had not expected Boss Pei to answer this question. How was that possible? Boss Pei made it very clear that he made games and movies to defame himself. 1 Did he really think that Tengda Corporations reputation was too good? If that was the case, the current trend of public opinion was not difficult to understand. Boss Pei was equivalent to cooperating with the anti-Tengda Alliance. There were already movies, and they were all defaming Tengda Corporation. It was only natural for netizens to doubt Tengda Corporation under the dual support. Pei Qian could not help but snicker inwardly seeing Qiao Liangs skeptical expression. Old Qiao, Old Qiao, I didnt expect this day to come for you. 1 He was afraid that he did not make it clear enough, so he stabbed twice. You can record the next sentence in the video. Actually, I have always had a huge wish. I hope that all consumers can view Tengda Corporation as their biggest enemy. However, these consumers regard Tengda Corporation as their biggest friend. I think Tengda Corporation is a very dangerous and terrifying existence. However, many people dont know enough about its danger. I hope to use the opportunity of the game and movie to let everyone deeply understand this point. From the current situation, this goal is perfectly achieved. Therefore, I think that until now, the project Future You Choose is a huge success. I dont have any requests for him. If you want to make a video, I hope to be able to convey this concept to all players and consumers. Tengda Corporation is the evilest company in the world. Please attack it together and make me lose all my hard-earned money! 1 Pei Qian felt refreshed after saying that. He was comfortable, he was comfortable. He had wanted to say this two or three years ago, but he could not say it at that time. It would be useless even if he said it. That was because Tengda Corporation was still a small company at that time. It was still developing healthily. There was really no danger. No one would really take it seriously even if Pei Qian said it. However, the situation was different now. Tengda Corporation was developing rapidly, and it had obtained a market advantage in many industries. The entire company had already developed into a behemoth. There was indeed a certain degree of danger, which was an indisputable fact. Thus, it was a fact to a certain extent that Pei Qian was saying it now. Whats more, it could indeed have a very good effect. He could ensure that this information would not cause a misunderstanding or loss during the transmission. Pei Qian smiled slightly seeing Teacher Qiaos doubtful expression. He had even imagined a scene of hatred born from love. He had switched sides in the new video and refuted everyone in Tengda Corporation. If that was the case, it would be perfect! Qiao Liang was still in a muddled state until he returned home. Meeting Boss Pei should have been something worth celebrating. Hearing Boss Pei personally interpret the game and movie made it even happier. However, these two types of happiness overlapping gave Qiao Liang a huge confusion. He was already confused to begin with. Now, he was even more confused. That was because Qiao Liangs previous judgment had the same prerequisite: Tengda could not really defame itself. Whether it was games or movies, treating Tengda Corporation as a villain was just an art form. There must be a deeper meaning. However, Boss Pei had confirmed it directly. He was right. I was defaming myself. Whats more, he had provided a recording. He said that Tengda Corporation was a very dangerous and terrifying existence. He hoped that everyone would recognize this. Please attack them together. This was ridiculous. Qiao Liang had been wondering why he could not think of the right answer no matter how he thought about it. Now, it looked like he had eliminated the right answer. However, this correct answer made him feel very strange. Which boss of a company would defame their own company? It would be fine if it was a company with a complicated structure of power. However, most of the time, the President did not have absolute control. The development of the company was not entirely based on the Presidents will. However, everyone in Tengda Corporation was sincerely convinced by Boss Pei. It could be said that Tengda Corporation was a direct reflection of Boss Peis will. Wasnt Boss Pei hidding Tengda Corporation of itself? Could Boss Pei mean that his greatest regret was creating Tengda Corporation? Alright, Boss Pei seemed to have said something similar. However, no matter how he thought about it, this was just posturing. Qiao Liang sat in front of his computer and deleted all the manuscripts that he had prepared. That was because they were obviously useless. However, he did not give up. He was still thinking hard. Could he find a new breakthrough in the gap? Boss Peis expression when he said that is very sincere. It doesnt look like he was pretending at all. What if I analyze this as the starting point? If Boss Pei really wants to defame Tengda Corporation, what exactly does he want to defame? Are they defaming a certain employee or person-in-charge? Thats impossible. If Boss Pei doesnt like anyone, he would have fired them long ago. Is it the culture and internal atmosphere of a black company? I dont think so. These might be more troublesome but as the President, Boss Pei can slowly change. Could he be defaming himself as the President? Thats even more ridiculous. Or Boss Pei did not criticize these things, but other things that exist in Tengda Corporation. That is the invisible will! Perhaps Boss Pei saw this invisible will floating above Tengda Corporation and thought of this method to make everyone wary of him. As I said in the video before, this is more like self-reflection. That means that Boss Peis fundamental goal in making games and movies is not to win the public opinion battle against Tengda Alliance. At the very least, that is not the primary goal. The real goal is to restrict Tengda Corporation! From this point of view, Boss Pei is indeed the biggest mole in Tengda Corporation. However, this also means that Boss Pei is the person who has been working hard to keep his capital in a cage. He is actually fighting the will of the entire Tengda Corporation to expand and grow on its own. For this reason, Boss Pei did not hesitate to fight against Tengda Alliance and temporarily be on the same battlefront. He used such an extreme method to restrict himself. Theyre strung together, theyre all strung together. That explains many things. Qiao Liang suddenly realized his problem. It was still too shallow! In fact, there was a problem with the pre-condition that he had set from the beginning, so he could not deduce the right conclusion. However, if he denied his previous proposal and raised the entire meaning, he would suddenly realize that all the problems that had been troubling him had been solved. Whats more, he had finally found a deeper connection between the game and the movie. Once this connection was established, it would bring heavy shackles to Tengda Corporation. However, that was the same. The sturdiest armor and the noblest crown. At that thought, Qiao Liang immediately decided to work hard on another video. What he wanted to interpret this time was not just a game or movie, but to make this public opinion battle completely finalized. He wanted Boss Peis true intentions to be revealed to the world, and for everyone to suppress that invisible will with Boss Pei! September 25th, Wednesday. Pei Qian was in a good mood as he read the discussions online. The current trend of public opinion was very beneficial to him. If he could use this trend of public opinion to reduce Tengdas various performance and match it with some money-burning activities, the settlement of this cycle would be completely stable. However, it was a pity that the anti-Tengda Alliance had not dealt the final blow so far. It looked like Teacher Qiao would have to take on this role. Pei Qian still remembered the shocked and confused expression on his face after he told Teacher Qiao about his inner thoughts in the cafe. It was only a matter of time before hatred turned into love. If Teacher Qiao could repent and cut off his connection with Tengda Corporation, and publicize Pei Qians recording, it should be able to achieve a decisive effect. It was a great help to Pei Qians loss-making business. At that moment, a notification from the Aili Island website popped up. Teacher Qiao finally released a new video! Oh, is my final judgment finally coming? 1 Pei Qian clicked on the video excitedly. Chapter 1654 - Capital Will Never Sleep My dear daddies, hello! I am still your good friend, Teacher Qiao. Todays video is the second half of the previous video. Today, I will explain the second half of the content of this video in a relatively serious manner. At the same time, I hope that everyone can participate in the interpretation with me. Thats because the more I delve into it, the more I feel that I alone cannot complete the entire interpretation of these content. It should be Boss Peis deep meaning for everyone to participate and analyze this theme deeply together. Please start todays content with your questions and thoughts. Pei Qian felt that something was amiss after watching the beginning. What was going on? Was everything I said to Teacher Qiao at the cafe an illusion? Why did it seem like Teacher Qiao was not listening to a single word? Ive already laid my cards on the table and made it so clear. Shouldnt Teacher Qiaos confidence be defeated and counterattack me? Why did he still want to interpret it seriously, and even pull everyone to interpret it together? Could it be thata| he had misunderstood something again? Pei Qian felt like he was facing a formidable enemy. He quickly scrolled down. Recently, many people have been leaving messages in my previous video, saying that my prediction has failed. Thats because I said at the end of the video that Im very sure that the core and view expressed in the game will definitely be applicable in the movie. They will achieve the same goal through different routes. In the end, after the movie was released, many people felt that even though the expression of the movie and the game were barely on the surface, it was actually a completely different theme. Many people say that the content of the game reflects deeper content, while the content of the movie is to win an award. It floats on the surface and pays more attention to the details. Some people even say that the core and meaning of The Future You Choose is far inferior to My Property in terms of thought. I dont want to say that this is right or wrong roughly, but it must be very one-sided. My Property is indeed a very outstanding movie, but its not necessary to use it to step on The Future You Choose. Thats because these two movies only express different directions. The actual core is completely the same. They can even achieve complementary effects in certain aspects. Next, let us start from the movie The Future You Choose, combined it with the game The Future You Choose and My Property, and work together to solve the biggest puzzle that Boss Pei has left us so far. Of course, before that, I have a very precious recording information to show to everyone. This is what Boss Pei said to me in person when I was talking to Boss Pei. Everyone might be confused after listening to it, but as I analyze it, everyone will find that all the content is perfectly strung together, pointing to a definite answer together. Qiao Liang immediately said what Pei Qian said to him. Actually, I have always had a huge wish. I hope that all consumers can view Tengda Corporation as their biggest enemy. However, these consumers regard Tengda Corporation as their biggest friend. I think Tengda Corporation is a very dangerous and terrifying existence. However, many people dont know enough about its danger. I hope to use the opportunity of the game and movie to let everyone deeply understand this point. From the current situation, this goal is perfectly achieved. Therefore, I think that until now, the project The future you choose is a huge success. I dont have any requests for it. If you want to make a video, I hope to be able to convey this concept to all players and consumers. Tengda Corporation is the evilest company in the world. Please attack it together and make me lose all my hard-earned money! Pei Qians mind filled with question marks as he looked at the screen filled with question marks. Obviously, he was as confused as the audience. The content of the confusion on both sides were different. Teacher Qiao had indeed not cut his knife. He had said all his original words. From the literal meaning of these words, they obviously held a very hostile and vigilant attitude towards Tengda Corporation. Making movies and games like The Future You Choose was also to portray Tengdas danger. Whats more, this was far beyond the scope of self-mockery. In the end, Boss Pei even used a very sincere tone, hoping that everyone would attack Tengda Corporation together and make him lose all his hard-earned money. The bullet screen was filled with question marks because the viewers were confused. Good lord, Boss Pei, this is the Ultimate Versailles. Does he really regret creating Tengda? Is he trying to lose money because he made too much money? Thats ridiculous. What confused Pei Qian was how Teacher Qiao was going to explain everything that he had left unsaid. From the looks of the current situation, Teacher Qiao seemed to have his own understanding. This understanding was not the reason for losing money, but it was not the meaning that the bullet screen audience understood. As if he had foreseen what the bullet screen comments would say, Teacher Qiao immediately explained, Many people might think that Boss Pei is in Versailles, but I can clearly guarantee to everyone that this is not in Versailles. Every word in this is Boss Peis true intentions. Boss Pei has indeed been very vigilant against the power that Tengda Corporation has. He even views Tengda Corporation as the most dangerous and evil company in the world. He created the game and movie The Future You Choose, hoping to use everyones power to curb Tengda Corporation. Thats why Boss Pei said that everyone had to attack together so that he would lose all his hard-earned money. As for why I said this is Boss Peis truth, let us start from the content of the movie. There are already many analysis of the movie The Future You Choose on the internet. I wont go into detail here. From the looks of the current situation, the best part of the film is that it portrays the life of the poor protagonist in detail, from a homeless man to a tycoon. Whats more, through various methods and metaphors, the audience has a strong sense of immersion in the protagonist. Especially when the protagonist leaped into the air and was blown into fireworks by Tengda Corporations law-enforcement unit. That stone shattered on the ground. I believe a complicated feeling would appear in the hearts of all the audience. That is not simply anger, despair, or pain. It is a more indescribable and complicated emotion. Many people say that Tengda Corporations presence as the antagonist in the movie is not strong compared to the game, and the effect of the movie is not as obvious as the game. Everyone here has fallen into a misunderstanding. That is to regard the game and the movie as competitors on the same racing track and not as close partners who fought side by side. In fact, we should not compare games and movies. Instead, we should use a complementary perspective. The game and movie are actually two sides of the same coin. You can only see the complete theme if you combine them. And what runs through the end is that formless will. Everyone must still remember the plot in the game. Other corporations used the power of the Resistance to overthrow Tengda Corporation together. However, that invisible will did not perish with Tengda Corporations destruction. Instead, it parasitized other corporations and came back. Therefore, the plot in the game is from the macro perspective, from the overall situation, and from the main perspective of the protagonist of the Resistance, Captain Lu De. It can also be said that the power at the top cannot destroy this invisible will. On the other hand, the movie focuses on the details from the perspective of a normal homeless man and the perspective of a gang member. It expresses that the power of the bottom level cannot destroy this invisible will. Some people might disagree that the movie does not seem to show the content of eliminating the invisible will. But please think about the ring-shaped stone that belonged to the homeless protagonist in the movie. Someone analyzed that this stone represented the residual pureness and humanity in the protagonists heart because it was a symbol of his mothers love. Of course, theres no problem with this analysis, but its not comprehensive enough. It is stated very clearly in the film that as the protagonist continues to expand his influence and obtain more wealth, his career will rise step by step. However, the number of times he touches and watches that stone diminishes. In other words, this stone represents the opposite of making money and making money. If ordinary interpretations think that this stone represents pure and human nature, and that the stone represents earning money and making a fortune, then there will naturally be a conclusion: only by giving up human nature can one make a fortune. This is obviously a relatively simple and superficial explanation. Im more inclined to explain it as the opposition of human nature and the will of capital, which is the fight between human nature and the invisible will. In order to protect his humanity, the protagonist chose to embrace that invisible will and strengthen himself. That was why he stepped onto this path of no return. Actually, on closer inspection, one would realize that in the movie Future You Choose, an invisible will also exist in all aspects. Of course, theres no need to talk about the poor protagonist. Every step he took seemed to be seeking more wealth and a higher position for himself, as if he was fighting for his own happiness. However, think about what his original intention was. He just wanted to protect his pride and not be humiliated. He wanted to keep the beautiful memories of his mother and escape the difficulties of life. However, in the mid-term of the film, he had long lived a rich life. However, he never stopped pursuing higher wealth and higher status. His methods became more and more outstanding. His behavior reached the peak when he kidnapped and killed the young tycoon. After that, on the surface, it looks like his business is going smoothly, but in fact, its not him thats going smoothly. Instead, its that invisible will. His side as a person is already quickly disappearing. The one who died in the end was also the protagonist. It was the remaining kindness in the protagonists heart. That invisible will parasitized the gang members at the end of the film. It can be imagined that they would definitely walk the same cycle as the protagonist. Was the tycoon not controlled by the invisible will? On the surface, he seemed to be a kind tycoon. However, he suffered no wrong and was kidnapped by the poor protagonist. However, in fact, on deeper analysis, we will find that this tycoon is also controlled to a certain extent by an invisible will. However, he has been working hard to resist and maintain his bottom line. At that moment, that invisible will found another way to defeat him. That is to replace him through another spokesperson. In other words, the young tycoon controlled the demon in his heart. However, this demon immediately occupied another person with his avatar. He eliminated the young tycoon physically and replaced him. We can even see some buried details in the movie. The young tycoon is out of place with the other tycoons because he insisted on his bottom line. At that time, the other tycoons were already looking at him with killing intent. We cannot be sure if it is a coincidence that the poor protagonist is eyeing this tycoon or if there are other tycoons secretly supporting and arranging it. Just like in the game The Future You Choose, those tycoons support the Resistance. However, no matter what, Tengda Corporation, which occupies the highest position in the world from the bottom to the top, to the highest level in name, is actually operating under the control of this invisible will. The reason why Tengda Corporation was not described too much in the movie was because the uppermost layer had been described in detail in the game. The movie emphasized the middle and lower layer. The lower level worked hard to climb up to the middle level. The middle level was plotted against by the lower level as they climbed up to the upper level. They fell into the clouds and were smashed to pieces. Even though the upper level Tengda Corporation looks very stable and difficult to replace, there is still a way to replace it. Only that invisible will is the only winner at any time. Capital will never sleep, and capital will never lose. Chapter 1655 - : It Seems Right Yet Wrong Teacher Qiao paused for a moment and continued. Therefore, on the surface, the game and movie look unrelated, but in fact, a dark line is connecting them tightly. It expresses the two forms of fighting this invisible will, but both forms end in failure. The game is actually introducing the format of the upper echelons. Whether it is the perseverance and change within Tengda Corporation or the external forces represented by the Resistance, they will only force the invisible will to change a carrier and owner in the end. However, it will quickly become stronger and come back. The movie introduced the format of the lower level. Whether it was the alienation and striving of the poor protagonist, the perseverance and change of the young tycoon, or the obstruction and calculation of other tycoons, Tengda Corporations aloofness and ruthlessness could not be shaken in the end. The more people resist, the more invisible clones of will would be born in more carriers. Everyone might be curious as to why the protagonist of the game is called Captain Lu De. Captain Lu Des full name is Lu De Yoke. If you only look at the name or surname, you might not have any associations. However, you will think of a famous event when you combine it. Lu De Sport. One of the main places where the Lu De Sport took place was in county. At the same time, the coal mine strike in county was the last glory of the sport. Lu De Sport is a spontaneous exercise that workers use as a means to destroy machines to resist. From the looks of the results, this exercise is sympathetic, but it is actually not very meaningful. This is actually hinting that the Resistance is doing the same thing. They are indeed fighting and causing destruction. However, from the looks of the results, it is also sympathetic but meaningless. Be it the game or the movie, they all fell into a seemingly unsolvable cycle in the end. No matter what form it took, that invisible will would find a new host and carrier and quickly make a comeback. Whether it was Captain Rude or the other protagonist, they were just hurried passers-by in this process. From the perspective of the audience and players, their lives might be worth singing and crying, exciting and magnificent. However, from the perspective of the invisible will, they are actually not much different. They are just chess pieces on the board. It is not worth caring about which chess piece has contributed the most to them. Looking at My Property from this perspective, this movie will realize that it is actually explaining the same content. However, The Future You Choose is about the process of people fighting against this invisible will. My Property is about this invisible will expanding as a human carrier and finally eliminating everyones ending. I dont think so when many people say My Property. Both parties are actually expressing the same connotation. They are just at different stages and show it in different ways. My Property chose a more extreme situation, so its expression would be more eye-catching. If you dont analyze it in depth, it would be difficult to find the deep connection between the game and movie that you chose, as well as the three characters of My Property. Thats why I think that My Property is very outstanding. At the same time, it is not a direct competitiveness with The Future You Choose. Instead, it is a complementary relationship. Its appearance only further proves what Boss Pei wants to express. Its completely meaningless for everyone to compare the two movies. Its just like arguing about Chinese and mathematics which is more important. They are obviously necessary subjects to get high marks. What we should really focus on is the true meaning behind these three works, as well as the deep connection they have with reality. Let us listen to what Boss Pei said again. Boss Pei said: Please dont treat Tengda Corporation as your biggest friend. Instead, treat it as your biggest enemy. The main goal of the game and movie project of The Future You Choose is to let everyone clearly realize this. It has been achieved so far. Please treat Tengda Corporation as the most evil company. Lets attack it together and make it lose all its money. What does Boss Pei mean? Obviously, Boss Pei is not targeting one of Tengda Corporations employees or higher-ups, nor is he targeting the overall atmosphere of Tengdas employees, much less himself. Thats because these are all within Boss Peis control. In fact, Tengda Corporation has done these things almost perfectly in comparison to other companies. There is nothing to criticize. Therefore, Boss Peis meaning is very clear. He is not targeting a tangible body of Tengda Corporation, but the invisible will that will ultimately appear above Tengda Corporation. In fact, Boss Pei never saw the anti-Tengda Alliance as a danger. Instead, he saw it as an external support. On one hand, Tengda Corporation is expanding rapidly and setting off new business models in various fields, providing better service to ordinary consumers. This will definitely attack the forces of the anti-Tengda Alliance, causing both sides to be naturally on opposite sides. However, to Boss Pei, the anti-Tengda Alliance is not a threat to the business model at all. Naturally, there is no need to take it seriously. However, on the other hand, as the influence of companies like the anti-Tengda Alliance continues to weaken, that invisible will will will finally find a better owner, Tengda Corporation. The moment the dragon slaying warrior picked up the treasure sword, the danger of becoming a dragon hovered above him. Boss Pei has always been very vigilant. Everyone must have been impressed by the empty seat at the end of the game The Future You Choose. In the game, all of Tengda Corporations decisions actually reflect the will of the entire company. It is constantly expanding and developing. The reason why it can still be defeated by the Resistance is because part of the will of the company reflected by the people in charge is the last good will. In other words, they did not let this will take over the companys army and defense. The throne in the game is empty, but there is someone on it in reality. That is Boss Pei. This throne is not a form of power, but shackles. Boss Pei, who is sitting on the throne, is not thinking about how to continue expanding his territory every day. Instead, he is thinking about how to not be controlled by this invisible will. He will not become its puppet, nor will he become the spokesperson of the invisible will in the world. No one else can sense such danger. Netizens feel that Tengda Corporation is thriving and elated. The people in charge also think that they are doing very meaningful things and constantly realizing their life value. However, only Boss Pei saw all of this from the highest point of view and realized a terrifying shadow gradually enveloping him. Therefore, this work can be regarded as a warning letter from Boss Pei or as a denouncement. He warned everyone to pay attention to the changes in Tengda Corporation at all times. He wanted to be good at Tengda Corporation at any time and become the most dangerous enemy. At the same time, he hoped to use the power of all netizens and all the employees of Tengda Corporation to trap this invisible will in a cage so that it would never become Tengdas true master. This is a very difficult task. It is impossible to complete it alone by Boss Pei. We need everyone to work together. No one will remain on the throne forever, but it will live forever. I think this is the most serious challenge to Boss Pei. The reason why the title of the game and movie is The Future You Choose is very clear. It does not hint at a confirmed future. It does not mean that Tengda will definitely develop into a terrifying monopoly in the future. If such a terrifying monopoly really appears, it might not be Tengda Corporation. This name implies a huge trend. It can be interpreted as if if no one is vigilant, the scene in the game and movie might appear in the future. It might not be exactly the same but it would be similar at the core. At the same time, it can be interpreted as in reality, how Tengda Corporation will develop depends on how everyone chooses the future. This is the deep meaning that this game wants to express. Of course, thats just my opinion. There must be many immaturity points. This time, I hope that everyone can complete this interpretation with me. As a solver, I have analyzed many Tengda games and movies. There are also comrades like Senior He An who have fought side by side with me. This time, I hope that everyone can join in this interpretation and solve the puzzle that Boss Pei left for us in virtual and reality. Together, they can do their best for Tengda Corporations next step. Thank you everyone! Pei Qian was completely stunned after watching the video. It could even be done this way? Pei Qian had thought that he had blocked all of Teacher Qiaos paths. The only thing that Teacher Qiao could do was to interpret his intentions and come to the last truth buried in Pei Qians heart. However, he did not expect Teacher Qiao to be drifting in reverse. On the surface, he was following the path that Boss Pei had given him. This was a mess! Not only was the plot of the game The future you choose and the movie very well combined, but it also brought My Property along. These three works, together with what Pei Qian had said before, pointed to reality together and gave a brand new meaning. It did not seem to be a misunderstanding of Pei Qians original intentions. There were many words in it, especially Boss Pei views Tengda Corporation as his greatest enemy. This sentence was quite right. Boss Pei hopes that everyone can fight side by side with him to curb Tengda Corporation. This sentence was quite right. However, the specific interpretation seemed to be very ridiculous. The interpretation seemed to be right, but not completely. He had misunderstood, but the final outcome seemed to be not far from Pei Qians original expectations. From Pei Qians perspective, Teacher Qiaos words were a complete misunderstanding. However, if Pei Qian did not take his own subjective view and evaluated Teacher Qiaos video from the perspective of an objective person, he would feel that what Teacher Qiao said seemed to make sense. He would be convinced by Teacher Qiao. From the looks of the results, if everyone could combine with what Teacher Qiao said and target Tengda Corporation and be wary of Tengda Corporation, it would not be a bad thing for Pei Qians loss-making business. Pei Qian was very helpless. The current state had completely exceeded his expectations and beyond his control. Forget it, he would take it one step at a time and let nature take its course. Chapter 1656 - Smile and Play GG September 26th, Thursday. Shengyun Corporations headquarters conference room. The bosses of various companies, including Nie Yunsheng, Lu Xiaoping, and Zheng Hao, gathered again. However, everyones expressions became extremely serious. That was because public opinion online had taken a huge turn since yesterday. Initially, they had already achieved their goal with My Property. The overall trend of public opinion was very advantageous. However, everything had changed now. Lu Xiaoping was using his cell phone to scan the hot topics on the internet # to interpret The Future You Choose # together. Yesterday, after Teacher Qiao posted this initiative in the video, it quickly received a warm response from everyone. Whether it was the major film review websites, video websites, or public social media platforms such as Weibo, everyone was interpreting the meaning of The Future You Choose from their own perspective and understanding. Many of them were discussions related to the movie My Property and the anti-Tengda Alliance. In other words, the situation has been reversed. At first, everyone thought that the movie The Future You Choose and the game were all set up by Boss Pei to fight against the public opinion battle against Tengda Alliance. However, it looks like thats not the case at all. Boss Pei did not treat the anti-Tengda Alliance as his opponent at all. Thats right. Its too easy for Boss Pei to win against Tengda Alliance. Thats why Boss Peis goal is to locate Tengda Corporation itself. On the other hand, Boss Pei used the power of the anti-Tengda Alliance to arouse public opinion and pointed the spearhead at that invisible will together. From this point of view, the anti-Tengda Alliance has fallen into Boss Peis trap again. They have indeed invested a huge sum of money to create a movie with both income and reputation. However, the views expressed by this movie are exactly the same as what Boss Pei wants to express. In fact, they have cooperated perfectly with Boss Pei. I can see a paradox in the anti-Tengda Alliance: If they dont fight in Tengdas way, they will stand on the opposite side of ordinary consumers. They will never win. However, if they fight in Tengdas way, they will become Tengdas helpers and comrades. Actually, we can analyze it this way: That invisible will, which is the proliferation of capital. It has actually been living in the company of the anti-Tengda Alliance for a long time. Thats why it developed rapidly in Tengda Corporation. When it posed a threat and challenge to it, its primary goal was to suppress Tengda Corporation, be it through business or public opinion. However, once the anti-Tengda Alliance lost, this invisible will would quickly abandon them and seek to live in Tengda Corporation. Thats why it looks like the anti-Tengda Alliance is attacking Tengda Corporation on the surface when they film My Property. However, in-depth analysis, they realized that their own situation and problems are much more serious than Tengda Corporation. In fact, they are criticizing themselves. On the other hand, Boss Pei took the opportunity to surround the enemy. He cooperated with the external movie through a game and a movie. He pointed out the existence and dangers of this invisible will. No one can give a clear explanation of how to solve this problem at the moment, but they realize that the problem is the first step to solving it. Sigh, from this point of view, the anti-tengda alliance was really destroyed by Boss Peis wisdom alone. Thats right. We cant win in business battles, and we cant win in public opinion either. The most important thing is that Boss Pei has already seen a deeper meaning while the anti-Tengda Alliance is still concentrated in these very superficial perspectives. He is already consciously using this battle to complete a more noble and grand goal. The structure of both sides are really not just one level away. Thats why I say that Boss Pei is really a rare genius. Not only can he create a huge monster in business in just four years, but he is also a true business genius. Whats more valuable is that he has a super high vision that other business geniuses do not have. The other business geniuses were all gloating when they established large companies with huge wealth. They were either proud or like Zheng Hao, with a natural sense of superiority, thinking that they should enjoy all of this. However, when Boss Pei reached this step, he felt as if he was treading on thin ice, feeling an unprecedented crisis. Thats right. The other companies can actually be seen as hosts who were completely parasitized by the invisible will and did not know it. On the surface, those bosses are the bosses of the companies. They hold the power to decide the life and death of the company. They watch their personal wealth accumulate and grow, enjoying the material enjoyment that the huge sum of money brings to them. However, they dont know that the decisions that appear to be made by themselves on the surface are actually made by the invisible will. The moment a country develops its territory and enjoys itself, it is actually destined to decline. Only people like Boss Pei, who remain vigilant and look at the future of companies, are the true owners of companies. I have a very important discovery. After Boss Pei raised this question, a question that remains unresolved has been solved. It is the harm brought by monopoly. The anti-Tengda Alliance has been tempting everyone to be vigilant against Tengda. The reason is that Tengda Corporation is already showing signs of monopolizing more and more industries. Its naturally not good to monopolize it. Thats why we have to resist it. However, after Boss Pei mentioned the existence of this invisible will, lets think carefully if monopolizing it is naturally not good? I think the key depends on who holds the power after monopolizing it? Take electricity as an example. Our countrys electricity network can cover remote villages, and high-vage electric transmission technology has always been the first in the world. The electricity supply has always been stable. Dont worry, the situation of power breaking is getting lesser and lesser. Some countries electricity industry is private. In theory, it is fully competitive. However, there will be a situation where the poor will be froze to death by high prices of electricity on snow days and the electricity infrastructure will be neglected for a long time. Even the electric net between different areas cannot be used together. Which is better? Similarly, the excuse of the anti-Tengda Alliance attacking Tengda is nothing more than Tengda Corporation gradually monopolizing it. However, lets think about it carefully. If Tengda can still remember its original intention after obtaining all the market share and provide the best service to everyone from beginning to end, and can also achieve greater results through resource allocation, wouldnt this result be bad? On the other hand, the companies in the anti-Tengda Alliance did not achieve a monopoly position. However, they only cared about earning their own money and increasing their profits. They did not provide good services. The competition might be sufficient but all the companies in the industry are equally bad. Must such a so-called fully competitive industry be good? Therefore, it is meaningless to discuss it purely from a monopoly or not. A good company would not be able to fully allocate the resources of the various areas if they did not monopolize it. It would definitely cause huge development imbalance. On the other hand, after a bad company monopolizes it, they would squeeze more profits and cause greater disaster. Therefore, the key is what kind of company this company is. Does it represent the will of capital or the will of the people? The key problem now is that we have to work hard to suppress the shadow brought by the invisible will above Tengda Corporations head together with Boss Pei. So what if Tengda Corporation collapses all the other rubbish companies in the market as long as Tengda Corporation remains on the side of ordinary consumers? On the other hand, if Tengda Corporation no longer stands on the side of consumers one day but is parasitized by that invisible will, then Tengda Corporation should be resolutely eliminated by us no matter how big or small it is, no matter how much market position it occupies! Thats too right. Previously, everyone was conflicted about market status and monopoly trends. In fact, they were led astray by the companies that are countering Tengda Alliance. When talking about monopolies, we have to talk about nature. When we dont talk about nature, we talk about market status. Thats all gangsters. Everyones interpretation is very good. I dont think we can explain it well. In the future, such discussions should be more widespread and should be read frequently. I announce that the academics are officially established from today onwards. Everyone, analyze and interpret this knowledge together so that you can better guide reality and make the right choice! There were many similar discussions, but Lu Xiaoping paid the most attention to the companies related to the anti-Tengda Alliance. Netizens even spontaneously established a new discipline, choosing academics. In short, they were researching the knowledge of The Future You Choose games and movies, as well as related derivative content. Under Teacher Qiaos call, netizens could be said to be crossing the sea, each showing their magic. There were people who researched the details of the game, people who poached the movie Easter eggs, and some cases in reality, such as the comprehensive analysis of the battle of public opinion between Tengda Corporation and the anti-Tengda Alliance. All in all, any content that was related to this theme could be included in the study of selection. What everyone recognized was that the two sides in this final battle were Boss Pei and the invisible will floating above Tengda Corporation. As for turning against Tengda? However, hosts abandoned by that invisible will were not qualified to be Tengdas enemies. That was because they had not realized the true problem with themselves until they had completely lost. They were still thinking of ways and means to attack the enemy Tengda Corporation. That was why the funny scene of the movie that they had worked so hard to film benefitting Tengda appeared. Not only that, all the attacks that everyone in the anti-Tengda Alliance had racked their brains to think of on Tengda Corporation had collapsed on their own. That was because the anti-Tengda Alliances angle of attack was too weak in front of Boss Peis self-mockery from all angles. It was just like how they had spent so much effort to stab Tengda Corporation with many needles, bleeding and feeling that their results were good. However, when he turned around, he saw Boss Peis thats it expression as he stabbed himself with the machete. 1 Obviously, no one would regard these people with needles as Tengdas enemies. After posting many comments, Lu Xiaoping heaved a long sigh and threw his cell phone on the table. This time, he was really exhausted and helpless. Chapter 1657 - Getting The Best Deal Is The Largest Support For Boss Pei! Everyone exchanged confused looks. No one spoke. After a long time, Nie Yunsheng heaved a long sigh. It looks like as long as Boss Pei is still alive, we will never be able to stand out. Dismissed. Dismissed. The bosses present were all smart people. They understood their current situation without much explanation. In their opinion, the desperate attack that Lu Xiaoping had planned this time could be said to be the closest attempt to success. Other companies would not be able to withstand this attack. Whats more, even if he could survive, he would definitely suffer greatly. It was impossible for him to be unscathed. However, Boss Pei seemed to be cheating. He predicted their movements in advance and successfully resolved them in a higher dimension. Even the movie content that they had carefully prepared had benefited Tengda Corporation. It had helped Boss Pei increase his popularity and attention. All the preparations had added fuel to Tengda Corporations fire. At this point, the anti-Tengda Alliance had already lost so badly that there was no need to continue existing. There were only two options for these companies. They could either continue to act against Tengda Alliance and maintain their current business model to fight Tengda to the death. However, it was conceivable that these companies had worked together to attack Tengda Corporation. All the companies had worked together to help each other, but they were still defeated. Could they win alone? That was definitely impossible. They could also gradually lean towards Tengda Corporation like other companies. If he could not win, he could join. At the very least, he could drink some soup with Tengda. However, no matter what, no matter which path they chose, it meant that the good days of lying down and earning money would never return. This was actually a huge failure that many companies had no choice but to face. However, what could they do? It was no wonder. Nie Yunsheng said that as long as Boss Pei was still alive, they would never be able to stand out. In fact, this was the process of good money expelling bad money. In the end, all companies would be assimilated by Tengda Corporation. That was because people who did not play according to Boss Peis game rules would naturally be removed. They did not have the right to persevere at the table. Many bosses stood up, shook their heads, and left. The launch of the anti-Tengda alliance was grand but it disappeared silently in a few months. A week later. October 3rd, Thursday. Qiao Liang was playing with a few netizens passionately. He was killing everyone in the online PvP mode of The Future You Choose. Be careful, that sniper high up on the opposite side should have already upgraded his smart volunteer eye. Hurry up and hit the money. Spend some money to upgrade your legs. Otherwise, the pressure on the front would be too great. My mantis knife is finally done. Everyone, hold it off from the front. Ill think of a way to use optical camouflage to go behind and cut the back. We have to focus our forces and take down high ground number three first. We have to master the high ground so that we can have the initiative on the battlefield. 1 Qiao Liang discussed tactics enthusiastically with the netizens in the voice chat. Previously, when the game The Future You Choose had just been released, most players had focused on the games standalone gameplay and plot interpretation due to public opinion. After Qiao Liang released the first half of the video, the movie The Future You Choose appeared again. Everyones attention was diverted. It was only when the dust had settled that many players realized that the online PvP gameplay of The Future You Choose was very interesting! In fact, it could be seen from the standalone mode of this game that it was very suitable to be changed to an online gameplay. That was because the game The Future You Choose did not focus on the details of the city. The protagonists main plot was to participate in battle after battle in each scene. These scenes were actually ready-made PvP mode maps. Players acting as rebels against Tengda Corporation in the game would form a natural opposition. In the combat mode, players could naturally fight on the map of these combat modes as long as they were allowed to act as both sides. The games combat mechanism was also richer. Players could obtain different combat ability by modifying their own prosthetic limbs. For example, modifying his legs could obtain more elasticity and better mobility. Modifying his prosthetic eye could obtain better vision. He could obtain better shooting accuracy with smart firearms. On the other hand, modifying his hard skin and mechanical armor could reduce the lethality of bullets against himself. Apart from that, there were also optical camouflage, mantis knives, and so on. It allowed the cold weapon combat mode on the battlefield to integrate very well with the hot weapon combat mode, making the players battles more diverse. There were three different basic PvP modes in the game. The first model was similar to traditional shooting games. It mainly emphasized the fun of shooting. The effect of armor, optical camouflage, and close combat weapons would be weakened under this model. The main reason was to experience traditional shooting games like Ocean Stronghold. Maps in this mode were usually small-scale maps. Players could enjoy the thrill of shooting in such maps. The second model was an equalization model. Players could achieve a cycle restraint effect through different methods under this model. For example, upgrading heavy firepower, smart firearms could be used to cover key positions. They had to use sniping to counter it. On the other hand, sniping was very easy to be equipped with. Assassins with optical camouflage and close combat weapons would be assassinated. Such a cycle restraint effect required players to choose their next step of artificial limb upgrading according to the characteristics of the map and the specific situation of the battle. The players had to distribute resources and emphasize the division of labor. Under the blessing of various artificial limbs, all soldiers were like superpowers. They had specific strengths and skills. This model of PvP map was usually a mid-scale map with a richer map mechanism. It was mainly to win through interactive points points points points with the map mechanism. The fun was similar to MOBA games. The third mode was PVE mode. It could also be seen as a multi-player internet connection that completed the original battle goal in the game. Players could play the role of the attacking party or the defending party in this model. It was a little similar to the Endless Mode. It could continuously increase the difficulty and undergo higher-level challenges. On top of that, the games charging mode was very interesting. If players were not interested in the game plot, they could directly experience the online PvP mode. It was just like GOG. There was no threshold. However, they could spend money to buy the skins and looks in the game in the future. The game itself was definitely fair, just like GOG. The plot that had to be purchased was not just the game plot. It also included some skin characters and looks. It was equivalent to selling the games standalone plot content and some appearance value-added services. Obviously, to Tengda Games, it encouraged standalone gamers and online gamers alike. Online gamers would experience the standalone plot of this game and encourage standalone gamers to fight other gamers online. The standalone game mode and online game mode were very well integrated. Whats more, this was only the preliminary plan for the future game. There would be more updates. For example, new mechanical prosthetic limbs, new characters, new skin appearance, new game map, new PvP mode, and so on. Obviously, Tengda Games wanted to use the game background of The Future You Choose to work hard to integrate the gameplay of high-tech gunfight to the extreme. That way, Tengda Corporation would have three different shooting games. One was Ocean Stronghold that was more traditional, and the other was Bullet Hole 2, which focused on collecting resources and the gameplay for the Great Escape. The current PvP mode given by Ocean Stronghold was actually not overlapping with these two games. Instead, it was more focused on the PvP mode where everyone had different upgrading routes and special skills to win through close cooperation. That way, Tengda Games would be able to firmly stand on the entire racing track. Basically, it would eliminate any possibility of latecomers. Qiao Liang had been playing the internet mode for the past few days and had a lot of fun. As his videos influence kept expanding and he had more fans, the live-stream became more and more lively. Qiao Liang replied the questions on the bullet screen as he played the game. What? I said that I wanted to fight Tengda Corporation, but now Im playing Tengdas game. Im having a lot of fun. This audience obviously did not watch my video properly. Youre fined to watch my video again. Dont interpret my meaning randomly. Didnt I tell everyone how to fight Tengda Corporation? One is to maintain supervision, the other is to quickly take advantage of any opportunities that Tengda gives. Look, Dawn Games platform is sending new games. Why arent you collecting them? Dont treat Tengda as one of your own. You have to participate enthusiastically when you see Tengda throwing money. Think of ways to take advantage of Tengda. That would be the greatest help to Boss Pei. What do you mean you dont believe me? When have I, Teacher Qiao, ever lied to you? If I say that I understand Boss Pei the most, I will definitely understand Boss Pei the most. Just do as I say. Its definitely not wrong. Boss Pei might even have to thank you. Qiao Liang chatted with the bullet screen comments as he played games. To him, the previous episode of Products of the Gods was his proudest work in recent years. The anti-Tengda alliance was finally completely declared a failure with the use of the aftershocks of the game and movie The Future You Choose. The heated public opinion from before gradually calmed down after the wave of academics. Of course, choosing academics was a common knowledge. Perhaps in the future, it would be redone by people and read some new meaning. However, at the moment, everyone had already achieved initial success. People had truly realized the existence of the invisible will. They had also confirmed their vigilance and attack posture with Boss Pei. Qiao Liang had also said in the video that this would be a drawn out battle. Everyone had to keep this string in their hearts. However, they had to eat, drink, and continue living their lives with Tengdas products. Getting the best deal was the greatest support for Boss Pei! Chapter 1658 - : Dawn Games Game Editor After chatting with the bullet screen comments for a while, Qiao Liang suddenly slapped his forehead. Sh*t, I was so engrossed in chatting with you guys that I forgot about the main topic. Tengda Games made a big move today. Qiao Liang quickly opened Dawn Games platform and immediately saw three eye-catching promotional column spots on the home page. The first was that the Dawn Games Editor was officially released. The second was the official release of the game Shu Li. The third was the official completion of the merging of GOG and IOI. Today was the official update of GOG after the modification. Each of these three matters was a huge piece of news. If it were other companies, these three events would definitely be promoted separately so that they could obtain the greatest popularity. However, Tengda Corporation seemed to have given up on itself. They had put all three projects together. They were even suspected of sharing each others popularity. However, no matter what, Tengda Games continuous big movements during this period made players very satisfied. The Dawn Games game editor had been planning and developing for a long time. At the moment, only the initial version had been released. However, before it was released, the official platform had already released an announcement in advance to explain this game editor. What made independent gamers cheer was that Dawn Games game editor had two outstanding characteristics compared to other game editors. First, all game designers could use this game editor for free. If the games finished product was released on Dawn Games platform and the revenue was less than 10 million yuan, the game editor would be used for free without any charge. If the game was released on Dawn Games platform and the revenue exceeded 10 million yuan, he would charge 5% according to the final actual profit. In addition, there was a limit to this commission. No matter how popular this game was, it would only charge one million yuan if it earned tens of millions or hundreds of millions in the end. The second was that Tengda Games would be allowed to share all of its resources freely in the game editor. As for the new game that had not been released, all the resources would be shared in the game editor three months after it was released. On top of that, all functions of the official game editor could basically be realized. For example, different users could buy or share game resources with each other. These two points alone made Dawn Games game editor unique. For other commercial game editors, the charge of Dawn Games game editor could be said to be very conscientious. It was equivalent to allowing all independent game designers to use it for free. If the game really became popular and earned more than 10 million yuan, they would not care about the mere 5% copyright fee. Compared to the official games platform, the biggest advantage of this game editor was that it shared all of Tengda Games resources. Whats more, these free resources would continue to be updated. The official platform might also have many game resources, but it could not force all manufacturers to share their precious game resources after all. Thus, everyone could only buy some more ordinary resources. Real high-quality resources could either be bought with money or made by themselves. For independent game designers, creating games on the official platform would definitely face a budget gap. The quality of the game would also be difficult to guarantee. However, most high-quality resources could be found in the Dawn Games Editor, so that the game would look very good from the beginning. This undoubtedly greatly increased their success rate. Of course, the most important thing about the game editors success was whether it was useful or not. From this point, Dawn Games game editor had a certain advantage over the official game editor. After all, the official game editor had been developed by integrating a few different game editors at that time. Whats more, the developers did not have a deep understanding of game design. In addition, it had been a long time. Many designs did not seem to fit the current trend. On the other hand, the Dawn Games Editor was developed by Li Yada and many developers of Dawn Games platform. During the development process, they took care of the developers usage habits and deleted many redundant functions. Naturally, it was easier and smoother to use. Qiao Liang planned to play the game editor later on. Perhaps he would be able to turn around from an UP Master to an independent game designer? As for the official release of the game Shu Li, it was similar to the game content. It felt like there were many disasters. It had been more than three months since the release date. That was not entirely because there were some flaws in the management of time in the huge project of delayed development for the first time. The main reason was that Shu Li had to cooperate with the Dawn Games game editor. Li Yada considered that after the Dawn Games game editor was released, there did not seem to be a single game that would promote the game editor and show the powerful functions of the game editor to all independent game designers and gamers. Thus, she discussed with Yan Qi if she could consider using the Dawn Games game editor to redo Shu Li. After inspecting the Dawn Games game editor, Yan Qi realized that the effect would indeed be better if he were to use it to create. Whats more, many functions that he had designed previously could be more easily realized. For an action-based game, many details, including the impact, would directly affect players gaming experience. If changing to the Dawn Games Editor could bring better experience, why not? He could also take this opportunity to expand the game content. Thus, the game Shu Li was re-done once before it was officially released. Of course, this was not a complete overhaul. That was because Li Yada had already thought of this possibility in advance before designing the morning sun game editor. Thus, the project plan in the official game editor could be packaged and transplanted into the morning sun game editor. After the transplant, the producer only needed to use the editor function of the Dawn Games game editor to make minor edits to the original project. It was also convenient for the two game editors to be interconnected. Independent game designers could freely use two different game editors to edit. Of course, this transfer was not without cost. Every transfer might induce some minor bugs that needed repair. However, no matter what, this gave independent game designers a brand new plan. As for the merging plan of GOG and IOI, it had been progressing efficiently and steadily. Before this huge version update, Tengda Games had already found a large number of people to test, especially the professional players of the two games. After all, professional players represented the ceiling of the game. If they could meet the requirements of professional players, ordinary players should not have much opinions. These professional players were also eagerly participating. After all, this concerned their rice bowls. As for the details of the internal beta test, there was not much news leaked because the people who had participated in the test were very strict. Most players could only wait for the new version to be released after the merging. Qiao Liang could not help but feel emotional. I feel like Tengda Corporation has been moving faster and faster recently. Boss Pei seems to be in a hurry. Dont tell me he wants to retire after graduating. Thats ridiculous. I dont think anyone with brains would do something like that. At some point in time, there was a rumor online that Boss Pei had already planned his retirement. Whether it was nurturing the person-in-charge or speeding up the expansion of new fields, they were all paving the way for their smooth retirement. If he ignored Boss Peis age, he would find this series of measures reasonable. However, the problem was that Boss Pei had just graduated from university. Putting aside the legal retirement age, 40 to 50 years old was the time to be rich. He had to work until 50 before retiring, right? Tengda Corporation was thriving and the situation was great. Even if Boss Pei wanted to retreat bravely, he would retreat too quickly. These rumors were ridiculous. Alright, dear audience, let us take a look at the new editor on Dawn Games platform first. I think I, Teacher Qiao, should not be much worse off than independent game designers given my appreciation and rich experience in games. I announce that I will definitely be able to create the next version of Black Ink and Clouds. Then, my next episode of Products of the Gods will be about the game that I created. Qiao Liang explained his ambition to the audience in the live-stream confidently. He earnestly opened the Dawn Games platforms game editor and began to compare the official game editor. You can directly use the game editor to create a new project. You can also follow the corresponding guidance according to the players account data on Dawn Games platform. You will prioritize recommending players to create their own preferred game type. You will also guide them according to the difficulty of production. This newbie guide is not bad. It is very detailed and is very suitable for players like me who have zero foundation. The threshold is lower than the official game editor. Alright, we have successfully created a field of grass in the game. However, the current field of grass only has a picture. It looks very unreal. Let us put a piece of realistic grass on it and a grass-eating sheep. Yes, not bad. Its perfect. In that case, our first game has been completed. Its name is called Goat Eats Grass! Players can walk around happily on this green grassland from the perspective of sheep. How rich is the gameplay? However, relatively speaking, the content is still a little thin. Let us make a game of wolf invasion. Yes, but how should we increase the attacking movements of this wolf? I understand, I understand. So thats what you did. Sigh, thats not right. I think Im lacking something. Oh, I understand, I understand. Thats enough. Eh, thats not right. Theres a small problem. Its alright, dont panic, everyone. You have to be patient and meticulous in creating the game. Let us study it. He studied it for an hour. Qiao Liang scratched his head, feeling very confused seeing the mocking comments on the bullet screen. Somethings not right. What did I want to do from the beginning? I think he just wanted to add an attack to the wolf. What am I creating now? After struggling for a while, Qiao Liang silently clicked the button to close it. He also clicked save the project on the dialog box. Teacher Qiaos attempt to transit to an independent game designer failed in just one hour. Chapter 1659 - "Shu Li" The bullet screen comments mocked him. Im dying of laughter. Old Qiao is like a food critic who felt good about himself. He insisted on trying to cook himself, but in the end, he ended up like this. Humans cannot be too confident. Why do you think you can be an independent game designer? Dont you know? I can tell. Dawn Games game editor is indeed less difficult than the official game editor, but it is still not something that someone with Teacher Qiaos IQ can control. Qiao Liang explained himself indignantly. Just wait. Ill work hard on researching this game editor after the broadcast. Ill take out a finished game one day to blind you. However, my failure today proves at least one thing: independent game designers are indeed not easy. Every rubbish game that everyone sees might have gathered the hard work of a group of people. Of course, we still have to scold rubbish games. However, everyone should appropriately support the hardwork of independent game designers and see how outstanding they are. Thats a good saying. You might not understand much on paper, but youll never understand. You can criticize any game unscrupulously from the perspective of players. Only those who are truly designers can understand the difficulties involved. Qiao Liang recalled the process when he tried to create the game. At first, he only wanted to be a wolf that knew how to eat sheep. However, he realized that he had a small problem. He did not know how to increase the attacking movements of the wolf. This small problem was quickly resolved. However, after solving it, he discovered a new problem. For example, what range would this wolf make an attack? Should there be blood spurting out to attack after making an action, should it make a few more movements that seemed more realistic? What if the wolfs attack movements and the sheep did not cooperate well and there was a situation of biting through space or wearing models? There were a lot of such problems. In order to achieve a very simple function in the game, there was a huge amount of design behind it. It was just like cooking. It was very easy for customers to taste a dish that was salty or light. However, for chefs, the final taste of a dish might be completed through more than ten different steps. Any problem with the order could cause the final outcome to be hugely different from their expectations. The difficulty level of this was incomprehensible to those who had never really cooked before. Qiao Liang realized that there was another unexpected benefit to this game editor. It allowed ordinary players to experience the daily work of game designers. That was because the official game editor was not open to everyone. There was a certain threshold. Most players would not deliberately download the official game editor. Thus, very few players had truly experienced making games. However, the Dawn Games game editor was built internally on Dawn Games platform. The initial program was actually not big. However, there were a large number of plug-in programming bags and resource bags inside. Many players would try the game editor function when they opened the Dawn Games platform out of curiosity. People like Qiao Liang who took a sip would at least understand the difficulties of game production. On the other hand, those who were truly talented and liked game design because of that could continue to download new programmers and resource packs. They could continue to improve their design standards through self-learning. For all they knew, another outstanding independent game designer might appear in the future. After looking at the Dawn Games game editor, Qiao Liang looked at the Shu Li that he had been waiting for for a long time. The game Shu Li had undergone a huge delay. However, the official platform had already made it very clear that they were going to modify the new game editor and explain that they would add new game content. Therefore, the players were still filled with hope even though they were unhappy. After all, there was a saying: No one would remember a rubbish game that was released on time. That was unless there were enough bugs in this rubbish game to make a meme. Of course, this was just a joke. However, there was no problem with the logic. It did not matter much if a game was released one or two months earlier or one or two months later. The key was still the quality of the game. Qiao Liang had already bought and downloaded Shu Li and entered the game. The opening scene of the game was a promotional animation. It was not fundamentally different from the promotional animation that was released previously. However, the details looked more exquisite. The last scene was still the old Taoist picking up the baby from the monster village and turning to leave. The raging flames burned everything to ashes. The scene changed and entered the game plot. A young man with a treasure sword on his back was facing him. He kowtowed a few times in a nameless grave next to the straw house in the mountain. Obviously, according to the development of the plot, the old Taoist should have brought the child into the deep mountains to impart martial arts. At that moment, the old Taoist was already gone, and the young man was going down the mountain to kill demons. Then, it entered the initial novice guidance stage. Qiao Liang found that he could control the protagonist to move, attack, use simple spells or pick up items. Players could enter the small straw house to pick up some props. He could also play wood piles or execute the various operations in the newbie guide. At the same time, the young man recalled the old Taoists instructions. The Confucian, Shi, and Dao soldiers each have their own strengths. You might have learned from me, but you dont have to be constrained to the Daoist methods. As long as the four Dao techniques and divine arts can save the people in the world, they have their merits. The world is in chaos, and demons are bringing disaster to the human world. We are the ones who get rid of the demons and protect the commoners, so that the people in the world will no longer suffer the pain of being exiled. We are the ones who made the wise stop sighing at the sorrow of Shu Li. Man and earth, earth and heaven, heaven and earth, heaven and magic, nature. The path is under your feet. Think carefully about how to walk it. After a simple learning and familiarity, the young man descended the mountain. Qiao Liang officially began his torturous journey. Shu Li had already released some trial videos previously but Qiao Liang still thought that this was just a Repent and be Saved that had changed the background. After all, the suffering that the entire combat system gave people was very similar to Repent and be Saved. However, Qiao Liang realized that there was a huge difference between the two after playing. Shu Li was not a clumsy imitation of Repent and be Saved. It had its own design concept. In the plot of Shu Li, the protagonist would obtain the heritage of Confucianism, Taoism, Buddhism, and soldiers. Every system would give the protagonist a powerful ability outside the basic combat system. The basic combat system was similar to Repent and be Saved. There were different uses for weapons such as knives, spears, swords, halberds, and so on. They relied purely on their own operating skills. It was definitely a gameplay to be proficient in using various weapons to clear the game. However, if they used the powerful abilities of four different systems, they would be like a tiger that had grown wings. The four systems could increase players stats but they had their own characteristics. For example, dao techniques were suitable for players who were well-prepared before battle to pursue maximum improvement. On the other hand, Buddha Dharma provided a permanent buff effect that was suitable for lazy people. Confucianism could be targeted at the enemys weakness. It was the best choice for speed. Only veteran players with superb operations could maximize its effect. On the other hand, the art of war had a very useful effect. It was suitable for players who had just entered the game. They could prepare in advance for the battle. They could also improve the group enhancement effect when summoning NPCs. Newbies could choose brainlessly. This reflected the fundamental difference between the design concept of Shu Li and Repent and be Saved. Shu Li allowed players to reduce the difficulty of the game through various rich game mechanisms and skills combination. They could even achieve the effect of cutting grass in key battles for the week. They could pass it brainlessly. Of course, the prerequisite was that he had a deep understanding of the game mechanism. It did not matter if players did not like to study the games combat mechanism in Repent and be Saved. As long as they died a few more times, they would be familiar with it. However, in Shu Li, if players were stubborn and did not learn the game mechanism but insisted on using their bodies to fight the monsters, the final outcome would probably be rather tragic. Of course, it was difficult to say which design was better. They could only say that they were facing different gamers and focused on different game fun. Other than that, there were rumors that Shu Li might use a stage layout. This seemed to be a plan of the design team previously, but this plan obviously did not extend to the official game. Shu Li was the same as Repent and be Saved. It was still a huge, seamless map. The various scenes were closely connected. There would not be the stiff operation of switching stages. Players would play the role of this young man and travel around. They would arrive at many different scenes in the game. For example, at the border of the north, the protagonist would participate in the battle between the army of the central plains and the cavalry of the alien race. He would also personally experience the collapse of countless Buddha Towers and the scene of soldiers destroying Buddha. Other than that, they would also enter the heavily-protected imperial city and talk to a few important characters in the current plot. They would choose to support a certain prince and become the new emperor. All of these scenes were connected together. Each scene had a magic circle for players to teleport between different scenes. That would create a miniature framework world in the game. Of course, at the beginning, the project team of Shu Li wanted to make it into a checkpoint form. This saying was not groundless. Yan Qi had indeed had such plans back then. That was because both of these methods had their advantages and disadvantages in such a seamless map and checkpoint model. Shu Li might repeatedly experience the battle in a certain area and obtain some props or resources that they were in urgent need of because the game mechanism also included the gameplay. It would be more convenient to use the stages to create it then. However, after much consideration, Yan Qi felt that the checkpoint model was still too weak for players immersion in the game. Thus, he decided to work harder to achieve the same effect on the seamless map. Simply put, players could temporarily change the state of a certain area through special props or talisman charms. They could return to a special time point and participate in a specific battle again to obtain the relevant rewards. The main body of the entire seamless world would still change according to the progress of the plot. This method might not be perfect, but it would at least combine the seamless map and the checkpoint model as much as possible and create a gameplay on the seamless map. Chapter 1660 - Miraculously Combined Success There were not many plots in the game but every plot was very important. There were several endings to the game Shu Li. First of all, within the imperial city, players could choose to support different prince and give advice when this prince made a certain decision. The choices made by these prince and the protagonists suggestions were directly related to the following plot. For example, when the alien race invaded, different prince would have different choices. The protagonist could participate in the battle at different stages of the alien races invasion. The earlier he went, the more likely it was that he would drive the alien race out and reduce the situation of commoners being killed. However, he might also not have the time to solve the internal conflict in the central plains. If he solved the internal conflicts in the central plains first, such as participating in the Buddha-killing operation or helping the monks escape, it might cause the situation of the foreign border battlefield to change. On top of that, players would also be closely connected to the four Confucian, Taoist, and Buddhist soldiers. Choosing to help them would allow them to obtain resources and help from them, but it would also cause hostile forces to take revenge. Players had to constantly make choices at some key points in the games journey. Not only were there problems of choosing A or B route, but there were also problems of choosing the timing. All sorts of routes were intricate and complicated. A single move might affect the final outcome. It should be very difficult for players to understand it in the first round. However, this game was originally designed for more weekends. Players could experience different story endings and train their characters targetedly, experiencing different combat modes. This story mode was fundamentally different from Repent and be Saved. Repent and be Saved only had one main plot. Players could also achieve different endings, but overall, there was no need to make too many choices. Instead, they had to feel the original emotions that the game brought to them. However, Shu Li was more like in a constantly changing world. Every choice that players made would affect most areas in the world. Perhaps the final outcome would cause players to feel less deeply and intensely. However, players could indeed feel that their every move was affecting this world. The final outcome would be the finalization of their series of choices. Qiao Liang had been grinding for hours, but he still had not had enough. This game is really fun. Its very different from Repent and be Saved. Ive waited for it for so long in vain. The key is that this game has very good integration of the game mechanism and cultural background, making people not feel anything strange. Boss Pei had great foresight when he decided to invest in this game. After all, the creator of this game was still working on the mobile game. Who would have thought that he would be able to create such a high-quality standalone game? The key is that this game can be scrolled through. It is really hard to resist such a random gameplay. Say no more, this game has been going on for at least three hundred hours! What, the new Products of the Gods? Forget it for now. I have to rest well recently and reminisce about the fun of the game. Qiao Liang ignored the bullet screen comments asking him to produce a new episode of Products of the Gods to interpret the requirements of Shu Li because he had an inexplicable urge to decommission and return to the field. The anti-Tengda Alliance had already fallen, and Tengda Corporation had achieved a complete victory. Whats more, Tengda Games had too many good games. One by one, he felt that he could not finish them. Whats more, Qiao Liang felt that his career had reached its peak as a game review UP Master. There was no more room for improvement after he produced the tenth episode of Products of the Gods and deeply affected the battle between Tengda Corporation and Tengda Alliance. The current him wanted to be a pure gamer. He wanted to put down those complicated analyses, put down those deep connotations, and feel the initial joy that the game brought to him. This should be considered a return to basics in a certain sense. After the gaming experience of Shu Li came to an end, Qiao Liang finally opened GOG that had not been logged in for a period of time. He wanted to see how the game would look like after it was updated with a huge version and successfully merged with IOI. He had to admit that only Boss Pei had such imagination and courage to merge the two most successful MOBA games in the market. Ever since this news was released, many players expressed their worries. Qiao Liang was no exception. He was afraid that this change would accidentally destroy two games at the same time. However, Boss Pei seemed to be very determined about the merging. He had been firmly pushing it. Now, this situation was just a one-off sale. There should be no turning back. He logged into GOG again. Qiao Liang felt that this game was both familiar and unfamiliar to him. It was familiar because the overall interface style had not changed much. The unfamiliarity was because some small modifications had been made in some details. These changes were modifications that could be adapted to at a glance. Some careless people would not even notice it. However, it did cause a huge change in GOG after the modification. Qiao Liang happily locked down Literary Genius of the Winds and ended the game with a happy 0-11. There doesnt seem to be much changes. There were three IOI heroes in the match just now, but for some reason, I did not feel anything strange at all. Its like GOG has a new hero. There seems to be a slight discount in the two games on the map. In the past, GOGs map was relatively small, IOIs map was relatively large. Now, I think its quite appropriate to make a compromise. Some of the games map mechanisms have also been slightly modified, but I dont think theres anything wrong with it. It doesnt feel strange at all. Its ridiculous! Qiao Liang had thought of two possible scenarios before entering the game. The first was that the changes to the game were not very successful. There were obvious signs of splicing and dislocation. There was a forced warmth and a strange feeling. The second was that the changes to the game were more successful. The feeling of dislocation was not obvious, but the entire game mechanism had changed drastically to a brand new game. Many game content had to be learnt from scratch and adapted slowly. However, what he did not expect was that there were no two games in either situation. They were perfectly integrated together. Whats more, they were so natural. It was as if they were meant to be like this. If gamers who had not played these two games before, they might think that GOG and IOI were separated from the current game. That was amazing! On further thought, this situation could barely be explained. In fact, the initial difference between GOG and IOI was quite obvious to the two extremes. It was precisely this difference that GOG relied on a series of strategies and methods to achieve a detour. However, after that, IOI made several adjustments and modifications to the game, constantly approaching GOG at the core of the game. Back then, FV Team could rely on GPLs tactics and playstyles to achieve results in IOIs international competition, which meant that the two had already converged in a certain way. As the two games continued to develop, this trend was constantly strengthening in order to bring players a better gaming experience. Of course, Finger Games did not want to admit this, so they made some changes, especially in the style of the graphics and some details that were deliberately different from GOG. However, these changes were ultimately superficial. Thus, with the joint efforts of GOGs project team and Finger Games designer team, a large number of professional players tested feedback and adjustments, the two games were finally completed. After the merging, they naturally took into account the gamers feelings and tried not to make too many changes so that gamers could be easier to get used to it. Now, it was finally released for ordinary players to experience. Obviously, this change had been unanimously satisfied from professional players to designers. This feeling was a little like some players returning to the game a year after quitting the game. The content of the game had indeed changed a lot. There were also many new heroes that he had not seen before. However, the familiar feeling would slowly appear and adapt as long as he played two rounds. Qiao Liang could not help but feel emotional. They actually successfully combined the two games. I cant think of any other words apart from being awesome. Whats more, this merger is equivalent to two games. There are several large versions of the updates, and hundreds of new heroes at the same time. These new game content is enough to play for a year without overlapping. It feels like Im back to the first time I came into contact with MOBA games. No wonder Boss Pei is so determined. He even formulated a modification plan for the two leagues. Obviously, he is filled with confidence in this merger. The changes to these two games would naturally have to happen for the corresponding international competition and the entire league system. Previously, FV Team was still very conflicted about whether to change from IOI to GOG. Now, there was no need to worry about everything. They could start over. The competition this year was still going as usual. After all, these players had been playing the old version for a year. It was not fair to them to suddenly make drastic changes. However, from next year onwards, the two leagues would merge into one. Of course, it was hard to say if GOGs teams would be more advantageous after the merging or IOIs teams would be more advantageous. Everyone had to learn each others heroes, learn the game mechanism after changing, and new playstyles. During this process, some players might not be used to it. A new batch of talented players might stand out. However, this change was precisely where the fun of MOBA competitive games was. The competition was naturally more intense for GOGs players. However, it also meant that the attention of the entire league was higher, and there were more players in the game. The commercial value of these players would also increase. Whats more, they felt that they would have a greater advantage in this competition. It was not a loss to IOIs players. After all, this game had been getting worse and worse previously. It was even about to merge into a sub server. The value of the league was constantly decreasing. They were not facing the problem of whether they could compete or not, but whether they could continue the league. As players, they still had no commercial value. Many games had been extremely popular at the time, but professional players were ultimately youthful meals. Once the game declined, these players careers would be cut off. Now that the two games had merged, they would be under immense pressure and challenge. However, at the very least, they were people who relied on their strength to speak. Leaving the weaker ones to be eliminated and not lose their jobs as the game declined. A group of players would lose their jobs no matter whether they were good or bad. To the audience, this was a good thing. It meant that the popularity of the entire league was higher, the economic level was higher, they could contribute more exciting competitions, and they could obtain higher attention. All in all, this was a difficult choice that was accompanied by huge risks. However, Tengda Games still managed to succeed in such a miracle under immense pressure and confusion! Once he succeeded, the problems from before would naturally cease to exist. There would only be countless benefits! Chapter 1661 - Perhaps Tengda Would Be Better Without Me? October 20th, Sunday. At the nameless restaurant Today was the day that Tengda Corporation booked the entire place. The heads of the various departments gathered together. They ate snacks and drank tea while waiting for Boss Pei to arrive. The 20th of every month was a fixed meal gathering but the gathering of the person-in-charge today still made everyone feel an unusual atmosphere. Yu Fei was the least experienced among these people in charge, so he did not know the current situation very well. He turned to Huang Sibo, who was sitting beside him. Brother Huang, you all said that Boss Pei might have something important to announce this time. Why? Isnt this a regular gathering? Yu Feis novel with the same name was also very popular ever since the success of the game and movie The Future You Choose. For readers, Yu Fei went from a novel author to a game designer. It could be said to be a very successful transformation. Many people even persuaded him not to write novels. He should focus on making a few more good games! Yu Fei was now in a very conflicted state. He felt that he could create such a game mainly because of Boss Peis guidance. He did not have much strength, but on the other hand, he felt that he slowly felt the joy of creating games. He felt that it did not seem to be a bad thing to be a game designer and write novels. Especially the special atmosphere of working in Tengda Corporation, being able to grow quickly under Boss Peis guidance made him feel that his current state was quite good! However, this seemingly regular gathering of the person-in-charge made him feel that something was amiss. That was why he wanted to find the answer from Huang Sibo. As one of the veteran members of Tengda Corporation and the first batch of employees who had followed Boss Pei, Huang Sibo was obviously more sensitive to wind direction than Yu Fei. He took a sip of tea and said, Actually, Boss Pei has not been to the office for more than half a month since the game and movie you chose for the future succeeded. Even when he reached the office, he would only stay in the Presidents office quietly. He rarely called the person-in-charge over, explained work or raised problems. This might look like a regular gathering but Boss Pei must have something very important to announce since he appeared. Yu Fei was enlightened. Oh, is this the Boss Pei in Good Times that you always talk about? In other words, Boss Pei is going to think of ways to develop new businesses in the future or deeply change the company? Huang Sibo shook his head slightly. I dont think its that simple. Indeed, Boss Pei would always think of the next stages problems in advance when he was in a good situation. However, Boss Peis reaction this time is a little abnormal. Previously, after every success, Boss Pei would often be able to quickly give a plan for the next stage. However, this time, Boss Pei thought for a long time and did not ask the person-in-charge for his opinion. This means that Boss Pei might not be thinking about business problems but some deeper and more complicated problems. Boss Pei might announce the next stage of the plan for the gathering of the person-in-charge this time. This plan might be very bizarre and unexpected. You have to be mentally prepared. Yu Fei nodded, having a clearer understanding of the current situation. He carefully sorted out Tengda Games work for the past few months and guessed what new plan Boss Pei would give. Boss Pei arrived as everyone spoke. The people in charge stood up to greet him. Boss Pei waved his hand and gestured for them to sit down. Yu Fei sized up Boss Pei seriously and realized that Boss Peis expression was a little serious. Whats more, Boss Pei seemed to have become more haggard after not seeing him for a while. He did not know if it was his illusion. Perhaps Boss Pei was indeed thinking about very complicated problems which was why he spent so much effort? Pei Qian looked around at everyone and said, Im treating everyone to a meal today. There are two small matters to talk about. It has nothing much to do with the companys business. You just have to know. The people in charge listened intently. Boss Pei might say that it was a small matter, but everyone knew that it was definitely not a small matter! Otherwise, wouldnt it be enough to send a notice? There was no need to make such a big scene. Pei Qian said, The first thing is that in the next two months, which is to the end of December, our various departments will organize a negative profit event. In other words, we have to think of all ways to make our departments profits negative by giving benefits to users, expanding the scale of production, laying out new industries, and so on. As long as we dont affect the companys cash flow, we can minimize the profits and maximize the turnover! Such an event will be held at the end of every year. Everyone must remember that Tengda does not need to have so much useless funds left in its account! Thats because lying in the account means that we are causing a huge waste of resources. All departments have to remember this. In the future, not only must every department earn money, but they must also spend money! The second thing is that from today onwards, everyone must try to get used to smoothly pushing all sorts of work forward without me. Let Tengda Corporation continue along the previous route. Thats because I wont be coming to the office for the next two months. I will leave Jingzhou next January. I might go to any place in this world for a year, but I might not come back a year later. Therefore, you have to get used to the fact that I am not in the company. The people in charge were shocked. In fact, many people in charge had already been mentally prepared in advance. They felt that Boss Pei must have something important to announce this time. However, no matter how well they were mentally prepared, they would not have expected Boss Pei to say such a thing! This negative profit activity was a little strange, but it was understandable given Tengda Corporations company culture and corporate values. The people in charge could think of many explanations. For example, he had to pay attention to social responsibility, return wealth to society, always pay attention to the flow of funds, ensure the speed of company development, and so on. To the people in charge, Boss Pei had been in charge of how much money the departments spent and how much money they earned. Now, the various departments were spending money on their own. It would be inconvenient to coordinate and efficiency but to the people in charge, this obviously gave them more rights. It also made them more proficient in handling their own departments work. The key was the second point. Boss Pei was leaving Tengda Corporation! First, he would not come to the office for two months. Then, he would leave Jingzhou for the next year. He might not even come back a year later. How could that do? Tengda Corporation might be a giant company that covered all fields, extended to the country, and even developed overseas, but the people in charge still felt that the company had grown under Boss Peis wings. Wouldnt it lose its backbone without Boss Pei? It looked like the building was about to collapse. Tengda Corporations various jobs were being implemented by the various departments at the moment. He did not know if Boss Pei had read the work reports that everyone usually handed in. However, Boss Pei would always appear at critical moments, go against everyones wishes, turn the tide, and let Tengda Corporation walk the right path. Boss Pei was doing the job of a decision maker. That was the most important job. Everyone in the company could be replaced, except Boss Pei! It was just like how the empire was prospering, but the rich and powerful emperor suddenly announced that he would ignore imperial affairs from now on and bury his head in cultivation. Even a loyal minister could not accept it. Huang Sibo was especially confused. He raised his hand and asked blankly, Boss Pei, do you mean you want to retire? He did not believe it himself. It was not uncommon for the founders of companies in their twenties to decide to retire after realizing their wealth. However, such founders would usually choose to sell the company before retiring. However, that was probably because these people felt that it was difficult for the company to improve under their own leader and could not obtain greater development. They might as well retire and realize wealth and freedom in advance to look for meaning in life in other directions. If a company had already developed to the scale of a huge giant, it would be invincible in all fields, attack everything, and be deeply supported by all customers. Under such circumstances, which founder would retire? The company was the lifes work of this founder! How could this founder leave the company to others to operate under the premise that there was still a wide future? Whats more, retirement was obviously a cut off from work and life. Only people who thought that work was to make money and to better enjoy life would think so. On the other hand, those who regarded work as a lifelong goal, even the highest meaning of their existence, would work until they could not do it. They would even secretly maintain control of the company after retiring on the surface. From any angle, it seemed unreasonable for Boss Pei to retire now! Pei Qian shook his head. Its not retirement. It will not interfere with the specific business of the company unless necessary. To put it bluntly, it was to sit in the position of the President without doing anything. The people in charge relaxed a little when they heard this. Fortunately, everyone still had a backbone as long as Boss Pei was still the President of Tengda Corporation. They would always feel that someone was still there to back them up when they encountered key problems. Yu Fei was the most confused. He slowly raised his hand and asked, But Boss Pei, what should I do if you are not in Jingzhou and encounter problems in the company business in the future? Pei Qian smiled slightly. You can ask Huang Sibo or the other person-in-charge. If you encounter any problems that are really difficult to solve, the person-in-charge can hold a meeting to discuss it. There will always be a relatively reliable conclusion. Theres no need to pursue everything to the end. At Tengdas current size, its important to be sharp. However, more importantly, we dont forget our original intentions! Perhaps you can make Tengda Corporation develop better without me blindly interfering? Chapter 1662 - Regret Creating Tengda The people in charge thought that Boss Pei was being humble and comforting them. However, Pei Qian knew very well that he was speaking the truth. Whats more, it was the helpless truth. Was Tengda Corporation able to develop to its current scale because of the joint efforts of all employees, or was Boss Pei really destined to be successful with every reverse guidance? This was a muddled account. It was impossible to calculate! However, Pei Qian felt that from his perspective, he obviously believed that the company could still operate smoothly without him. After all, no one knew better than him that he, the President, did not have any work at all. Apart from being a help, he could only be a mascot. If he had to say it, he felt that his existence was similar to Little Tangs. Seeing that the people in charge still had doubts on their faces and were about to raise their hands to ask questions, Pei Qian quickly said, Alright, this matter is settled. Everyone, focus your energy on the negative profits for the next two months. I will not come to the company for the next two months, but I will continue to think about the future of the company. I will hold another meeting two months later and redo the arrangements. Perhaps Ill change my mind then. The people in charge looked at each other and stopped talking. They could tell that Boss Pei had made up his mind. Under such circumstances, no one could dissuade him. Whats more, Boss Pei did not put it bluntly. Since Boss Pei would be seriously thinking about Tengda Corporations future development in these two months, he might make some new realization during the process of thinking and change his mind. He would wait two months. If Boss Pei still insisted on his decision then, it might mean that this decision was indeed a better choice for Tengda Corporation! At that time, all the people in charge could only obey and analyze the deeper meaning behind Boss Peis actions. Pei Qian raised his glass. Everyone has worked hard during this period. However, I hope that everyone can continue to work hard and achieve outstanding results in the next negative profit activities! After the gathering ended, Pei Qian slipped to the nearby E-Sports Holy Land with Zhang Yuan. The reason why this place was called the sacred ruins of E-Sports was because most teams in the entire GPL league had gathered in this area. Many domestic E-Sports Clubs had developed from here. However, as the domestic e-sports industry developed rapidly, just moving villas were not enough to support the daily training of these large teams. Therefore, the various teams gradually moved their bases to other places in Jingzhou, and the building of the e-sports base became higher and higher. As for the old bases here, they had been saved as sightseeing areas for E-Sports enthusiasts from all over the country to visit regularly. After arriving in Jingzhou, they would go to the stadium to watch a competition and then walk around the old site of this base. To many E-Sports viewers, this was a rather attractive route. Pei Qian came to the old location of DGE E-Sports Club and sat on the sofa. He recalled the past when he founded this E-Sports Club and felt a little sad. Hows the preparation for the new league going? Pei Qian asked. Zhang Yuan answered, Everything is going smoothly from the looks of the current situation. There are different aspects of E-Sports players on both sides suffering losses and taking advantage of each other, but overall, everyone is still on the same starting line. This merging will definitely cause a group of new people to appear and a group of old people to retire. There is no helping it. We have tried our best to expand the E-Sports industry and find the most suitable job for these eliminated athletes. I think this is a very difficult but final thing to do. We cannot rush it. It might take two to three years or even longer to completely integrate the players of the two games with the audience. Pei Qian nodded slightly. After some thought, he instructed, Of course, its a good thing that E-Sports is becoming more and more popular. However, you have to pay attention at all times and guide its popularity. Fans on both sides are too invested in such intense competitions, causing them to attack each other and curse at each other. However, we still have to work hard to avoid it and maintain a relatively healthy environment. Many things have to be done the more difficult it is. Zhang Yuan quickly nodded. Alright, Boss Pei. I understand. Pei Qian stood up and prepared to leave. Zhang Yuan quickly asked, Boss Pei, are you really leaving Tengda Corporation? Im not sure whats necessary. After a moment of silence, Pei Qian said, I cant give you a very strong explanation now, but I believe that this choice is right. Pei Qian leaned on the sofa when he returned home. He suddenly felt relieved. Pei Qian had not been to the office for more than half a month ever since the game and movie of The Future You Choose succeeded. Instead, he had been staying at home. At first, he was a little helpless and doubtful of life. That was because he could not figure out how such a bound to lose situation could turn around. The anti-Tengda Alliance had clearly dealt a fatal blow, but Tengda Corporation had still managed to turn the situation around for no reason! From then on, Tengda Corporations development would be smooth. No company would be able to pose a real obstacle to Tengda. Of course, Tengda Corporation only existed in China as a giant. It was not very influential in the world. However, the problem was how far a company could go internationally did not depend on its true strength. It depended on other factors. Objectively speaking, Tengda Corporations current level and scale had temporarily reached its peak. This peak did not mean that it occupied many markets in the world, nor did it mean that it had a large body. Instead, it was walking the most correct path. Its vigorous trend and the appeal and brand image that it had established in the hearts of domestic consumers had already formed a multidimensional blow to other companies. It was like a large-scale battle. The moment of true victory might be to attack the enemys base camp and bring the culprit of the entire war to justice. However, the outcome was already decided at the turning point of the key battle. Pei Qian was standing at this turning point at that moment. He looked back at Tengda Corporations past development, and then looked at Tengda Corporations future. He saw a curve that was soaring into the sky. At that moment, he was confused. This confusion was no longer just his worry about losing money during this cycle. It was more from the irreconcilable gap between Tengda Corporation and Boss Pei in the eyes of the outside world and the real Tengda Corporation and Pei Qian. No one else in the world could empathize with this gap. Pei Qian had never agreed with any praise from the outside world. He had always felt that he was just an ordinary person with a little determination who could stick to his bottom line. However, the outside worlds praise and admiration for him had reached an increasingly ridiculous level! There was a saying: If a persons virtue did not match his position, he would definitely be implicated. Pei Qian felt that this sentence could not be more appropriate to describe himself. Thus, Pei Qians future and Tengda Corporations future became more confused than ever with the final commercial war. On one hand, Pei Qian was worried that he would one day fall and break into pieces if he was praised so highly. On the other hand, he was worried that Tengda Corporation had already developed into a behemoth and held such huge resources. Would something really happen one day? Sometimes, controlling resources was a form of danger. The scene described in The Future You Choose was not just Pei Qian wanting to self-mock, but he also had such hidden worries in his heart. Tengda Corporation was too powerful, so powerful that even he, the President, could not completely control it. Perhaps others thought that Boss Pei would immediately take action once Tengda Corporation took the wrong path and bring Tengda Corporation back to the right track by force. However, Pei Qian wanted to ask if he was worthy. Netizens, including Qiao Liang, analyzed the game and movie Future You Choose in depth. Pei Qian naturally saw many similar analyses. These people might have analyzed everything wrongly in terms of Boss Peis initial intentions and motives, but the content of these analyses was very meaningful. Thus, Pei Qian was not only worried about how to complete the cycle settlement and how to earn a huge sum from the system. He was even more worried about where Tengda Corporation should go in the future. He had been thinking for more than half a month, but he had only come up with a preliminary idea. Next, he would have to use two months, or even a year, or even longer to think deeper about this problem. Pei Qian was beginning to regret creating Tengda. His initial goal had been to take away a villa from the System. However, he had now inexplicably received many praises that should not have been his. Naturally, he had been shackled. If something were to happen to Tengda Corporation in the future, he would be the first person-in-charge as the President. At that thought, Pei Qian sighed softly, feeling melancholic. In short, things have already come to this. Dont think about anything for the next two months. Leave the loss to the person-in-charge. Whether we can make a loss or not depends on fate. Im helpless anyway. Pei Qian realized that the Systems restrictions on it seemed to be getting lesser and lesser. If Pei Qian had given negative profits to the heads of the various departments a year or two ago, such an order would definitely have been warned by the system. However, he could be direct now. If they really wanted to delve deeper into the reason, it was very likely that the original people in charge would think that the negative profits event was deliberately losing money. However, that would not happen now. Even if Pei Qian said that the negative profits event was something, these people in charge would only think that Boss Pei had some special requirements for the companys development. It was hard to say if it was a good or bad thing for the system to be removed? On the bright side, this resolution meant that Pei Qian could give increasingly clear instructions to complete his goal of incurring losses. However, on the pessimistic side, it might mean that everyone had already misunderstood Pei Qian. Even if he spoke the truth, everyone would think in other directions. He had to admit that this scene seemed to be filled with dark humor and sarcasm. Pei Qian leaned back on the sofa and looked up at the sky, feeling sorrowful. Chapter 1663 - Annual Game! December 7th, Saturday. In Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Qiao Liang, Cui Geng, and the other web novel authors were playing GOG in the brand new version while paying attention to the big screen not far away. As Zhongdian Chinese Network developed rapidly, Cui Geng, the no-show, was now considered a reputable big boss author. Qiao Liang was now a well-known broadcaster. However, there were too many hidden talents in Jingzhou. No one cared about the occasional celebrities and internet celebrities. The latest GPL league competition or internet cafe competition should have been broadcasted on the big screen, but today was different. The big screen displayed the TGN award ceremony far away. TGN was the most influential award ceremony in the gaming area and was known as the Oscars in the gaming world. Of course, some people might not believe in its credibility. Some people would have different opinions or go to the judges every time it was evaluated. However, it was still the highest honor in the gaming circle. Many game designers were proud to be able to obtain the annual game on TGN. After playing the game for a while, Qiao Liang looked at the big screen and asked, Where are we? Someone immediately answered, Soon, soon. Dont start the game first. The annual game is about to be revealed. Hearing this, everyone in the internet cafe put down their games and turned to look at the big screen. A few players stood up from their seats and leaned towards the big screen to take a closer look. Yu Fei had brought a few core employees of the gaming department to the award ceremony this time. Boss Pei did not seem to intend to be present. This made the fans who loved Tengda Games feel a little pity. He might not win an award even if he went, but what if? In fact, Tengda Games had won a few small prizes at TGNs award ceremony in the past. However, they had not caused much of a stir. The reason for this was more complicated. On one hand, Boss Pei did not seem to be very enthusiastic about such award events. Neither the games department nor the film department actively participated. On the other hand, Tengda Games main influence was still the first in the country. Its target audience was also in the country, so its influence overseas was relatively weak. The previous games, be it Repent and be Saved, Struggle, or Mission and Choice, were also very outstanding. However, the main advantage was that they had reached the peak in the same genre. However, they were still restricted in many ways by the annual game. The game Future You Choose was undoubtedly a strong competitor for the best game of the year. Players might have said that Boss Pei no longer needed an annual game to prove his position in the global gaming circle but they were still a little jealous that he did not win this award. Everyone was still looking forward to being able to take the annual game and make Boss Pei a true world-class game designer. TGNs stage was huge. Previously, it had been waiting. There were also a few latest promotional videos of games on the big screen. These were all new information films that were anticipated by global players. They attracted the cheers of the audience. The host walked up to the stage, and everyone fell silent. Everyone in the internet cafe abandoned their focus and waited for the results of the award. The host cleared his throat seriously and said, This year is a very special year. It is developing rapidly in the game industry. While traditional game companies are working hard, we are also delighted to see many new game companies rise rapidly. Some games in countries and regions have injected fresh blood into this award ceremony. This is a very good sign for TGN. We are looking forward to the rise of more game merchants so that the global games industry can develop more. Now, lets invite TGN to play a song for all the nominated games! The camera panned around, ready for the music team to start playing. The theme music of the few nominated games were very well integrated together. As these theme music screens appeared, game segments began to appear. The length of each game was about a minute. These were all the top 3A games this year. The worlds top game designers had put in a lot of effort and spent a lot of money to obtain the title of the annual game. When the image of The Future You Choose appeared, the audience and Fish-Catching Internet Cafe burst into applause and cheers. It was also a motor, but domestic players were obviously more surprised. They did not expect this game to be so popular overseas. I didnt expect the audience to react so enthusiastically. Do foreigners like this game? Thats right. Whether its a game or a movie, The Future has a lot of influence overseas. I can only say that the theme selection this time is very pleasing! I think the game The Future You Choose is firstly very interesting. Whether it is the game mechanism or the map structure, the gameplay of this online game can obtain the largest group of players. Secondly, the plot is more meaningful. Whats more, domestic and foreign players can interpret what they want, even though these two interpretations might be different. Yes, its the same for movies. The game Future You Choose obviously had different interpretations for domestic and foreign players. The foreign gamers did not pay attention to the commercial war between Tengda Corporation and the anti-Tengda Alliance, nor did they necessarily recognize the business that Qiao Liang interpreted about this game. However, this did not prevent them from interpreting and understanding this game from their own perspective! Foreign players also did not lack hatred for large companies or worries about similar Cyberpunk worlds. Whats more, whether it was games or movies, they were more inclined to show the entire world from the protagonists personal perspective. They also used foreigners names and background settings. It was easier for foreign players to be immersive and accepted. The candidate games had been revealed. Next was the final award ceremony. The host carried the trophy onto the stage once again. The award here was different from the movie. It was awarded by the host. Now, I happily announce that the best game of the year selected by 47 media outlets and fans around the world is The Future You Choose by Tengda Games! Thunderous applause and cheers immediately broke out the moment the host finished speaking. The scene changed. Yu Fei hugged his colleagues around him in disbelief and came to the stage. It was obvious that he was very surprised and nervous. He even felt like he was sleepwalking when he took the trophy from the host. First, I would like to thank the judges of TGN and the gamers who love Tengda Games from all over the world. On behalf of the production team and all the employees of Tengda Corporation, I thank all the gamers for your long support. To be honest, Im still a little dazed now. Thats because I did not expect that I, an ordinary novel author, would be able to obtain such an honor for the annual game. I might be the producer of this game but Boss Pei is the person who gave this game its soul. Boss Pei did not come to the venue today. However, he finally agreed to write a small paragraph of what he wanted to say to players under my repeated requests. I will read it out on his behalf on this occasion. Yu Fei took out the letter that he had prepared in advance as he spoke. After translating his words, everyone applauded and cheered. Foreign players had long heard of Boss Pei. There was no doubt that it was a pity that Boss Pei did not come to the venue this time. However, Yu Feis words were not a loss at all. I am deeply honored and pressured by the love of global players. The purpose of the game is to bring people joy. At the same time, it has the power to change the world. As a player, I think the most beautiful feeling that the game gives me is the unknown. We are obsessed with it because we dont know what will happen in the game in the next second. Just like in reality, you will never be able to predict the consequences after you make a decision. I sincerely hope that Tengda Games can bring joy to all players in the future. I also hope that all players can find the carefree spiritual world in the game and obtain the power to change reality from the game. Some carefree people like gaming life. To gamers like us, games are life. Once again, I thank everyone for your love for Tengda Games. I also hope that all the employees of the games team can work harder to bring better games to the players! Thunderous applause and cheers exploded in the venue, endless! The award this time represented the start of Tengda Games era. Everyone believed that this was not only a leap for Tengda Games, but also a brand new beginning for the domestic games industry! Once an era began, it would not easily come to an end! The development of the domestic games industry could be said to be full of trouble and misfortune. The privilege of being able to win the annual game was not only because of the joint efforts of Boss Pei and all the employees in Tengda Games, but also because of the countless independent game designers who persevered for their dreams and supported them unconditionally. The development of domestically-produced games was as a strong backer. As Tengda Games layout industry gradually became stronger, more producers would definitely be called to work hard in the future for higher pursuits! Chapter 1664 - Settlement December 31st, Tuesday. Two months passed in the blink of an eye. Pei Qian laid on the sofa and waited for the final moment of the system settlement. In the past two months, he had basically lived in seclusion and had not been to the company again. All the matters at the company were decided by the people in charge. The various departments had conducted negative profit margins activities. Naturally, the people in charge racked their brains to think of how to spend money for Pei Qian. The traditional spending model, including charity, was naturally carried out according to the original process. At the moment, Tengda Corporations charity activities had not reached a particularly large scale, but they had already formed a very good inertia. With Tengda Corporation taking the lead, many companies in the country participated in the charity event of the initial financial plan. It was already developing rapidly, and many companies and individuals responded. Pei Qian would maximize the amount of charity allowed by the system every time. Thus, these charity activities would naturally develop and grow. It was difficult to stop. During the two months of seclusion, Pei Qian thought about many things, including where he should go in the future and how the entire Tengda Corporation should develop. At that moment, the transparent screen in front of Pei Qian gradually opened, and lines of words appeared. < About to reevaluate the value of fixed assets > < System Funds: 15,700,000 + 42,470,000 + 15 million ( 126,760,000) > < Fixed Assets: 424,730,000 > < Infrastructural Projects: 1.5 billion yuan > < Click to unfold details of Fixed Assets and Infrastructure Project > < Personal Wealth: 5,080,000 > Pei Qian could not help but heave a sigh of relief when he saw the final System Funds figure. Indeed, it was much more reliable to hand the work to the people in charge than to rack their brains to do it themselves. The people in charge racked their brains to spend money and fought to be the first to expand the market. They wanted Tengda Corporation to develop quickly and consume cash flow at the same time. They directly reduced the System Funds to just over ten million yuan. Of course, Tengda Corporations cash flow was better than most companies, so the liquidity in the company accounts could be recovered very quickly. However, it was enough to deal with the settlement. This result was far better than Pei Qians initial estimates. Even though he had gained a few more fixed assets, based on the final results, Pei Qian would still be able to earn over ten million yuan as planned. There might have been a slight deviation in the process but the final outcome was still as Pei Qian had expected. However, Pei Qian did not feel elated or excited when he saw this number after the dust had settled. Instead, he welcomed this fact with a rather calm mentality. There was even a little worry and confusion in his heart. The system screen continued rolling. < System Funds: 15,700,000 + 42,470,000 + 15 million ( 126,760,000) > < Fixed Assets: 424,730,000 > < Infrastructural Projects: 1.5 billion yuan > < Personal Wealth: 19,010,000 ( 12,670,000 x 10%) > Pei Qian already had about five million yuan in his Personal Wealth during the previous settlement. Whats more, he had many ways to earn extra money. Be it the bonuses he obtained from working with other companies or other income, his monthly extra income was from hundreds of thousands to hundreds of thousands. Pei Qian had spent a lot of money in the past year. He had bought all sorts of new digital products and some more expensive stuff. He had spent a lot during this cycle. Even so, his Personal Wealth had not changed much. Now that the System had transferred more than 10 million yuan into his account, Pei Qians Personal Wealth had been raised to the huge sum of 19 million yuan! However, unlike before, this change did not bring Pei Qian any joy. He still remembered how elated he was when he first earned more than one million yuan from the system. He kept thinking about how to use this money to exchange for a new house, buy a new car, and renovate. He was filled with motivation. However, the 10 million yuan was just a change in numbers to Pei Qian. Pei Qian already had two or three properties now. Whats more, most of the expenses in his life could be completed through the company. He did not need to spend money. Initially, he had wanted to earn another 10 million yuan. Apart from the dream of buying a villa, he also felt indignant. He felt that it was a little embarrassing that he had gone through so much trouble to earn a few million yuan with such an impressive system. However, now that he had achieved his goal, he felt a little confused. What was the point of keeping the 10 million yuan in his account and eating interest? There was no way to create true value. There were many places in the world that lacked money, but Pei Qian did not need that much money. Thats right. He would buy a villa, renovate it, and hire two nannies to take care of his daily life. And then? He could buy bigger villas and seafront mansions and build his own mansion. The mansion would be filled with luxury cars worth a few million yuan, have his own private jet, or buy a small island to live a unique life If these were his goals, Pei Qian could continue to take advantage of the System until the day he died. However, it would be too wasteful to use such a system to satisfy his personal desires. If Boss Peis existence was like the other tycoons in the world, proud of the number of Personal Wealth on the wealth rankings, with his estate, yachts, private planes, and luxurious life as the main, then what was different between him and an ordinary person who was mediocre and controlled by matter? From a literal point of view, the word tycoon meant the person with the most wealth. However, if he only greedy occupied wealth and did not use wealth, such a person should not be called a tycoon, but a blood-sucking one! Money had become a number. This feeling made Pei Qian very cautious. At that moment, new words appeared on the system screen. < The system will be upgraded. Host, please read the explanation seriously and make your choice after the update. > Pei Qian was stunned for a moment. He had thought that he would enter a settlement cycle that would last a year or longer. He had not expected the system to be updated and upgraded. The previous upgrade was very far away from him. That time, the system had adjusted the Profit Loss Conversion Ratios using the Matthew Effect. He wondered what kind of adjustments the system would make this time? < The System will upgrade Tengda Corporations industrial scale system, owners Personal Wealth for the System Funds, and so on to version 3.0. > < Final adjustment to the Profit Loss Ratio. After adjustment, Profit Conversion Ratio is at 50: 1. Loss Conversion Ratio is at 50: 1 > < After making adjustments, the owner can only choose one way to calculate profits or losses. After that, the future cannot be changed. > < The System will combine the development status of Tengda Corporation and determine the starting sum of the System Funds at the beginning of the cycle. It will ensure that the owner can achieve the appropriate conversion quota no matter whether it is based on profits or losses. > < The outcome of this choice cannot be changed. Owner, please consider it carefully. > Pei Qian was stunned. He had not expected the system to make such an adjustment. There were no additional benefits for this adjustment. It was very simple and crude. There were only two changes. The first point was to set the settlement as once a year. The second point was to adjust the Profit Loss Ratio. It had all become 50: 1. Whats more, the dynamic determined the starting sum of the System Funds to ensure that no matter whether it was choosing profits or losses, the theoretical benefits during settlement would be more considerable. However, at the same time, the system required Pei Qian to choose between profits or losses. It was no longer the same as before. During the cycle, Pei Qian could decide whether to make profits or losses based on the actual situation. There might have been a huge gap between profits and losses in the previous wealth conversion ratios, but under the circumstances that he could no longer incur losses, the wealth conversion rate was not small. Now, Pei Qian had to make a choice. Whats more, he would never be able to change it! The Profit Loss Conversion Ratio is actually 50: 1! Thats true. This system is called the Wealth Conversion System. However, it has never said that it was a loss-incurring system. The first conversion ratio seemed to be randomly generated. Conversion by making money or through incurring losses are all within the rules allowed by the system. However, I did not expect the profit and incurring losses to become the same ratio. I can only choose one of them. The current situation was not difficult to analyze. Pei Qian had been researching on this system for so long and basically grasped the usage of the system. From the looks of the current situation, choosing to make money was obviously more beneficial to him personally. That was because there was a limit to the amount of Personal Wealth that could be converted into losses. However, there was no limit to earning money. For example, at the start of the next cycle, the starting sum given by the system was 300 million yuan. According to the current conversion rate, even if Pei Qian reduced the System Funds to 0 during settlement, he would only be able to convert 6 million yuan. However, if he could use some methods to turn the System Funds during settlement into 600 million yuan or even more, the income would already exceed the income earned from incurring losses. It was not difficult for the System Funds to change from 300 million to 600 million yuan. There were too many loopholes to take advantage of. Tengda had so many benefits and industries. It was a huge sum of money. Whats more, Tengda Corporation was already soaring now. It would enter more industries and earn more money. The company might develop rapidly in the future for several years. As it continued to expand, on the whole, the difficulty of making profits in the future would be less than the difficulty of making losses. Whats more, Pei Qian did not need to feel too burdened even if he chose to make profits. The bosses of other companies also benefited from the development of the company, but there was only so much money. If the boss was given, the development funds of the company or the salary of the employees would naturally be reduced. However, Pei Qians profits still came from the system. The company still had so much funds. If Pei Qian took money from the system, it would not affect the companys operations much. Even if he earned his personal wealth through the companys profits, there was still a huge difference between Pei Qian and the bosses of other companies. From a personal point of view, any analysis would be more advantageous to choose profits. Pei Qian could not help but shake his head and smile. It looks like the system is giving me the ultimate test. Chapter 1665 - Choice Between Losses and Profits Pei Qian did not spend too much time thinking. The system hinted that this problem could be considered for a long time and there was no hurry to make a decision. I choose to incur losses. His decision was not immediately accepted by the system. Another line of text appeared on the screen as a second confirmation. < Once you make a choice, the system will be upgraded. No changes will be made in the future. Do you want to confirm this? > Pei Qian could not help but smile. Im only so sure because there is no way to change the future. If the future can be changed at any time, Im really afraid that one day, I will make a decision on a private jet, an island that belongs to me, a global limited edition top-notch sports car, or something. Once youve decided, you can never make a change. I dont want to have such an opportunity to regret. Thats because going back on my word means that Ive lost my last line of defense as Tengda! Actually, this multiple-choice question is not to choose the way to convert wealth, but to choose two different identities. I can choose to be a rich slave or a not so rich and upright person. The most assets I have would only be slaves to capital. I want to be the master of capital! Wealth does not depend on how much you have, but how to use it! A tycoon should not be the person with the most wealth. Instead, he should be the person who knows how to make the best use of his wealth. Im just an ordinary person. Its impossible for me to resist such temptation forever. However, luckily, I can make this decision when my mind is the most clear. Ill never have the chance to regret in the future. The words on the system screen continued rolling. < Wealth Conversion System 3.0 > < Loss Conversion Ratio: 50: 1 > < Fixed Settlement Time: December 31st every year > < Initial System Funds for the next cycle: 250 million yuan > < Click to unfold fixed assets, infrastructure projects, personal wealth etc. > The huge stone in Pei Qians heart was finally lifted seeing the system being upgraded again. After the dust had settled, he could not regret even if he wanted to. That was a good thing. Pei Qian had been watching people online analyze Tengda Corporations business model and the game and movie The Future You Choose for the past two months. Some praised Tengda Corporation and Boss Pei to the skies, while others wanted to step on Tengda Corporation and Boss Pei to the ground. Some said that Boss Pei was a business genius that had never appeared before. At the same time, he was a wise man and philanthropist who could see through the fog of history and embrace all mankind! Boss Pei had used his astonishing business wisdom to create a behemoth like Tengda Corporation, but he could also stick to his original beliefs and use his idealism to light up all the employees in the company and all the users. He could allow his idealism to continue expanding and affect more and more people. Tengda Corporation was the process of good money expelling bad money. Under Tengda Corporations lead, domestic companies were either defeated or assimilated. The entire business environment had changed drastically from the game industry to other fields! It was not an exaggeration to call Boss Pei the savior who created all of this. Some also said that Tengda Corporation was a huge scam! Boss Pei was a genius liar like Meng Chang. However, Meng Changs rank was too low, and Boss Peis rank was so high that no one could see through him. Everyone thought that Boss Pei was a perfect person, and that was the most dangerous thing. Tengda Corporation could defeat all opponents through the will of the people during its development period. However, no one could guarantee that Boss Pei and Tengda Corporation would suddenly reveal their true colors one day and stand against everyone. Then, he would be the scariest enemy! Pei Qian did not know to laugh or to cry as he sighed. That was because these two arguments were obviously not the truth of the matter, but they were extremely close to the future that could be touched. Would Tengda Corporation never change? Pei Qian was more suspicious of this than anyone else. What in the world would never deteriorate? Many people thought that Boss Pei was the embodiment of Tengdas soul and will, but Pei Qian knew that he was just an ordinary person. In the future, he would also face all sorts of temptations. The more Tengda Corporation developed, the stronger the temptation it would suffer. In fact, Boss Pei had unparalleled power in Tengda. No one could compete with him for that power! Once Pei Qian lost his composure, the entire Tengda Corporation might collapse quickly, even if it was for a limited edition luxury car or a yacht or a private jet. He would either be quickly abandoned by the people or become a more terrifying existence above the people. Then, the game The Future You Choose and the scene described in the movie would no longer be a fantasy. Thus, Pei Qian had been thinking about how to guard his inner defense. It was impossible to rely on ones willpower. The upgrade made by the system gave him a perfect solution. As long as Pei Qian did not benefit directly from Tengda Corporations development and chose to stand on the opposite side of Tengda Corporation, he would be the biggest threat to Tengda Corporation. He could cut the Gordian knot at any time when he found that something was amiss. After making this choice, it also indicated that Pei Qians identity was no longer just the President of Tengda Corporation, but a ruthless regulator. It allowed Tengda Corporation to forever be free from the curse of capital appreciation. Pei Qian could also avoid being controlled by capital forever. Perhaps in the future, Pei Qian would regret his decision countless times. Perhaps this decision would cause him to lose a private island, a few private planes, many luxurious sports cars, many seaview villas, and many very expensive things. However, Pei Qian firmly believed that he would definitely persevere and be grateful for his decision today in the last second of his life. That was because this decision could allow him to step on the heads of capital forever and be a upright person. It would also allow countless people who might be oppressed by capital to live with dignity. Pei Qian felt that using some planes and yachts to exchange for a better future was simply not worth it. Therefore, I have to thank the system. I cant do anything without the system. I dont know if Im considered the trashiest host to the system. After all, losing money can convert Personal Wealth. I delayed for four years before I managed to get 20 million yuan. Thats really embarrassing for the owner. However, perhaps my gameplay is the best way to open this system? By chance, I chose the right path. I have to say that my luck is really good. Pei Qian could not help but feel emotional. January 3rd, 2014. After the New Years Day holiday, Tengda Corporation resumed its daily work. At that moment, in the large conference room in Tengda Corporations headquarters, the people in charge gathered. They looked worried and expectant. Boss Pei had not visited the company for two months. The amazing thing was that Tengda Corporations various tasks were still progressing smoothly even though Boss Pei was not around to make decisions. Many businesses were even developing better than before. The negative profit event that Boss Pei suggested not only had a enthusiastic response in society, but it also gave the people in charge some new insights into the Tengda spirit. Perhaps negative profit activities were to temporarily abandon the companys profitability and more bear the companys social attributes, using the companys development to feed the society. He had to think about the mission of the company seriously. Apart from earning money, he had to think about whether he could do more important things. Today, Boss Pei came to the company to hold a meeting with all the people in charge. According to Boss Pei, he wanted to make some simple arrangements for the future development of the company. When the person-in-charge had gathered for a meal the last time, Boss Pei had said that he would leave the company for a year or even longer. However, Boss Pei had not said anything at that time. Instead, he had left some room for himself to say that he might change his mind. Thus, at todays meeting, Boss Pei might announce that he was not leaving and continue to lead Tengda for twenty years. Many people in charge came to participate in the meeting with such expectations. Whats more, the meeting this time was not only about the heads of the various departments. It also included Lin Wan, Li Shi, and other company bosses who were closely related to Tengda Corporation. As for Lin Wan and Li Shi, the bosses of companies who followed Tengda Corporation closely, they had the same worries as the heads of Tengdas various departments. In fact, they were even more worried! For example, Li Shi had always regarded Boss Pei as his investment secret. No matter what project Boss Pei did, he just had to invest mindlessly. However, if Boss Pei was not in charge of Tengda Corporations various investments now, wouldnt his investment secret be equivalent to disappearing? Was Li Shi going to retire with Boss Pei? That did not seem appropriate. Boss Pei did not think that he had retired early, but Li Shi felt that he was still in his prime. It would not be a problem for him to work for more than ten years. As for Lin Wan, Slow Movement Studio might not be working so closely with Tengda Corporation at the moment. Whats more, Slow Movement Studio had already formed its own brand and game design concept. It even had some achievements in VR games. However, Tengda Corporation would always feel empty without Boss Pei. Boss Pei was like a flag that could very well unify everyones mental world. Even if Boss Pei did not interfere in any actual company business, as long as he sat in the office, he would feel very safe. He would make people feel that everything was on the right track. There was no need to worry if there were problems. However, once Boss Pei was no longer in that office but in a corner where no one could find him, everyone would inevitably become very worried! Pei Qian walked into the conference room amidst this atmosphere. Everyone looked at Boss Pei and realized that he did not look as shy as before. Instead, he looked relieved. It was as if some problems that had been troubling him had been resolved after three months of long thinking. Chapter 1666 - Gratitude And Arrangement Pei Qian gestured for everyone to sit down and said, I invited everyone here today to announce some decisions. However, before that, I want to thank everyone present. I relied on everyones joint efforts to achieve Tengda Corporations current scale and achievements. I only became the person who created Tengda under a freak combination of factors. You are the true creators of Tengda Corporation. I want to express my gratitude to you one by one. Huang Sibo, Lu Mingliang, Li Yada, Ye Zhizhou, Wang Xiaobin, Hu Xianbin, Min Jingchao, Zhang Nan, Yu Fei, thank you very much for being the person-in-charge of the games department. Through your bold and imaginative imagination and conscientious execution, you turned ideas into reality and brought fun games to players. Director Zhu Xiaoce, thank you for making so many exciting movies. The atmosphere in the domestic film market has changed. Bao Xu, you might have gone to many departments and only became the person-in-charge of Suffering Travels in the end. However, you played an important role in every work position. Im proud of you. Zhang Yuan, Xiao Peng, thank you for finding a better operating model for Fish-Catching Internet Cafe and supporting Tengda Corporations E-Sports industry. Lin Canrong, Rui Yuchen, thank you for changing Fish-Catching Take-Out and even the entire Jingzhou food and beverage model so that many people can eat healthy and assured takeaways Pei Qian thanked the heads of the various departments and fully affirmed their contributions to Tengda Corporation as the person-in-charge! This process was very long. Pei Qians praise for each department was very simple, only two or three sentences. However, Tengda Corporation had too many departments now, and their business spanned across many fields. There were forty to fifty departments of various sizes alone. The person-in-charge of each department and the people who had made outstanding contributions were two to three or more. Coupled with the bosses of other companies like Li Shi, Pei Qian took more than half an hour to thank everyone. Pei Qian had mixed feelings towards these people. These people were the biggest stumbling block on his path to success when Pei Qian was focused on creating losses to convert into his Personal Wealth. They always tried various ways to backstab him and make money for him. However, even though Pei Qian hated them to the core sometimes, he would at most send them on Suffering Travels or to the haunted house. He would also exchange them for other departments through the first-place-elimination system. However, he had never thought of demotion or firing them. That was because Pei Qian knew very well that they were all people who had contributed to the company and the entire society. The biggest credit for Tengda Corporation to develop to its current scale should belong to them. As for Pei Qian, he might just be a lucky winner. On the other hand, Tengda could achieve what it had today and become the most loved and welcomed company. Pei Qian had received so many praises that should not have been his. Obviously, he should have attributed them to the people in charge. Thus, Pei Qian had to thank them from the bottom of his heart. He wanted to thank these people in charge for being able to complete this great task together with him! After Pei Qian thanked all the people in charge, many people lost their cool. For example, Bao Xu was one of them. Bao Xu still remembered that he used to be an internet addict. He had no goals in life and only spent his days in the shadows. However, Boss Pei found him in the dark internet cafe and invited him to Tengda Corporation to change his life. He might have been forced to travel countless times during this process but Bao Xu felt lucky for his experience and was sincerely grateful to Boss Pei. Boss Pei thanked all the department heads on such an occasion, revealing a very dangerous signal. Obviously, Boss Pei had not changed his mind. He did not intend to lead these people in charge to fight for Tengda Corporation for twenty years. Instead, he wanted to follow the previous decision. He might be a CEO but he still had to leave Tengda Corporation for a period of time. It might have been a year or many years. The moment Pei Qian finished speaking, the people in charge began asking him to stay. Boss Pei, youre not really leaving the company, are you? Boss Pei, the company cannot do without you! Thats right. If we encounter new business problems or if the company needs to change, who should make this decision? Yes, Tengda Corporation without Boss Pei is incomplete. I cannot accept that! Pei Qian waved his hand, gesturing for everyone to quiet down seeing how agitated the people in charge were. He smiled slightly. Theres no need for everyone to be so excited. Actually, Tengda Corporation can already operate perfectly on its own. It doesnt matter whether Im here or not. It might even develop better without me. After all, no one is dragging the company down. The people in charge took this as Boss Peis consolation or some kind of sneer. However, this sneer was not funny at all. Pei Qian continued, Ive been thinking about this decision for a long time. There are three main reasons why I finally made up my mind. First of all, all of you are very capable. If I was around, you would always want to ask me when you encounter major problems. This would not be conducive to your true level. I hope that you can explore a way. Not only can you replace me perfectly, but you should also surpass me. I think its not difficult to surpass me. You should try. Secondly, Tengda Corporation will experience such a process if it continues to develop. This company ultimately belongs to all employees of Tengda Corporation and even all users! If the company continues to develop, it must try to use the most appropriate method to include everyone into the decision-making system and let it move in a more correct direction. Previously, I only relied on luck time and time again to not make huge mistakes. However, I dont dare to guarantee this in the future. Thats why I need everyone to show their intelligence and let Tengda Corporation enter a brand new stage. The onlooker sees more. I think it might be better if I were a bystander. Lastly, I dont want my identity to be left only as the President of Tengda Corporation. I hope to have more identity. I deeply feel that my ability is still too far away, so I want to travel the world. I want to have more time to learn and think deeper. I want to continue growing and gradually become a person worthy of everyones praise. All of these need time and focus. I dont want Tengda Corporation to be the upper limit of my life, so I dont want to be tied to it forever. The people in charge looked at each other. Boss Peis words seemed to be too humble, but they made sense. As the President of a company, he had to sacrifice too much to allow the entire company to develop better! Many bosses of companies would completely lose their time and life in the cumbersome things. This was the life that the bosses who regarded their companies and careers as the most important part of their lives. However, if Boss Pei had higher pursuits and felt that he should not only have one company in his life, he would also have the right to choose other lives. If Boss Pei had been trapped in Tengda Corporation and bound by his identity as the President, he would not have had more time to improve himself. Thus, in Boss Peis eyes, he and Tengda Corporation were temporarily separated so that both sides could have better prospects. At that moment, Director Zhu Xiaoce, who had been silent the entire time, raised his hand and asked, But Boss Pei, if we allow all the people in charge to make a decision together, how can we be sure that the future will not look like in the game The Future You Choose? Im afraid we wont be able to resist this temptation forever without you around. Its easy to say that theres no selfishness, but how many people can do that? If in a certain extreme situation, I have no doubt that many people in charge would place their personal interests or company interests above the interests of ordinary people. The people in charge chimed in. Obviously, they had the same worries as Pei Qian. More and more people realized the need to worry especially after The Future You Choose had already pointed out this risk. At the moment, Tengda Corporation was still booming. The people in charge did not have any selfish motives. However, no one could be sure if this would happen three years later, five years later, or ten years later. With Boss Pei around, he could easily suppress everyones selfishness. Once there were signs, he could use thunderous methods to guard against them. However, if Boss Pei was not in the company and there were large-scale changes in the entire group of people in charge, who would be able to turn the tide? Pei Qian smiled and said, Ive thought about that as well. I have made some simple arrangements for this. First, I want to briefly share my thoughts with everyone. I think that the so-called rich man should not look at how much wealth he has, but what he does with this wealth. Having wealth does not mean controlling wealth. If he only wants his wealth to continue increasing, he is actually just a slave to money. If people who hold wealth can do more meaningful and valuable things through this wealth, then even if they dont have much Personal Wealth, they are actually the owners of true wealth. A tycoon should not only have money, but also have prestige, trust, cohesion, and other intangible forces. A person can be called a tycoon as long as his spirit is rich even if his materialism is temporarily poor! The concept of a tycoon is only limited to the assets that people have. It is very narrow to judge a person by the money that a person has. In fact, you are seeing people as slaves to money. Humans might not be without money and have no materialism, but they also cannot only have money and materialism. Money is a resource. People should know how to use resources well and not become slaves to resources. I will always use this concept to restrict myself. I will remember to do things no matter how many resources I have. If I waste these resources or use them to obtain benefits for myself, I will be a sinner. I hope that everyone can always remember this point. All of you form the body of Tengda Corporation together. What Tengda Corporation will become in the future depends on each of you. Chapter 1667 - Supervision! Pei Qian paused for a moment and continued. Second, I want to set up another supervisory meeting above the original person-in-charge. At the person-in-charges meeting, they will determine the future direction of the company and discuss the specific transfer of resources. The supervision will be on the development of the entire company. This supervision will be made up of three types of people. First, it will be the experienced people in charge of Tengda Corporation, second, the bosses of cooperating companies, including Lin Wan, Li Shi, and so on. Lastly, it will be Ruan Guangjian, Qiao Liang, Cui Geng, and so on, the experienced users or related people who are deeply bound to Tengda Corporation. I would know immediately when a decision made at the person-in-charges meeting caused a strong controversy and more than one-third of the people in the entire supervision meeting expressed their objections. Third, from now on, I will encourage Tengda Corporations various departments to compete. I will always pay attention to Tengda Corporations development no matter where I am. Whether a certain department develops well or not depends not only on how much money the department earns, but also on the social impact it has and its reputation among ordinary people. All these factors will be taken into account. If the thinking of the person-in-charge of certain departments changes, I believe that the side that is more in line with the Tengda spirit will win. Even if there are mistakes for various reasons, I will be back at any time and correct it in time. To Tengda Corporation, it might not be a good thing to completely disassemble it. After all, once the various departments are disassembled, it means that they will no longer be able to support those unprofitable departments through the resources of the various departments. However, it is not a good thing for the various departments to be highly concentrated. That is because this will really allow Tengda to enter a monopoly state. After losing competition, it will gradually decline and die! Thats why I hope that every department head can become the successor of the Tengda spirit. I hope that the most outstanding talent among you can appear and truly inherit the Tengda spirit! I will also always observe Tengda Corporations every move from the perspective of a bystander and be always vigilant against its changes. Pei Qian paused for a moment again and said, Of course, perhaps all methods will fail one day. After all, there is nothing in this world that will never deteriorate, nor is there a dynasty that will never decline, let alone a small company. However, I believe that we dont have to be too sad when that day comes. Thats because Tengda Corporation has been here. It changed the world and planted a seed in everyones hearts. If one day Tengda Corporation becomes a new dragon, there will definitely be people who inherit this will become the new dragon slayer! The people in charge lowered their heads and remained silent. To them, Tengda Corporation was still in its vigorous youth. Its future was immeasurable, and it could still contribute to the world. Boss Peis worries seemed to be too far away. It was as if he had seen his twilight years in advance when he was young. However, this was not a pessimism. Instead, it was calm and open-minded. Everyone should indeed accept this calm and open spirit. True idealism was not about harboring fantasies. Instead, it was about choosing to persevere until the end after recognizing the reality of this world! Since thats the case, this matter is settled. Everyone, dont feel melancholy or have too many emotions. The companys business will not change after I leave. You can make decisions however you want. If the company really faces difficulties one day, you dont have to worry. I believe you can solve it appropriately. In a real crisis, I might suddenly appear in the Presidents office and take over Tengda Corporation again. Alright, dismissed. Ill order a few people, come to my office. Many people in charge were still unwilling to accept this reality. Some people even felt that their eyes were a little sore. They felt sad when they thought that they would not be able to ask Boss Pei for instructions when they encountered problems in the future. However, they had to admit that what Boss Pei said made sense. There was no banquet that would not end! The reason why Boss Pei was Boss Pei was because he would always make decisions that were completely different from ordinary people at special times. These decisions were proven to be right in the end! Thus, the people in charge chose to accept Boss Peis decision as usual. Then, they would slowly figure out the deeper meaning of Boss Peis decision. Ten minutes later, Pei Qian was in his own office. He took one last look at the configuration and carefully put his blanket into the cabinet. Then, he began to receive the important ministers he had named. First was Xin Hailu, Assistant Xin. Actually, it would be a waste of your talent to be the Vice-President of Tengda Corporation with your ability. Of course, you are actually doing the work of the Vice-President of the company. The treatment and actual rights are on par with the Vice-President of the company. From today onwards, you will be the highest Vice-President of the company. When conflicts and disagreements occur in the various departments, you will coordinate. Im not worried about your ability at all. Youll definitely be very capable! For Tengda Corporation, you have always been a omnipotent Guardian. I also hope that you can continue to protect it in the future. Xin Hailu nodded her head as usual and said briskly, Alright, Boss Pei. However, she paused for a moment and added, Before making every decision, I will think about the decisions that you made previously. I hope that I will not let down this important task. Pei Qian nodded. The second person he wanted to meet was Ma Yang. Once Ma Yang entered, he said, Brother Qian, I dont want to work anymore. I think Ive already achieved my freedom of wealth. I want to travel the world with you and continue learning. Well even be classmates. Pei Qian smiled. Forget it. You want to play with me and cheat me, right? I will support your decision whether you choose to stay in the company or leave the company. However, Im more inclined to let you continue to stay in the company because I understand you. You might not have any idea of your own standards when you play games, and you always have a psychedelic feeling sometimes, but you can distinguish the big and the small. You can also not be tempted by too many benefits. That is the best quality! I think you can stay in the company. You dont have to be in charge of the specific business anymore. However, you can play the role of supervision. You dont have to ask Tengda Corporation to move forward quickly and smoothly in the future. You just have to not take the wrong path. If you have any questions, you can contact me at any time. Ma Yang was moved. Alright, Brother Qian. Since you trust me so much, Ill continue to stay and be glorified by Tengda Corporation! The third person to enter the presidents office was Lin Wan. Lin Wan might not be an employee of Tengda Corporation anymore but the President of Slow Movement Studio but Pei Qian still felt that he had to remind her. I always knew that you were an idealist and a very executing person. Slow Movement Studio has developed to its current scale. Your dreams are being realized one step at a time. However, idealists are only the first step. I hope that you and the other companies can supervise Tengda Corporation from outside. If Tengda Corporation deteriorates one day, I hope that you can lead Slow Movement Studio and continue the spirit of Tengda Corporation. Lin Wan nodded. I will. If Tengda Corporation really becomes public enemy one day in the future, Slow Movement Studio will be the first to raise the flag. However Boss Pei, you will return to Jingzhou often in the future, right? Pei Qian smiled. Of course. The fourth person to enter the office was Huang Sibo. As a veteran of Tengda Corporation and a core employee of the games and film departments, Huang Sibo was the representative of all of Tengdas employees. He had created huge results for Tengda Corporation. At the same time, Tengda Corporation had turned it from a dejected and bitter planner to the current worlds famous game and movie producer! Pei Qian said, Its about Tengda Corporations future game business. In the past, the games department has been creating games that I want. You people in charge have not had a good opportunity to show your talents. Yu Fei might be the person-in-charge of the games department, but his alone ideas are limited. Therefore, I hope that you, Lu Mingliang, and the other producers will not give up on game design. Every time you have some new thoughts, create a new game. The gaming department has always been the most important pillar of Tengda Corporation, both in material and spirit. Huang Sibo nodded seriously. Alright, Boss Pei. I will definitely spread your game design concept and glorify it. Keep in mind to nurture more talents in the domestic games industry and contribute more good works. Tang Yishu was the last to enter the office. Pei Qian could not help but smile when he saw his little mascot. Little Tang, the companys Management Trainee system will continue to persist and deepen. I hope that you will not be affected by the company. Instead, you will form an independent department outside Tengda Corporation with the Management Trainees and monitor every move of Tengda Corporation from the various departments. You can report any problems to me directly. Tang Yishu nodded timidly. Then, Senior, can I ask you other questions if theres nothing special? Pei Qian nodded. Sure. Tang Yishu said, Alright, alright. Senior, Ill definitely complete the task! Pei Qian looked at the presidents office one last time and recalled his legendary business life. Initially, he had only wanted to spend all fifty thousand yuan. However, under the constraints of the system, Pei Qian had taken a different path. When others opened companies, they would do their best to reduce costs, reduce expenses, and mess up 996. The employees would work overtime hard and have low work efficiency. If outsiders guided the insiders, the products they made would also be filled with the feeling of making money. Thus, those who wanted to earn money often earned a little money, but their companies would never be able to develop. The final outcome would definitely be to leave silently. On the other hand, Pei Qian was thinking of ways to increase costs and expenses by opening the company. He wanted to give his employees ample rest and overtime pay. The employees could fully display their passion and ability. To the employees, even though they did not hold the companys shares, they were actually equivalent to the companys shareholders. That was because they would not be able to find a better job if they left this company. Thus, the employees worked hard. Coupled with their innovative and unique product ideas, they appointed people who really knew the industry as the person-in-charge. The entire company naturally developed quickly. Pei Qian could not help but wonder what would have happened if he had successfully lost the fifty thousand yuan back then. Perhaps he would have a considerable amount of Personal Wealth now. However, that would make him no different from rich second-generation heirs who ate, drank, and played every day without caring about official business. Wealth did not matter how much one had, but how one used it. On the surface, the restrictions that the System had placed on Pei Qian prevented him from becoming the owner of the System Funds. However, in reality, it was guiding Pei Qian to spend the money more meaningfully. Wealth was a resource that could change the world. Perhaps at the beginning, this change would be very small. However, as long as it accumulated, there would be a day when it would cause a world-shaking change. Pei Qian was like a butterfly, gently fluttering its wings, causing a violent storm. Now, Pei Qian finally understood how to use this wealth. He wanted to continue like before, spend all the System Funds in meaningful places, do research on advanced technology, work hard to make technological products that benefit ordinary people, revive the weak industries, advocate a healthy lifestyle, subtly change this world, make it better. Everything in Tengda Corporation would not change. They would still not work overtime and still have full benefits. They would still spend money to do things that other companies were unwilling to do. They would still be willing to do their best to make the world better. However, Pei Qian, whose mind was filled with only thinking about losing money, had to work hard to become the Boss Pei in the hearts of his employees. At that thought, Pei Qian left his office and walked to the office. He looked at the serious and hardworking employees and smiled for the first time. Everyone, please stop everything youre doing. I have something to announce. Everyone turned to look at him. Pei Qian cleared his throat. Ever since the company was established, everyone has been working hard and taking no complaints. Youve worked hard! Next, I hope that everyone can continue to work hard to better complete our goal, make Tengda Corporation better and contribute more to society! Everyone was stunned for a moment before they applauded warmly. It had been a long time since he had heard Boss Peis impassioned speech! The employees were very excited. It looked like Boss Pei had something big to announce. What big project did he have to do? Or did he confirm Tengda Corporations new development goal and direction? Everyone rubbed their hands together and waited. With a stoic expression, Pei Qian made a fist in the air and instantly, the applause came to an end. Today is a good day. To celebrate, everyone can knock off early! Tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, the day after tomorrow, the three-day holiday! Everyone, go home and rest well. Come back to work after youve conserved your energy! Pei Qian walked out of the office happily as the employees looked confused. The warm sunlight shone on him, making him extremely satisfied. He still remembered when he had just established Tengda. He had given his employees three days of leave to celebrate their first day at work. Now, in order to celebrate the new stage that he and Tengda Corporation had entered, and the three-day holiday, this was called echoing. Pei Qian looked up at the blue sky. For the first time, he could clearly feel that he had unlimited possibilities in this world. Pei Qian returned to his residence after leaving the office. He took off his suit, his glasses, and changed into his usual casual clothes. Then, he went downstairs to get a new hairstyle. He had to admit that the barbershop on the streets was very good! A second ago, Pei Qian had been the legitimate CEO of a company. Now, with just a few scissors from this street hair stylist, Pei Qian had turned back into a young man who had just graduated from university. He could not help but feel emotional. These magical barbers had the ability to turn magic into decay. However, that was good as well. Not many people would be able to recognize Pei Qian in other cities. That made Pei Qian think of that superman. Many people said that Superman had only taken off his glasses. Why couldnt so many people recognize him? The reason was very simple. Superman had not just taken off his glasses and changed his clothes. More importantly, his image and environment had changed drastically. Most people would not associate Superman with the ordinary and yes-man journalist. Pei Qian was the same. When he changed out of that expensive suit and changed his hairstyle to walk the streets as an ordinary person, no one would associate him with the almightly Boss Pei! Whats more, Pei Qian had been avoiding showing his face in public previously. He had also covered himself up as an actor. It was also helpful. Of course, Pei Qian did not intend to change his appearance and become a human again. He just wanted to be less disturbed. At that moment, he felt that he had finally put down the heavy burden on his shoulders. At that moment, Tengda Corporations President was no longer his most important identity. He had returned to being himself. Yes, Ill buy a villa next. Then, Ill tour the world and sign up for some classes to continue my studies. Sigh, its all Tengdas fault. If not for this lousy company, I would not have neglected my studies! Pei Qian thought about the beautiful future as he walked away. He was very grateful because he was in his most free state. He did not need to be troubled by material things. This sum of money was enough for him to live freely in this world. It could also support most of his pursuits! On the other hand, he would not be firmly tied to the company like other bosses. He would become a tool from then on. No matter how much money he earned, he would not be able to live his own life. Pei Qians future goal was to work hard to improve himself. He hoped that one day, he would be worthy of everyones expectations for Boss Pei. At the same time, he would supervise Tengda Corporation at all times to ensure that it continued on the right path! Chapter 1668 - Headquarters Building A year later. January 3rd, 2015. Jingzhou City, Tengda Corporations new headquarters. Tengda Corporation was established in Jingzhou City five years ago. No one would have thought that this small gaming company would develop into a famous giant company in the world in just five years! No one would have thought that the entire Jingzhou City would change because of Tengda Corporations rapid development. Landmark buildings would rise from the ground in Jingzhou City. Whether it was Thriller Hostel, amusement parks, e-sports bases, Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Deposit Fitness, and so on, the landmarks were all related to Tengda Corporation, causing the entire Jingzhou City to change drastically! Tengda Corporations new headquarters was the most magnificent! When the plane hovered above Jingzhou, one would be able to see the huge building. It was like a huge bagua formation. The main building in the middle was a huge taiji diagram. There were eight secondary buildings around it, forming the shape of the bagua. Not long after this headquarters building was officially opened, many media came to interview and visit. Everyone was shocked by the unique creativity contained in this headquarters building. It was also regarded as Boss Peis architectural design concept, cultural concept, and the deep presentation of the Tengda spirit. At that moment, at the entrance of Tengdas headquarters building, a new employee was looking at the huge and magnificent building in front of him in confusion. He was deeply shocked. However, staff soon came to guide him. According to Boss Peis previous recruitment plan, Tengda had four recruitment examinations every year. They were February, May, August, and November. In February and Augusts recruitment examinations, special talents were recruited. In May and November, ordinary talents were recruited. Both fresh graduates and people with work experience could apply freely! Tengda had always given ample time to those working employees who came to apply for the examinations. After the long written exam and interview in November, they would leave a certain amount of time for them to settle the work handover of the original unit before officially joining Tengda. This new employee had just arranged the handover of the original company. He chose to officially work at Tengda Corporation after the New Years Day holiday. After the staff in charge of guiding him entered Tengda Corporations headquarters, the new employee seemed to have entered a huge park. He looked around, feeling unfamiliar and novel about everything here. The staff in charge of leading the way had obviously seen this situation before. Every new employee entering the company had to be like a tour guide, introducing the structure of the entire Tengda headquarters building and the uses of various parts to the new employees. On one hand, it was to allow him to understand the layout of the building and better adapt to the work here. On the other hand, it was also to use this opportunity to convey Tengda Corporations working concept and cooperate with the HR department to complete the ideological transformation of the new employees. There are eight secondary buildings around the headquarters building. They are also the eight entrances of the building. We can pass through this building and directly arrive at the entertainment area. These eight buildings correspond to eight different directions and also correspond to eight different divinations. They are mainly used to provide life insurance for employees. The lowest level of these eight secondary buildings is the staff restaurant responsible for the signing of meetings or other related matters. The middle level is the employees restaurant. The eight buildings represent different dishes that can satisfy the various flavors of the employees. If you want to eat any dish, you just have to go to the corresponding secondary building. All of the mid- and higher floors of these secondary buildings are employees dormitories. The dormitories are managed in accordance to the hotel style. It doesnt matter if you live in them for a short period of time or for a long-term stay. However, the company doesnt allow employees to stay in the company long-term in principle. The new employees will be allocated to Sloth Apartments for accommodation. The living conditions are better than here. The rooms in the side building are mainly for some urgent employees or some foreign visitors. The four entrances of the entertainment area happen to be in the transport hub. Its more convenient to enter from one side. Therefore, we will also enter from the entertainment area first. Well introduce the entertainment area to you first. If you drive to the office in the future, you can experience the maze in the parking lot downstairs. I wont bring you around today. That maze will only be interesting if you walk by yourself. The new employee looked confused and pleasantly surprised as he listened to the staffs introduction. He had long heard that Tengda Corporations headquarters building was different from other companies, but after the staffs introduction, he realized that Tengda Corporation was constantly thinking about how to perform. The eight surrounding buildings alone had so many tricks up their sleeves. Not only were there eight cuisines, but there were also internal hotels that could be moved in freely. Tengda Corporation also had the nameless restaurant and Fish-Catching Take-Outs signature food chain in its business. Naturally, the food in the companys headquarters building would not be bad. Otherwise, wouldnt that be destroying their own brand? The new employee sighed. If you work here, youll probably gain weight if you eat well and drink well every day. The staff sniggered. Gain weight? Youre thinking too much. Deposit Fitness fitness membership and fitness quota had been arranged for you when you entered. These fitness quota cannot be default. Its as important as a work task. Ill definitely train you until you cannot move. Not to mention that there are also regular scheduled Suffering Travels and Thriller Hostel adventures. At that time, your special training might last for three months. The first month would be to train your physical fitness in the indoor stadium and train your spirit in Thriller Hostel. The next two months would be to Tengda Corporations special training points across the country. It might be an isolated island or two months of wilderness survival training in the deep mountains and forest. If you can gain weight after these training, I can only exclaim that you are talented. The new employee was shocked. Good lord, it was not easy being a Tengda employee! In fact, he had heard that Tengda Corporation would arrange Suffering Travels for employees. However, it was said that it was mainly for the person-in-charge and the core employees. Why were new employees also included now? The new employee felt a headache at the thought that he would be arranged by the person-in-charge of Suffering Travels who everyone would call King Bao in the future. After walking out of the entrance, the staff led him to the side to scan the QR code. Then, they each took a balanced car. The main house is very big, and it would take more time to walk. Our company encourages our employees to walk more, but if we are afraid of delaying time with some urgent missions, we can also choose to use the balance car. The placement points of these balanced cars are all connected to the smart network and are mixed by the AEEIS artificial intelligence system. When no one is using them, these balanced cars will also drive the nearby placement points to charge according to the actual situation. The balance cars at different placement points might also divert to each other to ensure that they can meet daily needs. There will not be a situation where all the balanced cars are piled in the same place! Therefore, dont feel strange if you see balance cars lined up one by one on the road and go from one location point to another without anyone driving. The design of these balanced cars can theoretically meet most of the time. If you really find that there are not enough balanced cars, you can also choose the small sightseeing cars in the building to publicize. If you realize that there are not enough cars in the building, a large-scale celebration might happen. At this time, you can report to your superior and go home to work or take a break. This is written in the company system. Under any circumstances, as long as the working conditions of the employees are not sufficiently satisfied, the employees can reject work. The new employees exclaimed. Tengda Corporation was really wilful. If there are too many people in the company, you employees should hurry home and rest. Dont come to the company to squeeze and create trouble for the company. Only Tengda Corporation could do something like that. This new employee had never used a balanced car before, but this thing was not difficult to use. It had two handrails to hold it. He could drive it smoothly after adapting slightly. The two of them walked on the balanced car and passed through the square and entered the main building in the shape of the taiji diagram at the entrance. The huge open space between the main building and the secondary building was mainly made into a square and a green garden. There were also many sculptures of Tengda Games characters or some scenes in the game inside. Many employees or passengers who came for the first time would take photos with their favorite game character statues and remember them. The decorations in the square and green park alone were enough to show Tengda Corporations rich heritage in the cultural field. After entering the headquarters building, the first impression that this new employee had was that it was spacious and bright, as if he had entered a large shopping mall. The two yin-yang fish eyes in the taiji diagram were in the elevator. However, this staff did not bring him to the elevator first. Instead, he came to the central atrium first. If one looked down from the sky, Tengda Corporations headquarters buildings main building was like a huge taiji diagram. The line between the yin and yang was obviously separated. It was like a crack, connecting from the bottom up. One could see different floors and also increase the lighting, making the interior of the building more abundant! At the center of the central atrium area of the entire taiji diagram was a huge scenic falls that divided the entire floor. The water flow of the falls rushed down and converged into a huge pool at the bottom. One could hear the sound of the waves from the falls as they approached the pool. It was as if they were in beautiful nature. Of course, there were also certain soundproofing measures around the falls so that these sounds would not cause disturbance to the employees who were working or playing normally in the work area or the entertainment area! Chapter 1669 - Tengda Spirit, Endless Life! The staff continued introducing. The position of this scenic falls is the center of the entire building. You can also see it as a city ring island. It plays the role of attracting traffic and redirects everyone to the head of the yin-yang fish. You can reach the internal escalator if you walk clockwise. If you want to go directly to certain floors, the elevator in the position of the yin-yang fish eye is obviously the fastest. However, if you want to better tour the scenery of the entire building, or if you want to take the escalator when there are no seats in the particularly high traffic elevator. You can better observe the entire building from the bottom level up. Tengda Corporation encourages the various departments to work together. They should work together in terms of entertainment and business. There should not be sectarian bias. Therefore, it is very necessary to understand the position of the other departments. What needs special attention is that both the gate and the escalator are one-way. You can go to the same floor from the work area to the entertainment area. However, you cannot walk through the gate from the entertainment area to the work area. You can only go to the upper floor or the next floor through the escalator. The new employee was stunned for a moment before asking, Doesnt that mean that if I go from the work area to the entertainment area and want to return, I cant return to my desk directly. Instead, I have to go to the next floor or walk around? The staff nodded. Thats right. The new employee was stunned. Huh? The staff smiled and explained, The escalator connects the different levels of the yin and yang fish so that the various floors can flow smoothly. It symbolizes the balance of yin and yang and is endless. It can also make the people in the entire building rotate with the structure of the yin and yang fish. This is also a cultural concept that Boss Pei hid when designing this building. The new employee continued to be confused. This concept is good but what if Im in the gaming area and want to return to my desk quickly? We either have to squeeze into the elevator or take a long detour. The staff explained, If there is really such an emergency, I suggest that you can choose to climb rocks or descend quickly. However, the prerequisite is that you have to undergo professional training during Suffering Travels to obtain the corresponding qualifications! The new employee looked to the side according to the staffs guidance and found that there was an area on every floor used for rock climbing or quick drop in the central atrium of the entire building. There were special staff in charge here. If necessary, they could show proof that they had been specially trained in Suffering Travels. Then, they could tie a safety rope and climb rocks or descend quickly to the floor they wanted to go to. The new employee said quietly, Ill wait for the elevator, then. The staff smiled. When you have truly participated in Suffering Travels and fall in love with rock climbing or absailing, you will not be able to help but want to climb here once. Life that has not climbed Tengdas headquarters building is incomplete. The new employee smiled perfunctorily, expressing his disbelief. The two of them continued up the escalator while the staff continued to introduce the 24 solar terms of the entire building. According to the positioning of the Bagua, the entire building is divided into 24 different solar terms, and the entire taiji diagram is divided into 24 small fans. The employees in each area can take two holidays according to these solar terms. This is also a performance of Tengda Corporation to promote traditional culture. Employees can better understand traditional solar terms from this holiday arrangement. Every employee knows the solar terms and holiday arrangements like the back of their hand. As the new employee listened to the introduction, he suddenly thought of a rumor that had been circulating for a long time in the outside world. I heard people outside discussing that Tengda Corporations headquarters building is like a huge eight trigrams formation. Boss Pei specially designed it to suppress something at that time, right? The staff smiled, not surprised. Obviously, this new employee was not the first to ask this. Tai Chi symbolizes the balance of yin and yang, endless. Whats more, it can also play the role of gathering fate. If we follow this theory, the entire Tengda headquarters building will be a location to gather fate and make Tengda Corporation better develop. Of course, there are also people who say that Tengda Corporations headquarters building is suppressing something. This thing is the invisible will in the game The Future You Choose, which is the desire for capital appreciation and the evil thoughts in everyones hearts! Perhaps Boss Pei hopes to suppress the invisible will that might parasitize Tengda Corporation forever, so that it would never be able to turn the tables. He wants Tengda Corporation to never forget its original intentions and remember what kind of company it is. Of course, this is just a beautiful vision. The employees of Tengda Corporation are determined materialists. They dont believe in so-called luck and metaphysics. After all, Boss Pei did not rely on any luck in the process of leading Tengda Corporation to develop and become successful. He relied completely on his vision that surpassed the times, his attitude to improve, his superb business methods, and his firm stand with consumers and people. Tengda Corporation firmly believes that everything depends on man. We will never give up. We will not pin our success on illusory things like luck and metaphysics. The new employee nodded slightly, having a deeper understanding of the Tengda spirit. The staff continued, If you are interested in the Tengda spirit, the HR department will hold a discussion on the Tengda spirit every month at a fixed time. The Tengda spirit is a knowledge that Chang Xin often studies. If you are interested in it, you can also participate in discussions and express your thoughts in your spare time. Alright, thats about it. You can report to the person-in-charge. If there is anything you dont understand, you can log in on the Tengda Life App with the account of an employee at any time. You can see the structure of the entire building and the current situation of the various areas. All in all, Tengda Corporation is a warm family. Tengda Corporations mission is to let every employee feel the warmth of home. Not only can they work hard here and obtain good material security, but they also have to realize their own value. Boss Pei thinks that as an employee of Tengda Corporation, he cannot separate his work from his life. He cannot have the concept that working hard is for a better life. Instead, he wants to treat work as part of his life. Work is to better exert your imagination and creativity. Obtaining good material conditions in the process is just a matter of time. There is a small booklet on the Tengda spirit in the information I sent to you. It contains some specific examples of Boss Peis actions in leading Tengda Corporation to develop and grow, as well as some interpretations of the Tengda spirit. You must take a look when you get back. This will be very helpful for you to pass the Tengda spirit test. The booklet on the Tengda spirit had been published previously. However, it had not been released on a large scale after being printed. It was only circulated within a small area. Subsequently, as the content of the Tengda Spirit test questions became richer and the relevant cases became more and more new, the content in this booklet had become some basic knowledge. He would no longer be able to directly obtain the standard answer for the Tengda Spirit test after taking a look. Instead, he had to understand it in depth and think deeply with the example. Thus, there was no need to hide this booklet anymore. It would be printed on a large scale. They would strive to get every employee of Tengda Corporation to have it. Whats more, many people in the outside world were buying this booklet to interpret and learn. They hoped to learn some beneficial content from Tengdas successful cases. The new employee waved goodbye to the staff, took the information in his hand, and reported to his own department. In the other entertainment area of the building, some employees were experiencing Tengdas new game or experiencing the new VR glasses developed by Slow Movement Studio. The entire entertainment area took up a lot of space! There were various entertainment facilities inside. There was Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Deposit Fitness, and so on. There was also a large VR game equipment experience museum. Any of Tengda Corporations latest entertainment projects would appear in this entertainment area first and be suggested by the employees. These employees were naturally the first batch of internal test users of Tengda Corporation. That was normal. If even Tengdas employees felt that a game was not good, there was no need to show it to players to embarrass themselves. Occasionally, there would be employees in the building who were walking hurriedly and looking anxious, as if they did not have enough overtime quota and were about to rush to work overtime. However, most of them looked relaxed and natural. It was as if they were shopping in the shopping mall, employees walking around the building. To them, it was enough as long as they completed their tasks seriously and improved their abilities step by step. Someone had been worried about this phenomenon before and asked Wu Bin from the HR department. The employees of Tengda Corporation look like they are not under any pressure and are very relaxed. Thats because their material conditions are sufficiently satisfied. They dont have to worry about food, drinks, and drinks. Whats more, they have a lot of spiritual and entertainment activities. Would the employees and even the entire Tengda Corporation lose their fighting spirit if this continues? That was how Wu Bin answered. We have to encourage a collective struggle, not advocate a personal struggle. When the entire group is in a stagnant state, individual struggles may bring more results and better lives to the employees, but this is actually a huge loss. The personal struggles of the employees cannot have much positive meaning to the collective improvement. They will only cause the entire environment to fall into an internal curl. The so-called collective struggle is that the entire company is on the right path. Everyone does not need to work too hard. They only need to complete their own work step by step so that the company can develop in the long term. Only when everyone is relaxed enough without being squeezed out by various pressures can employees show strong potential and inspiration in their freedom. The entire company can develop better. We hope that Tengda Corporation will not be struggling individually. This is the most important lesson that Boss Pei taught us. Chapter 1670 (END) - The Throne Is Empty In the large conference room on the top floor of Tengda Corporations headquarters, the heads of the various departments gathered and were briefly reporting the work situation of the various departments. Xin Hailu was hosting the meeting. According to the structure of the original person-in-charge meeting, some decisions should have been made by Boss Pei. However, after Boss Pei was gone, the position of President had been empty. Some decisions were made by the five higher-ups. They were Xin Hailu, Ma Yang, Huang Sibo, Lu Mingliang, and Meng Chang. All five of them were now senior Vice-Presidents of the corporation. However, Xin Hailus status was higher while the other four represented different industries. Huang Sibo was mainly representing the companys cultural and creative industries, including the games and film departments. Ma Yang represented the physical industries of the company, such as Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Fish-Catching Take-Out, Deposit Fitness, and so on. Lu Mingliang was in charge of the companys accompanying service industries, such as Upwind Logistics, Sloth Apartments, and so on. The difference with Ma Yang was that his main consideration was how these industries could generate greater social value. It did not matter if they lost money. Meng Changs situation was the most special. After paying all his debts, he won the general recognition of the people in charge with his series of contributions. Meng Chang had obtained Boss Peis true teachings after all. Whats more, he personally had real talent. Meng Chang was mainly in charge of the companys marketing. However, Meng Changs work function was not just to do a few publicity plans. Due to the special nature of Tengda Corporation, the publicity plan of a certain industry was closely related to the plan layout of the entire industry and the product ecology. Therefore, Meng Chang could have a certain impact on most departments and had considerable power. The positions of the other department heads might not be as good as these five people on the surface, but their words also had weight. If a certain resolution was strongly protested by some veteran person-in-charge, everyone would discuss it fully with the Tengda spirit and reach a consensus. During this process, he could not guarantee that every decision he made was absolutely right. After all, the truth was in the hands of a small number of people. However, overall, as long as everyone took their positions in Boss Pei and imagined how Boss Pei would make a decision if he was still sitting in the position of the President, the final decision would usually not be bad. This was the first meeting of the person-in-charge for the new year. It also meant that an entire year had passed since Boss Pei left Tengda Corporation. During this year, Tengda Corporation did not have any problems. Not only did it develop rapidly, but it also developed faster and better than before! Of course, no one would think that Boss Pei was dragging Tengda Corporation down. They would only think that Boss Pei had laid a good foundation for Tengda Corporation. Therefore, even if Boss Pei was not around, Tengda Corporation would continue to develop in the established direction! The heads of the various departments began to report the development results of the various departments in the past year. After Boss Pei went against everyones wishes and officially bought over Finger Games and merged IOI and GOG, after a year of deep integration, these two games became indistinguishable. They became the game with the most players in the world and had become a cultural phenomenon. After Finger Games was merged, the workspace that was left behind was specialized in the development of overseas heroes. Coupled with the two games combined, GOG had a large number of heroes that were loved by foreign players. That quickly seized the global market. The global finals that were held in the second half of last year was unprecedented. The number of people watching the competition online at the same time had broken the previous record. This dominance in the future would continue and finally become a special cultural symbol. Tengda Corporations layout in the games industry had also played an important role. The incubation base, Dawn Games platform, and Dawn Games game editor had greatly improved the entire domestic game environment. Another batch of outstanding independent game designers and outstanding game works had appeared in the country. Fei Huang Workspace continued filming movies. Sometimes, they worked with Zhongdian Chinese Networks outstanding works, and sometimes they worked with the games department. In terms of food and beverage, nameless restaurant, Fish-Catching Take-Out, snack market, and Cold-Faced Lady brands were developing rapidly, becoming a local chain. To a certain extent, they caused a sniper effect on foreign fast food brands and changed the eating habits of the Chinese. Food delivery was no longer synonymous with unhealthy food. Instead, it had become a new way of life. Fish-Catching Internet Cafe, Deposit Fitness, Star Bird Virtual Sports Experience Store, and other physical shops had been opened all over the country, enriching peoples daily lives. When Upwind Logistics and Fish-Catching Take-Out allowed many people to enjoy high-quality food and shopping experiences without leaving their houses, these physical shops encouraged people to leave their houses. To a certain extent, they improved the current state of the physical shops dispiritedness and stimulated the development of the physical economy. The follow-up amusement park project of Thriller Hostel and the Cold and Warm Zoo was also being developed. According to Tengda Corporations plan, this place would become a Tengda theme park in the future. It would strive to recreate all of Tengdas classic games and movie IPs in the theme park. In the future, Tengda Corporation would also plan to build Tengdas theme park in Beijing, Shanghai, and other first-tier cities on the same scale. They could even open the theme park overseas and create different cultural landmarks for each city! Apart from that, Sloth Apartments, Extremist New Energetic Cars, Tengda experience shop, luxury clothing brands, Bunny Tail Live-Stream, TPDb website, Suffering Travels, Otto Technologies, Zhongdian Chinese Network, and other industries were also upgrading, providing better service to users. Tengda Corporation had truly penetrated into the various fields of users food, clothing, food, and lodging. However, this depth was not infiltration or control, but comprehensive support and improvement. Under the pressure of Tengda Corporation, the other internet companies had no choice but to make changes. In order to deal with Tengda Corporations pressure, they had no choice but to provide more conscientious services to users to reduce the collection of user information. That was because they knew very well that once they went overboard and aroused public resentment, Tengda Corporation would immediately make a move and make them disappear completely. If he wanted to survive, he had to provide relatively good services like Tengda Corporation to protect his image and reputation in the hearts of the people. In the second half of last year, there was a trend saying that the Internets winter was coming. That was normal. In the Internet age, the favor of capital caused these high-tech giants to start expanding disorderly. Behind this disorderly expansion was a money-burning war. It was a false high valuation that was to earn the last copper coin from users. When the entire internet economy changed from an incremental era to a stock era, the Internets winter would definitely come. The entire industry would have to tighten their belt and live. They could not be as extravagant as before. However, it did not affect Tengda Corporation much. That was because even though Tengda Corporation had some internet industries, these industries had solid physical industries as support and were deeply supported by ordinary people. It was precisely because of the generous accumulation and perfect organization structure that Tengda Corporation was not affected by this Internet winter. Instead, it was praised many times and accepted other internet companies as an outstanding department! The people in charge spoke their minds and resolutions were pushed forward quickly. The entire Tengda Corporation continued to advance according to the original track. At that moment A young man in a baseball cap alighted from the car in Tengda Corporations underground carpark. Wait for me here. Ill be back in a while. Dont inform anyone about my arrival. Little Sun nodded immediately. Alright, Boss Pei. Pei Qian walked out of the car. He felt a little emotional when he returned to Tengda Corporations headquarters. Before he left last year, the headquarters had not been completed. Tengda Corporations various departments were still scattered in different offices in Jingzhou City. He returned a year later. He had matured a lot during the past year of traveling. However, it seemed like Tengda Corporation had changed more. A huge headquarters building like that showed the outside world how rich Tengda Corporation was. It finally looked like a giant company. Pei Qian walked towards the elevator, preparing to walk around the new headquarters building. Half an hour later, he finally arrived at the first floor. Who is so wicked? They made a maze in the parking lot, but they could not find the way after walking for more than half an hour. If someone who knew the way had not led me here, I would have been trapped inside! Thats not right. This seemed to be my idea back then. Thats alright. Pei Qian walked around the maze of the underground carpark for more than half an hour. If he had not consciously trained his body in the past year, it would probably be impossible for him to visit the headquarters today with his weak body. Fortunately, there was a balance car to ride after reaching the first floor. Pei Qian rode the balanced car around the building and played some games in the entertainment area. There were some places that required one to swipe their card to enter during this period. However, Pei Qian was already prepared. He had already obtained the highest-level access card. Naturally, these places were unimpeded. Employees who walked past the companys headquarters occasionally did not recognize Pei Qian. After all, the old acquaintances that Boss Pei knew were the oldest batch of employees in the company. At that moment, they were either the person-in-charge of the department or the Vice-President of the company. They were all busy working in the office. Pei Qian felt that this was quite good. He had not intended to tell others that he was back. He had only wanted to come and take a look at the new headquarters. After walking around briefly, Pei Qian took the elevator to the Presidents office on the top floor of the headquarters building. After swiping his card and entering, Pei Qian was speechless. The Presidents office was very spacious. There were huge full-length windows that allowed one to see everything outside. The scenery was excellent. Whats more, this Presidents office was obviously cleaned frequently. It was spotless, as if it was waiting for Boss Pei to come back and use it at any time. Yet The chair and desk in this empty Presidents office were exactly the same as the one in the game The Future You Choose. Pei Qian exclaimed. Life was filled with surprises. Tengda Corporation was worthy of being an entertainment company. It was filled with entertainment spirit everywhere. Pei Qian stood up and left after sitting in the huge seat for a while. This office was very spacious and imposing, but he was not used to it. Relatively speaking, he preferred the working environment at Shenhua View where he could get along with his employees. He left the presidents office and slipped to other places on the same floor to take a look. He found that there were no one in the Vice Presidents offices. Why isnt anyone here? Oh, they might be in a meeting. Pei Qian looked at the time and realized that it might be the time of the person-in-charges regular meeting. Thus, there was no one in the Vice-Presidents office. He looked at the brands on these offices. Xin Hailu, Ma Yang, Huang Sibo, Lu Mingliangs office, and Meng Changs office were among them. I didnt expect Meng Chang to really become the Vice-President of the company. It looks like smart people are smart. They might have taken the wrong path previously but as long as they correct it and recognize their mistakes, they can quickly walk the right path. Pei Qian had not specially instructed Meng Chang to use it. However, the current Vice-President position of Tengda Corporation was occupied by the virtuous. As long as he had real talent and was recognized by the people in charge, he could take this position! Meng Chang was originally rejected by the people in charge. Now that he could become Vice-President, it meant that he had contributed a lot to Tengda Corporation this year. He had to admit that even though smart people like Meng Chang were very dangerous when he did bad things, he could indeed make outstanding contributions after turning over a new leaf. Pei Qian swiped his card at the door of Meng Changs office and the door opened automatically. Pei Qians card had the highest authority and could open any door. Of course, Meng Changs Vice-Presidents office was nothing. In fact, Pei Qian had not intended to do anything at first. He had only come to take a look out of curiosity. If he turned around and left, Meng Chang would not realize that he had been here. In the end, he realized that there was a video editing project on the huge computer screen that was not related. Obviously, Meng Chang was doing this video editing project before the meeting and did not have the time to save and close it. Pei Qian was a little curious. Logically speaking, as the person-in-charge of the publicity department and the Vice-President of the company, Meng Chang should not need him to personally do things like editing videos, right? Out of curiosity, Pei Qian leaned over and took a closer look at the title of the video and the synopsis in the document beside it. Young Master Tian? Pei Qian was shocked to find that this was Young Master Tians latest video. He clicked on the folder where the video was in disbelief and realized that there were several more videos of Young Master Tian in front. The video project that was being edited revealed a naked reality. Young Master Tians series of videos was made by Meng Chang! Pei Qian cursed in his heart. Thats not right. Wasnt Young Master Tians video made by Tian Mo? It was confirmed at that time. Even the person who edited his video had been found. The two of them are sent on Suffering Travels. This matter is over. Whats more, I asked Meng Chang before. I asked him to guess who Young Master Tian was. He pointed out Tian Mo on the spot. Whats going on? Could Meng Chang be Young Master Tian? But why did Meng Chang come up with such a name? Pei Qian thought hard, fully utilizing his imagination. Suddenly, his eyes lit up. Young Master Tian? Meng Tengjun? F*ck! Meng Chang, you scammer! Pei Qian wanted to cuss now that he knew the truth. If he had not discovered the truth by chance, Tian Heiquans wrongs would probably never have been revealed. Now that he thought about it, Tian Mo was really wronged. An honest person would take the blame for Meng Chang. Whats more, the most infuriating thing was that not only did Meng Chang perfectly throw the blame away, but he was also not discovered and successfully escaped Boss Peis punishment. Pei Qian was furious. The consequences were dire. He had to severely punish such evil behavior! At that thought, Pei Qian took a pen and paper from the side and wrote a few words. You have take responsibility by going for three months of Suffering Travels and Thriller Hostel. Then, he signed his name. Pei Qians words were not very pretty but the style was relatively obvious. These people in charge should be able to recognize him, let alone Meng Chang. Suffering Travels and Thriller Hostel would take three months each. In less than half a year, it should be enough to achieve the punishment effect on Meng Chang. At that thought, Pei Qian turned around and left Meng Changs office with guilt towards Tian Mo. He closed Meng Changs office door but forgot to close the presidents office door as well. The person-in-charge was done with his meeting after about half an hour. Meng Chang returned to his office. The person-in-charge would make him a little tired. He did not return to his desk immediately. Instead, he sat down in the armchair used for meeting and rested. Meng Changs thoughts gradually cleared up. Sigh, after entering Tengda Corporation, I deeply realized how ignorant I was previously. At first, I thought that it would be enough as long as I could cheat some investors money. However, after seeing Boss Pei, I realized what a true hero is. Creating a monster like Tengda Corporation is the heros job. Its just that these people in charge of Tengda Corporation seem a little pedantic without the super genius leader Boss Pei. Boss Pei has been gone for an entire year without any news. If Boss Pei really doesnt come back, can I sit as the President of Tengda Corporation one day? Meng Chang had always been an ambitious and capable person. Previously, Boss Pei had been suppressing him in Tengda Corporation. He could only do things carefully and did not dare to have any wishful thinking. However, Boss Pei was no longer around. Naturally, he had other thoughts. In his opinion, the other people in charge of the company were very capable but they did not have much ambition. Many decisions that could make Tengda Corporation develop faster were rejected by these people in charge. The reason for this rejection was that this did not meet Boss Peis expectations and the Tengda spirit. Meng Chang agreed on the surface but he was more or less disapproving internally. Of course, given Tengda Corporations current structure, no matter how much money Tengda Corporation earned, it would not be directly linked to the income of the person-in-charge. They could only use the companys funds to make projects according to the companys regulations. However, Meng Chang was not asking for money because Fan Xiaodong and him could earn money through other methods. Meng Chang wanted to become Boss Peis successor and the new leader of Tengda Corporation. Such a social status and admiration from everyone was what he wanted. Therefore, Meng Chang was obviously the relatively radical among the many people in charge. Of course, his thoughts would be boycotted by the other person-in-charge, so Meng Chang did not dare to make it too obvious. He could only consider slowly realizing his goal through subtle means. At that thought, Meng Chang stood up and returned to his desk, intending to complete Young Master Tians new video. However, at that moment, he saw the piece of white paper on the desk. There was a line of words written on it. You have take responsibility by going for three months of Suffering Travels and Thriller Hostel. Meng Chang nearly jumped up in fright when he saw this line of words. He looked as if he had seen a ghost and his face turned pale. He looked around in horror, and then at the note in his hand. He double-checked that it was indeed Boss Peis handwriting. Meng Chang clearly remembered that there was no note on the table before he went to the person-in-charge meeting. In other words, Boss Pei had visited the company during this period and entered his office, leaving this note. Meng Chang looked at his computer desktop very nervously and realized that Boss Pei might have seen something in his computer. He could only say that this highlighted the importance of setting a computer screen lock password. Meng Chang did not set up a lock screen password, mainly because the office door had to be swiped with his card to open. He was not worried that others would sneak into his office. However, he did not expect Boss Pei, who had the highest authority, to return! Meng Chang could not help but tremble with fear as he read the words. It was obviously a very serious punishment to go to Suffering Travels and Thriller Hostel for three months each. Meng Chang could even vaguely feel that Boss Pei seemed to be suppressing his anger when he wrote this line. Why was Boss Pei angry? Meng Chang was flustered. If ordinary people were to think that there was nothing else in the office but Young Master Tians video on the computer screen, they would naturally think that Boss Pei was angry because he saw Young Master Tians video. However, the problem was that Meng Chang knew that Boss Pei knew that he was Young Master Tian. Whats more, he had tacitly allowed it. That meant that Boss Pei had no reason to be angry about this. Could it be that Boss Pei saw some of my work content in my computer? He noticed signs of my thoughts moving? Meng Chang felt like he had fallen into an ice cave and was shocked. His thoughts had been buried in the bottom of his heart and he had never spoken to anyone. Of course, Meng Chang did not want to subvert Tengda Corporation. However, the perfect route in his mind was different from the route that Boss Pei had planned and the routes that the other people in charge wanted to take. Meng Chang did not dare or could not really let Tengda walk the path of capital. However, some of his personal ideas and ambitions would drive him to make decisions that were relatively deviated from the Tengda spirit in certain fields. He might not have spoken these thoughts very clearly but he would more or less show some clues in some work content. Meng Chang was very sure that Boss Pei must have seen his work content and captured the signs of this thinking loosening from it. That was why he was very disappointed in Meng Chang and made such a punishment request! The three months of punishment for Suffering Travels and Thriller Hostel did not look light, but this punishment also meant that Boss Pei had given Meng Chang a chance to turn over a new leaf. Otherwise, the note would have asked Meng Chang to resign. Meng Chang slumped in his chair, feeling like he had just walked through the gate to hell. That familiar feeling was back! Every time he tried to act smart and do something, he would realize that nothing could escape Boss Peis eyes. Boss Pei is so scary. He said that he would not pay attention to the company after leaving Tengda Corporation. However, in fact, the every move of the company and even the subtle changes in my heart did not escape Boss Peis eyes! The good thing is that the crime this time is not big. Boss Pei saved me some face. Meng Chang felt a wave of fear. He immediately put away his dangerous thoughts and called Fan Xiaodong. He decided to donate 70% of the income that he had invested in the outside world to the First Aid Plan! He had no choice. Since Boss Pei had already caught him red-handed, he could only get rid of his money and express his loyalty to Boss Pei. As the biggest charity event in Tengda, the First Aid Plan had been carried out in a low profile. Its coverage had expanded from Handong Province to most villages in the country. Many children would have the opportunity to continue learning and study deeper because of this plan. Many children would also have the nutrition of meat eggs during the critical period of growth because of this plan. In the future, the initial plan would continue to expand and help more people. However, until now, the initial financial plan had not been exposed widely. Tengda Corporation had not done much publicity either. Meng Chang felt that Boss Pei might have wanted to use the preliminary plan as a trump card against Tengda Alliance. At the critical moment of the battle of public opinion, the exposure of this charity plan might turn the situation around. However, the anti-Tengda Alliance was too lousy and useless. Of course, this was only Meng Changs guess. Or perhaps Boss Pei only wanted to do charity without any intention of exposing it. He even deliberately avoided letting others know. Given Tengdas current situation, it was no longer lacking in good reputation. Since that was the case, it was better to keep a low profile. What did it matter if others knew about it? Meng Chang finally felt relieved after arranging all of this. Boss Peis words and actions always put huge pressure on him, making him feel like his cleverness was seen through by Boss Pei. At that moment, he heard discussions outside. Meng Chang left his office and found Xin Hailu, Huang Sibo, Lu Mingliang, Ma Yang, and the others gathered at the door of the presidents office. On the other hand, the door to the presidents office that would only open when someone was cleaning regularly every morning was open. There was no one inside. The other Vice Presidents were shocked. Who opened this door? Could Boss Pei have returned? But why didnt Boss Pei close the door when he left? Is he hinting something to us? Meng Chang came to everyone and said, Yes, Boss Pei is back. I think Boss Pei opened the door on purpose to send us a message. He wants to tell us: Im watching you. Or perhaps hinting to always remember the last scene in The Future You Choose! Everyone nodded seriously. Even lthough Boss Pei had not visited the office for an entire year, no one would suspect that he did not have absolute control over the office. Tengda Corporation was Boss Peis hard work, and it was also Boss Peis dream laboratory. How could Boss Pei really not care? It was just like some emperors in the ancient times. They did not go to the court for many years, but that did not mean that they knew nothing about what happened in the court. On the contrary, they would definitely use other methods to maintain the operation of the entire dynasty. Of course, Boss Pei was definitely not an incapable ruler. He had a special purpose for leaving Tengda Corporation. He also had a special purpose for watching Tengda Corporation from another perspective. No one spoke in that moment. Everyone had different thoughts. This huge boss chair looked a little like a throne. Its backrest was very high, and its armrest was very large. Behind it was a huge full-length window. The entire Tengda Corporations scenery could be seen. However, the huge throne was empty. This scene seemed to be similar to the last scene in the movie, but everyone knew that Tengda Corporation would not go down this path in reality. That was because Boss Pei would always be watching silently in an invisible corner. End of Novel